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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

IL would IS breaking his Back to hold
his Job, ana the Head Waiter would be
lowering around in q further EFFORT to
| Square himself. And Mr.. Buchanan
Meek would still be folding the Napkin
and watching the Ice melt
AS a result OF the occasional Blowing
Up and sending dishes back to the
Kitchen to be warmed over n refus-
ing to pay for cold storage Birds that
were running High enough to be Carney,
Mr.. Beefer established a Reputation and
he commanded Respect. Every time he
walked into the place they put on a
fresh Tablecioth and the Head Waiter
would come around to brush away inn
aginary Crumbs and hope everything
was Satisfactory.
All this time they would have Mr.
Meek set off behind a Pillar somewhere.
He was wanting to get up and start a
Holler, only he didn't think it would be
polite.
When Mr.. Meek Travelled, his Berth in
the Sleeper was the last one to be made
up. Mr.. Beefer always began the Le-
gree Business with the Senegambian as
Don as he found his Number. and con-
sequently he received four times the
attention for the same Tip.
The tradesmen got onto the fact that
Mr.. Meek would rather be Soaked than
raise an Argument, 81 they palmed off
last years Hats on him and delivered
Glucose instead of Sugar and gave him
Rump Steak at the price of Sirloin.
If the Tobaccanist had a Cigar that
was a Slow Seller, he pushed it out to
Mr.. Meek because the latter was a nice,
obliging Mark who took what was Of
fered him and then went out on tip
toe. As for Beefer. when he came in
and began to file his Complaints, they
opened Fresh Boxes until they found
one that suited him.
A great many Canvassers and Agents
came around to lean against Mr.. Meek
and take up his time. He had been
posted on the Bulletin Board in the
ding. He never would repulse a Fellow
Creature who was honestly %endeavor-
ing to earn a Livelihood, so they filed
in one after another and made Life a
Burden to him. But they kept away
from Beefer. Mr.. Beefer began to bark
like a Prairie Wolf the. moment one of
them put a Nose inside of his Office
and Mr.. Smooth Salesman usually was
glad to make a Run for it without wait
ing to catch the Elevator.
In the course of time the knowledge
that he was being Bilked and Horns
woggled and Imposed Upon began to
embitter the quiet little Man. He still
believed that a Soft Answer turneth
away Wrath, but he wondered why it
was the Policeman always selected him
as the one to be showed along. He had
a CHEEKY Smile for the Little Ones, So
the Tough Kids at the Corner whistled
through their Teeth at him and called
him Lizzie He began to revise the
Theories of Life, for it seemed evident
that the Scrapper who goes around
executing Call-Downs and bowling for
his Rights. is the only one who gets a
Show for his White Alley.
So Mr.. Meek decided that he would
Shift his Tactics and begin some noisy
Bluffing and compel People to notice
him. He said his Money was as good
as anybody's and he did not ropos
to be Run Over any longer. He decid-
ed to start in at the Restaurants. be-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The Glorious Fourth is a week and a
hat away.
Let us make it the most Glorious
Fourth we have had yet.
vt will not only be the first Glorious
Fourth of the glorious Twentieth Cen
fury. but its echoes will usher in Wheel
ing's great Carnival week.
In fact the opening gun of the Fourth
of July will practically be the tocain
for the most notable era in the history
of Wheeling.
OF course, the Carnival proper doesn't
begin till the Monday following. Fri
day and Saturday, July 5 and 6, must
be devoted to cleaning up the Fourth
Of July litter, and, then. the blessed
Sabbath will gratefully intervene as a
day of grace and rest before Rex. mon
arch of Carnival week, owner of Wheel
Ing and all tina; can be seen from the
Top of the highest hill, shall assume his
high and mighty Office.
But. independent Of His Carnival
Majesty the Glorious Fourth will be an
occasion in itself, great and significant.
It will be observed In Wheeling espec-
tally as the day ought to be observed.
The men who adopted the declaration
Of independence rendered the most vital
service ever contributed to the welfare
Of mankind. The Glorious Fourth is
the Sabbath of human liberty and will
forever be held in remembrance. And
as such we propose the first Fourth of
July in the Twentieth Century shall be
celebrated here.
So get ready for next Thursday week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

