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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28
THE FLEETING SPACE OF FRIEND
SHIP.

For the Sunday Register.
Let's drink the JOY OF friendship while we
may;
For time will come when we will not be
near,
But oceans wide and deserts hot and
drear,
And lofty mountains shall between us lay,
Farther apart and farther shall we stray,
And nevermore clasp hands as we may
here.
And nevermore look in each others face.
And listen to the voice We love so WE'LL
How soon that II may come We can not
tell.
Or whittier Wen be borne IN Times mill
race,
And of each other we may lose all trace;
And learn not how we fare or where we
dwell.
And one of us may fall beneath the stroke
OF death, and go down to the sodded
ave.
And where old Charon's chilly waters
lave,
Friendship cannot go further but it's yoke
However strong IL may have been is broke
Asunder: one alone life's way must
brave.
'Tis pleasant to feel friendships mystic
power;
To feel the link that binds two hearts as
one,
To see its smiles enlivenins as the sun,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

The legend of the dying song of the
swan has it's realistic counterpart in
the sudden ending Of many human
lives. Remenyi, the great violinist, died
instrument and bow in hand, after
an exceptionally brilliant interpreta-
ton of a great number, and with the
enthusiastic applause of his audience
ringning In his ears. Customary ex-
pred with the last notes of a splendid
song yet vibrating in the concert hall,
Secretary Window died at a banquet
just as he had concluded one of the
greatest speeches of his life, and only
Thursday Rev. DIR. Craig fell dead
while addressing a ministerial confer
ence at Newport News, Va, after a
singularly powerful appeal to his hear
ers. In each of these, and in many
other similar cases, heart disease was
the verdict, but what inspired the eli
max effort just before the fatal mo-
ment? Was death due to an extraor-
binary endeavoT, or was the endeavor
the presage of death? It's a hard ques-
ton to answer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

one day the Treasurer asked Cyril If
he would like TO drop in at Miss Eff
~fngham's Apartments some Night af-
ter the Performance. Cyril almost
Tainted with Joy and told the Attache
TO name a Night. The Treasurer said
he would speak to Miss Effingham.
Cyril did not touch the Ground at
all when ne went Home that Day.
He had seen Hortense on the Stage
many a time. She was a vivacious lit
tie Blonde. Just as saucy and scampery
as she could be. All the Fellows had
her Picture. And he was going to Sup
with her after the Show! He wonder
ed what Paul would say to that.
The Night was Set.
cyril did not dare to let his parents
know of the proposed Racket, so he
SAID he was going TO a Party. He
touched his Father and Mother and
the Coachman for Money and emptied
his Savings Bank, and got together SIS
in case they had to send out for more
Champagne and Cigarettes. He knew
it was going TO be a Wild Revel for he
had heard the Stories.
In his Limited Experience ne had
learned that the INCEST Families often
break Glassware and do the Cake Walk
when they get together after the Thea
tire, ard he figured that If Respectable
Society People went as far as that,
then the gay Professionals would turn
Flip-Flops over the Piano n use an
Axe on the Furniture. He was in for
a Perfect Tear, but he knew he would
have TO see il through. so he could tell
about ii afterward.
On the Appointed Evening he wore
Full Dress. because in all the Pictures
Of Men About Town taking Late Sup
pers with Foot-Llght Favorites he had
noticed that the Loong-Tailed Coat
went.
That Evening he was in Front at the
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mr.. DcoEey on Same.
BY F. r. DUNNE. Copyright, 1900, Robert Howard Russell,

