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nn JOE NAL VOLUME XXI. WlNCnESTER, TENNESSEE, DECEMBER 6, 1882.. NUMBER 38. R NEWS GLEANINGS. Alexandria, Va., gets oysters at thir. ty five cents a bushel. Twenty thousand Le Oolite pear trees art being set out In Leon county, Fla, Cedar Key, Fla., bears the distinction . of being a town in which not a single ' WW Owned or kept. Alabama is In such a prosperous con dition that the Governor recommends a reduction of taxation, A gold mine has been discovered in Warren county, Ga., which promises to be one of the richest in the State. ' In Georgia this year 140,615 white voters paid their poll taxes, and 93,153 colored voters did the same thing. A bill has been introduced in the Ala lama Legislature to prevent persons playing "crac-a-loo',' in public places. The iron bridge across Yazoo river, twelve miles above Vicksburp, Mies., is to cost $250,000. It is now under way, The actual capital now 'invested in Southern cotton mills is placed at $50, 000,000, giving employment to 40,000 hands. A bill hen been introduced in tln Georgia legislature to require railroad companies to fence in their roads and erect cattle guards. Georgia farmers, elated and encour aged by the immense oat crop harvested this year, are putting in a larger crop than, ever this fall. The New Orleans Times-Democrat and Charleston News and Courier are agitating the project of organizing a 'Southern Associated Press. The Commercial says Vickburg is on a regular business boom, forging ahead at a lively rate, but the condition of the city finances is deplorable. The award of f 100 for a design for the Confederate monument to be erected at Nashville has been ordered paid to Henry O. Avery, of New York. Waverly, Tenn., takes pride in pointr logout to visitors the site on which stood the log school-house in which Col Robt'G. Ingersoll taught school twenty five years ago. Virpinia ,'ranks 'scvontecnth in the list of fish-producing States, the oyster, menhaden and shad fisheries Issing the three branches in which her citizens are most, extensively inteiested, A Mississippi man has discovered that an excellent quality of sugar can be made from sweet potatoes. If this proves true, a new use' has been found for one of the best and m est prolific o American products. The News says Galveston may as well jive up the hope of being ajgrcat cotton market, in consequence of direct expor tation of the cotton of Northern Texas to Liverpool and Bremen by spinner's agents, throughout the State. A bill providing for the erection of a ncwCapitol has been introduced in the Georgia Legislature. The bill provides that it be built of Georgia granite and marble, decorated with Georgia pine and walnut, and cost $1,000,000. On the farm of Wm, J. Watkins, in Buckingham county, Va., is a mound between twenty and thirty feet high, which is filled with the bones of men and women, together with pieces of In dian pottery, arrow heads and other elics. The many hundred thousands of cane fishing poles used in the North each year are obtained near the head of Big Black river, in Mississippi. Four hun dred thousand poles will be cut and shipped this fall, besides 100,000 small er canes for pipe stems. Louisiana's crops of sugar, rice and , cotton are enormous. Some of the su gar plantations are yielding three hogs- neacis oi sugar and six barrels of molas es to the acre. This is remarkable. The planters are in high glee. Net incomes from $50,000 to $500,000 are talked of. Lynchburg(Va.) Advance: The an nual report of the Hampton Indian school shows thirty Indian girls and fifty-four Indian, boys in attendance. The students made 2,000 pairs of shoes and seventy-five sets . of harness, besides many other articles, during the present year, A Charleston (S. O.) woman blondin ed her hair with some vile concoction, and then while braiding it,' held it in her mouth. The stuff poisoned her lips, and the poison soon found .its way throughout her entire system. After weeks of (loctering, she recovered, but only by the merest chance. Montgomery Advertiser: Among the fruits exhibited at the fair during the present week was a barrel af Alabama oranges, raised by Mr. Tatum, Repre tentative in the Legislature from Baldi win county. They attracted general attention by their rich color and large size, and compare very favorably with the beet Florida oranges." Mellomaize is a South American ce real, superior to both corn and wheat for cakes and bread,' which experimcnt - tag has proved will arrow successfully in tie .South, , making from fifty to one Hundred bushels to the acre. In South Carolina it has been grown for several years by Bet.' H. H. Pratt, who intra faced It to thfc country. topics'of tua on. Mat.Whant diphtheria prevails in and