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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALIST

SISCE George Rely has taken charge OF
the Ottumwa (Ia.,l Press it fairly spsrkles
with freshness.
Tux jamestown Sunday Leader is march
ing along in the journalistic procession.
The Baltimore Every Saturday grows in
interest with age.
WILL P. LEIGH. bright young journal
list of Pittsburgh. is soon to wed one Of
GslveSton's Texas, fairest daughters.
RUMoR says that Jim Sweely. of the VIII
Transport Breakfast Table, is not far in the
rear in the race for matrimonial honors.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK.

Gen. STONE, who has so recently re-
rurned from a long and honorable term
of service rs chief of the army of the
Khediye of Egypt has been selected
to begin the work of building pedestal
for BARTHoLDI's Statute of Liberty on
Bedloe's Island, New York har-
Dor. The electric light to be
held in the hand of Liberty as
torch will be nearly 500 feet above
high tide, or several feet higher than
the towers of the great Brooklyn Bridge.
Attempts have been made to ridicule
BARTHoLDI'S work as q moustrosity,
hut it Is evident that its proportions
could not be much less without hav-
ing the werk appear magnificent. The
towers of the Brooklyn Bridge do'not
seem Is tall AS they really are, and
BARTHoLDI'S statue will not appear to
be very large when seen from the ex-
tremity of Manhattan Island or the
deck of Ship in the bay. The upper
hall Of the figure has been erected in
Paris. and its dimensions are most i'm
posing, but the artist has wisely esti-
mated the effect upon the appearance
Of its surroundings in the middle of
New York hsrbOr. No concern need
be felt lest the statue should fail to be
an ornament.
The chief occasion for solicitude is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
THE LATEST ATLANTIC PASSAGE.

u
The distance between Sandy Hook
and Queenstown is $500 miles, and the
Alaska has Just traversed it in twelve
minutes less than a complete week,
making the fastest passage ON record
from Ireland to New York. The time
required to go from New York to
Queenstown is several hours less than
that of the traverse passage, and the
Alaska has al ready made the outward
trip from that port in six days eighteen
hours and thirty-seven minutes. The
longest distance travelled in one day
during her last trip was 42l miles. But
the Normandie, the new French ship
which is soon to DE put on the line to
New York, developed an average speed
of IS! knots an hour, or 1913 statute
miles, during her trial trip. That is,
she has travelled the rate of 45G! miles
a day, counting twenty hours day. 1t
is possible that she may outstrlp the
Alaska before the end of the season, and
bring the time between New York and
the British Isles much nearer to the
five days which has been repeatedly
predicted would he the limit within a
few years. A ship must have an aver
age speed of $50 miles q day to make
the passage between New York and
Queenstown in that time. The Nor
lnandie might make the passage be.
tween Montauk Point and Milford
Haven in five days. Other fast ships
are soon to engage in the New York
service, and it is impossible to tell what
inc is likely to have the fastest vessels
upon the Atlantic ut the end of the
present season.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
Personal.

,'"n' M,CtLLol I'll is forty.siS years old.
p.GE HlArINrug will lecture during lis
American tour.
HosNTr" SEIrorE will be - years old on
The %lst Of May.
SALN Mu&sr will have bis ballet dancers
wear long dresses.
WlXxRvrccA, the Piute princess, is lee.
turing in Boston.
RoHr. RoN2ER, who is in poor health, has
sailed for Europe.
Mas. MERRITT, OF philadelphia, exhibits
a portrait OF Minister Lowell at the Salon.
MR. JoSEpm JEFFERSON has purchased a
tract Of 300 acres OF land near New Iberia,
III.
Mrssas. MoupY and Sankey are paSsen-
gers by the Labrador, now on her way TO
New York.
Jo,QuIN MILLER will read poem before
the New York Press Association at its 9th
annual meeting in June.
JrpnE DAVID DAVIS and his bride, who
have been passing their honeymoon in the
Yosemite Valley, have returned to San
Francisco.
Irwas observed that when Mr.. Parnell
pronounced his name in the House OF Com.
mons lately he laid the accent on the first
syllable-Pdrnell.
PERRY BELMONT, Of New York, is said to
be engaged to the beautiful Miss Langdon,
daughter Of the late Eugene Langdon. and
great granddaughter Of the first John Jacob
Aston.
Nh. NIEHAUs. the Cincinnati sculptor,
has sent 10 Chicago several models Of a
Lincoln statute and fountain, to be placed
IN Lincoln Park, Chicago, BY the executors
of the Bates estate.
SENATOR THURMAN lives in Columbus, o.,
has an old drab brick house on High street,
above the State House, and has an office
connected with it. Here he reads, studies
and spends his leisure time in deyouring
French novels in the original. He has
some little law business, chiefly cases con.
neCted with his own estate and these he
attends to. He aud his wife are worth
several huRdrcd thousand dollars. But
they live quietly, and their income is am.
ply tfirient for all their wants.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

