THE SCRAXTON TRIBUNE---SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER a, 1896.
XI
PLACE WOMEN OF
THE CRESCENT CITY
lorious Feature of New Orleans Life
Now Almost Obsolete.
AN ODD RELIC OF SLAVERY DAYS
Women Whose Mothers Were Once in
llondagc but Were Freed far Senti
mental llcnonnA Society no x
elusive us That of the Austrian
Court.
Trcm the Hun.
New Orleans has a coloring and a
charm of Its own. Its Latin and Anglo
I.utln people those who have an
American strain of blood from one par
ent, but who have two mother tongues,
English and Frenh-ure unlike any
other class of people In the South. They
Imve the cautious, hard-hcadedess of
the Northener, blended with the line ro.
mnntlc tendencies of their Old World
ancestors of France and Spain. They are
gravely courteous to the strnnKer so
journing for a tseu.son within their Rates,
hut he must not ask too many ques
tions touching mutters with which he
h no concern. Hence the pe'.ullur
institution, of which this Is written, has
generally missed the mitebonK of the
traveler, and Is but little understoud
by any of our own people here at home.
It has been thirty-three-years since
Plnvery tiled at the stroke of Abraham
Lincoln's pen. Many of the curious
things that were a part of It and
grew out of it are well nigh forgotten.
Besides slaves, who are bought and sold,
there was an Intermediate class of peo
ple who have a peculiar history. These
were tHe place women and their child
ren. The place was almost entirely
confined to New Orleans. The term
comes from the French word meaning
"placed," and places were women of
II shades of color, from the mulatto to
the octoroon, one-eighth negro, who
could not be distinguished from the
very whitest lady in the land. Some
times when a girl of this grade of
color was sold she became a place. Hut
It Is not of the slave class this Is writ
ten, but of another far more interesting.
There has always been In New Or
leans a peculiar society composed of
persons of color, who are not to be com
pared with the ordinary negro. They
Were known before the war as "the free
people of color," and still retain that
name. In this class were the descend
ants of place women and the white men
YJlio maintained them. Many of this class
ate very rich; most of the women are
handsome, nnd men and women are well
educated. These persons scorn the or
dinary negro or mulatto, for they have
In their vflns the bluest blond In the
city nnd state they live In, and, ns white
people will not associate with them,
they are a community to themselves.
Very many persons in New Orleans,
generally "Americans." as they call
those having no French blood on either
side, are utterly Ignorant of the fact
that among the inhabitants of this most
picturesque of nil American cities there
Is a society ns exclusive as that of the
Austrian court the most exclusive hi
Europe to which it Is almost Impos
sible to gain admission, that presents
the colored race in a condition and
light that does not exist elsewhere on
the planet,
THE KKOINNINO.
Its beginning was simple. There came
o New Orleiins u hundred years ago
ersons from ull countries In Kiirope to
u y and sell cotton and other great
Southern staples. Some of these traders
were from Kim-la ml. a few cumo from
'France, more were from Holland. Ger
many, and the Latin countries. They
came out to America to make a fortune
and go back to their native land and on
Joy it. They had no home ties, for they
could bring none, und were young nnd
romantic. They saw the graceful, soft
eyed quadroons. They could not marry
these women, If they wished to, for It
was against the law. but they could set
them five, und usually they did. The
children born of these alliances consti
tute the curious society which has ex
isted for four quarters of a century.
As the fathers of these children were
usually rich, the young quadroon or
octoroon children were well educated.
The girls went to convents (one or two
of which maintained special nnd of
course separate classes for these girls),
and they were taught all their white
sister ever learned. When they left
there the mother prepared to runge her
daughter, Just as In "the best society"
the fashionable mother prepares to
make a good marriage for her girl who
is Just coming out.
Itemember nnd this Is the purt most
difficult to comprehend by Northern
readers these girls were and are as
innocent and as good as any girls can
be. Their mothers knew they could
not be married to white men. The girl
herself loathed the negro as much as
the most dellcate-mlnded white woman
que voluez vous? She had never been
alone with a man a moment since she
was 10 years old. She knew the rela
tion her mother held to her father, but,
que voulex vous? She had never been
taught that anything nbout It wns
wrong; the good nuns of the Ursuline
or other convents, who taught her, let
that alone, for it would have been of
no use. The mother had her ambition,
as mothers have, no matter what the
color of their skins may be. In socle
ty It Is the question of the largest for
tune that most frequently stirs the ma
ternal heart. Who, therefore, can
blame the poor creature who has never
known any better state, whose chief
religious duty consisted in loving her
children and having them duly chris
tened in the church? Who can find
fault with her because she wishes for
her child what the fashionable mother
so often desires for hers a good estab
llshment? Therefore, when the young
octoroon reaches the proper age and
has learned all the good nuns can teach
her, her mother looks out for a good
home for her when she Is place.
