The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-30
ONLY ONE LIFE.

have before me fac-simile copy OF
the London Times, October s, 1898. 1t
is twenty-three inches by seventeen.
print clear and large. It is q mite in
comparison with the Times of to-day
1t contains thirty-seven advertisements.
There are thousands of country news
papers now printed that are larger and
more imposing. 1t is plain affair.
The age of the news items Is note
worthy. The items from Weymouth
were five days old, those from Plymouth
four days, and those from Portsmouth,
Harwich and Yarmouth three days
The Times of that date has this item:
"Among the wonders of the present
day, Mrs Siddons' late achievements at
Brighton, Bath and London should not
be forgotten. She positively performed
ut each Of these places within the i'm
credible short space of ninety-six
hoursr'
Bath is one hundred and six miles
west of London. and Brighton fifty-one
miles south.- Itwas a wonder of quick
travel that enabled Mrs. Siddons to play
in each of these three places, travelling
in all three hundred and fourteen miles
and all within four days. TODAY
the great tragedienne were alive and
sin condition" n"-she might play in Bath
in the morning, give matinee, in LON
don after lss1seh, and cap the climax by
appearing on the boards at Brighton at
night So far as travelling is concerned,
she might accomplish the trip with little
fatigue, and have several hours to rest.
And Just here / am reminded that last
week met q lawyer and his wife in the
Pullman car ssThracia," which left
Jersey City Wednesday evening and
reached st. Louis Friday morning.
Their business required haste. Sunday
evening they left ST. Louis in the
ssThracia, and were in New York
Monday morning at ten o'clock They
had been from home four days and two
thirds of q day, had travelled twenty
one hundred miles, and after day and
= half in St Louis had been. out only a
few hours longer than Mrs Siddon's
incredible short space of time"
In fact, if Mr. Booth should choose
to do so, he might play in New York
Monday night, in Chicago Thursday
night, and in New York the second time
Saturday night the same week.
But this IS mixing the old and the
new-not very disagreeably, however.
The fac-simile Times of October s,
1873, has one item of news that is In
several respects noteworthy. 1t an
nounces Nelson's victory of the Nile.
That battle occurred on the 1st of Aug
ust, and was not known in London un-
til the I'd Of October. Two months
were occupied in transmitting the news;
The official news OF the glorious victory
obtained by Admiral Nelson over the
French Fleet, near Rosetta, arrived at
the Admiralty yesterday morning al
quarter pasl eleven O'clock"
1t is very likely the continent was not
in condition to make travelling safe
for an English courier And so Captain
Capel had to sail through the Straits OF
Gibraltar, taking two months to carry
s'the glorious news" to England. Thai
night s'the illuminations were general
throughout the metropolis and lis
neighborhood- And all ranks
of the people seemed to participate in
the glorious news" And after the play
lit was Mr.. Kemble-that night, the
news of Admiral Nelson victory ''pro-
duced q burst of patriotic exnltatior
that has rarely been witnessed in
theater." The audience sung "Ruls
Britannia and then sung it again will
s'the loudest and most fervent acclama
tons we have ever witnessed They
rounded out with ssGod Save the King.
Two months to get the news of Mel
sons victory of the Nile to London
that is = fact to keep in mind Now M
battle can be fought anywhere in tn.
British Empire without the Londonel
knowing all about it in the next day
Times And If the victory be on thl
right side or the wrong he viii So,
s'God Save the Queen." But to thinl
of the victory of Wolseley over Arab
taking months or even two days il
getting itself reported in Londoni Surel,
the world has been s.marehing in
with big strides as If with ..seyen leagu
boots
I am here reminded of an inciden
which affords point Of comparison be
tween the sold times y and the new
In 1871 Ashbel Green and Samue
Beach, Of Hanover, entered junior. hal
advanced, at Princeton. The forne
became q noted man. In 1765 he wa
valedicforian, and had the honor Of ad
dressing Washington. The two Han
over classmates became tutors in tn
college. In 17s5 Beaeh's health brok
down and he removed to Charleston
he wfote letter to his father, who i
the stilted style Of the day. be addresse
as "Honored Sir.r In that letter oc
ours the reference which is TO serve a
the point of comparison. He mention
the fact that his father letter had bee
only twenty days in its passage fror
New York to Chariestonl 1t seemed Z
him very wonderful. But now tn
fastest Guion steamer can cross the Al
lantic twice in that time, with time
change cargoes and stock the ship.
In fact we live m day when wor
ders, that are almost miracles, 90 un
noticed by us. A while ago, q Newar
banker asked Fisk & Hatch, in Wa
street, If they wanted hundred thor
sand dollars of United States bonds of
certain kind.
The city banker at once engaged hl
friend in an animated conversatio
about Newark. In few minutes
seemed but short ,time-the Wa
street man said to the Newark maj
"Yes, we win take the bonds.p An
when the transaction was completed
said: 1t may interest you to kno'
that while we were talking about you
Wide-a1ake city, had teiegraphed
our correspondent in Germany d
scripfion of the bonds and the questio
II they would buy them And receive
their answer In the affirmativer'
Think of Captain Capel two month
conveying the news Of Nelson's victor
of the Nile to London I'm 1873, an
Samuel Beach magnifying the wonder
Of the mail In 1890, which had carried
letter from New, York 10 Charleston
twenfy daysi The comparison is shar
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