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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21
TINE ALONE CHANGES HIS AMBITION.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Especial. Prank N
LORD OF Rochester, is an applicant for the place
either OF Superntendcn Of Railway Adjustments
made vacant by IT, lection Of H. A. Hurt AS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21
OCEAN Steamers.

lNMAN LINE u. >. and Royal Mail steamers
i FOR ~ EENSTOwN AND LlNElIV0iaso -
ONO saturday Ian "a II ~ m
CITY OF BERLIN SATURDAY AN 20 in'
PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY, r rH a -,
CITY OF CHICAGO odtutus' - - - - !" ia
From inman plcr, foot OF Grand-st, jersey Iity' go
CABIN PASS SAGE. 800 and Upward sEOOND-ILASS'
$50. STEERAGE, f20. 800 ,,..o.s, 49,.
~ No. l Broadway n. Y.
ANCHOR LINE u. ). MAIL SIEAMS HIPS,
~ GLASGOW VIA MOVlLLE Londonderry.
PROM pier Al. N. r., foot Of Leroy-st
Dovo,ta Ian. 2s, 3 D. IN. AnehOria. Feb Is p. nj
ithionia Feb II, D D. IN. Gicassia Mar. 10, p. m
Gabn sl5 and sos. secOnd-cass, $50. Steerase, go
Drafts issued for any amount at current rates.
HENDERSON BROTHERS. Bowling Green, New York.
IIOMPAGNlE GENERALE TkANSA Lam
" TIQUE FRENCH LINE TO uAVRE.
mpany Pier new No ~ North River foot OF Morton 81
Ia GASCOGNE, Ssnelli SATURDAY, Jan. p, IL a. m
IA BuEGOGNE, frangcul saturday, Jan. %, M
~ CHAMPAGNE, TrauO saturday, Frb 4, III a. m
ANUS n@ pr"'AN, Agent, No. bowling Green.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21

NEW-HAVEN - Steamers leave Peck-sltp
IN Pier IS Z. r. at p and IL p Sundays exeept>
ed Steamers time for early trans north and eat
CHORE LINE.-All Rail Route for Boston,
~ Newport and the East Express leaves Grand CehS
trai station at ~ and p. m Limited Express and q
EXprss train at p m. except Sunday. Fast EIS
press ?. daily Palace faror cars or sieepin6<
cars destination.
~ Fares reduced 70 Boston, 90 Worcester - so NOR
wch 81 IS New London, 81 40 CoresPonding rednet9%
10 all points East Steamers CITY OF WOHCfSIEm
CITY OF BOSTON and CITY OF LAMRENCE ieso r'ss
40, n. r., at 4:30 y M L. W. pnHpI, W
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21
5leambo us ano Ratlr ua0 ). ,

DAY LINE to OLD POINT COMFORT,
~ NORFOLK. VA, and SOUTH.
Leave via Penn. r r. 80 p. Pirlor ears 10 Baiit
more thence palace steamers, arriving Old Point
s rs a. M Norfolk, a. II. v TOMPKINS,
Gen'l Pass. Agent, 81 Broadway, N. Y.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
after JANUARY I'd, 1858.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21
WHITE STAR LINE.
NORDDFUTSCHER lloyd ss. co.

NTF'ItI N'IT n III TFTNTF1Ns
NFW-y0RK SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN.
Steamers sail from p'er foot 2dS,. Hobokcn
FAST FNpRr'SS STEAMERS
Fms. Wed. Tan 25 go Irrrvp wad. Fehs 2:sn ~
Eilsr :. SAT. Ian. %. = W. Tlre. e. Feh Il
nle. Wei Feb !. 7;31 ,iier We'd rrh. i, -3oan
First Cabin. e75 md upward h,r'h. according 10
cation second Cabin s5j berth Sfeera0e AZ lowest
4 No no..lln lronn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21

! RtkM UDA LINE
- sixty hours by elegant Steamship Weekly
| STEAMSHIPS TRINIDAD and ORINOCo TIL RSDAYy
For ROOMS and passage apply
A. l. OUTERBkIDGE Co, Agents. 81 Broadway,
or THOMAS COOK & SON. POI Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
HUMORIyG HYPOCHOYDRIACS
From The Globe Democrat.

