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THE TET/EOBAPIIA VP MESSENGER; FRIDAY, MAY 8,t885. T IE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. Tint Txliq sapb and Kbukhobr (i publish ed ever? day, except Monday, and Weekly every Friday, T ie Daily li delivered by carrier* In the Ctty or mailed postage tree to subscriber* atfl i f - month, $» to for three months, |5 for six months or 110 a year. the WkulvIi mailed to subscribers.post er© freo, at 11.25 a year, 75 cent* for six months. 1 o clubs oi five, $1, and to clubs oi ten, fl per year and an extra copy to getter up of clubs of The date on which subscriptions expire will bo found on the address tag on each paper, end * j' m ribersare requested to forward the ran.i .y f. jr r , - . wall oi the same in time to reach mis office not later than^the date on which their subscriptions expire. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Dally at $1 per square o! ten lines or less, for the first Insertion, and 50 cents for each snbAequcut insertion; and for the Weekly at fl Per square for each insertion. Liberal rates tO| contractors. Rejected communications will not bo re turned. correspondence containing important news and discussions of living topics is solicited, but must bo brief and written upon but one aide of iho paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by express, money order or registered letter. ajtenta wanted in every community In the B’.ao, to whom liberal commissions will be P»• d. Postmasters are especially requested to Many Georgia .'planters art in favor of It is still evident that the Russians are taking steppes to reach Herat. West Viboima has a kind of ambu’atory capitol, first here and then there. Cobka ia a land without women. At least it is said there are no change! of fash ion there. If Gen. Middleton really wishes to catch Kiel he ought to secure a few of the cele brated Joe Brown pikes. Sam Randall has gone down to Wash ington to find oat if it is really true that It is a bad place for Democrats. Ox a of the provinces of Afghanistan is called Badchees. This is probibly the headquarters of the Asiatic goat. Tax report that Phil Sheridan had "sassed” the Secretary of War is denied. PhU knows who to boss, and when to do it. The popular burial atyle In Chicago terms to be to deposit the deceased in bis trunk and await until the odor summons the police. A 51,500 consulate has no charms for a ri * t i l * b y statesman. One night's roost In a good jack-pot is a better berth.—StA Paul Glob*, While the officers of H. M. 8. Garnet were taking part in a grand hop at Norfolk the Russian corvette 8:relok took a grand 3kip and went to sea. The speeches of the late Duke of Albany are to be published. Well, the Queen c»n all aril It, bat hanged If ,he can make free born Americana read them. Tub Macon board of aldermen ,UU in- elate that the corporation 1, too poor to kWtrr toe atiMta. Thoa year by year doe, the hoard throw doit in the people'a eyes, .1, England or Russia want, to secure the services of a military man who bears a great name, tbla country will lend Colrael Fred. Grant to either of them.—JVeiwiri Xcxts. The recall of Mot by from Hong Kong createa a long wmted vacancy. Moaby can now beat bta Republican principles Into plow shares and go to work on a farm. A Losdo.v authority advlaea people to go to the eeacoast, because “salt water Is prt venttve of lunacy." People who can'i get to the seacout can put salt In their whisky. Kvidsntlt tha withdrawal of British troops from the Soudan was In accordance with well known principle, of eoonotny, They will be placed where they will do Ibe mot t good. Tint opposition to Mr. Kelly la explain ed. The Mugwumps do not wish him to go abroad anywhere. The Mugwumps do not desire the Democrats to have any of fices at home or abroad. Tub little King ot Denmark la to act as umpire during the game to be played by Rueala end England. The Utile King of Denmark ought to get himself a patent muk and look oat for stray balls. 81.1110a Btacxauax la reported as say ing that U there was an election la Ken tucky just no*. tbeSt.te would glre 80.000 Republican majority. Mr. Biackbur J failed to gat PhU Thompson in charge of the whisky bualneaa. Thi new poatal card paper, nnder the contract ot 1885, will be a delicate pink Ueu of .the cream color of the card, now iaiurd. The texture of the paper la alio eil l to be Improved. The alee will be the tame a, now to uie. Tuxax la ground (or speculation aa whether the UUnoia Legislature should to ,ee Ibe New Orleans Exposition or the ExpcalUon come to see the Illlaole legis lature. One la about aa great a circus tho other.