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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

have been naughty sometimes, and not
have tried to remember to hold on
tight" to anything l had in my hands.
l know you will say, How could
you have been SO forgetful!" when |
tell you that one day l dropped poor
LaYinia Warren upon the wall, and her
pretty pink face, with her blue eyeF
and black curly hair, was smashed
on the stones. Oh. how | cried! l am
to mamma, crying and sobbing, La
vinia Warren's broke!" !
Mamma took me in her lap and said:
Don't cry, my little girl! Crying won't
mend Lavinia's head" And then she
took me by the hand, and went with
me to the spot where headless Lavinia
was lying. Her dear little kid arms
and her little upturned feet. and her
pretty face all scattered about her,
caused me to cry more than ever.
shall never forget that sight.
Mamma bought me another dolly,
but this new one had a wooden head.
| was fond of her. Still, l never loved
her as did dear Lavinia Warren. But
have always remembered since that
sad mishap, to hold on tight" Mann
ma said | would not forget again, and
have not.-Ray Laurance, in Little
Folks.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

To attempt to get Chinaman to as
sign a reason for anything is futile.
One day. while riding a donkey
through the country west of Pekin.
noticed that the women of the country
villages, mostly farmers wives and
daughters, did not bind their feet.
said to the donkey driver. who was
running along beside me, THE coun-
try women do not bind their feet, do
they?"
mo"
"Why?" n
"They do not bind their feet"
"Why is it that the Chinese women
bind their feet?"
They bind their feet"
But why do they do it?
THAT is their custom"
"But why is it their custom?"
"There is no reason why-no rea.
son whatever"
ASK a child:
why did your brother not come to
school today?"
my brother did not come to school
today"
Or inquire of man:
why, is it that the Chinese build a
pagoda 10 stories high?" and he will
most probably answer. THAT is the
way to build a pagoda. Isaac Taylor
HeadIand of the university of Pekin,
in Washington Star
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04
To Make n Point.

Mark Twain lays great stress on the
pause just before the point, in the use
of which he regards Artemus Ward
and James Whitcomb Riley as the
greatest adopts. For instance, Arte-
mus Ward would say eagerly, excited
ly, 81 once knew a man in New zea-
land who hadn't a tooth IN his head,
here his animation would die out,l
a silent, reflective pause would fol-
low; then he would say, dreamily and
as if to himself-"and yet that man
could beat a drum better than any
man | ever knew. "-Argonaut
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

Mothers are the queerest things!
Member when John went away,
All but mother cried and cried
When they said good-by that day.
She Just talked, and seemed to be
Not the slightest bit upset
Was the only one who smiled.
Others eyes were streaming wet.
But when John came back again
On furlough. safe and sound,
With 4 medal for his deeds
And without single wound,
While the rest of us hurrahed,
Laughed and joked and danced about,
Mother kissed him, then she cried
Cried and cried like all git out!
Edwin l.. Sabin, in Century.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04
A Doll Story.

When | was a little girl mamma
gave me a large doll. This new doll
was very pretty; for she had round.
rosy cheeks, bright blue eyes, and
black, curly hair-of course, make-be-
lieve hair, for she had china head
and a kid body.
My dolly, when mamma gave her
to me, was dressed in gown of lovely
blue silk and cunning white apron
trimmed with lace; and upon her feet
were some little black kid shoes, or
"ankle-ties." Oh, how | loved dear
pretty dolly!
| could not think of a name nice
enough for my precious china baby
until one Saturday afternoon, when
school did not keep, mamma took me
to a show where l saw some little
people" pretty little dwarf people. |
we'll remember Tom Thumb and La
V1nla Warren-a tiny grown up man
and tiny grown up woman, not much
larger than good-sized dolls. On the
way home, l said, "Oh, mamma, am
going to name my dolly Lavinia War
rem"
Near the house where lived when
little girl there was a stone WALL and
| loved to go out there with Lavinia
in my arms, and climb up and sit on
the wall, and look off at the fields of
green grass and watch the little birds
hopping about in the trees, and gaze
up at the broad blue sky beyond the
treetops.
| was a very little girl, you know,
and mamma often told me was care
leiS and forgetful. Therefore, | must
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