FROM inc blODc- DtiloCTd''
so many people are hypochondracs that physician
expects find Oneh Of his patients laboring under
Imaginary Ills. 1t Is easy for people to eXaggcrate
symptoms, and, by giving themselves into the hands
Of quacks, become confirmed victims of Ill health.
What Is not at all unusual Is 10 find physicians who
have become thoroughly hypOed Many of them with
great reputation and large practice and capable OF
diagnosing case, become crankS concerning their
own health. They eXaggcrate the slightest symptoms
into dangerous cases and believe they have chronic
troubles when they would know that, In n patient,
would be but a slight indspos'ion. Most physician.
them confirmed pypocbondriacs. Medical students
begin early to imagine themselves afflicted with the
various diseases they are studying. remember when
at college / bad a roommate who became thoroughly
hypoed after entering the One day he caught
a cold and that night suddenly informed me ne De
uevcd he was going to die, as he was certain that
he was afflicted with new malignant fever which we
had been studying that day, went immediately Tor
other come The second understood the case al once
and gave my friend some simple remedy and later,
the first came, and be, wishing TO give the young man
a lesson. had administer a liberal dose OF lpcca'
This made him very sick, but cured him OF the nag
nant fever 49,,
ternity is whether a physician should humOr hypo-
chOndrlac and Ostcnsbly treat him a. II he were SICK
or on the other hand, to try and disabuse his mind
OF his folly. One Of the professors ct college Pu' II
TO the class I'm this way: II when you are called In
a patient you find MIN suffering imaginary HIS ana
you tell him instead OF humoring him AMI appar-
emily curing him. YOU lose client, who when he
confidence I'm your ability. You thus lose Practice ana
chance TO do good when the real necessity arises be-
sides by humorlng the you do no HARM for he VIII
call I'm some other Physician who Will do exactly what
YOU could have done yourself This argument has
doubtless caused many physicians 10 treat hypochon-
dracs according To their fancy The professor VINO
followed the other In the class heard OF his prcdc-
sors advice and was very indignant saying that
physician should be true to his profession ana urat
every patient he finds him. not increasing the mum
her of Yphoc the world by encouraging the
natural human tendency In that direction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
CHE MEINT BUSINESS.

3sir, said a strong. featured woman wearing blacb
dress as She came into downtown brokers' ONCE
this is Wall Street amt 1t
eyes, ma'am.'
"This IS the place where buy and sell stock ana
cheat each other and rob their best friends and make
criminals of themselves, amt it2'
"Er-well, there is specializing here OF course
but"
Don't talk to me, know all about It. tell you
A man buys stock that he knows he hasn't the money
to pay for and he'll sell stock that he knows ann
worth cent 10 his best fricnd'
"Such things OF course do happen, but
Stop buting' mel know they happen all inc
time. Then you get poor clerks to come here and
speculate and lose their money and then rob thelr
EMPLOYERS ard lose that too And bank cashiers arc
robbed here and have rob the bank and then go to
Canada or the penitentlary It's all gambling and
robbery and you know it.'
"Im sorry madam, that you are 50 strongly op
posed to speculation"
"Whos opposed to it7'
81 gather that you are from your remarks
"No. sir, l Just understand it, that's all Now
what | want is a straight tip on this Union Cons0
dated stock II she's going up | want TO know IT,
but II the bottom is going to drop out of the whole
thing inside of four hours | want TO know that TOO
I've sold my husbands dress suit and the halrcloth
sofa and I'm willing to give the suit money to any
body thatl tell me Of dead sure thing 10 put the
sofa money into. II you know of any thing speab
quick while the offer lasts.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
1T COULD NOT HAPPEN NOW

