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Newspaper Page Textu VOLUME! XIII.—TOMBER 616. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3,1887. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. m Shaking Across the Bloody Chasm. SOUTHERNWAR SONGS. Poetic Echoes From the Dead Past. A Naval Song Reproduced. Editor Smnrr South: Picking up a copy of your very interesting paper a few days ago, I notice that a subscriber—in Texas, I believe —bad inquired about the old piece of poetry relative to the capture of the Guerriere, by the Constitution, during the war of 1812. With the aid of a correspondent from Memphis, Tenn., you were able to reproduce only two verses of it I memorized that poetry fifty-five years ago, when fifteen years of age, and sang it in the acting of a dialogue in a country- school exhibition. Ever since it has been ly ing in a room of my memory. From memory alone 1 reproduce it, and herewith send it to you, in order that, should you desire to do so, you can furnish it to your thousands of read ers, to most of whom it will doubtless be new. Respectfully, D. B. Claytox. Mashnlaville, Miss., Aug. 16, ’87. The Constitution and the Cuerriere. It ottlmes bas been told. Tbst tbe British sailors bold, (bold flog tbe tars of France so neat and bandy, Ol Bet they never met their matcb ’Till tbe Yankees did them eatcb. Obi tbe Yankee boys for flgbting are tbe dandy, O! IL Tbe Querrlere, a frigate bold * That on tbe foaming ocean rollrd, Commanded by prond Daeres, tbe grandee, 01 Wltb a ebolee British crew As a rammer ever drew, Osold flog the Frenchmen two to one, so bandy, O! IIL i tbla higate Have In view, mod Drcrei to b<) crew, UsneeteEtbf ship for notion, and be bandy, Ol Dave them J6 drink ganpowder mixed wltb bran- IV. Then Daeres loudly cries, Make this Yankee sblp you prize, Yon oan In thirty minutes, neat and bandy, Ol Twenty-five'senough, I’m sore. And It you’ll do It In a score I’ll treat yon to a doable abate of brandy, O! Then tbe British shot flew hot, Which tbe Yankees answered not * ’TUI they got wi'hin tbe distance they called ban- fly. Ol Tban aatd Hall unto hls crew: Boys, let’s see wbnt we can do, If we take this boasting Briton, we’re the dandy, 01 VI. Tbe first broadside we poured Carried ker main-mast by tbe board, Whicb made this lofty frigate look abandoned, 01 Tbeo Daeres shook bis bead, And to bis ((Seers be said: Lord, I didn’t think these Yankees were so ban dy, Ol VIL Oar seoond told so well Tost her fore and mtzen fell, Wblcb o nosed tbe royal ensign to bandy, 01 By George, said be, we’re done, And they flredla lee gun. While tbe Yankees struck up, Yankee Doodle Dan dy, 01 VIL When Daeres earns on board To deliver npbla sword, Loth was be to part wltb it, ’twas so bandy, 01 O keep your sword, says Hall, For It only makes you dull. Bo come, sheer up, let's take a little brandy, 01 IX. Thee flfi year glasses full. And we’ll drink to Captain Hall, And merrily we’ll pasb about tbe brandy, 01 John Ball may toast bis fl'l. Let tbe world say wbat It will, But tbe Yankee boys for fighting Are tbe dandy, O! - The First Inauguration. Tha First Inauguration Ball, and the First I>evee. Mrs. Washington is venerated as the earliest representative leader among the ladies promi nent in the best society of the Republic. When the Chief was summoned by tha nation to annme the duties of its Chief Magistrate, she came to form the establishment of the at the seat of Government. ^ Maretfshd April, 1789, the meeting of the first Congress under the Constitution took p’ace, and the votes for the first President of the United States were opened and counted General Washington taking notified of his elec tion. left Boast Vernon for New York, greeted all along the way by the irrepreesible enthusi- asih of the people. Received with doe ho ora at the Capital, he wee conducted to hie official residence, at what is now the corner of Cherry street and Franklin Square. The imposing spectacle of the Inauguration took place with appropropriate ceremonies in Federal Hall. April 30;h, 1789. The oath of office was ad ministered by Chancellor Livingston. In the evening the city was brillintly illuminated, and there was a display of fireworks. Afterwards rules were established for receiving visitors and entertaining company. At first a pubi c intimation was given that the President would receive visitors on Thursdays and Fridays, » & two to three in the afternoon. Consult- nd ands, he adopted cbitfly Mr. Hamilton’s His fins in social matters; and it was de fected blithe President should return no vis ions as invitations to dinner should be sily and p official characters and strangers Then, luff The levees were to be held ev hirsiily p afternoon. )nd I tain of May a splendid ball was given oice numbly rooms, at which the President oDgue. .’resident appeared, with many mt m- i.] )oe Jih houses of Congress, the foreign and distinguished citizens. The la- t Ther dressed with great taste and ele ■ oulr at * iu * e j ewe fi7 was then worn. Lac y ■I, ,and her daughters, and her sister-m . Livingston, Mrs. Montgomery, Lady a Griffin, Lady Temple, the Mar- fde Breban, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Duane, kayefeees, Mrs. Prevost, the B.shop's wife, Jay, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Beckman, and i were among the number. The next Ithe Count de Moustier gave a grand ball i house in Broadway. Elias Boudinot described it as "a most splendid ball indeed.” Mrs. Washington, accompanied by her grand children, Eleanor Curtis, and George Wash ington Parke Curtis, set out from Mount Ver- Vemon on the 19th of May, in her carriage, with a small equestrian es cort She was received with honors at every stopping place, and was entertained in Philadelphia by Mrs. Robert Morris, and at Elizabethtown by the venerable Governor Livingston and his daughters. The President came here to meet her in a splendid barge; and as they approached the battery, a salute of thirteen guns were fired; while crowds greet ed the landing of the distinguished pas sengers. On the day after the arrival of Mrs. Washington a dinner was given at the President's, to which Vice-President Adams, Governor Clinton, the Count de Moustier, Mr. Jay, General St. Clair, the Spanish Minister, five Senators, and the Speaker of the Honse were invited. Mr. Washington said it was the least showy dinner he had ever seen at that table. Washington said grace, and dined on boiled leg of mutton. After dessert, a sin gle glass of wine was offered to each guest, and when it was drank, General Washington arose, and the company adjourned to the draw ing-room. On the 29th of May, Mrs. Washington held her first levee; and they were continued every Friday evening from eight to ten o’clock. These receptions were marked by little osten tation or restraint, but were attended by all that was fashionable, elegant or refined in so ciety; but they were select and courtly, and not subject to the intrnsion of the rabble. Mrs. Washington was careful to exact proper courtesies in the drawing-room. None were admitted to the levees bat those entitled by official station, established merit, or suitable introductions; and full dress was required of all. A drawing-room sufficiently capacious in the President’s house was plainly furnished; some pictures and ornaments, and the family plate had been brought from Mount Vernon. The State Coach was the finest carriage in the city, usually drawn by four horaes; but always by six when it conveyed the President to Fed eral Hall. It was cream colored and orna mented with cupids supporting festoons, with horderings of flowers around the panels. The residence of the President was after wards on Broadway, near Bowling Green. His office was on the first floor opposite the draw ing-rooms. The Vice-President had a beauti ful rural residence at Richmond Hill. At bis own official receptions Washington greeted his visitors with a bow without shaking hands. He wore a black velvet suit with white vest and yellow gloves, breeches, silver knee and shoe buckler, and a long, steel-hilled sword—a cocked bat in his hand. At his wife’s levees he had neither hat nor sword, but conversed without restraint as a private gen tleman. Mrs. Washington was about fifty- seven years of age when she opened the “Re publican Court,” and she retained mnch of the grace of her earlier years. The festivities that followed the inaugura tion, pnhlic and private, were interrupted by the ill health of the President and the death of his venerable mother; so that he and Mrs. Washington participated in few of the gayeties during the winter that New York continued tbe national capital. Several families, who had held in the pro vince a sort of baronial supremacy, were now eminent in pnblic service or in private society; ,yet in. social elegstuce the circles ii New York were inferior jo those of Phili|iifaHphia. - New York continued to be the metropolis less than two years. _ Foes Become Friends. At the re-union in Gettysburg last mouth of the old soldiers from the North and South, who had fought each other on that battle-field, many touching little incidents occurred that showed how cordial waa the good-feeling now existing between the former enemies. “Just here,” said a crippled New Yorker, stopping on the comer of a field, “my leg was shot off." “And just here,” said a man beside him, the sleeve of whose gray coat hung empty, “I lost my arm.” The two men fraternized at once, pitched a tent on the spot that had been so fatal to both, and there “kept house” together during the whole time of the re-union. Each found the other to be a man of sense, high principle and good feeling. They will probably remain friends for^ife. So many of the once bitter foes ex-changed coats, canteens and knap-sacks, in token of good-will that it became almost impossible to distinguish Northern from Southern soldiers They pitched their tents together, most of the men preferring to camp again, instead of go ing to the hotels, in order ttiajthey might meet their old antagonists more freely, and discuss every incident of the battle, about the bivouac fires. A northern officer brought