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VOLUME XIV
PRICE 5 CENTS
TUESDAY MORXIXG, MARCH 14, 1882.
THE WEEK. EPITOMIZED.
NARRATING THE HISTORY OF SEV
EN DAYS.
J*rocE«*11- (• at Homs and Abroad—Tire Politics and
Per»*rrltt.. of tire Old World—Tb. Ways of
tbo Peoplo at Seme, and the Crimes and
amusements In weloh they Indoles.
coalitionists capture Georgia, elect
majority of congressmen anil ilo liaif wliat
they say they are goingto do, these figures
will need revision.
Women! le Ilotn.
Seiious Indian troubles are feared in the north
west.
The Wilmington, Delaware, female college will
be continued.
A '1 i!Hn. Ohio, mother has been arrested for mur-
deriughcr infant.
THE STATE ROAD. •
WILL ITS OWNERSHIP REVERT TO
THE STATE?
The Attorney-General Oroides that the Eight Mil
lion Dollar Bond Filed by the Lessees of tho
Stare Hoad is Illegal and In.nCleient—
Interesting Subject for Discussion.
the rcnnicwT or nit. Stephens.
It is now definitely known and freely
talked aiiout among Georgians in Wash
ington that Mr. Alexander H. Stephens
will retire from politics at the end of bis
pr.-sont term in congress. Ilo. is said
to have considered the question carefully and
has at length reached the conclusion that, he
could find more congenial pursuits for his
remaining years than in politics. Immedi
ately after liis labors here are finished he will
carefully review his history of the United
States, now in press, and after _ that
he will devote himself to his private inter
ests nt home. He has received from friends
in Georgia many expressions of hope that
he would consent to allow his name used in-
tlie gubernatinnal canvass, with assurances
that the honor would be accorded him by
common consent, anil he lias expressed Ins
gratitude for this mark of confidence, but
nis determination to leave political life is
finally fixed. His view of his duty
causes regret to his many friends
here and will be unw.'Iconic news in Wash
ington as well as in Georgia. His health is
good and there is a united hope of thousands
that lie may enjoy in peace and dignity many
years to come.
TO THE MEMORY OF ANDREW JACKSON.
Chicago. March (!.—Andrew Jackson’s
birthday, March 10, will be celebrated here
by a grand banquet, to he given by the Iro
quois club at the Palmer house. Many dis
tinguished democrats have been invited to lie
present. Senator Lamar, Colonel W. F.
Vilas, of Wisconsin, W. C. P. Brcckenridge,
of Kentucky, cx-Govemor Palmer, Tlios. A.
Hendricks, General Black, Frank Hurd, ot
Ohio, Senator Pendleton, ex-Senator Thur
man, Jere Black and Henry Wattersen have
accepted invitations. Frank Hurd will speak
on free trade. Letters will be read from ex-
Governor Seymour, Samuel J. TiliTen and
Senator Buyaril. The occasion will be of con
siderable political significance.
THE FI.tPPER SENTENCE.
The record in the Flipper court-martial
case, together with the report thereon of Judge
Advocate General Swaim, was submitted to
the secretary of war to-day. General Swuim
is understood to recommend the mitigation of
the sentence of dismissal. The general im
press on is that the sentence will be mitiga
ted.
AMERICANS UNDER AllBEST IN ENGLAND.
Mr. IajwcII, United States minister to Eng
land, in replying to uu application made on
behalf of American citizens arrested in Ire
land, says the coercion act is contrary to the
spirit and foundation of the principles of
both English and American jurisprudence,
but it is the law of the land, anil controls all
■persons domiciled in the proclaimed districts
of Ireland, whether British subjects or not.
It is manifestly futile to claim that naturaliz
ed citizens of the United States should be ex
empted from the operations of the act.
FEARS OF WAR.
It is feared in Turkish official circles that
war between llussia and Austria is inevitable.
The question of calling out the reserves is
being seriously discussed. It lias, at least,
been decided in principle that some prepara
tory measures should be taken. The exugger-
* ted apprehensions of the palace party causa
•'ih,-in i.nr«r?rtivrrnnriy , o”
with Austria.
A PRUSSIAN SPY ARRESTED.
It lias been announced that a Prussian spy
lies been arrested nt the railway station of
llratteaux, in the suburbs of Lyons. A num
ber of maps and plans of defensive works
were found in his luggage. He stated that he
was a captain in the German army.
TUB NEW EXODUS.
It is announced that thirty Jews, possessing
an aggregate capital of 35,000roubles,have just
left Keilt, llussia, for Palestine, where they
intend to engage in farming.
NINE TRAVELERS MURDERED.
A telegram from Tunis reports that nine
Europeans journeying from Tunis to Gafsa
have* been murdered between Tunis and
•Cairwan.
HJNATIFFE’S LITTLE TRICK.
The I/mdon Times prints a letter from St.
Petersburg in which it says it has best reasons
for knowing, accurately describes the situa
tion in that country. The letter declares that
General Skcbelotfs speeches were prearranged
between him and General Ignaticff. It is said
that the object of the latter was to embroil
matters to such a degree as to create an op
portunity for him to offer his services to the
czar as minister of foreign affairs, in order to
straighten them.
A RAILROAD INNOVATION.
An American company, supported by Gen
cral Wallace, United Slates minister, is en
deavoring to obtain a concession from the
sultan for a railway in the province of Bag
dad.
