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ELECTRiC IGLI.GRAPH. A NORTH CAgOLLa1.A CLAIMS TIE ROSOR ACCORDED To MOUSE. JWnios Lynch Clemmons A"serts that he Discovered the Principle and Demon! strated its Application---His Reasons for his Very Long Silence. (Correepondence of the Charlotte Observer.) WA3EINGTON, 1). C., February 26. "W,.ald oa object to giving ine a briet ,ket ch of %our hiutry, a:iat pecially of the hi-tory ot your coil necion with the invention of the electric teltgraph." So said the Observer correspondent this morigntg to Mr. Junia- Lvnch Ulentmon. "Not at all," was the reply. "I was boirn it the village ot CteutilonNVille, Rowan (now Davidson) c. uat North Carolina, on the first day 1)e cember, 1813, an I atn now sevetity-tno Q -tear, of oge. I am now an old wan but very well preserved, as you can see. For te last year or two I have been troubled with a shght dyspcosia, but apart from that may health has always been good. Indeed, I can say what very few can say that. tor fifty five consecutive %ears I never lost a meal's victuals b% sickness. I atn sat isfied that, in all my life, I was never contined to my bed so mnuch as ten days by' sickness. I begin, however, to feel the effects of ae and know that the end is not far di.tanit. "Mv tather was a merchant, anid my boy hood days were spent for the most part behind the counter. At the age of eighteen 1 was sent to Randolph Macon College, in Virginia. After spending a year and a half in the preparatory department I enter ed college, and after passing throuirh the regular coarse, graduated in 1837. "tIn the year 1833. when about the age of twenty %ears, I commenced attending lectures on chemistry, and was forcibly struck with the powers of'the galvaic battery, and its coi nection with electrical c urrer.ts. In thinking over the matter I ..t con vinced that electricity could be prac tically used in conveying intelligence ;between di-tant points on insulated wires. I announced this belief to my claasemates and to illustrate my idea drew a diagrarnsround the walls of my room, exhibiting a wire support ed- by glass brackets on upriaht poles such as are now in use, with a bat ter at each end and an independent. clock work on which to receive mes sages. "I attempted fre:eently to explain this to my con. , but was only laughed at for m., gains. I was re grded aa a visionary, and my pro ject as a dream. I contended that it would work and prophesied that in the near future a man would be sit ting in his chamber in New York conversing with his brother in New Orleans as familiarly as it they were seated at his own fireside. Yea, more that tue President of the United t4taes rtould in the same manner con verse with the Emporor ot Russia in an-instant of time. This of course was reguded by all as the extreine of fanaticism. Only one of my class mates would listen to me with any degree of creaulity and that was a young man from North Carolina by the name of Baxer Cligg, who after wards became somewhat prominent as 4 Methodist preacher. S"In ater years a number of m schdolmaaes. catme out with volunztary comanication- to'different ntewsp.ape-rs ~ing to what I have above stated. ninenit amontg them was J. W. Canterou, at one time editor of a -pipe published at WVadesboro, N. C. "Being yoang and somewhat diffi dent, I did not press nmy suggestions upon the public attenttiotn; bat hearin~g that a gentleman by te iname of Page, in Washington City, had becomne qnste emiment as ant electrician, I re talved to commuanicate to him my ideas on the subject of telegratphy by ~the.eiecfric current, and to obtain his vie~ws on the subject. I therefore *rote to him explaining in detail my fewe, accompanying the same with diagramns, etc., and a.king him for his bputzion. To this request I received n O a'iswer. This failiure to answer 'as raier ada'nur + u~5t ~ I thogh ~it probably-my theory (\tical or itsamerics would hi~.-. ]7appre ciated-by a man eminent in electrical science. 