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NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1887.
NO. 22.
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NEWNAN.
is tl»e oou nty-seal of Coweta
county. <!»., :»n«l contain* a populati
3*ji»0. It is situated on the Atlanta and West
Point Railroad, the main highway to Now
Orleans from the Last and North; Is :«» miles
from Atlanta, 4V7 miles from New Orleans, 30
miles from Grlflln and 24 miles from Carroll-
ton. Tlie Savannaii, OrilTir. and North Ala
bama Railroad running from Griffin to Car
rollton) intersects the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad at this point, making it the only im
portant railroad Junction between Atlanta
and Montgomery, A la. The people are enter
prising. intelligent and socriaiile; tlie locality
a?- healthy as can l»e found in the South. Four
religious denominations are represented
in the community — Methodist, Baptist,
Presbyterian and Kpiscopa! is.n — and
churches furn >h ample jar<oimnodntlons for
church-going people. One female college of
thirty-four years’standing, one male semi
nary and numerous private schools comprise
th** educational faeUUiestOf tlie cominrnily.
There are now in successful operation in the
city twenty-11 v< dry gorvl- and grocery stores,
three <lrug stores, three millinery stores, two
hardware stores, one shoe store, two hook
stores, one jewelry store, two leather and har
ness shops, two livery stables, two carriage
repositories, two meat markets, one tin and
stove store, three hotels, three restaurants,
two coal yards, one furniture -tore, two tailor
shops, two bakeries, several shoe shops, one
cigar and tobacco store, two barber shops, one
photograph gallery, one job printing
twf
• billiard salo
spape
T\
:.l estal
ational hi
apltali/.ed, furnish
needed in the buslne
fifteen ami twenty t)
YorK, Sa
xlat
id
»ply
all tin
islness community. Between
tv thousand hales of coMon
imally and four large brick
required to store and handle
on buyers, representing New
i and Atlanta,are in flic mur-
i. A handsome opera house,
three stories high, with a scaling capaepyof
seven hundred, does duly as town hall and
theatre. Most of the leading theatrical troupes
visit us during tin* fall and winter season. A
public library, comprising
of the popular instituti*
the town. A mineral spring, whose cm
properties have been thoroughly
eflcinl in
Itliin j
Snr
is located
Tlie dm
health-giving
miles distant. The mysti
sen ted hy three Masonic 1
of Odd Fellows The vai i
enterprises that eontrihut
mauent prosperity of l lie
npl«
• find
11 fed nf
epair
The
id liln
hundred hands the year rou
sed as follows: Wood works
chine shops k iiown as the •
nfneturing Co.” ; one furnii
whiskey distilleries; Hire
shops; one manufacturing
gar factory; one guano far
seed oil mill; one marble
nerv; one tin simp; om*grb
Mill! b Shop. Between two a
skilled mechanics of all cla>
and remunerative employ
diHerent professions are re
lows: twenty-five lawyers,
three dentists. Our nierelia
men are noted for their eut«
alltv, and l heir several branches of trade are
as firmly established as cun he found In any
town in tl.e State. Thu trade of the town is
drawn from a wide territory, extending into
all tlie adjoining counties, and is annually
Increasing.
MANUFACTURERS.
Titk R. I>. Cold. Mamtacti'kisg Compa-
Nv.-Kstahlished I hot; incorporated 1*81.
Manufacture steam engines, boilers, saw
mills, corn-mills, power cotton presses, shutt
ing, mill gearing and castings ot all kinds;
lumber, sash, doors, blinds ami moulding;
house contractors and car-builders. Employ
12) hands in various departments. K. 1».
Cole, president; M Cole, vice-president;
R. 1>. Cole, .Ir., superintendent; M. F.Cole,
M/
Co
Or-
Tiik Wif.i
l*ANv.Mills located at Lodi, ti miles \
Newnaii, on the s., <i. and N. A. R. R.
gani/.ed October 12th, ISOS. Manilla* I
varus, knitting cotton, and carpet, w:u
Yearly consumption of cotton, Tin) bale
Avpruse pumher *»i hands emnloyeii, 7
Stephen |). Smith, president; II. J. sargen
ami ir
Co
The Coweta Fkhti
Manufaeture .several brands ol high-grade
commercial Icrtili/. rs.u Cupaeity lun tons |wr
day. Employ .lOhamlA during working sea-
tXn. 11. C. Arnall, president; .1. A. Hunter,
' Vice.president; W. *I.l Ibis kill, superinten
dent: II, C d'lslier, secretary ami treasurer;
Uni- 1, Jnm wi uununil tj&cnt.
‘ i’l'HMTVItf FactOKV.— \. II. A J. C.
Thompson, pioprletors. Established isi»7.
Manufacture all kinds of house ami kitchen
furniture. Employ from 8 to 12 hands.
*•-»« I’ACTPltY.- M, Falhide, proprietor.
Ci*. . • „ 0 ruitfur**, employing
Ft it ST Nation-**#- Ban k.— Est yhlislnd 1871.
Capital stock, surplus, .>70,(XM). \V. B.
Berry, president; .loin
dent; 11. C. 1- isher, ea
assistant cashier.
Nkwnan Natiun.m. Bank — Organized in
1SS.7. Cash capital. Cliarl. s C. l’arrott,
president: .1. S. Blgby, vi,-e-preshlent; R
W. Andrews, easliier; John S. llollinshead,
teller.
CHURCHES.
Baptist Cii ititcil—IIcv. J. H. Hall, D. 1).,
Pas
chin
• Subha tli
lOJMI
id a;
rlmol at
rraver Meet ng Wedm
clock. Young Men’s Prayer Meeting eve
Monday night.
Methodist Chuavii—Rev. W. R. F*»o
Past*»r. Preaching every Sunday at 10:30
u. nml 7:1.') p.
Me
Clrn
Meeting
ting
Mo
I p. n
alay aft
at I o'clock,
ry Monday
Wednesday
YoungIdon’s Fr .
night. Social Meeting
night- at 7:3l) o'clock.
