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An Interesting bktehch of ueie' Women Who hlave Ieen Mintregee of tlie i'e lIonMP. (From the l'hi)ado'phia 'Tines.) T.Ihe iUnnonnecctm( nt that tlic Prosidentt vll narry Miss Frances Folson in .Jule recalls the historic series of White House 11U1)tials. Washington, it is well known, narried long before lie became 1.'resi dent, or even general of the army. He met the lovely Widow Custis at Wil liamsburg d'uring his service as a mcii ber of the Virginia Legislature. Mrs. Washington presided over the Ixecutive household at the seat of govern itent, first in New York, then in this city, with a good deal of formalit.y. Their house in this city was one rented from Robert Morris, on Market street, 1etweein Fifth and Sixth. It was here the Friday levees were held, and the rules were very rigor " ouis. The first 'resident's wife was born a Jones, that of the second a Smith - Abi gail Smith-so the lt)ublic, so Iar as the (lomestic head of it was concerned, was ushered int with at certainl demiociratie simplicity. .Joln Adams naurried his wife 'hen she was twenty, and her fath er, who wats a clergyman, preached. a sermon on the Sunday after the wedding -so a historic old chestnut relates - -from the text, ''John came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, al yc say he hath a devil.'' I )uring Adams's tr oii (f oflice, inI 180), the (ovein mcut ws.; re moved to Washingn. i rs. Adtms w:s the first lady of Ilie White louse, 1utt she never liked it and li ved there alto getler but four monitlhs. ier picture, by Gilbert Stuart, r('eresents her as a cheerful and not unhtan Isome looking Woman of fifty, with cap, and ringlets of curls wreathing the edge. Jeflerson vent into the White lhoatse a wido?er if nineteen ytars' standin~ aind his diary lately published by Julu1i ige low shows lulrstood thoroughly the donesti( ('cOllomies which werV ncessa ry im the matter ot lrOvililig fut the p wants of the Ilnsion and its hospitali ties. His wife was the wiulow of Iatltturst ckelton, at V'irgiii ia gentlemant, mi d the daughter (of .1uhm Vayles, of (1 mrles City Coulnty, Virginia. She was said to Ibie a 1eauintiful woma n, and Je1f fsoni to have won her over other suiters tlihn>ugi his mnusical Voice and albility to haiy the viohin. I)olly MEtiadoism\ was One of the most popular of the White hlouse wolen, if we )elievc tralition, mal yet she certatin ly was not iretty, it P1rilhnmmai's en graving from tli picturc of lcirring is to be acceted, with the <1ueer ilui, pro fusion of ringlets, large nose auld pousit ive mouth. There is, however, a glinplse of a prettily rounld arml and a elassic' neck through the lace antd daatper;v, iliat p)erhaps may have eouiii ied vit it her Well-attestel taut ad ivacity to havc given her the retaatation she t'ertaiily enjoys among Ilie I'resident's wives. Sihe was an 1.'F. V., I)oriotly t'ayie, ail though born ini the line I'ree State, aunl in early life her pan.ents lived rlite nu(d Dolly actually joined t lie Societ y of ?riends in this city, althougl no iloub t a rising young Quakor lawy er, ont i lehn 'T'odd, whom she afterward mnirriel, la somethling to doi with this. Todd died and1( left her a widow~ withI one sm, so ])olly set her~ caiph for seime of the' tie looking young nmembleis of thle C<mugriss -thien wont to colme to IPhliladellhm to tranlsact the lubl lic business, anmd in 1 71 mnarried ,James Midisonm, oIne of' the most talented of the body. MLrs. Mronroe was~'i theii daughiter of a dlistant relationis of) thei Ph1liladeI'1lphia~ Cartwr'ighits, who sett led in New York aifter theo peacei of 1 78:t. Sh1 was~i onel of four girils. Opje oif thwsi miarriied \ .. IHeyliger, ( nuoid Chai:imberlai tIo then K(ing of ) mmink;i anitliwr a i- . K(nix, oif New York (City, wIhow einly daoughter' was the' wife i.t the lati Alteyaiinteri Ilamuil toni, Soin ot Alexandiiiir lliiiilt-md, the first secre'tary of the t r;iiury; a third mlaried Nicholas (Gouvrneur, otf New York, al the fourth Senator a m aies Mon0iroe, ot Vir'ginia , afterwarl d Prmesi dent. thait ot Pr'iesideint \moni.ne's youn mgist daLughiter, who marrrmied her cousin Sanim cl L. Goeuv,ernieur, in 182). It. tool; phlce ill the East room1, andi was ai Kieik erb'hoek~er' allhir', stylish andl hiightoniei for' the day. A munbiiii o 1brillianit reep lions in WVashiingt on wirei t'mb-r 'el to thie b)ridal couiple, anid theii cardIs .wer'e S out for aL ver'y swell oe' by (Cioniiiodoire ' Essex" Poter' 11( and ie ,'whien it hiad to be0 given uip, owinig to,lii thie unlv death of' Conuodoie l)eent ur', killed biy Blarroni ini a duel. ThIe i dead oic0tIer Iluul given t,he yomiig (oule a brillinit party b)ut a few days befcore att his iown home. An oldier daulghiter of IPresidlent Maudisoni married Judge (Gio. I aiy, of (icliiioiid. J[ortenisia Hay, IL b)eautifiul girl, daugh ter of this miatchi, was the wife of or Roger.s, of Ilaltinmove, whom old soit 1peopl1 oif I his city remnenmber. 