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GEORGIA TEL APH BUILDING
SI1BIIS1ED 1826.
MACON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1881.
VOLUME LV-NO 52
SOT AT It ox a.
Loto stood upon tho doorstep
And twirled about the pin.
And whispered through the keyhole,
"Is any one within:"
Bnt she was busy sweeping
And dusting high and low,
And ho his books was deep in,
So they let him knock and go.
Better tho book unwritten,
Better nnswept the floor,
Than sncli sweet and seldom visitor
Turned from the thankless door.
—[Exchange.
RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION IN BOS
WORTH,
OB,
What Sixteen Old Maids Can Do
Bosworth was a nice little village of
some 500 inhabitants, and boasted of three
churches—Congregational, Baptist, and
Methodist, while a handful of Unitarians
gathered occasionally at the town hall,
and a few Adeenists went to the next vil
lage, five miles distant, to worship. Tho
first three mentioned were as distinct
from each other as black is from white.
Not only were they not on visiting terms
with eacli other, but tho three stores show
ed that they did not even trade together.
The oldest inhabitants could not remem
her when this was not so, but the time
Lad come for a revolution, and with this
our story lias to do.
Miss Betsey Bally, an elderly maiden
lady, was sitting alone in her quiet home
when all at once she broke out with:
"Well, I do declnro. Here we be a liv
ing alone in this lieatbanish way year af
ter year, and we consider ourselves Chris
tians. It’s a shame 500 people can’t live
together in harmony, when so many of us
are church members.*’
The cat, which was sleeping quietly in
Miss Betsey’s lap, Jumped down and ran
to the further end of the room, lor Miss
Betsey had gecticulated in that direction
in such a manner as to Inflict quite & rap
upon the sleeping tabby.
“Well, I do declare,” said Miss Betsey,
"if I didn’t get so eloquent that I scared
the cat. 1 think I must have been bom
for a female orator.”
After this she sat back iu her chair, ap
parently asleep, but she was not, her
mind was busy over a plan which she in
tended to put into immediate operation
It was very late that night when she came
to a final decision, and of course she must
wait til! next morning before she could
begin. So excited had she become over
the matter that it was long past midnight
before slio retired, and tlieu it was not to
sleep.
Early next morning she called on her
most intimate acquaintance and neighbor,
Miss Sarah Jenkins.
“Sarah, I’ve got a notion, and it is so
seldom tliat 1 ever trouble myself with
such a thing that I had to come right over
and tell you before I lost it. Do you feel
able this morning to grasp one ot the
grandest, noblest and brightest ideas the
world lias ever pondered on?”
"Wliy, Betsey, for land's sake, don’t
scale a body to death. You are not going
to set the river afire, are you?”
“Not quite so bad as that, I hope, but
If we don’t turn this town upside down in
three months, my name isn’t Betsey.”
“We? I hope you don’t mean to include
me in this great scheme.”
“But I do. You aie the very one I want
for iny right baud man.”
“The idea of an old maid like me lend
ing aid to the grandest, noblest—”
“Hold on, Sarah, don’t repeat that sen
tence, please; the very walls have ears,
and I would not have a word of this to
get out for the world. All you’ve got to
do is to listen to me, aud when you’ve
heard my story you’ll agree with me to
the letter, if you don’t 1 won’t ask you to
help me a bit. Just hand me your knit
ting and I’ll knit and talk, I was in such
a hurry to gel here this morning that I
forgot my work. I can’t talk, though,
unless I’m doing something.”
Betsey then proceeded to lay the scheme
before her friend, who, when she had con
cluded, not only agreed to help her, but
offered some very valuable _ suggestions.
So eager were they with their plans that
tho noon liourslipped by, and three o’clock
came before cither of them thought of
dinner.
Mext morning Betsey and Sarah Were
again together, this time prepared for a
walk. Both of these ladies were Congre-
gationalirts, and many or their neighbors
were surprised to see them stop at the
Louse of Eliza Simmons, one of the stanch
est sisters of the Methodist persuasion.
It oouldu’t hate been over an hour before
tho torn tvas alive with the news.
The orthodox were shocked, tho ’Metho
dists opened their eyes in wonder, while
the Baptists stood aloof fn dignified silence,
—For one whole day the peopiejtalked of
nothing but this breach of sectarian eti
quette. The next day they had something
else to talk about.
These three ladies, in company with
Margaret Stiles, another Methodist sister,
called upon the West sister?, Mary and
Martha, two of the leading ladies of the
Baptist society. They not only called,
but they stayed all the forenoon and took
dinner.
This was Saturday. On Sunday those
six ladies occupied Miss Bailey’s pew in
the Congregational Chnrcli. The little
flock was so astonished that they paid but
little attention to the sermon, and the
minister went home with the feeling that
not a dozen people in the whole congrega
tion could tell what his text was.
Bosworth was now in an a state of in
tense excitement. Such a thing had never
happened before. Many of the Congrega-
tionalists called on Miss Betsey and Miss
Sarah, but all they could find out was
that the ladies weut with them by special
invitation.
On Tuesday night the six ladies attend
ed class-mcet'.ng at the Methodist vestry.
N°* only that, but Miss Jenkins and Miss
Maltha JS tiles both took part in tho meet
ing.
What « as to be done? Something, cer
tainly, for this state of affiiis could not
•exist long. The.Baplists visited the Miss
Stiles, but all the information they could
get was that they went to both places by
ilnvitaUon, and that Martha felt moved to
speak at the latter place, and did so. And
the Methodius were no wiser for having
called upon the erring sisters.
The next Sunday saw more mixing of
the sects, and Monday night there was a
gathering at Miss Betsey's residence of all
the ladies engaged in the conspiracy. Six
teen ladies were present, and—was it
chance?—all were madden ladies of fifty
years and over. .From this tiino forward
there was a great intimacy between these
ladies. .In vain they tried to induce
others to Join them; and at tbo end of
three mouths their- band still numbered
only sixteen.
Betsey.and-Sarah-talked the matter
over and concluded to open another chap
ter of their plan. They.were not disap
pointed in getting only sixteen ladies to
Join them, iu fact, that waa nearly double
begi" 0 j Dber ^ bpped to get in tho
A f ew da y* later a notice appeared on
;“ e “°or of the Baptist store to the eflcct
that it Lad been sold to Miss Betsey Bailey.
About the same time one appeared on the
Congrecationallst store saying that it had
been s„id to Miss Sarah Jenkins. Both
■ stores were closed, and the people bad all
to go to the only remaing store in town,
the Methodist, if they would buy anything.