Jrouud Philadelphia, Pa, "Tan Grover Cleveland" is the name a new overcoat just placed upon the market by a Chicngo firm. Florists are endeavoring to introduce the English custom of using bright lowers at funerals in this country. Emkwants to Texas are returning to their old homes in great numbers. They somplm'n of creat sickness. inability to become acclimated. Thews is some style at Omnha. The loeial season was opened bv Mr. and Mrs. Levi Carter at the Baxton Hotel by a party which cost 10,000. The hotel noa just been finished. At Chattanooga. Tenn., they are ex pecting very high prices for beef. The sause of the scarcity is that noarly all the cattlo from that vloinitv is beino flipped to Cincinnati and the West. Tub report is current in sociotv circles that General George T. Beauregard, of New Orleans, La,, is Boon to marry Mrs. Cornelius Vondorbilt, of New York, widow of tho late Commodore Vauderbilt. Pastor Tuckeb, of the Methodist Church at Norwich, Connecticut, is i most stronuous opponent of the Revival ist Barnes. Ho calls his dootrinei " damuable nonsense, and the fag ends of Calvinism." Db. Talmaoe says that when Governor Waller is inaugurated in Connecticut all the newsboys of America should have a torchlight procession in honor of the man who was once a newsboy in the city of Now York. Afteb two weeks' observation, Willie Winter, the admirable drumatio critio of the New York Tribune, announces his conviction that Mrs. Laugtry's attain ments fully warrant her adoption of the dramatio profession. Ex-Gov. Leland Stanford, of Cali fornia, it is reported, has leased William H. Vanderbilt's old residence for the winter, at $1,000 a month. Dr. Webb, Mr. Vauderbilt's son-in-law, hus occu pied the house until recently. Tjiere are in the Distriot comprising the State of Florida, 120 cigar manufac tories, 89 of which oro at Koy West, and 25 at Jacksonville. During the quarter ending October 1, tho number of cigars made in the Distriot was 10,571,825. A gentleman who has been visiting the far Northwest of British America, with a Government surveying party, re ports that tho buffalo is fast becoming scarce, but that antelope are numerous, Badgors and gophers infest the whole Western country, and seem to have honey-combed the soil. Engineer Mblvillh ia reported to feel very keenly the humiliation of pub lio discussion of his private affairs. He does not care to tulk for publication. But it seems to be understood that he still believes his wife insane, and that while he will provide for her, he will not live with her any more. It is stated on good authority that the publio pays for twice the gas tlioy would need with good burners. The gas com panies are prossing the subject now, as they fear the eleetrio light, and wish to make a good showing. As long as they had only oandles aud lamps to contend with they did not object to this waste, Whsh Mrs. MoElroy, the President's sistor, was asked why she did not be come mistress of the White House, she replied that she owed her time, first of .... . , i i a all, to ner nusoanu mm uvu uuumeu. Her admirers in Washington say that if he chose to "do the honors" she would be popular for her gentle self-possession and her quiet elegance of manner. Thb Sultatt evideutly considers him self blessed with loval household retain ers. At the recent imposing publio feast ol Kurban, he called to himself his chiol eunuch, and. in the presence ol tno nun isters and other offloers, thanked him for his good services in the post, and rave him a golden star, bearing in dia monds the word "Faithful"' This is rare and highly-prized deooration, whioh has only been bestowed upon seven per sons. To the other euunchs of his harem he gave rloh gif ts of clothing and money, in token of their honesty ana auigenoo, Two physioians whose names beoame familiar to the publio during the illness of President Garfield, are seriously and fatally ill Surgeon General Harriet nas Vv,n Trv low. and hia life was despaired nf from day to day a month ago. He haa rallied since, bnt hia Irtenas are no u U....A,1 t hia nnnrtition. His trouble to prononoed Bright' disease of the kidneys. Another of Garfield's ntivsicians. Dr. Woodward, is rapidly fiulinir of softeuina of the brain. He has returned from Italy where he spent tlm nast summer, without signa ol im- movement: but. on the oontrary has irrown worse, and little hope is enter- ill at h mav reouperate, and it is feared the worst may be l"ed for at any time. A few months ago the discovery by ' Kooh that tuberolea were oansed by a living parasite called a boolllus was con fidently announced. Now 6omes the Chicago Medical Journal with the an nounoemont that it will soon publish an artiole by Dr. H. D. ' Schmidt, a dis tinguished microscoplst of New Orleans, whoolaima