1old Rogers died in Pa'ris, adi ue i ere la Chaise. dibucoii M ist Ieron whon havi read the vol uinolus diary of t lie '" h liani eloqiuent:' know m' nore or' less of LouisaL Cathairinie Adams, hiis w ife. She was the daughter of aL Marylainder mnoed dJohnsoni, wh livedUj Lonidoni duinig thle R~evolutioni, wheliro she was bor n. ChI ar: es Francis .Adaims was her thirid soni. She accomt painiedi her distingu iheid h usb aid idur ing mu~ich of his dliiplomatie andii illieiial .. journieyinig abrvoud, andi didi the hionors S during his Cxcecit ivye term, andi was a we man of varied accomlplishnmnts. A fine paiit.ing of her by Leslie is ini possesiem of the Bo3ston family, and1( remresn her i a pretty woman, elegantly robed, a jewellel tiara in her hair, necklace orna nient and lace shawl, with a handsome gown, cut far more decolleto than Rose Cleveland could )ossibly alrlove of. Mrs. Adams died in 1852, and is buried with her luisbtand at Quincy. General ,Jackson's wife died before lie went in1t4) the White House, and, Is- Ie ha(d ma'ried before sie was firmally di vorced, the iron-Jwarted old )emociat wti, with her, often the subjeet of piti less p)olit"ictl ('altumny. She was a ltiui wotan, but utldotbtedly l)ossessed the tudlivided afti'etion of the great IPresi dent, who never was so happy as wheLon raisinig her nemory or lefenlding it from slander. Van Inren narried a woman who, like himself, came of )uttcht stock, Ifannath hoes. She died earl1,y in their married life at Albany, and her brilliant husband never after took another partner. ''hie wife of Major Van Bureni was the lady of the White House during her father in-law's tenure, and ably filled the place. Ann Synunes was the wife of General harrison and was a Jersey girl, born leari Morristown, her father being a Con tinettal army oflicer. She never eltered the White House, for when the I'resi (lent came East int 1811 to he inaugurated her healtlh was precarious and would not permuit the journey. lie died a tonth after lie becatte President, wtile site lived until Fl)ruary, I8(i1. t'resident Tyler's first wife was Letitit Christian, daughter of Robert Christian, of New Kent County, Virginia. Tyler was at the time of his mnarriage at young lav graduate fromi the ofliee of the cele brated Ldnuattl Randolph, itt his polit ical prospeets were 1bright, as the soil of (iovernor John ''yler, and to this honor of tle father the son sutceceded, and from tlece to the Iresideev. M\Iiss Christian was a noted 'astern Virginia helle, and whin her his httnild 1)eenie 'resident assumted the White liouse dities. lter health was feelde at the time, and shel died there int Seltemberl, 18L. Elizabhetlt. third daughter of President Tyler 1by this union, was mar ried in1 the White -louse to a Southern gentlenant named Wialler. Th ree gr ande - childret of this President, sons of Lightfoot ,J ones, whto ntrrl the eldest daughiter, fo ight in the ('on fed 'iate atrmy. One of them, Rdbert, received thtree wounuds ti (Gettyslbtu"g. Mrs. Itubert' Tyle'r, a dalghter-in-law of this I'r'sidt, noted as the mist tess after his wile's death. She was a lady of great eultrile an101d m1laniners, the dattghlter of the tratigeditt Coulter. IIe' eldest child, Letitia, Wias l,orn in the \Wlite Ilouse. President Tyler remained a widowei btt a short time, payitng the Jlthnsonian coptltlinultt to his lirst slotuse by soon selecting another, Miss .Juliet (7t'diner, of New Yor. She was the dauhter of the wealthy gettleman vho owiled (1ar dinler's Island, fatiiliir to mttny naval l)euople as nea' the roadstead in East, Lang Island twhere the iatval praetiee siulrot, with the Annapolis ('enlets, spe)nds much of its summer crunising and1 exercising. Although Mr. 