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JOHN n. REALS, - Kdttor and Proprietor
W. B. SEALS, - Proprietor and Cor. Editor.
HRS. MART E. BRYAN (•) Associate Editor.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JULY 13, 1878.
Mr. GEO. W. NORMAN will please
commmunicate with this office without
delay.
Living On Fictitious Capital—People
who practice the art cultivated by Mr. and Mrs.
Rawdon Crawley, of living absolutely on ‘noth
ing a year,’ are, usually, in the end, caught up
with and brought to grief. There are many,
however, who may not be classed with these
land-pirates who take prizes of the wares of
grocers and haberdashers for their own use and
behoof, yet still have no assured source of rev
enue, and no means of knowing whether they
live within or beyond their incomes. Such are
they who embark in mercantile pursuits with
little or no capital save the credit which they
Sicceed in procuring, and which by adroit man
agement they contrive to maintain. Many oi
those who live best—who seem to have most of
the enjoyable things of life, live thus upon fic
titious capital. Indeed, a style of living which
looks extravagant is essential to the success o^
the plan; for an appearance of prosperity serves
to improve the credit. It of course involves a
vast strain upon the mind, and the smile with
which the merchant is wont to wait upon his
customers must often be assumed to cover an
aching heart. But if it succeeds—if the man
supports his. family by these exertions, and in
the end so contrives that not one of his credit
ors shall lose by his ventures, there can be no
complaint of dishonesty urged against him.
In these days, however, the result is too often
quite to the contrary. In an hour of pressure,
Peter cannot advance the moneys wherewith
our merchant, who has long played the part of
Artful Dodger, is to pay Paul, whereupon he de
clares himself a bankrupt, has the houses, fur
niture, plate, horses, carriages, and many other
things that he purchased during the days of his
successful financiering, reserved to him, while
poor Paul and a hundred other creditors are
left to suck their paws with what grace they
may. We do not object to merchants venturing.
Without incurring some risks, menarenot|apt to
make fortunes in any business, but we insist
that he who makes the venture shall bear the
risk, and if fortune go against him let him take
the loss. Let him not out of his venture make
a fortune for Himself, while he brings a great
misfortune upon those who had given him
credit
(Pol. Thomas C. Howard.—In another
coiumn appears a report upon a lecture deliver
ed by the above named gentleman on the even
ing of the 2nd inst in the hall of the Scientific
Association upon the subject of Public Instruc
tion by the State. The lecture was a signally
able support of the points enumerated in our
brief outline of the lecture, though this state
ment is unnecessary, to those who are acquaint
ed with Col. Howard s brilliancy as a thinker
and his eloquence as a speaker.
While upon this mention of his name we ex
press the surprise we have long ielt, that talent
such as his should be buried in the seclusion of
private life. Among all the lectures known to
the American public, there is not one, combin
ing the versatility of talent, the rare fund of
humor, the vividness of imagination, the skill
in word-painting, the subduing pathos, the
eloquence in voice, face and gesture, which
characterize T. C. Howard. His flow of lan
guage is inimitable. Words, the most beautiful
and appropriate, sparkle like diamonds in the
reflection of his rapidly succeeding thoughts.
He reigns in a metophorical realm, all his own,
and images therefrom flit before his audiences,
strikingly robed in bewitching, grotesque or
sad attire, as his illustrations require. The
heroes and heroines of classic and modern lore
of fiction and of history attend like courtiers
upon his tongue. There are competent critics,
who pronounce him the most brilliant conver
sationalist and versatile speaker of our day.
