Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-18
TIMELY TOPICS.

his balloon seems at least to bring out
the fact that ascensions are very COM
mon. In the region over which he is
supposed TO have travelled several bal
looms have been seen, or at least report
ell, every day since he was missed
CErAwAYo was Temperance man ard
prohibited the sale Of rum and spirits in
his country. The English are in pos
session of the country now, and the
temperance law is no longer in force.
Ii is no wonder the Zulus think more Of
the English guns than Of the English
Gospel.
RALPH MEEEER, son Of the late Indian
agent at White River, has been appoint
ell TO settle up his fathers affairs and
look after the bodies OF those who are
supposed to have been assassinated at
the same time with HIM. Like his
father, Ralph is an old newspaper man,
having been formerly connected with
the New York Herald.
Mr.. ]. b. MCCULLoUGH, editor Of the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, in explaining
the meaning OF the term "bOOm" in pol
tiles, says he was the first to use it, and
that he applied the expression to the
Grant movement in the same sense that
one would use it in speaking of an ire
sistible rise i'm stream in the spring OF
the year. e., "the river is booming"
The kingdom of Greece, as a recent
census shows, has doubled its popula-
ton since 1880, and now contains $780,
900 inhabitants. Athens was, forty
years ago, little more than village; ten
years ago it had $1,000 citizens, now it
counts 1900, and there are y, 0O9 more
at its seaport. This growth is claimed
to be the result OF independence and
liberal institutions.
The destruction Of the saloon OF II. II.
Corbin, at Wellsville, Ohio, is still fresh
in the minds of the people, having
aroused a general interest on account OF
the supposition that the explosion had
been caused by radical Temperance"
people. On Thursday Corbin and wife
were arrested by detectives, who had
discovered evidence enough to warrant
the suspicion that they had miliciOusly
destroyed their own house.
The Cincinnati Gd-,tts yesterday pub
lished as an editorial the true history of
the Caliph Haroun Alraschid, the hero
of the Arabian Nights story. Instead OF
being the good tempered, judicious kind
of a fellow we were taught to believe
him in our boyhool, the Gu:,tt, makes
him out monster Of the deepest die.
We do not know whether this is re-
Election on Charlie Foster, ora lick at ex-
Gov. Hayes, Of Ohio.
Is the midst OF the performance OF an
extravaganza at a Boston theatre an old
man rises in the parquet and says he is
displeased with his seat, as he is unable
10 hear well. One OF the actors invites
him to sit in a chair on the stage, which
he does, and finally takes a ludicrous
part in the acting. Ii is not until near
the close OF the piece, so clever is the
imposition, that the audience sees the
old man is a member OF the company.
Ii is a clever variation Of the old circus
trick.
IT is the intention OF the LeNoyne
family to preserve the crematory for fu-
ture use. 1t is learned that there is
vast body Of people who have been con-
verted to the cremation idea, and many
during the past two years asked DIR. Le-
Moyne TO allow them to be burned in
his crematory. As the enthusiastic Old
gentleman refused no one, his represen-
tatives, respecting his wishes, will main
tain the building as il is. Ii seems, too,
that the prejudice in the minds OF many
of the orthodox in the vicinity of Little
Washington has been greatly dissipated
bv familiarity with the building and the
repeated burnings, and for months past
threats of blowing it up have ceased.