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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
An Expensive Filtration.
From the Trdrclers' Jfd1r.inc.


There were plenty ofseats in the car,
but as he walked down the aisle he look
ed sharply to the right and left until he
reached pretty girl who was sitting
alone.
"Seat engaged, Miss" he asked, with
a knowing wink.
emo, sir" stanmered the girl, look
ing around i'm dismay.
Down he pumped, and braced him
self for the campaign. He was a regu-
lar passenger, and held his commute.
ton ticket in his hand.
"Shall open"
"Tickets?" roared the conductor, who
had watched him from afar.
The regular passenger smiled sweetly
at the pretty girl, and put up his paste
board, out of which two sides were
promptly nipped.
"TIcketsw
Hold on" protested the regular pas
seng,r, "yOu have punched this twice.
This lady isn't with me-"
"Sorry," replied the conductor, "but
you walked in, sat down, and went to
work in the regular married style.
Supposed Of course it was your wife.
flake vacant seat next time. Tick
etsu'
And the passengers went to the con-
ductor and offered him cigars, and
bought out the train boy for him.
81 knew they weren't married" said
he, as he sguinted ut glass Of extra
prime. give seen him before, but this
is the first time it cost him q couple of
dollar to play it."
ado you know who the lady Is"
asked HI inquisitive man,
"My wife, gentlemen" replied the
conductor and even the flask chuckled
a merry "glug glug'' as he spoke.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24

individuals. The man is becoming less
than the machine. Manifestly the
world is taking q wrong view Of the
subject of capital in its relations to bus
iEess. Ordinarily it means money when
business affairs are discussed. Capital
lists combine their capital and form cor
Porations. Suppose it is for the purpose
of erecting factory. A million dollars
are in bank, subject to call, to go for
ward with the enterprise. And there
it will remain until Jehovah melts the
world unless it is vitalized by the cap
ital muscle, skill, labor. The corpora
ton is dead thing, as inert as a clod,
until it is vitalized by labor. And still
We hear an eternity Of gable aboat
money vitalizing labor. 1t will occur
to the thinking men that money and
men,, capital and labor, are mutually
yitalizing, designed to act upon each
other, aud that acting together harmon
iously he worlds enterprises move for
ward. In all of this the individual is
to be kept in view. The man is forever
to be thought superior ITO the machine
which he makes and controls. The
corporation don't own the man; money
is not monarch of all it surveys. In the
United States of America, at least, man
not monopoly-is sovereign, and
should regard his birthright with sleep
les vigilance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
AROUND TIE CIRCLE.

The practice Of swinging around the
circle" as it was originally called, was
introduced into the Presidential routine
by that stiff necked occupant of the
executive chair, ANDREW JOHNSON,
and it has been continued with greater
or less regularity by his SUCCESSORS.
GRANT travelled over the country when
ever he could dead-head first-class ac-
Communications, and HAYES would snui
the smiling cattle afar of; and HE him
from the harClships of State duties to the
delights of pumpkin pie and sweet citer
whenever and wherever he WAS invited.
No doubt this business of junketing has
been carried to excess at times, but to
moderate extent it is not bad thing.
The people have a desire to see Their
chief magistrate, and this desire Is both
natural and eommendable. As they
cannot 60 in large numbers where he is,
IL is a graceful recognition of the inti-
mate relations existing between the
people AMI .aa;r psasil-a, Tat nc
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
SUNDAY QUESTION MoDERxIzED.

The close connection between current
dOctrinal beliefs andquestions of public
morality is we'll illustrated in the pres
ent condition of the Sunday questions,
observes an eastern contemporary. The
Puritans urged that the day should be
observed because it was prescribed in
the Decalogue. This reasoning could
only have weight through two beliefs
which were influential in that age, but
which have now lost much of their
force. The first of these was the belief
in the active sovereignty of God, not
merely in hissupreme OmnipOtence, but
also in his exercising control over the
lives of men by minute precept. The
present thought of God is of a being
working rather through natural growth
than through miracle, and governing
less by specific injunction than by prin-
ciples implanted in the human heart.
I he other belief was that of the literal
inspiration and sole authority of scrip,
ture. Some of the Puritans carried this
to such an extent as to claim that all
holidays except the Sabbath were I'M
lawful because the commandment said,
six days shalt thou labor These
two doctrines were not peculiar to the
Puritans, but permeated their period.
Without them, their opponents could
not have constructed the theory of the
divine origin of their church establish
ment. But the first of these beliefs is
now thrown into the background and
the other is extensively questioned, and,
in many quarters, boldly rejected.
Whether they are deposed permanently
or only for time remains to be seen, but
their present impoteucy must be recog-
nized. And the argument for the SAB
bath, if it is to get hearing, must b.
reconstructed t. meet the popular belief
or unbelief. But men are slow to make
any such change of front as this. Speak
ers and writers to whose minds the old
argument has lost its force, feel that
they are expected to use it, and fancy
that some of their audience may yet be
moved by it. Sabbath conventions were
held in Springfield and Boston three
years ago, and among the papers pre-
slnied was an essay b. a theological
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL STOPPED.

