About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1887)
/ VOLUME XII.—NUMBER 583. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1887. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Shaking Across the Bloody Chasm. IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? “Ifthfe worth l)vin*?*' Auk of hin Who toils both day at.d night To n Kite n little homo for those So dour unto his ti-.ht. ‘‘Is life worth living?” * sk < W ho, clowned with widow’s Dot had supreme* ha,' p'« e in kina sod noblest dei il . ‘‘If life worth lh ing?” Ah* again Of those whose lghett aim Is to assist their fellow-man Without oce thoughi ol fume. All! doar friend. FLORIDA PENINSULA. The Winter Home and Gar den of America. A Land of Oranges, Pins Apples, Ba nanas and Palm Trees. Some Points of Especial Interest. Northern immigrants, soon after the war, found potent attractions in the neighborhood of New Smyrna, where Dr. Turnbull settled ids colony many years ago. Dummit’s famous ornnie grove is near here, being planted in “Shell Hammock.” Merritt's Island is in the Northern part of Indian river, is very lovely, and has pineapple plantations, with other fruits; and there are others as yon descend the iiver. The most coveted spot in these parts is the narrow strip, only half a mile wide and twelve milt s long, between Lake Worth and the ocean. The land is good and has escaped frosts, which have been hurtful on Indian river. Here are being built some of those Elysian homes referred to. Lieutenant tiovernor Gleason, who is a tine writer and a wit, however erring in politics, chose for his paradise a tract on the .South shore of Biscayne Bay. Orange county having had the start by a do zen years, and having superior transportation, is in tlie lead witli brilliant orange groves. She has them from a few acres to one hundred in size, and some winch one hundred thousand dollars could not buy. Bananas will grow anywhere in South Flor ida. Will have more to say about them. The latest and biggest thing in South Florida is cocoanut planting. Tile palms will bear in six or seven years; they need no cultivation, are long lived, yieltl it nut daily, and the de nial! i for them is good. The ground need not be rich, but should be sea coast, as the palms nee 1 sea sir. (>ne cultivator has planted many miles of coast, anti will be able, if successful, to load ships or trains of cars daily. (This i nut, by tiie way, is a complete food.) I Last winter v.ii-n arctic rig rs struck all the country, and a few frosts with half-inch ice l smote Florida, certain distinguished newspa pers of New York were harsh and jubilant over her misfortune—forgetful of tlie fact that ex treme eccentricities of t e w-atber do occur in any country. The Thames at London once froze so thickly that booths were built on the ice, and many of the people gave themselves up to enjoyment of the novelty. And there have been summers in England when there was not warmth sufficient to ripen tlie wheat. Cold sufficient for a little ice is desitabie. It purifies the atmosphere, and does not hurt Florida’s main fruit nor tlie trees. Any State could be spared from 'the Union better than South Florida. U prolb.rgeth the lives of the afliicted—also tlie elderly. 1 People ol means, who love comfort, will seek'it to en joy that when blizzards inipriton thinly Many votaries of fashion will come because,it is the Editor Sunny Sol in: This division of the stale extends ireun about the latitude of Palatka, southward three hundred and fifty , miles, terminating in the long chain of almost } innumerable islands known as “The Florida * liaef,” which borders the southern and soulh- eastern coas two hundred miles. Key West ads die most western ti; for habitation, and from \ (.the great importance of its due liaroor, it might be called the door, or gateway to the commerce * of the Gulf. cl. The peninsula is only from one hundred to fashion, and for tlie novelty. Uailroigd man age ill generously lix excursions !so'that eajnne hundred and forty miles wide, and there nj; many will come of the cla travel, and they will go There are those living who will visitors coming here in winter. Bespeclfully, Lakeland, Fla. ustomed to home enotbanted. ilfions ol' It (I.P. j in: i ovum Kit. GOSSIPY LETTER. | WASHINGTON CITY. Reminiscences of Distin guished Public Men. Incidents Which Have Transpired at Bv BEN. PERLY POORE. No. 167 Belmont. August Belmont, who has for some years been the agentof the Kothschilds at New York, has exercised a powerful influence in the Dem ocratic party. He married a daughter of the Commodore Perry who discovered Japan, not the one who fought on Lake Erie, and he was for years the leader of fashionable society in New York. Personally lie resembles Leopold Morse, except that he limps a little, owing to a wound received in a duel when he first came to this country. He has never held office ex cept when for a time he was Consul General of Aus.rta at New York, and afterwards United States minister to