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W. E HARP, Publisher.
VOLUME I.
rat Oil,
Reports from Dakota indicate a large
jield of wheat.
Mark Twatx is writing a book about
the Mississippi River.
Russia has lost $110,000,000 by the
auti-Jewpfe movement.
* Rat,Mr -'WAi.ftft. #ht;:!;SbS'S estate f*
estimated to be worth SIOO,OOO.
Petitions for the pardon of Sergeant
Mason contain an aggregate of 550,000
names.
TfflJ nirmy-worm is 6p(ffting in jpop
tions|of r ‘lai{Ktis .idojng serioiis flAriage
to wheat.
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The formal opening of Garfleld House,
for working girls, in Loudon, was a
notable event. : t4Aal JMJtJMB/ fl
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Mr. Gladstone condemns the revised
edition of the New Testament. He does
anything and everything to make the
Irish dislike him,
la Shipherd afraid or is the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations afraid? The
investigation into the Peruvian affair is
long-drawn and decidedly dry.
Number thirteen, to which so much
evil superstition is attached, has been
reclaimed to respectability by the sur
vival o£ thirteen of ‘ the cr6w of the
•Jeannette expedition.
Prosperous America must give place
to Australia, wbjjoso ; colonies are the
richest, per capita, in tho world. Among
their possessions are 80,000,000 sheep, to
a population of only 3,000,000 souls.
The Supremo Court of Indiana lias
rendered a decision to the effect that
railroad ticket scalpers may sell special
tickets whether they are luii£iare,.nr ex
cursion, or special in any -other respect.
The 27tli of June is the day upon
which tli a people of lowa will vote-on the
amendment to tlieir State Constitution
forbidding the sale**of all intoxicants.
The fight is said to bo already waxing
warm. . $ ,
It does seem strange that the assas
sins of Cavendish and Burke cannot be
ferreted put, Perhaps England had
bolter send for Pinkerton. What they
need over there is a detective that cart
detect,
£ " l| ' — ,"v. - V TV-
Chmloo has sent a petition containing
over 1,500 names to Rev. Moody, now in
England, begging him to return to that
city and hold a series of revival meetings.
Mr. Moody can find no better field for
missionary work.
Titans is one thing a!>cmv it, Ship
nerai3 geltm gli im seu disliked by'Ro-"
publicans, and we observe that he is
denounced as a “lying old fraud” in
many quarters. Some years ago Ship
herd was a popular minister.
We heap, of a musical prodigy iu
Toronto—a girl, ogly fumel ecu yea rs plj.l,
whose playing of the ticliu is'regarded 1 !
as wonderful, cyan by so accomplished a
judge as Romenyi. Her name is Nor ah
Clench, and she is the child of a violin
maker- lj 1- |
The last Report" of the Philadelphia
Home for Inebriates says that “the free
funch system is responsible for more
drunkards than almost anything else.”
Men will stajifi round ami eat frae lunch
until they gt><dr.i4k can’t see.
Take out. the free-lunch counter.
A news item says "a Burlington (Vt.),
man who got a divorce from his wife, a
while ago, employs ha* ahis hired
She has more nWftey wiiM)eltW*ciothes '
than when she was liis wife.” We do
not doubt it at all. If you ever noticed
it, a man invariably gives the hired girl
more money than he does his wife.
Miss dan fil
ler of Robert Bonner, the great ad
mirer of fine horses and proprietor of
the oldest s'torv paper in the world, the
New York Ledger, was married a few
days ago to Mr. Francis Forbes. Emma
is a child amj, will doubtless
now give p^ro\^ed|tioi]S.ij I K;ri^l^oinl-
In a note to the Cincinnati Commer
cial. under data of May 11. Professor
Vennor predicted as follows: “ I expect
a sharp period, with frosts, about the
c7|ho|Bfcli tjfjTupe, ii^lw>|thai^i,secth^^s,
aid 4*6ool*l ?ene during the hi
■Aatartwoll. to #.'•! > ' •>
It is remarked that President Arthur
1 i the fust President since Buchanan to
attend horse General Grant,
though very fond of horses, did not at
tend the races, even at Long Branch,
during his Presidency. Buchanan,
Pierce, Tyler and Van Bunn wyre very
fad*>f Aorse racing, and attended all
rn Virr-irr . and Mar vh. r..
during their terms of office.
A late magazine article on dress re
form says a good thing :
‘•lt is the women that the m'*n admire, and
the dot ties for their H&kea; but never the
women for the take of thou clothes. >o one
Aver saw men in rows in froqj of shop windows
admiring the dresten on stands.
Husbands, show this paragraph to
your wives, but at the same time, express
THE JACKSON NEWS.
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a \i ’Tlib to ' prtrchaw’ i& h&4ional
calico dress if it is really impossible to
do without it. There are men mean
enough to refuse to do even that,
Mailing the execution of the Presi
dent's absMsm private will ho bad for the
railroad*, but it will bo good for the
people and good for public decency.