This placelng 1b a matter of great im
portance to these girls and their moth
ers, and, indeed, all their relatives,
Twice a year a very select ball Is given,
which the place women attend, and,
of course, the eligible girls. There the
young girl sees about ail the desirable
men gentlemen men of the loftiest
social rank who are In society in the
city. The men see the girls. The eti
quette is as courtly und stately as at
any gentleman's house In New Orleans.
At such times the formal acquaintance
ls made, for these girls never remain a
lmoment alone with any man save
their confessor, perhaps, or brothers
intll they are place. The mothers of
:hese girls have an intimate knowledge
nf the. "Inside" of New Orleans life, so
far as It concerns rich, "eligible" (ac
cording to their views) younysmen that
would astonish a Parisian chief of Be
ret police. Where they get this infor
mation goodness knows, but they have
it,
At lait the proper person Is selected,
most frequently a rich young foreigner,
for not many Americans now desire or
care to enter Into such relations, with
their results, for a lifetime. The man
agrees to give the girl an establish
ment and fits it up, and she takes pos
session. Here comes the most won
derful part of It all. I have never
known a man to fail In his promises
to the woman. Whatever he may do,
or whoever he may cheat or lie to, he
keeps his faith with the woman who
Is his place.
BOTH ARE FAITHFUL.
It is a curious thing, but there are
reasons for it. No married woman
could more faithfully keep her marri
age vows than the place woman keepB
her faith. They never break their
pledge. Every Sunday the man dines,
if possible, with his place, and he is ex
pected to conic to the house once or
twice a week, but there is no hunting
him up or bothering him with notes or
messengers at his office or club.
Sometimes he may Invite a very inti
mate male friend to dine with him at
this house. I shall never forget a din
ner of this Bort, some years ago, where
the host was a young Greek merchant,
whom I knew well, an enthusiastic
young fellow, as handsome as an old
time Greek god. The girl for she was
only about 20 was ns white as he; in
fact, she had thut clear, Ivory complex
Ion that Is seen to perfection only
among the best bred octoroons of Lou
isiana and the lad lest of highest rank
In Rome, Naples nnd Venlee. The
young couple were very much In love
with each other, and there was no
more sign of the coarseness and vulgar
ity than one usually sees with relations
of this character than there Is In the
prettiest nest that a man could select
for a dainty bride. In which Bhe should
be shut out from all the world. And j dcrstnnd what was being said by the
after n dinner that In refinement audi petite place of a leading French cotton
correctness of service nnd arrangement! broker, and Garfield and Stanley Mat
could not be surpassed, the girl sang' thews were looking on wonderlngly at
some low, charming love songs In a' this phase of life, and trying to com-
sweet, foreign tongue, for. like most of
her class, she spoke very little English.
I wondered If there could be any sin
where there was no knowledge or In
tention of evil, for our first mother.
Eve herself, over whom no priest dron
ed a service when she mated with
Adam, was not more perfectly without
guile than was this child of the tropics.
There are perhaps In New Orleans to
day two or three hundred couples
whose relations to each other are those
mentioned. It Is a matter that Is ex
tremely difficult to write about because
of its delicacy, but somehow the innate
vulgarity which Is always a part of re
lations between the sexes not sanction
ed by law was absent from all those I
have ever known place. As a class no
women are more fascinating than are
these qnndroons or octoroons. They
have the prettiest little hands In the
world and the daintiest feet, scarcely
larger than those of a child. And then
such eyes! Large, full of a languorous
sweetness, and fringed with the deep
est black lashes. It Is not difllcult for
one who has ever seen these women to
understand their wonderful power over
the men of the far South. There Is n
larger percentage of beauty among
them thar. there is in any equal number
of Indies In the best society anywhere
In America. As has been stated, they
are well educated, nd nearly all of them
sing beautifully, for with their drop of
negro bluod they inherit the marvellous
negro voice, und because of these
things I presume It is that the men
keep faith.
THE DARKER SIDE.