in two good-sized bows on either side
Of plate.
Then count as many little square Or
round boxes as there are children; fill
with bon bons or favors, and to the top
Of box fasten by glueing or sewing a
small chicken or bird. These may be
got at any Japanese store in various
colors; yellow cotton chicks or black
birds. Place these in bottom OF pan
at regular intervals.
Over these lay piece Of Chinese it's
sue paper matching the Grape paper
Where the chicks heads come gently
break the paper and pull the heads
through.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

ing continually in mortar from
which is made the water of life. Per
haps if our children will look carefully
at the moon they, too, may be able to
make out the shape of the rabbit
which lays the Easter eggs.
And to-day in China at the time Of
the celebration of the great moon festi-
val. which corresponds in season to
Easter in Christian lands, the figure Of
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

ways in May, but on three occasions
in the past century it occurred in
June, and in the new century this
will happen four times.-Newcastle
Chronicle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

This pretty Easter gift is made Of
shirred tissue paper, cut in fan shape.
The pieces are punched at one end and
tied tightly with narrow white ribbon.
A dozen tangarines are laid in this;
then the ends are punched and daintily
tied with a golden cord.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

In certain parts of England, even at
the present time. much more is made
of the Easter hare than in this coun-
Try. In Worcestershire, for instance,
there is a custom still in vogue called
the Easter hare pie scramble" So
many years ago that everybody has
forgotten it a certain plat of ground
was given to the rector of the parish
perpetually on the condition that each
year on Easter Monday he and his
successor shout contribute two hares
or rabbit pies and a quantity of ale to
be scrambled for by the villagers. AS
late at 1892 the hare pie scramble"
was observed as a great festival, all
the villagers turning out to march in
procession behind the men carrying the
hare pies, cut up into fragments. When
they reached spot known additionally
as Hare Pie Bank" the sacks were
emptied and all the crowd engaged in
fight or scramble for the pies, which
are supposed to guarantee good luck to
the possessor for the ensuing year.
So the children who credit the Easter
rabbit with laying the Easter eggs are
simply following a tradition so old that
no man knows its beginning. And in
every corner of the globe other little
children. white, black, yellow or red
are. in one way or another, paying al
legiance to the same tradition.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

If the wind is in the east on Easter
Sunday it is considered in Germany to
be a wise plan to draw water and
wash in it, for then the wind cannot
do any harm to the bather during the
remainder of the year.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

T HE wonderful rabbit which
lays the red, white and blue
Easter eggs is one of the old
est of historic characters In
fact, wise men who have tried to trace
the story to its source have gone back
far beyond the earliest beginnings of
written history only to find its big,
woolly ears sticking up through the
mists of tradition and superstition.
But the strangest thing about the
Easter rabbit is that you will find him
in every part of the world-in Africa
and Asia as well as in Europe and
America-and if he is not laying East
or eggs he is doing something equally
remarkable and noteworthy.
People who think the rabbit only
timid. stupid and commonplace mem
Der Of society are entirely mistaken
They ought to read the volumes that
have been written about him. And as
for the children! Mother Goose may
be more familiar where English is spo-
6en- but the Easter rabbit is known to
The little one in every language.
Not even the greatest students have
ever been able to learn how it happens
that the rabbit lays Easter eggs. All
they knows that little children and
particularly little children in Ger
many make. as their @randfathers did
before them, warm nests of hay during
Easter week. in which they find on
Easier morning 4 lot of beautiful col
ored eggs laid there, of course, by the
Easter rabbit Sometimes the Easter
rabbit even leaves a little candy or
china image of himself behind him in
the midst of the eggs, by way of a
card. But really no proof is needed.
Years before the oldest man can re-
member it was always said that the
rabbit laid the Easter eggs, and there
is no more reason TO doubt it now
than there was then.
In St Louis the shop windows are
now crowded with Easter rabbits, and
the Easter cards as often as not show
the Easter rabbits picture. Ask some
body why it is rabbit instead of a
wOodchuck or any other animal. You
Will find nobody that can tell you. No
body knows. All they can do is to
make shreWd guesses at it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04
Painting Easter Eggs.

