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/ ♦ O O XT iSTT "Z - jr ! p d* fe/ r / t IB '8T' s - V' A ♦ SSI AND t'MtsnrElt ASCK. OVU MOTJOs iNDimmv, • kCONOJIlt EDITORIAL NOTES* Gins. Dumont, Supervising Inspector of steam vessels, reports the ace denis for the year, thirty four; livra lost, 284; passengers carried, 475,000,000, of which number one in 1,760,000 perished. A recent official report says that the mercury in South. Australia often rise3 in summer to 115 degrees in the shade, and this has been exceeded on several occasions. In January, 1862, it reached *1** d egrees, and. in January, 1882, it was 180—wdyYVirty-two degrees below boil ing—in the sun. The army of pensioners amounting to 303,658 are classified as follows: Army invalids, 198,648; ermy widows, minor children, and dependent relatives, 74,374; navy invalids, 2,468; navy widows, minor children, and dependent relatives, 1,907; survivors of he war of 1812, 4,831; widows of those who served in the war of 1812, 21,336. Few peop’e reflect upon the fact that the Indians are the richest landholders in the United States. We have 237,066 of them, e i elusive of .he Alaska Indians, holding 151,897,768 acres of land Some of the tribes own 3,000 acres pBr Indian The average is about one square mile to each Indian, while a white man is not al’owed to pre-empt more than 160 acres of the public land. Professional sword swallowers per¬ form, apparently, startling faats, but it is a well-known fact that the back parts of the mouth are capable of becoming, through habit, accustomed to abnormal contacts. By constant practice the sword swallower accustoms his pharynx to the contact of large objects, such as sword*, canes and even billiard cues. This ac¬ complishment, however, is acquired only, by gradual and painful efforts. Gov. Crosby recommends to Congress, the Secretary of i the Interior, ?j£ in; ;a^ittc^-aH*ng down ofi *21 Indian reservations,. now covering two fifths of the area of Montana, to the actual wants of the 18,600 Indians, and throwing the lands open to settlement He urges relief for the Black Feet,North Blegans, Assinaboines and Grosventres, and also that schools for the education of Indians in agricultural pursuits bo established. John Griffin Carlisle was born September 5, 1835, in Kenton county, Ky., just across the river from Cincin¬ nati. After receiving a good academic education he studied law with Hon. John W. Stev nsou aud Judge Wm B. Kinkead, and began thepracticein 1857. He was elected to the legislature in 1859, to the State Senate in 1866, and again in 1869, resigning in 1871 to make the race for lieutenant governor, and wa# successful. In 1876 he was elected to congress, aDd has been re-elected at each succeeding election since. * Tatti’s brevet husband is Signor Nicolini. Nilssin is the widow of M. Rozeaud. Gerstor is the widow of Dr. Gardner, and has a baby ten months old. Scalchi, is the Countess Lilli in real life. Mme. Pappenheim is Mme. Ahren. Ellen Terry is Mrs. Kelley. Mme. Va leria bears the unromaotic name of Mrs H R. Percy Hutchinson; hat husband is a very matter of fact manufacturer in the north of England Sembrich ,is Mme Stengle in private . life, and ia an Austrian P,.le , she is a proficient violin p ayer, and sometimes accompanies herself on that instrument in opera She is twenty four years olfl. THE Brooks comet of l8l2 is now visi¬ ble in the evening. It is in the north¬ west, and i# pursuing a path that will soon bring it into the constellation of cygnus in which the swan is across the milky way. On December 13th it will reach the maximum brightness of 1812, and by the 14th of January will become four times brighter. Its closest approach to the eun will be oo January 25th, after which it will be seen no more for seventy ene years It has shown some remarks* ble feature unknown in any other count. About the 20th of September it bright¬ ened rapidly and threw out a considera¬ ble tail. The light was of unusual den¬ sity, and, at one time, became of a smoky color. In a few diys the tail and bright* ne«8 suddenly disappeared, Several times since a feeble tail has been ob _eerved to form an I fade again. While there are cr wds of N w York doctors who barely make a living, some of the most successful phyeioiaua enjoy magnificent incomes. Among the lucky ones may be mentioned Lefris&tfrtj who makes ft specialty of deformities. His iueome is about $40,000 a year F; Qalliard, the