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THE TKL K SOUTHRON", Established Jane, ISCC?
Published rwry Tuesday,
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.W?R*W flftRttNST-GN -AMD CBERAW
ANO SALISBURY RAILROADS.
O'
PKKSTDENrS OFFICfc,
Socwtt Hill, S. C. May 23. IS81.
N AND. AFTER THIS DATE, TRAINS
on these Reads will ran as follows,?e? cry
except Sunday.
rLe?ve WcJesboro_.?. S to tu
Lear? Bennett's_.-U: 9 00 a ia (
Leave Morren_-. 9 55 ? tn ,
Leave .VcFarlaa ......... ......... ... ... ? 35 :? m |
Leave CherawV....^......?_10 IS a m
Leave Society Hill.......? 10 5d a a j
Lesnp Darlington.*T'35 "?? a? |
-Arrive at Florence--~. 12 10 p o*
OP.
J^r^JIbrencel...........-.- 1240 p ?a
Leave*DarliagtonU~.^.......-- 2 2ft t. :n j
Leave society Hill._2 10 j. a* j
Arrive:at Cbermr~. ...........2 50 p u f
Arrive at Wade*boro-... ?* 4 15 j. to j
The fre'ghi train will leave Florence at S 3? a f
W every day exeept Sunday; making the r?.u.ui {
trip to Cberaw every day, and to Wadeshoro ?!< !
often as may be necessary?keeping oat y the j
'way of paffeagrt- train.
_I' D TQWySSXD. President I
GERMAN K?lNFfT!
Direct Importation.
PERUVIAN GUANO,
Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov
ernment.
FISH G-TJANO,
6@8 per cent. Ammonia.
JK0VA SCOTIA PLASTES.
Sotttk Carolina Ground Phosphate^
Fine Ground and High Grade.
For sale bv
HERMAN BULWINKLE, I
KERR'S WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 17 2:??
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taiisle ai Csititstioiallst
1882.
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the South, f.nd ^perhaps the oldesi i? the
United States, having been established in
2785. While thoroughly Democratic in price
^eiple, it is liberal, progressive aad tolerant.
The Chronicle contains the latest news from
all parts of the >orld, and is recognized as a
^first class paper.
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country in Georgia and South Carolina tribu
tary to Augusta.
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ter/^ . \
; TERMS:
J^tj^-oneyear.....$10 00
*Tr>WeeVjy_, one year. 5 00
;\r?ek'ly, one year.-.? 2 CC
. Address, WALSH & WRIGHT,
::,|an24rtd_Augusta, Gh.
IfAVILIOlT HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY
located HOTEL having beet, entireh
renovated during the past Summer is now
.ready for the reception of the traveling public
Popular prices S2 and 2.50 per day.
Soecial rates for Commercial Travelers.
E. T. GAILLARD,
: ; Qct^25 * . Proprietor.
TSE-AIKAR HOUSE
CO UN Kit GF
T?nderhorst and King Sts
HAVING LEEN LEASED BY
Heriot,
(Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,)
I~S NOW OPEN for the jiecom:?:<.dat:oi: ..:
Boarder*. Parties visiting Ch.trieston wi. j
find this House conveniently situated for L
?ess. and directly on the line <>f 5; reef Itailwa-y.
Terms, per day, fn.m $1 25 t<? $1 50.
" i' month, from $25 CO to $3u 0t>,
acc^rdin?! to location of rooms?5re extra.
. Feb 18 _
HILBERS HOUSET t
284 Kxng Street, next to Masonic Tern- j
pie, Charleston, S. C.
Bates $1.50 per day, reduced rates by the |
Heek or month, According to location of j
rooms. .
This honse, so well and favorably known !
as being-a-strictly first-class boarding house, j
is centrally located, accessible to wholesale J
and retail stores, theatres, and places of i::- j
terest, and especially desirable for business j
men or families visiting the city; nothing be- |
-4pg neglected to make its guests comfortable. !
Ask for carriage at depot.?Respectfully j
MRS. B. HILBERS Proprjetkess
Sept 20?1881.
tbeTrasd hotel I
COLUMBIA, s. c.
HATING renewed my Lease of !,TLc Grand ;
Central Hotel" for a term of ye.-rs, I
beg leave to inform the Public tuat the House
has been thoroughly re-painted, and is v.t>v: j
furnished with tiew and ?mprov&d i> k ;
"J^alnot Furniture, Wire SprTiig Bods v.tth j
fcesiAffair Mattresses, Velvet and firui-tU I
Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect .vitb !
every room, and the Hotel is connected j
through the Columbia Telephonic Exchange
with every prominent place of business
thepughout the City. These advantages, with |
eoj^stent attendants, warrant nie in assuring j
raftraveling Public as gcod accommc-hitjons j
as the Somit can atTWd.
JOHN T. WILI.EY, Proprietor.
__Sept 20 _
COLUMBIA HOTEL
R. N. LOWKANCK, Piopnetor |
^ COLUMBIA, s. a
BcBie, Boon s and Scrawls First-class, j
1 ^ - RATES REASON/ C:LE.
Sept 20?3m '
W^?E SIAMPJ r?K (ViAr^Ki.v? CLOTHES j
with? indet?ible ink, or f?r printing visiting j
c.n^I?? and *
STRIPS OF ANY K!NJ> j
CUIon C. P. ObiEEN.
At &* W?iiimxi ?-i Swkthcua 4?c*.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA R. R.
ON and after Jan. 1st, 1SS2, the following
schedule will be run on this Road :
NIGHT EXPRKSS AND MAJl TRAIN. (Daily )
(Nos. 47 West and 4S East.)
Leave WilmingtOQ.10 15 pm
Arrive at Florence. 2 20 a m
Leave Florence..... .. 2 50 a m
Leave Sumtcr. 4 20 a ai
Arrive at Columbia._.- 6 10 a m
Leave Columbia_._10 00 p m
Leave Sumter.- ..~J2 OS a m
Arrive at Florence....1 34 a m
Leave Florence...... \ 52 a ni
Arrive ?t Wilmington...... 6 20 a tu
This Train stops only at Brinkloy's. White
vilie, Flemington, Fair Bluff, .Marion. Florence,
TimmoosviUe, Mayesviile, Suuiter, Camden
Junction and Eastover.
THROUGH Ft:i:?6nT TKAIN.
luiilr, txctp: Sundays.
Leave Florence..... -."11 40 p m
Leave Sumter . 2 2S a m
Arrive a: Colounbj?.5 30am
I ?-avc CoIsa?V?a. 5 00 p m
Leave Sumter-. ... - . S 20 p m
Arrlv? at Florence * ?.-..,-.-11 10 p in
? u o?c hrejcht? Cbaiiy except Sunday.)
