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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY. MAY 20.1884- TWELYE PAGES.
TttAVPT AND A TWtfNTTTB V history of Lord Easton???s unfortunate mar-
A IvA V CdLi AllLJ AU Y Llv 1 UI\I!i I rleee. bhvs a letter to tbe St. James' Gazette,
THIRILLNG EXPLOITS AND PIC
TURES OF STRANGE LANDS.
Xr.Cnnmtna???s Adrcsturo With aSosk??>Two IIus-
baada at a 7anarai-Tne Mexican L????so-A
Fanther Sant???Austria???* Empr* *???- A Bat<
CatehlQK Clam-On Tcatamtnt
FarebmrUt??? the Mai..
Mis. Commas??? Adtihtdre With a Snake.
On the 25th, after breakfast, I started with
bedding and proristene to hunt for a few
days on the other side of the hills. We visit
ed the first water, and establlahed a place
concealment with rocks and green bongbs on
the rock. While wo were making this bothy
a wild boar hove in view, bat, observing us,
he escaped. We then held on to the farther
ravine, and on my way thither I nearly rode
down a fine old bastard gemsbok, which got
away among the rocks. I repaired an old
hiding hole at tb's water, building it np with
fragments ol rock. I then sent tbe steeds
a proper distance, pat out my fire, end iay
down to watch for the night.
First came a palish, olossly followed by
wild dog. Tbe pallah escaped; the wild dog
presently returned, and, observing my re
treating men, barked londly; ten minutes
after, about eight wild dogs came up the glen
and drank. Might now set Id, and tbe moon
light WA3 very faint. Presently an occasional
loud displacement of rock and stone an
nounced the approach of large game; it was
two old bufialoes; they came and drank, and
went away without approaebing within shot.
Soon after, fourteen bufialoes came; but be
fore these had finished drinking, they got an
alarm, and charged panic-stricken up. the
ragged mountain side. They had winded
two lions, which came np to the fountain
head, and drank within eighieen yards of me,
where they lay lapping loudly, and occasion
ally halting for four or five minutes, but,
froom their light color and the masses of rock
that surrounded them, I could notsee to fire.
About ten raiontes after they hod drank 1
fancied that they were still lingering, and on
throwing a stone their step was heard re
treating among the dry Waves and stones.
Soon after this six old bufialoes approach
ed from a glen behind ns: they walked very
slowly, standing long to listen. When tbe
leader came np to within twenty yerde of us,
Kieinboy and 1 fired together; it ran thirty
yards, and in two minutesfeil. His comrades
after considering tbe matter for fire minutes,
came on once more: we again look the
leader, and be also dropped. His comrades,
as before, retreated, but, soon reluming, we
wounded a third, which we did not get. The
moon was now under, and it wss very dark;
the buffaloes, however, were determined to
try it once more, and coming np a fourth
and last time, we shot another old bnlb In
abont ten minutes lions were very bnsy on
tbe carcases of the first buffalo, where they
feasted till morning, taking another drink be
fore they went away. Toward daybreak we
wounded a white rhinoceros, and sjon after
two black rhinoceroses fougnt beside ns, but
to rise.
rose at earliest dawn to in-
1 was loo sleepy
On the 25th X
spect the heads of the three old bufialoes;
they were all enormous old bulls, and one of
them carried a most splendid head. The
' lions la' o eaned oat all bis entrails; their
spoor was immense. Having taken some
buffalo breast and liver for breakfast, I dis
patched Ituyter to tbe wagons to call the
natives to remove tbe carcases, while I and
Kieinboy bell tarongh the b
game might be in the next glen which con
tained wa er, On our wajkthlther we started
a fine cl 1 buok kojdo, winch I shot, putting
both barrels into him at one hundred yards
As I was examining the spoor of the game
by the fountain, I suddenly detected an enor
mous old rock snake steaiiog in beneath a
msss of rook beside me. He was truly an
enormous snake, and, having never before
dealt wath this species of game, I did not ex
actly know how to set about capturing him.
Being very anxious to preserve nis skin en
tire. and not wishing to have recourse to my
riffe, I ent a stout and tough (tick about
eight feetlong, and having ligmened mvsslf
of my siooiicgnbelt, I tommenced to a t ck.
Seizing him by the tail, 1 tried to get kiiuout
of his place of refnge; bat I hauled in vain;
he only drew his large folds (Inner together;
I could not move him. At length I got a
rbelm round one of his folds about tbe mid
dle of his body, and Kieinboy and I com
menced banllng awey in good earnest.
The snake, finding the ground too (hot for
him, relaxea bis onils, and suddenly bring
and h e head t> the front, he sprang
us like an arraw, with nis Immense
ins round he bead tithe front, he aprang
oat at us like an arrow, with nis Immense
and hideous month opened to its largest di
mensions, and before I conld get out of hia
way he was clean out of bit hole, and made a
second spring, throwing himself forward
about eight or ten feet, and snapping bis hor
rid fang! within a foot of my naked legs. 1
aprang ont of hia way, and, gelling a hold of
the green bongb I hail out, returned to the
charge. The anake now glided along at top
making for a mass
would have'
Token rocks, where he
been beyond my reach, but be
fore he conld gain this place of refuge I
caught him two or three tremendous whacks
on tbe head. He, however, held on, and
gained a pool ol muddy water, which be was
rapidly crossing, when I again belabored
him, and at length reduced his pace to a
stand. We then hanged him by thenecklo
a bough of a tree, ana In about fifteen min
utes he seemed dead, bat he again became
very tronblraome during the operation of
skinning, twisting his body in ell manner of
ways This serpent measured lonrteen feet.
