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MACON, FEBRUARY'2'. ‘880/
—Railroad people look for a large
amount of pleasure travel this summer.
—The” railway time betweenNew York
and Philadelphia Is to be reduced Co one
hour and forty-five minutes.
—Americans are said to bQ 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 dun a debtor on
a postal card, as such is liable to figure
the credit or reputation of the debtor else
where.
—A prominent New York musician,
who advertised to t receive applications
for tenors, recently had a note from a
clerk 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 Yoke, 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. starving and
ill-treating children, was to-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 ofT their
mortgages that have become due. Very
few farms arc 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 246,-
063,000. This latter number is an increase
over the number issued in 1878 of 36,-
S79.0C0.
—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 ;Jand the Pall
Mall Gazette, in view of the armed con
dition of Europo 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 ?
S mat f D £:o’mpft tiy^ of 1 Yor£,M’e misyfv ani a"j
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 honey-moon tour, in a
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 of 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
tol 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
and order, schools and churches are bein
established, and it is thought that the
civilization of Leadville will soon be ac
complished.
Split Among the 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-
ooe Conkling and Messrs. Cordon, Hackett
and J. P. Richardson, to the Utica Con
vention ; the other elected Messrs. Samuel
S. Lowry, S. A. Millard and N. A Pierson
delegates. The latter adopted the follow
ing resolution: “ That we repeat earnestly
the declaration of the New York Repub
lican Convention of 1875, of ‘unalterable
opposition to the election of anyPresi
dent for a third tern,’ and instruct our
delegates to the convention to be held on
the 25th instant to enforce tin's principle
in every honorable way.” No resolutions
of any kind were adopted by the conven
tion which elected the Conkling delega
tion.
Preparing to Receive M. de Les-
6EP8.—A meeting of merchants and ship
pers interested in the. Central and South
American trade was held in the rooms of
the Down-town Club, New York, off
Tuesday, to arrange the preliminaries to
a reception and banquet to M. de Lesseps
upon his arrival in this city.' Royal
Phelps presided. The opinions expressed
were in favor of an Isthmus Canal at the
tide level. Resolutions complimentary tp
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. Hurtado, J. M.
Munoz, D. de Castro, Thomas Relley and
R. H. Hoad ley.
Tanas Yarus 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
jbroughout its entire length.
Russian Nihilism.
“ Uneasy Lies the Head Which
Wears a Crown,’' saitb-tho 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 a-renne. Its agents beset him
in every guise, and are as stealthy and in
visible as the winds. It employs every
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 oqnrt. . They . exist
among; fts 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 nothing new
for murder to lurk 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 govern
ment, and Is able to work unhindered
even in the presence of its destined vic-
times. The question is„whether Nihilism
will wear out the Russian autocracy, or
Tice 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-Turkish War*
The distinguished correspondent of the
London Times at Bucharest, sends us a
reminiscence of the Servo-Turkisli 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, he has been through two great
wars, and if the aspects do not improve
may very possibly find himself the busy
chronicler of another before long.
The Middle Georgia Military and
Agricultural College.
At the late convention of the State Ag
ricultural Society in Cutlibert, Mr. M. S.
Whitaker, of Baldwin county, read the
following paper:
“In behalf of the Local Roard of Trust
ees of Middle Georgia Military and Agri
cultural College, I respectfully invite you
to appoiHt 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. Tire
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 lath of January
Good New*—The Sale of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad Concluded
to the Original Bidden.
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 10.—The terms
of the contract for tlio sale of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad have to-day been
agreed upon between R. T. Wilson and
his associates and Governor Colquitt.
Governor Colquitt left for his home this
evening, and will reach Atlanta on Satur
day. Formalities to be closed when he
reaches there. Representatives of Wilson’s
company will be on hand to pay over'the
sum required by the act, and to comply
with all the requirements of the act.
This time, at least, 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 r ever been
the pronounced friend of the k-ase and
sale, and only refused in 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 ableto
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
Weatem Blizzards.
It is only ofrCc^nt date that the public
ear has become familiarized with the
term Blizzard. The -habitat of a blizzard
isthe'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 dooTS'durlng a blizzard. Dr. Kane'in
his interesting narrative, it will be re
membered, describes the modus operand!
of passing a night in safety exposed to a
furious hurricane, at a. temperature of
forty degrees and upwards below zero.
