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A M,
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tultirate Less Land.
,o-on we have so little thorough
• -the almost universal at-
Itocalhvatc too much to the hand
l “ uce is most absurd, and yet
Shore to it with the tenacity of
InvewahonThe other dav it was,
IhonohTvervjustly remarked that
U would do better and make
f r : lhey would put the labor on
f L\ they have been in the hab-
v„endin'* on the three; that this
would give six acres to the
instead of eighteen; that this
time and opportunity to
,'rtllize, and consequently reeuper-
[ 0 -Jicr twelve acres, and thus soon
, -ill our lands, impoverished by im-
iinwise cultivation, to the higli-
llt of remunerative production,
remark and the argument seem-
1C to he unanswerable. Not so,
-r. to several present, and am one
.it. an old man of sound, practice
Vn most subjects.
[he “If vou only plant six acres
, hand, what will you employ
Lout the balance of the time?
1 not see that the statement
that tliere would be no bal
L time; that the whole time was
] employed in cultivating six acres,
jernclung the otlier twelve, that
■ other practice was expended on
tjhtcen acres; nor could he see it
[ it was attempted to be explained
So blind is prejudice; so
(ions are habits, however absurd
furious!
a seneral rule, old men never
r the opinions, habits and practice
th and mature manhood. Some-
thev do, hut truly this is. the
ion.’and not tlie rule. It is to
,w_r. therefore, that the world
n r"iook for reform and improve-
To such the absurdity of at
ng to cultivate more land to the
than can be made rich, is appar-
LLLIXI
and ]
NEPi
ANCB
3S,
■ml
m
suc-i
the acre of land, for instance,
have planted in corn, is be-
[planting made rich by deep
tiling, thorough pulverizing, and
ng applied to it, in the proper
i sufficient amount of the right
of manure, we know—it is not
r theory—that it will yield treble
ulruple the crop as when these
ions are neglected.
lone acre thus rewards the right
| of treatment, so will any number
res treated in like manner. And
I is true of a corn crop is equally
■of all otlier crops.
anybody know the limits of
[reduction of an acre of land, prop-
l treated in the Central Basin of
pie Tennessee? What the average
the surface skimming and
ilv practice current, we know.
■ practice lias already made much
e land poor that was naturally
If persisted in, it will impover-
: balance. We must cease to im-
ish what is still fertile, and we
l restore the exhausted fields of our
IT.
tirst step in the process of reach-
loth these ends is the reduction of
pumber of acres attempted to he
hated to the hand fully two-thirds.
'r„ISl„l.
Fire Brick.
Ii'. London Society of Arts has re
ly had under its consideration a
I. recently brought forward, for con-
fdng buildings by the use of fire
with jointings of fire clay, in-
ot jointings of mortar and cement,
an. practically, the building is
|e entirely of fire brick,
is proposed to make each apart-
of a warehouse entirely self con-
io that, should the goods in it
can be shut off from other
ftiuents, and even if its contents
i|J be entirely consumed, the com-
[ication of fire to other parts of the
'"ire would be prevented,
tee rooms may be multiplied in
pber on each floor to any extent, or
nal stories may be added—the
Imunication from story to story be-
I by circular stairways, adjoining
If corridors, there being only outside
r ™d so constructed as to exclude
F I air a; much as possible.
■ then- is to be no opening except
f ? external air in the warehouse —
,f - j! 0 direct communication from
r , t0 floor—it will be necessary, in
f nn ? i' 10 building, to enter first into
pmdor, access being gained from
f corridors to the several rooms on
i uoor through the outside windows
TO;.
hese corridors are intended to be,
°. .em, a perfectly fire-proof gal-
• it is also proposed to separate
[-pace in each room into cells or al-
■ • "’ a h 9 so placed and construct-
" vj re c ar d the covenience of stow-
... -i. C j e amoves to be closed by
/ desired, so that, in case the
L ,v* onc , M them become ig-
& "°uld not affect those in
Jtner department.
U the walls, roof floorS| doorS) „ hut _
■ and in fact every portion of the
Ifirr. ni IS F?P 0Se d to be constructed
L room is to be
ic'ft in ",i lta ^ 00rs and shutters; and,
•menn?i ° ^ oors an( ^ shutters, each
Eu e in short, the entire ware-
L _ J be liennetically sealed,
Ihout or StMn. Pr °° f ’ eithCr fr ° m
iffiW furthermore, to glaze
luttep ; s > arches, doors, and
[nnc-ras 1 ' a* 1 s rd es i in the same
i j_ 5 is glazed.
VOLUME XXVIII. ROME, G-A., WEDNESDAY MQSNING, SEPTEMBER 17; 1873.
NEW SKRIES-iNO. 31 The Garlists arc threatening the town
of Olot in the province of Geneva.
An Answer.
All! tender heart that sadly grieves
O'er all life's bitter, hopeless pain.
Think yon no kindly sunbeams gleam
Thro* the dark clouds and driving rain ?
Ah! wistful eyes, like Pity’s own,
That^through sweet tears gnze blindly
Think you the wind blows ever keen
And cold from out the frozen north ?
Nay, but to each the sunlight comes;
The soft south wind brings warmth and
bloom,
Althoagh the clouds may close again
Into drear miet and gathering gloom.
Like as a father to his own
Lear children of the heart and hearth,
Our blessed Lord in loving caro
Holds all his children of the earth.
And sorrow comes with silver feet—
His angel, if we know it, dear—
To teaeh us lessons never learned
In days of sunlight or of cheer.