—Cfticoyo It will take several weeks if not months for the King ot Denmark to define the i: usaiau-Afghan fronUer. And If the Cur coolly declines to abide by Denmark's de cision, what then? Denmark cannot whip Russia, and In tha meantime the railroad wUl be finished. Tnx rear line ot Republican entrench ments In the Lawton care i, that a pardon from Andy Johnaoo la no pardon. Tha Ksw York Tribune says: “Let Mr. Clave land give aa another minister who won't require an ex-rebel'a certificate to prove his loyalty.” They profited by Andy'a treachery to his section and people, but despise tha traitor. Taaur, tramp, tramp, the rascals are marublng. Daring Ibe mouth of April Postmaster-General Vilas appointed (W0 postmasters at toarth class offices. The majority ot the appointments were msde to fill vacancies. It la said that on tha fourth ot Ju'y tbs grand army of raicala wUl move. In light marching order, and at a doubts quick. We shall sea Y. - aa Htoo, upon beiog reminded, 00 otordog out for a ride not long ago, that be bad forgotten hla overcoat, replied: "My overcoat I I haven't any, and I never bat one; ar41 drrea Just the same way In winter as I do in summer. My overcast fa my youth." Vic la bthlnd Uw gnat American, Uatnlin,who despises tbs uses of uu.it-nhlrls and socks. Gladstone's Victory. That errors do not count much against a man whose honesty and ca pacity are unquestioned was never bet ter exemplified than by the unanimous vote of the Common! that placed *55,- 000,000 in the hands of Gladstone and gave him authority to use It in his own discretion for the honor and safety of old England. Gladstone’s success ia a grand triumph of character over mis fortunes. The bitterness of last year, the heart-burnings, the despair that have been the old man’s companions by night and by day, are buried deep at last. If Gladstone cannot sieepnow, must bo because the confidence of hla people, in the supreme moment of bis peril, lias set his pulse throbbing and bis brain whirling. Probably no public man in England leas understood abroad than the Pre mier. He has been called weak, vac illating, incompetent; and surely in the plan and results of the Soudan campaign there are manycircumstances that apparently justify this. It seems now that to have dispatched Gordon and Stuart alone into the heart of a hostile country was foolhardy, and that a strong army should have been cent promptly to their rescue when their terrible peril was made apparent. Indeed, by some, any interference in the Soudan seemed rash and uncalled for. But there are many things in the character and the situation of Gladstone, that, when un derstood, explain away much that seems mysterious and inexplicable in connection witli the Soudan imbroglio. He U a conscientious, conservative man, believing in the divine rights of people and of nations. He is a conser vator, the near friend of the Queen, herself a conservator. But he is sur rounded by bondholders of England, the enemies of his administration, and by the fire-eaters. When Gladstone first erred, it was in suffering himself be driven by the bondholders into interfering with the Soudanese, who with some came perhaps, fancied their interests in Egyptian securities threat ened by the Mnhdi’s armies. The English arms should have barred gypt from the Soudan and left the deserts to their true owners. His next error arose from unwillingness to in- ade the Soudan to the detriment of English tax-payers, and the peril of the Soudanese, ne may have foreseen also the present unsatisfactory condi tions. From this arose the Gordon mission, for which, after all that has been said, Gordon himself was largely responsi ble. He was not in the English army, and not subject to the command of the home government. Bravo ns the bravest, hut egotistical, too self- reliant and badly balanced, ho exag gerated his own powers and accepted the mission. It was an ill-timed, prof itless movement, an error, hut an er ror in the direction of justice and mercy. Direful as were its results, it was not the greatest of Gladstone's errors. To us it seems the worst lies in the failure to send to Gor don’s relief a powerful ex pedition when first called for. But there were powerful reasons per haps why this could not lie done. Could a credit have been obtained be fore Gordon's plight bad been known and dwelt upon for weekaandmonths? Were the forces forwarded as soon aa it was possible for him to secure them? Gladstone was judged by the remits. He accepted the verdict of tho world, The verdict was against him in every count. But the English people, while condemning the errors that led to such disasters, understood the old man's motives and refused to sacrifice him. An’ hoar has arrived in which the rights of his own people seem Imperiled. There is no hesitation now. He cannot be accused of oppressing the helpless people of the desert for greed and gold. It ia the great empire of Russia that faces Eng land and threatens her. Gladstone is another man. There is a rush ot arms and armies, a concentration of supplies, a gathering of ships and;engines of war. The man of peace has had a con flict forced upon him. 8tending bare headed in the midst of bis people he has asked their confidence and support. No man in tha history of the world has ever received such an answer. It came from an undivided nation, and not a dissenting voice marred the mighty meaning which Hushed the old man’s face and placed him at the head of all England. Moboeracr. The learned jurist who sometimes disports his erudition in the columns ot the Atlanta Constitution, on the 20th nit. took occasion to pronounce the fol lowing dictum in re Mob vs. Law. Is liter* ear law in thta country except the wtll o( the people, or public opinion. State* hare bo rtepect for a dec Won of Uo Federal Supnae Coart wh*n tt thr«at*n* Ireeperable Injury. Individuals do not httluta to com- nit l*cal murder under certain circumstances, with the confident auuranco that courts are power!