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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-19
Petroleum III

TlrUsyILLE. May lS.-Oil-Openins at
81 o&H; highest 81 Oh; lowest ) -:
closed AT 81 OPS; charters 27,li5 barrels;
shipments sos barrels; runs S1,iji bar
rels.
OIL CITY. lay lS.--Pe,roleum-Opening
81 O3h. Transactions 5OS.OW barrels at
81 O2aI@l OjM; closed at 81 02ai.
BRADFORD May Steady
and firm. Market opened at 81 oj; high
est 81 O42i; lowest 81 O2M; closing at 81 ~ I;
clearances 5,l5i,eO0 barrels. Total ship
ments Thursday G6OlO barrels; charters
~, l43 barrels.
PIrTsBURGH May S.--Petroleum-luie
and unchanged; United certificates less
steady and closed at 81 02Ac; refined &c
for Philadelphia delivery. The afternoon
session was rather dull, and the market
steady; opened at 81 %, advanced to 81 O}lf;
declined and closed to 81 O3A.
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.CREAT BLOOD MEDICINES

The balfn:.> not been told rs to the SrySs cur
s,,.ye powers Of the CutiSara ~ ImlIsEiclncs
have paid hundredS OF o OlSSSi AMI SKIN and
lever ~ yer found anything yet TO equal the 'u''
-Cura remedies. ,, . WILLIAMS.
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DR.. ]. w. Bate,
5sN. clark street., Chicago. ILL.,,

son. clark street., Chicago. ILL.,.
Chronic Diseases and Abuseso; Youth aud
Manhood cured quickly and permanently.
Discs ses Of the Blood. Skin, Kidneys, Genito
Urinary Organs, Catarrh, Asthma, Bron.
chitis, Fits, Nervous Debility. All diseases
resulting from iadiscretions excet ses trea:ei
by tested remedies that are perfect specihcs
for this class of maladies. Immediate relief
and perm anent cure OF Rheumatism and
Piles guaranteed. Tape Worm removed with
head In six hours, Call or write for treatise.
MAsITowSo, via. Dec. D.. &
DR. J. W. BATE
DEAR SR-The medicine you sent mel for
Tape Worn Wss received ami given as yoy
directed, and I am pleased 20 say that ID fout
hours after, q Tape Worm was passed with
the rad n measured 5s feet. Thanzs 10
vour ,nsdieine JACOB TESDOF.
mylfyRw
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nrSr ELOOD PURIFIER.

rb,ye used your Cuttcura remedies ~ Tsftsr,
I'll rsSes OF Eczema, Moist and DRY I PssSi,
ana cured them AL. YOUR oGS'T n,s 10 test IT,
vent, - Sa,, NJ sXrys,ed in efficacy and elJ
is ImS any ateTatiye compound I6sOoI artiy S
Esr1 I have ever made use OF IN III
practice 81 ID year U"' EN-. ECKEE, NJ. d.
r,.L-npyillp Pm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-19

Ii feyers, malaria, biliousasss, heart
burn, etc, nothing is so beneficial as
Browns Iron Bisiefs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-19

cIIECCpCpc from youthful inprndencs
Mental and Physical Weakness. send stamp
for my favorite prescription. Used y years
successfully. DR.. a. q. DIN, OoN ~, Chicago
III myll
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

Money 3a4x Per Cent.-0overnmen's
Irreeulsr-Stochs ReSertsh flour
Qutet and Cnchanxed-wheat Active
hut Lower.
NEW Yoax, May ls.-Monsy 3@4I per
cent; closed offered at per cent fnme
mercantile paper 5X@6 per cent. ster.
ling exchange, bankers bills strong at
4ssX: demand 4S7. Dry goods imports for
the week 81 $4,000
x,.xrSrs-Irrepular,
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FOR SALE.