THE QUEEN’S ASSASSIN.
The would be assassin, MaeLean, lias been
identified as the man wbo last summer fre
quented the vicinity of Windsor castle and
acted in a suspicious manner.
MR. GLADSTONE SUSTAINED.
In the house of commons this evening, de
bate was resumed on the Gladstone resolu
tion relative to the house of lords inquiry
into the working of the land act. A motion
by Edward Gibson, conservative, for the pre
vious question was rejected by a vote of 303 to
219. The Parnellites left the house without
voting. Gladstone’s resolution was subse
quently carried by a vote of 303 to 225.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Among tlia most important proceedings in
congress were the passage by the senate of a
bill to restrict Chinese immigration and a bill
for the appointment of a commission to in
quire into the alcoholic liquor traffic. The
tariff commission bill will be debated in the
senate this week. The house has passed the
agricultural, the cinsular aud the deficiency
appropriation bills.
IN THE STATES.
An extra session of the Virginia legislature
was called immediately after the expiration
of the regular session.* The Iowa legislature
has submitted the amendment prohibiting
the liquor traffic to the people. All extra
.session of the North Carolina legislature lias
been called to meet April 20th to redistrict
the state. The governor of Kansas, having
refused to call an extra session to reapportion
the state, four congressmen will have to be
elected at large.
THE SUPREME BENCH.
Boscoe Conkling, having been confirmed
by the setmte as associate justice, finally de
clined to accept the office. A rupture is now
said to exist between him and the president.
The ofiice has been tendered to Senator Ed
munds, he now holds it under advisement.
MR. HILL’S CONDITION.
The latest advices from Washington report
Mr. Hill as still being convalescent, with ev
erything hopeful for the future. Congressman
Black has been seriously ill for several day
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The senate has confirmed, the following
nominations: Rufus Ingalls to quartermaster
general; Walter H. Johnson, collector of in
ternal revenue, second district of Georgia.
the majority expected.
Sober calculations from not over hopeful
men, skilled in watching the signs of pol-
itcis in the north, give the next house to
the democrats by a majority of from ten to
thirty.. This calculation is based on the as
sumption that the south will send about
many democrats as it now has here. If the
Ko’ji men were killed Saturday by a boiler cxplo
sion in Winchester, Indiana.
Near Milwaukee, two drunken men, attempting
to cross a stream w ire drowned.
It is reported that General Grant has been ruined
by speculations on Wall street.
The slate troops of Nebraska have been called
out to repress some rioicus strikers.
Sunset i.'ox lias been making a speech to the col
ored people of Washington on African wit. ,
General Grant's property at I-ong branch has been
transferred to his wile in consideration oi §40,000.
The village of Prince Frederick, Calvert county,
Maryland, was destroyed by lire last Fiiday night.
In Now Mexico three murderers were lynched
from the same tree, nnd two negro thieves were se
verely beaten.
In the Lothian, .Michigan, coal mine two men
were killed and several wounded by the falling of
the wall above them.
it win uc remembered that during the last
session of the legislature an investigation was
set on foot as to the validity of the bond given
by the lessees of the State road, and as to real
ownership of the shares of the lease.
A thorough investigation was had, and bf
resolution the testimony was referred to the
attorney general, who was instructed to re
port to the governor, who was in turn in
structed to act in accordance with the attor
ney general’s opinion.
Since the adjournment of the legislature but
little has been heard of the matter. The at
torney-general has been hard at work, how
ever, and it came to the ears of The Coxstitu-
the value of the lease considerably
over a million dollars. Besides this, there is
a large amount of income bonds based upon
the lease earnings yet outstanding, so that it GEMS OF THOUGHT AND PULPIT
is probable that the amount involved
is nearly two million dollars
worth of profits, bonds and
property. It will be understood without say
ing that our publication of to day puts the
public on first notice of a cause eelebre in the
history of the state.
IN GENERAL.
RELIGIOUS READINGS.
ORATORY.
Robert Collyar on XbRersoll’s Atheism—Dr. John
Hall on Individual Beat onsibility—W. Lloyd on
Spring—Parson Newman’a View of Baby
lon—Adler on Woman’s Education,
After the flood, then the drouth.
A medical college for women has just been
Incorporated at Baltimore.
He seems to be saying “It is my turn now,
| and I will do what I can to square the ac
count with Christians once for all. I will
dethrone your God to-day and peals of laugh-
M^Vbi^wlTonM^TuTiKu^^ud I — that he had prepared and filed a report
wouuding many others. I upon at least one item of inquiry. After
train' rott 1 SS“ kUteTafte? &g“Sortau| dhigent searcli, we were rewarded by finding,
wounded seven of his assailants. that he had reported against the validity of
As-ociate Justice Miller, of the United States su- I the bond, and was almost ready to give his
preme co«rt^is quite iU, and^it ^ feared^that he | report as to the ownership of the shares.
The result of our investigation, with a de-
cannot take his place upon the bench again.
The Episcopal bishop of Niobrara has been sued
by one of his clergymen for S25.000. The bishop
had removed him from his station.
There is a movement on foot to erect a monu
ment iu Greenwood cemetery. New Vork, to the
memory of the Mexican veterans.
