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VOLUME XIII.—NUMBER 621. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8\ 1887. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Shading Across the Bloody Chasm. DR. HOLMES' CONSTITUTIONAL CENTENNIAL SONC. II IIL, COLUMBIA. The Philadelphia Ledger publishes the fol lowin'; as the text of the new version of “Hail, Columbia,” written by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, to be sung by the school chorus during the commemoration ceremonies at the Consti tutional Centennial Celebration: 1798. “II iii, Columbia! Happy land! Home o! heroes—Heaven-bora band. Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause, Who fought and bled In Freedom’s cause, And when the storm of war was gone K jj >yed the peace their valor won. I.9t Independence be our boast, K rer mindful what It cost; Kver grateful for the prize, Let Its altar reach the shies. Firm—united—let us be, Rallying round our Liberty, As a band of brothers j Maed, l’eace and safety we snail And.” 1887. Look our ransomed shores around, l’eaee and safety we have found! Welcome, friends, who once were foe9! Welcome, friends, who once were foes! To all the conquering years have gained A nation’s rights, a race unchained! Children of the day new-born, Mindful of Its glorious morn, Let the pledge our father’s signed Heart to heart forever blndl While the stars of heaven shall burn, While the ocean tides return. Ever may the circling sun Find the Many still are One! <1 raven deep with edge of steel, Crowned with Victory’s crimson seal, All the world their names shall read! All the world their names shall read! Enrolled with bis hosts that led. Whose blood for ns—for all—was shed. Pay our sires their children’s debt, Love and honor—nor forget oaiy t uion’s golden key Ouardv the Ark cf Liberty! While the stars of heaven shall burn, While the ocean tides return, Ever may the drc lng sun Find the Many still are One I Hail, Columbia, strong and free, Firm enthroned from sea to sea! Toy march triumphant rtill pursue! Toy march triumphant stl l pursue! With peaceful Btride from zone to zone, And make the Western land thine own! IS eBt Is the Union’s holy ties, Let our grateful song arise— Every voice Its tribute lend— an the loving cbotus blend I While the stars In heaven shall burn, While the oceen tides return, Kver shall the circling sun Find the Many still are One! Oliver Wendell Holmes. Beverly Farms, Mass., Aug. 24,1887. A PARADE A Hundred Years Ago. How the Union of the States was First Celebrated at Philadelphia. [New York Herald ] The nearby centennial of the adoption of our constitution naturally revives curious interest in the first celebration of the same event. This first honoring of the constitution took place in this city on the 4th of July, 1788. As State after State acquiesced in the new constitution its advocates beld a meeting at Eppley’s tavern here in June, 1788, and decided that as soon as the ninth State signified its acceptance of the Federal Constitution a public rejoicing should be had in Philadelphia. New Hamp shire was the ninth State to ratify, and feder alists and citizens generally of Philadelphia at once set about having a celebration of the Union of the States on Friday, 4,h of July fol lowing. The general functions of this first celebra tion, it will be seen from the following ac count, will be repeated on Thursday, only, of course, on a much grander scale. This has been the aim of the Centennial Commission. This week a detail trom the United States Navy will anchor off the city and salute the rising sun and the occasion. A hundred years ago the little ship, Rising Sun, anchored off Market street wharf and did the same with her little smooth bore cannon, which compliment was gratefully acknowledged by the ringing of old Christ Church, St. Peter’s and the State House bells. These peals aroused the citi zens from their slumbers, and they swarmed by the river side to view early one of the chief features of the day’s celebration. That First Celebration. Here they saw ten vessels bearing the names of the States which adopted the constitution. These were gay with national bunting and streamers and lay sloDg the length ef the city front. Beginning at the upper end of the city, the people saw opposite the Northern Liber ties, section New Hampshire. Away down the stream was Massachusetts, opposite Vine street, Connecticut at Race street, New Jersey at Arch street, Pennsylvania at Market street, Delaware at Chestnut street, Maryland at Walnut street, Virginia at Spruce street, South Carolina at Pine street, and Georgia at South street. Hurrying from the scene the crowds sought places to view the grander land procession. There is no rec rd ~of “grand stands ” This com nerced to form at eight a. m., about the corner of Third and South streets, then fash ionable, where the line of march began moving at 9:30 o’clock, the route being up Third street to Callow hill, to Fourth and to Market; thence by way of