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VOLUME 8.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23; 1875.
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NUMBER 49
Poetry.
I nut berby the eellar dore,
Uur look was eo
Hiir eyes looked dnggers intu mine,
^ ?pd mine looked pitclifolks intu burs.
li^red kr^zofiongbyi f -r
said t hnt I might take hnlY
uy dreams of wedded bliss. |
Fur wo have lujred, iatfazo^oneby
Hur father nf^*
But alas! for?n
She got up and got with and old shoema
ker.
No more curia for me. if I knows it;
. . No more frawdB my luv to win;
In fEe*'words of t?je poil, not for Joseph,'
~ And ho mi to have added, not for Jim.
A Queer Suicide.
an old politician siioots iiimself?
singular coolness preoeedinq
the crime.
This community was startled this
morning by the announcem nt that
Sarmml J. Anderson, pfthis city, had
committed suicide. Bushing to the
room in company with an excited mul
titude we found lying on the 'floor1 the'
body: of a man, probably sixty years of
ago, pale and still in death, the deathly
pallor of the face presenting a frightful
contrast to the life blood rin . which it
was partly submerged. It was the bo-,
fiy of Samuel J. Anderson, formerly of
New York, but more recently of this
6ity. In both his hands, pointing di
rectly to his head, was a revolver,
which he had discharged into his head,
the muzzle evidently having been plao
ed in his mouth at the dime of shooting.
?The deceased was evidently reclining
tit the time ho committed the awful
deed, and appears to have died instant
ly Without a\ struggle, still retaining
v witii n/?adlff geasp the u^e^^^ejgon
' in his hfcnds.' The surrouhuuigS of the
oeceased; together with several comniu
nicatiobs left by him, indicate that the
deed was committed after the most ma
lure deliberation, and was executed
with a coolness and daring that "scarcely
fibd a precedent in tho nnunls of suicide
On (ho table in his joom was found tho
following communication, addressed to
popular physician :
Atlanta, Sunday, Dec. 20. 1874.
To Dr JM /fo\hkon?Dear Sir:
Thoughtfully, even cheerfully, I oboy
the stern fiat of irres stable circunistan
fees, without- discussion, and without
murmer. My remarkable vigor and ac
iuoivledged capacities seem utterly uua
tiilable for btdinary purposes. Be it
bo. I have much to be thankful for to
yourself a|tt o|h|jr^)Ct80nul friends, and
feel no eamity or hatred agatust any
man. I hopo Toombs will so far vindi
rate himself as to protect Jorry Jj-'nch
from the couscquoucos of a protest,
which could not have been anticipated.
To morrow morning I intend to place
the muzzle of my pistol in my mcuth
and pull*Ihe trigger. I thus bluntly
State my intentions in order to - avoid,
if possible a V.c?rooqr.'s inquest, or legal
investigation, 1 shall dross 'myself,' af
ter bathibg . as usuul iu a suit of old
6lothes,Jgoodtenough I opino for the
p?rposo in view. My better clothes
Will be of uso to my son. I hopo to bo
btltied as I full, lou will find in my
table drawer further communications a nd
6 requests. Lenclose fifty odd dollars to
go to\vard funeral expenses, and to ex
press my trunk to New York. Rcgrot
ting tho absence of Dr. Miller, pleuso
remember mo to him, aud prcseut my
photograph herewith enclosed.
Farewell, my friend,
S J Andeuson.
dib will and testament.
Accompanying the foregoiug cotninu
nication was his will in which ho made
fconui remnrkablo bequests, as follows:
- ^IWI^7kra^S.AD PEItSONAb.
I, SamuolJ Anderson, present to my
friends the following requests aud be
/quests.
