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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-31
THOREAU'S HOME.
Walden Pond and the amo Hermit
Who Lived There.
Especial Correspondencc. ]

Especial Correspondencc.l
BosToN, Oct. 25.-I visited Walden pond
q few days since. You know, Thoreau lived
there alone in u house he built for himself, a
whole mile from the nearest ~neighbor, and in
his house he did his own cooking. This was
a wonderful thing for n man to do in New
England, but a very common occurrence west
of the Rocky mountains, where thousands OF
lone men have lived twenty miles from the
nearest neishbor, year in and year out.
Thoreau wrote all about it, and very pleas
antly, too, and became a notorious hermit,
and was visited by Emerson, Hawthorne,
Alcott and the rest Of the book-making gasg
of his time, who wrote him up still more, 50
surprised were they that n college bred man
could have the courage to sleep alone IN q
house within q quarter Of a mile from the
Fitchburg railway track. Somebody has
been writing ever since about this literary re-
clusc, who hated civilization SO much that he
went and lived 4 whole mile from it. There
is every probability that Thoreau will lie
written up and make his periodical appear
ance in the magazines for the next half cen
fury.
He was a genuine lover of nature. Tho
mistake he made was in not going to Cali
fornia in 40" putting up a cabin on the
north fork of the StanislauS, high up in the
mountains, where there is from twelve To
twenty feet of snow from December till April.
No nciChbor on either side for thirty miles,
and no way out to tho settlement save
OH snow shoes. Then he and his friends
would AVE had something to brag about.
ANY old California miner would have counted
Thorcau's asa fright lively location. How
ever, Thoreau did the best he could under the
circumstances. Possibly if he had to do i:
over again he would try u hermitage where
he would run no risk of becoming q curiosity.
There are islands in the Pacific unknown and
unnamed where he could pull oblivion over
himself and not require even a suit OF civil
cations hated raiment.
From Walden pond the solitude OF Tho
reau's time has departed. Ii is now a picnic
ground-a place subject to excursion inva-
Sions of the city Apaches, male and female,
from Boston-a rcvel Of swings, boats, pea
nuts, ice cream md ginger beer, while the
well trodden wonis echo with the beast like
cries and yells of these city savages, who are
really very dangerous when half full OF beer
and armed with the dollar revolvcrs and full
set of cartridges 10 he bought at the cheap
hardware and notion stores, and unsafe when
fired both to the man i'll front or behind the
weapon. MAX ELTON.
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A European Scientists Experiment.

have somewhere read q story Of q Gu
rious experiment, by n scientist In Eu-
rope, upon al idiot, wherein IL is gravely
related that he took cut such brains ~ he
found, and substituted a curious chro-
nomcter-likc mechanism, set In the idiots
skull. This mechanical continuance
worked so logically. and so u~nerringly
guided the actions Of its possessor, that
he gained vast wealth, and q wonderful
~ascendency over the minds OF men and
women by the force Of apparent mental
power, but unmixed with any moral per
ception or control, and became q most
powerful and dangerous man. The Sc.
cret was discovered by n prying ~sayant,
who robbed the idiot Of his mechanism
during sleep, when the latter relapsed
into his native idIocy. The story is en-
ingenious illustration Of n being pro-
peeled by q force cxtrinsic to reason "A.
A. Sargent in Overland Monthly.
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Tho Cars on English p,,,.

Between Glasgow and Edinhp,,A,
run nearly every hour, and ON ~.
ing lines Of railway, a continuous 80
Of trains passes. All the road. IH'
e 50 far have parallel track, ana :,
management Of the trains /. ~
The cars arc all on the European MA
large box cor cut up into compartmar,.r
walls built across il, and each Of the
partments is entered by n door a, each =
Of the al There are abou, four ~
each coach, and these room> am g.
six feet wide and eight feet lonv,nn..
Of the car. The coaches are no, a, l.,'
rs ours They are not as tas,eiprlr -.
nished, and the fine woods and ,l.,,..
furnishing Of our American cars Az, :,
to be seen. In these cars five pcrs,b,r,
be accommodated on each seat Of N. =
ond and third class, and as each con,,-
ment has two seats, which face "a
other, each compartment acconmod,,.
ten persons.
The third class cars are greatly irnp,,
ing Of late, and they are. as A mi.
patronized by the English people o, a,
middle and lower and not a few O, n
upper classes. This patronage Ia, .
creased Of late years To such IN el,s.
that many Of the roads have abolished n
second class and now III only Gn, A.,
third class cars. These English railrO.J
make a great deal Of money. The IA,
lish Midland road pays u diyideat I
about ten per cent. yearly, and its inoJs,
Is over S35, 900, 600 n year. Frank Geo,
Carpenter In Cleveland Leader.
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A ~nONEY-lOVlNG DOG.
His ToadyistiC PropenSities and His
knowledge of Coin.

