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Sunday VOL. XXVIII—NO. 308 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1886. PRICE FIVE CENTS The Matthews Renomination Denounced by Senators and the Press. *7™°“", Chl,r ‘"‘ l W “ U SeIII «« 0ut Hor Party. On «r.'.,* n TT 1Pi8ht ln Vrossure tod f'rlr ‘“ n,erCe Bll *~® OD, P lr *tor» ■Jim nFEnS?' Deoember 25.—The noinl- ■jStlon of Matthews as recorder of deeds of the district promises to become a cclj brated case. It is a complete abrogatiot nienta autbority of the senate over appoint- P rcB ident carves out the pol icy iudicated for him in this mornimr’s is- «Svs° that a t d h miniafcrat . i0D organ. Th e g Post •ays that the renonnnatiou of Mr. Mat- tho'I 8 k “ eps hi ‘ n until the close of that if ho should be re- Jeoted by the senate the president could S reappoint him after the adjourn- this means the president could •scape entirely the authority of the senate over any appointment he might see fit to make. Such an act is regarded by many good lawyers aa a most unconstitutional one. 1 he senate has already said that it would not consent to Mr. Matthew’s au- B °* n j n lu n t - , ,pb ’ 3 being tho case, it is bo- eved that the president has passed to dan gerous ground in asserting his right to re nominate liitn. In earlier times, when op position senators stood up for the charac ter and authority of that body, such an act upon the part of the president might have been met by impeachment. The Evening Star, one of the most con- ■ervative newspapers in tho district, in discussing to-night the reasons given by the presidentconceruing this appointment, contradicts him flatly in Uis statement of the alledged facts in the case. The Star •ays: “It is possible, though hardlv proba ble, that the confirmation of Mr. Matthews as recorder of deeds for the District of Co lumbia mav be secured, ns desired by the president in his message sent to lhat body yesterday; but it is not fair, either to that body or to the people ol the district, that this result should be accomplished through a misrepresentation or misunderstanding of the facts in the case. In transmitting the second time the name of bis choice to the senate, the President takes occasion to assert that the objection to Mr. Matthews occupancy of the place is largely based on a prejudice conceived against that gentle man, and that his uiangement of the office since he has been in it has had the effect of removing much of the opposition to him which formerly existed. “Now we have far better opportunities for knowing the sentiment and temper of this community than anv president ever had, or is likely to have, and wo undertake to say that no prejudice has existed, or now exists, against Mr. Matthews person ally, uor has an.v serious doubt ever been entertained, so far as we can discover, sis to his capacity to till the office with credit to himself aud satisfaction to the public. Neither, as the president would seem to want the public to iufer, is the color of hi < nominee an objection; for, as is ivti; known, more than one lucrative and rc sponsible office in tho district hasbeeii,aud Is now, acceptably filled by colored men. On the other hand, Mr. Matthews appears to have impressed favorably those whom ha has met, officially and personally, and so far as we know, his office has been cred itably conducted during his incumbency. But this might well have been expected of any gentleman the president was likely to name for the place. “The opposition to Mr. Matthews rests upon much broader and more solid ground It goes back to the principle of home rule and to the president’s disregard of his own party’s indorsement of that principle as. distinctly enunciated in the platform upon which he was nominated and elected, fl.-.d the president been unable to find a white or black resident of the District who was at once worthy of official recognition and capable of properly filling tho position in question, the importation of a protege from a distant point to till a purely local office might have been excused. As it is, the ac tion of the executive is almost uniformly regarded—aud most of nil by members of fits own party—as both a reflection upon the people ui' the District and a wholly uu- oalied-for disregard for tho popular will." SAYS SHE SOLD OUT HER PARTY. In. Foster, »« loss Prohibitimist, oa ttw Defensive—Tcnqiaranro Factious. Deb Mounts, la., December 25.