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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
THREE $1,000 CHANDELIERS.
n Novel Scene I'm the Famous Eas
Room OF the white House.

A Novel Scene I'm the Fnmous Ea,,
Room OF the white House.
Washington Post.
Inc principal work in the line of
regeneration which is being prosecuted
during the Presidents absence is that of
taking down the three immense glass
and silver chandeliers in the East Room
ana cleaning, repairing and putting
them In place. This alone requires the
constant work of four men for nearly
TWO weeks, about four days being allot-
TED TO each chandelier. The chandel-
lerS, said TO be the finest of the kind in
the country, originally cost s., 900 apiece
or $1,000 for the three. They were
purchased by General Grant and
although on one or two occasion il has
been found necessary to take them to
pieces, TO some extent, this is the first
time since being placed in position that
they have been completely overhauled
and reburnished.
AS works of art they are superb.
There are in each chandelier about six
thousand separate pieces of glass, mostly
prismatic in shape, and each one of the
SIX thousand cut and chisled by slow
h9ndwork from the finest Bohemian
ware. Yesterday afternoon the sunlight
streamed in cheerfully through the
opened rear windows and catching the
reflection embodying all the hues of the
rainbow, playing at pitch and toss,
casting them first on one wall, then on
another and from that to the floor. The
wor K Of cleaning and polishing the
Chandeliers has been entrusted to the
most skilled mechanics in Washington.
In addition TO this, there will have TO be
done considerable grinding of what are
known in the trade as the ball joints"
and Overhauling of "keys"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
OUT OF THE WAY HAPPENINGS.

Il II stated that the State ooffsrS OF Italy
new certain 5SQ,o00 900 OF coin laid up to-
ward the abolition Of the forced psper Ger.
rency.
The rope with which Kansas Murderer
was hanged has been woven into book
marks and given to the convicting jsry -
keepsakes.
A bonfire Vas made of the finsry' from
the wardrobe Of q woman who had become
q convert OF Free Metho,lism. in TeRncs-
see, and an enthusiastic meeting OF prayer
and praise was held round the ham es.
DIR. Siemens calculates that the present
animal yield of all the coal mines of the
earth would suAicc TO keep up the IRE of
the sun, at its present intensity Of light
and heat, for about the four millionth part
Of . second.
An old man who has long lived alone q
Midway, Mass, WAS found dead In his Gel.
lar. held down by barrel OF sand. IL IL
supposed that he had lain In dying con.
dtion for several days, the barrel resting
on his legs where il had fallen.
Governor Cameron. OF Virginia, has re-
fused 10 commute the sentence Of death
passed upon colored girl OF fourteen, who
poisoned two persons by putting arsenic
into their coffee, and lad OF twelve, in ~.
Louis county, Mo-, who killed his father,
has been found guilty OF murder In the irst
degree, an j nothing but the Governors In
reference san save him.
Austin Sheldon, the hermit OF Pike oouu-
~, Pa a desires to marry. He has proposed
TO several girls in his neighborhood, but
they have declined, possibly because he de-
clares that he will not quit the cave In
which he has lived for forty years. This
abode is twelve by fourteen feet with .
gravel floor. The furniture consists Of four
blocks OF wood for chairs, . dry goods box
used as a table, q fireplace over which hs
does his cooking. and an old rickety chair,
in which he sleeps. lie has not slept In
bed for years.
The suffering In Germany for lack Of
employment Is great, and the natural gain
in population. is about 10000 q year.
Under such circumstances. several German
statesman are convinced that emigration
is inevitable, but they have begun 10 argue
that the great stream OF people pouring out
might better he utilized for the benefit OF
Germany than in enriching America, Eng
land, and many other countries all over
the world. Rut colonization has not yet
been favorably looked upon by the German
Government, whose aim is the concentra-
ton oil its powers within it, own compact
domain.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
He Figures Out a Democratic House,
Beyond a Reasonable Certainty,
by a Clear Majority.
C0NKLlEG, GOULD AND BLAINE.