leading gynecologist. makes a large sUm annual y. Austin Flint, Sr., the well known author and practitioner, makes *80,000 oAt of lungs and livera Others run as fol owe. Cornelius *gnew, eye and ear, 120,000." r.ii.Thomas, diseases of women, $50,000; W; Alfred Loomis, fev re, 1*5,0001 Hammond, nervous diseases, $35,000; J. M, Carnoehan. sUrgery of the bone. $25,000. Abraham Jawbi, diseases of children, $25,000. From these figures it will be seen that those who reach the top of the proiession reap a rich rew rd for their lab or*. A few facts about the professional tours of theatrical people are Interesting. In this country there are now 22? theatri¬ cal companies on professional touts, em¬ bracing, say, 4,'86 members. The fol¬ lowing figures will show the expenses of these traveling*companies i Transporta¬ tion, 11,221,000! hotel bills, »2,8,0,000! hauling bargige, eto , $560,000 ; salaries and incidentals, $8,400,000; total out¬ lay, $12 981,000, These companies play on shares, receiving about 65 ;>er eent of the nightly gross receipt*. Some of the leading attractions make as much as $50,000 ayear clear profit In order to lessen th hardships of these professio al tourists it is proposed to build special cars for the companies in which they can live and travel. It isbel eved that such a car could be run for $175 a week. Un¬ der this system probably $1,200,003 in hotel bills could be saved. The London Lancet thinks that the reuewed and steady occurrence of fresh cases of cholera in Alexandria affords new grounds for anxiety and watchful* ness. It is true that the epidemic was stamped out, but cholera has a tendency to sustain itself after an outbreak la one season by a series of scattered cases lead-* iug to another epidemic in reported the following season The oases* now from Ale andria are of a modified type, but it has beea found that these are precisely the cases which constitute th > links be¬ tween one epidemic and another. The laxity of sanitary administration follow¬ ing an epidemic will doubtless increase the prediqjosing causes of cholera, aud the authorities of Alexandria cannot be too energetic in their endeavors 1o re¬ move these causes. A traveler speaks of meeting a seb sol of pompanos in Southern Florida. His yacht ran into the school and the fishes immediately left the water, flying like birds over the yacht. A numbei * f fishes have similar habits. The gar fish has a habit of rising in the air and cours¬ ing along for a hundred feet or more. The ordinary flying fish is well known. One of the cuttle fishes is called the fly¬ ing squib. Tnis fish sometimes hurls himself sixty feet in the air. In New England aspideris frequently seen flying in th# air. It ejects six little threads of 3iik from its body and by flapping it mana es to keep afloat. Certain species of monkeys and squirrels are able to fly like biids. Recently in the Malay coun¬ try a frog has been discovered that has a habit of flying. Its feet kre provided with enormous webs which act as para¬ chutes. The c immittee on ways and means is considered by far the most important of the committees. It frames ail tariff legislation befo r e being presented for the action of the house, and to it all bills of that nature, and all bills relating to the general financial condition of the country, ar# referrod Its duty i*, as indicated by the name, to look after the “ways and means” of providing the fund# for the supportof the government. In other words, it assumes the position ordinarily occupied by the husband in the family, o providing the “where¬ withal” for the support of the family, while the position of wife is filled by the commiltes on appropriations, who spend the money. To be sure, the duty of the Utter committee is to make th se app opriations j st as light as (hey can consistently be when the children of he household—the heads of the various department#—make known their wants. But is not that the duty of the wife as well?