Georgetown Enquirer : volume 03, number 48 - 09-05-1883

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GEORGETOWN, S. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1883;
VOL. III.-NO. 48
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Two Xcfftttive**
Eleanor. Putnam in Life. I gavo him hla ttrnt-rejcction
At Nenport, ajenrago; At C)irifltm»», with proper reflection
Again, in New York, 1 said "No."
There's in grammar a rule I remember—
Two negatives—how does It run? So tho curds huvegbito out for September, ,   And my white satin grown ia begun.
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.    .  At the llnd. Philip liourkc Marvttm in LippincotCs, Dccauao tho shadow* deepened heavily, Because the cud of all seemed  near, for¬ sooth, Her grneioiis Ppirit, over quick ioruth^ "Had pity on her buinl-uln.'e, even on mc? Hhu civuiu in with the twilight nob-closely; Fair as n rose. Immaculate us truth, Sho leaned nbovo my wrucked and wasted youth; I felt her presence inoro thnn I could sec.
"Ood keep you, my poor friend," I heard her
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And then sho kisacd my Ory, hot Hp» and ;   oyes. !   Kiss Ihou Iho noxt kiss, quiet Death, I pray,
Uo inatiint on this hour, and so surpri-so :   My oplrit while lier presence seems to stay; 'Take thou thu heart, with tho heart's Par- ;   adisu.
BEMOOSCEIiCES OF EGYPT
NO. III.—PART II. Ah noon ns tlio twenty-six hoiii-R, linking time usually alloivcil, liavo ex¬ pired, wo hoist uuil nml nro off before u good breezo, juat ns tlio Khedive's private steam yaclit passes from bo¬ low. Wo c|i|i our ting uiul salute with thirty gnus, n couiiiliinent immediate-
soon nono otlior tlinn the ordinary loan kind of Egypt, rivaling in sharp points nnil ill-favor tlio lean-fleshed kino of Pharaoh's dicam.
Esnuh's dancing girls uro no less no¬ torious Ihoin tlieir rival Almeli women of Konnoli. Tbey array themselves in similar style' but perhaps more simply. Wo will not attempt n description, al¬ though wliilo sauntering up tlio main street wo qnito unintentionally obtru¬ ded upon n lair damsel (if ebony blaok enn be callctl fair) in tlio niitlst of lier toilot.   '       .
Nor were wo culpable in* nut under¬ standing tliat the.open  spaco between street nnd hovel   combined the dou¬ ble purposo   of   parterre   anil .bou¬ doir. A faithful femmodc idinmbre was here industriously   applying ri beauti¬ ful coat of gleam, determined apparent¬ ly that her  mistress bIioiiM   outshine all the other village maidens. Leaving Esuch with n favorable wind, we stop neither for temples.nor heathen gods; but moor ouly when tho wind [ lulls   and night overtakes us,   some miles abovo Gcbel  Silsileh.    Thence starting' at an early hour und taking advantage of every favorable breath,
sweltering ride of two hours reach tho Nubian village of Shalteh, where onr cavalry aro exchanged for small boats, in which we nre rowed to Philao, a picturesqno island, only, about four hundred yards long, but containing some of the finest specimens of Egyp¬ tian nrchitcctnro now extant. The prin¬ cipal temple, dedicated to Isis, is a marvel of beauty, bnilt entirely of sandstone, and every part inside and out most elaborately chiseled in hierogly
cd around among lumber and sidings, whether alive or dead- nobody conld tell.