'T'yler wits the first President---and so far the only one --to marry in the high oflice, tie cere monty was not performed in the Whilte Ifouse, but tt the (hutrch tof the Aseent siot in Nw York, Jitnue, 181.1. A fter the wedding a grand reception was given in the ]xecutive Mlnsio.ti. Mt's. Pol k, now hiving attt ani avatnced age ini Nashilile, was one of the m'oiist, adinmiale mistresses the White lHouse hims ever hmd. She was Mliss Sarah Childress, 1bortn neat' Mturfreesb oro ', atnd marri'tied JTamues i(. Folk, then a member of the Tennessee Legislatture, in heri 119th year, Hie wet to Contgr'ess the follow tng year, andi for' fourteen 51essilns cinl t inuoed ther'te, beiiing eleet ed Speallker ini 18:9;. In .18:39 lie heamate (Governioi' of 'I'Ttttessee, antd Mt's. P~olk preside<d with grace at the State Execttive Mnsiont, so~ that wh'len ini 18-15 they enmti fto the WVhiite IIotuse she pr'oveid olu' of the moi st agreeable ani wlnlt dpopula 1of 1 mstsss. Man.ty innmov'at ions or' rather elianges in old culst)mns of receivinig wvere inittotducedi duintg M\rs. P'olk's residlence at th e eap i tatl, niotabldy the oneo of' dispenisinig with irefrieshtmenits dutring the levees. The wif'e otf old( " 'Rough andi I tendv'" was a metmbei' of the extensiv'e fmtnily (if Suthi's Mat'gar'et Smith, a Marylanid giril -ditutghiter of IL plain farmet' oft that State, atnd the(it' tmalrried life for' many yearts was the prosy ote of an arta-c ett ln the frontier. 'The first homni' they hail really was whiien in 1811 Cal Taylor wient to the' United States barr'iacks at atn I kougi. It was wt hilet staitio nedl hteti flIat ,iet'erms'oii Davis miet andi woited old Zachl 's sietondt dauighftr, nmteh tagaitnst. thle fathera'"s wishes, whto dlislikied fto see h is cl hildretn subh jected to the sumet wanidirini g ex istente hte lad led his spoiuise Its lil atrmy itietr. [ient. I )avis wIts thein Ia lumdt somaie yotuntg subanlte'm, antd fthe secein tg eleimetit was Sio strtong int himii eveii it that ftie lie tan atway with Miss Talor~( I, wht tdiied shlt ly aftem' their mattriiage atndi before the stern tld elitoeent. \l iss I it ty Tlaylor, the younigest dauttghter', wals the mtistriess tof thle Whtitie liiouse duintg I 'residlenlt Tayltor's shotrt inletmitheneiy. S1nhetttene the wif' tof Maljor' Jliss, Ta'iylotr's iitjtantit geiitril ini M('xieo, andi wats a charmiin wonum,~'i ha well kinown in her yioithful days ini this eity, where she wen'tt to s'hil. The. wife of the Pr'eside(nt never receivedI ior wenit ont much in Washinmgtoni sotiet v, andl, like Mi's. Glarfleldl, never likied tlhe WVhite Hlouise or entjoyed( the lif'e t hiere. illhaird F"litore mariedli(( a Newv Yiork'h eehl deachert, Miss AlbigaiI Piower'ms, lbe fore Ihe became, hiko Clevelandi, a lutlflot lawyer. She performed all theo public social dluttica devolving upon hier by r'ea son of huer husband's ptolitical emtiinnce withl grent roa nd uto-lgne ht hn heCamle ('hief Magistrate she was not in very good health, and a few weeks after the close of his term died at. Wil lard's Hotel, Washington, of an illness )rolablly miuich lastened by her attentionl to the onerouas requireuents of her sta tion. rl'CSidenlt l'illmloro survived his wife twenty-one years, dying in 1871 at J3utlalo, and t1)01h lie buried, with an only daughter, in the beautiful Fortst LawnJeuet4ry of that city. Franuklin Pieree"-prolnoneed lIrse u1l in Boston-w-vas a classl nate of I law tho r1ne's at l,owdoin ('ollege. .h prosi dent of the college then and ftr anuy yeatrs \was the Rev. .lesse A pkltol. J(enny Appleton, a daughter of this col lege president, became Mrs. Pierce, andl her lnlsbandl, at the (ine of the )arri:ge a young New Iaimpshire lawyer and Congressman, hceamle afterwards Presi dent of the (United States. The Iir st few years of ollicial life was sladowted with grief, owing to the dt;atlh of their only son, a few weeks 1before th inllamgu ration, in a frightful railroad accident, in wiuch Mr. an( Mrs. IPiterce Were also injured. 