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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TDESDA Y OCTOBER 9 1883,-TWELVfi PAGES.
TtfE GREAT EASTERN.
The Career of the Largest
Steamship Ever Built. •
dimensions of the big ship.
Bow She I-niil the Two Atlantic Cables nml
Was Pat to Other Less Worthy and
Profitable Uses—Her Present
Location.
The other day the most wonderful speci
men of marine architecture that the world
has ever seen entered upon the last stage
in her comparatively brief but eventful
and chequered career. The Great Eastern
was beached by her owners on the shore of
the Mersey, near Liverpool, and broken
up. With the exception of the short in
terval during which she was employed for
the laying down of the Atlantic and other
cables, her existence has been one long
chapter of disaster, disappointment and
failure. Scarcely any example of modern
ingenuity has become so completely, or on
so gigantic a scale, a money-devouring
white elephant. Fortunes have again
again been sunk in the Great Eastern, and
dividends in connection with her have
hardly ever been heard of. Many of us,
says the Pall Mall Gazette, are too young
to remember the building of the great
ship that was to revolutionize ocean
traveling. It was in 1852 that the
Eastern Steam Navigation Company was
started to provide a steam route to the
east via the cape; and the next year the
directors, having come to the conclusion
that the cost of maintaining coaling sta
tions along the route would prevent the
venture paying if a ship could not be ob-
tainedbig enough to carry an amount of
coal sufficient for the outward and the
home voyages, and to accommodate a large
number of passengers and a very heavy
cargo, commissioned Mr. Brunei to plan
and Mr. Scott Bussel to build a mammoth
steamship that would meet all the demands
that could be made upon her.
ITS VAST DISTENSIONS.
They set to work. What they produced
was the largest steamship in the world, as
i will show:
in feet
the following figures
length
Breadth SI feet
Depth at the side 53 feet
Depth In the hold 21 feet
Tonnage, builders’ measurement. 21,7.7 tons
Tonnage, registered...., 18,911 tons
Stowage for cargo 6,000 tons
Coat hankers’ capacity 10,050 tons
Total coat consumption 301 tons
Weight of screw 16 tons
Iron In hall 6 260 tons
Woodwork 2,5» tons
Weight of anchois (ten) and ca
ble! 233 tons
About 10,000 iron plates, weighing each
about one-third of a ton, were used, each
plate being fastened by 100 rivets. The
number of rivets used was,, therefore,
3,000,000. There were five funnels, 100
feet high by 0 feet in diameter, and six
masts, five of iron, and 7,000 yards of sail
provided for them. Most of tne masts and
spars were iron, and the shrouds and rig
ging were of iron wire rope. The eirtwf
length of chain cables was a mile, tho
links weighing fitly pounds each. One or
two of the ten anchors weighed ten tons
apiece. There were twenty boats. The
? addle boats were 60 feet in diameter by
3 feet deep, and had each thirty strokes,
The original plan provided for the accom
modation of 800 saloon passengers, 2,000
second-class passengers, 1,200 third-class
passengers, 4v0 officer; and crew, or iwiflfl
emigrants or tr ops.
ITS VARIED CAREER.
The Great Eastern was by November,
i' '7, in readiness for l uincliing. l-'rum
J' : >1 to Is;,? building operations were car
ried on whenever the company’s treasury
had money in it, for again and again the
resources" were exhausted. Wh-n the
launching was attempted she declined to
launch. Hm bUMMO hulk of 12,600 Cbm
atuck on the ways upon which it rested,
and it required three months planning and
tugging and the expenditure of some £60,-
-OOO to get her into the water. She had
been built with her broadside to the
water, with the notion that it would
be a dangerous matter to launch
long a ship stern foremost. At length
she was floated, and her works
put in as fast as her owners could furnish
money—which required a year and three-
quaiteri more. Heady at last, iter direc
tors decided uppn a trial trip to America.
It. was begun, but never accomplished.
When the great vessel was passing Hast
ings, September, 1859, a steam pipe _ ex
plosion occurred; seven person were killed
and several injured, and the voyage was
ended almost before it had begun. Ex-
by electric wire. This good work done,
the Great Eastern laid up at Heart’* Con
tent till the next summer, when, proceed
ing to mid-AUantic, ehe dredged for a lit-
lo more than two weeks for the formerly
lost cable, and had at length the luck,
after many slips, of fishing it up. Joining
the recovered end to the portion in her
hold, the great vessel steamed back, and
by September 8,1886, had stretched her
second cable from Ireland to Newfound
land.
USED AS A SHOW SHIP.
