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, 1881-04-17

Paris Correspondence Sttv FORK Epening Post
When Sarah Bernhardt went to America it
was reported here that she had made con-
tract with IL leading publisher for book to
continue her comments Oil the manners and
customs of the peoples Of tue United States.
1t is to be hnped for the sake of human llila-
rity that Sarah will be induced to publish
this book, and to add to it in appendix the ex-
tre1ncly amusing letters which Marie Col
Onbier, one of her companions, has written
tn certain Of the daily newspapers here. The
sprightly Colomber indulges in remarks
which do not indicate all entire sympathy
with American institutions, and which show
that she is disposed to be critical before hay
ing studied very deeply the matters which she
criticises. Her observations OIL divorce, on
the position Of women III American society,
OIL railway travelling, un paatlal hotels and
sec0nd-class hOstetries, OIL ice and SHOW, OH
palnl-trees, oil allisators {by the way, she
calls nlligators crocodiles). are funny to that
extent that they deserve reproduction. II no
French publisher eau be obtained for them
let us hope that all American may be cnter-
prisiug enough to buy them. Tile misc0n-
ceptlons and amusing ignorance IF light
headed and light-lleartcd French actress mn
her travels will certainly furnish some inter-
Colo;nbler gives one or two vivid pictures OF
her Journeys, one especially in which she
dtscourses, in the lueIodramatic style eln-
played by heroines on the stage, concerning,
the. .stoppage of 4 theatrical train by mount
aims of snow between Springfield, ILL.,, and
Chicago. lquote a bit for your delectation:
"Wo are all in bed, when after bumps aud
jostllnss inlumerable I feel that the train
comes to :, halt. Not ut all. We are caught
in the snow; we are wettged iu between
mountains of it; great ridges and valleys OF
it all around us. Il locomotive suddenly
looms up before the train. think that we
are to be crushed! The time to recommend
my soul to tho eternal! Oh, joy! this loco
motive has come in search Of lis. So at last
we reach the ellvirons of Chicago. But there
are, in sight of the station, new OBSTACLES
and no provisions! And we ought to be ut
Chicago for a matinee at haif-past 9! And
it is now noon and we have lad no break
fast! Profound despair! Minutes long as
ages!'
Mile. Colonbier also informs lis that Sarah
Bernhardt lives very mich like 4 savage.
"Besides myself she says, mo one ap-
proaches her; as to receiving visitors, impos-
slble: time fails. and after i'll she only came
to America to find dollars. She has gut
them. Six: hundred ami sixty Thousand
francs for Il hundred performances is pretty
good"
, 1881-04-17
TRACK TALK,

