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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
Said Thomas Jones
In gleeful tones, "**' ‘
Unto his son and heir:
“Your nose’s exact
Like mine—a fact,
My son, I do declare!”
“Not quite so red,”
Young hopeful said,
(At daddy’s nose he squints);
“Some folks prefer •
Iligh colon, sir,
But 1 like sober tints!”
—Transcript.
TKOY EXUCMED.
Illoa, the Wonderful Hook.
We take the following extract of a re
view of Dr. Henry Schlcimann’s recent
book cnUtledj“Ilios,” issued by the Har
pers, containing over 600 pages, with
maps and illustrations, from the Wesleyan
Christian Advocate, of this city. In
speakiugof the learned author,the review
er says:
He tells the story of Ills career from
childhood ami it extends over half a cen
tury. A more a thrilling piece of autobi
ography has never been' given to the
world. There is not in it oven a sly in
trusion of vanity. The man is too much
absorbed in his splcudid dream ot Homer
and Ills warriors to think of himself,much
less to obtrude himself on the notice ofthe
reader. Held more lirrnly by the fascina
tion of his own sentiment than any magic
could have bound him, he is thoroughly
one with his task, and, after keeping his
passion alive for lifty years of toil aud
snuggle, ids heart is as fresh as ever, his
imagination just as vivid, and he hastens
linaliy to the Hellespont with what he
cails “a glad enthusiasm.” The whole
narrative is told as naturally aud simply
as if Uuuyaii or DaFoc had had the han
dling of the incidents. And, moreover, it
is told so minutely aud with such sell-
convincing truthfulness, that one cannot
fail, if lie lias any imagination aud sympa
thy, logo heartily along with the Doctor
and share to the full all ids hopes and
fears. Over such a volume, how old Sam
uel Johnson, if lie were alive, would bend
his head in reverence, and what a pass
age of eloquence, more powerful than
that aliom i lie ruins ol lotda, would burst
from the fulness of his soul!
Picture to yourselves a poor German
hoy, the son of a minister of the Gospel,
thrown upon the world at an early age
for a livelihood. His education was mea
gre and was soon forgotten. But his la
ther had a passion for ancieut history,
and lia.l tilled the boy’s mind with the
events of the Trojan war. At ten years
ol age, he wrote an essay in bad Latin
on the Trojan war, and at fourteen, Jell
school to be apprenticed to a grocer who
kept a small retail shop in the town of
Fursteiibiirg. Yet while forgetting ids
“book-learning,” the love of knowledge
remained in him. Uppermost in all Ins
thoughts were the mysteries and wonders
or old Troy; by day a constant charm
of retlo -lion, and by night a
dream or perpetual delight. Of course,
such a boy must have the friendship aud
society of a sympathetic girl, and, aceord-
iugly, little .Minna figures largely in the
dramaof the young boy’s touching life.
But fate intervenes and they are sundered;
aud so, Minna aud Henry talk no more of
Troy. “In later life,” says the good Doc
tor, “I have undergone many troubles in
diflereid pans of the world, but none of
them ever caused me a thousandth part ot
the grief 1 felt at the tender age of niue
years for my separation iroin my little
bride.” Beautiful, exceeding y beautiful,
is that recurrence of the heart to its past
aud the first throbs of its lovo against the
gate ot Eden. There is a great soul there
wakening into life and it will be heard
from In due time, for love and inspiration
are never found apart. A sad time has
Henry In the grocer’s shop, yet already
things are working together in the direc
tion of the boy’s hunting enthusiasm. A
drunken miller, who had mastered Ho
mer iu better days, used to frequeDt the
shop, and, to the unbounded joy of Hen
ry, had a passion for recitiug Homer,
which the boy paid for by spending his
few pence to buy whisky for the classical
declalmer. Henry “wept bitter tears
over his “unhappy fate,” and “never
ceased to pray God that by his grace" he
juighjGiet “have the happiness of learning
A blood-vessel was ruptured by over-
exertion in lifting a cask aud the shop had
to be abandoned. Then he began to wan
der about in search of employment aud
finally succeeded in getting the place of
cabin boy 'on. the btig Dorothea.
Though always poor, he had never been
so poor as now’, for in utter extremity, he
was compelled to sell bis only coat for a
blanket. The vessel was wrecked but lie
escaped to shore. Then he came to Am
sterdam, where ho suffered “cruelly from
the cold” as he had no coat, and, driven
well nigh to despair,lie foigne.l illness and
was taken to the hospital. A frienu,hear
ing of his cmdltlon, sent him $100,
aud, in addition to this good for
tune, a situation was obtained fur him
in the olfice of Mr. Quien. His salary
was in our currency $100 per annum, and,
of this amount, he spent one-lialf on his
studies and the oilier half on living in a
garret without fire, breakfastiug on tye-
nteal porridge and dining on four cents a
day. Glorious! The boy is growing Into
young manhood now and he has found
the secret of all true greatness, viz, rcant
and suffering. Nature has very rough
ways with her elect souls and site exaefaa
good deal of Henry, her youthful favorite.
But no matter. The demand is met. And
there the brave spirit works on calm au l
strong. If Henry goes to the post-ollfe.-,
he reads a book while waiting for the
mail. Every spare moment is turned to
good account. English is quickly,
mastered; then, iu rapid suc
cession, French, Dntcb, Italian, Span
ish, anil Portuguese; and In a few months,
by virtue of porridge ajitf .four.cent, din
ners, Henry can write and speak ibcai
languages with case and exactness. Is it
not marvelous? But there: is no telling
what porridge and cheap dinners can do
for the spinal brain and tire cerebellum
and the cerebrum. And, tu the midst of
it ail, Henry begins to rise In the tforlij,
Schroder Jfc Co., of Amsterdam, r-qgage-
his services as correspondent arid book-
kerqier. And now the full tide of pros
perity set iu, the first ilow yf that jttrdam
of worldly fortune which- for so mii'iy
years poured forth Its wealth for him.' In
the meantime, Paradise had spread; its
firmament over .'the miserable
garret, for - the, linage dr Mlmia was
there, and tlje romance: of Troy, was with
her. Botiniehbd would /narryJltiRna hud
—one drepm fulfilled—lie amH.Minna
would prepare foe Troy- Hut alter writ-,
ing to learn If Minna wonld marry hjui,
ho geta a letter telling higi that she fe'a
married .woman. Whereupon, the doc
tor says: “I wasfor sdmn illmt uttiidy
unfit tor any occupation and sksk In bed,?,
and wo heartily admire•fiim.mtiikSu--, t\ :
“heart-renderiitg'aiiiwcr” tp UftMeiteq i‘4
’ho did,- nnd then bravely raltoww-ljs afoul
in' hiiii. Yet the old Jijasi '.r^a.spleo.
did vision still, amtSt dfiufibered on aud
conc,U(les that ho | (a) It follows tlmt whan, on the writ-
bas , SEE , enoug '’> T" a ™ ro J nan Indeed I ten requestor a person in Savannah lor a
and well n glia miracle or flesh and blood, first cl ass milliner, a firm in Baltimore
.StJnfm? 5 ! be had into tbU strange sent out a milliner who proved unsatislac-
wb<> ,t iad ‘ money enough,” t°ry, a suit to recover the expenses of
yfftJjJgtMa worth, “x loved money sending her to Savannah would involve
^MeadUbattMtelyuttso nMBaaa of realizing not omy the question of her competency?