Leave Florence..... 6 30 a ax
Ai rive at Sumter._. 10 55 a m
Leave Sumter.11 4tt a m
Airivc at Columbia_. 4 00 p in
Leave C<dumhin........ 7 90 a m j
Arrive ar Msw.tvr....11 15 a ui
Leave Suir.it-r. .12 15 p m
Arrive at I lorence. ... . 5 10 -p in
A. POPK, G. P. A. i
JOHN F. DTVIXE. General Sup't._!
Cclnabia and Orrseireills Rail Road,
1'A SS kn U EU L> Iii*A RT.m EXT,
CoupMniA. S. C. An'snst 3i. 1SS1
ON AND A FT Kit THURSDAY, September!
1st, ISSl. Passenger Trains will run as j
Herewith ui"jented, iit?.?ti this road and its
branches? Daily exc-p' Sundays :
V? 41 Up p.iVsenger.
Leave Cobimbi*. (1). 11 20 a ra ;
Leave Alston_. -.12 25 p ni j
brave XewWrry. I 21 p in
Leave Hodge*. 3 5-2 p m
L.?ure JWton . 5 05 p in j
Arrive at Greenville. . 6 27 p m j
No. 43 Down PW&eiiger.
Leave Greeavi.le at.10 33 a tn j
Leave tMt?n.II 57 a m j
Leave Hodg.s. 1 12 p.in:
Leave Newberry.?. 3 47 p ?i :
Leave Alston. 4 4? p m ;
Arrive at Columbia (F). ? b? p in |
S^autanxcuc, Um#n & t-oui-xsiA: It. K. j
No. 42 Up Passenger.
Leave Alston.~- '2 4c' p m j
Leave Spanaulmig. S U As C Depot (B> 4 SSp ni !
Arrive Sp?rt? nburg It ? D Depot t Yl\ -i 12 p in
No. ?5. i)o?n Piisswger.
Leave Sparr?nhur:r R <? D Depot ?11/ 12 4$ p m j
Leave Spartanbar^? L-? O Depot ((ijf 1 t?T p in I
Leave Union-. .?. 2 36 p us ;
Arrive at Alston.~ 4 off p m ;
Lauxkns Ram. RoAP.
Leave Ncwb-rry..... 3 55 p in ;
Arrive ?i Laurens C II. 0 45 n in
LttiVe Lauren* C. II ..*. 8 30 a m ;
Arrive ai Newveiry.II a in :
AEl>Kv:t.f.? Branch.
Leave Hollges..~. 3 5G p m j
Arrive at Abbeville. 4 45 ?? m i
L.-ave AtdfeVnio .12 15 p '
Vrnve at Hodges. ! 05 p ;::
lil.'JK KiUSK U. 11. ? anhkusos i>!:ANCH.
L?-ayc BMtoti.^. 5 i'S m i
Leave An ders-n. 5 4! ]> :u j
Leave Petidlctan. 0 20 in j
L. avc S.:;.:.ca JC). 7 20 ;. m; \
Vrrivc a'. "V:t;i:ai!a. .? 7 45 p u\ I
Leave \V?l!i:<lla. * S-) a m >
Leave Sesieea -. t> 34 a in |
Leaves IV-odieioti. }.' ' 30 ? in |
I '.-sivv Aa?etatK? .... -. 1 1 12 :? m j
Arrive at Ii-it -n .4-S : :-.\ !
On and ?fses-?t7i?ve date ihr'?:i?;i. e?rs w".)': .)P |
run be'wevu Culuuibiaanu Henderson>s?Ic w.r.;- j
out ch<iiiQe.
A?With ??iM? CaroiusH H;vii K?a;l fron: |
CharlcSi??n : witli Iviituiagtoij Columbia it a>j i
ustji R R from Wilmington and all points north ;
rli5re**t; with ? fcarh'tte, Columbia, & Augnsfct I
Kali H?ad fr?m Cbarlouc a::d points Uu;t!i j
thereof.
B?With Asbevitie > Spartonbarg Ii::ii Road !
for })o!iit5 in 'AVs'ertr C.
C_\Vhh A. & C. Im-. R i h. tl. K. for all ;
points South and t'.Vst.
I)_W:ih A. & 0. l>tv. K Jk D. It. U. from At |
ianta :^nd beyond.
IC? With A I'iv. R. & 1>. It. K for all j
points South and West.
F?With South Carolina Rail Rf-ad for Char
leston ; with WiVn?i>gtb>n; Coln-obia & Augusta j
Rail K<;ad f<*r Wlluitngt?n an 1 the North ; wi;h I
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail Road foi .
Charlorie and the Nc>rtb.
H?With Asheville & S:>artanburg Rail 3y:id |
from Uendersonville. |
li?Wish A. ? C. I>?v. R. A D. R. R. from j
Chartt'tte ? bev?nd.
Srandat <i time nsi-d is Washington, T>. C,
which is Sftceu utiiiutes faster than Colombia.
J W. FRY, Sup't. j
A. POPE. ?*oe>?i Fussencer A?;en?.
An -;;>r 30 Is*! tf. I
quum?liH??J ?ir.?r>g<fttwi^ji?ATiw^-?J. jw.' ?r.Trm j
South Carolina Hallway Co.!
Comm; :ncin? January ?.-h, 18S2. |
Passerr;'vr Tmihj r,n Ca luden Brauch will :
rua as follows, ti;/i:l !t?r:l>er notice:
if Ay ? > <;oi.::mb; v.
Leave Gamdws . 7 40 a in |
Leave Ca.adon .inuct-ion^.. S 45 a m j
A>rive at Colnaibi-i_.10 52 a la ;
wk t PU-'? Cnt.^?Kt.v - pa7i.v kxckpt St"nj>avs. '
Leave Columbi:. 5 i5 a a:_ 6 CO p m j
riivc t-Viajdi'ii.Juif tiwii. 1? ^fs> a m... 7 40 > ui
Arrive at Camd*Ti.? 1 f?.t }> m_ i> 4;. p ns
KAsr to cu \i:*.:-.-t..x a:;;> apgunta.
Leave Catutiw?..?.. 3 J-0 p tu
Leave Camden .'m:c".? 6.37 p in '
Arrive at Cbarie<t<ii;_ .:9 .*',(> p n.