Sweet Bowers of faith and lovo and hope
Grow host beneath the clioudiest skies,
And we can see them when we look
Abroad, sweetheart, with tearful eyes.
As yet you weep for others’ pain,
But, m God’s time, the day will come
When o’er your soul the burning sbaro
Will pass and leave you stricken dumb.
Then you will learn, 0 tender heart!
The majesty that dwells in pain,
And how its fire alone can cleanse
The soul all dark with earthly stain.
Then, wrapped in shadow, you will lilt
To the dark clouds your trembling eyes.
And seo God's promise, bright and clear,
Hang rainbow-like athwart the skies.
—“ Home and School,” Louisville.
I*U a
' ol Imagination.
p °wer W1
! dinner party once the poet
pee of speaking of the inconved-
leet 0 f4^ windows formed of one
: as if there were no glass;”
it tah’lc 0It time a S° 38 1 sat at
ng "d* 1 roy hack to one of those
tr if.. a Ppeared to me that the win-
11 and such was the force
(old.- ° lnatlon that I actually took
'opwf e ’«v 8aid Mr ' Ba bbage, who
pat von I 1 ®’, t 1 ’?"’ 'jdd it is, Mr. Rogers,
Efferent 1 ?bould make such a very
i' i- )e faculty of imagina-
iv 1 slee P, unexpectedly
|; v : „ ' borne, and consequently
ffi cold'^n 0 * P L I s b Qul d naturally
k-thread t^ hy tyin / a piece of
, reaa .tightly round my head I
\ P «f anVuTf^S 1 have a
I 1 ’ and wteh no cold at all.”
IDA DELZONS.
Chapter IX—Continued.
“Of course he will. He will have
something else to think of, and in his
low associates he will find more conge
nial—”
“ Don’t say it, cousin Gilbert. It may
be as you think, but I don’t care to know
it. Besides it can make no difference
no way; only one don’t like to have
one’s play houses rudely knocked to
pieces, if they are nothing but play
houses anyhow.”
“Thenyou do not want Pat to forget
you?”
“ No I do not, because I think that
Pat will remember me more kindly
than anyone else will,” she answered.
“And do you intend to forget Pat?”
asked her cousin, aroused at her earnest
ness, and watching the emotions that
e.d upon her face like the lights
shadows on a lake.
“Yes, I expect to forget Pat; for you
say I can find some one else much bet
ter to think of. But poor Pat will
have no one else buttne to think of. I
wouldn’t have him to put his only hap
py thought away—would you?”
“Oh, no; let him be as happy as he
n,” he answered with a smile, and
then they walked on in silence.
After awhile a turn in the road, and
opening in the woods, brought the
cottage in view, and Ida said,
“There is the house—and there is
Kitty, too, at the stile looking out for
She expects my coming, but she
will be shy of you. She is as timid
Psyche.”
“ I will try and not frighten her. I
will unbend my dignity for once, and
play the hoy again this evening. We
will all be children now,” he laughed.
“ Oh, you can be a good boy, cousin,”
she cried; “ and I like you. Well, Kitty,
you are looking for me, ain’t you?” she
continued, as they met the little girl at
the stile.
“Yes, Miss Ida, almost all the day,”
replied Kathleen.
“But you didn’t expect forme to
bring a stranger with me, did you?
But never mind, don’t be afraid. This
my cousin Gilbert, who has come
away from France to carry us off to
school. You will love him, I know.
He ain’t a bit stuck up, fine as he looks.”
She kissed her little friend and pre
sented her cousin.
Kitty looked up into the handsome
face of the grand stranger with a feeling
akin to awe; but the kindly smile that
met her glance softened the feeling at
once, and she gathered up courage to
salute him with a very pretty grace.
“Yes, Kitty, I came on purpose to
make friends with you and your broth
er, and to have a romp on the river
bank, and to row in the boat. Will
you be my little friend?” he said, offer
ing her his hand in his friendliest man
or.
His voice was musical in its gentle
kindness, and all the shyness of the
little girl was dissipated. With a grace
ful courlcEy she accepted the friendly
hand, as she answered,
“ It is very kind in you to come, and
Pat I am sure will thank you.”
“And where is Pat, Kitty?” asked
Ida; “ I think it so ungallant in him
not to meet us.”
“ He is in the house studying. Fa
ther and he sat up nearly all night last
night talking; and Pat has been like
another boy all day to-day: he is so
thoughtful, so silent and sober; and he
looks so different! Why, Miss Ida, he
looks almost like a gentleman! You
won’t know him.”
“ Why, Kitty! what could they have
been talking about?” asked Ida, laugh-
at Kathleen’s explanation.
Oh, I couldn’t make it all out, hut
it was about the old country—Ireland,
I mean—and father’s family, and some
thing about estates, and I don’t know
what all. I have been so lonely all
day about it I”
“ Well, well, you must cheer up now,
and I will bring Pat out and make him
tell me all about it,” laughed Ida; a.nd
without further ceremony she hurried
on to the cottage, leaving her cousin
slightly shocked at her rudeness, and
to make his further acquaintance with
Kitty as best ho could. Kathleen quick
ly perceived his pique, and she said,
“ Would you be so kind as to walk
in too ? Father will be glad to see you.”
The words were spoken in such a
sweet tone, and such a graceful spirit
of ladylike politeness that Gilbert was
both surprised and charmed.
“ I hardly conceive that I have the
right to intrude upon your father,”, he
said.
“ Oh no, sir; father sees so little com
pany that he will be glad to meet you,”
she answered.
