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EDWIN MARTIN, Proprietor. Devoted to Home Interests and Cnltnre. TWODGLI VOLUME IX. PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1879. the COMING WORLD’S FAIR. The snbject of a World’s Fair in flew York, in 1883, has taken practical form. An address to the people of the United States has been issued by a com mittee of distinguished gentlemen ap pointed by the National Convention at a meeting held in this city on the 18th and 19th of June last. The address gives a circumstantial statement cf the origin and progress of the movement, and places it in a most favorable light before the vast constituency to which it is addressed. If any donbt has hereto fore existed in the public mind as to its popularity, its responsibility, or its dig nity, this addless must effectually put it at rest. It is a timely statement, and will tend to concentrate attention upon the weighty matter of which it treats. It will be observed that the national delegates and the citizens’ committee have, by concurrent action, resolved themselves into a World’s Fair Commit tee, thus constituting a formidable or ganization, Its membership comprises five hundred and fifty names, in which are included reprerentatives from all sections, professions and business in terests. It is a body of earnest men, intent upon a great achievement, and entering upon it with a uni;ty of pur pose, a zeal and a determination befit ting its magnitude. In the hands of men like these, the undertaking is sure to command public confidence, and to develop into a grand national enter prise, The address refers to the earliest proposition to hold the World’s Fair in the city of New York in 1883, as ema nating from the United States Board of Trade, at a meeting held September 12, 1878. Those familiar with the facts, however, will accord priority in this particular to Mr. W. H C. Price, edi tor of The Grocer, and secretary of the World’s Fair Committee, who wrote an able editorial on the subject, which was published in May, 1878. This was fol lowed by subsequent articles in which. strong arguments were used. While these reasons were sound in logic they possessed an additional force in view oi the deep convictions from which they proceeded. Thus earlv imbued with a sense of its importance, Mr. Price was among the first to join in a public move ment. From its inception ho has been its secretary, and at present be is devo ting his best efforts to its advancement, and it is not too much to say that be is administering its affairs with energy and discretion. The dnte fixed for the fair is most suspicious. It Will occur at a period When the vast capabilities of the coun try will, more than ever, invoke the at tention of the world. It will afford time for our own industries to become prosperous, and it will inevitably act as a powerful motive to that end. It will ‘establish new and stronger bonds of uni ty between our own people and the people of other lands. It is neither too near or too remote. There is another reason why it is a fitting time. It is a significant historic epoch. It will be the centenpial of the olosing act m the tragio drama of the revolution. As it witnessed the triumphant accomplishment of a noble purpose, it it becomes a memorable landmark in our national history. With that new and more vigorous vi tality which comes from years of de pression, with that fortitude which is born of privation, and with that enthu siasm which is inspired by hope, this coming event may be, to anything which has proceeded it, what the deed con summated is to the undefined \ bought from which it emanated. —New York South, England’s Cool Adv,oe to Uncle Sam.—It seems that the government of the United States has resolved to take a serious view of the project of M. de Lesseps to out a canal through the Isth mus of Panama, and that the Cabinet .has the matter now under considers bon. Bat this interference is sorely premature. There is certainly nothing to show that the European governments “tend to give attention to the snbject. The whole business is one for the judgs ®ent of investors. Unquestionably, however, the canal might prove a com petitor for the traffic of the Pacific rail- t0a( to, and probably from that source ^tings the political excitement that is o°w being stirred no. It may be hoped, ANOTHER LUCKY COACHMAN. I MURDER OF A MORMON- In society circles in the Seventh ward;; Catoosa Spe.ngs, July-24.