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V YANKEE’S OPINION OF THE NEGBO AT HOME -HOW SHALL WE MANAGE HIM. Two groat problems will occupy the mi mis of this nation at no distant day. The first will be that of Mormonism and how to get lid ofit. The scciml will be termed : “The negro: How shall we manage him ?” That the negro has gat to be man aged will surprise some people—that class in the North who have never set foot south of the Ohio river, and who fondly imagine that the colored man of the North is a true sample of therace in this country. There is as much difference between the blacks North and South of the Ohio river as there is between Chinamen and In dians. A negro loafer is a' rare case at the North, even in our cities. Ho4eels lhat he must work or go ragged and hungry. The negro loaf er of the South can be met with at ev ery corner. The ouly feeling he has is to escape work. lie can probably beg bis old clothes and enough food to keep him from starving. If he can’t, then look out for his thievish fingers. A Northern uegroe’s state ment is hardly ever questioned. A Southern negro will tell three lies to <nie truth. When we make a verbal bargain with a Norlhori, negro wc "rely upou him to carry out his part of the contract. A Southern planter may take a negro before a Justice of the Peace and swear him, and then oblige him to make bis mark to an agrccmdbl drawn up in legal form to labor so long a time at so mnch per month, ami the negro will jump , that contract whenever he pleases without the slightest regard to , honor. Nineteen out of twenty will lie to and steal from the very , men to Whom they are most indebt- ] ed. Freedom and the ballot, coming •, together, upset the slave. Asa slave i he worked and obeyed certain rules ( and regulations because he feared ( the penally. Heft fo his own plan- | uiag he has no head. J/oft to carry i out his own ideas, he makes lying* • deceiving and trickery take the place ( of work. Asa farm laborer no on i can lie sure whether he will stay a < day or a month. The very l>est of ( .them will quit work whenever (he 1 whim seizes. Saturday is a holiday I in which ho must go to town and i spend his last cent, no matter how the ' crops arc situated. In tho North the virtue of tho av erage colored woman is unquestiona ble. In tho South not one in a thou sand is credited with it At i race they do not know the meaning of the torm. A colored preacher at Augus ta who was soliciting subscriptions to rebuild a country clmrch swept away by a cyclone told tnc that al most every man in his congregation felt at liberty to dosert wife and children and marry again whenever tie s willed. He had unchurched _j;W uf them for bev* r g t wo, throe and four wives. Southern men have seen a change in tho negro year by year. He has no ambition—no industry. Year by year it is becoming more difficult to handle him as a laborer. Ho is de serting tho country for the towns. He is ungrateful and trilling. For the benefit of Northern philanthro pists I should like to say that the rare lias improved. In ono way it has. Most of them can read and write, but this very improvement has worked them an injury. The colored man who ean read a newspaper or write a letter will not do a stroke of work if he starves as the penally. Ho is above it, and is looking for an office. Ninety -eight out of every hundred live like dogs and worse. Ttight on the plantation where they work they will steal the owner blind. As for schools. Hie mpiiey is equal ly divided, and they aro given every chance, but Ihc father whose boy can earn him two bits a day will not send him to school for an hour. Educate a colored girl and she pots on airs, , refuses to do work, ami runs off to some city to lead a fast life. Replace the negro lal>or of the South with wliito men and her crops would double.but the negro keeps the white labor away. He won’t work and- he won’t get out. The people of tho South have borne from the biack man what no other people would endure. They pass over his impudence, find excuses for his laziness, and sympathize with him when he comes before the law. They pay all his taxes, burden t hom ed vea with his schooling, stand for his doctor bills, and feel far more kindness for him than any of us in tho North. And yet there must lie a change. The agriculture of the .South j must drill backwards, the negro must Ifet out, or there must be some belter way of controlling him. Our North ern farmers rout out their hired help at daybreak and push ’em for all they are worth. The negro cannot he ion led out. He cannot bo pushed. If 15,000 worth of oats wore in dan gerhe would not quicken his pace nor give up his trip to tewn. Hind your self te girehim fI,OOO per month and be will jump the contract the same as if the figures were sl2. As he is net ouly a natural tyrant, but naturally cruel. Ho will knock bis mule down with a club where a white man would not speak out sharply. He will pound his wife as if she were a log, and I bare repeatedly seen white men interfere to prevent them from crippling their children. We all want the negro to improve. He has become a part and portion of our country, our polities and our bal lads. But let us not deceive our selves. lie is a far worse problem than the savage Indians of the plains. Tho latter we can fores with bullet aad bayonet The former can enly be punished as a law breaker, and laughs at the penalty.