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THE IKDXANAPOIilS JOURKAIi, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 188T-TWELVE PAMS.
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GRANT IN PEACE.
BY GENERAL ADAM HADE AIT.
vVritten for the Indianapolis Journal Copyrighted
Grant and Fish.
Fish was the on member of the Cabinet who
Berved during the entire eight years that Grant
Vas President lie entered the administration
'on the 11th of March, 1800, and remained until
iMarch, 1877, even delaying a few days under
Ilayea. lie was not Grant's original choice for
Secretary of State, bat before Washburne'a
brief term was over, when Wilson declined to
take the post, and it was discovered thatStewart,
tf Now York, was ineligible to the Treasury, the
president appealed to Fish to help him out of his
From the day of his election, he wrote, he had
determined to offer Fish the appointment of
linister to England, but in the rearrangement
of his Cabinet that wa3 now unavoidable he
invited the ex-Governor and Senator to ac
cent the position of Secretary of State. Fish
promptly declined the proposition. He had been
requested to telegraph his answer, and did so, of
Bourse, but he also wrote, posting the letter with
his own hands, because of its importance. On
bis return to his house he was met by a telegram
announcing his nomination and confirmation as
Secretary of State. Grant had not waited for
bMs refusal. The dispatch reoaested Fish not to
reply, but to await the arrival of Colonel Bab
"cock, who was bearer of a personal message from
he President
Dabcock arrived the same day, with instruc,
tions to urge the acceptance of the post. Still
Fish hesitated, or, rather, refused, until finally
Jjabcock communicated a confidential message
from the President, which he had been ordered
io reserve for a final effort. Upon the receipt of
this. Fish consented to go on for a while to
Washington.
Grant, at this crisi. was more than clad to
have Fish enter his Cabinet; and no man had
more permanent influence with him in all his
public policy than the Secretary of State, but it
is nevertheless true that when the offer was
made Grant had net so high an appreciation of
Fish's ability as he afterward acquired. He was
not then familiar with the personal political his-
tory of Ms time; he knew little of the career cf
civilians who had not held the highest national
positions. Fish had been twelve rears out of
the Public service, a longer period
than Grant himself had been of importance,
lie selected Fish rather on account of
bis character and private position than because
be knew him for a man of first-rate capacity.
He confessed to me more than once that he was
Snrprised at the quality and calibre of Fish's
ability; not only at his judgment and energy,
but bis downright power to deal with men and
affairs. But when Grant's public career was
over he looked upon Fish as the ablest of the
Xnen who had entered his Cabinet, and worthy
to stand in the line with any of his predecessors
in the State Department
There were certain trait3 which the two pos
sessed in common a natural plainness, almost
a ruggedness of character, in Fish's case doubt
less inherited from his Dutch ancestors, and not
entirely softened by courtly associates or innate
breeding; a stubbornness of disposition that was
aggravated by opposition, and an unforgiving
temperament when affronts became personal,
for each' resented insults not only quicker but
longer than injuries. But besides, and more
than all three, was in each an unwillingness, if
not an inability, to expose in manner or words
the warm regard that lay beneath an undemon
strative exterior; this gave them, I doubt not,
"an undefined fellowship of feeling, and yet threw
ft certain constraint about their intimacy. They
knew and liked each other better, I believe, than
either ever said to the other. But such natures
understand and appreciate, perhaps, as well as
If they expressed.
Two grave questions were at onee.presented to
the State Department the English and the
Cuban. The 6tory of the English imbroglio, the
quarrel with Motley and Sumner, in which Fish
fully sympathized with Grant; the treaty of
Washington and the arbitration at Geneva all
this I have attempted to describe. The matter
jbrofoundiy interested the Secretary of State,
And all the adjustment was left to him. Grant
approved at last of every step that was taken,
though sometimes he required to be convinced;
but be wa3 in accord with Fish at every critical
moment. In the personal phases of the contro
versy the feelings of both became enlisted, and
' they were brought into closer relations because
they received and repelled the same assaults.
Grant had the soldiers feeling or camaraderie
yery strongly for those who shared his dangers,
and Fish was sturdily loyal. Even when Grant
determined on a course that Fish would not per
haps have advised, the secretary stanchly sup
sorted his chief; not, of course, against his de
veloped convictions, bat sometimes without any
personal interest of his own.
t The Cuban designs, however, he fought from
,tht beginning. Rawlins was very anxious to
itake sids with the Creoles in their struggle for
independence, and others of the Cabinet fol
Sowed his lad. He hoped for the eventual an
nexation of Cuba by the United States and did
Everything in his power to precipitate steps that
could not be reversed, lie was even willing to
Visk' the possibility of war with Spain, but Fish
thought we tad too recently emerged irom a
Nile was not averse to acquiring Cub under
jother circumstances, as I shall show, but he did
'not want the island at the expense of war, es
pecially at this time, ne therefore frowned
topon all attempts to aid the insurgents. Grant
at first leaned very strongly to the views of
dlawlins, and there were many of the President's
friends and advisers who concurred with the
Secretary of War. At one time the issue
was almost decided in favor of Rawlins, but the
development or the ungnsn question pave X ish a
'powerful argument. He urged that with trouble
on our hands wit h Spain, we could not possibly
.deal frankly and fearlessly with England; that
'the claims against England were the result of
our own war and should be settled definitely be
fore we turned to the acquisition of further ter
ritory at the price that Cuba would then inevita
bly cost This view was one that would be apt
to alien urani, ana risn inougnt mat it con
vinced him, as it certainly did one or two of the
Cabinet; and just when the cogency of the argu
ment was felt by tne rresiueut, uawnns d'ed.