Had Col. Howard devoted his attention to the
lecture field, he could not have failed of achiev-
Tbe “Happy Club.”-George Eliot, in
her new poem, ‘A College Breakfast,’ seems dis
tressed because the world is ‘one wide struggl
ing Drama.’ It would relieve her no doubt to
look out our window and behold one bit of hu
manity that certainly does not ‘struggle.’ ■
The Happy Club (so we have named them)
holds daily conventions under the broad bridge
that spans the wide, deep railroad cut (answer
ing also for a street), which lies sheer down un
der our window. A net work, of rail tracks slices
the^space beneath into numerous acute angles,
and trains are forever rushing, soreaming,
and chasseeing over the tracks. But all this con
fusion does not prevent the daily convening of
the ‘Happy CluV The shade of the bridge and
of the steep banks attracts them, and then some
thoughtful philanthropist has thrown out a
quantity of sawdust upon the tracks and just
outside, and this is clover to onr ‘Happy Club,’
They scented it as pigs would corn, and they
came, saw, and—enjoyed it, lay upon it, bur
rowed in it. They are of various ages, bat most
of them are stalwart young darkies between the
the ages of fourteen and twenty-five. There is '
about them no suggestion of employment. Look- [
ing at them, one would forget that the cruel ne- j
cessity of work exists. If the Bhaito in which j
they- lie was cast by inexhaustible 'i*ead fruit j
trees, and only fig leaves were needed for drap- j
Refreshing Jledioal Candor«-'We
have a profound reverence for file Medical pro
fession, and an admiration for Doctors person
ally. They are usually the most polished, kind-
hearted and best informed class one meets in
society. But haven’t they some of them—
a rather cold-blooded fashion cf experimenting
upon their human subjects 7 it least, one has
a shivering suspicion of this, then, on peeping
into a Medical Journal, one see such a recorl
as we find in chancing to (Mice into the St
Louis Eclectic Medical Jourm. Dr. Burling
ton of Strasburg 111., there gres us his ex peri,
ence in what he terms ‘A Feoiiar Case. He was
called in to see a man who fcd rheumatism of
the leg—and proscribed fonim among other
things, salicylic acid—Goingo see him after
wards he found him much beer ofthe rheuma
tism, but be charged him to ave otf tbe other
medicine aad take more fnu-ent doses of the
salicylic acid—every three icead of every four j
hours. Ho left him comforbie, seemingly in 1
no danger whatever,
Col. Howard's Lecture.—By invita
tion of the Liberal and Scientific Association,
this gentleman delivered, last Tuesday evening,
a lecture on ‘ Education by the State.’ We wish
that an audience of thousands oonld have been
present. The subject intrinsically was full of
largest interest and the ideas advanced by the
lecturer made emphatic issue with many others
which have extensively obtained. While the
tone of the lecture was in good taste and did no
discourtesy to oppotriug theories, it was, never
theless, decidedly aggressive. The foundation
ideas in the system advocated are briefly as fol
lows;
Them should be no compulsory education—
the parent being left fyse to choose his child's
school as he would his church; the quality of
the teaching may be far more essential to the
good of a community than the number of teach
ers, and that a little would be worth far more to
the State if well done, than a great deal could
possibly be, if ineffectually done. In eleemos- 1
The Men.
The editor of the Goilriar Journal offers in a
certain contingency to ‘die in his tracks,' and
there is certainly room enongh even if he lies
down in them.
Colonel John L. Vance, ex-member of con
gress from Ohio, has been adjudged insane and
sent to the Athens asylnm.
Senator M. W. Ransom, ofN. C., is said to
be one of the yonngest looking as^he is one of
the most handsome men in the IT- S. Senate.
As long aa!852*be was Attorney General of his
State.
‘Templeton,’ in a letter to the Hartford (Jour-
ant, corrects the report that Robert Bonner paid
Longfellow twenty dollars a line for *Tbe Hang
ing of the Crane.’ What Mr. Bonner really paid
was five dollars a line.
Jessie Grant, according to Whitehall, sard be
fore leaving Trance that he had seen nothing
during his travels in Europe that conld for an
instant compare with Colorado, and that he
could never be happy but in that earthly para
dise.
