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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-11-26

"A very STU ucdtu ocCurIcO III elS
Arkansas penitentiary Wednesday.
All deaths are sad, but of all deaths
the death from broken heart Is the
saddest. p. E. Sullivan, alias Will
liam Delaney, young man of %
years, one of the train robbers re-
Gently sentenced to 70 years in the
Arkansas penitentiary, was the vic
tim of broken heart. Several days
ago he became gloomy, and going to
DIR. Lenow, prison physician, COM
planned of being sick. Upon exam
nation the physician discovered that
the man was not suffering from any
perceptible disease, but that his
pulse was 14O. He was ordered to
the hospital, where every possible
care was given him. He revived af-
ter a time, but every one could see
despair written on his countenance.
He entered the prison cheerfully and
lightly spoke of the long term of his
sentence, but after while letter
came. When he read the lines his
spirit sank. Tears told Of misery
that ink could not express. He went
again to his bed. "The shadows are
gathering fast and night is Cypress
ing me with its darkness" he said
yesterday to some one standing near.
Zone crime, and then death in pen
itentiary. My old father, who has
been preaching the Gospel for years,
who many and many time clasped
his hands above my head and prayed
has been humbled in his old age.
And my mother! if could only hear
her voice. But walls and law are
between US. l am as one who is
dead. She could come to me, but l
cannot go to her." His thoughts
wandered. At times he seemed to
be at church, listening to his father
preach; and then he seemed to be
playing with his sisters. He smiled
and laughed softly. ABR he would
say, ''your brother never forgets you."
Suddenly his face grew dark, and
waving his hands wildly he began to
mutter broken sentences. "Scizing
the bride rein he sprang upon his
antagonists horse and dashed away"
"He is reading one of those wild
books that we used to steal away and
devour," said one of the dying mans
-companions in crime. "Halt he ex-
claimed. drawing q revolver and lev
cling it at the head Of young Hor-
ace,' continued the sufferer. "Slow-
ly and sadly they left the church, and
walked along the well-worn path to
the grave of Lawrence. Standing
near the stone placed there by the
Indian, Caspar and his fair compan-
ion"--and he muttered incoher-
emily, the sentence dying away with
a deep groan. Suddenly he raised
himself, looked intently toward the
door, and slowly sank back, dead.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
A Gifted Lady.
From the Chicago Inter-ocean. ]


 Mrs Olive E. Whitney, of Boston, twelve years ago used to paint single rosebud in water colors on 6 cabinet card. She had never taken lesson in painting, but was gifted with so much talent that these flowers cards sold as fast as painted, and she generally finished five dozen day. Her strength lay in her delivery and perfect colorfng.
 Mr. Prang, the chromo man, happened to come across some of Mrs Whitney's work. and he immediately engaged her as flower designer at salary of 5000 year, with the exclusive right to her talents. She originated those Christmas, Easter and birthday cards. which have since become so popular, and find even larger market in Europe than here, and has on the average these dozen years con- pleted design daily.
 Perhaps it is a clump of wild vlolets, handful of maiden hair fern, spray of ivy, a knot of mignonette, or Q cluster of pansles that she chooses for a subject, but ln each case there is so much grace and individuality in the arrangement that it is impossible to mistake her work for that of any other artist The large panels and flower pieces show the remarkable taste she has in grouping and harmoniously combining colors. Her work has also given new interest to American Horticulture abroad
 Strange to say, the little lady rarely paints from nature, seeming to carry the colors ID her eyes, and never draws her designs, using her brush only. She wore the first painted dress Cher own work) in the country@a black silk velvet, spr1nkled with autumn leaves in their natural and glorious shades and it created sensation at the ball where 1t appeared. Since then Fanny Davenport. Emma Abbott, Rose Coghlan and Louisa Searle have taken advantage of her ingenious
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
An Arab Election.
How she Selection of & Ruler is Con.
 ducted.
From the Fortnightly Reyiew.]