Special Correspondence Of tie Sunday Register.
WASHINGTON, D. c., September s.-The
Republican manages are making vigorous
contest this year, against very strong odds,
for the control of the next House of Rep.
resentatives. In the first place, the pres
ent house has received but little abuse from
Republican newspapers, so that the House
leaders, have been placed ON the defensive.
Keifer was compelled to work hard for q
denomination, and Robson finds himself
wonderfully unpopular in his New Jersey
district-wonderfully so; that is, in view
of the manner in which the people there
had stuck to him through the mud and
mire OF his previous years. There are
many Republicans who think that, if such
leaders are the best the Republicans have
good defeat that will bury them will be
the best thing that can happen to the par
ty; and there are also many who believe
that Democratic majority in the next
House would help rather than hinder the
election of a Republican President in 1884.
Probably it is not generally understood
how much
The Republicans are Going 70 Suffer
from the increase in the number of mem
bers OF the House and the consequent re
appOrtionment in all the States. The
Democrats benefit largely by this for the
time being. The main losses of the Re-
publicans will be in New York, Pennsylya-
mia, Ohio and Indiana. The internal COM
motions in the party in New York and
Pennsylvania are sufficient Is imperil "a
good many districts; in Indiana there is a
natural reaction from the result of two
years ago; in Ohio the party is also torn up
by the LIQUOR selling and Sabbath-keeping
issues. The following table, prepared by a
gentleman who is a careful student of the
political situation, has been placed in my
hands, and will be found of a good deal OF
interest at this time. 1t is valuable as
showing the number OF representatives in
each State, under the old and new appor-
tionments, and, although made by Re-
publican. it will be found very discour-
aging table by those who belong to that
party, and desire to see a Republican ma
iority in the next House of Representa-
tives.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
Cats i'm the French Civil Services
Nen0 York World


The publication in Europe of the fact
that cats are borne on the roll of the
post-office department has evoked the
information that in France also they are
EN- ployed as members of the civil SER
vice. It must be admitted that in the
sister republic pussy's position is not
quite 80 agreeable as it is here, though
Mr.. Dorman B. Eaton will be grstitied
to learn that due attention to the prin-
ciples of civil-service reform is paid to
the selection of official mousers. Strict
competitive examinations are held by
which unworthy applicants are literally
eliminated from the field. Before cat
Is appointed to a clerkship in one Of the
commissariat depOts which are situated
in the five great military seaports, he or
she makes q voyage or two in the hold
of q vessel where the only rations served
out are of water. For his subsistence
the ship cat Is compelled to forage upon
the ship rats, which are fierce as well
az fat. The result is like that described
in that passage of the gospel Of evolu-
Iutions which tells US that the latest
man caught the most animals, and the
latest animal got away from the most
men, and the existence in 8 plump and
well-fed condition of the ships cat at
the end Of cruise is testimony that can
not be called in question Of his fitness ia
hold office, He Is thereupon appointed
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
les Bentley drew immense
THE DROWNED GIRL

O. Mary, 90 and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
Across the sands o'Dee-
The western wave was Wild and dark WI
And all alone went shes
The creeping tide came deep alang the sand.
And DER and DER the sand,
And round and round the sand
As lar as eye could see;
Tina binding mists cams down and htd the
And never home came she.
q. Is Il weed, or fish, or floating hstrf
A tress o'golden hair,
OF drowned maidenS hair,
Above the nets at sea.
Was never salmon yet that shone so faar,
Among the stoke on Dee.
They lowed her In across the rolling foam.
The cruel scrawlirg FOAM
The cruel hungry foam.
To her grave beside inc sea:
Rut sin the boatman hear her call the Cattle
Across the sands O Dec; ,,,.,.,.,,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
BITS OF GAsTRoN oMY.

When people drink teas ~ strong -
most of us do mt breakfast, the intsnse
bitterness Il Modified by milk, but weak
tea Is made very insipid byit.
Sausage caters are rcmindcAthat .
place where they were made I'm Eng
land las been Suppressed ~ .. puisanoe
and offensive TO the nostytls Of tins netgh-
bOrS.
Beef coup made without beef b one q
the clever frauds ofthe present genera
ton ofculinary artists, who beIIeve tnst
all gastronomic receptions elicit ap.
plausc.
At the medIDval DINNER IN Bases
lately the meal began with beer soup"
Of the middle ayes, which one OF The
guests described ~ a. 'giddyisg' CON-
mencement.
A writer In the ndsa 10 CITY Preo
Of . recent date. says: The do
mand for American meat for the supply
ofthk hungry metropolis hss become
enormous-"
There II at YarRsouib, he celebrated
herring town Of Fnglaod. . restaurant.
where nothing Int herring b served,
and II ID ssid 70 ip-a very unique aadi
paint place.
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The HOmely Women.

