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Ami this enormous army is only the nucleus, as the iron chancellor very pleasantly tells us—“it is only to resist the first shock and permit the com- pletion of the general mobilization.” 1U . plain English, these 4(58,400 men are tbe per¬ manent peace establishment, only a guard, as It were, to stand off the French till a real tinny can Ik» raised; and, if necessary, they ' can put into the field utmost every man be tween the ages of 18 and 45. What sort of a he war must a man be looking forward to when regards an army of nearly a half million melt us only a nucleus? / /M <2 /i //, // y A .7 7/ '/ ,Y waH''/. & / / '// / /y / ’V.*/ y. 'jm 7 V- -*1 1 T SKIKMlStilNU UNDER DirKICULTlES. Th • history of this addition of 41,409 men to the German army is a striking illustration of tin* way they do things nowadays in the Fatherland. Last November Bismarck in- founts! the raichstag that the tone of France Was threatening, and that he must l*e guar¬ anteed a larger army for seven years “to in- sure pence. ” The Liberals in the legislative Ltsly opposed his bill; in January it was de¬ feated; he dissolved tho reichstag at once and ordered a new election; the people sustained him by electing members favorable to his bill; the hill without amendment or modifi¬ cation Iiecame a law within sixty days after its deft at, and on the 1st of April, 1SN7. the new m iny is an accomplished fact. Until tho Kt of April, I SIM, the government has legal power to maintain this enormous army in I trace and as many more as they need in war. It is scarcely mswsnry to add that Germany' is now the gnat military power of the world and her neighliors absolutely at her mercy— unless they urgnnize in like manner. Her army is wonderfully efficient, too, its effi¬ ciency maintained at the highest point by constant exercise and practice of all tho evo¬ lutions of war. Our engravings represent squads at practice. The discioliiie is very rw To make (he force effective the law creates two division staff*, four brigade staffs, and one cavalry brigade staff; and two new dl- visions aro created, to lie known os the Thirty- second and Thirty third divisions of the Ger- man uriny. The 41,409 new men will be formed into tiva full regiments and fifteen detached battalions of infantry of the line, one battalion of light infantry, twenty four batteries of field artilery, twenty-one com¬ panies of foot artillery (heavy' scige) nine companies of railway troops, one of pioneers and fourteen of the train or supply corps. The remaining troops will 1 k> distributed among existing companies. And the extra ex|»enst> for tho new troops will !>e 47,000.(»I0 marks per year «l*>ut $11,600,006. The so- called vail wuy battalion is drilled to a very high Slate of efficiency in Germany, as rail¬ roads «tro there run by government in time of peace far more extensively than they ever were here in time of war; and the pioneer companies m like manner have charge of the field telegraphy; so a well drilled Gorman is not only a thorough soldier, but he has some¬ thing like u technical education as well. To summarize, Germany now has at her com tumid 534 battalions, 465 squadrons, .864 bat¬ teries fully horsed 31 foot luitteries, 19 pioneer niul 1 * train l»attalions, alt •■onve- nieut to the frontier and to be readied by telegram at ton seconds’ notice; so Bismarck complacently informs tbe country that he now considers himself prepared for “unfore- scen emergencies ” A ^ C"' ?Av. ■ m m [? ' l hi after a charo*. On tho other side of the line tb« French ao not. give us such full particulars, but lho> have an army of very near^y the same size, > are strniningevery nerve to got it su icien y well drilletl and arinetl ‘to insure peace. n fact they declare emphatically—at least Bou- langer's last declaration nngbt l*e translated that way—that they we de- tertnined to hav/» peace if they have to fight for it. But tlie French journals conft^s a little uneasiness over tbe man* of the reserve are