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THE
CONSTITUTION.
ffinZ Tev '^
Ga
TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 24, 1882.
PRICE 5 CENTS
A FEELING TRIBUTE
i his liberality in one form proved the cause of j
j his inability to keep up its exercise in anoth-
I er. The good will, however, remained; not
. ! until his life went did that fail.
TO THE MEMORY OF A. warm-j As a lawyer, his standing was respectable,
HEARTED GENTLEMAN. | and his succtss not below the average. After
J the war he practiced hut little and only in
A TALE TWICE TOLD
YOUNG WIFE’S FRENZIED
JEALOUSY.
JmJcc Loe«n 2. nircv.cy Pays Tribute to the Worth
*nd Wudom, the Heart mnd Oenerotltj of the
Lata Colonel Jam--. D. Vv.ddi 11—A Bean.
Ufol Ltfo Worthy it Imitation.
COLONEL JAMES I>. WADDELL,
DIED, DECF.MnEB 15th. 1SS!.
"I pray thee, then.
Write me as one that loves hb fellow-men.
special cases. Ilin appetite for law was never
insatiate; lie seemed not to crave it as a men
tal aliment, and it may be doubted whether
he took it with even tolerable relish. Viewed
on the side of the affections, he embraced the,
legal profession, thinking it was Rachael,
'and next morning, lxdiold, it was Leah”!
A Corcrtl'ut on Reporter Pays a Visit to Kate Sothern
Kow She Appears After Pour Yeats of Servi-
tude-The Liberties She Enjoys—A He-
v cw of tbo Pickens County Crime.
By consanguinity of the heart, by the kin
ship of sympathy and generosity, James I).
Waddell was the brother of all mankind. If
the whole human family had known him, his
death would have been felt by all as a be
reavement of the race. Alas! what a be
reavement to those who did know him!
Especially to that inner circle who knew him
intimately and loved him with corresponding
tenderness and devotion!
An ardent, frank and impetuous cordiality
was natural to hint; his every impulse was to
confer lienelits and scatter deeds of kindness;
mid his impulses were but the advance forces
of a steady energy of goodness, itself constant
and incxhuustible. In the range of objects
' Ids sympathy bad no limit short of the boun
daries of humanity; it was his delight to
render n friendly service to any and every
one who had a want or could receive a grati
fication; and he knew how, in each instance,
to adapt his benefaction to the condition and
character of the recipient, for though Ids
benevolence was universal, it was not chaotic
or indiscriminate; on the contrary, its in
stinctive order ami symmetry was one of its
conspicuous excellencies. By favors appro
priate to each, he eould oblige at the same
time tlic humblest and the. most ex
ulted; bounty to the one involved no
neglect of the other; he could
gratify a multitude without confusion,
though they might vary in rank and degree
from servants up to statesmen and divines.
The manner of his deed was often more prec
ious than the matter; for lie wore all the
graces of kindness. The very sound of his
voice went home to the heart. His presence
created a sort of atmosphere of benignity.
As if a magnetism of the soul issued, from
him and diffused itself through the air, he
seemed to charge his whole environment with
an influence of love.
This ]>ortrnit of him is not overdrawn.
Tru th sometimes lies in the regions oi ap
parent exaggeration. To describe a large
moral trait as manifested in an instance of its
very largest development requires far-reach
ing language. There is nothing bigger than
goodness.
Col. Waddell was a native of Abbeville
district, South Carolina, was bom December
22d, 1838, and was the son of Rev. Isaac W.
Waddell, and o grandson of the illustrious
Dr.'Moses Waddell, many years president of
the University of Georgia. His mother, for
merly Miss Sarah Rebecca Daniel, was a mem
ber of a well known and most respectable
family of Greene county, Georgia. His pa
rents removed to this state when he was quite
young, and settled at Marietta; where his
father was pastor of the Presbyterian church
serving ably and usefully in that position as
long as he lived. Here Janice grew up to
manhood. He gruduuted with distinction, re
ceiving one of the honor] of bis class in 18->.‘5,
^i|'> in,! fulli rthe study
of law and was adrfiffted to the bar. .b titering
into coiMirtnarship with Colonel E. I). Chis
olm. and settling at Cedartown, in Polk coun
ty, lie practiced law until 18(51, when he went
into the military service as a captain in the
aHh Georgia regiment. lie was promoted,
during the succeeding year, first to the rank
<jf major and then to that of lieutenant colo
nel, and in the next year to the rank of colo
nel of his regiment. lie was a brave and true
soldier. Writing of him to the adjutant gen
eral, under date of March 14, 18(54, Lieuten
ant-General John B. Hood said: “I have the
honor to bring to your notice the gallant con
duct and distinguished services of
Colonel J. D. Waddell, of Den
ning's brigade. I know him to be a
most efficient and energetic, officer.” In the
same year, on A.pril 1st, Bricadier-Generul K.
M. Law, writing also to the adjutant general,
said of him—“His reputation in the army as
an officer of sterling worth and ability is de
servedly high, and there is no one connected
with this division who has performed more
arduous service.” On account of physical
disabilities lie quit the field in 18(54, and was
assigned by the government to judicial duty
in tiie court of slave claims. As president of
that court he concluded his faithful ‘and zeal
ous exertions in behalf of the Southern Con
federacy.
