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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
WHY WE ARE NERVOUS.
A National Characteristic Discussed by
aWoman misunderstanding Contrasts.

A National Characteristic Discussed by
Woman misunderstanding Contrasts.
Nervousness is more and more re-
garded as an undesirable characteristic OF
our nation. The idea that we are a
peculiarly ervOu people is ecoml
widespread; this has been fostered by
articles written on the subject, 50 that IN
the last ten years nervous has become
almost a household word. The question
arises, are Americans more nervous n a
other nations Of the same grade OF ciyut-
zation, and il so what are the means OF
overcoming such q condition. 1t IS usual
to attribute much to climate. NhlLe
doubtless il has influence, 1t should DE
remembered that in the United States
every climate except the extremes OF the
equator and the poles is experienced.
Setting aside heat and cold, the drynesS
and the electrical conditions of the atmoS.
nhere ara the two factors which are said
to act upon the nerves unfavorable. such
a supposition is extremely hypothetical
and can not be proven. 1t is however,
plain that the dry atmosphere of Colorado,
the typical dry climate, acts favora0ly
upon people suffering from nervous ex'
haustiOn.
The fact that climate is not a prominent
influence is shown most c~onclusively by
the condition of those towns which are
found upon the map, though invisible to
the eve, which separate the United States
from Canada on the north and Mexico on
the south. The inhabitants OF places
within an arrow shot of each other eX-
hibit the contrasting national pecultari-
/ IL .N,-.f,, Taxpnn town With all FnH
enterprise and go" OF America can be
seen on one side of the dividing river,
while on the other is the MeXican-Span-
ish town, with its sleepy inhabitants with
their customs of 2O years ago undis-
turbed.
To avoid nervousness we should pay
more attention to hygiene, not indulge IN
hurry and excitement, take physical and
outdoor exercise to develop the ply
sique, and educate the people and chill
| dren out of this notion that because one
is an American he or she must perforce
be eryous.
It is a loss OF the governing power, the
will. which allows an increased efieX ac-
ton unchecked, u~nhindered, which is
/ characteristic OF the nervous, and has
given to the word its modern definition OF
weakness, while q proper display OF con
trolling, impelling, inhibiting impulses,
according to their nature, gives the old
time Specification Of strength and force.
There is no reason in the eXternals which
surround Americans, If they properly I'M
derstand themselves and regulate their
desires, their methods Of living, their ed
u~eation, why the nervousness which hiss
been attributed to them should not be 8
glory rather than q stigma-Dr. Grace
Peckham's Essay at Saratoga
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The American Plan In London.

The change made III some Of the hotels
in st. Louis from the American to the so
called European plan in connection with
the heavy influx of visitors expected dur
ing the fall is interesting to u visitor like
myself. Up to last year there was no
such thing us a hotel on the American
plan in London. though for the matter OF
that there are very few on what seems to
he known here rs the European plan. A
man goes to 4 hotel, tells the clerk his
name-if there is a clerk-and d~ispenses
with the fOrmality if there is not, has \
bedroom assigned to him takes what
meals he requires at a private table or III
a private room, and when he leaves has Il
bill brought him with such Items us bed
and breakfast dinner" wine" tea, w
supper" and so on, according to what lie
has had, with an invariable addition III
the form Of charges for attendance" No
one ever stops in a hotel rs i'll a boarding
house, and if n man slept i'll Il hotel and
took his meals elsewhere, he would be
looked upon as too mean and cOntempti-
BILE to have his bed made.
But American enterprise has given
London one or two hotels on a colossal
scale, with American ideas imported with
the style. The most popular of these is
the Fifth Avenue" a six-story building
on Holborn, with an elevator and Il
rotunda, which, although nothing to the
Southern or the Lindell, is 4 huge wilder
ness compared with the orthodox London
hotel hall. Americans ]patronize this and
a similar institution freely, but English
visitors to the capital, while they admire
it, give it a wide berth. l remember last
summer a Cincinnati man locating him
self on the third floor and inviting con-
noisseurs to come and see the latest thing
in sewing machines, which he had brought
with him and which he kept and dis
played in his bedroom. I~ncredulouS
Londoners flocked in TO get an excuse for
a ride in the elevator, or "lift," as it is
called, and to see what of man it
could be who could permanently locate at
a hotel and make his bedroom also serve
as a show parlor. English Visitor in
GInha- nnmOprat
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NaturnI Bridge of Virginia.

