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MACON, FEBRUARY 24 ;880. *
Railroad people look for a large
amount of pleasure travel this summer.
—The railway time between New York
and Philadelphia is to be reduced to one
hour and forty-fire minutes.
—Americans are said to be par excel
lence the champagne drinkers of the
world, consuming half the vintage and
a vast deal of frothing imitations.
—A grand banquet was given at the St.
Charles Hotel, New Orleans, last Thurs
day evening, in honor of Chief Justice
Waite, of the Supreme Court.
—The Supreme Court of Ohio has de
cided that it is illegal to duu a debtor on
a postal card, as such is liable to injure
the credit or reputation of the debtor else
where.
—A prominent New York musician,
who advertised to | receive applications
for tenors, recently bad a note from a
dark in Wall street who wanted to know
whether he would judge of his voice by
telephone.
—A movement is on foot to erect a Ro
man Catholic Cathedral on the Thames
embankment at a cost of a quarter of a
million of pounds. Cardinal Manning is
chairman of the committee, the Duke of
Norfolk, vice-chairman, and the Marquises
of Bute and Ripon,' secretaries.
—The United States nickel five cent
piece furnishes a key to metric measures
and weights. This coin is two centimetres
in diameter and its weight is five grammes.
Five of them placed in a row will give the
length of the decimetre, and two of them
will weigh a decagramme.
New York, February 18—Rev. Ed
ward Cowley, manager of the Shepherd’s
Fold, who has been on trial for the pas
eight days, on the charge of starviag and
ill-treating children, wasto-dav convicted.
Crowley wept bitterly upon the announce
ment of the verdict of the jury. He was
remanded to the Tombs, and will be sen
tenced Saturday.
—The business of lending money to
farmers, so far as Illinois is concerned,
seems to have come to an end. In fact
there is no demand for money at all. The
farmers have been meeting their January
interest promptly, also paying off their
mortgages that have become due. Very
few farms are being sold under forfeitures.
—The growing popularity of the postal
card as a means of correspondence is some
thing wonderful. The entire number
manufactured and used during the first
year of their introduction was 100,000,500,
and during the year which has just closed
the aggregate number sent out was 240,
003,000. This latter number is an increase
over the number issued in 1878 of 30,
879,060.
—The London Advertiser says that out
of every five loaves of bread eaten in Eng
land in 1SS0, three must come from the
United States and Russia ;*and the Pall
Mall Gazette, in view of the armed con
dition of Europe and the event of a war,
asks: “ With millions of men dependent
upon countries thousands of miles distant
from their daily bread, what would be the
result of a fortnight’s short supply ?
Cars fob Japan.—The Billmyer &
Small Company, of York, Pennsylvania,
have succeeded in obtaining a contract for
furnishing cars for a railroad in Japan
It is said this will be the first railroad in
in that far-off eastern country ever equip
ped with American rolling stock. The
cars are to be delivered next May.
—Captain Hemphill and his bride are
sailing down the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, on their lioncy-moon tour, in
boat built expressly for the purpose. No
others soul is aboard of the craft, which is
gayly bedecked with flags and evergreens,
and is greeted on the way with steam
whistle and cannon, the bridegroom being
a popular man, and known to all steam-
boatmen.
Trouble at Princeton.—There is
said to be trouble at Princeton College.
The class ol 1880 feels that it has been
too severely treated by the faculty, and
the faculty on the other hand, claim that
the class of 1880 is the 'most turbulent
that has ever entered the college of New
Jersey. Out of a class of one hundred
and thirty students, only eighty remain.
—Leadville is a place of strong con
trasts. the characteristics of a new min
ing town are seen there yet; gambling
hells and bar-rooms are more numerous
than any other places of business, the pis-
toi and. the knife are in common use, high
waymen rob the stages close by, and des
perate adventurers abound; but opposed
to these things is a strong desire for law
End order, schools and churches- are being
established, and it is thought that the
Civilization of Leadville will soon he ac
complished.
. Split Among tiie Utica Republi
cans.—Utica, N. Y., February 17.—At
the First Assembly District, Oneida coun
ty, Republican Convention, at Utica, to
day, two conventions were held,, each
claiming a majority of the- duly elected
delegates. One elected Honorable Ros-
coe Conkling and Messrs. Cordon, Hackett
and J. P. Richardson, to the Utica Con
vention ; the .-other elected Messrs. Samuel
S. Lowry, S.'A. Hillard and N. A Pierson
delegates. The latter adopted il}e follow
ing resolution: u That we repeat earnestly
the declaration.of the-NeW York Repub
lican Convention of 1875, of ‘unalterable
opposition to the election of any Presi
dent for a third tern,’ and instruct our
delegates to the convention to be held on
the 25th instant to enforce this principle
in every honorable way.” No resolutions
of any kind were adopted by the conven
tion which elected the CMnkling delega
tion.'" ’ '* i _ , ' j " f
Preparing to Receive M. de Les-
SEPS-V-Amceting of merchants arid ship
pers interested in the Central arid South
American tfade was held in the rooms of
the Down-town Club, New York,
Tuesday,' to arrange the preliminaries to
a reception arid banquet to M. de Lesseps
upon liis arrival in this city. Royal
Phelps presided. The opinions expressed
were in favor of an Isthmus Canal at the
tide level. Resolutions complimentriiy to,
M. de Lesseps were adopted, and a com
mittee was appointed to receive him upon
his arrival on the Pacific mail steamer
Colon, due on Monday next. The Com
mittee is as follows: J. M. Hjirtado. J. M.
Munoz, D. de Castro, Thomas Relley and
R. H. Hoadley. g
..Three . Yards of Mustard Plas
ter.—Dr. Chapman, of Philadelphia, as-'
tounded a druggist by ordering ,a mus
tard plaster three yards long for an at
tack of bronchitis. He was obliged to
explain that the plaster was for a giraffe
at the Zoo, whose throat was inflamed
throughout its entire length. ,
Russian Nihilism.
« Uneasy Lies the Head Which
Wears a Crown,’* saith the poet. But
In Russia the uneasiness is by no means
confined to the royal head. The assassin
besets the Czar,not only in his bed cham
ber, but by the way side—on the railway
and in the dining room. Murder lurks
everywhere, and makes its" approaches
through every avenue. Its agents beset him
in every guise, and are as stealthy and in
visible as the winds. It employs eveiy
agent of every other service, and no man
can tell who to trust. The fact that the
royal palace itself was ‘mined with dyna
mite and exploded with such fatal effect
at the precise moment of the assembling
of guests, tells in startling tones of the en
tire unreliability of all precautions against
such plots. The workers are omnicient
and surround the court. They exist
among its most confidential servants. The
difficulty is to say where they are not.
