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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-17

lulled Mr.. Gallup to sleep and dropped
the pipe from his mouth to the floor,
although it had never done it before.
He was gently snoozing when Mrs.
Gallup appeared with hands pressed
to her heart and wabble to her gait.
and, sinking into a chair, she gasped:
Samuel Gallup. l shall be as dead as
a crowbar in less'n an hour, and you'd
better git up and give me a last en-
brace"
Mr.. Gallup gurgled in his throat as
he slept, and without seeming to notice
his condition, she continued:
Yes, Samuel, I've got my summons.
l was putin away the last dish when
my heart gave a sudden bob, my head
begun to go round, and right before
me l saw my coffin and an open grave.
For mint | thought | was a goner
but then small voice whispered TO
me that I'd live an hour longer and
that I'd better come in and talk to
you. I'm here to say some last dyin
words to you, Samuel, and, though l
don't expect to draw tears to your
eyes, / do hope you'll listen and re-
member what | say"
AT this juncture Mrs. Gallup's tears
began to fall and her chin to culver.
and, being so busy with her emotions,
she did not even look Mr. Gallup's
way. Swallowing at the lump in her
throat, she said:
Samuel, I've allus kinder felt that
in case of my death you'd marry
az in, and its allus made me feel a
little edgewise, but change has come
over me. 1t came two weeks ago. I'm
now resigned to your takin a second
wife. In fact, l think it's better you
should. Mrs. Teachout was sayin to
me the other day that if | dropped off
you'd marry ag'in inside of four weeks
as you'd want somebody to comb your
hair and cut your toe nails. but I don't
think you'd be as mean as that. You'd
wait at least three months, wouldn't
your"
Mr.. Gallup snored in reply and, TAX
ing this as an answer in the affirma-
tive, Mrs, Gallup went on:
'The usual time is a year, but
amt askin you to wait that long for
me. I've bin hardworkin wife, and
I've allus saved every bit Of the soap
grease and made the tea last in a way
to surprise you, but l amt askin FOR
any praise. I'm old and humbly and
nighsighted, and | can't blame you if
you kick up your heels arter I'm gone.
Shall you go on a bridal tower with
your second wife. Samuel? l aim
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-17
HONEST ABE. U. S. VI.
The Rural Postman and Country
Politics.

Copyright. 1901. by c. 3. Lewisl
AS / got along TO Farmer Dick
Browns the other day to deliver his
weekly paper / found him at the gate
waiting for me, and after passing the
time Of day he says:
Look a-here. Abe, I've bin thinkin
things over, and I've ABOUT made up my
mind that the president ought to know
what's goin on in Bingham county.
William Mckinley haint no hand TO
stand by and look on when this United
States is bein ruined, or II he is I'll
never walk three miles in the rain to
vote for him ag'in."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-17

