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AMERICAN CITIZEN.
AMEEICAE
CITIZEN.
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ICEt. AUGUSTA B. BOSWOXTH, Freprietar.
Tanas, M a (Ml) in AdTM.
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in MaUiaKiu county, and ia consequently
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; CANTON, MISS., SATURDAY AUGUST 1G, 1870.
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VOLUME XXIX.
NUMBER 34.
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AMERICAN CITIZEN.
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JULJLJ
CURRENT TOPICS.
Capt. James R. Eao has recently
been m New York consulting with cap
ttalists on the subject of constructing a
ship railway across the Isthmus of Pan
ama. It Is understood that he can so
ears means to test the practicability of
his scheme if he can secure- proper an
thorization to begin the work. A bill
will be introduced in Congress at the
next session to remove the preliminary
difficulties in the way of putting the en
terprise on foot. Capt. Eads's scheme
is to get ships . into , r port
able basin, mounted upon '"trucks.
ana oj steam power to convey the ship
and basin upon rails across the isthmns-
The Nicaraguan Government has
formed Uus Government that It la op-
' posed to the De Lesseps plan, and in
compliance . with tba request of- the
Nicaraguan authorities. Civil. Engineer
Menocal, of the United States Navy,
has been given leave by the Secretary of
the Navy to complete his survey of the
Nioaragnan route. The work was be
gun by Menoeal some time ago.
Thb New York Graphic of a recent
date says : " We have received from a
. correspondent in the City pf Mexico a
letter giving 'as inside view of the pres
ent condition of affairs in that country.
Oar correspondent has exceptionally
good means for knowing what is, going
on He holds a position which brings
onder his eyes information at onoe the
; Bos ; extensive - . and., then 3 most
accurate. He informs us 'that the
condition . of ' the country, from a
political point of view, is most deplora
ble. He gives many reasons for the be
lief that President Dim contemplates a
ceup d'etat and the proclamation of him
self as Dictator.' He adds that Di
wao, onr correspondent insists, is a real
patriot and aa honest man is being led
towards the act which he contemplates
by the advice of those in bis oonJdence,
vw GvrreBiuiiutu ainu ueiiuvesuzu. uiti
coup d'etat will be successful." j
At the Kentucky State election, held.
on me n, ixixe tr. BiacEDurn was elect
ed Governor, together with, the entire
DeMoenttte tick at State ofllBSJa. The
Bepnblicans make some gains in the
Legislature, which will, however, eon-
tinue to be strongly Democratic. A
very light vote was cast throughout the
State. The call for a Constitution si
Convention fails for want of a constitu
tional majority in its favor.
Krsra Cxtxwato"s army is broken
up, his nation dispersed, Sid he himself
fugitive witha price pat open his head.
Znlnlaad WO! probably be divided into
or four separata -principalities,
each under the rule of an independent
noble. Cetewayo's brother, Obam, will
receive his own territory under this ar
rangement. ' - - J - - '
Thb Chicago Trtbtmt gives enrfencjr
to a rumor that negotiations have been
pending for several weeks between the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, or per
sons representing it, and the bondhold
ers of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad, for a lease to the former of the
pioperty of the latter. No definite con
clusion has been reached yet, and it is
Aid to be doubtful if- the -efforts will
meet with success.
It ia semi-officiaUy reported from
Washington that through the Investi
gations of United States Consuls .the
State Department has received some in
teresting and valuable information as
to the condition of the workingmen . of
Europe as compared with that of their
brethren in the United States. : These
reports show that labor in Ameri
ca is paid wages double those which
prevail in England, France, Belgium
and Denmark; three times the rates in
Germany, Italy, and Spain ; and four
times what the workingmen of the
Netherlands receive ; while the cost of
living is less in the United States than
in any part of Europe. .
A Bebxibt dispatch gives the follow?
ing list of appointments for the new
Government of Alsace-Lorraine : Gen.
von HanteoffeL, Governor-General ; Dr.
Herzog, Secretary of State; Herr von
Pommeresche, Under-Secretary of the
Interior, Worship, and Instruction ;
Herr von Puttkammer-Colmar, Under
Secretary of Justice; and Dr. Msy'r,
Councillor of Finance and Domains.
A TXL.KORAM . receceived at Berlin
from Stockholm announces ths the
ArctJo explorer, Prof. NordenAjrAd,"
has brought his steamer, the Vega, out
of the ice in Rehring Strait, where she
had been confined during the winter,
and has begun : his homeward Journey
through the Pscifio Ocean. This an
'aounoement is. that of the first sac
cess of many effort to find a
northeast passage from the At
lantic to the Pacific Ocean. Prof.
Nordenskjold started on this most per
ilous and most important expedition on
the 4th of July, 1878. He started from
Gothenburg in the Vega, accompanied
by a eorps of scientific specialists, in ad
dition to a erew of able seamen, who
had had experience in navigating the
Arctic seas. The details of his voyage
as far as they have been received are
full of interest, and show as well the
daring aad the perseverance of the ex
plorer. "
Akothxk bank ins pension occurred
at Montreal on the 8th, that of the Ville
Marie Bank. Its liabilities are put at
700,000. This suspension, fallowing
so close upon that of the Exchange
Rank, created a panic among, depositors,
and it became evident that a general
run on all the banks would follow, un
der which all but the very strongest
must succumb.
TiMXiasEa voted, on the 7th, upon a
proposition to compromise the State
debt at 60 cents on the dollar, with 4
per cent, interest. A very small vote
was polled, but the proposition was de
cidedly rejected.
PERSONAL ASD POLITICAL.
- . . . '. v ', . '.: t.iv 1 -The
Congressional Labor Committee
closed ' their Iftvasciftatfona la Chicago, on
tha 2d and have now gone to San Francises.
Goldsmith,, Comptroller-General of
the State of Georgia, has been Impeached
for alleged malfeasance in office.. His friends
olalim that tt ha aase of )eritior. . .
