Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-19
Dangers.

Dangers.
Special Correspondence Of the Register
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sa..JAuu o. Ill .IOusanO UOu1Is &C.
Ma..s bringing 10 'On.s el.y eAe Demo-
GRACE Na..UAa4 Convention, ala ~ 1Ae
arrival, - sAIpped ron tnIs pos, d.
I N.ce. "a Ms anO celeDr3ted LtVtteIs-
o4a Ol WIom Is MnlmSlcaAy named
Du-z-Iu. competition L. races al tae
...y.era, james GorUJn bennett mas
L-en IateLy reylyIIg personal interest
III a.ins-.4. ana Reminding us Le.4SW
| New Workers that "lnCUsl 1851 u
..-. us IS TO msmOry ue2r. A-So,
.aal although ne mas l3I gn resi-
| ueuce or Qu.le Qu4tter cenIuf5-'"l.h
| occasional rIps 10 the hn-ckeI DocKeE
| ci,y OL ais uat!Yltg-he ccMIuueS
lrue-O.ue and paJuOuc American. 10
p4rlDnraSe song IN Jne Gl.O5rJ-oulG-
van opera OF "F.44lore'-'.n spite OIL
much .enpt8ti9D' 10 become London
CT. raus.an or I--1--I-3n, he remains
with appreciation GOOD American. lie
may 0a regarded as .ne most represent
a..Na NaS Iork5r Known. = psWon
and 4oyer CT al It's sports. generous
/ contributor 20 us MANIFOLD cn5l.IsS,
promoter of lis progress, a1d an enJDus-
last IOr lis lusltUt40ls. il rem mDef as
/ q treucam8n in the Nav York UnVers-
+ ity reading IN the Herald then N its
/ fifth year. an amusing account oil his
O.-J1, written by MS father, anu an
LcuLciIg tAe event as tne arrival OF MS
young Napoleon. For some time AFTER
that ne amused his readers with bulle-
tins concerning lejeune Napoleon, pref
| ~ mUch as any fond ana novel Dad
would pirate proudly Of rs tirs,-Dcrn.
I The cider Bsunc-o had waited until his
} middle age before making tennis with
( Cupid ana Hymen, and nad finally mar
ried Miss Henrietta Crehan, daughter
OF an enlgre Irish prc-ls3r and Dub
| lin beauty, who inherited her mother
charms and her Sire's Intellectual qual-
tties. she had been carefully educated,
and had b=c0me accomplished in. music
and languages. She was endowed with
the native coQuettry and piquancy OF
he~ race The acquaintance AID court
slip occurred at the private hotel in
which editor la mere and Ia belle were
inmates. The Young Napoleon, now
IN his 54th year. is in features and
height and build a replica OF his father;
but fully inherits the disposition of his
mother, who was a queen Of c2prices.
The father being Immersed IN his news
paper, and the mother passiOna,ely fond
OF society. the present proprietor and
editor of the Herald" ike Topsy in
The novel Of Uncle Toms Cabin"
"grOwed: MaSsa l 'spect,' and under
eyes Of tutor and valet, more or le1s
| educated himself. and had the benefit
/ Of adOleScsnt travel in Europe, which
| is. per Sc, an education TO young man;
especially in persuing human nature
and coming face to face with history
and chronology.
Young Bennett was almost, if not en-
/ tirely. the first American athlete. He
took to'a-hlejism and all outdoor sports
as naturally as a duck takes to fish
pond. and before he was II years old
was the best pedestrian, bsst boxer, best
| fe1cer. best ball PLAYER, -Ongest jumper
! and best swimmer among school fell
| lows Much OF MS youth was passed on
| his fathers suburban estate on Fort
| Washington Heights, abutting upon the
Hudson river. This propinquity made
aim oarsman and yachtsmar; and
there is not q more thorough all-around
/ y2ch.sman in the whole world than he
/ is still. HIS steam yacht, Namouna, is
always in commission, and liable TO
/ take its owner on a few hours notice ND
the Mediterranean on cruise or for a
qu.et exploration of the Dardanel,eS 10
find out for his paper how the suit OF
Salisbury VS.. Sultan progresses, or for
a pleasure party through the Suez
! Canal. and into the Red Sea, over the
celebrated transit place Of Moses. He
also was the introducer of polo into the
! States and one Of the chief promoters
| Of Yacht regattas in the harbor of New
York: and one Of the founders Of The
| SDorSmans South Side Club CT Long
/ Island. famous for trout ponds, deer
park, and deep sea fishing, in the ad-
jscent Fire Island Bay He had a he&1
| fer all s0rus of fun, except that connect
/ ed with wine-twO glasses Of which
would have the same effect upon him
as uw0 bcttles upon a boon companion.
And there is this TO be said for him,
/ that fond Of sport as he always was and
I is. its pursuit was never allowed 10 in
! terfere with business or duties. He is
| a rapid thinker. and a rapid dOer; and
I for many years he sacrificed 70 impulse
Amid all his pleasures he found time
and opportunity before arriving at age
| 70 learn the mysteries Of the composing
room, of the DreCs room, Of the proof
/ reading Of the reporting and editorial
u ~ "a do nrfre af,- ,f
| his fathers newspaper from the pur-
/ chase eff paper and ink to the buying
/ of blue pencils. He can to-day set type.
make bank, prepare stereotype plate
/ and feed a press as nimbly as a fly boy.
/ He was one Of the fret hackers OF the
/ telephone and the electric ligh. And.
/ IN company with NacKay. aid a cable
that broke down the pool monopoly.
/ cheapened service and brought its
| American land end into his "Herald"
| Office. While abroad he studied the
/ ways cf newspaper men in all the Eu-
/ opeau cities. Taking lessons from his
| father. he became the best of editors
| thinker. a director Of the thoughts OF
| cub0rdinateS. a fertile suggester Of top
les and Of things to discount and iuvss-
/ tigate. a constant feelc- CT the public
| pulse. a watcher Of the warnings of the
vane Of public opinion. and taker Of
/ the daily temperature OF every capital
81 home or abroad Never inditipg an
editorial for his penmarship is mere
/ shocking than was that Of Greeley.
/ Rufus Choate or Sa,a-but debating II
or rs sub rance CT import and leaving
/ ve~Aiaea to suhs.
He has wonderfully systematized his
/ relations to his paper. A remarkably
/ exhaustive cable code of 10000 service