Owing to the theft of numerous articles, the pres-
iaent lias ordered a limit to be placed ou the in
spection of the white house by the public.
tailed history of the case, will be found below.
The Investigation Ordered.
In the early days of the last session of the
legislature, on motion of Mr. Rankin, of the
house, or Mr. Hackett, of tlie senate, a com
mittee was raised for the purpose of looking
into the bona fide ownership of the lease
shares and.thc.validity of the lessees’ bond.
There are serious signs o^moYement among the I investigation was ordered, first, because
Poles. I of rumors that the Louisville and Nashville
General Skobelcff arrived in St. Petersbug, on road had acquired a controlling interest iu
Sunday, and was cheered. I the lease, the law being that the control
During the months of January and February | should remain^ ill the state; and second, bt
There is great activity in the New York I ter wiU bl ° w His being down the wind on the
city real estate market. « I wings of my epigram. I will start a crusade
London Saturday Review: “The manner of I which will shut up your churches and silence
writing which Lord Macaulay introduced has be-I » fri.™» „.i ,
come all but universal iu journalism.” I j our pray ers. There was a time when he
Leading out of the village of Hope, X. J.,is " as clothed in a fine austerity. He went on
a covered bridge, upon which somebody has writ- liis lonely way, content to give grave and se-
ten: Mho enters here leaves Hope behind.” I . - . , , , ,,
i-i . „ , . ‘ . nous reasons for rejecting what so many hold
The hules of all the cats m America would I , . ,, . ,
be worth § 0,000,000 to commerce. And it’s a fear- dearer than their lives. He was then faithful
ful shame to have so much properly lying idle. to his instinct. I know of more than one man
Twenty-one sea lions, who were lassoed on I who in those days nourished a deep regard
yesterday placed iu the pond in Central park, New 1 tor him and found something noble in the
York - . _ stand he made for the best a man could do
The parliament house in Dublin is held on I who has to abide so utterly alone. But Mr.
a lease by the bank of Ireland, and a clause in the I . ,, , , , .
lease provides that the tenure shall cease if ever a I Ingersoll, who has been roistering round as
parliament meets in Dublin. I t j,e popular advocate of atheism at $25,000 a
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, says that he ...... r ;.. nnothe- man The man in the
believes the committee on ways and means will J V ano , man ’. Alle “an in the ring,
bring in a bill reducing internal revenue taxation 1 whose soul business is to make you laugh,
to the amount of possibly s/o,000,000. . I makes no converts even to rough riding.
And „ I, .-round lor n.i.I.er hope no,
be celebrated. The Mississippi itself has already fear about the advance of atheism so long
got “on a high” in anticipation of the event. this remslins tlle best luet ho,l of it choicest
A philosopher observes that there are two 1 , . T . . , , ...
periods of life when a man looks to see if his I champion. It may make headway with such
hairis coming out—at twenty, when he inspectshis I men as v oltatre had to handle, and in such
r i il>: at Jorly ’ when he inspects the top of times; but this serious and deep hearted race
iead - I of ours never did take to this kind of thing,
In 18S1 the value of the ostrich feathers im-1 and never will. It is only as the crackling of
ported into this country was §5,493,024.75. Black I thorns under a pot.
Algiers feathers are worth from §350 to §600 per I responsibility—John iiai.i.,
and ^ feathers from §30 to §300 per | Touching upon responsibility Dr. Hall said;
We must not let ourselves forget that while
What is it they mean? It is the form, the
proportion, the harmony and the unity of all
things.
DB JUDSON’s BIBLE AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY.
Boston Watchman.
It will not be long before those staunch in
heritors of the traditions of the standing or
der, who now stand at the helm of the Bible
society, will be gone. Their children will not
perpetuate their folly by refusing to give to
the heathen that noble version of that noble
man, Dr. Judson—that living section broken
off from Plymouth Rock that it might form
the foundation-stone of one of the most
idely useful missionary cntcrpr.ses the
world lias ever seen. In itsprescntactionthe
Bible society does not honor itself. It cannot
dishonor the Baptists, or support its charge of
non-Catholicity agaiust them.
12,655 emigrants left Hambuigfor the United States.
The Oldham cotton masteis complain that enor
mous frauds are being perpetrated in cotton adul
teration.
The trial of Dr. Damson, charged with murder
ing a student in England, is now progressing in
Loudon.
Arrests oi very Important nihilists have been
made at Odessa lately, and their secret press has
been discovered.
cause Mr. Wadley had asserted publicly that
the indorsement of the Central road on the
bond of the lessees, signed by Mr. Holt, was
not binding on the Central company and had
not been signed with proper authority,
THE INVESTIGATION WAS MADE
by a joint committee, with Senator Hacket.
as chairman. A great many witnesses wen
examined and a voluminous book of test.-
Parliament has, for the third time, annuled the I m °hy printed. The investigation was d
election of Brafllaugh from Northampton, and re- I rected principally to the ownership of tb
ierred the question back to the people. I shares of the lease, the matter of the signa-
The sultan hfts written to Arab! Bey.the Egyptiau tures being a plainer question of fact and ai
premier, approving his course, and advising him to I most purely dependent on legal opinion,
avoid complications with England and France. The committee reported the testimony back
The Prussian chamber of deputies to-day voted I to the house without any direct opinio:-.