fayorably impress v~isitorn, which Is one
Of the things we most especially desire
to do. The plan is to invite citizens to
clean up all accumlations OF dirt, rub
bish. ETC., found on the streets, side
walks and front yards adjacent to their
premises. Also, II they intend to do
any painting, withdrawing, etc, that
1t be done on or prior to these dates.
Let everybody lend a hand and sec
ond the authorities in making every
thing spic and span, remembering that
the godly are first Clearly. 1t win be
one OF the largest steps toward the sue
cess Of Carnival Week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

cause that was where they had tramp
led on him for Twenty Years. He
drank a couple of Hooters to fix his
Courage and hen he went into a busy
Cafe. AS usual. a waiter brought him
the limp Napkin and a couple of
pounds of Ice and the evaporated. Mr..
Meek waited five minutes and then all
the accumulated Wrath that had been
simmering and steaming for Years
broke forth in one Mighty Protest. He
pounded on the Table, just as he had
seen Mr.. Beefer do. He denounced the
Place as being worse than a Tramp
Boarding House. He called for the
Head Waiter in fierce and strident
Tones. He announced that he would
register his Rear with no one but the
Boss. He had noticed that a success
full Buffer always waves the Under
lings out of the way and demands an
Audience with the Main Prop.
1t seemed to Mr.. Meek that he was
giving a very fair Imitation. He knew
that when Mr.. Beefer arose and De-
clared himself he always Got Away
with it. But perhaps Mr.. Buchanan
Meek didn't do it Just right. At any
rate the manager of the Cafe ran I'D
and Handed him a couple. Then Mr..
Meek's True Nature asserted itself. He
began to Apologize and that was the
Signal for a Close-In. Three Walters
beat him down TO a Gasp and ran him
out to the Street and tried to upset a
Hanson Cab with him.
AS soon as Mr.. Meek recovered and
sat up on the Cobble Stones. he made
a Vow that he would never again speak
above a Whisper.
MORAL: Kickers are Born and not
Made.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Returns so far as he could figure. He
had been scattering Seeds of Kindness,
but there had been a steady FAILURE
of Crops. Sometimes Mr.. Meek would
suspect that there was something
wrong with his System. 1t seemed to
him that those who got out and made
Rough House and walked on other Peo-
pie usually secured Seats at the First
Table while the difident and unobstru-
sive kind got nothing better than a
belated Whack at what was left over.
In this same Town of Chicago there
was a man named Covington Beefer.
He was a walking Thunder Cloud, and
showd his Teeth when he talked. He
worked along on the Principle that a
Man is Entitled to anything he can
Get. He wouldn't take anything that
was Spiked Down unless he happened
to have a Nail Fuller with him. Mr..
Beefer was good to himself. He was a
self-made Business Shark who had neg
lected to read up on the Brotherhood of
Man.
Mr.. Meek carried enough Milk OF
Human Kindness to stock a fair-sized
Creamery. He could not find it in his
Heart to buck through a line Of Shop
pers extending across the Sidewalk or
give a frail Newsboy the Knee in order
to hurry him out of the way, so when
he was on the street they usually Hem
med In like a piece of Insertion and
he was habitually late in arriving at
the Office.
Mr.. Beefer, however would move up
the Street in a Bee Line, throwing ten
uer young Girls and doddering old Cen
tlemen off into the Cutters, cutting
through a covey of Women, regardless,
and lifting them right and left like a
Street Sweeper. He never lost any
Time, and therefore had a Reputation
for P~unctuality.
IN the Evening when it came time to
go Home, Mr.. Beefer would heave his
way through the Swarm, drag People
off the Platform, bunch his way into
the Car, pull a Small Boy out of a Seat
and Squat in Comfort all the way home,
reading his Evening Paper. Mr.. Meek
would fuss around the outskirts of the
Crowd and be shunted back and forth
a few times. He did not believe in I'M
seemly Haste and Rudeness, so he
would wait for the others to get aboard
rather than work the Elbow Grind on
refined Ladies, and as a consequence he
usually had the Privilege of riding on
the back Bumper.
But it was in the Restaurant that the
soft-spoken and forbearing Mr.. Meek
got all that was coming to him. A
Waiter would bring a clammy Napkin
and a glassful of shattered Ice and then
he would go away and never come back.
Mr.. Meek would sit there and Moan and
Murmur. occasionally lifting his Finger,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
ANOTHER coLoRED POET.

