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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMB
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In the Southern Bivouac for October'will thor jn8tific8 hinwU with , be bt tbst
be found an interesting article upon U. 8. tb „ luajtlm _.. o{ the dead epeak only
■ ’I. E Lee from the pen of a prsW ' baa no rigbtfll , pUce 1q hi|lto
n. The author says of Iheae,
Grant and It.
Northern man.
there has been a. yet no critical or even Th * P *" l ?? ,u 7. ° f th. Abvcoudln,- Habit. Bo.ton BuU.tln,
mparti&l biograpbv written of either of 10 8U e “ disappearance from Kansas
them." B-ginning’with tho battle of Shi-1 C ‘ ty o£ “ e “ tlre , iu “ nrance company with
lob be follows the career of these two com- “ lU h™ 118 ’ f “ nda Bud Paraphernalia,
nanders through the struggles, striving, °* >8n8 n ^, B ne '' r * eatnr e * n the absconding
and successfully, to bring into relief I " l ” ' 1 * 0 on y * nbby individuals
ind contrast their strategic abilities. Uave P^'denta, book-L'cep-
, , "It must he admitted," he says, -that \* * .«“'?*“■ and The J
0»uy«» 1 when the two great captains met ftce to <=«ned with them only such wealth as was
1 it i«»*riion, and »» cent* for each «nb«®qnont it I . - r 1ort , , I easily handled and wonld not interfere
UrUon.wA for the WeeWj at $1 for e*ch in^rHon face upon th • liapidan m Slay, I8G4. Lee a movement*.
Hot’ces if Atttha. funer&la. oukrrUgec and birth* reputation rested upon more battles fought, | t . * . A , .
• i r 1 Hut now that the evolution of tho abscon-
N*v«r g«U full—Tho coutrltmtlon box.—Cedar
lUplila Ooaalp.
High and drjr-The aeronaut with an empty Uuk.
7 ta Dally la dflliverau u> carrier* In the city o»
m Mart p^taff fr** tn rabacrlben, tor $1 pe>
urntt. $1101 rr three months, t5 for six months,
MflOaiesr.
tUM «.»*LV lx mslled to subscribers, postsfi
li || fi.tB a year and II oenta for alx months.
Transient advertisements wtU be taken forth.
»1.
reputation rested upon more battles fought,
bloody, terrible battles, and victories won
Bejee'ed communications wtU not be retnmed. inst reat6r 0(JJ th '„„ coa i d he cUimtd der has developed the liability of whole cor-
Oorruoondenco containing Important news and I ” I —» — =*■—*
* metis. for Grant.
Iltomitcr,. of living topics U solicited, lint mr.t bf
trlsf and written upon but one side of the psper tc
fcavt attention.
Bemlttancee should be made by express, postal
gwta, money order or registered letter.
Ij Atlanta Bureau 17 X Peachtree street.
!U coumonlctlons should be sddreMed to
THE TELEGRAPH,
porations to get up and leave without worn-
large.
can
Of Grant's failure in the battles of the “ to what wiUbe the final
Wilderness. KpotUylvania Court House and “““ once become artive '
Cold Harbor, which completed “the blood- 0 P OSB1 1 ** ,ea are T ® r y
Mat campaign in history,” he soys: “Aban- insurance company
.toning the attempt to take Richmond by r b8cond ’ lock htockba "*'- «*. « ba11
„ , assault, ho withdrew to the south of the we ^ P' a “ iu “’ P 0 ' 1 ^ and rese " e . wh ^
kfacco, Os. James and began a long campaign of siege no ‘ “' l “' lfaot, ‘ nI1B ,. ~'f° ratl " us do
Homy orders, cbecka etc., should be msde pays-1 and starvation. He could have placed biri u seme. j. w eu la nlitieg become
‘army south of the James three mouths >*«*?. “d th. intereaU upon debts larger
, a . I c OODer than he did and without the loss of tban tbe , P roftta u ° , the n "‘
Onk of tho niOHt thorough and extensive ^ ^ mea „ the machinery, books, stock, anil all neces-
trade issues ever delivered at this ofliee J '.. In c “l pariB g tho miiitary career of these ^ be P nt abo “ d f «‘ f™Kbt, and
comes from the Office of the Montgouierj I ^ ^ ^ . «,th the officers and director, in a private
Advertiser. It is twenty-eight pages long,* ° i •*«..», ,.a »,«« k
well illustrated and full of suggestive facts
concerning Alabama s great capital and sur- q( miU aucce(j)l - n c0[ifl . into the hands of a receiver, from packing up
rounding cities The work U a triumph to m ^ c3mbinatjnn of moral aDd "headauarters and the board of directors,
the industry of iloisrs Screws. Glass a. courage, .that heroic persistence “ nd '°“ 0Ww1 by , the 0 “K’ n,w > °°“ be “
Cory, who own and ed.t the Advertiser. ^ ^ whkh fee|g and bo* cars, msh through on a wlld-cat
Tna Boston Herald, in a lato issue, I the assurance ot victory in the very hour of | f c e , u ® ty0U 9 tX G
prenchea thirt homily: “It is a nail and im I diHaster. He will also say that in mental
prsssirc coincidence* that the very day I power, in the capacity for rapid combina-
which saw the doors of the State prison «tj 0 n, iu sliategic invention, which is seen in
dose upon a gray-haired embezzler, whose I the skillful disposition of his troops before
orimo had given the lie to a long life of good HU( j ^ battle, iu the genius that enables a . _ , __
repute, brought also tbe disclosure of a general with inferior numbers to gain the I wo J l © o annex .iniua, exicoam
* .. . » I I trul A incrinit nnd hnlli I In laOaartta nn* iiiv
Autumn le*T6« make their appexrsuce tome time
before autumn lexves.—PhUulelphi* 0*11.
