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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-04-13
CASUALTIES.
Another Bad Panhandle wrecl

hTEUBESSIlLE, ", aprll l%-ht niue
O'Clock this morning two freights on the
handle colIided at the lower part OF the
ci, y, coming together with terrific crash
ana completely wreckiDg both engines and
several cars loaded with merchandise, The
wreck is the most cOmplete ever sean In
II il locality. 1t will take some time to
clear the track. TIE west bound passenger
traips which left Pittsburgh are lying here,
The cause Of the accident is not yet known.
No one was injured, all jumping from the
engines ana trains.
URkpoWn Man Killed.
NORTH VERNON, O., April l2.-rhe b)dy
of young man about eighteen years OF
rye, name unknown, was found near here
his norniug lying near the Olio and
Mississippi track His head was crushed,
ard IL is thought he was killed by falling
from the cars during the night. The letters
{ s and Roman cross were stamped on
bis ann.
serious Result OF Fishing with Dyna-
mite.
SHEIBYvILLK, IND, April l2.-Albert
Lu,her, a carp. inter- on the Cincinnati, In
dianspols, St Loui, and Chicago road, who
ives at Waldron, went to Fairland to work
@ 1sy on a bridge. aud while there COM
n,uCed fishing with dynamite One of ths
ctrtridees exploded in his hand, tearing hi,
r'ght arm of, fesrfully lscerating his leg
al d tearing his face. His wounds are 80
bt d that he will die.
An Unfortunate Man.
WEL1svILLE, o., April l2.-David Qusyle,
a miner here, was terribly burned about
the face and upper portion OF the body
yesterday by the premature explosion OF
blast. His life is despaired Of. Quayle
was almost killed o few months ago by
large quantity Of slate falling upon him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-04-13
BAse Hall.
BELL LkIRE.

BALTIMORE, April l2-Providence,
Baltimore, l.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-04-13

-. view Orleans cetion Exposition.
W.saINeros, April l2,-President Ar
thur has issued aa executive oroef alrs0'
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
Eendalism in China.

In the first place it is very remark
able that the Chinese originally lived
under a feudal system. The country
consisted of seven states (seven in
number), over each of which there was
local lord, under whom there were
lesser chiefs holding lands by laws of
Standardization. The states were
federated under one lord as emperor,
who had some territory in his own
direct administration. Several dynas-
ties of emperors really represented the
headship of feudal confederation.
Under this feudalism there asose many
of the ancient heroes, statesman and
sages Of China, while many of its char
acteriStic marks were stamped upon
the civilization, the institutions and
the habits of the Chinese. The system
was destroyed two hundred years be-
fore the Christian era by sovereign
who has been very properly styled the
Chinese Caesar, and who established a
real empire to last for centuries. at
times this empire became disunited, to
be again united; but the principle of
absolute and centralized power re-
manned in force. FeudaliSm was super
seeded by the appointment of provincial
governors and district magistrates.
From time to time censorS were ap-
pointed by the central authority for
peripatetic supervision. For the CEN
tral authority itself something like a
constitution was established, in which
the leading features were a council of
state and several departmental boards.
The civil legislation was voluminouS;
the penal code was comprehensive in
scope and lucid in arrangement; the
moral precepts were finite, and the re-
ligious ritual minute. There were
codes for all branches of human con-
duct and relationship. The official
Difference paid to literature has hardly
been equalled in any other age or
country; the lettered classes in their
capacity as literati formed power
which could make revolutions, and
which emperors on their accession
were obliged to conciliate. The pat
ronage of letters, and the preparation
of chronicles ranked high among pub
| lie duties. A kind of rude printing
with wooden types was invented at an
early time; public libraries on an i'm
mense scale were maintained; tribu-
nal of history and an official gazette
were instituted. Extraordinary at
tention was paid to popular education;
the central colleges were among the
! most influential institutions of the
land '---alssszs----,..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
HISTORICAL.

