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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

In this struggle John Morley will be,
as he has beea for several years past,
the right hand man and most trusted
lieutenant OF Mr.. Gladstone. No man
In English public life in recent years
has forged TO the front more swiftly
or surely than has Mr.. Morley. He did
not enter politics until late in life, and
when he did 1t was TO step from an
editors desk to a seat In the cabinet.
His failure as a politician was generally
predicted, but in less than a decade he
has brilliantly refuted these dolefnl
predictions. To-day he is recognized
leader Of the Radical wing OF the Lib
eral party, in the country his influence
is second only TO that Of MIR. Gladstone,
and few doubt that In due time he
will be Mr.. Gladstone's successor. AL
that he has he has come by honestly.
His patriotism is unquestioned, his
character stainless, his nature sym
pathetic, his earnestness persuasive, his
ability as an rator and writer fine and
true. His methods as q politician have
won him the respect alike OF ally and foe.
He always fights fair; no striking below
the belt, no personal abuse, no calumin-
lous inuendo. defaces his controversial
style, and, though his doctrines and SEN
timents are warmly combated by the
opposite party the devotion Of his own
ardent followers is fortified by the re-
spect and ad mlra;iou OF his adversarIes.
In private life he is modest, unaffected
and w%armhearted and he hes fewer
enemies than auy other public man In
England. Mr.. Morley is now in the
prime OF his powers and he will be prime
minister OF Great Britain.
1 said that Mr.. Morley was q man
without enemies. The reverse Is true
OF Sir William Harcourt, his most for
lnIdable rival 70 the Liberal leadership.
Harcourt is feared within his own party
and cordially hated without. He Is the
Sullivan OF the Liberals, a champion
puglllst, tall and heavy in build, ARE
CANT in ~demeanor, with a loud voice and
an insulting manner towards his foes.
BE is o c~ombatant OF really formlda-
BILE kind, though what he says has very
little weight In the country. In the
House OF Commons, however, the place
where battles have to be fought out aud
out, the man who scores the largest
number OF hard hits is sure to elbow his
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
Fashion No Tyrant.

In spite OF many OF the |resurrected
modes Of tho present, fashion is no
tvrant. She gives full liberty TO each
individual taste, ana forbIds absolutely
nothing, although she IS u%ubending in
her Judgment Of false taste, or rather
lack OF taste. Fashion cannot really
be charged In any way with our faults
IN this respect, Tor she offers US her
wares tn full, and we must know what
10 selact ard what 20 discard. IL she
sets 10 as one OF her models a round
wasted, beruGieG gown a Ia Empire
with ruff and balloon sleeves, pretty,
chic. and becoming FOR all slender,
vouthful women, It is aot her fault at
1uif the Stubby, stout woman, with
short arms, short waist, short breath,
papting as she goes, elects FOR the En-
hire aud eli rs broadening, shortening
effects and all its accessories. On the
other hand, fashion Is not 20 be blamed
n the tail, slim arrays herself In
n p~revailing gown that is clinging ana
sheath shaped, With long, pointed, IN
adorned bodice, cut low In the neck,
skirtess looking, lank ard gaunt, and
All because OF the selection Of the gown
meant for her pudgy sister.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

time being. than any man 10 England.
Descended from q long line Of literary
and journalistic ancestors, he Is a pro-
foundly well-read a a thorough
going scholar in politics. His speeches
are not so fiery as those OF Hareourt,
but he Is, nevertheless an immensely
effective speaker. Any set speech that
he makes is q whole library OF informa-
tion. He is : master OF sarcasm, and Ia
his way OF using 1t is very much like
Thaddeus Stevens was fifty years ago.
His irony is like the action OF acid upon
a file. Americans have particular rea-
sons for liking him, because his pet idea
is that some day there will be a fedora
ton OF all English-speaking people,
with the United States (which he calls
"Greater Brilain") as the central and
controlling member, and its govern
ment the model for all the rest.
The Earl Of R~oseberry, the Liberal
leader in the House OF Lords Is n Of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

