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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
VIE sTICIDE MANIA.

There have been go many suicides in
this country during the last few months
II them i' RE REP pecuiiS i FORMS ~ Some
of them have also failed to aStOnish.
The question is occasionally raised,
however, as to why there should be
such large number of selt.destrOyers.
The answer is not very difficult. Bush
ness and domestic troubles are as joint
al cause for suicides as they ever
were. Aside from these it is probably
undeniable that wong habits of life Oc-
casiOn a majority OF these lamentable
affairs. Too many people are living too
fast. The drinking habit is bound to
undermine the strongest constitution,
and to unset.le the soundest mind. In
deed, it is wonder that more individ-
uals who drink liquors to excess do not
find relief from physical burdens in the
suicides grave. The testimony of re-
formed drunkards is universally to the
effect that there have been many
periods In their lives when they have
harbored suicidal thoughts. Suicide
would have relieved them. Many
drunkards, in fact, overdrink to die.
Others are nothing more than slow sui
cides.
The men who kill themselves be-
cause of business reverses are often
times to be pitied, but as often inves-
tigation demonstronstates that large
percentage of them have secretly led
crooked lives. To all outward appear
ances they deserved their high place in
the community in which they lived,
but their private life stamped them as
frauds.
There are many wolves in Sleeps
clothing in this world, and when they
die it is good thing for society. AS
regards the persons who kill themselves
because of domestic troubles, the pub
lie is inclined to be charitable. The
fact that the number of these cases is
as large as ever perhaps emphasizes the
saying that marriage is a lottery.
All suicides, however, must be con-
sidered cowardly acts in the light Of
reason and common sense. Advice on
this whole subject does not seem to be
needed, however, and it is perhaps
needless to suppose that there will be a
decrease of suicides. The law of "the
survival of the fittest" may apply here
as it does in other affairs of life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
PERSONAL CHIr.CHAT.

Cardinal McCloskey, OF New York,
again enjoys good health.
Evangelist Hammond has been STIR
ring up the sinners of Jersey City.
Lord and Lady Roseberry sailed from
Liverpool for America on Saturday.
General Brady, of Star Route fame,
used TO be Photographic reporter.
Irving, the English actor, begins his
tour of the English Provinces, previous
to his American visit
Whittier will print a new poem,
"The Log of the Steam Yacht Ata-
lanta,u in the next Manhattan maya
zine.
Mr.. John Russell Young, American
Minister at Pekin, Is said to be collect
ing material for history Of China.
The statue of the Duke of Wellington
In London is to be melted down because
it is simply a carricature OF the Iron
Duke.
Mr.. West, who gave $500, 900 for an
art gallery in Cincinnati, isseVenty-two
wears old, but says he feels ike sixty
since he made the donation.
The Rev. DR.. f. Hatfield, Moderator
of the General Assembly OF the Presoy-
terian church, and also its Stated Clerk,
has been ill for several weeks at Sum-
NIT, n. j.
DIR. Charles f. Davis, Newport ply
stefan without practice, whom every
BODY supposed to be almost pauper,
left S4OO,6O0 behind when he died the
other day.
Mr.. Charles Russell, the eminent
LAWYER who accompanied Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge on his tour in this
country, is a favorite in society, because
he is not only witty in conversation,
but an appreciative listener in turn.
Mr.. "Fred" Gould, son of Jay, says
ton is that nobody has made anything
for a year. "Why~ "Over-produc-
ton in at least two fields, the manufac-
lures and railroading. Our hope Is to
reap and sell this summers crops"
Joseph Medill, OF the Chicago Trib-
une, says of Henry Willard, the presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
who used to I've newspaper man: HE
| was first-rate correspondent, accurate,
industrious and quick to appreciate the
value of a beat on other papers. Once,
after battle in Virginia, he rode at
break-neck speed to the nearest railway
station, arriving just IN time to gee the
train moving oil. He leaped from his
horse, turned the animal loose and
ciimed on to the rear platform OF the
train. The Chicago Tribune lost a
horse, but got the news Of the battle
| ahead Of its competitors"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
FON HTNTING DUDES.

