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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. ♦ The formal opening of Garfleld House, for working girls, in Loudon, was a notable event. : t4Aal JMJtJMB/ fl ■!; ’ ii-l —M—♦..f ',J '■ it I■ ’ V 1 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. - 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 P 1 f"I i 1 •A '<*>BRl*Sl<kf f°P w 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. . i -—-—* w —-—• 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.