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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-07
"sefen wears" / says.

"Sefen years" / says.
"Und when dose fits come on you Was
dangerous, eh?"
II vhas like roaring lion.
Good. / neffer met cobbler pefore
who had fits und smashed things, und
you shall hat all my custom. Please
hat some fits eafery day or two If pos
sfble, und II convenient send boy
aroundt to my house und gif me no
tice."
He shakes hands NIT NEE und calls me
a good Teller und goes oudt, und wo-
man comes in nit a whole basket OF
shoes. She smiles und laughs und sits
down ind says:
"vhell, cobbler. vhas glad Of it. For
three years I hat been looking for cob
bier nit fits. und hat found him at last
Here vhas a lot OF shoes for you to FIX,
und l shall speak to all my friends to
come to you. What kind of fits do you
haf?"
sooch fits ash makes me like to kill one
hoonered peoples" says. when l break
oudt. I vhas like a mad elephant
dot vhas splendid. My husband used
to hat some fits, und dot yhas why loved
him so. It vhas better ash circus to see
him. vhas It your time to hat some fits
aboudt now"
81 hope not"
"Oh, but you needn't mind me" she
says. II vhas no womans to be scared
at a fit. Well, you go ahead NIT PEGS
ness ind hat some fits ash often as you
can. und you vhas all right
In three days more, ash feefty peoples
comes in und brings me work und talks
about my fits, und one man he says If
I Will hat a fit for his wife und shildren
he Will gif me 81 IN cash. Dose dago
eobblers vhas knocked oudt. Dey put oop
| some signs. too, but 1t vhas no go. l vhas
afraid of dot policemans on der beat but
he comes in one day und looks at me und
says:
Hans, I like TO beg your pardon"
How vhas dot?"
"yheli, always pellet your head vhas
made oudt of pine knot und dot you
don't know enough to dodge a street car,
I see 1 vhas mistoken. Shust hat some
fits any time you like. ind l won't hit
you more ash three times nit my club"
Dot leetle tailor he comes aroundt again
to see If vhas in der poorhouse und to
say:
Hans, der secret Of doing peesness vhas
to understand human nature. und you
vhas so thick headed"
But / told him all aboudt It. und he
shmiles und pats me on der back und
says:
"vhell, by George, If somepody beliefs
vofi vhas foil he don't know a ShackaSs
from a haystack."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-07

were obtained and the game started. IL
was half past 1 O'Clock and the tner-
mometer in the cool of the office regis
tered 90 degrees. When i've noles had
been played Smith was one up, and wet
from his collar to his heels. When ten
holes had been played Jones was one
I'D, and his face was crimson moon
under a narrow-brimmed straw hat. AT
the fifteenth hole Jones was two up.
Smith won the sixteenth and
seventeenth. AS they approached
the home hole they saw that
crowd had come from the
city. They we're watching the play
and there was some laughter among
them. Like an Grant gad-fy Wimple
buzed IRON group to group. Conspicu-
GUS among them were Mrs. Lucy Dacres
and a large man, with black side-wnis-
kers and a comfortable paunch. The
hole was halved In six and the oppo-
nents glared at each other speechlessly.
The score, as called by the caddies was:
Smith nine holes; Jones, nine holes
Medal play: Smith 10s; Jones 1O8
There was ripple of laughter all about
them. They started doggedly for the
dressing rooms. Mrs. Dacres intercept
ed them with her companion. She was
bubbling with suppressed mirth, but
managed to say:
'Mr. Smith, Mr.. Jones, I want you
to meet Mr.. John Cortlandt Brown, a
very dear friend from New York, who
has come all Of this way to see me-"
John Cortlandt Brown bowed with an
air of proprletorship. Down Smiths
high forehead streams were running.
Jones's whiskers were wet, as with dew.
They nodded abruptly and trotted to
the shelter OF the cool basement, where
ii the lockers were Once inside, Smith
dashed the perspiratlon from hi: eye:
and laid a hand almost affs;' ,Eaieiy
Oh the shoulder OF Jones.
wouldn't" he asked, with dismal
attempt at a smile. wouldn't that
make you Think"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-07