Arrive at Aagasra.?. 7 35 a '
west Kft-:0 c?a?>kst?s AN!) AI-ccsta. '
Leave Cbar'e*t..?i._. ? }->:? m j
Leave Aojji:>:a.?. } 45 p hi i
Arrive Cai^iisii Jnar*.11 i:fl : m
A:live at Camdtsa._ 1 00 p in :
foNSXfTl.'NS.
Columbia :>n-l ' ?rvoviMe Rntlroad both wav-, '
for all p<dnt? f>n that R-n;! and <i:i jhe Sr.ar- :
anbury. Uoi--n :??>d C(>*tt<> '>;a and Spartan't-u'g
and Ashvilie Raijroads, ;.iso with the Char- j
lotto. Columbia j?r<?1 Ao2u>"t.-i Rai'raad t-> and i
from all points N>.*rtb by rains leaving CitaideD
at 7 4& a m. at:4 arriving at S 55 \> :a.
Connection* mad*; at Angus'a V> all points :
West and South: also at Charleston with
Steamers for New York and Florida?<?n Wed |
pesda.vs aud Saturdays
Trains on Camden Kranch run daily except !
Sunday. On laain line. Columbia and Augusta ]
Divisiims. trains run daily, "oilman C::rs are i
run between Charleston and W::..biu2ton. on j
rains arriving at Col?mi?ia J0:52 and depart
ing at 6:?'?> i*. M. Lora! sleepers between
Charleston. C'/lumbi:: and Augusta
t>n Saturdays Jt* n 1> trip TI CK KT S ?re
fold l? and fr??m a!l Siatbuis at ijit Jrst class
fan: for tae round :rip? ;i; a --s being ^ .'.d ii'i
Monday uii'ti. to iv'nrM-. KM-ursioii licSc'ets
goud for I-ty days a re r??;<u!:n;Jv < n Jo 'o an-l ]
fro*u ail stations at >*> vents $.?-r uiile f r r?und
tri".
THROUtlH TTCICMfS to all points, "a:: be j
pa refused by apply i tig t-> Jarnos S"-tc Agent :
ac Camden. ? i>. '-.*. .>i^ij!",/..
<?e:ie?-il Rars?nger ,*i?t<i TicLet .'. :ut '
JOHN B. FECK, Ger?v*?'l Mj-nagT.-'
CJiarle^ti-r.r
NORTH-EASTERN R, R, C?T
SUPERHSTTENDF^ L"S OFFICE,
NORTHEASTHRN ?AILRUAD CO.
ChakJJJSTON, .S. C, Jan.
On and after lins ?lato the following ^c!ic
dule will be run, Sundays inolud'-d :
Ltuve Charleston. Arri\\- Kb.r. :nv.
S OO A. M.[2 l>. Sim
4 10 i*. >t. 2 ')(; a m.
5 If? t*. m.I ::n a. t.t.
Leaye Florence. Ar:tv< ( < '.--r-.n.
2 4<i a. x.f.r; a. M.
II 35 a. m.i i- y..
11 10 a. i. a. : .
Train leaving Florence at - 4''j .*.. m. will
3toj) for way passenerers.
J. F. I'IViNE, Ct.. i S'ipr.
V. L. GLEAFOf', C-t. l. Tick . Agt m.
' Mm mm & mm,
Ia?'OKT.ERS AND UBaLKR-S IN ' j
yiiliiiU??, Hk?? G?ll ?fih;)iU?^;!
44 ?outh-Strect, l$altimore% Md.
December C?
AT TEE THEATEE.
I sat behind her at the play,
(They said it was "Othello;'*)
But who appeared, or how 'twas done?
Weil, ask some other fellow.
I know an overture was played
(The same they played last season ;)
And, later, peopic cried "Encore!"
(I do not know the reason.)
I heard a sweet, entreating voice,
A stifled shriek, a grroan?a
Short silence that I take it.
Marked the death of Desdemona.
Bat this was all: I simply write
These lines as a reminder
To seme one that I lost the play,
Because I sat behind her.
It was the Hat.
Barton Star.
NEWS FKOM JUPITEK.
The news that the astronomers have
lately received from the planet Jupi-1
ter is extremely interesting. It hasj
come. a'crpssi .aii_i?xpBOS.e of space Jfoujci
hundred million miles in breadth. The !
Atlantic cable with its tin}- span of j
three thousand miles is nothing to !
this. Moreover, it is news, not from
another continent, but from another j
world. So immensely has the range j
of human thought expanded that men |
find it worth while to spend their;
lives in trying to penetrate the mys
tones of stars and planets, sure that j
whatever tales of genuine discovery j
among these distant suns and worlds
they may have to tell will find gener
ous and appreciative listeners. Men
are beginning to clearly perceive, not
merely that the whole earth is akin,
but that this world is only one mem- j
ber of a closely connected sysfrm of |
worlds. The other worlds of this sys- j
lern then possess great interest for us, j
and the modern astronomer, with his j
telescope and spectroscope, .must bo j
reckoned among the news gatherers
of the age. j
To understand the meaning of what j
the telescope has recently been show
ing in Jnpiter, it will be necessary to j
recall some facts previously known j
about that giant planet. Jnpiter is j
the largest body in the solar sj'stem j
except the sun itself, and exceeds the
earth in volume abont 1,300 times, i
The girth of the earth at the equator |
is in round numbers 24,000 miles, j
Jupiter's equatorial girdle measures j
257,000 miles. But Jupiter is light;
in proportion to his size. ITis speci- j
tie gravity is a little less than that of j
water. Therefore, if we can imagine I
an ocean big enough to try the ex-!
pcrimont. Jupiter dropped into it
would not sink. The belts of Jupiter |
are well-known phenomena. They are \
among the first objects upon which ;
the amateur astronomer who has hap- :
pily become the possessor of a tele-;
scope tries its power, and there is I
probabh* nothirg else in the whole i
heavens thai he views so frequently !
and with so much satisfaction. Yet, :
although astronomers h:.:vo been ;
\vatcbing these belts and beb Iding
the wonderful changes that tat? |
place in their appearance for more j
than 200 years, they have not sue- j
ceeded in satisfactorily explaining j
them. Within a few months, how- j
ever, a great deal of light has been!
thrown upon this subject.
About four years ago the astron-;
ornical world was interested in the i
appearance upon Jupiter's southern j
hemisphere of a huge red spot, some |
twenty-live or thirty thousand miles j
long and seven or eight thousand j
broad. Haifa dozen different theo-'
ries were advanced to account for i
this appearance. Some said it was !
an opening in the cloud-choked at- j
mosphere of Jupiter, showing the red- j
hot ball of the planet beneath ; others, |
observing its peimanence of form, j
supposed it to be a portion of the
solid body of the planet heaved up
and thrust through the vaporous en
velope?a precipitous and 6cry con- j
tinent. Still others imagined it to be ;
ah enormous slag Sorting on the mol
ten surface of the planet. Most as- j
tronomers, however, preferred to j
wait for more tacts before foiiuing!
