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FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 1SSO.
Hurt Badly.—Georgia liad a solid
steady-going reputation among the States
which you may depend upon it has been
badly hurt by this Democratic fiare-up
•on the gubernatorial question.
Smashing the Slates.—The Sir Ora-
■cles of the election estimates, and their
figures will bo beautifully smashed up
next Wednesday in Georgia; but if they
will give us a quiet and good-humored
election it is all we ask.
Veby Little Cotton Lost.—A note
from Dougherty county says there was
not a corporal’s guard of cotton pickers
in Albany, on Wednesday, to listen to the
big Colquitt and Norwood speeches dne
■on that day. Colored and white are
more interested in getting the crop to
market.
Denied.—Chas. Powell, colored, who
was convicted of murder in Telfair Supe
rior Court some months ago, had his case
carried to the Supreme Court. After
patient hearing, the application for a new
trial was denied, and the judgment of the
court below was affirmed. He will be re-
sentcnccd at the next term of court,
which convenes during the last week of
October.
When this journal predicted, several
weeks ago, says the Philadelphia Times,
that both Ohio and Indiana would be
contested with equal desperation and
nearly equal doubt after the ifaine elec
tion, the organs were merry oyer what
they called an idle prophecy. Now both
States are contested hand to hand; neith
er side is entirely confident of cither, and
both parties aro compelled to put their
best men and all the money they can
raise into the double battle field.
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Herald says it is understood that
the campaign in Ohio calls for special ef
fort on the part of the Republicans. To
make certain of carrying that State in Oc
tober an additional number of the most
effective speakers are to be sent into Ohio
at once, and it is reported that Secretary
Sherman, who had previously announced
that be would make no more campaign
speeches before the October election, will
again take the stump in Ohio.
The temperature has been low in
Macon for several mornings past. Yes
terday, at sunrise, it was 50 to 52, accord
ing to locality, and the morning before 52
to 54. Appearances seem to favor an ear
ly frost, and until that point is settled, it
is hardly worth while foi the boys to be
talking about a six million bale crop. Let
frost stay away until the last of Novem
ber, and then we shall sympathize with
laige estimates.
An Unhappy Coincidence.—The
Chicago Inter-Ocean wa3 overtaken by
Hancock's letter on the rebel claims at a
most unlucky moment. The organ bad
gone to the trouble of getting up a whole
page of blood-curdling statistics about
rebel claims and things on the very night
that the Hancock letter was sent out. The
letter got aroumi — late, however, that
there was no time for a chau & „ „ n( j a ]j
earns out in the same paper. It must
require some skill for an organ to make
itself as ridiculous as this.
Another Reason* -Why Indiana
Should be Carried.— 1 To see how
much turns upon the pending election in
Indiana, we have only to reflect that if
Senator McDonald is re-elected, the
Democrats will retain their control of the
Senate of the United States in the next
Congress, even if New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut return
Republicans in place Of the incumbents.
The terms of five Democrats expire in
those States and Indiana, and the elec
tion of a single Democratic successor to
any one of the five assures a Democratic
majority in the upper house of Con
gress.
The Revised New Testament.—
The Philadelphia Times says: “The facts
about the revised English version of the
New Testament are that it will be pub
lished on this side of the Atlantic by
Thomas Nelson’s Sons, of London, Edin
burg and New York; that Macmillan &
Co., are not interested • in it, the author
ized publishers in England being the Uni
versity Presses of Oxford and Cambridge,
and that it will not bo published this
year. How early in the next year the
work will be ready it is impossible now to
say, but the recent statement that it was
already passing through the press is quite
without foundation.”
No Election in Colorado till
November.—There have been misappre
hensions and mistakes concerning the date
of the election in Colorado. Most of
the political manuals for'1880 announce
that the State officers and members of
Congress are to be chosen on October 5tb.
Doubt having arose in regard to the mat
ter, Chairman Barnum, of the Democratic
national committee, telegraphed to Mr. J.
F. Welborn, chairman of the Democratic
State central committee of Colorado, who
responded, “We have no election in Octo
ber. It is November 2d.” So Georgia
will be the first Slate to vote in October,
the State election here taking place on
the Gth oi that month.
Col. W. A. McDonald Speaks.—A.t
a recent political gathering and discussion
at Jesup, after Captain Bradwell, the first
district elector, and Hon. Geo. R. Black,
the Democratic nominee for Congress, had
delivered effective addresses, and Colonel
C. W. Styles, also, bad made a rattling
talk, the independent candidate, Rev. Mr.
McDonald mounted the stand. He took
the ground that he was entitled to the
field because he had come out first for
Congress. The parson, however, is
staunch Democrat, albeit he let it slip
that his main dependence was the colored
vote, as they always centre on an inde
pendent. The Seaport Appeal says:
He made a quaint speech, but it was
wclfTempered, sometimes forcible and
very often mirtli-)noyoking. It was char
acterized wijli sound Democratic princi-
■nifis. nnf riarrluDDeals and “plain old
pies, patriarchal appeals and “p
fanner” oddities. He was now living
with his third wife, was the father of
twenty-seven children, ten boys and seven
girls living, and twenty-eight grand
children, and thought his record would
compare favorably with anybody’s. He
made many kind aud complimentary
references to Colonel Black, awl indorsed
him in the highest terms.
Two hundred men went out to hunt
bears at Wards boro, Vt., the beasts fcjtv*.
Ccnkling’s One-Sided Statesmanship,
Conkling, in his late Burlington letter,
dilates upon the unpleasantness of having
“rich, tax-paying people, who carry on
most of the business and do most of the
paying” out-voted by poor people who
scarcely pay a dollar, aud yet propose to
manage the affairs of the government just
as if they held a majority of the stock.
According to the usages which govern
stock companies, this id not right; and
yet Conkling did not think so when he
led the hosts in favor of universal negro
suffrage. None so fierce for “manhood
suffrage ” as Mr. Conkling.
But'tlie United States government is
not a joint stock company. Shares in it
arc not the result of voluntary subscrip
tion, and votes are not allotted by the
number of shares held. Therefore, un
til Conkling gets an opportunity to re
model our governmental system, ho is com
pelled to stick to his old “manhood suf
frage” and make the best of it. It will be
a model republic when Mr. Conkling has
arranged that no Southern man or Demo
crat shall vote, and no man shall vetc for
anything else than a “strong govern
ment” and a third term.
What Shall bo Done for the Children.
Mr. Zettler, the very vigilant and effi
cient superintendent of the public schools
for Bibb county, is at bis wits’ ends to
accommodate the numerous applicants
foi* places in the various academics. No
less tban 118 additions have already been
made to the white pupils, and the number
continually increases. Several of the
school rooms, notably those of the fourth
and fifth classes in the North’ Macon
Grammar School, are crowded to such an
extent that there is no more room for
chairs or desks, and the pupils, if received,
will be forced to sit prone upon the
floors.