Both the ladies next called on the
Methodist brother, and be readily agreed
to take all the goods from the other stores
if ho could thereby get the whole trade
of the town. He knew from bitter ex
perience that one store was all the town
could support, aud he at once began to
help the ladles in their scheme, though he
was totally unaware of the part ke was
taking, looking only at the fact that he
could make more money by the change.
This plan of the ladles was a partial suc
cess, for the Inhabitants foil right into this
arrangement because they could not help
ft.
Still they would not visit nor attend any
but the own church, and three months
more passed and still only the sixteen
maiden sisters belonged to the visiting
company. So chapter number three was
opened.
One morning tho train brought to the
village a very pretty young lady and four
large trunks. Such a thing was not a
common occurrence, and the depot loun
gers soon spread the news, stating also
that Miss Baily was there to meet her, and
that the young lady called her aunty. It
soon came out who she was, and it was
rumored that her stay in Bosworth might
he permanent. She was the daughter of
Miss Bailey’s sister, who had died when
Rosie was only four years old. Miss Bai
ley claimed the child then, but the father
wished her to remain with his folks, and
Miss Bailey was of course forced to give
up her claim for the child. Her father
was now dead, and she had come to live
with her Aunt Betsey, whom she had al
ways loved as a mother. At first she was
rather lonely, but when Monday night
came, and with it the meeting of the six
teen itnseclarian maidens, she badonougb
to think of. She was of course admitted
to the council, and was much amused at
tho state of society. When the meeting
adjourned she said to her aunt:
“Don’t the young people visit?”
“Not outsids the denominations to
which they belong.”
“Didn’t a Baptist ever marry a Metho
dist, or something of that sort?”
“Not within the memory of the oldest
inhabitant.”
“I don’t see how it is possible that a
town can survive with such going on,”
said Miss Bose, more to herself lhau to her
aunt.
“Wo don’t survive, we merely exist.
The town has been worse than dead ever
since I have been here, and we maiden
ladies have been trying to do something
to improve it.”
“I think, auntie, you haze done well,
but you have started at the wroug end
Let ine try and help vou.”
“Certainly, you cau. I have hoped ever
since I got you letter that you would help
us in some way when you came. Do
whatever you wish, and 1 will lend all the
aid in my power.”
Rosie did not unfold her plans to her
aunt, but at once began to carry it out.
The next Sunday saw her at the Congre
gational Church, dressed in the most be
coming manner, and every one pronounc
ed her tiie prettiest girl they had ever
seen. After churcb she weut to the Sun
day School, learuiug-the names of all the
young gentlemen and ladies near herown
age. Next Sunday she was at the Baptist
Church, attending both church and Sun
day School. And the next was devoted
to the Methodist society.
Then there was a stir. Miss Rosie An
derson was going to give a party at her
aunt’s, (Miss Bailey’s) residence, and had
sent notes of invitation to all the young
people of the town, without regard to sect
The invitations were given out a month
before the time of tho party, so that every
one bad a chance to talk it over, as Rosie
said, and get their minds made up.
The Sunday following the giving out
of the invitations, the suprauo at the
Baptist Church was sick, and the fact not
being known until nearly the time for
the meeting, no one could be found to
siug. Rosie was present, and when slie
heard of the difficulty volunteered to sing
for them. The leadergladly accepted her
offer, not stopping to think what the good
people would say when they saw a Con-
gregationallst in tiieir choir.
When they rose to sing the opening
piece, Rosie stood up iu full view of the
congregation. The minister looked horri
fied, wli’le tho deacons covered thcirfaces
with their hands, to think that the Bap
lists shoni J get so low as to allow a Cou-
gregationalist to sing in the sanctuary.
But wheu she saug the solo tiiat fell to
her, the hands dropped from the face* of
the deacons, and tbo expression of llie
minister’s face changed to one of extreme
pleasure. Rosie was a beautiful singer,
and her voice rang out clear and soft, the
organist forgot to play, so enrapt was she
in the singer, and Rosie carried the part
through without the aid of the organ.
Never beiorc had any of them heard such
a voice, and they could hardly wait for the
time to come for her to sing again that
day, but when she eatne down from the
gallery the minister look her by the hand
and said:
“Miss Anderson, you have contributed
much to the good of the services of the
afternoon, and 1 am very much obliged to
you for It.”
“You are entirely welcome, Mr. Bush
I think when any one has talents, they
should to used for the benefit of all who
may need them.”
“My idea of it exactly,” said tlie min
ister, and the two walked out of church
and down the street together. Meeting
Miss Bailey near her residence, Mr. Bush
was introduced to her, and complimenting
her upon having such a pleasant and ac
complished young lady in her family, he
hoped that he might have the pleasure ot
seeing both tbe ladies present occasionally
at his churcb.
Rosie saug again at the Baptist Church
the next Sunday, as the regular singer was
not well enough to attend. When she
rose in her seat she bad the satisfaction of
seeing many Methodists and Congrega-
tionalists in the audience, and although
she felt a certain pride in thinking that
they caino to hear her siug, site felt happier
at the thought tbat)slie was to be the means
of carrying out her aunt’s scheme.
That evening tbe Methodists had
Sunday School concert, and Rosie playei[
their organ. She was now on the best
terms with ail the young people of the
village, and had no doubt that* her party
would be a success.
And It was. More tbau fifty were in at
tendance, wblcli included every young
lady and gentleman in town. Aunt Bet
sey outdid herself in preparing the supper.
Everything was perfect, even tho ice
cream from the city, which was a great
luxary to the villagers.
At twelve o'clock the party broke up,
and Rosie, by managing, sent several
Methodist maidens home with Baptist
beaux, and otherwise mixed up the sects
and sexes at her will.
A few days after the party Miss Bailey
was surprised to receive a visit from Mrs.
Busli, wife of the Baptist minister. They
spent a very pleasant hour together, when
they were interrupted by Mrs. Deacon
Wilson, of tae Methodist Church, and
both ladies remained to tea. The ice
was now broken, and calling between the
different sects was*ss common as though
it was not a new tiling for Bosworth.
Everything now, working to Rosie’s
satisfaction, she had time to think ot her
own troubles. When she came to Bos
worth she was by no means a happy girl.
Her father was a very strict man, aud a
young gentleman to whom she was qaite
partial, had net found favor in his eye?,
much to the mutual grief of the young
people. Her father’s sickness had been
quite long, and so close was her seclusion
till the time of his death, that she had
not seen Edward Bentley, nor did she see
him before she came to Bosworth. She
bad written to her acquaintances but they
only know that lie had graduated from
college and gone away.
