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February fill dyke
Either with black or white.

SILVER, GOLD AND CERTIFICATEs.
The protection system is doing injury 10
the country in various ways, but In none OF
them in its mschievous power greater than
in the csse of the silver dollar, to make
which silver is pnrchasel 10 the amount OF
more than half its production. The Chatta-
nooga Times, as an ardent supporter of pro.
lection, would like that system to escape the
responsibility for protecting the silver mine
business, but that ia impossible. The people
do not want the vast amount OF silver dollars
that are manufactured. Out of S27, 772075
minled the last fiscal year, less than 81 ,500,-
600, the Secretary of the Treasury informs
Congress, were taken into the circulation,
and over 2400 tons of those coins are
lying in the vaults. The dollars are
coined that the silver mine owners may
be protected from a fall in the
certificates out, say those who desire "to
cover the tracks" OF this round. about kind
of protection, and the Times says il the 81
and 81 bills ara retired all the dollars will
be taken out OF the vaults. Put il the peo-
pie moan, sigh, pine, long and languish for
"the dollar of our faihers," what are silver
certificates for? They are not the silver dol
lars the people are said to crave. Why have
the 81 and 50 bills to be retired, SO as to
compel the taking of the dollars for want Of
the email notes the people prefer 10 them?
When a man has to eat salt mackerel be-
cause be cannot get quails, it does not show
fondness for mackerel, nor does taking
silver dollars when notes cannot be OBJ.
tanned show fondness for those dollars.
To its question why gold is in the treasury as
well as silver, we will fell the Times, "a We
have done before, that gold being liked,
every attempt is made 10 obtain and accumu-
late it; therefore a large amount of it is to
be found in our public depositaries, and IT is
used to pay the nations obligations. Silver
lies in the treasury because the people do
not like it aud will not take it out, and il is
not used 10 payment of the national obliga.
tions. Gold is in the treasury because it is
liked and silver because it is not liked. The
Times can do lis best with the paradox. That
paper shows its own discomfort with its own
argument by closing its article with ill-te %
pered expressions. ~ W
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Gen. Sheridan, in mis- speech at the recent
sherman dinner in Washington, said: 81
6rst met Gen. Sherman al Shiloh. or rather a
few days after the battle of Shiloh, when he
was advancing on Corinib, about twenty
wears sso. He did not have much to eat at
his headquarters except hard bread, bat be
wa. full of FIRE. have known him, IS
have said. fer over twenty years, and most
of this time he has been my superior CON-
mander. can assure you, gentlemen, that
the very hsppiest thought OF my whole life
is and will be that not one single act oil his
and not one single circumstance has occurred
during that long period which has interfered
With our friendship or diminished my respect
and pride Tor him. 1t may be that L may
be called TO follow him, and if / am / rever
can approach, you know, the brilliant .d-
ministr alton which he has given 10 the army
and the satisfaction 10 all Of you gentlemen
and The country; and my only hope, there
fore. will be that. in an honorable course
and in the strict performances OF my duties,
/ NAV simply approx male TO the saiisia stion
h. has given, not only 10 the army, but to
the country at large" sesseezt -
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w.sht.xten,s sword,

There is suspended in the Office OF the
Potomac Steamship Company, on Light
street, portion Of rusty old sword, which
attracts the curious attention OF every wis.,
itor. 1t is the property Of Capt ]. w. Beck
with, comm snder of TIE Keyport, and was
presented to him by gentleman who fished
it out of the Delaware at the place where
Gen. Washington made his famous crossing.
This gentleman afirms that it is The ideuti-
cal weapon which the father of his country
and the master of numerous body-servsnts
carried on that historic excursion, and Capt.
Beckwith sustains him in his theory, ex-
planning that 'the general was standing up
in the boat when large piece Of floating ice
bore down upon them. The soldiers we're
engaged in keeping the ice clear OF the other
parts of the boat, and, seeing no help from
them, Gen. Washington plunged his sword
| into the frozen mass and pushed it from the
| boat. In doing 20, however, he found that
| the Weapon had stuck fast, and in endeavor-
| ing 10 pull it out The point broke of in the
ice nd the other part fell from the generals
| frozen fingers into the water" However this
NAV be, the pattern is very antiquated, and
The sword gives evidence OF great age.-BaL
t;moss Ne4ps.
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What is the use of this impetuous haste2
The end Is certain let us take our time,
And hoard the vital forces that we waste
Before our day has reached It's golden prime.
What is the use of rushing with spent breath
After old age, its burrows, its white hairs?
Why need we hurry go 20 welcome Death?
Or go half way, with hands stretched out b
Care?
There is no use, dear heart If we but wait
All things will find US. Let us pause, say:
We cannot go beyond the silent gate
That lies short days journey down the way.
So let us take our time in youths fair bowers
The summer season is so brief at best.
Let us look on the stars, and pluck the flowers
And, when our feet grow weary, let Us rest.
Let us take time for love and its delight
1t is the one sweet thing that pays for all
The bitterness OF life, the sorrows blight,
For pains despair and deaths funeral pail.
In that lost era when the world was new,
Love was mems first pursuit and LIES excuse.
Now has that time come back to me and you:
Why should we seek for more? What is the use
ELLA WHEELER in the Chicago Tribune.
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Two w,,e. ..d T~en.y.E,rn. OAnar..