'. Langbrldge in Good Words.
Fro countrv WAYS had turned to street,
And long ere We were born,
A lad and lass would chance 10 meet
And often she'd neglect ker task ,,.
The willows bowed TO nudge the prooH'
The cowslips nodded gay, ,
And he would look and she would iooh'
And both would look away.
Yet each-and this is so absurd
Wonld dream about the other. ~
And She would never breathe Woru
To that good dame, her mother. 800,
,,,-oe worry quaint twas very strange,
Extremely strange, you must allow.
mar mel how modes and customs cnanse'
D0"' A II could not happen now.
Next day that idle, naughty lass
Would re-arrange her hair a,.,.
And nonder long before the glass
A'' Which Rfb bow she ought to wear;
"Why do you blush like thatT
And seldom care to chat,
And make her mother frowh' anu am
awby do you blush lilc that. .,o-
And now she'd haunt Win ioU TeIloW STU"
Down which she'd met week aso
That stupid staring fellow. ,... ,o,r
,r,.. vary quaint twas very strange
Extremely strange, you. must allow.
near mel how modes and customs cnange'
Deai 'i'1 it could not happen now
And as for him. that foolish lad,
n' He'd hardly Close an eye.
And look so woc-bcgone ana sau
He'd make his mother cry; - -,r,.,
IL lie goes" she'd say, from bad TO worso'
My boy 50 blithc IA, and ,.r STave' versa
Last night ! found MN W
About lonely grave" go, LIB
"A 10 ncyt day her nerves he'd shock
Win laugh and song. and caper'
IA therc she'd find a golden lock
Wrapped up in tissue paper. -
Our BOYS arc wiser now.
,,,.r ,.orv quaint twas very strange.
Extremely strange. you must aIio%.
near me- how modes and customs change'
Do"A 0 II could not happen now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11

three churches, three day schools one seminary
converts and several other institutions exciusves
for coorcd people There are one church, one schooi
and one orphanage in NewYork City ono church, one
school AMI ono convent in Richmond: ono church ana
two schools IN Washington one church and ono sch'"'
at Keswick; one church and ono school each d.
Petersburg and Lexington ono church aud school In
Louisville one In Baristown: one church, TWO con-
vents and one school in st. Louis: one church, one
orpbanare and one school In Cincinnati: one church
and school In San Antonio: one convent ana or
manage in Kansas City; one church and school In
Savannah: two churches and schools In Charleston
ono school in Memphis; one Jackson one church.
several schools and one convent In Ncw-Orle1ns'
church and school In Quincy; one church ana one
school in St Paul. and many others that have not yc'
been reported. There two orders OF nuns In 'hs
country composed entirely OF Undermined ooio'ca
women, one Of which, the Oblate Sisters OF Provi-
dence, with mother house at Baltimore has branches
In different parts of the country
Tho America. Missionary Association, to which Mr..
Hand has so wisely entrusted his noble gift OF
million dollars for the education OF the coored peopo
Of the South originally Congregational organize
ton, but is now undenominationai us WORN nus
been largely educational having planted colleges IN
many OF the Southern states. Its seventeen norman
schools have trained thousand colorcd teachers
who are now nstructing more than half mihion
pupils in the public schools Of the South. 1t is TO be
noted also that the colleges and schools OF the asso-
citation give special prominence TO manual training
and agriculture so that their pupils are often better
prepared for the practical work of life than the pupils
of the public schools. Tao aggregate amount of the
Hand Peabody and Slater funds for the advancement
OF education I'm the South is about five millions OF
dollars, an amount probably greater than that de-
voted to any like obiec, anywhere else In the word.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
SHE WAS NOT IN A HURRY.


