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FORSYTH. GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 4.1876.
Written for the Advcitiaer.
Jewish IburMckrliticti.
The Jews of every dim- auJ nation ought
to regard George Elliott with loving reverence
and welcome her last novel, "Daniel Derouda,”
with grateful hearts. Thut book has done
much and will still do mere to place Jewish
character in the true light before the people.
The beat and most lovable character in thia
book, the heroine, if indeed any one among the
number of nobly drawn and impartially treated
female characters can be so termed, is a Jewess.
Gifted with all the talent of that talented peo
ple, endowed with all their patient meeknese
and gentle endurance, she stands forth, not
only as the heroine of a very good book, but as
the representative of a class of a people uni
versally misunderstood and universally mis
represented.
What are the characteristics of Jewish char
acter ? What are the peculiarities of this peo
ple who are in the gentile world yet not of it ?
Who have preserved their nationality inviolate
and have, no matter how or where placed,
been set apart as a distinct and separate peo
ple?
Before proceeding farther in the considera
tion of this subject we must define our position
exactly and endeavor to rid the popular mind
of certain errors and prejudices which have
heretofore enveloped it. Kate Fields has said
well and significantly, “ There are men and—
men.” Ad we say, “ There are Jews and—
Jews.” Now we iutend to treat of Jewish
character not aa it is popularly considered but
as it really exists in its true state.
In every class of society there are men who,
if taken as the representatives of their nation
or sect would cast over it a shadow dark as
night and would wrapt the world in a mantle
of never-dying shame. Now this is not the
case with the Jews. They are in every coun
try the money-making element, and because of
this they are termed cheats, swindlers, money
grinders, etc, etc., and the whole race, good,
bad and indifferent, are sent hurrying down to
a place where they are supposed to spend
eternity chasing the golden dollars which un
ceasingly evade their grasp. Because, being
associated with them as merchants, bankers or
brokers, you see the worse side of some of
them are you justified in judging all by a few,
and thus becoming prejudiced against this no
ble, God-favored race ?
George Elliott puts it into the mouth of lur
Jewess heroine, “ Mirah,” one sentence which
expresses the feeling of this misjudged people
fur better than anything we can say. In re
lating the story of her life to anew fouud
friend, she expresses in the following word*
what she felt when she first accidentally heard
her people spoken of in the manner most com
monly used when referring to them, “ When I
heard tins it darted into my mind that the un
happiness of my life come from my being a
Jewess, and that always, to the end, the world
would think slightly of me, and that I must
bear it, for I should be judged by that name ;
and it comforted me to believe that my suffer
ings was part of the afflictions of my people—
my part in the long song of mourning that lias
been going on forages. For if many of our
race are wicked and make merry in their wick
edness what is that but part of the affliction
borne by the just among them, who arc de
spised for the sake of their brethren.”
Are the Jew* ever judged impartially?—
Take for instance the case of Rubenstein, the
murderer. No sooner was his crime discover
ed than all over the country was spread the
news of “ Rubenstein, t/m Jew." In every pa
per that has come under our observation he is
spoken of as Rubenstein, the Jew.” Suppose
he li%d been a gentile would he have been de
scribed as Rubenstein, the Baptist, or Method
ist. or Catholic? Not once ! But being a Jew
he is separated from the common herd of crim
inals, and his nationality and religion are held
up as distinguishing marks. The good, true
aud noble among the Jews have all this to bear
and they bear it in silence with all the firm en
durance, the quiet dignity and pride with which
they are characterized.
We have seen much of the Jews of both
kinds, and shall we tell some of their charac
teristice? We are led to do this by our own
great love for this people, from our knowledge
of the injustice done them and for the sake of
the great good among them which has been so
disregarded aud so unfeelingly misrepresented.
The Jews, as a general rule, are chaarcter
ized by a firm determination to pursue to the
end every line of duty which their conscience
points out to them; a patient endurance of
unmerited wrong and injustice; a quiet dig
nity and gentle reserve, and a spirit of true
pride which forbids them to mingle with a peo
ple who are not willing to give them credit for
their virtue, but who are more than ready to
magnify their faults and exagerate their pecu
liarities; a people who regard them as some
what lower in the social scale, and who are
ever ready to draw their drapery dose around
them less they be contaminated by the .Jewish
touch.