near all tn others got by me. Wan
man was famous because he made a
cotton gin. though tn author iv more
common drinks was cut out. An
other man got by tn flag on tn ground
that he manufactured a clock. A
third passed tn stand because he made
a ditchnary, which Is a book that tells
We how mann diff rent things tn same
wurrud means. They was potes I niver
r-read an statesmen / niyer heerd Nv,
an gin'rals | niyer fought, an invent
ors iv BLUM, an discovers lv things
that had been discovered befure an
things that had TO be undiscovered
later. An tn Hst was as ~onfamffyar 70
me as IN battin ordher " tn worces-
ter ball team Nv eighteen hundred an
siyenty-six. Bedad. say !, If this is
fame. IN dhraw cards nesAf. Some
day whin tn owner " a new Hall iv
Fame tells TIL panitor 70 climb up an
whitewash over til names on tn wall
an make out q new list, some wan may
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Theatre, and as he watched Hortense
Eningham fit and twitter and win the
Plaudits CT the discriminating Metro
politan Audisnce he kept thinking to
himself, Little do these People sit
ting around me suspect that ] am go
ing to take supper with her" 1t
seemed almost too Good TO be True.
Cyril and the Attache of the House
had to Walk Around for a while after
the Show, 70 give Hortense time TO ger
off her Makeup and arrive at the Flat
Then they went up and when they rang
the Bell Cyril could hear his Heart
beat. He expected to have his Hat
kicked off just as he stepped I'm, but he
didn't propose to Let on.
They were welcomed by a pleasant
little Woman with Dark Hair. Cyril
caught tho Name as Mrs. Miller. She
said her Husband would be out in a
Minute. After she went away the
Friend explained to Cyril that Effing-
ham was her Stage Name. and then
Cyril began to understand that Mrs.
Miller was Hortense and that the wig
makes a Difference.
She came back with Mr.. Miller, whom
Cyril recognized as the Leader Of the
Orchestra. Also, there was a Tall Boy
of about Cyr.Ts Age. Mrs. Miller said
it was her Son. who was home on a
Vacation. She hoped that he and Cy-
rl would be Great Friends.
Mrs. Miller old Cyril she knew his
Father quite well, as he had handled
several Investments for her. She said
he was a Lovely Man. Then she asked
Cyril which ne liked best, Hall Game
or Marie CoreIli. and he said he
thought both of them were all right.
He was lucky to b. able to say that
much. He didn't know whether he was
on Foot or Horseback.
After that they had a little Lunch OF
Crackers and nice. rich MIX. Cyril
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28
THE LINGERING SUMMER.

1t is almost the first of November,
and yet we have almost summer heat
with us. Thursday the mercury was
rs in the shade at 8 p. m, Friday it vas
rs, and yesterday was quite as warm.
The nights are fairly cool, bit the
drought continues, the leaves are rap
idly falling, and what remains of ven
dure is taking on a autumnal tint,
largely due to the absence of rain. AL
together it has been rather a remark
able fall, with the chances that good
weather" will last until we'll on towards
the middle OF the coming month. By
all the old rules governing the weather,
we shall have a cold winter and a late
spring, c~ompensating for the exception
ally hot summer and late fall weather.
Nature compensates for these vagaries
in her own way, and II We have snow
next April and frost next May we will
know the reason why.
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rHE GnowrH of THE ISLAND.

HHU
The above heading does not refer to
the population of the Seventh ward
as returned by the census enumerators.
It treats exclusively and particularly
Of geography. Time was when the
Island stopped at the north end of the
Seventh ward-that is to say, at about
the point where the big grove Of viii
lows ~ended4and the broad expause OF
the divided river began. That geo.
graphical point was about opposite
the Wheeling Hospital, or, at the
most. the output OF Jonathan's ravine.
There was a reasonable limit to
what is now the northern confines of
Madison district, in the olden time,
when the population was comparative
~ sparse. and the houses in Stonetown
didn't have their back ends turned to
Souti1aFront street, but fronted upon a
romantic and dustry country road, next
to the river, bordered by q tall hedge
fence betwixt the aforesaid road and
the waters edge, where a boy could
go In swimming without fear of being
seen or molested by the police, be-
c~ausesnobody. could possibly see him, in
the first place, and IL the second. be-
cause there weren't any police within
a mile.
But that isn't what we started out to
the expansion of the circumfer-
entail dimensions of the always beau
tiful Garden Spot.
AS we have remarked, the north end
of the Island used to have a tangible
termination. Now, with the fear
that the prevalent low water may
last indefinitely, the Seventh ward
threatens to be annexed to Ohio
through purely natural methods, and
from non-preventable causes. For
many days, not to say weeks, the point
of the insular portion of the city Of
Wheeling has formed a close and ap-
parently permanent connection with
the west channel pier of the Terminal
bridge, and the west end of the Termi-
nal bridge rests upon Ohio soil. 1t
may, therefore, be argued that the ELI
gible residence quarter situate in the
midst of the sometime raging Ohio Is
questionable territory, in-so-much as it
is connected equally and %impartially
with two States by the slender thread
of a strictly frst-class and thoroughly
modern steel railway bridge.
OF course, it may be alleged in favor
of West Virginia, that all river islands
within the confines of this State, north
and south, belong to the State located
on the south bank of the river, but per
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

contra, it maybe properly argued that
this claim only holds good 80 long as
there may be no connection with q
neighboring State. Without bringing
the dry and dusty Back" river into the
case, it may be- remarked that Ii the
Seventh ward continues to grow north
ward at the rate manifest during the
past few years, 1t must inevitably be
annexed to Belmont county, or become
a part and parcel of the good county
OF Brooke, and our only salvation APP
pears to lie in the speedy completion
of the Compromised government dams,
or in the interposition Of Jupiter Pluv-
ius, who might send a moderate food
of say five feet six inches, and thus
save something in the nature of inter-
national complications from eventual
ing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28
BY GEORGE ABE. c~opyrishn, 1900, by Robert Howard Russell.