being drilled in tbe oilier ^ of the improve,! oe^ng anus rifle. among 1 ^d« the all regulars, while even Ihe French troops of tbe regular Mimareas yat unskilled in its l «* S power, and it to lately ton proved experiments tto M defe nrire work. of * this age could stand against their jiew guns and sheik loaded with melenire— if the guns can be planted witbm effertivw range. But this doubtful point makes tbe « of first import^ «fi tto oMSTI, TOCCOA NEWS • VOL. XIV. practical results to the repeating Mauser rifle of the German army. By many and careful ' experiments it has been proved that in active use tbe Gras-Hebei rifle can be loaded and twenty times per minute and with¬ out unduly heating the barrel—a very bad gun to stand before. The war, if it comes, will interest the civilized world as a trial of scientific destruction. Undoubtedly some of the battles will make horrible havoc, and we can only say: We hope they won’t fight, but if they do, America stands ready to sell them ( provisions and read the reports with intense interest. Syria’s Religion* Sects. Syria Is strangely cut up by religious sects, Druzes, Greeks, Mohammedans proper, Ro¬ man Catholics. Protestants, unite to form the religious body in this land. The former class, tbe Druzes, are an important part of this body. Enveloped in strange superstitions their real beliefs are hard to find. They have long believed that heaven was in China, but the more educated of them now smile at that part, of their creed.—New York Commercial Advertiser. ACADEMY PICTURES. A Ti*it to the Sixty-second Spring Ex¬ hibition. A morning at the academy while the ex¬ hibition is new is not without a peculiar charm. The artists whose pictures are there are drawn to it irresistibly during the first week. They are still breathing the atmos- pliere of a fresh victory and must needs haunt the place of glory. It cannot always be pleasant for them to hear the comments of visitors on their work, but it tnav some¬ times do them good, on the principle that bitter things are often tonics. The sixty- second spring exhibition at the National Acad¬ emy of Design opened in New York on the 1st of the month and will continue until May 14. A general cry of rejoicing goes up from the critics of the press on the excellence of the exhibition and the new depart- uro taken by the academy. It lias been doing some weeding, and the result is consid¬ ered very happy. This is universally pro¬ nounced the best exhibition ^ which has been held for many a year. Many stones were rejected by the builders. Out of 1,200 works they accepted only 503 paintings and pieces of sculpture. Artists of all schools and all ages have lieeii accepted, and the genius of lair play has been more active than usual. Home of the younger artists fin1 themselves in conspicuous centers and other coveted places. The exhibition is smaller than usual, a fact which is gratifying to both the artists and the visitors. The absence of the bad in large quantities has a happy effect. A little picture called ‘‘Stubborn,” by Lewis Moeller, has a preferred place in the large south gallery, and deserves it. It represents three old village lawyers in a wrangle over some knotty point of law. Each one is sure he is right and is enforcing bis opinion on the others with violent gesture and fearful facial expression. They have torn the cloth off the table, have slammed a lot of old books on the floor and are in the very highest pitch of fury. The picture is at once a story and n repre- Rotation. It is, too, one of the now. tune* in subject which artwts ^ taknig ho d of, and ts refreshing after tho simpeutqc maids and meaningless figures they have so long provided for us. Another picture that has a conspicuous place and has already, received much flatter¬ ing attention is a battle scene by Gilbert Gaul, entitled “With Fate Against Them.” It de¬ picts a handtul of Confederate soldiers in desperate combat with overwhelming Union forces. They are in rags of many shades, worn with long fighting, and without