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EDITORIAL. EAGLETS
Gen. Hancock makes no allusion
to the war in his letter of acceptance,
' Mr Norwood’s convention of nine
was, so far as the outside world
knows, unanimous.
It is stated that the republicans
will run a candidate for congress in
most, if not all the districts.
In several counties and senatorial
districts the colored people are
bringing out candidates for the leg
islature.
♦♦* ♦
It is now insisted that the recent
census will show that the increase in
population in Georgia will exceed 30
per cent.
Col. C. D. Forsyth, of Rome, a
leading republican, is announced as
a candidate for congress in the sev
enth district.
♦ -«■»- ■*>
The disorganizers in the conven
tion showed their fidelity to the
democratic party by asking Dr. Fel
ton to become their candidate.
The Savannah News, published at
Mr. Norwood’s home, supports Col
quitt and in an editorial on the sub
ject gives solid reasons for its course.
Dr. Felton, who says “a solid
South means poverty and inaction,”
seems to have been the first choice
pf the minority of the convention for
governor.
The British have not yet recovered
from their late defeat in Afghanistan,
but are hurrying forward reinforce
ments to save the remnant of their
army still besieged a.t Candahar.
Arter, charged with the murder of
of a Miss Hill in Jackson county a 1
short time ago, was fried last week, 1
found guilty and sentenced to be '
w hanged on the Bth of October. 1
The democrats of Tennessee are
still divided on State issues. The
debt payers have nominated John 1
V. Wright for governor, and the re
pndiators have nominated F. F.
Wilson.
The republican State executive I
committee held a meeting in Atlanta i
last week and decided to call a con- ’
veutiou of their party to meet in ‘
that city on the 7th of .September, to 1
* nominate a governor and State house
officers.
The people of Georgia will find
that there is more than mere oppo
sition to Governor Colquitt in thia
race for governor. Ten million dol
lars of fraudulent bonds may die,
x but they never surrender.— Atlanta
Constitution.
The factious minority of the con
vention, after swinging around the
circle by soliciting almost every gen
tleman of prominence to become
their candidate, finally lit on ex-
Senator Norwood, of Savannah, to
lead the forlorn hope.
We have always believed that un
der our system of government the
majority ruled, but it seems that the
rule is to be reversed, and the mi
nority allowed to dictate. Before
this is enforced, however, the people
will be heard from.
The first comptroller of the treas
ury has decided in the matter of the
payment of a draft to the receiver or
the payee or endorser of a draft, that
no court, either State or national,
can intervene between the govern
ment and the payee or endorser of a
draft, to interfere with the paymen t
thereof directly to such payee or en
dorser.
Speaking of the protracted contest
over the gubernatorial nomination
in Georgia, the Baltimore G'zette
says: “Governor Colquitt’s friends
stick to him with remarkable fidelity,
his name having led the Georgia
convention for six days, though still
lacking the necessary two-thirds
vote. Governor Colquitt has made
one of the best governors that Geor
gia ever had, so that the devotion of
his supporters is fully merited. The
proposition to submit his claims to
the people, which has been suggested
as the best solution of the difficulty,
will, doubtless, if carried into effect,
result in his securing a great popular
majority.”
The apportionment of members
of the federal house of representa
tives under the census of 1870 was
made by the act of February 2,1872,
and provided that that body should
bo composed of 291 members. The
reapportionment was made to apply
first to the forty-third congress,
which began March 4, 1873. The
same act provided that members of
the forty-fifth and of succeeding con
gresses should be voted for on the
Tuesday following the first Monday
of November in every alternate year,
commencing with 1876. It is proba
ble the new apportionment of repre
sentatives to be made under the cen
sus of 1880 will first apply to the
forty-eighth congress, which will
commence its term March 4, 1883.
The Gainesville Eagle
VOL. XIV.
POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES.
As the best means for raising and
lowering the trains on the railway up
Mount Vesuvius, the American dou
ble iron rope system has been
adopted and works most success
fully.
i It is estimated that in a single de
cade, in Great Britain, at least 500,-
000 persons engaged in industrial
pursuits sustain personal injury or
are killed by accidents in mines, fac
tories or on railways.