There is considerable force and poetic
FEELING In Al Idyi of the SOUTH By Al
berry A. Whitman, the colored poet. OF
Georgia, born in slavery" Here Is a
sample stanza.
And Lena went,-to his dear arms she
flew.
A gust of joy,-a thousand ~nothings
knew,
And ( q burst OF sunshine round him
All she was helpless. but her heart was
And woman's heart when true. with
against her, conruers all. and ever will.
me gocs are with a loving woman STILL"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
CHrNA's AWFUL PLIGHT

It is stating only the bare fact to say
that millions Of human beings are'starv-
ing to death in China to-day. That
hapless land is the victim of the most
awful and widespread famine of mod
ern times and it's victims are dying by
thousands and tens of thousands. Fer
this situation the Christian nations are
very largely responsible and on them
largely rests the burden of relieving this
fearful distress.
Twenty millions OF men, women and
children starving; a universal hunger
that causes thousands of deaths daily;
parched fields and a drought OF three
years duration; whole villages aband-
oned to the dead, and the population
subsisting on roots and herbs; mothers
selling their children for bread, and the
horrors of cannibalism.
Such is the awful picture recently
brought to the attention Of the world
from beyond the mountains which en-
close the provinces of Shansi and
bnensi, in China.
Through the Christian Herald, Ii
Hung Chang has made an appeal to this
country for help. 1t has met with such
a qulck and generous response that al
ready the Herald has peen enabled to
cable 500, 900 to the relief committee in
Picking.
The United States nave been fore
most in giving aid to China, but gener-
Gus as the American people have been
the assistance to date is a drop in the
bucket compared to that needed. Zen
cents will pay the expenses of a small
family for a day. A dollar is all that
is needed to maintain a fmily of five for
a week, and one hundred dollars will
neep alive a good sized village. Con-
tributions toward this deserving cause
may be addressed to the China Famine
Relief fund, care the Christian Herald,
Bible House, New York.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
CURRENT POETRY.
A SONG OF MY JENNY.

I.
Ihere's a song Of a bird in a poisoning
tree,
And iife-it has troubles a-many.
But the bird there is singin' a sweet song
TO me.
And I'm sIngin' a song Of my JENNY
m singfnf a song OF her beautiful eyes,
OF the lips Love has skissed from the
Kingdom of Signs;
OF the red lips that give me such tender
replies
I'm singin' a song of my Jenny.
ii.
Oh, well for the bird in the poisoning
tree!
Hes singin' the sweetest of any.
But the song that Is thrillin' the whole
soul OF me
Is the song that I'm singin' to Jenny!
I'm singin' a song Of her all the day long.
ana the music's too true for a note to go
wrong.
For It's ever a beautiful song
An I'm singin' a song to my JENNY
Frank l.. Stanton
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
OUR
OHIO SUBURB.