that the bacillus la Sot an organised body, bnt a fat crystal. Dr. Suhmidt declares that ho can produno artificially every form of Koch's bacillus. Ho reached his conclusions by employ, ing the so-callod Baumgarten process of sonking sections of tnberoulous lung in a 30 per cent, solution of caustio potash. This produood minute deposits of fod in tissue and sputa, thus facilitating the work of observation. Ilis conclusions, if true, are of great Importance, for they rendor nugatory what has been deomed an important advance in science. The Solicitor of the Treasury has recommended the acceptance of an offer of $1,000 as a compromise in the case of the United Stotes against the bondsmen of a former Receiver of Publio Moneys in Louisiana during the war of the r bellion, whose aocounta were found tobs some $8,000 short, when a settlement was finally made. Tiiis suit has been pending for many years, and was abont to oome to trial when the offer was mode. The defet; ,e of the Receiver wns that he was compelled to turn this amouut of money over to the Confederate authori ties under duress. The Solicitor's opinion states that under a decision of the Supreme Court olaims against of ficials for deficits during war times are void, if It can be shown that there was either moral or physical force used to compel a surrender of the moneys in their possession. This was not only proved in this case, but indisputable ev idence was also given to show that the Receiver was a loyal man to the Union at that time. The translation or Arab! Pasha's let ters, captured after his surrender, haa beoa completed, and they are held 4iy the counsel for tho defense to prove tliroe points: "Firntly, that he received direct encourogemont from the Sultan, who, expressing entire disregard for tin Khcdivf appeals diroctly to Arabi tc defend the interests of Egypt and the rights of the Khulif against foreign ag gression. Secondly, that Arabi had tlit unanimous support of the Egyptian peo ple, as is proved by numerous petitions, bearing the signatures of twenty-five thousand of tho most influential repre sentatives of every class and section of tho population officials, military offi cers, civilians, merchants, hind owners and Bedouin chiefs. Thirdly, that lie had the sanction of tho representative! of the religion of the country, ns shown by tho Fotwo, signed by the heads of all the four Mahometan rites, pronouuo ing the deposition of the Khedive, and enjoining the oontiuuauco of wur." The evidence taken in the trial so far hat been chiefly to show that Alexandria was fired by Arnbi's orders, and othei outrages committed at his command which make him criminally liable, since they exceedod the laws aud images oi war. If guilt is fastened upon him it will hardly be nccessory to consider tin above thtee points. . ... . . . .... ...., .... ii. r unn-l Vioreiev h i :w;iiess mi uir lliittlilielil. All accounts arc agreed as to Sir Oarnols demeanor h"tii before mid alter the I "lit. ilis coolness mvl cel. -reliance weW.traonl'imry. On tho nmi n inj beloro the hall I '. when ho look all tho .enerals and their respective swim to reeoliiloiiei IliU euein ihh- mourned within ncoup'o mi'es fTel-ol- Kebir, and gathering the oilier around him, explained rMietlv what no r.u nut to do. With a blun t stick ho po ntcd to ho inlrcnchiii'iiis lis lie nilgai io a blackboard in u lecture-room, aim cpu- ctU -indicated n i" pwu'o each pur! of tlm altackirp lorce. no had Urn whole thin),' oil' by heart, knew nod explained in exact detail what every regiment hud to do. Whilo they were thus occupied protected only by a small cavalry escort, the oi eniy so.,t out a mrtv to olmorvo inein, nut m-m nu urlbor demons! rat 'on. noi eiu.va ' lecture" finished, thev all remounted and rodo hack to camp. AHer i he butt o was nva-ticniiy won, Sir C-Linet Pimm t.lhu briirc across the pnu,i eoniinuuicalin'' the rk'ht wi'h Iho left rtllnek, mid jreitin oil nis imr. ouietlv bewin to write bus lelej;ram tin- nouncms itm vieiory unnii " ner lift'. dud to him bv olio of Ids til!f. j , il.r.. i. lie received th-' reports from llu various stall olllcers ol divisions nnu hriivinlea. nskintr nior. particularly as to casualties. Am von iUik'. surer n ! always said. "Hon l tfive m wrong lipjlir 8. l'On t mcmuiii iiu.y uiii ci o n-iiiii. nn ess VOII are imiiu" u m hit." All this time lu was giving or dors right and Hi, now to on.- s all olft oer, now to another, und through it all, confusing and cmb.r rossing as tho situ- fectly quit and uncoiic mod.