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W. . OEOtSHECH's BI.OQUBNT SPEECH
t j, a various Grant receptions, that of
Hon. W. S. Groesbeck, at Cinciuuati,
was the most sensible, eloquent and
truthful- We publish it in full, as a
~tn in its line, and full of useful in
tornistiou for voting and old, and rec
ommend it* preservation by the boys
mi tfirls who read the 6'wn. The
(tatistics are valuable:
The fir*t toast was "United States
of America," which wt# responded
tll hv W. S. Groesbeck, as follows :
.I lr. Chairman and Gentlemen : We
are at " banquet, and I suppose you
ould allow me, to boast a little in
.leaking of the United States of
(nierica. But I shall try to avoid
hoisting, believing, as I do, that a
simple statement of facts will be our
highest praise.
In the Htatesnian s l ear Book of
1879, published in London, ami ac
credited throughout Kurope, and in
' reliable publications of the Librarian
ol our Congress, and others I could
name, mav be found copious political
ami financial statistics of all the civil
ized nations of the world.
What of the United States of
America.
What of her magnitude ? Her ter
ritory is as large as the combined ter
ritory of Russia-in-Lurojie, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium,
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzer
land, Italy, Spain, l'o. tugal, France,
Great Britiau and Ireland. What a
magnificent possession for a great peo
ple! Fronting on the two great
oceans, and central between Kurope
and Asia, what an opportunity for
commerce with both ! Standing apart
and withdrawn from the necessity of
entangling alliances with other States,
how safe, independent, and command
ing her jM)sition.
What of her resources ? You have
been reading in our journals, from day
today, of our great harvests of wheat,
corn and cotton and other staples. If
we keep on, what will they be when
our population shall be dense as that
of Kurope? It is enough to say that
the land of the United States is fertile
as that of Europe, aud under full cul
tivation will yield as much as that of
all the countries I have named, while
underneath our soil the vast store
houses of coal, irou, gold aud silver,
•far surpassing theirs. In a word, in
extent of territory and in material re
sources on the earth aud under the
earth, the United States of America
mav be regarded as about equal to
the whole of Kurope.
What of her present condition ?
Oar national debt is, say 82,2tK),t)tH),-
000. That of the nations I have
named, is more than eight times as
large. We are reducing ours, it may
he. rapidly enough. I am not aware
that this is the case with any nation in
Europe. Their debts are rather in
creasing. The great payment by
Franco to Germany did not reduce her
debt; it was only a change of cred
itors. The debt of France, according
to the Almanach Dc Gotha, is more
than *4,(>00,000,000.
The stauding armies of these coun
tries occupying a much territory as
we do, number nearly three millions
of men. They spend their lives in
watching the people, whose substance
they devour, ami in fighting the hat
ties of dynastic rivalries and ambition.
Our standing army numbers 27,(KM)
men. I>et us hoj>e it may uever be
large, that we may shun wars, ami
ever Ik* able to rely for safety ami
order in our midst, upon an impartial,
popular and constitutional adminis
tration of the Government.
There are in the United States, in
round numbers, HO, (MM) miles of rail
roads ; in the whole of Kurope, 94,(MM).
1 might go on with such comparisons.
Allow me in this connection, to refer
to one subject—popular education.
The statistics of education in Europe
am incomplete ami unsatisfactory. I
will refer briefly to our own. The
I nited States lias already donated
for agricultural colleges, 8,098,000
acre, of land ; for literary colleges,
Ufio.OOG acres, and for schools, 68,-
073,(Kit) acres. But the education of
our people is in the c are of the States,
"bat have the States done? I will
give you but a singlo year. From the
report of the Commissioners it appears
that in 1877 there were enrolled in the
public schools 8,942;000 pupils, and
expended for their education $81,000,-
000. I>et me give you, as I find it in
a table under date of 1877, the pro-
of people in the leading na
• bona unable to read or write. In
lluwia it is 81 |>er cent., in Spain 80
per cent., in Italy 73, in Austria 49,
II England 33, in France 30, in the
United States 20, and in Germany 12
per cent, us make our acknowl
edgements to Germany, and let these
other proud old nations make their
acknowledgement to us.