He was connected with both reconstruction
conventions held in Georgia after the war,
with the first as sectary and with the second
as a delegate fron "the county of Polk. In
the latter he and his friend Colonel Trammell,
ot Whitfield, were the active leaders of a
small but "lively” minority, who kept the
body well served with indiginous ideas—the
native growth of old Georgia as modified by
the transition period. They were ablealways
to worry and sometimes to batllc the carjiet-
bag section of the convention. He prepared
and submitted to the body for adoption a res
olution indorsing General W. S.
Hancock, and recommending him
for the presidency of the United States, the
first formal and impressive attempt ever made
to bring forward this great man for the chief
magistracy of the country. His admiration
of General Hancock was ardent and intense,
being founded on the sentiment, common to
them both, of fidelity to civil government
and constitutional liberty, a sentiment which
he devotedly cherished, and of which lie con
sidered General Hancock a most noble advo
cate and exemplar. Though his chief work
in the convention was not constructive but
somewhat in the nature of police services, he
was a laborious and useful member, his use
fulness being represented in the final result
by what was not done, rather than by what
was done.
He occupied a place on the democratic elec
toral ticket in 1S(>S, and assisted in costingthc
vote of Georgia for Seymour and Blair. Twice
he was clerk of the house of representatives
of the state; first, in 18G5-6, and again in
1871-2. In 187G and 1877 he was editor of the
"Times,” a daily newspaper published in At
lanta. For several years of his life, whilst
attending to other pursuits, he had upon his
hands a farming interest more or less exten
sive. He had quite a taste for agriculture, and
a faith in it which no reasonable amount of
discouragement from the crop as compared
with the cost could extinguish. If he was
not an accomplished farmer, he was at least
an amateur wno displayed the spirit and en
deavored to acquire the skill of a professional.
For the most part, in his business opera
tions generally, he was not unblessed with
thrift; and.'until of late years he was in cir
cumstances which enabled him, when at
home, to keep open doors and exercise a gen
erous hospitality. No man ever delighted
more in the indulgence of this noble virtue.
Nature formed him for a host, and cultivation
improved and perfected him. To be his guest
was to be, for the time, separated from any
want which it was in his power to gratify.
That his fortune ultimately became reduced
so that he was forced to dam up this stream of
his bounty was due muinly to his having in
curred obligations for others which, in the
end, ho had to meet and discharge. Thus,
A few days ago Tun Constitution published
an interview with Captain JohnW. Nelms,
He had a taste as well as a talent for politics, principal keeperot the penitentiary, in which
and could liar liy have failed of brilliant sue- I f * , . . e .
cess if in due time be had entered fully upon i 11 was stated that Kate So.hern,.the once
a political career. That he never did so is 1 famous Pickens county murderess, was living
explained by what explains so much else in Atlanta as a domestic iu the family of Mr.
his destiny. He always had some friend, fre- I n n
quently a number of friends, for whose J l. tiow-ru.
vanccnient he was more concerned than for his I The hit of information was nothing U3W to
own. He walked behind that others might I the reporter who penned the interview, hut
J? *n front, and that he might have the hap-1 jj- was eagerly seized upon by the public, and
pmess of Hashing them on to place and power I , . °
ahead of himself * I f° rme d the theme of many conversations.
Perhaps the vocation to which he'was best Yesterday ‘Tar. Constitution decided to
adapted, and for which, considering him all send a reporter down to interview the fair
Deseended V Trom S a 'lin^fthola,^' convict f and see how she appeared after four
himself a man of liberal learning. His taste j years of service.
in letters was pure and refined. He wrote j The reporter was not long in finding the
with facility, and |iis style was ever lucid and I residence of Colonel Howard on Ivy street,
graceful. He could clothe his best thoughts I , . tr , ,. „ , - ..
fn composition so faultless that it seemed a bctween Houston and Lllis. It was just gro w-
clasaic drapery woven iu words. In author- ing dark as the unceremonious scribe rang the
ship ho attempted but little, too little to serve I door hell at a two-story, brown framed house,
as more than an earnest of what he and a , vaited the answer which was to usher
have accomplished. He wrote in part and 1 , . , , .
edited in part a volume published under I him into the presence of the woman who was
thc title of "Biographical Sketch of Linton more talked about, read about and written
Stephens,” his share of which was I about than perhaps any other who ever lived
finely executed, and the hook was favorably I ... „ . . .,
received by a limited and discriminating | u Georg,a - As the reporter stood thus mus
das*of readers. Its merits entitle it to reach I * n S he heard a footfall in the hall and almost
n wider public than if has yet greeted; that it 1 immediately the *door opened and the re-
will gradually do so is almost certain. He ter stood face to face witll a tall, rather
wrote and delivered a number of .addresses of I . , . , , , . u .
