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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA* TUESDAY DECEMBER 29, 1885.— SIXTEEN PAGES
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
A syndicate of New York cipitalUt. hu
Jnit purchased a big tract of land In North
Carolina. The tract comprlaea all of Dare
county and nearly all of Tyrrell county, North
Carolina. The land war bought of a syndicate
In Norfolk, and the original grant was given
by George 111 or England. The property la
thickly covered with pine, juniper, cypreae
and ol her valuable timber. The eoll la a vege
table formation, a black loam, that has been in
process of formation for ages. This la three to
nVe feet deep, and underlaid by marl of decays
ing oyster and other eea shells of about equal
depth, forming an Inexhaustible supply of raw
material for valuable fertiliser*. Almost every
foot of the land la available for cultivation,
being high and dry. A portion of the property
is already under cultivation, then being s (
number of excellent farms. All kind* of gar-*
den vegetables, besides sweet potatoes, cotton
and rice, ran be raised. The purchase fronts
on Albemarle and Pimlico sounds, sod has
forty miles of water frontage, which Is accessi
ble to the largest steamers. A Ashing right
hat been leased to a party who conducts opera
tions on an extensive scale. A seine a milo
long Is operated by a steam engine on shore,
and every haul scoops In enough Ash, chiefly
shad, to make a boat-load, the catch being
ahlpped to northern cities. There at* three or
four little fresh water lakes well stocked with
pickerel and other Ash. lfuch of the land be
ing a virgin wilderness, bears, deer, ducks,
geese, swans, wild turkey, etc., are found in
great abiindiuice. Between three thousand
and four thousand head of wild cattle roam
through the woods. A unique product Is the
ecuppernong grape, which grows wild, and
from which a Ane quality of wine Is made.
The climate is described as a counterpart of
Italy. t
Hrnnv IIlocks*, of Wabash, Ind., has
loaned out AW,000 for thirty-three years at six
per cent, with the understanding that no part
of the principal shall ever bo collected. Mr.
Blocker has had no dlAlenlty in placing his
leans.
Mr. Jamrsrli, of London, is the most ex
tensive dealer in animals In the world. In a
rerrnt interview he stated that hla business
had dwindled to almost nothing. There is
no longer anything in foreign bird* Tlie
market is glutted with lions, and, as they
breed like rats, there is severe depression from
overproduction. Even the Soudan war, wliiuli
cut off one of the main sources of supply, did
not stiffen op the prices. Aa for elephants, it
costs more than they are worth to keep them,
and Mr. Jamrach says that he would not take
one as a gift- “We once had the whole of tho
canary trade," he says, “but that hu long
since gone from us. In thou days the canaries
used to come here, amt were distributed by ua
to dllftrent parts of the country. Now the
.German cornea in with bis GOO or 1,000 birds
squats down in London, and sella to the retail
trade." Pythons which were formerly worth
ill) may now be had for X3. Vampire* are a
drag on the market at 30 shillings, they
brought ilS apiece In the palmy days of tho
menagerie business,
Finnan It la time to throw cold water on
the mad dog excitement which la now spread
ing out from flic eastern and middle states.
The New York World says:
There Is not a scrap of scientific warrant for the
ballet that <!<«• an marl at oue season moral—
and numerously than at another. For year
was a popular sunetstillon that they went
ir, and on that
YuBRHMI
Seeders' Tnd~votinary' aargeona' who^Tundfo
hnndrcdsof doas never raw a case. Itt«f
Ion of men who have given the matter
eases than In n city like New York. Christian!
ty grew up In the great cities, and Paul had
more trouble with the country churches of
Delates than with those of Borne, Corinth,
Antioch and Epheens combined. The modem
city, too, le better than the ancient one. In
Borne 380 out of every 1,000 persons were pau
pers. In London to-day there are but 2d out
of every 1,000. Pauperism la not the result of
the modem musing of capital; It Is the Joint
product of the pagan degradation of labor and
(he Christian canonisation of poverty. The
four thing! which threaten us meet in elty life
are Illiteracy, intemperance, crowding in tene
ment houses and loosening of the marriage
altcnUdh ihai not one'iicg in fifty that are ( klllrd
“ - iissc facts onslit to hare eomo
Tiff: Odra divorce case Just decided by the
court of appeals of New York, shows what
Injustice results from our mixed system ot
marriage laws. Briefly stated, tho marriage ot
Mr. nnd Mrs. Kollmyer, contracted In New
York, wu annulled by the Ohio courts; two
yean later Mrs. Kollmyrr wee married to Mr.
Odea; thirteen years later Mr.Odu demanded
a divorce from her, on the ground that aho
wu still Kollmycr'a wife; and tho New York
coutte havo granted hla plea, refusing to reo
egnire the Ohio courts' decree of amillment.
Mrs. Odra, therefore, duds herself the wife
(arrordlagto New York law) of a man from
whom she was legally divorced (according to
Ohio law) nineteen years ugo; and not the wife
(under New York law) of n man to whom aho
hubcen actually and legally (under Ohio
law) married for thirteen years.
At Oakland, Cal., live* Mrs. C. A. Bryant,
an old lady with an evenlftri history. Hho wu
bum In London and when quite young tlta-
playrd musical talent of u high order. George
IV. was so much pleased with her playing thst
he kissed her and presented her with a doll.
When Louis Napoleqn wu a young nun about
town In lundon he fell In love with this girl
and proposed marriage, but she preferred Mr.
Bryant and came to America with him.
Tula la not a scene In Texas or Arkansas, hot
In Connecticut, not many'mllea Iron Hartford.
A crowd of Ally men aaaemblesl In front of the
neidrnra of the teacher, ProfesMr Hotchkiss,
and railed upon him to come out. Aa tho
teacher did not rrapond the crowd broke into
the house and found Hotrhklm excitedly
paring hia room attired in u short slnglo gsr-
moot. The pariy expressed their pleasure at
not having to undress their victim, and pro
ceeded to lead him out. They conducted hint
to the village green, where a pot of tar wu lu
aradtnesa with a couple of feather mattresses.
