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MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1880.
VOLUME NO—LV
TWO 1I8HEB8.
NOBLE OAK
which stands before the college chapel.
■One morning when spring was in her This renowned monarch of the forest
fAPnc— £Ph2i I I which has probably stood for five centu
ries, is a university landmark, and has
received many a graceful eulogy from the
poets and orators of the university. One
of the most beautiful and appropriate of
these fell from the lips of the venerable
ex-Chaneellor Lipscomb. There is a tra
dition that the first recitation of the col
lege took plam beneath its wide-spreading
boughs.
About sunset the young men, soon to be
scattered to the four quarters of the com
pass, formed a circle about the trunk of
this grand old tree in soleifin con
clave. Many were the experi
ences, sombre and ludicrous, that
were recalled, and all their old lit
erary battles were fought over again.
Upon sounding the sense of the body,
however, the pleasant fact was revealed
that there were “no feuds to be healed” for
the reason that none existed. A permanent
organization was effected, a time for fu
ture re-uuiou designated, prizes agreed
upon to be given to the first married
brother and to the first fat her, and a lo
cal committee appointed, cliatged with
the duty of planting, at the proper season a
CLASS TREE
in the campus, and placing thither also a
suitable memorial stone to commemorate
the names and year of graduation of each
member of the class.
A BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT.
On Thursday night Chancellor Mell
opened the doors of'his hospitable man
sion to the board of visitors, the faculty of
the university and local board of trustees
and their wives, and numerous oilier
guests. It was not only a social treat
but delightful literary re-union, which all
who were present will not
soon forget. The refreshments were
abnndant and elegantly served,
and the genial bead of the university,most
gracefully assisted by his accomplished
wife and daughters, did the honors of the
evening with a dignity and cordiality that
won all hearts.
A YOUNG MACON CLERGYMAN.
On Sabbath Rev. R. J. Willingham, a
son of one of your townsmen, occupied
the pulpit of Rev. Mr. Campbell, of the
Baptist church. Albeit quite young in
the ministry, and exposed to the severe
ordeal of addressing a majority of his old
instructors, including the chancellor of
the university, and hundreds of his former
acquaintances, this young divine, who is a
member of the board of visitors, delivered
an excellent discourse, and was listened
to with marked attention. Mr. Willing
ham is a fine scholar, and an inviting field
of usefulness opens up before him.
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE.
The annual commencement of this ad
mirable seminary, which is fairly identi
fied with the name and memory of the il
lustrious and lamented Gen. T. R. R.
Cobb, took place last week, and was of
unusual interest/
One young lady, Miss Jennie Smith,
distinguished herself by reciting a poem
replete with wit and good things entitled
“Graduation.” She was dressed in an
elegant white silk with panels and sleeves
delieately adorned with pink flowers
painted by her own hands. She is said to
lie quite a genius.
The Lucy Cobb, we regret to say. is
about to lose tbe services of Mrs. Wright,
who is so widely and popularly known.
Who will be her successor has not yet
transpired. The school numbers about
eighty young ladies.
BREAKFAST TABLE STATISTICS.
At the Clinard House the writer took
down the family record of four gentlemen
with whom he was conversing at break
fast. It is worthy of publication. The
mother of one individual, a clergyman,
had given birth to eighteen children, and
her mother, (his grandmother,) had borne
twenty. The father of a lawyer present,
who lives in Upper Georgia, had been
presented with nineteen children, four
teen of whom were the fruit of his last
marriage. Of the latter number, six
sons served throughout the war, one only
of whom was killed,^and one died a nat
ural death. The remaining twelve, all
survive, and each has attained to mature
years, while the father, at the age of sev
enty-eight, is still able to handle the
plow.
Another gentleman fromSmithville has
a father seventy-nine years old who still
does not hesitate to walk ten miles at a
time.
There was still another person present
whose father had been blessed with twen
ty-six children, sixteen of whom were by
his last marriage.
These are astounding instances of fe
cundity, occurring as they did inthe expe
rience of so limited a circle. But
UBS. JAMES BONE
of this (Clarke) county, who died last
year, capped the climax by giving birth to
twenty-five children by a single marriage. <
teens—
A morning to a poet’s wishing,
All tinted in delicate pinks aRu. greens
Miss Bessie and I went fishing.
I, in my rough and easy clothes,
With my face at the sun-tan’s mercy;
She, with her hat tipped down to her nose,
And her nose tipped wee versa.
I, with my rod, my reel, and my books,
And a hamper for lunching recesses;
She, with the bait of her comely looks,
And the seine of her golden tresses.
So we sat us down on the sunny dyke,
Where the white pond-lilies teeter;
And I went to fishing like quaiqt old Ike,
And she like Simon Peter. -
AH the noon I lay in the light of her eyes,
And dreamily watched and waited;
But the fish were cunning; and would not
rise,
And the baiter alone was baited.
And when the time for departure came,
Mv bag hung flat as a flounder;
But Bessie had neatly hooked her game—
A hundred and fifty pounder!
—Exchange.
editorial correspondence.
Athens, June 21,1880.
UNIYEBSITY NOTES.
Our State University is in a most satis
factory condition at the present time. In
lieu of a falling off in students as a conse
quence of the establishment of three
branch colleges, each of which is empow
ered to take young men through all the
studies of the Freshman and Sophomore
classes taught at the parent institution,
there has been a small increase. And
when these youths have completed their
two years course, and can go no further,
it is confidently expected that many of
them win then enter the Junior class at
■Hie university, and complete their educa
tion there.
THE BEHAVIOB OF THE YOUNG MEN
is exemplary, and their industry and ap
plication to their studies most commenda
ble. The majority of them are fully
giown in stature, and a politer or more
gentlemanly set cannot be found any
where. We hear now of no wrangling or
jars among the faculty, nor of any com
plaints against the management of the
university.
Everything moves like clock work un
der the able direction of Chancellor
Mell. who possesses the entire confidence
of the community, and is both loved
and respected bv the students. In all the
South there exists no institution of learn
ing which possesses superior advantages
for a first-class education to our State
University. The apparatus has been col
lected at a cost of near $60,000, and covers
the whole field of natural science and
chemistry. Here a young man can be
fitted practically for almost any pursuit in
life, aud it is his own fault if such signal
opportunities are not properly improved.
