National Republican., 1877-10-06
n momentary dip Of the tubes in hot watep
enables one to turn out the cylinder Of ice.
Miss Annis Montague.


concert at Lincoln hall, assisted by Miss Eva
Mills and W. T. Carlton, the baritone Of tho
Kellogg troupe. All lovers Of music who had
the pleasure Of attending Miss Montague's con-
certs In this city last winter arc unanimous in
the verdict that she is one Of the most delight
ful sopranos on the American stage. Her voice
has been carefully cultivated under the best
masters in Europe, her musical education cost
ing nearly eight thousand dollars. Miss Mon
tague Is not only young and beautiful, but,
better still, she is as pure and noble In charac-
ter as she is lovely In form and feature. Her
example Of Purtanical discretion and pune
tilious reserve is rare among members Of her
profession.
Miss Montague IL the daughter Of a mis-
sionary, the Rev. Mr.. Cook. and was born al
Honolulu, in the Sandwich islands. Her
father being opposed to public singing on account
OF ministerial scruples, Miss Annis assumed her
mothers maiden name, who was member OF
the distinguished Montague family. Her
uncle, who Is n prominent lawyer in Baltimore,
advanced the money TO pay for her musical
education abroad, which debt Of gratitude
Miss Annis is now conscientiously paying
from the proceeds of her concerts. Lately
coming into possession Of one thousand dollars
from her mothers estate, she Immediately
transferred II to her uncle.
Personals.
The wife of Representative Banning, of Gin
| cinnati, who Is o sister Of Mrs Dom Patt, Is
domiciled with her children at the Riggs
house. Both Representatives Banning and
Garfield are absent in Ohio taking an active
part in the canvass The wife and children Of
tho latter arc still at their summer home in
Mentor Ohio.
Commissioner Phelps and his family have
returned from their summer wandcrngs and
are at the Riggs house.
The numerous friends Of Senior and Madame
Garcia will be sorry to learn that the Minister
| from the Argentine Republic will not bring
his wife to Washington this winter. She re-
mains in Europe with her daughter, who Is
the wife Of an officer Of the French army.
A Post -NuptiaI Ode.
We used To walk together In the twilight
lIo whispering tender words 40 sweet and low,
As down the green lanes where the dew was falling,
And through the woodlands where the birds wero
We wandered in those hours 80 long ago.
But now no more we walk In purple cleaning
The time Is past for such romantic roaming
He holds the baby while I'm getting tea.
We used to sit-with lamp turned low-togethcr,
And talk Of love and It's divine effects
When nights were long and wntry was the weather.
Fur nnbcr he than knight with knghtly feather,
And TO him the lovelicst Of my sex.
Immersed In smoke he pores o 'cr gold and stockS
The inct ignored that just across the table
! The lovclest Of her sex sits darning socks.
on when arrayed to suit my hero's fancy.
! ! 10
lie looked unutternble things-hs dark eye Glow.
ing
In fond approval of my outward showing,
His taste In lace, dresses jcwelS-alli
Now IL perrhance we leave the house together,
When friends invite or prims donna sings,
He scans my robes bought new for the occasion)
And foots the bill-and looks unutternbie things
oh. bygoue days! when seventeen and single,
lie called me angel as he pressed my hard!
oh. present time wherein that selfsame fellow
To that same angel-grown trfe yellow
Calls out Matilda do you undentand?"
Al, yes undersandEone thing for certain,
At which who once have passed behind the cur.
Turn up their s-dscnchGnted with!
Editions Of the Bible.
Mr.. Stevens tells us that he has printed q
list of some 10000 Bibles, representing abons
5000 volumes, published between the dis
covcry Of printing and the present time Ho
also imparts the astonishing Information that
between the invention OF pi ia,ing, in 145O.
and the discovery of America, in l492, "the
editions of tho Bible alone and tho parts
thereof, in many languages and countries will
sum up not far less than 900, and the most
|, Of them Of the largest and costiest kind"
The activity Of the early printers in Bible
production must have been great, and IL soon
extended itself to tr,nslations in the vcrnacu-
lar languages of Europe. "Pri0r to the dis
covcry of America" says Mr.. Stevens, mo less
than twelve grand patrarcha editions Of the
entire Bible, being of several different transla-
( tions, appeared from time to time in the Ger
man language, to which add the two editions
by the Otmars, of Augsburg, of 1907 and 1913,
, and we have the total number of no less than
fourteen distinct large folio pre- Reformation
or anti-I.utheran Bibles. No other language
except the Latin can boast Of anything like
this number" Mr.. Stevens knows whereof he
speaks, having made the subject matter OF
special study during more than a quarter Of a
century.
oh. the love of God is broader
Than the measure Of mans mind
And the heart Of the eternal
!. mot wonderfully kind.
, Hour love were but more simple,
We should take him nt His word:
, And our lives would bc all sunshine
, In the sweetness Of our Lord
Pickings.
Swinburnc calls George Elliott "an Amazon
, thrown sprawling over tho crupper of her
{ spawned and spur CALLED Pegasus"
The United Presbyterian has word of praise
for the late amcntcd Brigham Young because
he gave his daughters as much property pro-
portionatcly as he did his sons. Some more
4 Christian fathers would do well to initiate the
. Mormon prophets course.
The rnmor of S. J. Tidens engagement ia
, st. Louis belle Is again revived. II Is said
I. the marriage will soon take place.
Heat the opposite end of the room in q
chair. shc-sitting pcnsivcly on the sofa. He
= sings "Thou art 50 near and yet sofa - She
in reply: "Oh, why are you go chair-y OF
your lovo?'
woman may not be able to sharpen a
I pencil or hold an umbrella, hut she can pack
more articles into a trunk than man can in
O a onc-hosc wagon.
farmer was asked why he did not take a
I newspaper, Because" said he, my father
when he died. left me good many newspa.
$ pcrs, aud have not read them through yet"
The young woman who, being engaged
sighed in sentimental rythme, "Oh, for some
new found name by which to call him y
married her lover about six months ago. and
= has now decided to call him Old Beeswax.
T WEDDINGS IN BoRSEo.
: On the wedding day the bride and bride.
groom are brought from opposite ends of the
village to the spot where the ceremony is to
> he performed. They arc made to sit on two
y lars of iron, that health lasting and bless
u ing as vigorous may attend them. A cigar and
betal leaf, prepared with the areca nut, are
= next put into the hands Of the bridegroom
One Of the priests then waves two fowls over