Take, for instance, the apartment devo
ted to the fourth graded class. This room
can only accommodate thirty pupils,.and
yet it is now crammed with no fewer than
forty-two, yet there aro about ten
more to bo squeezed in. The plastering
on the walls also is in a falling condition,
and the floor decayed and unstable.
With the windows closed, and a hot fire
in the stove of a cold wintry day, imagine
what will be the condition of the fetid at
mosphere which must be breathed by
these hapless innocents? What may it
be likened to, save the Black Hole of Cal
cutta?
If the authorities in charge, whoever
they may be, persist thus in bidding de
fiance to the plainest hygienic rules, and
diphtheria, malignant scarlet fever, or
some other fell disease makes its appear
ance in that crowded school room, it is
not only probable, but certain, that the
mortality among the children will be tear
ful. We have but two suggestions to
make in the premises: 1. Let the present
school structure on the Folhill lot be tor
down and rebuilt on an enlarged scale,
or] if that be impracticable at this Junct-
urj>, additional accommodations should
be rented forthwith, so that all children
entitled to the benefit of our public school
system may be provided for.
t lf this recommendation cannot be
ed into effect, then it is the duty of
those having the matter in charge to re
quest a committee of practicing physicians
to'visit the several apartments of the
North Macon Grammar School, and de
cide how many pupils can be safely and
meat with due regarlf'W n u£?. < *--. a P ari f
condition. ,If the number lie less tban
tbht in actual attendance, it should bo rc-
d to the proper figure, if needs be, by
[Uiringeach pupil to draw for bis seat,
blanks being the number in excess of
who can be properly cared for.
We see no other feasible remedy for the
present deplorable condition of affairs.
Of course no parent would consent to
haVe bis or her child gxcluded to make
room for that of a neighbor, nor would
the superintendent assume the responsi
bility of saying who should be retained,
or who be excluded.
We trust the proper authorities will lose
no time in providing ample accommoda
tions for all the school children of the
county.
This is a question in which the entire
community is vitally interested, and if
necessary, an additional tax should be lev
ied to meet the emergency. It is believed,
however, that the poll tax, if duly col
lected, will go very far towards affording
the iund that will be needed just now.
Lester and Butler at Cnthbert
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CUTHBEBT, GA., Sept. 23.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
. — . r - ..... General Wofford from some cause did
who buy \Y estem corn; one acre oi .car- not arrive, nor did Mr. Norwood, who
rots here in rcoruary or March equal to { wa g to speak in Americus in the morning
sixteen acres of oats. If sown in Sep- afid here in the afternoon. But the other
Mr. Curwin, an eminent English far
mer, says one acre of carrots supplies
to horses food equivalent to sixteen acres
of oats. Just think of it, you’ farmers
(ember on rich land in Georgia they can j ep0 akers, Lester and Bntler, came; both
be iised in February, as they grow during j W€re in g^d condition; were treated
the fall ami winter; arc not killed by any j kindly by all the people, and listened
cold weather that wc have had for the a t Powell’s Hall, by an audience ooi
lest two winteis. Land for carrots should
be rich or manured highly and thoroughly
prepared. The manure can bo put in the
drill after the laud lias been thoroughly
prepared. Lay off furrows 20 to 24
inches apart; put in these furrows your
manure; bed on same, and then-knock off
the tops of beds; open small trench on
the beds, and sow the seed 1£ pounds to
acre. Sow in September. As soon as
large eiiougli—say whan two or three
Inches high—work and thin out. No other
work is required. I have had them to
grow an inch and a half in diameter with
out any work or thinning out, bat it is
much better to work and thin them out.
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Who Fought for the Union.
Gen. B. F. Butler, who is now canvass
ing the West for Hancock and English, in
his late Boston speech said:
Look at the rank and file of our armies!
They were as largely recruited from the
Democratic as the Republican party. For
the correctness of this assertion, let me
speak of my own knowledge. I marched
to the Gulf with a New England division,
containing 5,000 men, and there could not
have been found moifi" than 500 men in
that division who bad Aver Voted any oth
er than the Democratic ticket. They came
back voting for the Union for which they
bad fought, and they have been voting in
tliesame direction since, and will con
tinue so to vote when they vote with the
Democracy for Hancock, by whose side
they fought.
Barnum and the prospects The
Baltimore Sun’s Washington correspond
ent says, oh the 20th:
SATISFIED WITH THE SITUATION.
Hon. Wm. H. Barnum, chairman of the
national Democratic committee, was in
Washington to-day. Mr. Barnum was at
Democratic headquarters, and' also had
interviews with prominent members of
the local Democratic organizations.
While reticent, as he usually is, Mr. Bar-
num was in the best of spirits, and indi
cated that the national committee could
not be better satisfied. with the situation
as it now exists.
ALARMED FOR OHIO.
The Republicans are apparently alarm
ed over Ohio. Gen. Grant has been per
suaded to preside over a meeting to be
hold at Warren. Secretaries Sherman
artd Schurz will leave some time this
week to enter the campaign there, and
half a dozen of the principal treasury offi
cials are there or will be there before the
week is over.
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Polar Katters.
New York, September 30.—A cable
special from London says the Scbwatka
discoveries and the Jeannette expedition
and polar matters generally continue to
be leading topics of discussion in English
journals. Among the latest contributions
to the literature on the subject is a letter
from Commander Cheyne in reply to an
article in the Standard a few days ago, in
which that journal questioned the taste of
bringing borne the remains of Lt. Irving of
the Franklin expedition. He (Cheyne) ex
presses his satisfaction that the nones of
t officer have been brought back by Lt.
iwatka, and thinks that when they ar
rive in England it will be necessaiy to
hold an inqnest in order to ascertain the
cause of his death.
In the event of such inquiry being
held, he declares he will reiterate th°
charges against the contractor who fur
nished the supplies, and whom lie accuses
of;t!ie murder of the Franklin party,
fcheyne has been making these charges
lectures and addresses since the return
the Vares expedition,, but the papers
here have usually left out tbenameof the
contractor, fearing ail Action for* libel.
i charges against the contreotnr
aost startling character. It was not
n "to ■'ur5-Taea»*iVot.vo'»aj^' vftieyne.
They were murdered by the contractor,
who supplied the expedition with pre
served meats.
The same contractor suppliedSir James
Ross’ expedition, aud the tins labelled
beef and mutton contained nothing but
offal. Some of the tins contained nothing
bnt big knuckles of bone. Everything
belonging to animals was put into the tins
except the horns, hoofs and hides. The
very entrails were there, and when they
ate them they had to hold their noses, so
offensive was the stench.
If SirJame3 Ross and his party had
been out another winter they would have
starved.
I have repeatedly, in my lectures
throughout England, denounced this con
tractor as & murderer, and dared him to
bring action for libel. I should be glad
to have him do so, for I could establish
tbp truth of what I say.
Mr. Stephens on the Gubernatorial
Contest.