marked excellence—among them several for sln £ u 'ar looking personage dressed in a black
'‘decoration’’occasions in honor of t lie con- j dress. After mentioning that lie wished to
federate dead. An elaborate paper on Stephen see Colonel Howard, the scribe was ushered
A. Douglas embodied his conception and es-1 H where lie was left for a
timate of that eminent statesmen, but was by ,uto tUe P ar ‘ or ; *“ e , re ue was le “ 10r a
other hands somewhat mutilated before pub-1 moment to meditate aloiit,
lication in order to accommodate it to certain I The woman who had met the reporterat
real or supposed northern standards of u door and conducted him into Colonel
political and historical orthodoxy. It ap-1 _ ,, , ■ .. .
peared, thus curried down, in the pages of {a Howard s par.or was Kate Sothern, who,
New York review. In the main, however, when she was informed that there was a
the article as printed is his, both matter and I Constitution reporter there who wished to
form. He prepared a similar paper on Tbos. j t t her, came in and meekly seated lier-
H. Benton, the manuscript of which is doubt-1 , . ’ , , , . , ,
less preserved; and it is matter of conjecture 1 suit upon a low cushioned chair and gazed
that a few other unpublished writings of merit I wcariedly out of the window at the darkness,
from his pen, all of them brief, may be in ex- As she sat there idly waiting to
istence. " I he “seen,” the reporter was intently
Comparing his parts and his performance, I studying her face. She appeared fully
s genius and his work, tlieir disproportion I thirty and no one would believe her to be so
seems, at first, not easily accounted for. But I young as twenty-two, which is her real age.
in literary matters the’ southern people ad- I Her cheeks were still rosy and her naturally
mire thc potential, irrespective of its eonver-1 curly hair stood in pretty little “kink a-bils”
sion into the actual. Like courts of equity. I —to coin a word—about her forehead. Her
they consider as done that which might and I face wore an expression of sadness and. her
ought to be done. Power stands .both for it- I manner was so gentle that the reporter could
self and its produet. The able non-pro-1 scarcely realize that she was famous as the
dticer, certainly the able spare-producer, j most- noted murderess Georgia ever had.
is hardly less esteemed than the most prolific. | The reporter felt that lie was upon a deli-
A sort of literary reticence throughout the I cate mission and ingathering the information
south has been the result. The best genius that he wanted rarely directed a question to-
and culture of the section, with certain rare I ward Mrs. Sotherif. She showed no ihcli mi-
exceptions, have not made it a distinct oh-1 tion whatever to talk, hut when asked a
ject to be fruitful. There lias been no ]>o!nted question auswered it with childlike
scarcity of capable intellect, nor, on thc side I simplicity.
of development and acquisition, any deli-1 She very frankly told the repo; ter how old
ciency of earnest labor; but thc drudgery of I she was when she killed Narcissa Cowart, she
production has been borne with reluctance, | was seventeen. When the reporter asked i'/.T
ormore frequently declined. The pain requi- how she liked her situation, she placed,h r
site to produce with excellence on a .large | hands to her face and said nothing._ She up
scale has n
south; .
tracted, is pain unendurable.
He was married early in 1857 to Miss Me-
dora Sparks, a daughter of Thomas H. Sparks,
of Polk county. This union was crowned.
with every blessing (offspring al ne excepted) I thought that perhaps it was her baby that is
which is vouchsafed to fortunate and happy 1 dead.
wedlock. Its only calamity was the one I While in North Carolina a runaway from
which brought its dissolution—the failure of I the law, theio came to the fugitives a wee
her health, and her consequent death in the I little girl, who, when Kate and Bob Sothern
spring of 1880. lie mourned her with an I were captured, came back with them to Geor-
inconsolablc sorrow, and was never afterwards I gia. The baby was in jail with her parents,
the man lie liad been before. His interest in I and when, after the conviction, Airs. Sothern
life went out, and thc natural desire to live I and Bob passed through Atlanta on their way
was supported by a vague longing to thread I to the convict caiup, the little, girl was a much
the shades in loving quest of her spirit, and to I sought for member of thc party. Her name
have his body repose beside hers in friendly I was Lula Grady Sothern.
dust. The painfully disordered state of lii's Mrs. Sothern went to Captain Jack Smith’s
own health, during the last year, had much I camps to begin her service hut never has she
to do with preventing moral reaction and I worn a stripe or been subjected to the regu-
with causing his mental depression to he per-1 latious governing the other convicts. She
manent as well os extreme. Belonging to I was there nearly a year engaged in making
ppinn fnniiliinj I plnthpo t.liD cnnvif*fs Xli** tlipn fall fn flip
become .constcnial at tiiel pears to b- ve^given up all hope rf liapphi-
and study it one woulde conclud that
her thoughts were bent upon tilings
that happened in the past rather than on
what will come in the future. The reporter
Hr; attentions to Miss Cowart.
P young wife feared that her
■’.’.- band ot a few months was being drawn
pt > a whirlpool which would wreck their do-
iv- die joys. She grew intensely jealous.,
'1 hings went on so until one night there was
» i iuee at her father's house. Among the
ga its was Miss Cowart. When the bail
pened Mrs. Sothern went to her husband
anil asaed him not to dance any with Miss
Oj-.vart. It is said that he made' the promise
The-jealous wife retired but watched the
merry makers with an aching heart.