About this time, Mr. Bush’s health
failing, he asked for a year’s vacation,
agreeing to fill tbe pulpit during bis ab
sence. This leave was, of course, granted,
and tho congregation wero wailing anx
iously for tho new minister. All they
knew was that he was a young maa and
came from a church in the city of Allis-
ton, where he wa3 tho colleague of the
Rev. Dr. Howland, one of the most emi
nent preachers of the Baptist persuasion.
Of course they expected something of
more than ordinary ability, nor wore they
disappointed.
But with tho sermon wo have nothing
to do. They wished to make a good im
pression upon tbe minister, so Rosie was
sought out and invited to sing for them.
With her usual good nature she accepted-
Her position was such that she could not
see the minister from wliero site sat, but
wheu the choir rose to sing, she found
herself standing face to face with Edward
Bentley.
To say she was surprised would not
half express her feeling. She turned first
white, then red, aud finally sank back into
her seat utterly powerless to sing a note.
The minister of course knew nothing of
this little affair iu the gallery, for tbe
singers weut on with the anthem after a
moment’s hesitation, and by the time
they came to the solo which Rosio was to
sing, she was ready to go on with her
part. As her voice rang out clear and
soft, a look of startled surprise was notic
ed on the minister’s face, and a few at
least of congregation were aware that
something extraordinary had happened.
Rosie, now qaite. calm, sang her solo
sweetly to tbe end, bat when the minister
rose to read the opening exercises, some
thought they observed a slight tremor in
his 7oice. Only one In the congregation
knew why there was such an earnestness
in the prayer that was offered for the
bringing together of friends long separa-
rated, most of them thinking lie had re
ference to the loug separation of the
churches of the town:
When the service was ended lie hurried
from the pulpit aud met Rosie as she
came down from the gallery. There was
a greeting that rather surprised those of
the congregation who saw it, but a few
words of explinatiou from the pastor set
their minds right, aud before night the
whole town knew that Rosie was the affi
anced wife ot Edward Bentley, the new
Baptist minister, and that it was a love
affair of long standing.
Everybody went to the wedding, which
was in the Congregational church, aud
everybody went to the reception at Miss
Bailey's, which was the grandest affair
Bosworth had ever known.
At the end of the year Rosio bade fare
well to the little town to go to her city
Lome: But even she, so tar distant from
tbe little village, will ever have pleasant
memories of the assistance she gave in tbe
religious revolution of Bosworth, through
the enterprise of sixteen old maids.
TJJJ-J TUOVBLEh Of LOVE.
A Peculiar Meeting Which Old Mr
Petciaon Summarily Adjourned
Chicago Tribune.
“You have broken my heart, Vivian.’ 1
It was a fair-haired girl who spoke these
words, and as they came from her lips
Vivian Mahoney, the young man to whom
they were addressed, leaned tenderly over
Ferida I’eterson and stiove to kiss away
the tears that were welling up in her
beautiful, dreamy brown eyes.
“I do not blame you,” she continued in
broken voice. “She whom yon wil
one day wed is fair to look upon, and
wheu lier warm kisses melt upon your
lips it is not strange that you forget ail
else but that she would gladly be your
wife and that her father owns a
coal yard. But I love you wi'li a
mad, deathless passion that will
burn out my life in tbe intensity of
its flame. You have won my Scandina
vian affections unwittingly, but you have
won them all tbe same. In the year
to come, Vivian, when your children
are playiug at your kuee, aud life seems
like a fair dream, you will sometimes
think of me—sometimes et a tender
thought lie in your heart for the flaxen
haired girl that knew uo happiness so
great as to hear your voice and seethe
gleam ol the matinee tickets iu your vest
pocket? Tell rce this, and when the
leaves have turned brown under tbe
blighting touch uf autumn’s chilly hand,
and I shall have been put away forever
in the little dell beyond the meadow, you
will lead to the altar a happy bride and
never know tbe sorrow I have felt.”
‘By yon bright moon I swear,” said
Vivian, taking another kiss oil the fly,
“that your memory shall ever be enshrin
ed in my heart. Though my life is one
of tempest and storm, or a succession o p
sunny days, I shall always remember
that yon were my first, my only love.” He
was to about impress another kiss on the
rosy lips upheld to his, when a dull thud
was heard at the rear of his pants, and
Vivian lay senseless on the floor.
Old Mr. Patterson had opened tbe front
door aud adjourned the meeting.
He Used to Be a Bor Hlmsell.
From the Little Rock Gazette.
The other day a show came to Little
Rock and was shamefully imposed upon
by Uncle Isom. While standing near the
tent he saw a crowd of low-spirited boys
grieving on account of financial depres
sion.
“Does ye youngsters wanter go to der
show?” he asked.
The boys responded in noisy chorus,
“Well, come on den. I uster be a chile
inyseit, an’ unlike tbe mos’ of men, I ain’t
forgot it. Count these boys,” he added,
addressing the doorkeeper. Tbe man be
gan counting, aud by the time the boys
tad passed in Isom was walkirg arouud,
talking to acquaintances from tbe planta
tions.
Here,” said tbe showman, “givo mb
twenty tickets.”
“What foi? Does you think me a lot
tery agent?”
“You passed In twenty boys,and I want
the tickets or the money?”
“I doan owe yer uo tickets, and I doan
owe yer no money. I didn’t tell yer to
pass de keys in. I said count ’em. I’se
alw'as heard that showmen is good on ritii-
malic, and I wanted ter satisfy myself.
Yer say dat dar was twenty boys. I doan
’spate yer word, case I aiu’t no mathema
tician. Sposen I take a lot ob boys ter de
cashier of a bank an’ axes him ter count
’em, docs dit signify dat de cashier is
;wine ter pass ’em into de money room?
tfo, sah. Go back ter yer tent; I sees a
crown gom’ in.”
The showman, remembering that he
had let), tbe entrance unguarded, turned,
aud Isom walked away.
Average Weight of a Cotton
Bale.—Two bulletins relative to tbe av
erage of cotton bales, were posted at the
cotlim exchange yesterday. One, signed
by Messrs. Dillard & Coffin, gave 485.2
xiunds as the average weight of 5,000
iales of this season’s crop, against 515.5
pounds last year—a falling off of 30.3
lounds. The other, signed by William
Jowles & Sons, placed the average weight
of 5,533 bales at 480.0 pounds, a decrease
of 20.0 pounds as compared with last
year.—Memphis Avalanche.
