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THK I'OWrS JUBILEE.
LEO
HAS BEEN A PRIEST
FIFTY YEARS.
FOrt
Fkrtrh of 111k l.lfo anil of tli Kmiiao
Cliiirili I'mler III Gtilil:imt llrl'-f
Alltixli'Mt to tint I'opea Who Have iono
llrfolt mmii Other Matte.
Jonclilni Vincent Kiuilmel linis IVcd
was liorn March 110. ami on the laf-t
dav of l'C 7 received t ho rank of priest in
lio'me; on the liMhof I Ylirimry, 17, by
a vote of the cni'ilmnl. lie. liecatne pupo
with tlie title of I.eo XIII, nml on the .Mil
1. 1.0 AIM.
of December, 1s7, hean the coiiuiietno
ratiori of liis jubilee the close of tho
liriiclll year of hi priest IidimI. All tho
Christian world shows profound respect;
the Catholic nations have showered npon
lilm the richest uilts, and even the. rulers
of liiidilliists mul Mohaniincdans have,
Kent (,'ifts and honors as to the head of
n Kreat Christian coiuiiinnion. It Is
not to the pope only that those pfls
and honors are, offered, for Leo
XIII had an cnviahlo reputation its
n diplomat, statesman, scholar and
publicist loiitf before ho became popo.
As ft writer of pure Augustan Latin ho
probably has not nn ennui in modern
times; his poetry, though often Had, is ex
quisitely sweet, his plan for tho organiza
tion of Hehools has been thought
Rood enough to Iks adopted by hoiiio
Protestant communities, and his diplo
macy in France, Uelgium, Spain and
Germany has been attended witli tho
happiest results, ill's arbitration between
Spain and (iermany in the matter of tho
Caroline Islands lias gained him tho
friendship of hoth nations. lie lias put
an end to the bitter struggle in Germany
called tho "Kultur kampf." The rela
tions liclwccn England and the vutlcan
are now closer t han they huve ever been
since Henry VHI, and Queen Victoria has
sent the Duke of Norfolk to represent her
nt the festivities. Kuropo admits that
for centuries no such far seeing states
man has been at tho head of the church,
and rrolestant and Catholic nations unite
in doing the honors at his Jubilee.
Uniting scholarship, statesmanship nnd
a peculiar sweetness of character to his
functions as pope, wo need not wonder at
the presents received from apparently un
likely sources. The sultan of Turkey,
for instance, sends an antique, pastoral
ring, set with precious stones and
valued at $."(), ti)0. The emperor of Ger
many (and what would have been thought
more unlikely in H,()H(?) sends a m tiro
worked in gold and encrusted with rubies,
emeralds, brilliants ami sapphires the
whole of immense value. The Chinese
government sends a special envoy with
rich presents, und the empress regent
sends a large contribution in money.
From other non-Cat hollo sources gifts
almost equally princely are received, lint
from Catholic princes and peoples tho con
tributions are so numerous that tho list
would 1111 many columns. The queen
regent of Spain sends a ring set with it
sapphire worth 15,000. Tho emperor of
Austria and the ladies of Vienna join in
present ing a pictorial cross costing l(K),00l)
llorins. Tin- clergy and laity of the arch
diocese of Paris have contributed U!(),000
francs for a tiara, which Is to be studded
with (100 diamonds, rubies, emeralds and
sapphires. The Syrian Catholics give
n cross and chain worth 7,000
rupees. Scores of associations of
pious ladies in many places send
beautiful and costly gifts. Tho oc
casion will also be utili.ed by various
churches. Ireland will dedicate tho Irish
National church in Koine. Ireland also
contributes the garb in which the pope
celebrates I lie public moss on Dee. 01. It
Is of white Irish poplin, woven for this
special purpose by direction of the bishop
of Armagh. For this mass over fJOO.OOO
lias been contributed, making it the
most Impressive ever witnessed. In such
a blaze of brilliancy will close tho fiftieth
year of his priesthood, and we are justi
fied in some curiosity as to the lifo and
achievements of the man thus highly hon
ored. Leo XIII was I ho fourth son of Count
Dominlcii Ludovico J'ecci and Anna Pros-pcri-Uugl,
and was born at Carpiueti,
ft place of siime 5,000 inhabitants, set
in a cleft of the Monte Lepinl, a
spur of tho Appeninos. Itoth his parents
were of noble blood. His father had
served under Napoleon. Farther back the
family were Sienneso noblemen and pro
duced several eminent men. His mother
CAKP1XETI.