4terefore dropped the matter and devoted my self to my studies, saying bnttittle more about the telegraph. I wa.;preparing myself by a collegiate literary course Ior entering upont tmy profession as a lawyer and devoted tmy self ex::lusively to that purpose. "LYeareretted by and I had almost forgotten the telegraph matter, winena in the year 1844 I opened the Wash ington Globe one morning, and the fhst. paragraph that attracted my at teptioun was atn account of the formna tion of a partnership between Page, Morse, Amos Kin~dall & Smith, to erect an experimtental telegraph wire betweent Baltimorie and Washington City ,and~au application to Congress for pecuniary aid. "The miomenit I saw the combina tion the convictiont fiashed upon my mind that Page had used my sugges tiotns to him made eleven y ears before Sihthelrarthrantce of the Morse pro jit. and -whean [learned that at the ~aie~l wrote to P.age int 1833, and for some 'ears afterward-, he was oin ex aminier in the patent * flce, aud for bidider b'y law to take out a patetnt ini bia ewn name, my contvictionts were confirmed. Inadeed, I was so positive orthe fact that I wrote a comimunuica tionm to the Washinigton G/obe, publicly charinn Pnee with having availed himself of tn y saggestioms. "Be-ing ihue publicly chatrged with appropriating my suggestiuons he was com'pelledl to reply to my cotmnutt cation, and did so by admitting that he had eleven years before teceived my letter and diagramts, but excused himseit for tnot attswering it on te ground that he thena thought there was nt intg inl it "In the tmeantime Morse, Page & Co., having received Congressiontal aid, proceededto erect their line be tweeni B~aaianore atnd Washinaton, which provetd a success and -o liuked Morse's name with the [project as to givq~him. the boom over every body TNotwithstanding," continued Mr. Clewuous, "to place may reputation for veracity in the crucible of public crit'csm, and caring very little about the matter anyway, I remained silet ever afterweards. -2" should say that the alphabet -whieh4: suggested to Mr. Page was -reciself the same as that which was' used by Morse, and I believe is still used.. I have long s:n1ce ceased to give apy ttention to melegraphy, but ~4fr granted that it is now a M'~i~ wa~rnrthing from what it was Iu the begining, on acconut of tho numerous improvemenms resulting ft omt experbice. 61L is, int tact, hardly proper to say that the el-ier telegraph was aIns itivintiont, or that it origiinated with any tite man. It was a grow.h. not aln inventioin. It cowunencel W h Valto anid Galvani, a hundrt-d years ago, and has graltually grown Lip to it, present stature. in the years of 1835, '36, '37, much atteition was u:ven to the tutj -et, D'Al in Europe atid Americ . Sienti-ts in Enla:.e, Fniatcv, Germany ami the Un' ed tate. were up'on. tu1 probli ii. those years. Dr. Jackon in Bostou; Joseph Hemev. at Washigton; aint ettls were.tudin the suojen, m4ine ex perimeuts in a -.m11d1 way. Doutbtiss thae idea of telegrapoingx b, the elect aii curtrent, was oriainal with several dit Terenit per~ons, a, weii as mysel. It practicid intr oducotiuon, however, wat due to Marse, and he is entitled to the ci edit of having first proved ift utiity. I think he is entitled to the greater honor, for while with others it wa were theory, he put it into practice and conterred thereby its blessings upon the world. I would not pluck a single leaf from the laurel that circled his brow, or drop a word that would reflect upon his memory." POLITICS OF THE WAR. Curious Story of an Attempt to Form a Conservative Party. The discussion of the political fea tures of the terms firs.t offered to Gen. Johnston's army and overruled 'at Washington- is likely to lead to ttie development of some facts which are new. An ex-officer of the volunteer forces, was at Raieigh with Gen. Sher man's army, tells an interesting stor. of some private discussions among prominent officers, which were mainl% confined to those who cotmmanded armies or corps. lie says that when the troops of Gen. zherman formed a junction with Gen. Schofield's army at Goldsboro, a plan for a National Con servative party, which was said to have origiiated in Washington, was laid before most of tne leading officers. Montgomery Blair was represented as the leading spirit at the National Cap ital. According to the views which were presented for him through his brother, Gen. Frank