d0a .°n m l fe i — , tlie e *huma- but the nature of the agency—whether for
fr°D do voting himself to the j reward or not-tho diligence used, am
of Kussian, Arabic, Latin and I what expenses were necessarily Incurred
Greek, and giving much time to archxo- I Judgment alliimed. *
logical investigations, ho mado his way in I * 1*
w> 1 Jf , L. tI i ,e a Dar ^ anelles - He bad married Collins, et. al., vs. McDaniel & Stromr
in behalf of his proposed enterprise After 11 clerk of tlio superlor court is liable
examining BoJmSiSbl, rca3oil ot Ilis
that it did not cover the site of Troy. I O r^ he J“ pr0per orne 2-
Availing himself of tho idea of Maclaren, 3 ^Performance of the duties required of
who was the first recent writer to assert & j-..- „ . . . .
that if Troy ever existed at all it would be tit^had^fd ^ ° aa l,ie P IaI "-
found under Uissarlik, he began the ex- wW, ? tho superior
cavatious at that point and m soon con- ‘ m* b , ad , filed a bHI , of «*
vinced that he was on the right track to wf/cTfi cle , ri ’ wbose da 'y >'
success. Spades, pickaxes aud carts did I C fll„ ry , and send U P the record and
busy work. An engineer and an dlfraL?h?£ w,t 1 th ® lute,lt!o “ to
artist were employed, ami, at «!!;£, „.,Jf!^5’. dd not a “ d wouIJ not
times, as many as ono hundred : “p 6 . lrausmit s uc'i papers in due
aud lifty laborers. The cost per day I of 1 t, .‘ l3 defaaI ' tbe
reached as high as‘one hundred dollare fc. had not
and tho excavation was continued, though aid n ^rL»° 0 U d ld !if V ° obtaincd »
not constantly, for some live years. The | theTr claim .- d tha 0| nuunt of
Held, that the allegations were sufficient,
ami a general demurrer thereto wx_
properly overruled.
(6) That the plaintilto In error did not
compel the clerk by mandamus to send up
the record was not such negligence as
would prevent a recoveay for the default
of the clerk. Judgment affirmed.
It will also bring to light the fact that _
farmer with ono year’s provisions ahead
ought never to fall behind, and that with
one year’s debts upon him It will take a
miracle almost for him to 'recover. Let
the farmer keep an account book to see
what ho is doing.
To the thriftless we. recommend this
plan as one that farill reward their former
errors; to thq prosperous we propose It as
one that will increase their success. Far
mers, try a more systematic prosecution of
this year’s work.—Albany News.
accumulated debris of three thousand
yeara was dug through, each stratum con
taining its own specific relics and witness
ing to the particular form or civilization
which theseven cities represented. What
masses of ancient splendor have been ex
humed—vases, golden cups, bracelets, or
naments and costly treasures—tho reader
must turn to his large and superb volume
to understand. Taken in all its aspects, I .i “7“ ‘
this excavation of Troy Is one or tbe most Wi,!,l ^«‘*l’.exaa i to r s,v«. Toibertct a!,
amazing things amid all the wonders ot I i V Date °* w,ll .> fr °m Madison,
the age. It startles one into areal con- ? a ft r ?PP aar,, . 1 S in other respects
sciousness of man’s power to study thi3 I R . e ‘* °* 6“' with warranty of title
remarkable book. The exhumation of fel a! ,^? I der f d M ‘Momentary in its
sections of Pompeii and Herculaneum. I , c i , a by the following provision con-
ami of Nineveh and Babylon, had prm I iSSLUf” ? 11 J 3 , hereby expressly
pared scholars to expect some results a B™ed between the parties
from Dr. Schliemann’s undertaking. Yet | if.t* 3 llc . ani1 the said Elijah
no one looked for such unparalled sue- j Hf 0 , '“s'rnjnent) reserves to
cess. It is a pleasaut tiling aud an inspir- 1, iim'[l“H* 10 ,n lh e tract of land
iting tiling to know, that olff Ilium has I ber 1,1 * nd hereby conveyed, to have, use,
been brought back jrortlvery distant I ^ d e,,J ? y l| ie same during his
ages and presented toour eyes as a very I na , ,ra .‘ il,a ' a,,d 10 **ke and enjoy the
tangible reality. Better still, such I f eat ?V- ,8SU ? s f, nd pro<lt * the same du.*-
a resurrection from the tomb ,n * ”
of remote centu-ias ennobles the present I A he tac.s surrounding the making
by quickening iu iuterest in the past. . . . 3,:vera , P a P”re propounded as testa-
Mauy a chapter in the lost history of tbe I J” 0Illar y * n . l “ w do not indicate that
Divine Providence, that presides over the ,a * e ;‘ ded l h‘‘m as such,
outgoings of the world, is thus illnmina- I 1 hat, at the suggestion of a lawyer
ted; and assuredly we need every day who beard that too maker of such iustru-
more and more insight into the past to I !- nel ,.? ' Vi ? 3 to ro,ervu the use of the laud
form just ideas ofthe present. But, at I ,or 11 e ’, ,ey ' vore altcst ed by three wit-
last, the transcendent charm of this vol- I llessei > <loas ‘' ot render them tesUmenta-
ume is tlie personal career of Dr. Schlic- ly ., tt w. 1 ,b<! ,acl3 ?* tbii case ’
maim, to whose inflexible fidelity to the I '/“ere several papers wore propoitud-
dream of boyhood and the inspiration of a e ‘i a ''estamentaiy in character, only one
tried and tested manhood, we owe an ex- I ?, w 11:011 was admitted to probate, and [ ra( ., mu n v a slrnn ,,,, , .
ample of heroic univordilness without an I ,be propounder* (wiio were named as ex- r^“.--.V Uy a alran S er cannot bo
* 1 • I - . ! liniriinil na #1... «•!
equal iu our day.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Decisions ltcujerei* Dec. 28, 18SP.
Abridged for the Telegraph and Messenger hg
Hill 11 Harris, Attorneys at Loio, Macon
Georgia.
Drake vs. Dawson. Distress warrant,
from Hancock.
1. Tim 's'- i. aisnuss a coun
ter atlidavit iu a distress for rent takes
precedence of a motion to dismiss the
warrant, yet where the counter atlidavit
was sufficient iu law to retain the case iu
court, the plaiutili' is not hurt by the fail
lire to hear his motion first.
A counter atlidavit which, besides
setting out laeU amounting substantially
to a good plea of recoupment, follows the
statute aud alleges ‘-'.bat the sum distrain
ed for or some part thereof is not due,” is
good, and should not be dismissed.
3. A distress warrant based on the alii
davit of John Drake in its recitals and
yet not sworn to by him at all, for the
sum claimed to be due, but by his attor
ney, aud that only on the best of the at
torney’s knowledge aud belief, is bad,
and should be dismissed ou mot ion.. Judg
ment affirmed.
ocutors) appealed as to the other paper
upon a finding agaiust them iu tha Supe
rior Court, costs were properly awarded
a:rai'»sL lln»m as inilitfiiluaia
Decision in the Virginia Tax Caae.
