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Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-02

THE widow of the lamented and elo-
quent Sargent S. Prentss of Mississippi,
with her daughters, is at the head of d
very excellent private school for girls in
New Orleans. Mrs. PrentiSs during
the latter part ofthe summer visited Bos
ton in the interest of her school, and
much kind attention was shown her
there. Thus it is that Southern Wo-
men brave and interchangeable, are being
known and respected abroad for their in
dustry, their ability to carry on success
full enterprises, while still preserving the
characteristics of elegant ladyhood
amid the most exclusive of thoughtful
and social circles.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-02
MISS SARAH CECIL of Kentucky has

MISS SARAH CECIL of Kentucky has
won many admiring criticisms in New
York, by her musical talents. Miss &C.
Gil made her professional debut in con-
cert at Chickering Hall. She has mez-
20 of great range, with especially beauti-
full notes in the lower register, and she
was received oy her audience with much
enthusiasm.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-02

The New Orleans papers are abiding
in admiring terms to the "public spirit
of Col. Jos. A. Walker, who proposed to
have Sept. 20 anchored at the Crescent
Hall, ga monster balloon capable OF bear
ing aloft some eighty persons" This
public spirited profer upon the part Of
the Colonel, was intended as benelac-
ton to those citizens who were in state
oftrepidation concerning the earthquake,
which we are happy to say Mr.. Virgins
the scientist, was mistaken in pre-
dieting, Had, however, the Virgins
predictions been followed by the Wig
gins earthquake, fancy the feelings of
the eighty persons that might have been
gathered at Crescent Hall (that rocking
mayhap) to embark upon the dipping and
rolling balloon. And being lifted above
terra irma, can inauguration compass
the excitement Of these eighty citizens,
as hanging in mid air, they looked down
upon their once secure resting places
along the borders of mother earth, view
ing the convulsion, buildings falling,
earth crust down sinking and uprising,
the spout, the smoke, the ocean tide per-
chance. All well are we half thankful
enough along the pIatitudes of daily life
for these same platitudeS? The earth
quiet and reposeful, permitted Mr.. Wig
gins to wait in expectancy all along, the
day he had set apart. And although
there was considerable anxiety last We'd
neSday. still earth. nature and sky were
serene, cool and Tranquil throughout the
entire twenty four hour hours of Sept.
the 10th,
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-02

1'09seS The CaroliDas ~
we're shock appears to have S'''l bad :. 's,.
along this line in central No n+p is origin
and eastern South Carolina >, ~ o'rola
(seVenty-fifth meridian time y 2y49pn
Il was not without warning, F Fas g.
time Slight $, shocks have been fe Ig' long
G :. 1 and only few days Drss a'.a
y y, moderate shocks were t f.t''0ns,
Charleston" ~ lelt near
a second theory; interestina
as 0lscurslve as the mighty stream WV WHY, YET
the writer's hypothesis would l br;nn Which
Tar Vesuvius, with a volcanic on IS a+n
the southern Atlantic coast, is l rivs1 I S
a correspondent of the New Y 5rSr -:
Dune' and here let the LADIES Iorrr WI.
remark that the dash the fres gs'1 ~
tbs theory is broad and altogether l eb. u
ming as a subject of thought.
"some dozen years ago some ,ci.,
t1tic men advanced the idea that tbo r.1,
Stream came from an underground ont.
let OF the Mediterranean Sea, The w.ts,
being heated in its subterra,eons noe,
age and retaining its heat, volume and
current along the Atlantic coast and
across the ocean until it passed the coast
OF Ireland. Investigation showed that
plants growing along the shores Of the
Mediterranean Sea, were found floating
in the Gulf Stream, It has also been
proven that while there is an immense
inflow of water into the Mediterranean
Sea there is not, so far as known, any
corresponding outflow, The earthquake
that destroyed Char ejton was felt iniS
extreme in Italy, Egypt and the Grecian
Isles, just where the subterraneouS pass
age would begin, if such existed, A
steamer arriving in New York reported
that the shock had been felt on board,
although the sea was perfectly calm, the
sensation being as if the bottomOt the
ocean had risenup and struck the vessel
May this not have been in crossing the
Gulf Stream, the motion coming IRON
the undercurrent? Again, the Shock"@
largely felt along and close to the sea-
board, beginning in Florida Inc Oul
Stream rises offthe Florida coast oFDV"l
the West India Islands, and follows l''
coast until 1t crosses the ocean, may
OF the earthquake have been gene 7,'a
about the region of VeSuvluS anu p cnr
carried under the ocean in the 0u
Stream channel, and discharged ~ WV
on Charleston and its vicinity;
M, a;1,or certificates VIII "
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-02

