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— gDVflN MARTIIY, Proprietor. Devoted to Home Interrests and Culture. 'X' vv O DOLT.AS§ A Tcarin Advance^ VOLUME IX. PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1879. .NUMBER 29. troW JUDGE WARNE 3 WAS JEFFERSON DAVIS AT HOME. HANGED ■ ‘ ' _ i Alighting from the train at Beauvoir Oneof the stories told on Judge War- : station, Miss., yon can see two or three >e r is that daring the war a party of 1 sma ll brown structures, a grove o/ pines, federal soldiers hung him m order to and the white vista of a vanishing rail- B *ke him tell where his gold was con- j way track glittering with millions of eealetl, but that he clung to his little treasure Laid upon earth more tenacious- j than to life itself, and that the rob bers finally retired te ffled, but leaving him nearly dead, from the effects of their brutality. Many regard the story as a romance, but it is not. It is partly tine and partly false. It is true that he nas bung; it is not true that he had any. gold to give up. Judge Warner him self described the occurrence a-few days ago, and I do not violate any confidence in giviug ibe substance of his uarative. In the spring of 1805 (and after the sur render of Gen. Johnston, though that disaster was not officially known through out Georgia,) Judge Warner was at liis plantation in Meriwether County, await ing the approach of one of Wilson’s columns of Federal raiders wnich was passing through the country. All the whites on the place fled except Judge Warner and his married daughter. The latter had a child only a week old, and as she could not bo moved the father remained with her. During the morn ing several detachments of calvary had halted at the house and made themselves free with anything they desired in the way of “portable property.” but no vio lence was done to the inmates. About noon another party arrived and stopped to feed their horses and to plunder. After satisfying their appetites they be gan to pillage, and the Judge’s silver and other valuables were soon stowed away in the capacious saddle-bags. While they were robbing the smoke- fcoose of hams and pickles and wines and preserves, the Judge stood by in silence watching the proceedings: Af ter the building had been thoroughly gntted, arevolver was suddenly present ed nt his head and he wag ordered to ac company the party. Midway between the house and the “negro quarters” was k body of. woodland. and into this grove Judge Warner was conducted by his captors. Beaching a place seclndetl from observation, the leader of the hand, wbc wore the uniform of a Feder al Captain, took out his watch and said he would give him just-three minutes tO tell where liis gold was bidden. Judge Warner protested that he had no gold, but to no avail. They had been informed along th«ir line of march that, he had a secret hoard and the “d—d old secessionist” must give it up. The prisoner urged that he had been a strong fUnion man. and the only money he had was in Confederate currency and in Central Railroad bills. They robbed him of $5,000 of tbe former and §15,- 000 of the latter, which they found up on his person, but continued to insist that he had gold and must produce it. At the expiration of the three minutes the Captain made a signal, one of tbe men took from a horse a long leathern strap with a running noose at oue end, while the others extemporized a gallows by bending down the end of a stout sapling. With an oath the officer made them select a larger and stronger tree.^ Judge Warner remaining silent, for the very sufficient reason that he had nothing to tell. One end of the strap •was adjusted .around his neck and the other fastened securely to the tree. The sapling was gradually released un til the line became taut, when it was turned loose and the Judges body dan gled in the air. When he recovered consciousness the brntes still snronnd- ed him, and he was again ordered to give np his gold. , under penalty of death. He conld only reply as before and again the sapling was released. This occurred about 2 o’cluk, When he revived the sun was nearly down. He lay at the foot of the impromptu gallows, the halter had been removed from his neck, and the leaves,, which covered the ground several inches deep, were burning within a few feet of him. He thinks the heat of the : flames re stored Mm to consciousness an to life. The wretches - had left him for-dead and Bet fire to the woods to conceal the evi dence of their crime. The Judge was able to find his. way to the house, Where he lay ill for many days. He fi nally recovered and now shows no signs of the violence to which he was subject ed. He is confident that the Captain and soldiers who figured as amateur hangmen belonged to a regiment of Wisconsin calvary, though he does not remember any of their names. J udge Warner is wont to say that he lias snf- fered Ml the pangs of dissolution and has been “as near dead as he ever ex pects to be.”