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TITR TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY*. MAY 29, 1885.
OVER THE STATE.
,. wl fllOM ALL 8ECTI0«« BY MAIL
■*** AND IXCHAHOBf.
NJWiln Brl»l.
Vr Mrs. Hooker have taken
*£,5,1101 tho riedmont Hotel, at
M^t'o'/the students at the State Uui- nan Herald:
who have been down with the
^s are getting well.
The new bank in Newnan is an as-
•nml fact. Its capital stock will be
*1007000, and it will be organised in a
jew weeks.
Gainesville has two perfectly white
kiHeni which look exactly alike, and
S one’s left oye is a blight blue and
the right a dark gray.
A zuano factory in Newnan is already
established fact, and a soap factory
is very favorably spoken of by the citi
zens who mean business.
A singular eight was seen in Mil-
leto-ilfo one day last week. A wife
carried her insane husband to the asy-
fJm where she left him. A man in
K of his insane wife is frequently
seen.
Georgia Press Points.
NON-CONTRIBUTING CHRISTIANS.
Did you ever observo when the col
lection was being taken in church how
many professing Christians there are
in every congregation who never con
tribute a cent? They can sit and sing
with spirit and fervor, “Fly abroad
lliou mighty Gospel,” but never lend a
helping copper to make it fly abroad or
even to keep it active at home.—A'ric-
Slngular Accident.
Mrs. W. B. Wrenn, of Gibson, came
very near losing her life on Saturday
last. She was in the act of drawing
water from a deep well, when the
sweep broke, and falling struck her on
the side of the head and in the breast,
causing an abrasion of the skin, and so
much so that her ear was almo it left
hanging. Her wounds are quite pain,
ful
, but not necessarily dangerous.— her of the transaction, advising her to
tt’arrenton Clipper. have her husband watched. Accord-
ingly, one of the sons, Frank, was con-
Kicked by a Mule. stantly with his father until all danger
A little four-year-old son of Judge was thought to be past. Knowing that
Ross Malone, of Bellevue, a few days he was watched, Mr. Lehman showed
ago was trying to drive a mule back the usual cunning of a madmanbe
from a fence it was trying to jump, pretended to have lost the morphine,
when the mule gave him a severe kick accusing some member ol the liouse-
fh. Cron*.
Rains have been general all over the
State.
The Monroe county farmers report a
Tery great improvement in the oat crop
prospect since the rain.
Bain the past week lias started the
croDS to growing, and the farmers are
S.-WErjafe Union.
The recent rains have made the
hearts of the farmers glad. The acre
age in corn and cottou is unusually
large, and the crops aro in very fine
condition for growing.—Carter.rille
American.
Flah and Souks Items.
Mr. Oliver Walton caught three
moccasin snakes from bis flab basket
last Friday, each of which measured
fout,and one-half feet. A carp ten
inenw long and eight inches around
was found in one of them.—Xevman
Herald.
An old Lnd»’a Accident.
Mrs. Wright Ivey, of Snow, in her
86th year, fell by stepping backward
against a chair about ten days ago,
bruising her left hip very'badly, has
been confined to her bed and is in a
precarious condition.— Vienna Vindi
cator.
Hewnao’a National Bank,
The Frit National Bank of Newnan
has purchased an additional five thou
sand dollars. worth of 4 per cent, bonds
and the capital stock will he increased
to one hundred thousand dollars so
soon as the necessary legal condi
tions can be complied with.—Neuman
Herald.
Laurens County Wool Cl>p.
Laurens county's sheep-owners have
been quite busy for several days pre
paring their wool for the market. Only
about one-half the number that were
sheared last season have been found.
This was caused bv the dry fall, tuu
severe winter anu the mischievous
dogs.—Dublin Post.
Tn« Last Chnnos.
Jesse Davis and Press Prater have
opened the “Last Chauce" for the^sale
oi liquors under the State laws. Noth
ing but pure liquors will be kept and
an orderly house will bo their first
care. No certificates required from re-
spectable citizens, and no others can
get liquors at all.—Gainesville South
ron.
On His Way to Jerusalem.
A crazy colored bov, about 25 years
old, by the name of J. T. Hancock, of
Bold Spring, Franklin county, was in
tho city last Thursday, on his way, he
said, to Jerusalem, where he is to be
king. Among other crazy pranks wan
the purcliaso of a dollar bottle of hair
restorative at Dr. Parsons’s drugstore,
which he proceeded to empty on his
wooly head and his clothes, lie seems
to be harmless.—Gainetville Southron.
A Damocrntio Revtnu* Collector.
Dr. Cash was in the city last week
issuing out revenue license. It is so
refreshing to see one of our kind of peo*
pie holding a United States office. It
even looks now as if it was wrong to
make blockade liquor.-Jadbon Herald.
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad.
Half the steel rails Tor the Americus,
Preston and Lumpkin railroad hav
Im-hi bought and paid f«»r. (’r<.s-tn s
for the road have been scattered all
along the line from Americus to Pres
ton, and the work is progressing
rapidly.
A Bull Gores a Horse to Death.
On Saturday last Dr. J. L. Linder,
who resides about seven miles above
’Dublin, had a valuable horse pored to
death by a fierce bull. The bull, owing
to his fierceness, was generally kept
confined, but, through the carelessm-ss
of a negro, he was turned into the lot
containing the horse, with the abov
result.—Dublin Gazette.
Why th# Nickels Were Short.
At one of the colored churches in
McDuffie county tho brethren we
surprised at the shortness of the con
tributions, but their wonder ceased
when it was discovered that one of the
collectors had tar In the top of his bat
A Sad Accident.
A sad thing occurred in our neighbor
hood cn Thursday morning last,
little child of Mr. 'John Pettyjon, try
ing to follow its father to the field, fell
into a creek and was drowned. The
little fellow was hut eighteen months
old.—Clarksville Advertiser.
Arrested for Murder.
We learn that Joel Mason was
rested on the plantation of JameB
Owens, in Macoi county, Monday
night, for killing his wife. The
already three w arrants out, and a small
reward fur his arrest, before he killed
his wife. He had been heard to tl
en the life of his wife—Atntrinis /.
publican.
