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South.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A Washington dispatch announces
that the bouquet which Mrs. Scoville endeav-
ored to carry to Guiteau has been found to
contain enough arsenic to end the lives Of
dozen murderers.
Drs. Somers and Hartigan, who acted
with DR.. Lamb in the Guiteau autopsy, have
made their report which differs from the Lamb
report in many particulars. They criticise
DIR. Lambs mode Of procedure at the autopsy
and take issue with him rs to the state of the
brain, which they find to have been in an aver
age healthy condition. nothing abnormal being
visible.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
issued notice Of the readiness of the depart
ment to change So aud 5-per-cent. into S-per-
cent registered bonds, under the new law.
BY an order issued from the War De !
partment the Military Department of West
Point will be discontinued Aug. 30, 1882. The
General of the Army, under the War Depart
ment, will have supervision Of the Military
Academy. Col. Wesley Merrill, of the Fifth
Cavalry, is appointed Superintendent, and will
relieve Gen. o. o. Howard Sept /. Gen. How
ard is assigned to the command of the Depart
ment of the Platte, relieving Gen. George
Crook who is assigned to the command Of the
Department of Arizona.
Capt, Payne, of Oklahoma, called
upon Secretary Teller. The Secretary told the
Captain it would be imprudent to attempt to
settle in the Territory himself and perhaps dis
astrous to lead others there.
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Hens Eggs 1900 Years Old.

At st. Eloi, In the Faubourg ST. An
tome in France, nestful of eggs was
found under the ruins of the old palace
where King Dagobert lived. SO they
knew that 1000 years before some hen
had stolen her nest, just as our hens do
nowadays, and had been disturbed, and
left the nest before the eggs had been
sat upon. The workmen. who in clear
ing away the ruins to build the old
church that still stands there had found
the nest, were going to throw away the
eggs; but the Able Denis, who was
then the curate Of the parish, remember
ing that wheat had grown from grains
that were found with the mummies in
Egyptian tombs, which must have been
5000 years old, thought that there
might be life in these old eggs. He set
them under one of his good, motherly
old hens, and sure enough, in twenty
one days she came off the nest with q
fine brood of liking Dagobert" chick
ems, as they have ever since been called.
The breed has been carefully kept ever
since, and the Dagobert fowls have so
increased that the able of the parish has
organized sale of "King Dagobert I"
eggs for the benefit of the poor of his
Darisb
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The bombardment of Alexandria was
distinctly heard at Malta, a distance of 800
miles, by connecting telephone with the sub.
marine Geographic cable.
By the explosion of gas in a burning
house In Paris twenty persons were killed, forty
injured and twelve residences destroyed
A Dublin cablegram states that thir-
teen counties will be proclaimed under the Re-
preston act.
Two brothers named Flaherty, recent
arrivals from America, were arrested in the
County Kerry, charged with completely in the
assassination of Cavendish and Burke
One hundred and seventy-eight per-
sons were killed in a railway accident in Russia.
The remainder of the 217 persons on board were
more or less injured
Under the Repression act sixteen
counties, eight cities and four baronies of Ire
land lave been proclaimed.
John Bright could not approve of the
bombardment of Alexandria, and as a con-
sequence resigned his post as member of the
British Cabinet.
A district Governor in Austria, while
recruiting with escort of twenty-five soldiers,
was surprised by an insurgent chieftain, who
massacred the entire party.
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point of beginning, and having its two
legs separated by Clarendon county,
shaped like wedge, with the sharp edge
between the feet"
This colored district will probably
share the fate of the notorious shoe
string" district of Mississippi, which it
completely eclpses in geographical
peculiarities. and some South Carolina
Chalmers viii be found who can convert
Republican majority of %, 600 into a
Bourbon majority equal to the whole
number of white voters in the district.
The temper of the South Carolina
Bourbcns has ceen further illustrated
by the recent assassination of Maj.
Blair, the Greenback candidate for Gov
ernor In that State. he was gallant
Confederate officer. native Southeraer
of old family. and in every way entitled to
the respect of the people among whom he
lived, even upon ~. ',cc.---.-----> T'"~'sard
Of estimating character. But he had
the audacity to protest against Bourbon
rule, allied himself with the 1ndepend-
ents and even dared to act as a United
States Supervisor. These were reasons
enough for drawing him into political
quarrel, which furnished q man named
Halle with an excuse for killing him.
Blair was shot in the back and given no
opportunity for seIf-defense, which was
according to the revised code of South
ern chivalry.
These and many other indications of
the lawless desperation of the Southern
Bourbons will undoubtedly excite the
Northern people to new interest in the
Congressional elections before the time
comes for determining the majority in
the next Congress-
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ported to rule, and q massacre of eighty
Europeans was said to have occurred at
Mantah. Refugees from Cairo reported that q
holy war was being proclaimed, and an out
break among the natives of that city was be-
heyed to be imminent
The situation at Alexandria was practically
unchanged on the 10Th. Order was being grad
ually restored under the surveillance of the
British marines. An unsuccessful attempt was
made to burn the building coupled as the head.
quarters of the American marines. Arab Pasta
continued to issue orders and make appoint
ments in the name of the Khedive. It
was rumored that Europeans to the number
of 205 had been massacred at Kafer-el-
dwar. Attempts had been made to fire Cairo,
and it was feared that the European quarter
would be burned by the people. Darvisch
Pasha had been summoned to Constan-
tinople to give his views of the situation
The Egyptian question was debated in the
House of Commons and the French Chamber
De Freyclnet ann unced the French policy as
an alliance with England and action in concert
with the behests of the powers. In Parliament
it was announced that the identical note sent
to the Porte was still unanswered +; and the
character of the Governments replies to ques-
tons was criticised by the Conservatives.
Gladstone assumed full responsibility for Ad-
miral SeymOllr'S actions
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Every county except Georgetown wa

