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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-06-01
On the Comedy Tragedy to be Played
BY the "Grand Old Party" at
Chicago Early Next
Week.
The Prologue, a aSide-S Splitting Crea-
tion, Already Presented to a
Highly Amussdand Discrim-
mating Audience.
Leading Characters Represented by
"TattoOed' Blaine, Dude" Ar
thur, lcicle Sherman and
lack Frost Edmunds.
Sp.ciaI % ne s.ndnr R.aLle,.

We % tte cehu0y hSytsieF.
CHICAGO, May 3l.-This great western
metropolis is ablaze tonight with feverish
excitement over the coming convention.
Delegations have been pOuringiu every hour
during the day, and the city is rapidly filling
up. This has been Blaine day. The whole
Pacific slope appears to be here with banners
flying for the plumed knight Elkius-son-
in-law Of Henry G, Davis, Blaine's chief
manager, is very confident he will win Ifhis
boom keeps up as it has done to-day he will
be nominated on the first ballot. The Arthur
men have the finest headquarters at all
hotels and plenty of money. They are
growing desperate and very bitter
on the Blaine followers. Logan as
dark horse has grown very pre-
cepribly to-day and many of the
southern Negroes
are for him. An intimate Blaine manager
saws if Blaine cannot be nominated they
will throw their strength to Logan. Neither
Sherman, Hawley, Gresham or Harrison are
hardly mentioned today John W. Mason,
proxy for Gen Goff on the national committee
Governor Pierpont, Col Ed Moore, Hugh
Sterling, Charles B. Hart aud +. B. Hall,
Of Fairmont, arrived to-day. Gof will not
be here, owing to his EriendlneSs to Arthur
He does not wish to antagouize the Blaine
sentiment Of his State All West Virgin
ians are hopeful Of Blaines nomination
Elkins and Donaldson Blaine managers,
openly declare no man but Blaine can
carry
New York and Ohio.
The fight is waxing rs hot as the Grant
and Blaine fight of 1850 aud there are indi-
cations of the same bitterness. Arthurs
New York henchmen arrive tomorrow
when his fight began in earnest. Blaine
will lead on the fight ballot with Arthur
close second. Other candidates viii hold
their forces in tact all hoping to get either
Blaine or Arthur's strength in the end. !
predict that Blaine and Arthur will cut
each others throats early and the result will
be
\ Dark Horse,
Logan or Sherman All the leading news
paper men in thi country are here taking
a prominent part in the fight as nearly all
the celebrated Republican politicians. West
Virginia is well quartercd at the
Crawford House one square from
the convention hall. \ well
attended meeting Of the national com
mittee was held to-day, but little was done.
Adjourned until Monday. Pierpont was at
the Blaine headquarters all day. Ifto-night
is anv indication of the coming fight, Chi
cago will be a seething and roaring volca-
~, hv Tuesday JFB
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-06-01
BEFORE BREAKFAST.

Ali eyes are turned toward Chicago.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-06-01
Still Another Find.
VERY BADLY MIXED.
4 Pretty Jewess EIopes With n CoIored
Base Ball Pitcher.

Base Ball Pitcher.
NEw GoRE, MAY 3l-Iohn Good, n
mulatto, eloped from Easton with Young
JeweSs. Paulina Lewis. While serving as
a waiter in restaurant, Good met Miss
Lcwisand began to court her Mrs Lewis
forbade her daughters seeing him. The
couple soon aferward disappeared. Yes
terdav Chief Of Police Bell of Newark re-
ceiyed from Easton telegram saying that
they were living together at % Canal street,
Newark He learned that they were living
with Mrs. James Prime, who is Good cous-
in. Mrs. Prime said they were married,
but afterward the Rev. ". L. Hof, col,
cred man, said they asked him yesterday
morning TO marry them and he refused, be
cause he was not satisfied that the girl was
of srp
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
Heroism of the King of Italy.

