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J. H. SEALS, -
EDITOR
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The White Plaint 0*-» Railroad.
It is 6aid that the statement that Capt.
Harry Hill had sold his interest in the White
Plains Railroad was a mistake. He oom
menced work in earnest on Wednesday last
with one hondred convicts. He is one of
the most energetic young men in the State,
and will posh this enterprise to an early
completion.
The Model Husband at Last
The model husband has been found at
Reading, Pa., and his name is Robstock
He sent his wife to Europe and kept her in
luxury until she runaway with another man,
Then he arranged with her for a divoroe,
that she might marry her new love, and in
bidding her good-bye, told her when 6he
wanted a true friend to let him know.
Mrs. Potter Brown Kicks.
Mrs. James Potter Brown, who became so
well-known throughout the oountry in con
nection with the poem of “’Ostler Joe,”
whioh she read at Mrs. Secretary Whitney’s,
in Washington, last winter, refused to read
a poem at am&tiDeein New York on Thurs
day in aid cf the Bartholdi statue fund be
cause her name had been plaoed on big
posters in connection with the names of
professionals. Her husband said he pro
posed to draw the line somewhere, and
drew it on the posters.
The Remedy for Anarchists.
There is soaroely a newspaper in the ooun
try which does not oondemn the Chioago
anarchists in unmeasured terms. The Bos
ton Herald, tor instance, sajs: “The only
thing whioh the ‘anarchists’ need to be
taught, in ‘short, sharp and decisive’ fash
ion, is that their principles and their meth
ods have no plaoe in this oountry, and will
be put down with a strong hand whenever
and wherever they are introduced. The ‘red
flag’ sang at Chioago should be given ooid
lead and cold steel.”
Two Popular Georgia Books-
“From Lincoln to Cleveland,” by Rev.
W. J. Scott, is having a flue sale and is re
ceiving high encomiums from the press and
from men of learning. Some distinguished
iiterateurs have pronounced it equal in style
to Macaulay’s best productions. Copies of
it can be had at the book stores of Atlanta,
or by Bending $1.25 to R6V. W. J. Scott, the
author.
"Auoukd ottb Wr.BW ", TOPS JX V
Gorman, Southern Methodist Publishing
House, Nashville, Tenn.
This is a handsome volume of travels by
a well-known Georgian and it is creating
quite a sensation among those who like to
read books cf travel. The scenes are des
cribed in a short and forcible style and the
brimming good humor of the writer keeps
the reader deeply interested all the while. It
is largely illustrated and contains engrav
ings of many scenes and places which are
of universal interest The introduction to
the volume bears the well-kDown signature
of Prof. H. A. Soemp, who gives the book
high commendation. We shall from time
to time make interesting extracts in the
Sunny South from this work. It is sold by
sucscription at $2 00. $2 50 and $3 00 A
letter with the subscript u.ii price addressed
to Col. J. B. Gorman, Talbotton, Ga., will
reoeive prompt attention.
The Savannah Prize Drill.
In the Savannah prize drill the first prize was
won by the Montgomery Greys and the second
prize by the Montgomery True Blues. In the
maiden prize the Vicksburg Southerns of Miss
issippi won the first prizj and the Gate City
Guards won the second. First prize band con
test to Centennial Band of New Orleans. The
boys are delighted and happy.
Father Ryan a Musician.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says that
Father Ryan, the Southern poet-priest, who has
just died, was a musician as well as a poet. He
would frequently go to the house of one of bis
parishioners and, telling the servant not to call
any one, would take bis seat at the piano. With
a cigar between his teeth, be would play and
Improvise for hours, and upon coming back to
the things of the world be surprised to find he
had spent four or five hours In perfect ignorance
of his surroundings.
The Mayor of Chicago and Mr- Moody.
The Chicago Journal says. It Is dne to Mayor
Harrison to state that Mr. Moody did not termi
nate his revival meetings In this city by bis or.
der. The closing of the Casino meetings was
Mr. Moody’s voluntary act.