One thing only is lacking to complete its
usefulness and greatly increase the attend
ance of students, and that is comprised in
the two words,
FBEE TUITION.
Since the establishment of the branch
colleges this has become almost a neces
sity. The young men of the country Will
flock into those institutions located near
their homes where education costs nothing,
despite the commanding advantages of the
university. But once open up the gushing
fount of knowledge which wells from this
ancient fane of science to all classes, ricli
and poor, without money and without
price, and hundreds will come and partake
of its inspiring waters. This is the best
possible method of exploding the popular
prejudice which has obtained so long, that
our State university is an aristocratical
school, designed essentially for the sons of
the rich and high-born. Hence the un
reasonable and totally false impression
which has prevailed so generally, that at
Athens the boys of the sturdy farmers, who
go thither seeking an agricultural educa
tion under the act donating the
LAND SCRIPT FUND
to the university, are looked down upon
by the paying students. Nothing can be
more untrue. College is the most perfect
type of a republican government on earth.
There, most emphatically, “every tub
stands on its own bottom,” and the
wealthiest scion of aristocracy is regard
ed with contempt, and even shunned, it
his ways are mean and his cranium
empty. On the contrary, some_ of our
most distinguished statesmen, divines and
jurists, were eitherhuipblc beneficiaries, or
achieved their education by hard mental
or physical labor in vacations, and at great
personal sacrifices. These men were all
respected and almost reverenced at col
lege. We-have a notable instance of this
in one of the most promising and success
ful young members of the bar in your own
city. The writer asserts, then, most posi
tively that, so far from there _ being any
discriminations at the University between
the agricultural and other students, many
of the former stand among the first in
scholarship anduiearing, and are leaders
in the institution. But still the
OLD PREJUDICE
continues to exist, and many excellent
citizens in straightened circumstances re
fuse to send their sons to a school where
they must either be matriculated as bene
ficiaries, or pay a tuition fee of seventy-
five dollars per annum.
AH this can easily be done away with by
simply abolishing tuition charges, which
at best yield hut a paltry revenue, while
hanging like ail incubU3 about the neck of
the university.
UTILIZING THE STATE COLLEGE STU
DENTS.
It is urged by a venerable and exceed
ingly sagacious trustee, that a large sum
could be saved to the State annually, by
devolving upon Professor White and Ins
young men the duty, at moderate charge,
of analyzing all the fertilizers which are
3F
A HIND READER.
One Who Has for Her Clients Many
Noted Persons — She Knows all
About htceks, bnt Instead of Grow
ing Rich, Enriches Others.
“Is Miss Grace Courtland, the mind
reader, at home?” asked a reporter of the
Graphic, after ringing the door-bell of an
unpretending bouse on East Twenty-ninth
street.
. “Yes’m; walk in,” replied the young
woman who answered the summeus, add
ing, “Snc is at lunch. Who shall I say
sent you ?”
“No one; I came,” was the brief re
sponse. But the doorkeeper was not to be
diverted fiom her purpose by a curt
answer, and reiterated: .
“Did you see any advertisement, or did
your friend send you here?”
“If it is necessary for Mis3 Courtland to
know I can tell her,” said the reporter,
walking into the parlor. The human in
terrogation point then disappeared into the
basement, from which issued a suggestive
odor of fried potatoes and a scorched ome
let. Tho parlor was a medium-sized room
neatly furnished, a piano filling one cor
ner, and a center table covered with books,
among-which “Moths” and “Spiritual
ism Exposed” were most conspicu
ous. Among the ornaments on the
wall was noticeable a large handbill
calling attention to a series of entertain
ments given in Liverpool by the Ameri
can actress, Miss Grace Courtland, one of
the passengers on the ill-fated Idaho, un
der tho patronage of General Lucius Fair-
child (now minister to Spain), and
the officers of the Guion line.
While the reporter was looking at this the
Inevitable rustling and rushing that an
nounces the advent of a woman with a
trailed dress was heard in tbe ball, and m
a moment there entered a lady so diflerent
in appearance from most of those of her
sex who ply the avocation of mind
reading and fortune telling as to be
worthy of a description. Imagine, then,
a woman of imposing figure, clad in a
robe of white cambric and lace that, flow
ing into a long train, added much to the
apparent height, and at the throat con
fined by a necklace of carved coral beeds,
the vivid color of which enhanced the ef
fect of the hair worn low on the forehead
and powdered snow white, escaping from
a tiny lace cap confined with gold pins;
dark, well-defined eyebrows, and eyes too
peculiar to be easily described. Not at
all remarkable in size or shape, they were
of a curious color, which might be called
brown, hazel or amber, yet were seem
ingly a compound of the three. In their
constant changes tbe pupil, very small and
black, but with the iris, no matter what
3hade it assumed, unchangeable, never
soft, never brilliant or sparkling, only
bright, so intensely metallic bright a3 gold
dollars fresh from the mint, and just as ir
responsive though so exceedingly pene
trating that it seemed as if amilistone and
a pane of glass would be equally trans
parent before them. With the exception
of white teeth and a pretty mouth, the
other features were not especially hand
some, but the general effect produced was
that of a fine-looking woman, rather the
atrical in style, and with a certain ease of
manner that comes rather through appear
ing in public than from the influences of
refined society.
“Miss Courtland, 1 have visited a num
ber of mind readers, but found them to
be humbugs, and I come to you to be con
vinced that there is an exception to that
rule,” said the reporter, without identifi
cation, and thinking that in itself would
afford a test.
“Yes,” replied the lady, with a charm
ing smile that showed her teeth and
brought out her dimples, “but in the first
place yon must understand that I do not
profess to do anything supernatural. I
am not a spiritualist, and look on spiritu
alism as being merely a cover for very
dangerous “isms.” I merely give the im
pressions that my mind receives during a
reading, and do not claim them to be in
fallible, though I seldom err. These
same impressions come to me in regard to
the future of my patrons, and in regard to
tbe rise and lall of stocks I never fail.