"At Pordenone they rejoice, at Ma
pies they die. I go to Naples" Such
was the telegraphic answer of the King
to the inhabitants of Pordenone begging
his presence at their races, and he
came, and was received with an ova-
ton. 1t is impossible to describe the
enthusiasm of these impulsive south
erners-prayers, blessings and tears
met his Majesty wherever he appeared,
and even the coldest heart can not 9th
erwise than beat gratefully for the
self-sacrifice which has impelled him
to encounter so much danger and to
witness such deplorable distress. The
details are the same from day to day,
and to- repeat them would be useless
and too painful.
There is, however, something that is
cheering in the midst of all this dark
ness, and that is the abnegation of the
King, of those who accompany him,
and of all the local authorities, and of
those whose duty it is to assist the SUI
fering. The first visit of his majesty,
after short repose, was to the Hos
pital Of the Canocchia. II wish to see
all, he said, when some one interposed
to prevent his mounting to the upper
story. The Archbishop, whose visits to
the hospital have been daily, was al
ready there to receive the King, and
accompany his Majesty in every di-
rection. Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
The French and Their Clocks.


Watchmakers in dull quarters Of
Paris derive good fixed incomes from
being employed to attend weekly to
the chimney clocks of prosperous bour-
geois. Punctuality is not French
virtue, and half an hours law is given
at private dinner parties TO those in
vited. At public dinners the guests sit
down at about an hour after the time
specified in the cards of invitation.
Railway clocks on the fasades of ter
minuses are five minutes in advance of
those inside. An appointment is
hardly ever punctually kept. Gam
BETA was one of the rare Frenchmen
who are always to the minute But his
friend Nj. Spuller sometimes gives HIM
self couple of hours margin. M.
Clemenceau piques himself on the OBJ
serFance of social duties, and is in this
respect a pattern Radical; but when he
makes an appointment he is not yexed
if the person he is to meet is half an
hour late, M. Barthelemv St.-Hilare
and De Lesseps keep time by marine
watches purchased abroad. | know a
deputy who piques himself on his OBJ
servance of social duties. One day
had an appointment with him for one
o'clock. He came after two. When I
yentured to reproach him with being
SO late, his answer was: 81 am very
sorry you had to wait so long, but why
did you come SO earlyp' The way in
France is for each of the parties who
have. made q rendezvous = unless as
duellists-to give the other half an
hours margin, which being taken on
both sides makes in all an hour. This
system of addition is analogous to what
Californian said of a big tree. 1t
grew so high that it took two men and
a boy to see to the top. M
The Prussians have been branded
since 1870-'71 with thename of Voleurs
de Pendules They were especially
tempted by the pinchbeck-looking gal
vanoplastic articles which are usually
protected from the air by glass shades.
Time pieces of a severe style, and in
real bronze, were not so often looted.
Prince Bismarck took fancy to dark
bronze clock, which stood in his sitting
room at Versailles on an elevated
bracket. 1t represented the Fall of
Lucifer. The defeated archangef was
more Byronic than Mfltonic. When
negotiating the preliIhinaries of peace
M. Theirs was placed at the table ops
posite this ti1nepiece. He was nervous
and fatigued, and though not habituaHy
superstitious, felt very uncomfortable
whenever his eye caught the sardonic
visage Of Lucifer. Bismarck secretly
noticed his discomfort, and enjoyed it.
At last NJ. Thiers avowed that he could
no longer endure the irritation which
the sinister looking figure cansed him,
and asked to be- allowed to change
places with the Chancellor. He would
have been glad if Lucifer had been
taken out of the room. The proprie-
tress of the house was asked by Bis
marck to let him have the clock at a
valuation He wished to keep it as a
souvenir of the event which took place
under its shadow. 1t was reluctantly
sold to him. London NeDs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
Origin of a PetticOat.

1t was at about the same date 1855
56) that our gracious queen set the
fashion of wearing a scarlet under-pet-
ticoat, an idea obtained from the milk
maids at Balmoral. It is said that the
late Prince Consort, in admiring the
effect of the red petticoat in the land
scape, suggested that her majesty
should adopt one also. This sealed the
fate of white pettieoats in England.
They had been worn, previously to
that, both in summer and winter, and,
of course, in order to make sufficient
warmth, several had to be put on, thus
adding to the weight to be carried at
the waist. Since the introduction of
the scarlet skirt the fashion of the col
ored petticoat has been maintained, and
the useful skirt lined with leather has
also been introduced for walking in the
country in muddy weather. Leisure
Hour.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
A New Volcano.

