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VncIe sanll,,v Tii,len.

The New York spoadent of the
Buffalo Courier says; Speaking Of bach
eiors, 1 suppose there is 10 other bachelor
in New York who takes more solid com
fort than Mr. Tilden. It seems rather
odd that man without family and no APP
parent probability Of changing his con-.
diton in that respeor, should crave so
large and sumptuous home. Sdr. Til5en
Is credited in newspaper paragraphs with
an income of 81 900 a day. ] doubt that
the figures 60 quite SO high'as that, but
Mr.. filden certainly needs a large income
10 live and entertain as lie does. His
mansion at Yonkers is an expensive es-
febljsh nent, but he spares no money 10
keep il in tie best OF order. As bach
elor's home It would be pretty hard TO
equal il n any part OF the country. The
alterations nav going on in his city resi-
1ence Mt Gramercy Park VIII cost sum
that would at one time have been cousid-
cred nice fortune. The whole interior
Of the building he bon ght last spring, adj
Joining the one he occupied, has been torn
out The handsome grounds in the rear
are MI torn up for new water and sewer
connections. The two buildings viii be
run into one and the grounds again hand
someiy laid out, and when all is done the
Gramercy Park home viii be as fine a
mansion as any millionaire could wish 70
live in, even with large family Mr
Tilien has lately enjoyed pnusually good
health, and he shows it in his looks
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Ti,e temperance Question.

In Nebraska the plan OF high license ia
being tried to mitigate the evils Of in
temperance. In cities Numbering over
10000 people, saloonkeepers viii have to
pay 81, 900 for license, and in towns
and villages numbering less than 10 0OO
inhabitants they will have to pay $500
and in each case they will be obliged TO
give bonds in $1,000 to obey the law and
keep decent and orderly houses The
Supreme Court Of the State has afirmed
the validity of this law. In Michigan n 0
license is allowed AID tax or fne is there
imposed upon the seller of 800 a year.
! Chicago paper says:
'If such system as that in Michigan
could be put in operation here. taxing the
beer seller, for instance, say 500 and
the whisky-seiler four or FIVE times as
much il would be thu best practical tenn
perance measure that could be enforced,
as il would interfere with no citizens
personal rights, and at the same time it
would freeze out at least 1000 OF the
lowest and ineauest crime -breeding dog
eeries and whisky dens in the city, ana
a. the same time produce enough addition
al revenue to support fuiy two hundred
more policemen TO preserve order and
protect life aud property"
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$4,000 SUPERINTENDENT.

Captain Hewgate, who has won great
distinction as North Pole explorer, and
duEiag the war as Signal Service officer,
has been arrested Cn charge Of embsz-
fling S4o,000from the Government. 1t
is charged that he made out fraudulent
vouchers, and upon them drew the money.
The Attorney is confident of eou-
victing him, as tho affiiavits TO the charg-
es are sworn to By General Hazen. How
gate says ha will prove his innocsncei
bat on examining trial, he waived ex
animation, and gave bail in $4,000. He
has been the pet Of the Nation, irrespect-
i've Of party, because OF his Arctic ex-
ploration fame
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SECRETARY of War Lincoln, according TO
an interview in the New York Tribune,
does not think the army viii make much
of display at the coming Yorktown
celebration. he sats most Of The $50, 600
appropriated by Congress vi'l have to be
devoted to the entertainment Of the ex-
pected visitors from abroad, and that ali
il will be possible for him 10 do will Be
the concentration ofthe few troops station
ed At New York, Baltimore, Washington
and Fortress Monroe, in ali not more than
1000 regulars. IL is the intention to
bring F company Of their artillery from
California, il is an exact counterpart Of a
company that took part ia the original
celebration. This is about all that the
department can possibly do, besides send
ing down the 1920 tents. OF course the
department will aid to the utmost sDy
velunteer organization that may attend,
but il cannot do much because Of the lack
Of money.
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In the street.

gentleman interested in prisoners
visited man III Jail. waiting TO be tried
for IA crime.
''Sir, said the prisoner, tears running
down his checks, Il had q good home
education. Ny street education ruined
me. I used to slip out of the house, and
90 off with the boys In the street.
..In the street learned to lounge; in
the street I learned 70 swear; II the street
T learned to smoke; IL thestreet l learned
to gamble: IN the street I learned to Pill
fer. and to do all evil O sir, it is in the
street the devil turks TO work the ruin OF
the young.
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g SEssssssIp2i River Deserving = CIV
AL


