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VOL. V.-NO. 18. news gleanings. For the first time in thirty-one years the postal service is not a burden to the Treasury. A rich tin mine, said to be the only one in the United States, has been dis -1 covered in Clay county, Ala* The empress of Russia received by actual count 6,000 begging letters in one week in Rome, and they tay Minister W. W. Astor has received nearly as many. The Savannah (Ga.) News predicts that as much money will be invested in cotton factories and cotton-seed oil mills in the South next year as there has been this. Processes have recently been patented in Paris for making red and white wines from red and white beets, that are said to be equal in every respect to many of the wines of the grape. Exile for life, instead of imprison ment, is the punishment decreed for Arabi Pasha. To save trouble no doubt he pleaded guilty to the charge of re bellion and was sentenced to death, and the sentence was commuted. The Board of Audit on the Garfield claims have made the sowing allowances to physicians: Dr. Bliss, $6,500; Dr. Frank Hamilton, $5,000; Dr. Agnew, $5,001); Dr. Reynolds, $4,000; Dr. Boyn ton, $4,000; Mrs. Dr. Edson, $3,000. The German government has resolved to extend the ordinence of 1880 which forbids the importation of minced pork and sausage from America. The new ordinance forbids “the importation of pigs, pork, bacon, lard and sausages of all kinds.” H. A. P. Carter, the Hawaiian diplo mat, who visted this country to try a colonization movement among the sur plus negroes at the South, says that the griming industries of -the section made it evident that there would soon be am ple demand for all resident labor. l>r. Frank Hamilton, one of the con sulting physicians in Garfield’s case, now asserts that tne unfortunate President was dosed to death with morphine by irections of Dr. Bliss after the use of the drug had been prohibited by a coun cil of the medical attendants. It is probable that Bliss will sue Hamilton nr ibel and then the evidence will be Produced. Texas is very liberally supplied with Wne people, there being at present 0 tbousa nd such persons under the care of the State, and a large number or whom there are no accommodations. proposed to spend $500,000 next year putting up more buildings for the ?wT° dati ° n ° f the insane - The «“000 « S W 5 >OOO in the Treasury. bonnet^^Thly 8 that of ab ° Ve the head > as did similar form which were in poTt e nro m \ fifteen yearS ag °’ butthe ‘Cfar thT ° Ver the Wearer ’ 8 brow - lined a wit n h dlir ] kVelVet ’ the Another new * • Col ° red Batin ’ adopted bw ° n 18 tbe CUs t°m, ing canes to th” 8 men ’ ° f carr y stantial sticks’. S °° d SlZed ’ solid ’ Bub ’ Soldiers in foreinr, i , cited in battle. n?, “T * easil - v ex ' w arrior who ke P * 7 tbe Americ an 27 ’574 musket PB .l°? 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Were Con “ ? rch le" , ty and the T en on ’y aevenr ° f the si*ty " the w °me n Wer en Were men - Ma “y ° ma n had with h cbildren - A t i Whi <-h»he tt-7 hreebabie ’’ tri P in ’ nahasket - The k Salt L ake . by an association tbe mon6 y to The k ag0 ' las *nt an emio,** 1 * p imes-Democrat Xp or,n g party to GEljc Chiton 'Argus. bra ted Everglades of Florida, famous in poetry and history, yet a mysterious re gion, of which as little is known as of “the dark continent,” The expedition will not be unattended with dangers, and the result of it will be of great in terest to the thousands interested in the “Land of Flowers” and its development. Starting from the source of the Kissi mee river, the expedition will descend that stream into the celebrated Lake Okeechobee, lying in the center of the Peninsula. After thoroughly investi gating this lake and the character of the lands surrounding it, the expedition will proceed on its way to the Gulf, through the Caloosahatchie and other rivers and the canals of the Disston Company, reaching the Gulf at Punta Rasa. Welsh Choirs. The members composing a choir are often scattered over a wide extent of territory—so that regular weekly, or even monthly, meetings of the choir are impossible. For instance, one of the choirs in the late contest has a mem bership spreed over a district forty miles in extent, with no means of com munication but the rough country wagon or the long tramp afoot. When a new chorus is to be learned, the vari ous members will procure, if they can afford it, one copy for each member of ;he family, or, if the work is expensive, >ne copy for the whole family. Then the neighboring families will meet once or twice a week at each other’s houses, the best reader among them is appoint ed leader, and they go to work with