Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-21
CHAT ABOUT TOWN.
TOPICS AND GOSSIP PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE.
Few Of the Things Reporter Sees and
Hears as re Goes About His
Daily Toll.


Daily Toll
''Did you see any Wheeling people out
at Salt Lake City, Col. Robert White?"
.sThere seems to be no Wheeling peo-
pie living there, but saw West Vir-
gilman in the person of ex-senator JOS
eph Van Meter. Of Hardy county. He
is practicIng law out there, and isdoing
well. Salt Lake is fine, prosperous
looking city. The older portion-the
original Mormon parts looking little
rusty, but the newer portion Of the city
IS fine. The climate appears 10 be an
agreeable one, although il is hot there
during the day, as it is here and most
places this season. There Is good
breeze, however, and the nights are
cool. The MormonS seem TO be a thrifty
lot OF people, and are prospecting. Much
of the country this side OF Salt Lake Is
moor stuff. On much OF il nothing
whatever will grow, and even In the
mountains the timber is small and
seraggy, and the pine seems 10 be dy-
ing of. With irrigation, however,
suppose the plains would be very pro-
Iuctiye-'
There was but one vacant seat in the
car. Two men, an old gray-haired lady,
who was lame in one leg, and black
haired, back-eyed, and extremely pert
looking miss OF fourteen, perhaps, got
in at a street corner. The men stood
up. The old lady saw the vacant seat
and moved slowly toward it, The miss,
who was just behind her, also saw the
seat. She moved rapidly toward t.
She plowed past the Old lady and cap
tured the seat. She dropped into II
and looked around triumphantly. A
sweet-faced young woman, handsomely
dressed, ard with big and sympathetic
eyes, was plainly displeaSed at the girls
presumption Of the seat. She rose
quickly and gave her seat 10 the old
lady. Then she said 10 the miss:
You ought 70 be ashamed OF your
self"
'How much do you get" replied the
pert one, with a toss of her head, "for
mindin' other folks busineSS?'
Before the young woman could an
swer, the old lady spoke. "She gets, In
this case" she said, "the thanks OF
very tired old woman"
A bunch of flowers was pinned TO the
young woman's dress, When she left
the car few minutes later the flowers
lay In the old lady's lap.
"The amount OF travel through the
lake cities snd on the lakes themselves
is phenomenal, this season" said Chief
OF Police Robert T. McNichol. "At ey-
cry point the steamboat and train men,
and hotel keepers tell me the travel is
Unprecedented. At some OF the lake re-
sorts the hotels are Overcrowded, and
there is sometimes difficulty TO get ac-
commodations. Everybody seems TO be
taking vacation, this year.
"Here is a card that typifes my line
of business" said an energetic trades
nan to friend, handing him out bus
mess card so light and thin that but for
its elasticity and crackle blind man
would have said that it was gold leaf.
1t was timer than ordinary writing pa
per and yet il had the elastic qualities
OF fine bristol board. That card is
made Of aluminium" said the trades
man, "and IL is q novelty. II IS the
finest card made, and as l sell the finest
goods made, il typifes my business. II
is more durable than anything that
have been able 70 find, and have tried
everything made Of paper, metal, wood
and celuloid."
mo" said City Clerk Thomas F.
Thorner, II didn't see the ball game at
Pittsburg. IL rained enough 20 keep
me away, but not enough to prevent the
game"
''The power OF imagination" said
druggist, sis past comprehension: Not
long since domestic in the employ Of
a prominent family came into the store
in great haste with prescription which
called for two grains OF morphine in
two ounces Of aqua pura, that is dis
titled water, the accompanying direc-
ton reading: "A teaspooniul every
hour until the pain is allayed.' The
patient for whom IL was intended was
the head Of the family, who was suffer
ing from a severe attack OF nervous
neuralgia. Now IL so happened that
the identical family physician who had
written the prescription was behind the
counter when the messenger arrived,
having dropped In, as was his won't, on
the way to his Office. While was put
ting up the prescription we chatted and
laug he'd and joked, and passed the time
OF day as only professional men are ca
pable OF doing. 1 filed the bottle,
corked it carefully, and labeled IL
properly, and, when the retreat
ing form OF the domestic had
disappeared out of the store door, re-
turned 10 my companionable physician
visitor AS did so saw to my amaze
ment the two grains OF morphine repoS-
ing upon the prescription scales. Good
God, doctor, calculated, I've given
that girl nothing but distilled water.
The morphine is here; look al It. What I
shall do?' 'Do?' he replied with ad-
mirsblo sang froid, do? Why nothing
at all I'll wager you bottle that the
aoua MIRA will work as well without the |