So much of the romantic and softer
side of this curious phase of life In the
far South. These women, as has been
said, usually have a strain of foreign
blood, In which French Is first, but
Spanish, Portugese, and Italian is com
mon. They have inherited all the fierce
passlonj of their Latin sires. Once
aroused they are unforgiving and dan
gerous in the extreme, and they are
prune to Jealousy, especially in case of
the attentions of their lords to ladles
In society, who know nothing of all this,
and see In Monsieur X. or Y. only an
extremely good-looking and accom
plished gentleman, whom papa says Is
fast growing rich. These place women
have all the deadly secrets of the obe-
ull, and possess a skill In poisons which
Is marvelous. Some dark stories could
be told by New Orleans physicians, if
they would speak, of poisons that de
fy medical skill, that gradually wear
away the victim's nerve and brain, or
produce insanity and death almost In
stantly. Many tales are whispered
and true ones, too of men In the fash
ionable world, rich, with everything
else to make life worth the living, who
have tried the patience of the place too
far, and the creature who is ns true
herself as any wedded wife could be,
and would endure putiently anything
but supercedure, has turned at last
and used the dread secrets known only
to her race, and madness comes, only
to end In certain death.
Om evil of this system Is the illegiti
mate children, though they seldom ex
ceed two. The sons are usually well
educated, and some of them have hand
some fortunes, and are the founders of
families who are respected by both col
ored and white people. From this
class came the Joubrets, the Dumases,
Maries, and Maeartes, all valuable citi
zens of New Orleans and wealthy and
energetic men. There was a well
known broker In New Orleans named
John Clay (he died several years ago),
who was said to bo the son of the Sage
of Ashland, and, if looks had anything
to do with It, the story may have been
true, for he was the very image of
old "Harry of the West," In a delicate
brown. The story was that he was the
son of Henry Clay and a quadroon wo
man of Lexington, Ky., and that his
father freed him and sent him to New
Orleans some years before the war. At
his death, John Clay was worth $200,000,
made in honorable trade. A curious
character named Delacroix was anoth
er son born of this relation. He be
came a great miser, and owned at his
death nearly a million dollars' worth
of real estate in New Orleans and Its
vicinity. There are many cases, well
known too, of men who had two famil
ies, one qadroon nnd the other white
and legitimate. I have In my mind
now such an lnstance.and the colored
brothers have done far better than the
whites, though both bear a name hon
ored for years In the state In which
they were born.
WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.
Most of these place women inherit
some money, and often they have hand
some fortunes. They help the men to
whom they are place with a zeal and
earnestness that would do honor to any
wife. I have a friend, a prominent cot
ton merchant, who, in the panic of 1873,
was in terrible straits. He would fall
and his commercial credit be gone if he
did not get $70,000. The hanks could
not help him, and he was almost on the
verge of suicide. He was place to a
beautiful woman. She somehow heard
of his trouble, and did a thing these
women never do except In a matter of
life and death; she sent for him.
"Is this true which I hear, Alphonse?"
she asked in soft, graceful French, to
which beauty was added by the perfect
ly modulated voice. "Mon ami, why
did you not tell me? Here Is something
for you," and she put Into his hands an
envelope.
He opened It listlessly, and there was
a check on the strongest bank In the
city, the Canal bank, certified, for $70.
000. She had heard of her lover's peril
and gone to her brothers ami sisters,
who were very well-to-do, and obtain
ed this money for him. ixt you sup
pose that man ever forgot It?
As has been said, no phase of New
Orleans life with its many sides is more
difllcult to know than this. In 1874,
when the visiting statesmen were here
trying to insure a fair count, I remem
ber to have spoken with a gentleman
from the north of this peculiar institu
tion, and he told the others. They Im
mediately became very anxious to see
some of the place women. I should
have said before that about all the
amusements of this class are going to
church, the theatre, and twice In the
year to a grand ball, to which none hut
they, their protectors, nnd a few of the
friends of the latter are Invited. The
Custom House officials of New Orleans,
deslrious of gratifying the desire re
fererd to, got up a "quadroon ball,"
though not of the annual exclusive type,
and the visiting statesmen were out in
force, with a strong contingent of the
newspaper correspondents from the
north, who were sent down to us to llnd
out what was going on.
As none of the visiting statesmen
spoke French, and but few of the ladles
knew any English much conversation
was Impossible, but there was n good
deal of dancing. I noticed, for In
stance, the Hon. John Sherman going
through the landers with a pretty wo
man, nearly white, the place of a well
known wholesale wine merchant; the
Hon. W. D. Kelley was trying to un-
prehend It all. The person who enjoy
ed the affair to the greatest degree was
Mr. E. V. Smalley. He knew a little
French, nnd used all he could muster,
to the astonishment of the ladies, who
had never before seen any Northern
men, or. Indeed, very few of any sort,
for their male visitors are only the
doctor nnd the priest, and Judging
from their observations to each other
from behind their funs, they were not
especially amused or edilled. This end
ed the "Quadroon Hall," of which the
press In the North had so much to say
at that time.
The place will probably end with this
generation. It is a relic of barbarism
that has outlived slavery, for certain
obvious reasons. It Is so fast passing
away that there have been few instan
ces of It in the past live years. One
can only iiope for the credit of society
in the Queen City of the South, that it
may vanish with other dark blots on
her fair escutcheon.