no instrument but a pitch-pipe, or tuning fork, to master the fugues of Handel or Haydn. There is something almost pa thetic in the picture of these hard worked men and women, and even little children, meeting thus, surrounded by the grimy waste of a mining district, and setting to work with loving patience to master, unassisted, the musical thoughts of the greatest genius. When all these small parties have mastered the chorus—which they do so thorough ly that they commit it to memory—a meeting of the whole choir is held, num bering from 10 to 300, in some church, or school, or railway station, and the leader of the choir, himself usually a miner, holds a grand review of the work done by his lieutenant. The whole work is gone over carefully and thoroughly, and, aftei the singing of some of the old home songs in ike mother tongue, the various groups separate for tl.c walk or ride through the woods ana over the mountains, to repeat the process with another chorus. The choirs that live in the neighborhood of towns have, of course, many advan tages over those that have to conduct their rehearsals in this fragmentary way, having the opportunity of frequent meet ings and the constant presence of their regular leader, and in some instances the aid of instruments. One of the chief characteristics of the singing of these Welsh choirs is their confidence and vigor in attack, a quality that is sadly wanting in nearly all our choruses; this is probably owing to the fact that every member of the choir is so confident of his knowledge of his part that he never feels it necessary to lean on his neighbor or wait for him to show him the way. It is also remarka ble with them that, although th» sing ing at their concerts is always unac companied, they rarely vary from the pitch, even the long and difficult chorus that concludes Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of Praise” being sung by nearly all the choirs in their late contest without fall ing or rising from the pitch. Their weakest point is the quality of the tone —this, probably owing to the large number of boys and girls with unformed voices, and devoid of knowledge of how to use them, is inclined to be nasal, on the higher notes somewhat harsh. These are blemishes, however, for which they are not responsible, and they in no wise detract from the real ex cellence of their performances. — Phila delphia American.________ The Income. A Baltimore man who bought him a farm two or three years ago was re cently approached by a friend who had some money to invest, and who asked: “Can I buy a pretty fair farm for $15,000?” “Yes, about that figure.” “And I’ll want to lay out about $lO,- 000 in improvements, I presume?” “Yes, fully that.” “And 1 can invest another SIO,OOO in blooded stock?” “I think you can.” “And $5,000 more in grading, filling up, creating fish-ponds, and so forth?” “Well, you may get through with that sum.” “That’s $40,000; and now let’s figure the income.” “Oh you don’t need pencil or paper,” said the victim, as a shadow of sorrow darkened his face. “The income will be about $3 for turnips, $2 for potatoes, $5 or $G for corn, and a bull calf or two at $3 a head. To save time, call it $25. I’ll see you again in a day or two. Maybe I’ve forgotten something which will add a dollar more. Morning to you.”— Wall Street News. —ln England window curtains of stained glass, for the lower half of the window, are becoming usual, and are a very great improvement upon the ugly structures of woven wire and wicker which have done service for so long a time. “Those who know” assert that these particularly pretty additions to the windows will soon be equally usual in New York residences. DALTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1882. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Four Presbyterian clergymen in Phil delphia have lately adopted the oustonl of wearing gowns in the pulpit. Lilian Whiting says that in Boston theatres “it is almost as usual to seetwe ladies come in together as it is a gentle man and a lady.” The fact is now recalled that Gover nor-elect Pattison was formerly a base ball player, having been a member of the Harry Clay Base Ball Club of Phila delphia in 1868. Miss Anna Dickinson denies the report that she has withdrawn from the stage. She says she is under engagement to lec ture and read plays, and to act in the Western States. Mr. Thurlow Weed Barnes says no body knows the exact value of his grandfather’s estate, but that it is about $1,000,000, and is chiefly in railroad and Government bonds. A Baptist minister of Marysville, Tennessee, recently declared that he had been restored to life after being dead three days, his return to the