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W. F. SMITH, Publisher, VOLUME IX. NEWS GIE4NIN6S. Selma has fifty fine artesian wells. The tobacco crop of Virginia will be short this year. Vegetation is frightfully parched in Middle Tennessee. Real estate is on the upgrade in Baton Rouge, La. • • The blackberry crop of Pulaski coun ty this year was worth $3,500. Arkansas has 2,500 miles of navigable rivers. Wilmington, North Carolina, is ship ping a large amount of lumber to Hayti. Belma, Alabama, has fifty-five over flowing bored wells affording a plenty of good water. Mississippi produced the largest amount of cotton in 1880, the number of bales being 055,808. The Mississippi river commission will build ninety barges, and will have five steam tugs. A live oak tree in Miconopy county, Florida, measures twenty-two feet in circumference. A North Carolina colony is talked of which shall be free from “beer saloons, churches, ministers and lawyers. Nashville wants to be the iron center of the South. It is now the next thine to it—the rock center. Railroads, railroads, railroads, is the cry from one end of the South to the other. Southwest Georgia is happy in tho success attending the boring of artesian wells. Water in abundance has been obtained at a depth of 530 feet. < J. B. Morrison, of McClellansville, South Carolina, has raised three hun drod pounds of excellent Malaga grapes lm season. The Fort Smith oil-mill and cotton compress is about completed. It is one of the largest in the country, and cost $75,000 Pleas Harper, a negro, bought a plan tation on Broad river, in Georgia, pay ing for the same $32,000. It comprises 2,100 acres. The official majority against prohibi lion in North Carolina was 116,156 Only three counties in the State gave majorities in favor, which, combined, amounted to but 258. Next year la di ana tackles the same question. There is great anxiety at Vicksburg for fear that the recent Congressional appropriation of $75,000 for the im provement of the harbor at that point is not going to he expended as judicious ly as expected. The citizens are mov ing in the matter, because at this stage of water good work can be accomplished. The German society organized at New Orleans for ihe purpose of promoting the interests of German emigration to the South is meeting with flattering success. It is stated that a large num ber of Germans are now on their way from Europe to points in the Seuth. Now this does begin to look like busi ness. One of the Cotton Exposition’s at tractions will be an “ ensilage cattlerv” in full operation. The pits are being dug, and the multitude of horses, sheep, hogs, cows and mules will be fed in the ensilage during the exhibition. The main object of the system is to save la bor and time. The Georgia Legislature has passed a bill making a complete change in the management of the State penitentiary. By it the office of Principal Keeper or Warden is abolished, and a board of three Commissioners elected, clothed with unlimited power to control the operation of affairs. This power was formerly in the hands of the Governor. The thirty-eight States of the Union contain 2,299 counties. Texas leads off, haring 151 counties, followed closely by Georgia’s 137. After Georgia in the table comes Kentucky with 117 coun ties; Missouri, 115; Virginia; 105; II linois, 102; lowa, 99; Tennessee and North Carolina, eac, 94, and Indian 92. Asa rule, the Southern Btates have more counties than the Northern States. The Charleston Courier comes to the defense of the Southern girls who are charged with being unwilling to work. It says that “it is only necessary to look at Columbus or Augusta in Georgia, or at Greenville or Spartanburg in this State, or wherever manufacturers are established in the South, to prove the falsity of this charge. Charleston will he no exception to the rule now that favorable opportunities are given to the people.” to Industrial Interest, the Biftrionnf Trath, the Establishment ef Justice, and the Preservation of a People’s Government. *OPXCB OP THI DAT. Governor PiiAKprao, of Maine, is to marry next October. Vennor says the outlook for the ap proaching winter is pleasing. Secretary Kibkwood smokes too much, so the doctors say. A movement is on foot to settle a large number of Swedes on the wild lands of Eastern Kentucky. Oscar Wil.de, the aesthetic poet who writes of the barren ideality of unkissed kisses, is an Irishman. A lady in Colorado claims to possess the crucifix which Columbus held in his hand when he first landed in America. The four-hundredth anniversary of Gutenberg’s use of printing type will soon be celebrated by the printers of Vienna. Tiie Thousand Islands, a few years ago, sold at $25 apiece, and now many of them are held as high as $15,000 by