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Visitor.
Rev. Mother Mary Frances Clare
TIE Nun OF KENMARE.

The people of the United States
cordially welcome to these shores the
Rev. Mother Mary Frances Clare,
who comes OH a philanthropic mission.
Her name has been known to them
long as that of woman who devotes
her life to doing good. She comes
among people who appreciate, the
efforts of Christian charity.
Miss Cusack entered the religious
life twenty-five years ago. She has
become distinguished during the time
stated in literature and philanthropy,
and zeal in religion. As TO the first
of these, the Propaganda has recog-
nizsd tn worth Other books, which
are read widely by Catholics III this
country. 1t is stated that the only
one of her numerous productions
which has been pirated is the "Lift
of st. Francis" For all the rest she
has been properly compensated by
American publishers. Her phianthro-
ply does infinite credit to her heart
and her principles. She lived in the
Convent of Kenmare twenty years.
during which disaster not infrequen-
t!v overlook the poor people around
her. On these sad occasions she
spent her days and nights in the re.
lief of physical and mental suffering
Her eminence in the religious life
and her active sympathetic charity
were recognized in the private inter.
view granted her by Leo NH. the
only one ever granted by Pope IL
female. Mother Glare. now resides
III England.
Her business in this country is &c
collect means to assist her in the es.
Enlistment of training schools fol
girls in England and Ireland. AS
she has been successful in beginning
and maintaining schools for the poor
her efforts in the direction indicate
will almost certainly posper. .Iiel
aim is 10 teach girls feminine arts
as sewing and so forth, cooking and
domestic work, and 20 those who
have an aptitude for such pursuits
setting type, telegraphy, nursing, and
teaching, in connection with the prin.
ciples of the Catholic faith and the
ordinary branches of school instruc
ton. Since landing the Nun of Ken
mare met with an accident. She fel
upon entering a church in New York
and was Immediately driven back t,
her hotel.
She comes to the Catholics of thi
country more as friend than as
stranger. Her books and the knowl
edge of her good works have precedet
her. Indeed so great is her reputa
ton in the United States that she Ina
been left legacies of considerable val
ue by certain of its citizens.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-12

instantly rose in the betting market ;
but on Wednesday after the election
the cat disappeared, and with her, OF
course, all certainty of Clevelands
success. On the following Friday
the cat reappearcd and convinced the
committee that she intended to ''see
them through"-as the phrase runs.
From that moment no further doubt
as to the result remained.--New
York Times.
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Servants Of the Stomach.

The new Governor General of Can
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But every stomach has more servants
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qniet' them when in rebellion, and
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"You can come in now," said the
family physician to the head of the
house OH the north side. "What are
the returns?" "Three--two girls
and one boy" II want an official
count, doctor. l don't want any rs
business in this" "Don't be foolish
man." 81 tell you 1 shall suspect
fraud until there is an official can
vass." Then he apologized to the
doctor, saying tina the had been so en-
crossed in polotics that he had forgot
ten where he was.-Chicago Herald.
Who elected President Cleveland
is question that admits of several
answers. The Democrats are of the
opinion that they had something to
do with carrying of this state, and the
Blaine organs seem to he divided in
opinion as to whether Cleveland's
victory was due to the Independents,
the Prohibitionists, the stalwarts or
Mr.. Burchard. The question is now,
however, settled beyond any doubt.
1t was black cat that secured the
triumph of the Cleveland ticket.
About the beginning Of the cam
paign astrange black cat walked into
the National Democratic Headquar-
tiers in this city. She was apparently a
public cat, without any lawful owner,
and her arrival was hailed with I'M.
mense enthusiasm. Cleveland stock
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CLUB LIST.

We will furnish the following papers and pc
officials with the SEMI WEEKLY SOUTH KEN
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-12

Rev. DR.. Burchard said '.ust before
the battle that the Democratic party
was made up of "rum, Romanism
and rebellion" and now comes Rev
DR.. Fulton, of New York who says
he equalitiedly agrees with DR.. Bur-
chard. Now, if Balaam wants to re-
enter Jerusalem he can drive a
double team.--Memphis Scimitar.
The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-08-23

sessed with the spirit of prophecy. Chatting
promiscuously with some of the grcybcards
of lIarper's Ferry, the writer was led to
believe that John Brown was gifted with
the faculty of 'second-sight" to very
remarkable degree. On his way to the
scaffold at Charlestown, twelve miles away,
he not only predicted the Civil War and the
extinction of slavery, but pronounced the
doom of IIarper's Ferry in terms which
after events justified to the very letter. 1t
may have been that he had u military eye,
and recognized that in the struggle which
most men for twenty years previously had
pronounced inevitable-that in that struggle
the border town would become the focus OF
the conflict, But it is not a little remarka-
BILE that he should have foreshadowed clearly
that the Potomac would become the bound
airy line of conflict which the success OF
either of Lees raids, or the secession OF
Maryland would have transferred to the
Susquehanna. As to the golden vision
which Brown so strongly chung to, it is
| worthy of note that gold, in small quaint.
| ties, has actually been found in the South
Mountain within the past two years at q
point not twenty miles from Harper's Ferry,
and on the Maryland side, in which he had
persistently located it. Truly there arc
more things in Heaven and Earth than arc
| dreamt of in our philosophy.
The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-08-23