Zoroaster, who reformed the magi,
was Bactiean king, and flourished
about $50 B. G.
Hollywood Palace is built on the site
of an abbey founded by David l. in
1l2S. and several of his successors are
inferred within its walls.
The controversy in the church in
regard to images began in 726, and
was finally eXtinguiShed in $40, when
the iconoclaStS were communicated.
In 1870 the Huguenot element
formed one-fourth of the entire popu-
lation of New York, and this proper
zion was maintained during the
eighteenth century.
About the year 1900 clocks, which
had been too expensive to be useC
even in many cities. are found in prl-
vate houses, but still only the very
wealthy could purchase one.
In the year 1891 Queen Elizabeth
used thousand vessels of glass an(
silver at one banquet. Wines. If made
in England, were boiled with splc'
and sugar; the best wines wer,
brought from Spain and France.
In ancient times peacocks' crest
were among the ornaments OF tn
kings Of England. Ernald de Acien
(AcIand) paid fine to King John il
l4O palfrieS, with sackbuts, gilt spur
and peacocks' crests, such as would b
for his credit"
In 1887 a Greek named Canopiu
added coffee to the drinks of England
Seventy years afterwards the frs
coffee house was started in LondoI
The seventeenth century introduce
tea; it was very expensive, and in l65
sold at fifty shillings pound.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
A Rage for Intense Effects.
New York Evening Post.]

lNeW YORK Evening IOSI.J
The present season is certainly re-
markable for the splendor and ele-
gance OF its fabrics and costumes.
The rage for new and intense effects
and combinations seems to have
reached its height and robes Of this
description appear in greater contrast
than ever beside the many toilets of
pure white, now also in such vogue.
The wealth of the Orient and the
vivid coloring of the tropics are to be
found in the tapestried, brocaded and
embossed silks, satins and plushes
that glitter with a network of beads,
which closely Stimulates gems in their
brilliancy. This prodigality of color
and combination, while it gives great
scope for magnifcence in dress, also
gives great chance for excessive bad
taste, thus necessitating the exercise
of the most delicate Judgment and a
sure artistic eye for harmony, as well
as for appropriateness and good effect.
Among the many regal fabrics now
exhibited by celebrated Broadway
house is magnificent bridal satin OF
ivory white, brocaded with white
lilacs, white lilies and rosebuds, the
stamens and piStils formed of cut
crystals and pearls. Ascend pattern
shows ground of silver satin bro
caded with crimson carnations, and
another, of amber satin, is embossed
with scarlet roses and foliage. Lastly
is pale almond satin brocaded with
white anemones, blush roses and
forget-me-nots. All the above men
toned fabrics are considered low in
price at the rate of thirty dollars a
ward -H
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
The Republican PARTY Ought to Go.

new 1OTk luntS- Il
Take the star route frauds as an eX-
ample the vast majority of the people
of the United States are convinced
that many millions of dollars were
stolen by a combination of mail con-
tractors and public officials. They
witnessed an attempt to bring the
guilty parties to justice. The eXpoSi-
ton of the frauds made it clear be-
yond the possibility of doubt that
there were groups of contractors,
numbering in all more than a bakers
dozen of individuals. After a years
preparation, with all the resources of
the government supposed to be at the
command of the officers of justice,
only one of the smallest of these diff
ferent groups was brought to the
criminal Tar. More than a year was
consumed in the trial of this group,
during which the government dis
bursed in lawyers fees alone more
than two-thirds as much as the con-
spirators were alleged to have sto-
len. Long before the trials
were concluded it was appa,
rent to every intelligent man
woman and child in the country that
the so called prosecution was farclcal
anu I1e dcQ ulGJdl OI IIlS dCCuo0u w az
not unexpected. In public address
the attorney general declared that
during two years more than 100000
had been stolen from the public treas.
ury by these bands of plunderers, ant
two years have since elapsed without
dollar Of the money being recovered
or single thief being punished. Ia:
there been any public cutlery at thi'
miscarriage of justice? Have ther,
been any evidence of popular discon
tent at the manifest incompetency, t.
use no harsher term, of the publ
prosecutors? How is this supineS
of the people to be accounted for
Only upon the theory-the all preva
: ding conviction that the government
is the legitimate prey of all who ca
: successfully rob it of millions. Tn
government is an abstraction to tn
people in times of peace and genera
prosperity. They vaguely recognlz
: the fact that they have been robbed
= but in the abstract of an intinitesims
sum. A series of wholesale robberiei
, by highwaymen or burglars. in CON
l munity, would cause intense loct
excitement, and rouse every man
l desperation, and if the public author
1 ties failed to do their duty VigilanC
, committee would speedily set Judg
J Lynch at work.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
Let These Things be Considered.