--.oweon twin miinit wi n iiiitu mii i' Worn, .T.imn Collins, of South Lawrence, Mass., is in his HOlli year. Horn in im wns left an orphan nt the .', r niv months, nnd buried tho last r$ iivn l.mthnrs over sixty vein's ago. After living ninety-live years on a farm in bis native Krm, no conciii'iuu m li s fortune in tho land of the iree, iimkimr the voyage with litt e discom lort. lie buried his wife forty years .. , la ,.nrcd for bV five of his cllll' iivinir in l.iLwrenco. Ho talks, ..,.,1 Dnj wnll. never took liiodi- cino, nnd never was sick, saws wood mid walks 'or exercise, and has still on lonks of his own hair, of which the genuine Irish auburn never been silvnrod by time. has - It Is nossiblo that the world owes evei'v mnn a livinff. but his bost claim for what is duo is that he has earned i tk Y. Herald. Tho Fiite of Explorers. From Singapore we learn that Mr. Willi (formerly an officer in tho Austrian army), an np!orer in th survive of the Hriiish North llorneoCoinpany.hasbcen treacherously murdered by "head hunt ers," who also killed several of his niilivo attendants. Mn Wlttl had, It "oenw, been making his way to tho head if tho Sibuco River. Tills region may bo considered at prcont quite beymd 'ho active admlnitiration of the lii'itish llornco Conijiany. Tho Governor wa not awaro that Mri Wilti intended to make so long ana hazardous tt Journey, At tho same time, Mr. Witti being an experienced traveler, a bravo man, and on good terms with the ns'ive gener ally, llioro was no reason to fear that ho might not go through tho very heart of the country without uiolo-latlon. He had made, it seems, an important trip, and was, it is believed, on his way to Kimanis. Near the head of the Siiiueo Uivcr ho would be on tho frontier of Dutch Borneo, a.nl In a region where .Mr. Curl Mock found the natives un utially savago and unfriendly. Witti had a party of seventeen men. He divided them. Some nine or ten Were told off to attend to the boats; They woro navi gating a river, and Witti had bought boats from the natives. The other men remained to push on ahead in company with tho explorer. The natives had shown no disposition to hostility. The local chiefs (the tribes are, no doubt, the aiuruts, though one account says they are Tuniljoeing Dvaks) had hoipitably entertained -IVitti, which is generally a guarantee of friend ship. Wlillo his'litllo party were pre paring to move forward, Willi sat down to rnako some notes in his diary. Siul- denly,from an amh':sh in the i'iver,somo three hundred :uilivcs, armed with poisoned arrows and spears, rushed In upon Wilti and his men. Three of the latter fell altno-t immediately. Willi defended himself with his revolver and killed two of his assailants. The rest crowded upon liim,howcver,and Hpoared linn to dr.atr.. 1 ho others ol the party had already run a-vny, ono of them, who was carrying Willi's Winchester rillo, taking it off in bin flight. From a hidiiig plaeo ihey saw ono of the attacking party decapitate iVitn, wliuu others cut off the lower limbs of his dead attend ants, fling them, with the explorer's head, into a b tat, a id make off with their bleeding trophies down st ream. I'hey al o carried off Willi's papers and dispatch-box. Iho event has created a sensation at Singapore and at Laliaun. A police party, of tho llorneo Company, has been, or is about, to be, dispatched lo tho scene of the massi-iru, wilti a view to a complete investigation of the affa'T and the punishment of the Muiuit s. The head of the hihuco tuvcr is on tho con fines of the Itriti.sh North Uorneo Com pany' territory, occupied by tribes of an entirely different character to t'mso mong whom Mr. Frank Hail u an- ither scientific explorer, is al work in the northern regions aror.nd ab eil Kiui liolu. He and his p.irtv, including an Australian engineer, have been well re ceived. They found Iho company's ll ig Hying at several somewhat rem He points, and, so tar as the real work of he company "iocs, it is moving on mo- Ufaelorily. Mr. Willi must, havo h id tho dangers of his expedition in bis mind at the oiit- et. 11 is qiiilo likeiv, from what is known of his advent. irons spirit, that he had resolved to accomplish a great achievement even at the ri-k of his life, for, prior to setting out, ho made his will and left behind him full in -I ructions as to the distribution of his p'operty. Ho was known to tho Geographic il So ciety of MHiilon, whose "Journal of Transactions" contains several of his contributions to the geographical his tory of Hornco. The commercial civili zation of North llorneo is of great im portance to trndingintercsts in the easlern seas, and it will be necessary in the in terests oHIomoo nnd adjacent islands to make nn example of the murdorors howln lckqraith. Cattish Catching Duck!). Ilocen'lv tho !?. imhtionod the fact teat a wild duck hint hatched a brood oi seven ducklings in llio siougn ncur u tivrt, and could bo seen early in the morning Willi Ihe colony, ino resioi uie time Ii ding in tho willow