Newspaper Page Text
ATTACKED IIY LOCUSTS.
A detachment of Russian troops
hound for General Laziret’a ex
pedition against the Turcomans, is
reported by the Knwlinz to Imvo
mot %vitli n curious iiiisadveutnro
near the Georgian town of Kizt
vopol. A few versts from 1 In*
town the soldiers encountered the
wing of an army of breasts re pu
ted to be twenty miles in length
and broad in pr ‘portion, flic
ollicer in charge did not like to
turn back, repelled by mere bi
sects, and. pushing on soon be
came surrounded by the locusts.
These appear to have mistaken the
soldiers for trees, and swarmed hy
thousands around them, •'crawling
over their bodies, lodging them
selves inside their helmets, pene
trating their clothes and their
knapsacks-,-tilling the barre's of
the rifles, and striving to force
themselves into the unfortunate
men’ settrs and noses.” 1 lie com
mander gave the orders tor the
troops t<> push ou double quick for
Klizuvefopnl, but the road Was so
blocked with locusts that, the sol
diers grew frigl tuned, and, after
waverin': a few minutes, a regular'
stampede took place. Led hy a
Jinn c uiui ssioned ottieor of keen
vision who had ol served a tew
lints a short distance from the
road, and the .troops dashed across
the fields,‘'slipping about over the
crushed and greasy bodies of the
locusts as though they had been
on ice.” The lints were soon
reached, and the officers ms! ed
inside, but the refuge proved to be
of little v 1 tie, as the premises
were already in the possession of
the enemy. The j easants toM the
c uTespondent of the Kuwhax that
tor days they had been besieged
by the vermin, tiie insects filling
the wells and tainting the water,
and crowding into the ovens and
spoiling the bread, and preventing
any food being cooked • r stored.
At intervals the vi I lag.- is issued
from their houses and made on
slaught on the locusts, ki! ling them
by thousands, and catting them
a was afterward to the fields he
manure. The soldi' rs were de
tained prisoners hy the insects for
f.rtv eight, hours, and on their
march to Elizavetopui, in the tear
of ti e !• cast army they t mid ev
ery blade of grass and green leaf
destroyed, and the peasan ts reduc
ed to beggary.
Was it the 1 lorida Volcano?
7/ai.ifax, July 0 —Mr. Stod
dard. second unite of ti e brigan
tine Fori nimte, which arrived mi
Sunday from the West Iml os, re
ports that "lie night while nasallig
idling the coast'd Flo-uda mi a re
•.*!! t Voyage, aS 11 111;! I' phlMHillie
i a a]i|ieared. Just after dark two
columns of lire were sc on, serm
i m|y about a mi'o iiway. dliev
Were nhciut (iffy yards ; part rad
ruse to a h.ighth of admit 500
feet, when they arched inwards
each other, hut did i of meet.—
They burned with a steady, dull
red i (dor and did md emit any
sparks, lint at the arching portions
emitted tremulous rays or pciiciN
mgs. They a] pea red in sight ail
night, gradually lading away vs
day light came The weather was
heautil’u ly clear nd not a cloud
was visible during the entire night.
On the fid owing day there whs a
tremendous thunder slum accom
panied by a gale of wind but no
rain.
■<> *► -
EILK CULTURE,
AVc h ve been informed that
lb re arc several families in i h mi
as county, who have been paying
considerable attention of late, t"
the silk i dnstry, are wdl pleased
with the result. A household, the
attention ot one or two females as
a pleasant pass time, it has been
demonstrated, can make I'roni one
hundred to two hundred and fifty
dollars per annum, and never
miss the time. The first tiling to
ho done is to plant out an acre or
two of the morns multicaulis innl
liewy and procure the eggs of the
worm, the French whites are said
to lie the best. The silk worm will
do well on the leaves of the Os
age orange, hut the mulberry is
the best. They will eat any kind
of mulberry leaves and do well.—
Quitman Free l’\ ess.
