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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16
IN, but things hare come to pretty

man, put taluso Aay6 come 70 pretty
pass"
"Mr. Bowser. how silly you are."
"Oh, yes; oh, yes! Because don't
want to look like a man straddle of
barrel am silly! How much did you
have to pay the tailor to carry out
this conspiracy with you? And when
you had made me the laughing stock
of the neighborhood what other
scheme did you have to work? 1t
would have been sweet music to your
ears to hear the boys shouting, old
bow legged Bowser! after me on the
street"
Il wish you'd be reasonable" said
Mrs. Bowser as she tossed the trousers
on the lounge. One minute you
praise me, and everything is all right,
and the next"
"Never!" he interrupted, as he
kicked at the cat 81 have never
praised you and don't mean to. There
will be no theatre and no card par
ties. A wife who'll conspire against
her husband ought to be sent to state
prison. l take my trousers to a tailor
to be creased. You sneak down after
me and bride him to squeeze the
creases so that l will be an object
of ridicule. Why don't you poison
my coffee? Why don't you murder
me in my sleep?"
She passed him and went up stairs,
and the cat held her breath and re-
allied that a crisis was at hand. Mr.
Bowser glared about him for mo-
ment as he made ready to break
loose, and then, with yell, he seized
the offending trousers, and, with
mighty wrench, he tore the back seam
up and held a leg in either hand
There was nothing alive in the room
except the cat. He jumped for her
with a leg swinging about his head,
and Mrs. Bowser heard a meow. q
craEh and a fall. He had struck
chair and fallen over it and plowo1
along the carpet with his nose, while
the cat had escaped. An appalling
silence followed, and it was a full
quarter Of an hour before she heard
a voice hoarsely whispering:
81 dent wonder that husbands are
driven to drink. I only wonder that
they don't become murdecers IS vel
as drunl-a"ds!"
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WHERE CHRISTMAS LASTS A FORTNIGHT

It is difficult for those residents OF
the United States who are accustomed
to associate Christmas with froSts
and SHOWS, with sleighing, skating
and such like winter sports. to i'm
agine the day or week in the tropics,
where the temperature averages about
80 degrees all the time. And yet it
is doubtful if poor people in the north
experience more enjoyment or swing
around a wider circle of pleasures
than those in, say, the West Indies,
which lie within the torrid zone.
During the period of slavery. when
holidays were few and far between,
the slaves looked forward through all
the year, of incessant toll to the COM
ing of Christmas. And after slavery
was abolished, and the black people
were at liberty to enjoy themselves to
their hearts content, they still kept
UP the festivities attendant upon the
Nativity 1t is doubtful if they had
any real conception of the days sig
nificance-only tina. the occasion was
to be made one Oh general rejoicing.
1t comes, too, at a season when all
nature is in bloom-down there near
the equator-and at the beginning of
harvests. The air is sweet with the
odor of sugar cane, the laborers on
the plantations are fat and shining
from the devouring of cane-which is
sort of continuous performance
and the small fry of half naked
youngsters go. about in condition of
corpulency fearful to behold. Just
about this time, after the hurricane
season has come to an end and the
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6R. BoWsER's FLUCTUATIONS.
Was Creased Trousers That
Spoiled Happy Evening.