Beyond the poets sweet dream lives
The eternal epic of the man.
HewiSest is who only gives,
True to himself the best he can;
Who drifting in the winds of praise,
The inward monitor obeyS;
And with the boldness that eonfesses fear,
Takes in the crowded SAIL and lets his conscience
steer. Whittier
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-02

THE new silver certificates WILL ,. y.
very similar in appearance % ,h .n' ncture
backs. The ones Will haVS WV tbat Of
of Martha Washington, the t"o' ~ .ll'I late
General Hancock, the tens '''" ~ dves
Vice President Hendricks, and the tn s1 nr
will probably have the portra ,. % demand
ell J. Tilden. There IS f." ~, ,,rr for the
ones and tWo3.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06

~ have no appetite" complains many sufferer
Hoods sarsapara gives an appetite, and enables the
stomach TO perform its duty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06
The An,,.saloon Conference.

The formal call for the National Anti Sa
loon Republican Conference FIXES the date OF
meeting upon Thursday, Sept. lG, at lOA NJ ,
and the place at Chicago. Each state is re
quested to elect four times as many del gates
and alternates as it has senators and repre-
sentatives in Congress, and territories can
send as many as they would be entitled 10 if
they were states. 1t is announced that ar
Engagements have been made that insure dele
cations from nine states, viz : Kansas, Illinois,
Michigan, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachu-
sets, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Is
land, and that some other states are moving
in the matter. The purposes and e1pecta.
tons OF those who are interested in this move.
ment are thus indicated
In the opinion Of those who called this National
Conference, the party should not be asked to commit
itself nationally to against any specific law, but
should announce as its settled policy that It will
everywhere strive to reduce the business dram SELL
ing, aud the evils resulting from it, much posi-
bleeach state to decide for itself from time to time
what laws best adapted to the end In view
aud that whenever the people express a desire vote
on prohibtory amendments they should be given an
opportunity. But whatever Is done must be done
honestly aud with such emphasis that the men
engaged in the liquor business will recognize
the party as beir enemy aud leave its ranks Moth
ing short of that will satisfy the Temperance forces
aud that line Of policy need not, aud, IL properly
managed, will not ALLEVIATE the mass OF drinking men
almost all Of whom admit that the saloon is dead
ly enemy TO good order aud every human Interest
some WILL Of course, leave but their ranks will in
the near future, be more than made up by the tenn
peranee men OF other parties, who will join until
that issue shall be settled.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06
Sir CbarI-. DIILe'. Fall.

In cable despatch to the New York Her,
aid, Justin Mccarthy says of Sir Charles Dixie
'His fall is like that of tower. H. stood
above every other rising English statesman,
and but for what has happened he must have
been the prime minister after Gladstone. He
would have had hardly even competitor for
the position. He had made his whole life
one of training for political successes He
had sought experience of the most varied
kind, bad travelled all over the world and
knew most of European countries RI well as
he knew his own. He had worn the Geneva
cross on many battlefield in order to see
something of battle and campaign. He was
intimately acquainted with the politics of
public men in Europe, America Australia
and the East. He knew Russia AS we'll as
Turkey, India and China, and was to all APP
pearance cut out for the part of prime min,
lister, who was also secretary of foreign at
fairs. He is still what we in English politics
consider young man, only in bis forty third
year and now, as Evelyn says of Charles II :,
Now is all in the dust Tue whole story Of
English public life contains no other example
Of such a career thus cut short, of 30 splen,
did rise and so sudden and terrible fall"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06
NO. 81.


