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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19
LITERARY NOTES,

In this issu, of the Current July 49,, A.
]. Grover writes upon Lincoln aud tn
Fugitive Slave Law" Charles Dimetry
oresents the third of his series Among
illinois Colonial Records" Professor David
Swing writes From the Woods; No. Nv.
of ,he valuable series. The Duel in Amer
ica,' By William Cabell Bruce, is given
Keep off the Grsssl' is the title of sug-
g,stiye sketch by q. G. Mstthews, one o.
the editors OF the Current; Mary
Isabel Patterson presents the fourth of her
charming series entitled "A swamp Sketch
Charles j. 0'Mslley continues in No. "
bis fascinating and valuable articles "BS
Marsh and Pool; "An Erouologics
Sketch" is by Frank P. Reno; Flora Haine,
Apponyi tells a tender, yet humorous shor
story, in "A TrusDt Episode; Charles
WhiriDg Baker concludes his talk sbou'
"CroSs and their Ways; and Chspse'
XXXY. Of Rev. E. P. Roes serial IAN
Original Belle" is given.-"The Current
Chicago.
The August Century will contain paper
on Hotel Keepiug-Present and Future
Also in the "0pen Letters" will be dis
cussed the question, What Shall be doas
with Our eI-PresidentsT In the Sepssm-
Der number will appear Gen. Grants article
on "yicksburg."
The PASsY for July is bundle of good
things for little folks 1t contains ftteer
well written and finely illustrated storie.
and q number Of pretty little poems By pop
ular writers. d. Lothrop & Co, Boston.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

soxE latter day reformsrs Of Warrington
are trying 10 revolutiouize the manner in
which ladies dresa The following b from
notices posted 10 various parts Of the city:
I'VE recommend public meetings to be
held under the auspices OF every Christian
church to take into consideration the speed
lest and most effective means of purifying
the temples of the Almighty God and
guarding them against inrosds being made
on public decency or morality By an incon-
siderable number Of the female attendants OF
our various churches, who. through igno-
rance, or perhaps worse, dare to enter the
house of prayer in q semi-nude or trans
parent gsrb, which would be more in bar
mony with the votaries OF the comique, or
the shrine Of Babel than the humble psnitent
seeking peace with God. BY order Of the
committee Of disguised gentlemen"
These disguised gentlemen" ought to
stay away from church or, if they 90 they
should veil their faces or keep their eyes
straight to the front. Every lady has the
natural and indefessible right to dress IS
she pleases this hot weather
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

Ryde is the largest town on the island,
and as the yachting centre and the annual
hall and regatta OF the Royal Vic;orls
Yacht Club it is very gay in the season. Ii
is also good point from which interesting
excursions may be made, but for purposes
of rest and quiet and study of local color
and character it is not 30 desirable. There
is o vast difference between the present ap'
pesrance Of Ryde with Its smooth beach Its
wide esplsnade. its broad views extending
20 the Solent Sea on the west and the En'
glish Channel on the east and south, taking
IN Osborne and Norris Castle, the beautiful
shores of Cowes, Appley Towers, st: Clare,
and its appearance to Fielding, who In l753
was carried here from wreck through what
he calls an impossible" gulf of mud BY two
men and lodged in "comfortless inn built
from the remains Of wreck.
Ofcourse the principal attraction Of Cowes
70 tourists is the Queens residence, Osborne
House, at least they think it is, and the subtle
influence of the fact doubtless assists to give
he charm which renders it sa fascinating to
he stranger. Bat there is no obtrusive
iunkeyism or subservience to royalty; the
Queen and the members Of her family are
private individuals, with the same rights,
though treated with great respect, are neither
nobbed nor followed. IL is often said there
is less Of vulgari,y here than in any other
resort in England, and in this respect it is
compared 10 our own Newport. But there
s q total absence of the assumption and
ess apparent exclusion and paraie OF
seslth than in Newport, aud it is Therefore
infinitely more agreeable to the casu Il visit
tor The season does not begin here till
July; it reaches its height in the early part
Of August and closes in September. Bat it
agreeable in some parts Of the Isle OF
Wight all the year round. There are parts
ot It that are desolation itself and Others
yhere the flowers bloom in the open air from
January to December. The Marine Parade
q The fashionable promenade, and it termi-
oates at she Green" psrk.like pleasure
ground. with velvet turf seats, trees, aud a
beautiful view over the Solent, on rising
ground, which was present to the town for
be use ofthe people by Mr.. R. Stephenson,
ION Of the famous engineer. A wide low
sindow of the ivy covered inn, where wrote
HE letter, faces the Parade, and be,Wesnit
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

