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[From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.]
Making a Vast Fortune.
Everybody has heard of Lady Bnr-
ett Coutts, the wealthy English wo-
,tn whose lnunificcnce'and hospitality
ivc given her a world-wide reputation;
it few people know anything about
ie family to which she ’ was indebted
ih for her name and her property,
ic was the daughter of Sir Francis
urdett, the eminent Whig statesman,
bo left a large family aDd a small es-
te. He had married the daughter of
bomas Coutts, the founder of the for
te now possessed hy his granddaugh-
r. and of the famous banking house
at bears his name; but . as the old
tiker left his pr perty to his widow,
to married agaid, his granddaughter s
ti&ces of being a rich woman were
no means flattering. Fortunately for
it, Mrs. Coutts, whose second hus-
tod was the Duke of St. Albans, so
red her vast inheritance in her own
ads, and, at her death, showed her
spect for the memory, of old ThomaB
leaving it to his favorite grand-
n 0 'hter on condition that "she assumed
e niwe of Coutts.
THE BANKING HOUSE-
Down in the Strand, near Temple
ir , is the great banking house of
mu* 4 Co., as solid and strong as in
e lifetime of its founder, and retain-
E and increasing the aristocratic pat-
nage which he first secured for it.
le budding occupied by the firm U
■fcive and gloomy looking, and tbe
wlte which has blackened its walls for
-Te than a century has deepened the
fetantial atpect of the old. Inside
^ ont, everything aboat it is heavy
^ s°lid. Gilding and filagree work
S J do for thg bankers of the nonveanx
c bes, bat the aristocracy of something
^ides wealth prefers substance to show.
* thought Thomas Coutts when he
this structure. The strong room
We the safes are kept ooethim £10,-
J ■ The walls, floors, and roofs are
“de of solid blocks of stone, carefnlly
v?!aj ‘‘-d together. 3nd the doors and
panels are of wrought iron. Here are
safes within safes, containing the title
deeds, rent rolls, and priceless valuables
of the highest nobility in England.
Mote coroneted. Carriages drive up to
this smoky old building than all the
other banking houses in London. You
may elbow a duke in these quarters, and
brush royalty itself, if you are notcare-
■fuL
THE FIRST DEPOSIT.
The first article deposited in these
safes was a magnificent aigrette of dia
monds which the Sultan of Turkey took
from his turban to place in the hat of
Nelson. Lady Burdett Coutts, whose
vast fortune is mainly invested in the
bank, keeps here all her valuables. Tom
Moore writes in his piary, that, on* cal
ling one day on the heiress whom he
had seen in all her splendor the night
before, he found her preparing to send
it all back to the bank. She asked him
whether he would like to see it by day
light, and, on his assenting, took him to
a room up stairs where the treasure was
deposited. Among it was the famous
tiara of Marie Antoinette. On the poets
inquiry as to the total value of her
dress, she answered- in her quiet way,
‘'I think about a hundred thousand
pounds.” •
A SHREWD MOVE.
•It is curious to know how Thomas
Coutts first secured for his banking
house the patronage of the aristocracy.
Not long after his establishment in bus
iness he determined to increase his own
influence with moneyed men, and, as
one means of accomplishing hig object,
gave regular dinners to the leading
bankers and. other financial magnates.
At' one of these dinners, a city man,
gossiping about his business, said a no
bleman had applied to him that very
day for a loan of £30,000, which he
refused to make, because the security
offered was not sufficient. Coutts said
nothing, hut after hri guests had gone
sent a message to the nobleman, re
questing the favor of his lordship’s at
tendance at his banking house in the
Strand on the following morning The
next day the- banker was gramma vy re
ceiving a call from the peer, who was
himself equally pleased by the tender
of a loan for the £30,000. As the
notes were handed to him, he asked :
“But what security aui I to give
you ?”
“I shall be satisfied,” answered Coutts,
‘•with your lordship's note of hand.”
The astonished nobleman gave tie
note, and said that at prescut he should
require only £10,000, and wished the
banker to open an account. with him
for the remaining £20,000.