An eminent photographer recently
ascended in a balloon to a great
height in France, taking his appa
ratus with him, and succeeded in
getting some views of the country
over which he traveled.
Dr. Theobald Fischer, who is trav
eling through that country, thinks
that the planting of forests in north
Afnca, would much more improve
the climate of that country, than by
forming an inland sea.
Dr. Tanner continues to astonish
the other doctors; he has neither
burst nor gone into a lunatic asylum,
nor even into his grave. Hereafter
men will be rated according to their
individual constitutions; not by the
standard that the books have mado
from the constitutions of other mon-
Two large alligators, the first ever
in that country, were recently taken
from the Yang-tso-kiang, and were
transported to the Berlin Zoological
Museum where they are now on ex
hibition. ft is eaid they attract
more attention than any other ob
jects in the building.
As an evidence of the reducing
power of the oil of cloves pour a few
drops upon perfectly dry oxide of
silver, when the oil will take fire
almost immediately, and will emit
sparks and a strong smoke. On
dropping the oil on peroxide of lead,
smoke is expelled and the mixture
turns hot but does not ignite.
Since so much has been said re
garding Mr. Balmdin’s invention of
a luminous paint, it has been learned
from a translation of a Chinese book,
that the people of that country were
acquainted with the<u-t of luminous
painting as far back as nine hundred
years ago, the principle ingredient
of the paint being taken from a
kind of oyster found in that coun
try.
A party of United States survey
ors recently took soundings of the
Niagara river below the falls. That
nearest the falls indicated 83 feet, a
short distance below , that showed a
depth of 100 feet, while at the in
clined railway the line told off 192
feet. Where the whirlpool rapids
set in, immediately below the sus
pension bridge, thu depth of water
was found to be 210 feet.
Initiatory steps are being taken to
establish a circle of observing sta
tions around the north polar region,
idl to be connected by telegraph.
The proposed points for stations are
at Upernivik, in west Greenland; at
the mouth of the Lena in Russia;
Switzbergen, Holland; on the new
Sibeiian Islands; Novaya Zemlya;
Point Barrow, in Alaska; at some
point on tho Arctic coast of Canada
and possibly at other intermediate
points.
The changing of tho current of the
Missouri river at. Covington, lowa, is
threatening seriously the early de
strnction of that town. Within the
past two years, some 400 feet of the
bank has beeu washed away together
with a number of houses. Numer
ous other buildings have only been
saved by being placed upon rollers
and removed. Scientists are puz
zling their brains for a satisfactory
mode of repelling these sudden
changes of the current in this river,
which so frequently take place,
often resulting destructively to many
localities.
A Mr. Flense has invented a new
diving process which enables breath
ing under water, and which dispen
ses in a great measure with the
cumbrous apparatus hitherto em
ployed by divers. The new method
consists of an air-tight helmet to be
worn by the diver, which is designed
to furnish a continuous supply of
oxygen, and to dispose of the car
bonic acid which the breather ex
hales. As a test of his new inven
tions, Mr. Fleuss recently put his
apparatus on and going under the
water for the first time in his life,
remained there over one hour.
The most wonderful geological
formation, perhaps in the world, is
that recently discovered in the valley
of the east fork of the Yellowstone
river. It* is said to be in horizontal
layers, and the whole formation is a
litUe more thau a milß in depth. The
silicified remains of a multitude of
forests fill the entire formation
throughout. Many of.the trees are of
large size, Some are standing up
right as they grew and many are
prostrate. Numerous stumps and
logs are to be found that measure
four and five feet in diameter, while l
one huge trunk is described that is
said to be ten feet,-in diameter.
A Ringing Correspondence*
We give below the correspondence
betwen the committee appointed by
the majority of the State convention
and Governor Colquitt-
THE COMMITTEE TO THE GOVERNOR.
Atlanta, Ga , August 12. 1880.—
Governor A. H. Colquitt, Atlanta,
Ga. —Dear Sir: The democratic con
vention of the state Georgia, which
assembled in this city on the 4th,
instant, by a large majority selected
you as the democratic candidate for
governor at the ensuing election in
October next, and the undersigned
were appointed by the convention as
a committee to notify you of its action
and request ycur acceptance of the
trust.