.... . i
theories. This spot has remained i
visible ever since, and anybody can j
see it wftli a good telescope of two j
inches aperture. ]t was soon per- j
ceived that the spot moved slightly j
faster than the rest of the luminous !
disk. Supposing it to be a part of!
the more solid body ol the planet, ob-1
servations were made upon it to deter- j
mine the time of Jupiter's rotation.:
The result obtained was about 9 hours !
55 minutes and o? seconds, showing '
that this great globe is whirlingaround j
its axis twenty-five times as fast as ,!
the earth.
Recently another phenomenon, not!
so conspicuous but even more won- j
derful than the red spots, has been i
perceived on Jupiter. This is a bril-;
liant white spot which sometimes ap- j
pears uoward of five thousand miles.;
iii diainetor, and at other times is al-'
most invisible. It moves faster than !
the red spot, going around in about j
nine hours and fifty minutes, so that
iii forty-four or forty-five days it makes
a complete circuit of the plantet with
respect to the red spot. There is rea
son to think that the while spot has
been visible at times tivrv f-iiiee the ;
summei; of I$78, although :t has only
recently attracted special at'ention.
Mr. Denning" ot ?ngiaud, who i;:is '
vievcr- ! much study to the snijoct,
Jhii?;' hat tins spoc shines w.l:.h ks
own i.ght, and that it is a part of, or
a projecti- n from, the act mil surface
of the planet. Thai being the case,
of course it is to bo depended u pon
for determining the rot ation period of
the planet ra!h?*r than trie ret! spot, j
the speed of which has begu n to back
en One?; in about filly s:.\ days the
luminous sp??l fades until il is barely
perceptible, and when it o:: .;!-o-?.-.
a'.;ain its Si ecu .s Si.^htiv increased.
Now comes a very inter: : obsi r-.
Vatioir. Uli New i. ear s nigi:.. Mr.
[)'-pv;Tt*o" filw^rvt'd *h:?i (he S { V.":\?:
almost invisible, and it remained in
that C'Uidition fa- f-vrai th-vs. A
biiT C'lol'd h : hi'hh-M i. This cioud
had b' en observed {'.-..>r. Lhe time of ;
'' 'orm-iAion in up:a?>?osph*-r.o:| <
om Dec. 14. It was then some <!;.
tance behind the white spot., but :is
moved with even greater velociji
than the spot, it overtook juid
scured it. Ollier dark, roundish mass
es, like cloud, have been ob.efvecl
rising along the bells, stringing them
selves out, and finally merging into
the great dart bands on either side of
the equator. In this way an entirely
new belt has been formed. From the
behavior of these clouds, there can be
little doubt that we actually see them
rising from the hidden regions of the
planet, and gradually spreading as
they enter the upper portion of the
atmosphere. This may account for
the existence of the belts, which seem
to be kept up by a supply from be
neath. Imagine a line of enormous
bonfires strung along near the earth's
equator, and constantly pouring into
the atmosphere .clouds of thick, black i
smoke. The bands that this smoke j
would make around the earth as view-!
ed ftom another planet would perhaps j
resemble tlie belts of Jupiter. But j
the resemblance cannot be carriedj
any further, for we have no informa- j
tion as to the-source or nature of the I
jiark cloucNi on *JupiteJV and-^ their '
dusky hue may arise form a difference ;
of level. As to the luminous spot, at;
present nobody can s:?y what it is or
why it shines so brightly. Yet there \
is a certainty, an attention to detail, j
and an evident progress in the obscr- j
vations now being made, which give j
strong hope that the next news from !
Jupiter may go far to clear up the !
iriystery and enable us to understand !
the tremendous operations of nature
in that distant and gigantic world.
The Guardians of our Coast. j
With such a record it is no longer i
a marvel that the American Hfe-sav-;
ing institution has taken so firm a
hold of the public heart. The terri-j
toiy which it guards?ten thousand J
or more miles?is divided into twelve !
districts. The Allantic coast presents '
one long succession of varied dan
gers, beginning with Maine, where j
the capricious currents are forever;
playing sly games about iha narrow!
capes, reefs, sunken rocks, and peaks j
of islands half submerged, paving the
coast like the teeth in a shark's j?w, I
taking in Cape Cod, that great arm j
of sand forty miles outward and up-1
ward, with its half-sunken, ever-shift-!
ing sand-bars, the island and the j
rough, rocky points on the Rhode :
Island coast?dreadful to mariners? :
and the long, unpeopled six hundred \
miles of bench from Mohtauk Point,
Long Island, to Cape Fear, North j
Carolina, terminating with the arid :
coral formation of the coast of Fiori-!
du ?vo hundred inil?s in extent, j
The g:e-.:t lakes, a group of enormous
inland seas, with twenty-five hundred i
miles of American coast-line, are sub- :
ject to sudden and violent gules, j
which pile up seas so stupendous that !
anchored vessds are swept fore and ;
aft, often causing their complete
destruction; while others, running j
f>r shelter in harWrs, miss the narrow .
entrances, and are blown licplessly :
upon julling piers, or the still more j
dangerous beach. The stations con- i
sist of three classes, severally denom- j
iuated life-saving stations, and houses j
of refuge. Each of the twelve dis
tricts is provided with a local snperin- j
tendent, who must be a resident of
tiie district and familiary acquainted
with its inhabitants. Iiis compcr.sa-;
tion is one thousand dollars per.
annum, with the exception of those !
on the coasts of Long Island and New ;
Jersey, who, having too many, sia- j
tions to look after to attend to other i
business, are paid fifteen hundred J
dollars apiece. These officers are re- j
quired to give from twenty to thirty j
thousand dollar bonds as disbursing j
agents, being intrusted with the pay- j
nieiit of t he men under them in addi- i
tion to their general duties. They !
are responsible for the selection of ihe I
keepers of the stations?a duty re-!
quiring much knowledge and excel- j
lent judgment?who are not, how- j
ever, confirmed without the acqnies- j
ence of the inspector, who is suppos- i
ed to have no loeal interests ur \
prejudices. The crews are chosen j
by the keepers. The keepers and i
crews are examined b}* a board of in- j
spectors, consisting of an officer of i
the revenue marine, a surgeon of (he j
Marine Hospital Service, und an ex
pcrr- surfntan whose qualifications are I
well known, to determine bv a judge
rnent wholly impartial their churac-1
tcr, good health, and general fitness. ;
This board is empowered to dismns i
all incompetent men on the spot and ;
require the keeper to einploy others !
without delay. The whole work is .
mi der constant inspection. An ofii- ;
cer of the revenue marine, Captain j
James U. Merry man. is the chief in- j
spector, and assigns from his office in ;
New York an assistant inspector to '.
every district. The stations are visi j
ted frequently, and the men examined !
in the exercises of the apparatus ;
drill, and obliged to give verbal rea- \
sons for every step in their operations. j
They are trained with their life-boats !
in the surf, in ihe use of ihe life-dress, i
in saving drowning persons by swim- :
ming to their relief, in the methods of ;
restoring lb' partially drowned.and in
signaling Kv vthingin and abeut the 1
scali.LiiS moves wish military precision.