—In the state senate two years ago Senator Hills, in defending his position in antagonism to that assumed by iiis party on the liquor issue, made a direct, ch rge that Mrs. J. Ellen Poster, the noted advocate oi prohi bition, had at a previous election received $1000 from the republican state ceu.ial committee in cousidt ration ot having .ui, cessfully used hor influence to keep out ot the tield a prohibition slate ticket, t his assertion found wide eireul.nion at the time, but was never publicly denied by Mrs. Poster herself, although she sat in the senate gallery and heard Senator i-itw charge. It was renewed last summer uj a Dos Moines correspondent o. bite, a strong prohibition organ but. anti mhcr. Jo tm S, Ruuueil’s, chairman ot « republican stare committee at the time, was understood to have been the financial agent through whom the alleged negotiations with Mrs. Fostei w ei o conducted and tiie money paid. A state officer in speaking upon this tome to-day, said that the brother of Mra. FookV, ha\ ins been delegated oy that lady to hunt down the authors of the cha^e against her, is now intent upon securing a ret™- tion of these damaging accusations. In order that no doubt may 'biger ahout t ie $1000 matter it is understood that Mr. Kun Sells has ordered prepared an absolute do nial of having been directly 01 remote > connected with the afilui• nn 1 . ‘ , ‘ ■ its publication in Bile in coni.radict.oiiot the articles supposed to have been ^ productions of Mrs. Laura . i Ji -j ’ ( Moira s, and Mrs. Lucy Ho “P"’“ ou j Pleasant. Mrs. Berry was seentoty an 1 slated that sho felt quite eonfl-e.it ail- Bunneiii would not put bis “ a ‘“ ‘ such statement but that if heMJj would he compelled to ittiejli Willard in Iowa are the a, tlN 9' , , t > v element in tho prohibition raafe 'j’testing are in the mood to make some interesting developments. Wyck being his own successor ho was not positive, but seemed extremely anxious to ascertain the public pulse for second choice. When a gentleman present ven tured the assertion that it is as strong against Congressman Weaver as it is against Van Wyck. Harlan was somewhat surprised. He claims that before the Van Wyck republicans will support an “anti-monopo ly domocrut they will throw their strength to a “monopoly” republican. However, if tho democrats persist in hold ing out, he believes it will cause a dead lock. The caucus system was looked upon unfavorably by Mr. Harlan. He inti mated that unscrupulous politicians within the republican cump were canvass ing the state securing the pledges of inex perienced legislators to enter caucus. In this manner Van Wyck’s forces bad been somewhat weakened. Mr. Harlan failed to state why he regarded the caucus policy, which has been tiie custom of the party from time immemorial, as a delusion anil a snare to the newly elected members of the legislature. Mr. Harlan believed that the democrats would strongly urge tho name of J. Ster- liug Morton for senator. CURBING THE RAILROADS. The lenute Yields to I’resKuro la Favor ot Inter- slate Coin meiTC lairs. Washington, Dec. 25.—The interstate commerce bill is now In tho shapo of a con ference report, and after lhe seuate lias acted it will go to the house. A careful canvass of the senate has been made on the bill, and it will pass that body by a very large majority, unless some powerful influ ence's should change existing opinion thero during the holiday recess. Out of the seventy-six senators only thirteen are will ing to commit themselves as opposed to the measure. Senator Camden, or West Vir ginia, a strong railroud man, said to-day that he believed the opponents of the bill could not rally more than fifteen or sixteen votes Senator Williams, of California, Senator Stanford’s right-hand man, conceded to-day the passage of the bill. There is great feeling throughout the west upon the subject, much more than in the east. Western men, who profess to be famili-r with the public sentiment of that section, say that no western member or senator could ever hope to lie elected to any office again if ho aiuiuld vote against the measure. _ A prominent republican senator said to day: “There are a great many tliing3 about this bill that I don’t like, but the bill is a political necessity. Wc must pass something of this kind and at this session.” The senate has been so long controlled by corporations that the railroad people when they first came hero were very con fident they coulfl beat t his measure, but now they find that tiie tide ol‘public sen timent in favor of the proposition is so strong that it has even reached the senate. It is believed that tin; bill will be passed bv the senate some time in January aud agreed to by the house without much de bate or delay. CALIFORNIA CONSPIRATORS. - Di-tgiorak. It::‘.’.nt;ul (Janlu to Rob the Dunocrnts of tho Smatortihq). San Fuanotbco, December 25.