AS 'ISSPIKKIT' APOSTLE.
A New Cbarcb, the Head or Which la
Under* Poetical Proeoare.
Ten people, including three females,
occupied chairs In the little hall at 1,608
Ridge avenne last night, where “Butler
and Zeus” began the reorganization of
the Church of the Holy Apocalypse,
The walls of the room
were ^adorned with mysterious
charts, the central one reading:
“Humorous lectures on Phrenology.’’
This new dispensation was founded by E.
Q. Butler, a clockmaker, professor of by
ology and metaphysics, and recently be
came defuuct because the members could
not pay the expenses of hall rent. Apostle
Butler, who says he lias lived in communi
cation with angels ever since bis childhood,
delivered a sermon on divine inspiration,
after which he said <n tbe wav of a pros
pectus: “Our ctlo . to bring together
people of that mind who desire divine in
spiration and direct communication with
God. We are not dreamers. I want to
do a practical work. I intend to do more
than the Sunday Breakfast Association is
doing. 1 intend to gather the falleu and
ascertain what is the capabil'ty of every
man by a thorough, scientific examina
tion; then secure bint a position suited to
bis ability.” Professor Franklin then
took tbe floor, and after running his fin
gers through his hair, said:
“I have composed poetry unaor insplra
tion. I have been under tho pressure of
God’s mind for forty years. I have passed
eight months at a time on his holy mom:
tain, writing from two hundred to three
hundred lines a day. I am tha man for
the times, the great new era that is now
dawuiug. I am a child of prayer. My
name is Zeus, God with us. No
other man is calculated to do the
work of saving society like myself.
I Lave writteu four million pages of
mauuscript, spoken in lour tbousaud
churches, conversed with four thousand
ministers, examined three hundred thou
sand persous aud blessed oue hundred
thousand children. There are soon to be
new phases of crime, new phases of gov
ernment, morality will change, men will
die, disaster overcome us aud innumera
ble evils spring up in society. I have
spent $100,000 iu having wood-
cats made for my books. I
have oue hundred volumes to publish,
and whenever the spirit teils me to publish
them, aua to whatever publisher he trils
me to go, I will do it. 1 will deliver lec
tures all over the city aud in such churches
where I will bo received. Just
now tbe spirit inspires me to write poet
ry for a newspaper and tho spirit makes
it very acceptable to tbe editor. Only last
night, after I had gone to bed, the
spirit made me get up and write a poem,and
now I had hardly gotten back again when
the spirit said: Get up; we got another
poem for you. That is tbe way I am in
spired. The world is now ripe for this
dispensation. We cannot go iuto tbe
Spiritualist camp, for they are too few;
nor into f be Quaker nor into the Sweden
borg, for they are not our kind. We
must start a new churcb.”
XOUJIOXlSX IS VI AX.
Tlie Farther Extension or Polygamy
Not Probable —.Vo Apprehension of
Unjust or Oppressive Legislation by
Congress.
Bishop SLaip, of Salt Lake City, who
is a high dignitary of the Mormon churcb,
now in New York, was inquired of the
other day as to wliat his people thought
of the President’s message and the pro
posed legislation by Congress in regard
to'Mormomsm, aud replied substantially
to Llits effect: *
"President Arthur deals with tbe ques
tion in tbe same way as President Gar
field. The latter’s message was very
pointed, but it was his aim, as I have pri
vate means of knowing, to prevent the
further extension of polygamy while not
interfering with existing family relations.
I do not see what more could be done.
Are families to be broken up, brothers
and sisters, husbands aud wives sepa
rated? That is something which we
don’t believe will ever be attempted or
carried out.
“If tlie strong arm of tbe government is
brought down upon us iu such a way, I
do not think it would be wise for us, a
mere handful ot people, to resist. But, as
I said before, I do n* t think that the fol
lowers of tbe church, who have joined it
as a religious duty, will bo persecuted.
We do nut anticipate any trouble. I find
it to be the sentiment of tbe masses of tbe
people outside of Utah, with whom I have
been brought iu contact, to limit the
church to its present proportions, or at
least to prevent the extension of polyg
amy. We recognize that in time some
such action may be taken.”
Upon being asked whether he did not
fear sucli an increase of Gentile popula
tion ai would outvote the Mormons and
take the Territorial government out of
their hands, he said:
“No, we do not fear it, because if they
will give us as good a government as we
have always bad, we will have no objec
tions whatever. We have always selected
men to administer the government be
cause of Uieir fitness, and, of course, bad
to go iuto tbe church to get tbo best men.
The taxes are lower in Utah, much low
er, than iu any of the other Territories.
Tlie city tax iu Salt Lake is only one-
liaif of one per cent., and the entire city,
county, and Territorial tax is only one
and a half per cent. We have good
schools and are building up and improv
ing tbe city aud Territory- There is a
railroad now tunning four hundred miles
north cf Salt Lake, and another
ruuning two hundred miles south.
There is great undeveloped min-
eral wealth. Tlie mining interests, how-
ever, arc in the hands of the Gentiles
principally, as the Mormons have engaged
very litt'e in that industry. Agriculture
and grazing are our principal employ
ments. We have to resort to irrigatlou,
but there have becu some successful ex
periments in dry farming iu the last three
years. One person raised 20,000 bushels
of wheat this year without any irriga
tion.”
The present membership of the church
is about 150,000, aud besides its natural
increase, which is great, there is an an
nual immigratiou of 2,000 or more every
year. There Is no thought of removing
the seat of tbe church from Salt Lake.
THJB 8VPUEXE COVET.
Deefaleaa Beadered October as. 1181,
Uallaard
Abridged for the Telegraph and Meeeenger bp
Hill A Harris, Attorney t at Law, Macon,
Georgia.
Frankevs. Berkner et al. Ejectment,
from Bibb.
SrsEB, J.—1. A deed of gift conveyed
land to a trustee upoa the following uses:
To the use of said grantor and his wife
and the children of lier body lawfully be
gotten by him, Jo tbe exclusion of bis aud
their children by any other marriage, dur
ing tbe natural life of the survivor; and at
and from their death this trust to cease,
and the property and increase thereof to
be equally divided between their children,
the issue of their msrrisge to the exclu
sion ot all others, with right of rep
resentation by tbe children of a deceased
child:
Held, that the children were joint usees
for life with their parents, and at tb6 same
time took a vested fee simple estate In re
malnder.
2. The trustee only held title to the
life estate, and could not convey the re
mainder.
(a) Under a conveyance by him tho
statute of limitations did not begin to run
against the remaindermen until the death
of the parents.
