Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-07

HlbilN ubout UNIV
~ ais in Holland than
nrrcH DEATH AN with us. The cabs
INC furnished by under
takers TO carry the mourners nave white
cherubs Of bone or ivory on their tops and
sides. and the doors are ornamented with
white skulls and croSsbones.
Belgium is noted for the excellence OF its
agriculture, and both it and Holland are one
vast park and garden. OF all Belgium only
one-eighth is not cultivated, and 1t Is said
there is no country in the world where farm
ing Is so proftably carried on. Riding
through the country you see on every side OF
YOU fiat fields loaded with the harvest, and
only separated from one another by the dit
ferent colors of the crops contained in them.
There are no fences, and the roadways are rs
hard as asphalt and as smooth rs Doarus'
They are usually lined with trees, great Tor
est trees, straight and tall, and as old as the
century. Here and there n stream cuts
through the vast patchwork plain OF growing
crops and grass, and the banks OF them arc
also shaded by trees. You sec few cattle In
the fields, and those which arc allowed to
graze are kept by herdsmen. Tho farm
houses and barns are low-structured build
ings, punched together and rooted with red
tiles or gray thatch. The people working In
the fields, men and women, are cheaply
dressed, and the men wear caps and blue
cotton, blouse-like shirts over their trousers.
It was Sunday when / rode into Belgium
from Paris. Tho ordinary week day occupa-
tions vent on as usual. Men and women
were digging potatoes in the fields and load
ing hay. Here was n gang repairing the
roadway, and at 3 p. IN. we passed n rolling
mill, and l saw an army OF puddlers,
naked to the waist, labelling out tho red-hot
iron. Along the streams people were bath
ing, and / saw score after score OF boys, clad
in the attire of Adam before the fall, prepar-
ing TO take a Sunday swim. The Sabbath
does not count for much either here or In
France, and Sunday is in Paris the great
holiday Of the week. 1t Is then that the
crowd on the boulevards Is the thickest and
cavest; it is on Sunday that the races are
held I'm tho suburbs, and II Is then that tho
maddest and gayest Of Partisan pleasures go
their merry immoral round. Sunday In
England's cities is fully as slow Us 1t Is In
those OF America. On the continent 1t Is the
pleasure day Of all the week.
Belgium is one of tho greatest manufactur-
ing countries in Europe. 1t makes excellent
iron and steel, and it is crowding the Irish
linen factors very closely. IL Is growing, too,
I'm industrial enterprise, and, next 30 Holland,
Il has the largest ratio Of industry per in
babitant OF any nation of Europe. Between
1870 and 1880 it increased S215, O0,OO0 In Its
industrial and commercial interests, and its
increase during this time WIS fully 20 per
cent. II is competing with England at all
uoints in cotton and iron, and 1t has tho
great advantage Of lower rates OF labor and
longer hours. Wages In England are very
low, but those of Belgium arc only about half
as mu,h. and the day Is twelve hours lonG
These Belgians arc much like tho French In
their tastes. They live after the same
fashion, and love 20 sit outside OF the cafes
and drink their sociable glass with their
friends. In Antwerp and Brussels, which
arc the two largest cities OF the country, you
see many sights which remind you OF Paris
Brussels, the capital Of the country, prides
herself Oh being like Paris, and she has her
Palace du Roi, which corresponds 10 the Old
palace q the Tuileries, her Bots do In Cam
bre corresponding tO the Bots DO B~oulogne,
and she Is cleaning up and widening her
streets In the same way Paris has been doing
since the days Of Louis Napoleon. The old
Flemish milton Is passing away anil a French
Belgian people Is taking its place. The French
language is used everywhere In Belgium, the
French monetary system Of francs and
centimes was long ago adopted, and the airy
manners and customs OF Paris are now the
- IL II a.. l.a-al.,aa ~ fba sftIrdv
hcrco old Flemish of the past
Antwerp Inns about 10000 people n
Brussels is about twice as large. Both cities
are growing, and Antwerp Is one OF the great
commercial seaUorts Of Europe. In the Six
teenth century Antwerp had 1900 popula-
ton. and It's harbors often contained 1000
vessels at one time during that period. IL
was during the time Of Charles V the most
prosperous and wealthy city Of Europe, and
SURPASSED even Venice. Il had great COM
mercial fairs, and among Its business men
were LOO foreign commercial firms. Obe
of its m~iIIionaires died and left about e6,0oO,-
600. which was an enormou fortune then,
ard Il exported It's carpets and gold and silver
goods 10 Arabia, Persia and India Spain and
th Lnquisition killedit The Did " IN which
its horrors Of persecution were perpetrated
still stands near the harbor, and during the
Spanish regime the best Of It's skilled workers
in six and wooden were banished- They fedto
England and gave the start 70 their ministries
there. BY 1870 the city had been reduced TO
less than onethird Of Us size, and shortly aftr
this the French got bold Of IL BonaParte re
buiit its duays and harboB, and had not
Waterloo prevented, would doubles have
made Il a great seaport Its o one OF the
hest fortified cities in tho world, n its ram
parts can he seen in coming into 1t on every
side. IL Is estimated that IL would take an
army OF 10000 10 beiege il e~fectualiy, and
It 4 80 constructed that its enytrons could In
great part be laid under water In case OF
necessity.
The railroads Of both Holland and Belgium
have very cheap fares, and those Of Belgium
are the cheapest in Europe. The rates are
about three cents per mile for first class, two
cents for second, and one and one-hah cents
for third class travel. Almost al trains have
the three ciasses, and thu second clan com
partmenfs are good. The roadheds Of bel-
gjum are badly ballasted, and The rails 70
laid TINT there 4 much jolting- The smoking
cars Of He and have little bones on tbe WIN
dows in winch 70 put TIE asbes Of your cle1r
or pine. and cigars are generally SMOKED
The cnnats form the only railway Isbces3
Holland. and n pcrfs o. Belgium tho ~!
rcndS are fenead BY bejgex fou can 20 -.
mot anywhere IN Holland now By ran, 80
the system o. Belgium u onook thaDoef COZ