, What shall I say of our political
institutions? Surelv I need make no
jximparison here. They are the best
>n the world, the best that have ever
What shall I say of personal
rigfita and privileges here ? All have
the same rights and privileges ; none
're exclusive. What shall I say of
freedom here? Religion is free, tbe
press is free, speech is free, and all the
inhabitants are free. What shall I
say ol the chances of life and comfort
here? Better than anywhere else.
Are any homeless ? The government
is ready to donate farms of Kit) acres
of land to all who will make their
homes upon them. Such in the fewest
words is the present standing of'the
I nited States of America.
What of her prospects? I have
been making what nmv seem to you a
very ambitious comparison. 1 have
compared the United States, not with
any single nation, hut with the mass
of the nations in Kurope. Why not?
Ix't me repeat. Our territory is about
as large, our material resources richer,
and our debt not one-eighth the
amount of theirs, and diminishing.
Not so theirs. Our standing army
is small, theirs multitudinous and eat
ing like a cancer. Our internal im
provements are about equal to theirs ;
our education more advanced ; our
embarrassments fewer; our opportuni
ties better.
The aggregate population of these
nations in Europe to which I have re
ferred, is about 293,000,000. Ours by
tbe last census, about 39,000,<M)0.
Two hundred ami ninety-three mil
lions of inhabitants are, to-day, living
upon a territory not larger than ours.
What that territory now holds, ours
can hold, and there is a probability, I
venture to say there is a certainty,
that in the not distant future, the
population here will be as large as
that of Kurojie. What then? Shall
we he one Government, with all the
oconomies of administration that im
plies, or shall we la* broken into many
nations, wasting their energies in riv
alries aud mutual strife. Shall we on
that great day Ik* the United States of
America, the mere continuation uud
expansion of what we are ? What a
consummation thnt would he. Shall
these sacred, written Constitutions we
now have in* preserved, administered,
or shall they be thrown away ? Shall
the people rule thetu as now, or shall
the voice of freedom be silenced by
the drums of despotism ? Shall the
Federal Government ami the State
Governments he as now both under
limitation, with the ultimate sovereign
ty in the people, or shall the one be
an empire ami the other hut provinces ?
S|w*akuig of myself. I would not give
to the Federal Government as much
additional power as I could hold in
the hollow of my hand. Sinking for
myself, I would not take away from
the State Governments as much of
their power as 1 could hold in the
hollow of my hand. Secession and
centralizatinn, political monsters, both
of them. Secession ami centralization
—Scyila and Charybdis. The chan
nel of safety lies between them. May
we be able to keep it, may we move
watchfully, and ever take our reckon
ings only from written Constitutions.
GRANT ENDORSES GROESBECK.
Grant being loudly called for said :
"I have listened to every word the
eloquent gentleman has uttered and I
endorse every one of them. If the
gentleman and myself have ever dif
fered in [Militics it has been because we
vote*l opposite tickets, for certainly
our views are the same. [Laughter
and applause.] Gentlemen ; I thank
you lor this kind reception uud for
your kindly interest in the words
spoken by your eloquent speaker.
Americans Through French Spectacle*.
From lb* Uhiragn Inl*r-<> *•. Pifb
"What queer ideas you Americana
have over there !" snid a Frenchwoman
to me ns we stood one day waiting for
our glasses to he filled at one ol the
springs of Vichy. "Such a droll j>co
ple! But s it really true that you
make grow the potato (sweet potato)
by wetting a common potato vine with
molasses and water?" "Ilcugh! those
miserable, radical Americans," said
an Imperialist once in my hearing.
"They plant their dead fathers and
mothers in tiieir vegetable gardens
that thus their licans and asparagus
may have more nourishing pro|>er
tics." "Your American mothers seem
to us mad," said a Frenchman.
"They often permit their daughters to
go away on traveling excursions of n
week at* a time with their jinnee*. <lf
course it is true, lor I read it in the
Figaro." "What would your men do
if your American ladies did not pro
vide spittoons in their drawing-rooms?