These cables laid, the owners of the
Great Eastern had again a gigantic steam
er on thtir hands. In 1887 a party of
speculators came to their rescue with a
scheme of refitting Brunners steamship
as a passenger-carrying vessel and employ
ing her to convey passengers to the Paris
International Exposition from New York
to Havre and back again, but the crowd
that had been expected to cross the At
lantic in the big steamship did not put in
an appearance, and neither profit to the
speculators or pav for the sailors and en
gineers were realized. In the evil fort
unes of .the Great Eastern thefewasa
oreak when, in 1868, the cable company
that had formerly borrowed her
took the vessel over for jurilivr [.n.-. i u-
tion of the work in whicli she alone had
been successful. The passenger fittin
were once more removed and the tanits
again put in, and from 1869 to somewhat
recent years the Great Eastern laid cables
in the "Mediterranean, across the Indian
ocean, in the Ked sea and from Europe to
Brazil, as well as other important lines.
But there is an end to cable laving, as to
most things, and lately the leviathan, de
graded to a condition of mere bulk, has
sunk to the work of a “show ship.’* A
firm of provincial universal providers
started a £20,000 company at Liverpool,
and had the Great Eastern brought around
in May, 1888, to the Mersey, where, filled
with conjurers, entertainments, concert
rooms and penny shows, she managed to
realize a good round sum for her tempo
rary owners.
CHANGES OF NAMES BUT NOT OF FORTUNE.
From Liverpool, when her novelty had
worn ofT, the mammoth ship was con
ducted to Dublin. Thence, bought, it was
said, by the London and Australian Steam
ship Company for £26,000, she was se.it
north to the Clyde. There it was rumored
she was to be refitted with new machinery,
at a cost of £120,000, in order to be con
verted into “a first-class passenger and
cargo steamer.’’ Apparently her owners
thought better of their intention, for no
more was heard of the Great Eastern till
she was brought from Scotland to Tran-
mere, that she might be broken up for old
iron.
It may be of interest to add that through
out lifer long, eventful career the marine
Frankenstein lias sought fortune under
other names than that of the Great East
ern. Sho has been known as Leviathan.
the Great Ship, and again as the Great
Eastern. By .this last and present title
she will, though smashed up into waste
jron and effectually removed oht of ex
istence, be remembered for some years to
come, apart altogether from tier "interest
ing record in the chronicles of shipping,
by the well-known “Floating City” of
Jules Verne. The clever Amiens romancer
made, os will be remembered, the Great
Eastern the subject of one of not the least
interesting among his arminl of wonderful
books for boys.
set 1
lie v
begun,
pensive repairs and lawsuits filled up the White mine at Ward, Nev., and work ia
time until June 17, 1860, when from to be resumed forthwith. A queer phe-
•Southampton the trans-Atlantic voyage
was again attempted. It was successful.
New York was reached in eleven days.
Farther trips were made, but neither the
cargo nor the number of passengers was
sufficient to meet even current expenses,
and the owners only lost more and more
money.
In the winter of 1861, when troubles
arose with the United States, the British
government obtained the services of the
Great Eastern to convey several battalions
of guards to Canada. So far as the com
fort of the 2,000 passengers was concerned
tlie voyage was everything that could he
■desired. But the troop# were not always
requiring conveyance; there were never
enough voyagers lo the states; thtre
was no paying empiovment to be got, and
the company plunged deeper and deeper
into debt. No passage to Australia was
ever attempted. There were few porta to
which the Great Eastern could go..
CONVERTED INTO A TELEriRAITI SHIP.
It was a Godsend to the mammoth mon
strosity’s owner when the Telegraph Con
struction and Maintenance Company
•wanted to lay a second cable between Ire
land and America in place of the prevt-
-ously laid one, that had snapped, and ac
cepted its services for the duty. The
passenger accommodation was ruthle; sly
torn out and three great tanka were bntli
in. the fore, middle and aft bolds from 60
to 60 feet in diameter, and the 4,000 tons
of cable coils were placed in them. In
. July, 1865, the Great Eastern steamed out
of Valentis; on August 2d, the cable
Bnapped, on account of the strain tmpoaeu
on it, and sank 2,000 fathom* down, 1.064
milts ftom Ireland. For a week, with a
grapnel and a five-mile rope, the lost cable
wa* dredged for, but unsuccessfully, and
all tlie available apparatus for dragging
witfi having been either broken or lost
the attempt, the Great Eastern returned
England, leaving almost all its 4,000 tons
of cable at the bottom ot the Atlantic. _
In July, iaC6, she tet forth again witli
a new cable and accompanied by three
auxiliary steamers. On the 27th ahe
reached Newfoundland, having nucceedfe
in rejoining America and “the old country
A UIO IIET ON A SMALL BUTTON.
r a Young Southerner Won a Fortune at
the Wheel.