The mayor has his hands full at present In
keeping down the mob. He is doing this effec*
tively, and deserves due credit aud fair treat,
ment at the bands of the press and of the com
munity.
$500,000 Should be Enough-
“Whan a man makes $500,000,” said Mr. Van"
derbilt on another occasion, not long before be
died, “be ought to be contented and settle dawn
to enjoy himself. That amount will give him all
the pleasure that a hundred times as much
could bring, and just as sure as be gets more
than tbat sum be will flud that, instead of get.
ting any pleasure at all, be has to devote all bis
time and all bis energy to trying to protect him
self. To own more than $500,000 will make any
man a slave.”
Temperance Work in Boston-
The New York Tribune says, some Idea of the
temperance work now doing In Boston under
the direction of the Law and Order League of
tbat city, may be gained by a perusal of our
Boston letter this morning. The association
has accomplished an Immense amount of good,
particularly In stopping the sale of liquor to
children and habitual drunkars. At one time it
was estimated that 15 ooo children frequented
liquor shops in Boston; now they are rarely
seen in such places. This is a line of reform
that only recently has received the attention it
deserves In New York. The Boston League is
doubtless greatly helped in its undertakings by
the “screen law” of Massachusetts, and New
York legislators might profitably Inform them
selves of the workings of tbat law.
A Governor who Knows His Duty.
Governor J. M. Rusk, of Wisconsin, has
shown, during the recent riots in Milwaukee,
conspicuous courage and executive capacity.
He made no terms with rebels against the pub
lic peace, but declared war against them at the
first revolt. Once having opened hostilities, he
pushed the fight with vigor. He gave the troops
orders to shoot when the rioters charged on
them, and to shoot rioters—not to shoot in the
atr. He had a Gatllng-gun ready to open on
their ranks if rifles had not done the required
work. It may be significantly added that the
Gatling-guu was not needed.
The Good Monuments Do
To erect a monument to one whose fame
is world-wide and imperishable seems, at
first glanoe, a work of superrogatioD
Though there were built to the came of
Washington ten thousand suoh structures as
that which pierces the clouds from the banks
of the Potomao, you would not render the
memory of that illustrious man any more
secure. So may it be said of hundreds of
others, who by noble thoughts or brave
deeds, so impressed themselves upon the
world’s history that the reoolleotion of them
cannot die. Why then tax human muscle to
shape the granite or marble shaft, when a
monument far more lasting has already been
ereoted? Not, we may answer with any
hope of impressing on the hearts of people
more impressively the reoolleotion of good
deeds or noble thoughts. Yet we will not
say that many hearts are not more strongly
touched by something that may be seen and
felt—by a pioture or a statue, than by a
poem or a sermon. But the great purpose
of ereoting monuments, is to give a tangible
form to a public sentiment. When Religion
builds magnifioent temples to the Deity
whose worship it enjoins, it evinces its po-
tenoy to control the thoughts and aotions of
men. When reverence for patriotism end
public virtue shape-i itself into oostly struct
ures, it cultivates the very qualities to whioh
it in offering homage. Building monumnnts
to the good is not a foolish waste of money.
They increase not the fame, nor make it
more scours ; but they educate the living.
From a people who daily look upon a statue
of some illustrious patriot the sentiment of
patriotism will not pass wholly away. It is
possible, however, to oombine in one what
shall be a memorial of the dead, and a per
petual souroe of benefaotion to the living.
An institution that shall carry down to pos
terity a great one’s name, while it is itselt
ever doing good, is the best monument that
can be ereoted. , #
The Hope oi Reform.
Old Nestor we are told, regarded the man
ner of men in bis latter age as greatly infe
rior to what he had known in his young
manhood, and was folly persuaded that
Achilles, Msnelaus, Diomede, and Ulysses
were the degenerative descendants of more
noble sires. It is natural for people to give
to the past a preference over the present.