—M. Quad in JDctroit Free Press, THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. YOL. XIX. THE ORPHAN'S HOME AT DECAT UR. The Boport of the Viaitln* Committee on tho Work of the Institution. The committee who visited the or phan asylum has .submitted the fol lowing report: At the request of Rev. 8. TV Jones, the agent of the Orphan’s homo, De catur, Ga., we, the undersigned citi zens of Atlantaand community, made a visit to ihe homo yesterday, and were so much pleased and delighted beyond expectations that we have deemed it advisable to give an ac count of our trip. On arriving at the homo we wero first shown-the new building now in course of con struction lintler an efficientcontractor. It is being built wit li all the modern conveniences for comfort, health and cleanliness, and when completed will be an ornament to our siatotjjaud the .(wide of its friends. It is located on a slight eminence in a natural grove, “beautiful for situation and the joy of the entire surroundings.” The farm contains 2fio acres, and has a good crop on it, cultivated by the superin tendent and largest boys. Mr. P. G. Turner and wifo,the effi cient superintendent and matron, ns well as Mrs. Cora Hampton the teach er, manage their different depart ments withs great deal of skill and j good judgment. The children all I look healthy, bright and happy and (as one ol our members said) look bet tor in this respect than nine-tenths of our regular schools made up of the children of well to do parents living j in comfort and wealth. Wo heartily recommend the people, both ladies and men, of onr city and state to visit this noble institution when conve nient—feeling assured tiiat they, like ourselves, will not only be delighted but astonished, to soo how much go .id is being done here for the helpless or phan children of our stale—and then j we all who feel that the injunction was intended for us which says “Lore yotir neighbor bs yourself” and that this is fulfilling the law, will surely feel impressed anew with the groat truth onr Saviour uttered when he said : “Inasmnch as ye did it to ono of the least ef these my brethren ye did it unto me.” We wero struck with much force at the fact staled by one of tlie officers of the home when he said : “While our home is the property of, and un der the care of the north Georgia conference, when we aro called upon totakcchargo oftlicsc dependent lit tle ones, we ask no question, as to what sect they belong and no matter iftbey lie Jow or gentile. Mclhodiet, itaplist or Presbyterian, if they arc destitute and full orphan*, as long as we have room we take them in and care for them until we have chances to have them adopted into pleasant Christian families under proper re strictions.” The home seems to lie to this class of children what Castle Garden is to numerous Immigrants who land on our shores. We cannot say too much in favor of the efficient agent, itev. 8. P. Jones, who is ful ly consecrated and wc might say in dis|ictisiblc to lids work. We feat - the present plan of the offi cers and trustees to complete only a part of the building at once will not enable them to accommodate the ap plicants who stand wailing for ad mission, as the trouble all the time lias not only liccn small moans, bul want of room. They are trying liow over’(bc it said to their credit) to keep out of debt, a ml they are merely attempting to go so far as their moans allow. In our opinion it >voulil lie ■best to endeavor to raise say |."i,000 more fo enable tlie trustees to com plete the entire building and improve the grounds. We urge the citizens of Atlanta to respond to Ihe invitation of Ihe agent, Rev. Sam Jones, to visit the home. We know they will en joy it. for webavo enjoyed it. W. A. Moore, G. W. Adair. 8. M. Inman, A. M. Itheinliart. Dr. C Jones, .Ins. 11. Johnson, J. T. Stocks J. F. Barclay. Dr. J. O. Perkins, W E. llogie, W. E. Met'alia. If. 8. Johnson, George Muse, 11. C. I.con oaril, I. S. Mitchell, W. P Patlillo, B. A. Hemphill. Allan**, Georgia, June IS. 188-1. A Vlir.l.R AXI> nv.HF.ttVINO CHARITY. Surely no sort of commercial strin gency should prevent the orphans' home, now building near this city, from getting the money it needs, and 1 for which appeal is made by the gen tle who sign a testimonial printed elsewhere. This charity is an admirable one in every sense of tho word. That it is urgently needed is proved by the fact It has been constantly over crowded with helpless and destitute orphans. That it ha* been wisely managed is proved by the condition •I the home and of the children as shown to all visitors. That it has been cheaply