4 Saratoga letter says: The homely
women here surpass all outside rivals by
the dead weight OF their usliness, and each
hundred pounds of them makes the sight
so much aggravating. In no other place
can one see so much shapelcss and shaking
mountains of flesh girded into a caricatnre
outline of Paris dress, and these fat
women parade the pOrehes and sweep
through the Parlors as complacently as any
OF their bony rivals. They come ostenslbly
TO drink Of the waters, which are supposed
TO reduce the bulk and relieve what the
hand book of the springs calls "engorged
c;rculatinp ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10

s ~ OF diplomacy and genius required
70 plan and carry out that Operation Is, in a
word, wonderful. Weeks had been EN-.
PloYed IN Perfecting the ruse and arrsng-
ing the matter so as to allay all suspicion
on Nine. Grace's part 10 do this the
CIsveT raseals had learned all about the
scnool, and in the Introductory CORE
spondsnce had, without appearing to.doSo.
played upon the lady's vanity. They had
Plged the institute thoroughly, and ex-
PSnded an amount of adroit preparation
Mnlcn approaches the marvellous. But, as
in nearly all big jobs" some unconsidered
trine had betrayed them. Iii the ready
Wit TO use these trifleS which makes the
genuinely great detectiya
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
" THE SEA.

Fierce on the white ellis gio~s the Angus
Sun;
The fishing vessels anchored In the bay
Scarce htave upon the waters- The rfpe ears
OF golden corn nod In the warm wet oreeze,
Dream ful Of harvest: while gentle haze
Wraps land and tea in iu silvery folds
And throws q tender glow o'ey The scene.
smooth a. q mirror. calm ~ childhoodS
Tie sea lies shIInmerfug a Shoot OF blue
In the bright golden sunlight Hee ana
In 81 adowy semblanoe. white and rvsset saijh
Fleck the horizon.
On the yellow ssnd
The murnuring wayeiets beat what time thetr
In tiny rippIes break. With VERY shout
The fsir-haired darlings Of our hearts and
Their mimic castles build a fruitIess toll.
Since the advancing. SWIFT destroying tide
Sweeps al before it,
Emble1ns OF the schemes
which we-but children OF q later day-
Plan for ourselvee, 20 find the fabric frau
AZ are those frszsue castles Of the saudi
'.' -CAamt0I Jessnol
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
Identified.

'sMadam, you mast be identified"
Faith, an what's thst?" .
"Why, yoa are stranger to me. y
don't know you"
Twill, thin, Pm prc1d to introduce
mesilf to yez. MY names Salry Mac
Flins, an Pm rot ashained OF It"
well, but yousee IcaHttell whether
you aEe the person whose name Is on
this check" said the cashier, too polite
to tell her perhaps she was lying about
it.
"An' what did We say I must do"
Iden4fy yourself, Bring some one
that knows you"
"IndadeI And whO'knows me better
than know mesilf"'
The cashier paid the check without
another word.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
me Nerport Benny.

