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I Editor Anderson Inidlujencer : Several indications have recoutly Up come prominent to show that the 8tudjy of thc Sciences is becoming a necessify foriour people, especially those of theijp who have a more intimate connection with farming. - I I wish to have a familiar talk s Uli my brother farmers, and show them, if i can,- how perfectly dependent ever,/| farmer is upon tho knowledge of tin1 Sciences by Bo.uebody who can make that kncwlcdge known ; and how impos-l aiblo it is for fanning to make progresa) without tho knowledgo in somebody of) the lawa whl ifc a kind Creator has pro vided for the benofit of his creature*. To ahow iu a familiar way how com pletely dependent mankind is for their livinj . on somebody knowing and ex plaining the Sciences, I assort this, and defy contradiction, that a man who does not use that knowledgo derived from those Jaws bf God called Sciences, cannot perform ono single act, except talking, that a horse cannot do. Ho can without science draw his breath and eat euch fruit as God has made grow wild. Thin being a fact, I am anxious to dull the edge of that prejudice which many good farmers have even of talking on the subject of the Sciences, by making it so plnin that any one who can read will understand mo. First, then, what is the meaning of the word Scionce? The word itself sim ply meatis "to know." But it has been further applied to a collection of the lending truths relating to any of the laws of God, properly arranged and sys tematized. Thus: Tho leading truths relating to that law of God which treats of the internal structure I of the earth, its various conten tn, ita various elements, put there for food for plants and trees, all arranged and systematized, ia called the Science of Geometry. Tho leading truths of that law which treats of the properties of mineral substances, all ar ranged and systematized, is called the Science of Mineralogy. Tho leading truths relating to that law which treats of all mattera calculated by figures, and of whatever can be measured and num bered, all arranged and systematized, is called tho Science of - Mathematics. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, &c, are branches of this. .. The Science of Chem istry has for ita object to discover the nature and properties of all bodies, which is done by decomposition and combination. By it tho elements of food which ?ny plant has taken, from tho soil can be exactly ascertained, and by it tbe soil can be analized, and whatever food it has. for plants can be also discovered. It would seem that every farmer must see how important this knowledge of this Science would be to farmers. Men who have studied the lawa relating to Geometry and Chemistry tell usthf>.?Gou bas placed in the Boil fourteen elements or ingredients for food for plants. Now, if a farmer can bo told what the corn he plants takes up by Us roots, and also ex t.ctly what the soil ho plants tho corn in has of the . food the corn wants, then when he knows what tho soil lacks,.ho will know what to apply. Hydrology is the Science which ar rangea and systematizes all the proper ties and laws which are contained in and govern water. Mechanics is that soienco which investigates tho forces by which al. bodies aro to bo kept still or put in motion, and put in a particular form or ahapo. Tho .powers which it uses are the Idver, pulley, screw,'axle, inclined plano and wedge. Botany ia tho science which treats of the structure of planta, the function of their parts, the latitude in which they grow, and their classifica tion and names. Metallurgy io more of an art than a science, and comprehends tho whole procesa of separating the ore from other matten?, and smelting and re fining the meta). Natural History ar ranges and systematizes a description of the earth and all its productions, and in cludes Zoology, Botany, Geology, Miner alogy and uah culturo* The foregoing contains a description ?,of those Sciences.which have a more in timate bearing on the advancement ol Scientific Agriculture, and by which all farmlntr - ohnratlnni? ara ^owlaJ on, in many cases the farmer not being aware of it, as I,Will now proceed to illustrate ; Snpp'csf a beginner to commence farm ing. Hojmust havo laud, and that clear ed aud fenced, a horse and plow ready ? for "fork/ Now, think how many of these Schncesi must be known by somebody before the plow can be started. To make . the irani God han modo a law there should bo placed in the earth the oro of iron ; s raiacrsiegbt then first finds the ore; then chemistry must find the composl tion ipt will make a crucible to statu beat enough to melt the ore ; tho metal .* lufgiA must bo at hand to smelt and separate the oro from earthy and othei mattera; then mathematica must ahovi how?the machinery must be made to beal it ?ito bara ; then the scionce <5f me chuica muet Bhow how to ahape lt intx "a inWahare, and mathematica muai a*in how lo make the atock to suit th< pjpw. Hero, then, somebody must knott tils whole array of' sciences before J r&w can be made and started to work ? ad still more of them must be koowr, ?fore a fence or a house can .be built flion get your eora aeed and start U ?,_? . u/i.ere at? y .vi i tn nat tn groin fn the ground or on top ? Ask the geo! LrM ?ud ue t,lu y?a that aU lho cl* /menu which God has made for food fa f plants are placed in the soil. Thet I there ia another law that talla os tba f God na? given to eeod a vitality tba / when placed in tho ground and bavt J moisture and heat? will aend o0* wt MATH." or acrascs/PTJOif.-on DOM.AB .nd Virrr Carwa por anoura. io advene*. Two ! ?SJXJ?? at ead of year. SBVBMTT-FITE Gum ?OgVbs*rIpt?ons'ere net take? for a lese period tb5 J ri "SV AO TBBTiaiSO.-Om* Dollar per .niiire el ene Uah for Ike first Inaertlen.and Fifty M Vt. aereaaara fer ?ebeaquent UsertlonaleMthan VbrVe ?eash?. Sa edvertlsesaeate aauate iee* 1 ?n"a?ralcoswaaie ?HI ba ?sade with thoa* wlshlug t. adrr?ilaa fer three, tlx or twelve monthe. Ad? ..riHlai by eeatraet must ba aenfined to tho Im ?Yllat* business ef the fl rm or individual contrao *'o??Kicry Helles* exeeedlnr five linea, Trlbate* . f Kespeat, and all personal coii.-.-.j'.^-iivu. a?* astterii af Individual interest, will be cbergod for ..advertising ratea. Announcements of marriage* ? ad deaths, and notieos of a religious character, are raieeelfullr soUelted, and viii bo inMrtod gratis TUE CHILDLIKE RATTLESNAKE. An Effort Sinking to Utillar Ila Ponera for the Freaervatlori of I^??. From the Chicago Tima. Yesterday at Time* reporter met Prof. TJ lt. Piper, and the conversation natu rally drifting around to microscopy, tb? Professor mentioned the fact that be waa about to begin a microscopial investiga tion into the effect of rattlesnake poison in th? blood of various animals. He was asked to give some information re garding the serpent, cud at once com plied. Ur. Piper's first remark was the rather appalling one that 3C,000 pcoplo die in India annuully frorrfflnake bites, not in cluding the victims of the reptile that stiugetli like an adder and lurketh in men's bout*. In this country, BO far na regards remedies, and the operation of thu poison ou the system, so far as it can be doue without the microscope, tho sub ject hus already been carefully investiga ted. Recently, it is said that this instru ment bas been brought in to aid such investigations, and important discoveries have been made. The results of poison ing are not manifest until the poison bas reached tho osterlal capillary system. Strychnine and prussic acid applied di rectly to the brain, spinal marrow or nerves, produce little if any effect. Hence, it follows that if the