Holland. His son, Perry Belmont, now in Congress, is a smart young fellow, lavish in his expenditures and anxious for distinction. Boss Tweed. PERSONAL MENTION. Bob Ingersoli’s hair is as white as snow. . Gov. Lee, of Virginia, is credited with being the champion checker player of the South. Mrs McClellan widow of the General, has established herself at Florence for the winter. Prof. James Legge, tlie eminent Chicago scholar, is going to bring out a metrical trans lation of the Psalms according to the Hebrew text. W. G. Deshler, a millionaire banker of Co lumbus, O., has presented the Female Be nevolent Society of that city with a check for $100,000. Minister McLane and ex-Gov. English, of Connecticut, met recently in Paris for ’the first time in forty years. Early in life they were quite intimate. The English Duke of Sutherland and his party are in Charleston, S. C., where they will stay a d ay or two, and thence sail in the duke’s yacht for Cuba. President McCosh, of Princeton College, is raising funds to erect in the spring an art mu seum to cost $40,000. Valuable collections are ready to be placed in the building. St. Phillip’s Church, Charleston, will be re paired on tlie old lines. The repairs needed will cost about 830,000, which will be raised by Boss Tweed had liis eye on tlie United States I the Episcopal Chur.-hcs throughout the coun- ! Treasury, and had lie not been arrested in liis i try. | speculations at New York he would hive elects Mine. Zeigler, best known as Albani still 1 ed Gov. Seymour or some one else whom lie [ sings, though not in public and her vo’ ce is could have controlled. As a first step in this j said to be quite unimpaired, despite her more ,i,he invested w-g-.XiUO in the establish- | than 00 years. Her home is in Paris ment of a newspaper at Washington, aided by Mr. Corcoran and other hard-shell Bourbons. When about $30,000 had been sunk in the pub lication of tlie paper, Tweed came to grief, and the “Patriot’* was no longer published. IL fmi m!/ * yk A FISHING AND HUNTING CAMP ON FLORIDA COAST. SPRINGFIELD, MO. ijire no mountain ranges to obstruct tlie bretz fes ; t.nd so, no mat er from what direction the n nos'Ai t J (h of this belt. The arable lands below are tu,ll bodies, surrounded by flat-woods, or ries; but they are tlie more valuaoD, of .-sc, for winter gardening and tender frui at, ■* nearer they are to the tropics. • pt a narrow border of dry, firm ground, on the eastern and south eastern coasts, tlie southern-most, one hundred and fifty miles of the main land, arc so low as to be always cov ered with a shallow street of limpid water, which drifts slowly southward, and this makes “The Everglades.” It is grown with grass, thick and tall in places. The New Orleans Tima once had an attempt made to go through it. There are islands in it of dry ground, said to fan very fertile, and they are the favorite abodM Of the remaining Indians. These have »chK» jlaliassee, seventy years of age, who waa • .nputable "brave” when young; but Tom MO be buried the hatchet sincere y, and has go Jived as to make many friends among the whites. He would pass for twenty years younger than lie is; is a good looking old man, dignified in his demeanor; dresses strictly in the style of his people: buck-skin leggings, banting shirt, moccasins, turban, belt, buek- . iM" pantaloons, ami a red silk handkerchief tied loosily around his neck. When he hap pens to meet any of the cattle owners in tlie remote forests and prairies in liis neighbor hood, he frankly renders any civilities tliatjare proper; and tlie stock men, in turn, treat him hospitably when lie is out in tlie white settle ment!. lie at.ended tlie lirst railroad celebra tion at Bartow He brought with him a maid en and a half grown girl, his grand-daughters. Tbeie were dressed simply in cali ;o, and en dured quietly and well tlie trying gaze of the throng. They had no ornaments except itn- ■enae rolls of beads around their necks. These Indians plant some corn, raise ponies nd bogs, have game and fish in abundance, fithisweet potatoes and pumpkins to waste, and yyer ripening vegetables. Thus they are able to Invite travelers to substantial fare. Tby have a yeast plant to make their bread The Eastern Coast. The eastern coast has a chain of tide-water liven and lagoons along shore, which needed not much dredging to connect them; and this has been going on three or four years, and weeks or months of comple- When finished, one may sail by this symd passage from north of St. Augustine IS the southern extremity of Indian Biver. There is of course the outsiae coasting of the The Old Year—Greenville Soutti Car-| A Letter fl’OlT'" ^ FCOF - ' .. 