Does all this sound overdrawn and bitter ?
Take oar word for it it is true to the letter.—
We know it because w i have seen it.
An enthusiastic love for the good, the true
and the beautiful ; an unflinching zeal in the
performance of duty ; an unswerving determi
nation to attain the right end; an honesty
which is unimjteachable; an energy which is
untiring; a beuevolenc* which kuows no dis
tinction of class, caste, religion or nationality ;
an enthusiasm which surmounts all obstacles,
tires every purpose and gives to life the poetrv
and beauty which is unattainable without it,
together with a deep and never failing well
spring ef affection which flows from their
hearts to all with whom they are associated ;
these are the true Jewish characteristics. Bear
in mind that we are describing true Jewish
character, not the corrupted kind with which,
as a general rule. Americans are acquainted,but
’.be noble and true character which, when met,
invariably demands and obtains respect. But
bearjin mind, also, that these are the Jews who
are least known, because they are not sought’
And now we come to consider our subject
jn another light. Who are most to blame for
the prevailing prejudice against the Israelites'! 1
They, who, knowing what petition they
would be forced to occupy were they to at
tempt to push open the doors of society which
are closed against them, are content to stand
brekand wait with proud reserve, to be invited
to join the aelect circle ahut up from them, or
the gentilea who, never endeavoring to learn
anything more concerning these people than
their unresisted prejudice will allow them to
know, stand afar off, regarding them aa a sepa
“In G-od we Trust.”
rate part of the community and an altogether
different strata of society. Look, if you please,
at any medium-sized Southern city and you
will find that it consists of two distinct classes,
the Israelites and gentiles, and never for once
will you find a Jew in gentile sociejy unless
his great talent and the grandeur of his intel
lect cause-him to be elevated above all, and
sought for and admired alike by Loth.
How many Christian# visit Jewish families
intimately? How many know anything of
the home-life of this people? llow much can
they know of Jewish character when they see
only th worst side in business transactions
and nevnr even express a dosir see him in
his family circle where his Yiru *s shine most
brightly, undimmed by’flue pres m e of that
prejudice which meets him at alf other tiytes-
Now the great question of theJlay is, “ Huw
shall we ever reconcile the Jews to Christi
anity ? Take our word for it, my friends; you
will never do it as long as you occupy the in
side of the social palace and Dave the “poor
Jew” to“lie unheeded at the gate. Not you
must meet him on equal grounds, unbiased by
prejudice and ready to do justice to big jnany
noble traits. You plead that he is prejudiced.
Granted., But who is most prejudiced yon or
he? And how much have you tried to rid his
ntind of so hurtful an emotioT~ls He not at
least esMfucli sinned against as siunhig? You
give him fqll credit for all his bad traits (nuny
of which you yourself possess) you throw him
from you and deny him the privilege of ming
ling in your polite and refined society even
when he is fitted to adorn and ennoble that so
ciety, yet you hurl the thunders of your rhet
oric at them from the pulpit, and call them
prejudiced aud narrow-minded because they
do not accept a doctrine, the efficacy of which
they have no opportunity of witnessing. If
you would go among them as friends and as
sociates, if you' would meet them as men and
brethren in the home, circle, und exhibit to
them by your every day life the truth of thut
religion which you endeavor to preach into
them yon might hope for success. But never,
so long as you stand there and the .Tew here,
with the wall of class and caste between you,
cau you accomplish anything? You ntay
preach on and n through all time and your
preaching will be in vain as long as you do not
give them an opportunity of judging for them
selves.
We are not pleading now for a social posi
tion for the Israelites. We would he heartily
ashamed of ourselves were we influenced by
such a thought They have a social position
which cuunot be taken front them, and the
time will come when they will have a social
weight of which you will he powerless to rob
them. But we are considering one cause why
Christianity is not accepted’ • them.
As we w rite we feel sv ell with
love for the still persecuted, Tiiis nooli? people,
and we desire, earnestly, prayerfully desire to
place them iu the right light before all the peo
ple, to turn the hearts of Jews and gentiles to
ward each other and sue them mingle in full
fellowship, perfect equality and brotherly love.
