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2,, UESDAY NOVKREER 25 1884. TWELVE PAGES. THE. BLACK REPUBLIC. K TERRIBLE ARRAIONMBNT of haytibn life. Th* Atrecltusera ???arb&rlrn Wbloh liar* Heeul'ei Jr cm tbo Jr*??fom cf tfce Blank* In Hftjrtl- k C??cr.ibalii 9) and Voudoultro UnicereaJ- A Otorj of Afrtaao Opportunity. When wc read ???HaytI,oV,'the Blnck Hopub- )tc???<8nritb, Elder U-C>o.),??w?? cannot but wk ourm-Ivc* wb*t might have Van the effect upon fair-minded people in our northern stole* if Sir HpruFcr fit. John's account of the wofol remit* of giving the negro race control of o ???highly civilized and most fruitful laud could hate been published simultaneously with ??? "Cede Tom's Cabin.*??? BuipUhough it cornea too Jnte to etrengtben the .hand# of tho o who intended that r< transportation bo Africa, uo matter at what cost* urns the only safe corollary ??>f negro rjonucipstion, this book, and tbo at* tcfcficn which it cannot but direct to the ftj*- jailing decadence,,of llayti during the last hundred yrtr??, may oronsojhe public, mind to the gravity of the*problem pre*??nteii by tho preponderance and alarrtirt^ly dNprdpdrtion- tile ircreese of the black population in sorcnil if the icutbcni elites. Oi.o tf the aphorism sbased upon on over- best? r.cd circumscribed induction denied to France the colonizing power, yet in 179tf Franco poticMcd in (ho wsste/n cud. of the island of Hispaniola???over which she had exorcised au thority only n century nnd n half???n colony that, far its fisc, was tho inoat flourishing and profitable ever creakd in America by nny Eu ropean nation. The?? gut of Kir Bpenacr St. John's indictmcnt???ol the.blark raco???the proof ??.f ita???Imputc d incnpudiy, not merely for evolv ing, bat for retaining civilisation???lie* in tho carefully compiled statistics which contrast the present social and economic predicament of llayti with the agriculture nnd commerce, the roads, ari|UcdueUand bridge#, the industry and thrift, tho order nnd security, tho educa tion ond refinement, which existed there n century ego. Thosingle point In tbd picture Which is not utterly discouraging-ami wheth er this is n propitious phenomenon may bo sj???uettionld???Is the considerable increase of tho Meek (ns distinguished from the mulatto or rblcrtd) edr aunt of tho population. This foci, when we bear in tniud the total lack of taul- I ary precautions nnd medical supervision, the ravages of Inebriety and acxunl excess, tho prevalence not only of infanticide and assas- ftinotinn, but (among tho negroes of tho inte rior) ot raunibaJumi in a most revolting term, rnn only bo uferibed to tho iu- nafo proliflcucss of tho black race and to tho favorable conditions ef the Hojliun soil end climate, under which abundant food is procurable with n minimum ot labor, and tho outlay required for clothing and fuel is quite insignificant. The changes id tbo composition end volume of the Hnvtian ' population accut tohavo been aboutui follows: At tbo close ol tho lust century Micro were in the French end of tho idem! about 50,000 whites, who have, bccu completely extermi nated, and 750,000 blnck and colored inhatii- tai.ts. From all tho iuformntioqjfBbtainnblo *>f Hir Hpcuscr during twelve ^years??? real- a deuce Hi llayti (1805 to 1875), the population he* doubled since 1HI6; but^uulmkily, tho estimstcA for tbo last ntmw^5nwh vary con- aldcrobly,via.,froni .'51,00#toKlutO. Appa rently, the author accepts the mean between these figures, for ho quote* without objection the belief of l???rceident (teflrard that iu 180.1 llayti had 000,000 inhabitant!, who, if tho rate ot Increase were kept up, would by this time have mulUpllesUo upward of a tnUliau aud a sjiark r. of tyMpUBflg muta^gL who batgu beet*??p??oldPjWfflBMa mNBgbftfen lu??? rm Ini iiprielogol the pur* blocks, now con stitute ub': ut cno-tenth, and th??y aro not only dwindling in numbers nn'd power, but through I???onstnnt mtcrinarriugo nro rapidly dvgeuorat- ing into the prepotent black type. A curious fact about this llsytinu population is tho pro- nettneed cxccsa of the fcinato element, which like been placed by some observers as high a* three women to one nmn, and oven tho au thor*! cautious estimate would put it aa high as three t???? two. No doubt thin disproportion ??finales to fcinuU s bus materially aggravated the tfiulcucy w?? strongly marked throughout the niomitiin districts to revert to the polyga mic habit* characteristic of tho negro in tho country of his origin. At fill rvaut* wo aro assuml that tho black peasant proprietor or ???cpifttlcr of the iutcrlor uaa as imiuy wives as he can iifford to keep, and that all attempts to abolish th* practice havo bccu abandoned iu despair by the Catholic priests, whose marbles for that matter aro overtaxed In resisting tho incessant though clandestine growth of tho hideout superstition known as Youdooism. ??? Let us iiulilhtt* in a few words the main foo- lures of tlie social, imlustrial and moral blirht which has cursed llayti since Us white Inhabi tants were literally hanked aud burned ofl tho lure el the earth, and the civilisation they hud reared wos li lt for the blacks and the initial- tors to tight over and pull down. Let us begin with saying that n considerable quantity ol raffle?? is still exported, this being a prod not obtainable with the minimum ol car* aud Inter. It bos oltcu bent asserted, Mir Spoaser tell* us, that the Haylian codec crop would cejut to an end when tho old tree* dtcj out. be cause ih*|bi*cka plant no now ones. In annum h aa the average age of