Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-19
MEN AND THINGS.

SENATOR LOGAN thinks CoNKLING is the
greatest orator the world has ever known
TELEGRAPH editors join other people in
expressing the hope that Guiteau will not
have a new trial.
JAY GoULD'S income is estimated to be 81
a second. Some day when things tumble it
may get down to SOC.
OSCAR WILDE has raised Juror in favor
Of the sunAoweT. Seed men say that never
before was there such demand for sunfower
seed as this season.
The annual pension bill appropriates
500, OO0, OCO. 1t would be interesting TO know
the percentage of that sum paid to fellows
who never even ''snuffed the battle afar OIL.
GENERAL BEAVER, the Republican candi-
date for Governor of Pennsylvania, will
make speeches in his own behalf in most
of the cities and towns of the State during
the coming campaign.
IT is lamentable fact thatin this country
large amounts of property escape taxation,
and personal property bears no just pro-
portion in the payment Of taxes to the
protection it receives. ~
A FRENCH millionaire, in order to en-
courage population, has left annual prizes
Of 81, 100, $500 and $500 to the mothers OF
the largest families of Paris with prefer
tnce TO the poorest in case of eqality.
The golden summer time is approaching
| and ere long We shall see Bridge Cracraft
shrek himself red in the face in favor of
| the nomination of some one else than Col.
Ben Wilson for Congress, while about ff-
teen minutes afterwards Ben's pole knocks
| the persimmOn.-Ritcbie Gazette.
Bulls AND BEARs-The Bulls" in Wall
street are those who try to put up prices
| and the Bears" are those who try to put
| them DOWN..
! Wish they'd let loose few Bears" on
the Bulls" that our butchers bring IN,
and fetch prices to margin where poor
fellow could rake in some steaks
/ ". Ia. Frecman.
| IT having been judicially determined
that swearing through the telephone is not
/ permissible, the Chicago Times is led to re-
mark: Hitherto, with the widest latitude
/ of language, the instrument has been
barely tolerated Cribbed, cabined, uu-
cursed and uncurSable, as, under such de-
cision, the instrument becomes, its use is
dangerous The Safety-valve has been re-
moved.
To- hoe haan p,aEtnn q
lsudable effort to TO do away with sensa-
! tional headlines, and il has made out very
well. Occasionally, however, its relapses
into its old style as it did Saturday, when
il heralded hanging in this wise: IAN
exile of Erin; forced emigration OF Mr..
Patsey Devine to the shining shore; the
trip TO the hereafter made via. the CREASED
rope route at Clinton, ILL.,, etc, etc
SoNKRopY tells Gath" that ''the wealth
of Mr., YAS1sxSuri is the most preposterous
thing about him or about our times To think
that an individual has $4,000, 900 more
! invested in the Government bonds than the
entire banking capital of the city of New
York, The money which moves this vast
city and all its connections amounts regu-
larry to SGO,O0O,O 900, and Mr.. VASDERsILr
has one-sixth more money in Government
bonds than all that. Fortunately he is not
much of an enterprising, absolute, tyranni-
cal man, or that amount of money would
work degree of corruption about the leg
lslature, and even on Congress that would
be fatal to the public liberties. l hope to
God that that We shall have few such for.
tunes accumulated in this country"