Blair, and others, there was a very general dissatisfaction at the North with the radical views held by secretary Stanton, Secretary Chase, Ben Wade, Zachariah Chaudlier, Chas. Sumner and others. As to Mr. Lill coln, it was etill a question whether lie would finally side with the Radicals or fsvor a conservative reconatruction. it was therefore proposed tit the prominent officers of the army should unite in an effort to influence the sol diers to favor, so soon as the war ended and the question of reconstruction catte up, the organization of a National Conservative party which should ig nore all the Radical leaders named and others of their class; which should also exclude the Northern Copper heads as a necessary condition to -ol diers' support; which should be made up of war Democrats and Southern politicians and officers, and provide prominent places for all Northern officers who would join the movement. This proposition was receiving much attention at the various headquarters about Goldsboro when the news came of the surrender of Lee. A number of leading officers favored it, and sey eral were toutd. upon sounding them, to be much opposed. It is believed to have prompted the liberal spirit with which Ge::. Sherman acted wh etn mak ng his termis with Gjen. Johniston. The exciteument at the North attending the assassination of President Lintcohn, a.d the interpre-tationi gut upon ,the Sherman terms by Secretary Stanaton made it impossible to pursue the plait furher at that time. Accordinag to the same authority, later in the same year Montgomery B~air and those working with him in the matter revived his scheme, and agents wet e dispat ched to various muil itary headquarters to unfold it. Ttie break of President Johnson with hi. party was the result, and 't the Arm in-Arm Covmo l a Augus.t, 1866, e ne w party was ogaittzed 0PJ the identical proposi *Ot * 44~ y sent down to North carew' or army discussion. It will be remembered that at that Convetn ton Fernaa -do Wood and Vallanadig im were both compelled to with draw. The New Navy. The bill prepared by the naval affairs cmmittee of the [House for the COnt trutionl of a navy provides for two sea-gointg vessels of six thousand tonls. with a torpedo outfit, to cost $2,500,000 each; three protected, double-tbottomt ed erti-ers of between 3,500 andI 5,000 tons' displacement, to have great speed to co-.t $1,.500,000 each ; f -ur fl-st-class torpedo boats, costing in the aggregate $400,000; one torpedo cruiser of 800 tons, to cost not more hana $300,000;t $2,000,000 is appropri ated towards the cotupletion of the nmnitors. One of the cruisers is to be built and one of the monitors comprt ed in the navy yards. The rest are to be given out 'by contract if suitable contracts can be made, otherwise the-y too are to be built by the Governmet int the yards. Armuor plates and part of the machine~ry may be bought abroad. One million dollars is appro priated for ordnance, to be constructed in the navy yard-<, and provisions are maade for the purchase of necessary plants and tools. The b 1I is about ready to be reported, but it is still liable to further amnendment. Was it Cancer ? I have been taing B. B. B. for six or seven weeks for something like cancer on my neck, aind I would not take ONE THoU s&s D DLLis for the benefit received. I had previously tried various- so-called blood remedies, but B. B. B. is the best, the quickest and the cheapest blood purl ~fier1I ever used. I refer to any merchant of (.riffin, Ga. J. II. BA RNES, G iffin, Ga, Were we so disposed, we conld make a great case of cancer cure of the above, but as we do not think that genuine can crs are ever cured, we do not propose to hu.bugthe publhic. The above is perhaps only a case of scrofutous ulcer, which B. B. B. cures more speedily than any remedy. It wihi cure any so-called canicers in one half the time and one third the money required by any boasted remedy. BL(OD BA LM CU., 9 Atlanta, Ga Famlag One Hundred and FIfty Feet. Last Thursday Alexander Rose, an employe of the Detroit electric light company, ascended the tower at the corner of Gratiot avenue and Mack street to replace the burned-out car bons. He had ju~t reached the pilat form at the top when he suddenly fe-ll over the railinig and camne down headi foremost to the ground, a distance of 150 feet. His bo'dv was horribly magled, and he lived but a short time 8 OME ODD SOUTILERASMS. A FEW FXAMPLES OF QU!AINT SAYDiGS Our Ridiculous Figures of Speech and how they Look in Print--Some of the Idle Faucies of a Philogogist. (.,5. .Puniee i "DAixie." Some years ago Itichard GranL White wrote a deligtfituilV interCtjzing book on Amerizaoiuim. Ile idgit well thave dividet- ihe subject 1n1 IWO parts: Yankeeisms atd souu1ierzismwe. Ausolute corrvClne..