p and the Heavens to Take Drop.
every occasion Mr.. Bowser had ridicul-
ed her lamentations and made sport of
her tears. Only month previously,
when she had had the toothache for
five minutes, he had heartlessly offered
to pull it with pair OF fire tongs and
had wanted to kill the nerve with a red
hot poker.
There was but little sleep for Mr..
Bowser that night. He wanted to
kick and groan and curse, but he
though of forceps. He wanted Mrs.
Bowser to get up and apply hot hops,
not salt, hot vinegar, mustard or
something else, but the dentist SEEM
ed to be looking at him with a cold,
cruel glare. When morning came, he
had lump on his jaw, the fires of
desperation in his eyes and a scared
feeling clear down to his toes. He
couldn't eat a mouthful of breakfast.
and he said nothing of going to the
office. Mrs. Bowser sat down with a
good appetite and took ten minutes
longer than usual to satisfy it, and
when she rose UP she said:
You have got the toothache. and
we will go to the dentist"
It's g-gone!" he whispered in re-
ply as he pointed to his jaw
I'VE are going" she curly contin-
ued, and she put his hat on his head
and his overcoat on his back.
He hung on to the halltree and the
door, but she made ready, and he had
to follow. Unseen by either, the cat
followed at their heels, and after a
walk of two blocks they arrived at
the dentists. Mr.. Bowser would have
run away, but Mrs. Bowser took his
hand and led him up the walk and
into the house. The dentist was at
home, and there was an memorable
! look on his face. One glance at it
! odCiodCu MI. bo"SSI ludJ lie COulu S&-
pect no mercy, but he stammered
! out:
Twas just fooling, l haven't got
any toothache."
Get into the chair,'' commanded
the dentist, with a murderous look in
| his eyes.
1T must come Quit" said Mrs. Bow
ser as unfeelingly as if referring to a
| peg in a board
Mr.. Bowser uttered a groan a yard
long and feebly climbed into the oper-
ating chair.
open you mouth and bite on this
RUBBER"
Its gone-all gone,"
NO wonder your tooth aches. Here S
a hole big enough for rabbit to hide
| in.
Mr.. Bowser looked at Mrs. Bowser
and tried to make her understand that
he wanted the cavity filled with soft
| filhng-bread crumbs OF cotton or
something extra soft-but she simply
said to the dentist;
Pull it out,''
oh. I'll yank it quick enough" re-
piled the man of the forceps, and he
made a pass, grabbed on to something,
| and Mr. Bowser felt the earth heave
up and the heavens to take a drop.
There were tears in his eyes as he
| handed out his dollar and took the
tooth as a souvenir, but he had reach
ed the sidewalk before he was elated
and eXultant. He was also ready to
give Mrs. Bowser a setback, and when
she asked how he felt he turned on her
with all dignity and replied:
What! Are you and the blamed old
cat here? Where've you been? I had
tiny toothache, and as | didn't want
, it bothering around | had it pulled.
Easiest thing in the world. rather
like it If it had been you. now
But that's the difference between a
| man and a womanl"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-17
MRS. GALLUP'S LANENTS.
She is willing That Mr.. Gallup
should Take a Second Wife
Copyright. 1901. hx G B IeuisA

Copyright, 1901, by c. B. Lewis)
Mr.. Gallup had lain down on the
lounge after super to smoke a pipe.
and as Mrs. Gallup cleared of the table
and washed the dishes she sang
Weary Souls at the top of her voice
and In high spirits 1t might possibly
have been her singing which finally
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
A OFFER OPINION.

The Assistant Attorney General of Kan sas has sprung another source Of worry on the unfortunate denisens of that State. He has given an opinion to the effect that when the owner of a house rents it to saloon keeper he is responsible for all fires which may be assessed against the saloonist. As liquor cannot be legally sold in that State, and as a great deal of it is scid illegally, 1t is reasonable to suppose that a man will be convicted and fined occasionally. This may be a somewhat hazardous assumption, Judging from the testimony of the Kansas papers, but we may assume that it will some times happen. accidentally, we will say.
 If this opinion of the States law officer is upheld. renting store-houses Tn Kan sas towns will be a ticklish business. IT the saloonist is convicted and fined. and has nothing from which the fine can De collected, or if he chooses to skip out and leave the State. the owner of the prop erty not only loses his rent but must pay the fines. While this looks like a hard ship, and perhaps is really one. 1t would probably reduce the number of blind tigers, as it would make housewares careful about renting, and would also cause them to keep an eye on their ten- ants to prevent violation of the law The opinion shows. however, the straits to which officials are reduced in their ef- forts to accomplish the impossible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
A Governor Who Acts.

CnattanoOBa I1meS.
 Governor Jelks of Alabama, has again shown himself to be a courageous official, worthy of the good name he bears and a man whom 1t will hereafter be pleas ure for the people to honor Determined that law and order shall prevail he promptly and without a moments hesita- ton, called out the State Guards to pro- tect crowd of negro murderers and riot CTS. Had this not been done there is not the slightest doubt that there would have been the most serious clash of races at Andalusia ever known in Alabama. Governor Jelks has solemnly declared that so long as he Is Governor the majesty of the law shall be maintained; criminals shall be promptly punished and that every prisoner should be sacredly protected against the mob. All honor to Governor Jelks. Men of his nerve. patriotism and ability will do more for the South by this one act than all the mouthy politicians who pander to the mob and defend lawlessness for selfish profit, will do in life time of effort Governor Jelks has earned the gratitude, regard and esteem of the people, not only of his own State. but of the entire country for his determined course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
British as Slave Owners.