ducted.
 From the Fortnightly Reyiew.]
 Tn an Arab tribe, when the sheykh dies, the elders of the tribe, heads of it's great bouses and sections, assemble in one Of thelr numbers tents, and, sitting in Q circle, dis cuss the subject of his succession. Theoretl- calIy. the choice of successor IS open to any one of them, for the tribe, however large, IS one great family, descended from common ancestor and though no one from without could be admitted to the supreme rule, any one from within the tribe can hold oftice Rut in practIce the choice is limited to few rersons. The reverence of the Arabs for blood. and for selected strains of blood. pre- vents them except in very exceptional cases, from changing the dynasty of their rulers. If the dead man has left behind him son of full age and respectable qualities, he will, without dispute be acknowledged sheykh. If not. then an uncle, nephew, or & cousin will be chosen. Only in extreme circum- stances of general danger, or of failure of heirs male. can the member of new family reasonably aspire to power. Moreover. there is no uniform law of election. The meeting does not pretend to give the right, only to confirm one; for the right lies not with the electors, but with him who can maintain his election. There is, therefore, no formal sys- tenn of voting. but the elders, having ascer- tained who among the dead mans relations commands the strongest following, proceed to acknowledge him. by the ceremony of oiyinp him their hands He then becomes their sheykh It sometimes happens, how ever, that parties are so evenly divided be- tween rival leaders that the tribe divides, one section going this way and the other that, ,un- til one of the leaders gives in his submission; otherwise the quarrel is decided by the sword. All these features of the Arabian tribal system of succession may be noticed in the first elections to the caliphate. As soon as it was known that Mohanmed was indeed dead, conclaye composed of the elders and chief men of Islam, self constituted and rec
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
GHOSTS.

The best railway for bridal trlp-Ihe Union Pacific c-Bostoa1 Commercial Bulletin
 Potatoes are getting so high in price that only the Colorado beetles can afford to eat them now-BoSt07a Transcript.
 Wicked New York men want to be buried in Greenwood, because it won't burn so quickly as the dry.-CE7lci7a7lah Saturdd5 Night.
 An outsider thinks this generation is a great deal more honest than the last. Any how, he explains, there are not half as many ladies' dresses ''hooked'' hehind their backs An auctioneer, by birth a native of the Green Isle, of course, caused to be printed on his handbills at recent sale, Every ar ticle sold goes to the highest bidder, unless some gentleman bids more"
 ssOh, the perils ot the deep!" exclaims the traveller as he reaches the shore. When he sees his trunk in the hands of the baggagt annihilator he changes his cry to ''The perilt of the depot !"-Bostoa Transcript. ssTommy,' said mother to her seven vear-old boy, t'you must not interrupt me when am talking with ladies' You must wait till we stop, and then you can talk But you never stop," retorted the boy-- Glasg0ao Eoe1eing Times.
 Said Brown grandiloquently II have no money to give to any of these public calls My duty is nearer. I must support those whom i.hold dear" sSYes," replied Fogg. 1T understand You mean to say that you are like the Auburn prison-self- supporting, you know. .'-Bost071 Transcript
 When Brooklyn man went home the other night with his necktie awry, his hat full of kinks, and his voice and legs very un- steady, his deceived wife accused him of be- ing disgustingly inebriated Not at all, m! (hic) dear,' he replied, catching the back ot a chair for support-''not (hic) at ell. Sal on (hic) count CT the scarcity CT water (hle) Mayor says we must 'conermize, aH' I've been CT (hic) 'conermizin'-tha' 'sall"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

s'An Introduction to Mechanical Drav- ing," by Frederic R. Honey, instructor in Descriptive Geometry and Mechanical Draw ing in the Sheffield Scientific School, and in structor in Perspective in the Yale School of the Fine Arts, is the title of collection ot articles which have appeared in the Educn tor. The aim of the writer has been to sim plify the subject far as possible, in order to place it within the reach of those who can not avail themselves of the services of teacher. This will account for the minute ness of detail which may be observed throughout the lessons. Fifteen plates ac- company the text, and the whole forms a valuable aid to students of the subject. Print ed by the Stafford Printing Company, anc for sale in this city by Judd, Peck and Pease
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
soarnaI ano Gourier.
Saturday Morning, Nor. 12, 1881.
MISS RORINsOy,s CASE.