A table and n staircase camo flying through the air; some men met tlicm and pushed them away, so they did did not kill my wito and children! bits of wall nnd roof-whirled lound us; here it was impossible to remaiu. We crept and crawled nnd rnn foi onr lives down to tho forest. As we found each other there, wo woro only six; a friend
phie signs nnd figures.    Deities of ev- of ours, a farmer, had one of the small cry description aro here represented, | girls in his nuns, my wifo nnother, nnd ox-headed,    asp-headed,    owl-headed oiiini-hcadcd.    Chief of all the Suu-
¦Icfence—a fortress within the fortress. This occupies perhaps a quarter of the .whole area. It is also quadrangular, nnd is the citadel properly so-colled; it is styled the Thnng-noi. Like the ontor walls, it has its ramparts and bastions, mounted at every available point with guns, and, if resolutely de¬ fended, would be mueh harder to tnko than the: gigantic outer works. In¬ side this is the Impcrhl Palace, out of wliich his lato Majesty hardly ever stirred. It is distinguished from afar by its yellow roof, that being the Ana
god Re appears over every  door, as a winged globe. . -
But to my tasto, n small hypaethral temple surpasses all others that I have yet seen in architectural beauty, and displays scores of beautiful columns, each with an exquisite capital of uni¬ que design, and all of conception nnd
one of iny sons clung to nio.   Bnt I mese royul oolor.    The princes  of the where were the rest of tho children?       blood daub their pnlaccs red.   In tlio I had myself seen one of tlio carpeu- Thang-noi his Majesty lives with his tors run with my third little girl—but queens, and none but the guards nnd
the eldest and yonngest hoy? Killed, perhaps, or lying mutilated among the ruins, and it was impossible to look for them. Tlio hurricane would havo swept ns nway as soon as we hud moved from thc wood. The only thing
ed bull's-eye watch in liis hand. "Vhere you Iif?" asked the broker.' "Oh, out lioro a few miles." "Vhere yon got dot vhatch?" - "It used to be dad's, but ho gavo it to me."
The broker looked hilii nil over with suspicious glance, nnd asked and re¬ ceived his name, and then added;
"Vhy   yon   vhanta   to   pawn   dot vhntch, eh?" ¦•Well, I needed a littlo monoy." "Dot looks suspicious to me, und I guess I call der bolecce."
"Suspicions! Police!!" repented the yonng man. "Say, mister, if yon don't know tho difference between a thief selling his plunder and  a  young
execution that would challenge the te do was to press the children to us skill of the modern artizan. Judging ami give them so much shelter as we from a few partly finished columns, it conld with our broader backs.   The
would appear that they had been first erected in the rough, nnd afterwards hewn down nnd chiseled, to snit the
wo-press to our voyage's'end and at tasto pf the artist, or express theie- 4 P. M. on  tho 28rd January land nt gend to be commemorated.
Assouan, having inado the run Trom Cairo, five hundred and eighty-five milos, in tweuty-ouo days, stoppages
ly returned, and   acknowledged by the included.   Assouan,  situated tin   the Khodivo in person, who cornea ou dock eustorn side of the i iver directly ojipo-
for this purpose.
The wind continuing favorable, wo mii all night and still knock oil' a good log the day  following, otherwise do- void ol" interest, except for . llr tllild alarm and preparation  fur battle.   As a burnt .child dreads tho liro, so once having    almost    fallen     into    the clutches    of  thoso  Egyptian    Phil¬ istines, tlio slghtost demonstration puts us on the <jtiiuiue.   Passing boatmen iu great excitement call to us to bo- ware,   ami simultaneously a confused uproar   and distaut sounds   of strife 1 reach our ears.   Then appoar round- iug tlio next bend two  Arab kniijeh, whose   crows   are engaged  in   bitter strife, yelling, shouting, brandishing weapons and otherwise menacing ouch other ill the most braggadocio manner. Aa tliey come, so tlicy go; and wo.pur- ening tlio even tenor of our conrso, neither   kuow  nor   over   inquire the result of tlieir incoiinter.
rain and tho hail lashed us, the oak shrubs were blown flat to tho ground, and their limbs struck our heads and shoulders like whips.—Boston Globe,
those employed in the royal service are man in town Willi  his gal, and that
site the island of Elephantine, occu pics the sito of ancient Sycno 24 de¬ grees, 5 minutes and 36 seconds.