wool In Chicago would follow cor =.
TO about IS he was approached by NJ.
whose attitude was humble and WA.
mouth was full Of melted butter a :.
observed:
Il was out looking for New York %
lice captain who didn't know that sch
thing as gambling den existed in his pre-.
cinct when 1 saw you and your flock and
thought I'd stop TO remark that lamb
chops ought 10 be higher now that oys.
tiers are no longer in market"
yes, 1 believe they've gone UP cent
or two a pound" replied the Peasant az
he tickled a bumblebee's hind legs with a
straw and shed a tear in memory Of his
departed father.
You must get tired of this some
times" suggested the Wolf. with touch
of sympathy in his tones Its $ a month
and board and about all you have TO do
is TO lie around and compose poetry. bu,
there is a monotony even in holding down
an easy job"
Yes. you are right. often feel like
going a-fishing to break up the routine"
And why not go to-day? 1 happen 10
he here on the spot, and I shall cheer
fully and willingly look after the flock
while you haul in a few suckers.
"But your taste for mutton?" protested
| the Shepherd.
ooh that's all gone since I got tasts
of smoked ham! When 1 think Of what
a deprayed appetite l used to have, I
am filed with disgust at myself II the
Youngest and juciest lamb OF the flock
should walk up here and ask me to eat
| him. l should have to turn him down
"You feel quite sure Of yourself on
this point?"
"sure. Mike. and twice over. It's year
since killed sheep, and I've got wool
between my teeth yet. You Just go on
| and don't do any worrying about things
| here"
~ think I will" said the Shepherd as
he rose up, but to prevent possible temp
tation'-
| You'll tie my Jaws up, hhishea 'he
| Wolf as a rope was produced.
..Tvhat's II. I'm not saying that you
| world kill a lamb or two OF your own
free will. but
",rbe fact is" said the Wolf as he
i bristled UP, you doubt my integrity.
"Well, not exactly.
",rhen why wish to tie up my jaws?
| "simp1v to preserve your integrity. In
my pastoral life 1 have discovered that
| a man in jail is removed from the temp
| tation of stealing watermelons.
my veracity has been questioned ana
INV honor insultedi" exclaimed the Wolr
as he made off in a huff, and the Shepherd
sat down and tickled his left ear and OBJ
served to himself:
1--WE were all honest before, but when
The barbed wire fence came into use 1t
added 50 per cent to the integrity of the
country"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-07
UNCLE ELS FABLES.
Copyright. 1901, by C. B. Lewis.)
The Considerable Elephant.

One day as the Elephant was making
his way through the forest he came upon
a Hare who had broken a leg as she was
flying from the pursuit of the Fox.
"Ah,. you poor thing! What's wrong
here?" asked the Elephant as he paused
to investigate.
Il have a broken leg and am undone"
walled the Hare in reply.
That's too bad Sure it Is broken?'
quite sure, and the Fox who was chas-
Ing me cannot be far away. Oh, that l
should have come to this! l shall certain
ly be overtaken and devoured.'
Not IL / know 1t. poor thing! Just let
me take up and carry you to a place of
safety
In the kindness Of his heart the Elephant
approached to lift her up with his trunk;
but, forgetting his clumsiness for the mo-
ment he set a foot on the Hare and
crushed out her life and heard her say
with her last breath:
Alas. but it would have been no worse
to be eaten by the Fox!''
Moral.-Our enemies may be evaded; our
friends bring us to grief.
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The Robber, the Peasant and the
Prince,


Upon a certain occasion. the exact date
of which need not be given in this issue, a
Peasant was proceeding along the high
| way when a Robber accosted him and de-
manded the entire gate receipts of his
harvesting.
20 Robber, but it is bad season for
corn. and I have scarcely shekel in my
pockets" protested the Peasant, who real
ly felt that it would be the proper thing to
make some sort of speech on such an aus
picious occasion.
Then it will take you less time TO she'll
out" observed |he Robber without
thought of making a pun of the corn
question
But tomorrow the tax gatherer will
visit me and demand tithes'
And you can tell him that you've been
laid up and perhaps enlist his sympathies
It's odds to you anyway who robs you"
But If the tithes are not forthcoming
I shall be tied up and logged" persisted
the Peasant, who was agreeabliy surprised
at the way his chin was working under
the circumstances.
But you have a broad, fat back and
will scarcely notice it, continued the Rob-
Der. AT any rate, you either fork over or
I shall be under the cheerful necessity of
humping your head with this club"
With tears and groans the Peasant
handed over the oof with which he had
planned to start a roller skating rink, but
scarcely had he done SO when the Prince
and his suit came along, and his highness
halted to say:
20 scums of the earth and dogs of dogs,
can either of you change half dollar
that I may strew nickels around the
country with lavish hand and keep up my
reputation as a high roller?
II can. o Prince the Robber FASTENED
to reply, but as he pulled out his worldly
wealth his highness winked a couple of
winks behind his back, and the fellow
was seized and despoiled of ALL
20 Prince" he exclaimed as he found
himself dead broke, II had set out upon a
journey
And now you won't have to go and will
save your shoe leather"
But without money l cannot buy seed
for my crops"
Then youll get out of heaps of hard
work and have lots of time to go fishing"
But, Prince" persisted the Robber,
who had a charming way of talking
through the top of his hat and liked to
hear his own voice, Il had just robbed
this bowlegged Peasant of those very
identical plunks.''
Then 1t was only the eternal fitness of
things that you should be despoiled In
turn. If not out of breath and YOU can
think of anything more, say on"
Just one word. o Prince. l have rob-
bed the Peasant. you have robbed me-
and who shall dare to-
"oh. that's dead easy" laughed the
Prince. my old dad, the King, will wor-
ry most of it out OF me, and the En-
peror will descend upon him for a reason
able divide. It's all in the game. you
know"
Moral-He who hath might can be a
philosopher; he who hath might and phil
osophy can rake in the pot; he who hath
nothing to lose can be robbed OF nothing
The Shepherd and the Wolf.
As the Shepherd was tending his flock
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the arrest and conviction of any person az
persons caught stealing the Register.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-07