Spoiled Happy Evening.
Copyright, 1890. by c. B. Lewis.)
No Preside could have been more
peaceful and happy than that Of the
Bowsers' at o'clock the other even
ing. Mrs. Bowser had a book in her
hands, Mr.. Bowser the evening paper,
and the family cat lay on the hearth
rug and purred and chuckled and de-
cided that shebad soft snap for the
winter Without cold winds blew and
snowf1akes fell; within were warmth
and cheers and contentment. BY and
by Mr.. Bowser felt the influence, and
he looked up from his paper and said:
'sWell, now, but this is home! What
reasonable man could ask for more
than this?'"
Eyes; it is cozy." answered Mrs.
Bowser.
Elbow a man can leave a f1reside
like this to hang out at a club is more
than / can make out. If all men had
homes like this, there would be moth
ing but happiness in married life.
Why can't all wives be like your"
Mrs. Bowser took the alarm at
once Every wife knows that her hus-
band is dangerous when too good.
She started to say something about a
neighbours child being sick, but he in
ferr1ntad her with.
Eyes; l suppose so, but it is prob
ably owing to the mothers careless
ness. was thinking to-day that
was not half thankful enough for the
blessings that surround me. Do you
know that if hadn't married just the
right sort of wife 1 might have turned
out a bad bad MANI"
81 am glad and satisfied that you
are happy" she replied, "but don't
you think it dreadful the way some of
the coal cart men use their poor
horses? One was going past here to-
day when
81 know nothing about coal cart
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warm winter weather has settled
down to business. when the breat
fruits are ripening on the trees, the
cocoanuts hanging in great clusters
beneaIA their dropping canopies Of
leaves, and all the delicious fruits,
such as the pineapple, oranges, GUS
tard apples, guavas mangoes, sapa-
dillas, etc, are abundant on every
hand-about this time come along the
Christmas holidays.
In land where there is no winter,
consequently no clothing of any con-
sequence to provide, and where the
merest shell of a hut suffices for
shelter, the lower classes give them
selves over to reckless hilarity and
jollification. Neither one day nor one
week will suffice them, but at least
a fortnight Is devoted to the festiv-
tiles. and the white people have to al
low them considerable latitude per-
force. Like all jewellers in southern
countries, the people of every class
are hospitable, and thus during the
two weeks of Christmas time every
body keeps open house." Now that
the great plantations have gone I'M
der the hammer and the black man is
lord over all. the once resplendent
sideboard is almost Tradition of the
past; but enough remains to show the
visitor what generous land ,Ais
must have been when sugar was
king.
All the plantations are idle, the
stores are open on half time, govern
ment oflces are closed, the people of
the country flock to the town, and the
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town residents HE themselves to the
country. There lis general inter
change of visits and a promotion Of
good fellowship which serve we'll to
maintain cordial relations between
the races in islands where the pro-
portion Of former slaves and their de-
scendants is vastly in their favor.
Down in the island Of Barbados.
which has a denser population to the
square mile than any other country
of its size in America, the black and
colored people have to work or starve.
But in tie mountainous islands, where
most of them own unlimited "provi-
sion grounds" they would rather do a
good deal Of starving than small
amount Of work. though there is no
necessity for either An old negro
philosopher, on being asked how he
managed to pass the time. replied.
"Ah, jes' set in de sun, massa, an let
de time pass me-"
They had a very heavy earthquake
In Trinidad about 4 O'Clock one morn
ing, and the governor asked his coach
man as he drove him to town if he
felt the shock. mo, sah," he replied.
"Ah on'y went to bed at ah'clock
las night"
This is the sort of country where the
people take two weeks to celebrate
Christmas, the celebration mainly
consisting of dancing and feasting, a
general indulgence in strong and other
drink and a round of enjoyments
which in t. crisp of colder regions
may be more intense. but not SO pro-
longed.
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The woman on Inc Wall.

She regards her fair face in the mirror with usti-
fable pleasure A fair woman has right to rejoice
in her beauty; in mooth cheeks, bright eyes, ruddy
lips and rounded throat
But there is woman on the wall watching; a
shadowy woman with thin cheeks and wasted hands.
The young wife does not see the woman on the
wall If she did she would only smile at the
grotesque shadow-picture. How shadow so
distort the beauty which casts it?
"Con1ing events cast their shadows before"
In that worn and wasted shadow of a woman on
the chamber wall there is forecast of day all too
near hand when the cheeks shall lose their soft
ness, the eyes look DULY out upon the world, the
pouting lips shrink and shrivel, and the rounded
throat grow lean. The changes which marriage
often makes in women matters of common note.
"How terribly Mrs. Youngbride has fallen off in
her looks. She's only the shadow of her old self"
So people whisper they look at the young wife
whose beauty is already in process of eclipse.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