It is quite as oommon for them to express
the deBire, and to some exteut cherish the
expectation that there will be a return to
what are called the good works of old. The
notion is very prevalent that in the early
days of our government men had fewer of
the trioks and manners of dishonesty than
now, and that they took office purely for
sake of the publio good, without regard for
personal aggrandizement. This is to a
large extent erroneous. There have always
been a few disinterested patriots, and a
great many who give self the preference
over the general welfare. In the aggre
gate, people are better to-day than they
ever have been. The great body of the peo
ple are more intelligently moral than they
have ever been in any other age. There never
has been a time when the seliishly ambitious
were less able to oarry out schemes of vil-
liany without opening the garb of virtue.
But though we are not worse, inf act rather
better than our ancestors, wo are far from
good. There is vast room for improvement.
There is a great need for reformation. We
need a more faithfol observance of the law,
and a more rigid adherence to its princi
ples throughout all the branches of the gov
ernment. But this reformation must start
from below—from tho people. They
Governor Rusk has shown tbat he knows how
to meet a threatening emergency. In such a
crisis what seems like cruelty Is the tenderest
sort of mercy. Dalliance with desperadoes and
cut-throats only inflames tii««rj<vage purposes
and re-enforces their uumbjf’ Sr. Decisive aud
Frc’^j^'enat'or ^Harris’ ^photograpji
Senator Harris and-the Bribe Takers.
Hu Picture in Bad Company.
Editob Sunny South : It is a time-honored
adage that ‘ Evil associations corrupt good mor
als.” It was my “copy” when an “old field”
school boy.
I have been a subscriber and have paid my
subscription for the Sunny South since its be
ginning. I have been anxious for its success.
I have appreciated the constant Improvements
you have made in its publication, especially Its
picture gallery. I have no objection to seeing
therein the portraits of distinguished men and
women of any clime, section or nation—those
whose conduct in life has given them such noto
riety as to justify the same.
I have been a partisan, but not a poli
tician. I have voted for and advocated, upon
the “stumu” and elsewhere, the Democratic
ticket because of the corruption of the R spubli
can party, as evidenced bv the records of the
party. I have never been an applicant for office,
either in the State or Federal Government, and
am not today. But I honor and revere the
names, aud will go to any reasonable extent to
protect tbe good name of those whom I have the
regat to believe honest and patriotic occupying
high places of trust HeDce 1 write this to pro
test against your Picture Gallery in your num
ber 548 of vol. x., issued April 24 b, 1880, be
cause you have the portrait of Senator I. G.
Harris, of Tennessee, alongside that of James
Pearson, Charles B. Waite, Henry W. Jaebne
and Thomas Byrnes. Up ju all of these parties,
except that of Senator Harris, rests a gloom.
Tney are overshadowed by a dark cloud of sus
picion of corruption, except perhaps Mr. Thus
Byrnes, a detective. Upon his ex-parte testi
mony Mr. Jaebne was arrested aud consigned to
a prlsouer’s cell. Before tbe committing court
there was no proof tending to establish bis guilt,
yet he was arrested upou tbe affidavit of a de
tective. I admit that was sufficient for the pur
pose of an arrest, because it was prima facie ,-
then his bond was fixed and given. Afterwards,
ou account of pretended foreknowledge of a
miserable old “fortune teller,” his bondsmen
surrendered him without tbe manliness to
tell the truth, why be did surrender him,
when every daily paper in the great
city of New York published their morn
ing and evening editorials of condemnation, as-
suming his guilt alone upon the ex-parte state
ment of a detective. Some going so tar as to
present him to their readers io the garb of a
couvict. Even the governor of the great empire
State, sent a message to the legislature then in
session, recommending the enactment of a law
providing for the sale of the franchise of the
serface railroad of Broadway, to the highest
bidder, all hypotbicated upon the ex-parte state
ment of a detective—a people as a class known
to be userul, but, at the same time wholly unre
liable. because actnaied by motives of gain.and
hence their testim juy unsupported, is not suf
ficient io justify conviction in any case. Yet,
notwithstanding these known principles, you
have associated the portrait of Senator Harris
of Tennessee with these accepted bribe-takers.
