The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-22
For maat people thoro ia a pOrt Of

ruuN sketch OF soma carry hAVlSRtOr rs
cordiug tho thea known land, the lea
line, near'lYing Islands, anl the tarra
inoosnila which liis yontureipma PROV
has scarce dared expire; whether il
he, for instance, ahasIly drawn diagram
Of Bosworth fold, with tho River Tweo,
hall OnGircljng mo oppoiinG hosts
where Eng Richard fought with u do
termination and q personal bravery
worthy oil better clasei or whether it
DO a thoroughly up.lo.dato photographic
production, br'tling with geographical
facts, traced wish all tho wonderful
skill, untirlng patience and intense re
gard for details which belong to til,
scisncs OF modern map,maSing, Their,
i9 in ouch case k0Gu interest IN glanC'
ius over the Craven records which ahNw
where history was mulo or which lRii'
cate how much a man now knows OF
reveals how ll!,lG no once knew about
the world wo'lve IN.
For the accurate man IL tho very Ga
sence Dt nistory. Nations may war for
adecaio to rob each other Of provinces
their campaigns and HcgeI may b1
recorded IN volumes, and finally aha
chrouicler may toll how ona dusnoilcd
the other; but, after IL i9 all over, thu
man engravor, with duo attention 10
scale, direction and measurement, will
change 4 iew boundary lines hero aud
there, perhaps wipe from the W0rld'
blackboard the pictures Of y few small
gulgsons and pr0por.ionntely enlarge
lhc zig shark tina: has swallowed thom,
sud presto tho real results, tim essence
% a ten.yeIrs war are Dsinro the eye
and mind.
Aud this man method Is generally
found to bs the best, Il not tho ouly,way
of conveying clear idea OF what
boundaries have been wiped out, what
uuc equity has gained and another lost
Ia their struggles for national aggrand-
iEemcut. For instance, in the case oil
tho late war between China and Japan,
the average American knows. In a gen
oral wav. that thorc was genera! set.
to between tho great Celestial empire
aud its pluCky little island uelghbor
that tho after got tue best OF tho Gu.
counter. male tho former pay q lot Of
money. aud give ~ some land, but just
how much and lust whore II WAS hu has
not any dpdni.o idea, aud never will
have until lie looks at the new General
Atlas OF the World and sees At q glance
Just what Japan gained by her ia'e con-
quest.
II is such information a. this found
in the poE atlas, and nowhere el,e,
that give. to iis inspection tho fasc.na'
ton which comes IRON learning at a
glance Important new facts which print.
cd pages could not poss,bir imparI Ia
looking over the atlas which those king
map-.nakors. Rand, McNaiiy & Co, arc
just issuing from the press, ihero IL n
wealth Of now material presented.
which no. only completely minllos all
other American publications OF the
kind, but also eclinses the extensive
works OF all tho German, French aud
English publishers, u1uu Of whose olab.
crate efforts contain anything ike the
important recent data found in the
Now General
To parlicuariza. tho latter noble
worl; Oh ont own continent records the
iariues, point reached by Lieutenant
lockwood aud Sergeant Brainard. Of
the Greedy expedition, 10 the north
pole.
It also records the discoveries Of
Lieutenant Il. T. Phary in his first OK.
petition to Northern Greenland. m
1891 ~. Il notes tho highest noun.
tain OF tho North American continent.
near Alaska. discovered and measured
by Unilrd states lriungulalion party.
In 1891
II shows the new counties in Okla.
hOma and Indian tGrrItorio+
II giyes tho rc'u.t4 Of the latest OK.
nlorRtions tn Labrador. leading to the
discovery by TN. Eowdoin College OK
petition, In 1891, OF ono Of the greatest
rataracts in tho wor'l-tho Grand River
Fails. 3iS iect high.
Tho atlas, ior tue frs, timc, doiuitcly
shows Tho so.caIlol "l'rGnch shore" on
tile coast OF Newfoundland, locating tie
bouGioriua within which tho french
are allowed 10 i4n, aud marking the
limits Of l.l1. munh.litpu'u quarter
between France mad England.
In 5'ulnAmur.rI il8 howI tho correct
Donhla,y 'l1al pat"g"l ''n Vhl'oi
S'aiH' 9' enc]Hr'a NM 'h' Tonnb,,e o'
=" Hino'A, W ueu''ef y! IA'' OI MARIA
CATlsI'nh' PUaol 81 nra'h' anu a'n
SHOWS '"9 t"itrn' uouniNtV nnl"na"
"l'h. anu '"m "ta'"I'"p i'phD','' Us
s,eeili'i Nv 'IN''loht CIo'e'anH on
Irhin"TY N '"''.
On 'nn miu oi Ai'l QUO ,nG'' l1r tue
lfoi hn' mo r9ftuG! Ildu'AIihan
irouNor ~ snls'eI Wy tho Amoor Of
'isNaNii'Ni 'ui or Mortimer Jnr1hl'
80 Vc'oDgr iaIt and also INC frontier