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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & 00.. Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1877.
VOL III. NO. 32.
NEWS SUMMARY,
Tim norm.
Oranges poll at fifty cents per hundred
in Columbus,
The peanut crop of Tennessee is 800-
000 bushel:
Texas has only two woolen mills to
work up the wool from her 2,500,000 sheep
The ice on the James river was twelvi
iuches, the thickest for twenty years.
The hog crop of south Alabama is
heavier thun it has been for fifteen year*.
The town of Oatmeal is near*Hack-
bone valley, Texas.
n moth sponge that was found
I Florida in twelve fc«
and weighs
eteen pound*.
calculated Unit the protestunt
churches of MtiupbU will seat ten thou
people.
A New York company has established
a tannery at Chattnuoogn, and proposes
expend 1260,000.
Mr. Hurke, of Denham, Texas, recove
rd $<1,000 from the Texas Central railroad fi
broken arm, at Chnppell Hill.
The Home iron compauy, Chattanooga,
I enn., work* five hundred and eighty-five
hands, nnd turns out six hundred and five
tons of rails per week.
A colored woman, of Bellton, Va., left
her nineteen-montii-oid-cbild sloue in
cabin, and uu old sow entered and ate it up,
nil except an arm nnd the head.
The property suit of Mrs. Myra Clark
Gains, that baa been in court for more than
forty years came up for trial before Judge
Billing*, in the United States circuit cour
nl New Orleans, last Monday.
'I he following bill concerning the uni
venity of Vlrgl nlu has been reported to th«
legislature of the shite. Ruth prof emio
shall receive a stated salary not exceeding
*1,000, nnd also such additional oompensa-
fion out of the fees ns the visitors may from
(hne to time direct. He shall nlso have as
signed to him by the board one of the pavil
ions of the university, or other suitable res
idence (or commutation therefor, nnd such
other accommodation m the said board may
prescribe.
1*ampas* (Texas) Dispatch : We learn
from every .|iiarter of our county, snd the
same may be said of all the adjacent coun
ties, tliat a very much larger crop of corn,
cotton amt small grains will will bo planted
this year than ever before. TUo old rattier*
have added largely to their fields, Improved
their fences and bouses, aud added many
comforts and conveniences to their houses.
In sotuc localities half a dozen new settle
ments may be seen at one view, where n
\car ago, no Riga of improvement had been
Charleston News nnd Courier: The
vessola in this harbor on Saturday last were
about eighty-five in uumher, of which three
were steamships, eight ships, fifty-one barks,
twelve brigs and tohoonera. Twenty-two
were under the flag of the United .States,
thirty-one of Great Britain, fifteen of Nor
way, eight of Spain, five of Germany, two
of Russia nnd one of Sweden. Twenty were
loading for Liverpool, sewn for the conli
foui
for Ilnv
for Bn reel oi
two for the United Kingdom,one for Amster
dam, and the balance for domestic porta.
The Am them Mcthvdist publishing
house, at Nashville, is said to be in financial
distress. The Nashville Bonner, of the 16th,
says of the concern, that the bishops and
book committee have decided to cut down
salaries, collect old debts, urge cash sales, ex
tend no credit, and issue. $200,000 worth of
seven per cent, bonds, running twenty years,
with the privilege of redemption in three
years, secured by mortgage on the property,
with the first $100,000 sold, take up the old
mortgage and reduce the interest, nnd sell
m> much of the rest as may be necessary,
with the general collections nnd other avail
able means, pay.ofl the floating debt. The
house will thus lie relieved and put again on
the high road of prosperity ami usefulness.
A telegram from the Tongue river con-
toument says that, December 17th, five
prominent Sioux chiefs approached the post
about noon with a flag of iruce. When
within a few hundred yards of the post, and
before their approach was known to a single
officer or soldier of the garrison, they were
pounced upon and killed by Crow scouts
who belong to the post. Gen. Miles was in
dignant beyond measure at the bloody
tragedy, both on account of its atrocity and.
by reason of the possible importance of
their mission.
roRKivx.
Edwin Adams, reported dead in Aiu>-
think* he is alive.
Russia and Turkey are eagerly bnving
up American revolvers and rifles. By Die
Colt machinery bought by Gen. Gorloff al
ready 3,000,000 rifles have been turned out;
Russia has imported 100,000 Smith A Wessen
revolvers and 20,000.000 cartridges, to say
nothing of 400,000 cartridges manufactured
daily in Russia from American machines.
Meanwhile Turkey has contracted in Rhode
Island for 800,000 Martini-Henry rifles, of
which 250,000 have already been shipped,
and 100,000 more arc ready for export.
The emancipation of Brn/.ilion slaves
is progressing in a slow but continuous mun«
ner, according to recent statistic*. In the
province of Goya* the 8,000 slaves registered
in 1872 had, on the 31st of December, 1875,
become reduced to 7,888 by 357 deaths, 222
liberations and 436 removals. At the same
date there existed 921 freeborn children of
slave*. In the province of Pernambuco,
dnring the same four years, the 106,201 slaves
diminished 3,386 by deaths and 1,049 by
emancipations. From .September 28, 1871,
to the end of December last the number of
children of slaves born free under the law
of 1871 was 12,312, of whom 2,802 died, leav
ing 9,510. In the province of Han Paulo
there died, from April, 1872, to the end of
1875, of the 147,746 slaves registered, 8,561,
and 3,410 were emancipated. In 111 of the
151 parishes the freeborn births were 18,176,
of whom 5,861 had died.