Is it to be Interred that Senator Harris is a bi lbfc
taker? I have uot the honor of a personal ac
quaintance with him, but his conduct during the
war, and his great learning and wisdom display
ed since then, lias been appreciated not only by
the people of Tennessee, but the whole coun
try. Do you sympathize with the partisan per
secution which has been put on toor. by the con
gressional investigation of the Pan-Electric
Telephone Company? The most wicked assault
that was ever made upou the high character of
great men for mean political purposes. Is it
because of Senator Harris’ connection as a
stockholder with that company that his portrait
is put along side with those of James Pearson,
Charles B. Waite, Henry W. Jaebne andTiios.
Byrne, in your picture gallery? Pictures are
silent but powerful arguments, and the argu
ment made by yonr Picture Gallery last week,
is that Senator Harris is a bribe-taker; there
fore, Mr. Garland is a bribe-taker. There is no
proof to sustain that charge, hence, if that be
what you mean, all good men should quit you;
if that is not wuat w*s inteuded, then hu expla
nation is iu order. Very truly you'-s & ■.
J R. McIntosh.
Meridian, Miss., April 26,18SU.
The Editor agrees with the author of the
above and regrets that the portrait of the popu
lar and distinguished Senator Harris should
have gotten into such bad company. But it was
wholly accidental and would not have been no
ticed by us bad it not been for this communica
tion. Our Portrait Gallery is gotten up by our
regular engravers and It just so happened tbat
There Is more tn sight—more ground for whs
f sav. than the wildest enthusiast could have
claimed of either of these cities ten years ago.
Wii.u improved means of intercourse, and nat
ural advantages of good climate, a strong and
liealty moral sentiment— there Is a chance lor
everybody with brains, energy or capital.
The people of Texas are eminently religious.
There is no State luthe union where church go
ing facilities are more highly prized, or where a
larger proportion of the citizens are members of
church organizations. Almost every denomina
tion is represented here, both with churches,
Sunday Schools and pastors.
We feel under many obligation* to these ele
gant and cultured people for their liberal pat
ronage and appreciation of otir great Southern
literary paper—the Sunny South
Makie Wright.
OUR PARK me.
Sarah Bernhardt’s Last Per
formance.
Fashion Notes from Worth.
fSpecial correspondence of the Sunny South.]
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Last night Madame S trail Bernhardt gave
her last performance in Paris for over a year.
She will leave next week for London where she
will give one or two performances prior to sail
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Every Profession Overcrowded but One
It seems as if everything in business and
profeesional life were overcrowded at the
present time,” said an ex-merchant the oth
er day. “Take tbe shoe business, for exam
ple, in whioh I was engaged for many years.
There is no money in it now, and there has
not been for several years. There are so
many stores, and competition is so hard,
that margins are out down to the very low
est possible point. And it seems to be abont
the same way with every other line of trade.
I really feel sorry for young men who have
to make the struggle that is now required to
establish themselves in business. It is bound
to be a hard, disoouraging work for several
years at the best. And in professional life
it is even worse. Every avenne is literally
crowded with earnest, bright, ambitions
yonng men who are struggling for a foot
hold. The shifts whioh many of them have
resorted to and the self-denial they are
obliged to undergo are sometimes pitiful.
Agriculture appears to be about the only
thing that is not over-done.
Pretty Women on Street Cars.
“Pretty women are the pest of my life.” A
grizzled street car conductor made this alarm
lng confession to me the other day, says a New
York reporter. A look over the make-up of the
gentleman would never have led to tbe suspi
cion that he was tbe victim of tbe fair sex’s per
secutions. “It’s this way,” said he: “Just as
soon as I get a pretty woman aboard this car
begins to fill up. Two pretty women will fill a
car anywhere from* the Battery to Harlem on
two minutes’ notice. PeoDle can talk all they
please about New York men being rude to the
ladies; it isn’t so. Why, 1 fairly shudder wnen
I get near tbe shopping district. It doesn’t
make aBy difference if every seat In my car Is
empty, in will skip some good-looking girl, and
before I get two blocks further on a crowd will
be standing up holding ou to tbe straps because
tbere Is not room enough for them all to sit
dowu. I believe tbere Is a regiment of men on
Broadway wbo have no other programme than
to climb into cars where pretty women are. No,
they are uot men who might be called ‘mash
ers ;’ they don’t stare anybody out of counte
nance or show Impudence of any sort. It seems
only their object to get near a handsome wo
man without ever intending or hoping to attract
the woman’s attention. It’s a queer freak, but
every trip shows how sure it is to be displayed.
