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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

hurts, got the grass out of my hair
and found myself obseryin:
He who would not battle for his
conscience is coward. he who would
not fight again after bein licked twice
hath no perseverance and deserves not
success.
Then I hitehed up and went forward
to the town of Set EN- TFp. My APP
pearance was not as venerable and be-
nign as | could have wished for, but
my heart was stout and truth was
ever before me, as | told the inquisi-
tive inhabitants that l had been toyed
with by d cyclone as l slept the sleep
of the just. They gave me welcome at
first, but when we had brung about a
dawg fight and my canine had won the
stakes the people fell upon me for a
deceiver, and | was thumped and
pounded and walloped and landed in
the town Jail. | lay thar in my sorrer
fur two days, and my food was bread
and water. Then the mayor of the
town visited me, although it was his
dawg which had been licked in the
fight
Pilgrim" says he as he sits down
beside me in a brotherly way, " the
wild and woolly west is a vast ex-
panse OF kentry."
She surely be-" says I.
And she is filled with all sorts of
critters. A few may be without guile,
but the rest are full of deception and
wickedness. Fur instance. i don't
think you've got any guile about you"
IF have. know it not"
lnl !, Oh xtyIn Il axrye,
licked mine and lost $40, but have
thought better of it. Even beneath
your skinned nose and blackened eyes
kin see the blush of innocence.
Il was born that way and can't help
it," l modestly says.
And bein without guile what sort of
a poker hand do you play?"
Now and then | lose a pot bekase
the other critter gifts a flush to m.
threes, but SIGH an accident seldom
happens When | am in good speerits
and playin in the interests Of virchew,
kin mostly manage TO hold fours."
pilgrim, | thought so. said the
mayor as he patted me on the back,
Tonight let us sit in a game OF pok-
err and warop the heather and divide
the spoils. IT'S not that We may gain
worldly spoils fur ourselves, but that
we may convince the said heather or
the error of his ways. And how about
that old hoss of yours?'
He, too, has the interests OF human
ity at heart" says. ne has int eg-
ritv. sympathy and a confdin nature.
kin he git along bettern a cox?
ALAS. he kin. / say alas bekas the
owner or the other boss viii not allus
halieye that am lookin after the foot
nrirts of integrity. You kin gamble
49, that humble lookin critter kin do
4 mile aulcker'n anything that stands
on legs il this pertickier portion or the
western hemisphere. have wealth.
that says he kin. and when 2 wayWorn
pilgrim will put up his shekels on MS
own boss he knows whereof he bets.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
PILGRIM JOE.
He Suffers for the Sins of Others
but Comes Out All Right.
Copyright 1860, by c. B. Lewis.

Copyright. 1860 by c.. B. Lewis.
AS rested under the shade Of high
way tree at MONDAY to eat the print
tive meal that a pilgrim may carry
with him the air was balmy. the birds
full of song, and felt that it was good
to be upon earth. AS my old boss
slept and my bottled grasshopper pur-
re dsoftly to himself l found myself
gittin off SIGH observashuns as:
"A clear conscience and ham sand
which are better than s1c0 won on
poker"
And also:
"Hc vho hath fame hath detractors;
he w hath power hath enemies; he
who hath only tintype outfit and SS7
in cash in his hind pocket is the most
content of ALL
And likewise:
BE ambitious, but not too much so.
1t hurts a Teller less to fall from a
fence than from a house roof"
l was still feeling unctious and high
speerited when along comes two Phil
istines on hossback. saluted them
with smiles of welcome, but thar was
no responsive grins on thar faces as
they got down off their critters. Sun
Thin whispered to me that misunder-
standin was about to take place and
that it was my duty to put up my
dukes and see it through. Without
wastin any words the strangers pitch
ed into me, and without a word | lam
basted them right and left. II was a
purity scrap, but alas integrity doesn't
allus triumph. AFTER about ten minits
my wind gave out, and the Philistines
battered my nose and BACKED my eyes
and left me lyin human wreck on the
bosom Of the airth. AS they moved
away they INDUCED in words which
led me to believe that Teller pilgrim
resemblin me in benignness and inno-
cence had sold them ten city lots in the
town of Golden Hope and that they
had hunted for the said town in vain.
Hope returned with my second wind.
and as | sat soothin my nose with a
handful of grass found myself sayin:
"a clear conscience is its own de-
tense, and truth is mighty champion.
Though a licked man yet have no
fear of bein arrested fur stealing a
hawg."
/ had risen up to hitch my hoss to
the wagon and pureeed onward when
two other human bein's rode up and
purceeded to revile me. Rememberin
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
THE SHADOW OF OTHER DAYS.