Market (or High) street and “cross country” to “Union Green, ’ a park in front of “Bush Hill,” the country seat of Mr. Wil liam Hunilton. This was about where Spring Garden and Seventeenth streets now are. Here addresses were delivered, appropriate to the occasion, by James Wilson, one of the Con vention delegates, and others. Night coming on, the crowd, estimated at 17,000, dispersed and went to bed. The parade was one and a half miles in length, and had about live thousand men in line. It took three hours to march about three miles to “The Hill.” Francis Hopkinson wrote a lengthy and detailed account of the day, and tells us that the “edifice” was dragged back to town amid a great hurrah, and that no body was intoxicated, as only ale or porter and small beer could be got. Those Who Paraded Then. This local historian has preserved the fol lowing account of the details of this first pa rade, divided into eighty-eight sections: First—The pioneers or axemen, uniformed as these dress nowadays on parade, command ed by Mr. Phillip Pancake—queer name, and one still found in our directory. Second—The First City Trcop, gallant men who had seen hard service in the war (many of them ancestors of the modem members of the troop which will be conspicuous by its showy uniform in next Friday’s parade) com manded by their then Captain, Mr. Miles. Third—Mr. John Nixon, on horseback, bearing a white silk flag (the staff being mount ed by a white Cap of Lioerty), with “Fourth of July, 1770,’’in letters of gold on it. This represented “Independence.” Fourth—Artillery, commanded by Captain Moreland Fisher, with the smoke and dust of many battles barely cleaned off its guns. Fifth—The French Alliance. This god-send to our forefathers was represented by Mr. Thomas Fitzsimmons, a Convention delegate, on horseback, carrying a white silk flag, bear ing three fleur de lys, and thirteen stars in un ion over “Sixth of February, 1778,” in letters of gold. This horse was ridden by Count Rocha mbeau at the siege of Yorktown. Sixth—Light infantry corps, Captain A. G. Claypoole. War grimmed veterans bearing the standard of the First Pennsylvania line. Seventh—“Definite Treaty of Peace.” This was represented by Mr. George Clymer, a Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional Convention, riding on horseback, carrying a white silk flag adorned with olive and laurel branches and “Third of September, 1783,” in gold letters. Eighth—Colonel John Shee on horseback, carrying a blue dig adorned with olive and laurel wreaths over “Washington, the Friend of His Country,” in silver letters. Ninth—The City Troop, light dragoons; Cap tain W. Bingham, Major W. Jackson. Tenth—The Herald, in the person of Mr. Richard Bache, Ben Franklin’s son-in-law, at tended by a trumpeter proclaiming “A New Era,” ours! Eleventh—Peter Muhlenberg, Esq., on horseback, carrying a blue flag having on it, in silver letters, “Seventeenth of September, 1787,” representing the Constitutional Conven tion of the States. Twelfth—A band of music. The only one! Thirteenth—The Constitution. This was represented by Chief Justice McKean and Judges Atlee and Bush, in their robes of office, seated on a lofty, ornamental car in the form of an eagle, drawn by half a dozen white horses. The Chief Justice held aloof a staff, surmounted by a liberty cap. Suspended be neath, framed, was the Constitution of the United States of America, and below it, “The People,” in large gold letters. Fourteenth—Light Infantry corps, Captain Heysbam. Fifteenth—The States of the Union. Each State that had “ratified” was represented by a prominent citizen carrying a flag bearing the name of the State he represented, to wit: New Hampshire, Duncan Ingraham ; Massachu setts, Jonathan Williams; Connection*, Ja- rod Ingersoll: New Jersey, Samnel Stock- ton ; Pensylvania, James Wilson ; Delaware, Colonel Thomas Robinson ; Maryland, J. E. Howard ; Virginia, Colonel Febiger ; South Carolina, W. Ward Burrows ; Georgia, George Meade. Sixteenth—The coat of arms of the United States of America. Colonel William Williams on horseback, dressed in a full suit of medise- val armor ; bore on his arm a la knight a large, shield emblazoned with the young nation’s coat of arms. Seventeenth—The Montgomery Company Pennsylvania Troop of Light Horse, Captain James Morris. Eighteenth—Representatives of .foreign States friendly to the United States—to wit, : France, United Netherlands, Sweden, Russia and Morocco. Nineteenth—The laws of the United States, represented by the Judge of the Admiralty, Francis Hopkinson, the signer, wearing in his three cornered hat a gold anchor pendent from a green ribbon. He was proceeded by the Register’s clerk carrying the lawyer’s regula tion green bag—familiar in many colors in the Philadelphia streets to-day—filled with rolls of parchment. The word “Admiralty,” in conspicuous letters, was on the hag, which was one of mammoth size. Following Judge Hopkinson came James Reed, Register of the Admiralty Court, wearing a big silver