HlNCRI.L.tNMlIM.
The transfer to the state* of Michigi
New York ami North Carolina of the ci
nnd custody of the Indians nnd their lauds
lu those states, will probably soon be made.
Prof. Seelyc’s bill providing for such t
fer having been favorably reported. The
number of these Indians Is about 17,000, of
whom 2,000 are in Mlchigm, 6,COO lu Nev
York nnd 10,000 In North Carollun. They an
quite civilized, and their transfer to the cap
of those states will most likely prove to b«
the first steps in|the progress of their nbsorp
tion into the body politic.
The Itulinn office publishes a dispatch
dated January 12th, from Lord Carnarvon
Indian secretary in the absence of Lord
Salisbury, to Lord Lytton, government-gen
eral of India. It requests that a weekly
summary be henceforth sent by telegraph,
Riving the main facts in regard to the famine,
l*ord Carnarvon, in summing up the infor
mation he has received hitherto, considers it
alarming, ami says that 840,000 people a
already employed on the relief works
Madras, nml 250,000 more in Bombay. T
government estimates show tlmt the farnli
in Bombay will gradually increase, reaching
its maximum in April, when n 1,000,000 p
sons will require relief, after which it will
gradually decrease. The districts nflectcd in
Madras raver 80,000 square miles, and con
tain a population of 18,000,000. In Bomba)
the famine in the stricken country coven
54,000 square miles, and has a population of
8,000,000, 5,000,000 of which are in dim
more immediately affected.
CONGRESSIONAL.
I nthe house on the 12th, alter the call of
committees for reports of a private nature,
the house went into committee of wliol
the privato ealnmler, Mr. Wilson [Iowa] in
the chair. Mr. Knott, chairman of the judi
ciary committee, reported on the case of
Barnes, the rcraloitant manager of the Now
Orleans Western Union telegraph office,that
Uie bouse has a right to compel the prodm
tion of telegrams by the officers of the tele-
graph company. Mr. Barnes was brought
before the house. He declared that lie is no
now in charge of the New Orleans office
but that should he again be placed in chargi
of that office, nnd should the telegram
demanded be there, be would w illingly pro
duce them. Witness made further answer
declaring that he waa perfectly willing to
produce the messages if he could do so. Mr.
Knott then offered a resolution declaring
the response of witness not sufficient,
nnd remanding him to the custody of the
Kcrgeant-nt-Hniis until be riinll have produced
the telegrams or been discharged by order
of the bouse. Adopted—yens, 131; nays, 72.
Mr. Knott, from the committee to ascertain
privileges of the house in the counting of
the electoral vote, made a report from tliat
committee, recommending the adoption of
the following resolutions: Resolved, That
the constitution of the United States docs
not confer on the president of the senate
power to examine nnd ascertain the votes to
be connted ns electoral votes for president
ddent of the United States.
•rate in regard to the electoral votes for
president and vice-president, is to receive
the sealed lists transmitted to him by the
several electoral clerks, nnd keep safe nnd
to open all certificates, or those purporting
to be such, in the presence of the senate and
house of representatives Resolved, That
the constitution does confer on lira senate
nnd house of representatives the power to
examine and aseertnin the votes to he
counted ns electoral votes. Resolved,
That in the execution of that power in re-
senate. Resolved, That in the n ...
the electoral votes no vote can be counted
against the judgment and determination of
the house of representatives. Resolved,
That the committee have leave to sit again
and report hereafter farther tnj
consideration of the bouse of . ,
tlvea. The report, together with the minority
report submlttfed by Mr. Rurchnrd (III.],
was ordered printed. Mr. Knott gave notice
that he would call up the resolution for ac
tion on Wednesday next. Mr. Knott also
asked that two additional members be ap
pointed on the committee to ascertain the
rights nnd privileges of the house of repre
sentatives in counting the electoral vote.
Hie speaker appointed Messrs. Field nnd
tawrence an such additional members. The
ipeakar laid before the bouse a message
from the president, stating how (he money
appropriated by the river and harbor bill
hus been expended. After a speech by Mr.
an, in which he severely criticised the
action of the president in regard to the bill,
the message was referred. Consent was
given to print the testimony taken by the
nittce on elections in South Carolina.
The house then adjourned until Monday.
In the house on the 15th, Win. Orton,
•resident of the Westen Union telegraph
ompsuy, was before the bar of the bouse,
o answer the charge of being in contempt
•f the house in not appearing before the
Ivouisinna investigating committee and pro
ducing certain telegrams. Mr. Ortoi
pleaded iline.i
for his
id the whole
. ind Orton v t
of the sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Atkins intro
duced a bill for the improvement of Tenues-
ice river. Adjourned.
In the house on the lfith, the resolu
tion to permit the committee on privileges
ind duties, of the house, to send for papers
and persons and to sit during the session of
e, was adopted. Yeas, 149; nays, 70,
Lynde, from the judiciary committee,
e a report relative to the refusal of
Messrs. Wells, Anderson. Cuasnnave and
Kerner, members of the I/Oiiisiann return-
ng board, to produce before the committee
>n elections in Louisiana, certain papers de
manded by said committee. The report con
cludes with a resolution directing the ser-
geaUat-anns to take into custody and bring
before the bar of the house the above named
gentlemen. A long discussion followed, and
the resolution went over until to-morrow.