There is a light house on the extreme
point juttipg out into the sea, and adventur
aus boatmen sail and row in between the
cruel, tagged, teeth.like rocks, but it is dan
gerous for one not an expert, for there are
powerful Inducements which sweep treach
erously down from fresh water and draw the
unsuspecting into the eddies and cavernous
pools beneath.
The usual transfer from the ship to tug
vas made in Southampton Bay and land
.pg effected with little trouble and loss Of
rine. On two previous occasions that l had
uttered England the small impediments car
ried by ladies was not examined at all, bu'
hey are more particular now, and every bag
tatchel and shawl strap was subjected to 3
-igorous examination for possible dynamite
cather than the contrabsnd whisky and to-
oacco. One of the boxes belonging to q
lady of our party had been put in her charge
for transmission to friend in London, and
she was herself quite ignorant Of what it
.cntained. On opening it some books and
important articles appeared, with wads Of
newspaper welded tightly in and about
lrge square tin box. The metal, however
ouiy appeared in one corner. The box itself
Sas wrapped in several folds Of brown ps-
er, and tied and kuotted, and knotted and
led, and finally sealing waxed in a most
o;midsble fashion. The deputy looked g.
he three women who stood sponsors for thu
oox. without knowing its contents, aud
finally called another deputy, and the sec
opd man summoned the chief. What was
n it?' No one could tell. The three men
Violently thought it was q ease" bur
ipally one cut the strings with an England
Expects" &c, sort of air, and every one
ooked curiously to see what the suspected
-epository contained. Six packages Of
duylers candy!-that was all. The men
ooked ashamed and bundled it up again
si,h more haste than care, while laugh
sent around the American side of the
Southampton Custom House.
Wehad something contraband, however, in
be shape Of bottle of genuine old Kentucky
shisky, which believer in its virtue had
put into our hands at parting, but which had
not oeen opened. This it was considered
might prove an acceptable gift to a patriotic
American living in London, provided the
amount of duty added to the trouble OF
carrying it did not make it too much of a
burden. The men looked at it, weighed it
in their hands; they knew it was good whis-
ky, and had an opportunity to turn the tables
and the laugh, but to their credit be it said
they refused to take advantage OF the stu
alton. One bottle to three, zach" said
one; that's not too much; let ii pass !"
And it did pass free of any duty whatever
Within an hour Of landing the whole ops-
ration had been satisfactorily psstormed aud
We were on board the Csrlsbrooke bound for
Cowes, our objective point while remaining
on the pretty Isle By the Sea.
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nd consisted of little more than two or

and consisted of little more than two or
three strsgghng villages and the relics OF
lo,mer enc castles and abbeys The Rev
LtiQh Richmond, who was carate Of Brsding
ana another small village from 1877 to 1906.
excited widespread interest in the people
among whom he dwelt BY his "Short and
Simple Annals Of the Poor which he IL
cluded the "Dairymsn's Daughter" and
Little Jane, the Young Cottsger." These
pious little narratives OF unwritten lives ex
eited sort of fuore and contained charm
ing incidental bits of description of the
varied and peculiarly beautiful scenery OF
he island. Bot the fashionable pre-emi-
uence il has attained, its rapid grosth and
increase in population, must be largely cred
tied to the influence of the present royal
family; to the fact that the Queen spent her
carly years with her mother, the Duchess OF
Kent, at Norris Castle, and felt so attached
o the locality that she purchased the Os-
horne House from her private funds AMI
maintains it sthe one home which is sacred
10 her own use and that of her family, and
from which all strangers are excluded.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19
PR0METHeAN FIRE.
H.Dry Irsing's Art of Acting.