These clever artists are busily en-
gagged in decorating eggs for their Eas-
ter celebration. The picture was repro
duced from a postal card recently re-
ceived by the Free Press from Berlin.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

the rabbit is stamped on the moon
cakes, which relatives and friends ex-
change among each other in the place
of Easter cards.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

Street car conductors are never
beautiful. In fact, they are not even
passing fare.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

scattered people all over the world,
Even the American Indians, who had
never, so far as we know heard of
Easter, had their feast of the Great
Hare, or rabbit, and in the sixth CEN
fury after Christ, before the early in
habitants of what is now England had
been Christianized. the hare or rabbit
is said to have been sacred to Ostara,
the goddess of dawn and of spring.
Among the natives of South Africa
there has been for centuries and still is
a story which connects the rabbit with
Easter in a curious way. The spots on
the surface of the moon form, as these
natives say, the perfect image of a
rabbit. And as the moon sets or dies
and rises again every thirty days, it
sent the rabbit to take its message to
the children of men.
60" said the moon to the rabbit;
ego and say TO men that, even as 1 die
and rise again, so shall they also die
and rise again"
But the rabbit was wicked, and did
not carry the message straight
THE moon says" the rabbit told the
South African natives. that even as 1
die and do not rise again so shall you
also die and not rise again
When the rabbit came back and told
what he had done, the moon was nat
urally angry. and struck at him with a
Ratchet. The blow struck the rabbit
and split its upper lip. People who
doubt the story are asked to notice
that the rabbits lip is split to this
day. And besides having its lip split
the rabbit was much frightened at the
moons anger. so that it ran away and
hid in a hole in the ground, and has
been timid ever since.
Going over to Asia we find that the
rabbit still holds its place as a sacred
animal. In China and all the other
countries where the religion Of Buddha
prevails. the story runs that the great
Buddha himself was at one time terri
bly, hungry, and wandered up and
down on the surface of the earth look
ing for something to eat, but found
nothing. Finally the rabbit saw the
hungry god and felt sorry for him.
Going up close, so that Buddha could
not fail to see him, the rabbit laid
Down at his feet.
Eat me-" said the rabbit to Buddha.
But the Chinese divinity was not to
be outdone in generosity. Instead of
eating the rabbit he transported it up
10 the moon, and there to this day the
little Chinese children can see it.
Against the bright face of the moon
they can make out tall cassia tree,
with a spreading top. Under this tree
sits the rabbit on its Launches. pound
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-04-04

T HE wonderful rabbit which
lays the red. white and blue
Easter eggs is one of the old
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06
BRIDGEPORT.
Daily Events from the Town Across

Daily Events from the Town Across
the Way.
Reece Mcdonald is attending the
Woodsfcld fair.
Miss Mary Alexander has returned
from Atlantic City.
Marshal Martin, of st. Clairsville,
was in town yesterday.
Marshal Douds was at Washington,
Pa, yesterday on business.
H. G. Branum has returned from an
extended trip on the lakes.
Frank Seibert has returned from a
visit with friends at Wellsville.
Orville Walker, of Uniontown, Ohio,
is the guest of friends in town.
Miss Bessie Coulter, of Flushing, has
accepted a position at Stifel & Co.'S
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rev. Cverman have re-
turned from a visit with friends at
Bennett, Pa.
Henry Cooke, district manager of the
American Sheet Mill Company, has re-
turned from Canal Dover.
William briggs has returned home
from a several weeks trip in the west.
He spent much time in Denver.
There VIII bs a meeting of the board
Of managers OF the Deaconess Home
this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Home.
The street car track on the east side
of Lincoln avenue which was damaged
by the slip is being repaired and will
soon be used.
The iremen's racing team practice
every night and show great speed. The
new company will be strong COMPETE
tors in the Bellaire races.
So far no clue as to the identity of
the sneak thieves has been obtained,
and it is the opinion Of many that it is
local talent doing the work.
The boys of the Kirkwood High
school nave formed an athletic club for
this term. The young ladies will also
form a club for social enjoyment.
The remains of Mrs. James Coffland,
who died in California, will arrive here
Saturday morning or evening. The
funera services will be held in Linn
wood cetemtery Sunday afternoon at 2
O'Clock.
A petition is being circulated pray
ing Council to repair the roads in the
West End. This places Council in a
bad position, as this city fund is bank
rupt and the treasurer will Issue no
more orders. The roads are in a bad
condition and should be repaired.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06
Awarded Medal.