A nineteen year old clinp in Tort
Ileuron, who was egaged to a pretty
young lady, and lir*d appointed t'ie
wedding day, became enamored with
a widow having 8 children, and mar
ried her. Her former husband hud
gone to California in enroll of weal h,
from whence ho wrote to her often
and sent her money for sometime.
Letters ceased t> conic about year
befroc, and tliCjWidow, thinking him
d,e ad, “c o tefced n tlioyouthl'ul husband.
A short tifac nficr their marriage, she
received a letter and some money
from hiip with the assuranc 1 that he
wid bo, i,t l.omo in a short time.—
~\Vonu/v.wlmt tiny mink now.
IE. A. SINGLETON. Ed <0 Propr.
VOL 5.
DUST AND , 1 SUES.
Between your homo unit mine,
( li ! luvo there is a griivewud lying;
Amt every time you onnic
You steps were o’er Joint anil from tlio dy
ing. $
Your face was dark mid sad,
Your eyes hiul shadows i.i their very
laughter
Yet their glances made and shut my own to
what.,
Was comm" after,
Your voice had deeper chords
Than the Aoole.m harp when night winds
blow
The melancholy music, of your words
None but myself may know
And oh. you won my heart
By vows mitireathed—liy words of love
unspoken.
.S') that as now we par*,
You have ho Illume to boar, and yet, ’tis
i.r >kcu !
Ilow shall 1 hear this blow, how best resent
it ?
Oh ! h ve yon linveuotle'c m even my
pride,
Nov strength to put aside, nor to repent it,
’.Were better I had died.
Yon came henoith my tent with fiJjudly
greeting,
Of all my joys yon laid the better pait:
Then when our eyes and hands were oftein st
lljeeli g
Yon stuck me to tlie heart!
No !jss a murderer, that your victim living
Can taco the passing word and jest and
smite.
No less a traitor for your show of giving
Your friendship all the while.
Well, tot it pass ! The city churchyard lying
i let vvixt our homes, is hut the type and sign
Of the waste in your heart,’and the eternal
dying
Of nil sweet hopes in mine.
Ross and Little Pansie,
One wintry afternoon in January,
away up in th* bleak attic of a
wi - , tehed tenement house, a pale sad*
ey< <1 woman sat sewing. The gar
inei t upon which sim was engaged
was a very rich silk Ur, ss. Th twi
light e'os* and m rapiJlv, w th a blind
ing fal' of snow, a litter, wailing
l)!;ist !h * ni Mtilbe \vi!ilows n.tuo
in the Ca.sni-l ts. lit 1 th • |)ale-laCi and
w dm a i .ft •he. I on
“ doth a ,” piped a sweet voice from
the cot bem ath the window, “,. i 1
von got. the line doss done? Oh,
line her. I’m so hungry! If i only
liad some ti-a. and a b t. 4 s i isag.-.”
•‘.B e workeil on st, a iily for a tint ,
|aii-iug only 1 1 brush a tear Irom
her wldt ■ cheek, Ih tn rose and shook
, ut t e g nun r ng robe.
•‘ ’i is done at 'a t, ’ she said.-
“Nfow ini.t'iei’o litt'e girl Cm have
her supper; only li: pat ent a little
longer, Fiora. Boss, come, my
I) IV.”
A in.mly li t'c fellow c .me f: om t lie
li'drooni beyond.
“The line dress is done. Boss, and
you nin-t run home with it. as fast as
you can. Miss Geacio will b • out of
pati'-neo, 1 know. Tell her I couhln t
finish it one moment sootier, and t:sk
her to g v,, you the money. We
mu.-t have it to-night. And you can
stop at Mr. Bay’s as you c >m • back
and buy some c ml, and wo must
have some bread mi l t a and a note
of but er, an 1 you must g, t a eaus
age fur poor little F ora,”
“I’d git them : I', mother,” h*
said, ‘'and be back in t me. You
shall have a big sausage, li't’e s ; s.”
ho added, turning toward the cot.
The little girl nodd,d lev curb
hi ail and her great wistful eyes
sparkled with delight.
“And you shall have half of it,
Ross,” she piped in lmr splendid bird
voice.