The opinion of Chief Justice Gray, of Massachusetts, denying the petition of Miss Leila J. Robinson, law school graduate, for admission to the Massachusetts bar, is at tracting general attention. The opinion ex- amines the question at issue very fully By the Massachusetts statute any citizen of the State is entitled to admission to the bar, but the court decides that while women are in one sense citizens they are not so in ths sense intended in this statute The statute was modelled upon English law, and Chief Justice Gray has no doubt that women were never recognized in the English courts as eligible to discharge in person the duties of
 any office connected with the administration of the law. They could be keeper of 8 iail,
 governor of a workhouse, forester or con
 stable, because the duties of those posts
 might be executed by deputy. They might
 vote for or be elected sexton of parish, but
 this was not an office that concerned the
 public. A woman might be an overseer of
 the poor, but only because that was local
 office of an administrative character, not con-
 nected with judicial proceedings These re-
 strictions it was not in Judge Grayfs opinion,
 the intention of the Massachusetts Legislature
 to remove in any of the statutes adopted in that State. Had any such intention been en
 tertained, it would have been plainly ex- pressed, as in other statutes conferring am- pier privileges upon women. It is not to be presumed by implication. Of course, until such restrictions are removed by statute, they must.b regarded as still existing. It is the province of the Legislature, not of the courts, to change the law.
 This decision is in conformity with the opinion expressed by the same court in 1871, in answer to questions addressed to it by the Governor and Council as to whether women could act legally, under the Constitu- ton of the Commonwealth, as justices of the peace and notaries public. The court an- swered both questions in the negative. This l decision is also in keeping with rulings of | the United States Supr me Court, the Court | of Claims, and the highest courts of Illinois 1 and Wisconsin, all of which have denied to | women the right to practice law before | them The privilege of appearing in the United States Supreme Court has since been | conferred upon them by statute and this is | the remedy to which they must take recourse | in Massachusetts also.
 Miss Robinson has opened an office in | Boston for such work as she can do without | admission to the bar and the next Legisla- | ture will be asked to remove the obstacles | which prevent her from becoming a full | fedged lawyer. She will have the assistance | of the Springfield Republican and some other | newspapers in her contest, and it would not | be surprising if she would finally win There | is no very good reason why she should not.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
Price Four Cents

ognizing no special popular mandate. assem- bled in the house of Omar ibu el Hhattub. This conclave is known to jurists as the Ahl el helli wa ell agde-because they assumed the duty of solving the knotty question of succession. A nice point had to be decided, just such one as has in all ages been the cause of civil war in Arabia. The prophet had left no son, but more than one near re lation. Moreover, at that moment the new nation of Islam was in danger of internal disruption, and the religious and tie civil clements in it were on the point of taking up arms against each other. The two chief can didates were Ali ibn Abutaleb and Abu Bekr, the one son in-law and cousin and the other father r-in- law of Mohammed-Alirep represented the civil, Abu Bekr the religious party and as it happened that the latter party was pre- dominant at Medina it was on Abu Bekr that the choice fell. He was recognized as head of the more powerful faction, and the chiefs gave him their hands, while civil war was only prevented by the magnanimous submis- sion of Ali
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

The following singular case was recently decided in the California courts. Nicholas Sepulveda and Francisco Salazer were jointly indicted for the crime of grand larceny, and tried together in Santa Clara County Court. The jury rendered verdict in these words: s'We, the jury, find the defendences guilty as charged in the indictment" The clerk, in recording the verdict corrected the ortho- graphy, and wrote the word defendant for defendences Upon appeal to the Supreme Court by Sepulveda, it was determined that the record of the clerk must be taken as the verdict rendered. And as there were two defendants on trial, verdict finding the defendant guilty, without specifying which, was void for uncertainty. motion was then made in the Superior Court upon the part of Sepu1veda that he be dis charged upon the grounds, first, that as he was in jeopardy by the former trial, end the discharge of the jury was unauthorized and illegal, he was released thereby; second, that by the verdict and the construction of it by the Supreme Court, one of the defendants was acquitted, and as it could not be made to appear which was acquitted, either was entitled to the bene- fit of the presumption of aequittal. Superior Judge Beldren has just decided that he sees no escape from the conclusion that the de- fendant is entitled to his discharge under the verdict in the case, and consequently Sepul- veda has been set at liberty.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

