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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-16
be older ones as 10 the children; and from
! 10 . tea was dispensed In ksttle.drnm

.re Wpei ontb Us W tne CulluIepi ana IRON
4to tea WAS dispensed In kuttle-druu
order. the evenings were, OF course, the
great features OF the entertainment. There
were numerous booths presided over BY
numerous young ladiea, prominent In 80.
ciety, ard. very attractively dressed In
nufsss' costume with white caps and
aprons and seereucker dresses. The bower
dedicated to Flora was presided over by
Misses Sheriff. and Niles, and half dozen
assistants, wearing tea aprons with blue
nodices and large bats garlanded with
flowers. Another bower called the "cor.
nucopia," was just opposite, mausged BY
Miss Dora Miller, daughter oil Senator Mi.
itr, and Aliescs Freipghuysen, Blaine.
McKeever, Loring, Riggs snd Morgan ia'
Ihe:t costume was Of pink null. The
Easter table was presided over by Mrs
S,oley, assietsd by Misses Blackburn, Cex,
Holman, Turner, and others who wore
peasant costume with velvet bodice and
Alaatian bows. The spectacle Of daughters
oil Cabinet officers and members Of Con.
etess csperinS about In this sort OF costume
was qnite novel one, and enjoyed by all
VINO were go fortunate rs 10 bs present.
TIE YOUNG PEOPLE. ~,
The young people have almost monopo.
l!zsd Easter week. Germans and dancing
parties for school boys and girls have been
anarked feature. On Monday evening
was given German by General and Mrs.
Rucgles, in honor Of their BOD, Muster Rug.
giles, as which fifteen couples we're present,
the isvorS being partly OF h,wers Tho
event was very interesting, and the sight
very pretty one. On Tuesday evening Mr..
agd Mrs. Sheriff. gave an evening party in
honor o! their yourg son. This evening
ny. and Mrs. Blaine will entertain tho
i,tends OF their little daughter, Hattie, at
Gerinan in the psrlors OF the Blaine man,
sion. On Thursday evening Miss Julia
Eaes gives dancing party 10 large mum.
ber young triepds.S On Friday evening |
performance Of Pinafore Is to be given |
at Wizards Hall by a troupe Of
ama'eur Juveniles, trained by Mics
the, teniertaipmant being
gwen for the ben. tlt Of s., Paul's
church..-On Saturday aiternoop this per
iormance- is 10. be. IT peated. Beside this
mere has been a, mum Der Of other, social
events OF" note. Senator, Morrill, gave on
Monday evening a recep,ionrto to a number
oftriends invited to assis! him in celebrs.
ting his stv4nty fourth birthday. The SEN
ator has been 30 long member OF Con.
sSess ard resiseut Of Washington that be
IIs. considered one o. tbs old "a,:tltrs"
here, 20 to speak, aud il. With his vile,
beloved by everybody. No more hoppita.
Die HON, exists in the round OF official
residences than tina. Of the venerable S,na.
tor IRON Vermont. Mr.. and Mrs. Blsine
gave another OF their wee KY receptions last
tuesday, which was largely attended. At
the White House the President has ss his
ruasss bis, son, Mr.. Allen Arthur, Mrs.
sMssters, vile oi The Presidents nephew,
Misc SHARP, who is visiting Ms. McE!roy,
Ms. McE!roy's nephew, and others.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-11
Thursday, December n, 1884.
AN INCoNSIsTRNCx.

The Superior court of Massachusetts re- gently decided that Samuel Reed could not get damages for injuries received while at work on the Boston and Albany railroad and the case is a very interesting and i'm portant one. Mir. Reed, who had been for twelve years an engineer on the Boston and Albany, received such injuries while in the discharge of his duty on Sunday, Octo- Der 8, 1882, that he considered himself enti- tied to heavy damages, and in not getting what he thought he ought to have from the company in the way of settlement brought suit for $10,000. Judge Rockwell in effect threw the case out of court, after the evi- dence on both sides had been put in, on the ground that MT. Reed could not recover damages under the statutes because his in juries were received on Sunday
 Not long ago the Boston and Albany off, cials appeared before the railroad commis- sioners and stated the necessity that was laid upon them of running more or less trains on Sunday. The Sunday law on the statute books excepts work of necessity and charity, and it is pertinently asked, If Sunday railroading is a necessity why should 8 man who is injured on Sunday be left without re- course under the statutes2 The Springfield Union very properly comments upon the case as follows: The practical effect of this decision must be to make men unwilling to work on Sunday trains unless there is some guarantee that they are not expected to work at their own risk on Sundays. Railroad companies cannot afford to take one position in asking the commissioners for Sunday trains and an other in defending suits brought for Sunday damages in the courts. Common justice re- quires that the men who operate the Sunday trains have the same status as the companies, and the railroad commissioners who give per- mission for the running of certain trains on Sunday on the ground of public necessity should also see that the employees who do the work on those trains have the right to re- ordinary and exceptional service. Indeed, the railroad companies will have to take the initiative in that themselves or they will be unable to find men who will care to take un- to themselves all the risks of injuries on Sunday to enable the companies to discharge what they claim to be a service laid upon them by public necessity.
 It is clear that there ought not to be one law for railroad companies and another for the men who serve them. Even railroad brakeman cannot afford to be hurt on Sun day any better than on any other day.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-11
Picture-Frames.