Surely no great autocracy was ever be
fore in such a situation. It is nolhing new
for murder to lnrk around thrones, but it
is new to find it so all-pervading,insidious,
uncontrollable and inexorable. To find
it in- a pseudo normal force which defies
all the powers and influences of govem-
meht, and is able to work unhindered
even in the presence of its destined vic-
times. The question ls_whether Nihilism
will wear out the Russian autocracy, or
vice versa. It is a question of endurance
and fortitude. For the present it seems
probable that the Russian court must con
tent itself to walk daily in the shadow of;
death.
A Story of the Servo-Turkiah War
The distinguished correspondent of the
London Times at Bucharest, sends us-a
reminiscence of the Servo-Turkish War,
mainly, as we suppose, in the way of a
personal reminder to his numerous friends
in this region, who will remember him in.
the capacity of a Civil Engineer. Since
then Mr. Grant has won fame and an
elevated literary and social position at]
the head of the Bucharest Bureau of the'
London Times, and many of his letters
have passed the rounds of the newspaper,
press of the world. As one of the most
responsible and trusted correspondents of
the Times, lie has been, through'two. great
wars, and if the aspects <lo riot improve’
may very possibly find himself the busy
chronicler of another before.|ong. nnit
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The Kiddle Georgia Military and
Agricultural College.
At the late convention of the State Ag
ricultural Society in Cuthhert, Mr. M. S.
Whitaker,‘of Baldwin county, read the!
following paper:
“In behalf of the Local Board of Trust
ees of Middle Georgia Military and Agri
cultural College, I respectfully invite you
to appoint a committee of three to visit
said college and report to the next session
of your body.”
On motion this communication was re
ceived and • unanimously adopted. The
President then appointed Colonel George
R. Black, of Screven, Colonel L. F. Liv
ingston, of Newton, and T. O. Wicker,
Esq., of Washington county, as the visit
ing committee.
From Mr. Whitaker, we learn that the
success of the Milledgeville branch of the
University has been almost unexampled.
The school opened on the 19th of January
with 219 pupils, and within the brief space
of three weeks, had increased to 300. The
institution is modelled after the plan of
the Dahloncga college. It is a graded
school, and pupils of both sexes are ad
mitted.
The professors and instructors are seven
in number, and the old Capitol is fairly
alive once more.
How pleasant to know that those vener
able halls have not been surrendered to
bats and owls, and that they will serve the
good purpose again of training not only
inchoate statesmen, hut lawyers, physi
cians, divines, merchants, fanners and ar
tisans for future usefulness and service to
the State. Verily Milledgeville, by the
inauguration of this school, is infinitely
better off morally, and many think in
financial point of view, than if she had se
cured the glittering prize of the Capital
with its periodical inflations, succeeded
by corresponding reactions, its formidable
influx of bad characters, so difficult to get
rid of, and its fearful multiplication off
gambling hells and other sinks of iniquity.
Not that we wish to charge special immor
ality upon our lawgivers. Far from it.
But every one knows that the assembling
of a Legislature brings in its train a vast
army of office seekers, lobbyists, gamblers,
and other doubtful characters, many of
whom are a curse to any community.
From all such visitations Milledgeville is
now happily exempt, and in lieu thereof
hundreds of bright youths and gentle girls
TPTalk her streets and imbibe from the
Sparkling fount which our common moth
er, Georgia, has opened up in that hon
ored spot, deep draughts of knowledge for
the future healing of the nations.
We are glad to chronicle the success
of the Branch of the Univeisity located at
Milledgeville, and learn that special at
tention Is paid to the physical sciences,
with a view to preparing tho students for
agricultural pursuits hereafter. The
military feature in the school also com
mends itself to the public, and many a
trained soldier will be sent forth from the
old Capitol to lead the armies of the State
if the raven wing Of war should ever again
overshadow us.
Good New*—The Sale of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad Concluded
to the Original Bidder*.
Private dispatches from New York and
the following Special to the Constitution
will cause great rejoicing to the people of
Middle and Southern Georgia:
New "York, February 19.—The term*,
of the contract for the sale -of the Macon
aad Brunswick Railroad have to-day been
agreed upon between R. T. Wilson and
his associates arid Governor Colquitt.
Governor Colquitt left for his home this
evening, and will reach Atlanta on Satur
day. Formalities to be closed when he
readies there. Representatives of Wilson’s
company will be on hand to pay over- tho
sum required by the act, and to comply
with all the requirements of the act.
This time, at lea^t, we trust there will
be no “slip ’twixt cup and lip.” Gov
ernor Colquitt has verified the sincerity of
his intentions, throughout every phase of
the recent transactions. He has ever been
the pronounced friend of the lease and
sale, and only refused iu the first in
stance to sign the warranty deed, because
convinced that such was his duty under a
careful construction of the Act, and the
opinion not only of the Attorney General
of the State, but of that able and incorrup
tible jurist and ex-member of the Supreme
Court, Justice Bleckley. Can there be
more satisfactory proof of this than the
great personal effort he has made to over
come every existing obstacle, and re-in
state the trade which had so suddenly
been broken off? What modifications or
changes, if any, in the original contract
have been agreed upon have not yet trans
pired. Perhaps the Governor was able to
impress the patent fact upon Mr. Wilson;
and his associates that unless a
first mortgage on any property - is
satisfied by its foreclosure and sale, in
terms of the law, there is no remnant left
for the holder of any second mortgage up-
Weatera Blinards.
It is only £f recent date that the public
ear has become familiarized with the
term Blizzard. The habitat of a blizzard
is the far Northwest, and it is a terrible
thing. Web and fibre are powerless to
protect the human frame against a bliz
zard. The thickest of woolen clothing is
no defense against it. ’ Nothing but an
Esquimaux outfit—bearskins dressed with
the hair on and proof against the escape
of animal heat, can preserve life.
- And even this has to-be doubled to save
life in periods of inaction-^such as a sleep
out doors cluriig a biizzard. Dr. Kane in
his interesting_ narrative, it will be re;
membered, describes the modus operand!
of passing a night in safety exposed toi* | thexing, and are determined to purchase
furious hurricane, at a temperature, of*
forty degrees and upwards below
Upon a substitution of heavy flannels,each
bea'rskin'rintocape and hood—the hood
fastenirig~ r firmlj > over head anif ISce and
only a few narrow slips left to see and
breathe through.