A I'SEI'l'I. HARM.
The Former's Sons Are (Setting Their
Educations from Its Painted Sides.
From the Kansas City Star.
A bicyclist recently made a little
Journey into the country. As lie
wheeled along the road he came to a
farm house, the owner of which he
knew slightly. As he drank a gourd
ful of water nt the pump he noticed
that the farmer's barn had an unusual
look. The last time he had seen jt it
had the usual coating of silvery gray
painted by time and weather.
Heen fixing up the barn, haven t
you?" he asked the farmer.
Yes. It's all new painted," an
swered the farmer, proudly. "An' I
reckon It's mighty pretty lookin', too.
Ye see, a feller came along one day an"
says he belongs to a palntin' syndicate
In Chicago as was out to paint all tno
barns In the country free, nn' he saU
he would paint mine If I wanted him
to. So I says: 'Go ahead if It don't
cost nothln'.' I went to town with a
load of hay, an' when I got back the
barn was painted, shore enough."
The barn had been pnlnted a bright
yellow, as a good background for vari
colored advertisements with letters n
foot or two long. The advertisement
of a patent medicine covered both
sides of the roof In letters of red. bin?
and green against the yellow. Chew
ing tobacco, shoes, soap, hams and
other commodities were pictured and
told about on every available space
"When I got back," continued the
farmer, "the feller that was palntin
says to me: 'I put a few signs on the
barn,' says he, 'but you won't mind
thnt none, an' they're good readln'
matter when the paper don't come.'
"Anyhow. It didn't cost nothln to
paint the barn, nn" I'll be darned If the
boys nin't a-larnln to read from It,
which I consider pretty cheap edlca
tlon these hard times."
Mixed.
An Edinburgh minister preached one
Sunday in a country church. At noon
the eldnr heard one old woman say to
another, "Hoo liket ye the sermon to
day?" "Vera weel; but I didna ken til noo
thnt Sodonv and Gomarrnh wasna mon
and wife."
The elder told the parson, who was
so tickled that he told the story at his
next dinner party. A simpering young
woman commented, "Oh. well, I sup
pose they ought to hove ben If they
were not." Judge.
Certain Evidence.
"Do you know my wife?"
"No, I have not that pleasure."
"Pleasure? Now I know that
don't know her." Judge.
FOG IN THE CAXOX.
you
Banked in n serried drift beside te sea
Boiling, wind-harried In a snowy spray,
Majestic and mysterious, swirling free.
The ghostly flood is missing, cold an!
grey:
Inland It marches, and at close of day,
Pearl-white and opal, sunset-bued with
rose,
It storms the ridge, and then In brave ar
ray The fog's dumb army up the canon goes.
And now the forest whispers, tree to
tree
Their grim defense is marshalled for the
fray;
Pine, fir and redwood, standing cap-a-pie.
Down tho long spurs and on the hill
tops sway.
And now the misty vanguards, wild and
gay
Ride down the breeze and now their
squadrons close.
And sweeping like an ocean on Its prey,
The fog's dumb army up the canon goes.
The trembling bushes cower In the lee;
O'er the mad rout, the ragged smoke
wreaths play.
And scurrying cloudlets desperately flee.
On the low crests, the waving banners
stay.
Now lost, now conquering, striving to
delay
The ritous deluge yet In vain oppose
Height after height Is carried, and
away
The fog's.dumb army up the canon goes.
All night the battle ages, weird and fey.
And gallant woods dispute their phan
tom foes
But conquering, overwhelming with dis
may The fog's dumb army up the canon goes,
The Lark.
FORTHCOMING BOOKS.
Says the Chicago Record:
Judging fiyun the advance announcement
lists sent out by the various book publish
ers, the comln? full and winter publish
ing season promises to be notable. What
Is rather surprising at this time, when
nearly all branches of trade are suffering
more or less In consequence of the. uncer
tainty attending the approaching election.
Is the fact that the output of books for the
fall promises to be. larger thun for some
years previous. Tuking the lists of the
thirty leailing American publishers ,one
finds, in round numbers, !H) titles an
nounced. This Is an average of thirty
two titles to a publisher, the largest num
ber of books announced by any ono house
being lot) and the smallest live. When, In
addition to the above, one takes Into con
sideration the numerous smaller publishers
und the many religious and medicul pub
lishing concerns, it is safe to nay thut
probably 1,5M) new hooks will be launched
upon an all-suffering; public during the
coming fall und early winter.