was of an old noble family In the Volsclau
city of Cora. Tho old palace where tho
present jsipo was lorn Is visited yearly by
mauy pilgrims. IIU mother died when ho
was but H years old, and Vincent, or Joa
chim, as he was called, went with his
brother to the Jesuit college at Viteils),
where he noon showed remarkable pro
ficiency in Greek nnd Latin. Jn 1 '-'. tho
famous Koiimn College of Jusuits was
revived; the religious orders were slowly
reinstated after the downfall of Napoleon,
ftLd J mhliu lYcci went there to tlnisli
bis education. He won tho llrst prize for
prose Cfiriijxislllon, and was chosen, ut the
agebf 14, 'to deliver the class oration, his
Cubject .lx.iug "l'agan Koine us Compared
'with Christian Koine." Ho wrote Latin
prose and verse with great facility. In 1830
Le decided to become a pricbt, and entered
1 Vy 1
tho Gregorian university, nt which, at
tho nj4 of 23, ho received his degree as
doctor :if theology. Immediately after ho
was made one of the coHege of noblo ec
clesiastics in the immediate service of tho
pope, then Gregory XVI: and when tho
hitter was succeeded by l'ius VIII, joiing
l'ecci, at the a'o of LH, was made a do
mestic prelate ami charged with the finan
cial administration. On the lid of Novem
ber, IW!, he received the dcaennship at
the hands of Cardinal Odescalchi, tho
pope's vicar general: and on the last day
of that j ear received the complete '.rdtT
of the phcM hood.
The next j ear the pope made him cov
crnor of the province of Itciiveuuto, which
lie soon cleared of the smugglers and
brigands with which it was Infested. He
was next made governor of Spoleto, and
did an equally great work there. The
Napoleonic wars and French occupa
tion of Italy had left the country
in such a disordered condition that
tho next thirty years were consumed
lit restoring order; but the peninsula
was literally infested by secret societies,
and the conflicts between these and the
various local governments, one side grow
ing more severe as tho other grew more
desperate, make the whole history of the
country till tho rise of Muneiul, favour
and Garibaldi, and the final success of
Sardinia und the 1'iedniontese King Vic
tor Kmiiiauucl in organizing I'nited Italy.
When but I!:) years old Mgr. l'ecci was
made papal nuncio to Melgium, where lie
did so great a work for his church that
tho pope made him bishop of I'crugia.
There In' remained for thirty-one years,
and the barest enumeration of his labors
for education, charity and social purity
would make too long an article for our
purpose. He was promoted to arch
bishop ami then to cardinal, and on the
death of l'ius IX came the last passible
promotion.
On tho 10th of February, 178, tho
sixty four cardinals assembled in the his
toric chapel of election in Koine. Over
each seal was a canopy, four seats were
draped in green to represent the cardinals
created by l'ius IX, and the rest were in
Diirulo.' On the altar stood a large chalice
ami paten. One by one the cardinals ad
vanced, laid their votes reverently on tlie
paten, and raising that dropped the ballot
Into the chalice. Then the bcrutinizers
counted the votes and the count was read
aloud three times. Tho ballots were then
burned, und tho smoke rising into tlie
clear uir announced to the vast multitude
outside that there was yet no election
Two-thirds were required to elect. On
tho first ballot Cardinal l'ecci received 2,1,
on tho second 1(8; then all eyes turned
toward him. He trembled so violently that
the pen fell from his hands, then, pale us
death, bowed his face on his hands while
tho tears streamed from his eyes. The
third ballot gave him 44 votes. Then tho
master of ceremonies nnd accompanying
officials approached his seat with tho
question:
'Do you accept the election canonically
mndo of 4011 as nuproma pontiff of tho
Catholic ctiurjli."
LKO'g lllUTIIl'LArB.
Ills reply could not bo heard in full;
but it was understood that ho Accepted.
All tho cardinals roso in homage to their
new sovereign, and tho sub-deacon of tho
college asked:
"Ily what name do you wish to be
called:-"
"lly the hitmo of Ieo XIII," was tho
reply.