to Gettyspurg a sword, gold bundled and set with jewels, which he had taken from a young Southerner. After the war was ovei he had tried in vain to restore it. He now gave it to the commandant of the corps to which its owner belonged, in the hope that it might reach him at last. A large man and very small one met on the street. „ , “I think I have seen you before? said the small man. “Yes, I took yon prisoner,” was the reply. Whereupon they shook hands heartily, took dinner together and tbe next day brought a photographer to the spot where they fought, and had their pictures taken standing with uncovered beads and clasped hands. There is much in these incidents which may seem sentimental to the generation which was born after the war. But to Americans whs re member how mighty were the interests invol ved in it, and how desperate was the struggle, these signs of the deep cordial peace which now exists between the North and South have a most pathetic and lofty meaning. Only mt n who could nobly risk their for tunes and their love for a cause they held to b< right, could clasp hands when tbe snuggle was over with forgiv .-ness so true and complete.— Youth’s Companion. Valuable Bequest. The valuable collection mentioned in the subjoined item should belong to the NaiioD in stead of to a State; but, unless Pennsylvania will donate it, we do not see how it can he so: It is stated that there is in London waiting shipment quite a remarkable collection ol dia ries and documents of pubic importance, be queathed to the Public Library of Philadelphia by the late Benjamin Moran. He went over to England in some official capacity in Buchan an’s time, and fiom 1864 to 1380, when ap pointed to the Portuguese mission, was the first secretary of legation there. In the bequest are his diaries covering twenty years, with minute daily studies of social and political London during all that period, besides elaborate and accurate pen portraits and estimates of all the great figures coming under his notice, Ameri can ana European. There are some five thou sand letters, public and private, bound by months, and embracing correspondence with Buchanan, Seward, Fish, Sumner and scores of others cf equai weight in America and the cream of the pnblic men abroad. The stipu lation of the bequest is that these shall not be published until 1891. Susanna Madora Salter, Mayor of Argoms, Kan., is having a very successful administra tion. When she was elected to her present office her enemies predicted that she would a failure of her effort to run the munici pal affairs of Argonia. Up to the present time she has made no great blunders She is however, tired of the burdens of office a: d says that when her present term expires she *ill retire to private life and leave the govern- ment of Argonia to the care of the sterner IN THE COONTRY.—“I WONDER IF THAT IS HE. Ex-Confederate Re-Union. Tbe Good Time at Dallas, Texas— The Blue Entertained by the Gray. Dear Editor Sunny South: To-day is the last day of tbe re-union of ex-Confederate sol diers—and it was a grand sight, each State ex cepting Georgia, and North and South Caroli na was represented. The States represented with their canvas tents, and State and National flags were Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Here and there were a few Geor gians and North Caroliaus who mingled with, and were guests of tbe other Southern soldier^ \ Ark ansae and Teunejnme were Jakpcly Vented—each] about ISO strong iejLiine, amid the bodteing of ssRnohbj WM . ford the old veterans would hurrah for Lee and Morgan, and others of their old command ers. Their surroundings seemed to revive their memories which for twenty-two years had lain dormant. Photos of Lee, Jackson, Davis, and others of our Southern heroes were pasted about their camp, and many an old ar my joke was revived. Hog pen and chicken- coop raids were talked over, and here upon the fair grounds comrades in war met and shook hands with comrades they had not seen in nearly a quarter of a century, and here the Federate—members of the G. A. R. Posts— were treated royally. Many a laughable tale was told, of how they made tbe Greys run at this place and that, and how we made the Yanks retreat through swamps and creeks, and climb the hills; but, thank heaven, that peace now reigos, and these same old vets on each side, who fought for what each thought was right, are friends and both now ready to stand side by side and fight for and defend the red, while and bine. God bless them—the Bine and the Grey—.hey were not to blame, and we hope the Blue will welcome tbe Grey as heartily as they were received here. Bill Aumcck. Dallas, Texas, Aug., 19, 1887. Wbat Ur. Cleveland Will See. Commenting on President Cleveland’s com ing trip the New York Herald says: “Mr. Cleveland will see what no President since Mr. Pierce could have seen—a united country, a country glad to welcome its chief magistrate wherever he goes, tbe open hand and the hearty welcome If Mr Buchanan had made each a progress he would have found distrust in the South and suit* nness in New