“Hadn’t you better put on y.>ur
thick jacket, my boy ?” continued
his mother. “The wind cuts like a
knife.”
“Pshaw, little motlur, I don’t
mind the wind,” and away he went
down the cicaking stairs an 1 out in
to the storm. Miss Gracic Fontenay
was in a perfect furor of impatience
and anger. Her dear fivo hundred
friends were assembled in the halls
below and her handsome dress had
not come home. What did that beg
gar woman mean by disappointing
her ?
At that moment there was a ring
at the door and a voice in the h ill.
“Please toll Miss Gracic my moth
er could not finish it Sooner, and
yV DEMOCBATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, UA„ JULY 21, 1880.
that she wants the mon v to n glii.’’
The seivaiit t iok the handsome
dre-s and message'.
1 never give Iht another stitch
of work,” cried the angry beauty; “I
ought to have Ind it three h >urs ago.
II re, Fanchon, dress mo at once
There’s not. a initiate to lose. No,
leant pay her to-nght; I haven’t
time, lie must ca l tomorrow.”
‘ But we've no fire, and nothing to
Cat, ami my lilt e sister is s ck,” call
ed the boy, pushing up the grand
staircase.
‘■Shut the door, Fanchon!’’ com
ma: fed Miss Grach', and the door
was closed in Ins face.
From the porch at the parlor win
dow Pansie watched th i wliol;
seen", w tli her violet ty<-a distended
with childish umnzctn uit.
‘ Poor little boy,'’ she said, ns Boss
disasppearod down the stairway;
•‘vister Grade ought t > pay him. It
must be dreadful to have no lire arid
nothing to cat ’’
She stood a m nnont balancing hcr
stlf on the tip of one dainty fool;
her rose bud face grave and fell Cl
ive; tii n a sudden tsought flooded
her blue eyes with sunshine, and
snatching something from tbc table
she darted downstairs The servant
had just closed the street door, but
she Haltered past him like a bum
ming bird and opened it.
On tli! steps stit Bos-, bravo iitt'e
fellow t, at ho was, ins face in Ids
hands, sobbing as if his heart would
break.
“Who 's the nin:t r, hltlc boy ?’’
ipjesiloiii’d I’ausie,
Boss looked up hall ail ,-iing th t
t ’.va.-* the lac,! of an angal I liking
down on him thiough tac whr ing
| snow.
“Oh, I caiue t go li uno wit Ton
I the nioiicv," h>, soldi,ml: “oo >r m<>th
! e. —worked hard, and Flora is sick
| and so hungry. ’
‘Here ’’ dm said, ‘ t ike this, Tttlc
! hoy, and buy Inr lots of nice ihing-a
| Tis wo:th a great ,lea ; papa bought
it for my birthday present, but do
you tike it and welcome.”
Bhe (xu mien her dimpled hands
and something like a shower of stars
fe lat tue boy's fe, t. He caught it
up in amazement—a necklace ol cm -
eralds,. lustrious, gleaming thing ,
set in tawny, Indian gel 1.
‘■'So, no,” lie cried, running up to
where she stood. “I cannot take
this necklace —take ii back.’’
“You skull take it,” she continued
imperiou -ly. “I have lots of Jew, 1-
ry and tine things —run homo now,
and buy your sister something to
eat.”
She closed the door with a bang,
and Ross stood, irre-oluto in tire
stormy gloom. Should lie ring the
bell and return the j wels to Pan
sie’s lather, or should he do as she
bade him? He t nought of his moth
er and of little F.ora watching wist
-1 ully for bis return. He could not
go back and sec them starve- With
a suldcn feel ng of desperation he
thrust ibe glittering necklace into IPs
pocket and (lashed down the street.
The ga-light blazed brilliantly in
a fashionable jewelry establishment,
and its 1 land proprietor looked down
iuquiiingly on little Ross as he ap
proached the glittinng counter.
“Woul 1 you like to buy this, so- ?”