BY far the most beautiful girl In all New
port at present (writes lady correspondent
| of the Cincinnati En9uirer) is Boston hair
dresser. All the male admiration in the
entire Casino Yesterday was bestowed upon
| her, and she received 1t with the sucon-
scious grace and dignity OF an ideal Ouch
ess Her father was bricklayer, am told,
her mother a wasberwoman, and she her.
self ended her school days at the age OF
she is, q bright skinned brunette with big
melting black eyes, abundant jetty hair,
regular features, tall, rhapely, well-carried
figure, and perfectly lsaylike manners. She
works busily and quite profitabiy at home,
but il now out for q holiday, and when
woman loftisy sent for her to come and
dress her hair, meaning an insult, she
wrote back: II regret to- say that it is
impossible. did not lesre my shop as
long ago.as You did your siaughter.house,
but T am for the time being quite as lar
away from it." The fact was that the wo-
man had, more than twenty years ago,
been practical worker in the Boston
pork ackipg house in which her husband
founded his fortune. While on this
beautiful hair-dresssT, let ME describe her
toilet of Yesterday, because il illustrates
prevailing elaborate style OF afternoon CTS
tume at Newport. The material waSivory-
white surah shirted for quarter OF a. yard
from the waist GUwnwavd in close gathers,
50 that it showed every action of the hips.
The fullness from the gayherS was arranged
in plaitS, which extended 10 the edge % the
skirt. where they were met by fall oil
white lace put on iacoquiElcs. The bodice
and panniers were white nuns veiliag
trimmed with lace. Assmall cape, made OF
row upon row of Oriental lace, reached JUst
below the shoulders. Her hat was COM
pletely covered with the sane lace garnl-
turc, to the exclusion OF any osher trimming,
and her white satin parasoi had several
lace ruffies as q bordering. Not touch OF
color was seen, and the effect was that OF
Just such simple elegance as most OF the
fashionable Newport girls strive after. The
desire prevailing all female hearts here Is
TO appear chaste, artistic-in short, aristo-
cratic The model on which their eyes are
fixed is the excessively long. maiden,
with very small hands and feet, who is so
often seen in English water-culors and
prints; but such impediments as legs too
brief and handy, and No. hands and feet
interfere with the realization. / have in
mind certain New York family, descended
straight from an original Dutch settler,
and who are convinced that their blood is
loftily pure. Well, their hands are like
the hands OF Providence for breadth, and
their feet would crowd each other if they
undertook to pursue the narrow way. But
here is that Boston hair-dresser- hardly out
of parental mortar and suds, with the slim,
taper fingers and arched instep OF a Lady
Genevieve MOntmorency. Her bair, by the
way, fell low in the neck in a coil, and over
the forehead in loose curlS. That Is the
predominating style OF hair blessing.
though braids may be substituted for the
coil, and flat rings for the curlS.-
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to the honorable and lucrative position
of "castCr'i or "port-cat," receiving be-
sides his lodging centimes day, or
$3.50 year. The pay is NOS large, but
as there are no per cent Deductions
for Hubbells or Mahones, and as the
berth is for life, the condition Of these
humble servants Of the RepubhqIe
Franchise Is by no means undesirable.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10

The maker of the above estimate says:
"Brumm, of Pennsylvania, and J. Hyatt
Smith, of New York, counted with the
Republicans, where they voted. OF the sew
en- Independents in the next Congress,
Lowe, of Alabama, and Paul, of Virginia
will vote with the Republicans, and Speer
of Georgia, AID the four from Maine are
practically Democrats. In making this
liable have given my views of the success
of the Independent movement in the
South. IL will be failure in my judg-
ment. There may be a Republican from
Georgia. one from Alabams, two from South
Carolina and one from Mississippi that l
have not counted in the table
that is five more; but the chances are
equally good for three more
Democrats in Ohio, three in Pennsylvania
two in Iowa one in Indiana and four In IL
hnois; in all Is, which makes the House:
Democrats, 1856; Republicans, 1872; indie
pendcnts,T. The coalition between Malone
and the Republicans in Virginia is broken
| in pieces, and do not think there is any
cement that will paste it together. 1t
never had any cohesion, was simply
unity for plundering purposes, and Ma
hone swindled in dividing the loot; hence
| it is broken. Hawkins, the Republican,
| will be elected for Governor OF Tennessee,
but the Republicans will lose two menu
bers, probably gaining Senator to replace
| Harris"
There is a possibility that the Third
| Georgia district may be Republican and
| singleton May be Elected
| as an independent Democrat in the Eleventh
| Illinois District. There is also chance or
gaining the Twelfth Indiana District. In
| Missouri, where the Republicans now have
practically five votes they have only a
| fighting chance of obtaining three-and
| that chance a poor one. In New Jersey,
| Robeson's district will probably be Demo.
cratic, if be is nominated, and this is all
| there is OF comfort for the grand old par
| ty" this year. 1t will be seen in the above
| that Maine is given to the opposition, which
| | suppose would hardly be a safe thing to
predict. Maine is an uncertain State, and
| taking the situation as whole, should
say that 20 or % was as large majority
as the Democrats can count on in the next
| House. Ny informant claims to have his
| estimate of Maine on very good informa-
| ton, and as he is an intimate friend of Mr..
| Blaine, perhaps he is warranted in putting
| down Maine in the Democratic column. In
view of this project, thelfriends OF Mr.. Car
Isle of Kentucky regard il as certain that he
will be the next Speaker OF the House.
That would be a safe prediction, and we
may expect to see much more falr ana
| business-like organization OF the House
than now exists. Small spiteS, petty malig'
| mites and the private schemes OF BRASS,
faced public plunderers will not control
the next House OF Representatives,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10

