The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-17
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
lADAME GRAvIER, sisterof VI. Thiers,
recently in France at the age of
enty-six. 1t was she who in 1916
a sort of eating-house with board
the entrance bearing the words ::
f able dhote kept by the sister of NJ.
ers." The latter brought an action
INST her, and, having gained his suit,
AIMED an order to have the obnoxious
ice renewed.
eRT ROYAL is clearly on the up
1e as a naval station. Nine vessels
there already, and others coming,
IN a short time there will be assem-
IN this magnificent harbor the finest
t ever gathered in an American har-
The four-decker, New Hampshire,
| soon be on hand, with Com. Clitz,
rs ranking officer. The feet at Port
yal will help tine PROSTATE state and
IA southern railroads, as large pur-
Ises must be made and good deal of
Il flnsportation used.
jALIFoRNIA will yet develop resources
the most diverse kinds which will
ke her not only the wealthiest state in
Union, but richer than any other re-
n OF equal area in the world. Her
d and silver, her matchless grazing
f DIS and sheep---said to produce as fine
+ Itton as England's South Downs---her
iculture, her giant grain, and corn
1t sprouts all the year round, and
ny other natural advantages, have
Nv been capped by the DISCOVERY Of
tmonds in the coast range of San MateO
lnty, where specimens as large as
able the size. of castor bean have
IN found.
NINE counties in Minnesota destroyed
1895 bushels of locust larvie last sum-
r, at cost of $S7 ,5O5 in bounties
a. The county which started first
pressed them completely, and the
0le movement was a fair success. 1t
not Necessary to pay so high boun-
however, and the legislature of the
III us asked to receup the counties for
Il the expense of their inexperience.
4 claimed that, in the light of this
2erience, it would not be difficult to
me general grasshopper law which
uld render these devastations impos-
lie in the future, if adopted by the
ties of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
and Missouri.
"A MAMMOTH grain elevator is now be-
erected for the New York Central and
ldson river railroad company. The
yator is accessible by water on three
s, and extends from Sixtieth to Sixty
nd street. 1t is 354 feet in length by
feet Ia width, and is to be 100 feet
d h. 1t is to contain 264 bins, each 60
It high, and having a capacity of 5000
Rshels, or an aggregate capacity of over
B00,OOO bushels. The foundation of
e building is composed of about seven
ousand piles. 1t IS stated that the
ly grain elevator on the Atlantic sea-
Pard of equal size to this is one in Balti-
ore. There are several at the west of
ual capacity, and one in St. Louis
Pable Of holding million bushels more
A PROPOSITION to abolish Lent will
1robably be regarded by many, even of
ose who do not observe the fast very
|rictly, as startling one but that is
pe proposition which is to be made in |
le Reformed Episcopal church. At
difference held in Philadelphia a few
hys since by clergymen of that denomi-
htion it WIS decided to recommend the
biicy of abandoning the observance TO |
be general standing committee, on the
round that the indulgence in worldly
|leasures before and after Lent is in
reased by way of compensation for en-
breed abstention during the season of
sting, and upon the further ground that
inform moderation of life is the church's
reat need, and that this may be better
ecurcd without lenten observances than
nth them.
THE ease and rapidity with which the
Eoston forger, Winslow, was captured
|hile fleeing from justice is another IL
1stration of how nearly as one the
Iholc civilized world now is, and how
loosely it approaches to being one or
anism for certain definite ends. There
hardly a nook or a corner to which
riminal can retreat with assurance that
le will not be dragged from it by the
,ficers of the law. He Is absolutely
ledged in. Almost before he is out of
port the telegraph has signaled his flight,
% that when he arrives at a place where
few years ago he would have been in
ccurity, he is collared by a policeman
Ind presently sent home again. Prob !
,bly before a decade shall have passed !
ye shall have extradition treaties with
III governments, and thus render it al
most miracle for a fugitive from Justice
O escape its clutches.
TIE Carlist war is over and the brave
nd plucky don has escaped across the
inc into France. He is a young man
till, and, if nothing happens, will have
,lenty of chances to recuscitate his lost
,ause and plague poor old Spain. He
ought losing battle with a courage that
mounted to desperation, and managed
O protract his struggle against the whole
,ower of Spain without money or ships
II military supplies or foreign aid. But |
uch contests for merely personal aggran-
Element are a century behind the time, !
md history will stamp him as a reckless
.dventurer, numbering, plundering, and
,urning to snatch crown that was not
us. FIad he managed to get himself
,orn a hundred years or so ago he might !
ave succeeded, and even had he failed
,ould have gone off the stage in 4 whirl- !
rind of military glory. One sure way to
top these desperate fights for crown is
-. r,aIt the crown into hard dnIlors and