Thousands of men die every day
who could be saved. Prejudice is
mainly to blame for this loss of life.
If it were believed that the sum of
disease may certainly be reduced by
physic, much would be gained. And
yet the proposition is very simple: if
you take out daily more impurities
than is daily generated, you will soon
be rid of impurities. The effect of
this wise practice is soon seen in Bill
ious, Liver and Kidney troubles. But
it is equally of value in head and brain
affections; in Pleurisy, Pneumonia,
Apoplexy, and Paralysis.
In chronic and acute rheumatism,
and in all affections of the bowels,
this principle soon relieves and cures,
when the medicine used is BRAND
RETH's PILLS.
Yes, when all other means and med
icine have failed to relieve from pain,
these pills have cured, by taking i'm
purities from the DO wells and blood,
and thousands of men and women
now place BRANDRETH'sPILLs among
the blessings of mankind. eod&w
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
The Civil Service Law.

Despite the professions of Republic
cans, the civil service law is as unpOp-
ular with them as with Democrats. In
both parties there are sincere believers
in the alleged reform; but the majority
Of both, judging from what members
of Congress say when cOnversing in
private, do not believe in it. Pendle-
tons defeat, with his responsibility
for the law among the principal rea-
sons, have given a decided impulse to
an already growing disposition to re-
peal the law outright, or withhold the
necessary appropriation, as in the early
attempt at civil service reform in
Grants time. 1t would not be entirely
safe to say this will not be done at the
present session.
There has been vast amount OF
false pretence on this subject by poll
ticians, especially on the Republican
side, commencing with the head of the
administration. Very few in the adj
ministration pretend to like the
working Of the law. Generally they
will say that it is a reform that re-
forms nothing in the service; that as a
rule the new corners are no better that
they formerly were. 1t is a piece OF
experience that the examination q
candidates does not insure exceptional
capacity as tested by actual service,
and that no inconsiderable number OF
old clerks are required to supply the
deficiencies and correct the mistakes
of the new. The new law has de-
stroyed the sense Of responsibility in
the service, and thus lessened its eff
ficiency. Secure in their places, the
feeling of accountability has been
measurably removed from the minds
of employees. 1t is the opinion Of not
a few whose positions give opportu-
nifty for correct observation, that the
character and efficiency of the service
is deteriorating under the operation OF
the new law. Ohio congressman Oh
both sides say that in their state the
opposition to the creation of an office
holding aristocracY is strong and in
creasing, and that Senator-elect Payne
touched the popular chord on the sub.
ject in his late speech. Representa-
tives from other states say that they
are hearing similar expressions al
| home since Payne's speech, and there
are other indications which may
eyentGate in Congress carrying Out
the present inclination to repeal the
Pendleton law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

THE STATESMAN has already dis
covered and operated on defects in our
legislative eye, and therefore it is just
flied in calling attention to some POI
itical legislation of the Republican
legislature of New York. Besides
some bills limiting the working hours
of certain working men to twelve
hours a day unless under special con-
tract, there is one being considered
prohibiting the construction of any
public building in the state of stone
not cut in the state. This is for the
benefit of the New York stone cut
tiers. If this bill should become law
the state would have to pay whatever
price the stone cutters asked, if it
undertook to erect a building.
Competition would be prevented.
The proposed concessions are not
the occasion of SO much COM
plant as the object for which
they are made. If the stone-cutters
of New York are entitled to be pro-
tected against the competition of the
stone-cutters of other states, then all
classes of workmen whose work
comes in competition with that of like
classes of other states are entitled to
protection, and they will not be slow
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

