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Morris tribune., 1900-03-31
He Cured Her of Pertness.

The Duke of Norfolk is an exceed,
ingly kind-hearted, quiet, unassuming
man, but on one occasion he gave d
postoftice young woman a severe
fright. She had got into the habit OF
ruling the public with rod of iron
and fiavoring her remarks with good
deal of impudence. The Duke saw
and heard much Of this while he was
writing his telegram. When his turn
came the young woman took his tele-
gram, read it and dashed it back at
him, saying snappishly:
Put your name to it. What's your
name"
That will do" said the Duke,
pointing to his signature, Norfolk"
"That's not the name Of a man; that
is the name Of a county," snapped the
clerk.
The Duke took the telegram and
proceeded to write another, which ran:
permanent Secretary, G. P. O., Lon
don: CLERK at this office exceedingly
insolent to the public; reprimand Sc
verely; discharge on second complaint.
The Postmaster General"
AS he handed it in he observed:
This is official and will go free."-~
London Telegraph.
Morris tribune., 1900-03-31
A Chinese Notion.

The Chinese, so far as can be learn
ed from history, are the Oldest nation
on the earth. They are, to us of ex-
IRENE modern ideas, a strange people,
and some of their ways and fancies are
not to be explained. The most pains
taking scholars and antiquarians ap-
pear to have failed, in many particu-
lars, to discover the motives that &C
tuate the individuals of this prehis-
toric race. Yet, doubtless, the cere-
monies that we see them going
through in mining camps on the Pa
cifc coast are all to them as full of
meaning as the rites of modern relig-
ion are to the believers in Christian
ity. The Chinese, in some respects,
are not unlike the army of the ortho-
dox in the church militant, who be-
lieve in a personal life Of the present
human frame in the world beyond. The
Chinese custom of decapitating their
enemies slain in war is explained by
the statement that they believe that
the appearance of person in the spir-
it world without head is prima facie
evidence of having committed some
crime, and punishment is awarded &C
cordingly Hence, the horrible mutt
lation which took place on the evacu-
alton of Shanghai by the Taipings,
when the imperial officers gave orders
for the decapitation of every rebel
body, and even the collins containing
the remains of prominent rebel lead
ers were broken open and dishonored
to insure their punishment hereafter.
Hence, also the anxiety displayed by,
the friends of officers who lost their
heads during the rebellion to recover.
them and stitch them on to the bodies
again, as much as one hundred and
thirty-three pounds having been paid
by the officers of the imperial army for
the head of a friend. <
Morris tribune., 1900-03-31

place and have a look to see if the
goods are the same thing. She may
want to make sure of the address, for
it's hard to make your way when the
place is so crowded, and then the 9TH
er lady happens just by accident to
have one of their cards, which she
picked up when she was in there get
ting something. They work it mighty
fine and make it seem as natural as
you please, but every one of them wo-
men is a tout for the other shop. Think
of the smartness of them! It's like
getting a stable tip on what to wear
N. y Sun.
Morris tribune., 1900-03-31
DARK SIBERIA'S LIFE
A RUSSIAN SURGEON TELLS OF EX
ISTENCE IN SAGHALlEU.

