About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1887)
V / the(oiTnt^y Philosopher Tliere have been some late disturbances at our house, and as usual I am the victim. My comfort is that “whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth," and so I reckon it will turn out all right in the long run. The other morning I thought that I would go down and help Carl about the milking business. John, the cv* r- lasting rascal, quit us Christmas and never gave a sign of warning, and so Carl and I have been running the concern. I went down to the lot. to help him feed and to keep the calves off while he was milking. I little thought that I would ever have to be a calf puller in my old age, but no man knows his own destiny in this precarious iife. Carl milks two cows, and the calves have to suck a little to make the milk come down. So I turned one calf in at a time and after he had got a good taste and set the lactine stream a running I pulled him away by the ears and turned him out and shut the door and when that cow was milked, I turned the other calf in. I got along pretty well, and Carl said it helped him along and he enjoyed my company, and so after ho was done, 1 turned the cows out and as old Bess was a little slow in going I just caught her by the tail and gave her a switch with it to hurry her up a little. py creatures! Blessed indifference! Colonel Towers says that the last report from all the camps is the best ever made in relation to the health of the convicts. There are but fifteen sick in fifteen hundred, and most of the fifteen are chronic cases. Where can we find a pop ulation of- fifteen hundred people with only fif teen sick. So where. Mr. Turner is a hand some, resolute looking gentleman. He has “handled” nearly 4,000 prisoners; that is, he has escorted that many from the jails to the camps, and has never lost Out one, and he has always done his work alone. Sometimes be has to use extraordinary prudence and fore sight in tvoi ting a rescue as he goes over land through the country with his prisoners. Ashe came through Cuthbert with these four he had to hide them under lock an t key from the be- ligerent crowd of darkies who invaded the train and searched for them. The problem is still unsolved, “What shall we do with them?” The Old Kings and Queens. Brief Biographical Sketches of the Crowned Heads of England. ENGLISH HISTORY CONDENSED. GEORGE II On the 14th of June,1727, Mr Robert Walpole hastened to announce to George, Prince of Wales, that by the death of his father at Osno- burgh four days before, he had become King George the Second. lie was then forty-four years of age, and until lie was seventy-seven did the government continue to bs administer- Fve been feeding old Bes* off and on for live I e<1 in ll5s name. One whose pen is eager to years and I thought that she honored me wriU; words of eulogy will find little to praise and respected me, but suddenly in the twink- ' in »» the personal records o: all these thirty- ■ „ r „„ , ... three years. During this period, many stir- ng of an eye and with mal.te aforethought, ; ring a f ld ma . great e vente occurred. British she raised her hind leg and let fly at soldiers won great victories by land—British ine with all her might. She hit me on the seamen performed daring feats on the o;ean. shinbone and you might have heard the collis- : Orcat advances were mad* in cun me ODR PICTURE GALLERY THE SUNNY SOOTH, ATLANTA. GA„ SATURDAY CORNING, JANUARY 15. 1887. 2 PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED MEN AND WOMEN. Captain Jack Crawford. The latest aspirant from the great West for literary honors is Capt. Jack Crawford, the “poet scout,” as he is familiarly called. It is a singular fact that the poets and writers that the West most reveres have opened to us well- springs of new knowledge. They have shown us new aspects of Western life and interspersed their facts with “ornaments of rhyme.” This is no less true of Brete Ilarte than it is of Capt. Crawford and Jo iquin Miller. Although Craw ford’s verses may not have the polish that char acterizes those of Browning—although the classicisms of Swinburne may not be detected therein, nor the refined elegance of Emerson’s vers s be detected—they are replete with a pa thos that speaks directly to the soul. Who can read the poem of “Battling Joe’s Prayer” or “Wild Bill’s Grave” without being impressed with theif fervor and originality? “Corporal CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD. ion forfifty 3arils. It hurt so bad I let go her tail prematurely and hollered. It was a cotv- ardly act of hers, hut nevertheless 1 shall ever leu after lei those cows’ tails alone. 1 thought from the report that the bone was broken, and I to >k on powerful and let Carl help nte all the way to tile house, bu when I examined 1 found the bone all right and only the epidermic cut i- cle abraded. I’ve 1 have no gratitude and no emotions of ailed character. They are not fit for pe *. agrt- I luring ;added t confidence in cows. They "''' s ' ms * ll< the g< ive culture, science, art and literature this reign u a iy(illustratioua naves v to British id-lory. Bit to not one of these glories, of which tLe B itish may justly toast, did the reigning sovereign contribute in the least. The one thing, and indeed the sole thing that ean he urged in Ids favor, is that he, like his father, seemed to apprehend that it was eign, not to rule. Me left iveruiug to lie done by men who were fitted for it—to Walpole, to Pel- Bill’s Tribute to Grant” is in Crawford’s most characteristic vein. We quote therefrom: “But not a word v, a sicken until. In a broke voice. i>d Corporal BUI Cried out, ‘Jack boy. don’t say n is true, D u.’t say it Is : aes. It teny bn tattoo, Maybe he Is wading (or orders to go— But tell us, obt tell us it Is not so.’ Welt, pards, II were C. <d as took him away. He mustrrs the b'ue and he musters the gray; And I reckon he needed that warrior grim To setve :.s an aide on the staff with him. And contend, s, wist knows In that be’te- land It it Hod may give I im b's old c inniauu?'’ Captain Crawford’s father came from the land of Burns. He was a tailor and a r. form er; and for being the latter and advocating a republican form of government he was ban ished and a price set on his head. He llod, hiding in Rob Boy’s cave, and eventually reached the coast of Ireland, litre lie married Susie Wallace, f lic daughter of another refugee. Taking to drink, he sought refuge from his boon companions In coming to America, leav ing his wife and five children (of whom Jack was the thin!) in Ireland. Four years after ward Jack’s mother sought her husband in America, and the children were subsequently sent for. At the out break of the war Jack en listed. being then but sixteen. Me was sent back twice by Gov. Cutt'n. of IVnnsy!van : a; but, making a third attempt, joined the 4Sth Pennsylvania Volunteers. IIis father died from a wound received in the war, and just be fore this his mother died, and at her death-bed entering the political arena he was in course of time elected to the State Senate, (1*10) but resigned from this honorary position to enter the volunteer service in lfiCl. At the com mencement of the Rebellion he was chosen Colonel, afterwards appointed Brigadier-gen eral and two years later received the title of Maj ir-general. In 1804 he resigned and was elected Governor of Illinois, and received the re-election in 1872. A few months after hiB re-election he ®as chosen as United States Senator for the term ending in 1870, serving on the Committee on Pensions, Public Lands, and Indian affairs. Mr. Oglesby has served with much ability in every position which he lias occupied and he has been prominently identified with successful measures adopted for the welfare of the state wlti :h has success ively chosen him as its governor. Captain Charles L. Cooper. One of tne most daring exploits in the Apa che war in Arizona and New Mexico, that has just ended, was the capture of Chief Mangtts by Capt Charles L. Cooper of the Tenth Cav- alty. Man; us is one of the most blood thirsty savages that lias ever been a burden to the Government, and deserv d hanging, if any one CAPTAIN CHARLES L. COOPER. ever did. Captain Cooper left Fort Apache, Arizona, on the 14th of October 188*1 and sight ed the Ind ans on the evening of the 17th, they being on the top of a mountain and he at its foot. He at once gave pursuit, chasing the redskins over five mountai"8 and fifteen miles distance. The Indians in their flight abandon ed their stock and sought refuge in various places. A 1 were hunted out and surrendered. Chief Mangtts and his tribe, were sent to Flor ida and whilst enronte the redoubtable savage attempted to escape by jumping from the train. Lie was fouud wounded and bleed ing at the sid • of the track. Captain Cooper was born in New York in March 1845. Upon the breaking out of the war he enlisted 111 the Seventy-first New York regiment, being then but sixteen years of age. A'ter his discharge re-enlisted. At the age of twenty lie became First-Lieutenant, of tiie one hundred andtwen* ly-first Regiment U. S. colored troops and soon afterwards was given a position on Gen- tra Birney's staff. At Petersburg he resumed the command of bis men, however, and partic ipated in the closing battles of the war, at the close of tlm war thr >ugh the instrumentality of John A. Dix, Thnrlow A. Weed, A. A. Low, ami other prominent men, he was made Sec- oni-Leutniant, ill the K. S regular army and assigned to duty in the tliirty-1111th Regiment U. S r . Infantiy.. lit was promoted Oct. nth, to be First-Lieutenant, end in January, 1871 was assigned to the Tenth U. S. Cavalry, and shortly afterwards was promoted to a cap- y des. 1 and ting ; .artr a e tint* y d ten * 1 cr we' “F01 ■row” , l on 1 an 1 5/ << \ liorse belongs to the nobility, but a cow is a I scrub. She has about as much aflection &s a mule. She is a machine to manufacrarc milk ami that is all. Nevertheless J never like to ; sell my cattle to the butcher. I ne ver kill one j for my own use, and I never want to eat a beefsteak that comes from one of my own j raising. Now, hogs are very different. 1 have j no lingering affection for a live hog. 1 can see a fat one killed with indifference. It is his nature to be killed. He bad just as leave be killed as not. There is no attraction about him, no beauty or comeliness, no traits of character, but after he is dead and dressed and dissected there is a greater variety of good things 3boitf about any ntln^animal. is backbone and spareiio and sausage and hog’s feet and hog’s head and brains and jowl and turnip greens and souce and lard and cracklin bread and middling and ham and shoulder, and they are good and yet all differ ent in taste and satisfaction. Well, the other morning I went down to feed the hogs and as I was throwing the corn over in the pen the old cotswold ram jumped in to divide the breakfast and as he was but ting the hogs around lively I picked up a little stick and climbed over the low fence to chas tise him and make him depart those coasts. I had s >ine little hesitation about this business and proceeded slowly and shook the stick at him. He just stepped backwards a little and bowed his neck and doubled up his fore feet and made a lunge at ine, and would have knocked me clean over the fence, but I was over before he got to me. I was as mad as -Julius Cajsar, and I grabbed up a fence rail and stood outside and frailed him and punched him until he jumped out where he jumped in. The good book says that man shall have do minion over the beasts of the held, but it looks like mine are in a state of rebellion, and are trying to have dominion over me. < >ne of our ewes dropped a couple of pair of twins the other day . as Cobe would say. He always says a couple of pair when he means two, and she wasent kind and motherly to them and wouldent let them suck. So Jessie and 1 took charge of them, and I held her while Jessie held them to the udder. It was a troublesome business and I got tired of it. Calf pullin and sheep holding don’t suit me, and so Jessie got a bottle and fixed up a quill and a suck rag in it and tilled it with warm milk and took chaige of the lambs. She tried to find one of those patent bottles we used to raise babies on, but such things have been long since barred by the statute of limitations in my family. We have raised young lambs on the bottle before. This very same old ewe did the same way last year, and I am going to turn her into mutton before another season. She is not tit to be a mother. My