The proposition of an Ohio man. (o take
peppiofrom qwoiection
ufflM St&tfffo witness* the execution is
monstrous. The simple fact is, a public
execution would draw no less than a
luttltbn people together, and the result
m several particulars might be most
- At- ai.l Uv(Sitadan. os Gordon Dennett,
proprietor of tho New York Herald . has
done one handsome thing in connection
.with the fufile and disnstraus Oeanurdte
Arctic Expedition. .lie lias presented to
Mife DoL/cog/theS widow of LienPenant
Be Long, who lost liis life in the expedi
tion, a check for $50,000. In this con
nection a cotemporary fittingly remarks
that “ if the Lieutenant had died in- the
service of the Government his willow'
would have received a pension of about
fifty dollars a month.”
Astronomers in Egypt who viewed
the orb of day during its total eclipso
on the 17th, report a “fine comet ’’near
tliaj body. Its position was determined
by pT: The spectroscopic
Wa ocular observations just before Lnd
after the period of totality gave Host
fiSfihi.ts Tiie.dai'kcniug of lines
o!bsi.‘rve_d • by. the French .astronomers
indicated a lunar atmosphere. The spec
trum o.f corona was successfully photo
graphed for the first time.
Another electric railway, which is the
second there, has just been constructed
in Berlin, and formally opened. It Las
a grade <>f 1 in 30, which is, perhaps the
ISriwt incline in tlio country. The
motive power is led to the cars by two
thin wire ropes, about twenty-five cvn
tiuiefres apart, and attached tyrihe teie
■prfiplTpoles." Titos© wires are capable
of propelling one Small eight wheeled,
j - fhwpmced with tho first line,
usecl in this, while more
complex, secures greater economy in the
use ot the current-.
The locomotive and one car of a train
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ,
passed over a little child who was sitting
hebfeeii the fails a few days ago. Then
the torn :i was stopped, find the conductor
crawled under the car to collect the frag
ments. To the astonishment of every
body, ho presently emerged with the
child in his arms unjured, except for a
1 slight bruise on the forehead, where the
’ pil.vTqf the locomotive had struck him.
AJHWe trafetoftTrandimasengrts insisted
on hugging the little fellow beffcre
surrendering him to his father who
[ stood by.
News from Dallas, Texas, tells a story
that runs up into millions. Two men
have fallen heirs to-a fortune of tliirty-
Jjhreojlailiijbu dollar#, held in trust for
them by the German Government, anil
one of the lucky individuals is M. Brps
fOus, Superintendent of the Dallas Gar
f-Saetoryi The other is Samuel B. Ed
mnuiWon, of Pennsylvania. The latter
is also heir to the property on which the
navy-yard, 111 Washington City, is built.
It waa leased to the Government for
ninety nine year3 by his great-grand
father, and the Jxriise has just expired.
'Tliis is probably tfio last we shall fier
hear of this fairy tale.
Thet have a peculiar kind of justice
in Massachusetts. No sooner do we
hear of. the of a ruffian who
had carnally assaulted a defenseless
woman whom ho had chanced to meet
on the highway, at 1' o’clock in the
morning—the dismissal being upon the
ground that the woman had no business
, hejug out at that hour of the night—
than wa learn that ,a Justice lined a
father $5 and costs for slapping his
lifteen-year-old daughter. The charge
was assault and lottery. Although it
does not appear that the girl sustained
any injury, or anything more than felt
the. sting.of the blow,, it was held that
tijjk'utfcw offitsta pped the bounds of
law autforaer. it appears that in
Massachusetts it is a greater crime for a
father to correct his daughter than lor a
rulh.n to carnally assault the same
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mp l/ca| g|ae 3* fulfcwing fxif&n*-
Minlf ®ofb jriyskt <if J*sso Jflnt*
flie for<f WotSerei*: 1 * * ■ *- *
One and & half miles east of Richmond,
Mo., is the honso of the Ford boys. It li dif
ficult of acceus; deep ravines wind through and
about the farm—just tlm location tohw< away
frum the hauuid.of mm, and to plot <!■ cp amt
damning conspiracy. For two yc-r. Jr. How
ard (J.'Fse James) his come and ROna at Jus
own sweet will, and yet the neighbors dreamed
not that the prince of brigands was so mar
ThcF*i'<j were not neighborly, bn f Bob wotus
orten be seen on the Mtre* tn with ntraogdrrf.
Hite was a relative of Jameo fhe taking oft of
Cummings was the act of either Hite or Jim®.
Little and Bob F rd. it is now ahuOst felly is
taMuhod, charged Hite with tuc‘r<4. A qiijr
rel ensued, aud he slo>t Littlp Ibi o'. - li
m turn, Ford put a bifffi-t ih? arch tbo brunof
Hite Knowing fuH w< it fhS, J**M '.vouid'fo
talia'e for his'<***•■ Irani. Jati h.at t
time in ooramwWrayug W h toe tayverimr. A
1. ~i.rr,iJo.it c Fc..! JLm-i-m -- '.a aftn
bv olh-'-r- of the law failed to bag the game.
TJevoted to the lilfGT'ftst bf Jnclcson and Butte Gountv.
JACKSON. GEORGIA' WFDNESDAY, MAY 31. 188*2.
