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2 THE WEE KEY CONSTITUTION. TUESDAY. FEBRUliY 26. 1884-TWELVE PAGES, NEWS OF GEORGIA. In October. 1784, there aoaembled at Klokee. in Columbia county, a small band of men. represent log a little over (oar hundred follower*, who or- ganlzrd what waa known aa the Georgia Baptlat association. Aa ibemrmberahlp Increased, other associations ware formed, until at proae'it there la a membeiablp of 121,504 white*, and 179.64 2 colored. These people are ministered to in 1.781 white and 1,022 colored churche*. bjr 780 whlta and 680 colored preacher*. Out of thin original association grew the Baptist convention of Georgia, and for that matter It might be claimed the aouthern Baptlat conven tion, alnce the great bulk of the territory, under It* ???upervtalon, haa been mlnlatercd to by Baptlat mlaalonariea from Georgia. Colonel John Screven, the great aouth Georgia rice planter, aaya that the mortality among the old rice field hand* waa not aa great aa many auppoaod, but that many of them had auooeeded In obtaining small tract* of land and were fatmlng In a amall way on their own account. The number of young band* who refuae to go to the field* la not sufficient to cauae embarrass- ment to the planter. Of courro tho labor la not plentiful aa It waa year* ago or aa cheap, but new labor-saving machinery haa been Introduced since the war. ????? that whatever dl lnutlon may have takeu place la compensated for In that way. Nearly all the seeding and drilling la mow done by ma chinery. What Is most neeaed Is Improved reapers, and It 1* probable mat they will be Invented so a* to do the woik which i?? now done by the field hands It la probable that the location of a rlco field has a great deal to do with the aupply of labor. Monroe Advertiser: Mr. C. V??. Neerhaa returned from southwest Georgia, and reports that the truck business la on a bo im down there He aa>a he so;d Mr. McBao, of Valdoata, atw* Ive horse power tree tlon engine to haul his watermelons to the depot. Waynesboro ClUsen: The cold weather failed to kill out the BugUali sparrow, as hla monotonous chirp announces him on hand. We suggest that our city authorities turn the boys loose on them, and extirpate them beforo another brood is hatch' ed. The English sparrow has proven himself to be an unml'lgsled fraud and nulsauce wherever he baa been known, would faithfully return the stone before ita owner would Jet him have It. The wheat crop of Polk, at first supposed to be damaged seriously by tho freezes, halt come out wonderfully since the advent of the warm spell ore- vailing, and now looks rather promising. The oat crop was almost entirely killed out. The farmer* of Houston have made good use of the favorable weather during the past two weeks, and most of them are now fully up with their work Much land haa been sown lo spring oats, a liberal area Is set apart to corn and other provision and provender crops, bogs are receiving Increased atten tion, and In fact our farmers are preparing to folly produce their supplies at home The Journal rep resents the affairs of tho county to be In a flourish ing condition. The Perry Journal claims three msle citizens who make up 700 pounds, aud threo females who kick the beam at 1,100, Marlon Hentlnel: Yesterday while George Butt, colored, waa having some brush burned out at Mr. " " ents* place, a small child of Cornells DouglaavlUe Star: It Is said that eight it this county quit their wives and weut to Texas last fall. Five of the truaut husbands are boarding at the save place In Texas. Thoyhad better havo taken their wlviw with them, aa women are said to be very acarca In the lone star state. The shad season has begun on the Altamaha, and the fishermen expect a good run. BlnesvIlleGasatte: ItlsaweU au then hated fact that there is a LeConle pear tree In ftclsi'osh couutv which one year produced thirty-three bush els. This beats an orange grove all to pieces. Aud . . jerve*. At the rat the tree it will pay to rats# pears to feed the hogs AU the corn shipped here seems to be damaged, Ing Widen for Worlds of course all thtlr aiintsj uutlfssudoousiia wtrs there to bid them "good! bye.??? among which waa au pld "aunty??? win wsi much affected upon the occasion, and finally ex In txeltad enthusiasm: "1 tell you what, folkea.de nigger am desalt ob do yearth, WUM, aud Bu rko county am loslu' all lt| salt. 1 W. U. Beokner, of Dalton, Oa., writes ui: "I saw Id your paper a few daya ago where some man had a feather bod eighty years old. Uncle Charley Adams, of this place, who la now seventy-tbroo years old, says he has two feather bods uow in his houso that were In vie thirty years before he waa born Ho also says he has a sat of ohalrs made In 1833 which are still tu good repair. Htrlke your flint and come again." Franklin News: One day last week a milch cow of Mis Nutt, who lives about flvo milt* north of Franklin, developed a real case of hydrophobia. Iho cow was milked aa usual In the morning, but at night at feeding tlmo, It waa noticed that some thing urss wrong with her, and she waa thought to be poisoned; but In a short tlmo, and upon ex amination, the cause of the curloui actions of tho oow was doto???mlucd, and* kill lug was now -ary. Alan, In tho samo neighbor hood, a j carl log DC???*?????? ** havcA's anfitnM??? __ was finally caiisht and tied, hut Us fltacamo so fast end were so itvore that It soon died. No cause for ibis Is known, as no rabid dogs havo been hoard of t*. Mils section by which they could havo beou bit* tan. eumter Republican: Sunday last Mr. MoBryde WIiH'in.sou of Hon. W.A. Wilson, of;8umter county, waabluen on tho fir??? ???* lllH II* gOrWSS lintUUHiaicir vurucu. ??? >11-1117 ??>i ??in** ky adminUn red and ho waa brought to th* city for mod I ml attondauco- He Is still doctoring his flu- g *r, which has turned of a greenish color, but the physicians think tho real daugor was caused from the whisky he swallowed. , Crawford Monitor: Before the Georgia railroad waa laid, up the Athena branch, and before there waa ever thought of snob things as our county now haa in the shape of enterprise* there was a flour ishing little village In Wolfskin district, about sev* ett ml lea southwest of here, called "Herraon,??? lu tho town, at that time, were one acadamy, two ???tores, (one kent by a Mr. Halabury aud the other by Mr. Klehara Aye.