At night no game visited the water, being
scared by the strong smell of the carrion.
Liana, however, were so numerous that'we
deemed it sale to shift a position we bad
taken down the glen, for they trotted past
within twenty yards of ns, growling fearful
ly. We fired off the big gun to scare them
for the moment while we shifted to our bag-
??? ' where we instant-
he liona, for a short
... , when they again
returned, and the fire being low, they soon
commenced upon tbe buffa o the natives had
left within fiity yards of ns, and before
morning two of them came np and looked
inlo our bothy, when Boxer, giving a sharp
bark, and I suddenly awaking and popping
np my head, they bounded on.
In the evening ollthe 28th I shot an old bull
koodo. At nigbt I watched the water Dear
my camp with Kieinboy. After a long tiiqe
had esetped, an enormotpi old ball machoco
or white rhinoceros came slowly on, and
commenced drinking within fifteen yards of
ns, and next minute a large herd of zebras
and bine wildebeest. It was long before the
mnchoco would turn his side; when he did,
we fired together, and away he went with
zebra and wildebeests concealed in a cloud of
dut. Next came an old ball borele; we fired
together, and be made off, blowing londly,
af ter charging ronnd, seeking some object on
which to wreak bis vengeance. Kext came
' indbegottwo ballets into
i fourth that came was anoth
er old mil mnchoco; he ran forty yards and
fell, And fifth came a cow borele; she fell
dead .o tbe shots. Tbe other rhinoceroses
came abont me, bat I was too drowsy to
watch any longer, and fell asleep.
Three fountains afforded me excellent
ahootingforaboata fortnight longer, dar
ing the whole of which time I watched
nightly in my different hiding-bolei, and
bagged buffaloes, rhinoceroses, koodoos,
tsbras, and other game. One night, while
?? engaged, a horrid aaake, which Kieinboy
bad tried to kill with hia loading rod, flew
ip at my eye, and spat poison into it. Im-
nedlately I washed It well ont st the fonn-
aiu. I endured great pain all night, bat
text dsy the eye came all right
Two Hnuaros area Fcszxal???The follow-
lory teems to me even more enrions that the
iugof the hounds, when all at once they
riage.eays a letter to tbe St James' Gazette. I n -?? -d to trail, and commenced a fnrlons
In August, 1752. a gentle mtn purporting to MNng. The hunter, with bis little son,
be a Mr. Williams, a Hamburg merchant, win also bad a gun, following in hot pursuit
Iff .
landed near Colchester with a cheat, which
was promptly seized by the custom house
officers. OneoftheoffiL .
and was going to run hia banger into It, when , i*> dogs were barking npapinetreo which
' ' '' r ???' *- ,T 3 '???-*d in mid
officer look him to the union, tbe boy being
only seven years of age. After remaining in
the union lor two yea.s be was apprenticed
to a shoemaker, who treated him witlt great
n found that he had no common enemy kindness. On the exp'rntion of his appren-
ly deal with, and becomlni
cers opened the chest, I w w-nced within view
lining
of bis
Mr. Williams clasped bis
sword and desired him in
iand upon his
French to desist,
for in tbe chest was tbe corpse of his dear
wife. As there were other boxes of fine cloth
ing and jewels belonging to the deceased, and
as a distinguished foreigner always excites
the suspicion of the British official, the
custom house people insisted on plucking off
tbe coverings and setting the corpse in the
chnrcb, where anybody might come and look
on 1% while they refused to allow the agoniz
ed husband to bnry it nntil be sbonld give a
better account of himself. The poor man at
last acknowledged that he was a person of
quality; that his name was not Williams
tnat be was born at Florence; that the lad;
was English and hia wife, and that she desire'
te be buried in her native Essex. The of
ficials, however, bluntly told him that in
order to deal himself of murder he must dis
close his name and conditiond. The bus-
band refnsed to do this, but was allowed to
have a key to the vestry, where he sst every
dsy with tbe corpse. The story I shall coda
tinue in the words of tbe correspondent of a
newspaper of the period, from whose letter
tbis tccounl is taken: ''My brother went to
see him there, and the scene so shocked him
he conld hardly bear it; he said it was so like
???Romeo and Juliet.' He was much pleased
with my brother, as he talked both Latin and
French; and to his great surprise told him
who the lady was, which, proving to be a
person he knew, he conld not help uncover
ing the face, la short, the gentleman con
fessed be wss the earl of Rosbery???s son {the
name is Primrose), and his title Lord Data-
mere (Dalmeny); that he was born and ed
ucated in Italy, and never was in England
till two or three years ago, when he came to
London, and was in company with this
lady, with whom he fell passionately in love,
and prevailed on her to quit the kingdom
and marry him; that having bad health, he
had traveled with her all over Europe, and
when ahe was <>y ing she asked for pen and pa-
jer, end wrote, ???I am the wife of Rev. Mr.