England, faces reddening with the anger that was soon to flame into war, a sectional senti ment that would have made sincere attention to a national chief magistrate impost-ibis While Grant and Garfield” and Haye» would have bad a courteous welcome in the South, it would have been a courtesy disagreeable from its ostentation. It is to be regretted that this feeling existed, and an inquiry into its causes would be painiul. Mr. Cleveland, however, represents the na- t onal sentiment as . has been seen in no ad ministration since the first yea’s of Mr Pierce, before the repeal of the Missouri Compro . ise came with evil omen to menace the Union Mr. Clev-Iand is the President of the whole people There were no bayonets behind '.he ballots which elected him; no r< flee ,ed bay met power gleams in the authority ne wie d3. Toe intellect, th- culture the wealth. thecha-ac:er of tbe North and South will unite to do hi :i honor. The soldiers of the Union will rec- .te him as the first representative th< y have seen of that entirely re constructed Union wbicn they imperiled their lives to save As a evi- ide. ee of this sentiment—a restored Union and a people in concord, a Dation s* ved ag»i st the folly and madness of so many of ns lead ers, a Union such as Washington and Jiik-mn governed, a Union of interest, sympath and tradition, and not merely of geographic 1 lines ihe journey of Mr. Cleveland will have a i:a- tiona value. And wherever he goes he mav take with him assurance of a inaity vukmt not merely as a chief magistrate, but as a man. MARION, MASS,. MANIFESTA TION. W ebster, and parts’ Hymns. Daniel Webster was phrt'cnlarly pleased with those p-taints and hymn* by Dr Watts which dwelt upon the atonement and salvation by faith in Christ. He regretted the modem al teration in some of thetn, by whicb, he said, their classic beauty, rol less than their devo tional character, has suffered. The hymn now commencing, H -re at thy cross, mjr dying, Lord, etc , he would have read as ip the original, Here at tby cross, my dying G d.etc. The beautiful hymn on the Christian Sabbath, closing with the stanza, ! as now altered,. *■ My willing soul would stay In sunn a frame as this TUI c. Hed to rise and soar To evArlas'lngihUas. he would haYMM Watts wrote Mv wiRing smiTffCalh Wy In soon a frame as this. And sit and sing herself away. To everlasting Dllss, the last two lines having a fine classic allusion to the swan, thus indicating more effectively tbe devotional spirit. He often re peated the 61st Psalm, and referred particularly to the stanzas, N i blood of beasts, nor heifers slain, For sin could e'er atom-; The Mood ol Ubirst mast still remain, Suffl-lent and alone. ‘7 i \ ir away i i * f Echoes From the West. Salt Lake City, Etc. A UNIQUE INFITATIO* . Senator Colquitt and Editor Crady Pre sent it to the President. Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, and Mr. H. W. Grady, oi Atlanta, called on the Preeident at Oak View, and presented him the formal invi tation of the Piedmont Exposition Company. It is a unique and striking piece of work, made of four leaves of Georgia gold, about the size of a 12-mo. book, bound with clasps of Georgia silver, and each clasp set with a Georgia dia rnond. The invitation is inc osed in a box in laid with sixty-eight samples of Georgia wood, polished and joined with exceeding skill The box is imbedded in a block of Georgia marble of every shade from black to white. On the cover of the invitation is an engraved portrait of the President and Mrs Cleveland, the mon ogram of the Piedmont Exposition and a pic ture of the clnb honse of the Piedmont Driving Ciub. On the second leaf is the invitation cut into the gold. On the third page is the invi tation of the Driving C ub. On the fourth, or last cover page, is engraved a picture of the main building of the Piedmont Exposition. In presenting the invitation, Mr. Grady made no formal address, but stated that it was designed to muke it in some stnse significant ol the resources of Georgia. As the President had accepted Atlanta s invitation before at y others were made, he had deterred making dales wi Ji other cities until tbe txict date of his visit to Atlanta and other details were settled. It is uuders-oou that the Atlanta dates were fixed v esterday, and tu^f -no dates for the entire trip wi 1 be speedily announced. The Pied mont Exposition opens October 10 and closes October 22 Mrs. Cleveland’s Grand Reception. The great extent of this Union and ita truly national characteristics and patriotic devoted ness—as well as the universal respect cherished for the recognized representative of oar grand and glorious nationality and grow’ng power— could not be better illustrated than by the event and facts stated in the subjoined item: The range of country represented at Mrs. Cleveland’s public reception at Marion, Mass., Monday afternoon last, illustrates most clearly how thoroughly the summer season sorters American society. Marion is a small, almost unknown pla ’e in Massachusetts, and yet there were visitors at the Greely Cottage. Monday, from