We have already written ut two great length,
however. At some other time we may, per
haps continue the subject.
Tlic Fill dwell Dispatch—An Infa
mous Affair.
The Republican party has reason for grati
tude, not unmingled with tenor, at its narrow
escape from Mr. Blaine as its Presidential can
didate. The notorious Caldwell dispatch,
which he so fiercely assailed Mr. Knott on the
floor of the House for suppressing, is proved
to be a shameless and unscrupulous trick for
practicing upon the committee M*\ Knott’s
suspicions of its genuineness, which induced
him to withhold it, are fully justified by the
facts, now that they have become known.—
That dispatch was telegraphed from this coun
try to London, in order to be cabled back, for
tlie purpose of imposing on the committee and
deceiving the country. Its skulking concocter
did not dare to sign it with his name nor to
address it by name to Caldwell. It was sent
from the Western Union building in this city,
address to “ Favo,” in London, subscribed
“ Philadelphia,” with this direction : “ Cable
this immediately to Chairman House Judiciary
Committee, Washington.” What followed
was an exact draft of the London telegram re
ceived by Mr- Knott.
This is one of the basest fabrications ever
perpetrated, and it will cover with ineffaceable
infamy every man who was a party to it or an
accomplice in it. Its detection and exposure
are due to Mr Hewitt, whose intimate know]
edge of the telegraph business, from his having
been the president of one of the cable compa
nies, enabled him to direct the investigation
with the requisite skill for uncovering this
scandalous fraud. We trust that its skulking
authors and all their accomplices may be de
tected and put in the pillory of public con
tempt.
It is clearly the work of Mt Blaine’s friends
and there is a stroncr presumption that it was
done with his knowledge. The fact that he
knew all shout it bofore Mr. Knott to whom it
was addressed, and the two or throe gentlemen
to whom he had mentioned it disclosed its ex
istence, is a strong circumstance against Mr.
Blaine. His acquaintance with the transaction
was o minute that he surprised and almost
confounded Mr. Knott, by telling in the House
the substance of its contents and the very hour
when it had been received. Mr. Blaine’s other
attempts to tamper with witnesses and to man
ufacture nr to suppress evidence, seem small
matters in comparison with this. Even his
method of procuring his letters from Mulligan
is less disgraceful This extraordinary amfas
tounding transaction justifies the suspicion that
the Mullitran letters were not read by Mr.
Blaine as they were written, and that lie garb
led them to deceive the House and the country.
The Republican party had an eacapc as lucky
as it was Barrow when Mr. Blaine barelv failed
to get the nomination at Cincinnati.— JY. T.
Herald.
♦
Formerly rain was unknown upon the
northern part of the Red Sen, but since the
Suez canal showers have fallen regularly about
once a fortnight. The reseult has been to start
vegetation up. even upon the Asiatic side, in
the moat wonderful manner. If things go on
as they haye begun, the sands of the isthmus
will be covered with forests 'n snother fifty
years.
Young men never trifle wiih the heart of a
pure and innocent girl. A gentlemen in town
after visiting a bashful young lady two years
was asked his intent ions* and when he gave an
evaaive answer, she hit him n the head with
a potato masher, and it cost kim $2 to get his
best silk hat altered te fit the strange shape hie
head assumed.
In Meiiioriuiii
Addie E. Smith, Blackahcar, Ga , aged elev
en years, died May 23rd, 1876.
I.
Dear child ! stranger mourning,
Slips from the worldly throng
To weave and place beside thee
This poor frayed wreath of song.
O’er him the seasons falter,
The long days come and go,
And fate’s swift moving fingers
Fly restless to and fro.
O’er thee, the west wind, sighing,
Slow sways the clumb’roug pine,
And through the shifting shadows
The bright stars gentlwbine.
11.
When Springtime’s murmurous gladness
Filled all the listening air,
And old Earth’s rarest favors
Bloomed fresh, and sweet, and fair:
When waves of perfumed sunshine
Rolled o’er the ripening wheat,
May laid her crown of blossoms
At summer’s waiting feet
And Nature’s pulses bounded,
As though infused with wine;
Lifo was the season’s token—
Life! was the season’* sign.