The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Soei
meets on the first Monday ailernoon in e;
month at the church,at l o’eloek.
PBKSHVTKUI an dir lien—Rev. .las. St si
p, p„ Pastor. Preaching on the first ami II
Sabbaths In each month at ll a. in. ami
n. m. Sunday School every Sunday at J
in. Prayer fleeting everyThuradn
7:30 o’clock. Comm
rterly
Eeisco
Rector.
:30 J
M.
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
Nkwnan Lodge, N«». 102. 1. O. O. F.-J. T.
Carpenter, N («.; T. E. l'« ll, \ • (L: \ t .
Thomp-on.See y; W. B. Berry. P. s.. W C.
Sm ad, Treasurer. Meets every b riday night.
KVTH RKitKVCA I.odck. No. 12-Meets
cverv seeoml ami t**urth Monday nights at
Odd*Follows’ Hall. W. A. Mitchell, N. U.;
W. E. Avery, Sec y.
Coweta Lodge, No. GO. F. A A. >1.—Regular
Meetings2ml and 4t!i Tuesday nights in each
month. G. L. Johnson, NS • M. NS . -N. Mitchell
Secretary.
Nkwnan Chadtek, No.34, R. A. M.—Regu
lar Meetings first and third Tuesday nights
in each month. It. N\ . Freeman, H.
P. \V. A. Mitchell, Secretary.
Hikam Council No. IS U. A s. M.—Regu
lar meeting first Monday evening in each
month. Orlando McClendon, 1. 1. M-; K.
W. Freeman, Recorder.
A. J. Bkrky Cot ncii.. No. :■'*>, R. A.—Reg
ular meetings seeoml and lourth Monday
nigilts in each month. I.. K. Ray. Regent,
Daniel Swint, Secretary.
Nkwnan Lodge. No.37. A O. I . W.-Regu
lar meetings first ami ihirti Satimlay nights
in each month. Geo. 11. Carmieal, M.NN.:
Daniel Swint, Recorder.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
President—J. s. Powoli.
Vick President—A. C. Pease.
Secretary—>Hss Annic PeGra denned.
Treasurer— H. C. Fisher.'
Directors—R. W. Freem:w,. G. H- Carmi-
cal, J. T. Moore, J. E. Brown. J. I. Leverett.
Librarian—Miss Annie DeGraffenried.
The Library is open on Wednesday’s and Sat
urday’s from t>:S0 a. nr, to 12 n*. and from 7:30
to‘J;3Up. m.
UITY GOVERNMENT,
Mayor-W. B. Berry. v .
Aldermen—J. J. *8 ood rum'TI. C. Aruall,
H. W. Andrews, J. S. iPowell. L
Treasurer—R. Wi Andrews.
Clerk ok Counci i]. —H- S. Conyers.
Marshal—J.E. Rfcbinpon. Deputy—J. A.
Lee.
IN THE LANE.
JOHN VANI K CHUNKY.
AiH art thou then, my heart, too old.
Ever to leap with !ov«* again.
To feel the strong hIood-torr* nt rolled
Through heav ing breast and teemingbrai
Is it no more, my heart, 'or tie.-
Life's one unquestioned ecMiu y?
Ar
ided
e tho-e dlin, far days
mothered * very sound,
town youth's happy way?
WIk
When up :
Fa rod "Ir...
Has chill of v-ar* killed .-very jov
That blos.soin<.*d for the wandering boy?
Tliune are the trees once known so well
We f.*It t*» tii.-ni all but I.‘ known;
Their very shadow we coufd t*-!I
From others !,y the for*->t thrown.
Tia* same glad song* from busii ami »>ough-
re h*
rd, -
tliei
And these sw.*«! flowers b- nr-ath m;
i heir young eyes greet nmofyc
The hop.* th.-iv! Still tie y think To
Her glance that shall not answer
To us .-done It cun no
riiey’re looking up .<
slo' j, l
This is tile
Behind tl
As th. y do now, tin
When evening on
r.-'s tin* g’o
be
o tenderly.
-ray path we took
roingdav;
light leave.-, sin
I>1-
■ tl* is
And h<
up<
Ah, no, good heart, thou still canst stir.
• • - ti.* love first bid tb< e . ..j :
They laid fiw.r
Though el.xis b*-'
In the dear old h
mlerst-ep.
as one,
ot alone.
CERS. •
COUNTY iOFFI
Clerk Superior CfouRT—Daniel Swint.
Ordinary—W. H. 'Persons. Sheriff—
George H. Carmieal. Tax Receiver—J. J-
Farmer. Tax CoLLE0f OK —I. raruier.
Treasurer—II. L. Jones. Surveyor—J.
B. Gooiiwyn. Coroner—H. 1-. Duncan.
COUNTY COURT.
SV. Powell, Judge: P. s.. \i*hatU»y, Solics-
Monthly sessions—ThirM Monday in each
tii. Quarterly session—Third Mondays
muary, April* July and October.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
J A Hunter, t'hairnmn; I-w tollinsworth;
J l> Simms, .1 X ,-ewell. W ^ Sasser. Com
missioners, H W Freeman, Clerk and At
torney. Meet drst Wednesday in each month.
POST OFFICE.
Postmaster—J. K- McCollum.
Office hours from7:30a. m. to tip. m.
CLOSING THE ?IAIES.
The up mall closes at I—4S p. m- and doirn
mail at 2:11 p. m. Griffin mail closes at e a.
m. and tlie Carrollton mail at 3 p. m. Office
opeu ou Sunday ironi 3:iu to i.ii r. in.
MAKING LOVE IN MEXICO.
Him Francisco Chronicle.]
Mexican ladies seldom go out with
out some of the family or a servant.
They do not have gentlemen visitors.