3 , rector of Tb , in Essex. My maiden
name was Cannom; and my last request is to
be bnrled at Th . The poor gentleman
who last married her protests he never knew
(till this confession on her death bed) that
ahe was another???s wife;bnt in compliance
with her desire he brought her over and
ahonld have buried her at Tn (if the
corpse had not been stopped) without makin;;
any stir abont it. After the nobleman had
made this confession they sent to Mr. G
who pnt himself into a passion and threaten
ed to ran her last husband through the body
however, he was prevailed on to be calm.
him. They say tip meeting was very mov
ing, and that they addressed each other civ
illy. Tbe atranger protested bis affection to
the lady was so strong that it was his earnest
wish not only to attend her to her grave, but
to be shut np forever with her there. . . ,
He pnt himself in the mostsolemn mourn
ing, and on Sunday last in a coach attended
the corpse to Th??????, where Mr. G met it
in solemn mourning likewise. . . . There
never was anything like his bahavlor to bis
dear, dear wife; for so he would call her to
the list, Mr. G??????attended him to London
yesterday, and they were civil to each other;
Imt my lord is inconsolable; he says ho must
ily England, which he can never see more. .
. , Kitty Cannom is, I believe, the flrat wo
man in England that had two hatbands at
tend her to the grave together. Yon may re
member her to bo sure; her life would ap
pear more romantic than a novel.??? This old
etter appears in the Cambridge Journal of
October, 1752,
Tux Mexican Lazio.???The lasso itself is a
rope made of tbe twiated fibre of the magney.
or aloe, known in European markets as slsil
hemp. There is a great difference in tbe
quality; the best and strongest are twisted so
extiemely tight that it is almost impossible to
untwist the strands. One end is worked into
a small loop, lined Inside with leather,
through which, when abont to throw the
the nocss???i, e., where tbe rope is double,
tbe rest of it Is coiled round and held in the
left hand, ready to let go, the extreme end
being kept separate and of course retained.
The noose sbonld hang well clear of the
ground when held level with the ahoulder,
and, when open, form a circle of four or five
leetioldiameter.
The laaso is strung over the head and left
shoulder, and back over tbe right ahoulder,
a pecnliar tarn of tbe wrist as it begins to re
turn keeping the noose open. It ia thus made
to circle ronnd and round his head by the
thrower until he Is within distance of his ob
ject, when it is launched and flies oil at a
tangont, the noose assuming a circular form,
andsettling quietly round the object aimed
at. Before it settles the thrower stizts tbe
other end with hia right hand, and gives it
two rapid tarns ronnd the cabezX of bis sad
dle, so as to get n purchase. If he is not
quick enough at this, and the bull Lightens
the rope before a good pnrehose has been ef
fected, tbe result is that the fingeis get caught
between the rope and the cabezs and very
much injured, it Is no infrequent thing to
seegt man who has lost one or two fingeis ip
learning the art. It is beautiful to seo tbe
exactitude with which the adept will throw
the lasso to or from any point, orer either
shoulder, behind or In front. There ia no
credit in catching a bull by tbe horns, for he
cannot be thrown by them; bnt 'considerable
skill is required to pitch tbe noose jnst in
front of him when he is atfull gallop, so that
the next step he tre ids Into it; then, on ils
being tightened with a sudden jerk rolls over
in the dost.
Tbe horse, too, has to learn bis part of the
business, and bear at tbe right moment in
tbe opptslte direction, or he might ba thrown
instead of the bull, to wbicb indeed be is
often inferior in weight. It is considered
disgraceful to have to Toosen the lasso and let
the ball carry it off with him. Agoodhaod
at it will catch by either leg alone a bull gal
loping paat at any angle. The moat difficult
feat of all is to lasso him round the quartern
at full gallop at tba moment when in* hind
legs are doubled up under him. Danaily tbe
noose slips off and nothing happens; but if It
be thrown precisely at tbe right instant, bis
bind legs are pinned tight np under bis belly,
and he is brought to th* position of a silting
dog, looking indescribably silly in inch an
unwonted position. These and other feats of
lassoing are aeen at their beat at a hacienda,
oh the occasion of the annual herradero,
whan the young bulls are driven in from the
plains, thrown dowD, and marked with a hot
iron with the initials of the proprietors'
names. Friendsandneighboneomstogethtr
from afar, and vie rr'th one another in the
display of dexterity and horsemanship.???
Saturday Review.
A Pakthxi Host.???This sort of sport we
imagine, is very riaky, says the Madison Re
corder, and now and then In the frontier
country we hear some sturdy pioneer give
hia experience of hair breadth escapes from
tbtir dreadful teeth and claws. Tbe Puma
or American lion belongs to this family.
We seldom meet with the panther in thepor-
tions of Florida pretry well settled. They
???ion recognize that a man???s band ia agafnat
them and seek the solitude and shelter of the
swamps and denser everglades, coming now
end then to the settlement to carry off a fine
calf or bullock.