Speaking of certain hilarious proceed
ings in Mobile a writer in the Washington
(D. C.) Critic says
A young mm who 1* aft# a merchant in
Memphis, Terra- was almost insane about
devising Milne seheine I" break tlieroulette
at a gambling saloon which was backed up
by thousands of dollars. One night, while
betting on the red and black numbers as
usual, he lost all the money he had with
him. Feeling around in his pockets bis
hand touched a coin about the size of a
uniter, and lie . alls.1 out quiekly, just as
iieu heel wa> about to «top: ".twenty-five
cents on No. 8, black.”
The whfiel stopped with the marble at
No. 8, black, before the young man could
Ills money out. The banker, knowing
was a good customer, paid the bet, giv
ing him $2. He continued to win for
hours and hours, until he had $6,000 or
$7,000, and the bank suspended.
The young man carried the money home,
and id his room searched his pockets for
the quarter that had brought hint so much
money, saying he would keep it for a luck
piece.
He found the coin and took it out—it
was a brass button.
Miners Iljwl Green.
From tlie Territorial Enterprise, Sept. 20.
A contract has been let on the Martin
pomenon is connected witli the working of
the Martin White ore. The ore is very
base, and it is necessary to roast the whole
of it. During the roasting process no
deleterious or disagreeable fumes are ob
servable, yet the hair and the beards of all
the men engaged about the works arc soon
dyed a bright and permanent green. Even
the eyefirows of tlie workmen are as green
as grass. In scores of Nevada mines ores
of various kinds are smelted and roasted,
but at none of them is either the hair or
beards of the workmen changed from their
natural hue. It is said there is less arsenjc
in the ore of the Martin Whim than in
that of many other mines. Old smelters
say arsenic has no such eflect on the hair,
and all declare that the emerald hue im
parted to the hair is due to (tie presence of
some unknown and mysterious metal or
mineral. White, light and sandy beards
and hair take a grass-green, whereas black
or dark '-.own hair is dyed a deep bottle-
green. The hair is not injurcu by _ it.
change of color. It retains its original
softness and strength.
Berne Beta on Cleveland.
From the New York San, Sept. 27.
A well-known business man, a ho is a
member of the Cleveland and Thurman
Wholesale Dry Goods Club, offers to make
these wagers: One thousand dollars to
$5,000 that Cleveland will iiave 237 elec
toral votes or more; $500 to $2,500 that
Clevelan will carry Illinois; $5 0 to $1,600
that Cleveland will carry California, ami
$3,000 even on the generaj election. He ia
willing to wager smaller amounts in sums
not less than $50 at the same odds. The
gentleman’s name can be obtained from
the secretary of the Cleveland and Thnr.
man Wholesale Dry Goods Club, at 34”
Broadway.
The Marri^o Question.
Mrs. E. Lynn Linton contributes au in
teresting article to the current number of
the Universal Review on “The Vexed
Question.” She begins with the proposi
tion that “the rudiments of orderly society
lie in the voluntary restrictions of mar
riage as against promiscuity, just ns the
rudiments of political organizations lie in
ths voluntary submission of a tribe to one
chief as against individual independence.
The vital tiling is that a man and
woman marry with the consent and knowl
edge of their society, and that tlie chil
dren born of this authorized union belong
emphatically to that society.” Contrast
ing the two principles on which
modern marriages are founded and on
which they differ—individual desire anil
social well-being—she observes that tlie
I rench adhere to the lat'er while we have
held to the former until late, “when the
tables have been turned with a vengeance,
and we have exaggerated our neighbors’
principle out of all likeness to itself. Our
splendid boys and girls, true children of
love as they often are, Iiave caught tlie
beauty of the mother and inherited the
manly independence and self-sufficing res
oluteness of the father. But they have to
turn out betimes from home to make llieir
own bread which is sometimes bitter, some
times scanty, and not unfrequentlv pois
onous. On the oilier hand, tlie French
family remains a 1’ abri, nndiminished in
its generally scanty numbers, and unag-
onized by all the fears and accidents which
beset the disintegration of an English
household.”