There is no chance for gallant youth
to Inirn the midnight oil or gas at his
prospective father-in-law’s expense, if
a young man has been acquainted
with a girl from childhood, or by
some accident is allowed to visit the
family and becomes a lover, lie is im
mediately forbidden tlie house, and
must continue his courting as best lie
ran. it is then the balcony is of ser
vice. A signal is agreed upon, and
the senorita with ears alert hears it,
and appears upon the balcony and
converses with tier lover below in the
street. Notes are secretly exchanged,
but never through the mail. To give
you an idea of Mexican courtship and
how Cupid breaks down the harriers
made hy ignorance and superstition, I
will explain what is here termed
‘‘playing the bear.” This is a very
popular game—at least, it seems so
among the Mexicans. It is played by
two persons, a lady and a gentleman.
Hoth are usually young—in their teens
as it were—though there tire instances
of the game being played hy couples
who had passed that period hy several
years.
A young man becomes fniitleti with
a fair charmer at the opera house or
at church. He follows the lady to
her home. Having that located, he
makes it his business to be in that
neighborhood as much as possflile. He
will stroll by the house with his eyes
expressive of the stale ol his heart,
audit lie can catch a glimpse of liis
fair one ho is happy. If he receives a
smile he becomes intoxicated with
love and is ready to play the “hear”
for uu indefinite length of time. If
tlie iady Is seated on the balcony
when liomeo arrives upon tile scene
she usually withdraws, alter exchang
ing glances with him. This pro
gramme i- kepi up for mouths. At last
he receives a smile from fair Juliet.
From smiles they get to exchanging a
few words. There have been actual
cases where tlie bear lias froilicked
about for a year or two before the
fickle maid would exchange a word
with him. Very often there are two
or three bears casting longing eyes'iu
the same direction. This frequently
causes had blood. As soon as tlie
couple begin to know eauh other’s
voices matters progress rapidly. Af
ter they arrive at an understanding
the persevering lover hastens to the
padre. The kind priest, finding that
there is no reason for objection Am
either side, proceeds to intercede with
the girl s parents and gain him ad
mission to the domicile of his lady
love. As soon as a young man enters
the house he is considered engaged to
tlie daughter. A Wedding quickly
follows, and there is no more ‘‘playing
tlie hear” so far as that young man is
concerned.
A great deal depends on the girl in
this game. She can make it a short
or long game. There has been a ease
brought to my notice of a young man
who lias never missed an evening for
nearly three years, and lie is still only
in ti e first stage of the game, passing
or walking up and down iu front of
tlie senorita’s home, hoping to receive
a smile. Close observers say that, so
far, she only condescends to let him
see the least hit of her white dress
through tlie half-closed Kreuch win
dow's that open on the balcony. He
was asked why he played the bear so
long, when lie met with so little eu-
eouragement. His reply was:
‘•Oh, I love her so dearly! And she
is so rich!” t passed by a house a few
evenings since and saw a lover stand
ing in tlie shadow of a friendly door
way. He had a guitar. I moved ofi
in the shadow to see tlie by-play. As
tlie soft notes broke tlie quietude of
the evening I saw a window open in a
house adjoining and a senorita step
out on the balcony. The music con
tinued for a few moments and then
ceased. I saw the fair oue drop some
thing over the balcony. The lover
caught it and retired into the shadow
again. I strolled up tlie street, crossed
’over, ami went toward them. I saw
he w as holding something to his ear,
and I knew telephone communication
was perfect hetweeu those ttvo loviug
hearts.
There is no such thing as being in
troduced, even though the lover he ac
companied hy a relation, Should the
parties meet ou the promenade aud
the relative desires to speak with his
fair relative he excuses himself aud
joins her, leaving the lover out in the
cold, as i* were, until lie gains admit
tance to her parents’ li ntse through
the intercession of the prie-t. If, while
w alking iu the Alameda or Zoeolo he
a es the object of his afleetious he
keeps at a respectful distance, hoping
that his presence may be noticed by
her. If while riding he sees iier iu a
carriage, he places hiinseif as near as
possible and feels rewarded for ids
l rou hie if he catches a glimpse of her
f-o-e at each turning or receives a sly
glance of recognition. An engage
ment, broken in Mexico, is considered
a serious matter. The lady is looked
upon as disgraced acd seldom has
another suitor.
From Hoarding House to Court.
Missouri Republican.'
“This is indeed a peculiar world,”
said a mining expert at the Planters’
House yesterday. “Here I pick up
the papers and read of Mrs. Mackay’s
doings iu l’aris—how she receives the
scions of royalty, liow she entertains,
how she appears at the opera, how she
dresses, and how she does a thousand
other things; and tlien I can scarcely
c -nceive that eighteen years ago she
kept a_ hoarding lmu.-e in Virginia
('ity, ajid that I was oue of her hoard
ers. Vet it is true, and I often ponder
over it. .She was a young widow then,
with an interesting child, who has
since matured info a young lady and
was recently married to an Italian
prince of some kind. That little girl
lias often sat on my knee with a little
tin can iu her hand which contained
the contributions of her admirers. Iu
those days we lived principally on
canned food, and Mrs. Mackay’s hack
yard was paved with tiu cans. The
child had selected a very pretty can
which one of the boarders transformed
into a little bank. This was partly
tilled with coin, tlie result of a tribute
which she levied on litr friends, tslie
would climb on tlie hoarders’ knees,
and, shaking her little bank, would
say:
“Is yo u lucky to-day?”
This query had tlie desired effect,
and the hank receipts w ere increased.
Even in her days ot distress Mrs.
Mnckay was a good woman, isiie per
sonally superintended aflairs aud
made her boarders as comfortable as
possible. I was then a superintendent
under Fair, and Maekay was already
a millionaire. Mining stock was the
rage then, and I remember often how
she would come to us and ask our ad
vice about certain stocks, and I am
happy to say that the advice I gave
her was good, and hud I taken it my
self I would now lie $-5,000,000 or $!!,-
000,000 better oil than I am.