Indeed I am about to have a telephone
placed in the house for directing my
friends in Wall street.
“For instance, there is Anna Dickin
son, who travels under my guidance all
the time—and, by the way, I have just
received a letter from Mrs. Hobart, .the
cousin with whom Anna lives in Eliza
beth, N. J., telling me my last prophecy
in regard to a death in tho family came
true. Ye3, Anna thinks a great deal of
me, and the other day I sent her a copy of
my autobiography, which she is much
pleased with. Then there is Fanny Da
venport. For years she traveled under
my directions, though now she does not.
Perhaps my prophecy that in two years
she would be at the bottom of the ladder
shore, the only lady who escaped at the
Delhi Indian mutiny alive;' though her
husband was killed, she, with a pistol
and knife in hand, escaped with her na
tive nurse and child; Mrs. J.alia Barrett,
the poetess: Dr. Wyld, the gentleman who
went hail for Slade; the heiress, Miss Con
stance Smith;' Dr. Dixon, of the Soho
Hospital, London; Mr. Grimshaw, the fa
mous English artist, you know; he wanted
me to visit his ‘castle by the sea,’ at Scar
borough, and sit as ‘Cleopatra.’ Mr.
Grimshaw painted the famous picture of
the Princess Alice there w .< such a fuss
about. Then there was Signor Itoudi, to
whom the Empress of Austria sat for a
portrait, giving him afterwards, in recogni
tion for his talent, a, superb medallion set
of diamonds. It would tak* too long to
tell yon the rest, among whoiUVere many
of the nobility and military f '-ja.”
“And in this country ?” r;
“Here I am not so well ku-Jwn, you see,
having been hack but a short time, but
there is Mr. A. K. Loring, the Boston book
dealer, for instance. He is one of my best
friends, and gave me a handsome testimo
nial in reference to my healing powers, for,
you know, I can cure anything.”
“Indeed,” ejaculated the reporter, who
has listened to this same assertion from so
many other people that it seems surprising
there should be any sickness or deformity
inthe world, but resumed: “Can I see
Mr. Loring’s testimonial?”
“Certainly,” said the lady, promptly,
and forthwith produced a letter signed
with Mr. Loring’s name, and testifying
that Miss Courtland’s character a3 a wom
an was above reproach, aud that he had
been benefited by her healing powers.
“Who else have you seen?”
“Well, Jay Gould, though I called on
him. Pleasant man, isn’t he, and so easy
of access, I had no trouble at all to see
him.”
‘Old he consult you ?”
“N-o-o, hut I went to talk about busi
ness; then I liave had the most prominent
lawyers from Boston and this city to see
me, and besides I have so many people
who without strict belief in my clairvoy
ant powers come to talk to me.”
“They find you entertaining?”
“I suppose so,” said the lady, laughing;
“at any rate, they say so. Why, ever so
many English noblemen, among them
Lord Lewis, who wanted to marry me,
and recently men in this city, have paid
their £5 or $25 for tho sake of hearing me
talk for an hour. II they choose to throw
their money away, all right, but it makes
one think there must be lots of stupid wo
men in the world.”
“Have you ever been called a humbug?’’
asked the writer.
“Oh, yes; I have often had newspaper
people call me that until they came to see
me, when they would change their minds.
You see, the first thing that staggered
them was my saying, ‘You are a reporter.’
Though even then lots of them try to get
out of it, and say they are not; but come
to find cut, the reason is they have too
much vanity to call themselves simply re
porters, fancying it so much more digni
fied to say ‘representative,’ or ‘literary
man,’ or ‘special correspondent.’ ”
The Graphic reporter bore np bravely
against this onslaught,-.^-* asked, “How
can you tell a report*?”
“Why, I can tell one just as quick as I
set my cye3 on Mm; and besides that, you
never catch a newspaper man paying a fee
if he can help it. Still, I don’t mean to be
hard on them, for they generally stand by
Philadelphia is a great place, though
Estimating population according to M. | O n'emlod her. Then, Edison, the inven-
Say, the French political economist, who i tor _» jj e re the lady came to an abrupt
will assert that Georgia is not a land of stop
fatness and plenty? “Has he been here ?” '
Athens improving. “Yes; he has, but, well, perhaps I had
There is no inland town of Georgia that J better not say anything about him. He is
has exhibited in late years a more sub- j oneo fthe men who thinks he knows ev-
stantial growth than Athens. The in- er y t hing, you see.”
