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THE?WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. MAY 13. 1884- TWELVE PAGES. I
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
The Canton Adranoesaj, that the Sixes, near
that place, wee one of the lint discovered gold
nine! In north Georgia. Ceptaln John B. Gar-
itaoaaayethatin 1811 he, with Ur. Ell HcConnel,
then of Cherokee county, and Ur. George Kellogg,
et Fonytb county, vlelted themlieand found the
Indiana at work, (at that time there waa about
three white famillea In Cherokee county). They
ward old frying pan bandlee, aharpened attain and
any other toola they could get. the ahoeel and pick
being nnknown to them, to get up
the grarel and dirt, and with
their handa, It waa pat into wooden plgglne, little
tube, trnja, etc, and carried to the branch near at
hand and panned out. They would waah It down,
pick out the ooarae gold and large particle, and
Ibrow.away the One gold in the Band.
Ihla way, while perbapa waiting one-
half the gold, they eared conalderablo
quail title, of gold. In 1893 General Lawhorn with
ala negro men, for throe weeka' work, roallaed
eleren pounda of pure bullion. The moat of tbla
waa taken from what la known as the dry
bolloir, a little to tbo right and weat
of wharo the Indiana worked In 1831. At
ihla time "the long tom??? waa the only machine
aaaed and with Urta General Lawhorn made aeveral
' thousand dollar, on Iheae miner. In 1331 William
Hay and hla aona commenced work aud continued
tip to 1843. During thla tlmo they dug from Ihla
aalne 13.000 pwt. of gold, in the early daya aa
aaany aa llfiy "long tome" were running at one
time. Mr. Allen Keith worked a company ano-
emafolly for eome time. Mr. Bobert lllllhoueo aaya
he baa taken some Una apeclmena of ooarae gold
from them. Ur. Bolirer May foond one weigh'
log thirty-two pwt and from four to eight
pennlwelght. It la catlmated that hnndrcda of
Ihoniandi of pennyweight hare been dug from
Iheae mlnea eince dlecorered in 1831 by the 1 ndlana,
and then from aurface, apd no regular or well
developed rein haring erer been opened on the
property. An experienced miner with aome capl
tal might open up rich and exlenalre vein, that
perhapa would exoell lo rlchneaa anything yet (Ms-
corered In Georgia.
The deooratlon of eoldtera' grarca In Caaarllle
will take place on the 18th of May.
The melon crop around Mlllen la aald to be prt m
tolng.
Bcaldee haring a Dneoourthouae Monroe propose
to erect a 18 080 Baptist cburch.
The American aaya that Mr. W. C. Brooks, of'
Bartow county, brought a load of bacon lo town
last week. This meat was killed In 1383.
The Atlanta convocation of the Protestant Epis
copal church of Georgia conreuea In Marietta on
M>e7lhof May, and will continue In newton for Are
daya.
Dents Howard, the old colored drayman, of Ma
rietta, ta the father of 3C children. Ult wife haa
bad seven pair of twine in succession.
The monument fund of the Ladles??? Memorial
association of Newnan, now amounts to about
$1.3(0. This the Herald think* would be almost
euBlctent to Justify the orderlug of the monument
at a cost of 11,000 ifataursneo was felt regarding
the *300 from the county which was recommended
by two grand Juries. Wo do aotdonbt that tho
legislature will pass au enabling aoi to that offset
Aa ten er twelve months must uoo.asarlly Inter
vene betwoen tlso ordering and tho receiving of the
monument, it teems to uathat Immediate notion
would be JuaUOablo.
Tho 8re record bee been Alllug up rapidly the leal
faw days. Near Bowman, the dwelling houso ol
Mr. Fatlonon was buruod on Prldsy evening last,
and ou Saturday evening about dark tbo barn oi
Mr. J. L. Nance, in Bowman, was also destroyed by
Are, and that It waa with much dldlcnlly that hla
residence waa saved. In Elbert, the residence of
Mr. Kobert Hall, together with overylhlug In the
borne, consisting of all the bedding, wearing ap
parel and provisions ol Mr. Hall and family, wero
consumed by Aroon Tuosdsy evening ol leal week
Mr.Smithsudfamily,a son-in-law of Mr. Hall
Used In the tinini- with t.ltn, .rit.l lent everything
they bad. On Hun,lay morning a Are was discovered
to tho oarrlsge of W. O. Haynes, In Americas. Tho
total loss was about 13,000 and tho Insurance not
ovrr I'M. t
On last Wc-lnceday, Willie, a son of Hr. James
Howell,who lives near Varnoll station, In the
northern portion of WhltOold county, left homo
for tho purpose of roturnlug a borrowed augor to
a neighbor???s, lilt errand lad him through tho
woods, and securing hla gun aud oalllng In hla
dogs, he sol off with the reotrk that ho would re-
turn shortly. Bat as tho shades of ovanlog wero
rapidly coming on, and Ihe boy did
not make hla appearance, bis pa-
ants grew nncaay and a search for toe
lad was mado. About midnight tba poor boy waa
fouud stiff and oold tu death. The coroner waa
aotIBed and repaired a'tonoe to Ibe scene ol tbo
tragedy. Tho body was removed to
Mr. Howell's where an Inquest waa held. Tba ver
dict ol Ihe )ory was that the youth came to hla
death by a gun In bis own hands. It la conjscturcd
that bo was blowing In ihe gun toaaoorialu wheth
er or not Itwas loaded, when II Arad and killed
him.
Almsst Immediately following Urn sad accident
at Varnoll station, cornea another ol similar charac
ter. War. Stafford, a lad about Af teen years old
living three mllse from the city, waa aroldoatally
shot and luslantly killed by a gun In Ihe hands ol
a negro boy. Stafford waa sitting on Ihe aide ol
a bad, and lha negro waa some
law yards off. In Ihe doorway,
oarolrssly handling the gun, when Its con tenia were
diarhartrd. the load passing through young Staf
ford's hi art and prodnrtaa death In a law seconds
Dr. J. U. Blvtoga was hurriedly summoned, b,it tho
unfortunate sou'll was desd baloro be strived at
Ihe scene ol the tragedy. Tho negro boy baa been
???Meed In Jail it Dalton until an Investigation ol
the matter can be made, aome thinking that tbo
shooting wte not wholly accidental.
