The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-12-18

l"SitotiIS OllCitl tito WihtCl 10
understood to be whether the wives IF
Cabinet ministers are to 20 into and
out of door before the wives of Sena.
tors, or something of that sort. 1t may
promote the convenience of social inter !
curse to have these matters of Ell
qnerte definitely settled; but outside of
official life, where there is as much par
ty-golng and dinner-giving as inside,
people get along very we'll without
such settlement, trusting to each
others good sense, good taste and ge-
neral courtesy. The death Of the Queen
of Siam by drowning, because there
was nobody present of sufficient rank
to be permitted to pull her out Of the
water, is comparatively recent Incl
dent of the extremes to which distinc-
tions Of caste and rank Can be Carried.
As foil to it's tragic character, may
be recalled the familiar story of the
Queen Of France, who nearly caught
her death Of cold by standing undres-
sed in her chilly bedchanlber while two
of the court danes argued the qaestio II
which of them had the better right 10
hand her robe And the father Of
Frederick the Great is lid to have b.a
ten tw, Of his privy councillors with his
caue because they wasted some minutes
in oowing and scrapiny to cacl other
at the entrance to his cabinet after he
had sent them word that he desired
their presence at once. Matters here
MY not reach either a fatal pass, as
II Siam, or 50 ridiculous length as ia
France or Prussia; but the snterin.
wedge does its own share in every pro-
gressise movement.
"You can have no idea how many
letters receive daily" sail, Mrs Cieve-
land one aftern ,on of last week, speak
ing to an acquaintance of her daily
routine of life at the White House. eyes
get letters by the hundreds almost,
letters from every section Of the conn
try, and about everything under the
SIM that can be written. They are
mostly from women, and over one-half
of the n are devoted to advice, upon
one matter or another. The temperance
women Of the West are favoring me
with Il great deal Of advice just now.
They are warning us to shun the flow
I ing bowl, by which | suppose they
mean to dissu tie us from wine drink
NJ, but as very seldom taste it, the
expostulation is quite unnecessary.
There are few persons-womsn |
should say-who im,yine that the
White House is difficult to manage, and
they offer suggestions A good deal is
said respecting my example in this or
that respect. OCCASIONALLY do get a
letter from some good, kind-souled wo-
man who really writes becrlse she
thinks she may do some good. Such
letters impress ME and are full of sus-
& ,stive thoughts. Of course do not
answer any Of them. did write one or
two letters to persons who had written
me about something that fancied re-
quired reply, but usually found my
letter reproduced in the local newspa-
per nearest the recipient. now do not
reply to any unknown correspondent"
Il rather novel rogue st VAS receive
the other day at the Interior depart
ment from young man living in Ne
braska who wants to marry daughter
of Standing Bear, Sioux chief. lie
states who he is and encloses a photo
graph of the girl, who is very nice look
ing ard was educated at Carlisle. The
young man, however, wishes to 60 and
live Oh the reservation with his pros
pective wife and her relations, and for
this reason it was necessary to obtain
the permission of the Interior depart
ment. White men are not allowed to
stay on an Indian reservation unless
they have authority from the govern
meut to do so, and so this young man
was obliged to take the government in
to his conf ience and reveal his love af-
fairs The Secretary of the Interior