There was a tremor in the boy’s voice
as lie asked the question, and the
hand that held the emerald necklace
shook visibly. The l ipidary took the
gems, examining them closely lor u
moment, and then shot a sharp
glance at the child,
“See here,” lie said presently, bis
voice stern and commanding, I
want to know how you came by
this ?”
The bey’s clear eyes fell; he blush
ed and stammered, evidently embur
“You don’t look like a thief, but I
will send lor Mr. Fointtuay; that will
Boss sprang tli s lect, struggling
bird to k-ep back his tears. He put
out his little brown hand, which Fan
nie instantly clasped in her
palms. '
“I am not a thicl, sir,” lie said nt,
last, addressing Mr. Fonti-imy. ‘'l
never stole anything in my life. I
knew it was wrong to take the neck
l.iCc—but—but, sir, my little sisti r is
starving.’’
The merchant drew his hands
across ins * yes,
“You’.e a manly little flow,” lie
sai i, putting the lad’s head, ‘ ami 1
do not in tiie least blame you, but I
will take Puiisie's eim-rul Is and she
shall give you something moie avail
able. Here, Fansio, g’ve this to
your lit tie friend. ’ lie put a gold
piece into Fans'e’s h inds; wh cli sh •
| tcndi red t > it >ss, with t ie injunction
that be should run straight home
■ and bay :ot< of goodies for his sister
—a cciniutnd he was not slow to
obey,
‘ I think wo shall not lose sight ol
the little fellow,’’ eontinu M Mr. Fon
tenny, as Biss disappeared in the
st irmy darkness. “Suall wo. p t ?
L t's see ivhat we cun dot) help liitn
lie’s a promising young l.d and an
honest one. I’m sure. Mr. Lenox,
you are in need of an errand boy;
why not try him ? I wish you would.”
The jeweler consented, to Pansie's
delight, and on the following day
Boss was duly instu led as an errand
boy iu the fisliiouabL* estildishmeut
Fifteen years after, one blistering
M irch morning, a young man sat L -
hind tiie counter of a thriving jewel
ry cstiibiishrn nt in one of the
i Northern cities, lie was a liand
i some man, a traveler, a man of
tistc, intellect an 1 money, for lie
was a junior pat tiler in the firm,
which was a prosperous one. But
despit.) all his good fortune. Boss
Dunbar was not happy. II s mother
and iitt'e F ora had gone to their
long hnn •> and lie was utterly alone,
without kith or kin in lie wide wornl.
Sitting alone one morn ng w ti) the
roar of tho March winds in his cars,
his thoughts were running back to
days of his boyhood, to his mother’s
humble home. How vivid tha past
seemed, and how dear and sacred,
despite its privation and sorrows.—
His eyes grew dim and ids heart
swelled. All wet'll gone ov. r the
wide waters of time and change.
A tender suiile softened his sad
face as be recalled the stormy night i
when lie sat sobbing ou the steps of
Mr. Font nay’s mansion. And little
■Pansie; the rcmemberance of her
sweet face, as he saw it through th:
snow wreathes haunted him c di
stantly. In nil the fifteen years uov
settle the matt r at once ’’
He dispatched a messenger ac
cordingly’, and Iloss sat down in a
corner and sobbed bitterly as be
heard the driving wheels and thought
ot iiis mother and Flora. In half
an hour Mr. Font nay came, bring
ing his lit lc daughter Pansie with
him.
The little creature darted toward
Boss like a humming bird, her chocks
ablaz ■, her eyes llashiug like li obt
ning.
‘Tie didn’t steal my emeralds!"
she cried. “I gave ’em to Him to sell
’em and buy bread for his little sis
ter. ”
rassed. r l lie jeweler put aside the
emeralds, anil taking tbo lad’s arm
into a small a.itc room.
“Yur. are n thief, sir,” he said.—
"That necklace belongs to Mr. Fon
tenay—ho bought it of me not a
month ago. You stele it; you are a
thief.”
The little fallow straightened him
self and his brown eyes blazed. ‘‘l
am no thief.” lie retorted. A little
girl gave it to me, and I know it whs
wrong to take, it, but—but my moth
er ami sisti r arc starving."