'Ll ■polls C. \r. some six hundred Confeder* _j . , Through the zealous efforts of : «„,i men mid women, the grounds hit ",s soinely enclosed and head-stoni , R ni-v be ing placed in position. The AL e t! m ,-, gone in debt in its efforts to * 1 ,J/ the graves of the Confede; tributions howeve** COL. HARDEMAN’S SWORD. The St John’s direction parallel to and near the coast has been mentioned in a previous chapter, and makes a third means of trans portation North and South. *2(ext, the South Florida railroad connects Palatka, via. Sanford, with Indian Biver. Next Palatka, via. Sanford, with Kissimmee where there is navigation through Lake Okee- .ebobee to Charlotte Harbor. Next the Florida Southern and South Flori da have, together, a railway from Gainesville and Ocala, via. Lake .and and Bartow, to Char- lottee Harbor. Ths S- P-i is built from Kiisunmee to Tampa. A railroad center is being made at Leesburg. The Yulee road is rapidly completing a branch aouth to Plant City, and also survey ing a route south wet t to the mouth of the Manatee river. Brooksville has a railroad at last Ocala is building one of her own westward to Crystal ri zer on tbe Gulf. The “Central City” of Georgia is arousin; herself to build a grand trunk air line roai into the heart of the peninsula. Here we have several hundred miles of railroad built, and other important ones in progress, ii new portion of the State which does not con tain one hundred thousand inhabitants, nor one large city, and which, therefore—aside from aid in lands—were almost wholly built by railroad capitalists. Our deep gratitude is due to tlie road builders. The South Florida and the Florida Southern have done the moBt of the work, with the great Plant company ajHing first one and then the other. No other ao young a country as Southern Florida has aqual facilities of transportation. The immigrant, if a bold mariner, and fond of the ocean’s roar and of riding the wayes, may settle on the Atlantic coast. Or if not so bold he may have his home on the inland annnils, and sail in “Shallops.” Or he may with if 1 * 1 * 11 scull and oars go still l ore placidly _ the upper St. John’s river. Or there are aevenl railroads to travel and settle by, "l b« be indifferent to boating. and her dear eyes dwell upon me with the fond affection, I fain would have found elsewhere, when far away. But my friends will not love me as my mother lozi s her child, never! How many of the Slnhv South readers feel the same thing this bright New Year’s morning 1 That you can never be so young, so sweet, so charming to any one else on earth, as to your mother. We kept watch last night, although uninten tionally. The joy of our reunion banished sleep, and in the midst of our loving converse, the church bells began tolling, sadly, the news of tlie dying year. How tlie whole year's ex perience sprung a living picture to my memory. Ah Intel ah! me! the sweet, tlie sad experi ences that had come to my heart! Reverently m» spirit knelt and made the retrospect, and in'tlie hush of prayer laid them forever at rest! The old year is dead, and with his hoary locks he is swept with all liis treasures, at tlie last tollinz of tlie beil into the misty past. No more the monarch, but only a mem ry, forever more! But litten to tlie joy, bells ringing in the New Year, tlie glad New Year! How re solved we all feel to win tlie favor of the young King, whom we crown with faith and glad ness. Our visit to Greenville, S. 0., was very en joyable. It is a wealthy city of about eight thousand inhabitants. The handsome churcties with their lofty spires, tlie flourishing schools, collej.es and university, speak well for the Christianity and culture of the people of this progressive little city. Music and art are more appreciated and are studied more scien tifically titan in any of the South Carolina towns I haze visited. Miss Lula Bailey, daughter of Dr. T. M. Bailey, is quite a grace ful and successful young artist, and is doing a great deal toward elevating the taste of tlie young pecpie of Greenville, above mere deco rative work. She is a graduate of Lite Jud ton, at Marion, Alabama. “The Chitauqua” is highly appreciated in Greenville. One circle will graduate in June, and a young circle lias been formed and chris tened “The Carlisle.” The Carlisles met in the parlors of my friend while we were there. My little Florence and her cousin Grace came to me with much concern to have a vexed question settled: “Mother,” Florence began, there is sornt kind of a ring to meet here to night; one lady told me it was a she-choker cir cle, but Grace says it ■■ a shedalker circle, and I want to know, if anybody knows what kind of a thing it is that ts coming in a circle to night, and it 1 can see it! Nkttik Lovblhss Kihhsuff. Salem, Ala., Jan, 1, 1887. lving HOLD THE ORANGES. A Belief that Prices Will Advance $1 Per Box in a Month. Jacksonville, Jan. 9.