' Hut quality as well as quantity Is a very
distinctive feature of the season's an
nouncements, und nearly every living au
thor of note Is represented in the list ill
some cates with two and even three ti
tles. From a general literary point of view
the most interesting announcement of the
season Is that of. the two volumes of Vic
tor Hugo's letters, edited by Paul Meurlce.
Hardly less Important, however, are Clem
ent K. Shorter's "The Brontes and Their
Circle," the collection of R. L. Stevenson's
"Fables," the translation by William Ar-,
cher of George Hrandes' "William Shakes
peare" and tile two volumes of literary rec
ollections of Mrs. Lynn Linton und .Mrs.
James T. Kielils. Literary essay-writing
hardly seems to have become a lost art,
judging from t lie fart thut volumes are
promised fur the full from the pens of
such writers as Austin Dobson, (ioMwIn
Smith, Frederic Harrison, W. U. Howell.
V. 11. Warner and Woodrow Wilson. A
series of elaht volumes on "Periods of En.
ropean History," edited by George Saints
bury; the third volume of ten Brink's
"History of Knglish Literature," "Tlie
Literary Movement In France During the
Nineteenth Century," by George Pellls
sicr, ami a,wnrk on "Modern French Lit
erature," by lienjamln W. Wells, will ull
be welcomed by students of literary his
tory. Hardly more than twenty-five volumes of
poetry ure announced, und of these but
two a new book of ballads by Rudyard
Kipling and a long drnmtlc poem by Thom
as Bailey Aldrich are likely to excite a
widespread Interest. We are to have a
third series of Kmlly Dickinson's poems, a
complete edition of the poems of the late
II. C. Itunncr, edited by Urander Mat
thews, and a complete "Appledore" edi
tion of Mis. Celia, Thuxter's poetical
works.
Not for many years have we had such an
Important list of works of fiction as Is to
be published during the coming season.
With three or four exceptions, every
bright particular star in the novel-writing
brunch of the present literary lirmament is
represented. If we bruin to specify, It will
be difllcult to know where to leave off, but
wo may note, as especially worthy of men
tion, Mrs. Humphry Ward's "Sir George
Tiessady," two new novels and a novel
ette by Henry James, "Sentimental Tom
my" und "Margaret Ogllvy," by J. M. llar
rie; a new Italian novel by F. Marlon
Crawford, a new historical novel by llen
rik Slenklewl.'Z, the Polish novelist; S. It.
Crockett's "The Gray Man," Paul Hour
get's "A Tingle Idyl," and Ian Maclar
en's "Kate Carnegie." Sir Walter Hisaiit,
Arthur Morrison, Mrs. Amelia F. Hair,
Beatrice ilarraden, A. Conan Doyle and
K. F. Ilciison ure some of the others who
will publish new novels. Noteworthy
among collections of short stories may
be mentioned Mary Twain's "Tom 8uw
yer Abroad," etc., and new volumes by
Bret Harte, II. C. Bunner, Sarrah Orno
Jewett anil Julian Italph. Frank It. Stock
ton will give us a sequel to his "Adven
tures of Captain Horn," nnd Joel Chandler
Harris, in his "Sister Jane," promises to
introduce a new and permanent character
Into our llleruture. Two hooks run or Chi
cago "local color" will be "Artie" by
George Ade, and "Thu Lucky Number,"
by I. K, Friedman.
Robert Louis Stevenson's "In the South
Seas," "Sketches from the United Stutes
of America,' by A. P. Tvcrskoy ("the Rus
sian Bryce"), and among the most im
portant books of travel. Three new books
on South Africa, by such writers as James
Bryce, ('liver Schrelner nnd Miss Kings
ley, testify to the Kreat interest taken
Just now in that purt of the world. Two
TALES OF THE TIMES.
Senator lirlce wears out one eyeglass
string u day when he Is in his seat. He
has a great fashion of taking off his
eyeglasses and twisting the end of his
string around his finger, then he lets
the glasses swing out full length, to the
confusion of uny passing senator, often
and with rotary motion sets the string
to winding around his finger. When
it Is wound up he proceeds to unwind it,
and thut seems to be his sole amuse
ment. A story Is told of some visitors who
were going through a country Jail under
the escort of the chief warden. After
a little while they cnnie to a room In
which three women were sewing. "Dear
me. one or tile visitors wnisperen,
"what vicious looking creatures! Pray,
what are they here for?" "Hecause
they have no other home. This Is our
sitting room, nnd they are my wife and
two daughters," blandly responded
the chief warden.
A writer In one of the English re
views relates that during a conversa
tion with George Eliot, not long before
her death, a vase toppled over on the
mantleplece. The great writer quickly
and unconsciously put out her hand to
stop Its fall. "I hope," said she, replac
ing It, "that the time will come when
we shall Instinctively hold up the man
or woman who begins to fall as nat
urally and unconsciously as we arrest a
falling piece of furniture or an ornu-
ment."