In the performance of this pleasant
duty, permit us to congratulate- you
and the stale of Georgia on the happy
result, and to say that the action of
the convention in your selection as
the standard bearer, is but the reiter
ation of the pronounced voice of the
democracy of Georgia lawfully ex
pressed at the ballot-box, in the fullest
primary elections ever held in the
state.
Your administration, embracing &
period of four years, and complicated
with great financial questions, and
the formation of a new constitution,
and dealing with economy, reform
and nationality, has demonstrated
your ability, integrity and devotion
to Georgia and evoked an overwhelm
ing indorsement from the grateful
people of our great commonwealth.
We f el confident that the action of
the convention in giving you a major
ity of 224§ votes out of the 349|
present is a clear expression of the
wishes i f the people and will be
affix med.
Hoping that you will, at an early
day. signify your acceptance, and
with high personal consideration-, we
remain,
Philip L Cohen,
Randolph Ridgeley,
R. Jones.
Willis A. Hawkins,
F. M. Longley,
Geo. M* Nolan,
Samuel Hall,
David Buckofzer,
Tyler M. Peeples,
Committee,
THE GOVERNORS RESPONSE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 12, 1880.—
Messrs. Philip L. Cohen, Randolph
Ridgeley, R. Jones, Willis A, Haw
kins, F. M. Longloy, George M.
Nolan,Samuel Hall,David Buckolzar,
Tyler M. Peeples, Committee —Gen-
tlemen: I have the honor to acknol
edge the receipt of your letter, notify
ing me that the st<ite demo ratio con
vention of Geogia has selected me
by a large majority as the democratic
candidate for governor in the coming
state election, and I horeby signify
my acceptance ofthe trust. For the
kind terms in which you have couch
ed your letter, I beg to assure jon of
my appreciation.
Entering upon the duties of the
executive office nearly four years ago
in a period of general depression, I
was conscious of the unusual burden
that I assumed, and I brought to the
discharge of duty an earnest desire
that my administration might bring
material results of benefit to the peo
ple of our beloved state. In every
act I have performed as a public ser.
vant since I have filled the poet I oc
cupy, the interest and the honor of
Georgia have beeu my inspiration,
and not to the extent of ‘’one poor
scruple” have I betrayed or slept over
my trust.
It has been gratifying to me to see
a steady improvement in. individual
welfare and in every phase of the
public condition, and I am not insen
sible to the compliment conveyed in
your letter that you accord to me
credit for these results to the full ex
tent that an executive may properly
claim in our scheme of public polity.
Among the valuable results wrought
io these years are, an elevated state
credit, a diminished public debt, a
decreased rate of taxation, enlarged
sources of income, exaltation < f the
state’s dignity abroad, and an abate
ment of sectional strife through
Georgia’s influence. To these may
be added kindlier relations between
the white and colored races, due to a
liberal spirit in the encouragement of
popular education and equal justice
in the protection of all races in every
right of citizenship to the fullest ex
tent of executive authority.
I consider it the duty of all the
patriotic people belonging to either
race to encourage cordiality and
kindness between the races. It is
espec ally the duty of the white race
having the advantage which they now
poss ss in education and in the pos
session of property, to se.- that full
and impartial justice is done to the
colored race by every department of
the government.
I will say further that the state
government should do all that can
reasonably be done to promote popu
lar education, and that each race
should participate equally and fairly
ir. the distribution of all public
I moneys raised for that purpose, in
I proportion to the number of children
[belonging to within the ages
GAINES
ILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1880.
which entitle them to the benefits of
education at public expense, as pro
vided by law.
i I may mention as an evidence of
increased prosperity that if the re
turns from the one hundred counties
heard from by the comptroller gene
ral afford a basis for judging, the
wealth of Georgia will show an in
crease of fully ten millions of dollars
this single year.