„ic turn required for tho esuibli^uiueut of & I rus* I nnAn either matter it set nut to
I but rrUli asi'pplcrncntaireport, 10
ax.
czar has rebuked Skoboleff for his recent utter-I In submitting the testimony a men -
auces. I her of the committee moved
The international hurdle race at Croydon to-day I each house for the whole matte,-
was won by Glenducc. with Ancient PistolI second, to be referred to the attorney general wit >.
\VaPonbi 0 but^r tUS lhlrd * J ‘ ig!u ran ’ llitlu <iiub Mr. I instructions to report to the governor his
Tho Parnellites expect to expect to elect io mem- I This resolution W o* r-irripd Liii cpf . i
bers to the next British parliament It is proposed I inis resolution was catTieu.as Will, be sei.1
to pAy the home-rule members§1,500 per yourout of I on September 28th, and testimony at one*!
the land league fund. I went to the attorney general. That officer, aj*
The French chnmberof deputies yesterday.by a I predating- the gravity of the case ijfc
vote of 313, against 139, resolved to consider M. I lie was called upon to decide, devote
Bayssctt’s proposal for the abrogation of the con- I much time to its investigation, nnd studie l
appreVed iUcondderaaom W eonsulted every case '
Pf' ami 1J nmVed 0t0 with'■ lautibu" afiA
tion, was surprised and defeated by die insurgents deliberation. He concluded ins investigation
tFifteen hundred insurgents afterwards endeavored | of the matter some time ago and made an
o bar the passage of the French. The insurgents official and extended report to the governor,
were completely routed, leaving 100 killed and I i; n f f i -
wounded. The French lost lit killed and wounded. upon receipt of this report the governor
1 as instructed in the resolution published
A Widow’s History. I above i served the president of the Western
Philadelphia Presse* anil Atlantic railroad, Senator Joseph E.
Last summer I buried a man who was followed I Brown, with a copy, andjalso with a copy of
to the vault by his young wife. You should have I the resolution, calling liis attention to its
just seen he* fehc lCUllCQ OU tbc shoulder of I nrnvjciftnc Wm nnfipriit’infl flint f Ilia nnnv t f
a young man with a smug face and choker collar, P™' fi® * ” e “ ,, er3ta nd that this copy of
and drowned his shirt front with her tears. When I *, attorney general s report was received by
the coffin was lowered she tried to throw herself in Senator Brown about the twenty-first of Feb-
tne grave, only tho smug-faced man wouldn’t let ruary. No hint of what the report was or of
her. ’You’re pretty attentive ,’I thinks ,’I wonder the fact that it had been made lias been given
if you are any relation?’ Sol asked the under- I “ “
taker after awhile. ’Relation,’ says he, ‘no, but he 1 10 uie PuDitc.
soon will be. She didn't care a pin’s head for him
down there. He was old and ugly and led her the I The Future Course or the Case,
devil of a life, and was always threatening to leave I Tf i inr(1 fn •„ u. tVlo
his money to the hospital. However, he dropped 11 ls J,a ™ t0 sa > 8t present w bat will be the
down dead in the middle of cursing her. soshe’s all course of the case, ffe can only suggest this
rightly lixed now; §50,000 at least. All that I morning the probable course of the litigation
eye-piping business was put ou.’ 'Then who’s I and the probable conflict that will probably
smug-face*.*’ I asked ‘Oli! says the under- I r-Qine from this renort
t-ker. with a grin, ’yon mean the young man as ,T4. iL^ TLt
wouldn't let her throw herself on the top of the! . e ‘,^ s,secs ’ through Governor Broun
coffin; that's the young geml-raan who courted I accepting ihe report of the attorney-general as
her before she married the old man, uud I guess I final, may make a new bond. This, of course,
he’ll be rewarded for his patience now,’ and the | would settle the matter definitely. Asa bond,
however, is for $3,090,000, and as the attorney
pound.
eoffin-maker got into his carriage and drove off.
As 1 was tilling up that grave I meditated a little
to myself: ’if spirits are what spirits are reported
tube, I wonderwhat the spirit of the old boy down
there thinks of that last little bit of conversation.’
Well, other funerals came and went, and 1 had for
gotten all about the young widow aud Mr. Smug-
face. until one day in August, I saw the pair com
ing along the path, arm-in-arm. They walked up
to the old husband's grave, chatting and laughing
together, aud I crouched behind a tombstone un-
lerceived, for I wanted to hear what they were say-
ng.
“Don’t you think Portland granite will do?” says
he.
“Why, no, dear,’, says she, “let it be marble,
what would people think after leaving me all the
money?”
“That wasn’t his fault, the old brute,” he replies.
How you did cry on the day of the funeral, Mary.
Yon managed it well.”
’’Did I, dear?” she says, “did 1? well it was such
a release.”
general decides in effect that no one of the
present sureties is bound, it would be difficult
to make a new bond out and out for the re
quired amount.
2. It is most probable that the lessees will
make a fight npon the present bond. Gover
nor Brown went before the committee on th
road at the last session, and made an able and
exhaustive argument to prove that the present
bond was legal and sufficient, and lie will
hardly abandon the position he then assumed
without a stubborn fight.