To my sen, Samuel J Anderson, all
such of my best olothing and c(1'eet.s as
can bo packed in my Kole leather trunk
iJUm cofl???cat?^?i^'i4^ H,tJDaw
son, 271 Broadwny, Now York, boforo
expressing the trunk to Lira. Not hav
iog heard from the boy for somo month
inquiry .^^^njlj^s^w. l?fyu\d\jkjf
)y pn Mr. DawBoo's information and ad
vice- in the premises. I suppose the
clothing would be of much vttluo'to him
rud of hut little value to any one else.
But if they are not available to him,
after inquiry, 1 would beg that the same
may be forwarded to my son, Henry
Bladsoll Anderson about fourteen years
of ago^ftt Springfield, Erie couuty, Now
York >Ilc can bo writton to and oasily
found by addressing John G Strong, at
Urney, Buffulo, N Y
To Dr Miller?The furniture of my
room, according to bill in left baud bu
reau drawers, is Dr Miller's property
Alao box of coal of Miller & Johnson
To Jfcrry Lynch?A now pair of paut
wrapped in papsr Returned because I
am unable to pay for thom
To Matilda Harris; my honest and
faithful washerwoman?The following
trifles. Coal scuttle, trunk and strap;
writing table, umbrella, pin box, broom
and towels She will pack my trunk
and dispose of old olothosj &c, as she
pleases
To Ed Hardy?My valise and con
tents; also cigars ? > ?
To R Toombs (not private)?Wy pis
tol with j my recommendation, that he
rid the world of his presence 'by iinita
ting my example ?
For Burial?I think shirt, drawers
and socks with my big cloak wrapped
around me, will be quite sufficient I
have tried to save money euough to bu
ry me and express my trunk, &c 1
shall have about SGO in my pantaloons
pocket
S T Anderbon
Atlant?, December 16^1874
To Dr? Miller and Johnson
Mr Anderson, who had reached the
age of sixty two yours, has been rriuch
in public life lie wae one of the old
time politicians; a gontl^n^n^-of hi^h
QTlltoiJi0 nn
in his opinions, and somewhat erratic in
his religious views The refereuoe to
Ged. Toombs, in his bequest, needs aomo
explanation For a loug time Mr An
dersou's financial condition has been
none of the b st. and it seems that ho
has been the rceipieut of the favors of
several of his old associates, whom he
knew in "better days Some three or
four months ago, being out of employ
ment, he made kuown his necessities to
Gen Toombs, and that geutleman gave
him employment by engaging to help
prepare the evidence and papers in oor
tain important suits then pending be
fore the courts, and to circumstances
growing out of this engagement is at
tributcd diecctly his death Gen Toombs
gave him $125 per month, and cashed
several drafts that were seat him About
the 1st of December, hove vor, he g.u'o
Jerry Lynch, of this city, a draft on
Gen Toombs, which General Toombs
permitted to go to protest for non pay
ment, aud wrote a note to deceased that
he owed him no money Anderson
thought that his engagement with
Toombs was permbneut,' aud the refusal
of Gen Toombs to houor his draft
caused tho keenest and bitterest disap
poiutmcot auo: euagriu?So mortified
^as hcjdo^crmiifcd^to kill himself, Which
he did quickly, and in a muuner that
exhibited wonderful nerve
Och; and sure Mishtrcss Murfree,
and how docs ye do this foin morn
ing'
'None the bother for seeing ye, ye
blackguard'
'Don't be so cruel, mo foin lady, tell
men what is tho mother with ye's'
May the devil take ye If yea must
know, 1 have a boil'
'Upon my soul, Mishtrcsi Murfreo,
'Not one hapeth of it upon my soul,
dou't ye seo the blitheriu thing upon
moa ueok'
Belle Boyd, who mado considerable
notoriety during tho late war as a Con
federate spy, has been very ubiquitous
of late. The stopped at hotels in Home
Ga-, and Watertown N. Y., in ouo day
recently.
Jn a Paris advertising shaet the fol
.Wing occur*?*Au orphau aged nine
teen, posscsccd of"' fourteen millions,
wishes to niarry a Frouoh priuce. An
g wer, postpaid, &c.
