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Newspaper Page Textm r JOHN H. CHRISTY. volume XXI. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS. ATHENS, GEORGIA,—-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1874. NUMBER 11. THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN PUBLldHBD EVERY WEDNESDAY. | <>il< rr rorurr of Broad and ir«fl Stmts, (up-slain.) TERMS. TWO DOLLAR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING. will be inserted at ONE DOLLAR «D FIFTY CENTS per square for the first inser- ., 0O> .nJ SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS per square for ,»eh«ont!nuanoe,for*py timeundor onemontb. For •jn^rpcri'olt. »*f«Dow«; 1 A liboral deduction on yearly advertisements. LEGAL ADVERTISING. Sheriff'. «»>*"• P«l«vj of 10 line .. nortKage sales, 60 days 5.00 3,lei. 40 Jays, by Administrators, Executors, or liusrdisns. a 6.50 OH,lion, of -drainbtration nrOunrdiinsbip 4.00 italic, to Debtors and Creditors. w. 5.00 ’»,tei Ni.i. for square, each insertion., 1.50 to sell Real Estate 4.00 citation for dismission of Administrator 5.00 “ « Guardian 5.25 To nsc«C lin the number of squares in an advertise- B«nl or obituary, count the words—one hundred beinp jmltoten lines. Alifrectiona aro counted as full l«,res. * PROFESSIONAL ANII BUSINES CARDS, USSR coss. | A, R. KIIWIX. I HOWXLL COBB, JR. riOHR, ERWIN £• COBB, It ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ATHENS, OEOnOIA. Office in tho Deuprco Building. Dec21 B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond, ^ AUornrfy-ftt-Lawr. Athens, Ga. Ojficfon Broad street,over the *tor* of'Jiarry A Son, VTUlgire special attentionto cases t».i Bankruptcy. Al io, to th$ collection of all claims entrusted to his care. R. LYLE, *~ Attorxkv at Law, WA TKINSVILEtl, 0A. JAMES t De;J2 TOH.S M. MATTHEWS. (J ArronsitY^AT Law, . • Danioie* iilc. Ga. P ompt Attention will be given to any business on- ruated to his care. ____ MnrchlA. TTIXGLA.NTI X 0RR, I’i Wholesale and ReUi! Dealers, and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, , Dupree Hail,Broad St, Athens. Q.a. We a:e now prepared to store Cottoc at 25 cents per bale, and will advance cash when desired. Oct28. X CLASSICAL SCHOOL, Lla For Boys, cos, V’rny and Lumpkin sts.. Ath- ap8-Sin LEE M. LYLE, Prin. T II. HUGGINS, »J , holosalo and Kotail Dealer in DRV GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Feblft __ Broad Street, Athens, Ga. TOIIX II."CHRISTY, _ J PUin and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, I Broad St., Athene, Ga. Office corner Broad and Wall streets, over theatorc June* D. Pittard. tf PAVILION HOTEL, 1 CHARLESTON, S. C. This FIRST-CLASS Hotel is situated in the very centre of tho business part of tho city, and all who itoptbere will find every convenience and luxury that ctn beprocured. Board, pc? day* $3.00. R. Hamilton, Supt. Mrs. L. 11. Butteufibld, ) DhclJ tf Proprietress | qi'MMEY X NEWTON, 0 Dealers in Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE, Jtne? No. 0,Broad street, Athens, Ga. Q C. DOBBS, 0, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ae. FebS> No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. > T?)mx SPEER, Jjj LAWYER, ATHENS, GA. Ae Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend the Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banks, Jarkeon, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White, and giro attention to collecting and other claims in thoee counties. March 10, 1873. K ELIAS, Attorney at Law, . FRANKLIN, N. C. Practices in all tho Courts of Western North Caro lina, and in tho Federal Courts. Claims collected in all parts of the State. aplfl—ly TTWYARD K. HARDEN, JJJ (Late Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah, and now Judge of Brooks County Court) Attorney at Law,. july23 ly Quitman, Brooke County, Ga. T F. 0’KELLEY’S U. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, Over Williams’Shoe store, Broad street, A^cm tisnrgia, sefr3. B P, CAMP, . Attobbby* at Law, CARNEQVILLE, GA. Will giro prompt attention to all business er.trueted Iiim. IIo will attend the Court, of llaborabom, Franklin and Hail. «epI7—ly. t. ratPLca. A x. p. nowii.i.. PEEPLES & HOWELL, attorneys at law, 20 and 22, Kimball Home, ATLANTA, GA. PRACTICE in the State and Federal Courtr, ard r attend regularly all tho Courts in Atlanta, includ ing the Supremo Court of tho State, and will argue raa.a upon brief* for absent parties, on reasonable tirma. They also practice in tho Courts of the counties con tiguous or accessible to Atlsntaby Railroad, sepll^ M.W.RIDEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 0, s. Claim Apt anft notary Pale GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. ,t®» Offlc* on Wilson street, below King A Bro’s. jsbruary 1», 187S. «■* ». SSTKB. BAD1SOR BULL. ESTES Ac BELTj, attorneys at law, Gainesville. Georgia . W ' ILL practice in the countieseomposinglbe West ern Circuit, nnd Dawson and Forsyth counties ft the Blue Ridge Circuit. They will also practice in ttsSuprea-eCourtof Georgia, nnd in the UnitedStates c "m at Atlanta. ma>14 JAS. L. LONG, M. D. Surgeon, Accoucheur and Physician, (Offtet at Mr. Thomas Skcats’ Store,) Good Hope District, Walton co., Ga, Oler, his profasslonai services to the citiuens of the tttrounding country. nujJ7 Livery ' THE CHILDLESS MOTHER. I