- Chablcs JfaciiTiK, the. actor, died
a Ua farm at Biohland Center, Pa., on the
4th, sffed 64 - -'- ; .-i: ,
Rav. W. H. H. McbrAt, the sporting
parson, is a bankrupted his creditors hare
aeised his yacht, all of his trotting horses
and such other property's they could get
oldoft Jttl . JP . J.
The oldest ex-member of. Congress
now living is the Hon. Peleg Sprague, who .
reoreMnSed the' KeDnebee Distrlctr Maine,
fit, rears ago 1826 tar 18. t i He j wm also a
Senator from Main from 182910 IgoG.andM
the oldest ex-member of tba Senate ,now
living. Judge Sprague laSAOW reatdisg In
Boa ton, at tbe greatly advanced ageaf 87
years. ,,,T- , , n, t ., .
Tbbii of Brighatn Young's execu
tors," Cannon; - Carrington, and Brigham
Young, Jr., were consigned to tha Salt Lake
.feqitaajttaxy tot aoatempt of courtJn re fus
ing to obey the order to turn over roe prop.
erty ia their possession,. t, n v
Imvamta Maui oil Pilar, second
sister of the King of Spain,'
Judos Kobkkt FCBBKLI. is the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress in the First
CWifornia District. )) 1 -
Keith Johmsoh, leader of an English
exploration party in Africa, Is dead. Thom
son, his saalsuasiwlll. spntinue the investr-'
gations on Lake Syassa. :
Cbtptaih Cbaexss. a- Chcbch , of
Memphis, a well known river man, died of
paralysis, on the 4th, at Blount springs,
Alai'J;ii.Sl .-1 i UlAl. i f , -
f A Caddo -IL. T.) special of he th
says: Kx-HaasoTr Bnsbyhead has been.
Meeted Chief of the CaerokHB fffatkm by a
majoritj of 100.. pearly o4he National
LODeral party was also elected ny maiorau
rangtng from' lOO-tv SB0. ;
rw s w t Jt t l T i .
Ir - f, ,w f ,,..
r ' "J VSsyf atJIVwaT Ultr UfVUIaUIwSBJU .SSI UUOUI
T. Hamilton tor Governor.
Dr:' NAwm Ait HsxLthe celebrated
AigAsJUsnaTatihlr oy insUen, has Just
obtalnad a. diroroe-fronv hit wife, on the
ground of the latter's Infidelity. Klchard
son, a table-keeper, Was the co-respondent
inthacsse. ..'.;;:-;i.v."'.-: i
The New Orleans Democrat says that
the reportawt-tha vale of Abe bequest "by
Mrs. Dorsey to TefTersbn Davis have been
absurdly extravagant,' and that' ft will not
exceed laaJXa). .
x arua K V All
di Mooktkx. a well
known Jesuit priest of . Chieagb'f oriharly of
St. Louis, has sane over to the Episcopalians.
' Tax Emperors of Germany and Aus
tru met eastern ea the ttsv Tbertownwas
Illuminated In honor ef the sveavt. -. : , . :
1 Father Vab: d Moobtex of Chica
gb,the Jesuit priest wholrecently renounced1
Catholicism, has published a card retract
ing what he ha said against the Church'of
Rome and announcing his return to the
1 WsMaee- Con
ngreesional torn-
l-mittee. charged with the Investigation of
the conduct of Federal officers at elections,
resumed its sessions at Providence, -R. I.,
onthe7thi - ' j ,
;,"r5sTHTjBMArr has been on a
visit to.old friends, In itarUord, Conn snd
during his stay was given a dinner tiy a
number ef - leading ettizene a tha Hartford
Club." It was purely a social affair, gentle
men' of various political opinion partici
pating. ' " " "
. ,Hoh, .J, H. .Qbimbtsli. is the. Demo
cratic aha XJreenback homtnea for mem
ber of tbeLsglslsture in Poweshiek County,
Iowa. ' .' ' , '' .
The Pennsylvania Prohibitionists are
to hold' a Stats Convention at-Altoona .on
Sep..
XjATSU JfETVS ITEMS.
A whole family, consisting of E. P.
Leaner, wife ana two ohHdren, were etrnck
by llghtaiag at Bochester, Minn., on the
night of the Sd. The wife and children are
dead, aad Leeuere will probably die. :
Henry Hoosten was instantly killed
and Joaeph Graham seriously Injured by the
explosion of a threshing-machine engine on
Graham's farm, nine miles northeast ' of
Greens burg, lad., en the 4th. i
John Thomas, Mary Hansen and
Prank De Lucca were drowned In the Mis
sissippi above La Crosse, Wis., on the night
of the 3d, while returning from a picnic
r fwrn yonireaaiicoorfir7anjea by two
rsdles, BosexMartin andtCein'Morln, all
French, of Lewlston. Me., were returning
from a' wedding on' the night 'of the 4th,
when their carriage was struck by a train at
the Lisbon 'crossing and sll three were in
stantly killed 1
A. family; named Moaette, eotuisling.,
01-. nmo pel sou., nron near, vuel,oc.i
werepoisoned from eating bread which had
been standing ta the so ate (laee with Paris
green. Three are dead. i : '.? vl ''.Hl
.The town of Volcano, in the oil dis-
rft of West Thrglala, waa totally destroy
ed bs ars-aa the moraingutf Spa. Ath. The
Basra spspsd rapldte Aaa jaaSjehing some
oil tsaas.'lhey eanght -fire and bunted, the
burning of) running through the streets set
ting firo to every thing as tt passed, trans
forming the street lnta a tako bt Are. Tn
eandhuena Is ehargedV-'- 1
Five persons were killed and. 11 seri
ously and 40 slightly Injured by a railway
aeetdeat. between- Haacy 1 and. Veselise,
stisi, oa the 4th.-. - T; .. ,--
An attempt was made on the' 4th, in
the New Orleans Custom -house, to assas
sinate Collector Badger. . A one-legged ex
Federal soldier-, named Win.' A. Brown,
placed a pistol in close proximity to Badger's
head and fired. The ball missed Its aim,
notwithstanding Badger was so elose as to
be scorched by the burning powder. Brown
gives as a reason for the shooting that
Badger bad failed to give him a position In
Mm Custom-house, as promised. Hs says,
however, that ha only meant to soars him.