His mantle as tlii rnena or v.uDa leu on no
Elisba. The insurgents never fouad ancther
friend so powerful or earnest; the insurrection
languished without the aid of America, and
Spain remained firm in her seat on the unhappy
Island.
Thft St. Domincro scheme shared the fate of
the CubAn enterprise, although that was accept
A n n Administration measure. Ihero was a
great outcry at the time that improper motives
fnntie.tted tha nr ncv of the President and his
friends for the Acquisition of St Domingo. I
fancy no one tow believes that Grant was
parnestnr-ss. and I have never
known any proof that others were; but Cuban
bonds were certainly distributed with a lavish
hand among those who it was thought could aid
the purpose of the patriots. Men high, in r0S1
tion find miblic estimation accepted those bonds
and afterward advocated the recognition of Cu
ban independence.
Even a foreign minister was at one time the
tostodian and dispenser of four million dollars'
worth of thero, and the fact came to the knowl
kdee of the government The minister was sum
moned ami informed that tha administration was
aware of his complicity, and that if the bonds
remained in his keeping four ind twenty bonrs
Vis Excellency would receive his passports. Ilis
Excellency mad haste within tho appointed
time to place the papers where they could never
again be of use to the insurrectionary party; ana
during the remainder of his mission he was care
ful not to dabble in the affairs of stranger na
tions nor to foment, as a foreign minister, troub
les between other governments and that to
which he was accredited. -
After the English question was disposed of
Fish determined to leave the Cabinet Grants
first term had come to a close; the President was
re elected, and the Secretary felt that he could
with honor withdraw from the cares ot state,
having achieved a great diplomatic success and
relieved his chief from the anxieties that pressed
so heavily when Fish accepted office. Grant
was unwilling to part with his Secretary of
State, but Fish persisted in his intention, and one
day when they were alone together he
handed the. President his resignation
in a closed letter. This was just
before a Cabinet meeting, and General Grant
took the letter but said nothing. When the other
members of the Cabinet entered, he asked each
in his turn for his budget, but omitted Fish, who,
according to etiquette, should have been first ad
dressed. Then the President said: "I have a let
ter from the Secretary of State. I suppose I
know its contents, and am very sorry to receive
it. J here was a matter m hand, be added,
upon which he desired to consult the other mem
bers of the Cabinet
Fish accepted this as bis own dismissal, and
took his leave, not expecting ever again to enter
the Cabinet chamber. But the next day he re
ceived a letter sicned bv every member of the
Senate except three, urging him to remain in his
position. This was the business which the rrest-
dent desired to discuss with his officers; and the
dismissal, as Fish thought it at the time, was a
waggish design on the part of Grant to surprise
his friend. He was always fond of surprising
those whom he liked, by his favors or his acts
of friendship, and the vein of humor that ran
throueh his character was very perceptible in
incidents like this. Fish remained in the Cabinet.
In the vear 1SG9 Mr. Paul Forbes, a man
prominent in the business and social circles of
his time, made known to the government his
intimacy with General Prim, then Recent of
Spain. He also communicated certain intima
tions that the Spanish potentate might not be
averse to negotiate for the disposal of Cuba to
the United States, if the terms could be made
advantageous and the Castilian pride should not
be inopportunely aroused, There were some
pourparlers on the subject, and it was finally
determined to send Forbes to Madrid in such a
wav as not to commit the government, but to
sound the Regent further as to his views. Gen.
Sickles, the minister to Spain,Iwas informed of
the plan and was directed to assist in its execu
tion, but to be careful that the relations of the
two countries should not be compromised. The
Spanish temper was known to be hot and sus
picious as well as arrogant, and Prim must
manage bis part of the affair with consummate
delicacy.
Forbes started for Europe, but, through some
bodv's indiscretion, his errand was revealed, and
before he reached Madrid the story of the pro
posed sale of Cuba was abroad. This at first al
most baited the enterprise, rr.m was rrigni-
ened for his hold on power; he had not yet pre
pared the mind3 of his countrymen for the
abandonment of its faithful isle. Still, Sickles
took up the negotiations, and with great skill
mended the broken threads; there seemed a rair
prospect of success. The offer was absolutely
made by the United btates, and under considera
tion by Spain that the Cubans should be al
lowed to purchase Cuba, the United states to
guarantee the purchase bonds when i'nm was
assassinated. I was repeatedly assured in Cuba
that he was shot because he contemplated the
.sale. Be that as it may. .with his death the
scheme fell through, and has not since been re
vived. Cuba remains to-day the most miserably
oppressed bit of soil on earth, under what is
called a civilized government.