Of the 257 popes there were 24 Johus,
1(1 Gregorys, 11 Clements, I I Henedicts,
lit Innocents, 1:1 Leos, 0 Pluses, U Boni
faces, 8 I'nuls, N Crbans, 8 Alexanders,
10 Stephens, 0 Adrians, Sextus, Nicholas,
Martin and ('destine 5 each, and a num
ber of names representing two or three.
Die llrst popes, of course, retained their
original names, but for some centuries
eijeh one lias adopted tho name of some
predecessor. Their terms were nearly all
short, as the dignity was attained at an
advanced age; from St. Feter to l'ius IX
none continued .in tho chair twenty-Qvo
years, and when tho latter reached "the
years of St. I'eter" it was a time of great
interest in the church, while the opponents
of Home, as usual, discovered an alleged
prophecy that such An event would mark
the end of tho papacy, It cannot be de
nied that Leo XII 1 rules over it more
united church than l'ius IX did, as the
latter was far moro powerful and fortu
nate than tho pope whom ltonapurte over
threw. At least nino times in tho history
of he papacy it has seemed that the end
had come, as tho church was divided,
the pope an exile or a prisoner or bis secu
lar power apparently destroyed, but each
time the inevitable reaction has come and
tho pope resumed his place its head of tho
largest Christian communion in the
world. A hundred and lift y years ago it
was a high crime for a priest to enter
Great llritaiu or teach in Ireland ; now
Victoria sends n special envoy to honor
tho pope, and the latter is virtual judge of
tho case of Ireland against F.ngland. Only
fifteen years ago official Germany was bent
on tho destruction of Catholic power in that
country; now Emperor Willium honors
tho pope, and tho lutter arbitrates be
tween Spain and Germany in his capacity
us "Prince of Peace." St. Peter's pontifi
cate Is counted by Catholics from A. 1). 83
to till; then follow St. Linus, il-?!, St.
Anacletus, 78 -5)1, St. Clement I, 91-100,
and so on down a long line of short terms
to St. Felix II in the year IKiti, the
thirty-seventh pope and tlie first
to die a natural and peaceful death! (An
exception may jerliaps be made of the
eighth, St. Telesiphorus.) After St. Felix
II fourteen popes wero martyred 05 died
of toil or other unusual cause: then in 514
St. Symmachus died in peace. Tho em
pire hod liecotno Christian, and the Gothic
conquest complete, and thereafter there
were but six martyrs in l.ilOO years, till
Bonaparie outraged and degraded l'ius
VIII. Three popes intervened between
him nnd l'ius IX, who was chosen in 1840,
and died In 1S78. Where in all the annals
of secular governments Is there so long ft
line? It is lot to bo wondered nt that pi
ous Catholii s contemplate the hoary an
tiquity of the luntiUuite with uwe and
revcrouce.
SOCIETY AT WASHINGTON.
THE SEASON'S OPENINC-SOME COM
ING EVENTS.
The I.uiUei. of Mm (ublnH Mr, lion M.
Dickinson in Detroit und Washington.
( hiiiiur In New Yrur's Customs Sonit
tlilnic Aliont Washington I'lineh.
(Special CVrreKi'ii(i.n'-e. I
Wasiiixutox, Jan. 9. New Yeur's day
passed off with all the flourish of one nf Wag
ner's openis. . Tliero was the lien ting of tlie
society drum and tho whistling of the wx'icty
fife, and we are now in tho midst of one of
the liveliest seasons in our history. It is only
six weeks until Ient, nnd tho wining and the
dining and com ting and cooing must bo all
crowded into that short season.
There nroa nunilier of heiresses here this
winter, and Senator Stanford has a U'vy of
girls from the Pacific slope about him. The
majority of tho new scuutors aro rich, and
not a few have daughters with them. Sena
tor Paddock can give his two girls nice mur
ringu Mirtions, nnd Senator (Juay is by no
means ill heeled. Don Cameron's little girl
will probably own her own house nt least, if
slut marries jxor, and as for tho daughters of
Sherman, Kvarts, Wuito and a wore of
others they aro by no means badly oh", either
in this world's beauty or 111 the nrosu'ct of
this world's ikmIs,
Washington society girls are noted for
their brightness, and there is no place in the
world where the social grindstone tends so '
much to sharH'ii a lady's w its. The contact
with the greatest statesmen of the country,
the mingling with the noted authors and
litterateurs who make 'Washington their
winter home, and tho introdiiet ion to tho
lions of tlie world who assembly hero each
winter, keep tho young brain on the go, and
if there is anything in it, either of repartee
or thought, it is sure to lie brought out. The
girl has to keep well posted as to the men she
meets, too, or shci will be liable to ask some
ridiculous quest inns as, for instance,
"Whether Sam Randall is in the limine or
senate," or "whether lien. Sheridan was a
commander of cavalry or infantry."