Hews seat to lail. .. - -..-,-..
Kentucky's wheat crop fa Immense,
but her corn crop is considerably below the
average. Tobacco has been unfavorably af
fected by drouth and will fall 35 per cent.
short of aa average crop. Peaches are a to
tal failure and apple scarce, but th pear
rop-1 splendid. t ; '.. -
Four unknown men, supposed to be
long to a gang of desperadoes' In th Indian
Territory, rods Into Coffeyvflle, Kan., on the
Id, robbed the PoM-oroo and committed
other depredation. The 'citizens real ted,
one of whom, named Fitzpatrlck, was kill
ed ; another, named Roberts, was wounded.
Th robbers then left, and shortly after a
detachment of United Stale, troops started
In pursuit, but at hut accounts bad made no
arrests.
At Chicago, on the 6th, Solomon
Sena, partner In the firm of Scbllls, Cross
man A Senn, Iron founders, 87 Polk Street,
hot th foreman of the linn, Conrad Engel-
iShrough the head, and then, after In
effectually snapping the revolver at his
ownt head, cut , his throat from ear
to ear with a knife. The two men had
some words regarding a piece of work
hand, which resulted in the foreman giving
Senn the lie. ' In a moment of passion Sen
resented the Insult by a deed of blood, the
enormity of which seems to have flashed
upon him a moment later and caused him
to take his own life. Both men leave faml
lies, Senn a wife and five children and En'
gelman a wife and one child -
The steamship Louis Davis, from
Antwerp for Naples, was wrecked during
fog off Usbsnt, France. ' Twenty-one per
sons were drowned.
, ,One hundred and thirty 'Sheffield cut
lers with their families arrived at New York
oa the etht-MHl -ADO German- and English
cutlers are expected later. The Sheffield
Lraea say there are 90 M0 men at bona to do
rM workef,000. - -'-
Chatenoia, near Strasburg, has been
hall Sa)iSjjTedby Oitv JTw thousand peas
ants are homeless.
; The Secretary of ithB Treasury has
decided to remit all fines and penalties in
enrred by the -Memphis and St. Lours Pack'
et Co., by carrying excess of passengers
during the exodus of colored people.
Charles' Ballett, livery-stable-keeper
at Middletown.O., on theoth, shot and killed
bis wife and immediately afterwards placed
the revolver to bis own head and fired, dying
Instantly. Ballett was a drunkard, and his
wife had petitioned for a divorce, which an
gered him, and cause d-the tragedy.
The ' Exchange Bank of Montreal
closed Its doors on the 7th. It is believed
that-after paying all liabilities, stockholders
will receive abont.50 per cent, on their In'
vestment. .7. . . -
- A National Bankers' Convention was
held at Saratoga, N. Y., commencing on the
nth. .There Was a large attendance. .
" Jacques Handline was hanged at San
Antonio, Texas, on the 8th, for the murder
of Peter Maddox, ia February, 1878. Hand
line was a native of Illinois, where his fa
ther ia said to be now living. He protested
his innocence of the crime up to-the last
moment. ' '
-".The steamer Iron Valley exploded her
boilers at New Cumberland, . W, Va., about
3d miles above Wheeling, on the Ohio River,
on the evening of the 9th, and sank in deep
water inside of five minutes. - The asmes of
the killed or lost are Thomas Prince, Clerk,
son of the Captain r, Wise, Pilot, and a Mr.
Prosser. ,' : -,, ' -:'- " '
, Disastrous conflagrations have occur-
cttv 20DQO Dersons are rendered homeless.
' There arsTrio funds a present in the
nemucity siate Areasury, ana me .Auarcor
gives notice that he shall refuse to audit all
claimaunUl the Treasury is replenisttad.
: j .,
, the: .yellow pevek.
Fifteen, new cases and . two deaths
from yellow fever was the official record at
LM emphls on the 4th. One of the dead was
r at her Edward xoyle, an esteemed Catholic
priest, who had been actively engaged in es
tablishing his parishioners at Camp Father
LMathew, .t:u.'i ..'.
Chicago and St. Louis each develop
ed A' yellow fever ease en tha 4th, both of
Memphis refugees. In Chicago a man named
Frank .Victory died at 224 Jefferson Street.
In St. Louis Mrs. Charles Philmott, who left
Memphis oa J-oly 31, and was stopping at
the corner of Fourth and Elm Streets, was
removed to Quarantine-1 while in the last
stages of the disease. Previous to leaving
Memphis she had had a slight attack, from
which It was supposed she had fully-recov-
ered.--s!i -t-i t - ---- V. . t
New Orleans reported two new ca-ies
of fever on the 4th, both alight attacks, and
both convalescent.
HavAnshad 137 deaths from yellow
fever for the week ending Aug. 2 an in
crease of SO over the previous Week.
There were 18 new -oases of yellow
fever at Memphis, on the fitb, with five
deaths.
Governor Miller of Arkansas, on the
5th, ordered the. organization of a State
Board of Health for the purpose of perfect
ing a thorough system of State quarantine.
There were 17 new cases and three
deaths from yellow fever at Memphis on the
6th. The disease J, spreading gradually
over all parts of the city- Among the latest
deaths Is Rev. Father John Fahey, ' aged 34,
assistant at St. Patrick's Church, who waa
stricken while at his post of duty. . .. .
There were 29 new cases and . five
deaths from fever at Memphis on the 7th.
- ' Unfavorable weather caused a decidefl
increase In tba yellow fever mortality at
Memphis on the 8lh, tha number of deaths
.being fight, wi.l. 22.jiew . cases, .reported.
The authorities issued an. order prohibiting
the entrance Into the city of any person who
ha not had the yellow fever. This action
waa deemed necessary from the fact tliat. a
number of absent residents had recently re
turned to their homes. -
1' The Memphis Board of Health, on the
9th, issued, an .official, announcement de
claring yellow fever epidemic In the city.
