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V ./ FLOWERS COLLECTION VOLUME XII.—NUMBER 585. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1*87. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. SOUTHERN WOMANHOOD. Shaking Across the Bloody Chasm. ‘WHY WE LAUGH.’ A. V. OOATEH I try to think that what ia. is riaht. That nothing was made in Tain; And to look o i the side that is ever bright. And to murmur not, nor complain. Bnt I look on the dude with the spider legs And'h-'b'yye with the toothpick boots; A”d the lazy tramp, who his livirg begs. And the men with unpaid for suits. Tt e miser who closes his door to the poor. And the scoffer with shallow brain. And I say to myself that. I feel pretty sure Thst some things were made in vain But these are the thinys that God never made. You ask me ‘*What are they then!” The answer is easy to find. I’m afraid,— Some sa uplee of “self-n ade men.” Royalty and Democracy. How tho Queen of England Treated Gen. Grant. E&ndon Thoughts—Home Inci dents, Etc. Editor Sunny South:—I have often thought how charmingly oir sweetly flowing Southern a ’cent became our own fair women and bright girls, with their intelligent faces and sunny smiles, the reflex of our own smiling skies. It never struck me more forcibly than this afternoon, when a once dear friend of my girl hood, called to give me a welcome home again. How well I remember her long ago, the sweet face, the musical laugh, the soft sweetly flowing voice, and above all the modest con versation and gentle dignity of deportment that has been so admirable in our Southern huiiss. My friend lias spent several years North, and I sat and listened at her in pained sur prise. Style and fashion had their power, and and had dethroned grace; her gentleness of deportment and sweetness of manner had been usurped by a dashing, easy familiarity; her soft, sweetly flowing Southern tongue has been captured and completely subdued by the nasal twang of the yankee ‘Tis.” After some con venation she observed: (through her nosi) “Why, Nettie, you have not changed at all. You even speak quite as you used to. Our Southern pronunciation is not at all the style now. I have dropped it al together. ” “Yes,” I answered mildly, “no one could imagine you to be of Southern origin. The la»l few years have made you a genuine yan- kee.” She soon after took her leave in a flutter of nasal sounds, no doubt greatly pleased that she had transformed herself. If our lovely Southern women coull main tain the high standard of modesty, sincerity, and pure womanliness that has always been their charm, and dissuade young girls from aping the voice, manner and rudeness of a people of a different clime, our Southern homes would he all the dearer, sweeter and happier. The warm sunlight tempted me out for a It appears that Gen. Grant’s treatment by walk this morning, and as it was the first I ■Queen Victoria was somewhat different from have taken since my return to Salem, I was that he received at die hands of the Prince of ; happy i i greeting kind, familiar faces at every . .. .. , , . j tarn. Salem is quite a small town, but it is just " a,e8 ’ bllt stl "’. w!,,le 11 ma > l,ave lM,,n ,n | like the rest of the world. We have here some perfect accord with roj'al etiquette, it was not j very poor rich folks, and some very rich poor such £s democratic sovereigns think was due i folks, soue very bad folks, and some very good to an ex-President of the great republic, (ien. ! ^°^ s - dust as I reached my own gate on my ... ,, , . j ,, I return, an old colored woman, standing on tho and Mrs. Grant had been invited “to dine at side _walk opposite, cried out: “Fore de Lord! WOMEN WORKERS. Sketches of the Leader’s In The Woman Suffrage. Origin of the Movement—Progress Within the Last Few Years-Prom- inent Women Identified W ith the Movement—The Cur rent Convention Editor Sunny South : This week the at tention of the people of the country is being called anew to the Woman Suffrage move ment on account of the presence in Washing ton of a large and distinguished assemblage of women in grand conclave assemb cd, petition ing Congress to make some movement in their behalf and footing up the accounts of progress during the past year. Every year the subject grows more and more interesting, and every thing that is written upon it is seized and read with avidity. Your correspondent has taken some pains to go among the leaders and get some new views and information on the sub ject. The first woman who ever offered her vote at the polls was Manila M. Ricker, of Dover, New Hampshire, a dashing young widow of wealth and prominence. She fascinated one of the election committee and as no objection was made to her registration, she enacted a promise from the love-lorn committeeman that he would place her name on the check book. I!ut he failed to do it and when the lady pre sented herself at the polls next day she was told that her name could not be found on the book. The iirst woman to vote was Nannettc 11. Gardner, of Detroit, Michigan. She regis tered her name in that city March 22, 1871,and a month later voted unquestioned. Embol- Windsor Castle on Tuesday, 2<ith .June (1877), and to remain till the following day;” and Gen. lladeat states that Mrs. Grant desired that her son Jesse, a youth of ID, should also be- invited. The matter was committed to •Gen. liadeau, and through Sir John Cowell, vitation was secured. When the p:iriy arrived at Windsor the Queen was out riding and did not return until ttie hour for dinner, and Gen. llideau thinks her absence was planned. Meantime the guests were assigned to the -apartments they were to occupy until the n* xt day. liadeau was informed by Sir John Co- well, “with a little embarrassment,” that he and Jesse were to di ie with the household and not at the Queen’s table. As soon as Sir John had left the room, Jesse declared that he would not dine with the household.