A rest of tar wu qutrkly applied to the hatf-
ftoicu teacher, and be wu then rolled bark
ud forth In the feathers. After riding tho
unhappy man on o tall hr wu deposited about
a mil* from home aud left to take rare of
himself. In Justification of thu outrage ft
should hu explained that a few day* ago
Hotrhklm whipped one of his puptle until the
bleed flawed from hi* month, earn and nose.
Each general Indignation wu exalted that the
beet people of the town Joined In the tarring
usd feathering.
It It stated by a republican statu senator
that in Iowa since the prohibition law went
into effect the number of saloons hu (acresard
ftyaa 1AM to 1,83T. Perhaps this la not so
much of n blow to the prohibitory policy u it la
t* the character ofthe people of Iowa. There are
noataliatles going the rounds to the effect that
aalseaa have Increased in any local option conn-
tleo of Georgia. Tho inference la that the
people of Georgia are a law-abiding p.-ople,
whit* in low* the people do not reapert the
lew, bat openly violate and defy It or course
prohibition cannot bo expected to prohibit in o
.lawless state.
Congregational club of Naw York at a
recess* meeting discussed " Dangers from largo
dtVe." Pr. Bchrcndt made soma interesting
points: “Thu city” ha said, “in itself; la not
a menace to rtvillaatloo. If God made tho
coaatiy, be had an equal share la tha town.
Toe much hu been said of tho evils of associa
tion, of massing In great cities, riutlstlcs will
easily shew tbit crime* are relvtirrly more
numerous ud atrocious in tha country
thu in the toms. There is no place,
However, where public opinion works
more qntchly or aflhctivoly upon social dis-
tie.”
Br ronr. the war It wu foeqncntly remarked
that a judicial deciaion had established It us
matter of law and fact “tho d——d Ho” wu
eqnlvalonttouaamnlt. The author of this
famous decision, It Is uld, wu Jndgo William
Daniel, the grudfether of Senator Daniel, of
Virginia, <
Tux meat expensive wine In the world Is the
famous Roacnweiu. A correspondent thu
describee It:
It cuts only 1272 a drop. The wine 1 refer to Is
kept In the ancient cellar under the Hotel de Villa
In the city of Bremen, ud wu deposited there over
TSOyeanaxn. There were twelve large cuea, each
haring a name of ona of tha Apostles, aud, strange
to ray, that having the name or Jtnlu la tho most
highly esteemed. Onecaaoof tbewlno, containing
five oxbnfl of 201 botttefi, cost five hundred rlx dot*
Ian In 1«M. Including theexpenscs of keeping up
the cellar, and ofthe contribuUntis ud Interest, an
nxhofl cost* at the present time WfiNIJBM rig dol
lars, ud consequently a bottle Is worth2,72:,MI rix
dollars; a glam or the eighth part of a bottle Is
worth Jto.ftririi dollars or ,272j»0,or|l272 per drop.
A burgomaster of Bremen Is privileged to have one
bottle whenever he entertains a distinguished guest
w bo enjoys a German or European reputation.
“OriDA" says that the peasants ofltaly “e: t
gram ud weir onn hemp shirt year after year."
The consul at Auckland, New Zelsnd, send*
tho state deportment a description of a new
Island thrown up by n volcanic eruption in the
Pacific oceu. Ilia dispatch uys:
"A new and vast volcano has arisen In the Pa
cific ocean. At daylight on the tali or October wo
observed dense volume* of steam, smoko and cloud
ascending. We sailed sufficiently near (o see that
It was a submarine volcanlcerupOon. considering
It lint prudent to approach any nearer thst night,
we lay to till morning. We then approached to
within shorn tbedlstaneeoftwo miles. I havo not
words to eapress my wonder and surnrtso at its
changing splendor. Kmptlous take piano every
r two minutes, changing it* appearance ovary
d. like a dissolving view. I can only say ft
__ oneof the most awfully grand sights 1 ever
witnessed on the high seas. As near as aide to'
calculate the position of the volcano, It is about
fourteen miles from tlie Island of Hunga-Tonga.
As lo Ihoslxe nf the Island thrown up. I am unable
to stale rorreetly, there being to much steam end
clouds hanging uver It. but I Judge It Is at least two
or three miles long and sixty feet high."
The Dutch iclcntiata sent out to investigate
the Java earthquake* of 1883 have made their
report Tho Immediate cause of tho earth
quakes was the Hidden irruption of water
through a break in the oceu Aoor upon tho anb-
ternneau Ares under the volcano of Krokato*.
Shock succeeded shock, causing a largo portion
of the mountain to All Into tho sea. The
tremor was felt as far as Australia. Tha ex
plosions were heard over ene-lbuitcenth
of tho earth's surface. The air wave
produced by the concussions traveled
around the globe, and tho tidal wave* dnshod
against Aal* and tha Pacific Islands. The Ann
ashes wero thrown up to a height of thirty
milrs, end have not yet returned to the earth,
as the illuminated sun eels still wen In sums
parts of the world thoroughly establish. This
Ane dost has made tho circuit of tho globo
twice. The report states that the surface of
the earth It very thin and precarious, and that
the ocean stator It at any timell
mnn||h| rmmhig 4W* - An vt
about tremendous earthquake §liocl
The mad ilo>g excitement haa draw!
northern pupcDi into a discussion of the mad«
Mono nuil its alleged properties. Tho St.
Louis Rcpub.lcnn takes up the matter and
lays:
GOOD POINTS ABOUT CHINA.
A New Yorker Who Has Been to Shanghai
Likes the Latter City Beet.