Adjourned.
In the house on the 18th, h good deal
time was occupied in deciding the pre
liminary question as to whether the house
ihould proceed to the consideration of the
resolution reported last Friday from the
committee on privileges and duties of the
house in counting electoral votes, or that of
the compromise plan proposed. The repub
licans favored the latter and the democrats
the former. Finally a vote by yeas and nays
was taken, and resulted in yeas 141, nays 81
in favor of proceeding with the resolution
reported by Mr. Knott, chirman of the com
mittee on privileges, and Mr. Knott addressed
the house. Adjourned.
In the house on the 18th. a discussion
took place upon the resolution reported by
the judiciary committee iu relation to the
refusal of the members of the Louisiana
turning board to produce ocxtaiu papers
before the Louisiana special committee. Mr.
Cox, of New York, closed the debate by
saying that the state of Louisiana lies pros
trate, hut she Is just ns necessary now to the
great west, to the groat north, to the whole
country ns she was,nnd has a potential voice
In determining for this people who shall be
ourchicf executive. IxH us not. Mr. Speaker,
allow that voice to be throttled or despised,
and let us carry out the authority of con-
ureas to show the people that the voice of
Louisiana has been given for liberty, for
pence, for honesty, for the democracy
and for Samuel J. Tililen. The vote
was taken nuil the resolution for the arrest
of the members of the Louisiana returning
board nnd their production before the house
to answer for contempt was adopted by
strict party vote. Adjourned.
In the house'on the 19th, Mr, Hunton,
from tlio jndbliary committee, reported a
resolution discharging Win. Orton, presi
dent of the Western Union tolegraph com
pany. from the custody of the sergeant-nt-
arms. Adopted without division. The
house then went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Milllken (Kv.) in the chair,
the private calendar. When the commitU.
rose Mr. Foster submitted a report of the
conference committee on the bill to supply
the deficiency in t ho contingent fund of tho
house. Agreed to. Adjourned.
MHNATK.
In tlio senate on the 12th, Senator Fi
linghuysen presented a petition of perso
representing the finnncinl, commercial, mr
ufaoturlng and business interests of Newark,
New Jersey, asking that in counting the elec
toral vote all party consideration ho laid
wide, nud Hint pure, unselfish patriotism
guide the action of congress. The petition
was received, ami after a brief Npocch by
Senator Frelinghuysen, referred to a special
committee of seven senators, appointed to
consider tlio presidential difficulties. Senator
Thurman submitted a resolution Instructing
the committee on revision of laws to Inquire
into the propriety of providing lor the pub
lication of a new edition of the revised stat
utes, as corrected, and to include the laws
passed since 1873, and also the articles of
confederation ami constitution of the
United Slates. Agreed to. Senator I’addoek
Introduced a bill to authorize the removal of
the obstructions in the ohnuuol of Uie Mis
souri river, and to repair nml protect, the
levees nt Omalia, riattsmouth mid Browns
ville, Nebraska, and Sioux City ami Council
Bluffs, Iowa. Referred. It authorizes tho
secretary of war to expend tho sum of $76,-
<NK) in removing sand-bars ami other obstruc
tions In the channel of tho Missouri river,
letween Brownsville, Nebraska, nml Sioux
•ity. Iowa, nml $50,000 to repair tint lovers
at Oiuuhn, i’lnttsmuiith nnu Brownsville,
.ml Sioux City, ami Council
Senator Chaff.!e introduced a
-f stoves for hunting
niufls, 1.
o abolish flic ui
nger railroad ears. Referred. Senator
y submitted a joint resolution to amend
esoiutiou of July 3, 1875, authorizing
■crelnry of war to issue arms to certain
states aud territories, so as to provhlo for
Jbo issue of fifty hall cartridges for each firm
1. Referred. Senator Gordon intro-
! a bill to ereato a sinking fund for the
liquidation of the government liomln ad
vanced to the Western Pacific, railroad com
pany, the Central Pacific railroad company
of California, nnd to the Union* Pacific rail-
1 company, under tho not of July t, 1862,
tiie ants amendatory thereof, for the set-
lent of the claims of the government in
rd to snid bonds. Referred. Senator
lb called op the resolution submitted by
on Monday Inst in regard to counting
the electoral vote, nml spoke at length in
favor thereof. At tho conclusion of Senator
Booth’s remarks consideration was resumed
II to perfect tho revision of the
•f the United States. Senator Ham-
mendmeut, setting forth
‘ " * ‘ ilgheni
lubmitted
in detail the fees to be allowed
I gaugers, nml explained that it
purpose of making the revised statutes agree
witli the law as originally passed. The
amendment was agreed to and tho hill
passed. After executive session the senate
ndjoruued until Monday.
In tho Bciinto on 15th, a number of
bills of n private character were considered,
when the report of the committee on rules,
-proscribing new mles for tlio government of
Uie senate was taken p. Tho committee
sport an amendment the third rule so ns
» compel tlio attendance of absent senators
believer it shall be ascertained tbnt a quo-
mi is not present. The special committee
»inquire into the changes which have taken
place in the relative value of gold ami silver
til the 15th of February to re
unite then resumed consldera-
irport of the committee on rules.