In a letter to Theo. A. Winn, Esq., of
Liberty county, dated September 20tb,
18S0, and published fn the Hincsville Ga
zette, Hon. A. H. Stephens thus express
es himself in relation to the present can
vass for Governor:
I now say, that while I have taken no
part in the pending canvass for Governor,
and do not intend to, yet justice to you re
quires that T should say that your report
of what occurred between us, while the
convention was in session, is substantial
ly correct. The exact words I do not re
member. I told you that as Colquittliad
in the primaries secured a majority of the
delegates, he had carried the day, and
thus won his spurs, and should be per
mitted by the minority to wear them. It
was in this connection I used the illustra
tion of taking “kimeks.” I was, as yo~
well knew, not in favor of Colquitt’
nomination myself; but thought it best
for tbo peace and quiet of the country, as
well as the best interests of the public,
for the minority gracefully to yield to the
will of tlie majority.
It was then you called my attention to
the important Tact that the majority had
themselves passed a resolution to the ef
fect that no one should be nominated by
the convention without the vote of two-
tbirds of the convention in bis favor. I
then said to you that I thought they ought
to abandon the rule they adopted or stand
by it—i, e., they ought to rescind it, or
not to adjourn without nominating some
one by a two-thirds vote. This, I think,
is about the substance of what passed be
tween us. Yours truly.
J.UU13 UUlj)
Alexander H. Stephens.
Who after this will say that the “Great
Commoner” is the advocate of Mr. Nor
wood?
Carrots.
The following Is an extract of an essay on
rodt crops, delivered by B. D. Lumsden,
of Bibb county, at the Georgia Agricultu
ral Convention, Cuthbert, Ga., February,
1830:
Tliis root is not grown in Georgia ex
cept for table use. Bn: when its value as
food for stock, the ease, with which It can
be grown, the cost of production and the
enormous yield are known, it will take
that rank in our feeding crops it deserves.
The carrot in nutritive value stands third
First, potatoes; second Jerusalem arti
chokes; third, carrots. The yield per
acre is almost as large as that of turnips
apd more than three times that of pota
to**. The cost of manures and cultiva-
- ’ Sown
Dears ai V; arusuoro, v u, uie ueasia rinjrr. ww. —— — ------ .
ing committed depredations; but in an j tion is about equal that of turnips,
all-day tramp the hunters captured only | in the fall, (September), wc have
no gnqss
one small cub.
to destroy.
Pan-Presbyterian Council.
Philadelphia, Sept. 30.—Rev. Prof.
Watts, of Belfast, presided at this morn
ing’s session of the Pan-Presbyterian
Council, and conducted the devotional ex
ercises.
By recommendation of tlie business
committee, the committee on creeds and
confessions were enlarged uy the addition
of two elders, and A. T. Neven, of Edin
burg, and Henry Day, ofNew York, were
appointed such members.
The committee on creeds and confess
sions read a communication from the Rc-
fomred Presbytery of Pliiladelphiamaking
application for representation In the
council, declaring its creed to be in con
formity with the consensus of reformed
confessions, and agreeing to accept the
constitution of the Alliance.
On motion of tlie chairman of the com
mittee, representatives of the Presbytery
were admitted.
Dr. Brownson submitted a resolution
providing for the appointment of a com
mittee to prepare some expression that
would go forth to the world as an uttei-
ance of the council on Ahe subject of Sab
bath observance. Refereed to tliobusiness
committee. - • * • i • _
Rev. Dr. J. Murry Mitchell, of Edin-
bu
discussed the subject in all its .bearings,
including the be3t means of raising
funds, modes of conducting' missionary
Books.
Do not fear being surrounded on all
sides by wise and good books, fear only
lest you slight or misemploy tlie wealth
which they contain. Remember that the
savage Australians ran for centuries over
ild dust, and yet reaped no harvest.
e certainly beleive, then, that in itself a
good library is a good thing, although in
some cases it may be injurious to the pos-
sesror. The danger is obvious, and may
be avoided. If, bv the acquisition of
many books, you cease deliberately and
earnestly to think for yourself; if you are
tempted to roam from subject to subject,
desultory manner, just to know what has
been said upon it, your large library will
become of little value. But if, with
honest intention, you have chosen
branch of study, convinced for you it is
most appropriate, and oftentimes books
apparently quite alien may be brought to
bear upon it. One author may awaken
suggestions, which, though leading you
for a while beyond your own mental ter
ritory, may bring you back to it at last
enriched and benefited. Another writer
may give you exactly the facts you need,
and' a third the impulses and inducements
without which your labors would be con
ducted feebly or not at all. One may
brace yon for mental conflict, another
may soothe and refresh your spirit; and
thus, if not wanting to yourself, all may
be subservient to the* end you have in
view. . j . .• >
As to the Uses of Mosquitoes.—
The Baltimore Sun says: Mosquitoes, ac
cording to some doctors of tbo new school
are nature’s prophylactic against malaria,
the liquid injected by the sting depositing
acrystal, which, upon analysis, is supposed
to be identical with quinia. The idea of
tlie mosquito being the counter-irritant to
malaria is certainly a very benevolent one,
though it will hardly prevent people from
killing their medicine on sight. But why.
not assume the converse of the pro;
tion, that mosquitoes are the cause of ma
laria ? Certainly the biggest mosquitoes,
and those that bite the hardest, are fount
where chills are most severe and fevers
hottest. In Louisiana and Mississippi
where the “break-bone” fever rages, tin
mosquitoes have the reputation of being
able to pierce through a thick buckskin
glove. In those sections ladies do their
sewing under hiosquitcyi^ts, and the most
ardent lover, when he goes courting, *'
ways finds a “bar” between him and
object of his affections.
A newspaper at Washington, edited
bv.a nephew of John W. Forney, enter-
tains-a horrible suspicion that some of the
clerks and other residents in the District of
Columbia, whom the Republicans intend
to 6end home to Indiana to vote,
may be Democrats at heart and vote as
they feel. It urges the party managers to
exercise wise discretion in giving out rail
road tickets, to the end that no Democrats
may be sent to a State where it is proba
ble there are already too many for the
good of the Republican party.
The principal ingredients of sea water
are common salt, muriate of magnesia]
sulphate of magnesia, and sulphate
lime. .
posed of students, ladies, citizens and vo
ters, mostly white, a few colored men and
intelligent gentlemen from other sur
rounding counties. The audience was
not a large one for such an advertisement
as had been made—still, large enough
prevent the impression that it was
a failure in that respect. The attention
of the people was good, as this is the first
public speaking here since thd campaign
opened. Mr. Lester made an earnest pre
sentallon Of the often-repeated objections,
in part, against Colquitt, and was follow
ed by the good humor and laugh-provok
ing sallies of Mr. Butler. Quite a number
of staunch Colquitt men gave respectful
attention, upon whom, like the often-
repeated blows heretofore read upon Col
quitt, made no Impression except to stir
them tip to be more active. And that was
all the good these or any public speeches
could do Mr. Norwood—that is, stir up
tliemen who are already for bim.