In the Flogging of the Convicts the
Worst Criminals arc Generally Chosen
to Wield the Terrible Knout-Escape ia
Out of the Question.
Passing gloomy passage OF the
Alexander prison, whose walls are
covered with black moldiness and reek
with the strong scent OF pine cones
strewing on the floor, we find at the
end of the corridor chairs and tables
for the authorities who witness the
infection of the punishments; among
the officials are lawyer, the chief OF
the prison, the surgeon, and lit
tie way off is placed the block of
threatening aspect, behind which
stands the wielder of the knout, who
awaits his victims with curious look.
His garb is apparently intended to
make the situation all the more i'm
pressive; he wears tall white head
covering, soft felt shoes, a blood-red
shirt with it's sleeves turned up, and
carries the knout in his hand. Along
the wall stands row of convicts with
smoothly shaved heads and facing
them is a long line of Warders armed
with loaded revolvers in the hand.
The stiffness as of the grave, which
stamps all present is broken from time
to time by the rafting of the hand
cuffs and the leg letters and by fur
tive cough or rusting of the papers
upon the table of the prison governor.
"Who will be the next?'' is the
question that is all too clearly to be
read upon the deathlike features of
the "arrestants''-
"Sidoroy" is called out by the COVER
ORGY steps unsteadily and with an in
creasing totter and rafting of his
chains out of the line of gray, long
felt coats. I note his lips growing
pale and the fear in his widely open
ed eyes. as though he were bounded
wild beast.
Lie down." is the command
Hastily making the sign of the cross
on his breast, Sidoroy lies down at
length on the bench, and throws each
arm around it: he is then bound by
leathern thongs to the bench, and
his hands are tied together beneath it.
How many?" asks the warder
charged with counting the strokes.
Sixty" is the quiet answer of the
governor
Look out" or Pull yourself to-
gether," forms the general remarks of
the knout wielder. and the next mo-
ment the blows are raining in fearful
thuds upon the bare back of Sidoroy,
who utters heart-piercing shrieks. One,
two, three-the warder calls off the
tale of the stripes, everyone of which
Kissed and leaves it's mark on the Gull
prit. The cry that at first followed
every stroke has gradually become an
unbroken howl and roar. and readers
must have strong nerves if they can
picture further all the hideousness of
this diabolical form of punishment
This sort of castigation is inflicted
upon colyicis whenever it is ordained
by the law or by the police and locas
authorities. The dispenser of blows
is always fellow taken from the
prisoners themselves. and in his hands
the fate of the delinquents may be
said literally to lie. The knout con-
sists of thick wooden stick, to which
is fastened strongly plated lash.
about thirty inches long and two
inches wide. and this thong is cut so
as to form three lashes as it's end. A
convict who retains the smallest de-
gree of human feeling can never be
Morris tribune., 1900-03-31
How New York Dry Goods Houses Get
Business.


Business.
you won't have to go as far as the
racetracks if you want to find a tout
said a policeman who had lately been
transferred to the shopping district
There's lots of tAem here on this new
post of mine.
''When l first came on the post was
kept guessing at the reason for the
crowds of women in front of big win
doWs. I never could set near enough
to get onto the game, for what show
has a man to get into a crowd CT
women looking a. new style of some
thing to wear? l could always see one
woman close to the window give
another a card or write something on
a slip of paper. At last | got so
worked up about it that J. asked my
wife to find it out for me. 1t seems it
wasn't a game but business but things
are that mixed nowadays you can't for
the life of you tell where a game stops
and commercial enterprise begins.
When woman stops and gets to look
ing at some bargain in the window the
woman alongside of her just mentions
in ladylike way that she saw some
of the same goods down the street, and
it was 3 cents a yard cheaper or some
such thing as that. That starts them
talking, and maybe the first lady
thinks she will go down to the other
Morris tribune., 1900-03-31

:.:S.;:iise SSG TO undertake this Office and
thus only the most reprobate and har-
dened criminals are chosen for the
dread work To these inhuman crea-
lures the courts of Russia intrust hui
man life. II is in their power to in
flict only light punishment upon the
condemned. to make him cripple for
the rest of his days, or to send him to
his grave on the spot, and yet the Of
fcials never deem it necessary to put
any restraint on these floggers.
The courts generally condemn to
flogging confirmed criminals. fugitives
from Siberia and vagabonds, many OF
whom have received altogether from
five hundred to six hundred blows. An
old Siberian tramp finished his curri-
culum vitae with the following words:
81 have received all told fourteen hun
dred stripes of the birch rod. six hun
dred blows from the knout and num-
berless thrashings by sticks" AS is to
be expected. the statistics of the Sibe-
rian prisons show the futility of these
punishments as corrective measures
In proportion as the punishments in
crease in number and cruelty so the
the relapses and backslidings into
crime increase. Nostalgia, or inten-
sifed home sickness, is curiously
strong in the inmates of the Siberian
prisons and will not be suppressed by
the most cruel system of whipping.
Hitherto we have dealt only with the
knout. which is the rarer form of pun
ishment. and must be ordered by a
court of law. The usual corporal pun
ishment by means of rods and sticks
is somewhat different, for thy form
the Alpha and Omega of the corrective
measures in use in Siberian prisons.
This form of punishment is regarded
rather as a bagatelle, and yet it's eff
fects are much worse than those of the
knout. for it is melted out to all in the
same measure: it needs not to be or.
dained by court of law, and the vic
tim undergoes no previous medical ex-
animation as to his fitness to bear the
punishment. Every governor of pris-
ons can give thirty and every district
governor one hundred of these blows.
at their sole discretion. 1t is the
naked truth that even criminals when
srievously i'll do not escape this pun
ishment. A female prisoner in This
district or Korsakov was whipped 20
such an extent that she fell down dead,
st. Petersburg Medical Record.
A NEW SHOPPING SCHEME.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
EIGHTEENTH WEEK