their owners. Charles Darwin, the evolutionist, has given the rent of a hall m Downes, England, to a zealous evangelist for a religious revival. It is said that most of the men in Washington Territory favor woman suf frage. We expect so. They make them •vork for all they are worth. In the everglades of Florida has been found a species of wild coffee, and it has been demonstrated that coffee may be raised there equal to the best imported. The most utterly utter nonsense yet recorded is that of a young female in the Catskills, who pitches her voice for conversation by means of a tuning fork. The Baltimore American says that of the 70,000,000 gallons of water used per day in Chicago, one-half goes for beer manufacture, and the other half for •cabling hogs. It is a remarkable coincidence that the Russian Nihilist, Leo Hartmann, who believes in assassinating Czars, and Guiteau, bear a strong resemblance to each other. They look nearly enough alike to be mistaken for brothers. Charles Stewart, the Mississippi wife murderer who was suspended between heaven and earth by an indignant mob the other day, was first prayed for by his father-in-law, who subsequently helped to adjust the noose. Sojourner Truth is living in fair health at Battle Creek, Michigan. Her hair, which for years was white, is turn ing dark again, and her eyesight is im proving. According to the best informa tion her age is 106, though she thinks she is older. Charles Bradlaugh rejects utterly the title of atheist applied to him. He contends that there is not sufficient evi dence to convince him of the existence of God; but he does not deny that such a being may exist. He simply suspends judgment. Consumers of canned fruit bad better improve their opportunity by canning for themselves, even paying a high price for the fruit, for the scarcity of all kiuds of fruit will place the canned article on the market at an unusually high price the coming season. Twenty years ago James A. Garfield said: “ I regard my life as given to my country. lam only anxious to make as much of it as possible before the mort gage on it is foreclosed. ” It has looked for a good while as if the foreclosure were pretty close at hand. A bouquet was affixed a few days ago to the door of the cell in which Walter Malley, accused of the murder of Jeunie Cramer, of New Haven, is incarcerated. The offering, of course, is “quite too previous,” but it will cheer the poor fellow up and may be cause him to feel a little sorry. The Whitehall Times thinks that men should furnish wives with politics and that women should furnish husbands with religion. The objection to this is, religion is free—no, salvation is free ,* religion is the part that you pay for, and men are now complaining of the drain on the pocket-book. We object. The Cincinnati Gazette says : “A let ter from London states that the condi tion of Lady Burdett-Coutts is becoming very interesting. Anent which an ex change remarks that the Bartlett pair promises to prove fruitful.” We have read the paragraph fourteen times, and don’t know what to make of it. INDIAN SPRINGS, GEORGIA. Two fellows started, a few weeks ago, in the little dory City of Bath, from Bath, Me., for England, and have reached their destination. A dory is “ a canoe, or small boat.” The journey was a perilous one. The reckless fellows would have perished during the trip had they not been freshly supplied with provisions by a passing steamer. Mb. Morton, United States Minister at Paris, has been informed by the Pre fect of the Siene, that the name of Place de Bitche, where his official residence is situated, has been changed to Place des Etats Unis. This is considered a compliment to Mr. Morton and the United States. We most heartily con cede that there is a decided improve ment also in the sound. Although dancing masters are known as professors at many of the watering places, and are boarded free of charge, their calling is going into decline with gentlemen. At all the watering places gentlemen who dance are gradually be coming fewer, and the ladies are com pelled to take partners of their own sex or await the opportunity .to dance with a gentleman, which, however, does not always present itself. The Arizona Citizen , referring to the fact that “ Billy the Kid,” the notorious desperado, was a native of New York, says that the desperadoes who commit tlieir depredations in the West over which Eastern people express such hor ror, are mostly Eastern graduates. Very few r of them are natives of the West. This is a fact that but few people consider when they talk about the need of Chris tian influences in the West. Outlaws go there to get out of the roach of the law's and church. Mrs. Annie Besant, Charles Brad laugh’s friend, and copublisher of that book “The Fruits