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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

One woman swan for half an hour with a
baby boy of three years clinging to her neck
all the time Another woman showed me a
handsome ring on her hand one day. and said
Il lost this ring when in the water last Satur-
day, and to-day | went over i'll the corner
where had lost it, hunted for it with my
feet, found it, and picked it up with my toes.
Wasn't that wonderful. 1t is my wedding
ring, too"
Some very lovely girls are seen in this bath
sometimes. | have noticed, too, that it takes
an exceptionally handsome girl to look well
i'll the water. The hair gets wet and stringy,
and faces, fair as water lilies at other times,
get red and rather oily looking. But all these
drAwbac are atoned for by the fresh beauty
of the bather after the bath is over. Her
eyes are bright as jewels, and her color fresh
aSd lovely, and for few hours, at least, she
feels a. if she had been made over.
When Oct. | arrives our swimming bath is
hitchcsl to II tug and pulled over to a boat
hospital in Brooklyn, there to remain until
the flowers bloom again in the spring.
/. ELLIS CLARMEI-
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12
She Disappeared for Good.

At private parties in Paris a little trick l.
now very commonly performed which a con
juror has lately brought into vogue. A lady
in the company Is requested to seat herself on
= bamboo chair, when she is covered with a
large shawl, under which the general out
line Of her figure is distinctly visible. The
performer then claps his hands thrice, lift
up the shawl and the lady has disappeared
A few days NiScOunt T., who had learned
the trick, invited a numerous company
to his house in order to experiment on his
wife. Everything passed off successfully
The beautiful countess sat down on the chair
she disappeared at the third clap Cries of
Bravo" resounded through the room, and
the noble host, after reveling awhile i'll the
general aStOnishment, said to his guests
Now, ladies and gentlemen, shall have the
honor to bring the vanished one back to the
company" He then retired into the next
apartment, but as he did not come back for
long time search was made and the poor Wis
count was found lying in his bedroom, in
swoon. Her ladyship had diSappeared-for
good and all! In a letter which was found
she stated she could not live with him any
longer, and had taken that opportunity to
leave his house andseturn to her friends
Brooklyn Eagle.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12
THE SWIMMING BATH.
HOW WOMEN LEARN TO SWIM IN
SALT WATER.
One Of New York's summer Attractions.
NstatoriaI Recreation at the Battery.
Some Reflections on the Cause of Old
Ase-Gray Haired Swimmers.

Especial Correspondence.l
NEW YORK, Sept G-New York city is not
wholly without attractions in the summer.
Among them are the swimming baths. II
thcse were only TO accommodate men, they
would be lacking i'll interest, for men can
swim i'll any sort of pond, sheltered or un-
sheltered-cyen i'll the dirty pool VI politics.
But swimming is a comparatively new art for
women, and, as yet, nee'ls various helps and
comforts to make it alluring
The swimming bath which | patroni1e is
down on the Battery, just below Castle Gar
den The way thithcr is not bcguiling, al
though the fresh air from the sea meets one,
and Battery park is fine in its summer foliage.
The numerous emigrant is the unpleasant
feature Of the trip. lie is there in all his
native filth, smoking pipes with Odors strong
enough to take the breath from hackman.
His children are there, vilely dirty and scan
tily clothed. His wife is there, very dirty,
also, and somewhat Gry-loOking. The
parks benches are always full Of these new
candidates for fortune in the land Of the free.
They are not inspiring objects to look upon,
and a sensitive person feels their atmosphere
of detection and misery.
4 little bridge leads acpnSs to the hath, a
long, bOat-like house in the water, which Is
evenly divided into swimming bath for
men and one for women. Hot salt water
baths are also "A feature Of this very useful
institution. This boat-lille house on the waters
arrives at the Battery on the lst of June, and,
securing its summers privileges there by pay
ing a rousing rent to the authorities, it opens
its doors to the public at - cents a bath, ten
cents extra for a bathing suit, and hot bath
for 20 cents
During the month of June it isn't very well
patronized, but through July and August
everybody bathes, and bathes often. The
baths are open from q O'Clock in the morning
until 10 Mt night, electric hight helping ON the
glorious work after dark. The wOmens bath
is conducted by women, office work and all
The bath is about thirty feet wide and forty
long. On three sides it has double !Ow Of
dressing rooms, for it is a twostOried struc-
ture. Little galleries run all around it, from
which steps lead down into the water. HOri-
zontal and perpendicular ropes are here and
there ready to he grabbed, and cross pieces
OH the corners make little pens for the timid
TO splash around in and feel safe. In the
center of the pool is n little round platform
reached by steps going up out of the water
Thereon the boldest of the fair climb and then
drop reckleSSly into the water again, coming
down with great splash, exciting the admi-
ration of the less daring and coming up
twenty feet away with red faces and blowing
like pOrpoises, quite like men, a little girl
said
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

