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Tho King of Lahore. Encouraged by the scant measure of justice at last accorded by the British Government to the Zulu King, Cete wayo, who has been sent back to his sountry with a boxful or gaudy prints and cheap knicknacks to resume, if ho can, the power of which English arms dispossessed him, there has come to the front once more a man who, had the circumstances been more propitious, might have shaken the British rule in the East, but who, perceiving that at the outset fates were against him, lias been content to live in the land of his decod er as a quiet country gentleman. Dhu- Icep Singh is the son of the ambitious chief Runjeet Singh, whose bravery in the field and wisdom in the council earned for him the title of “the Lion of the Punjab.” Having gained the fa mous Koh*Lnoor diamond and a virtual suzerainty over the province of Cabul by aiding Shah Soojah, the dispossessed Khan, to re-establish his rule over that section, Runjeet Singh died in 1839, leaving an infant son a legacy of En glish greed of territory, and 'as an in heritance a kingdom filled with intrigu ing chiefs, each anxious to carve out for himself an independent territory. The regencies of the child king’s mother and unde were weak, if not indeed treach erous, and within a few years he was confronted with a mutiny of the Khalsa soldiery, to qnell which (and to establish a better foot hold within the Punjab) the British interfered, repeating Dhuleep upon the throne under the regency of ins mother and a council of Siiti irs; but, perceiving wh it he believed to lie an inherent weakness in that Govern ment, )/ord Hardinge, the English Governor-General of India, vested the greater power in the Briti h Resident. It was in attempting to carry out. this arrangement that the young Maha aj ib brought up >n him elf the second out break of the Sikh war. The Arabi Pa ha of the Punjab was Moolraj. To him Dhuleep sent messengers directing the surrender of the fottrSw of Mooli an to the British. Instead of complying Moolraj nut the messengers to death and declared a revolt againt British in terference in the affairs of the Punjab. After a sanguinary war, lasting about a year, the rebels were defeated, and Lord Dalhousie, who had sticceded to the Governor-Generalship, determined up on the annexation of the Punjab to Brit ish India. It is against the manner in which he wns treated at this time that Dhuleep Singh now complains in a letter to the London Times. Though a minor, and guilty of no act of hostility to the Eng- H.-li, he was treated as constructively a rebel and deposed. To make the depo sition appear voluntary, the ox-Maliara j ih claims ho was induced to resign his office by threats. Phis statement th» Times seeks to controvert by an Extract from the report of the British Commis sioner, who presented the terms for signature, who says: “The paper was then haui'.i-d to the Maharajah, who immediately affixed his signature. The alacrity with which he took the papers when offered was a matter of remark •o all, and suggested the idea that possi bly he had been instructed by his ad visers that any show of hesitation might lend to the substitution of terms less favorable th in tho e he hid boon oL sered.” Whether the Mannra|:Vn\s alac rity in signing wa.- Caused by threa's or by promises tno result was tho same. 1 o recompense him in part for b ing stripped royally Dhuleep Singh, who computes tbit his surplus revenue at that time exceeded £SO6,'NX) annually, was given a pension by the East India ihanpany of £12,509. Removing to Kilglltnd, the Maharajah bought an tJslaie in Gloucestershire, and, in H 59, Parliament increased his pension to £20,000. Not satisfied with tlie Glouces tershire estate, Dhuleep bought a u'aeo at Eivcden, in Suffolk, for £138,000. the tftoney being advanced by the Govorn moot,wid interest for tho loan to the amount of £5,661 per annum being paid by the Maharaj th. Some two or throe years ago thi home Government of India proposed to ■ aleasc the Maharajah from payment*ofthls J .