Oh ACkfHH,
All the work that ia done on the stage
cannot stsnd upon the same level, any more
than all the work that is done 10 literature.
You DO not demand that your poets and
nUvtlists shall all be Of the same calibre.
An immense amount Of good writing does
10 more than increase the gciety Of man.
kind; but when johnson said thaa the faisty
OF nations Va, ecipsed BY the death Of Gar.
nck, he did not mean that q mere
barren amusement had lost oue
Of lis professors When Sir Joshua Rev.
Dolds painted Mrs Siddous a. the frssic
Muse, and said be had achieved in mortality
by putting his name on the hem of her mr.
ment. be meant something more thsn D
pretty compliment. for ber name can never
die. To give genuine and wholesome ents-
tsinment is very large junction of the
usge, and without that entertainment yerv
many lives wouli lose Q stimulus Of the
highest valne. If recreation of every
legitimate lind Is invslusble to the
worker. especially 20 il the
recreation of the drama, which brghteus his
faculties, enlsrees his vision of the p;ctur-
eeque, and by taking him Tor . time oat Of
this work s-dsy world. braces his sensibili-
ties for the lsbors Of life. The art which
does this may surely claim 10 exercise more
than . fleeing inAasuce upon the worlds
intelligence. But in its highest develop
mepts It does more: It acts e . constant
medium ior the diffusion Of great ideas and
by throwing new lights upon the best drs.
matte literature, it largely helps the srestA
of education.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

ONE Of the things proposed By the South
Imerican Trade Commission is the iSsuiug
Lew silver coin TO be legal teuder
noIg the governments Of the United
lstes, Mexico, and several Central and
outh American States. A number Of the
IpubEcs are very favorable to such prop
lition. The President of Chih treated all
le proposals of the commissioners except
is with contempt. Such q coin would be
great convenience in the commercial in
recourse between the American republics,
ID the proposition at FIRST sight seems
Iod one. But ~h.n the difficulties that
lowed the issuing Of the trade dollar are
'nsidered aud when the peculiar relation
at silver bears to our financial system are
aided carefully. the striking Of such coin
ems risky and unWise. Our home currency
not yet on q firm enough basis, to begin
h spread ng out as this.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19
JENNIE JUNE m EUROPE.
England on the Lookout for Dyna-
mite In Tourists Satcheis. ,
The Isle Of Wight and Queen victoria's One
Home from Which Strangers are
Exciuded.--Englaad's Sum
mer Resort not so Gay
as Americas
Newport.
Copyrighted 1851

Special Cbrregoadesoe Of the Sunday Register.
Cows, ISLE OF WIGHr, July 3-The Diff
'ererce between two days could hardly be
more markedthan that which divides the past
-xepty.four hours from the present in the
mind of your correspondent. Yesterday q
soodly company were gathered on the mag
li6cent steamer Ems, the majority suffering
al the horrors OF channel passage, for al
unusually calm and pleasant voyage was be-
pg brought to tempestuous close. Ocean
voyages are all alike, and only the fair
Shether and little break in the machinery,
.hich detained Us some hours in such sun.
hire as made our ship seem like q fairy
,essel becalmed in an enchanted ocean, va,
lied the restful brightness of the days. That
incident deserves mention, however, for
,etter reason than the cessation that it az
orded from the noise and jar of the quiet
machinery. 1t imposed so long and ardu
Gus task upon the machinists, who would
stop neither for food nor rest till it was com
pleted, that the passengers raised hand
some sum to be divided among them. But
he Captain would by no means consent that
i should be offered to them. He said,
These engineers are experts; they are gen
,lemen; they have each won university
hopors; they have only done their duty;
hey would feel insulted." But it was rep
resented that the money had been given anc
could not now be returned, SO the Captain
,tated the case to the engineers and at their
suggestion the money was given to tn
Widows and Orphans Fund of Seamen."
do not know whether this little act and
he captious way Of putting 1t, will strike my
readers as it did some Of us who saw anc
heard it, but l know it thrilled one Of them
aid made her glad and thankful that there
are men who do good work for their honor
and regulations sake and are gentlemen il
be engine room as we'll as in dress suit.
The delay brought us nearly day later into
southampton hsrbor and perhaps occasion
j our rough experience of weather da
.irg the last twenty,fo hours that we speu
n beard the steamer, and which left behinc
he gray and lowering skies that greeted ou
u preach 10 the famous Needles th'
,oints of rock which rear their fiiuty head
md form the first view of the Garden o.
2rgland' The Isle OF Wight.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS.