The marriage of Jonathan LongfeIlow, OF
Whitteysburg, Del, to the school-teacher,
was a shrewd stroke of matrimonial policy.
Tue groom is gentleman Of three-score- and
ten, and his bride ia on the sunny side OF
thirty. She becomes the mother OF twenty
eight children, including all Of the scholars
in her school Mr.. Longfsllow had already
been married twice, the fruits Of his 6rst
marriage being six children. His second
wife presented him with twenty-five more.
The problem of how TO educate 80 large a
family of children was successfully solved
by Mr.. Louefellow, who, being . well-to-do
farmer, built a scboolhouse Of his own and
employed teacher, who took part of her
salary out in board at the farmhouse. This
arrangement continued for several years,
snd the young lady whe came TO the Long
fellow household, with no other purpose than
to tesch the young Longfellow ideas how 10
shoot, became an established part of the
family circle. When Mr.. Longfellow's Sec
ond wife died he improved upon his educa-
tional scheme by marrying the teacher
Philadelphia Record.
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her adultery and teok every possible method
OF proving herself guilty, but che refused
to give her address or the name OF her
paramour, and at last her husband had 10
sue for divorce without specifying a CO.
respondent IL spite of all Sir james Han.
mems declaration that the Court knew how
to overcome this coniumacious concealmeut
the name was not given up and finally q
divorce was granted without any identifies.
ton of the great unknown. To an impartial
observer it does seem as il between the hus-
band and the CO respondent, the wife need
not have hesitated TO choose, even if the
former had a bullet in him. Perhaps
though, she resembled in her tastes the negro
fisherman who declined TO pull out bass on
the ground that when he went a-hshing for
catfish he went a-fshing for catfish.
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THE RUGGED WAY.

Some one among the men of mark
Once dropped the pithy, quaint remark
That he who certain ways would tread
Must sometimes bend or bump his head
A phrase OF poesy, forsooth,
With less Of elegance than truth.
He who has won the prize of strife
Beyond the battle-ground OF life
Knows well with what an aching brow
He oft on earth was doomed to bow;
Or, in the stead thereof, await
Thepenance OF q sterner fate.
Nor will a retrospective glance
At mortal life and mortal chance
Fail to remind him when and where
He stood confronted with despair,
As weary oft the struggle grew
To gain one step while losing two.
And had there not, at such an hour
Come to his aid some hidden power
As of an angel heaven sent
To grid him for the steep ascent,
Victorious he had never trod
That summit of the Mount of God.
-Rochester Herald
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The Cincinnari Dramatic FesuvaI.

CINCINNATI, February 1.-THE Dramatic
Festival Association, in disposine OF reserved
seats, will adopt the same method 30 success.
fully followed BY the Opera and Musical
Festival Association. They will sell choice
season tickets at auction. No person will be
authorized to solicit or take orders, but par
ties nonresident may have orders attended
TO by addressing them 10 the Dramatic Fes-
tivai Association. The preparation of the
scenery is now going forward in Horticul-
.ursl Hall
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A TRUE LENT.