Washdtotoh, January 24 Tlia fol-
lowingis the decision of the United States
Supreme Court to-day In the case of Hart
man vs. Greenhow, treasurer, which was
brought here by a writ of error from the
Supremo Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Justice Fields, after reviewing the history
ol the debt of Virginia,expresses tho opin
ion of tlie court In substauce tint,: ■'
The power of a State to Impose a tax on
her own obligations is si subject upon
which there has been, a difference of opinion
among jurists and statesmen; brit what
ever may be tho wisest rule as to thb taxa
bility of public securities, any tax levied
upon them cannot be. withheld- from the
interest payable thereon. This was the
judgment in the case of Murray vs.
Charleston (00 U. S. 443), where tho
court held that by tho legislation of tho
city its obligation to Its creditors was im
paired, and, however great Its power of
taxation, it must be exercised, being a po-
I tical agency ofthe State, in subordina
tion to the inhibition of the Federal con
stitution against/egislation impairing the
obligation of a contract. This decision
would be decisive in the present case, but
the present case is still stronger for the
creditor. The funding act made the bonds
issued under it payable to the order ofthe
bearer, and made the coupons payable to
bearer. The bon ds and coupons, there
fore, were so far distinct and independent
contracts that they amid be separated
from each other and transferred to
different hands. This court has repeat
edly held that such coupons have all the
essential attributes or commercial paper;
that they are separate claims against the
oiate and may be used to support separate
and independent actions. Tlie coupons
held by Hartman, the petitioner, were
distinct contracts, Imposing their own
separate obligations upon tlie State. Hart
man was not tbe owner of tbe bonds to
which they had been origiually attached.
In his hands they were os free ainl dis
charged from all liability on those bonds
as though they had never been connected
with them, and argument is hardly neces
sary to prove that au act wlfich requires
the holder of one contract to pay the
taxes levied upon auother con
Tux PtuircK Cossmir.
Cultivation of Upland Bice.
A reporter of the Charleston News and
Courier, sent by that paper to investigate
their agricultural prospects and the labor
During ther reigns of our Queen’s imme- I condltlon » **)'* W cultivation of upland
dlate predecessors the observances ' of I rico ls openiug a veritable bonauia : in
Christmas degenerated; but for sonio of I the npland counties of South Car
the interest it now assumes, -we have to „i:„ . . 1 00,1111
thank the Prince Consort, who held it a I ° l aa ’ aUd be venfle3 llis opinion
most sacred time. Peculiarly happy • in I by tbo fol,0 ' vit| g narrative of results and
his domestic life, such anniversaries were I'processes in Orangeburg county:
ansi Sssass? w '«** I sussst«ssSau
against them as individuals,
affirmed.
sustained. Such an act is not a legitimate
exercise of tlie taxing power. It under
takes to impose upon one burdens which
Judgment fall > U ' at all > upon another. The
= ut funding act stipulated that the contions
Gresham, for use, vs. Baugh. Complaint
from Hancock.
Where a testator, after specific legacies,
leaves his entire estate to tlie widow with
remainder over to four legatees, and said
estate consists of realty and personally,
and most of the latter perishes by the
emancipation of slaves and in the use of
it, and the widow and sou are left to exe
cute tbe will, aud tlie latter pays debts ol
the' estate out of his own funds, and on the
death of the widow suit is brought by one
of the remaindermen tor his interest, ami
the surviving executor, having legally sold
tlie estate, shows to the satisfaction or tlie
jury that said debts absorb the proceeds of
the sale aud were paid by him, not to
speculate on llio estate but bona fide:
Held, that a verdict for tlie defendant
will be upheld as uot illegal. Judgment
affirmed.
Fanning vs. The State. Robbery^ from
Fulton.
To constitute robbery, as distinguished
from larceny from the person,there must be
force or intimidation in the act; therefore,
where a thief slipped his hand iu the pock
et of a lady and got his linger caught
therein, and she felt tbe hand, and, turn
ing, saw him looking unconcernedly
at tlie houses, and caught him by
thq coat, which was left witu her In mak
ing his escape:
Held, that the crime ls larceny from
the person and not robl»ery. though tlie
] ady's hau l was torn i.i extracting his
iiaud. Judgment reversed.
Calm cl al. vs. Wright, comptroller gen
eral. Rule, from Fulton.
1. Tin comptroller general’s execution
against a detaul’.iUg tax-collector and bis
sureties is au execution for taxes in the
true iiitonl aud meaning of. the cot.stliu-
tiofi'3 of 1868 aud ii’n’yand may be en
forced against peisoinlty set apart and
exempt £ our ordinary judgments, execu
tion:. MuWccrocs in puss issiou ofthe said
collector or fits stireUM.' Thu case Jo t»
Ga., Hi; reviewed diuT-reaffirmed.
' j.-Tii'refbre, toTtfre said execution was
levied upon a surety’s peisonaity, ami the
money rawed lroqi its sale was *n court
for distribution, jui.l t}i: wife of the stire-
ty, fie refusing, had applied to have the
aalue exempted, and the caw was pend
ing on appeal I'rour Urn ordinary, aud -tlie
comptroller ^gjneral ruled the sheriff for
the money—the wire being made a party
to tho rule, and the court ruled that tho
be paid t»r the St4ta:
Held, that the court ruled correctly.
Judgment affirmed. ,
Atlanta xtid Chartotto Air-Lino Railroad
vs. Smith, administratrix. Case, from
Fulton. '■ •
1. Where the exception to to.tao refusal
ofthe court to grant anew trial,The brier
a of evidence may be Wrought* u? to tills
cAtirt as part ofthe recot’d; but it must be
iwferreduo tu tue bill of exceptions, or the
writ of error.wili be dismissed. .
£ Wire re Hie date or the clerk sccrtifi-
cate to the bHI W exceptions is prior to
the date of the judge’s signature, 1 i will be
dismissed. '• ■ ‘
Hawes vs. Hawes. Alimony, from Lin
coln.
1. Where a husband and wifpngiTrt'l
that ?he slispjhhi pface), and that lie would
support her, it amounted to a voluntary
separation, and a petition for alimouy
ttuder section 1747 of the code could ba
brought.
2. In this case it appeared that the wife
had a separate estate, aud the ltusbau
had children by a former wife, but til
value of such separate estate as compared
with the husband's property, and his obli
gation to support tbe other members of
tbe family, were not iuquired into, as
they should have been, in fixing the
amount of alimony. Judgment reversed.
Hightower vs. Beall. Spears & Co. Claim
from Hancock.
Where a deed was made to secure a
debt, which was afterwards sued on and
judgment confessed, a deed back to the
debtor made and tbe fi. fa. levied on the
land, the defendant could uot set up that
the deed was void by reason of usury
in the debt, tlie record showing no indica
tion thereof. Nor could the' wife of the
debtor who obtained a homestead subse
quently to the making of the deed, plead
such usury, as against the judgment.