-A gentleman named Land, with his little
son, a couple of weeks ago, was ont with hia
dogs trailing dear not far from his place,
which is situated near Kettle Creek in lower
Taylor county, when the doge all at once left
the trail apparently for larger game. For
four miles through the swi
boggy ground, the banters
brough the swamps and marsb,
.. a followed the trail*
i- 1 fallen and lodged in mid air on another
??? iub distance from tbe gronnd. High np
he raw an animal which he knew to be a
I'.i. I her snarling at the dogs below. It was
?? i-'werfal looking brute and if wounded
??? y the hunter knew that hia life woould
n . ne of much value. When he saw the
... unal it was about forty yarda from him
at.ii raising hia gun he took deliberate aim
ai.it fired. The beast seemed only wounded
ami runningcown the trunk of tbe tree came
inward the hunter with open month and eye-
bii Is glaring like coals of fire. For the bun
ter this was a trying time, but with a confi
otnee begotton by experience In frontier
life alone, he again bad bis gun to his shoul
der and when tbe brute had gotten almost
near enough for ils hot breath to be felt on
his lace he fired, this time striking it in the
sbnulder, the ball reaching tbe heart, and it
roiled over a few feet in frontof him. Inlts
dying throes tbe beast struck out its huge
pa tvs and an unwary dog coming too near was
orippied for life. The hide measured eight
feet from tip to tip. It was not neighed, but
???landing Mr. Land said it was as large as a
back. In speaking to a friend about it he
said that when the panther was running to.
ward him he felt thatevery hair of his head
stood straight and alone.
He says that he knows of aome more down
there in the vicinity of where this one was
killed, and if any one wants exciting aport
they can get their heart???s di sire right there.
AvsTaia???a Kurazss???Ths empress
once proud and capricious, says a Vien
ter to tbe Loudon Daily News, and in some
ways is one of the most interesting, as well as
ex raordmary, women of her rank that tbe
century his produced. She ia equally proud
of her hair and her figure, the first being as
abundant as a Magdalen's???the latter aa
???lender aa a girl's. Tne former she wears as
loosely as possible; tbe litter she tightens as
much as she can. Her waist belts used to be
shown os curiosities in exhibitions. They
measured only eighteen inches in circum
ference. I can remember but one other wo
man with a waist so small.
Tho emperor has always been a model hue
band, so far as admiration for his wife's beau
ty is concerned. He is reported to have said
on one occasion that ??????the Empress Eugenie
might be tbe most beautiful woman in the
world of thete were not my wife.???
When the Shah of Persia traveled aome
years ago in Europe, tbe empress of Austria
was the only sorerign who wonld not recelvo
him. She shut herself np in a country cas
tle all the time that he was in Austria. She
never could be induced to go Paris daring
the empire, the etyle of living at the Taller-
being to her taste. A short time ago,
~ ' ould
ies not _
also, when paeslug through Paris, she woul
not go to the Elysee to rotnrn the president???s
visit. She never follows a fashion, it is said,
bnt makes her own fsshlons, and, as all bar
Inventions are suited to her own peeuliatiUes
of person, they do not become many other
women. It was she who introduced the
abominable fashion of high shonldered
sleeves fulled in on the shoulders, a fashion
which does little credit lo her artistio taste,
to say the least.
Altogether, however, Austria is proud of
Its empress, who, taka her all in all, Isa
wonderfully attractive woman for her age.
I must add that no woman ever studied her
own beauty so much as the empress does.
Every hour of the day Is employed in its con
servation. She rises at daybreak and goes to
bed at dark, to keep her complexion dear,
and she spends the day on horseback to keep
hes figure trim. Her food and drink are care
fully regulate ], and for the same object.
This ia certainly better than painting her
face, bnt it la a life of sacrifices which few
women wonld be willing to lead, even for
beauty???s sake.
A Rat-Catchikq Claw ???The old Sanson
street oyster man at Covlogton <fc Winkler???s
grabbed a large sand clam angrily out of tho
barrel as a Times reporter came up with hia
oheok last night???and said to hia assistant,1
???'What do yon moan by throwic,' ???Pass??? in
there????
Turning to ths reporter he continued:
He???d have the place overrun with rata.???
"Indeed????
"I brought that clam,??? rerouted the old
oyaterman, fondly stroking the shell, "from
Narragamett with me last summer. You
know those Narraganaett clams???you find ???em
by seein??? their breathing holes in the sand.
They???ll be ten fe-t below the hole. Then to
get'am you have to dig. I dug a well for
that olam, and then I got her down at bed
rock. The old girl had her nose in it, train???
to barrow further, s'help me Bob. Thinks I,
you've cost me a pile of trouble, I???ll keep
you and feed you. I brought her baok here
with me. and on'eday aba was damped in the
cellar. We heard a deuce of a squealin' one
nigbt, joat as the theatrical gang was cornin???
in, 'bout half-past Taven. Down I goes and
found 'Pun' on a broad grin, with a rat's foot
in her mouth. Tbe rat was jumpin??? and
aquealin??? and plsyin??? the devil???s tattoo on
the floor with his tail. It was n. g. though???