“Then Maekay look a shine to tlie
widow, and being reputed one of tlie
wealthiest meu in the camp, lie found
smooth sailing. He couldn’t win on
his shape nor his beauty, for every
body t lint has seen Maekay knows
that lie wouldn’t take a prize iu a con
gress of beauty. They were married,
and tlie little girl no longer sat on
miners’ knees, and mamma's delicate
hand no longer placed corued beef and
cabbage oil miners'plates. They rose
faster than Sheridan stock did last
summer, the only difference being
that their rise was hacked hy hard
coin. The great Comstock lode con
tinued to pour fort li its richness, and
Maekay and his partner became im
mensely wealth j*. Although reared
in poor circumstances, Mrs. Maekay
showed her good sense hy securing a,
private tutor, hy whom she wasdrilled
and educated for five years. The little
daughter was put through the same
course and lilted to shine in Ihe most
cultured society of the old world.
Then came the conquests in New
York, San Francisco, and finally the
trips to Europe. A year ago I was iu
Paris and one evening attended a per-
forman"e at the Grand Opera House.
It was a first night, aud prominent iu
a private box were two ladies, be
decked with diamonds and festooned
with flowers. They were the cyncsure
of all eyes, and, leveling my glasses, I
discovered behind tlie silks, flowers
and diamonds the face of my former
landlady in Virginia City. The out
lines were the same, but time had
wrought its changes. The young liply
with her was the little girl who used
to play ou my kuee. She had grown
out of my recollection. As I stood
looking at them amidst Ihe flashing
lights, the incense of flowers, and the
delicious music, I could not help re
calling something of:
“Some one who breasted lii&rli water.
Swam the North Fork, and all that.
Just to dance with old Foliansbee ! s daughter,
The lily ol Poverty Flat.”
Beecher .Ml Hell.
In one of Henry Ward ileeelier’s
last sermons, delivered in Plymouth j
church about two weeks before liis
death, he gave utterance to the fol
lowing sentiment:
“[f a mau believe in the old idea of
hell to-day he is a candidate for a lun
atic asylum. lie lias got to give up
his Christ or liis hell. Men are res-,
cued and saved by the voluntary sul-
fering of love, aud the idea is inconsis
tent with the old idea of a God of ven
geance. The revised' Bible has left
hell pretty much out aud has put in
sheol and hades. This does not put
out the idea of future punishment. I
believe in that—but tlie old machin
ery and methods of punishment are
given up. No mau ought to he conver
ted hy a sudden change unless he has
been living in ihe lower plane of his
animal nature. >ucli a mau fears only
that he will go to hell aud he damned.
If a man cannot be held by any other
element let him be held hy that. Such
a man begins by giving up swearing,
tells as few lies as liis business will let
him laughter , and he begins to try
and do right. Such a mau lias not
done much, but he lias laid a good
foundation.
“Repentance canuot. he done up by
wholesale at once, but must he repeat
ed aud re-repeated all.through life,
Christians need to be converted every
month. The great motive power of all
change from evil to good ought to he
love. This is the distinctive Christian
genius working out wisdom and pow
er. A man isn’t to repent aud he con
verted because he will go to hell if he
doesn’t. It is a rising and growing up
to the supreme motive that if be edu
cates and harmonizes all the qualities
in him he becomes like God and lives
for other men. Repentance is a repe- J
titious circumstance for him.”
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
FOLLIES AND FOIBLES OF VARI
OUS PROMINENT PEOPLE.
(.ear of Some of the Leading Pub
lic Mel).
Ftica Duly Observer.]
The hat.-i of many of the statesmen
will give oue an index to e< riain of
their characteristics, and if be will
look the man over from heel to crown
he can tell as much about him from
his dress as from his physiognomy.
Take President Cleveland and note
the way he wears his tall, round silk
' hat, crowded down upon his eyes in
tlie most determined way imaginable,
and you can see his indomitable will
shining out through his head gear.
Kx-Alt.rney General Brewster’s
white silk plugs with their nap an
inch long show him to he a fussy old-
style gentleman of the past.
Secretary Whitney is called by
soiiif tlie dude of tlie Cabinet. His
hat G a broad-brimmed silk, one of
tlie latest style. It is covered wjth^a
mourning hand, and lie wears it well
down upon liis head. Secretary En-
dicott ulso wears a silk hat, but his
New England head makes it look as
cold as Massachusetts, and it lias not
tlie air of good fellowship of Garland’s
slouch nor Postmaster-General ."iias’
high hat. Bayard wears a pearl gray
tile in tlie summer, and a stylish silk
one in the winter. He is still iu
mourning for the deaths which have
lately occurred in his family, and his
hats, like liis dress, are always im
maculate.
One of the queerest hats iu Wash
ington is that of Civil Service Com
missioner Edgerton. It is a straight,
broad-brimmed silk plug of tlie vin
tage of 1819, aud tlie picture of Edger-
tnu as he walks the streets of Wash
ington is that of an elegantly dressed
statesman of Jackson’s day. He says
he finds lie is in style about every ten
years, and that hatters keep tlie same
blocks aud bring out the same styles
about so often.
Cliace of Rhode Island, Ihe Quaker
Senator, wears a broad brim, and tlie
cut of his coat is after the style of the
Society of Friends. Price, Arthur’s
Indian Commissioner, wore an ex
treme hat of this kind, hut he usually
had ii made of felt rather than black
silk.
Beu Butler lias a new hat every time
he comes to Washington, aud liis
cocked eye assumes a diflerent air un
der every one of them. Sometimes
lie will wear a black slouch; at others
a still, low-crowned white felt, with a |
brim as broad as that of a Texan cow
boy’s, and with a big black baud com
ing nearly lo the crown. I have seen
him in a black slouch, and tlie other
day he appeared here with a beaver '
fur overcoat drawn around his fat old
grandmotherly frame, and with a flat
fur cup with a wide rim upon his bald
head.