arraycd for the water, sitting disconsolareIy
on the steps, but apparently fearing TO get
wet 1pitied her, and thought of going up
and Offering to lead her down. She was
merely meditating, 1t seems, for presently she
took a regular frogs leap into the pool and
swan like trout. When she padded around
near me congratulated her on her skill.
"Oh shwim desc vourteen years, she said.
Il vent to the swimming school on Sixty
seventh street, and everybody shwam so well
was shamed not to shwim; 50 | jist begun
and shWam like de rest
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12
4 Woman. View of Cora Pearl.

In my BoiS de Boulogne and opera house
studies 81 Cora. | was struck with the char
act"r Of her mirth 1t was not light, or bright,
or joyous, and can only give an idea of it by
comparing It 10 the boiSterOusneSs Of an
English rI"wd un n hank holiday, or, perhaps,
still morn on the road from EPSON after
hqu"r has replaced the cxhilaration of an out
ing 1h' face had none of that illumination
which warmth at heart and Imagination give.
II WAS dismal even when she was roaring with
laughter and cracking her strong jokes in
how English or ridiculous French Paris
Cor London Truth.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

eHluCdtIoil anu 81 eitt
literary attainmeuts. He was chairman of
the house committee of the Confederate con-
gress which designed the Confederate flag,
and be himself was the designer of the seal OF
the Confederate States of America This seal
consisted OF picture of Washington on horse
hack, surrounded by n wreath made up Of the
agricultural products of the south.
asked him how he came to select this de
sign. lie replied: AT the time the Confed-
erate ssal was di~rrIS~sd there were many IDEAS
prop 81. for it. and some of thees' weTv very
ridiculous ones. Some Of the more ignorant
of the Confederate congress were opposed TO
having ny Latin words upon the seal, and |
remember one delegate who denounced the
Latin a. a dead language Judah 2. Benja-
min had, AT this time, proposed that a new
plan be Adopted in the naming of the money
coinage of the south, and that the unit or dol
lar be called 10y the name of Cavalier in
stead of dollar This took very well. and
there was great talk for some time OF the
cavaliers, hail cavaliers and quarter cavaliers,
which werc 10 represent the money of the
south. II wa, during this discussion that one
night was walking in oornpanv with Mr..
Preston past the >tatne II Washington in the
capitol grounds at Ri"hmonl We were
talking of the seal and coinage. and when
Preston made some remark about the statue
At struck mo at once that Washington was the
Ideal cavalier of America. and that hi, figure
would make an appropriate design for the
Confederate seal | had an artist Of Ricn-
monh draw design from it, and this design
was sent off TO London To James NJ Mason,
who was the Confederate minister there. He
hid the seal made by Wyatt, the man who
has for years made tine great seals Of Eng
land and it was sent back to the Confederate
government"
Judge Botcler tells me that the scrap hook
Of designs which ! spoke Of about a year ago
As existing in the war department, contain
ing ideas for Confederate flag, comprises
only small amount of the large number
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

The new planchette is made i'll Chicago by
mailing four short wooden legs under the rim
of a mans hat 10y means of pins run through
the cloth. On pieces of paper the letters of
the alphabet are marked and so are the
words yes" and mo" on separate bits of
paper. Persons with mediumistic or cleo
trical qualities derive much fun from making
the hat spell out words by leaping from letter
to letter. The toy is called The Dancing
Derby. New York Sun
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

