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MARY E. BKY*S.
*) A*H4fVinU
ATLANTA, GA.,
APRIL 10,
18S0.
Mrs. Bryan’s ‘
April Freak'
will be
concluded next week.
A sermon of Dr. Talmage being al
ready in type for this issue before his At
lanta discourse was deliveied, we publish
both this week to the exclusion of other
matter.
■ <« tlie Republic til An I'nri—A
Sensible 'l'iilk From l£:ii-|»rr*s
Weekly. —In speaking of the miserable
twaddle now so common among both parties
about the next President-elect taking his
seat we hare seen nothing so full of force
and good sense as the following editorial from
Harper’s Weekly. It is worthy the atten
tion of all parties. What is the meaning,
asks that paper, of the truculent assertion
that it is necessary to nominate a candidate
for the Presidency who, if elected, will take
his seat? Has any candidate ever been elect
ed who did not take his seat ? There have
b« en Presidents, indeed, who did not rece ve
a majority of the popular vote. Hut has
there ever lieen a candidate declared in the
constitutional way to be elected who did not
take his seat? Not one, Why, then, is it
alleged w ith so much stringency that a can
didate ought to he nominated who, if elected,
will take his seat? Is there any doubt that
General Grant, or Mr. Sherman, or Mr.
Blaine, or Mr Washburne, or Mr. Edmunds,
or Mr. Tilden, or Mr. Bayard, or General
Hancock, would take his seat if constitution
ally' declared tobeelected? Or is it doubtful
that the patriotism of the country would
support any President, of any party', so de
clared? If it is really necessary to vote for
a candidate, not as the representative of
principles and policies, but upon the ground
that he will take his seat if elected, we have
already fallen into anarchy, and the repub
lic is at an end. The fatal mischief of this
talk is that it implies and it familiarizes the
public mind with the idea that a candidate
may decide for himself whether he has been
elected—and a more monstrous projKisition
could not be made. If it lie sound this year,
it w as equally sound four years ago. But
do those R 'publicans who now support this
view really think that Mr. Tilden, who be
lieved that he was elected in 1816, ought to
have made a push for th? White House?
The most reckless and anarchical Democratic
demagogues are of that opinion. But is it
shared by any sane Republicans?
The answer would be, probably, that Mr.
Tilden had no legal claim to the seat because
Ci ingre; s did i ot declare him' o bare 1 een elect
ed. Bi t that is an acknowledgement that the
candidate is not to be the judge of his ov;n
election. It j» *••*“, «v , *wwriv.-ongfess'intends
to miscount the electoral vote next year and
to declare a candidate to be elected who has
lieen rejected. But even if this, be so is it
any more the right or the duty of the wrong
ed candidate to decide and declare that he
has been elected, and try to take his sent'
Are universal revolution, civil war and
anarchy the only remedies for illegal or
fraudulent conduct upon the part of Congress'
If the Republicans should be the w ronged
party, they eould not believe that they had
been swindled more firmly than many Dem
ocrats believe that they were swindled in
IH77: and if it lie right for Republicans to
appeal to civil war in 1881, it could not have
lieen wrong for such Democrats to do the
same thing in I877. Republicans who favor
any candidate for the reason that he will lie
sure to take his seat whether he lie lawfully
declared or not, not only join hands with
the worst democrats of IS77. but they insult
the patriotism and loyalty both of the candi
date and of the country. Whatever may be
the form of a contention over the result of
the election, no candidate can possibly under
take to decide it in his own favor except as a
revolutionist. No man can act lawfully as
an officer of the government until he has
lieen lawfully commissioned, and certainlv
he can not commission himself.
All this kind of talk has been, and is, most
unfortueate for the Republican cause. That
cause appeals to the confidence, not to the
fears of the country. It is strong, not in u
man, but in the people and in the law. To
advi ca'e a candidate upon the grot nd that if
he thinks himself to be elected he will take
his seat, while hundreds of thousands of arm
ed men will arise to sustain him, is to out
rage the just pride of a loyal and law-respect
ing people. Of course whoever is elected
President will fake his seat: but equally of
course there is but one lawful wav of know
ing w ho is elected. The probabilities of a
controversy, or of an opportunity of fraud
in the Congressional count, are fortunately
very limited. There are not likely to lie con
flicting certificates from any State; and if
any s- rious question should ’arise, whatever
anarchists and demagogues in or out of Con
gress may hope or try to do, the conservative
and iiatriotic good sense of the jieople will
not permit them to set the country by the
ears, but will demand and provide a peaceful
settlement.
forest and grassy slopes, are the scene
viting that at no distant day they will lie j houia
the favorite summer resort of thousand* ho j miss,
cannot, and do not realize their matchless
beauty. A little westward are the falls nt
the Big Sioux liver, already famous; and
still a i trie further west toe simple magnifi
cence of the mighty Missouri. In comp (risen
With th“ great river, the famous Tiber and
the oried Thames seem only as little brooks.
The lilac Hills region, with its mountain
scenery, its parks, fine forts s, gulches and 1 l*
r 1 vines, affords for Americans a Switzerland
at home; while the en less quantity and
great variety of game noon the plains and in
thi‘ mountains are attractions which have no
counterpart in Europe or elsewhere.