quill pen in bis hat, and Clement Biddle, the Marshal of the same court, carrying a silvered oar. Twentieth—The Collector of Customs and Naval Officer. Twenty-first—“Indian Peace,” represented by Mr. Peter Boynton as a United States cit izen and Col. Isaac Melcher, dressed as an Indian sachem, riding together in a coach for mally and solemnly smoking a calumet of peace. Twenty-second—The Berks Company, Penn sylvania Troop, Captain Strahing. Twenty-third—“The new roof of the grand federal edifice.” This was a little wooden building with a dome thirty-six feet high, sup ported by thirteen Corinthian columns, which was transported on wheels and drawn by ten white hTses. Its duplicate will he seen in Thursday’s parade, accompanied by a larger roof,” supported by thirty-eight columns, rep resenting our modem “edifice.” This “ilea” wa3 followed by the Carpen ters’ Society and hundreds of horny-handed men of toil. Twenty fourth—The Pennsylvania branch of the Society of the Ciccinnati and officers of the Pennsy’vania line and militia. Twenty-fifth—Light Infantry Corps com manded by Captain Rose. Twenty-sixth—The Agricultural S iciety, representing "Industry,” President Samuel Powell; banner bearer, Mayor Hcdgdou. Twenty-seventh—Farming interests. These were represented by Mr. Richard Willing, in the farmer’s dress of the day, driving a plough drawn by four oxen. He was accompanied by Richard Peters, Samuel Meredith, Isaac Warner, George Gray and Charles Willing, all prominent and wealthy citizens. Twenty-eighth — Manufacturing intersts. These were represented by displays of spinning and carding machines, looms, etc., on wag ons, in fill operation. Crowds of weavers and kindred tradesmen followed on foot. Twenty ninth—Corps of light infantry, Cap tain Robiuson. Thirtieth—The Merchant marine, represent ed by ten sea captains, marching, followed by the Marine Society. Thirty-first—The Federal Ship Union, twen ty guns, on a “float,” John Green, command er, and crew of twenty-five men. She was the barge of the frigate Alliance, and formerly be longed to the Serapis, from which she was captured by Commodore Paul Jones with his Bon Homme Richard. Thirty-second—A miniature boat builder’s shop, with “hands" at work at this trade, who are said to have nearly completed a boat while on parade. Thirty-third to eighty-seventh—Ship sup plies makers and the trades—every kiLd not gone before. Eighty-eighth—Members of the United Sates Congress, Supreme Executive Council of Pen: - sylvania, Justice of Common Pleas, Philadel phia county and city officers, members of the law and medical professions, clergy and mer chants, and everybody who wished to “join in” brought up the rear. The late Mrs. Anna Paul Hendricks of Mad ison, la , was the wife of the first Governor of that State. He was at one time United States Senator, and she rode to Washington on horse back with him and sat by his side in Congress. WASHINGTON GIT*. Reminiscences of Distin guished Public Men. Incidents Which Have Transpired at the National Capitol. “AT THE COTTAGE DOOR. 1 ' Ex-Cbnfederate Reunion. The Last Day of the Reunion at Mex ico, Mo.—Col. Breckinridge’s Eloquent Speech. A dispatch dated Mexico, Missouri, Sept. 13th, says: This has been the red-letter day for Mexico and for the sixth reunion of the ex-confederates. A number left last night, but an equal number came up on tne afternoon and night trains. The morning broke bright and clear, and there was in the air the crispness of autumnal temperature. The crowds throDg- ing the equate and leading streets looked bright and cheerful, and everywhere there wai evidence of a spirit of enjoyment. There were some who bore marks of fatigue, owing to incessant labor and exacting cfficial ser vice. The reception committee, at tho bead of which stands J. V. Williams, county clerk, and which had met twenty-four trains in the past two dayB, escorting arriving delegations to designated headquarters, were of course fatigued, but filled out their appointei duties during the day with unflagging spirit. The later incidents of last night were interesting and appreciative. Vice-President Kennan and Treasurer Rickets, who have been conspicu ously useful in accomplishing the grand result, were serenaded by Knehn’s band followed by many citizens and the St. Louis delega tion. They were greeted with the open heart ed hospitality characteristic of Mexico and the enthusiastic vote of thanks to-day by resolu tions to the citizens of Mexico, and the audi ence gave full proof of their appreciation there of. Historical Association. The Southern Historical and Benevolent as sociation held a meeting at the courthouse thii morning previous to the meeting of the ex- Confederate association. Gan. D. M. Frost of St. Louis, Judge N. P. Minor, cf Bowling Green, and Hon. W. H. Kinnan, of Audrain, delivered addresses in the interest of the Price monument fund. Gen. D. M. Frost, president,, called the association to older. Dr. C. J. Moffett, of St. Louis, was secretary pro tern. After the