The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-16

redolent of the middle ages. AS wan
dered about its narrow and not over
clean streets, | felt that it was a place for
ton correspondence to live. Here is
treasure that L brought back'' exclaimed
the traveller as he took up from dainty
writing desk a beautifully bound ltbeua,
printed at Bologna, in 1850. Examination
showed that it was an Grafton, more prop
erly a eulogy on the beautiful Elizabeth
Sedani, who had died from poison, admin
istered presumably by the hand of rival,
which affected the drover's heart
II have been siezed with a passion to
find out the history of this poor young
girl, said Mr.; Reed. Here is the Diction-
aire Universelle, but there is only bare
mention of her. She was painter and
author born in 1888 and died in 1868. She
died therefore at the age of 81 [ found
some of her paintings still preserved in the
best galleriea of Italy. There's one in the
U tzzi gallery at Florence, l think; Ger
tainly in one of the Florentine galleries;
any guide book will tell which. But who
poisoned hers | appeal to the World read
ers for information about this poor girl who
was poisoned at the age of 81, after she had
attained immortality in her art. Tell any
body who knows about her to write to me.
Poor girl! my heart bieeds for her. Her
case was as sad as that of Adrienne
Lacouvereur and the world has wept over
her pretty generally. To die OF poison and
we not have details.
'In Venice | saw all the show places
the Doge's palace and the dungeons under
it," remarked the ex-speaker seriously.
1.-The old Venetians were cruel, heartlesS
people but the aliens Of to-day that | met
were peaceable, aye Industrious and fru
gal. | liked them; there's great many Of
them over here.
I'm Florence saw the David of Michael
Arrr c1o cd wi
siasm, adding with reserve, "That is all
that visitor is now permitted TO see. l
am surprised that no copy of it has ever
been brought to this country. l never saw
a plaster copy of it anywhere. To my
mind, it is worth every other statue in
Florence"
A transition from ''David'' to politics
was as natural as the lives of David and
What of the Democratic situation? ~ Mr.
Reed asked.
There is no situation. 1t waits the
fate of Governor Campbell in Ohio, - was
the reply.
SIS it as bad as that9 The unknown man
who comes to the front just before the con-
vention meets is always dangerous. No
time is afforded to look up his record or to
invent one for him. Telling the truth
pays in this country. Why, every man
who took his back pay has been forgiven :;
every man who took Credit Mobilier stock
and owned up, has been pardoned. The
poor devils who lied all suffered martyr
dom. Garfield nearly escaped, but he had
martyrdom of higher kind thrust upon
him.
The conversation then Grifted to Vir-
girs visit to hell and his discovery that
the worst sufferers there were the men
who had been untrue to their political
trusts, had bartered their honor for money.
Any body to have heard Mr.. Reed speak
about the contemptuous character of men
who trafficked in legislation and acenmu-
lated vast wealth while in public office,
would have thought he referred to some
particular person, but he did not say so.