Asudden turn to the right, and directly
ahead loomed up the Natural Bridge III
bold and rugged outline against the west
ern sky, lighteaed with all the glOries OF
q southern sunset. Imagine an immense
mass of solid rock, some forty feet thick
and fifty feet broad, spanning a chasm
sevcnty-llve feet in width at q hight or
2l0 feet. On the eastern side is n jagged
place where an immense a Of rock has
fallen. When it fell it is impossible to
say, but it must have fallen centuries
ago, as not IL pdI tiUio of debrio remains in
the chasm below. The rock IS n blush
limestone, streaked with faint lines Of
white. The grain is very fine and firm,
and one loses ut first the impressiveness
and majestic grandeur of the bridge III
specializing on the tremendous force that
scOoped out, as it were, the immense mass
of rock and earth that at some time filled
the glen.
On the under side of the bridge, and al
most in the center, the liChens and moses
have SO grown as to almost perfectly rep
resent the American eagle with out
stretched wings, clasping the shield i'll It's
talons. Well. authenticated records state
that this peculiar growth existed in the
middle of the eighteenth century. Stand
ing about 100 feet west Of the bridge, and
looking back under it, Il well-defined pro
file likenest of a young woman may he
seen. From the road above, the bridge
can not be seen, nor is there any lndlca-
ton of it's existence, unless one leaves the
roadway and goes about twenty feet to
the west. From this point the small
stream rushing through the glen and I'M
der the bridge may be seen some 80 feet
below. Natural Bridge Na.) Cor. New
York Star
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
GOD MADE MAN AND MAN MAKES
MARVELLOUS MACHINES.

Intelligent Swine-The Red Dye of Moses.
Fall of Rivers-Steam Machines for
Digging into Earth Banks and Exca-
waiting Railroads-Steel for Muscle.
How completely steam power is suppressed
ing hand labor is illustrated in nothing more
~strikingly than in the railroad excavators now
in use. Gangs Of 81 and 100 laborers used to
be necessary to build railroads. They were
imported by the shipload for that very pur-
pose in the palmy days of railroad building in
America Now this work is done by n steam
~excavator. \ great iron scoopshovel Is run
into a sand or gravel bank. A forcc h~hiiid
it drives it against the bank and scrapes it &c
and fro upon it. The earth is broken off and
falls into the shovel. Then, when the scoop
is full, n swinging crane and derrick move II
to one side and empty its contents upon a
dumping car which stands ready to receive
them.
Upon the tip of tho shovel are sharp blade
like steel teeth. These punch into the earth
and literally bite it M In some of the ma
chimes the bottom of the scoop Is movable, 81
that instead of turning tho shovel upside
down to empty it, all that is necessary Is Il
pull back n little spring clasp and the load l.
dumped out through the bottom.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
The sea-serpent a Probability.

We have then, as described by its OBJ
servers, an animal utterly unknown TO
the zoologist, at least as a contemporary
form. The only inference therefore Is
that it is a survival from some group or
animals now on the verge of extinction.
When, however, we ask what this group
is, there are two equally good W
1t may be a survivor Of the saurians-pro-
badly the enalioSaurian-to which form,
as known to the paleontologist, it CORE
spends with sufficient eXactness. Or it
may be a survivor of some snake-ike
cetacean, such rs the zeuglOdon, to whose
habits it largely conforms. Most scientists
notable Professors Proctor and Agassiz
incline tothe former supposition. There
is, however, considerable ground for the
latter. All its motions are cetacean; 1t Is
uniformly described as thruSting it's head
out of water-a custom to which sperm
whales are much addicted; its undulatory
movement may be seen illustrated by
every school Of PURPOSES; 1T rises sud
denly to the surface, or sinks like lead 10
the bottom, as every whaleman knows
his victim can from the peculiar structure
of its lungs; and its harmlessness is also
cetacean, as whales seldom attack save
under exceptional circumstances.
But whether the SO-Called sea-serpent IS
a zeuglodon or an enaliosaurian, we shall
never know for surety till we secure its
skeleton for the zoologist to classify. And
very possibly this may yet be done. The
existence of the devilfish was long denied
but finally a specimen vas obtained that
silenced all cavaliers. Heretofore OBJ
servers of the sea-serpent have either
stared in childish wonder, run away i'll
abject fear or ~pcppered the monster with
harmless shot. Some day an old whaler
with a harpoon may make a capture that
will bring him fame. In the meantime
we may as well admit that the man who
announces the temperance of the So
called sea-serpent is not necessarily q
deluded ignoramous or a falsitier. Doubt
less many of the monsters reported by
summer cXcurtionists have no more real
existence than the semblance of q whale
which Polonius saw in the clouds, but
nevertheless there is in actual life and
presumable yiSor u curious but harmless
marine animal enormously called the
sea-serpent. To believe all the stories
that are told OF it is credulity, but to deny
the possibility of it's eXistencc'is presump-
tiOn.-Providence Journal.
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ces,urs. Of Lord Randolph Churchill.