3. If the fight is made it will come most
probably in this shape. At the end of sixty
days from the day on which Senator Brown
received notification of the report that if a
new bond was not filed the governor would
proceed to recover the property to the state.
v J 1IE J ,on d“ 1 T‘ mes expresses the belief that I there is an individual responsibility there is
from^nm United State? tolsurope^ Iffiewh^ als ^ * national and a family life. The family
abroacl, will form as important a feature of ship-1 “td the national life are liete organized bodies
ment as breadstuffs are now. I that have no existence in the world to come.
In the year 1777 considerable interest was I it they go astray, and God is to be seen as a
manifested in an announcement that six stoves I jnst ruler, His justice must take effect on
had been completed ifi Philadelphia. The annual I them here, because as families and as nations
product of the stove foundries iu that city is now 1 they have no place in the unseen world
i^,1*1 .^nnnl’fSHivS 0, 1111,1 lhu iudus,r I' supports I where we all stand as individuals. And not
TI ’ p , p '. ... only is there this family life, but there is also
Higher education among women is making the family unity and the national unity. We
wonderful advance iu Russia. Nine hundred aud nr „ ; n detrrees what nnr fntbpru
eighty female students are pureuing the higher af e in some degrees wnat our lathers made us,
courses of study at St. Petersburg. Of these 5211 and so will it De with the generations that
study physies and mathematics and 417 literature: I come after us. There is a family unity and
6!0 are of noble birth, and 774 profess the orthodox 1 community, and the punishment for sins
IalU> ’ _ committed now falls in God’s retributive
Iroquois (nine stone), says the Pall Mall I justice upon people not yet born. It is said.
Gazette, is now favorite for the city and suburban. I “train up a child in the way it should go.”
He carries the same weight that Bend,Or won with. I orid jf t could upt tlio par of nn.tinn<i T wahKI
“««8S&1UisrsS'US'SMS? w'toimpSSL’fc.h'.pass
the case, the betting between them will be very | bouud to think of what the nation will be
heavy, as they have never met since they competed come. People speak of the “living present,”
in the Derby. | hut the living -present is merging "into the
The question of licensing the sale of intox- I dead past, and it is the future which has to be
Rating liquors served to give a special interest to | considered. God help us to bring forth good
the Massachusetts town meetings on Monday, and I fru.it to the glory of His name
in some places the issue was hotly contested. In 71 I ° spuing—w lloyd*
towns the total votein favor of license was 9,901, I Tl-n fool «iv<i in liis heart. “Tber,.nr, r.p,l
and against it 14,730: majority against license, 4,- _ the tool saysin iiisneartiiiere is no God.
S29. Only eighteen towns out of the seventy-one I Nature sajs in her heart and in every Hush of
voted in favor of license. j her face, “Th A'a is a God and He is here.”
The city of Philadelphia alone lias more I The only sound many can catch in nature is
Jews than the six New England states combined, (the clashing of the many wheels in her
Of these Massachusetts has the largest, 8,500, and I wondrous mechanism. But to the pure spirit
Veunoutthesmallestshare, viz., 120. Maine has every star that burns and every flower that
oOO, New Hampshire laO. Connecticut 1,492, Rhode I t bo elastic sod is a voice of God Nntnro
SsUiid 1,000, and tlie Maine Jewish colony is said to h'Cius tne eiasnc^soi.u atoii.e ot uo<l. Nature
ee poorer than any of'the btlier live inhabitmgNew I “ winter is the s.-ij g beauty. Spring is
England. the power that touches lies and sire wakes
Count von Moltke, Germany’s greatest I “1° life. The beauty of nature is a stronger
military strategist, thinks the invasion of England I argument for the presence of_a divine intelli-
through the proposed channel tunnel a sheer im- I gence in her than even design. Nothing is
possibility. “You might os well,” he exclaimed m0 re pitiful than tlie state of the man who
“you might as well talk of invading her through I spring day and neither see nor hear God.
that doorway.” I Kvery bird that carols in the woods sings the
An English company is about experiment- I °^. son S °J faithfulness. Each
ing witheopper on the north side of lake Superior. I spring our talth in God grows stronger. God
The land is to be paid for in simresof the company. I is true. The lengthening days are declaring
but these shares are to receive no dividends until it; tlie flowersare blooming with it; the whole
Urc^e wlio subscribe cash have received back in I ear th throbs in a response to it and it is home
cash dividends the full amount of their subscrip- I „•
tioa. This is a new wrinkle in mining ana a very I u P on e\ ery Jjreathof the balm j. air.
honest method of protecting investors. 1 T _ , , Babylon—J It. newman.
- ... x - . | Infidels laugh at the statement that the sea
O^E of the clerks in the !Ne\\ \orlv post* j win uoon Bubvlon but the irtiiip'pil
office found a chameleon runniug over the stamp- 1 J , L ° l ? e . ne r d Ji
* * veescaned I banks which once held the waters of the Eu-
plirutes are removed and the river has spread
The animal is about eight inches iu length. Its I all over the country. A not her audacious pre
skin is without scales but is covered with fine diction is that Babylon will never be rebuilt
granulations. The tail is prehensile, and the body I This
is much compressed, giving it rather a high back. I p r reinhabUea. inis almost enallenges faith
I Ls color changed with the objects about it, and I m the Bible, because it goes down to the very
with its temper when jogged about the box. It wil I sound oi David’s trumpet. • The infidels have
be sent to the Central park museum. rallied Christians about the prediction that
Notwithstanding the admonition of the tlie Arabian cannot pitch his tent there.