This answer was another surprise, i
and Gilbert began to think that it was
all unnecessary that he should unbend
his dignity to play the boy for the con
ciliation of his little friend: hut before
he could reply licr father himself ap
peared.
“ This is my father,” said Kathleen.
Gilbert drew back in confusion. One
glance at the address and bearing of
McConnell told him that he was in the
presence of an equal in breeding. He
hesitated a moment, and then stam-
I mcred an apology,
“Betrayed by a pleasant freak of my Mil me! I can hardly bear it
ittle mad-cap cousin, I fear that I have Oh Pat! it is not my fault.
little mad-cap cousin, I fear that I have
been guilty of an unintentional intru
sion,” he began.
“ No intrusion at all, sir. The rela
tive of M’lle Delzons is always welcome
with us. Our hospitalities are humble,
but still they are hearty. Will you
walk in, sir, and be seated while Kitty
may be able to serve you with a glass
of cool water?” cordially answered Mc
Connell.
The invitation, extended with such
a unnobtrusive cordiality, was as cor
dially accepted, and Gilbert was soon
seated and engaged in a pleasant and
instructive discussion of the varied and
wonderful capabilities of this strange
Western land.
Its politics, its institutes, its social
economics were all touched upon and
discussed by McConnell in a manner
so intelligent, so thorough, and withal
so pleasant, that Gilbert became so en
thusiastically interested that he forgot
all about the informality of his posi
tion ; and not till Ida came out, usher
ing before her the irrepressible Pat, did
it occur to him that nis visit was not
to a sara a, but one of childish folly, of
which he felt thoroughly ashamed.
Nor was Pat what he expected to find
him. Indeed, Pat was hardly as Ida
expected to find him, for, as Kitty had
said, the talk with his father during
the silent watches of the past night had
wonderfully changed him. The same
good humor, though, was on his lips;
the same honest light Was in his eye.
Only the brows were bent more thought
fully, and his step was firmer and
prouder. Ida wondered a little at the
change; hut somehow or other, away
down in the sanctuary of her better
thoughts, she felt a gladness to see it.
“ Pat, this gentleman is my cousin
Gilbert. « He was good enough to come
with me this evening to keep the
snakes off, and also to see you and
Kitty. I hope you will like him,” said
Ida, by way of introduction.
Pat waited for an advance from his su
perior. Gilbert quickly comprehended
the youth’s politeness, and b
met it.
“Yes, my cousin M’lle Ida has spo
ken so gratefully of your gallant ser
vices to her that I was anxious to- see
you, and to add mine to her many
grateful thanks for your great services.”
“ Thank you,” answered Pat, accept
ing the offered hand ; “ I understand
you. You are very good, and doubt
less mean kindly—but I had rather
you would not speak of my services at
all. I cannot claim anything, not
even your thanks for them.”
“ What can aunt mean by despising
this hoy as low bred ?” thought Gilbert,
as he drew back from the honest re
proof of the boy.
“ I most gratefully thank you for
them, nevertheless,” he said, “ and not
the least for being the means of
making us acquainted.”
“ In that spirit I gladly accept them,
and feel myself greatly honored by your
aeqtmintance. v Pat. thoughtfully weighed
his words. He would have said friend
ship, but he felt he, too, had a dignity
to support.
“ I hope we shall be friends as well,”
said Gilbert.
Pat’s dignity was melted away now.
“ It shall he no fault of mine if we
are not,” he heartily replied.
“And are you done now?” asked
Ida.
“ Done, how—with what ?” asked her
cousin, in surprise.
“ With all this sotti-sc—this putting on
airs, this hauteur. If you are, and can
get down off of your high horses, we
will go out and ride in the boat. You
will find that much easier riding, won’t
they, Kitty?”
' Easier for us, Miss Ida,” laughed
Kitty.
You
Oh Pat! it is not my _
not despise me, Pat, will yon?” cried toe ti
Ida, reaching out her hands implorbrg- sales of <
ly to the boy. , .
“Despise yon, Miss Ida?”ansWei
Pat, with a sickening shudder at 1
bare thought; ° oh no, never.. It is
my fault—I ought not to have bem
so foolish. I ought to have known
own place better. But never mi , ,
you will soon find other and more suit
able friends. And as for ine, it don’t
matter.” • ■'
“Yes, it does matter, Pat 1 shall
always feel that I have treated v you
shabbily. But 1 can’t hclp .it; ths.dif-
ference is between ' us, but I didn’t
make it so.”
“ Yes, the difference is between
bitterly answered the boy'; “andi
no use to fret about it”
“ I will love Kitty, though, Pat,” said
Ida, with yearning for something to
love.
“ Yes, I have thought about Kattie,
and had almost thought that it would
be best for her not to go,”
“Oh no, Pat; you must not thihk
that Only think how wretched I will
be away out there without anyone to - iota a'
love.” -! ’ *5 .-v*t
“Yes, and it may be best for Kattie
too. Should she ever have a .better
fortune, I would want her education to
suit it.”
“ A better fortune! Do you hope for
a better fortune, Pat? Is it possible
for a better fortune?” eagerly asked
Ida.
“ It is possible, Miss Ida. I hope for
it, for Kattie’s sake. But I wouldn’t
have her to know it. It might fill her
head with foolish notions. She might
;o to dreaming wild and extravagant
Sales of Kentucky Short-Horn Cattle.
ha" m
readers to have- bud
form the resulfs of the' H ,
we.have prepared the show for it $131,024 in good new green-
IX
a lot-
“ Then in gallant deference to yon
e will have to dismount,” laughed
Gilbert; and then, turning to his host,
he said, “ During my stay at Bellemonte
I hope to be able to improve the ac
quaintance so unceremoniously begun
this evening, and to see more of you.”