I)o you really believe they would spit
upon the floor?" said nuother. "The
only American woman I ever saw had
a great beard," said a stout pavsanuo
to me among the mountains of Au*
vergne. "I saw her in a show the year
I went to Lyons. 1 thought all Amer
ican women were like that. But I
am sure you are quite as pretty as a
Frenchwoman," she added patron
izingly. It was in that same village,
forty "miles from a railway, and in so
secluded a mountain nook that it was
the site of a Trappist monastery, that
I was followed by every inhabitant of
the village, as I walked with my
French companion through tbe main
strict. "liook at tbe American," they
cried to each other, "She's painted to
look like a Frenchwoman !' I had
not an atom of powder upon my face
ami bad traveled fourteen miles since
morning in an open carriage under an
August sun. That I was as red as a
dahlia was only proof that my natural
coffee color lay deep under layers of
cosmetic. For did not all those Au
vergnians know well that ail Ameri
cans are negroes?
MEN'S muscles move better when
their souls are making merry music.
• ENSLAVED WOMEN.
TIIK CAPTURE OK TURKMAN WOMEN IIV TIIK.
I'KHMAN GOVERNORS.
I lie capture of Turkman women by
tbe I'orsian governors is one of the
greatest crimes of Persian rule in the
districts east of the Caspian sea. "An
order," says Major Butler, of the
British army, "is sent to one or more
of the governors of those districts to
the etl'eet that no presents have been
forwarded to the shah by thein of late,
■ and if they do not immediately dis
patch substantial gifts another gover
nor will be found to replace them.
The distracted governor who has al
ready robbed his own people until they
have nothing left to take, wistfully
turns bis eyes and thoughts to his ri-li
neighbors the Turkmans. Forthwith
he organizes an expedition, and sends
forth spies to ascertain at what point
are encamped the greatest number of
Turkman women and horses and the
smallest number of men. This being
accomplished, he starts at the dead
of night, accompanied by his murder
iug robbers, and swoops down upon
his unfortunate victims. Those Turk
mans who are able to fight, or likely
to give any future trouble, are ruth
lessly murdered, and the old men, the
boys, wives, daughters and sisters are
bound hand and foot and brought
back into Persian territory.
"Then commences a scene disgrace
ful alike to humanity and morality.
The old women and infants are sep
arated from the young and beautiful
(and many of the Turkman women
are very beautiful); every po ; 'it of
the latter is looked into and discussed
by the men told oft* for this purpose,
just as the intended purchaser of a
horse trots out the animal to examine
him. Those ]M>ssessing tbe lx*t |Mints
are sent off to tbe shall and other
great men at Teheran. Those with
some fault or other are kept by the gov
ernor himsc'l and distril uted among
his favorites, high and low, his ser
vants being always generously treated
in the distribution of the human spoil.
The horses and other stolen property
are likewise disposed of. But what
becomes of the o'd women and little
ones? These are locked up until
some Turkman relation can buy their
release for twenty or twenty-five
pounds each ; and if this happy ar
rangement cannot be effected, they
probably die of starvation. 1 could
mention many startling instances of
the nbove which have lately taken
place. There is a regular season for
these expeditions, commencing about
April and ending about October.
"I assert that the Turkmans never
give any cause whatever to the Per
sians for these barbarities, and thnt all
the marauding ami kidnapping is on
the part of the Persians. When any
Persians fall into the hands of the
Turkman it is during one of these
robbing expeditions, liegun am) car
ries! out bv the Persians themselves,
tbe Turkmans fighting solely in their
own defense. 1 know large towns in
Kboraasan, in every house of which i
a Turkman female slave, taken in the
maimer above described, when yet
young, from a loving husband or a
devoted broken-hearted mother.
Treading In the Dine.Press.
From th* JWin Franckm Oirotikl*. Italian hHter.
In the vineyards near us the girls
mounted on ladders ami clipped the
rich bunches, dropping them into
baskets. The way these girls display
ed their brown ankles might snock
people on your side of the water.