The number of new cases reported on the
9th was 21, with five desthsj f On the
10th there were 36 new eases, with five
deaths. The following shows the progress
tlMdieeaee from ft commencement un to
tneWh.' TfbmbeYof dexrh for th week
ending July IS, 8; July 19, 6; July 28, 34;
August 2, 25 ; August , 28. Total. 97. The
.Howard Association have 139 nurses on duty.
ana lie sick under tnelr charge. -
Frederick P. King" a clerk "in Pratt's
Oil Works, died ef well defined yellow fever
at his home In Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 9th.
It Is believed he contracted the disease from
visiting a vessel loading with oil, which
came from Havana with yellow fever on
board some time previous.
- One fatal case of yellow fever was re
ported from Mayersville, Miss., on the 9th.
, A member of a railway surveying
party in Washington Territory visited
rriA 4txmrna Tnrlmw aTM.:A 1
wrlteTf himT ..mU Z Tonk in"
dian Chief I have ever seen (and I have
- I
seen dozens of tbetn) that is not a fraud.
He has brains. . He is a gentleman in
his manners. He has a larxe property
in cattle and horses ; and when he trav
els he has two servants with him to sad
dle his horse, to cook for him and to
spread his blankets. He enjoys the un
bounded confidence and respect of the
most civilized and courageous Indians
on the continent. Born a warrior and
chief, he had Intelligence enongh not to
risk a useless war with whites if he oonld
avert it. He dreaded war on account of
its waste and the certain destruction rtf
what he loved which it involved. He
told me he would never again fight the
whites unless the Indittn agents tried to
force him into a reservation. 'Then.
with a quick blazing of bis eyes, then I
will Tight. I had rather die than go.
My people had rather die than go.1 "
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS
SvnoDflls of His Recent Soeeeti at Atlan
ta, lit. The Political Issues now lief or.
th. ConDtry.
Atlanta, ti.., July 28. There was a great
ovatiou to Alexander .Stephens here to-dtty;
By request, he addressed the Lerlsiatiire at
noon on tne irreftt isnites 01 me aay. rroim
bly there never wad such a crowd iu the Capt-
tol iH'fore.
-. No reoreaentative cpovorumflnt. he said, was
safe when the people did not underHtand lta
prin cipJefl. Jetfm-son expressed the whole
truth In three words when be said that the
afetvof (he Republic was in the inteiliirence,
virtue, and patriotism of the people. lie
spoke of the extra session and its work. He
was in favor of maklnir the annmnriatfona
At first only a few Itemocrats made threats
HUout wimnotuwK nn'in. due ine nRiit to ap
nronrlate monev carried the ritrht to desit?
nate for what purposes it should or should
not be need. The House had a clear riht to
decluretbat not one cent should iro to sustain
troops at the polls. The President vetoed
this provision, but, persistently lit boring, the
Honne at last secured his signature to a law
wuHianuaiiv uie same.
We made an annronriatlon for the Mar-
sbalSy" said the speaker, "riving them the
means 10 carry on tneir omces as tne law at
rects,, unt deoiArintf that neither they nor
their Deputies s iron Id use one cent of it
.elections. Tbe President vetoed that, and
on this issue we stand before the countrv to
iifiy.' I will take this issue and ko before the
people in any part of this country to justify
ourselves. There are two trreat questions
ueiore tins peopie, nameiy, n nance ana tax
ation. As to taxation. 1 must sav we are
noorerthan we have been for 50 vears. and
there are good reasons for it. The present
aenretsion a aces dhck to tne crasn 01 tsTS.
What caused that crash? The demonetiza
tion of silver, tie rm any did it first, then the
euann states ana tnen otner countries 01 fcu
rope. We fell into the error, too; nobody
seems to know how. At the same time the
money of the world amounted to $8,000.
000.000: of this. M..).00 were sil
ver. Gold and - stiver had borne
definite relation to each other ever
since civilization besan. but here, at one
blow, their relation was eh an -red and over
one -nan tne worm s wcaun put umiertne
DiiKtic a careiui calculator toia me tne otn
er dav that 8 brink aire of values in this conn
try, after that fatal act, was more than the
wnote expense oi -our war. x nat iamitv
worse than war. There is no remedy for us
now, c-xeept in re-establisMnfr the value of
mi ver. ana its rree coinaire. wnwantswo.
000,000 in circulation, at least. We have now
rvnlv 1 1 rar sn.r1 1 n Innlnflinsr uTl tho hnnrrlMi
gold and silver. We want at least I& per
capita, or asmucn as we naa oeioie tne crasn
of 1873. People fear toe silver flood. I would
let It come from all the mines of all tne world
until we have a thousand millions in circula
tion. We did much at the extra session to re
lieve the pressuret The Warner Silver bill
Was passed. - It was almost exactly the bill
which 1 otfered the session before, and could
not vet through. As soon as this bill nassed.
urv to sell no more silver. This trreat (men
no rruimuui uuvnrnnnini vruvrmt im ithiuj-
tion will afdtate the public mind during the
next two years as no question ever uia since
the crusade.
I see that Mr. Secretary Sherman, in his
recent speech at Portland tried to raise a
new issue. He says there is another seces
sion brewinif. St ranee that he should have
aaid this witn Ohio before his eyes Ohio,
wnere the srallant Kwinir. our standard-bear
er, and his oompeer, Riee, did all they could
to crush the other secession. There is ne
such issue as Mr. Sherman says. Mr. Sher
man speaks- of revival of prosperity, but I
have beard of no such thing from tne masses.
They aro'frroaninfr under financial distress
and cruel taxation worse than war.
On the subiect of taxation he said that the
burdens were borne bv the noor the labor-
xuk classes. Many a poor man who lives from
band to month natu more tax than manv &
bondholder who is worth half a million.