Pending discussion the senate went Into ex-
nate on the 10th, wan occupied
with speeches in reference to the sending of
roops to Petersburg, Va., etc. Adjourned.
In the senate on tho 17th, during tho
norning hour, the senate passed a number
f private bills, after which Mr. Morton took
be floor and replied at length to the re-
inrks of Messrs. Johnson and Withers, of
Virginia, urn4c yesterday in regard to the
leunalion of Petersburg by the military on
o day ef the election for president. Con-
deration of the report of the committee on
e mien, revising the rules for the govern-
ent of the senate, was resumed. After ex
uded discussion upon the amendment pro-
•sed by the committee to compel the at-
ndenee of absent senators when necessary
make a quorum, the amendment was
;recd tc. The committee also reported an
aendmeiit, declaring that the vice-presi-
*nt shall by bis vote, determine a question
hen the senate is equally devided. After
ad, "May by Ids vote determine*,” and ns
nended was agreed to. The report of the
AMONG THE LKFEK8.
▲ Comnull; af BxUm In the Itlsad of
Volnknl.
Tho moat startling and extraordinary
community on tho face of this earth la to
l>o found on tho ialnnd of Alolokoi ouo
of tho amnll inlands comprising thin
group. Tho community ia composed of
tlio lepera found amongst tho inhahitanta
of tlio other islands nnd comncllod by
law to reaidoon Molokai. Of tho many
foreigners that visit Honolulu thoro are
few who have an opportunity
lopvr settlement. The gov
strict in granting permission, nnd but
few outride prominent journalists, scien
tific men and an occasional tourist of dis
tinction can recoiro tho necessary pass.
A WEIRD MP8IOA1. GREETING.
Tho passage bv steamer from llo
lu to the island of Alolokai occupied
about ton hours, tin* channel being some
eighty miles wide.* *Hio first point
reached is Knlnunopn, tho landing for
tho lepers. At this place, when dis
tinguished visitors oro expected, a string
band, composed of lepers, greet the visi
tors with plaintive, mournful music,
well fitting their Isolation from the
world and the grief, as we should think,
within their hearts. As wo look on tho
fncos of the musicians tho music seems
woird at times, as if coming from tho
mysterious caverns of death. For wo
can hardly imagine that intelligence,that
the divine harmony of music, can be at
tributes of the unfortunates standing lie-
fore us and, strange to relate, apparently
“na happy as tho day is long.” Tho
fleali on thoir faces is rolled up in
masses of a ruddy, eopner-colored huo,
the eyes protrude through smaller
layers, and the hand, looking riiort and
stunted with tho disease, seems at
if it could not hold tho inslru
mont. Tho players are young, mid
dlcagcd and old, all in tho medium
states of leprosy : that is, tho affliction
is painfully 4 vtslhld,* Blit thoro aro no
running wires, nor have holes hoen onion kAju* 1 10 l m°!\ ll , ,nro 0XC iPn
through lout, hand* or tody. When , l J“ , Wli
those native musicians have finished
«l th»
id it i
number of copic..
f tin-revised rules be printed. The senate
ben went into executive session, and ad-
In the senate on the 18th, Mr. Ed-
muds, from the special committee appointed
o devise menus for counting the electoral
otc-H, submitted a report in writing, accom-
ninied by a bill to provide for and regulate
hecountingof votes for president and vice-
president, and the decision of questions
' ng thereon for the term commencing
cli 4th, Anno Domini 1877. After the
report nnd bill read the senate took the res-
' ' ntly submitted by Mr. Wallace
: subject, and Mr. Rogy spoke at
length in answer to the recent argument of
“r. Sherman in'regard to Louisiana mat
in the senate on the 19th, the house
bill making appropriations for the consular
d diplomatic service of thejgovcrnment for
e fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, was
taken up, several amendments reported by
nit let
appropriatioi
agreed to, and the bill passed without dis
cussion. Mr. Uoopcr presented a number
of petitions fr«m southern conferences of
the Methodist Episcopal church in favor of
•ing the claim of tneMethodiat publishing
lug thoy tush to greet old companions,
and many is tho hearty “aloha” (lovo to
you) which passos between tho lepers
and their friends. Crowds of native
lepers are on tho bench extending thoir
hands and expressing a hearty •'aloha”
to those they greet.
BTRANOK PHYSICAL ABACTION.
Tho unfortunates express the greatest
joy at meeting old friends, anil, as in
common with Hawaiian* and other J’oly-
neslnn tribes, will sit down nud cry with
excess of pleasure for a quarter of an
hour nt a time. When tho flood ol tears
has passed thoy aro in an instant trans
formed into the most laughter-loving
mortals. Thoy Boom to forget their
slcnl condition and revel in tlio most
Miundcd j«y. The contrast from tears
to amilos in a very kriffUtf* physiological
reaction. Tho foreign tourists who look
on nt all this nre often subject to the wit
and badinage of tho lepers, nnd especially
of tho young women. Fortunately a
yound and roystcring leper girl will ap
proach a foreigner nnd extend her hand
for a regular pump-handle shake, hut it
often hanpens that tho foreigner, though
jot lacking in gallantry, will fail to re-
ipond through fear of tlio leper’s touch.
Then tho girl will hurst out in a saucy
laughter, and finish tip with the expres
sion of “Makau oo” (you are afraid).
