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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. TUESDAY. JUNE 3. 1884- TWELVE PAGES)
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE
TBBIUIXQ UXPI.OITD AND PIC-
TfHKS OF STRANGE LANDS.
Hunting the Lion on Horzeback-.A Mon-
agenniian Duchess???Rats In India
???A Japanese Cremation.
Hcmisa Tax Lion on Hobubsce.??????The
chare of the lion on horseback is carried on
at the Cape of Good Hope, in the following
manner, as described by Dr. Sparrmen. "It
it only the plains that the banters venture
ta go oat on horseback in this chase. If
the lion keeps in some coppice or wood, on
a rising ground, they endeavor to tesze it
with dugs till it comes oat; they likewise
prefer going together, two or mors in num
ber, to be able to assist each other, in case
the first shot should not take effect.
"When tbs lion sees the hunters at a great
distance, he takes to his heels as fast as he
be can, in order to get ont of their sight
but if they chance to discover him at a email
distance fro mtbem, lie is then said to walk
elfin a surly manner, but without patting
himself in the least burry, as though be was
above showing any fear, when be finds him'
self discovered or hunted. He is therefore
reported likewise, when he finds himself
pursued with vigor, to be soon provoked to
resistance, or at least he disdains any longer
to fiy. Consequently he slackens his pace,
and at length only slides slowly off, step by
step, all the while eying bis pursuers askant;
ana finally makes a full stop, and tnrnlng
round upon them, and at the same time
giving himself a shake, roars'with a short
tone, to show his indignation, being ready to
seize on them, and tear them in pieces.
"Thin is the time for the hunters to be on
the spot, or to get within a certain distance
of him, yet ao os to keep a proper distance
fromesch other; and he that is nearest, or
is most advantageously posted, and has the
beit mark of his heart and lungs, must be
the first to jump off hi. horse, and, securing
the bridle by putting it round his arm, dis
charge bis piece; then in an instant recover
ing his seat, must ride obliquely athwart his
compaui ins; and giving his horse the reins,
must irust entirely to tne speed and fear of
the latter, to convey him out oi the reach of
the wild oeast, in case he has only wounded
him, or has missed him. In either of these
cases, a fair opporiunl y presents for some
of the other hunters to jump off their horses
directly, as they may than take their aim
and discharge toeir pieces with greater cool-
ness and certainty. Should this shot Ilka-
wise miss (which, uowever, seldom happens!
the third sportsman rides after the lion,
which at tbac insiant is In pursuit ot the first
or the second, and, .springing off bis horse,
fires his piece, as soon as ne has got within
a proper distance, and unde a sufficiently
convenient part ot the animal present Itself,
especially ool quely from behind. If now
the lion turns upon him too, the other hun
ters turn again, ti come to his rescue with
tho charge winch they loaded on horseback,
while they were flying from the wild beast.
"No instance his ever been known ot any
misfonaae hsppsaiug to the hunters chafi
ng the lion on horseback. The African
colonies, who have been born in, or have
had the conrage to remove into the more
remote psrts of Africa, which are exposed
to the ravages of wild beasts, are sometimes
good marksmen and ore far from wanting
courage.???
A Nosaozs.vrian Duchess.???The Duchess
of Albuf.ra, wbo was buried last week, dated
from 1780 She was the daughter of a soap
boiler of Marseilles, named Clary, and second
sisterof Julie, wife ot Joseph Bonaparte.
Her youngest sister married Bernadotto, and
died queen of Sweden, imbued with ths idea
that ebo and her epousi were necessary to the
happiness of the S andiuavjan peoples, over
whom, by a freak of fortune, they came to
reign. Because ot her royal connections, the
Swedish minister and his secretaries attended
the funeral of tho nonagenarian dnehess.
should not wish to lire to tb%age of 95. even
though I were certain of ending my days la a
grand chateau oi Nurmaody and in a still
grander mansion in the Faubourg St. Honors,
oi being visited by royal nephews and their
children???s children, and interred with dues!
honors.