John Bull-pOOr, timid soul-breathes
freer than he has for many long
month; not because Egypt is conquered
or Ireland pacified, but because the
powers that be have sat down on the
Channel tunnel and stopped it up. Ever
since that gigantic bore was undertaken
by an enterprising international corpor-
alton, Mr.. Bull has not slept soundly OF
nights. His slumbers were disturbed
by visions of foreign invasion; armies OF
Frenchmen, Germans or Russians pour
ing out of the submarine hole in the
ground, fighting the battle of Dorkiny;
stGrming London and carrying defeat,
destruction and death from Lands
End to John o. Greats. In his waking
hours he was more composed, but his
lears found expression i'll such words as
these, from the London Times:
No vigilance might prevent the I'M
lUok,d for landing OF q force OF 10000 men.
II is at least in the chapter OF possibilities
that such body OF troops might be swiftly
might sieze the English end of the tunnel:
and that by means Of this ready-made mill
itsry road pierced beneath the sea-way re-
Inducements to any amount be quickly
conveyed to the aid OF the handful OF hrSt
invaders. No military man will deny that
~, 600 men might hold position at Dover
for AZ or - hours, and in that time their
numbers might be tripled or quadrupled.
We have been assured that these danger!
are remote and not worth taking note OF
in the tranquil future which Is In store Tor
the world. This assurance, however, does
not inspire the sense Of security which
comes from our insular position, or Ell.
courage US to abandon Our independence OF
the international ambitions, jealousieS ana
connections OF the Continent"
This is worthy of "a nation of shop
Keepers" not nation of heroes; yet it
voices the popular opinion, which was
strong enough to suppress the two tun-
mel bills before parliament, and put
what promises to be permanent stop
to the enterprise. The Times admits
that there might be "a strong citidal
and a sufficient garrison massed at the
mouth of the work, with machinery
ready for flooding or destroying it with
out loss of time;" but even then, it
thinks, England would not be safe
never could be safe with that terrible
tunnel under her nose and under the
channel. All her tleets-according to
the Times theory-could not prevent
the 10000 men from crossing the chan
mel, all her soldiers could not whip the
10000 men in as or y hours" and all
her engineers could not plug the hole
against achievements! Such confess
sion of cowardice and weakness our
British cousins never made before, AMI
they are not likely ever to hear the last
of it. Meanwhile, the tunnel Is
squelched, and the lion and the unicorn
rejoice together that no foreign foe can
come through it to pull their teeth or
twist their tails
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24

There Is no installing the purposing
or spirit Of the civil service reformers Of
Massachusetts,. A circular has been is
sued BY the Boston Reform Association
to which more than = thousand sigma
lures have been attached, many Of
them those of men widely known in
public and private life Of the state.
This circular is in the form ola pledge
that the signers will not support for
Congress any candidate whose acs as
well rs his professions do not show him
to be saithful to the principle of the re-
form, and, further, the pledge is to theef-
feet that, in the absence Of a candidate
who can be relied on in this regard, an,
DINER and suitable one will be brought
forward. The signers of this vigorous
document include men of each political
party. Evidently the Massachusetts
rtfOrmers have concluded to ''stand
up and he counted" and have reached
q very definite conviction as to the re-
lative importance of civil service re-
form and other ISSUES in the canvass
for Congress. \ State league is to be
formed, and active steps will be
taken for organization in the various
districts. \ movement of this kind is
one with which the ordinary eyasiOns
of the politicians will avail little or
nothing. 1t will be interesting to see
what effect it will have upon lthe nomi-
nations yet to be made, as well as upon
the result Of the elections in those dis
tricts where the regular nominees are
already in the field.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
FRIVOLOUS.