All the natives join in, and exclaim,
“AInkau kola haole” '(that foreigner is
afraid). “Alai nei on, a mo honihoni
kaua” (come here, nnd lot uh kiss lov
ingly), was the taunting salutation of a
charming little lopress, whoso affliction
had not mottled out the traces of bounty
cheeks nor dimmed tho
luster of her largo, soft, dreamy eyes.
Tho gentleman addressed courteously de
clined tho propound nectar, when ull the
lopcrs nrosent, man arid women, hud a
hearty laugh at his expense.
A POLISHED LEPER GOVERNOR.
The lener govornor is n man of un
doubted Intellect, a lawyer by profession,
and tho best orator in the Hawaiian king
dom, whites included. Whoever has
visited the Sandwich islands has heard of
“Dill” Ragsdall, as he is jKipularly called
by foreigners, hut officially known as gov
ernor Ragsdall, He it is who in chief
executive nt Kalawod. He is a halfcnstc,
his mother being a native and his father
an American. He speaks English and
native with perfection, and has some
knowledge of French. His knowledge
of history is remarkable, nnd ho is well
read in general literature. He is appar
ently forty-five years of age, of light,
graceful build, polished in his manners,
nnd, like all Hawaiian*, hospitable to a
fault. Ho first discovered that he was
afflicted with leprosy in a peculiar way.
It was on the island of Hawaii, at his
home, while hunting uppointaon a law
ease. Ry accident idf Chimney of his
lamp fell off, nnd although it was almost
red hot, he suddenly picked it up and
placed it on the lamp. Isooking at his
hand to see if it was burned, ns any per
son would under the circumstances, he
discovered that there was not a trace of
a burn, much less the first painful sensa
tion. It flashed upon his mind that he
was afflicted with leprosy, and at once,
with true heroism of soul, he informed
the authorities, nnd voluntarily con
signed himself to perpetual exile from
wife, family, friends and the world.
Owing to his talents nnd high position,
being slightly afflicted, ho might have
escaped,but he preferred to obey the law.
TIIB LKI’BIt SETTLEMENT AND ITS 8UR-
ROUNUIVGfl.
The valley in which the Icjiers are lo
cated is nearly two miles and a half long,
and apparently from a half mile to a mile
and a half wide. On one side is a moun
ts in range, impassable except nt one
point, ana there tic exit is very difficult,
having to be accomplished by the aid of
ropes snd Hinging to the branches of
trees. On the other side is the forever
agitated ocean. Thus the lepers are se
cluded not only from the world, hut from
the inhabitants occupying the other por-
purpoaea. The valley ia of volcanic origin.
Ono of tho oxtiuot craters ia nbout a
hull tuilo in dintnetor, and ouo hundred
aud fifty feet deop. The middlo of tire
crater is a beautiful little lake, emerald
In its huo. Tho water ia reported to he
ns salt us the sen, nml contains two or
throe kinds of fish. Tho natives say tho
lake ih unfathomable, and that it is fed
from tho sea. Glancing nt tho valley ns
a wholo, it is most admirably fitted for
the purposo to which it is allotted. Tho
climate is genial, nml if at times warm
in summer, tho nights are deliciously
cool. In all tho Hawaiian islands there
la not another location so pcrfoct for a
loper settlement us this.
HOW TUB LEPERS LIVE ANI> FIND AMUSE
MENT*
Tho denizens of tho loper settlement
manage to enjoy thomsolves in many
ways. They have thoir balls nnd par
ties, at which they trip tho light fantas
tic toe, both In untivo nnu European
stylo. Thoro are two hundred and sev
enty-seven houses in tho valley, mostly
built by the government, for their com
fort. Thoro nre two Roman Catholic
ohnpols, and ono Catholic church; nlso
two school houscH, where tho young nro
educated. Ainny of tho lopcrs who are
able to work have taro patches, where
tiny plant taro, nud thus secure a supply
of fresh poi, a delicacy dear to tho na
tive palate. Thoy nearly all own horses
which they at times drive nt a furious
rate. Tho average Konokn, no matter
whero you find him, 1b sure to ride his
horse U) death somo day or another, nml
the women in this respect aro the samo as
the uion. Hut this is one of thoir great
onjoyments, nml they will indulge in it
oven amongst tho lepera. When not
horseback riding, planting taro or other
wise engaged tho lepera do a littlo legit
imate loafing around “tho country
store,” whore they barter and trade or
keep inquiring for lotters whenever a
vessel touch os at Knlnupnpn, tho only
landing at tho settlement. No vowels
aro permitted to touch there except on
over n vessel touches It is il kind of holi
day for all tho nativos who nre able to lido
down to tho landing. When foreigners
arrive tho natives nro sure to reap a good
harvest, because, though they clinrgo
nothing for tho uso of thoir horses, it is
the custom to pay the owners whatever
you sue fit for this kindness. Some of
tho nativos manage to accumulate n
little money by trading nnd speculation.
THE WOULD’N UORHKSI’ONDKNCK.
Mini ft In tli Ur* nt IIm* Civilised Word-
Nitllous XVliIcli Writs lira Most.
Every day shows more strikingly how
fruitful of great results was tho idea put
forward by Hir Rowland Hill forty years
ago, revolutionizing tho fundamental
principles of postnl fiorvlco organization.