junglos. lliev liccamo about half-grown, but within Iho past twelve days have met Willi a singular ileal n mnn an unex pected source. A gentleman who bo cuine accustomed to seeing and looking for them as he went to his work was one limning surprUed to see ono of I hem suddenly uk in an awkward manner ami not opponr again, but con- hided that it bad hidden in me oriisn. I he next morning-there were "only six of the young ones seen near me same spot. Suddenly ono of theso went un der wilr 3 struggle, a llutlering of half fedgod v.ings, and a quacking. What wns iho force was a mystery, though the other birds lied in n'l'right. The next two mornings tl same was re pealed, the number being reduced ono each time. The lifth day tho ducks soemed to be vnrv cmtious. avoiding deep water and brush. The next day tins obscrvor, who had bo.'oine very much interested, spent half nn hour watching tho niothor and her three remaining darlings. At length tlioy floated alongside t lie foot bridge where lie was standing, wncu they nearcd a post in tho water, up from behind it darted a largo cattish that was in waiting lor tho feathered victim. One was seized by the body, nnd tho inws of tho rapacious lish hid the prisoner from view as the captor aeiioer.iteiy swam awny w iw uuu iu tho brush. Tho next day the wilnosi saw another con inest from a distance, but could not seo the fish. Since then he has welched four mornings, but has not seen the mother nnd the other young one. It is a mattci1 ot doubt whetnei they woro captured or took warning by the into oi tne six and ion lor pans nn inowu. Sacramento Uee. An editor wrote a headline, "A Horrible Hlunfar," to go ovor a rail road accident: but though it was the printer's fault that it cot ovor an ac count of a wedding, tho editor was the man thrashed all toe same. TIIE MAXCO THICK, Bow It 1 Dane-Dot Wonderful rVf fbrroanre. ' fnrr'i Wr1j.J With certain Indian jugglers the "mango" trick is thoif niost effective feat. A mango seed is produced, and I flower pot filled with mold, and after a lot of ceremony (in plain English fuss), the seed Is put Under the mold and sev eral coverings of baskets and cloths ore placed over the pot. Then thero is more ceremony and 'lingering about the cov cred bucket, and the pot is shown with the iiifitifjo leaves just sprouting tip. Then it is Covered over again and moro hoe.issiiifr goes on, and the cover is lifted up again nnd the plant is seen to have grown. Tho covering, hoeiissing, p on, tho plant liieunwhilo having further grown and become strong enough to lieai' fruit, the blossom to appear, the fruit to ripen, which is then plucked oil anil given to lie eaten. N.ow, we, for our part, can not nnder-ufa-'d how any one can seo through the pel !' - rumiiee. Nay, even when to a f II,, w spectator, who once viewed this p -rfoniiaiH'e, wo explained tho details of the trick after it was over, he would not In li ne, lint 1'cekoucd the nlTair wonder ful, nnd even partaking of tho super iciiund. We eiui only attribute it to his Inui'i;;- been ho niyslilii d as to have been actually iu. :-iiieii.ed, though partaking of c i:iw-i, nee. The real truth about this fent wns that the green and ripe, fruits, ai'd every branch mid shoot t'unt was exhibited, wi re actually there, just na Jimch a:-. l!ie need mid the llower pot nil in the wraps and folds aud b.i.-k' tH which (,,r:;U'.l Ihe covering. 'e were cmvfidiy watching the liian'it proe-cd-iiigs, and at that time hud nc.plircd some kiiMwlfilgn of juggling tricks. As we were nut iiHon-cd to toie h tho in tdruiu :-nts if the exhibition alt'rtlie pur ticnhir performance bcgu.i, the basket, v.iups, etc., could not be disturbed; but with our owii eyes we aaw the performer diaw out th.! brunches, etc., from the folds of the cloth, mid noticed 1 1 i in stick ing thcin ii.t'i the put beiieutb the cover ing, working away with his bunds, nnd h i v.e thought, very clumsily. The question limy bo nsked by n doubter of our account of the process, bow about a green and a ripe fruit, as '..-ell .'is blossoms, being produced silu ult r.ieou:-ly, say at a period when there vi ie no such things; Hint is, when they are out of season This, indeed, has been brought forward as a complete answer by those who believe iu these jugglers. To answer this is not so dif ficult, however, ns it appears. India is a vast continent, ami from its southern most limit on the Indian ( Iceiui, uliere tin re is liltle dillerciM'i) between summer and winter, to its iiorliieiii boundary on the snowy lliiiialuyus, tin ro i existing cv( ry variety of climate at any given time of II. e year. The mango llourisheH equally iu Ceylon and hi the sub Himalayan countries. V have our selves, in passing through the plains into the upper Himalayas, in the course