But, bless you, there is no evil in the
eye here. With industrious workers,
one day is enough to clear an average
vineyard. When the grapes are all
gathered in, they are carefully picked
from the steins lor the pressing. I'his
Iftst process is the same primitive,
simple operation that was |>crformed
by the patriarch Noah. 'I he grapes
are thrown into an enormous vut,
where the juice is trampled out of
them by the hare feet of the peasants.
At this stage of the viutage vou may
see hundreds of the young ladies of the
city of Perugia coming forth in groups
in the early morning, learning with
pleasant mystery and excitement.
S'our ordinary tourist, whoso only in
tellectual and instructive pabulum is
gathered from the guide-books, has
not the remotest conception of their
object. Ife may think they are out
for an early constitutional. But early
constitutionals are not the rage with
Italian ladies. Bhall I tell you the
secret of all that mystery and cxcite
nicut ? They are on to the country to
tread in the wine-presses. It is a
novel holiday for them, besides l>eing
a most salutary exercise. Kven prim
old dowagers are known to "wade in"
and banish the rheumatism by a half
day's exercise in the wine-prow. Apart
from the healthful exercise of tramp
ling, the new must acts as a hath to
the limbs, while the uprising fumes arc
considered eminently stomachic. After
the treadiug performance these ladies
wash themselves in hot wine, taking a
moderate decoction internally for the
stomach's sake. The effect is pleasant
and rejuvenating, and is es|>ecially
noticeable in the vim with which they
participate in the dance which is the
usual sequel to treading in the wine
press.
"MAMMA," remarked Freddie to
his mother, as he came home from
school one day, "I wish I was a iswt
age stamp." "Why so, Freddie?' in
quired his mother. "Because its first
licking is sure to be its last."
A KON'U OF NATIONS.
I wiik mv Sonus Y,. v.. i11.1 not li-.ir,
Aiml >•! I MHtiK tli*m NWff't nnl n ;
I MitiK of Joy, I Hung of Morrow,
Of Intra to-tiny mill *mil<-M to-morrow.
Foryoii. hi\ country, wma mv
Yott mhM | ' motif t lit in itoormiil lon "
" K'irpwll, my imtlvf Intel ; you'll !• tr
No in to my noiijfs mitl i*|*r
To othnr ImitlM my |.lrl goto. v Illicitly-
Ami tlioy mIiuII lifnr it* mutt hlt-e - ain^inp;
Ami now my turn fnl |il|m-m el.ttll l><>
Let IOOM upon fulr July."
" I til 111 II iik i CM, bow fair! Ilow fall •
Ilow tiitrkti! tin* |erfiimf ol tlie ir !
Oh, lovely ntinneta, (litiif lug wal'th f
Ob. tilifhtlriKHlcn, him! tlurk-fyctl (faugh tor* f "
"but ! No hci Ih{ in bin ate on |||.- air '
To Mpnin I'll lib-; |||oy iifftl mo there.
" My Spain awake ! fle< all the Cid ;
Ho o'er again the deetfa he did
fietddil the blood-Mlnlfied OiiA<fa|i|iiivlr,
And heme the tyrant In the river' ''
Akalii of iiiiKbt wive imitHtiiif leek a.
Ilo! tbtiii dont iift-tl my tln-ei liim Miogg,
Land of ('/Jtriml l.tml .-f wroiipa.
Aw ike ! MWHke J 'lie fi. , ;|U v , m ;
1 •. artiiM. e'er lec|Kr ill hnfalfa y„u *! "
Ainu ! they only turn alkmil
Ami thrmtoii with the grin-Morne knout;
Where ahull Igo ?—-for ! mnut Ming—•
•* Awnkf yo htmlN ' in armor Mpiing,
<irt| on your loliiM tbf aword Iniglit-glfMiiiiiig,
And kit not *.• m j.|i< dr< timing ! "
Alan ! nut t-'.'ii my warlike bourn
Can rmiMo tin* notion* to their wrotigN.
Lo ! day |h dawning in the Kmt.
For Yiifatan —mJi -'II hear lit least '
** Klm* in thy might, o Y lira tan '
And "mite thy drndlifMt (,•.