3. An attempt by the grantor, bis wife
and the trustee to d.vide tbe property and
give to the erantor a title to a part of it,
could uot affect the rights ot the remain
derinen.
4. Isolated portions of the charge ex
copied to cannot bo intelligently consid
ered in tbe absence of the entire charge,
Judgmeut affirmed.
Scarborough vs. Hall. Motion, from
Crawfgrd.
Speeb J.~Where tho cleik failed to at
tach any process to the declaration, and it
was served alone, it was not competent to
amend at a subsequent term by attaching
process and ordering service. Judgment
reversed.
Hunt et al. vs. Pond, administrator.
Ejectment, from Muscogee.
Speeb J.—-1. Tbe question being one of
mesne profits, the value of the land iu
dispute for rent could he proved by the
opinions of wi’.uesses familiar therewith.
(a) The land having been attached to
a storehouse as a yard, and afterwards
fenced oil' by defendant, proof of the
amount which the rent ot the storehouse
had been decreased thereby was competent
to indicate tlie rental value of tbe lot
itself.
2. A small strip of land of little or no
intrinsic value when taken alone, but val
uable as part of the yard of a storehouse,
being the subject of au ejectment suit in
winch mesne profits were claimed, proof
of its intrinsic value for the purpose of de
termiuing Us value for rent, was not com
petent.
3. Tbe value of fonccs put upon land
by a trespasser, not as an improvement
but fur the purpose of obstructing the
plaintiff wiio sues him In ejectineut, are
not provable upon the trial of that case.
(a) Not could the value of such im
provement be set off' against mesne profits
except when the value of the premises for
rent had been increased by them.
4. When tbe entire charge is not brought
up to this court, the presumption Is that it
wa3 richt, especially where no exception
was token to It.
5. Unless a request to cliargo is all legal
and pertinent, tbe court is uot bound to
give arty part of It.
6. A prescriptive title which meets the
requirements prescribed by the code will
not be defeated by the fact that a grantor
through whom tbe claimants of prescrip
tion held haa made a deed prior to that
under which they claimed, even though
it was of record. Judgmeut affirmed.
Tbe Mlaalaff Link.
Prof. E. D. Cepe, of Philadelphia, has
secured the skill of an extinct monkey
which he thinks fulfills in a remarkable
decree the condition of the missing link
between man and the lower animals. It is
not larger than the skull of a small ground-
squirrel, and belongs to a species of mar
moset. It was found in tbe valley of the
Big Horn river, WyomlHg Territory. The
professor says:
“This skull is remarkably similar—in
miniature, of course—to thehumau skull.
The brain space is remarkably lane, aud
Is, In fact, several times larger than tbe
brain space of any of tbe skeletons of ani
mals or the same period of time. The
characteristics of the formatlonfof tbe hu
man skull are clearly defiued—so clearly
as to be remarkable. Tbe teeth are almost
the same as human teeth, while the jaw
has many strong points of similarity. I
consider this skull as the earliest indica
tion of the existence of man. It is a new
species of a familiar class, and has bitn-
erto been unknown to scientists.”
DECISIONS RENDERED NOVEMBER 1, 1881.
Zachry vs. Stewrat et al. Foreclosure of
Hen, from Rockdale
Jackson, C. J.—1. Where a party as
sumes without objection tor the affirma
tive on the proof, he is entitled to conclude
ou the argument.
2. Prior conversation about a contract
in writing is merged in the writing.
3. Exceptions to a paragraph of a charge
which contains several distinct points
must specify tho particular error assigned,
or it will not be entertained by this
court. ^XXXXX
4. Where a landlord assigns a lien on
bis tenant’s crop to enable tbe tenant to
run his farm for tho benefit of landlord as
well as tenaut, and on tbe faith of that
lien supplies are furnished, tbe landlord is
estopped trorn attacking the validity of the
lien in the hands of bis assignee. Judg
meut affirm id.
Gray vs. Obear. Equity, from Bibb.
Crawford, J.— l. Where a usee for
whom a trust had been created filed a bill
to have the property turned over to him,
and the turning point of the case was
whether the complainant was sui juris,
if counsel agreed to submit that question
alone to tlie jury, stripped from questions
of waste or like questions, a decision
thereon was final, aud could be brought to
this court.
2. Where the chancellor In an equity
cause substantially submitted tbe issues
necessary to be passed upon, if counsel
desired a fuller submission or a suoinis-
siou in a different form, they should re
quest it.
3. Where on the direct examination a
witness states a fact which, on cross ex
amination, it appears that he stated on
hearsay, tbe testimony will be excluded
on motion.
4. For a bailiff in charge of a jury to
tell them, while considering the case and
apparently finding it difficult to agree,
that iu his opinion the judge would keep
them out a week or compel them to
agree, was such practice as necessitates a
rew trial.
5. The Jury being detained over Sun
day In consideration of a case, it was error
to allow them to go to a j ark, which was
a place of public resort, and to separate
from each other for some time; and anew
trial will result unless it be clearly shown
that nothing occurred with them or in
their presence or hearing which could af
fect tbe case.
(ft) In this case the purgation is not
complete.
0. If it appears that a verdict was the
result of lot or chance, it will ‘be set
aside.
(a) While a juror may not impeach his
finding either by direct testimony or by
admissions, yet the general conduct ol the
Jurors and the circumstances attending
the finding in this case Indicated that It
was not arrived at in a legal way. Judg
ment reversed.
“Ob t Them OoMu Slippers »
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
In Judge Jameson’s court yesterday
wheu a comely .French maiden took tbe
stand to testily against I man who had
stolen her watch it was noticed that the
twelve solemn jurymen sat with downcast
eyes throughout the whole time she was
giving her testimony. These twenty-four
windows of the soul were all turned
toward the little platform on whici
witness-chair stool, wtesi-«Fo’small
JiakUM tiniest of
saucily kicked out from
folds of a heavy silk skirt and
ihVA® Ideas of the testimony out of
, VJpen who sat in judgment. The judge
100 w e d severe and then pleased as he,
eyed the pretty feet. The State’s at
torney addressed bis questions to the lit
tle slippers and the counsel for the de
fense tried to cross-examine them, but
gave it up aud sighed “You may go.”
The witness stepped dowu and the spell
was broken, but regretting the loss the
counsel recalled her, and again tbe little
feet kicked out, bringing smiles to all
faces. Three times were the pretty feet
recalled and threo times was tbe prisoner
at the bar forgotten.
TUB POLE BY BALLOON.
