The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-27

GEN. GRANTS HOME.--A Washington cor
respondent writes: The home OF Gen. Grant
is an agreeable one to the visitor and plain
ly SHOWS the nature and taste of the Oc-
cupant. Tall walnut book cases surround
three sides of the library. Everything re-
latnr to the business of war is there, and
histories in abundance. The usual display
of fiction, essays, biography, philosophy and
works OF general information and reference
line the shelves. On the mantel is Il cigar
stand. a bronze statuettr of drummer and
another of huglcr. EngravInGs of Wash
inrtOn. Lincoln, Sherman and Sheridan. and
several photographs of Rogers statuettes,
are the only pictures in the room. Easy
chairs and lounges are placed carelessly
about the room, and the library is without
doubt the most cheerful and inviting apart
mcnt in the house \ miniature saddle and
traDpings in bronze and silver Is fastened to
cross sabres of the same metal. y bronze
drum rests beside a stack OF siX-inch mus
kets: cigar case from the home of Burns;
n half dozen curiously formed and elaborate
IL decorated pipes and cigar holders; pow
der horns mounted in gold and silver, eacn
having its separate history. and hundred
rare little articles of ce1tU adorn the tables
and nlautIcs. On a side table, in the boxes,
,,i .l.4-tive military commissions OF Colonel,
T. 'S"iicI - ,--.' Inia,f Ganrral, Lieutenant
EtheFu and General, with the perchments of
the brevet ranks which Grant has received.
onme very costly albums. prayer books and
bibles arc uiso upon the table. An oil
painting of Sheridan and one of Mcpherson
are prominently hung in the parlors, and
marble bust and an engraving of President
Lincoln are also conspicuous.
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH WoMEN.-Thc
contrast between the manners of American
and English women in the street is very
ticeahle; and abroad our manners are
looked upon with no little distrust if not
rcprehension. In the first place American
women average as tai as the English, but
the former are more elastic and slender in
their proportion their small feet and lin
Der ankles give them an elegance and
springiness at once graceful and captivating.
Their heads are set more elegantly upon their
shoulders, and their girdle is more trim, and
the bust less redundant. The full, we'll de-
veloped American woman is Il much hand
somer object at forty than an English
woman, hut we have fewer of them while
the majority of English women are fat and
fair at forty We have more beautiful
women at sixty than the English, because
the latter blooms out into luxuriant cab
bagcs or sumptuous pe0nies at that age,
while their transatlantic sisters will often
retain lovely complexion, an elastic step,
and 1e qdite spiJtHeUe and attractive at
sixty If grand old women, of the Hecuba
stamp, grave, calm, Sybilline, such as might
do the heart of Michael Angelo good, are
ever to be found anywhere, we must look at
home for them.
One day, l remember, I was walking in
the streets of London when saw two young
girls ahead of me-light, airy, pretty girls,
who tossed their heads and minced their feet,
wonderously. and quite to the displeasure of
In oh JDhncn
movements would never subject them to OBJ
servation. Suddenly the girls rushed for
ward and threw their arms around the neck
of IL third, half smOtherng her with hugs !
and kisses. People stood and looked on in |
dignant American !" passed from mouth |
to mouth, and stout English matrOns red |
dened with outraged decorum; the police |
hurried up in CONSERVATION; : but the girls |
had created their little sensation, and passed |
on demure as kittens. Now these were the
little women. Do you suppose that a full
sized woman would have been guilty of
such demonstration BY no means; and
to be sure the size. or whatever it may he
that demands an external dignity, reflex
from within. There is more of comfort,
more of soulful content always in the pres
ence of large woman than in that of
little one.--N 7. SIM.
A little boy returning from school in great
anger was asked by his mother the cause Of
lis Ill humOr, when he declared he would
not 90 to school another day. He had ac-
qurcd all the education he wanted for life,
aad was determined to shake off the re
strant of his superiors, and - drive his own
c.rl'
But, my child" said the mother, with a
heavy sigh, "you surely have not studied
arithmetic enough for business purposes,
andy
Lord. mother know all about it, I have
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