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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-