I1kk4AA 1lA4A1As
Baton Rouge will be trained again this
year.
The New Orleans races commence on
Tuesday of this week.
Greaves will ride Nj. Keenc's colt Foxhall
in the City and Suburban.
Mr.. J. r. Kccne las bred Phyllis and
Phoebe Mayflowcr to Wanucrer.
The Macy Bros. will have Fannie Robin
son, record 2:20144, in their stable this season.
Mr. J. r Kecue offered the English jockey
Cannon $1,000 per year to train Ills horses, but
it was declined
Bair, the driver Of Maud S. will have Katie
Middleton, So-So, Joe Bunker. Almont Jr.,
and Bliss in his stable this season.
The Kentucky, Derby, and Clark Stakes
will be worth nearly $1,000, which is one
reason why HindoO will come West.
jim, Malone has been backed to win 5000
at 40 to in the Merchants Stakes at Louis
Vile, and the books OIL him are closed.
Charles Bnsh. Of New Orleans, has pur.-
chased from Mr.. Morris Martin, Of this city.
the brown mare Tolu Maid, record 2:::z311@.
Mr.. II. P. 1fcGratl, the wcllknown turf
man, is recovering his health, and will be
seen at the principal running meetings this
summer.
1ACC0EulUE lu LIS lhlGSt hNt lEi:S IUIll5SltllU
has displaced St Louis rs first faTOrlt for the
EPSON Derby, II to being the figures ut
which lie is quoted.
Mr.. II. c. Goodrich, OF this city, has pur-
chased OF George Doubleday, Whitewater,
Wis, the bay stallion Hickory, record 2:27A4,
by Goldsmitt's Abdallatl.
uindoo is a prime favort in the Louisville
Derby. Long Taw leads all III the betting for
the Louisville Cup. Iliinyar is the first choice
i'll the Merchants Stakes there.
A letter from Lexington says that Calyca11-
thus, against whom the books i'll the Louis
vile Derby have been closed, has pulled np
lame, but that Mr.. McGrath thinks lie will
come right again III Il few days.
Jerry Monroe, owner of Charlie Ford,
wants 4 thoroughbred horse as 4 running
mate for the celebrated trottcr., Ford will be
ply.
Reader maud S. was bred at the
Woodburll Farm, Woodford County, Ken-
lucky. the property of L. j. Alexander. She
was sired BY Harold, Il son Of Rysdyk's
Hamblctonian, and her dam was Miss Rus
sell, by Pilot, Jr.
Mr. George H. Brasheld, Of this city,
leaves for Kentucky tomorrow for the pur-
pose of attending the sale of trotters to he
held at Lexington next Wednesday, and will
probably bring back something choice in the
way Of saddlers and gentlemen's road horses
Mr.. J. II. Camp, Of Philadelphia, President
of tile Belmont Park Ass 0ciati0n, and owner
Of the noted trotter Gray Chief (e:22lasO, died
suddenly on Saturday morning last. ne
was very popular, and leaves II very large
circle of friends to mourn lis loss
The hidden horses begin to come out as
the spring work proceeds. According to the
bettin. AIr. Durnham's Banter Is the latest
member of the dark battalion, as shown by
all advance. from 20 70 to I to against him
, 1881-04-17
CURRENT GOSSIP.
ODE TO ARKANSAS.
Nefu Turk t{~DTI,f


Nefv York 1E'oTld.
Some men who live In Arkansas
Are much disgruntlcd By the luw
Through which it now has come pass
Their State Is not Arkansas. Pshasl
know that folks In Arkansas
Arc sometimes fresh and green as graw;
That hotel-clerks still deem them crass :
For trying to blow out the gaw.
! know they drink their whisky ras,
And hold me but a sad jackaw
because part my hnfr before =.
By more than geonetric las.
But still. that men from Arkansas,
Should fur pronouuclng care one stras,
Fills ne with wonder, und, alAw!
With something quite akin to us!
In thee, thou man from Arkansas.
Heuccforwnrd will he cr pick Ius;
Come pledge ME in Il social glaw,
And, 1t jcstcd, let 1t paw.
Now, when some cultured Eastern aw
Brays to tho West, hce-has! hee-hasi
Ill straightway bid him shut his JUS,
And point to thee, old Arkuusasl
, 1881-04-17
SALE OF JEWETT.

LEXINGTON, n.y., April 1G.-Col. L. G.
Stoner has sold to Peter Schatz, of littsburg,
the tiyc-year old trotting geldnlg Jewett, by
Allie West, for Sl5,Wo, Jcwctt has three
year-oId record of :,,::2231z, the best performs
ancc by Il horse Of that agc. John Turner
and Frank Ellis, Of Philadelphia. visited KEN
tcky short time since for the purpose Of
purchasing Jewett but negotiations for his
sale fell through.
Wiley Brastield has sold to Mr.. Schatz a
half interest III the chestnut gelding Rolla.
By Shelby Chief, for 81, 00O.
, 1881-04-17