Feb L Piper Heidsicks VS.. Blue Ribbons.
Feb. 4 Brunswicks VS.. Crescents.
Feb. I, Rough Riders VS.. Black Cats.
Feb. S. Musee Colts VS.. Benwoods.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

Concert at Wheeling Park this at
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
CAD WON 1T.
A Long Shot Captured the stecpie-
chase at Morris Park.

- Aob9 SaVh ~. NNtVs
chase at Morris Park.
NEW YORK, October 6.-The Cad,
ridden by his owner, Mr.. Smith, won
the champion steepie chase at Morris
Park to-day over a trying distance OF
three miles and a half. This fixture
was the feature of the days racing,
and it resulted in me of the most STIR
ring struggles OF the season through
the field. A record breaking half hol-
iday crowd was on hand, as an attrae-
tive card was offered and the weather,
with a trace OF summer in the air, made
it a fine day for an outing. Seven horses
faced the starter in the champion stee-
pie chase. The Cad was added at the
last minute. 1t was a coveted stake, for
outside of the honor of winning il 1t
had an even money value of So, 1000,
Sc, 1000 of which was subscribed by gen.
tlemen interested in steeple chasing.
Plato was made a hot favorite at 2 10 /.
The others were all held at Is to /. They
were sent off on the first break for their
long journey. and the field, led by
Plato, raj closely punched for two
miles. All fenced perfectly, and as they
passed the grand stand the second time
every horse seemed to have an equal
chance of winning.
me crowd showed its appreciation by
breaking into applause as they cleared
the water jump. Going up the back
stretch the last time Mr.. Smith, who
was always second On The Cad, sent his
mount to the front. First one and then
another tried to go up. but he came
to the last jump q length and a half
before Plato, Both cleared the obstacle
in safety, and an exciting drive TO the
wire followed in which Mr.. Smith
showed his skin, landing his mount
a clever winner by a scant half length.
Perion closed fast and was third, four
lengths behind Plato. The Others stray
gled in, not a single fall having oc-
Cured to mar the race.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

PHILADELPHIA, October 6.-With
the thermometer up in the eighties this
afternoon the University of Pennsylva-
MIA played foot ball against Haverford
College and won the game, 3S to O.
Pennsylvania goal was never in dan
ger.
PRINCETON, N. j.. October g.
Princeton was surprised by Lehigh to-
day, when the latter scored a touch
down against them. Princeton, however.
won the game by a score of IL TO 5.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. October s.
Harvard won from Bowdoin in the foot
ball game on Soldiers rield this after
noon by a score of II to 0.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, October g.
Yale handily won the game with Tufts
this afternoon by a score OF 80 to 0.
NEW YORK, October columbia
started off the foot ball season to-day
with a victory over Wesleyan, defeating
the Connecticut boys by a score of II
to O, y
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
Alley Notes.