IT WAS our hope to be able to write
a column and half article devoted TO
COMMUNICATING the good deeds OF
the Legislature. Speaker Gibson,
however, in his farewell address, yes
terday, gave a comprehensive resume
of the acts adopted, in a very lew
lines. OF course force was given, by
ratification, to the constitutional
amendments, embracing a school bill,
which has heretofore been published
in these columns; tax bill was
adopted reducing taxation for general
revenue and school purposes from
thirty cents to thirty cents; a law
was made relating to the sale OF lands
to the state for taxes; an effort has
been made to solve the free grass
question, by creating penalties fol
the unauthorized fencing Of
lands and for cutting fences
but these provisions, we fear
will be inadequate to the require
ments of the cause in which Texas il
involved. A fund has beer placed a
the disposal Of the governor for sup
pressing lawlessness, and if he do hi
duty wisely in this respect, more ma.
be hoped for from the use of this fun'
than may be done any other way
Legislation has fallen far short o
what the people expected. The worl
is small, such as might have been Tin
ished in a non-partisan body IN te
days, and the impress of Statesman
ship appears upon nothing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
How Cake is Frosted.

In the window Of a "delicateSsen'
store on Third Avenue, says the New
Y ork Sun, there appeared the head of
large porker ornamented withfloweTs
and vines in an extraordinary manner.
A wreath of red and white roses rest
ed between his ears. There were
lilies and pinks in his jaws unil his
teeth were buried out of sight, and a
miniature SunflOWer covered his Snout.
The proprietor of the store smiled
when asked about it, and picked it out
of the window without saying word.
The questioner then saw that the head
was simply a cake ornamental with
various kinds of frosting.
There is art in frosting cake as
well as in painting" said Mr.. Charles
Schifferdecker, confectioner at 1877
Orchard street. at takes an artist to
initiate nature so closely as to deceive
the eye. The process of ornamenting
cake is very simple. Sugars of vari-
Gus colors are mixed with the whites
OF eggs to thick paste. The mix
lures are put in cone-shaped bags six
incher deep. In the apex of each bag
is placed in tin cone-shaped spout,
the small end of which is round or
star-shaped or seTrated or fiat accord
ing to the purpose for which we use
it. Holding the bag in one hand and
steadying it with the other, we squeeze
the mixtures through the tubes. The
shape of the tube helps us in forming
the design. Thus, fiat tubes, serrated
on one side, are used for leaves. Lit
tie round-mouthed tubes serve to
make vines and tendrils. To build a
rose we use a thick moisture, and
form it exactly as a sculptor would
model one in clay. l sometimes make
a rose with nothing but little bit of
wood not much larger than tooth
pick. In fact, the tools used in elabo-
rate pieces of confectionery are moth
ing more than what have told you,
but we have to serve long as appren-
tees before we can do the work"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
The Russian Nihilists.

We may briefly recapitulate the |
story of the Nihilist murder, which is
now fairly complete. 1t appears that !
on the evening of Friday, December
%, Col. Sudeikin, accompanied by an
assistant, went to the lodging of one
| of his agents in order to receive con-
fident ial reports both from this agent
and from certain other members of
his staff. The agent in question, Jab-
lonsky by name, who was entirely in
the confidence of the colonel, was
known to have been formerly con-
nected with the Terrorist party, but
the colonel had stood his friend and
had saved him from punishment on
condition of his joining the ranks of
the secret police. For three years he
had managed to deceive his employer
and protector while still playing his
former associates. 1t certainly Goes
not say much for the perSpicaclty OF
Col. Sudeikin, nor for the vigilance OF
the police generally, that this mans
! treachery should so long could have
escaped detection. The fact that the
NihiltstS let him alone for so long
should surely have put his new en-
ployers on their guard. However TINS
NAV be. no suspicion of his treachery
Se6lllS W IldNo DCCA OAISI Ot1AN', esAAN
l consequently, Col. Sudeik1n fell an
5 easy victim. No sooner had he en-
g tered the lodging of his supposed
agent than he and his companion were
s felled with a crowbar, and then free
!. at several times. The colonel himself
t was slain on the spot. His companion
|. still lived when the crime was dis
i covered, and was removed to hospi
z tai, where he was reported at first t
have died of the injuries he had re
ceived, though later accounts hav
represented him as still living. LII
Il assassins, who seem to have been nu
= merous, all escaped, and though man
n arrests have already been made Il
n connection with the affair, it IS no
q yet known whether any actual mul
" derers have been caught. 1t is full
4 ther stated that JablonskY, who's
r. treachery marks him as the ringleade
~ went Immediately after the murder
i the house of Col. Sudeikin and tol
a. his wife what had happened. Madam
70 Sudeikln at once rushed OFF to tn
n scene of the crime, and Jablonsk,
tS whose position as the confidenti;
- agent of her husband would natural
n disarm her suspicious, took occaslo
c of her absence to carry off all the IN
% portant documents he could find
40 the house. He then made his escap
ID and nothing further has been heard I
a. him, nor, as far as is knownat preSen
ir of any of his immediate accomplice
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
THE Philadelphia Record saws