Metropolitan of Moscow, the czar still maintains I They have rallied Daniel on two things,
his hermit-like seclusion, and either dares not or First, that no mention is made of Belshazzar
will not venture without his palace domains. - th „ v:li„ Tlip defenders of tl,;=
Nevertheless preparations are making in Moscowon ° ut ot tlie DioHb , | lie OBienaers ot this great
a magnificent scale for the ceremonies of his coro- I book were puzzied now to meet this criticism,
nation. The throne room, at the Kremlin, will be 1 but recent archteological discoveries prove
res.ored to, as nearly as possible, the same appear-1 that Belshazzar did reign in Babylon when
ance it presented in the days of Ivan the Terrible, I „ deatroved
and money is being lavishly expended to insure tue fbucation-feux adtfr
grandeur of pageant uud sUmpiuousness of fes- ^ ^^iXr cuRure ^ weTfor those
A correspondent at Athens writes that such rSt
severe weather has not been known there before for I ^ e rru ro 213 a r ?-^ e 18
a generation as that which Mas recently experi- I radically false. There are notable exceptions,
eneed. ‘‘While we hear,” he says, “of middle and I but the rule is the following, that the object
western Europe enjoying a winter of unusual I sought to be gained is accomplishments
mildness, we have been experiencing one of extra rather than solid knowledge. Women are
ordinary rigor. In the streets of the village of I _lqr thp ninnn oml
Cephissia, at the foot of Pcutelicon, only a few I the piano and to use the
miles from Athens, the snow has been lying fordays I French language. They get a smattering of
six fee: deep. Even in Athens itself the streets I many subjects, an intellectual grip on hardly
have been blocked for three successive days with | an y Even knowledge is given them as an
He put his arm around her waist and kisredjter, . ^ first step in thi3 proceeding will'be a
and wnispered something in her ear,
pers something back and kisses him, and they sat
ou the tombstone opposite tlie dead husband's
grave all that afternoon mashing each other like
one o'clock. Now if that wasn’t enough to stir up
tlie ghost of the old man, what was?”
Aphrodite McGuire.
Chicago Tribune.
Docs yourfather know?”
He does not. Thank heaven that sorrow was
spared him.”
The crickets climbed under the flagstones, and
the warm, south wind came in soft puffs over
the meadows, bearing upon its bosom the scent of
the red-topped clover and the ox-eyed daisies, as
Rupert Redingote and Aphrodite McGuire stood
by the patft that led from the farm of the vil
lage oi Roussillon. Macoupin county, while the
swallows circled around in the fast-coming twi
light, giving forth now and then little sleepy
twitters, as if anxious for the warmth and com
fort which their nests afforded. They were to be
married in the fall, these two—in the merry hard-
cider and corn-husking time—and. although
scarce three months had passed since Rupert
pressed upon her pulsing lips the solemn betro
thal kiss. Aprodlte trusted her with a perfect faith
that was almost sublime in its passionate inten
sity
“So the old man didn't hear about my getting
full?” said Rupert.
“No,” was the girl’s response, as, with a little,
happy, take-it-away-for-t-n-cents sob, she laid her
gum-filled cheek upon Rupert's breast and twined
her dimpled arms about his neck—“if any one had
told him it would have been a cold day for you.”
“You ate singing on the right key now. Aphro
dite,” was Rupert’s reply. “If the terrible fact had
come to nis knowledge he would part us forever.
His position as deaeon in the church would not
allow him to overlook the fault, even should his
stern Puritan nature relent. No. darling, we must
not let him know of this sin of mine.”
As Rupert sjtoke a buggy was seen comingrapldly
up the lane. and. as it reached the gate, the horse
stopped suddenly and the man in the vehicle came
out over the animal's head and fell with a dull,
sickening thud into a hot-bed.
The deacon had been taking a nip himself.
They CO Home to Set the Heai.
Washington Letter.
The congressional ladies go home so soon after
easter, when the warm spring days begin to come
that there is a perceptible dearth of the fair element
in society. 1 asked a merry lady, wife of a senator
one day why she was going to her northern home
so early—so long before the season was over. “Well,
for various reasons,” she vivaciously answered,
“principally, I believe, to set the hens.”
quo warranto directed against the lessees. In
reply to this they wiU attack the decision of the
attorney-general and define the validity of
their bond. The case will be tried before*the
superior court by a summary process, and will
be appealed in either case to the supreme
court, The quo warranto proceeding is a sum
mary one, and a final decision could be
reached within a very few months. We do
not believe that the case could be carried to
the supreme court, as it involves no constitu
tional question, and is simply a question of
bond under the law, the constitutionality of
which is not under discusssion.
4. If the matter is appealed to the supreme
court, and they decide within a few months,
there will be an end to tlie matter. If it is
decided against the lessees they will either
have to make a new bond or give up the pro
perty. If it is decided against the state
we * must accept the present
bond. If, however, the final
decision is not readied before the meeting of
the next legislature the lessees may appeal to
the legislature for such a modification of
the bond as will enable them to carry out
the contract they have so successfully kept
up to the 'present day. Or those
interested against the lessees may ask the leg
islature to’ force the lessees to make the bond
required by thedegal officer of the state.
As said before, this is a simple suggestion as
to the best course that the case may take, and
we leave discussion of the matter with the
friends of either side, and are not authorized
to speak officially.
