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Poetry I m?t her by the eellardoro, Hur look was cold anM stum, Bur eyes looked dagger., intu mine, And mine looked pit cbf oiks intu hurs. . Fur we have lujred Mrthuo/gone.by, * -r ??? Hur father said that I might take hur, But alas! fortny dreams or Vtfddcd'hllss. 8he got up and got with and old shoema ker. No more curls for me, if I knows it; No more frawds my luv to win; In the words of the poit, not for Joseph, ~ And ho mito havo added, not for Jim. A Queer Suicide AN old politician shoots iii m self?? singular coolness preceeding the crime. (This c&mmunity was Btartled this morning by the announcem nt that Samuel J. Anderson, of this city, had committed suicide. Hushing to the room in company with an excited mul titude we found lytug on the ? floor the body of a man, probably sixty years of Age, pale and still in death, the deathly pallor of the face presenting a frightful contrast to thp lifo blood in whioh it ?was partly submerged. It was the bp try of Samuel J. Anderson, formerly of New York, but more recently of this city. In both his hands, pointing di rectly to his head, was a revolver, v.hieli he had discharged into his head, the muzzle evidently hiving :beoh plao ?d in his mouth at the time of shooting. ?The deceased was evidently reclining ht the tim? he committed the awful deed, and appears to have died instant ly without n\ struggle, .still retninidg with n/*adly geasp the deadlv^vc^on in his httnds. The surroundings of the oecensed, together with several commu nications left by him, indicate that the deed was committed after the most ma lure deliberation, and was executed With a coolness aud daring that scarcely fihd a precedent in the aunals of suicide On tho table in bis joom was found the following communication, addressed to popular physiciau : Atlanta, Sunday, Dec. 20. 1874. To Dr J ' M fJohhion?Dear Sir : Thoughtfully, eveu cheerfully, I obey the stern fiat of irres stable circumstau ten, without: discussion, and without murmer. My remarkable vigor and ac k no v. 1 edged capacities seem utterly una tillable for otdinary purposes. De it .jpo.. I havo much to be thankful for to yourself and other personal friends, and feel no eumity or hatred against any man. I hopo Tooinbs will so far viudi eate himself as to protect Jorry L'-nch from tho couscquoucos of a protest, Which could not have boon anticipated. To morfow 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 - nvoid, if possible a "odrouor's inquest, or legal investigation. I shall dress myself, uf ttr bathing . as usual in a suit of old' clothes,*gaojlienough I. opino for tho purpose in view. My better clothes Will be of uso to my son. I hopo to be b?tied as I full, lou will find in my table drawer further communications a ud 6 requests. I enclose fifty odd dollars to go toward funeral uxpenscs, and to ex press my trunk to New York. Itcgrot ting the abscuco of Dr. Miller, please remember me to him, and present my photograph herewith enclosed. Farewell, my friend, S JAnde?son. uis will and testament. Accompanying the foregoing oommu oicntion was his will in which ho made some remarkable bequests, as follows; - ^ni?itfb 'AND PEU80NAti.i T, SamuolJ Anderson, present to my friends the following requests aud be .quests. To my sen, Samuel J Anderson, all Fuch of my best clothing and effects as ^ ^an*t?tPpacbodJn my aolo leather trunk ?&wwmifci coja?wQcate With 'A H. Duw eon, 271 Broadway, Now York, before expressing tho trunk to him. Not buy jog heard .from the boy for souio month inquiry will bo neocasnry. I would ro )y pn Mr. Dawson's information aud ad vice in the premises. I supposo the clothing would be of much vaduo to him and of but little valuo to any one else. But if they arc not uvailablo to him, after inquiry, 1 would beg that the same may bo forwarded to my son, He nry Bladsell Anderson about fourteen years 'of agoJ?t SpringGold, Erie county, New York vIIc can be writton to aud easily found by addressing John C Strong, at toruey, Buffalo, N Y To Dr Miller?The furniture of my room, according to bill in loft hand bu rcau drawers, is Dr Miller's property Also box of coal of Miller & Johnson To Jerry Lyuch?A new pair of paut wrapped in papsr Returned because I am Unable to pay for them To Matilda Harris, my honest and faithful washerwoman?Tho followiug trifles. Coal Bcuttle, trunk aud