tho codec plant is thirty y??nr??, while ot least thrice os loug a limo has elapsed air.co the negro iusurreotloiu tho pro- diction was clearly uuloumled???for tho reason, according to the author, that nature ha* route- died the neglect ot man, the old trees being everywhere surrounded by younger ones that liavo sprung up spontaneously front seeds scattered by tho wind or rain in tho teeming *41. Ncverihelrra, the ooffss crop ot recent ytors falls greatly abort ot the amount pro duced when the Franch possessed tbo couutry. Thu* the quantity exported, which in 1781) ex- ended S8,t*u0,000 pounds, was leas than 5d,6l)*),- WN) in 1880, which wa* much above tho aver age of the last fifty year*. Of cotton, a, too.uoo pounds were exported in 178$, but by lH6t) ibis ???mount had luuk to 688.000. Fuder tho arti ficial stimulus imparted by the civil war in the l idled States the crop rose in 1805 to 4,COO,ct'0, but with the fall of prices cotteu waa ???gain neglected, aud U did not figure at all la the latest commercial reporta inspected by the author. The only cultivated product which ran be said to have increased unco the iuiur- rrctiou is that of the cacao tree, to which the white planters paid but little altentim. <>f this only 000,000 pounds were exported in 1760, against some ?,220,00???? in 1M.??, an amount, however, which does Dot scorn to have boea equalled by asy tubeequeut output. Tho ox- purls of lfgwncd bntro naturally iacreasod, the delivsty ?? t this staple *??ciug a work that ju*t auils the regro, finca* as hir Hi tenser |??oiut* out, U can be done by fils and starts, aud never require* ccntinucus labor. Oa lbe other hand, ihfc'ftliijment*.of mahogouy have much de clined, since the cutting has invovled more toil, owing to tha fact that the forest* near the roast are teem nine exhausted. But the tnort conclusive proof vT Ifaytian det'adcnce is the total disappearance of sugar from the list.ef sajn'rts, wterrn?? in 1785 more than 100,000,500 fM.mirft of it were sent h Franre. The blacks could find i.o.hirg better to do with the mills and fsit.ru* built by the white planters than tobwrn them, and ad the rane now grown in llayti k u*<4 hr makiog molasses and a vile kind ef runs which is consumed by tha negrooa in ruonnous quantities. Fo much for tho complete prostration of what was unco the foremost n.dt????try ot llayti. Nog lctwrccwbrt has Lecoma of the fixed im- provraiiats and appliance of civilisation with which the country entered on the era of ne^ru government. The fate which has betalieu the ritiia and large towns may be tuamal up in the* author???* comment that *???tbe negreaves ??otk their bananas amid the ruin* of the beet houses ol the capita).** Cap Uaitieo, tho ooce pf.puious^nd opulent seaport of tha northern Ft. Marc, formerly buijt of stone, i! In our day ir.oi-tJy made up of wooifer, shantlo*. In I???ort- eit'Princc. wbiob was cfirtfully" laid out by tjmfrcroh and waa conspicuuus fdr well con structed edifice*, ???you arts struck,** r we aro told, ???with the utter sbnhbioefii of (ho build- ir#g*, mean cottages and grovelling hut* by tfljhide of the few decent-looking dwelling*. ??? Been the ci.urch ia a straggling w*)odeh structure, a mero overgrown shed, with its walls disfigured by numeroos wretch ed paintings,in which ???our Savior is occasioa- ally represented by an ill drawn negro.??? In nil tho town* the ??apply of drinking water ia deplorably di fective, nnd p??stilcuee is invited by tho rccklci* disregard of sewemje and drainage Tbo atresia, periodically torn up by tbe tropical rAinv,nro utntlly. mcndojl will! ft side dung,.and nil tbo oflal from tho UoU-*u* is flung into the gutters, tbero to putrefy aud bmd iufccllrn until it is swept awny bf A the fl??f-.da of the wet aeast n. Outside the largo towns although you come every where-o non the ruins r,l mommoi* ond *j??eck>ui milbuildings belong- ii g to tie colon in 1 .epoch, there is now scarcely n single d* cent looking house. All tho mour tj.n nif tiicts are abotidotud to small cuktvi t??<ir, vbor wretched cabin* are destitute 1 every rein fort and disgustingly foul. A* to tho Steve of the bridge#, which ia colonial tt<ao?? were it pt in admirable repair, is will sufllco to quote ifca asying???cnrreut among tho May- tianr, that ???you should go yound a bridge hut never erosa lt.??? Tbe r >a U are wn da and In the rainy reason are quite ini) fist able, thouzh how easy it .Jfould have bun for the blacks to preserve the iuvaluabto n tens c??f communication bdmttethcd td them lv the white eolonirts may be see a'on (he rood fii.m (ionolvcs to tbo nortliorn province,where '???them is n very rcninrkably paved way, the woik to wcil done tlmt it ho* resitted the rain during n hundred years of neglect.??? Another, illuitrstiou of tho negro*# capacity to hold fast htfj* fit* tbst come to him ready madfiU fur- nhhed by the famous J'lkln north of Port-au- 1'rinro, known tha OuW*-Sac. The ex- troerdinnry produnfitjrf*l* of Ibis district de pends i n (no regular supply of water, to se cure which tho French engineers constructed clbbtrnte irrigation work*. For more thou half a century those precious appliance* v|?? neglected by the blacks, and although repairs were si 1(1*1 ordered under President Goflrard, in lorge a port of tbo sum votcil tra* embezzled that tlio distributing canals could not bo ret stored. Tho. ravages of headlong, hopeless disin tegration are as patent on the toctal and moral an on the mat. rial aide of Ilnytian civilization. Filtering and lying aro universal and inveter ate emong the tnasrts of tho people, and among office-holders embezzlement t> not only the invariable practice, but i* a dually sanc tioned by public opinion, fiir Sponsor tells ut flirt an ordinary Ifaytian visitor never leaves n ro*in without a thoughtful backward glauco torco if he lis* not iwrcbaiuw overlooked something worth iilvhiug, and-anropos of tho ubiquitous ofliciftl corruption, he quota* a lluytian proverb, ???Frendro Fargent Uq point, t o n???estpus vols.??? A| to connubial fidelity, it is not honored or expected in nny social stra tum on tbo port of tbo mnlcs, though in the higher circles of colored society' tho educated mulatto ???ladies,** though offensive' in many of their prrionnl habits, aro credited by tho author with exemplary chastity.???