As to the attorney-general’s decision as to
the real ownership of the shares, it is under
stood that he has been working upon that,
but has not yet prepared his report. It is
said that it will be ready
by the time the sixty days allowed for the
making of the bond expires. As to what it
will be we have no opinion to offer, and none
can be given with authority, as the at
torney general has not yet decided
the case in his own mind,
The lease has nine years yet to run, and is
very valuable franchise. Shares in the lease
sola a year ago for $50,000 each, making
cedingThefolTthe S streeTha'd lo be sprinted
with water owing to the clouds of dust.”- | but to make them appear pleasing. To be
A DOG’S TRIP OVER THE FALLS.
Alive Alter Shooting: the llnpldn, the Cataract, the
Uorac uml the WhlrlpooL
Niagara Falls, March 9.—This village
as thrown into unusual excitement to-day
by the adventures of a large dog. He was first
noticed while he was within tlie inllucnce of
the upper rapids. As he whirled rapidly
down over the falls no one imagined but that
that was the last of him. Shortly afterward,
however, he was discovered in the gorges be
low the falls vainly endeavoring to clamber
up upon some of the debris from the remains
t the great ice bridge which recently covered
the water at this point, but which had nearly
all gone down the river. The news spread
rapidly through the village, and a large crowd
gathered on the shore. Strenuous efforts
were made to get the struggling animal on
shore, for an animal which had gone safely
over the falls would be a prize worth having,
but without success. Finally the
dog succeeded in getting upon a
large cake of ice and floated off upon it down
toward Suspension Bridge, and the terrible
whirlpool rapids. Information of the dog’s
coming was'telephoned to Suspension Bridge
village, and a large crowd collected on the
bridge to watch for the coming wonder. In
due time the poor fellow appeared upon his
ice cake, howling dismally the while, as if he
appreciated the terrors of his situation. An
express train crossing the bridge at the time
stopped in order to let the passengers witness
the unusual spectacle. Round and round
whirled the cake, in a dizzy way, and louder
and more prolonged grew the howls of the poor
dog. As the influence of the whirlpool rapids
began to be felt, the cake increased in speed,
whirled suddenly into the air, broke ih two,
and tlie dog disappeared frorii view. No one
thought that he could possibly survive the
wild rush through the rapids. When, there
fore, word was received that the dog was in
the whirlpool, still living, and once more
struggling vainly to swim to land, it was re
ceived with marked incredulity. This story
was substantiated, however, by several trust
worthy witnesses. It seems incredible that
an animal could go through the upper rapids,
over tlie falls, through the gorge, through the
whirlpool rapids, ani into the whirlpool it
self, a distance of several miles, and still be
alive.”
A STRANGE MURDER.
A Xcjsro Found Drowned uml Corcred With Chain*.
Gwinnett Herald.
Considerable excitement was created in Ben
Smith’s district last Saturday by the an
nouncement that the body of a man had been
found in Perry’s mill pond, a short distance. .
from the court ground of the district. Upon
examination it was found to be the remains
of a negro, and the fact that chains were
found around the arms and legs of the de
ceased, was conclusive evidence that he had
been murdered and sunk in the pond with the
expectation that the crime would not be
discovered. But murder always comes to
light, and the body, which had probably been
in tlie pond four or five weeks, had risen to
the surface to tell its ghastly tale. Coroner
Peters was at once sent after and arrived on
the ground on Saturday night. He proceeded
on the bright Sabbath morning to investigate
the cause of the death. Only two witnesses
were introduced. Thomas Dillard testified as
follows: On Saturday night, about five weeks
ago, some unknown parties came to his
house about nine o’clock and got a chain
and rope and carried off a negro
man known as Thomas Martin. Witness did
not know how many were in tlie crowd. Hear
ing the noise he went out, when one of the
party told him to go back and go to bed, that
they were doing witness a favor. They also
stated that they had lost a horse and
wanted to talk with the negro
awhile. This was about the substance of the
conversation with him. G. T. Willard testi
fied that from the quills found in the pocket
of deceased and his clothing, he was satisfied
that the body was that of Thomas Martin,
who was taken from Mr. Dillard's on the night
of the 28th of January last.
PERSONAL.
s f blunt, women are educated so they may please
A SINGULAR adaptation of the railway cn- I The fault is less with the teachers than
Bine has just been made in Russia. Information m .®?’i a®
laving been given to the authorities at Alexan- I with the parents, who create the demand and
drovo, on the Polish frontier, that the locomotive I obtain the supply m our fashionable schools,
of the express leaving that station for Warsaw had ah this ought not to be. Our education
been ingeniously converted into a receptacle for o{ „ ir ] s should be more practical, more
smuggled goods, it was carefully examined during nse f u i than it is Everv woman
its sojourn at the station. Though nothing was I SOUCliy useiui uiau 11, is. .coery woman,
found wrong, it was deemed advisable tnat a cus- I whether she needs to enter a profession or not
tom house official should accompany the train to I should be so trained that she can enter one,
its destination, where the engine furnace and boil- I or a t least perform some useful service for
er were emptied a >id deliberately taken to pieces. I hj c h society will remunerate her. Every
In the interior was discovered a secret compart- I ,, „v,_ v,„—
ment, containing 123 pounds of foreign cigars and I girl should know that she can support .lerself
several parcels of valuable silk. Several arrests I if she desires to do so. If this were the case,
were made, including that of the driver, but his I women would have greater independence and
astonishment at finding the engine to which he l f ree( j om in choosing their husbands than they
had so long been accustomed converted into a har- • v „ „ n .i t i. e knowledge that there is an
dened offender agaiust the laws was so genuine n .°. w , V ?.'’ “ re ,' K S „ a “
that he was released aud allowed to return to his I alternative open to them w ould cause them
duties. I to enter married life on a footing of greater
equality than is now accorded to them. There
would ’then be fewer of those unhappy mar
riages into which young women allow them-
Lo! the winter is past, the rain isoverand gone; I selves to be hurried for fear of falling a bur-
the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the I den upon their fathers or their brothers;
singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle | fewer of those_cases^ in which a_ woman says
is heard in our laud.