Ollttor in arum the laud* along
Ami tin gome cre<lit to my eong '
Queen Christiiiii's First Hull Flghl.
From the l/iinloii
It is eatimated tlint 17,000 persons ;
were closely packed in all the available
space. The boxes presented a brilli
ant spectacle,living filled with Indies
whose toilets were exqui-itc and bc-
I coining. Ihe atrhassadors and envoys
, oxtraordinary were pt.wit with their
1 -tufl'-! and all the ofiieiul circle- were
represented. When King Alfonso and
(jueen Christina entered they were
greeted with enthusiastic cheers and
every demonstration of respect and
loyalty was er'rbited. The (jueen
was dressed in the national red cloak,
white mantilla and bright bodice.
I I sain lla also met with a hearty
reception. Wlieti Queen < iiri-titia
gave the signal for the commencement
, of the display the vast assemblage re
doubled their aeelaumtions. The sport
was, for bull-lighting, excellent and the
audience were greatly gratified. The
torreroe killed eight fine an; mils, not,
! however, without many exciting inci
dents. One bull _jllmj>- 1 the harrier, •
knocking down several persons and
tossing up a gendarme. Another ani
mal injured a picador and a third
I also had its victim. The |eople ex- ;
pressed much satisfaction to see the j
Queen remain throughout the entire
performance, as well us the Austrain
Archduke. The youthful Queen seem*
•lnily growing in favor with all classes
of society in Madrid.
A New Moral Force.
SIDIIIH UROWTH AND IMMENSE COWER OF
TIIF CRESS.
From W-o-l-ll t'liilll|' Lliir.-.
It is here, it anywhere, then, that one
can judge of tlie nature nn-l power of
the press of pio-lcrn times. Although a
] growth of the lnt fifty or sixty year*, no
man doubts >r can doubt for A moment
its almost omnipotence. Upon round
calculation* it is estimated at no less
than 15.0tki.fx xi products of the press
daily flung before tin- eyes of tlie world.
It is not overestimating to say that "J5,- j
•100,000 of the people are daily and hour
ly subject to the government of this
I great power. When you contemplate
| these figure* it seems a* though there 1
i was no limit to tiie omnipotence of tlie
I press. The influence of repetition, too,
I can hardly he overestimated. When
von think that the press, with its 15,- ]
• KM),000 agents, can drop an idea into
: the minds of its millions of readers, and
that the next day it can repeat this
idea, illustrate it witli anecdote, [mint
it with sarcasm, discuss it with logic,
] make it ethical or abstract, and in fact
] put it in any form for .500 successive
' -fays, then you can see how resistless
becomes this power of iteration, it
wo* ralmerston who once *a ■! : "I
never dare contradict a journal. For if
! I did it could make fun of me every j
1 dav in the year."
The speaker then gave a rapid sketch
\ of the libraries and literature of the Kn
man* and other ancient nations. Sev
enty years ago, he continued, the press
was nothing. The battle of Waterloo
was given less than five hundred words
in the Imndon Time*. Nowadays a
bloody street brawl would be given n
column or two by the If. rah/. [ Laugh- i
ter.] If we go back to the days of the
battle of Waterloo we find that the ;
I-ondon Times contains no opinions, no
leading article, no editorials. The jour
nalism, that is, the current press of to
day, it almost the creation of the last fif
ty or sixty y ears. I remember well when
Harrison died in 1810—a critical event
in party politics. Yet when the new*
reached Springfield, 111., ten days after
ward, and was announced to Abraham
Lincoln, who was in court, he rpfused
to beheve it, saying that tho news
couldn't have got there so soon. To
day a man may read the Queen's speech
at the very hour it is uttered.
Whoever reads the papers is in tele
graphic communication with the world;
whoever doesn't might as well tie Hob
inson Crusoe upon Ins island. To mil
lions tho newspaper is religion, school,
college, counselor and amusement.