Coutts consented to this arrangement
and had the satisfaction not long after
of receiving in addition to the amount
borrowed, a deposit of £200,000, the
proceeds of the sale of some family es
tates which the loan had enabled the
nobleman to effect. At his recommen
dation other members of the aristocracy
transferred their accounts to Coutts,
who now became the favorite banker of
fashionable London. George the III.
banked with him till he found that
Coutts Had lent £100 000 (o his son in
law, Sir Francis Burdett. to pay theex-
penseaif his election to Parliament.
A LUCKY LANCASHIRE LASS.
Elizabeth, or Betty Starkey, as she
was called, was the daughter of a small
Lancashire farmer, and to good looks
added the more valuable attraction of
good sense and good humor. A few
days before her marriage she was scrub
bing the stairs when one of her master s
clerks was about going up to change his
clothes. It was a rainy, dirty day, and
being anxious to have the work look
well, Betty told the young man to
take off his shoes so as nut to soil the
stairs. Instead of doing so, however,
the clerk took especial pains to stamp
and scrape at every step, in order to
dirty them as much as possible. Th;s
waa too much for Betty, who shouted
after him:
“I’ll make yon pull off your shoes,
and your stockings, too, whenever I
choose to.”
On hearing of the approaching mar
riage the young man expected to be
dismissed or made in some way to suf
fer the consequences of his indiscretion.
The young Mrs. Coutts, however, so far
from showing her displeasure, was par
ticularly gbaoious aud friendly to him.
Such was her tact and capacity that,
notwithstanding her deficiency in cul
ture end refinement, she soon became
the equal in manners and intelligence of
the ladiee to whom her fortunate mar
riage introduced her. Her daughters
were so well brought up that they be
came the ornaments of the aristocratic
circles into which their liberal doweries
helped to gain them admission Sophia.
the oldest, married Sir Francis Burdett;
Susan, the second, became Countess of
Guilford; and Frances, tbe third, was
made wife of the Marquis of Bute.
MARRYING AN ACTRESS.
Coutts' liking for bright, as well as
aristocratic company, drew £o his din
ner many wits, especially these of the
theatrical profession, of which he was
very fond. In this way he became ac
quainted Vith Harriet Mellon, the well
kuown actress, whom he married on the
death of his first wife, in 1815. She
proved an excellent wife to him, and at
his death, seven years after their mar
riage, at'the age of ninety-one, was left
in unrestrained possession of all his per
sonal and landed property, including a
very large share in the immCfase annual
profits of the banking house. Though
she afterward married the Duke of St.
Albans, Mrs. Coutts did not part with
the control of her vast property, which
she left, in supposed accordance with
her first husband’s wishes, to his favor
ite grand daughter.
Lady Burdett Couts still retains her
interest in the banking house, and her
valuables are stored in the strong boxes
built by her eccentric grandfather
Some ten years ago it was .estimated
that her wealth, in the form of sover
eigns, would weigh thirteen tons and
fill a hundred and seven Hour sacks.
The old firm of Coutts & Co., in which
she is the principal proprietor, is still
the most aristocratic of London bankers,
and has just admitted as a partner, Lord
Walton Campbell, the brother of the
■ Marquis of Lome.
• The Same Old Story.
They have had a very pretty elope
ment iu Cincinnati. Two children
loved each other and they grew up
loving and beloved. The bud blos
somed into beautiful womanhood and
the sprig became a limb' of manly
strength. The girl's position hi socie
ty was good; the boy’s was respecta
ble, and he had made it in a good
degree himself. He deserved great
credit and got it, fur educating and
=;r :... 1M hjy. .£?nltlir£-
and good behaivior to social equality
KWth the being he loved. His fre
quent visits to the lady's home wc«e
tolerated, but nefther the old n.an
nor the old woman, nor an elder'sis
ter thought, there was or could be
anything serious between the two.
But there was. B.oth the boy and
the girl liked to church, and they
wen together and were regular and
ardent worshippers in a first-class
meeting house. They never spoke
of their religion, not even to the in
dulgent parents, who had never
dreamed of its character.