“ I will bo glad to see you at any
time,” answered McConnell.
“ You will excuse me now, I trust
You see that I for the evening am in
the service of the—”
“ Be honest, cousin, and say children.
It will only spoil a very silly compli
ment,” laughingly interrupted Ida.
“ Yes, children, and a child myself.
Como on!” laughed Gilbert, as he
scampered off in the direction of the
river which ran near by.
Pat’s little cuuoo was doomed too frail
for the entire party, but luckily Tom
Fletcher’s bateau was by, and they ap
propriated it—Ida saying that Tom
wouldn’t care, and Pat insinuating that
he could whip him if he did.
The ride out on the river was a de
lightful one, Gilbert declaring that it
was the most pleasant one of his life. ous
He was charmed with the native quick
ness of the girls, while now and then a
flash of genuine wit from the good
natured Pat would surprise him with
its original force.
The time had nearly come to return
before Ida could bring her wavering
courage to the dismal task of renounc
ing Pat. At length, however, with a
desperate effort she said,
“Cousin Gilbert, can you row the
boat by yourself?”
“ Oh, yes.”
« Then pull to the shore and put Pat
and me on the bank. X want to talk to
him. You can row Kitty down to the
landing.” ,
Gilbert understood her, and silently
acquiesced. He admired the girl’s
sense of duty, but little did he under
stand what*a crucifixion of childish
affection it cost her to perform it.
“Pat,” she said, when they stood
alone upon the bank, “ do you know
why it is I want to talk to you ?”
Pat’s own heart bore the weight of
that cross, and he readily understood.
“ Yes, Miss Ida, I suppose it is—is—”
“ Yes, Pat, that is it” she interrupted
him, well knowing what it was Pat was
trying to say; “ it is to tell you good
bye—to tell you that we mustn’t play
together any more—that our childish,
our happy, happy childish life is ended:
id that hereafterwearetobe strangers.
The words were spoken. They were
brave words, and it was a brave heart
that uttered them: brave, but it was
tom—cruelly tom.
Pat heard them with a groaning
heart His cheeks paled and Ms lips
quivered, as he answered,
“ Yes, I knew, Miss Ida, that it would
have to come. I knew that I was not
worthy to apeak to you—that I was a
miserable wretch, and ought never to
have—have—”
« oh, Pat! don’t say that, or you will
“Yes, it is best not to dream. ‘Songes
sonl inaisonges’ is what Madame Lamotte
says. It is so pleasant, though, to
dream pleasant dreams,” answered Ida.
“Yes, when one don’t have to wake
to so much misery,” replied Pat; “then
one had better not dream. But you
will be a friend to Kattie?”
“ Yes, Pat, I will love her very dear
ly. And when she writes to you, you
can hear from me. Wouldn’t you like
to hear from me sometimes, Pafr?”
“ Yes, I shall always be glad to hear
from you. And the happier you are
the gladder it will make me.”
“ You are so good, Pat, and I do hope
that you may be happy,” softly an
swered the girl.
After this they were silent for a mo
ment, when Pat said,
“ Miss Ida, there is one thing I would
like to ask you.”
“ What is it, Pat?”
“ You know the scarf you gave me
to tie up my arm when the dog bit me ?”
“Yes.”
“ Well, do—do you mind if I keep
it always?”
“No, Pat; Ido not mind. Keep it
always, Pat”
“And now, Miss Ida, it is getting
back home before dark.”
“ Oh, is it that late?”
“ Yes, the sun is nearly down now,
and you have three milea to go, and
the shadows in the swamp get dark so
soon of an evening.”
‘ And cousin Gilbert don’t know the
way! I had to show him acoming.
Do you think there is any danger, Pat ?”
No, no; no danger, but it is un
pleasant I expect that I had better
paddle you down in the canoe. I can
run it fast down stream, and land yon
home almost by sunset”
“That would be too much trouble.”
“No, I will be glad to do it Let us
go on now. We will take my little
canoe; it can carry three of us. Kitty
can go up to the house by herself.”
Gilbert protested against the trouble
the arrangement would entail upon Pat;
but the danger of being lost in the
swamp at night overcame his protest,
and they startc datoncedownthe stream
in Pat’s little canoc. Gilbert was pro
vided with a paddle, and under the
sMllful strokes of the two young men
the little craft sped along at railroad
speed.
The voyage was made in safety, and
the sun had not yet set when they made
the landing in front of Mama Zouzou’s
cabin.
“I believe that I will tie my canoe
here and walk back*. I can walk it
much quicker than I can paddle back
up stream,” said Pat, as the party came
ashore.
“ But Pat aren’t you afraid? isn’t
there danger in the swamp this late in
the evening?” asked Ida uneasily.
“Oh, no: I can soon run through it,”
bravely answered Pat
“But suppose you meet a panther?”
asked the girl with a shudder.
“No danger; panthers are not danger-
_ _is at this season of the year. They
are not dangerous anyhow, only when
they are wounded or are scared for 1
their kittem. That was why the one at
tacked you: she was fighting for her
Mttens. So good bye, sir; good bye,
Miss Ida.”
“Good bye, Pat; Dieu voics garder
she cried, with all the sincerity of her
soul in the utterance.