the few men who gives that body .
tangible excuse for its existence. de IS
a brainy and canny Scotchman, with q
dry humor that makes him a most en-
PERTAINING speaker, and positive views
which he has the courage TO express,
whenever the occasion demands. JGstiD
Mccarthy is the nominal leader OF ;he
Irish party, but from present lndicAtionA
he will soon find n more capable andN
virile successor In Edward Blake, who
recently abandoned q brilliant Canadian
career to enter English politics. Blake
was for years recognized a. the brainlest
lawyer and the ablest speaker In Can
ada. He was the only man In the Lib
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

eral party Of whom that astute Tory
premier, Sir John A. Macdonald, stood
I'm awe. When Blake resigned the leader
ship OF his party ten years ago Sir John
gave a sigh OF relief and smiled blandly.
After his retirement Mr.. Blake return
ed to his law practice, and assumed bis
old place as senior partner Of the lead.
ing law firm OF Toronto, q firm thatcon-
sists OF thirteen partners and employs
over ffty clerks. Mr.. Blake hrst At
tracted the attention OF English poll
ticlsns by his mastery arguments la
the Judicial Chamber OF the English
Prlvy Council, where he appeared 10,
the interests Of Canadian clients fonr
Of FIVE times a year. His profound rea-
soning and his finished oratory several
times brought from the bench the high
est compliments ever paid to,an advocate
By the Judges Of the highest court OF
the realm. Mr.. Blake Is a giant 10 sta
true as well as in intellect. His private
and public record have not been solid
by any OF the stains that are usually
~inseparable from the politicians life.
His nature Is kindly, and his tempera-
ment resolute and robust. The irish
members at the present moment, could
not lud q better leader nor an AbleF
one.
Among the conservatlvcflsaders In
the House Of Commons, there n none
the equal 10 any way OF Mr.. Gladstone.
Arthur >. BalfoBr 10 the aolest OF the
lot. and he Il a YerItable pigmy, when
compared with the Grand Old Man.
However, II should net DO inferred from
this that Br. Balfour is 40 ordinary
man. He possesses talents OF q high or
der, and, while bis present emlDence 10
largely due 10 the opportunities that
have come 10 him as the nephew OF
! Lord Salisbury, he has shown himself
A ~cool-headed and sagaciOus admlDistra-
| TOR. 8 ready and often effective debateT
and a skilled political tacticIan. Wa
Of conviction asd . hooking cynict
are his chief defects aud they are -
70 seriously impair his usefulness To
future IS they have In the past.
same defects have thus far 2
havoc With the career Of Lord IA
Churchill, after BalfoUr, the AZ
Conservative leaders In the &c
Churchill IL a bright man and
one. az once the pride and u
OF his party. He is witty, pr
ard u~uznacious; Of slendo
the happy possessor OF at
which Is most effective
scorn and contempt. a
ls sure OF 8 hearing FRO
the House, and Is hea-
a foe 10 dUilness, NJ
dom. Could he 2
cebt him s%eriousl
be increased ms
NelthertBslfc
peer 10 ability
Joseph CbGuh
cal leader aud
faction In the
closely ssonT
having
| ex-Sef
mad
lott
Lei
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

play in these pretty hats, and when
Combined in a skilful name they form
an ensemble that is decidedly taxing.
Even children will wear large oiscK
hats this fall, though In many cases
thew will be trimmed with some color.
The combination Of black and white
will be seen mora on dressy hats nan
on those for practical everyday use:
Lace and satin will be the features Of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
JUST LITTLE PRETTIES

A. a dinner given in honor Of two
prospective brides by one Of their girl
friends there were twelve guests, all
Young ladies', and the table, made es-
pecially for the occasion, was in the
share OF q heart About six inches
from the edge was set q h~eart'shsped
band Of ferns six inches woe, stnoaea
-itb snr,ng blossomsapd fs3fy lights.
central Aoral rnanan & consisted
- roses and
Of ViOletS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

the d~elicately tinted stockings is visi-
bic through the hole. If the slipper IS
embroidered in pihk beads then pink
silk stockings are worn.
The best thing in the world over
which to darn stockings is the bottom
Of q tiny teacup. Nothing else has the
same smoothness and trmnesS and at
the sams time leaves re4p for q needle
TO slip in and out thssh above 1t.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
SUNDAY GOOD LIVING.

