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CAN IT BE SAVED?
NASHVILLE AND ITS
CONTENTS.
Provisions of James K. Polk's Will to
be Carried Out to the Letter--A
Reproduction of the White House
on a Smaller Scale.
Special Nashville (Tenn) Letter.)
The old homestead of James K.
United States, is at this time, as it
has been for some time past, an ob:
ject of particular interest, owing to
| choice statuary and other articles of
| virtu. Rare pictures and hangings
| adorn the walls. Bibelots, insignin
| of office and rank, relics of public
life and of public men, historical
memorials, the gifts of patriots and
| foreigners, are arranged in their
abundance with a harmonious taste
that lends to the interior of the old
mansion an air of elegance
| value not measurable in silver or
{ gold. All these must be sold, ac-
cording to the will of the deceased
president, with the real estate, and
family is by purchase by the heirs.
division of the estate among
This property was purchased before
was begun during the time of the
Polks at Washington and was sufhi-
ciently complete for residence before
the President’s retirement from of-
fice
1847 and 1848.
Ths mansion presents two facades
with great Corinthian
porting verandas. and has approaches
from each of the four streets forming
the square it crosses, in the very heart
of the city of Nashville, Tenn. The
main front is to the south and is
reached through the principal busi-
ness thoroughfare of the city, from
which the carriage drive sweeps
through the immense iron gates.
PRESIDENT JAMES A. POLK.
The Vine street approach, howev-
«er, has always been the preferred ap-
proach of the family and pedestrian
wisitors. A graveled walk, bordered
with heavy twining shrubbery, lends
an attractiveness to int
that is the secret of its popul
To the family it was the most
venient approach to
tion of the center of
the city, though in later years this
feature has been much modified by
the spread of the city. This walk
also connected with the one leading
from the house to the tomb. which
has been the Mecea of the great ma-
jority of those visiting the place
It is dou! if there is a more im-
posing family mansion in t
south than Polk
latter's !
nad the |
all planned to make the cl
the white
Mrs. Polk, and
of the nation’ al
after w the Polk
built. The long |
bracing its
room, and
the entrance
arity.
con
livin
g por-
house from the
tfal
5
Wii
in the
he lo
even
16 exterior design
nterior arrangements were
fs
from
a
decline
ange
house less noticeable to
the great white house
the model
mansion was
~shaped hall, em-
the reception
runn into the ample
west parlors, with twenty-foot ceil.
ings, gives to the whole a palatial ef
fect peculiar to the white house. The
dining-rooms, guest chambers, upper
fall and even the servants’ quarters
are arranged on the. same generous
scale. :
In the southeast corner of the
house, on the upper floor, is the room
used by the president as his office
during the short time allotted him to
live in the new home sfter he sur-
rendered the presidential chair March
4, i849. ‘Three months after this
«date he was seized with a sudden ill-
ness and only lived a few days. He
died at the age of fifty-four. The
widow continued to live in the great
house until herdeath in August, 1891,
forty-two years the survivor of her
distinguished husband, than whom
she was not less brilliant or talented.
The great pleasure of her life through
these many years of widowhood was
to care for this favorite room of her
= capil is
hie
HICH
in angle
fer
ng
|
9
MES. SARAM C. POLK.
The family tomb, which contained
the remains of husband and wife
until they were removed to the state
capitol grounds, stands on the east
side of the grounds to the right
the walk alluded to above as the
for
ted
onvenient
approac
h
omb was t
r
mstry
y
med
Cf
Our Coi-
tion of the names and
1d death of
TY
One
ne of the eolumn
of some length
ial
from the
of the
art of Englan
Bancroft th An
appears m
betwee
or forty-two vears the remains of
taken
announcement
to
death,
made the ¢ i by
1
: aro 57 i“ g "
Lreorge en er n
yinister, on tae Jd 4!
hich rests n the columns.
the ex-president lay in sacred seclu-
, and when Mrs. Polk
n compliance with her last
wrappes in a ph
nding sheet and quietly
of
sion died her
request, were in
white silk wi
placed beside those
Two years late
were borne t
impressiveness and 1
reinterred in the
few hundred yards away.
within a
give the estate, real and
over to pr i
and Polk place,
years stood as a p
tion in Nashville
fi
st
i
]
rthe
hence, and
capitol
short the
time
personal
ivate and publi aueti
{f
OF sO many
ablic
H,
which,
has attrac
will & i
iful me
As it
and deserted,
nument
the
beau
maory.