After an absence of twenty-five years In
China, George Dean, a native of the ninth ward
in this city, returned to New York two weeks
ago with the intention of remaining here. Hi*
mother, three sisters and a brother live in the
same house they occupied when ho went
away. He had been here only two days when
he began to be homesick for China. He
thought that time would conquer the feeling,
but it became stronger every day, and on
Tliumlay be bade bis mother and sisters fare-
bltuii »> rabid atm
plication
... ami ,
_. i be n.adMonc have recovered and arc living af-
tei many rears, for not onc-huir the persons bit
un by Mxitt animals have hydrophobia men If the
iM.dMi.nr la not used. Many MH'allcd mud-lotiei
have been analyzed. Faraday found one of tho
moM celt hratrd ones to tn> nothing but the ebarre 1
hone or a deer, while others have been found to b r
atom's of dllU'icnt materials having some absorbent
C vvera, aa Mich |mmus Mourn usually have. There
no such thing aa a peculiar stme
may rolMy be that when the vims of a rabid dog
lemaiua In the wound aud liefore Ithaa entered the
blood ami eltnilatonr system a bit of j»orou* Mono
may draw It out, and so would sucking tho wound
by tlie sign of the zodiac,
ii is, mrwvrvr, nannies and cheap, and may pos
sibly ha\c a greater influence on tho mind than
the body.
Tho M ientiats and tho newspapers may say
What they please against tho madstone, but they
will never succeed (n convincing thousands of
people in the south and west that it is not an
effective remedy for hydrophobio.
In Florida nnd southern Georgia tho Guiuen
cow is quite an institution. Early in the pros-
«nt century Colonel Stapler, of Lowndes coun
ty, <ia, introduced tho breed in tho south.
The Guinea row baa hern described as “a yard
high, a yard and a half Jong and a yard wide.*'
She keeps fat on tho scantyjsupply of gross aho
gets on tho range, and giveatwo gallons of
gwd milk a day. Hire is broad bucked, slim
necked, with amall and delicate legs and feet,
Well Hill'd up iu fore aud hindquarters, thirty*
nine inchra high atul very gentle. She will
butcher about 400 pounds net. The Guinea is
the poor man's cow. 8he coats but little to
keep and (a suited to the country.
Dk. lliiiniR, of Michigan, makes tho follow-
lag teirlfying prediction for the coming
year:
Jupiter pained hia storm point at 170 de-
grr ra on the ilflth of October last, and wa* the
chief cause of giv ing ua ao many heavy fall
rains, and in May and June next will ride tho
heavens alongside of t'ranua, while tho eirth,
Vulcan. Mercury and Venus will mil up ip
line of battle and these mighty celestial batter
ies willl give ua hot shot and shell until out of
raugc. And onr grand old earth being the
nearest' will fairly dance in her orbit and
creak iu all her timbers. Her volcanoes will
tpont mud, fire and lava, and continent* will
& shaken as if the fabled day of wrath had
come. Tho earth will bo shaken by tho thun
dering tread of awfitl atonna, rains, cvclonea,
etc. Malignant diseases will prevail, many
sndden deaths of old people and of peraou^wlth
heait d Lease will occur. There will be many
very hot days, suffocating atmosphere, gor
geous and ghastly aun spots.
Tim: great cure-all in China is ginseng root.
It la believed that ft will cure almost every dis
ease under the cun. The close resemblance
which many of these roots bear to the human
figute is tho cause of the high esteem in which
they are held. A very flue specimen will
bring as much as ffiOOt and it U carefully pro-
served as a great curiosity. •
The pet of Halt Lake City, and the finest
dancer in America, is Sara Alexander. She was
lorn in Virginia, hut when a child her mother
became a convert to tho Mormon faith. Brig
ham Young built a magnificent theater in IHfil,
and Farm Uvaxue a member of the company.
Brigham at first objected to dancing unless tho
dancers wore skirts coming below the knees,
tut after seeing Sara dance one night ho sug
gested that the skirt* should bo ahortenod n
aa to allow greater freedom of movement. This
girl recently left tho stage, and re/uees to re
turn to it. Those who have teen her say tfe)at
the would he regarded m a star on any stage.
to tho strange country
better than his . native land.
“I miss so many things, and everything
comes unhandy to mo here," he said. “For
instance, everybody drinks eold water hero,
and laugha at me when 1 want to do aathey do
in China and take my water warm. In China
it is impolite to take your bat off on entering
a house, and here I have forgotten myself a
dozen times, and been stared at and frowned
at “by ever so many because I observed the
Chinese etiquette and kept my hat on my head
on going into people’s houses. I find myself
ordering my dessert first at dinner, as I and all
Cliinomcu do at home—I mean in Shanghai—
and my embarrassment has been great. Po
lite natives of China always drink their tea
from their saucers, which are placed on top
of the cups. I forgot myself more than once
and did the ramp, with an effect on others
that made me very uncomfortable. On going
out I invariably havo taken my fan, and a fan
like mine couldn’t be purchased in New York
for the price of a town lot. I couldn’t think
of going anywhere without it. But it has
brought me only ridiculo wherever 1 went. I
find that my visiting cards, made after tho
best Chinese fashion, each one printed on a
yard ofthe finest silk paper Imaginable, ar >
simply useless hers, and If used would croat ? a
strong suspicion that I waa insane. In Cbl.ia
my bed, and everybody else’* bed. I* forme ! of
matting, while hero tho matting u laid on my
bed room floor for me to walk on. When 1 go
to bed here my head sinks down deep into tho
pillow, aud I splutter and tumble about all
night and can't sleep. At home, in China,
mean, I rest on a pillow as hard as wood* an
sleep like a top.
“The other day my nephew, a young man
whom 1 liko very much, asked me what I
thought would bo a nice thing for him to buy
as a present for hla father at Christmaa. I an
swered at once*.
"The very best coffin you can afford.”
"Why—do you believe me?—ho was insult
ed, and my dear old mother was vastly shock
ed. It all came of my being thoroughly Chi
nese. It is quite tho proper thing In China*
for a son to buy a coffin for his living father.