His TOadyistic Propensities and His
knowledge of Coin.
special Correspondcnccl
New YORK, Oct. 25.-Mr. Herkimer, an
acquaintance OF mine, has 4 dog named Dick,
who has as worldly a mind as any animal
that ever pretended to have an emotional
nature. He will attach himself to no one
whom he thinks poor. 1t is his belief that
money should be put TO but one use, and that
IS to buy meat. The jingle of silver coin will
rouse him from the profoundest slumber he
ever enjoyed. Paper money is valueless in
his eyes, but coin is a thing to be worShiped.
He always accompanied his masters children
to the butcher shop, and as they generally
carried small change to pay for the meat,
and jingled it ~extravagantly, he learned to
put u practical value on specie. For poor
people, or those who looked poor, he showed
no consideration. A snob and a toady of high
degree is be. Ladies and gentlemen who
wore fine clothes pleased him greatly. He
reasoned that they who dressed richly and
rode in carriages could afford to buy meat;
consequently, he cultivated them, as all that
made life worth living was meat.
PerverSe is the genius Of destiny. This
MISUNDERSTANDING dog belonged to a family
that only INDUCED themselves in meat when
the head of the household was at home. As
be was away the greater part of his time, the
dog was forced to undergo long seasons Of
abstinence from meat. This was his greatest
cross, and he did everything within his power
to induce his mistress TO have compassion on
him. he would sit and look in the direction
Of the butcher shop, and groan and sigh like
one Of S~hakeSpeares disappointed SWANS.
Sometimes he would walk mournfuIly toward
the goal Of his ambition, and return with
hanging head and lolling tongue, wearing an
expression of utter detection and despair.
When all other methods of appeal failed, he
curled up in a corner and feigned excessive
weakness Nothing could induce him 10 hold
up his head or stand on his feet. Apparently,
he was altogether too weak TO exert himself
50 much. When that stage Of exhaustion
was reached, his mistress would say: GPoor
Dick! he is very weak and feeble; / think a
little bit OF meat would help him" The word
meat was Dicks cure. Instantly he would
bound up and begin to frisk around in the
most excited manner. Meat would be sent
for and Dick would I'LL himself to the neck.
and be in good spirits for q week or2wo.
Among those he did not like was a woman
who came frequently to the house to sew.
She was stability dressed, and came in
through the back door, which was quite
enough to give the worldly-minded Dick a
poor opinion OF her. he growled at her
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QUERIES
For Grown People to Answer IL They
Can.
ESPECIAL Corrcspondencc.l

Especial Correspondence
New YORK, Oct. 25.-Who invented old
age? Was man really made for old age, ard
stiff joints? Ordoes his ignorance make it for
himf How old do you suppose Methusaleh
looked in his SOOth year, Do you suppose he got
presents on 200 birthdays! Was Mrs. Mrthu-
saleh as old as Mr.. Methusalehl Dare Mrs.
Methusaleh say she was 500 hundred years
old!
What makes most men when turned 50
get so sober, so dignifed and SO stiff in
the joints Why can't a man climb an apple
tree as well rs a boyi Is it weight of dignity
OF lack of musclel Why do we stick so much
on our chairs and become as 9ctting hens ut
AZ Why does life get SO serious and sober
rs we grow older and WISER Why should q
boy enjoy himself more on ten cents than q
man on $40, while grown up folks work
and fret and worry, buy all the grub and pay
all the house renti Would you like to buy u
boys mind for twenty-four hours and have an
afternoons fun in the frog pond with a raft
or two Of boards and n lath TO push itf How
busy it does keep one, though, to have q
curious, inquisitive, inquiring, prying mind.
Hasn't n man as good a right 10 the worth Of
his money as a boyi Are bare legged urchins
playing in mud puddles to have nl the fun in
this worldl EBBoN OLIVER.
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Packing Tomatoes In Earth.