Gorilon is to be here next Monday, and
a grand ovation of the people awaits his
coming—and a grant! majority fn Ran
dolph for Colquitt awaits the coming of
the 6th of October.
It is proper to state that the candidate
for representative in this county, nominat
ed by a harmonious convention, Richard
D. Crozier, is a Colquitt man—but the
question in no way controlled the nomi
nating convention. Ho is a young man,
of strong and influential connections,
liberal education, fine mental endow
ments, moral and steady, and is popular
a3 well with Norwood as with Colquitt
men all over tlie county.
It was said that the Norwood 'Club
here last night would recommend or in
dorse Captain William M. Tumlin, who'
desired to run as a candidate against Mr.
Crozier. But members of the club who
were present have assured the writer tlikt
the action of the club wa3 an express re
fusal to indorse or bring ont any c?r.di-
date for the Legislature. It is also true
that, notwithstanding this action, Captain
Ttimlin is to-day an avowed candidate.
Brimberrv is said to favor the candidacy
of Captain Tumlin, as a method of getting
the negroes’ taxes paid, so they can vote
for him aud Garfield. It is not known
here liow the colored vote of the county is
likely to go in this new race for the Legis
lature, bnt they are said to be generally
inclined for Colquitt. Randolph.
irgh, read the report of the committee on
feign missionary work... The report
Pekin, China, and urged more ener
getic prosecution of mission work in the
tieatben and pagan countries. The report
states that two million pagans bad been
rescued from darkness during the past
seventy years by the present missionaries,
and referred to the greater facilities and
advantages that may now be enjoyed by
missionary workers.
Rev. Dr. Paxton, D. D., of New York,
submitted from tlie American portion of
the committee a written history of mission
enterprises connected with the following
churches: The Presbyterian Church of
Canada, United Presbyterian Church in
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of the will of John G3lbraitli to show that
the first Presbyterian church on this con
tinent was established at Relioboth, Som
erset county, Indiana, in 1686.
Rev. Dr. Breed, of Philadelphia, read
paper on “Diffusion of Presbyterian lite
rature.” Papers were also read by Rev.
Edwin F. Hatfield, of Now York, on
“Revivals,” and by Dr. David Steele, of
Philadelphia, on “Personal Religion.”
Philadelphia, October 2.—Tlie sec
ond general council of the Pan-Presbyte
rian Alliance, closes to-day with a busi
ness meeting, at which were declared tlie
conclusions' reached b/Hie council'on the
subjects which bad be*nt'ptosehfed to it.
Among the resolutions reported by the
business committee and adopted by the
council, were the following: That no
actioD on the subject of Bible revision be
taken by the council until the work is
completed; that committees be appointed
to formulate parliamentary rules for the
future guidance of the Alliance at its
council meetings, and to define the grounds
afid acts upon application for admission
to membership.' * ’•*
The report of the committee on the
methods of helping the Continental
churches was approved. After some dis
cussion, a resolution was adopted sanc
tioning the publication separately of pa
pers read before the council, with tlie pro
viso that the title pages bear a notification
that tlie council does not hold itself re
sponsible for the opinions expressed there
in. The letter of greeting to the various
churches represented in the council
which had been prepared by a
special committee by direction of the
council was read and approved. This
communication congratulates the people
upon the success of the council and the
flourishing state of religion; exhorts them
tq practice family prayer, closely observe
the Sabbath day, and manifest’ a warmer
interest in tlie mission work of the church,
and generally counsels and advises pas
tors, elders and congregations as to their
respective duties to each other, to the
church and to God, and bidding all god
speed in their several fields. The first
Sabbath in January next wa3 fixed as the
day upon which to have the letter read in
11 the churches in the Alliance.
iThe business session was formally
closed with a ten minutes’parting address
by Rev, Chas. A. Dicke, D.D., followed
b, ’ singing of the doxologv.
the United States, Reformed Dutch
Cburch, Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Associated ReformedChurch,Presbyterian
Church North, and Presbyterian Church
South. A summary of the statistics sub
mitted in the report may be thus stated:
Missionaries in the field, 195; native mis
sionaries, 135; native licentiates aud
preachers, 198; medical missionaries aud
teachers, 118; American women connected
with missions, 2C6; native teachers and
Bible readers, S9-1; communicants, 18^371;
scholars in boarding schools, 1,691; schol
ars in day schools, 12,9S7.
Dr. Paxton submitted a written report
with an address, in which ho remarked
that the success of the mission work
should overwhelm those who had cried
failure and should encourage those who
bad kept hearts and hands in the work.
Rev. Dr. J. Leighton Wilson, of Balti
more, addressed the council in favor of
an ecclesiastical union, by which to secure
coroperation in the missionary fields, and
Rev. Dr. John C. Lourie, of New York,
followed on the same subject. Dr. Wil
son proposed that the missionaries go for
ward as evangelists, establishing churches,
ordaining ministers and organizing pres
byteries.
Dr. Lourie, whilo admitting the utility
of the proposition, remarked that if he en
tertained a belief in such powers as that
of an individual presbytery ordaining
ministers, he would go into the Episcopal
Cburdi, where such ordinations are gov-
ned by carefully drawn rule3 and ca
ms, instead of being. Jcft. to the diserc-
yn of tlie individual presbytery.
Rev. Dr. Hutton, ot’Paisley, presented
a resolution setting forth that the council
would consider it timely and proper for
the various churches represented in the
Alliance to take such action as may
seein best to the various churches looking
to fi closer anion qf tlieir respective mis
sionary operations, for greater co-opera
tion in tbo practical work of the mission
field. The resolution’ was referred to the
business committee. Adjourned till 2:30
o’clock.
I Philadelphia, Oct. 1.—This morn
ing’s session of tbo Pan-Presbyterian
Council was held in Horticultural j,Hall
Dr. Prime presiding, in tlie absence of
Rev. Dr. Van Gieson, of Richmond, JVa.,
who liad been appointed chairman of the
session. Rev. Dr. Biaikie laid before the
Council the report of the committee on
the methods of helping European church
es, which was mainly devoted toasebeme
for increasing the salaries of Waldenscan
pastors in Switzerland. Speeches in ad
vocacy of tlie scheme were made by Revs.
Lang and McIntosh.
Rev. Adolph Monod delivered an ad
dress fipon the slate of religion in France,
and Rev. A. F. Bascarlet upon the state of
religion in Switzerland.
The report furnished by Rev. Ferdinand
Cizar,of Kilobonk, on tbo stateof religion
io Moravia, was read by James Macdonald
of Edinburg.
Rev. Antonio Arrighio spoke upon the
free church of Italy, and invited the coun
cil to bold its Fourth General Council in
the Vatican at Rome, which, be said
would by that time be in the possession of
the Protestants.
The session closed with a general dis
cussion of the papers read at previous
meetings upon the subject of home mis
sions.
Disarming ft Rattlesnake.
