Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-07

"Old Government Java" is good and plen tiful, yet of the 459, 922, ,76s pounds of coffee imported into the United States last year, only 17 ,6o2. 143 pounds came from the Dutch East Indies. Evidently all who think they drink the pure stuff do not.
 Jay Gould did 8 good stroke of business for himself in his remarkable testimony be- fore the Senate committee. After reading it one has to remember what Gould has done in order to realize what his true character is. By and by, we suppose, that little prayer of his when he was in trouble will be pointed to as touching incident of a noble career and his success be set down as the reward of vir- tue and faith in GodEa
 There is mourning in the prisons of Ken lucky. Governor Knox, who has succeeded Governor Blackburn, the great pardoner, has declared that in no case will he grant par don OF remit the penal, consequences of 8 conviction of a criminal offenss unless he is fully satisfied, upon thorough and impartial examination of all the circumstances, that it would be unjust to the convict, or in some manner detrimental to the public interest, to carry into execution the penalty of the law.
 The prohibitionists of the Seventeenth sem atorial district in this State have taken time by the forelock and sent out the call for their nominating convention. It concludes in the following remarkable manner: Patriots, you are not now melted to action by the cry of 'sbleeding Kansas.' but by the bleeding hearts of wives and mothers, of widows and orphans, at your own doors, made thus by the crime against Connecticut tolerated by the votes of her people. Give us the aid of your presence and sympathy for the wronged and defenceless and against the parties which protect the criminals that oppose the weak and debauch the youth.
 MT. Tilden's physician says of his noted patient that he has entirely recovered the use of his voice, and if he Cthe physician) could prevail upon him to carry 0 cane or grasp continually some light substance in the hand or arm affected, he would guarantee to cure him entirely within year of the tronble- some trembling which strikes strangers so unfavorably, but which is nothing more nor less than paralysis agitans, and is disagreea- ble more in it's tect nicsl name than in it's ef- fects upon the system, as hundreds of in stances can be cited where persons affected with it from early youth have lived to be- yond fourscore in the enjoyment of other wise perfect mental and physical health. The Republican party must go.
 The English newspapers give interesting accounts of series of experiments conduct ed by the Belgian government in a new method of rendering soldiers uniforms waterproof by means of liquid alumina. As the process is applicable to any kind of cloth ing it is of general interest. The medical authorities, it is said, have satisfied them selves that the process does not prevent the precipitation from passing of freely and chemical analysis shows that the preparation used in no way injures the materials or de- stroys their colors. Clothing which was sub jected to the process and then worn, although, rinsed and washed, remained perfectly water proof. The only drawback to the process Is that it is rather expensive, and to insure the desired result it must be conducted on large scale.
 It is estimated that the number of melons raised in Georgia this season was not far from C, SOC, ,O00I About ], 200, ,OOo were eaten in Georgia, made into syrup, opened for the seeds, or left on the vines. Three acres of land produce two car loads. There are about 1, POO melons in a car load. The cost of rais- ing car load is not far from $14. and that of gathering and loading is $15. The aver age net profit is about $45 to the car load. The total profit on the Georgia crop this sea- son was nearly quarter of 8 million dollars. Despite the fact that the crop was very large, the melon raisers are not satisfied with the results. The unusually late spring retarded the southern Georgia crop, and it was mar keted with the northern Georgia crop, pro ducipg glut in the market. The late spring in the North retarded the demand and short ened the season for selling melons. Old melon raisers made money, but men inexper fenced in the business failed to handle their crops to the best advantage, and many of them are believed to have done no more than to come out without loss.. The number of acres in Georgia devoted to m elons next year ! will be larger still.
 Colonel E. B. C. Cash of South Carolina does not think the people and the newspapers of the North take the right view of the inde- pendent movement in his State. As for him. self he is not an office seeker, is not seeking to control patronage and does not profess to be Republican. He says: l am Demo- crat, but left the Bourbon Democracy be- cause could not stand their methods any longer Ia my State the bosses have become so corrupt and savage that they have for feited every claim upon decent, peace-loving, patriotic citizens They have grossly vio- lated every pledge made in 1876. They do not regard their most sacred oaths, nor have they any consideration for the rights of any, body, and they are plunging the State into distress and ruin. Elections are an absolute farce. The whole machinery is in the hands of the Bourbons, and any majority is re- turned that is considered necessary. Vio- fence is resorted to where fraud fails, and the rioters know they will not be punished. The Bourbons defend their course on the ground that it is necessary to keep negroes out of efiee; but, as a matter of fact there is no race issue at stake. Last fall the entire State and Congressional ticket, and almost every place on the county Independent ticket were white and our candidates were fully equal to theirs in all that makes up good citizenship. On fair vote we should certainly have car ried my district and the State. Almost all the colered people go with as. There are scarcely enough white Republicans to fill the Federal offices and the few who are there do not possess the confidence of the colored people.
 BARBAROUS. .- A Michigan barber's sign-Man wants but | little hair below, nor wants that little long. On vacant lot back of Govington, Ky, is posted this sign: No plane base Boil on these Primacea,' zszs a An English magazine is speculating as to ~the kind of clothes ghosts -Wear.o We al-