Marletle Journal: Hon. I. C. Clements Is clrarly
tbsclioleool tbed-tmocrstsof Ihla district lor re-
election locoug!tM,andanymsu who antagonises
Mm In tba convention or oul ol It will threly bo
dtfeated.
Dublin Utsslla: Mr. C. Kicks esme to Dublin
last Thursday, and preferring uni lo bring Ibe
????? iiiumiaj, nnu iitiiug use* tv viiitR ws
mule he was tiding scrota lha river, btiched It to a
Ins on the eaet aide, came over In lb* terry Ast and
walked up to town, II, wae threat from Iris inula
but slew noun, hoi when be returned ba dltcov
awed that tba reiu bad fallen lower upon the trunk
ol Ihe tree and the mnl# had targ'cubl???sell t*i h
lha bridle rails, had tripped htm-elf. fallen upon
lie head and caused death from strangulation. Mr.
Kicks Is a poor man. sud the lam el mis season si
the yrar works a gn at hardship upon him, and Is
almost, and at Matt lor the present, an trie parable
Duds Ben Dnnncgsn, as ha haa been familiarly
called for Afty years, died at his horns on tbs Chat
tahoochee, at about to'clock ot last Friday morn
ing. Mr. Dunacgtn waa over tlghly eight years
old, and iraaan Intelligent, upright dtlien, having
Ailed several cSloes ot trust and proAt long yean
ago. among them sheriff and member ol a consUlu-
Uocal convention.
Aeveral Talbot letmert declare that the stock law
has Increased tba milking capacity ol their oows
sm hundred per cant.
Columbus Enquirer: In Burnell circuit court, at
???cafo. ycatetday. ibe Jury In lha oaae of LeweUea
Bohtoaon, colored, charged with the kilting of
Trov Adams, also colored returned a verdict of
guilty of murder in tba Aisl degree, and recom
mended that the punishment be death on lha gil-
lous. It willbt remembered that Troy Adaaaauaa
found dead near Port Mitchell about one mouth
ago and Kobtneon was arrested the next dsy ou
auaptciou. The two an* bad becu peylng their el-
Hanlons to tbs use women, whlca was the cense
of Ike tragedy which ended In Ad urn's death and
the psubehle hanging of ttabluson.
From the Early County, Ga.. Men.
Mr I. M. Bronson brought lo our oSire ou Tues
day an agg which bo found In a nest la his haa
boom gulls a curiosity lu Its way. It la shaped
my much like a pipe, II has no shell exeept u thin
???kin. and has the nsutl white and yellow, which
car, he plainly asaa through lu thin covering. On,
devil says ihe ben most hare beta trying lo lay *
presidential egg, but tailing, produced this pipe of
lion oi Georgia, groat majority of them do their
own work, plow oally and while they bear Ihe lm
prcaaofege.havetha rtidyJImpreiioQhealthaopecu-
liar to tbla section. There Is Mr.Lancaaier and Mr.
John Benson end Mr. L. Scott who has lived In
Florida for a while for Ms health, returned to his
boms lo Marion county is over 70 ycara ol ago,
and plows every day. la ons house not far from
here resides three ladles,representing three genera
Uons, all three of whom are grandmother*. The
grandmother, the mother and daughter. Mrs
Butler, the eldest. Is 107 or 1C8.
There was 130,000 subscribed in one day,
Buena Vista, to start an oil mllL Jt only requires
133,000 In complete the Job. ,
It*!abridge Democrat: In 1861 many of Decatur
county's "bravest and best" went out to the battle
Bold to Agbtfor home and country. From '01 to
'OS Decatur county scat to tho couirdorato armies
upwards ol 3.000 soldiers. It M sale to aay that
otic-third nf.tbis large Bomber now He In nameless
unknown graves apon many a.bsttle Held.
Bartlesville News: IVo were shown yesterdays
(30,old piece stained with clay. It was apart ol
tne *20 000 treasure which Mr. Tom Dewberry,
deceased, of Monroe county, had buried.
A Darien negro Is now serving bis forty frith sen
tenon In Ihe calaboose.
The negro. Jack Henderson, ol Lincoln connty,
charged with rape, haa been convicted and sen
tenced to life imprisonment.
Mr. Frank Clarke, son of Judgo J. F. C. Clarke,
and Him Carrie Guyton Parka, slater ol Senator J.
O. Parks, were married In Dawaon by Rev. Peter 8.
Ttallly.
Camilla Clarion: Wool dipping will soon ba
gin. Mr. Johu C Fraxier, of ibis connty, will
shear sue Ibouisnd sheep. Hon. John bappo and
o beta have lame numbers. With mnro wool on
the market In the spring snd more home raised
bscon In the fell there will soon be plenty money.
Cotton raised with foreign baenn aud fertilizers
don't leave much money on tbe farm.
Esrly County News: Wo aaw an Early county
farmer to-day with Are one-hundr-rl dollar til ls
(hat he made farming. Vela w at many af our
dUsena go to Texas to And belter laud.
DEATH 1(4 A DENTIST'S CHAIR.
A Catered Waaeaa Dim White Cedes Iks lelasats
cf e.hl s refer at.
From Ibe Albany News.
Missouri Wright, wife of Itloherd Wright, ootor-
cd, went to Ihe office of Dr. Osboro, Ibo dontlst,
to base some teeth extracted yoiterday morning.
Fearlog that thoonoratlon would bo a painful one,
she asked for an administration ol chloroform.
Dr. Oibum called In Dr. HUIsman lo administer
the anesthetic. Tho patient yielded to Ibe InAu
oncost the chloroform very readily, and nothing
unusual occurred tiutll alter one tooth bad
been extracted and Dr. Osborn waa about to pro
ceed lo draw another, when she resisted, and then
suddenly erased breathing. Tbe doctors Immedl
ately took hor out of Ihe chair, and laying her on
Iho floor, tried lo revive her by producing artlAclal
respiration: but her heart rclused to sot and she
wst soon beyond all hope. A powerful electric
osso happened lobe wbat the medical boohs call
"ono In a thousand:" the chloroform paralysed
her hosrt, and Immediate -Hath ensuod. whllo
this csso was engaging the attention of the dontlst
a white lady bantu, from Aorea wss waiting In tho
while p.-ople'a ofllco to lake her tarn under tho
fnrelpe, and as she had six tooth which
she wanted ta got rid oi she bad gone
(hero With a dotorralnatlou to have chloro
form administered while tbny were being extract
ed Hbo was Ihoreln theufllca whert the colored
women expired end asw tho uorpae carrlod out on a
stretcher. Did this frighten her so that she wanted
to back down from taking Ilia ann-ufiotfo? Not
much It didn't. Heating herself in tho chair, sho
said to Dr Hllamau: "Come oo wltb your chloro
form : you say It doesn't kill moro than ono lu a
thousand: It has Just klllodoue, so I guoss I won't
be Ihe next.??? Tho chloroform wsa admtulstorod Ur
her lo six times Ibe quaulliy that was atveu lo tbe
colored woman and wMleusder Its inlluenoe tbe
six offending tenth wore auocesafully-ex traded,
HYDROPHOBIA.
a Vonrg Holered Wmss Dias on the Hill Teem a
Med lloa's nils.