As part of this question thtf writer dis
cusses with much ingenuity and various
kinds of marriage bargains, from that in
which the men take all and return nothing
to that in which they return the gratitude
of care and companionship and some sort
of fidelity for the gift of love. “Disraeli’s
marriage was a case in point. So is another
where the discrepancy in age and original
condition is even greater than with his,
and where the happiness resulting to the
woman by the man’s honorable fulfillment
of his share of the bargain is as patent as
in the Beaconsfield household. Surely
these two marriages have justified them
selves by the honorable fidelity to the
agreement which each of the men main
tained, and by the corresponding happi
ness of the woman who risked somuch and
yet did not lose by the venture." Honest
divorce, it is contended, is a better state of
things than judicial separation. “Without
wishing to make divorces too easy, it does
seem as if it should be given when, for any
cause, the marriage is a distinct and in
supportable failure, and the well-being of
the children is at stake. Naturally tlie
crux of the whole question is in the chil
dren. As we began with them so must we
end. Mariiage would be no more binding
than any other voluntarily undertaken
partnership were it not for these helpless
members of tlie community, whose future
good ought to be sacred to that commun
ity—these unrepresented citizens, whom
their parents have in.present pawn,but for
whom they are answerable to the state,
though the state takes very little Interest
hi theBL believing that in the main pa
rental instinct and affection know best.
The integrity, the annetitv of the family
lies at the root of ail stable and well-con
ditioned society; and. frankly, the indi
vidual happiness of this husband or that
wifo ill mated does not count a hair's
breadth in comparison with the stability
of society and tne good of tin: family."
In conclusion the writer Bays: “Almost
all great men have owed much to the
mother, mnny ttlsO to the father. It we
were to come to such a state of things as
some anticipate complacently, if the state
were to be lather and mother to tlie chil
dren, and; the ties of family were to be
dissolved like jelly in water, then «hU
marrriage cease to be an institution in any
sense of the term, and we Bhould go back
to practical promiscuity. Why not? Tfie
pleasure of the individual would then be
tho one sole good, and morality would not
sutler, because the family having ceased to
exi-t, lln-rt* would Ik- no need of restrictions.
With father rubbed ofl the slate of home,
'lawfully begotten’ would have no mean
ing, and the descendants of Messalina
would be safer than their ancestress in
those famous I’iucian gardens where her
sins received their punishment. It would be
a different state ot things altogether, and
entirely diflerent as if we were
to become m our own persons ‘antliro-
pophngi and men whose heads do grow be
neath their shoulders.’ No, we must not
look for such a radical change os this.
Wo must content ourselves with smaller
and mure tentative measures, legislation of
the bit hy bit kind, compromises granting
here and holding there, which arc more
often our illogical and conservative way of
doing things than wholesale changes.
Perhaps, some day, those who do not want
to marry their deceased wife’s sister will
grant permission to those who do; those
who are happy in their own marriage,
and with whom death would be eternal
widowhood, will have legislative compas
sion on those who are un
happy anil with whom deatli would he a
blessed release. Perhaps society will recog
nize that our intricate and acute civilizi,
tion has somewhat modified the original
idea, and added to the archaic meaning o-
marriage, and that certain social crimes!
like drunkenness and inveterate gambling,
are as destructive to the essential condi
tions as the one fault of infidelity. This is
not saying that infidelity has lost* its itu
portance as a fault, but that it has others
associated with it of equal rank. Tlie
present condition of thing*, just as mad
ness and felony, with its imprisonment for
life or for a lung term of years, are as good
grounds for divorce as certain physical
disabilities already provided for. But ii
alt ca-ta the happimas of til
parents ought to he tubuldinated to the
giodof tliechildrtn; and the individual
must euficr for the good of society. If it
U superstition to rpmaln attached to tlie
Iiatd ar.d fast lines of a primitive time, it
is suicide to break away from all lines al
together. Between tiie two extreme* that
juste milieu holds the royal place, and
common sense, self-control and a modicum
of good principle are In themselves solvents
of most social and personal ditlicultiea.
But the law is lo.i restricted as things are,
and the altered condition of society has to
he considered, as well as its preservation.
Perhaps the two are identical.”
A BIG REAL.
The East Tennessee to
Swallowed Bodily.
be
A RICHMOND AND DANVILLE SCOOP
Tlie Latter Bonil to Lease the East Ten.
nessee for Ninety-nine Years oil n
Large ltentnl, Gradually
Increasing.
FUNERAL OF MISS DUKES,
New York, Oct 2.—[Special.]—The direc
tors of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad met to-day to consider for
mally the lease of that road to the Ilichmond
and Dauville Company.
The propositition of President George 8.
