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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
TRANSATLANTIC TOURIST TRAVEL.

The ANNUAL exodus to Europe has
already commenced, and the passenger
lists of the outgoing steamers from New
York are filled to overlooking with
pleasure seekers. Many steamers, in
fact, have every berth engaged for
months to come, and late-comers are
obliged to defer their exodus, or make
the most of inferior Accommodations.
When travel to Europe is seriously
meant to be part of a young man or
young woman's education, there is
nothing to be said against it. When it
is intended simply for purposes of idle
ness or dissipation or extravaganza or
other indulgence of an unintellec,ual
kind, there is more to be said against it
than an average newspaper article can
conveniently find space for. But the
exodus will go on no matter for what
We say, or could say, and we can only
hope for the tourists that il they are not
all first-class Americans now they may
be so when they return, and be ex-
amples and MODELS OF those Of their
oompatriots who have not had their ad-
vantages Of education, wealth aud
travel.
Unquestionsbly such a hope is vain
in regard to many, if an opinion can be
formed from the obvious results of
foreign travel in thousands of cases in
the past. 1t is quite certain that many
people who go abroad are not suscepti-
he Of intellectual improvement under
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
A BOOK RING.

Following the example of the oil men
and of the match men and of the vine
gar men and of the railroad men and
of other shrewd interests, the school,
book men, a race not unknown in the
annals of our couutry's lobby, have
formed syndicate, have pooled their
issues, and instead Of bidding against
each other have combined in manner
which gives every promise Of making
the whole public school interest Of the
United States subject to little ring of
greedy spectators.
Competition has weeded out the small
firms in the school-book publishing
trade until the whole of that gigantic
business, amounting to millions of
dollars per annum, and affecting the
pocket ofnearly every citizen and tax
payer in the United States, is now con-
trolled by five firms. Of these firms
four have formed an alliance which
makes them, as far as their dealings
with the public are concerned, single
close corporation. These are the houses
Of APPLETON, BARNES, WILSON 4
HINLE, anu IvISON, BRAKEMAN 4 Co.
These four firms now work together.
The partial protection which has hither-
to resulted from their partial competi-
ton is now wholly withdrawn, and
they are now prepared to dictate such
prices as will give school boards and
directors no choice and no redress
against extortion.
Weregard this as one of the most in
solent and dangerous monopolies now
threatening the public welfare. The
strength Of such combination appears
at once when one reflects that there is
absolutely no competition aud no
organized machinery for opposing and
resisting it. Its danger lies in its
power Of leyying on the cause Of public
education tax heavier than the whole
present expense of carrying on the pub
lie schools. AS soon as it begins to put
on the screws resistance will spring up,
and the usual tactics of the ring, bribery
and corruption will be employed, and
the public will be made to bear the
added expense incurred thereby.
1t Is a danger and an outrage all the
more odious because there does not
seem to be any remedy for it. But We
call the public's attention to it, and give
warning that there is trouble ahead in
the schoOl-bOok business.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
THE OBELiSK.

The Scientific american contains 3
letter from an experienced manu-
faeturer Of LINES and concretes in which
he announces an important discovery,
true. He has carefully examined the
Egy ptian obelisk in Central Park, New
York, and finds that, instead of being q
solid shaft Of red granite, it is only q
mass Of concrete. The speckled or
notified appearance il presents is due
to the fragments of porphyry, varying
in size from q walnut to grain Of
wheat, Of which 1t Is composed. and
the DARK seams In the shaft are traces
Of the black bitumeu and hydraulic &C.
ment In which the stones are laid. The
writer says that with . steel point he
could pillow through this hydraulic
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
AN EASTERN CITY.