From Iho Augusta, Ga., Chronlole.
On Friday afternoon a young colored woman,
named Annie Smith, died ou tho Hill of hydro-
pboots. A Chronlole reporter, hearing that Dr.
tVHcox, tbe well-known physician, kucw some
thing bl tho death, called on him and learned th
facts ot the case. Tho girl wag bltton exactly nine
months sgo by a dog which showed every
symptom of hydrophobia, and both
girl' and har parents were In oonslaai
dread that she mUht at any time be taken with tho
tsnllda malady, moro eapcolally at samoipedflad
period alter having been bltton???nine daya weeka
or months. Hho waa first taken sick about a weak
K o and as sho hid beeu psrtiotilsrly tsarina this
no, she at ohce oonoluasd that ber trouble was
Ural awful malady, hydrophobia. She grew rapid
ly worse aud at tua sight of water was thrown
into the most tsrrtbla convulsions.
Hhu would ask for water, and whan
brought lo her woul 1 grasp the tumbler, look at
tbs water, then dash ll from har sud fall back In
spasms Dr. Wilcox saw tba girl and endaavored
lo giro ber seme soothing dose, which sho triad lo
swallow, but tailed, hor throat betig aa dry aa
parchment, Hha llngared In this terrible condition,
sugaring great agouy on II Friday alter*oon when
she breams unoomclous and shortly afterward died.
Tbv girl In her su ftsriug wss sometimes very much
eaclied, but offered no pertausl lujury lo any
ons. Tba dog that bit her bed been running loose,
exhibiting all lha rabid aymatama oi hydrophobia.
Thit la the flrat oaae ol lha kind occurring tn An
goats for Are years and was a olear cast of hydro*
phoblt. Tbe girl was lor sovoral diva without
wator and moil have suffered axornolsUag agony;
8hs was an Intclllgsut young woman and har par
ents aiesensible and upright,
AND.Y ROWLAND CAPTUHBD,
Bt of tha Bases Vies Argus mi a
Chat there are more aid awn ranging from 70 la IBB
jears old tn Marion county than fnanyothttaac
The Zl-Hi adventures and Itsesaturs sf A Murrey
Cnitr Murdsr-r.
8raixo Placs, May B.???Andy Howland, tbe ne
gro murderer whoe-caped from tho county Jail on
the nlghtof AprllS0;h. waa recaptured Monday.
It teams that lu maklug hla eaeape ho and bis
oompanlon, alter cutting a hole lu the gable et d
of Ihe Jell house, made a rope oul of strips of bed
clsthlog. While and Potty, the two other prison-
era wentdown Ant and safe and left wttheul cere
mony bat Audy'e heavy weight broke the rope
near tha lop aud bn
PELL TO Till naol'HD.
A distance ot shout Iweny t-Avo tret. One of his
ankles was badly wreucba-l, aud bis spine was so
seriously Injure I by tbe fall that be was unablu to
walk. Ho emwled on his hands and knees to the
house ol stmon Daly, a tew paces from ihe j ill, and
teoh refuge Hi a dark cellar undvr the house.where
be ssys he remained without food or water nutll
Nuuday night, when the lamtly all happened to
be away lor awhile, and be crawled around Into
tba bourn aud helped himself to lha ooulaaB ol
Ihacupboard. He then went ta a .urgro s.house
near by aud called for somrUilt g to rat.
UIVSH vr TO THE AWHoRtTIKS.
Hla suppieed litvud repotted him mis morning
and alter tracking Mm actual the Held where he
had drawn bla alow length along, ha was found
bummed In me bay la J P Kelly's bay shed.
Mr lmce N Hrartrilt. ol Augusta, died at mo reel
deuce ol his lamer, Colonel It Hear:rill. In Ihe vil
lage, at lOe'olock last ulgtn alter a Ilugerinr Illness
Bom cnnaumpUon
Considerable rain fell here Iasi nlghl.
Wouldn't rasa.
A deep illaaoslsll ueou the crowd tn Thomp-
sea's restaureut, as me wild looking man walked
Inand asked Ihe quaking waller:
"Kin ye guv me a good, square meal, quick 7"
"Yea, oak,??? answered Cuff, luahtng hastily lo AU
Ihe order.
Boon tha giant had devoured tha contents ol lha
dishes, aud me negro advanoed and laid a check
beside him lor 34 cents.
"What air thtsT" ha asked, looking at IL
"A check, ash, lor do dlnnah."
"D'ye think I kin chaw kyard board?"
???No. no, boas; dot's wbatcher got lo pay tor da
dlnnah," replied ihe scared waiter.
With a grant lha deice man strolled to tbeoffloa,
aud threw tha check down.
"Hold on,??? cried tbe clerk, aa tha countryman
started out, -1 want Aliy cants out oi you!"
"1'va paid ys," answered lha mi n, "with that air
check, lhar; yore blamed waiter told me it wer
let lha dtnniah, aa??? 1 think It's a blamed p'yore
house met won't recxeroUs lhar own checks."
NsotsstsC Urevre.
From lha Franklin. Ga* Man
Oar graveyard la getting in a bad condition. Tba
graves not protected by tombs are washed, weeds
and abiubbtey an growing np aU over thaw, the
lancing la vaay near aU blown down,
a should have more respect for tba bo
ld than to allow lha hat la wad
Our rtuaaoa
retting plane of thattaahaa to grew up aad ba bids
dan from view jhytha growth of yaare. Let tba mat
tet have early ???
NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS-
Ir our ooosulir reports arc to be believed, Mexi
co D no place Idr men ol energy unlews they havo
abundant capital. Enterprising Americans of
luge means can make money In Uextoo, but It 1*
nooounlry for poor men. Everything In Mexico
fa now In a transition state and It la difficult lb
predlcttbc outcome. The government ta auto
cratic, tbe president poaaezringgreeter power than
any potentate lu Europe. The governors of the
several slates are reeponaikle to tbe central power
which exercises a preponderating influence In
elections. Public education la now pushed for all It
1s worth. There bat been a great advance in the
condition of the cities. Beal estate has doubled
and lu aome Inatancaa trebled lo value. The capi
tal la now grldlroned with male railways lea Bing,
out into Ihe country for mtlee In every direction.
Agricultural laodt do not advance In proportion.
The con ol Irrigation In almost every section la a
big Item and keeps agriculture lu the background.
One great drawback to the progreaa oi the country
la the condition ot society. There
are only two cltests In Mexico, the
highest and the lowest. There la no mid llo cUss.
The wealthy, educated non-producers never min
gle In any way with me common people, and It la
not at all surprising aa tbe latter are the lowest
and moat degraded apeclmena ol humanity to be
found anywhere lit the world. The Americana
who hare swarmed into the country ate In the
main a had lot, composed oi border ruffians. All
butters, aptvalatora, coarse adventurers sud broken
down professional men. The Mexican! fear and sns
pcct these now-com- rs, and.lt must be admitted that
until we send a better class ol settlers there we can
not expect onr flag, our civilization and our dtl-
izena to be respected.
Sons ol tbe organs are' complalMng bccauto
Keller doilies a re-election to congress. There la
oomttMog sinister In this display of pretended
virtue on the part ol the organs. With the excep
lion of Kellogg, of Louisians, and Bohcson, of
New Jersey, there is no more representative repub
lican In tbe country than Keller, In fact, he Is
ono ol the Ideal republicans.
Tnx appearance au tbe stage ol ballet girls
equipped with electric lights on their Jot shezda snd
batteries concealed In the recesses of their cloth
lng; leads tho humorist of tho New York Times to
predict a grand future awaiting tho Incandescent
girls. The Idea la held out that In a short time
houaoe will be lighted by dcctrlo girls Instead of
stationary dectrlo lights, An electric girl would
havo an ad van lags over the ordinary light, because
aha would be movable. Ono girl can bo made lo
give aa much light as a largo sized drawing room
chandelier. Such a girl would bo a great conve
ntenoe when a perion dsalred to go from ono room
toanothe? In a dark bonze. A student who haa
been annoyed by tho dicker ol gaa would bo mado
pcrlcctly happy by au clectria girl with a ground
glass shade, who will take any deslrsd position
that tbo student may desire In order to throw light
00 his book or paper. No ono who becomes accus
tomed to such a girl will think o( returning to the
old laihloncd methods ol lighting.
Thk usual spring revolution la about to opon up
In Mexico, tho land oi llberdad, A (Mexican
revolution la generally composed oi one dyspeptic
general, threo pack mules and forty one bdndlta.
Tiik cblel of forestry ol tbo agricultural depart
menl at Washington, has publlshod a pamphlet
advising tho ptaollogot forests In order to restore
tho balance of iho lost forecs of Harare, On ail the
bill-rides and slopes of tho north and east and ol
the I???aclOo states, where the original forest growth
has boon removed, It Is advlsablo to restore it.
Very steep and high MUtldea .should bo porma-
noully covered with trees, and
should lowland tracts that
are stoney, sour, sandy or otherwise wanting In
fertility. Tho answer to "What to plant," must bo
dsteimlned by climate, sell, buslnoas purposes and
other Utilise. aeveral states havo established for
estry departments, Journals ol (nrcslry kro now
published, and the matter is dlscuasod coda tho
pubtia schools. A greaf tneplamln, m-^Kiodtls
likely to sweep mil over tho country.
Tits negro convention at l'Ittaburg la composed
ot delegates from tho northern and western suites,
there delegates aud tho negroes they
represent were born. to bootllok tho
republicans tbo convention will bo prso.
tlcally without remit, but there Is no doubt
that the nog rose of tho north are In a deplorable
condition of vasjalage. Tho republican parly
which Is In power In ihoto states, allows them to
hold no offloes. -
WHEN Lord Coleridge sentenced Edmund Yale*,
editor ol tbo London World, to lour raoithi' Im
prisonment lor tho Lonadals libel, ho took oocaslon
lo air hla views on the right ol a newspaper to pub
Hah personalities. Ills lotdablp was vary severe in
hlsde-unolaUan ot the modern newspaper custom
ot dragging oul private relations Into tho light ol
dsy In order to gratify public cariosity. All this
soundod vary well Iron Ihe bench, delivered as It
was with an air ol authority and In an a tutors man
uor.kut under die criticisms ol Ihs Pall Mall GaiMle
lha position ol hla lordship orumbles to pleoow
Tbe Uasatte makes the point that Lord Coleridge
every day commits tho very offense for which he
has sent poor Yates to prison. True ho does not
publish a newspaper, but he la unexcelled aa a
raconteur, and hla powers ol urimiory are Inimi
table. At hla club and In other asdety elides ha
tolls piquant aloriea about well-known poison,
ages, and drags tkdr private relations
before the public, almost aa effectively aa maid Ire
dono by a society Journal. Probably lu many la-
aUtncea Lord Coleridge 11 lorord to make a de
fense In a slander case would Cnd himself aa
helpless aa Yalta was when called upon to answer
a libel suit. The Uaeetw'e attack has a sharp Aavor
el JuHies mingled with Ha audadly.
1 its grief aud wretchcdnaea and suffering reused
by the Jeaunelleexpedlilonoau never bo catlmated.
But (here are plenty ot foots fa Ihe Uultulf rates
ready to undertake similar expeditions.
Iv la not often that John Bright turns aside from
Ibe dry derails of parliamentary business to dlrcom
literary subject*, but tha old a talesman recently
mado a charming off-hand speech
before a London debating society,
while acting aa chairman. Speaking al hla own
tastes, Mr. Bright raid Ural he recognised tha value
and Interest ol works ol Actlou, bnl hla own favot-
Ite literary recreation was poetry,and ol the pools
bla Ant choice was Milton, and hla second was
Whittles. Aa in oratory, ba believed with hla
friend L ud Nngent that the mistake made by mart
public speakers way lhal ot trjlng to drag In too
many sujecuatoqca In their addresses; whereas a
speech should In geoeral bo oonAned to sovoral
rallent points likely specially to Interest an au
dience. sufficient, but not cxceastve loudnem,
aud a careful practice ol door and dialled enun
ciation were also ol material tmporunco, Mr.