About twelve o’clock she saw her
husband step upon the floor with
his wife's fair rival by his side. She went to
him and remonstrated but in vain. Her hus
band turned from her to engage in the mazes
of" she dance with a woman whom she hated
Mis. Sothern watched the dance for a while
and then left the room. She went to her
father, who was out of the house, and under
the pretence of wanting to cut a tooth-brush
borrowed his pocket-knife. She returned to
the room, where the dancing was going on.
T!-e dance had just ended and Miss Cowart
was walking toward a seat. With all the
frenzy which rage and jealously could arouse
thu maddened wife seized her by the shoul
der, and said, “You have danced enough.”
At the same time she drew from the folds
of lier dress the open knife and with a terri
ble energy plunged the blade into the girl s
neck. Tlie gash was a iriglitful one and ex
tended toward the region of the heart. The
warm blood spurted for several feet. The
knife again descended, this time entering the
left breast. The victim, already staggering,
wnt dealt another blow, and fell to the floor
dead.
One of the men present rushed forward and
shouted:
'"Where is the man that struck that wo
man?”
Kate Sothern, in a tone of defiance, re
plied:
"I am the man that did it!”
/tlie horror-stricken crowdsnrged about thc
door when Bob Sothern, realizing what had
eoine of his flirtations, strode to the front
avid said:
■ “Gentlemen, I am going to leave this house
and take my wife with me—and we are going
ti -oughif we have to shoot through.”
. He drew his pistol, flourished it and the
d. vzed crowd gave wav while the man and wife
e. rted through and disappeared in the dark-
n ss. A reward of §250 was offered by the
Cowart family and $150 by the state, hut fora
fi :1 year the fugitives were never heard of.
Finally,- they were heard of in North Caro-
li ;a, and were brought back to Georgia. They
were incarcerated in the jail of Pickens
i unty, and with them was a little baby girl
.that had been born to them since their flight.
Kate Sothern was tried for murder, con
victed and sentenced to death. Through the
e.iorts of friends, Governor Colquitt was in
duced to commute her sentence to ten years
ii the penitentiary.
On the 29th of May she passed through At
lanta on her way to begin the serving of her
sentence at the camps of Captain Jack Smith,
h- Washington county. The crowd which
t tessed about the car shed on the ar-
r ,-al of the train was one of the,-
!. i.'gest, if not the largest, ever seen in
-•vianta. It was simply overwhelming,
r :e was accompanied by her husband and her
l by. When the train stopped at the depot
a it tie ruse enabled them to reach thc saloon
a iid avoid the crowd. As soon as the -crowd
ti/scovcred -that the trio had evaded them,
t ey made a wild rush for the saloon. Every
imaginable thing was done to secure a
g i lapse of the fair convict. Some clinched
i i cars and others pressed up to the windows,
irough all this Mrs. Sothern was calm and
ire an almost spiritless and dejected air.
U "-as dressed .in & dark dress and wore a
ISfiCk hat iuiu veSl. * Sl:e lift at -11 > (clock c.t
night and was gone for about three years,
wiien the course of events brought her back
to Atlanta to live.
THE INSPIRATION
THAT LED TO THE ASSASSINATION
OF MR. GARFIELD
Declared by Mr. Scortllo to Have Come From t- e
Stalwart Leaders. Who Made Suggestions
WhioN Found Fraotio-1 Lodgement iu
the Crazed Brain of Quiteau.
one of the most staunch Presbyterian families
in thc land—staunch in intellect, in sacred '
learning and in piety, he received a religious ]
nurture and training, the influence oi which
never ceased to be in some degree authoritative |
upon his life; authoritative for guidance,
olten; and often,-alas, for reproof. Like tool
many others, he lived habitually upon a
lower religious pique than that on which he |
was reared; hut even when farthest away
clothes for the convicts. She then fell to the
lot of Colonel Howard, who had his camps in
Taylor county. She stayed there eleven
months, and then Colonel Howard carried
her to Bartow county. During the time she
acted as a domestic in the fauuly and
her husband was with her all the
time except during six months of
the time when she was in Bartow county.