Simple but Effectual.
About two want ago Albert Sal
colon'll, dole a soldla from a 1
bel.oijliniMo Mr K. IV. ll.iw.-s
«... k Mr. Ilawescanglit tho negro an
jailed him, bat wee released on agr.
THE ALBANY SUICIDE.
Mr. Frederick Lehman Takes an Qver-
dooe of Morphine.
From tho Albany papers we get the
full particulars of tlie suicide of Mr.
Lehman, mention of which waa made
hi Tuesday's Txliqbaph : “Mi. I..li
man bad been drinking heavily for
some time, and lita brain had becomo
affected. For several days he had been
talking of self-destruction, but as he
often talked that way when under the
influence of whisky, very little was
thought of it. Friday night he went to
Welch & Agar's diug store and asked
for 15 grains of morphine “for family
purposes.” Mr. Lunday, tho pre
scription clerk, who measured the
drag, suspected nothing wrong until,
as Mr. Lehman, after paying for it,
walked out with his purchase mutter
ing to himself. Mr. Lunday immedi
ately went to Mrs. Lehman and told
the forehead, cutting an ugly gash
and laying the flesh open to the bone.
Dr. Bardwoll waa called in and sewed
up the wound, and the brave little hoy
stood the operation like a little soldier.
He is getting all right.—Talbolton Era.
Ttl.r Want Bear.
Paulding is a prohibition county. A
petition is being circulated asking that
a bill be passed licensing the sale of
beer only in that county. The people
think prohibition prohibits too much,
and they should at least be allowed
beer.
Shoeing a Steer.
Messrs. Smith A Wright, blacksmiths
Franklin, were called to a novel duty
Wednesday evening. It was to shoe a
stew; but genial Joe tacked them on
with as much grace a9 if he bad been
patting gold shoes on the President’s
prancing match bays.
A Chlok.n With On. Lea.
Recently reports came in from all
quarters of chickens born with three
and four legs. The Carrollton Times
breaks the egg of monotony by hatch
ing out a chicken having bat one leg
and one wing, there being not the faint
est sign of leg or wring on the left side.
The eye on that side was imperfectly
developed.
Csoraln Pr.it Polntt.
HIS UABCU TO ETERNAL INFAMY,
Joo Brown was not elected to the
Senate by the peoplo of Georgia; ho is
not indorsed by the people of Georgia,
and Georgia ought to sink into the most
bottomless pit ol perdition if she ever
so far forgets herself as to indorse him.
He is a political renegade—a “any
thing,” so that his coffers swell to the
music of his march to eternal infamy.
—Albany Medium.
Tha Intelligent Gompoeltor.
In a recent issue of tho Dahlonega
Signal, the doings of the grandJury of
bumpkin county appeared under the
head of “The Predicaments of the
Great Fury.” It should have been
“Presentments of the Grsnd Jury.”
A correspondent of the Franklin
News, in speakingof a certain Colonel’s
daughter, wrote tho French word fille.
It appeared as “filly,” and now the
correspondent is dodging an irate
Colonel.
Jumped the Train.
A man named I. K. Kemp, formerly
night watchman at Willingham's mills,
on the Brunswick and Western railroad,
arapcL from the train Monday night
nto the darkness. In his capacity as
watchman he took charge of the mail
bag tmt off ntthat station, and about a
we«k ago one bag was missing. He
ivas discharged and was on his way to
Albany when ho discovered Sir. Will
ingham on the train and fearing arrest
jumped off. Officers are on hit track.
Wouldn't Mak. D-unk Come.
A short while ago an enterprising
Valdosta drngglst Introduced a new
drink at his soda fountain, and gave it
the name of “egg-nog soda.’ T The
grand jnry of the county, with a suspi
cion that tho drink contained a fly, as
egg-nog cannot very well be egg-nog
without rum, adjourned to the drug
store aforesaid, and each member
drank several glasses. They were so
well pleased with tho beverage that
the foreman was Instructed to write
no bill” on the indictment. |
Tha Cot d i. Wouln't Dl. a
While John Jack was playing “Fnl
staff” in Athens the other night, he
had for a corpse in the duel scone a
SpU mot el Hops Flrn Oompa-1
ny, who was the professions! snpe st
the Opera House. While Falstaff
was discoursing on honoi, th. echo uf
a tiro bell waa wafted through a win
dow, and the corpse beckoned to him
with his off hand. Falstaff saw that
something was the matter, and when
near enough, the corpse said hurriedly
in a stage whisper: “I hear the alarm
bell and must go to the Are, or they
will line me.” It was not until Fal
staff swore that the alarm waa in the
play that ho could pacify the corpse,
Next day Jack paid the fino.
CURED BY FAITH.
A Remarkable Case Reported from Fore
svth County.
The wife of Mr. W. F. Wofford, who
lias recently been sick almost unto
death, is recovering in consequence of
what alio believes to be a faith care. It
MMM that her physician cave her np
to die, after which her husband invited
some of hia friends to covenant with
him to pray God for her restoration.
Shortly after this the good Lord im
pressed nt least one that Mrs. Wofford
would get well. This one visited her
the next day, went in to sec her, talked
to her, and' left her relying upon the
Lord. Though she had been unable to
walk or get off her bed, it was not long
before aiie waa assured that she wonli
get well. She got up and walked across
the room, and has been walking about
ami improving ever since.—Cummina
Clarion.
A NECRD'S THROAT CU r .
WhHt he Is Aaleep—No C'u* to the Mid
nignt Assassin.
On- of the railroad hands had _
I rough experience Monday night that
came very near costing him his life.
Monday was pay day and as i9 cus
tomary on inch rccas'ons the negroes
indulged freely in whisky. One of
them went to the campdrankand went
to sleep, and was greatly astonished
and doubtleia somewhat alarmed next
morning when he awoke to find that
his throat had been cut during the
night. The woand is an ngiy one
railroad, committed suicide by though not considered at all danger-
and drowning I one. He has no idea who did the cut-
Lcrself. The old woman up*him,1 and ting and consider, himself lucky that
wtUhran^s, md S li hhm>I I ilia trnnkl ha .■.■In'f.iT.d tn amru hi.