! was In the packing shed a few di,
since watching them pack tomaic,. Z
be sent to England. They arc put % a
infusorial earth. the discovery aud !.
Of which was made by J. Fraser Turaa,
n young civil engineer Of Montreal. vi
Is experimenting here in the packing 4
fruit. The bed Of this earth is at a.
bottom Of Folly lake, In Nova Sofa
which Mr. Torrance has purchased ira
the crown. IL promises Ia bccoGs u
invaluable article for packing fruits N
eggs, which latter very pcrishHble atF.
have been kept perfectly fresh 10 til
six months, the experiment having 20
successfully proved ny Miss Jadk Ia
earth IL u white powder. dcyelopt
under a powerful microscope into ni
lads Of shells, and II Is rs light a, cl
starch, 50 that II adds but little 10 d
weight OF the fruit --~ChatcauRuay IIsl
Cor. Boston Transcript.
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when she attempted to make friends w.t.
him. and avoided her as much as possible, UNI
i'll one day he saw his mistress pay her some
money. Part Of it was silver coin, and the
rattle OF it attracted his attention. He
watched her put the money in her pocket
and then Immediately began to fawn upon
her, and assume great friendship for her. A
piece Of silver money lying on q table or
chair would throw him into transports of joy.
He occasionally went with the family to
church, but the contribution basket and Its
rafting contents sent him into spasms of de-
light. The expressions Of his feelings were 80
boisterous and altogether unsuited to the place
and occasion that he was finally compelled to
forego his church privileges. The jingle Of
coin was UGH sweet music to his ears that he
could find pleasure for hours at a time in
picking up a piece Of silver money and let
ting it drop ON a bare floor. Bits of lead in
the shape of half dollars were sometimes
left in his path, but he was never fooled
by them. His ear for the ring of
pure metal was altogether too good. He
learned to know the imitation coin at a
glance, and refused to go near enough to it
to smell il. His master became interested in
his misery instincts and taught him TO dis
tin9uish one coin from another. Different
pieces of silver money would be laid on the
floor and Dick asked to bring them, one by
one, as they were called for. He seldom
failed to bring the right one, at least to pick
it out. Sometimes he had difficulty in lift
ing the smaller coin, but when he couldn't
lift them he set his foot on them and howled
his delight in recognizing them. To avoid
trouble of this kind his indulgent master
fastened a set of silver pieces on blocks.
These were considered Dicks especial proper
w, and woe betide any one who meddled
with them. They were kept in q basket and
he alone put them away and brought them
forth. Fond as he was Of seeing money ex-
pended he was a miser with his own wealth.
Let any one say, as his mistress sometimes
did, as q tremendous joke, LET US spend
Dicks money" lie Immediately rushed for
his basket of coin and grabbing it in his
teeth growled defiance at any one who dared
try to get possession OF it
This proves that dogs are amenable TO what
We call civilization; that the financial features
of it nave the same charm for those who I'M
derStand them that they have for men. | am
sorry to admit this, for | had hopes that dogs,
being without the love of money in their
hearts, would surpass us in the process Of
evolution. Alas! the jingle Of the guinea
can corrupt even their honor.
GERTRUDE GARRISON.
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aru.,,,o aud Conbinr the ses'p

A prevalent idea IA that ~h1eh.r.,,s
that frequent brushing and . ak
Of the scalp with a hard D "a!
proper treatment of the han
Is more contrary to scientific trt
and fact. All authorities O sr,s
ment Of the skin and hair aefre .p
that the use Of the hard D'u 20 tx
commonly used, IL destrneu' krS
hairs. The skin Is irritateo y -
brushing. The hairs are DlV \. ~
bruised By such treatment, ah a =
that scurf Is removed by this ,h,.b
delusiye, for scurf forms fas,e .boal
fore. The hairbrush therefor ,uI
be soft. DIR. Pincus says: c.I
at fhc head, to smooth n h'aI.s .
hair. or, Is IS sometimes m % 10.
curl smooth hair, Oh to renno pes
scurf from the head, y dss
cious." The ordinary haifer ans pes
texture, Is rs good a brush -
8 The brstles should ny vre n
closely or be too stiff IN 'e .,so usS
wire brushes in use are .be -
Their excellence is derived hoiIrsrI 81
conditions which make an ons-Be
plant, h~airbrush pleasant
aid Of Health.
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A BATH HOUSE KEEPER.
warning.