Is this fast-to keep
The larder clean
And clear
From fat Of veals and sheep!
Is it to quit the dish
OF flesh, yet still
To fill
The platter high with fish?
Is it to fast an hour
Or ragg'd to go
Or show
A downcast look and sour?
MOI tits fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat
And meat
Uato the hungry soul.
1t is to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate:
To circumcise thy life.
To show q heart grief-rent,
To starve thy sin,
Not bin,
And that's to keep Lent.
ROBERT HERRICK
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rhe Arkansa. Lesis,.tars

LITTLE Rock, February H.-To-dsy the
Senate three-miie act passed the House. 1t
prohibits for two years the sale Of iHtoxi-
Giants within three miles OF any church or
schoolhouse, on petition of majority oil the
adult inhabitants, regardless Of sex. The
present law makes such prohibition per.
petusl, and does not apply to cities OF the
FIRST and second class. The new Law applies
10 all.
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A MurderOua scoundrtl.

CHICAGO, February l7.-During a row al
parry in Fsrnesville, Porter county, Ind.
in which a drunken guest named Martin
Parker was the sggressor, Parker stabbed s
young man named Leake in the head, the
knife making frighdul wound and sticking
in the head. He then stabbed the hostess
Mrs. Gus Radke, and was himself severely
beaten by the company. Lsake died yester-
day. Parker fed. There is much excite.
nent.
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CABLE CLICKS.

RoHE, February I7.-Eipg Humbert hiss
issued . decree for the resumption OF fpecie
ayments on the 18th OF April.
LONDON, February 1.-The report that
Prince Gorischakof is dying at Nice is un-
true. The person ill there is a cousin OF the
prince.
/ ST. PETERSBURG, February 1.-THE eet.
Element between the government of Russis
and the Vatican has been completed. Bishop
Popil will take the See OF Warsaw.
PARIS, February 1.-THE Municipal
Council have adopted resolution ad Focat-
ing the granting of amnesty to the anarchists
tried and condemned at Rom and Lyons,
and Suspension of procedure against those
who have not been tried.
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c.nl.E spring Bo..e,..

The shape Of the new spring bonneta i Is
medium. No bonnets 80 Tiny az the small
cspotes which have been popular this winter
.,s shown. and no huge pokes ike lnose Of
last ses.ou are thu. far imported. The new
honnets are ornate with flowers and plenti-
mi mixture of gold linsel, ColOred strsws
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BEATRICE.

For here's paper, written in his hand,
hating sonnet of his own pure brain,
Fashion'd to Beatrice.
Much ADO About Nothing, Act u, Sc 4.
Winsome and witty, womanly withal,
Petusnt proud, capricious, yet so sweet;
Fearing loves forfeit-fameAnt to esehest
Your mirth and maidenhood, yet yielding all
IN brave surrender al my Lord loves call;
Caring no whit for sutton at your feet
Wooed by no signs, nor won by fond entreat,
Albeit most witching in your gentle fall
Dear Beatrice, secret in your ear
When stealing from your woodbine covertur
You thought yourself alone, and did confess
Your love-without or pride or maiden fear,
/ saw you, heard you speak, sltho,' for sure,
Where played eayesdropper you'll never CUES
L
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A COLD seems mall sffsir-most people
neglect it. Who minds il? Yet cold may
turn to consumption, and then follows almost
certain death. Take a cold in time. then
that Is, take DR.. d. Jayne's Exneciorant, the
well-known standard remedy for coughs,
colds, consumption, asthma, bronchitis, and
all pulmonary Complaints. aud your cold
Will disappear, as we'll as sll' sppressnsis1
Of danger.
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Do NOT buy cheap medici ne on.the score Of
economy. The best are none too good for
;he sick, and are the cheapest. Such sre the
Cherry Peciorsl, the Ssrsaplrills, and other
standard semediez OF DIR. J. G. Aver & Ca
they are worth all they cost. and should b,
in every house.
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n - VoNnAs. . -NAsA n

ST. LOUIS, February 1.-THE Post Dispatch
has received information that Mrs, H. NJ.
Vale, wife of one of the defendants in the
Stsr-route trial, has suicided at Independ.
euce Mo
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Robbed OF Money and Horse.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, February us. D
Houston, tax collector of Lawrence county
was robbed of $500 By a highwaymsn on a
lonely road yesterday. The robbsr also tool
Houstnn,s horsa
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COMING HOME AT LAST.