Such interrogatories would, of course, lie
unpardonable if made to tho gentlemen
above sjsiken of, but they are no more out of
tho way than that which a mipiiosedly well
read woman made to Howells, the novelist,
lust yeur, when she asked him what lnioks ho
had written, and remarked that his conver
uition was so fluent that she really thought
that lie could write for the newspaiiers.
Another lady asked Commodore Schley, of
Arctic fume, what, noted thing ho had done,
and one of the humorous editors greatly in
sulted Winfleld Scott Hancock by asking hint
"whether he belonged to the army or navy."
The danger of such mistakes keeps the
fresh society girls ulive. They read up on
the men they have to meet, and they learn to
give "tuffy" as well as do tho diplomats.
This taffy giving and compliment paying,
which prevails to so lurge an extent in Wash
ington society, invaluably attracts the atten
tion of the stranger in Washington. It is,
however, a custom which prevails in all court
'society tho world over, and ono which tho
I ml i test of nations most affects. Indeed,
"tafTy" is the grease which makes tho wheels
of society run smoothly, and n little lying of
this kind will undoubtedly bo pardoned. It
is just as easy to say "You are looking well,"
as "Damn you eyes!" und the lirst remark is
ulwuys U'tter received.
Don M. Dickinson promises to be quite an
addition to tho cabinet circle, and tho change
to him from Lamar, which comes about in
directly by Vilas taking the interior port
folio, will l well likod. Secretary Lamar
has never entertained to any extent, and his
wife is rather retiring than othei wise. Mrs.
Dickinson is a tall, stately woman, with
brown hair and dark brown eyes. Sho is one
of the lending society women of Detroit,
which is a city that puys considerable atten
tion to social observances. Her homo on
Fort street is a magnificent mansion, and sho
and Mr. Dickinson have been noted as so
ciety jieople. They have now taken a house
on Farragut square, in Washington, which
Is about three squares from tho White House,
and is in tho most fashionable quarter of the
ity. Senator Stanford lives very near them,
and the Russian minister is just across the
way. Mrs. Whitney is only a step on tho
other side, and Mrs. Dickinson will find
many a noted neighbor with whom sho cun
gossip without (langer of getting her feet
wet by a long trump, or the noctssity of or-
lermg out her carriage.
Mrs. Hits is not yet very strong, and it is !
a good deal of a question whether she will be
able to remain in Washington society this
winter or not. The tour sho took with tho
president, with its series of accidents, was a
shock to her nervous system, and she thinks
some of going back to Madison, Wis., bo-
fore the season is over. Miss Mollie Vilas
bos lieen spending tho holidays here, and she
has enjoyed her boarding school vacation.
Secretary Lamar went south for Christ
mas, anil 1 uni told ty ono of lus intimate
friends that he has decided not to board this
winter, and that Mrs. Lamar will spend
much of the season in the south. I don't im
agine sho is very fond of tho rush and tear
of Washington society, and tho secretary him
self likes a quiet life.
Secretary liuyard's daughters are to do the
honors of his home this winter, and his
daughter Nellio bus been spending the holi
days here. Mrs. Secretary Fairchild will
probably entertain considerably during the
season. Mio has one of tlie biggest houses iu
Washington, and there is enough glass in
her conservatories to roof a country court
house. These conservatories face the south,
and they will lie turned, I venture, into
promenado corridors during the winter. The
sun is very warm here, even now, and you
do not fool tlie need of a lire when you have
a glass room w it b a southern exKsure.
Mrs. hitney and tho secretary intend to
give a numlier of entertainments, and they
will have some friends here with them dur
ing the season. .Willie Vituderbilt, the son
of ono of the millionaire Vanderhilts of New-
York, has been spending tho holidays with
tho Whitney boys, and 1 can tell you tho
youngsters have as strong voices and as
ardent Christmas imaginations as you will
nnd m boys of poorer parentage. The little
V hitneys "hung up their stockings" about
tho wide mantel of the gorgeous fireplace in
tho grand bull room, and it is needless to say
that they did not find them empty in the
morning.