When the late King Charles of Wur
temberg wus about to be betrothed to
the Russian Grand Duchess Olga a
small sized portrait of the yuun
princess was sent to him. He
looked at the miniature for a
while and then said: "The like
ness Is highly flattering, the hair It
likeness Is highly flattering the hair Is
too luxuriant, the eyes tno bright, and
the complexion too fresh." "Hut your
royal bigness has never yet seen the
grand duchess!" observed nn ald-de-camp,
with some surprise. "No." re
tilled the crown prince; "I do not know
her. quite true, but I know these court
painters."
Sir Astley Cooper, on visiting Paris,
was asked by the surgeon "en chef" of
the empire how many times he had per
formed a certain wonderful feat of sur
gery. He replied that he had perform
ed the operation thirteen times. "Ah,
but. monsieur, I hnve done him 160
times. How many times did you save
life?" continued the curious renchman,
after he had looked Into the blank
amazement of Sir Astley's face. "I,"
snid the Englishman, "saved eleven
out of the thirteen. How mnny did you
save nut of 160?" "Ah, monsieur, I
lose dem all: but de operation was
very brilliant."
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THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY,
It forms tho most direct route, and from ev
pry eiiit of comparison, tba moat delightful
and ocrnfortat lo one tn Minneapolis, tt. Paul,
Great Full", Helena, l utta. Spokane anil Pa
cific cca-f. The culr traiiuonttnantal lma
rnnnlns the Unions buffet, library, obstrra
tlon car.
Kp 07 hnnr tra'n for Portland via Snokan.
HOTEL LAPAYETTE, Lake Minnetonka,
10 miles from i ntiriiiiollf, largest and most
bcantinl resort In the wast.
'i icketsand any Information of any agent or
A. A. HkYAiU), Uenerai FaaMogar agent,
Buffalo, K. Y.
interesting books on Spain are H. C. Chat-fleld-Taylor's
"The Land of the Custanet,"
and Miss Louise Chandler Moulton's
Lay Tours In "Spain ami Klsewhere."
Andrew Lang's life of lAn khait. and a
life of Nausea, the arctic explorer, ure
probably the two most important biogra
phies of the season. Two hooks on Wash
ington, by Professor Wood row Wilson und
Puul Leicester Ford, are promised for ear
ly publication. Amom; autobiographies,
those of Augustus J. C. Hare, Philip Gil
bert Humi-rioii, Kli.'ibelh Smart Phelps
and Mary Cowdeu Clarke, ure likely to
meet with the heartiest welcome. A book
of especial interest to Chlcugoans will be
Miss Harriet Monroe's life of John Well
born Hoot, the architect. Two Important
volumes of memoirs ure those of Marshul
Oudinot and Slguor Ardlti.
In the department of history so many In
teresting volumes are promised that It Is
difllcult to select any titles for special
mention. However, the most Important
works are probably Goldwln Smith's "Po
litical History of Kngland,' the first vol
ume of Frledrlch ItutzeUs "History of
Mankind," W. II. S. Aubrey's "Kise und
Growth of the KiikIIsIi Nation," In three
volumes; K. lScnJumin Andrews' "History
of the Last Quarter-Century In the I'nlted
States" and the two volumes of historical
essays by Martin A. S. Hume nnd James
Schouler. The first volumes of tho "Jesuit
Relations," edited by Reuben Gold
Thwaites, and the account of the explor
ations of Henry and Thompson, members
of the Northwest company, edited by lr.
Klllutt Corns, will In ull probability shed
much light on early American history.
Two long-deferred works that promise to
materialize at last are the second volume
of Curtis' "Constitutional History of the
I'nited States" unil Dr. Crestos Tsountas'
"Thu Mycenaen Age."
In the department of serious thought,
such as science, religion, politics, etc.,
there are comparatively few very Impor
tant books announced, but this few In
cludes such works ns K. L. Godkin's "Prob
lems of Modern Democracy." Dr. Will
lam Hlrsch's "Genius and Degenratlon,"
the first volume of I'ercival Lowell's "An.
Imls of Lowell Observatory." Kuskln's
"Letters to tho Clergy Concerning the
Lord's Prayer." Itev. Stopford "Brooke's
"The Old Testament an. I Modern Lite."
Dr. Lyman Abbott's "Christianity and So
cial Problems." anil the second volume of
"llurnack s History of Donnia." An im
portant medical work will be "A System of
Medicine," In seven volumes, by Thomas
Clifford Allbiitt. Among books of refer
ence, the most noteworthy thing in pros
pect Is "Harper's Dictionary of Classi
cal Literature and Antiquities," edited by
Harry Thurston Peck.
