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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
DECLINE OF SPECULATION,

New York journalists and speculstors
are puzzled over the decline of "busi.
ness" in that city. When examined
the reports show decline in specula-
ton rather than in business. The clear.
ing.houss reports have regularly shown
volume Of business in New York
amounting to about four times that Of
all the clearinghouse cities of the bal
anCe of the country. OF course no such
reports of real business could he proX-
imately true. The vast aggregate of
transactions in New York has been fall
ing off for several weeks, while the re-
turns from twenty-five of the leading
cities, emitting New York. have in
creased. For instance, for the quarter
ending March 81, the clearances in New
York amounted to only S0,4Ol ,6GS,0l5
against Sl2,326, l93,024 for the same
quarter in 1882. Here is loss of 10 per
cent. During the same period the re-
port shows for the country outside of
New York 50, 700, S45, $40 in 1888, against
S3,674, 494 2225 in 1882, or an increase of
over per cent. In figuring on the sub
ject it is noted that the falling off in
New York is not traceable to the decline
in stock speculation. Omitting deal
ings In stocks the decline in New York
Is still considerable. The volume, of
exchanges other than those arising from
sales of stock for the quarter ending
March 81 was IS, 459, Ga, t2S, against 81
753, 1854 for the same time. in lSS2. Thus
the exchanges, not includingstock trans
actions, fell OF for the quarter ending
March 81, 1855, as compared with those
of the quarter ending March 81, 1882,
to the extent of IL per cent. And it Is
this that troubles the metropolitan in
quireIs. There is, however, one ele-
ment Of the transactions which is not
considered, and which, if understood
and its bearings accounted for, would
doubtless explain the apparent decline
in business. Speculations in commodi-
tics, dealings in futures, have decreased,
There is reason to believe that this de-
crease has been enormous. 1t is Il most
hopeful sign 9sthe times that this is 80.
Business has not declined in New York
l6 per cent, but speculation has. There
is ample room for it to decline l6 per
cent. more to the great advantage of
the whole country.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

Fully three million men are kept ua-
der arms in Europe simply to maintain
peace, TO keep down enemies at home,
and to restrain other countries from
movements of aggression. Russia
keeps for these purposes in time Of
peace $4,000 men and 5000 horses, at
- cost of 500, 900, 900 year. The cost
Of the navy is not included In any Of
the figures of this article. The peace
establishment of Austria Hungary con-
sists of s6s, 900 men and $4,000 horses,
maintained at au annual expense of
$4,000, 900. France maintains an army
Of 4s5, 900 men and $4,000 horses, at 8
COS. esch year ofSll6,OO0,O 900. The En-
glish srmy Of peace consists OF $4,000
men and 5000 horses, excluding the
regular reserve and an immense navy.
Her army figures for the year are SOL
100000. Germany takes rank after
Russia in the extent of her military re-
sources, for she keeps AS men aud
$1,000 horses out Of productive occups-
tons. The annual expense is 500, OOO,-
Co. Italy has sn effective force of $780,
coo men, for which her people are taxed
each year about Si5,OO0,O0O. To keep
tie people from rising against their
rulers and. to keep their neighbors in
check, costs the people of Europe every
year about S40o, OO0, 900, without adding
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

THE conventions Of lrishmen which
are to be held in Philadelphia the latter
part of this month will be of largely
representative character. 1t will Stt0rd
= notable opportunity for dissvOwlng
the policy of assassination and indis-
Criminate destruction of life and prop
erty by private hands and means OF
securing justice or promoting freedom.
Ireland seems forever doomed to suffer
~ much from the indisCretiOns of her
friends as the malice of her enemies,
but at no time in her past history has
friendship worn such hideOus mask
as that which now nides her face. 1t
is time for true Irishmen to speak out.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

