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Reminiscences of Distinguished
Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transpired at
the Rational Capital.
Hr *K». PERLV POORS.
No. 138
Georgetown.
Georgetown, now officially known as West
Washington, and called by the wags “Sleepy
Hollow,” was a flourishing business port of en
try before Washington City was staked out.
Georgetown was laid out as a town by an act of
the Maryland Legislature in 1751, and was large
ly peopled by Scotchmen, some of them the
agents of English shipping bouses. A great
deal of tobacco was then grown In the vicinity,
and It was sblpp od at Georgetown for London
on vessels which had brought cargoes of mer
chandise from England or wioe from the Medi
terranean. In 177G, when Benjamin Franklin
was Postmaster-General, he made Georgetown
a postal station and appointed a clerk there.
After the war of the Revolution Georgetown be
came a city, and In 1705 a port of eutry with a
Custom Honse. A large trade sprung up with
some of the New England seaports, to which
flour and corn were sent, and from which came
back manufactured articles, apples and onions.
The first shoes exported from Haverhill, Mass.,
were sent In flour barrels to Georgetown. Flour
was brought from the mills along the Shenan
doah river, In boats constructed for the purpose,
sharp at both ends, light, and holding from
eighty to 100 barrels each. The boats were
poled down the river to the Great Falls, where a
canal was constructed in accordance with the
suggestions of George Washington. Another
canal avoided the rapids known as the Little
Falls. After the war of 1812 a line of packets
ran regularly between Georgetown and Europe,
carrying tobacco and returning with salt. La
ter, large quantities of sugar aud molasses were
brought to Georgetown from the West Indies in
exchange for flour, and during the fisheries
season wagons used to come from all parts of
Pennsylvania, western Maryland and northern
Virginia, to purchase shad and herring, which
were carried home and there smoked. The
population of Georgetown hef ire the war was
very like that of a New England village. In
fact, many of the older families were from New
England, or of New Eugiand origin. Taxes
were light, there were good schools, the towu
was orderly, ana every one knew every one,
All this was changed by the war. A set of peo
ple “who knew not Joseph” moved into George
town, where mauy of them have since built
houses. The improvements of Boss Shepherd
were continued over into Georgetown, deep ex
cavations traversing the hills, and embankments
crossing the valleys.
How They Got Delaney into the
Asylum.
Col. Delaney, a wealthy Virginian, was one of
the Washington notables In Gen. Jackson's day.
Sometimes lie would drive up and down the av
enue in a coach drawn by four horses, then,
dressed in uniform, he would ride about on a
spirited horse, occasionally taking the posses
sion of a sidewalk and forcing the pedestrians
into the muddy roadway. Finally he became at
times so crazy that his relatives determined to
have him confined in a private Insane asylum at
Baltimore. How to get Him there was a suoject
of much discussion. It was dually determined
that one of his relatives should iuvite the colo
nel to dinner, and he accepted the invitation.
While at table his physician indulged in a glow
ing account of a new hotel recently established
near Baltimore, aud a general desire was ex
pressed by those present to visit it. Finally, it
was proposed to make up a small party and go
there in a coach and four. “You. would also
like to accompany us. colonel, eh?” “Certain
ly,” was tue reply. Tne party breakfasted to
gether at a public house in Baltimore, and then
drove up to the quasi hotel, with servants In
livery In attendance. The colonel looked at the
outside of the house for a moment, and remark
ed that it was a very plain building, but large
and well constructed. His friends, apprehen
slve tbat be might be suspicious of the true
character of the institution, hurried him Into
the reception parlor, and Introduced him to the
courteous and* genial host. Fine liquors and
lunch were served aud enjoyed, and It was then
proposed to look at the decorations and see the
rooms Intended for the wine vault, aud b; tbat
time dinner would be ready. At the farther end
of the strong room was a large portrait of Gen.
Washington, and, on entering, the host remark
ed that the pictures of Revolutionary battles
were excellent engravings, but tbe portrait ol
the immortal Washington, opposite, was a very
superior production. “You are a Judge,” said
he to the colonel, “go and axamine it, aud give
us your opinion of it.” He went, and prestol
the iron portal was closed upon him, and the
ponderous bolts instantly locked. Then the
caged lion chafed and roared, uttered fearful ex
ecrations agaiust his deceivers for their cow
ardly treacuery. shouted “murder, fire, thieves,’
and spent hts wrath upon the door, shaking and
j irlng it as though to wrench it from its binges.
Col. Delaney died there a few years later.
Good Joke oa Pettibone.
Parsoa Brownlow’s son John used to tell a
good story about the canvass for Congress in a
Tennessee district by Major Fetttboue, a very
eloquent man. a classical scholar, and with a
range aud depth of information wuicn proved
his defeat. It was said that he quoted the Latin
poets, while his competitor tola familiar jokes,
adapted to the comprehension of tbe not over
intellectual populace of that region, and thus
secured his election. One day during the can
vass Taylor aud Pettibone were addressing a
crowd of mountaineers. Taylor dealt in jokes
and stories suited to the comprehension of the
crowd, and kept them in a roar of laughter.