It was her interest to stand by Imnorlol
ism; but she had a poor opinion oi ths Bona-
partes. Napoleon was a genius, and excel.
jjartes. a*;ii??juuu was ?? kcuiun. uuu cawoi-
tent for thorn who stuck by him, flattered
hint, and took care not only not to tread ou
hisf^el, but not on bis shadow. He was a
despot, and aa he got old and felt his strength
wane he became very jealous of possible ri
vals. Louis was a prig. He would hare
beeu invaluable as a major-domo in a great
house, in which everything ought to go like
c'oek work. Joseph was soft willed and solt-
brained, but a good husband and father. Hia
best qualities were tnose of a common place
bourgeois. Lucies was conceited, dry, dis
agreeable and very fond of money. Hia want
of ambition might bo explained by the gift of
6,000,000 francs worth ot diamonds made him
by the queen ot Spain when he went, youog
and handsome, to Madrid, aa the ambassa
dor of the Jbst consul. He sold the jewels
for more than their value, on his retnrn to
Paris, clung to the money which they brought
and kept It through all the vicissitudes of his
house. As to the women of the family, they
were all caootines. Joiephine was fi good
creature, but fickle aud cowardly. Hardly
anybody defended her when Napoleon want
ed to repudiate her, brciuse she hid not
chsr.ic-.tr enough to stand by anyone who
might fall into disgrace for having token
her pert.
Tne Dacbesse a???Albufera saw the duke of
Wellington and Btucher review the allied
troops In the Champs de Mars, and dined in
their compiny when they were la Paris. Shs
witnessed the marriage ot the Doc and
Bachesse de Bsrri, and the funeral of Louis
xvirt, who said when he was dying that he
was the last king of Francs whose remains
would be taken to St. Denis, ??*
Rats ta Ianta.???Among other annoysners,
the piece was infested with rats, and being so
low, thq number of little'toads that nude
free use of every room was incredible. My
sweeper would in a short time fill and refill a
gylan (a sort of round earthen pot capable of
holding more than a gallon) up to the brim
with toads. We call them froga, but they
were re ally toads of a jumping kind, and the
only thing to be said in their favor was their
capacity for swallowing mosquitoes, beetles,
and other kinds of creeping and flying in-
sees But as a setoff against mis advantage
comes the fact that snakes with equal avidity
swdilowand relish toads, and are ever in quest
of these dainty monels. The rats, however,
trenbled me most. They destroyed my shoes,
drank up the oil oi my night lamp???a very
primitive arrangement, known os the tel bat-
tee, that carries one back to the time of
Moses???sometimes exticgniihing the light in
the proheel; and tuadeead havoc of my cot
ton staffed pillows, the contents of which I
waald often dhc irer, after an absence of a
few days from home, strewn abont the floor,
and the pillow-mars ruthlessly destroyed; and
it was not an uncommon thing to find a tat
ra*. which had effected an entrance through
the mosqaito curtains, nibbling away witom
.aninenuf my nones I lay in bid. Taey
'held high revels in an old sideboard stored
with sundry eatables, and ao load was the
nolle among the crockery therein that often
( had to get op and put the rebels to (light.
In desperation T determined one nlgbt to try
wbat smoke wonld do to keep them out. Ac
cordingly I placed a piece of smoldering
brown paper in the cupboard, watching tticx
in band for the first rodent that should be
canght in tbe act of sliding down the leg lap-
porta on which this piece of furniture stood.
I bad no) long to wait. Out came rat No. 1
and met bla death on the spot. Chuckling
over my success I stood expectant oi No. 2
but in place oi him came a brown eaake about
21 inches long close to my bore feet. Tnls
was much more then I bargained for. My
???tick was down on bim in a second, but, un-
luckly, so woe tbe tel-buttee held in the other
hand, and the brown snake and I were to
gether in total darkness, a most unplesssot
predicament for both of us.???Chambers???s
Journal.