It may not be inappropriate in this
connection for me to say something
on the subject of our system of trans
portation, as it is one that very ma
terially directs the interests of our
fellow-citizens. Much complaint hav
ing been made in reference to the in
equalities and discriminations in our
railroad system, the last general as
sembly took up that question, and
after great deliberation passed the
act now upon our statue book, a lead
ing feature of which was the establish
ment of u railroad commission. It
was not to be expected that the com
missioners could in a short time so
adjust the whole railroad system in
Georgia as to prevent all discrimina
tions and do justice alike to all the
people and to the railroad companies.
I am gratified to learn, however, that
very great progress has been made
toward a satisfactory solution of this
whole question. I cannot doubt that
the able and intelligent gentlemen
who have the matter in charge as
commissioners, will during the com
ing year be able to harmonize the
different conflicting elements, and to
so systuin.ze the whole business of
transportation by rail in tho state as
to place it upon a just and equitable
basis. I trust that both the trans
portation companies and the people
will be content to await developments
for a reasonable time until the prob
lem has been fairly solved* The peo
ple of the state have the right to de
mand that their freights be carried
at the lowest figure that will secure
to the stockholders who have invested
their money in railroad enterprises
reasonable and just dividends upon
the investment.
While on this point I desire to re
mark farther that I am aware that
considerable disquietude has been
manifested by our peopie in reference
to our great state property, the West
ern and Atlantic railroad, growing 1
out of thoextensive combinations and
consolidations of the railroad inter- <
ests, and the rapid changes which ■
Lave been made in the ownership of ’
the different lines connecting with
our state system, and especially with i
the Western and Atlantic railroad. I
I have looked carefully into the ■
lease and to the act providing for the 1
lease of the Western and Atlantic ’
railroad, and I find that all discrimi- 1
nation against persons or corpora- 1
tions in this state are positively for- 1
bidden by that act. It will be my 1
purpose to see that thin act is faith- 1
fully carried out iu letter and spirit. 1
The Western and Atlantic railroad (
is a great public highway, connecting (
the transportation lines between the ’
coast and the west and it should be *
perpetually used as an open highway ’
over which every person and every ’
railroad company should have an ’
equal right to pass upon terms of 1
perfect equality. To carry. out this
object, it will be very important that 1
the state should retain at all times (
the control of this groat highway in •
her own hands. I am, therefore, op- 1
posed to the sale of the Western and 1
Atlantic railroad, and should not 1
hesitate to withhold my signature as 1
the executive of Georgia from any 1
act providing for the sale of the road, ;
or of any disposition of it that puts '
it beyond the power of the state to 1
keep it open alike to the use of all ’
corporations and all citizens upon
terms of perfect equality.
While these remarks are probably <
not elicited by your communication,
they relate to subjects of public inter- 1
est, so momentous in their character
that I feel I am due no apology for '
having made this public statement in :
reference to my position and policy
on these vital issues.
Feeling grateful for the continued
manifestation of the respect and con
fidence of the people of Georgia, as
shown by their indorsement in pri
mary meetings, and the action of the
democratic convention, I take fresh
courage for the work that is before
me, and as 1 feel that I have been
true to the interest of Georgia in the
past, I will not falter in the discharge
of duty in the future. Very respect
fully your obedient servant,
Alfred H, Colquitt.
Buddhism.
Tnis was the subject of an eloquent
di.-course delivered last week by Dr.
Win. H. Channing, of London, before
the School of Philosophy at Concord,
Mass. The lecturer, as reported in
the Boston 7’raue/er, prefaced his
treatment of the theme by a happy
mention of Edwin Arnold’s “Light of
Asia, which has had a wide circula
tion in this country, preparing the
mind of the public for a fuller knowl
edge of the religion of Buddha.
What, asked Dr. Channing, is the
secret of the success of this book in
America ? It means, he said, that we
see the promise here of the afterglow
E in this country —the linking of hands
*, with the East, and the pointing to
' ward a great universal religion. An
s >ther reason is to be found in the
fact that men, still more, women, feel
i that this book is balancing our scales
• in regard to our modern reverence
for the good that has been distributed
• to mankind in the past.
i Edwin Arnold’s religion is the re
ligion he finds in Buddha. Here is a
1 religion outnumbering the millions
of tNe Christian Church by many mil
lions. With regard to the myriads
who in convents daily turn the wheel
for prayer, and with regard to the
multitudes outside of the c nvents,
we see distinctions between men done
away. This beautiful character,.