lay my tasks down one by one, I sit in silence in twilight’s grace; Out of its shadow, soft and dun. Steals like a star my baby's face. Mocking cold are the world’s poor joys. How poor to me all its pomp and pride! In my lap lie the baby’s idle toys. In this very room the baby died. I will shut these broken toys away, Under the lid where they mutsly bide, I will smile in the face of the noisy day, Just as if baby had never died. I will take up my work once more, As if I bf.d never laid it down ; Who will dream that I ever wore Motherhood's fine and holy crown T Who will deem my life ever bore Fruit the sweeter in grief and pain t The flitting smilo that the baby wore Outrayed the light of the loftiest brain. I'll meet him in the world's rude din. Who hath outlived bis mother's kiss, Who hath forsaken her love for sin— I will be spared her pang in this. Man's way is hard and sore beset; Many rnnst fall; but fow cau win ! Tbanks, dear Shepherd ! $My lamb is safe, Safe from sorrow and safe from sin! Nevertheless, the way is long. And tears leap up in tho light of the sun, I’d give my world for a crado song. And a kiss from tho baby—only one! —Vary Clemmer Amt*. Practical Hints fir Farmers. Ws extract as follows from the speech of Hon. J. R. Dodge : The cotton States have been especially per sistent in disregarding the teachings of statis tics and defying the laws of political economy. Every intelligent publicist knows that a cer tain amount of money, say a present averago of $300,000,000, may be derived from cotton. If tho average quantity is increased, the prico diminishes, and vice versa. If fluctuations are frequent, the speculator or manufacturer, and not the producor, derives an advantage. If you choose to produce 5,000,- 000 hales, you obtain 10 cents, per pound and lose money ; if you grow but 3,000,000 bales, you get 20 cents per pound, and obtain a profit. Now, it is better for the world, and, in aseriesof years, .tetter for the grower, to produce regu larly enough to supply the current wants of the trade at a medium aud remunerative price, or as near a regular supply as possible, for the vicissitudes of the season will inevitably cause injurious fluctuations, despite the highest ef forts of human wisdom aud foresight. As the use of cotton iucreases, aud markets are ex tended throughout tho world, its manufacture wilt be enlarged, and its culture should obtain corresponding enlargement. To overstep tbe boundary of current demand, and glut tbe market, may be pleasing to tbo speculator and to the manufacturer, so far as bo combines speculation with weaving, but it is death to tbe grower. There is much false reasoning ou this mat ter. A planter may truly affirm that bo ob tains $30 per acre for bis cotton, and but $25 for his com, and he tbereupou and therefore declares that he will plant no more corn. Let all act npon this suggestion, and instead of $30 for an acre of cotton and $25 for corn, tbe total return of tho two acres of cotton will bo but $30. A surplus of corn may be put into meat, and wool, and whiskey, or used to eke out a scarcity of some kind of forage for ani mals ; but a surplus of cotton must wait for the slow grinding of tbe mills of the fabricating gods, usually until disgust at low prices re duces production correspondingly. Thus, wuile cotton is and long will bo tbe leading product and tbe most profitable field crop at fair prices, its prominenoe- in 'the list has kept, and is now keeping these States ia compan.tr's poverty, which ia unnecessary as it is inconvenient and injurlons. It does not produce money enough to give wealth to a pop ulation of tine millions. The other crops, in stead of barely equaling in tbe aggregate the receipts from this, should represent at least; $4 for every one of cotton. The census record of production in these States is but $558,000,000, tbe record sbould be made to read $ 1,500,000,- 000. With three-fourths of tbe people of ten States employed in agriculture, tbe value of agricultural products exceeds but little that of tbe States of New York and Pennsylvania, whye only one-fourth are eo employed. The averages for each person empldyed in agricul ture in those States are respectively, as de duced from tbe census, $677 aud $707, while these of Georgia aud Mississippi are $239 and $282. For the ten States tbe average is $267; for ;bo four populous Middle States $386. Even the States producing cheap corn show a larger return, the average for one mao’s labor in the five States between the Ohio river and tbe lakes being $498, while tbe six sterile East ern States produce $490 for each farmer. It may be tbe census is less complete in tbe cot ton States, but it is undeniable that agricul- tural|industry makes a smaller aggregate return there than in any other section. Nor Is the reason wanting; it is due to the prominence of cotton, the return for which is substantially a fixed quantity, and tbe neglect of other re sources. Let ns glance at tbe topography and capa bilities of this section. The area occupied by cotton, allowing 10 per cent additional to usu- which could and sbould all be grown in the States. But one pound in ten of the required snpply is now made, npon a smaller surface than half of a single county twenty miles square. Tbe demand of tbe world for oils— cotton, rape, palma ebristi and many others— is