a Providence paper complains of the
rich and fashionable Newport dudes
who destroy the crops and gardens OF
the Rhode Island farmers while in pur-
suit of an apise SEED bag, mis-named a
"Fox hunt"
The farmers, it says, are accused by
these dudes of mean conduct because
they attempt to defend their property
against the attacks of a lawIess mob-a
mob as cruel, as heartless, as insolent as
any gang OF Bowery ruffians. For sew
ersl years the farmers have been obliged
to submit to the everything and under
tramping by packs of hounds and
mounted gentry with only their
pOcketbooks to recommend them.
Fences have been broken down, crops
ruined, domestic animals stampeded
and run down for the mere sport OF the
thing. II the farmers demonstrated IL
was considered an insult, and they
turned ther horses, rode into yards, and
through flower beds and gardens
for the mere pleasure Of spelling, aud
because they had spoken to- If other
ruffians, unsupported by fat purses,
had rode rough-shod, as these have,
they would have been jailed long ago.
But the farmers have no money to f ght
those who have nothing else, and II
they had, 81 900 would make slow head
way against 81, 100000"
For heavens sake are there no shot
guns in Rhode Island? No bsrbe1-
wire fences? No pluck in the farmers2
Now that the hunting season is over
and the damage all done, the Society
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
ARTHUR'S SAFE RETURN.

President ARTHUR, uncaptured by
cowboys, unscsthed by Indian bullets
and scAlping-knives, and unharmed by
any. Of the mishaps that are likely to
make things unpleasant for q traveller
in the wilderness, has finished his pleas
ute exploration of the Yellowstone
region, and is now on his way back to
Washington to resume the exercise Of
his official functions. No doubt, his re-
turn to the post of duty will be the sig
nal for general congregation of official
wanderers at the seat of government,
and it will be possible for citizens and
strangers who have business with the
departments to find somebody with au-
thority to act. The President, after
his vacation, will probably set an ex-
ample of industry to his subordinates,
and due attention will be given to the
requirements OF public service at the
nations capital.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
rpE PREETHINxERs' CONVENTION

No one who has no iced the course OF
the freethinkers' convention at Roches-
ter can fail to make this criticism that
there was more loose talking than free
thinking. There was certain coarse
ness about most of the speeches that
could not fail to shock religious people
and repel even skeptic Of refined
feeling. There was bigotry against
everything in the shape Of religion dis
played which surpassed the ordinary
uncharitableness of one sect for another.
On many topics discussed there was ex-
hibited half ignorance that coupled
with complete confidence seemed de-
plorable. Churches were attacked as
things inherently evil, and q DISPOSE
ton was shown to trace everything that
is bad in the world to their agency.
The freethinkers appeared to believe
that man in q state OF nature
would be pure. prosperous, happy
and indisposed to worship, and that
only organized religion stands between
the world and the golden age. 1t is
commonly supposed that the temper oil
the alneISL IS tUIrIauL anu easy; that
he is so disposed to doubt that he is
careless about making converts to the
unbelief which may be error; that he
loves deep study and candid statement
that he deals with religion as one would
rather believe in its splendid promises
than reject them; but the delegates at
this convention were atheists of another
type altogeter. They seemed to hate
the glorious dream of immortality;
they trampled the legend of the incar-
nation and the redemption Of human
ity into the mire OF foul language; they
ueIted the most earnest endeavorS oil
religious enthusiasts after purity, char
| ity and self.sacritice with epithets oil
| harlotrv. This is not merely immoral
it is inexpedient. Perhaps no man IN
this generation has done more to
undermine the faith of the age
than RENAN; and treethinkers really
I
DESTROYS, as they would say, of enamel
pating their neighbors should study the
sources of his success. He has never
| spoken an irreverent or coarse word OF
Christianity. He has aimed at com
plete sympathy with it aud has studied
| its history and its scope carefully-nol
as one who hated but as one who loved
it. Writing for those who were taught
to revere Christ at ~ mothers knee, he
| could not have chosen more etfec i've
method. Even those who have no
longer any religion seldom forget to as
sOciate with religion recollections Of
years of youthful innocence and happi-
ness, and they may bend like CASTELAR,
over a mothers grave for the sake OF
her faith after they have lost their own
The great and mysterious problem o.
mans origin and destiny will never be
solved by people who approach it in
the spirit of the delegates to the Roches'
tep convention.
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the fOrelegs to the shoes.

Mr.. CoNKLING is probably preparing
to become q foreign Democrat. He
was seen by Gath, of Babylon, talking
to Editor Jn$ErH Pulitzer on the
sidewalk the other night. Editor JO-
sEPH PULITZER is an innOcent-minded
German American from the suburbs of
st. Louis, and it is to be hoped that he
is not making a habit Ct keeping bad
company in the metropolis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

THE Chicago Tribune thus muses.
over the hot water bath taken by ex-
Senator CoNELING: "The egOtism of
this strutting peacock makes one shud-
der in contemplating what might have
happened to the country if he had re-
manned long enough in the Hot Springs
bath tub to have been boiled until he
was ready for the table. Such funeral
baked meat might have involved a
catastrophe to the country as fearful as
if cyclone had swept over it."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

for the prevention Of Cruelty to Ami
mails is about to demonstrate. Even in
Ireland the Farmers have by turning
out In courageous resistance to the prae-
tice nearly broken it up and rendered
packs of hounds useless. What are the
Rhode Island farmers made OF, that
they should endure such insolence from
such upstairs, who are mere weak imi-
tators and pretenders at that%'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