They even tax the farmer's corn; he can not
make ft Into medicine for his family without
taxj he can not sit down at night to smoke
bis nine without tax. Virginia has naid
enough tax on tobacco since the war to pay
her debt off over $44,oco,0io. The farmer
can not make a little whisky for bis own use
without an oppressive tax."
Mr. Stenhens then arirnnrt that the imlv
hope of safety was in pertect remoneti-atlon
of silver and increased currency. " I am not
in tavor oi carryinir money around in carts.
I want a naner curraiurv. hasted, dollar for
uwiisu-, on Kciu anu silver, ana it win oe Kooa
ie flaaT waves. The neonle iu on-
pressed, and the cause that I labor for -the
cause that I am willing to die in is the caase
of the people. But there is hope that within
the next two years we shall find relief, if we
are true to ourselves. We have the best tjov
eminent ever devised. Brougham said it
was the greatest that ever existed, and it has
been the wonder and admiration of mankind.
CO 11 ill TO von. Chooun Ma vnnr f unrlnr-il -
bearer the man who will always stand
firm on the principles of the Jeftersonian
Democracy. There Is no sectionalism now.
we love tne government, ann under it we
shall vet nrosner more than p.vnr in the nmiL
That glorious flag of our fathers shall wave
uvi, over sepiiniea Btaies, out over a grana
confederated Republic. As President Hayes
said, In yourlty, Let it wave over eitiz-ens,
not over subjects. With a true republican
ism a true democratic rennblicanlsm we
oan maintain this as the most glorious Gov
ernment ever known to man."
iwo thousand neonlA hearts' the aneeeh.
Mr. Stevens was frequently cheered. After
the speech crowds of ladies pressed around
to speak to him.
. Science In the Sanctuary.
Sermons by telephone are among the
newest extras added to the accommoda
tion of current religion. The method
is to place the transmitter or micro
phone inside the pulpit, or else plumply
on the desk, whence a wire takes the
discourse and, for that matter, the
prayers, hymns, and all other services
to the bouse of the invalid or indis
posed person, who can not attend, but
desires the words of his (or, more like
ly, her) favorite preacher. Un one oc
casion, by way of experiment, a service
was telephoned from the Square Con
gregational Church, Halifax, England,
to Manchester, a distance, by wire, of
36 miles. For an ' ordinary parish,
therefore, the telephone is an entirely
practicable institution. To be sure, it
may somewhat distract the devotion of
congregation, and the abandon of a
preacher, to see a scientific instrument
before him, for bottling and retailing
sounds ; still, we become accustomed to
the ear trumpet which is sometimes
brought to bear just out of range of the
preacher's gestures.. But though the
new sensation of mingling the service
of the sanctuary with an experiment in J
science may for a time give popularity
to the pulpit telephone, and cause even
some who might go to church to gather
instead at the other end of the wire, this
latter result will hardly last after curi
osity is ' once appeased. "There are
pleasures of sight as well as sound to
the occupants of pews, and advantages
pf actual presence that can not be da
plicated by telephone. N. T. Sun.
The scarcity of young men at the
Bummer resorts, says the truthful Bos
ton Post, makes what few are there very
independent. To bring them to a re-
their unimportance, the
L 1 1 I M (MTOHMIfinM.ll V VfT 1 1 Tl M IWITTtnir RY-
girls occasionally get up a berrying ex
pedition which no gentlemen are under
any consideration allowed to attend.
They start off in high spirits, but on ar
riving at the berry-field discover that it
is used as a place to pasture that fierce
beast of prey, the cow. This prevents
their entering the field, and after a con
sultation they decide to retrace their
steps, but find their path barred by an
other ferocious enemy of their race in
the shape of a stray horse. And they
have to get up on the fence and climb
past him and then get down and run
for their lives, and their dresses get torn
and they have an awful time, and whon
they filially arrive home, they unan
imously decide thnt those fellows were
just as " horrid as they conld be to let
thorn roam about so unprotected.
In Kichmond, Va., a white man on
trial was defended by a negro lawyer.
FASTIXG FORTY DAYS.
A Voting Woman In BMading, Pa., Giving
Her Friend. Considerable Trouble.
A Reading (Pa.) special to the Phila
delphia Times says the strange fasting
of Miss Sarah Root, aged 28, of that
city, is attracting unusual attention
among the medical fraternity. She is a
lady of excellent character. Herself
and sisters are respectable dressmakers.
A few years ago she dressed in exceed
ing good taste, and always made a very
fashionable appearance. Suddenly she
became very devout and pious. Her
attendance at church was almost con
stant. She became deeply interested in
Sunday-school affairs, and. up to last
4th of July was iu good health. She
then discontinued eating, and commenc
ed a long period of fasting. From July
4 to 11 she ate but a few berries. Tllen
she stopped eating altogether. On the
14th of July Dr. Smucker wiis called on
Miss Root turned her back, and said she
was not in Reed of his professional serv
ices. She persistently refused to take
nourishment and, throughout all the
hotspell she drank no water at all. Final
ly she was threatened that food would
be administered to her by force. She
was growing pale, thin, and emaciated
Her former rosy cheeks had faded, the
sparkle bad left her eyes, and she be
came moody, thoughtful and silent. She
became frightened at the Doctor's
threats, and, taking an ordinary crack
er, she held it under the hydrant and
thoroughly washed it. On the 18th of
July she ate that cracker, but took no
other nourishment. .. Dr. Schmucker
undertook to convince her that it was
her religious duty to eat, and not kill
herself ; that, instead of it being her re
ligious duty to fast, she was slowly com
mitting the great crime of suicide. She
paid no attention to this. Basin after
basin of water was used in bathing her
hands.. She would continue this wash
ing lor a half-hour. She has been
known to have spent five hours on her
knees reading the Bible and praying,
She "had a dream' to fast forty days
and forty nights, the same as Christ did
in the wilderness. All efforts of mother
and sister failed to induce her to eat
and drink. Finally Dr. Schmucker says
he stopped calling on her because he
could do nothing for her. Dr. Mastin
Luther was next called in. Miss Root
was very weak, but still able to be about
She persistently refused to eat or drink,
and her people thought she was dying.