—A (Ionia Correspondent Chronicle. minute ref ructions- of the bright sun shine for miles along its sandy way. Taking the half-perceptible roadway to yonr right, ten or fifteen minutes’ walk through the pines brings you to the beach. Here you see a house built in the airy fashion of this region of per petual snnshine. This is the residence of the Rev. Dr. Lacock, an aged Epis copalian clergyman, once chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge. * Beyond the reverend gentleman’s estate yon see. The Causes of Ex-Governor Bill Al beit, of Ohio. Ex-Governor Allen, of Ohio, who died last Friday, was self-made, of more ARTIFICIAL ICE. COMMON MISTAKES IN HOUSE BUILDING. The Bostou Journal offhemistry b~- j Ueves that one of the remarkable tri- j A writer in the- American Architect uniplis of science and art as developed i an ^ Building Aeics has recently direct- isseen in the de-1 e< ^ attention, with considerable truthtul- tlian ordinary ability, and as a public in this progressive age is seen in the de vices for producing artificial ice in large j nes ®> certain mistakes of plan in man for many yeays occupied a con spicuous position. He was -bom at Edonton, Chowan county, North Caro lina, in 1806, early lost bis parents, and then drifted to Lynchburg, Va., where he'reinaiued until 1822, working ’as a saddler’s apprentice, when lie determ ined to go to Chilicothe, Ohio, where his half-sister, the mother of Hon. Al len G. Thurman, resided. * Young Al len was poorly educated, but self-reli- fronting the beach, another estate, the . ant, and he made almost the entire trip United States Treasury.—TheTreas- aow holds §353,797,400 in the United States bonds to secure bank cirenlation. United States deposited Tor circulation f°r the week were $1,458,700; United States bonds held for cirenlation with drawn during tbe week, §1,263,900; Na tional bank circulation outstanding— currency uotes. §32S,074,191; gold notes, §1,467.500. residence of Mr. Davis. Entering the gate, you pass across a lawn dotted with live cak and other trees, festooned with the picturesque Spanish moss. Before you is a low and spacious mansion, painted white, with broad verandas. At either side, a trifle nearer the fence, is a small building, a pavilion. While resting on tbe veran da, waiting for your letter of introduc tion to be handed to the master, your eye takes in the hospitable provisions for ease afforded by several comforta- rocking-chairs, a table and a settee. Life here is alfresco. The broad ball which goes through the house isopen to the breeze, but not to the ardent sun, whose rays are intercepted by the ve randa. Here on the front veranda, sits of a morning, the ex-president of the South. In full view is the Gulf of Mexico, that dazzling, radiant expanse of blue. Its summer waves glide softly, to break in lulling sound upon the white and sparkliug sand. The breeze is laden with the strange perfume of the sea. It is the land of the lotus-eaters, where ’tis always afternoon. Sitting on this veranda, into what reveries may not tbe Confederate ex President fall, as be gazes out upon this Mexican gulf, which, had the dreams of the Southern statesman been realized, would have been the inland sea of a mighty empire, stretching to the tropics, I was scon summoned to the little pa vilion to tj^e right of tbe mansion. This building is divided into two parts, 'Ihe rearward is occupied by an ancient and favorite negro J-ervaut, whose idea of housekeeping is to display his furni ture and tools in his little veranda. He has sgnotion of raising vegetable odds and ends in boxes, and his vagaries ex cite but a suile. No one dreams of in terfering, even for the sake of order, with the privileges of this ancient serv itor. The front portion of this pavilion is occupied by Mr. Davis as a library and study. Here I found him, slightly indisposed and lying upon a lounge. His manner is genial aud very kindly, with that charming courtesy character istic oi the high-bred Southern gentle man. Seventy years of age, Mr. Davis has yet a flesh and vigorous look. His hair, mustache and whiskers are white in part, but his eye is bright and cheer ful. His face in repose is almost se verely intellectual, but the smile which lights up Lis mouth, and his quietly cheerful laugh dispel the first impres sion of coldness. Few of our public men have the.qniet fascination of man ner, the old-fashioned grace and charm ing conversation'll powers of Jefferson Davis. His memory is capacious and retentive. One might, with a facile phonographic pen, collect great stories of reminiscence from his lips.