"I Ithink,'' said Il vell-known orchestral
leader, 'sttc best joke ever played in this
town was On All ambitious amateur pianist
when Gottscllalk WIS here. The amateurs
father was the owner OF q large hall, and he
offered tie use OF it to Gottschalk for his
benefit, There was to be a piece for eight
, 1881-04-17

pianos. and the amateur was to play one OF
the instruments. I was the leader. thought
Gottschalk would have a fit when / told him
that the amateur couldn't play three straight
notes OF the piece.
50 lie Is sure to throw lis all out saic ],
talld ruin the performance.
"GottscIalk swore like :. Major, but t'wa3
no good. The bills were out, and he couldn't
70 back of his program, even if the gilt of
the hall tor the night was Ito consideration
to him At lust l lit on an idea that fixed
down to rehearsal. and we. praised him up
until he thought he was to be the star Of the
night. AS SOON rs lie left we took the ham,
1lers out of his piano and made it dumb as
an oyster. guessed he would never Know
the difference, with seven pianos going at
0nce.".
The tuneful convention laughed.
And Just rs I thought said the leader.
hainmering on the table with his glass, - that
amateur OF lis friends never discovered the
sr!ss; SSos:"
mo, sir; he just sailed in and pounded on
that piano rs it tie was the worst enemy he
ever had. lie WIS bound to show off among
Keyboard until the perspiration. nearly
blinded him. Now and then locked at him
1pproyingly to give hin fresh courage, and
every time that did he gave the piano LICK
that nearly lti;ttte IllttlcnNoou 0l ~. 1l!S
friends all around threw boquets ut him till
lie Looked like Il wettding-arct, and when it
was aii over his fond parent fell on his neck
III the grcell-rtmm and Slipped check tor
$3.50 into his hand. The old man didn't
know whether he was standing OH his head
or his heels, lie was SO tickicd, and the way
he set up the wine for the crowd was a
Caution" ....
~ Didn't he dofne,' said he to me. among
so many tirst-ciass professionals, too.'
''s never heard an amateur do so well in
public said l, and what's more meant it,
eh9 Don't you think was right ?"
, 1881-04-17
POLITE ATHLETICS.

Otherwise Rtcycling-Annual Meeting
of the League OF American 1EheeInle1s
at Hoston-ChIcu.oN Notes.
The annual meet Of the League Of Amerl-
can Wheelmen will occur at Boston May 20
and extensive preparations are being made
for the reception of several hundred dele
gates from all parts Of the United States.
Commander C. K. Monroe has issued orders
extending cordial invitations to all clubs and
unattached members Of the League, and also
to all clubs outside the League. Chicago
will send two delegates, Milwaukee one,
and Elgin one; and many other Western
whcelnlen will be in attendance. Five hun
dred machines will be in line during the pa!
rade, forming an imposing spectacle. In all
dition to the street parade, Directors will be
elected. general business transacted, and the
interests of the League looked after for the
coming year One Of the features Of the oc
casion will be a banquet at the Parker House.
The severe winter and the bad condition Of
the streets of this city has almost entirely
prevented bicycling i'll the open air for sew
eral months, but tie enthusiasts continue
their practice at the Exposition Building and
elsewhere, and some excellent records have
been made of late. There is noticeably-in-
creased interest taken in the sport, and bi-
cycling, which may be dcnonlinated polite
athletics, is gaining ground throughout the
Union. rs al indication of the extent of the
trade in bicycles, it NAV be stated that one
American factory has contracts for supply
ing upwards of 5000 machines this season,
and large numbers Of fine wheels are all
llually imported from England. One huh
dred and twenty-five rnbber-tired mems ye-
hicles are owned by active amateurs in Chi
ergo.
George Il. Craig, .ex-President Of the Chi
caEo Bicycle Club, departed for the East oil
Thursday, whence he will sail for Europe
soon to make a wheel tour of England and
France during the summer.
At the recent election OF the Chicago
Bicycle Club the following officers !, were
5. Ayres, Secretary; George II: Hoffman,
Treasurer; W. S. Blinn, Captain. There
to the Club, the average age being 26 years,
and the average size of wheel fifty-four inches.
In the record Ut amateur riding Ayers made
a run from the Conrt-House to South Cllicn-
90, distance ct thirteen miles, in ity.seve1 zen
state Of the streets at the time. George II.
Crai5's record for patll-riding stands as
follows: One mile in 2:55. five miles i'll 15:i0,
ten miles i'll 3S minutes, TWENTY-FIVE IN hour
81 minutes. This, record certainly entities
Craig to the amateur championship OF the
The Ariel Bicycle Club, of Chicago, has
fourteen members.
wheeluneD, Boss Sheppard's asphaltum pave
ments being uncuuAled for riding. The
streets in the suburbs of Boston are perhaps
Kept lit better condition than the roads Lead
in= from, any other large city. anu anoru eA-
celIent opportunities for long runs.
4 dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette April
IL saws: t'rhe Metropolitan 0pera-11ouse
Company (linitcd) took the title today to
, 1881-04-17