Every county except Georgetown was
made to give heavy Democratic ma
jority, aggregating 8,468. If every white
man in the district cast one ballot for
Richardson, and no more, then there
must have been 1926 colored voters
who also supported him, if the count
was correct. Such theory is simply
preposterous. On this supposition, al
lowing Lee no white votes at all, he re-
ceived only about half the number of
votes which the men of his own race
were entitled to cast. There is a col>
ored man in the fence, as well as the
ballot box, when such result as that is
reported.
In Sumter county the: subcommittee
find majority of 1877 votes for Lee
instead of III for Richardson differ
ence of 2,648 from the report of the
State officials.
In Williamsburg county, where the
local managers threw out three precincts
which gave 1893 votes for Lee and Isl for
Richardson, and returned an aggrega Q
Democratic majority of 499 In the
county. Richardson admits that Lee re-
ceived an actual majority. Tissue bal
lots were stuck in as usual, and at one
poll where there was an honest Demo
cratic majority, and where only 115votes
were cast, there was an excess of 1873
ballots in the box-all Democratic.
In Horny county, which has a large
white majority, there are few Repub-
lican precincts, and one of these, Martin
Hill by name, which gave Lee 172. votes
and Richardson 13. was thrown out by
the Democratic board on frivolous pre-
text In Darlington county the "red
shirts appeared at one of the precincts,
surrounded the polls and prevented the
Republicans from voting. The testi-
mony of 210 Republicans at the pre-
cinct is that they were not allowed to
vote and that hundreds of other Repub-
licans left the polls without voting, like
themselves, on account of threats
against their lives. These tactics en-
abled the Democratic managers to re-
turn 1,271 votes for Richardson and only
lit for Lee at a precinct which up to
1878 had always given large Repubh-
can majority.
The conclusion of the sub committee
is that of the votes actually east in the
district, Lee received majority of 284,
and so was elected by small majority
in spite of intimidation.
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The Rird OF Paradise.