managed is proved by the fact that it has fed and clothed an average ot forty children on purely casnal and voluntary contributions. We do not call to mind an invest ment where sso,ooocould do so much good as the $5,000 that is needed to complete this building. Its contri bution will give (he home room for 100 orphan children and the manag gcr* guarantee that they will take eare of evory one that can be shel tered, and feed, clothe and odneate them. Bituated as it is on a beauti ful farm, that is carefully tilled, the children can have fresh air, fresh veg etables, fresh butter and milk, and an abundance of fruit. They will be taught to farm, to work, and the arts of house wifery. The farm will go very far towards sustaining the home, or at least providing it with an abundance of food. Wc ask our people in all earnest ness if they r,an afford to let this no ble charity fail for the pitiful sum that is needed to finish it. Thero is hardly a man who reads this article who cannot subscribe something to the building fund of the home. Ev ery dollar that is so contributed will be faithfully expended in finishing the home, and in making it comforta ble and pleasant for tho desolate chil dren, who will be rescued from sin and want and reared within its walls. Only $5,000 is needed. Wchavc tho utmost confidence that it will be promptly subscribed. Wc do not, be-. lieteth.il onr people will givo si!o,- (XX) for a club house, And see our or phan's home, that will support 100 orphans, failed tobc finished for one sixth as much.—Atlanta Constitu ion. sriciDHor a rouitc mam in macok East Friday morning at 7 o’clock, H. D. Ford committed suicide. lie shot himself through the heart at the i hoarding house o{ Mrs. Nelson on I Fourth street, between Walnut and ; Wharf streets. Tho deceased was twenty-three years old, was hand some and of pleasant manners. lie formerly lived in Now Jersey, but has resided in Macon for the past three months, tilling Ihe position of night train dispatcher on the East Tetmsieo, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. Mrs. Nelson testified be fore the coroner’s jury that Ford usu ally camo home from work at 7 o'clock in the morning. lie had not i nccii at home for two mornings until | yesterday. When ho entered the : house this morning lie seemed much troubled. She asked him what was the matter; when he said his girl had jilted him. Her name was Miss Min nie Maliord,of Ashland, Kentucky. Ford went immediately to his room. He refused to cat breakfast. Sud denly a pistol shot was heard and Mrs. Nelson rushed to the room and found Ford half lying oil the side of the lied, the blood oozing out of the wound.* His onlyavords after being shot were, “oh my Lord!’’ Ford had boon drinking several days prior tn tho suicide. He was also out of mon ey and owed a board bill. His trunk was searched anil nuinerons letters were found, one where his sweot hoart appealed lo his love and sense of honor to slop drinking,and thU her father would never consent to their marriage unless lie forsook his in temperate ways. Her picture, lhat of a beautiful girl about 18 years old, was found in his possession, anil be neath it was written: “She will feel sorry for this”—no doubt alluding to his death. His [wickets contained some nowspa]>ci' clippings referring to Ihc Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, in which his name was men tioned as making an eloquent speech. His pocket also contained a receipt for ten dollars lie had sent his sweet heart's mother. Superin'cndcnt Mal lory, of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, telegraphed Ford’s father at Newark, Ohio, con cerning His death. All who knew Ford liked him well. BKECHKK’N I.DXirRV. Mr. Beecher has directed his man ager, Mr. Pond, to, book an extensive lecturing tour for next year. Mr. Beecher's salary is $20,000 per an num. He annually receives double this sum from his leeturesand a large, additional sum from his pen. lie is not rich, however. He keeps open house (with his sun, with whom lie resides), and gives loans, indorses and does other unhusiness-likc things constantly, at a heavy cost to his treasury. It is said that beyond his farm at Peckskill, the house and stock theroon, and his library and bric-a brac there and at Brooklyn, the great word painter has nothing to show for his large income for each of very many years. llis library is so large that it is now being catalogued with a view to soon making a sale therefrom. 