In fact, It Is expected thst he will do so If bo
is possessed of sufficient filial regard. 1 tok*
my friends so, but that shocked them still
more, and I was miscrablo again. There ia no
use. I never could get along here at all. 1
•hall die if 1 don’t got back home—to Chino, 1
“Yes, everything seems to bo done in' China
exactly opposite to tho way in which it Is dono
hero. Here I am Mr. Doan. In China I am
Dean Mr. They don't use any soap to shave
with in China, but simply to rnb the part to be
shaved with warm water, j nt on with a brash
liko a toothbrath. Tho port to bo shaved is
nevertbe face, but the top of the head. The
front of a Chineso book Is the last page, and
tho reader begins at the right hand corner of
the page and reads down. Tho foot notes
nro always at the top. The title of tho book is
printed on tho outside margin of the page.
If yon should over entor a
school room In China yon wonld
surely think the scholars were engaged (n mob
bing tho tcaclier, for they study their lessons
ss loud ss their lungs will let them. When
they recite, they back up tothetoaehcr and
stsud with tbelr faces to tho other screaming
instead of the tearben, while they yell
recitations all together.
lecdle on the compaa^always
does.^Thero *ls*no *n^rtj| .
In their place we havo west north
th. I see that yon have in Now
York artists who livo by trimming finger nails.
They would bo ran out of China, for a person
who hasn’t finger nails four inches long tlicro
isn’t much In society.
‘They never havo any breach of promise
cases over in China. A future Chines* bollo
isu't three daya old before her parents havo
betrothed her to aomo acreptablo scion of a
neighbor's house. When .tho is old enough,
aud .she doesn't have to bo very old, for if aho
were in this country she would no playing with
her doll yet—she goes to tho uouso of her
affianced and’ marries him. Hho weens nnd
walls all tho way thorn, as if her blot of
matrimony wasn't exactly a cheertal one.
There is always inouruiug at a Chineso mar
riage, while at a funeral tho Iwmls play and
them Is feasting and rejoicing. And there, 1
think, the Chinese idea is a correct one,
When a persnn marries his tronbli** begin.
Why should he rqjoicc? When ho dio* his
troubles arc over. Why should any oue
mourn? 1 must get back to China.
“A true-born, patriotic Chinaman will turn
with loathing from a gloss of fresh milk, while
ho will lilt a cup of castor oil to his 11m aud
drain it with a gusto. Tho oil won’t make him
bilious. Tho milk will. 1 told you it was tho
proper thiug in Chius for a son to givo aooffln
to his father, lu case tho man ha* uo son, or
the son is lacking in filial regard or money, It
is the nmhitiuti of tlio father to procure tho
coffin for himself, and he docs so as soon as he
is able to. It is used al»out tho houso in
various rapacities until it is wanted for tho
purpo«e for which it was purchased. Go Into
auy well regulated Chinese family’s house and
you will surely see tho * coffin of the head
of tho house u.TUplrd as a tetcatete, a
bench, a table, or something else. When its
owner dies and is put into it he may lw taken
to the graveyard immediately, or may knock
around about the house for years. When thoy
bury a coffin in China they simply carry it out
and set ft on fop of the ground in the family
burial plot. The name of tho individual who
is iu the eoflln is marked on one end of it.
There the eotlln remains for a your or two, and
thru, if the friends of the family can afford it,
they build a brick vault over it. This, In
time, becomes covered with dirt, aud by and
by grass and weeds and bushes grow on it.
There are scores of these burial places around
Shanghai aud other cities, looking liko prairie-
dog villages on a gigantic scale.
A Word to tlie Ladles.
The Constitution sets great store by the
ladles. It appreciates their influence. and loves
tbriii. It doe* not allow polities or busbies* to
crowd them out of its columns, but welcomes them
always.
There are fifty thousand ladies-mother*, M«ters,
wive\ ami sweethearts who will read this ?f*uc of
Tits CogsTtTVTtojc. In homes in the north and
south, in homes where snow lie* banked before the
doors, and in homes where the orange blossom*
are tossed on tropical breezes. In homes in the city
where the clatter of factories is heard and la home*
iu the country where the lowing of herds and the
sighing of the wlud through the trees breaks tho
silence.
In every state In the Vnlon.qoccns of their house
hold, sit the women who read The CSJNmrertoN
listening to the chirping of the cricket beneath
their hearthstones.
Do there ladle* think, have they ever thought,
what an Influence they could exert for The Cos-
►Tin tjon, If they would only give us a UUle of
their time. The .*0,000 ladles who read thla could,
with the greatest ease, rend us .*>,000 subscriber*
In a week if each one would only give us a half
hour.
We have appealed to the men and they.'havo
responded nobly. Let ns ree now what the lad lea
will do. The next week is the first week ofthe
new year. Won't our Udy readers take that week
and overwhelm us with an avalanche of new sub
scriber*? If every one will do her part, tho result
will bo a *>urprt»e to all concerned, and we will
show the ladies that we appreciate their Undue-*.
Now, ladies, try aud ree what you can have jour
week amount to.
An Interesting advertisement tn today’s l*suo Is
that of J. Edward (Jove* Co., bankers and brokers,
a reliable firm tn Washington, a C., a pamphlet
which they will mail tree on application, and of
which wo have received a copy, coat ii ns no little
valuable information and advice to every one de
siring an easy road to fortune through speculation
In stocks, gnus or cotton. •
THE NEWS FROM NEW YORK.