poison be retarded from entering into the circula tory system, tho resulta will be retarded ia exactly the same ratio. This is claimed OH having been demonstrated, but if it was true how were wo to account for the production of death instantaneously by tho application of concentrated prussic acid to the tongue. In Dr. Farrcr'a experiments with the cobra di capello, be lound the fowls bit ten by the serpent in the leg or wing were cured by tne immediate removal of tho bitten part. A dog, bitten in the fold of the skin raised for tho purpose, escaped by having tho part immediately excised by a clean sweep of tho scalpel. But it was lound that however tightly a ligature might be drawn, it only retarded the action of the subtle agent. In the caso of a fowl bitten by tho cobra, when the ligature was drawn around the limb with tho full strength of u man, the ani mai died in forty-lour minutes. The poison of the cobra does not ap pear to operate more rapidly thau that of the rattlesnake. In Dr. Macbeth's experiments on fowls he found that tho interval between the bite and the symp toms w it from nine to fifteen minutes ; in dogs, irom sixty-eight to one hundred and thirty minutes, in the experiments made by Dre. Taylor and Pavy on a rab-, hit, symptcrss of puiouuing came in fif teen minutes. The extr?me rapidity of the action of poison when injected into the blood vessels bas been shown by Sir lt. Christi son, who states that upon injecting poi son into the femoral vein of a dug. with his watch in bis band, he was unable to notice any appreciable interval bet? een tho moment ut which it wits injected and that in which the animal died. Dr. Farrer found that when the cobra poison was injected into the jugular vein of an animal the action of the heart was at once arrested. The heart was not paral yzed, but was thrown into a state of te tanic, spasm. It would seem that the poison could not have bad time to reach thc heart in such cases, but that tho ef fect was produced by transmitted action. Prof. Piper thinks the action of poison in such cases is probably somewhat anal ogous to an electric shock. Prof. Piper was in Indianapolis week before lost. Hod by the courtesy of Dr. L. R. Haynes he was invited to witness a series of experiments made by0 the Doctor with a view to studying the effect of snake poison upon the blood and tis ?tues of the animal Bystcm. Of course this involves a long and patient use of the microscope. Dr. Haynes had a fine rattlesnake about eleven years old and three and a half or four feet long, confined in a cage of Woven wire. One object of his experi ments was to note the effects of tho poi son with reference to its use os a reme dial agent in certain coses of disease. It is known that the physiological effects of carava, the poison used by some savages m poisoning their arrows and opear points, aro directly antagonistic to those of strychnine, though tb chemical analy sis they appear identical. From this i* is iuferrcd that tho snake "oison might bo used to tho same end in treating cer tain kinds of disease. Some thirty animals wero used by Dr. Haynes in his experiments. The ani imuls weto rats, bena, pigeons and rab bits. They livod varying periods after being bitten, death not following in auy regular sequence of time, ns ?B generally believed. One rat died in eight minute?, one in twelve, and the next rat lived twenty-seven hours, the next surviving twenty hours. A pigeon died in geveniy five minutes. A neu which was struck three times lived for three days in a ?tupid condition, and finally recovered. Thia was a brave ben. She showed fight and drew blood from the snake. The symptoms were labored breathing, paralysis of the bind extremities in the quadrupeds, and absence of blood in the extremities. After death the hearts were found gorged with blood in a final state. Thi.i non-coagulation of blood in these cases might not be dur? to the poison. Prof. Piper has often rac* .vith the same faet in cases of death from operations, accidents and violence, both in human being? acd animals. The authorities mention similar coses. Prof Piper was inclined to attribute ibo uuu-cuajjuiaiiuu of the blood to fright or excitement just befnro death. This, he thought, perhaps, explained the old trial for murder by t.e ordeal of touch. ; According to the ordeal tho suspected person was compelled to touch the body of the victim, and if tho blood flowed from the wounds it was re ?arded as a verdict against the accused, f the blood in thc victim of murder was not coagulated a very slight touch would tunke it flow nvnn morn f.-nly than water. Dr. Piper said tho rattlesnake appeared capable of striking from sove.til different position?, according as it suited bis con venience, but when about to strike there *ere always two lateral curves of the body, ouo backward and ono forward. Thc rattlesnake apri.tgs only two-thirds of his own length. As to the remedy for the bite of the rattlesnake, Prof. Piper had not paid particular attention to the matter, but a Physician in Wiwtorn p?nn?ylvanin BA NI red him that whiskey was a specific. Jr? this case a bite from , the serpent of th? still proves the antidote for a bite ?"in the other serpent. This Pennsyl vania doctor told him that bo treated twenty or thirty persons a year for rattle snake bites, and tho bites rarely proved ?tal when whiskey wa? in season. In one case, a tr.:;., lynching for a piece of oatk wan struch bv a nnako concealed ?nti?r tho bark anti died in two hours. ?o remedy was applied. This man was .track in the "eck. The rattlesnake or as high up experiments at ml put into thc a cage was struck, in tho ueck ex SL *.r? ,lhat reived b,"u' ?wwtdlntely over the eye. The suake'a ?"?s make* ? Tcry tmiL\\ wounfj, arid but little blood encapes. Inflammation sets io at once. . Tho animal strack seems to suffer very little pain, but to be rather in a stupefied condition. Human beings are BE?.? to suffer acute pain from tb? wound. It ia not known whether or not the rattlesnake poisons thc'animals that it desiree for food, but it is known that it can swallow ita own- poison with impu nity. It is said also that a human being may owallow rattles': ike poison with per fect safety if there bo no wound about the mouth. There is one animal that appears to be invulnerable so far as the rattlesnake is '.oncerned, and that is tho hog. The hog nu only appears proof against the rat tlesnake's bite, but it cherishes feelings of tho bitterest hostility against all snakes, innocent and poisonous, and de stroys them with eagerness. This fact suggests a course of theological questions. Was it St. Patrick or ihe numerous hogs of the peasantry that cleared Ireland of snakes? The scriptures relato that on ono occasion several minions of the devil, that old serpent, as he is sometimes called, induced a lot of hogs to run violently down a steep place into the lake and drown themselves, and the question arises whether this is not the origin of tho eamity to serpents. These matters, bowever, were not sug gested by Prof. Piper; they aro interpo lations. Prof. Piper knew of-a cow that wan struck in the neck by a rattlesnake, and was living a year afterward. Her jaw waB diseased, lier head and neck swollen, and on the latter was a running sore. During the Indianapolis experiments Prof. Piper tried to get an idea of the method in which the snake struck, but it was impossible. Tho snake's motion was so rapid that no eye could follow it. Lightuing was not more sudden in its movements. Dr. Haynes cut off the points of the teeth of a large rat that be put into the, cage lest the snake should oe rendered incapable of performing any more exper iments. The rat tried to keep away from