'i.'lis cast. a glool oer the carly years of the social r'giltl of t ir terni. llny living Persons rnmem ber the incidents of society life of this period, the quiet,- glracefutl mntiu ners of \h -s. Pierce and the hearty cordiality of the President, at the levees atl Stale 1'eep tionls. Mrs. l'ierce (lied at AndlovtI', Mass., 'luring the war, and the ex-it'si delt. at (mconi ill 18i>tt, lthl1 are i_1mried in 11t (temet'iV, Hot 1ari from11 tie spot where the ebnllttlits farulers tired the shot" heard round the worl in that p)rtty} New l;ng;landl town. .Jamles Ihtchanla was a I"("heltt r, mu1l eve1yb2oiy rcalIs the presiding lady of his storny career ill t11 \'hitt i lmse II arriet Lan1e, his nie'e -'(-0who \a s \~ 11 known in he1"r youth inl the socit"ty of this city, L,ancasttr IaIld i'ittslm I. I was at Uledfond Spr'in gts s12 1n"t th1' voitn 3atltimoiv'an, .1ohntstin, whylo mlaurri dt hr at W'heitlanld il i8i. 'I'he \\hite lioutste never had a1 ltlr accompllisle -, t.omestie andtl social it-a1 imn this voung Pennsylv:ania girl. it was while si' Was hostess tait 1t' Pi'rinc"e of \alts visitt'l the United States :mdtl was rh'-rt:aintdl :at te P'residient'5 mafnsion. Albert l- . wardl bor't away withl him, so flt stlry of the day come's doWln 1o Us, wam"11 :' p1reeiations of thte gimet aa htin;itty 'f Miss Lan'. \\ith tei' lusto ry of May iv I't dl l ,il colu, thte wife of the Gireat E1aa:tmeipatttr, of Mi's. .1oluison, who was Eli"zau Mlc \r dile, and of 'Julia 1)ent (lrant, 4t' wift of thl Silent Captain ani Pn-"silent, who 11a s)2 1lately 1atssed away, the lblie of to-tdny is fatmuiliar. Mi's. Lim-oln and1 Mrs. Grant bloth too lk rt in till social duties of their stations, a5 did Mrs.5 Hlayes 81md M1rs. (harlieldi tht" f'(rmter Lu(;y \\eii, tlahnihter ttf' I)r. .J:uans Wb,of ('hillieothe, Ohio, th" l:attcr Lucretia I Hudllph2, ul:nIghte' of Zh1121loli Ilutloipha, of (ar-'tttsviih', in2 tih s:1nt' Stat''. Li1coln1 lost a sonl, his favto1'ite 111d, inl4122' \\'I itte I-lttus'. Nellio (irunt, the i n("l's litt12"ild <butghtter, was 1mar1 riedl--a btrilliant wedding;---in fihe 5amet pl1acr. Presidlent, A\rthur" assinnetd the ('hie f abigistraCy at widower1. 1(m1(, atlthoug;h rumaor wa;s ver1y inrrt"withl his namet dur. ing his term, t' (111 not mu'rv. I is (Illantl" 'li i list.of.(t dwn .l.te. Centra 2'slAerica. Jamesiil w.' lh Itnan 'l trtler lvln eeteol w 'achlor'reidents2)l,i rmif te latter mai's l Miss21 Flso his ll1 12)r it llt her th elbat fist111 ofCief)'11' lgit nIes. Fou hr President wen- wdidower at11 teirsIl tore alnd Arthur.2l1s1'l Sixteens werel. Inar rdIid whenglthey ientinto the \Vhligte (1llusl'. One ailn President12 Jo1lml)t T1 1)er,11 mied wh1105ile2 for lng the lixecutiv Tir e t e 112)11 21 f2 .'21nri 1')l e u tn free 1'lIl) R.21 Shl hasJ2151 reted n1211a f4av11r oawar ing a)2 fige o21111f 4 liie wtat iot inluonil , inenou, unoru itne 'ne rnnl ('<un'rl 4.1(n i"' a \. "ry Or,.. n11 Manner. (Hill Nyo in The GraI-iio News.) itly l):iLa M0N---Y<(mr letter of last wceIk found ouiiir lmotle'r :ui1 mie fai'lV ell, though I canlt st' that 1 iii't the Ksame10 l:tll 1 tusetd1 to be Iy 1a11' lulls. Every Spring I llve troule with Iy lungs. One of my lngs is ('ltir'1y goni(, and1( flte (othe! rn is lwrln(t.ize'd, s the o()ctor tlls ni. I'Ve tried m(o)-t ev)'eytling in the way of1 medicine for to renewt myi lungs, but they get worse and worise all the time. lBut still I eat a good lea'ty mial of victuals. utt refe', ('ena11Vl, int yuour lett r, to at )IiSsp(elled won(1il inly hast, comntlInication. Yout sptk of gnulmir also int a r')'oaelhl)le wav, which is atnntovin1g to a non like mle. 1 4un not g'('at on tile spell, I a1 Ilit, IItliery, for when I olght to 1)'en lrtiinig for t( spe('ll at the spellilg sch ois 1111 great o(rt))grt1 )iphial ret (Irls 0of ()rl s('ction of (0o)11try, I wa; licking, the snur it .1'l:ks fro111 toi lui t , srenie(1 to be( sn(nartr than1111 their p)arenlts. No, h llIrV, I 1('Ve' go t" 21 1inllle for slulilng_i lO1I( 11t1rd( 'ord(s with g''et, lltiinry, but1 I'Ve triod to bea' wHcl-he Inte Ilort'nt. hii myi pouor wea(5k w%a\y I've ali)ed to lbt ' good 11111 to von1, ll'iur, t)i s 1115 Vo' motler. I tlink I 1ty\" sa;:, with p arldonalle ) ridk, that I late 1)e)) molurer 5u''sslul in Ilf i lit' W ' ive oh1(11 t:itl, int s(a-oIn 1141(1 out "f sa('fs) n, to So live that We t'ould 1not b(rin. utr 'ray 1111irs w'itIi SorrowV t0 II te gr:lt.. I, for1 one', 111v\" iri('d to sLnun 1uw d('nil n1 1)1m f'ori V im' s,l(, I 111\' C ((Ill h10nw' tearly nighlts, 5 that1 yOul ('ul( kinow wellre T wVas, 11n,1 I liae 1lways'5 lw'('1 willin)g thalt yolu shoutld