And yet-—ah, me! the mystery
Of th : s unbroken rest!—
June sheds her thousand rusts*
Above my pulseless breast!
Bright hopes, nor fond endeavor,
Lava’s passion, nor Life’s pain,
Shall stir thy dreamless slumber,
Or waken the again.
hi.
The fragrance of the primrose
That opens fresh aud fair
In the deep dusk of evening,
Still haunts the morning air.
The songs the wild-bird warble*
With nature’s art and grace,
Are wulted on forever
Through the vast realms of peace
Dear child, thy pure life’s cadence —
A sad, yet sweet refraiu —
Shall wake the hearts now broken
To life and hope again :
Aud fall, a benedicton,
\Y hen, at the day’s decline,
Pale sorrow, low bending,
Weeps at Affections shrine.
J. C. IIXKRIS
Kitflit tu Sixteen
Lord Shaftesbury lately stated in a public
meeting iu London that, from personal obser
vation, he had ascertained that adult male crim
inals of that city, nearly all had fallen into a
course of crime between the ages of eight and
sixteen years j and that, if a young man lived
a honesj life up to twenty years of age, there
were forty-nine chances iu favor and only one
against him, as to an honorable life thereuftei
This is a fact of singular importance to fath
er* and mothers, and shows a fearful responsi
bility. Certainly a parent should secure au ex
orcise absolute control over a child under six
teen. It cannot be a difficult matter to do this,
except in very rare cases; and if that control is
not very wisely and efficiently exercised, it
must be the parent’s fault; it is owing to pa
rental neglect or remissness. Hence the real
source of crime in such a country as England
or the United States, lies at the door of the pa
rents It is a fearful reflection! We throw it
before the minds of the mothers and fathers of
our land, and there leave it to be thought of in
wisdom, remarking only as to the early seeds
of bodily disease that they are, in nearly every
case, sown between sun-down and bed-time, iu
absence from the family circle • in the supply
of spending money never earned by the spend
er—opening the doors of confectioneries and
soda fountains, of bter and tobacco and wiae
shops, of the circus, the negro minstrel, the res
taurant and dance; then follow the Sunday ex
cursion, the Sunday drive, with the easy tran
sition to the company whose ways lean to the
gates of social, physical and moral ruin. From
eight to sixteen—in these few years—are the
destinies of children fixed in forty-nine cases
out of fifty—fixed by the parents! Let every
father and mother solemnly vow, “By God’s
I’ll fix my darling’s destiny for good, by mak
ing home more attractive than the streets.”
A Rebuke.
The following is related of the late Walter
T. Colquitt, one of Georgia’s greatest men in
his day. ll** was a strong Methodist, fervent
in prayer ami zealous in the class-meeting, but
be would frolic with the children.
On one occasion he was found by hi* pre
siding elder playing marbles with his boys
He was a proficient in the game, and the boy*
all delighted to get him on their side. The
presiding elder was one of the straight-faced
long faced kind, who “crucified the flesh” in
every possible way, and who believed that
playing marbles was a great sin. The elder,
whose name was Hodges, rebuked Mr.
Colquitt for his course, but the great lawyer
kept on with bis game.—Finally Mr. Hodges
said, “Brother Colquitt, I fear that I shall have
lo bear wilnes* against you at the great court
of high Heaven,” and turned to go off, when
Colquitt said, “hold on a moment, parson, }ust
step into my law office, and I will lake down
your interrogatories in the case, for fear you
might not be at the court.”— Griffin Newt
Sweet OH tor Poiaou.
It is now over twenty years since I heard
that sweet oil would cure the bite of a rattle
snake, not knowing that it cured other kinds of
poison. Practice and experience have taught
me that it will cure poision of any kind, t>otb
on man or beast. The patient must take a
spoonful of it internally, and bathe the wound
for a cure.
To cure a horse it takes eight times as much
as for a man. One of the most extreme cases
of snake bites occurred eleven years ago, it had
been of thirty days’ standing, and the patient
had been given up by bis physicians. I gave
hint a spoonful of oil which effected a cure. It
will cure bio it in cattle caused by fresh clo
ver It will cure the stings of bees, spiders or
other insects, and persons who have been pois
oned by a low running vine called ivy.