trouble now is with turkeys. Nabor Freeman’8 turkeys are eating up my patch of fine wheat that cost me three dollars a bushel, h:un and to Pitts was placed under the c That the country ontrol of a succession f statesman who raised her to an exalted rank of power and greatness was not at all ow ing to the King’s good judgment. Had he possessed a better head he would have lacked the strongest incentive for laying its faculties under contribution for the benefit of the State. What sentiment of patriotism he felt was for Hanover, not for Britian. He was always glad to get off to Herrenhansen, and would sometimes spend a whole year, enjoying him self with his ugly German women. lie had married early in life, Caroline of Anspach, a princess of remarkable shrewdness, and of no fojiall share of per^nal beauty. ^Cheji 0 *' ’ reality rath* semblance of power. She devoted herself to the task of governing her little Turk of a hus band without allowing him to be aware of her influence. She interested herself far more than did he ih the workings of politic.nl parties and contributed largely by her tact and grace in attaching to the government many whom his hrusqueness would have alienated. She was in fact a woman of excellent sense, fond of study and fitted for discussions of govern mental problems with learned statesmen. Could we suppose that she really loved the dull, coarse, sensual King, whose every whim she seemed eager to gratify, it would be mar vellous indeed. We prefer, believing that she simulated this devotion that she might the more fully bring him under her influence. About George there was little to admire. He had been a disobedient son. He w as a bad father. He was an ungracious lover and an unfaithful husband. There was no quality about him to respect but his bravery. He had demeaned hi nself well as a soldier on the field of Cudenarde. and in after years he loved to array himself in the uniform in which he had figured on that day. In 1745, when Charles Edward, the “young Pretender,” made his appearance in Scotland— and two or three victories gave his cause the prospect for a time of being the winning one— George did not lose courage or think of run ning away. This last effort of the Jacobites to replace the Stuarts upon the throne came to an end on the bloody field of Culloden, costing, in its brief duration, the life of many a worthy Briton. Queen Caroline had then been in her grave for several years. Her husband had re plied to her dying injunction to marry again, that lie would seek no other wife, but would content himself withmistresscs;and he kept his word. For fifteen years longer, after the “Butcher” Cumberland had extinguished the last hope of his rival, did the dissolute little old German go on reigning, caring little whether it was Walpole, or Newcastle or Pitt who For a short time after the assassination of the Czar, the Princess lead a retired life, with the exception of a few dinuer parties and soirees, at which she entertained the most noted and brilliant personages of the gay French capital. Among the restless spirits who gathered to gether on such occasions were the Comte Fer dinand de Lesseps, Alexander Dumas, Ernest Henan, the two Houssayes, Cabanel, Alberic Second, Count Sehouvaioff and many others. The Princess Dologorouki is still young, being only thirty-eight years of age, and possesses remarkable beauty, combined with a fair com plexion and a profusion of golden hair. She has three children, Prince George, her only son, who is thirteen years of age, and the Princesses Olga and Catherine. HEARTH-STONE STUDIES. By Mrs. Nora L. Hussey. NO. 1. The back-log was blazing cheerily, dividing the shadows into corners and throwing its ruddy glow over the family. There was no light in tLe room save that of the friendly* cracking blaze which made the fantastic witches dance on the walls and threw into bright relief, Itegina, who sat in her low rock er, her basket of darning work near at hand, (for Beginx is wife and mother in the full sense of those weighty w mis). She had se ved out her “needle-full” of thread and now sat with folded hands and head half-turned in that pretty attitude of quiet attention, which was habitual. Hex was speaking; and, according to Hegina, when Hex spoke the universe should stop to listen. “Now, these fellows that write the book-re views,” Hex was saying. He had a way of plunging into a subject as if it had already been under discussion, and there was no longer the possibility of inquiry or explanation. ‘Now, these fellows who write the book-re views are really to be pitied. Why there’s no telling what freaks a man’s taste is going to play him. And fancy having to face the accu mulated reviews of last Summer’s novels, all of which yc u are ready to condemn now that your fancy has turned to other things! Why, if I was those fellows I’d feel like a profession al acrobat, intellectually speaking”— “And you are not that, of course,” Max pu . in lazily. He had tc- remove his cigar before he spoke, and he had to wait between his words, while he watched Hegina draw nearer the lainp- stand, where the servant had just placed the rose-shaded light, for which they were all waiting. “It seems to me you are required to perform more feats in mid-air than a book reviewer co ild possibly achieve, be his fancy never so nimble. A lawyer, you know”— “What is it all ax>ut?” Hegina asked with some hesitation. The picture she unconsciously made was sufficient warrant for the silence which follow ed her slow question. A sweet, expectant face, nr t too severely Grecian in its outline, f amed in waves of dark hair, whose wilful ringlets escaping from the ceiled mass, gave to her the charming of grace ful carelessness. She held her arm extended, having stopped midway in the act of measur- i\g off another “needicfull,” aud the rich red of the open sleeve disclosed a warm white beauty of rounded shapeliness tapering to the round and dimpled wrist. A softer look came into Hex's face before he ans wen d: “About no hing, my dear; o-, almost noth ing, as half our »alk is now-a-days. Serious, s >ber conversat on went out of fash on with ruffied shirt-fronts and knee-breeches. I was coaimen .ing upon the i stability of taste. Three months ago when it was too hot to live I tried to read a book with