* The retrogrefsloii of tho Ifaytian black* to barbarism ui, however, most decisively and dint it.???singly attested by tho rapid growth of voudouisin and cannibalism, which tho gov ernment is quite uuuble, or unwilling, to pre vent, and which even tho siiiccro and stren- tuus etlorU of tho Catholic church???rostorol '???luce tho concordant of IHflO to tome degree of influence In ifayti???have proved impotent to item. Kir Spenser 8t. John devotes a chapter lo this frightful subject, and the evidence collected and verified by him limply confirms the chsrgo* male some pure years ogo in a London journal, and ropudiifyd with much bitterness by tho official naUpopera published at Fort Au- Filnbe. Tie resentment provokfd^r aurii dirchflurcs is iiiUlligiblejnatirt^lBjBiknibal- inn is the one thing of which iluytlnns have ???till ??? sufficient tincture of civilizatlou Uo bo thorongbly ashamed. But they wilt nc^ fiu< FOR FOOD:AND FUEL;': strange USES JO WHICH Td& CANDLE .FISH IS PUT. ATrltrs ef Ielfasa K??t and ??.tra ihs C??317 I???Hb-H??.w lli'T C-tob cad Pry .TUSrtt-* Cb# Oil ft cr??d lu tUcHt??lkor:in' f ??Jtre.d- rn* Job far Alcdicioe. B'9.. et??. f |^d ^eaWelv5yB[r?? aroohf rT ,thB??f apil v bed and nied every v.opportunity of eliciting tho truth. To tho horrors recounted In this volume wo shall not refer In detail, hut will rontent onrielvc* with quoting tho au thor's answer to an obvious objection to tho Unit worthiness of Ms information: ???The re- n nrk 1 made whon I first begun inquiry into this subject may naturally bo repeated by oth er*. If tho majority ot the llnytianx be taint ed by the Ymyluux, who h it that de nounces thu-o dreadful criiuosT Tho answer i* that thoro nre in llayti two eccls of Vnudoux worshipper*, one that indulges in human eacrifieci, anoth er lliot is content with tho blood of the go it uml llje i v??? k. ??? ??? * I havo boon insured by many gentlemen connected with tho liny- ttun polled that if tho followers of the Utt :t acti did not secretly denounce the Crimea fummitti d by the other* it would bo almost Impossible for them to keep tho as*a*iin aout in chci k.'* It will be the more impracticable to pmy Fir fipentcr Kt. John's indictment of nogro rule in llayti, became ho evidently went thoro without the slightest prejudice on the scare of rare or cplor, ups slow'and cautious in cvolv- lug hi* opinions, ard uuuotfUccs hi* judgment in ti circumspect ami tlispaesiimate w??y.' Now that his book he* been laid (more tbe Rrituh public, thcTc i* little danger that the ill-inf irm- uliudinu ntniists of Exeter hall willeveravaiu sum cl in exciting vindictive demonstrations etraif.it such nWn as Governor Eyre, whoio i iimc oa Carlyle rnw a. d mid. was his un flinching resolution-that tha d'v.tu of llayti should net fall upon Jamaica. Wo have, how- fvi r, purpo. ely avoided alluiunns to tho atr.ut- IticH which marhed tho literal oxter mi nation of tho whiUs in tho former country, our ob ject Icing simply to exhibit what tho blacks nave made of their fair heritage. M. W. It. KILLING ULACKFJSH. Tho Ci??l*o Coil VoTh?? Get SM.1.000 Worth o( till lb Tnrco Dttjn' Work. Paovih'txioMB, November ih???For three day* the Up cud of t'apc Cod has been tbesecnoof mu d) exciUmvut. K\ctjbody big enough to handle a wimihim Pa>t,vn ktllluR Clm-kasiL A MiektUh cliww ha* btet mo very fare of Into year* Tbo fi*U It of the whale Undijr. from 10 to ?? feet long, ami tta ,o)l U very valuable. Tho sclvaol wst about two mill soft Khorcwbvn slxnted. mid tho water wsa alive with tbo gnat creatures, which were disporting thcamvlvis laiilyupou the stir face. The firrt bests that arrived >??>on changvA the scene to one of excitement. Each host wa* nmn li 'lvmd wiiti lance or harpoon to a big black fith. Then the i h#*e bc^An. Tho ntotueut blood was dtawn the s?? Im.oI started toirant the woumle??l. hud thouiwtndaof du*cut through tho wat-.T toward the bay. I very vtfort waa made to drive the fld?? into shoal water, where they could bo more cosily killed, tnt they avoided tho shore aud kept along tcius ixvnforcrd by hosts from Denuls, Brewster, and VYcUtievOho battle was renewed. All day long the slaughter wa* kept un. The totb da*hfrl into the mi.M ol the *??? bool about dark and ktllcl n any ol the largest fldi with ca*o.knlve?? They cumedtd tu capturing about sixty. Tae remaimi i r of the reboot escaped to dot p water and w??re cbr.>rd *cn-?????? tbo bay by part of the licet. l arlyyewtetiiay irortilng the fl*h ware driven 1h *wtcu the tu adbutde Into Wwllilset harbor. Twenty tnfks baa thus bow covered tn the long ?? (bitty-six hours The light iu the hsru-ar at daybreak was a wonderful one. Farther than the??