Tha wwdad moo la
more than -h aid 1»ar. M,e re-! walking *V,'it with ht* neck in band-
mained in the well about four boon a.- s and will probably sleep with one
leh re the liiaiess body wu taken oat. eye open hereaftcr.—LunqiHn/mlr-
—AV.'m Bfl, <«r, I Pendent.
lug to take a sound Jerking with a bu
gy trace. It la nseiliaai to add that
the ierkiug waa done up in approved
style.—Th n • a .Veirs.
O.nth Waa too Slow A-Comlni.
T: it-, lay Mr-. Kokh, an old lady who
live- between Harmony Grove and
Maysville, on tho line of the North
A TRACIC RELID.
hold of having stolen it while he
slept. He gave a boarder in the
house 50 cents to buy him another
dose, and upon being refused, he
threatened to drown himself, saying,
“you can’t take the river from me. ’
Saturday he continued drinking, and
went to bed Saturday night in a drunk
en stupor. His son Btayed by him
until he slept soundly, and then being
satisfied that he was safe until morn
ing, went to bed himself. Sunday
morning his wife looked in on him
several times, but as ho appeared to be
sleeping soundly she would not disturb
him. About 8 o’clock they went to
call him to breakfast, and found him
111],I, r III,, inllucnri- ,,t murphim'. Some
one of tiio house remembered having
heard him get np about three o'dwt,
and it is supposed that he took the
drug then. Dr. Strother was immedi
ately called in. and though he know it
to be a hopeless case, he used every
means that science and skill could sug
gest to resuscitate the dying man. But
was all to no purpose, and about 9
clock all was over.
Hia mind had been giving way for
some time, and his family bad almost
dicidcd to send him to an asylnm. Sat
urday he was so violent that liis wife
was advised to have him restrained in
the guard boose, but she refused to do
i, preferring to keep watch over him,
_j they had often done in similar at
tacks, until his reason returned.
He seemed constantly to brood over
the recent murder and suicide in Cuth-
bert, frequently arguing that Mr. Rus
sell had a perfect right to take his own
life, but not that of his children. That
affair, acting upon a mind already dis
eased, no doubt prompted the terrible
act. Seven er eight years ago, under
precisely similar circumstances, ho at
tempted to tako his own life, but nfter
having taken the morphine he became
frightened and wont to Dr. Young, a
ihysican who lived hero at that time,
legging him to uso some means
to stop tho action of the poison.
It was done, and sinco then his
family have had no apprehension
of his ever again attempting a like act,
though he often threatened to do so.
Saturday he made every preparation
for death, dividing bis tools among his
boys, writing a letter to almost every
member oi his family, including a sis
ter in Illinois: oven partially prepar
ing bis body for banal. Ills family
knew of all this, but he had acted in
the Same way many times before, and
they were confident in the belief that
he would have neither tho means or
opportunity for self-destruction.
Sir. Lehman was born In Zoflngen
canton, A»rgovie, Switzerland, in
1922. He camo ;to America when a
mere boy, and in 1852, having married
a Southern ladv. Miss Roe, ol Cnth-
bert, he settled In Sonthwest Georgia,
and for nearly a quarter of a century
ho has been a citizen of Albany.
His children with two exceptions
were present at his death. The oldest
son, whose homo is in Brunswick, and
his yonngest daughter, iu attendance
at Andrew College, Cuthbert, were tel
egraphed for, and came at once, so that
the entire family were present at his
burial.
The deceased wrote a number of let
ters to different parties before taking
the fatal potion, and among them was
the following:
“Albany, Ga., May 22,1885.—New.
and Adttriiter: Touch me lightly, it
yon please. If you can say not
;ood of me, let my faults pass by.
ew more throes, and death will bring
tl.n knlm tkftt SrinttlMflllMrtlllv WfU)«.’
Discovery of a Fragment of M re. Surratt's
Scaffold—The Execution Recalled.
Washington Star.
After the execution of Mrs. Surratt,
Payne, Harold and Atzerodt, July 5,1SG5,
near the old prison in the arsenal grounds,
the rough scaffold used iu the execution
was torn down and nearly all the timbers
which composed it were u?ed in the re*
construction of the buildings on the
grounds, most of them getting into
the floor of the stables. The cross
piece from which the ropes were hung,
howtver. was r< novnl l>v t:.»- hwim-t
mechanic who wan employed there, and
by him hidden under a big pile of old lum
ber. Tnere it lay for nearly twenty years,
entirely forgotten by those who knew what
became of It. Last week, however, in
working about the grounds, the veritable
cross-piece was found and recognized by
the man who hid it. He was sided in ib>s
recognition by the pi ices cat away where
the uprights were mortised to the cross
piece. A close scrutiny showed even the
marks left by tho ropoa with wm.ch
the conspirators were bung. The
wood was soft plus and
Its fibres were readily comprised by the
ropes. It might be supposed ihat re’ics
from this scaffold would be eagetiy sought
for by relic hunters, but such was not the
case. There seemed to be a dread among
mat usually unscrnpuloui class of touch
ing or handling any of the materia], the
associations being of too dreadful a na-
t ;r.\ home yeitrs after the evcir.iuM ti
i'»ii was made io msh -t 1:1 h f;i ; r
given by a charitable organization
by having canes ana other
articles made from the remnants of the
fi’.-tll '1 1, h'.t a- r. it • th** ini:ir. j of
th** Sir I.• tr*i♦* i ! 11*- n*l:i of 'll*- articles
the oiler was declined with rather curt
thunks. There is but little left at the ar-
nal to remind one of that memorable oc
casion. The old prison, where the con
spirators were confined and tried, has
t**-**n entirety remodeled, two complete
houses having been made from it. One
h u<-. upied by (u*n. Ayres, the r< mnun-
der of the arsenal, and the other by the ex-
ecutiTe offloar. Tha lattaar Is tbs chapaj
part, where the trial was held. In W.7
the remains of the executed conspirators
were removed to allow of rh mge* in the
ground*, and were placed under the floor-
ig in the prison. That por ion uf th-
wilding is now aeedfor a storehouse
The foot where the scalluld sio<* 1 i < now
included in a lawn tennis court, a-.d .e* th*
young ladies and gentlemen gaily riHport
IbcmiatTaa la the attractive game of tennis
on pleasant afternoons they little think
what a tragedy was enacted a score of
years ago upon the very spot upon which
they stand.
