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From DR.. Holiness Poem in the Atlantic.
On many saddened hearth the evening fire
Burns paler as the ehildren's hour draws near
That joyous hour his song made doubly dear
Aud tender memories touch the ALTERING choir.
Hesings no more on earth; our vain desire f-f
Aches forthe voice we loved so long to hear
In Dorian,fute notes breathing soft and clear
The sweet contralto that could never tire.
DeRfened with listening 10 a harsher strain,
The Mienad's scream, the stark barbarian 5 cry
Still for those soothing. loving torres we sigh;
Oh, for our vanished Orpheus once again,
The shadowy silence hears Us call in vain
His lips are hnshed his song shall never DE. = -
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A Fortune Of Thiriy.two Millions.

Under the above heading the Times Demo
Graf of New Orleans, Of recent date, con-
tains the information given below. The
reporter tried TO see Mr., Broseus, superin-
tepdent of the car-works, in order TO ascer-
tain if he was the person referred to, but
failed to find him, yet q friend Of his assured
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LONG years of mingled feeling
Half in rest and half in strife.
have seen thy waters stealing
Onward like the stream of life"
General ID. HI. Hill and HIS Frienos'

The resignation of General d. II. Hill as
president of the Arkansas Industrial Uni
versity, seems to be matter of universal re-
greet. In all parts of the State the press is
outspoken in favor OF his reconsidering the
matter and recalling his letter OF resigna-
ten. We desire to cast our mite OF lnhu-
ence in the scale of opposition 10 his leaving
the university. We speak-as it wereIby
the card when we say that General HUI rs
the right man in the right place" We had
the privilege as we'll as the pleasure OF being
one of the committee of visiting statesmen"
sent to the university on a tour of inspection
by the Legislature of 1879. and We but echo
the opinion of the whole committee IN affirm
inc that no better man can be found to fill
the position of president. He is every
INCH man, gentleman, a scholar, and
christian, good disciplinarian, and man
of fine executive ability.
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Tn. Appeal Need Not be Aiarmed.
corinth .subsoilel

A terrible kick was attempted to be ad-
minsstered to the Memphis APPEAL last
week By Mississippi paper, because that
staunca Democratic Journal saw TT to com,
pliment Mr.. MuldroW . few days ago, and
express the opinion that to return him would
bea deserving compliment The ny on the
horn of the OF will never awaken the animal.
The APPEAL need not be alarmed.
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WEST POINT, MISS.
The Rifles and Their Captafn-Candf-
dates for COngress-Matrisno
Stocks,

Special Correspondence of the Appeal
WEST POINT, May 19.-Our town is struck.
Not by lightning, nor by a cyclone, nor yet
by new railroad. First, the boys, tina. lr-
repressible element OF every community, are
struck with the military fever. When nights
''dusky mantle soft and silent falls" upon
this devoted city, now emulatipg her famed
namesake Of the Empire State; when limo
cent sleep knits up the raveled brow OF
care" dreams of military glory entertain the
fancy of the West Point Rifles, gallant
band of good men and true, commanded by
handsome soldier, who is every inch gen
tlepap, Captain r. NJ. Levy. Dreams, too,
of the smiles and applause OF beauty won by
graceful evolutions, shining brass buttons
and handsome uniforms, make happy the
hearts Of these military novices; and when
the balmy air of Sabbath morn and the
chime of church bells entice them to devo-
tional exercises, with voices made all OF
sweet accord" they sing:
want to be soldier
And with the soldiers stand:
cap upon my forehead
And rifle in my hand;
Then right before my captain, fffrff p
With buttons shining bright 90
I'll raise my voice to toe highest pitch
And shout for Frank ;. White.
This popular candidate for congressional
honors is a resident of our town, and his
many excellent qualities are highly esteemed
by the people oil the fourtn congressman
district Ard though the Hon. H. d. Money
il very popular not a few on the day of con-
test will, like the followers OF King Henry
Of Navarro at the battle of Ivry,
Press where they see the white plume shine"
The town is also struck with the fever for
specializing in matrimonial stocks. The
young man that cannot screw his courage up
to the marrying point when matrimonial
hopes have fallen below zero, who cannot
prove a successful slower to entertain these
fair well spoken days." determines to take
out policy on some more brassy and Tor
tunate representative OF that species OF
monkeys that wear no tails, sharing with
HIM the net proceeds.
This fated town is also struck by local
silver cornet band, the sweet strains of which
now occasionally delight the citizens In
street serenades. ---
|, Benefit ,suppers and festivals are striking,
too, unintimidated by the recent cold snap
th at struck the farmers with fears OF material
danger to their growing crops. But again
spring has "unbarred her gates of gold and
azure to the sun" and revived the dropping
spirits from the depression caused by the
recent wintry winds and gloomy clouds.
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Tine Ch1c.xo ,1u.,c.I re.tivaI.