Lord Erresdale rested his elbows on
the stone balustrade and looked to-
wards the hills. No breeze rustled the
branches. Everything was still, save
that now and then was heard the boot
of an owl.
He was tall man, supple limbed
and broad shouldered, though fifty
years had turned to iron gray his
tufted beard. There were, however,
few streaks of silver in his black hair
that rested in a curl upon the silk
faced cloak His forehead was broad
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

For in the center of the room lay tho
dying a maniac's death, his eyes flashing
scarn to the last.
And the picture of Margaret. the late
co,a SIS. was slashed by sword into
shreds.
In after years when people saw the pen
sive figure of the Countess of Erresdale
they whispered it would have been better
had she waited for the curate whom the
Rev. Oliver Rridgeman might have en-
gaged.-Hartford Courant
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

that a soft answer turneth away wrath
while calm a man liar stirs up the
bills, I gently asked for an expIana-
shun 1t appeared that a feller pill
grim of the same venerable appearance
as myself had sot down with them
in the town of Red Hot to a game of
poker and hevin lost to them had
worked off counterfeit bill in pay
ment AS they declared me to be the
sinner l started out to argue the case,
but they would not hear my words
When ! saw them peel off their coats
and spit on their hands. I realized that
integrity was called upon to hump her
self. and 7 gathered up my muscles and
sailed in. Truth is mighty and must
prevail. but she don't allus prevail
that same day. Ii was so in this case.
was licked ag'in. and II was al Of
half an hour before ! had bound up my
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

When I sold my naybur a knock
kneed mewl. | was a leetle consciencef
stricken ober H. but It turneu out dat
II dat mewl had bin all right he woultii
hev hin entered in $25 race an got
beaten by half a mile. Dontsiet con<
science quarrel wild yo' too soon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

Oar was a time when I felt Il 70 be
my duty 70 lick my chillen into raadtn
70 chapters OF de Bible on dc sabbath.
but when 7 dlskibered dat. dey could
read all day Sunday an play De debbll
dJofln de Oddcr six days / kinder
changed my opinion bout things
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
BROTHER GARDENERS WISDOM.
connrIrht. laoo. By G. u. I.awIs

r was wondemn whar shUuld stos
nv coal fur de winter when somebody
cum along an stole all my chickens an
lett me de henhouse fur coal Din.i
Things will cum right II yo' only gin
em time.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

When / lost my pocketbook In Dc
road | felt II 10 be de duty OF de finder
To restore II 10 me at once. When 1
found some one elses pocketDook. I
made believe dat providence had frow-
ell Il IN my way 10 buy a new eafpek
fur de parlor.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

! hev llbed IN dis world fur ober CO.
vars. an / can't say as 1 eber f0andI
out DAT de color OF a mans ha'r eber
made any difference On his honesty
allus manages TO git de best Of me
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

De man who am lookin fur trahbla
Kin allus find II. Fn- ODER 80 y'ars ne
thief eber cum about my cabin. y
two nights after had put in burr
alarm / lost a bari of soft soap al
bran new wheelbarrer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

When de old woman fgzers II out
dat we could buy an icsbox fur 50 an
be boosted TO de top OF society. saw
muffin but dc icebOx. When We had got
1t home an foun dat II took ice an
butter an meat an milk to run II. av
dat dere was an ass as well as a box.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