Recently, at Scranton, Pa, an exam
nation was he'd in which the 900 rep
r~esentatives of the International Core
spondence School participated. The
examination was severe, but. as is
usual, Wheeling came out ahead, and
Mr.. s. H. Horne, the local representa-
tive. was awarded a handsome gold
medal. This he o wears on a watch
charm. On one sioe is a group of fig
ures, while above 1t are the words,
Science, Teaching and Industry" The
reverse is engraved with the letters, l.
s. C. Mr.. Horne is justly proud OF his
trophy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06
IN SOCIETY.

On Wednesday night at their home,
| on Caldwell's Run, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hungarian celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary. The couple were
married so years ago in the st. Joseph's
| Cathedral by the Rev. Father Miss
| bisich. and Wednesday evening the
| ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Father Muller, Of the Church Of the I'm
maculate Conception. Among the
| guests present at the occasion were:
| Henry Niehous, of West Brownsville,
| Pa: Michael Hellstern and Mrs. Veri-
son. OF this city; Mrs. Susan Hunger
man, of McKeesport, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wagner, OF this city; Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Westinger, S~teubenville, o.;
| Theodore Westinger, OF this city; An
| drew Hellstern, Of this city; Mr.. and
Mrs. Birney, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hungerman, Mrs. Charles Wilson, Nc
K~eesport, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Hell. Cambridge, o.; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T.
| Hell. James He'll, George He'll, Mrs. f.
Freismuth, Miss Esther He'll, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. William
| Fette. Mrs. Barbara Alderman, Miss
Kate Hell. Mrs. Gould, Mr.. Sull, Miss
! Henrietta Sui, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hungarian, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hun
german, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hunger
man. OF Wheeling; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Trap. Of P%lttsburg; George, Andy and
Henry Trap, of Pittsburg; MI. and
Mrs. Frank Armbruster, Elmer Arm
bruster, George ]. Hungarian, N.
Thomas, Mr.. Hopkins, James Williams,
william Bowman, Frank Armbruster,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.. Armbruster, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dissey, Misses Clara and An
ME Hungerman, Ella Wagner. Welda
Armbruster, of Wheeling, and Ida
Trap, Of Pittsburg. OF these guests
Henry Niehous was the only one pres
ent at the marriage so years age.
Announcement has been made of the
approaching marriage of Mr.. Luke w.
Lally, the popular travelling salesman
for the Locke Shoe Company, to Miss
Loretta Smith a winsome young lady
of South Chapline street. The cere-
mony will occur at high noon Septem-
Der 18th in the church Of the Imma-
culate Conception. At the conclusion
of the ceremony the young people will
leave On a honeymoon trip including
Boston, New York. Canada and the st.
Lawrence.
Miss Nettie Mole and Mr.. Chas. Gate
wood. popular young people Of the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06

South Side. were married at the home
OF the bride on South Eofr street. We'd
nesday evening. the Rev. p. J.. Hob
officiating. A number Of friends and
relatives witnessed the ceremony. The
young couple will reside in South
Wheeling.
At the home of the bride on South
Main street, on Wednesday evening.
occurred the marriage of Miss Alberta
Busch to Mr.. Frank w. Hannah. The
wedding was a quiet only the re-
latives and immediate friends of the
contracting parties being present. The
bride is a very popular young lady of
the South Side and the groom is a
well known clerk at the Ohio Valley
Bank.
Wednesday evening. at 1880 o'clock.
the Rev. z. J. Hob. pastor OF the Zion
German Lutheran Church, performed
the ceremony which united In marriage
Mr.. Frank ". Hannah and Miss Eliza
beth A. Busch. both estimahle young
persons OF this city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06
SAME OLD THING.
y yesterday Morning Cool, Afternoon
Quite warm.

quite warm.
Yesterday mornings temperature waa
again Sc, with a rapid warming up TO
SO at 8 o'clock. At 10 O'Clock last night
II was so, with the barometer standing
at 29.54 inches and the sky clear.
There were no indications at midnight
Of any change in the weather. The re-
ports follow:
c. sehnepf the Opera House drug
gist, reported as follows: At I a. m,
66, . a.. m, IL: noon. 81: 3 p. m, 50:
Z p. m, "a: 10 p. M, so. Weather
clear.
WASHINGTON. d. c., September 5.
Forecast for Friday and Saturday:
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio:
Fair Friday and Saturday; light varia-
BILE winds.
For West Virginia: Fair Friday and
Saturday, e~asterly winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06
POWERFUL SEARCH LIGHT
Placed on the Grand Opera House
Building Attracted "A Great Deal of