- He had been in vited by the Queen, ai.d if he could not sit at her table, he would return to town, liadeau and Jesse then repaired to Gen. Grant’s apart nient, where the latter, in the presence of Min ister l’ierrepont and his wife, repeated that he preferred to return to town, to dinii g witli the servants. There was a long discussion afu-r this, during which some of the real servants were in tile room and doubt ess heard and re pealed the wonder! ul remarks of the demo crat ,c youth; for shortly afterward the March ioness of Ely, one of the ladies in waiting, came in ostensibly to pay her respects to Mrs. Grant, but in reality to explain tiat she her self was to be one of the party with which Jesse was to dine, and repeated a statement previously nude by another lady in waiting, tha‘. the Queen was unable to receive large parties at tabli, as the number pro duced dizziness. After she retired, the Democrats, says Gen. Badcau, resumed their discussion. Jesse insisted on going back to London at once. He said lie had not wanted to come to Windsor at all, which was true, and that he certainly would n >t dine witli any one but his hostess. The General was, of course, unwilling for the lad to leave, but he thought that his son should dine at the same table witli himself. Finally Gen. Grant re quested liadeau to see Sir John Cowell and to say th it he hail of course no wish to suggest any change in the an angements or to ask any innovation in etiquette, but that the invitation had been misunderstood. H i had supposed that his son was to dine at toe same table witli himself, and since this was n >t to be he re quested that the invitation to Jesse should be ■withdrawn so that he might return to town. Gen. Badeau adds: “I suppose such a mes sage had never been sent to her majesty before since her coronation. If the Queen had been ill-tempered or lacking in taste or aint that Miss Nettie “Yes,” I answered. “Yes, honey, it is you, and you Is jes’ as sweet and smiling as yon ever was, and fore dc Lord, 1’se coining right over dar, now, and give you a kiss! Oh! Miss -Nettie, honey, you are beep bigger til in you used to be when 1 r pri-i ; -_'i vv;t it* same*, you are [es as sweot, and fore de Lord i r . , , Ise coming to give you a kiss!” dened by lierexainpl Now, you may not believe me, but “fore de Lord,” when the dear old “auntie” got to the gate I was not to be seen. My little Florence and her father have been very busy and important for several days. All the picking cases with tie paintings ar rived some days ago, and were carried into the studio. The smell of varnish indicated a gen eral idea of the work that was going on in secret, and to-night my formal invitation came. With some little preparation, mother and I go in. The landscapes and portraits were beaut ifully grouped together on the four walls, the musical instruments invitingly open, and a soft, sweet charm of artistic ideas e 7ery • where. (>ur little Florence is seven years of age to night, almost a large girl she declares with im portance, but nevertheless, her fafher has to lift her upon the piano-stool on our call for music. He takes his violin, and the two, after a formal prelude, glide into some graceful Mexican waltzes that have long been favorites of mine. These are followed by gay rolicking songs, and the evening passes on golden wings. Nkttik Loveless Kikrulff. Salem, Ala., Jan. 17, 1887. GIRLS GRAVE AND GAY. With a Cursory Glance at the Boys Who Are Bad and Best. Girls grave and gay; boys bad and best,"was Dr. Howard Anderson’s subject for a lecture at the Sixty-first Street M. E. Church Tuesday night. The girls occupied most of his time. “ There are as many women supporting men in New York as the contrary,’’said he. “In the business relationship of min and wife, she earns all she gets. She is not a drone but an active and p.-rtinent factor in life. There are schools to teach boys to raise wheat; there ought to be schools to teach girls to turn it into bread. A husband doesn’t like his wife for ornamental purposes very long. After the h ineynmon ids love rises and falls with his ap petite. If you want your husband to love vou, . the same year Mrs. Sara Spencer and Sarah E. Webster, with seventy other women of Washington, inarched in a body to the p ills and demanded to be allowed to vote. But they were refused, as they had been refused registration. They immediately took steps to prosecu e the board of inspectors, and suit was brought in the supreme court of the District in general term, anil an interesting trial followed, but with no resultof importance to either side of the question. The two most celebrated exponents of the wi man’s rights doctrine living, are, perhaps, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stant m and Miss Susan B. Anthony. These two ladies are about equal in ag» but of the most opposite characteri <tics, anil illustrate the theory of counterparts in affection by entertaining for each other a friendship of extraordinary strength. Mir. Stanton is