___ The reckless squandering of our pub¬ lic domain excites general complaint Last year 20.OJ0.0OU acres were dis¬ posed of The public domain a'quired from France, Spain, Texas, Mexico, Russia, and by cession from the States was about 1,852,310,00) acres, costing $322,000,000, 0? this the gov- CARNESVILLE. .! JANUARY 5, 1884. ernfoetit has deceived back about $200,000,01)6. The sales hdve been 200 000,000, wh le 370,000.000 acres have «way. Nearly all the land remaining in thd htinde of the govern *««»t is df little value couiparcd with ihe territory disposed of. Under the timber culture law and tne homestead * ot > il > 8 claimed that n criminal neglt gepce of administration has placed mit lion » of acres io rte hands of land shark#. Bona fide s ttlers are in a minority, and vagabond squatters and timber thieve are numerous. In Alaska a Bettler instead of being confined to 160 acre* is allowed under various laws to take 1,120 acre*. So even in that re¬ gion the land is being too rapidly taken NoRfailftN men who rushed into cot¬ ton planting in the southwest directly alter the war, lost heavily, but those who turned their attention to the cul¬ ture and manufacture of sugar were more successful. Three sons and heirs of Oakes Ames are now running u« Millundon plantatloii on the west side of thbJiississippi, three miles above Gretna, Louisiana. Their manager is a Maine man, who has been directing tae estate for many year*. This plantation em ploys 140 hands In the sugar house and cane fields. The machinery in all of the heavy order. The Ames brothers eulti vate about two square miles of land and all the equipments of the plantation are perfect. Among other c nveniences they have their own tramway cars to convey the cane from any part of the fields to the mill. By ths use of improved ma¬ chinery these manufacturers have been enabled iu the years ’79, ’SO, ’81, ’82, to get a larger percentage of juice each suc¬ cessive,, oar, thus: Sixty-two and 2 lOths pounds t * 100 pounds of cane; 64 and 9 lOths pounds to 100 pounds of cane; 67 and l-10th, *nd69 and 7 lOths This may be an exceptional p notation, but there is n i reason why the conditions ef its operation » l&il d not become general n the sugar g rojri ing a ctfiou. Several of the leading scientists of Europe have recently discussed the g rm theory of contagious disease from various standpoints. The opinion i exp-essed that in anticipation of the assault of in fective organisms an effort will lie made to introduce into the body substances which, though small in amount, slia 1 so affect the blood and t agues as to render them unfit for the development of the contagions. Subsequent to the * ssault of the parasite the experimenter will in¬ troduce substances which shall effectual¬ ly stop its multiplication. It is believed that such substances have been f mnd, Alkaline sulphides, introduced into the body, are said to act powerfull y upon the con agia of marsh fever, typhoid, mili¬ tary fever, puerperal fever and smallpox. An Italian physician is experimenting with arsenic as a preventive of malaria. It is his intention to collect a large number of animals assailable by the dis¬ order, and, after dividing them, he will treat one group with arsenic, and leave the other without treatment, and then determine by inoculation experiments whether ar enic really possesses the power it is supposed-to possess, The re suit of these experiments will be looked foe with intense interest. GESTERAL NEWS. Texas contains three lunatic asylums Thr average in Texas is one hanging to thirty murders. The Penitentiary farm in Montgom¬ ery is ordered for sale. Fruit dry ng promises to be a leading industry in Piedmont, Va. Boone county, Ark , is filling up with immigrants from Mississippi Fourteen negroes will occupy seats in the Mississippi Legislature. A valuable vein of iron ore has been discovered in Farquier county, Va. A citizen of Micanopy, Florida is about to set out forty acres in olives. The Birmingham machine shops will etn ploy six hundred able bodied men. Arkansas has a district of eight coun¬ ties io which there is not a single saloon At the end of the year Alabama will have a surplus in the Treasury of $250, 000 . The farmers of Alabama are said to be more economical now than ever be fore. The Crump coifl mine, near Cnarloite N. C , has been sold to Boston capital ists. Bushels of pearl buttons are being turned out by the button factory daily at Pea Tenn. Nhw thoimnd pounds of Guava jelly have been manufactured by Ca tain Terry., df Yalaho, Fla., this season. • Th:.bR arb i (JJO tierniaiis iii Charles¬ ton, find they are said to bxert a very betjeficial influence upon the coramu nity,. '1 h j new bridge being bul t Across the Chick 'sahaj» river, eas. of Bhubuta, fell p^ntly, when it was nearly com pletctl Tiij? T range nucb larger crop of than Louisiana antici- this year was patbe quality of the fruit