In the immediate future, when the ( Jncn-
. go. Milwaukee & Nt. Paul Railway shall
| stretch its iron limbs across the broad prau
I of tb< Missouri valley anil up the
of the Black Hills country, th
301th of pleasure and of wonder
ithin thirty to forty hours’ ride of Chicago,
for w hich he might elsewhere search in vain.
Tin* existence of these scenes is a fact that
ought to lie brought home to and liorne in
the American mind, a fact calculated to
Warm up our national pride and exalt our
patriotism.
Fried
'll paid
1 t, dear
Teat no .s
of your
;?’ ‘Not at. all,’ she replied, ai
ge to her heroism. ‘I know 1
liss, whether to admire more the ,
f your heroism or the ge .1 rosity
empathy. Whit* you are in t n n-
■If, your t-ndor interest goes tor.
>untryswi mien in what y >u belie
irtiue. Be comforted, dear miss
uish of a squeezed foot is le t coi
1 that of a waist so cruelly
ours, and the sequences, ai r
lpared.’ It human bod
great and happy country are made like ours
in China, certainly, Mr. Easy Chair, i must
acknowledge that in heroic endurance of the
cruehy of fashion your country is indeed
preeminent.’' *
•Ve to b
: the an
niparabt'
I'.filled
utterance upon hi
of ill s portent an
it. and the clouds
em bo tin; it. it. 1 m
trrativi
mu
that engird!,
s niplv reei e
toj
mi or or prevar
native vai-ie as
.O in epic rhaj
t, in nn re pedes
doke. But will
■herd- * f brown
•loud ni is-, wit!
nt hold an.l i:
Vcup. "«<
misi-ted
arth-nut-
salad?
applm
The
fro.:
last.
.Sing
iry tin:
yEI'N.'N KI>ETT
lit-,lit
rom C:
mi |
HllW SI»«- C.IHH
dfHcr I
with littli
aistom of
■hoi
II:
After the
pe sts rate-1
-sticks, ac-
•on ml |
and dun
V-Slii
dace
with vv 11
WOK IIS I A S A'Ci MPK.
| slopes
! shall liml a vvt
golden
> tourist
I Hint riomc of tGrrat lien ol
j Fiirtli Ilct I lie Si iiig o!' Ter
rors.
Progressiliul Economy
Brown."—Our people of the South, feel
ing tiie spur of the progressive spirit, are
gradually pulling up out of the old ruts of
ruinous practices into the more economic
paths pointed out by science, and by which
alone they can hope to attain prosperity. But
there is still a large amount of pig-headed
ness among 11s. There are still many farmers
who think it is flying in the face of Provi_
deuce to “doctor” their land, to put their bees
in improved hives, or exchange their long
snouted, long-legged swine for better breeds.
And there are housewives—industrious and
excellent ladies—who wdll look at you with
calm, superior pity, if you undertake to in
form them that chemistry has anything to do
with cooking. Just hint that they are ex
travagant in their kitchens, and they will
overwhelm 3*011 with indignation. Extrava
gant indeei! They are models of economy.
bit of rice and
Don’t they buy
Don’t they measure every
flour that they give
” butter because it is not eaten up so
lasts longer? And don’t they
• bones and scraps for the
are disgusted when you ex-
lost by ignorant and
that when they make the
stroii
fast, and so
save all tii
pigs ? They arc
plain that much is
wasteful cookery
pot t oil and bubble like a small geyser, in
order to get dinner quickly, they thereby
cause the meat not only to lose its flavor, but
to part with a large proportion of its nutri-
tritive qualities—with the rich, nourishing
juices that are sure to be carried off in such
rapid ebulition. They cling to the tradi
tions of cookery established by our black
Dinahs who reigned supreme in the kitchen
before “freedom come,” and maintain that
in cooking, so a tiling is “done,” it docs not
matter how it arrived at that condition;
though it is plain to an ordinary understand
ing that the process used in cooking should
be that which best conserves and retains the
juices of animal and vegetable food—which
juices are needed to supply to the body ele
ments wasted and consumed by the act of
living, of breathing, moving and thinking.
These good housewives, who, like the Bour
bons. “forget nothing and learn nothing,”
make a point of having everything “done,”
and if done in a hurry, then all the better.
They are loud in complaining of“hard times”
‘i&t^dflMlflSffing form of food, which consti
tutes the chief sustenance of the working
clase in Europe. A leg of mutton, that if
slowly stewed with vegetables wtmld form a
nourishing meal for a large famfly, they pro
ceed to waste liv tiakinir “br-nwn ” or l»v ..111
1,(union Globe.
Queen Elizabeth, at the end of a most pros
jierous reign, begun amid
ir s and many
difficulties that were overcome by bold meas
ures and prudent councils, died exclaiming,
“All my possessions for a moiuetrt-of time ”
George IV. met death with almost a jest up
on his li]is. Turning to Sir Walter Waller,
on* whose arm he leaned, he said: “Watty,
what is it ? It is death, my boy, and they
have deceived us.” The Danish Sovereign,
Frederick V., greatly beloved liy Iffrsubjects,
cried, “There is not a drop of blood on my
hands,” as be passed away. ^1UJG' VIII.,
who had altered the whole mmJk yionas-
tic life in England, exclaimed,• ‘Monks!
Monks! Monks!” Edward VI ,4the wan.
boy King, with his fast-fading eyes, com
mended bis soul to God, “Dor 1,. take my
spirit;” and Cromwell, as he listened to the
discourse of those ntiout him, said, “Then l
am safe,” and wes silent forever.
