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' JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBY & JONES, Proprietors. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING TABUSIIED1826- MACON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1880 VOLUME‘NO—LV ms HONOR AND BIJAH. His Honor came in with stately tread, And this to Bijah he straightway said: “Old man, how long is the list to-day, Of men and women you’ve locked away?” And Bijah answered, with a look benign: “I’ve counted up and the count is nine.” “The world is wicked,” his Honor sighed, "And crime floats on with even tide.” And Bijah he heaved a bigger sigh, And softly said he didn’t deny That drunks and rows were getting to be Every-day sights for folks to see. And family fights they did increase, To help disturb the public peace, While robbers had become so bold That day-light raids were nothing old. If things kept pn ho didn’t know Where on earth the world would go. —[Detroit Free Frees. TOSSED ON THE BILLOWS OF FATE. BV SPRING LEAVES. Written for this paper.] CHAPTER VIII. Being left alone, Eugenie walked about the enclosure a while, then rested against the trunk of a tree. She had stood in this position only a short time, watching the flow ’bf the water below, when she heard footsteps apprachi'.’: the step was too heavy and decided.lor her friend’s, and she knew intuitively whose it could only be. She drew herself up proudly, to her full height, but neither turned or took any note of his coming. “All alone, my beautiful Eunice,’’ ob served the intruder, taking bis place by her side. Her eyes were fixed on the scene below, and she stood as silent as the grave. “Will you not deign to give me one sweet smile of welcome?” he continued with the same audacity; but she stood si lent, only the rich blood mounted to her face, showed that she heard. “I have a present for you,” he added persistently, *‘I am sura you will not be angry now,” and with this he took a mo rocco case from an inner pocket, and from this a diamond necklace,, which lie clasped around her neck before she was aware of bis object. She uttered one faint scream of horror, then tore the necklace from her neck and dashed it at his feet. “Why do you persist in persecuting me thus,” she said, her dark eyes flashing in dignation and wrath in the face of Lionel Dently. “Is it not enough that you have taken me from my friends and imprisoned me in this hated place?” “Ah, Euuice,” he answered with mock gravity, I am sorry to see you still rebel- ious; however, time shall be given you to overcome your foolish scruples; yet you know,” he continued,.in a tone of injured affection, “you are to be iny peerless bride. This shall be our kingdom where we shall know naught of the selfish world, and you will be my own fair queen.” “I tell you again, vile monster,” she de clared, “the most horrible death that fiends like you could invent would be preferable to life under those circum stances; and though I suffer this, or more than this, I row that I will nccer marry you, and there is no power In earth, sea or sky that shall make me recall that vow.” Ah, how those great eyes spoke their just anger; Edith Dombey could never have excelled that exhibition of haughty, indignant pride. With a contemptuous toss of her head ehe turned and walked toward the house; but Lionel Dently kept provokingly near her side. However, when they entered the door she sprang to the stairs and as cended as quickly as one to whom illness was unknown, and sought her apartments, thereby ridding herself of his hated pres ence. Here she remained day after day, posi tively refusing all petitions to leave her room. Each day Dently requested her presence below, but to no purpose. He would then send notes up to her, which she would carelessly toss in the fire un opened. She knew that her persecutor would not bear this always, and would before long use other means than persuasion to bring her under subjection, but she continued to hope that Baban would come to her re lief before be became thus angered, and she was rewarded several weeks after the interview in the garden with the in telligence that the servant had escaped; bat that master and servants were search ing the country for bis arrest. How earnestly did she pray that God would speed him on, out of reach of the enemy. Mis. Hague bad not spent so much time with Eugenie since her husband’s re turn, but to-day she spent with her, unit ing her prayers with here for the safe arri val of the hunted servant to his master. She, with difficulty, persuaded Eugenie to leave her room a short while, late in the afternoon, before the return of the searching party was expected. The cold confined them to the house, so Clara Hague led her to the parlor where she had seen the odions painting. This time slie entered, hut went up to the man tel, and, standing on a chair, threw a shawl over the picture to conceal it en tirely, then tnrned to survey the roam more closely. A piano was the first thing that attract- «d her, and crossing the room, she seated herself at the instrument and began play ing “Home Sweet Home.” So thoroughly did she feel the sweet, pathetic strains that her fingers seemed vested with the power of telling the sad, mournful story of her heart. When the echo of the last note had died away, she drooped her head on an arm she rested on the instrument, and one low, deep mourn told how deep was her fueling. Mrs. Hague, who Jiad taken a seat by her side, now'drew closer, and passed her Arm around toe (drooped form, to remind Eugenie of her sympathy, and yet-rhow frail a support in hours of such trials; though comforting, how helpless. The mourning girl suddenly sank on her knees by her friend's side; and, clasp ing her baud in anguish, raised her beau tiful, tearful eyes heavenward, and im plored God with the fervor of an agonized heart, in beseeching, piteous strans that He would verify His word in being a •‘Father to the fatherless;” that He would shield her from danger and bring lier tawfly Km 80»f <aa w n Scarcely had she ceased speaking and rested in her friend’s embrace, when'a •noise was heard outside, apd.ln an install? the ; door wu thrown rwdely open' aad Lionel Deotir mriljed fo like a maflpiap, followed by his fbttbw-tjenspltator, Robert Hague, rrTTTia One moment they stood and gazed with burning, fiery eyes on the kneeling flguije, -which moved not, then Dently went to her and raising her roughiv, exclaimed with a voice of terror: “Girl! do yon think I will always put up with your foolishness?' I tell you the hour lias come when resistance will be useless; this very night you shall answer to the ceremony that will make you my wife; do you hear? * ■- , Every trace of her recent sadness hfid . i : disappeared, and she stood as prondly de fiant .as if a host of friends were present to defend her from this drunken demon, and he saw tliqt she did not tremble. “You understand that you are to give no trouble on this occasion,” he