Tho uulforojity of a low postal turifl
has become a common blessing fat ail
countries and tho world. Steam com
munication and the extraordinary ex
pansion of commerce hnvo no doubt con
tributed the largest slmro toward multi
plying correspondence, but in order to
prodiico the great results before uh re
forms have been necessary in postal trea
ties, and especially to tho fate postal
ion gross at Berne.
In somo European countries tho growth
of correspondence has been as follows:
MILLIONS OF LRTTERH.
permission, tho other day, for three thou
sand of tho men under his command to
land nt Huyukdoro, with orders to l>o
board ut sunset. At tlio appointed time
every man had ^roturnod to his post.
They spent thoir leave in drinking coffee
and singing tlio monotonous chants in
which thoy delight, hut nouo got drunk
or otherwise misconducted themselves.
Tho strict sobrioty and ahstinonco of
theso Mussulmans givo them an immense
advantage over Europeans. Thoy live
contentedly on fnro on which tho Eng
lishmen would sUtrvo. Thoir fatalism
again gives power to their chiefs nml
tfjpugh in the open field thoir lack of on,
orgy would put thorn nt a disadvantage)-
behind fortresses they would bo ns exce'-
lent ns any troops in tho world. It is
not, therefore, to bo wondered nt that
tho Turks have confidence iu tlio result
of a conflict with Russia. Hut can they
rely on boing opposed to ono eneiuv
alone ? Tho wnr would infallibly sinead,
und tho Oltomnn might find himself on-
compassed by foes on every side. Nor
could ho confide In tho power which has
hitherto always stood by his side. Al
though tho agreement of tho great, pow
ers implies no solidarity in the event of
war let us hope that tho negotiations
still going on may clear up tho difficul
ties of tho situation. Diplomacy must
be sadly nt fault if the representatives ol
all Europe nml half of A Ala can sit round
a preen tnblo day after day nnd separate
without devising some scheme for avert
ing, for a timo nt least, tho unuttorablo
horrors of n wnrof fanaticism and of race.
—Pcra Cor. tendon Telegraph,
tions of Molokai. There have been a few
escapes of lepera through the pas-age in
dicated, but it has always been a wonder
how they could manage to escape by so
steep, precipitous and dangerous an open
ing. When captured tlrey are returned,
hut no penalty is inflicted upon them.
There is an abundance of fresh wa
ter on the east side of the valley,
a large water-pipe furnishing a sup
ply for tho hospital nnd for oilier
According to tho Austrian statistical
department, tho European countries pos-
KOHscd together in 1876 some -19.721 ismt-
ofilces, and handled 2,992,000,000 of let
ters aud postal cards, nnd 1,4-10,000,000
of newspapers and samples. Adding to
tlio letters tho American correspondence
in the same year, 705,000,000; British
India, 104,000,000; Australia,41,000,000;
Canada, 24,000,000; Japan, 17,000,000;
Brazil, 12,000,000, and other countries it
will he found that somo 980,000,000 of
letters handled in non-European coun
tries may safely be added to tho 2,922,-
000,000 mentioned above, constituting a
total of something like 8,000,000,000 of
letters which tlio nostofficcs of the world
hnvo distributed in a single year, equal
to JO,000,000 daily, or 442,000 hourly,
night and day. Pro rata of the popula
tion tho number of letters handled in
Europe has l>eon as follows: England, 85;
(Switzerland, 27; Germany 15; Holland,
15; Luxemburg, 14; Belgium, 18; Den
mark, 12; Austria, 11; France, 10; Nor
way, fi; Swceden, fi; Hpain, 5; Italy, 5;
Hungary, 4; Grcoce, 2; Russia, 1; Rou-
mania, 1, and Turkey, 1. European av
erage, 10 letters a year. No statistics
received from Portugal or Hervia.
this it will be seen that the great
industrial nations stand nt the head of
tho list, while the more purely agricul
tural ones are below the average.
The introduction of postnl cards has
undoubtedly aided greatly toward stim
ulating correspondence. The accession
of Franco to tho postal union last year
will form another element of importance.
The high internal jsmtage still in force
in Franca is no doubt the principal cauto
why we are lagging behind, notwith
standing our resources and education.
The Danube as a Barrier Against
Russian Invasion.
The Turks are pushing forward witii
untiring activity all their preparations
for war, and they have unbounded con
fidence in their power of giving a good
account of the Russians, il it comes to
an actual conflict. They protest that
their enemies can not |>ossihly bring out
more than two hundred thousand men,
nnd that they themselves can throw five
hundred thousand into the field. More
over, they would he on the defensive,
and would hold strongly fortified posi
tions of great natural strength. Their
fleet the second strongest in the world,
and the Danubelbeing still freo fioin ice,
they could uh initio impede their enemy's
operations. Tito Black sea would prac* i There
ii ‘
Comm odor o Vandoihlll’H Nocroh
Tho great success of the Into commo
dore Vanderbilt in stenmboating nnd
railroading, whereby ho ainnuod n largor
fortuno than any othor privato person
during n lifetime, hits naturally awakened
n strong desire to learn tho secret of his
uniform and most surprising nchiovo-
mont*. Tho commodore himself, when
questioned upon tho subject during tho
lattor years ot his life, gave various ex
planations of it. To ono young man,
who was about entering upon tho career
of a Wall street broker, ami who sought
his counsel, ho said: “Sonny, don’t novor
sell what you hnvon'tgot,” which was an
excellent piece of advice for a stock
broking adventurer, notwithstanding its
defective grammar. To another ho said:
“iSnrn, don't novor put it into any man’s
owor to ruin you.” And this might he
put int« letters of gold over the desk of
overy one who takes finnncinl risks,
whothcr iu Wall street or elsewhere,and
it would bo an excellent mnxlin nlso for
ft politiciuu. To another aspirant for for
tuno, who had asked his advice, ho said: |
“Don't novor buy what you can’t pay
for.”