Last February Colonel Howard brought her
from his early moorings, lie was non- 1 to Atlanta and she has been here since that
religions rather than flagrantly irreligious, time. Since she came to Atlanta her bus-
Though not a member of the church, he was I band has been with her constantly. In fact,
always in close and cordial relation, socially, I one would never suspect that the patient anil
with many ot the ablest and best Christian I pains-taking domestic in the family of
men, and some of the purest Christian women I Colonel Howard was serving out aten years’
of his time. Respecting thc church itself, he sentence for murder. She has the freedom of
no doubt often felt like a stray laiubtkat had, I the city, as it were, and with the balance of
spmehow, parted from the flock and wandered I the world went to seethe exposition. She
off into the wilderness. There is hope, how-1 went under escort of her husband
ever, that at last, he returned and was admit
ted, not indeed into the visible, hut into the
invisible congregation of the just, A godly
minister, to whom he could and did reveal
his heart, is said to have it in liis power to
and displayed much interest
what she saw. She began her service iu 1S78
and was 18 years of age. She has six years
yet to serve before she breathes the air of
liberty. Her little girl died when eleven
bear presumptive witness of his final eonver- I months old and she now has no children,
sion. Contemplating him from the moral I This tale twice told may vex the ear—but
and emotional, rather than the dogmatic I as circumstances have aroused new interest in
standpoint of religion, it is scarcely possible I her case we give below a brief sketch of how
to believe that such a gentle, genial, noble I nd why and when she dipped her hands in
spirit was doomed to go lienee into a future I blood:
slate other tiian one of rest and everlasting! About four or five years^-'go Kate Sothern
felicity. j was the greatest sensa'tion of the times. Her
At uis death he lacked just a week of being I name and history, with the tragic details of
forty-nine years old. He died in Marietta, at I the crime, which she committed, her flight,
the'house and surrounded by thc family of I capture, trial, sentence of death, and its com-
his aflectionate sister, Mrs. Dr. Setze; other 1 mutation to imprisonment in the penitentiary
near and dear kindred, also, being present. I for ten years, furnished a thenie which was
He left no one from himself descended, to I taken up by the press and used for all it was
bear his name or revere his memory. But lie I worth. There was much in these facts that
will not be forgotten. L. E. Bleckley. | was of interest and the case grew in interest
until it was known over the entire country
and written of and talked of by the people of
Tl,at there are seventy styles of fashionable note I the north as much as bv the people of the
• I south, or even of Georgia almost. Ihe details
That certain fashionables have the Wilde fever f ibis woman’s history furnish the material
badly. for a romance as thrilling as could be desired
That small talk at balls and parties Is now based -I by tile most extravagant concoctor of yellow-
on the ajsthetic craze. I backed literature.
That debutantes of the season have hadnodi&i-l Avery well-to-do Pickens county farmer
culty in becoming-engaged. j named Ham brick was the father of a more
That married ladies are accused this season oi than usually good-looking mountain lass
some exceedingly violent flirtations. I named Kate. Her eyes were blue, her cheeks
That the social calendar for the balance oi the I were rosy and her dark hair feil about her
mouth is nothing if not bewildering. I shoulders, while wee bits curled in sly con-
That the jewelers say that never had they known I fusion above a brow that was broad, and
more prosperous days than these. 33 white as alabaster. Her step wq? elastic
That fashionables now go to a wfddin^verymuoh I and she had in her all the life and health that
WHAT MRS. GRUNDY SAYS.
INTO THE RIVER.
Disaster Oeenrrlnc from Incompetent Workmun.hlp*
Lebanon’, Ky., January 18.—[Special.]—A
bridge in thc progress of construction over
Rolling Fork on the Lebanon and Bradfords-
ville turnpike, eight miles from this place, fell
yesterday by reason of the undermining of
the false work by high water. Six men were
on the bridge at the time. Aloysius Hayden
was instantly killed, John Black
had an arm broken and a man
named Wattingly was severely cut on thc
head. James Walthen leaped into the water,
a distance of sixty feet, and swam out un
hurt E. A. Perkins, of Cleveland, manager
of the bridge and iron company, liad his
shoulder severely wrenched and suffered
concussion of the brain, causing delirium.
Joseph Shively had an arm broken.
tVomen Who Gamble.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The police sergeant spoke of a discovery made
more than a yeai-ngo of a house in a respectable
quarter where women of good position and con
ceded respectability gave vent to a passion for
;aming, staking their pin money at faro and the
less scientific games of chance, blaelc and red,
chm-k-a-luck, and English hazard. While walking
a beat in the locality ne noticed the mysterious ac
tions of ladies who called in carriages aiql only en
tered a certain house after much manouvering.
lie one evening arrested a servant girl employed in
the house. At the four courts some ivory chips
were found in her pocket, and then she weakened
and made a full confession to the effect that gam
bling was regularly carried on in the house, the
patrons all being ladies, and the games being pre
sided over by her mistress. The sums wagered
were always small, but it was straightout gambling
all the same. *
A Scone at a Pari. Wedding.
Correspondence Boston Journal.
A young lady in Paris was recently fined fifty
fraues and sentenced to pay fifty francs damages
for rushing at another young lady who wus walk
ing up to the altar of a church on her bridegroom’s
arm and tearing the crown of orange blossoms from
the bride's head. "You don’t deserve to wear it;
you have done me too much harm!” shrieked the
girl, after which she fainted away, but was picked
upby the beadle and handed over to the police.
HEALTH HINTS.
a3 if it were a nuisance and a bore.
That billiard playing has been taken up by ladies
anxious to be taken about by men.
That ministers say that the great gayety this year
has injuriously affected the churches.
That Oscar Wilde is astonished at the way he has
been socially taken in and done for
That the swell of the period would sooner cut off
the pure breezeaof the mountains could bring
to her.