Gates Of strange workman,hip stood Ops
And walking In, I tired eoo, grassy ground.
Where broad river rolled iis csystAi uds,
Win love" ana trees fruitisden scs''s"a
Reyond,os: domss, and mlnarst., aud spires.
Cleaning beneath the sun like golden erss.
Sweet birds sang 10 Paradise Of shade.
Tborosh which the tsmpsred dayhsn'
Where fountains soft murmurins cadence
And failing, ran 10 geatie Streams amid
Ihickets Of roses, spicy shrubs IN groves,
nd all the dainty cups the Wild bees iove.
These passed; treadins porphyry.pi lisred
I1,g wide Y.s e r.: ;d :.,,,
OF isaping jets. Is blooms Of bsauty spread.
surrounded by palace high snd fair.
With statue guarded portals opening thsse'
Unshallensed. through the yielding doors
Admired the frstted roofs which spannsd W
Dimensious Of deserted sehoing halls,
hdorpsd with gems In many quaint eessoss
Costly divans, and hangfnc past al psae~
Then forth into the spaesoes streets bfarsd:
Majestic piles on either ode nroaes
Co,sss.I hxurss siood in EI.od Spe.s;
And stately trees. green-leafeA amid TIE"
With Eows. Of every fair OF lrillia.t hus.
And yet no single owner conid Isss i.
For al the wealth and sp'sndos gssaefea
Deserted q: the Ions,i1 ~ vi,ds can BE-.
Save that the webbing birds flooded NE
Win Win %s.odie. - =. s... upo. ny s = In.
With drowsy svAetne0 ness akin . paH
Il
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

A few days ago q young man from an
Eastern college arrived at Tombstone,
Arizona, and registered his name ut
the principal hotel. A socially-in-
clined person in blue shirt and wide
brimmed hat, who CHANGED to be in the
office, good-naturedly answered every
question and volunteered a vast amount
of interesting information about Ari-
iona in general and Tombstone in par
ticular.
"Do you see them hills?" asked the
Tombstoner, pointing through one OF
the office windows. "Well, them hills
is cbock full of pay dirt"
The young man from the East looked
shocked.
"My dear SIR" he said, proudly, but
kindly, "you should say those hills are
not them hills is"
The Tonlhstoner was silent for a mo-
ment.. He looked the young man from
the Esst critically over, as if he was
estimating the size of coffin he would
wear. Then drawing out an ivory
stocked seven-shooter of elaborate style
and finish, he said in soft, mild, musi-
cal tone of voice that sounded like
wildwood brook purljng DER its pebble
bed: "My gentle, unsalted tcndcrfoot
from the land of the rising sun, this
here's pint that you and ME disagrees
on, and we might as well have 1t settled
right now. haven't looked in a gram
mer lately, but / say them hills is Is
correct, and I'm going to stand by that
opinion while Ive got shot left. I'll
give you Jest three minutes to think
l,au ,,l,i for n IN
spoke in haste the first time, and then
Ill hear your decision"
The young man from the East looked
down the delicateIy-chased barrel Of the
revolver, into the PLACID depths Of the
eye of the TombstOner and began to feel
that many points in grammer are un-
certain and liable to grow more so.
Then he thought of the coroner's in
quest and of the verdict 'came to his
death by standing in front of Colorado
Toms seven-shoOter, and Of the long
pine box going East by express with
500 charges on it, and before half the
three minutes was up he was ready to
acknowledge his error. "Since he had
thought it over calmly" he said, che
believed that them hills il, Is right.
He bad spoken on the spur Of the mo-
ment," he added, "and begged a thous-
and pardons for his presumptuous effort
to substitute bad grammar for good"
The Tombstoner forgave him freely,
and grasping his hand, said:
81 know'd you'd say you was wrong
after you thought moment. / admire
a man who gives right in without argu.
irg when he knows he's wrong. Come
along and irrigate." And they irri.
gated.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
TaEAMERICAN NAVY.

Because the Americans thirty years
ago were among the best, if not the
best builders of wooden ships in the
world, American patriotism is fond OF
asserting, without paying any
attention to the different con-
ditions of the present time, that we
could go into competition with the ma
tons which now have twenty years the
start of us and take the place We FORM
erly held.
This absurd notion is apt to crop out
whenever the suggestion of a strong
navy is mentioned, and recent dis
patches from Washington give it as the
opinion of eminent naval officers and
other experts that our government will
soon realize the necessity of equipping
some of our navy yards to meet the re-
auirements of modern construction, and
that then America will develop some
wonderful, though as yet unknown,
ship-builders.
This isa pleasant dream, bat it is be-
ginning the process at the wrong end.
We have no appliances for building a
first-c class naval vessel in this country,
and we could not turn one out in five
years if we were to start to-day. And
the reason why We canno. build heavy
armored fortresses like the 1ntexible
or the Duilio or the Dandolo is because
we are not ship-building nation.
IfCongress will begin by permitting
Americans to own ships, which can be
done only by buying them at first, and
if it will leave American shipping free
from taxes and duties, the trade OF
ship-building would soon arise and
grow. We would have all classes of
ship-builders, designers, constructors
and naval engineers; yards, furnaces,
foundries, rolling mills and steam ham,
meIs would keep skilled wOrkmen busy
in all the varied requirements of the
craft, and out of these resources Of men,
machinery and skill we would be able
to take up the business of building war
ships for ourselves or other nations.
But to talk of building war-ships first
is as foolish as to talk of planting trees
in the desert to procure irrigation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