Pettibone followed in his usual learned and sol
emn style, saying that he should not attempt to
excite the risiblos of the Intelligent crowd.—
“What’s that he said?” asked a mountaineer of
Brownlow, punching hitn in the rtbs. “He said
he should not attempt to excite your rlsibles,”
replied Brownlow. “Excite my rlsibles!” ex
claimed the mountaineer; “what does he mean
by that?” “ Wby. he means he won’t make you
laugh,’’ replied Brownlow. “Then why didn’t
lie say so? I can't vote for no sich!” And he
didn't, and a good many others didn’t, and Pet
tibone was defeated in a district tbat in the
election previous had gone 1500 Republican.
Sirs. Hayes.
The fine figure and clear, open countenance of
President Hayes was well known In Washing
ton, as he had served In the Thirty-ninth Con
gress, but the features of Mrs. Hayes were not
familiar to those in society. They found her a
woman of gracious presence, with a singularly
sweet and impressive countenance, dark eyes
gleaming from beneath plain, smooth bands of
dark hair. “I have never seen,” said Mary
Clemmer, “such a face reign in the White House.
I wonder wbat the world of Vauity Fair will do
with it? Will it friz that hair, powderthot face,
bare those shoulders, shorten those sleeves,
hide J ibn Wesley’s discipline out of sight as it
poses and minces before the first lady in the
land? What will she do with it, this woman of
the heart and the home? Strong as she is fair,
will she have the power to use it and not abuse
It?” The questions of Washington society, thus
voiced by Mary Clemmer, were answered during
tbe next four years by the sweet, pure life, the
endearing domestic and social relations of the
High Priestess of American womanhood, pre
eminent among her sex for tbe domestic virtues
and for a generous heart.
NBCTES MEMORABILES.
BY *‘B. B.’
Dramatis Personas,
The Doctor—a bachelor, age 50.
The Judge—a bachelor, age 45.
The Professor—a bachelor, (suspect) age 30.
The Madam-i widow, (landlady) age uncertain.
The Imp—landlady's hopeful, age irrelevant.
TrME—Night.
Scene—Bachelor’s Apartments in a Down-
street Boarding-House.
Copyrighted by the Author. All rights reserved
SECOND NIGHT.
The Doctor, (after a pause): That question
of the soul’s immortality, Judge, has been
thought of and talked ol and written of more
perhaps than any other subject that has occu
pied the mluds of men for tne last three thou
sand years. And yet It seems to me to rest still
upon but a very unsatisfactory basis. With the
world’s progress in science, in the investiga
tions and discoveries in its various departments
of nature, it seems to me that some light ought
to have been thrown upon this question. And
yet are as ignorant now—as helpless, as we
were three thousand years ago. We say we be
lieve it; but It has often occurred to me to ques
tion whether we really kDow what we say; or
knowing, meaD it. Wnetber or not we are stat
ing as a belief what really Is to us but a mighty
longiDg, or at most but a dim, uncertain, unsat
isfactory, flickering hope. When I examine my
own heart I cannot decide whether to call it a
hope or only a strong and mighty wish. If it Is
a hope, 1 confess 1 cannot discern the support
upon which it is hung. And I am sometimes
tempted to cry out with Lucretius:
And after all what is this life of ours
But a brief, aimless struggle In the dark?
And In this dark, men but as children are.
To my mind all rational belief is based upon
evidence. I can’t Imagine any belief that is not
so grounded. And, after all, what evidence
have we of Immortality except that intense long
ing, yearning for It—tbat reaching out, as it
were, of the soul after it that we all must own to
feeling at times. But to base an argument for
It upon this would, it seems to me, be equivalent
to declaring that whatever is intensely desired
must of necessity therefore be.
The Judge: There is just where you are
wrong, Doctor. Let us examine the facts. If
the dream of immortality is a delusion, Doctor,
you must admit that it is a strong one in the
double sense of the word—not only In the hold
it has taken upon the bum in mind, but In that
It is a source of strength as beneficent as won
derful. And you must admit that, if not a part,
it Is at least the complement, of human nature,
and that without it a transitory existence even
would somehow be Incomplete and unsatisfac
tory. To one who has never given the matter
careful attention It Is surprising to find what an
influence it exerts over the affairs of this life;
to what extent it controls our thoughts, our
speech and our actions, and how much of all
that occupies us—of all tbat stimulates us, in
spires aud delights us—is drawn from tbat same
mighty and mysterious source. It is almost im
possible for a materialist to argue or declaim
against it without confessing it in the very terms
with which he seeks to overthrow it; for the
very words he must employ bear upon their faces
Its mysterious stamp—the image and the super
scription of some unseen king that giveB them
worth aud currency—and like treacherous vas
sals, betray him while they serve him. It is the
standard to which we unconsciously bring
thought, speech, action, men—everything for
measurment; and we mark them high or low as
they seem to conform or approximate to It. It
is the end, uuconfessed and often unpercelved,
perhaps, lor which we are forever preparing
ourselves—a factor that enters into every calcu
lation, a center toward which all things seem to
gravitate. What the sunlight Is to the material
world, the Ilope of Immortality is to the sprit-
ual, the world of thought and action—at once
tbe source of all its warmth, its strength, its
light aud life. That ail do not perceive this is
no argument to the contrary; for not one in a
thousand understands and appreciates tbe phys
ical fact that serves me for illustration. An un
educated man would stare at you in perfect
amazement were you to tell him, for instance,
tbat that bright blazing fire is but the radiant
energy of the sun, gathered, condensed and pre
served for us millions of ages ago by tbe huge
plants of the Carboniferous Era; or that tbe
tight of tbe lamp is but rays stolen from the
same great source and imprisoned in dark and
dismal unnumbered s ms before the foot of the
first mau bad ever left its impress upon the
yielding soil of Elen, and that now for the first
time unloosed, it was leaping and sparkling and
exulting in its freedom. He would doubtless
think you crazy were you to assure him farther
that to tbe same mysterious force he Is indebted
for tbe food that he eats, for the clothes that be
wears and the strength tbat he exerts; for the
rains tbat refresh his crops as well as the heat
that ripens them; that it not only draws his plow
but fasblo.ned it, holds It and supports the power
tbat guides it; that it, iu fact, tills his fields, ri
pens, reaps and garners his grain; that it makes
his implements—even preparing most of the
material, and fasbiouing all of it; that it draws
his wagons, prints his papers, grinds his corn,
prepares his food, carries him from place to
place, builds his houses, adorns and furnishes
them—in short, that it is at once the source of
all that contributes to his comfort, convenience
and necessities, the spring of all his happiness
and his sowers, and the agent of all his opera
tions—I'say you could scarcely convince a good,
honest but uneducated farmer of these things,
and yet to the student of Physics no fact is more
patent than that to tbe radiant energy of the
sun all the activity of Nature can be traced.
