Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-08

Congressman John s. Wise has declined to has s'a sweet home filled with merry children, with enough to live comfortably, with pay ing profession" and therefore desires to live. Wise man.
 An Austrian lieutenant refused to fight duel for the following reasons, which ap- peared to him gOod Duelling is forbidden by both the civil and military laws of Austria and aside from this, was against his religion, his reason and his conscience He was dis missed from the army in disgrace.
 The ''boy preacher" has worked up very lively revival in St. Louis, and there are some queer things connected with it. For in stance, the colored people who attend the meetings are told that on no account must they come forward, but take seats in the gallery or by the door. The excuse offered for this course is that the white people who come to be converted would be offend.d if negroes were allowed to come forward. The question arises, will there be two heavens one for the white saints and the other for the negro saints?
 Cahaba, Alabama, is described as one of the deserted cities which are so dispropor- tionately numerous to the age of the country. It was founded soon after the admission of the State to the Union and made the capital and county seat. It was we'll laid out, and in addition to it's political importance was the centre of a great farming country and of the business interests of central Alabama, and its climate also helped to draw class of wealthy people who built many fine resi- oences But when the capital was removed to Montgomery, Cahaba's decadence began, and was hastened by the building of rail roads to it's rjval city of Selma, eight miles away. The rebellion and the removal of the county seat to Selma completed it's ruin, and now, sixty years from it's foundation, it has about two dozen inhabitants. who share it's buildings with the bats and owls, while the old capitol is used as grist mill.
 The circular which has been issued by the committee appointed at the conference which followed the diHner of independent Repub- licans at Brooklyn sets forth plan of action. It is intended to add to the committee until as many States as possible shall be fairly represented on it. The members in each State will be expected to take such steps as they may deem advisable to get Republicans in sympathy with them out to the primaries; to thus ensure the election of thoroughly representative men" as delegates to Chicago; and to do their part in establishing such communication between reforming Repubii- cans all over the country, and especially in the doubtful States, as will enable the com mittee to 'lsy before the convention, with authority, representations of Republican sentiment fitted to prevent unElse nomlna tions, or, should such be made. to impose the responsibility for the defeat of such eandi- dates on those who nominate them"
 Professor Hull, who has returned with his party from Palestine, brings with him ma- terials for the construction of geological map of the Holy Lard very much in advance of anything which could hitherto be attempt ed, The Professor is of opinion that at the time of the Exodus there was continuous connection of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. AS regards the Dead Sea, he has dis covered that it formerly stood at an elevation of 400 feet above it's present level-that is to say, 15O feet above the level of the Med iterranean. The history of this gradual low erinQ of the waters will form special fea- lure in Prof Hull's forthcoming report. He has also found evidences of chain of ancient lakes in the Sinaitic district, and of another chain in the centre of the Wady Arsbah, not far from the watershed. The teTraces of the Jordan have been examined, the most im- portant one being 600 feet above the present surfsce of the Dead Sea.
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