— Cor. Boston Herald. SCISNTnC .VIEWS OF NATURE, Who does not see that Galileo, Des cartes, New tan, Lavoisier, Laplace, have changed the foundation of human thought in modifying totally the idea of the universe and its laws, in substitut ing for the infantile' imaginings of non- seientifie ages the notion of an eternal order, in which caprice and partic ular will have no thought? Have they diminished the universe think? For my part I think the contrary. The skies as we see them are far superior to that solid vault spangled with shining dots and npborne some leagues above us by pillars win ih contented the simpler ages. I do not much regret the little spirit that had Wont to guide the planets in their or bits; gravitation does the work much better, and it at times I have a sad res membranee of the nine angelic choirs wheeling round the orbs of the seven planets and fear the crystal sea that lay at the feet of the Eternal, I console my self with the thought that the infinite iuto which we look is really infinite, find a thousand times more sublime to eyes of true coutems^atiah than all the azure circles of Angelico ofFiesole. M. "i biers rarely" allowed a fine night to pass without gazing upon that bound less sea. “It is my mass,” he said. In how far do the chemists profound views upon the atom surpass the vagU8 no tions of matter on which the schoL'is'ic philosophy was fed!—Henan. on foot, in mid-winter, through fre quent snows aud intensely cold weath er, having as a companion a drover, and this for only a portion of the distance. On arriving at Chilicothe his sister placed him in the academy there, where he remained two years, and then at eighteen years of age entered a law yer’s office. He was admitted to prac tice before hsfwas twenty-one years of age, and before reaching the age of twenty-four had achieved considerable reputation as a lawyer, particularly in criminal cases. In 1833 he received the Democratic nomination for Con gress in a'district wbien was Whig by from 1,500 to 2,000 majority, but lie made a brilliant canvass, and was elect ed by a majority of one in a vote of 10,000. At the next election Mr. Alien J was defeated by a small majority, but ran 1,500 votes-ahead of his ticket. In 1837, when only tlrirry one years of nge, he was elected to the United States Senate, and took his seat March 4, where he became a leader. Just before tbe expiration of Jus term he went di rectly before the people of Ohio as a candidate for re-election, The result was that the D.-moerals had. a hand some majority in the Legislature, and Mr. Allen was re-elected without oppo sition, In the Democratic National Convention of 1S49, which met in Bal timore, so bitter was the contest be tween the friends of Cass and Yan Bnren, the leading candidates, that .to prevent a division, a committee composed of men from both fac tions, waited on Senator Alien in Wash ington, and urged him to accept the nomination for the Presidency, but he persistently refused to allow' his name to be used, taking the ground that- he had been an earnest advocate of Cass’ nomination, to accept,, a nomina tion himself would be ft betrayal of liis friend. He aide wards made a canvass of New York and Pennsylvania in fa vor of Mr. Cass, Mr. Alh n then re tired to private life, from which lie did not emerge again until 1974, when be ran ns the Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, and was elected by about 1,000 majority, liis assueia.es on the Slate ticket all suffering defeat.— Mr. Allen was again the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1S76, but after a memorable contest was defeated by Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes, now Presi dent of the United State 3. Since then he has been in political retiracy, but was understood, to he in vigorous health for one of his years, Mr. How ard Carroll, of the New York Times, who recently published an extended in terview with Mr. Allen, closed by speaking of him as “the sometimes bit ter, but always faithful partisan, the honest politician, the statesman of the olden time.” quantities. It is claimed, ana uotwith- The Streets of Paris- "annoyance of coal ash and dust. The j tion, and the glory of the w:r!d. In cleansing of the Parisau boulevard is j Spanish on the shell was written which never done. In summer when the sweep-Ljansjated says: “Caught in 1700 by So far as my experience extends, sol- I diets are wholly unlike politicians. The it is a tin case, apparently" made for the ; : former are enemies only while the bat- There are 4.000 women postmasteis ’ tie. is pending. - Politicians appear to The streets are not merely swept in Paris, they are cleaned, The policeman 13 responsible for the cleanliness of his beat. He may early in the morning be seen superintending the operation of the dirt carts and. not a shovelful of debris is left. The removal of garbage is ef fected without any encumbrace of the side-walk by ash-boxes or barrels. Be fore seven o’clock in the morning the Pamsian house-keeper must have the accumulated waste of the household damped in the gutter in front of his residence. This may seem slovenly to an