11c has expended, it is es timated, $130,000 in hooks and as many more have been given him by publishers. His house at Peckskill, built not long since, Mr. Beecher says, has cost him SIO,OOO. Others who watch bnsiness matters closer and are familiar with its growth, say $70,000 would be nearer the correct sum. His cows are all Aldcrncys, and the. herd is belieyed to be worth $15,000 to SIB,OOO. Ilis farm and its manner of rtinningand even hospital ity is enough in itself to absorb a Irrgc income. It is yet somewhat encumbered. His collection of bric a-brac would make a large and fash ionable museum. Fine prints, bron zes, printing, statuary—anything beautiful in shape or color—find a worshiper in Mr. Betclicr, and it is said that he cannot go through the streets of Jfcw York or Brooklyn without becoming a purchaser as he roically as he may labor to resist and avert his eyes from tempting show : windows. —Ithaca Journal. According to the account of the Chicago Times, the prominent Bepub lican papers which have up to date an nounced their intention to oppose the election of Blaine number thirty throc. WASHINGTON, GA,; FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1884 A KV KU X PAltAttE. From the authentic history of “Tho Ku Klux Klan : It* Origin,Growth, and Disbandment,” by Itev. D. H. Wilson in the July CEsyintY, wo quote tho following: “Soon after nightfall the streets were lined with an expetant and excited throng of people: Many came from the sur rounding country. Tho members of the Klan in the county loft their homes in tho afternoon and traveled alone or in squads of two or throe, with their paraphernalia carofttljy concealed. If questioned, they an swered that they were going to Pu laski to sco the Ku Klux parade. AG ter nightfall they assembled at desig nated points near the four main roads leading into town. Here they tlonnoil their robes and disguises, and put ■cover* of gaudy meterials, on their horses. A sky rocket sent up from some point in tho town was the signal to mount and move. The different cattipniiea mot and joined each other on tho public square in perfect silence; the discipline appeared to be admira ble. Not a word was spoken. Necessa ry orders wore given by means ef whistles. In single file, in death-like stillness, witu funeral slowness, they marched nml countermarched throughout the town. While tho rol umn was headed nerth on one stroot it. ivas going senth on anothor. By crossing over in opposite directions tbc lines were kept up in almost un broken continuity. The effect was te create tho impression of vast numbers. This marching and countermarching was kept up for about two hours, and tho Klan departed as noiselessly as they came. Tho public were more than over mjstifiod. The cfi’erls of i tho most curious to find out who were 1 Ku Klux failed. One gentleman from ' Ihe country was confident that he 1 could identify tho riders by the horses. 1 But, as wc have said, tho horses were 1 disguised as woll as tho riders. Do- 1 tcrniined not. to be baffled, during a < halt of the column ho lifted tho cover < of a horse that was near him, and f recognized his own steed and saddle,. ' on which he hail ridden inte town. ' The town people wore on tho alert to I sco who of tho young men of the town < would be with the hu Klux. All of t them, almost without exception, were l marked mingling freely anil con- I spicuously with tho spectators. I “Perhaps tho greatest illusion pro- t duerd was in regard to the numbers t taking partin the parade. Reputable I •itiJens were confident (hat the irtnrk hers wms not less than three thousand. Olliers, whose imaginations wore more easily wrought upon, were quite certain there were ton thousand. Tho truth is that tho number of Ku Klux in tho parailo iliil not exceed four hundred. This delusion in re gal'd lo numbers prevailed wherever the Ku Klux appcnril. It illustrates how little the testimony of even an eye-witness is worth in regard to any thing which makes a deep impression on him by reason of its mysterious, ness.” THE UNUMdI: OF VMIIKKI.I.AH. There is a language of umbrellas, ns of flowers. For instance, place your umbrella in a rack and it will change owners. To open it quickly in the street means that somebody’s eye is going to be put out; to shut it, tliatn hat or two is to he knocked off. An umbrella carried over a woman, the man getting nothing lmt the drip pings of the rain, signifies courtship. B hen a man lias the umbrella and Ihc woman the drippings, it Indicates marriage. To punch your atnbrella into a person and thou open it means “I dislike you.” To swing your um brella over your head signifiics “I am making a nuisance of myself.” To trail vour umbrella along the font path means that the man behind you is thirsting for your blood. To carry it at right angles under your arm signifiics that an eye is to be lost by the man that follows you. To open an umbrella quickly, it is said will frighten a mad bull. To put a cot ton umbrella by the side of a silk one signifiics “exchange is not robbery.” To purchaso an umbrella moans “I am not smart, but honest.” To lend an umbrella indicates, “I am a fool.” To return an umbrella means—well, never mind wliat it means, nobody ever docs that. To tnru an umbrella in a "list of wind presages profanity. To carry your umbrella in a ease sig nifies it Is a shabby one. To carry an umbrella just high enough to tear out a man’s eyes and knock off men’s hats signifies. “T am a woman.” To press an umbrella on yonr friend, saying, “Oli 1 do take it; I had much rather yon wonld than not,” signifies lying. To give a friend half of vour umbrella means that both of you will got wot. To carry it from home in (lie mornings means “It will clear off.” Another Poor Man Strum by Fortune. The man who has a prize in a lotte ry is regarded ns (ho happiest of mor tals. At the last drawing of The Louisiana StateLotlory two Memphis men drew $15,000 each. Mr. B. J. Dorsey, a foreman upon the levees alonglho Mississippi, has been living in hmnblecircunislanccs at 33 .lack son st. An Avalanche reporter re paired to the corner of Jackson street, and inquired where Dorsey lived. Q. ‘•You mean Hie man that drew the lottery prize?” A. “Yes.” “He’s moved away. Ho is to live in a fino houso in Ft. ffekoring now.”