A Pahaklk.—A popular preacher recently
quoted the dream oi a seer, who saw a man in
great torment in every limb but his right foot.
He asked why that was released. “Thi* man,”
was the answer, “is being punished far his sel
fishness and indolence, and was never kaown
to do a good deed, except that he once kicked
a turf of fresh grass to a tethered ox, standing
in th hot sun, and for this one act that foot is
saved from torment-”
V W ARM ENCOUNTER
Emir Hours Fighting with ludlaus
Between Cheyenne uud the Blaek
Hills.
Cheyenne Sun, May 19.
Capt. A. A. Patterson, an old wagon-master
and a man well trained in the life of a plains
man by years of experience on the frontier,
left Cheyenne the latter part of last month for
the hills, with a large amount of drugs and
medicines, tobaccos and cigars. At Fort Lar
amie they formed a train of fourteen wagons
and forty men, of which Mr. Patterson wai
elected captain. They left the fort almut the
fourth of May, and proceeded on their way.
On the fourth day out. at Hat creek, they
were attacked by u small party of Indians who
attempted to stampede their' stock, but they
were tco well trained, and had lived too long
on the frontier to have a few redskins get
away with their baggage, aud the six scouts
that were with them, and the six scout* that
were with them, aonte of the best to be fouud,
could not be caught napping. After this they
proceeded on their journey twenty-five miles
further to the last water on Indian creek.
Here the road winds aloug, first on one side of
the creek and then on the other, with washes
and breaks in the ground or prairie, and hills
on each side forming natural ambushes* or for
tifications where wily red men can lie iu wait
m large bodies, entirely concealed from view,
and when the unsuspecting party gets within
rauge they fire a dead volley iu upon them and
stampede the stock. Here the scouts who were
some distance in advance and raising the brow
of a hill, were sudnenly attacked by übout
twenty-five or thirty Indians who completely
surrounded the little band. They fought iu the
true Indian style, circling around the small
body of men at long rang, and firing at them
at intervals. One of the shots took effect, hit
ting Henry Lenz iu the breast and killing him
instantly. This nntn was from Ecoffey & Cuuey
rauche. Capt. Patterson corralled tho teams
immediately, hut finding himself within two
hundred and fifty yards of several washouts, he
ordered his men to move further out on the
prairie, which they did, again corallinganddo
ing the work steadily and coolly. Here they
rolled their blankets up in tight bundles aud
lay down behind them until they could get out
a few sacks of meal to form a temporary breas.-
work. They dug rifle pits and lay in them.
The seouts in the meantime having made a
break and got in the corral, the fighting con
tinned at long range. The Indians seemed to
be better armed, having Sharp’s lilies and nee
dle guns. One Indian fired a distance of seven
hundred yards when the Captain raised his
head for a moment and the ball whistled with
in about one inch of his head and buried itself
in a chest behind him. The figly lasted for
four hours, there being only one more man
wounded. He was lying in the bodv of a wagon
when-a ball pierced It and struck bint iu the
breast, inflicting only a slight w< uud. Four or
live horses were killed, and they had lo have
fifteen hundred pounds of freight carried by a
parly going out, and if there had been another
horse shot they would huve been obliged to
leave several thousand pounds. There were
only two Indians killed, one of whom was
known by a powerful white horse which he
rode, and who is said to have caused more
trouble than any other on that route. He rode
up within a short distance of them, not think
ing'it it supposed, but what they were armed
like some of the tender-feet, with u single-bar
rel guu or pistol. But he took his last ride. He
was shot through the head, falling in a shallow
washout, whore the Indian* tried for two hours
to get Him, but the boys made it *o hot every
time one showed ahead that they did not gi t
him until ettsk. The other one who was shot
was supposed to be a medicine man from hi*
trappings. There were several seen to fall from
their horses, but they got away by some means.
Four Indian ponies were also shot.