of successive weeks, seen the mango season just over on the plains; a little higher up mangoes wens pist in season; the fruits forming higher up still; this blossoms iu full flush a couple of thousand feet higher; while higher still the blossoms bad not yet made an ap pearance. With this fact are to be taken two others, tho first, that Indian jug glers all belong to one Masonic brother hood, and are in intimate communica tion with one another, nil ever on the move; and tho second, that even they will decline at times to perform this par ticular feat; that is, when they are not provided with the 'blossoms, green nnd ripe fruita. The seeds, shoota, etc., aro always everywhere procurable. If there bo still any other doubter, let us only add that after the performance detailed alxivo we took the man nsidu (unwilling naturally to exposo the man, and destroy tho credit by moans of which ho made his living) and asked him if it wns not true that the branches and fruits were all thero iu tho wraps. Tho glance of our eye told him that wo knew everything that ho did, and so ho con fessed that what we said -was the truth, and apologized by saying that ho must make a living. Economy Is Wealth. A father, accompanied by his little son, called at a drug-store on one of the avonues and asked lor a cheap sponge. He was ono of our rich citizens, and as he spoko he fumblod with his massive gold watch-chain, and looked worth a million. The drnggiBt put a lot ot sponges ne fore him, and he glanced through the Inland asked how much they were. All the way from liity cents to ono dollar," said the drug man. "Oh, but I want it for tho boy's slate," said the citizen; "it is hardly worth while to pay so much." " Well, then, these are what you need," said the druggist, as ho put out a collection of Bmall, hard spongos. These are five cents each." The wealthy citi.en Angered thorn over, and examined them ono by one, and still did not seem satisfied. " Here are some at one cent ea-h,'' aid the druggist, who began to know bis man, "you might tind something among these," The oitizen examined each one and still hesitated. At last he selected a small dark fragment, and holding it up, "Thls one seems to be imperfect How much will it beP" "Nothing." answered the druggist, shortly, as he re-arranged his stock of sponges. "Have it dono upP" " Ho," said the citizen, handing it to the boy and following him out, when the youngster was heard to ask: 'Say, pa, ain't you going to give ma the centP And the mournful answer floated bock to the druggist: " My son, do you think I am made ol money P" Detroit Fnt iVes. Out in Texas a benevolent baron is breeding a race of striped and apottcd ponies to please the children. He sells the little creatures all over the world, and is unable to keep paoe with the de mand. They roam over his enclosures, which measures some 8,000 acres, bnt are very gentle, and can -be oaught any where on the range. Stanley's Latest Work. Mr. Slaiiloy arrived in Paris much improved in health after his journey of nearly forty days from St. Paul do Loan do, and he leaves this afternoon for Brussels, where ho will make a report upon his mission and his labors In Africa during the last throe years and a half to the Secrctary-Ocncrat of the Internv tional African Colonization Association, Thlt body was formed at tho instance cf the enterprising King 4f tho Belgians, shortly after the close of tho Paris Exhi bition In 1878; and the rir-t act of the King after assuming tho Presidency of the society was to send for the young explorer and to ask him if ho would put his experience and energy Into the labor of establishing stations along the tracts on Hie "Dark Continoiii" where settle ments were most available and likely to bi Ing forth good fruit for civilization. After duo rclleciion Stanley concluded to accept the kind offer, whioh was em inently tl.ittoring in its ohnracter; and he understood from tho first, as evory one else connected wl h the association understood, that the object of the work was not su much immediate commercial gain as the civilizing and education of the savago or serai-navaga papulations. The company did not raise the flag of any particular nation, but adopted a banner of its own, under which all Mr. Stanley's in veins havo been made, and all his efforts have been undertaken. In connection with iho central and parent society nt llrussnls, it was arranged that nut ioiiiil committees should do a muoh as they saw lit, nnd contributions in money and equipment wire made to the main expedition by various geographical and learned societies. Mr. S.'tuley had told the association that tho Congo Riv er was tins main avenue of entrance to Ccnl nil Africa, ami thai, so soon as tne dillleuliios of getting around Iho great