Judgment affirmed.
Jafiray & Co. vs. PnrteU. Claim, from
Fulton.
A declaration iu attachment was filed
after the first tenn and notice given to the
defendant. At the next term the attach
ment was dismissed, without prejudice to
the proceeding on tlie declaration. On the
same day a general judgment was entered
against the defendant by default, a fi. fa.
issued and levied. ■
Held, that a judgment could not bo
takeu atthat term; one so taken was a
nullity, and tbo levy thereunder was prop
erly dismissed. Judgment affirmed.
Farmers’ Books.
N<>thig is so essential to snccessfnl busi
ness as keeping accurate accounts. * This
is no less true of farming as a business
than of mercantile or mechanical pursuits.
If one keeps a strict record of bis expendi
tures and receipts, he must behold sys
tematic results following diligence and a
good season. * Yet, in tbe face of this gen
eral business principle, there are compara
tively few fanners who make any pretense
to a strict account of their expenses and in
comes. It is undoubtedly true that the
whole business world rests upon his
shoulders—when his crop fails the town
merchant fails, and when the town
merchant' succumbs to financial
pressure the city merchant goes under,
and to on up to the factories. ‘Ilia farmer
supports the world. It is startling, then,
to think that he who, in a sense, carries
on the business of all mankind, should
generally be the most neglectful and un
systematic business man of them all.
There is not a particle of reason why
farmers should allow supply merchants
to keep their books for them. They
ought to do ittliemselves.
As one of tbe least weighty considera
tions for such a course, they would find
iu their farm book-keeping pleasaut en
tertainment for evenings and rainy days,
aud at the uud of tiie year have a written
review of their labors, and in ten years
have a comparative history of their farms.
But from an economical point of view
the advantage would be much greater—
prosperity would come out ol it—money
wonld be found in It. If every ono would
waited for him -In the grand septricliral | Any^'rou^i Cator & Co. vs. «om-
mouudon which the'Bnrkl.h village of] plaint, front L-hatham. .
nissarlik was built.
'A voluntary agent without reward is
neglect iu and about
should be receivable for all taxes ami dues
to the Elate l'or their full amount, and
upon this pledge the holders of tlie bonds
ol tho State surrendered tfiem and took
The act of t thair amount,
shall not be thus tecelvea tor taxes ror
their lull amount, hut only for such por
tion os may remain after the tax subse
quently levied upon the bonds to which
they had been attached is deducted. If
act does not impair the contract with the
bondholder, who was athorizedtotransferu
to others the coupons, with tho quality of
receivability for taxes annexed, it is diffi
cult to sec in what way it would be im
paired, even though the tax on the bond
should equal the whole face of the cou
pon. If agaiust the express terms of its
contract, the State cau take a portion of
tbe iuterest iu the shape of a tax bn the
bond, it may, at its pleasure, take the
whole. This court is clear, therefore, that
the act of the Legislature of the State of
Virginia, of 1S7U, requiring the tax on her
bouds issued under tlie funding act of
March 30tb, 1871, to be deducted from the
coupons origiually attached to them,
when tendered iu payment of taxes or
other dues to the State, is iu
violation of the previous/contract with
such bondholders contained in tlie fund
ing act—is a law impairing the obligation
of a contract, and that it is therefore void.
It follows that the petitioner was entitled
to his mandamus to compel tbe treasurer
of the city of Richmond to receive the
coupons tendered to him in payment ot
taxes for their full amount. The judg-
xnent ofthe Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia denying the writ Is therefore re
versed and the cause remanded lbr fur
ther proceedings iu accordance with : this
opinion.
■ Justice Hiller expresed his dissent
from tbe opinion of the court, aud gave
as his reasons, first, that no Legislature of
a State has authority to bargain away the
State’s right of taxation; second, that In
issuing tbe bonds anil coupons which are
the subject of this controversy tke Legis
lature or Virginia neither iu terms or by
any just inference made any contract that
the bonds and coupons should not be sub
ject to tho same taxes as other property
taxed by tbe State.
The Champion Hunter.
Luke Wheeler, partner of Frank Ains
worth, the champion shot of Colorado,
was in Fort Collins on Friday, haring
just come down from North Park with a
load of game. Mr. Wheeler favored tlie
Express with'a call and kiiidly gave some
account of his season’s hunting, which is
now over. The two huutere during tbe
season brought to market fourteen large
loads of elk, antejope and deer. They
killed 300 antelope and 250 elk. They
sold all the meat readily In Denver and
Boulder. Elk ;sold-ftbm T cent* to 10
cents per pound, antelopes from 7 cents to
8 cents and deer from 10 cents to 12}
cents. The season was a very profitable
one. They made two sbipmeuts of hides,
the last being 3,500 pounds. Game was
fat and. in good condition. There is plenty
left in the mountains. There was a herd
of 500elk within 000 yards' of camp when
Mr. Wheeler left.’ The hunters, at one
stand,i killed eighteen elk within ten
minutes. Wheeler .considers Ainsworth
tho most experienced hunter he ever saw.
He beggn bunting when ahoy, and hunted
buffalo in Kansas. He recently shot with
Govej of Denver, and with a crack shot
onMontaua, and.was a ttfinper on both
occasions. He uses a tliirty-Uve calibre
Maynard rifle and sixty-grains ofpbvvder,
good for anything within 400
contact in spirit with your loved ones in i i. i t y yeal i? 1 < t 0IlG,led to
the homeland, where you were ever so I ^ iVu?’7 1 were b a( Hy drained
dear to me.” Holt was who instituted' ll,ab, ® for l , he cultivation of either
that general Interchange of gifts, coiiilu-1 Vi® >’ ear is °7 tlie plau-
uednowjnany of the royal homes in I ^ !!? a ?!i y by tb&ir , cott °n operations,
which her Majesty ordains to sn^nd I ^ # y i! a , rtei ? , tbe year "'Ith cotton at thirty
Christmas. Sis still her custom to^dve ,° Ut at four i eea cents - It‘
presents to all her attendants, both ladies I ? raS 7v ry wet ,^ ear ' and farmers
and gentlemen, aud also to the dressers J f° U i r iL* bat i CVe . n J n uplands where rice
and maid servants. There is peril ansi bad be ^ a planted good heavy crops were
throughout Great Britain no other K y :lSG8
where more kiudly surprises are planned „!.„M An0 i E .. c ^° p op bice t
and more gentle thoughts for others ***■?** 11tod * 8, ‘ d tbat yc ~ °°> 000 bushels
evinced than in tho highest household in I nnliif 1 p C ii® *° Charleston. The
the land. ° ,louscn0IU lu I quality of rice, however, that year was
The first Christmas of their married a3 i ’ t s boll,d bave beon » and
life, just after tlie birth of the Princess sinil !w 1 7 3a,lzed were not satisfactory.