“Avs stands,
solemn it
In
ares
MARGE
ch have so
iry
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ustome
wed site JH
tiful
(585
t, touch
there has been an
sentimen
pressed
ure of forts to
spot t f Ly
How long
may remair
and
all the treasures so
lected by President Polk
ously cared for by widow
merchandise to be disposed
on the most liberal terms that
be secured.
save
and
he grounds
intact is
)
legal financial
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GEORGE 8S
McDowetL.
EARTH'S OLDEST REPUBLIC.
A Singular Little State, Jealous of
its Independence,
San Marino has just attracted the
attention of the other nations by
opening with great ceremony a
splendid government palace which it
has built for itself.
San Marino is the oldest republic
in the world. According to the
legend, its founders, Marino and Leo, |
hailed from Dalmatia. They founded |
the republic on the Titan Mountain,
which was presented to Marino by
St. Felicissima, and Leo became |
bishop of the diocese.
Though its people are Italian, and |
geographically it forms part of]
Italy, it is quite independent of tho |
Italian Government. Moreover, of |
POLY. PACE, NASHVILLE, TEXN,
‘husband, in which he spent so much |
time in reading, study and writing, |
along the line of his earnest literary |
pursuits. The room was held sacred |
from curious intrusion for nearly |
half a century, and in it to-day are
the desk and furnishings as they
a
of the eminent owner.
The
his room is shelved from floor to
eeiling to accommodate the exten
sive collection of books which com-
a library complete alike for
statesman litterateur,
Every nook of the great house, in
Italy none has ever attempted to de- |
prive the tiny State of its liberty. It |
was respected even by the all-con-
quering Napoleon, True, in 1797, he
offered to supply the republie with |
eannon, doubtless with ulterior aims
tipon it, but his offer was declined
with thanks.
The country, though it possesses |
he land is di-
They pay no
They are completely out of the world,
They know little, and care less of
what goes on in Italy, just below
them, and separated from their ter-
ritory only by a small bridge, or of
the world around them. They live
for their family, and the blind forces
of angry nature are their only foes.
on their territory longer than a week.
Finally, they are extremely virtuous,
A fow years ago the Monte Carlo
Casino Company offered the com-
munity an enormous sum if they
would allow rouge et noir and rou-
ly and
{indignantly refused. So averse ure
| they to innovations, that until quite
{ recently there was only one clock in
i the whole State.
The republic is governed by two
{ Consuls, called Regents, elected, one
{ by the patricians and the other by
the citizens and country people. The
i Council cousists of sixty members,
elected for life, and comprising 20
nobles, 20 citizens and 20 agricultur-
ists. This Council takes the place
of the ancient Arringo, an assembly
{ composed of the chiefs of every fam-
ily. There are also a Council of
Twelve, an Governing Congress of nine
{ citizens, and another Congress for
Foreign Affairs (?)
{ The republic is represented by Con-
| suls in most of the chief cities of
| Europe.
A Body Guard of Dogs,
been wit-
of a fe-
Cour-
It was
An exciting has
nessed in Paris at the arrest
male swindler in the Rue
onnes, says a correspondent.
iat a nicely situated standing
in its own grounds, that has been
for some time in the occupation of a
man and woman who made a busi-
ness of striking up an acquaintance
with wealthy strangers, and entrap-
ping them to the place in order to
rob them. The last victim was an
American, who had a pocketbook
or 0,000 francs ($6, 000)
scene
des
house
©
containing '
stolen from him.
The matter
ant enough
tion of M (oe
Paris deteclive police ho
was Hnporis
inl atten
f the
to merit
head
wen
t to
itil O
robberies. — New
Hi arant
gdifierens
vertiser.
Terrible Torture in Morocco.
A charge has been
Omar's door—that of
to the th
sing
fy
rein
players
Ww ¢ by split.
slave forced silence
ting up
Wy €1
ims with a dagger
dr
£ of treason he
the
LEis
{ GA was afte
put shed by having the
sh of his
with
hand sliced, t
CLT
be.
be applied
orders, =
time the
ishment t
as case may
cannot
by Sultan’
{ Blackwood's Magazine
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excent ®
Centenary of the Chrysanthemum.
The chrysanthemum first bloomed
in England in 1795; next year, there-
fore, will be the centenary of the
tual flower. But it was long neg
ed by floriculturists, and its serious
cultivation only dafes back about
twenty-five years, when John New.
ton, gardener to the Honorable So
ciety of the Inner Temple, took it in
hand. Now the chrysanthemum is
all the rage. Yetin all years
the efforts of floricuiturists have
failed to evolve a satisfactory speci.
men with hues approaching red.