Bright in all hie speeches exempliAts Ureas views
01 oratory. Mr.Gladrtoue li notable for hUcleamara
and distinctness ol articnlaUon, but, unlike Mr.
Bright, tho premier Is guilty ol Ihe fault o! ovar
ies ting hla sioechas with too great a number and
variety ot topics
An old Virginian recently showed a newspaper
correspondent a latter from George Washington lo
a Madison. Tha latter waa written about tha
year 17*3. and requested Mr. Madison to prepare
lor WaaMngtoo a farewell address la Ihe people ol
lha Osited elites from their president, who had
decided not to rentals longer In hlaoMca. Tha
tetter contained all tha necessary points, and wMta
requesting tha writing o! tha addreaa. betrayed
the (ear that onch a document might ha conoids rod
a bid (or re-atecUoo.
Tsoi has bean a great change In English social
Ideas wltkln tha last quarter of a century. Not
many yean ago onr British cousins ware nothing
tfnotdoeorans. Tbay were kaeoly aeon tire to
attains, scandal and sin in their Immediate fami
lies, and lha lira of blood aad friendaMp were
unusually strong. Bnt tha Englishman cl today
Is a different beiog. The death ol a near relative
does not shock him nor Interrupt Ms round ot
builneii and pteaaurod. A man commits a disgrace
ful crime and goes to prison, but ou bla release be
Jauntily salutes hla acquaintances
and tho episode In hte career la Ignored.
There has been a letting down ol the national
morality- Once the dominant Idea was respectl-
bllity, now Itlssuccesi. This mskea all the differ
ence. Life Is no longer a round of drudgery and
duty; it la a game of chess, or poker, or baccarat.
Tho players become demoralized. A happy bit, a
brilliant ooup, will cover not only a multitude of
tint, but a multitude of fallurea. Perhapa the
leading characteriitte of the age Is an utter want
of decency. The only inferno recognized
li the one zpoken of In ono of Disraeli's novels as
"The Hell ol Failure." Hen and women go brazen
ly, noialy through the world, cynical, mammon-
worshipping, heedless of shame, reckless aa to
moral distinctions, deAant el domestic ties, aud
regardless of the welfare ol those to whom they are
bound by the closest ties. AU this looks very blask
and hideous on paper, bnt 11 is Hue of the grea
bulk ol civilised society every where.
Tux style In which tbe suclety ladles ol New
Yorx are slobbering over Bugg, the negro mur
derer, shows that there Is something rank In the
metropolis. We trust tbe country will bave tbe
grace to endure thla business nntU Ibe mUlenlnm
sets In and then the metropolitan ladles can He
down with tho lion or the Iamb or with Bogg, aa
they may elect.
Thx establishment ol a cancer hospital in New
York waa a magnlAoeot Idea, and its success baa
been assured by a gilt ol (210,000 from John Jacob
Aator. Other fonerous gifts have been received,
one of (23.000, one of (30.000, another of (15.000,
besides Ave amounts ol (5.000 each, and four of
(. ,008 each. A vacant lot worth (35,000 wss presented
by a lady. Work will be begun as aooo as the plans
can bo drawn and the contracts made. This Is the
Brat cancer hospital fouuded In this country.
Tun death ol tbe Chevalier Henry Wikoff, In
Loudon, tho other day, removed from the society
circles ol t vo worlds one ol the most remarkable
Americana ol tbo age, Wikoff was boro in PMls
dclphla seventy one years sgo. He was well edu
cated aud had a moderate fortune, and alter dally-
Ino awhile with the law, gave Mmsell up to the
pleasures ol society, and made that
his business lor the remainder
bis Ufo. To dance attendance upon
lemons beauties, to enjoy tho Intimacy ot noted
men, lo trifle with business, and makes business
ol trifles; these were Ihe leading objects ol Nikon's
llfo. A fortunate aervloe to Hpanlah royalty made
him a chevalier, and probably no man erer en
joyed the dlsUnction more thoroughly. He was a
man oi lino appearance and a moat agreeable com
panion. In Europe kings, prlnoes, statesmen, ac
tresses,artists and literary people were all attracted
to him, and he becameone oi them. In this conn
try several presidents wero Ma lntlmato friends,
and probably no society man ever possessed more
political influence. Such a man canbot be greatly
missed. At bed he was only au amiable idler???a
intro butterfly.
Two negro politicians were arrested in North
Carolina the other day aa Ihey were about to en
gaga tn a dnel. Ono of tham bad on two oveicoata
and a sheet-iron plate fifteen Inches square as a
I cheat protector.??? Ho said he always became very
hot when he got mad, a- d be pat on tbe iron plate
to keep from catching oold. Such precautions
aa tbla ought to meet Ihe approbation of ecIentlAo
men. ^
Since tho departure ol Mr. Henry Irving the
newipapora are eimpaiing hla receipts with those
01 other talented dramatic artistes. Bernhardt's
total earologs here for SB weeka were (390,000.
Mrs. Langtry's total waa (229,013, Irving's receipts
were (iOt.COl. Mr. Irving's greatest success waa
in Boston. There in ono week ho played before
27,090 hearers. Tbe week's receipts wero (24.037.
It muit be recollected that Mr. livlog began with
qualified success and ended by ccllpalug all compe
titors. .
Miss Loutra dx la Bahce, better known aa
??????Oulda," la oi French descent, although her
parents were English. Her youth was parted In
varioua countries; and sho Is at home In several
languages. Bhe Is a very prollflo writer. Within
tho past twenty years sho has written thlriy-flvb
novels, besides any number oi magailoo articles.
Har peu la never Idlo. hut It would be belter for ber
reputation If abo wrote leas. There la too much
???amouesi about ber books. Her stories
deal with rich, bad, brutal men, and
beautiful, arUflclai, mercenary, . selfish
womeu. She always pictures a corrupt slate ol
aoctoly atrd claims that aha paints from llfo. Thla
singular woman Uvea in luxurious stylo at
Florence,'Tlaly, and mingles very lltdn with other
people. 8he gets ten or fllteen thousand dollar!
toravery new book, and consequently Is finan
cially Independent.