a smooth and polished writer but a poor organizer anil manager. Miss Anthony on the other hand, is a thoron ;li manager but a poor writer. No doubt a large share of the honor that would go to the originator of the Woman’s Suffrage movement belongs to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She was born November 12, 181(1, at Johnstown, New York; li -r father being Judge Daniel Cady, a distinguished jurist of that State. She was a woman suffragist almost be fore she was lier-elf a woman, and no doubt the turning point in her life came when she was but nine years old. She says of herself: “In my earliest childhood I spent much time in my father’s oflice. There, before I could understand much of the talk of the older peo ple, 1 heard many sail complaints made by the women conld not vote they were eligible to any oflice within the gift of the people. Soon after running for Congress Mrs. Stanton was at a reception in Washington at he residence of the late Schuyler Co fax, and he rallied Mrs. Stanton on her defeat, regretting that, as Speaker of the House, he had never had the pleasure of recognizing "the Lady from New York.” Hon. Wm. I). Kelly who was standing near, remarked by way of consolation: “There is still hope for Mrs. Stanton. She received the same number of votes that I did the first time I ran for Congress 2,400, (the only differ ence being her ciphers were on the wrong side 0.024). As will be seen by the portrait, Mrs. Stan ton is noticeably fine-looking; in any crowded assembly slic would command! attention, and people would ask to know who she was. Her features are regular, her complexion fair and her eyes blue, sparkling and fearless. Her hair, that crowning glory of a woman, is as white as the driven snow, and so abnndant and beau tiful that many a young girl might envy its quality and profuston. Her manners are genial and courteous and she has the rare faculty of putting everybody at ease. Her home life, in spite of the pre-conceived ideas that most peo ple have f..rmed about|u strong-minded woman, is delightful ami happy. She is the mother of five sons and two dauguters, and has a beautiful home, surrounded with ancient chestuuts and cedars, near Tensfly, New Jer sey. multifarious duties of her oflice up to every possible need; Belva A. Lockwood, late can didate for President of tin United States, whose cases in the courts here and whose han dling of them speak more than all the words I can give in a newspaper letter of the intellect and practical professional powers of the gifted barrister. In a word, the women of the coun try will know that their cause is forever well cared for here at Washington, and the same sentiment is reciprocated by the whole force here as to the cause throughout the country and hence the harmony of the whole grand machinery, which is working to an unques tionably grand final success. If possible Susan B. Anthony is better known in the woman world than her co-work er, for she has no home ties and devotes all her time and energies to the interests of this cause. She was horn in South Adams, Mass., in 1820, and came of good old New England stock. One of the mist exciting incidents in her va r ied career occurred in 1871 when she tested her right to vote under the fourteenth amend- inentand casta vole in the Presidential elec tion. For this offense she was arrested, but appealed for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was refused and her obliging counsel gave bonds. But this not only kept her out of jail, hut also kept her case from tut supreme court and the trial was held at State court in Roches- ter. The judge, after hearing arguments, re fused to give the case to the jury and made the decision himself. “The prisoner will star d up.” Miss Anthony arose. “The sentence of the court is tlat you pay a fine of one hundred dollars and the costs of the prosecution.” “May it please your honor,” answered the irate Susan, “I will not pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." The judge was astounded, hut answered: “Madam, the court will not order your com mittal until the line is paid. You can go.” And Susan went but she has never paid her fine. So far as the public is concerned Mis. Liver more’s life began with her career in the civil war. It was with tlis work of the United States sanitary commission, i: wiM be remem bered, that she was most closely identified. We have not to tell of her herpic and useful career on the battlefields and » 'he hospitals. Tim*.!, a. unrt — RM )ffii l g.it' Is K,vito,leal, kfogflow labors have been greatly faciU(ted throng! l( er ability as a public speaker. “She is oneji the few women,” says Miss Phelps, “who lnive as yet come to the front of whom we can safely say that she is a born orator.” It will be re mem be red of her that during the year when lyceum lecturing as a business was at a height it will never reach again, she was one of the four lecturers who were most in demand and made the best terms with the bureaus; the other three were men of World-Wide reputa tious. Mrs. Livermore’s personal appearance adds to her power on the platform. She is large and commanding, with a fine face, a well-pro portioned figure and a dignified carriage from which one gets a sense of power in every mo tion. Of her face it would be hard to say the right word, Regular features, grave gray eye s and the warmest smile in the world make up a face that is charming in its motherly ten derness. “As she pleads