Lottie NJ Douglas of Glenuore, Oneida County N Y 1T
would have very hard headaches and blind pes stomach
and bowels used to bloat great DEAL and troubled
with bearingdow pains all the time Tongue cannot tell
how much suffered from l used to think
should lose mind my head would feel bad NV heart
bad that the least excitement and in
bed would paptaon Had female weakness bad
for three that in bed of the tme in fact
could scarcely be myfeet at all tried different
doctors but received no lasting benefit entirely dis
couraged when wrote to Dr. Pierce stating He
advised to try his remedies and did The first
tie took helped me- and the boat began get of my
stomach. continued the medicine until had taken nine
bottles of Dr. Perces Prescription and nine bottles
of his Golden Medical Discovery and walls of his
Pleasant Pellets also followed special directions for
home treatment (Which he advised and the result
derll. My bad feelings left and work with COM
fort give all the praise Dr. Pierce and his
dies for believe they saved my life Our family physician
said l could not get we'll"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

The general health of every woman is so in
tmatey related to the local health of the womanly
organism that when this is diseased the whole body
must suffer.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is medicine
specially prepared to the ailments and diseases
peculiar to women. 1t contains no alcohol neither
opium, cocaine, nor aag ether narcotic It is
purely vegetable and will not disagree with the
weakest constitution The results preduced by its
use are marvellous, because It cures the causes
which undermine the woEanly heRith and strength
It regulates the periods dries tie drains which
weaken women, heals inflammation and uleeraHcn,
and cures bearing down paips and female weas-
ness. The scope Of "Favorite Preseupaop y may
be summed up in the statement: vi makes ssesk
zU0nsen strong, SICK ss0msen sseK"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

ways sorry for giving way to my tenn
per. tits awfully good OF you to over
look my failings"
Mrs. Bowser was in for it, and there
was no escape. She couldn't faint
away, and she could think Of no ex-
cuse to get out of the house She
therefore smiled and replied:
I'VE get along as well as most folks.
What is the news from China to-day?"
Eyes; you are always willing to
overlook my faults" he continued as
he reached out his foot and toyed
with the cat, 'and want you to know
that l appreciate it to the fullest ex-
tent. Didn't you say something about
a new dress the other day."
"It I did. I can wait for month or
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16
two more"

Two ulOIt
There is no need of waiting a day.
In the morning l will give you $50
for a new dress. AS you may need
other things l think I'll make it s75.
Never be afraid to ask me for money.
I've been thinking we ought to get out
more. What is to prevent us from
going to the theater twice week this
winter?"
81 should like to go at least once a
week"
"It shall be twice or three times,
and we'll get up card parties for the
other evenings. Would you like to
keep a second girl?"
"Oh, no. You see, there is so little
to do, and the cook has lots of time
to help up stairs.
eff you want one, just say so.
don't want you to think you are tied
to the house. And how about new
carpets and furniture?"
I'VE don't need any"
Thanks to you, and I appreciate it..
By George, but when remember how
many rows have raised over nothing
at all I wonder that you haven't been
oriven to get divorce. expect there
are plenty Of women who would have
Drained me with the poker. Can you
ever forgive me-"
Mrs. Bowser was determined to
change the subject and avert the
calamity, and bright thought came
to her.
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You took pair Of trousers to the
tailor the other evening to be press
ed" she said as she rose up.
eyes, and has he sent them homer"
.'They came up this afternoon and
are in that bundle over there. / won
der If there are any buttons missing?"
The package was united, and Mr..
Bowser held them up TO view. He had
taken them to the tailor to have the
creases renewed, and the tailor SEEM
ed to have made an excellent job OF
it. Mr.. Bowser was about to lay them
aside, with lot OF satisfaction, when
he gave sudden start of surprise,
and the smile his face had worn dur
ing the last half hour was replaced
by a look of sternness.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16
What is ito" she asked.

What is it?" she asked.
He took the leg of the trousers and
stretched it out at arms length and
squinted along the crease like man
locking along the edge of a board.
You took this package in?" he
asked as he finished squirting along
the leg.
Yes
And you knew they were my trou-
cers?"
"Of course. What is wrong with
them?"
What is wrong with them?' he re-
peated as his neck began to grow red.
"If you were the sort Of wife you
ought to be, you'd know what awas
wrong with them. You'd have known
it hours ago and Drought that tailor
to book instead of assisting him n his
chicanery"
Gut what is it?'
Cant your own eyes tell you?
LOOh dIOuS IAGoO Vi SdSSo. OO lHcy
follow a straight line or do they wab-
BILE and creok?"
They seem to be straight" replied
Mrs. Bowser after squirting.
But they are not and believe you
have known it for hours. See there.
These creases are at least three inches
out Of true at the bottom, and what
will be the effect when 1 put the
trousers on. l will look like a bow
legged man, Of course, and of course
that was the plot. BY thunder, wo-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16