crease in her cotton receipts, general mer- «Tlien he is not acting under yonr
cliandizing, population and wealth is most, guij ance ? «
remarkable. Several pojton factories and i tfN j- Well, then, there is GeD. Lucius
a paper mill in the vicinity also add to tho . .L^nd, cx-consul to Liverpool, now
volume of her business, and the educa- , in ; slcr t0 Spain. lie believes in me, I
tional advantages of this beautiful city call te n you , though it would be strange
have attracted tliitlier large numbers of ...,« didn't. Perhaps you remember the
opulent residents who have erected mag- wreck of tbe Idaho that occurred two
nilicent dwellings in the suburbs. vears arjQ j was one 0 f the passengers,
the northeastern railroad | J . the fourth night we were out I had a
has given likewise a signal impetus to the w<m sbowing uie the steamer stranded
trade of the place. We learn from the rocky ledge, the men and women
efficient superintendent, Mr. Bernham, stru „o-iin£r to escape in horror and confu-
that the freight receipts of this road for si0 = o tb( ? crowding into life boats, and
May, 1SS0, exceeded by 26 per cent, those tbe sinkitlg 0 f tbe deserted ship
for tbe same month of the previous year. a tbc severing plunge with which she
The passenger business, also, lias been 8ank outo f sight. When I told my vision
nearly doubled. ' the next dav I was laughed atforsuper-
Tbe railroad commistion have allowed ..g f ear3 an a it was not until the
an increase of 10 per cent, on their sc ied- yentb day tbat ra v vision came to pass
ule rates, and with this addition there has . the ijj.fated Idaho struck with a con-
been hardly any Jailing off in the freigut mlth(L raS pi n g sound on Conneberg
receipts of the road. The Northeastern ’ It ^ 0 uUi take too much time to
shipped 13,000 bales of cotton the present describe tbe f r j g htful scene that followed,
year, and the prospects of the enterprise, butr)repare( i by tbe vision, I stood calmly
under its able management, are most ^ ^ bimjacle unt n tbe YO ice of the cap-
cheering. ' • i tain was heard in the command, ‘Take to
political. tbe hfeboats.’ I could not stand idle
The respective contestants for congres- such a t}me> w hile the water was creep-
sional honors in the ninth district are . Hie ship’s side and the decks were
girding on their armor for the campaign. “jA for a Iast plunge, but seizing an
Col. Bell will probably head the organ- j- a id e j the men in cutting away two
ized Democracy, who are confident of vie- fthe lifeboat3j all d stepped into tne last,
tory, and the gifted Spear will once more w itli tbe captain and officers. The hard-
bear aloft his lone standard in the thick- .. tbat f 0 nowed have been duly re-
est of the fight. lie is a brilliant young c0l £ ted by the press. When I arrivedlm
man, and his friends believe him to he in- j W as without money, clothes
vincible. ,« .. or jewelry, all my wardrobe, both private
Gubernatorial matters are considerably A tbeatr i ca l, having been lost in the
mixed. Strange to say, even in this sea . Un der the auspices of Gen. Fairchild
northern section of the State, Mr. Lester , whoso ministership to Spain I prophe-
has a considerable following, and the . .. and 0 f Mr. George Ramsden, of the
friendsofCol.Hardeman, also, are quite Gui ' nline I gave a series of enterlam-
numerous. Bat Governor Colquitt, w ho mentswb i C h brought me means sufficient
endeared himself to the people of this region tbe debts I was forced to incur and
bv signing the bonds of the Northeastern t0 London. While there I re
railroad, appears to have the inside track lv . ed t0 make use of tba gift I have had
— - - — J - instead of going on the
inspected and sold in the commonwealth,
At present, this work is performed in At
lanta at heavy cost.
The propriety of this recommendation
is certainly worthy of consideration.
Many specimens of manures from various
sections of tbe State, under the generous
invitation of the able professor of chemis
try, are tested at the university, and, we
may add, more accurately analyzed than
by ordinary professionals, because. Mr.
White feels that his own reputation is in
volved in the result.
The writer saw several students engaged
in this work, and the professor said they
thoroughly understood the details. If this
important duty could bo performed at the
university, a portion of the $25,000 fees
now acciuing into tbe treasury from tnat
source could be appropriated for the pur
pose of inaugurating free tuition. These
suggestions are thrown out for tbe future
consideration of the proper authorities,
SMOKING THE PIPE OF PEACE.
On Friday afternoon, the day when the
Senior class was disbanded until com
mencement, the ancient and Impressive
custom was revived of bolding a class
meeting for the purpose of talking over
the incidents and events of the past four
years, reconciling feuds and taking action
for the future. .
wJfbelWnMS point he will again communicate*™ ^ ^ ^ Oaf- * Meem and others.
Umbrageous shelter of the ■ ! * reader.
^Clarker^Jackson, and Hall ^ tau_ w — . T
But the gubernatorial succession is still in wb ich required more means than I
doubt, and cannot be determined until the j command. While there Sampson,
convention decides. Every one just now Lqw & Co . brougb t out my book.”
is on tiptoe to hear from Cincinnati, ana «Di d Gen. Fairchijd consult you per-
great is the interest manifested mtheac- gonal , y ? „
tion of the convention, deUMMr ; , a nd I saw many other dis
tioas begin to-monrew. We have an ab jA" ed me n. Darwin said to me:
ding faith tbat all will turooutfort ngu WO nderful woman, but not a
best, and therefore feeltranqu.l andope- gSffiJJSSe? and Beacoiifield -com-
ful of the future.. Your $Kd me highly on my powers. Then
they laid many little traps for me there,
but found they were wrong in suspecting
me.”
“Coming down to facts, Miss Courtland,
will yon tell me my name, who and what
T am, and what will happen to me witMn
he next six months?”
“I never pretend to tell people their
names. I cannot do it. You are before
tbe public in some way. You have a tal
ent for music that amounts to genius.
You have a voice not as wonderful as
Nillson’s, but still a great one. No one
seeing you sit so quietly here would think
you capable of the exquisite dramatic ges
tures and poses at your command. Now
mind, 1 may be mistaken in this, but I
don’t think I am. Then as to your char
acter. You are very independent; you
think for yourself. You are not married
because you have never met a man you
consider enough your superior; you have
admirers tl&t other women much prettier
fail to attract, and you hold them
through your brain power. You will
never rely on being
naturally constant, butt father be
cause you are conscious that you
can make him admire as well as love you.
Now, don’t be offended, but you act too
much on second thoughts. Follow your
first impulses; they are best, sages not
withstanding. You have a tremendous
will, and you fear nothing.” Here the
mind reader ran out for want of material,
and the reporter interposed by asking for
some predictions in regard to the future;
but Miss Courtland only indulged in the
vaguest prophecies, such as the reporter
would live to a “good old age; nothing
would disturb the monotony of life at pres
ent,” etc., and could not be induced to say
anything more tangible. The conversa
tion was continued for some time, the* >
mind reader taking the lead, and with a
great deal of tact, asking questions and
opinions nf the reporter on- J matters
touched upon; finally she exclaimed: “I
am puzzled about pou, I feel sure you
are before the public now and I think you
must be connected with a newspaper and
your principal friends journalists.”
“Are you saying that because you do
not know where else to place me ?” asked
the reporter.
“No, but I have received the impres
sion,” said the lady.
Feeling there was no longer any occa
sion for concealment the writer quietly
said: “I am on a newspaper, the Graphic,,
and I came to write you up.”
In spite of “previous impressions” Miss
Courtland turned very white and then
very red, suddenly exclaiming, “Oh,
what have I said about newspaper
people?” •
“NotMng that you need retract or tnat
hurt my feelings,” said tbe reporter,
touched by this natural dismay. “Only
now I would like to know the truth about
your personal history.’