-ffimial sum. provided he would consen to tho sale of the estate, either at once or at his death, fur tho repayment of tho principal of the loans advanced. I his proposal, however, was rejected by tho Indian Government, which maintained in very strong and plain language that tho Maharajah had already been treated with exceptional liberality, and that it he wanted more money he should -ell his e-tato. 1 he Indian Government remained in exorable, but the homo Government was more liberal. Tho Maharaiah had built a house at Eivcden at a cost of £50.000, and had borrowed £40,000 from it London Linking firm for tho purpose. For this loan £2,(XX) interest had to be paid, and the India office has lately sanctioned tho repayment of the capital sum without making any further charge an the Maharajah. Dhuleep is -.of now asking for restoration to loyalty, though asserting his right thereto, but for a more generous allowance from the Eng lish exchequer, that ho may end his life as an English country gentlemen, leav ing an unincumbered estate and an un embarrassed heir, t here is really a cer tain tragedy about, tho whole matter. Fate and the British power have do mived the Maharaiah of tho sovereignty to which he was b >rn. He has done his best to become an English squire, and if he has lived beyond his income he may plead abundance of examples in the class to which he has attached himself. But, says the Times, “he is forced to bear the consequences himself, and not to inflict them on his children and de scendants. The whole case is one which it is very difficult to judge upon any ab stract principles. It is no doubt the duty of every man to live within his income, ana yet it the Maharajah has failed to acquire a virtue rare indeed am •ng.easu-rn princes, and not too com mon in the class to which he belongs by adoption, there is no Englishman but would feel ashamed if lie or his descen dants were thereby to come to want. At the same time it is Impossible for the In dian Government, which has claims on its slender resources far more urgent than those of the magnificent squire of Elveden. to guarantee him indefinitely against the consequences of his own im providence. At any rate, it is safe to I warn him against iuctimb -ring his per- I sonal claims by political pleas which are ' wholly inadmissible. He is very little likely to excite sympathy for his pecun iary troubles by his bold, but scarcely successful, attempt to show that if hq could only come by his own he is still the lawful Sovereign of the Punjab.” Sheep ami Dogs. bat shall we do with the dogs? I h's is a question which is always agi- the minds of our sheep-breeders and wool growers, and really it does n< t seem to ho any nearer permanent settlement than it was when it fir-t arose. Sheep are being killed, and the owner gets ho compensation or a com ] < nstition that is totally inadequate. Pay for the sheep that are slaughtered does r.ot cover the damages under any circumstances. If all the flock were killed, full pay for them would not rec ompense for the disappointment ai.d dis. ouragement caused, while if onlv a portion of the flock is killed, the dani nge of the fright to those remaining cannot be compensated, and the d sam pointment and discouragement < onies in for consideration besides. Our laws upon the fubet are, therefore, inop erative. and yet it is a serious evil calling for a thorough remedy. “Kill the dogs,” Is the frequent advice. But When ind by whom are they to he killed? We cannot expect that the own er of a valuable dog or a pet dog that hns never been known to gratify Ids ap petite for mutton in an ill< gitim ite way’i is going to get down his giln and -hoot the canine for our special pleasure. And yet that same dog may be only Walting for a good opportunity to make our flocks distress’Ugly rinal'er. In deed if wo cotlid be assured that the owner of every mung, cur that could not under any p issible c remnstancej be es teemed worth anything, and the ownci’ o every dog that we khow would kill sheep it It had the opportun’t ■, should kill the’r brutes, we shou <1 have reason lobe satlsflol, in ti n I of going so far as to tlen.u <| that every dog should be kiHed. But uppivently the most worth less dog in thi‘ wo I I has as much ail'. c tion lavished upon him as the best one lias. And there are good doo-s an I val uable dogs, a fact which t is id eto deny. But if the .Ami'W w 11 not kdl them, who is to? It we actually found a dol* kill ng our shveof ( otirse v, e shoull k II h rtl art I Shell'd Hoi ship i.> i.i ,uire what the Owner would s iy. To walk hround, however, with a shot gun on < ur shoulder to shoot even ne'glibo. ’s dog that hap| ened to con e on our prvm ses would he n sort of business w hich most Os us Would tint like to indulge in. Men flo hot Care to thus incur the enmity of till those about them, fol' a neighborly feeling is ttsiDlly valuable, and s >mc limes as xaluableas a flock of sheep, it We could only arrive at the cttntjlii sion that tlu» plllee for our dog is at liOhie, and that it is our duty t<f keen him there, the entire difficulty which is presented in this matter, would be set tled. There is no more legitimate li cense for n dog roving over the eonimu hity than there is for a bull, or horse or hog. and tho fact that rtiutty never pay the least attention to the ‘whereabouts of their dogs, is proof positive that they do not esteem them of mu, h valtie, and Would not miss tlffini much if they were killed. 