NOR sALE-THE STOCK. AND GOOD
yi g. veil s3SipHeS d Job: JSS rr ~ IN:
1Se In mi sai, city % cnSuile Of
J. Corbett, agent atsundAy Leader Once. ocli
NOR sALE-A FIRsT.C!.ASs BRICK
dwelling of 10 rooms, situated on How.
ard steel, in EirkWeod. Terms 70 suit pur-
ohaser. Inquire OF James Duncan, Osls6Ay
Block. Bridgeport, Ohio. mrnh
Az EXCELLENT oFPoRTUNrTy-A
"A nnt-elass drug buHiness, estaolished thus
last twenty i've yeau, 10 now Offered on
Ing will he given. Parties win address In Per:
son or by mail, q A. Schaefer 4 Co. Real
Estate AgentA Telephone C.S. mrNh
ECR sALE-FuLToN HOUSE, ONE or
II tie best stands In the county for saloon
or butcher shop. situated on die NattsuM
rike. In the town OF Fulton, now ooeu pied
by Laurence Heller As salosn.
Full particulars ~ sadresinE ,S,rrp
Real Estate and Insurance Agents, Is Twelfth
street, Wheeling. W. We. Apflo
IGOR SALE. = vALuABLE CENrRE
fronting on Main street. between Twenty.
trst and Twenty.second streets, with prick
building on 10, containing store room, eighe
rooms, hall aud kitchen. For terms, NC ap.
tiapiine street. FRANK McShERRY.
NOR SALE \ BELMONT FRUIT FARM
II and Garden, situated in Belmont couu-
~. Ohio, SIX miles from Wheeling, one mile
from the Cadin PIE and one Nile IRON bar Bar.
tanning IN eleven acres Of good land, under
high state Of cultivation. with yooi build.
ings aud choice variety OF fruit Church.
with daily mail within mile. For furth<
particulars call on or address wM. II. COPE.
bon L. o., Belmont county,O. api"drb
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CTRE NENERY CASE.

xo,,- ,,,tirura remedies outseil al othe'
lpU ..,,'.. Zen FOR skin diseases. NY Gus
,s-s eri rs,IreniS say they nave effected
80 IN cyerS instance where OtnST TelheU''S
have ''''e"' INV BROCHwAY, NJ. b.
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Extraordinary Semi-Annual Drawing

New Orleans. tn esday. Jase II. 1873.
Under the personal supervision s9d man
srr1uept Of Gen. q. T. BEAkEG AID, OF Lou.
isiana, and Gen. JUBAL A. EAHLf. OF Viz
GINA.
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philadelphia
PE1ApR1pg,A, Nav lS.-Fleur-Dull q

PHrLADzLIH!A. May iS.-Fleur-Dull and
weak. Rye FloUr-Scaroe and firm.
Wheat-Weak: No. red elevator 81 %;
No. 2 red sellerMay lSAGl 1aA; seller
June 81 1891 20; seller July 81 2lE'9
lax; seller August 81 9lHGl PIX. Corn
Options in fair demand snd market firm:
car lots strong; no grade 6oc: steamer Gifg
@G7c; sail yellow 65H@63c; sail mixed
and seller May 55T@6Sc; seller Jane 55S
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C1scTySAr1, May S.-Cotton-Quet at
lOHc. Flour-Heavy, family 81 6595 90;
fsncy unchanged. Wheat-No . red win
ter spot 81 IA; seller July 81 1874; seller
August 81 l3k. Corn-Strong and higher
at 551I@561<c cash; 6Oc seller August.
Oats-Firm at &c. Rye-Dull and low
er 64CG65hc. Bsrley-ID fair demand: eI-
ira No 5 fsll sc. Pork-Dull at $50 so.
Lsrd-Dull st 81 30. Bulk Meats-Nom.
inally unchanged. Bacon-Stesdy with
fair demand; shoulders s. sly; clear ribs
IL 62I<: clear $l2 90. Whisky-Steady 81
81 Is. Butter-Fair and unchanged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-19