BeFecn De friend who waits 70
show his good will BY givin ma tip on
q hos race an de man who steals ma
'tafeFs out 81 Dc woodshed feel dss
kindest toward De t'ief He nebber has
de chance 70 steal obcr 80 cents with
Of 'taters. while de tip may Jose me sl3s
an keep DE- old woman jawin all night
I signed a Potassium de odder day 70
hev de alderman OF my ward bounced
on, OF Office for acceptin a bribe Of
81 900 from de pawn ring. but Isa
feelin sorter conscience stricken bout
II. In de fust place he happened 70 be
de only one OF de "a vho was founds
out. an in de next II 1t wasn't fur OFF,
ciaI tieves no private citizen could
pint TO hisses and exelaim. "BehOla
an honest mani"
/ amt saying dat Ise lost my faith In.
humanity, but when | riz up in da,
mawnin an find my Sunday shirt MISC
in from de elothegline Ise led 10 res.
feet dat de old woman's simplicity IND
leabln de clothes out ober night hasn't
elevated de moral shtandIn Of society
ober two feet.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

Fo'ty vars ago when licked a man
fur disbelleyin in NOah's ark thought
de matter was settled foreber, but 10
my surprise d. question am still bein
discussed an debated on all sides. Nd
a chance DAT I've bin IN De wrong all
&c time. Mebbe man had better hoa
con an let things GOO vars old work
themselves ont.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
TWO CENTS
DOUBLE TRACK.
Branch from Connellsville to
Fairmont.

Interesting Rumor Started Since Visit
of b. Il o. Officials Double Track
From Connellsyille to Smithlield al-
most Sare-Probably Come on up
Here Uther Improvements.
After the visit of the b. u O. ON
cials here and TO other points on the
system In this section there are
number of reports Of what they in
tend TO do flying around. Some OF
the reports are probably correct and
Others will hardly be proven for some
time yet. At any rate there Will be
some things done and when ever any
thing is attended to 1t is an advance
over what we have been having.
They visited the coal development
in Fayette county where the Smith
tleld and Masontown extension is
practically finished and inspected 1t.
They were very much interested In
looking over the field and TO note the
tremendous tonnage that Is promised
from that section. They were in fact
delighted with the showing OF all
parts OF this section In the way of
promised development.
The Morgantown and kingwood
road is expected To bring out lots of
freight to the b. & @. and In q few
years the opened coal mines in this
county will add a great deal to the
amount Of business that they will
have To do. The new factories that
are building In Morgantown will also
help swell the amount that viii be
given them.
In consequence OF all that they saw
they are disposed to do a great deal
for the road In this part Of the system
and it Is reported that one OF the
steps that they will take Is the double
tracking Of the branch from Councils
VILE to Fairmont. 1t is almost GER
tain to be double tracked from Con-
nellsyille into the Fayette county de-
velopment and 1t is stated that the
double track will be extended on into
this state and to Fairmont where Il
will join the main line.
The move would not be very ex-
pensive one. There is TO be only one
tunnel to encounter and in many
places the grades are already estab-
lished for a second track. In a few
places the grading would be extensive
but the cost at no place would be ex-
cessiye. Morgantown may not get
this improvement as the double track
may not extend any further south
than Smithfleld but there are other
things that are certain to be attended
to here and we will be satisfied with
what we are given.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
Died

IAIsHLEY--George, infant son oil
Mr.. and Mrs r. ]. Laishley, died on
Sunday morning, March 25th, after
a brief illness, aged 6 months.
BIooM--A little son of d. Il.
Bloom aged one year died at their
home at Dellslow on Saturday night
after a brief illness. Funeral on
Monday The parents have much
sympathy in their bereavement.
l,IxLER-John w. Pixler. one OF
our old and well known citizens, died
at his home in Morgan district, near
Dellslow on Sunday evening, March
18th aged about 60 years. Deceased
bad been in poor health for some
time past but was only considered
seriously i'll during the last two
weeks. He was always an honorable
upright man and bore the confidence
and esteem of all who knew him. A
wife and seven children survive him
the latter all grown to manhood and
womanhood The funeral will take
place from his late home on Tues
day morning, interment at the new
cemetery near Pleasant HILL Mr..
Pixler had been a consistent men,
per of the Baptist church for over
forty years and died in full hope.
LoUGH--Cbarles, two year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Lough. of SEN
eca, died Sunday about 10 o'clock r. NJ.
of pneumonia Little Charles was
taken sick Monday, and in spite Of
all kind hands could do, he at last
succumhed to the Grim Reaper. He
was the second and only child living,
the other dying about seven years
ago, at the age OF five months.
Charles was very hrightlittle child
the idol and pet OF two families, who
are almost stricken with grief. We
sympathize with the bereaved fami-
ly and relatives of the departed loved
ones, but their loss is not without
hope, and some day they can go to
their loved ones and live with them
and with Him who said, "Suffer lit
tie children to come unto me, and
forbid them not, for of such is the
Kingdom Of Heaven Funeral ser
vices will be held at 10 o'clock Tues
day after which the remains will be
inferred in Oak Grove cemetery.
Asleep in Jesus O how sweet
To be for such slumber meet;
With holy confidence to sing
That death hath lost its venomed sting.
M
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
COURTESIES TO DIR. LEIGH.
Will Spend Six Weeks In Europe This
Summer.