>r rt uld resell tbo bajr waa full of fi??h. T.i?? C r. *t matures rwttgkt In an immense trap were in a ftcusy ol excitement, inching zloxag in alldf rrt tictus and lashing tbe water* to a *pr??y. ??? Then tbe great felanthtee began In earnest. Ever or * who could get afloat, and evru thtwe on ahoro i??h L part. kl??uv men tavd harpoons and laucc*. OthmtiMdM)tbe*. knives. Picks dagger* and axe*. Fvtry now and then a fraud: fish, wouu t- cd ixd drsperato. f'.ona Itself upon tho shore onlr to N> destatchrd by the wonteu and chlldroo ??*n land. Nothing else waa done on Cape Cod that day. Tho work routlnned uuill this aftarno3:t. when - it ta suppnard every fi'h was eapturett. Every town from Dennis tu Froridenee was repro- svrt??d In the risughter. . T he number killed l* wtlmated at IJOO. The proceeds arc to b?? divided into Kd shares. Tho value writ probably amount to SX'.ttX???. The fl^h arc to be sold at public auction to morrow. ADELINA PATTlTth. ,V??t ???ay. of Salon P.lintr???. r??fun>??, Toilrt So-n and olhrr Toilet uticlc: ???I nnkoaiuHn*!, uoboubc. th.m cuporior lo ??j I aw 0??n Princip-l Depot, III u??I???l Pe??rl Mml, *. ???Torn out tie .gna,??? aaij c. collector of ettri riitit*, who lad jut??i returned from au rx^oad- cd trip, to a Times writer, ???and 1*11 show you torn (thing new in tho way ot ill-imination.??? ??? #Tlc fpeflkcr bad nurolkd from, a thick Lui-dle ofCbincie'pap*r several objeet* tirai lad an ancic ut and ilsblikn smell and thrust ing ore of them into a brass candlestick *ft:r lie writer turned Ml* tho go#, hq lighted a malch and touched it to the cad of tbe object. A niounut later a i leer,yellow light iliumiae4 loom. - -??????If it???s a fish,??? enid the collector in reply to a question, ???Ja??t take this Times aud redd a line or so and be one of tho few who have read by the light of a dead herring.??? ??? Tic writer did eo and found that ho. coal J read with tho greatest ease, tho light being equal to that of an o-dinary caudle. THC cajole t(fid. ??? . ??? ???Yea, it is carious,??? continued tho naiu/Air it^ ???but nothing when you get used to It. I???ve got so that if 1 should see a man use himself ns a candle 1 shouldn't be much surprised. Jlutthis idea of using fish is a queer one. Y fin t observed it when I was on the north shore of British Coliiinbi*. I mado a trip all through the country for the purpose of obtsintng a skeleton of the rare rbytina that was kill??/l ofi* ??bt ut u hundred years ??"o, and if I didn???t find ifcot I ran into romu other curious thiava well worth knowing. I had lived in an Indian village for nearly a week before I heard any thing about tic candle fifth, and one beautiful moonlight night was standing on the beach when 1 eiiw something tbut appaared exactly like th* reflection of the moon, only it was in tic wrong direction. I called tho attention of a native, wlw wns not far olf, to it, and imntc- distely it teemed to throw him Into tho great-- ot fscitemcnt. lie sang out, ^Kulachoal* ai I# ud as he could, and iu a few momenta at Ii-orI fifty men were on Uio beach launching their oftiior*. Therowas so much coafusion that i could not learn what was tho matter} tut) tumbled into one of tae canoe* aud'oiT we wild. There were two men in all tho boats but curs, 1 making a third. Ouo sat iu the sUrn a ml paddled, while the other stood in the b??w with a curious instrument iu his hand that until now I hod not observed. It looked ijko. cn enormous rokc or comb, mnda of a piece, of pine at least eight feet long, with a hole for a grip nt the top, the lower part thinning off to mi edge', into which was driven sharp iron or bone teeth from three to four inches upnrt*. so that tho venpou resembled a great comb hold by the buck. Its use wtis soon evident autffi saw that it was nn urrangement for fishing. r Jhe ripple I Ltd seou on tho water wut^ta (liornu ui Hchool of fishes, cullcdbytlioffa- tiveftculuchoii. and to surround them if* sttiuid to he the chief object. A (JRaXU KIRU Ul'XT. ???The canoes were swiftly fuddled out ttiflT tin y were all upon the outsiuc, and then t nufad at them full speed, each man wioh his nanb-like scoop ami dashing it iut i) arkling limes that glenme-1 like silver, at tvtry stroke so thick were the fishes the Ucth of the comb come up covered their impaled forma. These were q jttked into tho boat and another dash aud so on until tho school was finally < iu shore, whero the excited natives b into tho water, knee deep iu tho throug, fdlylj scooped them into their citnoes, v their vivid phospkoroscenco tnude thorn h like molten gold. Tho school seemed tbi-to out.'audiuh combs, they could .havfli cdpl tun d millions it hero they only tojic Ihoua? ends. TLo boats wero rapidly filled,however, and in nn hour the excitumont wni over aud the rnnocB wore hauled bv tho exhausted fish- rimtn upon tho beach.' iu the morning tiny iu ic emptied on the shore and the catch hand ed over to tho iquawfl, who took Uie entire lunttrr of curing in hand. They seated them- selves about their respective piles and, taking rticks pt inttd ut the cud, rapidly *:rung tho fisli upon them by piercing them through tho cytB. Crow* pines were theu placed upon tin in to prevent their falling olf, after which they vu>o tukiii.by children and placed lathe smoke nt the top of their rheds. coon axi> rtran. ???No, there was no cleaning or scaling a*.all; they were exactly as thoy came out of .the WDUr. Wlu-n thoroughly dried they havo ??? flavor of wood smoko, and then aro taken and picked in lerge frails, made of cedar lurk aud rushes ot varum* kinds. Now they arc stotvod aw ay on a te&lloldiog, made of high polo*,nnd ere tud touched until cold weather, a* they form u wiuUr