There has never been an instance III which
this sterling invlgoTant and anti -febrile medt-
cine has failed 10 ward Of the compliant,
when taken duly as n protection against
malaria. Hundreds OF physicians have
abandoned all the officinal specifics, and now
prescribe this harmless vegetable tonic 'or
chil!s and fever. as well as dyspepsia and
nervous affections Hostetter's Iftters Is the
specific yOu need
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers gen
orally.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-19

main strong.
STATE SEcUsIriss-Duli and lower tor
sToCKs-Market feverish and unsettled
during the forenoon. After l2:SO O'Clock
the msrket was stronger until O'Clock,
prices advancing from 4 to per cent, the
latter for Michigan Central. In the last
hour the market was stronger and the net
result Of the hours business was an a ad'
vance of from \ TO l &c, the latter tor "a
cIfc Mail. New York and New England,
V which sold as low as s., sG 9'
YESTERDAY, sold at 33hc in the last
hour to-day. Western Union, Lake r sho5e'
Southern. Burlington and Quincy, Nilsson
ri Pacific, New York Central, Pacific Mail,
St. Paul, and Texas and Pacific all sold a. at
the highest prices OF the day n tne Ias'
hour. these prices being < to ~ per cent.
higher than the closing prices of Thursday
night, Alton and Terre EiaGte preferred 4
per cent lower than last night, and st. Jo'
seph preferred per cent. lower.
T,onsactions 35O 900 shares.
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-rrrICrRA RESOLNENT,

Uuucura ami Cuticura soap :, S 81 ever ,G =
,ySsrs, Price: Cuticura soc AMI SiOJ per ooA
,',,,.,,,-a Re>OIyent 81 per BOTTLE; Cuucura
S.sp 20; Cuticurs shaving soap I'e'
Potter Druu g. Chemical Co., Boston
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Toledo,

ToLkDo, May lS.-Wheat-0pened dull;
No. red winter cash and seller May
81 1871: seller June 81 liH; seller July
81 l5ss; seller August 81 l5X; seller Sep,
TENDER 81 l61z; seller October 81 Ia
seller January 81 500; seller year 81 1871.
Corn-Dull: No. 2 cash and seller May
5St;c; seller June SSAc. seller Laly 59Hc;
seller August &c bid. 0sts-Quiet: No.
cash 43yIc asked; seller July 43Ac asked.
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VIII inEusc with new life
the weakest invalid.

BRowN'S Iron BITTERS
will have a better tonic
effect upon any one who
needs "bracing up" than
any medicine made.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-19

2fs Prizes, amour ting to--...-.-...----..--tb2bO
Applicattou for rates 70 clubs Should be
1aade only 10 the ofics Of the Company In
New Orleans.
N. A. DAUFHlN,
New OrisAnk, La, or
Il. A. DAuPHN. &C Seventh -. WsAains.
ton. y. L.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12
Origin Of the Cereal Grains.

Wheat ranks by origin as degener-
ate and degraded lily. Such in brief is
the proposition which this paper sets
out to prove, and which the whole
course of evolutionary botany tends
every day more and more fully to con.
firm. By thus from the very outset
placing clearly before our eyes the goal
OF our argument, we shall be able the
better to understand as we go whittier
each item of the cumulative evidence is
really tending. We must endeavor TO
start with the simplest forms of the
great group of plants to which the
cereals and the other grasses belong,
and we must try to see by what steps
this primitive type gave birth, first to
the brilliantly colored lilies, next TO the
degraded rushes and sedges, and then
to the still more degenerate grasses,
from one or other of whose richer grains
man has finally developed his wheat,
his rice, his millet and his barley. We
shall thus trace throughout the whole
pedigree of wheat from the time when
its ancestors first diverged from the
common stock of the lilies and the
water plantains, to the time when saw
age man found II growing wild among
the untitled plains of prehistoric Asia,
and took it under his special protection
in the little garden-plots around his
waited hut, whence it has gradually
altered under his constant selection into
the golden grain that now covers half
the lowland filth Of Europe and Ameri-
ca. There Is no page in botanical his
tory more full OF genuine romance than
this; and there is no page in which the
evidence Is clearer or more convincing
for those who will take the easy trouble
to read IL Alright.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12