—A. M. Ives Mana ger of the Fruit Exchange, was seen by the News representative this morning, and express es himself very strongly against the suicidal policy of the shippers in still forwarding fruit, when the Northern markets are now glutted. Dispatches from the various agents of the Ex change all agree in reporting very cold weath er, unfavorable to high prices, and urge that shipments be light. Mr. Ives advises the growers to hold on to their fruit, as by so do ing they will realize better prices, “in fact,” said Mr. Ives earnestly, “I really think that those who hold on for a fortnight or three weeks longer will realize fully $1 per box more.” This seems to be the unanimous op n- ion of all. A School Ctrl's Sudden Blindness. A remarkable case of blindness occurred at Athens, Tennessee, a few days since. The students of the Grant University were having a literary entertainment and among those who took part was a Miss Alice McLaine. When her part on the programme was reached the young lady stepped forward with a bright smile and began a beautiful recitation. In the midst of the piece she was noticed to falter and laced her hands over her eyes and was led SeniNiit'lf.1.1>, Mo., Dec. 10,i -After week spent in tbe attractive 1 anil hospitable ciy of Springfield I cannot leave it without a word in acknowledgement of the kindness re ceived at the hands of the generous people, among whom my duty as a member of the “field staff” of the Sunny South has fortun ately brought me. Springfield is the metropolis of a vast stretch of territory known as Southern Missouri. It is located at a high point on the Ozark range of mountains, 1400 feet above sea level. The past of the city is a record of stirring incidents. It was laid out as a town some forty years ago b/ hardy pioneers from Tennessee who built their cabins in the midst of a veritable howling wilderness. The town grew apace and under the impulse of a constant stream of immigra tion the first year of tlie civil war found it a prosperous little city of about 3,000 population and the political and commercial center of a territory a hundred miles square and which in population and development had kept pace with the metropolis. Throughout the war Springfield suffered like many other cities that were a continued bone of contention. It was occupied alternately by Confederate and Federal armies and many spirited encounters at this place, add zest to tlie written histt ries of the war. Among these we note tlie battle of Wilson’s Creek and the famed Zagyoni charge, bo lt of which occupy prominent places in the records of the late un pleasantness. After the war Springfield grew rapidly for several years, hut its prosperity was overtaken bv tlie blight that paralyzed tlie business in- . . . r 7i 1K7:>. anH 1KKO ^ejaculated betwe«. p bou t?h' the st7 euTin S ,*} an .d one q.,. re w Uie villaiD ’ - /„'»< a red beaut spa " l rue mention ho le: ...j ...... space wijl not add Suffice it to eye; I carry will! uie tlie ost pleas ant mt.’ l, o>ss of the Queen CitJ and its whole-souled, thrifty and enterprise people. In ti)Fikld. Baltimore’s Pretty iris. What Mrs. Janish Says Abot Them. terests of the country between 1873 and 1880. The census of 1870 showed that Springfield had a populatin of 5,800. In 1880 this had been increased to about 7,000. It was in this latter year that a new era dawned upon the city and its growth since then has been phenomenal. The population of Springfield and its im mediate neighbor. North Springfield (which are only separated by a street that marks the corporate line of each) iB 21,000, and there is no "letting up” in the growth, notwithstand ing the "hard times’’ that have generally pre vailed for two years past to the detriment of itei placed her nan as over ner eyes ana was tea from the stage, when the fact developed that she had been suddenly stricken totally blind. She was taken to Cincinnati by her other to consult an eminent oculist. ambitious Western cities. Springfield to-day is a city in all that the ti tle implies. It has two trank lines of railroad. The Frisco extends from St. Louis to the West em boundary of Kansas, having branches pen etrating the Indian Territory and Arkansas. The Gulf is a magnificently equipped road, ex tending fioin Kansas City to Memphis. Spring- field is the half-way point on both these lines of road, and both have established mammoth machine shops here which give employment to between 600 and 1,000 men. Other roads are making surveys with a view of Upping the rich territory of which Springfield is the centre. Among these prospective roads are the Chicago & Alton, and Virginia, East Tennessee & Georgia. The city is well equipped with all that is modern in civilization—street railways, gas and electric lighting companies, water works, daily newspapers, etc. The wholesale trade of the city is extensive, and manufactories which are practically in their infancy are doing well. This is destined to become a great man ufacturing point, and it offers an advantageous field to capiul seeking investment in that di- ’^The’city is splendidly equipped with schools, colleges and churches; and in evidence of its . enuine prosperity it may be stated that last year more than one million dollars were in vested in new buildings, while this year the figures, it is confidently believed, wdl pass a million and a half. ... . . The United Sutes Land Office is also located here I am informed that there are yet