Theso were threo admirable maxims
for business, nml ho probably acted
through bin long,nnd successful career in
strict conformity with them. Ho novor
speculated, nor inndo any rash ventures.
But his favorlto maxim, tho ono upon
which lie set tho highest valuo and most
seriously inculcated upon theso who
were on tho most intlinnto terms with
him, was a condensation of ono ninontr
tho wisest proverbs of Solomon: “ In all
labor there is profit, hut the talk of the
lips tendoth to penury.” Tho commo
dore probably had novor read thin golden
proverb, and lie can hardly ho said to
nave paraphrased it in putting it into
this homely advice: “ Keep your mouth
shut.” This was what lie said to ids
young grandson, upon whom ho hnsed
his hopes ol founding a dynasty, only a
few days before his own iviw closed for-
evor. llo had boon giving tho young
mnn somo words of serious advico, anu
ho ended by saying, “But abovo nil,
keep your mouth shut.” Ho used to
say that he owed most of what was called
his good fottuno to tho practice of keep
ing to himself what ho meant to do until
ho had done it. And this has been tho
habit of all grout mon who have dono
anything during their lives to cxcito tho
wonder of their fellow-beings.
CircuniHtanccH Alter Ciihom*
“Airs. Flyn,” said his honor nt tlio
fifty-seventh street police court. l‘you
nre charged with being an inebriate.”
“I’m not, sir, I’m n widdy.”
“Well, then, you nre a widow who is
accused of being drunk.”
“As fer tliat, 7cr honor,! may hnvo
taken a dhrop too much of something
sthronger thin tay.”
“Well, Mrs. Flyn, I shall have tfi”
“Now thin, judge,” interrupted tho
prisoner, “sure you wouldn't lie afilier
Mindin’ me to the Island jirnt fer tukin’ a
woo dhrop o’ tho crather, such a foine,
han’somc, good-lookin’, smart judge as
ye is ?”
“Mrs. Flyn, considering tho fact that
you think ino fine ”
’Yiss.’’
Handsome ”
Yiss.”
Good-looking ”
Yiss.”
And smart ”
Yiss.”
And that you were very drunk, I
have concluded to send you to tlio Island
for ten days.”
“Oh Lord! bad scran to yes for an
ugly, disagrayuhle, ignorant Hpnlpcen.
May the ilivil fly awpy will ye,” shouted
tho ‘widdy” as ft policeman carried her
down stairs like a suck; of potatoes.—New
York World.
Aftrr-dinnkr Ofiitor—•“ it's in the
wonderful insight inter ’iiinnn nature
that Dickens gets tho pull over Thack
eray; but on t’other hand, it’s iu the
brilliant slinfts o’ satire, t’gcthcr with a
keen sense of humor, that Diekery, gets
tho pull over Timekeus. It’s just Tike
this: Thickory is tho humorist and
Daekens is the satirist. Ihit, after all,
it’s ’bsurd to insloot any comparison be
tween Dackery and Thickens.” Ho none
was “inutooted.”—tendon Jodi/.
Homo dnjr oarth will knox
Homo ilny fnltli will i-|m
Homo tiny liopo will laid n
Homo tiny mou will con
Homo tiny captives will not pin
Homo tiny dnoiwM wounds wl
Homo tiny, with hint wool ilivroo
Miiilc Impi Isonctl Joseph lice.
Homo ilnv, somo tiny, envy die*
chfe.’jfeixi:'
Jewish David's shepherd eloi
Fruit will grow niton tho nnlitt,
W Z\Vo7nv piln w\ll nn'l' 1 l fn'"’’
Homo tiny oves will not he wo?, 1 "'
Home tiny, someday will mnn yet.
party the otlu
veiling.
... rsution,
tically Iks at their mercy. As a proof of which made the host, who was inexper-
the efficiency of the '1 urkiah navy, let inced in party matters, somewhat ner-
nie adduce ono fact. (Seven vessels of vous. In * ' "" * ’ ’
wnr made a cruise of three months, last mourpful-
autumn, and the only one Englishman in ! a packing ,
the squadron was the admiral, Hobart married. ^pNo, 1 am a bachelor,” tfflly
I’nsha. Even the mechanicians were all replied tec Holier man! “Ah!” ob-
Turks. The fleet is now stationed in | served the host, warming up with the
Bosphorous, opposite Therapia, snd a mibioot. “ How long hnvo you been a
gooaly show it makes. Ho excellent Is I bachelor?” There was another lull in
the discipline that Hobart Pasha gavo the conversation. r
in party mutters, somewnat ner-
In a y f!W to relief lie nsktd a
iful'loalmig man, who was set like
ing bedrup in one corner, if he was
I’ACTN ANI) FANCIES.