tho snake, but the latter felt that bis premises were invaded, and struck at the rat. The lattor, partially disarmed as be was, at onco turned round and mado a sturdy fight for a few seconds. He bit the snake and the snako struck him three or four times. At last bo felt the effects of the poieon, and walked off as far from the snake os be could get. He lived for twenty-seven hours after this. The snake seemed to strike only in self-defense, or wben be might naturally suppose he was to be attacked. Tue dove showed no signs of fear of th? ?cak?, and showed no signs of Buffer ing after being struck. Nor, in fact, did tho wound seem to, have any effect on the bird for a time. About an bour after the wonnd was mads tho bird's breathing was abort and bard. This was the first symptom of poisoning, and in fifteen minutes more the bird was dead. In the case of nil tbeso animals no blood flowed after death, and yet the blood at the heart was not coagulated. The authorities titler as to the liability of the blood to coagulated after a ^nnke bite, but in all these cases the blood was uncorgulated. Tho snake became so irritated that be would try to strike objects outside of his cage, and succeeded in breaking his fang once on tho wires. ' Although many casca of snako bites ! have been cured, au eminent physician in New York was struck in the hand by a rattlesnake be was experimenting with, and be died in spite of all the efforts that wore made for his salvation. Tho time within which the rattle snake's bite proves fatal in thc case of a human being varies from two hours to several days, und there have been coses of recovery even without th; uso of rem edies. Although whiskey taken after the bite is good, taken before the bite it is bad. Drinking men stand a much smaller chance of surviving a snake bite than do temperate men. So far as known the cobra bite hos al ways proved fatal. In regard to the effect of the snako bite on the blood, a curious fact is recorded. An Englishman named Drake, who ex hibited a case of rattlesnakes in England and Francs, was one day struck by one of his pests, sud died in nine hours. The blood on the veinous side was found co agulated, and on the arterial sido it was not. Five species of rattlesnakes aro recog nized by naturalists in tho United States, and besides them there are seven other kinds of poisonous snakes in this coun try. Prof. Piper took a hundred specimens of blood from tho animals experimented on in Indianapolis, and will make micro scopical examinations of them. THE MAINE SURPRISE IN WASHING TON.-Tho Washington city correspon dent of the Baltimoro Sun says : ''The politicians of both parties concnr that the result of the Maine election will have an important influence on the fall elec tions yet to come. Whatever lingering hopes that the Republicans may have had of obtaining control of the next House are noW effectually dissipated, and the Democrats are confidently claiming that the majority of their party will not bo less than forty, which is double the present majority. The spectacle of a Maine Democrat in the House of Repre sentatives will certainly ba quite novel, and the signs of the times indicate that Democrats will bo returned from other quarters where they have been quite as scarce as in Maine. It ia conclusively demonstrated now. contrary to what has been hold by politicians who pass for wiseacre*, that tho Greenback and Labor ! element is the source of danger to the Republican and of aid to the Democratic ?party. A leading Massachusetts Re ubiican, who has been Governor of tho tate, and who baa served in both brauches of Congress, says tho result in Maine will imperil ?ery much Republi can prospects in Massachusetts, and that ne will be agreeably disappointed if tue Deruocmts do not gain on tho Congress ional dolegatiou from Massachusetts." GOVERNMENT WHITEWASH. - The j mixture known as Government white wash, becouso it is used on light-houses, forts, and other government buildings, is made as follows: Slake half a bushel of good limo in boiling water in a covered vessel, and strain it through a fino sieve; odd a peck of fino salt, dissolved in a _H -~-u~? tbrc~ pounds numil \juonn\7 ' ? i?ui 1 of rico boiled with water to ? thin paste, one pound of Spanish whiting, one pound of glue softened by soaking In water and then dissolved over a waterbath, and five calions of hotwater. Agitato, cover from dust, and allow to and for several days ; npply hot. Slaked limo or hydraulic cement mixed with skimmed milk cakes a cheap and durable paint for out door _.i. REASONS WHY.-The reason? why Dr Price's Flavoring Extracts, Lemon Vanilla, etc., are superior to all others is because they aro prepared from choice ?elected fruit? and aromatics without coloring or poisonous oils, all the flavor inc principles fire retained unchanged by chemical action, highly concentrated, requiring lew to flavor. TUE CAUSE OF THF HARD TIMES. Frestdmt Hoy?? Discusses tho Condition of the Country ?cd tho Vluaucoa. Io bit speech at Toledo, Ohio, where fully 75,000 people were assembled at the Tri-Stato Agricultural Yair, Mr. Hayes dwelt upon our ?nanct?l troubles, ana said : I say, my friends, tbat in material wealth we havo ail the essential ele ments. And yat, it ia in your thoughts -I can almost read it in your faces that for ATO years past there bas been stagnation in business, and the depres sion still seems to exist. Now, the few plain wores that I desire to Bay on this subject are, first, a word or two as to tho cause. One simple and acknowledged fact, sr opinion, and known to most men, is that the war was the cause of it. Now, my friendo, that is the cause of that ex traordinary and remarkable event which happened in 1878. There is no mystery in it; it was bound to bo soonerbr later; you could not escapo it. This war made the bard times, as war alwaya does. Why what is war ? We know about it now. When the war began we were threatened with its results. I remember a brilliant writer in Cincinnati, where I resided in 1860, who said : "Why, this country can't go to war. The people of Cincinnati livo on the business in the South. Lot us go to war, and in six months the grass will grow in your by ways and streets." Did it? Why, my friends, the war bad not been prosecuted ninety days when every man saw what a mistake it was, and that every street was busier than before wo had war. A million of men in tbe South were taken from tho r&rjks of industry, and inst ad of making property they became the destroyers ena consumers of proper ty. So it was in the North ; but where it mado a difference from what was ex pected was this every rr n who had wheat or corn, or coal, oi .abor, found that wlien wsreame ho bad a better cus tomer than ever before-a customer that wanted all he got, and wanted it im mediately-a customer who would not haggle about tbe price. That customer he bad in the person of the United States. Business instead of being de pressed, began to revive. Property which bad lain on the shelves of the merchants for a long time increased in value day after day. The result of it then was that wo made money fast-wc made it easily. We could ?fiord to bor row at higher rates of interest because our investments were sure to be profita ble. Over trading and fast living were the results of tbe war, I need not enlarge j on it. 1 Finally tbe war ended ; men formerly in the ranks returned to their homes, and the material, needs of the govern ment began to decrease. You lost your best customer-the united States. It didn't want to buy ; it wanted to sell. Now, every wise man knew we should have a day of settlement. Flush ti m SJ of war aro to be followed by bard times like these we bave