New York, December 21.—[Special.]—An
impoverished man has paid $1,000 in court for
having shot a woman, and it ia accepted aa
tact that the provided tho money. .When it itt
added that she hates and despises him, the
motive la worth looking after. The cage la
singular one, and the principal figure Is a re
markable adventuress. Jim Wood was
gambler notorious in Philadelphia twenty
years ago. He had n daughter, Laura, who
grew up beautiful and reckless. Her father
desired, as fellows in bis class commonly do,
rear his child in refinement and culture, quite
away from his own foul environment; and
Laura wu well educated, but ■
preferred to simultaneously get
training in vice, and sho did
in spite of all that her father could do to pre<
vent. She was barely in her teens before she
began n career of sentimental rascality with
those among her numerous wooers who prom
ised a good yield of money. After awhile, she
made up her mind that there wu more profit
In marrying Gould H. Thorp than in contina
ing an indiscriminate operations. Thorp wu
a New York broker in provisions, a member of
a wealthy and proud family, and a luxurious
man about town. He brought his brido to this
ci ty, but she wu not received into his family
set, though he gathered about her a very gay
circle of rich but indiscriminate people. She
wu a queen of frivolity ever since.
One of the foremost beaus in Emma Thorp’s
circle wu Lloyd Phcenix, a brisk and frisky
club man, than whom none wu hotter known
in New York'u a downright pleasure seeker
regaTdleu of looks or consequences. Ho paid
court to the wife of his friend, seemingly for
deviltry alone, while she foil in love with him
sim crc ly. He had as much money as her bus-
i nt.d, and besides was handsomer and more
brilliant. Hia amours had been numerous nnd
scandalous. A tip wu gone from one car; it
bad been shot off by tho woman who subse
quently became the Countess Ponrtalcs, a notod
Paris beauty. Sho was in love with Phamix ;
he was untrue to her. and she tried to kill him.
This tragedy wu a Fifth avenue incidont that
was nt the tlroo hidden from the pub
lic, but it afterward came out in tbo
course of a divorce suit. He next went to
Paris, where he had a scandal with the Fanny
Lear, who bad become infamous as a black
mailer of the grand duko Nicholas, of Itusda,
and who published his love letters in a book,
Phocnix’a courtship of Fanny cost him dearly,
for she almost bankrupted him, nnd he return
ed to New York, where he got fresh cash from
his relatives, and sought consolation In Mrs.
Thorpe. Then Thorpe brought a suit for di
vorce nnd got it in 18H2. The woman went to
live with Phoenix. The next outbreak was a
fist-cuff fight between her and Phoenix, during
which much breakage of tho art articles and
furniture in their gorgeous apartments was
wrought, the .climax being his arrest on her
chargo of assault. He declared at thattlmo
that hla association with her had cost him sov
entv thousand dollars. He went on a long
yachting cruise after parting from her, and is
now abroad.
Liura Thorp, m she names herself still, ha*
for two or three years been the most conspic
uous beauty in New York. Her voguo with
the rich young beaux has beeu immense. £uch
chaps as Fred May, of Bcnnett-Hay duel
fame, flitted around her, aud of all sho dc
manned heavy tribute. Her audacity wai
surprising. 8he got into a charity ball, right
among tho fashionables, and occupied a box
rrsplcndcntiy; she drove to .the Jcromo park
races in n dog-cart lent to her by a
scion of a wellknown family; sho was
a sight at the opera and theatre; she
wore tho costliest and gayest clothes;
and it seemed to be her delight to parado her
seductive power over her lovers. Her homo
was a fine, largo house in West Twenty-first
she re she gave receptions that were
atfiTpoltte as to manner, it was here
that JJrnry Walsh went, one night about
eighteen months ago, rang the doorbell, push-
eel past ille servant into tho hallway, eucouu
tend Mrs. Thorp in her bedroll, and shot her,
nflicting-a frightening but not fatal wound.
Impenetrable mystery has surrounded this
shooting cote. It wss not explained nt the
time of Wnlsli’s arrest why ho desired to kill
thcwriuan. It could not be learned thvt
there hnd been any intimacy or even acquaint
ance between the two. Both diclincd- to ex'
E lnin. Hho wr uld not appear iu court against
im nnd occult influence* apparently stood be
tween the prisoner and prosecution. The
most .that lie has ever told about
his ’ erlmo is that Mrs. Thorp
was making trouble for persons in whom ho
wnn deeply concerned, nnd that under tiro ex
citement of drink ho deemed it Ills duty to wreck
vengeance. At length the district attorney ha*
arraigned him in court, whereupon ho pleaded
guilty of felonious assault, and the judge, in
stead of imprisoning him, imposed a fine of
one thouraml dollars. No certainty nui bo
gained ns to who are ronccrncd in tho suppres
sion of tho facts. Hevcrnl names havo neon
given, but without Just warrant. The money
to ji«T Wash’s lino came from the wallet of
Mrs. Thorpe. Its prior source.!* a secret.
. SEAL ESTATE NOTES.
Fifth avenue real citato has become of late
very unsettled, so tar as prices are concerned.
There are more sellers than buyers, and prices
arc by no means so stiff as they were a few
years ago. Charles If. Bussell's home aud lot
(nearly a doublo ono) sold a few days sines for
$203,(XiO. A year or two ago ft would havo
brought at lco>t flioO.OOO. The lateex-Uov-
ernor Morgan’s mansion sold last summer
for $375,000, which won considered a
very fair price. An ordinary
city houeo and a lot having a frnutago
of twenty-five feet on Fifth avenue can be ob
tained, nt from *100,000 to *150,000. Jay Gu ild
paid several years ago *300,000 for ex-Mayor
Opdyke's largo house on Fifth avenue anl
Forty-seventh street, and It U probably nut
worth a dollar more todnv. There are, of
courte. several palaces ou thtf avenuo whhh
cost fabulous sums. The late Wiu. II. Vaudor-
blit’s mam-ion, with its decorations, art gallery
and ftirnlturo is probably worth $5,000,000.
He built two houses for two of hla sons-in-law
that cost, with the interior decorations, about
$1,750,000. Tho decorations of the Fifth ave
nue palace* cost more than the building* them
selves. D. (>. Mills, who inado his gnat for
tune in Fall fora ia, expended $100,Ox) in the
decoration of his home, probably double the
cost of the house itaelf.
