Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-14
Charm of the Isle of Wight.

| He's cried hls last Amen,
Charm of the Isle of Wight.
Or if you are fond Of antiquities you will
| 90 to Carisbro0ke and see the room where
| Princess Elizabeth, heart broken at the i'm.
prisonment and death of her father, Charles
!, was found dead with her head OF the
| open Bible, at the text: Come unto me
all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and
| | wIil give you rest Or if fond of tragedy
you will stand on the bank at sundown, and
lock of upon the water where few years
aeo the Eurydicc sank with all on board I'M
Ger a sudden squal A gentleman de-
stribed the scene and how the bodies looked
as they were brought upon the beach. Oh,
how ", nderful for all styles OF interest is
ibis Isle OF Wight The bay, the yachts,
Ike hills, the mansion, the harbors, the
bridges, the seventy.two thousand s0uls,
augmented By the temporary population
rem lie sweltering citIeg; Ven,nor and
Underciif and Shanklin Chine and Black
! Gang. TIE isle, ,wentythree miles loug by
thirteen ' ide, is ore great dream Of beauty
What tres arch It What streams silver
it, Wb,r flowers enboss it What memo
ries faa. it
"Tne sparkling strrlml"r fryous hri-,', ant irer
Leaps thror5 "a the rocky ricus 10 kiss the "a"
Memorable among M wanderings Of the
summer Of 1885 will be The day spent on
the lsle Of Wight The long storm Of
weeks lifted that morning, and there were
gardens above ss well as 1ardens beneath,
groined roof O. cloud over tesselated pave
ments and field Fleets sailing the sky.
Boats racing in tAe bay and regsttas Of
cloui on the sly. The scenc seemed let
dow1 out of heaven on Two crimson pulleys
Of suaIise and sunset. lfyou want to min.
gle win the jolly masses OF Ecgland let
loose or holiday, 80 to Brightoa. If you
want E zee the highest fashion OF The realm
and relie7e the plethora Of al Cpoplcctic
pCcketboo 90 to Scarborough. Bot if you
want 10 dream Of eierrs! woods, and eternal
waters, and eternal slashine, ma ce your
pillow sor1 awhere on tie hlissfnl end en-
chantirg i?le of Wight.
From this scene we tcss express tIoin for
SCorland, ard alight in .he evening at
no;el ialf way between EdinbUrg Castle
and Hokrooi Palace.
There is sGl ething abcat
IISscOtCn tNi-Ns ger.
whether meet it in New yc.k or London
or Edinburgh, that thrills n" through and
thIeugh. Perhaps it is becaace have such
: strong tide OF Scotch blood il my own
arteries. Next % my own be.oyed country
1--WE lie Scotland Tor residence and grave.
The people are il such downright earnest
here 3 such a roar in their .n!rth, iike il
empcst in The !rOSsacas, Take Gas-
.ow au3i.nce and speaker laUst have his
teet H,2l planted on the platform or he VIII
re overn sstered by the sympathy Of the
popuiaoe. They are not ashamed to cry
with their broad palms wiping away the
Ears, and they make no attempt at cup
prcssiln oI glee They Go not 1:wpcr, or
Snicker or Cbuckle Throw :. oke into a
Scotch naa ear and it rolls down to the
centre . bis diaphragm and then .preads
out toth ways toward foot and b:ow until
be emotion become, volcanic, aad from
he longest hair Oh the crown OF the head
o tho- tip end Of the ne.i "a he
olg toa there is psroxysm
of cac&naaSiOn No hai nd "a. about
be Scotch character. What he hGts5 he
hates Wha, he likes he likes md he
lcts yo2,know il ri-ht away. -;e . alto
lethtr liberal or altogether Tory. llis
Duhtics ecid, !, his religion decided. Oct
nim r;gh:, and he is magni!.crat!g ri-h'
'iet him wrong and he is awtUllY wrong. \
~cotchnan seldom chan-es Ey tn time
he has landed fairly on his f,st n this
world, he has made up his .oind and be
keeps i made up. lf ho djsiikas fiddle in
church. 70" cannot smuggle i,ria under the
name G: has viu We ike persistence.
Lie = o short that a man cannot af:Ord
very often 10 change his mind II the
I,rasl:tss in the wiIdern s. had hOi few
scotch leaders instead OF wandering about
or years they would in three week have
sottsn to the Promised Ian, o. somewhere
Use, Just as decided.
But national
characteristics are GraslII.s-ly Giving Way.
The Tweed is drying up. The Atlantic
Ocean uader steam pressuse is becoming
a Fulton Ferry. When asked John
Bright if he was ever coming to America
ne said No; America comes to me.
Resides that, American breadstuhs ard
American meat must have their effect on
European character All careful observers
know that what men eat nightly effects
heir character The mission
ary among the Indians
CONF eIled 10 live on anima food gets some
# III" nature of the Aborgines, whether he
will or not The Anchor line of steamers
goiug to Glasgow takes great
Cargoes Of American Meats
TO Scotland. TIE meats Of arimals butch
rred in America is kept on steamers IL a
cool draught especially arranged for that
purp0se. The meat market OF Scotland is
reyolurioni ed The Sco;chman eating
American beef and American mutton and
American veri,on becomes partly Amerl.
eau. English farmers deplore the coming
II Of so much American bTeadstui5. The
Enghshman eating American wheat and
American rye and American corn, must
become in part AmrricaniGed. And here
fs an element Of safety which poIiticaI
-conomists would do well TO recognize
The cereals and the meats OF
one nation becoming the food OF the other
na'iOv, il prophesies assimilation and broth
arhoo1 1t will De very difficult tor Amer
can beef to fight American beef, aud Amer
icsn mutton 10 fight american mutton and
American corn TO H.ht American cora
,lough il may be found on the opposite SD"
Of the Atlantic. The world is gradually ST
rirg down AZ one table. and the breAd viii De
made CT Michigan wheat and it will De cut
With Sheffield knives. The rice will De
b-ought from Carolina s~amps and cooked
with New castle coal. and set on the table
in Burslem pottery while the air comes in
through the window upholstered with Not
tingbam lace And Italy will provide the
rsisins. and Brazil the nuts, and all nations
add their part to the universal testivit7.
What a time of accord when all the world
breakfasts, and dimes, and sups together
T. DE- WITT TALWAGE.
Davis leland Dam Blowout.