The Shepherd and the Wolf.
As the Shepherd was tending his flock
one day and wandering IL the price Of
The times., 1901-05-26
The Jester.

They rode together down the claustral aisles
OF the dim woodland. From the cool retreats
And leafy privacies the mated birds
Rufied their Threats in song. High overhead
The sun coursed diaphanous sky, and sent
Through swaying boughs his javelins of gold.
slender stream rang all its crystal bells
'Twixt banks OF moss and fern beside the way
Whittier they passed unheeding. The sleek steeds
Set noiseless hoofs mast and russell leaves,
The last years fallen glory. Each young,
And she was very fair His arm zoned
About her; the twin roses in her cheeks
Flamed as she dropped against him, her bright
hair
Flowed DER his shoulder, and her dancing plunes
Swept his bronzed cheek
Then were they ware of one
Who bowed and tattered in the shadow stood
Leaning upon staff. His sightless eyes
Were bent upon the twain, hckering hand
Was out-thrust toward them, while across his
breast,
Stained with unreasonable rains and dews,
The legend ran. Sweet folk, aims for the blind.
With little sounds Of pity they drew rein;
Upon the pleading palm coin was laid,
And conseiencefree they prieked along their path;
Till suddenly from behind, peal Of mirth
Caught them as with buffet and they turned.
Then from his face the beggar plucked a mask,
His ragged garments from his body slipped,
And they beheld the dazzling wings Of Love.
James B. Kenyon, in the Atlantic.
The times., 1901-05-26
French Literarx History.

Masters Of French Literature" by
George Mclean Harper. professor in
Princeton University, is an unpretentious
book containing a great deal that is vaIu-
able. To literature teachers and others
who have occasion to study and to know
French writer's, it will be of especial
value, but to any sort Of reader it will be
OF more interest than most books of its
kind
After preliminary chapters on 1.-The
Place Of French Literature" and THE
Golden Age Of French Drama" the au-
rhor goes on to take up one by one. and
in detail, all the later French authors.
devoting a whole chapter each to Victor
Hugo, Sainte-Beuve. and BaIzac.
The chapter on Saiute-Beuve is perhaDs
more Characteristic OF the author than
any other in the book, as embodying his
ideas Of what critic ought to be. and Of
the Office of criticism. He says:
MANY philosophers would have ue
beleEe that man possesses a faculty
OF such sort rs to distinguish intllitfvr-
~ the beautiful in literature art and
nature Saintc-BeuYe. however was
an experimentaiist in this. Most of rs
are of the same creeping school We
are willing TO profit by the opinions of
others. We prefer to read the books
which have lasted longest and been
most in human hands. We are afraid
TO trust the esthetic sense. We have
our own ideas, to be sure. You may
The times., 1901-05-26
FruitfOn,