-ck.) a shop and sev* am *????????? ??? ??? c 4 ??? wore Among prln- jiving there. ??? cl id out a were Revs Oeonro aud Jerk Lumpkin axil Mr. Jamre Jewel When' the railroad was butlt It cut off thla place, aud after a few years It went down. It Is said tone re established In lu vigor, and haa changed 1U name to "Hertnouton.??? Tn. ru lain a small nlrrleof two miles or loss about fifty Inhabitants, all whltra except ten or twelve Thirteen fomtlD a make up thla number of resi dents One of thsi*ltU<*usof that place tellsu?? that they Inland organizing aud having city rules and n gulattoniuet upa sen ad and a church. They have one minuter of the r*p*l. who like the majority of the residents. Is a Missionary Baptist Tnsy can boast of acorn mill, mechanics, blacksmiths, shoe maker*. farmers and a plenty of "howand hominy??? at home Uncle Fraukilu Campbell sa>a they In tend having that high school If they have to build tho home High enough on poata to call It "a high school ??? WearegUd to know tho place is improv ing aud hope they will succeed In their efforts. "Union is strength!??? Decati'*, February 18.???Mr. Levi Willard, who waaaelUseuand merchant in our town thirty eight yean prior to 1864, and waa well known In your city, died at bis horn* In Springfield, Ohio,on Monday, the 11th Instant. Aught a, February 18 ???F. II. Stalling, who had Indorsed for George P. Curry to the amount of 84L- 0C0, baa hewn compelled to sell out and quit bust- ness on account of the failure. Rumors of embar rassment in anotneT prominent business houae are tire. Several banka are losers by Curry's failure. The depositor* in Carry's bank are all secured. A Miticv*, Fsbruary 18-Mrr. Rebecca Mlse, aged 73. died yceterday. Captain J. A. Cobb and wlfo were thla morn ing greatly shocked upon awakening, tn find that oue of a pair of twins only one month * 00d Out ??vtnmut??Uy waa much surprised to learn that F. II. Williams, one of our leadtig grocery bnures, bad failed. We undemand there will be a meet ing of his principal ctvdltors here next Wednesday. Tb* liabilities are reported all the way from 810.009 lo 140.COO. 1 am Informed by one who ought to know that be owes about RJO H00 I will send you urther particulars as I obtain them, Lmtcvu. February 18 ???On lastSatnrday theold Lithonla agricultural club waa reorganised at the Masonic hall, aud notwithstanding the extremely bad weather a roll of twenty members was Id at tendance. The organization waa eff.cu-d by elect ing Mr. J Lafayette C. llupp as president. Dr. W, F.Bmd vice vrmdenL F. M. Wellho-n secretary, and J. L Argo treasurer. The club wid meet a*stu at t o'clock on tae firat Saturday tu March, when it is expected that the toll of member ???hip wlU . double Itself The subject to be dlmnseed at uat tlm* is the production of corn. Lltbojla formerly had the floret agricultural club ef this entire couaty. an 11t Is the atm of the number* now lo th?? organisation to improve upon the standard of the old club. Success to all such Institution*. Tot message received f ram the land of flowers 1*. "FotGod'a mksduo???loome to Ltk- (???tty." We hope ??bt?? will prove a pill of value tn the cure of Sheriff Hewitt sold out the stock of goods here a Cochran A Co* Monday and Tuesday. He had of good crowd both days cl sale and the goods brousnt good t ri es and every man around here got him tvs or three pair shoes and a bat Lawexxcxvhax, February 14 -The guano agents of this place and LjctnsvtiU seem to tuvebsda collision in prices. They have cut the prtr aof standard fertilisers to fourhundred pounds time the former has nott- V K. Clements 1 place, a small child of Cornelia Peterson's was left on th??- dry leaves by in mother, who was at work some distance from 1* I he leaves caught fire aud then rbe ohlld'a clothing became Ignite*!. The child was badly burned from its heels to the back of Hs head, but Is still alive. There have been three suicides In the third district of Temll county lu lesa than twelve months. A Gainesville chicken recently killed waa found to have three tiny nuggets of gold lu lu gizzard. Dr. Wlllford, in Webster county, had the misfor tune on Tuesday night of last week to loae his raw mill, glnhnu-e, a good deal of lumber, about 300 bushels of cotton seed and a lot of seed oau by fire. The doctor's loss la estimated at 83,000. Tho ordinary of Forsyth county gives notice that any oue forging name of parent or guardian to an order for marriage license will be prostcuUd. Gainesville has sixty widows, over three hundred marrisgeable young ladies and two hundred and seventy five msrrlageblo young men, by actual count. Laat Wednesday Lewis B. Morel, a bookkeepo well known In Atlanta, was detected In a forgery and arrested Morel was bookkeeper for Traynbsm A Ray, but was discharged the other day, Mr. Ray having detected him du certain Irregularities, waa soon discovered that Morel had been In the habit of dopes ting notes Indorsed by Trayubam A Ray at Lowry???a bank, and cheeking out the money Thu firm deny that these transactions were author ized. Morel haa a wife who Is related to some of the best families In the atato. Morel himself haa always stoo 1 well here. He asserts his Innocence. A negro from Richmond, Ve., was In tho city the o'.herday offering 81.000 for the release of his broth cr In-law, Lacey, who waa convicted with the Paulding county rioters and sentenced to Imprison meut for life. For tho past ten years no Teporta of the military organizations of Georgia have been received by the secretary of war at Washington. The Georgia Idea Is that the state militia will answor tho call of tho adjutantgeiicm??? of the Unttod Rtates when troop* are wanted for duty, and not UU then A few nights ago Captain W. T. Nnwnan, the ex city attorney, pursued a chlckvn thief under the bouse and demanded his surrender. Receiving no responso. and seeing the thief's ryes shining through ihedarkucss, the captain took deadly atm and fired. Tho shot froed tho chickens, and the bodyof the thl was s ton dragged out. Ho turned out to bo a very flue o^osium, Concerning 'he sad suicide nearChlckasawhatch le, Terrell county, on Monday last, In which Miss Williams, a young