Senator Ingalls is one of the best
dressed men in Washington, aud his
black silk headgear is the envy of his
brother Senators. I saw him the other
night, when he came out for the
first timeinafurcap. It was atallone
of the finest sealskin, and with Ingalls’
long overcoat, reaching to his feet, it ,
made him look like a Russian count
iu the depth of winter. Joe McDon
ald has been wearing a fur cap this
winter, and he has laid aside liis
statesman's plug for tliesummerseasou
Speaking of the statesman's style
of wearing his hat, Heuator Evarts
is said to have it to perfection, aud,
indeed, there are those who say he is
the author of the style. It is to my
mind a very poor style, and it consists
of balancing the hat ou the back of:
the head so that if the wearer lias
bangs they will show forth in all their
beauty. Evarts never wears ips black
silk hat in any other way. Senator
Payne covers liis head after the same
fashion.
Dan Voorhees wears a silk plug,
aud he has one of the largest heads in
the .-senate. His hat is V 5 C in size.
He always keeps it well brushed, and
lie has a great many hats presented to
him. He is fond of betting hats with
his friends during the elections, and !
lie wins from two to four during every
campaign.
Senator Sherman wears a tali hat,
well brushed. Phiietus Sawyer, short
and fat, covers his bald head with a
derby, and his colleague, the brilliant
John C. Spooner, wears a slouch, and
don’t appear to care whether school
keeps or not.
Senator Vest wears a hjack slouch,
which he pulls down over his eyes,
making him look very belligerent as
he walks about the hotels; and anoth
er man of this same style is Represen- j
tative Joe Cannon of Illinois, “ho of
ten has the air of tlie bad man from
Bitter Creek.
Senator Vance of North (?aroljna
covers liis big gray head with a black
derby, aud M. C. Butler wears a jaun
ty brown felt of the same style as that
of Dob Cameron. Leiand Stanford
wears a tall, blacksilk tile, and his in
come is large enough to give him a
dollar hill every month for every hair
under it.
E'i Sauisburyof Delaware, who is
over six feet tall and hardly more
than eighteen inches from shoulder to
shoulder, makes himself look taller
and thinner by a plug bat. The two
Rs of the Senate, Riddleberger and
Ransom, cover their heads with black
slouch hats which they wear with a
military air. Mahone usually wears j
a cream colored slouch, which he
turns up carefully at the sides and
which he wears a* jauntily as a briga
dier on dress parade. He is partic
ular al out his hat and often brushes
it.
senator Platt of Coonecticutt wears
a slouch. He is tall and slender, and
when he puts his hat on he draws
himself up and looks comfortable, as
though he’d put on bis overcoat and
had no fear of the cold.
Senator Edmunds has lately taken
to wearing a soft, light, crush travel
ing hat. It weighs about five ounces,
and has a little curled-up rim, and is
blue iu color. I saw him out riding
with it upon his head the other day.
HeaBo wears atall silk hat, but inhis
campaign fur tlie .Senate lie donned
the Democratic derby.
Sam Randall sometimes wears a
slouch, hut more often a black silk,
w ith a good-sized black hand around
it. Randall wears h*s hat a good deal
like the I’resideut does his, aud he
makes a fine appearance with his
classic features aud his bright black
eyes shining out from under its rim.
Col. Cooper of Ohio puts his hat on
his head in a belligerent way, and he
looks like a cavalry leader off duty,
while Gen. Joe 'Wheeler, the dashing
cavalryman of tlieCoufederacy, wears
a soft, litile slouch, which he pulls
dowu over his eyes, turns up this way
aud that, and wears in all shapes im
aginable. Sometimes he tucks it un
der liis arm, and I saw him at Sena
tor Miller’s funeral leaning agaiust
the door of the Senate in a brown
overcoat, with liis hat held iu this
way. He cares hut little for appear
ances, aud you would not take him,
from his clothes, for the brilliant man
that lie is.
Tiie Speaker of the House wears a
tall black list which is sometimes
brushed, oftener not. Morrison, the
free trader, has t.vo styles of hats, one
of which he wears at Washington aud
tlie other at home among liis constit
uents. His Washington hat is a tall
silk of (lie latest make and the best
style. When he goes home it is said
that he stops at St. Louis and leaves
this at the hotel there and puts on
the slouch, which makes him look a
great deal more Democratic and com
panionable. He then goes among his
constituents clad like one of them,
shaking hands, kissing tlie babies, aud
making himself generally agreeable.
Tim Campbell lias a silk tile, Beu
Butterworth a deiby, Sam Cox a high
plug, aud Martin Foran a slouch.
Hemphill of South Carolina, oue of
the brightest aud handsomest young
men of Congress, wears a derby, as
does also Warner, tlie silver dollar ad
vocate, though he would look better
in a plug.
While Grant was President Ben
Butler came lo tlie White House oue
day and pui liis new silk hat in a
comfortable armchair. While lie was
talking to the General, Greeley sat
down on Butler’s liat. It exploded
like a pistol, and as Greeley jumped
up Butler, with a squiut of liis left eye,
said: “Greeley, I knew that hat
wouldn’t fit you.”
Otlil Characteristic* of Some of tlie Mem
bers of Congress.
In llie House and Senate the man
ners and methods of diflerent men are
very noticeable, and it is the same
with men occupying positions of im
portance in other departments of the
Government. In tiie Congressional
brandies, for instance, it sometimes,
but very rarely, happens that men of
real ability as debaters and speakers
seldom have anything to say upon the
floor except to the small extent that
is absolutely necessary, such as in
troducing hills or reporting committee
work, which they do in the most per- !
functory manner. Representatives
Clements ot Georgia, and Stewart of
Vermont, are two such men in j
l lie House, ami Senator Cliace of
Rhode Island is a very good ex- !
ample in the Senate. Tlie people of
Vermont are not as particular about
oratory as they are about business.
Stewart, who was once Governor of .
tlie State, and who is one of her best j
office lawyers, looks after the interests
of his people and says nothing that lie j
is not obliged !o say. He is oue of the
very few meu in Congress who “say
nothing, but saw wood.” He will he
in the Fiftieth Congress.