Within the circle of this fair damsel’s friends
and acquaintances there moved a dashing
mountaineer named Sothern—Robert Soth-
em. Well, he wooed and won her, and in due
season they were married. The bride was
as fifteen or sixteen.
his right hand than wear an overcoat. \ ^ n S. Possiblyas yotra
j , , . „ . The current of tueir domestic happiness was
whiter at'cleopatra’s ktagdomiu the easL 1 '* i,le ** undisturbed for some time but finally.the
XI on eof"theresul ts ^the present extravagant j husband began to divide bis attentions
seasons will b: failures iu the spring. i between the fair partner of his joys, and an
That reporters who put a Worth costume on every I equally fair creature, who before las mar-
lady don’t know that this is out of style. | nage, had shared his attentions. The name
1 hat hand-painted dinner cards have been intro- * young lady was Narcissa Cowart. Mrs.
duced at several of the fashionable hotels. Sothern pleaded with her husband to cease
From Foote’s Health Tfonthly.
Try popcorn for nausea.
Try cranberry for malaria.
Try a sun bath for rheumatism.
Try ginger ale for stomach cramps.
Try clam broth for a weak stomach.
Try cranborry poultice for erysipelas.
Try gargling lager beer for cure of sore throat.
Try a wet towel to the back of the neck when
sleepless.
Try swallowing saliva when troubled with sour
stomach.
Try eating fresh radishes and yellow turnips for
gravel.
Try eating onions and horseradish to relieve
dropsical swellings.
Try buttermilk for removal of freckles, tan and
butternut stains.
Try the crcup tippet when a child is likely to he
troubled iu that way.
Try a hot flannel over the seat of neuralgic pain
and renew frequently.
Try taking your cod liver oil in tomato catsup,
ii yon want to make it palatable.
Try hard cider—a wine-glass fall three tipaes a
day—for ague and rheumatism.
Try taking a nap in the afternoon if yon are
going to be out late in the evening.
Try breathing the fumes of turpentine or carbolic
acid to remove whooping-cough.
Try a cloth wrung out from cold water put about
the neck at night for sore throat.
Try snuffing powdered borax np the nostrils for
catarrhal “cold in the head.”
Try an extra pair of stockings outside of your
shoes when traveling in cold weather.
Trv walking with your hand; behind you ii you
find yourself becoming bent forward.
Try a silk handkerchief over the face when
obliged to.go against a cold, piercing wind.
Washington; January 18.—Mr. Scoville re
sumed his argument to-day, taking up and
discussiug the statistics of insane criminals
which'have been introduced in evidence by
the prosecution, and claimed that this evi
dence was of the greatest benefit to the de
fense. Discussing the horrors of crime as
often shown in the acts of insane
criminals, Mr. Scoville said: "There
is nothing in this act to
compare with some of these insane acts of
insane criminals. And, gentlemen of the
jury, in my opinion if tiiere were not rea
sons, and powerful ones, back of this prose
cution, this prisoner never would have been
brought to trial; but I tell you, gentlemen
of the jury, that back of
this prosecution is an influence
which I have felt, and which you may feel
gentlemen, before this trial is ended. There
are politicians who seek to hide their own
shame behind the disgrace of this poor pris
oner, and make him the scapegoat for their
crime. I did not intend, gentlemen of the
jury, to take up this feature of the case, but
when I lind out that the nower and influence
of this government used against me in
denying me- the small pittance that I
have asked—a fair and impartial trial—and
the small facilities needed for proper de
fense, I do not propose to keep quiet. I say
that such men as Grant, and Conkling, and
Arthur are morally responsible for this crime.
Conkling shall not escape—shall not shrink
the responsibility of the state of
things that led to this act-
lie shall not escape the condemnation of the
American people if I can help it. For his
share in the disgraceful scramble for office,
that led to a conflict with the chosen ruler of
this great nation, and led this poor insane
mail to compass what they would have hailed
with satisfaction, as would, probably, hun
dreds of other politicians—if it could occur
other than through assassination—the remov
al of Garfield, who stood in the way of their
unrighteous and disgraceful struggle for
office. Neither shall Grant escape that, con
demnation to which he is justly subjected,
when coming from Mexico, and coming with
undue haste, he threw his own name
into the party quarrel about a small
office in the republican party, and
sought to ferment differences that
had sprung up. I am not going to see the
misdeeds of these men in high power visited
upon the head of this poor, in
sane man, if I can help it.
If it can be shown that this was the act of a
madman, then these politicians in high places
will say of course we are not responsible for
the act of a sane man. To be sure we had
some differences, but then it could never had
led a sane man to do such an act. But, on
the contrary, gentlemen of thc jury,
what is the effect of your verdiei?
If you acquit him as an insine
man why people will say some one is at fault.
They say we will fix the blame upon . the
uSaTO'eaid Ucfets of *thSse iflcii wLf. . ; ,
war upon our poor dead president until it
drove this poor iusaue man from reading
daily in the papers what Grant says, what
Conkling says, and from constantly thinking
upon it to his insane act- of killing the president
and these men in high places, the really
culpable ones, will go down to posterity with
the stigma upon their names and the detesta
tion of their countrymen fastened upon their
memories.”
A PROFOUND SENSATION.
Mr. Scoville’s denunciation of Conkling
and Arthur created a profound sensation in
the court room. As soon as a recess was
announced, Mr. Scoville was surrounded
by ladies and gentlemen and congratulated
upon his fearless exposition. One gentleman
exclaimed: “That is the correct sentiment,
and four-fifths of the American people are
behind you on that.”