The ancients believed it to lie di¬ rectly uuder tho Tropic and according to Slraho, a deep woll, dug tor the pin- pose, marked tho summor solstice as the direct rays of thc vertical Sun at that moment pierced the bottom. If such was the caso tho obliquity of tlie ecliptic has diminished, and   the earth
A smaller island, although Biggeh, also contains soino relics of. the past, bnt the swarms of begging negroes who annoy you at every turn for bnck- shecsh, destroy half the pleasure of ex¬ amining their present condition, and utterly banish all musings ovor their original conception.
These native Nubians must indeed disgust nny traveler, other than certain Sldwe-icul Philo-niggerites, before whose eyes Ethiopian blackness puri¬ fies all flesh, as fire refines gold.
Filthy, undo and lazy, they lounge arouud in utter illcnoss.no visiblenieans of subsistence, and in their pestiferous
THE ANA3IESE CAPITAL.
somewhat changed  her 'position; but  importunities for bneksheesh, ean only iiot having oiireelf scon tlio  well, wo  bo kept at arms-length by a threat of
Ijcju- nn evidence on this poiut and willingly leavo its arbitrament to llio historian and astronomer.
Por acres around Assouan are piles of rubbish and crumbling ruius, bnt none of sufficient pretension to shelter even these tomb-inhabiting people,who are content to make a homo ofany hole into which tliey can crawl.
Elephantiua or "Tho islo of Flow-
the kooibash.    In infancy flies arc en¬ couraged to swarm about their faces, as'an antidote for ophthalmia. Fiom childhood to youth, tlieir dis-
A Nnt that (he French Want to Crack. Wo are told that the French pro¬ pose an immediate attack on Hue, the capital of Anam.   It will not be easy to succeed, for P'on-thna-thien, as tho officials call it, is one of the most for¬ midable fortified towns in Asia.   It lies on the Hue Iliver, about six miles from tho seacoasti   Tho   river is but small and only navigable for craft of light  tonnage.   It is no more than four hundred yards wide it its month; thero is air awkward bar of hard sand,, and this is commanded by a strong fort with a regular glacis and ditch,  a rainpart of stone and lime, and a lnrge number of guns mounted  en barbette. Outside the bar there is plenty of Wa¬ tet, but at 'this season of tbe year thore is always a heavy surf.   Beyond
¦torted. forms aro restrained only-lw* -j'',1,,',v'I"tr,rInrn',*i--tUcreforo.:tho-French
cord-arnniul.U.o-WiuBjrorton so imbed ded in the flesh as to be impercepti¬ ble.
In early girlhood their nakedness is concealed by a leathern fringe mound
At Kcuiieh wu meet an embassy from JSondan, headed by a tall tine looking negro, ns black as ebony, most fancifully tatnoed in blue, and arrayed iu a long striped bnrnoos with crimson tarboosh ami flowing turban. Hois evidently a porson of importance in his own estimation, if not in.that ofhis countryman,'thd lias charge of a gift or peace-offering to the Khedive, con Hinting of oight beautiful  cnmolopards
ers" a mile in length aiid very narrow j'tlie waist; and in more  mature age by
ia rich in ruins,-ilhomgroves, and wool¬ ly-headed children of a distorted Na¬ ture, simply fed and still more simply clad; the fruit of their trees furnishing their chief food, and the wool of their own heads their principle covering.
The quarries,, whence for ages past the famous "lapis Sycuitis" has fur¬ nished sphinxes, obelisks and other monoliths.of unrivaled size, nre still extant,, and form one  oftlio mont nt-
auil a number of very lino camels, three I tractive features of this nicinily.
of them perfectly white.
Near this' place are extensivo pot¬ teries for llio manufacture of zcot and gooleh, tho indispensable cooling jars and bottles, whoso texture admits of so great evaporation that water kept in
Here arc immense masses of stone in
every slage of progress.   The initial
.drill unfinished, whereby the piece was
to ho severed from the parent rock; the
udely rent muss partly chiseled; the
meagre garments, worn and greasy, as if having served every generation since the Hood.