ThoAVhitoHou.se is going to boom in a
social way, and tho president's dinners havo
already liegun. Tho house is being decorated
gorgeously with flowers, and the palates of
tho guests aro tickled with terrapin and
champagne. Thursday has Isvn chosen as
the day of ceremony during the season, and
every Thursday until Ijeiit w ill 1 taken up
by a celebration ut tho White House. Wo
will have ft diplomatic reception next week,
and the week following the foreign ministers
w ill break bread around tho White House
table. On Jan. 20 tho congressmen and sen
ators will lie formally received, and on Feb. 2
tho fut old justices of the supremo court
will dine with the president. A wevk later
will be tho army and navy reception, and on
Tuesday, Feb. I t, and just as Lent logins, the
dour public will coaie eu masse to tho White
House. 5frs. Cleveland will hold her recep
tions on Saturday afternoons.
In addition to these, there may lio some
other receptions ut the White House, and
there will Ui a lot of quiet little dinner at
which other things than the current gossip
of the day will make up the conversation.
Some of thebiggest olitieal schemes are laid
at dinner tables, and foreign government
think so much of thoso court dinners that
they give their ministers a fund for enter
taining. The llussian minister has such a
fund, and tho minister from England
has a big house here, which was
nougni ior ins occupancy hy his p)V'
eminent, it is so with a number of other
legations, und political wire pulling goes on
about the tables of tho incmlicrs ami sen
ators as well. Not long ago the seat of one
of the leading members of tho United States
senate was in question. It was charged that
the senator had used money corruptly to ob
tain his election, and his friends here wined
nnd dined his brother senators of I Kith
parties, Imping thereby to make fricmls of
them. Whether the charges as to the buying of
votes were true or not I don't know. I am
sure that tho senator himself is too honest a
man to have had anything to do with such
methods personally; but, at uny rate, the
wining and the dining had their influence,
and he held his seat without trouble.
There wero fewer New Year's calls this
year than last, and tho custom of calling
seems to In- falling into a case of "innocuous
lesuetude." Some ladies received, but few
cards were used by gentlemen, and as to pic
torial New Year's cards, they ore utmost out
of vogue, It is now tho popular fad to uso
only your name, putting "Mr." before it, und
the words "Happy New Year" are left off by
most gentlemen.
The custom of serving wines at New
Year's is also undergoing a change, and
there was not s ) much of it this yeur as last,
and less last year than the year before. Tho
worst article served, however, is this de
licious Washington punch, which tickles
your palate while it steals away your brains,
and makes you fiel like a god while you act
like a tool. I have Ufoit' men new recipe
for this punch, as it was used by Surg. Gen.
liarnes, and you may see, if you will test it,
that my words aro correct. It is called
"JtegenU" punch," and it is a royal articlo.
Take the juice of six lemons, one pound of
loaf sugar, one pound of current jelly, half a
fiint of strong green tea, hot, and dissolve tho
jelly in tho hot tea. Then take one quart of
Jamaica ruin (the older and stronger the bet
ter), one jug of curacoa, und two bottles of
old brands". Mix these harmless articles
together, and when it is served add plenty of
ice. Then add one quart of champagne
extra dry for each half gallon of punch,
slice a couple of oranges very thin and drop
them on the top of tho liquid, and you will
have a drink that would have delighted Bac
chus, and that, had Alexander the Great
begun with it instead of wine, would have
killed him off long before he had conquered
the world.
Another punch much used Is champagne
punch, and this is somewhat similar in its
construction, but fully as insidious in its ef
fects. Take a pound of loaf sugar, a pint of
strong black tea, tho juice of four oranges
and six lemons, and two bottlas of cham
pagne. Add to these a half pint of old
brandy nnd ice to your tasto.
Mrs. Gen. lticketts' punch was somewhat
different, but equally strong, and her recipe
has iieen copied oy many a society ludy, and
the punch has been drunk by thousands of
old stagers. I have one which provides for
a gallon unit three-quarters ot very nice
liquor. It is to take three quarts of boiling
water, three pounds of sugar, and add to
these one pint of lemon juice, ono pint of
brandy or two pints of Jamaica rum. Mix
these well together, then stir in one pint of
tieach brandy or cordial. This drink is one
which none but an old soaker had better at
tempt, and, like the two recipes above given,
you will be better off if it is in somo other
stomach than your own.