The last words of Charles I. on the scaffold
to Archbishop Juxon was “Remember,” re
ferring to his desire that his son Charles should
forgive his father's murderers. Anne Boleyn,
in the same terrible situation, clasped her
fair neck, saving, “It is small, very small:”
and Sir Thomas More, us he yielde 1 himself
to the executioner, said, with sorry wit,
“For mv coming down let me shift for my
self,” Joan of Arc at the stake, ended her
eventful, stormy life, with 1
none upon her lips, as hrnv
Wolf, who, dying in the midst
the battle-field, and liearin
retreat, cried, “What
ar Saviour 1 !
as (Jeneral
. of victory on
; -f the enemy’s
do they rim ulivadv ?
uf-
Then 1 die happy;” or Sir Philip Sidney
ter he had relinquished the draught of water
to an humbler comrade, though parched
with thirst, turned him round to die, saying,
“Let me behold the end of this world with
all its vanities.”
Miralieftii desired to <li ■ while delicious
strains of music floated on the gir, nut. his
last utterance was a demand for ‘laud'inuni
to drown pain and consciousii. .ss; L-eloz irt’s
last words were, “Let me hear it!we more
those no e.s so long my solace and delight:”
but Haydn, forgetful of his art, crie I, “G xl
preserve my Emperor.” Alticri'ssympathet
ic nature displayed itself in the words.
“Clasp my hand, dear friend, I die;’’ C
cries, “Light, more light.” 'fast
maims, Do,mine;” Byron, “Come, come, no
weakness; let’s lie a man to the last; 1 must
sleep now.” And those who saw his em
balmed body in I82.J, when brought to Eng
land from Missoloughi in the Florida, and
removed to Nir Edward KnatehbuU’s house
in Great George street, where the coffin w;xs
opened, describe the face as of marble white
ness, tiie expression that of-tin quietude,
Ling wrapped in his blue-cloth cloak, the
throat ami head uncovered, crisp, curling
locks, slightly streaked with gray, clustering
over the temples, the profile
ii-smiit'
;>* ill - ii
at urn of u
hopeless to
no longer upon th s
work; nor yet upon ft
or. dili “ and roavinoi
mocking cynic whose
from the middle bi-
and the gl miour 0/ ti:
g-r long; liti 1 must
glorv of the work, tin
seriousue-s of its inmi
figures in the foregr- u
I hardly dare trust m
patient 1 >ver in flight
ing maiden, no d
110
•it s 1 r.
ig prt
irdon
nd purpl
d r unn 1 ul;
exqu sil
iia: ihik.-x, it were
uds. I must dwell
1 n of toe a: list’?
but utt -rly
neat of th
igh. reechoes
Irse tiling-
1 to lin
a.t, -r
aitin
nd I. ind
•ri'I can us
quentiy 1
nn try.
die banquet.
• he time when.
Mi
•Dili!
ill till
ms sty
i:i
;if h
tt: Hi
nt was
Ilex.
ot til
■ gc
laslen on to
, ledge (I wri!
ltalitv —til- ■ t
d, Of these, how-
self t.o speak. N<
vjr.h wi ling or 1111
k-broiveit Pluto le-si
•uief h ,
-ingers
I v and
t in all
. H vi
ever.
ill horn 's lollllf.
0 music. A gi
fen <1. all p.'-.l
destly at ir-l/
eould' scarcely
is; it was hard
1 is, In
.a vi
y rubbed
eat satis-
.-nterta in-
lie occupied in
nf players anu
mg girls, ne.it-
ir} 1- rformance,
been more hi
tter than a se
al'.
into Possi-
si [dirt liar.
[Boston Herald.;
Burdett-Coutts, known as t!
ly-'h- irninan in England, and as a
r-b liberality' in the distribufi >n of her vast
realth as to commend her to the adnyration
f the civilized world, came info the pns-'-x-
■1 for une in a very interesting man-
rill-
in-
his Proserpine from
form Zeus aswim 1
E-uopa 011 his back,
ing in the capture 1
treated by the gr.- o
Mr. Priggins has tr<
t.tiis noble picture.
SSUS “Xlllt-
■c.t in
ry 1
a die strait
no centaur
if a Dejanira, has
est of ancient mn*te
ate I the same suli j
Conceu ion and exi
tion, line and color, at'itu in and uiovein
all are perfect. The delicate curves of
rapt one’s form, recalling in some my.stei
wise the contours'of the minstrel’s viol; the
sober-heeii, as of tarni-hed silver, of her
robe; t esweeping curve of her lover’s figure,
tiie fantastic bhie-and-white araliesipie, |
pounded with such assured exquicieuess
tracerv in his dre-s—these ire but. a few
the beauties which enthra 1th- mos
lessly alighting eye. Its deeperma
it-elf only to deeper and raiir
study. But, as for that,
critic’s duty to wait the i
pied public. It is better to spe;
at once, and to say that we have in Mr. Sym
phony Priggins a master as
greatest; and in this picture tin
of a master; and in this cpisoil
ture the masterstroke of a ma
piece. The sublimity of Buena
otic fervor of U dl'u-!!-. the r.re out msimper-
uosit.v of Sandro Botticelli, tiie correggi :s,ty
of Correggio, have never raised they! mas
ters to higher heights th
has attained in this tra
of the Dish running awn .