Tlie Philadelphia Times allows its
Washington correspondent to talk In the
following blood-curdling manner con
cerning anakeStH .io fitii. A ;- „’tunO
i“l assisted at a snake killing on Wed
nesday, in tlie labra’.ory of the Smithso
nian Institute. I was very glad to be
called ou by Mr. Rliees for this purpose
ful because the killing was supposed to
b(j in tlie interest of science, to which I
n warmly devoted; second, because “I
ite snakes; and third, because there was
ho danger. A rattlesnake eight feet long
bad arxiyed at tlie institute. A dozen
graitlcmen, mostly of a scientific turn of
mind like myself, were present. Tho box
Iwm placed oh 'the floor, and
■liad an opportunity to view
the monster before the entertainment be-
'an. He lay coiled up in bis box, and
ooked like a bolt of gray cloth. His rat-
was sticking straight up and trembling
, h warning. His npse resting on -ids
tail, and liis cold eyes setting bade ip his
head, liad an awful look. His' body, I
should think, was fifteen inches In teircum-
ence. liis head was about the size of-a
ten’s, and the spread-.of his jaw was
enormous.. Evprythtyg being,,in, readi
ness, three scientists at once began opera
tions. The slidlrig-lld was uiiScrtwed.
One.of the coatless men had a stick -with
eponge,as big as an apple tied to it, and
bottle of chloroform. .Another
lipd - a pair of long pincers, while
tho- other acted as' tile snake’s door
keeper. Tlie Jld was slowly moved back
a little and the end of the pincers, wgs in-,
rested in the aperture. Bump, bump,
bump went the snake’s 'head against the
top of his box and the tall sang a merry
song. The man -with the pincers- knew
what be was .about, and cautipusly lie
thrust his pincers in. Snap! and every
body shuddered. Then what raltllug,'
V ;UfL‘f ,i a n n"a cJFiA«enjcd as if the rep-
tlie pincers man was strong, and in a sec
ond or two the snake’s nose was through
the aperture. The lid man was cool and
watched sharp that a larger opening wa3
not forced thau was necessary. Finally
the cold eyes came out, aud plump!
his whole head wa3 out of the
box, and the pincers held liis
neck like a vice. How he writhed and
rattled! Quick as lightning the man with
the sponge and bottle was doiDg his part.
He poured the chloroform upon the sponge
and jammed the sponge in the monster’s
great red mouth. The mouth closed, and
it was forced open again and more chloro
form forced into it. Then the pincers
man with his left hand seized the reptile
by tlie neck and released the pincers,
which fell with a rattle on the stone floor.
It was not a pretty sight, a man holdln
monster by tlie throat whose bite was
stant death, but be lield him nevertheless,
for it was in tlie interest of science. Then
more chloroform was poured into him.
At about this time everybody wa3 pretty
well excited but the pincers man. He
very coolly took a small pair of pincers
from the table, put liis head down so he
could see; and with the little pincers be
pulled out the big fangs of the reptile and
laid them one after the other on a white
sheet of paper. They were nearly an
inch long. By this time the snake did
not seem particularly interested in sci
ence or anything else, so they pulled him
out of his box and straightened him on tlie
floor; the pincers man kept his grip at the
neck. The reptile wa3 measured, but
he had lost over a foot in length. It was
explained that ho had shrunk from tlie
effects of tho chloroform, nis writhlngs
had stopped, I113 rattles were still. So ho
was put back in his little box, and tho lid
screwed down. He deliberately coiled
himself up, but the pincers man told me
the snake was dead, and didn’t mean any
thing by it—in fact, didn’t know that ho
had coiled himself up. A plaster cast is.
the ultimate end of this Florida monster.
I am devoted to science and would like to
have it get along, but I shall never kill a
snake that way.”
William Penn's *IIouse.—The Bi
centennial Association of Philadelphia
] impose to purchase tho house which
William Penn gave instructions to have
built for him “in the middle of tho town
which fronteth on the harbor,” and in
which lie subsequently resided. This
house, which now stands on Letitia street,
a short distance from Second street, al
though more than two centuries old, is
still in fair condition. As originally built,
according to Penn’s directions, it was a
plain, two-story building, with garret
rooms and a small back building. The
doorway was In the centre, with a porch
above it and rooms ou both sides. The
second story had three windows and
in the rear was a small back
bujlding. It is now crowded in among
houses, from which there will be great
trouble to detach it. Equal difficulty
will be experienced in removing it, as the
engineers, it is said, “cannot get it out
from its enclosure without dividing the
walls, etc., into sections.” It is contem
plated to re-erect this relic of old Phila
delphia in the park, where it is to remain
as a memorial of the founder of the great
Slate that bears his name. In placing
this plain, dark red brick weather-beaten
structure in tbe midst of tlio ornamental
rounds of the psrk, the association will
nd their greatest difficulty of all in bring
ing it into congrulty with its surround-
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. | false the suspicion “that that grand and
EJUdbyGe* William.V Browne Bro/ettor I worthy oorporalion have furnished nart of
r ‘ c " t " rc lta • "* th * of the money to run the campaign.” If any
of the friends of this company have fur-
Georyia
APPLICATION OF MANCr.ES,
Within a receiit period we have receiv
ed several letters asking us liow manures
should be applied to land—whether they
should be plowed under deeply o» left on
or near tbe suiface. As all of our‘corres
pondents on tbis subject read the Tele
graph and Messenger, we make ono
reply serve all. One of these correspond
ents has “ very porous sandy soil;” an
other's land is “stiff,” and another's is
“well broke, with a clay foundation.”
In the outset, we state that we do not
advocate, iu any case,’ turning tinder ma
nure loo deeply: but we are .espe
cially averse to this practice on “a porous,’
sandy soil,” because it is well known that
tho tendency of many of the most valua
ble elements in manures is. to sink, and
where the laud is porous they descend
beyond tbe reach’of the early roots of the
“Iant. Nature, whose methods we do
ot propose to improve, handles her fer
tilizers on the surface. The decay or one
crop for the nourishment of another, tlie
fallen leaves of trees and plants, those
things which in-time constitute humus,
fall on tho surface and confer their bene
fits.there. ’ Where animal manures, con
taining a large percentage ot ammonia,
are applied, we recommend tliat they be
turned under lightly so as to be.'covercd.
“ the surface soil, which yfill absorb and
Id the ammonia, wliicji. would _escape
by evaporation ifjeft exposed. In all
soils then we reooromertd that manures he
covered shallow, but especially where the
soil is porous.
1; r > DEEP CULTURE. min'- !
While we may be in.favor of shallow
—.anuring, we are decidedly in favor of
dfep cultivation, that is, deep breaking of
the soil wherever.it is stiff or liardbe-
neath the surfaco. We firmly believe that
shallow breaking o r the land is tlie leading
defect of*drir average farmer.’ One half
nished any money for tlie purpose it is un
known to me; but even if they liave, I
presume, as individuals, lliey will be al
lowed the privilege of exercising their
own judgment as to tbe employment of
their own means as well as whom they
will support for Governor.
It is true that General Lawton and
Judge Lyon are attorneys at law for our
company, but they are In no way employ
ed,nor is any other person, to represent
us In politics, that being an-arena' into
which we do not enter.