, Mr. Mackey, ef California, has an income of
Thatight be was hur- I y nar y schooling, the State should not adopt any , $35,000 per day, but what good' does it do him ?
half way measures, but should take the child I He can't drink over ten glasses of soda water
riedly summoned; his patit was reported to
be
‘fit..’
t UiO wen j upvi lOU L\J » ' v ” , . —, , i
He found h in. a comatose f dnrin 8 its undergraduate term as a ward, and f P er day, and he's- got Jo die his merits, the
state, spinal column straigbneA, toes and fin
gers, inflexible-, with variouither sypuatoms of
the muscular rigidity whi is the product of j'
the ‘petrifying; acid.’ Thmao died; Aeon- |
f fully provide for it till graduation.. He asked
ji for a grant far educational purposes, of •3500, WO,
which sum with tbe present tax. iculd be easily
exceeded by a> liquor tax. With this amount,
suiting physician proaousd it ‘congestive- j the 9 P eaker *>!<% aborted, five hundred stu-
ekill,’ but Tt. ESnrlingtosays simply: ‘My
dents per ansium. could be educated and board-
Press.
‘My greatest pleasure,’ said Cariyle to a friend
thirty years ago, ‘5t> to mount my horse and ride
out in the teeth of the wind away from these
smoky streets of londoD.’ It pohebly bas gone
a long way to help him to become an octogena
rian.
A witty clergyman, accosted by an old ac-
ery, they could not look more oblivious o he i ’ conviction i& thftt des > resulted from tbe i ed at the University by a corps o5 twenty pro
curse, ‘Thou shall earn bread by the sweat M | ^ ^ ^ bk Aad he 3a?s it a8 j lessors, leaving a large sum for library purposes j qnaintauce “by “the- namaVf Cobb'replied; ‘I
thy brow.’ No hempen bag and hosted slide though- the mihad been, a toad iie I aad aupply off apparatus, repairs, Ac. j' uon’i know you, si?.’ *My name » Cobb, sir,’
suggests tbe business of rag-picking,, at which < ^ * ^ tiQg m ~ ‘ ~
the little white and colored gamins seem to
Nan: he seems ^ ut the gra.ud work which the lecturer hoped
f»ct Sm hi, «»> •< «>»»»»»> ™ ^ - i "’'.hri' , dir«; , reTh/2ob:
rejoined the man, who was about half seas over.
‘Ah, sir,’ said the minister, you hare so much
... , , , . , reallv complacent over
thrive; no basket bints of coal-g)ean»gs from ■ ^ enabfed repor t . A Pec u- j ‘» b « sh “ e “ t ofANorm^School for each county j r p wo well known wealthy geaiJemen, ad-
liar Case !
the lavish droppings of the engines, t&at some
times leave a path of gleaming carbuncles be- ;
hind them for the gle.ner. to grab- * before j ^ ^ turrew.
the bright scatterings have lost their meat. many friends oi ournored former Associ-
appnrtenaces suggestive of these or auy other j a t e Editor—Dr. A. L. Hatton, who. make Sre-
trade, mar the ilolce far niente aspect of tbe ‘ quent inquiries ot him Jletter and by^ ‘word
in the State an. an agricultural basis*, including hirers of the St. Louis Cadets, propose to take
for males militaoy instruction. The p-aint which, ! a pick of forty men on an excursion. So the Paris
‘Happy Club.’ They lie as Tennysaa's Lotos
Eaters:
‘On tbe (dust) reclined
Like gods, careless of mankiad/
Lazily they watch the approaching trains,
and just before the formidable cow-catcher is
upon them, they draw in their legs, not. howev
er, with undignified haste. The demoniac
shriekings of switching off freight cars does not
disturb their philosophic calm. On© lank youth
especially, we have seen lie for haurs on his
stomach, motionless as an alligator sunning
himself on a mud bank. No vulgar commotion
mars their repose; rapt enjoyment of the de
lights of shade, sawdust and laziness character
ize them. Once indeed, two of the more juven
ile attempted to get up a fight, and ragged coat
tails and sawdust whirled promiscuously for a
while, but the reliable members of the club evi
dently frowned down this innovation, and peace
and do-nothing-ism again prevailed.