Gilbert was touched by the pathetic
earnestness of her manner, ana as Pat
hurried away as if to hide his own
emotions, he said,
“ TMs is lovely in you, my cousin
“This what?” she asked.
“ This kindness you feel for the poor
boy.”
His words grated harshly upon the
sensitive nerves of the girl, and she re
plied quickly,
“ And why not for him ? Hasn’t he
twice saved my life ? and as for feel
ing, he has all the feeling of a bom
gentleman! Why, Gilbert, I saw him
holding back his anger at my insulting
words, only to keep from hurting my
feelings. He feels his debasement as
keenly as we do. I don’t think it is a
lovely thing in me to feel kindly to
wards Mm: I would be os mean as an
Indian not to love Mm! But never
mind; it is all gone now—see, he is
quite out of sight, and I will never see
him any more. Oh, cousin, cousin!
you must let me cry 1”
And like a heavy hearted girl she put
her hands to her face and burst into
tears.
* There! I feel better now. The <ny»
ing did me good. I know you think
me silly, cousin Gilbert, but I couldn’t
help it. Let us .go. on; it is time for
vespers. Hark! I hewth^oiKanjnpw,
Isn’t it sweet—sweet 1 and soothing?”
Gilbert’s ear, too, caught .the sweetlyi
soothing sound, and silently they hur
ried on to join the service.
{To Ic continued.~)
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516 cattle avcraged$359.39—amount-
J ;.to $1S6,516. -Td '. which add tjie
yate Sales so .far, as reported to us
namely: J i®*® ® final) w L1 ’
infmals averaged S1524; amount
ing to $38,100 and We .have the grand
iimmary for the two week’s, salre 'as
ilows: . .
-544 animals averaged $412.87,
amounting- to $924;616; -'or in other
words a quarter of a million dollars
eanhged hands in this little Blne Grass
region of ours in less than two weeks,
and all for shorthorns.
. It is interesting to see what portion
of this stock andthis money was mere
ly an .exchange from one Mind ' to. an*
other in the same 'distfiet, and what
portion is -an actual thMng away of the
stock from ris, and putting in its Btead
money from outside sources.
. The following table-will Show: .
Sold to remain in Kentucky.; i
Walter Handy ’s .—17 head at$ 2,780
R. H. Prewitt’S Ji—32 - do.
Lewis Hampton’s...48' do.
A. Vanmeter’s—i 25 * do.
Rcdmon Bro’s—- "9'* do:
G. M. Bedford’s 14' - do:
E. G. Bedford’s 14 do.
James Hall’s.. 17 do.
Hughes & R’s... 18 do. ,
J. E. Suddnth’s^ri—17 • do: 4,1
J. W: Livar’si;—~ r -19 do. -; 4j
F. J. Barbee’s ^j_..23 - do.
Private sales —-i 7 'do. ■■
— -i -
5,725
31,480
11,790
2,477
11,435
3,985
pnblitfsales as all that could hare been
todkea^ and eimiiehtty satis£totOrW:
ii -By looking over the above list itWill
be seen that the majority of the highest
priced cattle remained in Kentucky,
--'“--'•'•-'ough we have been drained of
class Short-Horns, we have to
backs.
English Newspapers.
Mr. Smalley, the London correspond
ent oftheJViounc, comes to the defense
hoEnglifeh newspapers against Mr.
Watterson, of the Louisville Courier*
Journal, who accuses them—and the
assault; but urges that it should be re
membered that newspapers, like alma-
are.madc for aparticular meridian
and that, if the Times is stupid and
deficient in news, it is because the ma-
. jority of-its readers are dull and don’t
' wantto be hored with the news.
In'this matter of news it trusts to the
old_ methods; while its foreign' rivals
have adopted newer and more efficient
tactics.' ’ They understand the immense
difference between to-day and.tbmor-
r in the value of a >Ccknmffineatipn
item, and make the Iightong>;T>eat
itself in getting intelligence in time for
.use.'-
The Times has this immense advan
tage over all other papers in resources
and prestige. It is the acknowledged
journalistic authority in Europe. It
can have any opportunity it desires, and
foreign generals and ministers concede
favors to its representatives they grant
to no other paper.
But it has lost the ability of using
lese advantages, and for the last three
years has fallen behind some of the
other papers.. Its circulation is proba
bly less than'60,000, while that of the
— -
Total —250
Sold lo go abroad.
Walter Handy’s 44 head at $13,735
U TT lilmnn44’e 9C /l A 1 QQ(t
R. H. Prewitt’s 38
Lewis Hampton’s—15
A. Vanmeter’s 24
Redmon Bro’s 22
G. M. Bedford’s 23
E. G. Bedford’s 12
James Hall’s ! 12
Hughes & R’s 27
J. E. Sudduth’s —'.16
J. W. Livar’s 13
F. J. Barbee— 30
Private sales 18
.294
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
16,9
4,739
20,080
3,365
5,350
9,805
3,845
2,725
4,315
31,800
Total 294 8131,024
Or expressed in words, 250 animals
stayed m Kentucky at an average of
$373.54, and 294 went ont of Kentucky
at an average of 8445.66, for which
8131,024 were brought into the State.
A pretty good showing, that, for one
branch of the industry of the Blue
Grass region.
The following is a list of the animals
that brought prices not any less than
81500
13th Duke of Airdrie 5525, at Mr. R.
H. Prewitt’s sale to A. & D. Whitman,
Fitchburgh, Mass., for 81525.