Two ladies were talking about wax
foure show about to be opened. one
sSid. WTbere are to be costumes d
sxery country since the creation OF the
worid.n "Eve's will not be very nara
to make.n .tBut it will be very haru
TO wear"
Emily little s;ster):- "What large
family the spinsters must be. near III
church every Sunday that some o,
them are going to be marrie t.;.
Frances (elder sister,: ION, you httle
stupid! Don't you know what spin,
sters are? Bachelor ladies, ofcourse
On the crowded sidewalk: Indig,,
rant Female-"Sir, would feel
obliged to you if you would keep, THAT
um6rella OF yours to yourself and not
noke me with it again" lnsolent
wretch-"O ma'am! Yes ma'am! 1
didn't mean to do it! liant the prod
a.gal son, ma'am!
In western town, the other day, q
young man was shot at, but the Dali
lodged in testament when was III
his vest rocket. There ought to be
hasutifuf moral to this incident, but
unfortunately the fact remains that II
he nau Detu TeduluS ehS
would have been killed.
The title of the lesson was, the
Rich Young Man," aud the golden
text WAS, Zone Thing Thou Lackest."
A teacher in the primary class asked a
little tot TO repeat the two, and, looking
Earnestly into the young lady's face,
the child said: "One thing thou lack
est-a rich young man."
allow many chickens have you
now?" a lady asked an old servant, the
other day. "Fourteen," he replied.
"a large family "indeed." "ies,
ma'am," said the philososphic retainer,
Ubut YOU see am not like many OF my
neigkbors; I've never had any church.
ward luck with my children-they all
lived"
A member of the church severed his
connection with his brethren shorty
sitter his election as director in Well
known railroad company. There was
| a movement to induce him to recall his
resignation, but it was abandoned
when the minister remarked to the
congregation the next Sunday, 1--WE
are Sorry to part with brother b,
| and vet he did right to go. NO man
can serve God and q railroad monop-
DIV at one and the same time. "-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
Bessie went to church one Sunday,
and was little in her demeaner.
| She was deprived of the privilege-lt IS
a delight to her-fOr week or two.
Then her mother invited her on con.
ditions. The preacher had arrived al
"I.et us pray" Bessie shut her eyes,
covering them with her hands. But
before the supplication began she raised
one tor sly glance at mamma, with
the significant request, please wake
me when he gets frew."-Boston Tran
script.
! A grave and dignified D. D., after
| listening to the recitation of cate
chism by a class of children, was ask
ed to make few remarks to them.
Whereupon he arose and said: 81 de-
sire, my young friends, to express an
unqualified appreciation of this exer-
else. regard the catechism as the
most admirable epitome of religious be-
lief extant." The superintendent pull
ed his sleeve, and asked him to explain
the word epitome, which he elucidated
as follows: "By epitome, children.
mean-that is it is synonymous with
| synOpSis.n
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24

should employ the leisure season in
going among them as President
ARTHUR is now doing. Our present
executive doubtless knows that he
tends to increase popularity by the
course he Is pursuing. Conventionally
speaking he is the first gentleman who
has occupied the White House since
BUCHANAN left it. LINCOLN was a
more sincere man. As one Of natures
alleged nOblemen, he was greatly AR
THURS superior. But in the Chester
fieldian sense, which to society is per-
haps too much the genuine sense, LIN
COLIN was not gentleman, and he did
not have much time to go among the
people. Neither by nature nor esriy
training did JOHNSON come into pos
session of the arts polite, or the art oil
politeness, and yet he was as much the
superior of the chief magistrate OF to-
day in honesty Of purpose as he was his
inferior in fexibility and political
SlreWuneSS, phANL was oy 'SNN ~
gifts and grace, constitutiOLally, a ooor,
and HAYES acted upon the spirits OF
those who had to entertain him like
poppy-tea upon the senses. ARrHU.
knows how to carry himselfamong ana
toward all classes, and we believe he Is
leaving a good impression behind him.
OF course the power to dispense grace
fully the courtesies of his position Is
hardly a SAVIOR of salvation in puoilc
man, but it Is rather convenient anu
agreeable endowment nevertheless
The President is having a warm and
sincere reception wherever he goes. But
his duty is not ended when he has ac-
cepted and courteousIy acknowledged
the civilitv and hospitality extended to
him. So shrewd man can, II he VIII,
turn his observations TO excellent prac-
teal account, and his responsibility be-
comes greater as his light increases
He has visited along the coast line, out
We do not believe he has heard much
fault found with his veto of the river
and harbor bill. We hope this will en-
courage him to careful watching and
sharp rebuke of similar iniquity in the
| future.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
Poncho's Guarded Treasure.