of Philosophy,” of which they had such a wide sale, and the publication of which gave them so much trouble in the Courts of England, has passed in the first class at the pre liminary examination for the degree of B. Sc. in the University London, lw tutor being Dr. A. E. Aveling. Mrs. Besant has also passed in the advance classes in seven subjects at South Ken sington. Anstrian Dogs. In Austria, -while the large dogs are made to work, and make themselves use ful in various ways, the little fellows are taken to the bosoms cf the ladies, and treated as if they were veritable angels. It is not uncommon, when traveling, to see almost every lady with a dog in her arms, and occasionally a footman or maid, whose sole duty in traveling with the mistress is to take care of the dog, and see that he has water and food on the route. The doctors tell many amusing anec dotes of having been called up at mid night and finding that their services were needed for a poodle that had been over fed in the effort to kill them with kind ness. They could make heavier with the assurance of prompt payment, in such cases, than if the patient had been a child or a husband. “Love me, love my dog,” seems to be the sentiment of these ladies; and on one occasion the writer saw a finely-dressed lady, who had her dog in her arms, take off her gloves w T hile standing in a railway sta tion, and diligently pursue and kill a flea which she had discovered depredat ing among the fleece of her favorite. It is quite common to see them led tender ly along with ribbons, and in some cases to see a gold chain attached to a lady’s belt, and at the other end of the chain a poodle dog traveling by her side or re posing in her arms. Signs in the shop windows tell you that “Dog soap is sold here,” and that various patent compounds that will in duce canine health and longevity are on sale. A lady walking in any of the pub lio grounds with a dog is sure to be ac costed by a number of seedy-looking in dividuals, who will draw out of their pockets pups, which they offer for sale. The offering for sale of anything in the public grounds being prohibited, they thus keep them concealed in their pock ets. In the upper grades of life a moth er trusts her children to servants and governesses, bat her poodle dog she keeps under her own eye; and a scream from the nursery might pass unheeded, but a yelp from the drawing-room or the boudoir would startle “her Ladyship” from the soundest sleep. Of course there are exceptional cases, but it in cludes most of those who aspire to fash ionable life. We see dogs caressed much more than children are, and their comfort studied with jealous oar a. School Children’s Headaches. Dr. A. Jacobi, of New York, in a paper on “Neuralgia in Infancy and Child hood,” read before the Kings County Medical Society, said of the hardf worked school children nowadays, their long confinement in school-rooms and at home, the consecutive disorders of the circulation, the insufficient oxygenation of the blood because of lack of exercise, the digestive disorders resulting from their sedentary life, are just as many causes of impoverishment of the blood and insufficient nutrition and stimulation of the nervous system. In all these cases headaches are very frequent Prevention Better Than Core. Prof. E. G. Jan©way leotured before the Young Men’s Hebrew Association about the prevention of disease, advising that great attention should be paid to it in order to obviate the necessity of cur ing the disease when it should come. All, h 9 said, were familiar with the cost of sickness, involving tyie expense of medioal attendance and loss of time, work and wages, but many were igno rant of how to prevent it. A man should first learn his hereditary tendencies, and if he was likely to inherit disease he should guard against it by his mode of life, his choice of an occupation and of a dwelling-place, etc. After enlarging somewhat upon the tendency to con sumption and gout, he spoke particu larly of hereditary insanity. If a child were liable to that the greatest care should be taken from the earliest infancy —first to develop the body. As he grew older he should be trained to avoid worry and anxiety. Action was desirable for such a person rather than undue reflec tion. All mental shocks should be avoid ed. It was bad for him to be wrapped up in one idea, such as the acquisition of money or power. He should choose a congenial pursuit and by no means be forced by his parents into a distasteful one. There were good reasons why he should not marry, but, if he did, he should carefully choose a congenial wife. • The lecturer then spoke at great length on the necessity for pure air, water and milk, giving several instances of the deleterious effects of bad air, among others