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THE
RECORD.
W. S, D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY «), 1875.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 30.
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
WEST.
Within the* past twelve mouths Illi
nois riilrnvl < lure kilted 227 parsons and
nnlnuvl 101
There are said to bo moro idle min
ers among the coal legions of Onlo now than
at any time since the panic.
A dispatch from Tuscan snyn very
rich gold niiuea havo boon dlsoorcred in 8oi-
om. on the Pan Miguel river. The cl Ira*
Eight warriors, thirty nine squaws
Mid uappooMs, and siit.V-two ponies, belong
ing to the Me Ucino Water band Of -Chey-
emioa. surrendered m conditionally at Oboy-
euuo agoMjr on the 20tb inat. Two white
*»id to
n.if. who i,
i the Staked Dai
which within the
sold for l*« tha
cd on tho following Monday r
and at once a fneilado commenced, resulting
tu tha killing of two negroea outright, and tho
wounding of othors, aud tho. perhaps, mortal
wounding of two white won. Tho negroes
wore driven for refuge into a house, which
was at once surrounded and sot tiro to The
negroes, finding that they were about to he
burned out. surrendered, aud woro placed in
jail.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Nows ooiucfl from Now York that
Mullet ha* a aneeessor in tho pereou of Win.
A. Potior, son of Bishop Potter.
Lieut. Frederick Collins, command
ing the United fUaten survojlng expedition,
loaves Washington to muster hi* force* and
equip thorn for tho expedition. lie will sail
in the tlr*t Pacific mad steamer In January for
Antwerp, thenoe to proeood in tho Uuitod
states vessel Cananldlgua to Atrato.
THOM WASHINGTON.
Four hnndrod men end women woro
Pa'nrday diacharged from tho Engiavlng and
Printing Bursutt of the treasury, in oonse-
qnenee of a largo part of tho work of tho
bureau having been transferred to Now York.
The total amount of mutilated cur
rency rooeivod from tho treasurer and comp
troller since the passage of tho act of June
30 last, i* *41,08(5,803, nearly the whole amount
northern army was unreliable, resigned, after
protesting.
A telegram has beou rooeivod from
Madeira stating that throe of the crew of tho
emigrant *hip (’ospalrick, from London for
Now York, had arrived at Ht. Helena, and rfl-
0 os pa trick burned at sea. Only
I'
three pc
lr, tho second mate and two sea
Tlioeo woro picked up by tho British
Sceptre, after having been ten days it
open boat, subsisting part of the time oi
tleah and blood of other* who cliod whili
Tho i
rick
November 17, off tho (
The alilp Oospatrlok Wi
Aukland. New Zealand.
po of Good Hope.
from London for
tho sailed Septem
ber H. It 1* now estimated that four hundred
and sixty-five lives were l«>et by the disaster.
Advices from Faria aro to tho effect
that Alfonso, hou of ox-Queen Isabella, lias
been proclaimed king of Spain, and that tho
event i* hailed with rejoicing by the Hpan-
larda. Isabella, in response to a diapateli of
Gen. Prinlo do Kivera. sent the following tele
gram : “The king proceeds to Spain imme
diately.” Alfonso ha* telegraphed to tho
Jiope, asking Ilia Mossing, and promising that
lie will, liko hi* ancestors, defend the right*
of tho holy see. 11c did not pass throng!
icli ha
cd In i
al ha
Tho commissioner of Imlisn effai
Paris, bn
disembark e
tional di*. a
Alfonso ha*
, Hpai
dire
He will
ml to ho allowed t
sottlo up all trouble)
11111 bet
•.tired from the field with.
EAST.
Dipthcrffl boa n firm hold
Statistics of tho working of tin* pr
A Oloveland drtt*etlTO named Gilbert
Pei kins, has flbd with the secretary of the
reaaury a claim for 15,000 for tho arrest of
wso. It will ho rw- I p r oolai
, proposition that, if
tho following dispatch to the
rovince*: "Alfonso XII. ltaa
i*ly proclaimed king by tho
y and tho mlniatry. A regency
icd under tho presidency of
xstlllo without portfolio. We
i Isabella ha*
*: "All tho
llcally to tho
Tho receipts from intornnl
nd for the fiscal yoai
mal hank
nd triumpli, oohlevod wlilm
ABOUT MINKS.
i *C«7,-
.ntliH
t Dtp
31*'
,072.070.
• as follow* Now Yoik. *1,081,208; Bos-
*105.209; Philadelphia, *04,992; Haiti-
... *87,110; Now Orleans, for week ending
. 1H, *50,509; Hun Francisco, *100,200.
careful canvass of tho fluanoo corn
ice Of troth houses show that tho pa«*agc
lie hill restoring tho tax upon tea and oof-
BOUTil.
Tn « quarrel at Chelsea stockyards, ;
kConfphl*. Tridnv night, Matt. Rico alio* and j
fatally wounded Dave Hcolt, l»olii colored.
An incendiary fire at Clarendon, Ark.,
cariv Thursday morning, destroyed property j
to the amount of *50.000.
P.ichnrd Barnnm, his wife aud two
• burned to death at Shannon,
very p
a litllo pr
ohal.l
•d that ttm
t,.i chs
arid hill.
will doubtlesH pa**, will slightly Ux
Mir
night.
ho Byerly post mortem shown that ^ ro l >ort
fatal.
The cotton exports
Gen. Jordan i*
[otherlandH at W
Reports from Motitgo
Sixty thousand colli.