It would have done no good, and.
mightliave done harm to tell any
body that they loved each other, and
then they did not want to make a
family disturbance until they were
competent to assume all responsibli-
ties. That time came. The bojtwas
in a good business, and tht- girl was
eighteen. He made the necessary
arrangements to m rry somebody,
on Saturday, and she made elaborate
preparations to go to church oir the
next Sunday. He came, as usual,
and she was ready, and the two went
out on the bright Sunday morning—
to church? No, but to a cozy parson
age, where a minister of love’s gos*
pel made the twain one; and then
they went together to a nice,retired
boarding house, where suitable apart
ments had been prepared for the
couple. There t hey stayed in peace,
that day and night.
How was it with the old folks at
home? Nelli did not return from
church at the u«ual hour. It was
supposed she had gone to a married
sifter's house to spend the day, as
she sometimes did. But she did not
return at right. That was indeed
strange—in fact alarming. The lath
er, full of misgivings, went to the
house where James lived, late at
night, but James was not there, and
had not. been there since mo.ning.
The old man passed a restless, wan
dering night. Morning came, and
the hou-ehold were thoroughly alarm
ed. Some one suggested that Nel
lie and James miight have run off
and got married; such tbing3 had
been. The old man said that could
be, and he stormed. It was prepos
terous, monstrous, to think of, be
sides Nellie was a dutiful child. An
other hinted that Nellie was a woman
now, and women have qneer ways
with them. That. Monday morning
was particularly blue to the fether
who had lost a child, and unusual!/
brighttothe young man who had
found 8 wife. She was tripping along
with him toward the store where he
was employed, when the old man,
with a gathering storm on his brow,
met the couple face to face. Few
words were spoken. At the end of
the interview the father led his
daughter unwillingly away, and the
young husband went on alone mak
ing up his mind. The disconsolate
wile was put in her room—second
story back—and the door was locked
from the outside, and the key jingled
its complaint iu the deep recesses ot
the old mail’s pantaloon pocket. The
young lady told her folks that she
was married, and her folks told her
that she was as good as a widow,ana
need never hope to see'her scamp of
a husband again, i ut she did hope
for all that. At night all the lady's
garments, except her night clothes,
even to shoes and stockings, were
•taken away, to make sure of her
staying in tbe cage. Her jailers had
effectually precluded an escape by
the window. So they thought at
least, but they had ceased to remem
ber how it was themselves. They
were no match for young blood and
true hearts. About the witching
hour of twelve, when around was
still, and the ladders gleamed in the
moonlight, a pebble tikled against
the young lady’s pai e. She was lying
awake listening lor something of that
kind. On looking out of the window
she took in the whole situation.
There was a ladder, and a strong
man ascending its rungs. He may
have been a robber, but she feared
him not. Few preparations were
necessary; in fact none could be made
in the way of dressing for flight.
And thus in her bare feet and flow
ing white wrapper, delicately thin,
and iter hair streaming,and her eyes
beaming brighter than the stars,she
descended that ladder, by the aid ol
Iter gu'de,and those two,arm in arm,
went out into the night. They had to
explain themselves to several police
men, but finally found safe sheitei
and were happy. The next morning
t-ho niil tittup].* sai'-v hi Bjl it WSS, atiti
agreeing tuat opposition to such pic-
ceedings would be of no use, they
invited James and Nellie to come
home and live with them.—St. Louis
Republican.
he willjM-oceed to dismiss that Mo
doc leaS^k with a degrading epithet.
Let us see what al-e some of the
facts in tbe case, which the luture
historian will build his work on.
For six months a savage, wholly
untaught in the science or art of war,
naked to the breachclout, has held
at bay- the entire avaijpble military
force of a people who, if the ruling
be left to themselves, are brave
enough to whip all creation. He^t
the head of sixty warriors, and with
out cavalry or artillery, has soundly
whipped his opponents in three bat
tles; he has done this, although he
was outnumbered forty to one by a
force commanded by the best geuer-
als of the nation, aud equippe i with
all the best apliances of offense known
to modern times. It is for the future
historian to decide whether such a
record proves the Modoc chief a
“cowardly cur,” or a leader who has
developed qualities which are worthy
the hig lest admiration ol military-
minds.
Again, in the shooting of Canby,
the historian will have to deal, not
with Canby’s excellent and generous
qualities, but with the naked facts.