A number of Important and elaborately
prepared art works Is a prominent feature
of the announcement this year. Among
the most Interesting titles are Vusari's
"Lives of the Painters," edited by E. H.
and E. W. Blashfleld and A. A. Hopkins, in
four volumes; "A History of Modern
Painting," by Richard Muthir, In three
volumes; 'Modern French Masters." edit
ed by Professor John C. Van Dyke: a col
lection of liottlcelll's drawings. Illustra
tive of Dante's "Inferno," with text by
Herr I Llppmnn, nnd a new translation
of Grimm's Life of Michael Angelo, In
two volumes. All of these are beautifully
Illustrated 111 photogravure. The most Im
portant architectural work announced Is
"Kuropeun Architecture," by Russell Stur
gis. In the department of Illustrated gift
books, or books especially prepared for
holiday trade, we are to have elaborately
Illustrated editions of Thoreau's "Cape
Cod," De Amlols' "Constantinople," John
Flske's "The American Revolution," and
Irvlng's "nracebrldge Hall," and "The Al
hambra," Some Interesting collections of
drawings by prominent artists of the dav
are "Gutter Children," by Phil May. "Pic
tures of People," by Charles liana Gibson,
"Kcmble's Coons," bv K. W. Kemble, "In
Vanity Fair," by A. It. Wensell. and "Pen
and Inklings." by Oliver Herford. There
ure to be books for t lie young people with
out number, anil S. It. Crockett, Kailyard
Kipling, Andrew Lang and Joel Chandler
Harris nre some of the prominent writers
who will contribute to juvenile literature
this year. In the way of new editions of
standard literature we are to have n thirty-volume
Curlyle. edited by H. D. Traill,
Harriet Heecher Stowe's complete works
In sixteen volumes, llret Hart'e works In
twelve volumes, J. M. liairle's novels In
eight volumes, a "Cambridge" edition of
Lowell's poems 111 one volume, un edition
de luxe of George Meredith's novels in
thirty-four volumes, and an edition of
Hums, edited by Andrew Lang.
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Substantiated.
From thtArgvt, Vernon, Michigan, j
Mr. John Q. Davids, of Vernon, Michigan,
is a happy mun tuniin. For many years he
was utllicted with rheumatism in Ids feet and
had tried many medicines, some of them re
lieved hi in of bis HitHerings for a abort time,
but it was sure to return again.
Mr. Davids is one of the earliest settlers in
Shiawassee County, and his continued good
health and elastic step at his advanced age.
has attracted the attention of his friends.
Upon beiiigquextionedon the subject ho said :
l'I do not think I inherited: a very good
constitution, for I never enjoyed very good
health, but in 18(59 J think new complica
tions came upon me and I was severely at
tacked with acute rheumatism in my feet.
My father was also a rheumatic, and no
doubt that together with the remedies he used
for relief caused his death. Some times I
would Ik3 free from these rheumatic pains
and again it would return as bail as ever. I
was frequently laid up on account of it and
quite unable to do any work. In May 1873,
I had an unusually severe attack in my feet
and they became so swollen that I could not
get tny hoots on until the following Decem
ber, and were so intensely painful that I
could not suffer the bed clothes to touch them,
and my feet becume badly crippled. I tried
many remedies, some would give relief for a
short time then the trouble would return,
thus I lived, utfering the most intense agony
until November 18H3, at which time it was
almost impossible for me to attend to my
business, und 1 felt that life wu not worth
living. At this time I happened to meet a
man from Bay City, Michigan, who declared
tlint ho had been cured of rheumatism by Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. I went at onoe to De
Hart Brothers' Drug Store and bought two
raxes, ami netore i nau taken all or one box
I realized that they were doing me good. I
believe I took four boxes at that time and so
fur an I could see I was cured or at least en
tirely relieved of my terrible suflerings, and
enjoyed better health than I had before for
ninny years. But light symptoms would
still occasionally return, when I would take
my medicine' and get immediate relief
therefrom. I have taken altogether seven
or eight boxes and I have not had a single at
tack or rheumatism tor a long time and en
oy Detter health now than 1 have before for
ifteen yean, and I consider mvself cured bv
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr feet sre n
free from pain as they ever were. Now as
you see mo about the streets without tho
slightest lameness don't you think 1 ought
In be happy?" As he concluded relating
his experience with Dr. Williams' Pink Pilfi
and the rheumatism, he sprang up and step
ped oil os supple as a fifteen-year-old boy.
nir. iiuvius nas neen a member or the
Methodist Eoisconal Church here for nenrlv
thirty years, ami his consistent moral and
exemplary life has been such that no word
of commendation would be extravagant.