the faintest hope of victory; but they are holding their ground and fighting with an energy that makes the scene glorious. The Confederate flag is held high in the brawny arms of the color hearer, while nearly every man around him is on the ground wounded, but loading and aiming at tbe enemy, with the light of battle blazing in his eyes and a look of death¬ less determination in his haggard face. A "1 4- 1 ) 1 t wvl '' mmm-- % H n zWj'j •u H>‘P hiTi f 1 *■? imm m “stubborn.” column of Union forces is climbing the bill held by these desperate few, toe Star* and Stripes flying in triumphant splendor at the be«d N.kbing could lie more effectively and tntenaely tlramatic. The picture is of historic , I value besutet. as it portrays the spirit which anjnmtwl lhft so|(liers of ,. tbe |ost cause.” ^ fhe wl . r j^ or j s a branch of Roman il i nK>tw t blossoms, priced at ♦1,000, by George Hall, which, as a flower piece, is at ^ unique >n subject and exquisite in work- niansn j„ \y H Hilliard has a small buuch ^ Italian roses, which excites the admiration f Ms fnf , nt jiy brother artists for its re- rlfa h| e charm of color. Two Holland ' of h »s are also exhibited. Mj Florenco A. Francis has a bend and of Portia in the corridor, which is one flee r,i r tures in tbe academy. The is fine, strong and glorious m its self ^ Tl.e eyes are brown or tawny, tlie a delicate, dustv ml, aui the rol*e ve ll 0 w satin. Miss 'Francis is of English wbte pictures of the etreet of N „„ york are relebmted, has. -Rrofesskmal Pride,’’ which w his It repi-esents a l>ootblack shoe which shines with a most He pinion is admiring it extrava- of Ids own worh •«« “ ,itU ' ^ Devoted to News, Politics, Agriculture and General Progress. TOCCOA, GA., APRIL 15, 1887. SIOUX AND cnilTEWAY. NORTHERN INDIANS AND THEIR CA- PACITY FOR CIVILIZATION. The School at Port Totten Conducted by the Gray Nun* of Montreal—Some¬ thing About the Language of the Sioux—Half Breeds at Turtle Mountaiu. The recent progress of the Indians in the northwest territories of the United States, SLlisoTt^LTsfro^the'lhlfh^ve at- WATSSSST * i.u .. a ii “ i bo “■ “ ,fcrestM In Dakota the greatest progress in civilizing the Sioux has been made at the Devil’s lake agency and reserve, where the Cathead, Sis- setonand Wahpeton Sioux are mingled. As- sociation and intermarriage have, however, almost abolished all distinction between these bands. They not only carry on extensive farming operations, but do much other work and keep their children in school. The commodious school and boardinghouse at Fort Totten (headquarters of tbe m Wf'HBPb* m IwPIvtSiP \ | f!t l$mM f- \ A\l!e<L!,.-i l 11 0 , i^MB S# ||a I Ml ill iiallM mmm ,; 1 Rlll'r'U ■'Hiihlffii llMlf i'ife ’ L m 0Z / CREE CHIEF RAIN-IN- TUK-VACi’.. order was founded , . , m . Montreal „ m l. 14 by the Veuve (widow) D’\ ouville, aud their special work west of there is teaching Indians, l ney do not take saints’ mimes, as in other orders; each is known by her family name, tin cs> there are two of the Name, then one is given a saint’s name. The Sioux call them Uee- nok-ehce-waii-ka, meanmg the women who pray. And the priest is &heena-Sahpa, the old time title of Black Gown. lh eG.ioux language is said to be easy to acquire, and the sisters give tins analysts of its gramtnai. In a Sioux sentence the most important word invariably comes first without regard to its place in our grammar. Tbe title or pro- noun of the person spoken to usually comes next, as a matter of politeness. .The other words stand in the order of their importance, unless one is put last to give.pt a sharp accent or jog the attention; and as the importance of the words varies in different minds, there is practically no fixed syntax. Thus, where we would sav, “Did you sell the horse at town?” a Sioux would put it, “Horse you town at did sell?” If the boys and girls, on coming into the. school, have a name established, the sis¬ ters retain it and translate it in common talk; otherwise they bestow a plain Caucasian . name, and are as