-' ii pronunciati-*n, Ui ill tle tol liiIal :n ot tielse ai,la a 110 !-L d*ftid'ntaL igi- ll!t alid ther-e be, eit her North or South, wi tiave reached suc: a degree o perfection that no1 exceXptiolis canl be taken by "carping etitics" to their utterance. la the matter of pronuicialion, the times are chan-ing, and one canl -carce ly kee-p pace wita tile imiuovatiols being introduced by the leading orthe 0 Abts. The purpose of this paper is, how ever, to present, in a succinct way, a few ot the quaintne-ses of pronuncia tion and construction held to by the Southern people as a class. Among theae the first thrt coies to muiind is the cu.l-toi of omitting the lasL two letters in such words as xmor.,' "lotir,''"-tore'--w hient are lproilounided "moly," "o," and ",to." "Wilat o'clock is it?" you ask the Carolinian, and tell to one he tells % ou it is "half pas' flo'," if that happen to be the hour. Another commoun Southerliisin is tht use of "like as it," or "like" for the words "as it." "She looked like sht knew me" is a colilloll expreszioi, or "she looked like as if she'd die." This is very common in Waslhiiigton, and ill all the states south of Mazon and Dixon'~s lne. Tne word "funny" is frequently used instead of straiige, and some times with -trtling effects. A young southern girl was visitinig us once, and a caller was telling of tile death Wl tier mother through f allowing a fit. bone. "O1! wasn't it fanny?" ex claimed our visitor at the close of the narrative. "I think you mean st range,' .aid the caler, as soon as she recover ea from the astonsmient. Our girl friend has never used tne word "Zut iv" since.! If you happen to hear anybody say "rye cheer" you may know it is in teinted to mieaii "right here." F i instance: A Siuth Carolinian will sav: "Wnere was he at last nigh. ?" and tii tellow-citizen will say, 'Ile staid rye crieer with mue." Djcar pronouncet LI one svllable-iz not a Russian word as might tie supposed; it means "du von hear?" and is ustiallv addrezsed it servan;s in this form: "You, Jimn! Being in that wood, jear?" "To get to go" is etentially a Geor gia expre,-sioin. They say, ")o, don't tail to coume to-night," and the reply is, "I've tried to get to go three weeks, now, so I reckon I'll be there t'night.' rue expressionl "Do don't" is heard il Georgia and South Carolina, but rare lV elsewhere. One of the most laugh able things you ever heard is the pe culiar pronunciation of the word "about." IL is impossible to express the South Carolitiian's pronunciation, phonetically. It sounds like abuout pronounced very quickly in three syl lables- "Quare," tor "qu -er," is anot her word. The use of "r- c 0 .' ror "p~resumne" is said to have beet. derived from the Yankees, as was inhc expression "right smart" for the word "much." "Ini imitation of English, perhaps, ih the customi of sayinig "I've got it" tot "I have it," and the getneral utse of thi wvord "got" where it is quite unneces sary. AI-o Englisth is the use ot "obliged," a, "['mi obliged to do it' for "I must do it ;""lie is obiliged t( go," for "tie must go." Atmbiguity _o: expression is too prevalent in inxie. and too many people sacrifice sense for sound. Low-country people and the resi dents of middle South Cargr~ ia "gee-arden" for "ga ' i, 'and "gee arud" for.?,-- a"-with the hart oonIf "g." So, too, with suet words as "card," "car" and "cart" ito which is introduced the sound o "k-ee," to take the place of the firs1 consonant, thus: "kee-ard," "kee-ari,' "kee-art." The use of delightful for delicious in such a sentence as: "rThe ice cr-eatn is delightful ," is very common. -'Pret ty" is a wormd