No further matter of equal importance in our
foreign relations arose during Grant's adminis
tration. Amid the disasters and calumnies that
clouded the last years of bis second terra, Fish
remained stanch to his chief. He was opposed
to bis standing for a third term immediately
after a second, perhaps as much because he
thonght that Grant would be defeated if he ap-
poaled to the country then, as on account of any
aisapprooanon or oa principle, ne cBrimuiy,
in 1880, supported the renomination of Grant;
but at the close of Grant's second administra
tion Fish recommended his retirement. During
all the anxieties and doubts in regard to the
election of a successor Fish was in the full con
fidence of bis chief; he was by Grant's side when
he left the White House. . From the executive
mansion the ex-President and Mrs. Grant were
driven to Fish's house, and remained for several
weeks his guests, as eisrht years before both he
and Mrs. Fish had been of General Grant, little
dreaming then of the relations they were
destined to assume.
While General Grant was engaged upon his
memoirs ne wrote some passages or a
political character which seemed to me
of so much consequence that I urged
him to discuss them with his most
important political friends, and he determined to
. m
submit them to Fish, bnt for some reason this
intention was not carried out Weeks after
ward. I wa3 present when Grant thought he was
dving. and his family were gathered around him
to receive his last words. He stammered: "I
suppose I have not more than half an hour to
lve. and 1 wish to say that 1 want the political
passages in my dook suomittea to governor
Fish to see if there is too much acrimony, lie
may correct them or strike them out altogether.
as he chooses." General Grant, however, revived
after this and Uvea several months longer, our-
ing which he was able to resume his work; but
in what he believed wero hi3 dying moments he
gave this great proof of confidence and respect
to his friend and counselor, and .secretary or
State. Adam Badeatj.
Reecher "Will Kot Tolerate Insolence.
New York Times.
There are probably but few- newspaper re
porters in this citv that have not interviewed
Henry Ward Beecher. The Plymouth pastor
enjoys great popularity among tho reporters, for
he is accessible, genial, and, as a rule, talkative.
ile Is always ready to engage in a
harmless bit of chaff with the news
paper men, but he will not brook
insolence. The last-mentioned fact was recently
impressed upon the alleged mind of a swagger
ing youngster who said that he represented a
Brooklyn paper. A rumor that Mr. Heecher was
dead got started in some unaccountable manner,
and spread like wudnre. Reporters by the score
humd to Mr. Beecher s house, and were there
confronted by the famous preacher, hale and
hearty. After a while along came a young roan
who said to Mr. Beecher, with an impudent grin.
that he had been sent by the city editor of the
Brooklyn "to find out whether Beecher
was alive or dead."
"Well," said the Plymouth pastor, "I suppose
you know who I ami
"Oh, yes, answered the fellow pertly, "but 1
would like to have it directly from you that you
are not dead.
"Ah,"-murmured the stalwart p?.stor, as he
laid a heavy band ou the funny young man's
coa collar. The next instant the young man
was leldup in the air and shaken as a nog would
shake a sawdust dolL Mr. Beecher set him
down on the sidewalk not any too gently, and
quietly remarked: "Now, you ran go to your
citv editor and tell him that you have received
actual proof that I am alive."
Mrs. Wallace at the Suffrage Convention.
National Republican.
The closing address of the evening and the
feature of the convention up to this time was
the adlress of Mrs. Zerelda G. Wallace, the wife
of ex-Governor Wallace, of Indiana, and mother
of General Lew Wallace. Her subject wasi
"Woman s ballot a Necessity for the Ferma-
nencr of Free Institutions." The line of her
argument was irresistible, and her eloquence
and pathos perfectly bewildering. Round after
round of applause greered her as she poured out
her words in telling effect upon the great con
gregation before her, and who were evidently in
perfect accord with her earnest and womanly
utterances.
During the two hours and a half that the ses
sion lasted not a single person left the audience,
and a more intelligent and attentive one perhaps
never assembled in this city. As Mrs. Wallace
stood-npon the platform, holding as in her hand
her hearers, she looked a veritable queen in
Israel and the personification of womanly dig
nity and lofty bearing.
Now, What Does This Mean?
Philadelphia Uecord.
As Henry Ward Beecher grows older he looks
a hit like Benjamin Franklin. If all the stories
about Benjamin be correct, there were also cer
tain similarities in conduct between himself and
Henry Ward.
A I-ocal Politician from Away Back.
Jedge is good at argyin' t
No mistake in that!
Most folks 'at tackles him
He'll skin 'em like a cat!
You see, the Jedge i read ur
And ben in politics; s
Hand-in-glove, yo a might say,
Sence back in '56. ; ,
Elected to the shurrif , first,
Then elected clerk; i
Went into lawin.' then,
And buckled down to work;
Practiced th'ee er four terms.
Then he run fer jedge
Speechified a little 'round.
And went in like a wedge.
Run fer Legislator' twic't
Made her ever' pop!
Keeps on the way he's dmn
Don't know where he'll stop.
Some thinks he's got hia eye
On the governorship;
We'll, ef he tuck the track,
Gness he'd make the trip!
But I started out to tell you
(Now, L alius liked the man
Not for his politics,
But social, under stan
Fer, as regards to my views,
Political and sich,
When we come together there '
We're pretty ap' to hitch.)
Ketched him in at Knox's
On'y t'other day
Gittin' 6haved, the Jedge was,
Er suthin' thataway,
Well, I tetched him up some
On the silver bill; -Jedge
says, "I won't discuss itj"
I says, "You willl" - ,
I-says-he. "I reckon
You'll concede, with me,
Coin's the on'y genuine
Money," I-says-ee;
Says I. "What's a dollar bill?"
Says I, "What's a ten
Er forty-leven hundred of 'em!