Novcr sport with pain or poverty.
SHOULDERS OR HIPS?
deltcate SudOESTIONS for the
Ladies?Information for Makcu
line Paul Prys.
Mrs. Swisshelm is not to have things
all her own way among the dress reform
ers. There -is another Mrs. Richmond
in tho hold, in the person ot a Mrs.
Woolsou, who has written a book in
regard to tho manucr in which the gar
mcnts should be supported. The sub
jeut is too delicate a one to be handled
otherwise than gingerly, though loving
ly, by the Evening Republican, but
what follows from a corresp indent of
the .now York Tribune is both proper
and interesting:
With the earnest and well-intention
Oil work of an earnest and good woman
like Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson, one
should nt least deal thoughtfully and
respectfully, however one differs from
her. It is therefore io be hoped that
Mrs. Woolson's new volume on ''Dress
Reform," which Roberts Brothers lire
about to publish, will not bo met by the
pert flippanvi with which crusty
bachelors aud light minded maids have
been want to treat a work of this sort.
Mrs Woolson's 1^)Lok is entitled to a
fuir hearing. It is composed of lectures
delivered iu Boston, during the Spring
of the present yearj four of them by
well-known and successful lady physi
ciuns, and the other by Mrs. Woolson,
herself. It is another attempt to set
tho world right on a matter iu which
llu? wickod world seems very ob.stin.ite
ly determined to go wrong; and it will
probably convince few, save those who
aic. always ready for sedition, always
prepare 1 to believe that tho new i^
t h a u Aridkttlni?lkJ)
betwet'n the Venu* of Mil > au.l a mod
irn belle.
The Venus Vietrix stands thoro, iu
tin; changeless grace of her cternil
sileucc, just us .she was in the vir, !i;s:
picture oi' tht .-or:. Hut the northern
belie changes her adornments in every
successive plate; and marly always for
tho better. Really siie looks very prct
ty. even here, where .she is posing a- an
illustration of naughtiness; only her
drcsa with its long train is a house dress
and should not be billed by tho coquet
tish little hat parched upon the iluily
hair. Tho Venus is evidently not dress
cd for tho street, either; so mademoi
selle's hat is altogether unnecessary to
the contrast. Now every modern belle
would no doubt bo n Venus if.she could
the trouble is that she can't; and so
she must coutent herself by trying to
be a piotty girl. But,says Mrs Wool
son, let her be pretty and healthy at
the same time. Certainly, gentle lady;
I agree with you thore; and unless .<ho
is-reasonably healthy she will not long
be pretty. But how is this marvellous
combination of happy an d healthy au.l
handsome to be be.it attained ? There
is tho question which Mrs. Woolson has
tried finally to settle, and thore is
where we are forced to take issue with
hor.
Arc women's shoulders made of east
Iron any mere than their lips '{ If you
overweight them shall they not ?che 'I
I think the easts of the female figure in
a museum of anatomy would convince
any unprejudiced observer that feinin
ino hips are quite as well calculated to
bear burdens as lemiuiuo shoulders aro.
But in one respect Mrs. Woolson aud
her sister reformers are unquestionably
right; and that is that a reasonable wo
man should not allow her dress to be
cumbered by such a weight of trimming
that her ircedom of locomotion is im
peded by it, and walking uuoudurnbly
ii tiguing. One would not care to be
more healthy than the average English
woman, unless one desires to be a
wandering Jew and outlive ad one's
friends; and yet tho avcrago English
woman dresses, save iu two important
particulars, precisely after the model ot'
her Americau sister, except that her
taste in the arrangement of the dre.-s is
infinitely poorer. The English woman's
wnlking-dresscs are simpler aud loo?
heavily' trimmed, and her boots are
thinker and looser aud broader in the
solo. It may seem a startling propo
Lsition, but I assert that nothing will I
make a woman's back ache quicker than
wearing tight boots. If I were an M.