The Punishment was overlong,
But it viii soon be past;
The man who wrote Homes sweetest song
Is coming home at last
For years his poor abode was seen
In foreign lands alone,
And waves have Numbered loud between
This singer and his own,
But he shall soon be journeying
To friends across the sea;
And grander than any king
His welcome here shall be-
III.
He wandered DER the dreary earth,
forgotten aud alone;
He who could teach Homes matches worth
Ne'er had one of his own.
Meath winters cloud and summers sun.
Along the hilly road,
He bore his great heart, and had none
To help him with the load:
And wheresoeyer in his round
He went with weary tread,
His sweet pathetic song he found
Had fioated on ahead
He heard the melodies it made
Come pealing DER anc DER,
From royal music bands that played
Before the palace door;
He heard its gentle tones Of love
From many cottage creep,
When tender grooming mothers stIove
To sing their babes TO sleep;
And wheresoe'er true love had birth
This thrilling song had flown;
But he who taught Homes matches worth
Had no home of his own
v.
The Punishment was overlong,
But 1t will soon be past;
The man who wrote Homes sweetest song
Shall have home at last!
And he shall rest where lauIels wave
And fragrant grasses Irvine;
His sweetly kept and honored grave
Shall be sacred shrine.
And pilgrims with glad eyes grown dim
Win fondly bend above
The man who sung the triumph hymn
OF earth's divinest love.
WILL CARLETON, in Hdrper's Weekly.
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate,

promotes sleep when the nervous system i
overworked or worr led by care and anxiety
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CHICAGO, February ia Braidwood
special sage: The little village OF Diamond,
where most of the miners lived, is scene Of
6esolaiion calculated to wiring the heart Of
the most hardened. Sixty-eight men and
six boys lie dead in the mine, aud it may be
weeks before even the melancholy sa,isfsc.
ton OF recovering their bodies is accorded.
No such calamity has ever befallen this sec.
ton Of country or any other mining region.
The whole OF Diamond was devoted to mining,
and this blow carries death into a hundred
families. Ia several instances all the male
members OF families
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HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY.

A section of prairie land, forty by ninety
feet, over which the floods had extended un-
til the water stood three or four feet deep,
suddenly caved in, resulting in the instant
flooding of the mine in which 300 meu and
boys were working. Inside of half an hour
the water reached all parts of the works,
and stands within five feet OF the main shaft.
Seveuty-four human beings are checked 10
death in the grim recesses Of the mine. All
hope of the possible rescue of any of them
BY the opening of devexiry from an old ore
shaft was abandoned at dusk, when the water
poured isto the last named and the workmen
were
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THE YELLOW FEVER BELT.
Reports of HeaIthfuIness Pouring il
from Every Quarter.


from Every Quarter.
PENSACOLA, August 31.-Another day
has passed without any kind OF sickness
at Pensacola, and the 4S hours ending at
noon without news from the navy yard.
The telegraph line from Apalachicola
was connected with the Western Union
system at Mariana, Fla, to-day.
WASHINGTON, August 31.-The United
States Consul at Tampico reports to the
Department ct State under date of August
10 that the authorities OF that port have,
since the lst, established quarantine OF
eight days against all vessels from Vera
Cruz and from other infected ports. He
says that Tampico and vicinity enjoy
good health to date, and there is no suS-
picion of plague, cholera, vOmitO or cOnta-
giOus distemper whatever in that dis
trct
The Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital Service has been informed that
during the month of July there were
eleven deaths from yellow fever among
the foreign population at Panama, and
that the deaths among the poorer classes
OF foreigners and natives, which are not
made public, We're more than twice that
number. Great difficulty is experienced
in obtaining mortality reports, as il IS
clear that if they were made public it
would he difficult for the canal company
TO obtain labOrers, and it might enhance
the cost OF labor. The employees OF the
company are so reticent on the subject
that it is presumed that they have orders
not to give information.
Information has been received from
Panama that during the month of July
there were IL deaths from yellow fever
among the foreign population who were
of the well to do class, and it is believed
that the number of deaths among the
were not known to the public, was more
than twice as large. The number of
deaths from yellow fever at Panama.
therefore, is estimated at upwards of 80
for July. Great difficulty is experienced
in obtaining the mortality reports.
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WORK ON THE sUEz CANAL.
Ten Thousand Men Employed, and the
Operations Progressing Rapidly.