QU1pS.
The first black Friday occurred in Robin
son Crusoe's time.
The hens are organizing mutual laid so.
ciety.
Fish are so plenty in some parts of Canada
that in order to tell rst-class lie the sports
man has to swear he didn't catch any. -.
When tile contemplated Mexican rnilways
are all built, American capitalists will pro-
badly '.rnyel in the halls Ut the Monte
yuma" ."-Boston Bulletin.
A New York paper publishes 'sThe death
roll" but sing.1larly enough fails to put the
saleratus biscuit under it,
It rains alike OIL the just and the unjust.
on the just mainly because the unjust have
borrowed their umbrellas.
II nothing will do but the dagger, then
welcome the dagser.-lFc Fcntlesl Phillips. 0,
MIR. Phillips, please don't Are you sure
that 4 bent pin wouldn't answer your pur-
pose ?-Lousuillc Courier7Jour'adL
4 client says to his wine.lealer, who pro-
poses to sell him brand Of new wine: Tell
me, now, this wine is not too headyo" Wine
seller with alacrity)-' lieady? Why, It's
hot even e!''-Pt,riS Figure.
The steamer extinguishetl the flames, thus
preventing, as 4 local reporter beautifully
writes, IA fearful holocaust, in which that
dev0urinE element, the flre-tcnd, would have
revc1ed with tongues Of forky JOY"
If there is one time calculated to blister o
mans Immortal soul nfl over with profanity
it is whelt, his shirt half way on, he discoy-
ers tina. the washerwonlall, by Il process
known only to that species of female. has
stuck the sleeves tightly together-anu the
head Ut tho circus procession is just turning
the corner. ,
~ contemporary notes the following re-
mark made by German gentleman the Ot11er
day as he wis explaining to a visitor the
wonders Of tue Brooklyn bridge: Dot pig
pridgeways,'' said he. is almost awful. III
dose oxpainses vor it tlakes oop 0uet some
bokets. Pnt no lants Is like dthis lants. AS
you look up at de pridgeways and dowen IN
yourselef you say, 'ShpIenttitl Fot is fif-
teen or twenty toilars y" >.
Pea Blossom. diminutiye African, was
up for stealing Il box of sardines. r''Don't-
you know" said. the Recorder, THAT it is
wrong fur you to steal rs snail y thing as .
can 0f sardines and be caught ut ite''-
'''Tain't my fault, boss, foah God it aim, -
and the young culprit began tu blub5er.
''Whose fault IS it, then.s'' DE store
keeper sall. Eft he hadn't come in and
cotclled me when he did would have got
off wild i Whole dozen boxes-'-Gutresto7s
NclcS. =
, 1881-04-17

i girl withS50,0 900 has a very good figure
if shi. isn,t handsome.
Accuracy OF eXpreSSlenl IS necessary. When
you say that Il girls hair Is is black as coal
It is lust rs we'll to specify that you do not
mean = rnd~hot coaf.
.... -. :.
what IS I'LL nnch0r1te: " ny. 4 young man
who will go tn Il party, pick out the prettlesr
girl, and anchor right BIZ her for the Whole
tye1,ing Ia the disgust OF the other fellows.
The Tennessee Legislature has chosen a
woman as eugrossinE clerk. The susceptible
baldlleadeu lAetnbtrS swear that size Is the
mnst an rrnssinr clerk they evrr ha,l
A''' ~
An old bachelor who died recently LETT
will dividing aIl lis property equally ailUn..
the surviving women WHO had refused him.
:. RncansnO - said he IS tn them 7 owt. ali nv
~ H., ~, ,,;nnsc ~ ~ -!
ea'e" l''op''eoo' .-
4 machine to invent plausible excuses for
q man vllcse business tIctaius him ..d,,yn-
tnwI, J, nnfil midnight. and xht,S.. wife MI
,v,ve e,j,,tns linn ,,r1,n i,;S return hou,e with
No oo,;,n,iru1n = 1Viar r. thn ,vnriI h" va
VIC '.I' .: 40 -: ;tt ~ .1 80. ~
, 1881-04-17

Don't tell your su1ferings to everybody, but
use St Jacobs Oil, and speak Of its results.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16
BLACK WALNUT In WEST
VIRGINIA..