Charles A. Feinler, manager of the
Grand Opera House, has adopted up-to-
date methods to advertise that theater
during the present season. The old
Market street billboard has been re-
placed by a handsome deep frame.
Last night the powerful electric
%searchlight, which has been placed on
the roof of the building. was used for
the first time. The light is visible at a
great distance and caused many in
quiries to be made last night. 1t will
be used later In connection with another
advertising scheme, which displays
originality and enterprise.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06
SCOTTISH INVESTMENT


Company OF West Virginia Has
Movable Assets and ~ofaces-onc Of
Many That Have "Mo~edw From
Louisville Recently.
The Scottish Security and Investment
Company. against which an injunction
was issued and a petition filed recently
in the Ohio county Circuit Court. as
noted in the Register, was incorporat-
ed in this State in November. 1896,
With an sileged capital of $4,000. The
incorpo-ators were ID, II. Wilson. ]. Z.
Stark and w. C. Cooper, OF Louisville.
and d. S. Guthrie and Edward Corder.
of Charleston, w. Va. II Is alleged
that the latter. who were at the time
employees in the Office OF the Secretary
OF State, never put a dollar into the
concern.
The company's statement TO the State
OF Kentucky was so unsatisfactory that
a suit was filed against 1t by a creditor.
which suit was afterward compromised,
The day following this settlement. II is
alleged. the president. Alex. Stuart. and
Secretary N. +. Wolfe disappeared from
Louisville. On August 21st these per-
sons issued a circular letter to the
stockholders stating that the comranys
Offices had been removed to this city.
The statement has been made that they
had offices at 400 Chapline street in
Wheeling. but this Is positively denied
by Attorney Ewing, who has offices at
that number. IL was the circular letter
that enabled the Louisville people to
trace the officers of the company to this
city. and w. X. Davies. a prominent at
torney of Louisville, was employed to
come here and secure the Injunction
and the appointment of a receiver,
pending 4 full Investigation of the COM
pany's methods, legality and standing.
In the petition 1t is stated that the
company is entirely insolvent. and II
appears that Louisville was a fertile
field and we'll worked. as some 1900
bonds had been sold there. At At
lanta, Ga, 600 had been disposed of and
about zoo at Baltimore.
Louisville, according to the Courier
| Journal, has been a great field for in
vestment companies of this type. In
its issue of September 4th 1t says;
Three more investment companies
give up the struggle; the Kentucky
Mutual Investment Company. the Lou
isville investment Company and the
Kentucky Mutual investment and Re-
demption Company" II also stated
that another, The Standard Security
Company, was found to have but $2.66
cash assets and liabilities Of about
SO. 900. The Courier-Journal makes,
also, this statement: ut Is a slgnih-
cant fact that several companies hav-
ing local offices have moved out of the
city, and that they were, as a rule. in
| %corporated In the State of West Vir-
ginia."
The question now arises. have hnan-
cial Adventures been using the Seere-
tary of States Office Of this State as a
hatchery for bogus investment and
bond companies, deceiving our State
officials In that department OF the gov
erntment?
An investment bond scheme was
worked IN Kansas City several years
ago and many were victimized.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06

PITTSBURG-River 81 feet n fall
Ing. Clear and warm.
BRoWNSVILLE-River 6 feet and sta
tionary. Weather cloudy.
GREENsBORO-Riyer 6 feet 0 inches
and falling.
STEUBENVIBLE-River 6 feet 4 inches
and fallinh. Weather clear and warm.
Up: John Moren at 4 y. IN.
WARREN-River ! foot 8 inches. Wea-
ther clear and warm.
OIL C~ITY-River 2 feet 3 inches and
falling. Weather clear and warm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-06

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, September
5.-The little steamboat Georgia V. the
smallest steamboat on the river, sank
last night in twenty feet Of water. She
was moored to the bank here and her
owner, Capt. James Taylor, was asleep
In his berth on the boat. He awoke
when the water commenced running
over his bed and made a quick run for
the outside. He waded through water
almost up to his shoulders and escaped
to a barge alongside the boat Just as
II went down.