ti e promisi' g title, “The Wind of Destiny,” but the breeze didn’t set that way for me. Yesterday, with the ther mometer playing around zero, I came across that “Wind” again; and to-day I am convinced that I was a short-sighted dolt last summer”— “Allow me to grata ate you,” Mas put in heartily. “May I enquire ho v long this hope ful conviction is to last?” “I think »t is a great comfort to reflect that we no longer feel obliged to follow out a rigid consistency,” Hegina said pointedly ignoring the mild joke at her husband’s expense. “Kin- ers >n has done that much for us at least.” “He would be surprised to hear it,” Max Lili” Dear NOGTES MEHORABILES. “BY B. B. The Doctor—a bachelor, age 60. The Judge—a bachelor, age 45. The Professor—a bachelor,(suspect) age 30. The Madam—a widow, (landlady) age un certain. The Imp—landlady’s hopeful, age irrelevant. Time—Night. Scene—Bachelor’s Apartments in a Down- street Boarding House. [Copyrighted by Author. All rights reserved.] SIXTH NIGHT. (The Doctor, Judge and I’rofessor. All en- gagtd in smoking.) The Doctor: That’s a handsome bouquet you have upon the table here, Will. You are getting quite extravagant, it seems, to indulge in such costly luxuries, at this season of the year. Tiie Professor: They were sent—I mean I had them sent up this afternoon, Doctor, out of compliment to j’ou and the Judge. A kind of propiatory offering for my absence hist eve- nit g, you see. The Judge: Will! The Professor: Well, confound it, Judge! it’s none of the Doctor’s business, or yours either, where I got them, or how, for that matter. I do wish you couldn’t be so confound edly curious about every ittle thing you see lying about ill my room, just because you h ip- 4 en to hive the freedom of it. 11 ave the right I suppose, to pul a vase of Mowers upon my table if I chose to, without entering into an elaborate explanation to you two gentlemen as to how I came by them—whether bought, begged, stolen or how. J’m getting tired of this eternal espionage, and am not going to sub mit to it any longer. That’s the long and the short of it. The Judge: To be sure, Doctor, you arc to blame. You’ve no right to be so offensively officious in Will’s affairs, at all, and I hope you will not forget it. We never get into trouble, Doctor, that does not grow out of somebody’s —and oftenest our own, wrong doing. I’m a dear lover of Mowers myself, Will; would it be taxing your generosity too far to ask you to make me a present of these? I’ve taken quite a fancy to them. The Professor: Why, Judge, I’d like I mean I would if that is I’m sorry to Confound it, Judge! I’m not going to do it. I see what you mean. They are my Mowers and I’m going to keep them myself. I see what you are driving at. Say now, this thing has gone far enough. Those Mowers don’t concur you in any shape form or fashion. They didn’t cost you a cent, now that confounded old cockchafer-eyed intermeddler over tliere either, as I know of ! (Dicks up a book sul kily.) The Doctor, (rising up): Judge, I’m not going to stay here to he ca led such names. If he’s mad and going to swear and go on in that wav, you can do as you please, but I’m going home. The Judge: Sit down, Doctor. He it not so angry with us as with himself. His con science is lashing him for his attempt to de moment ago, and he’s merely taking Chinese revenge on us. lie’ll get sorry after awhile and apologize. If lie don’t I'll tell you what we’ll do. We’ll both pitch into hint and give Iti a a good thrashing. What do 3 ou say ? The Doctor, (gleefully): Good, Judge good! You’ll hold him and I’ll pound him. I’ll learn hi oi how to call names. But say, Judge, he called me a “cock-chafer-eyed intermeddler.” What does that mean, Judge ! What is the matter with my eyes ! Tiie Professor, (throws down hook and bursts out laughing) : Why nothing, niy dear Doctor, nothing except I was having a little fun at 3’our’s and the the Judge’s expense. Did you really think that I was angry in earnest, and meant any thing I said? Why you great goose, you ! You both deserve to be put on a half allowance of tobacco for a whole week, you know you do. As to tie Mowers they were sent to 111c by a friend this afternoon. You need not ask me for them, Judge; for }’ou are not going to get even a single rose-bud. The Judge: Well you can’t prevent my looking at them and admiring them, nor in haling their delici jus fragrance either. I wish I could have seen the smile upon God’s face when he created the rose ! Tiie Professor: Bravo, Judge! Bravo! You Christmas Customs in Different Coun tries. Boy: “Please tell me something of the dif ferent Xmas customs in different cou tries.” We did not have the time, when this ques tion came to hand, to condense the Xmas cus toms, and laid tiie quiz aside; but in our gen eral readiig since then have found, in an ex change paper, the following interesting sum mary of the experience of a Philadelphia phy sician, who is ho h doctor aud artist and who has traveled a great deal. He was painting a Xmas morning scene in St. I*etersbu r g w’hen accosted by a repo.ter. He said: It is very curious to note tiie various ways i 1 which I have seen the Clir sttnas holidays cele brated, for I have had the pleasure of being in the capital city of six different countries upon as many Christmas days. In Italy, my native Country, everyone, whether of the lower or higher c ass in the social scale, makes a grand dinner on that day. When Isay every one, I mean it; for the poorest of the poor wiii scrape, save and deprive themselves to gather suffic ent to purchase their Christmas dinner. The din ner takas place about eight o’clock on Christ mas eve. Early upon Christmas morning all the children—that is, those who have grown ap and gone off to work in other phices—return to their parents’ house. I. is seldom that any other gift except money passes between the parent and tiie child. In the city of Venice the great Christmas celebration begins upon New Year’s eve and lasts until the following night. 