localities as far South as New Orleans, as far North as Toronto, as far West as San Fran cisco, and as far East as Portland, Me. Miss Celeste Stauffer, tbe New Orleans belle to whom Mr Tildeu lefc $100,000, is at the S’. Sauveur, Bar Harbor, and goes in for rowing and other out-of-door exercises. She is one of the best dressed young women there. The President in Virginia. Among the fiisimgun-hed gentitmen invited by Pres'detst Darnel lu meet. President Cleve land at ihe Lynchburg Fair are Governor Scales, oi North Carolina, and Senators Vance and Ransom; tht Governor ot South Carolina and Seuatois Bauer and Uampton; G. neral Co;em..n, U. S. Commissioner f Agrcufinre; Governor Lee, of Virginia; Senator Keima, of Wtst Virginia; Col. Bo. Beveriy, Prohiueut ot tht State Agricultural Society ot Virginia, and others will ba added to tbe list. Speeches will be expected :rom several of these gentlemen Some of the Cabinet ministers wilt also be present. A Sword for Gen. Miles. September 5, the anniversary of Geronimo’s surrender to Gen Miles, has been set as a day for tbe presentation of a sword to G§n Miles. The sword will be made by Tiffany & Co., of New York and cost $1,000. Over 2,000 per sons from all sections cf Arizona co itribated to the fond. [No precious stones will be nsed in orr a- menring the sword. The scabbard is of solid gold. One of its sides will be left plain for the presentation inscriptions, etc. rhe other side wiil be engraved with the, following character istic scenes: First, the agency at San Carlos, on the reservation, the Indians appearing in natural camp life; sec ind scene, companies of cavalry and infantry in pursuit of Indians; third, the fi.ht; tonnh, the capture. Indians marched to Bowie Station, where a train of cars stand in waiting for their rec plion, and last is Gerouimo’s head with hat on, forming the foot of the scabbard. This latter work is done from Fly’s photograph of Geronimo and is perfect to life. The blade is of Damascus steel, and will be engraved with the name of Gen. Nelson A. Miles and scroll work. The hilt will be of white shark’s skin braided in gold. The guard will be of gold, emblematic of both cavalry and infantry. At the extreme end of the guard, engraved in gold, will be the head of Natchez, the son of Cochise, a moon stone amethyst forming the end of the hilt ] No. 16. Editor Sunny South: It was about sun np when we crossed the Colorado and Utah line and for many miles Utah seems a desert indeed. Then this dreary waste is succeeded by some fruitful valleys and some magnificent mountain ranges. But look! who comes there? What awe inspiring dignity in all his noble bearing 1 Is he the president of all these great western railway (Die president of ttfoe United States move abouVwlth ffiores. dignified! re- silent grandeur. This dignitary eaeenSa^o look wltiufiisdain down upon us poor dust covered and smoked passengers, is none other than the “brakesman” for this di vision. I here make affidavit that I read on the cap he wore the word “brakeman.” Evsa now that we are passing through the wonderful castle canon, we are not so mnch charmed by its grandeur as to forget now and then to give that brakesman a look in which there is a strange mingling of awe and a keen sense of the Indicrocs. Bat here is the castle gate which is such a wonder that it would make us oblivious of tbe presence of presidents. The walls that make the posts for this gate way, run up for nearly a thousand feet, and from a foundation so narrow that it is easy for one to imagine that the mass of granite swings to and fro, and is onlv needing a little wind to make it come down with a thundering crash; and it will come down some time. It lea hot day and the Utah dost is stirred by our morning train and the dust joining with the black smoke from the engine clings affec tionately to oar sweet-moistened faces. Let me say to y >u right here, and I am not indulg ing in a wildly reckless and slanderous asser tion, I actually saw lines of this same dust and smoke on the sweat-bedewed face of that same dignified brakesman. I did. Bat here we are in sight of the Utah Lake, the Mormons’ “Sea of Galilee.” How delightful the cool breeze that comes sweeping over its fresh and pure waters. Here is the town of Springvale, and it assuredly is rightly named A more charm ing spot it is hard to imagine—orchards, vine yards, gardens, and cottages nestling amid blooming dower and clinging vim. Even that great lu berly piece of human flesh just in lront of us turns for a moment from fondling her sickly looking poodle, and looks through tht car window, and heaves a si h of comfort A few miles run and we are at Provo, which res'S right on the shore of the lake. Here we dine, and then for three hours we sweep along the valley of the Jordan—river Jordan. For beauty and fruitfulness this valley is hardy excelled in any part of our country. This Jor dan connects the Utah Lake wi h the Salt Lake as the Palestine Jordan connects the Sea of Galilee with the Dead Sea. Far to the South east nrtbe towering Mt Nebo Now the center