Upon a substitution of heavy flannels,each
man had superimposed a complete suit of
bearskin into cape and hood—the hood
fastening firmly over head and face and
only a few narrow slips left to see and
breathe through.
This oiltfit would do ordinarily for the
march, hut when the thermometer began
to hover about sixty ^elow 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
Uie mouth together with a thong of raw
liide. 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
dump or snow drift, and there slept per
fectly secure against freezing.
Those were arctic blizzards, though not
Stock PluctuationB.
Central railroad stock was booming
for the holder of any second mortgage up- ctf|ed by that name . Butj during the
on the same premises. This, -it appears,
was the real hitch in the case, but we nev
er could make anything out of it. There
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 market. But so 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.
AVe 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.
of three weeks, had increased to 300. The
institution is modelled after the plan of
theDahlonega 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 agaiu of training not only
inchoate statesmen, but lawyers, physi
cians, divines, merchants, farmers 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 of
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
hnndreds of bright youths and gentle girls
Walk her streets and imbibe from the
sparkling fount which our common moth
er, Geoigia, has opened up in that lion
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 University located at
Milledgeville, and learn that special at
tention is paid to the physical sciences,
with a view to preparing the students for
agricultural pursuits hereafter. The
military feature in the school also com
mends itself to the public, and many
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.
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 17tb, that paper had
received 1,081 responses, cf which 812
were for Blaine and only 188 for Grant.
This showing would make Grant’s Penn
sylvania strength lie principally in Don
Cameron and the-machine; but still Penn
sylvania will go as a unit for Grant—so
they say.
What a screamer! is a tribute often
paid to a crying baby,but Dr. Bull’s Baby
Syrup by alleviating the pains of the little
one soon stops the crying.
Design on Central America.—The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Sun telegraphs: “ There is good 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 America,and is negotiating
for the entire region known as the Chiri-
qm tract, with the view of holding a belt
across the Isthmus. It is also believed
that a naval expedition has rendezvoused
already at the point indicated, to take
possession of the land and establish the
stations.”
Unfurling the Old Flag.
From the highest pinnacle of King’s
Mountain, North Carolina, will to-day
ba 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
tennial of the famous battle of King’s
jwuiua.il, niiiu. wui-red October 7,
1780, and resulted in a victory for the
American troops over the British forces,
commanded by Colonel Ferguson, wLo
was killed in ths fight and buried on the
battlefield.
Major W. J. Houston, the General Pas
senger Agent of the Company, will pre
sent the flag 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 one 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 iu
the valley far below, of the time
“When Freedom from her mountain’
height,
Unfurl’d her standard to the air,
To hear the tempest trumpings blare,
And see the lightning flashing bright.”
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> JSlizabeth Ross, fvho was .finally
engsgedcJtP: make it. The 'committee
wanted a star with six points, hut Mrs.
Ross suggested :a five point star as. more
appropriate, and it was adopted.
This was about the first of June,
1776, and on . Jiily 8th, at the
summer house of Dr. Enoch Edwards, on
Frankfort avenue, it was imfurled at the
first celebration of Independence, which
was held by Thomas Jeflersofa and other
members of Congress, in a rather social
manner. . r...:
It was not until a year later, Jane 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
thirteen stars in a blue field, representing
new constitution.”
It was of this flag that Francis S. Key,
in 18i4, when the Britsh fleet attempted
to start up the Potomac river, to destroy
Washington city, wrote his immortal and
stirring song of “The Star Spangled Ban
ner,”—
“Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight, »
O’er the ramparts we watched,
Were so gallantly streaming.”
Sidney Herbert.
National Hotel, Feb. 21, 1880. ■ ■
present winter, the blizzards in Dakotali,
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 arctic
hurricane, on a hunt or journey, with only
heavy clothing and blankets for protec
tion. That Boreatic highway, the North
em Pacific Railroad, is reported by
Fargo dispatch of last Wednesday, to be
sealed by a succession of blizzards, -fa
which travel is impossible.