in this land district about three-quarters of a mil lion acres of Government land, most of which is in the counties south of this, and consisting of fine grazing lands, hilly but intersperced with production and well watered valleys, and all finely Umbered. These lands are all sub ject to entry under the homestead and pre emption laws, and are being rapidly taken up. The Confederate Cemetery at this point is the only one in tbe State, and is deserving of mention in the Scnxv South. Within a stone wall enclosure and adjoining the elegantly kept National Csmstwy, « *>>• P»«* “ The way Mme. Janish conplime* Ameri can women, especially those of laltimore, says a writer in the Baltimore Herd, should certainly make the young laditu o thU city feel very proud. That her opiiion i of great weight there is no room for doibt; or it must be remembered that the Pr.uess Arc* has traveled all over tlie world, am has not only moved in the best society, but has !>eei en tertained by the heads of natice. Mme. Janish had just linisbl her pirt in the second act of “Princess ndrea’* Ihurs- day afternoon, and had retiieoo the ditssing room to make ready for her ppearanCi be fore the chief of pol ce in the tfrd act, vhen she was introduced to the Head man. “How do I like America?” *<d she, in,reply to an inquiry to that effect. 4 am perkctly charmed; but, oh! I am su fomof the South. The people are so kind and hodta'ffe. I lind that they are the most warmhfted people on the face of the globe, and the omen arc so pretty. But you nave in your ity the Host charming ladies I ever saw. 'hen I locked out out ou the audience this aemoon I was surprised. Really, I cannot til words to des cribe the beauty. It simply minded mo of an immense ilower-gArden the choicest roses, and the young belles othis city have such a healthy appearance; amp and well developed figures, and such loly complexion and transparent skin. “When 1 made my debut irlaltimore I was struck with the beautiful worn. I remarked to my manager that their beaif excelled any I had ever seen. “ * Why, my dear madame,Le replied, “did you not know that Baitimoxts noted for its lovely women?” “I was ashamed to confe that I did not, but you see X discovered thisict without be ing told. “Before I had seen much (the world I be lieved that the French worn* were the pret tiest, but they faded away cxpletely when I looked upon a congregation .English ladies, and their sharp features and Ig-beaked noses seemed to make their faces iy when I com pared them to American wool. But the Eng lish ladies dress so well an»o fashionably, too, and in this respect I thfc they are a lit tle in advance of American >men. I met a beautiful lady in Toronto.Oh! she was so lovely, and so tastefully dried in a brown suit! The folds fell so gradlly, and such a perfect fit!” “How do you like the Aerican gentle men*?” asked the lounger. “Oh, I like them very welVit they are not as nice as English gentlem. Now, I hope yon are not offended. Are y<f” The Herald man blushed. An Epis Dde at Gainesville, and How a Macon Man Figured in It. The oth‘„T day when Mr. G. B. Pettit, ot tbe ysMim o[ Pe\ Lit, Del le veil oc Co., was rending ’ i>^.,- tut ;>V «L\£qvifc ri w -v : captain referred to is Col. Isaac Hardeman, of Macon, vho will no doubt be glad to recover his sword. "After the heat of the battle of Gainesville was over, the remnant of the brave men of Company E., Seventh Wisconsin, found them selves separated from tlie regiment and be tween two fires; but they continued to blaze away, being guided in their aim by the flash of the enemy’s guns. Through the darkness of the night, the falling of their comrades in baU tie and the dm of the conflict, they had become detached, had lost the friendly elbow touch, and did not hear the order to withdraw given by the regimental commander. In this dilem ma-fearing more to face the firing in the rear from CjI. Hoffman’s Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania, which had advanced to support the ‘Iron Bri gade.’ and to fall back to join their regiment, titan the enemy in their front—they advanced a short distance and providentially stumbled upon a ‘dry run’ (a ditch made by high water) which they took possession of and continued firing for some minutes. “While thus engaged they heard from some one in close proximity to tlie muzzles of their guns. ‘What troops are these?’ and answered, Yankee fashion, by asking tlie questioner what retiinent he belonged to. His response was, ‘The Twelfth Georgia.’ He was then informed that he was a prisoner, requested to give up liis sword and side-arms, and drop into tlie ditch with ’we’uns. lie promptly and grace fully did as requested. It was at that lime ‘as dark as a Hack of black cats,’ but the writer knows the cap'.ured captain, from his short acquaintance with him thereafter, would do nothing ungracefully. In reply to question after he got well down in the ditch, he said he was a captain, and his colonel had sent him to the front to find what troops we were, fear ing they were tiring on their own men; and now that he had fonnd out, he feared his knowledge would not be useful or comforting to the Colonel. "Soon after Captain Hardeman took up his quarters with us, the writer made his way to tbe Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania and requested Colonel Hoffman to have his men cease drinjz until our men in his front conld fall back and join their regiment, which he did. Captain Hardeman was turned over to the provost guard on the 30th of Angnst, with haversack filled with as good as our commissary afforded, for which, as wall as for kindly treatment by the whole company, he expressed his grati tude. By his intelligence and gentlemanly bearing he had won our esteem. I understand he was promoted to brigadier general later in the war. Should this article meet his eye I should be pleased to hear from him, and possi bly 1 may put him in the way to recover the sword he gave up more than 24 years ago. “L. E. Pond, Capt. Co. E, Tth Wia., Weetfield, Wia.” “The American gentieme'' continue the countess, smiling at his conlion, “are hana- some as a rale, but Englishin dress so styl ishly and always look so nici You must con fess they are the leaders (fashion. What would the American gentnen do if they could not look to Engliahmcfor styles!” The Brightest Girls jthe World. [Rambler.' An illustration of the riy wit of Cincin nati girls is found in the folding Uttle false hood told by the Rev. H;Ward Beecher. "When I was last in Cintinati,” said Mr. Beecher, “I was present) to a charming young girl, the daughter of zen. In the course of our inclined to pay her come ti ng compliment, so I said: ‘Mum Poikchop ou have ail the loveliness of a Venae and t spiritnoUe grace of a Psyche, mingled ws the talent of a Kecamier.’ Without a mtent’s hesitation the clever girl answered, The Clneianall girls are ‘Ik, lb. Beecher.’ »l brightest in the \ HOW WADE WON. Abuse of the President Catches the Votes of the Missouri Groundlings. [New York Herald.] Congressman William H. Wade, of Missouri, represents one of tbe two Republican districts in that State. Last winter the Legislature ger rymandered his district so successfully as to make it Democratic by a large majority. There is a good deal of dissatisfaction among the Mis souri Democrats over the President’s civil ser vice reform policy, and Mr. Wade saw that his only prospect of re-election lay in increasing this feeling as much as possible. “I made over sixty speeches in the cam paign,” said Mr. Wade. ‘!My audiences al ways contained a fair proportion of Democrats. 1 found it an easy matter to stir up this ele ment by saying: ‘Whenever a Democrat gets up in the morning, instead of thanking tbe Al mighty for having protected him through ths night, he goes out behind the chimney and abases President Cleveland for not turning the rascals out' "This observation,” continued Mr. Wade, “never failed to catch ’em, and the groans and yells which followed would usually be inter spersed with criee of ‘That’s so I’ from erery part of the hall. I found it took so well to using it regularly. When the cam- closed I waa elected by 2,100 majority. paign closed I waa elected by 2,100 majority. In my judgment that Httie bit of strategy was worth at bast tony Dsmoaratic votes svery Senator Daniel, of Virginia. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, is an orator of tlie old Virginia style, introduced by Patrick Henry and transmitted down through succeed ing generations. A specimen of this histrionic elocution was the opening paragraph of a speech by M r. Daniel a'. Petersburg during a recent political campaign: ‘Fellow-citizens of the n!d Commonwealth of Virginia: I come to you from the fair do main of tlie mother of statesmen and l’resi dents. I come from tiie valley of the Shenan doah, tlie daughter of the stars There tlie liver flows, whispering to its grassy banks tiie name of Lee, Lee, Lee ! The rivulets, flowing down tiie mountain side to join the river swee j- : to tlie sea, whisper tlie name of Lee, Lee, Lee! And the Northern plains, scarred by tlie fierce feet of tlie g^d of war, lookup to tlie blue, overarching canopy of heaven and call t> it softly the name of Lee, Lee, Lee! I come from the Eastern shore, where tlie blue waves of old ocean roll in upon the shining sands, and sun and sea and shore and breeze make glad the eye at:|d heart; and when I ask .,’’ 'he >v'!-»-yavc3 saving,” the ansijfi* Hat*..