The Fords complained at Kansas City or tho
jin warrantable proceedings, but were quickly
silenced when informed that they bad plain and
buried IJjte. The regrets of too -banditti were
nOW lid lodger hidden, and no the Fords felt it
wan sauve qui peiti. Then tho fiistqr, ttho was
the sole woman of tho household', hurried to
Jefferson City and did a tAle unfold* ftt 1 tbs
fate of V,s seated. The Fotsls,
guaranteed immunity, wont systematically to
work the capture or death of their chief. With
a plausible story of the troaohmyof .Little,
whiftu bad placed them in JeSpii-dy id homo,
they weTO received into the family of James.
Then the traitors waited and watched and
struct, down tho man they dare not capture.
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Mbs. MAYSukiraoi}, wlio acobnipaiiiM'
Mrs. Sergeant Mason when he went to
see the President in behalf of her hus
band, writes ah follows of the Incidents
attending the interview:
Mrs. Mason seemed to wander along r.s if
“through some banquet hall deserted." Hho
found no pleasure in liieso attractions. Her
spirit war, til- away in the prisoner’s cell, and
the burden of her heart’s song, like Grechen’s,
see med to be,
“ Mv peace is rone, my heart is sore,
I liiul hiel ester. Merer niorth”
HaVing sent iu our cards, wo took a seat- in
the largo ante-room by a good fire. Threaten
ing clouds obscured ilie sun and cast a gloom ;
all seemed dark and cheerless within. We were
quietly waiting for the coming intSi'TifcW. which
w.mtcl be the harbinger of good or eril to the
van heart. At the expiration of half an hour
the messenger came in and announced that
“The President desired to see us.” We were
mown to Ins private .parlor and had to wait
but a few momenta, when he entered from the
opppsiia door. Tho American people caa well
i c proud of their President for his gentle amt'
courtly manners. I doubt if ana? present; ■
-U rfafal eonia eflter the drawfhg-foom with
such unassuming grace as President Arthur
did whelj h e eigne to lake by the hand the wife
iu the ioriso|di6r. I presented Mrs. Mason
Unhe President. Ho slid.* 'binds With her.
J ho anxious moment Mel at last ntrived ; her
pent-up feelings could no lohger ho restrained,
cno broke forth iu aobs i tho President looked
on with compassion. When she raised her
eyes she had full faith in .him, for his coun
tenance inspired confidence. She then made a
pathetic appeal for her poor husband’s roll .use
from prison. The Resident told her that he
.apm-ocAtefl her fusliiii* that he knew all tiio
details of the case, that he wohld bring tho
master before the Cabinet, and that he would
do all iu his power. He said she need not dig
ues* herself to tuff him any of the details, hud
.-die might fee! assured that lie deeply sympa
thised with her. Ho again sh.oqk iisncts wuh -
iker, speaking in the kindest manner.
ihc Young Writer 5 * First Production.
Probably every one who has attempted
nuthopibip will confirm Longfellow’s
expe riefieo OU the* appearance of his
first effiision in print. Nothing, he tells
u wliiqji ho ainca published gave him
hucTi exquisite pleasure as lie experienced
•on opening the paper to whioh he liad
timidly sent his manuscript, and to find
it there iu actual type, to be read by the
multitude. Tlris feeling comes but once,
but tnS memory of it lasts a lifetime. It
canjiever be forafften. What anticipa
tiorie it : nrottses-Avhat a sense of .im
portance it gives 1 How little does the
young author suspect the cold indiffer
ence with which it is read, possibly not
read, by those who take the paper! As
the Song says, “It’s all the world to
him,” and why not ail to tlio world ?
It would be and is cruel to epoii the
delightful sensations of initial author
ship. They may he false, they certainly
are fleeting, hut tho enjoyment, while it
lasts, is au intoxication of delight, as
first pleasant sensations are apt to bo.
Tho hint comes soon enough to" the
writer to discover'’ how really unimpor
tant tho event w,qs. . If ho persists ip
writing he will couio to lie us indifferent
to his appearance in typo as the world is.
If a newspaper writer, ho will weary of
tho eternal .grind, and forget wlmt he
has written tho any before in studying
what to write for the day aftor.
But no success, either as a newspaper
writer or book-maker, either as poet or
essayist, however flattering, will over
give to the author the sensation of his
first appearance in print. It is, after it
passes, a lost sensation, no more to be
repeated than love’s young dream, with
■freshness mid fervor. It is an illusion
tod exquisite to bo duplicated in one’s ex
perience.
It is our advice, then, to young writers,
after they have succeded in getting into
print once, to stop then and there, and
cherish the sensation as long as possible
—that is to say, as long as they can
help it—and not repent it to satiety, or
until the spirit is jaded, and the writer
ready to cry out, with the Preacher, “ all
is vanity and vexation of spirit.”—Cin
cinnati Commereal.
Inventive Genius West fttul Bust.