The twelve wired bird of paradise in
its adult male plumage presents very
remarkable appearance. This head, neck
and throat are velvety black, changing
in certain lights to beautiful purple.
The breast feathers are edged with me-
tallic emerald green. The back is olive
green, the primaries and secondaries
rich purple, the flank and undertail
coverts buff. The peculiarly which
suggested name for the bird is a
curious prolongation of the shafts of the
flank feathers-six on each side, like
long wires. The female does not pos
sess these, and is altogether much plain
er In plumage. Mr.. Wallace has de-
scribed it as frequenting Towering trees,
especially sage palms and pandani, suck
ing the flowers. round Ind beneath
vhich its unusually large and powerful
feet enable it to cling. Its motions are
very rapid. 1t seldom rests more than,
a few moments on one tree, after which
it flies off, and with great swiftness, to
another. 1t has loud, shrill cry, which
can be heard a long way, consisting of
"Cah, cah," repeated five or six times
in descending scale, and at the last
note it generally flies away. The males
are solitary in their habits, although
perhaps they assemble at times, like the
true paradise birds.
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

The Iron Manufacturers Association
met ut Pittsburgh last week and discussed mat
ters pertaining to the strike The members are
determined as ever to resist the demands of the
Amalgamated Association.
A party of six Americans who crossed
the border to hunt up stolen cattle were ar
rested by the Mexicans and thrown into filthy
prison. They were twice whipped, and their
personal effects appropriated. They will
present their case to the authorities at WASH
ington.
Bishop Levi Scott, the senior Bishop
Of the Methodist Episcopal church in America,
died at Odessa, Del, aged 80 years.
Wallace Ross has accepted Hanlan's
challenge to row the latter five races during as
many consecutive days for 81, 900 each.
Twenty persons were killed and ten
wounded by fire and falling walls during the
services at Buenos Ayres in honor of Garibaldi.
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"Thirty Years in the Senate. ),

Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island, is
now serving his fifth term in the United
States Senate, and, when completed, will
make thirty years of continuous service
The only other Senator who has been
thus honored and who served for five
successive terms, Thomas Hart Benton,
has left his record of "Thirty Years in
the Senate and it is to be wished that
the graceful pen of Gov. Anthony could
record his experience, which, commenc-
ing on the 4th of March, 1859, will in
clude the most interesting and eventful
period OF our national history.
Daniel Webster was elected four times
to the Senate, but only served two full
terms Charles Sumner was elected four
times and served continuously for three
full terms and part of another term
twenty three years. Henry Wilson was
elected four times and served two full
terms and parts of two other terms
twenty years.
William r. King, of Alabama, was
elected five successive times, but did
did not serve out his last term, as he re-
signed IN 1874, when elected Vice Presi-
dent. Mr.. Benton did not really serve
thirty years. as he took his seat OH the
10th of August, 1921, the day on which
the President made proclamation that
Missouri was State, and served until
March 8, 1851. He was candidate for
reelection for a sixth term, but was de-
feated on the fortieth ballot. He then
served one term in the House of Repre-
sentatives, but was defeated by the
Know Nothing candidate when candi-
date for reelection, and he was then
defeated as candidate for Governor of
Missouri.
Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina,
who was one of the purest and best of
men, was successfully elected for eleven
times to the national House of Repre-.
sentatves, and then three tines elected
to the Senate, serving in both branches
of Congress from October "a, 1871, to
December Is, 1828-thirty- seven years
OF continuous service. - Washington
Cor. Boston Journal.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

The Republican (Cameron) State Gen.
trail Committee of Pennsylvania met at Phila-
delphia to restore harmony in the party. The
candidates for State Offices were invited INTO
the hall, and presented a letter placing their
claims ia the hands Of the committee. 1t
was then resolved to send the Independents
four propositions from which choice can
be made--viz., that both tickets be submitted
to vote Of the party at the primaries;
that the party at the primaries select
ticket by popular vote that new convention
be held on the fourth Wednesday in August.
These propositions were all rejected by the
Independents, on the ground that the
acceptance of either offer would amount to a
virtual surrender of all the principles
for which they are contending and reaf-
irmation OF all the abuses of which
they complain. The candidates on the indie
pendent Republican ticket addressed letter to
the Cameron nominees, saying that some of the
Propositions made would produce harmony in
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SOUTH CAROLINA AGAIN.
from the detroit Post.l