lately known, and there is tue causo. Now, my friends, it is sufficient to say that it is written in the laws of political economy that wars aro fol'owed by hard times and panics. Tho only mystery in the whole thing is that the bard times did not come before they did. Now we have got the cause, what is the effects? The moment we began to have bard times wo began to retrench every man to cut bis expenses? down and to curtail his expenditures. Each roan in a little while began to find himself a little better off than be was. It may bc a long time-ono year, two ye?.rs, five years-but wben it does get to the end and the majority get their expenses less than tboir receipts, tben we aro all bet ter ofT. The government of the United States is the people of the United States. When you are ail extravagant the gov- j eminent will bo extravagant. When you are all getting to watch yourselves, to watch each particular point, you bet your officers to watching more particularly. When the war ended wo bad a debt of $2,400,000,000 on our shoulders, upon which we were praying 7.3 per cont, in terest. Our taxes were raised to nearly I $500,000,000 in a time of profound peace. Our currency was worth 60 to 70 centB on the dollar. In our foreign trade the balance was against us nearly $100,000, 000 a year ; and now how are wo ? Tho debt is reduced nearly a third 1 How many a wiso man shook bis head at the closo of tho war and Raid, "The people can never pay that debt." Why, we have got a third cf it paid off already. The interests that you paid-that ia re duced from $140,000,000 to $95,000,000. We no longer pay 7.3 per cent, inter est. We can get all the money wo want at 4 per cent. What does that mean for you and I ? Those who borrow money know tbat wben tbe government pays 7 percent, it will cost them 12 and io per cent., and when the government pays 6 and 4 per cent, tbe rate of interest will go down for ua ; and so as the credit of the government grows better your credit and mine grows better. We are down to 4 per cent, on inter ests, and now as to the currency. It was a currency worth 60 cents on the dollar on one day, but did not stick at that price. You never could tell on Monday what it would be on Saturday. Who lose by a fickle standard of value? Always tb? la borer and producer. Why ? Simply because the middleman, being a business man, understands tbat tho standard of value is likely to gc up or go down to bia disadvantage. Therefore, when he Bells he does it having reference to the fact that the standard of value may change, and consequently he charges enough to make bimrelf safe, and tho consumer heals the loss. Tbat is a fickle standard of value. [Applause.! Now, my friend?, how do you see it to-day ? The currency bas been going up, up, until it is 99} ; it is as unchangeable as Lake Eric. It does not go down al all. If ia steady. It is no longer a yardstick tbat is one foot in March, titree fco: in M?y and ?ix feet in July ; it is three feot all tho time. [Tremendous applause.] Now, my friends, that is the currency. As to our balance of trade before tbe panic That balance of trade was against us $100,000,000 a year-that is to say, wc bought abroad that much more than we sold abroad. How is it to-day ? We are selling more produce than ever before in our history-more corn, more wheat. We bave even gone so Tar as to take watcbea made at F.lgin. m., and mado in Now England and carry them right over to tbe foot of the Alps, where the people have been making watches for th'oo hundred years, and sell tbe watches to those people. Now, my friends, as I said before, wo aro selling $507,000t000 a year abroad moro thar, wo ure unying abroad. How does tbat operate? As every man who sells moro than be buys is getting rich, LO it is with the United States. You, each of. you, are getting out of tho panic ; we aro all getting out of the pauic, and nothing but our own unwisdom will get u? into it again. What .do we want? Wo want confidence. Do not encourage your Leg islative or your Congress to legislate too much. It waa a favorito maxim with Jefferson tbit tba world was governed too much. Too much legislation on financial subjects is tho bann of our j titties. My friend?, let us all hold up our hands in favor of letting well enough alone, and standing firmly by our present constitutional currency chat destroys no mau. [Great applause.] John Howard? It is what the good men do that lives after them. The evil is like a taint in the blood. However long a timo it may linger, poisoning aa it goes, at last it is eradicated. The good ?c." cn. Dut it is not always that with a noble heritage left to humanity a name is linked undy ing. So it seems to have been, howe: sr, with the self-denying, simply-living, no ble Howard-a man whom all the blood of all the Howards" would not. have en nobled like bis life of toil and suffering, spent, as Burke put it, "taking the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt." After a century has elapsed, the name of Howard is still a watchword, a symbol of the open heart and generous charity, of the soothing band and soft step, of melting sympathy and watchful care, of the midnight vigil in the halls of the rich und in the huts o," the poor. Wherever mighty and un sparing affliction has obliterated all dis tinctions and fused all men into humani ty, and made nativo nobility in,man stand out bright in the darkness of woe, the name of Howard still lives to be a stay and hope for tho well and a comfort for the sick and afflicted. It was no ac cident h d to tho adoption of tho name "Howard Association,^ of which we bca^ so much. It was kindred ideas and sj m pathies which saw in the name of a man who produced a revival of that broad humanity which is the fundamental idea of Christianity, a f't appellation. John Howard, F. It. S., was born in 1726, at Hockbury, near London, the son of a tradesman, and inherited an in dependent fortune. It was not used for any low ends, not even for that higher of low ends mentioned by the poet, who ad vised the acquisition of wealth : "Not for to bide it in a ditch, Not for a train attendant. But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." Far from seeking independence, ho j used it in making mmself the slave of ! humanity in a physical senses but there by secured that coble independonco of a mnn whose moral nature lifts him above all trammels of sense and low desires. He was on a mission of mercy to Lisbon, after the great earthquake, when he met 1 with a misfortune which was the director 1 of his future life. Captured by a French firivateer, his life in prison determined lis life-work amongst the wretched and vile, to alleviate sufferings and seek some restoration of the means of mc ral reform, of which the criminal was deprived by prison life and-discipline. He visited most of the prisons of England, and in duced the Common to begin a Bystem of prison refurm. From that, 1774, he spent his life traveling over Europe, vis iting prisons and hospitals, nursing and relieving tba sick, sharing the prison fare with the worst criminals and exhibiting tho most heroic devotion. Ho was tem perate, self-denying, simple in habits and, in diet, rifMly abstemious. In 1790, afto. a life time spent in good works, be died on the field of honor at his post. It may seem that such a life ehoulJ have ended at home with friends about the couch, and the sympathetic bands of wife and children to soothe and caress and catch the whispered farewell of one on whom the curtain bas descend ed in the last act. His last act was ono ufa piece with his life. . A terrible pes tilence of fever had broken out on the Black Sea, and he hastened to labor for the relief of th? suffering and study the causes of pestilence in the interest of coming generations, when ho was stricken down at Cherson, and died away from country, borne and friends, but died at his post, walking the dreary round on his beat, guarding others against death. Such a life is fitly perrv.tuated in the name of Howard in our eiti<-?, where, hundreds uud thousands of heroes, im- 1 bued with the same humanity, enlisted in the same cause, win the same bright crown, either in an honorable death no bly won, or in an. approving conscience. Perhaps no earthly nrtirid lingers or earth ly fame is enshrined, but what of that? Tho commander's name lingers on pages to bo written years after, but the reward for duty as honestly and as nobly per- j formed bas been awarded equally to bim who sleeps in an unmarked grave, per- ? haps never missed from the roll of the viorld.-mNaahville American. \ ALL ABOUT THE PULSE.-Every in telligent person should know how tn as certain tho state of tho pulse in health; then by comparing it with what it was when be is ailing he may havo some idea of the case. Parents shot'ld know : tbs healthy pulse of each child, as how and then a person is born with a remarkably slow or fast pulse, and the very case in hand may be of that peculiarity. An in fant's pulse is 140 ; a child of Seven years, about 80, and from twenty to sixty years, it is 70 beats a minute, declining to ?0 at fourscore. A healthful grown 5orson's pulso beats 70 times a minute, hore may be good health down to 60 ; but if the pulse always exceeds 70 there is a disease. The machine is working itself out; there is fever and inflamma tion somewhere, and the body* is feeding on itself-as in cone" mption, when the pulse is quick, that is, ovor 60, gradually ineresaio? with decreased chances of curo{ until it reaches 110 or 120, when ucala comes before many days. When the pulse it over 70 for months, and there is a slight cough the lungs are affected. FIRST STEEL BRIDGE.-The Pittsburg (Pa.) Chronicle says: Definite arrange ments have been concluded by General D. D. Smith, the chief engineer of the Chicago aud Alton railroad, for erecting tho first all steel bridge in America. General Smith will be remembered by those of our readers engaged in iron and steal manufacture by bis connection with tho United States government board for testing the strength of iron and steel, experiments for which were carried on at Munball's farm, within a few miles of the city, several years ago. General Smith's studies have recently convince/ bim that steel bridges can be built cheaper than those of iron. He is further per suaded that there is no steel made- in America equal to that made in Pittsburg. Tho bridge wiii be erected over the Mis souri river, on the line of the Chicago and Alton railroad. It will be of five ?pads of 350 feet each;- the elevation over high water mark will be not less than eighty feet, at which height the light steel rods of th? "Howe truss" will look like cobwebs, but tot all that the bridge- will have a bearing strength reached by but few existing structures in tho. world, ibo total amount of steel will be about 1,600 tons, equivalent to almost double that quantity of iron. The great point in General Smith's opin ion is, that steel hos a far greater uni formity of tensile strength than'iron, running al ways above 90,000 pounds per nquaro inch. - Tba sugar-cane crop in Southwest ' Georgia is most excellent. TUE CITY OF HOKHORS. What ?X YTeuhiugton Doctor Saw lo Mern pula. Dr. William T. Ramsey, one of the physicians who went to Memphis with the corps of Washington nurses, bas re turned to Washington, in company with Dr. T.P Peaao and Miss Wallis. The following iutcrview with Dr. Ramsey dis closes some of the horrors and necessi ties of that plague-stricken city : "Before reaching Memphis, even when fivo miles out, the air was laden with the yellow-fever poison, aud as we approach ed the, city the stench was absolutely sickening. Dr. Pease and myself went to Peabody Hotel, the only one now open, and wore shown ioto a room from which a dead body had just been removed. Vessels of black vomit were standing about tbs room, but tho bed-clothes bau been changed. Tho bolel ..?elf is a perfect pest-house, and victims of tho diseaso are in two-thirds of tho rooms. Sulphur pans aro kept burning in tho halls, and the clothes, bedding, &c, aro constantly disinfected, but they cannot get help enough in tho hotel to do ono half what ought to bo done." "What seems to bo their greatest need.". "Provisions, clothing, physicians, mon ey, nurses and medicines, and about in tho order named. The best thing that can bo dono uow is to send plenty of provisions and clothing. The negroes and many poor whites, for a scclio i of 150 milos around Memphis bavo flocked in Ibero bearing they could get something to cat, and os for clothes, hundreds of poor people are going about tho streets especially colored women-with hardly anything on at all. Tho sights iu this respect aro distressing." "Where do these people go to who como in from the country?" "They wander about the city in bands, and when tbey find a vacant bouse they br.;nk into it and take possesiion aud appropriate whatever they want. The authorities aro powerless to prevent such i outrages." "About tho physicians?" "There aro seventy-five there now from abroad and fully one hundred and fifty more are needed. The volunteer physi cians ore doing a noble work, and with out pay, except such as aro paid by their borne friends and societies. They are not paid by'any in Memphis, and don't ask or expect it. At tho same time how ever, a volunteer physician going there ought to be liberally supplied with funds, for be ?B under constant pors vial ex po unes." "Hew did yon protect yourself from the fever ? "On my arrival Mr. Longstaff, JF resi dent of the Howards, and ono of the noblest men God'ever let live, urged my immediate return, but I determined to ?tay. Dr. Pease and myself took each of us thirty grains of quinine and 120 drops of tincture of iron every day, and the only effect it bad was to increase the perspiration. Such doses could not be taken here, which leads me to believe that it is in some sense a powerful anti dote to the fever. Of course we used car bolic acid freely as a disinfectant. I wore linen suits, changing them every day, and thoy turned fairly yellow from the effects of tho iron. At night we wore thick ?eils, soaked in carbolic a<;id, o ver our faces, for thero is no language to describe the awful stench in tho city. It is now filthy to the last degree. The bayous which set in from the river and the surface drainage with which they ar? filled, tho uncleansed stroets and alleys, rotton wooden pavements deep dust of tho macadamized streets dead animals and putrefying human bodies and the half-buried dead ?Il combine to make the atmosphere thick with poison and some thing fearful to endure. Bonfires of tar barrels and sulphur fires are kept burn ing all over the city, but with little effect. Nearly al! the physicians and nurses smoke all tho cigars they can. That helps them a little'while visiting tho sick. On Popular, Carroll and Vance streets, for instance, where the better classes live, the plague is not so malignant, but even there terror prevails and great suffering in experienced. On Winchester street the scenes aro terrible. On Monroe street I found fivo women all sick with tho fever whose husbands had fled." "Is that common ?" "Quite common among the lower class es. One can bave no iden of tho panic existing Ibero. Indeed, it ?B no uncom mon thing for the sick to bo entirely de serted. When it is noticed that there are no signs of lifo about a house, it is broken open and tho dead aro found in advanced stages of putrefaction. Tho ?work of their removal is a job before which the stoutest quail." "Who suffer tho most-tho women or the men? j "Tho women by far. Of tho number attacked fully 80 per cent. died. They hardly ever get well, and suffer much more than the men fro'n hemorrhages, and thc children come next." ?w - Why Is It Why is it that people aro so "tired out" by a 20 minute sermon and so "re freshed" by a two-hour society drama, a little bad? That every man who owns a horse thinks ho hos a "stepper," and firmly be lieves that the animal would godlike the wind if he were "letout?" That nobody ever thinks of sitting in a Summer house ? That hunting parties from mo city al ways kill so many more prairie-chickens than they bring in? That BO many moro ftvatch chains are worn than watches? That in no matter what direction a man start* a pin the point alwayB ulti mates in the end of his fore-finger? That no man thinks any other man knows how to build a firo ? That every living man who smokes af fects to bc a Connoisseur iu cigars T That bankers never have any money to loan? That your boy, who never goes farth er from homo than "the next corner," ls accurately informed when he returns on matters that transpired At the river, two miles away ?-Burlington Ifawleye. THE WIFE'S CO-OPERATION.-No man ever prospered in the world without tbe co-operation of bis wife. Jf sho unites in mental endeavors, or rewards his labors with an endearing smile, with what confidence will he resort to his merchandisa or bis farm, fly over the land, sail ore? the sea, meet difficulty and encounter danger, if be knows he ia hot spending strength in rain, that his labor will be rewarded ly the sweets of home I Solitude and disappointment may enter into the history of every man's lifo ; and he ls but half provided for bis noy age who finds but ail associate for happy hours, while for months of darkness and distress no sympathizing partucr is pro pared. _ Why do so many parent? ""ink chil dren' troublesome? because thoy cry, and why do children cry? because they suffer. Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup relieves all pain thal Babyhood is subject to, and only coats 25 cents per bottle. UNWRITTEN WAR HISTORY. A l'roclnu?' Hon on whick tho Fate of tho Kallon Depended. WASHINGTON, September 22. In tbe dark and uncertain days preced ing the outbreak of the rebellion there was much doubt in the mind of Mr. Lincoln regarding'the disposition of the people north of the recognized dividing lino between freedom and slavery to sustain aggressive measures for the preservation of the Union. Stat* after State bad seceded, aud no demonstration had been made at the North to counteract tho force of such movements at tho South. On tho contrary, there were public men who openly advocated a division of the Union into such parts as ? nie geographical lines and their own interests and ambition. Notably, Mr. Hendricks favored a North western Confederacy ; some New Yorkers j saw in the confusiou of the times an op-1 por'.unity to make their city tho Venice of America, and somo Californians thought a republic on tho Pacific, with San Francisco for its commercial and political capital, would develop into mighty proportions before tho end of thc century. Horace Greeley had advocated in the Tribune peaceablo separation, and boldly proclaimed : "Let the erring sis ters go in peace." Tho Indianapolis Journal in the West, inspired by an am bition to "tako a position," occupied the samo ground. The Northern States sent Peace Commissioners to Washington to rilcad with tho South for a peaceable so ution of the difficulties ana a mainteu anco of tho Union. The Government under Mr. Buchanan did nothing to re press the military preparations making in the South, and when Mr. Lincoln was' inaugurated there wore nine States defy ing his authority, and ready for war. His administration had a most formida ble opposition in tho two remaining States that r-eccded, and in thoso also that attempted to do so. His support at the North, in tho event of war, ho regar ded as uncertain, and anarchy appeared inevitable. In thiB condition cf affair* Commis sioners appointed by Gov. Pickens, of South Carolinn, appeared on tho scene, and through Judge Campbell, late of the Supreme Court, who had resigned on the secession cf Louisiana, commenced n negotiation for tho surrender to that State of tho Government forts and prop erty within its limits. Tho Commis sioners were also aided by Dr. Todd, of Kentucky, a brother nf'Mrs. Lincoln, who was in harmony with the views and actione of tho South Carolinians. He was a temporary habitant at the White House, and acquired information in a prtvato way that no ono could have ob tained in nu official capacity, and which was made use of as timo and circum stances required. Tho negotiations of Routh Carolina with the Government failed, not because of an indisposition to entertain the pro position submitted, but on account of the precipitate ablion of South Carolina troops in bom .larding Fort Sumter. ThiB made a peaceable dissolution of the Union a matter of impossibility and war an inevitable necessity. While these negotiations wert pending, however, a proclamation had been pre pared recognizing tho fact of the seces sion of certain Staten and virtually ac knowledging their independence, sur rendering to them stated powers of the General Government over property and places within their limits, and guaran teeing them peaceable possession of the ?.2rr?e cn conditions specified. This proc lamation had the sanction of Mr. Wade, of Ohio, and was in accordance with Mr. Greeley's frequently expressed views. With the appearance nf tho proclama tion was to be an editorial in tho Wash ington and New York papers sustaining the action of the Administration. This was also prepared and hold ready for use when tho ocension demanded lt. But tho action of Fort. Sumter changed all this and a proclamation was-issu ed in stead for 75,000 men for three months to suppress the rebellion ; and war was thu? accepted by an unwilling Government and people. Tho proclamation calling for troops is a matter of history ; that previous'? pre pared looking to peace in not, enu its ex istence must be proved from otter sour ces than official records. The evidence on which it rests is tho following state ment: Mr. A. T. Cavis, a proof-reader at the Government Printing Office, is a gentle man of intelligence and culture, and of undoubted veracity. He is a nntive of Pennsylvania, but went to South Caroli na in 1847, and remained until after the v/ar. Previous to, and during tho war, he was* editor of the South Carolina Guar dian, published at Columbia. His posi tion gave bim acquaintance and associa tion with the State authorities, and he speaks from personal knowledge regard ing the matters herein stated. Tho proclamation looking to a peacea blo separation of the States was obtained by Dr. Todd whilo at the White House, and *>y him given to Governor Pirkens. It is not- known how he came in posses sion of it, and it ia not necessary to in quire into that now. But that he bad the original draft of the proclamation, that it and the edl'orial designed to ac company its publication were written on official paper bearing tho impress "Exec utive Mansion," is undoubtedly true. Tho proclamation and editorial were shown hy Gov. Pickens to Mr. Cavis, aud by the latter published in his paper, the ISculh Carolina Guardian. In the burning of Columbia bv Sherman's troops the office and files of tho Guardian were destroyed, und there is no copy of the paper extant containing these documents. The original papers, however, arc