woman never know* whether the eMewalk ia
paved or not waeu ibe baa on a drees.—Somerville
Journal.
Advocates of a gold money at&nderd readily eon-
do the light we ght champlouehip t) the silver
dollar.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Brother—What do you think of my marrying
pretty Miss Peachy? Sister—Absurdl Brother-
Yes. that’s Just what the said —New York Hun.
youhearatuau continually talking about
himself yon can make np your mind that his brsin
not large apou-fli to grasp any ontslde fact.—New
Haven News.
I bear there's great destitution in Ireland," re
marked Mr. Hnaggs. "Then, 1 wonder why they
don’t organize a provisional government and pro
vide the people with food." replied Mrs. Saaggs.
Kauuck
| borders?
Clearly something must be done to stop
I the absconding habit beforo it develops in
to a monstrous disturber of tbe real wealth
of tho country. Perhnps the safest plan
Barber to young man with immature mustache:—
<h»ll I color your mustache to-day, sir?” Youth
Wouldn't It look rather fast for a man as young
I am?" Barbir (confidentially) —"Not at all, air;
the good dye young."
It takes very little to atart a machine poet. Some
them keep themselves wound up for occasional
The 8we«t Singer of the Penobscot ie about
publish: "Lines ou seeing Hannibal Uacslin at
the Msiue Stats Fair."—Picayune.
One of the most amusing incidents of the eesond
race for the America’s cap occurred when a dashing
younj lady, irm.atieut at tho slow progress made
her beloved Mayflower, jumped up on the rail
and, frantically waving her handkerchief,
claimed: "Blow, sweet Borax, blow."
Te never stereotype books In my country,
said a German publisher the other day, in conver
sation. "It would never do. yon see, because in
Germany an author usually changes his opinions
every six mouth*; consequently, stereotype plates
cu!d b* than u»el*M*.--Cbicago Mail.
tral America and help Do Letucp, cut Ms
canal on condition that be allow no bridge
across it.
Simple faith*
Mr. 51. A. 5Iuldrow, ot D.irliDgtoq, 8. (!.,
jiri ciiarnoiurTuoy bad many points ot I ia 009 ot tbe 8n ® er9r8 by tbe receDt ‘’“I 11 *'
. .. -ambiance. E .cb was modest and unas- ‘l nake 19 thl “ neighborhood, and he writes
EhKiTT.icrrTbasbeenpnttoanewosoin Unming; and while tally realizing the vast tbo Iuay ” r 0 ** ,. T . tJr IQ ). ® ?
Prance. General Boulangor has recently responsibility resting upon him, involving Iow ‘ D f! P a 9 “ *" at '* ‘
ordered tho trial of a method of induuiug j life and empire, aud conscious that lii-. I ‘ nmiHjc. y LTe y '' l' U ,"1
fioiotis and restless horses to stand qu.etly every act and utterance was looked at amt | """" •' y “ m ay ncr03a e rey “
white*being .hod. The method is due to listened to by tho whole world with in-1 creek - ( l"^ r of “ Iml ° loD «- “ 8 «‘ y ab
the knoweldge and ingenuity of M. lo Capi- tan.ntt interest yet neither of them be- ablo t0 tcbmld without
tains Place, and is said to have proved emi-1 t-ayed a sign of faltering or ever exhibited | .■ . .
nently successful. The arrangements the least spirit of arr -ganee o-vainglory,
merely consists of an induction coil, a dry Both of them were men ot tho highest in-1
battery and an arrangement for giving “a tegrity, and w«re equally incorruptible; m b# nnrt faith „
abock of graduated intenstt,” to the ani- bo h were devotad husbands, and kind, in- y Appalled by th
mal under treatment. Tbe most vicious dnlgent fathers; both were #.utesmen of ^ betiJlen ^ ^
horse, which could be found in tho cavalry the largest views, comprehending the issues ^ iud ,, K)kB to
school at Sammy subdded into quietness or the wer, and terms and value of thepeace Tbu 00ualry
at «f »l,i a oa I thnfc rnl nvfifi I 1 *
gross breach of trust by another aged finan-1 ntronger position, and to have moro mtn at
cier, who (pr half a o-ntary had held his the critical point und moment, and especi ally
name above suspicion.” But a few days jo the power of personnlly inspiring bis men
since and the Boston Advertiser was great'y t 0 endure aud achieve, Lee was beyond
concerned over the alleged want of com-1 question the greater commander,
mercial and financial honesty of tbe Houth
era farmer. | resemblance. Eich was modest and unas
upon the application of this device.