Royal, was spent by the Queen aud her I nia^?«n lat j™ 8 8maller crop* havo been
husband at Windsor Castle; and wo read plan , tedand u ‘° re attention paid to its
in the “Life of the Prince Cousort” how farmS* n’i' „. lh f. cllle 1 f . advantage to the
Christmas trees were sot up in tlie Queen Y* c , t \ at I “ s t,ds at *P !e teems to
and Prince’s room, a custom 1 em P loya , a cbu3 that Js
continued in future years, when they 1 D,t ?? Ure y uufi i for lba cuIti *
were also set up in another room for the I vatlon . of au ythiiig else. The crops that
young princes, princesses, aud in the Oak I Srf^pfe tG ? rc *i ,re » are almost a clear
Room for the household. Tho Jadies aud I t 11,0 planting ot upland riec,how-
gentleraea in waiting were summoned to U °r “ ny ? al “f* ,f - safo > 83 t,le
me corridor on Christmas Eve, and^ the I ThliH 5 ° f rM ?.J u lbo , 11,10 water fields.
Queen and Prince, accompanied by tlie I ° f l i b ° ^ entlre ly tiepend-
toyal family, pointed out the presents m-1 ^t, UI>0 ?i ie . ra 2 s u 1 *? “ ontl13 « Au.
tended for each, inviting theni afterward I n!Yv/. al | ld;3ept | Cnib ? r ’ alldlf ll ‘ese montiis
to go Uirougli the different rooms to s»e E! dry , a ,2 d u ‘> favo nifilo Lho crop will
what they themselves had mutually given I P™' e . au ) u “ er i failure. The cultivation
aud received. Present-givinj has always rtfji P if nd | r 3 ak r 8ub ^ ect t0 tbo fur -I . _
1 3pcc , ial del ’ 3 l ,t royal fa,,li| y* Seldom ^irotiio tells of* rh?! I ^iinY e ? Ua,ly ' 11 is tbat both the Georgia " b V re 1110 argument was held were filled
r "° | seldom are ® ^. r i“* ou,,d 'n ®°n- j Senatore will •import tlie taMte
• Waahinfftoft Letter.
Washixotojt, D. C.t January 21.
THE QUHEK OF THE LOBBT.
The vitriolic Edpmuds, of Vermont, to
fairly snorting,with rage about it, and
threatens dungeons and cutting off Of the
whisky ration to the guilty parties When
Christmases, lie says: “These pleasant J. „ ^ • u mosi generally
fesUvitics always bring mo doubly in sections. The cnltiva-
g
She' was pointed out tp me yesterday, I discovered. Let him put his colleagues
and I* confess To quite a- decided disap- *^ ba ' van f* t0 ^'id out wliere the
polntment. If I were an M. C., and Colonel Henry Grady and General
vulnerable In that direction St would ! Evan Howell, of tbe Atlanta Constitution
take more outer charms than she shows bave 1)01,5 be® 11 h «re this week. The lat-
(to the multitude at least) tq enUimle ? at hi> name off
fer;Sg
brunette, hailing from ths South, and 1° f»t at a rapid rate. He begins to as-
claiming to be the widow of a Confed- aun J®. •Idegnmnlc proportions, which to
erate colonel. She also claims to have \r_ r °£ °“ e ?° young and charming.
Um .bm.,1 ami u> U» matt N« V^SStS."’ hI’ STlS
famous meni of England aud France In ad- summoned there as a witness in the Fed-
dition to alarge list at home. She to said p 18 ’ co51rt i“ » cotton case wherein tlie es-
topics that usually interest statesmen 11 hear mT! Guitln wiJL aftTiTeartMNSi;
whose hair is thin on the top of I Torlc > v,3, t the celebrated Eureka Springs
their heads. She dresses in black, of I J? -^Iteusas, on tho- recommendation of
course, and evenings her costume g££ bav r ® s '‘^“Sbly tested and
is brightened with a knot of what Dr. Felton’s “new departure” speech
is supposed to be rare lace, iu wliose 3ec,ns to liang fire soraeliow. What the
soft folds glitters a diamond cross of a nmter is I aui not informed. The rumor
splendor aud lustre to make your mouth t,lat 'bo doctor has fully and freely for-
water. It is said she is under very Ligli j given Gov. Brown for the latter’s alleged
pay lor lier services and earns it all. More work *?ainst him In the last canvsss to
than one M. C. owns hor sway, aud Is * tearfully announce, unrounded. ’
completely submissive to her will. If site T b° House made a first-ciass ass of it-
ta heie next winter when the Radicals sola last night by remaining in session
control tlie House she will have her I u,lt| l aix tills morning. Nothing was ac-
hands full capturing them. Now, how- complisiied by it beyond making a lot of
ever, she has to work very hard with slim '“embers especially red-eyed aud thirsty
results. So much for Democratic indiff- | to_da y- There was uot a quorum present
ercuco to feminine charms.
* UAESIIAL PlTXSIMSIO.VS
had a hearing yesterday .before Mr. Hayes
aud the Attorney General, in reply to the
charges preferred against him m tho rc-
any time during the session. A'. W. R.
' 11 1 ^ ‘ - *
Tha Great Consolidation.
— luo r C -,„.^ EW lr ^° 8K « Ja miary23^-Thecaso of
port of tbe agent who was sent down to I . . v ** 1,10 % estern Union, At-
mvestigate his official conduct. What tbe I ***“ Faelllc and American Union
result wa3 or rather will be to not yet iuIe S I ?P* 1 Companies, to prevent their
known but the opinion is general that I 9/ usu , atiou was called in tho Supreme
there will be a vacancy in tho office I V°. l . lr ' bJ Judge Barrett shortly after the
pretty soon. I understand Mr. Stephens , y recess * The matter came up on an
has preUy well given up all hone of savia-> I ? . er 811057 cause why the temporary
his friend and when he despairs tlie cas“ I, J unod ' )l1 ? ra “ted last Friday should uot
must indeed be hopeless. ~ j P^nnancut, The chambers
The interchange of gifts on birthdays I, ™ om of rice found to cou-
New Year’s and othfr ar.nivenSh*^' I When it
tends
S? 1 I ,Ie *- Th r are
Windsor, have been signalled by sorrow „,i r n U1 ‘ , t Dy , ASTJ t GEB ’
and anxiety, as when the ITiuce of Wales e™ S , tb ? m 1 to . !10w 'b®' tUe cultiva-
was dangerously ill in 1871, and the ivtu 1•J'b® oplxndrlce is really uot with-
cess Alice fai in 18H. -SSSuSSyal SUS - < J r ? wba< : I “ t aod «HwIv.ata«e,,
bdrough is not forgottemn her absence, is 811 ,udu $try which is grow-
On New Year’s day, some A'200 is dis- !.'?.Jl apid ] y l 1101 '? P°P u J* r 13 i' becomes
tributed in gifts to 1,200 poor ol tho par- I '? Kb proper cul'iva-
islics of Windsor and Glower, in the form f 2 and . wlt )‘ 8 6? od seaso . 11 yield in
of coals, meat ana bread, tlie amount h' 3 i.^ un » y ,, bas been as high as forty
varying according to the size ofthe family I ^'i 3 s ° f 110 , rou =' r . io ® 10 'be here,
of tlm rm*inif>nffi tvhn --i j I whldi is considered a lair yield for tide
Hi Kimball for tlie prospective vacancy in I r P ad , 8n ad, davit of Rufus Haleb,in which
this office, aud that he can be confirmed tbo , a 4r r said 1,18 Western Union T’elp.-
without difficulty. I P*P? Com pap v chanred !»«• *n»u the
oxce too j I Ajuencan Uniou Company to thore points
Tdu ol course recollect the story ofthe ?‘? re 'P 8 ., f bad wires, but
pitcher that went ouce too often to] the I n , m a, ntained them it the same rates to
well and what happened to it. ItJ re-1 P° a ' 3 w liere the American Union did
minds mo of what has recently befallen Jt 01 . °? I ?I le ' e w *'b tiiem. Counsel said
the venerable, Hamlin, the coutemuw of V . ] r ' lleso ' 55 ’° companies were consoli-
overcoate. He braved tho weather in l “® ratC3 5Voula be raised,
that old dress coat once too often the|Ia«t tt - n %n ^” a y uy > counsel for tbe American
cold spell and now lies fiat on his back I un, °I l A eiegrapli Company, in response
with a sharp attack of rheumatism in Vine * vaJ V-‘? 8, . aluLor y ac t in relation to the
of his legs. I saw him hobbling about 2? , 1 datl011 of '°*^ r, Pb companies, and
Willard’s Hotel some teu days ^o, and I ? u i° re ?i alHdavits °f President T.