is ex |eelient. Tm. tinted States Fish Commi-sion lias mule Vtlanta’ its distributing poitlt forthe'B mtlieast, and has established rtn agmc^Uye e. flostonnium A F.iB’n of eiglity-fiVe factnrers have arrived in Ildeigli, and willpu.ceed arolina. to investigate the resouree of Ixprvk C Mlrsii the completion of the new at watetlffpply tesisp veil at Charleston, S C, the will be increased to 800, 000 jsjlons, about four times what it snow* Ar£9' dinner given by the Medical Club jin Montgomery, Ala., last week, the gujjts appeared in knee breeches, black ilk stockings, patent-leather low cut slips and hue les. Mid V. M. Diggles, of New York, has inlsi In Augusta, Ga . pr spectiJig, wl h a vi«w to establishing a fi ',000 spindle .cotton factory, for the maim facturi ;r ol fine fabrics. Nom i Carolina will levy no State tax lie t year. The Western North Carolin Railroad company will pay in to the ti *asury $600,000,which sum v ill carry th State government. T«e P. King mill of Augusta commeilred baling goods yesterday for the marpt. andUighty The mill lias 26,500 spin¬ dles looms, and is very com ple'e. Tie company has a capital of $1,000, TitB btethplace of Admiral Raphael ,7. centtrai SejgfMs, in Washington, Ga., SeLmOtt was re for'$2,O0O. The family were among the founders of tae Catholic church in that town. It is a quaint obi chapel, which stands next to their hffSacsteaJs. Tub bjard of health of New York city has been endeavoring to sue out at. inj against the sale at auction of “Pjf vfiey teas,” which are well known to be adul erated. The importation of Ping Bticy teas amounts to one bird of all the teas that arrive in the New York market The cotton weighers of Galveston county, Tex., have filed suits ag insc merchants in the city of Galveston claimhig damages because the merchants had employed private parties to do their weighi»g of cotton. The cases will be watched with interest, as they involve some very important points. A MiMBER of the National Butter, Cheese and Egg association, in session at Cin&unati, said in the course of an address that the annual value of the butte coproduct of the Uniied Suites is *302,000,Out); the che.-se pro Lie* $36,060,00), and eggs and poultr, amouate 1 to about the same. As Mrs. Whiting steppsd out of her residence in Baton Rouge one night re¬ cently, she felt something windin aroufflttSTfe of her lower limbs. Sh screamed and shook off the reptile, which, when killed, was discovered to be two feet in length, and of the spec'n-s known as the highland moccasin, which is very poisonous 1 H|g_Shipment of cattle from Massa¬ chusetts to Florid.', without any change of cats, is a considerable undertaking, but iUias been successfully done. On Monday the first through car of cattle passei over the Charleston and Savan¬ nah r.ilway. It was consigned to John Bradford of Tal ahassee and contained thirjy- ix head of fine Ayrshire and Jersiy cattle, valued at $1,800. The deputy commissioner of interna tvdiue says that, the internal taxes al (fitly collected, for the present fisca 1 veaJ are at the rate of $123,000,000 per aiinfm. He estimates that the collec¬ tion* for the entire year will amount to aboil $130,000,0)0. This estimate in¬ cludes between six and seven millions to nd'?May, be collected in special taxes in April but does not include au in reasc which is anticipated for spirits creed out of bond. A Kansas miller drowned himself in hismiilpoud because a dam he had birJt failed to collect, water enough good tmu the wheel. He exhibited souse. Some men would have gone liaise and jawed their wives and t !*f dogs clear acroe# the room.— riit'jim Herald. PECK’S BAD BOY. THE BOYS PI, AY “AV 11,11 WEST" SHOW. The Unit Hoyt* bn LnMrtu M Cow. nmt Hem Pulled Aruuml In .Host I’rninlseiimis Marnier. (From the Milwaukee 8un.j “You See ” said the had boy to the gro¬ cery man, “all of us boys 111 the Bill neighbor¬ hood wanted to have a Buffalo Sh”Wi and pa gave us ; emission to uso the back yard, and he said he would come out and help us. Yon know that Boston girl that was visiting at our house, with the glasses on ? Well, she went climatois home the next day* She says this too wild fot" her. Yon see, we boys all fixed up as Indians, and we laid lor some one to come out of the house, to scalp, the way they do *u the show. We heard ft' rustle of female garments, and all hid, and when the -Boston girl camo out to pick sotne pansies in isa’s flower¬ bed, wc captured her. You never see fl girl so astonished as shfl Was. We yelled ‘yip-yip’ and I took hold of one of her hands and my chum took hold of the other, nud her bangs raised right up, and her glasses fell off and she said ‘Oil, yon “Wo hoWwid tilings.