Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-22

The Cincinnati Gazette i after Blaine.
R,.t lust ~ likely as not it will drop back
in is, old channel and go for Gideon or
Earach. or the Generals Of the Punic
war, IN it, next issue.
The introduction of bills for the sup
preston of polygamy is very popular in
in Congress. 1t is plain that the edge
uIon which the Mormons stand il be-
coming more and more ragged.
Il j. announced that 1.-The White
House has been freed from cockroaches."
Nuw. ifhy the same or some other pro-
r,.-- it can be freed from Office seekers,
iit. there may be made tolerablc.
u ha, been discovered that no woman
under thirty-three wears the Gaines
io.uugh harrel-top hat to the theatre.
The discovery will have its effect on the
next annual statement of imports.
Tie young Duke of Portland, one Of
the wealthiest Of English noblemen, is
said To have an income Of about $780,
q war; and his predecessor, the eccen-
rr.r Duke, left him 81, 25O, 900 in cash.
The Nation will probably be forced to
do without that much-desiredC Christmas
gin--the hanging of Guiteau. Con-
crc>o, however, will contribute to the
happiness of the holidays by its adjourn
mcut.
The man who burieS his money in
the garden, or hides il in the crack of
thu floor, generally loses it, and that
was the experience of J. NJ. Sullivan, Of
Tennessee, who concealed n package Of
money amounting to 5000 in an ont
house. But Mr.. Sullivan might have
been reading about the Newark Bank.
The Memphis Ardianche declares that
its suggestion that United States Sena-
tor Harris i the man to lead the Ten
neosee Democracy out Of the wilderness
is meeting with favor among the DEM
ocrats capable of rightly estimating the
danger, that bcset their party in that
State. growing out of differences in re-
gard to the settlement of the State debt.
4 new bankrupt bill has been presen-
tcd 10 the Senate Judiciary Committee
which was at work on the subject dur
ing the recess, and if any bankrupt bill
ra~ses this Congress, it is the one that
Will become law. 1t places all bank
Turtcy matters in the Circuit Courts of
the United States. In the opinion Of
the subcommittee it is better that the
creation of registers in bankruptcy. The
proposed plan is a somewhat radical de-
Tarturc from past methods.
Mayor Grace, Of New York, has come
out triumphant in his little tilt with the
Tammany aldermen, the remainder OF
hi, nominees for positions in the various
departments having been confirmed
Tuesday evening, the county Democracy
and seven Republican aldermen having
combined to achieve this result. Thus
Mr.. John Kelly has been frustrated in
his nl-iudged attempt to control the
mayor in making nominations for
which that official alone is responsible.
Il i remarkable that. Mr.. Losing has
omitted from his excellent encyclopaedia
uf United States History" Il biographical
sketch of that pride Of American letters,
Nathaniel Hawthorne. The work, too
that dignifes with Geographic mention
John lem, whose sole claim 10 fame Is
Ila, Er was 4 drummer boy at Chicka-
uauga, at the age of twelve years, and
Liked rebel officer there, might at
l,a,, have mentioned 80 unique and
nlghta figure in American literature
- Thurcau.
That the South deserves some meth
oi d, rigid discipline beyond that which
has already >cOuryed il, is diSagreeable
thought, but one which, in the light of
recent rUmorS, forces itself upon u rc-
luc,ant people. 1t is now stated that
SOME one down in Mississippi has dis
covered that cotton seed oil is superior
ior cooking purposes to the h,-t lard. ~
by - l>erancidneSS, burning AMI black
cning j. avoided. This eff0-t to Sat King
Cotton above the hog is clearly Il Stu,l-
led ami mreconstructcd insult II the
North, which should be resented to the
extent of pulvcrizing every white mIn
IN the state.
Thomas Corwin, whose biography II -
ySI been published, was one ofthe droll-
e>t OF men and one of the most captiva-
ting ot stump orators. But he lamentei
The facility with which he moved the
rSahles OF the people, and toward the
cioSe Of his life he said: "Sever make
tue people laugh. 1t il easy AMI ctpti-
'a'ing, but death in the long run to the
SPEAKER. Do you know, my Young
friend, that the world has = contempt
lot the man that entersains it, One
must Oe solemn-solemn ~ an ass
never say anything that is MT uttered
WIN the greatest gravity, to win respect.
Inc world looks up to the teacher anil
uo"n at the clown; yet, in nine case,
'ut OF ten, the clown Is the better fellow
ithe two" There sre not MANY stumr
o's'ors OF the present day who need tr
ta&e tho hint. Most of then, a-a "a al.
eu'h Is asses and as wise asows