Buddha, this great illuminator of the
East—and now of the West—is ouo
of the great reconcilers of the race
for all time.
Buddha’s life is simply a grand one.
He was born a young priuce, and
was a wonderfully rounded character.
With the advantages of the culture
of his time, and of its philosophy and
wisdom, he was an accomplished,
knightly, chivalric gentleman.
Observe, said the lecturer, the time
when ho becomes very meditative and
he secludes himself in the grove. Snr"
rounded as he was by honor and ad
vantages, yet he broke awaj from
ail. It was not eccentric, but the
most natural thing in the world for
him to break away; for he felt the
need of something nobler, and he
wanted to enable others, also, to
reach it, We see his flight by night’
He goes to three different schools of
Brahmins for these three schools ex
isted then. They all failed him.
Why ? Not that he did not receive
what was best in each of the schools,
but the weakness he saw in them was
that they sought intellectual princi
ple, whereas he sought the moral. It
was wonderful how pure disinterest
edness triumphed over self-love. Wo
see correspondence with the tempta
tions of Christ. Buddha, moreover,
sought his private salvation only by
universal salvation. There was no
selfishness in his salvation. lie must
enter with his race, and in their sal
vation he finds his.
Dr. Channing discussed the ques
tion, “Was Buddha an atheist?”
True, he never revealed the Being
of Beings, bnt |he talked of gods.
Look at the facts of his times- Every
where India was given up to idolatry.
The Brahmin religion, too, was pass
ing into a change. Place yourself in
the position of Buddha, who felt that
the true mode of salvation was not
by all the religions around him united
or by any one of them, but by good
ness. But Buddha was inmostly a
worshipper of the AU God; that man
must be very blind who can call him
an atheist. A prominent feature of
the Indian religion was a world of
spirits. The world was crowded full
of them, they were everywhere. Bud
dha did not deny their existence, but
he could not bear to vulgarize the
doctrine. He wished to elevate it,
but difficult was it to do this. He
had scarcely left the world himself
ere his disciples put him into the
midst ofthe spirits of the world.
Dr. Channing very emphatically f
denies that Buddha taught annihila- (
tion and extinction after death. Bud- .
dha clearly did not teach extinction <
after this life, and when he himself (
dies the heavers rain down flowers ]
and a multitude o f celestial beings 1
receive him to regions beyond. One ;
of the most fundamental points in ,
Buddha was dwelt upon beautifully ,
by the lecturer, namely, that he did
not begin by teaching abstractions, ,
but the most practical things. ,
His four grand doctrines were: 1. ;
That this a world of pain. It is one I
of sorrow,escaping into perfect peace. !
And ho accepted this practically. 2 I
The cause of the pain and sorrow of 1
this world was in the desire rooted in <
the ungoveined affections. 3. That 1
man can escape and attain to peace.
4. That this way of escape is Nirvana. 1
Among other great principles incul- i
cited by Buddha were: 1. The cnlti- ;
vation of the right modes of attain- 1
ing livelihood; (2) cultivation of
right modes of exertion and endeavor
in life; (3) of right modes of memory;
and (4) of right modes of meditation.
These principles were all carried out
into the practical life. One of the
most remarkable things we observe
in Buddha is his utter abolition of
caste. This was an utter democracy;
but think what all this meant in In
dia ! A very great doctrine empha
sized by Buddha was the peerage of
woman. This was taught wonder
fully by Buddha. He opened wo
man’s destiny. He held this doctrine,
which is so slowly becoming appre
ciated in Christendom. His own aunt
was the first disciple entering into
Buddha’s church. But he not only
taught abolition of caste an.l the
peerage of woman—these were good
and high doctrines—but, more won
derful still, we see conspicuously
taught by him his innermost doctrine
of compassion and humility. Dr.