fast as possible getting such names introduced generally. So of two males in the dormitory one is John Adams and the other Hay-hateka-hi-o-was-ta, or elk-with-a- fine-voice. As the Sioux is i has the sound of ee, c t)f cli, e of long a and s, with a dot, of ah, With this guide the reader may make the ac¬ quaintance of class A—big girls and boys—as follows: Shunkakewakan -— Dogav i th holy- spirit ?;-face. T a H li i tiahihote- win— Gray -s hawl girl. N a kp a gina— Brown-ears. Wieetena—S u n- beam. Sbipte-Iteedb. Wohinva— Bad - temper.' A kicitamani-Walking-soldier. Hrmtfijnazawm—Iron-leaf (girl). Omsk a-First-boy. Winona—First-girl. Makato— Blue-earth. Ska Onpanwastewin-Pretty-buffalo. win — White-girl (a half breed), Howastena—Good-voice. Wieite—Face. Win means woman or girl, whether at tbe first or last of the word. Of course, Indian names are often duplicated, as they are given either as a description of tbe person, or in honor of some event near the date of birth, or of some achievement, or, indeed, for any other notable fact, and so we find tbe same 'r., na * e<1 feloux ' ^ a RatedmiCe-tec «ain*in tne lace, ? 0 a a Jort' TcSSf „ are „ tbi ° Turlte ' ’ Moun tain lialf hreetls, just now involved in some trouble with the local authorities in i*e- gard to the payment of taxes. They inherit ^eentfrelJ^Md 5 .„d drawn ftill.'Srt! A boy of tbeir ftock should certainly by one ox. happiest be the of the boy kind, as be is never com celled to wash in cold weather have hi* , nor ; hair cut oftener than once a year. H ls . “ISiloelv, are conducted by 10 of the Gray Nuns o Montreal, under Mother Mane Rose Clap... 1 hey have thirty-three hoy s «“* “ ,we - “ ,d th ,‘r ty l T yS ,“ ,r n0ll T school in the east- r '. u ° 10 ,VS I 4 „ le c i cien s , iow remarkaWe talent for drawing and "™ s,c ' a " d a " ,ons these are Warn- "rV*r Sti good-voice), hhun- kaitewaknn (dog- with - a -spirit-face) and serial other lads, who, if they retain their aborig¬ inal names, will certainly be men of letters. T hose teachers are Sisters ot Char- lty, but not o regular Order _ or St. V tufcu A * m m ir| V' Vjf s3» m W m 1.4 kSj# turtle mountain half breed boy. Lranches Chippeways are well advanced, and several of the great Cree race are fully ^nd"iii?int 1 !inin- fineV.'nU^of Vattlf e theory h the^UmtS pet \n southern Indians were the more amenable to civilization, such as the Cherokees, Choc- taws and Pueblos, for instance; but Canada’s experience with the Crees and the good sisters success with the Sioux have certainly exploded that theory. Tlie Mysterious riain of Plato. The evldeuce thafc a slight atmosphere of son,e sort f i!1 ex ^ s u f° u the moon conl | ,mes to accumulate. Ihe latest observation bear- ®* ■«»r'?"t<* n S l and. who, on Feb. 1, saw the JJi shadows ; E of ">™ of mountain peaks on the western waU ot ,the great oval lunar plain called Fluto strangely Blurred and indistinct ''hcio t ey fell across the level, fhis plain of I lato i» a region of mystery, and strange, almost lnex- pliable phenomena have several times been witnessed there. New \ ork Sun. A MONUMENT OF GRATITUDE. ___ A citizen of Toledo Who Paid for a t4 . .i. a Memorv *■, 1 — J. Finlay wa, “ , „ llat WM then the little f ToledoOr-ving ,,is host to make a lie- * succeeding most indifferently, he f , , , We by Jamcs B . steed- mao wUoW «.thM.ln « position of wealth and influence, and from that beginning Fin- lay ^ has acquired a fortune. , n afto ytanvoB fame and distinction, became a major general in war, where ne served his coun- wel , and earoed the tttlo lib friends bestowed „ in ,_ lh , hero Of Chic,tan,„„ga. mark in journal¬ ism. When he died, at the age of 66 , Gen. Kteedman was Toledo’s chief of police. The young Irishman, thrived under the patronage of his friend. He loved t[)e genera j j n )if 0 , mourned his death and has always felt aml shown his gratitude. To make a permanent monument of his grateful remem y, ran( . 