Bishop Henry M. Turner of Atlanta who
has been attending the meeting of the bishops
Of the African Methodist church at Philadrl-
phia talks interestingly and hopefully about
the industrial progress Of the South. He is
one Of the leaders of the church, and was the
first coloied chaplain in the army, receiving
his commission in 1868. After the war he
went S Juth for the freedmen's bureau, and fl
nally settled in Georgia, where he was a lead
ing X publican, being several times elected
to the Legislature. He was made bishop in
1880 OF the southern negroes he says -
The colored people are chiefly engaged in
agriculture. Rich men, who are above labor,
hire negroes to till their land The farm la
bOrers are mostly negroes, but the blacks AZ
well AZ the whites Of the South, are being
moved to the future importance of mauufac-
lures, and wherever possible engage in such
business. Tho tendency to leave the farms
aud go to the mines and furnaces is clear aud
may be traced in the colored classes az well az
in the white. II may not perhaps be 10 dis
tinctly seen in the negro, but there il plenty
of evidence Of its existence Let me add
right here that the colored man is not the
mean and degraded creature he Is generally
believed TO be by the white people. There
are some idlers, laggards and loaters among
the Oldck people, Uut the ma Drlty are as dll-
gent and industrious as most whites. Cotton
is the staple product Of the South Corn il
generally raised. but wheat il not much grown
As to the social condition of the southern
negro, | cannot say that there can be marked
any improvement in that. In every other re-
spect the colored man is infinitely better off
than before the war but there is now less So
cial contact than then. The relations of the
two races are not AZ intimate by virtue of the
fact that while before the war black and
white boys grew up in the same yard, played
together and respected and sympathized with
each other now they play apart. Oue can
rarely in his walks white and black boys
at sport together. There il an alienation that
did not formerly exist We have to ride on
separate cars. On the Central railroad system
the black are placed between the engine
and the baggage car, and are much inferior.
Senator Browns road does not 80 discriminate,
nor does the Richmond and Danvile.
The future of the negro is a very broad
question. We have large schools in every
southern city aud many colleges and tn sse are
yearly turning ont teachers for the lower
classes. 10 this way education is being very
generally disseminated. In no great time the
black will refuse longer to concede superiority
to the white. Both races must then occupy
the same social plane or one of them must
quit the country. If the negro is not granted
social equality he will turn to Liberia and es-
tablish government of his own there. He
thus would become the agent of enlighten-
ment of the great African continent, and who
knows but that this was Gods design in on
shaving the black race"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06

Three ladies had read Miss Dunning's let
ter together in Boston, aud had smiled at it a
little The mo boys" had diverted one OF
them particularly, and she instantly began to
make little picture for herself of the dear,
od-fashioned country woman who had writ.
ten the prim note.
II can see just how neat and nice the little
house is, aud | know what grows in her gar
den We must keep that place for very
deserving little person. really should love
to spend a week with Miss Ann banning, my
self"
II believe l know Just the right child,
now, said one of the other ladies'. II was
at the Blank street hospital yesterday, and
one of the Sisters spoke to me about a child
for whom she evidently had great affection,
little Scottish girl-at least, her father and
mother we're from Scotland, originally. They
had both died, and an aunt took Peggy The
Sisters sent for her 30 that / could see her.
The aunt and the child we're brought to the
hospital sick, early this spring, and the poor
woman died, but Piggy remains behind.
Sister Helen asked me If couldn't find some.
body who would like to adopt her. She said
she had been 30 dear and useful they should
hardly know how to do without her but it ia
really no place for her at the hospital
thought she had sweet, wise little face but
she needs sun and air now, l never thought
of the country week Do let US send her
Something may come of i'll"
This seems to be the very place, said the
first speaker, smiling. They were used TO
Mrs. Vests enthusiastic descriptions of PEG.
pie, and to the sensible promptings of her
warm heart.
II am going through Blank street on my
way home" said one of Peggys would be
benefactors, land l will see sister Helen
about it, II your Peggy comes back we will
try to find her better friend"
Poor, lonely little Peggy She had begun
to wonder what was going to become of her
and whether there was really any place for
her in such big busy world. She had been
grieved enough when her aunt's house keep
ing was broked up, and when they went to
the hospital everything had seemed strange
and sad. Now, just as she had learned to
feel at home there and to really love Sister
Helm and two or three of the other kind
faced ladies' who nursed the sick people-yes,
and two or three Of the sick people them,
selves-she had found that she must go away,
though nobody knew exactly where. She had
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06
VT, FRIDAY. AUGUST 6, 1886.