supply, or escho. Tho natives < r)| them, in our tongue, the candle fish, ind they nut only cot them, but use them .to bura, as 1 have show u you. Ffeviau* to this catch t l.ufi hud no light, but after 1 luxuriaVxl in a caudle every uight aud wrote my reporis aud tec k my notes all by tho light of iho cutaohou. Tie little fish.scems fairly bubbling over with o.l, so much so that I tried to fry one, aud, tui nn goway for a few moment*, l returned to fu.d the 1 it ok and other bone* jumping around in a lot ot lat; ihelicsh had limited aud a:ttl- ally turmd iuto oil. You can sauces* it mil of tin m. end you have no idea ot its value to ???ditto people. The oil i* a mc ln ino: ai fuel it keeps them warm, give* them light aud is a hcaithy food in i*s dried (ditto. Whoa eaten, they uro (-wallowed hones and oil,or nro partly Mellowed. A caudle fish is given to u child to suck i n, ju??t in vo would give it a sti *k of candy here. When they burn thorn thoy taka a pointed stick, insert it in tho ground aud ii ukn a slit in tho other end, iuu which u candle fish b thrust and lighted. There i* to trimming or smoking, and when the light is no longer needed it is blown out, wid tha ro- mnlnder of the candle eaten; fu there is no lo*#, you sec, iu these dips. Soijutiaioi the fi??h sTio ?? xtremely abundant, and the surplus are all mado iuto oil that ia used for a variety of pur)K3Scs by the natives. on. HToaau ix a ktai.k. ???What do thoy fetow it in? Well, naiuro again comes to the rescue and they go to the ??h rr.u ftr their buttle* ???* well r?? their oil. One of the great eta weed* that grow ofl??? tho coast hc> a hollow etalk that is about m largo* a* a ebimipague bottle. The** are cut into length* holding three pints or more and titled with oil whin fre??h itud make perfect bottles. ???The candle fish ia allied to the smelt and is known scientifically as tho mallow* pacU- ous. lu former days it was found iu the vicin ity of Frithh Columbia in vast quantities. Ta* mouth of the t'ohtmbia river is said M hi .** tm. a famous place for them, hut tlvp fiH??- iU*At.d tht steunu-r* hove gradually drivcu them off, so that now (hero are only a few pliLtr, comparatively speaking, where g:v*i numbers can bo found. ??????There U only one thing,??? continua l tho ftp.titkrr. ???in tho way of fish that l havo over ????cn to boat this, and that was iu Africa,urlto.w they ui?? d a h\ e fish as a ilodar. Yc*, i&iteid H ktilling for a ??loelor they would scud after this fish,utd 1 dou't know but srhat :b5ro wax abeut as much ions* in it as th??re is in a g ??>d Many of oitr nostrums. I first noticed thU r xuliarcutocn tho old Malabsr river, where went several rears ng> on a eiUectmg tour, l wss ewak&uetl one night by dreadful grons ar.d erttr, had getting up to -e* what was tho trcuble I learn-d that* child iu *he aijoiniag hut had been taken sink. Upon going ia to see if I c* uld do anything I found the vro:u.???a filling a great basin with water. lr.t?? this Was placed a cat fish, tho one wo know at rualspt*- tus eleetricus, that they took front a gourd that served a* an aquarian* and iuto the wab r tb??y then forced the chi' L making it pick up the fish. That tt received a shoes at first sria evident, as it dropped it and yelled all th* louder; hut the women made it again tak* hold of the fish, and whether it did any good or nut 1 am usable to say, but the child ???*>??? reply. .firi) cfiibs.???i. coWmon Jn African rivert. Whsu first tfeksn they aive quite a )>owcrful shook, soau ihicg like that received from these street int- < brier, r*nd when examined they show quite a co3;p icfiUd battfty. MEDICI** is a rxsti. ???The rest morning,??? continued [lie travel er, ???I medcBonic inquiries and I found that (he ctlfiah wa*'a sort of At???riesn soothing >yrcp *r.d give.i to-babica quito regularly or fer.j?? i)c tire who brppcned to need a dose. As won r.ft a ii alive'chilli began tociruplain n tub <r r <-*1 of water wos brought out aud sever- fikof.lhc fi?h cau{(bt if they wore not ??m hand fjJ the child mime to get into it and play with .the fi#li. No(,only do they do this tj cnrt ; the *Wk; but in touic tribes the mother, <k'h??rt washing thr-ir infanlii in the morning. Lriably^ make them take a shock by touch the baby in ing Oh* fifth, lliis, they said, made v pt??.w to u strong, man. Tbo ohiidron, howov- ir.' objt6ft.il to it, ond tho equalling aud tf-rron ing when tho little fishes were brought cut was (omethieg appalling. Tha childreu ore also made to )lrink the water in which tho firil have brew, and, finally, tho fish ituslf in talen, so that tbo remedy is a veritable cure- all, ond ran be token externally or internally na the cose may be. , ???It is curicu* to note that tho old Greek* and Romans turd tho torpedo in tho same way, r.cd even tho water that surrounded it was supposed to contain tlie means of miraculous cure. This was tho primitive electric euro (hot has developed into the artificial battery cf to day.??? A I???AMUEK AJSD ARAtTLESNAKB And nToneXTslterwixu Uureaml Advontnre Near tho Bed Blvcr^of the South, Three men sst on a aetteo in one corner of the barroom of the Miners* Arms, in Front street last evening, with heads close together, irooking ahoft bncr-root pipes and talking iu n slow woy, os if they baa to atop nnd throw their weight.on it before getting a word lougor than one pyllablo spoken. They were dressed in corduroy trousqrs, tucked into the tops of their boot*, find ejiort, thiok coats. They were going over their experiences ia tho Rocky mcuDtsin mining regions, tbe hotel being