Give us specia, then!'1
1 6eed I was a-gittin'
The Jedge kindo' red
Around the gills. He hawked some
And cleared his th'oat and said:
"Facts is too complicated
'Bout the bill in view,"
Squirmed and told the barber then
He wisht he'd hurry through.
Well, then, I knowed I had him,
And the crowd around the lire
Was all a-winkin' at me.
As the barber raised him higher
Says I, "Jedge, what's a dollar!
Er a half-nnt" I-says-ee
"What's a quarter? What's a dime?"
"What's cents?" says he.
Wy I had him fairly Vilin'!
"You needn't comb my hair,"
He says to the barber
"I want tresh air!" t ,?
And you'd a-died a-laughia'
To a-seed him grab his hat.
As I-says-ee, says I, "Jedgo,
Where you goin' at?"
Jedge is good at argyin',
By-and-large; and yit
Beat him at his own game
And he's goin' to git!
And yit the Jedge is read up,
And been in politics,
Hand in -glove, you might say.
Sence back In '56.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Our Days Are as the Gr&dS.
The snows are drifting o'er thy head, Jean,
The years of youth long since have fled, Jeac,
But life is love and love is life,
I'll clasp you close my love, my wife
Till all our days are sped, Jean.
I see the end the years will bring, Jean,
E'er I have learned my song to sing, Jean,
We'll grieve not for the poor weak lay,
Bat joy that in a brighter day
We'll hark where sweetest chimes will ring, Jean,
Then blow, ye storms, about our heads,
For soon we'll reach our quiet beds,
I see this plainly through tlio glass,
Man's days they are bnt as the grass,
As dew the summer's night-time sheds.
We'll smile at the rough weather, dear;
Well cross the stream together dear.
I will not shrink, I tell you true.
And you shall step so softly through
On heaven's unfading heather, dear.
Cbawfords VI I.LE, lud.
L.
January Thaw.
The brook ha3 broken through its glass.
And where the snows were drifted,
Bound tangled blades of last year's grass
The yellow sun is sifted.
Browu sparrows while they busy preen
Are chirping loud their pleasure;
The myrtle bed's a masa of green
And all the heavens azure.
I almost fancy that I hear
The buzz of bees in clover,
And, saving that the trees are bare,
Tbe first red robin lover.
A mock spring laughs in mocking skies,
(Oh, little buds, be wary!)
And masking in sweet April's guise
The youthful year makes merry.
Evaleen Stein,
Song.
Life, thou conl.lst have given to rae
Once, so much, so much!
When the slightest gift thou brought'st,
By Youth's magic touch
Donbled, trebled, grew and bloomed
In Hopo'8 gonial clime;
Life, how couldst thou slight me so
In that olden time?
Bince, thou laggard. thou'6t delayed
Till I'm grown half gray,
Keep tby gifts, they have no worth,
Since Youth went away.
nilt Kane.
Out7Prl or Homeward.
Still are the ships that in haven ride. a
Waiting fair winds or a turn of the tide jr
Nothing they fret, though they do not get
Out on the ocean wide.
O wild hearts, that yearn to be free,
Look and learn from the ships of the sea!
Bravely the ships in the tempest tossed
Buffet the waves till the sea he crossed;
Not in despair of the haven fair,
Though winds blow backward and leagues be lost;
O weary hearts that yearn for sleep,
Look and learn from the ships of the deep!
F. W. Bourdillon.
War Jingle.
THE ATTACK.
Two little chaps with paper caps.
Flag flying and drum beating,
A charge across the meadow made
Where flocks of geese were eating.
THE RETREAT.
The goese at this sot up a hiss.
The soldier cha3 sought cover.
All out of breath and badly scar'd
The cruel war was over.
Frank H. Stauffer, In Good Housekeeping.
A Motto.
Never, never a day should pass.
Without some kindness kindly shown;
This is a motto, dear laddie and lass.
To think upon daily and take for your own.
St Nicholas for February.
A MEXICAN LEGEND.
How the Sanclnary of Gnadalnpe Came To B
Built An Indian Favored ly the Virgin.
Correspondence of f he Indiananolis Journal.
Pabral, Mexico, Jan. 24. The 12th day of
December, in Mexico, is observed by all true
Catholics as one of the most sacred days of the
church calendar. The tradition which makes
the day so celebrated is an old one, familiar to
all the people here, and it may be interesting to
tell it, as it has been told a thousand times, and
banded down from old to young for more than
three hundred years.
The town of Guadalupe is situated on the
border of Lake Texcaco, about three miles from
the City of Mexico, with which it is connected
by two fine causeways, and also by railroad, the
first every constructed in the republic Here is
situated the sanctuary of Guadalupe, of which it
may be said there are few in the world as cele
brated among Catholics, especially those of
Mexico, where it stands as the symbol of religion
and independence.
The tradition is a simple one, and the princi
pal participant of humble origin. Juan Diego
was an Indian, a native of the village of Cuan
titlan, who had but recently been converted to
the Catholic faith, of good repute and blameless
life. His family consisted of bis wife, Marie
Lucia, and an uncle named Bernardino. Jnan
Diego earned his living by daily labor in the
town of Tolpetlac, from which place it was his
enstom to often Visit the village of Santiago
Thaltilolco to bear the Franciscans, then in
charge cf the parish, preach the Catholic doc
trine. In one of these trips, while crossing the
ridge of brushy mountains that rise in that por
tion of the valley on the border of Lake Tenet
lycarzol, which means "nose 'of the mountain,'
Juan heard strains of music more soft and deli
cious than he had ever heard among his own
people or among the Spaniards. He stopped to
observe whence came such harmonious sounds.