Imp. ForestNapierll,983,abull with
two Booth crosses, was sold by the same
gentleman to S. Meredeth & Sons, Cam
bridge, Ind., for 82800.
Geneva Lad was sold by Lewis
Hampton’s executors to A. H. Hamp
ton, Winchester, Ky., for 81850.
Imp. Lady Pawlett, by Fitz Kellerby,
a Booth cow, was sold by the same gon-
tleman to A. H. Hampton, Ky., for
S3150.
Mazurka Belle, by 2d Duke of Gene
va, dam Mazurka 12th, was sold by the
same gentleman to Mr. A. H. Hampton
for $3300.
Mazurka Belle 2d, by Geneva Lad,
dam Mazurka Belle above, was sold by
the same gentleman to T. J. Megibben,
Harrison county, Ky., for 82050.
Wiley Duchess was sold by the same
gentleman to T. J. Megibben, Harrison
county, Ky., for $1800.
Imp. Forest Queen, by Prince Chris-
i, ai
News is 100,000, and that of the Telegraph
in 1870 was 190,000.
Mr. Smalley thinks the English pa
irs are slow, and have not yet been
lly educated to the point of demand
ing the latest intelligence from all parts
of the world of the daily journal.
Perils of Telegraphy.
The Calhoun Times of the . 3d inst
contains the following:
On last Thursday evening about three
flock lightning struck three telegraph
poles a little distance above Adairavifle,
and shivered them to splinters. The
current soon followed the wires into
the telegraph office, where the instru
ments were rendered a complete wreck.
The register cylinders were melted
and so badly demolished as to render
them entirely useless. The small wires
were melted, and the lightning arrester
and switchboard were badly
The window frame-was splinte:
a reckless manner, and also a rule frame
that was hanging near the window, was
badly defaced, the gilt finish being
melted to a cinder.
Mr. Frank Wyatt, the operator, who
ilWTi |»ir T—i i" j,
ments, had his hand in the battery at
the time the flash entered the oi
The electric shock deadened his nerves
so that it was impossible to remove his
hand, and his whole body was paralyzed
for the moment.
On removing his hand from the bat
tery he observed that it had changed
to a brown color,- wMch caused some
discomfort on his part. He says he
don’t care to pass through such a fiery
ordeal again soon.
by 14th
Duchess
flan, dam Florence, was sold by Abram
Vanmeter to R. H. Prewitt, Clark county,
Ky., for $2000.
23d Duchess of Goodne
Duke of Thomdale, dam 11
of Goodness, was sold by Geo. M. Bed
ford to Buckner & A. Bedford, Bourbon
county, Ky., for $2950. - -
Louan 19th (and calf), by Duke of
Airdrie 2743, dam Louan 7th, was sold
by the same -gentleman to Thos. Gough,
Clark county, Ky., for $1500.
1st Duchess Louan, by 14th Duke of
Airdrie, dam Louan 19th, was sold by
the same gentleman to Win. Stewart,
Lee county, HI., for $2150.
4th Duchess Louan, by 14th Duke of
Thomdale, dam Louan 42, was sold by
the same - gentlemen to Eli- Stilson,
Oshkosh, Wis., for 81,600r
5th Duchess Louan, by i^th Duke of
Thomdale; daifi 'Louan 19th, was sold
by the same gentlemen to Buckner &
A. Bedford, Bourbon county, Ky., for
$3,575.
Bride 13th, -Airdrie; dam- Bride 3d,
was sold by the same gentlemen to Geo.
•- 3 l 3 .,for$l,600.
* ess, by ; 14th Duke
Murray; Racine;
9thSukeof~
of Thomdale, c
as Bold
(o Strawn &
$4#»:
DuchessofGi
e same, gentlemen
-OttavWi UL, for
Interest on tbe Public Debt.
The World says the forthcoming re
port of the Secretary of the Treasuty 618
will show that the interest on the public
debt for the fiscal year ending on the
31st of June amounted only to 8104,-
750,688.44, agtunst 8129,235,498 for the
year ending with June, 1870.
The reduction effected in the last
three years of Grant’s first administra
tion therefore amounts to within a frac
tion of 824,500,000 on the annual pay
ments for interest
M. D. Conway, in a recent letter from
London, says: “One of our Broad
church clergymen, being recently on an
excursion in Scotland, was vehemently
rebuked by his landlady for taking a
walk on Sunday afternoon. The cler
gyman said that he could not see ths
harm, and said: ‘You know that we
read that our Lord himself walked with
his disciples in the fields on the Sab
bath day.’ ‘Ay,’ said the old lady, ‘ay,
I ken it, an’ I ne’er thought' any the
better o’ him for it, neither!’ ”
The Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel —
Shacknasty organ—having said “that it
was the settled practice of the Republi
can party to cast out its evil doers,” the
New York Sun casually remarks “Jess
so,” credit Mobilier and Back Pay Grab
ber Bingham was cast out to Japan
with $10,060 a year, and that’s the way
most of the casting out is done.
In a late breach of promise suit, this
letter from the sixty-five year oM lover
figured prominently:
“ I have had a good deal of unpleas
antness since I saw you in the family
sireles, and it is a dayley dish from the
pnbtick until I am heartley sick of it.
“ Dear Aggie, do not let angry temper
ise, nor animosity prevail against me
for this, for I shall always entertain a
friendly feeling towards you and all
the famley, and when we meet each
other may it be with a friendly feeling
until we meet in heaven, where parting
shall be no mor.”