To PoAcH A FRESH EeG.-Trlm and
butter 3 slice Of hot toast; put the toast
on a warm plate; put the egg on the
toast without mussing It. put D.
verted cup over the egg u
hot:R e it before your
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

these, and jet, the always elegant trim
ming, will be used this season more
than ever.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
ON AN ICE CAKE.
A Periious Ride of Sixty Miles on the
Ohio River i'm the Darkness.

Courier-J ourna
A large number of Sightseers were down
at the river yesterday afternoon watching
the Ice 60 by. Among the number was
William Hervey, street-paver. who lives
a. 1888 Portland avenue. Somebody said,
as an unusually large cake OF ice floated by,
81 wonder how far man could travel on
one of those cakes before 1t went TO
piecesf" Mr.. Hervey replied: II once
Travelled sixty miles on cake of ice." and
,he proceeded to tell OF thrilling adven-
lure:
.'As near as can recnllect it was about
seventeen years ago, during very hard
winter. The Ohio River bad been frozen
solid for about five weeks, and when the
thaw commenced | was at Aurora, Ind. A
man named Black burn had q barge filed
with salt which had broken loose and
drifted down the river in an Ice gorge. He
hired me to go with him in a skiff to look
for the barge and see II We could land it.
He was afraid IL would be ground to pieces
in the gorge. We left Aurora about 8 o'clock
In the afternoon and about o'clock, after
making our way through tOleraby clear
water, we were suddenly caught In an i'm
mense jam of ice. There was one cake
which covered space of half an acre at
least We pulled our little boat up on this
big iceberg and prepared 10 make night of
il as best we could. 1t was bitterly cold,
and. though we we're warmly clothed, we
had TO keep running and jumping about OH
the lee to keep from freezing. To add to
our misery we had nothing to eat.
1--WE slowly moved along until about
o'clcck in the morning, when our icecake
stuck fast For three hours we did not move
foot. Then we began 10 move again and
foated all that day. About O'clock In the
evening we came so close to the wharf at
Madison, Ind, that n rope was thrown to
us. and we and our skiff were pulled ashore.
II shall never forget that nights ride.
We did not know what minute our cake of
ice might split in two under our feet and
drop us into the river. 1t was terrible
thing the way it rocked and cracked all
night long. When we pulled ashore at Madi-
son We were weak from hunger and stiff
and sore from our sixty mile ride"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
The lighthouses.

The small leg OF mutton sails and old style
fxings have given way 10 improved rigs.
In most ca ses all the old boats have been
entirely replaced. but in some instances the
old craft we're improved and rearranged in
conformity with the new IDEAS The fleet
now numbers about thirty, almost all Of
which are built on recent models with all
the later wrinkles.
The clubhouse is 2 comfortable and sub
stantial building. situated on what is COM
monty known as Sessions basin, near the
Clinton station. and The quiet waters of the
estuary furnish the main stamping ground
for the cancer.
The more the racing cancer Is developed
the less suited IL becomes for taking out a
passenger. The boat is almost entirely
decked over leaving only small cockpit
amidships. barely large enough to accommo-
date the shippers feet. Fore and aft Of
this, under the decks, are large ar-tight
compartments, making IL impossible to sink
the craft Speed Is certainly obtained, but
not comfort. The willingness of many to
dispense with comfort for the sake OF speed
has resulted in the division of sailing
canoes into two classes racers and
cruisers.
A type Of the racing canoe to be seen on
the San Francisco waters is the Gnat, owned
by George A. Warder. 1t has length of
is feet and a beam OF 80 inches, giving the
boat long, narrow appearance, and in
order to keep such craft right side up the
sliding deck seat is used. CapsZes often
occur, but with boat of that order 1t is ex-
pected, and is consequently matter OF lit
tie thought. As the canoe rolls over the
skipper places one foot on the center
board as IL comes up underneath, grasps the
sliding seat, and using both as levers pals
the sails out of the water and the boat rolls
back on an even keel with only few Dip
persfnl of water In a cockpit
The Whisper, owned by the present
commodore. w. G. Morrow. is good exam
pie Of the cruising canoe. She is Is feet
in length and has 37-inch beam. BY
means Of an open cockpit Z feet long and
ceDterboard folding up in the keel, plenty
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
ABOUT MENTHOL.
Almost Unknown Twenty-Five Years
Ago and of Solid Therapeutic Value.