^“Gmutkulw that tho wisest political pol-1 h, “ "<-P®^sd promptly and nobly to the
A LETTER from Aix-I.es-Buins makes this icy ^ rcc0Mtraclicn of poople of South Carolina and their gene,-
mention of a contribution of Georgia
to the English postage: “Among
tue Americans reoently arrived—
one
talent and sad fortuno—is tbs Marchionees
of Angtesea, once Miss Minnie King, of
Georgia; then Mrs. W.alehouse; then, mar
the Federal Union. Ilis statesmanship was
much more comprehensive than the parti-
nsity has averted great snffering. Bat Mr.
Muldruw will have to rely upon his own
energies nnd tbe help of his near neighbors
Americans xeeenuy san spirit that sought to control him. Lee. “““
who bse had a celebrity cf beauty and ^ ^ ^ ^ highe , t dnty of lbo 8oulb . to rebuild his dam. Help in some shape
ern patriot was to set tho example of loyal
ty, and to labor for the industrial reenpora-
will come to those who help themselves. It
may not come in tho shape of immediate
„ tion of the South under the new rrflime of bnt “> 9 damage from the late earth.
Tied iu Paris to Henry Paget, Marqnta of k ^ Tbn8 fur in character they we,e »PP»»mg and dostru.Uvo as it is,
Angleeea, who ran away from her with a — *
Bossian Countess in less than two years
after their marriage. He is now living with
the latter on bis estates, in Wales. ‘ Lady
not unlike.
'In Grant, sineere nnd enlightened pa
triotism was superior to nil meaner pas-
will be repaired.
A cobbespondest, writing
omicius AND PATOuita.
Prr»l(lent—Dan. do you believa old Ika Walton
and Nimrud wi*r« aa «rrat experts ae I am? La
uiout—No, your Excellency, with worms and Rang-
hooka or a niurket I beiieva your Honor lays it
them both. Ike waa a fair Aidierman and old
Niru was something of a hunter, but h# could not
spot 'em in tho neck like a President—Inter 0:ean,
from the
White Sulphur Springs, Va., to the Now
. sions, and ho cherished no feeling of ani. I York Evening Post says: “Another inter-
Aoglcseais still very handsome, preserving I ^^ty toward the peoplo so lately iu re- esting gntst hero this season has been tbo
tho sunny hair, fresh skin and per ect beUion< He Wa8i indeed, a man of tender Hon. A. O. Bacon, of Macon, Georgia, who
teeth of her girlhood. She hua a so w a I bear j ftn ,i warm personal attachments, which I was the unsuccessful competitor of General
English people say is almost an American M ^ blinded him to tho vices of his I Gordon for tho Democratic gubernatorial
peculiarity—ft be&ntiful nose. She has be-1 e# j abd p tetendcd (,i e nds. But be was I nomination. I find that the Georgians here
haved with great dignity since'tho departure I ^ # m(tn of gtton g p t . r s 0D al animosities ,1 generally deplore tbo result, und believe
of her lord end enjoys in a high degree the I g tboronRb , nd consistent hater where he I, hat Mr. Bacon, if nominated and elected,
respect of the American nnd English colony | ^ tbat bo bad boen wron g e d; sometimes, I would have put an end to ring government
in Paris not an easy community to please. I when only his measures had been op- jin the 8tate, and that bis allegations us
Tub New York Star says: “Not only posed and detected. Therefore, when in to the dangerous power wielded by
Charleston, but almost overy Southern com-1 power he was sometimes unjust. In Home the combination of which Senator
mnnity, resents' bitterly the mean and sel- respects he was a very hnmsn great man. Brown ia a loading spirit, *"■»
fish course of the Atlanta Constitution to- In these respects Leo was much his of which General Gordon is srnJ to bo
ward that effiioUd city. One wonid sup- superior: in fact, by the high test instrument, are well founded. One thing
pose that* calamity such as has befallen of human greatness Lee stands out is sure, and that is that 5!r. Bacon is a rep-
Charleston would call forth every gentle *» ®no of the noblest characters in Ameri- resentative of the 'new South,' which is
and generous emotion in men's breast., bnt can history. Ho was absolutely incapable trying to put an end to Bourbon dominance
it appears that the Constitution aees iu it of ohormbing personal animosity or the in the slave States, and that it is to snch as
only the occasion for decrying the business spirit of revenge, not from weakness, but he that we must look to for leadership in
hopes of Charleston, and lauding the pros- from loftiest controlling principle, the refjnn parties of tho (inure in his sec-