now the papers say Iio has been com- ~-' kart and becretary T. F. Clarke, of
tlie clerk of the I avi!ra SC of about fifteen bushels an acre.
0 o’clock in the -mortem;’ire the i A1 '2 . year , 1Si ! 0 J us1, closed ha3 been the
riding school of Windsor Castle, i the ■ several years.
Queen’s purveyor having been busily era- ™11ha-t.- aa cou ^
ime. •- * / the average, bo satisfactory has the cul
privileged visitors are permuted to see. sivatiou ofthis r'
himself conquered at last. xtuag
By the way, what a career A pap-suck
ing his has been! Born iu IbiW, he was
3p«im , tsr-.sf, Mv afth lo; then'an ai. «:•
iu the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth
sivatiou ofthis rice proved that several of j Congresses; Senator four years frop« 1848
the planters have, during tho last, four ty fin a vacancy; re-elected for a I”’ *«riu
On the tin flooring, all along the centre . luu uavu , llllrlI , s lll0 msw tour ty fit! a vacancy;
” f i.‘ b ® « b 2.? “1?.“ 'r".°/»c W ’^ l .?. ! 52'?.!l ed I J’ e !'”> b®*n turning their attention to its h, 1851, but resigning to act as (
tables, With joints of beef varying from I cultivation upon the overflow plan, j Mr.
seven pouncto to three pounds, enlivened 1 (;. j. s lrmMU , W h 0 owns lauds on bean
by sprigs of holly, lhe recipients, ytjung j swamp, for two yeais past has used the
and old women'and men, and souie yi^ting I Waters of tho swamp by means of darns
children, enter by ticket, carrying neatly am i ditches, and has overflowed his rico
folded cloths and bags, and pass out by I ^ j 3 done in the rice Helds nearer tho.cpast.
the east entrance, underneath tho room I # £lie lirst year of thb experiment he raised
whence the Fnnce records he and the rest 12,500 bushels, but last year lie gathered a
ofthe royal family were wont to witness crop of between 8,000 and 10.0UO bushels,
the ceremony. In tho Quecu s absence,she which brought.au average price of $1.10 a
is represented by court officials.. Last bushel. Other planters are now pursuing
y® al 'foints were given away, weighing^ I the same plan, aud by next year the crop,
3,221 pounds. Besides this, 1,203 cwt. ot j r is thought,'will be laigely increased,
coals, in portious of 3 cwt. and I cwt., are I • i tub mode op cui/tivation
delivered at the homes of the poor; and I { 3 ver y simple. The planting begins about
her Majesty makes liberal contributions the Urst of March.. Tho seed iS sown In
to the Royal Clothing Club, blie also I hiH s very much as cotton, aud frequently
sends presents of game to the Windsor lu t i ie middle of a cotton lield, where the
Inlirmaiy, University College and other J cbttoh rows run througli low ground, and
ho9mtal?. and a ernat deal nf nAn i-
from the palaces, which, however, does I ton..^ It. ls given three pluughings and
not always arrive at Christmas time. I.. I three booings. The gathering, to acoom-
At Osborne, on Christmas ove, her M^j-1 pushed in tho same way as in the tide-
esty distributes gifts to all the chiidten on water fields, anil iu appearance the rice is
the Osborne estates, for whom a Clwist-1 very much the same, except that the stalks
mas tree is prepared in tbe servants nail, I are smaller ami the rough rice to not so
with presents of books, toys, etc. Acoom-1 golden in appearance. iThe seed to really
isnied by the various membera of herfatn- I tfie same.. A measured bushel, to lighter
Iy, and the ladies and gentlemen of the than a measured bushel of tide-water rice,
household, she hands these to eadi child, owing to the uumber of immature grains
and, alter the distribution, they have all I in every bushel. It to sold, however, by
plum pudding. On the evening of New I wejglit, loAy'-fnur pounds to the busiiel.
Year’s day she presents gilts to the upper The income to the farmers ofthe county
smaants of the household ip the 8tew- year f rom this source i^om was
ardsrtKJra, where fa a Christmas tree, over $40,000. Ifi order to determine acen
The Queen and the princes and princesses I r .tei tf »
with her attend divine service at Whip- 1 • T * E pbofit 1 ’ !
plugton church on Christmas morning, inihfa klhd W planting I have obtained
, j 11 ?' plum pudding nor plum porridge I the . following^ .figures from a reliable
isomitted from tho royalmenu.andthe Miurce,.whichshow a profit,of 100 per
baron or beef to cut from a shorthorn ox, ^ . uj^n the^apltal invested. In he
bred on the Prince Consort’s turn at l‘g5t V pla^e the land used, as stated above,
FrogtnOrc. T he servants indoors all dine I fa finfitTor raising either com 6r cotton,
together, and the outdoor servants have «i not wort h over $3 an acre. • The
allowance of a few shillings each, accord-1 cost of sqed-for planting an acretotwcuty-
tngtothelrstatus. . five cents. Three ploughings will average
Christmas to kept at Sandringham by I about $2.75, three livings about S2.7&
the Prince and Princess of Wales iu I gathering $1, threshing about fifty cents.
thoroughly national style. On Christmas
Eve beef is distributed to the laborers and
wortmen on the royal estate— prime
joints, in proportion to the size of the
family, reckoning two pounds to each
adult, one pound for each child. It Is
given irethe Royal Mews, In the presence
Total cost $7.25. Average yield 15 bush
els, which at present prices to worth $1 a
bushel.
A IttCE-FOL'XDINO MILL.