To the influence of the press, primer
ily, are due the successful development
of our country, and the elevation of
men above drudgery. It is the training
of the mind, following party discussion,
which results in discernment, sagacity,
and persistment and unconquerable ef
fort to subjugate nature. Why, a Yan
kee babe looks over the edge of the cra
dle, makes a plan end takes nut a pat
ent before nine monlhs. | Laughter.]
It is the oneness of intellectual life horn
of this thousand headed monster, the
press, that makes us a nation. I think
America owes one-half, if not more, of
hef material prosperity to her prese.
Coi rtrsv comes from a good heart,
and Is perennial.
BONAPARTE.
I'RESH VlKll* OF HIS AFI'FWMNf E, SAVIN'OS,
A NO (IIAKAI TF.ll,
The translation* from tin- memoir* of
Mine, lie Hcniii'iit, now nj>ji< irrn); in
tin- llcvne ties Due./: Monti. hii* ol aI mo ril
ing interest n furnishing fresh insight
into tlie diameter and motives of tln
most extraordinary man of modern
jtiriu*. Until -Josephine's divorce,
Madame do Hemusat served her in the
, capacity of maid companion, and a lie
regularly kept, in the form of letters tn
a friend, a dairy of each day's occurren
ces and the impressions they made on
her mind. When Napoleon returned
In mi hi ha in 1810, M. do Itemusat was
sent into exile, and lor fear tin: dairy if
discovered would endanger his life she
destroyed it. Circumstances having
! heen greatly altered, she wi nt to work
in peace three ye; rs later to write out
again the history ol her life at the
Court of Napoleon, and it is this work
which now sees the light. When Mad
ame do Heuiusat had finished it her
son, Charles, carefully laid it away to
await the coining of better times.
I mm his hands it passed to those of
her grandson, at whose instance the
present publication has heen undertak
en. Here is what she says ol Napole
on's regard lor lying:
"Although very remarkable for cer
tain intellectual ((Utilities, nothing was
more debased, it must he confessed, than
his soul. He had no generosity, no true,
grandeur. I never saw him admire, and
1 never faiv hifn comprehend a noble
act I <n. He always suspected sincerity,
and never hesitated to say that he rec
ognized a man's superiority by the de
gree of ability with winch he could
manage to he : on these occasions lie
delighted to tell the story that, in his
childhood, one of his uncles had fore
told that he should govern the world,
because lie had the habit of always lying.
'Metternich,' he said at another time,
■is becoming a statesman ; he lies well.'
All his means of governing men were
chosen by Bonaparte among those which
lend to debase them. He feared Un
ties of affection, fie tried to isolate every
one, he only sold his favors in such a
way as to awaken inquietude, thinking
that the true way to attach men to him
self was to compromise them, and often
even disgrace them in public opinion,
lie never pardoned virtue except when
lie could overwhelm it with ridicule." *
"B iiiaparte is of small stature and
not well proportioned, the upper part
of the body seeming to press upon the
lower poition. He has scanty chestnut
brown hair, and gray-hlue eyes. His
complexion was yellow as long as he
was thin, hut later it became ad-ad
white, without tlie least color. The
expression of his forehead, tlie setting
of his eyes, tlie lines of the nose—all
this is tine and reminds one of antique
medallions. His rather common mouth
becomes attractive when he laughs. His
teeth are regular; his chin somewhat
short, lie has small feet and hands,
which must he noticed because he takes
good care of them. In standing and
walking he bends little forward. His
eyes, usually dull, give to the face when
in repose a melancholy expression, but
when lie is angry his glance becomes
suddenly sharp and threatening. His
snule becomes him well; it disarms ami
rejuvenates his entire person, and in
such moments it is difficult to withstand
his winning expression,so changed and
beautiful is his countenance. His cloth
ing was always simple. Usually he wore
the uniform of his (iuards. Cleanliness
was with him more a matter of system
than of inclination. He bathed fre
quently, and often in the middle of tlie
night, because he thought it good for
his health."
• •<'J was brought up,'he said
t me, 'at u military school, wpere 1
evinced a taste only for exact sciences.
Everybody said to me, "There is a boy
who is good for nothing but geometry."
I lived apart from my comrades. I
had selected a quiet retreat in the
school enclosure where i dreamed at
my ease, for I delighted in reverie.