! do not approve dclegating to others what
is so completely our own department as the
decoration Of the home. Yet, MS the painter
Iaterfamilias cares for Art or no, it would
be well for those who are about to redccor-
ate their dwellings, and have no idea beyond
white and gold, if they do not make over to
one of these artistic firms the entire respon-
sibility Of so arduous an undertaking, at least
to study their works and rules, and follow
them as far as they can, 50 that tho house
may reflect the owners taste and character
1t is not more expensive to paint ones rooms
with some warm tertiary color, here and
there s.encilled with some standard pattern
(procurabe for few pence at any decor
ator's) in a darker or lighter shade Of the
same color, or an opposing color, not too
DiDjd, than to paper it with some shiny mon
strOsity; rather the reverse, it is good deal
cheaper. Neither is it more difficult to
make wall dark in color halfway up, and
the higher portion delicate hue, the CON
trast united by a broad border, stcnciIlcd or
in paper, combining both colors. 1t is not
more expensive to have ones ceiling washed
with purple or any other self-colored wash,
than to have three coats Of white paint, and
then varnish laid on it; and no one, under
standing anything about art, will fail to see
at once the superiority of the one effect Ter
the other. Doors, too, should never stand
out in staring contrast to the walls. The
square form Of u door is not a pretty one;
and even door with y rounded top, which
is much better form, is generally spoiled
by not being carried up to the cornice
Doors should be tall, and should match IN
effect, if not in color, the walls and ceiling
that is, room with deep blue ceiling and
walls of Vandyck brown, and similar dark
colors, may have doors black, or deep sage
green; room whose walls and ceiling are
chiefly colorcd with the tertiary citriao Ga
mixture of orange and greeu-a yelowish
colorJ, may have doors Of very dull green
OF brownish pnrple;a room papered with
scarlet, deeply ndcntcd 10 breal; the mon
tony of tint, may have black or sage-green
doors and wainscot. Doors may with good
effect be touched slightly with gold, or with
paler shades of their own color, or painted
in the panels with devices according to the
owners taste.
There is no more perfect background than
the old Spanish leather of the sixteenth or
| seventeenth century: but as this is hard to
procure and OF great price-the modern
limitations in paper do as well for all prac-
teal purposes. They are copies Of the finest
antique patterns and colors, and wall
covered partly with these and with some
cheaper plain tilt above, and ceiling of any
color but white--will always be a beautiful
room, and becoming room to any person
wise enough to enter it.
These are very rough and bare hints but il
would take too much space to describe half
the complications Of color and shape, which
may be better understood by looking at a
room decorated in any Of the above styles. ~
+ Mrs H. r. IIaWcis
The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-08-23

Down in the Valley below, where the
Shenandoah winds its way, every hundred
yards or so, we halt at the aspect of ruins.
But here all is not the work of man. That
which war and rapine spared, foods came iii
to consume. Here for example is the wreck
of large cotton mill, in operation until the
great flood of 1877 put the finishing touch to
the work OF destruction. Nearly every
house on this street bears testimony to the
ravages of that terrible flood, which among
other things filled up the Southern Branch
of the Patapsco between Baltimore and
Washington so as to close its navigation for
all time. May we hazard the conjecture
that this also had been grasped by the dying
vision of John Brown?
Yet another ruin found its way in the
sketch book, this time a farmhouse, high up
on the road to what Virginia maiden dig
nified as Shenandoah City. The visitor
smiled as he thought of the Street of Tombs
and the Herculaneum gate at Pompeii.
True the ITerculaneum gate leads to Iiercu-
laneum, but where is Hercuanoum And
where is Shenandoah City?
VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY.
Yes, the v!rgnians are hospitable, as
The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-08-23
A Common Mistake about the Golden
Rule.