In its halls jefferson, Madison and Monroe
have spoken, and nearly every noted Nir-
ginian has sat in them aS a member Of the
state legislature. During the war it was the
capitol building OF the Confederate states
The Confederate congress sat in it and every
atom of its old masonry i filled with history.
Walking up its front steps you enter a sort
of rutunda. in the ceuter of which there Is a
statue of Washington by Houdon, and this
statue is said TO l.e the hest ever made of him.
LAFAYETTE Callei il the fac-simile of " ash
ingtons person, and it is the muSt lifelike
marble REPRESENTATION have ever seen. Ii Is
Just life size and Houdon prepared his sketch
for il at Mount Vernon He took cast If
WashingtOn's face, pllsteTing the head Of the
Father Of our Country over with paste and
then removing this carefully enough 10 go<
mold He also took a cast Of the upper part
o: WaShingtons body and infinitely meas
ured his person and then went tn Paris Ia
make the statue. He took thesn casts at
Mount Vernon in l1Sl. before Washington bt-
came president. and the statue was erected
three yearr before he died. 1t was paid for
by the legislature of Virginia The forehead
Of this Washington is not 80 high those of
Stuarts pictures. 1t is receiing rather than
full and the whole man does not seem 10 lie
the giant represented 10y other painters
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

The French not only have forgotten Thiers,
but have forgotten that statue of the great
little man is lying in Paris atelier awaiting
a location. Paris does not want it. Ii was
ordered years ago, and bids fair to he neglect
ed The interest which stimulated the popu-
lar subscription that paid the sculptor has
died out, and nobody seems to care whether
ii is placed i'll position or not-Boston Tran
s1.rinAt
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

HOCDoN'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
In this ru;unda of the Richmond capitol
there is an old stove made OF iron which is
said Ia be one of the oldest stoves in existence.
1t Was made a present to the colony of
Virginia in I5'o and was spoken of at that
time a. a warming machine. 1t is seven feet
high and has as much Ornamcntation as a
Queen Anne house. What is now the Nir
ginia senate chamber was occupied during
the war as the Confederate house of repre-
sentatives The Confederate senate was on
the second floor, but its hall has now been cut
up in rooms for the government. On the
floor lelow this is the hall of the house of
delegates. where Aaron Burr was tried before
Chief Justice Marshall for treason and where
the state secession convention met in 1861.
Pictures Of Chatham and jefferson hang
upon the walls and the delegates sit with a
little old fashioned school-hke desk in front
OF them. On tbe opposite side of the rotunda
on the second floor Is the state library which
has p go volumes and the walls Of which
are hung with curioSitics Here Is Stonewall
Jacksnns last dispatch to Lee, written just
before he died Ii Is on a half sheet of COM
mon letter paper, the edges of which are
ragged where it was evidently torn off in a
hurry. Ii is written with pencil. and the
handwriting Is a. small rs that of a woman.
dence in speaking Of his situation and signs
it: Respectfully, I. J. jackson"
Judge \. r. Boteler, the pardon clerk of
the attorney generals office, is one of the fine
old gentlemen about Washington who have
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

O4I of 100 heroincs of elopements, esca-
padcS and more serious offenses, IA statistical
authority says that - are described as young
md beautiful. Is as beautiful, and 8 as occu-
DYING Lluh sIriaI stations
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12
THE RICHMOND CAPITOL.
WASHINGTON STATUE-THE ORIGIN
OF THE CONFEDERATE SEAL

Told by it, Inventor-t'osSip About
John Randolph of Roanoke and His
Drunken Eccentricitics-IIis Granite
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

To be an editor is inconvenient; to be
writer of any kind without other sources Of
income is positively tragic.-Junius Henri
Browne.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

his several times
great grandmother
Pocah ontas, h.
Stalked in upon the
stage of American
history proud Of his
Indian descent. Ills
life was made up Of
ecCentriciti,S, and
the story Of it reads
like a romance. Ills
father left him
wealthy, and he had
everything 10 HIM
life pleasant. He
was endowed with
great natural abil-
ity, and he had OPP
portunities for the
best of educatiOns.
He went TO half a
dozen noted col
leSes, including Z
Princeton, but he
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

The California Southern railway is sending
out loads of grapes attached to each passenger
train bound east. The rate this year is $50
a car, as against 5000 last year.
A Flori,a firm is planting 80 acres wItu
castor Leans aud will erect an oil mil
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

John Randolph was AN niidel during the
greater part of his life. During another part
of it he was an enthusiastic Christian. Part
of the time he was apparently insane, and for
long time he WAS an opium eater. His
whole life was made up Of queer acts and
strange eccentricitieS. He will always re-
main Il riddle 10 the historians.
FRANK GEORGE CARPENTER
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12