American, but the city garbage cart is punctual to the miu- ute. There are no complaints in the Parisian papers of his neglect; no lei tors froqj indignant c.'rizens, as in New Y( x'- % the * burden of whose song is: “The street I live in *Lasn«t been cleaned since" last fall:” It may be in place here to say that the Parisians burn lit- out reason, that, so perfect has the ap paratus become, ice can be formed on the shores of any of our northean lakes and rivers at less cost than that necessa ry to the cutting as storing' of natural ice in winter. One of these interesting devices in operation on the shore oi the St.. John’s River, Florida, last win ter, afforded the writer ample facilities of observing its work; fiom day to day, aud testing its capabilities. It was of the class in which ammonia is the agent employed ts> grodpee refrigeration, and well known as the arctic machine. It was found capable of “turning out” ten tons of ice daily, in the form of blocks about two and a half feet long and ten inches in thickness. The congelation was perfect, and the product met with a ready sale at the hotels and private res idences, not only in Jacksonville but at all the points on the St. John’s River. The price of Northern ice in Florida previous to the introduction of the ma chine was from ten to fifteen dollars a ton in moderate quantites; the artifi cial ice is sold at five dollars, and thus a powerful and successful competitor to the ice companies sprang up at the door of their? depositories. The dealers resisted and ridiculed the “machine” for a considerable time, but in the end it triumphed, and prices were reduced. The actual cost of man ufacturing ice in Florida is not far from seventy cents a ton, and this inclunes the storing and delivery. It must be known, however, that fuel in Florida costs almost nothing. The ice edinpa- ny have only to haul the waste lumber from a steam sawmill, [fifty rods away, to be used as fuel, and it is supplied gratuitously. The principal upon which the ma chine acts is the same as that which ev ery houskeeper' adopts in freezing creams in summer. When solids are changed to liquids, a large amount of heat is absorbed, and surrounding ob jects must supply it; if the liquid is vol atilized, - or changed- to a gaseous body, still larger supplies of heat are demand ed. Thus, if caustic ammonia, which in its natural condition is a gaseous or aeriform body, is subjected to powerful pressure it changes to a liquid, and in doing so is forced to give up a large amount of latent heat. If it is relieved of pressure it again he conies aeriform, and as it demands a large amount of heat it seizes it from, all bodies in con tact. If water is in contact it is rob bed of its latent heat an becomes fro zen, and thus ice is formed. In tbe arctic machine: about fifty pounds of liquid ammonia are stored in a very strong iron cylinder, and this is connected with a coil pipes immersed in a tank of s.ronghrine;into this brine galvanized iron cans holding pure wa ter are placed, and these eans are the size of the block of ice which are form ed. The liquid ammonia allowed to flow through these coils, and it gradu ally becomes, gaseous, and in becom ing so abstracts from the water so much heat that it speedily freezes. A powerful steam pump forces the gase ous ammonia back into tbe iron cylin der again, thus liberating' great heat, which is disposed of by cold water dropping upon coils of pipes through which the ammonia passess on its way to the condenser. The process is a con tinuous one, and if the pumps and coils do not leak there is no loss, and the operation may go on so loBg as the machinery lasts. The apparatus and the scientific principles upon which it acts aTe very interesting, and we are convinced that at present there is no hindrance to securing abundant sup plies of ice, at cheap cost in any tropi cal country where fuel is abundant and of low cost. house-building, which too often occur Ax Ancient Turtle.—The Palatka Herald says we received a turtle a few days since which was marked on his back the date 1700, and also the Span ish coat of arms, indicating that this old resident was in existence one hun dred and seventy-nine years ago. What changes this old fellow of the deep has seen. The rise and fall of empires on the continent on which he lived, emerg ed from the thraldom of ’despotism, with the rise of a .Republic which has become the great conservator of free- tle hard coal, and are thereby saved the dom, and the advancement of eiviliza- in this country. These mistakes, he says, have their origin outside of the profession of architecture, and are due to the ignorance of those who build.