said, liis voice still raised and his eyes like balls of fire. “I have sent a messenger for the clergy man to come to this house, churches are a farce; and he is to unite us to-night.” The poor girl, though she tried to ap' pear untouched, trembled; for the truth was plain. He feared that the servant would reach bis master, and she be res- cued, so determined to force an immedi ate marriage. t , ir “That is right,” lie added, smiling ma liciously, and pretending not to notice her look of resolute resistance, “be a good girl, and “I’ll be your own loving husband forever, And you’ll be forevermy own loving wife.” A coarse, loud laugh of approval *from Hague, completed the work of rage in -Eugenie’s heart. “Do you think I fear you, fiend ?” she exclaimed indignantly. “I have told you that I will not marry you, and you cannot force me.” “Cant’tl?” he said, with a triumphant grin as he drew something from his pocket that almost froze her blood. “That can work wonders,” he said, holding out a re volver for inspection, “if neither persua sion nor harsh words will do, I will call on this to help me. “Do you imagine such threats can frighten or move me ?” she asked, draw ing herself up proudly and scornfully, al though she did not feel the Indifference she manifested. “Very well, we will test its power when the time comes,” he replied coolly, laying the pistol on the table instead of returning it to his pocket. Engenie curled her lip in disdain, and, tossing her head defiantly, turned toward the door, hoping to escape to her room, but Lionel Dently’s great form inter cepted. “Robert,” he said to Hague, “you and your wife may leave us until the clergy man arrives.” Clara Hague arose and followed her husband from the room, with a look of compassion toward Eugenie, who sank in a chair and buried her face iu her hands. She heard him turn the key in the door and go to the table and light a lamp; for it had grown dark, and replenish the fire on the hearth, then take his seat. Both were still; she listening for his slightest movements, which came not; when sud denly he began breathing so loud and reg ularly the fair prisoner looked up to see what change bad come over him, and found that he slept, reclining on a sofa near the fire. How quick and loud her heart beat with the hope that this might afford an opportunity to escape from "the room, and perhaps the house. Softly she crept towards the door, sep- leg the key was in its place. As she pass ed the table the pistol caught her eye, and she involuntarily grasped it. She passed out of the door and locked it on the outside, then slipped the key from the lock. Noiselessly she glided door was reached, and there she also found the key, (the expected coming of the clergyman accounts for its being there.) She opened it, and stepped out side, then locked this one also, that the enemy might be detained should he dis cover her flight. At headlong speed she ran down the broad drive, which seemed to the delicate girl to have no end; however, a light soon appeared among the trees which suggested the porter’s cottage. On she went until she reached a laige iron gate that would defy a regiment of soldiers. This obstacle must be overcome, and quickly; for already the enemy might be awakened. One moment she stood trying to calm her wildly beating heart; then called loudly for the porter. He came, and she commanded him to open the gate, which he seemed in no hurry to do; for he came a little nearer, holding tip the lantern he bore in his haud and peering into her face. Before he could speak she pointed the weapon at lilm, with a trembling hand, and again commanded him to open the gate immediately or she would fire. She could see that he feared the glitter ing weapon, and moved toward the gate, then looked in the direction of the house. She believed that he knew she was his master’s captive, and intense fear was written on every line of his countenance. He feared the deadly weapon, and trem bled at the thought of his master’s anger. He placed the key in the lock, and again looked hack; but, after some delay, the gate was thrown open just in time for several horsemen to enter. Eugenie’s first appalling thought was that the clergyman had arrived with the servants just in time to prevent her escape. Just at the same time a bevy of loud and continued shouts in the direction of the house confirmed her terrible appre hension, and in utter despair she fell fainting to the ground. CHAPTER IX. Eugenie's first consciousness, as the cool night winds revived her, was that she was folded very tenderly by strong arms. She felt a warm, passionate kis3 on her forehead, and opened her eyes to see Ernest Raban looking in her face with loving anxiety. In that moment of blessed joy she could scarely be held accountable lor her ac tions, even though she clasped her arms around liis neck, and clung to him with loving gratitude. How she blessed him for saving her; for she knew she was now safe from the doom that threatened. At this moment a carriage was driven up, and he lifted his fair, delicate treasure into it, and together they passed out at the gate and left the prison behind. Eugenie learned that Raban had traced Dently to Hayden, a small town that was very near, and to which they were going, as “Vituroy.” He could loam nothing of him at Hay den, save that he was a wild, dissipated man, whose gales were closed upon the world, and none knew aught of what transpired within. He had summoned the officers of the law, and'gorie immediately to the castle; for, feeling confident of finding her there, lie would no{. delay till morning; that, iust as they entered the gate Dently add Hague came running tbwards them, as he learned, to prevent her escape, whom the porter pointed out lyingonthe ground un conscious. Ho told how difficult he had found it to resist the temptation to rush upon Dently and take his life; and yet forbore, with the knowledge that he would receive his reward; for already he had been hurried off to prison with his accomplice. She told him all the particulars of her sojourn at the gloomy castle up to the moment of his arrival. • While'he condemned Dently’s rascality in the bitterest hatred, he applauded her dauntless courage.' ,"',11.1 Once more they rejoiced in a happy reunion, after a separation attended with such trying circumstances, such heart aches and suffering. The drive was short, and they soon stopped at the entrance to the Hayden ho tel, and Eugenie, being fatigued after the excitement of the evening, went immedi ately to her room and retired Cor the night. The sun was high in the .heavens on the following morning when she awoke and recalled all the joyful and yet terrible proceedings of the day before. To be sure it was' not a dream or imagination she sprang from the bed and began dress ing herself. She had scarcely arisen when the door opr-net! and a servant entered with a deli cate, tempting breakfast and a' message from Raban, that she would rest for