Tax Cocar or tbe Libebty or Savoy.???The
manor and honor of. tbe Savoy lies im
mediately to tbe west of the place where
Temple bar formerly stood, and extends for
tome distance westward along the bank of
the river, as far, I believe, as tbe middle of
Cecil otre.L It is divided into four wards,
and has a court leet, which meets twice
year, wlthla a month after Easier and
month after Michaelmas. Sprcisl courts can
be held if required. The court consists of the
steward, who presides, and eight burgesses,
two from each of the four wards of the manor.
A jury forthe year, consisting of sixteen???is
annually elected at the court. The steward
fixes the day, and the bailiff summons tbe
burgesse and the jury, as well as the proper
number of residents to be sworn in as jury
men for the year following. The jury are
called orer, and absentees, if any, having
been fined, are sworn, the form of oath being
tbe same as that which i?? administered to r
grand jury at assizes and quarter sessions.
They tnen make their presentments, which
are in writing, and are signed by the jury.
These presentments are brought about os fol
lows: if any inhabitant thinks that
neighbor???s house is ansafe, or that a house
is disorderly or the lire, he complains ver
bally or otherwise to tbe foreman of the jury
for the time being. The foreman calls the
jury together, and they satisfy themselves in
any way they please os to the matter com
plained of, and if the nuisance is not abated
to their satisfaction tbe matter embodied in
forms ot a presentment, which is given in at
tbe court day to the stewaid. Tbe steward
Inspects tbe presentment, to see if it is in
proper form and relates to a matter within
tbe jurisdiction of the court, and if he ap
proves of it, and if the jury think that tbe
party presented ongbt to be fined, four of
their number are appointed affeerers, and
APBattU tho Ana T'ha Andituv
they "affeer??? or settle tbe fine. Tbe finding
of the jury is thus conclusive upon the facts,
although they hearno evidence, examine no
witness) s, end go throngh-nothing in the Da
tura of uf a trial ???A History of tbe Criminal
Law of England, by the Hoa. Sir James F.
Stephen, A. C. S. {,
A Japanese Cremation.???In the bouse of
commons on Wednesday, the borne secretary,
opposing tbe bill introduced by Dr. Cameron
urged against cremation that the side na
tions, more particularly the Greeks, had never
adopted tbe practice. There la one nation,
now the oldest empire in the, where crema
tion is an establUned usage, and where the
government, with shrewd appriciation of tbe
advantage of santtary laws, have of late
years carefully fostered it. This is Japan,
where cremation establishmeqts, under gov
ernment control, are to be found in all the
chief cities. In Tokio, the pricipsl place of
cremation is situated a Shen-jo, a suburb
reached through long lines of busy streets.
After an hour???s drive through a lane of
busy life, we came to tne silent house where
the dead awaited the lost service of the liv
ing. It stands a little apart from the main
road, a building of a single story, with an
innocent looking tall chimney, aud might be
connected with a pottery or a small iron
foundry. We were first received in tho house
of tne manager, wnera tea was served in
priceless porceiian cups of Kutani ware.
The furnace, if so Imposing a name may he
used Jor a process so simple, stood a few
paces from the house. On entering it there
was nothing to be seen but what appeared to
be two butter tubs resting upon a few fagots
of wood. There were several cavities abont
two inches deep and a foot long in the stone
floor, and these were filled with shavings.
According to municipal law, no barniug is to
be done before half past 0 in tbe evening.
It still wanted ten ruinates to that time, but
iu the circumstances the manager thought he
would be safe in anticipating the hoar, and
the shavinita were fired.
One of the men, kneeling before the grow
ing flame, fanned it with a pleoe of wood. It
caught the dry fsgota, greedily licked the
''gh in the air, and
sides ol the tub. rose high
then, with a horrible thud, the head of the
barrel 'bunt outwards. Quick as thought,
tbe men seized a large piece of wood, lying
by in readiness, and bid from eight whatever
may have protruded. It is tbo bout ot tbe
skillful cremator 'that under his supervision
the contents of the barrel are never exposed
to view. A heavy matting oi wet straw is
laid over the length of tbe barrel before the
fire ie Ignited. As the barrel is burned away
this falls in and coven the body. In three
Bonn the work is done. Every particle of
flash is burned away, and tbere remains only
the skeleton. The bones and ths teeth the
relatives collect and give them sepulture.