As to the “leading authorities of the
road supporting Norwood for Governor,”
I can only say that I do not know how
any of our employes propose to vote, nor
has any influence, so far aa I know, been
exercised for or against either of the can
didates for Governor.
Wm. M. Wadley, President.
Gonkling’s Speech.
The Evening Telegraph,- of Philadel
phia, is a very able Republican journal.
It Is thoroughly disgusted with Gonkling’s
speech. Heir it:- -i.
“On the morning following the evening
of the delivery by Senator Conkling of the
last-greatest effort of his life at the Acad
emy of Music; New York, the' Evening
Telegraph said: If he makes a few more
such speeches as that of last night be
tween now andiNovember, weare satisfied
lliat the real party leaders Will Wish that
our advice, had been taken—which advice
was to the effect that it would be to the
welfare of the Republican organization to
dissever the relations existing between it
and Mr. Conkling audhis set.
“We believe we were quite alone among
our Republican contemporaries in tlie
A MAD ELEPHANT
Crashes His Keeper sad Escapes from
tfcsCcr.
Charlotte -f.Vi 1Q) Obteroor Shlh ultimo J
“Look out there! If that elephant
hits any you all, I’ll not l>e responsible
for it,” cried John King, tlie keeper of the
elepliants in John Robinson’s show, juat
after he had gotten the male elephant out
of the car, about 8e’clock, last night. The
car on which this elephant, the largest of
the three, , called /• Chief,” had been
brought from Concord, was standing just
above the Trade-street crossing, and a
( * I S®, c -towd lu(^gathered ajyund to watch
the process of_ unloading Immediately
after giving this warning to the bystand
ers; John King, a- poiwerfiillT-bullt man,
stepped armmil-tb “OhienS” and was
in the act of turning him around, when
the crowd heard him call the elephant by
name m a frightened tone, end the next
moment they saw the eur&ged animal turn
upon his keeper and crush him against
the car. King sank to the ground without
a groan, and the men who were with him
fled precipitately. The crowd scattered
up Trade street, and
THE WILDEST CONFUSION *7 '' ‘ i ;
followed. The men ven afraid to ap
proach the infuriated-animal, and King
was allowed to remain for several minutes
on the ground, where be had falleu. The
elephant surveyed the scene for an instant,
ga\ e a short snort, and started at a brisk
pace up the railroad track. As soon as he
was out of reach Kiug was picked up,
apparently lifeless, and conveyed across
the street to Ferry Morebead’s barber
s^op, whore several doctors were sum
moned. . . '
il, except' two *tr three inches
npar tbe surface, was not- sufficient-
porous to >- allow - the feeding
roots to get out of tho way of our, burning,
summer sun, and go down in search of
moisture and a cooler temperature.
Within the last two years, in 'each' of
which there was a protracted drought, we
have seen abundant proof oft the. truth of
our remark. Where the land was well
broken—that is, well plowed and suh-
illed—the crops of com and dotton stood
long dry spell without appearing to
;er. The fodder did not twist, the cars
filled well, the cotton did ’not shed or look'
liow. But, on the other hand, where
farmers were “too pushed” to
pare their land, where they
dkf , .mot “bs|Iqye„ ( In deep • plow
ing no how,” ap’d, would not ’ use a
Ubsoilplow, because it “kills'-up stock;”
heir gtd houses and their com- .cribs,. as
compared with those, of their, neighbors
who believe in a subsoil-plow as .they do
in a pile of barn yard manure,'show tlie
lamentable fallacy of their opinions. -No
gdntlemen, a “dry drought” is often a Se
vere visitation to the best fanners, but it
is. ruin tq. those who do not take the
trouble to guard against 11 Tli"sum
mer—last July—we took along ride in a
hUggyln two counties of middle. -Georgia,-
25 miles at least. From the time we started
until we reached tbe suburbs of the place
of our destination, wc did not see' on eith
er side of the road an acre of upland corn
tlifit promised to yield a:4>usliel of grain,
of a field of cotton- that..would produce .a
bale to ten acres. Worse cultivation,
worse prepared land,' could not’be imag
ined; ' The’severe doiiglit made the fields
a jdesolatiou; buttin the:patches, few and
far between,. wliere the. land had beer,
well prepared, they looked comparatively
flowing’with Wiik-'and honey. And so
must It bver be until - it kecoiues univers
ally known and-believed that three or
foiir inches of scratched, surface. , soil, un
der Dup almost torrid sups, with our six
and Seven rainless weeks in June
add -July, will not- and cansbt
piioducc.as'good a crop,.as twelve nrfotir-
n inches of finely, pulverized!. mellow
WililfeiiMH ' rise Is just
1. To think otherwise is just as non-
contemporaries as
are not of the superservioeahle sort shows
that. they have, with rare exceptions,
adopted our views of the speech, ana of
Mr. Gonkling’s unfortunate appearance
in the campaign; for as such do they re--
gard it, and as such must all intelligent
Republicans regard it.. The purpose of
an appearance of a Republican speaker
upon thO platform is to make votes, tocon-
vert tlie ■unbelieving, to give stability to
tlie wavering, to convince the doubtful,
“If Republicans were all mere partisans
of tbe political-machine sort, and not
more interested in securing good govern
ment thau a machine triumph at tbe ox-
pecse of the country^ Mr. Conkliog's
speech might bo . beneficial to the party;
biit as Repiiblicari3,or, are at least,are Sup
posed to be, patriots first and Republicans
.afterwards, his speech is calculated to
work infinite mischief to the party which
permits liis affiliation with it., This’is
not our opinion only, but it is an' opinion"
that is-now-being very generally express
ed by those Republican-journals which
liest express Republican sentiment., . .
j“Thcy recognlze that the speech was
fldt made So-mufh to help the election' of
Gen.-Garfield as to enable Mr. Conkling
toj glorify himself,-and to keep Gen.
Grant prominently before the country.