The ar ist, like some others of Id- oral
as i - k- own, a poet of
and lie has set forth th
picture in the fo!lowin_
motto 011 its frame:
A BALLAD OF HICH ENDEAVOR.
All, night! blind germ of days to 1
Ah, me! ah. m ■!
(Sweet Venn-, mother!)
»Vh.it wail of Slur ten string- hear tt
All, tu ! ah, me!
H(-v diddle dee!
harmoai
ries of yells, howls amt .-eret
l-ythni an ! without- time. Ti
were a worthy accompaniment
wr tehed vi.iiins, of which the string:
entangling the bows; harsh guitars covere-
witli snake-skins: shrill ciarinm-t.-, and har
monicas .-ill out of nine, like diminutive por
table pianos. Toe girls had
into tie- mom by
strume
1 the chorus:
kept
s to prefer the si mpl
i .'.liss Coutts to that of Baronesss <’mitts', con
ferred upon her by Queen \ ictorm in 1871
in consideration of her munificent pub.i-
charities. .Miss Couits lived in rather strait
; eneil circumstances during her earlier 3 ears
1 inheri'iug n<> prop rty from iier rich grand
I father, Thomas Coutts, the eminent bankei
I burn in 17! 1. At the death of his tiro ue
f’e er. Mr. Coutts assumed the entire dire.
hich under his control, ro-i
ries, without. ; - ...
1 tion of the firm,
irs h-gkest prosperity. He was a
r. benevolence, and hospitality
his friends some of th
a n wi
man in in inner
1 j and counted anions
. 1 first literary men and actors of his day. * "'•-*>
* after his settlement in London he married
n.j.i'.’ l' Eliz.beth Starkey, a girl of humble origin
,n, .... , ver y happily together, and had
Susan, who married the Earl
ces, who married the Mar-
similar character, and
performances the ..
•" ] somely pai-i, were enthusiastically applaud-
“ "J ; od, and allowed to depart and gain fresh
v ‘’I laurels from other aud.ences. After the con-
•are- 1 was over the party rose from their seats,
; <■ yields . -3,,,] having in'erciianged a few cereiiioiiioiis
reverent , sentences, passed to another tabl". Here
it is no part of the W ere laid six covered cups, each embossed
.-isure of -i pri-oecu- j jth portrait of Bodhid-harama, the cede-
ik th" truth ; 1, ra ted Buddhist monk, standing 011 his le- 1
in Mr. Lyui- . I1V vv The cups were already full
reat as the | (> f boiling water, and each member of the
party was provided with a pinch of tea,
which he put into the cup, without sugar,
and at. once drank off the infusion. Anil
what tea it was! Europeans would have ex
claimed in wonder at its flavor, but these
cornu i.-sseurs sipped it slowly, with the air
of men who duly npprecia'e.l its quality.
They were all men of the upper class, liand-
j somely attired in huiichaols, a kind of tiii
I shirt, vuiroanls, or short tunics, and h
,s > long coats buttoned at il
■t. were yellow slippe
•ks, by silk lire
1 -1 round the wais
their eh. st they wni
if this pic
e's ma-tcr-
itti, the po-
Pri
-cendent rend
with the S110
:gm-
ian pret -tisions:
■ meaning ot' hi:
which form tin
n/s,
side. On their
pers and openwork
ciies that were f is
hy tassel led scarfs;
- a kind of stomarh-
sequ
d mghtt
Coutt
disii
it re
Ab
.Id,
irately
1 vied ii
nl.ro
u tie
den
•iru
in silk. Ele
V E
mt
i-s ol* Re|mrter«i.
BY XElVTOX THOMAS.
111!- ladv m
' he
“In tm
; met
■a llv.
Aii, me! ah,
Dum di
dl-
ii th’dark?
hivui
-eed to waste by baking “brown,” or by cut
ting tiff the meat and frying it brown (fry
ing in lard is their specialty), and throwing
away the lame. Tl eir stews are meats lioiled
to rags, comparatively flavorless and innu-
tritive. They know nothing of the slow-
simmering “stock pot” always found on the
beauty. Boileau cougratulnf-,
nas never written «n-. V.; 0 u*- .
tue;” and Sir Walter ffott,fitjl;
said, “I feJi
as if I
end so near
again”
Dr. Johnson, the rough, kind heart, who
loved a good hater, died as he said (to Miss
Morris, “God bless you. inv dear,". Wash
ington, dying at Mr. Vernon, cried, “It is
well.” Franklin’s last words were: “A dy
ing man can do nothing easily ” Mad. de
Stael, whose sorest trial was libr enforced ali-
sence from her native land, died, savin" “I
. .. —o - -.-j ’ '"i...-. .a. imo j have loved my God, my father and°niv
stoves of the French, by means of which a I liberty.” 3 • " -
sinaH piece of meat is made to supply a nour- I Hannah More’s last words were- “Patty—
‘ ‘ n “«-- “ D ” Haller, “Thear-
r, 1 .';i.u.s, “Independence
frying, | forever; Jefferson, “1 resign my soul to
What profits it to ris
Ab. me! ah. me!
Sweet Venus, mother!
If love lint over-soar its mark,
(Ah, me! ah, me!
Hey diddle dee!)
What boots to fall again forlorn?
Ab, me! ah. me!
Sweet Venus, mother!