When my companions wished to intrude
upon me, and take possession of my lit
tle corner, i fought for it with all my
strength, as 1 early felt that mv will
was to overrule others, and that what i
wanted ought to belong to me. 1 was
not liked at school; it needs time to
win affection, and even when 1 had
nothing to do, I had a vague sort of
feeling that 1 had no time to lose.' " *
"'Later I learned the MeUrr of war;
I went to Toulon ; tny name began to
be known, tin my return 1 led an unoc
cupied life. Some secret instinct warned
me that it was best to beg'-- by wasting
my time.' e e e • e
"'My campaign fin Italy] was a glori
ous one ; 1 became a personage in Eur
ope. 1 sustained the revolutionary sys
tem with one hand, with the other I
managed the emigres in secret, allowing
them to retain some vestiges of hope.
It i* very eay to deceive these people
because they start always not from what
is, but from what they wish to be- 1
received magnificent offers in case 1
would like to follow the example of
(Sen. Monk.'" * • * * •
" 'ln Egypt I was free from the shack
les of irksome civilization ; 1 dreamed
of all sorts of things, and i saw away
of executing nil that I dreamed of. 1
created a religion, and 1 saw myself on
the point of penetrating Asia, seated
on an elephant, with a turban upon
my head and in my k*nd a new Koran,
which I had com|osed according to mv
own fancy. I should have gathered
together for my enterprise the experi
ences of two worlds. I should have
attacked British power in India, and by
that conquest renewed my relations with
Europe. The time 1 passed in Egypt
was the happiest of my life, for it was
the most ideal. Hut fate decided other
wise. I received letters from France,
and saw (hat I had not a moment to
lose. I returned to real life and to
Paris—to Psris, where tlie deepest in
terests of the country are discussed, in
the ( ntr'acU of an opera.' "
A SCHOLAR in a country school was
asked, "Ilow do you parse 'Mary milk
ed the cow t'" The lat word was dis
posed of ss follows : "Cow, a noun, fem
inine gender, third perso.n and stands
for Mary." "Stands for Marv T How
do you make that out I" "Ik-cause,"
added the intelligent pupil, "if the oow
didn't stand for Mary, how could she
ntilk her?"
Kidney Smith's Courage mill Kindness.
WIT AMI) WISDOM Ml' XIDSCV SMITH.
•Subsidiary lo this personal courage
'V"" his hopeful ol looking at tho
world. lie was always practicing and
inculcating the 'lmposition. ".Some
j very excellent people,'' he said, "tell
yon they dare not hope. To rue it
seems much more impious to dare to
despair. ' lie had an excellent rule for
the happiness and wisdom of life as to
the future, not to look too far into it
lor inevitable, though probably distant,
disaster. "Take short view*, hope for
the best, and trust in God." Inclined
by temperament to anticipate coming
evils—for our wit, spite of his insny
jests, was a serious man—he resisted the
1 atrabilious tendency, and avoided diaw
ing drafts on the misery of futurity.
| "Never," he said, "give way to melan
choly ; nothing encroaches more, I
i fight against it vigorously. One great
remedy is, to take short views of life.
Aie you happy now ? Are you likely to
remain so till this evening? or next
week? or next month? or next year?
I lien why destroy present happiness
by a distant misery, which may never
come at all, or you may never live to
• see it? for every substantial grief has
twenty shadows, and most of thent
shadows ot your own making." It is
said of the happy nature of Oliver Gold
smith that he had a knack at hoping;
with Sidney Smith it was principle.
Oieerfuliicss he made an art. He liked
household illuminations of a good Eng
lish coal fire, "the living thing," he
-aid, "in a dead room abundance of
lights, flowers on his table, prints and
pictures on his walls. There is a highly
characteristic anecdote of the tnan, il
lustrating his habitual regard to hu
man happiness and his frequent solici
tude for the natural welfare of his
children. The story is thus told by his
daughter, I.ady Holland: "One of his
little children, then in delicate health,
had for some time been in the habit of
waking suddenly every evening, sob
bing, anticipating the death of parents,
and all the sorrows of life almost before
life had begun. He could not bear
this unnatural union of childhood and
sorrow, and tor a long period, 1 have
heard rny mother say, every evening
found him at the waking of his child
with a toy, a picture book, a bunch of
grape, or a joyous tale, mixed with a
little strengthening advice and the ten
derest caresses, till the habit was broken,
and the child woke to joy and not to
Borrow.