snw(ll of' myv lr'i th1 ii yofet (ll (iispo s('(d. I 114' II wv(r 111il1d1 ) drlunklrtl'a ls ' u 4r 1I' 4 1);12I 11'l)'O11'ell '1144l \' 4(11. SI'llitg is 11421 Ilw1;ys tny lbest hl1, 1)1 I 1111 to l'as(e (5a 1are1nt. I have Irit"d nIo4t t0 briit the 1bln51 of1 s1amen(' 1)o I ' 14) f4zz c eek, andltl w)'iih I t ould(1 try t) d (1( nwh fot"l r me 5011iuliie. W1he'ni I was t Ibo, t'hey (idl(1 suiga' ('(0)1 dljiiu:ationi a11d mnake it n(' I4ong <h-a In l:tIl'lo(u4'' 14O ;) 14 selhool a1s theV lnlw do. ( )ui I 141(' nintr1:1'v, tit' s1 'gg,ling, ilets of th' nu(linwnts wlieh I now 10)I', u:s iod n1)1 tu m Ih v 1 1:ain snnthI and01 aIwkw'11n1)'ss. TI) o.el tiI rv(( l(1t nts (II 11n (111(ju 11io wve 1nt 1to "''' l) grlt phy:i )1i1 1r't h :lint e dlnt Whun I set' tht' st'denit to-day w1ith1 a bi 1)1p(11' b (((k1 dlonl)' 11) ill : slul\l SII1p. \('l-inll (l1n' of' tho,s(' little eigu' tt<s in his 1moh1 II, and(l 1idlint4 (11 tlh' hill en< 1)1' 1 f a os (r't towan155 11)w I>ig n-dl h-ilud1'l S('111ill:11'. I of(11 tlhiinlk of tih' (ayV5 s\ wn'1 .1 (Ih i a1t\ s' w1'k 1be('re )1akl1ist, 1and thn wa14 1 1lk'u I\w muihe-. in ((rd)er to be' r5'ady' to gett lit'wd( alwen 111m 011 ('list i" o1 ('225s t a1111 15t'Sl('(1 p(r1ei' ove 11' scl),1 11 llik(' it. II)' i15 14 1a 1 obl' 1rit('. le tau.ht 2om' sc"1oI, I r('(lcktu, bea' ualts' lIw lt11(Il 't(Ijll (';tio)n()nough to en)gagt' inl (ther'! n1tiual purisulits. Ih' is 11w da(d011. I 10 12o$ gI 0v to the ('("11ttry9, 'eV Spr1"inl t)o de(011rtt 1his giv'\'e. Sp'iig is a v''rv Ibus'y seso1n u itlh nile. It' Ie 1111 di'1 i'n the Wint('r, 112111 ty ye\' s ar('1'li'r 'l12i lwn ' li ( , I wtho 11 1V)'g2o21* (ii u miy atr1\ to ter" onlite his Lniat"e. It "4412ll l;ive b222-n t \\ h2e2 lit di1(<l, your' (2 inotlwr5L asil nw2 .if I was2 240in2g to the funer4':d. ''r2ll w a o m m"1' s I, $$ 4 2 1 i i 4 1 1 i l 121 24o $2to0 the fameral, but1, as5 thle tller sa2ys, I approve4I't 44f it."' Tl)tt's the way0; 1 221 lwitte 24b$ou12t saying2 w2lm (2) kiniught ofI12 2 n22:2n, ('ven) it hie was2 dead4. With1 411') bete ((!j24nti2)22d 222vantages' , I alway2 S$12 thoght (4ur) sc'nho2hnast('i- n)iild a42v1- li2(l<' 21 goti(I l)i2'ate-, 2) I it I 112s $2222) and2( s)o14 htl to lost1le ftor ihimse'lft. lie 12:44 221 earn')esltId'sin t'$4 su(e2'('d ill e':n-'Ving his m2unw (2n Iit.' high~lts tof fam2e4. lI Iyearne2'2td for' glory1, and24 grub)1. I n-')nwmher1 tim1 lie used( 1(4 teach'l schl)(0 Wtinteris and2( workI421 ou tlum mer'1s (on a1 farm1. InI this way1 h L k'p1 up liis no21sele 111$ the4 tim2; 11ml1 tl1i 4li lit 12r2 nent ly go t miiixed~ upj in Ion 2)d~iliSit 2), lit was21 ne4veri Suicce4ssfully li('k4'd, up1 122 withi his jutstly ('elebra'1td dIi~42s2as and2 in tr22<h1(' 'd it in2to2II) the1scho)hnaste'st daily1 t ill at1 hist, (2)21 ('vening)2 ill Springl2, juS 2)' 5(cho222hna2ster2 skunl 2) uttor thei swee u~''$ lti miately. II(ndreds4 1of(2 hiist 2(bl pupil(s all2 It was1 the 1)2>St lutmi'2n2Iious tiii~ In. kne ii:f.1. I i'ieganh-d1'4 it 4s a1 242422 52)4. St yo enn t ', I Ieury,, the kind 1 f 2'2 ttiuter' I 1uo1, and22 that is par2itiv why 222)w22in's spellI 12) wors)2it 2r1nc l'y it t's ink has bleen froz2e2. I h2l21 ithwe fi( ew l o I w2 ill fi n y122 ' it 2 2 od hltl hi, and21 i:mt ini 3iI our 2 Suh2$.<pwnt leter you1' w,2) ill det'V24'li 4)>r s11.'e h,4 telling of the thinigs~ youi kno1w, 101 ;2t of tellinig mc abhout the ti ngs I dlon't know1. Your)t mo2(ther' also4 j,,ins Ili in hop1Iig s4'o. S gin tones' firlt, meet i h2 in tt'01j', o'n .1oulay nightd. naThe)24 wetings wI 3122 cont11inlue 2;(veral week''ls. in Ci'22iremnfeence is the1 a1ttra1ction2 of1 0 flowver gardeo- in Smtit n.1 ...r, (:1! TIlE(I 0'.AI)RIENNE \AL CONFERENCE. IlC 4.111\T t4'.t'II. 1F IllE MEICTio P"IO'li 111')11, SO1'"1'll. Fouur lillwhopr nl,'! -l'w t 11udred anid Fl"iy l.ny I et" ..niteis At sPIe.tle I!. It lt'lu(ntnd. - tSpecial to the0 Nrw: adul Courier ) Rter'1aoxi, \iay 5.