A dozen teams were struggling to get
along one way 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 little or no progress
was made. It would cost the road a hun
dred dollars apiece to get their passen-
S rs safely from one point to the other, if
ey were able to eflcct it at all. That
people should voluntarily affect latitudes
of this character is one of the marvels
which are incomprehensible.
in Savannah on Friday, as many as 1,100 quiteagoodiy percentage of the favored
Shares having changed hands at figures fet ^ 0 are privikged attend the
having changed
ranging from 95 to 96J. 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 theories axe ad
vanced to account for this unexpected and
sudden (UK One of them ' is that the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, with
lips estops all farther revelations. We
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StandlfiJrffalhS van,'Kas _ a§aIn entered - dcargirlSi an^sbould be mercilessly dealt owedcSort ofttVlate IWK-ff had
with, perhaps scalped, if so lost to all pro- just arrived at his majority and succeeded
A lady in our neighborhood who has
suffered for over three months the most
extreme torture by a violent Cough, has
become completely cured by Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup. For sale fa efery drug
store.
Why ■ Things "'Vegetable are
Green.—The uniform green color of the
vegetable world Is Site' ‘ td .chlorophyll. - '
This substance, however, exists only fa
minute quantity in plants, the leaves of *-
large tree containing perhaps not more
than 100 grains. It appears to be a direct
product of the action of the sunlight upon
vegetation, as It does not exist In plants
kept in darkness. The changes fa the
color of leaves in autumn are supposed to
be due to the oxidation of their chloro
phyll.
The hand that rocks the cradle, is the
hand that moves the earth. Dr. Bull’s
Churning butter is not difficult when Baby Syrup is the best remedy for all corn
cobs are in a healthy condition. Foutz’s plaints .children are subject to, such as
Celebrated Horse and Cattle Fowdets • dysentery, diarheea. summer complaints,
Will correct »nj disorder fa the system. : wind cdjic^ etc. 'Price 25 cents.
Grant in New York.
t The real popular strength of the third
term in the State of New York is, according
to the Albany correspondence of the New
York Sun, quite as feeble as it is in Penn
sylvania. The masses are against the
third term, and it is forced through the
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 east
a vote in the .primary just to gauge the
SRBtSnumt of tlio ppnplo. It was'uvjder-
stood that the vote, whatever it was, was
not to affect the action of the delegates,
and out ot 130 votes, Grant received only
one, Blaine carry 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 wish we lmd been
defeated. The opposition to this third
term business isn’t any slight matter.
With our people it is a serious, honest ob
jection to the third term principle, and
held by many men who have been and
are Grant’s warmest admirers. I think
will be very risky to force bis nomination
if that feeling exists elsewhere as it does
here.” ,
■A member of the Legislature from the
Oneida district says that spite of all
the machinery the Grant men succeeded
in carrying the delegation, only after a
great pressure and. by a very narrow ma
jority.
Senator Woodin is reported as having
said to'friends here that the opposition to
the third term in bis district, as shown by
the recent primaries, is very much greater
than any one had supposed, and it is not
a mere question' of preference there as to
candidates, bat of earnest opposition to
third term.
Senator Robertson is said to regard the
situation as serious. He will go to the
Convention as a Blafae man. He has
been told that the.great opportunity of his
life imfy" occur -fa that convention. He
knows that the sentiment of hisown coun
ty, Westchester, is very strong against
third term, and he has learned that the
first; honest, choice of many of the dele
gates to the convention is not Grant.
•There will bo opposition, strong opposi
tion, fa the convention to the third term,
and iunder the lead of a skillful and strong
mad, " the opposition is believed to be
strobg enough to be made effective.
Along the lino of the St. Lawrence
RiyCnthe machine is less powerful- than
elseffijere. Here the primaries showed
afi‘anti-third te'ph feeling.
Yet? in sjjiite of all these convincing
proofs of hit opposition that is based upon
] trfabiple, the managers do not waver.
With the great patronage at command,
they feel perfectly sure of .winning, and
rely .upon the party submission and fealty
to overcome this opposition after the pre
liminary-work fa caucns and convention
Is done.
! T8& Tax on Paper—Riffht.
The Milledgeville Recorder qays Con
gress onglit to remove the duty on paper,
Will our immediate representative, Hon,
J. H. Blount, come to the relief of the
oppressed industries, that are row at. the
mercy of a set of Shy locks, who are bleed
ing the intelligence, as well as the hard
working printers Of the country at every
pore ? We appeal to him, as well as to
all our Congressmen, to help in this work,
We have no doubt that Colonel Blount
will lend all the weight ot his influence
to prorate the repeal of this direct tax
upon 1 the whole intelligence of the nation.
