Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-13

The Prairie Dog, the Astonishsr and the Paralyzer are already in existence land now a paper is to be started in Thomas county which will be called the Thomas Cat.
 It will be remembered that our correspond ent IF. E. R." succeeded in making 4,021 words out of the nineteen letters in "Incom- prehensibility." I'M. J. L. has made 1, ,333, and doesn't think she is through yet There is an insane asylum in Maine in which all the inmates are engaged in making crazy quilts, but it is safe to say that they will produce nothing more outrageous than the crazy quilt makers who are not yet con- fined have produced.
 If there is 8 war between Russia and Eng land, and if there is much fighting in Afghan istan, it will be interesting to trace the move ments of the troops ts and from such places as Baba- -Gumbez, Sarakhs, Kungeusli, Kizsl- Bulak, Chaman-i-baid, Sautlichelemeh, etc
 Postmaster-General Villas has appointed 450 pestmasters in his first month. As the postmaster-gen has to make about 12, 900 appointments year it will be seen that 50 far MT. Villas is slow. But he will doubt less make appointments soon enough to please those who now have the offices.
 What especially exasperates the white peo- pie of Augusta, Georgia against MT. Varley, the English evangelist, was his remark that if there were thieves among the negroes southern people had no right ts be sur- prised, as they had taught them how to steal by stealing the negroes themsslvss Several of the congregation got up andl eft the church as soon as this statement was made A committee afterwards called upon Nr. Var ley and expostulated with him. In his next discourse MT. Varley said that if his state ment offended anyone he was sorry for it, but it was true, nevertheless.
 Daniel Webster would have rsjoiced had 1882, in public speech at Worcester, he said: So far as I know, there is no civilized country on earth in which, on 8 change of rulers, there is such an inquisitien for spoils as we have witnessed in this free republic. When, sir, did any British minister, Whig or Tory, ever make such an inquests When did he ever take away the daily bread of weigh CTS and gaugers and measurersa Sir, Brit ish minister who should do this, and should afterward show his head in the House of Commons, would be received by universal hiss.
 The taste for orane es seems to be decided ly on the increase in France. Fifty years ago the annual consumption of oranges in the country barely reached 15, ,00o, 900 pounds weight of the fruit. It had risen to double that quantity in 1856, to over 50,O00, 900 pounds in 1866, and last year over 100000 900 pounds of oranges were imported. At one time Spain was almost the sole source of supply, but both Italy and Algeria now send their quota of the fruit to the French market, the Algerian contribution being by far the larger The exportation of oranges from the colonies to the mother country, which only amounted to 16,000 pounds in 1886, attained the large total of 10, ,000, 900 pounds in 1884.
 The Arabian papers publish the full text of the manifesto which the Mahdi has issued in reference to his claims to the Caliphate. In this document the Mahdi says: I testify before God and the Prophet that am draw ing the sword, not for the purpose of found- ing an earthly empire for myself, nor to amass wealth, nor to live in magnificent palace, but in order that may afford help and consolation to the faithful, with view