1)., 1 could no doubt enter into a
learned explanation of this.fact?as it
is 1 simply state it. Let any woman
wear the clot hes of the present time,
made suitably for the occasion, and I
vcuturc to believe that her costume will
be as healthful as anything can bo,
short of coats ami pantaloons.
1 don't myself think that coats and
pantaloon*! would make women a y
stronger, more healthy; but [ dare
not s, eak'with undue positiyenessabout
an experiment I have never tried. One
brings to^the front Dr. Clarke, the au
thor of "ftex in Education," with a cor
tain hesitation, because to Mrs. Wo ?I
son and jibe c,truest aud thoughtful wo
men. who sharo her views/he is such a
bete noicjj. but, low be it spoken, the ex
perionco bf countless other wo.no u
proves li^n to be a goo l physician; and
to my m.ud there was much force in
something' he said the other day to a
young lauy of my acquaintance Look
ing over bjif attire oftasttful skirt, and
basque, niSi ofrerskirt, heavy frieze wilk
ing jacket- and suit Ich hat, he said :
"I sec notlfuig harmful hero ? 1 have nu
fault to find. It could scarcely be
better."
''But tho corsets," tai 1 -lie; "must we
give up tho^e ?"
'?By no..items," wasthornply; "[ con
sider thet^' a ueces.;ary tin I useful sup
put. Because th.iy can l?o' abused; be
cause a woiliau who weighs to hundred
cm use tho:n to Inee herself into dofor
mity, it. is. no sigi tint t!t >y are bil in
themselves."
But. et I eta arc one special object of
tho nnimwiveTsioiH of the dress reform
ers. '!' . ; have, e oaic to the couclusi?> n
th-.-y have ^int 1 ei t:ili-!rti th ir tli ir.j%(ia.1 r j
be a certain outward conformity til the
M ammon of unrighteousness, while they
work all possi b!e chatties underneath
1 will not d\;cll upon subtleties oi tho
internal arrangements suggested in this
volume, the bewildering combinations
of luttons and buttotuholcs, of eyelots
and lacings, upon garments which shall
bo nameless in my letter, though they
have a new and tuyotoriius nomcuola
ture iu Mr.i Woolsou's book. Tho
pages of her appendix are not for the
perusal of masculine Paul F'rys?indeed,
no man could understand them whose
acquaintance with women was not as
scieuliSu as Worth's or as extensiv.: a:>
IJrigham Young's.
I for one certainly think that if wo
men will but wear the present modes
sensibly, not cramping their feet in
tight boots; not using their corsets for
tight lacing, not ovorl tadiug their skirts
with trimmiugs aud n t walking in
dresses designed for the carriage or the
tsuloiiy they can hardly, un lor any system ,
dress better or more healthfuliy than it
is in their power to drc3S tow. But
there seems to be in tho inquiring and
mutinous human mini :i lunging for
cnunge, a rcstlessuess whieli demauds
revolution; The form is not enough,
they must /??? form. Men, with this be
setting tendency, freo slaves, overturn
governments, tniko no.v law*; shill w e
deny to wotuep the lesser pleasure of a
revolution i:: corsets aud p.-ttioo its, a
triumph in buttonholes'/ And if, in
deed, anybody prefers gvrmoots with
the new names to the old, orthodox fig
leaves of pur grandmothers, they could
not do belter than to follow Mrs. Wool
son's load, tier book is well and deli
cutely written?it to tue it seems a work
of supererogation, thor? arc others, no
doubt, who will welcome it as the her
aid of a tie.v ami better dispensation.
Diu Lewis bus Leon heard from again
IIo says that codfish gravy is tho best
food for deponent persons us it tin
patts chcorfuluess. l'ass tho codfish
gravy- _
A polite young lady recently assert eu
that she had lived near a bam yard; and
that it was impossible for her to sleep
in the morning, on account of the out
cry made by a gentleman lieu.