“Oh, you look too honest to deceive any
one,” was all the lady, who had become
much agitated, could say; but, becoming
calmer, she gave in brief her his
tory from her gypsy parentage through
to a sorrowful life and an unhappy
r <>- marriage; her going on.the stage under
her present name, and playing in Chi
cago, tlirough Michigan and the West gen
erally, concluding with the unlucky voy
age to England and her return here a
short time ago. It is just to say she im
presses one as a thorough woman of the
world, endowed with a keen perception,
great intuition, and a power of reading
the human countenance, which natural
penetration and study cannot fail to give.
Aft Darwin said: “A wonderful, but not
a supernatural woman
GENERAL DISPATCHES.
Foreign.
London, June 23.—The House of
Commons to-diy Is crowded. Mr. Brad-,
laugh presented himself at the table.
The speaker iufoaned him that, in consc
quence of a resolution of the
tbe House yesterday, he must retire. Mr.
Bradlaugh wished to address 'the speaker
in opposition to the resolution. The
speaker informed Mr. Bradlaugh that he
must withdraw. Mr. Labouchere moved
that Mr. Bradlaugh be heard at the bar.
This motion was agreed to.
Mr. Bradlaugh eloquently combated the
resolution arrived at against him. He
said it was .unprecedented to •ondemn
any one unheard. He argued against be
ing accused of atheism. The House might
afterwards expel him, but until lie had
taken his seat, the House had no jurisdic
tion over Mm. The House cannot, under
such circumstances, overrule Ms right to
take the oath. If an appeal should be
npdu&ary, as he hopes it will not be, it
must be made. He asked the House to
give him justice, which the judges would
give Mm if appealed to. He Was loudly
cheered. ,'
The speaker asked whether Mr. Brad
laugh shouM be called in to hear the
pleasure of the House. Sir Stafford:
•Nortlicote and Premier Gladstone both
thought that no such case had before
arisen. The latter thought that Iast
night’s resolution was illegal, but sub
mitted it to the decision of the House.
Mr. Labouchere asked leave to move
that Mr. Bradlaugh be allowed to take
oath. This was ruled out of order. A
subsequent motion of Mr. Labducliere to
reconsider last night’s resolution i3 now
(2:40 p. m.) under discussion. Mr. La
bouchere, at the request of Mr. Gladstone,
withdrew his motion. *
Air. Bradlaugh, having been called on to
advance to the table, was informed by the
speaker of the decision of the House, and
was requested to withdraw. Mr. Brad
laugh twice respectfully-refused t» with
draw. Sir Stafford Northcote moved that
the speaker be authorized to enfcrce his
withdrawal. The House is now dividing
on this motion, whilst Air. Bradlaugh is
standing at the table.
Later.—Sir Staflord Northcote’s mo
tion was adopted by a vote of 320 to 38.
Mr. Bradiough refused again to obey.
He was, therefore, removed by force, j He
returned twice, declaring that the housS
lias no right to exclude him; that it can
only Miprisou him.
Sir Staflord Northcote moved that Air.
Bradlaugh, hiving refused to obey tho de
cision of the house, be given into the cus
tody of the sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Glad
stone, seeing no other means of giving ef
fect to last night’s resolution, seconded
tho motion. .
Sir Stafford Northcote’s motion- that
Mr. Bradlaugh be given into custody of
the sergeant-at-aTms, was then adopted by
a vote of 274 to 7.
Air. Bradlaugh was finally removed by
force aud couiined in the Tower. The
scene in the House was one of great con
fusion and excitement.
Mr. Bradlaugh’s speech at the bar of
the House of Commons to-day, was elo-
queut and impassioned, and is regarded
as a splendid exhibition of oratory.
Paris, June 23.—It is reported here
that the conference at Berlin is at logger-
heads. That Austria and Russia are un
willing to go as far as France and Eng
land desire for fear cf reopening the
whole Eastern question. It is also re
ported that Italy energetically protests
against Austria’s right of control in the
Adriatic.
London, June 23.—According to the
Pan Mall Gazette, a telegram was re
ceived in London to-day announcing a
battle between the Turcomans and Rus
sians in Central Asia, in wMch the latter
were defeated and driven back, after both
sides had suffered heavy losses. i
The^evening edition of the Standard
sajs telegrams from Buenos Ayres say
there has been fighting during three con
secutive days, and that the national army
up to to-night had been unable to force its
wav into the city.
The Daily Telegraph's Constantinople
correspondent says the Porte’s replv to
the identical note of the powers, promises
to try to persuade the AlbaniansJto sur
render the territory ceded to Montenegro,
but absolutely refused to employ armed
force.
A Berlin dispitcb to the Pall Mall
Gazette, says the reports from Vienna of
tnreatened complications, in which Aus
tria and Russia would oppose the other
powers, ave unfounded. The unanimity
of the conference continues.
leaves for Atlanta this p. m., from wme P } wb £ visited me were Lady farms of General G. S.
mint he will Mrain communicate with the among tnose woo v 1 M „_ and others.
The Army ‘Worm.—The army worm
made its appearance in various sections of
Lancaster connty, Pennsylvania, last
week, and every day since its appearance
its devastations have increased. In some
instances fields containing as many as fif
teen acres of wheat and com have been
totally destroyed. The army worm has
already made its appearance in full force
in Shenandoah county, Virginia, on the
and John G
The Americas Barrel of Flourj
The Millers'Journal (New York), of the
5th of May, announcing the receipt of the
above-named barrel of flour in New York,
states: “ That tbe new flour is the first of
the new crop wheat from any State and is
unusually early in the season.” The New
York Produce Exchange Reporter and
Com Trade List, of the 8th of May, in
quoting the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and
Messenger, heads the announcement as
“ the best on record. The flour arrived at
the office of The Miller on Friday, the
21st ult. It was placed in the hands of
Messrs. J. J. and B. Walker, the well-
known flour factors of the Com Exchange,
Mark Lane, London, and sold by them on
the 44th ult. to Mr. Percy Young, flour
merchant, Old Cora Exchange, London,
for the sum of £5, thus realizing about
the same price as the orrginal sale at New
York on the 5th May, the produce of the
sales amounting to $66, or about £13 10s,
sterling. * _ ...