girl twelve or fourteen year*old, took poison aud died very soou thereafter. rumor says her borne aurouudlug* were not plcasanLand sho thus ended her llfo. The Dawson Journalsays this neighborhood has been very unfortunate In ooeurretioca of this kind???thla being the third sul eldo In that community in twelvo months. Emanuel county Is somewhat excited over sault committed upon Mlsa Wealthy Ann Cooner white, by Henry K* herson. colored. In the prelim luaiy trial Miss Cooner waa tho only witness ex smlned. Tho testimony was to the effect that the night thoontrsge ii said to have been com* milted some one kuocked at the back door of her home. When sho asked who it waa ho went to the front door aud knocked. She opened tho latter Immediately and made Inquiries to know who her vlsl'or was. Heatupped luslde aud replied: "I am ku klux;??? whereupon she rau to tho fireplaco and lighted a splinter, by moans of which sho discovered her Intruder???so called??? to be Henry Roberson. He straightway kuocked tie light out of hsr hand, which extlnsulshed It grabbed her by the throat, cursed her and threat ened to end her existence spotty, If she made any none. This was about tho sum and substance o Mlsa Cuoner'a sworn testimony. Henry waa re 1 inamlcd to Jail to await the comtugof tho spring term of F.manuel suiter lor court, at which tl strong fight will be made by his counsel to clear him. John Whitfield, colored, of Jackson county, was fatally hurt on Monday oveniug by having a link eiful of dirt fall on him whilo wortlng lu Mr. Bryant's well. We leant that Mr Bryant's son was drawing the dirt, and Just as the bucket canto to the top aud he waa In the act of catching lt,lt catoe untied aud fell ott the negro, crashing him badly, lie lived until Thursday morning before he died. Fart well thin: Wednesday Captain J. M. Kidd took us round to hi*stables and showed us a drove of sixty turkeys that he had collected In Hart coun ty for shipment lo city markets. This was osly a small lustallmeut of what he has engaged. Among the lot waa a wild oue that bad voluntarily left the wild woods, took up with aome tamo turkeys aid domesticated itself. There are mo ru turkeys In the country than we ever knew of be fore. The presidency of Bowden college, says the Hen ry comity News, waa recently tendered Rev F. U, M. Henderson, but he deellned thepodtlou, prefer- rlcg to remain In the active ministry He was also elected president of Yalklu college, a flourishing Institution of North Carolina, but could not be in duced to accept the place. Mllledgfvtlle Chronicle: Mr, John T. Arnold In forms us that an attempt was made to enter his muse at the window of h??s mother's room 8onday night. February 10 He thinks there were six men of* h??m. He snot our of the men. and killed a dog which they bad with them He has found out the owner of the deg, Ue thinks he hurt oue of the party badly. There la a farmer in Berrien county that gathered 700 bushels of corn from s 23 screfletd last year. H' , was bit some two weeks \o???W of thli pl??w. Iltul flop'll no ottcullnn he Su-ided he wit bit b* a lag unrasv he went to At a mad stone It Is said If a man a ma-1 dog. when Jhe^ron# Is applied to font thin . is tror. It cLavcd to Mr (W* w aud like . rhen H would m adhere to any other lie had to give bond in a large sum that ho which he ha* aa for the last eight ysar*. the highest number for any o??e Tear belbg St heavy bale*, drill w* know vt men ??? ho travel half over the unlou for good farm- tug laud The Coffee County Gasette tells a charming llttl story of rural love, In which Mr. Dud Moblcf and Mr. Bird Mohley were both paying their best re- pcctstoMrs. Judy McCook, a sprightly widow, and both were receiving good encouragement, made propjsals and were favorably answered. Arrange* metita for an early marriage were at once made by both parties, and Mr. Bird MobWy. to keep things quiet, asked Ms betrothed to meet him at a certain potut ou the Ocmutgee river, aud they would get married. Meantime the other suitor had bis suspi cions aroused, and atouee went to the house where the ladv resided and besought her to come out and wsd him. The lady shat herself up lu a room and refused the invitation. The dl**ptH>tnied wooer d by the door, waiting for day aud bis doom, but to his sorrow, when day came the bouse was searched, Mrs. McCook was wanting, and later In formation leaked out that she had escaped through a window, went to the river aud married Bird Mob ley acoordlpg to promise. John Thomas, convicted of the murder of Lind- aey Weaver lu Campbell county one year ago last Chit*'mas. has beta resent cured to be hanged on the Uth of April next While waiting at the Pal metto depot for transportation to the Atlanta joil. the Fait bunt News-Letter records an aff ctng sorue as having takeu place: He was suncunued by his wife and little children, ai d while ho was engaged venation with the former oue of the tatter, would be that fa* her 1 * last on earth Many eyes were dimmed with tears at witnessing the aid scene at the parting of the condemned man and hla family??? he to bis dismal cell to await au Ignominious death, and they to return to tbefr desolate home. Thu* are the iniquities of the father visited on the children. John Coleman and Louli Rountree, of Emanuel, were fooling with a pistol, when it w?? nt off entet* Ing the breast of Cofomsn "Children and f-.ioli, says the Itemlzcr, "should not meddle with pUtola aud sharp tools ??? Mrs. AnrleHmlth, wife of Wallace W, Rmttb, an old and popular pilor. died at her home la Bavau nah last week, aged fifty f mryriirs. J??m**a Powell, who llvta near Rising Fawn, Walker county, was run over *nd killed while la toxlcated by a train on the furnace railroad laat Friday. Dr. T II. Lyon and Mias Emma Childs, of Martin Ga , were married lastHunaay. Mr. Charles cnancey killed two large turkey gob blers oue morning last week near Hawkinsvllle. At a social gathering near Mountain Hill, Mus cogee county, Mr. Hargett andJea*e Calhoun gaged In a quarrel which muled In Mr. Calhoun being stabbed and Instantly killed. Mrs. John Hamby, of Rockdale county, died vary suddenly last Thursday night. In a drunken frolic, last Saturday night, on tho plantation of Mr. James Fowler, Bhuengama'a dis trict, Walfou