Btrap; writing table, umbrella, pin box, broom aud towels She will pack my trunk and dispose of old clothes, &c, as she pleases To Ed Hardy?My valiso and con tents; also cigara To R Toombs (not private)?Wy pis tol with my recommendation that he rid the world of his presonco by imita 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 I shall have about S?O in my pantaloons pocket S T Anderson Atlanta, December 1G, 1874 To DrS Miller and Johnson Mr Anderson,'who had reached the ago of sixty two years, has been rrjucb in public lifo .Howaeoue of the old iu his opinions," aud somewhat crratio in his religious views Tho reference to Ceu. Toombs, in his bequest, needs somo explanation For a long time Mr An derson's financial condition has been none of the b st and it seems that ho has been the recipient of the favors of several of his old associates, whom lie knew in "better days Some three or four months ago, being out of employ ment, he made known his necessities to Gen Toombs, aud that gentleman gave him employment by engaging to help prepare the evidence and papers in cer tain important suits then pending be fore the courts, and to circumstancos growing out of this engagement is at tributed diecctly his death Gen Toombs gave him $125 per month, and cashed several drafts that were sent him About, the 1st of December, hovovor, he gave Jerry Lynch, of this oify, a draft on Gen Toombs, which General Toombs permitted to go to protest lor non pay ment, and wrote a uotc to doeoased that he owed him no money Anderson thought that his engagement with Toombs was pcrtnotieut, aud the refusal ol Gen Toombs to honor his draft caused tho keenest and bitterest disap cointmcut anil chagrin?So mortified was he determined to kill himself, Which he did quickly, and in a manner that exhibited wonderful nerve ????? - ? <??? Och; and sure Mishtress iMurfroc, and how docs yc do this foin morn irig' ?None the bother for seeing ye, yo blackguard' 'Don't be so cruel, me foin lady, tell mca what is the inathor with ye's' May the devil take yo if yea must know, 1 have a boil' 'Upon my soul, Mishtress Murfrec, 'Not one h'apetn of it upon my soul, dou't yo sco the blithorin thing upon mea ucok* - Belle Boyd, who made considerable notoriety during the late w?r as a Con federate spy, bus been very ubiquitous of late. The stopped at hotels in Roino Ga., and Watcrtown N. Y., iu ouo day reccutly. Jn a Paris advertising sheet the fol loWing ocourtr?'An orphan aged nine teen, possesccd ofv fourteen millions, wishes to marry a Frenoh prince. An s wer, postpaid, &c. ??UMP ? ? . <? ? - Never sport with pain or povorty. SHOULDERS Oil HIPS? Delicate Suggestions kor the Ladies?Information for Mascu line Paul I'rys. Mrs. Swissheliu is not to have things all her own way among the dross reform ers. There .is another Mrs. Richmond in tho field, iu tho person ot a Mrs. Woolsou, who has written a book in regard to the manuor in which the gar menIs should be .supported. The sub jcet is too delieatc a one to be hau died otherwise than gingerly, though loving ly, by the Eocning ICcpuplican, but what follows from a corresp uideut of the ^ew York Tribune is both proper and interesting : With the earnest and well-intention od work of an earnest and good woman like Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson,one should at least deal thoughtfully and respectfully, however one differs from her. It is therefore io be hoped that Mis. Woolson's new volume on '"Dress Reform," which Huberts Druthers arc about to publish, will not be met by th? \ pert flippan witli which crusty bacheiers and light-minded mails have been want to treat a work of this sort. Mrs. Woolsnu's &tok is entitled to a f'uir hearing. It is composed of lectures delivered iu Boston, during the Spring of iho present year; four of them by well known and successful lady phys-i cians, and the other by Mrs. Woolson, herself. It is another attempt to set tho world right ou a matter iu which the wicked world seems very obstinate, ly determined to go wrong; and it will probably couviuee few, save those who u.o always ready for sedition, nlw.iys prepare 1 to beliove that the jicw is thatl^^ffi&fly?BgJl between tho Venus of Mil > an.l a mod < ru belie. The Venus Vietrix stands there, i 1 the changeless grtioo of* h:r etcrn 11 silence, just as she was in the v< ry first picture of tli- soiv. Hut the northern belie