—The fact that, the Democrats had secured a majority on joint ballot of eight in tho legislature has been generally regarded as putting a quietus on tbe aspirations of the Central Pacific to have their man Sargent elected United Scutes senator. Such, however, seems not to be the case. A very clever schema ha.-, been concocted by which it is proposed t* prevent tbe election ofHearat or any ofbei democrat and secure tbe choice of Snrgeut or some other railroad tool. It seems there are two democrats who will not go into party caucus and will not vote with their brethren. This re duces the democratic majority on joint baiiot to mx. The republicans have a ma jority in the assembly, and it is proposed to have contests made by enough defeated republicans in veryoloso districts, who will thereupon be seated, to change the demo cratic majority on joint ballot to republi can. Tills scheme has just leaked out, and if it shall be carried through successfully Hoarst’s ambition will be again daalied and the railroads will have another obliging friend ia the senate. Examples Given of the Analogy Between Dreams and Mania. Some Oild Instances i.utcil—lien tli« Sana Mind Aiqiroarlu's thn Insane Statu During Uruamy Slui'ii—.Notes Taken by an Asylum Kx|iort. SKA’S SENATE CONTEST. icrccl FlghTnith S°rMr. • » ,n "” cratic Possibility. , 0 - M ■. Nebraska, Dsrembcr is recognized throughout the . he Van Wyck candidate, lor [ the house. To acasuilob.ser\v.r ition Is evidently a proper odd , tations while in too ckv ..if*' ■confined to politicians o Van ; ■Uvitics Mr. Uirla.n was close ed ,«^«rrMn h wuh. add he was in . t be field mi a 'or the speakership. As lo Hotneapitlhy Explained. “A common argument used against us is that we give so little medicine that it does no barm, aud that nature docs tbe work. That is not so. That method has been tried, and of a number of patients with the same disease one-half were treated by homconuthy and the other half were al lowed to recover, or otherwise, by nature only, all the patients under our treatment recovered, while ail of the others did not. It is a!«o said that our system is good for children. That in not the case. Our system is one of substitution. We only replace a disease of the system by a drug dissas.*., .md when that'in fully established the old disease is cured, and thou nature is allowed to throw oil'tbe drug disease, which she does very rapidly.”—Homeopathic phy sician in Chicago Times. The Edrlcni'y uf I.ubor. Work ami Wages. Taut r.II workingmen will become equal ly efficient is not to tie expected. Tbe com petitive struggle that has resulted in the superior advancement ot the most eincient will continue to go on under one nr another ferni, and the superior workmen will con tinue to get the best places and iholiest pay Nor is there any possible way to get rir. ofa'I the physical and moral defects with which humanity is burdened. They will be transmitted, in impaired vitality aud imperfect character, for generations to come, and those so unfortunate as to in herit them will have to sutler. Yet something may be done to raise the yerage medio ell 'V of the i.idu-itrjally im- , docictv as a unit, and employer.! ■nViividualiv, have a duty to discharge. Nfotthat ai'iv class of men iihou'.d receive rewards that they have not earned, but lir't as far as possible, they should be Prem-ht, kindiv "and intelligently, under stimulating nod disciplinary influences Oiatv.dl increase their earning power. The personal influence of one really ju-t, enlightened employer will often work moral Wonders among hundreds of work- ngmen and their families. The chief hope Of course, ia the wise education f he young, and here, unfortunately, Lhe public schools, conducted too much as mind-cramming agencies and distracting the attention of the pupils by a multiplicity "ihi -rts instead of cultivating the cem- ccid ration that modern life so imperatively demands, are not doing the work that they de S Pnt the best educational "“fncicswillavan little if the stock from which workingmen are bred in being stead" v deteriorated, and tins is what hun- dridsit employers have been deliberately i n the importation of such if.reign 1 lil)nr ns now swarm: in the mining regions i, i in r dtroioi construction camps, irom vrhic-h it must soon find Its way Into the , itv slums. Ill the light of existing knowl- Xof | creditV and social development linn-uitraoturs who have been doing this and the fed- ral laws ' f ip, t-T-e 'pronounced them so are for once in the line with scientific and moral truth. The testimony so frequently given by those who have recovered from insanity that tho whole period of their disease now appears to them as a dream