SOME of the New York receivership
reports are curious affairs. In the case
of one insolvent life Insurance company
the available assets that came into the
hands of the receiver were S26S, 255, and
of this S60,956 was distributed to the
creditors and $751;, s2S was consumed in
expenses; so that it cost $40 to pay
evey 81 to those entitled to it. In an
other case the expenses amounted TO
1912, and the total amount distributed
to 1859, showing that every 81 paid
to the creditors cost Sl7.4. In contrast
with these examples the Boston papers
point with pardonable pride to that OF
the New England Mutual Marine In.
suranee company of that city, which,
when bankrupted by the Chicago fire,
was placed in the hands of receivers.
The liabilities were 1900, 900 and the
assets 100000. The.receivers had paid
dividends amounting to 81 per cent.
and now proposes to pay an additional
one of l. per cent. This would leave q
balance of $1,000, and as they have not
received anything for their services,
they ask that this modest sum be
allowed them as a fair compensation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
ErCHINGs.

FUNNY, isn't il, that you always see the
night fall before any stars begin to shoot
MRs. JOHN JACOB Aston is the only wo.
man in America who has solid gold tea
service.
ENGLISH sparrows are said to be good on
toast. They are pretty good on bread
crumbs.
PEOPLE learn wisdom from experience
A man never wakes up his second baby to
see it laugh.
scHooLNAsTER-"Better fed than taught,
fancy, boyw Boy-"Yes, 1 be; COS
feeds myself, and you teacher me"
"Yov are setting us q bad example" as
the algebra class said when tho teacher
wrote hard equation on the board.
"WHY, what is the matter with Franks
he is generous to fault" YES" said
Fogg, ''if the fault happens to be his own"
AN exchange says the railroad of the fu-
ture will be run by electricity. Then
tbere'u be no boiler explosions, but
shocking" accidents will be more liable
TO occur than ever.
EVERYTHING seems to move in circle.
While, for instance, the lawyers are look
ing I'D the authorities, the authorities are
looking up the criminals, and the crimi-
nal in his turn has to look up the lawyer.
TEN year old boy cleared two dollars in
Plainyille, one cold day recently, selling
holders. A holder is one of those cloth
things that lie under the stove while you
are picking up hot lid litter with your
bare hands.
AK old bachelor leaving his boarding
house for a weeks journey, after taking
leave of his landlady, stepped up 20 salt
mackeral on the table, shook him by the
tail and said, Goodbye, old fellow; I'll
see you when l return
A YOUNG fellow once offered to kiss
Quakeress. "Friend," said she, "thee must
not do it." "Oh, by Jove! but l must,
said the youth. well, friend, as thou
hast sworn, thee may do it; but thee must
not make practice OF it."
81 HERD yer old mudder was dead" said
Sam Johnsing to Gabe Snodgrass, coIored
citizen of Austin. "Jes so. She died las
week" WAS she sick long," mo; she
jes tuck sick one day an died de mex"
"Only sick one day! De Lor', why dat was
hardly wuff while"
"ARE you the Judge Of reprobates" said
Mrs. Darlington, as she walked into an
office OF Judge of probate. 81 am judge
of probate" was the reply. well, that's
it, / expect" quoth the old lady. you
see my father died detested, and he left
several little infdels, and want to be their
executioner."
A MAN stepped into one OF our gents
furnishing goods stores the other day, and
without the slightest provocation was COL
Jared, cufred, stud on his neck and made to
hand the proprietor seven dollars. But
the strangest part of the transaction was
that the man did not seem to feel hurt, and
when asked to call again smilingly said he
would.
A WOMAN entered a saloon in Jersey
City, kicked over a table, smashed dozen
glasses, shook her fist under the par
keepers nose and called him fiend, and
led her husband out by the ear. The bar.
keeper from over the Rhine closed one eye
significantly, and remarked to terrified
customer, by chinks! may be she vas
mod ohou1 somedinps-eh9 ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
Terrier Saves q Baby.
UdT1ptrk AdperfiScr.