Kewspaper CWCIUSU— From the weeds
and rubbish cast upon the shores ol literature,
w.e may pother many ti.r*”’ 1 . A a c,T ' t,amQT ' ao ‘
of mouth,’will be gratifito hear what great
success he is having witis Female-CbUege at
in our judgment, he triumphantly maintain
ed throughout iis lecture, was that the habits,
manners and raora! of onr youth oc-rid not be
cared for e» they most be for the gpod of the
community unfess-a greater regard was had in
Exposition. They have already negotiated for
passage, and expefst to sail about August the 1st
and return in time to compete for the prizes
given by the St. Louis Fair Association.
Cuthbert. His sommement, whicrh closed j the selection,oi teachers.
Col. Howard's plan 13 a vast one and proposes
some marked changes in our prusont system.
We omitted to state at the proper place-that this
branches* as well as iraemistry, Geometry, : pl ftn proposes only to duplicate by. the Stale,
Composition, the bigh®athemaiacs, etc.,— : under certain liiaiiations of law, the subscrip
tions of counties whieb call for High Schools.
Let Col. Howard be right or wrong, it is a
last week, is eulogized Irisitors an A by the
Press of the State as not y brilliant but sol- !
idly satisfactory, and que in this- respect, |
that the examination pupils in primary
The Women
evinced a thororghnesij often seen ia public
examinations, and wasiducted in a manner
showing them Is- be aarrot-like recitations,
•to tnr
hoffT"* uo one year ago*
to us the other night, ‘I never read newspaper • ^ ook charge of tie fte and has built it up to
poetry.’ He was very wrong. He should read
it, if only to see the change which has taken,
place and which is still going on in the inner
life of humanity; to see how constantly more
and more our poets are beginning to interpret
man as well as nature; to see the deeper mean
ing which underlies the common things around
ns, and the beauty, which, like the rich Lining
to the rough sea-shell, exists in ev9n the most
trivial things God has made. Aye, and to hear
in all these common things that lie around our
path a voice of mysterious meaning telling, like
the murmer in the shell, of something beyond
something more infinite than life.
Among the scattered gems we seldom find
anything prettier than the following little poem
under the homely title of ‘The Catterpillar:’
‘My littie maiden of four years old
rNo myth, but a genuine child is she.
With her broDze-brown eyea and lipr curls ofgolw)
Camo, quite in disgust, one day to me.
Eubbing her shoulder with rosy palm—
\s the loathsome touch seemed yet to thrill her,
She cried; ‘Oh! mother, 1 found on my arm
A horible, crawling eatterpiller!’
And with mischievious smile she could scarcely
smother, . , .
Yet a glance in its daring, half-awed and shy,
She added: -While they were about it, mother,
I wish they’d just liiiished the butterfly!
They were words to the thought of the soul that
turns . .. ,
From the coarser forms of a partial growth,
Reproaching the Infinite Patience that yearns
With an unknown glory to crown them both.
Ah, look thou largely, with lenient eyes,
On whatso beside thee may creep and cling,
For the possible beauty that underlies
The passing phase of the meanest thing !
its present positionLraise oau be considered
fulsome, nor no ail of commendation too
high. A. thorough*ar, a perfect gentleman,
endowed with thatjity of manner that at-
kes them friends, his
xible when necessary;
s work will place old
he female colleges of
tracts all classes, ul
discipline mild, y«
beloved by his pu(
Andrew at the heat]
the Soitth.
in a a flattering success,
entertained, no matter what bis theme,
•Tl»e Fourth.’
The glorious ‘Fourth’ came to us here like an
April day—alternate showers and sun-bursts.
Atlanta bad hung out her gaudiest dry goods
and piled up her most tempting displays of
fruits and bon bons in honor of the occasion.
The watermelon man stood rubbing his hands
behind green embankments of ‘Mountain
Sprout,’ ready to recieve the expected csowd
And the crowd came; Interminably long trains
wound in one after another, with passenger
coaches, freight cars,and open boxes crowded
jammed with human beings. The living cargo
was emptied out at the depot, and swayed about
in motley waves for a while, and then tbe live
stream poured off into the various street chan
nels and the melon men and the ginger cake
and pea nut dispensaries were happy The mil
itary display ofthe day was good, the races,
though the showers tried to throw a damper
upon them, were well patronized, and tbe
display of the competing engines must have
been exciting, judging by the great shouts that
went up as every glittering stream flung itself
into the air. The day passed off jollily without
serious casualties, or any greater number of
•drunks’ than is usual on such occasions.
