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T11E WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 19,1888-TWELVE PAGES.
THURMAN AT HOME.
Domestic Life and Character
istics of the Old Roman.
OPPOSED TO POLITICAL STRIKERS
Bln Fot« for HIsLamlljr—Hl» Democratic
Simplicity In Drees and Habits—Sirs.
Thurman's Charities and Her
Home Life.
Special to The St. Louis Republic.
Columbus, O., June 10.—The judge’s
quiet home was again thronged with visit
ors to-day. There is evidence that the
red-bued bandana and the Democracy will
now be as inseparable as the red-headed
girl and the white horse. All the judge’s
friends declare that the snuff-box and the
bandana will be the unique emblems of
' the campaign, and will doubtless arouse a
great deal of enthusiasm, and put a spirit
into the canvass that has not been experi
enced for many a year. It is curious to
note the remarks of some of the fair visit
ors to the Thurman home. The men ad
mirers of the judge say that his name is
as sacred in the litany of the Democracy
as his record is above reproach to
half a century of Democrats.
The fair ones say that the judge is
positively homely and add the running
comment that Cleveland is even more so.
An exceedingly frank little lady remarked
to-day that the Judge looked stern enough
to have his middle name changed from
Cranberry to Cranberry. The pictures of
the Democratic candidates are everywhere.
The faces of some of the leading lights at
the St. Louis convention are also strewn
about. The fair ones who say that
Cleveland and Thurman are homely have
selected the auburn-haired beauty, Senator
Baines, as theircandidate. In exceedingly
ingenious tones they ask why the New York
Senator was not selected as one of the can
didates to offset the alleged homeliness of
Cleveland and Thurman. Those fair critics
only know the Judge through his photo
graph, or have seen him only on state occa
sions, when his dignity is positively sub
lime. When chatting in his library he is
very different. A nappy smile, kindly
eyes, frank ways and hearty manner are
then the Judge’s chief peculiarities, com
bined, of course, with his brilliant conver
sation. His silvery chin beard and snowy
locks contrast with his rich suit of black
broadcloth, dark blue homespun sockB and
highly polished low shoes. His linen is of
IMMACULATE WHITENF, •
and almost glistens beside the black silk
stock and black silk watch chain that is
the sole indication of jewelry about him.
He is a shinimr example of *>. cultivated
gentleman, with many of the little courte
ous ways that were once so pronounced in
statesmen, but which, in the rush and
crush of the present generation, are some
times slighted, if not altogether over-'
looked. He has been visited by a throng
■of reminiscence hunters since his nomina
tion. He refers them to his old friends
and neighbor!. To your correspondent to
day he said that he thought that he would
have got along fairly well in newspaper
life if late and irregular hours were the
only requisites for that vocation. He re
ferred to his habit of reading and studying
half the night and having breakfaat when
other folks were eating lnnch.
He looks and acts like a born debator
and a parliamentary fighter. His voice is
strong and musically deep, and between
the puffs of his cigar he mentioned that of
all the speeches he had made in the Senate
and out cf it, and of ail the records per
taining to his public life not one waa
handy. He doubted even if any were .in
existence. He said that he had never kept
a scrap-book because his mother, when he
was ahoy of ten years and wanted one,
had told him that a scrap-book was one of
the greatest agents to kill the memory.
His mother, he added, was more responsi
ble for his education than any college or
institution of learning, lie, however,
bought a scrap-book when he entered the
Senate. He culled it from shelves con
taining hundreds of booths and showed it
to the reporter. It was as barren as the
day he bought it. He spoke of the
days when he, Boscoe Conkling,
Bill Eaton. of Connecticut and
Don Camtrfh had pleasant late dinners to
gether in Washington. All could “cut to
the red,” he said, referring to the rhetori
cal slashings in the Senate, but after the
day's sessions they were cordial and hos
pitable. Boscoe Conkling, he thinks was
one of the greatest actors of his time.
The "Old Boman” haa l»en beset by poli
tical trsmna since his nomination. He
spoke of the regiments who have visited
hie kitchen door begging the red-haired
maid to convey their compliments to the
Judge, and at the same time mention that
a few doliara wisely distributed through
them would reap untold results. He
packed them all off empty handed. He
■ays he never believed in money campaigns.
He is spoken of by his neighbors as
(irKEROUS AND LIBERAL,
hut it is mighty evident from the Judge’s
manners that no political strikers are to
be tolerated.
The judge was a great walker in his
early days, when, ae an Uhio lawyer, he
attended Circuit Court, and even down to
the last attack of rheumatism he was fond
of the erercise. He does not keep a car-
riage,although he is worth in the neighbor
hood of $400,000, and the fortune of his
wife, a charming Biuegiase belie named
Mary Dunn, brings the fortune up close to
$1,000,000. Years ago the Thurman car-
riage and the old coachman “Mike” waa a
familiar figure in thestreeUof theeity,
hut with the death of Mike and the more
retired life of the Thurmans, the carriage
was given up. The Judge and Mrs. Thur
man now come into town on the horse
cars. The conductors speak of the great
regard shown by the couple for each other.