We have always maintained the super
iority of the West over the Bast in
most of the essentials ; but there is one
branch of progress wherein tho East
still takes the lead, in certain lines of
invention the people of Massaeliuselis
' far outstrip tho people of Michigan. Up
to a very recent date it has been a sad
drawback to the comfort of prison offi
cials in punishing convicts that the latter
could not be kept for any length of time
on tiptoe. No matter how high their
hands were fastened, the ungrateful
wretches would manage somehow, by
stretching their arms or some other por
tions of their anatomy, to get their heels
oret ground. and thereby defraud their
toiliOvii of lawful eniemnpat and tho
)pl £ison4enMt*aw edited by the eliserv
finee of human misery.
But the of the Yan
kee bus eoltie to'tile ] tscife or tlm nlufficd
pri-nyi tii':ieia|; Seine fol
ii7t- in tlio Bgfcu inGlehoM at Westburo,
M' Hp-e'nusdt'ls’ hif'fiot hflig slheff upOil
Ujo .device of placing, shurp
pointo'd'tacks'under Mie neels df <soii
, vieis. wkgil srutpijuded by , the wrists.
They ore quite willing now to stand On
tiptoe instead of meanly settling back
upon their heels ; and the keepers are
currApodiugly happy A Mu'higau
I min would never have thought of this.
I i'li iveeut ihvn .ligation at lonia slimu-d
that the authorities there were mere
slavish imitators of tile atll’torities iu
Eastern prisons. They had tho strap
and the “paddle,” and they fed ttiair
convicts upon rotten meat, just as the
Eastern torturers of convicts hive done
for years. But they hadn’t a spark of
originality.— i fnltt Free J’rmt. •
fl'l'j r *j
Twelve thousand shovels and 9,00 0
! trades are turned out every week i*i the
Uiiijed s. im and yet the man who
*A6th t* liovrtov r/ritt won’t believe that
I a bin/jjle factory in niiUhMfc
English mid Auer lean Ijidios* DrCs*.
Mrs. Seott-Siddons is quotted as hav
ing flajll i “ Ait American servant will
tic on her voil in a natty, graceful wit"
that an English duchess knows nothing
about.” Mrs. Siddons will not be Charged
with hu over-strained regard fof the
Yankfee, or a wish to favor them at the
expense of her own countrywomen. In
Hula pinning the servant and the ductliGaa
in contrast she was simply emphasizing
a truism which was less u fact at that
time then it is at tho present hour. For
among all civilized people the English
Woihen rtre the most ill dressed) and
seem to lack the natural gifts, tho self
reliance and. ability of choice and selec
tion whielt lire tho inborn attributed of
American women. An English nursery
set off agaiust a nursery in this country
may bo taken as a typfc wi miniature of
tho tasto in dress and alf that the term
involves of the differenees which ciinrno
terizos tho women of the two nations.
In this country little girls find constant
satisfaction mid congenial employment
ill arranging and adorning their doll’s
apparel. Left to their own intuitions,
and hampered by little rr rj pupilage
from their elders, it must bo owned that
the taste and ingenuity which they dis
play aro often simply wonderful. An
English lady who passed thirty years of
her life in her native land, and who has
lived ih this city half of that time, Oneo
said:—“Tho homes of American girls,
so far as I am familiar witli them, nrb
schools of art in drass adornment, find
uWttilWw'TneW tafito arid skill' are natural
gifls, or acquired bv observation, I do
not pretend to say, \mt tbeto is nothing
to enmpai'4 With-it in iiqr noines in Eng
land.” CcMisist3jit with this admission
is the almost liniyerial tone, of the
English s>fcs6 fthtiot' most travelers who
visit our shores from other lands. That
English women study comfort and
provide themselves .with rich fabrics and
rosily adornment Ih dread Is past dis
pute. A dowager or duchess arrayed in
gorgeous silk, satin or velvet attire,
with the complement of groan gloves
and yellow libbond, and shod with
broad, heavy, loose-fitting bot, is
hardly ri pleasant, though it is a con
stantly recurring, picture of taste iu
dress ainong the wealthy classes in Eng
lish life. If the wearer lias any idea of
the contrast of colors, any perception of
the shocking incongruities wliieli tho
tout ctiscmble of her costume presents
to a cultivated eye, nothing is seen of it
in the ease and self-satisfaction of her
and nieauor. While tho fact remains that
American women are the best dressed
ladies in the world, it is also to bo ro
iin lbhered that while they, with a vast
majority of their sex, yield to the cur
rent of prevalent fashion, it is not a
blind or slavish submission ; they think
for themselves, 'and* stonity, on occa
sion, assert their own individuality, and
rofuso to succumb to the dictates of
fashion, modiste or milliner. Their
natural or cultivated good taste, which
includes tho lines of beauty, which Mr.
Beecher made himself merry over re
cently, is generally all-sufficient in doubt
and emergency. Their “glory” is to
dross tastefully and becomingly. Their
“hallejuah.” is the acclaim of a suc
cessfully consummated purpose. —New
York Evening Post.
The Muse of Heinrich Heine.
When the exhibit*'!* of tlio works of
the painter MagnSs took pliAe at Berlin
a gnat number of admirers crowded be
fore a Ijeautiful portrait of a woman. A
blue velvet dress snrrounde.d her figure,
.while transparent sleeves only half cov
ered a marble-like arm. A golden chain,
passing through the smooth hair, was
fastened ,on the forehead by a jewel,
forming,im old-fashioned but pretty or
nament. This was called formerly “Re
gardes nioi.” The graceful head, the
mall ears, dark hair and softly-rounded
cheeks, formed a charm which cannot be
described, and which could, only he
painted by such a skillful hand as that
of Maguas.