For while he devoted pages of his four
hours’address to the latter, he gave but
seven lines of halting, niggardly coalmen- ;
dat ion to the former, and only then, when
called upon. by. a disgusted Republican to
say'iomething about the candidates of his
parly. ■ He did-not make his address' to
advocate tho election of Garfield; for the
impression is even more general now than
before the address, was made that the
Grant Syndicate would not he greatly dis
tressed if Hancock should be elected."* *'
"He. waved ‘the bloody shirt’ before-his
In the meantime the elephant kept on
the track, and the report getting abroad
that be was loose in tbe streeta, the excite
ment increased. The crowd which first
collected about tbe crossiug and tbe door
of the shop into which King had been car
ried scattered up the street, and all sorts
of reports were aftoat, no one being able*
.oh account of the darkness, to determine
the whereabouts of the elephant, lt was
suggested that a party be* organized to
start in pursuit with .tts.yfew of
‘ * .. SHOOTING HIM,
but before any plans could be formed it
ms learned that the circus-men were af-
Mjr him and would * no doubt succeed in
capturing him. To do this they had to
take with them “Mary,” the female ele
phant, and the “The Boy.- “Chief” had
turned up Fifth street on arriving at the
Crossing, and tbe other elephants were
driven rapidly after him. On arriving at
Tyron street, he stoggi^J. for a moment
and then went directly across to . Church
street, where lie was with some difficulty
sepured by being chained to tbe other two
elephants. The three were- than driven
down Tyron street towards, the, point
jWhence they had started, followed by a
crowd doubtless as large as and certainly
tupre excited than that which will witness"
thpjirocession to-day. > ..
the. animals .
mpveil along quietly until they arrived at
the ^market house, when there was a
united movement towards the pump. An
attempt wais made to drive’ them ou, but
thpy refused to go and the' expedient of
owing them to drink was resorted to. •
the mqvemeuts about the pump the
chains became entangled, and the three
began to move round and round, drawing
them gradually together. “Chiefs” tem-
was again aroused, and he began to
low. The wild, wiectl noise threw
eyes ■
tolligent men. One of the causes which
j- Ep destroyed the -Republican party -a
i MEAT FROM DOSIESTIC ANIMALS. •
'The variations in the amount of. meat
obtained from beef cattle and sheep is
cli greater than i3 generally supposed.
r breed, condition of the animal and
The breed, condition
other circumstances affect the result.
Some animals yield a3 mugh as 80 per
cent, of meat, while others only give 50
per cent. The mean weight of meat is
emulated at 58 per cent, in beef cattle
and 40 to 50 per cent in sheep.
From experiments made at the public
slaughter houses in Liverpool, London,
Paris and Brussels, the statistics of which
are published, it appears that the different
products obtained from beef animals and
throat whose bite was in- y^unjs yields meat, 871.4;
skin, li0.2; grease, 87; blood, 55; feet
arid hoofs, 22; head, 11; tongue, 6J;
lungs and heart, 15i; liver and spleeu,
20; intestines, 66; loss anil evaporation,
tejv years.ago was tlie tyrannical spirit of * ’ hVit',ii V
sectionalism which it displayed; vThe „ l 3® a ?P earance of
Nprthis tiredof’Hhe solid South’business; baLfol . U . ,e
of a section sot apart, from all the rest,
‘‘Tbfbfeai.lUtcjteM r—
oith "are i"
Philadelphia, October 1.—Thc.after-
noon session of the Pan-Presbyterian
Council was held in the Academy of
Music. &
Rev. Dr. Alexander Mitchell submitted
the report of the committee on church his
tcry, which was referred to the business
committee. A delegate produced a copy
_ he products from a sheep weighing
110.2pounds are as follows: Meat, 55;
sk|n, 7J; grease, 5J; blood, 4J; feet and
fs, 21; head, 4J; tongue, lungs, heart,
r and spleen, 4J; intestines, 6|; loss
evaporation, 19f.
HOW TO KEEP A SITUATION,
followingbit of good advice isfrom
thq Working ilan, and is worthy tbo at
tention of all our readers.: ;
ay it down a3 a foundation rule, that
yott will be “faithful In that which is
least.” Pick up the loose nails, hits of
twine, clean wrapping paper, and put
them in their places. Be ready to throw
in an odd half hour or hour’s time, when
it will be an accommodation; and don’t
sedm to make a merit of it. Do it hearti
ly.' Though not a wo to be said, he sure
pic
your employer will make a note of it.
"Slake yourself indispensable to him, and
he will lose many of the opposite kind be
fore he will part with you.
HThose young men who watch the time
to see the very second their working hour
is tip—who leave, no matter what state
the work may be in, at precisely tbe in
stant—wbo calculate the extra amount
they can slight their work, and yet not
reproved—who are lavish of their cm-
r Mdrs goods, will always be the first to
receive notice that times are dull, and
their services are no longer required.
HINTS TO FARMERS.
Dr.. C. L. Mitchell, Fort Meade,
Fia., on May 28, 1877, wrote. “I think
you would confer a blessing on tbe people
in'this countiy by establishing an agency
here, for the sale of Tutt’s Pills. Having
tested them I know their superiority, au
wknt to see them used instead of tbe
worthless compounds that are sold iu tbis
intiy.” . -
lA Life’s Work About Donb.-j-Mt.
tehnission, engaged in tlie preparatio
this great work for the past thirty y
ion
great work for the past thirty years,
lt will be published in London by Samp*
sob; Low & Son. The last volume, It ‘
sato, will he out by the end of tbe year.
Nb r i .
man feels. Trade is conservative; and
trade demands that, aS the war has been
over these fifteen years and more, the
bitterness of of the strife shall be buried,
and not kept alive to make one part of
oqr people’ aliens' in the markets gnd
homes of the other part. The South and
North would have been together long ago
if it had not been for this Conkling clique
of bloody-shirt Haunters, who saw that a
real union of the people would sap their
individual strength in politics. There lias
been overmuch of Mr. Conkling and his
set, and the opinion is now pretty gener
ally entertained that it will be wisest to
permit them to sulk in their tents.”
. icinto the crowd, and there was a
coufusedTetreat. ' Finally, by the vigor
ous'use'of goads and pitchforks, the three
elephants were made to take their respec-
j£p places, and the slow movement to-
’ the tents was continued. At last
they were gotten there, ami '.’ere seeurelv
fastened;' bdt the excitement continued
for hours afterwards.
A-half hour after
the accident to King a reporter gained ad
mittance to the barber-shop, where he
found tho keeper
. STRETCHED UPoV A DOOR,
with Drs. McAden, O’llonoghue, and
Gatcliel around him, dressing a wound in
Eis head.. He wa3 breathing with diffi
culty, and Lis face was swojiea and black-
movement
of liis body, caused by his painthl efforts
i to breathe. Uis skull was crushed, and
are identical, as .every business •hftrRw.as apparently no possible
— - - isRi-vativp* and feevcral of the showinen^iTcjs.
A Profitable Use of Time.
in dressing your fields, cut your coat
according to the cloth. That is,. don’t
run in debt for fertilizers. When your
sheep are fleeced, don’t let the wool deal
ers pull the wool over your eyes, as re
gards its value. Never tak? to a bed in
your house in the day time, while there
are plenty of beds in your garden that re
quire your attention.
The investment of all farmers should
be,in plow-shares. Nothing pays a surer
dividend, yet not always large; but it is
certain.
Make tbe most ot time, home nave
little leisure, but there are sundry exi>ed-
ients, any one of which, if fairly tried,
would make that liltTe leisure a little
longer* Mostvf the ftfen.iyjla 'have- ,di8d
enormously rich acquired their wealth not
in huge windfalls, but by minute *nd
careful accumulations- It was not one
vast sum bequeathed to them after another
which overwhelmed them with inevitable
oppulence; hut it was the loose money
which most men would lavish away, the
little sums which many would not deem
worth looking after, the pennies of which
you would keep no reckoning—these are
tho items which year by year piled
up, Lava reared their pyramid of for
tune. From tho money-makers let us
learn the nobler “avarice of time.” One
of the longest and most elaborate poems
of recent times was composed in the streets
by a physician in busy practice, during
the brief snatches of time when passing
from one patient’s door to another. And
in order to achieve some good work which
you bave much at heart, you may not be
able to secure an entire week, or even au
uninterrupted day. But try what you
cau make of tlie broken fragments of time.