concerning the method OF its erection.
The Trinity Church spire, New York,
is es4 feet high. but it is not exposed to
the fierce winds which sweep the Bay.
The WASHINGTON monument will be
sos feet high, but its base is SIS feet wide
and It's width at the top will be 10 feet.
Great attention must be given to max
ing both the Bedloe,s Island statue and
It's pedestal strong. Gen. STONE may
be trusted to make the. PEDESTAL secure,
but M. BARrHoLDI should be cautioned
to obtain the opinion Of the best engi-
neering experts as to the system of in
terror bracing which is to give his
statue strength. No earthquake. like
that which Frustrated the COLOSSUS
of Rhodes more than 200 years before
CHRIST Is likely to cast BARTHOLDTs
statue from its foundations, but it will
be more than twice as tall as the fam
Gus brass statue Of APOLLo which stood
in the harbor of Rhodes, and it must be
able to resist fierce winds and furious
Sfnrms
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
A SIGIiESTION.

\ car load Of Indians was recently
ditched on Manitoba railroad near
Quappelle. The dumped braves chased
the engineer for two miles to
obtain his scalp, as a slight cOmpen-
sation for the rude shaking up he gave
them, aud he was saved only through
the interference Of the chief. This new
plan TO prevent railroad accidents will
hardly be susceptible of general adOp-
ton owing 10 the scarcity of Indians
along the routes of the great trunk lines.
The braves of the Tammany Wigwam
might be utilized in keeping 3
sharp lookout on the engineers and con-
duCtOrs of the Hudson River Railroad,
and a few of CAMERON'S Tuscaroras
might be placed where they would do
the most good st various points on the
Pennsylvania Central and ueighboring
roads, while the remnants of such tribes
as remain in the Southern States could
be utilized rs far as they would go. But
scalping is confined to the tickets on
the Eastern roads, and the engineers
hair is safe until there's a new deal
among the bosses and = general cutting
down Of expenses, the result Of a pool.
The Indian method, however, is more
effective than the cOrOner's jury system
which has been tried for so many ears.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
PASSING Events.

The dead walls blossom with gaudy eie-
phsntine portraits. -..
Tus base ball season opens to more mon
ey, in the audiences, than ever before.
AMAx in Ireland was recently confined
in all ten weeks for blasphening The
Queen.
LONDON is full of policemen. Scores OF
them in citizens dress are on duty every
where in addition to the regular force. Fl
Cars are quoted at dollar each in Win
nipeg, and an Ontario man has gone into
the business of supplying the demand.
A DENVER lunatic who thinks himself
the King of Sweden has been sentenced to
Jail for three months and to pay fine OF
500.
The Electrician publishes a list OF l02
electric companies. with total capital Of
N92, $4,000. incorporated in New York
State alone.
THE circus is not wicked says a recent
writer On moral ethics. Certainly not.
As means of acrobatic grace" the circus
cannot be discounted.
IT is said that a one.time proprietor OF a
hotel in Washington, ID. O., which has been
vacant for some months past, lost $4,000
by bad debts due from guests.
THR colored editors in the United States
number nearly hundred, and they pro.
rose to hold a convention in st. Louis, in
July, when topics both wsthetic and prac-
t;cal will be discussed.
The excavations for the foundations Of
the Bartholdi statue will be begun at once.
Liberty enlightening the world will
shine in New York harbor when S2oo, oOJ
are raised for a pedestel to put her on.
TnR corpses of two Hamburg women
were cremated the ather day at Gotha.
which contains the chief cremation ceme-
terry in Europe The number Of bodies
which have been crelnsted there is liz.
TIE largest piece of granite claimed to
have been quarried since the time OF Solo,
mon was lately exhumed at Thomaston,
Ne. IL measured sixty feet in length and
seven feet square at the base. lis weight
was estimat ed at 100 tons.
Queen VIcToRI>'S birthday, May u, will
he celebrated on that day throughout
Great Britain, except in London, where 1t
will he kept on May 20. This is an admir-
able arrangement, the London Globe thinks,
inasmuch as it will enable loyal subjects to
observe the day once in the country and
second time in London, while Mr.. Labou'
chcre, Mr.. Bradlaugh, Mr.. Parnell and
others by spending the eth in London and
the 2Gth in the country, can avoid it alto
gethe-.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
POLITICAL RIGHTS roe WOMEN.