Thera are three classes of cremation at this
itablisbment. In the first dare each body
ti burned separately, a charge being made of
seven yen ($7J. In the second class the
charge is only ten shillings, tbo difference
being that two or more, according to tbe
briskaesl of trade, are burned at the same
time. The third dam pay $1.00, the sem
blance of a oeffin provided by the two being
dispensed with. It will be seen that, as
oompared with the most moderate scale of
ordinary borisl charges, cremation is cheap.
Aa for os I could gamer, It it this which re
commends itself to the clsst of Japanese,
generally the teat wealthy, wbo avail them-
???elvtsol tbo resources at the establishment
at Sben jo and kindred Institutions.--Pall
Mall Gazette.
Southern Fraxcxih thiTzstu Csstubt ???
Its iunabiunti Were brtTe industrious, sad
tbe arts were followed iu towns which (in
spite ot tbe counts)enjoyed quasi-republican
institutions. Caitare throughont the old
Roman province of-Narboone was aeriatnly
more advanced than In northern France or
even northern Italy, And now we come to
the movement and the counter-movement
which rendered this period one of great intel
lectual importance. The Spanish cahpbs
were the patrons and the cultivators of all
the bracbev ot human learning and reaearch,
and through tbe Pyrenees they filtered the
taste and me phtioeoph ot Moorish oonrta
aud schools. Ureex, Latin and Hebrew lexi
cons found tbelr way to Naroonne. Agricul
ture flsurlebed Where tbe Moors popularized
tbe use of rice, sugar, cotton, cork and oilk-
Scientific inquiry was fostered by the treat-
lies ot Alhazeu, and pbyaical knowledge in-
created wherever tne Arabian intellect
pressed apun what may be called tbr Italian
system oi repressing thought through tbe
weight of an antocratlo theology. Tue Pro
vencal or Ltngua d???oc being widely spoken
served to difiuse the cnltnre thus stored up
in tbe cities of the south, while the presence
of a body ot Jews added to tbe trade and to
the mental resources of Aquitaine. They
bad settled in Languedoc in the fifth cen
tury, and by the eleventh these Hebrew
traders were admitted to pnblic functions
and filled the markets and houses oi Coreas-
amne, ii. litre, Nismte, St. Giilee, Land,
Aibi, Toulouse and Montpellier with the
want and ths loxuriesof me eait. M. Saiga
???aysof them "taut, thinks to the toleration
lion shown them, tne Jews acquired areal
imporuuce under the jurisdiction of both
lores and bishops, and, thus favored on ac
count of their wide commercial relations,
they made considerable establishments,
They built synagogues, bed ctlebraiel Rab-
baa, and made Heorew letters flonrUn.???
Narbonne, in particular, poses used notable
schools, and woe a sort ot motropjli, for
Judahlam. Btnjsmin of Tadels reported ot
it that it had "sagee and celebrated princes,
iexi),attbe head of wnicb wt?? the Rabbi
Halonyme, eon of tbe celebrated Prince
Tneodore, of bleaed memory, who is named
in tbe genealigy of thou who are of tbe
posterity of Band.??? Among other colonies
rich through the extent of its relations in all
regions, was tbe learned and trading Hebrew
community ol Montpellier. Toward these
traders the good will of the lords of Montpel
lier went beyond mere toleration. Tbey ad
mired tbe Jews and gave them such a part
in the public administration that a special
form oi oath whs prepared tor their use on
heing admitted to office.???The Edinburah
Review.
A Skeleton ih Aru.r.???A passenger
the juet arrived rtvamer from Australia
that on the second day out from Melbourne
the passengers were amazed to behold a little
swarthy-faced, black-eyed man emerge from
hia itateroom in fail jockey costume??? boots,
whip, spurs, eilk jacket, and ail. In tills at
tire he solemnly paced up and down the deck
for an hour and then dissppeared.