** to enforce the lew. fa many the law la a dead letter because June* wtll ■01 brine to a verdict in accordance with Apparently a Judge le Invested with ^w. powers, cepectoUy In the matter of con tempt of court. But when publle opinion leone orarwhelmlntly to 00* direction what Jodfk car item the tide, and how can he ex- eretae hie power? Fethap* It laeUit|htuU la. Ferbepe the great publle, Ur* an equity court, hu the right to control Ihoaeoacop. tiooal own whereto the law by reeaon ol lu universality It deficient. It there le any doubt about tho right there la none about the might In tbla country tho people rale. In behalf of an intelligent, virtuous and law abiding population, whose present and future happiness and pros perity depend upon the supremacy ot the written law, we take prompt occa sion to record a dissenting opinion which may atone for any lack ot learn ing by its solid common sense. If thereof no law in this country, save that delivered by a mob, court houses, ute booksof the State and Federal gov ernment have preserved a worthless mass of stopid nonsense. If there is no law in the country save that which may emanato from a gathorlng of the populace, thou the people of this country arc grievously taxed to support a judiciary system, and with its array of officials and expensive methods of procedure, from the Chief Justice down to a bum bailiff. If there la no law in tho country save the outgivings of the denizens of the curbstone, then our system ol gov ernment is a joke, and our boasted civilization a farce. The statement that States do not re spect the decisions of the Federal Su preme Court in extravagance of asser tion can find no parallel outside of an asylum for madmen. The States have bowed in acquiescence to a radical change in the system of our govern ment, the logical outcome of the decis ions of tho Supreme Conrt.ujoon tho re sults of a grand civil war. The South, has acknowledged that the authority of the Federal government is paramount. No individual Las ever yet commit ted a legal murder. Murder, next to treason, is the highest of crimes and is so described by the law of the land. No tribunal has ever yet declared mur der to be legal. The contradiction in terms must be plain even to the in fantile mind. There is an unwritten law among all nations, founded in human nature itself, which will permit the taking of life in defense of family or home. Juries, which are the judges of law and facts, have sometimes said that the man who has slain the se ducer of wife or daughter has not been gulity of murder, but all judges have charged that, under the letter of the law, the crime has been established. In such cases the law is a dead letter, but not a dead spirit, and the prince of a judge, juries, counsel and the ac cused are the highest evidence that there ia law in the land. It is only ap parently that a judge is invested with vast powers as to a contempt of conrt, This power is carefully guarded, and fine and imprisonment are allowed—for what? To punish a contempt of the law and its officers. This country has been deluged in blood because one section of it held that there was a “higher law" given unto it in relation to the conduct and possessions of the people of another section. The penalty has not yet been fully paid, but the South has been the first sufferer for defiance of a declaration so atrocious. Having suffered crucifixion of body and soul in defense of law, it would bo madness in her now to be- como an advocato of the Instrument of her sufferings. The judge who lias taken an oath to obey, to uphold and to dispense the law will be recreant to his great trust and high duty If he shall be swerved from his honest conviction by popular clamor. Gallows trees, prison houses and ar mies of convicts from one end of this country to the other, attest the fact that it is a land of law. Defaulters, dishonest bankers, rich thieves and slanderers at largo give evidence that the law is not so efficacious in all cases as it might be. Thoee who make np the juries and really administer the law should be taught to respect it, rather than to be encouraged In the idea that tho might of the mob controls the lives, liberties and properties of the people, and in these tho etrncturo ot society and gov ernment. For these reasons and for others that might be given, wo dissent from the opinion of the learned jurist ot the Atlanta Constitution. In behall of the people ot the South, ot Georgia and ot Atlanta, we protest that the opinion upon which we have commented does not express their sen timents and feelings, and does them a great wrong. That the hurrahs of a mob should aid a corrupt prosecutor and a crazy judge to force a jury to convict a num