To hear him is to be
It is said Vinnie Ream brought her husband
$80 000. This had been chiseled out of her art
I patrons.
What If God’s great angels whose waiting love
Beholdeth our pitiful life below,
From the holy height of their heaven above,
Couldn't bear with the worm till the wings should
grow V
Gould sentiment or expression be more beau-
tiful than in this last verse ? Here is a sweet >
consoling moral reflection, mantled so exquisit-
ly in the rosy garments of poesy that we fall in
love with it at once. Express the same idea in
prose and it would loose half its beauty and im
pressiveness. True poetry is like sunlight,
clothing tbe meanest things with radiance and
beauty.
Itchiilri a Woman.—The role of Little
Tommy Titbit—the tiny bad boy of the nursery
rhyme, who, whenever a
‘Naughty mischief he had done,
To his nurse he straight would run,
Behind her petticoat so wide
He, not seen, would creep aud hide,
is now being enacted by the redoubtable Gen
Sherman. Having ‘naughty mischief done’ he
creeps behind the skirts of Mrs. Jenks. Said
skirts proving rather scant, Butler, whose eyes
are keen despite their squint, spies the military
shanks and calls upon the Returning Board
hero to come out from behind his feminine
barricade.
Come to the bridal chamber, death; come to
the mother when she feels for the first time her
first born's breath; come in consumption
ghastly form; the earthquake’s shock, the
ocean’s storm, bnt please don’t come in the form
oi a man with a book under his arm.
Lodltems.
Charles Smith the men to call on
when you want yofliness advertised along
the railroad lines, are general advertising
agents throughout tole United States, and
can make your nam< profession familiar to
all travelers, from© to Louisiana. They
have some very lMitracts on hand, and
are considered altapreliable.
Johnson, the bfl- in and lot Atlanta, is
complete master oisituation. He under
stands the businessigkly in all its details,
and is worthy of thit confidence. He is a
cultivated and poliftntlemau, and has the
highest recommend from many of the lead
ing citizens of Mon'y, Ala., where he for
merly resided and he still has a represen
tative who pushes liness in that city.
Prof. Chas. Neal,pal of the academy at
Kirkwood—Atlantaiest ‘ continuation’—
has won a deservefttion for his thorough
method of instrudd the excellent system
and firm, yet milcline, reigning in his
school. His exhifast week was a highly
interesting one a varied programme of
recitations by th^ladies and speeches by
the boys aud yoa was admirably carried
out *
deep interest in the fame and prosperity of the
State’s educational interests.
•The tle-WHli llother .*—It was- with no
exalted anticipation of a dramatic feast that we i U P an anvil by the hair of her heed, and then
but coming from the sfstanding and proving ' g°°d indication to- see men like him. svineing
that it was thojsughlyparted by the teachers '
and well understood the students. ‘The
French c'.srs was- oepe.y praissd. The Com
mencement sejmon, phed on Sunday by the
distinguished fiivine.h R. W. Dixon, was
pronounced a masteiliposition of his text,
•Thy Kingdom ComThe Literary Address
on Thursday, by Hoc ward Van Eppes of At
lanta, excelled all thoquent orator’s previ
ous efforts. The sal—Madame De Stael—
was highly soggestivl afforded good scope
for his fine powers, ivannah JSe-iss corres
pondent pronounsesie of the most beauti
ful and polished oils ever listened to in
Georgia. The samesspondent, after notic
ing in detail the exation of the classes and
the admirable perforJC by the young ladies
at their musical festlpeaks in these glowing
hut just terms ofjdhdrew’s President:’
Boss Tweed’s daughter, whose wedding pres
ents were worth 7oitXX>, is living in Hew Orleans
in very straightened circumstances..
A reigning beauty in London, according to
Truth, told a poet who had presented her with a
sonnet that the verses were very kia>d but not
‘warm enough.’