On the 26th of July the lighthouse
keeper at Cape Reykianes, the south
west point of Iceland, on scanning the
sea with his glass, saw what he at first
took for very large ship, but with a
closer inspection showed to be new
island. 1t had the form of rounded
fiattened cone, was of considerable size,
and lay, according TO his estimate,
about fourteen miles northwest of the
volcanic island Eldey or the Mealsack
(Melskken), which lies eight miles off
Reykjanes to the southwest. Several
earthquake shocks had been felt during
the preceding days, and they have since
occurred at intervals, but no other vol
canic manifestations heralded or at
tended the rise of the island. Owing
to the danger of approaching the island
in an open boat, no one has yet at
tempted to land on it. The light-keeper
has observed it from day to day when
not prevented by foggy weather, and
reports no change in its appearance,
save that large part of one side of the
cone appears to have slipped or fallen
down into the sea.
From time to time since the coloniza-
ton of Iceland volcanic islands have
sprung up out of the waves in the neigh
borhood of Reykjanes only to disappear
again after brief period In the end
of last century an island arose at or
near the same place as the present one
occupies, and was taken possession of
by the Danes, under the name of Nve
(New Island); but as it consisted only
of loose volcanic ash and pumice, the
action of the waves speedily broke it
down; and after little more than a
month it disappeared. ST. James Ga
4offo
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20

face. With a terrible shrek that woke
the birds in their leafy coverts she
leaped into the pool and. grasping the
form of her murdered lover, both went
down together. The waters rippled
and swelled a moment and then all was
peace and calm again.
1.-The next day the old father, re-
covered from his drunken madness,
went TO look for his daughter.
SIN the afternoon some negroes
found him lying fiat upon the ground,
stone dead, his eyes wide open, gazing
dreadfully into the pool
1.-THE bodies of the lovers were never
found. 1t was supposed that some un,
dercurrent carried them far away.
! '1n one week q marvellous change
took pif.ce in this pool and its sur
roundings. The flowers all died, the
waters took on an inky blackness, the
trees interlaced their branches so that
no light of sun or moon could enter and
all life fed, whether of insect, beast,
bird or fish.
1.-The place became most desolate and
forlorn, and the negroes avoided it as
they would graveyard"
THE SEQUEL.
He paused and relighted his pipe.
'That is very nice yarn" | said;
''but you don't expect me to believe it.
do you?"
80, no." he replied. 81 didn't
myself when it was told to me, but as
you wanted to hear it | thought would
spin it out for you. ."-LiUe Oaks
(FVG.) Cor. PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
A Suicidal Epidemic.