It is “Allen, dear, we must get off here,’
and the “Old Bom n” steps to the ground
and holds out his hand to help ^Mary
dear” to alight, with the same old gallan
try that must have marked the days when
he went a-courting. The touching fond
ness of the couple for each other and their
children is everywhere remarked. Allen
W., the Judge’s oldest son, is bis right
hand man in managing the family fortune,
which is largely in real estate.
The Democrats of the county think the
Judge wee perhaps too determined in his
prosecution of the Democrats who were
charged with committing the tally-sheet
fraud*. The Judge differs with them on
the ground that a Democrat ehcnld have
such exalted .'.tat of hia psrty as to be
even above the susp cion of wrong doing,
and when any derelict ones are caught
they should be punished with swifter and
greater severity because of the shock they
have given to the Democratic party. The
Judge is a great mathematician. He is a
surveyor of renown throughout the State.
He justly jokes at the comments of bis Be-
pulican adversaries on his age. He refers
to Bismarck at 77 and Gladstone at 70, and
! as he pounds his stout cane he asks: “Why
! don’t they call on such decrepit oid fcl-
1 lows?”
i It is amusing to many Columbians to re-
! mark the wide birth that Gov. Foraker
gives the Old Boman. The declaration is
freely made that if the two slionld meet
ON THE STUMP
| in this campaign, and it is not unlikely
that they will, House-Afire Foraker will
have convincing evidence that he is a
| pigmy beside the logical and determined
old warrior. The Judge thinks Mr.
| Blaine one of the brainy men of the cen-
i ttiry, but he cannot understand the wide
spread popularity of the Plumed Knight.
He spoke in high terms of the Maine man,
but up to date has not been able to fathom
the furor with which Mr. Blaine’s name is
greeted in many States.
The Judge’s old law office is one of the
interesting spots in the city. A weather
beaten metai sign, reading “A. G. Thur
man,” marks the entrance. It is one-story
cottage 20x30 feet, and was built for the
Judge in 1831. Up to three years ago he
lived in a frame house adjoining, but
business buildings have crowded him into
a modest stone house a mile out. The
Judge sneaks with regret of the change;
the old home and the old office are treas
ures to him. His office is now in one of
the ffoors oi his old house and his old of
fice is temporarily occupied by an old
friend. It is shelved all around with law
books; old-fashioned powder-horns are
hanging in the niches. The Judge says the
President could not interest him in fish
ing, but if he wants to talk about deer
stalking and game hunting generally Al
len G. Thurman is the man to come to.
The judge told of his early successes as a
hunter in Ohio when the houses were few
and far between. A noble picture oi Sun
set Cox hangs over the judge’s old desk.
French and Spanish books are plenty.
The former recall the sturdy old Demo
crats fondness for French literature and
his services as a member of the commission
on bimetal ism. He reads French like a
Frenchman, and one of his recreations is a
French novel. The Spanish books tell of
the time when he first entered the Senate
and was made a member of the committee
on Mexican claims.
At recess he returned to his home and
said he had been put on one of the meas
liest committees in tha Senate. How was
he to be of value to the committee when
his knowledge of Spanish was as meagre
as his acquaintance with Choctaw. That
was the question which confronted him.
He was 56 years old at the time. He solved
the problem by buckling in and
LEARNING THE LANGUAGE,
ana to-day he can rolloff Spanish with the
case and grace of a nut-brown nobleman of
the infant AIpbonso’s kingdom.
House-Afire Foraker, having pi ched in
to the Thurman’* (nr providing delicacies
for Confederate prisoners at Camp Chase
during the war, an old friend of the family
reins: ked to-diiv that the charity extended
them was tiinpfy a small drop in the gentle
dew of Mrs. '1 hurman’s goodness as a blue
grass beauty. She left many old friends
behind in Kentucky when she came to
Judge Thuruian’B home. Many of the
prisoners were sons of her old neighbors,
and wmie had been her school-mates.
For Auld Lang Syne’s sake she remember
ed them in their trouble. Her charity ex
tended to stranger Confederates also, and to
the regimenta of the Union soldiers’ miekr-
terS ontsidc tho camp. She was a Union
womau with a motherly heart for all.
Many recall the tinevhen the Bcpiililicnns
of the Slate weie called "Union sliders”
becsu'C their pet remark was "Let the
Union slide.” At that time the Democrats
were referred to, jeeringly, as “Union
savers” from the fact that it was their one
cry to kep the Union intact. Judge
Thurman <auic under the ban as a “Union
saver.” 1 he Judge is fond of athletics and
good sparring bouts. He remembers Hee-
nan and the stir he created in Columbus.
The Judge saw the great man knock out
the local notables, and, although the ruf-
fled and frilled ones of “Larry” Oodkin’s
association may hold up their hands and
lift their eyes until they look as if they
were cut on the bias in mawkish senti
ment, the Judge thinks he had a pretty
good time that night.
Hun. Alton O. Thurman.