It would pay tbe street car companies to hire
good-looking women folks to ride around—just
as a bait for passengers, you see. Every car
would be loaded down.”
Tbe Chicago Socialists who favor the "ab
olitionof private capital” would change
their prinoiplee if they began to deposit
their earnings in a savings bank instead of
a beer shop.—Boston Herald,
Two Northern LoverS'in Florida-
When Miss Woolson chose a onoe grand,
bnt long delayed estate in the old Spanish
settlement of east Florida as the locale for
her story of “East Angels” she gave prom
ise of something full of poetio beauty. Nor
has she disappointed this expectation.
Nothing finer has appeared in our literature
for a long while. Now this semi-tropical
portion of onr country has become so muoh
a land of promise both to health-seekers
and money-seekers, there will be a curiosi
ty felt by many to know wbat pictures she
has given of the home of tbe guava and the
orange. But it is of tbe people not places
that the authoress sets herself to write, and
these are not Floridians, though she has
them moving and acting in Florida. In
Garda Thorne,—who wo at first supposed
was to be the heroine—there is such a mixt
nre of blood, as we might expeot to find in
one born where Spaniards and Englishmen
had successfully held sway aud where more
lately the keen New Englander had gone in
pursuit of pleasure or gold. For awhile we
speculated as to wbat the authoress was go
ing to make of this artless, impulsive child
of nature. Bat soon all interest becomes
concentrated in the fierce struggle between
love and duty that is going on in the breast
of Margaret Harold. From the very outset
we feel snre that duty will triumph;—that
the fair yonng woman, whose firm moral
balance is the crowning of her loveliness,
will prove stronger than the man who gains
her hitherto unpossessed heart. Bnt we
hoped all along that she might remain true
to the vow that had been given without her
love, and yet in the end be happy. Again
and agBindid we think that the vain, weak,
faithless husband was to be removed by
some accident of field, fire or blood, and
leave her free to marry tbe one whom she
loves and by whom she is beloved with a
passionate devotion. The authoress most
have known tbat all her readers craved snob
and ending, and snob an ending “poetio jaa-
tioe”demanded. Bnt she chose rather to drop
the enrtain on her, still suffering with pa-
tienoe, and showing the sublimity of grow
ing strong through suffering. • ,
The Georgia Minstrels Frightened
As the curtain rose on the Georgia minstrels
at Empire Hall, Grass Valley, Cal., recently, R.
P. Cbamberling, a colored preacher, leaped into
the aisle and shouted, “Halt! sit down!” He
then strode rapidly up the aisle to the stage,
shouting: “I am a detective, and am hunting
for the murderer of Lincoln! You are rapists
and murderers! You have murdered your sis
ters and children and mothers! You are fools!
You have assassinated the Son of God and Abra
ham Lincoln! You are fools!” He was seizes
and led out by a constable after scaring tho,
minstrels half out of their wits.
The Pansy.
The May Pansy opens with a strong story,
“Diligent in Business,” followed by “How it Be
came Ppaaible,” a touching Illustration of trust
and duty meeting their just re ward. In “8tx
O’clock in the Evening,” Grandma Burton tells
in a manner to delight every child heart how a
dear little boy and girl learned the meaning of
the “bread of life.” “Reaching Out” recounts
some wonderful doings of Jerry and Nettle.