“Who is that beautiful woman?”
asked all the people present. ‘ ‘ Fred
erike Robert,” was the answer which an
old gray-haired man gave. Bbe was the
muse of Heinrich Heine, whom he once
wanted to carry to the banks of the
Ganges “on the wings of songs.” He
dedicated to her that beautiful pot in, bo
called her his “idol,” or the cousin of
Venus of Milo, and ho sang about her
“sweet face.” She was also sung by
several other German poets, Fouque,
Chamisso, Karl, Bcliall, Holtei, etc. Hhe
wasfadmired by W. riensel, the famous
“alhumist," as lie used to style himself,
because he would carry his album every
where, in every society, and make
sketches of the famous people. The
beautiful Frcderiko possessed much
talent; she composed verses in the
Swabian dialect, but printed nothing.
Bhe was sister-in-law to tho famous au
thoress, Rachel Varalwgen, to whom
she ’.as much attached.
A Terrible Grime.
A servant girl of Stargard, in Germa
ny, had iu course of several years saved
a handsome sum of money, which she
deposited in a savings bank. One day
she drew tho money and took the train
lor the town of Schneideinuhl, a few
Wiles from home. She visited n old
acquaintance, a butcher, and told him
in course of the conversation of the
mqnay sho had m her pocket. The
mAcher advised her to wrap up the
money i-sd fasten it on her head, buried
in the hair. The girl followed his ad
vice and left for home, the way taking
her over a deserted heath. Meeting a
polioetnan, ahe begged him toacooinp i
ny her on account of her money. The
policeman complied, amt • accompanied
her tho,greater part of tho way. Hard
iv'however, hail lie left tier and turiFd
ba?k wlien he he tnl a piercing shriek.
Hasten iftgback, luf found the cirl lying
dcailiiv, the street withoftt hor head,
which been carried olf. A* the girl
had told tho policeman of tluAjhutcher
whom she had visited, his sApieions
were at once ar >tnted, and ho hastened
to the butcher's house. After waiting
half an hour the butcher came in with a
fiag under his arm. To the question of
what was in it he replied that it was a
sheep’s head, and threw it under the
bed tho policeman left, and returned
in a few minutes with sonic colleagues.
The sack was demanded, and on being
'c>< pcd was found to contain tin mur
dered girl's head.
Dullness of Knowledge.
The fact is, the world is acciiint;laiin t q
to many materials for knowledge. Wo
do Hot reeogujso for rubbish what is
really rubbish. As each generation
leaves its fragments and postherds be
hind it, sudh will finally be the desper
ate conclusion of the lcatned,‘~ffai
thorni.
I’his ‘sAntindent was arriied at by
Hawthorne thirty years agd jllst aftor
he had taken an excursion through the
British Museum. He came out of the
marvelous place bewildered and de
pressed. His quick mind had taken iu at
a g'ianes the countless objects of knowl
edge spread out before it ill thi* museum,
lie could soe the vast range, but knew
that he could not Compass it.
There it was thrtt ho felt “ life Is short
and art is long. ” When he went to his
room after the ramble he wrote in his
Koto Bock: “It is a hopeless, and to
me, generally, a depressing business, to
go through an immense, multifarious
snow like this, glancing at a thousand
things, and conscious of soma little titil
lation of mind from them, but really
taking lu nothing.” There are minds
one often comes in contact Witli which
are spacious museums of knowledge.
We say they know everything. Their
minds aro of the enoyelopsodean order.
Every cranny of their mental storehouse
is stUttfed Witli fipCfß. Their is a
scroll which never' gets rthno unrolling*
On and on it comes. We know these
tiresome people who know everything,
and escapo tfieih when We can, Who
cares always to be in the society of per
sons who are perpetually exuding ac
quired information? It is usually the
character of these human knowledge
botes that they possess little Or no orig
inality. They mltst tell us many facts
we did not know, but they are given out
in such a dry, choerless manner, that Olio
hears them without receiving them.
Here is whore olir system of education
has so far been a partial failure. It has
been conducted mainly on the cramming
process. Only as it has broken away
from tills has it been successful.
The mind which has learned to think
will, as Lord Bacon said, always find
plenty of “stuff” on which to exercise
its powers. Very few who know every
thing can do anything well. They can
accomplish a feat mechanically; but
they can give it no originality, what
ever they do will be in imitation. Charles
Sumner is said to have known so many
things that the immensity of liis knowl
edge was a burden upou him. When hu
came to speak he hardly know what to
omit from Lis great storehouse. Ho was
a man of genius, and could light up his
words. Webster knew mueh less than
Hu inner, but his mind was alive and
touched every subject with originality
and now life. ’ A free, active mind that
has been taught to think for itself will
create, but tho mind that is dull with tod
much knowledge will model aud imitate.
—lndianapolis Herald.
The Timber Question.
