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11 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 Test Your Baking PowderTo-day PUBLIC OPINION 1 Brands Advertised as Absolutely Pure Contain CHEMICAL TEST: Office ol M. DELAFONTAINE, J Chicago, May 8, 1884. Analytical and Consulting Chemist. Dr. Price???Dear Sir: I have analyzed Baking Powders adver tised as absolutely pure, and find they contain AMMONIA. I also find contrary to my expectation that cakes baked with such powders still retain Ammonia Therefore, I cannot believe any longer that the use of so POWERFUL A DRUG in baking is indifferent to PUBLIC HEALTH. DR. PRICE???S CREAM BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO AMMONIA. I have used it in my own family for years. It is pure and wholesome. M. DELAFONTAINE. ' HOUSEKEEPER???S TEST. Place a can top down on a hot stove until heated, then remove the cover, and smell. A chemist will not be required to detect the presence of AMMONIA. . / Does 3VOT Contain Ammonia. ' Its h alth- fulness has never been questioned. DOES NOT CONTAIN???AMMONIA. Prepared by a Physician and Chemist with special regard to its healthiulness. Used in a million homes for a quarter of a century. Stood the Consumers??? Reliable Test. THE TEST OF THE OVEN. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. MAKERS OP Dr. Priced Special Flavoring Extracts. The Strongest, Most Delicious and Natural Flavors known, and DR. PRICE???S LUPULIN YEAST GEMS For Light, Healthy Bread, The Best Dry Hop Yeast in the World. For sale by Grocers. 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. Mr. 8. P. Blckley presenta a cartons ben eg?. It ts greatly elongated and smaller in tho middle than at each end,presenting quite a rare and strange appearance. Mr Bicktey brought ns some butter The following are picked onl and are from a great mass of letters of tbe same tenor. Thoso subscribers who do not find their kind worda quoted here may feel that we have omitted them not from ary lack of appreciation, bnt simply for lack of room: Our circulation this week Is 22,000 copies. This ???peaks for Itself. As to the confidence the people have In The Cow wnTCTioN???tho affection they have for U???ths warmth with which they swear by it, read the fol lowing: Those are opinions extracted from an Immense mall. Tho writers are In earnest. Tuey mean what they say??? J. N. Farker, Liberty Chapel. Ga.???Wo take many leading newspapers. Tbe Constitution Is the best of them all. Postmaster, Melville, Ga.???The beat paper that la published. M. E. Bacon, Winona, Miss.???Better than ever A grand paper, and a week's full reading. T. J. Wakefield, Reidvillo, Mina.-???Enclosed 8125. I can't do without tho best paper in Amor* lea." J. T. 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James W. Dodson, Rlcovltle, Tenn.???"I ???saw a specimen of your paper tho other day, and here Is 11.25 for a year. It plcasos mo highly," U. W. Hammond, LaFayotto, Ala.???I enclose you threo new subscribers for tbo best and cheapest paper printed. I\ 8.???Since writing tho sbore I havo si cured two more. They all want It. T. J. Wyatt, Euon, Ga.???I am a subscriber as Jong as Ufo lasts. Kudosed find ronewal. B. K. Overby, Watklnsvlllo, Ga.???We can't get along without Thr Constitution down here. Head usagool physician tn place of Dr. D. R. Richards who has guno to Atlanta. It will take your beat to supply bla place. Yf. H. Msnln, Ozark, Ark ???You can count on on getting you 50J subscribers up horo. Wo all stand by the old Constitution. T. N. Cooper, Caldwoll, Kansas???Although I dls agree with you on politics, I renew my subscrlp tlon aud send threo more. W. T. Moore, Hollingsworth, Ga ???I send eleven subscribers and 910, and give my club the best pape published. ????? A. Tracy, Routh Coventry, Vb???I encloso 92.50 tor which I want to rouow for two years. Mis. M. A, Bow, Prescott, Washington Territory??? Your samplo received. It Is all I could wish, and I encloso 91.25, tor which send It to my address. Mr. J. B. Rogers, Sunny Date, Ga.???Tub consti TunoM gets betterand better, aud haa soinQtblug to utorest every member of the f amlly. ??????Long may it wave." J. A. Goodwin, Belalr. aGa.???My club of five It moro than satluficd with Thk Constitution, J. W. l>uzter. Reynolds, Ga*-Upoii The Consti tution's arrival it 1* distributed b sections stating tho family and wo all goto reading, old and young It entertain* and edifies all. (Mr. Rey?? nolds Is proprietor of tho Reynolds male and fcmalo institute, ouo of tbo best in tbo state.) H. 8. Kvart, Ifondemonvllte, N. G ??? PJcass placo within to my credit and continue Thr Con stitution???by long odds the best papor in ths south. E. L. Bradley, Morton's Gap, Ky???Enclosed find 91.25. Can't do without Tax Conititution. B, Fe Morris, Georgetown, Ga???I am thoroughly convinced that any ono who takes Ths Constitu tion lor a month will find It indirpcn^Mc Joseph Underwood, AHburn, Texas-*nctessa find renewal. I can't do without it. R. B. McArver, Coosa, Georgta.-AU The Consti* tution lacks of being the best paper in the seoth la being gummed together. (We are going to gum It when wo get our new prrm.) I. O. Walker, Capitols, Goorgla???Ths Constitu tion has no equal anywhere. Ilayoavllte, N. G.???here I como with three more converts. Nearly everybody about here has been reading Thk Constitution but one perusal of Thh Constitution makes them go down la thoir pockets and say lei's have It Andrew Joyner, Louisville, N, 0???1 did not know tho south could boast ol inch a splendid pa per snd so cxcellont an enterprise. W. R. Wbeoler, Duck Creek, Texas.???Thb Coh stitution Is tho best paper I ever saw. Jtff Norton, Auguste, Ga.???"Tin CONsrmmoH Is by all odds tho best papor printed In the sooth, and to mo tho most Interesting and complete print* ed anywhere." Salvador Snlton, Bolling, Alabama: "I enclose you 91 25 for which please sond mo Tna Constitu tion, tho beat paper published in America." W T C Bentley. Union Academy, Rockdale ooon* ty: "My wife takes a paper en sanctification, bat when The Constitution comes shs quits being Ksncllficd and goes for lb" H. C B Hawkins, Warsaw, AJ*.~-"BncJoi??<1 find . club of seven and nrmey. TiisConstitution laths best paper In the Uullod Hiatus. I will never be without lb" I. T. Fowler, Watkins, Ind. Ter.-"The Consti tution la the best paper published. X have been taking it twelvo month! and like It better every week. I enclose money lor myself and tour now subscriber*. I will add more." II. J. U*g??daU\ Ur tna, (ia.???"I encloao my own subscription and will send a dab soon. I can't do without lb" B. J. Harper???"1 chargomy subserbera only ll.Oa for their paper. When I aend one name In a regis tered letter I loso sere a cents; on three names I mrtSe only three cents, but I feel that 1 am doing much good by circulating your paper." M. V. McKlbben, Jackson. Ga.-"I read Thh Constitution, Shakspeare and tbe Bible, and be> lievo in all of them." Horace B. Jones. Terre Hante, Ind ???"A short time since I saw a copy of The Constitution on a very dark evening in a very dark little village. I enclose yon a year's subscription." H. C. Tillery. FortDopoalt, Ala,???"I saw a speci men copy of your paper and 1 enclose 91.25. 1 would not be without it for double the money." 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. c ; ???