Scorned by the grinning hound of
(Ah, me! ah me!)
Dum di Idle dee!
art less?
Art thou not greater win
Ah, me! ah, me!
,Love iulfi'- d of low succes§i!
AO one, W- imagine, would ha- 3 bee
enough 1-0 have m ss.-,! the ailey .rvo
Prigginss great picture even without
f n 0 ' , ' l 7' ; l,ut nia| ty. perhaps, wiii
fully leel H after this its setting-forth in
felt music matched with noble words."
vess
His rac-
L*t, both in
He is ex-
.‘r 1 --- ■ ”**“*'*' a m>ui- 1 nannao More s last words v
ishiiig meal; nor would they care to know, 1 joy;” Grotius, “Be serious ” h
having noopiuion of “foreigneering ways.” i tery ceases to beat;” Adanis ‘
There is still more waste in “frying,” | forever;” Jefferson, “1 resign my soul to
whK-h, as we have said, is considered by our ; God, my daughter to iny country •” Locke
Bourbor-hke matron as her specialty. Who to Lady Maslmm, who was reading The
lias not been cruelly deluded into the antici- Psalms, “Cease now;” and poor Lamb after
pation of a nice breakfast by the apetizing the most self-sacrificing existence
odor of t.llJlt nf. Iniurfh onnmv fo — .1.. a... _ u • . > <i.r . .1
odor of lieef-steak that at length comes to
the table looking and tasting like strips of
sole leather fried in grease ! This is the nice
wrote his
A VOI TIIFl i, TRAIEIiIiEr
Only Four Year* Old and Uonml
■•rom Phicago to Kan Frau,
dwco All Alone.
The siiorth ind \\ riter caun
if he u-e hi ; art only meeli.-mi
ul ties must he kept ever on ti:
taking and in transcribing no
, erted to correct eirors without in any way
changing the effect intended by the speaker,
and to give to the written speech a finish awl
elegance which tiie spoken address seldom
possesses, ilis knowledge must be great and
vari il, as lie often reports addresses in which
constantly recur obstruse statements and
technic-ilities, in which, if he happen to miss
a word, or misread it in transcribing, the
whole sentence will be thrown into confus
ion. in such cases the reporter’s tearing
only can save him from ridiculous blunders.
In this article awl others I propose giving a
few naratives of reporter’s . dstakes and
achievements gleaned from American and
English shorthand periodicals.
“There are some exceedingly ludicrous
luisi nkes made by novices in the transcrip
tion of notes, bl .mutinies they come fro u
i
i,v Ars
>ne l tteily oblivious to this guide a re-
1 -'V am hv'lVlt l * el ebrated Dr. Bcthunesay:
deduction,”
;^o,,lyec..lesiasticffily 1 a‘V;‘ t ^; i ^!, b1 ^
|dher lecturer once quoted the Miltoni.
v,. Iiiati-.il of the regulations of that prison
He doubtless transmitted io his celebrated
daughter m.-uiv of his benevolent virtues.
Soon afier tiie death of Mrs. Coutts in 18a i,
Mr. Coutts fell in love with the beautiful and
accomplished Miss Harriot Mellon, a very
popular actress in cotiedy in the early part
of this century. This lady was born in 177a,
an-1 was so much younger than her opulent
su t r that she declined the match, represent
ing that the forty-four years’ difference in
their ages la ton gri at a barrier to be sur
mounted. The enamored millionaire, how
ever. persi-; -1 n Ills suit, and Miss Mellon be
came 'he happy wife of Mr. Gout's. In eon-
t ie violent (iiiposibon of his three
■ his union with Miss Mellon, Mr.
keriteil them, awl made his wife
-s ef his colossal fortune at his
death. About five years after the death of
Mr. Coutts, the widow married the Duke of
St. Albans. Grand Falconer of England, who
was much 1 ounger han Mrs. Coutts. At her
deatu she left the Duke an income of $50,00(1
a year and a life-intrest in some landed es
tates. With this exception, she. from a del
icate sense of justice, bequeathed the entire
fortune which she derived from Mr Coutts to
I bis granddaughter, Angela Burdett. youngest
1 (laughter of Sir Francis Burdett.
The Ducliefs of St. Albans, in bequeathing
her fortune to Miss Angela Burde’t. desiied
h r to take the name of Couits. This lady
was bom in ISr-i, and received the vast leg
acy of $2o,eoo,ooO in i.8f>7, -inee which time
siie iats been conspicuous for her charitable
deeds and humanitarian schemes. Her liber
ality in establishing a corps of nurses under
Flortnee Nightingale, in the Crimean war, is
familiar to ev -ryone. She is said to spend
her entire income, $i.oco,Ooo or $ 1,200,oco a
year in her philanthrojiie projects. She is an
unfailing friend to the poor, a protector of
dumb animals, a founder 'if churches awl
schools. In 1847, ten years after obtaining
her fortune, she endowed a church, with par
s'mage and schools attached, in Rochester
Row, one of the most neglected parts of Lon
don. She also established the drinking foun
tains, which are such a blessing to weary
pedestrians; also the coffee saloons, which are
such aids to the temperence movement. She
is so much revered and beloved by all classes
that the very populace, when exaperated by
poverty to extreme measures of violence, pro
tected th<- home of Miss Coutts, and declared
that no hand should be raised against the
peace of their benefactor, This beneficent
lady, who has spent her wealth so fre-ly for
th ^iB?'aVSt'4« e Rt '.^.i) u n;a-n,welfare- is 1-y no
•Dortunitv (nviui 1, ' p . lni - bus an op-
^rtmflty gave,, W S =
'b(‘-( hesoforeby portal's in en-
coup-
1
South and re-entering t^Tha'mS, trtkaT/
moflioils stpflniAK 1- .