'I’he churches are ail highly decorated and Mass begins at midnight, and to this thou sands of jieople come fr un outlying districts. This is termed tiie medal night. The mandol.n and guitar can be heard every where, night and day, througli tiie holiday season, and dancing is grea ly indulged in oy all classes. A great quantity of raviolii is eaten, made like little cakes with paste tilling. Then tliere is a little tart made of cheese and asparagus, etc. This is especially for the chiliren aud is called a tortelle. A great amount of wine is drank, mostly the kind known as Italian claret. The greatest holidiy game is pl-.yed with cards, and is known as sacohinita, much resembling the Span sh ga.ne of monte. IN FRANCE. “Tiie streets of Paris make pretty pictures during the holidays. The sidewaUs are lined wi lt little benches, upon which under gaily- colored lamps the toys and trinkets appropri ate to the times are exp .sed for sale. Merry crowds jostle each other aud everybody seems happy. The na Jonal game of peque is played all night and every day during th : holiday sea son, which virtually Jominences upon the eve ning of the of December. Poultry and vegetables and fruit much upon the style of the American is the French dinner for Christ mas. In most cases the women are at home in the moruiug prep iring thj feast, while the men go out and drink with their c imp inions. ani Nabor Freeman has moved to town and left his Mock of turkeys to nabor in his place. I told him about his turkeys, a id lie told me the way toniake them quit my wheat was to » shoot one’s head off and cook him and eat him, and if fey came back I must shoot an other head off, and so on and so fourth, and fifth ad infinetum. So we have begun that plan, and in course of time they will let my wheat patch alone, I reckon. We haven’t killed but one yet, and hereafter the nabor and his good wife are to come ou and help us eat the others and stay all night aud have turkey hash for breakfast. John has rented land and is going to farm ing again. He says he is hankerin' to follow a mule once more, but he is gwine to sont me a man in his place to lazy round and do noth in’. The day before he quit he bought a sec ond-hand cook stove and some feed for his cow and some other things from me, and now he says he are gwine to keep me in wood to pay for ’em. Maybe he will, may be. John’s intentions are good, but he never told me that he was going to quit until he got the things all moved away. He says he didn’t want to hurt my feelings, but my opinion is he was afraid it would injure his credit. I traveled with some hard-looking colored stock yesterday. Mr. Turner had them. He was escorting them to the Dade coal mines. There were four of them—an old woman and her daughter and two sons. They were sent up from liandolph county for an outrageous and unprovoked assault upon two young men. They cut one’s throat and shot the other’s arm off. I talked to them as they were rolicking along on the train, and they were as jolly as if they were going on a scurshion. They sang campmeeting songs and carried three parts and they sung well. The boys smoked cigars and the women chewed tobacco. They had lots of fun talking to one another about the trial. The girl would stretch forth her arm and say, May it please your honor, may it please vour honor, and the old woman would say, Juror look upon de prisoner—prisoner look upon de juror, and they recited scraps of the lawyers speeches and laughed immoderately at their own success. One of them was sent for twenty years and I said to him, “Why, you will be a pretty old man when you get through.” “Yes, boss.” said he, “I speck I will, but I’d get old anywhar, all de same—don’t make much diffunce whar we is. I see niggers from dc coal nines and dey say a nigger gits enuf to eat and have a tolable easy time efen he ynfnd de rules, and I is gwine to do dat.” Hap- ralpole, or ruled. This last named great statesman infused snch spirit into soldiers and sea men that they performed brilliant achieve ments in every quarter of the globe; but the old king in whose name they fought had noth ing to do in extending the limits of his “mpire. He reigned on while illustrious names were being added to the pages of history, interest ing himself much in quarrels with his children and in the jealousies of the frail women of his haven. He survived his bad son, Frederic, his heir and his enemy, whose death neither excited nor deserved to excite any sentiment of grief. He lived on until iiis seventy-seventh year, going back and forth to Hanover as long as he could do so without risk of being cap tured by a French fleet, sometimes receiving visits from his daughters, and all the time honoring his chief mistress, whom he had cre ated Countess of Yarmouth. At length he died of an apolectic fit, October 25, 17*10, while all the country was rejoicing over the victories that Pitt’s armies and fleets were winning in Europe, Asia, America and the far off islands of the ocean. Never in all history has there been so brilliant a reign of so dull a king. BROMIDIA THE LATEST. A Drug Which Soothes, Gives Sleep and Enslaves. Bromidia is the latest device for enslaving of men and women. It contains chloral, “hasheesh” and other dangerous elements, and was introduced into common use for quieting the nerves. Like morphine and drugs of a similar power, it fulfils the purpose, but when tampered with too much, binds its vic tim in a bondage almost impossible to break. It is said to have the sharp, pungent proper ties chloral and the cold, iron-like taste of po tassium bromide. It does not produce the en trancing dreams that tempt the victims of morphine, but charms by its soothing power. When taken in excess, the symptoms are much like those of drunkenness, but the ef fects upon the system are more ruinous than alcohol. The drug is becoming popular in the North western States, where its effects are beginning to be seen in the wrecks of those who have succumbed to the deadly influence of the new potion. We are all in a fever of anxiety about our distinguished fellow citizen, Chief Justice Jackson, who is critically ill. He is one of Georgia’s best and noblest citizens in every particular. He is her Chief Justice, and with all his high honors and attainments his crown ing glory is his deep, earnest and sincere piety. We trust bis life may be spared for many years. promised never to drink intoxicants—a prom ise he has religiously kept. Soon after this Jack started out and became a scout, becoming one of the founders of Dead wood, Custer City, etc. In 187*j he was