This outfit would do ordinarily for the
march, but when the thermometer began
to hover about sixty below zero and the
wind blowing at the same time at a speed
of sixty to eighty miles an hour, no bodily
activity could supply the waste of animal
heat. Then they were forced to call a
halt, and each man brought out his bear
skin bag—a sack of ample dimensions,
provided with a contrivance for drawing
the mouth together with a thong of raw
hide. Into this he stowed himself and
pulling the mouth together as closely as
possible threw himself upon the snow, if
possible under the lee of some rock or ice
clump or snow drift, and there slept per
fectly secure against freezing.
Those were arctic blizzards, though not
called by that name. But, during the
Stock Fluctuations,
Central railroad stock was booming
in Savannah on Friday, as many as 1,100
shares having changed hands at figures
ranging from 05 to 00*. The Georgia
railroad stock is also now selling at 102.
Many think the Central will reach par
before many days. But nobody knows.
Since writing the above, Central, Rail
road stock has mounted up .to 100, and
stiff at- that. We heard a prominent bank
er make the prediction that it would reach
105-on Monday. Various tlieoricsaro ad- t j iey behaved most sweetly and deeorous-
vanced to account for this unexpected and
sudden rise. One of them is that the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, with
Standiford in the van, has again entered
a .controlling interest in the stock of -the p riety ^ t0 do so<
Central. W. nlaea nr» faith, however, mM A11 ttat was d o ne or said , however, re-
ou the same premises. This, it appears,, nt winter the b i izzards in Dakotah,
was the real hitch in the case, but we nev-! „ . „ , .
er could make anything out of it. There
Blaine and Grant.—The New York
Tribune has been busy the past week in
circularizing the Republican county and
township committee men of Pennsylvania,
upon their Presidential preferences. In
five days, ending the 17th, that paper had
received 1,081 responses, cf .which.812
were for Blaine and only 188 for Grants
This showing would make Grant’s Penni
sylvania strength lie principally In Don
Cameron and the machine; but still Penn
sylvania will go as a unit for Grafat—so
they say. _
What a screamer 1 - is a tribute often
laid to a’diying baby,but Dr. BulBs Baby
iiyrup by alleviating the pains of the little
one soon stops the crying. - I
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Design on Central America.—The
Washington correspondent of the Nqw
York Sun telegraphs: “ There is gooff rea
son to believe that the Hayes administra
tion has engaged to buy or has already
bought a pair of naval and coaling sta
tions in Central An»erica,and is negotiating
for the entire region known as the ChirK
qrn tract, .with the view of holding a belt
across the Isthmus. It is also believed
that a naval .expedition has rendezvoused
already at the' pointlndicated, to take
possession of the land and establish the
stations.”; ,
CnuRNiNG butter is not difficult when
are some enemies to the lease and sale
Who predict that Mr. Paine will be able-
to head off the purchasers of the road, on
the ground that the property was really ,
sold to him the first time it was put upon
the imarket. But so r did not Governor,
Colquitt think and believe, and he was
the vice-gerent of the State, and repre
sented it in his person on that occasion.
His refusal to confirm the transaction at;
once settled the matter, the more espe-*
cially as no one was adjudged to be the
purchaser within the time prescribed for
the termination of the Sale. The road,
therefore, was re-advertised, and fair no-;
tice given to all, so Mr. Paine had anoth
er opportunity to become its purchaser if
he so desired. , ; ; ...
We are quite sure that in the hands of
Messrs. Hazlehurst and Lane, as the ac
tive managers of the new enterprise, .Ma
con, Brunswick, and all Middle and.
Southern Georgia, will need no other
guaranty for its successful prosecution
and proper management.
We shall have more to say hereafter on
this subject.
Unfurling the Old Bias:.
From the highest pinnacle of King’s,
Mountain, North Carolina, will to-day
be unfurled to the breeze an immense;
and beautiful “Star Spangled Banner,”
the gift of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-
Line Railway Company to the committee
in charge of the arrangements for cele
brating in due form the approaching cen-i
tennial of the famous battle of King’s
Mountain, which occurred October 7,
1780, and resulted in a victory for the
American troops over the British forces,
commanded by Colonel Ferguson; who
was killed in the fight and buried on- the
battlefield. - j
Major W. J. Houston, the General Pas
senger Agent of the Company, will pre
sent the nag in a few appropriate remarks,
after which Colonel Thomas Hardeman,
Jr., of Macon, will deliver an oration, no
small part of which will be devoted to a
history of the National flag. Following
these addresses, and amid the booming of,
a salute of ono hundred guns, • and the
cheers of the assembled military, the
Governors of North Carolina and South
Carolina, will unfurl the banner of stars
and stripes from its dizzy • height among
the clouds, there to float, day and night,
through sunshine and storm, until the
centennial celebration is reached. In the
poetic words of Drake, this “majestic
monarch of the cloud,” will “rear aloft its
regal form,” and remind passers by in
the valley far below, of the time
“When Freedom from her mountain’s
height, : •'
Unfurl’d her standard to the air,
To hear the tempest trumpings’blare,
And see the lightning flashing bright. 5
The orator of the day will find his his
torical notes rather meager, for but little
has been put on record as to the origin of
the American flag. Some early authori
ties tell us that it is a modification of the
“great Union flag” raised ' by Washing
ton’s troops on the 2d of January, 1776, in
honor of the United colonies. If this be
true, it is well to have the King’s Moun
tain flag raising on Washington’s birth
day. It is also recorded that Washington
was a member of the Congressional com
mittee that, arranged for the manufacture
of the first flag adopted for official pur
poses. ;/
There is still standing in Philadelphia,
on Arch street, a venerable and humble
building, somewhat: modernized, in which
this flag was discussed by the committee
and Mrs. Elizabeth Ross,, who was finally
engaged to make ft- The committee
wanted a star, with, six points, but Mrs,
Ross suggested a five ipouit star as more
appropriate, and it was adopted. ;-
This was about-4he first of June,
1776, and og., ,/hjdy 8th, at the
summer house of Dr. Enoch Edwards, on
Frankfort avenue, it was unfurled at the
first celebration of Independence, w hich
was held by Thomas Jefferson and other
members of Congress, in a rather social
manner.
It was not Until a year later, June 14,
1777, that Congress adopted this flag in a
formal and authoritative enactment. On
that'day it was -
“Resolved, That the flag of the thir
teen United States be thirteen stripes, al
ternate red and white; that the.Union be
thirteett stars in s blue field, representing
a new constitution.”
It was of this flag that Francis. S. Key,
iu 1814, when the iBritsh fleet attempted
to start up. the Potomac river, to : -ffestqoy
Washington city, wrote his immortal and
stirring song of “The SjRftPglfff .Ban
ner,”— ’“ ’
“Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watcfiM,” r *''
Were so gallantly streaming.**'* '< • •>«
Sidney Herbert.