large, aBd prices are remunerative, and this section is peculiarly adapted to their produc tion. V 100,600,000 pounds of cheese, to compete with an equal quantity in New York, without danger of glutting tbe market, could be made from grasses of the glades that grow on lauds costing one-twentieth tbe value of Empire State pasturage. More than 200,000,000 acres of these States are covered with wood, aud tho axe is still brought into requisition to gir dle tbe mouarehs of the forest and await a slow decay, for replacing fields worn out by a wasteful culture, while atimber famine threat ens other sections of tbe country, and a thou sand iorms ef woody fabrication can be trans- mutted into gold—at leaet into greenbacks, which seem to be preferred to gold in certain districts. Even the forest lands—certainly those of the cotton belt—are covered with wild grasses, only partially ntilized, which, in con nection with the herbage of the prairie sections are worth, in flesh and wool, at a meagre es timate, half the value of the cotton crop. The list might be increased indefinitely. With tbe introduction of the best machinery, the mc-st economical methods and tbe most efficeit means of fertilization, with well directed and persistent labor, adapt ed to tho wants of all classes of workers, the present population is amply sufficient to doable tbe gross product of agricultural industry, and far more than doubloite profits. Another Boy that had a Hatchet. A little boy having heard a beautiful story about a little boy and a hatchet, and how, be cause tbe little boy wouldn’t tell a lie, he, in time, got to be President of the United States, was very much impressed by it. Now, it so happened that on tbe last day of March, be was just teu years old, and his father asked him what ho would like to have for a birthday present. Very naturally the boy’s answer was: * A little hatchet, if you please, papa.’ The father bought him a little hatchet that very day. and tba boy was so delighted that be took it to bed with him. Early the next morning he got up, dressed bimaolf, took his littlo hatchet, and wont out into tbe gardCD. There, as luck would have it, tbe first thing that caught bis eye was bis father’s favorite cherry tree. ‘ My eyes!’ ex claimed tbe little boy to himself, ‘ what a time my father would make if a fellow were to cut that tree !' It was i\ wicked thought, for it led him into temptation. There was the tree —tall, straight, and fair—standing invitingly before him—Just the thtng'fcrasharp hatchet. And there was tbo hatchet—etrong, sharp and shining—just the tbvg for a favorite cherry treo. In another instant tbe swift strokes of the ax were hoard in tbe still morning air, and before long a small boy was running toward tbe bouse. His father met him at the door. ‘ My boy, wbat noise was that I beard just now I Surely you have not been at my favor ite cherry tree!’ The boy stood proudly before him, but with downcast eyes and flushing cheeks. * Father,’ he said, * I cannot tell a lie. That cherry treo is .’ * Say no more, said the father, extending his a? me. ‘You have done wrong, my son; and that was my favorite tree; but you have spoken the truth. I forgive you. Better to •’ This was too much. The boy rushed into his father’s arms. 4 Father!’ be whispered, 4 April fool! I haven’t touched tbe cherry tree; but I almost cbopped tbe old apple-stump to pieces. 4 4 You yeung rascal you 1* cried the father, 4 do you mean to say you haven’t chopped my cherry treot April fool year old father, will you t Take off your coat, sir! With a suppressed sob, tbe little boy obey- ATHENS, GEORGIA. q ANN «c REAVES, PROPRIETORS, Will ’<■ * nnd at their old stand, tut Franklin '• House building, Thornes itreet. Keep always o»»4 good Turn-oats end careful drivers. 5toek well eared for whon entrusted to our euro, stock ou hand for sale at all times. deeJ5—tf r’__j ki Coin CfoKla al estimates, is lees than one fortieth of tbe I rccU Gl OaltJ OlaLMCj t i, e eurface of these States it is but one thir teenth of tbe proportion actually occupied as farms. Forty-six per cent, on the census crop was grown in eighty one counties, which are all that produce as much as ten thousand bales each; Aid 77 per,cent grew in 215 oounties, making not less that five bates each. The total acreage in cotton is scarcely more than one-sixteenth of tbe surface of Texas. Wbat ia to be done with the other fifteen-sixteenths t A very large proportion of tbe area of these States is nnadaptad to cotton, either by reason of el evation or of soil. f There is no other section of the country with resources so varied; none presenting each a field fornew and promisin'genterprises. Com petition is possible with tho eea islands in or anges and bananas and other fraitsin Florida, and with New York and Michigan in apples, and other fruits on tbo table land*, of the AI- legbanies. More than half the value of all cotton exports is paid for imports of sugar WALTON HOTEL, ^ MONROE, OA. THE tubserifcer would tesp"»failj inform travelers * »»d the public gonenily that be baa takoi eharga * '»• above Hotel, and will spar# no puff* to make *» «»»rorubla who may favor him with their patron- ills chargta will bo-reaaonablu. jan28 l® ffig^R. B. ADAIR, D. D. S., GAINESVILLE, GA. Beuthaaat oornar Publio Square. marJT * A. A.. EDGE, Shoe aud Harness MA