Within two and a half miles from The Hague
is S~cheveningen, one Of the greatest and most
fashionable Of continental watering places
The drive t it is through agreat forest, where
the trees are planted 50 close tothe side Of the
street car line that their branches meet over
heal and form an arbOr OF two miles and a
half of living green. They are oil forest
trees, and the street car has seats on its top,
so that your head almost touches the leaves
as you ride through, At the sides OF the car
tracks there are roadwayS for carriages, lined
BY other trees, which also e and meet
overhead, and over further, to the sides, are
walks along a canal for foot passengers, with
many seats and romantic resting places.
There are few finer drives in Europe than the
one from The Hague to ScheyeniDgen, and
the cay e0uipages OF the cOurt circles of Hot-
land, the quaint costumes of the Scheveningen
fish wives and the queer dress Of the peasant
boys, girls and men, III their clogs, forms a
scene which l shall remember well when |
nave forgotten the throng Of Hyde Park,
Rotten Row. or of the drives III the Bots de
Boulogne, at Paris. Sc~heveniugen proper is
a Dutch fishing village Of about l2,OOOpeople.
It's inhabitants dress i'll quaint costumes, the
little girls all wearing white caps fastened
close to the head, ard the feet Of most of
them clad in wooden clogs
These fish wives carry great baskets Of fish
upon their heads to market. They wear
great straw hats, under which their wrinkled,
bronzed faces look out of white caps fastened
close to the head and ~OrnaIncnted at the cor
nerS next to the eyes by great gold or brass
gilt pins. These pins have heads like horns,
and :hey are Of different shapes. The peas
ant women all over Holland wear them, and
when they ore seen attached to the foreheads
of young girls they form IN ornament not I'M
becoming. The Dutch girls Of the lower
classes are rather pretty, and the curious COS
tunes add TO their beauty. Their faces lack,
however, the v~ivacity of the French and Eng
lish and they appear rather stOlid than
bright. Going through Holland Of a Sunday
is like travelling through a continuous mas
querade. Every village has different COS
TUNES and the stoidity Of tho features are
lost sight CT amid the blaze of gold and color.
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Policy plarer.. snners,ition..

"There she is! There she isl was the
exclamation Of q crowd Of dudish looking
young men standing at the corner Of
Fourth and Main streets the other morn
ing. Following the exclamation a dozen
notebooks and pencils flashed forth, and
the young dudes jotted something down in
the books. Who arc thoSe gentlemen,
and what do they mean by There she
ISL" inquired Of my friend, the tele-
graph operator. They ere Western
Union employees" he replied, and they
are looking for d street car with u white
mule attached. One went by just now,
and they have gotten the number Of the
car, which they propose to play in the
morning drawing Of one OF the policy
shops. Every operator believes that II
he a see Monday morning a white mule
attached to a street car the number Of
that car will win him $50 In lottery
Louisville Post.
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w.ccs In Iceland and Scotland.

find wages low all over Ireland and
Scotland, and | have visited many factor
les and talked with both managers and
laborer. The hours are longer, the work
in many cases very hard, and the wages
very low. Rents are high in comparison
with the Accommodations, and the only
thing | find cheaper than with us is
clothes. Good food costs the same, and
meats are fully as high. The laboring
classes live on n cheaper kind OF food
than our workingmen do, and they have
less OF IL. Whole families often live In
one or two rooms, and these cost all the
way from $25 to $50 per year. They live
in the cities in flats, and their conven
fences are very few. The wages Of me-
chanics and skilled labor run from 81 a
day to sc n day, and it is q very good
man indeed who gets the latter. A
newspaper proprietor in Dublin told me
that he could get good reporters for
from s. 10 81 per week, and they would
he shorthand men and well educated.
The managing editor OF the largest paper
in Ireland, i'm Dublin city, a place as
large as Cincinnati, gets only 5000 q
year, and his salary is considered q large
one.
saw men working on the road in Ire
land breaking stone at twenty-five cents n
day, and many Of the women in the fac
tories Of Belfast get no more and work
from 6 q. m. to 6 p. m.
Here laborers get from $3.50 TO s. per
week and board themselves. Carpenters,
painters, coopers, and masons earn about
g 80 per week, and shOemakers the
SAME. The plumbers receive only $50
per week in Glasgow, and tailors only
s1.25. Many boys and little girls are en-
ployed i'll the factories, and the whole
family works to keep the wolf from the
door. Still, under all these disadvan-
tages, the Scotch blood makes fortunes,
and there are numerous instances Of poor
boys becoming wealthy right here amid
such surroundings.-Frank G. Carpenter
in Cleveland Leader.
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NORTH HOLLAND FARMHOUSE.