The recess of an hour was enlivened by
several heated discussions in the corridors and
upon the outside on the general question of
moral and intellectual responsibility, as set
forth by Mr. Scoville. During the recess Mr,
Scoville received the following telegram:
New Yoke, January 18.—Mr. Scoville, attorney
forGuiteau: The New Y’ork court of appeal have
just decided that the prosecution, where some evi
dence of insanity is produced for the defense, must
make out a case of sanity beyond a reasonable
doubt.
The counsel for the defense will call atten
tion to this last decision and ask Judge Cox
to charge the jury to that effect.
ARGUMENT RESUMED.
In resuming his argument, Mr. Scoville
called attention to thc fact that the action of
the prisoner at the time of the shooting and
inimedsatcly afterward were entirely in
keeping with the theory of insanity, and
to prove this quoted the tes
timony of a number of wit
nesses for the prosecution, who, he said, could
not be charged with bias in favor of the pris.
oner. Mr. Scoville then continued his review
of the evidence, and pointed out various inci
dents in the prisoner’s life which went to
show insanity, or* at least the lack of some
thing in his mental composition which other
men possessed.
Mr. Scoville continued to speak until three
o’clock, when court adjourned until to-mor
row. The defense will probably occupy the
greater part of another day.
speaks a tailor’s art. He wears a turndown
collar and a black cravat.
Charles Stewart, the sleeping juror, is ’a
merchant, over fifty years of age. He gen
erally rests his head on his hands, as if
troubled or asleep, and it is fair to presume
that he has enjoyed many a refreshing nap in
the court room during the trial. 'He has
brown hair and whiskers, blue eyes, that look
heavy and dull. His beard, which, like his
hair, is mixed with gray, extends from his
temples to his chin. *
His left hand neighbor is a veritable Irish
man in shape, mannerand behavior. Thomas
H. Langley a grocer, 48 years of age. Mr.
Langley has a low forehead, dark hair, whi
tened with age, and short side whiskers. He
has keen dark eyes and heavy brows, and his
face gives evidence of intoligent attention.
He dresses in dark blue clothing and wears a
white cravat all crumpled and tightly tied
around, a standing collar. Mr. Langley rests
his hand on the curled head of a polished
black hawthorn cane, and not tin frequently
takes a ealnt survey of the prisoner and the
audience.
To his right is another Irishman, Mr. Mi
chael £heelian, a well-to-dogrocer, forty-seven
years of age. He has reddish tinted liair of
tine fiber and side whiskers. He has a line
and honest expression in his mild, yet keen
blue eyes. In fact, no man on the jury has
fitter or smoother features than Mr. Sheehan.
He looks as if lie had “come to a conclusion”
and would not care much about either the
subsequent testimony o{ witnesses or argu
ment of counsel. His hair is close cropped,
and the blue eyes shaded by dark brows indi
cate a man of positive character. These six
jurors occupy the front seats.
George \Y. Gales, thc youngest member of
the jury, is twenty-seven years of age. He
lias black hair and mustache. His eyes are
wild and fury, and at times he docs not look
as if he were entirely calm and composed.
He is rather handsome in appearance, is a
machinist, and when summoned to serve on
the jury was at work in thc United States
navy yard. The fact that he has an insane
uncle, and has been sick during the trial, has
caused some to think he was affected by the
. by
proceedings in the court.
Thomas Hainline is an ironworker well ad
vanced in years. He lias a rounded forehead,
and the lower part of his face is hidden in
bushy, iron-gray whiskers aud mustache that
must be at least ten or twelve inches in
length. Mr. Hainline’s seat is in front of the
indow, and he often leans back against thc
sill.
His right hand neighbor, Ralph Wormley,
veritable specimen of the negro, is a laborer,
and was formerly identified with politics in
the District of Columbia. His painful ex
pression and sleepy manner are quite notice
able. The greasy bandanna which ho has
so long worn over his eye has given way to a
B’een bandage. He frequently raises his
liand to his face and generally wears as
solemn a look as if he were at a negro prayer
meeting. Owing to his appetite and the tine
food with which the jury is served he has
made himself sick several times.
To thc right of-this colored gentleman is
William H. Browner, a well known commis
sion merchant. He is a middle-aged man
with a round bald head. He is a keen man
and a close observer. He, too, has had a
case of insanity in his family. Mr. Browner
wears a light mustache.
The next juror, Mr. Hobbs, is a plasterer,
and aged sixty-three years, being the oldest
member of the jury. His thin side whiskers
do not detract from the noticeably sad ex
pression of his countenance. He sits for an
tour or more with his head bowed and rest
ing m liis hand, as if in sorrowful reverie.-
He is the juror whose wife died two weeks
ago. For forty years he and his wife lived
together in quiet, happy contentment, and
when she died so suddenly, and lie was ^in-
moil ed to her, then 'dhronstShuisf lnj’j^ref
was painful to behold. He does not look as
if he could give his undivided mind to the
iroceedings, for there is a great weight on his
leart
Joseph Prather is a middle aged man, his
business being that of a commission mer
chant. He has a long, hoary beard and
mustache, smooth forehead, a large hut
well shaped nose and bright brown eyes. He
frequently strokes his beard and pays strict
attention to the proceedings.