“St. George and the Dragon” moves on In Inimi
table style. ‘ My Brainless Acquaintance” flnisn-
es his story, the closing chapter containing a
remarkably good moral. “Our Alphabet of
Gieat Men” gives an account of the life and char
acter of Wm. Penn. “Some Remarkable Wo
men” reveals Mary Mltford’s “nappy faculty of
living above tbe vexations of life.” The poems
will De in favor, especially “Decoration Day,”
a charming bit of verse that re-tells the story of
tbe Blue and tbe Gray, and the one for recita
tion, “Why Did You not Come Before?” The
Pansy is beautifully Illustrated throughout.
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Boston,
who will regard their oaths and perform
faithfully the duties that are required of
them. If the people eleot to position of
great trnst any men who may have the ef
frontery to offer, and then expeot them to
reform their parts of the servioa, they will
be disappointed. The reformation most
consist in remanding to the rankB every
man who is not duly and truly prepared,
worthy and well qualified. Bnt this means
that the people mast be reformed. The laws
will be well executed, whenever the people
determine they shall be. . ,
Edwin Booth’s Drunkenness.
The Peoria Call says, American pride in Ed
win Booth, as one of our greatest and most de
serving actors, has been terribly humiliated by
his recent performance lu gettiug so drunk on
the stage that he would have fallen into the or
chestra pit if somebody had not caught hold of
him as he was about to tumble. He was playing
“Iago” to S..Wliii’s “Othello”; and the contrast
between the magnificent acting of the Italian
and the maudlin behavior ot Booth was most
painfully humiliating to the friends and ad
mirers of the. lalter. An effort nas been made
to explain his conduct by the assertion that tie
had eaten a very hearty supper and drank sev
eral cups ot strong tea, but, this is simplv piti
able. The plaiu truth is that he was in a state
of beastly intoxication. No u.an gets drunk
enough on a hearty supper and strong tea to
make such an exhibition of bunself as Edwin
Booth did on this occasion.
It now turns out tnat he is in the habit of get
ting drunk, but he generally locks himself in
when tbe Inclination to make a beast of himself
comes on, and the public bears nothing of tbe
occurrence.
with this batch. But portraits which appear in
our gallery are not placed tbere with anv refer
ence to each other, but simply to give the like
ness aDd sketches of men and women of tbe
hour, or those wbo become temporarily or per
manently famous. Senator Harris has estab
lished for himself a national fame for ability and
sound judgment, and his great reputation and
established character could not be injured by
trifles like this.—Ed Sunny South.
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The Gate City of the West.
Editor Sunny South: This city is destin
ed to become the great commercial and political-
metropolis of this vast region. By nature she
has been given tbe position. Situated as it is
on the left side of the Rio Grande, tbe site is
everything that could be desired for a great city
An equal distance from the large towns in Mex
ico, San Francisco, St. Louis, New Orleans and
Galveston, too far to come in competition or
rivalry, and having direct railroad communica
tion with all of them; yet all are now competing'
lor tbe trade of Ei Faso and Mexico.
A little more than four years since, there were
less than 200 persons here—a few adobe bouses
and tbe town almost unknown. Five railroads
are now running into tbis city—with a prospect
for another—aud a population of 6 000. The
people are wide awake, intelligent aud cultured
in every respect.
The adobe buildings are fast giving place to
elegant brick stores—Use business blocks ?re as
substantial as >ou can find in any city i tbe
West; the resident portion is made atti 'five
by beautilul houses, aud tbe country, ilcb
oul>’ a few years ago was an open common, has
been transformed into a city that today has as
fine a prospect as any in tbe United Slates.
Traveling as I had been (or several weeks
over tbe staked plains, tbe contrast was indeed
striking. The grandeur of the scenery and the
surroundings far surpass anything seen in tbe
Eastern States. One must make a western tour
to see such scenery. It can only be found in or
near tbe Rocky Mountains.