Enter woman:
Is th, the Y. Y. and Z. ticket Officers
can tako the train here for Pumkln Hollow''
YOu can in just ten mnutes.'
IWhat time does the train go!'
La me They told me up at Catchem G Cheat
ems that 1t went at half past 81
And And >, 80 1t does
THE train leaves at half past 8. VIII you have
ticket ~
Well. | dunno I kinder thought I'd drop down
and see what time the train went out tonight, cos
I'd about made up my mind to wait over ana 90 N
the mornin'. S'pose | can go In the mornin can't
At o :l5, madamc.'
You can leave hero for Pumpkin Hollow at o;ao
Law sakcs~what dbbers some people is! just
asked that big French policeman outside there, and
he said the mornln train didn't go until quarter
and go I'm the mOmin' won't It!
." Just the same"
my fust hLsband-she lives here, married TO felicr
by the name of John smith mebbo you know him
Now that's Gurus haIn't ~ Live in tho same town
with my arsrs husband and don't know him meyer
Mary Jane wants me TO stop over AMI % 10 prayer
meeting with her tonight an kinder see the sights
Now, il won't cost me cent to stay, but never
could abide that John Smith Didn't want Mary
Jane to marry him in the ust place. and
Excuse me. madame but Will you have a ticket y
Well. don't be In hurry l was telln' 20
about John smith and
But you see there are others waiting to be
served -
We'll. I guess my moneys good anybody's
and l don't stir from this window until | get my
ticket now sec If dO!'
Ticket Dollar ten ~
swell, here's ~ l s'pose you can mako the
changer
Ninety cents. NcXt'
o "Mcll, don't be I'm hurry: wc'll Just SEQ II IT'S
ninety cents ! amt got any too much confidence
I'm railroads since they that Cd hefcr Joshua
bought Of jim Maldcns widder and then went To law
cos wanted what she was lawfully with. They
didn't want pay us but T2O fer her. but we gOt a
Jury OF farmers and tell you they made that air old
railroad talk turkey in---'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
OLp-NIID'S MUSIC.

rom Tho Spectator
All down the long, narrow street
The windows were wide all DAY
The musks and the pinks smell sweet
In the boxes over the way
Tho night is a night Of June,
When the summer flowers are borns
And above, sickle moon
Hangs over the coming corn.
No sigh OF the past Is there,
And the silence spcllful feels;
Whom out on the dreamy air
The Old-Mald's music steals.
1t seems like a story told
That must fill the eye with tears
So sweet, so wistful, so ola,
That ditty Of fifty years
Even as / listen and hear,
Those years roll back between,
And the long ago draws near
TIL / look on what has been.
And a sound Of footsteps rings,
And the shadows move below
While she lifts her voice and sings
That dtty Of long ago.
And i see two figures pace
Together, with lingering feet:
And now tits girls white face
That looks down the empty street.
And see her lean and gaze,
And the crowd is black below
But the old-Maid sits and plays
That ditty of long ago
IT'S light in the narrow street,
To-day is the longest day;
The musks and the pinks smell sweet
In the boxes over the way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
ANIMAL rIvIsECrI0y SUPERSEDED.
From leisure Hour.

From Leisure Hour
Mr. T. " Thi,clion Dyer T. II. s, the successor ~
Sir Joseph Hooker at Kew Gardens read an important
paper In the chemistry and Biology section OF the
British Association, IN which he contended that the
examln alton of the living organism should take place
upon plants rather than upon animats and that All
the essential phenomena OF such organisms can be
readily and fully demonstrated upon plants HIS
torcs ally the animal hlsiolog'sts everything To
botansi, lie did not himself believe that any better
access could be Obtained 10 the structure and functions
OF living tissues than by The study OF plants. Tho
necessary appliances for the demonstration are not
- costly and the work OF the class room free nom
many dfculflcs with which the student OF the animal
side of biulogy has IT, ctEirnd.
There IS Ia Lw judgment said the speaker no
fundamental biological problem which iS not exhibited
In a simpler ioim by plants than ANIMALS Mr. Fran.
els Darwin and Mr. Gardiner have each In different
directions shown the entirely new point Of view which
may be obtained by treating plant phenomena a. tho
outcome OF protoplasm have not the least doubt
that by pursuing this path English research viii not
merely place vegetable physiology on moro rational
basis but that IL Will also sensiby react, IS Il hAa
dono often before. on animal physolou.s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
GAIN.