Your correspondent is not only acquaint
ed with Mr. Thurman’a public character,
but has been in hia home, to find there
every element of manhood and gentility—
has met the dear old wife who dignifies
and bleasea the home of the Ohio .states
man, and neither of them ia amenable to
the complaint of being “biggity” or
“uppity," which, in common parlancd,
stands for self-conceit and filly pride. It
is a home that is worthy of national re
spect and confidence, and the Georgia del
egates who voted for Mr. Thurman are en
titled to a great credit for their proper
consideration of what was due to Mr.
Thurman at a true ifian and patriot, ■■
well as to the respect of their Georgia con
stituents, who are delighted with their
prudent choice at St. Lonis.
The man or men who cry ont against
Mr. Thurman as a dangerous person, one
to be “afraid of," are either lgtiorant or
malicious. No man in the Democratic
party hai reflected more honor on the or
ganization for twenty yean past, and there
is no man more modest in asking for po
litical favors. Besides, he stands as the
great national bulwark against the Pacific
railroad monopoly, which corrupt syndi
cate retired the grand old veteran from the
United States Senate by the use of their
well know'n methods in elections.
it has been a erring shame that his great
purity and worth have not been earlier
recognized since Mr. Cleveland’s elevation
to the Presidency. It hie been a great
oversight not to show Democratic respect
and lovalty as soon as opportunity offered
—for ft was the “Thurman funding bill”
which recovered to the government many
millions of dollars which had been crafti
ly left to the care of Jay Gould and Hunt'
ington by Credit Mobelier tactics, which
are and which will remain a stench in the
bueiness of the national government for
ever.
Just here may be found one explana
tion of the unnatural hostility that ia
displayed towards Mr. Thurman in hia
own party: for it is a fact that political
bribery is not confined to one political
party in Washington city.
It may be true that 'personal antago
nisms are sometimes allowed—and may be
apologized for, because ■ f personal eomi-
tics that are known and publicly recog
nized among politicians of the same faith
and order, but I submit that attacks on
Mr Thurman are out of o/der at this
time, and should he promptly sat down
up-n by Democratic papers that ere loyal
to the St. Louis convention and its candi
date:;. The Democrats that are “afraid”
of Allen G. Thurman, are not afraid of
Bepublican candidate. Mark it!
WESLEYAN.
The Second Day of the Bril
liant Commencement.
THE JUNIORS READ THEIR ESSAYS
And at Night the First Section of the
Seniors Present a Novel nnd Pleas
ing Innovation, which was
Splendidly Received.
It is evident that the chapel at Wesley
an must he enlarged before the next com
mencement. It would have required a
building twice the size to have contained
ail the people who went and were turned
away at the junior exhibition in the
morning and the senior exhibition at
night. Every seat is tilled nearly an hour
before the time for the beginning of the
programme, and tho«e who coni after till
up the aide-, -land ii/tlie doorway, vlii'e
hundreds mum home dis .ppuiuted. Last
night, for instance, although thcaiywa-
dark and one did not know at what mo
ment tile clouds would bund, and spill the
contents, the chapel was packed by half-
p&st seven o’clock. A larger building is
"therefore necessary.
The Junior exhibition in the morning
was a most enjoyable entertainment, for
the reason that the essays were remarkably
well written, clearly delivered and tie pro
gramme was so harmoniously interlined
with music. Tim following was the
FKOOKAMMK.
1. Music-Operatic fantasia (Epteln), Intro
ducing Tannhauser march, Misses K. Nicholson,
M. Nicholson, Grace, Estes, Plant, Kolmar.
2. Prayer.
8, Music—Piano trio. "Der Frolschutz" (Czer-
ney), Misses Plckcus, Gaut. Harrison, I.. Smith,
Jowers, Davidson, McIntosh, Boynton. DaBlu.
4. Essay—"The Madonna,” Mbs Leila Clark,
Macon, Ga.
а. Ks«ay-"Macon's Antiquities,” Miss Laura
Cook Waycrosa, (-a.
б. Muslay Vocal, sextette, "Vlllanclla” (Wek-
crllu). Mines HaArison, Ware, Mauon, Robin
son, Owen, Dayman.
7. Essay—"A Charcoal Sketch,” Miss Virginia
Hopson, Macon, Go.
8 Essay—"Hill tops," Miss Ina Kelly, Monti,
cello, Ga.
u. Music—Piano duo, "Bellsarlo" (Gorla),
Misses King and A. Napier.
10. Essay—'''Friends," Miss Annie Lou Laney,
Macon, Ga.
11 Essay—"Shoes,” Miss Annie McClendon,
West Point, Gs.
12. Music-Vocal solo, “Bright 8tar of Love"
(Kobaudi), Miss Naulc King, with violin obli
gato hv Prof.Tzurda.
13. Essay—“Simon Say* Wig-wag,” Miss Annie
Moody, Scottsboro, Ala.
14. tssay—“A Legend," Miss Annie Napier,
Macon, Ga.
IA. Music-Vocal trio,"Lift ThineEyes t ,, from
Elijah (Menuclssohu), Misses McIntosh, Hay-
good and Malone.