Following is the letter Of Senator Edmunds
on the trumped.up charges against Gen
Wells, which appears among the Senate pa.
pers in that unae
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06

The WHITE HOUSE CosTs THE COUNTRY,
ALL Told in connection with the President,
considerably over Sl25, 600 year. b sides
the Presidents salary of $50, 600, the estimate
presented to Congress this session asked for
$1,000 additional to pay the salaries of his
subordinates and clerks. His private secre-
tsry is paid $3.50, his assistant private secre-
tsry $3.50, his stenographer . 1900. five mes
sengers (eacb) $1,000. a steward $780, two
doorkeepers who get $1,000, four other clerks
at good salaries, one telegraph operator, two
ushers. getting $1,000 and Sl4OO; a night
usher, getting Sl200; a watchman, who gets
5000, aud a man who takes care of the fires,
who receives 1854 year. In addition to
this there is set down $4,000 for incidental
expenses, such as stationary, carpets and the
care of the Presidents stables. Aud further
on, under another heading, there is demand
for nearly $40. 900 more. or this, Sl2, 500 is
for repairs and furnishings the White House.
$500 for fuel, $4,000 for the greenhouse, and
$l5, COO for gas, etc
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06

tried 80 hard to run errands quickly and to
wait upon every one since she had felt better
and had begun to miss her aunt little less
and not to cry about her quite 20 much She
was a silent, grave little child and old for her
years. She hoped II abe we're very good aud
gave no trouble, that Sister Helen would let
her stay. 1t was, indeed, great sorrow
when she was told about the country week
visit. They said it would be only week and
yet Peggy cried herself to sleep that night.
She was to go on Saturday and Sister Helen
was going to take her TO the train but Peg
gy could not bear to see children go by in the
street when she looked out of the hospital
window. They we're all going home they
bad brothers aud sisters, she WAS sure. No
body guessed in those days how sad this little
heart was growing. 1t would have made the
tears come quick to all our eyes il we had
known her aud had seen the poor child sitting
alone on a wide red seat in the cars, bound
on her solitary journey. We are so glad that
we know already something about Miss Ann
Dunning
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06
Miscellany,



Along the east strange glories burn,
And kindliug lights leap high aud higher,
As morning from her azure uru
POurs forth her golden FIRE.
From rush and reed, from bush and brake,
Float countless jeweled gosshmers
That glance and dazzle as they shake
ln every breeze that stirs.
A bird, upspringlDg from the grain,
Flutes loud aud clear his raptured note
That mtngles with as blithe strain
As e'er thrilled human throat.
Amid the tasselpd ranks Of corn
She stands breast-high her arms are bare;
Aud round her warm brown neck the morn
CLEANS on her lustrous hair.
The sickle flashes in her hand;
The dew laves both her naked feet;
She reaps ana sings, and through the land
She sends her carols sweet.
The wind breaihes softly on her brow;
To touch her lips tall blossoms seek
Aud AZ the stricken columns bow,
They kiss her glowing cheek.
o happy maiden ia her breast
Guile hath no place; her virgin sleep
Vain thoughts ne'er trouble; she Ia brst;
She hath no tears to weep.
She knows nor longs for prouaer things;
Her simple tasas are ali her care:
She lives and loves, and reaps and sings,
Aud makes the world more fair.
james D. Kenyon in august Century
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06
The New Law about Check LIstn and
Voting.
The following summary of the provisions
of this law is of interest 10 all Yoters.