To his astonished vision appeared what seemed
to be a rainbow o bright and varied colors,
The arch of this bow covered a fleecy, transpar
ent cloud, in the center of which appeared
the hgure of a beautiful and radiant female,
dressed as the Indians of royal blood
were' wont to dress in those days. Juan,
trembling with fear, fell upon his kness, and
making the sign of the cross, bowed bis face to
the earth. From the cloud came a voice saying
to the prostrate Hu an that be was in tbe pres
ence of the mother of Jesus. That it was her
wish that a shrine or temple be erected in that
locality, and that she would give aid and protec
tion to all who assisted in the work, if they, In
faith, would call upon her in time of trouble.
He was also told that without delay he should
report to the bishop all he baa just seen and
heard. The Indian at once went to the residence
of Fray de Zumarraga, of the order of San Fran
cisco, who was then Bishop of Mexico, and after
much difficulty, succeeded in delivering his mes
sage to the prelate, but no satisfactory answer
was given, as the Bishop believed the story to
be but the fancy of an Indian who had but re
cently given up his idols and embraced
the Catholic faith. At three different
times subsequent to the one just described, did
the Virgin appear to Joan Diego, at each time
giving him the same message. As many times
the Bishop had turned the poor Indian away,
kindly, but without encouragement, and he was
thoroughly disconsolate. Bernardino, the uncle
of Juan, was now taken seriously ill, and it was
necessary that Juan should bring a confessor to
prepare him for his end. In order to avoid an
other meeting with the vision, he took a route
quite different from that he ordinarily used.
This, however, was of no avail, for. at a spot
where is now a thermal spring, held in esteem
by the afflicted, and by all true Catholics, the
Virgin met him and told him that bis uncle was
restored to health. The Virgin then directed
Juan to go to the top of the hill known as the
'rso3eof the Mountain, on the border of Lake
Texcaco, and gather beautiful flowers and take
them to the Bishop in proof of what he had re
lated concerning the vision. On the hill, where
nothing was ever known to grow but chapparal,
and where no flowers had ever before been seen,
Juan Diego found many of great beauty and
surpassing fragrance. Gathering a quantity and
placing them in hi3 "serape" (shawl), he went
to 3Iexico to deliver them to the Bishop, as he
had been directed. The Bishop, having been
informed that the Indian was coming with the
proofs he had been asked to produce, received
mm with much curiosity, in the presence of
many priests and mends, ine Indian, in a
very modest way, related to tne Bishop what
had" taken place, and, opening his shawl, the
flowers fell to the floor. At this moment the
Bishop and his followers dropped on their knees
in astonishment and awe, for in the center of
the shawl, which was the daily raiment of the
poor Indian, there appeared a beautifully paint
ed image or ine v lrgin.
As soon as the Bishop recovered from hi3
emotion, caused by the sight of this singular
imasre of the Virgin, he warmly congratulated
the now happy Juan, and sent a messenger for
his uncle, Bernardino, who, sure enough, 'was
found to be entirely relieved of all his infirmi
ties, as the virgin had announced to the Indian.
The Bishop, accompanied by many priests and
notable persons, together with Juan Diego, vis
ited all the places where the Virgin had ap
peared to the latter, and at each place they of
fered prayer, and blessed the spot, and made it
consecrated ground. Returning to the episco
pal palace, which, in those days, was situated
on the site of the present streefof Donceles,
they there temporarily deposited the image of
the Virgin, which a few days afterwards was
transferred to the Cathedral. The building of a
hermitage was then begun on the hill of Tepey
acac. at the expense of the Bishop, and in 1533
the shawl bearing the image was removed to the
hermitage, borne in the midst of an immense
procession, and was there deposited nnder all
the forms and ceremonies of the church. The
date of the last appearance of the Virgin to the
Indian, Juan Diego, was Dec. 12, 1531, about
nineteen years after the conquest Clement XII
eing Pope, and Charles V King of Spain. Juan
Diego built a little home adjoining the hermit
age, and for seventeen years after the miracle
devoted his life to tho worship of the Virgin.
He died in 1543, at the ae of seventy-four.
J1 nlno'tn rooFo tno im&cft remained in the
hermitage, which was rather small and of poor
architecture. By this time the devotion of the
good Catholics cf Mexico to the virgin of Guada
lupe bad so increased that many con tribu tiocs
nad been made, and the grand cathedral which
now adorns the town of Guadalnpe was begun.
The cost of this building was more than $800,
000, in which is not included the cost of a taber
nacle of silver, presented by-the viceroy Count
of Salvatierra, and sixty lamps of beaten silver
which were hung in the vaults of the temple.
Worshipers and visitors were liberal with their
donations, and from the funds thus realized
many rich paintings, ornaments and altar deco
rations were purchased, some of them surpass
ing in beauty and value those owned by the
cathedral in Mexico. The ornaments of the
altar and articles used iu the services in this
great church were of solid silver, and the value
of these and the paintings on the wall was more
than 10,000 marcas (nearly $100,000).