What does it mean? Is there any
special cause to be assigned for the in
creased and increasing number of sui
cides? Doubtless some persons deny
the increase, asserting it always has
been so, but more publicity is given to
the cases now than ever before We
are not speaking with such skeptics.
We wish they were right. We know
they are wrong. i iss
Greater publicity is indeed given to
the cases now than formerly and this
tends to increase the number News
papers with reports of suicides are very
wisely excluded from iudiciously man
aged asylums for the insane, because
the suggestion tends to create a passion
to go and do likewise. There is a sense
in which every suicide is out of his
right mind, and when reason is par
italy dethroned and strong emotion
dominates the mind, the fact that one
has found way out of the world un-
doubtedly encourages another to fol-
low. 1t is not wholesome to society to
publish the details of suicides. If the
fact must be mentioned as part of the
history of the times we live in, let it be
with the least possible coloring and
with strong condemnation. Its great
sin, great crime and cowardly act
if the victim be sane when the deed is
done.
Where the suicide is intelligent and
moral, the act is almost always the re-
suit of pecuniary or domestic troubles.
Except those instances in which intem-
perance was the impelling demon, the
cause Of suicidal despair may be largely
found in these two quarters. And he
must read the journals of the day very
carelessly who does not see that the
habits of business and the features of
domestic life are loose to degree hith-
ert0 unattained. We are passing
through troubled waters in social and
business concerns. The foundations
arc shaken. We have sown to the wind,
we are now reaping the whirlwind.
The moral epidemic is fierce and spread
ing, and we have not seen the worst
yet. There is vast amount of wrong
doing unrevealed. Much of it may not
be. But we shall hear from time to
time that mems hearts fail them be-
cause OF fear, and rather than bear the
ills that are, they fly into the dark, per-
chance to hide themselves from an inn
pending calamity. 4
A sound mind in sound body is a
great good, and he who has it with a
clear conscience will wait Gods time
to leave this beautiful WORLDLY Y.
Observer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The finest church organs in Europegn
are made at Turin, Italy. -.
The University of Mississippli is
free to all the world, and to both sexes.
Some of the Atlanta (Ga.1 churches
are using chairs for seats instead of the
old-time benches or pews. 90ssid IN
The late Francis B.. Hayes, of ltex- IN
ington, Mass, in willing away SS,000,-
900 or more, left $4,000 each to Har-
ward and Dartmouth Colleges and Ber-a
wick Acadamy. TBostoss Post 80 ~ -i.is
REV. ID. NJ. Bates. says: cit has
been estimated that, the astpnishingEF
sum of $151,752, 900 is annually eX-
pended in China in the obserraneeE of Hsis
ancestral worship, and Is is- important
that educational institutions be sus- n
tanned in our missions in China, that
the mist ofignoFanee and superstition AZ
may be dispelled. .n-s@ s=-@-------e-
Hon WaT.s tWeleaer, CalifornialsFF
State Superintendent of Public Schools,
has decided that Chinese children can -
not become pupils of9he public schools,
public education being intended, ,funtlsriN
the constitution of the State, only for
those who can become citizens There
are ], 800 Chinese chifdrenfn San Fraa-
cisco. s.s,i g1i&.3 ssisfhtyast Sd1
Left t7handed penmanship ia now ss
taught in number Of American
schools. The method of instruction isfllEt
to make the pupil write his name in
pencil and then goover it with gat pens
held in the left hand. After doing this
for some time the writer is able toswrite -i
his signature without the aid of penciledigia
copy. This is kept up until sufficient
degree of proficiency is obtained .s--CAs-
cago Times,
pr. Marcus D. Buell., in zion's l.ll
Herald, illustrates in an opening sen-meA
tence the truthfulness Of tng following:
If'CommendT me to 1aIl audience of
preachers Critical they certainly aEe, :, 4,
knowing circumlocution, gush and
logical fog afar, but none are ikeener insa
catching the good peiats af-a discourse,
none more t9speli hungry and nonet
kindlier in their criticisms.
Professor William Wagner Has ifs
made another handsome addition to sstf
his endowment of the .tWagner Free
Institution of Science, " in Philadelphia.
He has constructed thirteen new and
handsome dwelling, houses at a cost of ils
Sl65, 900, which have been turned over
to the trustees Of the Institute ST'he ~
houses are built in the best style, and
become part of the permannuti ens
dowment of the institute. This new
gift makes the total value of Professor
Wagner gifts, to the institute mote
than $600,0 - .su.-@
sa Twenty years ago the Harvey group
of islands in the Pacific, were of little
importance to cofhmerce and 1thB' 80
natives were in a barbarous state. To-.
day the control of the trade Of the
islands is an object of keen competi-
ton to traders, and the people are we'll
dressed, in a civilized manner. and
have sewing machines and European.
dishes in their houses, and watcilesgl s,sa
chains, lace, embreiderys@e about
their persons. They attribute all theirsK
prosperity to the introduction Of tho
Gospel -BapJist Missionary NagGs5tte.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
A SUWANNEE ROMANCE.