Channing illustrated this by various
beautiful stories of Buddha, contain-
> | ing remarkable resemblances to those
■in the Christian gospels. Buddha
transformed even those who would
murder him into scholars and teach
ers of his school. This compassion
of Buddha showed itself in its culmi
j nation in the many schools and hos
j pitals of his people. Go to Thibet
to-day and you shall see marvelous
evidences of the virtues which we
Christians pride ourselves upon. We
can learn much there. I tell you, my
friends, we see th >se people purer and
more pacific than we are to-day.
Buddha himself had no worship,
no prayers, no ritual; but the Bud
dhist Church was formed soon after
ho passed away.
Dr. Channing closed with a most
glowing praise and admiration of the
Buddhist religion, the highest reli
gion to-day, next to the Christian
religion,
Journalism.
In cloeing an article on the Bo
hemian of journalism who once flour
ished in New York, Chas. T. Congdon
says:
The incoming generation of joins
nalists will have much greater chances
of doing valuable and successful work
than that which is about to take
leave of life, its fluctuations and its
vast concerns. Every day the news
paper is becoming more important
to the happiness, the comfort, the
convenience, and the progress of the
world. The Bohemian element of
journalism, though it may etill linger
in certain newspaper offices, is now
no more tolerated in those which are
carefully managed—no more, in
fact, than it would be in the oldest
and most solemnly respectable bank
ing house in Wall street. Order,
system, punctuality, industry, are
now looked for quite as much as
brilliant ability and a ready pen.
The different departments of duty
are well defined, and there is no
longer much chance for the man who
plumes himself upon doing one thing
as well as another.
It is with journalism as with every
other department of human enter
prise and energy. Brains are not
quite enough, albeit they are emi
nently desirable. Literary resources
are not all sufficient, although they
may be many and various. It may
happen, in the race for newspaper
success, that the tortoise will beat
the hare. Many people when they
get old enough are likely with a sigh
to say: “If I had done so and so, i
and had not done so and so, I should
now have money, fame, competence,
serenity of mind.” Well, perhaps,
and perhaps not. Who knows? Oae
may be sure, however, of the day
which is passing, or of the night in
which he compiles, arranges, makes
all manner of manuscript under the
midnight gas, and wins the right to
slumber till next day’s noon. This
is about all which any many in any
field of labor can be sure of. And if
he be true and faithful, day by day
and hour by hour, he need not fear i
to see the last light of life extin
guished, and may look with confi- 1
dence for the first gleam of the eter- ;
nal sunrise. i
Tlae New Medicine Men.
A Chinese doctor has raised his 1
sign in New York. He is the type (
of a new and, to this country, deci
dedly original school. His name is ;
given as Dr. Joe Bak San. He states
there are no medical schools in the
land of hieroglyphic-covered tea
boxes, but the professions are trans- i
milted from father to son through
generations. So descendants learn
the theory and practice of medicine. <
Dissection and demonstration of
anatomy are unknown to the Chi
nese, and hence they have no grave
yard robberies. They do not use <
the knife. The Chinaman is feed to
keep people well. The Chinese doc
tor takes charge of all the familie she
can get, and agrees to keep them in
health. He gets paid for their
heaithfulnoss, and receives nothing
when they sicken and die. Some
times he even has to indemnify the
mourners for their losses. It is
therefore the interest of the Chinese
doctor to permit no sickness in the
families of his patrons, and this is
the general direction of his practice,
which looks worthy of imitation. In
stead of cutting off broken limbs, as
ie often done by our surgens, the
Chinese treatment is to save them,
and they nearly always succeed. This
mode of doing things certainly has
its advantages. The Chinese doctor
does not hesitate to advertise his
bkill, and if he has a specialty to
permit the world to know it. The
ancient race may be able to teach
our enterprising moderns excellent
doctrines. That idea of being paid
only when health is continued is ad
mirable, but then the patient must
do what the doctor says, and not as
his fancy wills.
♦
Strengthening the Voice.
Signor Alberto B. Bach has recen
tly devised and introduced in Lon
i don a simple appliance called a “re
, ator,” for increasing the volume and
i power of the human voice when sing
■ ing. In the course of a recent lec
) ture-Signor Bach described the me
i chanism of the vocal organs, and ex-
plained the modes in which tl eir
power could beet be develuj ed, and
among other points be directed at
tenliou to the cilice performed by
the bard portion of the palate, this
acting as a kind of sounding board
when the mouth is open for singing.