—Mem phis (TcunO Avalanche, June h LOGAN IN '7,5. J The Now York Tribune's Ilcantt ful Pen Picture of tho Ora tor and Statesman. ■i\ Pranced there in upon tho arena of ; tiio great debato’ like a trick mule in i a circus,or a spavined nightmare upon tho track of a beautiful dream—Hogan, o. Illinois, There was a vision of ,11,1 usfaches, oyebrows and hair piled on each other in arches; a largo nil stridulous war-hoop and brandishing of arms, a pose much as though a picture of the Deerfield'massacre had stepped out f. om the pagos of our early history, 7iJg.ni took tho American Senate by large capacious ear. And then i: wont for his mother tongue, lie i, iote it right and left, hip and thigh, V showed no mercy. Swinging fijyt -rcat l ionil ■i. ‘ho air. lie turn oil it ere it tell, and u. itli the hammer side struck the lan guage of (10,000,000 of people fairly in 11*' face,ami mashed it beyond recogni tion. Glider his stroke tho lloor of American Somite was spattered with the remnants of a once proud voeab u'arly, and messengers, doorkeepers ami pages wero covered from head to foht with the spray. In the fearful two hours which followed tho first roar of his oration, all tho parts of speech were routed and put to flight. There wire orphaned adjectives nml wid owed nouns: bachelor verbs driven tc polygamy, and pollgamous verbs left lonely; conjunctions dissevered, pimpositions scattered, adverbs ilis- Iti vclod and distorted, and syntax (lung into wild disorder. It was a gibat day for Hogan. He set his teeth info tho langungo as tho untamed tiger of the jungles taxes between his mouth ami paw the warring apparel of the wayfarer, ami the ripping of it. was hoard through ali, the forest depths. It rcvcrbcratoil to ihe other end of the capitol, and sli ggish Repsentatives lifted up their o* and listened to the roar with terrified ave. Some started for tho seine; but, upon being told Ihc causo of’(ho disturbance In the brief com mit nicotian, “Hogan’s up,” turned back with full assurance that they oeuld hoar from that, end of tho capi tal all that ivas tvortli hearing. So throughout two hours Hogan swung his bountiful arms over she heads oi the,Senate like tho booms pf a govern ment, derrick, while hia chin churned the language like a' pile-driver in a lie'; j sea—ami tho baffled reporters tuff A wild pillage* with liie'n puiitfiU to gather up his regurgitations for the printer. Ah! I-ogan isa great man ; aslatos man. When he throws his intellect into n question, lvlicthor it is of fi nance or solf-goVcrnlncnt, or of stick ing to the ship, something hns got to come. Anil you may always know where lo find him—to-wit, where ho lias always been drawing pny from tho government in some capicify. lie lacks only fifteen or twenty things of bcingan orator. He ha*lungs. KITCHEN Kcoatomv. Teat* nindo toy Ihc fior or>meal CliemiMt. Dr. Edward G. Love, the Analyti cal Chemist for tho U. 8. Govern ment, has made some interesting ex periments as to tho comparative val ue of baking powders. Dr. bovo’s iols were made to determine wliat brands arc the most economical louso and as their capacity lies In their leavening power, tests were directed solely to ascertain the available gas of each po Alter.' Dr. Dove's report gives tho following. Strength Tame of tho Cubic Inches On* linking Poor dors, par each ouncenf Powder eKoJfAi”i'*hHolrttely pure; 127,1 “I’stapsco” (slum powder) 125.2* “Ruoaford’s" (. phosphate) fresh .121.6* ‘‘RumfordV’> phosphate) old . .'12.7* •‘Hanford's Nono Such,” fresh 121.11 “llandford’s None Such,”old. .. 84.35 “RodhsadV ,t|7.(l "Charm” (slum powder; .... .. . I lli.W* ” Airtaxon” (alum powder) ... 111.0* "ClcvelandV i short weight % or.). UO.H "Sea Foam”. 1117.9 “Czar”. . .100.* "Hr. PriceV’ 102. C “Snow Flake” (OrofTa, fit, rent) lOt.SS "Levis'a” Condensed 98,2 “Cengreaa''yeast . #7.5 "C. R. Andrews A Co'n" I contains slum ■ 78.17* "Meeker’s” #2,5 "Millets” 54.2 ‘Hulk” H 0.5 ‘la his report, tho Government Chemist, says: "I regard all alum powders as very unwholesome. I’hosphate and Tar taric Acid powders lilioratc their gas too freely in process of baking, or under varying climatic changes suf fer deterioration.” Dr. 11. A. Mott, the former Govern ment Chemist, after a careful and elaborate examination of tho various Baking Powders of commerce, repor ted to the Government in favor of the Royal Brand. Prevent serious sickness by taking necasionly one of Emory'* I.tltle Cnlliurtie Pills, a wonderful appe tizer, an absolute preventive and cure of Biliousness, pleasant to take, sugar coated. Ask your druggist for them and take no oilier.