— It is certainly reasonable to expect that a person who is about to bnild should know such simple matters as the num ber and character of rooms he will have; yet this is jnst what many people do not know, and here is where the mistake is made. People in their ignorance err in wishing too many rooms. Many people, with a desire to imitate the no bleman’s mansion, decide to have a jum- ble of hall, drawing-room, moraiug- room, dining-room, library, study, bou doir, billiard-room, breakfast room music-room, reception-rocm, and so on, and to these they add others of their own invention, till there is a separate room for the performance of almost ev ery act of daily life. As all this costs, and there is a limit to every man’s pnrse, economy is attained by copyin the stone wall of their model in wood and plaster, woodwork in paint-, cheap ening the foundations, and making thin walls that keep out neither cold nor wet. A sensible man in building his house proceeds on a differentplan. -He wants just-such accommodation as he needs, and no more. He knows that for the average American family in good cir cumstances three principal rooms are sufficient; drawing-room, library, and dining-room—these he has use for. He also needs a hall by which to reach the others, and a vestibule or porch, as a shelter to the hall. Ho omits the “family sitting-room,” knowing that the three other rooms will serve fur that purpose, and that any room too good for daily use has no right to exist. The habit of keeping shut up parlors for occasional company is so absurd that it is difficult to give the people who practice it credit for common sense. Another common mistake is the small scale of the kitchen and offices as compared with the family rooms.— A kitchen, if woik is to he well done in it, and the dinner to be well cooked, should not be less than the equivalent of 15 feet square, aud should he still larger in a house employing many ser vants. The eommunicatiau between the kitchen and offices aud the family apartments, and the concealment of the former from public view, are matters which are much neglected. The usual arrangement of placing a butler's pan try between kitchen aud dining-room, with doors to both rooms, often di rectly in line, makes tbe best possible conveyance for odors from the kitchen to the diniDg-room, aud thence to the rest of the house. In the case of a basement kitchen the same result fol lows from having tbe basement stairs open instead of inclosed, as they should be. The English manage better: they put next- to the dining-room sometimes the butler’s pantry, but oftener a small serving-room, opening not to the'kiteb- en, but to a passage leading thither; and this passage is made the only means of access from the family rooms to the kitchen and offices, which, if not in the basement," are in a wing under a sepa rate roof from the main building, so that by closing one door, or two utmost, all communication is cut off, and the odors from the kirchen do not annoy the family. A common thing in country houses, though often omitted in the city, is a servants’ staircase. People of small means, who can afford but one servant, insist upon the separate stair-case for that one, while many a city family with three or four servants get along perfect ly well with only one. ‘This hobby with country people amounts almost to fanaticism. The second stair-case, a great convenience in large . houses, is out of place in a small hou3C, there be ing no place to put it; to a small fami ly this is unnecessary, and therefore wasteful. The place of a veranda may seem a thing of smalt moment, yetr it may prove either a great comfort or a great nuisance, according to its position.— Most people seem to suppose it should be on the sunny side of a honse, where it darkens the rooms, itself being ablaze with light and as hot as a furnace. Bnt the object of the veranda is not to keep the light ont of the room, because 'this can be better done by the window hood or shutters, but to afford a cool, shel tered, shady place out of doors for sum mer use. Hence it should be on the THE STATE HORTICULTURAL. NOTES FOR THE HOUSEKEERERC SOCIETY- To Remove Ink from Carpets.—DisU i solve one onnee of oxalic acid in a pint of water, mb it- on with fl:inuel*-‘lnb | stand- half an hour; wash off with cold; j water, and then rub oh. some harm-" | horn. To Remove Grease from Garments.— Dissolve a tablespoonfnl o£ salt in fon^ in., and continuing during the 30th I tabl «*Poonfuls of alcohol, shake well' a-airf. and a; ply with a sponge, 1 To Clean BiUek Cashmere.