It was finally decided to resort to force
in the matter, and a spoon was inserted
in her mouth between her teeth. Noth-
nz could be done, bcCaUS She Would
6 "
not swallow. When her nostrils were
h Id shnt she breathed through the in
.tentio8-4)f her 'teeth, but would not
swallow, finally Dr. Luther inserted a
silver tube through her nostrils and in
jected gruel and milk into the gullet,
and thence to the stomach. Only a
small quantity was injected. The mem
branous lining of the stomach was
greatly inflamed and too much food ad
ministered would have killed her in
stantly. The young woman is now be
ing kept alive by forcing food through
her nostrils into her stomach. She is
laboring nnder a religions hallucination,
and fears are entertained that she cari
not long live. . She is quite intelligent,
and she has no fears, saying that she
" guesses it will end all right.1' To-day
she made no resistance to the tube being
inserted in her nose, but she positively
refused to take any food or water.
, Anecdote of Said Pasha.
Many curious stories' are told of Said,
the predecessor of Ismael Pasha, who
has just been kicked out of the Khedive's
chair at Cairo.. . The ruin of Egypt con
summated by Ismael dates from the
reign of Said. One could fill a volume
with the accounts of the eccentricities
of this monarch. One day, not know
ing how to reward a little service which
one of his subjects had rendered him,
he accorded to him on his own sugges
tion the monopoly of furnishing butter
to the entire Egyptian army for one
year. On quitting the palace, the newly
made purveyor sold his privilege for
1,600,000 francs. On another occasion
be desired a garden which one of his
officials possessed near the gates of
Cairo. " How much did you pay for
it?" asked he. A million, yonr High
ness," was the prompt reply, an exag
geration by two-thirds of the real cost.
Very well, I will buy it of you." And
the garden was paid for. This official
had a son, a charming boy of 7 years.
" Bring me your son," said the Khedive
to him one day. The boy was brought.
"Will you kiss me, little one P" asked
the ruler graciously. " No!" said the
child, No, for I detest you." " You
detest me! and why P" "Because you
have taken my mamma's garden, and
now she does nothing but weep." Said
smiled, stroked his chin a favorite ges
ture of his ; then suddenly replied : "If
I return it, yonr garden, then will you
kiss me P" " Oh ! yes, your Highness ! "
" Very well, it is yours; embrace me!"
By this means the functionary got his
property back agaia, and realized a
profit of 1,600,000 francs. Paris Letter.
i a
Meat Hash. Chop fine any kind
of cold meat (before chopping dredge
with salt and pepper. This is always
the best manner of seasoning hash, as
by this means all parts will be seasoned
alike). If you have cold potatoes.chop
fine and mix with the meat; if they are
hot, mash. Allow 1 meat to potato.
Put this mixture in the frying-pan, with
a little water to moisten it, and stir in a
spoon of butter, or, if you have nice
beef drippings, use that instead of but
ter. Heat - slowly, stirring often, and,
when warmed through, cover and let
stand on a moderately hot part of the
stove or range 20 minutes. When ready
to dish, fold as you would an omelet,
and dish. Save all the tiimmings and
pieces that are left of all kinds of meat,
and have a hash once or twice a week.
It does not hurt hash to have different
kinds of meat in it. Avoid having a
hash greasy.
WITH A COAST PttiOT.
Perils ot th. Mew Jersey Coast How a
YaakM Captain Saved a British Sti
.r and the Thanks H. Didn't Cet.
I Prom the Mew Tork Graphic. J
" Walk up into the pilot-house," said
the Captain.
So the party, men and women, walk
ed up and into the pilot-house. It was
10 o'clock at night and we were steam
ing up the coast. On the left a long.
low dim line of lights indicated the lo
cality of Atlantic City. The breeze was
light and at times low banks of mist
b wept athwart our course. Everything
aDouc tne pilot-house was silent, prac
tical and respectful. The man at the
wheel had no eyes, no ears, no hands
for aught save his course and the wheel
spokes. The lookout on the forward
deck below was entirely absorbed in
what he conld see and what he couldn't
see ahead, the engine was busy sending
the boat ahead and the boat was busy
being sent ahead on the bosom of the
dark, deep Atlantic. .
DeepP No, not so deep just here as
one might imagine. "Try the lead,
Mr. Glover," said the Captain.
"Seven and a half!" sung out the
landsman.
" Seven and a half," quoth the Cap
tain. " Nothe-east now."
"Nothe-east, sir," said the helms
man. "All right below, sah," said a darky
from the deck, looking up at the Cap
tain.
" Sam, Sam. come back," said the
Captain to the retreating darky. " Is
that big, fat man asleep still on the mat
tress in the cabin, aftP"
"Yes, sah."
" Sam, yoii're a liar. You haven't
been aft, and there's no big fat man on
board."
" Isn't it grand, impressive, somber.
etc." sail the lively passenger to every
Doay.
Eevery body said it was.
Lively then quoted much poetry.
" Captain," said he, " have you read
uyron's description of a ship?"
" Xes," said the Captain, still look
ing forward. " Give her the lead, Mr.
mover."
" She walks the water like a thine of
me," Degan Lively.
" Sometimes they do and sometimes
they don't," said the Captain leaning
out oi the forward pilot house window.
lhen a pause. A voice from below
cried, "Ten And a half, sir." "Ten
and a half," quoth the Captain. "Keep
her nothe, nothe-east," said he to the
helmsman.
Nothe.nothe-east," quoth the helms
man.
" What is it he says about knowing
sometningr" whispered one of the lady
piioi-nouse visitors.
"He said, 'Keep her nothe, nothe-
east," replied her companion, who did
not know much about it himself.
"Dear me, how mysterious and de
lightful it is up here," again whispered
the lady. '
" And how respectful every body is
to the Captain. Only I don't see what
they want to say things over so many
times for.'
