The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-07

tertaining Lecture About London.
Tho fourth days meeting Of the Pro-
hibition assembly was held yesterday
at the Moundsyille camp grounds, and
the interest seems to be undated. AT
$50 a m. Miss Ne@comb's class gave
pleasing exhibition in physical culture
and Delsartean exercises.
DR.. Hattie B. Jones was down on the
programme to lead the "White Cross"
work, but owing to pressing engage
ments elsewhere was unable to be pres.
emit. She will be on the grounds to-day,
however, and will conduct her work.
In DR.. Jones's place Mrs 0. E. Jackson
lad meeting on "Evangelistic Work, "
though she was on the programme for
to-day. The main idea, as enunciated
in Mrs. Jackson's brief talk, was, that It
was almost impossible to conduct gospel
temperance meetings on theold line, and
thatotherq questions would creepin. Mrs.
Jackson asked those who were in favor
Of work more aggressive than that OF
the old style temperance methods to
rise to their feet, and a good many
arose. Besides Mrs. Jackson talks were
given by Mrs. Mann, of Salt Lake City;
Mrs. Jennie Sisson, state president OF
tho W. @. 7. u; Mrs. j. L. Hobbs, for
merly OF Wheeling, aud Mrs. Williams,
of Ohio. Capt. Frank Burt, Of Man
uington, gave an interesting talk. The
evangelistic work meeting was well at
tended, and the speakers and the au-
dience showed IN intensity Of purpose
very favorable to the prospects Of the
At 1890 a. m. Miss vandelia Var.
NUN delivered an address entitled "The
ConAict-What and Whose" Miss
Varnum divided her discourse into
three heads, the physical, the financial
and the political conflict.
THE APPETITE FOR DRINK,
which those in favor of the suppression
OF tho liquor traffic had to contend
with, was the hardest Of all opposition
to overcome, but the appetite would
cease, when the means Of satisfying it
could not be obtained. The purse was
also arrayed against the principle
for which the Prohibitionists> contend
ed. The money invested in distilleries
and breweries, the deprivation which,
it was assumed, SO many would suffer,
il the market for their barley, rye, corn
and grapes we're taken away, all these
clements were strong in opposition to
the suppression OF the liquor traffic.
Miss Varnum roundiy scored the
cowardice OF public men generally who
fear to oppose the saloon power in pol
tics, no enc daring to speak out. The
iamentable conditions surrounding the
public service received their due share
Of attention from the speaker, and the
partnership, as she called it, between
the government and the saloon, the
former pocketing some Of the profits.
At2:$O p. m. Hon. N. v. Bennett, Of
Kansap, spoke. He treated at length OF
the differences between the Prohibition
convention at Cincinnati, and those at
Minneapolis and Chicago, and repeated
the favorable comments on the dele
gates made by the Cincinnati news
papers.
New York, delivered his popular lee
ture, ITO and Fro in London" He
had very good audience and frequent
applause punctuated his telling points.
A bare synopsis OF his lecture gives no
idea Of Mr.. Ciarke's eioquence, his
transitions from the gay to the sad and
his eloquent action, alternately NOV
ing to tears and laughter. He did not
lead his audience through London, re-
citing like o paid guide historical in
cidents that occurred in the places he
described, but interlarded his relation
with poetry, anecdotes, and beautiful
descriptions. ~
SYNOPSIS OF Mr. chkRKE's LECTURE.
"See Venice and de-" said Mr. Clarke,
sis an old saying, but after seeing Lon
don one would want to live on" He
said he would not bore his audience
with statistics Of that great metropolis.
Starting from the SPIT where DR.. john
son and Boswell stood, at st. Pauls
cathedral, he wonld from thers mean
der with his audience over London.
To 60 to London without seeing St
PauI's was like goiLg to Rome without
seeing the Vatican or that exquisite
ruin, the colosseum. With his audience
he visited the tombs of Lord Wilson
and the Duke OF Wellington, end warm-
iy euioRized both great heroes,
Taking seat on an omnibus, he took
his audience to view the spectacular
immensity OF London. In relating
about some OF the Spectacular bric.a-
brOc" OF London, the lecturer told Of
some OF the street scenes Of London,
but incidentally said that America
stands to-day without a shadow Of the
doubt, the Incompatible mistress OF
world" Some OF the comic signs on the
taverns, the "Three Loggerheads," the
eleven monkeys, the spectator making
the eleventh, we're comically illus
trated by the lecturer. Going
down Cheapside by old Bow church,
over London bridge, over which no
man can pass from eight in the morn
nguntil six in tho evening without
seeing gray horse He quoted
Thackeray's, Lord Bulwer's, Thomas
Hoods, Charles Dickens's description
oil the immense throng constantly
streaming across London bridge. Stand
Ing on the bridge ne showed his au-
dience Little HE'LL" Wilkins Micaw-
Der, Pagan the Jew and many other
Characters from Charles Dickens's
works. III you ever go to London,
stand on London bridge, and look at
the stream, tho nightiest stream (ot
humanity that courses"
;, A warm eutogy on the late Charles
II. Spurgeou, tho great Baptist preacher
o. London, was pronounced by Mr..
NIafko, and his panogyric was loudly