The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-24


limestone into marble by process akin
to boiling that is, by the application Of
damp heat and great pressure although not
50 valuable AS the first named is very re-
markablc one. By this process she is also
able to color marble, all conceivable shades,
producing manufactured article at much
less cost than the real, or rather that pro-
ducedby Nature; for thisis equally real, pro-
duced by aprocess, similar to that employed
by Nature herself We shall be able to live
in beautifully decorated marble palaces, in
time, and need not despair of the final ac-
comp!ishment of the transmutation of the
baser metals into gold. Progress is making
astonishingly rapid strides now -a-days, and
what future developments may We not cx-
pect now that there is woman in the
case
New York herself can boast OF many in
digenous as well as exotic specimens of
remarkable women.
The literary women Of New York. aic
pretty generally indebted to their music,
for substantial rewards, in the way of the
comforts and cnioymcnts Of this life. Miss
Mary l.. Booth, cditrcss Of lIarpms Ia
zaar, is said 10 receive a salary of $1,000 Il
year, She holds regular Saturday evening
receptions of the literati and other nota-
bilitles at her residence on East J9th
street. The house is of Nova Scotia stone,
large and handsome, and here she lives sur
rounded by pictures-bric-a-bra pottery,
easy-chairs, and everything that is charm
Ing and delightful. Her library is full of
crowded bookcases, and adorned with the
portraits of eminent men.
Mrs. Botta, the poetess, and wife of Prof.
Bvtta, gives elegant reunions of choice
spirits, at her beautiful residence on West
9th street
The beautiful Mrs. Laura Curtiss Bulard.
formerly cditress Of the Revolution, occu-
pies magnificent house on Murray Hill,
where she gathers about her the elite of the
literary world
Another lady who is making a name in lit
crary circles here, is Mrs. lIerrick. formerly
OF Baltimore daughter of DR.. Blcdso. a
noted Methodist divine Of Virginia. She
earn. salary of $4,000 a year, on Serb
ners Monthly, where she holds the position
of sort Of literary maid of all work" be-
ing called on, when an emergency arises.
whether a scientific article is wanted, a
poem, an illustration. or even new design
for the cover 1t is said that this remark
able woman, besides being perfect ency-
clopedia Of knowledge, and museum of art
in herself, also makes all of her chiIdren'S
clothes, indeed does what any two dozen
women are able to accomplish. | suppose
an occasional phenomenal woman like her
Is necessary to keep up the equilibrium, as
there are good many women in the world
who don't do anything. Her sister is sort
of mathematical machine, amuses herself.
calculating eclipses, making almanacs and
things.
A case Of the development of remarkable
genius or something more, has recently re-
vealed itself in young girl of
this city, Miss Ida Esteva IIutchings,
daughter of the mathematical genius, Prof,
llutchings, known as the lightning calcua-
tor. This girl who owing to delicate health,
has never been able to attend school to any
extent, year and halfs tuition, probably
comprising all of the instruction she has
received, and consequently almost without
education, has suddenly developed power
to do thousand things, which she has
never learned. She speaks different Ian
guagss, both living and dead, produces
beautiful poems, sings like a nightingale
although her voice is said to have always
been weak. and she never received any in
struction-not only soprano, but contralto.
tenor and even bass, and in different Ian
guages, and in manner, generally attain
ed only after years Of study, improvisng
both words and music, and she recites like
II queen of tragedy.
Her own explanation and that of her fam
lily, rs, that she is taken possession of by
spirits. She doesn't 90 into a trance, but
silent invocation Of any Of her familiar
spirits, is supposed to bring them. While
under their presumable influence, she also
assumes their peculiarities to great
extent, in appearance. For instance, as an
Indian, her features are drawn, so as To
look like an aborigine; rs Chinese, her
face is transformed into the countcnance of
a celestial, almond shaped eyes and all. She
and her friends claim that these manifesto
tons are of higher order of spiritualism.
and they repudiate the regular spiritualists,
who do not believe in Christianity which
they rigidly maintain. Her poems, she
claims are inspirations, from Poe, Bryant,
Mrs Sigourncy, and Others. As am not
a believer in spiritualism, simply tell the
tale, ms it appears on the surface, giving
lac ali tA 40 ,n. a. =.