ber of boys of a crime of which they were not guilty, is bad. That a banker who bad robbed those who entrusted their hard earned savings to bis care ■hould have been saved from the peni tentiary by a manufactured public opinion ia worse, if possfbie. That a community would, without protest, see an honest ballot prostitu ted by felons under the order of a gang of politicians is too fearful for proper disenasion. That a body chosen and assembled to give laws to a free people should permit its dignity and privileges to be in vadel and insulted by a drunken rabble ia a crowning outrage. These were such acts aa to make the lovers of law and liberty'.Borrow and despair. They were all in the direct line ot mob law and were calculated to make the unthinking believe that there is no other law in this country. It may be that they were the outcropping ot the corruption which haa under mined our system and may yet destroy it, but we shall still hope and believe that our people in the main are law loving and law abiding. one anil humUla'lns failure. The ban-hearted manner in which the Preeldent hu been par ■ulng the Important work of pleelns In tho hand* of truited, capable, end efficient repre sentative! of the party throu(h whose Jnflu- ence and almost superhuman exertion he wu placed at the head of affairs, those various charges and dnUea for the safe conduct of which the Demo cratic party 1s alone to be held responsible to the people, le little lest then disgusting. Un true to the confidence reposed In him, end un worthy ot the great compliment bestowed on him hr hla consUtuents, hie administration hu commenced with a series ol blunders, snd bts Irionds snd supporters In Loulslsn* snd throughout the Union have Just cause for com plaint. Indeed, I am sorry forthls, and regret to be compelled to make the statement, hut it Is a fact nevertheless, snd the question now Is whether the errors of which I speak,snd which btve become so patent to the whole country, ere mletakea ol the head or the remit of evil promptings and treacherous conduct toward the party who-e principles he claims to repre sent The feet that a horde of unscrupulous, Ignorant, dled-ln-the-wool and offensively partisan radical leaders til over the country under Democratic rale, and In direct viola tion and contradiction of the very principles of Democracy end the wishes of e majority of the people, u expressed at the ballot-box, a shame and a disgrace, and reflection on the competency, capa bility, and character of those whore suf frage placed Mr. Cleveland In the White Ilouto. It should be understood that t Presi dent and a few cabinet officers do notot them selves constitute n party or an administration, the active workers In all the multifarious de partments of the government-those who make the figures, manipulate the books, and keep the recordi-are the administrators of our affairs, snd then under Preeldent Clave lend are Bepnbllcane. They are the tame who have been running the ma chine for nearly a quarter of a cen tury, In whom the people bad toet confi dence, and regarding whom a change was to eagerly and anxiously desired by the country. Now let me ark: What sort of reform It this? And what Is likely to come out of It? The fact Is, Democrats do not Intend to he held responsible for this kind ot government. The Democracy, it would be well to elate, It bigger than Mr. Cleveland and hie cabinet combined, ot which both ere but the creaturei, and the representatives of that party st Washington will tee tbit Mr. Cleveland (hell pursue the proper line of eetlon. The whole troth of the matter Is, Mr. Cleveland Is totally lacklpg In Information respecting the condi tion ol affaire In the South end Week and I* reliant entirety on the feverish advice of a couple ol Mugwump paper* lu New York city, who ere Just ts Ignorant as he regarding those Important section!. It It new no longer a matter of distribution ot offices snd govern ment patronage, bat t question of party prin ciple, and the Democratic element will aee to It that thta administration It Democratic In the fall elgnlficeuce of the term, or tbit Ur. Cleveland and hie cabinet shtll felt and be buried In the ruins they have msde.” He Thanks the Press nnd People for the Confidence Shown In Him. Editor! Telegraph and Meuenger: At the conclusion of the contest over the receiver ship of that portion of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad lying In Qeoigli, I beg that yon will allow me the opportunity throngh the columns of your paper to express to the press and people ot the State my sincere appreciation of the gratifying evidences they have given ol tbek confidence in my pnrpoto to menage this properly In promotion of the Impor tant Interests which It Is Intended to sub serve. In the effort to place the road In proper condition and to so manage It ss to make It a valuable agency in conducting the badness of the country, I hope that ibis confidence may prove to have not been misplaced. To the millions of dollars already fu rcated In the construction and purchtts of this road, it Is intended to devote a large sum In putting