The variety, "G. W. Childs,’’ named
after the late philanthropist, is de-
scribed as showing erimson, which
is not unpleasing, and was raised in
America. ~{ New Orleans Picayune.
ac
eC
these
Horse Breeding in France.
In the National Haras of France
there are twenty-three stallion de-
pots, containing 2,678 sires. Of
these 195 are thoroughbreds, 87 are
Arabs, 207 are Anglo-Arabs (a cross
between the two others), 1.800 are
hackney and other half-breeds, and
878 are heavy draught stallions. The
have been in existence fourteen years,
France has been increased
there influence from 9.628
to 24,121. Half of the export of
land-| New York World.
The Fearful Moxa.
Moxa is described ns a counter ir
ritant, used espocially in cases of
gout, rheumatism and nervous dis
orders. It has been in use in Japan,
where it originated, many centuries,
The finer woolly parts of the young
leaves of wormwood are applied to
the skin in the form of small cones,
and are set on fire by means of a mag-
pitying Slang. They burn very slow.
ly, and leave a blister, which after
ward breaks and discharges. The
operation is painful, but not severely
80, Among the lower classes its uss
is said to be almost wn voras! ~.
NAVAL SIGNALS.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
THE TRAINING SCHOOL.
—
AT
Different Systems of Electrical Sig~
Work of the Signal Class.
At the training station at
port, R. I., where boys are fitted for
a seafaring life, a dozen of the most
advanced boys are taken apart and
put in what is called the signal class,
When in this class they are excused
from all routine drill, and their time
taken up almost entirely with signal
drills,
There are at present about six sig-
nal codes which the apprentices have
The and most used
ol these is the Myer code, commonly
known ie The letters
are formed in by wavin
the flag ‘oss the body from righ
to left ‘othe right represents the
number one, the left two, downward
in front of the body three.
to learn, first
as tl Wig-wag
this code
ir
~
1
i
The alphabs { is made up of com-
binations of the ficures 1 and 2 For
A B 2112.€C
121 and go on By waving the flug
twice to the left the letter A is made.
Dropping the flagin frontof the body
‘end of word,” twice
‘end of sentence.’ three
! Lill
a
instance is is is
once signifies
: times, **
of message,
y
wile
8 ¢ IMesLIres
~
hi
i
national Code
lesignated by flags of differ-
enrey
rad
i keyvh .
a typewriter, which
chart house or :
the operator can
of the
The person signalling
hie key the letier A
i, white and a red
for an instant in
would be
where
ive an unobstructed view
surroundings.
at
r peated
gnal
the mes
is
i ai
iieh the wns
sent ditiey
The person senagin
sage then makes next letter and goes
on with the message, waiting after
each word to have the word repeated
hat system has been supplied to
all of our modern eraisers
navies of Great Britain
have already adopted this code.
There of course, a difference in
the alphabets of the different navies,
but the principle is the same.
Another code which is being tested
in the navy is the system of search
light signals. These signals are made
by finshing the light upon the sky at
intervals of five and ten seconds. A
five-second flash standing for the
figure one and a tenwecond flash for
two. The arrangement of the alpha-
bet in this code is exactly the same
us in the Myer code. The flash light
code has never been put to any prac-
tical use as vet, but the officers of
the new ships are experimenting
is
ships at sea will be able to communi
cate at a distance of thirty
the darkest night.
The boys who do this signalling on
the ships are prepared for it by a
long and careful course of study at
the training station at Newport.
receiving
const.
ships on the
port to the training station, where
their instruction begins
The boys are divided into compan-
fes of eighteen, called gun crews.
After an week's drill a crew of the
brightest boys is selected, to be
known as the signal class. They ave
then turned over to a guarter-mas-
ter, whose duty it is to instruct
them is all branches of signalling.
Their first instruction is in the
Myer code or Wig-wag. Each one
receives a card with the signal letters
upon it; this they must study until
it is learned by heart. Then two
boys will take and, standing at
[ win signal toench other, slowly at
{ first, and gradually increasing theie
| speed as they grow acenistomed to
j catching the messuces,
| At the end of a wees the boys are
| Generally 80 expert with the fag that
THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS.
| it Is possible to wave the flag.
{a boy thinks he is capable of eateh-
ing any message in this code he re-
| ports to the Quartermaster in charge,
The Quartermaster will then take tha
fing und send a message to the boy.