It is not at all strange that considera
ble anxiety should bo manifested as to
where the future supply of lumber shall
be obtained, when” the great forests of
Michigan, from whence at present the
bulk of tho timber is brought, shall have
been depleted. Many experienced deal
ers think that this will occur within ton
or fifteen years, and ure already casting
about for anew field whence to draw
their stock. Canada is coming into the
market somewhat, at present mostly with
sycamore lumber, which is made into
packing boxes for plug tobacco, ami also
with excellent ship plank. But Canada
has immense forests of pine, spruce, and
hemlock, and the Ottawa, Saguenay, arid
other rivers, are tho channels by which
large amounts of lumber annually are
brought to market. Quebec, Toronto,
and Montreal are large depots for 1 am
ber from the forests of the Dominion,
and some'of tho stock is sent by water
or rail even to the ship-yards of Maine,
itself a great lumber fcjtate.
Buffalo is one of tho chiefs of tho lum
ber markets of our country, its water
communication with the Michigan and
the upper lake regions especially favor
ing its development in this direction.
There are upwards of sixtv-five firms,
wholesale and retail, engaged in the lum
ber business in that city, l’laning mills
and box factories are becoming very
numerous, owing to the increased de
mand for manufactured lumber. That
this trade is in a most healthy condition
is proved by the rapidity with which
stock is turned over, as well as the fre
quent advauce iu prices.
In tho manufacturing districts of
Michigan heavy advances have taken
place in almost all tho grades of lumber.
In the vicinity of almost all navigable
streams in that section pf country all tho
host trees have l>een ntilioed, conse
quently lumbermen are now compelled
to go farther back for a supply, and tho
coot of tho pine leg from the stump to
flic mill has, therefore, been materially
increased.
To look at the immense rafts winch
annually make tlieir way down the Pe
nobscot, the Kennebec, the Mefrimae,
tho Connecticut, the Hudson, and the
other principal rivers which draw their
supplies from tho New England States, a
tyro would say tliat tho Eastern Btates
ftion* can furnish all the lumber needed
for this continent; but tho fact tliut Uie
center of the chief supply has gradually
moved west to the lakes, and that a
scarcity is already ]*edicted there, indi
cates that iri the near future all these
sources will lie exhausted, and that we
must draw our supply of this great sir
ride of commerce from still more distant
parts,— fyjw York iicportcr.
A Georgia Uog With the Toothache.
AVhooror heard of a dog with the
toothache? Well, Augusta can"boast of
the novelty. The poor old fellow ba
been howling for a week with neuralgia
of tlio jaw. and when his master, who is
* thoughtful *r>d considerate surgeon his
well as rfn artist, discovered the cause of
the canine’s grief, he set to work to ex
tract a whole row of decayed teeth ii
tlve dog’s mouth. Now, this may seen
absurd to some veiy ignorant poopie
but it is all true, and the poor dog held
his month open and sat perfectly quiet
while the teeth were being drawn. And
yet some people think a dog has nt
sense or appreciation.—Augusta Newt.
Illustrated Blackguardism.
Caticaturc has always boon one of the
sharpest weapons of political warfare. ,
Travesty, burlesque, And all the changes
of the farcical havo been used pitilessly
find mercilessly from, time iininomowu
both in the interest of political parties
aiid political blackguni'its. When party
lines would not bo broken by the heavy
guns of argument op the fierce mnpk l ’try
tiro of attack iu front, tho caricaturist lias
iteofl sent, liken cavalry rider to the rear,
or like a spy iu the garb of a buffoon,
into the enemy's camp.
Sometimes the work of men like Letch
mid Niistihas been ttioro effective than ar
gument, and has lieeu employed in as
legitimate a way. But the sense of irre
sponsibility, the license given to purely
personal spites anil prejudices, and the
feeliug of reckless jollity that at times in
fluence the artist, make tho work pf oven
the best caricaturists uneven. *
The temptation of tho ordinary scrsndal-
Itlonger to go to extremes is limit fid by
the thought that ho will bo hold responsi
ble for every word ho utters. But} the
caricaturist labors under no such? rot
straint, lie works in the dark qr be
hind a veil, with ail tho materials at
hand to besmirch and dcgindc. If lie be
a small man liis powers of ridicule aud
his souse of humor aro given froo on
the downward scfile'. He knows hi tit
about men, less about underlying prin
ciples, but, guided by superficial ob
servation and popular clamor, he pnts
liis own littleness or meanness into hi*
conceits, and i*s satisfied if tho black
guards and unscrupulous npplnnd.
Thsro in no lioart in burlesqua, and
no eouseiegico iu travesty. Unbounded
license is tho rule, and things held most
sacred are turned into ridicule without
, compunction. The lowest ipsliuets and
tho vilest impulses find expression in the
name of burlesque, and the people ore ex
pected to forgut the ruuknoss of tho of
fense against doccucy in their laughs
'over absurdities.