The increasing production ofthis staple
in the county induced the establishment
In 1872 of d rice-pounding mill on a small
tile pursuits without fitrUMf-iiitortwpUon.” ccnt’on of hto agency
I and to i;uuu
put down from day to day hto actual ox- j yards. Wheeler has seen him kill a coy-
penses, and then note how much this par- ota wolf at 750 yards. ., Wheeler is going
tieular crop costs him, and how much lie 1 to tlie Indian Territory after some,horses,
lias spent during the year in labor, ma- i which he will lake to Powder river. He
mire, ex., on this part.cular field, and 1 will make that region his home and hunt-
then place on the opposite side of tiie bal- : ing-ground. He,-also, la an old hunter,
ance Sheet the returns in prodace and ■ having hunted through Texas and.^lieli*.
money, anl if this were done every year, dlan Territory for buflilo. Jie bad an
and iu connection with every field and ’ encounter with Big Bow’s band or Kio-
I team by actual experi- was, near Monument Rock, Texas, one
u .:i ..f tei place to plant ’ day, and caugbt an arrow m hto knee.—
his different crops wit'i most pecuniary Foit Collins Express..
advantage. In kills way he could learn J ...... , ..a.,- —j
which field ought to bo planted In corn, j This i s a naUon/of SOjOOO.fiOO people,
and in cotton. Ho would tlm3 learn the_ >[ld yot one darlusy with sore .ears
capabilities of ids farm and liow to plant j iag ifieked up a fuss which has made his
It most profitably. ' name indie fkmons tlian that ef any Vice
By a strict system of book-keeping the president W e eidr had.— Detroit Free
farmer would also learn the fearful danger
or credit. Ho would sec that the enormous
percentage which the credit system eom-
peis him to pay for his supplies, coining
■as that credit does all tho way down from
New York to his immediate supply mer
chant, Is/noie thad Ids farm, under extra-
•-okiiuary\;ircun!3tance3,ca:i possibly yield.
Press..
Ladies shoulii. remember that Julias
& Co. keep one of tlie best assorted stocks
of flue slides for todies and children now
to be found anywhere in tbe market.
Call and examiMo Ttusuxun jusbaia
oy ' b ® Pr,8 °® 8ad Princessitheir children, J 4ca ] 0 { n the town of Orange burg by Messrs,
and their household. On Christmas mom- Jos€ph St rauss and J1 J. Strelt. The ca-
Ing the choristers assemble on the terrace I parity of the mill has increased every year,
to sing carols and anthems, lhe school I an( j now . ^ capable of turning-out from
children receive new clothing and each a 300 to 400 bushels per day. The capacity
Christmas card. There are generally will shortly bo increased to 500 bushels
large ahooting parties, and plenty of fun pe rday . ^he mill purchases in the rough
prevails. j a || t | I0 r ; m [,, llllu i S) am i £)... proprietms
- , . _ . purchase rice from several 'other counties
.7™_ an “ fe° nd ®*) >0, ]p u fib gave an than this, and even from North Carolina,
odd dinner party on Christmas day *' The business has hcen umfunnly prolita-
thelr house In London. The guests were blCj an d the prospects aro better now than
'J 5 ?.'Jf ly A™« r,8aa dwarfsTaiown as the t }, e y j, aV ebeen. Tho mill lias been agreal
Midgets, and furniture, dishes and plitea convenience to the farmers of tlie county
W * r * y S * Z ° ° f * and aflords a ready market at fair prices
small people. Even the food correspond- for lIieIr crop3 . At prescnUthe milt pays
ed, everything being of the most minute $1 a busiiel. The price, uf, couree r virfaa
* 126 ’ | frequently, and has reached av’higii as
1 L ’ $1.45 a bushel. The mill soils its clean
Opposed to the Fukdino Act.—The rice in Charleston, Augusta and. Coluuir
Philadelphia Record says “the attitude 011 hia, and has mado sales in. ChicinnoUL
iu 1857; theu Senator again ur’ .efll
when he became Vice President for four
years; then collector of Boston in 18(J5,
which position he resigued the next year
to ent er tlie Senate, to winch he was again
re-elected in 1875, his ternrcxpiring March
4th of tills year. Verily, tne old parly
lias had a luxuriance of luck that makes
one’s mouth water.
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Idiots arc again in session here, and, if
possible, making themselves more disgust
ingly ridiculous than ever. They invaded
the Senate galleries yesterday to hear the
fate of a resolution appointing a special
committee of that body to consider the
question of their “righto,” but retired
with much snappmg of eyes and wrath
ful suiffingof noses aud shaking of heads
when Davis, ot West Virginia, made a
successful motion to bury it in the com
mittee on rules. The vote was 20 to 23,
aud 1 am glad to record'both tho Georgia
Senators among the yeas. Senator Mc
Donald, who has recently become a Ben
edict for the second time, was their spe
cial champion. By the way, hto brother
Senators did a very haudsome thing by
him on that occasion. They presented
Mrs. McD. with a piece of silver worth
$700. The Senator was a saddler m ear
ly life, but fa now one ■ of tha foremost
lawyers in the West, and a Democrat
without fear and .without reproach—an
honest money man, holding bravely to the
true faith aniid a storm of demoralization
and lunacy tbat has swept pretty nearly
all other parly-leaders: in -that State and
section oil their feet.
Garfield's cabinet.
f If a man wants to know the real com
position ofthis piece of official furniture,
all lie has to do to to come on hero aud
spend Ids'money'liberally at-the liolel
bars. Tho able-bodied statesmen, like
wise the “judges” and “majabs,” who hold
themselves lu perpetual readiness to drink
with anybody who will pay for the liquor,
will name It for him without a bobble.
Each one lias “sources of private informa
tion” not attain.tele by any other human
beiug.and knows exactly hovrlt willstand.
These gentlemen mow say that Blaine will
npt Jbe iu tlie cabinet atall—that CoiikliDg
has forbidden it; and Garfield doesn’t dare
say the inrk.-v co ir iuv. Ti.fa piece of
peWs 1, worth about _ tlrree “nips:”. Fill
them a little fuller,'laiul tWy will tell Nan
more—all gbonrihe enUrecdbinet in tuct.
It to' high ton to watch these old rummies
When they capture fi gmrtiy who is thiraty
fob tlie “latefcr tie tfs" as'they are lbr wills-
-e " ' ‘
J . , f , THE CHARTERS * ' ’"l j
ql tho national bank.-, under the Ijiw gre-
attug them, aftJ begiii iu expire, next
year, as lliey ouly mu 1 for" twenty ‘ yeai s.
Quite a uumber expire next year, and in
the u&imima sime ot them bare- found
otil'libwtbltanlc'.ihe law chite-sUrtrs,ful
ly. The pffin fa for the Iniuk first tbj gb
Tiao Ir^iteAnotiis fi nau.mal banlc,- then
riVitgaaizo uf a Stale’bank, am! t jicn
fo'rUi'witli apply for^a u6w charter as aiia-
tiofial luqtuwilU'tiverrty years to run, but
N .It!, .. t 1
funding act, Intended to reduce the rate
of interest upon a large part of the public
debt, to: unfortunate. The.people are not
indisposed to continue in the handk of tbe
banks a practical monopoly of the busi
ness of snpplying the people with paper
money. The value of tbe national bank
ing system is fully recognized. But if its
advantages are to be purchased at tbe cost
of maintaining a high rate of interest
upon government securities tbe price
must be considered too dear. Proper re
duction in tbs rate of bank taxation should
out to said to be first-class.