Ten Thousand Men Employed, and the
Operations Progressing Rapidly.
PANAMA, August 31.-The work on
the Panama canal is being pushed for
ward with great energy. The total num-
Der of wOrkmen is over 10000. They are
principally Jaimakins. The work is di-
vided among number of con-
tractors, all of whom eX-
cept two have commenced opera
tions. The first section from Pana-
ma to Pedro Miguel has been undertaken
by the FrancO-American Trading Com
pany for 81. 80, 800. 1t is to be completed
in two years. On the next section, the
ParaisO, there are 100 labOrers at work. and
1900 cubic metres of excavation have
already been made. The third, the Guile
bra section, is the highest level, where the
cutting will be about 100 metres deep. On
the fourth, the EneradOn, there are 200
men with nine eXcavators and the neces-
sary engines, cranes, steam pumps.
pumps and sounding and boring machines.
Already 80 cubit metres Of excavation
have been made and carried away. The
work of this section includes the eXcava-
tiOn of 3,O00,000 cubic metres. The con-
tract for this one is for three years. The
cost is to be $2,14j,0o0. At the next sec
ton, the lower ObispO, where very large
reservoir will be constructed, there are
430 men at work. At the sixth section.
the GOrmOn, there are $50 men,
and on the seventh section 300 more.
At the eighth section, from BohiO t.
SOldad0, there are 600 labOrers at work.
From this to the Colon section, the soil
being marshy, the work will be easy.
Dredges Of all sizes. including two capable
Of eXcavating 1000 cubic metres daily,
will be employed. The sanitary cOndi-
ton OF the working people along the line
is very satisfactory, and is improving
daily. Although this is the unhealthy
season OF the year, and sickness in Pana-
ma itself is very heavy. still the per-
centages ON the canal works does
not exceed four in consequence
of the excellent precautions taken by the
company. both in the construction of
workmen's huts and in the care taken Of
them. At the present date, 80 miles OF
excavation are in hand, on which there
are 80 miles Of rail in use, The work is
proceeding rapidly and encourag gingIy.
There is little reason to doubt that the
company will complete the canal within
tho VI f,Xo
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convict camps whipping convicts. 4
case was reported in the camp Of Hon. j.
VI. Smith, in OglethOrpe county, one of
the best conducted in the state. The
Governor Immediately ordered the three
guards arrested and put on trial before a
Justice, but the evidence was not con-
elusive. An OYerseer. however, who
ordered one convict to whip another, was
promptly discharged by Mr.. Smith, and
will be prosecuted by the state. Gov.
Mcdaniel is determined TO reform all
abuses in the convict camps, and TO have
the authority Of the State felt by all per-
sons in charge of cOnvicts. The official
report from the Oglethorpe case to-day
has settled this fact.
THE CAPITOL BILL.
The Senate amendments to the capitol
bill Will probably pass the House and the
Governor appoint the commissioners.
Already he is OVerrun by applications
from incompetent persons for appoint
ment, but the people Of the State may
rely on his tirmneSS and good Judgement in
this matter. Let Savannah, Macon, Au-
gusta. Columbus and other heavy tax
paying cities present each first class
man, competent i'll all respects. and GOV.
Mcdaniel will give Georgia commission
that will build Il capitol free from rings,
frauds and extravaganza. lie is madesthe
Hedu OF the COMMISSION. ana lie cannot
afford To choose any incompetent and I'M
worthy associates. Let the people act
promptly and wisely in indorsing only
their best men for commissioners.
DIR. THOMAS RAINES DEAD.
DR.. Thomas Raines, the Physician Of
the Penitentiary, died here to-day. aged
about 30. He came to Atlanta from Co.
lumbus, about ten years ago, and was
appointed by Gov. Colquitt several years
ago. lie leaves six children. some Of
whom are grown. lie was sick only a
short time and died of congestion of the
liver. lie was a surgeon in the COnfed-
crate army during the war.
Gov. Mcdaniel had on file quite num-
Der OF applications for the position in an
ticipation that DIR. RainGS would not
hold over, so that there will now be no
trouble to find a ready successor.
THE LIVERY THIEF.
Butler, the man who stole Jones' livery
stable horse and escaped after his capture
at Madison, Ga, has been caught again
in Cleveland, Tenn. and steps taken to
bring him here for trial.
MITCHELL COUNTY'S NEW JUDGE.
1t is thought that J. II. Scaife. OF
Camilla, will be appointed Judge OF Nit
chell County Court, just established.