Curious facts and figures are all the
rage. Interested in the current contro-
versy rs TO the Disaelian characteristics
Of the new leader Of the house Of com
mons. a press man, we'll circumstances
for taking observations, took notes OF the
movements Of Lord Qandolph Churchill
during the brief speech he delivered on
Mr.. +. X. Russell's motion as 70 the APP
pointment Of Sir Redyers Butler. The
leader OF the house, who wore a white
rose in his coat, spoke about eight min
utes, certainly not over ten minutes; yet
during that time he was recorded az max
ing no less than 80 movements with his
hands, some OF them being very rapid and
momentary. He crossed his hands In
front of him, behind him, above him, be-
low him. he crossed his legs in every way
that his anatomy permitted; he laid his
hand upon every part Of him within
reach; he caught hold OF every inanimate
object within a circle Of two yards or so
100 distinct movements or attitudes In
eight minutes, by actual count-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

The second illustration shows n steam OK.
cayator in the act Of dumping its LOAD upon
the gravel car beside it. Temporary railway
tracks are laid for the machines Ia run upon
as fast ~ they dig. These inventions have
even Lccn used for digging water pipe
trenches. Where the earth crust il very
rigid, and where there are rocky hanks, II
force of hlaStcrs preccdc the cxcavator and
loosen up the material win giant powder.
ThcS2 machines are now in use wherever in
America railroads are Ia be built. One of
them made a remarkable record In breaking
through n bed Of blue clay on the Canadian
Pacific road. They are among tho most in
tcrrstimg Of recent examples Of the triumph
OF mans mind over matter. Still, too, 1t Is
mono the less manifest that, however much
machinery may SupcrSrlc hand labor, there
is always demand for men moro and more.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
THAT NIGHT.

Twas the hight of the fete when we
Quilted the riot
And quietly stole to the terrace alone,
Where, pale as the lovers that ever swear
by it,
The moon it gazed down as a god from
his throne.
We stood there northumberland o the
delight Of =,
The sight of the stars, and the moon and
the sea,
And the infinite skies of that opulent
night of
Purple and gold and ivory.
The far-away liltz of the waltz rippled to
US,
And through us the exquisite thrill of the
air:
Like the scent of bruised bloom was your
breath, and its dew wa
Not honeyer-sweet than your warm kisses
were.
We stood there northumberland o the de-
light of
The sight of the stars, and the moon and
the sea,
And the infinite skies of that opulent
night of
Purple and gold and ivory.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
Fcots Of a sword Performer.

The favorite sword for performing feats
in India is the gauntlet handled pata. The
swordsman will first show the kceness OF
his weapon and his command OF its weight
by cutting in two n leaf laid fiat on the
outstretched palm OF africnd or by cut
ting n cloth hanging loose In the air. lie
vii! put one sword on each hand, and so
armed, springing from his feet on the
bare ground, will throw somersaults
backward and forward, following each
movement with a wondrously c0mpli-
Gated and simultaneous gyration OF both
swords around his head and body. lie
will have the naked sword, more h five
feet long, double-edged, sharp. pointed
and keen as n razor, dashed from the back
of his neck down his back, and will again
from his naked feet, repeat the somer
saults. Again, with sword and shield In
his hands, he will leap headfOremost
through the stretched out loop Of n rope,
held by two men ut the height OF their
heads, as n circus rider leaps through a
paper hoop and light safely on his feet.
Small wonder II the gaping crowd OF spec
tators applaud vociferously Black
woods Magazine.
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usual on account of the rarity Of the