NEW VOEK IS BAMOLY
losing favor u a city of residence. Commeive
is claiming the island as her own. aud society
Is taking wing. It is noticeable that the sum
mer vacations are becoming longer. Formerly
families divided up the year into ten months
in the city and two in the country. Now the
custom is to spend four, five aud six mouths
at t he summer resorts. Many are now mak ing
the country tbeir home, and the city only a
brief temporary abiding place during
three or four months of winter, when
the country becomes unbearable. Some New
York families spend their winters in Wash
ington, or farther south, and the summer in
the country. Elegant summer mansions havo
become the fashion. The absence of homes in
the best sense of the word is a feature of New
York which distinguishes U from Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Boston, and it if a feature
which destroys all local sentiment or neighbor
hood pride, and does not contribute in any
marked degree to its good government or lb
influence in the nation.
The New Tltwlllow-a la the Mikado.
,, a bed racked wl»h pain a wcarr man lay,
HJnjring, willow, lit willow, titwtnow l
No «•* or relief could he find any day,
O wtllow, tttwiUow, titw Blow f ,
III* rain* are now gone, he l* hearty and well,
Ft. Jacobs Oil made him ss sound as a hell.
And the atory so good to each oi»e he doe* tell.
And the »ionr so good to each one he nc
Hinging willow, lit willow, titwiilow.
Fo* All Lcno Troubles, as well at Com
plaints of the Throat, Dr. Jayne's Expectorant
ib«ertainfy a palliative and often a curative,
aa 'he testimony of thousands and its world
wide reputation attests. For Coughs orCokl*
no sorer or more effect! re remedy can be found.
The cxete lseaof"the Middle Georgia college
will U returned January 11. Wg, with taU corps of
remittent teaches* «e« eaid to this fane.
DAKOTA’S STATUS. *
Hugh J. CampbullWrita. fo Honutor Vo.t—
A Reference. ^
Chicago, December 27.—Tho following let.
ter ha. been addreosed to United SMB Sena*
tor Vet by Judge Hugh Campbell, United
States attorney for tho territory of Dflkota:
Box. Geougu Vest. United States SoiUtor-Sir
I have tbi* day. for the fbit time, been ua to ob
tain >u authentic eopy ot some remarks nude by
you in the senate clumber, personal to myself
the course of those remarks you took oectaiou
endorse, with the weight of yoor official position
os senator, certain charges .gainst nte lu the fob
lowing paragraph, which I quote from the Con
gressional Record, of December 19:
gentleman who. in recent crents In tho stato
ef L< obtain, distinguished himself as a partisan of
the Hayes' administration, nnd who was rewarded
by appointment a* United States attorney for tlie
territory of r.kotn, for his zealous and not oyer
fctupulous methods In behalf of Mr. Haye*. This
S nuenutn cairying hi* revolutionary principles
the territory of Dakota, now figures as chairman
of this committee.” . , _ . , . .
This short extract contains two serious ImLute-
mentfl with regard to myself, which, if I did not
correct now to some proper manner, would per
haps be considered to Iw admitted by me to be
true. As to my character, both a* judge In Louis
iana and as United State* attomeyin Dakota, for
honesty and uprightness, I can safely refer you to
the people to both states, who have known me
best in both capacities, whether they were demo.
tion, nor with its management, directly or Indi
rectly. My only direct participation
Jn the election was to canvass
a portion ofthe state before tho election, and after
the election to write a bref history of the election
boardwere sworn before me. and I also drafted
form ofaflldavlt to conformity with tho lawattl
request of tho republican*. In none of the*o pt.
tlcuiar* did I do a single act which could be amen
able to your charge ofunscrupulouMiess. nor was 1
in any nmuner directly or Indirectly
n party to or concerned in any act
which was not strictly honest
and Just In every rente. The only charges that
were ever mode against me for any connection with
that election was the statement before the congres
sional committee by one Janies Anderson, under
oath, in which he states that the affidavit to which
his mure was appended had never been sworn to
by him. 1 was nubpu-nncd as a w itno* before that
committee, and testtfled then as I say now. that
If my signature to the jurat Is genuine, and the
paper itrelf g«—*—“ —* —* -i»~—j
or forged in i
(hat Mfiid not auuiu»«.v. >•»mm. h> .....
for the rein on that I have never, as a judge, affixed
my name lo any jurat unless the oath had been
previously adminlMered by me to the person named
(herein. Anotber witness testified before that com-
n ittccthat he penonully remembered scelug An
derson take tlu- onth before me.
1 did not receir* my annolntmcnt from Mr.
Hayes aa a reward for any effort of mine in behalf
of Mr. Hayes, i have always understood that It was
my brief on the la wof elections in Louisiana which
introduced mo to tho notice of Mr. Hayes. That
brief waa undoubtedly good law. 11 demonstrated
the lawftil election of tho Packard government,
w hich you will doubtless recollect was overthrown
by a “revolution,’, In which I was an opponent, and
of which your party were tho advocates.
Tho other charge you make is that 1 have car
ried my revolutionary principles to the territory of
Dakota. My first tenon as to the character and re
sult* of revolution* against the United States gov
ernment wu* taught to me on the soil of your
Mate. 1 was a soldier in the union army under
Lyon, and at Wilson’s creek received a bullet from
some one of your compatriots who wu trying to
enro.ee revolutionary idea. 1 served throughout
thovarontbe union side, and was hononably
promoted and honorably discharged. During all
ihnt (crvlce. before It and since, 1 have never aided
m-r abetted, nor entertained any revolutionary
ichi me or Ideas. It b£sn smusing change in the
wh rl of political fortune, which enables you, then
the “rebel,” (for I am informed you
cla!mtohavo been a confederate officer,) now a
United State* senator, to charge me, then a union
soleicr, with bciug now the “rebel.” I sincerely
hr j c that if It becomes necessary for us to ask to
bn\c our disabilities removed, wvmay receive some
clemency at the hands of your side which
klndncfsct and courtesies to certain “rebels’’ of
your state, who wero then, a* prisoner*
of war, . temporarily under my
charge as their escort to Ft. Louis, for which somo
g<M tTreome of your Mate, although “rebels,” also
publfc |y ihankt d me, and tendered me a Reception
w hich 1 was obliged to decline, however, 9wlng to
the unp cm*ant ncsrrn** to your present governor,
then (•« ucml Matniadukc. Now the Missouri
“rebel” has become a union officer, aud the union
roldicr a Dakota “rebel,” and in his power. It may
t c tin much, perhaps, to expect a return of courte
sies, but wc think it not exorbitant on our port to
lcok at least for ordinary fair dealing from a
InlKc 8‘stcs*cnator.”