The fact that the wheat from which
the flour was made was matured in
four and a half months speaks well for the
climate of Georgia, and the crop having
been harvested on the 10th of April, sug
gests the possibility of having two wheat
harvests in good seasons in Lee county.
The flour was sold by Mr. Young on the
24th ult. to Messrs. W. Hill &Son, Bish-
opgate street, London, bakers to the
Queen, who issued a circular on the 31st
ult., with reference to bread made from
it, from which we take the following ex
tract:
“We take the liberty of forwarding you
a small loaf of bread made of flour from
this year’s crop. Such an early produc
tion inthe month of May, is to us, who
can speak from many years’ experience,
an unheard-of novelty, and almost incred
ible. Of the many wonders wc, who have
the good fortune to live in the nineteenth
century, have been witnesses, we venture
to think that to eafcbread the result of the
1880 harvest, in the month of Alay, is not
one of the least marvelous.”
Messrs. W. Hill & Son write us that
they have forwarded a loaf made from the
flour to her majesty the queen, and have
received a gracious acknowledgment from
the conti oiler of her majesty’s household
at Balmoral. . ■ ,
The proceeds of the sale have been duly
transmitted to Messrs. Lang A Robinson,
New York, to be applied as intended.
•The King of Dentists, as he calls
himself; is a Philadelphia curiosity. He
wears a jewelled crown and gorgeous
robes, rides in a resplendent chariot, and
extracts teeth without charge. While a
glib-tongued attendant sounds his praises,
the King takes out teeth for all who ap
ply, sometimes poshing them out with the
point of his sword. Then' he sells an
ache destroyer at fifty cents a bottle.
—The fashionable jockey, Archer, re
ceived 25,000 francs for winning the
French Derby on Bcauminet by a head.
—-The waiters at one .of the hotels at
Rye'Beach, New Hampshire, this sum
mer are all students at Dartmouth Col
lege.
—John Sherman said to the - Senate in
1870: “The restoration of Messrs. Ar
thur and Cornell wonld be a serious in
jury to the public service, involving a los3
of public revenue aud - au increased ex
penditure.” -,i l ***
—One of tlic effects of Sunday’s tor
nado in tbe vicinity of Long Branch was
to drive all tbe army worms from that re
gion, but whether they were cast into the
sea or driven fwther inland. has not yet
been devefoped. a ' m J
—Garfield is telling his friends: that
he proposes to make no reply to the
Credit A’obilier and DeGolyer charges,
but there is no, mistaking the fact that he
and his friends are much worried about
the situation. General Hawley and oth
ers have been jn consultation with Mm
on the subject.
—A gentleman in Kent county, Mary
land, has invented a plan to kill the
army worm. He digs a ditcli about
eighteen inches deep and sprinkles the
bottom with salt. The worms fail into
the ditch and the salt makes short work
of them. It is said that the gentleman
has saved his wheat and com crops this
year by this simple remedy.
—The-Cincinnati Enquirer settles it all
in the following: Field or Jewett or the
Indiana English will win. Hon. John
W. Stevensoa, of Kentucky, will be per
manent chairman. Either Frank Hurdy
or more likely, Judge Hoadley, will be
temporary chairman. Mr/ Bayard’s in
terest at Cincinnati will be cared for by
William R. TraverSi and Augustus Bel
mont.
A WooD r P.uLP . Candidate.—The
Cincinnati" Commercial makes this re
mark concerning a vote given in the ways
and means committee by Garfield: “The
charge tliat General Garfield is responsi
ble for the wood-puli) fraud, made iu a
circular issued by an advertising agency,
in New-York, is true. Garfield is in a
tight place. He is a man' who, upon full
information, had frgeftrade convictions,
and lie has had the casting vote in the
committee on ways arid means. ,
—Hon. Janies Barbour, a former promi
nent- Virginia readjaster, who is a delegate
eleyiti to the Democratic national conven
tion, has written a letter, in which he
says: “I shall go to Cincinnati with the
single view of rescuing the country from
the present, political regime. Twenty-
years of power has brought misery and
degradation. A change must now bo
made or the facile descent must uncontrol
lably accelerate. Until this is effected
minor issues must be postponed.”
—Roger A. Pryor said in WasMngtor
last Monday, tbat Seymour would prove a
very strong candidate, and there can be
no doubt about his carrying the State of
New York. He thinks, however, tbat
Senator Bayard is just as strong as Mr.
Seymour, and would cany New York by
quite as large a majority, and that a great
many Republicans would Vote lor him.
A member of tbe Maryland delegation to
Cincinnati said to-day tbat m Ms belief
tbat defegatiou would be solid for Mr.
Bayard, aud tbat, so far as lie was con
cerned, he would not, under any circum
stances, vote for Air, Seymour unless it
was perfectly.uuderstoqd in advance that
Mr. Seymour would accept.
—Tbe mallet used at Truro by the
Prince of Wales at the recent laying of
the comer stone of the cathedral was the
one with which Charles II., laid the
foundation stone of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
It was presented to the old lodge of St.
Paul by Sir Christopher Wren, a member
of the lodge. The principal “offerings”
at the ceremony were two purses, each
contaming £250, given by Miss Gurney,
in memory of her father, Sir Goldsworthy
Gurney. They were presented by the
young Princes. On being asked for his
consent to their making the offering for
Aliss Gurney, the Prince of Wales replied:
“Of course; why not? The boys would
stand on their heads if it would do any
good to the cathedral.”
-Garfield Will Not Defend’Him
self.—A Washington special to the Cin
cinnati Commercial of the 17th, says that
the Credit Mobilier, salary grab and De
Golyer pavement charges have been dis
cussed by General Garfield with a few in
timate friends. If developed that Repub-
licaes generally here- believe he should
pay no attention to the charges, and it can
be stated on the best authority tbat he
will pay no attention whatever to these
old slanders—that they were answered
several years ago..
Later.—Rumors being afloat that
General GarfieM would' notice the parti
san charges against him in'connection
with alleged transactions seven years ago,
a friend to-night asked him if he contem
plated such a course. He answered very
emphatically that he would not; that
those charges had-all been answered at
the time, and he should pay no attention
to them whatever.