{If the boy receives the IMessSnZe cor-
rectly he will be marked ‘‘qualified”’
and passed to a higher class,
he is taught the Naval and
Here he a
book containing pictures of the flags
of the differe He
th he }
il
bo
COMmMes
where
tional codes will receive
COloex
nt studies
is int
letter in th
1 C0 le
Then
The apprentice kt
of bot
ertain
containing i
and t letter in the
He is told t
» knows
idle
ig oO
messages,
f the flag pole by
up to
a ariy
iif paryy
Le
answer
Messnres hen they |
the ton oO
of boys
stationed
an arty will
nd
and
the
' 3 : : .
learned this brane) ling the
boys’ course i
10
e
i
are then
sent
p
f
ir shies th
the train
ract
ADEPT AT LOCKPICKING.
sarcerofa Man Whom No Cell Has
Hestrained.
visit profess onaliy
writing for some account of himself
i a reporter h wrote
warles Kroekel, eighteen years of
Philadelphia,’ and the
name and address of a sister residing
in this city.—{ Philadelphia Press.
by ©
7}
age
merely
then
A Chinese Love Letter.
The ""Ostasiaticher Lloyd,” an au-
thority on Chinese matter, in a recent
article onthe manner of lovemaking
in the flowery kingdom, publishes
the following letter from a man who
desired the daughter of a neighbor
as a wife for his son
“On my knees 1 beg you not to
despise this cold and common request,
but to listen to the words of the
matrimonial agent and give your hone.
orable daughter to my slave of a son,
#0 that the pair, bound by silken
greatest joy.
In the beautiful spring time I shall
offer wedding presents and give a
couple of geese. And let us hope for
long and continuous fortune and
look forward through endless genera
May they sing of plenty and
have every joy. On my knees I beg
of your eyes on these lines,”
To this letter the father of the
to the portion of his poor and pov.
erty-stricken daughter, that she
might not be without bedelothes,
cotton clothing, hairpins and ears
rings. Therefore it was to be hoped
that the couple would have constant
fortune.”’
A Lightning Liner,
There is a miniature vessel in the
model room of the United States
navy department which has eighteen
propellers ranged along its sides and
pelled by electricity. The invent.
three
Among the 400-..Evidence--True
to Her Promise--A Deep Man-~~
Both Wicked~~Sizing Them Up,
Eto., Ete.
AMOXG 4060),
Ten Brok (wistfu
vou devote some o
wealth to charity?
Miss Milvun—I
about to
jected
THY
don't
inNmense
ly)—Why
{ Your
erect a4 home my
if can find a large
striction vile SOY Sk fd awl
enough Dic 33 I Up i and ia
intend to.
for
am
be
#1
Hitors
the city, —
:
neard her suit
Then
troit Tr
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she
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=
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ter red
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PORTANT INFORMATION.
Pete ding fron
o
3
Toad *
eqesiTian
ia
i
paperi-—The di between can-
i i: i} steed 3 3
vasback and redhead duck is so slight
erence
1 taste and quality that even
3 dec ived
Itinerant lke—Is that
we to be y careful when
10
we take cold vittles from 1
redhead
ir
fer canvasback —— New
experts
:
20? Then
"11 have were
wonle
see that they don't palm off
duck us
York Press
On
WITH BOOTH.
PLAYED
that 1
Eng.
think r
Booth in
“You wouldn't i
once played with
land?’
“Pear me!’
sient old gentlemen, as
the wretched mendicant
“what did you play?’
“The bass drum, sir,” answered
the mendieant meekly ; “but this SBal-
vation Army biz is played out fer
me. =i Puck.
exclaimed the benev-
he handed
a quarter;
4
AUGORESTING ANOTHER REFORM.
Mrs. Thusinsm-I have called, my
dear Mrs, Hardfux, in the interest of
humanity, to ask you to join with
hundreds of our best women in sign
ing this pledge not to wear another
sealskin garment of any sort.
Mrs. Hardfax<<I shall be delighted
to sign it. Oh, what lovely stuffed
birds those are on your hat! Where
did you get them?{Chicago
Tribune.
HE WASN'T PARTICULAR.
“Sir.” remarked the rich father to
the suitor, “after the investigations
1 have made into your character |
cannot give you my daughter. Em.
ma.’
“All right”’ answered the per
sistent suitor; “then how about one
of the others? = Fliogende Blaetter.
REPARTER,
Mr. A. Just look at that doit of a
man. What a charming wife he
has, How true it is that the bigges
fools always marry the prettis
girls,
Mrs,
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