the etme la a condition ot complete repair and thorough equipment Only br such disbursement can the road be placed In a condition to discharge the obligations to the public wbloh were Im posed by the Btate of Georgia when its construction was authorised by the Legis lature. Tho great object was to secure legitimate competition in the transporta tion of freight and psesengnrs, and It is manifestly to the Interest of the public that tbit important end should not be defeated by anv means, direct or indirect With the difficulties now removed It Is my pur pose to proceed ts rapidly as the means st command will permit to place the road condltisn which will efficiently serve the bntiuees interests ol its patrons. Yc are very truly. Hxnry Fisk. Atlanta, May 2,1885. A raw yean since irate Iowans hunted down all the bar-rooms they could reach and now they are treating the skating rinks the same way. Some folks tre mighty hard to please. Grant Is now well enough to converse with Farson Newman and Adam Badean.or as Den Platt wonld say, Adambadeandor. Cancer stands no showing with a min who can dally endure Badean and Newman. LEGAL NEWS AND NOTES. Prepared for the Telegraph and Meeeen- ser by W. B. Hill, of the Macon Bar. Jndge Branham had a novel method of bringing a “hung" jnry to an agreement. They had been out nil night and came Into court at 0 o'clock with that horrible sink ing which a min feels while waiting for a late breakfast after a sleepless night The foreman announced that tbs jnry could not agree. “Well, gentlemen, think about It a hall-hour longer. After that yon may have your breakfast sent you, provided you will pay for It. And you may have your meals regularly at yonr own expense while you are deliberating.” The jnry re turned to their room. The Judge’s bint about “regular meals" seemed to Indicate a permanent arrangement, and in five minutes they returned with a verdict. Victor Hudo never wean an overcoat. Years ago a traveling Kentuckian con vinced Victor that beat should be Inter nally developed and proceed ootward. As this theory coaid be worked In conianctlon with the old gentleman's conviction that the Bourbon should be put down, be has never forsaken 1L Tux Galveston News says: "Looksvery much as If Grant was trimming his satis for a Presidential race In 1888. There are few men in this country that could be beaten with such propriety, celerity and excellent effect.” The General has made a successful campaign so far. Be has rained four doctors, got on the retired list st big pay, has advertised the book Bsdeau Is writing largely and freely, and hu land ed Fieh In jail alongside of Ward. Pretty live man, that Col. Boon, of Alabama, recently ap pointed minister to Venezuela, stand up Are you a Mugwump? I( not, why not? Have yon got a pardon? Areyondlalutefnl to the Veneznelens by reuon of any public addresses you have made? Did you write a pamphlet for Blaine? How do yon stand with Bqnlra Edmunds, tha alleged proprietor of the Doited States ? Tax New York Post says: “ It in not be et nse Pillabury, Chase and Troup are Democrats that they tre denounced; It Is because they are unfit for office.” The suspicion ia gaining ground that the Feet does not denounce ten thousand .‘other of fice holders le, not because they nr* fit to hold office, hot because they are Repub licans. When we see tha Mugwumps, aa well as Republican press engaged In concerted howl over a Cleveland appoint ment we ieei encouraged to believe that •low though It be, the work of reform goes on. isbn the jury ns It they were criminals and which forces their reluctant assent to a conclusion In which they really d > not concur as the price of their liberty. Mis trials ere so expensive to the county tbit the judge cannot be blamed when be puts the pressure upon the jury to force them to an agreement; but the mhchtef lies in the antiquated requirement of unanimity. Majorities rale among judges, why not among tha jurymen? A prominent lawyer ot Middle Georgia said to me last week: “It Is a strange thing that the lawyers have almost every where been In favor of the prohibitory llq nor laws which have been gradually taking the State. The sale of liquor really benefits nobody except the dealers and the lawyers. Prohibition destroys the criminal practice, end thus cute ofi e great many fees. Espe cially It cuts off thesapplr of homicides, lu which dess ot esses usually the highest fees have been paid. There are at our county seat nine lawyers; six favor and three oppoie the fecal option taw which '• toon to be voted on.” If this statement be correct, It ought to be set down to the credit of a math-abused profession. Lawyers are proverbially coneervatlre; their training naturally lo cates them on the tide of law and order, Tbla may account for the fact stated. Now ts the ttehlag rcston ts on, here It cheap way to keep the cetcb fresh. Regnard said et • recent meeting of the Sodete de Riologie that a flab which he bed placed in a weak solution (2 to 1,000) of cocaine fell into a state of apparent death after a few minutes of floondeiing. lu respiration wee completely tnspended for two