for own six,” says Miss Phelps, "crying patience with its weak ness and justice for its wrongs ami compassion for its woes, her expression rises to one of in spired solemnity, then melts into strong ten derness.” rno.iiK w. cousins. Did Tom Paine Write the Declara tion of Independence. Editor Siinnt South: 111 your last issue I see a question from Marquis, Texas, asking if Thomas Paine was really the antlior of the Declaration of Independence and the Consti tution of the United States. Your answer is that the statement that he was the author is not only “incorrect bnt is ludicrous.” I would like to know what proof you have that Paine was not the author of the Declaration of Independence. I have read a g >od deal from Tom Paine and 1 think that any one who has re id his works will agree with me that the Declaration from beginning to end smacks, in style, of him and it is a noted fact that Tom Paine, for days before the Declaration of In dependence made its appearance, was closeted with Jefferson the reputed author of it. Cer- tact there might have been an unpleasant j le(K , ,, im ^ e]1 The j/iuchen has more to do with complication. It was possible that the entire invitati m in ght be witli irawn, or a message might be sent that would make it impossible for Gen Grant to remain, and ilius necessitate the return of the whole party to London. Even international feeling might be aroused.” In a tin welfare of society than the drawing room. Dyspepsia is the great destoyer of happiness. Nothing is truer than that the worth of life deiicnds on the liver. I have doubted almost everything that Inis come to my mind, but one article of my creed has never wavered — my short time the Queen sent a message that she i, e ij u f j„ t [, e total depravity of human liver. ■would be happy to h ive Jessie dine at her ta ble. ".So the difficulty was avoided by the good sense and breeding of the Queen.” The Queen entered the room where the par ty that were to dine with her w, re assembled. After speaking with each guest separately the cess Christian. The G< ncral and the Prin cess followed the Queen, and the Prince Chris tian with the Princess Beatrice followed them. Thus Gen. Grant preceded the Queen’s own daughter and her son-in law; which was a distinct concession to him of rank equal to roya’tv, and as different as possible from the et:q:e teobur ed by the Prncc of Wales. Mrs. Grant, liowev. r, did not receive the same recognition; two duchesses preceded her and she went in witli the Earl of Derby. Jessie was placed nearly at the tail. The idea seemed to be to give Gen. Grant a place that should indicat-) extraordinary deference according to rovil m'cs, but not to recognize his democrat ic family fnrtln r than courtesy required. The Queen was gracious, however, to all, and the dinner passed pleasantly through. At table Gen. Grant was not placed next her majesty, rfhe had Prince Leopold on one sice and Prince Christian on the other; then the two J’rincisns. Gen. Grant was next to the lTincess Christian, which brought him below all the royal family and two places from the Queen After the dinner was over the Queen anil her daughters retired, and the next day the Grants were shown the pictures and the great china, and were driven about the premises, bu - saw nothing more of the Queen or the roy al family. Look at the young man in the corner with his kids and his rattan cane. When he comes to serenade you an'i sings ’('ome to the window, love,’ go, hut first fill up everything that will hold hot water, and when he says ‘Reign in this bosom,’ why rain! Young man, strip off your gloves, break your rattan caue, ro 1 up your s elves and get married. Send for nie.and if you can’t affo.il to pay $5 I advise you not to marry. “ Educate the woman and you educate society. Teach the daughter to converse well. Teach her no art that can compare with that. Teach her that beauty and grace are talents to he cul tivated for the education of young men. Women are the equals of men; in almost everything hut inmathematic thier superiors. Now, if they are determined to work for themselves, let us men see that they get a man’s wages when they do a man’s work. I don’t believe they ought to go into politics. They might purify politics, hut they would probably vote with Mike, Katrina with Carl, Marie with Francoi i, Jane with Jonathan, and corruption would be duplicated. That o!ii bachelor might be right, however, who said lie didn't believe women would vote. Said he: ‘They would keep denying that they were old enough to vote until they were too old to take any interest in the matter.’ Kepresentati ve Hiscock, of New York, didn’t prove to be such a sleepy sort of a fellow after all. He hasn’t anywhere near the amount of wealth that either Mil er or Morton has, and yet he carried off the Senatorial prize. He is the ablest inau of the three, and as between them tie Republican caucus selected wisely. Crops Without Labor. There is rarely any permanent advantage gained by crop- that apparently cost nothing. In the sweat of his brow the farmer must earn his bread, and though this is called the primal curse, i. is added that it is imposed for man's sake. Some years ago we heard much about the volunteer wheat grown in California from scattering grain of the previous harvest. But almost immediately after came reports of in sect ravages and decreased fertility, which made the growing of wheat the most unsafe business a man could engage in. Had there