Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-08

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and announced his intention Of clean.
ing out the John Bright procession 90
the coming Monday! Such playful &c.
centricities q these might be pAssed BY
unnoticed In our own glorious land OF
the free, but John Bull such . matter
of.fact old gentleman that he takes them
seriously, and the first thing . fellow
knows who goes prsncing around In that
fashion over here, he Is In limbo, with
an assessment for the support Of tie
public institutions levied on his pocket.
book.
Speaking Of the necessity for Amer.
can gentlemen in London keeping out
of doubtful company brings to mind .
CO Sc that recently came before one Of
the ms gfst rates of the city. The locality
v here the incident occurred, Viiliers
street, let ding from the Strand % one 81
worst in the whole metropolis AfteI
night. Let y man loaf around In thst
n.ighborhood for little while, aud "
he il not victimiIed by some male or
+, male sharper, 1t will certainly he
either because he IL very lucky or very
wise. The prosecutor in the case re-.
felred TO was neither, though he WAS
nh American. A man professedly
hailipg from New Orleans introduced
himself and the two went to restau.
rant close by to drink together. Waile
there third party entered, and after =
time said he was an Irishmsu and that
Il gave him great pleasure to meet two
gentlemen from America, as he had
fl0,O 900 (s5O,O00) which he was DESTROYS
Of sending to the States for
Dissribasten Among the rsoe-
S25, 600 to North America and $500 10
South America. He had received this
money, he said, from rich uncle IN
Pennsylvania, but before eutru,tins It
to his two acquaintances. he must be
assured that they had sufficient funds
10 support themselves aud that his
charitable contributions would not
be spent on their journey home. Upon
this the New Orleans man left the
restaurant and returned after awhile
with . number Of what appeared TO
he Bank of England notes which he
said were worth $50. Tuese he pla ed
in the hands VI the phIlauthrOpIc Irish
who pr0fessed 10 hail from
the land OF the sugar cane To await
their return. Coming back after q
brief absence the hank nO.es were re.
turned and the Irishman expressed
himself satisfied. The New Orleans
man also expressed confidence
In the good intentions Of the IrishmAu.
Why should he not have confidence IN
him, for had he not trusted him with
$500 and had not the money been r..
Now, however, the American
must show bis confidence, which he al
once proceeded to do by placing his
rocket book, containing value Of
over hundred dollars. In
the strangers keeping. Then, acting
un an apparently disinterested sugges-
ton from the New Orleans man, he
also handed him his watch and chain.
Then the lri.bman and the New Or
leans man lett the restaurant, the
American gse::..ii.inap remaining to
await their return, ~ In tie former Ia.
stance the other had done.
The D. Saei.
of course, Is readily guessef. Tie two
rOgues never came back. hut 'ur ir,Sh
friend was arrested f. days a ter.
wards and has been Committed for trial.
This trick has the merit Of being new,
but thought II worth recording Ma
warning to intended tourists who may
have more money than brains;
and that many such find their way
here Is proven, not only ~
cases Of this kind which occasionally
come before the police court, but by
many similar incidents which never see
daylight.
10 skip, In closing, from personal u
national afiairs, l snO0Id say that the
most important subject before the ooun-
try at the present time relates 10 the
condition OF the army. The land for.
ces Of Great Britain have always bSen
much weaker than those u the great
powers, and no danger has
been apprehended FROM this faet, owing
10 her superior naval strength. II hns
transpirrd, however, that the
army IL very much reduced, and this
while II has AROUSED general
concern, has also received the psSttou.
lar attentions Of the House Of Lords. In
the course Of the debate N was stated
hat the regular forces were between
1000 and III, 900 men below the estSb.
men and that there was
A Deaetesey
In the militia amounting to $1,000, with
mob less than 6,UOU short Of the estab.
|ishmpnt I'm the militia reserve. This
MAINS an aggregate deficiency Of fully
600 men. Siscount Cranbrook
thought this proper cause for alarm,
and intimsted, too; t1at thei, were
crave fears i'm some quarters thst the
navy WAS not what IT should be. The
Islling OIL In the land forces was Rttrib.
lted by sOme to the coincidence u an
unusual number OF mel being mustered
Dut simultaneously with, the ralsiu8 Of
be minimum age ut which recruits are
received from 10 to 10 years. Other
again thought that men were deferred
rom joining the army BY the hard
work which new recruits hsd To do aud
he wretched stipend the soldier NJ
ceived. On the latter point the Duke
u Cambridge, cOmmandsf.ln .chief,
remarked that Euyls1d
1etd never expect to have m army
Ill she was willing tn put her hand, In
ler peck cts aud furnish the money.
with this dlscus,!on In
Parliament, the condition OF the armv
md navy has been under conskiersti' d
before the House Of Lords Channel
funnel Committee, where some opIn.
ons have been expressed which SAVIOR
Of the sensational. That In
he present cOpdfii0n Of the coat de-
ences good sized body Of ho,tile troops
,ouId be landed IN England without
erious opposition, has been admitted
~ some Of the best military experts in
he Kingdom, q few holding that even
ls large q body a. 5000 could effect .
anding. This, too, Notwithstanding
Wanted
Naval Ss1se0aey.
While, OF course, o few revsrses on the
va would, in that case, leave the coun.
ny almost entirely 1t the enemy's
mercy, for the most that could be put
nto the field, on short notice, to rnset
he invader, would he two army corps
numbering togetheS about 10000 men.
Thus, as one OF these experts expressed
4, 1.-The people here are living In soh
u fools paradise" congrstulstlps
on q security sgsinst for.
IGN invasion which he's no foundstios
IN facts or figures. Whist the upshot
1f the rumpus wnI'he ] cannot tell. il