The Picturesque Country Which is Il
ne Found Along the River hanks
the story of Florida Girl-A lovers
Pool with a Strange ana Patheti,
History.
The Suwannee river, curving like a
horseshoe, makes some strange linden.
lures in its banks, forming wooded pools
redolent of romance and song. Many
are the myths and legends connected
with this river, which on three sides
bounds the county that bears its name,
and one in particular deserves to be
rescued from oblivion.
Riding out there the other day a
twelve miles iaunt brought me to a
iow-roofed cabin, fast going to decay,
occupied by an old bachelor friend Of
NINE, whose memory is perfect en-.
cyelopedia of scenes aud times in
Florida for fifty years past. I failed tc
md him at home. but with the perfect
freedom born of long acquaintance ]
took possession of his place at once,
turned his mule into the adjacent lot and
ensconced my tired horse in the stall
erstwhile occupied by the long cared
basso profundo of the cotton patch.
Then, lighting my favorite pipe, Istarted
Tor stroll along the banks Of the dear
Old river. 1t was indeed lovely day.
not cloud obscured the sky and the
wind, blown from off the stream, was
cool and delightful TO the senses.
ne steep, precipitous banks were
lined with oriars and bush; strange
eolored glimpSes of light betokened the
presence of bud and flower.
From swaying limbs and pendant
twigs the mocking- bird fiuttered his
quaker garb and poured out his heart
IN sweetest melody. The drone of in
sect life fell family on the air, rent and
torn at times by the wild scream of the
aawk, the pirate of the air.
The path | pursued was new one to
me, but as it followed the river bank
closely and always in sight I had no
'ears OF going astray.
A ROMANTIC SPOT.
Four miles of this half dreamy wan
ueflng brought me to strange, wild
spot a pool of water curved in the
IlEer bank about forty feet in extent, al
most hidden from sight by immense
Hees. whose branches twined and in
sefiaeed made canopy through which
10 light could enter.
between two of the largest of these
ases an open path led to this pool,
saose waters were as black as ink.
aark, gloomy and forbidding. To my
surprise, although it was evident that
w teet were the first to tread this path
= many days, no grass grew thereon.
i. y weed or briar or bush found foothold
mere 1t was bare and smooth, sandy
way, hardened almost to stone.
around the pool the underground was
WIG and dense, but there was no sion
y eace OF any life; all was quiet and
aoeloniess, no hint of strolling bird or
~ ussse The ground was dark and damp.
sse waters still and fathornless. no rim
t'e isea oF simmer of light upon its sur
THE LOVERS POOL.
unaecountably depressed I turned
ny ansay ana sought the sunlight again.
sl..e ,s leellng Of gloom and depression
~, N.Y. g me all the way on my return to
~ .flend's house, and he. NOTICING
sre,,aa ,s, = ulred the cause, as he bustled
1oaaa ss;a preparing the bachelor dinner
of s,,shy ~ acquainted him with the facts
la1ss s strange discovery | had made.
sag ael you haFe been at the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPnS.

"A Northern Texas editor complains K.
that the number Of marriages is fidiep-
lously small when compared with the
time squandered in buggy-riding ,Aie rsk
-'And so yon have been to Europep
Did you goto Switzerland? and did YOU
see the glaciersP'' Mrs. Shoddy-O,
yes, we saw mechanics Of all kinds;
but then, you knoWs i don't take any,
interest in such vulgar persons-chl-
cdgo Tribune. EaSsa GSFii&A
Waiter What-awillsnyo have,
Miss?n Customerial looking over tho
restaurant bill of fare1 Permit me to
cogitate In the correlation Of forces it y
is recognized properly of atonie--T' s4 \.
Waiter Shouts across the hall to head
server) Baked beans for one''-A2 a.
Philadelphia Call. s.te. f..:yt =, k.ss -
Mamma, is it wrong to say it is
going to thunder?' !" tWhy,- of course
not, Eddie Why-ds- you ask such a
questionP''} 't7Gause yesterday pa saidi'f
if you were going to. thunder he
wouldn't care. M 4. Mail and Ecs ~
press. ae giTns ss.sdi Fafgsa y ssFl j
Mamma. said the small boy,
''that young man that comes To see II
Edith is awful funny why, ehildsp S.s
because he puts his watch in water.
''Nonsense." 'Yes he does, Gauss i sf'ai
heard him telling anotheF~1nan down
the street this afternoon that be couldn't
go with him cause he had to 90 and
put his watch in soak. Boston Post. e
"A Happy Clamg ssaa .e4av a7sfasl
am a gay contented clam,
~ Yes ami Nttfsa eiEEafififsf
Iwnl open my mouth and smile,
For while, II tS q Sfsizt4ffa .s5isf
For the fat and juicy oyster
Is dragged from out his cloister 9ts M
BY the rude and reckless holster,
Full Of guile. A4 afsn8sstT
N Z. Journal
When a Cape Cod landlord told
Boston man that the people Of Bost5
didn't know what agblue fish was, aud
was met by the answer: 80, yes, we
do: it is the temnodon saltatof, an II
aeanthoptergian of the family of sceRli
brid@, he just went and laid down-on
the sofa and dreamed Of death and ~
desolation. Rochester Her0ld. ~, r, ,assr
She was young, and sweet, and
poetic, and he was young and fniss
chievous. They weresiftfng out on the
veranda in the mooniight, and shei y
grew ethereal. 20, how / love to sic
out here in the moonlight" she cooed.
s'to be famed by the languorous per- wi *
fumes of the roses, and to be kissed by
the soft airs from the South Thea
he kissed her and she grew sindignanlls (
! '.How dare yopP'' she almost spbbed-
ssWhy, I'm q softheir from the South, " III
he replied consritelya5 Size didn't sage .ls
anything when be kissed heE again.
Boston Post,