The heart of Lucy SrOSEis reioiced
at this late day by the proposed bill ex-
tending suffrage in Canada to unmar-
ried women and widows. The text OF
the bill fills eight columns of The
Toronto Globe, and is distinctly q
government measure, having been pro-
posed by the premier, Sir JOHN MAC
DONALD. 1t provides for the en-
reimbursement, providing that it shall
pass the Canadian Parliament, Of own
ers OF real estate TO value of $500; ten
ants paying annual rental of so; those
having an annual income Of 800 and
resident year in the district; sons OF
owners of real estate not otherwise
qualified, but resident with their fathers
and mothers-one son for every $500 of
value: in counties, owners of real estate
valued at not less than 800; tenants
under lease for not less than year ct
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

THE exclusion of American pork
from any foreign country upon the
ground OF its impurity is an offence to
the people of this country. Such action
is based on plea which is worse than
a subterfuge-it rests of EalSehoOd. Tue
people who offer this reason for exclud-
lug an American product do not expec.
it will be accepted in this country as
sincere. They are doing by iudirection
what they hesitate to do directly.
Considerations of home policy, no
doubt, influence the German govern
ment to deal thus falsely. II is certain
there is much reason to he found in our
present narrow and exclusive policy for
any restrictive measures other govern
mehts may choose To adopt towards the
United States. But there is no justifica-
ton for a policy of transparent false
hood. This il what We have a right
to complain Of, and ii is this which
gives rise To whatever annoyance is felt
among citizens of the United States to-
ward those who exclude American COM
mOdities for reasons known to he false.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

THE great results that may be obtained
by intelligent cooperation are shown
by the report of the Amalgamated So
Ciety Of Carpenters and Joiners of Great
Britain. The society has been in ex-
istence twenty-three years and has a
total membership of ~ o.. Its income
for the year was G47, 1868 and expeudi-
lures G43, 1854, showing that the treasury
lsid by C5, 42S during the year. During
the four years last proceeding 1852 the
society had sustained q net loss of e23,
600 on account of dull times in the
building line. How cooperation as
sisted the members may be seen from
the manner in which the funds were
employed. The was expended in IN
employed benefit, eli,7OO; in sick bene-
lit, El2,0O0; in compensation for lost
tools, 81 200; for accidents, sl,6OO; for
approximation, 81 900, and in benevo-
lent grants to distressed members, $500.
An item of g, 30 covers all that was
spent for strike pay, arbitration eN-
penses and management of trade move
ments. The society has property
worth over $1,000, largely in land and
buildings that yield a good rental,
Since its first organization it has paid
in benefits E4l4, AGO. 1t has branches
in Canada, the United States and
British colonies. The colonial branches
serve to keep the home members con-
tinually advised of the price Of their
labor in all parts of the world, and I'M.
doubtedly this information exerts an
important influence on the course of
emigration of these artisans.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

annual rental of $40; persons having
income Of 500 and resident year in
the county, farmers sons as in Ontario
at present, and unmarried women can
vote on the same terms as men. The
married women Of course are repre-
sented by their husbands this pro-
posed franchise being q property fran
chise, altogether. Lucy STONE in
writing to The Springfield Republican,
says: "Sir JOHN MACDONALD deserves
the gratitude OF all women. He will
wear the honor Of having taken the
lead in securing political rights for wo-
men. We congratulate our Canadian
sisters that they are to have so early
that for which we, on this side, have
toiled for long time without success
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
LITERARY NOTES.