While the Democrats of South Caro-
lima are perfecting their machinery so
as to elect every local officer of any inn
portance and five or SIX of the seven
Congressman in State that's as indubit-
ably Republican as Vermont or Mich
igan, it is instructive to read over the
records of the Congressional election
frauds of 1880. as one after another is
brought to light in the evidence brought
before the House in the cases that are
contested. The latest batch of outrages,
of which every American ought to be
ashamed, whether he lives North or
South, was reported last week in the
case of Lee against Richardson.
Mr.. John s. Richardson, Democrat,
is the sitting member for the First
South Carolina district, which comprises
eight counties. From official statements
obtained from the Census Office the
number of male persons of voting age in
these counties in 1880 was as follows:
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DREADFUL CALAMITY.
Nearly Thirty People Killed by a
Falling Building.

During the progress of q heavy thunder
storm at Texarkana, Ark, lightning struck a
new three-story brick dwelling, SCATTERING the
walls, which, topping over upon an adjoining
saloon, crushed it to atoms, Durying in the ruins
between fifty and sixty people. many of whom
bad taken temporary refuge therein from the
storm. The announcement of the disaster
passed swiftly all over the place. and, despite
the raging storm, an immense crowd of people
gathered around the fallen building searching
for relatives and friends. or trying to learn the
extent of the appalling disaster. The lights in
the crushed structure set fire to the debris,
and the peril of a widespread confagration and
suffering unfortunates was added to the horrors
of the scene. By the herculean efforts of
citizens the flames were extinguished, not, how
ever, until two or three buildings had been de-
stroyed. The work of searching for the bodies
of the killed and wounded was commenced as
quickly as possible. A great crowd gathered
around the crushed buildings, the town being
in mourning and business almost entirely sus-
pended. About thirty dead bodies were taken
from the ruins
The dead, when found, presented a sickening
sight. The bodies were generally mangled,
charred and crushed. The friends of the
SLAIN, as they recognized the dead, made tbs
air ring with cries of agony, and the scene vaA
affecting and heartrending in the extreme
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judging Sheep of Excellence.

TIE Indiana State Wool Growers As
sociation has devoted much time to the
preparation of scale of pc ;nts of excel
lenct for the assistance Of the breeders
of tie different classes of sheep, as we'll
as for the convenience of judges of sheep
at The fairs.
ONE HUNDRED POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
FOR MERINo SHEEP.
BOod. Thoroughbred. e., urely
bred from one or more of the direct I'M
porhtions of Merino sheep from Spain,
prior to the year 1872, without admixt
ure Of any other blood. One point.
Constitution. indicated by form of
body; deep, large breast cavity, broad
bach, heavy quarters, with muscular de
velopment forming capacious abdomen.
Skin thick, but soft, of fine texture and
pink color; expansive nostril, brilliant
eyes, healthflll countenance, and good
size age considered. Fifteen points.
Size.-In fair condition, with fleece of
twelve months growth, full grown rams
should weigh not less than $50 pounds,
and ewes not less than 10 pounds. Sew
enpOints.
General appearance Good carriage,
bold style, elastic movement, showing n
particular parts, as we'll as general out
line symmetry of form. Three points.
Body. - Throughout, heavy bones,
well propo' toned in length, smooth
joints, ribs starring horizontally from
backbone and well rounded to the breast
bone, which should be wide. strong and
prominent in front; strong ba kboDe,
straight and well proportional as to
length. Heavy, muscular quarters, deep
through and squarely formed behind
and before, with shoulders well set on,
neither projecting sharply above tie
backbone, nor standing SO wide and fiat
as to incur liability to slip shoulder.
Folds on the ram should be larger than
on the eve Large and pendulous folds
from the chm or jaws succeeding each
other down the neck to the brisket, end
ing with large fold or apron, and ex-
tending up TIE sides of the neck, but
lighter if at all extending over top OF
neck, also behind the fore-iego or shoulder,
one on front of lind leg, hanging well
down across the flank, also on rear d
hind legs, or quarters, extending npWarl
to toward the tail, giving the animal a
square appearance on the hind quarters,
aud straight down as may be from end
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The HOMling Monkey.