The next morning the same pnty appeared
attired in the half armor of a knight of the
middle agea, and the same afternoon emerg
ed iu a gorgeous cardinal dress and continued
hia dignified promenade without epcaking
word to anyone.
The fact that all these costumes were
world too large for the wearor made tnis mss-
queradiog the more grotesque, and the pas
sengers watched each transiormation with in
creased merriment, until it was suddenly
whispered around that the fellow was a mad
man who imagined himself going to a per
petual series of masked balls, snd that any
opposition to hts delusloq would provoke
him to fury.
Tho atraugo passenger rattled the nerves of
the company very (much tbe nextmoruing
by appearing os a Bedouin Arab, armed wita
a cruel looking actmetar, but when shortly
after dinner he showed un as a Piute Indian,
carrying a blood curdling tomahawk and
scalping knife, tbe women and cbildrenlock-
ed themselves in their staterooms, while t
committee of gentlemen honied up tbe cap
tain nod filed an indignant protest against
allowing the maniac to remain at large.
???Maniso be blowedl" growled the sailor.
Don't you know that Davidson, the actor,
is on board????
"What of it?'*
???Why, that???a his body servant. He is
simply airing his master's wardrobe to keep
it from molding.???
And tbe committee "set'em up.??????San
Francisco Post.
Tax Morganatic Marriage or Louis IV.???
A New York World cable from-Londonsays:
The grand duke has stirred up a veritable
hornet'a nest by his matrimonial venture,
for the entire royal family of England unite
in resenting tbe affair as a slight upon the
memory of Princess Alice, the first wife of
the grand dnke, end almost an insult to
Princess Beatrice. Tne latest demonslratlon
of this feeling has been furnished by tbo
queen's eldest daughter, tbe Crown Princess
Victoria of Germany. She was among tbe
guests attracted to Darmstadt by the marriage
of tho grand duke's daughter, Victoria, April
30, and was to have remained to take part In
the rduad of festivities which followed the
wedding. It is known that she very sudden
ly changed all her plans in this respect and
tnat she started hastily from Darmstadt for
Berlin almost before the weddtog was over,
and with scant courtesy to her host, the
Grand Duke Loats. This sudden flitting is
now accounted for by tbe statement that the
grand duke announced his morganatic inten
tion to-the select party of royal personages
assembled at bis daughter's wedding, and
that the Crowa Princess Victoria immediate
ly took umbrage at what ebo deemed disre
spect to two of her sisters and left the grand
dnke'a court and capital in anger.
It ia now stated that Queen Victoria, wbo
had accepted the grand duke's proposal for
the hand ot her youngest daughter, Beatrice,
conditionally upon'tbe passage by tbe British
>arllamentof the bill legalizing marriages
retween widowers and their deceased wives???
sisters, and who took Beatrice to young Prin
cess Victoria's wedding to afford an interview
between her and her eemi-betrothed, when
she was made acquainted with the manner
in which the grand duke proposed to enjoy
the family ties wiilu watciitng for parlia
mentary relief, refused-to allow Beatrice to
speak to him and hastened her departure
home.
Stbabox Tales to a Guileless For-
xioneb.???Sitting up in tbe pilot-bonse with
tbe veteran captain, be tells bow ho has nav
igated this river for more than a quarter of
a century, tearing tbe ronte originally by
poling a flaNboat, and finally coming out in
be highest Ockiawaha rvnk as commander
ot this strange little box of a steamer, called
the "Marion.??? Then, becoming confiden
tial, he polnta to the negroes and tells now
in the earlier dayeof racing steamers on the
western waters, when tbe fuel ran oat, they
would "olap a darky on the safety-valve to
keep her down, anil throw in another fat
ono to make tbe fire burn.??? While describ
ing the swampy region with ltd "Turkey
ltends,??? "Hell???s Half-Acree,??? "Log Jam.,"
* Bone Yards," "Double 8 Bends,??? and
other suggestive names given portions of tbe
crooked river, the captain and bil negro aids,
by Vigorons9wurk at tbe wheel, "slowing
down,??? and scientific polling front the tore-
nestle deck, with many bnmps against tbe
treis, manage to move the vessel along; and
that we steam oat of tbe clear stream of tbe
Sliver Spring into tne more tnrnid waters ol
the river Itself.???Pait^ka, Fit., Letter in
London Times.