The visitor to our suburban city of Mar
TINS Ferry. after an absence of a num-
Der of years. cannot fail to remark the
great and substantial improvements that
have been made in that thriving town, the
added architectural beauties and the
general evidences that ~bye-and-bye it is
going to grow into a city among the most
important in the upper Ohio Valley. Won
derful changes ave been made during re-
cent years. The streets have been graded.
paved with fire brick, and are as clean
and well kept as those of any modern city.
substantial and modern buildings have
been and are being erected, new streets
have been laid out, old ones improved, the
valuation of property has been thereby en-
HANGED, and the people as a whole are
alive, energetic, alert and thoroughly up
to-date. Martins Ferry in the old days
was a small village. 1t has now taken
on the attributes of a city. 1t is big, and
will be larger in the coming years. There
are vast stretches of green fields that will
in the coming years be given over to
building lots, while the gently inclined
hillsides invite the suburban resident.
Busy with the hum of industrial life. and
with great possibilities in tina direction.
there are mary charming homes surround
ed by extensive grounds, and Hanover and
Fourth streets, as well as others which
might be mentioned. are as active in a
business point of view as some of the
principal streets of Wheeling.
Between this city and our Ohio nefghbor
there is a community of interests best ex-
pressed in the constant travel etwee the
two cities, and in the recognition of the
fact that the two are in reality one COM
munity. Wheeling wishes Martins Ferry
well, and will rejoice In its growth and
prosperity.
With the completion of the new post
Office will come free postal delivery. and
that will be one of the modern signs of
the advent of a city into American life.
New industries and the expansion of old
one are bound to corae, and with those
things Will come Increased population an
augmentation in the value of realty. more
improvements, and al increasing local
public spirit that will finally crystalize
into the formation of a municipality of i'm
portance. The foundation for this has al
ready been laid, and the opportunity is
close If not already at hand for
a great extension. Wheeling has
and will aid in the development of our
sister city on the west bank of the Ohio.
n our people will rejoice In its present
prosperity and be glad to contribute I'd
that which is bound to come. B.
~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The Washington Post wants to know if
the government still considers it quite
the proper thing to permit the mission
aries to exhibit their Chinese loot in the
Smithsonian ~Institute?" Loot" did
you say? What language to use in con-
nection with the efforts of our Chris
tan missions to the heathen. Wicked
Mark Twain couldn't say worse.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Whoever the mysterious Ellis Glenn
may be the fact that she objected to
pictures of her as too old" establishes
the fact that she is a sure enough wo-
man. =
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
MR.. D0OLEY ON
THE YACHT RACES.
BY +. r. DUNE.
in tn oil times whin I was a yachts

In tn OF times whin | was a yachts
man" began Mr.. Dooley.
'Scowman," said Mr.. Hennessy.
"fatchsman," said Mr.. DooIey.
Win | was a yachtsman, all a man
needed to race was {. fat-bottomed boat,
an umbrella an a long dhrink. In
thin days twas up with tn mainsail
an out with tn jib an Cap'n Jawn
first to tn Lake View pumpin' station
fr tn see-gars'. Now it's sHo, FIR a
yacht race. Lave us go an see our
lawyers, It's Haul away on tn writ
iv ne exeat; a n Let go tn peak capias.'
rFis Pipe all hands to ii, Supreme
Coort' It's a life on til boundin'
docket an. : home on III ,rowIin cnlen-
dar. Befure ~ a., Sir fip1onu eou,e
over hers ~ that cup usIn - uS7S
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
CLEANING DAYS. JULY 5 AND 8.

CLEANING DAYS: JULY 8 AND g.
In no way can the people and the city
authorities lend a helping hand in Car
nival Week more efectually than by
seeing to 1t that the city is properly
cleaned up for that occasion. 10 this
end the Board of Trade officers having
m charge the general arrangement
have set aside July 5 and 6 as general
cleaning up days to be devoted espec-
Italiy to this purpose before Carnival
geek. And they and the city rely upon
z proper oflcials and the citizens SEN
~ 70 % the cleaning up work - Il
a b done a thogexNo 11St {
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
GOD UNDERSTANDS.

For b Register.
What though men do not understand
And judge our souis Alright,
But try to show us to MANKIND
Fer in an unkind light.
Why need we carey God surely knows
just what our souls may be.
For be. alone; will neser m~is5udge,
And eesxwda Justly see.
Sol We know that We are right.
We know He will approve.
So for opinions Of msnkind.
From night neser let m u16Ye.
HOLD = % Nhot - know - sfeh4.
2sf o. {
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

AS II the Brooks law wasn't tight
enough, Pittsburg is now threatened
with a Blue Law Sunday-sans mills,
sans newspapers, sans telegraph, sans
street cars, sans everything. Pittsburg
would better move.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
OVER FIFTEEN MILLIONS.
senafor Camden 10 Receive f3o0.o o
for Fifty Years From a Tract Of
Coal Land.
10 the Register.