RICHMOND, August. Capitol at Rich
moud i, one If the oldest buildings in this
country Ii stands in the center Of the city
and Is surrounded 10y a rolling park filled
with fine old trS.N in which the gray squirrels
chirI, and the birds sin-. Th~c squirrels
run about over the walks 10y hundreds
They crawl into the baskets of people who
set them down for a moment while they chat
with their neighbors; and saw lady feed
ing one as | WaIkel about the grounds. She
st"op,I down AMI held hit If cracker in her
hand which the squirrel nihhle,l rs though
it had bet'n accustomed L. the sn>Irty ot ladies
all its life The Capitol building was laid
after a mnlcl snle'tcd 10y Thomas jefferson
and 1t looks >ouren har like the old Roman
temple at NiSnrs, France, known aS the Mal-
son Carree Its corner stone WIS lail nine
years after the pccIaratinu of independence
was signed. and it now contains some of the
oldest records IN this country.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

which were received. Sald he: "Wc received
very many designs at Montgomery, and when
IL was found that the first flag was not dE
tin-ui,hahle from the Union flag in hattie,
and second one was proposed, designs came
in 10y the hundreds daily, and we had alto
gethcr as many as would have tillcl packing
box biz enough To hold a piano top great
many of these designs came from England.
Many of them wer. 10y ladies' and som" were
nadr Of satin and silk nf various Culors
Some were very ridiculous. and out Of all
symmetry or Trupricty. Many had the iCcl
of the rattltSnake with the words, Don't t
tread on mr, ii is certain death. and Others
were made up Of the moon. stars and all the
signs Of the znllac put up in different shape
and forms"
john Randolph, of Roanoke, now repo eS
in the Hollywood cemetery Mt Richmond |
visited his tomb the other day. 1t is i'll the
new part of the cemetery, far away from
thnSe Of Presidents Monroe and Tyler. 1t
consists Of an immense slab of granite, five
feet wide and seven feet long. This slab is
about "A foot thick and it rests upo,. n hits'
fiat upon the ground \ smooth granite wall
round at the top and about eight inches high
surrounds the lot i'll which the monument lies,
and ON the slab Is the inscription:
JOHN RANDOLPH. OF ROANOKE,
Born Juur :. l1'3.
Dt.d March -, 1S3.
His remains We're removed from Charlotte
county, West Virginia, to this spot Dec. Is,
1873
And this is all that is left Of John Ran
l,IYb nas,sanl.sl frorn p,Ibar-,r, =,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

No. ~, mixed train. carries passengers BE-
ween e la and Springfield. Leaves Xenia at
t2:30 p. Il E; arrive Yellow Springs at LIS o. m;
rriyes Springfield at 2:l5 p. m.
a'Daily. tDsiIy except Sunday.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

sunday.
Train ,avinR st $50 m he through
sleeping car To RoEton aud Nv vo7t wv
ont ~ r1"e
lie ra lesvii & at $50 has set per To s. "a
cust, cOuntctluE with farlor car To New York.
tralL teSNIHs rpT!rsFsjQ st s5I = Il. nsx
Nesper 10 New York without rhzngs.
All trains rrT by Contra ~ rSr-6 T'Trs
~hioh 10 rs n In utss -lrvEy ii ar Springfield tint
Gao r. BsTsFf
Ticker AGENT Arcsde DEPOT.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

1t Is as q great point of wisdom to hide
Ignorance - to discover knowledge
Ssldsn.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

made a great deal
of history. He was
"A repr'Se ntative
from Virginia in
the nited States
congress at the
opening Of the war,
and during tine re
belliOn he was a
member Of the Con-
feierat" congress.
He is a m:n of fine
education and great
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12
LssSs r'sissss!ss vest
THE GREAT PAN HANDLE ROUTE.