TTRTt., ‘WUA-i, WATKINSVJLLE, GA ed. baud descend upon bis shrinking form 4 My son, 4 said the father, solemnly, as he stroked the little shoulder, ‘ it is the first of April. Go thy way. 4 How to Make Mischief. Keep your eyo on your neighbors. {Take care oi them. Do not let them stir without watching. They znay^do something wrong if yin do. To be sure, you never knew them to do anything very bad, but it might bo on yonr account that they have not. Perhaps if it bad not boen for your kind care, they might have disgraced themselves a long time ago. Tbsre- fore, do not relax any effort to keep them where they ougjit to be. Never mind yonr own busi ness—that will take care of itself. There is & man passing along—be is looking over tbe fen .a—be suspicious of him ; perhaps he con templates stealing, some dark night; there is no knowing what queer fancies he may have got iu his head. If there are any symptoms of any one pass ing out of the path of duty, tell every one else that you see,; and be particular to see a great many. It is a good way to circulate such things, it may not benefit yourself or any one else iu particular. Do keep something go ing—silence is a dreadful tbiag; though it is said that then was silence in Heaven for tbe space of half an hear, don't let let any each.a thing occur on earth; it would be too much for this mundane sphere. If, after all yonr watchful care, yon can not see anything out of the way in any one, you may be sure it is not because they have not done anything bad; perhaps in an unguarded moment yon lost sight of them—throw out bints that they are no better than they should be. that you should not wonder if the people found out what they were, after a while, then they may not hold their heads so high. Keep it going, and seme may take the hint, and be gin to help yon along after a while! and there will be music, and every thing will work to a charm- « [NewYork Sou Letter. A Florida Siege. WHAT CAME OF A MATRIMONIAL TRADE ON THE SUWANEE. As I came down stairs the other morning I saw Capt. Frank Sams, a noted hunter, seated on the edge of tbe stoop, swinging his feet in to a rosebush. * Look here,’ said he, 4 you think you know something abont Florida mur ders. The Lang and Cochrane stories ain’t a patch to the beauties of the Suwanee country. Ont there they make a wholesale business of it. Some time ago two men Darned Locklier and Mnndy lived near tbe mouth of the Su wanee river. They raised cattle for a living. Locklier had an average looking woman for a wife, while Mundy was a widower with a mighty fipe daughter. The two men got quite thick, and used to cow drive together and eat in each other’s houses. After a time, Mundy took a fancy to Locklier’s wife, and Locklier took a fancy to Mundy’s daughter. So they struck up a trade. After palavering around, Mundy offered to give his daughter for Lock lier’s wife and twenty bead of cattle. Lock lier took him up straight, and the bargain was made.’ I asked tbe Captain what kind of girl tbe daughter was. 4 Well, 4 be replied, 4 I’ve heard she was a plump little filly, about eighteen years old.— Locklier’s wife was a little skinny, but she was a good driver, and worked well in harness with her husband. The daughter never made any objection to the bargain, and tbe wife, like most of tbe women, was glad of anything for a change. So Mundy drove off the twenty head of cattle and the old woman, and Lock lier shook himself down in tbo cabin with tbe daughter. Things were all snug. Weil, in about two weeks Locklier’s .wife got sick of it. She declared that her husband was bad enough, but he was an angel alongside of Mundy. She went back home, and swore that she wouldn’t live with Mundy any longer under any circum stances. Then Mundy came up to Locklier’s house and wanted hie daughter back. The daughter by this time had fallen in love with Locklier, and you couldn’t have driven her ont of bis cabin with a pack of dogs. Lock lier said sbe shouldn’t unless tbe old naan drove back the twenty head of cattle. Mundy said he'd see Locklier in beil before he brought back the cattle, and threatened to shoot him if be didn’t turn over his daughter. Locklier told him to shoot and be doddrotted. So they parted bad friends.’ THE CART-WHEEL BATTERY. I interrupted the Captain by asking wbat the neighbors thought of such proceedings. 4 Well,’ he replied, ‘ thpy didn’t have many neighbors. Wbat they did have were like themselves. They looked npon the whole thing as a bona fide bargain) and if one or tbt other got ebeatod it was no outsider’s busi ness. As I was a saying, Mundy declared war. He threw up a sort of parallel around Lock lier’s bonse, aud bombarded it with a double- barreled shot-gun. All day loDg he laid around the house, waiting for a shot. Lock lier was afraid to go out or to even show his face at the window. For hours he would sit on a chair with his old rifle across bis knees and watch the door. Whenever the latch moved be would blaze away without waiting to find ont who was coming in. Two or tbreo times be came near shooting his wife when she was out after a pail of water. You see ho knew Mundy meant business, and be wasn’t going to let him get a twist on him. Mundy skirmished around tbe house until dark.