The Democrats of Pennsylvania,
then, are not in harmony with the
party OF the country. They are not
only not in harmony but in actual
hostility with the great body of the
Democracy on this question, judging
by the acts and declarations of the
men who have undertaken to lead
them. They cannot carry Pennsylva-
MIA on their policy of protection as
they well know, and yet they insist
upon forcing their policy upon states
in which it would be fatal to the De-
mocracy. Instead of waiting until the
majority in Congress representing the
party in the whole country have pre-
sented tariff bill, they declare their
purpose to hold an early state conven-
ton, resolve for protection, and fore
stall the action of the national Demo
cratic party. This is narrow pro-
Vincialism that blindly refuses to re-
cognize the fact that there is great
country as well as a great party be-
yond the Allegheny river.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
PRESIDENT GARRETT, of the Balti-

PRESIDENT GARRETT, of the Baltl-
more & Ohio railway company, has
been letting the public know some
secrets about telegraph management.
He says that Mr.. Gould by series of
manipulations, succeeded in adding
$31 100000 to the stock of the Western
Union at cost to himself of $4,000
600. This would be called a pretty
good profit, and shows that Mr.. Gould
can stand pretty heavy shrinkage in
Western Union stock without much
loss to himself. Before Mr.. Gould
went into the Western Union he
described it to Mr.. Garrett as the
most vulnerable property in the
United States" 1t certainly could
not resist Mr.. Gould, and the question
is, what has the invader done, since
capturing the stock, to make it, as he
now declares it to be, the strongest
telegraph company in the world? Mr..
Garrett does not believe it, preferring
to agree with Mr.. Gould in opposition
Will N1Is NOu1O LII HOoOCOO1OAs
The opposition system, Mr.. Garrett
says, already completes for business
with the old company in its most
lucrative territory. The Baltimore
& Ohio lines, moreover, are not handi-
capped by heavy debts, watered stock,
useless material and improbable con-
nections. Still, the Western Union
system is a wonderfully complete one,
in its office facilities in the
big cities, and it will be apt to hold
the great bulk of Geographic business
for long time yet. The presence of
an active rival in the field will, how
ever, have good effect upon it in the
way of cheapening tolls and compell-
ing prompt service.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

One of the first subjects that Con
gress, after its organization, took up,
was "what style in titles it will be
proper to annex to the offices of pres
ident and vice-president of the United
States" 1t was referred to joint
committee, consisting of Senators Lee,
lizard and Dalton, and Representatives
Benson. Ames, Madison, Carroll and
Sherman. After deliberation, this
committee reported in favor of adj
dressing the president as "His Excel
lency," but this was rejected in the
Senate. The subject was then re-
ferred to a committee of conference,
who reported as the proper method Of
addressing the president: Ellis High
ness, the President of the United
States of America, and Protector of
their Liberties" This smacked too
much of customs that he'd obtained
when an aristocracy was recognized
before the revolution to please the re-
publican Congress, and the report Of
the committee was disposed of by be-
ing postponed. A resolution in favor
of the plain address: ITO the Presi-
dent of the United States" was
adopted, and that remains in force.
There is therefore no legal authority
for the custom often INDUCED in of
addressing the president as Ellis FIX
celleQcV."