Thomas J. Todd.
PRETTY STUDENTS' HEAD DRESSES.
How the
Co-Eds" of Cornell
Adorn
Their Cranium.
Special Correspondence.
New Yohk, Jan. 9. At Ithaca just now
tho ladies of Sage college (Cornell university)
aro vying with tho masculine undergraduates
in the matter of class hats. If this rivalry
is to go on the young men would lietter re
sign themselves to the ordinary derby or silk
hat, for there aro some things women can do
lietter than men. and
ono of these is the
arrangement of head
gear. What husband
of moderato means
has not at somo time
left his wifo at home
in tho morning, seat
ed by the window.
With u frn 11, Hit's. ,.1 ill
j
which might do for
the skeleton of a
bout or the model
of a chimney pot,
to return in tho
evening und find
that the queer ma
chino has lecn
transformed into n
bird of paradise hat or bonnet? Let the
youths stick to the scientific principles of
conic sections. "Conic sections!" exclaims
tho fair junior. "What a delightful sugges
tion there is in the parabola for the outline
rim of a hat!"
At Sage college are found tho post gradu
ate, tho senior, the junior, the sophomore
and the freshmen classes. Now, if the style
of tho hat were graduated among these four
divisions its to comeliness, by the same
rule as would follow among men, the
oldest class would have tho prettiest hat. Not
so. These things are reversed in tho case of
women. Tho oldest student must rest con
tent with the plainest, whilo the youngest is
entitled to the daintiest The post graduate,
for instance, has the regulation silk hat (of
low crown) for men. Then come the senior
and junior classes with Oxford mortar
lioards, tho senior wearing a somber black
tassel, while the junior dons jvacock purplo.
Tho sophomore wears something liko a
Tarn o' Shanter, the color of whose tassel is
nearer tho other end of the sjiectrimi they are
all studying, and gleams a bright ml. Hut
the daintiest of nil those hats is reserved for
tho freshman of sweet sixten. It may be
called a drooping mortar board, tho
board of which is not a lrd at
all, but Itcmls gracefully at the corners, and
wilts under a tassel of gold, secured by a
purple plush button. Why should the little
freshman c;u-o to climb the thn-e higher
rounds in tho university ladder! Why may
sho not always remain In the youngest
class! J. IL S.
'A -fenitmr
n
HIT,!! M'CULLOCIL
HIS GOLDEN WEDDING SOON TO
JOYOUSLY CELEBRATED.
BE
The 1 1 'one, l.lfo ut TliU HhIh und lluurty
Oelo-enuriaii IIU Good Wlln und Ilor
rie:nrc tlow Mr. McCullorli Twice
HeciiiiMi Secietury of tlie Treasury.
Some time this mouth tho Hon. Hugh and
Mrs. MiCiilloeh will celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of their wedding day. This
will 1k a truly golden wedding, blessed with
the reward of lives passed in doing od and
noble d'i'd of love and charity, and the par
ticipants will be surrounded und admiringly
loved by a largn and happy fumily of chil
dren and grandchildren ami a multitude of
warm friends.
The Hon. Hugh McCulloch, although past
his With year, with his still vigorous intel
lect and jicrfcct physical health, is a rare
sKciiueu of ripe old age. Tull and broad
shouldered, his well rounded figure is sur
mounted by a noble, well shaied head, a finely
cut, clean shaven face, scarcely showing a
wrinkle or other sign of decay. With his
kind, bright, grayish blue eyes, tho mirror of
a pure soul and mind, ho looks more like tho
typical Knglish country gentleman than
tho true American that he is. Although free
from all euro and worry, and practically
ret ired from all active business, Mr. McCul
loch's life is by no means one of idleness. As
there is no sign of
abatement of his
mental and physi
cal facultii-s, so
there are few min
utes of his days un
occupied. Always
an early riser, ho
leads and always
has led ft most ab-
tzzs
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Riemioiis ami in-
iliiot i-imis life. Ihir-r.-Vk'O
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nig the summer J i
months, which he,
with his family,
s lends at his coun
try seat, Holly
Hills, M.I., Mr. Mc
Culloch rises daily
HUGH M'Ct'LLOCn.
at .r a. m., and in his shirt sleeves, a broad
brimmed straw hat covering his head; makes
his diuly round over tho extensive farm con
nected with his place, devoting a preat deal
of care to tlie numerous broods of chickens,
which bo especially takes a delight in
feeding and attending, whilo Mrs. Mc
Culloch, with equal interest, superintends
her model dairy and extensive hot
houses, where she cultivates and grows
the most delicious grapes, oranges and
flowers of all descriptions. There is no pro
fessional florist in Washington who can
rival her in the production and growing of
rare and lieauttful roses.