rery often minsused, fot instanice: "Isn't this a pretty day ? and this error is a very genieral one North Carolinians say the scenery n "pretty"-mleaniig picturesqueC; tht day is "pretty"-meaing fine: n that a person's malniers are "pretty' -meaning well-bred. "You all," or, as it is abbreviatec "-y'all," is one of the m .st ridicul.'u of all the Southerniems I can call tt imind. It tusually means two or morm personiS, but is sometimnes used whet only One person is meant. For in. stance a caller on Irking her departurt says: "Y 'all must coine to see us.' Sine means the lady, upon whom she it calling, and hetr hiusbatnd tmay call. The Yatnkees have quite as mnana ridiculous figures of -pe-ech as those: have mentioned as peculiarly Sontheri anid it wili be reserved for anoittheit paper to present the oddities ot Yanikt coniversaltiOnl. In the meantime evern true-hearted So uthernier who read: these lines will declare that he neCve: used aiiy of these Southzernsms, an<i w ill be lust as honiest in his belief o: the Charlestonian whien he vows tha lie never say-s "dira-way" for "thi. way" anld "dut-a-way" for "that way.' Dr. B'-ninge * Case. The case against Dr. Amos N. Bei igter, for the murder of Stephney Ril-y. a pro.minent colored Democra' lst fall, was called atid continuec umril the June term of court, on motior of thet State's attuorney, on the groun( of the absence of tmaterial witnuesses far the jprose-cutio n. Dr. Bellinge-r's counsel made a strong fight for immeii diate trial, evetn Consentimg to accept the evidence of absent wvitnesses Uponl the Solicitor's statement, but th< motion for contziuance was gratnted an-I Bellinger was released otn bail. The Cabinet and the Chinese. At-a Cabinet meeting last week the nest ion of making somle re-parationi tc Ciinese r-esidents of Rock Sprimgs W) oming, for losses sustaiined by them in the riots there last fall was again considered, and it is probable that the matter will be brought to the attention of Congr-ess with a recoin medatiou that the suff'erers be recom pensed for- thieir los-es. ADvICE To MOTH EfS. Mr.s. wWN'SLw's SOOTNING S~ac? should at ways be ustea for cilirex. teet.hmig. It soothes te child. softens the' gurns, allays all paln cures wind colic, and 18 tb.he bst remedy for 4!arrhma. Twenty-flve cents a bottle. July14Lt71 GFN'ERAL NEWS ITPE-3 Facts of Interest, Gathered from VarioUs Quarters. -Don Carlo, is planing a new revo lution in1 spain. -A sui.-ide mania i. pr vailing tiroighout the North and West. -Tne P pe had a faimting fit lat week, the revult of overwork. -A moniu:ment to George Peabody is being talked ab-nit. He deserves it. -Fank 0. Da-ce. whto died in Bos t11 !-,1 e%%eck, had a life ilsuranice of $110,000. -Two city offihcials of Cincinnati who wer Fiund guilty elf tua, Iasan~er inl office have disappeared. -Trhe Lewis county Court llouse, Va., Was d-stroyed 6) ait iiceidiary fire. All tle records were saved. -During a race between ice boats onl tle Iltiison River a few daysago, a mile a mintute was reached. -The gas conpanv war bet ween the old and the prospective coipany is still beiig wnged in Augusta. -Fritz Brar, of Davenport, Ohio, was so affected by the death of his wife that. he committed suicide. -Railroad rates between Chicago and Francisco are being still farther cut. -The Armonv Rink in Buffalo, N. Y., with two adjacent blockz, was burnit o Moqndar. -Mr. A. Pope has been appointed General Freight Agent of the -Norfolk and Western Railroad. -In Wilke.; coutnty, Ga., a little daughrer of Mr. Thoias Sisson fell in a spring and was drowned. - Ienry Watterson's condition con tinues to improve, and he is on his way to recovery. -Several marine disasters have re cently occurred in the South Pacific, antd a number of lives are reported lost -Three vessels loaded with coal have been lost between Charleston and Pniiladelphia during the past two mionths. -The strike in the Pennsylvania coke region is virtually over and the Illungtarians organization has gione.to pieces. -The corner-stone of a Confederate monument was laid at Baton Rouge, La., ott Monday, with imposing cere moie;. -Clarence J. Sears, aged 80, near Ottawa, Ill., had troulle with his wife about