Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

YoUTu is the period Of hope, and that
explains the suddenness with which Al
ionso, the King, has illustrated Dr.
Johnson's idea OF the triumph OF hope
over experience, by marrying 4 second
time.
MARTINS FERRY, over the river, is
agitating for a gas works. EX-Supcrin'
teDdent Browne, OF this city, has been
estimating the cost, income, etc, ior
them. We thought they already had
enough Gas over there.
AND now recommcnces the daily pub
LEGATION OF that superb little humorous
journal called the Congressional RCcod
As Il soporiiic, it has few equals and no
superiors-not even a patent office re-
port or a column of alleged wit in sun
day newspaper.
TIE Cleveland Herald goes in ior
short, sharp and decisive legislative
sessions, with knock down for the
first member who arises and addresses
the chair on the subject OF Il tax on
dogs. The Herald, however is not pub,
lishej in West Virginia.
The reported severe illness OF Queen
Victoria and its possible consequence
will already make the English people
begin to think, if not to talk, OF Albert
the First or Edward the Seventh, just
as Albert Edward shall decide to cal
himself when the great event occurs.
4 NEWSPAPER reporter, who was mad
vertcutly locked up in the China closet
ON the night of Alfonso and Marie we'd
ding, saws that the first yawning re-
mark his Majesty made on waking in
the morning was poetical rs well AZ
cndcaring:
MY love my dove. my hearts desire
Get right up and build the fire
MEMPHIS is to be thoroughly sur
viewed. Sewers, drains and all that
pertains To make a city healthy, are
to be ovcrhaulcd. The i'll iated town
is to he effectively cleaned, secured on
IN fact, and it is TO be hoped that that
unwelcomc guest, Yellow Jack, vii
never again make its summer head
quarters there.
\ BosroN dry goods dealer has inaug
uratcd a new departure which should
become popular. He sells by sample
customers not seeing the stock. shop
pers are received in an elegantly fur
nishcd drawing room, with a cOnserva
tory, sample rooms and a lavatory al
joining. Costly as the system is, its ele
gauce and novelty have made it exceed
iug'y profitable.
REV. :. J. STEWART, pastor OF Con
grcgational Church in Massachusetts
resigned his position lately, and in reply
to a communication from his congrega
ton urging him 10 withdraw his rcsigna
ton, he wrote as follows: "The old the
ology was based upon false theory o
the universe and of government, The
Ptolemaic system OF the universe, max
ing the earth a stationary center, gave ,
man narrow universe and a narrow
God. Government in the past was found
ell upon the theory that might makes
right, and that the king can do NJ
wrong. The idea of God was, therefore
that he was a being who governed by
fiat and arbitrary will But modern
science and scholarship have rCyCJle,
u us a larger universe in which tht
world is but one OF many. The idea o.
God is now enlarged and lie is one who
governs by law, and cannot, therefore
bc controlled by within or trick of priest
or saint. The real salvation is. there
fore, for us 10 be brought into sympathy
with the laws which environ us. Our
modern conception of government /:
one of righteousness and not OF arhitra
~ will. Ii Is not possible, therefore, e
bSSc u Itli-tttS belIci III llit SuIitIAls'ON
OF righteousness and law upon an old
theory in which the majesty of God wa:
supposed to be his mere power or arbi
trary will
IL the West they say that Vanderbilt
has extended his power. In the East
they say that Gould has outgeneraled
him and tricked him out of share o
his railroad control. Gou pays youl