would seem to show that there is a great similarity be tween insanity aud the state of dreaming. Some of these people say that this time ap pears to them ns a happy dream, others that it was painful and gloomy, even fright ful as a nightmare. It is true that in tho insane tho principal signs of sleep are absent, as the closing of . the external senses—the loss of couscious- ! nt53 aud the influence of the will, all of which are regarded ns essential to dream ing. Yet, on the other hand, wo know that we dream the more readily tho less profound our sleep is, and there are cer tain states c-f sUep in which an influence is exerted similar to tho waking state. This is seen in the soldier sleeping while walk ing or riding. The dreamer accepts the most absurd thoughts and fancied scenes without surprise; so docs the insane man. In dreaming, all bodily sensations are greatly exaggerated and nave a powerful effect upon the imagination; to it is in in sanity. Thus in dreaming a confined po sition in bed, pressure upon the arm or breast, causes sensations oi being put in chains, of danger, or of falling over preci pices. A draught of air causes ideas of being at sea; warmth of the feet causes ideas of fatiguing marches, and even a foot that wears a No. 1 A shoe will appear so heavy that it can with difficulty be dragged along. No person who is distressed by bodily and mental trouble often realizes in his dreams wlmt reality has refused him; that is, happiness and fortune. THE STARVING MAN dreams of rich repasts and tables ladened with the choicest food; the poor man dreams of wealth. So it is ill insanity. The person attacked with mania almost inva riably ia gloomy and depressed preceding lhe burst of mania; and often iu insanity three two s'atcs are seen to alternate with one another. Thus the insane, man will be transferred from the depths of dark despair to the heights of joy and happi ness. Often a person will awake from a dreamy, fitful sleep and pass into a tran quil, dreamless sleep. Here again the analogy is sometimes seen, as cases occur where the mind returns just before death. Thus the man awakens from his dreamy, insane state to pass into the tranquil, dreamless sleep of death. A gardener re ceived a fright from a man dressed us a bear, and dm not speak fur fifty-two years, but appeared to imitate a bear with growls and moving of his body. Just before death his mind returned, and he spoke rationally to tho ;o about him. I remember of seeing a man who for three years did not speak a word, suddenly recover his reason a few days before death. This man ai-io for throe, years did not eat voluntarily, but was fnsl twice a day during that period by the stomach tube. Cases r.ls.-i occur iu which a sort of waking dream takes place during ordinary consciousness. Thus a lady suddenly during conversation would stop and talk of something else, t.i tho course of a few minutes she would again resume the former conversation at the sentence aud word at which she broken off. She was utterly unconscious of tho interruption. A lady in New York suddenly became insane while working at some fine embroidery. She remained in sane for seven years, and as suddenly be came sane. Shu resumed her embroidery as though she had only been absent from it for an hour. QUEER TOGAS. We frequently read of persons having dreamed of being dead and viewing their own remains, and watching with tender interest tho carrying ot said remains to tho last resting place, tio some of the insane think they are dead, and one woman who had this idea constantly importuned those about her to have her buried. A soldier in Germany thought he had been dead ever since the battle of Austerlitz. iu which ha was severely wounded. When anyone asked hire how he was, he answered: “You ask how Father Lambert is. but Father Lambert is no more. He wav oi- .:-d oft by a cannon ball at Austerlitz. Tout which you now se.e is not him, but merely a clumsy machine made to resemble him. Pray make another.” When he spoke of himself ho never said “I, but always “it.” So one dreams of being transformed into a bird or a beast, and the insane man thinks he is a bird or a beast. A man iu France thought he was a wolf and killed a number or people. When captured ho suid, “I am really a wolf, aud the reason my skin is not hairy like a wolf is that it is reversed and the hairs are in side.” To conv i’-iee them of this he cut his body to such an extent that lie died from his wounds. The sensation of being so light ns to be able to fly is quite common iu dreams, as is also the sensation of being so heavy os to bo unable to move, or the sensation that our limbs will not move, no matter