Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-05
GLEANINGS,

'More wool and less dog is prop
osition that remains to be settled in
Tennessee. + NaShu.ile 1mericuA.
Honesty pays. 1t is not every good
thing that has such sordid reason for
practicing it; but il is a great gain to
keep sharp people virtuous. -hladel-
phia Record.
A group Of portraits Of eminent En-
glish artists, recently published, shows
none Of them wearing long hair or the
sweeping mustachc \ correspondent
of the Art AmQteur, reviewing the
Royal Academy exhibition, says the
spirit Of dulness pervades everything.
1t is a case of Samson and the shears?
The technical press fills a very cred
liable place in journalism and repre-
sents no mean share Of learning, indus
try, and ability. The sensationalism
and vulgarity SO often conspicuous in
illustrated weeklics, and from which
great dailies are not always free, Is
conspicrously absent from trade papers.
PHILADELPHIA Bulletin.
The appointment of General Mac
Pherson as successor of General Rob
erts in the command of the British
army at Madras in India, is significant
He greatly distinguished himself in the
Afghan campaign, and is one of the
best fighting men of the British army.
The new British Cabinet is putting the
best men at the front in India.
The Saturday RccicO, commenting
upon the effort of writer TO prove,
from Shakespeare works, that he was
lawyer, makes the point that similar
processes of reasoning would prove
him to have been bishop, a privy
councillor, a traveller, soldier, an
apothecary, painter, a forester, an
artificer, and a husbandman, as well as
a lawyer.
General Grant is reported in the
Newport NeiVS to have said: Il always
had an aversion to Napoleon and. the
whole family. When / was in Dem
mark, l declined seeing the Prince Inn
perial. did not wish to see him. The
first Emperor had great genius, but was
one. of the most selfish and cruel men
in history. | see no redeeming trait in
his character. The third Napoleon was
even. worse, the especial enemy OF
America and ofsliberty."
Robert Toombs, of Georgia, has
grown feeble, and frequently walks
supported by his negro valet. One who
saw him enter the Kimball House din
ine-room, in Atlanta, recently, says:
..As he walked in, his silyered locks
falling in careless ringlets over his
magnificent forehead, his giant form
and striking countcnance attracted the
eyes of all. lie was attired in dark
suit, wearing the old-style regulation
cutaway.
M. Worth. the Paris man-milliner,
relates one of the methods by which
his house is now and then beaten in a
trade: "a Princess. known to eyery-s
body in Paris society, is introduced to
us. The Princess So and So wants.
some toilets. The Speaker is the wife
of an American millionaire who pays
her own bills honorsibly. We bow.
The Princess has the dresses. She re-
fuses to pay, and on our putting an ex-s
ecution into her house we find that her
furniture all belongs to her upholsterer.s
What do you say to thatP Aud please
mark, the Princess in question is of
such celebrity that society grovels be-
fore her. = iqo9a s9i Taa SenHsa
The St. Louis Globe Democrat says3
"Quite unexpectedly to the world at
large, the announcement is made that
General John A. Logan has a book Of
war experiences ready for the press.
The chances are that it will be a very
interesting work 1t will probably, IN
some important issues of fact, take
General Sherman's Memoirs to task.
Logan has rested uneasily for. ten years
under what he considers the injustice
done to him bysSherman.@ He is espe-
cially sore about Sherman'sf account kof
the. battle of Atlanta, in which he re-s
ceives very little of the credit which no
believes to be due him. If he writes as
he feels Oh this and other subjects per-
tanning to the war in the Southwest,
his book will create a good deal of con- Z
t-o7ersV.