A r« nsldcrublo portion of the commttn{c.v
tion 1. dovotedtoargumcnttoshowthatthorc-
u nt 1 gislative proceeding Jn Dakota was in
•icon once with law, and tho letter concludes
ns follows:
1 recollect but one instance tn American history
where congress adopted your ideas in the treat-
mrnt of the people of a territory as subject* am\
r*srels,|wlth<*(itariy rights cfmtV-ougn-ss was bound
tn rej ect. Then, as now, a Missouri senator led
tho van in abuse of tho territory. There was a bru
tal frankness in his method*. It wa* the day of
bhod hounds for the slave-border ruffians for tho
‘ride cf the territory, and bludgeon* for
efr friend* in the senate. Tire party then In
pnwt-r, ns It is now, was the democratic party. It
ado] ted the brutal line of i»olicy marked nut by
your predecessor, took Kun-a* by the throat, utxl
fnm d upon her the unrighteous law. Kansan re-
sisted and api>va!ed to tho )»cpolo of tho country.
AN OUTLAW SHOT.
Louisville, December 27.—Intelligence
reached here this afternoon of the killing, in
F.llictt county, of Craig Tolliver by Asbury
Crisp. Crist* fonnd.Tollivcr, who wo* drunk,
sleeping with Ills head in the lap of hia (Crisp’s)
jataruour, and, without stopping to awaken
the sleeping man, shot him with a pistol, tho
hall penetrating Tollivcr’a left breast over the
heart, nnd producing a mortal wound. Crisp
escaped anil is nt large, but tho friends of his
victim are scouriug the country la search of
him, and promise him summary punishment
if caught. It is feared this killing will stir up
another war iu Kownn. Tolliver is tho
notorious desperado of Bownn eouu-
who ’ led tho Tolliver fac
tion in their bloody feud on tho Martin fac
tion. Thu feud lasted for over a year, during
which time u half dozen or more men wero
killed. Outlawry beenmo so flagrant that no
court could sit in the county, nnd Governor
Knott, after vain attempts to arbitrate matters,
sent the state militia into Itowan to hunt
down and to bring to justice these desperadoes.
After two months servire there the troop*
were recalled, Trollivcr and his principal fol
lowers having been arrested nnd jailed. In
tho nn autime Tolliver was taken lo Ciaciu-
nati to ausweran indictment of robbery. Uo
was tried and acquitted, and a few month*
three returned tohismountuin uonte.
Beatles** Labor.
PrrrsnuRG, Pa., December 22.— 1 There was
an outbreak at the Old Eaglo mines, in the
third fool, near Elk Horn, ycaterday morning.
At an early honr about twenty masked men
made an attack upon two Germans when about
tlncc-fuurtbs of a milo horn the pit. Oae
Get man was knocked down and|bcat(-n with a
club, sustaining serious injuries. The other
one fared better, however, getting off with a
“tw scratches and n black eye. An alarm was
uickly raised, nuil the superintendent, J. E.
ones, and Engines r Kerry, with ono other
man, sucrnllrd in routing tho strikers; who
displayed very little courage. They ran for
the hills aa soon os Jones and hia assistants
arrived m the scene. No other outrages havo
been reported, hut an uneasy feeling prevail*
throughout the entire valley. At all the mine*
where the diggers are working at :i ralacsd
rate the men go armed, in order thst they may
he in rtadiiieas to repel any attack that ravy
te trade.
PmaiU RG, Ta.. December 23.—District
Matter Workman Newman, who has charge
of the miners’ strike, whs in the city today.
He rays the strikers are willing to submit their
difference* to arbitration, and will return to
wofik tomorrow If the operators will agree to
this propositicn.
All Ibe Other Papers are urgtng^hcir readers
• stand by them and help increase their li«t*.
We uigc the good men and true, who take The
CoMTire noa to stand by their flagf Let the word
pass along the line: “Tux Coxxrmmox readers
rally around TER Goftamraox.” If all stand
firm ai d march ►boulder utshoulder, we 11 capture
any height we march
In the natural course of aerial events the weath*
er is warmer at mid-day than In the early morning
or in the evening; but oftentimes it is not The
effects of day or night so tar as temperature is eon*
corned, are frequently set aside and even reversed;
Thiiis done In this country by cold waves; and
cold waves are so common in this country that the
signal service has detailed Lieutenant Woodruff,
one of Its best men, to watch them and report their
habits and phenomena. He has reported the ie>
suits of a preliminary study.
Before we look into his report, Ictus Ascertain
what a cold wave is and what it is noc. It to not t
condition that produces • gradual tall of tempera*
ture, no matter how great it may be; but it is a
current of wind that in its passage across a given
place causes an abnormal change of fifteen degrees
or more. It Isa force from without that twists tho
weather in on eccentric and violent manner, it la
a mysterious traveler that makes the mercury sud
denly seek Its nest at the foot ofthe thermometrical
tube.
There cold waves have been watched s!uccl881
at a number of stations, Including Nashville and
Jacksonville in the south; and It has been as
certained that the average number of cold
waves each year is about twenty-two. In 1881 thero
were twenty-one; in 1882, twenty; in 1883; twenty-
six, and last year there were twenty-one. January,
February aud March tarnish the larger part of
them, the first-named being the .blluard month of
the year.