A chapel called Del Cerrita, which stands on
the spot where the virgin first appeared to Juan
Diego, was erected one hundred years later, at
the expense of Don Cristobal de Aguirre and his
wife. The causeway, built of rock, as well as
the aqueduct and the handsome fountain in the
public square, were presented to the town of
Guadalupe by Don Fray Payo de Rivera, Arch
bishop and first Viceroy of Mexico.
For many years the temple was under the care
of six priests, but in 1750 Don Manuel Jose de
Ruble y Salinas being archbishop, it was trans
formed into an abbey, and the abbott and canons
took possession. About that time fiope Bene
dict IV conceded to the abbey a special mass and
prayer. Still later an inquiry was held, upon
the demand of Dou Francisco Solis, and judicial
proceedings were instituted to prove the appari
tion of the Virgin, and establish a record of
tbe event
The town of Guadalupe was called Tepeatitla
by the Spaniards. In this place were deposited
all the treasures of Gonzalo du Sandoval during
the bloody campaign which preceded the siege of
the Uity of Mexico,
There is much more of interest to be told con
cerning this ancient town, bnt. not at this time.
Visitors in Mexico should not fail to visit the
place. Among she distinguished dead buried
there are the Viceroy Antonio de Bucarillo, ne
of tbe best executives Mexico ever had, and Col.
Obrigon, who rests in the family chapel, in which
a lamp is constantly kept burning. " D. W. G.
BILL NYE TO BOOTH.
He Always Speaks Well of the Tragedian, and
, Gives Him a Few "Pointers."
Friend Booth I learn, with some surprise,
that through a misunderstanding between your
manager and my own, yon are billed for Cleve
land on tbe same evening with Mr. Kuey and
myself.
In order to give the people of Cleveland an op
portunity to witness two of America's greatest
comedians without inconvenience, I have decid
ed to change my own date, so as to avoid an
annoyance by dividing tho audience, bentiment
in Cleveland, I find, is about equally divided on
the question of you and me. Some like your
style of melancholy best, while those who have
used mine say they would have no other. So I
think it would be better to give each and all an
opportunity to judge between ns.
Everywhere I go I hear yon very highly
spoken of, however. I think yon are giving
general satisfaction wherever you go. The peo
ple over at Insomnia. O., would like to hear yon
very much. It is a good show town, and there
has not been anything there, in that line for
some time. Alvin joslin was there two weeks
ago, but I do not consider him your equal. I do
not say this just to encourage yon; I am sincere
in it There hasn't been anything else there
since the county fair, with the exception oi a
lecture on phrenology and a poorly-patronized
inquest
The hall at Insomnia ia not a very good place,
but they are fixing it np now refitting it thor
oughly and putting new sawdust on the floor.
You would be greeted most cordially and intro
duced to the audience by the chairman of the
board of supervisors, after which your success
would be assured. I told them about you, and
they would come in from other towns if the
weather happened to be propitious. People
would come uo from Castoria. and Bromide, and
1 am sure, if the grand jury didn't happen to be
in session, you would have a delegation from
Ambidexter.
I saw a man yesterday who beard you in Chi
cago. He said you could go right back there and
have a good house if it were properly advertised
He saw you in "Hamlet," and said it was a good
piece.
I have a play I would like to read to you if you
could rnn over to my room for a few hours. It
i3 different from ''Hamlet" iu some respects. It
is not so talky as '"Hamlet," and has more situa
tions in it. I would be glad to go over it with
you and see what you think of it. There is a
harrowing 6cene in it which is laid in a stone-
quarry. I have read the play to a great many
professional people, but they object to it because
they said it would be difficult to secure a stone-
quarry that would give satisfaction.
If yon could drop in for a few hours at our
room. No. 6, at the Glen City House, we could
talk it over quietly and have a good time to
gether. The meeting would be wholly informal,
and you could come just as yon were. I have
long since ceased to judge a man by bis dress.
I saw yon once in "Hamlet'7 some years ago in
San Francisco. I sat on the right hand of
the second row in the balcony. No doubt
you will recall the circumstance. Since
that I have always spoken of you in
the highest terms. I think that professional
people should stand by each other. Eugene
Field, of Chicago, writes me that your support
was good. He says that you did a $40,000 bust
ness there, and that u ne could have such sup
port all the time he would be most tempted to
go on the stage himself.
Crops are looking well throughout tbe conn
try wherever I have gone, and stock seems to
be in good condition. I look for an era of un
expected prosperity that may last for weeks,
If you go to Fremont it would be a good idea
to stop at tho Ball House. It is a first class
house in every way. and I always stop there. I
will try. to go and hear you at Cleveland. I
have read the play before, so it will not be new
to me, but I would enjoy going very much, as
my presence might induce others to go. It does
not matter much where I sit You can pat me
wherever you think I would attract the most
attention.
Hoping that you are well, and that the awk
ward conilict of our dates may be satisfactorily
adjusted, so that your pecuniary loss will be
merely nominal, 1 remain yours, with kind re
gards, Bill Nye.
UNINVITED GUESTS.
People Who Attend Washington Receptions
Without Being Invited,
Washington Special.
One of the features of recent social gather
togs has been the presence of uninvited guests.