15. Essay— 1 Roses by Other Names,” Miss Liz-
sic Ragland, Talbotton, Gs.
17. Essay—“Races," MissLtlllo Smith, Weath
erford, Texas.
1« Mastc-Overtpre, “Mimon" (Thomas;,
Misses Harwood, Mygood, Walker, Sexton, E.
Small, Ragland.
1». Essay—“Scenes from Our Study Hall,”
Miss Emma Walker, l’erote, Ala.
20. Essay—“A Junior Composition Book,"
Miss Flora Peek Cedartown. Gs.
21. Music—Chorus, “I Como” (Donizetti),
Special Singing Class.
Those who went earlv that they mir-ht
get seats certainly enjoyed the evening
programme. It proved an innovation on
the old customs, and it was appreciated.
The graduating class this year numbers
sixty, and they were divided into four sec
tions, the first made up of twculy-oue, and
they read tlicir essays last night. The nov
elty of the ^programme was that each of
the twenty-one young ladies represented
some distinguished woman. Not only was
the costume in keeping, but the essays
were written upon the characters assigned.
The programme gives the full list of char
acters.
Tills scribe has been attending Wesleyan
commencements for a score of years or
more, and (gives it as. a reporter’s'opinion
that not within that time have the essays
reached a higher standard of excellence.
Each proved a gem in the way of composi
tion and the vast audience gave frequent
manifestations of theirdelighlin rapturous
applause. The music, too, which punctu
ated the programme at proper intervals,
was of happier selection, so it seemed, than
ever before, all going to make up Wesley
an’s most brilliant commencement.
It is folly to particularize for the
reason -that each and every fair lady
was at her best, and what would he
said of one would necessarily be said
of another. The following was the
FMOOBAina.
t. Music—Overture, “Fra Diavolo,” (Czerney)
Nlszez Carroll, Harwood, Kuox, Blue. Connor.
Robertzon. Beal, Ragland, Walker.
2. Prayer.
3. Mu»lc-(a) "Second Hungarian Storm
March,” (Liszt.) (b) "Marche Trtomphzle
d’lzly,” (L. lieUcyer.) Mlazes Robertzon, Car-
roll, Beal, Walker, Sexton, Ragland.
AN EVENING WITH rAHOl’l WOKEN.
4. “Introduction by (ioddesa of Fame.” Mlza
M. Ruth Carr, Atlanta, Ga.
115. Character, "Kti. Cleveland," Mlza Carrie
L. Owen. Snow, Ga.
"George “l” 1 ." (Excused.)
mien, Shellman, Ga.
Grace Darling," Miss Annie
was charmed with tho pretty pictures.
Each canvas reflected the patient but;
skilled teaching of Miss Mason, and Bhowed :
had r ^n d rk ,! ing Mthepupil,0f !yfcsr , Frederick, the Unfortunate,
Among so many creations in crayon and j
oil, the reporter cannot afford to gi v# a full
list of the pictures, and can onlv briefly j
mention the more promineat. There are ’ s
numbers of specimens ticketed “object "
drawing” which would usually pass with [
THE DEATH BED. The vot * ** counties WaT^
pfflST
Brvun « U n *
Closing His Career.
NICHT OF GREAT
Slowly Drifting Away Into the
Mystery Called Death.
merely a glance, but which this year suit Conscious, Able to Smile a Recognition
causes the beholder to pause. Some of j to His Wife’s Auxluus Gnzo, but
the show unmistakable talent and excel
lent execution.
Miss Nellie Head shows herself to be an j
artist in a crayon of “For the ’Squire.” !
There is some good work on this, as well; Pottsdam, June 14.—A bulletin iisned
as on the craven “The Venetian Water-' at 10 o’clock this morning said: “The Em-
Carrier” by Miss Annie Tennille. I peror is much worse. His strength has been
Miss Lillian Bremer, whose brush give failing since last evening.”
me of the best pictures in last year’s A London di , Jiatch t , K med , ;30 8ay<; „ A
6. Character
Miss Lizzie
7. Character,■
Bates, Griffin, Ga.
s. Music, vocal nolo, "Thine Eyes so Blue.”
(Lazsen) Miss Ermlo Malone.
». Character, "Elizabeth Barrett Browing,"
Miss Miry I). Beal. Washington Ga. *
10. Character, "Florence Nightingale.” Min
Amanda Beelaud. Mac%, Ga.
lilt. Character,"Margaret lianghery,"MlmEu
genia Small, Macon, Ga.
w-12. Character, “Frauds E. Willard,” Mi*
Clara R. Boyuton, Atlanta, Ga.
13. Muzlc, piano aolo, "Polka de la Rein.”
(Roll) Him Jessie Hopkins. ’
14. Character, “Caroline Henchel.'’ Mlza
Nannie E. t'srmlcbbel, McDonough, Ga.
15. Character. “Sazan B. Anthony," Miu Car
rie Love, qulncy, Fla.