hours, as ehown by an analysis of the water, which was not diminished In oxygen end contained no carbonic add gee. Yet the fltb was not dead, and when —The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha will not attend the marriage of hu niece, Senator Eustle Frees His Mind. We give below tho body of a dispatch from New Orleans containing the views ot Senator Eustle In regard to the pres ent administration. Senator Eustle ia a gentleman of character and ability, and In no sense a politician. He is, under x>ur present system of govern ment, by reason of his Senatorial office, an adviser of the President. He is a leading Democrat, and his election to the Senate was a protest against wretched political methods in Loniei ana, and for these reasons his utter ances will attract universal attention. He la reported aa follows: "Yewsen say formeendytm cannot ear It too strong,'' Senator lulls sold, “tbit In my ... Jnfigmont Mr. Cleveland thoa far, from 0 libraries, and the state j Democratic standpoint, kaa teens com placed In a Jar of pare water became as lively ts ever. The Russians most have had an euy Job in handling the Afghani, The Afghan matchlock or jsxall has no parallel as firearm on the face of the earth. It about nine feet long, and Is fitted near the mnxale wl'h a prong which supports tt on the ground when tt to about to be fired off It to fitted with a powder pan and a catch for bolding a fate. An Afghan marksman has to depend opon the state of hit fuse, end therefor: he to by no means a certain shot Daring the tut Afghan war It Died to he a joke among the British soMlen that an Afghan wonld poise hie jasail open rock, calculate when hit enemy wonld likely to arrive in front of hta muzzle, fix bit rate, and then go of! to tome little dis tance end sit down end smoke. If the enemy arrived In front tf the matchlock jost ts It went off, why then he wonld moat likely be killed, bat U be didn't, end the weapon went off a quarter of an hoar after be bed pelted tt, then no barm wu done, and its owner would philosophically “set" the jtxail again in hopes of catching the next comer, and then go ofi to hit rack, emote and await developments. The new woolen milk at Baltobory.SS fL, are progrtastog finely, and will socn be gin the manufacture of goods. aratao in cbicsco. A topsyturvy tumult snd a Strangs strife A duttr-damaged dinner, and t wild, wicked The chronic carpet-cleaning, with a etrong, stoat stick. Th> , trasl t o h tricV° p#rpl * xjn *' “* the tick’s Ti ® toM*.i5* p wq ”“ ,erM wher « “>« fleet lh « white- A boundless bill to Faience, and 1 scarred shin to teen. A week end weary women, and a mad, moody London* lias 2,000 active clergymen. New Hampshire has the longest lived people on the average. It ia estimated that 30,000 cans of milk are sold dally In Boston. A turnip closely resembling an ele phant is on exhlbiuoD at Key West. The little town of Batavia, N. Y„ 1 pends annually $200 000 lor liquor. Out of the word “incomprehensibil ity.” a Connecticut indy msde 2,218 differ ent words, A burglar was arrested in Sacra mento dressed In a prieat’e cassock which be bad stolen. Fully one-lmlf the names of the mailing offices stamped on letters and pos tal cards are illegible. Black headed slippers of solid jets are an impor ation from Paris, at once very unique and luxurious. Beaded silk stockings are still an other luxury which will be indulged In by those extravagantly inclined. Collars and cuffs of ecru linen, edged with white linen lace, are pretty a: an accompaniment to a neglige costume. At Shiga, Ken, Japan, there resides a dwarf, only 17 inches bigu end 36 years old. who ia well educated and a good writer. Drawn thread work is now fashion able on bed linen, hem stitch Is used on the edge, where this trimming is em ployed. IVhat is said to bo tho largest dia- ondin the world is about to Ea cat in Amsterdam. It was recently foanu in South Africa, and weighs 475 carats. Some person sends to a New York journsla four cdutnti article which en deavors to prove that Gen. Grant to the man-child referred to In the twelfth chap ter of the Book of Revelation. An ingenious novelty In Ico-pitchers has recenUy been Invented, in which the simple prevan e of a spring at the top throws forth a stream of water. The ex ertion of lifting or tilting the pitcher to avoided. A good imitation of ground glass may be obtained by boiling n teaspoonlul of rice In a pint of wa-rr for a naif an hoar. The solution lightly dabbed on the gass with a brush will gin the desired ef- It has been estimated that an iron car wheel will travel 40 (> 0 miles, while e steel tire will ran 200.000 miles before wear ing out The ateel costs two and one-helf times ee much, but runs more than (oar timet as long as an iron wheel. Many soft timbers, especially wal nut, ere more destructive to the enttiog edge ot planes than even oak. This to found to be due to minute crystals of silica of about uniform sir- evenly distributed hrough the ttoane of the wood. It has been found that the ice plant Is a great abeorber of salt, a Hold exuded it Ita leaves di.cloelng about 33 per cent