It li on record that organs wero in common me
in Spanish churches as far beak aa A D 400. Other
musical instruments were used aUll earlier in
church service, aay as early as the year 174. Berne
2 0 years ago King's chapel lu Beaton, waa presum
ed with an organ provided with two manuals, the
upper forming the treble, and the lower tbe bass.
Bines then the church organ has developed Into an
Instrument oi wonderful grandeur, variety and
beauty.
Tns paragraph Is a capital thing In Its way, and
II la on* ol too brightest, most piquant features oi
modern Journalism. BUI). II la possible to inn to
extremes In paragraphing, and not a lew writers
are Inclined lo overestimate tho value ol there
solid little chunks of wit and wtslom. Only the
other day. Josh Billings told a newspaper reporter
that Ibe leading principle of bis humor was condcn-
Uon. He - believed be said that,
paragraph waa better than a page
and nothlug at all was better than a daaau pages.
He never read a book through lu hla life, aa 11 waa
loo exbatrsUng to hunt for two or threo Ideas In ao
many pages. For Ma own part he never wrote a
pige ou anyone subject la his life. Now, Ibis Is
tho tzlk oi a parsgrapher who has a craze outlie
subject of Mi owa specialty. Borne of ihe greatest
wits tod sages of ihe world eonld not write para
graptu Their coullnnliy of thought, wealth ol
illustration and copious vocabularies made it tm-
po-tlble for them to be brief. In ibis instance Mr.
UUingz overeteps thematk.
A Philadelphia Ufo fiiAuranco agent tolls a
queer story ot a man who ruthed pinting into Ms
nice one day and confessed that ho had J ml com
muted a murder and had mldc Ms aay to the
offioa in order to convince tho Insurance men that
it waa to their Interest to ??ve his neck. Ho waa
insured In five companies for 1: 30,100. If ho was
banged Oie-companlcs would have tha money to
pay at once. Clearly It was to their Interest to
provide him with fiistclaas counsel and save his
llfo at almost anycast The c unpsntea consulted,
and look tha murderer's view of the matter. They
provided tha best legal taleat and succeeded iu
getting tha fellow off srilh a lev yean' Imprison
ment.
A Nxw Yoax Herald correspondent recently
called on tha prime minister ol Madagaroar, aud
In accordance with tha ragnlar form, arked Mm,
now la har majesty, the qneetr? How la tha prime
minister? How ere the Judges end cfficenoi the
kingdom?" The prime minister then esked,"How
is the great piealdent? How are his twelve wives?
How is lha republic?"
Accsbdiko to Dr. Farr, ii we taka tha match of a
million children throngh Ufe, tha following will be
tha result; Nearly 130,000 will die the Ant year,
83,880 tha ascend year. 28 000 tha third year, and
laas than 4,800 In tha thirteenth year. At the end
of forty-Ave years too 080 will hava died. At tha
aad ol sixty yean (71,000 wtu ba still llvtag- at
tha aad of eighty years, so.oto; at tlgbty-Ava yean.
SHORT NEWS NOTES-
Oust bath tuba are the latest novelties.
Ih England, a * drummer" is called n "bag-
man."
It Is sgslnit tbe law to blow a steam whit
tle In Ban Antonio.
Chicago newsglrla are alaDgy and bold, and
are crowdlog out tho newsboys.
A woman In Maine has formed 230 intelli
gible worda from tbe tetters oi the familiar word,
??? Incomprehensibility,"
A scientist asserts that a bee can only
sting once In two minutes. We should respect
tally add that that's all it generally needs to.
The broken of Market Lane, London, eay
that people want 20 per cent more bread when the
weather Is cold than when It Is mild and muggy.
- The cattle market at Brighton, Massachu
setts, la to he closed thla week, alter a con-
tlnnonsexistence ever since the revolutionary war.
THiBEare twelve manufactories of artificial
teeth in the United Btatee, which make 10,000.000
ol those useful articles per annum. They are
made ot feldspar, kaolin and rock crystal.
The gambling tables of Monte'Carlo cost
'the people Afty Uvea and 12,000.000 francs last year.
The record la a startling one, and la attracting
ibe attention ol those in anthority. Monte Carlo
teoorreapondinglr uneasy.
One of the largest Philadelphia jobber*
???ays that very nearly one-half of all the silks now
sold In tbe United Btatee are ot home mauufao
tore, spun by American bred ellk worms aud wo
ven on American made loo me.
Six thousand mummies are believed to lie
In some one hundred catacombs in an immense
necropolis, whoso dircovery by Prof. Maapero, at
Ekoieen, between Areloot and Thebes, la reported.
Much papyri. Jewels, and funeral tresanres are ex
pected. .
The ship Lord Woolwich bas left Philadel
phia for Japan with the largest cargo ol petroleum
ever sent to that market, lu all about 91.0C0 care
The Japanese, it would appear,, aro now using
American oil for illuminating their pagodas ana
places ol worship.
A Beblin correspondent writes: "A sin
gular light la thrown on the moral condition of the
Berlin population from the fact that ou Wednesday
ol last woek no fewer than live trials c??mo off in
tnree different law court- which necessitated the
strict exclusion oi Ihe public.
Ten years ago there was but one woman
employed as a stenographer. Now there are nearly
a thousand. Thera is a world ol encouragement in
tMa fact for intelligent women who are willing to
work; and one must expect to work in order to be
come a competent stenographer.
The time occupied in going np the Wash-
lotion monument on an elevator la nine minntes
To-day the walls were 420 feet la height, and two
feet a day will be added until the shaft roaches the
height of Ave hundred (eer, when it will be ready
for tbe pyramldlon, which Is to be Af ty-Ave feel In
height,
A bhabs gun, a quarter of an Inch thick,
forty Ave foot long, aronnted on a light Iron frame
work, bas been under prautioeat Fort Hamilton
this week In throwing dynasnlte cartridges. The
experiment ware very successful. A projectile
thrown 2,100 yards went within four feel oi tho ob
Ject aimed at.
The silk culture industry is growing in the
United States. There are at present twelveatsoci-
aUons, numerous stock companion, a colony ot
Italians in Texas,! German colony In North Caro
lina, a settlement ol Norwegians In Georgia and
several colonics ol Mennonltea in Kauias engaged
In foediog chopped mulberry leaves to the dainty
silk worm.
