Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-10
Personal Notes.

A. ceived yesterday from his son, W. I. Dick l erman, the florist, of Norfolk, Va, bald headed eagle, eighteen months old. It ex- cited great interest among the railroad and l steamboat men and fared sumptuously, and hundreds viewed the bird at MT. Dickerman's yesterday. It was taken when very young from it's nest in the wilds about five miles out of Norfolk and was cared for by a colored family until it was bought by MT. Dickerman of Norfolk, who has sent it as gift to his father. The News and Critic, published at La conia, N. H., says of MT. George Worth ington, @ former New Haven citizen, un- der it's Gilmanton notes: George Worthington, the carriage man whose shops are located at Jones' Mills, is report ed on the tidal wave of eminence in his calling. His thorough workmanship while connected with the Concord Carriage com pany at Concord gave to that factory Q name for producing A No. 1 carriages. Mir. Worthington's ability as q workman is unquestioned, and anyone interested may take his word as written warrantee for durability for any carriage that goes from his shop"
 John B. Judson, the fruiterer, received yesterday from Admiral Foote post the following signed by Adjutant General A.
 
 Judson, dear sir and comrade: Post Com mander Morgan desires me to acknowledge the receipt of your communication enclos- ing check for $7.93, or per cent. of your Memorial day sales, and to thank you in behalf of the post for the substantial and satisfactory apology represented by your check Your letter was read to the post and it seemed to be the prevailing opinion that you had set an example that it would be well for others to initiate. Thanking you for this general evidence of your com radeship and wishing you increased pros perity, have the honor to be very truly yours, A. H. Embler."
 Brothers of the Sahara.
 From the New York Sum-
 Cardinal Lavigerie is now in Algeria, and he has been describing the work which he has laid out for the Brothers of the Sahara, new Roman Catholic order which he re- gently organized for work in the desert. He called for volunteers for this work, and had responses from every part of France. He told the volunteers that their life would be one of hardship, and that they were not fitted for the work unless they were wills ing to undergo the greatest self-sacrifce. They were to be military pioneers, and their sole object would be to make the peaceful conquest of the Soudan. He told them he should pay them nothing and they must expect to face privations.
 He secured all the men he needed to set | his enterprise on foot. He had bought a | piece of waste land near Biskra, under which water has been found, and he set l %1o %- rlx 1oiy Thorc l they are at present, hardening themselves to the climate and devoting themselves to Saharan husbandry. At the same time they l are studying the dialects of the Sahara and Soudan, and before they advance further into the desert they will be trained in arms, for it is altogether likely that they will have to defend themselves.
 The cardinal says the food of the broth CTS will be dates and hard biscuit. They will wear the tunic of the Touaregs and wide trousers fastened above the knee Veils will cover their faces to ward off the desert sand storms. In Summer they will work all night and sleep in the day. Two buildings have been erected at Biskra as their dormitories. A raised stone parapet two feet high runs the whole length of the walls, and they lie on this hard bed witt merely g. straw mattress under them. They have neither chairs nor tables, but eat in 2 squatting posture like the Arabs. They will remain at Biskra 15 months, three months upon appreciation and a year ir the brotherhood, and if they twice renew their engagement they will have the righr to end their lives in the order, supported il necessity.
 Fifteen months from the time of begin ming their work they will go south and es tablish themselves at some point where there is water. There they will be thrown upon their own resources in the heart o1 the desert, where they will found agricul tural communities. The first party will number 50 and will include builders, far mers, hunters, etc. With them will gc two missionaries and one of the negro doctors who were slaves redeemed by the cardinal and trained to medicine in the school he established at Malta 15 years ago. If this experiment prospers, the cardinal will send further attachments to other re- gions in the desert. All the Saharan and Soudanese tribes will be made welcome in these new homes in the desert, their dis eases will be treated and they will be taught to raise produce from the earth which they have found so barren.
 "But do you think" the cardinal was asked, "that some of the brothers disgust ed by their hard life in the desert, will want to get back to France!" s'Then they An institution like this, if it is to last must have a narrow inlet and wide out let"
 It is the cardinals ambition to extend these stations throughout the Sahara, wherever water can be raised by artesian wells to make the surface fruitful. In this peaceful way he hopes that within the next 20 or 30 years very great progress will be made toward civilizing the wild tribes of