-JAChWWM. “Harriet Hoimer," Ifiaa Carrie
Collin., Webater, Fla.
aL^ J . < ? U i. - 0f ArC ’" M, “ HfittW 1*
18. Millie, Vocal trioT"" Evening." (Lacantoot)
Miiaea Mclntoah, Hiygood and Malone. ’
l'J. Character, "Roan Bonheur," Miu Emmie
Crittenden, Shellman, Ga.
20. Character, "Nancy Hart,” Miu Bam* IS.
Barron, Jonei county, Ga.
c^K.i!r Alcou '" M “* *“*
hSuSEKSBJSW jMeI,hlne ” MI "
23. Character, "Amclle Riven.” Miu Annie
Lou DcJarnctt ', Macou. Ga.
21. Millie, "Jubilee Overture, (Lnx-Weber)
Misses Grace, Eitei, It. Nicholson, M. Nicholson,
25. Character,-queen Elizabeth," Miu Willie
L. Dews, Cuthbert, Gib
•26. Character, "Madam DeStaet,” Mba Mary
Duncan, Union, S. C.
27. "Character. “Hannah Moore,” Miu Geor.
gia F. Ftcklen, Washington, Ga.
28. Character, “Jenny Und,” Miu Annie
Harrison. Montezuma (ia.
aiL^SS&tM* ° 0fl,e ” Ml “
M^^ C e'n T ^ l Ha%n': G,P * 1 -’" (BordC “>
T^j ^Coronation by Goddess of Fame and
TH* ART DEPARTMENT.
The walls of the chapel ibis year are
covered with a greater number of pictures
than ever before, and many of them are
gems fit to adorn the walls of Corcoran’s.
Mies Mollie Mason, the accomplished
leather in this department, mint certainly
feel proud of the good work of her Urge
claw of pupils this year. The art reporter
(who. by the way, has limited space in
which to give bis report) visited the
chapel in the afternoon of yesterday, and
some oi me nest pictures in last year'
grouping, has a number of pictures in oil
this year. Her “Bouquet for Mamma” is
pretty, while her plaques, four iu number
are dainty and berutitul. ,
Miss Stella Moody is not only an artist
bat a humorist. Her best picture is in
crayon and is ticketed “Major Hodgkins’s
hoots and the duck he ought to have
killed.”
Miss Minnie McIntosh has a scene in
nil, “First Snow,” that shows considerable
talent
Mrs. W. G. Smith, who was prominent
last year in having some exq jisite work,
has a collection this yea. that shows the
dispatch just received from Berlin says the
Emperor’s lungs have become inflamed and
the end is approaching.”
Noou.VThe Crown Prince and the Crown
Princess and Prince Ilenrv have arrived at
the castle. Empress Victoria has watched
by the bedside of the Emperor since 4 o’clock
this morning. All members of the imperial
family have been summoned to his bedside.
A dispatch from Berlin says: The Empe
ror has strong fever and his breathing is
labored. Sir Edward Malet, British Ambas
sador, and Dr. Fredberg; Minister of Justice.
improvement of her artistic brush. She is bavt: reached the palace at Potsdam, ami
very painstaking in all her work and her : ?“*ministers and members of the royal
collection this year are handsome speci- ! ““uily uot already there, are hastening to
mens. I ,h ® H. ace ' .
.Miss Bailie Boone has a dozen beautiful c.nnpaZ ' rent from SST5
ictures in cil. One is a portrait in oil lockjaw had set in. Photogra
pictures
that would do credit
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
.— - .. Baid
to a professional, made
Photographers have
.... , . , ., preparations to take a picture of the
while her study of still life, and _ her ex : scene at the Emperor’s death.
cellent copies of “Forget Me Not" and
“For the Squire” are real pictures without
fault.
Miss Dell Freeman seems quite at home
both in oil and crayon, and has quite a
number of sketches showing great talent
and skill.
Miss Cora Bailey haa a pretty thing in
crayon, “Fairy Tales,” an old subject, but
always worth looking at when well exe
cuted as in this instance.
Miss Allie Cleghorn gives a well exe
cuted crayon, “On the Scent,” as well as
Miss. May Calhoun in her “Marguerite.”
Miss Bertie Hardeman haa been quite
industrious since the last commencement,
and there are quite a large number of her
pictures on the wall. She has several por
traits in crayon wnich are good, and one
of her pieces in oil, “The Kiss of the
Siren,” is exceedingly well executed.
Miss Kate Davidson has a pretty con
ceit in crayon entitled “Grandma.” :
Miss Mamie Banks has a “Winter Scene”
in oil that is much admired.
Miss Eva McDonald, another pupil who
had some good work on exhibition last
year, has some good work, notably three
heads, in oil, which she has entitled
“Sweet Violets.”
Miss Annie McLendon shows true art in
a crayon of “The Best of Friends."
Miss Gussie Kimbrough has a little
painting, “Little Miss Muffet,” that is
cute.
Mrs. Ellie Palmer has a number of
pretty things, the majority of which are in
oil. The “Breton Peasant,” for instance,
ia a well executed picture. One of her
pictures is of still life and represents a
kitchen table.
Miss Nora Killen lias also a still life
picture that evidences talent of a high or
der.