usual on account OF the rarity Of the
atmosphere.
/ became sensible of a loud, monotonous
hum in my ears, pitched about on middle
c Of the piano, which seemed to bore into
my head from each side, meeting in the
center, with a pop, then for an instant
my head would be clear, when the same
experience would be repeated. BY throw.
ing out small pieces Of tissue paper l saw
that the balloon was still rapidly ascend
ing. While debating with myself as to
the a~dvisability Of pulling the valve rope
q was afraid to touch it for fear it would
break) and discharge some gas, the earth
was lost sight of, and the conviction was
forced upon me that this must be the
cloudsl 1t made me dizzy to think Of it.
Above, below and upon all sides was a
dense, damp, chilly fog. Upon looking
closer, large drops Of rain could be seen,
silently falling down out of sight Into
what seemed bottomless space. The Gen.
tury.
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william Booth. "GeneraP' OF The Salvation
ARMY, Visiting the United States.

william Booth. 'GencraP' OF the Salvation
Army, Visiting the United States.
General Booth, our latest distinguish
ed visitor, is the autocntic head of q great
organization, and as such is a man of i'm
portance. At the recent International
Congress of the Salvation Army, held in
London, the following figures were report
ed: The Army had l,552 army corps, aud
$500 officers; had held 2s, 900 weekly, and
l,4i6'4O0 daily services during the year,
and printed its newspaper in ~ languages.
General Booth originated it, continues
to he its leader, and it will rest upon him
appoint his successor.
The Salvation Army was founded twenty
one years ago, by William Booth, who was
then living in the east of London. He was
assisted in its organization by his wife,
who is his associate in command" The
movement grew out OF the convection that
the Protestant denominations rs ordinar-
ily conducted does not reach the very poor
and depmved, among whom MIR. Booth
and his wife had been working for years.
II was a strange departure for a man who
had begun life rs 4 member Of the Church
of England. In his youth he joined the
Wesleyan Mcthodists, after experiencing
conversion! He was soo on the list OF
local preachers belonging to that church.
Mr.. Booth read theology with diligence
and was received into the ministry OF the
Methodist New Connection, a body OF
Christians which originally split of from
parent Wcsleyanism. In ls6l he resigned
his ministerial position 10 engage in mis-
.- II. ,,,n,,, ,h, 1a.r,..l.l nnAr nf
London. He is an able and energetic man.
His mode of aggressive Christian activity
il by maintaining military distinctions
of rank, accompanied by the insignia and
uniform OF soldiers life, among his follow
ers. All innocent methods of attracting
the attention of those who need religious
instruction are held Ia be advisable by
General Booth and his Army. The
motto Blood and Fire. is that Oh the
official seal of the organization.
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mitted 10 sit down at all, It is apt to be IN
places recently vacated by expectorators Of
the most able type. Horrible filth covers the
floor. This is unavoidably mopped up by the
skirts OF their gowns, and their misery IS
complete. D. I. Bunce, in his little manual
of mistakes and improprieties more or less
prevalent in conduct and speech, known as
Don't" says:
Don't rush for q seat in q car or at a public en-
tertIinmeut in utter disregard Of any one else,
pushing rudey by women and children, huStling
mSn who ere older or less active, and disregard
ing every law of politeneSS. IL one should, on ON
occasion OF this kind, lose his seat in consequence
OF n little polite consideration, be would have the
consolation OF standing much higher in his own
esteem, which is something.
Again he quotes from some other writer
with equally correct views:
The manners Of the people in public vehicles
seem daily to BE- growing worse, and il they cun-
tinue to decline it viii become almost impossible
for ladies, at kast, il not gentlemen, to
enter them The first thing one encounters when
he attempts 10 take q ear, is n cad lazily lounging
against the platform rail, with his legs stretched
out 50 that, unless you are alert, you tumble over
him, whle, perhaps, a puff OF smoke is blown IN
your face. Such a fellow should be promptly
lodged in the street; but he seems TO be under tho
protection OF the conductor, an official whose APP
parent business it is 10 give moral support to all
tho loafers that take pleasure in MISUNDERSTANDING
travellers One is scarcely within the car ere he
IS tripped up BY another mans extended legs;
end il the occupants are few enough, or com
plant enough, To enable him to get a seat, he
may find himself by the side OF a fellow who Is
lnduStrioUSly making q pool Of tobacco juice on
The floor before him. IL is amazing that such u
thing should De tolerated; but ladies' dare make
no open protest, gentlemen are needless, the con
1uctor is cOmplacent, and the brute remains un-
disturbed, although he has no more right to
empty this matter in q public vehicle than any
other kind OF filth. Ere one has left tee car the
conductor has probably rudely seized him by the
shoulders in demanding his fare; he has been
compelled TO listen To idiOtic whiStlers and other
notSe-makerS and his emcrgence from the vehicle
has been accomplished only after a struggle with
the Doors that cOngregate ON the platform.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
Mile i'm the Thin Air.