---''he Gleneral Con fetrernci' of the \lethloldist Ep)iscol)4 (l'lileb. South, 11(1 to-day in Centenary ( hteh. Netriy all the delegates vcr'3 1rrseint. '1'lTe tiirty-cight ( 'nferences, Iunttr the contrt of the (ienoral Confer ('ic'e in the Lunitetd States, reach froin \bh'ryland to the 1Rel>uh1i0 of 3Mexico, 111(1 fr1tin Flo rilat to Wtshlingto1 Terri to iry. There tare t wo other Conlferences, one ) ;urtlV in '1'exas 1and )artlY in1 \llxico, anul the other entirely in Mcxi Co, 'wvith teaIliart'irs at tlie City of \Iexieo, ilnuking forty Conferencs in all flt' to)lt'1.rn \lethodlist C'hurch. T' inl'ut'nl'ship of thef Church, ac c'ttliuing to the last rt'prt, reeeive'd only It ft't tlays sin1e', is uiearly oniie minllion ilt iSos. It lits ic"r'eased to this from "Illi1,1)01) ler'son5 inl 1,. Besitks, there is nlissiion wiork llunong the 1nd1ians' and( sl l;arsel v st't t d1'1 tlist riets of the Vst, on the borlers 1nd in lI(xico, a11d in t Brazil ant C'hitit. 'he (Gene('ral ('onferec'e i'epresen,ts the Ci utichi. It eiinpIots nearly thrre hunItt i-t m1 111issi<alt('its, Ind01 ('x1>en1ds in the ]lllintf'11I)1('e of llnissionls and,( thein r-1 rornllOlO-t of 111ission work somfe $10)(0() iiiii:1illv. Its c'hlurrh 'xteiision board, wit ii 1 i'ht11111 irtr'is at Naslilie, has heen orgalizt'tl unilv ftour Vt us, but. iin that ti-u' it 1222s t xllt-inlt'ld abouttiit S15t,(O1 and Iis assistt (d 'tI tilutit's. 'Th' tulii ishl ing ol e'rations 1114 ('ollll)('lsd alt Nashi 'vilt', whn-o the lalr~est 1 >rintinig-house is situa(tt'd, 11ntl opnrtld hv lte C'hurchl. It. is inlt'''stt'd inl ia lrg' inunb1er of t'1eductional( trpr "tist , th(e larlgest of w(hich is \';ullorbtilt 1Univ"ersity. 'he (t'ei'ril ('onft'renlc'e is th' chie' l',gislattiv" ltoIl\y of ;i hurg' (hureh seat. trt(d ttV'r at Vast d1nm1iin. it is, in reali tv, tille (onllg't'of tih' ('hC h, h1tving ii"'"li'lnl' litw rt') iii ftl'trii 1(g and mulaii taiiiig tl' ('Imlib ptolity. it is eon lorlita o lt It I I of Ilct' hiv tl of lilt- tnul ('olne'trit'n't s ill hi'roplorllt- ) to thteir u u1brshil . T'h' ('onfer.euee (tpriw(s ilhilt _,i unntrs, liv idled t iy i tto t'hlritcal :t 1 l:t rt t'esentat t i lif. te n-ly t . i, (t. ('. l na iS t l itn 1 ilt'-111 lt- Vel i ii. T'hl'l wi>-t wt '1ok of tin (11ntc'll in its V11rious dl'1irtints will t' rr2viewetd at ftlit (onflee'' 1t1al110115 p lan " ist. for futiurt' openditio)1s. Inl fact, th(' wVhle ltolity is itj et to thliti r(vision of this I1otly. TIht .1)isoi1tlill( of the C'hm-cll til bi 1Lni ovt'I, andt Ii\ily 'idisabt le Ire viSions 1unile. .\ ' l ( 5U' ill Al t i ll i It itlt it fl-2I it'lst. tClt ui - ' ' tIlb t' ti l 1Lt I . l it }il 1 )0)111il l l ' \Itethodlist ('Iiin-h" , ;'touth, to tht' .1tI'ho list h'u i' fll t l .\u t.ri111, 1111 WsIli oV i \l lt dtt'fa'Itdtl, adltnt itt mth.r "il I 1r t111 It' p b l not' ingthi_;lt u Itr;Ui a.i 'I'ht' g('ne(rl ift1 of ft'tling 51(1ms t> he cons('rvattiVt'. :1111 thetrt- is not, li1 -ly to I - il y ri t ii (a1 t1 Ol i t '. Ti'ht' n-t'liotio n with 2in IN sort11(rn C'irrih I nit' We lst c'or'-, in-t'('ont'-n'1t is liedl a with the dluf'y of t'lt'(ti1i:II 11he )''e rlnd ollicers, 1Intl w1i1 lotllto a ly tltc't liVt' newt1 hishlops, I the Conference embraco some of the most l)rominent divines of the Southern Methodist Church. Ii. C. H-Iernandez, lay delegate from the Mexican Border Conference, is the only active Mexican in attendanlce upon the Conference. ItICIIUMOND, May 6,.-II the Quadren nial General Conference of the M. E. Chinch, South, to-day, after divine ser vice conducted by Dr. Hunter, of Ar kansas, and after the transaction of ron tine business the secretary called the delegates by conferences for the intro duction of resolutions. A resolution was adopted for the appointment of a com mittee to devise a plan by which the en tire Church can be called on to con tribute to the expenses of the General Conference. The special committee on rules reported rules of order for the gov ernment of the Conference. The dis ('ussioln of the rules occupied the entire day's session, and after thorough revis ion and amendment they were finally adolpte(d. P\IE'MO%IA. W 'hat n WeIIl-Knoii Mledicnl lourunl IInM to Sny About Ii. The prevalence of pnculona, its ral)id increase, and fatal consequences in many imstances, says Hall's Journal of Health, have led a number of our abler phy si ciants to carefully investigate the pecu liarities of this alarming disease, and sonle of thel have iulblished tie result tf their ob servatiolns ill a way to benefit the public, not only by pointing out the Iiest mlletlhls of p'evention, 1but likewise of treatment, in the event of its occur reilee. I)r. ,Tolun'I'. Nagle, Deputy Register if llecords of the health Board of the ('itv of New York, has given imuch at hnt ion to the disease, anid lias prepare<l valrlalde statistical tables concerning it. 