Postmaster General Gresham is a
very interesting talker. Though not
the best lawyer in Indiana-for the b Est
lawyers in Indiana are Democrats like
Hendricks and Mcdonald GRESHAM
combines executive sense with his legal
ability, so thst he was justified in lay.
ing down his judicial life to comm and
one of the departments.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

THE New York Times has column
editorial on the fact that Mr.. TGLDEN is
about to purchase yacht. The editor
of the Times instinctive!y hits upon the
topics in which the American people
ore infrrrStnl.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

wEhear more from Metropolitan edi-
tors about Mr.. TILDEN'S yacht than we
should if the great JetIrrsonian Demo-
crat were preparing to build flea pen.
In that event, the editors would en-
dPayOr TO escape.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

IT is true the disturbance in Java was
a very sensational affair, but please
turn your attention to Ohio. The NOR
tality was perhaps greater in Java than
it ever has been in Ohio, but the hula
haloo is quite rs imposing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

FONT have too much iron about the
maDgers to which your horses are
hitched 10y a chain. The electricity re-
Gently struck stable having such an
arrangement, and the fluid ran along
,N,.. .,.,,,.S,,st..r LilIinSr siStSan fine
NSss--tNN1,, Nss'tvNSNt ~ s-ssssNn
ing in at the neck, aud running down
tho fOralpgs TO the shoes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

JUDGE HOADLY is seriously i'll IN
Philadelphia. He will not participate
further in the Ohio campaign.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

POPULAR sentiment is growing rapid
" and strongly in favor of the City
Council granting the Elm Grove Com
rany the right to run their motors into
the city. The people are almost a unit
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

THE deaths in New York far exceed
the births. \ great city is wholly de-
pendent upon the health an 1 vigor Of
the rural districts for its best popula-
tiOn
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

His Exeellency, the Governor, Is
again welcomed back to the capitol, al
tera most enjoyable tour of the State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

PRESIDENT EATON, of the civil ser
vice comm ission, reports that matters
are working all right, and the commits
sion is likely to be equal to all exigen-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER :, 1888,

commencing at 10 O'Clock a. M, at the
81. James Hotel, viz: One lot OF WHISTLES,
and ocean ers, stove pipes, link, curtains
hairs, pitchers, bowls, &c, mats, linoleum,
mirrors, mouldiDgs, stop cocks, sam Sic
tables and tresues, bedsteads, bedding, sheets,
IoouoIe and sipgleJ pillows sni holsters
spittoons, mattresses, Tenders cigar case in
once, iron plates in front Of house, I wood
Sraung covers awnings, step-ladders,
glass ,ooes, din ing room tables, table ware
consisting OF glasses, pitchers, castors silver
and glass cake stands, silver teaspoons, silver
cream pnchers, refrigerators, Kitchen ware
cts, knives and forks, CT e mill. saw cutter,
ana ger ersl ~ sOrtmcnt OF cooking utensils,
and all oil her persona eJe-ts Of Geo. Scrap aye
tound in the ~. Jsznes Hotel.
Rn:% q. P. BROWN. g. &C.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

WHY should not people be contented
and happy with the market full Of lus-
eious forty-pound watermelons and nut
megs Of the most toothsome qualities?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
E|3'|i|All93;!|!!@]s3
100000 FOR Ro.

S3O.OOO FOX 81.
81 Regular Monthly Drawing will
III lake place in the Masonic Hall, Masonic
IOt Temple Building, in Louisville, KY,
THURSDAY, SEPT. %, 1888.
Lawful Lottery aud Fair Drawings,
chartered by the Legislature OF Kentucky,
and tw ice declared legal by the highest Court
N the State. Bond given 10 Henry County in
lie sum OF slOOOOO FOR the prompt payment
" all prizes sold. A revolution in Single
number drawings.
20 Every ticket holder his own supervisor,
can call out the number on his ticket and see
he corresponding number on the tag placed
N the wheel in his presence. These drawings
will occur on the last Thursday OF every
month. Read the magnificent
September scheme
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

SEVENTEEN bushels of wheat per
acre this year in Dakota is not bad
showing for q State not yet settled in
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
DIED.