There are pleasanter places to live in than India. The deaths last year by bites from poisonous snakes, and by tigers (chiefy, however, the snakes amounted to g, ,0OO ! In the Bengal presidency alone there were 1O,O64 deaths from the bites of the fatal hooded snake called the cobra, and 359 from attacks by tigers.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
EajITURIAL NOTEs,.

Other people have names as well as the in habitants of the United States Messrs Hassumbhoy Visran2 and Damodhur Gohord hum, Bombay merchants, have arrived in Boston
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
EN, CONN. SATURDAY MoRNING. NOVEMBER

Indian negroes and those from around Car thagena Of course, these men will not work like English or French navvies, and can command, nevertheless, their own price. The consequence is that work estimated to cost three cents foot has cost $1.25. If under these circumstances M. de Lesseps can accomplish his task, he will justly win a con- spicuous renown.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
HECKER'S
PERFECT BAKING POWDER.
A FAIR TEST.

To the Editor of the Journal ts Courier.
 Sir:-The contract for supplying the United States government with seventy-fve thousand (75, 5,OOO) lbs. of Baking Powder during the en- suing year has been awarded to Hecker's Perfect Baking Powder, it having been tested by Dr. Ed ward G. Love, analytical chemist for the government, and recOm- mended by him for it's excellence and because it contained a higher percentage of gas (which means it will make lighter bread and bis- cuit) than either the "Royal'' or the other cream tartar baking powders which he examined. The samples analysed by Dr. Love were furnished by the government com missiOners, and were without the manufacturers label or name, and designated with a number known only to the commissioners.
 It will thus be seen that when Hecker's Perfect Baking Powder is submitted to an impartial test its superiority is acknowledged, and the popular verdict so emphat- ically expressed in it's favor is fully sustained.
 GEO. V. KICKER & CO.,,
 2O3 Cherry St., N. Y. .sss..s se.s- SIX SIX
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

The London Lancet, alluding to the grow ing custom of carelessly and recklessly speaking against public men, urges it's evil results from strictly medical standpoint, holding it to be a scientific truth that care less words or threats, even if they have no intentional meaning, cannot fail to prepare the way to deeds.
 The wickedness Washington is not con- fined to it's white inhabitants Dr. G. s. Palmer, Surgeon in- Chief of the Freedman's Hospital and Asylum in Washington, esti- mates from the reports of that and other in- stitutions and the observation of experienced physicians that more than 9 per cent. of all the colored children born in the District of Columbia are illegitimate
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

The clergy will be well represented in the next Massachusetts Legislature. Among the members are Rev. Daniel Dorches CT, D. D., of Natick, one of the leading men in the Methodist church in New England the Rev. Joseph Scott, of Springfield, one of the brightest Methodist ministers of the State :; the Rev. N. W. Everett, of Wareham, and the Rev Oliver A. Roberts, of Salisbury.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

The second successful arrival in England of a cargo of mutton from Australia settles the feasibility of transporting fresh meat to any distance by sea. The consignment amounted to nearly 5000 carcasses by the steamship Garonne, which has been fitted up with the dry-air refrigerator. The machine was driven at less than it's full speed the whole voyage and yet maintained an average atmosphere of fifteen degrees fahrenheit in the refrigerating chamber. If necessary the temperature could have been forced down to five degrees. Un- der the intense heat of the tropics there was no diminution of ice crys- tals and snow in the compartment, and on arrival the sheep were found tightly frozen together. The 130 passengers and crew were supplied with fresh meat every day from second chamber provided for the purpose. Another prosperous venture is the importation to E gland of a cargo of fresh salmon in refrigerating steamship owned and run by the Hudson's Bay company. The fish were packed from Labrador, and Lon don papers are congratulating their readers on steady supply of the luxury at low prices from the same source.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