G. B. in The Spectator.
Something has come:
| felt II ycstercve:
The lark on high was singing.
The happy church.bclls ringlngi q.
How could | grlcNc
! could not grieve
An old man weary lay;
lifted up his burden,
lie blessed me. and In glerdon
Mine slipped away.
There came a child IN paindl
I soothcd II. and soon AFTER
A burst Of April laughter
Followed the rain.
How could ] grieve'
o blessed human hearth
That I'm the Joy OF giving
Hast found the bliss OF nvlnGlf
Up, play thy partl
Strive, and not rest
Rest here below Is none.
Rcneath sky O'eraching
The hosts Of men are marchingt
Angels look on.
Yet not in dark,
Nor wholly sad thy way;
But here In sunny meadows,
There overcast with shadows:
SO runs our day. 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
BrDDY'S RIDE on THE COWcATCHER.
From Tho Portland Press

Yesterday afternoon the engineer the down train
on the mountain division of the Maine Central Rail
road when about five miles west Of Bridgton June
tion noticed two hens on the track, both OF which
the engine run apparently The train made It's
usual stop at Hiram, where nothing unusual
noticed, and the hen episode forgotten. AZ
Brdgton Junction tho fireman got out to oil tho
engine, and much surprised to ind OF the
hens perchcd the COW catcher Her bidy p
flew of and walked away In an uuconcerncd manner
as II The exploit OF riding five miles a catcher
were an every day occurrence she hal saved her
life i'm the most approved fashion, but somebody on
the line of tho ROAD Is minus two hens Just the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
ONE CENT SAVED HTS LIFB

From The Chicago IrIDunc
A one cent piece saved NJ J. ilOgans life night
before last He was called To his door by Drunken
discharged employo, John Hopkins. and rofls ny
to pay the wages due tho man. on his drunken de
mand, Hopkins tired a shot which struck copper
penny In Hogans vest pocket and glanced aside.
Justice white heard the yesterday and held Hop
kns In bonds of $4,000 to answer to the Criminal
Court, tho charge OF assault with intent COM
NIT murder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
AUTUMN TIME

Evaeen Stein in The indianapolis Journal.
The milk. weed pods are tossing
Their hOsses in the air,
And busy spiders spinning
Their cobwebs everywhere,
The pear-tree leaves are turning
To Furnished bronze and gold
And on their bOughs the black birds
Are growing OVERLOAD.
The sunlight through the hedge rows
Is like a gilded net,
where bits Of beryl aud topaz
Are fanclfully set
Upon the ground tho grass blades
Are pushing In between
The curlcd and crumbled oak leaves
In little lines Of green.
The sky, like any violet
In balmy sweetness blows,
And yelled In haze, the sun shines
As rosy as rtso.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11

We stand so far apart,
Two graves Between us lie
Mine. with cross al It's head,
And flowers strcwn DER the bed
OF the unforgotten dead
Who drcamless sleeps below.
Yours is an empty grave,
Untenanted and bare.
But you fashioned II so deep,
That forever IL must keep
Is apart. although we weep,
with close clasped hands above.
You dug II I'm the past.
Ere ] had seen your face,
And IL Is so deep and wide
That II parts me from your side,
Not the grave Of him who died,
Who loved me long ago.
Yet. though the grave + deep
And We stand not side By side
Yet none other IS so near
No one else Is half so dear,
Naught can come between us here.
Or loose our close clasped hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
DIVIDED.

from The AcdutIhy'
yot viii but saw what mere friends say,
Or only a thought stronger;
will hold your hand but as long as all may,
cor so very little longcr|
Robert Browning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
WEDDING GIFTS,

Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Sets,
Cases containing l-2 dOz. A. ID. COf-
fees, Teas, ETC.; Handsome Bronze
and Safsuna Piano Lamps; Teak.
wood Cabinets; PedestaIs, Tables,
etc. Entirely new line Fine Satsuma
Pitchers, Jugs, etc.; Metal Rose Jars,
Plaques, Trays, etc.; kOrOs Vases,
Bottles, Silk EmbrOideries, Dressing.
Gowns, etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11

Hand do not find 1t in my heart to invegh against
vacations But II clergyman really can't take
vacation he thinks that he can get along very well by
STAYING at home To prove this, he gives schedule
of the way I'm when nc spent 'ho uoe a'' " ~
Here is the schedule:
sly rise 80 devOtlons to 80, reading morn
ing paper crrands and breakfast; 80 writing; 10
solid reading; 80 sermonzing; H. light reading;
lo 30 romp with my children; l, dinner; ?, literary
bour with nv children 3, sunday school lesson 80
10, left unapporiioned ~ al night uhl inc h'At
morning. in bed.
Doubtless this will pretty dreary sort OF va
cation to the cergymcn who in the habit of taking
two or three months every summer But the clergy
man in question says that this doeday regimen toned
/ him up I'm body, mind and soul. and he feels much
rested as II he had gone a-fshlng.'
Canon Taylor's article in The Fortnlghtv Review"
entitled The Great Missionary Failure" viii. think.
do good. 1t will disturb the compaconcy Of great
many Christian people who never look beyond the
rosy reports Of their dcnominaonal missions. and who
therefore fail to understand immensely of the mis-
sionary problem. The Canon's facts cannot be dis
pued Modern Christian missions have really touched
only the fringe Of heathenism And II he had simply
stated that fact, think HIS article would have been
stronger than IT Is now. In assuming that missions
failure, however he not only puts himself in
an attitude of defence but he makes assumption
that is not necessarily The fact that Christian
Ity is fighting hcathenism against tremendous Odds
need not mean failure. The odds were Just great
In the first age Of the Church hut Christianity finally
conquered paganlsm. Is said. however. Canon
Taylors article Will do good by showing Christians
what they have To do, and arousng them from their
fools paradise OF conentmcnt with things they are
A colored Catholic congress Is to be held In Wash
ington next January. IL will be the first meeting of
the kind held, and will be experimental In char
acter II will be held in St. Augustines Church.
htrh ic fha nd chu e.nI.a -.
colored Catholics In America. Says Father Walsh,
cha pastor Of this church There In Baltimore
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-02-04
How Jenny Lind Sang "Sweet Home.' -

She was not beautiful, yet when she
sang, and especially when she sang
sacred music, her face became trans
figured with an unearthly loveliness.
At these times she might have served
as model for Jeanne D'Arc listening
to the voices of her angel visitants.
In secular music she proved her incon-
testible dramatic powers. l think it
was this quality that made her sing
ing Of English ballads so popular.
The delicious coquetry and mirthtul-
ness Of her Interpretation of "Comin'
Thro' the Rye" the tender pathos Of
her ''Home, Sweet Home," will never
be forgotten by those who have been
so fortunate as to hear them. In that
last song she introduced a long; silver
tongued trill at the lines "The birds
gayly singing that came at my call"
the effect Of which was marvellous, but
not less SO than the impassiOned depth Of
pathos that she impaired to the whole
.hackneyed but touching song. 1t
was beyond description, that wall of
an exile for the home that he would
nevermore behOld.-Lucy Hooper.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-02-04

Mr.. Gay has introduced two bills in
the United States House of Represen-
tatives to restore to the public domain
certain tracts of live oak lands in Lou
siana which have been withdrawn for
may purl oses. It seems that number
Of years ago several live oaks tracts in
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Lou
siana were set aside for the use Of the
Navy Department in ship building.
Among these was one of the islands in
Vermilion parish of about 5000 acres,
and two or three islands in the Atcha-
falaya, north of Berwick bay. These
islands have become well settled, and
the object of Mr.. Gay in relinquishing
them to the public domain is ih the in
tcrest Of those who have settled upon
them. 0apitosias-A -Advscats.