Tne drives in and around El Paso are full of
interest. One mile out is Fort B iss, a military
post. Paso del Norte, tbe quaint Mexican town
just across tbe river, is always visited with in
terest. Tbis place was founded by tbe Jesuits
In 1620. It seems strange that there should be
such a difference in two cities, with only tbe Rio
Grande between. El Paso, so progressive, aud
Paso del Norte, so Mexican In every way. ft
takes only a few moments to cross over, but you
feel as far removed from Americans as if vou
were a thousand miles away. The customs and
manners of these primitive people are noticea
ble with strangers. The odd streets and nouses,
tbe old church two hundred and fllty years old;
all are interesting.
Here you see tue first and only International
street railroad In tbe world, connecting the R •-
public of Mexico aDd America. Tms railro id
was built and managed by Cipt J H Bate,
now the able editor of tbe Ei Paso Times You
will only need to know Capt. Bate to see at once
what a progressive man can do; and he is one
El Paso should be very proud to claim. It was
my pleasure to meet Hon. J. A. Wilson, of the
Texas and Pacific Railroad; Hon. F. C. Gay, o!
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee Railroad, and
Mr. King, superintendent Mexican Central R lit
road. With these railroads, whose central effi
ces are situated at Ei Paso, ana under suen
good management, It is no wonder that the city
has made headway. They have an excellent
system of waterworks, giving plenty ot water
for domestic and manufacturing purposes aDd
the best protection against fires. With gas,
electric light, banks, building associations, flue
schools and churches, the emigrant could find
no better place to make a new home and fortune
than this growing city. Two elegant hotels,
under the management of S. E. Mcllhenry,
would do credit to any city.
Ol the elegant stores we cannot fail to men
tion W. A. Irvin and F. H B.irradolle, drug
gists. The Mexican curiosities of W. G. Walz
cannot be seen without appreciation. He has
everything, from a diamond ring to an Egyptian
mummy: P. E. Kern, manutactnrer ot Mexican
filagree jewelry; the State National Bank, the
elegant court house, and other buildings that I
fail to recall just now.
El Paso is destined to rank with any of the
great Western cities, and before she is as old as
Kansas City or Denver, she will have outstrip
ped any oi them.
Santiago de Chila In September and October,
Lima In November, Havana in December, Mex
ico next January and about the first ol February
next she will arrive at San Fraucisco and begin
a complete tour of the United States. Such is
her programme as g.ren to me by her manager
Mr. Grau.
The repertoire will be “Theodora,” “Fedora,”
“Le Maltre de Forges,” “Divorcens,” “Mar-
tyre,” “Le Spbinx,” “LeEcraugere,” “Phedre,”
“Adrienne Ljcouveur,” “Frou Frou,” “La
Dame aux Camelias,,’ “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,”
“Le Passant,” “Jean Malre.”
During the last nights Madame Bernhardt has
aroused herself to some of her old time energy
and genius, aud has proven that the slurs of
jealous critics on her alledged waning power,
were by no means well founded. Tbe company
which she takes with her to South and North
America is one ol the best tbat has ever crossed
the ocean together, aud is the best that ha:.*
ever supported this Qaeen of Acting. A
her final performance last night the
theatre was packed to its utmost capac
ity, and tbe entire evening was filled with
almost uninterrupted applause, in amusements
the great attraction of tne week has Deen tne
(Joncours Hippique, the fancy horse snow at tne
Fiats de t’ludustne, wuere gentlemen riders
and drivers have displayed some magnificent
animals aud nave lurmsued daily entertainment
to Very fashionable audience. BUI as is usually
tue case, tne spectators went quite as muen to
be seen as to see, and were fully as interesting
to an ooserver ot tbe fashions ot tbe day as were
tbe noises. Both ladles and gentlemeu vied
with each other in wearing pretty novelties ap
propriate to tbe horse show. The novelties
were especially noticeable in tbe line of jjw-
elry. Not ouly horse shoes were used as forms
for jewelry, but saddles, stlirups aud bridles.
One new lashion consists ol having precious
stones mounted in very small settings, aud then
hot merely one pin but two or three pi as are put
together m the same neck-tie. A lavonte piu
tor ladies is a small gold horse aud rider j uuip-
lug a Uve-Oarred gale set with prtcious stones.