A woman left her baby, eighteen
months old, on the floor of the front
room playing with its toys and little
terrier dog that is its constant com.
panion. The mother was away just
three minutes, but when she came back
and opened the door her infants head,
arms, and shoulders were hanging be.
yond the stone sill OF an open window,
and near it, with its feet on q chair,
stood the little dog, holding on to the
child's dress for dear life. Her child,
unconscious of any danger, was crow.
ing at some object in the yard, while
the dog, holding on to the dress looked
q mute appeal for haste aud help. In
an instant she was by her baby's side,
and the danger was passed. When the
dog had been relieved of his burden he
pranced around the mother and child
with delight that was almost frantic.
While seining in the river at Ship
pingport, KY, fisherman brought up
q rubber overcoat containing pocket
book, in which were S5g greenback
and so gold piece.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
RICHARD HENRY DANA.
Died IN Rome. Hdly, Jan. 6, 1883.

Died IN Rome. Hdty, Jan. 9, 1ss3.
A noble nature, high In purpose, strong
And bold, IL need there were, TO stand, TO
fight
For Duty, for Humanity. for Right.
And hating only what was base aud wrong -
Such was thine, DAns-nor did les bsipng
To thee high manners, cultured po wers, the
light
OF genial bumor. and a soul upright,
Too proud TO stoOp or sue with natterin2
tongue.
Friend OF my youth. and msnhood's earIJ
prime
When eager frst we started IN Lies race
Friend OF my later days Vnen Life and FIN,
0allop along with swift(nereasins pace
For thee she goal Is re Bhei, tue prize ii won
And tho world cries 81 iasi-to1 iate-"wei
dooer'
WV. 8sny &, 2Ae crttie.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

THE telegraph wire problem has been
solved in London completely and salts
factorily. Overhead wires are few and
far between in that city now. So long
as corporations owned the telegraphs
objection after objection was raised
against the underground system. T The
companies declared that it was "im-
practicable" "that "it would cost enor-
nous sums of money!" that "the wires
would not work." in the event of a
break "whole streets would have to be
dug up" and so on ad infnium. Mean
while pole after pole went up, wire
after wire was strung. The condition
of affairs was worse in London than it
is to-day in New York. But no sooner
had the government absorbed the wires
than it was found very easy to sink
them. Objections and hindrances and
impossibilities suddenly disappeared.
A few new telephone wires are still
carried over buildings, but they, too,
are to beputinto subterranean trenches.
The wires are coated with gutta percha
or some other non-conductor, and are
inclosed in pipes from six to fifteen
inchesin diameten which are placed
about a foot and half below the side
walk, close to the curb. Every few
hundred feet traps are provided through
which access may be had to the wires,
and there is thus no difficulty about
making rep airs and no obstruction to
travel. Telegraph engineers in Eng
land arenow coming to the conclusion
that the diminished cost of mainten-
ance will in the long run make the
underground cheaper than the over
head syst EN-,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

ACCORDING to the National Car
Builder 80, 5000 new railroad ties are
used every year for laying new tracks
and relaying old. 1t estimates the
average life of ties at seven years, by
which time they become deeayed and
worthless. This immense consump-
ton causes a heavy drain on the stock
ofsuitable timber, and efforts are already
making to devise some means Of pre-
venting q scarcity. In some quarters
the catalpa, which makes excellent
ties, is cultivated especially for the pur-
pose. The substitution of iron for wood
has also been tried, but the main reli-
anee seems to be on processes of treat
irg wood so as to prevent its decay.
Thus far the increased cost has prevent
ed the general use of any the various
processes, but as one-half the ties used
An Germany and Austro- Hungary are
now treated chemically, and the prac-
tiee is spreading, it Is probable it will
be adopted here as timber grows
scarcer. If the ties can by this means
be made to last twice as long, there
will be a saving, not only Of the cost OF
one set of ties, but also Of one relaying,
and the prospect is that it will be found
economical to adopt the plan, just as
the more expensivesteel rails are super
sedinp iron. In Europe the preserya.
tive treatment OF various woods Is
found 10 make them endure nom six
10 nine years longer than the untreated.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