Two Children Who Were Baorlflced In
Paris to 8oience a
Chicago Tribune.
A few years ego a society of em n*ijt
men ia Paris discussed the question:
What language would a child naturally
speak if never taught?” The devout Cath
olics were of the opinion that the Hebrew
language would be spoken in these circum
stances.
One sckntiit was of the opinion that
eome form of the Chinese language would
be the natural tongue. Twenty different re
sult were predicted. At last it was decid
ed to test the matter, and a committee
was appointed to carry oat the experiment.
Tu ) iiifniitfl were pr cuml and put in tin*
t hnrg«* of a deaf and <1 .mb who
lived in the Alps and made a living by
rearing chickens and tending sheep.
The woman was given strict injunctions
to allow no one to speak to these children,
and, as her cottage was eome miles distant
from nt.y neighbor, the circumstances sur
rounding the experiment were favorable.
Years rolled on and many of the mem
hers of the society had lost sight of this in
teresting experiment. Home members of
the committee died, and there wan great
dlinger of the results of thi* wonderful te.-d
being lost to the world. Fortunately two
of the members ot the committee kept
faithful wittch on the case, mid when the
children were six years old bronght them,
itti their nnrse, into a meeting of the
tavanU. u Kvery member w*s on the
tiptoe of expectation as to the result. Not
one word coold either of the children
utter; their only ferm of language was a
wonderfully good imitation of the crc
of a cock or the cackling of a hen or the
bleating of a sheep. The addictions of
science were totally npset by a practical
(xperlment.
the balm that soothes all earthly woes
“F. Leuman.”
A Prohibition Plotur.,
Carrollton, May 2ti.—In our city
with a population of over fifteen hun
dred souls, there has not been an ar
rest by the marshal for a violation of
the city ordinances In over two months.
No whisky sold, no drunkenness, no
fighting, no disturbance of any kind
whatever, l'retty guud.
Crop, tn Wilkinson nnd Twi(B><
Gordon, May 28.—'The frequent and
copious showers which have fallen of
late in this section bavo improved in a
wonderful measure cotton, corn and
oats. The oat crop will bo a fair aver
age despite the many drawbacks to the
crop since itwasplanted. Messrs. B.9,
Fitzpatrick and J. D. Myrick respect
lvely, of Twiggs comity, have the finest
oats yoor correspondent has seen. The
former expects a yield of sixty or sev
enty bushels per acre.
Fira In Ciiftin.
Griffin, May 28.—At 6 o’clock yea
terdav afternoon the alarm of fire Was
sounded, caused by the bnrning ot the
residence of Mr. R. F. Stephenson, in
the southeastern part of the city. It
proved to have been struck by light
ning daring a quite severe storm which
raged here in the afternoon, and bclnj:
out of reach of the water limits, bnrne«
to the ground. Considerable of the
fnrnitnre was eared. Low about
$3,000; insurance $1,500,
Hi Kamsd ThsmQuIckljr.
Texas Siftings.
So yon have got twins at yoor home?”
said Mrs. Bvzambe to little Johnny 8am-
nrlaon. "Yes, mam: two of 'em.” r * Wbat
are yon going to call them?” 'Thunder
and L*gbtning ” “ Why. those are strong
names to call hlidren.” “Well, tha?-
what pa called ’em aa soon as he heard
they were in the house. ”
Struck bv Two Young Savannahlansu
Yesterday it was developed that one-
fifth oi ticket No. fi0.075, in the Louisiana
Ktate Lottery, In the drawing of April
14th, waa purchased by two young men of
Kavannah, Messrs. John W. Haywood and
U M. Verdery, who have secured for fifty
esnts each the handsome sum of 97.5uO.
They era clever, worthy young gentlemen,
and have coneratniations upon their for-
tune.—From the Sorannah Keening Times,
April 19th.
A xicscL-siLYXB Waterbary watch
andthe.WnKLY Telegraph for one
year will be sent to cny address U
f3.50. See advertisement.
MAN'S NATURAL TONGUE.
THE REVISED BIBLE)
Rev. Dr. SchafT Describes the Revlslcn
Committee's Fourteen Years' Labor.
Truly, the Bible still lives. It is the new
est as well as the oldest of books. Its
youth Is renewed like the eagle’s, and ev
ery generation adds to its interest. When
the revised New Testament was published
just four years ago (on March 17,1881, in
London, and on May 20 in New York),
2,000,000 of copies were sold in a few days,
and within the ne?t few months not less
than thirty American rival editions were
issued, so that before the close of that year
a boat 8,000,000 of copies of all editions were
tola (not given away). The revised Oid
Testament is published this week on Tues
day, the 10th of Mav, in Lmaon. and on
Thursday, May 20, in New York, and
Philadelphia, by the agents of the British
University presses. Mere than 100,000
copi’s have been ordered In advance fer
tho United flutes aloDe. B veral Ameri
can reprints may be expected. f« r there is
no law to prevent rivalry, and the Auieri
can committee, though pledged to i;ive
their moral support to the U..iv»*raUy edi
tions, will not andcaanot put Any otstet It*
the way of the moat geceral circu!a i:»u
the book.
The chief objection raise 1 uptinat the
revision of the New Teatam ii» was due to
alterations in the text, which wrre made
neceis&ry by the dhcovery of older uncial
MBS., notably the flinaitlc and the Vatican
of the first half of tb« fourth century. The
Old Testament will escape all tire censure
on this score, and not distarb the conserve
tive feelings o! people attached to the fa
miliar text.
Changes of translation are very numer
ous, and yet so carefully made in the very
languago ot the old version that they will
scarcely be observed by the superficial
reader. They are real improvements, in
consequence of the vast progress made in
Hebiew philology, biblical geography, an
tiquities and exegesi**. The errors of the
version are most frequent in Job and the
prophetical books. The revision caDnot
do the work of a commentary, bat it will
make many passages clear and Intelligible
whirl) were hu|nd»-*»siy oWnre.