The New York advocates of cremation are
going to have a public meeting and listen to
speeches by Felix Adler, Prof. Bojseen snd Court-
land Palmer. Friends are being steadily gained
to tbla canse, and (11.M0 baa been relied with
which to build a crematory. A good many people
ontsldo the society have already paid the fees tor
the burning ot their bodies.
A TOHATO-cnnuer of fltfeen year*??? expert-
???uoe haa discovered the secret of the poisoning???cas
sea reported from eating canned tomatoes,
says when (he can la opened and only a portion of
the oentonts removeU.'iho 'air acts la er ms way
upon tho tin and develops tho poison. Tne can
ahould ho emptied all at once, and such portion of
tne oontonu as is not Hied ahould bo put Into an
eatthem dish.
In Japan everybody take* a real hot bath
onoeaday. Tho rich bathe before dinner and at
'night. Tho whole household dip In tbe same
water. Precedence Is glro'n to visitors, then the
elders, followed by the young people according to
ago, and thou tho terrains. Oo Retting oul of the
oaldron eactr bather garglea mouth and throat with
cold aromatlaod water. They then fan eaob other
uutll they are all d-y.
In tbo city of New York alone It 1* esti
mated that Utcro are at present no lower than 4C0
millionaires, thirty ol whom own from (3,000,(00
to (34 *00.000 apiece, while thore are about ten who
peseta from (50, 00.000 to (150,000,0.0 each, Mr.
wlltlam H. Vanderbilt standing ar the head of Iho
whole list with tbe magnldceut accumulation of
(100.000,000. "Bleb beyond tha dreams of avarice"
la no longer a mere rhetorical flourish.
At the Blue Boat's Head, Inn, at Leicester,
there U still shown the four pest bed on which
Blchard IU slept ou tho night of Auguit 21st 1435,
hts last on earth, for next day ha wav defeated and
???lain on Botwonh Field. In tne reign ef Elisabeth
the homo was Xept by a man named Clark, whose
__ _ iou.wbenjit was found
that the double bottom concealed a largo mass of
gold, partly coined by Blchard and partly of earlier
dale.
FnoM experiment; made upon the pulse
and temperature as affcoted by vmoklng, ll has
been found that the mi; of both Is Inoreared, Let
the average temperature of non smokers bo repre
sented by 1,000, then that of moderate tmukers
would be 1,00*, and while tbe heart ol tbe former
elan was maklug 1,000 boats, lu the loiter there
would he t.lM lu the same apace ol time. Tbla
quicksorts of tbo action of Ihe heart lsconildurad
a dangerous symptom.
In regard to crossing tho Atlantic In asrnall
boat, says the New York Timer, It Is generally
called a vary foolhardy undertakrtg. Iu point ot
fact Ihe man who goes loses In the sufotnor In a
boat so constructed that she cannot link sud can-
uo: get lull of water, is In leas danger of drowolug
than the man who goes to res In a big steamer.
He may starve through gat.log out of provisions,
he may r??ri??h from wool of exorcise or sleep, or
lu costtqueuoa of sxpreuro to weedier, but he esa
only drown by tilling overboard.
Ut ah has now 10.000 small farms averag
ing twenty-Ova acres, aud the whole mast be Ir
rigated. There Is only one largo farm In the terri
tory, end ft Is owned by a company. Tho Great
Balt Lake, according to Elder Cannon, eontalna
enough ult to .upply America for centuries All
that Is necessary lo preparing It for iho market is
to drtvo to tho edge of -he lake with a wagon snd
a msu with a pair of robber boots cau load It wlih
a ??? hovel. The mil lies on tha bottom of tbe lake
In small coaree crystal*. After loading It Is tat en
to a grinding macMne and being rnn throngh 11 la
At for tbo tenia
Aa biftUM far Kta Hava
From tho Newnan, Georgia, Herald,
For the encouragement of other-, we publish the
following facts regarding a colored clliicn cf Camp
bell county: Charles Yates started out after the
war without a doLar, having only Industry and
good common sense. He bargained for the old
Clarkely place, about three miles above Palmetto,
to be paid for In cotton. The proceeds of two good
crops enabled him to pay for tha two hundred
acres. WatcMng the BrstopportuMty, ha bought
more and more from lime to time, notll now he
owns about six hundred acres of good land and
runs about twenty plows. He attends c oaely
to bis own butfuM, bolds aloof from politic, and
is highly respected by those who know him.
Earlr Coal Sleeves.
Cochran Correspondent Hawhluivtlle Dispatch.
An incident that recalled tha sad memories ol
oi twenty yean ago mat my observation an Satur
day last. Passing along the street I raw Captain
Charles J WUilsmaoa, ol Macon, in con venation
with three other gentlemen, sitting in the pleasant
sunshine, all In lively talk atom lha events of tie
war. I surveyed the crowd and foand every men
hid an empty sleeve, the entire arm of sack being
asctlAced to onr dear, bnt "lost cease." They were
(AMD. and at nlnaty-At* yean, 3,180. At ttorasd BjMjKpgHB;
of 180 year* than will ba 333, aad at tha and of 108 I ,?? n > r w0 with their right arms and two with their
years there will be cot survtvo*. 1 left arms gone.
A SECOND "JUDB???S LIGHT.???
8Ury ??f a llrnfol llnidrr tu FrAablln County, aad
the Strange Sight Beea Mgh'ly.
From tbe Athena, Ga., Banner.
In 18C6 three negroea In Franklin conntj, Ga.,
committed a brutal aaianlt upon a youtg white
woman, a Kirs Stowe, and after their bellleh deed
mnrdertd herlu a moat btinoua manner. After
catting her perron with knlrea. and finding life
atiU not extinct, tbe fienda placed the glrl???a neck
between a chestnut atuxnp and a root and eedear*
ored to break her neck. Failing in thla, too, the
negroea with their banda deliberately choked ber
to death, and conoealed the body in a dense
copse of wooda. The Tictim waa a poor girl, and a
domestic in the family of a man named Shockley, a
merchant. The girl was eoou mlaaed and a aearch
instituted for her. It waa continued unsuccessfully
for three daya, Mr. Simon Marka, of Athen, being
one of the party, and waa present at the finding of
the body. The search had almost been given up,
when a young negro boy who was present,
remarked to the men that if they would look in
a certain skirt of wooda they would find the body.