, the felici
tously-named cloud-bursts, that some*
times-devastate the California valleys,
ore often terribly dramatic in their ap
pearance and effects.
In Yoga canon dwelt William Mc-
Gillig and his four daughters. On.the
12th'of this month a small cloud ap
peared in the sky, rapidly nearing tl
mountains, and increasing in volume
and density until the sky was obscured,
and in the canon it seemed as thongh
night had come suddenly.
Fearing danger, the family started to
escape to the Mgh grounds, but the
eldest persuaded the others to return
and endeavor to save that dearly prized
article of a California girl’s heart, the
piano—an instrument, if once lost
difficnlt to replace in the interior.
This delay was fatal, and involved
the untimely death of the entire fam-
fly-
Scarcely had they reached the door of
the cabin on their return wMavsitita,
noise resembling tbe discharge of a thdu-
sand pieces of artillery, the darkness
suddmdy parted' in the centre, and
simultaneously on immense sheet of
water descended upon the doomed
house like a shot from a gun.
Om prolonged wan, a fair, short
shrieks, and the silence of death closed
over the scene. When the water had
subsided Yogo canon ceased to Most
Where the canon had been was now
only a part of the adjoining hills, the
debris caused by the cloud-borst having
filled it up to a level with their tops.
The Greenville Advocate says:
_ Here is a little mathematical exer
cise wMch may interest our young
readers and aid them in “ learning to
think.”
Two equestrians, A. and B., left a
f iven point precisely at 3 P. M., August
1, 1835, and traveled, A. due north
and B. due west—the former traveled
at the rate of 9 miles per hour, until
they were 225 miles apart on an air
line.
They agreed to halt at 6 P. M. and
rest 6 hours before resuming their jour
ney. Required, the respective position
of the hour and minute hands of the
dock, the day of the week, the day of
the month and the distance traveled by
each, at the completion of their jour
ney.
The Ohiohas arrived atLe we®, Dela
ware, ten days from Queenstown,^
The unconstitutionality of the SL
Louis social eyil lawgoestotheSopreme
Court
Butler has been elected to tbe Massa
chusetts Republican Convention from
Gloucester.
The Texas cattle drive to Kansas ap
proximates half a million, ft is nearly
closed for the season.
AtTorento, Henry Coulter won the
single scull race, ana Evan Morris, of
Pittsburgh, the second.
The officers of the American Express
Company deny the reported theft of
$50,000 by one of their employees.
Morris Pepill, arrested in Trenton for
setting fire to the FasMon Stud Farm
Stables, has made a fall confession.
Hon. Wm. Gaston has accepted the
nomination as Governor by the Demo
cratic Convention of Massachusetts.
AlexanderH.Bullockhas been chosen
by the committee to preside over the
Massachusetts Republican Conven-
Over one hundred prominent Repub
licans have joined tbe Farmers’ move
ment in La SaIl»-eoimty, _ Hlxnois.
Mr. Charles Reed, M. P., has, it is
A New Name fob It.—A prominent
gentleman of this rity, passing the
streets last Sunday morning, heard a
group of freedmen discussing the appli-
tion of policeman Courtney to Judge
Wiley for bail, or writ of habeas corpus.
One remarked:
• “ What sort of law dis here, de wMte
men got? Our Judge take up a white
man for killing a nigger, ana nudder
white man he com Tong an’ take ’em
’way wida new law de white people
dun pass, called—what you call it?”
“ Mocassin caucus,” said one.
“ Oh, yes, take him out wid de moc-
loose re toll
nifaula Times.
gwine to
caucus, yet.”
al institutions in the United States.
The balloon for the: trans-Atlantic
voyage is ready to start on Wednesday
and was Saturday night exhibited to the
public. ‘ ..
Vasquez and his gang of murderers
were seen Sunday in Tejura Canon,
Califon
ly pursue
TheNew Yorkpolioe have found Mrs.
Irving, the wife of John T. Irving, the
self-confessed accomplice in the murder
of Nathan.
The article in the constitution of the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry wMch
prohibits the grangers from admitting
political issues into their proceedings,
is creating a great deal of dissatisfac
tion among the farmers.
The convention of Wisconsin grangers
held last week adopted an ingenious
way of getting around this difficulty.
The convention declared itself in full
accord with the movement of the farm-
t monopolies, but repudiated
the idea of using the macMnery of the
order for political purposes.
At the same time it exhorted all its
members to connect themselves indi
vidually with farmers’ clubs and asso
ciations, where they could enter into
politics with all their might and main,
and the grangers seem disposed to fol
low this advice, wMch applies as well
to other Western States as to Wisconsin.
A practical joke was played on the
venerable Dr. Haight, of Stamford,
Conn. He lias practised medicine
there for fifty years, yet has driven the
shabbiest gig that ever doctor rode in.
His friends bought a nice new carriage
and harness, ana then met at the Stam
ford House to cany out their' scheme.
The doctor was sent for, and whilehe
Was kept occupied in the hotel $e
horse was equipped in his new suit, put
to the new carnage and left at the some
hitch-post The doctor was compelled
to take, the dose, and after an hour
or two of pleasant talk rode off in tri
umph.
ihus, _
of New Orleans, died there on Friday
last The Picayune pays a most eloquent
tribute to the great lawyer and closes
its eulogy with the following language:
“ Fullof years and of honors, with
a brow shaded by laurels won by per
sistent efforts, Christian Roselius leaves
us. Hia monument stands a pillar in
the hearts of the distressed, a shaft pol
ished, and with the garniture of mental
greatness decked, historic and noMe.