ARCHAIC WORDS AND rilRASKS.
Tbs old version is disfigured by certain
iodeceat expressions (such as the circum
locution for male), wnich nowadays can
hardly be rend from the pulpit or in pri
vate devotion. IV* se nave been very
properlv removed. It contains also a con
siderable number of archaic and obsolete
words, which are uointeliinible to the com
mon reader. Bach are besom for broom,
boss for knob, botch for bit*, carriage for
bungs, chapman for trader, conversation
Joraoudnct, daysman for arbiter, haber
geon for coat of msll. knob for bad, let for
hinder, prevent for precede, nees ng for
•otei.ng, no? haws for jpaodehlidren, oc
cupy for traie, ouches fur settings, scrable
for scrawl, turtle for turtledove, wench
for tnald-aervanr, etc.
Most of iLeae arcbtliros have given way
to modern terms. Bat the English who
!ovc old things and nurae tbetr ruius, have
retained a number ol archaic forms which
o’h ugh not in common u«e any longer,
are not unintelligible or misleading, such
as disannul for annul, astonied for aston
ish, seethe for boil.bands for bonds, ebapi*
in connection with the Queen’s printer.
The American committee paid their o
expenses, first by voluntary cont r ibuti<
of a few friends, afterwards by issuing
memorial edition from which they expect
pave sullicient Mirplue to discharge their
• hligntioiis, %!,)!,. tl r-t of or
f Jij receive a beautifully inscribed presenta
tion copy, in the best style of binding, be
low the market price, with the additional
honor of baying aided American co-op
lion in the greatest Biblical work since me
year 161L
A SUSPICIOUS VESSEL SEIZED.
Tn# Alllano* Captures an Armed Irlg and
Benda Her to New York.
Panama, Msy 17.—The brigantine Am
brose Light, cf Philadelphia, which was
captured by the American man-of-war A1
iiac.ee. under circumstances of a most rus
pl“lous character, tailed for New York
f-aw days ago, In charge of L'ent, Wrigl
uf th.* A Minuet*, i: ml a pr • i re*’. T li**
Ambroje Light, when first challenged by
the Alliance, displayed the llaytUn col
ors, bnt In a few minutes haulrd these
down and ran up the Columbian flag.
Boats were sent to board her, nedrr com
tnand of LienL Wright. The people on
board were at tint disposed to
resist the boats' crew*, but a shot
sent from the Affiance across
the brig’s bows warned them against such
an attempt. Tha stories told to the bosrd
irg officers as to how the brig passed into
the hands of her present oommix.der were
still more conflicting than the effort to claim
nationality by the display ol flags. A prize
crew wsa pot on board and the ship seized
in the name of the United States. Besides
her crew, she had sixty armed men on
board. 8he carried on her deck a gun of
the old type and H»m of the Spanish 00-
pounders of the colonial period. Bnbsequeut
investigations in Coton have only confirmed
the illegal character of the vessel, and
she has been sent north, where all
the circumstances will be looked into by
a competent court. The armed men on
board we'e sent on shore and delivered to
the Columbian authorities, who forwarded
them to Panama.
■sdolothss of Rapsr.
Paper Maker.
A papewnaklog firm in NewJersybss
for several weeks been turning out coun
terpanes and pillows of paper. No. 1 mi
ni la paper is used, two large sheets being
heM together by a slender twine at inter-
Ivaisof three or fonr inches; the twine is
gummed so as to hold the sheets firmly to-
gather where It Ho. ilatopMa
• lie counterpane to keep it from tearing;
the safety edge is composed of twine.
Ornametial designs are stamped on the
outer sarfaces of the covers and cases,
firing them a neat, attractive appear
ance.
When these counterpanes and pillow
cues become wrinkled from cse, they can
eosJy be smoothed out with a hot flatiron.
The counterpanes can be left on the bed
when occupied, and In cold weather will
be found a warm covering paper prtveat-
Ing the escape of heat. Toe new paper
beccovering Is seventy rive centa per set,
and will probably become very popuiarn
Consumption Cursd.
An old physician, retired from prac
tice, baving had placed in his hand*
by an Esat India missionary the formu
la of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,
Asthma and all throat and Lang affec
tions, also a positive and radical core
for Nervous Debility, and all Kenroos
Complaint!, after having tested in the
wonderful curative powers in thou
sand* of cases, has felt it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and a desire
to relieve human suffering, I will send
free of charge, to all who desire it
this recipe in German, French or En
C ab, with fall directions for prepar-
j and using. Sent by mail oy ad
dressing with stamp, naming this pa,
r *T, W. A. Nuy.-ri, llj Power’s Block,
* Rochester. N. Y.
Hunirod Patcherons on Their
Way to Oregon.
New York Tribune.
Capt. Corcoran, of the Denmark, of the
National Line, which arrived here on
urday, hid a lot of the solidcst passen
gers ever bronght across the Atlantic. It
consisted cf 100 Percheron horses, some of pexch
tuem weighing within a few pounds of a
ton apiece. They are the property of the
Oregon Horse and Land Company, for
whom they were purchased by Edward
ewett, the comDany’s manager, who will
etart West with hia prizes to-night. Mr.
Blewett said to a Tribune reporter yester
day:
‘ These Percherons represents two
months* hard work in England, France,
Belgium and Normandy. I looked over
lbs Clydesdale and English draught horaa
stock before going to France. I went from
one end of France to the other. You can
cover the whole country in a few days. I
finally went into the heart of the great
Percheron district, ami bought at La Ferte
Bernard, of August Taehean, the largest
breeder and dealer of these horses in
France, all tne animals I brougnt over.
There are 'orj^-seven stallions and sixty,
two mares. The stallions all cost over $1,*
000 apiece, the prices ranging up to 82,800,
which I paid for one 'Govern
ment approved’ animal. The cost
the mares whs from 8500
81,200. 8tallions are considered most
valuable at 4 to 5 years of age. and the
mares at 3 to 4. The heaviest of the lot ia
;i vear-md Htaiiiou that will rub a ton
pretty close. It must be a pretty good
nurse In France to get the government ap
proved grade. 1 bought several such, anti
all the animals aro registered. Most of
the horses will be sent to our ranches in
Baker county, Ore., and a few to Fremont.