''To have my hearts desire, o Lord.
To do the deed my brain has planned,
Nor pass till have plueked the fruit,
And offered thee, with brimming hand;
o Lord to see the hope fulfilled,
And bear, as once my mother bore;
This is to throb with those who live
And are alive for evermore"
Nay. but the cost Gi-e all thy heart,
Thy youth thy power, and count it loss.
Thy whole is not enough TO win
That crown upon the VictOr's cross
Fen Earth, to bear her tiniest seed,
VIII have the perfect flower to die,
And nourshes with martyr blood
Her broods in field and sea and sky
fLet me, too. die. But let my life
Glow in the deed | died to free.
Ii bearing cost the mortal pang,
Yet let this hope survive in me: -
The book, the work. the cause,s the name,
Are vital, for ! willed it 50,
And with glad heart gave to them
My heritage Of life below"
Still dark the truth to thee. But learn
The Masters word, with meaning old,
And lose thy life that thou mayst find
And take again, with JOY untold.
For. 10, the living soul OF thee
In thy true thought is multiplied,
To live forever with the stars,
Though thy base self be crucifed.
Martha Wolcott Hitchcock, in Harper's Maga
zine.
The times., 1901-05-26
Abschicd.

The mountain tops are wrapped in rain,
And all the kings fire amethyst
Is drowned in drifts OF white, white mist
Our hour is come to part again.
By the pa,c window waves the pine
lis measured farewells. great and slow
Silently as the falling snow
Floats the gold LEAKAGE OF the vine
O. very lonely is my way.
More lonely than your dwelling here;
Which is the sharper grief. Nv Dear.
For me to gof Tor you to stay?
That vou must stay that I must 20.
o vast estrangantnt bleak and new;
Whatever the years Ray bring to you
shall not heed ! shall not know.
For the high hlll-tops shall touch the plain,
Sun moon. and stars be overthrown,
And the salt seas be turned to stone
Before two may meet again.
-Rosamond Watson. in scribncrs Magazine.
The times., 1901-05-26
A Secret stiII.

The storm is bitter, the night is bleak;
Love. enter my doorl
Fame and fortune are far to seek:
Love. enter my doorl
Oh. Love laughed in her pride and state.
For Love lodged with the rich and great
The walls shivered. the wind swept by,
And the weird night bird Knocked the cry,
Love. enter my door!'
l built a mansion stately and fair:
Love, enter my door!
Fame and beauty and wealth were there:
Love. enter my door!
Oh Love laughe in her pride and scorn,
And Love housed with beggar born,
And Love follows her wild will
For Loves law Is a secret still
(Love. enter my doorD
Dora Read GOodale, in the Independent.
The times., 1901-05-26
BObOIinI1.

Daisies, clover, buttercup.
Red-top. trefoil, meadow sweet.
Ecstatic wing, soaring up,
Then gliding down to grassy seat.
Sunshine. laughter, mad desires,
May day. June day, lucid skies,
All reckless things that love inspires.
The gladdest bird that sings and fies
Meadows, orchards. bending sprays,
Rushes. lilies. biilowy wheat,
Song and frolic I'LL his days,
feathercd FoHdeau all complete.
Pink bloom. gold bloom. feabane white,
Dew drop, rain drop, cooling shade,
Bubbiing throat and lowering fight.
And iubiiant heart as e'eT was made
John Burroughs. in McClure's Magazine.
The times., 1901-05-26
CURRENT VERSE.
A woman.

God, when he made you made flower
Exquisite, wonderfui-and then
Gave you the highway for a bower
Crossed by the trampling feet of men.
The dust, the CRIME he bade you feel,
YET let naught mark your purity;
He made you know the crushing heel,
Yet bear no stains for men 20 see.
What wormwood dews were food for you
He knows. who bade you for Jest
Give of your poison to that true,
Poor fool who loved you best.
And so your eyes are like the eyes
OF one who sees some holy thing,
How could l guess them oyerwise
From sight Of sin and suffering2
And so your mouth is like the rose
A child might lay at Mary's shrine;
How could / guess what dregs Of woes
1t tasted ere I made II mine?
John Winwood. in the Smart Set.
The times., 1901-05-26
Another Nfay-Time.

The NAYS fair mornings dawn for me and mine
Bird bough. and blossom, with their hints OF
spring;
It's opalescent light on sea and shore;
And IN the luminous air l feel the thrill
OF life. pervuding wood and vale and hill
What lacks the May-time2 Rose-iushed buds
unfold;
thousand fragranocs- are on the air;
The legend OF new hopes again is told;
And sweet rej1eings that the world is iai~;
But II turn from all this radiant bloom
With blinded ewes that only see through tears
scuiptured cross blue ewes forever closed
And an the lonely hours Of all the years!
Lillian Whiting, in Harper's Magazine.
The times., 1901-05-26
WnyfeDOWG,