Wooing 2111(1 tVilllll!l£ 111 Greenland,
\N hen the Danish missionaries had
secured the confidence of the Green
landers marriage was made a religious
ceremony, F-rtnerly the man married
the woman by force. One of the mis
sionaries writing to his journal describe#
i lie present style <>W court ship as follows :
The suitor coming to the missionary,
said: "I should like to have a wife."
"Whom? ' asked the missionary. The
tnan names the woman. "Hast thou
spoken to her ?" Sometimes tlie man
will answer: "V es ! she is not unwilling,
i lit thou knewest womankind." More
frequently the answer is, "No." "Why
not?' "It is difficult; girls are prud
ish. Thou must Kj>eak to her." The
missionary summons the girl, and after
a little conversation, says, "I think it
is time to have thee married." "I wont
marry !" "What a pity ! 1 iiad a suitor
for thee." "Whom ?" The missionary
tuimes the man who lias sought bis aid.
"He is good for nothing! 1 'wont have
lorn !" "Hut," replies the missionary,
"lie is a good provider, throws his har
poon with skill, and he loves thee."
i hough listening to his praise with evi
dent pleasure the girl answers, "I wont
have him !" "Well, I wont force thee.
1 -ball soon find a wife for such a clever
fellow." The missionary remains si
lent, as though he understood [' So " to
have ended the matter. At last, with a
-igh, she whispers, "Just as thou wilt
have it. "No," replies the clergyman;
"as thou wilt; I'll not persuade thee"
i'hen with a deep grhan comes "Yes," *
and the matter is settled."
The Fort tines of the Presidents.
Washington left an estate worth
SBOO,OOO. John Adams died moderately
•ell off. Jefferson died so jmor that if
Congrem had not given $20,000 for his
library he would have been bankrupt.
Madison was economical und died rich.
Monroe died so poor that he was buried
at the expense of bis relatives. John
Q"?n\v Adams left about $15,000, the
resu-t ol ptudence. His son, Charles
Francis Adams, gained a large fortune
by marriage. Jackson died tolerably
well olf. Van Buren died worth some
$.100,000. It is said that during his en
tire administration he never drew any
portion of his salary, but on leaving
took the whole SIOO 000 in a lump
Folk left about $l5O 000. Tyler mar
ried a lady ot wealth and accomplish
ment, and died rich. Taylor left about
$150,000. Fillmore was always an econ
omical man, and added to his wealth by
his last marriage. Pierce saved about
$50,000. Buchanan left about $200,000;
Lincoln, about $75,000. Johnson, about
$50,000.
Tint death is announced at Washing
ton on Monday of one of the cleverest
and most accomplished of American
women, Mrs. Charoiette Brooks Wise,
the widow of Cantaio Ilenry A. Wise,
United States Navy, and the only
daughter of the late Edwasd Everett.
Mrs. Wise grew into womanhood during
her distinguished father's term of ser
vice as Minister to England, and while
he was President of Harvard College
she married Captain, then Lieutenant
Henry Augustus Wise, a cousin of ex-
Governor wise, of Virginia, who had
distinguished himself during the Mex
ican war on the Pacific Coast and had
made his name favorably known in let
ters by a lively book of Spanish Ameri
can travel, "Los Gringos," published
under the pseudonym of Harry Gringo.
Lieutenant Wise carried home the first
Japenese Ambassadors to this country
in 1861, and after serving in the Ord
nance Bureau during the eivil war re
signed his ocminission and went to
Europe for his health in 1868. He died
at .Naples, April 1, 1809, For many
years past Mrs. Wise hss resided at
Washington, and her untimely death
will leave a sensible void in the mot
t agreeable society of the national capital.