The jury is and has been deemed a most
excellent one, being possessed of more than
ordinary common sense. They were selected
from 159 talesmen.
TIIE DEFENSE CLOSED.
Washington, January 21.—Mr. Charles Reed, as
sociate counsel with Mr. Scoville, repudiates flic
stand taken by the latter in his attack upon the
president and others. In an interview upon the
subject Mr. Reed said: “I have hardly slept all
night, thinking over and regretting it. I had not
the remotest idea that he contemplated doing such
a thing.”
"It will not help his case?”
‘‘Certainly not. I cannot unite with him in th it ’
course, and must condemn it, aud I want the pub
lic to know that I do. Don’t you see what a wide
door he opens for Porter when he comes to reply?
Why, he will say, if this statement Is true, and
this man knew it and conferred with them, then
he was sane. He has furnished the other side with
a most powerful lever and placed it ia the bauds
of a man who will use it to the fullest extent.”
There is considerable talk and very serious com
ment upon his course.”
‘.’I suppose so. I am sorry that he did it and wish
that hehad not. I cannot indorse anything like
that”
THE TRIAL.
The court room was again packed _with a miscc-
laneous crowd to-day, and the rush to be one of
that crowd was awful. The jury was eyed with
additional interest to-day owing to the rumors
about town last night that they had been tampered
with. There Is no evidence of this in the conduct
of the jurymen in the court.
In the trial to-day the prisoner made a few intro
ductory remarks and then read his speech pub
lished on Monday last At the conclusion of the
reading the court adjourned till Monday.
CUITEAU’S SPEECH.
At thc intimation from Judge Cox, the prisoner
carefully arranged his glasses, and with a flourish
began to read from a manuscript as follows: The
prosecution pretend that I am a wicked man. Sco
ville and Reed think I am a lunatic, and 1 presume
you think ] am. 1 certainly was a lunatic on July
2d. when I fired on the president, and the American
people generally, and i. presume you think I was.
Can you imagiue anything more insane than
my going to that depot and shooting the president
of the United States. You are here to say whether
I was sane or insane at the moment I fired that shot.
You have nothing to do with my condition before
or since that shot was fired. You must say by your
verdict whether I was sane or insane at the moment
that shot was fired. If you hare any doubt of my
sanity at the moment, you must give me the
benefit of that doubt and' acquit.
That isfif you have any doubt whether 1 fired that
shotas the agent of thc Deity. If I fired itonmv
account, I was sane; if I fired it supposing myself
to be the agent of the Deity, I was insane, and you
uiL This is the law as given in the recce*
The Men Who Arc Trying the Aniuln.
Although but little has been said of the jury
in the Guiteau ease there is now beginning to
be some speculation as to what will be their
verdict. Following is a sketch of the jurors:
' The foreman of the jury, Mr. John P. Ilum-
lin, is a well known saloon keeper. He is a
mild-mannered man of forty seven years and
may be regarded as the type of social'geniaiity.
He has a prominent forehead, well shaped
head, gray hair and mustache and light eyes.
He wears a black cloth suit, open vest, turn
down collar and black tie. He holds in his
hand a yellow cane with a carved ivory
horn handle. Mr. Hamlin wears a pleasant
smile, and is withal quite dignified.
Mr Frederick W. Brandenberg is a German
cigar maker, forty-five years of age. He is
small of stature, with a head of average size,
dark brown hair and mustache, blue eyes, _
high cheek bones, prominent nose and a I age of railroads, electricity." u-A-phonesj etc’., and
rounded forehead. Mr. Brandenberg wears a comes from the prr^.cssiiia state of New
black suit, standing collar and a small black }
f-nvit Hp Tift vs pvtTwvMftl ntfpntinn 1 Providence in fa\or, and I ask this court
cravat. He pajs especial attention to the jury to colder it; some of the best people
proceedings, generally sitting with folded Anvy ica think me the greatest man of the age,
arms. He occasionally leans forward inquest ,nis feeling is growing, and they believe in
of the spittoon, and then twists his ' ,.1/ ! spiral ion, and that Providence and I hav
b£SX ,taCheaSi£ reaolving “ metl &gin sSShiSdeSSwdSfcSSfvSUl^qK”
Henry J. Bright is a retired merchant, and j Mon da v m'frnin^aiul no’vTanW^' 1 '
over 50 years of age. He is fat and clui .,| )V honor to deliver it to ypnj %
and gives indication of living well. He i.rj, the Lord, whether
a higli forehead, eyes of brown, cropped m.i,, hrokedowii
whiskers, a full rounded face, a greSf acq,^ M»SSlffg8
line nose with flattened nostrils and a »oh. Taking out hia'ggj.cr
mouth and a tendency to a double chin. His face in it for a few
hair is parted on the lett side. His suit of wl ^h a determined elf&tT*
dark brown, in its quality and shape, be- lut^iy for^me P min?t
must acqu
decision of the New Y
It revolutionizes old rules
ward in the law of insanity.
give
court of 11,1,seals.'
a grain 1 step for.'
It is worthy of this:
