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MORRISTOWN; TENN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1884.
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iLXVILNO.;47.
By JOHN E. HELMS.
ii
Tii3 Strcac are Able to FnHscl ! !!
IRF.rEF.FXT Xr iRLT TWeXTYFOCB MIL
boa of luliars of Iasorsacs Assets, as loir-
Ws ;
The Continental of N. Y.,
Assets over - - $4,500,000
The Traders' of Chicago,
A-et - - - 1.OS2.000
The North America or Phlla.,
A-ets .... 8,050,000
The .Etna of Hartford
Assets over - - - 0,000,000
ta Safrr toraraac lhan tLs Coirrna fiva
C"T b ksd.
for tie ras I so.lcit your basins.
J. C. HODGES.
Oct. Ji. 1 &-'.
CHAUNCEY P. BIGGS,
1'EALF.R IS
Walnut and Poplar Lumber,
If AXCFACTCKF-U OF
Spoles, Handles and Dimension
Stuff In Walnut
morristo vrx, TEXX.
aT'OrasrabTail'inrei frou-i- attsn-
HOPE & BRO.
Watchmakers
AND
JEWELERS,
Cor. 0T Cbnrca St.,
Knoxville, - Tens.,
S.-p in Mk a fall Una of
Watcta & Jelrj,
Solid Silver,
. Til . i . 1 H"
Superior Tallo Cutkry, ic
ir I; irtoc ul En(ni nf skit'.faliT executed
a pra r..i.l.l terms. All iMvisr. ly rua il r
K l t attention, aaj .!u: iK.n fruaran-
II. V. CURTIS,
IMg, Jeielry & SilTerware
Large etvck uJ low prior e.
SMITH'S OLD STAND,
Knoxville, :
fu.''v Ijf
Tens.
D. W. C. DAVIS,
Watchmaker
and Jeweler,
fcser eniOj:it!T on bsoj a new and
.Hoiort K.ock of
Silverware, Jewelry,
Watches, Clocks, Ax.
Main Street,
Morristown, Tenn.
Special attention given to repairing
of all kind, and satisfaction
guaranteed.
et.A.lft-1 ly.
- HATTIE HOUSE.
It is Located in the Exict Busines
Center of
Knoxvllle, Tennessee,
One Si uire from tlie Post OJLe. Cus
tom House, Banks, and in the
immediate vicinity of all the
Frincipat mole sale and
lietail Stores.
ii:ir TimoiGiioFT.
Fmitun,ete., Etttric Annunciilor, Gits,
WuU iluls, and the VtntHition is
JW. 1 aid Xo MUi.iie.
fflllK TABLES SU1TLIED with
JL tl.e the mra-t aff r.U.
CSotr .nii B. f.r C"amrcia 1 Travel
ler. n fcr Ho. r II dr-lrri.
rate to XrrUia&t aci ComniTrl!
T rTlr r.
furter alaajtat lbs train. Omnibus frea.
J. C. FLANDERS,
Jl Jl.-lj rKollUETOK.
T. J. ar-M. k.
F. 4. SI KCK.
T. J. SPECK & SOU.,
I OFFICES:
&nferril. Tenn., from let to 1Mb oftwt month.
M otTtetowB. roe. Mala end Henry .. t posits
bats, f rvee lUh Uat of ntb nootb.
Terms Casb, or Its Equivalent.
t& Fcr Ctaics Fanily Grcceries
OO TO
W. M. WILME'JII
DEALER IJ
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hoots, Shoes, Hats, Ac,
Bc'.e Afeot f e the I-itf-t-Bunniin
DAVIS SE1YIUS MACHINE
UrSwiof Mfcctuae NEIDLXS of n kin.K OIL,
Ae , caotAAllj ua Land.
Klebeet Btarket price pU for 3 kind of Coantry
Product.
JIAIN .ST., 3I0RIUSTOWN. TENN I
THE
FIRE
Fffil
I
CUBENCE UTUGKER,
DEXTIST.
M0RRIST0WN, TENNESSEE
CL over ir. 7. Carrier's Drug Stors.
Ie.-.5,li83-ly.
Doctors Blasters & Lublin,
E15EASES OF THE
EYE, EAR and THROAT
A SPECIALTY.
P; eci! rte of Uvd for pil'iit.
l'.'xmi t t:-utiiu i;ieu t cirreip"tiJnce
U:Bce orer Kt Trnu. 'tioul Ueuk. rcruer
Oty and Aajluiu etrrvu.
Knoxville, Tennessee.
ang 1 Cm
MORRISTOWN
MALE HIGH SCHOOL,
L. . DAVIS, A. B., Prifl.
1884.
This school ia kicated iu Morrutvvn Emet
Tepnii r. In a bealtbe, bnslueea, rrowluir town.
ou the Eaat Teuur. Virgiuia and Ueorfta
Railroad, and at tne termiuoa of toe CinciDoad.
CumberUi.d Oap and Cbarlnton Bailroad. There
ia tier every fariUty fur intellectual, social aou
moral improvement
The oext enwlon will begin uooday, January 7,
tai, and continue 18 week.
TCITIO PER 1 ERM OF 18 WEEE3.
OrtLnffraphj, Keadinr. Penmanthlp, Primary
Aritniurttc ana Timry liecgrapby IS 00
Qhi,ber Arlthiurtic, tna.b Oraniinar, Oe
OKrapby, Hixtory &nd ComK).ition 9 00
LlrDieutary AlRctira. N'ataral Pmloeeby.
1-by.iral Oecxrapby and Kbetoric 12 00
Cbeiuittry, Aktruiiomy. Otology, Intelleo-
tuml and Muni l'bikMpby. lvgie, Hitfber
MtbjmUr. Latin and Ureek 1 00
Contingent ' 1 00
One-ball of the tuition and tne contingent fee
tiuit he paid in advance.
Ho deduction will rx made f r abeer.ee except
in c of pro4racted illnr.
Compelrut aaaiatenta will b t-cured to meet
Ih tleiuati l "t the . S(XU
'1 be rriiiiUtioue ill be tutid. but ne Jly erure.
d.
lt-iard ran 1 het from ,H to 1) jtr uirnth.
1'or f jriVr riK-ii!arj acl!rt tue I'niiri) U
U W. 1A I.
li.j.M:ii. Morrirluwn, Trun
A Paper for the Family.
'u.- iuuiicuKe rirrulation of the
iWYORK WEEKLY
Indu.tre it Rkiik aa the
Uest .Story and Sketch Paper.
It' ctorwe are by tie bmt antUor. and nw
i.nb!:tors are c.mttatitly Wli:g .i lr,l ta its
stiff. It contain tbf burnt rutertaiuiDg Sketches,
and a grrst vsriety cf
Instructive and urful Matter.
Tbe contents are dircriard that 1J and
jouutf. maid and matron, merrhant and mwhanic
ar sure to find lu It some Sketch, Pueni, Lsay
or article .f cfecial interest .
;-.f .;.. Limli It W
Mpeciciea Copies of the .New York 'Wetkly
n ut f rt-f to auy a Urefs.
Now is the Time to Subscribe.
For f t tKe New V..rk We-kly w. ill I nnt
f tjr !) t.t aaj UrrM iu t!i- I'mtr-d St.tcs
iTCirulil'Toiif r; ix months, tl,""", fur
rioutli, r f 1 . A J.lr all Irttrrs to
STKEET S S3IITII,
Hvx 2TJI. 31 lUse Strict, Mrw Y. rk.
MjOlMJoliCfl!
25 SOLD in 25
MINUTES I
HAVING riRCHASED THE TERRITORT
of the County of llatnbb-u for the sale of the
I'oinmoii - ii ."IIlli AtiiK--t.
I berrin tie Klr that ssid llurket la on
ski. at imot at Cain Uoiwe, Momstown, Tenn.
Will sell Distnrt Territory to oool) WullEINO
MtN on taxy terms. Aply at uiSn of Cain
U.ue.
Tho ba1ng sporn fnr Bui k-(s will Vase
an It at uncr, as 1 am ready to U. hvrr them.
nZCi S3 OO.
JOHN B. HILL,
Clerk Cain Ho'ie,
3Iorrbto ii, Tenn.
feb I3-4r
" W. G. Durham,- -
Attej-al-Law ani Solicitor in
Ctary.
Morrltitovvn,
Tennessee
UrsTEcrruixr orrca hu riccrEss
iutial rvicss to the i-nbllc, and solscits s
hare cf atruire.
Will ,rat.-t)oe in thect urts ot ITair.bleri, Cocke,
Jeifersuu, Urainger, Claiborne, Hawkins aad
tireene count i.s, and in the Hopreme Court at
KnoxTlile. sr"Krerial atteutiou yirrsi to eoUeo
Uuus. ma) SO ly
M0RRIST0WN
Female BifiliScliool
IiEV. J. O. WcFKKRIX, A. ST., Pajxci.-aX.
M.H It. I.VA LUll.Nt), .
Ml.S COKN1X1A AltKIOEU. Aaalstaut.
Mlaa LUIIU AIAIXUEWM, Tra-Ler of Music.
The Second Term w3 open
2on'lay, January 7, 1SS1,
and continue IS wteks.
TViriOX RATES: "
rmntit PimiKJ T Spelling. Reading. Writ
ing, lrimary Arithmetic and llliuary Ueogra.
ptiy, J I "J I-er month.
1st a". HkiiArc I)inTxir- Arithmetic. Ceo;
rs( hy, Unuimtr, llwUiry aud lruiuaushiu,
SI H T mouth.
AriMio UrrsamrMT Algebra, Geometry,
Phikssophy.CIiPiiiistry and all the libber brain
s, inciaditis' Itiu aud Greek, fl J per month.
Cotn"t i So cmtA.
We are tUaukful for the liberal patronage and
the success of the school dunug the pest term,
aud w hope that the public wnl do their part ia
soaking this ' mmiUis a complt-te snoress.
Sot further articulars address the Priurlpsi,
Hurrtstuwn, Tenn. Jan M5
if
For tlie FalliWinter!
n OODS FOR ALL !
VJIroceries,
pera Flannels,
Vyveralls,
Overcoats,
verslioes,
Dry Goods,
ress Goods,
Shoes,
tationery,
il Cloths,
kford Ties,
Notions,
eckwear,
&
Underwear,
Chinaware,
oots,
Olankets,
Looking Glasses
ambrequins,
Alpacas,
lbuins,
Indiana Jeans,
ndigo,
Remnants,
ibbons. &c.
Cm'! B IBIS!
GKO. W. IS'OE,
UNDERTAKER,
3IORRISTOAVy, Texx.,
KEEPS CONSTANTLY OX HAND ROSE
wood and Home-made Colli u of sll U4.
Also keeps a f uU line of Burt 1 Kobes, Ac Re
spectfully solicits public pstrousge, and promisee
satisfaction. Orders by umilor telegraph prompt,
lywttendfdto. juuJ7o3tt
L. C. 8HEPARD,
UNDERTAKER,
- "
Knoxville, Tenn.
I.VKRY DESCltlPTlON OF
jk UeUlle Caskets and Cases, Wood Omakets
and Coffins of eeery Grade and price, ready for
use. Orders by Telegraph will receiTs person,
al and prompt attention Terms satisfactory.
Wm. LYLE,
Fashionable Custom
AND
t
GAITER Maker.
a ' ' ,
MORICISTOWN, TEXN.
t-'jKeuil attention gietn. to orders hy mail.
Shop on new -X" naar dep . f ebaitf
obtained for new InTcntlons, or for ImproTesaente
on old ones, for tssdloalotuthej'eoKipounds trad,
marks and labela . Caveat. Assignments, inter
ferences. Appeals, Suits tor Iufrlnements. and
all sU esse arising ondef the PATENT LAWS,
promptly aU- uJsdto. IXVEXTIOX8 THAT
IIAVK HF.KM . - .
1 1? T IJ'nrn'OTi the 'Patent OHee may i
IV n J riVjlAJl still. Iu most esses.; be pat- i
sated by s.- Hemft opposite t"he V . 8. Patent W
partsnut, aud euesg-ed in. Patent business soxla. !
ivele, we cn make closer searcbe, aud secure
patents uQreprotavtlr, and wltli broader cleisaaj
than tli"e wb ors temota (torn Washiagtom. 4 ,
T XTIf T' UHA1Q send nsamodeloesaesob?
Ill V hri lWJiOlrenrdevlej rw make
si.amluaUuusand adsiseas to. jaasantabUitr, u
orciiiai. ' Ail correepotuisnoe strictly confiden
tial. Prices kw, auu.-ae U AKJK . Ii N LESS
PATENT 1 S f VRsU. t i '!;'
Ve rV f , V ashiniftoiC Hon. pobai.sterJ
General 1. V. Key, Lev-". J. PJ-ei 'ibeier
man-Amerirsn Natjouil I to oSUtats in the
I'. H. Patent 03ice,aidta Rvmt'wwnd beprsssn'
tat Ives in tsigree; and especially to our cl!ciSi
Inevvry 8tstein the Unictandin Canada. ... . , i
Address i 0 . l
C. A,
Cfpite PsU&tCSoe, Washloloo, D. 0
t rti -aw- ,. y
They trho Trork early and late the year
louml need, occasionally, the healthful
Mimnlous imparted by a wholesome tonic
like Ho-tetter's Momach Bitters. To all.
its purity and efficiency as a remedy ami
preventive of disease commend it. It
checks incipient rheumatism and malarir'
symptoms, relieves eonbtipation, dyspep-
sia and biliousness, arrests premature
decay of the physical energies, mitigates
the inurtnitieA or age and hastens conva-i-scence.
tor sale by all Druggists and
eulers xreneralb'.
THE MORRISTOWN GAZETTK
Subscription Price, $1 50, '
Invariably in' advance, otherwise $2.
Entered at the ross Office at Morris town, Tenn.
s second class matter
A number ot Irish convicts indutlio
the impiisoned iDTinciblcs, will be re
moved from English prisons by a man
of-w&r. The destination is secretl 1
On the most snccessfdl farmers
of "Walton county, Georgia, is Araa
mus C. AVright, 50 yeara of age,
who has been blind from infancy .:
He can, it is said, make as good a
wagon or buggy, or as neat a coffin,
or do as good work in tho cooperage
line, as any other man in the neigh
borhood. The 6py "Belle- Boj-d," is now
iQentioned as tho matronly .'wife of
Col. John Hammond, of Texas, who
dwells on a ranch near San Antonio.
Ho was on of "Stonewall" Jackson's
scouts in Virginia. . Sho was, as
may be remembered, banished to
l-uropc. She has four children.
President Arthur , ought to ,try
and find a few honest men for Mar
shals in the Southern States, even
if he should lose a delegation or two
to tho national convention. The
country would appreciate a little
sacrifice like that on , his part.
Philadelphia Times.. . .
Mrs.' Lillie Devereux Blake is
holding Gov. Cleveland up to the
scorn of her sex. She says . ho is
totally ignorant of the " fact that
more than half tho people of the
State are women, and when they
aro allowed to voto thej'4 will make
a political corpSo of him in short
order.
The Duke of Abercorn has thir
teen titles, each of which represents
a neparato peerage;1 the Marquis of
Bute haa fifteen, the Dukes of Ar
gyle and Buccleugh have each six-
'.teen, the Duke-of Hamilton soven
I teen, and the Duke of Athol, with
a as! 1 a. . 1
iwcniy-ioree, stands lop 01 ine tree;
Tho l'ev. Mr. Movcty, Presiding
Elder of the Methodist, Episcopal
Church for the Kingston, Ont., dis
trict, vouches for the fact that a
weman who lives in' Gana'neque,
and who was aftlicted with a palsied
arm, was made whole through
prayer, after numerous physicians
had faild to relievo her. , . ,
The Chattanooga ' . 'Commercial
publishes a list of the United States
pensioners ... residing in Hamilton
county, on which is the name of Julia
Gardener Tyler, andjwhoso postoffice
address isWilliams' Landing, Hamil
ton county, Tenn.. The Commercial
says that none of the citizens knew
that this distinguished lady resided
in the. vicinity of Chattanooga. Mrs.
Tyler receives $41 6.C6f per month er
$5,000 a.year, the same as received
by Mrs. Polk; of Nashville, and Mrs.
Garfield of Cleveland, Ohio. . It will
thus be seen thatwe have residing
in Tonnessee the relics of two Unit
ed States presidents.-.. .,
An old, woman, named Robinson,
well known as the Queen ..of Costor
mongers all over Ixindon, was buried
there the other dar. She had been
for years' a vendor f cat's , meat,
and made a fortuno in small nusury.
By direction of her will, her remains
a w m
were uorne oy lour men wearing
white smocks, followed by twenty
four young women wearing violot
dresses., . Paisley shawls, hats with
whito feathors, and white ;.'aprons
Tho'corpso was . shrouded in, whito
satin, with, a , handsome, wreath
round the head. Free, drinks and
pipes wer6 served at public houses
named.'' There was an immense at
tendance including'ndmbers of pony
carts and donkey, barrows crowded
With costermongers.
sn -
t)f the countless good stories at
tributed to the lamented Artemus
iVardtho bet to our- mind - is ' the
one w hielx. tells of theadvico be gave
to a Southern, railroad conductor
soon aiter,tho. war . The, road was
in a wretched condition, and the
trains consequently. were run at a
phenomenally. Jow, , rato . oC speed.
When tho conductor was punching
fiis ticket, , Artomus j remarked
"Does this railroad company , allow
passengers to give it advice, if they
do s6 in a respectful manner?" The
conductor .replied in gruff tones that
he guess so. ("Well," Artemus went
on, "It occurred to me it would be
well to detach the cow-catclier from
the front "of the' engine and hitch
it to the rear of the train. For you
bcq we are not liable to overtake a
cowj but what'-) to prevent a cow
strolling into this car and biting
a passenger?" :. ' - s -":
Lire in Xtxissian Jails
The Alleged Suffering: of Nihil
ists in- the St. Peters
burg: Prison. '
Two letters from prisoners confin
ed in the jail bf Peter and - Paul at
St Petersburg were published a few
days ago'iri London, and caused a
prefound sensation.' The contents
of the first was sent briefly by cable
to the United btates. lhe second
document, of great length, though
written throughout with the' prison
er's blood,' has just been communi
cated by one of the most prominent
and influential Nihilist leaders. The
letter is a description of the prison
life endured by the Nihilist con
demned to hard labor and confined
in the" Troubetskef bastion. , It is
headed " by a quotation' from St.
Luke, chapter lV.t verse 12. The
writer commences by expatiating
erf the horror of the cell, its damp
walls; the little iron table, the bed,
'consisting1 of a sack of straw." and a
rug, "as thin as paper," the foetid
atmosphere, the narrow little win
dow,' choked up'j with dust and dirt,
the loul pail on one side, the jug ol
bad water on the other. And worse
than all, there are no books, no pa
per -there is absolutely nothing to
do: nothing to relieve the complete
solitude and silence. In vain the
prisoner lends for the inspector,
t - . - - i i
wno, in repiy lo.nis appeal, nanus
him a copy of. the prison rules.
These, however, bear no , signature,
an obscure copyist alono. testifies to
their authenticity, and there is no
mention of the .decree, nor of its
date, by which the regulations were
established. The inspectr states
that tne present regime nas Deen
in force for the last six years, and
the third section (secret police) were
held responsible lor the actual state
of affairs." At tho same time the
prisoner maintains that no ' one is
sent to this bastion except at the
express command of the Czar, and
that the condition ot its inmates is
well known at court. Tho ill-treatment
which he proceeds to describe
he attributes to feelings ot personal
hatred against the Nihilist chiefs.
PRISON DISEASES. ..
. A lengthT account is then giyen
of the prison diet, which is often
meuldy, sometimes in a state ol
purification and never sufficient.
Dysentery and scurvy soon ensue, j
reducing the strongest to a state of
tho greatest prostration. -But there
is no differenceof treatment in favor
of the sick. Of the two doctors at
tached to the prison the youngest
alone enters the cells, but he is
afraid to touch the patients, he dare
not feel their pulses, and the few
medicaments he ventures to pre
scribe : aro usually' countermanded
by the senior surgeon, lo the com
plaints of the prisoners he generally
answers that there is no- remedy
possible.
.Even those who become mad un
der the stress of this fearful suffer
ing and solitude are not treated any
better. They are strapped down
and beaten with the knout. All
night their fierce yells resound
through the prison, and their num
ber dailv increasing, as is also that
of the suicides. The writer cannot
give all the names, but he mentions
Issaiev as ' having completely lost
his reason, and Mme. Terentiva, who
died in a mysterious manner. It is
said that she was outraged and then
poisoned, so as to hide the crime,
the doctor certifying that the
chemist gave the poison by mistake;
but no inquiry has been instituted
or blame inflicted, i; - .
Another lady is now dying of
phthisic, contracted in this prison.
borne ot the prisoners are- kept in
underground cells, where a. ray: of
sunlight, never enters, where onen
sive water oozes through the walls
and funua grows on all sides. Here
lived.' Kiviatkovski, Priessniakov
and , . Suchanov. before ; .they , . were
hung. . In these dungeons the rats
are the worse enemies, and yet it is
in one of these cells : that Madame
Jakimova and her infant child are
now confined, t Day and night, this
lady has to watch and fight. There
is little .or nothing that she can eat,
vet she. has to feed her child, and,
in. spite , of all,, she' ; has not lost
courage. :ii
.i
ALLTdED TREATMENT OF THE
' "' ! DEMXED.'.', '
cox
Thatreatment ia arranged so as
to. emasculate, the ; prisoners. The
body is soon bent and deprived ol
its strengthj the face puffed out, the
limb3 tremble, and the eyes enectcd
by the gloom and the . atmosphere,
aro so diseased that they cab hardly
bo opened. The; prisoners being
deprived of soap,: their : bodies .are
soon covered with lavera . ot dirt
Combs aro also forbidden, and it is
fortunate that the males are shaved
But as tho women retain itheir hair
for years without it being eoinbed
or brushed, it often, becomes matted
and painfuL, The men suffer in this
respect with theirboards, wbicli are
not cut on, nor are tney even allow
ed to cut their nails. The only cood
thing about .the prison is the clothes
oi iue prisoners x neso ; were ; se
lected fifty years ' ago for ordinary
criminals and are well suited to re
sist the damp and cold. . The. hope
that such suffering may '"be of use
w tne cause atone enables. vne( pris
oners to keep heart .
' The writer, feels convinced that
his persecutors dare not despise the,
prisoners. "Ibis he says;"we leei
even in the depth of pur prison, n
th is wo, clearly ' perceiv: w he n . . we,
meet people of the administration.".
For this very reason the higher of
ficials avoid the'prisonenTas much
as possible, the inspector sees inem.
rarely and the Governor of, the
fortress never. . Thus they are left
to" the mercy of ; the soldiers, and
gaolers', who, are ; only .kind tjO , un
convicted '.prisoners, . from, 'jioni
money caii be obtainedr.They never
speak to those who' afe feentebced;
and refuse even to mention the day
or date." Sometimes, in s the night,
tho Procurator Mouravieff" enters a
cell to question a prisoner and we
tothe victim who refuses, to sell
himself to the Government. Torture
in some form is sure to await , a re
calcitrant witness, but the tempta
tion to obtain some relaxation of
prison discipline, though so great,
rarely succeeds in producing revelations-.
The exercise is taken in a
yard protected, by, five, walls, the
prisoners walking in Indian file,
with . gaolers -. in . front' and ; gen
d'armes behind. If a prisoner chance
to look in any particular . direction,
a gen d'arme will at once search
to seo if he can find anything. The
cells are also minutely examined,
and the dust and dirt turned over,
not to be carried away, but for fear
something might bo concealed un
derneath. To cough very loud or
to strike the walls of tho cell is to
be denied the pleasure of exercise.
THE" SUFFERING OP WOMEN.
"Towards the end of this very
lengthy letter, of which the above
is only a summary, the writer makes
a special appeal to the civilized
world on behalfof thewomen, whose
situation is far worse than, that of
the men: The gaolers 'are depicted
as showing no scruples. Under the
pretext ot searching ' the ' women,
they often cause them to be depriv
ed of clothes in the 'presence 'of a
bevy of gen d'armes, and this "has
Deen done even at - seasons when
such exposure was especially ' pain
tul to them. '1 bough the gaolers are
forbidden , to enter any cell unaccom
panied by gen d'armes cases of
violation are not rare. Hysteria is,
of course, a common occurrence
among the women, and becomes a
pretext lor much violence and ill
treatment. Anything to reduce
paio, sometime even a glas3 of wa
ter, is refused to those who are ill,
and tho only way the prisoners can
resent such treatment is by refusing
the rood.' ibis is sometimes oone
individually, by groups; and even
by all the prisoners simultaneously.
But the' only result is that of hasten
ing the death of tho weaker prison
ers, who. however, generally prefer
death to madness, ror five years
these rovolto have occured at differ
ent intervals, but the rigor of the
prison rules has not been relaxed.
J hough condemned , to hard
labor, the prisoners have absolutely
nothing to do, and are driven mad
by their solitude. ..Even, tho Bible
is denied tbem."
SUPREME COUKT OF TEN-
; . v LESSEE.
TWO IMPORTAXf DECI3IOXS.
Nashville," February 9. Mr.
Justice Cooper, of tho Supreme
Court, in the case of Cooke Conat
zer vs. the State, held as follows: A
juror upon a trial for murder stated
that he had formed an opinion from
rumor, and to the direct question
by the Court added that he could
divest himself of the opinion, and
from the evidence do equal and im
partial justice between the State and
tho prisoner. He further said to
counsel for the defendant that he
had heard persons eay the prisoner
had killed the deceased with a hoe
on tho road at road-working,'that
he did not know whether those per
sons were witnesses or not ; whether
they had heard the evidence or not;
that he had the same opinion still,
and it was a fixed opinion from ru-
Lor: and that'. it "would take evi?
denoe favorable to the prisoner' to
remove it, 1 but again said that he
could disregard this opinion and re
ly upon the evidence for his terdlct.
Held that there being in fact no
doubt that the prisoner did kill the
deceased in the manner stated, that
there was no error in the holding
of the juror as competent. This de
cision is said to overrule former de
cisions on this point, and will r evo-
lutionize the jury-system and' in
crease the ability of the State to get
intelligent juries. " v '
. - By Justice 7 Freeman: State vs.
Fanst, 'indictment for carrying' a
pistol : plea, that the party had been
arrested and ' puhished by a justice
of -the peace under the "email of
fense law," and ' held by a circuit
judge that the justice had no 'juris
diction as imprisonment" was' im
perative under the act of 1879.
Held by this Court that the justice
did have jurisdiction to try the case,
and that the infliction' of imprison
ment under tho act of 1879 was dis
cretionary with the"circuit or crimi
nal judge trying the case, and af
firming Coffer vs. tho State, and
Tarrent'vs. the State, under the
small offense law, that if the offense
merits imprisonment H is the'dnty
of the justice to bind the party over
to the court." '' '. j ,; "' ! '" '. '
A" $30,000 JERSEY COW.
t' Atlanta ; Constitution. '
v.Capt. G. H; Yancey : arrived in
Athens Friday afterj a"! short' trip
through Canada, where h had gono
to purchase some Jersey cattle1. He
went to see and also ate Bomc butter
from the ' world - renowned J ersey
cow, 'Mary Ann Of Sty Lambert, " for
rwhieh-an offer of $30,000 was refus
ed, andl'"who would bring Oh the
block! in New York $50,000: This
cow" has yielded four pounds of but
ter a day,' and for eight months past
has ' averaged over ' three ' pounds.
She is treated like a race' horse; be
ing kept in' a stall with litter up to
nereides and one nian dees nothing
but attend to her.! She1 has1 four
troughs in her.stall and is attended
to as regularly as a young '.princess
The most ''wonderful - thing "about
these cattle is i their ' appetite. ' De
spite being' pampered like a 'child
Mary Ann of St. Lambert seems al
ways hungry. ' The $50,000 bovine
is as 'gentle as a lamb and delights
in- being caressed. The owner of
the cow has the 'finest herd of Jer-"
seys in "'the - world."; While Capt.1
Yancey was' at his iarm he refused
anj offer bf $56,000 for fourteen1 cows
and heifers and scouted the idea of
thus sacrificing his cattle. .
, . ... -'
You should try the florae Sho- JBed
Spring for comfort and durability,"
"f ' Viciriiiif1s3': Diary.
Tlie long promised Work distri
buted to the press;
: .f Its contents. n
London, r. February :- il. The
Queen's new book was , distributed
to the press this morning. , It con
sists of a disconnected diary from
August, 1862, to September ' 1882,
with a long gap from October 1879,
to tho final period covering? the
period of the transition from the ad
ministration of Beaconsfield to that
of Gladstone. The entire book is de
voted to domestic and family affairs,
political allusions being only in
cidental. The illustrations are nu
merous and include portraits of the
Queen and Princesses Elenpra and
Louise and Beatrice, also portraits
of Grant, the "Queen's body servant
and one ot her attendants, John
Brown. There are pictures, too, of
the Queen's Collie dogs, Sharp and
Noble, and several views of scenes
in the Highlands,' from sketches; by
the Princess Beatrice.' In the pre;
faco the royal authoress says: " Ee
membering the feelings with which
Our Jjife in the Highlands ,was re
ceived, the writer thinks the pre
sent volume ' may equally evoke
sympathy, as, : while describing a
very ; altered life, it shows how
her sad and suffering heart; .was
soothed and cherished by the excur
sions and incidents it recounts . as
well as by the simple mountaineers
from whom she learned many les
sons of resignation and faith in the
quiet of the beautiful Highlands."'
After the dedication to the loyal
Highlanders, and especially to the
memory of her faithful -attendant
and friend, John Brown, the diary
opens with the : building , of , the
memorial' cairn in. honor . ot the
prince consort. It reads as follows' i
We started off in a little pony
chair led by Brown, Berte, 'Prince
t. Wales,, in .front, Jbaeanor and
Louise on ponies, and two little boys,
Arthur and . Leopold. I actually
drove in the little carriage to the
very topot Craig Lowrigan; Grant
and Duncan pushing the. carriage
behind. . .Sweet baby. Beatrice wo
found at tho top. - The view was so
ue, the day so bright, tho heather
so beautifully green, but no pleasure,
no joy; all dead. Here at the top is
the foundation of the cairn to be"
erected to my, precious , Albert., jl
and my poor six orphans all placed
stones on it, and our initials are
to be placed on the stones all round
it.- ' -:. '
Several succeeding entries'in the
diary mention other visits to the
Prince s cairn, along with family re
cords and remarks of domestics.
Ihe following may servo as an ex
ample of the latter :,
When near the cairn Grant said I
thought you.' would like te he here to
day, on his birthday," so entirely was
he of the opinion that this beloved day,
and even th 14th of December, the an
niversary of his death, should not be
looked upon as a day ef mourning.
There is so much good and strong faith
in these simple people. ,
In October, 18G5, when making
an excursion from Balmeral to Cloca,
the carriage was overturned, and
the face and right hand of the Queen
were bruised, and Brown's knees
were badly hurt. The succeedieg
entries recur to Brown's injury :
I wa much distressed at bieakfast to
fiu ) that poor BrownV , legs had hneu
dreadfully cut at the back of the knee-,
nd he Baid nothin x about it, butro-day
one became to inflamed and swelle 1 so
much, that he could hardly move. The
doctor said be mu?t keep it up as much
- possible, and walk very, little, hi
did not forbid his going out "with the
carriage. -1 did not go ut in the morn
ing--. : 'n i - :.: '
; Next day, October 12, tho Queen
writes: ' !:'' - ' ! -
Brown's leg is much ' better.-- The
doctor thought he could walk over the
hill to-morrow. 1 i- y' u: - t
When making the first visit' to
Glassary, Shiel -mountain, lodge, in
1868, the diary describes the house
warming as follows : ; - :
- Brown came te say that all the ser
vanta were redy. There were present
Louise. Arthur, June, Lady Churchill
and a number of domestics aud police
men." We' made nineteen nltoge'.her
Five animated ree!. 'were danced. Id
which all but mys-lf j ined.1 " After the
dr8i reel - whisky tod'ly was-brotn
rouud, and Brown, begged would
drink- to fie fire-kindling. .The.merry,'
iSfetty littTo hall.' ended at 11 unlock ,
rut the '-'men 'went 'on singing' in the
S eward' room for some time, all very
bapity. -Bat sad thoughts filled my
iiearr. both before dinner and when I
retired to rest.. 1 thought of. mv darl
ing husband, wiiom l xanciad 1 muse
see, and who -always ' wished ' to build
here. -' Then the sad thought 'truck me
ihat it was , ray, first widow's house.
But. I am sure his bhEgings rest ou it. :
, In 1871 ' tho i Queen' attended a
Scotch communion service on a- Sun
day, at. ..th.e; Craitbio .church, . near
Balmoral,.' She. writes 1 ;ft.i; -..; ;
The communion is most touching &nd
beautiful. , J t impressed and ; m6ved mo
mre than I can express.., It is impossi
ble to say how deeply we wereiropress
ed by the grand simplicity of "the er-vicc-:iIt
was-truly --earnest.' ' No des
cription can do justice to the perfect de
votion of . the whole assemblage. I
T longed much. to join it to see. all these
smple. good people in their nice, plain
dresses, Including the old "Woman ' iu
her iQDtth,: bo. many -of whom I knew,
and some who t ad .walked faralthough
they were in tdeep bdow, .; was yery
striking. "Since 1873 I had partaken of
Communion at Craitnie every" autumn,
4 : The Princess Louise' became en
gaged to Marquis Lorhe? Tho'event
took place the Qaeeri says, ' daring
a walk' from Gloss ; Altshl to 'Dh
Loekywbero Louiso had gobe1 with
Lady Eiy,rthe L6r,d Chancellor1 and
Lorne-' She says ZX
' Louise on returning at hlglit.toTd.me
Lome had spoken of ( his dfcVotScri to
ber, and had propofld to her.' She had
accepted, tknowieg ;I woold approve;
Though I was not unprfpared .fpr.thie
result, I felt tpainfullv (the Ihousht f
losing herj hut naturaYly I gave my pon-
sent,- and could "only' pray vthat he
might be happy." 'J ;--.;. a 'i"V'i
'i Sole reference to events in France
in1 1870 occurs itr speakihg of a 'ser-'
mod which she "heard in a vchufc:tr
jat Balmoral: -Sho says: '
"Dr.' MacLeod cave such, a aplenaid
sermon on war." Vlthout"meniioiiugsT
France, he aaid enough to:, make evety '
one understand what he meant, when
be pointed out how God would paaiah
wickedness and vanitv and sensuality.
The chapters he reai from Isaiah xxviil
and from Ezfkiel aad the Paalmj were
really quite wonderful for tho way in
which they seemed to describe France.
It was all admirable and heart stirring.
Then, prayers were, ; beautiful ia which
he spoke of the tick, dying and wound
ed upon the battle-field, and of mj son
in-law and daughters.'
..InTune, 1879, the Queen record-
the, receipt of the news of the death
of tho young Prince Imperial:
Brown knocked and cam in; he said
here was bad news. When I in alarm.
askedwhatf.be replied, "The yunr
French Prince is killed." I could not
rake It in. and asked several times what
it meant, i Beatrice then came in with
a telegram iu her hand, mod Said, "Ob,
the t'xinceJmperial la killed." I feel a
thrill of horror now while I. write the
words. I put my hands to mr head aarl
cried out, "N, no, it cannot be trua."
Then dear Beatrice, who cried very
much, as I did too, gave we the tele
gram,. To die In such an awful, horri
ble watt Poor, dear EmDreos. her onlv.
only chi d, Irer ali gone I I was quite
besid myself, Brown was so distress
ed. r Evt-ryoue waa quite stunned. .Lit
tle sleep did I get. thinking of the poor
Empress, , who ; did not yet know it.
The Prince Was so good, and so much
beloved. To think of that dear youn
iuan, the apple of-hi mother's ye,
bora, and . nurtured in purple.. dying
ttius. js toafearful, too awful, and it I
nezpucaoie and dreadful . that others
hould not have turned around and
fought for him. ' s .
One section of the diary1 irives re
collections of 'my dear, valued friend,
laib to tho Qdeen, who is "so clever.
agreeable,' so kind and rood. Dr.
Mcijeod is greatly alarmed for the
Established Church of Scotland, as
he fears an attempt will be made to
pull it down though, thank God,
should this happen, a Free Church
and the United Presbyterians, with
the present Established Church,
would become one very 'strong Pro
testant body. Tasked him about
Lord Lorne, and he said he had a
very high opinion of him."
Uunng ber excursions tho Queen s
privacy was greatly disturbod by re
porters. When visiting Glencoe she
Y X I IU3 ;
The iay was most beautiful aod calm.
I 8Mt dowii on a grass for luncheon; then
I sketched. ller, however, here in this
complete solitude, wu were spied on hy
usipu eDt, ,ini'H8'tiv reporters, wh
fo'lowed U3 every wiiere. One in oar-
licular, who writes for.some Scotch pa-
rer lay flown ana watched ms with a
eles'-opc. llo dogged me avd Beatrice
whep w tiero walking about and Was
most impertinent when Brown went to
tell him to move.., lie. went away at
last. Brown came back, saying he
thought there would have been a tight,
ror wnen Brown saia theUueen wished
him to move away-hemd be bad quite
as good a right to remain there as the
Queen had. Brown answered very
strongly that the highest gentlemen of
bngland-would not do what he did.
much less a manly reporter. The other
reporter carae up ana aavisea tne man
to come away quietly."
The concluding page is devoted
to the death of Brown. It contains
these sentences :. . !.
' His loss to me ia irreparable, for he
deervedlv bo -vested my ' confidence.
Be served me truly, devotedly,' untir
ingly. To say he is dally, hourly
missed by me, one whose life-long
gratitude he won by constant care and
devotion, Is but a feeble expression of
the truths i!
- So far as political interest is con
cerned, the book is throughout intensely-disappointing.
All tho
Queen's remarks' have direct rela
tion to personal emotion. "Even in
-her allusions to the Egyptian war
and the battle of Tel el Ivebir ber
only thoughts is for the safety of
the Duke of Connaughfc The diary
says:- '; .'-?:' ' -!
Oh 'the eve' of the" attack'. I prayed
earnestly Tor my darling child, and
ionged for the morrow to arrive.
Next day she gets a telegram an
nouncing a great victory, and re
porting the duke Welfand that be
had behaved allmirably, whereupon
she'sald: '1';' ' "...
"! I felt 'unbou tided jy and gratitude.
I shewed the telegram to Beatrice and
embraced. her warmly, saying, "What
j y and pri-le and caue for th:-nkful-(less
have-we to know that our darling
is cafe : .and . an much praised. .; I feel
quite beside nyself. with jy ;md grati
tude, though grieved and think of our
losses.Vj .iti-
; PREI.IOUGJLA8S EX
i .-. j HOUSEKEEPER. '
v Fred. Douglass, who is in Boston,
says, tM :atorj that: Miss Sprague,
sister of his t son7in'-lawM who had
been ' his housekeeper for, several
years,' has brought a; suit ' against
him'-to reeover 'for ' set Vices for
twelve y ears, us a supprise to
them. , He is reported : as sayiag:
"Louisa, has , lived with ,me ,for
eleren years as a member of my
family. '! I have treated her like a
daughter, have kept her 'elegantly
clothed and given her what i spend
ing money, she j needed, ; Sho -took
umbrage" at my (marriage and - left
me. Oh Monday,' an ' hour .before
I left Washington1, 1 my 'BOn ih-law,
Sprague, hor brother,' 'came to me
and said that, Jio thought i Louisa
ought to be paid $20. a , month for
her services. . I had : no . time to do
anything about it then' but I told
him to have her make out ' I bill
for what: she thought was due her,
and, jfitiwaa . reasonablo.: 1 1 would
pay it. , I have always treated- her
as I would a daughter, , and there
was fib agreement or ''contract as to
what she could Yeceivo and I kept
no account of what I1- gave her.' I
do noi hin she. ..would take. , this
action 1 herself, .and the anounce
ment'6f a suit is a complete surprise.
I shall return to Washington at onco
and meet any charge! that may be
brought :.u 'f-i '--V
"In Madagascar, on. the death ef
the late Queen, the people were for
bidden for two months to wear hate,
carry! umbrellas, or plait the hair, to
siiy;' nothing of an interdict eh build-ing-4nd
weaving:'; ; ; ;'
' tilt .. . ...... . . . . ! -
If a-razor, after being exposed to
the cold, be placed under a strong
magnifying gliss it is aaidT.'jthai the
edge. wouli seem like a saw. Dip
ping' it in hot water throws the lit
tle particles back into place and
makes the edge smooth.