—ls Cents, july. Vigorous health is man’s finost es tate. If weak and nervous, scud for clrenlarand froo trial packago of Faitilles —a radical cure. july. Harris Remedy Cos., St. Louie M. CATCHING ATAItTAB. On the train from Cincinnati to Chattanooga the other day, the talk of the mob of six orcight in tho smoking car ran to train robbery. Tho subject was canvassed from every standpoint, anil all but ono agreed that a passenger car could bo robbed without danger to the robbers. This chap was soiling drugs for a Baltimore house, and he announced his readiness to lay down his life when ever an attempt was made to deprive ’ him of his cash. It was generally bc liovcd that his ooyrago was *ll talk, and by-and-by when ho fell asleep, we put up a job on him. * A giant of a chap from Dayton Ohio, wns selected to play robber. iJe was about the uglost looking white r.tiyb dv ever set c.vo* on ami W: borrowed twef revolvers* 're moved the cartridges, ami awaited the right moment. As (he train stop ped at a little station the big fellow opened and slammed the door and cried out: ‘Hands up gentlemen !The fir*tone of you who drops his hands is a dead man!’ Up went our hands and the man awoke. “Up with ‘cm—throw them up!’ commanded Dayton as ho leveled both shootors at the drummer anil slowly advanced. ‘Not if I know myself!’ was the cool reply, and what did Marylander but out with his revolver and began popping away ! He fired four shots and drove tho ‘robber'to the door l>o foro any one could grab him and ox plain matters. Ono bullet, went through tho big mans cap, one burned his check, and the third and fourth went through the windows. Ho was whiter than sr.ow when the affair onded, and returning tho revolvers to their ov ncrs ho stood up m tho aisle and said: ‘Gentlemen you can put me down an t ho biggest bln mod fool in America! Good night \‘ And ho took his coat and grip and loft us for a scat in another coach. BUKIED IN A iHanoi: 1 The UuppiiNi'd Fate of n Wt Virginia Ilrliie of Three Months. < A 'Wheeling (IV. Ya.) special of the 28th ult., says: Ono of those ghastly stories of interment before life has become extinct, which causes an in voluntary shudder ef horror to pass through the render, Ih cur-jit In tho c,fy 10-nght. The victim, so the story goes, Is a young married lady of twenty years. In May of last year, three months after her marriage, the lady was taken violently ill, and af ter lingering for ten days apparently died. There vero certain peculiari ties about the uppcnrancc of tho sup posed corpse, howover, which caused ft suspicion in the mirnl of the attend ing physician that his patient might bo in a trance; but alter keeping the body for four days, with no sign of returning life, the remains ivcrc con signed to the grave, temporary inter ment being made Hi tho family lot in an abandoned graveyard. A day or two ago the tiody was disinterred prior to removal to another cemetery. To the surprise of the sexton tho cof fin lid showed signs of displacement, and on Us being removed tho grave digger was horrified to find the re mains turned face downward, tho hands filled with long tufts of hair torn from the hoad, and the face, neck and bosom deeply scratched and scarred, white f lie lining of the coffin nail been torn into fragments in the desperate efforts of I lie oiitombed vic tim to escape from her terrible fate. Since the discovery the young hus band lias been prostrated and his life Is despaired ot. Tho names were withheld. JOAdI’IN JIIU.EB OIK THE CAPITAL CITY. Joaquin Miller gays that Washing ton, from his cabin on Meridian Hill, reminds him of hut one city in the world, ami that, is Damascus. It ought to he known, for it is the fact that in three, possibly lour, important particulars the American capital sur passes every capital in the world. In beauty of site or situation, in breadth and disposition of streets, in govern ment- buildings and in climate it is equaled by no European capital. And while it is better located, better laid out, better provided with great struc tures adapted for public uses, and has a more delightful average tempera ture than Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, or Constantinople; it lias also hotter drives than any of these cities by rea son of its wider and better paved and less crowded nvenues. Contrast ll with London in its freedom from mist and mud. How many cities on the planet have 300 miles of noble trees? And how many places have 24distinct kinds and convenient kinds of public conveyances to move about in ? Then Mon signor Cnpel says that Washing lon possesses more refined and agree able society than lie lias met with in all Ids travels. In view of all those facts, what