—The lat- Newark, N, J., there has been consider-' ®st advices from the killing of Standing able commotion over tbe marriage of a j ing, the Mormon elder, go to show that wealthy widow of thirty-one with her p 1 ? killing was entirely unwarrrnted, father’s coacnman, a yonthof nineteen, j It seems that these men, or some of their same crowd, had been in the neigh borhood of Yamell’s station and had done much damage to convictions and had captured several converts. They had been operating throughout the whole of upper Georgia and their arri val in the neighborhood in which they were killed created excitement. A number of men gatheied and deter mined to route them out. On Tuesday night they arrested the Mormons by some sort of mock process and put them through a sort of a trial, when they gave them notice to leave the country by a certain time. When that time ar rived they kad not gone, but said they would go in a short time. The crowd met again, and tcok the Mormons to the woods for the purpose of giving them, as they stated a handsome thrash ing. This is the last that is know cer- tain’y of their actions. They claimed that Standing picked up a pistol that one of the party laid down. Be'this as it may, he wa3 shot, HIS HEAD AND NECK BF;n6 FDDLFD with bullet3 and shot—not less than twenty wounds being inflicted on it. He died instantly. Coroner A. S. Suth erland quietly summoned a jury of good men and went to the scene of the kil ling, and held an inquest. It was hard to get accurate special testimony, but the following verdict was arrived at: ‘"We, the jury sitting upon the in quest over the dead body of Joseph Standing, having heard all the evidence in the premises, and haying examined the body, find that the diseased came to his death by gnn and pistol shots, or both, inflicted upon the head and neck of deceased, said wounds con sisting of twenty shots or more from guns or pistols in the hands of David D. Nations, Jasper N. Nations. A. S Smith, David Smith, Benj, Clark, Wm. Nations, Andrew Bradley, James Fau- cett, Hugh Blair, Joseph Nations, Jef ferson Hunter and Haik MoClure; and in view of the abpve stated facts, we the jury do hereby recommend that the coroner of arid county do issue a warrant for the arrest of the above named parties forthwith.” The parties are, we understand, all within reach of the Sheriff and will be arrested. Tbe quiet people of the coun ty ore determined that a fair and full trial shall be had, and the parties com mitting the murder ba brought to jus tice. Her father, who is called “Colonel, has titled relatives ir England. He has resided in Newark about* forty yeais, is considered one of tbe wealthiest and most successful of business men. He is well known, too. in political circles. Jennie his only child, and some years ago was considered one of the most beautiful and accomplished young wo men in Newark circles. About eight years ago she married an only son, who inherited a large fortune on the death of his parents. He died a year ago in Philadelphia, leaving an only child. By his will he bequeathed his property to his wife, confident that she would prop erly provide for their boy. Shortly af ter the death of her husband the young widow returned to his father’s house in Newark. In the Colonel’s employ wa3 James, who for three or four years had attended to the horses, rnn errands and acted as coachman. The widow fre quently had the young man to take her out in the family carriage. The two fell in love, and one day visited New York, where they were quietly married, The marriage was kepi secret until the wid ow and her mother visited Boston a few weeks ago. The coachman followed and was officially introduced to the old lady as her son-in-law. The coachman and his wife took up their residence in New York. When the colonel was im- formed by bis wife what bad taken j>lace he was the maddest man in Newark. Recently his anger was cooled off, him self and wife pay an occasional. visit to their son-in-lflw. Lucid, Very. The proprietor of a restaurant was standing at his door the other morning, when a rather questionable-looking man paused to speak to him. “Good mornin,” said tbe restaura- teur, pleasantly; “you look bright this morning.” “Yes, sir.” “I guess you got up before breakfast this morning, eh?” “No, sir; I did not. I got np after breakfast.” replied the pilgrim, in hum ble tones. “You got up after breakfast, did yon?” inquired tha man of meals, rather sarcastically. “Yes, sir, I got up after breakfast.” “I’d like to know bow you did it.” “You would, eh?” “Yes. sir, I would.” “Well, you see, I got np this morn ing at seven o’clock, and I ain’t bad nothin’ since breakfast yesterday morn ing.” Trie hotel man seemed perfectly sat isfied.