Iu maiihood an eqnally dilapidated bunion sometimes graces their form, but is more frequently entirely dispell-1 sed with.
They delight to anoint themselves with grease recognizablo at an indefi¬ nite distance; and to secure their short kinky curls gummed upon their fore¬ heads a It. bang.
'Indicative perhaps of au origin On- rangoutaiig?
fleet will be able to reuder littlo ossis tince to tbe land forces. The attack¬ ing body will probably find the river the most convenient way oi getting over the six miles betweon the seacoast and the town. There is, indeed a "roy¬ al road," but it is a very sorry one. It is cnt up hy a number of streams and gullies spanned by ruinous bridg es, which it  would be almost super-
allowed to enter it. II an artificer hns displayed sufficient skill to bo called in to execute repairs in tho palace, he is detained there as a prisoner for life. By the side of the palnce stands a temple consecrated to the ancestors oftlie Emperor, and there he performs what worship seems to him consistent with his magnificence. A curions rule— Oriental or nn-Oriental, according to the point of view in which yon regard it—provides that any woman, of what¬ ever rank, may enter the Thang-noi 1 unquestioned, as long ns she is fairly good- looking.
The granaries of Htio within  the ramparts arejono of the chief sights of the placo.    They stretch ovor an enor¬ mous   area, and two or three fresh buildings are added every year, ns the tribute comes in from tho provinces. They   contain   supplies sufficient to support 50,000 men for a dozen yeans, The treasury is a bnilding of wliicli wondcrlul stories aro toll.     It is a vast   reservoir   or   tank,  with blank walls and only ,0110  opening—a win- low high up in the side toward the palace.     Throngh    this   window   is thrown annually—so tlio talc goes—a log of wood hollowed ont and stnfl'ed with ingots of gold and rouleaus of money.    What goes in  never comes ont   again.    No   wonder the French want to possess   themselves uf Hue. Diri*-eiiinvdtlu\^tWt--»i'itiniL.QVDxl-lljii fabulous treasure are vigilant aiid iii-' corruptible.    They are crocodiles!
The arsenal of Hue is as vast as the granaries. In 1823, when Dr. Crnw- fnrll went there as ambassador from the Governor-General of India, ho saw in this arsenal a great number of old ship-gnus—English, French, Dntch and Portuguese. But there were also whole parks of brass ordnance made in
al wanting peanuts and candy and sody water and street car rides until she's clennsd him ont ol his laat cent, you'd better go ^nud stnrt a sheep ranch."
"Oh, dot vhas it, eh? Vhell, I git yon tree dollar. Dot makes it all ash hlain as der faco on my nose, und I hope you haf some goot times. Here —two nnd one mako tree."— Detroit Free Press.
Political Intrigue.
A representative of the New York Sun recently visited ex-Senator Steph¬ en W. Dorsey at his homo in Now Me- zico, nnd the result is the publication of an authentic interview occupying four columns 01  that paper.   In this
Good Advice to Brides. When the bride on hor bridal jour-' ney is a sensible young porson, sho will keep her silk suit in hor trunk tor a suitable occasion nntl not wear it on the railway train.   A  pretty young girl tho other day making nn. citppili-. tion to the C'ntskills, and leaving Now Vork 011 n rather cool morning, woro a black silk dress—bnt n white Spanish lnco fichu, with a broad Gainsborough hat and nodding pinnies.    It got quite cool in the cars on tho nothornjonrney,. but thero wus no wrap available.   If sho had a shawl it was packod away in her trunk.   The groom,  who had given no advice evidently to his spouse ori perhaps, didn't know, had n stunt cheviot suit, an I must have boon, ns ho lookod,- quite comfortable   Arriv¬ ing nt the railway terminus and taking* tbo stage for tho further pull up tho mountain, it made one spectator's teeth chatter to see how confidently tlio little bride climbed into tho vehicle, still in the airy fivlm, not n scrap of woollen ' for her shoulders, and her faco white" with the cold.   Probably in her mod-' est outfit for the wedding thero Was n' flannel dross, or n woollen stuff of somrf kind, intended for tho honse.   If she had put that on for the journey, and' saved her best black silk for home uses' ahe would more nearly havo beon on' the love! of the city persons, who had' left tlieir diamonds at tho bank, and had faWeii' two woollen suits, and ono cotton gown for a fortnight's journey among tho mountains.   Home, and not
interview ex-Senator Dorsey assorts: First.—That Sherman was betrayed I hotel parlors, and, least of all, the pair-
at Chicago; that the pretended surprise of Garfield's nomination was a sham, and that it was the result of a prear¬ ranged plan.