second in command of Gen. Crook’s scouts, and succeeded Buffalo Bill in command in August. lit July, 187*i, in response to a telegram, he rode from Medicine Bow to Little Big Horn, a distance of 400 miles, and carried the New York Herald’s account of the battle of Slim Buttes to Fort Laramie, in four days. For this he received $722.75. He is now in command at Fort Craig, New Mex ico, is interested in mining, and intends to ap pear on the stage in a short time. S. hTh. Clark. Mr. S. H. H. Clark whose name had appear ed among others most prominently mentioned for the vacancy made by the death of Mr. H. M. Iloxie, succeeded in mediately to the office of the vice-presidency of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Mr. Gonld feels himself fortunate in having procured such a man as Mr. Clark, one whom he knows he can place into direct contact with the employees of his great railway system, and it will be a matter of no great sur prise if Mr. Clark should eventually become one of the great railroad managers of the country. Mr. Clark early distinguished him self for natural shrewdness and soon developed much business sagacity and a genuine talent for doing railroad work and developing railroad affairs. Mr. Gould feels confident, if there should again be occasion for so much trouble RICHARD J. OGLESBY. as Mr. Hoxie experienced in the strike of March, 18Kti, that he has found a shrewd, quick-witted man, of prompt decision, who will be equal to the emergency. As however, no troubles of this kind are anticipated, it is presnraed that Mr. Clark will have some smooth sailing for his many new ideas and arrangements. Richard J. Oglesby. Among the would be senators prominently mentioned to succeed Gen. Logan is Governor Oglesby of Illinois. He is not averse to the honor to be conferred upon him, but has ad mitted that he was not prepared to state what he would do in the event of his friends putting him forward without his consent. Richard J. Oglesby was bom in Oldham county, Ken tucky, July 25, 1824; he settled in Illinois in 183*1. In his youth he received the usual com mon school education, and afterwards was put to the carpentering trade where he remained for two years; be next studied law and con tinued in the study until he was admitted to the bar in the year of 1845. Mr. Oglesby has seen something of a hard life as he served for one year In the Mexican war and worked for two years in the mines of California. After Chief Mangus. Chief Mangus, who has been the cause of much of the Indian troubles in the West and South, is a vigorous middleaged man of great wiry muscular powers, his fundamental char acteristic being a tendency to express his wickedness in actions and deeds of the most blood curdling description. Most of the dep redations committed in Arizona and New Mexico have been attributed to his numerous raids, and the news of his capture lias quieted many a small town into a complete sense of security, not before enjoyed. Chief Mangus was captured by Captain Charles L. Cooper in < let iber 188*1, after having resorted to every strategy which his industrious brain could in vent, defying authority after his capture and exerting himself in every way for a means of es;ape. The transportation of Mangus and his confederates has proved a troublesome undertaking, aud the government has not fully decided what means of punishment shall be visited upon the maraudering Chit f Mangus. Although so many schools for the civilization and education of the Indians have been insti tuted under the control of the government, there seems but little decrease in the outrages committed by the savage Indian tribes, civili zation seemingly having but slow effect on their wild natures. Chief Mangus has the low and laterally compressed forehead, the black eyes, straight head of hair, coarse and abun dant, prominent cheek bones, strong jaws and small rounding chin, so unusual with this distinctive race of people. ly responsible’, or can justly be solely thanked for the development of the world’s mind in any degree. If we have lost faith in the old- time notion of consistency, it is because we have discovered, or are discovering a new form of th» same old viitue. Moreover, my dear, lie had been her teacher years ago and con sidered that he still could claim tiie sweet priv ilege of lecturing to her.” “Moreover, my dear, Emerson teaches the truest consistency. When he says: ‘Fear not, but yum shall be consistent in whatever variety of actions, so they each be honest and natural in their hour,’ he strikes the key-note and sounds the whole gamut—” “I was much impressed with this thought,” she interrupted eagerly, reaching for a book in her work-basket, and turning the leaves has tily. After some little delay, during which her nervous, enthusiastic beauty shot its thrill through all the little family group, and fixed “I was in St. Petersburg on the morning of Christmas day several years ago, and I saw more drunken men in that one day thin I have ever seen before or since. The national cus tom of drinking all day upon the 25th of De cember. without touching a bit of rood, is al most universal in Russia. Itakke is the liquor used by the lower class, and its fiery nature is sufficient to drive the man mad who, unused to its influence takes sever il glasses. The great food of the class that consume rakke holidays that follow Christmas is back l anss and do noi, keoJf' : ' ^ V •’~i wince will bemads km.Vu tT'anj^J “Darling of the l’oets,” the “Queen of Flow- I a single smell of this tallowy stuff cooking is ers.” It blooms as sweetly in tiie poor man’s sufficient for a novice. The Russian c insiders in quickly;“and 1 think hi would tell you ^ '““■’L.y'Vtj”' .-he poe f >c element in y11 yr make during the '17,', j w "0”»s-as" ever w£? ‘a.,ir'.'-I?'' "Gals that Wear bac.k .. {. art old >.»!