see fiercer CLEAN in its eye-a tight
ening Of the cords and muscles-a
fiercer fash of the red tongue. A
straight line of 60 feet drawn from the
Indian to the tree would pass over the
snake. Now the warrior creeps for
ward again-not weed breaking
not rustic TO prove his presence.
Two feet-four-six-! See the
snake It's head is thrown back-its
eyes shoot sparks-there goes the
deadly z-z-z-z-z of his rattle. The
head of the Indian is not three feet
away as he hears the ominous sound.
He draws back, but there is dart, q
flash, and something strikes him full
in the face and is not shaken off until
he springs to his feet with cry heard
for half a mile around and rushes
away in the darkness.
What was it? The sentinel is wide
awake and upon his feet. Wife and
children have been startled from slum-
Der to grow white-faced and tremble.
Even the horses have raised their
heads and are peering into the night.
There was single cry-the wild
scream Of a human being suddenly ter
rified
at was nothing-nothing but the
howl of wolf" whispers the sentinel
us he walks over to comfort wife and
children; and by and by all is quiet
and peaceful as before. The night
grows apace-the stars fade-daylight
breaks. AS the sun comes up the
wagon moves on its way and the
brook and the camp and the cotton
wood are left behind.
eyes, it was the howl of some wolf
prowling about" whispers the emf
grant to himself as he walks beside
his wagon and cautiously scans the
prairie.
Three hundred feet to the left is
coiled snake, which darts its veno-
nous tongue at the rolling wagon.
Half mile beyond lies the dead body
of the Blackfoot-swollen, distorted
"a horrible sight under the light of
the morning sun. Overhead circle
three or four vultures of the prairie,
and creeping through the grass come
the lank, hungry wolves to the feast.
The wife laughs, the children frolic,
the husband regains his light heart
Night wrote the record of the SER
penis in the grass, and he will never
read it.-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12
How He Explained IL.

There are great many funny oc'
currences in this world" observed an
Austin attorney.
"Been reading the Congressional
Record, have your" flippantly in.
CURED young physician.
mo, sir; / never read fiction. 1t
is something entirely different"
"Well, what is it that bothers you p
"Well, it is this: saw quite re-
Gently chickens head cut off, and
the body of the bird Topped around
for a few minutes afterward. l can
not understand it."
ooh, that's simple enough" was
the reply.
"You see the birds head was off,
wasn't it!'
eyes, short of"
"Well, the seat of intelligence is in
its head. The chickens head being
off-entirely disconnected with the
body-it didn't know for some time
whether it was dead or not."--Tcxas
Siftings.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12
An Important Errand.

A conductor OH Missouri, Kansas
and Texas train approached swell
looking colored woman arrayed in all
the glories that ribbons can lend, and
asked her for her ticket.
"Go way fun yah! Don bodder
me with none yo' foolishness," she
exclaimed, bridling with indignation.
"Come, give up your ticket" re
monstrated the conductor.
81 tole yo' go way fun yah l
don't got no ticket, an / don't want
no foolishness."
eff you don't give me ticket OF
pay your fare, I'll put you off the
train,' growled the exasperated func'
tionary.
"Yo' don put me off the train, now
1 tole yo' fer suah ~ retorted the
darkey. "I'se got bizness down yere
dat you can't postpone. Eff you put
me off de train yo' done got in a fuss
suah's yo' bon"
"Where are you going, anyway
What's your business?" demanded
the conductor, rather impressed by
her manner.
use gwine to de hangin' piece
down yere, and mon dat, Use gwine
and yo' can't stop me-"
"Who're they going to hang ?" ask
a passenger who had become interest
ed in the discussion.
"Dey's gwinc fer ter hang my hus-
band, an Use ter be de only lady
present. Go way fun yah. Don't
fool wild me. IF yo' think yo's gwine
ter git me off dis train, an beat me
out'n de las chance o layin over dat
nigga's mudder an sister, who can't
git in an won't stay out, yo' don't no
muffin about dc strength of wife's
devotion. Go way fun yah. Rud-
der dan lose de chance of breakin'
dem niggas' hearts, l done put dis
heel under yo' railroad an lift it over
de State line. Go way fun yah"
The conductor LET her ride free, but
whether to save the railroad or let
her have the last opportunity to get
square with her mother.in-law, was
not apparent on his returns.--Ar-
kansaw Traveller.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12