a resort for old-rountry miner* on their wav east or west. Finally.ono.of tbo group named Au- drrw McDonald str&iabtened up ond said, in a louder voice than ho na??l hitherto used: ???You may talk about sea serpents, but my pard had on adventuro with n rattler last spring tint knocks out any yarn you ever heard.??? Half a dozen loungers nnd a reporter gath- trid araund the miner whilo ho continued: ???Bis namo wa* Kcniau Fish, and ho came frcut western Ohio. Wo called him Homo for ,???L< rt. lie could do two thing* better than nny man 1 ever saw. Uno waa to flah and tho other was to handle a hlncksnake whip. I reckon most of you know what a blacksnako whip is. Hem?? conlil pick a fly from tho oar of tho off mule of a four-in-hand And never let tho mule know a whip wa* anywhere about. ???Lafctspring lie end I got on a spreo ia St. Louis, and when wo shook oursolvcv together again wo found ourselves in n town called Faolo, Kanos*. An Heme's head began to shrink, he took a notion that wo should go nfray from there by tho overlaud route, and so wc vent down to. Fort Scott and joined a earn- con that wn* bound for Non Mexico across tho Ktnkcd FJains.V ???A caravan across tho Staked rinin* from Fort Bcott last spring???? the bartender remark ed with some emphasis. ???Yea,??? said McDonald, as though irritated. ???Wo End followed tho procei.uon about two vc-( ks, when ono evening wo camped on 'one of tbo northerly, btauchca of tho lied river of (he rcuth in a bit of timber. Without waiting a minute Heine drew a fish lino and polo front its broke under tho canvass of our prairie cckocucr ar.d started down tho creek fora moss of fl*h. Somehow he didn't seem to hava his ti*uol luck. Tho sun was just siukiag, and He roe walked on froth pool to pool, now and then dropping his lino in without susooss till waa about half a lnUodtira stream. Thoro THE TEST APPLIED. big dead tree that had fallen into tho croolT end wasbc.l truuud with top down stream. Jmt below this tbo water was deep ond still, < nd rs blfthrok sank into tho water lio felt the ??? iirtt blccd-stlrring tug of tho ovoning. It tv,v* o ratfish., Not very excitlag sport, you will tty, !o cofcli u bullhead, but thou tbo oatiag of ikoni is never to bo despised. Fur fifteen uriuv.Ua-Hcmc wn* so busy that ho did not uutirfi tho flight of time, but jint a* he felt a tug on lrif line fi r tho eighth time, ho became nu(.rctli(|t something wos about to happen tbo the bud not ontieipakd. Ho said after- wurd that bo felt just a* a man does who wakes up nt midnight to find himself bolt upright in bed, hearing nothing and wondering what waarihe matter. The feuliug was so strong that instead .of landiug the fish ho looked slowly firouud. Not five feel away to his left wus a big panther, arching its back aud rub bing the sides of its head along tho grass nnd imiling ot him, almost, as it lashed its tail from side to tide. It wos playing with him cat fashion. Meantime tho catfish had *w<ri- buftfed tho hock and was tugging away b ??hard that in spile of. Ills sc&uc, which mado hi: trend-hummed hat tremble, be turned to look at the lino and tho 1,ebbing cork which bo alwoys fithed with. From tho agitated water ubuut tho cork his eyo fell on n aix-fijot rattler that was maliiig it* woy ovor tho edge ol tho biink of the errok from the old of dead log, and wns leaded directly for him. Fromtho make ho looked to the cavorting pMithcr, and theu back to tho ugly reptile, nil aid to *triko with liis polo lot tho p.mthor >1 on Id spring on him, and atraid to atand still Ust the moke should attack him n.i soon a* ho waa near cnrtigh. Somehow the movoments of the panther, a* it trotted about, rolled ovor, cr jumped stiff-legged into tho air, proved a stronger attraction, nnd for a minute ho wnkbed it attentively, until tho fish gave a lost cllort to irco iUt-lf from tho hr??k. Tho panther wn* walking away na If t* leave its victim in peace, when Heme looked around nt d, saw thht tho snake was p-isding him, head* d for tho timber. Thon inspiration came whichcaVcd hi* lite. He had tho pale in hit lets baud. ??? Moojdngover ho caught tho reptile by the tail. Oqu-k iu tht* wo* uouo tho pan ther enw the motion, nnd turning about settled tor a spring e* Uetne wbriled tho saako easily but rapidly over bis head. Tho panther wra* too Lit*. Jlemc???s ikill with the whip enabled bitu to drop the rattler comfortably about the pMithrr???a neck, and tho next iu riant it buriel it* fares in the beast*# tAnguo that showed through its half-open mouth. ???Then Home got fealty frightoned. and, with 5 veil, plunged into tlie crock, and floundering utters rnu Irenthleftsfy up stream to the camp. Vihtrt he-hod tnt&igM to gasp out his story, the whole camp roared with laughter at tho rt mical figure and at what seemed to be about the meet unlikely ram they hod ever heard.??? ??????Fee hero, Mack, who primed you t> tell that???? iftld the bartender, wiping his hand* n his partly white a proa. ???Friiued re ??? f??? said tbe story-teller. It'# tiue. l'vo get the stroke's rattle,and 1'il show ittoAtu.??? took a solid-! roking vallie from behind tbe bar, erd, whHo fumbling for hU key, said; tetk n* about ten tniuuWft to reach the t where llemehtut been fishing. Th* pan* r wo* r til! nlive, but he woi *ro his last pegs. c Biilki wns tu two pieces, tho panther hav ing droved hit head oii*after ho was bitten. 1 ut tbe rattle eff, and here it is.??? There were twelve of the rattles, besides the button on tho end. The suakc w.u tUrtssa ms of age. Xho bartender walked behind tbe bar end pa??