The funeral of Sarah Helen Whitman was
held at Providence privately Saturday after
noon, only intimate friends being present. Ad
dresses were made by Miss Anna C. Garlin and
Thomas Davis.
A ‘Female Hercules,’ a native of France, is to
be seen in London. One of her feats is to lift
took onr seats at DeGives, on the evening of the
Foarth, to see a play by the Globe Company.
There were no stars on the bill, not a name that
carried with it an aroma of distinction. The
play, too, was new to ns and. the Company
was a strolling summer troupe—circumstances
not promising in the least. An agreeable dis
appointment was in store. ‘The Jewish Mother’
is not a. play of any striking originality of plot
or variety of incidents, but the good acting of
one woman and her excellent female support
made ii vivid, impressive, even powerful. Who
is Marie Le Gros? Our knowledge of stage per
sonages is limited— outside the great names—
and we do not remember seeing or hearing of
this fine actress. Fine, she certainly is—bi
zarre at times in her style and sometimes given
to ranting, and lacking in. subtle interpreta
tions, but compensating for this in the boldness
and truth of her conceptions and the vigor of
her delineation. She has a voice full of power,
aud her movements, gestures and attitudes are
good. She was well seconded by the two other
ladies in the play. Their acting was true and P „ .
spirited. The male support with the exception Rosser scandal at Washington, is a mature and
have the same an vil placed on her besom, while
three smiths forge a horse-shoe with their ham
mers, she talking and singing all the while.
Mrs. Minnie Unger, of New York, who on the
night of May 17 chased, captuerecciand handed
over to an officer a burglar named Charles
Schultz, died on Saturday night from tbe effects
of tbe shock and fright she experienced at that
time.
A young girl was struck blind in Cleveland,
Ohio, one night recently. She went to bed
with strong eyes and in excellent health. Dur
ing tho ni^ht olio fait “a sort of prinking, for a
second or two about her eyes, audi then a snap,
as it something had broken. These sensations
were accompanied by no pain, and after they
passed away there was no uncomfortable feeling
about the eyes. In the morning she was stone-
bind.
Mrs.. Fletcher Harper, Jr. of New York, has
introduced a commendable scheme for the ben
efit of the working women. She has opened the
working women’s Hotel, at Atlaaticvilie, on the
seas hose, tor the accommodation of women of
limited means. She proposes that visitors shall
remain at the hotel for two wseks for SO, which
includes railroad fare to and from New York.
Rest and fresh air is onei of the greatest inedi-
cins to working city people.
of Mr. Clifford was not good. Mr. Clifford is a
handsome man and a fair actor
Mrs. Lillie B. Clark, of Newnan,
get a class in elocution in Atlanta.
wishes to
She is a
handaome widow of a dazzling blonde type of
beauty, and has been mxch admired in the fash
ionable circles of this and other cities, not less
for her personal lovelines than for her great
amiability of character. Some foolish youths
either wanted to, or did, fight a duel about her
during a recent California trip made with the
graduate of College Temple, a lady of fine nat- , Frank Leslie party a year ago, and the affair got
n*ol m ff C nrw) nnonivA/l AAAAtvinlinVintAmla CU « i into fh O ruirmra ^ V 1A J.. - _ * ; l .
Never was hon«worthily bestowed than
the degree of L. itely conferred by the
East Tennessee Ity at Knoxville upon
Rev. J. H. Mart eloquent and beloved
pastor of the Fir^terian church of this
city. A pure Chi polished gentleman,
a cultured writer,minister, a true friend
and an earnest ‘or human good, Dr.
Martin is desen the high regard in
which he is held eople. *
The fiteception.
A large and ap a audience greeted this
popular musical, Uf c ity at its fourth
reception on W« even ing. The pro
gramme was oon choice selections from
the best compoeqi Rj 0 performers had
pretty thoroughly the i r par ts. Mad
ame Werner, Pr r on the violin, Mr.
Joe Sorutchia an Camp Esq. deserve
special mention artistic rendition of
their solos.