pteta end facilities of Atlanta. The Con- His humanity was responsive to every snf- tion. He mode a very gallant fight, and
.Utution sent its own Grady to write up the fering. whether of man or brute. He went under with oolirs dying, firing a
ruin of Charleston and explain the utter in- stooped in battle to replace in its nest a Parthian nrrow in a 'letter to his friends tn
Security of everything commercial in that young bird that hia cannon hivl shaken tho Democratic! party of Georgia,'which
neighborhood; and then it recalled its own from the tree. tells some truths about ring management in
Grady, so that the contrast of Atlanta’s F.u-1 “Grunt ordered his soldiers to loy waste Georgia that can tint have effect in future,
perior advantages conld receive cqnall} I the country he invaded, so that it might Tb „ courier Journal says: “The efforts
graphic treatment. Wo observe, however, I furnish no support to the Confederate of some newspapers to fix upon tho State ot
that adjacent cities regard this ns oontAnpti-1 armies. Lee,while in 1 innsylvanta, ordered Q eorRbl j bo stigma of dishonor because of
bis, and we are glad to believe that the Con-1 H* 6 arrest nnd punishment of any of z> ^' > I | tK reimdimtion <»t the bonds issaed under
atttntion will lose by it aa much as it had I soldiers found guilty of taking tho property tbe jj n y oeb government do them no credit,
fatuously hoped to gain." I °* »UY citizen- , To overmaster a State, nnd fotce upon it a
— . #w “Grant had little use for books, nnd g 0Tttmufut contrary to‘its constitution,
Oai of the goodiest good est men of New foond bis recreation in bnalness and iu so- |md boaUIe t(J lbeoons(ituti o nof the United
York State has been discovered to be . do- pia l and domestic life. Lee, equally social ^ ^ to 0 s 0 , bis goTcrnmo „t as tbe
fanlter. A Syracmm dispatch has this to » ud domeafic, enjoyed the be.t classic liter- t of , ling ot tblevc , and spcculatora to
say about it: “If theiflavor of financial ro , tnre> , nd flighted in the study of science. £ , lbeir r , ttv and labot lor , ounh
mance ran properly be said to snrron id an I mental resource, and scholarly tastes l ( ^ bor LU 'and di.tribnted in
Tk ” ”** rss*,”^2
.CP01.SC pnesas. may J~J. hytl, -Th. m.-unUt. ol Ira, 2 "u^Oj p'.SlSUo 2 of
IJudge Israel 8. Spencer, of this city. hi , de .th-chair in the long agony of disao- aDd OTerpo ,Jring a man, end
The Judge we. found deal n hi. office on lat i on . have added m rch to tbe value of J^ , u “ Ub und ^ r tbat t0 sign
the afternoon of March U 1»SS. His cold tbe lcgmcT he Uft bu country.. .To B ‘oic L J , fhu , to , b8 robber
hand contained a pen. and hi. eheck-boek ud Chris,Un alike his death will forever ho , bo ^ ^ ^ nec ,
ay open before him. Thera waa gen- U, mo , t affecting illustration of beroic L y , h , A „ en i( bi . c. nvc y
—rntng over the sudden demise phllo . opby tnd Christian tsilh. To the ex- ^ tboali gtt lnto handi of ^ inn ^
upright mtorney and pardon nlUnl Nortb> flushedwilh victory mid de- ^ t J er> roM , )B 1itJ propelly re .
worth. His life had b en sinng revenge, he had proclaime.1 in the m an a-w, and Georgia has simply
-Uty to grist trusts con* I buur 0 f triumph, “Let os have j.eaco;’' solI I i-vcped ifeiisg i-alsU-gued iu tiiat character
Ms property lawyer, he died with that prayer for his country up- *>y repudiating the bonds of the wrpet-
... I r ' * * 1 L,.-. n ..eu vVia •iiauttL.l utk.l v.i lb. I.i-P in
'^ra yon still gotn*; to see Miss Brown?" '
i at rai l she ban taken to RawbllinK-" "Taken to
Rambling? lm|K)«siblet" "WHI, I called a couple
ot tlims and *bn wasu't at homo. I met ber brother
that tough ouo—and he said to me: *Saj ( can't
you see my slntor want* to shake you?' I told him
never throw dice, ani I haven’t been thera sinus,
•Exchange.
Ho (trying to got out of it ploasantly)—"I'm ai
fully sorry that 1 must go to-night. Miss Beaiie,
What an agrooable two weeks we've had of it.
will go and ask your father ” (he was going to
o harness tbe hone.") She—"Oh. William,
know it would come, and I a*ked pa yesterday, so
ave you the trouble. He's more thau will
tag?—TldBIta.
Shoot’’ be ox ilaimnd, aa bo rtuhed into tb* vil
lago grocery with a newspaper in bis baud, "but
Prim* Alexander has had to abdicate." "You don'
!" replied th** grocer. ••Yet, and Bulgaria
will now bo given over to tb* C’xxr.” "By Jackson,
but who’d a thought it? I must s«nd for Bill and
have him come down born and mark them pitch
forks and snow shoos up 15 per cent. I'm going to
prepare for the wust."