Historical Association had c mclu- did its business Presidet Claiborne called the Ex-Confederate Association to order. Secretary De France effered a resolution allowing all sons of ex-confederates over IS years of age the privilege cf becoming mem bers of the association, which was carried, and quite a number of young men united wi ,h the association. Nominations of effloors being nixt in order Gen. D. Frost put in nomination Coi. Robt McCulloch of Coop .r county, f ir president. Judge Pori is in a neat speech seconded the nomination. Wm. H Kennon of Audrain endorsed Col. McCulloch in behalf of the ex Confederates of North Missouri; also Col. Musser of Chariton, and he moved that the secretary cast the unan imous vote for Col. McCulloch, whi:h was car ried. The chair appointed Gen. Frost, Col. Mussey and Capt. Kennon to conduct him to the chair. The new president feelingly thanked the as sociation for the honor conferred upon him and promised to faithfully perform the duties of the position. Tne president said that next in order was the selection of vice-presidents. This having been done, Gen. Frost moved that a vote of thanks be accorded Coi. Breckenridge for the admirable address delivered yesterday; and in response to loud calls for Col. Breckenridge, he talked briefly of his very pleasant visit to the city of Mexico and Missouri. He spoke as follows: An Eloquent Talk. “I thank God that it has been my good for tune to live in this day and associate with men who have lived in a time so perilous. In war they were heroic and in peace they are pros perous, and the country should feel proud to produce such heroes as these. It has been said that the knightly days are over. It is not true. Not one of the many centuries which have gone before has witnessed so much tiua chivalry as the nineteenth, whose knights have won honor and distinction by true valor and bravery. Were I a Federal soldier the crown of glory I shou d want to wear would be that of the conqueror of such men. [dpp ause.] In the war we learned each other s character. I was not one of those men who thought before the war that one of our men couid whip four Yankees—and I haven’t thought so since. [Laughter.] While much was done that was cruel there is so much in those four years to be proud of that a soldier is to be envied. The typical soldier is an American, and from the ranks of either army a typical soldier coaid he selected. Wherever there an American soldier this beautiful day, nounatter what is the color of the clothes that envelopes him, I surround him with my cordial good wishes and lay around him my kindliest interest and affec tion. I have but the kindliest feeling for both armies, but I enshrine my own with a passion ate lovo which is impossible to describe. Bye and bye we will all be called on to cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees, as Stonewall Jackson did. When we pass over may it be with the consciousness of a duty performed to our country, even as he per formed it, bearing in mind always the sancti fied memory and example given us by him.” Many eyes were dimmed with tears as he made hi! touching peroration. President Davis Cannot so to Rich mond. In response to an invitation to be preseat and join in the ceremonies of laying the cor ner-stone of the L9e monument October the 27tb, the Hon. Jefferson Davis has written the following letter to Governor Lee, who is ex- officio president of the Lee monument Associ ation: “Beauvoir, Miss., September 13, 1887.— My Dear General Lee: Your very kind letter of the 8;h instant, has been received. “It has been my hope and expectation to be present, if possible, whenever the corner-3tone should be laid of the monument in commemo ration of my friend and compatriot, Robert E. Lee. “It was my earnest desire to pay that trib ute to the memory of the great and good man which, from the abundance of my love and es teem, would probably be the last it would he practicable for me to render. U my health and strength should permit, I am nnder those conditions pledged to attend a re-union of ex- Confederate soldiers, who, from all portions of the South, are expected to assemble at Ma con, Ga., on the 26 ;h cf October, daring the Fair, which begins on the 24th of October. “The day of the proposed re-union is that on which it has been arranged to lay the cor ner-stone of the monument to General Lep. “The presence of Confederate soldiers being the prominent feature of both occasions should not be diminished by division, as must neces sarily be the case, unless your suggestion be practicable to change the date of one of the other, so that it may be possible for lha sol diers to attend both. “With thanks for your kind invitation to my family, who j vn me in kindest remembran;e to yourself and wife, I am, faithfully your friend, Jeffersok Davis. Massachusetts and South Carolina. The widow of Ezekiel Webster, an elder brother of Daniel Webster, was born with the century, but she reads all the current litera ture, hears well and