New-York tribune., 1884-03-22
which may involve all Europe, and which may In
cludo the menace Of Cossaok as opposed to D. 10
publicap civilization.

The Mormon missionaries seems to be grow1ne
bolder In their Southern operations A curious
controversy In Georgia shows this. welLto-de
young farmer there became converted to Mormon
ism several y ago. and went to Utah, his bride
of several I'M "a 10 refusing to 60 with him. EcholA
the HUSBAND, was promoted to be an Elder and
few months ago returned to Georgia commissioned
as an apostle. He began legal effort to obtain
possession Of his boy, then three years old. Ths
issue was raised that he not proper person TO
have possession Of tho child, because Of his
opinions and the Court decided that 1t should stay
with the mother The Elder then went busily to
work to make converts with marked success, and
even prevailed upon girl of respectable family to
become sealed unto him. The pair have left for
Salt Lake City, where the ceremony is to take
place. after which he will return to go on max
ing converts. 1t is said that hitherto Mormon
preachers In the South have kept polygamy in the
background, just as they do in foreign countries.
Judge Ruger's Presidential boom has yet to
materialize.
bill has been introduced In the House Of Com
mons providing that no patent medicines shall be
sold until they have been subjected to analysis by
Government board of chemical experts. and de-
clared not poisonous. This is o wise proposition,
and tho example might well be followed In this
country. The difficulty here would consist In the
want Of uniformity Of legislation. What was pro-
hibited by one State would be allowed by another
and the end might very easily be the Deutralizing
of all attempts to protect the public Such protec
tion however is certainly required, for there are
many patent medicines which are or which contain
active poisons and ought never to be administered
save under the direction of physician. III the
number Of deaths caused by some OF these popular
nostrums were set forth in a formal way, no DOUBT
the public would be considerably startled, though
II may be doubted whether even such information
would check the consumption OF the drugs to an
appreciabe extent. 1t Is probably mistake 10
conclude that most persons are afraid OF death.
Judging by their actions they in many cases seem
rather to be counting 1t.
During the cavalry combat at Ell Teb the English
troopers found that their swords were no match IN
temper for the spears Of the Arabs. The weapons
of even the British officers in some cases uent
when blows were delivered, while those OF the men
proved too short to reach their active and wiry op
Moments who threw themselves from their own
horses when charged upon, and endeayored, by
shetering behind hillocks and bushes to get behind
their assaiants and bamstring their animals. One
naval captain who was in one OF the squares saw
that gap had been made i'll one OF the faces, INTO
which the enemy were crowding. He threw him
self into the opening Dut MS sworn oohI ono ni'V
blow he delivered. Instead of retreating, however,
he began to knock the Arabs over right and left
with his fists, and strangely escaped without a
wound. The name of this officer was Captain Will
son. of II. NJ Hecla, and no doubt the Arabs rather
respected his eccentric method of fighting suppos-
ing either that he was mad and therefore sacred or
that he carried an amulet, and was therefore in
vincibe. The cavalry declare that the Arab spears
are much more effective weapon than their own
swords which may readily be believed it, as stated
the latter bent like pieces of hoop-iron when used.
But this is not the first time the Deficiencies OF the
Euglish cavalry sword have been pointed OUT