'Well! remarked a young man to a group of
friends, **tbe only {irl lever really loved is to bo
married tho loth of next month." "Too bad, old
fel," said a member of the party. "You have my
sympathy" "You know tbe old story about as
good fish In the sea, don't you?" Inquired another.
Why don't you punch the lucky follow?" asked a
pugilistic member, "and prevent him from coming
to time at tbo wedding?" "Who Is the lucky man?"
waked a fourth member of the gathering. "If you
would only give me a chanco I will tell you. She
is to marry me. I’ll take some brandy and soda."
—St. Paul Globe.
IT LOOKS AS IF THE 8c„ Pm »
fallen waffiS"
Thvr. Senna t» t>. » u ck _
tor *h. ISxpwH o!^ *„?*"*».
1 "**“*“* ■»
DiiKm „ H L . M#r
New York WcMd special cable.
London. Sept. 25 —I ^
and rat re convinced' thatlhtra 0 ®; 1 '!* ®a
Amenctn Expoailien in *' 1 *>.
When Ur Natban Apptaton d ? n »
here last week he made a d!2 ta • *'
the scheme, and he has. HncThtaT' 7 W
written a letter in whtah he s ft ra- W
see how it Will he- practicallv tL
the proposed At erics n ExpoStiS k !?
ready for tbe coming aririru;- f„i .
■ntormed, nothing h» Kw
in the way 0 f pnttia,/ nn 1 ,“** iol
even if they wi re rejy, ^hcra w
be sn y too ranch time to receiv* ral'
hibiu and to clarify them i» r
think every intellijn* m , m
take tbe trouble to look-into tb,..’
would come to the co *,'
A man named Wbi.\. °
Englishman is credit^ h/re vt
being at the back of the oraject R.l
is not in England at presen8and the^J
he has left at bis office give ]
answers to the inquiries made'here r l
lieve he was nssoeiatcd with Gm v ‘l
who waa m San Francifco hat v ,„ V
many Americans hi re declare that fhev'J
no confidence in his representeticn* 5 *
Munster Washbnrne. of Illinois, Mr c
M. Pullman, of Chicago; Mr UnoV -.
Spirit of the Times, in Now Ycri V, !
M. Thompson, cashier of the * lt J
Savings Bank in St. Louis, as wed
other prominent men in almost evervl
in the United States, who have beia
os officers of the proposed exhibition 1
»t to tho people of England ns ¥e f'
the people of their own country t„l
out with a positive aud satisfactory .1
ment that will put an end to all the diirl
a hM riimora that are now flying about!
Mr. Marcus A. Wolff, of St. Lani. T
• ccntlv fonritl Mr I>u*n^u ' I
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is tutted of as the
Kepnbliean candidate for mayor of New
York.
Frank Hurd was defeated by his oppo-
noi t in the primary for nomination to Con-
gr.»s.
The New York Sun seems to be actually
booming Cleveland* private secretary, Dan
Lamont, its Grover’s successor.
Hum Uisslon, tbe wealthy Philadelphian,
i* said to lie working tho wires to prevent
“Dandy Mayor” Smith's being found guilly
in the iuipeuchnunt trial.
Governor Fumkt r has requested the resig
nation of "Hon.” James Morgan, of the
hoard of public affairs of Cincinnati, wbo
is charged with appropriating the city’s
funds.
Baltimore American: Tho defeat of
Chairman Ikitle in Pennsylvania yesterday
for rc-nomiuution makes the deb ut of every
I) mocratio number of tbo Pun Electric
T. ] .plume Investigating committee except
Oates of Alabama.
Senator Dawes will bo a delegate to Ibe
Massachusetts Itapublican convention, lint
ha had u struggle to get there rather nnbe
coining a national statesman. Mr. Dtwea
supported a Lemocral for tho Legislature
last yeur on grounds of personal friendship,
und to piini.h him fflr that deparlnr. from
party frith he was difeutcil for del-gate
One of his friends who *us elected d.
in hi* favor and 51r. Dawes then slipped in,
although tbe caucus refused to make his
election unanimous.
Geuerai John A. Logan said to a Globe
Democrat reporter: “I told Sinuter Mux.-v
not long Is,torn the S nets adjourned that
in five >i ar* Texas would go ltepublican
He langhed at m«. When a party get* so
top-heavy with a one party luujuri'y, there
am bound to be local splits engendered by
jealousies among aspirants for office*; these
local splits widen into party divisions in
Congressional districts und finally widen
into a general political b ittle waged among
political brethren all over the State, nnti.
there is a disruption and bre.king np of tbe
machine, und tbe qnondam majority be
comes a minority. Look at Iowa Time
was when the ltepnblicons oonhl g-t np
sny kind of an exulting issue and carrv the
Stale by fiD.IXM to 75.0 0 majority. Now it
is doulitful about the Uepuhiicuns carry ing
it by over 6,000 majority, if stall."