Jay-Eye-See is not being trained bard this
season, as he has no engagements.
Lorillard's Wanda won the Lorillsr6
takes in 2 36l, the fastest time the rae,
vas ever done IN.
The sporting men of Canton, Ohio propose
o give l2h yards foot handicap for cast
prizes the after part OF the month.
In q fve-mlle roller skating race at thu
'olumbia Rink. in Boston, ]. A. Snowder
defeated E. l.. Maddox. The prize was
purse.
The Association of Missouri Wheelmer
1as disbanded and handed the balance o.
,ver $40 in Its treasury to the new Stat
Division of the l.. A. W., which formed the
anne day.
A scullers' regatta, open to all, for cash
,rizes. is to be rowed near Pittsburg, on
July 20.
Captain Jennings has been appointed
encing master TO the Olympic Athletic
Club at San Francisco.
Ed. Skinner and Ssm Wagner. the sprint
'unners, are at aolyoke, Mass, are endeavor-
pg to get on matches
The Springfield. Mass, Athletic Club will
hold an athletic tournament at Hsmpden
Park. Springfield, in August
John L. Barnes, ex-sprinter and boxer,
has started in business as manager of sport
ing events at ST. Paul, Mimi.
j. C. Little and j. p, McQuiggsn are to
run half mile race at South birmingham,
Mass, on July %. for $500 side.
Harry Gilmore, Of Toronto, is out with
mother challenge to any Us to l33 pounds
Hanadian for fight to finish.
Eph. Morris has new sculliug protege
n charge, whom be believes will be able 70
oeat his former charge, Teemer.
W. q. Buttan and Danial j. Rose are to
run two miles for S. 0 q side, on the Fsii
Grounds, at Topeka, Kansas, on July Is.
During the coming Summer Maud s. viii
~ to lower her record at Cleveland and i
he fails to beat 09l she win probably be
rought back to Belmont.
Mr.. Cohenfeld is willing to match Msxey
Cobb against Psllas for anoIher race, to
come OF in New York or Providence,
but be says be will not allow the stallion to
20 West again.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

lTHE Russian bear tries o look pescesble,
ID he can't keep from showing his ugly
eth and stretching out his vicious claws.
his disturbs the British lion and be keeps
ofnself in warhke attitude continually.
bste kilograms say that Ru'sis feigns 70 be
Dry much surprised that England is look
o. With suspicion upon her advance south
thrd. But this is the same old game Rus
e. has been playing for ages. In all her
broqests in Europe and Asia, she has ad-
donced slowly and surely. and has expressed
ops same feeling of surprise whenever others
re protest. She sEears always that her
lions are entirely pesceable, but
vi the same time keeps brand
IF ling the sword and marching
40 ward. If the lion aud the bear NEE,
usk out for the fur 70 fy. Many business
.oSr. both Of Europe and America, are
the contest with interest. Tue
e. h will bring q fortune to some Of them
, b ruin to others A war would advance
D price of Americ an agricultural products
ca katly. As the crops are almost failure
In some European countries and the great
he hin producing sections in England and
ssis would be greatly neglected, there
nuld be quite demand for American pro-
'osets. 1t is q strange rule, as the world
us L. that one mans misfortune is snother's
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