P, c. & st. l.. Railway, l.. VI. Division
Springfield Branch.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

The Parnellltes feel great confidence in
the passing OF Parnells bill.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

Departing No.I Nos. No. II MOI.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

And this is all that is left Of John Ran
dolph Descended from Pnwhattan through
, 1886-03-31

II there Ii any more nao~-rful sight at
forded by the daily routine OF the great
town than the gathering at a public dis
pensary, I do not think that | care to be
introduced TO 1t An hour In the dispsnsary
OF one OF our hospitals the other morning
was enough for me. It was a melancholy
GROVE that appealed TO the ministrations OF
the pla,e, but without exception a crowd
made up Of decent poverty. Tho couple OF
doctors were very business-like, but neither
brusque nor inconsiderate, and in several
specially pitful cases exhibited decidedly
nnprofs sional sympathy and feeling. adI
One Of the physicians Informed mo that
the greatest difficulty they have 10 contend
with is TO get their patients to take medi-
cine intelligeutly. Their ignoranes IL al
most as deploFable in most CASES as their
misery. Where dangerous medicines are to
be administered the doctors are always
afraid Of the results till the patients turn up
again TO prove conclusively that they have
not ovcrdosed themselves 1t Is a custom In
the dispensaries to charge for medicines 1t
their cost price--itself thu merest tribe, gem
srally, II the patient can afford to pay It
The poorest people, say my doctor, WIN
always and willingly pay for prescriptions
II they can possibly scrape the money 10
gether; but there are others who can well
afford the expense who try to wheedle help
out o. the dispensaries when they should be
buying 1t at the drug storsS-Alfrsd Trum-
bic in New York News
, 1886-03-31

As for the punishment OF convicted
criminals In Farce, these were as various
rs the nature OF their crimes. Generally,
however, a hne was deemed sufficient.
Bodily chastisement, mutilation, exile and
death itself were also In vogue. or the
different ways OF capital punishment, de
capitation, drowning, stoning or hanging,
the last wa held to be the most digrace-
full. Deheading was done with the sword.
A base-born man twisted a stave INTO the
hair OF the felon, and held this apart whilst
o free-born man severed the neck. The
relatives Of the criminal sometimes Co
operated In the stoning as II thereby TO
free themselves from the opprobrium he
had cast upon them by his misconduct.
Occasionally n culprit was trodden to
death by horses. But the worst punish
ment was reserved for criminal women and
towards; these were buried alive or car
rIed out 70 one OF the many Dogs In the
neighborhood of Thorshavn and there
drowned by inches. Saturday Review.
, 1886-03-31
DUKE DE MoRNY's WILD oAueHIEf

spoiled aud Psttsd Beyond msssurs-A
stsepischsss Ansr Pleasure. 4
Sophie Matthias Adele, Marquis de Bel
oeuf. Is not quite twenty-thres years OF aga
Those who expect to find In this grand
inughter OF a queen and daughter OF a
princess any OF the naughty grace, the Sc
vera reticence, the strict attention 10 the
rules OF high-breeding and ~etiqustts that
one naturally associates with ones ideas OF
royal or imperial blood, have only TO look
At her portrait, as published by Dentu, to
lind themselves undeceived- A mail head,
covered with short chestnut curls like those
Of a boy, irregular and saucy features, an
arm planted akimbo on one hip, a soft felt
int in the other band, a goose-head UNI
hrela leaning against a chair as accessory
10 the picture, all go to make up a typo
worry different from the imagined reality.
The bar-sinister on her escutch son, traced
there by her paternal grandmother, seems
10 have exercised a baleful influence over
her life.
She has been spoiled and petted beyond
measure by her mother, Whose darling she
has always teen She was a mers infant
when her father died, and her pet name OF
-Bebe" seems to have chung TO her, half ex-
cusing the eccentricities OF her existence.
She Is said by her intimate friends TO have
the best heart and the widest head in the
world Her life is a steeplecbase in pursuit
Of pleasure. She cares little or nothing for
tho more formal amusemsnts OF 30 isty,
finding local balls and operas and evening
receptions anything but amusing. Her
dogs, her horses, her drives in the Bots are
varied by her artistic lAbors, for she Is de-
voted to painting HH
She Is an accomplished billiard player
and a crack shot" with the pistol, a grace
tul fencer and an excellent musician, her
t~avorite instrument being the violin, though
the piano, harp and guitar are not neglected
by her. But OF all her occupations she likes
best to drive herself in the Bots with her
little low English wagon filled with her
favorite poodles, OF which she possesses q
great number Her latest freak was to
import from Spain a noted dog -shearer to
keep the coats of her canine darlings in good
order. - Letter.