We have a fine opportunity now of wit
nessing what effect an almost united
press can. have upon legislation. But
then there may be some erring Congress
men, who, having been shown up in time
past by the knights of the quill may now
seek their revpnge by refusing to vote for
the repeal of the duty4 We trust the
matter may be: pressed to a decision in
Congress with the least delay practicable.
1 Divorces in Massachusetts.—A
Massachusetts slatiscian has been looking
up the number of divorces granted in that
State. From 1800 to 1878, inclusive,
7,233 decrees for separation were passed in
Massachusetts, 2,40Qfon the petition if
injured husbands And 4,833 on the petition
f Injured wives. Under the laws of
Massachusetts,-, there' are nine specific
causes for which the courts may decree a
dissolution of the bonds of matrimony,
an^^e particularly virtuous people up
there appear to indulge the “specific
causes” very freely.
—The Milledgeville*'Recorder says Dr.
Felton should be known hereafter as Sim-
the ring, and are determined to purchase
a controlling interest fa the stock of the
Central. -We place no faith, however, a
this suggestion. To Colonel Cole, who
first galvanized the securities of the com
pany, and, by liis wonderful combination,
sent them soaring upward, is in part due
this gratifying appreciation. Then, too,
people are beginning to find out that the
road itself is in a healthy and flourishing
condition, and able to pay fair dividends.
We congratulate the stockholders of the
company; and advise the weak-kneed to
“unload” at once. '
The Savannah New* oh the Macon
and Brunswick Warranty.
The Savannah News concludes an edi
torial strongly endorsing the Governor’s
refusal at first to sign the 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
ot 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 which the road will be
leased, and we hope the result will be sat
isfactory to the friends of the lease. As
matters now stand, the road, when com
pleted, can work no injury to the Central,
.while it will probably add materially to
the tuture trade of Savannah and to the
entire section of country through which it
passes. In the meantime, wo trust all
partios interested will restrain their un
righteous and 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
igable rivqr, and vast railroad system,
should not be jealous of another sister
seaport still comparatively in its 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 what 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,
and it is lined with saw mills and turpen
tine farms and distilleries. Tliesoil, too,
under the stimulus Of fertilizers aud 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 the late sale told
the writer a few days ago, that so powei
fal was the new Company, that leaving
out the Georgia members, any one of the
others was able to build the extension
singly, and without assistance. There
should be no jealousy between our Geor
gia roads, where they do not cioss or con
flict directly with each other. The great
back country can support them all.
Philomathean Big Night
Despite the inclemency of the weather,
charming society exhibitions of Wesleyan
College, were present at the Philomathean
“big night” on Friday evening. The young
ladies never looked prettier, and no con
fidence is violated by the assertion that a
more charming coterie of girls never graced
an assembly in this or any other city.
We will go so far also as to affirm that
they behaved most sweetly and decorous
ly .__Butiusl_here, & padlock, upomour. affaire dueveur was-being-developed-in a
The Theological Seminary at Colom
bia, South Carolina.
We liave 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
tliat venerable school-of tlie prophets, the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary at
Columbia would be suspended.
It 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 once
that a foundation, so useful and so venera
ted will ba allowed to collapse.
For a half century this Seminaty has
flourished, and many of the ablest, wor
thiest and most noted divines of the South
received their religious training in its
hails. But the war robbed the institution
of a laige 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 arc doing
yeoman’s work for their cherished alma
mattr. An appeal to the churches, too, is
meeting with an unexpectedly liberal re
sponse. Wo trust the seminaty, which is
graced by such instructors as Rev. Dr.
Plummer, Dr. George Howe, Rev. Dr. Gi
rardeau, and the gifted editor of the
Southern Presbyterian Review, 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
chiefly that the whole of God’s Zion is
watered.
The Republican National Convention
will Consist of 756 delegates, and 0
majority only is required to nominate.
Two delegates are allowed to each Rep
resentative in Congress, and two from
each Territory and the District of Colum
bia. There are 293 Representatives, 76
Senators, 8 Territories and the District,
and the number doubled makes 756. The
Democratic Convention consists only of
738 delegates who arts 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*h(Slding Demo
cratic Conventions requires a two-thirds
vote to nominate candidates for President
and Vice President, but it will be within
the power of the coming Convention to
abolish it and substitute the mojority rule
if it sees fit. In the Republican Conven
tion it will require 370 to nominate, while
in the Democratic—unless the rule shall
be changed—it will require 492.
mous’ Regulator.