—Ne w York Slar. ®*«ver, that the got d sense of the President and his Cabinet will keep from interference with a scheme * icli, whether good or&bad for these 0 Put their money in it, mast in the en( l Prove beneficial to the United us well as to other countries.— Napoleon UL interfered in Mex- uere was something to be said for j, 6 ann °yanco felt in America. But in ’ P res ent instance there is really no 0v Ua< * fr> r the parade of indignation European interference with the eric an continent.—Pall Malt Gazelle. i° U ? ay mightier than the keels '« ' ^ ocs n °t rattle around the oj j. 0 a militia colonel so vigorously, ‘^doea U? S ° gracefu11 - 1116 A Canadian view of the Revolution ary Wab.—The New York World pub lishes a long description of a battle that was fought a la Custer on tbe 22d of July, 1779, between Brant and bis In dians and a force of Yankee militiamen. Brant baring swept over a district and treated it as Sheridan did the Shenan doah Yalley daring the Southern rebel lion, was pursued by a force of South ern “patriots.” Brant was at the head of eighty-seven warriors while tbe pa triots numbered two hundred and six teen. Brant, aware of the pursuit, skill fully formed an ambuscade into which the Yankees walked. Thirty of the Yanki e? ran out again in consequence of their ammunition having given out. It is astonishing how often the ammn nilion of our cousins ran out daring the war before the French came to their as sistance and obtained their independ ence. It is only necessary to add that the battle took place on the bank of the river Delaware, and that tbe descendants of the limber-legged thirty will on Tues day next celebrate their ancestors’ agili ty even after the manner of those who had ancestors at Banker Hill.—London [Ont.) Herald, July 17. A few years ago an American lady WcS excluded.frpm the royal reception at Windsor, because she had re-married during the life of her divorced husband. Sarah Bernhardt, the mother of four illegitimate children, dined with the Queen and Princess Beatrice at Mari’- borough House a few weeks ago. The Chicago papers declare that tbe terrible condition of the streets, gutters and sewers of that city is slaying hun dreds of children every week. The Chicago death rate is heavier at present than it has over been before, and sixty per cent, of them are infants, killed by bad air and sn mmer complaints. Congestive Chills- These chills are exceedingly danger ous and may attack persons suddenly and unexpectedly. The following rem edy was published some years since in a Virginia paper and was said to be an unfailing cure, Give from ten to fifteen or twenty drops of Spirits of Turpen tine in syrup or toddy; mb the spine, chest and extremities well with it, at the same time adding a small quantity of oil of Turpentine to prevent blister ing. The extremities should be rubbed until reaction takes place. A cloth saturated with the mixture should be applied to the chest. All families situa ted in the country and at a distance from the location of a physician, should keep a quantify of both on hand and be thus prepared in cas.es of emergency to Combat this dangerous disease as soon as tbe patieutis attacked. The disease is so swift ?4i its effects that the life may be destroyed before the service of a physician could be procured. The rem edy :*a simple-and cheap and the writer stated he had known it to be tried in a number of cases without failure in a single instance.—Exchange’ If a cat doth meet a cat upon a gar den wall, and if a oath greet a cat, O, need they both to squall?” Every Tommy has Tabby, waiting on the wall, and yet he welcomes her approach with a yawL And if a kitten wish ro conrt upon a garden wall, why don’t he sit and smile, and not stand np and bawl, lift his precious back np high, and show his teeth and moan, as if ’twere colic more than love that m ade the fel low groan? The foolish man takes his wife to a church sociable and spends §5 for. ice cream and cake. The wise man allows his wife to serve on the refreshment committee, and when the evening comes, lie goes to that church sociable with a market basket. If his wife has improved her opportunities, he comes away ahead of the game. THE PRINCE’S LOVE. A mysterious lady in mourning has been haunting the gates of Chiselhnrst, and it is said—cannot you imagine what would be said, or at least what might be, abont such an incident? The Em press has refused to see her, even Mr. Goddard, the Catholic priest in the con fidence or the family, has declined a second interview after having heard her