6i un( i to do what the city should have doiie to commemorate the life and deeds of a distinguished citizen, Mr. Finlay resolved to devote tho sum of $25,000 to erecting, in stone ^ j,. on an d bronze, a memorial that should be a ^ eauty to the city as well as a tribute to friend. Artists and sculptors were and « msM _ . \ *'/ V W> ** • ' Psfm . Hir ' j!\' w » ^ t WILLIAM J. FINLAY. closed on its upper surface by an iron railing, supports in its center tlie square granite shaft on which, stands tlie statue. Stone steps lead from the stree t to the floor of the base, and a heavv j rou ra .ilmc: T with massive stone posts, “ surro uuds tho who \ e , The sculptor’s work was placed in position a few days ago, and after being photo¬ graphed by McKeehnie & Oswald it was cov- ered, to remain so until May 26, when it will be unveiled with great ceremony, assisted by D 11 m U1U t ‘ ^gT : 4 ~ ’ ' *lffT|l|ir TlBli 1 "~N^g||||i||.|Ultfil 1,11 I gks sTeedman’s monument invited well known military men Mr. Fin- , nf)w growing old and infirm, feels great satisfaction tlrimonial over seeing the completion of his ' ‘ JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, -- Death of the Man Who Defended) John II. Surratt. Tho death of Joseph H. Bradley, the vet- eran j awV er of Washington city, at the age 0 f 94 , brings to two of tbe most no ted trials in p lte history—that 0 f j 0 fi n H. Sur- ratt f or alleged nmiSer licity in the of Lincoln, Harris,' in 1865, for killing a faithless i OV er The interest ia second case ihe aoquittal of Miss Harris, Mr. R ra dieV y man ied ber he being a widower. By bis first wife, forraerlv H^CoTn. Miss Lucy S Sherman had five Tuttle, chUdren, of New of whom but two survived him, Thomas a w WZ. lx ev it §fC/ 5I I c: '! mi GEN. STEED.VAN. the result was the erection, on a small triangular lot and most conspicuous site in Toledo, of a menu- inent G f y el , non t granite, surmount¬ ed by a bronze statue of General Kteedman, heroic size, in all standing twenty-five feet high. Around granite base twon- t.y feet in diameter and four feet high from the street, in- fiif /f NA [fc; \\ \\ €& W 1 3 . y u H £ f ' jm&L F ^ ' Jf JOSEPH H - brapley. ^ xm**,** *»««»««. present at his death. It was the peculiar for- tune of the deceased lawyer to be connected at wkle5y sc P arated periods with several 1 history of the United States He was born in Washington, March 23, 1803, while Ins father, Abraham Bradley, was first assistant postmaster general—nn office be held almost cont imially from Washington to Jackson, From m] tf> ym Jos h was employed in tbe office of the clerk of the supreme court of the S ^ tes; il J | he for'fifty'vea^ " ^ "an ‘active° lawver^ru^id.i. he”was doa ' In 1831, and for some' years after. cor- ,• tt n o V for that v^l«r„r citv • he was as- e fense of Miss j Iarris a „j hisS skill prevented tfae convif , tjon cf Surratt. Tbjg last cnS0t ^.. haps, made him best known to the country at large, as there was, and sti ij j s> j n the public mind a vast amonnt G f uncertainty about that case; tks convictioit a nd hanging of Mrs Surratt ou substantially the same evidence—cer- tainly no stronger—as that which was brought against her son, who was not convicted, left a very painful impression —an impression heightened recently by the fact tt,a one of the fbbf .lew- .against >’« 1 >“ l ’ e ™ detecto m .llegn prac ,c^ It presided «■». * ren.emteml at the trial of that bu,ratt,d.s Judge I; she, n M. o aned Bradley from further practice ... the district “lor d.sloyalty^to the government ... defend. mg Surratt. Bradley challenged the judge, who, however, paid noattention to it. Brad- ley was reinstated a feh- years later. A New Belt for Sullivan. The presentation belt to bo tendered to John L. Sullivan, champion pugilist of the world, is being rapidly completed. The trophy vail be the most magnificent ever made, and will, when finished, cost over $10,003. It is forty-two inches long and is made in plates of gold sixteen carats line. It is studded with 300 diamonds, weighing from three carats to one-half carat, and on the plates Sullivan will be inscribed the names of all the men has met, the date and place of lighting, battle.