he would think that the Fates had con-
spired to lay ~Tribulation on his Young
Shoulders.
Or he would put on q Pair of Passion
ate Hose. with the Stripes running, up
and down, and he would go out with
his Trousers reefed up, SO that all
might see, and he would meet another
Boy whose Socks were Checked, and
he would wonder if Perpendicular
Stripes has ceased to be the Thing.
The Clouds would gather over him with
not a Rift to let the Sunshine through.
and he would regret that he had been
Born.
P~erchance he would see on the Drive
a new style Cart several Feet higher
than any o. his, and he would bite his
Nails ans. feel sure that the other
Boys wste trying to Humiliate him.
And ne had more han his share of
Grief and Disappointment when it
came to selecting Hat Bands or making
the Tailor get the proper Bell Effect on
his Coats. so that they would stand
out all the Way around.
However, the One n Consuming
Sorrow of his Young Life was that he
had never met a real Actress. lie had
purchased their Photographs, and he
had ever gone so far as to send Flow
ers, but he had never actually Met n
so as to have her Speak to him. That
was what he wanted. One of his
friends, named Paul, had ridden on a.
Train one with a Company playing
"A Runaway Girl" and a opened a
Window for Virginia Earle. who had
thanked him with her own Lips. Con-
%sequently Paul was the genuine 1t
when the Boys got together in Cyrils
Den to look at the Pictures and talk
about which one they liked Best.
Cyril dreamed one night that he had
Lillian Russell riding with him inNhis
Stanhope, and that Edna Wallace Hop
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

lens iv tn hour? TIL votes is as good
as cast an counted. Ayether tn coun-
thry is rooned or its rooned. An it
amt, anyhow. Tyether We ARE de-
livered over hand an foot to tn wild
dies an orphans that've thrust stocks
sawed off on thin be the EXECUTORS. or
tn gover'mint abondons a policy iv
brutal, crool. murdherous conquest "
TIL cow'rdly assassins Nv tn land Nv
etarnal sunshine an shadow. Two
weeks firm to-day Wen be ayether ne
glectin' to pay our debts in the stand
ard money iv tn nations Nv tn earth
or in a debased and wretched cienage
that no man has liver got enough iv.
An what the divvle diff doe it
make. me boy? The mornin' afther
Fiction. it's Hinnissy to the Stag pile
an Dooley to tn beer pump. an Jawn
D. Rockefeller to tn lie can. an tn
OF flag 1oatin' over all iv us II tn
wind is good an tn man in charge has
got up in time TO hist it. Foolish man.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

'>whln ye think iv &, whln sc con-
sidher how nanny men have done
things or thrled to do thin fr wan
hundred years in this country. an
now whin # comes 70 pick n. winners
about half IN list s on'y famous 70
tn men that voted fr thin. how sr-ra
ye goin to figure that amy iv IN
la-ads that ye're waatin' ye' er lungs fr
viii bring up r-right2 3 hundred years
firm now Aggynaldeo may be az fa-
nous as Mack. m anyhow they'll
both be dead an uhai's III principal
ingree5ent iv fame. Co home an think
that over"
TN not goin' home zzsi Nr Hem
messy. I'm goin' % march with the
rnsoand Money an Sound Morals Club
tonight
yen be famous" said Mr.. Dooiey.
Yen be wan is tn FIRST theysn admit
70 In Hail ~ Fame whln they open tn
dures 70 n Wnrruld's Famous Loony-
t.cs.ss
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