CHICAGO, May 2O.-Theodore Thomas,
Nine Materna, Mrs. Orgoode, Miss Annie
Louise Cary, Miss E. Winant and Franz
Remmertz have arrived from New York to
take part in the May Musical Festival,
which begins Tuesday. All preparations
for the festival are completed, and the man
agement are confident of great financial as
well aA a musical success,
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How Beaeon.GeId's Novels Sell.

Some interesting statistics concerning. the
sale of Lord Beaconsh =ld's novels are gwen
in an article in the new number OF the E1In,
burgh Reriesg. 1t appears that the SAFE OF
The novels is q hundred times as large az III at
of the Life Of Lord George Bel,iaek, which really
il one of the most picturesque OF ronances5 and
i not only admirably written, but contains
some most discriminating criticisms. /
fancy that no cheap edition OF the work has
ever been published. FTrian Grey is by far
Ike most popular of the novels, and dom.
wonder at il, for, although it is the fashion
to abuse it, the fact remains that open 1t
where you may you are sure to be amused
Lotsdir also sells well, and so does CoRingsby
but Sybl, which in reality is by far the mos
able and original OF the political novels, doe
not go of so we'll as either Coarngs6y Of
Lotk7ir, and its sale is not half that of ViviGl
Gree. The result of the Imperial policy
was that the sale of Tdnered has more thar
| doubled since 1876.
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san Francisco Post.
A KISS FOR SISTER.

She was very little girl,
And, as l bent and kissed her,
There, that is for yourself i said,
And this is for your sister"
Last night called in friendly way,
Some gay girl friends were there;
And laugh anu jest went gaily round.
To Danish weary care
The little girl came romping in,
.ruAnd unto me said she:
Il dive that tiss to Sisser Bell
''' you left for her wiz me!
',She tissed me lots o. times an said,
When folkses 'ouldn't see,
might dive 'em to 'ou-dust wait
'Fin 'ou's alone wiz mel" bas
blushed, and so did Sister Bell;
The gay girl friends, ali mel
i wished the horrid, horrid things,
A fhniIsnnd miles at sem
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OSCAR WILDE,

While am gossiping I'll say word or
two about Oscar Wilde, who has come and
gone again. He returned from California
last week, and after lecturing one evening,
left day or two after for Canada to be
gone till June 1st He finds fault with the
decoration of American homes and offers
the public his poetic but rather obscure
ideas of artistic or aesthetic taste, that no two
persons agree upon.
Some men think him fool with big,
big d" before it. Oilers a clever, shrewd,
calculating fellow with courage plenty
some saw cheek-to exhibit himself in what
is considered by many a very ridiculous
euise merely for the sake of making money /;
in a word, more knave than fool. Then
again, have heard very Kind opinions OF
him from his own sex, accrediting him with
great genius, talent and ability, which he
Certainly has, and defending his peculiar
yagsries the practical, matter-of-fact Ameri-
can finds SO hard to comprehend, let alone
respect or admire.
IA to vomen's opinions, it depends upon
who the woman is, but they are, believe, as
pretty generally divided touching Oscar as
men are. From some silly Boosting Eve
heard lately from one or two whom know
10 be vain, weak women, and who happened
10 have been in their turn the recipients OIL
his aesthetic, subtle batteries, I presume the
young man to be clever reader OF charac-
ter. sort of psychologist, and not SO lam
gnidiy stupid as some would represent him.
/ certainly found Mr.. Wilde, when first
meeting him at reception at Mrs. Croiy's
shortly after his arrival in this country, q
yery digni6ed, intelligent, clear-headed
Young man, highly cultured, with the most
polished manners and rare conversational
powers, indicating easily by what he ssys I,
keen, analysing discernment OF men and
perhaps the affected style Of dress, the Ham
gushing fraud "Bunthorne," 30 riaiculously
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FIR JOHN LUBBOCK