world being for the purpose of evangelizing it. His work, however, was stopped, because he undertook it naked, and he is now in an insane asylum. It is said there is living in Cumber land, Maryland, a soldier who was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, and the wound, in healing up, shortened his right leg so that he became perma nently lame. Recently he had his left leg shattered at the thigh, and when he recovered it was found that his left leg was also shortened so as to be on a par with the other, and he now walks with out limping. Experiments recently made in Ger many promise to overcome the difficulty heretofore experienced in the use of the telephone for long distances where the wires are laid underground. The details of the new scheme are not made public, but it was found on the underground cable that runs from Cologne to Elber feld that messages were safely conveyed a distance of more than thirty miles, and this in spite of the fact that the rest of the wires in the cable were used at the same time for other purposes. A Paris actress avers that each per fume has its special moral and physics’ qualities, which—so far as her observa tions have gone—she states as follows : Musk predisposes to sensibility and amiability; rose, to audacity, avarice and pride; geranium, to tenderness; violet, to mysticism and piety ; benzoin, to dreams, poetry and inconstancy ; mint and verbena, to a taste for the beautiful arts; camphor, to stupidity and bru tality , Russia leather, to indolence; while ylangylang is the most dangerous of all. The Washington Post relates that a few evenings ago Col. Emil Frey, the Swiss Minister, was in the House res taurant, Washington, with Gen. R. D. Massey when General Longstreet en tered. Col. Frey turned to Gen. Mus sey and asked who that gentleman was, and upon being told requested an intro luction saying byway of explanation that General Longstreet took him pris oner at Gettysburg, since which time he had not seen him. Thereupon the two veterans, once enemies, were introduced, warmly shook hands and spent an hour or so in pleasant conversation. The Dublin (Ireland) Freeman's Jour nal admits that the spirit of Nihilism seems to actuates desperate organization which has its headquarters in Dublin. English newspapers compare the state of the country to that of Russia. A leading journal says: “Ireland has outgrown its existing system of government, and, un able itself to change it, is writhing con vulsivelv in the shackles imposed upon it. The servants of the Government live in terror of their lives, and are protected from assassination solely by body-guards of police and soldiers. It is exactly the same state of affairs as exists in Russia, ■ind it is marvelous that our statesmen will not recognize it.” Owing to the boldness of train robbers ind the number of bad or suspicious characters infesting the towns and country in the northern part of Texas, lhe railroad companies are taking unusual precautions to protect their trains. In future all passenger and express trains on the Texas and Pacific road will carry a strong force of State Rangers as a guard between Fort Worth and El Paso, and other roads will probably pursue the same course. No capture has yet been made of the men who attacked a train on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road a few days ago, but it is pretty well established that one of them was mortally wounded in the fight and died next day near Clebnrn, and was secretly buried by his comrades. < ♦ < Attorney-General Brewster has communicated to Congress his Views upon the inadequacy of compensation to United States witnesses in Western States and Territories. He believes the present law causes many suits in behalf of the Government to fail because of the witnesses. He recommends the enact ment of a law providing that witnesses and jurors in California, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado and the Territories be paid actual expenses while attending Court, in lieu of mileage and per diem now allowed by law. He also suggests as a remedy to overcome the complaint, because the Judge who presides in the District also sits in the Supreme Court when his decision is reviewed, that either an additional Judge be appointed in the Territories, or that a Circuit Judge be appoined as in the States. The printing of Thurlow Weed’s death bed statements in the New York papers recently concerning the disappearance of William Morgan after the publication of his pamphlet entitled “Free Masonry Exposed and Explained,” in 1826, has created an astonishing revival of all the incidents connected with that izyste rious case. Prominent Masons through out the country have