We will begin with the bowling mon
keys, which are the largest found. in
America, and are celebrated for the loud
voice of the males. Often in the great
forests of the Amazon or Orinoco, a
tremendous noise is heard in the night
or early morning, as if a great assem-
blage of wild beasts were all roaring
and screaming together. The noise may
be heard for miles, and it is louder and
more piercing than that of any other
animal, yet it is all produced by sin
gle male bowler sitting on the branches
of lofty tree. They are enabled to
make this extraordinary noise by means
of an organ that is possessed by no
other animal. The lower jaw is unusu-
ally deep, and this makes room for a
hollow bony vessel about the size of a
large walnut, situated under the root of
the tongue, and having an opening into
the windpipe by which the animal can
force air into it. This increases The
power of its voice, acting something
like the hollow case of violin, and pro-
ducing those marvellous rolling and re-
verberating sounds which caused the
celebrated traveller, Watarton, to declare
that they were such as might have had
their origin in the Internal regions.
The howlers are large and stout bodied
monkeys with bearded faces, and very
strong and powerful grasping tails. They
inhabit the widest forests; they are
very shy, and are seldom taken captive,
though they are less active than many
other American mokeys. Popular Sol
ence MOTthLu.
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of tail to hook joints and hind feet.
Eighteen oints.
Head. Wide between the ears, an1
between the eyes and across the
nose short from top of head to tip of
nose face straight, eyes clear and prom
inent ; ears thick, medium size, and, to
gether with face, nose and lips, white
and covered with soft fur or downy wool.
Ewes should give no appearance Of
horns; while upon rams the horns
should be clear in color, symmetrieally
curved, without tendency to press upo n
the sides of the head or 10 extreme ex-
pansion. Six points.
Neck Medium length, good bone
and muscular development, and espe-
cially with the rams, heavier toward the
shoulders, well set high up, and rising
from that point to the back of the head.
Five points.
Legs and Feet. Legs medium or
short in length, straight and set well
apart forward and back, heavy bone,
smooth joints, with large muscular de-
velopment of the forearm thick, heavy
thighs, wide down to the hook joints.
and from knee joints downward covered
with short wool, or the soft furry cover
ing peculiar to the ears and face; hoois
well shaped and of clear color Five
points.
Covering. Tendency to hair and care
upon any part of the sheep is to be
avoided. Evenness of fleece in length,
quality, density, luster, crimp, trueness,
strength and elasticity, covering the en-
tire body. belly and legs to the knees
head well covered forward, squarely toa
line in front of the eyes; we'll filed be
tween the eyes and ears or horns, and
well upon the cheeks; muzzle clear,
with small opening up to and around
the eyes. Scrotum of rams covered with
wool free from tendency to hair. FIT
teen points.
Quality. Medium, but such as is
known in our markets as fine delaine
and fire cl thing wool, distinctly better
in quality. luster, crimp and elastici y
than the woods OF same length grown
upon the COMMUNICABLE sheep. Five
points.
Density. Shown by the compactness
of the fleece throughout, which should
open free but close, showing very little
of the skin at any point, even at the ex-
tremities. Ten points.
Length.-At one years growth moi
less than two and one-half inches, and
as near as may be uniform in length to
the extremities of hefeece. Five points.
OA.-Evenly distributed; soft and
flowing freely from skin to surface; me
dunn in quality, and of light color.
Five points.
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the party, and urging the withdrawal of both
tickets, all the candidates to pledge themselves
not to accept another nomination, a new con.
vention to DO held under the rules OF the recent
conference.
Mrs. Polly Mcbride has been chosen
as one Of the delegates to the Illinois Green
back State Convention from Peoria county.
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The Original Cent.

DR.. S. B. Crocheron, an old resident
of Natchitoches, La, has one of the
three original copper coins struck of
and submitted to Gen. George Washing
ton for his approval as national cur
rency. On one side is wreath sur
rounding the words zone cent" and
around the border, "Unity of States. !"
bearing the date "17S3." On the re-
verse side is medallion head of Wash.
ington, with the words Washington
and Independence" The coin is the
genuine and original then stamped. It
was rejected by Washington, with th.
remark that "this was the peoples
country and not Washington's.