in the possession of Mrs. Pickens, at Edgclicld, S. C., who has carefully preserved all the hooks and manuscripts collected by ber late husband. This is a most important and interest ing fact connected with the unwritten history nf the rebellion, lt shows how difficult it was even for tho moat saga cious men to "read the signs of the times," and the events following proved that tho peoplo knew moro than their rulers and assumed leaders. BARTON. - When a man enters tho post of fico and sees a woman standing at the delivery, he braces up, smiles and con cludes to wait prudently a few moments. If there are two women there he aneakes up behind them and tries to wink to the clerk to get bis mail. But when ono of the women enters into conversation with tho official as to the reason why the magazine bas not come, and bow long before it will be here, and if he is sure he looked in the right box, tho citizen jams his hct down over his oyes and strides ont of tho post office lobby in a way that would do credit to a profession al pedistrian. The next dsy ho negoti ates for a lock box. DR. PRICE'S FLORAL RICHES-Sur passes any toilet or Cologne Water ever ruado. A rich, freh, flowery odor, for the handkerchief, thr> toilet ?dd the bath -permanent and delightful fragrant. For the sick rootn~reviving and grate ully refreshing. TUE ANTI-BUTLER DEMOCRATS. Abbott for Governor, and ?. Fall Stet? Tl cleat tiomlnn-ted by th? Rcyular Dem? crata of Massachusetts. BOSTON, September 26. The Democratic State Convention met at Fnneuil Hall at ll a. m. to-day, pur suant to the adjournment voted by the State central committee at Worcester. Mr. Aveiy called the Convention to or der, and spoke at length. Tho usual committees were appointed. Gen. Jobn 8. Whitney was appointed chairman, and addressed tho Convention. At tho close of his speech Josiah G. Ab bott was nominated for Governor by ac clamation ; . for Lieutenaut-Govcrnor, William R. Punkctt ; for Secretary of State, Henry C. Dewing; for Treas urer and Receiver, Gen. David N. Skill ings; for Auditor, Jobn E. Fitzgerald: and for Attorney-General, Gen. Richard Olney, were nominated. Reuben Noble, of Westfield, made a motion that the Democratic committees throughout thc State, in'calling conven tions and caucusses should address the call to all Democrats who proposo to sup port tho candidates of this Convention, and when any such committee opposes the nominations of this Convention tho members of the several Councillor. Sena torial and District Conventions oe au tbotized to exclude such members from the convention. After considerable dis cussion tho resolution was indefinitely postponed; The platform declares that the con stant policy of tho Republican party throughout tho United States has had a constant tendency to centralize the pow ers of government in Washington. It demands the overthrow of monopolies, and enactment and execution of ouch laws os shall protect the rights of labor an well as tboso of capital, not discrimi nating against either, but framed for the mutual benefit of botb ; that the scheme initiated and carried into effect by the Republican party of providing paper cur rency not redeemable in coin, and com pelling people to receive tho samo in payment of debts, is without the authori ty of the Constitution, and Congress has no power to make anything unless it bo gold and silver a legal tender, whatever powor it may have to authorizo tho issue of notes to circulate as money, whether issued directly from tho treasury or indi rectly through the bunks, should be ex ercised only subject to certain restric tions ; that no executive officer of tho government should have discretion to enlarge or contract the volume of the currency; that the total amount of cur rency authorized should be fixed bylaw: that whatever that amount is it should be ono that shall at every moment be re deemable in coin ; that all coins of the same denomination Bhali bo as nearly as possible of equal value ; that whatever currency is issued by tho government shall bo receivable by tho government in payment of public dues ac its fnco value An Open Lotter from Gov. Hnmpton. The following lettor from Governor Hampton to Governor Rice, of Msssa chusetts, was forwarded by mail to thc latter functionary yesterday. It will be seen by this lettor from Gov. Hampton tbat no South Carolinian has yet or ever v/iii bavo cause to blush for the acts of a i man who this people have tho utmost ; confidence in, and by whose principles they are willing to live and die: STATE OF SOUTH CA BOL* NA,) EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, V COLUMBIA, September 24.1878.) 7b Hie Excellency, Alexander H. Bice, Governor, Boston, Massachusetts ; SIR-Owing to my unavoidable tb? Hence, your letter refusing to surrender Hiram xl. Kimpton, a fugitivo from jua. tico, arrested in Massachusetts, for whose delivery upon indictment regularly found against him here for n crime committed in this State, I, as Governor of South Carolina, made demand upon you, as the Governor of Massachusetts, in accordance with tho Constitution of the United States, and tho net of Congress, passed in pursuanco thereof, has not been previ ously replied to. I regret that the Chief Executive of tho great State of Massa chusetts should have committed so fla grant a violation of tho supreme law of tho land-a violation irreparable in its nature, as the State Buffering bus so pos sible redress. Had you confined yourself to giving a simple refusal to surrender tho fugitive, I should make no further comments upon your letter, os the disre gard by tho Executive authority of one State concerns tho whola people of tho United State:i ; but inasmuch as you have seen fit to base your actions on tho ground that in year "juigment the ob ject io procuring the indictment against Patterson, Parker and Kimpton does not appear to bo for the purposo of trying Kimpton for tho crime charged against; him, but for a different purpose, it is my duty, as the Governor of South Car olina, to add that your statement is en tirely unwarranted, and to repel tho un worthy imputation, as I do, with indig nant scorn. I am your obedient servant, . WADE HAMPTON, Governor. WAERE TO PLANT AN APPLE-OR CHARD.-Tho best site for an apple- j orchard-and we may add a peach-1 orchard-is undoubtedly a northern ex- j posure. Experience in every direction proves this. We do liol bay th?c apples < will not do well in valleys or southern oxposurcs, but not uniformly BO well by any means. Any one who chooses to know, ought to be informed that uni formity of temp?rature and retardation in budding aro everything in health and' "promoting tho productiveness of any fruit tree. An orchard' planted, say in this latitude, on a hill-aide, with a full northern exposure, always stands the Winter, and is uniformly productive. That with a southern exposure, planted in valleys or protected by bolts, is liable to constant changes of iempun?uro ; buds early and is subject to late frosts, which prevail only in low situations, and to consequent destruction of tho crop of fruit. It may bo just as well for those who may contemplate setting out an orchard this Fall to hear this m mind. All de sire to know the surest way to success in any jrop, and this is undoubtedly the surest way in apple-growing, and in peach-growing, too.- Germantown Tele irZp'-_ - Friend, your wifo loves neatness ; now when you enter that homo which she is trying to make attractive to you, see that you show a corresponding de sire. You like to .see your wife neatly and tastefully dressed at homo; follow her example, and throw off, with tho care of tho world, your soiled garments snd bs ??d ino**_ When wo*i ttt.k? your paper to read, do not read,'to your self and leave her to lonesome thoughts whilo sewing or mending, but remem ber that Bho, too, has been working hard ali dav, and ia still working. 