'T' prevalence of pneumonia,'' he ;ays, 'niay 1 owing to a lack of ozone in the air, or it may be because there is too uic'h ozone. Sudden chalges of V"eatler andi high winds, particularly In m' the north and east, certainly have mueh to do with it, and draughts of all kids aure had, and should be avoided. )ll ikilg may ibe a predisposing cause, is tola('co is eertainly ain irritant. Auy thing wlich irritates the lungs should Ih' atvoided. If lin'(l)h' would breathe through the nose instead of through the nullouthi, espxecially when in the oplen alir or fa1cing a cold1 wind,. the lungs wouldi h' less irritated. 'One great aune of tle fearful death rate among clildhen from this disease is mlndoulbltedly the criminally foolishl way m wrhich they are dressed' Miany moth ers stell more a .ion11s to iiike their cliiliren look pretty thain to dress then collriutaly. On a par with this is worse than f lly of low-lecke(1 dressvs amolg women as viewed from a health stidllloiiii. Ladies sO d(ressed will ruslh fr1olil at heatted halh-oom7 or theatre into the (openl air, anld thenl wonder that, they h;1ve colds or 1 melumonil. W1ear scnson 111e ullei'lo iiilg, 111 dol't, rellove your heavy tlannels too early ini the l ring or defer putting them oi until too bite in the fall. I shuld lot advise peo ple to coddle theselves, but 0111 should lress ace rding to the season, and should 'ovel' thein luy ev'nly. Add to this a rol)er n'ga'I for the general health mid in ait' mi(1;t111'(' of ('n111gh1ts, an d i.' iw (need l'l(f. A. Li. I d1omli5, in his "Pracltttice >f (ie(i('inel," 'a' -i is a w('ll-lnwn ac1.t tIlnit tin' disisel a(ttakhs -the poor >fflener 151 tinii shipi, the, soldlier' oftenie; 1I1in thle c'iviiian ait f 1(12am po4st. it is non(1 ((n ft' 31editernienni'li, inlcrea'sinlg inl -s to it ; north anid ('lst wiiiuls falvor its. t.Periods oft steady' and1 e'xtri('em cld iiv' l ittlei effect e'xcep t u11lumI the told, 1114' firs"t pr'edispo sing~ c'ause is age, the( biibihii(i, froma twen'lty fti folly, andt ir (''Six ty. Thel proporllltionI ofi male1( to ('ile(1 v'iltihus is ais thriee to one11. A ny <1111iilentionls wichi r'eiide'r tihe dlSises md(1II msiIt ll intiee are potent causis >f tihl dlis('ase4." I nim'nnia lullisuallly 1bigin wi ~,ith 1a1 chill, lighlt, m1al4 followed by a1 corr'lespondinig y high fever' and11 sharp'J pins iln the >roI gress5, 1reaeinig a1 ('risis inl from five to ung is a1h ffeed, iil often thle disease is -Iutinleu toi a1 siingle lob~e. uni1 241' 4verj iromi it, but the chanllces are' Sh tIlaJ(tillnt ''a11no t breall1thil, 1and( dies 'at beryi', ai111 ineapab)sleo of pr'lfor1minlg 1. Suatural2 functions11. A ('urious fad~ lx 'halt usuaillly, n s12c'nd 114ill, 14' 1ilm ino( t he lob11 isltacked, flin itherS p 1444 ar lItoie tIll 5111111n between.Oi the tyltfI, t he cyntm.AllitOS phsii'n (liiit hnabnnoiethtiisdv l)r'. .J. .11. Leamng, special consulting physician in chest diseases in St. Luke's Hospital, has published a little pamphlet concerning it, entitled "Endemic Pleuro Pneumonia, as seen in New York during the past ton or twelve years." In that pamphlet Dr. Learning holds to the theory that the pneumonia of the present day, or pleuro-pneumonia, as he calls it, is the same as the epidemic which caused such havoc among the troops iu Canada during the war of 1812-15. That the weather has much to do with l)neumonia is apparent. The number of deaths in New York city for the first seven months of last year was as follows: January, 375; February, 486; March, 587; April, 512; May, 337; June, 229; July, 150. A fter August there is usual ly a steady increase until March, the most fatal month of the year. The death rate, too, is very high. The statis tics so far pulblished, both in hospitals and private practice, show an average (leath rate of at least 20 per cont., or one in five of those ilttacke(d. The theories concerning the nature of the disease itself are many and varied. Some physieians hold that pneumonia is only a local maifestatiol of a general disease, others that it is a specific disease caused )y a specific poison, while still others hold as tenaciously to the germ theory. Without speculating upon these differ ent theories, from