cataracts wore s irmounlcd and steamers were set afloat on the Itypor Congo, the results for holli civiliziiti sti and com merce would be c ilo3-nl . Tho young explorer therefore left for Africa, for the third time, in January, ISTK, ami Miico that tuna has been faithfully occupied In building roads around tho falls, In organizing stations, wich one of which is so'idly fortifiod, supplied with rough but comfortable dwellings, and kept stocked with pro visions ami clothes from Kuropo. Guns and ammunition do not foira any con siderable part of the out til ; for Mr. Stanley's boast ii tint una can go any where in the country which ho has set tled up armed with nothing more for midable than n cane. The natives look upon hi in us a kind of demigod ; for thoy have discovered that civili.alion, to which ihey at first felt such a dislike, means getting moro food to eat, and getting it easier than in the old limes. La-it evening the explorer gave me a pieture-ipie description of a banquet which he gave somo time ago to tho 500 blacks and twenty eight whites diroctly and indirectl) iniereslcd in llio o donizu liou scheme. The natives had novor son such a baronial festival before; Stanley had purposely determined to givo them a (iarganUian spread which they should remember to the ond of their lives. There wero quarters of beef roasted whole, vast, woodon tubs filled with rice; butter and cheese from Eu rope; milk from tho cows, which are kept at each of tho stations; game in snicks and pyramids; and fruit in co lossal heaps The men wero amnzod, and sat, until the order to begin eating was given, with their lingers on their Ibis, and in a d wed, rapturous mood. When ihey had iho signal to "fall to," 'boss nearest the precious food plunged m ully al it, but speedily found the men iu the senund rank crawling hot ween 'heir legs or leaping ovor their backs. Hut there was no quarreling; every one mid enough; aud all went away with 'argely-inerea.-ied impression in favor ol llio white man. " We have dono wonders slnco I last wrole you," said Mr. Stanley; "and our greatest accomplishment Is iho building ami pooling ol a long, handsome, won arranged two-story notiso. Tho socond story is looked upon by tho primitive populations in tins nelglib iring villages as something mysterious and magical almost as a proof of divinity. I have been living in a tont fur about two years, a'id have found it usually very comfort able; but wo wish to get solid buildings put ii) as rapidly as possible well," he. added with a sigh, "the road Is built, and is as noarly perfect as such a thing in such a now country can bo. The stiv-1 lions are established, and no one ot them Is In the slightest danger of being assailed. I have done my part to the best of my ability, ami my conscionon U clean : and now 1 turn to tno associa tion and sav to It, 'What will yon do next?' " I arts Uor. Iloston Journal, Let the Light In. There are fow farm-houses in which al least one room often one of (lie best is not kept shut up most of Ihe time: and the snare-room intended for vis itors in city homes seldom fares much better, so fur as the admission of light and air are concerned. 1 nen we put blinds on our windows io keen out the heat in summer and let them keep out the light all the year: we hang up cur tains for purposes of household deco ration, and regard the resulting gloom as a necessity of modorn life: we evei devise all fantnstio forms of colored glass for our dwollngs in order to mod Ffy what little light docs get im. No house can bo oleuu that is aark; and no hntlSfl that is not clean can be healthy. Pure light is a purihor. It destroys the poison of organic disease. Its elticacy in this respect may be dlu -trated by Iho fact that tho poison of that most dangerous o'' serpents, ihe cobra.' which will retain its fntul pow r Indefinitely if kept in tho dark, becomes inuocnous after continuous exposure to the action of sunlight, l et the light luto every room. then, ovurv dav. - " Thomas Hughes, Judge ot the Xautwich County Court, and better keown as the author of "Tom Brown's School Days," gave an important de cision on the law of libel, by deciding that an editor might alter an advertise ment to prevent libel. WIT A5D WISDOtf. Keep trouble at arm's longth. Not er turn a blessing around to seo wheth er it has a dark side to it, Mistress "What a time you've boon about that egg, Mary." Mary "Yos, ma'am; but the now kitchoa clock has such largo minutos!" Punclt. An Iowa farmer bet a now hnt that ho could cross tho railroad track with his team bofore the train camo up. He lost by ten feet Tho distance was measured by his holrs. Chicago Ikmld. Young lady writing a love letter fof the kitcnon maid "That's about enough now. isn't it?" Kitchen maid One thing