-The English royal standard is never
carried into action, even though the
sovereign in person commands the army.
A heraldic manuscript of the sixteenth
century prescribes tbat tbe royal standard
“shall be set before the Kynges pavilion
or tente, and not be borne in battsyle,
and to be in length eleven yards.” The
royal standard is never hoisted on ships,
except when Her Majesty is bn board or a
member of the royal family other than,
the Prince of Wales. When the latter is
on board his own standard is hoisted. It
is the same as that of the Queen, except
that it bears a label of three points, with
the arms of Saxony on an escutcheon of
pretense. Wherever the sovereign is re
siding the royal standard is hoisted, and
on royal anniversaries or state occasions
it is hoisted at certain fortresses or sta
tions—-home and foreign—specified in the
Queen’s regulations, hut nowhere else.
A Short Speech From Mr. Sey
mour.—On the Erie train, at Coming,
New York, Thursday, ex-Govemor Sey
mour was invited into a special car con
taining a number of New Jersey dele
gates to the Cincinnati convention. He
was enthusiastically cheered, and intro
duced by Captain Isaiah Rynders, now a
Jerseyman, as the next President of the
United States, whether he liked it or not,
to which Air. Seymour responded: “I
am much gratified to meet so many
friends unexpectedly, but to what Captain
Rynders has said I must reply that I am
an old man without any desire for further
public life, and I step aside and leave the
nation in youryounger and stronger hands.
Yon need now a vigorous leader, and I
most sincerely hope that by your wise ac
tion at the convention you will unite the
Democracy in every section of the coun
try and in every State inthe Union. I
try . V
have retired wholly from political life, but
I sincerely hope to see tne Democracy’s
principles re-established in the govern
ment at this election. I wish yon all
happiness and success.” A delegate re-
plied: “You are the man to unite us,
and we mean to have you yet.” In con
versation with the delegates, Mr. Seymour
is quoted as saying: “I really doubt the
expediency of nominating any Now York
man. It would imperil success. There
s too much feeling between the hostile
factions. I have taken no part in the
quarrels, and yet I should, if a candidate,
have been unacceptable to some Demo
crats. I do not doubt tbat the true poli
cy of the party is to take a younger and
new w)»n who is not in any way mixed
up with the New York troubles. A strong
“ Slavery in the South.”
The Tribune wrings ite hands in the
length of nearly a column over tbe suf-
ferings of the poor negroes in Georgia
wild are serving out their sentences to
penitentiary labor under contractors.
That paper gravely states, that “ negroes
have been sentenced for' Kfe in Georgia
for stealing a pair 6f chickens ; while a
sentence of years is common for any
trifling theft.” As such a tMng, if it had
ever occurred in this State, would be
a matter of public record, it behooves tbat
paper, when venturing tuch a statement,
to descend to particulars. Give the pub-
lic a single case in point.
Then, adds the Tribune:
When once fairly at work, too, the cru
elty of his treatment surpasses anything
kuown inthe days of slavery. The gangs
are kept upon starvation diet; they are
housedm stockades or prison cars, which
in filth and foul air equal the under
ground pens of Andersonville and Salis
bury. They died last summer by the
hundreds, of typhoid aud cholera morbus,
and nobody was the' wiser. The armed
guards, usually white convicts, shoot
them at their own discretion on the first
sign-of insubordination, and are responsi
ble to nobody. The “dead nigger”—a
black lump of flesh, of. whom neither law
nor maar takes cognizance, nobody, in fact,
but his God—is dropped into a hole dug
by the side of the road where the gang is
at work, and that is the end of it. If any
body, doubts this toi be the condition of
affairs, let him go now through the
section of country in Georgia or the Caro-
linas worked by these men. They crowd
about the cars begging fir food with wild
eyes and hunger-bitten faces, and run to
buy bread with the pennies thrown to
them, eating it like famished dogs. Their
keepers permit them to beg, as it lessens
the cost of keeping them alive. A month
or two ago two men, a wMte and a negro,
were sentenced in North Carolina for'the
same offense, the white being the ring
leader and more guilty of the two. He
was immediately appointed overseer, and
set whip in hand to guard his comrade
witb the others. The black being a fel
low of some shrewdness and education,
sent in a protest against the injustice, aud
the overseer, on hearing of it, shot him
dead. The overseer still holds Ms place
udharmed.
This is the last development in the out
rage line. All the others having had theft
day and been discharged, we come now
to that portion of the . colored brethren
who are expiating convicted felonies by
the sweat of their brows. The number
is comparatively small, and not likely to
produce a heavy sensation, but “every lit
tle helps” Garfield in a tight squeeze. IVe
need not he amazed at the transparent
folly of such statements. Contractors
who dismiss laborers to beg food from
railway passengers in order to sace the
cost of feeding them, illustrate views of
economy which may possibly prevail in
the moon, but arc not to be found on
earth. But when one of the gravest or-
gaus of Northern literature gravely argues
that all white wage laborers are slaves,ne
should not be surprised at any statement
with regard to their working out a peni
tentiary sentence. This is a feeble elec
tioneering boom.
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The sale3 of these, publications have been
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TMs is another number of tbe “Stan
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doubt.
A lady writes in the London Truth
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tion: “I had noticed in an opposite box a
lady in cream-colored satin and supeeb or
naments, who appeared to be more than
half asleep. As I was coming out I en
countered her. A gentleman In faultless
evening dress was addressing her in a low
voice. I heard him say: “Stand as
straight as you can. The carriage will be
here in a moment. You must stand
straight.” A kind of desperate look was
on his face. His companion was intoxica
ted! A few moments later he almost lift
ed her into a carriage, which rolled away
to one of the stateliest ‘homes in Eng
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master shuns the eye of his own servants,
knowing that they are aware of his wife s
disgrace.”
CINCINNATI.
HAROOCK HOMIKATED ON THE
SECOND BALLOT.
Bulletin Ha 1.
