The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-08-14

-she did not forget in her bounty
the humblest workman who was
associated with her in her life. She
lies beside her first husband, Mr..
Ule, who helped to found the great
fortune which she used so wisely
and so well; and as I passed their
graves which q wild briar now
unites. I reverently uncovered. re-
membering the gracious promise,
"Blessed are the merciful for they
shall receive mercy" and few on
this earth were more merciful and
charitable than she of whom /
write.
In a little dale a hundred and
fifty yards to the south, Lola Mon
tez, the Countless of Landsfeldt,
quietly sleeps after a boisterous and
stormy life, She was an extraordi-
nary woman. She spoke, with the
fuency OF a native, every language
of Europe, and while there was
slight foreign accent in her Eng
lish, her French, German, Italian,
Spanish and Russian were so per"
feet that natives of the different
countries insisted that she was a
countrywomen. She was born in
Hindostan and spoke Hindostanee
as her native tongue. She saw
every phase of life from the slums
Of Paris to the har dsomest women
in Europe, the favored mistress of
a King, a woman who went decked
with Jewels that would have paid a
Princes ransom. She who spent
millions in her time died in this
city in the EXTREMIST poverty; and
charity, which weeps at the sins of
the Maadalene gave few feet of
earth in Greenwood to Eliza Gilbert
Countess of Lan,lsfeldt. But |
feel that | must hurry away.
The city is greatly exercised, that
is to say the pious portion Of it, at
the Sunday Music in Central Park.
Petitions are being circulated in
all the churches against it. That
is to say that the million of people
in New York are to have no voice
as how they shall pass their Sab
bath, but they are to be controlled
By the three hundred thousand
nominal church members, the great
er part of whom are now enjoying
themselves in the mountains or by
the seaside. The absurdity of the de,
mand is more apparent when you
reflect that there is not church in
the city of any consequence, which
is now ministered to by its regular
pastor. The great majority of
these christian shepherds have gone
to Europe,-foreiga air and foreign
travel being absolutely necessary
for them to recuperate from the
dreadful mental strain of getting
up one sermon q week, on a salary
of from $4,000 to $4,000 per an
NUN. Does i! occur to these saints
that there are four hundred thous-
and people in this city who daily
toll for ten hours; but to reach that
daily toll they have to rise at five
in the morning, and some of them
walk miles to work, and miles
home again at night. During six
days they are penned up in close
factories where hundreds work in
a room, and where a breath OF
pure air never comes. No won
der they seek the Park on Sunday
and listen to the sweet strains OF
the music and breathe the fresh
air, and smell the grass and the
flowers and thank God for even
these blessings, brief though they
be. One half of our churches are
closed; pastors and people could
not endure the air OF the city. Let
the poor people enjoy what God
and the corporation give them; green
fields, fresh air and music. 1t will do
them more good than all the ortho-
dox sermons that were ever preach.
ed and bring them "Nearer, my
God, to Thee
The running down Of old Mother
Mandelbaum, the notorious receiv.
er of stolen goods, by Pinkerton's
detectives, has been one Of the
marked events Of the week. The
associate and protector of thieves
for a generation, she has accum1lat'
ed over g million of dollars. The
police are said to have protected
her-at any rate, she has continued
for twenty years to slip through the
meshes of the law. Should justice
fail this time it would be a public
calamity.
I don't know that it has any re.
ference to the election, bat the
Brooklyn Common Council, this
week, advanced the salaries OF the
city officials 20 to 25 per cent. Po,
litical banners must be paid for,
and provision made for soap, and as
the day has long since gone by
when we may look for flights Of
quails and showers Of mama, we
have to take our chance, milking
the city cow.
The weather has been intolera-
BILE, Thursday being away up among
the ninelies. To cap the climax,
stocks took an upward turn, and
for a day or two the market was at
fever heat. The election, too, is
firing our blood and it must be
gratifying to the country to know
that both parties are going TO be
successful, and consequently every
body satisfied.