J Tiie jeweler hesit i ted.
Cr for a moment bid lie forgotten
hew. Buydio was gone —lost to him
forever. -
! His rcvi rie was broken by the en
trance of a cu.-timii’f, a lady closely
| veiled. She approached tic counter
with a jewel casein her hand.
•‘Would you buy these?’’ she ask
ed, si nply, in a clear, swci t voice
that st rieil the young man’s heart as
n ) other notnan’s voice had power to
do.
He t )ok the casket, opened it. and
spread out its contents. A watch,
an elegant and. costly diamond ring,
1 1 vo rubies and an emerald m cklaco.
J Boss Dunbar barely suppressed a cry
of surprise as Ilia eves lei upon it.-
lie turned it over with eager, treni-
I bhng lingers, and there on one el mu
was the nun j that had lived in I is
i heart for so many years. ‘'Little
Pansie.”
•'You wish to sell them all lie
I asked; striving to steely his voice
and tli; wild throbbing of his Inert.
i lie lady hesitated and drew the
emeralds toward h r.
"I dislike to part with this,” she
said, ‘‘it was my father’s gift—un i
—and—but no matter, take them ad;
I must have the money.’’
In h r eagenii ss she had thrown
| aside h-r veil, revealing a lily face*
lit by lustrous, sapphire eyes. Boss
j Dunbar stood silent, a moment, every
| nerve in ids manly form tliri ling with
I delight. lie had found her at last,
i the idol of his heart.
“Tnese are very fine gems.” I c
j said, after a moment, * and I am wil
ding to give you a lair pr.ee—sup
p ise we say one thousand dollars
wil that do?”
The girl tl i died a dazzling glance
of surprise Irom beneath Inr heavy
veil.
‘•So much ns that ?” she sad,
tremulously. “You are very kind,
I sir. On. you cunuoi know how much
this money will help me.”
The young man made a polite r
i p’v and proceeded to put aside the
Ijewe sand draw a check U r th i ino-
Ia v. The M ircli winds wire still
blustering with >ut,and the girl shiv
ered and drew b:r wrapper closer as
she started out
“Won’t you let me run down to the
hank f'f you?’’ sdJ the jeweler,
catching up is hat. “You can p! iy
shop-lady the while; i; won’t be but
a minute or two.”
“But I’m troubling yon so.”
“Not a bit; just take this warm sent
please. Y'ou’il not be lik, ly to have
any customers.” And scaling b r
bes dc tae desk, he took the check
and hurried out.
Pansie Fontcnay threw back ber
veil and leaned her head upon her
hands, a puzzled, t cfleciive look up>
mi her sweet, sad face.
“When have I seen th's face?” she
asked herself over and over again.
“it is so familiar; who in the woi Id
can it bo ?’’ His return broke in up
on her meditation, and nftar receiv
ing her money she hurried away to
her luunb'e lodgings.
The following afternoon was even
more blustering and stormy; the
wind roared and the sleet tinkled
again-t the windowsol the iittle room
in which Pansie and her father sat,
Sevcrel misfortunes and reverses bad
reduced tnem to poverty, and the
old man being nn invalid, all the care
fell upon Pansie. She sat w tli
her tat her, read ng aloud from an ol I
book which she had bought for him,
with some of the money received for
her jewels. Her sweet face was wan
and sad, and her future stretched
before her sad, hopeless and gloomy*.
There is a ring at the door, and a
servant brought up a package for
Miss Fonteuny. An exquisite bunch
of pansies, fragrant and goideii
hearted, done up in tis-ue paper, and
attached to them a card, bearing the
simple words: “Iloss Dunbar lias
not forgotten littl ■ Pansie.”
Pansie sat amazed for a moment,
and ilion a rich bloom darted into
Ip r white cheeks.
“Ob, lather, ’’sh*said, “I thought
I knew him! Oh! we have found
Boss at last.