changes her ndoruuicuts in every successive plate; and marly always for tho better, l'eally she looks very pret ty. even here, whero she is posing a- an illustration of naughtiness; only her dies? with its long train is a house dress and should not be billed by tho coquet tish little hat parched upon the dully hair. Tho Venus io evident ly not dress cd for the street, cither; so ma letnoi seile's hat is altogether unnecessary to the contrast. Now every modern belle would no doubt be u Venus if she could ? the trouble is that she can't; and so she must coutont herself by trying to be a piotty girl. But,says Mrs Wool son, let her be pretty an.l healthy at the same time. Certainly, gentle lady; 1 agree with you there; and unless slio is .reasonably healthy slid will not lone; be pretty. But how is this marvellous combination of happy anil healthy and handsome to be beat attained ? There is the question which .Mrs. Wuolson has tried finally to settle, and there is where we arc forced to t ike issue with her. Arc women's shoulders made of cast iron any more than their lips ? Lfyou overweight them shall they not ache 'I I think the easts of the female figure in a museum of tuintomy would convince any unprejudiced observer that fern in ino hips are quite as well calculated to bear burdens as letuiuiuo shoulders are. But in one respect Mrs. Woolsou ami her sister reformers tire 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 freedom of locomotion is im peded by it, aid walking unoudu rably fatiguing. One would not care to be more healthy than the average English woman, unless one desires to be a wandering Jew and outlive aU one's friends; and yet tho average English woman dresses, save in two important particulars, precisely aftor tho model of her Amorieau sister, except that hur tnstc in the nrrangement ol the dress is infinitely poorer. The English woman's walkiDg-dresscs arc simpler and le.^.i heavily trimmed, and her boots are thicker aud looser aud broader in the boIo. It may bccui a startling propo sition, but I assort that nothing will make a woman's back ache quicker than wealing tight boots. If I were an M. 1)., I could no doubt enter into a learned explanation of this .fact?as it is I simply state it. Let any woman wear tho clothes of the prescht time, made suitably fur tho occasion, and I venture to believe that her costume will be as healthful as air, thing can be, short of coats and pantaloons. 1 don't- myself think that coats aud pantaloon; would make women a y stronger, more healthy; but I. dare not s, eak'V/ith undue positivctiess about an experiment I have never tried. One brings to^'the fiout Dr. Clarke, the au thor of "tVjx in Education," with a cer tain hesitation, because to Mrs. SYo A son and She earnest aud thoughtful wo men. who share her views, tie is such a bete nqiiS but. low be it spoken, the ex pericuco |f countless other wo.no n proves hiju to be a good physician; and to my iftmd there was much force in something he said th : other day to a young la // of my acquaintance Look ing over WSf attire of tast fu! skirt, and has jue, aivil ovcrskirt, heavy frieze walk ing jacket aud solt Ich hat, he said : "I see notfung harmful here ? [ have no fault to Snd. It could scarcely be better." "But the corsets," sai 1 she; "must we give up thjOjc ?*' 'I>y oo.Lnoaus," wa-i th?> reply; ;,l con si lor thoi$j.;.'a nccs'-ary and useful sup port. Bcj&usc they can ho'abused; be cause a Woman who weighs to hundred em use jMieai to lace herself into defer mity, it is, no sig i that t!i >y are bal in themselves But Comets are one special object of tho aUiiuSivcTsiotH of the d.-jss reform __cra. '!'????:.. ii ivi- ?? ..ne io the cane!usi in Hflfctntenoui ruvoluti m n femin j have so i they have undertaken thai th r -s'ial! be a certain outward conformity to the M ainmon of unrightc lusnoss, while they work all possi Ida changes underneath I will not d\:eil upon subtleties ot the internal arrangements suggested in this volume, the bewildering; combinations j of I nitons und button-holes, of eyelets and lacings, upon garments which shall )0 nameless in my letter, though they i new aud myatcriaus nonicnokt lure in Mr.