The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-30

SOS Tue OF geezer down the street.
What's allus chasln' us away
VIII We skip him? Any OIL day!
oh, there's dozens Wen even up with;
Search the dlrectry from Jones to Smith
TIL We get 'em ALL Can't fool us, you
bet,
Jus cause we're little fellows yet
They've had their fun; now it's our turn,
An that night therein be fun to burn.
Don't know Holloweenl Come round. I'll
You somethin' that you ought to know!
], w,
There was some truth in the remark
OF the Irlshman. who in informing an
acquaintance OF his recently becoming
a benedict, explained the whyfore thus:
Sure, ] wasn't workin', an divil the
job was there TO be had, so i got mar
rled."
And Pats theory OF getting a living
has been followed by many man until
1t Is no unusual spectacle TO see wo-
man going from house TO house per-
forming on the washboard to the edifi-
cation of her employers and the salts
faction of her poorer half at home.
Sometimes 1t happens that the poor
man Is an invalid, very often his condi-
| ton resembles the invalld's, but then
| the poor man must have This drop"
And II it's not forthcoming when the
| tired wife returns al eve, the neighbors
are treated TO the fulfilling OF the law.
| Love, honor and obey" The wife may
have him arrested for beating her that
night, but next day she Degs him Off at
the police court
Yet such Is life In big cities, and
strange 1t Is that people don't under
stand Il better. Why, the other daY an
| inqulsitive carpenter repairing an Of
flee in the business district, fell into
| conversation with the woman scrubblng
| the floor, the topic being on the amount
| of sickness among children at present,
and whether 1t was due TO the long
| drought, Both were interested In their
work, and the carpenter thinking Of his
own sick child wasn't paying close at
tentlon to the woman's replies to his
questions. Hearing her say that "he
was complaining" It aroused his inter
est, as to whether both boys were about
the same age.
How old is your boy?" he asked.
"Oh." said she, looking up from het
scrubblng, "he's forty-three."
Then both returned 90 their work,
and became so busy that further con-
yeTsatlon would have been impossible
A respected resident OF South Jacob
street, who Is the possessor of strong
Teutonic accent and form, also butch
er shop, vied with Luetgert, one day
last week as being man with whom
| familiarity would breed contempt.
/ -. In ha hn re-iNaHnH his
| front door, and the pavement in front,
precautions against any person being
| Injured from falling brick, his chin
new being programmed for repairs.
one neighbor after another upon aris-
Ing looked out, saw the pavement
| boarded up, and groaned for the fate
| Of his children. Was 1t diphtheria or
scarlet fever they asked Of each other?
Smallpox? No. hardly. II 1t was, the
yellow flag would be there. yellow
Jack" Gould It be possible? And
where was the health officer?
Thus 1t waged until nearly noon. In
the meantime unconscious of 1t all, the
butcher worked industrlously In rear
room, waiting for the arrival OF the
brlcklayers.
Finally his ear caught the mutterings
and his eve the situation. But he could
not get a chance to explain. When he
went outside. his neighbors fled as
though he were leper. Doors slammed
and windows came down with a bang.
In an instant he was monarch OF all he
surveyed. And there was no place Ike
home.
All things. come out all right in thu
end. and the poor man escaped social
ostraclsm and a death blight to his
business: but hereafter he VIII give
his neighbors a tip on all coming I'M
provements.
An interesting collection OF articles
connected with many OF the men who
have Gnzed through the bars OF the
Ohio county Jail, greets the visitor to
Police Captain Benefits office, at the
CITY building. The collection Is contin-
ed in glass-ironted case. fastened to
the wall TO the left Of the entrance, and
though unpretentlous in arrangement
Is a striking example OF how many men
there are who break the command
ments,
There are wicked looking knives OF
many ratterns, one IN particular being
that taken from James SweenY, says
Inc card affixed TO 4. who Is spending
slx wears for burglary. The same gen;
uernh contributes al ugly pair OF
"knuoklers" to the others already there.
And the others are about as dl.
verse in appearance as the batch
of rcvolvers, razors. "blllgs," sling
shots etc, One revolver, however, sur
rers from It's association, II being one
that wns captured by Captain James,
Of Parsons, this state. at the battle Of
Lookout Mountain. Neither would It do
TO Impugn Whocllngs moral standard
INST because the clty's key, suspendIng
by n blue ribbon, rubs corners with
n rusty dirk. Captain Bennett wasn't
thinking when he put tho key there,
that's all,
interesting because he was the only
man hanged In Ohio county for twenty
yenrs, are the portrait OF William
Mailer, the wife murderer, and piece OF
inc rope that sent him to eternity five
yenrg nuo. the fifteenth OF next month.
IIputennnt Dan Ingram has n curlos-
lty I'm the twist chain" made from
buck chain that IL century old. Tho
bullet that caused Thomas McVcnus to
Mi sulelde'H grave last May occupies
a conspicuous place, In fact, suicides,
murders, and burglnrles are called to
mind quito easily upon Inspection OF the
varied collection, but a noticeable fcl.
luro IL the number Of slng.shots and
"tnucklers" those cowArdlg weapons
Of attack
Tho whole IN crcdltnbln reflection OF
the activity OF Whceting's biun-conts,
but II a suggestion werc In order The
collection could be Improved on by the
ndhtilon nf "A souvenir OF every dOg Of
fccr nero has given pass to kingdom