An instant Inter Iloss was in the
room, clasping her lialiciing hands
in his, and into her b'no eyes looked
with a glance that brought, the rosy
bloom to her face, Ami a few weeks
later, when the blustering winds were
over, and tiie gel den pansies bloom
ed y on the garden borders, litt'e Fan
nie became Iloss Dunbar’s hr.tie, and
for her bridal gilt he gave her back
her string ol emeralds.
annual suiiscnirnox. n oo
IMREDDEi: IN A MARSH.
Christian A. Wagner, tiie four
y a: - old son ol Albert Wiigm r, S<).
Nmtli Chapel street, who was lost
on the Ircc exenr-ion to A'Vjmmfe
last Thursday, was found yes enlay
morning hy George Bowen near the
th' place win re he disappeared, ut
ter hiring been lost six days. It will
be remembered that Mrs. Wagner
went on the excursion \vi h six small
children, and tb.t about ll o’clock
iu the morning sh • missed her son.
Th •itgh search was made for die chill,
biu in vain, and ev ry one c une to
the conclusion that the little fel
low hul fallen overboard and been
drowned. With great pc.tinacity,
however, the moth t of the boy clung
to the ale), th ;t. he was still alive mid
had been at .den from her.
Yi-stTday morning Mr Bober?
lined, of the Free Excrciir-ion soc.c
ty, went down to Avond iL, in com
pany with sev. ral la mid s of cast 1
Ba tirnoie, to enjoy a day at that
r< tr. at. While there a man m in- j
ed George Bowen, employed on the j
farm o! Mr. John J. A. Hoi oway, I
- I
iidjonitig the excursion groun Is, j
disembarked from a small row boat, j
running exei le.Bv tip to the house,!
“We hive found the lost b >y, little
Wagner?’’ Ou going down to the
boat the gentlemen found the l.ttle
I’ell fw ill it in an exhaust 'd condition
and covered with mud. Mr. Bowen
stated t uit while looking alter his
horses near a large swamp on Sol
iei’s point, be heard a strange noise
as of so ne one ending, and feeling
alarmed lm went back homo after
his shot gun. While on his return to
die swamp he asked a neighbor to
accompany him. 'They went down to
the swamp together, and after search- I
ing around in the Lug grass for aj
while, following t he sound of the sup
pos'd voice, they suddenly came up
on tiie head and shoulders of a 11-
tl , boy just visible above the surface
o! the water. Alter the first sur
prise they at once set to work to res
cue the lad. Wb.-n they to, k hold
of him to pull him'out of the mud be
said it hurt him, and it was necesa
ry for them to dig aronni the body
before they could remove him. Ow
ing to the tide then rising thennfort
unatjboy could not have remained
much longer alive. Immediately up-
on his discovery of the hoy Bowen
and iho companion came to the con
clusion that the strang, r was little
Cbri.-tian A. Wagner, and put:ing
into their boat they towed around
with him a distance of too miles to
Avondale. Upon their arrival Dr. J.
M. Cocktail rendered prompt medi
cal assistance. Tbc child was strip
ped and washed, his limbs being in
c ised in mud so si iff that he could not
move them until he had been rubbed
and chaffed for fully an hour. His
face, neck and beck were teuibly
bitten by insects, and it was not un
til th y were picked oil’that tue bl >od
flowed freely. Dr Cockrill hid slight
non r slime at given to the patient,
who, to the surprise of every one,
showed no great longing for food,
The soles of his fe* t were hard and
cracked, giving indication of having
been immerse.l for some time.
After his bath th ; boy fell asleep
and was allowed to slumber half an
hour at a time, when he was awak
ened and again given nourishment of
milk and brandy. During the day
Mr. llccd walked over to the p’ace
where the boy was lonnd, lie states
that it was a distance of 2 miles, from
Avondale in tiie direction of Balt
more. Oil the edge of the marsh he
found a space some feet square,
where the long grass was tioilden
down, and here ho surmises the boy
slept cither Monday or Tuesday night
From this place is the track made
by the buy as lie wandered deeper and
deeper iii to the unit si), until bo got
100 lar to return. As soon as the
boy was identified Mr. Is) Brun, the
keeper of Avondale, was di-patched
to i h ■ e ly to inform the parents of
the happy hi rovery. I’pra r (reiv
ing dm news the Liter h came n’-
mosl wild with j y. an I the father
ad two gi'atidfailvrs, together wi h
a ibiZi't) Irieiidsol Mr. Wauiwr, still
ed down in curri g s t > the scene.