been interviewed, and all emphatically denounce the accu sation of the complicity of their Order in Morgan’s death, both false and ridicu lous. Morgan’s pamphlet was issued during a heated political canvass in which Mr. Weed was waging a bitter and incessant war against the Masonic Order,and Morgan’smisterious disappear ance was immediately seized upon by Mr. Weed and extensively used in the anti Masonic campaign. Whatever may have been the fate of Morgan, it is doubtful if the deep mystery surround ing his disappearance will ever be satis factorily solved. The Cincinnati College of Music have announced the third of their grand op eratic fests to take place in the Music Hall of that city, on January 29, 30 and 31, and February 1, 2 and 3, 1883— embracing eight distinct performances. The orchestra engaged for the occasion will number one hundred pieces, and over two hundred persons will partici pate in the mass chorus. The combina tion of musical celebrities will be head ed by the renowned Adelina Patti. The annual recurrence of these Opera Festi vals is hailed with the greatest interest by the people of Cincinnati and contig uous country, and by such enterprise as the above has Cincinnati achieved the reputation of being the Paris of America. The operas to be rendered at the ap proaching Festival will embrace the fol lowing: L’Afrioaine, Semiramide, Don Giovani, Mignon, William Tell, Aida, Romeo and Juliet, LeNozze Di Figaro, Lucretia Borgia, Le Prophete, La Fa vorita and Lohengrin. There is quite a stir in the higher cir cles of society at Detroit, Michigan, on account of anew departure by the Sketch ing Club, of that city, an organization composed of young ■ society people. A day or two ago an advertisement ap peared in one of the local newspapers, reading: “Wanted—Models —Male and female. ” There were numerous responses, but few being males and about twenty five females. The person selected as the first model is described as a young lady of rare charms, a beautiful face and splendid physique. She is reported to dwell in one of the best quarters of the town, and said to be highly educated. The conditions upon which she consent ed to become a model were that her name should not be disclosed and that she should be allowed to wear a veil at pos ings. Leading members of the club de fend their action by asserting that there can be no harm in studying from the nude as long as the matter is properly conducted. It remains to be seen whether the use of a female model will be toler ated in staid old Detroit. A Joke turned out to be a serious thing a few days ago, costing several thousand dollars. Jirkins & Brinks, at Poplar Head, Ala., have been running a prosperous steam cotton gin. Last week one of the boys came out of the lint room covered with the lint, and in order to frighten him another boy struck a match and touched it off. The wind blew the fire in the lint room, the cotton ignited, and soon the whole building was in flames. Twenty bales of cotton, a large quantity of cotton seed, the en gine, gin, and all the machinery were destroyed.— Chicago Times. —An excellent shampoo is • made of salts of tartar, white castile soap, bay rum, and lukewarm water. The salts will remove all dandruff, the soap will soften the hair and clean it thoroughly, and the bay rum will prevent taking cold.— Exchange. To prevent choking, break an egg into a cup and give it to the person choking to swallow. The white of the egg seems to catch around the ob^ a cle 2nd remove it. If one egg does not an swer the purpose, try another. rhe white is all that is necessary. Restlessness of Old Age. Those who have been much with the aged have observed in them a chafing against the infirmities of their years which expresses itself in restlessness and desire for chahge; They grow weary of the inactivity which has succeeded the busier times, when they bore the heat and burden of the day. And so sometimes they wander here or there, dropping in to visit a friend or talking with a chance acquaintance, trying thus to while away the tedious hours. In mistaken kindness and unkind affec tion, we often oppress dear, aged peo ple by our own very care. They dis like supervision. The tender watch fulness which to us seems due to their physical feebleness, as well as a fit re turn for their care of us in earlier days, is by them resented as restraint. It annoys them. Then, too, we try to take all the work out of their hands, and that they do not like. No body, who has been active and useful, en ,oys the feeling of being laid on the shelf. Grandfather’s step is uncertain, his arm is less vigorous than of old, but he possesses a rich treasure of ex f erience, and he likes to be