Coasmaader Cbsyas’s Preparations
for tbe FltUapOat oraa Expedition
A*. V Sun.
Commander Cheyne starts for Montreal
to-morrow, by invitation of Sir John
Macdonald aud Sir Samuel Leonard Til
ley, to inteiest the Canadian public in his
scheme for reaching the North Pole by a
balloon expedition. Mr. Tilley is already
a member ot tbe London committee which
is getting subscriptions. Commander
Cheyne said yesterday:
“The idea is that it shall be au Anglo-
Americau expedition, to be fitted
out by popular subscription. It
will require $80,000 to fit it out,
and $40,000 is to be raised iu
each country. 1 shall be in Canada until
January 20, and in my absence the inter
ests of tbe expedition here wilt be looked
after by Mr. Henry Walter Grinnell, who
will be the secretary of the committee that
is beinggottenupinNew York. The Hon.
John DavidsoD liaa formed a committee in
Elizabeth, N. J. It is my intention to
form similar committees in the principal
cities of the country in connection with
my lecturing tour. The ship of the expe
dition is to be called tbe Grmuell, after
Mr. Grlnnel’s father, the celebrated pat
ron of Arctic exploration. Lieutenant
Scbwatka has arranged to accompany the
expedition, provided he can obtain the
consent oi the government. The three
balloons, which will cost $20,000, will be
made in England and will be shipped
in this country. New York will be
tbe starting point of the ex
pedition, and we expect to leave in June
next. We shall go 'to St. Patrick’s Bay,
where Capt. Nares found an immense bed
of fine coal lying on tbe surface. We shall
build a house directly upon the coal. We
shall put up apparatus and manufacture
hydrogen gas for the balloons. The place
Is six miles from where Capt. Nares’ ship,
the Discovery, wintered iu 1875-6, and is
400 from the pole. Wheu we get the
right wind, it will take us eighteen or
twenty-four hours to reach the pole.’.’
Commander Cheyne says that the ex
perience of tbe Jeannette is only another
confirmation of the fact that it is impossi
ble to reach the pole by means cf vessels.
In his opinion the region of the pole is
an archipelago hound in a solid ice pack,
presenting uo opening for navigation.
Each balloon will be provided
with a sledge, boat, aud pro
visions for fifty-one days, and will
reel out telegraph wire aa it travels,
keeping in communication with the main
station. If duiing tlie stay of the party at
the pole tbe gas should escape so as seri
ously to impair the levity of the balloon,
tbe gas of one can bo used to Inflate fully
the two Olliers. The balloons will be
weighted so as to travel low, and Com
mander Cheyne is confident that he can
land w ! thin en miles of (he pole. He an
ticipates uo difficulty from cold during tho
balloon voyage, which takas place In June
of the summer after (he expedition sails.
“The occupants of the care,” said Mr.
Cheyne, “will have to work with their
coats off to keep cool.”
The expedition will he composed of
seventeen men, who will be joined by
three Esquimaux at Greenland. Orders
have already been sent from Denmark to
Greenland directing tbe authorities there
to aid the expedition in every way possi
ble.
■idem. Up! For Governor's Race
The cird of Judge Martin J. Crawford,
in the Constitution of & few days since, is
a clear declaration that he it in the field
for the gubernatorial nomination. It
meins nothing it it does not mean this,
and service on tho bench does not give a
man leisure for writing cards that mean
nothing. It is equally plain that tbe Hon.
A. O. Bacon is in tbe field—for while he
has written no card, his friends are at
work, aud he has given them no sign that
they are wasting their energies. Here
then Is an issue made up. Two horses
are on tbe track, the judges are tlowly
mounting the stand, and the tap of tbe
bell may bo listened for very soon.
It may be remarked that both of these
gentlemen have special advantages out
side of their natural merits. Judge Craw
ford occupies a place for which there are
probably one hundred active aspirants in
tbe State. Tbe aspirants, therefore, dis
tinctly understand that their road to glory
lies in the promotion of Judge Crawford,
and they will not be slow to improve this
knowledge. On the other hand, Judge
Crawford has beeu out of active politics
for some time, while Major Bacon has ac
tive friends in every couuty in the State,
acquired during his service as Speaker of
tbe House for the past ten years. The
men who want to help the Speaker will
probably balance the men who want to
succeed tbe Judge, so that after all the
matter may resolve itself back to the real
strength of the two men.
It must not be understood, that the
track is to be left clear tor these two
racers, as gallant and swltt as they may
bo. There is a quiet, effective man with
a solid chunk of reputation down m tho
sixth district that may take a notion to
rustle around the track himself, and he
has a habit of showing his heels, that has
almost become proveibial. And there is
a tall man up in the mountains with loug
legs and a clear vision that comes of a
running family, and may slouch into tlie
ring just to keep up tbe family reputation.
There may be many others who will come
in before the flag falls. And way off on
the hillside comes an ancient charger full
of speed and bottom, making for the
track, round which he is bound to go,
rules or no rules, entry or no entty, as a
free-for-all. Altogether we may look for
lively i ace, iu which tho field will be
the favorite for some months to come.—
Atlanta Constitution.
Democratic Postmaster* la tbe (loath
to Be Removed From Mw,
Washington, December 23 Among
the first acts of the Incoming stalwart ad
ministration of the Fost-otfice Depart
ment will, It io understood, be the dis
placement of Democratic country post
masters, and the substitution of Republi
cans. There has been much complaint
among Republican politicians for five or
six years about the appointment of Dem
ocratic postmasters. Messrs. Howe
and Hatton are bitterly op
posed to putting or keeping politi
cal opponents in office. Their friends gay
that they will turn tbeij_HrtteuUon as
soon as possible to tbe^duutrv postmasters
in the South, shffreTbeDemocnitic poet-
masters j^eilominate. It lias been more
from Jhe necessity of the cue thin other-
that such appointments have been
le, and tbe department will find it
very difficult in some localities of that
section to find competent men who are not
Democrats. The idea ot the stalwarts is
that the Republican party of the South
can be built up and strengthened through
the influence of country postmasters, if
the right men fbr the positions can only
be obtained.
BEADING, PENN.
Am Excited People Make War Mi
Fraudulent Graveyard Xaearaaee
Cempaatee.
Reading, December 25.—Tbe grave
yard insurance business of Euteru Penn
sylvania is dying out because ot the
failure of many of tbe fraudulent organi
sations to pay their death loues. In this
county alone there have been put in oper
ation thirty of these fraudulent companies
and some of them have paid but five dol
lars upon a policy ot a thousand; and
others, after death, have actually figured
their policy holders into their debt.