'I' have thus run over briefly the facts
connected with the rice growing interests
of the county. There facts are not gen
erally known, and illustrate tlie facility
with which the farmers havo transferred
their energies from one ciass of industry
to another. It. Is growing niure popular
each year now, and it is safe in pivJicL
tbat In a few years tlie crop will pe classed
next in importance to the raising of cotton.
eut, and only ono was absent; that sev
en-tenths of the stockholders wero favor
able to the consolidation, reureseutiiur
73.354? nut nf 100 0(10 -rj 2*
company to defraud any of the sharehold
ers of tho company in any way, or t hat
such a conspiracy ever existed.
JoiRt affidavits of Russell Sage, Sid
ney Dilion, Jay Gould and Washington
E. Conner were also read dcoyiug tlie ex
istence of any conspiracy in the consoli
dation agreement. Au affidavit of Da
vid H. Bates, first vice-president of the
American Union Telcerapli Company,
was also read, in which he said lie believ
ed that tiie consolidation would act for
the good of all the shareholders of tne
company, and denied that tlie public or
any ol tha stockholders of the American
Union Company would be ignored in any
way.
“Qralitod* and Duty.”
Hon. Wm. D. Kelly says in a letter te
Dr. Starkey: “Gratitude to you and duty
to those who may be suffering as I was
from chronic catarrh and almost daily et-
lusious of blood in greater or less quanti
ties, impel me to say to you, and to au
thorize you to glee any degree of publicity
to my assertion, that the use of your Com
pound Oxygen at intervals lias so far re
stored my health that I hare not been
conscious of haring discharged any blood
for more than a year; and my cough, tbe
severity of which made me a frequent ob
ject of sympathy, has disappeared.” Our
Treatise on Compauud Oxygen sent free.
Address Drs. Starkey & Paieu, 1109 and
and 1111 Girard street, Philadelphia.
Oleomargarine vs. Butteb.—By-
actual count, tbe uumber of packages of
butter in New York city on January 1st
was 07,480, of which only 11,500 wero of
tlie quality quoted as “State creamery and
dairy firkins.” It fa. also stated by com
petent authority tbat “more oleomarga
rine, lard butter and other substitutes for
butter are exported from this country an
nually than tiie genuine article, and all
American butter is, In consequence, re
garded with suspicion.” The fact that less
than one-fifth of the butter in store to of
good quality shows plainly, in connection
with the above statement of exports,what
grades of butter have anything to (ear
from the manufacture of oleomargarine
and “milled” butter.
y!tb tjie , 61tr'tirid’,‘‘ Tlhs plan hfiritrorfi.-d
sftaewUDt irt ’fiSyeratliusances. In pn«
iisb 2, b iiik lii £ sii/gib week figured' as a
national bin’.;, a State* bank aiid a liew
national'bank. The rujtv bank Hits lhe
same till,-, the • h. vr-, notes printed
frofii tlie same piatcsjrimlpresumaidy tlie
same banking liuuse) books and customers
as the haiik which went it/.o liquidation.
The two banka differ only in their organiza
tion number; widen i« untiled'lh large ied
figures across tiie face Of the note'. Nov-
t uheiess they are technically two dto> met
; hank,. The notes of the oid bank, like
ID OX Tammany*.—if wo do not j there or ail nth-t llquida'in.: haute-!, are
’ mistake tlie temper ofthe country J redceinabtel}? the United States, witil-
1 Hard
... , . ^ , greatly mistake tbe temper ortho country,
be conceded as a matter of justice; the Democracy, a deb-cation from any, “hall" th ■ no -.-s 5 i tin- n. w b
bosiMoa of banking la oppressively bur- ln Ne w York city'.will her.-afi-r i ive a : by th • b it-,-if ugh tiie
time ia getting adiuittn i tu i>. *.v:ir\* I)cp.
State conventions. Down wuh all the J tu: banlai;eiie:Mly a ite * thu
“halls”—spelled with’ a little “H.” * l\v i’y > -.t:- ilmii.i vi o:t t>.
ntfifcracy haii bedn worried almost to dqaih [ wlii imioii;)-. to n-)f;::ic. an
and certainly out of uli patience by 'the will'
mischievous not to say undeir.oc atie or- , tern.
e mzations in the city ot Ne.v York, I
lown as Shis “hail”or that “’iial!.” I*, is ! T.
high time an emi was put to -the annoy-! him
The Mental Calibre of the Next
Congress.—There is good ground for
the gibes of the Republican press over the
cuia-c.dated condition of the Democratic
side of tlie Senate chamber in tha next
Congress. The loss of Wallace, Thurman,
K.r.ou, McDonald, Kern,-1:1 and Randolph
liar not been made good by any accretion
of ability in other States. There to soma
compensation, however,Tn the make-up
of tlie lower House. In that body, while
the Democracy will bo in a voting minori
ty, they retain an undoubted lead in the
matter' of quality. Tlie Republicans have
been transplanting their best men from
the n<uu« to the Senate and elsewhere
until they have not a leader left.—Phila
delphia Record.
must not be allowed to become tfeeir
masters. Tbe rate of Interest upon gov
ernment bonds should be the lowest that
tbe national credit will command, and
untnwnmelled by any consideration ot
policy not making for the financial. ad
vantage ol the whole people.”
introduce J
c:.nf.u:r>!i
inking tys-
“it* ■ ■
i p 1 iodical
King Humbert has bestowed the decors-
_ . ... -Oae.-: soon. „
„ _y tk . sVii-w I tplerattpn ol which has cost pie p t,- publieatiqu iii , wvrra! paper
faiKusSJSISL.®?- , affil.. natlyn, defeat after’dc- . Lliiucsb .feeaty ’after it was He.
dl Cesoola for w c^c^rstl^ |q Cyprus. 1 feat.—Cutskdl jfccoriler. .ivJfaUis piplqp pygsldjra’.i'oii’' by t
f .
leaking out and I
papers of the j
, National University in the South.
The New York World ot last Monday
prints tiie following.
A recent,meeting of tho Alumni of
Washington ami Leo University, who are
residents iu this city am! vicinity, itsued
acail for a gathering to effect a permanent
organization on February 22—Washing
ton’s birthday. Their object to to further
the plan inaugurated by General Wash-
ingtou himself of founding and endowing
a central university iu which the youth ot
ail parti of the Union may iearn to know
and esteem each oilier. Efforts have al
ready been made to realize iu Washing
ton and Lee University these ideas of
Washington, and one principal object of
the Altimni Association now to be formed
wilt he to heartily co-oporate with the
! oQeii'dnnial Organization for the Better
! Endowment of Washington and l.eo Uni-
I vers tty,’’ fay bringing to tiie notice ofthe
public the historic amt patriotic associations
1 of more than a century which belong to
1 that venerable instil»tion,origiially found-
I c l hv Washington and ’.be soldiers of the
j Revolution, and to tea v toil thejitei.ticu
j of men nf thought at tiie North as well as
at the South.
Vive years ago six million croquet seta
sent to land j were sold in this coiiulry; kat year lesw
hat bfiy. tha n thirty thousand wore sold.