* lair in the hen took her to our house and tied her to a tin tain water Conductor that camo down by the cor¬ ner of the barn and then we danced a war danco aroiiud her, and yelled ‘kl yi,’ until she persj fired. I took my tomahawk and lifted her hair and hung it on the chicken roost, and then I made a speech to her in Indiau. I said: “ ‘The pale faced maiden from the rising sun is in the hands of Her the Apaches, brothers and they yearn for gore, and fathers alid uncles, the Indian agents, have robbed the children of the forest of their army blankets and canned lobster, and the red man must be avenged, But wo will not harm the pretty white maiden, except to burn her to the stake. Wliat has she to say ? Will she give the red men taffy, or will she burn ?’ “Just then pa oomes out with a cis¬ tern pole, and he rescued the white maiden, and said wo mustn't be so rough. Then the girl said she would give us all the taffy we wanted, and she went in and she and ma watched nil from the back window. Pa he watched ns rob a coach, and he said it was first rate. The man that collecta. the ashes roafl tflie alloy,horsB and wagon, lie h’ld juot ftadod1-op, auiLgot. Indians on the wagon, when two of my took the horse by the bits and four of driver ns mounted of a clay the pipe wagon and and a pocket robbe^ comb, the and a knife, but lie saved his ashes by promising never to reveal the names of the robbers. Pa just back laughed, hi# knife when and we gave the ash man things, and said he hadn’t bml so much fun in a long time. Then we were go ing to lasso a wild Texas steer, and ride it, the way they did in the show, and pa snld that was ivbere he came in bandy, He said he could throw a lasso chum’s just like a cow-boy. We got my pa’# cow out of the barn, and drove her up the alley, and pa stood there with a clothes fine, with a big noose in and the threw end, and he headed off the cow the lasso. Well, you’d a died to see pa sweep things out of the alley with liis pants. The cow was sort of soared whon wo drove her up the alloy, cause I guess she thought it was time she was milked, and when pa stepped out from behind the barrel and thro wed the rope around her neck, I guess she thought it was all day with her, for she turned and galloped, First pa followfd (he cow down the alley sitting down, and about abushelof ashes got up his trowsers leg, and the tomato cans and old oyster cans flew around like a cyclone « blowing. get Us out Injins of the climed up on the fences to way, and that senred the cow move, and she snatched pa along too quick. I yelled to pa to let go of the rope, and just as the cow drawed him under a wagon he let go, and the cow took the clothes line home. Pa got up and shook ike ashes out of his trowel 1 * legs anil picked up a piico of hoard and started back. You never saw a tribe ol Indians got scared so-quiek ns we did. As I went in the lien coop and got under a barrel I heard pi say: (lie •• -That tuists mi Buffalo Bill land ness. No moro wild steer lassoing fo> your uncle Ike.’ “■Well, no one was (o blame bul pa. He thinks he can do every thin g, and when he tries it and get* tangled, lie lavs it to me. We went out- on the street with our tom-hawks when pa went in to brush hims reservation, ir, join disbanded, and went to our and piece reigns again, and the Boston girl has gone home with an idea that* w, are all heathens out west.” Planting Fituir T’rkfh. — Sufficient has beeu said ou autumn planting hi for¬ mer months. How long it may the be con¬ tinued will fh-penfl soil upon good condition season. Win rover .lie is in treis may still be planted, but by no means should they he set if the ground is partly frozen aud unfit to come in con¬ tact with the roots. In such condition ot the soil it will lie better to hocl-iu tjje trees until spring. A Chicago man wanted a divorce be¬ cause lli* wife persisted’ laughed in singing him. hymns. The Court just his had at nnd he would have lost case not his lawyer summoned the wife to the witness stand aud started her singing. At the cud of the fifth verse the Court threw up the spronge and the divorce wne granted. VOL. XI. NO. 51. IF. If yon year lips Would keep from slips, Flro