L-aftiA'-t 10 tiar N.'lt-aI ii-ssl
wAsHrSGr5x. Aug. 22-The people Of
New Orleans and vicinity are becoming
greatly excited over what is tevmed By
some OF the newspapers "a danger that
has long been apparent 70 eminent engIn-
eers7 The socalled DANCES is based on a
statement that the beds Of the Red and
Atchafalaya are on a lower level than
that of the Mississippi and that for years
past the latter river has exhibited ten
dencv, Increasing from time 20 time to
find its way 10 the Gulf through tho Aich-
afalava The citizeua Of New Orleans
have been SO thoroughly impressed with
tha idea that they are threatened with
the danger Of waking mp some fine morn
ing and finding the Mississippi river
.missing, that they have appealed 10 their
Renators and Representative to wake pp
Aud save them. The ssid Senator'S and
Representatives, in turn have appealed
- The Chief Engineer, who referred the
Deals TO the engineer ia charge Of the
erorement of the Red river. TIE gal
X Major is confident OF his ability to
vent the Red and Atchafalaya rivers
Ia swallowing the Mississippi. and
)eSmises TO 10 So at least until Congress
Ian meet aud pass law restraining the
Wandering Of the so-caled "father OF
EEatersn
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I REMAMAARLH sgRIxc.
q 20. 80 nrendE.
Indianapolis Journal. Aug. IL.

Indianapolis Journal. Aug, II.
Aspiring has been discoverei in Arkan-
sag, which, if he reports Of the rem arka-
be qualities Of us waters can be believ-
Ell, viii speedily become Formidable
rival Of Maxinkuckee. The spring is
located 10 miles northeast of Withersp oou,
on Greasy Creek. The Rev John e.
Yeats, Baptist preacher Of local eele-
bri,y, visited tie place recently, and he
says the spring flows from 9 mountain
about 400 feet high, comes out of the
ground about 100 feet from the top Of the
mountain, on the north side and flows at
The rate osaoout 40 gallons per minute,
and it is the oolOro apple cider, and
tastes just like apple brandy and has the
same effect Those under the influence Of
the water are perfectly ecslatic, and hugg
ing aud loving everybody they meet.
lie says: II never saw the like, children
and boys and girls hugging and kissing
every one they meet. Old men and old
women, young men and young ladies', EN-
ofacing each other By hagginE and kiss
ing. net an old white haired man and
woman--f sUppose about so years old
and they were hopping ana skipping ike
amos saw hundreds lying around the
spring 80 nrunk that they could not
stand up, and they were lying and laugh-
IN and tryingso slap their hands. The
people call them the Millennium Springs"
ms IS evidently a baidheaded attempt 70
Dull the Sammer-resorEs market Please
sena one ticket TO this oifiee for Greasy
Greek.
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nafnclng Silver sn,sa.

An abase has grown up Of late, espa
IS n the West, that the Treasury Del
ment will probably devise some mea
discourage at an early day. II All
that many persons engaged in trad&
established custom of punch
in fractional silver coins 1t -
that they take in the piece =
condition punch out small p f
pass them again. To such an
this abuse practieed in some
that the banks have made complac%
have adopted measures to chetk y
establishing rates Of discount pr dsS
coins. The custom is to allow bat a
five cents for the punched ten cent pi
fifteen TO twenty cents for the qua
and about forty cents for the half IL.
The Treasury Depart ment will D
advise the public to refuse thess -
offered to them. as the mos E
means Of putting a stop TO this
vandalism Any person may ~
70 take coin with hole punch Il
on the ground that its value is n =
it was when Issued and stampa<
Government.
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Population and Production.