In parliamentary papers relating to sla- very and the slave trade in British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, published in May. 1901. the public Is informed that in these two islands in 1897 there were approximately 100000 slaves. but that there are only 5000 to- day. The difference is accounted for as follows Twelve thousand in the inter val have been given their freedom, 3O.0O0 have died, 10000 deaths being attributed to an epidemic of smallpox and 5,0OO have disappeared some of whom. 1t Is admit ted. have been kidnapped and taken into slavery in other countries.
 It has been estimated that there are on the mainland portion of the Sultan Of ZanZibar's dominions 2O0,0O0 slaves. This strip of land is governed directly by the British foreign office. In British East Africa proper 1t has been estimated by Mir E. J. Mardon of the Indian civil ser vice and by Bishop Tucker that there exists a population of 2,00O.OO0, a large number of whom may be considered to be, If not slaves. in condition very slightly removed from slavery, In Vgan- da the same authorities estimate tho pop- uln ton to hc 4,ANn, ono a large number be- tng domestic slaves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
The Dispensary for Georgia.

NdSHNIllc AUitFlCdkl,
 Georgia has only twenty counties in which saloons are permitted and IF coun- ties in which the sale of liquor is pro- hibited. But the Prohibitionists are not satisfied with this state of affairs, and they have a bill in the legislature pro- viding for a dispensary system something after the manner of the South Carolina dispensary system. Strangely enough, Sam Jones is among the advocates of the dispensary law. He intimates that pro- hibition does not prohibit in the prohibit tion counties and says ''the twenty old wet counties slop over on the 117 dry counties" The dispensary law seems to work we'll in South Carolina, and leading Georgia Prohibitonists favor its adoption in that State. The Prohibition forces seem to be divided in opinion as to the merits of the dispensary measure. If, however, it be conceded that prohibition satisfactorily prohibits, those who favor the old law, under which prohibition obtains in IF counties out of 13S counties, as against the dispensary will have rather the better of the argument.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Decreasing Representation
s Commercial-Appeal.

Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 But three or four Southern States talk ing counsel of Massachusetts and Con- necticut, imposed an educational qualifi- cation. but excepted certain persons from the operation of the disqualification. The grandfather clause" in the South, has deprived the black illiterates of the fran chise. but has not .'disfranchised" the white iliiterates. The New England The Southern scheme hit at the ignorant blacks.
 If, therefore, the Constitution has been violated it has been violated by every State that has imposed an educational or property qualification. or a poll tax or has adopted a registration system. or the Australian ballot system. Northern Con- gressmen are playing with fire whenever they attempt to curtail the representation of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Wants Two White Parties. Herald

Indications are that there will soon be two white parties in Alabama. Really. we don't care if there are two parties. The State would be benefited, and poli- tics would be exceedingly interesting Some of the old timers are quite rejoiced at the prospect. They say they are tired of this present day system of politics, wherein and whereby a half dozen men in a back room decide how a county shall vote. These old timers want no primaries nor nominations. They want every man who is a candidate for office to say so. and go before the people. They want to see the old time public speaking, where every candidate appears, and let the people pass upon his qualifications.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Almost Too Good to Be True.

Rev David NJ. Steele in Ladies Home
 Journal.
 During the blizzard of 1890 I started one day from the central office of the bureau of charities to distribute money to some cases reported for instant re- lief" In an attic found a poor widow, seamstress, with one child. boy of six The room was cold and bare, there was no fire, the windows were loose, and snow lay upon the floor. The boy had been kept in bed for two days to keep warm. l asked the usual questions and gave the woman g; all this before dis covered the boy.
 Suddenly his head bobbed from beneath the bedclothes and at sight of the two bills his eyes became moons. "Gee-e-e mister! All that for us? Then we can give some to Ted Burns mother down stairs to buy coal Can't We mom?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11

he much clearer. We believe that the very hest thing that could happen to the black man would be the repeal or the fifteenth amendment. An honest. straight forward suffrage law would then be en- acted in each of the Southern States ana the black man would be admitted to the suffrage as he showed himself to be quail flied to vote intelligently.
 But the Northern people haven't the courage to right the. wrong that they have done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Report of Governor Otero.