f sea salt. It to suggested that Its growth on lands msde unproductive by excess of salt would bring them Into a condition un fit for cultivation. The recent defeat of Jndge Cooley tn Michigan In a popular election la • led commentary on the system of electing the judiciary by poDdler vote. Here was a men who confessedly stood et the bead of tbs jurists In this coantry. His name bet been more thought ot than any other to connection with the nsxt vacancy upon Boprema bench of the Doited Btate*. He has done more to define and elucidate the principles ol ronstltotional lew, then any judge since Story yet he is beaten in ea election (or a local office by a men whose misfortune In having to follow to eminent e jurist, elic its for him tht .compassion of his friends, in the language of Uufue Choate, the sue- easeful candidate was "toned on the blanket of a popular election into a hard hole.” Whatever may £e*tbe outcome of the contest between the receivers for ths pos session of tbs East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, there to one branch ot the question In which the people of the State, who have or may ever have any demand against the road ere Interested. Such demand, have erieen and trill arise again In tavor of pas sengers or employes Injured, and in cases of fre'ghtloet or damaged, or in any cue of breach of contract The rscetver of the Federal court to now suable only to the sonrt which appointed him in Tenneuee; and If sued there • Judgment against him wonld be worth nothlog, in view ol the fact that the road to mortgaged for more than tt ft worth. I saw recently an tnglnver who had bean scalded by an engine which waa over turned on the defective track of the road. He weeaerlotu'y crippled. The receiver struck bis name from the pay-roll. He was utterly unable to do any w rk, and hie family wai dependent upon hie labor. The king of a severe tribe wai not more frreepoosible for whet be might do then wet the receiver in this cue To say that the injured men could goto Tennessee and ray *23 at costa In advance (or theprtvl- 1 age ot eulng, In order to gat a worthless lent, to the mockery of jostles. No the lawyers lot Phlntay and others age of sal Judgment, dOUMthtl —*— . H,HW| HI.-, U.ll.l., as well aa Judge Hammond, would be will ing to here Major Pick appointed receiver by the Butte court and to bare him oper ate the Georgia division of Ute road sub ject to tho courts of the Btate. PIOPLE AND GOSSIP. the Princess Beatrice. He considers it to be a flagrant mesalliance. —A twenty-five foot monument wilil be erected over the grave of Dr. Norris, who Tolnnteered hie service* In Vick,burg daring the yeiljw fever panic of 1878 and ratod at hta poet ■—Fashionable underwear ia made of] of white China silk for summer, as It to even softer and lighter tbau surah. This is trimmed with some delicate lace, gen. •rally Imitation deny. —Mrs. Livermore saya in a recent letter that Wendell Phillip, burned * num ber of promissory not.a the night before be died, given by peop'e whom he did not [want hie executors to prosecute. P—The announcement has been made In New York of the engagement of Mice hatrlle Garrison, a granddaughter of the Commodore, to the Hon. Charles R. Slide-Ramsey, a too of the lata Earl Dal- booeie. —The son of Count Gleichen (the Queen of England's cousin). an officer to Ins Grenadier Gnards, was rendered Inara* t itle by a spent shot and laid among the deed for burial Ut.lv, but. reviving, struck bit own nupe out of the list of killed. —John Reed, the gasman at the Chestnut Street Jbeatre, Poi'edelphte, whose will, leering bta bead to the theatre I to be need In ptoye requiring a tkaU, hat attracted wide attention, will bars a big benefit tbta week, and will retire. He Is toe father of Roland R*td, nr,d to widely known among theatrical ptopic. Frank Mero. Lotte end other weU known acton will play lor him. SELF-RAISING G) Bread 1 reparation. THE HEATHFUt AND NUTRITIOUS Baking Powder! 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For Sale by all Grocers. ‘■••I’ .;-n\ i-'l.fri.s'iiMw i'.m Try it. CAPITAL PRIZE. S7S.000.~V1 rickets only S8. tharss In Proportion? b. S. L. jouisiana State Lottery Compi'.y! 0 do borebY certify thul we nporvire i&a igemenls of all tho Monthly and ct mi. annual Drawings of the Loulnl&:ia nut* Lot* terr ComP&uy. and In porftou managq snd oon* trolthe drawing* thuimtclvea, and that lbs tamo are conducted with honcftty.tslrneh* and in good faith toward all purlieu, and wo so* thorlxo tho company tousr thlucertlflcsle.wlth Tiie divorce market in Indianapolis totbussomramizrd by a local journal: “Brisk competition among our lucal law yers baa brought down the prices of dl- ’orces. We quote: Common separation, :15; small alimony, 325; large alim ny, : 50 to 3100, according to circuoittances.’’ A letter containing |20 and a sheet of blank paper was received recently by Hoyt H. Freeman, of Watertown, N. Y. This to the fourth lime money has been sent anonymously to him to the last four years, directed in the same handwriting. Five hundred ai d fifty dollars in all has been received. Nations and individuals aliko fall to rain when they “forget God" and go into vein idolatries of self and self-gratification, the beat histories which have come down tout have bren written by mvn who felt profoundly this conviction. For one thing, end a rather importatt one In inch a mut ter, they were afraid to tell Use.