IF, Wayland FeloweS in the Studio-I
 It is certainly not pleasant to be forced te admit and confess thai we rarely see pie ture in all respects properly, beeomingly and truly well framed When, for instance, the painting and frame combine in an ensemble entirely effective and harmonious-giving at first glance the impression of completeness and finish,
 We recognize that the frame in itself is of small consequence or importance, and that it should always be the absolute slave of the painting it is employed to serve. When wisely selected, however, with good taste and judgment, it's help may become so valu- able as to render it's assistance indispensable, and of the willing servant make respected companion.
 Tho reason does not appear why so many painters give themselves infinite trouble, and spare no pains in the studio, to discover tones artisticaIly correct, and to put them on canvas in careful harmony and in skillful contrasts, but when these same painters se-
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-11
HOWLS.

f'That miserable dog of yours how1s all night long," ''Yes, know it, but to make up for it he doesn't play on the piano all day long. .n-Texas Siftings.
 'Do you know anything about the solar system?'' EtWel1, should smile. That's a
 queer question to ask father who has five
 daughters to shoe!"-Boston Budget.
 A Chinese doctor at Victoria is said to lose very few patients. Hardly any physician
 does; he puts them where he can find them
 at any time-Healthy Boston Post.
 First citizen-''Do you know Dobson2 Is
 he strong temperance man2' Second citi- zen-f' Guess he isl You just ought to smell
 his breath ence Burlington Free Press. He-"What do you say to Christmas for
 our wedding day?' She-'I say no, sir; you must be simple Do you think I want to be cheated out of one set of presents"-Prog- ress.
 A theatrical company the road is play ing drama called 'EThe Bonkrupt's Wife. y It is thought the manager will soon be in the
 same condition as the bankrupt's wife's hus- band.-Norristown Herald.
 70 dear, mol" exclaimed Mrs. Silvadollar,
 i've were obliged to remain at home this year. did so long to see dear Paris again, but paw said he wouldn't think of it while
 the epidermis lasted. ''-Boston Transcript. tsThere was not dry eye in the audience, J said lecturer who had addressed school of cookery. "What was your subjectF' "Oh, ] ] gave them practical illustration of how to peel an onion. '-N. Y. Journal. Quite another thing.-Young lady Go I bookstore clerk with his neck tied up}- ftHave you got the Newport Aquarelles' Clerk (reassuringly(- (-"Oh, no, miss, it's | nothing but common boil. ."-Harvard Lam poon.
 1 The most fashionable evening costume, ac- | cording to an exchange, is bracelet of vio. l lets worn above the elbow. We are glad 1 that our society bellies are beginning to feel 1 the need of more adequate clothing.-Bur- 1 lington Free Press.
 A cornet player at Connecticut concert blew so hard and loud that he became deaf. It is remarkable how often these great mer- cies fall upon the wrong man. His audience kept right on hearing as painfully as eVer.- Burlington Hawkeye.
 When visitor at the Carlisle Indian school asked young Cheyenne girl if she was member of church, she answered, rNot much; just little" There are hun dreds of other church members similarly sIt- uated. Philadelphia Record. Money won't make the mare go. Fat man (who is in something of hurry)-"Pn give you five dollars to get me to the station 1n
 three minutes" Cabman (with provoking
 slowness)- ss)-sWel1, SOFT, Fyou might corrupt
 me, but you can't bribe that horse. liar
 yard Lampoon.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-11

