Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-06
THE TALKER'
SPEAKS OF A PEW THINGS THAT NAY BE Oh
INTEREST TO READERS.
Whseling's New Industry the Standard Match Com
pauy and What il Is DOing-A Politician
Who Oaugh: Onto Things In
Times Cstera.

The Standard Match Company is WheeS7
ing's, latest industry, and so far 1T has
proven a very successful venture. 1t oc-
cupies the old building formerly used by
the Superior Mower and Reaper Company,
having had put in all the latest machinery
for the manufacture of matches. The
quality of ~lucifers turned out is very SUI
perior, being almost equal to wax tapers.
They burn a great deal like a sulphur
match when struck, with the advantage of
being minus the d~isagreeable odor Of that
article. The company has introduced
quite q speciality in its line which promises
to become very popular. This is what
they call the Natural Gas Match" being
about four inches long. By their use nat
ural gas fires can be nicely and safely
lighted without the use of paper, the
ashes of which makes its use 50 uncleanly.
The company, 1 understand, is now work
ing twenty-five hands full time, and in
the near future the capacity Of the works
will be doubled, as the demand for their
output is in excess of the supply and is
rapidly growing.
A certain gentleman who has been
spoken ola number of times as a coming
candidate on the Republican ticket for
City Sergeant, tells arather good joke on
himself. He says after he expressed him
self as desising the nom
ination on the ticket he
started out to do a little el%ectioneering and
ascertain which way the wind was blow
ing. until then" said he, II had sort
of an idea that 1 could scoop in the office,
but by the time / spent twenty-five dol
lars and circulated around among the boys
q good deal, by gosh! l found l couldn't
even get the nomination, so l quit"
think he was sensible. He saved money.
Now that roller skating has lost its grip
ice skating is coming into vogue again,
and the small boy as well as his Older
brother and sister are thinking seriously
of getting out their rusty skates and in
dulging in the old reliable and delightful
pastime, and in fact, many of them have
done so. The creek is frozen over nearly
all the way ont and the ice in some places
is very good. Yesterday a number OF boys
were amusing themselves gliding over the
smooth surface of the creeks CONCEALED
water, and they were having fun nOtwith-
standing the fact that they should have
been in Sunday school. 1t is quite prob
able hat if There is good skating ice this
winter, skating parties of ladies and gentle
men will become popular.
You know, of course that am not in
the habit of telling things out of school.
but | must tell 4 little joke on several
well known young society gentlemen.
They called on two young ladiest the other
evening, to say good-by, as the girls were
to leave the city the next morning at 5
o'clock. These t~houghtless young men
never took that fact into consideration,
and stayed and stayed and stayed. One
o'clock in the morning came and still
these hOrrid young men moved not toward
the door. Then the master of the house,
who is quite a wag, walked out into the
hall and came back bearing a pair of over
shoes, the property of one of the young
men. He said not a word
but set them on the floor, then made the
same trip, bringing back the young mans
Overcoat, which he laid near him on a
chair. Don't you know, the young man
never caught oni The gentleman saw
that hints were wasted in that quarter, so
he took another young mans Overcoat
and rubbed it up against him, never smil-
ing or saying a word. Would you believe
it, those boys wouldn't catch on, ever
then, so becoming desperate, the gentle
mar remarked: Excuse me, gentlemen,
I'll go out and bring the gate in, and save
you going out to open it," The boys then
left. They couldn't ignore such kind
ness.
News in local oil circles is rather quiet at
present, no big strikes being made mol
none anticipa ted in the near future that
can learn of. A gentleman connected with
the Wheeling Oil Company told me the
other day that the stockholders had re,
ceived so per cent. of their stock in cash
dividends, while at least the remaining sc
per cent. had been used in sinking other
wells. The first well, then, has turned out
enough oil to return to the stockholders
the money invested and is still producing
a fair amount Of grease per day.
THE TALKER.