—Now number of rounds and length of the York Herald. ISAAC H. MAYNARD, The New Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 8am R nlK ] a n spo ke of Second Comptroller Q f Treasury Mavnard as the mo tel officer c f the government,” saying that his bureau m ,vhtbetakenasanexaniplefortheothcr divisions of the government service all alon 7 „ the lina T i,js opinion is general in the t vasurV department. Maynard made an exce ji ent second comptroller and he will make a very good assistant secretary of the treasury, j n t j, j e ssconr i comptroller’s office, lie got ueav ‘ y twice the work out‘of the employes they l)ad been doing in the past, and h< , d id this without increasing their hours or overtaxing their strength. It was done the of ~**r*c*^ ~c it % & MM ‘ — ISAAC H. MAYNARD. labors therein were equal to those of a dozen clerks. He has the power of enthusing others with his spirit of industry, and makes his as¬ sistants work together with him. As assistant secretary of the treasury this influence will be widened, and it wall probably extend through¬ out the whole department. Isaac H. Maynard is now 45 years of age. He is of Scotch English descent, and his grandfather was a soldier in the revolution. He is a pleasant looking, well formed, bright eyed man. He has a broad, high forehead, a rather*straigbt nose, a fresh, rosy complex¬ ion and a very pleasant, emphatic way of talking. He shakes liis head as he grows in¬ terested in conversation, and he shows a large amount of information on almost all sul>- jects. He is a well bred man and is highly cultured. He is a graduate of Amherst col¬ lege and has made himself noted as a lawyer. He has a wonderful faculty of extracting in¬ formation from books by running rapidly through them. Ho reads by irages rather than by b.» and oorde. Ho <-aU-b™ .<leo» qrnckiy, and m preparing a cose he rone through he book, and thendirtate, bB dea- SKms ° jlss no jJ a l ) f • ^ “I!!®?^ 1^ f a tl.Jv ,, aveuttere< ’ acd he surprises every J one here lx facility njfv wffh n - th which „, cb he he do does his tbwo.k work traders i ant s io^ o m. - . - him, and is high, toned in all bis Healing*, never usm S s, ^S ana never swearing He ls an expert mathematician. Many of the cal- culations of Ins last report were made men- tally while he w*a* writing it, and he can solve problems m Ins bead whic -1 require ordinal y cremators to use paper and pencil, Assistant becretary Maynard is vei-y quiet and domestic 111 ln» tastes. He »oart s a Washington, Jnmg at No. 2-t aye e square, within a stone s throw of the trea«iry department He has a wife and one child, a Idtle gn 1. His wife spends only a portion of the time at M ashington. and she prefers their borne at S^mford, N Y to the capital Clt - V - Stamford is a little village about twenty-five miles from Delhi. There May- bard has a fine country home with ten or and a stable containing evveral well bred horses ,n the rear. Mr. Maynard spends his vacations here, and he lovaalh takes them 111 Beptemlter. Mr. Maynard was deputy attorney genera! during tbe last year of President Cleveland s reside,,oe at Albany. As soetr. his relatio,» -h “tylTdS Wm^henTe j TOCCOA NEWS JOB OFFICE We are Prepared to Print LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS | CIRCULARS. land deeds, mortgage NO. 36. the met hods of the department. May- n a r d is pre-em¬ inently a man of order and system. He has an anal¬ ytical mind, and lie can see at a glance tbe quick¬ est. and best way to do things. He is a man of quick powers, and they say at the second co m p t roller’s of¬ fice that his own him „ „ the . position . _ of ...... gave the second comp- . trailer of the treasury. He w also a strong ^^el^tiOM *t^Gtoveraior Tildeu duringhw lifetime, THE SENIOR METHODIST BISHOP. Uev. Thomas Bowman, D.D.