* iJ, _ >• Soon alter Gen. i’ierce was elected l’resi- dent he visited Boston, and received a visit from Itis old friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne, to whom he said, “What can I do for you, Nat?” “I have long wished to see you,” re plied Hawthorne, “and I have hoped that you would be able to appoint me to a foreign mis sion.” “No, no,” replied Pierce. “Let me tell you a little story: Soon after Gen. Taylor was elected President, Jenifer went to him, and asked for a foreign mission, saying that he could l,ve on his outfit, and save up his sal ary. The President appointed him. lie went to Vienna, lived snugly on his outfit, saved his salary and was happy in the realization of his plans. On the eve of his departure, ite called on the Countess d'Esterhazy, who was mistress of ceremonies at court, and expressed to her that his social position as a bachelor prevented him from reciprocating the atten tions which he had received. The countess listened to him graciously, and then said that it would not do for him to go away without giving an entertainment. This she offered to arrange, and told him all he would have to do would he to pay the bills. Tlie entertainment was a magnificent one, and tlie bills amounted to upwards of §8,000. So Jenifer came home penniless, and had to take a subordinate clerk ship in the Treasury Department. Now,” con tinued the President-elect, “I do not propose to send vou where you will have a repetition of Jenifer’s case, but. I will give you the con sulate at Liverpool, where you will be able to save a litt’e money.” The Liverpool consu late was accordingly given to Hawthorne, and he was enabled to save a considerable sum while he held it. Covernor Telfair. John Quin 'v Adams, giving in his diary an account of a Cabinet meeting in November, 1819, held to consider the draft of the Presi dent’s message, to some part of which objec tion was taken, records that Mr. Crawford, the Secretary of the Treasury, “told a story about old Governor Telfair of Gecrgia, who, having got into a sharp correspondence with some officer, and looking over a draft of a let ter which his secretary had prepared for him, to the officer, pointed to a paragraph which struck him as too high-toned, ana told his sec retary he would thank him to make that pas sage ‘a little more mysterious.’ ” Tue Cabi net enjoyed the joke so much that Mr. Craw ford “told the story over again in detail; but.” Mr. Adams adds, “it was good upon repeti tion.” At an earlier Cabinet meeting in Feb ruary of the same year, the Secretary of the Navy'“told a story of a justice of the peace in the State of New York, who, for ten years to gether, was in the constant practice of swear ing witnesses, and certifying that he had sworn them, that they were neither interested nor disinterested in the event of the suit upon which they testified—meaning that they were neither directly nor indirectly interested. Upon which Crawford told of a man in the State of Georgia who had two sons with whom he was dissatisfied, and, upon being told that a certain cause in coart was to be referred to two indifferent men, said it ought then to be referredjto his two sons, for they were two of blanket the bla :est indifferent men in the State.” Anecdote by Webster. Mr. Webster nsed to relate several anec dotes about Sir Isaac Coffin, a Boston boy, who became an admiral in the British navy, and who sent several valuable cattle and horses to his native State. Sir Isaac, according to Mr. Webster, was educated at the public Latin school, under old Master Lovell, and was the best scholar. Being about to leave the school to enter Harvard University, he had the vale dictory oration assigned to him at the last pub lic examination and exhibition in his prepara tory career. But the future admiral had no fondness for civic honors, and he made up his mind to cut his cables and trust himself to the chances of the ocean. He accordingly took his friend, who was next him in the class. aside, and presenting him with a Gradies ad “You will have to deliver Pamassum, said, that confounded oration yourself; I am about to run away. Don’t teU anybody, but I am going into the British navy. Keep this for my sake.” His friend, after using every ar gument to dissuade him from his purpose, was obliged to yield to Coffin's decision, and off he went. The Gradus was drawn all over the in side of the covers and the fly-leaves with ships ot war, showing the propensity of the boy most unequivocally. When Mr. Webster mentioned the circumstance to tbe admiral, he laughed heartily, observing, “Well, 1 never oould keep a Groans ad Pamassum , It doesn’t at all salt ths wtlw of a sailor." Congressman Wolford, of Kentucky, is will ing tn be drafted as the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and expresses his ability to drive any Republican candidate off the stump. Ex-Gov Hamilton, of Illinois, is indoubt whether he can afford to sacrifice j lucrative law practice and enter polities again. So he doesn’t know w'hetlier he is really a candidate for Gen. Logan’s seat. The appointment of tlie venerable Lord Na pier, of Alagdala, to be Constable of tiie Tower of London, is in accord with the almost imme morial cus ota of putting a very old officer in command of that oldest English fortress General Sherman says that, from a military point of view, the siege and capture of Vicks burg were probably of more importance than the battle of Gettysburg. This is con’rary to general opiui in on the subject. Thomas A. Edison, tlie inventor, is seriously ill of jleurisy.