a marvelous city of easo-llviug and life-enjoying this capital will be a half century hence. The generation of to-day will not soo it grow to its full maturity of beauty. It is not cheering to inflect that we shall not be prancing and rioting above ground. The Hartford Times has already tounted the Presidential votes, and gives Cleveland 260, and Blaine 141. NO. 27. GENERAL NEWS. Diphtheria is prevalent at Sylvania A project is started to establish an American college in japan. It is estimated that Texas is ready to send 400,000 head of cattle to the great market. The National Cotton Exchange re ports that the area of the cotton crop is not greater than that of 1883. The President has signed the hill reducing postage on transient news papers to one cent for four ounces or less. The ..converts to Christianity in ja pan the past year equal in number the converts of the previous, twenty years. The suite /ho O.arof Russia con Mt* V.j>ma jor* general fjLa suite, and lOi jucjcs dc-catnp; In ail 294. The directors of the Chicago Driv ing rrk have resolved that hereafter races shall bo run there on Sunday as on any other day. The sale of ill* grated police news papers, in accordance -with a recent act of the Legislate/c, is now prohib ited In the Slate of Kentucky. A paper read before tho Forestry Congress estimated the cost of the ritilroad tics used in tho United States every seven years at at $14,784,000. Not content with 73-button gloves reaching from linger tips to tlus nape of the neck, Paris women ot fashion have taken to wearing vests made of kid. O. S Burnap, of Charleston, has painted a portrait of Gen. Francis Marion, and Ihcpictnro will be placed in tho South Carolina room at Mount Vernon. Melon brandy is the nowest drink. I was discovered by a Frenchman, and it is said to he a potent and so ductivo liquid, a little stronger than applejack. J. T. Carlisle and L. Nobles, of Dooly, wero in Ilawkinsvillo Thurs day with 2,f>00 pounds Of wool, for which they wore offored twenty cents per pound. It is said that, Riddlcbcrger throws np the sponge, so far as Virginia is is concerned. Ho admits that the democrats hive tho advantage In tho Old Dominion. ' One of the queerest army corps in the world is .that of tho Norwegian skaters. The;- are armed with rifles which they can trse with great preci sion while skating. The Wheeling Register predicts that tho democrats will West Virginia by not less jority, no matter whom they make their candidate for president. Tho promoters of tho independent movement in Now York arc engaged in an extensive correspondence with the view of holding a convention in August, in which every doubtful state will be represented. The historic island of St. Helena is reported to be in a very bad way, the übandonmen t of the Cape route since the opening of the Suez canal having taken away its trade in refitting and victualing ships. A New York ice cfc&m manufactu rer claims to bo able to make ice cream keep a year in just as good condition as when first made. It is in brick form about Bx 4 inches, atul wrapped up in white paper. There arc sixty Catholic churches in Montreal. The French cathedral situated there is tile largest church on this continent. It is built of limcslone, and fifteen thousand people have of ten been asscmblod under its roof. A gentleman just from New York says: “Wall street looks deserted, and business seems kcad.” If it stays so it will be life and health to the public at large. Wall slrcct specula tion was but little removed from ordi nary gambling. New York dealers in boxing gloves say that there was never such a de mand for their goods as now. Every body, from dudes to bootblacks, buy them, and a considerable number of women are learning tlio noble art. They cost from $2.50 to $7.50 per pair. New York business men represen- ting $350,000,(XX) worth of capital have organized to fight unjust discrimina tions of railroad pools and ultimately telegraph and express discrimination. In many cases a merchant in New York can receive merchandise at much less cost than he he can ship it.and the pool of trunk lines is arbitrary in its maimer of handling freight. The intest noyclty in church enter tainments lias struck Cedar Rapids. lowa. It is an evening of cradle songs, in which tho different customs ot na- tions in singing their babies to sleep will be told iu song and illustrated in pantomime. Each representative mother and child will be in the cos tume of the country, and the lullaby will bn sung in the native language. I’rvTON, the murderer, who was condemned to lie hung at Brunswick last Friday, Imt who escaped the noose througii tho efforts of his attorneys in moving anew trial of his case, is still in his cell In Savannah jail. The Newt states that he is a quiet, docile prison er, has shown uo symptom of insanity, and has but little hopo of an escape from the gallows. It is a cruel com mentary upou human barbarism that the fact (hat the execution did not take place was a disappointment to a large party of