Scott of,the Richmond and Danville was laid
before the East Tennessee board and thor
oughly discussed. The terms proposed were,
in the essential particulars, satisfactory, and
it was unanimously agreed that a lease to the
Richmond and Danville was the wisest policy
for the East Tennessee, and a committee was
appointed to arrange the detaile, which will
lie done substantualiy in accordance
with President Scott’s proposition.
The junior securities of the
East Tennessee were largely represented at
to-day’s meeting and heartily approved the
programme.
The committee appointed to perfect the
negotiation consists of Messrs. Brice, Green-
tgli and Bull of the East Tennessee direc
tory. To-morrow a similar committee will
be appointed from the Richmond ^nd Dan
ville and the Richmond Terminal hoards to
confer and co-operate with the East Tennes
see representatives. Messrs. Inman, Scott
and Thomas, respective presidents of the
Richmond Terminal, Richmond and Danville
and the East Tennessee will be ex-officio
members of the tripartite conference.
Tho terms of the lease, as proposed
by President Scott, are: That the period
shall be for ninety-nine years. For the
first four years the rental shall be
33Hjper cent, of the EastTennessee’e gross
earnings; for the five years succeeding, 3S
per cent.; for five years thereafter, 30 per
cent., and for the fire years after that time,
37 per cent.; then, for the remaining eighty
years, the rental to be 37 per cent., and from
the beginning the Richmond and Danville
guarantees that the percentage of gross
earnings allowed shall be sufficient in yield
to pay all the fixed charges of the East Ten
nessee, including 5 per cent, annually on the
first preferred East Tennessee stock. The
effect of this deal is far-reaching, and afiects
all Richmond Terminal securities fovorably,
even the common stock of the Terminal
company was bouyant to-day and sold to
27K, the highest price it hn* reached for sev
eral months.
ASSOCIATED l’RESS REPORT.
New Yobk, Oct. 2.—The directors of the
EastTennessec railroad met to-day and re
ceived a proposition from the directors of
the Richmond and Danville railroad to len
the East Tennessee property for a period
twentv years on a percentage ot earning*
The directors passed a resolution unanimous
ly agreeing to the proposition, ani^iipt
a committee to consult with the oltieersof
the Richmond nnd Danville and the Rich
niond Terminal Company for the purpose of
drawing up a lease to be presented for ratifi
cation at iuoi-n.r ihaatlBu to be held Tuesday
next. The declaration ol a dividend on East
Tennessee first preferred stock was not e-m
sidered. Ills officially stated that the sale
of the Richmond Terminal’s holdings of
East Tennessee preferred is not included in
the pending uA-angemenU, but that the
Richmond Terminal Company will continue
to hold that stock.
A SCURRILOUS LETTER
Tim True Account of Umr tlie Unfortunate
Accident Occurred.
The funeral of Miss Sallie Dukes, the
victim of the unfortunate accident ot
Monday morning, occurred Tuesday
morning at Fort Hill ;emctery in East
Macon, and waa largely attended. The
services were conducted by Rev. W. C.
Bass of Wesleyan Female College.
The particulars as published Tuesday
were in the _ main correct. From Mr.
Munroe l’hiilips, who was at the house
shortly after the occurrence, it is learned
that Miss Dukes was not shot through the
crack of the door ns stated. The gun was
cealnd the door resting on hooks on the
wall. In pushing the door out of the way
against the wall that sho might sweep, the
gun was knocked off the hooks, and the
slock, being tlie heavier, fell to tho floor
first and broke off at the barrels, and as
the gun struck the floor the left hand
hammer was struck and that barrel dis
charged, the load going upward into the
ceiling. The fall and the report caused
Miss Dukes to stoop down and pick up
the barrels, and as she did so she struck
the right head luttuer, receiving the load
in the eve. Mr.*Dukes, the father, heard
both reports, and says they were only a
few seconds apart. "He ran in to find "his
daughter on the floor dying.
CauHca the Arrest ot a Fifteen Year Old
Lad at Itnllard'e.
Some time about the first of September
Mr. Edward Holder, at the furniture house
of Sanders A Co. on Colton avenue,
ccived a letter postmarked Bullard’s, Ga.
and signed J. H. Birch, Clint Masscnburg,
Bond Burdick and Dan Bullard. This
letter was of such a scurrilous and threat
ening nature that Mr. Holder placed it in
the hands of Detective Shackelford, who
M-nt a man to Bullard’s to work it up.