Thomas Heydt, a very influential citizen,
and a prominent Democratic poli
tician of the District township, in this
county, has been badly swindled. Mr.
Heydt is a retired farmer, residing near
Heydtatown, a celebrated tavern in East
ern, Berks county, midway between Read
ing and Allentown. He held policies on
a number of people from eighty to eighty-
five years of age, amounting in ail to $50,-
000. His assessments averaged on this
$150 per month, aud often reached $50
per week. Being wealthy, he paid his
assessments promptly until they bad
reached the sum of several thousand dol
lars, when be began to grow uneasy about
returns.
The other day one of his risks expire J,
the subject dying at the age of eighty-Dve.
Mr. Heydt had $1,000 in this policy, and
had paid assessments upon It for five
months and two weeks. After the death
the insurance company made some tech
nical objections to a settlement, and these
grew so exasperating thst at last Heydt,
taking witnesses to establish tho death
went to Harrisburg, the headquarters of
the company, to collect his claim. Tbe
company was the Pennsylvania Mutual
Insurance Company, aud after Heydt’s
board bill had run beyond that sum, the
officers gave him $197 in tu'l for his claim.
This settlement opened his eyes, and he
started an investigation which convinced
him he had fallen into a trap—a gigantic
swindle—and he determined publicly to
expose the whole business and bum bis
remaining policies. Upon his return
home he sent out invitations to all peisons
he knew who had been investing io grave-
yaid policies to attend a meeting for tbe
purpose of hearing tbe story of bis experi
ence. The discussion which it engendered
opened the eyes of hundreds of swindled
people, aud Heydt’s invitations were for
mally accepted by scores. When tlie ar
rangements for the meeting were con
cluded it was determined to have at the
tavern a grand cremation of fraudulent
policies, with proper ceremonies, and such
a full exposure of tbe graveyard insurance
business as might crush itout forever.
The committee of arrangements found
reason to beiieve that policies amounting
to $250,000 would be surrendered for
cremation. Features ot the intended
demonstration were canvassed in all (lie
v'jC'.bhig counties, and every possible
thing was done to make it successful. A
fatted bullock was bought by a subscrip
tion among the swindled policy holders,
and was roasted as a part.of the feast to
be served to assembled mourners. This
morning all.the roads leading to Heydt’s
were th ouged for miles' with people
afoot, and in all sorts of vehicles, making
their way to the insurance funeral. At
noon there were assembled delegations
from Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and
Montgomery counties, and from the cities
of Reading, Allentown and Lancaster,
and from nearly every village in Southern
Pennsylvania.
Scoff after 2 o’clock this afternoon
number of policy holders who had assent
bled at Huff’s church, two miles away, ar
rived with the Union Cornet Band ot that
place at their head. Four black horses
gaily caparisoned drew the band chariot,
and In tbelr rear followed a long proces
sion of vehicles. The arrival of this large
delegation caused an outburst of enthusi
asm, which was prolonged and loud. The
meeting was promptly organized by call
ing Thomas Heydt to the clialr and the
election ot vice presidents aud secretaries.
Tin policy holders delivered Iheirpolicies,
transfer certificates, assessment notices
and all other papers in their possession
relating to assessment insurance, to tbe
secretaries, who arranged tbam in proper
shape for cremation. A pine coffin, which
had been provided to burn them in, was
discarded for a unique proposition mt e
by President Heydt, who suggested a po e
dance a la Indian, viz: Tbe burniug of
the policies suspended Irom a pole, while
the policy holders arranged themselves m
a ring around the same and engaged in
the wildest antics. After the procession
had been * formed and a route
had beeu passed over the pole
with the policies attached was rais
ed in the centre of tbe cross roads,
aud a lighted torch was applied. While
the papers were shriveling up and burning
a yell of delight re-echoed from hill to hill,
and the wild dance ol joy commenced to
tbe music of the band, which played
popular local tuno known as the “Kutzo
town Reel.” The $250,000 soon disap
peared in tbe winds aud the assembly re
paired to tlie hotel and thronged the fes
tive board. The jollification terminated
to-night by a grand frolic, In which danc
ing was the principle feature, and in which
ail the lads and latsies of the vicinity par
ticipated.
Love (Stronger than OsUsa Fetters
Sew York Star.
Cupid has entered the Vanderbilt man
sion ou Fifth avenue, overcome the strict
ly business scruples of aspeculating father
and has made two hearts to beat as one.
With all the pomp and ceremony that
wealth can purchase, the nuptials of Miss
Leila Vauderhllt aud Dr. Seward Webb
were celebrated yesterday. The stern
parent, who., so recently refused his
daughter’s hand because he did not re
gard favorrhly tho ambitious young doc
tor’s pecuniary prospects, ~ gave
away the- bride, and appear
ed to participate in the festivities
of the occasion with the elastic
enjoyment of youth. JYoung Dr. Webb
comes of good stock. His father was a
very respctable editor in bis early days,
and he was of a chivalrous turn of mind,
so much so that he did not hesitate to
fight a duel when called out. The youth
ful pair met, loved, aud naturally enough
wanted to get married. As long as friend
ly and neighborly courtesies alone existed,
uo objections wero urged; but when mar
riage was proposed, tbe great millionaire
weighed the matter In the soaiei of specu
lation, and interposed an emphatic veto.
“You are a very nice young man for a
small tea party,” in substance said the
railroad king; “but to give you my daugh
ter I don’t feel inclined, lot. may suc
ceed in your profession—honorable
enough iu its way—but you can never
hope to earn money enough by cutting off
people’s limbs, examining cranks’ Leads
or administering anaesthetics to support
my da’ighter in the style to which she is
accustomed.” Thus, in a few words,
love’s young dream was doomed to the
b.tter reality of disappointment. Dr.
Webb did not whine and cry, nor did he
despair, but with Roman courage and
Spartan fortitude determined to make
even the boasted owner of $100,000,000
acknowledge him as a son-in-law.
He cast aside his medical works, bade
a long farewell to his Instruments of tor
ture, and dove iuto the whirling pool of
Wall street speculation. Fortune smiled
on Jove, and fn a brief time—perhaps by
following Mr. Vanderbilt’s brokers—the
ex-doctor became a wealthy man—with a
bank account of nearly a quarter of a
million of dollars. While this struggle
for wealth was going on, Mr. Vanderbilt
suggested a trip to Europe to revive hia
daughter’s drooping spirits, at the
same time hoping that distance
might conquer lore. Judge of his
surprise, upon escorting his
child to her choice stateroom, to find even
tbe couch elegantly decorated with nat
ural flowers,.the gift of this same young
physician, whose persistent declarations
of love could not be suppressed as long aa
flowers hsd a language of their own.