of this law is Of interest TO all voters:
at is made the duty OF the selectmen In each town
to make an alphabetical list of persons qualified to
vote at the freemens meeting In September cause
copies of the same to be posted in two public
places IN the town at least 80 days before such free
mems meeting Tue same provision extends to meet
inRs for the election of President. The statute pro-
vides that upon such checklist shall be stated oppo-
site the name OF each voter the and number of
his residence, and where the streets not named
aud numbered, the school district where he resides
and opposite the OF each person who has not
sided In the town for which the list is made three
months previous to the freemen's meeting following
the making of that list shall be stated that such per-
son is disqualified from voting for town representa-
tive and justices. A person hereafter can only vote
In the town where he resides and has his the
checklist. Among other qualifications a residence OF
one year In the state ia necessary In all cases. and in
the town three mouths to vote for town representa-
tive aud justices of the peace. 1t Is made necessary
for former resident, who has removed from the state
aud returned to it, to have resided in the state
year and have taken the oath of allegiance to the state
the oath to support the constitution of the United
States, and the freemans oath. deserter from the
Union army not pardoned, is disqualified from yot-
ing, also all persons who have been convicted Of fell
ony aud not subsequently, restored to his rights of
citizenship by act OF the legislature. Heretofore a
legal voter could vote the county ticket In any town
in the county, for representative to Congress In any
town in the district, and for state officers and the
Presidential ticket anywhere IN the state The act Of
1884 restricts voting In all to the town In which
tue voter resides and has his name on tue checklist"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06

John Henry, aged four, eating green corn,
was bothered with the silk II wish" said
he, "whoever made this corn had pulled out
the bAsting- threads. - Independent.
A little miss wanted some ice cream the
other evening. She would not accept her
mothers refusal, and, Is the last resort. she
sent her to her father. The question was put
10 him, who answered mot much" She
went back to her mother and told her that
her papa said "she could have a little"
A French duel.
First Duellist-Oome, choose your weapons.
Second Duellist clubs at 100 PAGES.
First Duelist (saVagely) Very we'll; you'll
find I'll not finch from tue bloody encounter
AT in the morning, then. It'd Bits
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-06

A candid traveller for Cincinnati distillery
expresses his conviction in the Times-slar of
that city that Sin four years all the Gulf
states aud Tennessee in addition will have de
clared for prohibition. The spread of tenn
peFanoe sentiment in that section is certainly
remarkable, but the victories won thus far
have all been by non partisan and not by
third party action.
Messrs Lord 4 Thomas, the we'll known
and reputable advertising agents of Chicago,
have removed to elegant quarters in the new
building Nos. "a to 40 Randolph at, where
they occupy the whole of the third floor, 20
by ia feet, and have one of the largest aud
best-appointed offices in the country. Our
friends who wish to see a copy of our paper
when in Chicago can always fad it on file at
their agency.
Morris tribune., 1886-02-24
Keeping Wines.

Wine may be kept for various peri
DDS; but good ordinary wine is never
better than at three or four years old,
though it may keep sound for twenty
years. 1t is now very difficult to get
pure wine. Water is often added at
the time of pressing equal TO the guam
tity of wine and fermented with it;
thus the two become blended, and pure
alcohol added gives. the strength. Peo-
pie used to pure wine can detect at
once any adulteration. Once we add
ed something to our own wine. There
had been very abundant crop of
grapes, owing to an unusual amount of
rain having fallen when the grapes
were swelling. The amount of wine
was more than one-third above the av-
erage, and though clear and pure it
seemed weak. We thought it could
not stand hot summer, and consulted
local authority, who recommended a
bottle of brandy, or maybe two, to be
added TO each cask OF about 40 gallons.
The advice was followed, and the wine
was spoiled-that is TO say, the pure
taste of wine was gone, although it re-
manned perfectly sound. 1t was no
pleasure to drink it, and we consigned
it to the domestics. A small cask that
had not been doctored or fortified kept
perfectly well, and turned out an ex-
cellent wine. The best wine comes
from high ground, but quantity gives
way to quality. Stony ground-often
old quarries-produces II high quality
of wine-bright, light, and wholesome.
In the plains below you have quantity,
but coarse and heavy wine. The taste
of earth is often discernible, and strong
manuring only increases this defect.
Hillsides, with southern aspect, are
the best sites for vineyards. Cham
bers's Journal.