We were passing over the shoal
something or other eff or may be a lit
tle to the south or it might be the north
of Barnegat Light. It's hard enough to
remember geography on land, let alone
names, localities and boundaries under
water.
Presently over the water came the
dull, booming sound at short intervals
of moo! moo! moo!
" What's that?" said Mr. Lively.
Before any one answered there came
a shock which caused the boat to trem
ble from stem to stern.
" Bless me, what's that?" said Mr.
Lively again.
The Captain answered, " The noise is
that of the automatic fog horn on the
buoy about a mile and a half to the
windward, and the other is only a wave
striking the boat under the 'sponsors'
or false guards."
" What Jo you think of the wreckers
who carried away that fog horn not
long ago?" he asked.
" Carried it awayP" all of us remark
ed, in simple ignorance. "For what?"
" So that there should be no warning
and vessels get on this shoal for them
to make money out of. This is one of
the most dangerous shoals off the coast."
" Good gracious!" .
A mist now settled over the surface of
the water. Reaching a cord overhead,
the Captain pulled it, and in response
came the deep, hoarse notes of the
boat's whistle, warning whatever craft
might be ahead.
We'll take a plumb sound here, Mr.
Glover," said the Captain.
" Aye, aye, sir."
Then a pull on a small handle, the
deep note of a gong below in the engine
room, the slackening revolution of the
wheels, and every thing became almost
quiet and the boat moved along very
slowly.
" Eleven and a half, sir!"
"Eleven and a half!"
Two pulls and the wheels revolve at
their old pace.
Well," said Mr. Lively, "I never
before had an idea of the care and cau
tion necessary to navigate a steamer at
night."
Then somebody spoke of the Euro
pean steamers and some one alluded to
the seamanship of the English steamer
captains.
" And, Captain, what do you think of
English steamer captains?" said Mr.
Lively.
He replied, " Well, I've saved two of
them from running on this coast in a
fog and they never said thankee for it
(That'll do with the lead, Mr. Glover.)
Not long ago, as I was coming up I saw
large steamer bended straight for
Squan Beach. It was very thick. So I
whistled, fired a gun, sent up a rocket
and raised a big hullabaloo. The steam
er slowed. I came within hailing distance."
"What do want?" said her Captain,
very short, crusty, important and Brit
ish.
" I want nothing," Was my reply,
for I felt I could play dignity as well as
he.
" What do you mean then by stop
ping us?" said the Englishman short
er, crustier and more British than ever.
"Do you know where you areP" I
asked.
" Certainly I do.,f
" Where are yoa then?"
" I'm off the lightship."
" So you are not. And if yoa keep
on your present course fifteen minutes
longer you'll find the broadside of Amer
ica at Squin Beach."
" He followed us up towards the light
ship, where we soon lost sight of him.
So much for that affair. Afterwards
another boat of the same line outward
bound, and in gross violation of marl
time regulations, came so near running
into me that hef foreyard just clear
swung of our after flagstaff. That was
the same day she had managed to run
into two other vessels and drown some
people. So I wrote an account of these
several occurrences to the agent of the
company. That gentleman was sorely
offended because the information did not
come through official sources ; that is,
through the office of our company. It
was presuming in the Captain of an
American coasting steamer to give in
formation which might in future be the
means of saving many lives and millions
worth of property. However, ! shall
not trouble them again. When next I
see an English steamer making for
Squan Beach with a Captain on her quar
ter deck so full of pomposity and con
ceit that he deems it beneath him to
thank me for saving the vessel of a com
pany which can only receive informa
tion of the most vital importance to
them unless it tomes ' officially I shall
let them all severely alone. ' Keep her
Nothe-east. "
" Nothe-east, sir."
The Talking Man.
Don't you like to meet a talking man
when you travel P The man who talks
incessantly and never says any thing.
have met him on railway trains, on al
most every road between Kansas and
Maine. I have sat beside him and heard
him fill mile after weary mile with the
dreariest chatter about nothing, until 1
was ready to pray for a broken, rail, a
burned bridge, an open switch, a wild
train, any thing in the shape of instant
death, to save me from lingering tor
ture. You may wonder that sleep never
kindly comes to the relief of the victim
of the talking man. He won't let it.
When he sees you begin to look sleepy,
he clutches your arm, he shakes you by
the shoulder, he says : " See P See P" at
regular intervals, and from time to time
asks you "what do you think of that?'
to insure your wakefulness. I have
often wondered why this talking ma
chine could not just as well talk to the
stove or a panel in the car, because, as
no intelligence is required to conduct
his conversation, none should be neces
sary in listening to it. Bus- he won't
talk that way. He appears to find his
incentive to talk, in your suffering. His
eloquence is born of your agony. You
have heard him as I have. Ton have
wished him dead, you have wondered
why a merciful Providence ever turned
him loose on mankind. I expect Provi
dence itself sometimes wonders the
same thing, when it hears the man, when
he has a full head of steam on and some
body to talk to.
This man was on the boat when we
came here. He got on at Portland,
stopped talking long enongh to eat his
supper, and then crowded a man down
into one corner of the cabin and began
talking. I heard him at intervals for
I will not deceive you, I was not exact
ly well that night as long as he could
keep a passenger awake, and then I
heard him talking to a watchman until
sleep ended my misery. In the morn
ing I heard his voice back aft and found
him talking with two ladies. He was
telling them about a trip he once made
to Europe, and he began at the time
when he got a letter from his uncle ask
ing him to go, and he never omitted a
detail of his preparations. He told about
the letter ; what he was thinking of when
he got it, how he happened to go into
the Post-office, what he said to the clerk
and what the clerk said to him, who the
clerk was, and who his sister married ;
her husband's first name and the kind of
a hat he used to wear; the street they
lived on, the number of the house, and
the name of the man who used to
live next door, where he moved to
and why he moved, and who
lives in his old house now; the kind of
people they are and why he, the nar
rator, did not and does not like them ;
all this to entire strangers, who never
saw him and never heard of the charac
ters of his narrative before, and would
never hear of them again, if, please
heaven, they ever got through with
them this time, and so on, from one flat,
tiresome, stupid passage to another,
this man's talk dribbled along all the
way from Portland to St. John, with the
uninteresting, commonplace flow of a
cellar drain. You have heard him, I
know. I do not dislike talkative peo
ple. Indeed, when they have any thing
to say, I rather like their chatter. But
a man who talks merely for the sake of
talking, is of all bores the worst and
most trying. Conversation is pleasant
only when it is easy. When it has to
be pumped along by forceful efforts, or
when it is conducted by a man who
simply pulls a plug out of himself and
lets the talk flow out of him, I prefer
the comfort of silence. Burdetle's Let
ter to Burlington Baxokeye.