called TO zee him on his way to his parlia-
mentary duties in London, and found him,
az il seemed, pretty much as usual. That
matters had taken a grave turn became
known for the first time when, on Wednesday
afternoon, his groom arrived gslloping
through the villsge upon horse sprinkled
with foam, and carrying under his arm a wet
and dripping bag OF ice. He had been dis
patched in haste to Bromley, the nearest point
at which such an article could be obtained.
and had accomplished the ride Of about
twelve miles in something less than an hour;
but unhappily the relief arrived TOO late 10
be of service. The sufferer had already sunk
to his rest, surrounded by his family, fncIud-
| ing Mrs. Darwin, several Of his sons, and
| a married daughter.
| The charchysrd OF Downe, in which some
| OF Mr.. DarWin's children are buried, can
| hardly be said 10 be a retired spot, being
surrounded on three sides BY the villsge
street, from which il Is separated only BY q
| low wall; bat il lies under the shade OF tall
slns, while near the porch q venerable yew,
with trunk measuring, it IL said, nearly
| twenty-ihree feet in girth, adds to the solemn
| associations OF the place. The church itself
il small, consisting only of 3 nave and chan
eel, with dwarf square tower and tall sPire
| at the western end. Within are numerous
brasses and other monuments Of interest.
The modern common plaster ceiling OF the
nave having been removed IN recent years-
has revealed to sight fine old timber roof,
and greatly added to the picturesque, though
plain, appearance of the interior. In the
church, yard, near the south door, lie buried
as shown by the inscriptions on fat tablet
over the graves, the two infant children o
Mr.. Dar1in-Aary Eleanor, who died il
1912, and Charles Waring Darwin, VIII
died in 1855, being then only two years old
Near them, under the melancholy boughs O
the great yeW tree, sleep two members Of tn
. Wedgewood family, to which, as is vel
. known, Mr.. Darwin was related by the sid
, of his mother, as well as by his own MAJ
rage with his cousin, Miss Wedgewoot
One of these is Miss Sarah WedgswooG
y granddaughter Of the celebrated manufa'
!. turer of art pottery: venerable lady yh
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A CHILD's CRIME.
A Firteen.Year-Old Girl, Assisted by
Her Grown Brother, Kills Her
Father TO Get
Possession Of His PrOperty-A Female
Jesse James-The Murder Of Mrs.
Atkinson and Child.

ST. LOUIS, May 2O.-Andrew Wright, a
colored roustabout, was stabbed this morn
on the leyee by Mary Burney, colored, and
mortally wounded. Cause, jealousy.
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DE IEENIILE.

DE LEUNILLE.
From Ireland to England, or from the
Wide Irishman to the Anglo-Norman lie
Marquis de Leuyille, there's but one step, al
though there is Just about as much sympathy
between these two gentlemen, perhaps, as be-
tween the two countries mentioned.
But De Leuville is not an EuglishmaD,
though born on English soil. He is
thoroughly French, and has not drop OF
English blood in his veins. This hear from
good authority, and although there has beeE
much criticism and cayil expended on the
marquis, I really think it very unjust and
unkind. The title is French marquisate
which belonged formerly, as we'll a. the es-
tates to his uncle. Rumor says he is q fraud
and bought the title for himself. He denies
that but says he did have some trouble and
expended a great deal Of money in order to
establish it. With regard to his being the
son-in-law of Madame Toussaud, the wax
works woman, of London, he denies the mar
riage as we'll as the charge OF having been
supported By her money, but confesses it is
said, to an amour. Society will forgive him
that but not the other ofsnse.
The marquis paints in water-colors, and
his sketches have a great deal Of artistic
merit He is a poet also, having already
published book of poems called Entire
Nous, which received from the English press
some very hsttering notices and encomiums
An amusing incident occurred to him
during the winter when returning IRON a
reception over in Jersey City, and on his
way to the ferry. He had never ridden in a
street-car before in his life, so the story goes,
and this proved his first introduction to SO
democratic mode of conveyance as an
American horse-car. As usual, the car was
crowded, and he and his party (both ladies
and gentlemen) were compelled to stand.
Not long, however, as jolly, bucollc old
New Jersey farmer, with a broad-brlnime ed
hat on, noticing the marquis was lame, rose
up and, shaping him faniliarly on the back,
shouted out in the hesrtiest manner: "Sit
down, sir; sit down. / always give up my
seat to anybody older 1.-THE marquis is thirty
five, abouD than am, or lame" At which
there was general laugh, the ladies OF his
party included.
He has held ''Thursday afternoons" at his
apartments in East Twenty-eighth street,
which have been more or less largely at
| tendsd-many from curiosity and because OF
his title, some to see who else were there
while others went out of pure friendship
i for the man. As is usual in fashionable SO
! ciety, there was much that was hollow in all
| the protestations made. That there is 8
I mystery about him everybody believes, but
as yet it has not been definitely ascertainet
or positively proved that he is not De
| Leuville or a genuine marquis.
He has been criticized and satirizsd, anC
| all kinds of ridicule thrown at him, for the
| average cold-blooded American mind has NJ
| patience with the titled foreigner, least of al
| when they suspect his title to be a bought one
J. E. X.
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Th. s,.r.Route Tbieves.