Special % the Register.
PARKERSBURG. ". r-e z-Ths
statement was made hers D-aay. by 2
close friend OF Senator Camden hat he
had received an amount equal 70 fifteen
and a half million dollars for hs8 500 acres
OF coal lands. which were bought a few
days ago along with other land. near Fstir-
mont. by a . Who's capital STOCK
IS given az sl2.0v0p. The statement was
made that Senator Camden received for
his land Ef1.V0 IN cash and - 20 receive as
a royalty the sum Of E2S.fG0 a year for
Atty years. the total aggrcgating tbs
sum above mentioned.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
REGISTER AGENCIES.

WHERE THE REGISTER CAN BE
PURCHASED OUT OF TOWN. !,
CHARLESTON, w. Va.-HoteI Ru1nex
News Stand.
Stand. National Hotel
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
SUES THE RAILROAD.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSRURG. W. va. tune I'll.
A. Manor. who was employed on IN 0hIe
River Railroad train and was tnlured A.
New Martiffsvsiie some months ago by q
pipe from a water tank. his akusi being
fractured has brought suit against thu
railroad company for $4,000. The suit was
fled his afternoon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Fifty peaceful ~hinamen slaughtered
foi every Boxer. says Gen Chaffee. HE
figures are a terrible indie ment of the
Christian powers
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

We can stand a little rough weather
now if the weather man will Only be
kind to us a couple of weeks hence.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The money per capita in circulation
IN the United G-ates to-day is $2S.13.
If you haven't that amount in your
pocket, you are below par.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The Carnegie Company appears to be
pretty nearly the whole thing in the Bill
lion Trust.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The B. & O. is actually there, after
five years lacking about ten days.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

So Mrs. Botha did not come on a
peace mission, but to tell Kruger how
the war Is goig on. Probably she is as
crazy as Dewet and the rest of them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

With bull-fghting, "all except the
final killing" at the Pan-American ex-
position, why not have prize-fighting,
all except the final Knockout blow?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The F%ilipinos' Fourth of July gift will
be civil government.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.
am here.

There was another spell of weather
yesterday afternoon, with a promise
of more.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Is South America the next water
melon to be sliced up by the powers?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Yesterdays stock market was a very
small affair.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

There were whispers yesterday af-
ternoon and evening that this might
possibly be a dry Sunday. There
was no reference to the weather, how
ever.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Clean up for Carnival Week after the
Fourth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The contest for Rex honors is becom.
ing exciting and interesting.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

The vegetarian is now in the height
OF his glory.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Carnival's comm and CROWN bigger.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Mayor Sweeney's twenty-six years of
strict attention to business, without a
vacation, certainly entities him to his
coming little trip.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

If Wheeling happens to fancy some
other convention or something she'll
probably get it. It's the coming Con-
vention City.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

Stamps of the denomination of two cents
and less accepted for amounts less tnan
one dollar.
Correspondence containing important
roundin country.
Tributes Of Respect and Obituary NO
ices, five cents per line.
Rejected communications will not ne re.
turned unless accompanied by sufficient
postage.
THE REGISTER, embracing its several
editions, is entered at the Postonice at
Passaic City record., 1901-11-09
Remarkable Escane.

One of the greatest curiosities in the
neighborhood of New York is now to
be seen at the foot of the Palisades.
Between two frame houses built there
is a giant bowlder 25 feet high and 20
feet wide, which fell from great
height, at the top of the Palisades, and
sweeping down the front of the cliffs,
uprotted big trees, tore up tons of
loose stone and cut wide swath the
entire distance. Finally, after zig
tagging from one side to the other, it
rolled in between two frame houses
and stopped there. The people were
asleep in the houses when the rock
started. They had barely time to
make their escape when it made it's
appearance at their front doors. They
are now thanking their lucky stars
that the enormous stone did not hit
one of the buildings.