'I he owner of a really valuable ’log always knows where he is, just as the owner of a valuable horse or cow knows where they are. It is every man’s duty to keep h s dog front tres passing, arid the same neighborly feel ng that prevents trespassing dogs from getting killed, ought, to actua?e their owners to keep them at home. I Os course it is easy enough to keep :1 • log at home. If he lias not been taught to stay there, he should be chained. Various remedies have been >■<l for the evil here men ioned." The State legislature usually has a turn at the subject in these da\s, ami there is no objection to tha . A good many im practical enactments have been made, but we confess that of late there has been some improvement in tha class of leg-iation. It is agood subject for leg islators to prac ice on anyhow, and so we commend it to the attention of alt State Legisia tires at their coming ses sions. As to home remedies, a plenti ful supply of bells through the (lock, hits been frequently recommended. This is an easily applied remedy, but for some reason it fads of universal a lop tion. We have never trie I it and so eanno' say from experience what effe •( tlie bell would have. It is said that tlie sheep-killing dog is naturally a cott ar 1 and that the ringing of the bells fright ens him. We know tha it is u-ual to a tribute cowardice to this kind of a cur, but whether that trait is so universal as to make the bell a perfect safeguard wo are not prepared to say There is no doubt, however, that it has proved a success in eer sin cases. At least those who have tried it sa\ it has. Another reme ly is to place a few Angora goats in the t'oek. It is said they are a sa e protection. Personalia, however, wo ha 1 rather do without sheep than have a goat on the farm. We think that oth ers would ieel the same wav after bav in some experenee in that direction. Still another temedv is to provide pois oned meat in the pasture. That would certainly prove effectual. if the dog got it- lut w lieve that our sugges t on that eve v man keep his dog at home s the eas est wav out of the ii ni mby. an I any man will do that when he does as he would be done by. In the meantime, we ought to rigidly en for e whatever laws we have upon the sub ject, and earnestly seek to get better ones. H'< stern Hural. The Power of f igures. It s stated that tn.: t ost of shoe ng a horse with eight mil’ to ea di sh > ■ eom meu ing at one cent tor the first tin 1 and do.ib.ing the amount of < aeh suc cessive nail, amounts in the iota to forty-two million, nine hundred . nd forty n ne thousand, six hundred ami seventy-two dollars ami n nety-tive cents Th s is altogether to > much money for shoeing a horse, though no doubt the blacksm th night be preva led upon to throw off the odd n netv-five cents. A cheaper plan would be to iav him one cent for the first nail, and then take the horse home, and return him next day and begin over again, com mencing at the second nail a7 one cent, and so on until the horse was shod. This would consume thirty-two days in the shoeing, but the owner of the animal would save a big pile of monev. />,- trait Post and Tribune. ' I Irrigation In Egypt. The American Consul-Genor'd at Cai ro states that the tillable land o: Egypt con-ist.s of the delta of the Ni. j, and a narrow valley extending from Cairo southward. This valley is generally from one to ten miles wide, though for about one hundred and fifty miles above Cairo it has a width of from ten to thirty miles. Both the delta and the valley, except so far as the former borders on the Mediterranean, are biundedon all sides by mountainous deserts, ami for more than two thousand miles from its mouth the river has not the smade-t IrlbU'tlry. It rolis Ori toward the sea, Unlike other rivers, constantly decreasing hl vfdume. As there are no rains of any pra ■ tical importance, it sustains all veget tation, and all tho inhabitants of Egv and its herdr. drink of its waters. For two are three, months in the year, :l coi siderable portion of tho country may b • irrigated by the, natural ri«o of the river, but with the exception of certain -ec lions, the Water is hot permitted to flo v freely over the land. It is taken from the river anti conducted by can ils along side the fields where it is to be used, a id spread over the different, parcels of land, if it is suftieicotly high, and if not, it is raised by some of the various modesem ployed forth it purpose. Small embank ments pfevfint. the water from rti mtnz on to the other lands that may not. at the time be in a condition to rcce ve it; in fact, the processes of overll iwiug tl.c lands, plowing, sowing, aiid harves'ing are often being carried on s’milltanc ously in adjoining fields. When the land i.s sufficiently irrig.it cd, the w>ter is shut off, or