—J. A Fronde, in Youtlu' Companion. A French scientist asserts that it is potlbJs 10 foretell toe weather, eomettmee tm to twenty hours in advance, by observ ing and comparing toe Bounds emitted by a telephone connected by letde with two iron bare stock la toe ground a few yards •part. Id oeae ol a thunderstorm a noise like toet of shriveling leaves Increase! until • flesh of ll^htnhyi occurs,when tbesound Commissioners. Incorj'ors’M In 1M8 for 25 year* by the L«f* ■*l*tnre lor Klncatlonal and Thurlublo par* pose*— with * capital of li.rao,aro-to which s reserve fund of over IttOOOO hu ilnco been dded. By an overwhelming sopnlsr voto Its fran chise wm made a part of the nronent HUlc oon* tltotlon adopted December'id, A. I)., 1879. The only lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any state. it never Scales or postpones. „ Its Grand Binds Number Drawings Uhe place monthly. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A ORTUNE. Firm '}RANT>l>kAWING(’LAM r, IN THK ACADKMY OK Ml’HIC, NEW ORLEANS. TrKHDAT. MAY l2Trf, IMS. -•180th Monthly drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE. S7S.OOO* 100.000 Tickets at Five Dollars Enoh? sructions In Fifths In Prooortlon. 1UAITTAL fRIZB 175.000 do do 2 PRIZKd OF |6,000 5 do 2,000 10 do 1,000 20 do fiCD resembles i rain or hail falling on soo THI PRESIDENTS DEAD LOVE. Hla Heart was’lurlsd Under Heliotropes Twenty Yeats Ago. Washington Letter In Philadelphia Times. Thera la a dim, shadowy fear among the fair sex at tha capital that tha mythical ItalTelo lady whom rumor has betrothed to Mr. Cleveland may tnrn up at soy lime and carry off tha prize, bat there is the best authority for aiding that the fear la groundless. Tha ooly woman ths President ever loved has been dead more than twen ty Tears. The most aa then tic report* here tt that while quit* a vouoe man, teaching school in awes lern Naw York Tillage, he met xnd loved a yoong gin not yet seven, teen. They were engaged, but the pov erty of both parties provented mar riage. Tha young teacher made up bis mind to go to Ohio for tha purpose of providing a home for hia betrothed and was on the point of starting for the We*t when she fall >lck, and in lesa than a weak waa carritd to her last retting place. There are no abmlate proofs of the truth of this story. The President bta oarer mentioned the matter to bit nearset friends, and tha source ot Information is I town go<9:p, handed down With perhaps the usual variations and additions. Whether the President has remained sin gle out of a romantic fidelity to the mem > 1 ry of hi* youthful love, or whether a 1-ach- eiov Ufa to b.et ratted to bit IncUnaUa—lat I of coarse, a matter of conjecture. Tho: who know him beet aay that he ts too w. 1 In old ways to change at this la —J.aml that no bride will be mis tress - ths White Hoove while be to occnpant. 25 ArraoxiMATioN rain*. 9 Appjoxlmalloa Prizes of 7V) 1,967 Prises, smonntlngto — ♦2S3,SuC Application for r*U?* 10 club* ihonld bemsdf oniy to ths ofDoe of tho oompRuy la New Op leans. tor further information write clearly, flvttj lull address. POSTAL Novas. Eiprelt Money Order*, or New York Exchange in or«li* nury L*tt«r. < 'irrency l>y Kx»>rp«a ni auma&l ami upWMjili *t our expense . adtlrcsaod M. A. DAUPHIN. Naw Orlw.ins.LAe. or Me A DAUPHIN, 007 asvwr.th at.. Washington. D. C, Ma*i* P. u. M..it,*y onli-rn !•*»«?»T.; Hills'S* drc*s Registered letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL RANK. M«w Orleans. L*. sA **■ ■ Av TUTTS PILLS 25'Yl The Greatest WILBOR’S COMPOUND OF PURE COD LIVER! OIL AND LIME. Wllbor's Compound of " . ami 1.1 ine I m- n Want** T* Aind over the i -'a Oil is SYMPTOMS TORPID I.oaaofupprtlts," tho brad, will* back pnrt. Pal blade, I ullnsat Inclination to exrrtloa of bodror mind. Irrlcablllivoflrmprrt l.ow nplrlta. wlik a feeling of bnvIn* neglected •wine duly. Wear lor «*, 111 7 /1 ue«i, I lull er las at the Hearts Dot* beforcthe eye*, lleadarho oirr lho right rjre. Ke«iIrwanea*. with Siful dreo'na. HitUlycolored I rlue, snd CONSTIPATION. TUTTS IMLf flaree-pei .Aliy a'Ltpftfd to such «■»•« «, <«:.o d.jnM efTWu such a cinn-'.-cfr*. ;i:i7nstoa«t .ni*;jf.l.r«*uiTt*rer. i *y lncrF«*r the A |i|»etlte,*Q«i r*'JM tho 1 '.y t » l-Le cm I lean,* MUMtMfili ttnii r 11)1 r vl, •* | I y If. • loin- Action on t I> 1 ' 111 \ e Orvn n 1.J^ ~ >»l»r oUin mn «iR»cT'sVSiiiitii wash and den mice i Ifenorxtes tt. ? L-dy. saakfi i..t.my iWh. .? » .v .- j ..-ft..- vs.t-’-n t n*t! &*.<•«• ting ' ?r» Ho re Month. -.111 ’ .1 • or; Thr K*.. ( . ih.j Tefi tii arid Puriflea I ' 1.;:. .r l 1 ;h:M : .•• \-f of U*x C:utl»U. Prepared by Dr*. J. J*. AW.H * 1. ! hy -:r -'1 ; Holmes, J>cntl»u, Maroa, (is. For gals 11 OS'i'K L 11 .’lurray M., Nctv TorftU lrnfflsu and dentists. f-* • i' i rltto-dbj t»i- ; - '--I l-r >•* HOLMES’ SURE CURE