- Then he traveled heme and get a good night’s sleep; bat by daylight Locklier again found him intrenched outside the door. 4 This arrangement lasted several days, anti Locklier began to get tired of his imprison ment. One night he took a couple of stout cart wheels standing near his Cf .oin, boarded tbem in on three sides with two-inch plank, and when Mnndy put iu an appearance the next morning confronted him with this move able battery. Tbe tables were turned. The old man bad to fall back. Locklier followed . .Some music teacher once wrote that 4 the art of playing a violin requires the nicest per ception and the mest sensibility of any art in the known world.’ Upon which an editor comments in the following manner: The art of publishing a newspaper and making it pay, and at the samo time making it please every body, beats fiddlin' higher than a kite.' at every jump. Moody was driven into bis headquarters, and his antagonist took the part of besieger. A dozen shots were exchanged before sundown, and at dark Locklier drew back to his house under cover of the battery. Before the roosters stopped crowing he was again moving up tbe road toward Mundy’s house, shelling his way every few rods, and driving tbe old man and his sbot-gnn to cover. THE MOONLIGHT TSAGBDY ‘ Well, the war was kept up this way abont a week, bat at last it had to come to an end. One bright moonlight night Locklier thought he would quietly wheel his battery up the road and see if be coaldn’t catch Mundy outside of his fortifications. So he laid his rifle before him and set the wheels agoing. He bad shoved them about a quarter ef a mile, and was just turning a curve in tbe road when he heard a scraping noise on his left. Mnndy had flanked him. By .the light of tbe moon ho could see the old man on his knees behind fence, shoving tbe barrels of hie shot gnn be tween the rails and getting his head down to take aim. Locklier bad no time to lose. He snatched his riflo and sighted it. They fired together. Mundy foil dead behind the fence with a rifle bullet in his head,' and Locklier tumbled into his battery with eleven buckshot in his breast. He. lived abont four hoars, and declared if he hadn't been listening to the orlckete he would have seen Mnndy before the battery passed him. *The wifo and daughter buried the two men, divided the twenty head of cattle and got all the property.’ [From the Buffalo Courier, Juno 2cl.] On Eternity’s Brink. The Heroic Rescue of William McCullough from the Summit of the Niagara Cataract by Thom- a* Conroy, the Cave of the Winds Guide. We have to add this morning an unusually interesting chapter to Niagara FailB history- one as fully fraught with varied and thrilling interest a9 any that has been written. It was known here yesterday that a startling accident had occurred at the Falls. At one time the life of a human being was in imminent peril, near the verge of tho relentless cataract; this announcement to be followed within half an hour with the gratifying intelligence that the man had been rescued by extraordinary effort. Such meagre details as our correspondent we gave to our readers in the afternoon paper. The accident aud the rescue were announced together, and, bare and bald as were tbe state ments, readers shivered at tbe very thoughts they called up. There is something electrify ing in the mere idea of an accident at Niagara Falls, for it generally means a tragedy, and an awful one; but yesterday’s accident, with all its attendant consternation and terror, was more than compensated for by tbe fact that it gave to tho world a hero—Thomas Conroy by name. The aeoident occurred a little before eleven o’clock yesterday forenoon. Wo. McCullough, a painter by trade, aged about sixty years, aud an oid and highly respseted citizen of Niagara Fall^,, was engaged in. painting tho middle bridge which spans the torrent that rushes be tween the first and second of the Three Sister Islands. He occupied a position, with a com panion, on a scaffold which had been swung down on the lower side of tbe bridge. Ap proaching his fellow-workman, he asked him for some putty, and receiving the same step ped back just a little too far, and in an instant was on his back at the bottom of the torrent. Right where he fell the Hermit's Casrado pours its angry waters, aud in less time than it takes to write dbout.it the unfortunate man waa borne away in the direction of the Horse Shoe Fall. The other workman and Mr. Geo. E. Curtiss, who witnessed the accident, aud who were paralyzed by what seemed to be the inevitable fate of McCullough, watched tbe disappearing form till it was swept out of the mors rapid current into a small eddy, from the midst of which rose a rock. Against this rock, which is fairly submerged, McCullough was thrown, having been rolled ore' nn his face jnst before reaching it, and with tho instinct of a drowning man be clung to it. At the rock the water is between four aud five feet deep, and although stunned by the fall and exhausted by the angry waters which had borne him about fifteen hundred feet in the direction of a grave, he had strength enough remaining to enablo him to climb tbe rock and seat himself npon it. The two men who witnessed tbe fearful de scent, seeing that McCullough was at least temporarily safe, speedily gave the alarm in the village, and soon an excited multitude lined the river’s bank and contemplated tbo 'scene with such feelings of emotion as may not be