—HI* Life and His Work. ^ The senior bishop of the Methodist Episeo- kone <rf the bJt beloved mm in'thaTgreat denomination, which constitutes more than one-third of all the Protestants in this coun- try. lie is ««*.L^ 70 years old, and is a native of educated, from t*™** Dickinson He connected him- self with the church at ail early age. He studied law for a y ear * but his bias toward the mmis- fry was not to be overcome, and m Julyi U he le- ceived a license to preach. He became the agent of the Pennsylvania Colo- nization society, and traveled exten¬ After a year or so of work in the Baltimore confer* ence he taught the grammar school in Dickin¬ son college, l>ut he impaired his health so that he was placed among the superannuated ministers. In 1 S 48 , however, he began work again as a professor in Dickinson seminary in Williamsport, Pa., over which he presided for ten years to the great benefit of tbe insti¬ tution. In 1358 he was eleeted president of the Indiana Asoury university, and he did excellent work there until 1872, when he was elected bishop. He was chaplain of the United States senate in 1864 and 1865, and in the sum¬ mer of 1804 he attended the British Wesleyan conference as a delegate fov this country. He was also a member of the general conferences of 1868 and 1872. His duties as bishop have taken him to every part of the United States, and he has traveled extensively abroad. Two colleges have given him the degree of D. D. He has resided in St. Louis since 1872, but he traveled eastward this spring to preside over the Baltimore ccnferencOi No man has more friends. The wonderful charm of bis conversation, the beautiful sim¬ plicity of his character, and the slight, venerable figure, crowned with a drift of snowy liair, all draw attention and excite interest and respect. Bishop Bowman tell* all young ministers not to write or read ser¬ mons, but to learn to preach extemporane¬ ously. He makes an excellent presiding offi¬ cer, and all newspaper men who know him consider him a personal friend. Tho bishop never went to the theatre but once, and that was in Boston to see Forrest He said be prayed to be forgiven for that A Destructive Explosive. Tho Rev. Mr. Donohue has been made a lieutenant in the French army by Gen. Bou¬ langer in return for having invented a do* structive explosive to be used in torpedo war¬ fare. He has decided to call Iiis new inven¬ tion “carbonated glycerine.” He says that ili has ten times the destructive power possessed- bv nitroglycerine, and can be bandied with a great deal more safety.—Home Journal. Kage for High Building*. Architects s;>e&k often of tbe rage for very high buildings when there is ho urgent need for them. Western cities with plenty ot ground are copying after New York city, where high buildings are a necessity. Monument. - Sj Geu. Johnston’s rV % { u| 11n <7 i U A i Hi T be monument to Gen. Albert Sidney Jobnrton . „ bich WM nareHed a» , iu thecomp.raU.elytew t . quL , tl an sWtoe , tbe onnntry, «rn,e ot the otbei-s being In honor* of Washington, .Scott, Jackson, Thomas, McPherson and Bolivar ' Tlie sta J ue t f > Gen ' Johnston $30,000, $20,000 of which . sum was contrib- ^ by meniber8 of tbe Array of the Tenne*- gee, who regard Gen. Johnston's bravery and c \,i va l,y, as displayed on the Confederate side durin the civil war , with loving enthusiasm. ^ he g enera i rode a Lexington stallion when fae died at Shiloh, and tbe grandson of the hoi ^ wa s used in securing the action of the horsc in the s t a tue. gir horses were employed in getting a cor-, m . t mode i The statue is tbe work of Mr. Doy) e? the well known sculptor, and his work ^ S p 0 ken of as highly successful, The feature of the unveiling was the speech mftde b y Jefferson Davis, which lias already ^ } reported by the telegraph, -- Bl * - BUCKLEN’S AkNICA &ALVE.—The Salve in the world for CUt3 sores, ulcers, salt rheum, chilblains Corns and all skin erop- tions, and positlTely Cures pile* or no j )a y repaired. It IS guaranteed to nnrfoot [ satisfaction ‘ ormonou refunded. 1 rice 2 ) cents per bo£ for sale by W. H. & J. Dfiyi.. 3Y ' 4 \r!/j l • $ 3* ,h |jpi BISHOP BOTVMAN.