they be? I was r-readin' tn other day
about a vote cast be a lot Nv distin-
guished bazabs throughout tn coun-
thry FIR tn occupants iv a hall Nv fame.
A Hall iv Fame's tn place where tn
names iv tn NEST famous men is paint
ed. like tn side " a bar-rn where a
little boy writes III name iv IN little
girl he loves. In a week or two he
goes back an rubs it out. But in this
matther twas determined to lave out
tn question to a lot iv sthrong la-ads
an have thin vote on Il an my tn
dead ones was iligeable. ! r-read tn
list to-day. Hinnissy. an Will We believe
me. or will We not? Much as I know l
cudden't recall more thin half tn
names. George Wash'nton was iiicted.
of coerse, unanimously an without a
cont:stin' obligation. an proud he'll be
10 larn " It. Thin there was ulyss s.
Grant an Thomas jefferson an Robert
E. Lee. knew all w them as though
we'd peer raised in tn. same lot But
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

| the great fold. Again / breaches IN John
| Wesley's church. III London wesley him.
| self lay In his grave just beside the church
| walls. His grandson played the organ.
Thisschurch is the mother OF the Wesleyan
churches in England. and is the greatest
religious power in England next to the
! esta hl.shed church. these churches are
all doing a great service to humanity,
! and a most potential influence in Christ's
cause-showing that the good that John
Wesley did Is not inferred with his bones,
but Ewes after him. /.
THAT line of Shakespeare's is pessim-
istic. New pessimism doesn't pay. The
| young, to die early. The man who Is al
ways decrying things, pulling things
down, asserting thai the world is going
to the dogs, is usually himself the first
to fall. He pulls thugs down upon his
| own head and perishss amid his own pes
simism. The man who thinks pure
thoughts. lives a good life, acts as his con-
| science and not as his pocket dictates,
lives the h%ealthiest life and lives the long
est
Were you not entertained in several
! countries by royalty?" the doctor was
asked.
Yes he replied. But l prefer not to
talk on that topic. My meeting with some
of the rulers of this world was in every
way delightful. but / was received as a
private Individual"
When asked his plans for the immediate
future, DIR. Talmage said: My whole time
will be given TO my editorial work in con-
/ nection with the Christian Herald, al
though on Sunday l shall fill pulpit en-
| gagements in Washington. Chicago. Gin
c~fnnati, Boston. Philadelphia, Canada and
the South
Above all. the emotion that dominates
, my heart is one of thanksgiving that I
am home again. Every man who lives
under the American flag ought to go on
his knees every morning and thank God
that his home is here and that he lives
under a republican rather than a mon
archical form of government"
DR.. Talmage returned to his home in
| Washington Thursday night.
gibson WILLETS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

tn funerals don't stop FIR Elections. or
tn christenin's or weddin's. Be hiv-
ms, l think tn likes iv ye imagines this
country is something besides a hunk
iv LAND occupied be human bein's. Ye
think il a sort iv an autymobill thatll
run down onless We charge ii with
ye'er particular kind Nv gas. DON'T We
ixpict Hinnissy that amy throop iv
angels will dhrep firm Hiven to chop
ye'er wood on tn mornin' iv tn siv-
NTH iv Novimber if Bryan is ilicted,
an don't We have Jawnny Mckenna
think If be gets Mack in, he'll have to
put a sthrip iv oil cloth on tn dure to
keep pluthycrats firm shown threas-
ury notes undher til dure No. sir: 1
used to think so-wanst, in tn das
whin / pathronized a lothry. Now l
know diff rent.
wherein they be a hundred years
firm now? Mckinley al Bryan an
Debs an Mark Hanna an Web Davis.
an Croker an BIZ Lormer-where'n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

idence district Of that city. unable to
obtain the right sort of girls, or to keep
them when once installed, have inaug-
urated a cooperative kitchen in the
middle Of tho block, with a complete
equipment snd a male chef in charge.
Meals are FURNISHED upon orders to any
residence involved in the plan, at any
hour, and Upon any scale, and the fam
lily ordering contributes from a reason
able scale of prices to the general fund.
Perhaps this, or something like it, will
solve an old and vexed problem.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28
WHEELING.