the pum > Ing discontinued. I’he process of irri gation is required to be repeated -everal times before the maturity of the, crop, the quantity Os the Water depending very much upon the kind of produc'. Rioe requires a large amount of wa'er, and wheat, rye and oats much less. There are in Egypt 8,406 miles of irri gating canals, of which 1,897 are nav igable. There are also great dikes along the river and its various delta branches, id iir’cvdnt their dVerlloW, and innu merable small ditches and embankments everywhere throughout the country. In Consequence of the uiuddiness of the waters of tlffi Ndei the canals require frequent cleansing, and the high waters injure the dikes and render it necessary to repair them each year. The greatest amount of labor is, however, that required in raising the water from the river arid cildals to the level of the lands. Dipping, drawing, and pumping are processes going on nearly the whole year, and nearly half of tho whole irrigation I.s done by these means. Its water is raised from one or two feet to twenty, and sometimes m ire, according to the location of the land and the height of the river. 'The follow ing |s a de-eription of the manner in which wa'er is niised by inetlris of the “shadoof.” The “shadoof ’’ is simply a leather, basket-shaped bucket at tached to a pole, su-pended in the same manner as an ordinary well-sweep. The Swedp is very short, and the bucket oi Water is balanced by a mud weight. The instrument is of the rude-t charac ter, but by this Amans water is raised to the height of eight or nine feet with considerable rapidity. If the water is to bn raised twenty feet, one man close to the river raises it from four or live feet into a basin made of clay in the side of the bank, and from this point two men, each with a bucket, raise it about eight feet to a similar basiii, and two others in tlm same manner to (he required height, whence it is conducted by sma 1 earth sluice; to the required place, of ten a considerable distance from the river. It requires the constant working of these five “shadoofs” for forty-eight 1 hours to water one “feddan” (equiva lent to one acre). This, by changing ■ once in four or six hours, would require ! ten men. each of whom would apply ■ twenty-four hours’ lab >r to the watering . of one acre. This process requires rd- ' ■ peaking at le ist three times for each I crop. Thus the labor required for the , irrigation of one acre would be 720 I hours, or seventy-two days of ten hours each. The labor is of tlie most severe kind, and the fellah, with nothing ex j eept a cloth round his loins, is compelled i to apply himself to his task with all the energy at his command. In the delta, and some parts of Upper Egypt, the water, being taken from the "river a' some distance above the point where it is used, is kept for a considerable por tion of the year, on very nearly the same level as the land. If, however, it has to he raised at al 1 , if requires at least fif teen days to thesicre. When the water is raised only a few feet the more ordi nary method is that of the “sakia,” a rude machine propelled by oxen, cows, and horses, and sometimes camels ami donkeys, and which raises the water by mo ins of earthen jars attached to an 1 endless rope chain passing over a verti cal wheel. There are a few steam pumps, but fuel is too expensive, and labor too cheap to permit of’heir general use. The num ber employed is about 400, and these are mostly in bower Egypt. They are used principally on large" estates, but in some cases by those who irrigate the lands of the small farmers, at a fixed price per acre. This is generally where cotton is producer*, which requires wa tering once in eight or ten days through out the season. i’he water has ordi narily to be raised but a few feet, and t ie quantity required each time, when the watering is •:<> fre pient, is much l“'S The usual p rice paid per acre is about 30’., and it ! s only the low price i f farm labor that renders it practicable to cultivate lands requiring so much ir i igation.— Scientific American. —'l he Newport .¥<«•.« says of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe’s re. ent sermon: “It was a beautifully written and finely de livered effort from the text: ‘God so loved the world.’ She divided her text into several practical applications, speak ng ot the world of business, the world ot polt.es. and the world of re ligion and morals. She pictured in glowing language the insincerity which underlies mm h of the modern society and the tendencies of the day, and also the necessity of an earnest, vital, wholesome re i gioiis spirit. Mrs. Howe’s maimerot address was de out and ten der, and her line conduct of the entire service was pleasing." RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. —The Rev. Mr. Green, of Raleigh, N. C., recently in se\enty minutes. — N. Y. Post. —The Free Church of Scotland has been moved to promulgate a warning against the “sin of admiring the works of nature on the Sabbath day.” - Teachers in the public schools of France are ven' seldom paid more than S>s a week, and as the expense for sala ries is now a little over 515,(XX),000, the Minister of Public Instruction refuses to add to This amount and so increase tax ation. - The University of lowa, of which Dr Pickard is President, graduated this yeftt from its classical department a class of fortv, fifteen of whom were ladies. Os the twenty-live gentlemen in the class, four are to study fort the ministry. —There Were added to the Southern Presbyterian churches in the year end ing May last on profession of faith 6,- 062 persons, an advance of more than 1,200 over the previous year. There are 6,000 Elders and 4,000 Deacons in the church. —N. Y. Herald. Among the 146 youth who gradu ated at Harvard in 1876 there asx? how f.fty-tw'o lawyers, ten doctors, eight ministers, ten teachers, five architects, three journalists, three manufacturers, three bankers and two artists, and twenty-fotir are in mercantile and other general business. — Detroit Post. —Government (State) expenditures for education in this country are mentioned as amounting at last accounts to $Bl,- 795,929. With a school population of 15,302,862, there is a school attendance of 9,729,189. Germany with her com pulsory system has a better recora. Out of her school population of 7,500,- 00 ). children to the number of 7,200,- 000 constantly attend school. —William Booth, the General of tho Salvation Array in England, receives and disburses, with absolute control, $250,000 a year. He owns or rents in hit name 250 buildings used for re ligious meetings, directs the work of 15,000 exhorters, and publishes a paper, lhe liar Cri/, which circulates 250,000 cop es a month. He is well-educated, very winning as a speaker, clear-headed, and arbitrary in management, and, ae cording general opinion, an hones! zealot. Chicago T:'d>une. —Sister Mary Frances Clare, tbo CbnVent at Knock, County Mayo, Ire land, has taken the mdst practical and useful way of helping her young coun trywomen by establishing an Industrial School for Irish girls, in which they are taught cooking, sewing, and all practi cal home duties. It will certainly prove «, blessing to the country, as the oppon (unities for learning these arts arc so limited In their own homes. The care of fowls and bees,- the making of butter, and knitting Will rt’so be taught in the House of Industry.— Christian USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —A little powdered borax put in the water in which laces, muslins and lawns are washed will improve their appear ance greatly; use just as little soap aa you possibly can.— N. Y. Post. —Many people have an idea that rad ishes are vegetables only suitable for the table in early spring, and they never sow them at times when they will be in good condition to eat other seasons of the year. The fa t is, they are desira ble during all the months of the year and should be sown every two weeks during the growing season,— Chicago Times. —To stop bleeding, if from a cavity in the jaw after a tooth has been ex tracted, shape a cork into the proper form and size to cover the bleeding cav ity, and long enough to be kept tirraly in p'a e when the mouth is closed. This, we believe, is our own invention, and we have never known it to fail. It has served us in desperate cases.— Boston Transcript. —The age of sheep up to four years old is readily ascertained from the mouth. They put up two large teeth in the center of the lower jaw, casting two sucking teeth at about twelve months old. They put up two more large teeth each of the next three years, making at four years old a full mouth of eight large teeth. These soon become gappy and worn, especially when sheep 're fed on whole roots. —Most of the preventable losses in tarming come from attempting to do too much, or rather from working with insufficient capital. The rule that what ever is worth doing at all is worth do ing well is especially applicable to the operations of the farm. If the farmer lacks cash or labor sufficient to culti vate 100 acres in the best manner, let him limit his operations to fifty, and if that still refuses to yield a profit he can experiment with thirty, or even twenty acres. — American Cultivator. How Miss Anthony Secured Allies. Accor ling to a reporter of that city, Miss Susan B. Anthony left St. Louis the other day for Leavenworth with two medium-si/ed trunks for baggage. At lirst the baggage-master objected to check them both on a single ticket, and demanded pay for extra we ght. “ liut,’’ sad she. ■•they toge her weigh less than the ordinary sized ‘Saratoga.’ I distribute the weight in this wtr. pur posely to save the man who does the lilting.” The clerk looked at her in credu.ously. •• And you tell me serious ly that you do this simple out of con sideration foi the baggagemen?” “I ‘ lo ” ‘‘How long have you done it?” ” All my lite. I never purchased a arge trunk for fear 1 might a Id to the over burdened baggageman's afflictions.” 1 he clerk walked oil and conferred with the head ol the department. I hen the two returne I together. “Do I under stand,” said the ch es, “that you of all women have been the first to ‘show hu manitv to ra iroad p ope.’’ “That is the tenet of my creed.’ “Check that l aggage, said the chief, wi h emphasis; “and when you run for oilice. Miss Anthony, you shall have mv vote.” “Mine too.” echoed the clerk,‘han line her the checks, and the trio parted hUDPV. —lt would be easier to endow a fool with intellect than to persuade him that he had none.— Cabinet. WM. A. MILLER, C ' T > MILLER & CARGILL, WHOLESAL E Q U EjE NS WA RE No. 184 Market Street, CHATTANOOGA. TIE TTTST. Refined Petroleum and Lubricating Oils, |sep3 6m | THE “WHITE” SEWING MACHINE, The Ladies’ Favorite! 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Fine Cigars and Snuff, and have the ex elusive Drug trade in fine Wines, Whiskies and Brandies in Dalton. . t all and see them at the corner of King and Hamilton streets, Dalton, Ga. Prices guaranteed compare with Atlanta. x . • .I*l’ Tire Dalton A.vg'us, [changed from indepeneent headlight,] Brightest, Most Progressive, Liberal and popula News Paper in Northwest Georgia. OZSTLY OISTZE IDOLJLJLZR, JL YZE-A.ZEL. Advertisers can find no Better Medium through which to Meet the Farmers. Mechanics, Merchants, Mill Men and People of this section. H. A. WRENCH, Publisher. A Growing Youth. A phenomenon is expected this week at the Hotel Dieu here. His name is Jean ( on -roist. and he is the son of a farmer in the department of the Haute- Sr.one. The poor young fellow took to growing last spring twelvemonth, and •s n <■ has shot up so fast that he al ready measures two meters, forty-one e ntimeters, that is to say he overtops the Chinese giant Cham, and he is but seventeen years of age. Until May, l'“8l, there was nothing very extraor dinary in his height. He measured at that time one meter, ninety-six centi meters, but as he had apparently ceased growing, and his health was goo I, hi.' parents were in no way uneasy about him. Toward the end of May, however, he gained in a week three centimeters’ then live, and so on, until he reached h s present respectable number of inches. What is remarkable is, that within the last four months it is only his legs hat have grown, his body remain ing stationary in size. His health has become bad, his legs are so weak and thin that he can scarcely walk, he coughs incessantly, and his‘back is bent like that of an old man. He has al ready been examined once by the doc tors. whose opinion was that his life could not be prolonged more than a tew months, he is to be brought here by his parents to see what the magnates o the medical profession can do for Lun, and whether any means can be de v sr-d for checking the growth that may, w thout anv figure of speech, be said to I < killing him by inches. -Paris Cor. tii a snow fit raid Fashionable Wrinkles. Two new wrinkles are charged UJ*® the fashionable women of New '.,? r City by a correspondent of the Ciiiclh' nati Enquirer. The first is fiddling-' “It is not rare now to meet a finely* dressed girl with a boy carrying one those black, cotlin-shaped boxes w^hidj. formerly were lugged by profession# 11 musicians only, bhe is on her way 10 or from her violin-lesson. Pretty soon she will stand up before the guests in her papa’s parlor, tuck one end of# fiddle under her chin, and torture the company’s ears while delighting tbeit eyes. However horrible may be the noise produced she will look well diK ing the process of making it.” second freak of fashion is represents to be to pray on genuine prayer-ritg* fiomthe East, such as aMohammedan uses. “They are usually about thr** 1 by four feet in size, and can be d>*' tinguished by the design, which always represents some large figure at one on* • and pointed at the other. 1 laces are indicated for the hands and knees. 1 1 vout women procure the real thin#* from an importer; and, without far Mecca, bumping their heads on ’'® floor, or removing their shoes # n stockings, like the sons of the Prophet, still actually do use them to kneel on while praying. They are said to be # great comfort.” •—Seven-tenths of the entire "li< crop of the United States is gt -0 " 11 the States of Illinois, Indiana. | Michigan. Minnesota, lowa, <Cab and Wisconsin. ‘