{. {. Wick 4 Co, OF Cleveland, o., have
month, a new book entitled "On a Mexican
Mustang Through Texas" by Sweet &
kEoN, the humorous editors OF the famous
Texas Siftings. II will be a work OF Go
pages, giving sketches OF the characteris-
tics eCCcntriCitics and atrocities of some Of
the luaintest people in some of the queer.
est corners Of the United States, and will
contain more than two hundred original
illustrations drawn by the best
artists ia our country. The
writings OF these unriyaled humorists have
been received with universal favor by the
press and people, not only of this country,
hut in England and elsewhere, and 1t is
volume an unparalleled sale. Authors,
artists and publishers have combined
to produce a book OF rare interest,
elegant in its makeup and unique and
attractive in its illustrations 1t will be
sold only by subscription, and canvassers
will do well 10 make early application TO
the publishers for further information.
Prof W. G.. Summer article on indus-
trial and social topics which have been ap.
pearing in Harper's Weekly. will shortly
be made into book called Whist Our So
cisl Glasses Owe TO Each Other and pub.
lished 10y Harper & Brothers.
Light reading for the mou ntain and sea-
shore The Investigators Companion"
''TewksUury Guidebook,' "Almshouse
Woes or, The Impolite Fiend. 4 Poem
For Not Being Pauper.-Bo't0n Adrerfisr.
1t required at least a clergyman, and a
very innocent one at that. to lind volume
Of Wit, Wisdom and Pathos in Ouida. Such
q MAD, has. however, appeared, in the per-
son OF Rev. Sydney Morris, and the Lip.
pincotts will soon publish his treasure
trove.
We have received from the publishing
house of George +. Wharton, No. Coron.
delet street, New Orleans, Q copy OF q very
entertaining novel. The War of the
Bachelors" The work is rather above the
average novel of the period, aud amply
repsys perusal.
A sensational novel founded on facts is
sure TO create great interest, and The
Prairie Flower and its Sequel is one OF
good tone and moral, aud is written With
spirit. The characters are varied and some
OF them charming and an excellent knowl.
edge is obtained Of the Indians. We can
recommend the book as harmless, yet sut-
iciently exciting TO all who like lively
reading. By Emerson Bennett Philadel-
phis; 7. Il. Peterson Il Brothers.
The publishers OF a German novel re.
Gently did neat thing in the way OF ad.
yertising. They caused TO be inserted in
|. most of the newspapers q notice to the
effect that certain nobleman OF wealth
and high position, DESTROYS of finding a
wife, wanted one who resembled the
heroine n the novel named. Whereupon
every manageable woman who saw the
notice bought the book in order to see
what the heroine was like, and the work
had sn in nense sale.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

4 LEADvULE mining company hired
All engineer to survey ditch and open
their mine. The ditch, nine miles long,
was dug aud a @'4.foot tunnel was run
into the claim. Il was then found that
the end Of the tunnel was only fourteen
feet from the surface and water ran the
wrong way in the ditch. This gives an
idea why some very fair ore bodies do
not nav Ia work.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
Cold Day for the spssrs"

While gentleman was walknsS', !.
Pleasant street the other day hen %
several English sparrowS PerSl"5 q. B
at the tail Of one VI their malen. .,
approached the group they ~
away except one, and that un' .e,s !,
one had his tail frozen into tue u,'D
He was . prisoner. The gen. 49, 4
freed the little bird and LEI nv
away. 1t appeared ~ II the
had i,een digging away al the w
lesse their captured comrs'e'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

NorHING but Strict quarantine regu'
lations can keep OH yellow fever this
year; for il is unusually prevalent at
Havana and other Cuban ports with
which We have extensive trade relations.
The National Board of Health is about
to establish refuge statiOn at SapelO
Island, and if the President will give
the subject attention and place at the
disposal of the national board the $780,
600 contingent fund under his control,
the country may he saved from an
endemic Of the fever.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
The Print Of q PeIon's Hand.


On the side Of the public road between
this place and Harris's Chapel, Tuck
ahOe Neck, Md, stands q large-sized
poplar tree, perhaps three feet in diane
ter at the ground, and on the bark,
some ten feet from the base, Is the mark
OF human hand, which II has borne
for about twenty years past. II was
produced in the following manner: In
1867, James Wilson, a bright muIatto,
about q years Of age. committed terri.
BILE crime upon little child. He was
hunted down, owned the crime, and
was lodged in our jail. A few nights
afterward he was forcibly taken from
the jail and hung and shot in the rear
OF that building by the Infatuated popu.
lace OF the nelghbofhood In which the
crime was perpetrated Aner he WA
dead bis body was cut in pieces nd
burned on the outskirts Of the town.
But one Of the hands, cut or at the
wrist, was taken In charge by some one.
and with . good-sized nail was spiked
TO this poplar tree. 1t remained there
until it decayed, and now the hand
print, fall size, may be seen on the
bark Of the tree, the nail which held n
in position still fast In tho tree. We
visited the spot last week and can vouch
for the correctness Of the above state
ment.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