Senator Chaee, as is well known, is ]
a Quaker, and like all that industrious
and admirable sect, is opposed to war
fare. He is also like his fellow Quak
ers iu that he is usually a man of si
lence, but he is sometimes heard from,
and always to the advantage of Ihe
listeners. He is oue of those wealthy !
meu in public life with whom “boo
dle” is never associated. He is not an
orator, but a plain aud incisive “stat
ist” of facts. Then berivals Mr. Sauls-
bury of Delaware as the champion
floor pacer of tiie .Senate. In private
conversation he lias a picturesque vat - i
of expressing himself. A day or two
ago iu the Senate cloak room tlie sub
ject of discussion was (he much need
ed coast defenses. Mr. Cliace was
present when a certain Senator re
marked that he did not suppose the
Rhode Islard Seuator, because of liis
faith, would be willing to vote any
money for even defensive purposes.
Mr. Chace did not reply directly, but
what he said was: “In the old colon
ial days the Quakers were in the ma
jority in what we would now call the
Pennsylvania Legislature. It was
necessary to prepare for defense ’
agaiust the Indians, The Quakers did
not vote any money for warlike pur
poses, but they did provide liberaliy
for the purchase of small graiDS.”
“The graius of powder used in the
arms of those days,” he added with
oue of liis shrewd smiles, “were small,
and they were purchased from tba,
Quaker appropriation.” From this it
is pretty evident that the Rhode Is-
iaud tjenator would be willing to vote
for an appropriation for even large
grains, should it become necessary.
Seuator Morrill, of Vermont, is tall,
gaunt and dry iu appearance. To the
average audience he would be dry in
his utterances, for liis peculiarity is
the tariff, and he seldom addresses the
Senate on aDy subject. But to maDy,
tariff discussions, even when they run
largely to “Aggers,” are not dull, and
thus the venerable and kindly old
Senator frem Vermont is always as
sured of an audieuce. He seems to
have made the tariff the main study
of his life. In this he has been great
ly assisted by a remarkable memory. :
The vast number of figures that he
carries in his head is something ap- oftlie perennial candidates fertile Pres-
pailing, and his memory of faces and ideney, who has had for many years
names is equally remarkable. the experience in political life which
Mr. Blaine is generally supposed to is so new to Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs.
he the public mau of the present day Folsom, has said so much that has in-
who enjoys a monopoly of recalling jured her husband’s prospects. Du-
faces and names, but Senator Morrill ring the winter before the last Nation-
can give him points and beat him. al Convention she said in Washington
For instance, early in tlie late war a society she would “devote the reiuain-
Vermont soldier was killed on the Po- der of her life to helping her husband
tomac, just below Washington. His punish liis enemies,” and she said it,
brother saw Mr. Morrill aud asked too, with a most vindictive expression
him to aid him in passiug the lines in of look aud loue, as it she would enjoy
order to secure the dead man's body the pastime.
and take it home for burial. He oh- Much has been said, and justly, too,
tamed the assistance aud secured the in praise of tlie tact aud lack of all af-
liody, which was taken hack to tlie fectation and seif-consciousness ob-
green hills of Vermont. A short time served in the President’s wife during
ago this man was in Washington,and, ‘ her first season as mistress of tiie
calling on .Senator Morrill, asked him White House, aud those who kuow
if he knew who his visitor .was. Mr. her mother, Mrs. Folsom, are no less
Morrill promptly replied: “You are cordial in commending her for the
Mr. Gould,” and mentioned when lie same lovable traits of character,
had before met him. Quoth a Washington lady to Mrs.
Colonel Morrison, of Illinois, is per- , Folsom, inspeakiugof Mrs. Cleveland,
baps as well known as any public “It is easy to see whose daughter she
mau iu tlie country. His name, like is by her looks and who brought her
that of Senator Morrill, immediately up hy her manners.”
suggests the tariff. It is hy his atti- To this Mrs. Folsom, though evident-
tude upon that subject that Mr. Morri- ly much gratified, modestly replied:
son has become so well known. In “Yes, I suppose she does resemble me
order to impress himself upon con- j somewhat, physically, hut tlie lovely
tensporaneous history, he was com- features of her mind and disposition
pelled to select some oue thing as the which you have been observing she
great object of his aim, for he has hy gets from her father. I often think
no means what Shakespeare calls “in- she is tier father over and overagain in
finite variety.” He lias a poor voice ! her gentle waysand bright mind. She
and but little command of language j has been the sunshine of my life since
when upon tlie floor, but he has great ■ her birth.”
persistency—many would call it ob
stinacy—and is a “stayer.” He lias
stayed by his tariff"and sat up with it
at nights so often that he has achieved
a by no means contracted reputation
as a statesman, although defeat lias so
often been his portion. If he had not
“tackled” the tariff he would have
been only known as an every-day
member of Congress and an exceed
ingly good story teller.
Sunset Cox is the opposite of Morri
son. His variety is infinite, aud cus
tom cannot stale or age wither it. He
is an ail around member of Congress,
whose wit is often as breezy as that of
tlieuutrammeled West and as irresist-
able; yet it is frequently as delicate as
tlie finest touches of the old masters.
He is, nevertheless, a man of good
“horse sense,” and can iutelligen'ly
handle any subject that comes before
Congress. His besetting sin is liis in
tense vanity and never ending selfish
ness. All of liis associates iuCongress
applaud his wit and commend his
brains, but they kuow him too well to
love him.
He \Ya
Chicago Xews.l
Congressman Ben Le Fevre, of
Ohio, is a large and handsome bache
lor, and has suave manners. Spends
a good deal of his time entertaining
the ladies who visit tlie Capitol, aud
gilt I p to Drink His Wilis-
key Itare-lcggeiL
Washington Letter.]
I remember the good old times
when the Democratic cloak-room of
tlie Senate was kept supplied with the
best of Apollinaris water, lemon, sugar,
mint, sour mash, Bourbon whiskey
and fine old brandy. It was there that
Bayard, Thurman, Lamar, Garland,
Pendleton, Baruum, Yest, Vance,
Beck, Butler, Morgan and Pugh gath
ered to talk over the affairs of State.
It was around this Democratic hoard
that I became acquainted with the
demands of each Senator’s appetite.