! ety ns a pillar of on big u pa .
held up for |
He
baggers who throttled and robbed her m
the days of reconstruction. ~
'The dosing years of Lee’s life recall
wbat Plato says of the nobility, wisdom I Th.ltsmst infeicne®.
, , ... . „ New York Herald,
and clemency of the great Socrates. Hi. | „ Wj>jU „ , b#| Urga y , Ilnw , )0iM i Dg b»ck
. .t of
a and
privet*
memorable words at Appomatox, spoken to u u,oegtho trees?" asked >u elderly geirlle-
eorrowing comrade s about to depart for I man, turning to the small man with ch only-
.eir ravaged, desolate homes, interpret the ■ haven tice aud prominent nose, who o»t
. ... Most in front of him. The train had jnat
high completeness ot the character of this , A . sed Holmsbnrg Jancti, n, and tbe in
most remarkable man: “Homan virtue 1 qa h,itnr tsuntel off to tha right '‘That’s
should be equal to hnman calamity.” This ] tb6 Forrest Home," replied John T. IUy-
noble sentiment, his parting benediction to moDd> otherwise Colonel Sellers. “I'be
his army, so eompUtely illustrated in his Forrest Home?” qnerrtad the firmer-like
own life, and in the loyalty and prosperity personage, looking unsatisfied. “Who live*
of the booth, will forever attest the bene- there?* “It is the horns for the poor actors
ficent influence of his great example.” given by F, twin " “Lord! how crowded
Tha article deal* somewhat sharply with the place matt be."
An exclusive diet of buckwheat is eni 1 to
prove a remarkable panacea for diabetes.
A German is said to have invented and
constructed a steam engine where the dead-
centre point is obviated.
A poultice of salt and the white of an
egg is a powerful resolvent, and, if applied
iu time, will disperse a felon.
5L de Lesseps estimates the power of the
machines employed in building the Panama
canal an equal to SUO.OOO men.
A piece of sole leather tacked on the butt
of a sqinrred-off chisel-handle will prevent
its splitting under the blows of the mallet.
A prominent medical authority concludes
that notw ithstanding tho physiological ef
fects of conrug*, it has no power against n
germ diseaos.
Schrader states that there are eeveral
mountain! in the north of Spain, some
reaching an altitnde of 10,000 feet, which
have no place on tho geographical map.
The amount of pleasure per square foot
with the wind blowing at twenty, thirtv,
forty, fifty, sixty, seventy nttd eiuhty miles
an hour is respectively 2, tj, 8, 12j, 18, 25
and'32.1 pounds.
Poison ivy is patting on it! coat of scar-
lot. It is easily dxtingnishablo from wood-
it.e as iu leaves grow iu Glisters of three,
while the harmless woodbine grows in clus
ters of five leaves.
The extinction of “starlight" in tho day
light is not duo to tho vapora of tbe atmos
phere, bnt to the “stronger” vibrations of
sunlight,, which prevent onreyes pertv iving
the weaker vibrations of starlight.—Publio
Opinion.
When it becomes necestary to atop an
engine with a heavy tiro in tho furnace,
place a layer nf fresh coala on the fire, shut
the damperand atart tin injector or pump
for the purpose of keeping np the circula
tion in the boiler.
Nothwithstandiog thepersiatentand skill
ful efforts of obemista, tbo exact composi
tion of the white of an egg ia still an
unsolved problem, and nnti) this knowledge
is acquired tho processes of animal economy
cannot be explained.
To cut gbias jar*, fill tho jnr with lard oil
to where you wish to ent tho jar; then heat.
an iron rod or bar to red heat;, immerse it. in I fecently found Mr. Paruell so insect!
tho oil. The nneiutal expansion will crack I until no notified him that he had a
the jar all around at the surface of the oil, •?*’“*™ or $7,600 from the Kuiif,:..
aud yon can lift off the top part. Patrick, of St. Louis, returned hire
Most metals and alloys shriek or con- ' be , b “i5'“^ t and eatWt
tract on cooling. Bnt an alloy which will ?°, tb q b g, m . e - H
expand on coding may be mode of lead :" c “ 8e 8t Mr -
nine parts, antimony two parts, bismuth ln „ ,, * ' u !’ “” d n “ tw, br
one purl. This alloy can be advantageous- vi !? w hrc^tinnhl«'F* > ^Hcataons fot an,
1 need to fill small holes aud defects in ! a rrie, the H
iron castings. carried the cncck off to tbe Continent, 1
. f . mg tt, however, tubaequently toMr W
In climates having a difference of tem- from Heidelberg. When be retnrm
perature of seventy-five degrees between the other day he wrote a note to Mr p|
tho hot and cold seasons a railway track of 1 asking him for an autograph no-int l|
4(10 miles ta :U8 yards longer in summer t to the time cf lcavta" 1
then in winter—that in, expansion forces for New York he had received no *
the metal closer together, dot ing up the to the request, havn g been once w.