Ago and of Solid Therapeutic Value.
Chemist and Druggist
The medical use OF menthoi in China and
Japan goes back into the dateless ages.
Isolated references to its application in the
east are met with here and there in the
records of western travellers in those parts.
but we shall probably never know the name
of its discoverer or the early history of It's
introduction. We do not know with ALSO
lutte csetainty when and by whom menthol
crystals were first brought to the notice of
European pharmacOlogists. 1t is said that
they were used pharmaceutically ON the
continent as long ago as the end of the last
century, but il that statement is capable Of
proof the drug must have fallen into OBJ
livion shortly after its introduction. for it
was certainly utterly unknown even by
repute to most persons in the drag trade
twenty-five years ago. Somewhere about
1864 a consignment of the drug was received
in London under the name Of Chinese pep
perment oil, and passngly commented upon
for its curious property of s0lidifying with
fall in the temperature.
TO tie late John Msckay Of Edinburgh be-
longs the distinction of first having called
the attention of British pharmacists 10 the
valuable properties Of menthal. Dir. Mac
Kay is believed TO have brought "PO- Iii oil"
with hlm from Paris. where it was then
sold, in the small red-labeled Chinese bot
ties familiar to eastern travellers, as kind
OF pI proprietary article. Had menihol been
an utterly valueless quaek medicine it
would, perhaps, have taken Europe by
storm then and reIgDed for season. just
long enough TO gather a fortune for It's first
exploier. But as the drug happened 10
have solid therapeutic value IL had to
wresile Il rough the familiar stages of con-
tumey ridicuIe. aninfosity and nnreasoning
popularity. just like any new creed of re-
former. The commercial history of meDthol
practically dates from 1878. when an Eng
lish firm IN Yokohama made small ship
meut Of il to London, determined not to rest
until they had succeeded IN securing for the
remedy a footing upon the market. After
many months their shipment went back
with a note from the agents announcing that
'',he stuff" could not be sold there, as no one
knew what to do with it. But the Yoke o.
hama firm persevered, and they reaped their
reward. Four years later menthol crystals
were the rage OF the season, selling at 90
shlIlngs per ound, wholesale, and carried
about in cone shape by all persons with any
pretense TO the possession OF civilized
ueFVnIIs system.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
BUDDHIST HELLS.
Eight Cold and Eight Hot, Through
Which Progress Is Slow.
Journal Asiatlque OF Paris.

JOURNAL Aslatlque OF Paris.
Landresss, for his version of 1.-The Vow
age OF Fa- hiau." wrote an extended and in
structive ote on the Buddhist helis. He
gives the names OF these places OF torment
and description of the sufferings under
gone therein, without naming The crimes
which are there expiated. More recently s.
Beal, in his translation of extracts from the
Buddhist scriptures, has taken up the SUBJ
ject- the texts which he gives appear to
be the same rs those which Landresse bad
examined. Beal writes generally about the
crimes which are punished and the length
Of stay in the heils. details which are lack
ing in Landresse.
TIE generic name OF hell in Sanscrit is
Naraka. The Chinese call it Ti-yo, which
sgnitiesla terrestrial subterranean prison.
Landresse gives US the names Of thirty-two
bells, of which sixteen are little" and six
teen pig" The sixteen big ones are di-
vided into brollng and icy. and there are
eight OF each kind. The Buddhists Of the
south have no cold bells.
Beal has a description Of the eight cold
bells, which corresponds almost exactly
with that of Landresse. The sufferings of
the damned therein con slst essentially of
cracks or other alterations OF the skin. the
blood aud the bones, caused by excessive
cold.
The names of the first five bells ara nearly
the same in the Sanscrit, the Chinese and
the Pail. AS to the three remaining bells,
the names differ in the three languages
named. Yet the nine words are all the
names OF the lotus, adopted, say the Chi
Eese texts, because the ulcers produced by
the cHld take the form OF the different
varieties OF tie lotus flower.
According to one commentary, held in re-
pute among some BUddhists, the names
given TO the cold bells designate, not the
existence OF cold bells, but the length of the
stay which the damned is obliged to make
in each hot hell. According 10 one taxi,
respected by some, the damned must re-
main in the first of the cold bells 500 years,
in the second 1000 years, ana so on. at tile
same rate OF progression, which reaches
81, 600 years in the seventh hell and 90, coo in
the eighth.
IL Is not easy to harmonize the northern
and southern texts of the Buddhist scrip
lures. These differences. however, are in
sDIred by the same thought to brighten the
guilty and force them to turn away from
evil-doing by the prospect of long, varied
and terrible punishments which, as recon-
pcDse for their bad actions, they will have
TO undergo after their death.
All the Buddhists agree as tn thu exist
ence Of eight burning bells. These eight.
which some double or divide into sections,
correspond TO one ascending grade in the
intensity OF the suffering the duration Of
the punishment and the crIminality of the
condemned.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
BIRTHS-M ARRIAGES-DEAIHS.
BORN.