Puss' had bim. Yon see the way I explain
it is that ???Puss' had gaped in the night. The
rat smelt the raw meat and went for it
Soon as 'Pun' felt his teeth she got mad and
clamped on him. Well, now yon'd 'spoae
that other clams would catch rats the same
way, but nary one tnat I set after that aver
di., and I set a whole lot, ???cent an ambitious
Little Neck that was carried off by one of
the beasts. Tbe other clams didn???t have
???Pun's' spunk, I 'sjtosc. If you catoh her,
???he???ll spit st you. 8ince that time she???s
caught 112 rats. She's pretty well eaten up.
butsbe???e good to catch the second hundred
yet. Ain't yon???Puts??????? Ths old oyaterman
stroked the shell again caressingly. "Say,
confound yon, what did you leave ???Pass' in
the barrel for???? he yelled. ???Give her aome
corn meal and water.??????Philadelphia Times.
more cautious ticoship he sot np as a al,o< tinker ou his
:ame. He saw own account at K'ver Brldg, in tbe East
Riding. Ho had been iu that place some lit
tle time when he wan recognized by hit sister,
who had gone to reside in that lucalfiy, and
who took a pair of boo s to hia shop ut have
them repaired. She arm for another brother,
whp at once recognised him as their long
lost relative. He was s ibavquently recognized
by hia father and in uher. who allege tuat he
is none other ihan their lost son, wnom they
have for nearly twenty one years believed to
be drowned.???Glasgow Herald.
ThzOznsds or Russia.???On January 1. 1882,
the inhabitants of Russia numbered 1)1,118,-
614, living in alxty-three provinces and oleven
districts. Daring the year 1883 there were
4,043.863 births and 2,810,433 deaths register
ed, the growth of the population being 1,217,-
425 inhabitants. At this rate tbe population
wonld rise to a hundred million in 1800, and
in sixty or seventy yesrs it would double. At
present the population of the empire is
01,000,000. The growth of population is larg
est in the southern parts and smallest in tbe
northern where also ths mortality is greatest.
It is difficult to ssy whether this ia to be
attributed to the climate or the economic
conditions of the country. Tho average of
life in Russia ia twenty-six years In Europe
and thirty-one In Asia. This faot is explain
ed by the enormous mortality of youDg
children. It hss been ascertained that GO pei
cent of the children die under the age of fivi
years, which means 1,500,000 deaths pc:
annum among young children. It lias also
ived that more than half of the male
population die before attaining the age for
military service. On an average, a person is
born in the Russian empire every eight
seconds, and a death occurs every eleven
seconds. In St. 1???etersbnrg a human being
passes away every fifteen minutes.???Nova
Vremya,'
Tin: Sagacious Hulz.???While stationed at
Fort Webster, in what is now Arizona. Ham
mond started down she canyon on a very
line and large mule. The beast s'oppcd
abruptly, and signified that be wonld not
budge a step. Spurs were dug into hia II inks
to no purpose. There he sioo.1 as firm as a
rock. Hammond pulied him round and
galloped back to the fort The nextmornlni
t was ascertained that at a point scarcely 10
yards in advance ef where the mule gained
jla victory some Apache Indiana had am
bushed the road, and bat for the brute???s keen
nose and cars and firmness in resisting an ob
stinate man, abort work would havo been
made of both.
While journeying acres] the plains thirty
or mors years ago there were hundreds of in
stances equally remarkable. The writer stood
guard every second night over tbe stock that
was out to graze, and depended entirely for
warning of danger from two large American
males. They wonld scent an Indians or a
grizzly a much longer distance than n dog,
and at onca atop eating and unerringly point
with their long ears to the direction of tbe
danger.???From the Youth???s Companion.
THE RESCUED CREW.
Old Tehtamznt Parchments.???Dr. Hark
avy tells me, in reference to the ancient
parchments of the Old Testament which have
>een intrusted to him, that, in addition lo
the eleven books already mentioned, he has
identified Iaalah, but moat ot the remaining
parchments will reqnire chemical treatment,
the writing being quite illegible at present.
As to the age of the manuscripts it isquite
impossible lo say any thing certain, except
'Iqulty, perhaps as
that they are of great antiquity,
mnch as a thousand yean old. The text of
Lamentation! of Jeremiah??? ia the best
the *
preserved, and may be more modern than the
rest. The name of the author of tbe original
xwm, added to this book, is written in tbe
orm of sn acrostic, forming the initial let-
ten of the list lines. Tba size of the freshest
lerchmenta is twenty-five and three-fonrths
nchea by eleven, bnt some are shrank end
shriveleu. and have evidently been exposed
to the action of damp.
Tne Imperial library is now closed for the
Easter holidays and Dr. Harkavy ia at aatand-
atlil until it reopens. It will be several
weeks, at all events, befon any definite con
clusion as to tbe origin and antiquity of these
curious msnoicripts can be arrived at, but
mean tine the professor means to have them
ibotogrspbed, in Order tbat his brother
* Jriemal an may have an opportunity of con
tributing toward their elucidation.???St.