—Wash in.,' , .. , ! ... .... , hot suds with a little borax in. the wa-" numerously attended, and the exhrbi- , . . . . . , " , ; ., i , .. , ter; rmse in blueing water—very blue, tions of fruits and-vegetables practical-1 wd iron daap j t wiU look ^ ^ ! new. The following circular him buen is sued by the Georgia Stale Horticultu ral Society: The fourth annual session and exhi- tion will be held in tho Masonic Hall, ia the city of Macon, commencing i Tuesday, July 29th, 1879, at 10 o’clock j and 31st. The past annual meetings have been j s . I shady side of the bouse—on that side er ends the sprinkler begins his work, i Hernando de Gomez, ifl *Il0 bt. It goes on from morning till night. an(1 nas to Matanzas bv | 'hat is shady in the afternoon. To pre >ilitv. The smooth nUA vent the rooms behind it -being toe Dust is an impossibilitv. The smooth j IndiaI1 g. tlie r e to the Great We- i Tent tLe Iaom3 behind it -being too evenly graded snrfaee for miles falling ‘ ^ is now &e S , JohDS BiTer . j 1 much shaded, they should, if possible, on either side with a gentle curve to-1 ^ ward Hie curb, is as clean as the car riage drive leading to the portals of a I . ... . -, , River at Palatka, with the inscription palace. At internals yon may see an r - — — D iron rod, with a number at the top, Eastern erabl, Paan . Bse if 0 f li^ht construction and *• 1 ’• - —?.7^ Tf- ■m-vr l.e onnwiptwl ! • , a ir w i _ 1 _ i’ . . l t i On Tuesday, the 17th of June, the tur tle was turned adrift in the St. John’s have-one or more windows on the side not shaded by the veranda; or, if this cannot be, the windows looking upon it | should be made very large, and the ve- dnven into the ground. Pendent from S 1S79 '” Xt ma - v Le opposed ; parted as ligh to « it- that by this time the old fellow has the house ly demonstrated the vast resources- of j Georgia as a prodneing State. The im petus given to fruit culture and horti cultural taste, through the influence of the labors of: this association, are visi ble throughout the whole common wealth. The forthcoming session, it is confidently expected, will be one of the most interesting and useful ever held by the society. All horticulturists, frnirgrowers, pro gressive agriculturalists. aud especially the ladies of Georgia, are cordially in vited to-attend peisonnijy aud biing such articles for exhibition as will m ike tbe display of Georgia grown fruits, flowers and vegetables creditable to the skill and careful cultivation of the peo ple. ' It is earnestly hoped that there will be a full ^attendance of the members from every seetiion of tho State, that concentrated information and experi ence of fruit growers may be obtained, thus aiding the society to perfect ils several catalogues of fruits and vegeta bles adapted to each geographical di vision of the State. i hese catalogues are how the recognized reliable guides of the fruit growers of Georgia, and have had a most wonderful influence in developing its fruit-growingiuferest. Arrangomi nts have brtn- made w’th the Lanier House, of" Macon, for tbe entertainment of members of the socie ty §1.50 per day. The Soiilhera Ex press Company, with its usual liberali ty and interest evinced in the snecessof the society, will carry free of charge all packages of traits, flowers and vegeta bles intended for the exhibition. Pack ages should be nddressed toH. J. Peter, Treasurer, Macon, Ga., and the name of the sender plainly marked On the package. All All packages for the ex hibition should be sent to re: ch the hall on Monday evening, duly 28, or by Tnesday morning, at latest - A full list of varieties should also be eout witb the articles contributed, that a full re port may be made by the socii ty. The- several railroads of the State have also generou -ly offered to carry mem bers aud delegates at reduced rates.-— The Central, Atlanta and West Point, Southwestern, and Macon and Bruns wick - Railroads will return members free over their several lmes on presen tation to the conductors of certificates signed by the presiding officer of the convention, showing that the bolder iwas a delegate, and had been in at tendance on said convention, aud had paid full iare going. The Georgia and Western and Atlantic will issue round trip tickets good for fen days at three ceut3 per mile each way. M: mbers passing ovc-r the Western and Atlantic Railroad are requested to furnish their names 10 J. Heuly Smith, Esq., Secre tary, At'auta, that round trip tickets may be issned to them. The Air Line Railroad will pass members for one fare if names are furnished the Secretary in time for issuing tickets. Annual mem bership, two dollars New members wilk.be supplied with back numbers of the proceedings of the society as far as possible. To Renovate Black Silk.—Two oun ces of soap bark (to be bneS c£ drug gist-.) soaked over night in a quart ot rain-water; pour off the water from the; bark in the morning, and sponge" the" silk thoroughly on both sides; hang' snfOothly on a line to dry,do not'ifom; Did soiled silk wifi he made to look at-" most new. To Clean Eyfl Gloves.—Put the gkoves") on the baud and rub with flauuel dipped*' in, benzine. Alum or vinegar will set the colors ot' red, green or yellow.. A hot shovel' held over varafetied fur-‘ nitnre- will take out white spots-.' Ribbons of any kind should be wash-’ ed in cold soap suds and not rins,- cd. If your flat-irons are rongh, rub therm’ with fine sail; and it will make theirs 4 smooth. Prophetic Dreams. Graphic Description cf an Indian Sun Dance.