K TALK WITH MAJOR WILKINSON
la H'Lfck k< Dull... to anew Ike Vie ,f Bit Ktm
ftr Tnuirtr.
Meeting Mejor U B Wilkinson, of Newntn, dar
ing last week, a Constitution rcprerentalhro Hiked
him if be expected to make the conveu for stale
irteanrtr:
I do not," replied tbe major. ???I did think
favorably of ft one time, bat when I???began la count
ibe trouble connected with tbe nee and compare
with thereeultto follow In case I was elected, I
amt to tbo conclutlon that the gamd was not
worth tbe candle ???
You had tomeetrong men to back yon, major,
and quite as many complimentary notices from the
preteasany candidate has received.???
That I know; and I bad private letten urging
me to make tho rice, but a man at my time
life has to consult bis convenience
more than hefoimelly did. 'Iam frank toadmft
bad I aa much leisure a few years ego u I have
now, I might bare consented to offer for the place.
Tbe offioe it an Important one, the eslaiy email,
and the condition of politlca tucb that all things
taken together, there la bnt little lo induce a man
of my age to eater Into a icramble for 1L I am,
however, very grateful to many kind blende mil
ever the elate for their caracal, and I may say,
saalonz Interest In this matter, I am certainly aa
grateful to tbimae I could have been U I bad
offered for tha oBca and bean elrclad-???
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
Octla, Fla, Is shipping green com.
(Joiner. Fla., It to have a new hotel.
Louisiana timber lands cover 15 000,000 seres.
Gadsden county, Fla., Is making heavy shipments
vegetables
The New Orltans exposition covers tmrly-thret
scree of ground.
Tbe Chattanooga broom factory tome out twenty
dezen brooms a day.
Tha orange crop ol Florida next eeuou will
reach lolly 1,000.(00 boxes.
The plow works of Chattanooga have a satisfac
tory number ol orders on hand.
Vermin*prospects incest Fellcfana, Louisiana,
ware never batter since tha war.
The coming sugar crop of BtUtrj, La, It about
thirty per cent less than last year.
Tha farmers near Oxford, Fla, have shipped from
that depot ortr I.COO crates ot beaus.
Seventy blackbirds at one shot Is what M. F.
Gardner did on hia farm near Live Oak.
Commencement exercise of the university of
North Carolina taka* place Jane 4th end tth.
The Frenclynland end cattle company own ?U,-
(00 acree of land on the Fan Handle of Texas, and
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' Its h alth-
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CHICAGO. - - - - ST. LOUIS
sat ta th nkr too nx id mat *
graze thereon 70 000 head of cattlo. A barbed wire
f<*nco eric loses It. Tho fence is lr>3 mllet long and
cost over |J<L0 a mile. In two years the net profit
for their work la 91,280,000. Mr. Henry Groom it
tho msnaget tor the company.
Watermelons are Urge enough to thump, and bid
fair to make a fine yield around Oxford, Fla.
It Is computed that the forests of Texas will sup??
ply tho wholo country with timber for ono hundred
years,
Tho prospects are good for a largo corn crop in
middlo Florida, and a largo orango crop in south
Florida,
Governor Lowry, of Mississippi. It la stated, favors
Senator Bayard as tho democratic nominee for
president.
Mr. M. C. Scott, of near Montgomery. Ala.,
shipped a crate of very flno peaches to Now York
tho 21 it.
Two hundred thousand herring wero landed at
ono haul on the Northeast river, Virginia, on
Wednesday,
Tho Florida University at Tallahassco, will have
tho opening of Its noxt term, an orgamxitlon of
piofeisors.