He will find, upon a dispassionate
investigation, than at the very time
Canby was negotiating under a flag
of truce, he was gradually bringing
his men into position, and was. in
short violating one of the best known
and most imperative rules of honor
able warfare- 1 —that forbidding the
pushing of military operations under
the protection of a flag of truce. The
historian will not justify the killing
of the Federal leader under these
circumstances, but we may be sure
he will take a much more lenient
view of the act. and will not hold the
on trial and then ordered 100. He can
sell them at 40 cents per pound. A pie
bakery of Chicago tried them and found
that pies made from them could not be
distinguished from green epple pies.
The price seems high at 20 cents, but
compared with apples in barrels it is
low. . We have ten factories tinder the
Alden patent in the West, two of which
we own exclusively, and eight of vVhich
we own a half interest in. There is
one at Anna, and another at South
Pass, Union county, one at Pana Christ
ian county, and one at Fowler] Adams
county Illinois. We have ready a $1,-
000 machine that will dry 50 -bushels "h
day. The larger ones dry 100 to 150.
We can use bruised apples. All of the
fruit can be used.—MobihReyiattr.
[From the Boston Journal of Chemistry,]
Good Advfce to Young Doctors.
“How to practice medicine” was the
subject of the valedictory address of
Professor L. P. Yandell, Jr., to the
graduates of the University of Louis
ville last March. In developing the
precept that ‘ it is the duty of the phy
sician to relieve his patients n'fo, tuto, et
jucunde,’’ the following sensible advice
is given under the '■’jucunde" division of
the text:
In all things study thequiet, the ease,
the enjoyment of your patients. Give
them abundmt iresh air and ice and
cold water and fruit, when they desire
such things. As to food, obey their
appztites. Hunger and thirst have been
well styled our “physical conscience,"
which in the sick room is never to be
disregarded. They are safer guides in
respect to diet and drink that can be
found in all our medical philosophy.
They make known to us what the living
organism Deeds. Whatever sick people
have a true desire for they ought, there
fore. to be iudulged in. When 70u£
slain man wholly guiltless in bring-* kittle patients have been sick a long
mg upon himself his
tion.
own dostiuc-
Captain Jack.—What History will
Say of the Modcc Chief-
[From the Chicago Times.]
In the case of a blackguard his
first impulse or instinct, when there
arises oppo-ition, is to hurl an oppio-
brious epithet at his opponent. Ami
so a weak evening newspaper con
cern of the city dismisses Captain
Jack as a.‘*cowardly.cur."
If Captain Jack was a “cowardly
cur," what breed of dogs were the
several hundred blue coated soldiers
whom he had held at bay for sever
al months-, and whom he souudly
thrashed upon no less than three oc
casions ?
When all the blackguards of cheap
journalism have had their say on this
matter,when the lerocious advocates
of extermination have secured the
hanging ofCaptain Jack and his com
panions,when the blatherskites have
fumed aud fretted over this matter,
then will history take hold of these
events, and p sterity will learn some
facts which this age will not listen
to. We want the lands of these In
dians; we want the privilege of trad
ing with them and cheating them;
we want their women to be always
willing to become the lemans of any
bearded ruffian who may choose to
demand the sacrifice; we want the
right to shoot an Indian if he steals
a pony; but we want immunity for
the white who may rob or murder
an Indian—and wanting all these
things, like free-born Americans and
true Democrats, as we are, we will
have them. And so long as we will
have them, so long there will rage
a carnival of riot, robbery, blood ami
extermination along our Indian fron
tiers; and so long will -tbe tongues
and pens of ali, save the partisans of
slaughter, be quiet, and so will the
historian find no listening auditory.
But when extermination has done its
work; when an equality and negro
loving people shall have secured the
lar-t pony, the last acre and valua
bles belonging to the Indian, and
have forwarded the last of the race
to the happy hunting grounds, then
will there be a disposition to listen
to the trnth.