WN.-September lst. after brief
Illness, al the residence OF her sister, MIS-.
X fourth daug liter of the late Hiram ID. and
Eliza w. Brown.
Funeral from st. Matthew'S Church this
morning at ii 30 o'clock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05

THE horse car on the Elm Grove r.
r. Unjust go.n
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER ), ISIS

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
The date printed on The wrapper o
eachpaper denotes the time tO''e'' tae s''0-
scrSptSon empires.
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Sherif's Sale.

Distress Warrant. NJ. Reilly, John 81. Hobbs
and Henry Schmulbach, VS.. Geo, Scranage
By virtue of distress warrant issued and
to me directed, have levied upon the follow
ing described personal property, and will
proceed to sell for cash, on
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-05
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september Scheme
lS51 Prizes

SIIU,IU
Whole Tickets. 81 Half Tic kets 81, q
Tickets, $50 So Tickets, sIOa Remit money
or BanK DRAFT In letter, or send by Express.
Don't send by registered letter or post office
order. until further notice. Orders OF IS aud
upward by express, can be sent at our ex-
pepSe. Address all orders 10 ]. j. DOUGLAS,
louisville, Ky, sep5eode
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NOTICE.
TO THE TRADE

TODAY WE HAVE DISPOSED OF THE
i stock of drugs, medicines, good will. ETC.,
II the old firm OF Laughlin Bros. 4 Co. 20
NesSrS. Z. h. Colbert, Jno L. Laughlin and
Fred. l.. Laughlin, who will continue the
business under the old firm name at old stand
and who will selve your wants in an efficient
manner.
To the many friends of TIE past thirty
vears business relation, We tender sincere
hank for the liberal patronage bestowed
md ask for a continuance OF the same to our
Young ana energetic partners aud successors
'ontinuiDg the business. who we can assure
YOU will serve you faithfully and with as
eperHetically.
From many years service on our parts, re.
mind Us that younger heads may do better
than we have In some respects.
In calling your attention TO the change
above mentioned we would respectfully ask
that all persons knowing themselves ndebted
o the old firm will please settle their accounts
as soon as possible.
The books Of the old firm remain ut the
once OF the new firm, who are authorized TO
settle the same.
Yours truly,
SAML 4 ALEX. LAUGHLIN.
Wheeling, August %, 1888. auSleSds
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State Fair Notice.

THE sUPERINTENDENT5 OF THE
Eighth Department invite all persons 70
send any articles they have to their room owe owe
netirion. aid n they do not want 10 com pete
for premium they can ent them Tor display
iva MRS. JACOB BERGER,
MRS. ROl Err WHITE,
MRS. MATTE THORNTON:
san5u superintendent
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For Rent.

COMFORTABLE DWELLING HOUSE
y on Eonrteenth street, from OCTOBER ISL
1Ss. Hot and cold water and gas. ppn
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-03

teeth in the upper jaw. Years after, tell
ing somewhat prominent ruralists of this
he contended that it was not so. The doc
tor told him to look into the mouths of
his cattle when he got home. A few days
later he came into town and said he had
looked into the mouths of calf and an
old COW, and there were no teeth, and now
he had been invited to deliver a lecture on
zoology. He urged the value of studies in
natural science to make people accurate in
statement and description. 1t teaches how
to discover the truth, and leads to truth
telling.
Prof. Achilles was educated at the UNI
versity of Berlin. There is scientific train
ing. He thought the students of the
schools were overworked. The best thing
was totake them out on excursions and bring
them one school at time to the Academy
rooms to be taught how to observe and
/ study things.
Mr.. Bryant commended the zeal of the
Academy and its work. He told the story
of the naturalist Goldsmith who, in one of
his earlier books said that COWS shed their
horns every year. In our ignorance we
are making just such mistakes, and it's
some comfort to know that those VINO come
after US will have better instruction. He
called attention to the fact that the red
clays were formed, according to Wyville
Thompson, by microscopic creatures, re-
quiring immense periods of time. No
place is more interesting to the geoIogist
than st. Paul.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-03

A DECIDEDLY animated contest is in pro-
gress in Chicago over the mayoralty. The
Democrats have renominated Carter II.
Harrison, who, according to his own state
ment, is the best mayor Chicago ever had.
A great many of the best citizens, however,
have grown weary of the license he allows
the gamblers, prostitutes and thieves, and
have joined the Republicans in the support
of Judge Eugene Cary, representative of
the better element of the city. All bust
ness will be suspended to-day until the
close of the polls; and the board of trade
will hold no session to the end that all
business men may unite in one supreme
effort to overthrow the power of the ring
that has so long governed the city. 1t
will probably prove futile, however, as
Harrison has complete control of the liquor
selling element, the gamblers, and others
less reputable who do the greater part of
the voting and spend the most money in
at elections. Rarrison's majority two
years since was over 10000, which is a
large advantage to overcome, even with
all the business men at work.