of interest is the city of Sait Lake with its glis tening towers and waving trees. At five, p oi., we are dropped into this the Jerusalem of the modern “saints”—more saints in name than in conduct. We take ’bus for the Valley House, and the sturdy English proprietor ex patiated on the excellencies of his hotel, but soon discovers that his audience is not appro ciative, for we are admiring the broad streets li .ed on either side with great, waving trees, along at the roots of which runs clear, spark ling water. Oar baggage deposited at ’he Valley House, which is just across tbe street from the “sacred square,” we are ready for observations. First w take a hasty view of the Temple, Taberna- cie and Assembly Hail, bat as it is the ‘ glori ous fourth” (not very glorious to these Mor mons, though they are celebrati g with a vim this year) these buildings are dosed to vi-itors. Everywhere United States flags are waving Even far above the centre of the great, unfin ished Temple a large flag proudly waves. At night, on the North side of the city, the display of fire-works is magnificent, and most of the symbols are in the patriots line. But here are objects of m re interest than tbe brilliant pyro technic display —these moving thousands. Men move around with their numerous wives following, every other wife armed with a baby. I solemnly aver that in “all my born days’’ 1 never saw so many babies on the streets. These were being borne to the fire-works exhi bition, to the theatre, and to various other places of interest. If the fire-works are our national display and the babies the “poli- gamic” display, which exceeds? Here crowd the young men and maidens. Now and then young men slip away in crowds and then return with pies, cakes, etc.; and yon would think the maidens are much inclined to be pi(e)ous if you could just see how they de molish a pie. The supply of boys and girls of the smaller sort is not wanting. But what ig norant and degraded-looking men, women (es pecially) and children I Salt Lake City, July, 1887. P. L. Stanton. WASHINGTON CITY. Reminiscences of Distin guished Public Men. Incidents Which Have Transpired ai the National CapitoL A Chip of the Old Block. Thnrlow Weed told a good story in the cloak-room of the Senate one day, about his crony, Dean Richmond of Albany. Mr. Rich mond had a son whose habits were not conso nant with the railroad king’s ideas of pru dence. He was sharp, shrewd and witty, but was emphatically “one of the boys.” The pa ternal purse was long, and his patience stretched out to equal dimensions, but finally the young Richmond wore out the patience, and was told that he must go to work and earn his own living. The old gentleman placed him on one of his railroad trains, and when the youngster had learned the duties of a conductor promoted him to that station. One role of the road was that no one should be dead-headed. Each passenger was com pelled to produce a ticket, pay his fare or show a pass signed by the president, Dean Rich mond. A few days after young Richmond took charge of a train his father was among the passengers. In dne course of time the conductor reached the seat occupied by the old gentleman, and, tapping him on the sbonl- der, ejaculated: “Ticket, sir.” Dean made no reply, other than by a good-natured smile. “Ticket,” said the conductor, emphatically. “I have ro ticket, you young rascal,” said the old gentleman, warming up as he noticed the other passengers giving attention to the scene, “and don’t need any.” “Have yon a pass, then?’’ quoth the conductor. “No!” roared the now wrathy parent; “clear out, or I’ll dis charge you.” “If you’ve neither ticket nor pass,” responded the son, "you must pay your fare.” Again the railroad president threatened to discharge the conductor unless he moved on. ‘ Will you pay?” said young Richmond, reaching for the bell rope. “Pay your fare, or I’ll put you off.” Remonstrance wss vain, and the president was compelled to pay the fare on his own road. When his wrath had time to cool he was pleased at the conductor’s strict obedience to concluded to give him a better chance than punching tickets. “Beware.” “I’m Quizzing Thee.” That popular and universally esteemed di vine and author, Edward Everett Hale, when a student at Harvard half a century ago, wrote an agricultural poem, which has gotten out of print One of the professors, Henry W. Long fellow, had translated from ihe German a charming little poem, entitled, “Beware,” the first verse of which ran: i I know aimalden see, She esaSSSkMmMmmDj be) She Is fooling thee l** One evening at sapper Hale startled hls ta ble set by rapping his plate, the mode of call ing attention to what was shout to be said, and offering the following queer parody of the new professor’s Beware: "I know n pig both sleek and fat, So, hoi Yet not mnch trigger than a rat, Oh, nol Oh, nol Heed me not, I'm quizzing thee I He bears a little tall about, So, hot A thine he could not do without, Ob, not ob, nol Heed me not, I’m qn zzfng thee I Hls tall, too hath sneb numerous kinks, 50, hoi You could not count