county. Colly Malcom wasahot in the breast by WlU Mluhcll aud struck over the head by Henry Herndon. The wound In the breast will probably produce death. Herndon and Mitchell have been arrested. The Walton News, from which the above Is condensed, says that on the night in question Flem Hlllytr waa assaulted and beaten by Dan Harri*, and Dock Harney was shot and killed In Richardson's district by Green Evans. All the parties are negroes. Tbe dwelllug bouse, kitchen and smoke home ol Mr. Wanh Anderson, uear B skely, waa deatroy- ed by fire last Sunday morning. It was plainly evident that the houses were robbed ana then fired, 8u*p'clon rests upon a negro. Mrs. M. Dl nr more, of Alpharetta, died 11th Inst., after an Ulucmot five weeks, she was a consistent member of the Baptist church. The farmersof Dougherty county, although they made a perfect failure In a cotton crop last year, have meat aud grain In abundance and they have takerrgreater Interest in diversified f irming than ever beforo. Very few mules have been bought in that county this year. Labor 1?? plentiful. Edward Longshore, white, was taken before Or dinary Steward, at Decatur last week, and adjudg ed ltisace. Burglars have made several ralda in Decatur during tho past week. Superior court In Paulding county adjourned last Saturday. Judge Branham congratulated the people of the county on voting whisky from their midst, Msny Improvements aro going on in the town of Dallas. John Thomas, who was a year ago convicted of murder In Campbell superior court and whose case weut to the supreme court and was confirmed, was resentenced ou the Uth Inst., to be h&uged day, April 11,1884 The grand Jury found a Due bill ???gainst 8 Foster, iho engineer of the train which killed John H. Boyd at Fntrbum last November, for not checking hla train as It approached the crossing. A true hill was also found against Mr. Cecil Gabbott, superintendent of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, for not having signal posts erected ss required by law. Tho farmers of Newton county are preparing their lands for the coming crops. Several oat fields have been plowed up and rcrown Houses wero unroofed and fences scattered by the wind on Wednesday nlgnt, 18ih, near Coving??on. Mrs Martha High wife of William L High, died at her home In Madlion on tho 13th, after an PI ness of soveral mouths. Sho was a lady of} great worth. non, William H. Crawford, city sollcleor of Bain- bridge, died last week of congestion o' the lunq^ The city council of Thomaston has placed Umax for selling whisky within the corporate limits at t-VX>. ??? Two mad doss were killed on the farm of Joseph Owens, DeKslb county,* few days ago. An election for "fence??? or "no fence??? will be held In the 078'h, 1.104th and l.tocth districts G M ot Chattahoochee county on the 23'h Inst. The stock law in on aro ooi-fldent of winning the fight Judgo J. P. Pughesluv is u'god for tho senator ship from the sixteenth dlstrlc. The Paulding Kra learns "that thicre are two Mor mon elders preaching their doctrines through this county, and are succeeding In making some con ver'a. Tbe constitution of the United States con tains* clause which gives every man thoprivlhge of worshiping God according to tho dictates of his conscience; bu* we do not beliuvo that the spirit of tho law can be extended so far as to allow anybody, under tno nsrae of a church to antago nize all tho social, morel and religious Institutions n! tho people of tho ciuutry, as thu Mormon church certainly does. Wo would uotc<>un*el any out rage against tbcao elders, but believe that the poo plo should give them emphatic notice to cease th* lr Uborsand leave the country, and sou that they obey. Tho are generallr shrewd and cunultg SHORT NEWS NOTES. Ooaxip of Things and Polks Here snd There. victims bi-tug females. Fort Valley ??Dror: K few years ago Major Nell oeked his farm lu Macon county. jn*i over the Houston line, with a l*nte number ????f cheep. He bad provided gor-d pis-ure land* and sbipherd og*. bui other deg?? nut Irlei.dly to 'he sh??-i??heri dr his charge Invaded the fold*, and have ndu.** d tho number of cheep alm????t drily and nig-iily ThD kind of ludNHinr need* protection 8troiliug, starving dogs should bu abate-t) lu some way. Dubtlu Gstctte: The rood hi-artrendlng accident that has ever beep r?? rented lu the b's'ory of our settlement occu red hereon the JO h ultraolu the lea'h of Mr Barrel (humbly. Mr. (humbly and Mr. Hora William* were esgaged hauling timber Mr. Williams driving the team and Mr. Crumbly ruling the tongue, when the team became frfoht cued and ran down a hill near Mr T F. WtllUms'a, snd by come means .Mr Crumbly wa* thrown from off the stick of timber, and the wheel rau over bis head and ???-niched It lu a mod frightful mauner. rauclng almost Instant death M . Crumbly wa* living ou Captalu T ??? * large and almost Caktok. Febiuary 19.??? Com pet 1 Ion In the guano -ade 1* lively etand*rd brands of g-iano are now bel'-g offered at JW pound* mtddil g cotton The Ktuweh river is pretty fu'l of water, and fences, boats Acts etc., are betas floved down. In a fight between Mickey Knight and Jerry Scriton Monday last, near Irwinton, Knight waa fatal???y stabbed by Bcott. K'ckdale superior court convened on the I8:h. There has been more slrkuesa in DanlelsvlUe lately than for many yearn past. The Chattanoocbee river st Columbus has been steadily rising for sewral days, and it ts thou ght that the boats will experience some difficulty In pairing under tbe bridges at Eufaula. On tbe 28th instant the statu will be entitled to celve the sum of 1700 000 from tbe East Tennessee i???Ytnt* and Georsla rel road, mid sum being tbe balance of the purchase money for the Mae>>n and U-unswIrk railroad. If the payment Is msde tn t>er cent bends, as demanded by the state, the to al amou it will be something over 8800,000 In tbe event of a failure to pay the governor I* author lzed to seize the road, mu It twelve months and then sell It If it la not redeemed. A failure to meet this payment on the 28'h would eaure the F*??t Tmrow*. Virginia and Georgia to forfeit the 1525,- 000 already. William Longstseet, of Augusta, the grandfather of General James Longstreet. was undoubtedly the ioventor of the steamboat. In 1771 or 1775 he con structed a very erode effalr, and ran ft ???uccecafully on the river at Augusta. Not having the mvens to build s substantial boat he app led to Governo Telfair for aid. and his letter Is util on file In tbs governor's office. 