1t is the general belief that the new
vnsus will show a total population of
less than 1000, 900, and probably
A 90, 600. In round numbers, the pop
S. lation of all the States and Territories
1870 was IS, 500, 900. If we have
30, 000, 900 now, the increase in ten years
twas II 500, coo, or very nearly 30 per
! cent (29.87) Let Us call it 30 per cent.
: 1t is an enormous increase upon so vast
a capital as 30, 500, 600, and if it can be
kept no during the next ten years the
. population of the United States VIII, IN
4 1890, have reached 65, 900, 600, which is
IS much as the population of France and
84aly combined. But our increase in
yotealth and production IS far greater. In
RlS70 we had 80. 900 miles of railroad
flagainst Sc. 900 in 1880, an increase Of 40
kper cent Our exports in 1870 amounted
q o 1929, 900, 900, against $730, 600, 900 IN
TS79-an increase OF IS per cent The
bicrease in coal production from 1859 to
4 ISIS was over 90 per cent. Our agrl-
Cultural exports n 1868 amounted to
1920, coo, 000; IN 1873 to 1892 coo, 600
increase, So per cent. The cereal pro-
ducts Of the country IN 1868 aggregated
I l, 450, 7S9, 600 bushels, including Indian
= corn. In 1873 the total was ?, 1868, 000,-
|, D00-an increase of 68 per cent. In
6ifSbO we produced but 14S, oOO,OOU
S,5ushels Of wheat In 1879 the produe-
Zion Of this cereal was 440, 900, 900
E,Snsbels. The increase IN fourteen years
3 nearly 200 per cent, or 49, per cent.
ser year. From 1870 to 1873 the cotton
Eield rose from 3, 900, 600 to 5,216, 000-
an increase of 70 per cent. in eight years,
/, or 70 the rate of nearly 9 per cent. a
year. The expansion Of American manu-
Z facture has kept pace with increase in
agricultural production. Philadelphia,
ePittsburg, and Lowell now rank among
AZ se greatest manufacturing cities in tho
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&ARREELp ID.
T'ae E'realaen, slowly slnhlng.

me dispatches from Washington, even
rom ne most hopeful, represent Presi-
ueht earhelds condition as having bat
l'''e nope Tie is delirious at times his
g ana cheeks sanken, lips colOrless-
"'s "hcA aud legs covered with bed scars,
anu ms robust weight reduced to one
'U01'ea and twenty FIVE pounds, and he
sPsaks only in wbisp ers. Most people
es@Ia ms death as emily question Of
'e" Gays aud but very few yet han g TO
hope That lie win recover.
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= sss a-saaas@-----@-.a->E ~=s-~sS--s--.sr.
An Interesting rumor comes from Mis-
sissippi to the effect that Gen. Chalmers
may be selected to head a Republican-
Greenback Independent ticket against the
regular Democracy. That would be even
worse for our Pepnblican brethren than
having TO surrender TO Malone. Let us
fancy the Tribune doing justice at last 20
General Chalmers and proving that he
never was near Fort Pillow. or If be was.
that be commanded a negro battalion ua-
der the Stars and Stripes Fancy the
Tines demonstrating with all its energy
and arithmetic hat he Mississippi cleo
ton law is the perfection of wisdom. and
that if there were any frauds committed
in The "Sboestring' district the perpe-
TRAITOR was Mr.. Lynch or the catI Is
there enc sensible man in the American
Uaion Who does not know that if to NOR
row Mr.. Jefferson Davis should take the
field at the head Of a Fusion ticker against
General Lowry, all our esteemed Repub-
iican contemporaries would rally to his
support and show that his conduct TWEEN
~ years ago was cruelty misjujged in
time Of great popular Excitement
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q RefoTnaaEOry for Youthful
GRIMM. ais

The Hickman CoURIER advocates te
establishment of n reform atory to tale
Che place of the pcnitentiary in the pun
ishnent Of youthful criminals. Withol
doubt IL is n shame that boys under ~
teen years Of age should be confined A
associate with the old and hardened 81
ners in the penitentjary. Gov. Blaoi
burn in some cases attempts to remeH
the defects Of law, or rather thinks j.
proper exercises Of clemency o save
juveniles from the moral destruetiou1
threatens them By pardon for the
offeRse. His humane action. how'd
seems to meet with little favor fro
press generally, which continues '
about The reckless abuse Of the
ing power, never stepping 10
the merits of any given case.
fort Yeoman.
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"THEY SAY, Blaine has obtained Gar
fields signature TO a calkconvening Con-
gress, which be will issue in the event of
Garfeld's death, to the end that. Cong ress
may pronounce upon Arthur's eligibility,
aud ia any event elect President Of the
Senate. Such a situation would produce
great excitement
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rae En.nlgraslOn Conyer