negro excursionists who. induced by the promises of music from a brass band and tho pleasure of a picnic in which the hang ing of Peyton was to be a leading feature, went to Brunswick from sev eral stations on tho lines of railway leading into Brunswick. A Boston lady is making a presid ing gavel of raro wood and stone of hisloiical value. It will con tain .a fragment from Washington's tomb, marble troiu Caesar's palace in Rome, and a pieco of a torch found in the wolfs den occupied by Putnam at Pomfrot, Conn. The gavel is to bo used at the National Democratic Con vention, and is to bo presented to tho successful Presidential candidate. An unusual freak of lightning hap pened a fews days ago on the farm of Capt. C. Mount near Goshen, Old ham county, Kjk During a: storm which occurcd there, five head of cat tle and two line colts, which were standing by a wire fence, wero im mediately killed by a lighting bolt. They were stretched out over a space of 150 yards,but the bolt ran along the fence and killed every one, throw ing some as far as tweenty feet away. pk VnsmsioNEii At a cln.Sdißttc’r in New York re cently, "an examining surgeon related tli'e following incidents, showing how the Arrears Act developed pensioners out of sound and undeserving men. During the war he was surgeon of an infantry regiment, When tho regi ment first won t into battle he observed sitting behind a big troe, at a safe distauco from tho lighting-line, tho captain of one of the companies. “ What arc you doing here, Cap tain?” askod tho doctor. “I’arn not feeling well,” repliod tho officer, in a doleful voice. The surgeon was too busy looking after the wounded to stop and inquire as to his complaint. A few week la ter the regiment again got underfire, and the surgeon found the Bamo captain skulking behind a hard. “Hello! sick again ?” ho exclaimed. “Wc)l. the fact is, doctor, I’m not exactly sick. I may as well own ni> that I'm a coward. There’s no help for it. It must be constitutional. Now, doctor, what’s tho use of my staying in the army ? Won’t you help mo get a discharge?” The sn rgcon thought hewas doing tho country a service when a few days af terward, he recommended that tho man he discharged on tho ground of general disability. Ho hoard nothing of the captain until sixteen years la ter, when lie received a letter from tho Pension Office informing him that Captain Blank had applied for a pen sion from the dato of his mustcr-ont, and that ns he, as surgeon of tho regi ment, had certified to tho disability, would ho kindly informjtho govern ment as to the nature of thj disease 5. -itart-ori; * surgeon replied that the captain'! complaint was chronic and incurable cownrtWco, not contracted in tho line of his duty, but constitutional. Tho captain’s name did not go upon tho roll, and his plnn lbr gotttng some four thousand dollars for arrears and twenty dallars a month for the rest of his life came to grief. How many schemes no loss dishonest have suc ceeded through tho complaisance of examining surgeons, loss honest than narrator of this incident, could only bo ascertained by thorough overhauling of the whole Pension List and a ro-ox nmination of the ontiro army of pen sioners.—E. V. Smalley, in the July Centijiit. AN IDYL OF HATE. “That horrid Mrs. Sawyer I” said Mrs. Jones, the othor day. “I wish site would move out of tho neighbor hood.” * “Well, what do you run there ’all lliotime for? I told you how it would be,” rclorled Mr. Jones. Tliis was not the kind of sympathy Mrs. Jones expected, and slio became ominously silent. “What has she sjid about you now ?” Inqufed Jones, “Oh, it’s nothing about me,” said Mrs. Jones indifferently. “Who is it about?” asked Jones with evident anxiety. “It’s about you,” resumed Mrs. J. “She says you’re no more fit to run for office than a bripdlc cat, and that if .Sawyer votes for you she’d nover speak to him again; fj|C save—” “Never tuind,” iofliiy. “I’m not the least interested in any thing a feeble-minded, gossipy woman says.” But the flat-iron had struck home, and Jones left tho table with a look on Ins face that noded no good. It was baking day at the Sawyers. If there was anything Mrs. Saw yer prided herself upon, it was the tender, flaky quality of her pasto. Jones knew this. Mrs. Sawyer was just rolling that tender pic-paste into great sheets of transparent dough, when Micro camo a knock at the door. Mrs. Sawyor answered if, rolling-pin in hand. It was Willie Jones who had knocked. “Please, Mrs. Sawyer,” said tho in nocent child, “pa would liko a picco of your pic-crust.” “Certainly, Willie,” said Mrs. Saw yer much flattered, “hut it isn’t baked yet.” “Ho doesn’t want it baked.” “But he can’t cat raw pio crust.” “Ho isn’t going to eat it.” “Then what is ho going to do with it ?” “ITo said lie wanted to mend tho harness, and make hinges for tho barn door with it, and—” The rolling-pin hung fire, and tho bOy escaped, but tho barrier between tho houses of Jones and Sawyor can never bo broken. It is tougher than tho pic-crust,