1 he governor and others regarded a* a vlrioaary seh-me and paid no attention to .1. Later Robert Fulton built his steamboat and csrrlrd off the bouore which really belonged to the Geotglan. Mr. W. R. Allen, ordinary of Mckeus county, is dta-l. Arizona will aoon be wholly under Mor mon control. Photographing on silk and linen is now suor??Ntfully practiced in London. Eastern Montana will, in tbe spring, celve 35 000 head of cattle from Texas. Boston has a female hygiene club that goes about lncpec'lo B the plumbing lu houses. Tub largrs', cultivated public park in the world Is the Prater.*- Vienna,containing 5,120 seres Tub season in Florida id only moderately presperous, the hotel arrivals not reaching those of last year. A novel is being written in England by nine different persons, the object being to give in dividuality to each character. Rbndkbkd frantic by want a Vienna father said to bli eon: "Boy, I cannot see you hungry and fret sing.??? aud then be killed him. Ventilated or perforated bedclothes are an English invention which wU not probably be ad opted lu thlvcountry before spring. Th* Omaha Bee says the Bosler herd cattle, numbering 15,000 head, has been sold to the Ogalalia land and cattle company for $1.25v.OQO. The icebergs are already beginning to get In their work lu the north Atlantic. One steamer has been sunk, and doubtless others will share her fate. When a teacher at theCarlsile Indian school ???sked a pupil, "What la tbe axis of the earth? 1 answered that it was "a think line??? oirwhlch the earth wheeled around. Animals dwelling at high elevations re semble those of colder latltudav. The same specie* of insects are found on Mount Washington as Labrador and Greenland. From the 1st of December the tiger rewards In the Buuderbunds, India, have been fixed f12 50 for each tiger and f5 for each cub proved have been destroyed in the Hunderbunds. This would not be very stimulating pay here The latest craze among the swell young men of Ntw York, is to h*Te their lady love's profiles engraved their thumb nails, and It is said that noted cameo cutter is on the high read to fortune const queuce. Bodenrtdet supplies the following Rtnsian estimate of the relative smartness of nations, which haa passed into a proverb there: Two Jews are equal to one Russian, two Russians to ono Persian, two Persians to one American, two Americans to ono Greek. It is proposed in ftew Orleans to cremate the garbsgo, as well aa the dead. Under the pres eut system It is partially dlifAscd of by beiug thrown Into tho river, where It la likely to become a source ef trouble, whereas, If burnt, It can esute uo further harm. In this country are only two establishments at which cannon can be be made. One Is at South Boston, Massachusetts, and the other at West Polut New York. The Boston works, which havo lain idto for six years, are said to be fit to compete with foreign foundries. Paste diamonds are now made with such perfection that a rapidly moving eye, such as oue meets at a social occasion, will hardly toll the dlf- rand bai , well as a St,COO brilllante. Luminous harness is the latest device used iu Euglaud to make the dark horso vlrible at night A phosphoric paint applied to the blinkers, collar, and other prominent parts of the trappings is used* to bring about tho result, and the night trotter, thus prepared. Is said to resemble chain lightning as he plunges into the datknefca ol the country sido. Tu* Bombay government thinks it has made the interesting dlsoovory that the recent epl demies of cholera are la some way due to disease In cats. Tho only ground for this startling thoory seems to be the fact that tbe cats were devastated b; a plague at Ahmeduugcer two years ago and at bin os last June, but the uith of the government Is strong enough to Induce It to ask for luvesilgatlon Hum* interesting results of the experiments in ostrich farming now going on in southern Call fomia, aro contained lu tbu following report: The ostriches ou the Anaheim farm laid 305 eggs during the lessou from the 1st of May last until tbe 1st of Octnoer. The birds have been plunked twlcn since ???lelr arrival ou ??? * . s', yielded 8b00 2,500 quill* of all kluds from eighteen birds, aud is vaiuea at f ItOO. Tukrx are 250,000 canary birds owned by families lu Brooklyu, N. Y. It cor a about seveu cunts a week to food each bird. Tho capital luvests ed iu these birds In that city U estimated at S5(0, 000 Tne average price Is Um -ban three dollar- lor each bird. ??vhun well cared for tho canary bird lives about ten years, but come of them have been k.iown to live twice (hat leuath of time. The lrbh people, a* a cla*s, are partial to cauary birds, The year 1000 will not be a leap year, alihough It Is divisible by four without* remainder lu order to make a calendar aud solar time agree as nearly as they can be got for many years to corpe, tbe Gregorian calendar droc s three leap years out ol every lourc. nturies, aud these omlcslons are upon such leap year*** will not oivlde by 400 without a remainder, although the* esn be evenly divided by four.Thu year 18*?? ??