enjoying splendid health and have gained hirtyfye
pounds in weight 1 again feel like my former self,
thanks to Dr. Pierce and his great medicines / am no
longer the walking skeleton that 1 was few months
ago l gladly and cheerfuly recommend DIR. P.erce's
great medicines my friends and especially to all suffer
ing women"
There is no Stronger proof of the sound remedial
value of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription than in
that it restores the wasted form to its wonted round
ness Alcoholic or narcotic medicine will make
0feel good" for time, the one by stimulating the
other by supplying the nervous system. But there
is no real gain. "Favorite Prescription tranquil
ICES the nerves by feeding them, and builds up the
body by nourishing it.
Sick women are invited to consult DR.. Pierce,
by letter, free All correspondence is guarded as
sacredly secret and womanly condolences are pro-
tected by professional privacy. Address DR.. K. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Accept no substitute for vFavorite Prescription"
The dealer may be tempted by the little larger profit
paid by less meritorious articles to offer substi
tute as "just as good UFavorte Prescription"
There is nothing just as good for weak and sick
women DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
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lie LACKED NERVE.

Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis)
Say, now" exclaimed the man with
the newspaper, who had been reading
about election bets, '1but I feel that I
ought to be kicked all over the state
as the champion fool! I've got saw
dust in my head instead OF brains. I've
got fat on my bones, but no more
nerve than grasshopper. I'm the
man who carried wad OF $4,000 in
my hind pocket for four weeks and
hadn't the sand to make an election
bet.
Lord, what a fool" he continued,
as he threw the pager down and the
oretically kicked himself. Three
months before election l was telling
everybody that if had s1,000,O00 I'd
bet it to $4,000 on Mckinley. l was
shooting CT my mouth whenever I got
into a crowd and talked so loud and
so big that l scared lots OF fellows.
All wanted was money to back my
opinion, and I'd have sold ten years
Of my life to get it. A month b2iore
election an old aunt Of mine died and
left me $4,000 in cash. Ny only idea
was to rush cut find Bryan advocate
and get bet out of him at some odds
or other.
'Durn my skin but | didn't know
myself. l found a chap who offered to
put UP 5000 to my $4,000. 1t was
the sort Of bet I'd been hankering for,
and l needed those few thousands
more to buy cut a business Cor cash.
And what did I DO when the time
came to put up or shut up? Why, /
went down into my boots like a scared
rabbit. AS true as you live l let that
Bryanite bluff me out and mop I'D the
floor with my carcass, and yet all the
time | knew that it was the safest bet
man ever put his p,Unks on. | got
myself out behind that barn and cuss-
ed and kicked and called names. but |
couldn't get up the grit to make the
wager. l had thorough contempt
for myself, but it was no use.
When the gang got on to the fact
that l was ratified, it would have
made your head ache to see how l was
put upon. 1t seemed as if every man
met had a wad as big as a horses
leg and his first move was to pull it
out and bluff me. Great Scott but
how l was banged around! They
offered me $4,000 to $4,000 and then
$4,000 and finally even money. Didn't
I know Mckinley would be reelected?
Didn't you and everybody else know
it? 1t was a dead open and shut
better than Cripple Creek gold
mine, and yet I lay down. Then they
rubbed it in on me- They offered odds
on Bryan. I'm a goat If they didn't
hand out s20,060 to my $4,000, and
only two days before election cross
eyed chump who didn't know a presi-
Dental campaign from a barrel of
sand followed me all over town with
his Bryan wad and offered me two to
one
THE fool killer is busy in some
other State, and it won't be my luck
to be hit by a cable car or run over
by an ice wagon. I've simply got to
go on living and realizing that amt
fit for a dogs meat. Think of il!
Two to one and l wiltedi Men who
thought I knew a thing or two now
looked at me in pity, and chaps who
never dared give me any back talk
are now elbowing me OF the sidewalk.
Yes; I'm the homeless fishworm, the
champion crawfsh, the idiot who blew
down the barrel Of gun to see II it
was loaded. I've got 1900 plunks.
but I've lost $1s,ooo.oo0 worth OF self
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16
EyQagEY, THINK OF THYSz