■ He caught a severe cold a few weeks ago. It is feared it may result in in flammation of the pericardium. His friends do not conceal their anxiety about liis condi tion. The tomb of the Vanderbilts at New Dorp jus just beea sealed, ami is described as “mag- "m -art.” Death makes a.I men equal, bur in A' graves there, is still room for distjne- liis i'aotii.^ _ k .. because the I’arisians manifested so little in terest in his peiforutance. The receipts in the first six days were hardly a hundred faancs. It was because Jay Gould’s daughter Helen became interested in the Presbyterian church on Forty-second street, near Fifth avenue, whose pastor is Rev. Dr. John K. Paxton, that Mr. Gould has just taken a pew at §1800 a year and goes to church there. That was a delightful thought of Governor Lee of Virginia, who, on being requested by the Southern Forestry Congress to name some prominent man, a native of Virginia, either living or dead, to whose memory the forestry congress might plant a tree in the National Circle, sent tie name of George Washington. Roscoe Cotikling is a true friend, albeit an uncompromising enemy. He found no difficul ties in the way of attending the funeral of John A. Logan in the Senate chamber, al though he had not probably intended ever again to visit that room except at such time as lie could go back as Senator. Conkling is grand both in his likes and dislikes. Of the rich Senator, who succeeds Conger, the Detroit Tribune Bays: “At the age of 69 he still retains the vigor and endurance of younger manhood, and when called to his new duties he will bring to them that intelligence and discretion which years of practical experi ence witli tlie affairs of the world have so lully developed and ripened.” J. N. Madvig, the great Danish philologist and statesman, whose death was recently an nounced, was born on the island of Bornholm in 1801, and when 25 years old filled the chair of 1.. tin it the University of Copenhagen. For more than thirty years he was one of the most influential politicians in Denmark. It is said that Henry Ward Beecher refused to receive on New Year’s day because he cal culated that he would have to shake hands 1,- 2<k) times, which would unfit him for preach ing next day. He ought to have the every other day “fevernager” awhile, just to find out how much shaking an able-bodied Chris tian can stand. The Prince of Wales recently took two sub scriptions to the Third Eclipse 8takes of .£10,- 000, to be rua at Sandown Park in 1889, which has secured the largest entry ever known for ize. Th an English prize. The possibility of winning this prize will be a great relief to Queen Victo ria, who has been advancing “pennies” to her son to help pay his debts for several years past. The Cornpte de Paris has placed the rifle range of the park at Eu at the disposition of the garrison of that place. His kinsman, Count de Chartres, recently gave his demesne of Chantily, worth 60,000,000 francs, to the Republic, to prove his patriotism. The Re public can stand it. But what the Kepublie al con- cannot stand is the return of these roya spiratora to France. John G. Saxe, the once brilliant poet and wit, lives in Albany, N. Y., near the capitol. The loss of his wife and children years ago plunged him into a morbid melancholy from which he has never recovered. Says a writer in the Brooklyn Magazine: "It is a long time since he last consented to receive a stranger, or even a friend or an acquaintance of former days. ‘I cannot bear,’ he said with pathos, ‘to be forcibly reminded of what I once was*- of the days of my hope and strength, when the world had charms that now are dead to me; before sickness had deprived me of my health, J Lnd wnltkzw) mn rnv 1 ftVPfl ATIPB ^ ** and death had robbed me of my loved ones.’ In the death of the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., the Protestant Episcopal Church h*s sustained a severe loss. Some idea of the la bors of the deceased Bishop may be gained from the following resume of his official mete for the twenty-seven years of his episcopate. In that time he performed 78,092 confirma tions, and 160,000 baptisms, of whom 18,363 were adults. He consecrated 117 churches, and laid over 100 corner-stones. He ordained 460 deacons, and 364 priests, and instituted 47 rectors. Bishop Potter, at the time of his death, was 84 years of age. Mrs. Hettie Green, known as the Queen of Wall street, because of her vast operations in railroad securities, and who has more millions than the average youth hairs on his mustache, is spending the winter at a modest bo ’’ house at Far Rockaway. An intimate says Mrs. Green pays the frugal sum of $6 per ‘ ’ assured of week for her board. She is at least i plenty of fresh air nowadays. As an instanoe of how money begets money, Mrs. Green sold two years sco tbe proxy on her 7,000 shares vo years sgo tbe proxy on her 7,Out f Georgia Central Railroad stock lot XI-—— it \ r, /'■ r What the People iAre Doing and Saying. v~^.