National Hotel, Feb. 21, 1880. ;*» *
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Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and sever
al of those amiable countries, have been
frequent and fatal , for want of the proper
defenses. A great many. have-lost their
lives by being caught out in an tactic
hurricane, onaiuM or journey,jyitk’orily
heavy clothing and blankets for protec-
tiqp. _ That RoreaUc highway, the North-,
spatefirifiast 1
"Wednesdayr tt
sealed by a succession of blizzards, in
\vhich travel is impossible.
I Ok dozen teams .were struggling to get;
along oneway or the other, between Bis
marck and Fargo, but such was the ve
locity of the wind—the depth and
drifting power of the snow, and
the terrible depression of _ the
mercury, that littl§ pf' aff progress!
was made. It would cost the road a hun
dred dollars apiece to get .-their passen
gers safely from one point to ffie other, if
they were able to effect’'It at all. That
people should voluntarily affect latitudes
of this character is ono . of the ? marvels
which are incomprehensible.
f Grant in New York.
^Che.realipopular strength of the third
tenffitjthe State of NeW Yrirkis, 'according
to thejAlhany correspondence,of the New
York Sun, quite as feeble as it is iu Penn
sylvania. The masses arc against the
third term, and it is forded through tho
primaries by the sheer force of the ma
chine. Says that correspondent:
In Cayuga, on Saturday, after the dele
gates were elected, it was decided to cast
a vote in the primary just to gauge the
sentiment of the people. It was under
stood that the vote, whatever it was, was
not to affect the action of the delegates,
and, out ol 130 votes, Grant received only
one, Blaine earn ing the majority.
A worker in Utica, upon whom Senator
Conkling relies for the home work,
was asked on Saturday Evening about his
district primary. “Well," we managed"to
elect a Grant delegation by a very small
majority, but I really wisli we had been
ition to this third
my slight matter,
serious, honest oh-
n principle, and is
held by many men who have been and
are Grant’s warmest admirers. I think it
will he'VeiVTjSkV'tblbrce hiAnqihinatiori
if tlKrtrfeelfng exists' elsewHere’as-it does'
here.”
A member of tha, Leffislaturo-froinjt
Oneida district .svijtfiv : -ur~J
the machinery the Grant men succeeded
in canylng the delegation only after a
great pressure and by a .Very narrow ma-
Senator-Woodin is reported as having
said to friends here that the opposition to
the Hurd term in his district, as sliown by
the recent primaries, is very much greater
than gny one bad’supposed,*ahdl it is ftOt
'•fenee there as to
a mere question of p
candidates, hut df.eamesfc oppqgition to
tliirff term.
8enator Robertson is said to regard the
situation as< serious. He I will gq to the
Convention as a Blaine man. He has
been told that the great opportunity of his
life may occur in that convention. He
knows that the sentiment of his own coun
ty, Westchester, is very strong against a
third term,**" •— ’—
first, honesl
gates»’to?fh _
There wuiDeoppoSuon, strong opposi
tion, in the convention to the third term,
and under the lead of a Skillful and strong
man, the opposition is believed to be
strorig enough to be lnade.efTcctire.
Along the line of the St/; Law
River the machineUs less powerful
elsewhere. Here the primaries showed
convincing
proofs of an opposition that is based upon
principle, the managers do not waver.
With the great patronage at command,
they feel perfectly sure of winning, and
rely upon the papty submission and fealty
tb overcome this opposition after the pre
liminary work in caucus and convention
is done! . “ * IT HT >
i The Tax or PaBer-rEieht
1 Tne Milledgeville Recorder says 'Con
gress. ought to. remove the .duty on - paper.
Will'our ifntnbdiate reifresdntatiTe, Hon.
J. H. Blount, come toi the relief of the
oppressed industries, that are now at the
mercy of a set of Shylocks, who are bleed
ing the intelligence, as well as the hard-
all our Congressmen, tohelp in this work.
WeLhavenoRoubtthat Colonel Blount
ifljlftyril alffcje influent
to procure the repeal of this direct tax
of the nation!
fine opportunity now of wit-
A lady in.our neighborhood who has
suffered for over three months the most’
extreme torture by a violent Cough, has
become completely cored by lJF.' BulTn
Cough Syrup. For sale in every drug
store.
WHY.ri-Things VboeTSh are
Green.—The uniform green color of, Jhe
vegetable world is - due to, chlorophyll.
This substance, however, ei^sts -pply -in
minute quantity in plants, the .Iftaves'pf.fr
large tree containing perhaps not more
than 100 grains. It appears to be a direct
product of tb* action of the sunlight upon
vegetation, as it does not exist replants
kapt in darkness. The changes in the
color of leaves in autumn ire suppowwtto/
be due to the oxidation of . their chloro-,
phyll.
The hand that rocia the cradle, Js thd
hand that moves the earth. , Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup is the best remedy for all com-
nessing what e]
press can havi
then there inky
men, who, hfivin]
almost united
legislation. But
, erring * Congress-
een shown up*in time
cows are in a healthy condition. Foutz’s • plaints chi drcn are subject to. s ich as
Celebrated Horse and Cattle Powders dysentery, diarhcea. summer complaints,
i will correct any disorder in the system. ’ wind colic, etc. Prioe 25 cents.
past by the knights^ of the quill may now
seefc/their revenge by refusing to vote ‘ for
there^ihoftooudly. We trust the
matter maybe pressed to a decision in
GcjjpSUJtbJjj least "delay practicable.
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Philom&thean Big Night.;
’'‘Eespitetlie inclemency of the weather,
quiic a goodly per ccntage of the favored
few who are priyileged to attend the
charming society exhibitions of Wesleyan
College, were present at the Philomathean
“big night” on Friday evening. The young
ladies MVer'lookedrprettier, and no con
fidence is violated by tbs assertion that a
more charming coterie of girls never graced
an assembly in this or any other city.
We will go so far also os to affirm that
■3*—r—r
ly. But just here, a padlock upon our
lips estops all further revelations. We
may not betray the society secrete of the
dear girls, and should be mercilessly dealt
.with, perhaps scalped, if so lost to all pro-
;ral. We place no faith,, however, aj
this suggestion. To Colonel Cole, who
firpfc.galvanized Ibe securities of;the co;
pany, and, by his wonderful combination
sent them soaring upward, is in part due
this gratifying appreciation. Then, too,
people are beginning to find out that tho
road itself is in a healthy and flourishing
condition, and able to pay fair dividends.
We congratulate tho stockholders of the
company, and advise the weak-kneed to
“unload” at once. ... - ^
The Savannah News on the Macon
and Brunswick Warranty.