This Northwestern Territory, 81 lsa
reclaimed from the hunter aud trspp~,
is large enough to give Canada haf .
dozen or more provinces a. productive
az any Of the Western State~. On Il,
prairie lands can be raised better wheat
and roots than In Illinois and Iowa;
this, too, year amer year, probably for
% years, without the use Of manures,
as the experience Of the old settler, Of
the Red River Valley has concluslvely
proved. The wheat produces sounda
-four than that Of Illinois or Indiana,
and the coll L. easily titled all over the
prairie region. Az the tourist trsveL
day after day over these rich land, hk
eye becomes perfectly wearied with the
monotony OF the "endlets zen OF ver.
dure,n only broken at intervals by The
muddy shallow streams and lakes thL
for the most part water the region
But monotOn0us ~ seems the land.
scape, II represents to the ~ actlcal eye
q vast heritage OF comfort aud wealth.
Here the settler can, with very little
labor, raise his crops, and avoid al the
toll of clearing the forest, which Is one
Of the troublesome features Of pioneer
life In the old provinces The mos
valuable districts Of the territory arr
watered by the Red, Assiniboine, Sn'
ka.chewan, and Peace river; and many
years must eloFse before the rich land
can he exhausted, even II the tide Of
immigration flows into the county
with The same rapidity ~ II has pourcd
for several decades Of years into The
Western States. Where the prairie land.
end stretches a rolling country toward
and up the shapes Of the Rocky Noun.
tains, where herds Of cattle can be
raised far more profitably than In tbf
to the south; and there have
been already establ ished In that section
several large ranches" the beginning
or a productive industry. In view Of
the yearly increasing demand for sni.
nal food for expectation. One ios
Province has already been carved os
OF the Territory, and Others will soss
follow as the necessity arise. Tor pre-
vincial organization.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

half of them. In the Nachias basin alons
30, Coz, 900 feet of logs have been cut
The counties of England and Wsles spend
SIS, ceo, coo; third Of 1t for police snd 81
100000 for roads. About half the snttre
receipts are from loal taxation. nearly al
the rest being from the imperial treasury.
A man was discovered . few days ago
concealed behind the door Of back entry
in a house near Boston. When asked Whist
he wanted be said, "Beg pardon. should
have knocked. Do you want your life In
suredf -
In response to an advertisement for
twenty young men TO appear Is peasants
and courtiers in q new piece at the hadi'
SON Square thester. $50 people Of every ago,
size AMI complexion presented themselves
as applicants.
The Bourbons are all very wealthy. The
villa at Cannes of the Count de Bardi. one
of the Parma branch Of the family, is 90
expensive that the late Empress OF Russia
did not feel justified in renting it at the
price asked.
A Portland. Oregon, couple had all the
fun and romance of an elopement taken
out of them by the united statement OF
their parents on their return that they
were all the while in favor Of the match.
The French Deputies voted themselves
the favor last year of travelling on all rail
ways in the country for 40 fran cs year.
while Il, 900 francs was what 1t would have
cost otherwise. There are no free passes
in France.
A big mine under the Cars residence at
Moscow and tons Of dynamite under the
heart of London. II real estate don't 60
up at lively rate in the Old World it Ger
tainly won't be the fault Of conspiratofs
and Nihilists.
Judge Gresham, the new Postmaster
General, used a crutch for several years
after the CLOSE of the war, but now he can
get along with cane. A bullet ploughed
deep furrow in his Leg at the Battle OF
Peach Tree Greek, before Atlanta.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

A aORTUARY statisticisn has been
digging up the records of suicides In
New York city from 1868 to lsS2, and
gives the result together with general
particulars. During the period Of fif-
teen years he finds recorded 2,l76 cases
Of suicide in the metropolis. The in
crease was q pretty steady advance
from % in 1868 to 1913 In lSS2. The
ages Of the suicides range from ten
years to ninety, and the causes 80 far rs
they can be traced are chiefly love aud
money, about equally divided. More
women died by their own hands sor
love and more men for money. The
records explode the old theory that No
vemEer, when the year begins to die,
is the favorite month for suicides. The
preference is given to midsummer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
THE CORN Crop.

The March report Of the Department
of Agriculture shows that S6 per cent.
of the corn crop remained in the hands
of the growers on the LIST Of the month,
two thirds being in the Western States
and three-tenths in.the South. Incpm
pairing statistics for the past five years,
it is found that the last crop shows q
falling off in New England, nearly
stationary In the Western states, in
creasing considerably in the South,
and very rapidly in the Territories, ow-
ing largely to the extension Of corn
acreage in Dakota, which is making it
a prominent crop, having produced
4,C5O, 900 bushels last year. Five States
produced more than 100, OOO, 900 bushels
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
BUSINESS FAILURES.