religion and killed her with a handsaw. -Tie Cigar-makers' International Union are taking step- to do away with the manutacture of cabbage leat aid sawdust cigars. -Elijah Pate, of Dooly county, Ga., a pro-perous farmer. aged 74 years, married Miss Bailey, a maiden of 15. -Jmes McCoy, a desperate moon shiner, nas been arrested in Georgia, charued with killing Deputy U. 6. Mar-hal Kellet. -Dr. Meade Kemper, a prominent young physician of Norfolk, Va., and son of ex Governor Kemper, died sud denly la .t week. -DeLesseps met with a cordial re ception at Panama last week,thousands of persons of all nationalities turning out. to greet the great caial projector. -The Western boys are making the Chinamen "go." * Stinday iighi last a party of Celestials wetre escor-ted out of the towni of Oregotn City by ku-klux. -A fire in Yokhamta, Japan, de sttr(y-d the Wittlsor Hotel and -everat other- bnildintgs. Loss $100,000; in sur-ed. -$62.50 is the cost of a first-class passeanger ticket from New Yotrk to Sani Franceisco, at the present "cut" rates. -There are various and conflicting stories coneer-ning the whereabouts of' the missing ex-S*C widisomi,'4f -Thte Gratnd Army of the Riepublic, depar-ttment of Tenntessee, A labaima and Georgia, held its annual encamp ment int Atlantta last week. Ten thousantd nlicensed, have deen3 desttroved itn Lontdon at the Dogs' Home alotte since the hydro phtobia scare begatn, a few wvee-ks azo. -Three thousand -trikers at Liatt beris, Wales, have r-esumied work ont employers' terms. They have beetn idleC ninteteen weeks antd are in ter r-ible distress. -WVesley Elliott, a temperance ad vocate in Shelbyville, ill., has been arrested for enterinig a saloon, turtning the faucets of batrrels and allowing the liquor to runt out. -Gen. Delgado and his friends, cap tured on the steamer City oif Mexico as sup~posedl tilibutster, are detaitned as pr-isotners of wvar and not allowed to confler with legal adv'isers. -Several thtousand Scotch women havt, beent thrownt out of cmnploymett bv the collapse of the skitt atnd ruch inks intdustry, due to thte American itncrea-e of duty on goods of that class. -A Fr-etnch woman who has gone to 722 batlls in order to catch a bushid, hai canaht instead bronchtitis nxineteen times,pleurisy- thrniceanid 120 colds in the -head. And still shte is ttot discour-aged. -The loss by the fire in Wilmingu 'otn, N. C., on Sunday last, it is now thouaht will niot exceed $500,000, -arnout thi-ee-fourths covered by ins.ur anice. The trailroads are all in rui~ninig or-der again. -Smallpox having been declat-ed -epidetmic in For-t Worth, Texas, the mavor of Dalfas issued a proclamation quaranitining againtst that city, atnd all the townus itn North Te-xas will issue similar prtoclatr ations. -T. R. Hludd, Democrat, of Green Bay, has beeni elected Congressmant from the fifth Congressiontal district of Wisconsiti, to succeed Joseph Rainkin, Republicau. -A yotung man named Mulligsn froze to death in Catawba county, N. C., during the recentt cold snap while riding~ along the road on horse back. His face and neck burst and his feet came off. -Betweett New York and the Gulf of Mexico there only four nat ural ent trnces to harbuts wheire the depth at mean low water is ovet- 16 feet, while the largest ships can draw from 26 10 286 feet. -Judge James L. Mitchell, of Ne braska, while addressing a conventitotn of ear-ly Iowa lawtmak-ers in Des M.ines,'Iowa, last Thutsday afternoon dropped dead oti the flour of the opera house. --Two of the sona of Geo. Q. Catn noni, the Mormton Elder recetlyi con vicedl, called Judge Powers to the door of his hotel itn Salt Lake City atd assaulted him. -They were arr-est ed, but ne, o them eonaed. -John Graham, Jr., the Insane negro who was first st#,lected of beingK the murderer of the tev little Beaton boyb, has bei c tnimitiC to jail b% tie or-dinary. Graham was brougit into Savannah by his father. -There are said to be less than $1,000,000,0OU worth of diamonds ine Americaii, to-day. The most cot-Ilv one is that behmrgiiig to the widow of Guv. E. D. Morgai, of -New York. It has been off,-red for $51,00, and is a twen v-; wo ~carat srtn. - hs iy i\1r. Piatrnell t., Capt. Othea tO repi-es;-i tle Galwat Conl-titieer sem t; iave be.