We hope thia talented and accom
plished masieia^t a first-class Opera
under immediahj and give it to us at
an early day. ^erner’s voice is much
better in Opera t llad sing ing.
ural gifts and acquired accomplishments. She
studied elocution under the well known Miss
Patty Semple, of Louisville, Ky., and has be
side an original method of her own. She is de
sirous of teaching a class of smaller children as
well as another of young ladies and gentlemen.
Her references are the best. Persons wishing
lessons can apply at this’ office. *
Miss Pearl Bryan.—This young daughter of
onr Editress, though only a junior at Andrew
College, Cuthbert, has won golden opinions at
her recent examination. The Cuthbert Appeal
pays her a glowing tribute, and a correspon
dent of the Constitution says: “Miss Pearl Bry
an—daughter of our distinguished townswoman
—gives evidence of the highest order of intel
lect. She is exceedingly sprightly, vivacious
and piquant, and the rendition of her essay was
incisive, clear and eloquent; really deserving of
the highest enconiums.
Little Danny and His Dead Mother.
[From the New Orleans Picayue.J
I’ve jnst been down in the parlor to see mam
ma. She’s in a long box, with flowers on her.
I wish she’d come and bathe my head—it aches
so. Nobody ever makes it feel good but mam
ma. She knew how it hurt me, and she used to
read to me out of a little book bow my head
would get well and not aohe any more some day.
I wish it was ‘some day’ now. Nobody likes me
but mamma. That’s cause I’ve got a sick head.
Mamma used to take me in her arms and cry.
Whdn 1 asked her what’s the matter, she would
say, ‘I’m only tired, darling.’ I guess Aunt Ag
nes made her tired, for when she came and
stayed all day mamma would take me up in the
evening on her lap and cry awful hard. I ain’t
had any dinner today. Mamma alwavs gave me
a little teeny pudding with ‘D’ for ‘Danny,’ on
the top. I like little puddings with D’s on top.
I like to sit in my little chair by the fire and
eat 'em. I wish mamma wouldn’t stay in the
long box. I gness Aunt Agnes pat her there,’
cause she put all the flower trimmings on and
shows her to everybody. There ain’t any fire
in the grate, bnt I guess I’ll sit by it and make
believe there is. I’ll get my little dish and
spoon and play I've got a padding with D for
Danny on it But anyway I want mamma so
bad.
into the papers. The* lady is a sister-in-law°to
a Democratic member of Congress from this
city, and her sister received on more occa
sions than one with Mrs. Hayes at the White
House.
The English girls have improved upon the
language of the tan and the handkerchief by de-
vising a very copious vocabulary of the gloves,
which for the benefit of American women we
runstif 1 ™ 16 ^ rom an English contemporary. It
Djrop a glove—Yes.
Crumple the gloves in the right hand-No.
Half unglove the left hand-indifference.
^ lap the left shoulder with the gloves—Follow
longer WUh the S loT ®S"I love you no
Fold the gtaves neatiy- 1 should like to be
witn you.
° n * he left glove leaving the thumb un
covered—Do you love me ?
Drop both gloves—I love you.
fnr, w ‘ rl the glo t v ® s ar °undthe fingers-Be care
ful, we are watched.
am vexed 6 b& ° k ° f th ® hand with the g^es-I
h “ a “ a -p™-
Humor.
wi wostrIt e «H U T a °n 8peaking 0f a ,riend wh0
oo“in ^ ted by lllne98 - remarked that ‘he
all ^one ’ . y Tf r r Ver 81DCe hi8 constitution was
said g a hvshm? hl f T c J onst,t ation was all gone,’
all ' ‘Oh ’ resnnn ^ 866 k ° W 116 H ves at
bylaws/ ' re8ponded the » a g. ‘he lives on the
fl i talate f " nera l the undertaker arranged for
the husband and mother-in-law to riHa“in
,' M r v
acutest intoreat 11 be “eased to the
s: SUSS
s* ‘gfeatjSWBSE tiss
away, me Enoch Arden of real life is nanaliv
a scalawag, and comes home ragged, dirty and-