The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-29

GDa The Rochester DEMOCRAT
l!i''o odd that the lady correspond,
,au i! Washington do no! speak with IS
Impressive eloquence of their own ser as
oi!he other one. They never yet men.
toned man who vas not the handsom-
ct in his department, no matter how
rsit the cast in his eye, the hump on his
blek or the massiveRess OF his nose. One
d them speaks Of noted lady whose
same shall not here beuled: 81 observed
Tlh peculiar sadness she says, " the
Tldail widening OF the line dividing her
hair, aud regret to say that there are
evidences that she will soon be totally
bald. 1t is to her credit that she chooses
not to hide the misfortune with wig
u even with the patches OF talse hair
PEuiiar TO most isii=s; but it seems TO
n' that ii had wen, however dininu-
tive, should take pains to cover it up
somehow
Again, she speaks in oatensibly COM
planetary, but really cutting and unhSp-
Py, terms OF lady alike prominent be
lore the public. "She has a sweet, silv-
sr!, voice" she says, 'like the dropping
OF wlier into silver basin. Isat and
listened to her as il eutrancei. I thought
| had never heard such music. And
EaIle l liltened there pressed upon me
the question, Is this tongue given 10
Ial'ehood, even to SANDER l sAid to
myself it could not be; yet there had been
furnished NE proof well.nigh insurmoun-
table. This lady, in lact, was inSufferably
Jealous, an told, OF her daughter! The
daughter Is unusually handsome, bat she
seems older than she Is. The mother Is
Ito handsome, and seems younger than
the family record would chow. She loves
to be dlttered, moreover; and when, not
lorg since, a distinguished Representa-
i've turned from her to enjoy the society
otihe young lady, it was noticed that she
US extremely angry. Ishall no! divulce
the shameful story: The confidence re-
Po.ed in me is sacred. ] shall only saw
that the daughter failed to appear in So
cisly Tor 4 whole week, and when she did
appear there was the mark Of a scar over
her right eye, evidently the work Of no
gentle ingsrs'
Tie writer speaks atsome length Of the
ladies in the Treasury Department, and
somewhat in the came vein. 'P0or
creatures ~ she says. u looked in upon
them and pitied them the other day. not
a.! Of them, perhaps, we're worthy oipily,
AMI some Of them we're evidently 40 light.
hearted that they needed nothing Of the
kind Others were sad.faced and seemed
i3ueIy, notwithstanding their sutficiency
Of Accompany. They are $ good sci, take
hem l they run, aud an convinced
that The SANDERS about them pnt in cir.
ea.lllon by malicious persons some years
40 are totally uairue. They would be
s'en more untrue now than they we're
tae7' | hate to say it. but | did not see q |
pretty or winning face in the entire de-
pi'tGeHt. Some Of the faces we're really |
F1pllsi'e, while all of them we're bleach
ed AID old. Il has been said that when
esvef Senator or Representative loses
GI' vile he Immediately bethiBEs him OF !
ne treasury ladies'. Il is not 10. The
Instances to this effect are the exception,
he very remarkable exception. While
he treasury ladies are certainly good,
quiet creatures, and while they are emit
ued to great creditor their industry, and
oitsn their sacrifice oil self for others,
NE! are the last ones which msjority
o. !hs vitOwers Of Washington would
Iock 10 Tor consolation"
Nov, We think no gentleman CORES.
Pordent would write Of his own sex,
much less the other, like that. It 10 the
naSeit injustice; the very worst manner
d cruelty. 1t dAmns with faint praise
loI cHlE it kills By slow torture. The
Noands 81 friend are hard to bear; the
Hoands Of an enemy in the guise oil
friend ate infinitely wo:se. Think Of the
,aIa@y Of person who caresseA merely
tSa1 he may get an opportunity to stab.
consider the diplomacy Of the tiSress that
pun, her victim into iaRcied security
merely because her hunger Is for the mo
ntnt 'aliS6ed.
Miss sinpSiRs has such lovely eyes n
Naa'ks MisA Tompkina, enthusiastically.
She has, Indeed" says her gentleman
"esd' "ladmirs them very much"
10 you think their blaze is almost
TsN enough to be fctitiousg' says Miss
AI&pkiDs, gently.
Perhaps" says the gentleman, in \
pulled way. "They are certainly sx-
SsSsStngly bright. And Miss Simpson Is
AehArminp pfrlp
Al, yes" said Miss Tompkins. sI am
sl.a you admire her. l love her like
,n!e', almost A-a-did you ever eat
Why no. Certainly not. What has
T a 10 do with Mia simpkins7"
Ma 'S,nothing, sir, Rothing,n replies
avs Ss TOnPkiIs with 5 sudden start.
,. wat an saying This L a ioolilh
'-'ss'aaon, sir. Letus drop II al once."