Second.—That jealousies and ambi¬ tions appeared at the very beginning of the canvass, ahd showed themsolves in the organization of tho National Com¬ mittee.
Third.—That it was at tho earnest request of Garfield, Governor Fostev and General Arthur that ho accepted
flous labor to destroy altogether   Hne Cochin-Chiua from metal dug inTong-
iu them is always conl and refreshing, all just as left by llio workmen several A poouliar clay deposit in a neighbor-1 thousand years ago.'   Who can say
A Minnesota Tornado. A cloud, black as the raven's wing, full formed obelisk nearly completed; I appeared   in  the west.    Suddenly it
split, and between the two black trains.
iug valley, is especially adapted to this purpose. It is mixed wilh tlio silled ashes of Halfoh, (poa cynooyroides) fifteen parts of clay to one of ashes. Tho famous Almeli womon, no longer permitted to dance at Cairo, now re¬ side at Keiinoh. Th'ey may bo recog¬ nized by tho profusion of "tlieir tink¬ ling ornaments about their feet, and their ronnd tires like the moon;" "the chains and tho bracelets, * * * the ornanioilts of the legs, and tho nose jewels,"
"Tho changeable Biiits of apparel and the mantle's" alono are wanting to till tbo Prophet's picture of twenty-six centuries past. For these llio most flimsy,   threadbare apologies   answer
why? a strike, a war, air earthquake, a flood? for some reason hastily aban¬ doned and never resnmed. The most nearly completed object, is an obelisk of nn enormous sizo, lying at an angle of 20 degrees, and measuring some eighty feet in length, with a breadth ut mid length of about tvclvo feet on each face.
Jan'y. 24th. As soon as an early breakfast is ovor, "Mao" and I mount a couple of Ara ohargcrs which Cam- ilari has been at somo pains to procure from a neighboring shoik. His a ca¬ vorting grav' bedecked in crimson, and mine,a prancing bay equally proud of his bright blue trappings. Let 1110 hero mention, that tho Egyptian horse
thoir purpose; and a precious ointment, is generally a high mettled animal and
redolent of rancid grease, to tlte lettor fulfils tlio 24th vorso of the samo pro¬ phecy.
To-day we had the pleasure of meet¬ ing our former fellowpassengor fromMal ta to Aloxaudtia,thc couiteous uud alia bio Princo' Soltikoff accompanied by Princo Lightonberg, son-in-law to the Our, who have liad placed at their disposal ono oftho Khedive's steam yachts.
From Konnoli a fluo run of thirty- six hours brings us to Luxor, where wo stop a fow hours to replenish sup¬ plies, and the same evening continue ,.,«m to, ,Enuent, -and tho noxt day to Esnch fivo hundred miles above Cairo. At Einieut, the, Hermoiithis of the Ancients, is a small tomple, built by Cleopatra. This plnco was formorly re¬ markable for tho vory largo sizo and sav¬ age character of Its dogs- but- we have
is taught to dash at a rattling paco if urged beyond a walk. A cruel bit, of Mexican typo, throws him upon his haunches in an instant; .and, dangling from the saddle, aro enormous shovel- shaped irons, with four sharp points, which nnswer the double-purpose of spur and stirrup. The saddlo, a most uncomfortable pioco of furniture, risos awkwaidly high, both front and roar, ami gives a constrained and tiresome po sitiou to tlio ridor,
expanded the most fearful, dismal sky 'lever saw. The color was green— gray—yellow, and it darkened tho sun so it becamo as twilight. The car- pouters had gathered together witb us on the porch.