Tho people have excused so many of
fenses of this kind that the blackguard*
of oaricature have found encouragement
i lord mil' most disreputable work. Many
fuiiiign urtists, without a spark of pa
triotism, Without any sense of loyalty to
America or Americans, witkont any re
spent for American ideas, with aeon
| tempt and hatred oven , for the country
! and its people, arc employed on otir il
j lustrated piqiers. It is the delight of
these fellows to indulge iu such vile ou*
I eeils as will give Americans most annoy-
I unco and most pain, and little womler is
1 it that journals which make a specialty
I of such work have gone down by dozens.
| or lmvfi been sustained at great, outlay of
i money. Little woudev is it tluit under
such cireunstancos tlio art that Hast
i lniido respectable has degenerated into a
; trade little above that of the blackguard,
—Chicago Inter-Ocean
Phases of Ihc Indian Question. •
Tho Rlsick Hills country was included
in tho treaty of 1868, with the Sioux, by
wliieh the territory “lying between tho
northern boundary of Nebraska and the
forty-sixth parallel, and bounded on tho
oast by the Missouri, and west by tho
one hundred and fourth degree of west
longitude, together with the reservations
then existing on tho east side of tlio
Missouri, was set apart for tlio absolute
and undisturbed use and occupation of
tlio Sioux for their permanent homo.”
In 1874 General Custer’s exploring ex
pedition’visited tho Black Hills, and in
1876 a scientific expedition under l’rof
fesßor Walter P. Jenncy, accompanied
by a military escort ni idei- Colonel Richard
I. Dodge, of the United Htates Hrniy.
Those expeditious disclosed tlm fact that
tho Black Tlills country, rich in mines,
timber, and grazing, was unused by tlio
Indians in whoso reservation tlie territory
was situated. After them whites poured
into the country, agninst tho orders of
Genornl Crook,> whoso troops wero too
few in number to keep thorn out, and
when onco in, it was impossible to dis
lodge them. In tho fall of 1875 a Council
was assembled at Rial Cloud Agency to
negotiate the purchase of the country,
but concluded without making any ar
rangements with tho Indians, who be
came restless, depredations fol lowed, tho
disaffected left the agencies and joined
in wliat lias become known us the “Sit
ting Bull movement,” and the war of
1876, led by Crazy Horse and other
Sioux chiefs, resulted in the subduing of
the tribes thun on the war path. In tho
megnwhilo the Block Hills had been
rapidly settled, rich mines been
found, to Wins built, counties organized,
and thousands of people had made homes
in tho bills. There have been many
estimates of the number of Indians that
were, in 1700, in wlmt we now know as
the United Htates, but uono are satis
factory, Indeed, even now estimates of
tlieir number vary widely, tho census of
1870 placing them at about 850,000,
while others ofj'or estimate* which show
that the Indian population iu about 200,-
000. The more moderate place the num
ber in tho neighborhood of 275,000 or
280.000.
Ok Mil. Lonoke plow's method when
Professor of Modern Literature at Har
vard, ])r. Edward E. Halo, one of his
pupils, has givon this account: “As it
happened, the regular recitation rooms
of tho college wore all i;i use, and. we
met him in a sort of parlor, carpeted,
lmtig with pictures; and otherwise hand,
sornely furnished, which was, I believe,
called tho “corporation room.” Wo sat
round a mahoguny table, which was re
ported to be meant for the 'dinners of the
trustees, and the whole affair hail the as
pect of a friendly gathering in u private
liouso, in which the stn lyof (Jemiaa
was the amusement of tlio occasion. lie
bogan with familiar ballads, ‘ read'them
to us, Slid made us read them to him.
Of course wo soon committed them to
memory without meaning to, and 1
think this was probably part of his
theory. At tho same time wo wore
learning tho paradigms by rote. His
regular duty was the oversight of five or
moro instructors who were teaching
French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Portuguese to two or three hundred un
der-graduates. We never knew when lie
might look in on a recitation and vir
tually conduct ii We were delighted to
have him come. Wo nil knew hd was i
poet, and were proud to have him in the
college, lint at tlio same time we re
spected him os a uian of affairs. ”
*1.60 yer *■*■-
NUMBEJB, 38.
;>/i i * '!’T’/>■ tA i*.c! j f ;f
HEALTH INTELLIGENCE.
[FromPi. Foole’fi ITealtfc Monthly.]
Chevass* has stated these four essen
tials to a baby’s well being: Plenty of
water for the skin, plenty of milk for the
stomach, plenty of fresh air for the
lungs, and plenty of sleep for the brain.
Db. Firth, of Brooklyn, in giving his
experience as a bald-headed man, tells
how he restored tho grbwtli of hair by
persistent use of crude kerosene. And
ho has a suspicion that the use of it was
really the means ef ouring m ehromc
rlieumntio tendency.
Tub Governor of Georgia has sanc
tioned a law' regulating the practice of
medicine, and vetoed a bill legalizing
the dissection of dead bodies. Evidently
he desires that the inhabitants of his
Slate should get their medical education
and experience elsewhere.