For the Sunday Register.
There is to me a spot most dear,
Where | first beheld the light,
And its shadows come and go
In the stiffness of the night.
! see the little winding creek,
And the tombs that are by IL,
And the rock of old McCullough's lean.
Where | used TO love TO sit.
They are there as Of old,
And At. Wood with its spectral look,
And its stories untold.
And its may quiet little hooks.
And hat green N beauteous isle,
In the peaceful waters. 3
Where oft 1--we sat awhile,
Is there the same as ever.
And our old Alma Mater
At the top of the hill,
Where our tasks we did father,
Clings round my memory still.
And the long n winding river,
Wits its verdare clad shore,
And the hills high above II,
Is flowing as of yore.
Blu my heart is in the scar.
When my thoughts go repining
And / almost feel a tear,
With the signing Of
Long ago.
Philadelphia, October, lseo
MAY PIlILLIPs cUNDx
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vote rr tn gr-reat soul that discovered
how to make both end meet in m
year nineteen hurdhred That's a
great inyintion, Hinnissy. Thank
tn Lord tn Standard lie Comply
hasn't got a patent on It.
what's fame. afther al. me ls-ad?
It's as apt to be wha; %omevan writes
on ye'er tombstone as anything re
did fr ye'ersiIf II takes two 10 make
it. NUT on'y wap has much iv a hand.
It's not a mans life In wan yolume be
hinsilf. but bis Life in three volumes
be wan iv his frfnds. An be IN way
tn jury voted rr tn dodgers in this
tiniment house ~ fame. nanny that
cud pay their scoor at tn desk is left
on tn dure sthep because IN hunks Ii
filed with tn frtnds Nv tn managers.
/ think Ill hire q large buiidin' fr m
rayjscted. I vudden't be surprised II
manny Nv tn star boardhers come out
iv tn other Hail fv PANE fr tn con-
3anial comp'ny IN mine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

Yes. they are gone. the dear old days
When we We're gay and glad;
THE Rand are travelling separate ways
And hearts are feeling sad.
The DAYS have passed when we shall meet
Each morning at the door,
But they shall live in memory sweet
The days that are no more.
And If the tears will sometimes fall,
AS memory leads US on,
And happy hou we recall,
Fond moments past n gone,
Loves rec0llections will remain.
To soothe the hearts now sore.
And We will live them Ger again,
The days that are no more.
Boston. Il. MAUDE C0HOON.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

A peculiar incident was recently wit
messed in the Bethany Presbyterian
church Of Trenton, N. Y. The sermon
had a soporific effect upon Harry Tfdd,
a young druggist, and he fell asleep.
While still in slurnber he arose, re-
moved his coat, vest and collar and
was about to further disrobe when the
women in his vicinity screamed. An
usher aroused him and led him out of
the church.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

IT'S a great rayciption they do be
gfvin' Bryan down in New York State"
said Mr.. Hennessy.
"a fine rayciption FIR a Dimmycrat
in New York State" said Mr.. Dooley,
lis that he's not dangerously
wounded. Anything short iv death is
regarded as a frindly an interested
rayciption. an a mild kind iv death,
like ~suffycation be ~chloroform, wud be
considered a rayspictful hearin'. All
We can say about Willum Jennings
Bryan's rayciptlon is that he got by
Wall sthreet without bein' stoned to
death with nuggets firm tn goold re-
sarve. Aanyhow, what ARE We dhrag-
gin pohytics into this peaceful abode
f'r, Hinnissy? Isn't it bad enough FIR
me to have to stand here adj day eng
l!stenin' to strangers rayjoocin' tn
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. now befure tn
people~te personal insult without harin'
me frinds maxim me nights miserable
with chatther about the aeetin' prob
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28
THE FOOL AND THE GIRL.

Is. f. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald.l
He took her out TO supper
From the play:
He had 10 toll ten hours
Every day;
His pocket book vas slim.
But ne did the best he could.
And she ate and smiled at him.
AS a grateful maiden should.
But she met another fellow
The next day,
And she ridiculed the supper
And the play.
The boy had some his best
With the little that he had
While she sopke his name in Jest,
He remembered and was gladl
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

The officers of the British cruiser
Psyche insist that they did salute upon
the occasion of the recent visit to New
York harbor. That is curious. No one
heard the courtesy, although a water
battery in the narrows was manned,
the men standing by the guns ready
to respond. Probably some officer of
the Psyche used a revolver.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

We have it from Washington that the
Isthmian Canal Commission will only
submit a preliminary report to the
coming session of Congress. This is
to be regretted, but is probably the
best that could be hoped for. a place
on the commission is a very nice thing,
and there are not enough nice things
to go around, these days.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

The deaths of two notably old men
were chronicled in the papers yester-
day. One was "Old Ned" Henry, of
Pittsburg, a negro. born in 1894, at Cul-
pepper Virginia, who used tobacco and
whiskey all his life. The other was a
confirmed cigarette smoker, who drop
ped off at the age of ni~nety-eight.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

The new census is alleged to show
that the average age OF marriage has
been increasing at the rate of a fort
night per year for a number Of years
back. If this tendency keeps on, only
the old folks will be caught by Dan
Cupid.