The Mercantile Agency Notification
Sheet, published by II. G. DuN Il Co.,
gives, in its issue of April 4th state
ment showing the number of failures
in the United States and Canada for
the three months ending March 81,
lSSI, together with the amount of liza
bilities; also a comparative statement
Of the same figures for the first quarters
ufISS2, 1881 aud 1880. From the re-
port it appears that the total number of
failures in the United States has stead
lily increased for the last four years.
In 1880 it was 2,433, liabilities S72,777,-
ga; in 1881 it was 1851, liabilities S24,-
AZ, go in 1882 it was 2,l27, lisbilitie,
G.33s, 27l; in lSS3 ii is 2,SO6, liabilities
81, $50, 207.
The total number Of failures and ex-
tent of liabilities for the quarter esding
March 81, 1883, is divided as follow be.
tween the different sections Of the Un-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

ALL the talk about Miss AGNES
I.ANQFRY. the sister-in.lsw and chape-
rome Of the Jersey Lily" having
eioped. appears to be utterly ground
les. The elopement was said to have
taken place from Niagara Falls. The
gentleman in the case is an intimate
friend of the LANGTRYs in England,
who went to meet Mrs. and Miss LANG
TRY, and took the latter TO his home in
Toronto, while Mrs. LANGTRY went to
Montreal. Neither have Mrs. and Miss
LANGTRY quarrelled. The sisters-in-
law are on the very best terms, and
Miss LANGTRY will return to England
after the close Of the season, according
to original agreement.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

In nearly hundred days that have
been consumed by the Legislature OF
Pennsylvania twelve bills only have
been passed, and five ofthem have been
vetoed by the Governor. This record
is highly creditsble to the Legislature.
In passing so few bills and in sustain
ing the well-considered vetoes of the
Governor the Legislature gives proof Of
good sense and discrimination. In less
than the same space Of time many a
former Legislature has passed hundreds
Of crude laws for inflicting all kinds Of
lniquities and job on the people of that
Commonwealth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

q dollar on account Of navies. This
enormous waste aud taxation bears
heavily, on all classes, but especially so
on the poor. who in the end have to
pay nearly all taxes. And there Is no
present hope of reliefexcept In emigra-
ton for one military government Is so
much afraid of another that appropria-
tons can always be had for the army
when they are voted down for other
purposes. If one country secures an
improved rifle oreannon, all the rest Of
the powers must either have it or some
thing to match II. This armed peace Is
constant strain and drain upon the
people, and sooner or later it will be
broken down. When the day of grand
revolution comes the armies will be
found fighting chiefly for those from
whom they sprang and with whom
they have never ceased to sympaihiae.
Socialism in Germany, Nihilism in
Russia, Communism in France, the
14dHu ltdSuS IuONStllclI III EuSiauui
the efforts of the Irredent:sts in Italy,
the secret organizations in Spain, are
each and all simply expressions Of the
discomfort that class rule and iatolera.
BILE taxation have created, and that will
in time break out in uncomfortable
fury, unless the people are relieved OF
bayonet rule and the expenses that
render their hives miserable and grow
ling. The six great nations Of Nu-
rope must either disband the greater
part of their Immense armies, or else
watch the rising Of movement among
the people that they can not control
and that will inevitably bring ruin
upon all who have assisted in the name
Of peace in overlooking the real rulers
with taxes. A standing army of large
proportions is really greater curse than
sn occasional war.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