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The grand jury
has returned new presentments against Cen
eral Thomas S. Brady, John W. Dorsey, Ste
phen w. Dorsey, Montfort G. Reerdell, Henry
M. Turner, J. r. Miner, J. NJ. Peck and
Harvey NJ. Vale, charging them with con-
spring 10 defraud the United States in con-
nection with awards in the Star-route con-
tracts. Four allegations OF overt acts COM
mitted outside of the statute of limitation
are omitted, and twelve new overt acts have
been inserted, the acts being in making
fraudulent claims against the government
based on fraudulent allowances for increase
allowed by Brady. A number of letters and
petitions are incorporated, and finally the
date of the conspiracy is brought forward to
Nav %. 1879. The Court issued warrants
for The arrest OF the defendants returnable
Tuesday. @ -tt
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had resided for many years in an oddly
built old house with lofty tower, in the vii
lage, and who went to her rest in November,
1870, at the ripe age of eighty-six YEAR,.
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special Cores pondence Of the Appeal
NEW YORK, May lS.-There's rift in The
clouds, and after repeated pitiful and hope
less struggles.
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DowNE COURT;

but the greater part of his time was spent IN
his library, his gardens, and the outlying
parts of his little domain. When he ex-
tended his walks into the country round
about il was observed that he was rarely seen
in the village or met on the roads, preierring
as he did to take his way generally south
ward by the footpaths through the woods
and meadows. Little children, who have a
quick instinct for kind and gentle nature,
would run to open a gate when they saw Mr..
Darwin coming, encouraged thereto by a smile
and kind word. Downe folk, by whom be
was much beloved, like now to dwell upon
these trifes, and speak OF his considerable
kindness to all about him. They point with
sort of pride to the fact that the domestics
his maid. Margaret Evans, who assisted in
nursing him in his last illness, entered his
service when girl at Shrewsbury, nearly
forty years ago, her aunt and uncle being
butler and housekeeper 10 Mr.. Darwin's
father, DR.. Robert WariDg Darwin, in that
city. The intelligence Of his death csme upon
the place with painful .uddenness. 1t was
known that he had been poorly for a few
weeks; that il had been deemed advisable
about a month ago to send a servant TO Lon
| don to fetch a chair constructed for carry
| ing an invalid, the weakness of the action
of the heart rendering even the slight exer-
ton of ascending the single flight of stairs
| to his bedroom perilous ID the opinion OF his
medical advisers. But, with care, sufferers
| from heart disease live long, and he was in
| the main still able to pursue his customary
| habitz On Tuesday morning his devoted
| friend and comrade in the field Of science,
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TOBACCO.
Something New

90 rt p
A new thing is not i,
always a good thing p
but BlackweH's Durham
Cigarettes are new and p,
good, and are put on the
market solely on their a
merit. Try them once.
The popular demand
is for a cigarette pleas
ant to smoke and free
from drugs Ia ul,-7
70 -..,..-. uss.isl .,-
To meet this wantW.d 'r.
T. Blackwell & Co. use
only the best tobacco and 81.
pure rice-PaPerand have 9
omitted the usual addi-v
ton of all injurious. in
gradients. Therefore, ....
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A National Dollar Subscription to Build
an EndarIng Memorial 10
HIS Honor. s--+.-.