There was a meeting held after the engage
ment was over and a vote taken as to whether
they should go or return. The majority voted
to return to Fort Laramie and see about getting
a military. They came back that night alout
seventeen miles, or to this end of the Indian
creek, and met Heck’s train of about forty
men. The next day they escorted Mr. Heck
back to Hat creek, where they all corralled
that night. Just after dark the Indians attacked
the entire body, again killing several head of
cattle and running off others. Meeting a com
pany or cavalry the next clay they requested an
escort that they might go to the hills; they
were refused the officer remarking: ‘We are
out to fight Indians. ’
It was reported at Fort Laramie that the In
dians had all left the agencies.
Capt. Patterson says that someone who has
since come in, reported that the man who was
shot and whom they buried, was dug up by the
Indians and scalped and liorrribly mutilated,
and then thrown into the road and left.
The Captain further states that the danger is
becoming so great on the road it is not sate for
any train to go through without a military es
cort. He and his party will wait here until the
road is opened and then go through. He says
men come out of the hills localise they cannot
get any provisions or prospect without endan
gering tln-ir lives. Almost a!I will return as
as scam as the country is safe. ('apt. Patterson
has the confidence of many of our prominent
business men, and they rely upon bis word.
.% Texan Executed in Turkey.
A young lady in Washington has received a
letter from J. A. George written on the 18th of
April, from a Turkish prison, in which he says
that in a tight between the Herzegovinians and
Turks, he was captured, and was to be execut
ed the next morning. He stated that a friend
ly priest had promised to mail his letter at a
certain town, and the post mark shows that it
was mailed at that plac#. This confirms the
previous report of the death of Mr. George,
whose mother lives at Denison. Mr. George
was engaged to bo married to the young lady.
A New England village clergyman, wishing
10 impress upon his congregation the great im
portance of the soul's salvation, said : “You
may lose horses, cattle, bouses and lands, and
they can be regained ; voa msv lose your wife,
you can get another; but if you lose your soul
good-by John;”
A merchant went home the other night and
said cbeerfuly to his wife: “Weil, my dear,
I’ve failed at last.” “Oh,that's good,” exclaimed
the wife, with a radient face. “Now we can go
to the C’enUunial, sure.” - ,
[PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS
Mistaken Identity— A Remarkable
C'ase in Illinois.
The Chicago Tribune of Thursday has the
following story of a case of mistaken identity :
Last Sunday morning a man was run over and
killed at Evanston by an incoming railroad
train. The corpse was at once identified by
many persons residing there as that of
JoMah Hill, a gardener who formerly resided
in the village. Amid great sorrow word was
sent to his family residence in the city at No.
24 Grant place, and immediately went out to
care for the body of the unfortunate bead of the
family. The wife wept, and in her most incon
solable grief frantically caressed the dead one?
The inquest was held, amPthere was ho lack,
of evidence concerning the man’s -hb-ntfly-in
fact, it was never questioned. At the expend
of the family, the remains were incfriswHn t
very fine coffin, and on Tuesday (lie day* ap
pointed for the funeral, the body was'bome to
the grave amid the lamentations of.u large cir
cle of friends and acquaintance-;. As if to
complete this whole story of deception, the re
mains were buried in a family lot in Hose-hill,
owned by the brother of the deceased. That,
apparently was the end of Josiah Hill on this
earth. On thejuiy at the inquest was Deputy
blieritr Kearney, who among others present at
the time, knew Hill very well, and swore to
the identity. Tuesday, the identical day *4 the
funeral he visited Winnetka on official busi
ness, and almost frightened out of his senses
by seeing the veritable Hill at work in a garden.
Hailing him, he conjured him by all that was
good and holy to return to his ghostly residence
and not to be wandering around a ghostly
gardener. Hill thought the man was crazy at
first, and upon listening to a subsequent expla
nation concluded that his surmise was correct,
and all the way to town yesterday he regretted
the untimely fate of his friend’s brain. But
judge of his surprise and astonishment, upon
entering his own home, to see his wife scream
out and faint before what she took to lie an
apparition, islie had never doubted the identi
ty of the dead man- and her husband had left
her only a few days befere to do some work in
W innetka, hence she could not have forgot -
ten any single particular of his appearance.