The Savannah News concludes an edi
torial strongly endorsing the Governor’s
refusal at first to sign tiie warranty title to
the lessees in these words:
“It follows, therefore, that it is exceed
ingly unjust to ask the Governor to grant
the warranty demanded by the purchasers
of the Macon and Brunswick railroad
lease, and it is simple folly to threaten
him with defeat at the ballot box here
after because of his refusal to assume se
rious responsibilities which he has no le
gal right to assume. At last accounts it
seemed as if an arrangement was about to
be effected by whicli the road will be
leased, and we hope the result will be sat
isfactory to the friends of the lease. As
matters now stand, tiie road; when com
pleted, can work no injury to the Central,
while it will probably add materially to
the tutrire trade of Savannah and to the
entire section of countty through which it
passes. Iu the meantime, we trust all
parties interested will restrain their un
righteous arid unreasonable indignation
against our wise and prudent Chief Ex
ecutive.”
— The above is in the -right spirit. Cer
tainly Savannah, With her broad and nav
igible river, arid vast jrtiirriad . system,
should not he jealous of another sister
seaport still comparatively iri ito infancy.
Why should not Brunswick have a trunk
line also permeating the teeming West
and adding to the wealth and resources
'of our Commonwealth?' See -wliat she
has done already for the development of
the recently neglected timber and turpen
tine - lands of the State ? Smiling villa
ges grace her thoroughfare from the sea,
arid Jt is lined with saw mills and turpen
tine farms and distilleries. Thssoil, too,
under the stimulus of fertilizers and care
ful tillage, has been shown to be well
adapted to both com and cotton, while
sugar cane, oats and rice are sure and
profitable crops,
Now, let this useful artery, say we, be
extended with all possible speed to At
lanta, Knoxville and Cincinnati. There
is abundance of commerce and business
for all the existing and projected routes.
One of the parties to tire late sale told
the writer a few days ago, that so power
ful was the new Company, that leaving
out the Georgia members, any one of the
othera-was able to build the extension
singly, and without assistance. There
should be no jealousy between our Geor
gia roads, where they do not cross or con
flict directly wiili each other. The great
back country can support them all.
—The Savannah News says an appro
priation has been made by Congress for
changing the position of the present light
on Fig Island, Savannah river, to the Ex
change building, provided that the gov-
Tho Theological Seminary at Colom* oroment ia at no expefise for rent. In ac-i
bia. South Carolina.
We have been pained to learn from
time to time, during the past year, that
for lack of adequate pecuniary support,
there was danger that the exercises of
that.yenerable school ,of the prophets, tjie
•Presbyterian Theological ‘Seminary -rit
Columbia would he suspended.
Jt is with real pleasure/ then, that we
are informed that the churches are com
ing’nobly up to their duty, and there’ no
longer exists the slightest apprehension
that a foundation so useful and so venera-
.ted will be allowed to collapse
Fora half century this Seminaiy lias
flourished, and many of the ablest, wor
thiest and most noted divines of the South
^received their religious training in its
lialls. But the war robbed the institution
Of a large portion of its endowment and
since then there has been a constant strug
gle to meet current expenses even upon
‘•the most economical basis.
At length, however, the alumni have
taken the matter in hand, and' are doing
yeoman’s work for their cherished alma
mater. An appeal to the churches, too, is
meeting with an unexpectedly liberal re
sponse. We trust the seminaiy, which is
graced by such instructors as Rev. Dr.
Plummer, Dr. George Howe, Rev. Dr. Gi-
rifrdeku, and the gifted’ editor of the
Southern Presbyterian Reekie, Dr.
Woodrow, will soon be relieved of all of
its difficulties and' enter upon a new ca
reer of usefulness and honor. In this con
nection we are pained to see it stated that
the Theological Seminaries of both the
Baptist and Methodist denominations
South, are also in straightened circum
stances and calling for help. Surely these
Religious fountains should never be al
lowed to run dry when it is ! from them
diiefly that the whole,of God’s Zion is
watered.
Divorces in Massachusetts.—A
Massachusetts statiscian has been looking
up the number of divsrees granted in that
State. From 1860 to 1878, inclusive,
7,233 decrees separation were passed in
MassachusettsjK,400.Ion the petition of
injuredtflBlinas and?,833 on the petition
ofiinl&d Wms. Under the laws of
!d9^fee*nu%hero are nine. speci«e
j for which the courts may decree a
dissolution of the bonds of matrimony,
and the particularly virtuous people up
there appear to indulge- the “specific
causes” very freely. ^
—The MilledgeviTfe*”Recorder says Dr.
Felton should be known hereafter as Sim- was over 48 pounds, and in the United
mons’ Regulator. * States it was nearly 60 pounds.
The Republican National Convention
will consist of 750 delegates, • and a
majority only is required to 'nobiinate.
Two delegates are allowed to each Rep
resentative in Congress, and two from
each Territory ahd tl«S District' of .Colum
bia. 'There arl'293'-Representatives, Kfi
i, 8 Territories anff Jthe District,
uunilteriddubled makes 750. The
Democratic Convention consists only of
738 delegates who are entitled to vote.
The District of Columbia delegates and
those from the Territories are merely
honorary; they are not permitted to vote.
The rule now in force in holding Demo
cratic Conventions requires a two-thirds
vote to nominate.candidates fpr President
and Vice Presiden^ but it will be within
the power of the" coming Convention to
abolish it aniLsubstitutetlie mojority rule
if it secs fit. la the Republican Conven-
^tfoh itrwill require 879 to noriiinate, while
iu the Democratic—unless the rule shall
be changed—it will require 492. r, 4 - r .
■ ■ ■ V Ls d-. • J. J
—Out of 64 stocks quoted at the New
York Exchange 11 were at par or above
at the opening of 1879 and 21 at its close.
—It is said that Colonel’ Ingersoll’s in
fidel proclivities was all that prevented
him fFom being chosen to represent tho
United States at the Court of Berlin.
—-According to the Manchester Exam
iner, the consumption of cotton per spin
dle in Great Britain in 1879 was a little
over 26 pounds, while on the continent it
dounded to the credit of the dramatis per-
sufficiently attested by the
;en-opinions of the guests. ,
Tiie Pliilomatheari and Adelphian Soci
eties of Wesleyan College achieve much
for the culture and improvement of the
young ladies of the institution, and are an
ornament to it.
We are pleased to stale that the College
is in a most flourishing condition, and
the late visit to Columbus of three
of the accomplished musical instructors,
all of whom sustained conspicuous parts
in the rendition of Belshazzar, has added
no little prestige to that noble founda
tion.