'J^ad to her whatever interests you, so that her opinions may grow with yours, and that abo may comprehend something besides love stories, of which too many have read moro than they should. - Texas has a fine pecan crop. ?a^otor?, A?m?rU??i&jY ana e?W gfiS?wCJ money comee with tb? order > Citation?, two In.erUoa?, 5 - - ?SO KeUtoNoUee?, throoloeertlons, . - OW ?nal Settlements, flvq ja?crtloa?, - - 8.0? TO COMRJ&POJWI?tm-la order to reoelt? attention, cornrounlcaUon? muet bo ?ccorjipaxled : by Ute int? MUM a?a addreea of the: writer, - Bex footed muiuecr?p.? will not be returned, union tnt 1 MtifirewirT ?taxano ore funitahed ta r*p?r tu? ??U?w ' I??r* W? are not reeponelule for tb? vicers sad opinions of our coereepondenU. , AU communication? ahould bo addreaaed to''Ed itor? Intelligencer." ?nd all check?, dralla, money ordere, ?o., ahould bo made J^J?pl?L_*<?.H?*0'*?' of E. B. MU EBAY A CO" ? ! .Andereon, 8. CV* r GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. - Gen. Longstreet is revenue ?gent for Georgia vnd Florida. - The public debt was reduced six and a half millions during the month of August. - Texas has in operation 3,256 miles of railroad, and work progressing on several noa? linea. - Alex. H. Stephens' health is again feeble, owing to bis unusual exertions in his political can Tass. - Tba explosion of a coal-oil lamp in Weatherford, Texas, the other day, destroyed $50,000 worth of property. - One hundred English immigrants arrived in Galveston a few days since, OR the steamship Rio Grande, bound for Western Texcs. - Io the past seven months emigra tion to the United States bas increased j 9,047 over the emigration for the same period of 1877. - Gen. Jo Johnston is opposed in his race for Congress in the Richmond (Va.) District by Col. W. W. Newman, a Greenbackcr. - The abolition of ?lavery in Cuba is being earnestly discussed in that island, and it is thought that lt will soon be an accomplished fact. - Miss Styles, daughter of Col. Carey W. Styles, ia preparing a lecture on "The Georgia Cracker, which she will deliver during the coming season. - West Virginia finances are in fine condition, with 950,000 surplus in tho State treasury, and the school fund $60, 000 larger than ever before. - In San Antonio a negro was found lying dead within six feet of tho business end of a mule. The jury found no diffi culty in coming to a verdict. - In consequence of the Princess Alice disaster the whole question of the navigation of tho Thames is to be con sidered by an official committee. - There, are over 25,000 flouring mills in the United States, giving employment to 60,000 men. Theso mills turn out an nually 50.000,000 barrels of flour. --Bill Langley, the Texan desperado, has. besa sentenced to bo hanged. Ho thanked the judge and jury, for their courtesy and invited them to be present 1 at the execution. - Minnesota farmers report that two acres of sun flowers will furnish a family in fuel through a long winter, the woody stalks and oil from the seeds making ex ! cellent fires. - The railroads of Alabama shipped from her coal minea in 1875,49,889 tons ; in 1876, 75,806; in 1877,102,640; in 187S thus far, 172,182, and they are expected to reach over 200,000. - Mobile county can show a Jersey cow that hos 'dropped four sound, welf ' developed calves in eleven months. She is now four yeans and tbreo months old, and hos had five calves. - Mr. Fred. R. Simmons, of Penola, Va., was in his room bathing in a small tub, when he had an attack of epilepsy, ; and his head became jammed in the tub I BO that he was drowned. - The marble alone in tho late A. T. Stewart's burial vault under the Memo i rial church, Long Island, will cost $40, 1000. Thirty-seven skilled men have been j employed in tho carvings for a yc.tr. - Tho dying request of Col. J. Law renee Jones, a Kentucky lawyer of con siderable eminence, was that no funeral I sermon be preached over his remains and BS resolutions passed by the bar. \ - The native bishop of Hayti bas re cently preached in Westminster Abb?-* : -the first recorded instance where a cof I ored divine has been listened to withiu the walls of that venerable place of wor I ship. - Tho Radicals of Atlanta, taking ! advantage of tho dissentions that exist in tho ranks of the local Democracy - there, aro seriously contemplating put ting a Radical municipal ticket in tho t field. - Can these be very hard times, can a I country bo very "hard up" tvhich con sumes 50,000,000 gallons of whiskey, 10,000,000 barrels of beor, and 2,000, 000,000 cigars In ? single year?-"Buffalo Express. - The aggregate value of taxable i property in Georgia is $226,221,718, against $235,619,580, showing a decrease ? of more than $10,000,000. Tho five largest counties aro Fulton, Chatham, Richmond, Bibb and Muscogee in the order named. - Anarchy ia beginning to appear throughout Turkey. Despite the British effort to give tho Sultan a semblance of power, the people and the army have lost" faith in tho national authority, and be lieve that what remains of the Empire is hastening to disruption. - At Minneapolis. Minnesota, Presi dent Hayes auctioned off n Bible, presen ted by a Union soldier as hi- only posses sion, to be sold ' for 'tho benefit ot some Confederate soldier suffering from yellow fever. The Bible waa bought hy a Miss Case for $100. - Speaker Randall is sure that the Democrats wUl have at least thirty ma jority in the next House, and that the chances aro good for even more than that Ho also believes they will carry Pennsyl vania, as they have the best opportunity ia tho world for doing it, - An Augusta dentist has invented an exceedingly ingenious and useful lit tle turbine wheel to bo used in dental work. It la hardly larger than a silver dollar, but when tho water is turned on will give a drill or other dental instru ment 4,600 revolutions a minute. - A man in Hart county had twenty seven children, and be and his wife are still alive, hearty and well. There are a dozen counties near the Air Line railroad in Georgia that could raise boys enough in tho next twenty years to whip any country orr earth, except the United States.-/Torttr?? (Qa.) Sun. - We were shown yesterday a beauti ful specimen of home-made sillr, tho same being the product cf a lot of worms be longing t<> Miss Janie Prichard, of Ham ilton, Harris comity. Miss Prichard hat a hundred thousand silk worms, and she has succeeded most admirably in securing from thom a full yield cf silk. The specimen shown us will equal in richness of color and firmness of texture the finest specimens from those sections which make silk culture a specialty.-Columbus (Cfo.) lurnea. - Tho number of death* from yellow foyer is not fully reported, owing to the failure of physicians and others to make official returns. The following ia the number of deaths at the principal places, as far ur reported np to the 21st ult.: New Orleans, 2,885; Memphis, 2,240; Vicksburg, 676 ; Grenada, 271 ; Green ville, 133 ; Port Gibson, 90; Holly Springs, 90: Canton, 80. Add to these numbera 241 moro that have occurred at various other pince?, and it aggregates 6,212. The number of cases atNew Or leans bad been . 8,050. At Vicksburg over 3,000. Ia Memphis about 6,800. Too MUCH AT STAK&^eStSel A Frico have too much at stake to put in tue market anything which has not^ been found not only harmless, bu- posmva.y beneficial. . Their Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder ie tha onlv kind mada by . practical physician, with spocta! ro gara to it* healthful ncaa.