Now Just so to the subtle but potent, influence of
the great central idea of Immortality, can all
the phenomena of the world of thought and
thougbt-born action be followed home. So, true
or false it can no more be spared from man’s be
lief than could the sun from the solar system.
But to say tbat it is false is to base existence
upon a lie. But I kuow of nothing of which one
may be so sure of this—the soul's Immortality.
To disbelieve it, not only must tbe senses be
closed to the voice of universal Nature, but the
ears must be stopped against the testimony of
the soul itself. It Is a question of inner con
sciousness. Do I believe tbat I am living now?
Hate 1 proof of it? Just so do I be
lieve I wiil live forever, and 1 have a
hundred fold better evidence for the lat
ter than the former. For while I have but
my own self and those who see me as witness of
my existence here, there Is Dot a flower in all
earth’s meadows, not a leaf in the forest, nor a
grain of sand upon the seashore but that bears
testimony to tbe fact of my Immortality. Ask
your own soul if it is immortal, and take the an
swer that for six thousand years has been whis
pered into the ear of every human oeing that
has ever stood beneath the stars, alone with
self and silence, to question life of its meaning
or existence of its import. It is a conviction as
inseperable from human consciousness as is tbe
idea of existence Itself. It has its origin from
within, its support from without. It is not the
product of any age nor the property of any pe
culiar people. It was born into the world with
the first human soul, and will leave it only
when in the far off dim twilight of time's de
parting day the last lone earthly pilgrim turn*
to lift his longing eyes in our last lingering look
■upon the voiceless world he leaves behind hnn
gray withthe hoary eld of ages and staggering
with feeble, slow uncertain step along its ancient
pathway!
For six thousand years this sweet hope has
{ tainted with its glory the rosy dreams of exult-
ng youth, has nerved the arm of sturdy man
hood, and cheered tbe tottering steps of age
adown the rugged farther slopes »f life. To tbe
oppressed it has come with visions of freedom;
to the weary toiler with promises of rest, and to
struggling spirits with whisperings of peace.
Wherever human hearts have beat, its voice has
been heard. Wherever human hearts have suf
fered its soothing presence has been felt. The
painted savage paddling his bark canoe along
the pn'.m-fiiueed borders of some tropic bay
smile* ,.s til. re steals through bis being, some
how, from somevhere, sweet visions of greener
isles and softer sunlight, where brighter waters
ripple over golden sands, where birds more
beautiful and brilliant in their plumage still flit
like rainbows throueh the leafy grove, and gen
tler airs Invite to soft repose; the Indian as he
chased the bison over the trackless prairie, or
pursued the antelope to its mountain fastness,
had too his dreams of fat off hippy hunting
grounds where the feet never grow weary in the
chase, where the limbs are never benumbed
with winter’s frost and snow, nor the earth Is
never parched by the glowing summer sun; to
the Laplander gliding in his furry sledge along
the frozen fields of that inhospitable land where
'hrough tbe live-long year in ceaseless combat
Old Night and Winter strive for mastery, the
timid snow-flower whispers
The PitOF, (interruping/y): Judge, Judge!
you’ve already exhaustea your rhetoric and
OurPortraitGailery
POBTRHTSAJD BIOGRAPHIES
OF DISTINGUISHED MEN
AND WOMEN.
John Dubois.
John Dubois, the lumber king of Pennsylva
nia, died at Duoois, May 5~,h. He conveyed all
of bis property, amoun’ing to about $8,000,000,
to his nephew John E, Dubois, the deed was
dated J inuary l7ch. 1884. but was filed on April
27ch, 1886. The purpose of making tbe deed was
to make sure that the business go on in siDgle
and absolute ownership; the consideration was
one dollar. John Dubois was a bachelor and
stood at the bead of the lumbpr business of
Pennsylvania. Every year he cut 36,000,000 feet
of boards. He began life with almost no capi
tal, as a raftmsn on tbe Susquehanna, at tbe age
of seventeen. Hew is great iu inventing new
machinery, and whenever l.e found an impedi-
ondaryuae, but he continued his studies and in
a short time was made editor of the sheet. Herr
John Most, the New York anarchist, visited
Chicago about that time and he proved the
leaven in the anarchistic dough. Spies at once
embraced the doctrines of Most and tne Arbcl-
ter Zeitung became a radical anarchistic xheet.
In proportion with its violence the better class
of its subscribers fell off. and soon it was read
only by the “riff raff.” Almost daily the paper
advocated attacks upon the police, encouraging,
nay, urging, the use of dynamite bombs, the
process for the manufacture of which it gave in
structions in its columns. When the eight hour
movement was inaugurated, Spies was in the
van, and he it was who made the first speech
from the wagon on the memorable day of the
killing of the police. He began his address by
denouncing capital and claiming that he was
not the cause of the riots, but that they were
the tffects of class oppression. The printing of
incendiary circulars h->s also been traced to tbe
office of the Arbelter Zeitung. The police say
they have evidence enough to hang Spies.
at once qnlt firing, directing their energies to
the alleviation of tbe sufferings of the wounded
and the disposal of the uead. Chief Ebersold
will play a most important part in the prosecu
tion of the anarchists and the happenings of the
first week in May 1886 promises to be but the
opening chapters of the tragedy.
John £ Dubois.
It is do more than natural that the near rela
tives of the late John Dabois, the great lumber
king of Dubois, Pa., should have expecteda
JOHN DDBOIS.
ment in his path, be invented something to over
come it. He got his first start in his fortune by
Investing in cheap timber lands, and tbe secret
of his large profits in recent years has been the
perfection of his machinery and the variety of
products which enabled him to use up all the
timber cut and avoid waste. Hp manufactured
houses and shipped them, all luted and com
plete, so that a hatchet and nails were ail that
were required to put them together at their des
tination. He owned his own railroad and his
works atD'ib“is have a canacity of 85 000 feet
of lumber. 6,000 boxes, 5.000 barrel heads and
60 000 shingles per diem, besides a hemlock mill,
a large tannery and machine shop. He had a
farm of 1 000 acres; employed 800 men skid knew
every one of them. He owut-d 33.000 acres of
land around Dubois, a town of l ooo inhabitants
which was founded by him twelve years ago.
He also owned large tracts of land in West Vir
ginia. He was practically the owner of Dubois
and recently built a large Opera House there.
His great success was due to his Ingenuity and
he owned about fifty valuable patents.
“Sam” Fielding.
JOHN E DDBOIS.
Slowly, but surely, the authorities of Chicago
are weaving a net of evidence around the perpe
trators of the dynamite outrage that will even
tually hang them. Since the arrest of Spies,
Fielding, Schwab and the others, It has come to
light that the throwing of the bombs was pre-
“SAM” FIELDING.
The trial of Maxwell at St. Louis for the mur
der of Arthur Preller in St. Louis a year ago
last April, is exciting a great deal of interest in
that city. Maxwell, who is an educated young
Englishman, appears to have a great many sym
pathizers. Women, particularly, show a great
desire to see him and to be in the court room
during the sessions of ihe court. As Maxwell
entered the court room Friday morning last he llri V o„r s'eoeraDbv and'if vou know what’s
ooked from one woman to another like a young | vou^ll brin- un right where vou
lecturer about to address his pi.-.ss ,,f *£ r > ou - 7°“ ** Pf 1 "1“ “P y
are. Take my advice, Judge, aud never agaia
allow yourself to mount higher than you see a
Safeway of descending. You may thank me, if
you choose, for helping you down this time; but
remember l may not be present next time.
The Doctor: Goon, Judge, goon! Never
mind him. Go on—“the timid snow-flower whis
pers—”
[continued next week.]
lecturer about to address his class. Dresses of
the cheaper grade abounded iu the morning,
and there were no kid gloves on any womau's
hand; but in the afternoon the humbler female
spectators of the morning had given wav to those
who had the advantage in cosilv apparel. Light
summer silks rustled and costly fans with feath
ered tips waved to and fro. Maxwell paid just
as much heed to these as to those of the morn
ing. One nicely dressed womau sat by the door
of the Jury room. She hid her face behind a
lace fan except the eyes, with which she studied
the little prisoner, and he gave her abundant op
portunity. He even called the attention of the
more or less distinguished company of men,
who hastened to gather around him when he
was brought in, to this woman.
The Thine: to Do-
[Baltimore Daily American.]
After so much trouble and excitement it would
not be a bad idea for everybody to go peaceful
ly to work and try to get up a business boom.
meditated, and was arranged in the office of the
Arbeiter Zeitung. There had been a meeting of
the anarenists in the office of the paper, and it
was decided that the throwers of the bombs
should be decided by lot. There were to be
some twenty bombs thrown. Editor Spies did
not draw, as be was to be a speaker, hut all tbe
others did; and those to whom tbe lots fell pre
pared themselves for their business. The meet
ing at the Haymarket was first addressed by
Spies, then by Parsons, aDd lastly by Fielding.
It was hoped that the police would attempt to
disperse the crowd; but as ten o’clock approach
ed and there were no signs of the police, and as
rain threatened, the dynamiters began to leave
in order to get their missiles in a safe place.
When the police did arrive there was but one
thrower left, the terrible result of whose pres
ence has been fully chronicled. Had tbe full
force of the dynamiters been present, few of the
police would have escaped.
Sam Fielding is perhaps the most blatant of
all of the Chicago agitators. He belongs to the
lowest class of Englishmen; and his unkempt
hair and dirty, collarless shirt accord fully with
his character. Durine the riot FieldiDg was
wounded in the leg. He disclaims any knowl
edge of the throwing of the bomb.
August Spies.
August Spies, the leader of the Chicago so
cialists, aud who, with others, is indicted for the
share of his wealth upon bis demise. When,
therefore, It was announced that the entire es
tate, valued at $8,000 000, was transferred to the
nephew of the elder Dubois—John E. Dubois,—
consternation reigued supreme. Tnerecanbe
no doubt that there wiil be litigation over the
affair and the lawyers will have fat pickings in
deed. The deed bears date January I7ih, 1884.
so that although for more than two years young
Dubois has been in his uncle’s employ, taking
orders from whatever superintendent he chanc
ed to be working under; he has been the actual
owner of the entire property. The only consid
eration of the deed was one dollar, aud the only
proviso Is that John E. Dubois shall pay all
debts and fill all contracts made by his uncle up
to the day of his death. The purpose of the
transfer was to make sure that the business
should go oa in single and absolute ownership,
just as it has done during the last twenty years.
The deed makes no mention of any other heirs,
and it is left entirely to John E Dubois whether
any of the others shall enjoy any portion of the
vast estate He is a young mau of twenty-five
and is a general favorite with all classes, as well
as with the workmen of the works he Das so re-
cen'lv acquired. lie was educated at the Ches
ter Military Academy.
Michael Schwab
Michael Schwab, wbo was arrested at the
MICHAEL SCHWAB.
PERSONALISM.
What the People Are Doing anc
Saying.
Susan B Anthony has completed the third
volume of her “History of Woman Suffrage.”
J. T. Trowbridge is now in California gather
ing points for a story of life on the Pacific coast.
The Savannah (Ga.) Times speaks of Jeff
Davis as “the greatest man living In the world
to-day.”
Lillian Willis, daughter of N. P. Willis, was
married at New Bedford on Thursday to Robert
H. Bust, of Bostou.
Mrs. Parnell doesn’t know which troubles her
most—lusomuia, palpitation of the heart, or
worry over the home rule bill
A Monument to Gen. J. E. B. Stuart Is to be
erected on the Yeuow Tavern battlefield, where
he received nts fatal wound.
“Abraham Lincoln, Dr., to eight dozen eggs
25e.“ is au item just run across m an old account
nook ai Springfield, 111.
t.The venerable Gen. Simon Cameron says he
has quit talkiug politics. II3 has, probably, lost
respect for tbe grand old party, and is ashamed
of ihe politics he used to enjoy.
Vice-President Hoxle, of the Missouri Pacific
railroad, arrived at Atlantic City, N. J., last
evening in poor health. His condition is so se
rious that he Is accompanied by a physician.
Mrs. T. R. Hood, of Jackson, Mich., being ills
her doctor prescribed an alcohol bath. A stu
pid nurse, Dy mistake, covered Mrs. Hood’s
body witn corrosive sublimate, and she died
very soon in great agony.
It is rumored in Erie that Secretary of tbe Na*
vy Whitney will go to that city from Buffalo af
ter tbe President’s wedding, go aboard tne Unit
ed States ship Michigan at that point and spend
his vacation aboard during a month’s fishing in
Lake Superior.
Ex President Arthur was well enough on Fri
day to go over me law points of a case which
was entrusieu to him sums mouths ago. He is
bright ana cheerful, ana expects to be entirely
well soon.
Dr. Dio Lewis’ death should serve to impress
the hygienic lessons of his life on the world.
His death was due to a violation Of some of the
most important rules for the preservation of
health aud prolongation of life.
Mention is made of the death of Thomas Ed
ward, the famous naturalist of Banff, Scotland.
A cobbler by trade, he gathered aud scientific
ally arranged one of the most complete collec
tions of tue fauna of that part of the Kingdom,
and was granted therefor a pension by tueQueen.
Mr. Colt, of Clinton, Mo., and Miss Douglass
are to marry iu June. They will go at once to
Nebraska, where Mr. Colt is engaged in rail
loading, aud there camp out for tbe summer.
A large and elaborate tent, with carpets elegant
furniture, aud ail conveniences will await them;
also a good cook and servants. Who could ask
for a honeymoon under better auspices.
The late E irl of Redesdale, who was noted for
bis shabby clothes, once called at tbe mansion
of a certain Duke famous for his pbilanthropoy.
“His Grace at home?” he Inquired in his ab
rupt way of Mr. Yellowplush. “Long ’ere, my
man,” replied the gorgeous menial, "nit ain’t no
use your oringing begging letters ’ere. The
Dook seuds them ail to the Charily Organiza
tion Society,” aud the door was slammed in his
lordship’s face.
The numerous prospective weddings of prom
inent men whose present homes are in Wash
ington have brought out several stories of the
industry of society correspondents at the Capi
tal in tneir efforts to secure accurate informa
tion. I am told that one if the most prominent
female correspondents was ejected from a house
where she went last week literally to demand
information from the ladles of a family about
a supposed approaching wedding. Sne had
sent in her cara without designating her pro
fession, and on being received immediately met
with a positive but courteous refusal to discuss
the subject she broached. Sue became indig
nant, declared she had never been treated in
such a m mner before, and finally went off into
a fit of hysterical abuse of her hostess, who
called a servant ana had the intruder shown the
door.
London has been amnsed and Interested by a
suit brought by the trustees of Mme. Mercier,
court dressmaker, for dresses supplied to Mrs.
Maxwell-Heron. The luxury revealed in the
case and the charges for it were alike monstrous.
One dresss of white satin, with a train painted
b/hand, cost £81, but was charged for bv the
milliner at £210, a profit of more than 150 per
cent. Anotner dress, of sapphire velvet, cost
£44 8'., and even witn the “regular” profit of 40
per cent, added, ought to have been charged at
only £62, but was charged £170. There were
other accusations of charges for goods not or
dered and goods returned, but they were rather
evidences of dishonesty or carelessness than of
either luxury or overcharging. Tne Judge, Mr.
Justice Smith, took a tolerant tone, observed
that a lady wbo went to a court milliner like
Mme. Mercier must expect to pay, allowed tue
profit of 40 per cent, as reasonable, and in the
case of tbe white satin dress granted £159, be
cause Mrs. Maxwell-Heron bad offered it.
AUGlST SPIES.
murder of the policemen, was bom at Casseb
Germany, but came to America witb his pa
rents, who settled in Cnicago. Spies is thirty-two
vears of age. He is by trade a saddler, but his
antipathy to work soon made him give up work
ing at this and he tramped through the South
aud West, returning to Cnicago in 1879. Spies
bad had little education in Germany, but his
tramping gave him great practical knowledge
aud to this he adueu diligent study, becoming
proficient in the use of both the (xsrman and
English languages. When he returned to Cni
cago the Socialists had just demonstrated their
strength by casting 10 000 votes for Dr. Ernst
Schmidt, their candidate for mayor. Spies en
tered politics and soon he and his friends gained
the control of the Arbeiter Zeitung, a German
daily, with moderate communistic tendencies.
Spies’ position on the paper was at first a sec-
same time as Spies, aud tne other anarchists,
was the associate editor of that sabine sheet
tho Arbeiter Zeitung, of Chicago. Sciiwab i3 a
book-binaer by trade. It was in 1883 that he
became associated with Spies on me paper.
He owes bis education to Uis own dllltgence,
aud is an able, fluent speaker. Of his personal
courage little can be said, and Fielding, when
asked if Ue thought Schwab threw the bomb
that killed so many of tbe police, said, “I can
not tell, I do not belijve he has the courage. I
have never seen it put to the test.” His wife,
or rather the woman who lives with him in free
love fashion, belongs to a noted anarchistic fam
ily and is an exile from Austria. Schwab is
wild and ferocious in itpoearance, is iu fact a
typical anarchist. He has been associated with
the communists of France and Germany, and
knows from experience how to successfully op
pose tbe authorities. He is persoually acquaint
ed with Most, tbd New York anarchist, aDd
doubtless gained many of his ideas from this
notorious agitator. Schwab was the author of
most of tbe editorials that incited the working
men to violence that appeared in the Arbeiter
Zeitung.
Frederick Ebersold.
In view of the appalling disaster in Chicago’
too much praise canno> be given to the police
force of that citv. Chief of Police Ebersold
persistently refused the proffered aid of the ma-
lltia in order not to irritate the people, but this
QUIZ COLUMN.
FREDERICK KBfcRSOLD.
concession was taken as an evidence of weak
ness. Like in the riots of the Reign of Terror
iu Fiance ia 1789 every concession, by the au
thorities was tasen by tbe people as a proof of
their own omnipotence, and subsequent occur
rences then as in Chicago recently showed that
there is but one way to deal with a riotous mob,
ami that is with relentless brut- force. But
although the Cnicago police hesitated, until the
last moment, to resort to force, when it became
evident tbat bloodshed had to come, there wag
no hesitation. After tbe police bad recovered
from the annihilating effects of the bomb thrown
in their midst, the way in which they dispersed
the mob will serve as a caution to any future
gathering of the kind. It is well said that Chi
cago has one of the finest and most efficient po
lice forces in America, and their excellence is
largely due to the administration of Chief Eber-
sold. When the mob was dispersed the police
THOMASWLLE, GA.
Thomasyille’s Winter Business.
Thomasville, Ga., May 19.—The last of
Northern visistors in Thomasville has de
parted—the large hotels have olosed—nailed
op the broad entranoes to the verandaB and
“the season” is over. Thomasville may
safely oonnt on 25,000 visitois next winter,
and the necessity of building more hotels is
forcing itself upon the minds of oar oapi
talistsand enterprising oitizens. The Mitch
ell Honse and the Pmey Woods were both
built by home capital, and it is believed as
muoh money can be raised right here as will
be needed to build more hotels, now that
Tnomasville’s reputation is clearly estab
lished, and there is really need for greater
accommodations.