It may safely be asserted that in no in
stitution at the South is the curriculum of
study more elevated, or the instruc
tion imparted more thorough. The fac
ulty are fully up to every modem improve
ment of the schools, and are both able and
faithful in the discharge of their duties.
President Bass deserves great credit for
the skill and devotion he has ever dis
played in the management and advance
ment of old Wesleyan College, which is
fairly entrenched in the hearts of our peo
ple. 9* . >.■ Jk' \ ; h ;
j? ‘j Army Experience.
The efficiency of Warner’s Safe Pills
was first rendered unquestionable by their
use in the English army in malarial re
gions, where the stomach and bowels, were
peculiarly subject to derangement. They.
were found to be the best of army medi
cines iu such regions. H. J. Foster, ot
Toronto, writes that they recently cured
him completely of sleeplessness, caused
by biliousness. See other testimonials, j
feblS-2w .
“—During the past year Massachusetts
has instruccd 311,528 pupils, in 5,55S pub
lic schools. The teachers numbered 8,-
749. There were 216 high schools, hav
ing 595 teachers and 19,311 pupils. In
tho State there are also 37S private, or
parochial schools, with 15,ICS pupils, and
66 academies,, with 8,6G2 pupils. Alto
gether, there were 835,35S children in the
schools duririg the year. The average
length of the public school service was.
eight and three quarter months. The to
tal cost of the schools was $1,994,S24.4J
The average monthly salary of the male
teacher was $67.44; of the female teacher,
$35.50.
A" Tragedy of the Servo-Turkish
War.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—
The following incident, which came
under my personal observation during
the Servo-Turkish campaign of 1876, has
THE UNHAPPY CZAR.
A Pen-and-ink Sketch of Alexander
of Russia.
The feeling which comes uppermost in
. . . . the mind of any one who sees the Czar
never been published, and, as it corrobo- f or the first time is one of sincere nU?
rates the oft-repeated assertion to the ef- He is a large, ox-eyed man, evidentlyEf
fect that “truth is stranger than fiction,” good intentions, but with a look of
it may prove of interest to your readers: ness and perplexity in him. His voiced
While Tchemaieff, tiie Russian comman- ^ barsli as the grinding of a coffee-mill
der-in-chief of the Servian Army, had his 0 ut of order, for an affection of the tlim,r
headquarters at Alexinatz, m -the beauti- under which he-has long suffered make*
ful Morava river valley, which has seen speech painful; to him. He would haw
in ancient days so many bloody conflicts made a very amiable private gentleman
between the Cross and the Crescent, an { alld cou i d have got far more ease an,i
affaire du eacur was being developed in a amusement out of life if he had handeC
far-away Russian village on the estate of j\ a n : t he botheration of government own-
one of the proudest families of the Musco- 1 -- 1 —*■— ”—.—. er
vite nobility. The only-son of the wid
owed consort of the late Prince K—ff had
just arrived at his nu^ority and succeeded
to the estates of his deceased father;.* lie
was betrothed to a lovely girl, the daugh
ter of a neighboring noble, and only
awaited his coming to man’s es
tate to consummate the "union
upon which his earthly, happiness was
staked; buttne fair one, with the proverb-
ialjfickleness’of her sex,for some as yet un
known reason or whim, suddenly married
a rival suitor only three weeks before the
day appointed for her union with young
Prince K—fi. I never learned any more
than the simple outline given above of the
circumstances connected with the young
Prince’s disappointment;-we heard after
wards that, inconsolable under his loss,
the young fellow wandered restlessly
about the neighborhood of the family
chatteau until he grew to hate the very
sight of every familiar object that recall
ed his previous life and its purposes. His
fond mother, although loth to part even
temporarily with her only child, finally l e-
sought him to leave his home and country
for a time, and visit Paris, where she
hoped he would find distractions which
would banish the recollections of past sor
rows, and Bare him from the helpless
state of listless despondency into which
he appeared to be sinking at home. After
a hasty preparation, and sorrowful leave-
taking, the young Prince set out for Paris,
but, on reaching the Russian frontier at
Ungheni, he suddenly changed his route
and came to Belgrade, where I made
his acquaintance upon his arrival. His
trieste demeanor and evident restlessness
turn’s, as beef is driven to market for
those who wish to, roast it. They must
often have had a difficult task, for lus pon
derous Mqjesty (good, easy man) is sloth-
fill and heavy witted by nature. He
must have been frequently unable to un
derstand even what was wanted for him.
He is subject to melancholy periods of hy
pochondriasis, during which existence
seems hut a dreary blank to him. He is
haunted by fears of sudden death and by
the dread of assassination. At these times
lie moons about on apparently solitary
walks with a large dog,but there is always
a policeman handy to keep the sacreligious
from approaching him. When well he
devotes much of his time to tailoring,
changing his costume with much stolid
perseverence.atuljiie likes to be attendediby
hump-backed Privy councillor, who acts
as foil to his tine figurre and sets it off, for
he is a well built man, tall and straight,
though rather too German in the rotun
dity of certain of his curves.
His father Nicolas, who was in many
respects a notable sovereign, had him very
carefully brought up, and foreseeing that
he would want support, perhaps devotion,
in after life, to counteract his apathy, sur-
rourided with some select young men whs
could be relied upon. This little band of
cronies have hung together ever since.
They have lived with and on the Emperor
The Doctors’ Yielding-.
Ever since Prof. Green wrote to the
Medical Record advising physicians every
where to use the Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure in their practice, it has been gaining
in favor with the profession. They can
find nothing which is a substitute for it.
R.’Caulkins, M. D., of Rochester, N. Y.y
says he would now prescribe it to all who
are afflicted with serious kidney and liver
diseases. j - •* febl8-2w
h
cordanie/vfith this jtetion, Peter C. Hains,
Major of Engineers of‘the Eight House
Board, addressed a communication to the
Major on the subject, which was read at.
the meeting ‘of Council' on Wednesday'
night, stating that the purpose is to estab
lish range lights to guide vessels through
the “wrecks channel” leading to the city.
The ordinance passed gives the desired
right, upon certain conditions, and we un-;
derstaud the work will J>e commenced ah
once.
Commonwealth Distribution Co.
Buy tickets for the drawing .on 24th
inst, and have a chance at the! $80,000—
it only costs $2 to try for all, -or $1 for
half of it, and if this small amount is lost,
it is lost in a “square lottery,” where ev^-i
ry ticket has an equal chance, and all the
prizes are drawn and paid. Address R.i
M. Boardman, Courier-foumal building,
Louisville Ky., or at No. 163 Broadway,
New York.
It.
—Lord Beaconsfield’s" ministry is likely
to have the good fortune of a favorable!