that of the passengers on the ship Londonderry in 1848, 150 of whom were shut up by the Captain dur ing a storm, in the steerage, an apart ment 18x12x7 feet. Seventy of them died in an incredibly-short time, having convulsions and bleeding at the eyes and ears. Speaking of the danger of im proper air in dwelling-houses, the lect urer described a house he had examined in whioh he found the cold-aii box of the furnace connecting directly with the sewer. In another house he knew of three cases of malaria where the tenant, examining a drain that the owner had guaranteed to be all right, found a cess pool under the house. He had also known people to put their garbage bar rels under the cold-air box of the fur nace. People should examine the plumbing in their houses for themselves and not be satisfied when a plumber said it was right. Whenever it was gpossible, a tenant, builder or purchaser Jot a house should insist that the piumb ing work be all in sight and not buried in walls. If people would all insist upon it houses would soon be built so. But if the plumbing is in the walls the peppermint test should be applied. A considerable quantity of the essence of peppermint should be poured into the liighest trap in the house, and if there was a break anywhere the peppermint odor would betray it. Bad odors in a house were like the rattles of a rattle snake. They meant bad plumbing and danger. He then spoke earnestly in regard to vaccination, saying that 100 years ago ten deaths in every 100 were caused by small-pox. Now, by vaccination and isolation, the prevalence of the disease was checked. By being vaccinated in infancy and once in fifteen or twenty years afterward a person was compara tively safe ; but, by being vaccinated about once in seven years he was as safe as he could be. He then concluded with a few directions in regard to disin fecting and nursing in cases of infec tious diseases. —New York Herald. Benevolence to Animals. Almost all boys are fond of dogs, and yet nearly all will persecute cats, rob bird’s nests and pelt frogs. There are exceptional boys who delight in cruelty, and they frequently grow up with their evil propensities strengthened by age and exercise. There are also men of brutal disposition who have acquired their ruffianism after passing through the juvenile stages of their existence, and they are at once the plagues and the puzzles of society, defying its punish ments and resisting its benevolent en deavors. Cruelty to animals is partly the work of brutal natures, and partly perpetrated by well-meaning people, under the in fluence of bad habits; and if we could estimate the total quantity of cruel in fliction imposed upon birds, beasts, rep tiles and fish, be should probably find that by far the larger proportion resulted from the ill-regulated action of good and even benevolent persons. Much of ill treatment of animals comes out of the ordinary proceedings of trade. It has been the custom to bleed calves, to cram sheep and poultry into the smallest possible apparatus of transport, to drive cattle for long distances without permit ting them to drink and to slaughter them without sufficient avoidance of pain. Each little circle in which these malpractices occur forms its own theory of cruelty and benevolence, and laughs scornfully at outsiders who object to its ways. Tme fox-hunter thinks a man a fool who reminds him of the unbenevo lent character of his sport, and the fine ladies who flock to aristocratic pigeon matches have no more compunction at witnedug the suffering of the poor birds than the Spaniards have for the gored horses and tortured bulls in their disgusting national recreation. It may be affirmed that the cruelty of custom or indifference does not lead to the de moralization which inevitably results from a deliberate choice of action that inflicts unnecessary pain, and yet all familiarity with needless and useless suffering must tend to damage charac ter unless it excites strenuous resistance to the evil and efforts for its cure. Incident of Lincoln’s Murder. “Those are not cheerful-looking things, are they ?” said Counselor M. A. McDonald, as he sauntered into the of fice of the United States Marshal, and pointed to a pair of handcuffs which were lying upon the table. “Not especially enlivening,” replied a deputy, picking up the rogue’s bracelets and examining them thought fully. “There was a time when I thought they -were the most cheerless and terrible things in the world.” The deputy looked up in surprise. “Yes,” continued Mr. McDonald, “I bad them both on my hands and feet at once for a number of hours. I assure you they are not pleasant things to wear. ” “Were they put on to keep you a prisoner V queried the deputy, wonder ing if his friend could have done any thing