How much black walnut have we in
West Virginia?
This is an inquiry which is being
made by lumber dealers throughout
the country.
They say that the supply Of black
walnut is rapidly diminishing, and
practically exhausted in several local
tiles, whence it has hitherto been
chiefly obtained.
This is contradicted so far as the
State of Kentucky is concerned. 1t
is claimed that it abounds in black
walnut timber of excellent quality:
1t is likewise alleged that there are
immense quantities in West Virgin
ia, and that spectators are BUSY
seeking out and buying up walnut
land wherever it is to be found.
1t we have plenty of it, owners will
do well to take care Of it. The time
is coming when it will command q
good price Register
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for and could not affordw
Miss Shepard looked at her in de
lighted surprise.
"Oh, felicie DEAR what will Mr.
Russell sayY
Don't you think that Mr.. Russell
will like it?" said Felicie, stopping
short.
'Of course he will"
~Then it's all right" replied Fell
tie, and she skipped Otto answer her
letter.
In little while Felicie began tc
think she took a wicked pleasure IL
her voice. She could not but be proud
of it. Sunday became day of tri
umph to her. She felt that when she
sung her solos every note was
listened to with delighted attention
but she kept down her innocent, girl
ish vanity by reasoning thus with
herself.
when Mr.. Thornton comes home
he will have heard so many fine
voices that mine will be nothing tc
him; and if he sees that | am vain
of it, he will be utterly disguised
with me
She had been singing in the choil
one whole winter. 1t was the after.
noon of Easter Sunday, and the
Church was packed to hear Felicia
sing.
She had never sung so gloriously
she felt delicious sense of impend.
ing happiness.
AT last the service was over; the
people had flocked out; the sexton
would he around in half hour OF
so to lock up everything for the
night.
Felcie remained When everyone
had left the Church she stole to the
organ and began playing. Then she
began to sing h simple little hymn
that Miss Shepard had told her was
the favolite Of Russell Thornton
mother.
81 never heard anybody hut she
sing it, she often said, as she heard
Felicie singing it.
She thought she was entirely alone
in the great, dark Church, while the
twilight shadows slowly crept in the
stained-elass windows; but there
was some one else there. A gentle
man sat in the corner of the Church,
who turned around so as to face the
choir.
1t was over in a few minutes. Fe-
licie arose and made her way down
the rickety steps that led from the
choir gallery. When she got to the
Church door the gentleman came
forward out of the dusk, and he i'm
diately caught her two hands in
his.
"Felicier was all he said.
Il thought you were not coming
back for three years; and now-I am
so startled"
'Are you sorry, Ftlicie?'
NO." said Felicie, boldly.
They walked together toward Fe-
lcie's home, in the SOFT spring even
ing.
"How gloriously you sing, Felicie,"
said Thornton. But do you know
that little hymn you sang last night
was my mothers hymn
II knew it," said Felicie. "Miss
Shepard told me so, and taught it to
me; and | have often thought would
learn to sing-much better than l
do now--and sing it to you"
They fingered on the way home, so
Miss Shepard was quite miserable
when they came in.
Il knew something pleasant was
going to happen" Felicie said, "for /
felt bird singing in my heart all
day."
In week Madam Rumor was say
ing:
do you know Russell Thornton is
going to marry that pretty girl, with
the French name, who sings in ST.
Peters ChurchY'
The report was true.
'Do brides ever select their we'd
ding presents?" asked Felicie, just
before they were married.
II don't know, "said Russell, laugh
ing; ''but you may
"Then give me that head Of Apollo.
Oh, what lucky thing that it was
that | unconsciously stole itr'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