them all, by Jinks, On. nol ob, nol Heed me not, I’m tooling thee! Start not when yon bear him grant, 51, hoi He win not bite, depend upon’t, On, nol ob do! Haed me not, I’m quizzing theel Are not the notes breathed through hls nose, So. h' I Sweet as Professor Longfellow’s f 0>, not on, not Heed me not. I’m qu zzlng thee 1” She Was Hls FI-at Love. Senator Conger, of Michigan, was married for the second time, when he was a member of the House, to a stout, pleasant old lady, who had dark hair arranged in the old style and gold-bow< d spec acles. She was his first love A quarrel separated them. Each married. Twenty years after, he, a widower, was in Con gross; she, a widow, sat in the gallery and lis tened to his speech. It was the first time they had seen each other since their early days She sent her card to him; he came at once to the gallery. After a little talk she asked him to call upon her at her friend’s, Mrs. Dahl- gren’s. He said he would call if he could come as he used to in those long past days of youth. In a few weeks they were married at Mrs. Ad miral Dahlgren’s residence, and were complete ly infatuated with each other. “You, Mr. Wilson, will bo Nowhere. Mary Cemmer Hudson said that Henry Wilson, after he became Vice President, called on her one day in deep perturbs' ion of spirit, and toid her that “Anna Dicknson bad been recommended to him as a wife,” and asked her opinion on the subject. The possibility of her not accepting, it he asked, had not evea dawned upon tie old gentleman’s mind. “Anna is attractive,” he went on, “but I’m afrain there’s too mnch of her. She’d keep on wanting a career of her own, wouldn’t she? That would put a public man in an unpleasant position; don’t yon think s ?’’ “I think,” said Mrs. Hudson, “that if you ever receive in a drawing-room with Anna Dickinson as your wife, that you Mr. Wilson, will be nowhere, if yon are Vice-President" Last Duel In Illinois. Judge Douglas said one day that the first and last duel ever fought in Illinois was in 1820, at Belleville, between Al phonso Stewart and William Bennett. The seconds had made it np to be a sham duel. Stewart, one of the parries, was supposed to be in the secret, but Bennett, his adversary, believed it to be a reaiitv. It was sui that Bennett somewhat suspected a trick”, and after receiving his gun from his second, rolled a ball into it At the wo*d fire Stewart fell mortally wounded; Bennett was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder. A great effort was made to procure him a pardon, but Gov Bond would yield to no entreaties, and Bennett suf fered the extreme penalty of the law fey hang ing, in the presence of a great multitude of people. Judge Douglas gave great credit to PERSONAL MENTION, What the People Are Doing and Saying. George. eling in California. Robert Browning is about starting on a two months’ tour through Switzerland. A monument to the memory of President Harrison is to be erected in Cincinnati. Daniel Canard, the famous bicicle rider, of Meridan, Conn., is lying ill at Madrid, Spain. Marie Antoinette’s favorite pearl necklace is now to he seen for sale in a Berlin jewelry store. A Spanish scholar, Senor Camilla, has changed the Bible into rhyme. It makes 260,- 000 verses. Henry Irving has been made a trustee of S'uak8peare’e birthplace, succeeding the late Dr. Ingleby. The Countess Tolstoi, widow of the living in Rome. She was a great friem late Abbe Liszt Croesus Mackay says that he finds nothing in European capitals to equal the comforts he enjoys in New York. Riverside Park, the resting place of General Grant, got $200,000 for improvements from the last New York legislature. Commodore Nutt, who rivaled Tom Thumb as a dwarf seme years ago, is selling tickets for a dime museum in Boston. Mrs. Hendricks has returned from her East ern trip, and now at her Indianapolis home is passing a quiet season surrounded by many friends. Dorn Pedro paid much attention to the Pas teur Institute in Paris, with a view of found ing a branch of it in Brazil, where mad dogs aboard. Owing to the serious illness of the King of Holland, there is a fresh commotion about, the succession. The ex-Grand Duke of Hesse is a candidate. George Baer, a Pittsburg mill hand, has in vented a device for drawing the coke ovens, which is expected to perform the work of twenty mes. Vital Le Bailiey, one of the first fencing masters in France, intends to establish a large fencing school in New York, with the beet French masters. The city of Smyrna, in Asia Minor, is cele brated for its beautiful women, the descend ants of Europeans who have intermarried with Greek and Jewish women. Among the duties of the American consuls in Ireland is the pay ment to several hundred persons who are on the United States pension rolls of their quarterly dues. A life-size painting of the late Hou. Anson Burlingame was recently placed in the office ot the secretary of the Commonwealth of Massa chusetts, by Secretary Pierce. Miss Lilian Taylor, daughter of the late Bay- tbe prosecuting attorney in this case as having in Illinois by making it