Neb., where I live. We have the largest
horse ranch on this continent, if not in
the world. We branded over 8.000 horses
last summer, and will brand close on to
11,000 this year. The horses are turned
<ou, .er .it - tut uvii.uauua tut uuuut, vuajjt-
ter for chapter, ankes for chiefs, mintsh
fur di.iiifiisb, fray fur frighten, corn fur
grain, wot nnd wist for know and knew,
apothecary for perfumer, stink for stench,
discover for uncover, the which for which
Here, too, the Americans who desired
modern words for the obsolete one* were
overruled by the English majority, but
have recorded their protect in the Appen
dix. The American community will bus
tain them.
The new paragraphing is a very decided
and useful improvement. The old chapt* r
and verse division, which dates from the
middle age«, baa been retained in the mar
gin for easy reference and comparison.
But the text itself has been divided Into
sections according to, the sente and con
motion.
POniCAL ARRAKOEMKXT.
This Is a still greater help to the popular
reader. More than one-third of the Old
Testament is poetry, and composed accord-
ing to th** Uaaof pirnllHia u, tlmt i*. n
correspondence of tnought and worda.like
tho two wings of a bird in its flight. Much
of the beauty of Hebrew poetry is lost
to the reader by being printed like
prose. Who would like to see a hymn-
nook printed in that old-fashioned way?
The revisers have adopted the poetic ar
rangement in Job, which is an epic or dra
matic poem of the highest order, in the
PBalms, the Proverbs, the Song of Songs,
the Lamentations, the Prayer of Jonah
acd the Psalm ot Habakknk, and also in
the lyric poemi scattered throughout the
historical books, as the Bong of Lameth,
thebleaslng of Jacob, the Hong of Moaea
and Miriam, the parting Blessing of Moses,
the 8ong of Deborah, the Lament of David
over the Death of Baul and Jonathan. The
Psalm and the Book of Job will be twice as
enjoyable in this natural anangement.and
the Bong of Soiika will be far better under
stood by the distribution of the stanzas
among the various actors in this lyric dra
ms ot pure love, I will telect a few spec!
p’tns.
1. use on’ g ivernment land. W
never feed them. We have five
large ranees, which are fenced,
the land bring owned by us. We have be
side! about 150 corrals scattered over the
government land. We shall turn many of
t’ltae stallions right out with the herds.
The woy we do is to put about forty mi> es
and one stallion in a corral, where they are
kept fur two or three weeks. They are
then turned out, and the stallion cares for
the herd for the following year, protecting
them in every way, foals and all. Through
the winter we have tcarcely any hired
help, bnt in summer a large number ot
men are employed in ronnding np, brand
ing and separatieg the mares into new
herds.”
My beloved spake, anil unto me.
"Else up, my love, my fair one, au<
I »way;
For, lot the winter is put.
The rain is over and gone,
The flowers appears on the earth, I
The time of tbealnglDgof the birds hu come
And the voice of tho turtle U heard In our
Und.
The nic tree ripencth her green flgi
And the vine* are In bloMoin —
I hey give forth their fragrant
Ari*e, my love, my fair one, and come away.
| —[8oug of Songs, 11,10-1*.
I know that my Redeemer llreth, LH
Aud thxt he ahal! stand up at the lut upon tho
And after my skin hath been Urns destroyed,
k et from my flesh shall I see God,
Whom I shall see for myself, ■
And mine eye* ihall behold, and not another.
^ —[Job, xix, 25-27,
I The famous miracle of the son standing
sun is likewise given In the poetic form
and with the alliteration of the Hebrew
original (Joih.x. 12,13):
"Sun. attnd thou still upon Gibeon;
And thou, Moon, In the valley of AljAlon,
And the Han *too<l util, end the moon stayed.
I nttl the nation had avenged themselves r
their enemies."
oi
The Inimitable 23d Psalm is unchanged,
except as to the poetic form, and the wor l
"gnldeth me” for "lesdeth me” in ver. 3-
and "thou hast anointed” for "thoa
enointeet,” ver. |5.
The revisers have been exceedingly con
servative in retaining the idiom and vocab
ulary of the old version, with its acknowl
edged beauty and rhythm, which make it
the first of the Englishduaica. They have
avoided a slavish literalism and adapted
the necessary changes to the style which
i* ao familiar and dear to the people. They
have shown throughout consummate liter
ary tact and taste. The English company
inclnded some of the best judges of good
old English, and, if we are not mistaken,
their work will be pronounced by literary
critics a complete success.
prospects or freezes.
The revision was undertaken with a view
to make it an ultimate inbetitnte for Kini
James’version. It is now completed, ai
ter fourteen years of unbroken labor, and
in the hands of the CbrlitUn public,wuich
most decide IU fate through the regular
organa of the various churches and Bible
eocietiea The Convocation of Canterbury,
which originat'd the work, will probab’y
fl r st past judgment on u« merit! after due
examinat on and trial. 0:mr cnnrchei in
England and this ct.u itry will foil >w. In the
meantime the revision will be med a* a
commentary alonzaide with the oil
version, in the puJptt and oat of IL
The yoar.g generation wifi become fa
miliar with the new version. The com
mon seme of the people will eay: If we
cannot have the very best. Set os bsve st
toest the better for the good. The good
old version of King Jtmea has accom
plished a noble work for nearly three cen
turies, bat its defects and errors are now
universally known and acknowledged. It
is theref< re intviUb'y doomed, sooner or
later, to an hono'able death and burial,
bat all of its excellences and beauties will
turvive tn its snccea-or.
The revision ia undertaken as a labor of
love. The revisers stked and received no
compensation. The of the Kng-
luh cam.x*'!ee •’•re paid by the University
leases for the exclusive copyright in her.——...
Msjeaty’fl dominions. They have already , people of thla cc
the monopoly of Bible printing m England, 1 cannot read nor
HORSES THAT WEICH A TON.