—^Put 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 from being chosen to represent the
United States at the Court of Berlin.
—According to the Manchester Exam-
bier, the consumption of cotton per spin
dle in Great Britain in 1870 was a little
over 26 pounds, while on the continent it
1 was over 48 pounds, and fa the United
1 States it was nearly 60 pounds.
priety as to do so.
All that was done or said, however, re*
dounded to the credit of the dramatis per
sonae, as was sufficiently attested by the
outspoken opinions of the guests.
The Philomathean 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 fa 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.
1 President Bass deserves great credit for
the skill and devotion he has ever dis
played fa the management and advance
ment of old Wesleyan College, which is
fairly entrenched fa the hearts of our peo
ple.
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 in such regions. H. J. Foster, ot
Toronto, writes that they recently cured
him completely of sleeplessness, caused
by biliousness. See other testimonials.
feblS-2w
•—During the past year Massachusetts
has instruccd 311,528 pupils, in 5,558 pub
lic schools. The teachers numbered 8,-
749. There were 216 high schools, hav
ing 595 teachers and 19,311 pupils. In
the State there are also 378 private, or
parochial schools, with 15,16S pupils, and
66 academies, with 8,662 pupils. Alto
gether, there were 335,358 children fa the
schools during the year. The average
length of the public school service was
eight and three quarter months. The to
tal cost of the schools was §1,994,824.4!
The average monthly salary of the male
teacher was S07.44; of the female teacher,
$35.50.
A Tragedy of the Serro-Tnrkiah THE UNHAPPY CZAE
War. —
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: A Pen-and-ink Sketch, of Alexander
The following -incident, which came ofButtia.
under fay personal observation.during The feeling which comes uppermost in
the Servo-Turkish campaign of _ 1876, has the mind of any one who sees the Czar
never been published, and, as.it corrobo- for the first time is one of sincere pity,
rates the oft-repeated assertion to the efe He is a large, ox-eyed nan, evidently of
feet that ‘truth is stranger than fiction, good intentions, but with a look of sad-
.n^ 6 °^. your readers:- ness and perplexity fa hifa. His voice is
While rchernaieff, the Russian comman- M harsh as the grinding of a coffee-mill
der-m-cluef of the Servian Army, had his i out of order, for an affection of the throat
headquarters at Alexinatz, in the beauti- j under which he has long suffered makes
ful Slorav a river valley, which has seen ! speech painful to him. He would have
m ancient days so many bloody conflicts •
between the Cross and the Crescent, an
far-away Russian village on the estate of
one of the proudest families of the Musco-
made a very amiable private gentleman,
IUAUV/ U 1VI » Mil. ^LUUUUOU)
and_could have got far more ease and
amusement out of life if he had banded
all the botheration of government over
to his brother ..Constantine, who has a
taste for that sort of nonsense. He him
self could hardly have wanted to reign.
® It was the Schouvaloffs, the Lamberts,
to tbe estates of bis deceased father; he tbe Banatinskys, the Adlerbergs, the Dol-
The Doctors’ Yielding-. •
Ever since Prof. Greeu wrote to the
Medical Record advising physicians every
where to use the Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure to 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...
says be would now prescribe it to all who
are afflicted with serious kidney and liver
diseases. febl8-2w
—Tbe 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
ernment is at no expense for rent. In ac
cordance with this action, Peter C. Hains,
Major of Engineers of the Light 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
derstand the work will be commenced at
Commonwealth Distribution Co.
Buy tickets for the drawing on 25tli
hist., and ljave a chance at tlie §30,000—
it only costs §2 to try for all, or §1 for
half of it, ami if this small amount is lost
it is lost in a “square lottery,” where eve
ry ticket has an equal chance, aud all tlie
prizes are drawn and paid. Address R.
M. Boardman, Courier- Journal 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 fa
the next- three months. For several years
past a decreasing revenue and a growing
deficit marked each annual statement in
Indian finance, but the returns for three-
fourths of the Anglo-Indian fiscal year
closing next March show an increase in
the revenue amounting to $12,500,000.