| There is very common mistake about
the mean ing of the preccpt. 1t is some
times tax en- as though it required us to
rule our conduct towards other men by their
wishes; to do tins would often be a folly
and sin. 1t really requires us to rule our
conduct towards Others by what our wishes
would be if we were in their place; and this
| is very different matter. In other words,
we are TO make what we see arc their real
interests our own. have heard of foolish
father who, when one of his girls was four
teen or fifteen years old, gave her the choice
of a pony or Of remaining another year OF
two at school. The child naturally elected
TO have the pony, and most children of her
age would do the same. The fathers con
duct was ruled by the child's wishes, and he
inflicted on her grave injustice -. -. A
man appeals to me for testimonial ana
may have reason to believe that if / give it
to him he will have a good chance of secur-
Ing an excellent appointment. lie is III urgent
need Of it, for he has a great deal of trouble.
There is no harm in linn, and | should be
glad to help him. But | am doubtful,
and more than doubtful, whether he would
discharge the duties ofthe position satisfac-
torily. He says that if | were in his
position and he in mine l should plead
hard for his Recommendation. But | have
to think not only OF the man himself, but of
the people to whom he wishes mo to recon-
mend him. If had to make tho appoint
ment myself should like them to recon-
mend me man about whose fitness they
were uncertain? Should like to tell them
of his merits and even to hint at his dsquali-
fications? Is it just even to the applicant him
self to give him che support he asks for? If
were in his position should If l were a
wise and honest man-wish to be recon-
mended to a post the duties OF which l was
unable to discharge? Apart altogether from
the obligations of veracity, this ''golden |
rule" may require me to refuse to support
his application. This Christian law would
diminish the immortality of testimonials.-
u, W. Dale, IN Good Words
The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-08-23

Yes, Harper's Ferry has stood still for
twenty-three long years. 1t is an American
Pompeii. The wrecks of its dwellings seem
out Of yesterday, and ruins are everywhere.
The Arsenal which teemed with life in 1860,
and which was driven by the finest water
power in the world (still available) is a tot
tering ruin. The ergine-house which has
become historical as John Browns Fort
remains just as it was i'll 1859 when Colonel
Robert h. Lee, then of the United States
service, caused its doors to be battered in by
the marines, that John Brown might be
handed over to the tender mercies of Vir-
ginia justice, as it was in those days. There
are men living in IIarper's Ferry now who
can recall and relate every incident of tine
tragedy, which, as told by them, is a very
different affair indeed from the accepted
version. From this stand point John
Brown was neither a saint nor martyr, but
a curious mixture Of political shrewdness
and worldly enterprise with strong dash
of the crank. Time alone can prove what is
most strongly insisted on as the real motive
for John Browns settlement ut Harper's
Ferry, viz, his expressed conviction that
the rocks of the South Mountain were
auriferous; that there was gold enough in
the quartz of the Blue Ridge to purchase
the freedom Of every slave ON the continent
But of this more anon.
Although IIarpcr's Ferry possesses a pc
culiarly eligible location, geographically and
commercially, and would undoubtedly have
grown under the kindly sufferance of fate
into a city of 900 or $4,000 inhabitants,
its career seems to have been completely
checked, if not altogether ruined, while all
the conditions that developed its previous
prosperity with one exception still remain.
1t is curious feature in the history OF
towns and cities that lost prosperity is sell
dom if ever regained, however inviting the
geographical position or commercial facili-
tics. When the United States arsenal at
Harper's Ferry was destroyed early in the
War nothing would have been easier than to
rebuild it aftor the tronble was over. But,
apparently, the Government was indisposed to
risk the reconstruction of the institution at
point which bitter experience had repeat
euly pFONcu 10 Oe pcCulldIly easy Oh access
from the South, and absolutely insusceptible
of defense, save by an army powerful
enough to occupy in force all the heights
which command the town. General Double
day described the situation of force at
Harper's Ferry as that of men Fighting at
the bottom of we'll" On the other hand
Halleck was so much impressed with the
strategical position of the place at the mouth
of the Shenandoah Valley that he chung to
its occupation all through the War, against
the Judgment of every general that ever
commanded the army of the Potomac. As
one result of this policy Harpers Ferry is
hopeless ruin to-day, and from all appear
ances will remain so till some fortunate
prospector establishes the fact that John
Browns vision of gold in the South Noun
tain was not altogether an hallucination and
a sick mans dream.
There are some men who are plainly pos
The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-08-23
AMONG THE RUINS.

Tradition records that when the famous
library of Alexandria was burned in the
great connagration of many centuries ago
the Bible was the only book that was
spared. History abounds with these exam
pies of remarkable escapes, and Harpel's
Ferry has its own contribution to the record.
Along the hill side above the town the eye
rests on the ruins of two churches and the
smiling untouched fabric of third. All
three were places of christian worship;
resorted to by congregations respectively Of
the Protestant Episcopal, the Methodist
The last named indicated, in this instance,
its proud claim of indestructibility. The
Catholic worshipers at Harpcr's Ferry went
to mathis and vespers in their little sanctu-
airy all through the War; while the two
other churches were desecrated, turned into
barracks and stables, and eventually
stormed at with shot and shell till scarce
one stone remained standing upon another.
During Stonewall JacksOn's fierce lombard
ment of the place from three points on the
14Uh September 1869, the little Catholic
Church, not stones throw from les Prot
estant Episcopal neighbor, was spared, a
single shot alone disturbing the symmetry
Of the tiles on the roof; while the Protestant
Church was pitted and riddled with shot, the
windows and doors blown in, and the roof
entirely destroyed. As it was then, so it
remaius to-day The sketch shows door
way and window on the side facing Mary
land Heights. In the interior the site of the
altar table is marked by a pile of bricks,
stones and rubbish six or seven feet high.
Such is life!