Jim Christie kept I lie key to the
sideboard, and was always polite and
attentive to his patrons. Bayard gen
erally took two cuts of loaf sugar to
one fluid ounce of Apollinaris, dashed
with four ouuces of Bourbon, flavored
with lemon, and washed it down with
Apollinaris before going into file
Senate chamber. Lamar took for a
morning starter from three to five
ounces of sour mash whiskey, apothe
caries' measure, followed with filtered
Potomac water. His reyeaters would
diminish in quantity, but not in num
bers. As the day passed hy a bite of
licorice would generally follow.
Garlaud took tlie regulation Arkan
sas drink, six ouuces, or a small tum
blerful of rye, sour mash, Bou'bon or
is found in Ihe ladies’ gallery as often corn whiskey, whichever was most
as in liis seat. The waiters in the res-i baud}’, without wateYor any flavor-
taurant always expect him down with
one of his lady friends ah ut 1:30
o’clock, and usually save up some
thing nice. He treats all his favor
ites impartially, but dislikes a crowd,
and never invites more than one to
lunch with him. Mr, Le Fevre has
adopted a system of signals for com
municating with his lady friends, and
has given tlie key to quite a number
of them, for lie is not devoted to any
particular one. When he wants a la
dy to lunch with him, for instance,
he makes a sign toward the gallery
where she is sitting aud she, like Da
vy Crockett’s coon, comes down, so
that he, being a heavy-waisted man
and short of breath, will not have to
climb the stairs. Home of the mem
bers who sit alongside Le Fevre in
the House have tumbled to this signal
business, baviugseeu it going on for a
year or more, aud now watch the Ohio
statesman to see what the effect is.
One of them says when they saw Le
Fevre signal the words “Come down
to lunch with me,” yesterday, they
went out into the corridor to see who
tlie lady was. To their surprise they
fouud Le Fevre trj ingto dodge into a
committee room. It so happened that
the galleries were pretty well crowded
with people, and LeFevre’slady friends
were well represented. When he gave
the signal to a particular one the rest
saw it, and, supj'osing that it was for
them, each left her seat, aud the six
met in the corridor, all strangers to
ing, which was repealed as often as
circumstances required. A Senator
asked him one day why he did not
take water or something with his
wine. “Why, sir,” came the reply,
“I was brought up to driuk my whis
key hare-legged, as we call it down in
Arkansas, and now, because 1 am
here in the United States Senate, [
don’t intend to put up any frills or
silk stockings ou my drinks to appear
fashionable. I came here direct from
the people of my Htato.”
All Styles Suit iier.
Louisville Courier-Journal.]
At tlie state dinner Mrs. Cleveland
took a "new departure” in the style
of dressing her hair, aud the change
was very becoming. Her hair was
rolled up from tlie nape of iier neck
to tlie lop of her head and puffed as it
was worn in the early pari of tills
century. A high Spanish comb was
stuck slantingly toward the left side
of her head, and tiie effect was very
beautiful. Her rich robe of crimson
plush, with tucker and sleeve caps of
poiDt Duehesse lace, threw out in
strong relief her fair complexion,
large, expressive gray eyes, nut-
brown hair and round white throat.
Although Mrs. Cleveland does not ap
pear to care for ornauieuts, yet she
always wears at her husband’s enter
tainments the diamond necklace
which was his wedding gift. Her ears
have never been pierced, so that she
each other. As he had sworn upon liis ! does not wear earrings nor does she
credentials as a Congressman that he ; wear finger rings. From the fact that
loved eaeli solely’ aud alone, he did
not kuow wbat might happen if he
met the crowd in the corridor, and
dodged into the committee room just
Mrs. Cleveland say’s that she never
feels tired after shaking hands with
thousands of people for two or more
hours, many have observed how un-
in time to escape. When I repeated j usually large and strong tier wrists
the story to Mr. Le Fevre he declared are i though they were made for tlie j
there was not a word of truth in it, j uses they are put to. From the elbow i
and insisted that the six ladies were
ail soliciting subscriptions for benevo
lent purposes. He would have contrib
uted to one or two of them, hut did not
like to give away money to charity
by wlioltsaie, aud wlieu he saw so
mapy he dodged them, as any other
Congressman would have done.
Hoiv Mr*. Cleveland Helps Her Husband
Politically.
New York Herald.]
Quoth a member of Gen. Grant’s
Cabinet during the last year of the lat
ter in the Executive Mansion: “There
are two point that we too little consid
er in our politics, the Vice-Presiden
cy and women—the wives of the men
we select for prominent positions.”
President Cleveland seems to have
to tlie hands, Mr3. Cleveland's arms i
are large. Her hands are a good size j
and well shaped. She probably wears !
six and a half gloves. She is fully
five feet seven or eight inches in
height, and well proportioned. She
has a lofty, graceful hearitig, which is :
natural and unstudied. Her mold and
style is of the kind thatimproves with
age, and merges the girl into, a grand
woman who never fades or becomes
unattractive.
'rressniHii.
A Georgia C«
One of tlie Georgia members of Con
gress has a fashion of carrying a revol
ver whenever he leaves the House at
night. His friends have ridiculed
him, and assured him that any part
of Washington was as safe at mid-
ADVERTISING RATES.
One square 1 month, - - - - • f 200
1 One square 3months, ----- 3 M
One square !> months, ----- 6 00
One square 12 months, - - -._7 - 10 00
Quarter column 1 mouth, - - - 5 00
Quarter column :! months, - — - 12 00
Quarter column 12 months, - - 30 00
Half column l month, ----- 7 50
Half column 3 months, - - - - 20 00
naif column 12 months, - - - - 60 00
One column 1 month, ----- 10 00
fine column 3 months, - - - - 25 00
One column 12 months, - - - - 100 00
out Hie left hand held a handsome
gold watch and the right an ugly
lookiug revolver. Holding both with
in an inch of the footpad’s nose, he
coolly said: “L<>ok for yourself, sir.”