At a number of recent receptions the number of
people who have stormed the houses without
invitations has been large. Several ladies have
spoken 8f the unusual number of strangers who
have used their houses as free-lunch stations
during reception hours. At the White House
diplomatic reception the crowd was excessive,
owiug to the fact that many people went
there without any invitation. The invitations
which were sent out included ladies of the
families of those iuvited. This part of the
invitation was construed with great liberality by
some of the invited guests. One public roan
brought with him eleven ladies. In the crowd
which struggled through to be presented at this
card reception was a fat colored dentist, who
has the monopoly of tbe colored trade in South
Washington. It is possible that be may have
been invited to the President's diplomatic re
ception, but it is hardly probable. Nearly all
of the lawyers, real estate and insurance agents
were also seen in tho crowd. As the invitations
in the main were confined to official circles, it
was very easy to pick out those who came as un
bidden guests.
I have heard a number of funny stories about
the freaks of the uninvited. At one of Mrs.
Whitney's card receptions last winter she
noticed a group of strangers, supposed ladies,
accompanied by a male personage, go up the
stairsto the dressing-room. Mrs. Whitney pre
pared to greet them on their return, as they
were among the last of the arrivals. But when
these strangers descended they rushed through
to the ball-room, avoiding Mrs. Wuitney, and
concealing tnemselves as soon as possible in the
general crowd, showing that they were not
invited guests. Up to that time they
had not been suspected, and if they
bad had the effrontery to go through
the regular form of presenting themselves
to the hostess of the evening, they would have
doubtless passed unsuspected. At the large re
ceptions of prominent officials many people are
invited wnose isces are untarnuiar, or even un
known, to the host and hostess. It is said that
Mr. Evarts. when ne was Secretary of State.
stopped giving card receptions on a,cconnfco!t the
way uio uoopnauiy waa auusuu. ooo panic
nlar reception be had provided refreshments in
great abundance for the entire number of peo
ple invited. During this reception the refresh
ments gave out at a very early hour, showing
the presence of as large a number of uninvited
guests as those invited. It is said that this was
the reason why Mr. Evarts stopped giving recep
tions, although this is probably not the true
reason.
Just Like Her.
Hartford Post.
Mr. Ichabod Smiley sat behind the kitchen
stove nursing his rheumatism which the stormy
winter had brought to a very painful stage. I
tell you what, Hannah," said the old gentleman,
"life s getting to be kind o troublesome for me.
I might as well have been dead a year ago as to
have all this rheumatism." "Pshaw, Ichabod,
'you talk like an old fool. You hain't no notion
o dvm till lm under the ground. "Jjlebbe so..
Hannah, mebbe so, but if you go to dyin' before
I do, it'll be jest like one of your schemes to get
the best of me. There was a deep silence in
the room for a while, broken only by the click of
Hannah's knitting needles just narrowing a pair
of sock3 for Ichabod' s comfort.
The Princess Mourns.
Washington Critic.
The Princess of Wales is still in tears over the
loss of her favorite dog, Rover, which bad been
her companion for twenty years.
Inscrutable are all tne ways .
i Of Providence. She fails
To see why He should take the dog
And leave the Prince of WtJes.
The Effect of Cold in New ork.
New York Graphic ,
With the thermometer thirty-five degrees be
low zero in the Mohawk valley, the dwellers in
that locality must feel as u they had robbed a
bank and gone across the borders.
HEADING FOR THE DAY.
Sunday-School Lesson for Feb. C, 1887
Lot's CnoiCK.--Genes38 xiit,1 1-13.
Golden Text Seek ye first the kingdom of God anl
His righteousness. Matt, vi, 33.
In estimating the life and character of many
of the Old Testament heroes, we test them tod .
often by New Testament standards. Moral
ideas and systems have their chaotic genesis,'
their "days" of development and taking form,
their ages of progressive life before God declare!
them to be "very good.1 We are now encaged
in the study of the Genesis of moral ideas and
conception of the divine character, as they show
themselves for the first time. We have the first
covenants, the first prayers, the first sacrifices",
the first acts of saving faith. But they are all
in the root, and we may not in fairness compare
them with the perfect fruits of our Christian
culture. Let ns in fairness remember that
Abram and Lot had neither "the Law" nor the
Gospel. Such considerations serve to exalt
their virtues and to palliate their faults. Th
deception and weakness of Abram down in
L,gppt look cowardly and selfish in the light of
Christian morals. Abram foresaw "the day" of
Christ and vras glad, bnt be did not foresee the
high obligations of Christian love and faith any
more than does a child understand moral phi
losophy in the law of the nursery. But God con
tinues "the same, yesterday, to-day. and for-
he Seeps his part of the covenant and
preserves barah from concubinage in Egypt.
and she lives to be tbe mother of the "chosen
seed."
The Bible does not hesitate to declare the seri
ous faults and failures of its great characters, foe
tbey contain the great lesson that these sad ex
periences, as St Augustine says, may be made
toe rouuds of a ladder by which we may attain,
far higher things, if we use these sins as we u6
the rounds, by putting them under our feet
There are too many Christians who fol
low Abram down into some Egypt of
ease and lnxury, whose lives are violations of
their Christian and church vows. It would be
a grand thing if the people of the world would
imitate the King of Egypt, and rebuke these in
consistent professors and send them where they
belong from the theater and the dance to the
prayer-meeting and the work for souls.
rom this time on we have many trustworthy
records and much reliable history of the nations
around the people of Israel, and very much light
from them to. confirm and explain the BiblA
And from these sources we shall naturally draw
such material as will help us to a wider, a clear
er understanding of the inspired word.