>cd down a bigeut-glass bo.Ue. centaininc a vellowish fluid. As no placed a iiumbcr of little smooth round tumbler* beii-le it ho said: Help yourselves, boy*. I give it up. The rattle* ptuve tL??? Dr. Price???* Special Flavoring Extract of Ot&Ejr?? is obtained from the finest fruit. To flavor cake*, pudding* or creams, it will be U urd one of tbe most delicious flavors, end in all reftpeet* equal to Dr. Price???s Lemon and Vanilla Extracts, which have become so popular. In using Dr. Price???* Flavor* it will teadily he seen that they are far superior. ??? Fort Worth, Texas, has a niw ro.ooo a???l ^The practical feat* by Inumerablc hoas> keepers have established the fact that tho Loyal Baking Powder isrolways reliable, and uever fails to make light, sweet, and palata ble bread. The thour-imds of tests by scientifia bofiot acd eminent eberoiats in both hemispheres have eo thoroughly nnd rcpcaftjdly domon- xlroted the obaolutv purity, superlative leav ening power, end perfect wholcsonronesj of the Koyal Baking Powder that these fads arc no lenger questioned by any one. ???Further testa to determino an ??(pially im? portent fact havo recently been made by Government Chemists Molt and Lovo; by Trof. McMulrie, late Cbief Chemist of the U. ??. Agricultural Department; by Prof. Chand ler, of the Nationol Boad of Health and others. A baking powder may have a largo amount of raising power when first made but if it docs not retain its strength until wanted for.use it is worthless. It may raiso tbo enke or biscuit when frc.jli, but Its uao when a few week* old will produce heavy, ecur, indigestible, unwholesome food, Tbe following table Is compiled from tho tests above alluded to, which wero made to detorruine tho difference in strength between various bolting powders when fresh and when a few weeks old. As tho housekeeper ha# no means of knowing when bnying baking pow der from, the shelf tho grocer how long it has been made, thene tesla will bo mol valuable in protecting her from tho muHiluda of baking powder swindle* of tho present day: Cubic inches of lcxvcnlug - ??? gas per ounce of powder. Name. Whc n fresh. When not fresh. Boyftl Bel leg Fon der FJ7.4 latapaco (oiuro) 1U5.2? Hon/ord's ???tl , hosj.h6tc)...122. r ^ Hanford's 121.C Charm (alum).; I1C..D2 Clcvclan d???s ... r ...???. ...l to.s fca Foam ........107?) Dr Price*# litf.Sf Enow F.okc (Grofi s)???......lul.SS rear) y:>.2 Andretti A Co???t (alum)... 78.17^ Uccker???r.,^ .J 925 Gil let's t?t 2 Bulk 80.5 ???Tli la sain pic, from thej shelf of a retail gjocor w??s over five years old. (Bought from a grocer In Chicago. ISeroplcfurnfshulby the Price Baking Powder Co. direct. jlAlum and phosphnte powder*, though oppar* ently of a high strength,.arc to bo avoided as dan gerous, 1W0> 72 3 ???17.5 41.9 ??? 2.1/2 33.4 CAPITAL PRIZE $150,000 V ( do hereby certify ih??t we superrise thear; rargeu entsforall tbeMoututy *ud 8eml Auu ial Draa ii gi?? of The Loul*fa:m 4ut?? lottery OarU^V ry, aro in pereon mxnaite a d control tho 1 gs ri-( mselves, and that t??ie ??mp are coudit :ted with h??nesty, falrneaw, dim In ??ood faith tovard all pari). >, and we audit (rise toe Company t?? use this tat ncatc, with oim+trrof our slfnatur :a at tached lb its advertioemenss.*' *?????? * . afiorc Is tho perfect klopin^ quolRy'orHoya Baking I'owdcr which it was found had lost but oue-half of one per cent of Its strength (an inappreciable^!mount in baking) while al Ihcrs hod loot to much of their leajonlug gas as to be comparatively valulcs*. This great superiority of Koyal Baking Pow der arises from the extraordinary caro In Us manufacture, and the ftclontifio principle* em ployed in it* combination. The articles used are thoroughly dried by heat bolbro being com pounded, aud arc so prepared aud coated na to prevent the action of the acid upon the alkali prematurely, or except under tbe influenco of both water and heat nocessnrlly mod in cook ing or baking. All the tests, both scientific und practical, place ???Boyal??? nt the head in every respect, the standard baking powder of tbe world. Out of the Jaws of Death The gentlexnun who outlines his cam below Is ??? men considerably advanced in ^ife, and is noted for his sterling Integrity. Ills poriofilce Is YatOf* Ville, UpBon county, Ga. Tbo following la Mr. John Pearson???s Statement. In the spring of 1SS21 was attacked with ft very bad cough, which continued to grow wore?? until fall, when I got so weak Hint I could not get about I tried a great many kinds ot medicine, but con tinued to grow worse. I was notified that I had consnmptiou. aud would probably die. Dr. Iloilo^ way finally told rac to try Brewer???s Lung Restorer. They sent to Ward???s store and got a bottle, and 1 commenced taking it right away. After??? taking two or three doses I began to improve, aud by the time I hod used up one bottlo X was able to get cm my feet again. I am now In excellent health. I am confident that the Luug Restorer caved my life, and my neighbors are of tho same opinion. It la tbe best Lung Remedy ever mode, In ray opiu* Ion. Dr. If. promised me that ho would write to the manufacturers aud tell them ot tho woudorfal cure it made lu my case. Statement of Mr. Benj. F. Hearr.don, Early in November, IS31, while sewing oa tha machine, my wlfo was taken with a severe pain to her side, which waa noon followed by hemorrhage* from her lungs aud a sever?? cough. Fever com menced: sh?? could ueitber cat or sleep, aud ta ??? cw week* she irts reduced to a living skeleton. The attending physician told me tU vt he thought one