The West Tennesaes immigratiorE
vention at jackson adjourned O.
Friday. A permanent immigrati{S
ciety for West Tennessee was org b.
to be operated by an incorpora -
stock company. under the lay
nessee, in the snaps Of a cent?
zation at Jackson and brand
county in West Tennessee.
II is the duty Of the coanty 81
tions to collect full information il -
to the resources of each county, TO ~
with the central organization at ] ~
The latter is charged with the
collecting statistical information in
to manufacturing, etc. All these org
cations TO act in harmony with the
Commissioner of immigration
amount of the stock AMI shares. hav<
yet been determined.
There cannot be any doubt that 4
people catch the spirit manifested 81
jackson convention, there will b
awakening in West TENNESSEE thatn
produce great result Union City /,
ei0s.
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The whole country would mourn at Gar
fields deaths, bu, If it should so transpire,
il need nc; Interfere with the peace, pros
pegity, aud happiness Of The country.
Arthur is only Republican, precisely
as Garfield, and The worst he could do
would be to C onduet he Government I'M
der Republican dictatiOni and this eth er
will do
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VICE PREsIoESr Arthur has been talk :
ing Of assuming the Office of President,
because of Gar6elds sickness he tries
this, the excitement will make Guiteau's
bullet effective. It viii kill poor Gar
field
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On 40 Dror.,,n-~

Mr.. Fl. {. Huntington, we understand.
has contracted for 10000 ties 10 be used
in the construction Of the road from
Irimbie to Dyersburg, a distance OF about
Is miles, the grading on tAis portion hay-
ing been completed. The contract was
let TO Mr Folks, of Harris Station, aud
the Ties are 20 be delivered at once. Some
iron has already been sent down the roa 3.
and the work on this gap is 70 be COM
meneei very shortly, and put through 70
completion without any delay. b
News.
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THE Washington Star believes that the
s,raicht-out Republicans in Virginia
"wiIi support the regular Democratic
ticket in order to make the Readjuster
defeat the more crashing"
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GENERAL LEslIE CoMBs is dead. He was
the colleague Of Clay, and in those CID
days was a conspicuous leader He w
the boy cnptnin ia The war of 1872 ~
died at Lexington, Ky, Monday, aged IS
years.
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sTHEY SAY. Arthur was born Ia Cana
da, and, therefore. Ineligible to The Office
OF President. We expect this is a eanard;
hat il has been repeatedly charged, and,
If proven, will set him aside.
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What use has an honest, brave man for
pistOi!-l Neig Married, Mo- CiroHeie-
In your country. neighbor, among your
noble hearted people, man might live
twenty years and never need pistol;
bat, then, when be does happen to need
one, "he needs it like HILL" as the Ar
kansas man said--thatis he needs it quick
~, or its too late for him.
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The Frankfort Teom4a speaks in alarm
Ing terms Of the drouth throughout Cen
trail Kentucky. Alb, we'll, the crops in
this section are nothing 70 brag sn, but
If the worst comes, the ''pauper counties
West ofThe Tennessee can supply our
"blue- grass" brothers with enough bread
siufs to keep the wolf from their doors;
and have plenty left for cur own ''pauPer
children" And wen do il.
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The Esrnnill Aren.

'"e a'ontn area appears 10 have exteE d
81 very generally over the corn section Of
the l Hited States, with here ami there
strips and belts where they have fair
yield The U. S. Agricultural Depart
ment estimates the deficiency at one
fourth less than THE crops of last year
We th'Hk 1t entirely safe, however to es-
innate 'hs deficiency on a compari son Of
this years crop with that Of 1880 at above
the estimate of the Department which
was p per cent Itisa case which calls
nPon every man to Do his p,ss.os, ''rsnaE
pair The loss aud reirig Tribune. scented I
may thus, by econoRz..M
:: :. :. :; :, !; ! :
The "Old DominioS5 |
Of political excitement, on the result Of
which national interest oeuters. The
regular Democrats haze nominated Hon. |
Mr. Daniels, for Governor, ana he is said /
to De the 6aest political orator and debater
in that State; and tie MahOnites, or Re /
aijGster Democrats, have nominated Prof. /
Cameron, scholar and fine debater.
These two champions are pitled against
zach other on the stump. aud are canvass
ing the Slate in joiat debate. It must
remind The old yirginiaus Of the anti
oelum political sights when the whole
state was made to ring with the excite
nent and enthusiasm Of her great ora
tors The Republicans have no ticket,
bat are supporting the Malone ticket
Tie State is, Of course, Democratic; bat
Judging by the vote two years ago. the
Nahcnitss have large majority 10 start
IN on, provided shs Republicans vote with
hem. Every inch Of ground viii be
'ought for, aud he tight win be desperate
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IMMIGRATION CoSvExy
ENDORSEMENT OVERLOOKED
IThe Paducah News.1