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NO. S19

musical chorus are something in praise of Ali.
 All the way from Teheran to this place we have had the Elburz range of mountains on the north. These separate us from the Cas- pian On the south is the great Salt Desert, which on the maps has one of two thin lines across it, marking the only lines of traffic which pass over the inhospitable space. The mountains on the other hand seem nothing but bare rocks and barren soil, burned up by their southern exposure; still from them comes a sufficient supply of water to irrigate the strip of fertile land through which we have passed. It is somewhere in these mountains, in a valley not far from here, where the tfOld Man of the Mountains, " the founder of the Assassins, had his castle. The name of the place was Lahyamoot, or With
 out death" It was what the Persians call a paradise, or place of delight, and the Old Man made his followers believe that they were either beyond death or that it had no terrors for them. It is related that visitor on one occasion wanted some proof of the devotion of Hassan Subbah's disciples. They were standing at the time on ths walls of the castle. Hassan told one of them to leap from the wall-it was done instantly, and the man was dashed to pieces as he fell beneath.
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lect a frame, the knowledge and experience proved in the use of color appear to be no longer available, but seem to vanish and be virtually lost In cool blood they order, ac- oept and apparently enjoy glittering yellow and gaudy abominations that catch the high light on hundred bumps, and give out numberless and killing reflections from the adjoining hollows.
 Unhappy canvas thus surrounded!
 There is certainly nothing sacred in the wood, putty and gliding that compose the usual frame, nor is there any sound reason for their all but universal and perpetual use on pictures of all subjects and character and in every tone and key. There is neither magic in the materials nor talisman in their shape, that enables them to wear with ad vantage, in actual contact with fine toned work of art, the coarse, crude, aggressive yellows- that would not be allowed anywhere upon the canvas itself.
 Since frames of some sort cannot be dis pensed with, it follows that, whether as ar tist or layman, we should endeavor to make them serve the purpose for which they are used, in relieving the coIors on the canvas by tones well entrusted, and by the seiec- ton of forms that assert themselves with too much decision to be weak, and yet mod
 
 reserve. In the good time coming, some thing of the careful pains taken by painters of the best Renaissance period will again be- come the rule with serious artists The wise and good custom will be revived of the painter designing by his own hand special frame for each picture. The important tones will be repeated in harmony given their full value by harmonious contrast. If not carved, as of old, under the direction of the painter himself, it is possible that time and art-progTess may come to the painters aid and develop that rarissima avis, the ar tistic frame-maker. Then ignorant trades men and routine mechanics will be properly directed, and will no longer be permitted to overpower and damage genuine art-work l It would be well if desirable custom of some frame-makers were to become general; that of sending to the studio, with the new frame, 8 skilled workman provided with brush and plate of India-ink, ready to bring l the already subdued gliding to any desired degree of grayness, and make it harmonize with the tone of the picture.
 Something else than the greater cost of the broad, rich and becoming style of Genoese or Italian gray black frames must be assigned as the reason why they are so seldom seen in
 this country. In no other dress do whole classes of pictures appear to such advantage. A tithe of the care and skill given to the l eanvas-shared by the frames, with the add ed element of American native ingenuity and fertility of invention,- would secure an improvement in this direction that would be as pleasing and novel as it would surely prove artistic and effective.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-11
EDITOREAL NOTES.

Fifteen orange trees near Plant City, Flor ida, yield this year 150,000 oranges-10, 900 to the tree. These trees are about forty years old, and furnish another illustration of the persistent vitality of the orange tree in Florida. One hundred and fifty thousand oranges at cent each is $1 500, but the reader should not, from this fact, jump to the con- clusion that fortunes are made without risk and great labor raising oranges in Florida.
 A woman and her paramour have just been tried at Caen, France, for the murder of the woman's husband. A letter written by the woman was put in evidence, in which she said that they must kill her husband in or der that she and her accomplice might be forever afterward happy by the blessing of God" When he was taken very i'll she wrote: 'tOh, if it would only please God to remove him." But as he got we'll, they re- solved to shoot him, and burned candle to the success of their project on the altar of the Virgin.
 Naples, which of all European cities has been most exposed to the ravages of cholera, is now free from it. T}le city has been so thoroughly disinfected that visiting foreign CTS feel safe for the winter, though caution in the use of water which has not been boil ed, the avoidance of new wine, of excess in exercise and in the use of vegetables and fruits is recommended by the natives. Only two places in the neighborhood escaped the diseases, Amain and the island of Capri. The former has been protected by it's sea and mountain barriers, while the insular position of Capri and the rigid quarantine enforced there are safeguards.
 Colonel Ewart, deputy inspector general of police in the Punjab, has submitted off, cially to the Indian government scheme for the forming of an inter-provincial police force, in order to meet new phase of crime which has assumed serious proportions of late years. From facts which Colonel Ewart has brought to light, it appears that the Pa than criminals. on the frontier, in league with local bad characters, are now in the habit of carrying their depredations into re- mote parts of the country, often turning the forces of civilization against society. A burglary is planned by man on the spot sometimes a man of wealth and influence. A telegram is sent to an agent at Peshawur, who despatches gang of rufians by rail, taking care to forward their weapons by the parcel post. The crime is committed at 8 favorable moment, and before an alarm can be given the men are well an their way home, their shares of the spoil being frequently sent them by postoffice orders.
 It is intended to introduce series of changes into the organization of the German eavalry, which will practically have the eff feet of converting the whole of that force 1 into mounted foot soldiers. Hitherto the
 sabre has been hung from the belt, end the
 carbine has been carried in sort af giganT
 tic holster; So that if thA. trooper was un-
 horsed he lost his rife but retained his
 sword Under the new system the carbint will be slung across the back, apd the sabre
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02
BANKRuPrcY LEGISLATION.
The Senate Judiciary Committee and the
Bill of Judge Lowell.