things observe with care; Of whom yon speak, To whom you speak, And how, and when, and where. It you your earn Would who from jeers, These things keep meekly hid; Myself snd I. And mine and my, And how I do or did. —Uhrigtian Ailvocnt*. WIT AM) WISDOM. Our content is our best having. Keep potatoes in a oool, dark, place. Apple# keep best on shelves. Lemon-juice will usually remove mil¬ dew; place the fabric in the sun. A handsome woman pleases the eye, but a good woman charms the heart. Btay not until you are told of oppor¬ tunities t-o do good; inquire after them. Love without i steem cannot reach far, nor rise very high; it is au angel with but one Whig. “Yks,” said the merchant, “I’m .iu a great hurry. I've got to go and wait au hour in a barber’s shop.” A Liti’le Rook man found a cake ol soap and for days carried it us a curi¬ osity, as nobody could tell what it w;is. “It's a weigh l have,” remarked’ the butcher as he Id his hand rest on tlio sorties while weighing the meat. He whose first emotion, on the vjew of au excellent production, is to under¬ value it, will never have one of his own to show. “The dog has queer taste in matters of dress; lie weark his pants in his mouth.” YeB, and the man’s pants, too, sometimes. It is said that a hot shovel held over furniture removes white spots.- It will also remove young gentlemen callers when they stay tot* lute. ■ ' Nothing is so great an instance of ill manuers as flattery. If you, flatter all the company, you please nouo. affront If you flatter only one or two, you the rest. When you ask the old gentleman how his daughter is coining on, and lie iras¬ cibly snaps back at and you. let * • \Y ,nll enough , )uv adVice well (jl p lt - OFA Nw sww-mig peopKwTeb w a VuluiAdlry sra. g err i ug ^ ,L they do dmLvjd Wrong, upo HO £ gobd to 'he co|ul but for proiam.y tU ‘f » “° e ™ Gent— Ah, Mrs. „ B., R ... Old um you m keep a diary ilunng your visit to the country ? Mrs. B., indignantly-- "No, sir, 1 did., t. The family bought uiilk from the neighbors. , - At the roadmaster’s olfico a fow days since a report of material used was re ceived wi’h this indorsement: “Charge to Mrs. Lane’s account.” Investigation roved that miscellaneous account was tended. Pat was quite right when he said tint it is a great blessing that night.‘never urnes on in the middle of tlio day to in ^rfere ‘‘1tli an honest man’# work, but always when the day’s work is over and tellow is all tired out. Howells and Mark Twain are to com Wne wrjte n book on American humor- Wo Hindi get out of the busi ritfht away, while we are yet safe, American humor won’t f tand much more writing about. —Lowell Citizen. m i,a«»" 'looted a M,ul,son avenue mhi o his wife. I8 > r ‘ I’ mmf who ^ tones. “For instance, . the » aiways h^d some money to ins wife for fal clothes She won. It must be admitted-ami tlio foot is greatly to our credit—-that Lord Chief Justice Coleridge is being lionized al most as much in this country as the English prize lighters ami pedestrians Her who preceded liim.— NorxUtmim, ahl. A Little Coal Mink.— Dick Luke is the owner of a whole coal mine in Michigan, and yet lie is not much of a capitalist, for it is a very small prop* e rty. He personally works thJrbnly tfio ttin nel, into wliiflh he craw Is in morn isg, to get put au average of a ton of coal before night, % Not Superstitious,' Bui Afraid I stood at the corner of LaSalle and WaslifugtoTi streets the other day, with says a Chicago correspondent, talking the accident a Board of Trade man about which laid up Mr. Vanderbilt lor a few days. “It reminds of Mr. Blank,” ho me said, naming one of Chicago s heaviest speculators—a millionaire. “Do you know why he will never trust himself behind a cam of horses, except ou a knew lie bad that peculiarity, ’ “Never I replied.- “Yes,” be * continued, “and ho J R pas¬ sionately fond “f liovses, too. He used to own some of the flues) siocit In Chi¬ cago, and drove a h am that would beat Charlie Schwartz’s. He wsh Ea#t for a rest a couple of roars ago, and knocking around tho-country ruth a party of friends came herons a gypsy camp. Just fur a lark th y all had their fortunes told, find nf er’ilie'gypsy had scanned the lines in ho hand, alio told him that he wa* 'Jest hied to die by aeonlout—by if a mn«W* teai"j He would, bo angry vnu eji 1< d 1dm RuperstitioUH,' but he iieveiiholes« sol-1 his horses ns in eoon a# lie oaioe home, tthd hasn’t l>eo* a bar riago Mime."