By unanimous vote the officiary of
the Methodist Episcopal church have
granted DIR. Leech seven Sundays of
vacation next summer. He and his
daughter will sail from New York on
"sThe City of Rome" the largest
steamship of the Anchor Line. June
30th, for Glasgow, Scotland. They
will visit London, Paris, Brussels and
other places of interest and expect to
reach New York, returning, on Au-
gust 18th. During the first four Sun
days of July the pulpit will be sup
piled by preachers under the pastors
arrangements. On the Sundays July
18th. August 9Th and August 18th
the church will be closed. Last year
the pastor kept the church open every
Sunday, excepting commencement
Sunday, and the proposed vacation in
Europe will be pleasant period OF
rest from pulpit work.
In 1889 friends of DIR. and Mrs.
Leech presented them purse of eight
hundred dollars to spend the summer
in Italy, France, Switzerland and
England. They spent ten days at the
paris Exposition. Mr.. J. G.. Tomlin-
son, OF Wheeling, General Agent of
the New York Trans-A tlantic lines of
steamships, secured for DR.. and Miss
Leech the tickets for their proposed
excursion.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
Two Murderers Await Justice.

There are two prisoners awaiting
the gallows in the Jail in Fayette
county. One is William Simms, the
negro murderer of his wife, Lillian
Simms, at Dunbar last summer.
Simms shot his wife at her home and
then pursued her, firing at her as she
fed, even shooting her after she fell
helplessly begging for mercy The
date of his hanging has been set for
May %. The other murderer Is Mark
Thomas Hayes, also OF Dunbar, who
shot and killed William L0nden In q
drunken brawl after nights celebra-
tion six months ago. The date OF
his execution has not been liked
Both prisoners have been refused new
trials by the Supreme court. The
last hanging in the county was Ia
1896, when Frank Morris, for the
killing Of Bernard Loker in Bullskin
township, was hanged.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
MORE COAL SOLD.
Josiah Carlow sells Two Hundred
Acres for One Hundred Dollars an

f. B. Stewart has gene to Union
town together With Mr.. Josiah Gar
low who has recently sold his coal
land to John w. Ned of Pittsburg.
They go there to confer with the at
torneys of Neff and to arrange the
transaction preparatory to the trans
ter of the property.
The land sold lies in this county
near Vaudeville and includes about
two hundred acres of coal The price
paid was one hundred dollars an
acre. This is the highest price paid
for coal in the county. This sale is
but one OF a number that have been
made and are being made in that
part of the county. None of the
others have been made at such high
prices but all Of them have brought
in good sums for the farmers who
have sold out.
Lazzelle and Stewart have been
engaged for some time on the alb
stract for the property sold by Mr.
Carlow. This abstract was one of
the most complicated ever made in
the county on account of the num-
Der OF suits and legal tangles that
had taken place in regard to it
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
LIVED MORE THASs3 CENTURY.
Washington Colored Man Provided for
by His Former. Masters Family.

WASHINGTON, Pa, March 26-The
oldest known resident of Washington
county, William Gross, colored, died
at his home south or Washington to-
day. aged 103, cold man Cross as he
has been Familiarity known, has been
a familiar figure about Washington
since 1859 having come here from
Maryland over the old National pike
at that time. He has lived for
number Of years past in small house
on the Fitzwilliams road, which was
built for him some years ago by the
family of his old Virginia slave mas
ter, John Hoey, who has provided
for him in bis declining days. He
was freed in 1887 OF late years he
was blind but retained his other fac
ulties to remarkable degree. He
was the father of 10 children.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Col. Gilmore Finishes Grading
on Beechurst Avenue.