Glean up its golden dusts—those raspings
and parings ot precious duration, those
leavings of days and remnants of hours
which so many sweep out into tlie waste of
existence. And thus, if you be a miser of
moments, if you be frugal and hoard .up
odd minutes aud half-hours and. unex
pected holidays, your careful gleanings
may eke out a long and useful life, and
you may d.o at last richer in existence
than multitudes whose tipe is all their
own. The time some meii waste in su
perfluous slumber and idle visits, aud de
sultory application, were it all redeemed,
would give them wealth of leisure, and
enable them to execute’undertakiiigs for
which they deem a less worried life than
tjieirs essential. .When a person says, “I
have no time to improve my mind or do a
kigd turn to a neighbor,” ho may be say
ing what lie thinks, hut he should not
think what he says; for if he lias not got
the time already, ho may get ithy redeem
ing it.
shop, and .among therq .a rough-looking
fellow with a kindly face seemed to be
more affected than any of the rest, aud to
whom, the reporter applied' for informa
tion about the keeper.
f‘Yes,” said he, “I have known John
King for yearn. He was the keeperof the
animals,"and-nobody ain’t said he was
ever afraid of any of them. -‘ChieF was
HIS PET,
and he could do more with him than any
one else. He was a brave fellow, but
reckless. Ho wouldn’t be dying now if
‘Mary’ had been there: “She’d a knocked
‘Chief down; she always does when he
gets macj, You wasn’t there to see her
take' after liim when she knowed he’d
killed Mr. King. ‘Mary’ is as gentle as a
lamb, and so 13 ’The Boy,’ but ‘Chief is
always vicious. They don’t take him
around on the parade.’ ”
King lingered until about 11 o’clock,
when be died. He will be buried this af
ternoon after the circus performance.
President
‘Vindicates”
Wadley
. .... Himself.
Office Central Railroad and
Banking Company of Georgia, Sa
vannah, Ga., September 29, 1880.—Edi
tors Constitution: My attention lias just
been called to a communication-in your
paper of the 28th instant, beaded “The
Central Railroad and the Campaign,”
signed “Citizen.” Having always studi
ously kept our company out of politics, I
ana very much surprised at tbe tone and
implications contained in this communi
cation. 'Without discussing tlie grounds
for complaints that have been made res
pecting tbe conduct of our company, or
whether or not these complaints led to the
enactment of the law under which tlie
railroad commission was appointed, I de-
sife to say that the' commission is not
“viery much In disfavor with the Central
railroad authorities.” On the contrary,
we have favored some mediator.to aqt as
umpire between tbe railroads of the
tfthte and their patrons. The present act
creating this commission we think is de
fective and objectionable, and in this we
are notalone. , .. „
I pronounce willfully and maliciously w < re ‘* la- ’
A Handsome Gift to Princeton Col
lege.—Tbe New York Tribune of Mon
day says : “Princeton College has just
been tlie recipient of tbe princely gift of
$100,000 from Mr. Robert L. Stuart, one
ofNew York’s best known and most pub-
lio-spirited citizens. This is not tbe first
time that Princeton College lias been in
debted to Mr. Stuart ftfr -liberal benefac
tions ; but. this gift at the present time,
oWing to the Reduction m the rate of in
terest on all investments proper for in
stitutions of learning, must be, and doubt
less is, more than ordinarily acceptable.
It is given in-trust for tbe support of such
professorships as are now not endowed,
or only partially so, which shows the ex
ercise of good judgment and wise discrim
ination on the part of the donor. We un
derstand that the Theological Seminary
at Princeton also receives $100,000 from
Mr. Stuart for the endowment of a new
professorship, which the Rev. Francis L.
Patten, of Chicago, has recently been in
vited to fill.”
Progress of the Southern Pacific.
A San Fraucisco dispatch says': “Dis
patches from Tucson, Arizona, state that
the Southern Pacific road is open for traf
fic to San Simon, 125 miles east of Tuc
son, and 1,105 miles cast of San Fraucis
co. The track is laid fifteen miles fur
ther cast, into New Mexico, and progress
ing very fast. All, the hard work at the
Continental divide is oat of the way. Two
hundred miles of trark have been laid
thjs year, and tbe chief of construction is
confident he will lay one hundred miles
mare by Now Year’s, which will bring
them to tlie Rio Graiide at*Messilla. Sur
veys are being continued on down the
Rip Grande on a low grade line to some
port in western Texas. There is now a
gap of only 450 miles between the South
era Pacific railroad and the Atchison and
SantaFe railroad, which is being rapidly
closed by the construction parties of both
companies from each end, and a junction
will be effected in four or five months
near the Rio Grande. The Southern Pa
cific track has been going down at the rate
of 12 000-feet per day, and on one day no
less than 12,f5)0 feet, or 2 42-100 miles,
Revenues from fit ess Dispatches.
The receipts of the Western Union Tele
graph Company from the press during the
year ending June 30, kmount in round
numbers to" about $1,200,000. The in
crease of business from this source for the
last six months over tbe preceding six
ias been over $SO,000. It is accounted
fori partly by the business afforded by the
two national political conventions, and
partly by the general prosperity of the
country. Special press rates have also
been considerably reduced, enabling
many small newspapers to receive press
telegrams which were not before pecunia
rily able to receive them. Preparations
are being made for a further reduction of
special rate3 to all newspapers east of the
Rocky Mountains, and additional facili
ties have already been obtained in the
East and South, where before they were"
meagre. The new schedule will go into
effect ou the 15thof October.
Persons suffering from corns, bunions \
and chillblains, only need to use Pond’s!
Extract to get relief. Nose-bleed bas been
cured by use of Pond.’s*Eitract. Dental]
operations made easy by tbe use of Poud’sl
Extract. Sore gums, Jaw or lips bruised, I
immediate relief afforded. It has a great j
reputation for the cure of earache. Ex-1
cellent for Quincy sore throat, used as ai
gargle. Take Pond’s Extract for everyl
pain and ache. Reflet for boils, carbUn^"
des, or other hot swellings. After sever
and fatiguing labor take Pond’s Ext:
Chafing immediately relieved by bat
with tbe Extract. To be obtained fron
druggists all over the world. Iw
The “ Ily-sutiocator,'’ an insect resen
bling the mosquito, *s the latest afflicting
that has visited the Russian peasant!
Last month, in the Mirgorod district
the Poltava province, 142 heuj of aattle, j
horses, 212 sheep, and !73 pijp were I
by it. Tbe flies are said to enter tbe
passages of tbe animals and thus sufi
them.
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