Alley Notes.
Well, boys, we're off again!
Wasn't the parade a hummer?
Hats off to the boys of the Wheeling
League. -
The weather man il also our friend.
Sauerkraut and wieherwurst all next
week. 80
Excuse the low scores, boys; time
will improve them.
The Columbias started their old gait
of losing again.
Our President measures two inches
more around the girth since swiping
the Columbias.
That Wheeling crowd will nc doubt
be a bad one in the race for honors.
Billy Detwiller had his men we'll in
hand last week.
The All Alikes were disappointed,
but proved good losers.
Dick Summerson will DOR adopt the
"benching' process in his team.
E. Waterhouse proved that the color
of ones hair has nothing to do with
a mans bowling.
Capt. DruShel's men did we'll, but the
Cap. himself did some ragged work.
The All Alike dance at Pythian Cas-
tie on Thanksgiving Eve promises to
be a warm baby"
Bickmeyer has made his appear
anA, this time with the Robbers
Yours welcome, Dick.
Junks black Cat served him we'll last
Monday.
1t has been whispered that Dad Stein
has been giving brother-in-law Kenny
private lessons.
Poor Daddy Hall hasn't improved
much since last season. His average
last week was 80.
A meeting of the all Alikes has been
called for his afternoon at 2:30, at the
club room.
Bill Handlan is the "warmest baby
of the bunch" SO far this season.
Weitzel has returned from Sisters
vile for good. That's right, Gus, we
need such flowers as you, bad.
That little runt, Marti, bowled like a
lfouse on fire.
John Ritz is bowling in his old-time
form, averaging about 1913. Something
about Bill Arndts size.
Charley Rahr and his brother, Pidge,
are receiving bids for a private alley.
Good idea, boys.
Skinner Miller has become a Limb
of the law" but he won't forsake his
bowling on that account.
Captain Mitchell, of the Coiumbias,
has his little hammer ready. There will
be someone drop in that team soon.
The Rooters, Sunny Brook and ns-
umbia boys are tied for last place, but
are not least by any means.
Billy Detwiller remarked, after
watching Gaughan's work last Tues
day evening, THAT Mick is a dead
one"
A new set of regulation pins have
been telegraphed for and should arrive
sometime next week. but won't be put
on the alleys until the Monday follow
ing, then we can look out for some re-
cord-breaking scores.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
SPORTS OF COUSIN
JOHN CHINAAAN.
THEY PLAY ALL OUR CHILDREN'S
GAMES IN CHINA, AND kITE
FLYING is THE BEST OF
nun o THEM.

The Chinaman is so tremendously
hard working that it is difficult to I'M
agine when he finds time for games.
But, like everyone else, he has an oc-
N0iCAal holiday, about twenty in the
year, and On these occasions he goes
in for games with much vigor.
There is hardly a game We play our
selves that you cannot md a counter
part of in China. Indeed, many of our
games such as football, battleGore and
shuttleeock chess and backgammon,
we 1--WE directly 70 Chinese Inventive
ness. Shuttlecock, though played in
Japan with a battledore, is played by
Chinese coolies with their feet. The
shuttlecock, calleu literally Chicken
Feather Swallow" is made Of several
pieces of snake skin, about an inch
and a half in diameter. weighted out
with a copper coin, and having a few
feathers roughly stuck in the top. This
and a similar game with a small ball
is played chiefly by the kwangtung
men.
Chinese Football.
Football is played in inland China.
The biggest men form the team. There
are from twenty TO forty a side. The
game lasts until ms side wins-that IS,
drives the ball rigA. through the town
and out on the other side.
All cur children's games are common
in China, top spinning, kite flying,
blind-man's-buff, hide-and-seek, stills,
and many others: OF these. k~ite-fying
is the most important, and is INDUCED
in by men as well as children. Ch:-
nese kites are usually square, the
string is made of pure silk ana is
wound on a wooden reel, rather like a
fishing reel. People of different grades
of society use string of different col
ors. The string Is the. most expensive
part, the kits costing but very little.
Many kites, especially Korean, have a
hole in the centre. This is said TO
steady them. Tie time for kite flying
Is in the spring only. On the l4th day
OF the first month. Korean parents
write on a kite a wish that the years
misfortunes may fly away. A piece OF
sulpAur is tied to the tail OF such a
kite SO that it may burn the tail and
! the kite to fall. K~ite-fiying is
considered the best OF fun. No Ameri-
can could copy the skill of the kite
fighters, who make their toys perform
wonderful feats high in the air. Chi
hese kites are made in many beauti-
ul shapes. The double fan is a favor
e.
Tops are immensely popular in all
stern countries. In China the peg
whipping top is the %favorite. They
spun in winter IN frozen ground
&c. The Chinese have a game in
CHI saucer-shaped tops, filled with
is, are spun. The top which carries
pad longest wins. Humming tops
ommonly made, and there are, be-
whistle-tops, and l~antern-tops.
lhinese name for h~umming-top is
y thun@er-top.
ese bill d-manss-buff is quite
to ou1l e7me, and so are CHI
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
The Sand Beach On the Back River
Has Been Turned Into a Coal Bank