** a leap }ear,but 1700 aud 1??00 were not, aud 1900 will not be. A gentleman in California recently found in bis well, sixteen feet deep,- a mass ot roots be longing to a eucalyptus tree, standing some fifty feet distant. Tbe roots had gone through a brick wall, and had then sent out mlllloniof fibres, form lug a Urg??? macs at the buttom of the well. The roots of the rim aud willow will often go twice fifty feet through moderately stiff soil in order to reach a mnbt spot, ur even water, and for thl* reacon such trees should never be planted near wella or drains Into which the roots can find Tux Providence Journal says the age of men who follow a seafaring life to aud from that port varies from eighteen to thirty five. But few sailors of middle age. or advanced in years, are to be seen The sturdy old gray beards of seventy or so. who used to command coasting vessels, have mostly died off or mired, and cspuli.s are rarely lobe met above forty nr forty five. When they arrive at a well seasoned period of life they ucually invest their hard carnlugs???if they have saved any???ou land, or reek some other occupation leas arduous and dangerous than the sea. Barn cm???s car for his white elephant is de scribed as eclipsing anything in the car line evrr built, and (s sixty fest long. A white exterior.mlr- rers bordered with crystal* and precious stones, heavy carvings thick with beaten gold, marbles In aitcTellevo and metal work as fine as the Assyrian Egyptian or Grecian an eau fashion meet the eye The enrapliredgst- la theufa*tened upon a wealth of marvrilou* aud magicC'riatlog, enhanced by the quivering light pouring tbrausb the staiaed alsas window*, a cultivated lmatinatiou wLI be fairly lost lo ihe sunes lout afftmted lu thu chamctanr from Thebe*. fi*byion sod Kir evah. To the front ???r.d rear of the oar are boudoirs with oriental ppolntmeutaof unsurpassed msgulficem-e for the Buddha prittis, aud iu toe centre one for Barium. Statistics are being collected in France for tbepnrpute of forming an estimatesa to whether thu total number of Inhabitants in the country will begrestcrcr less than it Is now at tbe clove of the century. Thus far the figures tend to show that there Is Uke'y to be a decrease rather than an in crease lu the population. There are net. upon an average, more than two children now iu each family tn France, and iboush there baa always been an increase in population slnoe 1506, the rate of the Increase has been con stantly declining f-om 38 per 10.<\0yearly to 26 per iO.COi 1 . Returns al??o state that cat of every ICO lu habitants of P*ris only thirty-six are bora in the partmeni fifty -seven comicx from the provln- re, _~dseven from abroad. Moroever, while the cum be< of births remains nearly stationary In France, the ra*e of infant mora.itj ts enormous, befog aa ' ??2 1 percent tn Normandy aud 15 per cent whoteof France. Tub different kinds of dye woeda used in this country are U g wood and fustic, fioaa th* West Indies: tms, from tbe shores of the Pacific, and the b??r and cam woods frost Africa. Tbe woods menttourd, wi b the exception of fustic, which is yelbne. are red. but ??f various shades. Th# asp- cutlrely Ignorant of its terrible import, was work-1 Among the poll???tcal movements of (he s*a e I??? lx lug *1 U aL Its might to get the haudr uff* off hi* ??? an* ou peed that Hon. R. V. Humber, ol Eaton urn, writ**; and fai'.it g In lu ilforta Innocently app* ate will be a car d date for state tnsrorsr. ard that j ??? "tkJ*fha~wood* fn uaw ed to Ite father to take ih* ugly thlncsoff btmrelf. Colonel J A R Hanks will be pushed lor the comp- j rough are, amiNIng u> the Provid-ncd Journal, as Little it knew that tie day they were taken off trefer generalship. I follows; Logwood, from V0 fo t* 1- wood, which Isa delicate pink, < Ion; the red wood*, from SiO to 870 a In two eeoturies we have stripped ton, and the cam wood about 1150 a ton. The Utter the eountrv to a creator extoHt than otir ancestors wood comes from the Interior of Africa, coats con- country w a gr uier extent wan our ancestors erable for f ratiiportatlon and 1* becomlog ccarce. <H<1 their territory in Europe In 2,000 year*. So long Cam wood !sna*d most!Iv by woolen manufacturers as wsbsd forest* along the upper water courses ^ the moUtore. ??od ??tl????d 11 to staples aud chains are found attached to tne togs trickle down gradually, but now tbe rains when thev arrive in thl* city, and poisonous ins-ct* rush down the hillsides and fill the of that clime are often found lu Ihe hollows of the wood, wfci-h are cpeedllv killed. NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS The cigarette h a harmless iobklng thing, but In (be opinion of many well-posted people It contains about as much polsou to tho cquaru iuch as any oue article that could be uaured. Tho cigarette business started m thiscouutry about fifteen years ago. American cigarette* were novelties, and at tracted favorable attention from the start. The rapid growth of the buclure* aud ice prerent mag nitude will be better uuderstood when it 1* stated that lu 1SSJ COO OOO.OCO cigarettes were manufactured in this country of which New York furnished 414.092.867. Oue hun dred and eighty-two dlffereut brands of cigarettes have been manufactured lu the hut fifteen year*. Of these seveuty-oue varieties have had their day, and cessed to exlst. The original American cigar* ettesbad mouthpieces iu Imitation of tho European article. The prlco was then twenty cents a package, but since mouth pieces went out ol fashion the price dropped to ten cents. It is asserted that the tobacco treed iu tho manufacture of cigarettes is of a meaner grade than that used iu tbe cheapest cigars. It is adulterated with saltpeter to prevent moulding, and this use of saltpeter 1* s*l\ by medical men to be highly inju rious to tho vital f untifons. The oil of the cigarette paper wrappers is said to bej more poison ous than tveti tht oil of tobacco. The msj-irity of cigarette emokers are very young people, principally boys, aud not a few girls. In New Jersey a law has been pasard makfog 1 a peual offense to sell cigarettes ot tobacco to minors under sixteen years of age, aud a tlmilar bill is uow pending iu tho New York legislature. The latest estimates place the population of tho globe at 1.433 800,COO, indicating a decrease iu tbe last three years of tome 22,000 000, though, esa matter of fact, there has been an actual locreasefof some 83 000.000 This apparent discrepancy ii ac counted lor by the fact that the population ef China haa heretofore been largely over estimated. In reference to our own country the statistics show that uo country In the history of the world ever bad such a composite pop ulation as ours. Tho whlto natives and the immigrants from Germany and Great Britain make up eighty-three per cent of our popu lation, leavlug but lour coot from other couutti^e, and from white races of other types, and thirteen per cent for those of African descent. Probably uo other country on tho face of tho globe can show such a dlverrity aud at the samo tlmo such a sub Etautlal unity of race and descent. Chinese Gordon's habit of carrying a walking- stick Instead of a sword lu battle