Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-06-13
ALONG THE ROUTE
TO THE OFFICE or THE THUNDER
eR" At LONDON.
Where Is the Times PA. Struggle
through he Narrow Lanes Of the
hs,ropols-Ths Odd Char
aF aclers Seen on
the way.
LIFE or THE LOWER THOUSANDS.

Special Correspondence Of the Re,cser. o.
| LONDON, Nsy 50 .
"rhere she is-the great en- slne-she
never sleeps. She hiss her ambassadors
in every quarter Of the world-her
couriers upon every road. Her officers
march along with armies. and her en-
yoys walk into statesmen's cabinets
They are ubiquitous. Yonder journal
has an agent at this minute giving bribes
at Madrid, and another inspecting
the price oi potatoes at Csysns Garden.
/ 20 "PssDsNsIs."
At four A. NJ. the publication OF the
Times. the worlds greatest newspaper.
is, to use a northcountry mining ex-
preston, ia "full blast" and come with
me on little trip to the Times office
where the great paper is made. For
the publication Of the TimSs is a great,
| an enormous, q marvellous fact, not the
less wonderful for being repeated three
hundred and thirteen times . year, Ii
it q pulsation Of London's mighty heart
| that should not be neglected. IL is the.
daily booming OF u tocsin,
which, year alter year, pro-
claims progress, aud still progress
nations: which is the Joy belt TO the
good, the passing bell To the bad, the
world is blessed or cursed with, which
rings out ignorance AMI prejudice and
superstition, and rings in knowledge
aud enlightenment snd truth. The
Tialss is not alone in the possession OF q
peal OF bells Of this kind, and many
daily, more weekly, papers ring out
loud anil clear to eager listeners. Were
your yassal not one of the modestest o.
young men, he would HAT that ior the
last year he has been sgitating semi
occasionally" little tintinnsbnlstion
with what lastIness his nervelpss arm
would let him. But "hard by st
Paurs, the cathredral oil Arglicanism,
is Printing House Square, the cathed
Of Journalism, and In il hangs bell to
which 'ireat Tom OF Lincoln OF Petsr
nf York" are but rs tinkliDg muthneers.
For though the sides OF the bell areO only
paper, the clapper Is the great public
tongue; the booming sound that Hills The
city every morning, and, to uss the
words oi rhos. Walter Whitman "ut-
ters its barbarie vonk over the house
| tops OF creation" is the great public
voice. Bottle up your impatience 10
| hear the end OF my story and come
| along the route that We viii travel be-
| fore We hear the voices first iaint muir
meT at four o'clock in the morning. The
| utti.,e OF the IymSS is, as all civilized
| meuknow, situated in Printing HOUSE
SQUARE and Play Hons. Yard, in the
| parish OF ST. AIMS, B.ackiriars, IN the
c,,y of London. Now, this is very
| pleasant and comfortable inlor nation,
| and is lit matter Tor studious man 10
/ Law 10 heart, and thero exists out
| ane little drawback to mar the IeiIcity
| which one must naturally feel at having
| the , le and title Of the press great
| champions habitat So patty at ones in
gers ends. The draw6ack-the thorn
/ ia the rose-is that with the exception
/ oi Honey Lane market and Little Chester
street, Pimlico. Printing House square
is the most difficult locality to lind IN ali
IonGol, il you don't strike the right
| street. It is not much use asking your
vay TO il; a map Of London however
| elaborate would not be OF the slightest
assistance 10 YOU in discovering 1t; 1t
i will avail YOU little to be told that II 10
| clnsa m Apothecaries' Hall and not lar
/ iron Puddle Dock. The TiIaSs news
paper, is somew here near these places,
| aud il is likewise within q stone 8 throS
from Ludyale Hill and not fsr from 81
Pants, and within mipute's walk oi
Fleet street, and contiguous to Black
iriar's Bridge, close handy to Earn street,
aud no vreat distance irom Chatham
Pace. Yet, for all this, the 7naes othte
might be- to the uninitiated, just as Well
/ Dlacad in the center OF the Cretan laoy-
rinth. or the maze at Hampton Curt or
tine bad-et of a Chancellor OF the Ex'
chaouer. The best way To reach the
Office is To take any turning To the south
s;ls Of London Bridge, or the east oi
b ilge street, Blackfriar and then trust
tn chance. The probabilities are varied.
V.ry lixely YOU will ind yourself en-
tangled in "A seemingly hopeless net
work OF narrow streets; you VIII be
ip.tled into Chambers shops, vllliled
by boys mucous, black and
r-eking from the printing ma
clins; pursued by costermongers, lm'
portunin, YOU TO purchase small parcels
vegetables; particularly after sundown,
ylnr life will be placed IN jeopardy bya
Hanson cab bouncing down upon the
narrow thoroughiare, Of course on It's
way To the Tfmes office, and on an err
rand OF life snd death. The frantic pol
itician inside, ifranticslly Offering the
rabmsn the, even, doesn't know the
vav 10 the TSme and has just asked it
| OF A yrimmy cynic smoking pipe IN
front Of coal ani potato shed) extra
sli lngs for speed. The grimmy cynr,
perhaps from sheer mslevolence oi d's
position, perhaps from rutt.ns oil ms
temper naturally Incidental to his be-
ing asked the same question about hVe
hundred times every day, answers mo
rosely that he believed the hofice Is in
BnamondSey, bat he is blest II he
knows hanyihing more aboutit. tie will
have bad times OF il, that grimmy ey nlc,
apprehend, for telling such tibS. still
struggle on maniully, always like the
nautical gentleman m the blue pilot
Jacket who hal 50 many domestic sffitc-
tiorrs and exhorted the passenger to "go
4 Joyu. 90 down." Never mind the regi-
l meufs OF gsllinacea that board in the
gutter and lodge in the adjacent coal
Ssiiarx Nsyer mind the infants Of ten.
| der wears who come tumbling between
your legs, sproxl bowling, at your feet,
and cast around appealing elances,
which draw cries Of shame" from
yeneefuL family men who have never
sst syes on you before, bat evidently re-
gard YOU as q peripatetic ogre, going
about OF malice propense, 10 trip up
childran. Never mind the suffocsting
oder OF second hand fish, vegetables,
fruit. coal dust, potato sacks, the ada
cent gas works, hartshorn, opium and
other meaicants' from APoshecsries'
n Hail. Never uind the NOISES OF dogs
barking. q chddren that are smacked
by their parents, Of women
scolding, quarrelling, G. shrieklng
domestic calumnies OF Mrs. Arm:
strong in connection with Bill