Poncho, Piute Indian, is q Mexican
war veteran. Poncho went with John
G. Fremont as guide and interpreter,
to California in 1915, and served with
the California volunteers under FIRE.
mont. He has a veterans badge on
which his name is engraved, presented
TO him by the Mexican war associa-
ton Of veterans. He Is very proud Of
his badge, and keeps 1t in q fur-lined
pouch which he carries upon his person
as Indians do their vsluables. He re.
turned to his tribe after the war ended,
and has been living on the Pyramid
reservation for some time.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24

A WORD of caution is called in regard
10 one feature of the Geographic reports
from Egypt. The dispatches come
through English channels. Naturally
they reflect the English view. Ever since
Arab Pasha took a prominent part IN
the uatiouist movement the representa-
tives of English interests in Egypt have
done their utmost to destroy his good
name. They have painted him some
thing as a rascal, generally as murder
er, and always as pOltrOOn. Accord
ing to their portrayal he showed the
white feather throughout the war. They
began by accusing him Of playing the
coward at Alexandria, because during
the bOmbardment he took shelter in u
fort, though, Us ills fort was within
range from the warships, We have new
er been able to see where the lack of
courage came in. Why was it more
dastardly for Arab Pasha TO inspect the
defence from fort than for sir Beau
champ Seymour to direct the attack
from an irOnclad? Office for office,
surely il cannot he claimed that min
ister Of war should surpaSs an admiral
in exposure To fire. As at Alexandria,
so at KafrCd- DOwar, at KaSsaSsin, at
Tel-el-Kebir, the English dispatches
had the one story to tell. Arab was
ever at the front, but never willing to
pay with his person. The Ridiculous
paradox may find acceptance for a time
i'm England, but American opinion is
called TO look behind the unnatural
coloring mt the true features. If the
Egyptian leader were the pusillani-
nous character he is painted, he would
scarcely have defied the might of the
British empire, and aSsurdly he would
not have put in an appearance where
ever he was likely to hear the sharpeSt
clash of arms. Arab has thrown down
the sword which he found so fearfully
OvermeaSured, but defamation still fol-
lows on his track. He is pursued so
closely and bitterly by calumny THAT it
looks rs if the word had been given to
make root and branch work of his re-
putatiOn, SO rs to prejudice neutral OPP
iniOn and secure a better chance for n
blow at his life,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
CORPORATION vs.. INDIVIDUALS.

The tendency of the times is to dwarf
the individual and magnify the cOrpo-
ration, and very considerable Roadway
has been made in the altogether I'M
American business. The corporate en-
terprises of the day are simply colossal.
These grand aggregations Of capital are
regarded with admiration and wonder.
They reach out their mighty arms and
take in the whole continent. Ii is cor
pOration linked into corporation in ey-
cry department of industry. Factory
and farm, trans pOrtation and trade,
money and mines, steam and electricity
everywhere the corporation conFOnts
the individual and asserts its supremacy,
It's commanding authority and over
WIDENING Importance. Money capital,
in its palatial retreats, wearing its Pur-
pie and fine linen, looks down upon the
capital Of muscle aud skill in its humble
home with proud disdain, aristocratic
OstentatiOn. 1t says to one, go, and he
gOeth; to another, come, and he COM
eth. The corporation is crowned with
royal prerogatives. The individual
bows in its presence and does its bid
ding. Take the great railroad corpora
tons. What are individuals to them?
They represent millions of money capt.
tai. They have a continent in their
grasp. They speak the word and lay
tribute upon any man, woman or
child in the great Republic. They can
make food cheap or dear. The world
looks on with awe and eOntemplates
with awe the stupendous power Of rail-
road corporations. The Jay Goulds, the
Vanderbilts, and others who control
these great corporations are dubbed
kings. They talk Of their armies of
employees, of their munificence to their
subjects, and what they are doing for
the country. Ia all this, what Of the
individual? He Is regarded rs ma
chine, attached to another machine.
1t is well said by contemporary that
muscle and will and animal and hu-
man energy grow of less and less ac-
count. All things are being mechsn-
lied. All things are done on colossal
scale, with the amplest means. Organ
ization is more and more prevalent,
dwarfing individual enterprise. The
Old-fashioned dairy-maid, ever so bux-
nm and blithe, has vanished. Butter
and cheese are now made in factories,
I'm too many instances, We fear, without
milk. All kinds of industrial work are
done in vast, many-windOwed struc-
lures, thrObbing with the whir and
quotations of steam and water-driven
mechanisms, some of which seem al
most endowed with the power of will
and choice. The employees in these es-
Establishments are merely the tender ser
wants of the machinery. Ofcourse, the
machines were the products Of human
,coniriyaaoe and ingenuity; but they
Seem at last to have dwarfed their con-
triyers, and by their unwearied efieten-
CIV to make a mock Of the poor, soon
tired operatives, who are appointed TO
wait upon them and feed their iron
maws with raw material" Men at all
observant do not fail to note the grow
ing power of corporations and cores
ponding decline in the Importance OF
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
AaSbAad AaRii,.