Is uot a habit con fined to bitn alone. Many European officers always carry their walking-sticks In tho field. Tho modern walking rilek Is of auclout and (portable origin. It Is a modification and a union of thu shepherd???s crook, the palmer's staff, the traveler's stick, tho wand of office, tho scepter of mouarchy aud tho sword. The slender stick now in uio made Its appearance In tho court of the king of Franco, some 400 years ago. Different classes frequently carry dlfferout styles of canes. Thus tbe old cuts represent the physician with hla thick knobbed Atid labeled cane, the mer chant with a stick shaped like a shepherd's crook, the ruffiau with his short thick bludgeon, etc. Od dltyonce oxhaus ed Itself on thesbapo of the stick but it now attacks the knob. Here everything In naturo Is Imitated in gold, silver, brats, copper, ivory aud wood. Tux World's expos! .Ion at New Orleans will de vote 217 acres to lakes and gardens, showing the rarest trees aud plants of Mexico, Central America, Florida and foreign countries. Horticultural hail will bo 030 by 184 feet. Mr. P. Usrckmans, of Augusta, Ga., has boon appointed ???pedal onramiuioncr to confer with v rious Euro poan societies in reference to tho fruit and plajt dls play. The collective Mexican exhibit will be an lm menso thing, occupying a building 1.40 x900 feet Acc ??mpAU> ing this exhibit will bo a Mexican band and a battalion cf Mexican troops. The exposition will receive liberal encouragement from the lead lug countries of the world. The rebellion In China, which was suppressed by Chiueso Gordon lu 1861, was a more dangerous and extensive outbreak than one now terrorising Egypt. In China, ai In Egypt, the trouble had a fa???se prophet at its head, and the rebellion obtained such headway that the imperial government s.ru^glcd fifty years it down, but without sucres*. Gordon whipped the rebels and restored peace in le??s than a year. He wa* offered a magnificent palace and a fortune of g o OOi'.COO. but he declined all pecuniary reward. Ho returned to England whero ho endeavored to avoid the notoriety thrust upon him. From all of which It would appear that Gordon is either a hero or a crank. Gxnesal John Newton, who has made a study of modem explosive*, says that no agent can supplant gunpowder for the principal requirements of war fare. Iu blastisg rock tbe higher explosives may be employed, except where the rock Is weak In co hesion, when gunpowder Is preferable. In coal mines the higher explosives are too destructive In their action. Dynamite ash destructive agent for unlawful purposes can only be applied on a limited anale. and wlih nearly frnitlera results, as time, money and elaborate preparations are required for eflVcUve work. New dec ptlona aud adulterations are creeping Into the grocery trade all the time. Canned vege tables suffers good deal. Bumpkin, plain or mixed with a little iquash, la called squash. Dried Cali fornia beans are soskfd and sold for grccu Lima beaoa. Borne time a can contains only one tomato, the can being filled up with tomato juice. In the fish Hue It Is Just as bad. Bmall herrings are put up sardines, and tbe large ones go for mackerel. Many fish labeled salmon are nothing of the aort There is great deception In Jellies aud preserves. Rasberry Jam is often composed cf applo Jelly, glucose aud tomato seeds, aud every known vaile- of jelly la made from apples, glucose aud flavor Ing <x tracts. _ The death of Cetewayo, the famous Zulu chief tain, removes one of the most remarkable savages the age. Cetewayo. it will be recollected, sue needed hts father. Panda, as king of the Zulus In 1472. Hit aggrewlve policy and persecutions of the mtssfnnarlx* soon??? led him into with tho government of Natal. In 1879 the Zulu King and his army were completely routed by the British and Ceftewajo kept a prisoner for two years. Cape Town and in England. The central por lion of hi* kingdom was restored to him, but he involved In hostilities from hla restoration to the time of hla death. Heart disease waa the caaie ol his demise. A Da Fexminich. of Buffalo, tux purchased the starch works at Peoria. Ill, and It ???aid that he lo tends to distill whisky from the residiuum of the starch. Some of the distiller* claim tnat the experiment Is not new, that the doctor manufactured whisky by his p.cce?? in Bufftlo, bat that nobody would buy it ???wueh works and gluccs mills begin to send out their quotas of whisky, tbe already overstocked market will have a gloomy outlook. There are certain legal obstacles the way of auca Bunufacturing, and it is not thought that tbe revenue department will open the way to the starch and glneose men. Thkbb la but one radical remedy for the terrible floods which devastate the 'Ohio valley eve ry winter, and that ia to preserve or replant the forera a>l a???ong the upper water courses. In this country, our lumber trade and our railroads have devoured eats by hundreds of square ??iw narrow streams tn oveifl >#ing. Wo may expect destructive fl-N>4s every winter, and they will qrow worse and worse. When wo strip our hill countries of their limber wo make them uninhabitable. Something must be done for the preservation of our forests or a large area of our ierritO???y will become a barren waste. Tn* spring sap la beginning to rise in the colored brethren lu Walton county, and the echoes of their caroursls are heard all over tbe state. The prospect s that nearly every negro In >h?? country will final* ly fight his way Into the chalngacg. A cursory examlnalou of Harrison's compilation of lunacy laws shows that In several states of the union it Is much easier to get a mas Into the luna tic asylum than It Is in Georgia. In Pennsylvania tbe certificate of two physicians who have been practicing five years will lock upon an allt-ged in sane person. In New York a certificate from ten physicians U required, aud It must be approved by the Judge of acourt of reord. In Missouri the certificate of two physicians will do If the superintendent vt the asylum considers the patient insane. In New Jersey a written request to confine a patient,backed by aphyriclau's certificate is a sufficient warrant. AU of the above states would do well to borrow a few points from the lunacy laws of Georgia. A rewstater