IT takes twenty blows of q hammer in
the hands of q woman to drive ten-penny
nail ten inches. She misses the nail twice
where she hits 1t once. How many blows
does she strike in all. and how far can her
voice be heard when she strikes he.
thumb
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

, THE wages of workingmen in Paris
have increased considerably since 1873.
Thus, day laborers in 1873 received s
cents an hour and last year they received
IL cents. Stone cutters have advanced
from l4tO "a cents an hour; house car
lpenters from u to IS cents an hour;
plumbers from so cents to 81 day, and
Ship carpenters from Sl.lO to SLIGO. The
slow increase in the population and the
rapid increase in wealth are causes OF
the present increase in wages, and the
rise would be still more marked were it
not for the constant immigration Of
lBelgians, Germans and Italians, who
are attracted by the high rate ofwageS.
Looked at by the light of these statis-
tics the complaints of the Socialists
against the 6OWrgeOisic look, TO say the
least, singularly ill-timed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

some idea of the enormous lumber
trade ofthe Northwest may be obtained
from the fact that during the year 1852
there were received at Chicago 2,ll6,-
81 900 feet of lumber and 954, $4,000
shingles. In addition to this there
were received telegraph poles ties,
latb, fence posts, stove wood and tan
bark aggregating in value $780, On,
the grand total of forest products reach
ing S54,OOO,OOO. This is a pretty good
business, Notwithstanding the COM
plants about inspection, and serves to
indicate the rapidity with which the
country is settling up.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08
9anAas ,8esisttr
SUNDAY, APRIL :, 1858.

THE electric light is not approved OF
by the Chinese. The Governor ofShang'
hal has addressed a circular letter to
the foreign consuls in that city, request
ing them to inform their proteges that
the Chinese government have strictly
forbidden the use of electric lamps,
Through which so much mischief has
been done already, and probably will
be caused in the future" Every Chi
nese using the light is liable to a fine
and IMPRISONMENT.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

THEfirst locomotive has made its APP
pearance in Senegambia. The first
mile and half Of the French railroad
between the Senegal and the Niger was
opened last December in the presence
of an amazed crowd of natives, who
slapped their hands and tried to keep
pace with the train. Opposition was
made to the road by LATDIOR, the King
of Cayar, who had formerly made a
treaty permitting the line to pass
through his territory; but the authori-
ties, with body of troops, marched to
his residence and burned it without OPP
position. LATDIOR then took refuge
with a ReighbOring chief, in concert
with whom he is expected to begin
hOstilitieS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

THE Manchester y. H. Mirror finds
lin the birth and death statistics of that
state PERSONS for experimenting that the
Yankee, who has made New Hamp-
shire all that il is in history, politics, re-
lIigion, industry and general character,
lis being rooted out and replaced by Ca
Insdians and other foreigners. The
births in the State in 1851 were 4,6l5,
and Of this number not more than one
half, 1t thinks, were of Yankee parent
age. The number of deaths was 1850,
Tor So more deaths than births, which is
a strange fact; but a still stranger fact
lis that, among those classed as Ameri-
Icans, there were 800 more deaths than
births. Taking this report in eonnec-
ltion with the steady emigration Of the
NATIVE stock to the West, and the ina
migration Of Canadians and Irish into
the State, "the conclusion is forced
upon us" says the Mirror, that the
year is not far distant when the race
that settled New Hampshire and furn-
lished the brain and Drawn that have
made the little commonwealth so
famous, will have become practically
leXtinct in this State.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

Seven inches from the outside Of .
log In q PeDnsylvanis mill the saw
passed through . walnut which wss
Embedded In the solid wood. The shell
and kernel Of the nut were sound. The
growth Of the tree shows that the nut
Ii at least fifty years old.