aud the Green is the Castle. now used as q
club house by the Royal Yacht Squadron,
who lease it from the Crown. The building
is one Of two forts constru ,ted for defence
of Henry VIII from materials brought from
Beaulieu Abbey, and is situated at bend
in the road, where the view of the terrsced
wall If West Cowes and East Cowes, across
the Medina, is widest and finest, but the
tower is too close to the view to present in
itself an imposing or picturesqe effect Il
is not, however commonplace, and presents
a pretty sight when the squadron is gathered,
IS it is to day, in the bri ght bluegreen wa.
rers of the S 'ent, flags flying, c'sws and
forming groups on shore, neat
little boats plying in all directions. Cowes
of course, is nothing if not nautical. The
'bildren wear sailor suits, the girls sailor
hots, with sprinkling Of the coarse straw
oonnets, so common among English girls,
nd which look all alike, with tueir trim
nipgs of cream lace and aowers Redteru
brothers have their original house here, and
Ie the authority on yachting suits aud tai
or made gowns, pr obsbly because they de-
ign for the Princess of Wales and all the
oycities. At least dozen cloth gown.
nave been madeas part Of the trousseau o.
be Princess Beatrice, and wool costume
re the steady wear Of the younger member.
of the Of the royal family in all its branches,
and they all bear the Redtern stamp. Th.
hop is unpretendipg enough, but it contains
great variety Of wooden materials, spsci.
ally woven, specially dyed, specially match
I'd in exclusively manufactured braids, but
tons, silk Innings. and 6nishings of various
kinds. This specialization Of materials and
heir admirable preparation aud fhish and
the vigorous attention to detail are the gresr
features Of the house, while the demand Of
its customers for garments for special pur-
pose, always designed with reference to the
purpose, supplies constant srccession o.
novelidess. A new design for q gown is
named the "Admirars Trousers because
Of the broad gold braid stripes which form
The side panels and the gold embroidered
cuffs, vest and epaulettes, all upon cream
white in conjunction with admiral blue chud
dab, or vicuDa cloth. The belt is leather
with gold stitching and finish.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

Yachting is pursued here with degree
OF esrnestness unAno#n to less maritime
communities. Ladies as we'll as gentlemen
make business OF it. and dress for it, not by
having one semi-ssilor suit made for oc-
cssional trips, but by keeping on hand 9
complete wardrobe for morning, evening,
stateroom, deck and society, as we'll as
solitary occasions. There are special wraps,
with large, full dolman, or or rather clerical
sleeves lined wi b crimson plush or figured
raw silk, for ladies' who leave the yacht to
dine with friends on shore, and breakfast
jackets Of cream cloth, embroidered With the
berger in gold or colors, and with the initials
or monogram on the top of the left arm to
match the flag. The buttons are specially
made and hand painted With the flag upon
the surface, or gold officers buttons are
used and kept for permanent possessions.
The Princess of Wales uses the Royal Yacht
Squadron buttons in gold.
Perhaps the reader would like to know
how much it costs to live in this Jewel set
in the sea" in way that is really not
economical, but altogethrr delightful. For
our party, consisting OF three lsdies-two
Young, one not 80 youpg-we have three
rooms, two-s bedroom and sitting room
fronting on the Parade and having a bal
copy in front lined with flowers and creeping
vines of various kinds which screen from
observation while sfording lovely lookout
over the fair waters Of the Solent and the
ever-changing panorama upon sea and
land. The sitting room is we'll furnished
and in excellent taste with sofa, five easy
and armchairs, stands, centre table with dark
embossed cover, light rosewood chairs With
peacock brocsded covers; quaint old boutfet,
pictures. some bound copies of illustrated
works ard the "Argosy;" maptel mirror,
iambrequin, screen .sud ornaments; inlaid
ccal bod and brass FIRE irons. The chair
cove 8 are artistic, and the rugs are ofskins
or match the carpet. The one vide window
forms door which opens on the balcony,
and gives conservatory extension which is
charming and full of sweetness and color.
Tie beds are excellent, all the appointments
very clean and we have our meals served
by neat.hsndcd Phyllis who possesses that
curious touch of refinement in speech and
manner 30 universal among the young wom-
en- of the lower middle class in England and
seems part OF them not at all dependent
on the more or less of the three Rs they
may have acquired, or even the little Latin
and less Greek; for educated girls in
England often do kind Of work for pay
which a graduate Of an American high school
would would consider herself far too good
For these a commoda,ions, not including
The attendance, We pay FIVE and sixpence
per day, for meals from one and sixpence
to two and sixpence for each person, accor-
ding to what we order. So.that our average
of cost, including fresh strawberries, which
we buy and add to our eggs or fish in the
morning and to our tea in the evening, is
about s per day each and we have all been
wishing every moment since we have been
here that our few, too few, days could BE ex-
tended indefinitely.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19

PRoFEssoR WALTER h. SMITH, of Mon
treaI, weather prophet OF some renoun,
predicts that about August 9Th. when Saturn
and Mars are in conjunction, serious wealth.
er disturbances may be expected. In the
southwestern and western States he looks
for great storms with destructive electrical
activity, heavy rains. cloudbursts and wash
outs. Local storms will occur at other
places over the continent.