The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-02

the dlniDgToom. But, thank heaven
Peruvian woodcock on toast" % Away
attAinable, and on ordering this you ar
promptly served with plate Of cold porl
and beans. s... -. ..
Ihave seen but one iour.in.hand here
this season, and personally have not held
more than pair-"aushes" do not seen
to be In order ~. "a III
II may be the fault Is mine; It may be
that 10 my old age am becoming mlsan
thropic, that In reality there ia quite a
much sparkle In Congress water as ever,
and that It's in the fountain Of my gloomy
soul alone that the crystal stream o.
thought has been transmitted into tears
Dyspepsia may be at the bottom OF II, for
of late find that l can not eat more thar
watermelon or two, couple.of broiled
chickens, slice Of Learned pig, and q
few Bermuda potatoes and other ,vegeta-
bles, without suffering Tor Il Rlterward
IT'S very hard 10 be7a good Christian
when one has a weak digestion, and
sometimes fancy that a change otstomaeh
would benefit the morbid sinner almost
as much as change of heart. 100 s'l
The ladies Of the house gave Professor
Manuel complimentary Teshmonial''
THAT Is to say, . benefit ball. Well,
attended the affair with my tamily-ac-
cepted ak complimentary" tickets,
think, which was the proper thing to do
1t being Complimentary Testimonial. "
Paullna, in addition 10 wanting to dance
you see, had a new sash to exhibit, so we
all agreed to go-though instead Of 0
sash to show had only pain in my side
in my inside, il the truth may be spoken,
to fall back on. J.islt. -,
In the wind whirl Of one ofthe waltzes
noticed that Paulina stopped and picked
up something, and when the dance was
done she brought me q handkerchief
which she had found or, the floor. -.
"Paulins," said /, severely, you should
never pick up a handkerchief which does
not belong 10 you, especially u itbe soiled
as this one is. In this world Of sin and
wickedness, where one doesn't know ex-
actly where ie stands till the ground slips
from under him, and he finds himself aid.
ing down hill on the back OF his head IN.
stead Of walking uprighuy of on his ear,
each individual has quite enough dirty
linen Of his or her own to wash without
bothering with shat Of others, and do
not purpose TO 60 into the mutual laundry
business"
All the while that this speech was going
on PaulinS, with innocent, childish cur
iosity. had been untying knot which was
In the handkerchief; this done, 10 and be-
hold, three rings were displayed 10 view
diamonds every one Of them
"Paulins," said l, "my words were the
words Of ioolishness and inexperience.
On mature reflection say 10 you, 60
through the world with your eyes open,
and pick up all the soiled handkerchief
which you may find lying round loose, es.
pecially II there be knots in them; for 10,
they may contain diamond rings within n
And in my own heart resolved to
pick up no plain gold rings in the future.
For once on time did pick up one 10
mysorrow, asall who know the present
Mrs. Paul willAhear me- mournful wit
ness!
1t seemed impossible that could not
find the owner Of those rings, but 1t was
difficult thing to do. l inquired all
round, and no ono had lost any rings or
knew Of any one else that had. 30 in the
innocence Of my heart I confded the
secret Of my find TO MIR. Breslin. he was
kind enough to examine them and take a
mental memorandum OF the number and
size Of the stones, and the inscription in
side, and In few minutes returned 10
say that he had found the fair owner. He
went on to describe them 80 accurately
that ! gave them out of my possession
without . thought Or a suspicion. But
now i am haunted by the belief that he
will be wearing them himself to metropol.
itan balls this winter. For he Is still
wearing on his feet the shoes which, i
lost az Congress HaIl when he was at The
head Of the Found and Lost Department,
some fiveyears ago. 500 % 80
There WuG some very fine dressing al
the ball last evening". One oldgentlemar
had his hair fluted, and finer effect, lei
me say. Is seldom produced at less ex
pense. A lady attracted considerable at
tention by having her dress cut down in
the back with q lberalltY which aston
ished me and delighted the back biters or
the back piazza. Twas not the! POM
padour style exactly, rather more on TIT
Barndour order OF architecture, l should
say; and nothing could be In better TASTE
II . lady's back were Q boplevard-but i
not, not. My daughter wore an elegan
lace dress, cut on bias, and gored in onG
or two places by COW which got at thu
clothes.lines in June. She had a sast
gracefully wound round her body, il
several different directions, sash II
which all the colors of the rainbow werC
beautifully blended, and the effect II
combination with her blue boots was very
fine indeed. F'H .-lll
I wore q clRw.hammer coat, one tai
Of which had been eaten of by the moths
but as always had feeling Of being whit
lied down when ! putt on, 1t did no
matter much 10 me, besides It was cooler
the way the moths fixed it. MY crsVa
was white, my gloves were q delicate Ia.
wonderland had been worn to aiiew Ar
cadisn Club receptions before. My pan
falcons were black, and my vest-insid,
OF which l wore seven glBsses Of Congress
WATERWAYS black. My eyes, also, werl
black, through sparring with the electri,
bell. knobs OF the Grand Union Hotel, no
one Of which is In working orderl AM
my face, also, was black with shouting
Itor chambermsids to ill the pitchers, AMI
yelling down the speaking.tube, at h
other end Of the hall, in vain endeavors t
get q pitcher OF ice-water brought to III
: room occasionally. 30, black being tn
only wear, It Is not strange that take
somber view Of things in this letter.
! 593gNT5H JoHE PAUL
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