moro, Miss; just sav please excuse bad spell'n' and writin. "Patty tnsto," said tho butch er, "can't understand it. Those sau sages were not made of rats. sir. ami you know it. May bv the cats had caught and eaten a few though." Uoton Po'. "Womcngovern.n," said Shori dan; " let us try to render them moro perfect, 'i he moro thoy aro onlight tned, so much tho more wo shall be. On tho cultivation of the minds of w om en deponds tho wisdom of man." Orpheus drew rocks by tho all-compelling power of his music. The musio of the harmless, necessary cat is still more potent. It not only draws rocks, but pokers, boot-jacks and nil sorts of movable furiituio. lwton TraimoripL It does torment a railroad restaur ant keeper frightfully to have a custom er ask: "How much will you charge ms a Miousnnd for such sandwiches as IheseP I'm going to build a houso. and I thi k they d "jo more durablo than brick,"- Morton 1'unt. t' A Michigan farmer paid 125 for a divining rod and went poking about his farm until tho rod suddenly tipped. Men were engaged to excavate at tho spot, and in less than half an hour thoy had exhumed the bonus of an old horse. Dvtrui' fo.it. A Boston editor bouncod tho cook, culled two children, left his wife in tears, and made a bee-lino for tho oflloe, and wrote: "If you want to mnko the world brighter and better, begin by be im? kind and lovinir to I hose in the small circle of your own family, and Iromthat as a center work out as you aro permit ted to go." Utroit free, I'm. . "You ncttln t put on no airs, yon yaller-faeo piece. Wo keens a cow and has got a pew in the lduo Light ( Auslin) tabernacle nesiues," wore me worus oi , Miss Mnlildy Snowball, who Is as black as night, to a saddle-colored friend. "I don'tkeorof we habn't got no cow. Wo keeps n goat, nnd my mudder is gwine lo hub a carbuncle on do back of her iieck."7'MU4 Sifting. Two Smiths. During Vanderbilt's briof stay in De troll there happoned to be in the city, and at the same hotel, an Ohio man who so closely resombled him that dozens of peoplo could hardly tell which from which. This was the case with the at tendants at the cloak-room. Having holped the Buckeye to put on his duster ano given him half-a-dozen raps with the broom, he stood back and waited. "Woll," quoried the guost, "how much is the. extortion?" "De las' time yon was heah, sah, you gin" "Never was hero boforo in my life." "Hain't yon do Commodore?" "No, I'm the Colo nol." "You hain't Wanderbilt?" "No, I'm Smith." "Well, dat circuiecribes de case, an' proves dat one darky stan's no sort o' show agin two white men." "How?" "Why, do odder gem'lan, who looks inoas' 'zaotly like you, said his namo was Smith, too, and ho got away widout puttin' his baud in his pocket I" Wall Street News. A tiood Town t Lire Lu The little town of Klingenborg-on-Main, in Bavaria, enjoys a unique and singular prosperity. Deriving so largo an income from its quarries that it Is able to dispense entirely with taxation, the town presents each one ot its free burghers at each annual Christinas with the equivalent of $20, and this year it celebrates the Sedan festival bydiatrfb ntiiur money drifts to its householders and all sohool children, the former re- ' oerring two marks each and the latter twenty pfennigs. On the completion of a bridiro across the Main a few months . . M I ABA AAA J. ago, tne cost of wmon was ou,uuu, not a farthing ot which was contributed by residents, a oonus oi wsn souuug banded each burgher, and all tne acnooi children got sixpenoe each, me wwn , should be known aa tne taxpayers pa- rlisa. Population of the West. At the beginning of the century the population of tho great West, which is now about 20,000,000, wns a little more than 60,000. The following interesting table shows the growth of that popula tion : Ttr xnl f Tear. nuo 1S00 1810. isao. lsoa. 140. IK.). Jim. 1H70. WHO. ntnmnm. iww, si.ous ., JOS,l(l . 41S ' HOS.IMI ' ' 1,I(I,ST T (.Ml. Ml e 1 ........ MWM'S ' -.... ,. - - H ...... is,7i,ai , 1,131,K10 . If That table is a rery interesting one. It is one of the most remarkable leav ores in this remarkable age. Several months ago the ragpSckew of St. Louis formed an association fJt the purpose of mutual aid and protectioi and to Drove to the world that, in tbtis own language, a ragpicker can be a gv. tlenian. l nis union nas uuurumuu act ing the summer, and at a meeting a few days ago thoy had the satisfaction of hearing wha, a good record their trade is making. It seems to be tho general oninion in St. Lou'h that they are con ducting tneir ousiness m au ouiwiiiio-. Ing apd uprigni manner, uu wukuuk the respect to whioh their own self- -Cofree-groui.da make oessful filling for must be driod WWjfAndl Hut them in a liiw "d 'k .k moistnr-audcnuya.--Fust the needle. -A. .