A Danbury girl says a frosty iuuk
taebo is just like a plato of ico-crenin.
WHENEVER a lot of men undertake to
crowd women out of a legitimate culling
they make Ht. Paul responsible for it.
In this co uu try there nro now forty-
seven young women Christian associa
tions, formed on plans similar to tho
young men’s Christian associations.
What a silent old world it would ho if
men talked only as much us they think.
A follow would hnvo lo carry a rnttlo
around with him to make u noise with.
—Hawkey e.
During a recent gale a full clothoH-
lino of freshly-washou linon, headed by a
red flannel shirt, passed over a Aiaa-
snchuselta town, says tho local pnpor,
hound cast.
Thu other day somo of tho hoys in
duced a young man from Flint creek to
take hold of tho handles of u galvanic
battery. As it puckered him up ho
roared: “Jiminy Criminy, lot up!
Who over heard of n thing that made
you taste green persimmons with your
hands, before ?”
Young man, do you over drink?”
asked a mild-looking “mnn, accosting
Jones. “ Well, yea, thank you. ns it’s a
cold morning I don’t mind, replied
Jones, removing his quid of tobacco.
“ Don’t, do it any more,” rejoined tho
mild mnn, “or you will Iks ovonlunlly bo
cursed. Good morning!
Wu nro glad to seo that tho ladles are
again forming reading clubs for tho win
ter. Tho reading club is an organization
that discusses tho clmruotcr of Hlink-
snonre’s Portia for fifteen minutes and
tho best manner of cutting a biisquo on
tho bias for an hour and a half, nml
rarely fails to l>o of great profit.
LIFE OF A LEAF.
1 lltitig n I an f nit a miiiinior Hlrnaiu
Tlmt I pluckotl Irani an nl<lor Iren,
Anti I wntclietl It tlnantla tlioaunuy liciini,
"Oil I for n llfo like Hint leaf," Icrltsl,
"Flouting nlotig on tliu ntiuny title."
Ami II liurrletl Hie lent nltii «:
Down lo thuiunrHln «loo|i«l Mio trnon,
Anti they wIilNiiernl n gentln Ming.
"Oh I forh lifo Ilka Ilia lenf," I crlotl.
"Ever In aunriilno mat nong to glldo."
Fn«t npotl tlio lanf on Itnjoynua way,
TUI It rwicihetl thn ronka in tho river;
Wont tho ftnf nml w,oi lo«t favorer.'
"Ah, mot Ia life llko thn loaf T" I ortatl—
"Like the lenf, ' tho ariiolng rock ropllotl.
AdoNIH—Alisa Jones, do you think
Brown so awfully ugly ? Alins J.—Ugly I
No, indeed ! Why we ull think him ox-
tromoly nice-looking! Adonis—Well,
1 was talking to him on tho stairs just
now, and a lady pnssed, and I heard her
say, “ That’s tho ugliest man I ovor
saw ! ” And there was nobody thoro but
him and mo t
Let’s go shares! ” This was a com
mon expression among boys when wo
were young, and perhaps it is now.—Our
Dumb Animals. They must have been
very nice boys. There have boon boys
who said “Let’s go in Hnucks;” but it
may lie doubted whether any boy, unless
it was littlo Richard Grant White, ever
snid “let’s go shares.”
“ What’s in that satchel?” Haiti a
New York polico justlco to a blonr-cycd
prisoner brought up before him tlio
other day. “That.” said tho victim,
“contains tho returns of ull tho states
including Dude county. Florida, nnd the
‘bulldozed’ parish of Louisiana, and
thoy show thpt I am president-elect of
the’ United States.” “ Two months,”
said tho justice, and the prisoner was es
corted out.
One of the peculiarities of feminino
correspondents nt tlio nntional capital
is tliat they speak of overy round-shoul
dered man us having “ the student stoop.”
They seemed to lack that breadth of com
prehension necessary to enablo them to
understand that a congressman may ho
round-shouldered from being cradled in a
coal-hod before he was large enough to
sit in an upholstered chair and spit to
bacco j u ico.
vant girl who had been admon
ished by her mistress to be very careful
in “wnshin’ up” tho best ten things was
overheard shortly afterward indulging in
the following Honlofiuy while in tho act
of wiping the sugar Win: “HI was to
drop this ’ere basin, nnd was to catch it,
J suppose I shouldn’t catch it; but if I
was to drop it. nut wasn't to catch it, I
ikon I should catch it.”
KITTY OK COLERAINE.
iMHiitlful Kitty, one inomliftf wan {Sniping.
rilh a pitcher of mHz from ll\a fair of Cole#
mine,
itill kha saw me Hiu stumbled —Hie pitcher it
The devilapljtlitr wu* « hole in Coleraine.
A graphic Idea of the demoralized
condition of society in Hon lb Cnrolm.i
was furnished to congressman Abbott at
Charleston, S. C-, the other day. -\u
old darkey was trying to build a lire in
ills room, was so slow that tho judge
asked him.ivjiat llio mnlteyw-. Tfic
:dy was prompt and comprehciuivc:
j’act i«, judge, that dar’s no coal down
stairs. It’s no uso Bilking, dis country
is gwine to h—1 as fast ns it kin ! I'se
been up nnd down titc alley, and stolo nil
do wood T could find, and, in the present
demoralized condition of society, I can’t
do no better.”