SPECIAL APPLICATIONS.
L Uo out of Egypt. The watchword fo
every prayerful heart entangled in the things of
this world. v
2. Unto the place of tbe altar. This la the
only safe place for the wanderer, and God will
renew there his covenants.
3. They could not dwell together. There are
no strifes so bitter or crnel as those having a re
ligious element, or between those who have once
been Intimate friends. But most fortunately
God can dwell with those we cannot live with.
Brethren had better separate than remain and
quarrel.
4. Let there be no strife. There should be
none between brethren. Blessed are the peace
makers.
5. If thou wilt take the left. I will go to the
right There is so much room for personal wortt
there should be no time for controversy.
Religious Notes.
Philadelphia has 637 churches, and one-third
of her population church members.
Who find not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives and what denies.
Pope.
A gift of 10,000 to build a church for Enc-
libmen in Paris has been made by Sir Richard
Wallace.
Dr. Cuyler's chnrch in Brooklyn has a mem
bership of 2,145, and gave last year $25,200 fo
benevolences.
The late Bishop Hannington of Africa is to
have a memorial in Exeter Cathedral, where ho
was ordained.
We need not die to go to God;
See how the daily prayer is given!
'Tis not across a gidf we cry,
"Our Father, who dost dwell in heaven!"
Mrs. Whitney.
The Swedenborgians believe in the press. Ia
the last few years they, have given to clergymen
37,585 volumes of two of their publications, and
have sold and distributed 39,793 pocketr edition .
and 1,250,000 tracts. 1
A handsome metal cross, inlaid with diamonds
and other precious stones, recently forwarded tp
the Dean of Canterbury by an unknown donor,
has been, in compliance with the conditions of
the gift, placed upon the retable.
Missionary Review: There is not one femalo
missionary to a quarter of a million women folf
those countries in which they alone can carrjf
the gospel to the secluded victims, chiefly by the
tedious process of visits to the homes.
A verbose prayer from a cold heart will deaden
a religious meeting, though tbe tones of him who
utters it may be sweet and his diction perfect.
Tbe words of an honest man, forgetting himself
in longing for God, will melt hard hearts though,
the voice may be husky and the grammar bad
"Rest, weary soul!
The penalty is borne, the ransom paid.
For all thy sins full satisfaction made;
Strive not to do thyself what Christ has done,
Ciaim the free gift, and make the joy thine own;
No more by pangs of guilt and fear distrest, '
Rest, sweetly rest!"
The railroad branch of the Young Men's
Christian Association, which in 1875 had bnt
four rooms in the United States, has now a
footing at sixty-six railroad points. Fifty-eight
have reading-rooms and fifty-four employ a gon-J
eral secretary, forty-six have libraries, audi
twenty-one provide instruction in the commo&
branches of education. .
The British Baptist Handbook for 1887 6hows
a total of 2.742 Baptist churches, with 302,615
members, in-Great Britain, Ireland and Channel
islands, as against 2,573 churches, with 290.918
members, in the former year. The totals in the
British empire were 4,638 churches, with 409.123
members, as against 3,823 churches and 413,140
members in the former year.
The Nation makes the suggestion to the follow
ers of Henry George and Dr. McGlynn that
they start a church of their own. "We do not
believe," it says, "that any of the existing reM"
" th. MltulllU "
dations for the doctrine that the land of the "
country may be lawfully taken from its present
owners without compensation." -
There are 5,000,000 Indians of Mexico, making
speak thirty-five idioms and sixty-nine dialee't
They are nearly all grossly ignorant, and live by
themselves, a wild, half-savage life, in thecounv
try districts. Gov. Jose Marie Ramfrez, of Chi
apas, will soon ask the President to appropriate'
$i,000,000 to educate these Indians.
A missionary in Japan writes that he was
his temple something unheard of before. The ,
missionary adds that a marvellous change is
taking place in the minds of the people in these
far Eastern lands, and "Buddhism," he says, "is
breaking down much faster than Christianity is
The? Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, of London,
commenting on the leaning toward liturgical -service
in America, says that "to refuse a liturgy,
where it is desired, is as tyrannical and mis
chievous as to force it upon those who dislike
it Methodism," he adds, cannot be a great
Church unless we are prepared to tolerate A
great variety in the arrangements for public
service."
The following, from tbe message of Governor
Martin, of Kansas, to the Legislature of that
State, ought to satisfy persons who are still ask
ing whether prohibition is a success in Kansas.
"The public sentiment of Kansas is overwhelm
ingly against the liquor traffic. Thousands of
men who a few years ago opposed prohibition,
or doubted whether it was the best method of
dealing wit h the liquor traffic.have seen and frank
ly acknowledged its beneflsient results, and i"
practical success. The temptations with whic
the open saloon allured the youth of the land tov
disgrace.and destruction; the appetite for liquor X;
l.roH anil nnrlnnul within it WA.Ua hv thft trpTltm
V.V, . ' I.. Vl. ' - - J - - -
ing custom; tne vice, crime, poverty, nunerinic
and borrow of which it is always the fruitful
source all these evil results of the open saloon
have been abolished in nearly every town and
city of Kansas. There is not an obp?ving man
in the State who does not know that a great re
form has been accomplished in Eaaaas by prohibition,