The crickets sang in the roadside grass,
There was no star 10 see,
The summer dark was close about
The two that Jared with me.
And one was a man l knew Of old
God knows that 1 loved him, too,
And ever his pace kept tune with mine,
Just as it used to do.
And one was a girl of that other day;
So we Jared thro the night, we three,
And the subtle perfume of her dress
Came up thro' the dark to me.
said the man at my side '.And did you think
That I broke my faith with your
Then l heard the girl say, And you thought
l had forgotten. too?'
And we three came close-in the same good way
That we walked in the other years,
And we laughed to shame the foolish doubt
And hIshed the baseless fears
The crickets sang in the misty grass,
And there was no star that shone-
Had you met Us there the dusky road
You'd have said l Jared alone
Arthur Kctchum, in Ainslee's Magazine.
The times., 1901-05-26

supreme resolve; Il saw all at once the
light before me Illuminating for me my
duty: To-day less than ever have you
the right to desert your post. less than
ever have you the right to shorten
even by single hour your wretched
life. Whatever the torments they in
hict on you, YOU must march forward
till they throw you into your grave,
you must stand up before your execu-
uoners so long as you have a shadow
of strength. a living wreck to be kept
before their eyes by the unassailable
cannot reach" :"
The whole book is the reiteration, in
some form or other, of the tortures en-
dured by the prisoner and of his indomit-
able resolve to maintain his innocence
and not to yield to his despair. (New
York: Mcclure, Phillips & Coz
The times., 1901-05-26
Victory.

Once more 10 the charge, and repeat
The fearless undoubting endeavor,
The grasp of the hands and the sprlng OF the feet
Unwearied forever.
The wind of the east and the north
Has smitten and stabbed with knife;
The edict of death has gone forth,
Aud the issue Is life.
Out Of March through the mire and clay,
Over Aprirs brown slope and wet dune,
II shall laugh from the summit OF May,
Name its victory June
Arthur Cotton. in the Atlantic.
The times., 1901-05-26

Where is the key to the Bastilef Jw.L
1t is an exhibit at Mount Vernon.
The times., 1901-05-26

come to his death? A %.
AT windsor. January o. 1920; for ten
Sears ne had been insane and blind.
The times., 1901-05-26

"A. "A very old philosophical treatise gener-
4bS S3sStiLIDuted TO Tsze-sze. a grandson OF
the Cninese philosopher Confucfus.
The times., 1901-05-26

What Is the tariff on weola Wv.
From cents to IL cents a pound. ac-
cording to grade
The times., 1901-05-26
Delaware. 2. No.

Who discovered that sugar could be made from
maple sap. and when and wheref IN
Some North American Indian. In the
early days Of our colonies the sava oes
made festivity of sugar gathering.
The times., 1901-05-26

John NJ Claytc1i, Secretary Of state during
Siayton- Buiwer Treaty was a native Of what
slater 2 Vas the Bulwer the BuIwer-bytton
VI H'etaturet F.E.S.
Delaware. 2. No.
The times., 1901-05-26

,;-i What are the areas and the population Of Il
'''oiS ana ieSasf C. Y.
:. ttiiiinois, area, 5S 1854 square miles; popu-
ulation, 3,elS.7l0. PSp
The times., 1901-05-26

This saying is traced by Brewer TO Did
a sable cloud turn forth her silver lin
ing?" which is from Milton's .Comus.''
The times., 1901-05-26

In what year was 'The Scarlet Letter" bv
Hawthorne, published? 2 Why is Christmas
written Xmas? FF
In 1896. 2 Merely in order to abbreviate:
x or Xt formerly was much used as an
abbreviation for Christ
The times., 1901-05-26

VIII you name the author Of the oft-quoted
iine Every cloud has a silver liningi''
The times., 1901-05-26

What was the Doctrine of the Meanr.
The times., 1901-05-26

What IS the weight Of the silver dollar now
iA use ana how much silver does it contain?
E.W
which is pure silver ~ "
The times., 1901-05-26

What has become of the Mr. Clark who wrote
under the name OF Max Adeler7 2 Is William
Henry Bishop, the author, living? II. 5. h
This is Charles Heber Clark, who is lfv-
ing in Philadelphia, we think yes; in
New Haven, Conn.
The times., 1901-05-26

United StatesY D
The average crop for the last ten years
The times., 1901-05-26

When is the st. Louis Worlds Fair to openY
When and where was the late D. b. Culber-
son born and when did he die2 Ok
In the spring of 1903, according to pres
ent plans 2. September %, 1890, in Troup
County, Ga; May Z. 1900.