Moro buildings are said to have been erected In
Key West in tho last six months than In any ouo
year previously.
Tho thlrtecnyoar locusts have appeared la Eut
Feliciana jarisb, La, but not Insufficient numbers
to do any damsgo.
J. W. Levins, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, offers to
bet $1,750 that a gigantic Vicksburg negro cm
whip either Sullivan or Byan,
Thero was recently on exhibition In Virginia, a
matuicd cow with threo Immense horns and three
eyes. 2a shape, tbo cow resembled a homo, having
long body, a sway back and an arched neck.
Tbo hoof terminated in high ploces of bono that
curved out several Inches. Iu company with tho
cow wss a pretty cow calf, which was born without
eyes or tall. _
u????r?? Uy??. Jova.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Tho Georgia delegation to tho Chicago convene
tlon Is set down In all tbe tables a* "solid for Ar<
thur." Tho republican* party Is nearly extinct in
thatitate, which gives any majority the bombons
desire to have returned, ranging between C0.CC0
so,COO. As tho delegation ia made up, it may
have been appointed by tbe president himself
from among his effleo holders, lhe following Isa
Usi of tbe delegates and the basinets at which they
make a living. Thero Is a slim chance for Ulalno
this crowd
A K Buck, clerk United Htalcs court and United
States commissioner.
I..- wi* Viraaaats. deputy collector ot revenue.
W A Pledger, surveyor o: customs.
CD Forsyth.
A M Wilson, revenue service.
Janus Blue, customs service.
C W Arnold, postmaster.
Calaar Few. i-oiUti clerk.
Klbert Head,
J Q oataou,(poa:al clerk.
Madison Davis, postmaster.
M H Wood, revenue sendee.
W T B Wilson, POkUnaster.
J B Gas on, revenue service.
K It Wright.
\v i' Holden. Dost master.
klteit Httii !??? win to prater Logan, bnt m.j not
bo ptnnUutl lovoufor mu. Two other deteiKU*
wno ??r?? not omceboMer. ut> reports 1 to b.v?? a
preference for Line jlu. but th. .bole tv.nl, four
eta M counted ou to oflret ib. ran. ot iwMit-four
Ul.lno men lu wnicb *lvc. CJOOO to (0.000
.republican mejurli, ??t pn.la.ntUi election*.
Th.iu.c uik... rl.k ??? tor,.
From the Monttioiu, Ua,, ftooord.
Mr. Old Bell???. 1UU. bo,, Freddie, who U on!,
.boat tour Iran old, ougb to wear tbo Mat ribbon
forth, bat fLh nor, ol lb. uuoa, II. went bom.
lh?? other do, with the roar ponton ot bla pants
mlMl??(.ud hts father b<Ean lo chid* Mo about
it and lo qncnlon him u to where h. had been to
lttt hIt pitots Into such a IrlehL The lilt!, fallow
u quick .. thocEbttoid hist.,bar thatb. had bt.n
down to ib. cm a, and while no waswaikiu* alous
th. bank a flab Jumptd oo I of the wafer, morn the
Mat of bis pann and *ot back Into lb. water before
be bad lime to catch It, Can Ueor*. Woods beat
talsflihnor,?
Il<sr.rjr lrvl??g Mt IIarv??rd,
From tho Harper???s for June.