-. Woolsou's hoik. Tin pages of her appendix are not for the perusal of masculine Paul Prys?indeed, uo man could understand '.hem whose acquaintance with women was not as scieuliSc as Worth's or as extensive a;> Brigh mi Young's. I for o':e certainly think that if wo men will but wear the present modes sensibly, not cramping their feet in tight boots; not using their c.uvets for tight hieing, not overloading their skirts with trimmings and not walking iu dresses designed for the carriage or tho salon, tlu-y can hardly, uu ler any system . dress better or more health!'illy tha i it is in their power to dress now. But there seems to be in tho inquiring and mutinous human mini a lunging for cnange, a restlessness which demands revolution; The form is not enough, they mus: form. Men, with this be setting tendency, free slaves, overturn governments, uiiko nu.v lawi; shill w t. deny to w >men the lesser pleasure of a revolution in corsets and petticoits, a triumph iu button holes? And if, iu deed, anybody prefers g inn eats with the new names to tho old, orthodox flg leaves of our grandmothers, they could i.et do belter than to follow Mrs. Wool son's leal. Ller book is we!l an 1 deli cutely writte"u?if to mo it .-eo ns a work of supererogation, thore arc others, no iloubt. who will welcome it as tho her aid of a nc?v and better dispensation. ??> ? ? ? <rw Dio Lewis has Leen heard from again lie says that codfish gravy is the best food for deponent persons as it im parts cheert uluess. Pass the codfish IS r a vy ? ^ _ A polite young lady recently asserted I that she bad lived near a baru ynrdj arid that it was impossible for her to sleep in tbe morning, on account of the out cry made by a gentleman lieu. -? i i mtm-. ? ? j?ii i Peru has more dogs than any other country ol its size, licuccthe Peruvitn burk. A Notable Affair. The centennial tea party, hold last week in the capitol at "VN Kshington, was a great success. ?T-ho rotunda of the oapitol was dirideoo iut> thirteen sec liens, ?o represent, tho original.!States . Bach table was. beneath a historical painting. The dotue was decorated with Hags to it.s topmost height, turd a rope was stretched across the lower por tion, whicK was gorgeous with banners. Bvcry table had appropriate mottoes and devices. The entire country was ransacked for interesting relics of Revo lutinnary days. All of the old tea p its aud kittles were brought forth. Crack cd china and old-time things wore at a high premium. The most artistic and beautiful tables were those of Georgia au I South Carolina. The former was a temple with six columns and 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 temple were baskets and bou (juets of flowers for sale All the ladies at the tables wore original or imitation dresses of a huudredyeirs ago. The South Carolina table was adorned with palmetto troes, lilies, flowers, and fruit, and some rare rid chin i. Mrs. Sen it .r Roberts in, of South Carol; ua. Was among the ladies at this tables. The Virgin a table was also full of interest. Kvery one who bad a grand, or what was better, a great grandfather, had an oppportuuity of airing their pedigreo. It was as if the call had been made of "Speak now, forever alter" boi ling year tongue." Any lady who sported a miniature as large as a break fast plate of a man with a white tablecloth a^o^V his neck, and powdered hair Mejrw'itti black ribbon, was. cposicorcd toj jeot o( a p.et'a' interest ^-S^hfni?J SSSUsJlt .least OUOj years old fondly supposed that, if they1 bunched up the oldest dress they owned, an 1 made an apron of muslin, with a frill, pinned a square handkerchief over their bosom, powdered the face, and stuck bits of black court plaster in spots, turne I the hair back from the face, pow ?lercd it, and added a jaunty cap . t '.: ribbons of fldvrors, they were as gooJ as the genuine article. The style of drO:S, either from its novelty or beauty, is cor tainly more be touting than the dross of the present day, for the ladies all look d handsome. There were a great many things sohl as souvenirs. Tiny tea-chests and leUs, made out of the wocd of old Independence Hall, cups and saucers, manufactured for the oc casion, with! the dates 177-1- .and 1S7-1, and the wor 1 Centennial. >e a sut ? ?L?? ? - ? ?TBE Lily Dale. In the years gone by an old Michigan I quill dliver uamed lllak?, who wub killed at l\t\it Oaks, came into Detroit on business, he being thou connected wi'h a paper in the western pirf of the State. He got pretty full by evening, but was invited into the ladies' parlor '>f the hotel, with others, to heir