SUPERINTENDENT HEAAS, of near
Uniontown, Pa, was murdered one
night recently. 1t Is believed that
the crime was committed by work
men who were on strike In the Con-
nellsyille coal region.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

SENATOR C. F. Cornwall has been
appointed Lieutenant Governor of
the Province of British Columbia,
from the Goth of this month, vice A.
N. Richards, whose term Of Office has
expired.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

CoNsUtT the columns of the New
DoMINIoN If you want to know where
I'd get the most goods for the ledst
money.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

According to the report Of J. r.
Dodge, Special Agent of the Census
Bureau for the collection of statistics
of agriculture, the acreage of the
United States in tobacco in 1880
was 637,659. The crop was 473, 107,-
573 pounds, against 262.736,341 lbs.
in 1870. Kentucky raises more to-
bacco than any other State, III, 121,-
1874 pounds), Virginia coming next,
with 80,099,S38 pounds; Pennsylva-
MIA third, with 36,957,772 pounds;
Ohio fourth, with "a, 725, 405 pounds.
West Virginia comes last in the list
Of the fifteen States which are nam
ed as tobacco producing States. Her
last years crop amounted to 1896
LAG poiinds, as against 2,046,452 lbs.
in 1875. Those State which have ret
regarded in relative production, are
Massachusetts, Maryland,.West Vir-
ginia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and
Tennessee.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

Why be weak, nervous and debili-
lated? Browns Iron Bltters will sure
~ revive you.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

The NE,y DOMINION and Wheeling
Weekly Register $3.50 year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

Natures true assistant in fevers, MA
laria, billiousness, ETC., is Browns Ircn
Bitters.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

Create healthy appetite, prevent
malarial diseases, by using Browns
Iron Bitters.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-16

The New DOMINION and Wheeling
Weekly Intelligencer, $3.50 year.
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Tue New DOMINION, $3.50 year
, 1881-01-13

4 SuMnER OF Senators continue to OCCUPY
md wasla the time OF tile Sei,aie pettifngeing
tic wretcled old naiI ,claEnl OF I}r, 1lollauay,
which has already bGcn thrice kicked out nf
Congress, anil once rejected by tic Courts.
It WINS shown n, nroyio,,s Investigations Of
the clatm that 1Iollatlay Ind been paid for
more than Ills contract called for, hut he got
Ills cxtrns so cnsiIy TINT he wns embol.lcnrl
10 hold up Ills dish for more. Tho presrnt
lnnutlent tleulR,lll VIC believe Is for the tritc
uf half n million Of dollars, 1t Is said tl,nt
llo has wlncd anil .lincd n majority of the
members Of the Senate, and thus put them
undcr so,no kind Ut Wand and btbutoi,s obtf-
cations to lin. But hnyc Senators tlia right
to mulet tue United States Treasury I'll this
way III liquidation, Of dinner fensts ntld
champagne snppers? In foisttnE this rotten
clalm on the Treasury they nro nlakfng
records for themselves TINT lnay provo
troublesome hereafter.
, 1881-01-13

THE Cllinpsc.1abor scare III California
ought 10 subsl.lc. There are barc1y sp.001
C!linanicn III the State nil told out of total
population OF sGi,00o. And tho number is
rapidly diminishing. Thcrv will bc no iu.-
'rortation Ut seryilc labor after thu new
treaty an1 the legislation under It 10 Into
effect. 1t IL quite unnecessary, under tho
circumstances, for the white n.cn Of Catifor-
nia to object to the employment Of tho Chi
l'ese already III thts country. Yet this Is
Whit thcy AFRO dining. The last number of
the San Francisco Merchant contains n rec
nllMentlation of n business firm for tlla rcn-
son That "tlley employ only white tabor."
SUPPOSE That principle should be applied III
the S0,ltlicrn Stntcsl Would not the whites
Of California then l.old their Southern friends
responsible for rrnrrow-nfnslctl racc.prcjutt1ce
and Inc persecution of at, ihotfensfye people: