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SUNNY
WASHINGTON CITY,
Reminiscences of Distinguished
Public Men.
Incidents Which Have Transoired at
the National Capital
By BEN * PERLY POORE.
NO. 140.
Brewster’s Manner ol Dressing,
Mr. Benjamin Harris Brewster, who was ap
pointed attorney-general, was remarkable In
his personal appearance, llis face had been
disfigured by a burn, received while he was he
roically rescuing a relative from a Ere, and per
sonal appearance bad won for him the appella
tion of “Beau Brewster.” His coats were al
most invariably light colored, bis vests were of
velvet, and being cut low exposed a shirt front
of the finest cambric rufll *s. His pantaloons,
be they neutral tinted checks or sombre blacks
were models of the tailor’s art, and his gaiter
tops were invariably the whitest of white. He
wore standing collars, a black stock, rufflsd
cuffs, and an old-fashioned fob chain with a
heavy gold seal. His white fur beaver hats
made on a modifi nation of the old bell style
were worn alike winter and summer. His hats,
clothes and shoes were made in London. In
bis study Mr. Brewster sometimes wore a blue
cloth cctaway coat, but he oftener appeared in
a fanciiy-embroidered velvet Jacket, out of the
short sleeves of which protruded his ruffled
cuffs. Notwithstanding the fact that his cos
tumes were of antique styles, Mr. Brewster
could not be called anything but a well dressed
man, and the dignified manner in which he car.
rled himself on a crowded thoroughfare showed
that he was aware of the fact, and didn’t care a
fig for contrary opinions. His expenditures
for books and works of art were lavish. His
capacity for hard work was positively marvel
lous.
Lincoln Shaking Hands With The
German Soldiers.
President Lincoln spent several afternoons
immediately after the battle ol Bull Itun In vis
iting the regiments which were being re-organ
ized In their camps about AVashlngton. He
wore a high black silk hat, black clothes and
black gloves, and was accompanied by Secreta
ry Seward, who wore a pepper-and-salt colored
morning suit, with a broad-brimmed felt hat.
One of the regiments which he visited was com
posed of Germans, dirty, soiled and mud-stain
ed. When they were drawn up in line of bat
tle at open order. Mr. Lincoln took off his hat
and gloves, put the gloves in the hat, put the
hat on the ground, and started down the line,
giving his right hand to the men on his left, and
his left hand to the men on his right, and pass
ing along, shaking hand over hand, each one
heartily, and saying, “Thank you. God bless
you! i° eac ^* When lie bad reached the end
oi the front rank he returned along the rear
rank, shaking hands, hand oyer hand, in tne
same way, and devoutly thanking each private.
The solemnity of his manner and the sadness of
his eyes produced a marked effect on the hon
est Teutons, who evidently felt, each man of
them, that they had received the thanks of the
nation.
Iiichiag Joha Quincy Adams.
1“ the House of Representatives the vener-
Ident, John Quincy Adams, headed
ePP°sRlon to Texas, while he maintained
his defiant Attitude on the right ol petition.
This so exasperated the Southerners tnat sev-
°P en 'y Indulged in hostile threats
towards him; and one day, when the House was
In session, a Virginian named Sangster had “the
old man eloquent” called out into the lobby bv
a Sin gster saw Mr. Adams, be
said; “You are wrong, I’ll kick you,” and made
an attempt to seize him, which the old gentle
man endeavored to prevent by grasping the
wrists of bis assailant. Sangster, disengaging
one of his hands, then tried to slap Mr. Adams*
face, but was prevented by the somewhat tardy
interference of the bystanders, and later In the
day he was arrested, but not punished. Mr.
Adams, nothing daunted by these brntal dem
onstrations, persevered in his demonstrations
against Southern despotism, displaying the traits
which Thackeray has told us were possessed by
Fielding: “He has an admirable love of truth,
and the keenest Instinctive antipathy to hypoc
rlsv. His wit Is wonderfully wise and detective,
It flashes upon a rogue and lightens up a rascal
like a policeman’s lantern.”
Joshua Glddings,
Joshua Reed Glddings was one of the first who
came to the aid of Mr. Adams in the House, and
he soon attracted attention as a stalwart oppo
nent of slavery. He had succeeded Elisha
■Whittlesey, with whom he had studied law in
Ohio; and, during the excitement attendant on
the proposition to annex Texas, he became so
outspoken that a resolution was passed declar
ing his conduct “altogether unwarranted and
unwarrantable, and deserving the severest con
demnation of the country and of the House.”
Mr. Giddings eloquently protested against the
passage of this resolution of censure without
giving him an opportunity to be heard, saying
that he would accept of no other privilege and
would ask no other courtesy. The House re
fused to permit him to speak, and passed the
resolution by a vote of two to one, whereupon
Mr. Glddings resigned. Returning to Ohio, he
announced himself a candidate for re-election,
and he was sent back to Washington by a ma
jority of over 3.000, many Democrats voting for
him. In a few weeks after he had been cen
sured, he was again in his seat, endorsed by his
constituents, and a more defiant opponent of the
slave-power than he was before the attempt to
discipline him. He was taunted, rebuked, in
sulted and threatened with chastisement, but
he did not flinch a hair; and he continued to
stand forth as the champion of anti-slavery un
til his health forced him to decline a re-election
Just before the war. Mr. Lincoln appointed him
Consul-General for Canada, and he died in Mon
treal In 1364, having lived to witness the aboli
tion of slavery.
Gen. Berlrand and the New York
Militia.
Gen. Bertrand visited this country In the fall
of 1843, and maae quite a stay at New York. He
was of a noble presence, though, like Napoleon,
below the medium height. His features ex
pressed honesty, firmness and rapid intelligence,
the latter expression aided by eyes of unusual
brilliancy. His hair was quite white. Possess
ing all the natural politeness of a Frenchman,
he was a man of very few words, very collected,
but very courteous. The Light Guards made
him a guest of honor at a dinner given by
Charles Stetson of the Astor House, when he
was made a lieutenant In that famous corps, and
the general was very felicitous In the remarks
which be made. On Evacuation Day, the 25th
of November, the entire city military, command
ed by Gen. Sandford, paraded on the battery,
and were marched up Broadway to the park,
where they passed In review before the French
hero. Rome, In the days of her broadest em-
f >ire, never snowed a greater variety of nations
n their distinctive uniforms among her troops
than there were among these. Some of the reg
iments were well disciplined and drilled, while
others would have disgraced an old-fashioned
New Hampshire training. Immediately after
the review the general (who sailed for France
that afternoon) was entertained at lunch by a
party ol officers, and one of them, with more en
thusiasm than wisdom, insisted that their guest
should frankly give bis opinion of the militia of
the State of New York, as he had seen them
that day. This was rather a poser to the old
veteran, but tbe request was vociferously sec
onded, and at last he rose, evidently not know-
1 g exactly what he should say. Measuring
overy word, as if he was at the same time grop
ing into the future for tb6 word which was to
follow it, the general said: “Messieurs les offi
cers—You much flatter me bv asking my opinion
of the milice of the city of New York. I have
seen ze troops of France when reviewed by my
great chief, Napoleon! I have seen ze troops of
England when reviewed by Vellingtonl I have
seen ze troops of Russia when reviewed by ze
Emperor Alexander! [Here the desired idea
evidently struck the speaker, who proceeded
more rapidly.] And to-day 1 myself have had
ze grand honor to review ze milice of ze city of
New York. And I can say, messieurs les offi
cers, with my hand on my heart, that I have
never seen ze troops like ze milice of ze city of
New York—never, never, N'eveb!” After hav
ing paid this ambiguous compliment the veteran
resumed his seat amid loud applause.
Leas Springs, Grainger county, E. Tennessee,
(near Knoxville} is well patronized on account
of the great and superior variety of its natural
mineral waters—White Sulphur, Black Sulphur
and Chalybeate. Its mountain scenery is grand,
and it is a remarkably beautiful, cool and healthy
S lace. Season opens I5:h of May of each year.
end for descriptive circular to the proprietor,
Mr. M. J. Hughes. 554-31
NOCTES MEMQRABILES.
BY *‘B. B.’
Dramatis Personct.
The Doctor—a bachelor, age 50.
The Judge—a bachelor, age 45.
The Professor—a bachelor, (suspect) age 30.
The Madam-u widow, (landlady) age uncertain.
The Imp—landlady’s hopeful, age Irrelevant.
Time—Night.
Scene—Bachelor’s Apartments in a Down-
street Boarding-House.
Copyrighted by the Author. All rights reserved.
SECOND NIGHT.
The Professor: But Judge—
The Judge: Hold your tongue, sir! Yes,
sir; de is a fool, and tbe more learning he has,
tbe bigger fool he Is. Now all the plan in the
economy of tbe Universe centers in man; Just so
all that pertains to man—his faculties, powers
and loDgings all point to an immortal existence.
L 10k into Nature! Look where yon will! Look
as deep as you may; and then tell me u-hat
death is! Is it anything but a change of state?
You cannot make it anything else. In all the
Universe there is not a shadow of a suggestion
that it is more. Nature is everywhere positive
upon this point. She knows nothing of annihi
lation, and spurns with indignation the accusa
tion that she can destroy what she cannot cre
ate. She can tear down these bodies of ours be
cause they are her workmanship; she built
them up; bat tbe soul she did not give, and lias
no power over it. By the operation of her sub
tle forces she can transform lifeless dust into
organic matter; but she cannot do this except
she has a living germ to start with. All tbe
combined natural forces of the Universe are in
adequate to the creation of the smallest animal
cula that ever swam in -its microscopic sea, ex
cept from a living parent. Life can only come
from life, and life can only end In life. Lucre
tius—the Mad Poet of the Epicurlans—spoke
truer than he meant when he said:
“Things seem to die, but die not. The spring
snowers
Die on the bosom of the mother earth,
But rise again in leaves and fruits and flowers,
And every death is nothing but a birth.”
Wordsworth has further refined the thought
and expressed a subtler and more poetic truth:
“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting.
Tne soul tbat rises with us—our llte’s star—
Hath bad elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar.
Not in entire forgetfulness,
Nor yet in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is cur home.”
And so from man’s place in nature we draw
another proof of his immortality. Geology tells
us that tbe winds and the waves at work in pre
paring the earth for his advent, sang of his com
ing millions of ages before he had any other ex
istence than as a thought slumbering and smil
ing in the bosom of God. And now tbat he has
come into the world and finds it made for him
perfect and good, nature bows at his feet and
says, “Behold, all things are for you, and for
you only is made all things that were made.”
And so he stands as the fulfillment of nature's
prophesy, and as the prophet of his own immoi-
tality. Something cannot return to nothing.
Tbe soul cannot die. Tiling* but return whence
they came. Nature works in circles. Dust re
turns to dust from when it came, and the soul to
God who gave It.
The Prof.: Stop a moment, Judge, you are
assuming tbe real ground at issue. Lucretius
is the founder of your maxim tnat something
cannot go back to nothing, but he saw no argu
ment in it for the dogma of immortality—but
quite the contrary. Tne fact is, Judge, the fab
lacy In your argument Is simply this: Yon as
sume for tbe soul a separate Individual entity,
an immaterial unit—a something distinct from
tbe body. Now if that Is tbe case I admit you
have the verdict of all science in your favor. If
the soul exists independently as such, it can nev
er cease to exist, and this is just the thing sci
enceis more and more reluctant to admit.
The Judge: What?
The Prof.: I mean to say simply, Judge,
tbat in your argument you assumed the real
ground of dispute. The question is not whether
the soul is immortal, but whether there is any
such thing as a soul. This modern science de
nies—
The Judge, (springing to his feet): Then
modern science
The Doctor, (interrupting): Judge, Judge!
Don’t forget yourself!
The Juege, (resuming his seat): You’re
right. Doctor, you’re right. I’ve lived fifty odd
years and never swore an oath in all my life. I
am sorry I came so near It just now, and thank
you for your timely Intervention. Bnt I’ll al
ways believe I ought to have said It, Doctor, for
It Is In me yet. To hear such abominable doc
trine—
The Doctor: Hold on, Judge! wait till you
get cooled off. An angry man Is never reason
able ; though you are living evidence to the fact
that a reasonable man may sometimes be angry.
Let us hear Will out. Go on, Professor, and I’ll
hold the Judge if he attempts to impound in
stead of expound the law.
The Prof : Perhaps, Judge, I was speak
ing without authority when I said that modern
science denies the existence of the soul. What
I should have said is this: that while only a few,
perhaps, of the most advanced thinkers are
open and avowed materialists, they all agreed
as to the fact that if there is domiciled within
these bodies of ours an Immaterial, individual
ized somewhat, a real extra material entirely—
it falls to reveal itself, since all the phe
nomena which we have long been accus
tomed to attribute to its operations
—such as thought, feeling, will, conscious
ness and the like—may be, and now are sat
isfactorily accounted for upon purely scientific
grounds by the regular operation of known phys
ical laws, without the intervention of any super
physical force or any power not found poten
tially in tbe matter that composes our bodies.
In other words, science boldly declares she has
now no need of the hypothesis of a soul; as to
whether there is such a thing or not it Is utterly
out of her province to discuss, and only asks to
be let alone while quietly going about her own
business, and not be compelled to suffer abuse
simply because she is frank and honest enough
to confess her inability to see a thing she cannot
see, no matter who asks her to. If pursuing her
Investigations into tbe mysteries of matter, she
has followed it into fislds heretofore considered
outside of her dominion, she Is only recovering
her rightful inheritance, and is not to be tra
duced for bravely insisting upon her rights in
stead of making ignominious terms with the an-
cient and haughty usurper. To quote the re
cent words of a celebrated English scientist and
popular writer: “Call it materialism or what
else you like, experimental physiology has now
calmly demonstrated the irrefragable fact that
on the brain and on each of its parts depends
the whole of what we are and what we feel, what
we see and what we suffer, what we believe and
what we imagine. Everything tbat in our lu-
most souls we think of as us, apart from tbat
mere external burden, our body, is summed up
in the functions and activity of a single inscru-
tible organism, our human brain.” So this is
wbat science teaches—that tbe sonl may be or
not; but certainly all the phenomena we have
been accustomed to regard as proceeding from
it, and from Its relation to the body, are simply
the outcome of matter only, acting in accordance
to well established and well known laws, and
have not in any way whatever the remotest
causative connection with any such thing as an
immaterial soul. It Is matter that feels and
thinks, that sorrows and enjoys, tbat reasons—.
The Doctor: Hold on. Professor! You are
evidently terribly mistaken or untimely face
tious. Science don’t teach anything of the kind,
sir.
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PORTRAITS AYD BIOGRAPHIES
OF DISTINGUISHED MEN
AND WOMEN.
Adelina Patti.
Adelina Patti, whose Impending marriage with
her leading tenor, Nicolini, is attracting such
attention in Europe, was born at Madrid, April
9;h, 1843. In early youth she came to America
with her parents and studied music with her
brother-in-law, Maurice Strakosb. She first ap
peared in New York November 24tb, 1859, and
her voice at once attracted attention. In 1831
she appeared in London in “La Somnambula ”
She took the town by storm and became the
prime favorite or the day. Since then she has
maintained her rank and is to-day the most pop
ular operatic star living. Not only is she an un
aDEt IMA PATTI,
ex am pled vocalist, hut her acting is such as
would place her in tbe first rank, were she not
gifted with song. The parts which she sings
are numerous aud her “Lucia” in rtie “Bride of
Lammermoor.” “Violetta” and “Zerllna,” are
equally famed. It was, however, as “Rosina,”
in “II Barbiere de Swigiia” that she showed her
comic powers. In 1863 she attempted tbe part
of “Ninetta,” in “La Gaza Ladra” and gained a
signal triumph. In 1864 sh * sana ‘Margherlta”
in Gounod’s “Faust,” and in 1867 “Juliet,” In
“Romeo and Juliet.” In May, 1868, she was
married at the Roman Catholic church, Chap-
ham, to the Marquis de Caux, but the marriage
proved so stormy that a divorce was obtained.
In the early part of 1870 Patti visited Russia,
where she met with an enthusiastic reception,
receiving from Alexander II. the Order of Merit
and the appointment as First Singer of the Im
perial Court. Upon her return to America a few
years ago, she was received with great eclat and
saDg to overflowing houses, over the whole
country. The extortionate price demanded for
seats seemed to increase rather than diminish
the desire to hear her, and during the few years
she starred here she accumulated a fortune.
and has one child by his last marriage. The
Doughty family is noted for its pluck. Years
ago old Captain William Doughty and Isaac
Doughty, the father of Warren A., were in the
schooner Argus that was seized and carried in
to Euelishtown on a charge similar to the one
on which tbe Ella M. Doughty is held, Captain
William fought tbe cass in the courts for thir
teen years and finally received full pay for his
schooner and the full charges.
Ernest Nicolini
Ernest Nicolini, who is to be married to Ade
lina Patti, is the son of a hotel-keeper of Di-
nard. Brittany. He was born at Tours, Febru
ary 231.1834. He was for a short time a pupil
at the Paris Conservatoire, and in 1855 gained a
second “accessif’ in comic opera. Shortly after
he was eneaged at the Opera Comique, remain
ing until 1859, with but poor success. In that
year he went to Italy and sang at Florence, Tu
rin. etc., with fair snccess, returning to Paris In
1862, where he sang at the Salle Ventadour. In
1866 he visited England and sang at Lucca’s con
cert at St. James Hall, and later at Covent Gar-
ERNEST NICOLINI.
Mrs George Hearst.
Among tbe leaders in the society of Washing
ton, Mrs. George Hearst, the wife of tbe newly
appointed senator from California, occupies a
den. as “Edgardo,” but created no excitement.
In 1871 be again appeared in London, this time
under Mapleson’s management, singing “Faust”
so successfully tbat he remained the whole sea
son. In 1872 be was engaged at Covent Garden
where he has sung each successive year as the
interpreter of “Lohengrin” and “Padames.
Daring the winter and spring seasons he sang
in Russia, Vienna and other large cities, and of
late years has been starring with Fatti. He
came to America with her a few years ago and
contributed largely to the success of her con
certs. He also sang here in opera. He has a
voice of moderate power, has a good stage pres
ence and is a fair actor, but he has adopted the
prevailing “tremolo” to such an extent as seri
ously to prejudice the method be acquired at
tbe Conservatoire. It has been known tor some
time that he would marry Patti, and they were
known as man and wife, some technicalities in
law alone preventing their formal union.
Ethelbert Barksdale.
Ethelbert B irksdale, Chairman of the House
Committee on Printing, was born in Rutherford
county, Tennessee. While still a boy he re
moved to Mississippi, and at the age of twenty
one entered npon journalism and adopted the
profession. He has also been engaged in farm-
Ing, and conducted the official journal of the
State of Mississippi from 1854 to 1861 and from
1870 to 1883 Hejwas a memoer of the Congress
of the Confederate States during the existence
Empress Elizabeth, of Austria’s, Long
Walk.
The Empress Elizabeth has been in the habit
of taking long walks every day some fifteen or
twenty miles, generally accompanied by only
her maid of honor. A short time ago they were
going to Rastadt, a little town about twelve
miles from here containing a royal school and
barracks, when they lost their way. They were
in despair, but were relieved by meeting two
private soldiers, whom they took as guides, not
telling whom they were. The Empress walked
with one of the soldiers, the maid of honor with
the other for the whole afternoon, conversing
very pleasantly. The Empress told her compan
ion that she was an Austrian and would like to
see him again, inviting him to call upon her tbe
next day and giving him her address. The day
arrived, so did the soldier. He was ushered in
to a room where he net the Colonel of his regi
ment, who questioned him about his behavior
the day before. The poor soldier was struck
dumb with horror when be found with whom he
had chatted in such a friendly manner, as her
Majesty dresses very simply when she goes on
these tramps, and had simply told him that her
name was Elizabeth. He, of course, had no
Idea of her exalted rank. 8he presented him
with twenty marks.— Letter from Baden Baden,
Germany.
A hill appropriating $150,000 for the purpose
of studying the effects of alcoholic drinks on
tne human system has passed both branches of
Congress. Just think of the vast number of
men wbo will not step forward and offer the
Government the use of their systems!
MRS. GKOHGc HEARST.
foremost position. Mrs. Hearst is a Missourian
by birth, and was sent to school in St. Louis.
Her father was a Virginian and her mother
came from South Carolina. In June, 1862, she
was married and accompanied her husband to
California. In 1873, she went to Europe, staying
a year and a half; In 1878 and 1882 she again
crossed the ocean. She is a lady of great edu
cation and learning, and in addition to speaking
several of the modern European languages flu
ently. she is well versed in Greek and Latin.
Mrs. Hearst is a delicate, dainty little lady, with
a sweet refined face and gentle graceful bearing,
an accomplished hostess and a woman of fine
breeding and manners. She has black hair and
lashes with blue eyes. She dresses with consu-
mate taste. For sometime previous to her hus
band’s appointment she had been staying in
Washington and endeared herself to all with
whom she came in contact. The Hearst home
is in Highland Place and is known as the Fergu
son House. It is a few doors removed from the
residence of Secretary Bayard. The Hearst’s
are renowned for their generous hospitality, and
notwithstanding their great wealth, there is no
evidence of the “shoddiness” too apparent in
tbe homes of many of our suddenly wealthy
public men.
Captain Warren A. Doughty.
The seizure of the American schooner, Ella
M. Doughty, Capt. Warren A. Doughty com-
CAPTAIN WARREN A DOUGHTY.
manding, at St. Arm, has thoroughly aroused
the New Eugland fishermen, and their threats
to protect toeir vessels tbemse.ves, if Uncle Sam
could not or would not do so, have forced Sec
retary, EUyard to take steps to fully investigate
tbe matter and demand reparation if such is due.
Captain Douebty is charged with buying bait
from four different persons. He had a “touch
and trade” permit dated Portland. Me., April
24 W 1886, and thought tbat he was tully Justified
toipurchase bait. He however asserts that he
did not buy bait at St. Arm’s but was driven in
the bay by the ice. Captain Warren A. Doughty
was born on Long Island, Portland Harbor,
Me.. April 4,1850, and consequently is 36 years
old. At the age of 9 he began to follow the sea
and has been engaged in the fishing business
ever since. His first trip was with Captain John
B. Woodbury, a veteran Portland fisherman.
Doughty commanded the “Little Fannie” for
two years, and the “Martha D. McLane” nine
years. He took command of the Ella M. Doughty
three years ago. He has been twice married
ETHELBj. RT BARKSDALE.
of that government, and served on the Platform
Committee of the National Democratic Conven
tions of 1860-68-72 and 80 He was on the Demo
cratic electoral ticket lor the State at large in
1876 and chairman of the State Electoral Col
lege. He was Chairman of the Democratic State
Executive Committee from 1877 to 1879, and was
elected to the Forty-eighth Congress and re
elected to the Forty ninth Congress as a Demo
crat. He represents the Seventh District of
Mississippi, which includes the counties of Clai
borne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lin
coln, Madison, R inkin and Simpson.
William L Scott
William L Scott, of Erie, enjoys the distinc
tion of being the richest man in the House of
Representatives if not. in Congress. He is esti
mated as worth $15,000 ooo
William L. Scott, of Erie, Pa., was born in
Washington, D. C., Julv 2, 1828 He received a
common school education, ana served as a page
in the House of Representatives from 1840 till
1846. He was taken to Erie by General Reed
and was made clerk in the shipping business.
In 1850 he began business on his “own hook,”
end soon owned several vessels on tbe lakes.
He became largely interested in tbe manufac
ture of Iron and mining coal, as well as In the
construction and operation of various railroads.
He now represents over 22 000 miles of railroad,
probably the greatest number of miles of rail
road tbat one man ever controlled. He was a
WILLIAM L. SCOTT.
district delegate to the National Democratic
Convention held in the city of New York in 1868,
and a delegate at large from the State of Penn
sylvania to the Democratic National Convention
held in Cincinnati in 1880, and also represented
the State of Pennsylvania in the Democratic
National Committee from 1876 till 1884. He wag
elected Mayor of Erie in 1866 and again In 1871.
He was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress as a
Democrat. In this campaign it is said tbat he
spent $75,000, forcing his opponent to a like lav
ish use of money. Scott overcame the Republi
can majority of the district, but his opponent
was almost rained, financially, by tbe campaign.
While Mr. Scott was a page in the House, Ar
thur P. Gorman, of Maryland, was a page at the
other end of the Capitol. When the campaign
for the Forty-ninth Congress was at its height,
Mr. Scott proposed to Mr. Gorman that, If suc
cessful, they would celebrate it by a dinner at
Deimonico’s, which was accordingly done, the
dinner being a most lavish one.
PIRSONALMINTIOH.
What the People Are Doing and
Saying.
II is said tbat John Kelly, the New York Tam
many chief, died worth a million and a half dol
lars.
Rev. Annie H. Shaw took the degree of M
D , from the medical department of Boston Uni'
versity this week.
Kelly Q olnn, a well known horseman of North
Manchester, Ind., was fatally bitten by a vicious
stallion yesterday.
It is stated that nearly $100,000 worth of wed
ding presents have been received at tbe White
House in Washington.
The sentiments of Secretary Manning’s letter,
resigning the Secretaryship of the Treasury, are
excellent. So is the President’s reply.
The will of John Doere, the plow manutac •
tnrer, was probated yesterday at Moline, III,,
the executors giving bonds for $400,000.
Miss Annie Wright, daughter ol Comptroller
General W. A. Wright, is confined to her room
in Atlanta with the third attack of measles.
There are reports, which come from apparent-
Iv good sources, that Governor Hill, of New
York, is to marry a wealthy widow of Albany
next autumn.
Mrs. 8. J. Johnson, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
committed suicide by taking chroloform and
then throwing herself into tne river. Cause,
domestic infelicity.
Miss Mizpah Breckinridge, the daughter o
Congressman W. C. P. Breckinridge, of Ken*
tucky, is studying law, and will eventually prac*
tice with her father.
Mrs. Buckingham Is said to be the richest wo
man fruit larmer in California. She has an or
chard a mile long, with row after row of pear,
cherry, peach and apricot trees.
Mme. de Neuville, the widow of the French
artist, who received $60,000 from the sale of her
late hnsbana’s paintings, married him when he
was on his death-bed.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, now in England,
goes to Cambridge on June 17, to receive the
degree of LL-D., and from there to Oxford to
visit Professor Max Muller, the great oriental
ist.
The infant King of Spain eDjoys tbe almost
unique distinction of having been born a mon
arch. There is no other like instance in tbe his
tory of Spain, nor ol England. In France there
has been one such Incident, in the case of John
L, in 1316.
Buffalo society people were disappointed In
the Cleveland-Folsom wedding—first, that it
didn’t take place ia that city, and secondly, that
none of them were bidden. Miss Ida Gregg, a
school friend of Miss Folsom, was the only Buf
falo lady invited.
Minnie Hauk’s father was a poor shoe-maker.l
Sarah Bernhardt was a dress maker’s appren
tice. Lucy Larcom, the poet, was at one time a
worker in a cotton mill. Anna Dickinson com
menced earning her own living as a worker in
a United States mint.
Lady Rindolph Churchill made such a socia
sensation with her orange-colored gown that
the Duchesses are imitating her, ad libitum.
The result is said to be that the recent drawing
room of the Queen looked something like an ex
hibition of Egpptlan mummies.
The one comment that even the best friends of
the late John Kelly, of New York, must make
upon bis public career is that he made of politics
a business. No man, since the world began, who
has made a business of politics has (having died)
left behind him a record, for his friends to be
proud of. Mr. Kelly is no exception to the rale.
Gen. C. A. Evans spoke in Gainesville Tues
day to a very large crowd of citizens in the in
terest of tbe Augusta and Chattanooga railroad.
The audience was exceedingly attentive to his
minute explanation of the plans by which the
road Is proposed to be built. He was confident
that work would begin by tbe 1st of September.
Yesterday the fraudulent contractor, Beud-
denslck, of New York, was carried to Sing Sing
for ten years. The Supreme Court holding tbat
nothing is found in the case upon which the
conviction could be impeached or set aside. It
wilLba remembered that Beudenslek put up a
building which fell down, killing several people.
It was proven on trial that he did not use genu
ine materials in its consti action.
On the authority of the New York World we
nubltsh the rumor of Secretary Lamar’s coming
marriage to a Georgia lady as confirmed by a
dispatch from Washington. “The date for the
ceremony has not yet been announced, but It is
rumored tbat Mr, Lamar will take his vacation
and honeymoon at the same time. In addition
to haying won a charming woman, the Secretary
secures an heiress—one of the wealthiest ladles
in Georgia.”
Johann Strauss, of Vienna, was recently efi
gaged as chief of orchestra to conduct a series
of concerts at St. Petersburg. His conditions
were 100,000 francs, with hotel and traveling ex
penses for three persons. This last stipulation
was exacted by the great musician on account
of his inordinate passion for tarok, a game
which requires four persons to play it. Strauss
is so fond of bis favorite tarok that ne mast play
It while traveling in the cars as well as when
enj lying himself in his rooms.
George I. Senev, of Seney syndicate fame, who
was financially ruined about a year ago by the
failure of the Metropolitan Bank In New York,
is again coming to the front as a daring Wall
street operator. He has made several lucky
deals, and is said to-day to be a clear million
ahead, after paying off all his old debts. There
Is talk of his moving back Into his fine house
on Brooklyn heights, that has stood for many
months an empty monument to the fallen gran
deur of the great financier.
Most slept last nightt at Blackwell’s Island,
and will remain there for a year. It is a pity
that tbe law did not permit of a heavier sen
tence. Recorder Smith told the rascally anar
chist tbat he was the greatest scoundrel he had
ever seen before the bar. This may be a strong
way of putting it, bat It Is hard to imagine a
greater scoundrel than tbe man who conspired
to overturn tbe law and who advised murder.
Ail good citizsns will rejoice In bis incarcera
tion, short as it unfortunately is to be.
Boehm, the sculptor, relates a very interest
ing story about the appearance of Mr. Glad
stone’s eyes when he is excited or is angered.
Tbe sculptor was taking observations of the
great statesman for a statue one day. Tbe
great statesman was laying down the law to a
well-known professor on some Homeric ques
tion, who declared that bis distinguished friend
was talking nonsense. “Then,” said Mr. Boehm
“I learned for the first time that Mr. Glad
stone’s eyes could open m two directions, like a
vulture’s.”
Spies, the anarchist, says that he cares noth
ing for his life. That goes without saying, In
view of the business that he is in. He is wil
ling, as be expresses it, to be a martyr after tbe
manner of tbe fine citizens who offered them
selves up in order tbat tbe French Revolution
might go along boomingly. If Spies Is anxious
to be sacrificed it might not be a good idea to
accommodate him. A man who nas shnnned
labor all his life, as he has, should be given a
chance to add to the productive Industry of the
country through the medium of a prolonged
penitentiary contract.
Kate Rowsand, a little dwarf who lately died,
was known all over Europe as “Madame la Mar
quise.” After she had disposed by will of all
her property, there remained her wardrobe.
“Well,” said she, “my dresses and linen and
everything that I wore must be far too small
for the littlest child; but in order that some
poor little srirl may be made happy, I desire
:hat the sum of ten pounds sterling may be ap
plied to the purchase of twenty dolls of my
size, which shall all be dressed from my ward
robe and given to orphans.”
Duke Karl, of Bavaria, famous throughout
Germany as an oculist and philanthropist, has
recently bean ministering to tbe poor of Meran,
In tbe Austrian Tyrol. During his stay at that
place he operated npon hundreds of patients,
and with singular success. He steadfastly re
fuses to receive pay for his services, and as a
rule confines his practice to those who are una
ble to pay. He took his departure from Merau
tbe other day, and was followed to the station
by crowds of people wbo showered blessings
upon him, and in many cases knelt In the streets
and offered up prayers in his behalf.
Secretary Manning’s presence at the Presi
dent’s wedding was for him a reappearance in
public on a pleasant occasion. There Is now
every reason to hope that the distinguished fi
nancier will gradually recover strength, and
even resume hts labors at the head of the Treas
ury. The enforced rest of a few months will
demonstrate to Mr. Manning that the depart
ment, great as it is, does not demaud such ex
haustive labor as he formerly gave it, and hence
if he does resume his position he will do so feel
ing relieved from any necessity for the constant
labor that broke him down before and came so
near costing him his life.
A young law student was being examined for
admittance to the Texas bar. Judge Stewart,
the Chairmau of the Examining Committee,
asked him:
"If a man who had committed a mnrder em
ployed you as his lawyer, what would you do
toward getting him acquitted?”
Student—“Excuse me, but how much money
did you say the gentleman had?’’— Texas Sift
ings.
QUIZ COLUMN.
A Legal Dilemma.
Young lawyer, Savannah: “Will you publish
th9 following and get the opinion of lawyers
upon It? Let their answers be short and to t&e
point. The point was put I believe In the Bos
ton Globe, but as it Is such a good one, let us
hear from Southern lawyers:”
“A young man was desirous of studying law,
and bis father thereupon entered into an agree
ment with his lawyer for said son to commence
his studies in said lawyer’s office. And the
agreement further stated that the lawyer was
to obtain $500 premium for legal instruction to
the son, which payment was to be made when
the son had attained a sufficiency of legal
knowledge to justify his claim to be a good law
yer, and the test of such acquirement was to be
that the son should plead a case and win it, tbe
father to name the suit in which the son was to
plead. At tbe expiration of a certain time, the
lawyer reported to the father that bis son had
now become a competent lawyer, and demanded
his premium of $500 on the agreement. In reply
the lather demurred to the claim, and told the
lawyer he should not pay him. The lawyer
therefore brings suit against the father for pay
ment ; the father defends the suit, and names
hts own son as advocate. The son wins the
case, and therefore clears his father from his
alleged liability, but at the same time by win
ning the suit he establishes his father’s claim.
Now. how is this thing, or wherefore is it other
wise? If any legal readers can throw light on
the above question he Is cordially invited to let
the light sblne; as for the writer, be can see his
way clearly enough into the dilemma, but not a
step out of It.”
When to Marry.
Mary J., Thomasville: “I see in the Sunny
South an article, ‘When should girls marry? 1
What is your opinion on that subject?”
After a girl or young lady is eighteen and she
is courted by a young man of good character,
sober habits, with a fair show of energy and
brains, tell him yes, and marry him as soon as
yon can make up your wedding outfit. Tnat is
common sense advice and good advice besides.
Never marry a man to reform or make him bet
ter, for nine times out of ten you will be made to
grieve rather than rejoice for your self-sacrifice.
In Love. "** __ -j
Roanoke, Bainbridge, Ga.: “There is a young
man in this town who is in love with a young
lady and ne wants to marry her at once. But
she wants him to wait until olackberrys are
ripe; hut he don’t want to wait tbat long for
fear she might ditch the train. Can you give
him a remedy to bring her to time?”
Yes; let him tell her that she must say yes im
mediately, or he will quit the wild hunt after her
lore. Offer her the marriage ring, and if she re
fuses to take It aud will not come to time with
in a week, then call upon Cupid to shoot her In
the heart with one of his lead pointed arrows.
See tne point?
Tobacco.
G. E Stevens, Pottery, Ga.: “Who first dis.
covered tne tooacco ween? For wuac was It
first used? Dj you thing tne preseuc way of
using it injurious?”
No one discovered it, for it is a plant native to
America, and first used by the Indian*. Sir
Walter Raleigh was the first man who carried it
to Eugland, and smoked It a* he saw tn* In
dians do. To use tobacco iu any way is injur"
ous to the human system, for it is a stimulant
that in no manner whatsoever aids or helps the
system. We think smoking more injurious than
chewing, though both are dirty and expensive
habits. For a woman to use tobacco it is simply
disgusting.
Wants lutwrmation.
A. Bsader, Galveston, Tex.: “In visiting a
large city, how do you inform your friends and
acquaintances of your arrival? By answering
through tne columas ol your paper you will ob
lige me.”
Hare your arrival published In the papers; or
get the city directory and find out wbere your
friends live and tend them a postal card through
the mall; or put an advertisement In the paper,
headed “Personal,’' saying yon are In tbe city
and would be glad to see your friends, telling
where you are stopping.
Gen. Hood's Children.
Mi's. S. E. B., Durham, N. C : “Please let me
know, through your quiz column, what has be
come of General Hood’s orphan children.”
They are all well taken care of. Some at the
North and some In the South. We saw an ac
count sometime ago in the papers who had
them, and were pleased to know they had such
good homes and In good circumstances.
C. E. L., Oxford, N. C.: "Would you please
oblige, your readers with all the information you
can about St. Andrews Bay, in Florida. Find
out if the St. A. Bay Company intends building a
railroad from Cnipley or not? If there is or
would be any boat connection in toe bay with a
railroad? Is tbe bay deep enough for large
boats? Size and number of inhabitants at pres
ent of St. Andrews, and if the prospects are good
for its Doing a large place any time soon? Any
or all of tne above information furnished through
your columns and your numerous readers will
be greatly obliged.
There are now about 300 persons living at St.
Andrews Bay. Houses small and rough. Some
are suffering, as they cannot get work. The
company bare their hotel and wharf completed
and accommodations ample. No business doing
and no bright prospects for the future. The
railroad is at a stand still, with no prospects of
a speedy completion. Persons are visiting and
looking around. The above we get from a Flor
ida paper—Pensacola Commercial—and you can
Judge for yourself. Best way in all such matters
is to write to the postmaster or hotel-keeper, or
any minister, and get facts as they state them,
and then believe half. Such is our way of doing
business.
Miss M. J. W., Charleston, S. C.: “Will you
please solve for me a perplexing question; not
only for myself, but several other young ladies.
The question turns with us on propriety, mod
esty and love, and we wish to know which
should control in the matter. The question Is
this: If a young lady gives her suitor no for an
answer when he asks her heart and hand In
marriage, and she wishes to recall her answer,
how should she go about It to give her lover to
understand tbat she wishes to recall him?”
As society, so called, is now ruled, governed
and controlled, we think that woman has no
that full liberty she Is entitled to In many re
spects. 8he herself is to blame in a great] ]del
gree, for she has surrounded herself with too
mnch false modesty at the expense of her heart
and common sense judgemsnt. Modesty Is a
beautiful trait in woman’s character when not
carried too far, for It operates many times to
her heart. Your question is one in point, and
has often, very often, happened, and many
times to the heart of the young lady, for her
heart loved another man perhaps more than the
man she afterwards married. The most sensi
ble way we would say to act in such a matter,
would be to address to the suitor a frank and
candid note, and say to him: “If your love is
wbat I think It to be, this note will meet a re
sponse in your heart, for after another thought
on my part of vour proposal of marriage, my
heart and judgment bids me recall my first an
swer, and my reason approves my judgment
I must he true to myself and to you in such a
matter. With me it is not now a queraon of
woman’s modesty or pride, but that deeper
stronger and sonl absorbing emotion of love
which can hops where reason would despair ’’
Such a note wonld touch the heart o#*Sny true
man and lover. Again, If you do not like so de
cided a step, then throw yourself in his wav as
If by accident, and give him to understand by a
s“i le - » f > “totyour heart Is not cold towafds
him. Again, if it be possible send him a hoquet
with a red rose in it, and if he but reads the lan
guage of flowers he will at once see and know
tnat the rose Is the symbol of love. Again, pay
him a compliment, and be sure that it eels to
his ears, for true love interprets everything for
tD6 D€8u
But you may say, suppose he refuses to ac
knowledge auy of said addresses, what then?
Way, you have ouly been true to yourself and
your own heart and there is nothing to be
ashamed of, and yonr lover would certainly dis
play more of wounded pride than good common
9ecse. Many a man has addressed the woman
he loved two and three times before he won her,
and if a man Is permitted to press a suit of love
after more than one refusal, certainly a woman
may he allowed to change her mind at least
once. How does our answer suit you?