been no possibility of growing wheat except by plowing and sowing in the old-fashioned, legitimate way, the farmers of California would be richer to day. women against the injustice of the laws. The tears and complaints of these women who came to my father for legal advice touched my heart, and 1 would often inquire into the par ticulars of heir sorrow and would aopeal to my father for some prompt remedy, thinking his word was omnipotent. On one occasion he took down a law book and tried to show me something called ‘the laws’ prevented him from ending these cruel and unjust things. My mind was so aroused that I one day mark ed them with a pencil and decided to take a pair of scissors and cut them out, thus making an end to it all. I was laughed at for my pains. But as soon as I understood fully how the thing could be accomplished I vowed that when I became old enough I would have such abominable laws changed, and 1 have kept my word.’’ I do not mean that Mrs. Stanton was the first woman in America to openly discuss fe male suffrage, bui she was the first to formu late the doctrines that have since been adopt ed. It was at Seneca Falls, New York, her home, that the first call for a wo mail’s conven tion was issued, anil she was the head and front of it. I was shown a copy of it. It is a curiosity in its way. Here are some para graphs: “The object of the Convention is to discuss the social, civil and religious rights of women.” “He (man) has never permitted her to exer cise her inalienable right to the elective fran • chise.” “He has denied her the facilities for obtain ing an education; all colleges being closed against her.” “He hai criatcd a false public sentiment by givine to the world a different code of morals for men and women, whereby moral delin- quences, which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated bnt deemed of lit .le ac count in man.” “Therefore it is resoloed, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves the sacred right to the elective franchise.” The famous Lncretia Mott objected to put ting the woman suffrage plank into the plat form WASHINGTON CITY. Reminiscences of Distin guished Public Men. Incidents Which Have Transpired at the National Capitol. By BEN. PERLY POORE. No. l«!t. Franklin Pierce as a Student. Frank Fierce was rather wild when he was a student at Bovdoin College. One of his pranks occurred when Lafayette, who was everywhere hailed with joy, was visiting the New England States. The renowned patriot had got as far east as Portsmouth, when it be came doubtful if he would proceed further. It had, however, been reported that he would pass through Brunswick, and so it was pro posed by Fierce to give Lafayette a reception. Accordingly, the students hired carriages, se cured a cannon, and went at the proper time out on the Brunswick roid to meet the general and his staff. About nine o’clock in the even ing there was seen coming up the road the procession of students all ablaze. By a pre concerted arrangement it was announced at the moment through all the town that Lafay ette was near. The people rushed out of their houses, the ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and chetr rose upon cheer. The general bowed in acknowledgement, and finally got down from his carriage and condescended to kiss several of the fair young ladies. That man was not General Lafayette, but John Cleve land, a student, who had personated the char acter to perfection. The whole affair wound up with a supper, a good joke, and so the people of Brunswick never saw the real hero. Crace Creenwood. “Lizzie,” she said, “thou wil, make the convention ridiculous.” Bat “Lizzie” went right on and kept it there. This was the beginning. But a history of woman suffrage from this time on is a history of Mrs. Stanton. The other day I was shown a very interest ing relic, a little white ballot: Foit Reukesentative to Congress, ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. • * » * * At the November election in 180G ia the eighth district of New York she nominated herself for Congress in order to test the con stitution >1 right of a woman to run for office. This aroused some discussion at the time, and many people were surprised to learn that while Forty years ago, more or less, one of the constellation of bright writers which clustered around Mr. James T. Fields, in the old Cor ner Bookstore, was Miss Sarah Clark of Con necticut, whose writings, over the signature of “Grace Greenwood,” had obtained for her a considerable reputation. Handsome, high- spirited, with remarkably large and express ive eyes, and witty in conversation, she was greatly admired. In due time she went to Washington, where many of her earliest pro ductions had been published in I)r. Bailey’s National Era. A fine horsewoman, she attract ed much attention, anil in due time she mar ried Mr. Lewder Lippiu;ott of Philadelphia. with f' r residing in that city for some d/ears, and g"! 1 I..;-.--,.,.. '..r I.11 1.IE DEVEREUX I1I.AKE. tainly Tom l’aine was not wanting in intellect, for (giving the devil his dues) he was Jeffer son’s superior on that score. 1 believe as firmly that Tom Faine wrote the Declaration of Independence as I do that John Howard Payne composed “Home Sweet Home.” There is no wiping it out. Tom Faine in my opinion did write the Declaration of Independence and while I am a constant reader of and admirer of your grand old paper I beg leave on this point to disagree with you. Yours truly. Subscriber to the Sunny South. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 8, 1887. THE LATE COLONEL PEINTUP. IN II. ANTIIO- But you cannot a low me space to so indi vidualize on all of the hundreds or mors of the hardly 1 sss prominent workers ill this cause, and I must pass them, only naming some of those wiio will take the more active part in the proceedings of this convention. Mrs. l'resident Stanton is still in Europe and the convention will be presided over by Vice- Pres dent Authony, who has just reached here from her continued work in the far northwest, and who will deliver the opening address. Among the noted speakers who wil. be glad ly listened to are: Isabella B. Hooker, of Hartford; Rev. <llympia Brown, oi Wiscon sin; Phoebe W. Couzins, of St. Louis; Clara Bewick Colby, publisher of “The Woman’s Tribune,” Beatrice, Nebraska; Elizabeth L. Saxon, Memphis; Mary llaHowell, Lillie De- vereux Blake, Caroline Giikey Rogers, Mary Seymour Howell, Mme. Neyman, of New York; Mrs. Shuttuck, Mary F. Eastman, of Massachusetts; Mrs. Governor Wallace, May Wright Sewell, Helen A. Gougar, of Indiana, and Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, of Chicago. And among the many iitcresting 8 lbjects are: “Constitutional Rights of Woman in the United States’’—Hooker. “Conditions of Lib erty”—Sewell. “Women Who Ask and Wo men who Object”—S iu.tuck. “Dawn of the Twentieth Century”—Howell. “Skeptics and Scepticism"—Neyman. “The Roman and American Republics”—Colby. “Our Mother less Government”—Harbert. “Nothing New Under the Sin”—Rogers. “Are Women Al ready Enfranchised?”—Gougar. “The Rights of Men”—Blake. “The Permanency of Free Institutions Necessitates Woman’s Enfran chisement”—Wallace. “Liberty Enlightening the World"—Couzins Of the women who are counted as the “old guard,” and who guard the interests of the cause here in Washington while the rest are fighting and capturing outposts are Mrs. Treas urer Spofford, of the Riggs House, a lady of as rare and gifted intellect as she certainly is of personal and womanly grace and that kindli ness of heart which wins unquestioned every cause where principle is at issue and only a man is the antagonist; Mrs. Rec ording Secre tary Sheldon, who, in addition to her profes sional labors, seems in some unaccountable way possessed of an elasticity of labor capaci ty to bring in all the good results and keep the His Devotion to Rome’s Interests and the Rome and Decatur Road. The late Colonel I). S. l’rintup, of Rome, was one of the leading spirits in the inaugura- ti >n of the Rome and Decatur railroad. His death is regarded as quite a loss to this enter prise, although it is well under way, the first sixty miles being contracted for, to be finished by the first of June, and as many as 2,500 men being now at work on it. In his fuueral ser mon, the Rev. R. B. Headden said: “He has been identified with Rome and all her interests from the beginning of his young manhood, lie has never stood aloof when Rome needed a helping hand. His devotion to Rome has been that of a son to a mother. His last great enterprise of so much importance to this city was the building of the Rome and De catur road. For fourteen years he has toiled to accomplish this work Success came at last. He aas sown and others will reap. I trust he will reap also. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Before he rounded up his work death set her mark upon him. Like many another who has planted, he did not see the fruit, but he saw the flower, and surrendered the gathering of the harvest to younger and other hands. Are our hopes for Rome’s future to be realized? How much will we owe to the skill, ability and tireless purpose of him before us who for so many years cherished this scheme, and had faith in its accomplishment. While the great mass wore buying and selling he was toiling for that which inures to the wel fare of all. Some man who has expectations of great things for our city on account of the new railroad now being built, speaking of Col onel l’rintup as its author, said: ‘If Colonel l’rintup had only lived to see this road com pleted. that a monument expressive of esteem and affection would have been reared to his memory by a grateful people.’ Providence or dered it otherwise He recognized the inevit able, and said: ‘It is all foi the best.’ ” il'T^l nU TM* VhgTWh, was toe first respectable paper for young people pub lished, she removed to Washington, where for some years she was a correspondent of leading newspapers, and a capital letter she wrote. In due time her daughter grew up to womanhood and developed operatic talent, which has since been cultivated abroad. Mr. L ppincott ob tained a clerkship in the General Land (Mlice, which lie vacated under unpleasaM circum stances, and his wife went, with their daugh ter to Colorado, and afterwards to Europe, where she has since resided. PERSONAL MENTION. What the People Are Doing and Saying. The Cotton Stealing. Prominent among the “steals” during and after the war at Washii gton was the Bureau of Cotton Claims, familiary known at the Treasury Department as the Bureau of Cotton Thieves. The most extraordinary feature of this bureau was, that nearly every man con nected with it went in poor, and suddenly got rich enough to buy real estate, build fine houses and live like a nabob. A well-known hanger-on at the Capitol, who went into that Bureau of Cotton Thieves in debt to his land lady for a month’s board, came out in less than two years with .