Peru has more dogs than any other
country ol its size. Hence the Ppr?vilti
bark.
A Notable Affair.
The cententiial tea party, held last
week in the Capitol at W ?shington, was
a groat success. Tho rotunda of the
oapitol was divideao tut?> thirteen see
tions, to represent, the original.States .
Euch table was, beneath a historical
painting. The dome was decorated
with flags to its topmost height, and a
rope was stretched across the lower por
tion, which was gorgeous.with banners.
Bvory table had appropriate, mottoes
aud devices. Tho outiro couulry was
ransacked for interesting relies of Revo
lulionary days. All of the old teapots
and kittles were brought forth. Crack
ed china and oKl-time things wore at a
high premium. The most artistic and
beautiful tables were those of Georgia
au 1 South Carolina. The former was a
temple with six columns an 1 covered
with a roof of ferns. The columns wore
wound with samples of cotton in bloom,
rice straw, green sugar cane and ferns
In this tomplo were baskets and bou
qucls of flowers for sale. All tho ladies
at the tables wore original or imitation
dresses of a huudred yeirs ago. The
South Carolina table was udorued with
palmetto trees,lilies, flowers, and fruit,
and some rare rid chini. Mrs. Senator
Roberts >n, of South Carolina,
among the ladies at this tables. The
Virgiti'a table was also full of interest.
Every one who had a grand, or what
was better, a groat grandfather, had an
oppportanity of airing their pjuigroo.
It was as if the call had been made of
"Speak uow, forever alter holding your
tongue." Any lady who sported a
miuiaturc as large as a breakfast plate
of a man with a 'white tablecloth aljouS^
his neck, and powdered hair tietj^-jth
black ribbon, Vfas considered to Jr^ a aub|
jcou oi spec a interest Tltosc ?bhI
years old fondly supposed th ;t, if they^
bunched up tho oldest dress they owne 1,
and made an apron of tuudin, with a
frill, pinned a square handkerchief over
their boson); powdered the face, and
stuck bits of black court piaster iu spots,
turned the hair back from the face, pow
der cd it, and added a jaunty cap with
ribbons of fl?wars,, t hey were as g io 1 as
the genuine article. The style of drois,
either from its novelty or beauty, is cor
tainly more becoming than the dress of
the present day, for tho ladies all look
<.d handsome. There were a great
many things sohl as souvenirs. Tiny
tea-ch?sts and IcUs, made out of tho
wood of old' Independence Hall, cups
and saucers, manufactured for the oc
casion, with! the dates 1771 and 1S74,
aud the word Centennial.
i?in ??I.T.' . ? ? ?gm> ? -?
Lily Dale.
In the years gone by an old Michigan
?mill driver named Rlaki, who was
killed at Fair UuLs,*anic into Detroit
on business, he being thou eon nested
wi'h a paper in the western part of the
State, lie got pretty full by evening,
but was invited into the ladies' parlor
of the hotel, with othtrs, to hoar a
young lady iuitate a new piano. After
sho hud played several tunes Blake
dsked her to play 'Lily Dale.' Sho
complied, and bo sat down in a chair
and cried, excusing his action by saying
to the crowd : "It's a bad soug, and it
always puts mc in mind of my dead
mother.'' It was played again, and
Clako went to bed with "Lily Dale"
ringing iu his ears. He occupied tho
same bed with a merchant's clerk, the
hotel being crowded, and soon after
turning in a dug commenced to howl in
the back yard. "Woooo hoo-hoo !"
"Git out?it's only a dog howling," re
plied the clerk. "Stranger," said iilak c(
as he tur icd his head, "3'rauger, if
you'd lo t your poor old mother and felt
as bad as I do, you'd bet fifty dollars to
five that it was "Idly Dale." Yes, it's
that same song, and I've got to ory
agaiu I * And he r,ot up and sat down
on tho lid of a client nt.d wept piofuscly
? Detroit Free Press.