! THen both smIleso that II vr.,,
the paint q thoif Aces. they thns
thiA check Themselves and loof ~
couple q chattefiAg apes.
"6een The Passion p asks the d,.
"Yas, soulful thing" answer n.
dude. "a II
avery soulful, intensely 70, sr y
dudes, ~but why do they call 4 =.
!. aHshi Hah! Easy Io,utiou, w..
rAYonds the dub, Every easy ~
ca1led tho Passion because, becsn.. !
repNsents the rage Of Christ"
fhSu ! leh. ....
~ Dsoehlyn Dst1se Trsssse,
hstt Mt ut Eseinded the order prosS
ltink visiten Gom csoeelng the b,jd.
Th6 Is very aaIaoying 10 country ~.
plo Wis freque01iy coming from m.
may never agAin have IN opportuni,,
of enjoying tho rare sensation OF svia;
ing far above tho n,asts Of ships In ~
Fast River. The order however r.
necessary ipasmuch - che people ~.
were allowed on the bridge one S,s
day abused he privilege, ut least ~.
rufiiAns among them, AMI threw sts1s
and other missiles at The people on ~
ferry boats which passed uDdernesn
them. After the formal opening OF n.
bridge TO foot passengers. an Official y
Of patroling keepers will be appoin,sd
There Is more activity In
The Theatres
1t present. than there has been n,
weeks. The season Is nearly at "A ssd
but managers and actefs are deteruIs
ed that u shhll expire with . fourI
A disagreeable feature OF the cioSn.
term il the MspIesou. Nilsson QusnS
Maples0n has aid some very pst,
things about the Swedish prims dooAs
but Madame Nilsson has paid hin q
with interest, effectively silenced hin
md Of course everybody laughs 1T IL
alleged Colonel.
II Is hard to say what
Saint Aosse
Il, . fool or IN enthusiast. Hi
behavior and utterances ut times IN
bewildering. The deaths 4
Vim. +. Dodge, EK.Cfovefnaf Morgan
Mud others he looked upon ~ sptNia
from Heaven, because they
were among the leaders In TIE NOW
neDt which opposed the production Il
he Pxssion Play. When Peter Coo>
FRS death Vas announced he exclaimed
There Is another proof Of how liod
Visits them who oppose me- or allI.
leaders In the agitation against me then
lre only two len now, Howard CrosS,
and ex-Mayor Grace, and their tun
will come too.
Preparations are already active fs
Decoration Day, and the committees Il
he Grand Army Of the Republic ~
,ard at work, and subscriptions AN
coming In apace. Flowers thus fu ar
very dear here, and thus they will need
III the money that can be RAISED.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
SOME ODDITIES OF DIVORCE LAWS.

sOME ODDITIES OF DIsORCE LAWS.
The divorce laws of the United States
are a remarkable illustration Of the
Apostles saying that the law was not
made for the righteous, but for the law
less and for sinners. In the matter of
divorce our laws do not seem to have
in view the conviction, condemnation
or punishment of the matrimonial sim
ner, but almost every State in the
Union appears to vie with the others la
It's efforts to accommodate the offenders
and les them Off rs easily as possible.
In great many quarters 1t is taken for
grsnted that nobody knows exactly
where marriages are made any more,
but the remark of a recent English
writer. to the effect that divorces are
made in Heaven, is assumed to be true.
1t is said, however, that the Bar AS
ISOLATION of New York is doing all in
its power to break up the present "ini-
quitous system" Of procuring divorces,
but even il the present System" could
he broken up, root and branch the
facts that underlie the system and that
called it into being could not be as
readily broken up, and If the laws
themselves Were changed 1t IS doubtful
if such change would materially affect
those facts or the average condition of
society.
In Alabamy not only adultery after
marriage, but adultery or immortality be-
fore marriage can be made ground of
divorce. In Kentucky certain forms
of disease and all told no less than six
teen causes, afford legal grounds for d.
vorce. In Maine and North Carolina
any just cause, at the discretion Of the
Judge, is allowed to break the wedding
bonds. In Delaware the divorce law
disCriminates in favor of the husband. In
Nevada lunacy and failure TO provide
the necessaries of life are held as sutfi-
cicnt causes for divorce. In West Nir-
ginia the woman who discovers after
she is married that her husband was
rake before she married him may
make such a discovery the ground OF
divorce. South Carolina sanctions no
divorce law, but allows man legally
to provide for his mistress. In some
States if man is cruel to his wife the
law allows her divorce on that ground,
bat no matter how cruel the wife may
he to the husband the law won't help
him to get away. And In some States
divorced parties can make up and live
together again without further cere-
mOny, while i'm others there must be a
utw marriage.
Taken all in all, the marriage and
divorce laws of tie United states repre-
sent what seems to be the most incOli-
sistcnt phase of modern civilization.
To suggest remedy might look like
presumption, but that some remedy Is
needed must be apparent to all, and no
legal or other remedy will be of any
service, except as 1t considers first the
underlying, all-perysding facts of uni
versal history and human nature and Is
equally just to both man and woman.
II is plain, too, that for every reason
the United States ought to have but
one law on the subject, and that should
be applied with equal justice TO all par
ties In every State in the Union, with
out regard to race or social position.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
Tn. E.sIish Appetite for r,..s,.
London Sp,cfIir.


