Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-17
IN THE YEAR 1889.
O.s Day The Life Of The Great Eiiior Of tn
Earth Chronicle.


ErH Chronicle building in 253d avenue,
which was dedicated tie other day? II
George Washington Smith, the founder OF
tbs 1rmtr4qn Chronicle. should cone bsck
IN life today. wha. would he think were
he to bstoli tina. this palace o., marble and
go,d bs,orest his remote descendant, FRI z
Nsp5ls.n smith, who, sitter thirty ganaTa-
lions have come and gone, Is owner Of The
same ,egpaDer which bis ancestor estab
Eshei
For Gsoree Washington Smiths news
nsner has lived ceoerauon after generation,
now passing on, of The family aroa CON
ipg back t3it. When, 200 yesrs ego, the
n,iiticsl centre az the United states was
transferred from Washington TO Centropo-
lis ths nsvspauer followed the government
and assumed the name Of Erth Chronicle.
Trrf,rtunsfelv. 10 was unable TO maintan
itself st the high level O. its name. Press
~ On en- sides By rival journals Of more
modem type. it was continually IN danger
III colause. Twenty years sgOits subscnp-
ti,, his. contained but few hundred
thousaud usmss, and then Mr. Fn'z Ma
DoIsoa Smith bought 10 foC "a mere tr.iel
and oriai-ated telephcuic Journalism
Every one Is familiar VITA tcz Napo-
leon smiths system-a sya-em made pos
sibls bg the enormous development Of tsls-
pbonv during the last hundred years. In
stead o. being printed, the EWth Chronicle
is every morning spoken % subscribers,
VINO ir ilfe-gstioe Conversations Win Ee-
ro-t--s. stetcmen, and scientists, learn
the news of TIE day Furthermore, each
subscri5sr owns pl0uograph, and 70 tins
instrument be leaves the tasS of gathering
The news wherever he happens not 20 he
In b mood Co E-teu directly himself. As
for purchasers Of single copies they can al
avery u1iug cost learn all thst IS IL the
pepsr oil the dsy Gt any az the lnnumer-
able phcnce-spls set up everywhere.
Fit Napoleon Smith's innovation gal-
vsni1sd the old newspaper. I'm the course
OF q fw years the number OF subscribers
grew TO be 900 COO and Smith wealth
wen on growing. till now 10 reaches the
almost unimaeinatl e figure OF $40, 600, OOU,-
600. Tais lucky hit has enabled him 70
erect his new b1,lding, a vast edihce with
four frcqfss each g. go feet in length, over
when proudly do-ts the hu1dred-starred
aag OF the Union. Thanks 90 the same
luckv mt. he is to-dsy king Of newspaper
dom; indeed, be would be king OF ell the
Americans. too, ii Americans could ever
accept king You 90 not believe 1t:
Well. then. lcok s., tie plsnip0tentiaries
of ali ustions aud our minis. ers themselves
c-owaire about his door, entIeatlng his
counsels. begging for bis appreciation I'M
plorine the aid OF his au-pOwertul organ.
Reckon up the number Of scientists and
artists that he supports, OF inventors tnal
he has under his pay
Yes. O king is be- And in truth bis 10
ROYALTY full of burdens His laoors are
incessant, and there Is no doubt at al that
in earlier times any man would have sue
cumbed under the overp0wering stress OF
the toll which Mr Smith has to perform
Verv fortunately for him, thanks 70 the
progress Of hygiene, which, a5ating aIl the
old sources of unhealthtulness has lifted
the mean of human life from 81 up to 81
years. men have stronger constitutions DO"
than heretofore The discovery OF nutruye
air is shll in the future, but IN the mean
time men to-day consume tuod that Is
compounded and prepared according to.sc'-
enti6c principles, and they breathe an al
mosuhers freed from the micro organisms
that formerly used 10 swarm In It; hence
thew live longer than their foTeiathers and
know nothing Of the iunumerable diseases
of olden times.
Nevertheless, and Notwithstanding these
considerations, Fritz Napoleon Smith
mode of life may well astOnish one. Ills
iron constitution is taxed TO the utmost by
the heavy strain that is PIT upon Il. Nein
the attempt TO estimate the amount CT la
Dor lac undergoes, an example alone can
give an idea of 10. Let Us then 20 about
with him for one day SO ne attends TO ms
multifsrious Governments. What day
That matters little; 10 is the same every
day. Lstu then take 90 random Sep.em-
Der 18th of this present year 2',9.
This morning Mt. Fritz Napoleon Smith
awoke In very bad humor. His wife hay-
ing left fcr France eight days ago, be was
feeling disconsolata. Incredible Tough ll
seems. fro al the ten years s.rce tier mar
riaqe. this IS the FIRST time that MIS- E1lth
smith. the profess i)nsl beauty, has been 20
long ahse, ff0m home; two or three days
usually suaice for her frequent trips %
E1rore Tue first thing That Mr.. smith
does is TO connect his pnonctelepbote, the
wires OF which communicate with his Par IS
mansion. The teleph0ty Here Is another
of the great triumphs Of scierce ln our
time. The transmission of speech Is an
o. O. "
means OF sensitive mirrors connected by
wives is thing but Of yesterday. 4 vsl-
liable invention indeed, ard Mr. smith
this morning was not niggard Of blessirg'
for the inventor, when by its aid he was
able distinctly to see his wife notWith-
standing the distance that separated him
from her. Mrs. Smith, weary after the
ball CT the visit 70 the taester the prec,d-
ING night. is still abed, though 1t rs near
noon tide 20 Paris She is sslcep her head
sunk in the lace-CoverCd pillows. WHAT
She stirs? Her lips move. She is dream
ing perhaps2 Yes, dIeami1g. Shsi talk
ing, prononDcing name--his name
Fniz The delightful vision gave a happier
turn to Afr. Smiths thoughts. And now,
at the call OF imperative duty, hght-haart-
cd he springs from bis bed and enters his
mechanical dresser.
Two minutes later the machine deposit
cd him an dressed az the threshold OF his
Office. Tteround Of journalistic work was
now begun. First ne enters the hall Of
the novel-writers, a vast apartment crown
ed with an enormous transparent cupola.
In one corner is a telephone, through which
hundred Earth Chronicle iHsrat0Us 10
turn recount 10 the public in daily install
ments a hundred novels. Addressing enc
OF these authors who vas waiting his turn,
Capital Capitsl my desr fellow, y said he,
''yolr iast story. The scene where the
villfge maid discusses interesting pailoso-
phical problems with ha- lover shows your
very acute power of observation. Never
have the WAYS of country folk been better
portrayed. Keep or, my dear Archibald,
keep on SiCcs gcs. e-dsy, thsuks to yen,
there is % ea,n o. 5000 subscribers.
"Mr. John Last, he began, turning 70
a new arrival. 81 SIN not so well pleased
with vour work. Your story is NOT pic
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