Wendell philiips having written a let
ter to Sccctary Belknap thanking the ad
ministration for tho course taken in
Louisiana, and declaring Sheridan's
'entirely correct.'
A Long-3i?ffriiii3 Editor.
I happefVdd to he in tho Argils offibo
tho other day,-'ttflkiifg with Colonel
Bangs, the editor, when a red whisker
cd man entered und saluted the Colonel
by, throwing a chair at hira; Then ho
seized Btfngs by the hair, bumped hift.
head against the table three or four
times, aud then kicked him on the shins.
When this exhilarating nxorcis?' Wa6
over, tho visitor shook his fist very close
to tho Colonel's no*?, aud said : f?rfff
mutton-headed outcast, if you don't put
that notice imto morrow, I'll come round
yer and smash you up ! Do you hore
me?'' Then he cuffed Bangs'ears a
couple of times, kicked him some more,
emptied the inkstand over his head!
poured the sand from the sand box in
the same place, knocked over tho table
aud went out. During all this time the
Colonel sat still with a sickly kind of a
smile upon his face and nover uttered a
word. When the man left, Bangs pick
cd up the table, wiped the ink and sanol
from his face, and turning to me said-:
"(his will have his little fun, you
see 1"
"He is a somewhat exuberant humor
ist ," I replied . " ?\ hat was tho object ot
joke;?>??? ' ?-??v-m<
??Well, he's going to sell his furniture
at auction, and I promised to notice.tho
fact in to day's Argiu, but I forgot jit
and he called La remind me of it/'
"Do all of your friends refresh your
memory in that vivid manner? '' It I'd
been in your place,1 I'd have knocked
him down." .
"Mo you wouldn't,"said Bangs; "no
you wouldn't. Qua ia bheriff, andhd
controls two thousand dollars worth of
^official advertising. I'd sooner he'd
here toBoirirjeoahd bs
bumps and a sore chin or two along.side
of all that fatness? No, sir,ho can have
all the fun ho wants out of me."
Tho Argus, t believe, is particularly
proud of the fact that it exists in a land
where tbepres3 is free and independent.
?Max Adder in the Danbury Net/di.
Items. ,
Beauty is the- flowering of virtaei"
Reckless yonth m ikes rueful age. '
Sorrows best antidote is emploptnent.
Confidence is the companion of cue
cess. pi
Tho faculty of ge.ius is the power of
lighting its own fire*
Silent deeds are belter than unprofita
blc words. .
Indolence is tlic rust of mind and the
mlet of vice.
lit
A faithful friend is tho medicine of
life. ' ," ; : '4
W ho spends before* ? he thrived! 'will
beg before he thinics. i
Life is a morsel of frankincense, bdra
iug in tho halls of oteroity^ T I
Never buy what it useless because it
is cheap.
As you sow in the Spring, 4in th?( A u
tumn you'll reap.
Spinner has been Treasurer fourteen
ycari.
Some thoughts always finds us young
a id keeps us so. Suoh a thought is the
love of tho universal and eternal beau
<y.
Not much eating gives strength, but
digesting our food, So koowladgo is
power for good or evil.
A French lady, who held inhor hand
a glass of cold water, said: "Ohl.jifit
we:o only wicked to drink this, how
nice it would bei"
Two important objects?Tho disoov
cry of what is true, and the practice of
v. iiau is g i vi, aud tho two most, impor
taut objects of life.
A waggish editor says that tbestreati
of ono of tho western cities aro to be
lighted with rcd-headeJ girls. We'd
liko to hug tho lamp-posts.
The Duke of Norfolk England", who
is about renouncing alt worthy titles to
ontcr holy orders, is but twenty sovon
years of wgc Ho is tho hereditary
Karl Marshal of tho khgdoat.