last words to a friend, “My bedfefows are
cramp and cough—we three sleep ii a tied. ”
Bishop Broughton’s last words were: “Let
: .- ------— , _ 1.1 uuvnnm s last worus were: Is'
bt own steak which so grieved the soul and .• the earth be filled with His glorv ” Arch
spoiled the digestion of Horace Greely in his bishop Sharpe, “1 shall be happy ” Bishoi
iluoliii'iul tliot lio I ITon H/IaiIL ...III 1 _ 1 « “ J. * *
.— — 0 in inn : nisnop onarpe, "I shall t
last visit to the South. He declared that he Ken, “God’s will lie done;” Farr ’ Cranmer
admired the Southern people. They were | Hooper and George Herbert, “Lord receive
hospitable and genial; they were admirable, | my spirit;” and these are but few <f ninnv
but their cooking was not. Their steak was such iitti-nim-iK ti. i>„; c-
but their cooking was not* Their steak was
especially execrable; it was lumps of meat
fried in lard till black, tough and indigesti
ble—and that, too, in Texas, where he ex
pected to lie regaled on juicy chops and
steaks tenderly but perfectly broiled with
such art that one piece satisfies the appetite
(by supplying greater nourishment) more
fully than a dozen strips that have had ail
the juices dried out of them by lieing carried
through t hat process (the pride of the Bour
bon cook) called frying brown. *
such utterances. The Prince Gonsirt con
firmed the impression that prevailsthat the
dying have sometimes a foretaste o coming
happiness. “I have such sweet tlmghts "
were the last words of a most noble ife ’
A Model Art Criticisn.
[Appleton's Journal.]
A Word to Plensare Necking
Anioricitn*.—Some of our worthy con
temporaries say, trips to Europe would be
fewer and farther between if the American
people would do themselves the simple jus
tice of realizing the great wealth of romantic
and magnificent scenery in which their own
country so lavishly aliounds. In works of
art and ruins wrought by time, Europe cer
tainly excels; but to us it has always been a
source of wonder why Americans wish to
roam abroad in search of natural beauties,
while they leave untasted the many sweets
prepared at home by nature for their delec
tation. Besides the great natural features of
America, the scenery of Europe dwindles
into littleness. We have lakes larger than
European kingdoms; mountain ranges, for
length the great empires of the old world
eould not find sufficient room, and rivers far
longer than the greatest length of Europe.
Northwestern Iowa and Dakota Territory
abound in scenery calculated to invite and
delight the lovers of the romantic and beau
tiful in nature. Along the line of the Ghi-
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, lie the
lakes of Northern Wisconsin. Glear Lake
is already fa mous for its sylvan shades, its
pleasant bathing places and its mammoth
camp meetings, while the lakes of Dickinson
county, Okoboji, Spirit Lake, and the numer
ous smaller sheets of water that be-gem the
suiTounding region, with their fringes of (
A ('hintiman's Opinion
American Fashions. — The Easy
Chair of Harjier gives a talk lietween him
self and a distinguished Chinaman concern
ing the relative greatness of their national
institutions. The conversation took place at
a ball, and when the bland celestial had si
lenced his interlocutor in boasting in the
matter of political superiority, the Easy
Chair rocked away to a lighter part of the
question, and, as it thought, a safe one,
and deplored the weakness with which Chi
nese soeiety clung to the absurd customs of
an effet e age. At the same time, the Chair
extolled our progressiveness in this res
pect. The lemon-visaged courtier is report
ed to have answered thus:
“ I cannot deny your greatness; far be it
from me to question your superiority. It
was but yesterday evening that I attended a
social assembly which was described to me
as a full-undress party, and as I entered and
tieheld many of the other sex, I was struck
by the accuracy of the description. As I
promenaded through the brilliant throng
with one of the loveliest of your young per
sons of that sex, she said to me, with a be
witching smile, ‘Dear Mr. Altangi, is it true
that Chinese women squeeze their feet for
beauty? How very funny!’ She panted as
she spoke, and I saw that her body was evi
dently encased in some kind of rigid and un
yielding garment, and that her waist was
surely not the waist of nature. I gazed as
intently as decorum would permit—for I am
but a student of cities and of men—and I
was sure that my lovely companion’s body
was more cruelly compressed than the feet
of my adorable country-women, and her
panting breath was but evidence of the jus
tice of my observation. I asked her with
sympathy if I could not call some compan
ion to relieve her, or, if the case were urgent,
whether I could not myself offer succor.
The “Athemvum” recently descriKl a new
picture by Reset ti—“The Lady at he Win
dow”— “a profoundly pathetic expeition of
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Some months since it became the province
of the city editor ot the Xonpareil to meet a
little nnss at the Union iCific den ,t in
Counc. Bluffs, who was oniv nine years .il,'
and who was then on her way from Sun
Liverpool, England, “all by
herself. The scribe considered tiie you,,-
ladj quite a remarkable traveller, a courd,-,'
part of whom he considered it difficult to
Yesterday, however, he had the pleasure
of meeting a young lady traveller who™
sidermg her age, was undertaking even a
greater trip. Fhe little one was Miss Bertha
Bartle.,t, the four-year old daughter of Geii
J.J Bartlett of San Francisco The scribe
found this little miss comfortably eto„eed
in a I oilman sleeper on the incomino- Burline
ton passenger .* ° . . .£>
But come thou goddess fair and free.