When a wreck is attended with toss j
o! Iii?-, arie.il examination follows to
see if any of !he uieii have been guil- :
ty of misconduct or neglect oi duty. .
The keepers are empoweied to pro-:
tec', the interests of the government!
lroiii smivggling, and they guard all
property that comes ashore front a .
wreck until its rightful owner ap- ,
pears. They are charged with the j 1
care and order ?;f the sial-ions and the .
boats and apparatus; and they must ) '
keep accurate acc-nmis oTall receipts ,
ami ex pencil tires, journalize all I rans
e- tions. ami maiuCoii all lo-eossuiw
y. rres' n i- :..;e '.VTt!-?: W^'u U>v efil'jej's. :
i'h.:s :t qeie:-;-: ;!;-y must. ;-..-ssess a
:ciiain amount < education and high 1
iiiegrity, as well a: su: ni.anship, in-;
( .; ';(-.- ::;:d I'M-nmai ' ni"" fes. i 1
fli. y are ;> v-l h.nv hundred dollars ; 1
ach ; "! a?<\:? ?;. The rvews receive 1
orrydollars per :n>?i!?during lue -J
,Ctivo se.-woii, which .ziu.n the spa-;!-'
'Oii'A. s i Se;. '* !!.:> ' 5 Lo May }, i
id :,( >" y.-.- lak from opening to | 1
navigation, or IV?an about 1
Our delations with Ciiiii.
]\Tr. Trescott**! Pacific Sceecli to the Chilian
Presi?ent--Ile$tbririjc Order i:i Peru..
Panama, Feb. 4 ?The Lima Corres
pendent of the Star and Herald, writ
ins: under date of Jan. 25, savs t hat
the conferences which have been
held in Taona between Senor Li Ho, on
bsealf of Chili, and Senor Mariano
Baptists, as representative of Bolivia,
have terminated in the signature of a
treaty of pearc. Chili and Bolivia
mutually agree to consider the war at
an end, and an indefinite truce is pro
claimed which can only be broken by
either of the contracting parties giv
ing one year's notice of such inten
tion. Bolivia agrees to respect the
Chilian right to occupy al! the territo
ries now in its hands which form
erly belonged to Pern or Bolivia, and,
in return for this concession. Chili un
dertakes to permit the transit of
goods through Arica at moderate
rat^s^' import and export duty. By
tins action Bolivia cedes'Antofagitsta,'
Cob3*a. and all her coast, but obtains
more facilities for commerce than the
republic enjo\ed before the war. Boli
via now possesses no seaboard.
Mr. Trescott delivered his creden
tials to the Chilian Government on
Jan. 14, and in the speech he then
made, cleared up all doubts as to the
course which his Government intends
to pursue, it was feared that lie came
to thronten an armed intervention in
the event of certain demands :u>l be
ing complied with ; but it seems that
his mission is of the most friendly
character, and in no way intended to
support the unpopular action of Mr.
Hurlbnt. The speeches have been
received at Lima in Spanish, the fol
lowing being translations. Mr: Tres
cott said :
1 have the honor to present my cre
dentials as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Pres
ident of the United States. The frank .
and friendly mission intrusted to me j
will find, 1 am convinced, ready re
cognition on your part. If recent oc-1
currenccs have appeared to weaken J
the loyal confidence which has char-j
acterized up to the present, the re I a- j
tious subsisting between the two Gov- j
ernmeuts, the President is persuaded I
that it is only due to some unfortu- j
nate misunderstanding, which only \
requires clear explanation tobe satis- j
lactorily cleared up. The- Govern-!
meut of Chili will not fail to appreci- j
ate the natural an 1 deep interest \
which the United States feel for the j
rapid and honorblc termination of the \
war between the sister republics of]
the Pacific ; and i trust your Excel- j
leiiCV will feel convinced th-.it no cf- j
fort which the Government of the :
United States des'res to employ to
bring about this happy result, will in
volve the intention of su??cstin:i anv 1
condition which might compromise
the honor, endanger the true interest, j
or wourfd the susceptibilities of either j
of the belligerents. I venture to hope !
that when 1 am enabled to explain to ;
your Excellency the ideas oftttc Pres- i
ident, you will find only an ardent I
desire that the lime should arrive
when the powers which are at pre- j
sent at war will resume that oacific i
and prosperous pi ogress which, while j
Strengthening individually, strength- j
ens them all for the preservation of
that system of strong, fi^e, and inde-i
pendent republics which, based on
the traditions of the past, is the glory
of the present attd the guarantee of the
future of both Americas.
The President answered:
I received with satisfaction the cre
dentials yon piaee in iny bauds, ac
crediting you Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States. You may be certain
of receiving from the Government of j
Chili the friendly welcome which is i
the merited recognition of the loyalty I
of the intentions and sentiments which j
inspire you personally and in obedi- |
ciice to your instructions. I am fully !
convinced that no alteration will ever j
take place in those friendly rch:lions j
with the United Stales which have i
-
been cultivated by both nations with j
that constant attention which is the
duty of honorable Governments 1 I
esteem as a special proof of the syni- j
palhy of the Government of the j
United States the natura! interest it |
evinces for the termination of the !
war, which was not provoked by
Chili, but which has been brought to
a happy termination by means of vig
orous efforts i und 1 urn happy to hear
that any effort made for that purpose !
by the Unit"d States would never in-}
Volvo the intention of suggesting any j
solution which might compromise or \
wound the interest, the honor, or the
susceptibilities of the belligerents.