"This must bo a hailstorm," one of them said; "now wo will protty soon hear of disasters." Snddonly the oloft widened botween the two black olond wings; and tho upper ono camo with a torriblo speed, flurrying back tward us. "Let U9 walk in," I said. "It seems as if we, too, shall get a taste of it." We wont in, and onr parlor looked quite dark. Wo had scarcely locked the door before we heard the roaring of the storm coniin.
In a moment we were surrounded by a white cloud, and tho wind nnd rain lashed tho houso, which groaned and shivered. It was not rain, it was furious tori-cuts of water mixed- with heavy hail, which poured down from heaven. The storm tried to burst open tho door, bnt five men pressed against it with all tlieir might. Tho wall seemed to givo way, and stood in a
is said to contain 100,000 inhabitants; but of tliese tho vast majority, as is usual in Oriental capitals, dwell with¬ out the walls. The interior or walled town is a vast citadel, square ic form and measuring about five miles in perimeter. It is bnilt a la Vanban, and was constructed by the great Em¬ peror Gia Long, fn the beginning of the century, from plans furnished by French engineers. The liver flows unvlei its walls on the west and south, and a canal thirty yards wide and tour or five   feet deep encircles the  other
king mines.   The models wero French guns and thoy woro mostly howitzers and mortars.   -Crawford saw nine 93- pounders with Gia Long's' name cast on   thera.     Tbo    gun-carriages wore neatly painted and contrary  to Orien tal   habit the gnns themselves were kept   in good  working   order.    Tliis| statement is borno out by the letters of many missionaries in the "Auhales do Propagation do la Foi," one enthu¬ siastic father declaring that the pieces wero   so   highly   polished   that they shone in the sun like silver.    Whether
two sides.   Branchos of this canal pass t]10 Anameso gunners aro able to work
inside and flow ror-nd the roynl palace, j tlieir guns as well as keep  them in
the arseinl, and tho granaries, so that ot_i_et „„__,¦____ _0 \,o seen.   They nre
tho tribute from the provinces   cnn  be I not wanting ill plnclc; in fact a great
carried straight tothe royul storehouse.  part 0f t'le Anameso soldier's drill con-
Tbo onceinte is marked by a well-made sjs(.s •„ tosts 0f ),•„ COurago.
glacis all round.   There is a vnrapartj    Hue is undoubtedly a place that may
of hard earih cased on the outside iviih
bricks, a  fosse thirty yards broad, and
a covert way.   Each angle is flanked
by fonr bastions intended to monnt
thirty-six guns apiece, somo of them in embrasures nnd some in barbette. There aro four gates on each faco, built of solid masonry. Over each of them towers a Obinoso pavilion of fan¬ tastic form and abont sovonty feet high. Stono bridges nro built over the river and the canal opposito those gateways. Drawbridges do not seem to have figured in the plans furnished to Gia Long by the Frenchmen.