what has been said in which all agree, it is plain that anything which lowers the vitality of the system is conducive to the (isease, and should be carefully avoided. Overwork, either physical or mental, has much to (10 with it, and this explains why so many busi Iess men and l)rain workers become its victims. Sudden chanlges of the weath er and draughts of all kinds are also to be guarded against. In a word, live tenperately, dress warmly, avoiding all manier of imprudenlces, and you need lave no fear of pneutmlonia. nl.O)11 wOlh OF TI'IIE sOCIALISTs. i r-ThreI'etv*r.m,e timed or Iladly Wounded, Fort y-(hne of : hont are I'oliet.met..Arreat of I-' iligl ierM iii tlie i ot. Cici :ano, May 5.---The Anarchists of Chicago iritgurattd in earnest last night the reign of lawle:stiess which they have threatened and endeavored to incite for years. They threw a bomb into the midst of a lirne of 200 police officers, and it. exp lolde(d with fearful effect. Almost before the missile of death had exploded the Anarchists direetedi a murderous fire with revolvers upl onl the police, as if their action was prearlinged, and as the latter were hemned in onl every side ambusended--the efet of the fire upon the ranks of the oflicers was fearful. When the police had recovered from the first shock of the attack they charged 1luo their wou he iiirderers, shooting at every step and lmowing them down, as their fellow-ouficers hald been laid low by the bombi. The Anarchists fled in die may b efore the charge. The collision between ile police and the Anarchists was 1bought about by tie leaders of the latter, August Spies, Sam Fieldon and A. i. Parsons, endeavoring to incite a large nass-mceting to riot and blood shed. From Socialistic headquarters there issued late in the afternoon the fol iowilg circular, whic1 was distributed throughout tle laboring (litarters of the city by thousands: "Attenition! Wringmn: (reat mass me1(et ing t o-nigh t at. 7.3) oi'clock, at Hay miarket, Himdelph street, between Des phaiines and I talsted. -Good spoakers will be piresenit to denounce the latest atrocious act of the police in the shoot mng of oar fellow-workmen yesterday aufternooni. Signed: Executive Commit tee." August Spica, Schwab, Sam Fielden and other Socialists (all foreigners) harangued the crowd iin aL latant and rockless mannier, when the police march en up to the wagon contauinxing the spcaker's, aind Captain lDonfield said: "'In the nameii oif ihe, State of .Illinois, I comn imnd this crowd to disperse." Almost iimmiediaitely a iaiimb fill between the two (coh115imuio the p)o)liee and literal.ly mowed theni down. Sixty-three persons were either killed ior badly wounded, forty one (If whom were policemen. Several stores were raided anld the en tire contents caried off. Dynamite bombs wvere found in the (ofice of the Arberter Zeituing, amnd all p)arties' found on the piremises were' arrestedl. Threats of b)urinig the city are freely made by the Socialists. .'The Vigilants are aroused. TVwo even ing paLpers publhish the following: I.:An)QUAirri.:us oF' TIli'm i VIGrLANT' Comr i'rTii., May 5.--Meet sharp at 1.40 A. R. 78, 5th inst. Buainess of great nmportanice. Splies, Parsons and Schwvab, anid others of their kind beware! The rope1 does its wvork quick. The massacro oif our b)rav'e l>)iicemen'i must b)e avenged. By order of the E~xec(utive Committee, Signed: ** Several of the leading Sociilists have been aIrre'sted on the charge of murder and( will be held witUhout bain. o Iaope foar 4'lii,erii, Th le counsel for T. Ji. (;juver'inP, con vieted of the miurder . of Fanni' Lilian MIadisoni, (enter'ed a mnotion in the Su premlce ourt oIf AppealIis on Friday for re'hie;iug oIf thie eaJse de(cided( on Thurs 'lay, ini whiebh the jiidgmecnt oIf the lower C.our't was fully aflniedh. No rehearing Sill be allowed untless' one (of the .Judges wvho concuiirred ini the decdisioin is d'issati8, fledh with it andl desirjes aL re'hearing. T 'he latest formi of' brutality which s in dlanger1 oIf becoimig plarlhi is the hIIin-k ick ing mautch. WhyX not11 have ear 'lipinig, ori eye-(extinlguishin g, or rib >reaking maItchies, to? Where is this~ orit oif thlling to stop?I iss alary~ An.idersoni is nxegotiatmg or' ai large stock ranch in Nebruska, - I VOL XV VO~jr **-- - - - I. xv" I'( PI(EN S, S.C., II I 11 AY MAY \ 13,18.N .3L