at seme length in a first. She is always asking to see the. Empress, and there she stays all day among the crowd at the lodge gate waiting for her chance. She is well-dressed, and lady like in manner, and, as well as can be seen through a thick veil, fair complexioned and not ill-favored. It is quite possi ble that she may be one of those harm less zealots ef the feeling of the hour whom every great public event produ ces, but the ebroniqueurs will naturally have more. One of them undertakes to tell ns abont it—she is the late Prince Imperial’s widow! There was an adven ture in his life, for all its outward cor rectness. He made a runaway match with a blonde Anglaise or German—I am quoting, not inventing on my own account—and, on going to tbe Cape, solemnly confided her to the care of a clergyman of Bath. The clergyman had no idea of tbe rank of the husband; he had simply made the acquaintance of the couple during a short visit which they paid to Bath with their baby, and, when the youthful husband came to tell bim that he was an officer and ordered on foreign service, he promised to watch over the lady’s welfare. Months passed, and at length news of themonrnfnl event at the Cape reached England. The clergyman, during one of his periodical visits to the lady, drew a paper from his pocket nnd began to read this piece ne s to her as a matter of general inter est. She fainted and then the truth came out. It was a secret marriage, and the veiled lady at the gate of Chis elhnrst is the wife of Eugenie’s son, though Eugenie refuses to recognize her in that or any other character. It ought to be true but it is not. This is; The prince had an affair of the heart, and with a very illustrious lady, the Princess Beatrice of England. That is to say—to go no farther than my infor mation —he had formed a strong affec tion for the Princess, which was, to some extent, reciprocated. There was an exchange of rings between the young er people and an exchange of views be tween the elder, and the Queen, with out saying as much as to her own per sonal lestcs, expressed a fear that Par liament would not look with favor on such a match. One secret motive of the the Prince’s journey was therefore to conquer this difficulty by winning pop ularity with the English people. I do not pretend to know anything of the ex tent to which the Princess was pleged either in heart or word; but yon will observe that she accompanied her moth er to Chiselhurst.—Paris Letter to the New York World. A Nobleman’s End’ The son of.a German priuce, and the nephew of a cabinet minister of the Ger man empire died in Chicago a few days since, with a strong suspicion of sni- cide, and now fills a pauper’s grave at the early age of t ffenty-three. He was the son of Prince Herm? n von Mantcuf- fel, and having committed peccadillos in Germany that the -wealth of his family, and even their rank, could not shield him from punishment, he reached this country last winter with about §3,000 in money. He led a reckless life Cbicigo, devoting himself to women and whiskey. His favorite among the fair- sex was a pretty girl attending a cigar store, whom he had promit . to many, and much to her credit she supported her ‘count’ when his wealth was exhaust ed and his noble reletives cat-off the remittances. In his despair he added opium-eatiDg to his other vices, and the title is now vacated. KNOW THYSELF. There is not a human frame upon earth that is not by an inexorable law predisposed to some hereditary disease, and the knowledge most io be songht for is, how to mod ? fy or eradicate alto gether such tendencies. The ignorance of the masses with re gard to the science of medicine and the phenomena of disease is truly wonder ful. People of intelligence and edu cation in all other sciences and snbjects are literally in the dark regarding their own organization or physical require ments. To the family physician is left the entire matter as blindly and devoutly as the most unlettered boor does the im mortality and future disposition of his soul to tke priest. The physician may be incompetent or dishonest; one whose only aim is to reduce yourself or family to a stats of invalidism and make his occupation more lucrative, and you never the wiser. Toe doses you swallow may be the subtlest of poisons, each containing death or the seeds of disease, and yet you^drift on in the infatuatioujof igno ranee. Strange that men who would resent the slightest imputation that they -are not capable of thinking for themselves on religious, political and other great scientific questions of the day, - should