Miss Julia Henderson took for her sub
ject iu oil "A Gate in the Castle of Stir
ling.” and she made a success of it. '
i Miss Nannie McIntosh was very happy
in her “Halt at the Oasis.” It shows this
little lady to be an artist.
Miss Mamie Hatcher puts in crayon a
weU executed sketch, “The Morning Call.”
“The Mountain Sprite” is one of the
best pictures in the entire collection, but it
does not give the name of the talented
artist.
Last year Miss Bremer made a beauty
out of a minor. This year Miss May
Calhoun lias a mirror, on which some
dainty work has been done.
Miss Lula Wescott. whose crayon work
has already Seen admired, hen a crayon
portrait of good and patient work.
This is an imperfect list, but it contains
the more prominent pictures. The entire
collection is one of extraordinary merit.
COMMENCEMENT NOTES.
The city is full cf visitors.
All the talk ia Wesleyan now.
The young ladles were charming last
night.
The annual meeting of the board of
trustees takes pieces to-day.
Mulberry will be crowded Sunday when
the commencement sermon will be deliv
ered.
The small boy finds himself on the ont-
side this year, the crowd of adults being
too large lor them.
Tho buzz of conversation sometimes
spoils a feature of the programme. So®*
of the male members of the audience say
the ladies do the buzzing.
The ztreet care carry great crowds, but
there is a screw loose somewhere.^ Two
cars meeting on a straight track is pro
voking especially when the passengers are
in a hurry to reach their destination.
To-day is full o' attractions. The sec
ond section of the seniors read their
says at 9 o’clock, the board of visitors
meet at that hour, and at night the bien
nial celebration of the Adelphian society
take* place.
Just after the last junior composition
yesterday morning President Baas accepted,
m upiMuuiisie Uirnn, i’ue portrait ui the
late Prof. C. W. Smith, wnich had been
drawn by the entire class, each pupil do
ing work upon it.
The silk train of the dress worn by M ss
Davis, as the Empress Josephine, is hit-
toric. It was worn by a lady friend of
Alderman Davis’ family at a reception by
Queen Victoria forty years ago. This silk
is in as good condition as when it swept
the floors of Windsor Csstle.
New amt Old.
Prom the Chicago Herald.
The Democratic party has a happy fac
ulty of uniting the new and the old.
In 1884 Hendricks, • representative of
the old Democracy,was placed in nomina
tion with Cleveland that the cry might be
“Reform aud Revenge."
This year Allen G. Thurman is drafted,
and with amazing alacrity the veteran
takes his place beside hia party’s chosen
leader.
That there is strength in the combina
tion waa demonstrated four years ago.
Tho new and tho oM, the young and tho
Agrd, art* rarely found in |ierfe.-l harmony
in this wot Id, fiat it mu-t Oe odmi ted that
for Democratic purpose the phra work*
admirably. __________
Wien everything else falls, Dr. Sage’s Ca
tarrh Remedy cures.
6:30 p. m.—The Emperor is now unable to
take food. Dr. Mackensie tried in vain to
feed him by tube.
8:15 p m.—The Emperor ia suffering from
convulsive fits and swoons, which succeed
each other.
11:30 p. m.—When lying down the Em
peror is apathetic; at other times he is fully
conscious. Early this afternoon, while re
clining in an armchair, he wrote a few tare-
well words to Bismarck. Afterwards he took
a sip of food through a tube. A little coco-
nine is being administered. Tiie doctors be*
lieve that the death agony will come soon
after midnight.
JNTKNSK ANXIETY IN BERLIN.
A Berlin dispatch says tiie people of Ber
lin did not realize tho extreme gravity of
the Emperor’s conditio i until tiie appear
ance of the morning extras containing the
morning bulletin. The people then felt
that henceforth only the worst news could
be looked lor. Concern was universal and
the intense anxiety increased ns the succes
sive extras announced the approach of the
last agony. Until Ions after night fall,
crowds in the streets gathered in front of tiie
official residences, being especially watch
ful at the Chancellor’s residence. Early in
the forenoon Count Von Schelendorf visited
Bismarck and the two started tor Potsdam,
where they remained two hours, returning to
the chancellery together. Several ministers
visited Bismarck in the evening aud an in
formal council was held. Bismarck had a
long conference with the Crown Prince at
Potsdam after zeeing the Emperor.
The news received by the Berlin papers
from Pottidam is scanty press, the censor
ship being rather rigidly enforced. The
Emperor sometimes opens his eyes and
recoguises those around him.
A PLESANT SMILE
lightens his face when the Empress or other
members of the family go to his bedside.
Publio grief was especially noticeable on the
Berlin bonne. Silence waa strictly observed,
and anyone raising his voice above a whis
per was immediately hashed.
Midnight—The whole family spent the
evening at the Emperor’s bedside. The pa
tient’s fever lias somewhat abated, but his
temperature is still 108. He is fully con
•clous and make* himself understood by
signs. Minister Von Karpi and Drs. Von
Leden and Krause returned to Berlin shortly
after 2 o’clock. The Empress Augusta has
started for Potsdam.