Tlie commercial improvement visible in
the rest of the world has appeared in In
dia, and taexs, like the iniquitous excise
salt, on which best mark the general expen
diture of the people, show the largest im
provement. Iu spite of a reduction to
the current expenditures the outlay in the
Afghan war and the sums spent on rail
ways to reach the Afghan frontier will use
up the surplus, so that the unfortunate
ryot is no better off for the improving con
dition of Indian finances, and at least
half of the saving in ordinary outlay
effected by Lord Lytton’s administration
is on public works needed to prevent fu
tare faniins.
- -was betrotheffto a lovelYgM,TEe daugk-
* ter of a neighboring noble, and only
awaited bis coming to man’s es
tate to_ consummate thS union
upon which his earthly happiness was
staked; but the fair one, with the proverb-
ial{fickleness]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—ft. I never learned any more
than the simpleontline 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
cliatteau until he grew to hate tlie very
sight of every familiar object that recall
ed his previous life and its puiposes. H13
fond mother, although loth to part even
temporarily with her only child, finally le-
sought him to leave liis home and country
for a time, and visit Paris, where she
hoped be would find distractions which
would banish the recollections of past sor
rows, and save him from the helpless
state of listless despondency into which
he appeared to he 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
Unglieni, he suddenly changed his route
and came to Belgrade, where I made
his acquaintance upon liis arrival. His
trieste demeanor and evident restlessness
caused us all to conclude that he was suf
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 Nikolich, he left
for Alexinatz with a commission as cap
tain in the Servian service under an as
sumed name. Upon presenting himself
at TcheraniefPs headquarters, he was
recognized by an officer, of whose presence
in Sevialie 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 General-in
chief had noted the little by-play between
the new comer and the officer, who had
evidently recognized him, and, coupling
this with his 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
urged tlie young man to reconsider liis rash
resolution and return to his friends; but
all his endeavors were in vain, and finally
the Prince whispered a sentence in Tcher-
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 vailey. Goto your camp aud
introduce yourself to the future comrades
with whom you will associate, and then
return here anil 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 tlie 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 tlie 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
revoir to his newly made friends, sat out
alone to return to the headquarters to
dine. The General-in-Chief and his nu
merous staff had assembled around the
long table, but as enough had been ex
tracted from the officer before alluded to
as having recognized tlie new comer, to
satisfy them all that they had a recruit of
high social rank to deal with, the whole
party awaited his arrival before commenc
ing their attack upon the 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 tbe tardy Captain. The twilight
had settled into darkness as he returned
with the news that the young officer had
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 the 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 cannon shot,’ fired that 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 niglft had
covered the valley with a pall impervious
to the sight of the Moslem gunner, had
“Your Simmons’ Liver Regulator has
been in use in my family for some time,
and I am persuaded it is a valuable addi
tion to the medical science.
Gov. Jno. Gill Shorter,
of Alabama.
“It has proved a good and efficacious
medicine. “
fobl8-lw C. A. Nutting.”
• t ■ ■ ■« j ■— - . >■
—The Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives fa Louisiana accidentally
let his pistol fall from his pocket
daring a session • of that body.
The shock discharged the weapon,
and now tlie Attorney-General of the
State has filed an information against the
Speaker for carrying concealed weapons.
—A locomotive on the Pennsylvania
railroad made the fastest run on record a
few evenings ago. It waff 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:
was a little skeered once, ‘ when I
thought I see a freight cornin’ down agin
me; but it was only a skeer. I tell you it
gouroukys, and some others who desired he
Would., be a firm ruler of men. They
were forever.goading and coaxing him by
turns, as beef is driven to market for
those who wish to roast it. They must
often have bad a difficult task, for liis pon
derous Majesty (good, easy man) tesloth-
ful 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 but a dreary blank to him. He is
haunted by fears of sudden death and by
the dread of assassination. At these times
he moons about ou 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 Ins time to tailoring,
changing liis costume with much stolid
perseverence,and|he likes to be attended,by
hump-backed Privy councillor, who acta
as foil to his fine figurre and sets it off, for
he is a well built man, tall and straight,
though rather too German fa the rotun
dity of certain of his curves.
His father Nicolas, who was in many
respects a notable sovereign, bad him very
carefully brought up, and foreseeing that
he would want support, perhaps devotion,
in after life, to counteract his apathy, sur
rounded with some select young men who
could be relied upon. This little band of
cronies have' hung together ever since.