described. Men, women aud children in stinctively sought to determine upon some means of rescue, even though their hearts throbbed with a terrible fear. The rock upon which sat the maD, upon whom all eyes were eagerly centered, was tbe last that projects from the reef below tbo glands. Between it and tbe shore there swept a wide and deep torrent, while below it the river Opens oUt to Its fuffest width, as IT it re fused to encounter any further obstruction be fore it takes Us final plunge into tbe gorge some sixty rods below. The plan of a rescue was not easy to solve, and the question of tbe power of endurance to the old man was a seri ous one in this connection Fortunately Mr. Pettibonebad informed tbo people at tbe Cave of tbe Winds tbat a man had fallen from the bridge, and Thomas Con roy, one of the guides, beard tbe remark. He thought that l man bad fallen from the Ter rapin Tower bridgo, and had gone over tbe fails, and started leisurely up tbe bank. He bad not gone far when he found that nearly the entire population of the village bad got there before him, and soon he saw the man on the rock. He hastened his steps; be knew tbat be was the only man in all that crowd who conld save McCullough. Some distance above the rock he found awaiting nso a coil of -ope about an inch in thickness, and passed it into .the hands of a dozen or fifteen men. He consulted nobody; be asked no one’s advice; but with as much coolness as if he were pro ceeding to dinner, be took one end of the rope in his left hand, told them to pjay it out to him, descended the bank and proceeded into tbe river, only taking the precaution to divest him self of his boots. About forty feet from tbe shore ho discover ed that the recks over which he picked his way were too slippery in the strong current, and he returned. He sent to the Cave of the Winds for his felt shoes, and these were brought him with the utmost dispatch. These donned, he again started on his perilous jour ney, from a point abont two hundred feet above the rock npon which sat McCullough. Cau tiously, bat with impertarbable coolness, he moved ont in an obliqne direction till he reach ed a point beyond the line of the rock, the wa ters at every step threatening to sweep him ont of sight. Carefully he picked his way, now in shallow water aud now in deep, and d*wn with the tide he went till he reached the roc'-h, and found awaiting his comiDg a man sbi rering, exhausted and almost incapable of utasrancs Conroy had accomplished a herculean tusk in reaching the rock as he did, to say not a word about the danger he braved; he bail to keep the long line of heavy rope taut with his left hand while feeling bis way on rocks as slippery as ice, and contending with a current which would have speedily carried a man of ordinary strength off his feet. In McCullough's band he found clutched the putty knife he was using at the time of the ac cident, and this he took from him and pat it in his pocket. This done', he tied tho rope about McCnllongh’s waist, took hold of it himself with his left hand simply, sad both started for the shores For a hundred feet 1 or so Conroy bad not.oniy to look out for himself, but for tho enfeebled old man in hie charge. It was hard work, bat they made this distance with out accident. The end was not yet, however, for as they entered the torrent which ran between tbe shore and the rock both ware swmpt off their feet and buried in the mad watejrs. The men on the shore palled the rope as rapidly as was safe, and McCullough and bis rescurer were dragged ashore. Tho papor-m ill whistlo blew the hour of noon just as Conroy- aud McCul lough reached the bank, and with thi3 huzzas rent the air and ecstaey usurped the placo of dread auxnety. McCullough was promptly carried to his home in blankots that wore in readiness, and Conroy walked up tho bank and among tho large concourse of people. Tbe crowd, wish ing to testify promptly and substantially to their appreciation of Conroy’s heroism, took up a collection for him, and about two hundred dollars wei#harded to him—a sum very ac ceptable to a poor man. After the rescue, Mr. McCullough's condi tion was found to be quite serions, partial de lirium having set in, bat no fatal consequences are anticipated. Thomas Conroy, who has proved himself every inch a hero, was born in Ottawa, Canada, twenty-five years ago, of Irish parentage, but spent his early boyhood in Montreal. For seven years he was a sailor along the New foundland coast, and only about seven years have elapsed since he first became a citizen of Niagara Falls. Married the Same Woman Twice. Many years agoayoungschoolmaster, living in ono of the States east of the Mississippi, contracted the gold fever, at the time very prevalent, aud started for California. He had married a young wifo but a short time before but hoping to make bis fortune speedily and to return soon, he left her behind him, in ber na tive home, when, it was thought she would be more comfortablo than sbe could be made in tbe rough gold regions. But disappointment, which is the lot of mortality, befel the young adventurer. Tho golden stream into his lap was neither quick nor violent. His visions of wealth turned out but idle dreams. He did not succeed in accumulating anything, and be waa too prond to return penniless. His letters, after awhile, became nnfrequent, and