hood days she was the best horseback ride.
in all Ireland. She is an immensely tall
woman, six feet two inches in height, and
her shoulders are broad and square. 80 that
she looks like man in disguise. SHE has
q fair and delicate compile tion, despite con.
slant exposure to the elements, and her
eyes are blue and very expressive.
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A. ASst0 nS1hsG nSb0hs1.
49, A&A<Ana

A. little AusIin girA, sbout ten yossS 81,
sgo.. attended . cbib's parry not hog
since. When shs Came home. hes
neither ssks& beg bsv many little .eislA
tksr we're ~ The Dsdy.
"Guess hOS sssoy."
vTeD.h
'HjueS sssis."
"Iwefwr'.
mo, ypu ere "6 your lssd ns, satse.
~. There WeresnO htt,e gisis thes4a q
III, but there were quiAs . nnusbes -
young ladies' PRESENT." replied teo
| ''yossg lady," sc0nna1Jy
The climate h ssil 10 b - blanc NJ
the excessive pfesssity vbIeh hee -.
come epidemic among he halsfand
| suekIin9H.
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Two English stories.


A gentleman called to see the Duke
Of Cambridge. Farquhar, q favorite
snoiled servant, said CURLY to the visitor:
fAh. sir. YOU can't see II. r. II. in this
permiscuous sort of way. No, sir; you
1pSnst wait Won must wait" The
gentleman took the treatment good
9aturedly, and even talked a few mo-
ments with the man, who was original
and amusing. Then he said: well,
MIR. Faruuhar, you are q very pleasant
fellow. but, as my time is valuable, L
cannot wait any longer. Tell ii. K. II.
that Lord - has called" mentioning
one of her majesty's ministers. Far,
Tnbar pushed UP his spectacles and
looked a moment in silence straight at
Lord =. then said coolly, without the
slightest embarrassment, why ana you
not tell me your name nrst; no"
could | know you were lord ana q
cabinet minister by loOkin' at you" Or
course YOU will see II. II. IL. at once
and announced him. :,
This of DIR. Jephson, a distinguished
physician of bennington fifty years
AGO, is another amusing ancedote. The
doctor was noted for being brusQue and
unccremonious. A great London lady,
a high and mighty leader OF society,
who was taken suddenly Ill, sent LOT
him. Jephson was so otf-hand win
her grace that she turned on MN
angriIy and asked: DO you know 70
whom you are speaklng% "Oh, yes,
replied DIR. Jephson, quietly, TO an
old woman with the stomach-acne'
b Che Rev. Charles Bentley drew immense
E.eopyrerations as reviyalist, in Baltimore,
a wear ago, in conjunction with the Kew. A.
| D. Jones. These companions in reyiyaiism
! recently returned to that city, intending 70
resume their work; but they were confront
/ ed by the charge that some OF be1tey
| Conduct during his former visit had been
| criminal, and he has confessed his guilt
announcing that he will voluntarily retire
| From the ministry.
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Ne PrGDvysl q Wssas.

The other Say IN ArkAnsae msn -
cured free. pas over . r.lirnad. He
Wa very nseb pleased n d,1, but At
tfr discovering that Dinjarrd 70 On %
cident be eosld not Secoyes damaeS
he spprua ched The 5opssintspdent sos
said,
Cook here! bow about this thing"
SWhat,s the matter With ~"
"Wbst III ~ killed %. tbs fosar
| My wife wouldn't recover danAgs
hNo, sir"
nThen / don't want The paA alst
eot no wife nor 10 rslAtsooA but weos
! 10 feel t6at n I had . vi)e sh3d - ~
Tor nv desth. I'm much obSeeH4 -
yef, but / reckon IN have 70 WAR;
Ark0nsaS fN0sctR.