It is for the purpose of increasing
the < fliciency of the palate in this
respect that the “resonator” has been
designed.
The instrument consists of a gold
plate fitted to the roof of the mouth,
close above the upper teeth—much
in the same way as the gold palate
of ase of artificial teeth—the plate
having attached to it another gold
plate which is convex downwards in
both directions. A hallow sounding
board—as it may be called—is thus
formed, which has a remarkable ef
fect on the volume of sound produc
ed by the person wearing the instru
ment. The resonator appears to
have no prejudicial effect upon the
distinctness of articulation, and Sig
nor Bach states that it cun be used
without the slightest inconvenience
after a modi rate amount of practice.
It will not give a good voice to one
who ilues net already possess that
gift, nor will it eradicate any faults in
singing, but, properly used, it is re
ported to have a remarkable effet in ,
increasing lire power of the sound <
which a singer can produce, and this <
without deteriorating its quality <r
increasing the effort required.
A Speech from Gen. llosecrauz.
The Hancock Blue and Gray Cen- j
tral Club, of San Francisco, Cal., (
held an immense meeting Saturday
evening, July 24. General W. S.
Rosecranz, who is the regular presi- 1
dent of the club, made the opening 1
speech, in which he said, among *
other things:
“What the Hancock Blue and 1
Gray Legion proposes to do is to 1
procure, by’ all honorable means, the
election of our candidates, and the <
only qualification for membership is «
a pledge to vote for our candidates. I
Where there is smoke there is fire. <
I mean that no man can see such a I
crowd as this without understanding t
that there is some fire behind that
smoke. W’e do not believe that re- ,
publican institutions are going to <
seed. We do not intend that they (
shall perish. What do we propose |
to do? We intend to advance good, j
sound reason, and plenty of it, and if |
we can’t do that we can’t expect to
win. The United States is divided
into three portions. The democratic 1
party in the northern and western I
States, the republican party in the 1
Northern and western states, and
the Democratic party in the South, 1
which is not permitted' to take part 1
in the administration of this govern *
ment unless they vote the Republi
can ticket. Carpet-baggers go down
there to show the Southerners how i
to vote. They created an artificial <
sentiment among the negroes. Now <
we think they ought to let them think f
for themselves. Those men who <
reared the negro, who were born i
among them, have their interests at <
heart, and I believe that we can find
a better way of giving freedom to t
freemen than that way the Northern t
carpet-bagger prescribes. We pro- (
pose to pay no attention to this talk ,
about the solid South.” (
The mining company of which Gen.
Grant has been made president is the {
San Pedro and Canon di Lagua Com
pany of New Mexico. It is under
stood that the new president will ac- *
cept. He will enter upon his duties *
about September Ist, and will reside f
in New York. The stock of the com- 1
pany is held by Boston and New York *
capitalists, of whom E. W. Stoughton (
is one. The company has a nominal £
capital of $10,000,000, and paid tl,- -
000,000 for its property. The mines,
which were worked many years ago, 1
are some thirty-five miles south of J
Santa Fe, and comprehend 2,000 <
acres of gold placer, besides very 1
valuable copper mines.
—. I
A widow with six children aud <
S3OO was induced one day last week 1
to marry an insinuating stranger in 1
Cincinnati. On the morning after
the wedding they breakfasted in a ]
restaurant, and after the meal was i
dispatched the husband said that he :
would go out and get s aved. Put
ting his arm around his wife’s neck
he kissed her and at the same mo
ment picked her pocket. He did not
return. The pocket book which he
had stolen contained his wife’s S3OO.
On the previous afternoon she had
bought a silver watch for him and
had given him S2O
The Athenwum says that the pub
lication of the revised version of the
New Testament will not take place
until the spring of 1881, when the
Greek tixts will, no doubt, be com
pleted. The editorial work,as regards
the revised English version, Las been
intrusted by the universities to the
Rev. J. Troutbeck, the Secretary of
the New Testament Company.
In Ireland last ycai $7,500,000 less
• were spent for drink than in the pre
- ceding year.