finally tbe correspondence between busbaud and wife was wholly discontinued. Neglected love will generally grow dim, and in tho process of time the wife, apparently forgotten by her long ab sent husband, sought the separation in law from the bonds of matrimony which bad for years existed in fact. Sho was divorced. A rich neighbor, looking upon her attractions as too great to wither away in loneliness, offered ;him8elf and was accepted. With this second husband the young woman lived a number of years, when he died. She was now a wealthy widow, still retaining many of her youthful charms. We now come to tho strangest part of the story. A few montb3 ago, the first husband returned from bis long residence in California, and happening to meet bis twice-married, once-divorced and once-widowed wife, their early love was re-kindled in the hearts of both, and they were speedily re-married, and are now living together! It is not in fiction, but in reality, tbat tbe strangest romances are to be found. Be Always Neat. Some folks are very charming at evening parties, but surprise tbem iu tbe morning when not looking for company, and enchant ment is gone. There is good sense in the following advice to young ladies: Yonr every day toilet is part of yonr charac ter. A little girl who looks like a 44 fury” or a 44 sloven" in the morniDg is not to be trust ed, however finely she may look in the even ing. No matter how humble your room may be, there are eight things it should contain : a mirror, washstaud, soap, towel, cocnb, hair brush, nail-brush and tooth-brush. These are just as essential as your breakfast, before which you should make good use of them. Parents who fail to provide their children with such appliances not only make a great mis take, bat commit a sin of omission. Look tidy in the morning, and after dinner work is over improve your toilet. Make it a rule of your daily life to 44 dress up" for tbe afternoon. Your dress may or need uot.be any better than calico ; but with a ribbon or some bit of ornament, you can have an air of self-respect and satisfaction tbat iovariably comes with being well-dressed. A girl with fine sensibilities cannot help feeling embarrassed aud awkward iu a rag ged and dirty dress, with ber hair unkempt, sbould a stranger or neighbor come iu. More over, your self-respect should demand the de cent appareliiog of y ^ur body. You should make it a point to lock as well as you can, even if you know nobody will see yon but yourself. could supply us in tho midst of the excitement ho had encountered than any p arson In that There is not a finer story of heroic life and death in modern times than that afforded by the short and obsenra career of George Gordon, sixth Earl of Aberdeen, who was lost at sea three years ago, while serving as mate on an American sailing vessel in the West In dies. He was one of those youog noblemen, of greet wealth aud greater heart, who believe that humanity has some claim npon him, and he proposed to prepare himself for tbe duties of his exalted station in life by practical ex perience of the straggles and privations of the poor. He came to this country, and, under an asqniged name, worked fora living with his bands, gaining regard and confidence of his fel- low-laborors, who never suspected his real rank and position. He bacame an able seaman at last, and was lost in a storm in 1870. His mother, the Countess of Aberdeen, has just sent a,contribution of $1,600 to tbe American Seamen's Friend Society, of Boston, for tho purchase of books for the use of sailors. If a proper history of his romantic life conld be written, from materials now in the bands of his family, it would be extensively read among tbe fashionable society of England, and might in duce some young gentlemen now at tbe cross ing of tbe ways, to devote their lives to some thing better than horses and ballet-dancers. A Suggestion. A writer says: 44 The absence, among many men of the tender benevolence of borne, tbeir disregard of tbeir sacred duty as beads of bouaebolda to shed sunlight upon the hearts of wives and children, to give smiles instead of frowns or glooms, pleasant and loving words instead of croesones to learn to talk intelligent lyand freely with tbeir families when at home and surrounded by them, instead of shutting themselves up in frigid, stnpid, stolid, surly silence is undeniable. It is equally reprehen sible and contemptible, whether it springs from laziness, or fear of ridicule, or false pride. That man will exert the widest and best influ ence on all around him, as a oitizon aud as a neighbor, and be most respected ia-doorsand out-doors, who is not too lazy, or too coward- multitudo utterly unconscious of any act of jy, or too prtfud to he courteous and agreeable heroism, and less concerned about the perils [ 0 society, aud to show himself considerate and tender to his family, TAKE THE PAPERS. Why don’t you take the papers t They’re Hie life of my delight— Except abont election time— And then I read for spite. Subscribe, you cannot lose a cent, Why sbould you be afraid t For cash thus spent is money lent On interest four-fold paid. I knew two friends, as much alike As ever you saw two stumps, Aud no phrenologist could find A difference in their bumps. One took the papers, and bis life Was happier than a king’s; His children ail could read and write