Dr. Unna, of Hamburg, says that the
j pigmentary matter which occasionally
blocks up tho pores of the faoe, produc
ing black points or “ flesh wotmi,” is
soluble in acids, aud he therefore recom
mends the free use of vinegar and lemon
; juice as a local application to soften and
: remove them. • , •i’ !
| The u*o of the eyoa in reading while
; riding iri cars or wqgoiia has been well
' compared to the effort of a person to
walk a slack rop2-; tho strain on the
muscles that assist in vision being as
great during the jolting of a car, as
j would ho the strain upon tho muscles of
! tlio limbs when trying to maintain ontfa
' balance on a slack or even a tight rop*.
Dn. if. V. Quimbt, of Jersey City, has
demonstrated by three cases that if is
possible to cldoroform a person in sleep
without first awakening the sleeper. He,
therefore, concludes that, in tho hands
of a skillful criminal, ii< might become
an effective instrument -in the accom
plishment of his nefarious designs.
* ritOFEhnoß Jaeqer, a German physiol
ogist, advifies tho wearing of undercloth
ing mnde from sheep’s wool. He under
takes to show that in our organism there
aro cor tain gaseous, volatile substances
which aro continually being liberated in
the acts of breathing and perspiring',
and that one khid nronses reelings of
pleasure, and the other sensations of
dislilio. Wool ho says attracts the sub
stance of pleasure, whilo clothing made
of plant fiber favors the accumulation *>f
Urn offensive substances of dislike.
Tile British Medical Journal asserts
that tlio local effect of tobacco off the
mucous membrane of the nose, thr oak,
and ears is as predisposing to Cfttaryhal
diseases ns is iiiefficlent ana
t Clot Inti'' in the case of women—the fact
being that such effect, ou the mucous
, membrane of the superior portion of the
resfiirutory tract onuses a more "perma
nent relaxation and .congestion thanany
other known agent. Therefore, aa,to
bacco depresses tho system while it is
producing its pleasurable sensation, and
as it propares the mucous membrane to
take on catarrhal inflammation from even
slight exposure to cold, the Journal
thinks it thould require jio further evi
dence to show that its use ought to be
discontinued by every catarrhal patient.
Tun Royal College of Physicians
(England) has “resoluteri” to the effect
Unit its members may hold any theory
j they Choose in regard to tho action of
: voineiiies, and practice as they prefer, if
they will only refrain from using any
special designation or class name, such
nH homeopatlnstor electrician. The Med
ical /teem’d (New York) regards this as
a direct invitation to all dissenters to
drop their special designations and join
the Royal College.
A Oobonkb’s jury in Philadelphia at
tribute* the cause of death of Fred.
Miller to imagination and tear. He had
hoen bitten by a small dog, and though
i presenting nosymptonas of hydrophobia,
he died of fear in the belief that he hail
that much dreaded disease. This is the
lirat, easo we remember to havo seen of
such a verdict, but don’t doubt that a
similar verdict ought to have been ren
dered in many cases which have been
certified as true hydrophobia.
Why People Are so Khort-Llred.
Tim Concord School of Pliilosoplyr
having requested tho assistance of the
Tiiirie Kiln Olnb in solving the conun
drum of why tlio people of this age do
not Jive as long as those of earliy days,
the matter was given to the Committee
on Judiciary They now
express a readiness to report, os follows:
“ Bis committee hail no trouble’to find
jih-nty of reasons b’arin’ on the inquiry.
In do fust place, do taxes am so high Uut
lie man kin afford to lib over a hundred
y ars. In olden days a man could . tell
bis wife to git ’long away if she didn’t
please him. In dis ago ho has to stick
by her 'an fight it out. Dis lias an indM
euca to make him sigh for a change to
do evergreen shores. None ob dose ole
chaps had a second shirt to his back, an’
none dreamed of puttiu’ on style. Look
about you in dis mgo an’ see de coat-tails,
sleeve buttons, diamond pins, an’odder
gewgaws which bow down a man's head
in sorrow, to de gravo I In de time of de
prophets dar was no means of scootin’
u#bun' de kifntry an’ takin’ in de sights.
J u dis aige, arter a man has kin to New
.York, Washington, Chicago, ah’ a few
Odder places, lib' am up a stump for'a
chaiijjwof scenery, an’ ho natterly wants
to lie pushiii on torda de pearly gates.
Ills committee am ob de opinyuit aat de
modern man who reaches de aigo of oae
hundred y'arsought to be perfectly satis
fied to hand up iiis ticket to do conduc
tor. Hn gits moro trottin’ homo—inoto
s'env clothes efiore alligator butwa-r
--nione rncqkH—more ice,,prewn an’ oys
ters, an’ wliatelier else gobs to make
hinrfftii natur’ smile all ober in a gtoomy
(Uiv.-m dat little time don MeJhusiUer got
in all his nlye hundred y'ars ob life, An’
we’ll cbirpfay." W* Ml
The Hocretary was instructed hr,pre
pare a xcrhaltm report aijd, forward the
same to Concord, together with tlio hope
that the school ami tile club would work
together in the greatest iqumony during
the long evening period. —fictrplt Free
■i >: ll- iWHUeHV ),"tl)i... *M >
In 1878 importation of ostrich
feathers into New York amounted iu
value to $2,4?5;-184; hi 18T9te *2,79ft. -
4M; m 1880 to $4,354,647, aud, in 1881
to $0,493,024.