“ Louisiana may, in the misty cycles
of the future, call the roll of her hon
ored citizens, and none can answer more
deserving and nobler than the late de
ceased. The grave covers the dead, but
their lives live after them; honored, to
the honorable, eternal to those living.”
The Decatur News says: We are in
formed that a very unpleast
took place at or near Heartsells on Sab
bath. Rev. Thos. Morrow, an aged and
venerable Presbyterian minister, had
preached, when at the close of the ser
vices, Rev. J. M. Pickens asked leave to
address the audience. «
This being ghinted he rose and dis
puted Mr. Morrow’s position so blnntly
as to arouse his son, who was in the
The Birmingham News says: “A
man named McAllister was killed by
another named Wilson, a few miles be
low Jonesboro’, bn last Friday. Wilson years.—,
was not arrested. The weapon 1 used I
TT95 n! llmiWfi.Kflrpol alint rrrm ” ’ •- ‘ > «
| was a! double-barrel shot gun.’
A mad dog was kfiled in Columbus
the other day. .
, as our informant says, made
for Mr. P.
He was, however, restrained by the
advice of friends. Another son of Mr.
M’s coming in and learning the cause
of the disturbance was about to go for
Mr. P. when Mr. P. was induced to de
sist and leave the grounds.
We are reliably informed that the
people of Shreveport are determined to
build a road to this point.
They are being built around to such
an' extent by St. Loins and hemmed in
by the great network of railroads with
which the Empire City of the West is
surrounding herself, the people of
Shreveport and the Southwest say they
are bound to have an outlet to the
Northeast, that they are determined to
build an air line from Shreveport, La.,
to Decatur, Ala.
This road would be of the first im
portance to our city; putting us imme
diately on the line of the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
We are informed that the enterprise
is undertaken by parties who are fully
capable of parrying it ont and they
propose to complete the road in three
A. French paper states that the Eng
lish subscription to enable Mario to
jftMhase' a villa has already reached
ffie sum of 150,000 francs. •
The lowest bid for head stones for the
Federal graves is $900,000. There are
over two hundred ana fifty thousand
identified graves.
Palmer, Newton &. Co’s, salamander
fire brick works in Albany, New York,
were destroyed by fire Saturday night
Loss fifty thousand.
You are charged ten cents for clean
ing each pair of boots at the Grand
Hotel, Saratoga Springs. Ladies’ and
children’s shoes, same price.
Mario Morgini, Capoul and Campan-
ini have all been in the army. The
latter served in Garibaldi’s Italian
campaigns at the early age of fourteen.
John McConnell, aged 16, while asleep
on the roof of the six story building
No. 9 Mulberry street. New York, rolled
off to the sidewalk and was almost in
stantly killed; "” 1
“Drunk as usual!” said a ^
»-r—not
replied
the student
Members of the bars of Montreal and
Quebec have resolved not to appear be
fore the Court of Qneen’s Bench as at
present constituted, except in cases of
tbe utmost necessity.
A lonesome looking old man called
at Washington Savings Bank in Savan
nah the other day, and deposited his
money, because he knew “that George
would neverlet his bank bust”
The record shows a decrease of five
thousand in the emigration from Europe
to the United States during the last six
months, as compared with the corres
ponding period last year. No special
cause is given for this decrease.
There is a man in Brown county,
Indiana, who is most portentiously
paternal. Thrice has he led a blushing
bride to the alter. No. 1 brought him
10 pledges; No. 2 brought him also 10;
the present incumbent, 8. The grand
total up to August 7,1873, is; therefore,
28. Still this patriarch is ambitious.
He sighs for 30!
For the Ladles Only.
A New York Tribune reporter has
been around among the big dry goods
houses to find out what styles of goods
the ladies are to wear this winter, and
here is his report:
The reporter was told at Stewart &
Co.’s that everything this season was
S on worsteds, chiefly French,
ire the demand has been for
English worsteds; there is now a com
plete change. The French goods are
cheaper, but there is not a supply in
the market,'and prices are therefore
stiff.
The styles which meet the most ready
sales are diagonals, stripes and small
checks; there is not much demand for
plaids. They are selling a good many
soft-finish beaver backed goods for la
dies’ cloakings.
German cloths, doeskins, etc^ are sta
ple goods, and their sale is constant;
but the demand for French worsteds is
running the English goods out of the
market They will be used extensive
ly for ladies’ Onter garments during the
coming winter.
The fashion has not yet been fairly
introduced into New York, but prevails
in Paris, and ladies returning- from
their European tours will soon. make
them fashionable. Black goods ait) also
more in demand than last year.
At Lord & Taylor’s the reporter was
told that in their opinion snipes were
out of style, and they were, there-
importing none at alL Small,
!est plaids, checks, and broken
checks were in greatest demand.
The Heralds Washington special of
Friday says:
A government official in high posi
tion, whose long experience as a banker
and merchant enables him to speak
with some degree of certainty, said to
day, in regard to the frequency of fires
originating in business portion of cities,
that such disasters had invariablv pre
ceded every financial revulsion for the
last thirty ye*us.
The only explanation given was busi
ness firms embarrassed find incendia
rism the easiest way pf concealing their
financial complication, while it gave
them the amount of insurance for ready
business. .
It was the custom to fee the boot-
pr not, when taking your depart-
iotei; at the Grand he is
supplied with printed forms after the
makes out
biS hiB ifl hnkinesB shape, and leaves it
in your room every day or every week,
according to the length of your stay.