Circumstances pointed to Dan Bullard, Jr.
and when questioned by the deteclivi ad
initted writing the letter. He gave as i
reason that Holijer had said some things
about a female relative, and that as the
parties whose names were signed to the
letter had visited Bullartl’s, he used them,
Tuesday Detective Shackleford went to
Bullards "with a warrant sworn out before
United States Commissioner Erwin and ar-
rested young Bullard. He was brought to
Macon* on the evening train and carried
before Commissioner Erwin. He plead
guiltv and waived examination. Bond
was fixed at $200. whicli was nromptly
given by Mr. Frank Ferrell of Bullard’s.
Young Bullard is about fifteen years
old, and it never occurred to him perhaps
that he was violating the postal lawa when
writing the letter. He belongs to a good
family and his connection with tlie affair '
very much regretted.
An OtTeu.lve ltreatti
is most ilietwhg, not only te the pe,
alllicted if be have any pride, bnt Co tl
with whom he coats in centiet. It i- a i
cate matter to speak of, hat it lots parted
only friends lmt lovers. Had breath
catarrh are inseparable. Dr. .'•sites
Remedy cure* the worst cases a* th
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Better Thaa the Presidency.
From the Chicago later Ocean.
When the appointment of Judge Fuller
wtM announced a Chicago lawver re
marked: “I am like Henry Clay—1 would
rather be right than President, but 1 had
* -« h. riaht”
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8old everywhere Price, Cuticura, 80c.; Foap,
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Potter I>rug and Chemical Co.. Boston.
•fcsTriend for “How to Cure Skin Diseases,” 6i
pages, 60 Bins’ rations and 100 testimonials.
fPLKS, black-heads, red, rough, chapped
fj aud oily skin prevented by Cuticura Soap.
I CAN’T BRERTHP.
Chest pains. sortnc>«. Weakness,
Hacking Cough, Asthma, lVurlsy
land Inflammation re leved in one
1 minute by tho Cuticura Auti l’aiu
Nothing like It for Weak Lungs.
OSH
Tlie Dance of Dentil.
From the Rome Tribune.
Tlie Atlanta Journal of yesterday an
nounced that “the Jacksonville Refugee
Club, which is composed of some of the
first young men of Jacksonville, will tender
Miss Hattie Baker a hall and reception nt
the Grant house on Friday, Sept. 28, at 8
o’clock p. m.”
Fiddling and dancing and making
merry, while the fair city they call home
is wrapped in _ midnight gloom and their
friends and neighbors are daily and hourly
falling before ilie sickle of the grim reaper.
Its next sweep may strike down a loved
one—father, mother, brother or sister.
Lightly thc^ ildiik of the misery and de
spair of their friends; the hollow cheeks
and pallid lips and sunken eyes that but
feebly tell of the cruel desolation of the
plague—“on with tlie dance, let joy he un-
eontined.”
If the “first young men" of Jacksonville
can find no more fitting and profitable oc
cupation in this time of gloom nnd death,
sensible people will with the country were
rid of them. It would be in accord with
tlie “eternal fitness of things” to bundle
them up and send them back into the thick
of the scouige, in order that Yellow Jack _ . . _ _
might thin out their ranks. | L0UlS13.Ha State Lottery Co
Negro ltoy Preacher. ,| ..Incorporated by the Legislature In 1*68,. for
From the Mllledgevllle Ledger.
The negro boy preacher has been stirring
up the colored churches of this city relig
iously in a wonderful manner. He is only
13 years old, and is small for his age. In
the pulpit he can scarcely be seen. He is
a genuine African, with little, if any, ad
mixture of white blood. His eye is bright
and intelligent, though he has an air of
meditation wjjen not in conversation. As
n pulpit orator, he is truly wonderful for
his age. Hi: thought* are good and his
language is chaste and ordinarily correct
grammatically. Tlie strength of his ser
mons, however, consists^in the emotion lie
throws into what he says and ills easy nnd
graceful manner of delivery. Heliaa none
of that boyish awkwardness so often seen
in yoiing orators, but speaks readily, flu
ently anil eloquently. He does not appear
to be speaking by rote, but his words seem
to flow from his lips like sparkling water
spontaneously gushing from a fountain.
He is on the evangelical order mid goes
from place to place. He is a prodigy.
Incorporated by the 1 J ■
EducAtfonal and Charitable purposes, and iia
(rsuchl.se was made a part of the present State
constitution In 1S7S, by an overwhelming pop
ular vote.
Its Grand Extraordinary Drawing! take
place seml-nnnuaily, (June and December),
and its Grand Single Number Drawings take
place on each of the other ten months in the
year, and are all drawn in public, at the
Academy of Music, New Orleans, La.