a Charles Hoyt, author of the “Rag Babv,” “A Bunch of Keys,” etc., has just married in Charlestown, N. H. It is not believed that matrimony will lessen his familiarity with rag babies and bunches of keys. prevented duelling in crime. Kossuth Meets Clay. Henry Clay, at the urgent reqaest of Kos suth, granted him an interview at his room at the National Hotel on the afternoon of Jan. 9, 1862. Mr. Clay had dressed himself, and, per haps for the last time, stood erect to meet the Magyar. He received the visitor with ali his characteristic courtesy and cordiality, but said: “Gov. Kossuth, a dying man Stands before you to protest against your doctrine of inter vention.” Kossuth replied in terms that affected Mr. Clay to tears, and both giving way to unrestrained emotion, they parted—to meet not again. _ - Allan Clark, an astronomer of world-wide reputation, manufacturer of tekscopes, a rent- dent of Cambridge, Mass., for fitty-two yean, died on the 20th, aged 83 yeare. Darwin's biography, by his sons, is nearly finished, and will be published by Murray about the middle of October. The work will contain much correspondence of great interest. Banker Helm an, of Los Angeles, Cal., la about to present the Sisters of Charity with $20,000 toward the new orphan asylum, which the Sisters propose to erect in Los Angeles. Prince Bismarck will celebrate the twenty- fiffh anniversary of his assumption of the offi ces of Prussian foreign minister and Prussian prime minister on Sept 23, and Oct 8 respect ively. Mrs. Cummings, of Woburn, who built and gave an elegant library building to the towns of Tilton and Northfield, N. H., bas recently .given nearly eight hundred volumes for tibia same object Manuel Barriant and wife, of Matamoraa. Mex., recently celebrated the eightieth anni versary of their wedding. The husband is hale and hearty at 102, while his wife enjoy* good health at 96. With an income of only $400,000, Dorn Pedro never measures hls generosity, and is only ex celled in benevolent acts by the Empress The- rose. She, it will be remt-inhered, is a daugh ter of Francis I, King of Naples. One of the younger Vanderbilts (George W.). is building a free public library in Jack- eon Square, New York. This is a much nobler use of money than putting it into costly sta bles and racers, as the old man did. Has CoL Tom Ochiltree a double? His presence at Saratoga, Long Branch, Cape May aLd Coney Island was announced on tne same day last week Perhaps the return of the red sun-sets had something to do with this. The “dresser” of the season at Bar Harbor is Miss Adele Hirwitz, the daughter of dr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Horwitz, of Baltimore, and, as was the case last season, she nas -ea sily distanced all competitors for the Champion Frock Stakes for fillies,” as one of her aitnir- ers pm it the other evening. The best American in Eagland is Lord Ron ald Gower. He is tremendously fouu of Amer icans, and as he has traveled ail over the world he has got rid, as far as an Eugiisnmau can get rid, of narrowness and insularity. He nas given the American exhibit ioa a great lift so cially, and the Gower family have oaqked him up. In their personal habits Gov. Hill and Roscoe Conkling have various points of resemblance. They seldom touch liquor in auy form; they are not fond of tobacco; they eat sparingly, think deeply, and sleep wed. Both are in flue physical condition, and are abld to perform a great deal of work in the hottest kina of weather. John L. Bacon, who has baea president of the State Bank of Virginia since 1871, and wan for more than thirty years p t-v.ous to that time was engaged in mercautiie ousiuess ia Richmond, Va., died last week, aged 76. He was also president of tbe Virg.jia S ate in surance Company and of the Marshall Paper Manufacturing Company. Two excellently representative citizens, the oldest retail dry goods dealer in Boston and the oldest retail shoe dealer in Boston, the late Messrs. Greenieaf and Rogers, entered busi ness in the same year (1824), both belonged to the Arlington street cbflrcn, and have now died within forty-eight hours oi one another and within a year ot being of the same age. Judge Tolly, who was unanimously chosen by the brick-layers and master-masons of Chi cago to settle a lock-out existing octween mem, is a native of Vermont, and nas Ocen a judge about six years. He is the best known and most popular man in the Chicago judiciary, and before going on the bench had a practice worth $20,000 per annum, woicti he relin quished for the $7,000 salary oi a judge. Mias Kate Field will go down to posterity as the first person who ever delivered a public lecture in Alaska. Tne subject of hjr dis course was entitled “An Evening wiih Dicx- ens,” a most inappropriate title, as the lecture began at 11:30 a. m. It too* place in a dance- house in Juneau, the mining camp and largest town of the province. Mu-s Field had a lar-e and attentive audience. Her only remunera tion was a vote of thanks, a dinner at the hotel and a subscription to the Free Press, the ouiy paper in Alaska.