-« O u , „ ,, H>nl scows | b^«_ n »d" p ted. Ins. Neither he nor any Ulan can tic held sole- isn’t it? No wonder it has been named Idle I 'iiia’.’e the Hearth-stone’s charm upon at least its chafer” any how? garden as in the rich man’s conservatory, and yet it is the only flower that never grows com mon, or uninteresting. We weary of other flowers, and other scents, but of the rose and its perfume we never tire. But the wild rose, Judge, the wild rose blooming on its native upland is the lovliest of them all. Its leaves are greener, its fragrance more delicate and sweet, and the tints upon its petals have been laid on witli a softer pen cil. I have often looked upon this flower and wondered if it was not in one of its bushes the serpent hid himself in E leu;—it so seemed to me that the tint upon its petals must surely have been caught fromjthe blush that mantled the cheek of our first s weet mother as she lean ed her ear to catch the words of tiie tempter! X am . The Doctor : Say, Will, what is a “cock PRINCESS CATHERINE DOLGOROUKI. Princess Catherine Dolgorouki. Despite the vows which were attributed to have been made by Princess Catherine Dolgo rouki, at the time of the tragic death of her morganatic husband, Emperor Alexander II, she has been tasting the joys and griefs af forded by the Parisian stage in the shape of an amatuer actress. Report has been current that she was seriously injured by a fall from a horse she was riding, but the fall has not proved a serious one, and has not checked her ambition of steeping herself into publicity, which she has been doing more and more since her appearance on the stage, and although she is represented as a person of mediocre intelli gence and simple tastes, who occupies herself little with political intrigues, her little court in Paris has been the centre of considerable num- bers of prominent members of French society. The Princess Catherine Dolgorouki is a mem ber of one of the most illustrious families of the Russian nobility, and soon after the death of the Empress Marie, she was married to Al exander II, father of the present Czar, who lavished upon her large fortunes, and also be stowed upon her the grand cordon of the Order of St. Catherine, an order wiich is only ac corded to the members of the Imperial family. masculine element, she read: “ ‘No man can antedate his experienc guess what faculty or fueling a new object sha 1 unlock, any more than he can draw to day the face of a person whom he shall see to morrow.' " “Pursuing that thought,” she went on has tily, “No man can say what he really believes, because to-morrow’s revelations may over turn all of to-day’s discoveries— “ “Ah!” Rex sighed approvingly. “Nevertheless,” contended Max, “if to-mor row’s revelations are more perfectly in accord with truth we are consistently following the truth when we accept them, aren’t we? The material fact may change; the immaterial be lief remains the same——” “Immaterial, indeed,” Rex said skeptically. “You are a metaphysical Rip Van Winkle, Max. I'd like you to tell me how many times you’ve ‘sworn off’ about this thing of moral- izing aloud. Now come back to earth, anl listen to this,” opening the book which he held in his right hand, the index finger of which had been all this lime keeping the place. ‘The fable of Love’s bandaged eyes is spared by the myth-wreckers. How else ex plain his random arrows, thope careless but unerring arrows? How trernbl ngly would he fit the B ring if he could see the grey-beards sitting by in council—Experience that analy zes—Prudence that weighs—and the cold eye Reason th it puts to shame.” “What do you think of that?” shutting the book with a snap. And that ?” Regina began interroga tively. “Is the ‘Wind of Destiny,’ ” Rex returned with emphatic solemnity. “And the ‘Wind of Destiny’ is ?” “Stuff and nonsense,” put in Max, testily. Max, you will perceive, had arrived at the years of discretion. “Ask Vesta about that!” Rex cried exult antly, hearing a quick footfall on the hall stair way. “I appeal to Vesta, here.” As he spoke the door opened softly, and as softly closed again. Then she stood among them—the one element heretofore lacking to complete the Hearth-stone’s perfect harmony of tone and tint. A tall full figure, clad in softest grey, in enhancing contrast with the darkly beautiful worntn who looked up to smile an eager welcome, the small head with its heavy blonde hair laid close, thus saving the exquisitely perfect contour, poised some what proudly; the full, round white throat showing above a close-fitting collar; the calm, strong face, which would have been cold in its blonde beauty but for the rather large and mo bile mouth; the grey eyes, heavily and darkly fringed; and the broad forehead, where the vein tracery showed its faultless beauty; this was Vesta as she first appeared to us. She smiled cordis ly upon Regina, and the smile was—or would have been to a stranger— a revelation. It was like sunshine, or tear- shine? one hardly knows which to say. This third cousin of my lord Rex was one of this world’s workers. Answer, sisters, for her. Are smiles sunshine, unmixed? Or are they, rather, the brightness of tear-drops sparkling in the soul? Very Cold In Texas. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 9.—Telegrams from all quarters of Texas tell of severely cold weather which set in last night Dispatches from many points report a heavy sleet which is delaying trains. Ice formed here last night and a stiff Norther is blowing to-night Tiie Prof.: O, Doctor! you’ll be the death of me yet I wish I’d never heard of one. The Doctor: But what are thej? I want to know. The Prof.: The “cock-chafer," Doctor is the Mclontha Vulgaris, or May-bug—an insect with a million or two eyes, more or less— Thr Doctor: O, I see— Tits Prof.: So does the cock-chafer, Doc tor; or at least it OHght to. But let’s dismiss it. Tell me how did you get along the other evening without me? I left pipes and tobacco upon the mantle, gave the Imp orders to ketp up a roaring fire, and enjoined the Madam to leave you undisturbed, and not to be surprised at any unusual noise she might hear. I hope 3 ou enjoyed yours* Ives. Tub Juuoh, (winking at the Doctor)- I never was so outrageously bored in all my life. Will, I am sorry to say. Thr Prof.: There’s a compliment for you, Doctor! Why don’t you fire up at him like you do at me? Tub Doctor: Because he’s telling the truth, Will, and I know it. I was most miserably bored myself the whole evening. As for the '‘compliment” as you term it, (winking at the Judge) I fancy it was not meant for me. The Prof., (observing the unnk,but puzzled): But not for me surely! For you kuow I was not here the whole evening. What do you mean anyhow? I don't understand. Tiie Judge, (laughing): O, we were just readiug to each other, that was all, Will. The Prof.: It must have been a very unin teresting book. (After a moment): *), yes; I hav« it now! You were reading Miss Cleve land’s new book, “The Long Run.” I had just bought it that evening, and remember leaving it on the table purposely, thinking you might like to look into it J read it through myself that evet ing after I got home. How did you like it, Doctor? Tub Judge (hastily tacking): You've doubt less given it a critical reading since- Will, let us have the benefit of your opinion of not the book only, but of Miss Cleveland as an author. Come now, don’t refuse. Remember we heard nothing from you—ahem!