"We do hereby certify that we supervise the
arrangements for all tho Monthly and Semi au-
unit Drawing* ot tho LouiMfttna State Lottery,
Con pauy, and in person managoandcontro e‘
;i.‘KV.-’.:.gn ’.hein;-.-!-.--.-. u ".l ili.it -.lie -mine art
conducted with honesty, tat meat-. su-1 In good
faith toward all parties, mid we authorise the
Company to use this certificate, with fac-slmilea
ot our signatures attached, in Its advertise
menu.”
Senbtiry’i* Sulphur Candles
For jfeghsllag closets. Store
booms. Cellars,''Sinks, Statue*.
Outhoiisea, Cbicktn Coops, bird
Cages. Etc.
beubury's Itydronnplilhol
Snap,
For disease* ot the Hkln and
Scalp, such as Tetter, Ringworm,
mir- nn Eczema. Scablca, Healey Erup-
()fjy Ik i iiiu . '--ii« f.-1,
UHL UH Dandruff, tailing Ilair, lie.
iters r- n r* llvdronnpllttiol I’nstltles,
MflRF fir • |, ' or Purifying the Hick Room, ex-
IHUltL Ur tertnlna'lng Insects and ellml-
-rnrnr Dating disease germ*.
Hr-U Mend's Corn nmt Illllllon
it n-ri/11 r no *or Foot tronblea.
DRTIffl f.V llrnson’* fluster
HR 1 IllLl Ol For Aches and Patna.
Hold by all Druggists.
HEABl'KY k JOHNSON.
Hole Manufacturers New York.
flADFIEIiDSr
E4ULATOFU
m.0 OTHLYSlC. KN ESS.
r <iif fafccg 3uri2£r Grange of tiff. .
Qreaf* cJanoer dill nc qvoi&ccL
fer bccK'yitS&uqt fotyomtoi
"Z:R£timrf6»(p.
SjgWgj. ATLAJK’TA. ctA.
HINDERCORNS.
The only »ur» Car* for Cura*. MopsbOpolo. Enrm
- "totiMfn'L Uc.itl>nifnn»t-. UucoxiOa,!!,
PARKER'S-GINGER TON!
to llM nhm ‘<t utr.irrr In Um nrt of Cramp*, C«4fc».
p-la ontj llowrl.*.. r.l. r«,a:..ll4 for ail
{brunt and Luna trouble* Vm a without deUr If 70a
Snv*CoufflwBroncbiU*. AjthxnJk W—kLoMC* Un. X ii.
TWELVE YEARS AFFLICTED.
have
ad
-tarrh
uiaudi
Bluffton, Ipil., Feb.»». 188^—1
been affected with Blood Foi»on for twelve
years. Have used proscriptions from phy
sicians offered me daring that period.
Through the drujmiat, W. A. (Juulius, !
procured one bottle of B. B. b. and since
have used t ree hottlu*, and am ratisfied
it has done me more good than anything
I ever U“»*d. I am almost w**ll, and am ....
»nre, within two or three week I will be i foi
perfectly well, afu-r iwelvt* years suffer
ing intensely. Write or addrt-M
JowKrii Fkwt,
Biker and Confectiomr.,
Weir* Ca., ind.
ramer oc .cutei
Thin bit of humor fairly indicated the
true lawyer’s estimate of the honor
which lias come to Mellville Wat
son Fuller. Every# attorney, really
worthy the place he occupied last
evening at the festive board would prefer
the chief justiceship to the Presidency,
and that not only for its life-long contin
uance, but for the intrinsic honor of the
pobition. It is not too much to say that
proft-hhional ambition is the highest of all
ambitious. The lawyer, the minuter, the
doctor, the editor who prizeii wealth.
|K>litical preferment, social distinction, or
any other line of aspiration, however hon
orable in itself, above hi* professional rep
utation, cannot expect t n make the newt
of himself in his chosen walk of.life.
Nothing mind lie paramount in his am
bition. And ju*toowalmo‘t any one would
prefer to be in Judge Fuller*! place rather
than in that of President 1 ‘ cv* lmd. Tlie
haa no more mnxietiw in thedirec
tion of ambition, whi'e ihc latter is on the
ragged edge, the target for a thousand
entconmed shafin end liable al the end U)
lo b* relegated to private life when public
life teamed moat attractive.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS.