Camp
AMENITIES OF WAR.
Walking Into a Friendly Cnemy'i
and Out Aanlrd
Chicago Inter-Orean,
Wbib we were in front o'. Chrttanooga
It became fashionable a’ong the picket
line to exchange papers. The plan waa
fer a Confederate who wanted a paper to
come to the front, shake a Bonthern paper
as a flag of truce, and in this way invite
exchanges Th« pickets on either side in
the immediate vicinity would cease firing,
the Union eoldier would start from his
line and the Confederate from his line
and they would meet half way, ebake
hands, exchange papers, and if there were
no officers in sight, sit down and have a
chat. This had been kept up for several
days when there came an order from head
quarters that no more papers should be
■| ' ” ‘ boys, c. ooaiog
CONDEMNING A PRIEST.
A Grand Army Poet Not Allowed to Attend
n Funeral.
A Fottsvllie, Penn., special says: "John
Sturm, a German Catholic, who belonged
to the local Grand Army post, died on Bat
urday. Before his death he expressed a
wish to be buried with post honors. The
priest, the Rev. Frederick Looglnns, re
fused to allow the post to parade as an or
der wearing their badges, bat stated that
as soldiers without badges they might en
ter the church and cemeterv. This brought
out a denunciatory order from the post,
which waa published this morning. It had
the effect ot cresting the most intense ex-
ci'eiuent and arousing the most bitier
feeling between Catholics and Protestants.
In the order the post declare* that the late
Baltimori council declares that the Grand
Army was not a secret society within the
meauing of the pspil bull, and that a Ha-
zelton priest had permitted the order to
attend a funeral without restriction. In
an interview to-night Father Longinm
said: *T went to Philadelphia to-day. j
laid the matter before Archbishop Ityan
He approve! of my conduct. As to the
action of the Baltimore Council. I am
authorized to say It did just the reverse
of which this post ssya it did. At any
rate, the decree has not been promulgated
from Horne, and until tnen I can
only obey the rules of the churcb. As to
the Hiz eton aflalr, the post there went
into the church in violation of the priest’s
order. I have no feeling in this matter,
but will not be bulldozed. Two years ago,
at the instance of this pest, 1 wrote to
Archbishop Wohd, and in reply waa dis-
tinrtfy informed that this order was one
under the church’s condemnation. This
statement Archbiihop Hyan to-day reaf
firmed. The odium this post attempts to
cast on me is a malicious piece of work
which will fill fist on its authors.”
Contrary to Father Longinus’s opinion
the excitement continues to-night uns-
bxted.
A MISER'S TREASURE.
Masked Robbers Terrorize a Farmer'
Household and Eeoape With
their Booty.
A St. Louis special s&ys: News ot s dar
ing robbery, which occurred Friday night
in the southern part of Batter county, Mo.
fire miles west of Hsxveill and out of the
line of telegraphic communication, reached
here this evening. The victim, Theodore
Vandore, is s farmer of considerable
means. Two masked robbrn entered LU
house about 12 o'clock at night,
and, proceeding to the rooms occu
pled by the farmhands, cov
ered them with revolvers and made
them croas their arms and legs while they
ged. But
their time for exchange, continued the
practice against or 'er*. There came a
week, however, in which no rebel respond
'd to wiviiig. or *haklog, or flutteriogs of
<aper or handkerchief, and we knew then
tlmt oplnrH agniuht exchanges had been
issued on that side as well as on ours.
Bat one morning quite early my partner
discovered a man on the rebel fine fran-
cally waving a Urge paper. He suggested
that we slip away from the reserve and go
out and see what the mail wanted. He
took a paper, waved it, and we started to
ward the rebel In front. Whenwehadpro- 4
ceedi «1 about half way to the point of meet
ing the fellow ceased to wave his paper.
We were puzzled at thin, but fi a ally con
cluded that he waa down in a hollow, and
we would see him when he came up on
high ground. Bo we walked on and walk
ed wiinout warning into a group of sol
diers at the rebel picket po-t. The men
were just ready to take breakfast and after
the first flurry they joked us a good deal
about our extraordinary willingness to get
Into their clutches at breakfast time,
hen we spoke of the exchange of papers
the officer in charge informed us that or
ders were positive against exchange, and
that all his men understood it. As this
was the case, he took the petition that we
had come willingly into their lines, and
that he could not allow us to return. I saw
at or.ee that his men disagreed with him,
but the question was how we were to get
away.
My partner, who bad been a soldier in
Germany, joined In the jokes at onr ex
pense, and proposed that he make the
hoys some cuff e that was coffee. The Con
federates had a very poor ex?n*e for that
article, ami without more ado he proceed
ed to make a kettle of coflee, the aroma of
which seemed tu fascinate the coffee-hun
gry sharpshooters. When he had poured
the cotlee into the cups and had expatiated
on the good it would do the men, he took
np his rifle and said to me: "Now let us
start for our own line.” I followed him,
and not a soldier on that picket post low- .
ered the cup of coffee from his lips or look
ed our way.
HAPPY JOURNALISM.
Whsr* the Editor le Free From Cars and
the Preaeman Doee the Work.
Correspondence English Taper.
A visit to a Chinese printing establish
ment is productive of xunch that is inter
esting. Movable type are in use in Ban
Francisco Chinese newspaper offices. The
manner of getting a Chinese newspaper off
the press and printing is very primitive.
The editor takes American newspapers to
friends, from whom he gets a translation
matter he needs, and
after getting it written in Cuiceae
in a manner satisfactory to him, bs
carefully writes it upon paper chemically
prepared. Upon the btd of the press,
which is of the stylo that went out of use
ith the last century.ii a lithograph atone.
Upon this the paper Is laid until the im
pression of the characters is left there. A
large ro.ler is Inked and pressed over the
stun * after it has been dampened with a
wet sponge, nnd nothing remains but to
tak»the Impression upon the newspaper
to be. The Chinese pressman prints three
papers every tive minutes, live papers in
the tame time le** than Benjamin Frank
lin hud n r*c >rd for. A Chinese priming
office ha* never been struck by lightning.