G. W. fusion Can Now Begin the Free
ton Of Teu Houses for McDermott
and Bannigter - other Industrial
Notes-Men are in Great Demand in
Every Direction in and About Nor
gant0wn.
Col. L. j. Gilmore has finished the
grading for the houses on Beechurst
which are to be put up by McDef-
mott and Bannister. The last bit of
work was done on them on Saturday
and they are now ready for c. w.
Huston to begin work. He has the
contract but the price has not been
given out.
The houses are to be occupied by
the better class of workmen employ
ed by the Morgaptown Glass Works
and they are to be gotten ready as
soon as possible for the men. The
work en- them has been held back
great deal by the weather but there
seems to be nothing in the way of
their early completion.
After finishing up this work the
Colonel is free to turn his attention
to the work at the University which
was started last fall and which had
to be stopped on account of the
weather. He will soon begin to pave
the rest of the street up past the Elk
pertinent Station.
Work will shortly begin on the
placing of the filter in its place at
the water station. This filter will
double the capacity of the plant and
will insure the town bountiful sup.
ply of the purest water at all times.
Another thing that will employ
number of men is the work on the
locks and dams.
Mcdonald may be expected here
during the early summer to begin
on this again. There is no use try
ing to get started until the danger
of high water is past.
The Morgantown & Kingwood
railroad is engaging a large number
of workmen and will keep them
busy this summer until the work of
construction is finished. Work on
the large number of houses to go up
will enable lots of men to keep from
loafing and the demand in this di
rection is so keen that the contract
ors are already advertising for men
although the season has not yet
opened.
In every direction it can be seen
that Morgantown will have season
of the greatest industrial activity
and that it will boom as it has never
doomed before
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
A SUICIDE'S.BODY.
shipped Across the Continent to
Strangers--A Bad Mix-Up.


Ten years ago Charles Schilling,
then nineteen, left Macksbnrg, Ohio
and went to Colorado in search of
health. Nothing further was heard
from him until few days since,
when his relatives received tele-
gram stating that he had committed
suicide, March 9th by hanging him
self. The telegram was belated and
the body had been buried ten days
when the relatives sent word to the
Colorado authorities to disinter the
remains and ship them to his home
which was done. When the casket
arrived the relatives were amazed to
find that it contained the body Of
an old man, grayhaired, with all the
marks of advanced years. The fea
lures were dissimilar in every re-
spect from those of young Schilling,
and the telegraph wires were kept
hotuntil it was discovered that Srhill
ing was alive and well near Boulder,
Colorado, and had that day called
at the postoffice in that town for his
mail
The remains were taken in charge
by the authorities and buried.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-26
ANOTHER CRANK.
MoundsYille Mayor Makes Monkey
of Himself and his Town.

1t is announced that the mayor of
Moundsville, w. Va, will undertake
to run the city on the plans laid down
by the Kansas preacher who has been
winning an undue share of notoriety
ia the past few weeks says the Times.
But the mayor of Moundsville will do
no such thing. The mayor of
Moundsville will run the city just as
it has been run, for one very good rea-
son. The people of Moundsville, and
not the mayor, are in authority there
and the city will be run to suit them
as every other city and every other
local or general government is run in
this country. If the people of
Moundsville wanted Moundsville gov
erned according to Mr.. Sheldon's Pc
culiar ideas, they would not have
waited for Mr.. Sheldon to suggest it.
The truth is that people think Of
what they want, and strive to get it
without many suggestions from peo-
pie who come forward with sensation
al ideas.
The mayor of Moundsville is one
man in the community. If he under
takes TO introduce innovations or to
develop any freakish tendencies, the
people will speedily bring him UP with
round turn, and if he does not do
what they want, he will find the job
of being mayor a very uncomfortable
one. He is entrusted with the execu-
tion of the law: but it is the law, and
not the mayor, that the people respect
when they defer to the mayor in the
execution of the law. TO enforce the
laws he must have the support of the
people, because the people are the Gre
ators of the law. If the people want
Sheldon administration, it is easy.
Ii they do not, it is impossible.
Moundsville has good class Of peo-
pie and no doubt they have been car
rying on their town pretty well.