$<11,000 in his pocket. And he was not a very smart man, either. An ex member of Congress, who had established himself as a claim agent at Washington, got hold of what was known at New Orleans as the Cleveland Claim, involving between $.'100,- 000 and $400,000. He received, it was said, $1:10,000 in fees for putting it through that au gust tribunal, the Court of Claims, and al though the matter was subsequently investi gated by the Department of Justice, he could not to be made to disgorge. Having the priv- iledge of the floor, he looked after his matters so well, and invested his accumulations so ju diciously, that he became a millionaire, and then he died. Baron Hackett. A FUENACE FOE EOME. A New York Syndicate to Establish One Up Town. [Rome, Ga., Bulletin.] That a furnace will be built in Rome shortly there cannot be the slightest doubt. It is pos sible that we will have two and perhaps three. We know of three different companies haring this purpose in view, but are at liberty to menton only one. The one we speak of is to be built on the grouuds of the Rome and Desatur railroad by a syndicate of New York and home people. It will be done, we are told, as soon as the above road is ready to haul the material. Rome has a great future ahead of her. Our boom will be larger and more substantial than those of the other cities.There is a big field just now for the investment of capital, and those who have the capital and will thus invest will find “millions in it”. Hackett, Baron Von Hackett he called him self, was one of the veteran actors of the old school. It was said that his earlier dramatic efforts were so marred by nervousness that his best friends counselled him to leave the stage at once; but he persevered and soon won a re markable success. lie was especially adinira ble at that time in his imitation of other actors His imitation of Barnes had been so perfect that the idea struck the manager tlia, Hackett would make a great hit as Dromio, in “The Comedy of Errors,” Barnes playing the other Dromio. It was a happy thought. Hackett so perfectly mimicked Barnes, both in voice, walk and gesture, that the audience was completely mystified. In regard to h s celebrated im jer- sonation of Falstaff, it was said that Hackett made a special study of fat mm, a ad gave on the stage their waddling gait so perfectly that few men coaid be brought to believe that he owed his portly appearance to quilted garments and folds of padding. One of the great sur prises that a waited gentlemen who sought an introduction to the great actor was to find him so small a man. His conception of the char acter of Falstaff was original and subtle. He comprehended that poor Jack had once been a brave gentleman, who had fallen into bad courses. He made of hi n a man whom none coul-l approve, yet with whom none could for bear to sympathize. Mr. Hackett'i personal character was most attractive, his nature was genial, and he was highly esteemed wherever known. Irish Schoolmasters. The Irish schoolmasters who used to wander througli the Western and Middle States at the beginning of the present century were gener ally men of ability, whose convivial habits had driven them abrrail anil prevented them from becoming permanently located ill their new home. They were excellent Latin and Greek scholars, thoroughly at home in their native Irish a id able t > speak and write English with considerable ease. It was noticed that when they had occasion to converse in English, or to write a letter in that language, they were apt to employ the largest ami most out-of-tbe way words. This was called “dictionary ta’k," and never failed to impress the audience with a conviction of the wonderful acquirements of the pedagogue. The schoolmasters were also generally well acquainted with mathematics, and of ter earned money by land mensuration in after hours, l’edantic to a degree, they were more or less social, with a veneral capa bility of taking any given qiantity of whiskey. They actually told a story with no small de gree of comic humor, and rarely refused an in vitation to eat and drink. They had the confi dence of the country folks, but they flogged their pupils on the slightest pretence, some times without any cause. Many of our fore most statesmen were educated by these emi grant pedagogues. Cardinal Jacobini has resigned the offlee of l’ontifical Secretary of State. Ex-Senator Simon Cameron is eighty years old, but still enjoys good health. Mgr. Ntraniero will soon pres in t to the Pops a report on Catholicism in America. General Sherman is said to have a fear that he will be the next of war heroes to die. Bismarck’s defeat in the Keichtag, it ia feared, may lead to very unpleasant conse quences. Secretary Lamar denies that he will resign from the Cabinet, as had been rumored since his marriage. General Sherman is the only one of the dis tinguished Generals of the late war who has passed the sixties. The latest rumor is that Miss Winnie Davis is to furnish a contribution for the North American Review. Marie Colombicr, who wrote up Sarah Bern hardt. is in financial straits, and has bien sold out of house and home. The elopement of Miss Althea Stone, heir ess of the millionaire widow, has caused a very great sensation in Chicago. Henry M. Stanley is said to hare refused an offer of four hundred thousand dollars to make a 1 ■ctur ng tour of the United States. Rutherford B. Hayes leads a sort of noma dic life