The life o( a Chinese journalist is a hap
py one. He is free from care and thought
tUd them securely. This done, they pro
ceeded to the old man’s room, and. pull
ing him oat of bed they commanded him
to make known the whereabouts of his
ca»h if he desired to live, at the same time
cockirg their revolvers. They were
shown where the money, amounting to
8*2 000, was concealed, which they made off
with and have not since been heard of.
This makes the fonrth time that Vandore
baa been robbed. Foar years aeo he was
robbed of 14,000 or 85,000, for which the
cciprita are now serving a term in the pen
itentiary.
The old man is miserly and Is afraid ...
risk the money in the banks, and conse
quently at times he has large same about
his boost.
• TAR 1 LINO FIGURES.
Rapid Frosraaaof the Black* Toward Nu-
marioal Supremacy In thla Country.
A Cincinnati special says: In the Pres
byterian General Assemby this morning,
•he Her. Dr. R. M. Allen, Secretary of the
Fr*einen’i Aid Society, said.
"Twenty years ago, at the close of the
war. there were in the Southern States
3.917,000 colored people, and now there are
more than 7,000.000. Then there were in
Mlaaiffippi220000 negroes; now 1*50,000.
1 ben there were in 8onth Carolina 400 000:
now more than GOO.OOQ. Five hundred
oolored babies are born in the United
btatas every day. The colored popalatioo
of the United States double* every twenty
years; the white population only once in
tbirty-fiv.* tears. Eight yeara will not
have p ts-ed before the negroes will be in a
nrmerical mijori'y in a mie of the South
ern .States. At the present rate of increase,
is 19n5 there wl 1 tie W,CrtO.OOO white people
and allows all the work of the establish
ment to be done by the pressman. The
Chinese compositor ha* not yet arrived.
The Chinese editor, like the rest of hia
countrymen, js imitative. He does not de
pend upon hia brain for editorials, but
translates them from all the contempora
neous American newspapers lie can get.
Tuere is no humorous department in the
Chinese newipaper. The newspaper office
has no exchanges acattere i over the tl Mir,
and in nearly all other thing* it d.tiers
from the American establishment. Tne
editorial room is connected by a ladder
with bunks in the loft above, where tlm
managing editor sleeps, and next to it is
Invariably a room where an opium bunk
and a layout reside.
Evidences of domeriic life are about the
place, pots, kellies and dishes inking up
as much room as the pres*. In one In
stance on Washington street a barb* r shop
is run In the name apartment with the
editorial room, and. in all cases, no dispo
sition is shown to elevate the position of
the “printer” above hia surroundings. If
an editor nods that journalism do*-» not
pay, he gels a Job washiug dlihei or'chop
ping wood, and he does not think be has
descended far either.
Never Give Up.'
If you are suturing with ! >w sod de
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, wesk constitu-
t on, header fie, or any .dtsea: •• u? * b lions
nature, by all means procure a bottle of
Electric Bitters. Yoa wJU be surprised to
see the rapid improvement that wiJ fol
low ;you will be Inspired with new life;
strength and activity wifi return; pain
sod misery will cease, and henceforth you
will rejoice in the praise of rllr. trie Bit
ters. Bold at fifty cents a bottle by Lamar,
Ranklu & Lamar.
There pasted through Elizabeth City
lately from the Hatteras iid.ery for ship
ment i'*> iMirpoise hides, stripped from
either side with blubber on. At the Nortii
the blubber is taken oil and dried into oil,
and the hide being tanned makes a very
superior leather.
A Wstoh Fr««.
A nickel-silver Waterbary watch
will be sent to any one who will send a
club of ten new* subscribers to the
Weekly Telkgbapii. Bee advertise
ment.
A QUESTION ABOUT
Brown's Iron
Bitters
ANSWERED.
Thai qoMtinn h*a pr-lmMy w-*l th^**nda
ol tirn— It « caii fir wn . Ir-n B.t'-r-.- in*t.f.ry.
thine?" Well, it Bat it .!•--*• io»>nydi—
f--r »nl<-h • n-$i-tt*i.U phj.uuui w-xUd ),re»»'nb« ISO*
PhyvictAnji inn — l)-*- >-»t rretur»U»*
M*-"l known t> tt»« pnjf«MU.<n. *:i 1 In nirj •>! wig
clumical nrrn will iuUui.i »t«* t!ie4MrrtkjQ
1-.AI there 4jw tO‘>rw prvp4r»ti 'U« • t m n ta*n »l tuj
other .utmtAnr* uawl In me.il- tne « Thw »h-iw» c-m-
>iut tr-jo t. 4- kn.-le.U--1 ^ ammt
im;» rt*nt f*.-t <t In • ic.-rtmt il m«l: *) i-rn'tiew. It M,
h .-ever, a r*m*rk»M- f*«t, that in r the draco*-
.n ' IIKUttV. I HON HITTKUWn
1) Mlrafact.jry irm o tuLinAti->n Lad n-r b«?o
BROWN’S I RON BITTERSl’rLi^
h**d*rh«. or prudar* rnn»tip*o.>n-«ll other Iroa
nvedtrinr*do. IIKOU VxlltON IIITTEHH
rnreo lndl*rwlion. '!!!lou>noM, U raknrra,
Ihiprpda, .>Iu!*rln, < hllla nnd Frrfra,
Tlrrd K«-rlln«,<.rn» n»l Debility,Polo in tho
■ML.. ■ Hde, Bark or Limb*, Hrodorhrtn.lNrurml.
In the United States and cob 411 I™ u t r— nt-t
“ !! 0WN ’ S i R0 " BITTERS - r: ?
continue the present prseti
cblsoment of the colored man of the Bor.
ern Btate«. In Booth Caro'ina he
. ' ’ a..d | n. i for .'To • acre* of la
whi.’h he cultivate*. In the Boitbhe nays
taxes on I'd <<•) of property, if.- 11
editing, printing and puhlithW K»5 newa-
of the 7 «■ f • •) olor»d
ntry more than C.OUO.UiAJ
cannot read nor write.
U n«h«r th.vn-ifh r