The army Of this little country Is over
twice the size Of that Of ours. IL contains
5000 men, and You see the soldiers every
where Holland has a navy which l venture
i Greater than that Of the United States, and
rs government is that Of q king with the
powers OF q president. The king AVes mere II
The Hague, though lie has n great Palacem
the center Of Amsterdam. Here SitS also lHe
CONGRESS Of Holland, and here Is the great
social and intellectual center OF the country,
The Harue is one Of the most beautiful
ci,;os in the world. With only lOG,UJO IN
bohitants. like all Dutch cities II IS cut up Oy
canals and great vat-!iSe ponds OF water
meet your eve at every street. Ihe SH'e-
wsIks aro lined with trees, and the town has
several large and beautiful parks Us "-uSs
ara LARGE. and il has many fine squares &Ad
prbEc places. In its picture galleries aFra'liie
Of the finest paintings Of the Old masters ana
PauI Potters famous Bull Is among these.
When NAPOLEON BOnaparte tCoS HOiland no
confscated this picture and carried 1t TO
Poris- where it ranked rs fourth II value
omopg all the pictures Of the Louvre. The
Dntcb offered to give $4,000 for its return,
though they had bought it les than 100 years
before Tor only ABOUT oiN-st'tA N-
was, however, restored by the French. II Is
the picture of a young bull standing III a
field under a tree, with q COW and sheep, a
lamb and a ram as companions. Back oIthe
tree stands 4 shepherd looking at the group,
and the whole looks rs though they mightstep
ont Of the canvas at any moment. No one
ever forgets Paul Porters Bull and people
come here especially to see II. ,
Speaking OF NapoIeon, his footInarks areStnl
to be seen everywhere in Europe. The guides
have his name forever upon their tongues,
and incyery country / have Travelled through
have had his achievements or his defeats
Gung in nv face. IN England, Scotland and
ireland l was continually reminded OF him
by the statues Of Wellington, which burst out
upon me in every public place and IN every
LARGE CITY. In France the great Bonaparte Is
revered rs a god, and its palaces and monu-
ments are full Of his great deeds and eccen-
t~ricities. At Versailles, III one OF the SrandeSt
palaces OF the world filed with miles OF
famous paintings, there are several great
frames left vacant. These were flied with
naintincs which Napoleon stole from the Ger
mans, and which the Germans recaptured Ii
their late war with Louis Napoleon.
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Locating the Re.nn,n

"Say, Jim," he began, as ,has
hands, "how do you stand on tS Sty cSa&
burg dispute." Gssb
"Well, I've favored SiclIes III
$50 have I. Now, see here pSos'
on this paper is Gettysburg" Nsalss
"Yes."
"Along this is where Ha,ou,
up" us
81 see."
Howard came up this road,n
HE did"
"Sedgwick and his Sixth co-n,
along right here, and swupr.in,s'ts
over there on the second day mo sss
"You just bet they did"
Lets see' Sykes must hsvs
by this road" 'ati
"Yes, I'm certain Of it,
snow, then, Jim, where van
"Well, our sutler-wagon Was W.
here, say about twelve miles "Ss
were your "Asa
II was with the wagon ,,s,,
way, about seven miles. Say =" "a
this thing down TO a dot, and &
to write q letter to some newSn,nNC esi
"'Zactly, Jim, and We can't =
soon. It's left TO US 10 sta;,t u q
this tangle, and We are tie men 10 Z;
Detroit Free Press. '@'
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In the temple garden the praa
showed us IA charming sight II wat
lot OF tiny orange trees bushes, ! shJss
fay) growing In tnbS, cHch heavily bds
with golden yellow mandarin orabcn
Tho absurd little trees were no lat-
than currant bushes, certainly nO' ~
two feet high, but their branches ve'
crowded with the delicious fruit Tn
was another variety growing In III IN
way, about q foot taller and bearing isd
but much larger OrangcG. What ca
be hnndsomcr or NOR intcrr'ii9f 3
conservatory, ne n center piece Ct a To-
quot, or a hall decoration Tor q gns' o
casion' And yet ! have never oceH ~
OF these dwarfs before nor since, MOI rrIi
in the Kew gardens =; LONDON 80" J
Hornnday I'm The Cosmopolitan.
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Portrait of Prince Bismarck.

\ German journal publishes a curious
portrait of Prince Bismarck. BIS
marck, y says the writer, was an enigma
when n child, and he is an enigma still.
He never knows n day what he will do
the next day, end for years past he has
simply taken advantage .of present cir
cumstances in directing the affairs of
Europe. The great source of his strength
is the facility with which he changes his
opinions, abandons his friends, cOddles
his enemies, and profits by the malice of
one, the hatred of another, the pride of a
third, while he makes sOls of them all.
His conscience knows no scruple. and he
processes an equally passionate fondness
for the Bible and the latest bad French
novel. "-EXchange.