1 a. m.—Prince and Princess Henry have
arrived here. There ia an enormous crowd
before the caitle.
1:20 a. m.—The Emperor is weaker but he
is perfectly conscious and mindful of the
doings around him. Court officials remain
in the palace during the night. It ia ex
pected that the night will psza quietly. The
Einnreis is (till at the Emperor’s bedside
The molt optliaistio doctors ere skeptical
as to the issue of the next twelve hours. It
is stated that a guard of hussars and foot
guards has already been ordered to form a
cordon around the castle. A stimulating
inhalation administered in the afternoon
caused copious expectoration and some mit
igation of the ijmptonu. It is rumored that
faod was injected directly into the stomach,
but the report it not confirmed. The Prince
of Wales is expected to arrive Friday night
or Saturday morning.
BEGINNING OF THE END.
1:58 A. M.—Towards midnight on Wednes
day the Emperor became worse. His pulse
J iuickened and his temperature rote to over
orty Reaumur. The difficulty he expert,
eneed in breathing indicated inflammation
of the lungs. The morning hours were
awaited with anxiety. At 3 o’clock the Em-
press was informed of the change and she
has not left her husband's bedside since.
Doctors Mackenzie, Bardleben, Wenger aud
Hovel), exhansted tneir skill iu trying to re
lieve the patient, bat in spite of all their ef-
forti his strength rapidly diminished. Tow-
ard morning the Emperor refused to take
medicine. At 7 o’clock the other doctors
came, only to confirm the previous diagno-
■is. The Emperor became slightly more an-
imated about noon and asked to see his
daughter Sophia, yeiterdsy being be eigh
teenth birthday. During the night the Em
peror remained in a kind of stupor. The
doctors gave him various stimulants but tne
effect waa only temporary.
BRUNSWICK.
r.igntjf.nve Ineirectunl and Unclumged Bal
lots- Hark Horses.
Brunswick, June 14.— [Special.]—^The
first district Congressional convention or
ganized thia morning by the selection of T.
W. Oliver, of Scriven county, permanent
chairman. The Effingham county contest
was withdrawn and the convention was in a
good humor. Borne tronble was experienced
in getting a permanent secretary, but E. D.
Graham, of Appliug, waa finally Induced to
accept the office. A. A. Smith, of Pierce,
waa elected assistant secret try. The two-
third* rule waa adopted without opposition.
Mr. Norwood found it impossible to adopt
the majority rule after the Effingham contest
waa withdrawn.
The call of counties began and three can*
didates were put forward successively, as
Chatham, Liberty and Pieice were reached.
Mr. Norwood waa nominated aa a citizen of
Chatham and Liberty by a delegate from
Liberty. When Chatham was railed, Col.
Mercer presented Captain Gordon’s name.
J. L. Harden presented Mr Norwood’s name
and W. G. Brantley, of Pierre, nominated
Col. Nichols. Wilson, of Ware county,
seconded Norwood’s nomination and Mid
dleton, of Wayne, seconded Nicols’. Gr.i-
Iijiii, of Appling, concluded the nominating
speeches iu an tu.ogy on fir. Norwood.
Two years ego Graham broke to Norwood
ntnl zecondrd his nomination in toe Seven-
nth convention.
At ten o’clock the bnllotting began. The
first ballot wss: Norwood 20, Gordon U,
Ws= z
Camden 5
Charlton "n
Chatham ' o
Clllnch
Echols «
Effingham ""n
Emauuel n
McIntosh " o
Pierce. " a
Screven •>
Tattnall 2
Ware o
Wayne ■— "q
After the seventh ballot had been t.C—
the convention adjourned until u n «i i *?’•
At that hour the balloting was re.um.d l8ck l
eighty.five ballots were faken wh”o Ut ’5*
change in the result. The convention
adjourned until to morrow morning. lh "
DARK HOMES.
There is some talk to-night of a break and
several dark horse, are freely , po ken of.
The most prominent are Rufus E. Lester of
Savannah; 8. R. Atkinson, of Cdvnii
and W. G. Brantley, of Pierce county. T|fe
supporters of the two leading candidates ..S
that they will stick to them until sheol
freezes over, aud then they will use skzu?
The other delegates are equally aolid. Th.
convention has not gone outside for a candl
ago.
No candidate ever before went into con
vention with over half of the delegates and
three candidates in the field, so that nrece
dents fail to foretell the result in this cue
There seems to be no prospect of eucceu tor
any man before the convention, but. ii is too
early to name the coming men. Gordon’s
friends are very hopeful, but unless the bit.
ternees of the fight is got rid of, Mr. Nor
wood’s friends will not turn over. Wadeoi
Scriven is not concurring with the Norwood
party, but he has one-third of the vote. He
votes for Norwood, however, and so does
Groover, of Bulloch.
PROBABLY ATKINSON.
Brunswick, Jun<*14.—[Special.]—Unleu
Norwood is nominated to-morrow, the indi.
cations point to the selection of a man cot
yet named in the convention, probablv 8. R.
Atkinson, of Glynn.
MISS DAUB'S DA KING FKAT.
