Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-08-09

briefs that he will have to pass upon.
For few hours every afternoon he In
dulges In his favorite game OF whist.
He has for his partner Mr.. John Jay, OF
New York. They do not always play
against the same persons, but usually
one of the opponents is Mr.. Stranahan,
who Is known as the "drst citizen of
Brooklyn" 1t is very seldom that the
distinguished jurist and his partner,
Mr.. Jay, are defeated at the game.
Judge Blatchford has the reputation OF
being the most skillful player among
the Supreme Court set. Every night
almost during the winter the Supreme
Court justices meet at their respective
homes and play whist, concluding the
evening with supper.
Senator A. S. Paddock, of Nebraska,
who is the only Republican who assault
ed the Mckinley bill when it came up
in the Senate, is spending vacation
here. For hours at time he will walk
the spacious corridor OF his hotel, with
his head bent as IL In great meditation.
His hobby seems to be to walk so that
he will never step on any OF the seams
or cracks between the tiles Of the floor.
The floor is laid in white and red thing,
and the Senator walks so as to alternate
with one foot on the red tile and the
other on the white. If he starts out and
by chance makes misstep and his left
foot happens to touch so as to reach
over on to the white tile, he always
goes back to the end Of the corridor
where he commenced and tries 1t all
over again. In the Senate he will walk
up and down the chamber so as to al
ways keep his feet upon certain figures
in the carpet. This popularity OF his is
just as pronounced as that Of Senator
Raglan, of Texas, who always has the
floor about his desk Uttered with paper,
which he is constantly tearing and
twisting up into all sorts Of curious fig
ures. Senator Paddock's present ambi-
ton is to pass what Is known as the
Pure Food bill, which he introduced last
session and which, he said, would have
passed only for the blunder of Senator
Mcmillan, who, intending TO call the
bill up, erred and had the Conger lard
bill placed on the calendar instead.
The Nebraska salesman says his bill Is
to prevent the adulteration OF any
article that is usually taken into the
human stomach, and he feels certain
that it will pass.
No public man who has been here
this summer with the exception OF
Senator German has attracted so much
attention as the dashing young senator
from Colorado, Edward Oliver Wolcott.
The senator presents very attractive
appearance, and is possessed Of an ex-
tremely amiable disposition. He is TAX
ing the only rest he says that he will
get for long time, for he. will soon
have to return to his law practice,
which is the largest of that Of any law
yer west of the Missouri river. The
senator is noted for the large amount OF
work he can perform and still he has
the appearance Of man who takes
thiags very easily. He is known
in Washington as the biggest
eater of any man in the senate.
His appetite is simply magni-
ficent. This trait of the senator's at
tracts good deal of attention to him In
the dining room Of his hotel. The other
day Murat Halstead, who had the repu-
tation in Cincinnati of being the great
est eater in that section Of the country,
happened to be seated at a table exactly
adjoining that of the man from Colo
RADIO. They were not acquainted with
each other nor did they even know each
other by sight. Halstead noticed that
Wolcott had an appetite as great as that
of his own, while the Senator was also
attracted by the amount OF food con-
sumed by the great field marshal OF
journalism. Immediately they felt an
affinity for each other. Each inquired
who the other was, and after their mu-
tual request they were introduced for
the first time, and they talked abont
high living for several hours one night
on the hotel piazza.
They took in everything in the realm
Of gastronomy and even went into the
results of it so far as to change their
experiences with the govt.
Murat Halstead, by the way, is hav-
ing a great lot of fun here. He Is at the
race track every day and he is not
heavy plunger, but he likes to take a
flyer at almost every race. He asks the
advice of almost every one who will
give it and he is always surrounded by
a lot OF stable boys, who are always
supposed to have knowledge OF the