the day, or longer if she desired, before be ginning the journey to London, and that if he could do anything that would add to her comfort or happiness, in the mean time, she must not hesitate to call on him. On questioning the bearer of this mess age slie learned that her imprisonment and release, and Dently’s arrest had cre ated quite an excitement in the little town, and, therefore, thought it better to remain in her room than be seen at such a time. ! She did not forget her friend, Clara Hague, and determined to make an effort to prove her remembrance, so sent Raban a note reminding him of all her kindness when she most needed a friend, and de sired that he would send for her to come to them; which he did without delay, and before the morning was spent Mrs. Hague was seated by Eugenie’s side, drinking in the words of consolation that were poured into her car by one who was not a stran ger to grief and blight. ~ She decided to .return to-her father’s home in London, and accompanied Eu genie and Raban on the following day, the close of which found them all at their destination. Clara Hague was receive3 with open arms by the l'oigiving parent, and Eugenie with tears of joy by Mrs, Feltou, They found the servant at home, truly repentant for his part in the calamity that caused so much anguish. Eugenie’s health returned with her hap piness, and the wedding day was fixed at an early date. Her kind friend, Mrs. Garnet, had never been forgotten, or her memory neglected. She had never ceased to lament Eu genic’s loss, and now begged that she would come to her, which she did; 'but only a few weeks elapsed before Ernest Raban came and claimed his bride—his pure, true and loving bride. She who had had so stormy a life, who had been tossed on the billows of fate, now found a haven of rest and happiness in the noble love and protection of a brave heart. Soon the trial of Dently, alias “Vitu roy,” demanded their presence in Ameri ca^ whither the prisoner had been convey ed. Many sad thoughts were revived in Eu genie’s mind by the voyage and the sight of the sea, her'father’s grave. The trial took place and the evidence was so unmistakable that Dently and bis accomplice, Hague, though they had crossed the Atlantic to carry on their work of robbery, were convicted and sent for the remainder of their lives to Sing- Sing. They had deposited the large amounts of money they had appropriated in differ-, ent English banks under assumed names; so when they returned to England, an along the dark -passage until- 4h%ifcMrf -nuesrpeeBHl-stxty thonsand.dollans await*- Hnnr u’fia anil t.liorp. slift AKft . ■ . 1 * THE LOAN OF A GRIDIRON. A11 old but Interesting Tale Retold — “Parly Too FrongsayT” “Well, sir, with that, tliroth they stared at me twice worse nor eveV—and, faith, I began to think that maybe the Captain was wrong, and that it was not France at all at all; and so says I, T beg pardon, sir,’ says I, to a fine old man, with a head of hair as white as silver; ‘maybe I’m under a mistake,’ says I; ‘but I thoughtT was iu France, sir; aren’t you furriners?' says I—Farly roofrongsayV’ “We, munseer,” says be. - “ ‘Then would you lind me the loan of a gridiron,’ says I, ‘if. you please?’ “Oh, it was thin that they stared at me as if I had seven heads; and, faith, myself began to feel flostliered like and onaisy— and so says I, makin’ a bow and scrape agin, ‘I know it’s a liberty I take, sir,’ says I, ‘but it’s only in tlic regard of bein’ cast away; and If you plase, sir,’ says I, 'Parly roofrongsayV “ ‘We, munseer,’ says lie, mighty sharp. •‘ ‘Then would you lind me the loan of a gridiron,’ says I, ‘and you’ll oblcege me.’ “Well, sir,. the ould. chap began to munseer me; but the divil a bit of a grid iron he’d gi’ me; aud so I began to. think they wor all neygars, for all their fine manners; and troth my blood begun to rise, and says I, “Be me sowl if it was you was iu distbriss, says I,’ and if it was to ould Ireland you’d kem, its not only the gridiron thoy’d give you, if axed it, but something to put an it, too, and the dhrop o’ dhring into the bargain, and ccad mile failte ‘•Well, the word cead mile failte seemed to sthreck liis heart, and the old chap cocked his ear, and so I thought I’d give give him another offer, and make him sin- sible at last; and so says I, waust more, quite slow, that he might understand- Parly —roo—frongsay, munseer?' “ ‘We, munseer,’ says he. «‘Then lind me the loan of a gridiron*’ says I, ‘and had scram to you.’ “Well, bad win to the bit of it he’d gi’ me, and the old chap begins blowin*'and scrapin’ and said something or other about a long tongs. “‘Pliool—the divil sweep ycurself and your tongs, at all, at all; but can’t you lis ten to raison ? f says I —parly voo frong*j sayV’ in: 1 “ ‘We, munseer.’ “ ‘Then lind me loan of a gridiron,’ says I, ‘and howld your prate.’ “Well, what would you think hut he shook his owld noddle as much ai to s»y he wouldn't, and so says I: ‘Bad ccss to the likes o’ that I ever seen—troth, if you wor in my couiithry, it’s not that a way they’d use you; the curse of the crows oh you, you owld sinner,’ says I, ‘the divil a longer I’ll darken your door.’ “So he seen I was vex’d, ail'd I thought, as I was turnin’ away, I seen him begin to relint, and that liis conscience throw* bled him; and, says 1 turnin’ back, ‘Well, I’ll give you one chance more—you owld thief—arc you a Chrislithen at all?.are you a furriiier?’ says I, ‘that all the World calls so p’lite ? Bad luck to you, do you undherstaud your own language—parly T-'-zr you lind me the loan of a gridiron?’ “Well, sir, the devil resave the ljit of it he’d gi’ me—aud so with that, ‘curse o’ the hungry on yon, you ould uegarly vil lain,’ says 1; ‘the back o’ my hand and the sowl o’ my fut to yon, that you may want a gridiron yourself yit,’ says I; ‘and wherever I go, high or low, rieh and poor, shall hear o’ you,’ says I; and with that I left them there, sir, and kem away—and in troth it’s often sense that I thought that it was remarkable.” ed them. Eugenie learned that Mrs. Dently had had died instantly of heart disease on hearing of her son’s arrest; and that little Daisie was.well provided for by ah uncle of some standing in France. Now it was their delight to roam through the beautiful panorama of earth ly glories and love iu the pure, blissful, unalloyed happiness that God had given them. ,1 ». The Duke of Argyll on Fish. In foreign towns the market-places are always interesting. At Munich the show of fresh-water fish was. curious. Very large carp and tench, with eels, and all the species which go under the name, of white fish,” were kept alive *n tubs, aiid sold whole, or in slices, by weight. The hinder legs of frogs, nailed upon triangles of wood, were in great profusion. A large species of snail {Helix,) with the aperture closed apparently by a sort of operculum of clay, seemed to bo a well recognized article of human food. It is, indeed, im possible not to be struck hy the number