They have lived with and on the Emperor
without interruption from the time of ilia
accession until now. He provides for their
wants; they dip their fingers into his purse
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 iu
the midst of these his famiiiiars. He has
been known to sit fa his shirt sleeves,
astraddle on a chair, hob-a-nobbing with
them.
, The late Count Strogonoff, who was a
preset 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 acliampigne
glass to be filled from a bottle which stood
by. The old soldier drew himself up and
answered stenily, “ Let those who love
you less than I do perform that service.”
The Czar showed uo sign of displeasure,
but 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, and it is rather a good thing for
these gentlemen, for when ever any one
of them is in want the Czar will lose to
him the sum of whifh 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 pelisse which once covered
a fine bear lie brought low with his own
hands, and it has been so exquisitely
dressed that it is valued at about £2,000,
which is even more than is ever paid ei
ther for the sable or tlie black fox. He
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 wildngly clothed him
self in mufti. His manners are those of
a gentleman, and there is something ex-
t emely sympathetic about him. He pro
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 liis diguity, 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 fa his proceedings upon great
occasions, which reminds one more of a
drum-major or fugleman of Laudwelir
than an autocrat.
Formerly the Emperor, as might have-
been expected from one of his lethargic
temperament, was averse from moving
about; latterly he has been troubled by a
perpetual restlessness* He lives very
plainly and his table is sparsely served. A
beefsteak for breakfast, a roast gelinotto
and salad for his dinner, form the staple
of his fare. His appetite is not robust and
he sleeps badly.
Tlie first fault of his reign was tbe 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,
ended the heartache in that youthful bo- j knocked down the great larmers-general
som, and the weary soul found the rest it 1 - — - 3 -
had so ardently sought for.
They gathered up his gory cap, and
sword, and the patrol silently covered the
mangled cone with the earth thrown up
by the iron messenger of death, while the
staff followed their General back to head
quarters in mournful silence. There was
no longer need for concealment, and the
officer revealed the ngme and rank of
their late comrade, and Ticliernaieff 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, aud 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
his sorrows in the dissipations of that gay
capital.
Little did the fond mother know that
her son, whom she supposed to he 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; tlie Prince’s valet refused to
be the first tp carry home the news of his
master’s singular death, and I have never
known to this day when and how the dot
ing mother first heard of the 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 21,1SS0.
—Mr. Blaine says to a correspondent of
the Graphic: “I am not going to get ex
cited this time. I am not going to allow
single pulse beat to be quickened by
what shall occur fa this canvass, and I
shall hold myself in such a position that,
should 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-tlie biggest girl pupil, and call
ed fa a young school trustee to assist her.
The trustee found that the offender was
his own sweetheart, hut his sense of duty
triumphed over his love, and he whipped
tjie girl. Not only did this result in los*
was a mighty purty run, but sometimes inghima sweetheart, but her father sued theThh'd^antTfawest' arch become*
her wheels didn’t seem to tech the rails him for damages, and got a verdict for, incandescent. There is a saving of 20 per
for a whole minute.” ' §500. j rent, of the fuel.
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 whidi represented him as a droscliky
driver fa the state that droscliky 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 the Emperor laughed; he
laughed too when a piece was played in
the Court theatre exposing the corruption
of his officials, and aveiy 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 new gyves put on
writers; he ordered some awful cruelties
iu Poland. He tried to win hack 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 into a fever every morning by a.
summary of all the unpleasant tilings
which have been printed about him for
the last twenty-four hours throughout Eu
rope. It is prepared by a special preeis
writer, appointed for the purpose, and his-
Majesty takes care that it shall spare him
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 pleas
ant for promotion’s sake. A Baron Her
der, a connection ofStleglitz, the banker,
not long ago performed this delicate ser
vice, and perhaps does so still. ■ The King
ofYvetotwasahappy monarch; the Em
peror of Russia is not. Surely, times
must be strangely altered.
■The Floridian says there are 105 dif
ferent varieties of fruit growing on the
place of Mr. R. W. Sturderant at Orange
City. Where this town now stands, three
years ago, not a stick of timber had been
cut from the land. It has has now 450
inhabitants.
—“A smoke-consuming device” has been
made successful by David Sintcn, of Cin
cinnati. Three arches placed under the
boiler arrest the smoke, which before it