BORN.
REAVEY-In this city, February IL, 1893, to the
wife Of James Reayey, dauzhter.
HEINS-In this city, February H. 1898. 70 the
wife OF Adoph Helms, daughter.
RASMUSSOS-in this city. February IA, 1893. to
the wife Of John Rasmussen, daughter.
JANES-In this city. February 8. 1885, TO the wife
OF Charles NJ. James, daughter.
BARTHOLOMEW this city. February 10. 1898,
10 tho wife OF A " Bartholomew, daughter.
SwEENEY-In this city, January ZS. 1893. TO the
vie OF Pete Sweeney, son.
McvICAR-In this ity. January %. 1898. to the
wife oil John McElcar, daughter.
PRICE-In this city February 3. 1898. to the wife
James Price, daughter.
RANDoLPH-In this city. February Is, 1893. to the
wife of Frank C. Randolph, son.
TRAUT-In this city, February IA, 1898. to the
vile OF John Trsut.
STUMPT-In this city February IL. 1893, to the
wife of Matthaus Stumpt, a son.
SCHUSSLER- this city, February Ia, 1898, to
the wife OF Fred }. SchussIer.
hULi-ln Berkeley. February 5. 1893. to the wife
OF William &. Hull. daughter
DONNELLY-In Berkeley, February g. 1898. to the
wire OF Edward ). Donnely. a daughter.
McMILLEN-F February Is, 1898, TO the wife Of
George MeMillen,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19

Chinatown disgusting TO even those who
are not fastdiOus is hidden from sight un-
der gaudy trappings and deadened 10 the
olfactOrY nerves by the eyeT-buTning punk
sticks with which the Chinese surround
themselves. still it is there, and the white
visitors wade through il. and are happy be-
cause they have dared infection and braVed
disease in order to crafty curiosity. But
the real danger to the white tourist in
Chinatown. and especially during the New
Years week, lies in their visiting the Chi
Dese theateTs.
There are two plsyhouses in Chinatown,
one on Jackson street and one on Washing
ton. The former is the larger and NEST
patronized place Of amusement by both
Chinese and white visitors, and II Is at the
same time by far the most dangerous place
70 visit of the two. although either OF the
theaters are unsafe enough TO cause an
ordinarily cautious person to foregO the
temptation to witness q Chinese drama.
The Chinese do not allow white people to
sit in the auditorium OF their theaterS but
furnish them seats on the stage. There is
no scenery, no stage properties outside OF
table and one or TWO chairs, and c0nse-
Quently the presence on the stage OF hum
dred or more spectators In noTise inter-
feTes with the actors. Actresses there are
none, no Chinese woman being allowed on
the stage.
The danger to the white visitors does not
exist ia their being compelled TO sit on the
stage, but in the manner in which they
reach the stage, and no thinking man or
woman will ever risk for the second time
eToWdiDg through the narrow passages,
where one has to move along sideways,
climbing rickety stairs and twisting and
turning through halls but two feet wide,
when they stop to think Of what would
happen TO them in case the theater caught