The taste for luxury and mssnit'
cence in English society has been curt
s,isly illustrated this week. The Crows
Prince and Princess OF Germany hs"
been celebrating their Silver Wedding
delayed by the death Of Prince Charts
and columns Of description ~ tue fe.tr'
tiles have been telegraphed To London
including minute accounts not only o
the ladies' diamonds, but OF the mem
costumes. The correspondents ."em
positively intoxicated with the -plend'
Of one reception In the White saloon
at which every one appeared IN isp!
dress, the Times man IN particular ~
cIaring that one party Of ma-luersderI
who represented the English Qaees
Elizabeth and her Court, but iorr@
Shakespeare, Raleigh. Bacon and Bu'
leigh, Game like speechles YET ..s
quent shadows, and 10 they departed
An eloquent shsdow'' dressed ~
Reef-eatef must have been worth y"
iifg. The celebration OF the s,i,n
Wedding " . graceful custom, ana W,
ceremonial was, doubles, worthy
record AZ an incident Of foreign Cosn
life; but the appetite for hnery, VIE
cannot walt even for letters, but in.S
on telegraphic bulletins about 'puns
d0ublets" Of red velvet, In. 10 M
like this, . strange one. There are eu
IDENTIFY people extant who MT only w
delight In seeing . great dress Psgese
which In natural enough, ~ nAtufA
delight In any other exhibition oil COO
bot In reading . description Of o.
The Court Of Germany, we pefceT
omits I'm its tsIumpbs the slave vb'e
the Rom an conquefor that he, too, "
mortal, and yet Berlin could easily ~
ply one. Tic socialist fouud 10 "
next street would answer sdmifss!
and need only ny, 81 am tbe;outcomet
IN he more impressive than the Ss'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
THE DUDE.

What Is the duds, papa 90 she sd,
With sweet in11tring eyes.
And 70 tie knowledge-sSsking maid,
Her dadcy thus replies:
a weak mus,arhe. cigarette,
A thirteen button vest,
A curled rim hht-A minAret-
Two watch chains cross The breast
A pair Of pants, q lazy cANi.
A lack. A-dAisy air:
For gossip az the club OF ball.
Some little past affair"
Two pointed shoes, tuo spindle shankA
Complete the Betber chHrmss
And follow fitiy In the rsnks
The two b. ~-ieyged aTmS.
An empty bead. b1ffoons sense.
4 IDsirg hliiiude:
"EI ;oyt :" "E CAD ~ sRut avn "Immsnss
Al there MAKE Up the dude,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

THERE is more danger for polygany
in the movement recently made by the
homogeneous Mormems than in the full
limitations OF Chistisu Sects, the antag.
cnism of the public press or hostile
statutes. If a well-founded chiSm can
lie established in the ranks of the Lat
ter-Day Saints, the outside world may
stand aloof and see the COntending
factions eat each other up. There is no
ferocity on the earth that compares with
the ferOcity of contending fanatics who
arn fired with religious zeal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

Two oil spectators in Bradford fell
out over transaction, and the larger
man found satisfaction in pummeling
the other Oh the public street. If this
method of settling differences is to be
brought INFO general Use there will be a
demand in the Oil Exchanges for pro-
fessors Of the science of pugilism. The
petroleum traffic would not suffer if
every speculator should abandon tn.
war of bulls and bears to learn the art
of knocking ont his man.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

AN elevated railroad locomotive drop
ped hot Goals on horse, and the horse
hurt boy. II has cost the road 5000,
in spite of the claim of the railroad in
court that the owner of the horse ought
to pay damages for not having horse
that would stand still when hot Goals
fell on him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

THE Civil-service Commissioners
have at last found place in Washing
ton to set up business-in the Agricul-
tursl Department, They can now 60
ahead and farm out clerkships among
the applicants for place according to
the new rules. They have field be-
fore them long neglected and over
Crowd with weeds. The country will
look with some anxiety for the new
crop which is expected to be raised up
from reform seed with competitive
filth
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
Saaaas 8esistsr
SUNDAY, APRIL 10. Isss-

THE REGISTER has by sew
eral thousand copies, larger
circulation than any newspaper
published In the two Nirgtnias
or Eastern Ohio. Its adVanta-
ges as an advertising medium
are therefore apparent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15

MAINE has forty-nine cheese factor
irs, with sn sverageofl07 COWS to each,
80 being the lowest and so the high
est number. The total product Of all
these factories during the last year was
80, S34 pounds Of cheese, the average
price received being l.: cents per
nOund