Petersburg Cor. London Standard.
Found Arras Twenty oxs Yzazs.???An ex
traordinary affair bis jnst occurred at Airmyn,
near tioole. In the month of July, 1883, a
boy named Georgs Longhorn, son of William
Looghoan, of Airmyn, whilst playing upon,
tbs river bank, was stolen by a men snd
womsn. whose names are unknown. He was
by them taken to Lincoln, and, after lead
ing him a life of in'aery for two years, they
finally deserted him. Whilst wandering
abont the streets of Lincoln be wss qnts
tioned by a policeman, and, being nnable to
fftve a satifactory account of himself, the
Quibko, May 12.???The balance of tbe anr-
vlvora of tho State of Florida disaster landed
here last night from the bark Thereae, wbicb
arrived up under sail last evening and an
chored at the upper ballast ground. The Hat
has been already published. AH those whoie
names appeared are well and hearty. The
New York agent o! tho 8tate lino la under
stood to have boarded the bark on its arrival
and taken charge of the surviving officers,
and to have lodged them in a comfortable
hotel. He did the same for the four steerage
passengers whose names appeared in the list
of those saved. Chief Officer Thompson ap
peared much worn and dejected. The party
were called upon bnt refused to speak of the
accident at all. The acamcn wore taken to
the river polico elation, and there duly regis
tered. Tboy wore less reticent than tbe offi
cers, but were unable to throw any light upon
tho cause of, the disaster, having been for tbe
most part in bed when the collision occurred.
They appeared to have endured many hard
ships on board the Thcrose, which did not
ha"e accommodation for so largo a ship's
company.
New York, May 12.???Captain Munro, of
tho Anchor lino ateamor, City of Rome,
whose conduct in parsing a ship containing
tho survivors of the State of Florida has
been severely criticized, hss made n state
meat with regard to the matter in which he
says: On the 23J of April last while passing
a group of six Bailing vessels, almost be-
calmed, within a distance of 2 to 3 tulles of
each other, one of them was observed
at a distance of 3 or 4
miles displaying signals which
were Interpolated to be a stilpwrecked crew
but no urgency signal was displayed, or if
displayed it was notseen. nor was tho ryimo
or nationality of the ship given. Had auy
such signal of distress or urgency been
displayed and seen, It would most certainly,
the captain says, have had immediate atten
tlon, but as it Dan unusual occurence for a
ol to have on board the crew of some
disabled ship, It la not thought necessary to
tender assistance without being asked.
THE DOCTORS IN SESSION,
A rraa-TktaktsaUlMlatlaa Laid Iks T.b:??,-Aa-
???liter Cabiaet Offlosr WMOlidi
Washington, May 12.???At tbe session of
.the national medical association just
adjourned in this city, Dr. D. J. Roberts, of
Tennessee, the chairman of the section on
state medicine, delivered an address, In the
course of which he advocated tbe establish-
mentof a department of health, with a chief
who would bu a member of the president???)
cabinet, with the position and power of tbe
other cabinet ofilcers. He attribnted the
failure of the National board of health to
enllat tbe confidence which it deserved to
the defective form ot Its organization and
expreiaed the opinion tbat if it had been con-
atitnted as are the other departments of tbe
government It a ould have had a vigorous
m
Dr. Von Kline of Ohio, offered a resolution
which stated that as many of the members of
tbo association were inlideli, free tbinkera,
materialists, etc., the custom of opening tbe
???esaionsof tho annual meeting with prayer
was an impoiilion on many member*, a. u
that therefore it ought to be abolished. "1
move tbat the resolution be laid on the
table,??? promptly called out a delegate. The
vote was pnt and carried without a dissent
ing voice.
The convention adjourned after voting
thanks, etc.
sisire AriuM.ua.
From the Henry Connty, Ga??? Weekly.
Mr. W. D. Adair has an arllbmadc In his
don that la known to be 97 yean old. It la la the
original manuscript, written in a clear. legible
hand, and not a blot or blonder can be found In
the entire ISO pages. Tbe pager are Sal2 Inches In
site, and compand of coarse, unruled paper. The
penmanship it exceplonally good,every character
Debut perfect. Ta# fly-leaf bears taa following In-
???crlpuos: 'This book o! arithmetic began thlrlltn
dsy ol September, auuo Domini 17S?T Br John
Hooker, ichuol-maiter la Warren eooaty, If. 0/
Tbe author lived at 8moky Castle, N, O., and was
nine months In compleUof the book. He was the
sreatjrandUtber ol Mr. Ainir, the prerent owner
Hire-
From tbe Daweoovtlla, Sa, News.
There lea bed bee-destroying bird which we
have heard ol here and la different pens of tho
county. Mr. 8. W. Townsend seat na two, which
baaayiam rtnagen to than parti. One of them
was a Ugh! red color, tbs other a sort of dim
yellow. They alt near tho openings of Dee-gums,
and when a Dee cornea out tney snap It. ft would
be well to make pcnliumt war Upon raid bird.