If you follow out the clue of headache, backache,
the physical torment and mental misery endured by
women you will find it lead to diseased condition
of the delicate womanly organism Cure that dis
eased condition and the effects of it in head, back,
and nervous system will be cured too
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respect and it will be six months be-
fore l dare contradict the man who
says the sun moves around the earth
Hang my dog. but I wouldn't dare
put up a dollar to $40 that l hadn't
ears a foot long and four hoofs in
stead Of two"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-16
SENATOR soRGHUms IDEA.

did you hate to give up The Santa
Claus idea as you grew older?"
"Dreadfully," answered Senator Scr.
ghum II never did give It up entirely.
To this day / believe in every mans be-
ing his own Santa Claus 3G5 days a year
II possible. Washington Star.
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KEPT IT HANGING.

Mss Kissem: II never think OF taking
down the mistletoe right after Christ
mas. l find it is months before it with
ers"
Jack Rushitt: "Say-eF-have you any
objection to my calling on your regular
ly?''-New York World.
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"well, Now, But This is Homes"
horses" he Clipped in, "but l do
know that have the incest little wife
In all the world Where would be
tonight but for you and this scene Of
comfort and happiness? Put away
your book and let's talk. l presume
you think there are times when l don't
fully appreciate you, but even when l
get mad and storm around l never
lost sight Of your many good quail
ties. And, too, you know I am al
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women To an
swer that ques-
ton it is only nee
essary to ask and
answer another
question a: What
causes are at work
to undermine the
health? For
health is the
foundation upon
which womanly
strength and
beauty must rest.
What causes these
terrible headaches
which ring the
eyes with dark
circles and wink
le the smooth
brow. What
causes the back
ache, the nervous
ness, and sleep
lessness which
result in the weak
and wasted form
and pinched fea-
lures? Let a
woman answer
that question a
woman who
speaks out of an
experience of ten
years of suffering
vFor ten years l
suffered with female
trouble, also catarrh
of the stomach, liver
and kidney troubles,
and catarrh of the
bladder, " writes Mrs.
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NO LONGER a WALKING SREErTON.

81 endured nearly four years of suEcags writes Mis-
L. Myers of Washington, West Virgnia Weaused pFsaci
pally from improper medical aeenton seE the birth Of
CHILD and female weakness, resulting il cosnpi 81
diseases, suffered from bilious attacks kidrey tronhlc
paitaton Of the heart and numerous other aisnsnt sa
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a terrible cough AID
an ipcessaiif pain
and s ore ness In
lungs. Was reduced
in fsesb tom re
pouaas TO about Keo
poanas in eightrFn
months. I had 90
appetite, and became
SO weak and aegvpns
1 couid SCARCELY st
up. I dcctohed WIKI
our bsme doctors.
taking an inieserha-
BILE account of uaedi,
cine, Tor two years.
Became disalcarternd
and Disguised at the,
thought of mcdfciRe,
FOX none had ever
done ElosS than Give
relief for a very short
time, and ssemingiy
made nay suffering
greater. ! wHs final
ly induced to ny Dr.
PieSoe's medicines.
7 svyvfe 10 Ahs haa-
Ifds' RoEct de1 Say.
ginaf {aStikEss, re-
garasstg NY ease, asG
re6riSeS a prompt Se-
ply FIRE, Gl3u5SSRp the
pr9p6y aledseiSss for
'HV CASE. l obtained
the medicine Of the
druggist. and after
takfag four bottles of
DR.. Pierue's Golden
Medical Discovery
and four Of his Pa
vorite Prescription,
three doses each day,
| also taking one bot
= tie of DR.. Pierce's
Compound Extract
of Smart Weed and
some Of his Pellets,
experienced decided
benefits. / ceased
coughing, and am
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spia y a o
nd
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isl CaCo is D
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al mo avaH
Fces Medical
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fnsps
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-10

WANTED-At once. girl for homework;
small FAMILY. Mrs. Reeve, 1139 Waco
avenue 9e-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-10
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