how hard we trv. This same thing has been observed in the insane. Thus a man sometimes felt his body of such nn extra ordinary weight that be could scarcely stand upright, and at other times so light that it seemed asjtliough he rose irom the floor and flew: besides, his body and limbs seemed of such an enormous size that it was impossible lor him to oass through a door. Tuns it is seen that the samej mind ap- pror.ehe: . rest tho insane state during dream v bleep, and wu can better under stand the workings of an insane mind by keeping this fact in view. Many more ex amples might be given of the analogy be tween dreams and insanity. The exam pies given fhow us how closely we all come at times to thelnsane state. prosecuted under section 8 of article 37 of the general laws of Maryland.” Mr. Uwinn made an elaborate argu ment based oil the above allegation. He quoted numerous authorities and held uiat the punishment could only ho by a line. Judge Duffy in summing up tho facts, referred to the Mnulshy ouso, in which Mimlsby waH both fluea and imprisoned for refusing to answer before the grand jury certain questions. He spoke of Re porter Morris as nn intelligent man and Buid if ho was allowed to go unpunished it would tie setting an example for others to do the same, which would eventually break up tho use of a grand jury. Judge Duffy then passed nil order that Morris must go before the grand jury and answer the qm stions. The court theii asked if he was prepared to answer, to which Morris replied that he respectfully declined. The court then committed him to the custody of tho sheriff'until ho shall have purged himself of contempt. Ho was taken to jail in the afternoon. Mr. Morris’ Imprisonment will last untii January 10, unless ho concludes to answer tho ques tions put by the grand jury before that time. On that day f ho present grand jury ceases to exist, and it will therefore be im possible for Mr. Morris to comply with the order of the court by that time. Under the decision of tho Judgo Bartel in the Maulsby case, Morris can get out of jail on a writ of habeas corpus on January 11, the day after the dissolution of the ' present grand jury. Ylin Vanishing I,-illy Oiililniio. Tlio magician now performing at tho Eden theatre, Paris, has invented a new irick that will make his fortune. Says a letter : “He took a plaster bead, such as may he found in any sculptor’s studio, handed it around for examination and then placed it on the table in full view. Pres ently, at a word from him, the white plan ter assumed the appearance of ilesli, the cheeks became ruddy, the eyes opened, the iipssmiied, then parted and spoke. Then the face (that of tho pretty woman) faded again until it was a plaster cast. ‘After life came death,’says the magician, and as he spoke the cast vanished and there stood a skull. At another pass of his wand this too disappeared and a bunch of roses stood in its place, which iu turn gave way to tho skull and the skull to the original plater cast, which again developed into a living head, the bu t remaining of plan ter.” A NEW WEATHER PROPHET. The Caution In tho Irish Anti-Rent Cam paign. fiord ilnndofph Clurchlll UirdyiH Ills Position tn tlio Cstfinot—lltndNtono to Snpiiort the Govern* went -CnblrxrumH from Continental Europe. Seurat the.' i Wonts COMMITTED FOR CONTEMPT. John T. .Horrid, a Bnlciiuors Newspaper Beporler, (tors to Jail Until January lltli Next katlicr Than Tel! the tirund Jury the Source oi Certain Information. Baltimore, December 25.—The case of John T. Morris, tho newspaper reporter whose refusal to answer questions put by the grand jury in reference to the source whence he obtained information concern ing the presentment of Sheriff Fit adcr- man, was heard by Judge Duffy to-day in the criminal court. Ex-Attornev General Charles J. ,M. Gwinn and Win. T. Brantley represented Morris. His answer was fiteu, setting forth the communications between the court and grand jury, together with the following facts upon which ho princi pally based his argument: “That the grand jury, not having shown to your hon orable court in said communications that Jno. T. Morris has been duly summoned or attached to appear before it, and, being so summoned or attached to appear before it, bad refused nr delayed login, his evidence, it is respectfully submitted that Jno. T. Morris cannot be proceeded against or Foster, Wiggins, lilansill, et. al. are about to be shorn of tln.tr laurels, for a new weather prophet lias entered the field of meteorological science, having been em ployed by the Gate City at a salary of $!