of her lung* was entirely gone. She could not retain tho most delicate nourishment on hhr stom ach. I then agreed with Dr. Sullivan, my family phyridan, to call Dr. Holloway la consultation. They made k final examine tiou of the patient aud pronounced the case hopelc-s. Dr. Holloway then suggested th?? Brewer???s Lung Restorer as a !v?t re tort. I tent for a bottle and gave her a dove. 1 found that she could retain it oa her ttonurit, and after about th?? third dose I began to potlco toms Improvement in her condition. I continued the medicine regularly, and by the time she had takt n two bottle* she wa able to walk about tho bouse Ebe is now Xn belter health than she has enjoyed for several year*. I beiic7?? the Lung Restorer laved her life. We have a family of six children, and some of them grown. Mr. Xlearadon???ft postofik?? is YatcsvUle, Ursoc county, Ga. He ia a thoroughly reliable nun in every particular. LAMAR, RANKIN * LAMAR, MACOX, OBOBOU. COMMISSIONERS Unprecedented Attractions I Over Half ??? Million Distributed. * LOUISIANA STATL LOTTERY COMPANY. Incorporated iu l** i??r by the Legisla ture, for Knvratiotml >u???! <??? iiriuolo puipowl-??? with a rnpitolof si,t??>.<oo-n. wbich a reserve fund of nvergo&O.OOO ht* ?? i-c* In en added. By rii overwhelming pO|>tn*r vote It* franchise wn* made a pari of th- ptvM-nt -(Mte ConsUtatiou adopted Droeinber 2d, A. f??. Ix7???.>. It* Gitind Single Number Drawing* will take pJni-o monthly. It hover scales or postpoues* Lock at tho following Dixtrituition: 175th Griiml Monthly AND TUB EXTRAORDINARY SEMUXNRAl DRAWiNd In. the Academy of ??tu??tc, New Orleans, Tuesday, December 19,1884* Under the personal ??upcrvl*foii nod marotgemeutof Gen. ft. T. BEitUItLUilAKD, ot La., and Gen. JUBAZ.A* MARLY, of Virginia. Capital Prize, $150,000, NOTICE???Ticket* are Ten Dollars only. Halves Fivo Dollar*. Fifths Two Dollars. Tenths One Dollar. list or Pitizn. 1 Capital Prize of ftJftt.uoo......... 9150,000 2 Large Prize* of 20,000 10.000. 5.000. .... 20,000 1.000. ...;... 20,000 600 25.000 800. 30,000 40,000 600 ??? 100 ,000 ??? 50......... /rrnoxiUATiox rnizES. 100 Approximation Prides of 200. 2,270 Prize* amounting to..???. ..???.,3522,600 Application for rate* to clubs should he mode only to the office of the Company tn New Orleans. For further Information -vrlte dearly, giving fulliuldms. POSTAL ooTKS, Express Honey Ordt-ra, or New York Exchange tn orpluary letter. Currency by Express (all ??uiLft of 95 aud upward! at our expense) addressed U. A. DAUPIUN, A. Uivilllill New Orleans, La. or M. A. DAUPHIN. C07 seventh St, Washington, Make P. O. Money Ortfor* payablo and addroa Eegiricrcd Letter* to Louisiana State Lottery Borltcknaoilmilui laionutlon olthcalioTt LoUcrj, .tfilias ??? DaveC Johnston, Covington, Ky.' Amount, of MAO tnd orsr, by Bxpm At ay Without Money AND W?? have Just Issued a most wonderful and valnablo now book, which treats of disease* ???pecu liar to the fem dasex,??? and have spared neither pain* nor money to make it worthy tbo pofam and confidence of the womeu all ovor our land. Every mother, wife, r Is ter aud daughter iu thi country Is deeply, aye vitally interested in this great work, and should semi for it without delay] It . will be .scut to any address in tho United States Free of Cost! Gilead it carefully, study it well, aud you wll glean from Its'pages information that inny prove more vnluablc than nlltbo wealth of all tho Roths- cLUils-more precious than nil the gem* of Eu rope???* royalty I : ??? It May Save Your Life! Give poriofilccland write name plaiuly, and addrvu The Bradfield Regulator Co. F. O. Box 38. ATLINTI.O t. G eorgia, monroe tousty-by virtue of tho power and Authority vested in ui l??v tho will of liioiuas Dewberry, deflesacd. Into of said coutsty, will be sold ut the^courtbouso door of raid t (.unty, between the lawful uour* of sale, on tbe find Tuesday in December next, four hundred ecru* more or lew, of land in tht twelfth district of raid cc unty#- adjoin lug lauds ol Dewberry*, Corley aud -Marshall aL??o, at the same time and place, the following land*, to wit: ail those lota ???nd p: ris of lots, coutsluing Tao acres more (>r less, bounded on th?? north by lands of John F. Carsou and Thcmas Freeman, oa tbo ronth by lends of William Watson and ??ritte of Dr. hhunuon, on tho ??ast by laud* of W.lliam y alten, nnd ou tho west by lauds of estate of John V illls and Jem?? Mays, bolng known m the It. G. Watson home place, and lying In I4tU district. Abo, at the ritma time ond place, all tho*% lots ???cd parcel* of Iota lying in the 14th district of said south by lands of Peter Mcll lands of Pam Freeman. Raid two last ptree's of land-, containing in all 1,516 arret, marc or less, and known as the old Douglas Watson plant ut ion. 3 he tv n las t described parc-D of lands IF- oa the Oonulgc?? river, on tho East Tranew?, Virginia and Georgia railroad, and adj-dn each other. By authority of raid will, on the morning of tho day of rule, private oontmrt* may be made for por- tions, cr *11 of said land*. Term* of rale, oue-foitrth cash, one fourth In tbrte n: on tbs aud th?? balance in twelve months, with interest ou the sreond and third pavmcntsat eight per ?? nt per annum; Bonds for title will b?? given puiehascRi aud deed* to the lands upon full pajtntuu it II.Zku.xku, _ 4 - \V. F. DEwcr.imv) October 31, ISM. Executors. RockfordWatches Are unequalled lift EXACUSO J UH VICE, a i v^bssiisbA ftton. for Afetro* k nomleal work; and by Locomotive Engineers, Con* doctor* and Ball- way men. They am 4J1S eMXfiM I