and variety of alimentary substances which are used on the continent, but which prejudice, aud ignorance, or thoughtlessness, prevent the people of our own country from consuming. Carp and tench are easily bred and multiplied in ponds, and are a very nutritious article of diet. Frogs’ legs are much used, not only over the whole of the south of Europe but over the United States. In New York they are among the established dishes of the break fast table. Fungi of various kinds are abundant in all the foreign marketplaces, but with the exception of mushrooms are never seen in our own. The produce of our seas is not utilized as it ought to be, and unaccountable prejudices preventsome excellent fish from being used at all. On the western coast of Scotland the skate is regarded with aversion by a great part of the population, and eels are never spoken of except with disgust; yet they are both excellent food, and eels might be bred to almost any extent if they were readily marketable. They are exported iu im mense niimbefs from the marshes and la goons of the Adriatic, and barrels of them salted are exposed in every market place in the towns of Italy. The ova of the sea-urcliin are eaten all along the shores of the Mediterranean, and the various kinds of cuttle-fish are universally used as food. Seeing a little squid taken from a net some years ago at Mentone, I asked one of the fishermen whether it was good to eat ? “Ecco 1” was his reply; and suiting the action to the word, he popped the poor squid alive into his mouth, and the beautiful eyes of tho little cuttle were seen gleaming with an imploring look from the closing cavern o’ the Italian’s jaws. This is rather an ex treme case; but when well cooked with, vegetables the gristly substance of the cuttles is a wholesome and excellent arti cle of food. In our seas, however, they are never caught in sufficient numbers to supply the markets as they do on tho shores of the Mediterranean.—Contempo rary Review. • ... Utilizing the Russian Army.—A great plague of locusts having invaded the Caucasus, the Russian army there has been sent into the field to make war upon and destroy them. In the Zalialal district fifty officers are in charge of the opera tions against the common eDemy. In the Adjeaklioor district Colonel Seraflmofi'hcs deployed a column of 3,000 men to op pose the invaders. In Nukkim the war is carried on by 700 peasants armed with brooms. In Dagkesaman 5,000 men are fighting the locusts, which are found here almost in a solid mass, overspreading a space of 325 square miles. They destroy 180,000 pounds of locusts a day, and have already slain nearly 4,000 tons without making much impression on the countless swarms. Some of these locusts, it is said,' have appeared In the Volga and others in the grain fields of Reazar, In Central Rus sia, causing great alarm. A Wisconsin theorist says that hay will satisfy hunger. There may he some thing in this, for a couple of straws will frequently satisfy thirst. —Italy imported, during the first six „ M montlis of this year, 250,000 tons . of i Union with the firm of Beese <fc Daw cereals of all kinds. ’son, nor was ever.,indebted to them 4i x iiiKic MMSSMilJUtS fail -til s’ lIWlVOHiaTMOU * tH/IHII 1 Got. Colquitt Speaks. In justice to Georgia’s chief magistrate, we print the following letter addressed hy Governor Colquitt to a committee: July 10, 1SS0. General William Phillips, Colonel T. J. Smith, Hon. Jf. C. Fulton, Commit- fee—Gentlemen: While constantly oc cupied I am ready at any time to comply with your request, and to make out the account with the Direct' Trade Union. As yon will remember afreport of a former committee was read at the last meeting _ a few weeks ago, on the day your commit tee was appointed, which showed a com plete examination of my accounts with the Direct Trade Union, and a settlement up to the date of tlie close of my active connection with the union. The commit tee of directors of the D irect Trade Un ion, oh making their report after a care ful and thorough investigation of all mon eys received and expended by me, not only declared my accounts correct, bkt went further anil employed ' strong lan guage of approval of my entire adminis tration as president and treasurer of the union. Such was my confidence then in the in tegrity aud fair dealing of the secretary, E. T. Paine, that I turned over to his cus tody all of my Trade Union papers, even my bank books. Your committee can readily perceive from his vicious and slanderous attacks published in one of the city papers, whatl may look for in getting these papers and hooks back again, even should I ever get them at all. And you can also imagine the base purpose of tins assailant, who seeks the arbitrament of a committee, and then anticipates not only the decision but the examination of his own tribunal in violation of every dictate of respect to the committee, and of every consideration of decency and justice. The baseness is palpable of this attempt to in ject into the public mind the poison of a vile slander in the midst of a heated po litical contest. I must therefore request of your com mittee to get these papers and books, If to be had, from E. T. Faine, examine them yourselves and then allow me to liavS* them and make my statement. I further ask that you will see Capt. Ketner, maua- ger of the Direct Trade Union, and Mr. Dawson, agent of the union, who are gen tlemen of integrity, and get a statement of their accounts. Yon will then havo the whole matter before you, and after a close sifting, thorough investigation, jT urge upon your committee to make a prompt report of the truth as you shall find it. So many arc ever ready to believe evil without proof, and so many otherwise jood men will give countenance to false hood for political purposes, that there can not be too swift a settlement of such groundless and hurtful accusations sis these. It has been bilt a few days since the 1 publication of this slander in. advance of ere.n an examination of the committee appointed to report upon it, and yet I have' intelligence that a . dozen different coun ties in different parts of the State, where selections of gubernatorial delegates are to he made soon, have been flooded with copies of the paper containing the slander. Could the object ot the. calumny he more conclusively shown? Yonr characters are sufficient guaran tee to the country that you will do yoiic whole duty in the matter, and I have no fears as to a just result at your hands.. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. H. Colquitt. The following are the responses, res- pectively, r of Messrs. Dawson and Ketner: Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—H. G. Town send, Jiainbridge, Ga.: Colquitt never had any dealings as president of Direct Trade that capacity. He bought a large quantity of bacon on his individual account and paid for it in full. Alex. Dawson, . , Of firm of Reese & Dawson. Atlanta, Ga., July 17,1SS0.