In heaven yclept Eupbrosyne-
the shorthand writer
< >h come, thou goddess fair and free
In heaven she crept and frozi her knee ”
“And froze her knee!” That was pretty
ntmi.,f;,w. ^ LHlttl law for
ppoiiiting court reporters in this country
words?** inquisitive spouse in these
siiiL’s commodious steamer lay^ IZkZiT
fUged her kindly 2t!o, ' ** had lon ^
SPECIAL KEATIoa.
ton passenger yesterday morning. And she
was traveling “all by herself” from Chicago
^r.in l T’ Francisco.” The
j « p.uumii'uy jiiibHtfLK* PXpC
the motive of a passage in Hants ‘Vita
u *y Nuovn,’ ” and permitted itself to md
, and permitted itself to indio-e in a
strain of comment of which the lliowino-
sentences afford a good exariiple; “he pro”
fluidity_of the pity which is markeso dis
tinctly in the eyes and lips is in keeper with
the deep sympathy of that womnhood
which, although it has rqiened, is incmplete
l'iiis incompleteness, or rather this hysicai
and mental expectancy and insnfflency -if
self, is impressed by nature on thesr.pn'.ous
loveliness of the lad3*, andstprajl vt ’'hosifp-
press<*d langor of her broa-VF j n t i, e
potentialities of passion renderdc'i'^Sn in the
morbidezza of her marble-like eheel which
have been refined in form and blaihed in
tint by the urgency of imperfect* love ”
This effusive outburst led the Pall Itf) ad-
zette to print the subjoined amusg bur-
AXOTHER IMMORTAL PICTURI
Of the central figure of this great 'irk—of
the mighty minstrel whose strai have
sounded to such wonderous issue—it av snf-
fice to say that Mr. Priggins has reyted of
him with his usual resolute and unsinking
veracity. The theme is not one to *ch be
longs in any measure the vuality «loveli
ness ; but whatever charm of f orthriglcrafts-
mansbip, whatever force of downrig utter
ance can inform and innerye the caeption I
of the artist, is truly here. The riplayer
stands almost, but not quite, erect waved
to and fro, as it should seem, by the imiti-
gable might of Pan—a reed shakeoy the
passion-wind of creative minstrel He
grasps the finger-board of hisinstrimt with
I know not what of frenzied inter*- • the
bow is raised in act to fall upon theibrant
strings. The sacred fury of inspiijon is
visible in the contorted limb3 of thersioian
and in the parted lips (from which w«n al-
most, llAflr iecilincr tlin ui'rrhf .*
tram was in charge of conductor "Hawkins”
The httlem i P ° pU,Hr B «rlington employees.’
the little passenger was more particular!v in
the care of Pnliman Conductor F T Bake-
in whose care she was placed bv an aim-
lives at Chicago. The little four-year old s
an iMusually bright and attractive chihl an ?
proved herself a perfect little lady . «.n
duct She would visit the dinin'"
meal tmie and order her meals, payin’" for
them with careful punctuality. The little
miss carried a letter directed to the con due
tdi-s request.ng them to look after the
youthful passenger. On this letter all the
conductors through whose hands she passed
had w ritten their names, name of the road
SO pla r d HT reOM the mark of their
ticket punches. Miss Bertha said she w/ts
going to carry that letter to San Franck
nd give it to her papa. Ir» answer to the
question as to the attention shown her iiy
the ime° ad COnd 1 " c *P rs an<1 other employees
the little one replied that they were “nice
'?r Ve b ff n ever so kin, t to me ”
At tins place Miss Bertha was placed in
the care of the Pullman conductor on the
outgoing Union Pacific, and proceeded on
her long journey full of happiness, life and
The little one is doubtless the youngest
that «v f r undertook a journ^ ot
t at distance alone, and as a successful* ami
independent traveler she will doubtless long
lie remembered by all whom she met?,n he?
Come Phelie, don’t greet me so coldly-
il own that the hour is late)— "
For to-night my time I have given
lo serve my Country and State-
And when, at the dawn of the morniii"
1 he sun lights the orient sky, 0
kn m th.al .t,s bright beams reflected
\\ ill joyfully gleam in your eye.
I’ve always believed that my genius
U as fitted to brilliant shine
in spheres more exalted, by far. than
t lie codfish and mackerel line;
And this night has shown that I proudly
roll leal ufe can adorn:— J
A YooJIb! n'i'Y? n ' m ’ y ' ‘" re 11 istr,1 M t'ul.
1 ou 11 full} believe m the morn.
r I X ?r Y ° rk ,iews I >a i' el ' office is now com
plete without a puzzle editor. And he has to
have h,s brain half-soled once.a day. With
atr-atm.itand prompt attention to re-
pa.r*, a good puzzle-editor will l ast a weefc
e aie aery much in need of on
St'xx v South.
The
A grand convocation of freemen
Assembled to-night in tile square
Anil voices of eloipient speakers
H ere borne on the euiil evening air
And I too, was called to the rosfram!