Tho place looks very imposing from tbe outside. A row of mngnificont trees lines the ramparts and makes a charming promenade; but the view within is very dismal, and the interior looks more liko a desert than a capital
bow; the building shook as in  conviil- L*ty,    Within tho ramparts live tho
sions. I felt ti tightening of my heart overy time the house seemed to bo lif¬ ted from tho ground nnd dropped down
offer a stout resistanco, bnt it bas many weak points.    Tlie chiet of tliese is its vast sizo.   At .loast 50,000 men are required to gnrrison it.  That num¬ ber will bo forthcoming without doubt; but they mny not bo ablo to resist a concentrated attack.    The height of ramparts is another source of danger. Modern fiold artillery "would probably bo sufficient to batter them down not¬ withstanding their oimrmons thickness; and the debris would servo to fill the ditch and so removo another difficulty. Finally, it is almost certain that the Anamcse will be unable to find snffiei- cient men capable of working the eight hundred guns mounted round the fort¬ ress.   Their grent ally at this season of tho year is tho nnhealthiness of the climate.    If a prolonged resistance can bo offered it is not unlikely that the French will havo to retire baffled.    In-
Onr companions, preferring donkeys, again.
bestride the steeds of their choico, and away we all start, with an escoit of wild Arabs and shining black Nubians, to circumvent the cataracts of old Nile, which onr imagination pictures as some tremendous precipice down which ho rushes with irrosistiblefnrv.Winding through sandstone cliffs we' soon entvr tlio  desert proper, aud aftor a J
Twice wo had these torriblo shooks; thon in a moment house, mon, furni¬ ture woro hurled through tho air 100 foot nway. I do not remember any¬ thing till I found myself on the gronnd crawling among the ruins of my home, The first I discovered was my wile, with a child in each arm, lying at ray side.-  Men and children were soatter-
mandaiins, the garrison and the priu- deed it seems probable that the suddeu
ces of tho blood royal. Tho only other buildings are tho public offices, the granaries, tho prisons, tho arsenals, besides the hovels of the fow trades¬ men who aro allowed to come in to sell tea, and tobacco aud such like wares to tho soldiery. These wretch¬ ed shanties scarcely add to the gene¬ ral oliecrlossncss.     Tho  paved  ways
•esolve to attack Hno is prompted as much by a desire to combat diseaso by active operations as by a notion tbat tho fall of the capital will terraiuato the war.—St. James Gazelle.
lor cars, is tho place to wear nno's prot¬ ty, airy olothes. In a publio crowd, on a journey, all delicate wear is suro to encounter dust, rain, or chilling cold; tho plainestjflannol snits nro tho best" for climbing, beach lounging, and com¬ fort generally
The Litnatle Asylum.
Thoro aro now 596 patients under' treatment nt the Stato Lunatic Asylum',' against 550 on tho 1st of November^ theplacoof Secretary of tho  N'otibhalllast.'  The' recent increase, has been Committeo. mainly in tho colored male department.',
¦_JE6nHH'.—TUhCtB5^IcK~b1Hniefa~6r|Tli5"wallii of lho new centre"bnilding' of New York were so distrustful that they  tho   Asylum nro going np quickly, refused to'contribute a cent until a pe¬ culiar organization, known as a finance committee, composed of tliese bankers, was formed.-
Fifth.—He intimates that Garfield, Arthur and all the othor Republican leaders relied on money to win the bat¬ tlo, and admits that a very large sum was raised and disbursed by these han¬ kers. It was purely a money cam¬ paign.
Sixth.—He asserts positively that Garfield bought the New York stal¬ warts' snpport by a positive promiso to appoint Levi P. Morton Secretary of tbo Treasury. '• .
Seventh.—He reiterates tho charge that the pockots of the Now York  bankers woro reached throngh a promise of Gar field's to allow a syndicate of them to refund the government bonds.
Eighth.—He assorts with great posi- tiveness that a bargain wes mado be¬ tween   Garfield's representatives and Jay Gould and C. P. Huntington,  by which Garfield promised to securo  the appointment of Stanley Matthews   as Associate Justice oftho Snpvemo Court and the two  capitalists  promised one hundred thousand dollars to the Repub¬ lican campaign fund.   He asserts that this money was pnid, was bronght to him in Indiana by Mr.  T.  C.  Piatt, and that he caused more than half of it to be sent to Ohio  to bo used by Governor Foster in tho campaign tliero. Ninth.—He asserts that more than $400,000 was taken to Indiana by n prominent New York banker whom ho names.   That this was used there to carry the day.