Washington, Dec. 10.-The annual re- port of Governor Otero of New Mexico the Federal census returns for 1900 do the Territory a great injustice. He says the population of the Territory. based or careful estimates should be at this time M3,191, including Indians. He like wise takes exception tt the census sta- tistics for mining, stockraising. agricul- tuIe, horticulture. timber, coal and iron industries and attributes the alleged dis crepancy in the figures to inadaptability of the present system to sparsely settled mountain sections of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
The True Solution.
Richmond State.

flC HnOnu state.
 Rcpresentativn Kitchen of North Caro- lima has introduced a joint resolution providing for the repeal of the fifteenth anne ndment of the Constitution or the United States.
 Here is the simple solution of the negro problem in politics.
 We believe that the great majority or the white people of the United states are at heart in favor of MT. Kitchen resolution, and if they had the courage to vote as they think, dark cloud wnlch beams over this country would be dlssi- pated and the political atmosphere would
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Will Be More Careful.

The white man will now be all the more careful to administer justice to that large number of engroes who hence forth cannot vote, for the all-sufiicient reason that their helplessness will ap- peal to him far more than the ballot power which was recently wrested from them. Social equality in this section is a dream impossible vf fulfllment, but when the negro appears before our courts let's make 1t a matter of public record that his life. liberty or property was as fairly dealt with as if he had been the social peer of the very best people of any country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
TENNESSEE DUCKS TRAVELS
Tagged at obion, It is Killed by .
 Hunter in Texas.

doches. Tex, says: Ed. M. Muckleroy. shot and killed a wild duck of the vari- ety known as squealers that had q mar ket tag fastened to it's neck. This tag was simple piece 1d of mot tin no wiSe fastened around the ducks neck by 3 strong piece of wire that passed through a hole in the tin and the two ends bent together. The tin was rusted and the inscription Is made by dents punched in the tin, showing plainly as follows: w A. Ross, Obion, Tenn" It happens that Will Haseiwood, a jeweler who lives here once knew W. A. Ross. near Obion, knew his hunting proclivities, and he has charge of this tag and will write MT Ross about It. It Is about 600 miles from there here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER il 1901
opYnrN OF THE INDIANS.

A correspondent of The London News who has been travelling in Siberia tells or a discovery which may be of interest to ethnoiogists, relating as it does to the question of the origin of the North Amer ican Indians. In the Baikal region of Siberia he was surprised to find "clusters of tents exactly like the red Indian tents," belonging to a tribe of aboriginees called Buriat Mongols, of whom he writes:
 When the train halted I had good op- portunity for seeing these people. They are first cousins to the Chinese. but all met struck me as being broader, more sturdily built than the Chinese. Their faces are round rather than long, but their cheekbones are prominent The eye is a warm. good-natured brown Their skins are not the Chinese sickly sallow. but a ruddy bronze. They are all good locking men, and had 1 met them in Ne vsda, it would never have struck me they were not red Indians.
 The correspondent spent some time among these Buriats and all that he saw and heard of them impressed him more strongly with their resemblance to the ILdians of North America He found much in their manners, habits and gen. eral appearance to remind him of our own red men, so much so that he sent his paper a pretty full description of them.
 The idea that our Indians are of Asiatic origin of course is not new. as many eth- nologists have written on the subject and many interesting theories and spec ulations have been put forth by those who saw, or thought they saw, a close affinity between the inhabitants of the old and new worlds. One of the most enthu- siastic of these writers Was John McIn- tosh whose work was first published some sixty or more years ago. It was en- titled Origin of the North American lndians," and goes extensively into the question, not the least interesting part of his book being a list of words in common use among the Tartars, Semoyads, Ton gusans, Kamschadales, and others of the wild tribes of Russia, which bear a very remarkable resemblance in structure, sound and meaning to terms used by va rious Indian tribes to express the same thing. Quite number of these words are almost precisely alike in construction, sound and meaning. there being less diff ference, in fact, than there is in the or biography and pronunciation of many Indian words by different English writ CTS. So much alike are they that a Tar tar or Tongusan would apparently have little difficulty in making himself under stood by some of the savages of the Northwest.
 That North America may have been peopled, ages ago. by Asiatic barbarians who crossed Behring's Strait Is an old theory, and any speculation on the sub ject is time wasted, no doubt, but the letter in The London News points to what may be found corroborative evidence in support of the theory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Rights of Italian Victims.