And talk of men and things. < The other took no paper, And while strolling through tbo wood, A tree fell down upon bis crown And killed him—very good. Had be been reading of tbe news, At home, like neighbor Jim, I’ll bet a cent tbat accident Would never happened bim. Go, then, and take the papers. And pay to-day—pray not delay; And my word beard, it is inferred, Yen’ll live til! you are gray. Wayside Gatherings. ..Why are the ladies the biggest thieves in existence f Because they steel their petticoats, bone their stays, crib their babies and hook tbeir dresses. ..Ad amorous swain doclares ho is so fond of bis girl tbat he has rubbed tbe skin from bis nose by kissing her shadow on tbe wall. A hopeless case that. ..Now that the word 41 hymeneal" is so commonly used in reference to weddings, it is suggested that births should be headed “ cry- meneal" and deaths 44 dimene.il." . .A barber, having a very intemperate man to shave on Sabbath, begged bim to keep hie mouth shut, as it was a punishable offence to open a rum shop ou the Sabbath. ..To keep seeds from the depredations of mice, mix some piccos of camphor with the seeds. Camphor placed in drawers or trunks will prevent mice from doing tbem injury. 44 Why do they call this sort of wool mo hair, I'd like to know t" “ Dat isn’t wool, honey ; dat dar kirn off a goat, an’ dey call it morebair kaze a goat bavo mo' hair dan a sheep." .. 4 Building castles in SpaiD, Mr. S T’said tbe landlady to Spicer, who was thoughtfully regarding bis breakfast cup. 44 No, ma’am," said Spicer, 44 only looking ovor my grounds in Java." . .The title of a religious article on 44 Mirth as a Means of Grace,” is perverted by a rural compositor into 4 Mirtb is a means of Grease.’ He was doabtless thinking of tbe proverb : 44 Laugh and grow fat." ..Oneof the carpet-bag Congressmen from tbe South delivered a public lecture in a room in Pennsylvania avenue one night last week. Tbe subject of bis lecture. was tbe refusal of tbe bar-keeper to trust him fora drink. ..Wbat is tbe difference between a board ing house-keeper and a cremationist 1 Tbe one would turn hashes into tbe men, aud tbo other turn men into ashes. . .A cynical writer says : 44 Take a compa ny of boys chasing butterflies ; put long-tail ed coats on tbe boys, aud turn tbo butterflies into dollars, and you have a beautiful pano rama of tbe world." ..(With bis hair parted in tbe centre) “I never knew a dozen girls, you kuow, wbo could talk eonse with a fellow, you kuow." (With her hair fuzzed aud frizzled and frowsy ami tumbled over ber left eye)— 44 Weally 1 Well f tbe fact is, all tbe girls I know suit their conversation to the party with whom they are talkiDg, “you know.’ ” ..A school-boy, being requested to write a Composition upon tho subject of 44 Pins," pro duced tbe following : 44 Pins are very useful. They have saved the lives of a great many men, women and children—in fact, whole fam ilies." 44 How so,” asked tho puzzled teach er. And the boy replied, 44 Why, by not swallowing them.’ 4 This matches tbo story of tbe other boy, wbo defined salt as 44 tbo stuff tbat makes potatoes tasto bad when you don’t put on any.” ..A little boy was recently presented with a toy trumpet, to which he became greatly attached. One night, fhen be was about to be pnt in bis little bed, and was ready to say bis prayers, be haDded tbe trumpet to bis grandmother, saying : 4 Here, gran'ma, yon blow while I pray.’ ..Any body can soil the reputation of any individual, however pure and chaste, by ut tering & suspicion that bis enemies will believe and bis friends neverhear of. A puff of tbe idle wind can take a million of tbe seeds of a thistle, and do a work of mischief wbioh the husbandman must labor long to undo. Such are tbe seeds of slander, so easily sown, so difficult to gather up, and yet so .pernicious in tbeir traits. ..‘Hi! where did you get them trousers!’ asked an Irishman of a man wbo happened to be passing with a pair of remarkably short trou8erson. 4 1 got them where they grew,’ was tbe indignant reply. 4 Then, by my con science,’ said Paudy, 4 yau’vo palled them a year too soon!’ . .Profanity never did any man tbe least good. No man is the richer, or happier, or wiser for it. It commends no ono to any so ciety. It is disgusting to tbe refined, abomi nable to the good, insulting to those with whom we associate, degrading to tbe mind, unprofitable, needless, and injurious to society. . .The Detroit Free Press says, in answer to a question as to who Mary Stuart was: 4 This high-toned female was tbe Queen of Sheba, also aunt of Saul of Tarsus, likewise sister of Christopher Columbus, similarly cousin of Gaily the Troubadour, ou bis mother's side. She was at one time engaged in tbe sheep business, and is tbe party allnrled to in Homer’s highly dramatic epic poem, ' Mary bad a little lamb.* Sbe traded ber sheep off subsequently for an interest in the Eureka silver mine, and got' rauttoned’ therein. Her death Was some what sudden. She went ont one morning to attend a little execution ibat was advertised for that day, and while a mam was fooling around with an axe, sbe met with an accident which resulted fatally. Tile funeral was a quiet- one. and as sbe was not a resident of Philadelphia, she had uo obituary poetry.’ ?

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, June 17, 1874, Image 1