In fact, the delightful winter climate of
this place is so well known in the North and
West, that by another spason two more ho
tels of the same oapacity as the Mitchell
Honse (300 goests) can be easily filled.
The oity council has aooeptea Mr. S. Alex.
Smith’s proposition to lease the city a park
for a number of years, and fine walks and
drives will be at once laid off.
The park will be in front of the Piney
Woods hotel, the same looation heretofore
known as Yankee Paradise. The selection
is a good one.
And now with water works assured, a oity
park, two of the best hotels in the South,
good railroad facilities and a olimate unsur
passed for healtbfulness and oomfort, what
is too muoh for Thomasville to hope for in
the future?
Dying the Hair Dangerous.
Lucy Hooper has this to say about the folly of
hair dye: “I regret very much to notice the
growing popularity of the custom of dyeing dark
locks light among my fair countrywomen. I was
present at an afternoon reception at the house
of an American lady the other day, and in my
immediate vicinity sat four ladies, all Ameri
cans, each one of whom had her hair dyed of a
different hue. One head boasted of reddish
chestnut locks, another was of a red gold color,
a third was canary yeliow, and a fourth was of
the palest gold. Now, there is nothing positive
ly immoral about the practice of dyeing one's
hair, any more than tnere Is in painting one’s
face or of blackening one’s eyes. But alt these
performances tend to give the person that in
dulges In them a highly Improper aspect. More
over, to certain constitutions some forms of this
hair coloring process are highly injurious. A
most lamentable case of this nature has Just
come under my own observation. It is tbat of a
young French married lady, who, not being con
tent with her own hair, wnich was of a pretty
light brown tint, visited a fashionable hair
dresser and went through a tiresome aud often
repeated process to etiauge the color of her
tresses into a golden hue. She was forced to re
main for some hours every morning for several
days with her head coated with a sort of paste,
and this process had to be repeated every
month, as the oionde hair wears off as the hair
r ows out. It resulted in agonizing headaches.
have seen her at a soiree with the large tears
running down her cheeks from sheer excess of
pain. The other day her sufferings culminated
in an attack of insanity. She was removed to
an asylum, and the physicians in attendance
give very little hope of her recovery. If there
exists such a malady as brain poisoning, she is
undoubtedly Its victim.”
Brier Rose.
At the request of “a subscriber,” Mrs. J. The
resa Waterhouse, of Brunswick, has sent in from
her scrap book a copy of the poem entitled,
“Brier Rase.” The subscriber who wished it can
have the copy by sending postage for prepaying
it through the mails. We cannot publish it on
account of its length.
The Rat and Oat Problem.
A number of correct answers have been re
ceived, and we publish one entire which works
it out beautifully by analysis.
Beaumont, Tex.
To the Editor of the 8unny South: Iu an
issue of your paper, several weeks since, ap
peared the question, “It a cat aud a half eaten
a rat and a half in a minute aud a half, how
mauy cats will it require to catch 100 rats in 50
minutes?” Tne answer appended by your paper
is 200. whlcu has given rise to a controversy
among your readers here. Some agree with
your paper that it would require 200, and others
claim it would only take tnree cats. Tne rea
soning of the latter is as follows: If l‘i cats (I.
e., three half cats) catch 1*4 or three naif rats
iu three half minutes, theu each half cat will
catch his half rat in three half minutes; since
each hall cat pursues Us half rat separately,
and takes just as long to catch it as it took
three half cats to catch three-half rats. Aud
for the 9am8 reason two half or 1 whole cat will
catch two half or 1 whole rat In three half min.
But if a cat catch a rat iu three half min., in 1
mtn. he will catch S of a rat. In 50 min. he
will catch one hundred thirds or 33“, rats.
But If 1 cat, in 59 min. will crtch 33H rats. But
if 1 cat iu 50 mtn. will eaten 33rats, in order to
catch 100 rats or 3 times that mauy rats it will
require 3 times 1 cat or 3 cats.
Is this reasoning correct, and if not, where is
the mistake? By answering this, you will ob
lige a good many readers of your valuable
paper. — m
This analytical solution is perfectly correct
and shows the beauty of tbat system. We do
not understand how the answer heretofore pub
lished in this column was ever arrived at. The dlf_
ference seems to be only 197 cats. Jo. H. N., of
Tuscumbia, Ala., also gives a nice solution by
analysis. Mrs. L. M. D , of Bowling Green, Ky.,
and A. A. Tufts, of Camden, Ark., give correct
answers. Em.na M ty Paine, of Covington,
Tenn., says: “We wish tue cats were here to
eat the rats which are here by millions, eating
the cows and mules aud causing their death in
some cases. We have to protect the cattle by
rubbing with oil aud raising plenty of smoke.”
She gives as the answer to tue problem 200 cats,
but from her statements above we can under
stand why she makes tbe mistake. She has
millions of rats” on her mind aud canuot think
of asm tiler number of cats than some two or
three hundred to grapple with them.
Who Wrote Junius?
J. S. Y., Tallahassee, Fia.: “We have bad a
long dispute as to who wrote the celebrated let
ters signed Junius; tbat is, from all the facts
that can be gathered aud the character of the
letters, woo could have been the author? Can
you throw any light on tbe subject?