space between the rails of neatly a yard in tolly ignored. One of the last thiat_
each mile. Wolff d.d before leaving waa to s-r.1
Copper or brass wire larger than No. 18 Rirnell a very sharp letter, in win j
ta hard to betid. By beating to netlDesa I among other things, said: "Your frit!
and plunging into cold water both these St. Louis and mine are justly i:: :: v :J
metuta will beueomo much softened. Ia >*tur treatment of their tuMu-vi 1 r.I
making joints iu wires before soldering, it Knighta of St. Patrick tn St. Loci
they are softened in thin way and cleaned, cabled me to bring bock the chock,
excellent contact apart from the solder can > on have not rated it please moil it t<
bo obtained, I Liverpool ” Complaints ol discot
A double purpose may be accomplished Itaotmeii t on the part of Mr. T*re4
by coveriug the laftera and atones ot the ejnstantly being niodo here. Mr. [J
cellar with whitewash made yellow with olorse, member ot Congress from ll
coppers*, and filling tho crevices and oracks il ,e ” *° a ^ u: i " of adtaiasoB l
of the floor with dry copperas. The rata H, ’ u “ e of Commons from him, but f j
and mi™ will immediately vaoate tha cellar , ft ' iy kesponse, notwritlistandiiig tfl
so treated, and it will be thoroughly puri- : hlst h ”, ^ko'ta'ht * Jotter of inlrol
lied and disinfected. from Mr. Patnek Collins Mr. Paj
„ . i.i ... . „ harder to reach tban th* Mutt), a
Stilt is a wonderful remedial agent. Salt fri , od s of lbe IrU h carat, ia Ata.fi.
and cider vinegar will enre obstinate eases conw OVl . r b , re BXpcotiU g , 0 b. vul
of dlarrbte i. A solntiou of salt wUl relieve wivH , dy tbe llU ‘ b lea(ler u , J
pain in brumes Equal parts of s rong salt disappointed. 1
water and spirits ot camphor applied to the I , ,, ,, , ,, , . . 1
teeth is. a cure for toothache. Salt -will | A . New \orlc Rcntlemaa jast aruvf
cheek bleeding of tho lungs when other 1 1,irw b“''iugmot Ihio'j
remedies fail Salt is a remedy in catarrh. ft restaurant tliero a few
rru * U U 1 xi... I He whs accouipauujd by Mrs. L
The following beverage is soothing it whoH( , fathor ut J bw lb o fptttu|
taken just before going to bod by tho per- , nHdo f rom tbe patent medicine I
son troubled with a cough. It la au old Mm. Winslow’s soothing syiup. V
P ranch recipe, and is called “lait de ponlo. Btld MrH . j la ll«, d » re often .ecu t
Mix tbo yelk of one egg thoroughly with a to( , ctber ftnd U[B lv dUtingnisbeil
teaspoonful of sugar and add a few ilropj of ( . 1)up i e . Tilton’s daughter Flctfl
orauge fl >wer water, l’onr a gill of bothng DM „i n \ Velton. is living wi:B kfl
water by degrees upon tbe mixture, atit-1 SwilznlauiL Mr. Felton, who j
ing constantly, nod drink very warm. afltioted soon after his marriRg*«
M. Lessens, at a meeting of tbe Society I uiittunt attacks ot insanity, hai ■
Medicals <1'Amiens, imlicated a certain sigii I come a hopi l>‘sa lunatic, sail i- not
death, simple nnd trustworthy. After I fiin iiicnt. Tilton's other danghtfij
pricking the akin with aneedle tbe pnnettire I with ber husband in Chicigo, J
remains open, just as when a piecefof I Tilton U in a Protestant conr.olg
leather ia pricked. On the living body. I 8 B Armoor, of K»n»« 1
eveu if the blood doe* not come to tbe sur- membur ot lbe Armour Fxvkiog (
face, aa wonld h.ppcn if the pernon were I m in P.uia with hia wife, lnt»t“<|
hyittric*), the pin prickjdoses at cnoe and I turned from Germany, anJ l»«pf
doe. not leave the slightest trace. HOO „. Thin ta the first trip ‘J
Persona who work in nd-hot metahi, I Armour has made to Europe Hj
gluss-blowing, etc.,, are lom. timcs apt to I wife are auoompanied by Mo* *
nurn their fingers. It ta well to know that I K tnsaaCity, who waa betrolhw *
a solution of bicarbonate of .oda (hiking I Thompson, tbe young man
sods) promptly and permanently relieves I time ago married a young •"k’j
till pain. The points to be observed nre; I New York, and a few day. ‘"-(‘J
One, bicarbonate of sod* must be used; I both her and himself at th' 1
washing soda and common soda are far too House. The oocurrtmc. wax • >'1
irritant to be applied if tbe burn is serious. I to 3ltas Smith, and it via ta fl
Two, tho solution must be saturated. Three. I mind from the subject tbatwi
tho solution must be ice cold. Armour iuvited her to accou^T
It ia said that a saturated solution of Europe. ^ J
nitric acid nnd muriate of cocaine makes u ScuatorM. E. 01 . .]