Indeed it was some time before she could be
convinced that her husband was still alive, and
not in the cold, cold grave to which she had
oil the previous day consigned him. Slip in
sisted with redoubled vigor that she had exam
ined the dead man, and fully identified ii in
every particular as that of her husband, even
a shortness in one of his limbs, and its Minnlari
ty in size looks and marks. A daughter, sev
enteen years of age, also mourned Untimely
decease of her father. Learning all the facts in
the case, Mr. Hill was extremely anxious to
view the fellow that looked like him, and yc
terday visited the Coroner’s office to effect the
removal of the “still” from what he hopes to
he his final resting plate. The necessary order
was given, and to day the bo ly will be ex
limned and taken to the Mtirgite for another
inquest.
Xutu Pleasant Feature ofilic Cen
tennial.
[From the San Francisco Chronicle.]
In the main corridor of the Memorial Buil
ding’s annex, where the casual visitors are not
likely to miss it, a wax figure of Cleopatra is
displayed. She reclines upon a sort of throne,
and is almost naked. The workmanship is of
best and the effect startling. The flesh tint is
natural, the hair life-like, and every detail care
fully done. Interior clock-work heaves her
hare bosom, moves her arms at intervals, stirs
her legs, turns her head languidly from side to
side, and rolls her eyes. Her face and form are
beautiful, and the* accessories are in artistic
harmony with a conception of the Egyptian
Queen ; yet her features are not Egyptian, be
ing rather those of a beautiful French woman.
An Ethiopian slave, equally nude, stands at
her side and fans her. At her feet lies a naked
little boy. A bird flutters on the arm of la r
seat A golden canopy hangs above the group,
all being enclosed in a glass case. The whole
is surprisingly natural, so much so that it has
a natural effect upon the spectators. Young
girls come suddenly upon it and draw hack ap
palled. They have nerved themselves to look
at the statuary and pictmes, but this sight is
too unexpected and realistic to be born with
steadiness. They escape without delay. Wo
men inspect the group shyly. Men are not to
he scared away by any feeling of modesty, and
unless escorting sitters or sweethearts stay on
the spot in numbers sufficient to constantly
crowd that part of the corridor. I am aware
that such waxworks, and worse are common
in European museums; that artistically they
are to be commended as triumphs of skill, be
ing totally unlike the effigies usually shown in
this country ; but I don’t think that tli -y ought
to be thrust unwaniingly upon the sight of
mixed congregations. Some of the Commis
sioners are of my way of thinking, and Cleo
patra’s stay on the grounds may he of short
duration- President Hawley i- from Connect
icut, and i“ Pnritanti. al. il -top- in front of
Cleopatra while I stand tin-re.
“What do voir thin 1 : of her?” 1 ask.
“A thing of beauty.” lie an-wt-i-s, bat not of
joy forever. I guess we will have to get ber
out of sight. 1 must talk with SarUiu ab*>ut
her.”
The “ lloiiockeeper ’ ot <>t;r Health
The liver is the great depurating or blood
cleansing organ of the system. K.-t the <_.re*t
housekeeper of our health at work and the
foul corruptions which gender iu llie blood
and rot out. as it were, tin- machinery of life,
are gradually expelled from the system. For
this purpose Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery, with small daily doses of Dr Pierce’s
Pleasant Purgative Pellets an- pre-eminently
the articles needed. They cure every kind of
humor from the worst scrofula to the common
pimple, blotch <>r eruption. Great eating ul
cers kindly heal under their mighty curative
influence. Virulent blood poisons that lurk in
the system are by them robbed ot their terror?,
and by their persevering and somewhat pro
tracted use the most tainted system may be
completely renovated and build up anew. En
larged glands, tumors and swellings dwindle
away and disappear under the influence of their
great resolvents. Sold by all dealers in inedi
cine?.
4 Claude, a child about three years old, was
greatly afflicted with sores on Ids legs and feet,
so that he could not wear his shoes and stock
ings. Hud a great deal of trouble with him.
Hud trie 1 many remedies ineffectually. At last
we tried the Golden Medical Discovery, an.! in
aim it three weeks he was entirely cured, In
sures were all healed -and health much itu
ptoved. Respectfully yours, J. W. Boyeii,
Vermillion, Edgar Cos, 111, Jan 29th, 1875.
NO. 27.