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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^