persist in ignorance of the greater one of physics, and continue to violate by the grossest of ignorance, the laws of health. Possibly the root of the matter lies in the mistaken zeal of the faculty, who, for the honor of medicine, use mystery and concealment with regard to human ills and the necessary remedies, causes and antidotes; giving technical and be fogging names for the simplest things, nnd which one lacks the courage to de mand in the plainest Baxon. \ But we dare predict the dawning of a brighter day, that with the advance ment of the age and the growing intelli gence, all classes wilt learn to know themselves and not trust blindly to oth- err. Proper food, pure air, exercise and ablation, are the main essentials to per feet health, or to the restoration of diseased body, and those who dieregard or make an impropei nse of either of these, must pay the penalty by the pain which leads to decay and death. Wab Under Difficulties.—It seems difficult to obtain the sinews of war both on the pari of Chili and Pern The South Pacific Times, published at Panama, observes that the enthusiasm with which “life, fortune and sacred honor” were pleged on the alter of their country by Peruvians on the breaking ont of the war appears to have slightly subsided. “In Pern,” adds the Times, “the comtemplated loan has not been subscribed as readily as was expected by tbe government, notwithstanding the activity that has been displayed, in en deavoring to place it, and it is believed on tolerable good a uthority that other means will be resorted to to raise mon ey. We Ehonld not be snpprised if they assumed the form of a forced loan.” •John, did yon go round and ask how old Mrs. Jones is this morning, as I told you to do last night?” “Yeff, sir. Well, what did she say?” “She said that seeing yon’d bad the impudence to ask how old sha was, she had no ob jections to telling you she was twenty- j wife’s entreaties, four.” The Dnnkard Church ferbids a man tomariy avlivoreed 'woman. George Hoover, of Hagerstown, Inc!., was a Dnnkard, yet he married a woman who had been divorced. The church warn ed liim beforehand and expelled him af terward. The expulsion grieved him so much that he refused to eat, and starved himself to death, in spite of his l A swarm o! locusts, covering twenty - As a rale mankind finds it more bles-! two square miles of Russian land, recent- d juke. A severe and destructive storm pre vailed at Pittsburg, Pa., and tbe vicini ty on Saturday, and the oil towns of Pefrolia and Earns City suffered terri bly. Railroad bridges were washed away, culverts destroyed and road beds were rained in many places. All the roads centering in Pittsburg, except the Pennsylvania Central, report more ‘or less damage. The damage .to growing crops is very great. The injuries done to the roads will be promptly repaired. At Petrolia twenty-five bouses were de stroyed, and tire coliseum, where a grand walking match was taking place, was also completely destroyed, the spec tators and- pedestrians barely escaping with their lives. The flood in that en tire section is said to have been tb9 worst ever known. Mrs. Jenks has been interviewed about that §1,800 clerkship she holds. She does not care so much for that she declares; wliatshe esteems and treasures far more than any other gift is a photo graph of of Jolxn Sherman, given to her by John himself. It is a gift, she boasts, which no other woman in the depart ment possesses. A woman at Greenburg, Lid., was not sure that she wished to die, but thought she did; so she put her neck into a noose and stepped off a chair, taking the pre- cantion to hold a sharp knife in her- hand. The choking left her no longer indoubt that she still desired to live, and she hastily cut tbe rope above her head. While a man in Maine was mowing a meadow with a machine last week he droye over a humble bees’ n'est, and in an instant his horses started on a rnn, and, maddened by the stings of the bees, hounded through the field at a headlong gallop. The driver was thrown from his seat, but escaped with bruises. The machine was stove to pie ces, and one of the horses, valued at §200, was so severely cut by the knives that it was necessary to kill it. itate to split np an ironing board to kin- sed to give than to receive-.-a practical j ly compelled a detachment of troops to die tbe fire with in a case of emeigen- * retire before them. C J* Among the preposterous propositions which Mr. Sherman must maintain, and which he will not be permitted to ig nore, is this: It is better for tbe gov ernment to pay eighteeh to twenty mil lions a year for tbe privilege of endors ing bankers’ than to issue its own notes in lien thereof. For a man who, but a few years ago, was a rampant fiat money man, to advocate this theory to-day is a sublime illustration of political aero batics.