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Transient advertising will be charged $1 per inch
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All bills due upon the first appearance of the ad
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NO. 37
SMALL BITS
Os V’arlous Kinds Carelessly Threwu
Togethei.
The electric machine of a ciraai
side show shocked a young man to
death, at Woodford, Illinois.
Sally Jones says when she was in.
tore she felt as if she was in a railway
•unuel with a train of cars coming
bjth ways.
Gen. Hancock says he will make
uo speeches during the campaign,
but will remain on Governor’s island
all summer and fall.
A Detroit man was astonished the
other day to find the telephone could
talk French. He says he thought it
was an English invention.
The staff of the German army,
after successful experiments, have
adopted the telephone to replace, in
target practice, trumpet signals.
Ex Secretory Bristow, who is in
New York, when visited by a reporter
on Monday, declined to say anything
concerning Gen. McDonald’s recent
exposure of the operations of the St.
Louis whisky ring.
The man who loafs his time away
around a one-horse grocery while his
wife takes in washing to support him
can always tell you just what the
country needs to enhance her pros
perity.
“For the campaign which is now
waxing hot," says ths Globe Democrat,
“the one question, the vital question,
is the bloody-shirt question.” That
is all that remains of the once great
and national Republican party.
Paris is rapidly adopting the elec
tric light, even in its present crude
stage of development. Twenty large
establishments in the city are highly
illuminated on the new system, and
the boulevards are dazzling to an un
comfortable degree.
Prof. Swing, of Chicago, in a dis
course at a recent meeting of West
ern farmers, told them that their
lank bodies and sorrowful faces came
of too much w rk, too little sleep,and
too little good food, and that the
name is true as to their boys.
A woman in Marshall county, Kan
sas, has had bad luck with husbands.
T#o of them were hanged by vigil
ance committees, a third was sent to
the penitentiary and a fourth com
mitted suicide. Nothing has as yet
happened to the fifth.
British trade returns sh w that
during the first six months of the
present year Great Britain sent to
America iron valued at .£6,541,763.
This is an increase of 118 percent,
over 1879, when for the correspond
ing months £1,526,143 worth were
exported.
Joseph Melody, of Independence,
Mo., was murdered by Lewis Hiltz,
and Hiltz was acquitted on the
ground of insanity; but he was re
cently struck dead by sun-stroke, on
the same day of the month, at the
same hour of the day, and on the
very spot where he committed the
deed.
The Philadelphia Times observes
that “whenever Grant was taken out
of the contest of 1880, it was a con
fession that the entire South would
vote Democratic, and Hancock will
carry those States by a much more
honest vote and count than will be
given in either Philadelphia or New
York City.”
The Albanian League, is conven
tion, has determined to throw away
every vestige of Ottoman authority,
and have declared absolute indepen
dence of the Porte. So complete is
the revolution that the central cities
of Albania absolutely refuse to take
any part in hostile measures against
he Greeks.
A portable fountain of ice water,
mounted on wheels, provided bv the
Business Men’s Society of New York
city, will be sent through the tene
ment-house districts, and the poor
will be invited to help themselves to
th healthful beverage. A stoppage
of from five to thirty minutes will be
made in front of each building for
that purpose..
The Washington Pont says those re
publicans who are attempting to de
fend General Garfield in the credit
mobilier transaction on the ground
that the credit mobiliei was not seek
ing any legislation and therefore had
no motive for bribing congressmen,
overlook the fact that legislation was
exactly the thing that the credit
mobilier didn’t want. It had there
a very decided interest in bribing
congressmen to let it alone
A Hock of girls is called a bevy; a
bevy of wolves a pack; a pack of
thieves a gang; a gang of angels a
host; a host of porpoises a shoal; a
shoal of buffaloes a herd; a herd of
children a troop; a troop of part
ridges a covey; a covey of beauties
a galaxy; a galaxy of ruffians a horde;
a horde of rubbish a heap; a heap of
oxen a drove; a drove of blackguards
a mob, a mob of whales a school; a
school of worshippers a congrega
tion; a congregation of engineers a
i corps; a cor; s of robbers a band; a
■ band of locusts a swarm, and a swarm
of people is called a crowd