—H. G. Townsend, Bainbridge, Ga.: I know of no wrong in any of Governor Colquitt’s transactions with the Direct Trade Union. J. H. Ketner. Silk Culture. The Montgomery Advertiser is gratified to learn from exchanges that already .sys tematic and intelligent effort is being displayed in the line of silk culture in this country. Parties in North Carolina have foi&d it sufficiently profitable, even with present drawbacks, to raise silk-worms, and ship the cocoons to France. One gen tleman in Raleigh lias shipped two bales to Marseilles, each containing over one hundred pounds of choked cocoons. These have been sold at Marseilles for over SO per kilogram (not quite two and one- quarter pounds), and the freight from Raleigh to 'Marseilles did not exceed $3 per hundred weight. The cocoons were raised by the children of the family, and aside from the silk product there were pro duced a number of eggs, for which there is now a ready market abroad at from $3.50 to $4 per ounce. 1 Several other persons in different parts of the country have also reared sufficient quantities of tlie cocoons to warrant New York brokers in offering from $1.50 to $2 per pound for the same. When parties find it profitable to raise silk under these adverse circumstances, there can be no question as to the growth of the industry whenever a home market is furnished for the raw material, and that when it shall have been demonstrated that there can be offered and paid for cocoons some stated sum that will yet allow a fair profit on the rcelimr, the industry will be fairly es tablished,"and private capital will not be wanting to'seek profitable investment therein. There can he no question of tlie adap tation of the larger part of the country to silk culture or of our ability to grow the worms successfully. Experience lias es tablished these two facts, as it has the su perior quality of American grown si'k. It is not so necessary to urge the cultivation of the mulberry as it is to establish first a maiket fur tlie cocoons. In some parts of the South the best of white mulbeiries arc already grown in large orchards for the sake of tho fruit, which is deemed most valuable food for hogs, and in case the mulberry trees already grown should at any time be cut off hy mildew and dis ease, as they were at the close of the mul- tlcaulis fever in 1839 and 1840, wc have the advantage over Europe and other countries in being able to fall back upon the malcura, or osage orauge, which proves, when judiciously fed, to be as good as mulberry. £ Brazilian Movement. A permanent exhibition of American .machinery,, merchandise and manufac- J> <wi11 lures is to be established at Kio de Janei ro, under the auspices of the son-in-law of the emperor, Count D’Eu, who will act as president, and a body of responsible aud wealthy directors, among them the Viscount de Rio Braveo, a member of tlie Imperial Senate. Stock to the amount of $500,000 has been taken, with which to erect suitable buildiug3, aud the whole amount to be issued will reach $5,000,000. Mr. J. C. Kip Hopper, one of the directors, who has just arrived at Philadelphia, says the exhibition will consist “of everything of American manufacture adapted, to the wants of the country, and particularly dry roods, machinery, etc. It will cost ex hibitors nothing to ship goods, as vessels will leave New York and Boston upon which they will he carried free. The freight oil goods sent from the interior to the vessel’s side, of course, must be borne by the exhibitor, which will be added to the cost of the articles and collected and remitted by' the society when they are sold, with a deduction of- five per cent, commission.. I am in hopes that, there is sufficient pride in Philadelphia manufac turers to induce them to furnish enough exhibits to * fill a vessel by themselves, and in that case I will charter a vessel ex pressly for them. “Tlie advantages are almost incalcula ble. Heretofore the effort to introduce American goods to Brazil has beon by means of young men' from this country who did not understand the language and soon got tired and homesick. Now in this case the agents of tlie American manufac turers are the highest nobles of the land, who take all the trouble and expense off their hands. Besides the sale of the goods there are opportunities for us to secure some of the valuable concessions hereto fore granted to European;. Two have al ready been placed here; one of them for material for gas purposes has been secured by New York capitalists and the other, a valuable concession for mining gold, has . I’.st arrived by the last steamer from Para. The exhibition will give our manufactu rers tlie chance, also, of recovering the balance of trade against them, amounting to $40,000,000 every year.” The project is to go into effect immedi ately. An Insane Patient Fasts Thirty-five Days end Fourteen Honrs. The Philadelphia Times has unearthed a case which threatens to eclipse the starving feat of Dr. Tanner It was that of one Thomas Whittaker Wiggins, alias Jesus Christ, and occurred in September 1858. The facts, a3 related by Dr. David D. Richardson, who was the physician iu charge of the insane of the Blockley alms house, are as follows: Wiggins had been in the institution sev eral years, and said he had fasted several* times for two or three weeks before he T came here. Dr. Robert T. Smith was here at the time aud Wiggins began to fast for forty days and nights. He said ft was his duty and he could doit. unexpected profanity. “I reported the matter to Dr. Smith, who was opposed to using the force ne cessary to compel him to eat, so ho said: ‘Let him try; it will be a hard matter to prevent it, and you may persuade him to eat.’ The first seven days he existed on a small bottle of porter, and taking a few swallows of water, according to his thirst. There was no system in his abstinence. The porter was nourishing, and he fan cied as much, for he said: ‘That strength ens me; I think ft is food and decline to take it any longer.’ From that moment lie confined himself exclusively to water, which seemed to sustain him. Ha went along in this way for thirty-five days, four teen hours aud thirty-five minutes, and then sent for me. When I went to him he said: ‘ it, give me a whole confectionery shop 1” As I said, he im agined he wa3 Christ, had been a most exemplary Christian, and had never been known to swear before. “Theu I began the effort to restore him. I began with eight ounces of milk punch. He took a few swallows, but it appeared to nauseate him,.And he vomited. I tried concentrated essence of beef next, with the same effect. Then egg-nogg, but his stomach refused to retain that. also. TVe always treat cases of this kind with con centrated food, and I continued the three agents, but they were constantly rejected immediately after being administered. He lived for forty-eight hours longer aud then went off in sheer exhaustion. Our efforts to save him were futile. WIGGINS’ CONDITION. “I cannot give you specific information as to his condition during the fast. We made no scientific examinations, as our main object wa3 to save his life and to rob a lunatic of a delusion. His pulse was, as iu cases of consumption where there is a growth of tubercles, growing weaker, aud his condition, although not healthy, was normal. He did not appear to sleep during the day, but rested well at night and made no complaint. He was pleas ant, never stubborn, and was intellectual and filled with a religious ardor, although not an enthusiast. He could not be tempt ed to eat. The most tempting dishes were constantly set before him, and even dur ing the night the watchman, in making his rounds every hour, tried to induce him to eat, but without success. Could he eat without being observed? No, sir; the watches were such that he could not'eat without being seen. There is no doubt that he fasted all the time. -We would have seen him eat. He constantly held that he was Christ, and could prove it by fasting forty days. “At death he was very much emaciated, and, to use an ordinary expression, was “nothing but skin and bones.” Before he began 1 suppose he weighed about 189 pounds; he was six feet two inches tall and well built. At his death I don’t sup-' pose lie weighed much over 100 pounds. I held a post-mortem on liis body and found that all of the vital organs were very much diminished. The heart, which in a man of his size slinnld have weighed twelve ounces, weighed six; the stomach was but one-third the normal size and bloodless,-and in the light.lung there was a tuberculous cavity considerably larger than a goose egg, of several months’ standing, about three inches from the collar-bone. There were also tubercles scattered through . the left lung. We could see that he was gradu ally losing flesh from the start. There is not the least doubt that if he had not been diseased he would have succeeded in his task. We did not notice the various changes, but were trying' to get him to live. Everybody was kindly disposed to him and did' not want violence used. Dr. Smith hoped that he would desist and eat. If he had not fasted it was only a ques tion of a few months when he would have died. The cavity in the lungs was grow ing gradually, and he would probably have lived a half or three-quarters of a year under ordinary circumstances, al though he might have died in two or three mouths.” Trout Fishing at Night. One evening in June, when seated ny the fireside of the Weldon Bridge, Charlfe an-l I fell into a discussion about night fishing with worm for trout in warm weather, and we agreed that it would he well to give it a trial and ascertain how far our views were correct. “Well, then,” said I, “no time like the present.” But Charlie was too comfortable and too sleepy to respond to my summons. So preparing my rod and line,- off I started to a stream, about half a mile ijpwn the river. The night was very dark, and I found my way with difficulty. Ar riving at the intended spot, I waded across — 1 a somewhat deep stream to reach one Gen. BEAUREGAnD’s Denial—Ac- still deeper near to the further batik, cording to the New Orleans Picayune, Standing in the water, I placed a lively Gen. Beauregard declares there is no truth bob on the hook and cast my line up the in the Cincinnati Commercial'sslory from stream; the worm scarcely touched the Toledo, Ohio, that he once accepted au 1 water when I felt a tug-and succeeded in invitation to dine with Gen. Hancock only drawing a large trout toward me. Hav- on condition that “those flags” should be ing basketed this I throw again with tho removed. He says: “As to" my ever re- same result, and • now astonishment fusing to sit at a table where old friends awaited me. There was not a breath of were to meet once more to shake hands wind, the water was flowing gently, aud over the table, ft is simply absurd. I- caused but little sound, when, all at once, never warred against the ‘old flag,’ But my ears were assailed by such a tumult fought for the puneiple; that is, to defend, of fish spattering and splashing as I never as we firmly belieyed, ourthreatened con- ' had before heard; the river seemed alive stitutional rights. That old flag Delonged with large fish. My heart beat, for there as much to us as to the North; indeed, seented something uncanny in the affair; more-’so, for the immortal ‘Star Spangled still I persevered, aud succeeded in secur- Banneri was the song ,of a Southern poet ing four more fish. and patriot.. When we appealed to aims ‘ Suddenly all was still; not a fish was we had to abide by Uieir. decision, which p ean j j 0 JUO ve, and not, another' bite was we have constantly done, notwithstanding to be had. I could neither see nor hear the provocation of the abominable recon- anything to account for tlie sudden itranUAn lau’c wnion nitvp /iicannninton • L- j» J5# jjjy we _ wuiaftTOIU . rv , - r ,-- — The after tlie war, who advocated quiet and unpleasantness of angling with worms in peaceful submission to its • consequnces, the dark is so great that I have never advising our people to turu.their attention tr j ed tll0 experiment again, bat of its suo- to rebuilding their homes and-tothficultl- cess there can be no doubt. vation of our fertile soil, feeling confident _ . . that sooner or later the South would regain ' its influence in the government of the Black Forest, Mft Heriderton ^rftes,, > country. Should any part of tlie North atrangefancy to^suchstrong^ess.on ever attempt secession, they Will* find. ■whether the South is in earnest in its sup- ^ J ‘ e port of the Union and the old flag. The selection of General Hancock as tlie j standard hearer of the Democratic party «f ^ ^ 1^ «_ • 1.--i.:fi. 0 fnfftrA n .DfiKC ftTl 6S9&V ID frODt Ol tWC flOtGl* OO is only a harbmger of the future. | b)ack the J night that a iigtated lantern ** l ***' 1 was necessary to gude me in arranging my PstcologicalltSUeAking.—Among rod and tackle at the door.- This done, the doctor’s mail was a postal card, on' I sought the edge of the lawn, by jhe side which the following was written, signed of which rushed a rough, rapid stream, “AFriend:” which sped-from a mill immediately “Db. TanxEr: Hold out faithfully to above, the end. The eyes of the world are upon Scarcely had I taken my position near you. Let people gorge their stomachs the top of the stream when the lightning with beefsteaks and die.-'Hearty dinners blazed forth, illuminating the pine-clad t sure death this weather.”