just south of Fremont, O. He haa sixty chickens and innumerable goats. John T Raymond says his boy will probably be atragedian. “As a baby,” he says, “hi midnight squalling was always full of tragic tones.” Mr. Blaine has finished the work of revising his public speeches and letters and will issue them in hook form during this or the coming month. John S. Wise is telling how the Republicans were victorious in Virginia at the recent elec tion, and how they can carry thi State in 1888. Robert Browning has so far recovered as to be allowed to go out during the day. Ilis new poem will be published at the eml of the pres ent mouth. The Czar’s brother, the Grand Duke Mi chael, was recently kicked into the street at Frankford by a German sausage maker for insulting a woman in his shop. “I: Ilinry Giorge had contented himself by following tae objects set forth iu his platform before the day of election he would have grown stronger as the days went on. Evangelist S inkey has composed a new and • taking hymn, which is described as a sort of medley, and is interspersed with stanzas from some of his older works. .Mr-- Eihy- , M.- _ T-' * IJ >. r IT** 1 -. ton, th*) well known traveler and writer, died recently a t the age of only 22, and after a very short married life. Fx-Governor William Smith, of Virginia (.“Extra Billy,’ ) although nearly JJ0 years old, is s .ill ambitious, and wants to succeed Mr. Ridilleberger as United States Senator. Since Mr. Carlisle became a candidate for the Senate to succeed Mr. Beck, it is said that the latter gentleman wishes lie hadn’t fooled with the post oflice appointment at Louisville. The Japanese Government is educating a young lady, Miss Kin Kato, at the State Nor mal School, Salem, Mass., with the intention of placing her at the head of all the lady teach ers in Japan. Rev. Sam Jones is arguing with the Boston people. Jon* s is doing most of the arguing anil the people the most of the thinking. Both Jones and the people appear to be interested, however. l’rince Bismarck lias not signed the address of tlie Herrenhaus to Emperor William be cause it is reported that he does not approve of the attack made in it upon the independent I'arliament of the empire. Since Lord Wolseley has received the deco ration of the Frussian Order of the Red Eagle, it is suggested that England ought to bestow the Grand Cross of the (Irder of Bath upon Field Marshal Count vou Moltke. The free kindergarten mo7ement continues to find helpers. Miss Hattie Crocker, daugh ter of the millionaire, maintains one for two hundred and fifty children, from her private purse, in San Francisco, Cal. lion. George Bancroft is remarked to have been unfortunate in his dinner parties at Washington this season. Deaths and sickness have caused many of them to he postponed or entirely broken up. Gladstone headed the list cf names of the twelve greatest living men which received the prize at a recent London contest, and Grover Cleveland’s name was ahead of the l’rince of Wales. The latter struggle was probably de cided by the scales. .Miss Anna Dickinson has for several months been watching at the bedside of her infirm Quaker mother in West 1‘ittston, Fa. Her pe cuniary resources are said to be nearly ex hausted, and it is announced that she will take to the lecture field again. Bismarck has a business way of dealing with the German legislature. He asks them for sanction to follow a definite policy, and they refuse, when he does it anyhow. What a comfort it would be to some of our governors if they could disregard their legislatures that way. A marriage will take place between Mile. MacMahon, the only daughter of the ex-Presi- dent Marshal and Duke of Magenta, and the Count de Fiennes, whose father was in the ex- Impcrial household. The young lady has been bred in rural life in a large and happy family circle. When Senator Stanford goes to Washington at the beginning of a session he deposits $50,- 000 at a local bank and he and his wife check against it. If anything remains at the end of the session it ii lift as a nest egg for the next year’s expenses. As a general thing nothing remains. Senator Cameron, while he declined to make a public subscription to the fund for Mrs. Lo gan for reasons which, he said, would he satis factory- to her, is said to have cancelled and returned to her a note of the late Senator Lo gan lor a loan running up into the thousands. J. A. Bo.twick, of New lork, has given to Wake Forest College, North Carolina, $50 000, in six per cent, thirty-year first mortgage rail road bonds, to be known as the Bostwicc En dowment Fund. He hai already given the in stitution $20,000. The German Emperor now obeys the direc tions of his physicians more than ever before. For the first time s nee childhood lie has taken to sleeping in a warm room, and he takes food, generally beef tea, eggs and wine or coffee and i-inglass, every two hours daring the day. He has almost entirely given up the dishes he used to be so fond of, such as lob sters, crawfish, veal stewed with cloves and cinnamon and spongecake soaked in rum The Ex-Empress Eugene, since her arrival at Naples, has occupied apartments that com mand a magnificent view over the bay. The Empress wit in a few days leave Napiea for Fosilipi, a village on the bay a few mUea dis tant, where she will reside at the beautiful villa Delahunte, whence she will proceed to Sicily at the beginning of February. She will not return to England till the beginning at