SPRING.
L
When all the trees put on their robes
Of fresh and lovely green;
When here, and there, and everywhere,
The little birds are seen;
When grows the bud into the rose
With face so wondrous fair,
I know that winter’s deadandgone—
1 know that spring is here.
ii.
When toiling, toiling goes the ant
Through all the livelong hours;
When sips the gaudy butterfly
The nectar from the flowers;
When yonder brook in yonder wood
Makes music sweet and clear,
1 know that wiutet’s dead and gone—
I know that spring is here.
HL
When on the wild-wood’s sheltered banks
The starry celandine
Runs round and round its braid ot gold
With anemone between;
When black-bird's call and cow-bell’s clang
Break on tbe perfumed air,
I know that winter’s dead and gone—
I know that spring is here.
—Joseph Aluhonsus Farrhll.
Yes” at the altar when her whole soul means
‘No.”
A SINGING nEAKT—DR. ARMITAGE.
All music is wrapped up in the human
heart. It is delicious to think, whether we
have a singing voice or not, each man has a
heart which God lias attuned to the music of
His love. During the six- days since you were
in the sanctuary together you have had busi
ness and anxieties, troubles and cares; yet
you come to church this morning with a heart
of song. It is the sweet privilege we all have.
We can never tell the possibilities of music
in any instrument The music is not in the
strings or pipes. It is not in the hand that
brings it out or the head that dictates it It
is in the soul that is behind the performer
and the composer. That is a beautiful con
ception that our poets have of music without
a voice. They spe k of the music oi the
1 spheres, of the music of nature, of the song
’ of the heavens. Go out among the mountains
at midnight when the world is hushed and
No need of putting Mr. Hayes on the re
tired list. He is effectually retired.
As to Mr. Conkling, there is a general feei-
ingof “indignationand thankfulness.”
“I hear that my friend General Grant is
broke. Who held the four aces?”—Emperor
William.
Ole Bull’s residence at Madison is offered
to the Wisconsin legislature for an executive man
sion. The price asked is£15,000.
A Venetian gondolier makes «n an average
four francs, about eighty cents, a day the year
round. On this he will marry, rear a family, and
put some money by.
It is said that the Virginia legislature took
a recess till the J6th ultimo, in order to give Senator
Mahone a chance to attend to some private busi
ness and rest for a few days.
James Reynolds, of Providence, was 100
years old last month. He has been twice married,
and has a number of children living, the oldest of
which is 65 and the youngest 8.
Francis Murphy, the Pennsylvania temper
ance advocate and originator of the “blue-ribbon”
movement, has been conducting successful tem
perance mass-meetings in Manchester, England.
After April 1 every plumber in New York
has not only to be registered, but must,pass an ex
amination before the board of nealth, under an
act entitled .an aet to enforce an act to plumb
plumbers.
There is a general suspicion in New York
that kowell “threw ’ the walking match which re
cently took place there. A strong friend of the ex-
champlon is said to have bei §109,000 that he would
lose tbe contest, and the next day he gave up,
claiming that he had, been made seriously ill by
drinking vinegar.
Ex-Speaker Randall is said to be persuaded
that the democratic party can be rehabilitated and
made a liberal, progressive and aggressive reform
narty. With this purpose in view he will accept
the chairmanship of tie Philadelphia democratic
city lommlttee and proceed at ouce to unturl the
banner of reform.
Represent ative Dcgro, owing to ill-health,
left Washington on Monday evening with his wife
for their home in this city to consult his own phy
sician. He aud his wife are the youngest couple
amongcongressional families, he being only twenty-
six, and she several years younger, though they
have been married five years.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, has written
a book on the “Self-Consciousness of Noted Per
sons.” The author is in the twenty-seventh year
of his continued service in congress, and was the
intimate friend and' associate of Sumner, Wilson,
Fessenden, Thaddeus Stevens, Lincoln, Chase.
Stanton and of many others. His reminiscences
can hardly fail to be of interest and value, but they
are printed only for private distribution.
Queen Victoria will shortly bfe a great
grandmother. The eldest son of her eldest daughter
was married last summer to a German princess, aud
the conrt newsman now announces that the young
bride is about to become a mother. This shows
how dynasties are continued, aud royalty and im-
listen. You can hear that music, and yet | periallsm are perpetuated. If the offspring of the
there is no 90und. As the Psalmist savs, ! young couple is of the masculine gender, that male
“They sing but their voice is not heard.” | child will some day be emperor of Germany.
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