Thousands of miles cf ocean expanse sep
arated the lovers, and all mail communi
cation was cut off, while the daughter,
closely guamed by her devoted father,
was introduced to all the gayeties of Eu
ropean capitals, but iu vain. When tbe
good ship returned with its precious cargo
the first person to meet the
millionaire’s daughter was Dr.
Webb, a triumphant smile wreathing
his face. He whispered a few words In
her ear, and she, too. became ecstatic with
joy. He told her of his good fortune. He
could no longer be chided about his pov
erty, for the skme Walt street which made
a Vanderbilt and a Gould famous, bad
opened its capacious vaults aud the chiv
alrous young doctor had acquired a goodly
portion of its wealth. Tbe sordid argu
ment o: pere Vanderbilt was overcome by
the clink of gold, his objections were with
drawn, and tbe curtain fell upon a happy
domestic scene with the ever welcome
“Bless you, my children, bless yon.”
Mark Twain on the Mlfrinu.
At a banquet in Philadelphia on Thurs
day evening, at the first annual festival ot
the New England Society of Philadelphia,
at the Centennial Hotel, Mark Twain
(Saumel L. Clement) was present, and
delivered himself most humorously. .The
event was the celebration ot the landing
of the Pilgrim Fathers. The humorist’s
speech was greeted with frequent bursts
of applause. “Mr. President,” he
began, referring to several com
pliments tendered him as he was
introduced, “I thank you cordially
for these kind and well deserved compli
ments paid me, and I shall ever strive to
deserve them. Bullet us come down to
business. I now appear before you ffs a
protester. I have kept still for years aud
years—anybody knows that; but I want
to ask, What do you want to celebrate
your ancestors for? I admit that they
were a hard lot. I refer more particularly
tolbe Mayflower gang. My friend on the
left here says that you are not cele
brating tbe Pilgrim Fathers, but their
landing at Plymouth Rock. I thought
the first pretext was thiD, but this' one is
thinner. The first one was gauze, tin
foil, tissue, but this oue is gold leaf.
What was there about tho landing of the
Pilgrims? They had beeu three or four
months at sea; they were all played out
and nearly starved; it was fearful cold,
and they were nearly frozen^
Why shouldn’t they land? If they
hadn’t landed there would have beau
some reason for a celebration. Now, yon
try to make out that this simple proceed
ing was of enough importance to be cele
brated with orgies like this. Why, a horse
would have known enough to landl
Therefore this festival is an inconsistency,
audit shows just what an irascible, in
tractable tribe tho New Englanders are.
They never agreo on anything but Boston.
Those ancestors of yours must have
been a mighty hard lot, for there is
not a man in this room who will ad
mit that he Is better than his father or hts
grandfather. Such of^on as have not
oeen in the penitentiary—if such there be
—are all better than your fathers. You
may talk about your ancestry as you
please, hut as for me, lama border ruf
fian—a Missourian by birth, with Connec
ticut as zuy adopted State. 1 have tho
morals of Missouri and the culture of Con
necticut, and that’s the combination that
makes the perfect man.
“Where is my ancestor, tho good In
dian? Your ancestors skinned him
alive, and I am an oipban. Not a drop of
my blood runs in bis veins to-day, but I
don’t object to that. They skinned him
alive. Ah I that’s the thought that ran
kles. He was a sensitive Indian, and his
embarrassment before the world must
have been great. If he had
beeu a bird, he would have
been considered dressed. As a man
he was one of the most undressed men I
u saw. Later on your aucestors perse
cuted another ancestor of mine, the Qua
ker. Your aucestors didn’t want any in
terference with the freedom of worship in
their own peculiar way. Tbe first African
brought into New England as a slave was
an ancestor of iniue. I am of mongrel
origin.
“Now, listen to me. Why do you wish
to perpetuate these societies ? I want yon
to stop right here and disband. Begin by
selling Plymouth Rock at auction. In tbe
great wealth of rocks in New England
this particular rock would bring perhaps
tbirty-fivo cents. If you don’t sell it,
throw it open to the patent-medicine man.
Do something to make a start. On this
table I see water and milk, and even the
deadly lemonade. You are on the down
ward path. In a few years you will sure
ly reach cider. Pause while It Is not too
late.”
ErlCMM** Torpedo Boat
The New Yoik Ileraid of the 22d Inst,
says: The first official test of Captain
Ericsson’s torpedo boat Destroyer, which
has already been fully described in tbe
Herald, was make yesterday at tbo
Brooklyn Navy Yard, before Captains
AW-lker, Selfridge and Pythian, specially
appointed by the Navy Department for
that purpose. The great difficulty was
jetting in position the target, a
lattice work of wooden slats
covered by inanila netting. The dimen
sions of this target, which is rectangular
in shape, are 12 by 35 feet. It persistently
refused for a long time to assume a per
pendicular position in the water, its dis
tance in front of the torpedo boat being
262 feet. Everything being in readiness
the gun was fired. The Destroyer trem
bled momentarily under the effects of the
coucussion, and tlie Constitution by her
side likewise felt the jar of the firing. In
front oftbe Destroyer wilhiu a radius of
twenty feet the water bubbled up furious
ly for a moment, but beyond that it was
wholly undisturbed. Au investigation to
discover the result of tlie shot showed
that the projectile passed just under the
target, within nearly a straight line from
tbe centre, coming to the surface nearly a
hundred feet beyond. The failure to hit
the target was attributed to tbe weight of
ti e crowd on tbe fron. of tbe torpedo boat,
giving it a slight forward pitch. No other
shot was fired, tbe tide uow being too low
to continue the experiment, which will be
renewed this morning.
SMihen AalMMs lor Malaria
It should be generally known that Sim
mons Liver Regulator, prepared by J. H.
Zeilin Sc Co., is relied upon to secure to
the people immunity from all malarial
disorders. That this medicine does what
is claimed for it is proved by its populari
ty, and any one .who has lived iu the
South three-years has no doubt soen ita
curative effects aud the protection it gives
against the return of this weakening and
dangerous malady.
Infatuated Students.—Miss Mary
Anderson so aroused tbe enthusiasm of
the Rutgers College students last Wed
nesday evening by ber performance of
“Juliet” in the Opera House in New
Brunswick, N. J., that after the play they
o’c tlw hones Irom her carriage, dragged
it to her hotel anj serenaded her..