The Senate Judiciary Committee and the
Bill of Judge Lowell
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb lit is expected that the
Senate judiciary committee will report the
Lowell bankruptcy bill, with some amendments,
at its next meeting The friends of the measure
have been endeavoring to frame amendments
which, in their opinion, will silence the opposi-
ton of Southern and Western members, and
they think the amendments prepared by drec
ton of the National Board of Trade at its
recent session, will go far toward that end. The
principal amendment thus proposed limits in
voluntary bankruptcy to traders, and defines
more precisely and fully what persons are trad
ers and thus subject to this section. A great
deal of the opposition to bankruptcy legislation
arises from the farmers and planters of the
South and West, who are unaccustomed to meet
ing their obligations promptly the moment of
maturity, and this amendment is designed to
prevent forcing any such persons into bank
ruptcy against their WILL but it does not prevent
voluntary bankruptcy on the part of any one.
Another amendment, which viii commend itself
to small traders, is the increased amount of in
debtedness required of debtor before he can be
declared bankrupt-from $500 to 81 600 1t is
stated that if those interested in the passage Of
the measure were as earnest in its support as
those opposed are in opposition, there would be
no doubt of the passage of the bankruptcy law
by this Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02
The Bill for Relief of Fitz John Porter Passed
by Vote Of 1S4 in the Affirmative to
rs in the Negative.
Brief Abstracts Of Some Of the Speeches
for and Against the Measure.
Remarks of Messrs. WOlfOrd, Calkins, Phelps
and Curtin-HOw the Members Voted,
and Who We're Paired.


Special to the indianapolis Journal,
WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The House this after
noon passed the bill for relief Of Fitz John Por-
ter. Mr.. Cal1ins was roundly applauded during
his speech against the BILL and heartily con
graduated when he closed. His remarks were
eloquently uttered, and embraced a thorough re-
view of the evidence taken by the court-martial
which tried and condemned Porter, and many
bits of fresh evidence CLEANED from soldiers who
were on the field at the time General Pope's
orders were disobeyed by Porter, were intro
duced The galleries of the House were crowd
ed with spectators and the speech was listened
to by VISITORS as well as members, with close
attention. Comment tonight upon the Demo
Gratis making party vote on the bill draws out
many expressions of opinion that that party will
be condemned at the polls this fall by all old
soldiers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02
Senator Harrison Takes Practical Measures
for the Prevention of Further Damage
by Water at Lawrenceburg.
Congress Wasting Valuable Time and
Neglecting the Peoples Business.
The Question of Dividing Dakota and Admit
ting the Southern Half as a State
The Coming River Convention.
A DIPLOMATIC SCANDAL.
A South American Minister Charged with
Brutality AssauIting His Wife.

A South American Minister Charged with
BrutalIy Assaulting His Wife.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsH1NGToN Feb. IA sensation in diplo-
matte and society circles caused here to-day
over the report that South American minister
to the United States was guilty of wife-whipping.
The abused wife is a relative of the late John G.
Breclinridge, is a radiant beauty, and ranks
high in Washington society. 1t is said this min
lister is very passionate man when dissipating,
and that his wife is kind and smiable Some
time ago they attended a reception or ball. and
the husband took offense at something his wife
said or did. He showed his displeasure in
quiet way at the reception, and when they left
he got into his carriage and drove off, leaving
his wife to walk home. Not desiring to make a
scene, and hoping for satisfactory explanation,
she accepted the situation. But this was only
the beginning He Immediately, it is said, com
menced a system of petty persecution and
abuse, without the slightest cause, going 80 far
as to strike her. He took good care, however,
to be very circumspect in society,
and before the world treated her with compara-
tive kindness At last he went one step too far
When returning home from some social gather
ing one night very recently he actually assaulted
her in the carriage choking and otherwise mis-
treating her He had experienced a cowardy
sensation of beating woman under other cir
cumstances, and probably like Wackford Squeers,
when he recaptured poor Smike, he wanted to
experience the sensation of thrashing somebody
in a carriage. But that was more than the lady
would stand She went first to Secretary Ere
Gnghuysen and poured her troubles into his ear,
but of course he could do nothing, except per
haps, advise. However, the lady, smartlng un-
der her wroIes, wrote to a near relative, who
lives in Delaware, giving au accountof her troub-
les The gentleman came on here, and was
ready to shoot OF horsewhip the fellow who had
so grossly abused his fair relative. He, how
ever, took the counsel of some judieious friends
and thus publicity of the scandal was for some
time avoided