They did ao and fonnd tho poor girl just aa iho boy
stated. Her body showed signs of the moat horri
ble treatment, and the indignation
of tho couuty was at fe
ver beat. The boy who told where the body
could bo fouud was at once arrested and placed in
the Carnekville Jail, bnt he bitterly denied know
ing anything about tho murder. Dctectiveo were
set at work, aud it Mas uot iong before two other
negroes???an old msu named Lank and his son
Jerry???were arrested. Tney ouionged to a Mr.
Maugrunitand the only evidroce against them
was that the dead glil, In company witn another
woman, was seen to pan where they were at work,
when the negroes jumped aver the fence and fol
lowed them. Boon afterwards J11n Stowe's com*
paulon parted compiny wixh her,
aad this was the last lime the pjior girl waa seen
axive. The negroes were put on trial, but they most
bitterly denied their gum, ??ud stated that a white
man was at the bottom of the murder. Lana aud
hiaaon were convicted, however, aud publicly exe*
cuted iu C'arneavilie. They died protesting their
innocence. The negro boy, who pulu-ed oat the
body, was next put upon trial, and General Tom
Cobb, after promise of a half interest in the negro,
made an earnest but fruitless effort to save his life.
He, too, waa hanged. Boon after tne execution of
the negroes, strange storks were told about the
place where the body of Mina Stowe
was fouud. It la a lonely and des
olate spot, and unnatural sounds wero heard
there at night and mysterious figures seen. Trav??
eiers by night wautd avoid it, and it became
kuown aa tnu ???Haunted Hollow." But these
sounds aud ghostly figures were never traced to
auy authentic source. There was, however, one
sight that waa witnessed ou the night after the
negroes were executed, and it is said to be seen to
this day. A bail of fire, at a regular hour, is
seen to rise from the very spot where the body of
MlssHtowe was found, aud tloat for hours through
the woods. Time aud again nas it oeoa followed,
but tho Ught flics before the approacu of
man, aud can never be approached
except at a certain distance. It advances or retreata
just as the person walks. Wo have this week con
versed with several responsible gentlemen from
that section of Franklin county, and tney tell us
they have seen It many times. Tnii light dees not
seem to have any power of illumination, but Is
simply a ball oi ???dead fire/' as some expressed it,
suspended iu the air. Lieutenant Goodrum, of the
Athens police force, tells us tnat he has seen this
light hundreds of times, having lived in sight of
the fated spot for a number ol years. Wfion he first
moved to tho ccttlement the people
told him that the farm he occupied was
haunted, but having no superstition about him,he
did not credit the story. But on the first night, in
throwing his oye to the clump of woods where the
murder had been committed, ho distinctly saw tho
red ball, and for nearly every nign ralu or shine,
while he lived on the plsoe. It uever approached
tne houve or left its usual beat, aud heuce the sight
gave him no uneaduevs. Strangers In passing
along the road have often been star tied by the Uxht,
bnt the people living near had grown so aeons*
tomed to me vision that they quit tailing
about it, and he would never have uionght of U
n, had his attention not been called to the
unted HoUow???by reading an acsountef'Jndes
Light," near Atlanta. Lieutenant Goodrum says
the last time he conversed with a gentleman who
lived in that neighborhood ho slated that the light
continues to appear. Tne gentleman with whom
we convened arc altogether reliable, and there la
no doubt about tbe truth of this story, but whuther
It is caused from supernatural or ordinary causes
wo leave to the reader.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE*
THRxe-fourtbs of the officers in the Gorman
army wear corsets.
Mb. Irviho's 182 performances in America
have yielded 1405,600.
El Maudi has eighteen wives, hence it ???
rests him to go te war.
Tbs queen of England (s said to take occas
ional airings on a strlcycle.
It is said of Wm. M. EvarU that he never
laughed out loud Iu his life.
Justin McCarthy has mirie plans to come
to America la tha autumn to keture.
Miss Andkksjm's * receipts during her fort
night in Edinburgh were f 12b nightly.
Professor Norturop will have $0,000 as
president of the university of Michigan-
Henry G. Carlkton haa resigned the edit
orship of Life, tbe good-humored humorous
weekly.
Mrs. Booth, editor of Harper???s Basar, gets
84,000 per year, and Mrs. Mapes, for. writing ex-
duaively for Our Hearth and Home, gets 88,000
per year.
Bjorrbtkrn, the Norwegian poet, once
challenged King 0*c*r of Sweedea to fight a duel.
The king declined, Ho is now prosecuting Bjorn*
stern for sedition,
J us tin McCarthy is writing a book. "En
gland under Gladstone." Mr. McCarthy excels as
a writer of contemporary history. IU?? ???History of
Our Own Time*" has netted him 800.008, it is
???id.
Edward Hester, whoee death is announced
In England, was a Waterloo veteran. His age was
92 years. He was well kuown in the country where
he lived, and daring the winter months lived in
the workbonse.
President Porter, of Yale college, re
ceives for his services about 84,000 a year. The
professors receive about 88.000 a&4 the tutors from
81.iOO to 82,500 Harvard tutors are paid 81C00,
wnti??smo*to( the professor* get 84 000 and some
85,oce.
General Joun B. Gordon, ohairman of the
central committee having care in New York of the
prt posed Confederate home, repnru a very general
and generous response to bis dreuisr sskieg sub
scriptions. General Grant cent a very kind letter
with a check for 8600.
Geo roe Bancroft, the historian, boasts
that he can work more hours a day at his desk
than much younger men are able to. He Is shortly
to leave Washington to look after his rose garden
at Newport, but he will carry bis almost completed
revision of his history with him.
Henry K. Abbey announce* hla net looes
for the season to be 810.000. He onght u> find full
compensation, however. In the sweet asm ranee
that be haa give* this country a display of manat*
enal genius that just makes James Hapleaoa tired.
Colonel Peeston Johnston, a son of General
Albert Sidney Johnston, is reported by the Rev. Dr.
Henry M. Field as saying of the battle of 8hlloh:
When my father was shot, and fell from his horse,
r e trad mined a great victory; and If he had not
been hilled at that critical moment. In two hours
more he would have captured General Grant and
his whole army."
In 187$, when it was announced that Jim
Keene bad started from San Francisco In a palace-
car with 86.000,000 to clean oat Wall street, Mr.
Gould is credited with saying: "We???Ii send him
back in a freight-car." Keene, with m*ny ope
and downs, lasted eight yean, eat Wall street has
finally ???downed Lira,??? and theprepheer mgf*rt-
edjta Mr. Gould???s remark bat nearly been fal-