Gold outtousand even jewelled Duttons are now
u^ed in vests. Tuese vests a la mode now,
must be of dark cloth with very small figures in
blue or yellow, upon a Drown grouud or white
upon black.
1 asked one of the chief employes at Worth’s
famous establishment, a day or two ago, to
wrue lor me a lew fashion Dotes, aud in re
sponse 1 have received tne loliowiug: “Com
plex coiuoinatioiis ol color are being succeeded
by a reaction towards simplicity. We nave Just
made for Mis. iioppenheim, of Loudon, a toil
ette for -a court ball, the skirt ot which
orauge. c ilored veivot, with draperies
of *"
Tho
orange, c ilored veivot, with draperie
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i eoUDjf aeioi.ei.*\)f velvet with sjshs?c_
yellow ribWah. For Mrs. Siunuu lor a fancy
hall at Copenhagen we have made a costume to
represent a uasturcurm. The dress was short,
lu two shades of yellow crepe, tne front with
a trellis work of stiver with uasturtums trained
up towards the waist. Silver tringe is also used
In the trimming. Tue bodice is of dark nas-
timrum colored velvet relieved on one side
with flowers; on the other with crepe and rib-
bous. Tne head dress was flowers to match.
For Madame de Vmeueuve, wife of the am
bassador of Bresie at Brussels we have just
sent a costume ot the Dalian reuuissauce de
sign. Tue skirt was half-long, of pale blue satin
over wnicn was embroidered dark blue velvet
in a pattern with gold ana pear.s. Tbe edge of
the skirt was embroidered witu precious stones
such as emeralds, rubies and saphires. The
front of the skirt was of white faye/raucaise
embroidered with pearls and silver, in the same
aesigu (Henry II.) The blue satin corsage em
broidered with blue velvet was cut round at the
neck with large standing up ruffs in ced Vene
tian lace embroidered with silver. Over the
whole was a traiue of darn blue velvet looped
up at the shoulders aud lading to the grouud.
This traine was embroidered with the same
colored stones, emeralds, saphires, ruhies aud
topazes, and lined with gold eloth. The head
dress is a small draderu of pearls in tue Marie
Stuart style.
Then tor Mrs. Schenck, of New York, we
have made au elegant pale cream colored dress
expressly to be worn when she sets for a por
trait by a famous Euglisb artist. Tue dress is
looped up on one side in the style of Charles 1.
The other Is embroidered with wreaths of in
tertwined gold aud silver, each wreath being
detached, dowu each side of au opening in the
skirt over cream colored mousseline de soie,
embroidered with gjld and silver. The bodice
is satin draped up on each shoulder, low neck,
short sleeves. The dress gave Mrs. Sheuck
quite a rtituresque appearance, sbe having very
handsome shoulders and lovely arms.
Mr. Worth iulends making dresses in tbe old
ryles. especially of the time of Louis XVI
Wbat is always his special object is the lines in
ail his dresses. S .me dresses he makes a little
full in front, tbe trainee not too long. Tbe skirts
rather flat at the back but worn with under
skirts muslin with tououre but not exagerated.
Pialn silks and satins embroidered by hand with
pearls, steel silver jet, etc., are very fashiona-
ole. Other dresses are of fancy damasks mixed
with plain materials. In trimming we use a
great deal ot French lace and mousseline de
soie, embroidered in black aud in all colors
These latter I employ for my morning and vis
iting costumes, with fancy colored and striped
surahs. With these continue short mantles
composed of black grenadine embroidered with
jet, mixed with black or colored velvet aud lace,
shoulders high trimmed with jet aud ribbons.
For tbe opera cloaks and for balls, long man
tels in fancy colored satins and trimmed with a
little gold. Later in the season tbe fashions
will change a little by tbe use of light goods.”
As the above fashion news came from that
mystical realm presided over by King Worth
himself, their reliability cannot be questioned.
Besval.
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