Indian budget to-lay*before Parliament in.
the next three, months. For several years*
past a : decreasing revenue and a growing
deficit marked each annual statement in
Indian flnkndHBt tie'returns.for three-
fourths of the. Anglo-Indian^ fiscal '-year
closing next March show an increase in
tiie revenue amounting to $12,500,000.
The commercial improvement visible mi
the rest of the world lias appeared in In
dia, and taexs, like the iniqnitons excise!
salt,.on v^hich best mark the general expen
diture of the people, show the largest im
provement. In spito of a reduction in
tiie fcnrrent expenditures the outlay in the
Afghan war and the sums spent on rail
ways to reach the Afghan frontier 'trill use
up the surplus, so that the unfortunate
ryot is no‘better off for the improving con
dition off Indian finances, and at least
half of the 1 saving in ordinary outlay
effected by Lord Lytton’s. administration
ia on public works needed to prevent fu
ture famine. > I i - «
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■I [;Jt
ii-The Speaker- '
sentatives in
Ie&
™ lus pistol-.fen - from ' liis
urlng '-a '- session -''uH^hat
discharged ,
The
“Yocb Simmons’ Liver Regulator has
been in usq in my family. for some'tiiffe,
ahaJ am persuaded it i&.& valuable addi
tion to the medical science.
“It has proved a good and efficacious
nfedicine. r f 11 i T S
f«bl8-lw || C.jl. Nutting.”
;~iTi—^—
lr of the House of Repre-
Louisiana accidentally
pocket
body.
^Lpck discharged _the weapon,
and rio\v/ the 4tton^Pw|WtrS
State has filed an infomalion against the
Speaken^ar garping cpncealed weajyms.
—A locomotive " on the "Pennsylvania
railroad made the fastest run on record a
few eveuing8 ago? It was ordered from
the roundhouse to the scene of an 'acci
dent, and ran 60 miles in 45 minutes and
8 seconds. The engineer, speaking of the
run to a division superintendent, said:
“I was a little skeered once, when I
thought I see a freight ‘cbmin’ down agin
me; but it was only a skeer. I tell you it
was a mighty purty run, blit sometimes
her wheels didn’t seem to tech the rails
for a whole minute.”
fering from recent affliction, but no one
attempted to learn the secret of his sad
ness. After an interview with the Servian
War Minister, Colonel Nikoljch, he left
for Alexinatz with a commission as cap
tain in the Servian service under an as
sumed name. Upon presenting himself
at TclieraniefPs headquarters, lie was
recognized by an officer, of whose presence
in Sevia he had been ignorant; hastily re
questing his acquaintance to keep silence,
he demanded to be assigned to. duty in
the most exposed position of the outpost
line. The keen eye of the Gcneral-in-
chief had noted the little by-play between
the new comer and the officer, who had
evidently recognized him, and, .coupling
this with liis extreme youth, distingue
appearance, and clearly to be appre
ciated recklessness, he made a
shrewd surmise that there was a
hidden romance in the affair, and
urgedtlie young man to reconsider his rash
resolution and return to his friends; but
all his endeavors were in vain, and finally
the Prince whispered a sentenee inTcher-
naiefl’s ear at which the General started
visibly, and with a shrug of the shoulders
said: “Well, if you are so determined, I
will assign you to duty with a battalion of
Russian Volunteers stationed on the other
side of the valley. Goto your camp and
introduce yourself to the future comrades
with whom you will associate, and then
return here and dine with me this even
ing.” The Volunteer battalion was lying
on the Djunis road within long rifle shot
of the Turkish outpost line, and the
Moslem artillery threw occasional shells
into it by way of reminding the occupants
of the huts that they had not abandoned
their position.
The young captain set out for the camp,
accompanied by his valet and luggage,
He found his brother officers ready to
welcome him with that hearty "hos
pitality which is: so eminently char
acteristic of tiie Russian race from
the Imperial Grand Duke to the simple
moujik or peasant. As the setting sun
was disappearing behind the Balkans, the
lately commissioned Captain saying au
recoir to his newly made friends, sat out
alone to return to the headquarters to
to his brother Constantine, who has a
taste for that soil of nonsense. He him
self could hardly have wanted to reim
TtVas the TSchouvaifrfb, the Lamberts!
IKe'BariatinsSys, the Adlerbergs, the Dot
godroukys, and someothers who destte<n&
would be a firm ruler of men. They
were forever goading and coaxing l,i m by
fmm's no luroP ic ntimn (a «"
caused^usjall^to conclude that he^ was suf- -without interruption from the time of his
** accession until now. He provides for their
wants; they dip their lingers into his puise
whenever they are so minded.
He is a loosely hung Emperor, more
like the good fellow of a free-and-easy than
the despotic master of millions, when in
the midst of these his famii liars. He has
been known to sit in his shirt sleeves,
astraddle on a chair, hob-a-nobbing with
them.
The late Count Strogonoff, who was a
prettx chevalier and a very high-pacing
person generally, once broke in upon the
party thus employed; The Emperor look
ed at him with those unutterably mourn
ful eyes of his and held out a champagne
glass to be filled from a bottle which stood
by. The old soldier drew himself up and
answered sternly, “Let those who love
yon less than I do perform that service.”
The Czar showed no sign of displeasure,
hut within a few months Stogonotf was
deprived of his office, though he was
nearly connected with the imperial family,
his son having married the Grand Duch
ess Marie.
When His Majesty is in the humor he
plays a good deal at cards with his own
chums, aud it is rather a good thing for
these gentlemen, for when ever any one
of them is in want the Czar will lose to
liim the sum of which he stands in need,
as a delicate way of giving it, and this
method of bestowing substantial favors is
perfectly well understood among them.
The Czar is a good shot, and has done
some grand things on bears. He some
times wears a peiisse which once covered
a fine bear he brought low with his own
hands, and it has . been so exquisitely
dressed that it is valued at about £2,000,
whicli is even more than is ever paid ei
ther for the sable or the- black fox. Ho
can ride, too, though not in the English
fashion, and he would be puzzed by a
sharp burst across the country. Lately
his physicians have recommended him to
walk.
His personal deportment is excellent.