THE latest news from Moscow in rela-
ton to the coronation preparations are
that no fewer than 1000 electric lamps
cover the cupola Of the great belfry
tower and 10 the cross; that new par
quet flooring is being laid down in all
the grand halls of the kremlin; that a
soldier with fixed bayOnet stands over
every group Of workmen, and that the
hotel prices have already advanced to
fabulous heights. Invitations to the
ceremony having rs yet been issued
only to men, some anxiety exists at st.
Petersburg among the ladies.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

Reei,,t>r Dr,i~,rat ard ch''"
A singular affair Is SAID 70 ~ Ia,
A freight trsin WA DESCENDING 49, q
burn grade, when . loose car - "a v
caught and carried up sev'fsl Is !. IA
Whirlwind. In coming doShE,
en- the "deck" OF . car, and 80 =
yied along, was replaced by .us -
Aurelius station, The sWIy "a
.sfisby )" bot the conductor s'0o''
tains Y to be Q fact.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

THAT leprosy should exist in Norway
!. rather remarkable, hut returns
recently published show that such is
the case, although the number is dimin-
ishing. At the end of 1875 there were
zoos lepers reported in the country,
and at the end of 1880 the number had
fallen 10 ! 49,. The disease is stated to
be due to the consumption Of food in an
unwholesomc condition, particularly
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
Lead viiles Rich G.aundres..

Mrs. Sarah Ray, a washers On. pa.
Of LeadviIle, who has made orr =.
OF 81 900, 900, has bad al evenliul "
She was the first white woman ',
ever dared to set foot LeadvIlIe; 80,
such helped found the city. sne ~
In the mines, secured the pialn y
scout, and last, but not least, ty~
washing from the Leadyil'c ulihe''
to-day has a snug little FORUM -
pays her an income OF >JI,Gy -!
She Is now q woman Of abou, ~ Va,
ing about 40 pounds, and Is rgs'Ss
spry. She has a daughter thai ~
educating i'm the East. who Il . ~"
some and lady like girl OF IS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

A RAILWAY PRESIDENT In Indians
has stirred up Methodist wrath by refus-
ing to run Sunday trains to and from
csmp-meetlng grounds. Employees OF
the road who had religious scruples are
permitted to have Sunday entirely free.
But the camp-meeting revenue Is seri
ously threatened.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

"a MILLION feet of lumber isaunual.
IL used in the manufacture Of base ball
bats" What with this and the enor-
nous amount of timber worked into
toothplcks each year is it any wonder
our forest are fading before the hand of
siviliyatiOO"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
Upseasonable LeSity In y PsrrsL
GLnsgor Herald.

Two English sailors went ashore Vi
their parrot In a japanese port tor
one oithe famous ugglcrs. Atevery IND
one of the sailors would say: 'N'
wasn't that clever? Wonder WI
he'll do next? Amer large numr
oftricks, followed each time by III
same remark, the jusgler made IN,
take and dropped burning stick 90
pile OF fireworks. The bombs aud craS
ems exploded, tore of part Of h
thatched roof, dispersed the audirn'
and scorched the parrots tail feather
The explosion was hardly over Tbd
the parrot called out: "Now, Wa
that clever? Wonder what he'll u
Dextu'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

Hen LICENSE in Portland, Oregon,
is a success. \ saloon Keeper arrested
for selling without license has been tried
convicted and sentenced. In June the
sstoughs' will make q desperate effort
TO elect members of the city council
favorable to free rum.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
Snnhag Resisten
SUNDAY, MAY Il, 1883.

The REGISTER has, by sew
eral thousand copies, a larger
circulation than any newspaper
published in the two NirSiniaS
or Eastern Ohio. Its a6yanta-
ges as an advertising medium
are therefor apparent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

The skill of the Chinese ID dwariSi
plants as well as the ladies pedal eItr'si
tiles Ii well known. Wesee II stated |
recent work on China that ladi- o'Hl
"upper ten" in the Celestial emP'|
wear in their bOsOms little fir ira
which by a carefully adjusted system 4
starvation, have been reduced to N
size OF button.hole flowers. These y
main fresh and ever green 10 ~:
dwarf state for q number years snl'l
regarded as symbols ofthe perp',ai!I u
love, to express which they ARE u~'
ladies Of the highest rank.