—A letter received at the Interior Department, Washington, from Dr. T. Woodbridge, physician at Fort Peck Agency, gives a minute descrip tion of the sun d*uce as given by tbe Souix, near Poplar river, Montana Ter ritory. a fortnight ago. A beat five thousand Indians were present, and the performance was kept np for twenty-right successive Lours, during which the Indians feasted on forty dogs, large quantities of buffalo meat aud in fact “all the delicacies ox the season,” while the participants iu the dance sub jected lht-mselves to the most horrible varieties 61 torture, such as having buf falo heads- suspended from slits cat out in their flesh, the weight of which constantly increased the laceration. Some of the braves fainted under the torture and many had from fifty to two bundled pieces cut out of the living ! flesh. Others again were held to stakes, about- which they were forced to dance, j by cords fastened to their backs. The performance 1 isted all night, anffiwagj varied by occasional prayers to tbe great I A man in Hartford, Conn., says that ' he saw ali the incidents of the death o£- Madame Holland at Niagara Falls, in a" dream before it occurred. In support, of his assertion, a correspondent of th©v Hai tford Times, sends the following;- ‘ ’Several ,\ ears ago I was going on' jonruey. The night before I expected; 1 to start I dreamed that when the- ear- - riage came for me iii the morning' the- 1 driver was a young man whose father" was a friend 1 of mine several years be-<-- fore. I don’t think I had seen' or-' thought of him for years, and had note the slightest idea wnat he was doing, L- also areamed we were too late- for thor traiD. "When I went down to breakfast.'' I told one or two persons of my dream,- I can assure von I was astonished when- 1 the carriage came to find that the driver-' was tlie-person I had dreamed he hcultU be. We got to the sinticu in time to» see the train moving off. I have dream-- ed other dreams that came to pass, but none as remarkable as the one I have-’ given. How can I or any one else know.' that dreams are coming to pass until i they do come to pass? I had another: - experience that I think was singular.— - One night I heard two p irsons who oc- • enpied 'he room next to mine, talking..- I heard only three words of their:'con--- vernation; not enough to give me anyy idea what they were talking about.— The next day one of the parties told me-. what their conversation was, and I found I had dreamed it all out. Will seme one please explain?” The Zulu Assegai.—The shaft of f this instrument of warfare is above five , feet long and about as thick as a man’s ; little fiuger. It is made of wood known ■ to botanists as the curtissa. of joginea, not unlike the mahogany, brittle and elastic, the latter qualities giving the- J sprar a vibratory motion, on which its.- ; accuracy of flight depends,, The head; of the weapon is generally blade-shopedt with a raised edge along the center, concave on one side and convex on the. other, being like the feathers of an ar-._ row. The tongue of the head is made-, red hot, and so burns its way into tbe^ wood, around which a bund of wet raw.-, hide is bound; that contracting as ifc- dries holds the head as firmly as au fJ iron ring. The Zulus fling tliese weap-. ons with great accuracy, and they carry oval rawhide shields impervious to these, darts to cover their entire bodies. Be-, sides three or fonr missile assegais aZa-. Iu warrior carries a shorter and stronger .-tabbing assegai. spirit, s 'id with their faces on the bnf-1 Souihern Histoi i Ex-Confederate Officials.—Three. ex-Confederate soldiers hare recently been appointed to temporary duty in. the service of the War Department—. Mr. Roberts, a correspondent of the. New Orleans Times, is to receive at the. rate of eighteen hundred dollars a year, as assistant to Adjutant-General Town-, send, codifying the army regulations._ Mr. Roberts took an active part in bringing about the settlement of tbe electoral count and iu s- euring-tlic rec ognition of Nieholl 5 as Governor of Louisiana. Soon after Hayes’ inaugu ration he v,-as a candidate for Third As- sistanf’ Secretary of Style. General A. M. Wright, a well known member of The reception of papers. This rod - and be-1 scented the satt water, and ’ - of the street- j the bar at high tide, and fa!~> robes, forruecessat theebase. took place ia a sort of thea- 10 United States and the number is : be tho most beligetent after it is over, cleaners parar oa He increase. ", —Fi.jlti .<j linker. fix certain lim * ' , and apparently j few generations _ at a Spanish port (Mr arena one hundred and fifty feet r, and enclosed by poplar and ranches. Societies, is ap pointed to preps'ro'arehives'of the Con federate side for publication. General Harvey, who was a member of General Joo Johnston's stud, is to assist Gen«r* hi wright.