%■ 000 a year. The following is the first in stallment of predictions which he furnishes for publication: My predictions are based Mi tho well known influences of the signs of the zodiac and positions of planets, stars, sun, moon, comets and the milky way, and is carefully collected from vl’ tho patent medicine almanacs that can be secured freo, and ia absolutely reliable. Ill using tlie.se pre dictions it mart be remembered that un foreseen causes sometimes retard or accelerate events predicted, and therefore they may occur any time within seven days before or after lhe date named, and if so wo shall claim our prediction fulfilled. The calculations being made te r Keokuk tho events foretold will occur in that vi cinity—i. e., within a circle of a radius of 30110 miles, having Keokuk as its centre. Mv predictions for 1887 are: January 10— 1 Tho moon passing Aquarius, will cause quite all extensive thaw, sloppy V, 1 .lather, followed by heavy snow. January 17—Jupiter hunting a pedigree. This will cause one of the heaviest snow storms of the winter; a blizzard will de velop near Charleston, S. (J., and follow a course northwest by east, half sweeping over tbe entire country, causing a sudden rise in the price of coal, and will reach the Mississippi river by the Santo Fe route on or about the 281,h. February 2.—Sun is the sign of the ground hog. As everyone is perfectly fa miliar with the sign it is useless to publish anv forecast, and the usual weather will follow. February 14.—Cupid and Virgo in con junction. Magnetic forces will affect the different post offices, and will be dis charged in snow or ram, according to the temperature, from these centres on this date. March 1.—Blowhard in opposition to Leo. This will cause high winds, occa sional light snow, which will continue until March 17, when the Star of Erin will appear above Taurus and show bright green above the roil of Taurus. This will cause the last snow storm of the season, follow id by warmer weather, sunsnine and shower. April 1—Mars, the original fool-killer, at j its greatest, diftanc' from the earth. This being wenther prophet's especial day, we i make do predictions, and h-avo this date to | bo tilled .in by our co.nfi ues. April 9—Venus anil Virgo will be in op-j position. Warm spring weather begins, I and the hired help’s cousin’s aunt wiU he I sick and need her attentions; bouse clean- j ing will bo done by the family. Profes sional weather prophets will please not use this date. That tho public may not be in ignorance, we will state tbe name of our weather prophet is Patsy Bolivar. All communica tions undressed to him, care of the Gate City Weather Bureau, will receive prompt and immediate attention. ffITtit Tights. A sign of pro,purity A tea i'al ly— 1 ho Chinese. Men of scents—perfumers. In al '.he hreec.b the cart-ridge. Rebec.: v was a well-maid woman. Adam had a spare rib with applesauce. Bound in Morocco—ibe sultan’s prison er. Some men never pay anything but their re meets. There are no corner groggeries on the road to prosperity. The. busiest ivr.t will hav e his idyl mo menta. Epitaph oil a bad cook: “Out of the fry ing pan into the fire.” When the ground is frozen solid, it is apt to be a ha r d winter. Some men can’t be patriots unless they air iu office. Man was created first—Woman was a sort, of recreation. Love ia blind until matrimony gives it a pair of spectacles. The ballot-box without the Epeilin’ book is a loaded bomnsb.dl. Probinitiou is a great blessin’ to them as don’t like linker. A thirty-day note lathe surest and most reliable time-piece. Chicago clergymen sincerely hope that the ballet is ou its last legs. After the tweets of married life depart the family jars remain. ‘Money is tigln!” No wonder. So much of it goes to the saloon. A private Looter—tho man who practices on the cornet ia his room. The lost canto- her better half’s exquse for not corning h ane earlier. Christmas stockings are very expensive affairs With a man of large family. Reform is like hevveu; it’s a powerful nice thing to have, but mighty hard to git. Durian, December 22.