Posters, Handbills, Circulars, Letter &
Note Heads, Bill Heads, Statements,
Invitations, Programs, Envelopes,
Cards, Blanks, Blank Books,
ETC., etc.
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fRSG 70 %S #
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ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
"QUALIS VITA, FINS TIA"

Tho little deeds you daily do
Unheeding how, scarce knowing when,
May make the ages think OF you
As great or little. false or true,
AS meanest, or as best of men.
lie not alone shall mentioned be
Upon the scroll of coming years,
Who navigates some unknown sea,
or sinks, with colors flying free,
Midst universal praise and tears.
Nor he, upon some battle ncld,
Who smites his toemrn left and right,
And who though vanquished will not yield,
But seizing valor ms n shield,
Seeks death, and, seeking, wins the fight.
Nor yet shall bard whose song sublime,
Nor orator whose fervd speech,
Shall echo down the path of time,
Nor he who dwells I'm noxious cline
And savage wild, the truth to teach,
BE surest of remembrance when
A thousand years have passed away;
But he who for his fellow men
Does kindly deeds they'll never ken,
immortal grows from day to day.
IS. s. Babcock, In Detroit Post aud Tribune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12
Daily Routine on the London Journals.

Soon after six in the evening the sub
editors arrive, and begin work on the
piles of manuscript and printed matter
which await them there. The printer
is pressing them for copy" for his
hands are waiting; but they must pro-
coed cautiously, or they will choke space
which will be sorcly wanted later on.
Now the reporters in Parliament and
out of doors begin to send up their first
manuscripts, and if these and those re-
ports to which there is no option, do
not suffice to keep the printers going, a
column or two of literary reviews may
be given to them, since these last, if
found in excess when the paper is made
up, can be held over.
BY ten the editor and his assistants
will be at their posts, and now Il serious
consultation is held, for the topics of
the principal leaders must be decided
on without delay. Such u choice has
been deferred until the last possible
moment, for good reason. Had it been
made before, all the data which foreign
and domestic kilograms, private notes
from whips, " confidential limitations
from political friends and the cXplora-
tons of trusted social agents could yield,
had been realized, il might be liable to
reversal when all the arrangements
based on il were in operation. As ii is,
the late delivery of Blue book, the
publication of an Extraordinary Gazette,
or telegram announcing that favor
tic regiment has lost heavily in South
Africa, will upset the operations of the
editor room Just when such disturbance
is most inconvenient. Sometimes those
operations must commence before all
the material necessary for them Is ut
hand. An eminent statesman is speak
ing at Edinburgh, Liverpool OF Man
ing delivered by the telegraph boys in
instalmcnts.
In such case the leadcr-writcr will
be busy on the earlier part of the speech
while the orator is constructing his
later sentences. BY 1915 o'clock the
Underwriters will have addressed them
selves to their tasks, and before they
have nearly finished their articles, the
earliest paragraphs will have been hand
ed to them in proof for correction. BY
about eleven the chief printer makes his
appearance i'm the editors room with
his statement" schedule of the titles
and length i'm columns of the articles he
has received, showing the forcsccn re-
suit that the paper is overcrowded.
Proofs are now coming down very fast,
and must be dealt with rapidly and re-
turned. BY half-past twelve the fourth
page, that which is at n readers left
hand when he opens the paper out,
must be closed up, locked in the iron
frame, and sent to be stercotypcd. The
fifth page is the second to be sent to
the foundry, ami the inner pages are
kept open longest. BY about two the
last paragraph is dropped into the last
open column, and such rs it had been
made, with its merits and defects, the
mornings paper must 60 before the
world. London Leisure Hour.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12
After several years of experimen