Rome, Dec. 10.-In the Chamber of Deputies today the Under Foreign Sec retary Signor Bacelh, declared the Government would take prompt measures to safeguard the rights of the Italian victims of the wreck on the Wabash Railroad, near Seneca, Mich. The Italian Consul, the Secretary added, had been insu Scted to help the sufferers to ob- tain compensation and to back up the just demands of the victims relatives
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Our Hangers On.

Philadelphia Record.
 Only a person gifted with second sight can see his way through this muddle. The real point established by the various decisions is that the federal constitution is all right except where it runs against the tariff. Porto Rico and the Philip pines being appurtenances. the inhabi- tants may be called appendages. They are not eitIzens. but hangera-on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
 Rooting an Oleander Twig.

Meehans Monthly for December.
 It will be found an interesting thing, at least, to root an oleander in a bottle or glass of water. Simply take a short twig. such as a towering shoot that may have been broken. and put 1t in fresh water. The stem should be smoothly cut. rot broken. Add water to the bottle as 1t evaporates, and 1t will soon commence 9 to issue roots. When these are about three-fourths of an inch long the slips may be planted in a pot.
 The oleander makes a strong growth in the house. and requires quite a little water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Chinese Exclusion RiIl

Washington. Dec 10.-Thc special com mittee of Pacific Coast Senator's and members who are framing Chinese ex- clusion law had a meeting today and re. ported bill framed by the Bureau If Immigration. The measure provides strict exclusion, defining specifically each excepted class of Chinese who may enter the country and Is designed to prevent The committee adjourned without final action
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Has Nothing to Fear.

Cullman Tribune-Gazette.
 If a man discharges his duty honestly, faithfully. feariessly, he has nothing to fear from public investigation. but cowardly sneak can stab in the dark. We do nothing and say nothing lon the sly'-it is all open and above board, and we challenge criticism on derelic- ton from duty, as an official, citizen or editor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11

According to the Chicago papers the population of that city has increased 45O per cent in twcnty-seven years, but the taxes collected have increased less than 40 pur cent. The inference Is that most of the newcomers failed to bring any property with them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Plans for Irripation

Washington, Dec. 10.-At a conference of Senators and Representatives inter ested in the irrigation of arid lands 1t was determined to make the Hansbrough- Newlands bill the basis of action, and this measure is now being perfected. It provides that the proceeds of the sales of public lands shall be set aside as a riRatiOn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
OCEAN TO OCEAN RECORD.
Sixteen Hours and Half Cut of by
 Railroads in Three Years.

Chicago News.
 The recent 15, 5,0O0-mile race of the mails over the Pacific Ocean, across the noun tains and prairies of the United States, to and over the Atlantic, brings to notice mails from ocean to ocean. and this within a period of less than three years.
 Since January 1. 1S99 there has been taken off sixteen hours and thirty min Francisco A gain of one hour and for ty minutes of this time has been made since November of this year by the Northwestern. Union Pacific and South ern Pacific systems.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11

its reading and might just as well have 1t in advance, and, besides. the public gen. orally manages to get an idea of all that will be said anyhow and might as well get 1t straight. All of which Is true, 1t must be admitted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-11
Maintaining . Record.

The close of November fsrm,shss f,,nn nssn figures for circulation sompnsn.a hAr.v,th points out the fact that the spiendid circus
 fIon high water mark obtained during she pe
 ceSinx six months Is being matntatned-
 Tine Advertiser still stands easily et tns nesu s, of all morning newspapers in the state or M,a. erd rirculatIon guaranteeing to it's patrons net paid issue greater than the eomoinec e1,, ths ton of all morning papers puphsneo -. < . given by the American Newspaper 0frecsos'