converses with great in telligence on the current topics of the day. Ezekiel Webster was forty-five years old and she but twenty-four when they were married, and he lived only five years after that event, dying in 1829. Captain Robert W. Andrews recently reached Hartford, Conn., wi h his dog Fida. The Captain has just strolled down from Bos ton. He has walked 10,000 miles in the last four years. He is 97 years of age. lie lives in Sumter, S. C., and left there in April to walk to Boston. He claims to have seen all the Presidents, with the exception of Gai field. He was 7 years of age when he gazed on the stalwart form of Washington. Capt. Andrews’ hearing and eye sight are perfect, and he doesn’t look more than 60. Imported Foreign Labor. The recent importation into this country from Ireland of five female spinners by the Ross, Turner Company, manufacturers of twine, thread, etc , has resulted in a suit by the United S ates against the firm for viola tion of the United States statute, prohibiting the importation of foreign labor. The Knights of L ibor for the district where the factoiy is situated brought the matter to the attention of the United States Attorney, who has begun proceedings. The penalty is $1,000 in each case. j. Forty-five years ago there wasn’t a postage stamp in the United States, says the Buffalo Courier; but in the last twelve months the peo ple of this country have individually and sev erally put their tongues out 1,968 311 000 times to moisten the postage stamps for the billions of letters and millions of newspapers, periodi cals and parcels that are carried and delivered by tie Government: A Thrilling Romance Promised. Tid Bits says that a young woman living in Tadpole township, m Missouri] has written to the editor of a leading magazine as follows: “I am writing a novel, and it will he dead sure to make a big fuss in the literary world when it comes out. The stile of it is some like Mrs. Southworth’s and some like Howell’s, but a good deal better than either of them. It beats “She” to death, and “She” will wish “She” had “Ben Hur” when she reads about my heroine. There is five weddings, ten births, four murders, two suicides, one horsewhippiog, two hangings, three big fights, a big fire, a run away, and lots and gobs of fun in it. Most of the folks in the book are people I know, and I give their real names. Some of them will be awfully tickled when it comes out, and others will likely be mighty mad, hut you needn’t care a snap for that, for my brother Bill can lick anything in this county, and they won’t no body dare say boo to him or me about it. The The best part of the hook is that nearly every body died in it. I make some of them die beautiful, and others go off harder. I will come on myself and make the pickshers for the book when it comes out. Please say when you want me. I’m head over heels in work in our onion patch now, and our turnips have got to be weeded oat again this fall. Then I can whirl right in and finish the book right off. It’s splendid, I tell you. Plymouth Church. The Bolton, England, Journal of Saturday, Sept. 17th, contains the following: We are in a position to state that the Rev. Charles A. Berry, formerly pastor of St. George’s-road Congregational Church in this town, and now pastor of the Queen-street Congregational Church, Wolverhampton, has received an in vitation, which he has accepted, to preach in the late Mr. Beecher’s pulpit, to fulfill which engagement Mr. Berry will cross the Atlantic in the Germanic, which leaves Liverpool on the 5th proximo. We understand that the projected visit does not, as some recent ru mors might predicate, imply that Mr. Berry is in any sense a candidate for the vacant paston ate at P.ymouth Church. The invitation has grown out of the kindly relations which sprang up between them on the visit of Mr. Beecher to England last year; and has been accepted by Mr. Barry to mark his great respect for the departed preacher. The host of friends Mr. Berry made during his nine years residence in our midst will join us in felicitating him on the honor conveyed in the invitation to occupy the pulpit made historic by the most eminent preacher the New World has yet produced. Transit of Venus. The first lady to cross the new iron bridge at Wetumpka, Ala. was the loveiyand grace ful Miss Pauline Osburn, daughter of Mr. A. S. Osburn. On Tuesday evening, Sapt. 13.h, she was escorted over the bridge by Superin tendent A. S. Haynes. The length of the bridge is 420 feet; heighth 40 feet; width of plank to walk on, twelve inches. Miss Pau line received the congratulations of the people for her composure and bravery. Fifty Years’ Railway Building. The London News says that the extent of railway laid during the past fifty years has been.’ In Furope 130,000 miles, in North America 170,000 miles, in Mexico and South Am' ri;a 15 000, in Asia 20,000, iu Africa 5,000, and in Australia 10,000. The capital value cf there railroads is said to equal the combined national debts of England, France and the United Stat s. This includes the water in the stock. Now It’s a Steel Oar Blade. The busy inventor has at last dipped in to aquatics and brought out a new oar. It is a highly tempered steel blade, and being much thinner than the wooden ones, is said to enter ard leave the water with less resistance. It is also sa.id to be much stronger than the wood en oar. A socket running nearly the entire leng u of the blade affords a fastening for the spruce or ash handles, making a backbone of great strength. The handles if broken can ea sily be replaced. A new departure in the ways of women is the formation of a fire brigade. According to tne London Fireman this has been done by 1, 000 girls employed in a Liverpool cigar factory. They are well officered and drilled, and in a re cent blaze in the factory turned oat and did most effectual work in suhdning the flames. The Child of Mount Vernon. George Washington Parke Custis died at Ar lington near Washington city on the 10 ,h of October, 1857. He left one child, the wife of Robert E. Lee, afterwards the Confederate gen eral. Ciosely allied to the Washington family, fond of calling himself the child of Mount Ver non, he was never so much in his element as when he was talking or writing of the Great Chief, and the men and times of the Revolu. tion. As he said of himself once, “hiswas the destiny of no common man,” for he bad been fondled on the knee of the Father of his Coun try, and received from him the kindness of a parent. He repaid that care and affection with filial devotion, and to the day of his death, all the recollections of his life centred around or radiated from the time when he was one of Washington’s family. He lived to a good old age, retaining his mental faculties to the last. Though Mr. Custis was never in public life, he was in his younger days an eloquent and effec- ti re speaker, and had a fondness for oratory as long as he was able to gratify these who con stantly called on him to make public addresses. Judge Taney Defendod. During Gen. Jackson’s administration, a number of gentlemen dining together at Balti more, one of the party undertook to assail Mr. Tar.ey and employed in the course of his as sault some very hard names. The waiter hap pened to be one of the servants of Judge Taney. He immediately called the gentleman to ac count, and told him, respectfully, that he knew “Massa” Taney very well; that he had lived with him a long time; that he was a good man, and that he could not help telling the gentleman that he was wrong. The party was so much struck with the colored man’s simple vindication of his beloved master, that they at once dropped the subject. This incident is re lated upon the best authority. The Mother of Presidents. William L. Marcy had a good deal of dry hu mor. During the Polk administration, when he was Secretary of War, and John Y. Mason of Virginia was Secretary of the Navy, he used to banter his associate on the forward ness of the Old Dominion, the mother of Presi dents, in urging the claims of her children for Federal office—a propensity which was amus ingly illustrated at a private dinner where they were both present. “How strange it is, Mason,” said he, “that out of the thousands of fat appointments we have had to make,there is not one that Virginia does not famish a candi date for, and that every candidate is backed up by the strongest testimonials that he was expresslyeducated for that particular postf’Ma- sonbore the joke very well, contenting himself with the observation that the people of the United States seemed to know where to look for her great men. Jefferson as an Inventor. 1 JeffersoD, when President, had a workshop fitted up in the basement of the Capitol, where, with the assistance of a colored man, he made articles af furniture, now prized by their own ers. He also made models of his inventions, genera ly impracticable, and an English iron founder and machinist, Mr. Foxhall, used to discuss them with him. Among Mr. Jefferson’s pet models was one of an air tight stove, and Mr. Foxhall was as tonished how such an idea could have originat- in the mind of a person who had spent bis life in a State whose almost illimitable forest fur nished a superabundance of fuel,but au inspec tion of the design and its workings amazel him still more. Mr. Jefferson claimed that Mb stove would economize fuel and generate a con tinuous. and uniform heat, and was highly san guine on these special points. Mr. Foxhall, not altogether convinced, proposed ’ to cast a stove at Ms foundry, which he did. Mr. Jef ferson ordered a dozen or more in iron, which were delivered to him in a short time. He had two or three set up in the White House, and presented the others as precious gifts to his friends, giving one to Mr. Foxhall, who placed it in his office, which it never warmed. This is said to have been the original invention of air tight stoves, improved by Orr. It was made of oast iron, was five feet high and weighed 250 pounds. It was divided into two compart