Live men and women wanted in every town
and county In meaouUi to cell our elegant new
net of Christ dim book! ( eelllnx from 6 j cent! to
t3.50>. One I Oily made an average profit of 87 a
day from September until ChrUvmit! last year
A young man cleared S200 In flveweeki*. All
time not neceaaary. Term* liberal. Apply early
for territoiy. 1). K. LUTHER Southern Min
ister Canell A Co., Whitehall »trect, At-
■ "i,Gs. octSwcd-tunAwlm
CoBmlMlrasn,
Wc, the mmcrn'itintd, Iktnkr. and wi*»
pay all nrlzcc drawn in The Louisan*Hute Lot
teries which may Ik* presented at our counter!.
It. M. WALMSI.KV, Pr«. LotilainuaNnt. Bk.
IMKIIKK LANAUX, I're«. State Nat’l Hk.
A. BALDWIN# PrM. New Orie nt* NfiCI Bk.
CAUL KOllN, Free. Union National Bank*
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING IN THE
ACADEMY OK MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUES
DAY. Oct. 9. 1888.
Capital Prize, $300,000.
k‘4; Twentieth*, »1.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 PRIZE OK $300,000 U I300.U 0
1 PRIZE OF KO.UUU 100.0TO
1 PRIZE OF 60,000 D 60,0*0
1 PRIZE OF 25,000 U...... 25,000
2 PRIZES OF 10,(XXJ are-.- 20,000
5 PR I /.EH OF 5.000 are 25,Ot 0
25 PRIZES OK 1 ,oou are~... 2UX0
100 PRIZES OK arc..... 50,000
200 PRIZES OF W0 are— 60,000
600 PRIZES OF 200 are.100,1**)
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Prizes of $500 are 50.000
100 Prizes of $300 are 30,uou
100 prize! of $2u0 are 20,000
TERMINAL PRIZES.
Y) Prize! of $100 are~ 99,900
wj Prlzet of f 100 arc oo/joo
:*.l .1 I'rlzt's, nmountim? to tU'M.nCO
Note—Ticket* drawing capital prize* are uot
entitled to terminal prizes.
For Club Bate*, or any further information
.1 ir» l.w rit»-l.’Kiir.y to thf r-iK!i*’«i,« lrarly
staling your residence.with State. County, Mreet
and Number. More rapid return mail deliv
ery will be assured by your enclosing an en
velope bearing your full addreM.
Send POSTAL VOTES# hxpres*. Money
Orticr*. or New York Exrliitngf in i.rdiuary let
ter. Currency by Kxpre.sH tat our expense) td
dreatd
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orlerui*. t**..
Or M. A. DAUPHIN,
Wnnhlngtoii, D. C.
Addre** ItegiMtered Letter* to
NEW OKI.LAN* NATIONAL RANK,
New Orlean*, La
in charge of the drawing*, i* a guarantee of »b o*
lute fairncf* and integrity, that the chance* •
*11 equal, and that no one mu uoavibly dlvl”
what miinUT will draw a Prize.
KKMKMKKIt also that the payment of all
Prize, ia tiUAKANTKKl* BY V'OUR NA-
TlONAt HANKS of New Orleans, and the
Ticket* ar* algucd hy the Prehident of an In*tl-
tuion, wbo?* chartered right* are recognized
in the hlgheet Court*; therefore, beware of any
imitation* • r anonymous tche
BET THE ONLY
Brilliant 4
Durable
Economical
Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all off vt
in Strength, Purity and Fastness. None o*‘ - n.
are just as good. ^Beware of imitation:—tuey
are nude of cheap and inferior materials and
give poor, weak, cracky colors.
3S colors; 10 cents eacu
Send posul tor Dye Huok. Sample Card, dir-ctio-.,
tor coloring Photos . m.L:^ the fact! tak c, tstuinf
(10 cts. a quart), etc. Fold by DruzsitU or by
WELLS. RICHARDSON A CO.. Burlington. Ft.
For Qttding or Bronzing Fancy Articla*. USE
DIAMOND PAINTS.
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper. Only to Cent*.
n . . f CELERY
r a,nes \ COMPOUND
CURES
PROOFS
Neuralgia
"Pains's Celery Com-
p< und cured tny nerv-
M/vI. A IlNKNTNKK,
San Jacinto, Cal.
Nervous
Prostration
“After uhtng six bot-
t!e» of Paine”•* Celery
Coitpotind, I am t.urrd
ot rheumatum."
Samvbl Hutchinson.
South Ccrtubh, N H
Rheumatism
Kidney
Diseases
^.Azd for L* ! icy diteaa*
Siou* City, Iowa.
AND
All Liver
Disorders
•• Paine'* Celery Com-
Lt.Al t.r ttra.'l
io(ii<r>:ion, and bilious-
new " Klizabttn C
Udall, QtMctw*, Vc