As soon as Doctor Cofkr II taeug't
it advisable i h boy wa- ivmovid n
the ci'y an tonvoi I T e excited crowd
that h' sii'gid Mr. Wagner's do*w Inj
vr is taken o Its gnu I lit th r's Mr.
Fru eis )>. hler, 89 N.nt Wo lc .-treit,
Dr. Coekiil! says the child is n ry ill,
and tiie only chance of saving the
cTT.iI, is to keep him perfectly quiet.
Numerous surmises are put. forth
a-? to how the Bov has - sustained life
*
since he so mysteriously disap
peared. The ih ctor will in V allow
him to be questioned and he alone
can cl artb.i mystery of his where
abouts. Upon question eg him lie
to'd his | afe-nts that he had been at a
house >vln re they .fed him on fish, po
t .toes and blackberries, and that be
cause bo wanted to go home a man
pushed him in the hole. The indica
tions are that the boy l ad only bi-n in
the marsh from car y yesterday morn
ing, or at most Irom Tuesday night.
Some think he wand, red away to n
house, win re lie was cu ed for, from
which place lie again depaited in
search of his mother and got lost.
This is rendered probable by tiie tact
that the child could not hive surviv
ed fir sx days in the place where lie
was found, as tlie water nil around
him was salt—Baltimore Gazette.
11A CE I'OR GO 1 Alii NOR.
N<) -14
The Telegraph ami Messenger has
a very’ sensible article on this sub
ject: “As July advances and the
August State Convention draws near
er, so does the struggle intensify be
tween the several candidates tor gu
bernatorial h mors. Indeed, never
b fore in the history of the Democrat
ic party lias such rancor and bitter
ness been w taessed. Wo doubt if
half tiie amount of animosity will be
manifested when the ompaigh real
ly opens towaids our Iladicii ene -
mies. This argues no good for the
future harmony and solidarity of tlio
only organization at tbc South which
can assure white local governmci tto
the people and constitutional liberty.
“Mast earnestly do we protest
against this method of conducting a
friendly contest for office among
brother Democrats, and therefore
take no stock in the abuse which is
heaped upon this or that candidate,
merely lor the gratification of person
al ends. No surer means could bo
(1 cvis il for the demoralization and
possible iii ruption of tiie Democratic
party of Georgia. Such a canvass
will furnish the desired opportunity
to scores of expectant “Independent,’’
and chime in exactly with the wish-
es and policy of every sagacious Re
publican. To divide and disinte
grate the organization which they
are powerless to overcome, is the on
ly card left the Radicals, and it will
be industriously handled.
“We trust that when the conven
t'on assembles that a fair expression
of the pouplar voice will restore har
mony and concord, and its nominee,
who ever he my ( banco to be, should
receive the undcviUed support of the
D mocracy.”
THE NEW TUNNEL.
The directors of the New York
division of the Hudson River T unnel
company met yesterday at No. 27
Wall street, the meeting being tlio
first under iho bill recently signed
by Gov. Cornell. Work is progress
ing rapidly, on the Jersey side of the
Hudson. More than 200 of the sec
ond arch woic completed from the
mouth of the shaft. The second arch
was an improvement on the original
plan, in which only one arch was pro*
villi and wide enough for a double track.
By the new | lun the eastward tracks
will run separate arches resting ou a
strong brick wall in the center. This
will insure greater safety and solidi
ty, while the proportionate increase
in the cost will not bo very great.
Work on the New York end, it is
said, will be begin in a few weeks.
You can tell a clerk In n dry good*
stoic from the milionairc proprietor
by the good cl thus lie wears.