-n atmr take. lie tnet w it b a chiiling recepr iti inl tile ouse of Cu:n.nraonr-. .11e. i g'r is dited aund ite bleach in the .Nationialist rnka has widened. -Binarck is driviing the Polers on of Gertnan1, and Austria is receivir.g them with open arms. If this p l. i- kept up Ionga on bot h sidei, Au-t ria wil: before low-, be readv to retrieve the di-zrace of Sadowa. -Ttie ,ffi--ial retu.n us of th-e Mon treal health office for the vear 1885 have just been issued. the tota: number of deaths was 7,825, as againe 4,358 in 1885. There were 3,164 deaths from suallpor. Of those who ditd 5,876 were children. - B;rminham, Engiland, still mak-s flint-lock rruske:s for us in the inte rior of Africa, where percu-sion C;p, or any form 'of fixed amnirunlitioln would oftein he impo,sib!e to obtain, while powder can alwa% s be made aid flints picked up in the desert. -Ilenrv Joht-.'on, a miserly baca elor arid herwit, died in Ea-t Perkio meni, Pa., receitly, frotn the effects of the cold, as lie would not allow him self the rcessaries of life. Ilis feet were so badly frozen that the soles Iortf ied anid tell off. -While a clerk was in the act of weighing somnte gunrpowder iii a store in Wincheter, Ky., a mai tanldiifg iear struck a mitch to liirht a cigar, causing a terrile explosion. Th hou-e was wrecked aid eight personr badly injured, two of them atally. -A burglar entered the residence of Dr. Doughty, Augtiusta, Ga., ot Wednesday night. He was frightened h the screams of tie ladies, and escap ed through the windows ont to the roof arid evaded the police who were in pursuit. -Receitly nearly 1,000 fihermen, with their horses arid carts, were car ried out to sea otn the ice, which sud denly became detached from the shore at tlre small oort of Taganrong, Ode.,sa. Although many of these utntertunlates were saved the next day, it is leared that mianay peri-ihed. -At a fair itt Aubany, Fratnce, last week, a herd of bullocks worked by a gang of thieves broke loose aid charg ed into the crowd of spectators, killitnt three pe!raois and wouttdiig 140 of hers. During tle paiic which ensued the thieves devoted themselves to picking pockets. -John N. King, master car builder of the ChesapeaKe and Ohio Railroad, while crossing the track at the com pat'n's shops last week was struck by a hiftinlg enrgine, run over and in stantlv killed. He was 94 years old, aid had been eflplo ed orn railroads forty years. -In the Virginia Senrate last week the resolution, itrt-oduc-d ty Senator Wirgield, to remove Rai road Com mio-ioier Moffett froto office, because of inicompretency, was discussed aind finally rejected by a vote of :30 to 1, the onl y Senator favorinig its adopitionl beitrg the author of the resolutlin. -The chain pionship pennanrt WOnl by thre Atlatnta Base Ball Club wa receiv'ed ont Tuesday I r'om (hicago. It is a blue field, with wht border, atd "Champions, 1886," ina white let: tet's in the centre. It is 25 iEdni length anrd 1.5 in wfrthe staff, anid lareto t.ioe ''eet. The pennant cos'ST00. -Fatther Khute, of the German Cathr olie Chrurebt, excommunfttticated twor membhern cf his conrgr'egftiont ini Youngsr( townI, Ohio, first consifl5, for getunig mrarriedi. lIe had previouly warrned thlemn of the imnproprriety of tire step antd refu,.ed to nnrite themn, but tihey obtai nd tire servie's ofa Pennsy tvaniant awil were married. -It took onhl thrirteen minutes at alt Lake oin Sat urday to convrict two Miormons charged with unlawful co habitationi, antd the record of tire week showed tifteen; of the Saints sent to tire State prison. At this rate it will niot take lonrg to thin out the Saints who insist upotn enjoying the ministraTions of more than (one spouse. --Two brotherN from Pittsfield, Mass., named W. E. arid HI. F. [Her mance, aged respectively twenty-three and eighteen y eatrs, arrived in New Orleanas la.. week fro'm Livingston, Maontana. harvingt traveled the d istance of 4,506~ miles in an open light ennoe since July 4. 