—Tho now plan of campaign will bo precisely what the old one was, only carried out a little more cautiously so a i to avoid giving the police aeliancoto grnb even a handful of tho collected rents should they desire to re peat the tootles ofLoughren. The govern ment urn simply playing a game of bluff' and playing it. clumsily, aud wo refuse to bo bluffed. That is tho whole situation. Their proclamation is a stupendous pieeo of cheek. They have no authority to declare the plan of campaign a criminal conspiracy. That is a question for a jury. They thought tbo proclamation would intimidate tenants from taking up tho plan. The same is truo of their lawless money grab at Loughroa, and of their prosecutions, which are pure sham. Tho ostensible aim of those prosecutions is to bring Mr. Dillon and his colleagues to trial before a jury of their countrymen, but in reality nothing is further from the inten tions of the government. What they do want is to produce by a show of vigor, by prosecutions, by proclamations, and by noisy harangues from the judicial bench tlio same effect upon the minds of the Irish tenantry that might be produced by a ver diet of guilty against the Irish lenders, which they know they eould never obtain by tho time the trial by jury is reached. In the prosecutions they calculate on having the tenantry utterly put to flight by their discharges of blank cartridges, but the tenantry are not soaring worth a cent. Wherever they arn refused a fair reduction t hey are banking their rents on the lilies of tho plan, but they are doing so on tlio quiet. Tho rents of three estates— the Vandeleurs in Clare, the Ryan in Don egal and the Murphys in Mayo—have thus been banked since the proclamation. The tenants regard the action of the govern ment as tho highest testimony to the <■ tli- eacyof tho plan. They kne'.v that when t lie executive told the importunate Cork lundloids that they could not interfere, ac cording to tlio famous opinion of Attorney- General H-lilies, it wan u hen the executive behind the plan was going to break down, nml now they know that all their pains arc taken to override the Holmes dictum sim ply because thn pin i bad proved a success. The leaders of the movement are thn at- enod with the same difficulty as before, the difficulty of restraining its operations within a workable area. MADE A. BOTCH OP IT. So far tho ..rrunont has botched the thing grotesquely. After binding Mr. Dillon and his friends to appear at tin ir peril ou a charge ofcouspiracy, at Lougti- rea, they im nadiug ' apji-ar also at their perl! on tho same day and at the same hou. in a Dublin police court. Mr. Sheeny received a furtl. r summons to upp su’ at Tcwpleuioro as a ■:! us at Dublin and Lou.goren, and was tuu;.. like Mr. Dillon, a target for three pro,ora tions at one tune. I.». ovoring t heir blun der the govern incut announced tiie abandonment of the Liughrea and To n plomoro prosecutions, lull they are not al lowed to get out of the mess so simply. Curious developments maybe looked lor to-morrow, when the Dublin police court opens. Dillon and O’Bri u will not he there, and the easo against them cannot be heard until their bodies are pro duced. They will have gone to tlio Loughrea court instead, accompanied by counsel, there to insist on tho ease against them being formally dismissed l>y the magistrates, and to apply for a sum mons against Inspector Davis, the drunken policeman, who tlirottiod John Dillon md E rubbed his money, aud who instituted the oughrea prosecutions. After making a criminal charge against Mr. Dillon and his friends, uiul committing robbery with vio lence, the inspector is to be allowed quiet ly to let the matter drop. But he is bound under a bail of ikiJO to appearand prose cute, and if he docs not a motion will bo made to entreat his recognizance Mean while the fun will ho to Roe what the gov ernment wil t do about tiie contempt of tho Dublin court shown by Dillon and O’Brien. EXPECTING THE SUPPRESSION. It is not unlikely that to-morrow’s i.-’iuo of United Ireland will be suppressed. As I write the desks here iu the ofll :a of that paper are being cleared for aoti >.i, as in deed they iiuv ■" j. eu over./ press night Ibr weeks p ist. All copy is destroyed as fast as it is set. P A,UN 12 r.r, IMPIP IV t 'TO. Mr. Parnell’.-: very soriou-. ittne-v has cast a gloom ov. r n.i ud, alt' ioug l it, is re is sur iug for us to know that he is steadily re covering. He lias had a narrow escape. For weeks he was forbidden to .see a vis itor or look at a newspaper, aud even now his physician, who iso.ie or the most emi nent practitioners in London, enjoins ab solute quiet if ho i: to me."I sufficiently to take Iiis place at the opening of parlia ment. T. 1’. Gill, 1 i. 1*. SOME OF DOSE SAYINGS. 1))- l’*rl Dumler. 