Mrs. McCulloch annually sends thousands
of tho choicest cut flowers as presents to her
numerous friends, for tho decoration of
churches ami for the adornment of tho sick
wards of the hospitals. If Mrs. McCulloch
ever neglected any of the many duties of her
home it was for the sake of sweet charity,
which, with her, has not always begun at
home. There is hardly another lady in
vv ashingtou who works more actively for
church and charitable institutions. In fact.
her work would soon tire out nmny of the
young ladies and matrons of the present
day, though Mrs. McCulloch is only ten
years the junior of her octogenarian hus
band. Having frequently visited and lived
several years in Europe for the sako of com
pleting the education of her daughters, lioth
sho and they have acquired a perfect com
mand of many languages, and one rarely
meets a lietter informed lady than Mrs. Me
Culloch. She is also an accomplished ama
teur artist, and she knows how to delineate
her favorites the flowers with a lifo like
ness and truth which place her work above
the products of many professional painters.
Holly Hills is an estate of over 400 acres of
ground, delightfully situated in Maryland,
nnd bought by Mr. McCulloch mostly on
account of its healthful, beautiful location.
His Washington residence is a four-story
brick house, less conspicuous by its elegance
than by its home like and comfortable inte
rior, situated in McPherson square, one of the
most fashionable quarters in Washington.
During the last few years Mr. McCulloch has
devoted several hours daily to the writing of
his memoirs, containing most interesting
reminiscences of tho great men and times of
his long and useful
life. The work is
dedicated to his
children, but it is
to bo hojied thut
these products of a
keen oltservation
and a wonderful
memory will one
day be given to
tho public.
Born in Docem
ber, 1S08, in Maine,
Mr. McCulloch re
ceived his early
education In Bos-
MRS.
huoh M'ct'LLOCH. ton, later studying
law in that city. Beginning practice at
Fort Wayno in IS08, somewhat later ho was
appointed cashier of a branch of the State
bank of Indiana anil also a director of that
institution. In IStKt. at tho request of Mr.
Chose, Mr. McCulloch went to Washington
to organize a national bureau of currency.
In lNVi ho was selected by Mr. Lincoln secre
tary of the treasury, filling this office until
March, 1W.. In the following year Mr.
McCulloch went to Ixindon as a partner in
the banking house of Jay Cook, McCulloch
& Co., which firm was afterward changed to
tho stylo of that of McCulloch & Co. in 187-1.
Ho returned to the United States in 187ti.
Ono Sunday ufternoon in tho full of 1SS1,
during President Arthur's niinistration,
Mr. McCulloch and family laid gathered
around ft cheerful flre in the large sitting
room at his country seat when n carriage
drew up the long winding puth leading to the
house. It proved to lio the president's, nnd
soon Mr. Arthur alighted. Heartily wel
conicd, he enjoyed what he afterward spoke
of as a delightful evening. Requesting a
few minutes of private conversation with
Mr. McCulloch before going, the gentlemen
retired to an adjoining room. After the
president had gwio Mr. McCulloch informed
tho family thut he hud been asked by the
president to accept tho office of secretary of
tho treasury during the remainder of his
administration. A hearty cheer from the
sons and grandsons of Mr. McCulloch for the
president, showed the delight of the family
to sco their liclovcd sire thus honored. No
secretary of tho treasury has twice held that
important ofiice save Mr. McCulloch.
I iicnngriioiis Itrle-a-ltrir.
The figure of a baseball pitcher done iu
clay, seven no iocs nlsmt to take tho black
veil, a lmsket of urliliciul fruit, a manual of
etiquette, courtship, etc., pictures of famous
actresses, church Ixxtks and dninjatio plays
aro mingled together in one of tho prominent
shop windows on Broadway, w here tasto and
tho display of good judgment are supposed
to govern tho establUUrat'iit New York
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