ments, and there was a central chamber about sixteen inches square for the fire, surrounded by other chambers to receive the hot air, an ingenious idea, which did not, however, work satisfactorily, as it was discovered when put to practical nse, for by the time the stove was sufficiently warm the fire was generally burnt oat,and when more wood was put in both stove and room were quite cold before it could be got to burn properly. Preston Derendlnga Dog. William C. Preston, the finest orator ever heard in the United States Senate, and a rival of S. S. I’reDtiss of the House of Representa tives, used to say that he made his professional debut as a lawyer in Virginia, his native State, in the successful defence of a dog, charged be fore a justice court with the capital offence of killing a sheep. The cavaliers of Virginia, put ting a high value on dog as well as gun, as essential to the success of field and forest sports, a statute had been passed by the Gen eral Assembly of the State, in faoorem canis vitce, for the protection of the life of that noble animai, awarding him the privilege of a regu lar trial, not by his peers, but by a justice, on any charge affecting his life. Under this stat ute a fine yellow hound, rejoicing in the appro priate name of Trimbush, and owned by one Kawwood, was capitally arraigned before Jus tice Logan for having been feloniousiy“into the mntton”( with a view of getting the mutton into himself) of some mountain farmer, who, like young Norvall’s father,“ted his flocks, a frugal swain,” not exactly on the Grampian Hills, but somewhere on the Blue Ridge or the Allegha- nies. The sympathy of the young advocate was strongly enlisted in behalf of hia canine client, a hound, not only of noble breed, bat of a hundred fields; and with dogged assiduity and perseverence, snd with skill, ingenuity and eloquence, which gave earnest of his future eminence at the bar, he succeeded in establish ing an alibi, proving that the falsely-accused quadruped was actually thirteen miles distant trom the scene of slaughter at the time of its occurrence; and his client was, of course, tri umphantly acquitted. Our Goddess of Liberty. When the United States mint was first estab lished. Mr. Spencer cut an exact medallion of Mrs. Washington, the wife of Gen. Washing ton, and the first few coins were struck with her portrait. When Gen. Washington saw them he was displeased, and requested the fig ure to be removed. Mr. Spencer altered the featurers a little, and put a cap upon its head, calling it the Goddess of Liberty. This god dess has been reproduced down to the coinage of our present depreciated silver dollar, the head on which is tne portrait of a young wo man of Philadelphia. Would it not be well, now that a century has almost elapsed, to begin the second century with the head of the first President on our coinage, and to follow it, at regular intervals, with the heads of other Presidents, a legend stating the dates of their services. This wonid teach the names of the Presidents to future generations, and give them some idea of their features. We have the heads of some of them on onr postage stamps; why not have them on our coins? PERSONAL MENTION. What the People Are Doing and Saying. Rhea has started her season way up in Bel fast, Me. The remains of Henry Ward Beecher hava not yet been buried. Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of the late Gen eral R. E. Lee, is at the Hotel de Normandie, Paris. Henry Ward Beecher’s statue is to be placed in a park not far from Plymouth church, in Brooklyn. Prince George, the seoond son of the King of Greece, will serve three years in the En glish navy. Patrick Murphy, of Tattnall county, Ga., has been placed on the pension roll of Mexican war veterans. Miss Lucy Salmon, the new Professor of History at Vassar, is a fine-looking blonde with a clear open face. The millionaires of Colorado are preparing to bid for the seat of Senator Bowen in the United States Senate. Dr. Richard Qaaine, M. D., F. R. S., of Lon don well known as a writer on medical sub jects, is dead, aged 71 years. A translation of Dandet’s “Sappho”—a story not hitherto welcomed by Euglish readers—is at last to appear in this country. Minnie Palmer is about to return to her na tive land. She will appear in a brand new play and *60,000 worth of fresh diamonds. Edmund Dwyer Gray, M. I’., for Dublin, ed- editor and proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, will leave on Sept. 26 to make a tour of Amer ica. Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett, the author ess, who is journejing in France, is filling her note book with continental scenes for a new novel. M. Wauters, the Belgian artist, is about to marry a Princess de Cbimay, and the King of the Belgians is going to give the husband the title of Baron. Mrs. Henry Chambers, of New Albany, Ind., has fallen heir to one-third interest in the Featheringill castles, in Spain, worth in hard money §1,600,000. Mrs. B. F. Davis, of Harrison, Kan., a lady thirty-seven years old, had all her teeth ex tracted three months ago, and now nature is furnishing her with a third set. Miss Ada Leigh, who successfully founded a home for American girls in Paris, is endeavor ing to establish a similar home for young men. It is to be regretted that not a few of the latter need it. Prince Philip, Duke of Orleans, the eldest son of the Count of Paris, is about to start on a journey around the world. He will proceed by the way of India, Japan, San Francisco and New York. Mrs. Ross, wife of the Governor, was visit ing Waco and held a reception at the residence of her siBter, Mrs. Kate R. Padgett, on Satur day the 20th alt., from 5 to 8 o’clock p. m., for lady callers. Vienna has granted to the niece of Mozart, who is ponniless, the princely pension of fl.26 a month. Evidently the country thinks a great deal of her, and is afraid she will emigrate if she gets a bigger allowance. The Crown Prince of Germany has greatly improved in personal appearance, but his throat needs constant attention. He subsists entirely upon milk, beef tea and vegetable soup. He will spend the winter in Italy. Prince Charles, of Sweden, the third son of the King, is one of the handsomest men in Eu rope. He is a manly fellow as well, a daring horseman, highly accomplished, and an au thor whose style is vigorous and polished. All that, and a prince, too! Admiral Luce, who was a midshipman nn der Commodore Jacob Jones, paid a very pret- ty(compliment, at Bar Harbor, where he sent the band of the flagship Richmond to play at the reception given by Mrs. Husgrove, who is a descendant of Commodore Jones. Sig. Verdi has temporarily exchanged music for charitable work. He is bnsy founding a hospi.al near his country place, St. Agate, and has himself sketched out the plans of the building besides finding the money. He spends all his mornings watching and advis ing the workmen. His stables form another hobby. The Clifton (Tenn.) Times claims that Aunt Diana Middleton, a negress living near that place, is the oldest person in the United States. She was kidnapped from Africa when a child, and bears a number of curious tattoo marks upon her face, hands and arms. She is blind and almost helpless. As nearly as can be as certained her age is between 124 and 130 years. Painting and the reading of English religious literature are the chief occupations of the Queen of Sweden. In weather that permits it sue spends almost the whole day in a sort of open tent, where she arrives at 10 o’clock in the morning, lunches and dines and remains until about 6 o’clock in the afternoon. The tent is quite open on the side facing the beauti ful Malare Lake. Gen. J. B. Ricketts, commander of the fa mous Rickett’s battery, died ou the 231 nit. at his home in Washington City, aged 71. He was graduated from West Point in 1839 and served on the Northern froL tier daring the bor der troubles, later iu the Mexican war, then in the Seminole war, afterwards in the Western Indian campaigns, and finally in the civil war, always taking a very active part. Dr. Morell Stackerz e has earned the knight hood conferred upon him for his service in at tending the Cro wn Prince of Germany. He was nearly made ill by his work on the case, and once while he was engaged ia clearing foul matter from the throat of Ms patient the latter, through nervous pain, bit him savagely in the finger. He feared poisoning at first from this bite, but no serious results have so far resulted. Uncle Peter Sarchett, aged eighty-seven years, of Brazil, Ind , was much surprised a day or two ago to fiud his sight fully restored to what it was in his prime. In the infirmities of age he had lost it to such an extent as to be unable to read unless the type was large and distinct, but on the day referred to he found himself able to read from the smallest type with ease. He is physically a fine example of tem perate life and happy age. Chevreul, the French Savant, has just cele brated his one hundred and first birthday. When asked the secret of his longevity he re plied : “There is no secret; there can be no rule of life; what is good for one may not be good for another. We most study what is best for us individually. For example, my parents lived to be more than ninety years old, and they drank wine; from my childhood wine has been disagreeable to me. Like Locke and New ton, 1 have never cared for any beverage but water, and yet I am President of the Wine So ciety of Anjou.” Little Devereux Blake was on hand at Phil adelphia as usual, and placed in the Presi dent’s hand a protest irqp the National Wo man’s Suffrage Association against “the un just interpretation of the Constitution.” The paper reminds the President, the Governors and other Federal and State officials that one- balf the people who obey the laws of the United States are unjustly denied all place or part in the body politic. “In the midst cf the pomps and glories of this celebration,” says the protest, “women are only onlookers, voice less and unrepresented.”