A few of the cold waves that iravel across thd
country come from the Pacific coast; but nearly all
of them are originated east of the Rocky mount*
sins, or else come down the east side of thoso
mountains from the British northwest territory.
Of eighty-eight cold waves in the past four yearg
all but five first appeared at Helena, Mon
tana, and the other five wero first felt at
BDmarck, Dakota. Lieutenant Woodruff therefore
concludes they have their origin to the vast reglona
of ice and snow, near to the arctic circle, “far to
the north of our stations.”
There is a mysterious connection betweeu area* of
barometer and cold waves. Most of the tress of
low barometer are formed in the region Just east of
the Rocky mountains; and as ono of these lowareaa
moves eastward ‘The high” moresdn, and it ea*
coils or is escorted by a cold wave of more or leM
Intensity, put all cold wares do not more across
the country from west to east, along one wind*
shorn track. In the four years' obcerva*
tloni it was ascertained that twenty-
two moved directly across the country
along the chain or great lakes to and through New
England ; forty-seven moved in a southeasterly di
rection, covering tho entire country in theit
progress, and nineteen moved southerly fton£Mon-
tana or Dakota to Texas, thence through the Gulf
states, and then northeasterly over lthe Atlantic
coast states. None of tho first dam visited tha
south; all ofthe recond class did, and some of tho
third class did cot touch Interior points.
Thcso travelers are travelers indeed. Helena If
their headquarters, and the distance from Helena
to Nashville Is 1,600 miles. Great as tho
distance is, four cold waves wero in
Nashville eight hours after they had registered
In Helena; six got to Nashville In sixteen hours;
ten made the trip In twenty-four boors; eight In
thirty-two hours; eleven in forty hours; five in
forty-eight hours; three In fifty-six hours; (wo in
sixty-four hours, and one laggard consumed over
three days in the journey.
In the course of fire years Nashville felt 53 out of
88 registered cold waves, and it Is not probable that
Atlanta felt any larger number. This would make
the rate about thirteen a year. Nono of tho
waves that follow the chain of the great lakes ex
tend to the states south of the Ohio river, and dar
ing the past four years there wero twenty-
two northers of this description. WcUft our half
to them, with the wish that their number may
nover grow less.
gome ofthe Helena weather disturbers are e<?.
centric fn (heir movements. Upon reaching thepilt*
tlssippl valley they rometimes divide, apart goto!
northeasterly to the lake region and the other part
outbwardto the gnlf states. This is generally
brought about by the sudden development of a
►term in the lower Missouri valley. Thus thero
may simultaneously be a norther in Texas and a
cold wave in New England.
The system of indicating cold waves by nags hu
been to operation rin this city about a yean and
when the great Mack ball on a white square ts seen
the prudent citIren takes ; his overcoat on his arm;
no matter how warm tbo weather may bo at tho
time. Of the W6 cold wave signals displayed dur
ing the past year, 815 wero justified. Mistakes oc
cur only w hen waves are deflected by sudden and
remarkable temperature changes. For example:
when a cold wave appears at Helena, it in Impossi
ble to suy whether It will follow tlio great
lakes, or spread In a southeasterly direc
tion over the • country, or pasf
southward to Texas in the shape of a northenbut
when It passes the Mississippi Its Intentionsbecomo
known, and forecasts sre trustworthy.
The weather forecasts are based upon tri-daily
telegraphic reports from all £thc station*,
cne hundred and fifty in number. In
the couth' Atlantic states nearly 88 per cent
of these indications were verified last year. But
obeervation* taken eight boon apart In the north
west do not permit long notice of cold wares. Ono
of them mlcht—for they are independent of tho
time of day—begin at Helena Just after the morn
ing observation at 7 o'clock, and lflt should provA
very rapid (traveler It would be fe!T
Nashville in eight hour**
Mote frequent observations are needed
not only at Helena, but all the way between tho
initial point and the Mississippi valley. The new
flag and an appropriation, in other words, Is what
the scientific world favors. Tho pork (Ackers and
fruit dealers and various other interests second thO
motion. ,
What My.LoTer Said.
By the merest chance. In tha twilight gloom,
In the orchard | ath be met me,
In the tail, wet grass, with Its taint perfome,
Ami 1 tried to para, but he made no room-
Oh! 1 tried, but he wouldn’t let me. •
oi J stood and Mushed till the gram grow red,
With my face lent down above It,
hile he took my hand, and Whispering said—
How the clover lifted each pink, sweet head
To 11*ten to all that my lover mid.
Oh! the clover in bloom—I love it!
Iu the high, wet gnus went the path to hide,
And the low, wet leaves hung over,
Rut I could not para on either side,
For I found myself, when I vainly tried,
In the arm* of my steadfast lover.
ne held me there end be raised by bead,
U bile he rioted the path before me'
And he looked down into my eyes and slid—
How the leaves bent down from tpo boughs O’er-
head
To listen to all that my lover said—
ob! the leaves hanging lowly o^er me!
Had be moved aside but a little kray
I could kuicfv then have pa—ed him
And he knew 1 could never wish to stay,
Aud w ould not have beard what he bail Ur say
Could 1 only aside have cast him.
nos almost dark and the momenta aped
And the searching njfbt wind found us;
Rut he drew me nearer and softly said—
llow the pure sweet wind grew still instead
To listen to all that my lover said!
uh! the whispering wind around us!
i sure he knew, when be held me fast.
IJmreflel
But he clasped me close when 1 wo
And he male me hear hit atonr.
And his soul came out from his lips ami sab!- .
How the stai* crept out when the white moon led]
To lUten to all that »y lover said.
Oh! the moon and the stars in glory!
know thst the grass and the leaves will not tclL
And I'm Mire the wind, precious rover,
"III carry hi* secret so safely and weU
That no bring shall ever discover
One word of the many that rapidly ftdl
Prom the eager If m of my lover.
And the moon and toe stars that looked over
Shall never reveal what a falry-lik* spell
^s^ssissasSS^