We believe most birds do more good then harm
and hence ahonld not aa a rale be wantonly
killed, bnt this bird Is so exception. We love
THE INSOLVENT MARINE BANK.
Exaralncv Serlba Reports Tfc.t It win ba Neoeeoarr
to Appoint a Receiver.
Washington, May 12.???The comptroller of
the currency to-day received a totter from
Mr. Scriba, examiner in charge of the Marine
National bank, of Naw York, saying tbat ths
bank ia insolvent and will havo to be placed
in the hands of a receiver. Tbe comptroller
says tbat a receiver will be appointed as soon
as he receives the report of tbe examiner,
which will probably be to-morrow. It was
expected to day, but did not come. A letter
received to-day Bays the bank is insolvent,
but gtvea no figures or details.
Nxw York, May 13.???Colonel Fred Grant
said to day, in an Interview with a reporter:
???When I first came to this city from Chi
cago I had about 875,000. 1 was introduced
to Ward, and after a short acquaintance he
asked me to join bim in a speculative ven
ture which turned out tn besuccessful. After
that he proposed a partnership, and
eventually my brother and myself entered
into a partnership agreement. It was agreed
that the partnership interest was worth $250,-
000 each. Ward had charge of tbe books and
the safe of the firm, and in fact everytning
was entrusted to bim by the other members
of tbe firm.???
Colonel Grant cloeed with tbe remark:
"I believe that I have been a fool, so has
my father, tbe general, and my brother, and
there is nothing too strong to say agalnat
Ward at tbis moment."
Walter 8 Johnston, of Washington, ha
been appointed receiver of tbe Marine Na*
ttonal bank. Johnston has been for many
years connected with the treasury depart
ment, and baa wound up tho affair* of five
hroken national bauka as receiver.
St. Paul, Minn., May 13???The panicky
feeling here in connection with Senator
Htbln'a manufacturing corporations bas sub
sided, and the general belief now is that the
losses will be small.
CHEMISTS HAVE ALWAYS FOUND
The Most Perfect Made.
A PURE FRUIT ACID BAKING POWDEB.
There is none stronger. None so pure
end wholesome. Contains no Alum or
A Danarerona Case.
??? ??? ??? KncHUTsn, Jose 1, ISM. "Tea'
Teara age I was attacked with the moat
Intense and deathly pains In mr Hack and
-Kidneys,
"Extending to the end of my toes and to
my brain!
"Which made me delinonsl
"From agony!
???It took three men to hold me on my bed
at tlinrsl
???The Doctors tried in vain to relieve me,
but to no purpose.
"Morphine and other opiates
"Had no effectl
"After two months I was given np to dial
"Whtn my wife
beard a neighbor (ell what Hop Bitters had
dona for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
aeemed to go hunting through my system
for tho pain.
"The second dose eased me so much that I
slept two hoar*, something I had not done
(or two months. Before 1 had tiled five bot
tle*, I was well and at work, a* hard aa an;
man conld,forover three weeks; bntlworkei
too h-rd for my strength, and taking a hard
cold, I was taken with the most aente and
painful rheumatism all through my system
that was ever known. I called tbe doctors
again, and after several weeks, they left me t
cripple on crutches for life, as they aald. I
met a friend and told him my case, and be
amid Hop Bitters had cured him and wonld
enre me. I poohed at him, but he was ao
earnrst I waa Induced to uae them again. In
leu than four weeks. 1 threw away my
crutches and went to work lightly and kept
on using the bitten for five weeks, nntil I
became as well as any man living, and havi
lii-cu ??o for tliz years since. It also cured mj
wifo, who had been so for years; and has
kept her and my children well and hearty
with from two to three bottles per year.
There is no need to be lick at all if theae bib
tersnro usod. J. J. Berk, Ex-Supervisor.
"That poor invalid wift.
"Siitarl
???Mother!
???Or daughter!
???Can be made the pletnre of health I
"With a few bottles of Hop Btttersl
"Will yon let them suffer????
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JOY TO THE WOItLD?
THERE IS A POSITIVE CURE FOR
Dr. Haines??? Golden Specific.
It can be given In a cup of coflkeor tea with
out the knowledge of the person uklng It,
and will effect e pormbnent and speedy cure,
whether tbe patient le a moderate drinker or
an nleoholle wreck. It baa been given In
thousands of eases, and In svery Instance the
happiest mulls followed. The system once
Impregnate*! with the Bpeellle, It becomes sn
utlsr impossibility for tho liquor appetite to
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MAGNUS & HIGHTOWER,
DRUOOISTS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA^
DR. BETT S
MEDICAL DISPENSARY
81 West 9th SL, Cincinnati,0.
Tim plirsulaasn? tb<" l>l??t??-nwy have secured s
world-will* rcj.ui.Hon tor .iw-dllr curliix Hy bills,
ll-.n.,rrhcr*, dleel. Htrlclure. l/ver. Khlimy sad
Urinary trouble*. Uluxl and bklli UiseaM.-*.
YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD MEN,
who mr?? wjfllrrl.ur M??n Hit of Wrry-
t Manhood, YowWj-
KimMofany kind,
weakened,naa la??>
riviouM drrama, and oorturnal rnilwlooa, ia deblll-
who uf??* ??ufT??'r1..*( 'tonitl.*? ??**rri??>l<*
huh and l???hy* 'al aM.llity, IaM Mi
fi.l Indlftcrrti *bu*r. i.r J.*r
arm tvl??> now ttiaisa . rn rv? h wpakpnfd,
- , anc f.orturmtl *>mlwlon??, SmMI
. .. d, wrak. mrlaachofy. ahwnt-mJH
od, dull, If* Ji??, and find* hi* life a burden.
/ Cmr*> <??? 0uiirnMfertf hi every e??ae, aa
??? "lie* ai-t ijiihkly and rure permanently.
Has been used for years Jn a million homes*
Its great strength makes it the cMapest.
???Ic. prrfrrt portly the healthiest, tn the
iamitt leaf most delicious Prove it by the
onl^ijjetest
THE TEST OF THE OVEN,
MAMmcrURSD BT
STEELE & PRICE,
Chicago, 111., and St Louis, Mo.
dMahetorar* of Lapal!??? TmM 6??aa, Dr. Wtrt dpMbS
FUforlac Kitneu, aid Or. PrlM???a CilfM F>rf??????.
nr MAKE WO SECOND CRAPE COOPS*
CAPITAL PRIZE $150,000
"We do hereby oortify that wesoperriru tbr- ev.
rsugemenlsforsll tho Monthly and beml-Aii.i'isi
mzalvea, a .
coueaty, falmcs ijtnd good faith toward all parties,
sndwoauthorls i tho Company to are this coffin*
*??? * ilgaatarM attached
rate, with fac-siiullei of our i
la its sdrertlsemontr.'
dommlatlonfm
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION I
U Over Half a Million Distributed.
LOUISIANA STATEToTTERY COMPANY.
jnoorpor&tod In 1M8 lor 25 yo*rsby the LegtaUttu*
(or Kdncatlonal and Charitable purpooce???with a
mpltal of 11,000,000-to which a reserve fond of
rm*r t-VSO.OCO Im* nIiico hivn nililcd.
By an overwhelming popular vote lta franchise
was mode a part of too present Htato Constitution
adopted Jtm'inbor ftl. A.l)., 1H70.
Ita Brand Mingle Number Drawings
will tako nlaco monthly. It never scales or post
pones. Look at tho (olio Mug Distribution:
1691 h Grand Monthly
AND THU
Extraordinary Semi-Annual
Drawing,
In the Academy or MueTr. New Orica**,
TucMday, inns 17. 1664.
Under tho personal supervision and managementof
nen. <9. T. llEAUREUnAKM.of La., awd
Uen. JUUAL A. EARLY, or Virginia.
Capital Prize, $150,000,
'NOTICE.??? 1 Tickets are Ten Dollars ouly. Halvas
15. Fifths, 92. Tenths, fl.
1 Grand Prlaoof 60,000
1 Grand Prizo of 20,000..
3 Largo Prizes of 10,000
4 largo Pnzoe of 6,000
20 Frlsos of 1,000
60 ?????? 600
100 '??? M0.
200 *' 300.........
600 ?????? M0
,000 " ^ M
ArraoxrtiATXON mizem.
100 Approximation Prizes of 200 \
1m ?? w 100..
2,273 Prizes, amounting to...~.....
Application for rstos to dubs should be m??de
50.000
'20,000
20.000
20.000
30.000
26.000
W.OOO
40.000
60.000
60,000
j, 600
.4512 600
address Beglsterod letters to
KCW ORUMK8 NATIONAL BANK
Nen Orloaus. bt.
H. A. DAB, KIN,
New .-Vienna, U*
Or M. A. DAUPHIN,
607 Hcvciilh slroct, Washington. D.O.
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DIAMOND SPECTACLES.
iU treated In all parts of tlL
, tlw ffinnnltlnic physician, ta a grad*
rol !??????*??*.??? yean tspcrfeoc*
land. Franc *~
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Atlanta Cotton Mills,
ATLANTA, OA.,
k'K THK HKVf ft H K K JIN??H AND HHIP.T-
logf from clean strong cottons. Ask youi
Morekc??per for them and take no other. "Atlanta
mills A'^fdiheetUr. "Atlata allls 7, Zi shirt*
log. Be luiejad get this.
end are called DIAMOND on account of their hard*
e??s and brlllUiiey.
Having been test'd with the poUrifiOepc, the 4i*>
nif,- d )??? !,*???? tiav '???* * f' it id 10 admit flflMn pet
cent lssa heated rays than soy other pebble.
They are ground with great ???clentlflc accuraey,
are free from ebramatie alterations, and produce a
brightness and dlstlnctnrMof vl*!on not before ah*
tslr.rd In tar:*-*. Manu/sctured by lh??
BPENC2B OPTICAL MAN'F'NG CO.. NEW YOU
For sale by responsible agents la every dty la the
Union.
FREEMAN & CRANXSHAW,
Jcwelcm and Opticians, are sole agents for At
lanta, Ga.
Do not bny a pair unless you see the trade mark.
nn hut mss
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