a young lady initatc a new piano; After she had played several tunes Blake asked her to play 'Lily Dale.' Sho complied, and ho sat down in a chair and cried, excusing Iiis action by sayin g to the crowd : "It's n bad soug, and it always puts me in min 1 of my dead mother'' It was played again, and Dlakc went to bed with "Lily Dale" ringing iu his cars. He occupied the same bed with a merchant's clerk, tho hotel being crowded, an 1 soon after turning inn dog commenced to howl in the back yard. "YVoooo llOO-hoo !" I "Git out?it's only a dog howling," ro plied thoc!crk. "Stranger," said iil.ik c? as he tuned his head, "ssruuger, if you'd lo t your poor old mother and felt as bad as 1 do, you'd bet fifty dollars tn livo that it was "Lily Dale." Yes, it's that same song, and L'vo got to ory again P And he r,ot up and pat down on tho lid bi a che.-t at.d wtpt profusely ? Detroit Frrr JWss. Wendell phillips having written a let lor to Secctary Delknup thanking the ad ministration for tho course taken in Louisiana, and declaring Suoridan'a ?entirely correct.' A Long-Su(r<;iing Editor. _ ? ?, - ' . ? i jtl t happciVe'd to Ho in tho Argils office tlio other day, talkiirg with Colonel Bangs, the editor, when a red whisker cd man entered and valued the Colonel by throwing a chair at hirnj Then fyq seized Brfngs by tlic hair, bumped his, head against the table three or four times, aud then kicked him on the shins. When this exhilarating nxcrciso Was over, the visitor shook his fist very close to the Colonel's nose, and aaid :;'fY|-P3 mutton-headed outcast, if you don't put that notice iu.to morrow, I'll come round ycr and smash you up ! Do you here me?'' Then ho cuffed Bangs'ears a couple of times, kicked him some more, emptied the inkstand over his head, poured the Band from tho sand box in the same pla^e, knocked over the table aud went out. During all this time tho Colonel sat still with a sickly kind of a smile upon his lace and never uttered a word. When the man left, Bangs pick cd up the table, wiped the ink and sand from his face, aud turning to me said : "(Jus will have his little fuu, you sec !" "lie is a somewhat exuberant humor ist." I replied . u A hat was tho object oY ?'. i joke l''' - ?' ' ?! V 'Mi "Well, he's going to Bell his furniture at auction, and I promised to notice.tfio fact in to day's Argus, but I forgot it and he called to remind me of it/' "Do all of your friends refresh your memory in that vivid manner 7 If i'd been in your place, Pd have knocked him down." "No you wouldn't,"said Bangs; "no you wouldn't. Gus is sheriff, and ho controls two thousand dollars worth of official advertising. I'd sooner he'd bumps and a sore Bhia or two along of all that fatness ? No, sir, ho can hay all the fun he wants out of me." The Argus, 1 believe, is particularly proud of the fact that it exists in a land where the press is free and independent. ?Max Adder in the Danburi/ News. Hems. Beauty is tho flowering of virtue. Reckless youth makes rueful age. Sorrows best antidote is cmplopmont. Confidence is the companion of sue cess. The faculty ef ge.ius is the power! of lighting its own firo* Silcut deeds are better than unprofita ble words. . Indolence is the rust of mind and the mlet of vice. f . J' A faithful friend is tho medicine of life. ' VV N'<m ? 4 Who spends b'efdre ?ho thrives 'will beg before he thinKs. Life is a morsel of frankincense, barn ing in tho halls of oternity, \ r | Never buy what it. useless because it is cheap. As you sow in tho Spring, in the Au tumn you'll roap. Spinner has been Treasurer fourteen ycara. Some thoughts always finds U3 young a id keeps us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and ctornal boau (y. Not much eating gives strength, but digesting our food, So knowledge is power for good or evil. A French lady, who held in her hand a glass of cold water, said : "Oh 1 tif it we ro only wicked to drink this, how nice it would hol1' Two important objects?Tho disoov cry of what is t rue, and tho practice of ?. hut is ' J, aud tho two most impor taut objects of life. A waggish editor says that the street* of ono of tho western cities aro to be lighted with red-headed girls. We'd like to hug tho lamp-posts. Tho Duke of Norfolk England, who is about renouncing nil worthy lilies to enter holy orders, is but twenty seven years of ?go. He is tho hereditary Ea--1 Marshal of the ki lgdont,