A statement is going the rounds to the ef- feet that all of the public schools in Bidde- ford, Maine, are closed on account of small pox One of the officials of that city pro- nounces the statement true, but says that no danger of a general spread of the contagion is feared, or considered probable. There have been a dozen or fifteen cases and six deaths. The disease is confined to the poor CT class of French Canadians, who work in the cotton factories, and has made it's ap- pearance in but two or three families. Some weeks ago the large corporations of the city took the precaution to have all of their en- pIoves vaccinated, and this, it is believed, did much to prevent the introduction of the disease in new localities.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

A very gloomy account of the state of things at the Lesseps canal is given by 8 gentleman who has just returned from Pan- anna. The death rate is alarming, especially among foreigners. Of POO Frenchmen sent out within the last few weeks, and who ar rived ruddy and vigorous. eighty-i five had died when he left, and nearly all the others were in hospital The Gallic emigrants all take brandy and absinthe to excess, under the mistaken impression that it will enable them to withstand the climate, while it has precisely the opposite effect and hastens the coming of their certain doom. Americans will not be tempted by any wages to remain.
 The only workmen who can withstand the horrors of the heat and rains are the West
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12
WI !N|IlI

261 and 263 Washington St., and TAT, 222 Westminster St., Providence, R. l. Cor. Essex and Wash. Sts., Salem Mass. 336 Main St.. Worcester, Mass 27 Merrimack St., Haverhill, Mass Exchange Block, Milford, Mass IS and so Central St., Lowell, Mass
 68 Market St., Lynn, Mass se7 W&S4m s. IF. SHELDON. Manas
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-12

749 and 751 Washington St., Boston. 29 Purchase St., New Bedford, Mass. 75 Main St., Taunton, Mass.
 517 Essex St., Lawrence, Mass 98 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn. 965 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H. Opera House Block, Brockton, Mass. 341 Main St. Springfield, Mass. ger, 292 Chapel St., New Haven. Ct
, 1881-09-17
A DOUBT.

tbr 1bt thjfnQp Tribune.
sometimes wonder With restless sadness--
alny to 1inil UIy questioning ~ SA!N--
il ever fr1,,n tho tuIlilnss Ut l.lfo's lnus!c
You m,sha sInElo atra!h.
II ever. when tic fcvertsh day IL Slipping
I1own nights great Enlf lntu tho wltea Inflow,
a st1lxie fltint remembrance HtirS your pulses
Or nnp y0ll usul t0 know. -,-
with s., cstsls;' ;ls baud soa s'r"aka note that an
Unto your touch. then wcn} your heGitosa way
Through li(c, and loft to culver Into sItonco
- fhe ulslso OF Il day.
ENr yoli tho stars tlNyg lit y path of Rloryi
l'nr ynll now ssraiE,s ut Me!ody Will rise: ..
And IN ynur world you NAY Forget shae aoms'
i,oucstA tho cIrcltny skies.
lu some .ittn GARNER OF our restless planet,
4 life IL tfu.p!HR that t,',Ce GrOascl your onnt
Whos0 Hight ts f,tde4 How. Mhpsa narrowed chan.
Is st.adowy and lone.
AMI htyll, wtlcn life aud earth to you arc faIrest.
Whnt Ii YOU eauHht tho echoed strain ugaln-
WhAt II suit n90u-s0tlu h4lt.uuC0naoaous
1h0u!l touch your split then!
Ah, well know not IL ya,, cleasty heanl It,,
Or cured 10 KNOW tho lnoautnR 1t might hold,
u eyur In your itllest IuDlnrnts cherish
a retrospect OF old.
And 50 | wonder with 4 rest less sa1aess-
il ever irya, the fullness q j.lep's u,usIo
fuu miss ssngle s,rain. ,,,..,