The Lima correspondent of the
Star and Herald says : "The speech j
of Mr. Trescott is most reassuring in i
its character, and without doubt very j
few weeks will elapse before Mr: j
Trescott will have removed ail belief!
in the theory now current that the j
United States meditate conquest in j
those regions, and tin? harmony which j
speculators were working hard to >!is- j
turb will he entirely restored.-'
Mr. Trescott was somewhat ill on j
first arriving in Chili, but he rc-eoycr-j
i"d within a lew 'lays. Mr. Biaine i
paid a visit d condolence to Mrs. ivII- \
patrick. It is reported thai Mr. Blaiue 1
has resigned the appointment of Mir.-!
ister to Chili. Messrs. Trescott anil j
Elaine held two interviews with Senor I
Balhiaceda, the Chilian Foreign Minis-:
tor. The result or even the subject ]
matter of these interviews is unknown. '
The Chilians have determin-d to j
occupy all the minor ports to rhe
iiorlh of CaSiao. A d.-tachmonl is
now on dntv at Unaeho, a;: i unovher
's t" icavo :o a to*" days to: >
.\n i xpe.;i:i': ! has !;-i; .or :!: ;-l4-er
-ide of Ii;.- U :drli( v.-here :
iiitlMtiiiif'S a!:* io riopoiii.eii :..r,
an effort made to reMo.ro s: ;ie kind
f order in !.) < ? few;:* of , M : u
2a re., Jaujn. (Jcrro do Fa"e<>. !!:: .:?-;
aooi and the many villages in '!:
r'j:ner!y l!or.r;:.h:::g .ieoar-mO;.L <.
uiuiii. !
The dusters at ChmchiJ. c-nf el j.
li'.rouem the contest between no.';
l)::)h!s of Mas ami >"ilia vice neb:, are i
[rreaterthan at first reported. The 1
foreigners were acting as an urban (
guard, and endeavored to save the
town and with it their properties, and
in so doing their lives have beet: sao
riOC'l and the town sacked and almost
t otally dcsir< >yed by fi re. Mas gave his
tnen permission to suck the town
after entering. Between fifty tin-3*
sixty foreigners are said to have been
killed. The property and goods de
stroyed are valued at $$,000,000 in
gold.
While in flight to the other side of
the Cordilleras, Cieeres petvtied a
proclamation in which he brands
Pierola as a traitor and holds him up
as an ally to the Chilians and an
enemv to his country.
A Canadian Opinion of the
South.
Tiie great success of the Atlanta
Cotton Exposition ha* started writers,
orators and represntative men' in the
Unite.'! States on a new course. The
South is entering.upon an industrial
career whic h .must soon bring that
section to-thrrfrorft as a manufactu
ring center : the struggle will before
long be between the Northern spin
dles and the Southern spindles, with
all the advantage in favor of the ho
ler, in fact Senator Deck says New
England will soon need to he protect
ed against Georgia more than against
England. England herself will iiud
it difficult to compete wilh Southern
made cotton goods. Statislics show
that a bale of cotton cost the Sou ihr
em mill-owners from five to ten dol
lars less that it Co sis the Norther mill
owner. The saving is in baling,
freight and insurance: it makes a
dilf-re-tcc in a c< mparativoly small
mill of at least 8100,000 a year. Here
tofore the Southern pcop'e have been
regarded as a sleepy, unenterprising
set ; bet the war threw them on their
own resources and gave the marvel
ous energy of the English speaking
race the needed stimulus. The re
sult has been wonderful and the At
lanta Cotton Exposition makes clear
the fact that there is an industrial day
break in the South, and a daybreak
of such splendor as to promise a noon
tide of prosperity to the whole coun
try.? Toronto Leader
A Groat Country.
The greatest cataract in the world
is the Etil Is of Niagara: the largest
cavern, ihe Mammoth Cave in Ken
tucky : the largest river, the Missis
sippi?4,000 miles in extent; tiie
largest val'ey, that of the Mississippi
?its area, 5.000.000 square miles :
the greatest city park, that of Phila
delphia, containing 2,COO acres ; the
greatest grain ;e>rr, Chicago) the
largest lake, Lake Superior : the long
est railroad, the Pacific railroad?
over 5,000 miles in extent. The most
huge mass of so? hi iron is Pilot Knob,
of Missi/nri?height 250 ? : t, circum
ference two miles; tite best specimen
if architecture, Girard"College, Phila
delphia 5 the largest aqueduct, the
Uivton. of New' York?length 40J
miles, cost $12,002,000 ; ;ho longest
bridge, the elevated railroad in Third
avenue, New York ; it extends from
ihe Battery Jo the Harleui river?the
whole length of the eastern; side oftho
Manhattan island?seven, miles long,
or 40,000 yards, and the most exten
sive anthracite coal deposits are in
Pennsylvania
Freed Laborers
Two grandsons of John U. Calhoun ;
make significant statements in the j
February Ce/iUry, in Edward Atkin- J
son's striking paper on the Atlanta !
Cotton Exposition. A fun- the war,
one of them moved with the family
slaves on to a rich Mississippi valley
plantation, and succeeded in placing
both himself, md freed laborers in a
position of prosperity. lie details the
difficulties under which Southern
planters like himself have labored, I
and he expresses unbounded conti
deuce in the ability of tin) freedmen
to support themselves in comfort, j
One of i he grandsons, referring to the
elder Callst>uu'*s belief that tin: two
races could not exist on the same
soil except in che relation of masters
and slaves,-made this surprising re
mark: "If my grandfather and his
associates had known as much about
the negro as 1 know, and cnu'd have
had the same faith in his capacity lor
progress which I have attained from
ruy own experience, there would
have been neither slavery nor war.
About Man.
Man that is married to a womaij is
of many days and full of trouble. In
tiie morning he draws his salary and
in the evening behold, it is all gone.
It is a tale, that is told : it vauishcth.
and no one keoweth whither itgoeth.
lie riseiu up clothed in the chilly
garments eft he night and seeketh the
somnambulent paregoric, with which
to soothe the colicky bowels ol his
infant posterity, lie becometh as a
horse or the ox, and dtaweth the
chariot of his oil'spring. He spendet ft |
his shekels in the purchase of line :
linen to cover tie.' bosom of his family, j
ye! hin self is seen in tire gates of the j
city with one suspender. Vea, ho is ;
altogether wretched:
Cure for Hacking Cough. j
Few ailintMiis aremory annoying than :
a eonstaal hacking cough. ''There !
can be no doubt that the great major- j
it.y of all persctis who cough, have;
primarily or else secondarily.'an ir- j
i it alien at the upper aperture of the j
latynx. eil her its posterior or anterior '
pe:tion : and local treaftnent of ihis :
ir; itatnu!. sometimes, of the simplest,
hind relieves fso::it.<inres cures)
!!i"te."? Tiie s-wa!l?>wiug'.'?.5.!.-?:lrtig:? in:
si se'i case; can ?lo hut little it' any i
gootl. Local treatment nluu can iu
ku: 1 :i ci;A !;i'h- i;- trnicnt
made e/. ; ikisTg gla s- 'he eiryng-o-/:
see;re ; : n ;:> ,t : --a. ::; r :e
! :. :!s e ;.;;:ion. a-.d. then 07 a
e:-::;, I , V- a '':' ;eVed
-; one;e. ti: > pn.l tot:<d.\i ' ,
Lie ietaedn s v.:.! :. i'eve, and < n.e
;in- inajor tv < ! ests-'s of eOugli. The
eac'ners- soro I'oo:.; !e:s:la,en often
cured hv si-mo'e local treatment.
n ee e;r uj "< :-r>!"u?. :y .?> a
i-jh. ?_ : .1* : \:] ^run-Ides rhnt hi.-: rner'!