CAMBRIDGE, May 15.-The death oil the
poet Longfellow has taken from the world
one upon whom the affections Of all English
speaking people unite. To provide some
lasting memorial which shall testify to future
generations the tender respect in which his
contemporaries hold that pure and gentle lie
ia the purpose for which the Longfellow
Memorial Association has been formed.
From HIS early manhood Mr.. Longfeliow
lived in Cambridge, Mass, IN a house al,
ready famous az for time the home OF
Washington. The venerable house stands
facing the Charles river, the poetic favorite
view. toward which looked the windows OF
his study, and of which he wrote:
LONG years of mingled feeling
Half in rest and half in strife:
have seen thy waters stealing
The association hopes to raise enough
money to secure that part of Mr.. Longfellow'
grounds which lies between the house and
the river, there to erect an enduring memo
rial to Mr.. Lopgtellow, and to keep the spot,
doubly rich in associations, forever open TO
the people. 1t is also included within the
plans Of the association TO provide Tor the
permanent preservation OF the house, should
It ever pass out of the possession OF the
family OF Mr.. Longfellow. In order to ac'
compiish this, or to erect some other public
and appropriate memorial near the scenes Of
the poets life, this association calls Tor
national subscription. II asks tor contrIou
tons of one dollar escb, for which certi6
cate of honorary membership in the associa'
ton will be given. iniributions should be
sent to John Bartlett, treasurer, postothct
box 1890, Boston, Mass
The officers are James Rnssell Lowell
president; Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Il
Whittier, Charles w. Eliot, Charles DEAN
and William Dean Howells, Independents
Arthur Gilliman, seer tary.
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presented as the poets caricature and pro-
totype.
! As foolish and incredible as it may seem.
there is no doubt that aesthetic Oscsrs knee
hreeches, black silk stockings and fancy low
shoes with bright shining buckles, have had
a wonderful attraction for some of the swells
in society for on one or two occasions that
was the toilet in which they appeared.
Young men of slender proportions avoid
it utterly. Hall calf may do in book binding,
but not on a desirably well-developed leg.
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The Murder Of Mrs. Atkinson and

To the Editors of the Appeal L --iF
GAYoso, Mo May l9-In your issue OF
the 10th instant, in commenting upon the
death of Captain Jere Hutchinson, OF the
river mail service, you say that the Atkin-
sons killed Mrs. Hutchinson and her daugh-
ter, near New Madrid, Mo. The facts are as
follows: james G. Atkinson and Appleton
Atkinson were indicted by the grand jury OF
this county, and tried, condemned and sem
fenced to be hanged on October 18th last by
the Circuit Court OF this county at its Sep
TENDER special term, 1881, Cor the murder,
ing, in this (Pemiscot) county, of Mrs.
Indiana Atkinson and her infant child, the
wife and child of said James G. Atkinson:
The Atkinsons broke jail on the night OF
October 7th; and further, L am not the
sheriff of this county, but am the clerk oil
the Circuit and County Courts.
HUDG0N.
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A F.ma.e Jesse James.

KINGSTON, Tenn, May 1S.-As B. c.
French's hack was coming in from Emory
Gap on Tuesday morning with three persons,
viz: Alley Firestone, John Hughes, and the
driver, Tom C, Williams, it was fred upon
when opposite Zade Pierce's house, by a wo-
man with a double-barreled shotgun, said by
the passengers who saw the shot TO have
been Mrs. Pierce. The passengers, intending
the driver, all took to the woods, leaving the
hack standing, bat subsequently, Mr.. Fire
stone went back, and had some conversation
with Mr.. Pierce, who informed him that one
of his children had been shot and made no
objection to his coming on to town with the
hack. The two shots of Mrs. Pierce were
returned by one or two of the men as they re-
treated, and it is supposed one of these shots
struck the child. No explanation of the
shooting is given, but it is inferred the shots
were intended for Tom Williams, with whom
the Piefces had previous difficulty, and
against whom a suit is now pending, charging
Williams with rape upon Mrs. Pierce. Mr..
Firestone brought the hack in, leaving Will
liams and Hughes IN the neighborhood OF
the shooting. 4 surgeon was dispatched to
the wounded child. The two shots from
Mrs. PIefce,s fowIirg piece did no damage,
further thantt to cause a hasty stampede on
the part Of the occupants of the hack. The
physician who went out found the child, a
little girl, had been shot through the head,
the ball entering the cheek, and coming out
at the back Of the head. Although serious
wound, it is not regarded as necessarily fatal