The seasons husband fsLer
summer resorts, says the Pbi.,S&
Times, is generally rerort.i Spaa
One reason why the fishery fall. 1IIar.
that the bait was too goryco,,. W
il compelled admiration, j, da,,,.tM ae
who admired. it. glitter wss na ,eas
bot q glance at il wa elouyh 70 Stt
the poor fellows away viii t.a,;'ahN
tbankfulness for their .s"ape, w
palmer aud less expensive rn,s via
their mates, the elegantly OVENS, SN
lady remains solitary.
Ii the girl who is ,ishing 70, a,
band makes any mistake II rA
thinking that the young man
looking for u vile wants a cus,iv r
of goods for show. Some youn, r~
want this, but there are i,w WI, 40
afford 1t, and even those who csn =.
malG instances afrsIi TO Yoke n,
selves to il. They know tina,
SNOWY young woman. even ii Ste A.
wealthy parents, is APT tH be IN" .
troublesome whims ami nraop, 49,,
difficult to satisfy. Even / ,hryk
soriid that they would like u M
for money, these young me. T."
enough TO reflect that rIcdr, ,o.., NJ
axes wings aud 81 out al sight. r..
stop and consider that il Their. h.ws,,i
and whims, when the caltn lie, ,v..
and leaves nothing but IN, whlm. -
residue is ali exceedingly uudc,i al.
piece az finery.
Every summer there Is compla,p,.
the lack Of young men At the wa,,ra,
places. This year the complaint w.
louder than ever. One OF the p,"
ons Is that the eXtrnvsgant display m,5.
by some Of the girls friyhteus lie,
away. They can not afford Such e,n,,
sive luxuries as these girls appear 70 b.
They 20 fishing, or boating, or hungr,
by themselves, ~ take long pt,lesr,S
tours out Of the reach Of the girls. m.
girls meanwhile sit OH the fishioa,b.
hotel porticos with their l,sp,, AL
mammas, aud lament and wonder.
The girl who lets nature take lis cOurs
who avoids putting herself on eras
bitiun as il for sale; who makes M
more display than is collsistcut viii
graccfuln.ss, beauty, and good cnmm q,
sense, Is reasonably sure Of one ol to,
things. Either she will mskea driisl;.
full wife for some sensible aud wstar
man, or else she will turn out hl,J;
and lovely old maid. Better bea ns
spinster than an unlovcI wife, mattel
for money or show.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
A Postmaster's Novel Bulletin.
From The Wdrsaw Dspdteh.

FTUWINF WUT5uU JHDuIcHs
The postmaster at Garwoods, n. Y,
who is either recognized Arthur man
or else is taking advantages of the
Presidents month of, tackled up to-day
the following bulletin for the delecta-
ton of his Half-breed townsmen:
Hereafter the postoffice will be open
at 6 A. NJ. to II p. NJ. and from p. NJ.
until 6 p. N. All persons requiring
further accommodations will confer q
favor upon the postmaster by either
getting their mail at some other Office
or talking measures to have the post
master removed.