criminal. ” “ You would have thought so had you been in my place. I was arrested" by officers who thought I was J. Wilkes Booth.” “No!” ejaculated the deputy, more as an expression of surprise than an in tentional reflection upon the veracity of Mr. Mo Donald. *‘ It came about in this way, ” began the lawyer, whose dark hair and eyes, even now that sixteen years have passed, bear a striking resemblance to the assassin of Lincoln : “ Lincoln had been murdered but a few days, and .the entire country, plunged in grief, was wild with desire for revenge upon the murderer. My home was in Titusville, Pa., and I was on the way to it from Washington, where my father was then a Government con tractor. The route was by way of Erie. The train had left Erie and gone perhaps a dozen miles, when a couple of officers surprised me by put ting me under arrest and clapping hand cuffs on my feet. In vain I protested. They would not believe that I was not Wilkes Booth. To add to the unpleas antness of the thing, and a fact which also gave color to the belief that I was the President’s assassin, it was well known that Booth had interests in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and had been there a number of times. The men who arrested me did so upon the strength of my great resemblance to a picture of Booth which they had in tlieir possession. When it became known on the train that the assassin of Lincoln had been arrested and was on that very train, the excitement was intense. The officers who were guarding me had all they could do to prevent the infuriated passengers from doing me bodily harm. It had been telegraphed along the line of the road that Lincoln’s murderer was under arrest, and would pass through on his way to Titusville. At every station the train was met by infuriated men who climbed upon woodpiles to get a glimpse of me, and many times on that journey I feared that the mob would get posses sion of me. When the train reached Curry -there was a man boarded the train who knew me. But the officers would not listen to him, and it was not until Titusville was reached,where every man, woman and child knew me, that the handcuffs and manacles were removed from my wrists and ankles, and I was allowed my liberty. I have the photo graph which furnished the clew to the officers who arrested me in my posses sion now.” —Denver Tribune. Some Familiar Sayings. Sliakspeare gives us more pithy say ings than any other~author. From him we cull, “ Count their chickens ere they are hatched. ” ‘ ‘ Make assurance doubly sure.” “Look before you leap.” “ Christmas comes but once a year.” Washington Irving gives us “The Al mighty Dollar.” Thomas Norton quer ied long ago, “What will Mrs. Grundy say?’’while Goldsmith answers, “Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no fibs. ” Thomas Tasser, a writer of the sixteenth century, gives us, “ It’s an ill wind that turns no good,” “ Better late than nev er,” “Look ere thou leap,” and “The stone that is rolling will gather no moßg.” “All cry and no wool ” is found in But ler’s “Hubibras.” Dry den says: “None but the brave deserve the fair,” “ Men are but children of the larger growth,” “ Through thick and thin.” “Of two evils I have chosen the least,” and “The end must justify the means,” are from Mathew Prior. We are indebted to Col ley Cibber for the agreeable intelligence that “Richardis himself again,” Cow per tells us that “Varietyis the spice of life.” To Milton we owe “The Para dise of Fools.” From Bacon comes “Knowledge is power,” and Thomas Southeme reminds us that “ Pity’s akin to love.” Dean Swift thought that “ Bread is the staff of life.” Campbell found that “ Coming events cast their shadows before,” and “’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.” “A thing of beauty is a joy forever,’* is from Keats. Franklin said ‘ ‘ God helps those who help themselves,” and Lawrence Sterne comforts ns with the thought that “ God tempers the wind to fhe shorn lamb.” So fab from persistence being an as sociate of weakness and inferiority, it is itself .a power which underlies and up holds all others, and without which they could never develop into value or effi ciency. The feeble, inefficient, inferior man is he who, whatever may be his latent abilities, lacks the force necessary to make the most of them. _ It is a remarkable fact that the centre of population of the United States has advanced in a straight line since 1790, due west from Baltimore. Good nature extracts sweetness from everything with which it comes in con tact, as the bee extracts honey from every flower which it visits. SUBSCRIPTION-SUED, NUMBER 3. HUMORS OP THE DAY. A Western desperado reoently shoß dead a man because he wouldn’t prav. How very dangerous Western life would be for many of ns,.