\wj pnper tra-s intolerably damp, says,
"that's because there is so much 'due'
53 it."
: -Murdered for Her Jewels. |
i - ' -_ ' i
Uotv- a Former Woman Slave Tra<Ier IUet
Her D-aUz.
i Sr. Louis, Mo.. Feb. 3.?Mrs. Sarah j
j II. Dorriss, who was strangled to death j
on last Saturday uigbt by her grandson,
j llussell Brown, was, it is said, the only
j woman in tins country who ever made
' slave trading a business. She made ?i
; -urge fortune before the war buying and
! selling slaves, and she has becu estrtna*
i tea to be worth a half million dollars.
Her grandson, who confessed that he
murdered her in getting her jewels, is
the son of Prosecuting Attorney Brown
of St. Louis County. He i- the outcast
son of divorced parents, and although
now but 20 years of age. has led a dis
: solute life since he was 13 years eld,
when he left school, saying that he hsa
! education enough. Mrs. Dorriss, who
j was 69 years old, and wife of the fa
, mous slave trader, Geu. George P.
I Dorriss, who. was once.,a can.did.ate for
: United Stares Senator from Missouri,
j lived in a costly house amid spacious
j grounds en 'he King's highway She
! retained nn affection for her grandson,
: when others cast him off. and when her
i husband was away . he received the
j youth and gave him money and cloth
ing. Nevertheless she used to say:
'That boy will murder and rob me some
of these days. I know it. lie watches
me like a cat watches a nmu<e.5 His
eyes eoniinualiy followed le v when he
was about the house. At the time the
murderer Kotovosky's picture was print
ed she showed the picture to Mrs. T. A.
!Ta!dcrman. her daughter, who is the
wife of the Consul to Bangkok. Shun,
and asked; 'Does it- resemble any one
you know T
Ilusseii Brown," said Mrs flaldcr
man.
kYes, that's the one,'said Mrs. Dor
rass. 'His neck is Si ted for the noose. I
want you to look at it nr;d sec if there
isu t something peculiar in its shape."
Mrs Dorriss was foand dead on Sun
day morning upon the bed iu the room
of her grandson. She was in her night
dress, and where her jewel-; had been
torn from her fingers the skin was brok
en. Upon her right temple there was
a scratch about two inches lung, shaped
like a crescent. The finger prints of
her murderer were udou the throat.
Russell Brown, who was in the house
the night before, was missing. The
police found him asleep in the corner of
a street car. When locked up he con
fessed that he and Patrick McGlcw, a
bar-keeper, who formerly lived in Chica
go, hired a buggy, drove out to the
Dorriss mansion, and made their plans
for robbing his grandmother in a saloon
near by. When be was admitted to
the he-use he let in his accomplice, who
was concealed in the summer house.
During the night he visited his grand
mothers room, told her that his uncle
Tom Dorriss was sick in Iiis (the pris
sonerV) room. Without striking a light
slic went to the room, feit Ik-t way to
the bed, and, as she leaned over, she
was seized at cuce by a rough hand
from a man beneath the bedclothes.
! She tried to scream, and her grandson
choked her while MeGlew took the jew
els. When she was stripped of her
rings and was thrown upon the bed, life
was extinct. MeGlew then went to
Mrs. Dorriss's room, got her watch,
and went away. MeGlew was arrested
in Chicago. Mrs. Dorriss made a will
some time ago. by which, it is believed,
she leaves a legacy to her grandson.
Gen Dorriss was one of the largest
negro traders in this eounrry. Negro
women with nursing infants used to
command a low price, because no one
wished to have the children about; but
he bought all such slaves, and gave the
babies to his wife to raise by bottle,
: while be sold the mother at a large
profit. Mrs. Dorriss kept the money
the grown-up babies sold for. He lav
ished wealth upon his family At a ball
given in 1855 bis daughter was so re
splendent with diamonds that it was said
filial she had the price of a negro on
every Sager. It is said that Gen. Dor
riss, who was fond of poker, won the
hi eels on Kieveuth and Olive street,
which goes by his name, from J. B.
Lucas, father of James II. Lucas. Tom
Dorriss. a dissolute son, made a living
by peddling the pictures of Gen. Grant
and his family through rural Missouri
Gen. Dorriss was a member of the Il'i- :
uoLs Srate Legislature in 1352, and
worked hard to have Illinois made a
slave State. When Louis V. Bogy was
elected United State Senator, Mr. ftor
riss spent money freely to try to get the
piaeo. Though 7- years old, he still
believes he lias a political future.
Mrs. Dorriss kept a separate purse,
and was a bold speculator. She was a
daring, strong-minded women, and it
was said that she could drink mine
whiskey than any man in Missouri.
She smoked her pine every night, and
she habitually sl^pt with her cook.
When she found that her husband had
made a big sum of money, she always
ootaiued her share of it for her own
bank account. She owned the house
where she was killed. It has a row of
fluted doric columns in. front, stained
glass windows of arabesque pattern,
spacious verandas, and is luxuriously
furnished A statue of Liers orna
ments the lawti.