puinlcsa cautery. Iu our handa the coin- arrived from 1 art. * ll “ J
tion cansea some pain, but little. It ill week and la at to* A* T
strange to contrast the (Sect of the cocaine family have been in tamp. .1
applieti previous to tho application of the I hal l (or New York next w*v
tils and when it iatuud combined with the „ Y A „ BtawlUCabta
ilia. It. the tirat casi it will require four .-crcaM
or live rninutea to get its physiological ef-1 Jb tF ? B D ?i“ b , b „ |i„n*r. S
feet, and in the list we have tne inatant ef-1 "‘J ” a'sunce from wme iJ
tacof the coraiM.—Alabama Medical -d | ^^
ex ..lain that Parliamentary 1
Altogether Too funicular.
WallBtnwt News.
A guest at a hotel in Florid* tasted of tbe
butter and naked tha waiter what It was.
Th* aer.ant didn’t know, and the head
waiter was called, lie profeaued hi. igu,
ranee, and the aneat sought the Undion)
“That,” said the host a. he tasted it, “prob
ably reproenta butter.” “But ilon i y
know?*' “Not exactly; but I’ve got a stew
aril wbo ia great on experiment*, an.
wheth* r this is creamery, dairy, ootum n
artificial or tbe Chicago bntteriu* I can
any. Janira take this gentleman out and
introduce him to the tteword, and see that
it ta charged extra in bta bilL”
Wilkie Collin* is mnch improved in
health. Will* and Dnbarry ate writing a
modern society dram*, the central figure of
which is a new Lady Tortuffe.
Surgical Journal.
A writer in New Remedies, .peaking of the I d?*hutel^"to*him?~H* ia'* 1 ^'1
defacement of paiut by the inadvertent and b m e , u .nmnsl aympalhy
heedlem acratcttingof matches, Hays that he bbl political follower!. Tb« 1 1
has observed tb«t when one mark has been i ta d, r ,hip ofthe Irish part? » J
maiio others follow rapicly. To effectually to he gra lnally reverting <“ 1
preveot this, mb the spot with flannel sutu-1 ubn easilv the most C«°- rl l
rau d • itb any iiqtu.1 vaaeliue. “After that j^b member next to Mr. l’a'1
pi-opte may t>y t" strike their matches there I yp, has apokca CD *T
as much aa th*-y like, they will'neither gets I question arising during ®*L
light nor it jure the point,” and, most I weeks Ilia manner ha. b <r °l
singular, the petroleum Cannes the existing and yj r utadatone much »PP f “|
m trk to soon disappear, at least when it oc- iog to the front. , I
cure on dark print The farm at Fcol. 15n b J
We learn thvt it i. now possible to boar 1 moonlighters were nn
plants growing. At a recent meeting of the I lost, is on an extremely Jr . t
SI.Him B.itaiiical society an apparatus wa* I ing to Mias Thompson, j 0
ahoa n in which the growing plant ia cou- great number of her tea* ^ ,
uecteil with a di-k, haviug in its centre on I pay the iucrc*»« in rent « >( I
indicator which moves visibly, and thus, on ed. Tile estate covers - J
a acale fifty time« magnified, denote* the I valuation ta ptaced at ® ,1
progress of gruwtn. Disk and indicator are is generally expressed 1 " BC
mi l a 1 , un 1 * ben brought in contact with an cm be f mud that w> u
d'etre hammer, the electric current being! lighter*. . „ ic x
inlerru ted at each of the dividing inter- A story ia rfl»t«i « . t J
slices of the dink, the growth of the plant I occur red dnring *’ j : ta tl
i« aa perceptib le 11 the ear aa to tb* eye. Mr. Gladstone an i “J j,|
M ears Bouchards .1 I.ufont, in tha I Ihtlr eionrsion*. (
Comptea Rondos, state tout French turpen- winding moouiam ro. . 0 j
tine oil re ids with acetic acitl, forming iev-1 which they were d gji
ersl licet itt s of the formula CIO IilC Ul U4 the edge of * prectptv ^ o( A
02, which ore of various properties. From barred by the *Pfi£7i orK . •'■§
these acetate* he savant, in question ob-1 a herd of cow*. *». , lc iri
taii.fHt various single valued alcohols, CIO cani. gi became g«* .. f
H18 O, by beating with on equal weight of to plu.tgs violently. pon J
potash and fivw or six times the weight of preheuding the »' |b a j
alcohol in a dose d vessel for ten bonis np i stepped lio-lxtlT | r tt|
to the boiling p int By theAfiddilien of threw.* *h»*l de ', y bin
water the combination thus formed can be The emmol then *>• , J
separated, sod eta be purified by dutilla- to tbe eida olU ui#.
tion in a vacua. 1 ’ I patrad on np the