In such case we fancy that any
one calmly reviewing tbe events of
the Modoc war and surrender, will
need to be a mangy cur Min self before
Drying Fruit,
A wonderful fruit-drying apparatus
is now operating in the North, workin
a complete revolution iu that lino. We
ought to Have it here, for in the lower
duuthero States thousands upon thous
and* of bushels of fruit will go to waste
this year for want of a convenient mar
ket. The new apparatus is somewhat
expensive—too much so for a person
who grows fruit on a small scale, but
the “Farmer and Gardener” thinks
money could be made by enterprising
companies who would form and put up
one in each neighborhood where fruits
and vegetables could or might be had
for drying on a large scale. Once the
concern was under way, creating a good
market for products, the people would
exert themselves, and there would be no
trouble about supplies. The editor does
not look far to find an example. Six
years ago watermelons were grown in
the neighborhood of Augusta for con
sumption iq the city, and for a limited
exportation to other places. Now the
area planted in watermelons for ship
ment to New York market has assuajed
such vast .proportions that the' water
melon crop of Richmond county, Geor
gia, is of more value than all tbe ether
fruit crops combined. The cause of
this innovation is due to the fact that
»good market and ready sale has been
secured.
We would like to see a fruit drying
establishment put up in this section; If
properly managed, it would pay the
originator well, and give a great impe
tus to fruit growing.
We give extracts from the discussions
of the Illinois State Horticultural So
ciety, which may prove of interest to
our readers. T hese ara copied from a
recent number of tbe Prairie Farmer:
Hon. S. A. E. Holoumb, of South
Pass, explained tbe Aiden process, and
added: “Our experitme with apjles
is, that we make six pounds of dried
apples to the bushel. We have dried a
lew peaches and pears the past season,
and about 8000 bushels of apples, n at
over 50 of which were fit to go to mar
ket. It cost S2000 to prepare, the wui k
being mostly done by persons who would
otherwise have been idle or dme little.
The fruit costa us 12i cents per pound,
put in barrels. We -must sell at 20
cents to make it a paying investment
At that price however, it is twice as
cheap as ordinary dried fruit."
Schuyler (Ceuk Co.) exhibited sam
ples of the Autumn Swair, dried, that
appeared very white; also cf pumpkin,
Hubbard squash, pea.bos and quiaeies
AtNilea, Michigan, he stated, we can
prepare apples bought at 40 cents per
bushel for a coat of ten cents per pound.
We do not put them on the market be
fore January. The fruit is much liked.
A men at Denver bought two barrels
time, and have become anaemic and
ematiated, it may be for want of prop,
er food, have them carried to the table,
and allow them to indicate by signs, if
they have no words, what their systems
require to build .hem up again. Infants
suffer great distress when ill, oq account
of thirst, wbfjh they have no ' way
making known to us except by moans
and cries. You will often be delighted
to see how instantly their complaints
cease on your giving the little sufferers a
drink of cold water. Dismiss from
your minds, then, and everywhere dis
countenance the absurd notion that cold
drinks can ever be injurious to the sick.
Avoid noise in the sick room. Whis
pering, too, should be discontenanc-
ed. The attention of patients is at
traded by it, and they are aDnoyed and
fatigued by the effort to hear. Some
of my colleagues whisper that this is es
pecially the case with lady patients.
As a general rule, you may safely
trust the feelings of convalescents
in regard to setting up and taking
exercise, as well as reference to diet
In a word, you can scarcely consult
the inclinations of the sick too far,
escept as to physic, of which of
course they know nothing. But I
must put you on your guard against
yielding to the advice of their nurses
and friends. Consult with no one
but a doctor, and never take a sug
gestion from a non-professional per
son. You will *-ncoanter number
less sage individual everywhere
ready to aid j ou by -their counsel,
based upon long experience or some
thing they have heard. II you
adopt their suggestions, the patient
and attendants will soon and natu
rally conclude that they know as
much about physic «s you do. It
will be well, therefore, respectfully
but firmly to put aside*a 11 such in
terference.
Florida Industries. •
The ladies of Florida, says the
Albany News, are carrying on a
lively and remunerative iudustry in
palmetto braiding ; in Fernandma
alone a number of workers are en
gaged constantly in making hats for
home and foreign markets. Hun
dreds of dozen of palmetto hate arc-
shipped to New York, bringing into
the Island City about three thousand
dollars a week, and furnishing lig.it
and pleasant employment for fait
hands hitherto unaccustomed t
manual labor. The mapia for “rus
tic hats” is raging in Paris, and con
sequently American workmanship
is more highly regarded on this side
of the Atlantic. If there is any
thing that can add a charm to this
graceful head covering, it is a knowl
edge oi the fact that it is imported
—having crossed the ocean aud re
turn d with no other addition than
the heavy duty impoaed on all French
imports.