reporter recently devoted a day to intervlwiog the Chicago clergy on tbe question of dancing. Several of the diviues dodged the ques tion. others favored dancing, and a number op posed It. Rev. Mr. McPherson, Presbyterian, thought that dancing was not necessarily wrong, but subject to abuses. Presbyterian ministers were divided in opinion on the subj ctiDr.Loilmer, Baptist, Mild that dancing wav not to be wholly approved or condemned. Ue preferred not to dls- cuu the matter. Rev. Mr. Lccko, Episcopalian, eaid that his church and the clergy approved of dancing, thought It proper, healthful and condu cive to grace. Eishop Morrill, Methodist, said that tho potitiou of his church had always been in op position to dancing. The Catholic priests who were Interviewed spoke against round dances, but had nothing to say regarding other styles of dancing.. Professor Swing said: "Mau will always keep time to muilc, either with his fingers or bis feet. Dancing came with the human race; It wUl stay with usforover,??? The Ice carnival at Montreal this reason paid splendidly It is estimated that thu viri'ors left at least a million dollar* In tho city. New Yorkers flocked In by thoutands. Montreal is worth seeing as a genuine European city, and during its winter carnival it li more attractive than at any other tlmo. One of the latest cheats Is tobacc? paper. The ???tuff is such an exact imitation of tbe natural to bacco leaf and iy so well flavored that It takes a magnifying glass to detect the deception. Cigars made of this tobacco paper have a good flavor, bum well and hold their white ash fltmiy, A professional ventriloquist recently admitted to a reporter that ventriloquism was nothing but a humbug. It Is generally thought that tbe veutrll- cqulat throws bis voice In order to make It appear to oome from different directions. Thl* Is alien illusion. The only thing requisite la to deceive the ear. It Is well kuown that the organ Is singularly in- acurato In determining tho direction from which x sound proceeds. The veutrlloqulst takes advantage of this and by alltt???e juggorly produces theillurion. Ho gives to his voice such intonations ss convey te the audience the Imprerion of sounds beard from some particular point at?? greater distance He di rects at the tame time the attention of his hearers to the point from which the seuud is to oeme, and thus controls their Imagination. Six Walter ?cott msde more money out of his literary work than any author who has ever lived. Ho received 33,500 for "Waverly.???xnd for tho suc ceeding eleven novels he was paid 1550 000. Then he wroto other novels at from ten to af.y thousand dollars each. His "Life of Napoloon??? brought him *93,000. After those figures It will bo Interesting to refer to other auco-ssful novelists. Mis* Burnoy was paid SiOO for "Evelina,??? 110 009 for ??? Cecillia,??? and f15.000 for "Camilla.Mrs. Trollopo received 84.000 for her work ou America, and' for the next twenty year* made 85.000 per auxom willing novel*. Dumas???s firit novel brought him uothfogand left him out ol pocket 8C0. but ho afterwards made Immense sums, spending his money, however, be foro he rec ived it. Bulwer made 8400.000 from bis novels, Dickens about two 000, fitaconifidd 8150,- 003, Thackeray about 8250 000. The completion of tbe railways which are de signed to connect Mexico with the United States will came a tremendous ebango. Within two or three years Mexico will para from the conditions of 303 years ago to the condition* which control com merce and industry in tbe most advanced nations t> day. The area of Mex- ico it 741,491 rquare miles; population 12.000,000. Every variety of climate may be found, and ou the tablo lands where the majority of tho people live it Is as salubrious as it Is anywhere lu the world. The ???oil Is generally fertile and produces corn, whsat, sugar cane, beans, coltou, oats, red pepper, coffeo and tobacco, besides an Immense variety of vegetables aud fruits. The mineral products In richness and variety surpass overy other country on the globo The fact that many of our shrewdest capitalists nave Invested many millions in running railroads through this El Dorado I* a sufficient guaranty of the future pcaco aud stability of the country. American tmdere.mtcbarjica.agriculturaliaia and speculators, will soon rush In by thousand*, and the result will be one of tho most rapid and remarkablo trans formations recorded la history. The oil burineis has all grown up within the past twenty four years. In I860 seventy barrels of oil glutted the market Now tbe world uses about 00 C00 barrels a day. The amount of oil produced seems to be steadily increasing. Probably the oil supply will never entirely give out, but It !??? beginning to be very evident that unless new cU fields ate spredlly discovered the price of oil will go to a high figure. When mau builds hts nest In a wash basin he ought to expect to get damn occasionally. Bat he never does expect It. Tbas the annual floods in the wo* t appear to be something brand new and unexpected every time they occur, Th* tramp married by 1 Yirgiula girl taros out to bua doze. This shows that matters are getting red-hot la this our glorious republic. After awhile the noble lords thatG. William Childs, A. 1C., cf Philadelphia, has on exhibition la Patladelphla, will break out, and then a great manv girls will be.able tcjpick up duke*, and earls end things. Walt Whitman, author of the'weU known M Inter- lude on the Now and Here,??? la to have x new poem in Harper's Magazine tor March. Whitman Is not aa wicked as he used to be. He now chews gum. It Is funny about your true western man. Elev en cick'alla will uot compensate him forgettina his feet wet * 1 It will soon be time for Mr. Tilden tv pop hla whip. We shall then see if Editor Wattenon la aa ???assy as be now pretends to be. One of the few Connecticut girls that haven???t been murdered by a former lover, la shortly to marry a Jap. A Connecticut girl ts bound tx have her fan. Thk affecting allusions to Brown's legs in Qneen Victoria's dtary shows that the art of pathos mil holds high revel tn the Britfob Isles. Aha ! Herr Lester waa what they call x German secessionist! This account* not only tjr the milk the cocoaant, bat for the hair oa thc^s&Xc.