1 vhns better to do a big peesness In a shmall shtorc dau to do a stimuli peesnesa ill a big slitore. Some folks vhas sooch kiekeis dot dey complain of dcr sbniall sizo of apple cores. Many a coon dot ish kiltoop a treo could hnf got avhny all right on der groundt. Vhen he vhas w ell enough let him alone. I haf took notis dot dose peoples who borrow der moos’ tea und coffee und sugar from deir neighbors, borrow der least troubles Ibr domselves. Der family who doun’ provide for a raiuy day vhill sooneror later see sooch a dry time as nefer vhus. Sometimes Truth goes out to take a walk and meets Gossip, but dcr pair nefer comes home together. I boiler dot if I vhas vhort $10,000,000 I could feel sorry for der troubles ot dor whole worldt. Good Luck vhas aomepody who vhill help a fool ash queek as a wise man. Suo- cem vhas dcr rew'ard of liardt vhork und perseverance. Dcr lccdle children dot we see aroundt us vhas dcr rain drops dot keep der hearts of men from becoming parched and dusty. One half dcr peoples goes up a ladder to look for a prize vhioli vhas under dcr house all der time. Maype it was petter for us dot we haf some troubles. If not, tings happen vho peeome so happy dot vhe melt avhay and dorsidevhiilk vhas all grease. Kind vhords cost nothings; dot’s why so many of us carry such u sthock of ’em. Der working man who lias good credit milder grocer and butcher vhill always pe a poor man. People vhill look for orangon in a cab bage field, und pecause no oranges vhas found, dot same peoples are determined not to appreciate cabbage. Truth vhas a big thing, but derc vhns sometimes vhen a big lie vas vhort two of him to make der family all right,. Dot vhas mine experience nut philosophy. FATALLY SHOT. James Cook Shoots Robert llesposlto Through (lie Head nl Niov Orleans. New Orleans, December 21.—To-night a fatal difficulty occurred in n bar-room between Robert Desposito and James Cook, in which Desposito received a bullet in the brain. Tho two men were old enemies. Cook and John McFarland were taking a drink, when Desposito, accompanied by a friend, entered. Words ensued almost im mediately between Cook and Desposito, and revolvers were drawn. Cook managed to wrest Desposito’s weapon Irom his hands before a shot was tired, and a pause, ensued. Then Cook, with the exclamation, “ We might as well settle the matter now,” deliberately presented his pistol and Ureil. Tho bullet struck Des- nosito behind the left ear and lodged in tlio brain. He was taken to the hospital and is not expected to live through the night. ... After tiring the fatal shot Cook threw liia 'summon them’to I pistol behind some barrels and walked away, lln bus not yet been arrested. Des- poiito was a well known man in ward poli tics and tiail held a number of minor ulUcex. He had been ill several shooting i-napes, and,is uccrrditpd with the death of two men. Cook is also a fighting man, a cid is said to be a tough customer. Dr. J. S. Combo, OweiiOviJJp.. OHio, snyss “l have /*iven hJcoit’K i. Isi a of Cud Liver Oil with IIypopboHphiu.0 to four pa tients with better resvits than Roomed pos sible with any remedy. All were hovedi- tar.y cas 'H of luii&r disease, and advanced to that stage when Coughs, pain in t he chest, freqnont breathiny, frequent pulse, fever and e maeiation. Al! these eases have in creased in weight from 10 to 2S lbs., and are not now needing any medicine.” dec-1 tu th sal se&w 4w UiiftpprcHative. “Como with me, und I’ll make you th® happiest man on earth,” said u Orst-class, yet witty bum to an old war horu« of tho bum fraternity. “Whar you goin’?” “Never mind, pard; come with me, aud I’ll make your mouth wa'er.” “Nixie, cull,” replied the bum: “Any thing that would make my mouth water would tantalise my tongue. Make it rum and I am yours.” ^ When very young children arc deprived of their natural nourishment it Ls ditlicultr to procure u proper substitute therefor; hence tho alarming mortality among iu- f«*nts. MelJin’s Food, which in recom mended by the highest, medical authori ties, lias been prepared to meet this very want. duel 1 t!i,U>.Mit,s<.&w An Inhuman .Uothwr. 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These things may cover some defects, but there ib an absence of “the denial litm-ss of things.” There are lmndredd of ladies whose lives are ebbing slowly away, at d leaving them “\vr* cks of their former solve*,” w ho might be saved from this “living death” by the use of that invigor ating tonic, riv/ilVs Specific. Them arc a number of the finest looking ladies in At lanta to-day who, a few years ago, were perfect physical wrecks, but whose health has been restored by this won derful remedy. No one who looks upon their magnificent for/ns and cfinerful count.inanc.i3 to-day would v.m- i aa^aTouffit^by'relied picion that thus,: were the parties who a j n .;; m and the little cherub awake! Fairfucld, Mo., August 29,188G.—G. O. Green, Dear Sir—Your Ague Conqr*.*rof knocks tiie Chills anil Dumb Ague every ! time. I warrant every bottle and it never 1 fails. I have cured cases where quiuina had no effect whatever. Yours truly, ! act 12 d & vr 1 v W. H. 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