—New Yorh hiiis and Sun> sum | exceeding Each tree of the forest might bo distin guished while the lightning quivered in the sky; and then followed a darkness so intense that I could not see the rod, and a>uld scarcely distinguish my hand. The dark intervals between tho flashes might be five minutes, and it was during tliise mfll-streaw my flies straight across the The instant the flies fell upon the wa ter there was a tug, then a rush, and all waa qpfet. I was amazed, but at length concluded that a passing stick had struck my hook. Another cast of the line, and there was no room for doubt—a heavy fish was pulling violently. It was long before the strength of the current allowed me to land my prize; Indeed, ft was only by the lightning’s flash that I could judge where or how to do this. I fished the stream steadily downward for about 100 yards; the lightning showed me where to throw my flies; all around was inky black ness. I cast, and rarely failed either to hook or take a fish. 1 he strength of the current enabled many a fish to get away, but at the end of half an hour my basket held eight fish, and when these were tabled at the hotel they proved to be three trout, three gray lings and two fish resembling chub. The least was three-quarters of a pound in weight, and the largest a pound and a halt—altogether a beautiful dish, and the fish by far the largest in size I had cap tured during my week’s angling. TVIutt speculations these two experiments force upon the angler’s mind as to the feeding of fisu on dark nights, when they are com monly supposed to be at rest 1 I am com pelled to the conclusion that in these night banquets is found the true answer to the fisherman’s too common question, “Why do the fish Hot take? The water is in good order, the wind is* right, and ev erything bespeaks a good day’s sport, but they won’t take.” The response should be, “Dined already and requiring time for digestion.”—Correspondence Afield and Afloat. Ayrshire Cows. The following statistics of this well- established breed, deserve the attention of all who are interested iu dairy matters, and clearly indicate that these cows are scarcely yet appreciated at their true value: The Ayrshire cow ba3 been known to produce over tea imperial gallons of good milk in a day. A cow-feeder in Glasgow, selling fresh milk, is said to have realized $250 in seven montlis from one good cow, and it is stated on high authority that one dollar a day, for six months of the year, is no uncommon income from good cows under similar circumstances; and that seventy-five cents a day is below the aver age. But thfe implies high and judicious feeding. The average yield on ordinary food would bo considerably less. Youatt estimates the daily yield of an Ayrshire cow, for the first two or three montlis after calving, at five gallons a day on an average, for tlie next three montlis at three gallons; and for the next four inpnths, at one gallon and a half. This would be eight hundred and fifty gallons as the annual yield of a cow; but allow ing for some unproductive cows, he esti mates tlie average of a dairy of six hun dred gallons per ' annum for each cow. Three and a half gallons of the Ayrshire cow’s milk will yield one and a half pounds of butter. He therefore reckons two hundred and fifty-seven pounds of butter, or fire hundred and fourteen pounds of cheese, at the rate of twenty-fonr pounds to twenty-eight gal lons of milk, as the yield of every cow, at a fair and perhaps rather low average, in an Ayrshire dairy daring the year7 Al ton sets the yield much higher, saying that “thousands of the best Ayrshire dai ry cows, when in prime condition and well fed, produce one thousand gallons of milk per annum, that in general, three and three-quarters to four gallons of their milk will yield a pound and a half of but ter; and twenty-seven and a half gallons of their milk will make twenty-one pounds of full milk cheese.” ; One of the four cows originally imported into this country by 'John P. Cushing, of Massachusetts, gave in one year 3,864 quarts, beer measure, or about 464gallons, at ten pounds to the gallon, being an aver age of tlie whole year. It is asserted, ou good authority, that the first Ayrshire eow imported by the Massachusetts society for the promotion of agriculture, in 183T, yielded sixteeti pounds of butter a week for several weeks in succession, on grass feed only. These yields are not so laige as those stated by Alton; but it should, perhaps, be remembered that our climate is less favorable to the production of milk than that of England and Scotland, and that no cow imported after arriving at maturity could be expected to yield as much, under the same circumstances, as one bred on the spot where tlie trial is made, and per- fec.ly acclimated. An Eccentric Old Lady.—An old maiden lady, notorious throughout Nether Lusatia for her strauge manner 01 living, died tlie other day at her schloss,or coun try-house, situate on the right bank ot'the Spree, between Cottbus and Spremburg. Dining the whole period of her residence upon her estate, which she had inherited a', au early age, she had not permitted anything to he planted upon her lands or any repairs to be effected in her huge mansion. Like Miss Havisliam in ‘Great Expectations,” she had in sisted upon leaving things “as they were” for some forty odd years, and tlie condi tion of her estate aud dwelling when in spected by her legal heirs is stated to have been one of inconceivable decay aud ruin. The trees iu the park lay rotting on the ground, where they had been blown down lay wind storms, the fields were covered by rank weed growths, all the waters were stagnant and putrid, and the bridges over them were worm eaten wrecks, lit the garrets of this Lusatian “Satis house” were found large quantities of decayed jrain, many basketfuls of rotten eggs, and lieaps of decomposed meat. A thorough search of the apartments in which the eccentric old lady had lived her quaint life of moldy seclusion was reward ed by tho discovery of much gold and silver com, and large sums in paper cur rency crumpled up in corners, mildewed, tattered and tom. The estate itself, an extensive and valuable one, is untenanted, and lias boen converted by systematic neglect into a veritable wilderness, upon which it will be necessary to expend a considerable sum of -money ere it can be rendered productive.—London Telegraph Size of the Great Lakes.—The greatest length of Lake Superior is 335 miles; its greatest breadth is 160 miles; mean depth, 688 feet; elevation, 627 feet; area, 81,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Michigan is 300 miles ; its greatest breadth 106 miles; mean depth, 690 feet; elevation, 500 feet; area, 23,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Huron is 100 miles; its greatest breadth is 166 miles; mean depth, 600 feet; elevation, 274 feet; area, 20,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Erie is 230miles; lla greatest breadth is 80 miles; mean depth, 84 feet; eleva tion, 555 feet; area, 6,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Ontario is 180 miles; its greatest breadth is 65 miles; its mean depth is 500 feet; elevation, 231 j feet; area, 6,000 square miles. The ADELAIDE HEIIMIT. A voice that mocks a laughing mountain brook; A smile as swift as summer swallows fly; And eyes that drain the beauty of the sky To fill our hearts with hut a single look; But, lack of lovely words 1 For if Hook A thousand pages whereupon to