He stands and marches well. He shows
to advantage in uniform, though for sev
eral years he has willingly clothed him
self in mufti. His manners are those of
a gentleman, and there is something ex-
— , . —“ a genuem.au, ana mere is someumn
dme. The General-in-Chief and his nu- £ emely sympathetic aboutriiim. He
merous staff had assembled around the
long table, but as enough had been ex
tracted from the officer before alluded to
as having recognized the new comer, to
satisfy them all that they had a recruit of
high social rank to deal with, the whole
party awaited liis arrival before commenc
ing their attack upon ihe good cheer
spread before them. Minutes lengthened
to a quarter of an hour, and still nothing
was seen of the expected guest. An or
derly was started off at full gallop to the
camp to make inquiries as to the where
abouts of the* tardy Captain. The twilight
had settled into darkness as he returned
with the news that the young officer bad
left the battalion before sunset, stating
that he was going to dine at the headquar
ters’ mess; every one became thoroughly
alarmed at. this intelligence, and lights
having been procured, and a patrol of
soldiersordered out to accompany the par
ty, they set out to follow the path leading
between the Russian camp and tiie quar
ters of the General’s stall; about midway
they found a huge gap in the earth at the
edge of the pathway, where the only
Turkish camion shot," fired tliat day, had
fallen, and after a careful search the man
gled body of the young Prince was found
nearly covered with the earth thrown up
by the shell.That single shot, fired utterly-
at random, when the shades of night had
covered the valley with a pall impervious
to the sight of the Moslem gunner, had
ended the heartache in that youthful bo
som, and the weary soul fouud the rest it
had so ardently sought for. , ,
They gathered up his gory cap, and
sword, and the patrol silently covqredthQ
mangled corse with the earth thrown up
by the iron messenger of death, while the
staff followed their General back to head
quarters iii mournful silence. There was
no longer need for concealment, and the
officer revealed the name and rank of
their late comrade, and Tichcriiaieff sta
ted that when he had whispered in his
ear, as before mentioned, he had sworn to
kill himself before his very face unless he
was accepted as a volunteer, and assigned
to duty at once. The next day the friend
of the young Prince K—off received a let
ter from Russia, detailing the * incidents
related at the commencement of this
article, with regard to the disappointment
he had suffered, and stating that Prince
"K—off was then in Paris seeking to drown
hi3 sorrows in the dissipations of *that gay
capital.
Little did the fond mother know that
her son, whom she supposed to be in
Paris, was lying a mangled corpse in a
soldier’s grave in the Morava Valley. No
one at Alexinatz had the heart to write to
the mother; the Prince’s valet refused to
be the first to carry home the news of his
master’s singular death, anil I have never
known to this day when and how the dot
ing mother first heard of tiie sad end of
her only child, the victim of that solitary,
mysteriously directed shot, fired at ran
dom by a follower of the Crescent in the
Sermian hills at Alexinatz.
Edward Maxwell Grant.
Bucharest, January-21, 1880.
—Mr. Blaine says to a correspondent of
fliei Graphic: “I am not going to get ex
cited tilts tithe. 1 am hot going to allow
single pulse heat to be quickened by
what shall occur in this canvass, and I
shall hold myself in 1 such a position that,
shilild the nomination he given me; I will
not be surprised, and if I fail to get it I
will not be disappointed.”
—An Illinois schoolmistress was unable
to chastise the biggest girl pupil, and call
ed in a young school trustee to assist her.
The trustee found that the offender was
his own sweetheart, but his sense of duty
triumphed over his love, and he whipped
the girl. Not only did this result in k*. '^ch^ *
ing him o sweetheart, but her father sued j p a5SCS t ] ie thirdpfid lowest arch becomes
him for damages, and got a verdict for: incandescent. There is a saving of 20 per
$500, j tent, of the fuel.
duces the impression that one would like
to know him better, if only he were not
an Emperor. It is this unfortunate cir
cumstance which takes the amiability out
of him, sets him upon his dignity, and
gives a certain funniness to his aspect.
His father really could be dignified, but
he can’t. There is a chubbiness and ner
vousness in his proceedings upon great
occasions, which reminds one more of a
drum-major or fugleman of Laudwehr
than an autocrat.
Formerly the Emperor, as might have
been expected from one of his lethaigic-
temperament, was averse from moving
about; latterly he has been troubled by a.
perpetual restlessness* He lives very
plainly and his table i3 sparsely served. A
beefsteak for breakfast, a roast gelinotte
and salad for his dinner, form the staple
of his fare. His appetite is not robust and
he sleeps badly.
The first fault of liis reign was the com
mon blunder of heirs apparent when they
come into power.’ He had been much
courted by the discontented, and he made
far too much haste to undo all the work
of Ins father. He was emotional, pitiful,
generous, all in a headlong, precipitate
way. When he resolved suddenly to
abolish serfdom, several of his gen
erals and nobles threw themselves bod
ily at his feet and besought him to man
age so great a change very gingerly. It was
no use; he gave everything he had to give,
knocked down the great farmers-general
or taxes like so many nine-pins, upset mo
nopolies for the discreet sale of vodki,
closed the free port of the Black Sea ac
cording to the latest principles of political
economy, dashed off the shackles from
the press and laughed at comic newspa
pers. There was a caricature published
in St. Petersburg shortly after his acces
sion which represented-him as a droschky
driver in the state that droschky drivers
usually are after dinner. His hat was pull
ed over his eyes and his horses were gal
loping wildly on the road to “Reform.”
Behind him was the Grand. Duke Con
stantine, saying: “Gently, brother; I am
the fare.”. Still tho Emperor laughed; he
laughed too when a piece was played in
the Court theatre exposing the corruption
of his officials, and a very fine piece it
was. Then somebody shot at him and
shattered his nerves forever.. He fell into
a sort of panic, trying hastily to undo all
he had done,. He had now gyves put on
writers; he ordered some awful cruelties
in Poland. He tried to win back his
sulky nobles. It was all in vain,
and now he is thoroughly flustered
and frightened right out of his senses;
His only chance of peace and happiness
would be abdication and a year’s yacht
ing without newspapers. At present he
is worried irito'a fever every morning by a
summary of all the unpleasant. things
which havebepn printed about him for
thfe last twenty-four hours throughout Eu
rope. It is prepared by a special preeis
writer, appointed for the purpose, andhis
Majesty takes care that it shall spare hun
no pang of this self-inflicted torture, for
he will not trust a professional diplomat
ist to do it lest he should gloss over the
truth and endeavor to make things peas
ant for promotion’s sake. A Baron Her
der, a connection of Stleglitz, the banner,
not long agoiperformed this delicate ser
vice, and perhaps does so still. The Eng
of Yvetot was.* happy monarch; the tm-
pCror of Ruasia is not. Surely, times
must he strangely altered.
—The Floridian says there are 105 dif
ferent varieties of fruit growing on tne
place of Mr. R. W. Stnrdevant at Orange
City. Where this town now stands, tbree
years ago, not a stick of timber had been
cut from the land. It has has now 400
Inhabitants.
—“A smoke-consuming device” has been
made successful by David Sinton, of Cin
cinnati. Three arches placed undertne