Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-06
Y MORNING. NOVEMBER 6. 1884.

former have shoreward motion, which, in time of storm, is terrific, end of which noth ing artificial yet discovered can sensibly abate the fury, or the danger to sailing craft venturing among them.
 Not long ago 8 gentleman fin Scotland, who has not allowed his name to be made public, set apart 8 considerable portion of his private fortune to be used in the work of bringing about solution of the following question, namely: E'What are the best means, consistent with equity and justice, for causing 8 more equal division of the accu- mulated wealth of the country, and more equal division of the accumulated wealth of the country, and more equal division of the daily products of industry between capital and labor, so that it may become pos sible for all to enjoy fair share of material comfort and intellectual culture, possible for all to lead dignifed life, and less difficult for all to lead a good 1ife?' The man or men who will solve this conundrum will be
 entitled to good pay.
 There died recently near Arlington, South
 Carolina, noted relic of the times when
 duelling was more less fashionable. Dr.
 Dewey Drake was one of the greatest duel lists of his time. He was skillful swords
 man and an unerring marksman with either
 pistol or rife. During professional career
 in Mississippi from 1888 to 1858, he fought seven duels, in four of which he killed his ! adversary and in two of which he was badly wounded himself It is facetiously recorded of the merry doctor that Che took especial | delight in provoking prominent men to quar- | rels, and enjoyed the thing still more when his victims were goaded on to challenging him." Just after the war Drake was said to
 be worth several hundred thousand dollars, | but he died in obscurity, being indebted to a l friend for the comforts which surrounded his l last moments
 The longest lawsuit on record has just
 been settled by the final judgment of the l Supreme court of the duchy of Brunswick. It was an action of ejectment begun in 1904
 by Count Stolberg against the Brunswick l government for possession of the county of l Blankenburg and it's domains. The suit was begun in the imperial chamber of Wetzlar,
 the final tribunal for settling disputes be- ! tween the sovereign powers of the German
 empire. Here it dragged along till 1649
 when it was temporarily set at rest by a l judgment which was disturbed when the
 county with it's appanages fell into possession of the Duke of Brunswick. The recent re- vival of the suit was for the purpose of de- ! claring Count Stolberg entitled to the title and domains. This claim has now been def
 initely rejected by the tribunal, thus ending
 a suit compared with which the case of Jarn- 1 dyce vs Jarndyce was an infant in arms. 1 Dr. Herman Bendell writes to the Albany 1 Argus that the daily newspapers have exag- l gerated somewhat in their statesments as to | the marvellous an@sthetic effect of cocaine
 in operations on the eye. "A limited exper-
 ience," he says, ''satisfes me that for opera l tive treatment necessitating incisions into the | deeper tissues of the eyeball and eyelids, it's | anaesthetic virtues cannot be safely relied upon"; but he continues: FfOne to five drops of two per cent. solution of cocaine, when ] applied by instillation for pain resulting 1 from neuralgia of the eyeballs, readily pro duces a diminution of sensibility, and it's palliative properties will prove to be of value to the physician and comfort to the patient; no unpleasant reaction or symptoms of irri- 1-tation have in my experience resulted from it's use. I have very recently tried it's effects membrane of the ear to alleviate pain, with | the most happy results; it's action is appar- ! ently alike in children and adults"