Hanging by Her Teeth to a Balloon a Mile
nnd n Half High.
Though by no means an angel, the
young woman of whom the following ex
tract from the London Spectator tells cer
tainly flies high:
We greatly doubt the moral right of
Miss Leona Dare, the aeronaut who as
cended from the Crystal Palace on Mon
day, to risk her life as she does, even for
the sake of getting a living by the exhibi
tion of her courage. Accoraing to her
own account, which was verified by 60,000
spectators on Monday, she ascends a mile
and a half into the air (3,O' 0 meters is her
own estimate) hanging to a balloon by her
teeth, which are unusually strong. An
iron car is attached to a trapese suspend
ed from the car, to one end of which an
india rubber mouthpiece or ball of that
sub tance haa been fitted. Miss Dare puts
her mouth over this, closes her teeth and is
carried up by the balloon, supported by
her teeth alone. There the
signals to two experienced assuUuU
in tiie car, who lower a ladder, by which
lie sscendz, being, of course, trained to all
acrobatic feats, through a trap-door into
the basket; “then the basket is divided
into two compartments by a shawl, and be
hind thia partition I change my ballooning
costume, which of neceesity, is very light,
into an ordinary walking dress, so as to be
able to go home without inconvenience
when we descend.” Miss Dare declares she
suffers no inconvenience beyond a surging
in her ears, which lasts for some time after
Bhe has descended, and that through long
exercise her teeth and jaws have necome
exceptionally strong and trained to the ex
cessive fatigue which, it is plain, must fill
to their share; but it ia obvious, neverthe
less, that her life must bo in the most ex
treme peril. She does not like the balloon,
she says, to start “with a jerk”—a remark
betraving her consciousness of a most ugly
possibility. The slightest faintness, the
smallest defect in the bar, the shock of a
moment’s toothache, and she would.fall
among the gaping crowd—dead, we can but
trust, before the reached the ground, bnt
in any event crushen ont of all recogni
tion.
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From the London Trutb.
The Crown Prince becomes daily more
solemn and serious. He look* careworn
and grow* thin. He lives a very qsiet
life with his wife in hit marble palace
overlooking the Havel, at Potsdam. He
spends hia time reading Jomine’a “History
of the Campaigns of the First Napoleon,
and studies carefully the Prussian staff
history of the last campaign. He walks a
great deal in the pine forests, and never
fails to have a chat with Prince Bismarck
whenever the Chancellor visits Potsdam.
The other day the Crown Prince acci
dently ent hia finger while opening and
shutting a blade of a penknife; blood ran
freely and the Crown Prince, with a con
temptuous shrug of his shoulders, ex
claimed: Achl das Englische blut!”
Do not Forget to Catch on This Time.
ed under the sole management of Gen L — -
Beauregard of La., andJubal A. Early of V*.
To those interested the returns are very at
tractive. The llrst capital prise of HW t**>
won by No. to, 15, sold in fractional tenths at It
each sent to M. A. Dauphin, New Orle«n<. L»-
Two-tantha were paid to M. A. Xelly. HtU-
burg. Pa.; oue to Mra. G. E. Coleman, St. LoU“>
Mo.: one to J. W. Yale*, No. 812 O it . N. O.
Waablegton, D. C.;on« to a depositor In tee
Ia. National Bank, New Orleans, one to the
City National Bank, Dallas, Tesu; one to Dr.
R. qnlnucy, Anderaoo, Texas: one to George «•
Ashe, Gat vet top, Texas: one to American
National lieu It of Kansas City, Mo.; one to A.
Phillip., through T. W. llou-ton, Tessa,
No. 21,492 drew the second eap* 1 *'
prize of 150, OX): It was •*»
soltl In tciiiha at ft each: three paid to Angue
Californian Rank, IVd, 8an Francisco. Cal.,
o. c to Mrs. P. T. Robinson, 428 Dryatles street.
New Orleans Ia.; one to Col. R. H. Port*r.
Birmingham, Ala.: ono to J. B. Bliner, Denni
«on, O ; one to Mr*. Franc« A. Hoke, tmmltu
burg, Md.- one to II. Bunnlng, Moweaqu*. In.,
one to John Harrington, Houghton. Mfch. no.
6.V34# drew the Third Oepltol Prise ot
a!«o sold at fractional tenths: two were paid *
the City National L'ank of Cairo, HI.; two to M-
Wallgunkl, New York, and the rest wsnt else
where. No S4.Z52 and W.405 drew the two
Fourth Prise* of 110,000 each which wera jota 1“
fractions and scattered all over the world, o'
July 10 the grand drawing take* place when me
Pint Capita) Prize will be gaO.OOtL Do not for
get to catch hold of this chance.
Two Men Shot and noe Hanged.
SALDIA, Colo., June 14.—During a
row at Monarch, ln»t bight, * one-lem:**
gambler named Scherck abot anil kUieo
George Davia and fetal'.y wounded no un
known man. A mob afterward* toox
Schqnck ont and hanged him to a teiegrapn
pole. The friends of the two dead m»n
are gathering and more tronble is feared.