— Washington Post. The widow Berg, of Evansville, Ind-, had a suitor in the person of Matthew Sc-hnau'.z, and they had made a mar riage engagement. Although she was only thirty-one years of age, she had a daughter of sixteen, and when Sclmautz saw the girl, on her return from the hoarding-school, he transferred Lis love to her. The mother then committed suicide. A servant girl may be a splendid cook and a thorough-going Christian, A LA]D3r j® known by her act’ops in but at the same time she will never hes her daily walks through life, whether she be a millionaires daughter or a fac tory girL The factory girl has good manners, while the other has pot. THE PROBLEM OF INTEMPER ANCE. _ _ Good teste A writer in Simday Afternoon discus- sense, sing the increase of intemperance, and seeking abont for a plausible theory to account for it, says: As long as tne American people consume such qoantittes of stimulating and highly- seasoned iood as they do, they will want to imbibe stimulating drinks.— Stimulating food and stimulating drinks necessarily go together. The one is the concomitant of the other. Many a man who seasons his dinner liberally with the contents of the caster excites in his system a thirst for something stronger than cold water. Not that cold water is not the best thing with which the extinguish the fire ho has kindled within the vital domain by the use of such hot, stimulating condi ments, but that is too insipid. Having partaken of such highly seasoned food he craves & drink that is equally stimu lating. Inebriates the world over are great consumers of flesh meat, aDd they also make excessive nse of condiments. Our attention was first cirecti d to this fact in visiting at inebriate asylums and sanitariums for the care of the intemperate, where were congregated large numbers of them aqd eating at’the same table with them for days, and in one case for several weeks, this feature was so universal that it forced itself upon our attention. And no one, we think, in the same cir cnokBtances, could fail to notice it. We have always observed that tbe inmates of these institutions were, most of them, hearty eaters, especially of animal food Beef, too, was preferrsd to mutton and other kinds, as being the most stimula ting kind of animal food. And was -usually seasoned liberally wif mustard. Pepper was used abundantly with almost everything else. At the New Ycvk State inebriate asylum when Mr. Day was superintendent, be felt com pelled to banish Worcestershire sauce wholly from the table, owing to the ex travagant use that was made of it. And daring tbe incumbency of Dr. Dodge, his successor, tbe cayenne was removed from the castor for the same reason. RANDOM SHAFTS. It is altogether to the credit of the Governor of the State that he is a good man. We believe in bis piety as strong ly as any man in tin State. If he could manage to put a little nr«-sioDury. in some of the Departments in Atlanta, the people would have occasion to thank him with then whole* hearts. There are clerks in some of tbs Departments that are not good little Sunday School boys. We do rea^y think that they ought to be looked after. if the members of the Legislature would work more hours a day, they would get through the b’ttle jobs they have on band much more rapidly.— That is an opinion for which we make no ebarge whatever. If, however, any money should be thought to he due ns for the expression of it, we r e perfect ly willing to let it go towards defraying the the expenses of some investigation commsttee. The people of Georgia are not in fa vor of riug-rnle, and they are not go ing to live nnler it. ' The Angean sta bles up in Atlanta must be eleand out, If the Governor and the Legislature prove themselves equal .to the task, the people of the State will assign the duty to others.—Sparta litmaelile. No Smoking in Here. ‘Yon cant smoke In here,” said a John street conductor to a countryman, who was palling away vigorously at : five cent cigar in a car full of laches. The man didn’t seem to hear. “I say,” said the man of the bell punch, in a louder .key, “if you want to smoke come ont here on the platform. ‘AH right,” returned the passenger, and he stepped out. “Didn’t think it would hurt noUjin’,” he said apologeti cally; seen’s there ain’t any straw in the car to catch on fire.” “But there’s ladies in there yon know.” ‘‘Oliyes. Didn’t tbinknolhin’ bont that. Might get ashes on their go.vns and spile ’em.” It isn’tso much that,” explained the conductor, “but ladies object to smoKe. Wei’, I didn’t ask any on ’em to smoke aid I? They ne dn’t object be fore they are invited.” You don’t understand. Smoking is disagreeable to ladies.’ “Best reason in tbe world why they shouldn’t practice it. Catch me smok ing if it was d’sagreeable to mej” And he tranquilly puffed away at Lis five- center. MISCELLANEOUS- the flower it good A real satisfaction and worth bavins is to do ones duty. One smile for the living is worth & dozen tears ftr tbe dead. . Mean sonis, like mean pictures, art often found in good looking frames, Hope softens sorrow, l surroundings,; Work is the weapon of honor, and he who lacks the weapon will never txi* umph. The heart is a book winch we ought not to tear in our hurry to get to its eon* tenia. ® I here is nothflfg that so refines the face and mind as the presence of good, thoughts. As long as heartsjbeafc, as long.as life ex’sts, in whatever age, iron or golden, you will find love. Harsh words have many a time alien* ated a child’s feelings, and crushed out all love of home. It is easy to pick holes' iu other people’s work, but for more profitable to de bet* ter work for yourself. The first ordination of a Chinaman to the Protestant Episcopalian ministry in the United States took plaoe in San Francisco, May 10. Nausea can frequently be prevented, so it is said, by holding the hands in wa* ter as hot as can bo borne, letting it ex* tend over the wrists A 'ey pressman w log recently passed down the Sabine, in Texas, sixty feet long and seven feet in diamater, capable of making 50,000 shingles. .The production of cheese and butter in this country is said to be four times greater in value than the total yield ot onr cold nnd silver mines “Never deceive your children,” says Professor Swing. No, dont do it-** many a child has been rained for life by a j»U under a spoonfnl of pre* serves. The Law and Oi der League of Brook* lyn, N. Y., have resolved to vigorously enforce the law forbidding the sole of liquors to persons under 18 years of age. Of 1,100 emigrants landed at New York in one day, 128 of them were Mor mon converts on their way to Utah. They comprise English, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and Swi^s. A vigorous effort is making forth# introductionlof a divorce law in France, or rather for the restoration of an old article in the code, which was in forco from 1792 to 1816. The new inlet near the month of Cape Fear river, N. C., has been closed. It is generally thought that the success of this work will add greatly to the prospeiity of Wilmington, The women employed in the English government departments complain to parliament that while their pay has been ent down one-fourth, that of the men has not been reduced at all. A BASE PROPOSITION, A segeo at Dallas, Texas, believing that God demanded the sacrifice of Iiis family, gave poison to bis wife and three children, bnt an irreligious physician interfered and saved their lives. • A Detroiter who has the reputation of being hard pay was waited Cn the other by a man who began: Mr. Blank, I hold your note for §75. It is long past due, and I want ed to see what you would do about it.” ‘My note? Ah! yes, yes, this is my note. For value received I promise to pa}-, and so forth. Have yon been to the note-shavers with this?” . “I have, bnt none of them would have it.” “Wouldn’t eh? And yon tried the batks?” “Yes, sir, But they wouldn’t look at it.” * ‘Wouldn’t eh? And I suppose you went to a justice to see about seeing it?” “I did, but he said a judgment wouldn’t be worth a dollar." “Did, eh? And now what proposi* tion do yon wish to make?” “TLis is your note for §75. Give me. §5 and yon can have it.” “Five dollars! No, sir! No, sirl I have no money to throw away, sir!” “Bnt it is your own note.” “True sir, very true, bnt I am rot such an idiot as to throw away money on worthless securities, no matter who signs them. I deal only in first-class paper, sir, and when that note has a ne gotiable value 1 wiU be pleased to dia lled weather-" - " The wealthiest man i tptft A New Prophet.—The Prophet Eli jah has arisen in the Englh.li Town of Chichester. He is tall and Handsome, broiled tb *Dd wears picturesque garb of sheepskin and Congress is Mr, Newb whose father, Oliver New' oue of the piopeer shipmasters and steamboat men of the great Western lakes. Mr. Newberry’s iupo»e lastyear- was §250,000. *’ -asi Coxex Island is no place. Ten i