—New Haven Reg ister. “How could you think of calling auntie stupid? Go to her immediately and telfc her you are sorry.” Freddie goes to auntie and savs, “Auntie, I am sorry you are so stupid.” Emma Abbott has invented anew kiss. If she desires to dispose of the old lot at cost she can learn of something to her advantage by ealliug at his office out of business hours. —Lowell Citizen. “Twenty years ago,” says a colored philosopher, “niggers was wuf a thou sand dollars apiece. Now dey would be deah at two dollars a dozen. It's ’ston ishing’ how de race am depreciatin’.” “Your 1 usbaud is nol in to-day, ma’am,” said a collector who called at the door. “No, he is not.” “Do you know where I can find him ? ” “I guess he’s gone fishing. He carried, a glass bottle with something he called bait. ” Aunt Matilda—“And do you study geography, Janet?” Janet—Geogra phy? I should think so, indeed!” Aunt Matilda—“ Where’s Glasgow?” Janet—“ Glasgow? Oh, we haven’t got so far as that. We’ve only got as far as Asia. ” Now that elephants’ milk has been analyzed and found to be superior to cows’ milk, of courso it will become fashionable. And as it will be sold at a high price, dealers can afford to make it of a fine quality of chalk and very pure water. “Sam, you are not honest. Why do you put all the good strawberries on the top of the measure and the little ones below?” “Same reason, sail, dat makes de front of your house marble and de back gate chiefly slop bar I, sail. ”—Ex change. Uncle Mose asked Gus De Smite why it was that the weather was so muoh warmer in summer than in winter. “ I thought every darned fool knew that,” growled Gus. “So did I, boss. That’s why I puts de question to you on pur pose.”—Texas Rifting s. “But do you know, pa,” said the farmer’s daughter, when he spoke to her about the addresses of his neighbor’s son, “you know, pa, ma wants me to marry a man of culture.” “So do I, my dear, so do I; and there is no bettor cul ture in the country than agriculture.” “The Bible aays, ‘Love your neigh boras yourself,’” the parson remarked; but of course we must not take this lit erally. If you manage to love your neighbor one-hundredth part as much as you do yourselves, many of you, it will be all that can be reasonably expected of you. ” —Boston Transcript. "Z Mamma—“Did you enjoy your ride, Elise?” Elise—“No, mamma, and rea son enough, for Connie James says the Van Smiths are going to give a dance, and we’re not asked. ” Mamma— ‘ ‘ Well, my dear, your poor aunt’s death was providential—of course we can’t go.” It is said that death lurks in cheap colored stockings. —New Orleans Pica yune. Slio! We’ve known death to lurk in the of* an enraged parent’s boot, but didn’t suppose he could kick a man to dea’th in his stocking feet. We wouldn’t go there any more if we were in your place. —New Haven Register. Laughing Away a Duel. Laughter is an antidote to anger. Even a duel has been prevented by some amusing answer which turned wrath into mirth. A man holding both his sides can’t hold a pistol. A Georgia Judge named White, who wore a cork leg, once challenged a brother of the bench, Dooly by name, and a wag, to mortal combat. At the appointed hour both appeared on the field, but Dooly was alone. White sent his friend to ask where his an tagonist’s second was. “Gone into the woods,” replied the humorous Dooly, “to get a bit of a hollow tree to put one of my legs in, that we may be even.” The answer was too much for Judge White; he laughed and so did his second, and the challenge was with drawn. An Irsh lawyer, who had never fired a pistol, was challenged by a famous duelist whom he had offended by severe comments upon his testimony in court. The duelist, having been crippled in one of his duels, came limping upon the ground. He had one favor to ask, permission to lean against a mile-stone, as he was unable to stand without sup port. The request was granted, and, just as the word “Fire! ” was about to be given, the lawyer said he also had a request to make. He asked the privi lege of leaning against the next mile stone. A hearty roar of laughter from seconds and challenger dissipated all thoughts of a duel. The great orator of the Revolution, Patrick Henry, once received the follow ing note, preliminary to a challenge from Gov. Giles, of Virginia: “Sir: I understand you have called me a * bob-tail ’ politician. I wish to know if it be true; and, if true, you* meaning.” Mr. Henry replied in this style : “ Sir : Ido not recollect having called yon a ‘ bob-tail ’ politician at any time, but I think it probable I have. Not recollecting the time or oocasion, I can’t say what I did mean, but, if you will tell me what you think I meant, I will say whether you are correct or not” Of course there was no duel. — Youth’s Companion.