After several years OF experiment,
IL was found by testing 1t in an open
CRATE at the Fell Tavern In Wilkesbarre,
that anthracite coal would burn. This
was seventy-five years ago, and the
event was celebrated recently by the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and
Ex-Governor Hoyt and other distin-
guished citizens visited the hotel, and
were seated before the open CRATE in the
old log parlor where Che shining fuel
first took blaze and made its capabili-
ties public.-Philadeipbia Nous.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12

The serpent halts. Twenty feet
more and it could have struck the
sleeper, but some movement of his has
alarmed it, and it glides away for fifty
feet, as fast as n shadow travels.
Now look beyond the snake! Is it
a second serpent worming its way over
the ground to surround the sleeper
with peril? Is it n wolf or panther
creeping forward to make a victim?
Now you can see more clearly. There
is the scalp-lock and feathers-the
dark face-the cleaning eyes--the
shut teeth and bronzed throat of
Blackfoot warrior. A courier from
one branch of his tribe to another
he has discovered the encamptment,
circled around it twice, and is now
creeping upon the man, who sleeps in
stead of watches.
How softly he moves! A panther
stealing upon a listening doe would
not exercise more care. Almost inch
by inch, and yet he is slowly ap-
preaching. He was hundred feet
away. Now he is ninety-eighty-
seventy-sixty! He can see a dark
mass at the foot of the tree, and he
knows that the sentinel must be
asleep or he would not be in that po-
sition.
See the rattlesnake II has faced
about. If it was daylight you could
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12

Clara Barton has refractory set to
manage at the Woman's Prison at Shcr-
born, Mass, of which she has just taken
charge. There are two hundred and
fifty prisoners on an average, of various
ages between fifteen and scvcnty-fivc,
and once in while they destroy tho
monotony of their prisonric by indulg-
ing in violent outbreaks. boston Tram
sci tpt.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12

There is a curious kind of disorder
known as "Thomscn's disease" which
is fortunately very rare. II was first so
called by DIR. Thomson, of Schleswig,
who suffered from it all his life, and
who described il in 1876. The disease
consists in contraction or rigidity Of
the voluntary muscles, which comes ON
suddenly during their movement. If q
person with this complaint throws his
avn forward, as when casting a stone,
the arm docs not come back TO the side,
but remains extended. So with other
movements, such as walking or run
ming. II Is n disease of the nerves. and
is considered incurablc. ~ T. Times.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-12

The Butchers Advocate for this
week contains some tender lines for
"Moneyless Man" -Philadelphia Bull
letin.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-30
IRvINGToN, Neb March 28.
Five Hours from London to Paris

fANo ASA
New York Mail a7d Express.
4 ght years ago tho French govern,
ment granted the concessions requi-
site to tho construction of the southern
half Of the channel tunnel, but the
project still hang, upon the prejudice
of The British people, and the cable
brings q report that the Cabinet is
divided upon the guestion as to
whether England aud France shall be
united by a railway beneath the Eag-
lish channel. Mr.. Gladstone is both
sagacious and brave, and It is not i'm.
probable that when he thinks the right
time has como he will cast his power.
full influence In favor Of the great
scheme. The British mind works
slowly, but it 10 gradually approaching
| the conclusion that 1t is absurd to op.
pose the gigantic enterprise. Nature
seems to have especially provided TO,
the work by depositipg q bed of chalky
clay, imperv'ous to water, and not
much harder than cheese, underneath
the channel, and the tunnel can bt
completed within q fsw years If only
John Bull will give bis consent. The
time between LONDON and Paris will
DO but Eve or rix hours when railws,
trains run under the English channel
and British prejudice viii not be like
ly to delay the first trip in that tim,
beyond the year 1900.