" Mamma," asked a little girl, "why
is it they sing in church We'll dine no
more,' and then go right home and
dineP"
There is a rosebush in Los Angeles,
Cal., which has borne over 3,000 roses
during the present season.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Many a lightning-rod-agent has been
known to strike twice in the same place.
It is the eat more than the heat that
overcomes people these days, thinks the
Boston Transcript.
To dyspeptic : We believe all the
recognized medical authorities agree
that you can not impart tone to the
stomach by swallowing a jewsharp.
Albany Evening Journal.
Ot tub tiny little ante,
How they clamber up yonr pants
At the picnic 'neatb the willows In the glen f
How they seem to take delight In
Tho obnoxious sport of bltln'
Indefensible and modest gentlemen !
Accobdibo to 'the New York Post,
George Alfred Town send tells of a min
eral spring in that State that is so strong
ly Impregnated with iron that farmers
horses who drink of its waters never re
quire to be shod.
That don't churn as they used to,
with a dasher whose every working
turns one's spine completely around.
They oscillate. The oscillator works
like a pendulum, and when there is no
cream in the churn the baby can ride
there at its pleasure. Danbury News.
A touko man seems to be nearer ful
filling the law and the prophets when
he walks along the street helping his
wife trundle their baby-wagon than
when he strolls out in bachelor freedom
grinning at the girls and carrying a dog
headed cane onder his arm. Steuben
ville Herald. '
A good deal of satisfaction is ex
pressed here over the fate of Dr. Spen- -cer,
a dentist, recently shot dead for
kissing a woman in Mississippi while
she was nnder the influence of ether.
Women want to know it when they are
kissed, and the fool who does not ap
preciate the fact ought to die. Still-
water Minn.') Lumberman.
Boston 3Vaierp art note: "Upon
the fence of the Lindley Murray School
is to be seen a portrait bust, indubitably
an old master (of the school) done in
chalk. We understand that the artist
was abundantly awarded for his labors.
He intended adding his portrait, but
found it inconvenient to sit."
Tub freaks of absent-minded men are
often ludicrous, but a Holyokex (Mass.)
man is entitled to the premium, says the
Willimantio (Conn.) Journal. He came
down to this vicinity the other day to
visit his wife's grave, but when near
the spot happened to meet an old friend,
became engaged in conversation, and at
its close went away without looking at
the grave. A day or two afterward he
remembered the object of his mission
and came back and succeeded in carry
ing out his intentions.
Skveral thousand people besides tne
Cincinnati Commercial, would like an
answer, return mail, to this brace of
rhymed questions :
- Dost know some pastoral vale.
Some fragrant, flowery'dale.
Some quiet, lovely spot.
Some sweet, seelnded ot.
O'er which the vines do creep,
Where they'll board a fellow cheap?
Can any one describe to me
Some oool, green Island In the sea, -
Where I can revel on the deep,
And eat and drink, and smoke and sleep.
And while the summer month away.
And have no hotel bill to pay?
Window Tines.
A New York Tribune correspondent
sends that paper the following articles,
which will be grateful to many of our
readers:
The ivy is well enough, but usurps too
much attention as a window vine. Let
me suggest a few more easily but not
ordinarily grown. One of the most
novel and beautiful for a cool conserv
atory is the Philodendron. This is a
rampant grower, with a grand tropical
aspect, and does well wherever the ivy,
the wax plant or smilax will grow. Set
it on a high shelf and train it as a curl
ing vine. It will not support itself, its
nature being to grow as its name indi
cates, that is, as a tree-lover, inserting
its roots into the crevices of the bark. 1
have one with about 70 feet of growth
which has grown in a 14-inch pot with
out shifting for six years. I have never
seen this vine in fruit, except in Mr.
Shaw's greenhouse in St. Louis ; so that
I can not be sure that an ordinary con
servatory or window will bring it to
that degree of perfection ; but the leaf
is enough, being large, glossy and semi
parted. The Clerodendron Balfouni is also
easily grown, and is a marvel of beauty.
It must rest during oool weather when
grown in moderate temperature. At
that time do not water it at all, or but
very slightly. Its verbena-like blos
soms bursting out of a ball of snow give
the most remarkable contrast of color
easily found. The clerodendron has the
advantage of blooming well in winter.
Feed it liberally. ,-
The Passion-flower ought to rank very
high with every one. It is lovely in
bloom and unique in foliage. Cerulea
Decaisneana and trif asciata are very line
for indoors. Be careful not to over
water them and they will cause very lit
tie trouble.
Tropeolums rank as excellent for
windows if grown near the glass. They
invariably prefer coarse and poor soil,
and must be trusted to cover only a
moderate space. Thy are very con
venient for easy handling. The fre
quence of the blossoms is always refresh
ing. '
Another vine of modest size and ex
quisite ' foliage is the Cissus Discolor.
In very cool windows and conservato
ries neither this nor the clerodendron
will be of much winter use. Set them
away till warm weather, keeping nearly
dry. They will thon shoot out wit h great
rapidity. In warm rooms they will
grow all winter.
The Cobea Seandens, with its fine
boll shaped flowers, is a noble vine
where there is room for its rampant will
t spread itself. It is luxurious and no
at all troublesome. Give it heat and
a plenty of water and it will take good
care of itself, festooning not only the
windows, but the whole room.