We cannot, but we can give the research of
others. We have seen in the Boston Globe
something on tnat subject, and give it for what
it is worth:
Macaulay states in ‘Critical and Miscellane
ous Essays’ (vol. 4, edition 1859), tnat ‘tde hand
writing of Junius is the very peculiar haudwrit-
ingof Frauds, slightly disguised. Junius was
acquainted with Hie technical form of tne secre
tary of state’s office; intimately acquainted witn
tbe business of me war-ofliie; during the year
1770, attended debates in ihe House of Lords,
aud took notes of speeches, particularly of Lord
Chatham; fourthly, he bitterly resented the ap-
pointmeut of Mr. Cnamler to the piace of dep
uty secretary of war; fifthly, that he was bound
bv some strong tie to the first Lord Holland.
Now, Francis passed some years in the secre
tary of state’s office. He was subsequently
chief clerk ol the war office. Borne of the
speeches of Lord Chatham in 1770 were printed
from his notes. He resigned nis clerkship at
the war offl :e from resentment at tne appoint
ment of Mr. Cnamier. It was by Lord Holland
he was first introduced into the public service.
Now, here are five marks all ol which ought to
be found Id Junius. They are all five found In
Francis. No more than two of them can be
found in any other person. If this argument
does not settle tbe question, there is an end of
ajl reasoning on circumstantial evidence.’ ”
Drinking—Its Nature.
J. P. S., Selma, Ala.: Is drinking (I mean
liquor) a habit or a disease, with the majority of
those who drink? If inherited, is the party re
sponsible for his appetite or disease? Someone
has said, “Tne hour of misfortune is tbe one
when moderate drinkers become drunkards;”
Is that so?
Your question is one which would require a
full answer, if we went into tbe pathology of the
subject. Drinking fathers and mothers do trans
mit their appetites and tastes to their children,
just as disease is transmitted. The sins of the
fathers are visited upon the children,
and no mistake. Alcohol is an excitant
and acts upon the brain in various
ways. With some it has the effect to de
velop combativeness; in others, sociability; in
others, a Joyfulness, etc. Where it has the
effect to make a man forget his cares or troubles,
men do take to drink just as oue takes mor
phine to ease pain. But as drink is an excitant
and a stimulant, many drink for the pleasure of
feeling the stimulant, and it soon becomes a
habit and then a disease. As the nervous sys.
tem is excited, and tbat daily, tbe habit takes
on the form of a disease.
Children are born with a taste for liquor, es
pecially if the mother drinks, but still with a
taste if the father is a regular drinker. He
need not be a nard drinker nor a drunkard, if
he drinks before retiring at night, the alcohol
is in bis system, and hts pulse is in an abnor
mal state. Tne child begotten will have alco
holic tendencies. But man is a thinking, rea
soning being; he can trace cause and effect; and
if he knows he has inherited a tendency to
drink, he is forearmed, and should govern him
self according.
A person knows that his father or mother
died of consumption, be further knows that be
has weak lungs; his crime, if it be called a crime,
is in exposing himself to all kinds of weather,
regardless of his constitutional weakness. His
duty is to guard himself aealnst taking cold to
develop the tendency within him. So of a per
son who has an appetite for liquor; they should
guard themselves against an inherited tenden
cy. Oue reason and Judgment must be exercis
ed. You see the point?
Diamonds.
Susan A., Shreveport, La.: “Can you give me
the names of the largest diamonds in the world,
and what they are valued at? Has not one been
found lately somewhere in Africa, I believe,
that is the largest?”
The Great White Diamond, from South Africa,
is believed to be the largest. It will soon be
given to the public to look at. It was discov
ered some two years ago, and weiebed 457 carats
of rough weight. It will, when cut, weigh ex
actly 200 carats. This will be a good deal more
than the Regent of France, and almost twice as
much as the Kohinoor, though less than the Mo
gul or the Nizam, which weighs, in its cut
state, 376 carats and is valued at £720,000, or 81,-
500,000. The Orlcff. the property of the Czar of
Russia, weighs 193 carats, valued at 8400 000.
The Kohinoor. the property of Qseen Victoria,
weighs 123 carats, valued at $700 000. The Star
of the South, property of the Emperor of Brazil,
weighs 125 carats, value $200,000. The Piggott,
property of L >rd Pi«S#)tt. weighs 81)4 carats,
valued at $139 500. The Polar Star weighs forty
carats. Hope, blue diamond, property of Mr.
Hope, weigns 44 carats, valued at $83,700. The
Saucy, Droperty of the Czar of Ru-sta, weighs
, carats, valued at $186,000. The Regent,
perty of France, weigns 137 carats, valued at
§648 000. The Grand Ilute ot Tuscany, property
or Austria, weigns 139*4 carats, valued at $300,-
000. The Great White Diamond will be valued
at about $1 500 0o0 So much for a mere bright
bundle and tue lolly of men in the valuation of
such things.
Tortoise Shell Combs.
Annie P., Moscow, Tenn.: “Can you tell me
a good thing to use to brighten up my tortoise
shell combs, etc.?”
Rub with olive oil, rosallne, kerosene, or any
good emollient. Their beauty will be restored
and they will become less brittle.