try To paint her perfect, yet my pen were dry; For “Beauty,” only, could adorn the book. > Still may you find her spirit bid in flowers, Her womanhood in yonder steadfast star, Her winsome graces in the wandering stream. ' ' — And, oh, thou perfect poet of all hours, Methinks I hear thee, saying from afar, “This Bosalind is worthy of my dream.” — C, H. C. in the Tribune. The Ex-Khedive’s Harem. A lady living at Naples, who, shortly before the departure of Ismail Pacha’s womankind for Constantinople, received invitation to visit the Princess Tchec- mi Afet, the Khedive’s favorite, sends to the Journal de Geneve an account of her reception, and a description of some of the inmates of the ex-Khedive’s ha rem. She says: * J *‘ ' ' “Arrived at the villa, my carnage parsed through the principal entrance and stopped before a large iron gate, which gave ac cess to a staircase. Two footboys were iu attendance at the two sides of the gate. It was opened by a species of giant, who, after having admitted me, closed and locked the gate. He saluted me iu orien tal fashiou, and without uttering a word led the way up the staircase. Tho wo men’s quarters are on the second floor. Here I was delivered hy iqy conductor to another great fat personage, who showed me into a gallery "or corridor into which open the chambers of the women. On my entrance I was received by fifteen female slaves ranged in two rows, who bowed to the ground before me. Then one relieved me of my cloak, another took my muff, a third my veil; whereupou an extremely ladylike person, a native of Switzerland, who acts as the princess’ in terpreter, came forward and invited me to accompany her to the private apartments of her highness, which are reached by a jlass-covered corridor. The princess, who liad at her side the Princess Faika, one of the khedive’s daughters, received mo standing. Tcheclimi Afet is a fine wom an, of imposing presence, large and strong, and with the port of a queen. The prin cess does not speak French, although she understands ail that -you say in that lan guage. Her salon is furnished with tho greatest simplicity. Two large sofas, up holstered in gray stuff, two great cushions covered with white linen, aud an immense round table enveloped in a Turkish cloth, were the only things oriental to he seen fa the room. A few'indifferent lithographs on the walls, gray window curtains half- faded, a beautiful carpet, an upright piano, a few chairs—this is the luxury and mag nificence of which so mauy stories have been told. . j Tcheclimi Afet seems to be the chief favorite. She alone receives visits; the other princesses never being seen nor their names mentioned. Her gown was a grenadine velvet hy Worth, with an enor mous.train, the bust only being trimmed with lace. Diamond drops hung from hef beautiful cars. Her hands are small and shapely. Slie wore neither rings nor bracelets, diamond ear-pendants being the only jewelry she cares for. Princess Faika wore a dress of green velvet, trimmed with satin of the same color, and so short that I could admire at my ease her fairy- Jike feet. She is a delicate, pretty crea ture, scarcely eighteen years old, with beautiful anil abundant flaxen hair. She is 'very lively, speaks French fluently, smokes and converses without gene. Af ter we had talked about a quarter of r ac hour-seven female, slaves entered and placed themselves In’ military order near the door. ' ;u ‘ - ' "■ ' ' One of them carried a large tray cov ered with a red velvet cloth, richly em broidered, and with golden fringe that swept the floor. The tray held little gob lets for coffee' a la Turque. Another of the slaves carried a silrer ewer, another a silver chafing dish, the others silver plates. The. princess was the first served, I the nest, then the others. .After the coffee some exquisite cigarettes were produced. Although we had to talk through an in terpreter, the conversation was lively throughout, and never once flagged. The princess takes an interest in everything! I asked her if she did not weary of her se cluded life; if she ' did not desire to see tbecity and the countryjifher perpetual iso- latiou did not make her melancholy. “Ob, no,” she ainswcreif, “I am quite used to it. “ could not act contrary to the customs of my country. The mere thought of go ing out unveiled is revolting to me, and il l were to go about with my lace uncov ered people would stare so.” The young orinces. can .visit the princesses without being announced. They alone are per mitted to see tlie ladies of the harem un veiled. Before I tookony leave Tcheclimi Afet and Faika presented me with their photographs, signed with their names in French and Arabic. • When I reached home I was overwhelmed with questions, and everybody seemed greatly surprised when I said that I had not seen anything extraordinary, tTiat'I had simply had the pleasure ot making the acquaintance of two charming and distinguished ladies.— St. James Gazette. “Growing Young Again.” A gentleman, tlie cashier of a western bank, who had used Compound Oxygen for a little over a month, says in a letter: “I gained eight pounds while 1 was taking it, and almost began to think that I was gro.. ing young again. As Iliad no dis tinct ailment, hut only a general stnse of goodfemothingness accompanied by Ex treme nervousness and an inability to sleep long at a time, my case is not so striking as many others which I have read of in your pamphlet, hut there must be multi tudes in my condition - who would nse your preparal iou gladly if they knew of Our treatise ou Compound Oxygen, which is sent free, contains a large amount of information in regard to this new treatment . Address Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1,109 and 1,111 Girard street, Phil adelphia. july20 lw An Inebriate Asylum for Women. A liberal subscription has been started, aud $50,000 raised already towards the construction at Wiltou, Connecticut, (where a good sized farm has already bem set apart for the purpose) of an ine briate asylum for women. Melancholy as tlie fact seems it nevertheless is a fact that there is a largely-increasing class of women in this country who not only intoxicate themselves habitually on opium, hut a portion of whom indulge to excess in spirituous liquors also. There have beeu recently a number of distress ing cases of exposure of ladies guilty of these humiliating vices, and it Is probable that a good many families of well-to-do people have skeletons, of tins sort in their closets. The proposed asylum is to meet just such cases as this; to furnish a re spectable, secluded retreat where a wo man of good connections and otherwise decent conduct may have a chance to break off from the habit which most de moralizes her sex. . _ Correct yonr habit of crooked walking making a sudden glare far length of all fiie is 1,265 miles, covering! by using Lyon’s Patent Metalic Heel that of brightest sunshine, au area upward of 136,000 square mile?. * Stiffeners. JulyT-lift