Tenth.—Uo assorts that Garfield was most eager to havo as much mon¬ ey as possible, so that lio made tho blunder of writing tlio Hubbell letter against his(Dorsey's)advice.
Eleventh.—He asserts that the vast fund raised, between one and two mil¬ lion dollars, was a corruption fund.
Twelfth.—He tells the story of cu¬ rious intrigues that led to the putting of James and McVeigh iu Garfield's Cabinet, aud asserts tbat it was Gar¬ field's intention to remove them both. Thirteenth.—He nsserts thnt  Gar-
TI10 contract nllows 0110 year from Oc¬ tober 1st next for the completion of this biiihliug.bntit is believed and hop¬ ed that it can bo finished much soonor,' as tliero is much need of additional room. Tho wbite female department is nearly full, and in tho colored mala department tliero is not au empty room. For the accommodation oftho increas¬ ing number in tho latter department a' temporary framo building containing dormitories for twenty pntionts is being', bnilt.
I nm informed that from almost half of the counties in tho Stnto no reports " on tho financial condition of freo patients' havo yot been received.   The law pnss- od at tlio last session of lho Legislature requires the county treasurers, nndltors, .tc, to furnish from thoir books state¬ ments of tho financial capabilities of such pntionts niul their families in  or- ,'.ler that snch as nro able to- pny   mny" be m'ade'tu di) s*n;   The laWii sMit to' bo defective, in as mueli'asitpi'efscribi-a'' no penalty, for tho refusal on' the] part' of county officers to givo this infoi'iiVa-* tion.   Provision is mndo fur lhe pun'*-* ishment of thoso who mako incorrect returns,   but thoso who make none whatever are not affected by this.   All these officors Imvo boon roqnenled to re¬ port, and havo havo had lists of tho names of patients sent thera for the pur¬ pose.   On   November 1st lost thore woro only twenty-five pay patients in thd institution.    Now  thore nie still less than thirty.   The evU of dead- hoadisin in tbe Asylnm in  increasing.. Most of tho officers who do report fail' to stato what proportion, if any, of tho- cost of maintenance patients or their' families   can   defray.   The   mere a- inounts of property liold by them aro stated, and tho Asylnm officials cannot without dQtails of tho character of the property  and  its  productiveness toll what patients can afford tn pay.   This also ought to bo remedied.   As far aa tho admission of new patients goes, the officeis do not admit them now  a* beneficiaries nntil thoy nre provod to? bo unable to holp themselves, bnt thoro is no doubt that a largo number of pa- tionts already 'received as bonoficiariea have faiuilios able  to assist them.—v iVew* and Courier.
Reason Enough for Fawning his Watch.
The other doy a Detroit pawnbroker are all grnss-grown, aud tho rest is- a- received'a'call from a" young man with waste of uncultivated land. Biit with- the' tan aud freckles of the country on in theso walls there-Is- a soeond line   of his faco and noso, aud an old:fashion-
The department of agriculture nV Washiogton writes to its State agent,- Col. L. A. Bansom, that it has undet-- fiold was bulldozed by Blaine and a taken an inquiry into the location, ex- promiuotNew York editor into vio- tent, character and reclamation of tbo lating his promises to Conkling and <•'•"¦ marshes ofthe oountry and tho
lows affecting riparian rights in tho sovoral States, and lho department do- sires information from Sonth Carolina. Col. Hansom will bo glad to rooelvo tho address of individuals tit (WWOfln-i tions ongagpd Jn roolnlming or owning considerable tracts of reclaimed lands formorly salt marsh of fresh marsh or fresh wator swamp.— News and Cou¬ rier,
into appointing Robertson collector of tbe poit of Now York, without having first notified tho New York Senators that such was his intention. - But this bulldozing took the shape of a threit to publish tho details of the Stanley Matthews scandal unless Robertson's appointment was made.
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