consulted. t is his privilege to give advice; his pr vilege, too, at times to go into the field and work with the youngest, re newing his youth as he keeps bravely up with hearty men not half his age. Grandmother does not want to be left out of the household work. When the days come for pickling and preserving, and the domestic force is pre sed into the service, who so eager and lull of interest as she? It is cruel to overrule her decisions, to put her aside because “she will be tired.” Os course she will be tired, but she will enjoy the fatigue; and rest the sooner for the thought that she is still of use in the world. To those whose homes are honored by the presence of an aged parent we would say, deal very gently with those who are on the downbill of life. Your own time is coming to be where they now are. You, too, are “stepping westward.” Sooth the restlessness oi age by amusement, by consideration, by non-interference, and bv allowing plenty of occupation to fall into the hands that long for it. Only let it be of their own choosing, and cease to order their ways for them as though they were children. A hoary head at the fireside is a crown of glory to the house where it dwells. The blessing of the aged is as dew on the pastures, as the falling of sunlight in a shadowy place. Golden Bule. _____ Jones’ Elbow. _____ ■ V ... There is no stove up in the Jones fam ily sitting room this fall, and there isn’t likely to ne, for Jones says he isn’t go ing to put the dratted thing up, not if he knows it, and Mrs. Jones goes round shivering and inquiring what is good for rheumatism, and all this discomfort arose from what a sharp writer once called “the total depravity of inani mate things.” It was this way: Jones bought an elbow for the stove, a kind of cut bias and shirred affair, decidedly crooked, and with a cruel, wicked eye. It wasn’t very large, but it was an awkward thing to carry. Then he stopped at the grocery and got a neat little paper bag of cranberries, and a dozen of eggs he forgot when ordering supplies, also put up in a paper bag; and next he boarded a car for home. There was just, one seat left vacant, and no takers; so Jones laid the elbow in that while he paid his fare. Then he forgot the elbow and sat down gracefully, but not on a bed of roses; there was about a dozen acute angles to the elbow, and he got up again ami took it in his lap, but as he did so the bottom of the cranberry bag fell out, and the red berries slid in a shin ing heap to the floor. Everybody sm led, because Jones was totally un conscious of the fact that his ieet re posed in a temporary cranberry bog of the best ( ape Cod fruit. He was try ing to maintain the equilibrium of the eggs and keep the stove-pipe joint in hand at the same time; but one egg had jarred against it and was now busy lu bricating the paper bag, and as the car jolted along it gently insinuated itself through the paper. Jones felt that a catastrophe of some sort was imminent and he reached down and slid the cold elbow under the seat, 'l he moment he let go of the thing it began to rock and clatter as if it were possessed, and one woman who had not been watching him creamed out: “That’s a runaway com ing.” Then all the other women in the car jumped up, pulled the bell strap, and screamed: “Save me! save me!” Meanwhile the eggs were slowly escap ing, and Jones’ cream-gray pantaloons were getting the benefit. In the im mediate confusion he saw a chance to escape, and beat a hasty retre t, leav ing the cranberries and eggs in an in glorious heap on the floor, and the stove pipe under ttfe seat of car No. 9. There it clatters yet, and that is why people say that car is haunted; but Jones knows better, only he keeps his own counsel.— Detroit Post and Tribune. —A company has been formed for growing and exporting coffee in Colima, Mexico, one of the richest coffee dis tricts in the world. Sixteen thousand acres have beeii purchased near Manza nillo, on which there are already sixty thousand trees in bearing and six hun dred thousand coffee-plants from one to three years old. As the plants produce each two pounds annually at a low esti mate, thc enterprise is certainly promis ing. The State l.egi lature of Colima, with a view to encouraging this> in< os try, has exempted from d "9-Center- ; erv, implements, etc.. I arise. It has. moreover, u " clc ,. fi ." t I premium to the person / titteen thousand pounds of best gutm y of coffee. TERMS; 31.00A YEAR PITH AND POINT. —The unfavorable opinion of soma men is a compliment. —One of the sweetest pictures of domestic economy is a poet blacking a >Vhite stocking so that it won’t show through the fissures in his boot.