—that is immediately —last evening, and you are entitled to double time to-night, you s“e. The Doctor, (aside): Juige, in the name of common sense! What do you mean by sttting him on that way? Don’t you know you are seating him astride his special hobby? The Judge, (aside): Certainly, Doctor, cer tainly. But then anything to keep him from asking any hard questions about what we were reading, the oth* r evening. I had to strike him when he would respond most readily to my touch. Nothing like knowing when to touch a man, Doctor, if you want to manage him. We can pull him up when we get a safe distance away from this dangerous sub ject. The I’rofessor: Well, all right, Judge, I’ve no especial objection to giving my opiaion up on the subject you mention—only I must be allowed to take my time. You must promise not to interrupt me. The Judge, (eagerly): Certainly, Will, cer tainly. Take your time. But wait a moment till the Doctor and I refill our pipes and set them going. I can listen best when I’m smok ing. (They fill and light their pipes and com pose themselves to listen; the Judge with, his feet on the mantel, the Doctor with one on each side of the vase upon the table.) We are ready, Will. Proceed. continued next week. Professor Preitschke has been appointed Prussian historiographer in place of the late Professor Von Ranke. it a great dish, and they sit for hours about the kettle dipping great pieces of black bread into the greasy compound and consuming it with evident relish. “The upper class of Russians are very fond of champagne, and enormous quantities of this wine are used throughout the holidays. Perhaps the most popular diet with this class at this season is chopped beef, seasoned with pepper and salt and mixed with the yo:k of eggs. Dancing, card and chess playing are the favorite pastimes of all classes, while the imperial game, I’ve forgotten the name, played with a circular board and a spiuning dial, is seen everywhere. “The Bohemians’ Christmas commences on the 24th of December aud lasts throughout the 24th, 25th and 2tith. The funniest thing I saw there was a dish which I think they call cori- anda. It is made of poppy feed boiled in molasses aud made up iu pie crust. This is placed in a bag and boiled for several hours in a pot. It is then baked in an oven and eaten along with their drink called schnapps. IN SI'AIN. “The greatest day is the Spanish holidays is Epiphany, the twelfth day after Christinas, whicli is termed the ‘Three Kings Day.’ The favorite dish is cochon—some call it lachon, or sucking pig. The little porker is roasted upon a spit over a hot fire and served wi it sweet potatoes. Alicante, the Spanish ‘treasure wine,’ which so much resembles Burgundy in its flavor, is used freely all over the country. The national game of monte, along with the great bull-fights and dancing to the music of the mandolin, forms their Christinas amuse ments. “Iu Sweden and all through Denmark and Norway the great features of the Christinas holidays are the enormous balls or gatherings of country folk, where they never seem to tire of dancing. The house j are decorated and Christmas trees are in vogue, much the same as in this country and England or Germany.” Health Food and Anti-Fat. Julia, Richmond, Va: l’leasegive me some general instructions on the subject of diet. Tell me what a person can eat to be healthy and not grow t jo fat and what we should eat to reduce surplus flesh. I give you the following summary from a treatise on the art of unfattening by l)r. Dan- cel of Paris, member of the Academy and a practitioner: “The following articles may be eaten, viz.: All kinds of game, roast beef, beefsteak, veal, cutlets, mutton chops, fresh po.k, leg of mutt ton, boiled, broiled or roasted. Poultry aud birds of all kinds. Eggs cooked in various ways. Oysters, lobsters, crabs, prawns, clams. Plain jellies, cheese. Corned beef, beef a la mode. The following articles are not to be eaten, viz.: All kinds of fat, whether roasted or boiled or cooked in any other way. Th« brains of all animals or fowls, under whatever form they may be served up. Fish of all kinds, except io the smallest quantity, and then with no sauce. All kinds of vegetables, whether used green, in the shape of salads, or cooked for the table, in various ways. AU preparations of rice, maccaroni and starch, and generally, everything which has a vegeta ble origin. Bread, except in tuch quantity aa is absolutely necessary to prevent disgust at animal food, and when eaten it should be toasted brown. Confectionery of all kinds. Fruits of all kinds, whether fresh, dry or pre served—this cannot be too strongly insisted upon. Sweetmeats and comfits of all ktnH« Milk and cream; butter and sngar; soups and gravy. The quantity of liquid drunk should be just enough to satisfy the cravings of thirst, and no more. The quantity should be gradually reduced to the smallest measure possible. Water, cool water, not iced, is the best of aU. Chocolate, made with water alone, and slight ly sweetened; coffee, with a small quantity if milk, and a weak infusion of tea, are the least objectionable, but must not be taken hot, or in a quantity beyond what will simply servo to satisfy thirst. It would be best of all if drinking could be entirely abstained from. Therefore, as one of the m :ans of a raiding this necessity, any great amount of seasoning in the food should be at once given up A regular and accurate account of the weight should be kept and preserved for a guide in determining to what extent the process of un- fattening can be carried, without detriment to the patient.