Bassell Brown's father and mother '
have been divorced fourteen years, and i
Consul Ilahlerman does not live with j
his wife Mrs. Dorriss's daughters arc;
aii attractive in appearance, and they j
always wear silks and diamonds. The |
family, with the exception of Mrs. Mat
lie Wisker, his mother, whose presenti
husband i = a miner out West, are bitter j
it) their feelings toward the prisoner; ;
lb.- is a born mallerer.' sain Mrs. Hal- ]
der man, 'and if I was a nein 1 would ; 1
kill him. tie be hanged if ihv :
;i, v <if Dorriss :;y ear. bang le
hi Di'iiriee; ino'iesi the urtsescr
to;-!; ?: :{ a r r. d.d.e-;: it. :'.d blew i
i.l.ti e; ?aus smo-r. into ; e ' -e o; his i'
^raaJUiher. v/iro ?v : " ifvi o. ?-.-inst.
bun. e ;'or>ner. treue-: to him, ' i
>r:id : 'Y<;;;s_rj man. vou pe.-sess more
m> icihlauec 'ban anybody I ever saw. ! ]
'i'brow : .w iv !: .!.' !,::!; ai ' turn to the ; >
jury A ois are charged wbn a serious ;
nth-nee.'' i
-l know it. Go ahead.' said tlei pris- :
oner, as lie 2;sog to.: ei^ :r in :hcgrate. '
]>: >v.u w;;s :-.e i: ' r:">t a: the
imiuesf, and he said, that he was conti- ; '
dent that he would not be hanged. Mrs. ; j
Doniss's body was buried in Bellefon
taine Cemetery on Wednesday. The
hearse was almost filled with flowers.
Mrs. Consul Halderman says* on the
night of the murder she dreamed that
her mother had been foand dead in bed.
A tumor weighing 112 pounds wu
taken from a woman in Philadelphia.
It is believed she will recover.
Small parties of colored emigrants
st;!I continue to go from the upper sec
tion of our State to Arkaasas
A new cotton mill is to be built -io
Spartan burg, S. C. Fifty thousand
dollars bave already been raised. It is*
proposed to make the capital of the Com
pany ?200,000.
At Rochester Xew York, Oscar
Wiido was hissed and groaned at so
that he could not continue his lecture,
aud au old colored man dressed in bur
lesque of the asthetic costume paraded
the nail amid veils of laughter.
Eleven ihousand seven hundred and
eighty-eight peepic are employed io the
manufacture of .cotton in Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee;
double the number employed id 1870.
The General Conference of the Meth
odist E. Church, South, meets .at Nash
ville. Teun., iu May next. It is
thought four, and possibly sis, Bishops
will be elected. Every State seems to
be naming its man.
A Judge and a jory disagreed as to
how much Mr. Rooinsou of Sidney, O.,
ought to pay Miss Alletuan for having
kissed her against her will. The jury
gave her a verdict of ?150, and the
Judge reduced the auiouut to ?200.
The State of Tcxcs has sold a track of
laud 197 miles long, with an average
width of 27 miles to pay for the erec
tion of a uew State House; the pur
chasers are Western men aud are now
; the largest laud-owners iu the world.
The man who expects to adjust the
rope around Guiteau's ueck is named
liebert Strong. He .has had enough
practice to make him proficieut. He
says that, although Guiteau seems
brave now, he expects to see him die
like a cur.
A witness in a trial at Marshal),
Texas, asked the Judge to excuse him
from the stand for a minute. Going in
to an anteroom, be committed suicide
with a pistol. He had no personal in
terest iu the lawsuit, ani wliy he chose
that time to die is a mystery.
Commander Cheyoe seems sanguine
of obtaining ?40,000 in America to
ward the expense of reaching the north
pole by balloons. Sir Hugh Allan and
other residents of Montreal have nn
\ der taken to obtain a subsidy of ?20,
I 000 from the Canadian Government.
Sullivan was refused admission to the
wake held over the bo*iy of his friend
. McCarty, in Boston, aud be thrust his
arm through a window, seized tbo
lamented McCarty by the foot, and had
pulled him half way out before the
amazed company could stop him.
The Karaites?the Jewish sect which
renouces the Talmud ana other Jewish
legeuds?have come into prominence in
connection with the Jewish outrages
iu Russia. A recent traveller who is
well acquainted with the Karaites says
that they number at least ten thousand
persons. Many reside in Moscow,
although they are not to be met with
ic St. Petersburg.
Who will say that baby elephants are
not valuable? j>arnam has been offered
?100,000 for the Bridgeport, Conn.,
baby aud its mother, the Queen.
Baruum says ?500,000 is ihe price.
He says the baby, born March 2. 1880,
has made ?302,000 already. He and
his partners have insured the last for
?300,000 and pay ?1,000 weeiiiy .io
premiums. They are offered ?2,000 a
week to sell its pictures during the uext
season. Did you ever ?
A canary bird died lately in Cincin
nati of consumption. A year ago last
suaitsier the bird was left hanging in
its cage one evening in the open win
dow: Previously an excellent singer,
><?on afterward it began to droop and
sing but little. Six moatbs later the
bird developed a well defined cough,
which could be heard distinctly in the
next room. Remedies were admistered,
hut without success, and the bird piued
away and died, as doctors who were
consulted said, of consumption.
A Presbyterian missionary at Fort
Wraugcll, Atlaska, writes to the St
Louis board of Missions that perons ac
cused of witchcraft near that station are
puished with death. An cid woman,
whom the natives charged with being
an agent of the devil, was tied to a tree
Mel left five days without food. Her
thirs: was agravatcd with salt water
ant] at last she was hacked to pieces
v.'iih knives.
Three youn?, fellows took it into
their heads to dance at the grave of
friend at LawreuccvHle, [II., and one of
them fell into it. Their conduct shock
ed the mourners, who drove them away,
and subsequently prepared to lynch
them. They lied hastily, making their
way down the river fourteen miles in a
lealrv boat, which Soally sank under
them. They swam to theihorc, but ifc
was a cold night. They were too ex
hausted to go any further, and in the
morning their dead bodies were found.
In South Carolina all male citizens
betwecu the ages, of 21 and GO are
liable ro a poil tax of one dollar except
those exempt by law* Should any
person fail or refuse to pay said
noli t'x he shall be deemed guilty
nf a misdeamnor. ana on conviction
thereof before any trial Justice or
other Conn having jurisdiction of the
?asno. slndi he punished by a H :C which
ilia!; not exceed tor dollars, together
ivirh C"<5t. of said suit, by ir/.nr'sonment
n the County Jail not exceeding thirty
lays;
A Jewish refugee, who IVas- arrived
in Liverpool, from Kief, says zz- recent
; sa-f number ef Jewish maidens strip
ped naked and 'Hged through the
own. The police refused to i-erfcre.
A soldier fron: Mikeiaief says his regi
iii>?? was m-i :dlo?' d to suppress riots
i:-"iusr. ?'? Je-vs. Many .\omon with
n.an's appear to have suffered acutely
re Jewish refuges believe that the
?:;ar is unaware of their sufferings and
is not responsible for the atiocities.