The Hickman Courier says thM
Paducah papers made no resp5ss -
suggestion concerning the hol 49,
immigration eonyestion NJ hi :
fore the assembling of the ne
ture. About a week ago we ~
article IN which we fully -
movement, bnt which, we pre-
overlooked by the editor Of The 4
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sEoy. to serve gVateIrneIon

Instruction in eating watermelo lon is
given by the Baltimore American which
should be good authority, as i is publish
ed in the melon region. The hotel plan
OF cutting watermelon like uiiPs ana
putting a lump Of ice in il, Is condemned,
because ice should never touch the pulp;
but the burial OF the uncut melon ia ice
for two days is wise Then cut length
wise and eat between meals. People
deal unjusily with tais fruit sometimes
by eating hearty dinner hrst aud then
topping eff with melon, and then II o
moral earthquake sets up ia the Interior,
they charge Ia to the melon. The water
melon was intended as an episode-an in
ierlsde--a romance without words-a
noeiurne in green and red-not to be
Mingled with bacon and greens. It's IN
leaves n cert ePiEastral e%-
- : : -s ; az -
lsT nc fake anolR2rcbcee~
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EURoPaAw WAR.
and Possibilities
Pending.
.n,xstAaects Americans.


7z5SlIsss<Ss ,en and where will the next war IL
S2Acse break out2 1t looks decidedly rs
rep arations were being made for
The head Of the military postal SER
Zee. charged with delivering and receiv- /
~ 90 the mail matter inte aded for and con-
asbutel by Kaiser Wilhelms troops /
352 -eut.y made q report of the operations |
80 his apartment during the Franco /
war, when the fact came oCt that /
3. particular corps had just oeen mo !
go Jed, and there j. perhaps M other de
1879 Aneut Of the military service which
SES would be less need for mobilizing IN
be OF pesce. An excitement has been
.5S<Sssssh sed in France by the discovery that
<S& eneral Fare, the Minister of War has
S4Sfs ked the bishops 10 appoint chaplains TO
~ sse yeral regiments, when under the exist
80 ing law there can Dc no army chapialns
e$R except in time of war. The story IS cur
~ rent in Egypt that the Khedive Of Egypt
II, asked not long ago for an English armed
- occupation in consequence of the chronic
Mi soyalty of his army, and that he intends,
- lnder certain contirrge ncies, addressing
- similar request 90 France and he Porte
.3<5<s !, no are on very unfrieudly terms Italy
~ declares in so many words thatshe does not
zF 20 to war with the French Republic over
- its african policy merely because she IS
1870 in position to do 30 10 advantage.
- GaHlbstta has just been delivering his an
J n
~ sioual ard temporary nature Of the sep
ear t,ao of AlsQee L -aYroir,.s fro 49,
lure 80 q time " han GermhnY mas com
y OF 9u1,tea her military preparations for hold
4 so PL tie ReIchsiand. and has instituted
,ceeu iSSo,ugh measures for Germauizing the
80 gfulation, and Is Putting young Prince
IN ~ the House Of -Meiuiugen ia train
K'sing for the grand dIkejoml The diplo-
a matists begin to talk about an Austr0-
-. 9 e rn0n Italian entente, which means that
8 here IS TO be a war and Italy is 20 profit
u L, as she has pr0dtej by every great
Of the generation, she viii take IN
T. Italian districts Of Nice aud Savoy
b her than those of the Trent and Trieste.
TO complete the confusion, the French
have been solemnly discussing the posi-
- necessity, when next they 90 GO war,
s< selling Switzerland 10 secure the stra-
etic advantages Of IT'S territory; whereou
he Swiss have taken TO advocating the
~ occupation of Upper Savoy IN France
go whenever The xpi0sion takes piAce, Sc as
3 to be beforehand with lhom! Altogether
M Europe may be said 10 be in "a state Of
"A mind generally aud ell the conditions
.sav0r the regular war which should fall
s;<5 e this year or the next American 5
n, from practical AID business like
andpoint, contemplate the situation
zS3 h perfect equs4uiaity, for European
y r. however iamentable from human
: parian point Of view, means Al increased
Fdemand for our meats and breatsiafs
land whe@ the conflict has been brought
10 close au immensely increased elni Sra-
tion from Europe 20 the United States