Cincinnati, June 24.—The Commer
cial of this morning says Ohio and Indi
ana will go fbr Hancock to-day, and that
he will probably be nominated on the
first hallo;.
• The Enquirer says the nomination lies
between Hancock and English with the
chances in favor of Hancock. r If Bayard’s
friends »reak this moraine Hancock
is sure of it; says Morrison, of iuinois, will
probably be chosen for vice president,
and if New York leaves Payne, it will go
for Tilden,' and that the OMo men are
contemplating tbe possibility of throwing
-OMo solid for Tilden.
Balletift Ho. 2.
The convention was called to order at
10:31 a. m.. The House is crowded,-and
the weather sultry.-
Bulletin Ho. 3. *
SECOND BALLOT.
Hancock 316.
Bayard 113.
Field 65|.
Hendricks 31.
Thurman 50.
Tilden 6|.
Randall 129.
Jewett 1. ,
Parker 2.
English 10.
Bulletin So. 4.
Wisconsin changed her vote of 20 for
Hancock, making his total 326. There
was great excitement, confusion and
cheering. New Jersey changed her vote
to IS for Hancock. > Hancock’s total 334.
Necessary to a choice, 492.
A number of chairmen of- delegations
are on chairs endeavoring to be heard.
Great confusion. Pennsylvania lias
changed her vote for Hancock. It is
thought Haucock would be nominated on
this ballot. His vote now is 300.
Peckham, of New York, is making a
statement on behalf of the delegates that
Tilden has telegraphed absolute with
drawal.
All delegations on their feet and have
pulled up their banners. Intense excite
ment. Excitement continues and the
band has struck up and everybody shout
ing.
Nearly all the States have pulled up
their banners and are gathering around
the Haucock banner. Enough States will
change their vote to nominate Hancock on
this’ballot. The speaker is endeavoring
to restore order.
New York has changed her 70 votes for
Hancock. > .
Hancock, of Pennsylvania, isnominat'ed
on tbe second ballot.
North Carolinians assert tbat the
next census will show that theft State has
up wuii uiu -- . • man ran to neip mm ana rounu u
man from Illinois would be expedient gamed more during the laattan£«*» » , “ - bab V which bad just
and available, if they had one. Thi. is ; nai ve.population than any other Southern ^tblriveS was still allyi
a ii._ tln.A f A . rtlA men fn run " ' '
A Novel Invention fob the
Preservation of Life at Sea.—The
question of absolute safety on the Sound
of ocean steamers is likely to be answered.
sooner than was expected. A patent has
recently been issued and is only waiting
a proper opportunity' to b« developed,
which is believed to meet all tbe condi
tions of safety, and is likely to rob the
sea of many of its horrors. It is a float
ing vessel, in the shape of an inverted
balloon, wliich is entirely coyered, the en
trance being by a man hole in the upper
part, reached from a platform wholly sur
rounding the vessel, and from which
small iron ladders drop down to the wa
ter. Inside, arranged around the widest
part, are seats and berths, and under the
covered bottom is space for provisions.
Ventilation is provided for. by an inge
nious and novel device. The boat is
adapted lor shoal or deep water by a bal
last weight which is raised or lowered
from witMn. It is furnished with keel
and rudder. Its peculiar feature is its
method of motion. This i3 automatic. It
is obtained by the wave or air wheels at
tached to shafts wMch are connected with
a small propeller. The principle of the
wheels is tnat whatever way the wind
blows or the waves move the motion is al
ways in the same direction and under con-
trolof the rudder. The boat can he made
of metal, and the size can be regulated by
the needs of the vessels to which it be
longs. It is proof against fire, always
rides vertical, Is easily dropped from tho
ship, and can be handled by any one who
knows how to tom a crank. It is simple
in construction and perfectly safe in the
roughest sea The inventor is the Rev.
Dr. Haskins of Cambridge.
“l regard Mr. Bayard, says Leverett
Saltonstall, as th# man- for the occasion.
Mr. Bayard is a statesman of the highest
type. His nomination would be a relief
to not only the Democrats but a large
section of the Republican party. His
election would be a return to the type of
Presidents we had in tire eaily days of the
republic, when Mgh-toned statesmen
ruled. He Is a conservative man. He
will act with the Democratic party as long
as he thinks it is right, but will not lies!-
tate to act independantly when he thinks
that the interest of his countrv demands.
•He is the best man for New England, I
think, and I know he is the best man for
New York. If Grant had been nomina
ted I think Bayard would have carried
Alassachusetts. With Garfield I think he
would make it a doubtful State. When
the party can get a man who is at once a
great statesman and the most available
man it ought to have no hesitation in put
ting the standard in Ms hands. He would
carry New York: with a rush. I regard
him as. the-strongest man for New York,
except perhaps Seymour; but he, like Til
den, is out of the question.”
—The Standard Oil Company, says the
Louisvjlle Courier-Jounud, is one of the
great octopuses of time, absorbing every
thing that comes within its reach, and
quite killing off everything in its own jine
of business in the way of competition.
According t-i the oil producers’ new paper,
the Titusville Petroleum World, it is
turning its attention now to other thing3
besides oil. To speak more definitely, it
is alleged to have an eye on wheat and the
wheat la.id3 of tbe great Northwest, with
a view of embarking in grain speculation
on a colossal scale. Already, we are told,
it has gobbled up some 20,000 acres of the
choicest farming lands in Minnesota, aud
when last heard from its agents were in
treaty, wo should judge, for entire coun
ties. All of which would be important,
if true; but the Standard Oil Company
officials here say that this vast project is
“all news to them,” and they “know noth
ing about it.” Clearly, there is a serious
mistake somewhere.
—St. Louis is groaning over an official
census report of only 375,000 inhabitants.
Evansville is also complaining, and de
mands a second count. The city which
has a right to complain of bungling census
returns is Louisville. She lias made far
greater progress in population than either
St. Louis or Evansville during the last ten
years, and yet it 4s intimated that her
population is only 120,000—a palpable
absurdity.
—A dog was seen tugging furiously at
something floating in a stream at Ithaca,
bnt the weight was too heavy for him. A
1 man ran to" help him and found that tba
fallen
not the time for an old man to run. ’