AS nearly 5 could be judged, I was
more than a mile high, and all sounds
from the earth had ceased. There was a
deathlike silence which was simply
awful. It seemed TO my oyerstrained
nerves to forbode disaster. The ticking
of the watch in my pocket sounded Like q
trip hammer. / could feel the blood as 1t
shot through the veins Of my head and
arms. Ny straw hat and the willow car
snapped and cracked, being contracted by
the evaporation of the moisture in them
and by the fast cooling temperature. Twas
compelled to breathe q little quicker thaa
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
Some Remarkable Features.

1t IS a remarkable but inyariable feat
ure of mild earthquake shocks that they
are felt by some persons and not by 9th
ers in the same situation. This Is true OF
persons who are on the same floor Of the
same building. And IL Is sometimes the
case that persons in the top Of q high
building have let the shaking pass un'
noticed, while persons In the lower stor-
les OF the same building have rushed out
of their rooms in terror. II would be in
teresting to know whether some persons
are constitutionally more sensitive to
earthquakes than others, and whether
quick observation Of seismic disturbance
is a matter of intelligence or merely OF
the nerves.-New Haven News.
--nlI- -X1
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Danger in the Pineapple.

A writer in The British Medical Journal
advises people to be careful not to slice up
a pineapple with the same knife they use
in peeling it, as the rind contains an acrid
organic substance which is likely to cause
a swollen mouth and sore lips. In Cuba,
salt is used as an antidote for the poison
OF pineapple peel.-BoSton Transcript.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

'" WHO rEOTRUDES HIS FOOT.
~'. which is not, the excuse
Glvta~t within the POWER
''0 Co invent. There IS no
. '" Sd piping, and among eli
..a" u.r>>itv as ANYTHING
wi" '""v',r, that the male
se 90 his seat in the
y. : ."a Town Us III the evening
-~' O' Tue women he keeps %,
11Hness AMI are much hardS
81 "oNe paid than he.
E.uscl again and again
,y.y developed car Lous
"''".r, lawyers, men who
ami lead luxurious lives
I14s 10 straps are mostl,
: a- '> typ""ritcE, copyisus,
, ''4efN 81 Industrious fem
nightly 10 their homes
1ueir pale faces and ner-
2. I" >uamc the stalwart men
Ie~Tr- and Srah the seats before
u sst their hoses inside the car.
platforms women who
\ ant get aboard until the
are all in AMI comfort
Here, indeed, the "natura!
ssn |, ot u great advantage. HE
- Tta getting Oh in time 10
III Ig 5'% ear platform is also
i u ,-a most gallant in the
Qr,,S- which passengers, by
Ia, are commanded to take
Re r'S Il1 OIL, is used exclusively
Ge ear s E.o Ladies can only
by squeezing themselycs
&g;,r- and prOtrujing stomachs
;, With nothing to sfssJv
d. IGey get smoke in their ewes.
Do, ,Ghg, and consider Them.
'0 have had their garment.
get in. if they are per,
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A FHdav YeaF.

Persons who have a superstitious dread
OF Friday will be interested TO learn that
this Is a thoroughly Friday year. II came
in on Friday, and will have ffty-three
Fridays. Four months OF the year have
five Fridays each; changes OF the moon
occur five times on Friday, and the longest
and shortest days are Fridays-Chicago
Timez
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d Can be Done.

by trying again and keep
many things seemingly impossible may be
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Kidney and Liver Complaint have been
cured by Electric Bitters, after everything
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Electric Bitters. There is no medicine 10
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Diabetes and all diseases Of the Kidneys.
Invaluable in affections Of Stomach and
Liver, and oyercomes all Urinary. Difficult
ties.
Large Bottles only 50 cents at Logan
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