The negro did look. Then he polite
ly touched liis hat and ran away as
fast as iiis legs could carry him. The
Georgia members may be depeuded
on to takecare of themselves iu Wash
ington.
The Cost of Congress.
Washington Letter..
An examination cf the expenses o
the Benute and House reveals a few
interesting facts. The total amount
appropriated for the Senate is 1808,-
369, which does not include $11,000
asked for to pay private secretaries to
Senators wiio are not chairmen of
committees, and which amount the
Senate will certainly add. The sala
ries of seventy-six Senators amount to
$380,000. To wait upon these seventy-
six Senators the services of 216 officers
and employes are required, at an annu
al cost of $300,389. These figures show
that tlie services of three atteudauts
are necessary to each Senator, the
average annual pay of tlie attendants
beiug $1,391. The attendants are em
ployed not more than teu months of
the twenty-four months included in
a session of Congress, which would
give each of them a salary of $278 per
month for tlie lime actually employed.
To pay salaries to 32-3 Representa
tives and eight Delegates, $!,69o,000 is
required, and to pay 304 officers and
employes, $3.88.113. Tlie difference he
tweeu these figures and those repre
senting tlie aggregate required to pay
Senate officials, is worthy of notice,
is it w ill explain iu some measure the
annual squabble between the two
branches on thequestiou. The average
salary paid the House officials is $1,244
per annum, which is $147 less than
that paid by the Senate. The Senate
force is equal to three attendants to
each Senator, while that of the House
is less than one for each member. The
mileage of Senators costs $33,000 per
tnuum, that of Representatives $110,-
624. Tiie Senate mileage divided per
capita, would give every Senator over
$434, a sum sufficient to furnish each
of them with first-class passage from
San Francisco to London or Paris.
The House mileage foots up $110,624,
which is equivalent to $333 20 per
capita. Tiie allowance per mile is 20c.
each way. At Hie last session th*
mileage of officers of the army and
navy, when traveling under orders,
was fixed at 8c. per mile. At the
present session, in tlie suudry civil
hill, this allowance was fixed at act
ual expenses, exclusive of sleeping
and parlor car charges, and 4c. per
mile. Able arguments were made in
tlie House to show that this allowanco
was ample. If ample to cover the
traveling expenses of all Government
officials, why not apply to members
of Congress? Here is a good oppor
tunity to save $75,000 perannum. For
contingent expenses the bill provides
for the Senate $69,980 and for the
House $113,937. These sums, divided
per capita, would give each Senator
from the contingent fund $921 and
each Representative $342. Summar
izing the incidental expenses of Con
gressmen, exclusive of their annual
salary of $-3,000, each Senator costs the
Government, to provide him with at
tendance, over .85,307 per annum, and
the cost of each Representative and
Delegate is $1,840. Tlie Senate’s total
for personal attendance is $403,369;
that of tiie House $612,674.
The Modern I’rodigal Son.
Bob Burdette.]
No, my son, it isn't that the world
has grown hard-hearted; it isn’t that
we aren’t just as glad to-day to see the
prodigal come back, and just as lov
ingly anxious to welcome him home
as ever was anybody iu the 15th chap
ter of Luke. It is themaunerin which
tlie I’rodigal Sou of 1887 frequently le-
turns that throws a wet blanket over
the festivities of the welcome. When
he comes down the road with his hat
hanging ou his ear and his hands iu
his pocket; when he kicks the faith
ful old house-dog as he lounges in at
the gate; when he calls his father
“Gov'uor,” and tlie hired man “(Jul;”
when be wants to kuow "What’s for
dinner?” before he lias been in the
house 15 miDutes; when he gives his
eider brother two fingers to shake and
advises him to comb the hayseed out
of his hair; when he throws himself
into tlie easiest chair in the iiouse,
perches his feet on tlie windowsill
and announces that he'll “take a tub
before dinner;” when he comes back
with a generally forgiving air of good
fellowship about him and tries to
make all the rest of the family feel
very easy and assured—then it is, my
son, that yo jr father longs to run and
meet you while you are a great way
off and fall upon your neck with a
plow line and welt you into a state
of becoming humility and penitence
by the lime you are able to take off
your hat to the bound boy and crawl
up to the front steps to ask your broth
er to shake hands with you. Good
people are just as glad to-day as they
ever were, my son, to see the prodigal
come home; but it does rattle them a
little to see him come home in a hack
and ask them to pay the driver and
send for his baggage.
mastered the situation, so far as the night as at noonday. But he wouldn’t
latter part of this suggestion is con- be laughed out of his precautions,
cerned, as is proved by hisc-hoice of a’ and now is glad that he wasn’t. He
wifeaud a mother-in-law. How judi- had been attending a committee meet-
cions both Mrs. Cievelaud and her in„ at one of Hie down-town hotels
mother are in all they say is cous ant- tlie other night. It was nearly one
ly the subject of favorable remark, and o’clock when he started home. As he
it is universally conceded that noth- neared the corner of Fourteenth street
ing will ever he said or done by eith- and the Thomas Circle, a burly negro
er of them which can he used against stepped from tlie shade of the over-
the President in a political campaign, hanging trees and insolently deniand-
but that they will in every waj’, with- ed to know the time. Robbery was
out seeming to think that they are do- undoubtedly his motive, hut the- Geor
ing so, help him to a second term, if gia member was equal to the occa-
he wantsone. Thisis the more remark- sion. He rammed both hands into
able from the fact that the wife of oue his pockets, aud when he pulled them
There is a virtue in the apparent
discontent with our surroundings that
forces us to labor on. It is the active
principle of work and usefulness. A
man who is satisfied with liis perform
ances, aud sits down to an idle enjoy
ment of the fruits of his labor, retro
grades; hut he who in tlie active use
of powers with which he has been en
dowed, goes forward to the improve
ment of his talents, is fulfilling the
designs of Lis Greater. This restless
ambition to improve our condition is
a wise expression of Providence. Like
the ceaseless wave motion of the ocean,
the activity of individual molecules
stirs tlie mass of society with a puri
fying and elevating effect.