The average person walking along the river bank kicks oyer many a
most probably dug from m of the numerous coal banks which line the
Monongahela river, above Pttsburg. The river banks and bed from Pitts
burg to Cairo re lined with them, some larger, some smaller. When. dur
ing good stages If water, large fleets of coal barges start out from Pittsburg,
the treacherous narrow channel which ends at enaire causes n OF two
wrecks and more Or less of the. black diamond is dropped into the stream.
The current catches it up and rolls it along, smoothing off the edges and
giving it the smooth, rock-nke appearance. When the water recedes it is
left high and dry. 4
Since the receeding water,o ccasoned by the drouth, has left a wide sand
beach on the Island side of the back river, it affords a excellent oppor-
tunity for securing this coal, which is in some casesb buried very deep in the
sand. Residents of the poorer classes have taken advantage of the situa-
ton and in the past month taken hundreds of bushels of it from the river
bed. They say it is much better for burning purposes than the bought prod
ut, since its contact with the water eliminates the sulphur.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
They're OF.

They're OF.
The race Of the ten teams of the
Wheeling Bowling League is on in ear
nest. After having the finest parade
in the history of local Bowlerdom,
the teams have settled down to their
long winters race. With exception
they are about the same al composed
last years tournament at Fette's alleys,
and are all the same gentlemaniy lot OF
fellows that have been conducting the
successful tournaments for years past.
The parade that was given on the OPEN
ing night was by far the finest thing or
the kind ever attempted in the city, po-
fitical or otherwise, and is certainly a
credit to the bowlers of the tourna-
ment.
When one stops to think that h ex-
pense of that parade, which was GER
tainly large, was paid by the members
Of the ten teams, an idea al be cotton
of how deeply bowling has buried itself
in the hearts OF the local deyotees, and
If the tournaments are properly con-
Quoted, it will be a popular sport for a
long time to come.
The scores made by the teams for the
first week were small, owing to the new
pins that were used, as the bottoms of
new pins are always very fiat, which
makes them unusually hard to knock
down, but from now on the scores and
averages will improve, and it is safe
to predict that more than one team will
be the proud owners of a thousand av-
erage before the season is over. Sec
rotary Fette wishes to thank the many
bowlers of his tournament for their
kind services in making Monday
nights parade such a grand success,
and in return promises them every at
tention throughout the coming winter.
Below will be found the results of the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
The Schedule.
First Series.
FIRST WEEK.

October S-Rough Riders VS.. Crescents.
Oct. 8, Piper Heidsicks VS.. Musee Colts.
Oct. II, Blue Ribbons VS.. Benwoods.
Oct. IL, Black Cats VS.. Brunswicks.
SECOND WEEK.
Oct. Is. Piper Heidsicks VS.. Rough Riders
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
AMATEUR T

The Pink Carriers base ball team will
cross bats with the Rough Riders fhis
afternoon at 2 o'clock on the Forty
first street grounds.
The c. Stephens club will cross bats
with the Scroggins team this afternoon
on the Fulton grounds.
The Will Gutmans defeated the Chas.
Stephens club yesterday at the Island
park by a score of II to 0. Batteries
Gutmans. Lucas and Wharton; Steph-
ems, Bennett and Stephens. Lucas, of
the Gutmans, struck out IL men and
only two hits were obtained from his
delivery. His pitching and the general
playing of the Gutmans was magnih-
cent.
The Gutmans will play the Scroggins
team this afternoon at $50. A good
| game is promised.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

There Is said TO be an agreement on
among ball players not TO sign contracts
for next season. The players have a faint
hope that the National association VIII be
able 10 get into the business next season.
a hope that is not strengthened by the
knowledge that practically the same men
who could not pull the organization
through in the spring are behind this sea
sen, a fact to be regretted by those who
have hopes that something viii happen IN
base ball that will bring the sport back
to its old standard.-Cfncinnati Times
Star.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
BASE BALL NOTES.

President n. E. Young, OF the National
league. has sent word 20 President thinner
OF the ball players union, that a commit
tee OF three club owners has been appoint
ed 10 meet a committee Of the union and
discuss the matter of grievances at a
meeting to be held on October 3. either in
Pittsburg or Buffalo. John T. Brush. A.
H. Soden and John l. Rogers viii take
care OF the owners side OF 1t, while Cnas
Z.mmer, Hugh Jennings. Clark Griffith
and Attorney Taylor will watch out for
the players. end.