— Puck. —A cable dispatch says: “The False Prophet is reported to "be within three days’ march of Khartum.” This is the first intimation we have had that Vennor is traveling in Egypt.— Norristown Herald. —The theory that violins get tired by constant use is one that can not be too industriously circulated in the interest of those who suffer from over practice by their amateur neighbors.— Lowell Citizen. —“Won’t you have a elass of soda, Dorothy?” asked one girl of another at Houston’s, the other night. “No, thank you,” was the reply; “I haven’t any cuffs on, and dassant raise my arm.— Yonkers Statesman. —A little boy, showing great reluc tance to go to school one morning, was asked the reason. “Because,” he an swered, “the teacher said he was going to try to put an idea into my head to day, and I don’t want him to be cutting into my head.” —lt is customary to picture a gorilla with the limb of a tree in his hand, which is a gratuitous insult on the young man who carries a cane, and should no longer escape the frown of an intelligent, humane and justice loving community. —Boston Transcript. —“ Why do women so often wander aimlessly in the murky solitudes of the dead past, brooding over days fore rev gone?” asks a correspondent. This is indeed a difficult question to answer. There are no dry-goods stores in the dead past.— Chicago Tribune. —Why do all you Americans say “deepo” for station?—English Tourist. We don’t. Some of us say deppo, others say daypo, anil a few others depot. Now tell us” why you Englishmen say “ye knaw” every six words when you know we don’t know, you know.—Philadel phia News. —“ It were better that you had a grindstone about your neck—” “You needn’t go any further with your re marks,” said the farmer’s son. “I’ve had that grindstone about my neck un til I’m tired of turning it. Get some other boy.” And he footed it to the city to become a horse-car driver.— Boston Globe. —Translated from the Omnibus: Pro fessor—“ Meier, where is your manu script?” Meier -“I believe you have it therein the hand.” Professor—“So? When have you it then written?” Meier —“Sunday morning at the breakfast — or, rather, directly after.” Professor — “I see here but no work. Will you yourself convince? The sheet is empty!” Meier—“Thunderweather! then have I out of mistake instead of in the ink-glass in the milk-glass dipped!” — Louisville Courier-Journal. —X. has just finished a volume of musical criticisms, in the course of which he has had occasion to deal with the works and talents of his friend Y. Unhappily, just as the book is going through the press, the two friends have a falling out. With great presence of mind X. inserts a slip of paper in each volume, thus inscribed: “Erratum: P. 54, 1. 21.—For ‘Y., the eminent com poser and distinguished musician,’ read ‘Y., the idiotic organ-grinder and clum sy and impudent plagiarist.’ Chicago tribune. Skating Costumes. It mav be a trifle unseasonable to speak of Skating just yet, but for young ladies who indulge in that pleasant pas time, and wish to make costumes es pecially for skating, it may not be out of place to descr be one Will serve as a model from which to fashion others. The material is dark blue lady s cloth, with trimming of deep red velvet The skirt is made rather short and quite full. Six inches from the bottom is a wide band of bias velvet, and this is the only ornament on the skirt. lhe basque, or rather waist, is made plain and tight-fitting, and a wide belt of vel vet is worn. '1 he sleeves are very longs and tight, and the buttons are medium size ot cut steel. The outside garment is made in the form of a half- fitting long jacket, warmly lined with quilted satin of the shade corresponding to the velvet, and velvet forms the deep collar and cuffs and the lapels of the B,d ® pockets, and the small breast-pocket high on the left side. A double row of large cut-steel buttons ornaments the front of the jacket, and the cutisi and pockets are trimmed in the same way. A scarf of red silk is worn close around the throat with the ends tucked in the jacket in front, farm ng a full puff- 1™ cap is a Tam O’Shunter of red velvet with a silk tassel hanging f r°m th etop, and is worn forward and just tipped a mere trifle to one side, giving a Jaiinty and pretty appearance. Long ™‘ tt6n ’ knit of silk the same shade a- the vel vet, with fancy backs, are worn, the wrists drawn high under the sleeveg , o the jacket and over the sleeves of the dress- The whole costume is exceed inglv neat and pretty, with no long 3s flying to impede the progress an 3 •ret in other people s way. In thes Hivs of roller-skates the older and nleas uiter pastime of skating on i * Chicano J’ll IP th—- -There are six COM mines working in Arkansas.