1885. The trip was made purely for love of adventure. -Mrs. Mattie Thor'nton, a chamber maid at the Kimball Hlouse, was out rage'ousl': assaulIted on Mit chell street by two naegr.) men about 1 o'claock on Wedesday morninr, ini Atlanth. The negroes0, unmed Redant arid DeL' on, have hee-n arre.,edi. Mrs. Thro~rntaon has idenitified both the darkers paosi tivelv since their arrest, and one of thetm has ackntowiedged his guillt. -A man carn tmake a comnpetence at awirg wond as well a; itn any other businiess if he saws it well anid saws enough of it. Thne Derear, Maine, Gaztte telle of a man in Pittsfield w ho ha; ac'qti red several t honrand dollars with his buck-saw. He is in teigent anrd liberal, recently gave $100 in a lutmp to a publlic entterprice, ha; repr'esented the town in the Legis lature, is air active politician, arnd, ttoughi he ic over ;ixtv yyears old, has sawed nearly :100 cords of wood the past year. -A short time ago Philihert Caron, Mntreal, had a new-born child bap tized and the rpriest asked hni.n to sign a atism register in blanrk. Tire man peclined, saying lhe thoutght it impru dent to si-rn anv blantk formr. The priet, feeling thrat he had been in sutedi. said it wouldt he better' if Craron was lesc lacking in coufidenee in his pastor. would do hi; Earster dutiet, and do helter genrerallr. Caron sued him for $100 damage;, anda thre Honr. Jutice Paninrean conademined the cure to nar $25 damages and costs. -Jonatban Revrold;. of Pembroke, Me., is an aged maur who has always gloried in being called] air inifidel. Last Sunday he *caused 'o he read im the Methodist pulpit irn Pembroke a declaretion signed by hritn, in which he said: "I desire now t o counternet the evil that I may have caused. I believe for a person to live and die happy they mut believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in the Scrip ture." Years, in most cases, when they don't take a mani's senses away, brin' a man to his senses. FOR COUGHS AND GROUP USJ agETC The sweet v=m as gathered from a"e of the sawe nm gro n the smull strems in the Southern Staea, MV'.a a stimulating expectorant principle that loosens the pblee'n prodocing the early morning cough. and stimu lates the child to throw of the false membrane in croup sad wleooping-couets. Wben onhined with the healing madi cle the mallila plant of the ol fields. pre =Cosoana * .se2R= oSr w" e G ac Mctwv the finet known remedy for Coalghs. CrouA Wboopleg.Cosigl and ronsumption: and so palatable. any child to pleased to take It. Ast Tonr drriot for It. PrloA 25c.an-s1. WALTERA.TAYLOAtlntaGs. Use DR. BiGG.RS' RCKLFBERRY CORDIAL bt Warrhea. Dysentery and Children Teething. For sale lg Wdruggista. A STATEMENT OF FACTS FOR THE PUBLIC: TO CONSIDER. ATLANTA, GA., Januery 1', 188~. Emering from a sevcre and lons spell of typhoid fever, I ii:coevered that the fever had settled in my right leg; which caused it to swell to anl ellorilolus size, remfaining s quite thiee yeirs, resisting all treat nenIt. A small uleer fiialiy made its a parance a little above the ankle which re-fumtd to heal to any and all exter nal application and the use of the most noted bl od ptisoi remedies. 'ie ulcer c;!tinued to enlarge. fre queltly discharging, perhaps, as iuch as a cuoful of pus or matter per day The size -of the ulcer was about two iceIos in: diameter. extending to a depth near the bone. At one time it appeared that the flesh in all c. utiguous parts, would surely become a running sore, as its peculiai ly flabby, spotted and unhealthy condition cltearly iudicated, and it was intimated that I might lose my iCe. My condition beconing so critical, ain tile tileer enlirg ing so rapidiy, we bent for Dr. J. P1. Drom goole, who iliade a througn; examination, and said that the flesh on my leg for six i inilies around tilt sore wotuldt soon slough o f it not remedied: that I must have ily :eg balthiged (lai!v and comence the use of B. U. D. I acted according- to his instruetions, and aft-r usuing the secolnd bottlt, the ulcer looked fresh and iealthy and comime'nc.d healing. I coitinueld the use of B. B. 13 , ani to the greatest a-tonislinivnt aid satis faction of myself and friends, the uleer continied to heal rapidly and is now en tirely well, and I am attendinigto my busi ness at W. 11. Brotherton's store. I do not hesitate to recommlend B. 13. 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