A good story and ono as yot unpublished, wss
told about Henry Irving, the setor, at a recent
dluner ol Harvard alumni et Buffalo. When the
English actor vfsltcd Boston I'rosidcnt and Mrs
Eliot wero among tho spcc???ators at his first per*
formane. and In ordor to do honor to tho stiangor
bo was Invited out to Harvard, shown all UiocoU
lego Hods, and finally entertained at a luncheon to
which a scloct pirty of distinguished dons wcr6
bidden. *
??????By tho way, Mr Irving," said tho president,
wl h a praiseworthy desire to opon tlio converts*
tlon upon a subject of goaoral lntorcst "are you a
university maoT"
"No, sir," was tho actor's answer; then, as If he
fell that the reply night be taken as in tome way
Implying disrespect for the ooJego, and colleges
In general, ho added, "but my butlucts managor
here la"
AmoIms rallies la Eiilui
From the Arkansaw Traveler,
This country will not be a succese until Kagllsh
editorial writers pay more attention to AmorJcan
politics. A staff correspondent of ono of tbe great
London dailies visited this country somo time ego,
and while In Arkansaw sent tho following letter to
his journal: "Arkansaw Is situated botween Mem
phis and Ban Francisco Its cllmato Is mild lu
winter, but In summer I am told by an old Inbab*
tant It fs extremoly cold. Tho governor of (bis
stato receives 9*CO.OOO a year which ho spends
mainly for the enter element of his friends. I am
much concerned in American politics and nover
tiro of studying tho situation. At tho pro ent
writing the country is much stirred op about Pres*
ldent Dorsey. He went out on his sheep ranch
romewhero In Cleveland and has not been heard
of ftlnoe. Should he never bo found Vlco*Presl<
dent Sam Tltden will ba hnlgbt<d In his place."
ItmwH en Uirsin.
From tho WallSticot News.
They arrested a yonng man In Qnlncy, IU , tho
other day for haring fivo wires, and during lilt trial
It was dheoverad that ho was engsgod to about a
dcaaa other girls. As (bo prison or stood up to to-
celve his sentence the Judge remarked:
Prisoner, U Is bard to discover what motive
could have actuated you to conduct yourself In
this outregcons manner."
Nothing mysterious about it, your honor," was
tho calm reply. "I was simply making acorner on
he marrlageble girls In
He got fifteen years.
A ItrsDgi t'at??
Frcm the Berrien, Ga., News.
Prom a private letter addressed to a citizen of
thtsp acowe take tho following: ???I will write
yon of a circumstance which occurred at my place
this week, and 1 vouch lor the truth ol tho state*
meat. Thero came a cat with eight logs and feet
and two tails. It had a set of feet and legs In front
In the usual placo and a set on Its back. Back of
tnrse lu booy developed Into two prongs, each of
which had a tall aud a set ol leg* and Unt." Tho
author Is a reliable mao and we doubt not tbe
truth of his siau ment.
Give Iff ns up.
Poor Spooks." said one gentleman to another
ae tho young man referred to ataggoua by,,
???he has gone to the bad entirely."
??????Yeg," replied the other, "he Is most certainly
Can yon tell me," asked the first speaker, "why
he Is like a conundrum?"
???No, I cannot; why?"
???B;Caut nearly everybody has given him up/
Th* Mr??*rfas if ol Lova'a Yaaag Premia.
From tbe Hommervllla Gazette.
A man never gets thoroughly disgusted with
love' yonng dream til be has given a girl a ring,
and three days afterward discovers that the has
been to a Jeweler to ascertain De real worth,
A Carlo ae Ilea Etc.
From the Talbotton Era.
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ts greatly elongated and smaller in tho middle
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appearance. Mr Bicktey brought ns some butter
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A VARMTTY OF LOVES.
There's a love for the girl In a seal akin sac tue,
And a love for tho girl without;
There's a love for the girl who never goes back
On her young man with a doubt.
There's a love for the girl who's got the tin.
And a love for the girl who???s none;
There???s a love for the girl of the rolling pin
Who knows when the pies are done.
There's a love for the girl of tho rural part.
And a love for the girl In town;
There's a love for the girl of tcoitcsotne heart,
And a Jove for tbe girl with a frown.
There's a love for the girl of "hoM<cs*" fare,
And a lovo for the girl on the street;
There's a love for the girl of dimples rare.
And a lord for tho girl???with Let.
There's a love for the girl wtth*re*w?? light.
For iheilrl who don???t care a fit:
There's a love for tho Kiri who shed* at night
The whole of her auburn wig.
There's a love for tee girl iu the east or west.
And a love tor the irirl In the south;
But perhaps the girl that you love best.
Is the girl in the north???with a month.
Keller, iu Whitehall Ttmea.
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