And then, with a magical power.
1 warned of the dangers that threaten
In crises like that of the hour.
gushins
A C'HIA'ESB RAA<(| ET.
TIa> .? g . f ! ts '‘ nlue to niy brain like the
Gi oil from Petrolia’s spring-
;i S Si L e ’ the tl,roats ot People
vv ith Cheers made the atmosphere ring
I saw, too, a dozen reporters
All writing with faces aglow
In queer looking pot-nooks and’hangers,
1 he words ot my eloipient flow.
I took them all, after the meeting
. A','' asked tht’ni to help me to drain,
At Redly s a half-dozen Littles
Of sparkling Veuve Clicquot champagne.
Mj speech m the mom will be printed; ”
I b., y Pvtwpects of greatness are bright:
^ You 11 share in my srlorv
So kiss me, my sweetness—good night.
The series of musical entertainments given
> Professor and Madam Nebulize and their
pupils was greatly enjoyed by the large“u
.lienees that filled the opera house. The s^
lections were in the finest taste and the per
formance of the pupils, their nice touch ex
ce lent tune and expression, proved that they
had been taught by superior artists The
chorus composed of the pupils in vocal music
and some of the best voices in the city reil
dered \ onVV eber’s grand mass i„ G. with ad
mi rable smoothness and power. Amonv th
young lady pupils are two whose voices are
otbTr to e: ” ne f ° rrich n- sand length, th
other for exquisite purity, flexibility and
sweetness. It is needless to speak of the pe"
formal,ces of Profesor and Madam Schultze
lliere are no better artists in the south'
Trained 111 the musical conservatories of E u
rope, they are proficient in the best and new
est methods of interpreting music Td
Atlanta is fortunate in possessing them, even
for a time. Madam Schultze is a brilliant
composer as well as performer. The three
pieces of her composition, Soldier's Prayer
Song ot \ ictory, and Rondo Militaire. played
by her the other night, were as beantL to I
conception as in execution.
forth! w !Jsr notwhata day may brin *
As a substitute for table napkins, every one
was supplied with a considerable nimtei of
squares of paper figured over in varied de
vices. The chairs arranged round the table
were made with marble lacks, not so lux?
nous, perhaps, but more suitable to the cli
mate than ti e padded lounges in general use
elsewhere. Nothing could be more perfect
or s « rv « “ style, than the entire bam
t^t'he^iwcateringfor'conno^xseiire'seemed
fefeifs a-ss *«' 1
hoppers, dried fruits, and Ning-Po oi st.-i-s
Then followed successively, at short^i.iter-
vals, ducks, pigeons’, and peewits’ eg<»s
poached, swallows’ nests with mashed eggs
fricassees of ginseng, stewed sturgeons’ gills*
whales sinews with sweet sauce, fresh water
tadpoles, fried crabs’ spawn, sparrows’gz
IN THE morning.
VV liken, Phelie, sleep no longer;
See the joy we have in store;
Here s my paper with my speech in
Brought up from the area door
Sccmy name in towering ietters
Flaunting at the column’s head
^cvei-, tili this moment, did I
Think it would such lustre shed.
* .** ■"'vm.'swvu iv* h iiiumeni uy lawiul
flyuig figure, set down for ns with ehollv
lurid fidelity. Yet even here it slid l>e
noted that in the very storm and ass of
his embodiment of those wild iniagfe Mr
Priggings’s artistic composure has n.r for
a moment failed hint; that he cans turn
aside and cull and bind for us wliate flow
succor, asine ana euii ana Dina tor us wbateflow- 1 radix.1^ ,... i > x™.-»ii m
But she gazed at me as if I spoke a strange I ers of color-fancy may have sprun.,1Z- ra^'lh’e^nW^ !?nffL a ' Vn Vi S1 “ rr( , , .'' s ’« ^
language, and smilingly asked my meaning, neath his brush-still incline a purg^r to i fA,* lk h . 8 arl ><', ra<I
‘Dear miss, I said, ‘are yon not in grant suf- j all the subtile hue-harmonies thVgto? j ^telot« of
Hei-e Inflow the speech is printed •
I here s for me a grand career—
year ,n the legislature.
J hen in congress to appear.
Pshaw ! Here s only half a column,
V’t i know I had the power
lo bold that audience interested
In my words for near an hour.
Gracmns goodness! see what blunders'
Though I from the poet read
’ Sunbeams glittering”-they report me
Some beaus clattering,” to have said
I remarked that “able lawyers”
. t^teye their sanction to our cause;
• Able liars,” I am made to
»ay amid a “great applause
At the Opera House this Friday and Satur
day our people will have the pleasure of
witnessing the startling spiritualistic feats
of the Everett family. We have seen criti
cism of their performances in ,
and must conf£s we are ^ger to
Miss Everett, while blind-foffied, will dra.V
rrr‘ rtiC,e he ' d Up in tke audience and
the brothers will submit to being tied with
to^ m r V CO,,CeiVab,e «nd release
themselves in an incredibly short time ?
bo. , n “ «
our readers, no doubt, remenffier tbe^Iav ^
port Brothei-s, who, a few yeara ^ ‘
such a furor in our nudst! iff
are the origin ators of several of theff feate
and are the only peers they ever had Lv
erals of our citizens who have recently
toei and Jacks °nville te'tify ?"
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