Statu op Mioiiigan, I
U1MWTY OP OIlIAWAHSRB. (
Personally unneared before me. a .Turtle
of the Peace, in and for the county of Shia
wassee, and State of Michigan, this 14th day
of February, 18W, John Q. Davids, who be
ing by me duly sworn deposes and says:
That the above facts are true as related, to
I . -e ii i i.j '
iuR ucsi in ms ueiiei.
Signed. J. Q, DAVIDS.
Subscribed snil sworn tn heft ire m thia lith
day of February, Ym.
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It Sounds Like a Miracle.
Fromthn Vummereial Appeal, MemphU.Ttnn.
What lu niftnv resnects is a remarkable
ruro lias been effected in Hinds County,
Miss., near the thriving little town of Utica.
Mr. V.. I. Vnrria ltuna . 11trM m .uw
office seven miles from Utica, anil at the
present time he is an object of considerable
curiosity throughout the eommiinilv. for it
was ne w no was cureu ot a chronic ease or
rneuuiatlsm ot over thirty years standing.
At, Commercial-Appeal reporter having
been detailed to see Mr. Farris, drove out to
bis store at Duke. Mr. Farris, woo is port-
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. l D. CRAWFORD, Manager,
matter, wu burr working nn the nail, but
as soon si he had finished he accedtd very
cheerfully to an interview.
- to oegin with," aatd he, " I suppose yog
want to know how I was cured of rheums
tism ? Well, it wss remarkable. I had al.
moat Riven up all hope of ever beinc cured.
Why, sometimes I couldn't walk for week
at a time. 1 suffered constantly and wot
never entirely free from It.
" I had tried two specialists in New Or.
leans, one in Vii ksburg, one in Atlanta and
two in New York and never pained anything
more lrum mcui man temporary renei, sonic
times not that.
"One day I was reading a newspaper
forfret now which one and my attention
was attracted by an article on Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. It stated thai
they were good for rheumatism and I deter
mined to get some of them and see If there
was any virtue in them. I went to Vlcke.
burg two days later and purchased sii boxes,
and after taking the pills according to direc
tions, the severe attack of rheumatism I wai
then suffering from vanished, and I havi
never felt a twinge of it since, and that hat
been over a year ago.
"Write you a letter for publication 1
Why certainly, with pleasure. It will b
nothing more than common humanity t
sufferers from rheumatism to let them know
how they can be cured."
Mr. Farris went to his desk and aftet
writing a few moment banded the reporter,
the following: ,
Iti'KK, Hinds Co., Mibs., Jan 2, 18P8.
"This is to certify that I contracted rheu
matism during the war, in INK, while a
member of the Thirty-eighth Mississippi In.
funtry, C. 8. A., and up to a year ago I wot
a constant sufferer from it, sometimes being
unable to walk. The first attack confined
me to my bed for three months.
"About eighteen months aeo I saw an ad
vertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills which
stated that they were a aura cure for rheuma
tism. I derided to get some of them and so the
next time I went to Vicksburg I bought six
boxes. I began taking them according to di.
rections and by the time I had taken the six
boxes, the rheumatism went away and I bav
never felt a particle of it since.
"I know that Dr. Williams' Pink Pillt
are responsible for the cure. It hits been
over a year since I took the pills and I firmly
believe I am permanently cured.
" I take pleasure in recommending them
to oil who suffer from rheumatism, and feel
confident that if taken according to direc.
tions, they will cure any case of the kind.
I have taken probably a barrel of medicine
and have tried every specialist of note in
New Orleans, Vicksburg, Atlanta and New
York and have been kept poor scratching
around to get money to pay thrm with, and
1 never got any relief until I used Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills.
Signed. C. L. Farms. "
Messrs. Terrell Bros., druggists, of Utica,
corroborated in every detail the statement
and letter of Mr. Farris, and added that
since his wonderful cure, their sale for Pink
Pills hod been something phenomenal and
a number of people had used them not only
for rheumatism, but for extreme nervous
nets, and a number of other disorders, and
all had derived great benefit from them.
Dr. O. W. Ellis and Messrs. 8. E. Dudley
A Hon, the other druggists of Utica gave sub
stantially the same testimony as the Messrs.
Terrell, and all spoke very highly of Mr.
Furris and his standing in the community.
Every one of them said that Mr. Farrfs
statement would sooner he accepted by the
people of ITticn and the surrounding country
than anyone else they knew of.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public asau unfailing;
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from watery con.
dltion of the blood or shattered nerves. The
pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a box or
six boxes for $2.50, (tliey are never sold in
bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Wil
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