The ladies of Florida have always
been noted for their exquisite handi
craft. Their Spanish and Mexican
needle-work is very beautiful. Their
handkerchiefs are only 'rivalled by
the costliest laces, and in years gone
by were among the expensive luxu
ries of Southern ladies.
The feathers of their native birds
were fashioned into the most beauti
ful flowers.—The snowy plumage of
the white heron arranged in long
plumes made as graceful an orna
ment for a hat as cevld be desired,
and during the war were iu great
demand. Our own Georgia women
excelled in some of these aits dur
ing that memorial period. How it
is that these pretty little feminine
accomplishments so soon fell into
disuse? The women of the South
are the conservators of Southern
pride and patriotism, and there is
something lovely beyond expression
in this self-susta ning patronage of
home productions.
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A Revolt in a Harem.
The short sojourn of the Shah, of
Persia in Moscow was marked by a
striking change in his arrangements,
lor his Majesty while in that city
came to the determination to send
back to Teheran the four *or five
Persian ladies who'liad traveled so
far in hi.s household. It is stated
during the journey from Asirikhan
to Moscow the Shah was. occupied
with the question of tbe proper ac
commodation ot these ladies Who
traveled under the title of servants.
His Majesty telegraphed to Moscow
more than once upon the subject,
aud, ou learning that apartments in
the palace had been prepared for
them, the Shah suddenly-decided on
their being placed in a couutry house
near Moscow. The ladies not relish
ing this isolation, sent a messenger
to the Shah complaining that they
were not suitably lodged.
His Majesty was displeased with
his Ministers, and directed that tho
ladies should to. the palace,
lore be proceetleu ‘to tbe Tbeatrfe.
It appears that his favorite wile wish
ed to go also to the theat re, but the
Shah would not permit it. Ou the
next eveuing, after . His Majesty’s
second visit to the ballet and to the
ball at the hotel of Prince Dolgorou*
kof, it is said that the ladies were
loud in their complaints, probably
because being in Europe they expec
ted to be allowed in some sort to fol
low European fashions. However,
the Shah determined to send them
back, and, despite their tears and
protestations, be adhered to bis de
termination, so that a few hours'be
fore his majesty left Moscow the
1 -dies started by railway for Riszco,
en route for Persia.
The Latest London Scandal.
The recent death in Ireland of tho
.Marchioness of Waterford reopens.- a
singular chapter of ariatocratio scandal.
A number of years ago the deceased
waa married in London to the Hon. Mr.
Vivian.- Shortly after she became in
timate with the present Marquis of
Waterford, then a young man in thn
life guards. Tbe intimacy gave rise to
many unpleasant remarks, which were
confirmed when the two eloped. -Mr.
Vivian applied fur a divorce, which waa
granted in doe eourse, and then it trans
pired that tbe dissolved marriage had
never possessed any binding foroe^ae '
Mr. Vivian had a wife I>y a previous
mirriage still living. When the de
ceased eloped with the young marquis
he went with him to reside on his ea
st ate in Ireland, where ebe has sinoe re
mained. A few months age, when it
became known that she was about to
give birth to a child, the fact waa an
nounced that after her divorce from Mr.
Vivian she was duly married to the
Marquis of Waterford.' Subsequently
she gave birth to a still-born child and
immediately died. Lady Waterford is
a cousin of the unfortunate Lady Mor
dant, with whose scandalous life and
snbeeqnent insanity the Prince of Wales
was mixed np two or three jeers ago,
and her death udder the circumstances
detailed is likely to create considerable
sensation in tbe fast fashionable world
of London.
Mrs. Thaxter, in her “Reminisoenoes
mong tbe Idee of Shoals.” talk of a
primitive and unlettered Shoelassn who
went to tbe maia-land, and discovering a
frog for the first time, triumphantly
sked—-‘What kind of a d—d Dug do
you call that?" The story is an old
one, and has been told among the fisher
men these twenty years, and best of all,
it is tree.