V«!es aro un a strike in «
One sunny morning in summer, down
tho pathway, still sparkling will, tho
dewy moisture, came steulthily moving
tho long, lithe form of a mink. Her
fur lookiyl worn and rusty when the
sunlight struck her as she skulked be
tween tho tusHookH of grnsH. Occasion
ally she halted to look about her, alert
for anything eye could nno or ear could
hear; but l.eariug not hi eft but the
sweet notes of a song-sparrow and tho
complaining cry of a oat-bird among the
aiders, she again moved on. As she
reached tho muddy edgo of tho brook,
she trod more daintily, thou, xviudiug
aiming Urn pickerel-wmir, nwmti down
stream, hardly disturbing (he water,
only making a long, wedge shaped wake
an she stole into I he shadowy edgo of
the brook. Suddenly she came up.
struggling with something that swayed
and pulled her about, disturbing the
quiet stream, and sending a nuiddiness
down with tho outront. lint she bore
the almost unmanageable wriggling eel
(for thin it was) to the atone wall, and
drawing herself and burden up out of
tho water on the large .tone, ro*i
justed her hold, and seised tho Croats
book of the head. Then bracing In
self to snok the blood, tho thrashing,
struggling eel grew gradually weaker
and weaker, until it looked porfoetly
limp and lifeless. Then she jumped
from the wall, dragging the eol longer
than herself, up through tho grass, tak
ing a different and more concoulcd way
than tho one by which she came, and
soon disappeared altogether.
In the thick-banked wall of this born
on tho hillside she had her voting ; and
I after they grew large enough to re.
| something more substantial than nut
first provision, tho mother used to bring
Asia Minor show that j them fish of different kinds—eels, ducks
<ing, amlthat many deaths and like proy. Ho alyl v and stealthily
insollor of tho loga-
i appointed uiini*ter for
siting ton.
i i xpress says the
Britain i* above the
Tho shipments of bullion from Utah
tiring tho pa*l year aro estimated nt *7,-
w.ooo.
Yon Arnim takes an appeal from tho
Bouth
Au explosion occurred in Bagnal Hall
1 colliery. North Htaffonlshiro. Twenty miner*
wore killed. Thirteen bodies liavo been taken
out.
The Swiss, Austrian and Belgian gov-
adopted
irapo
of An
nlorado
*d to lie good for tlm
On the night of the ‘J 1 fast., Rickard »
ilernd I Mr. White
The sheriff of Claiborne eonnty, Tei
rortod with the (
Since tiio famine set ill it
,000 pereons have migrated
,rt* of tho country to tho city
whom have succumbed todiscseo.
Owing to recent fires in Hevon
of Adai
THF. PEASANT BOY.
rhe'auawvrnigiouuToMl'o'au'Bhluil'brook
Ins «hy fi'vort-h lluMo tlrluk * "
•m tho wave that gllilcth ro cool aud rest)
Jo labor again, till the waning ruu
loth away In tho wMtern aky,
llo the birds mwtUi low tn the covert high.
" And hreathos Vhy'uamo lufiRpliig "joy!
ToThy f lefio irValrte -1 hon "rt* welSome tliore
innt
A dispatch fror
i Helena, Arkansas,
B. Maude slrnrk an old
it about midnight, while
town a* O. K. Linking,
ger mile** npeeddy raised,
re killed at Columbus,
XT. Murphy, the chief of
ptlnc to arrest eomodmnl:
nd iJuko Nicholas, sou of tho
did she keen horsoll, that she
seen until tho young were half grown,
aud looked like little fawn-colored
aols; when she betrayed herself by
bringing this food, which impeded he
movements. By traveling the same way
no many times sue grow bold
aHiirrm Theuo mink are very destructive to
tatoon i . aQ j w j, on tho brook is low they
bo tracked for a long distanco by the
klinor ,1 on<I eels, pickerel, shiners
ariotis j tirn.-a trout, lying along the bunk, the
ft. half | mink only sucking tin. blood and leav-
i ing tho fish unmutilatcd. Ono autumn
i, for- j Home stnnll shiners, meant for a bait in
I t |, e j r | piokercl fishing through the ice, were
1 i,tod I kept in an old tub set in tho spring
j near tho brook, and ono night all theso
fish were killed by a mink, who loft
them laid in a row on tho ground. They
'[ Ml '; | looked precisely as if some person had
placed j B0 arrM g r ,l them. But through the
,,M Imok of ouch fish, near the head, were
*' lal n j fonr tooth-marks, this being frequently
j the only mark the inink makes on his
who i victim.—Old and New.
—
inner!* i PeciOUH Jewels.
fron
joke, and that ho wrote
toxica! «yl.
Dispatches from S|i
Darregarr has laid d ,wn hi* ar
give iu their adhesion to the ki
publican armies in Catalonia a
have accepted Don Alfonso a*
Gen. Concha ha* tamed a pro.
nnoticing the accession of Prin.
state that Ge
majesty’s
tailed «
nd* d and j
Lucy Hoops
" Among tho marvels displayed in me
jeweler’s windows on the Rue do la
I’aix, I notice:! tho other day nn im
mense pearl oyster shell, lined with
mother of pearl of the most exquisite
smoothness and pnrity, and witii two
largo spotless, lustrous pearls adhering
to itH surface. The larger of the two
was about tho site of a small marble,
but slightly elongated in form ; tho
other was of somewhat smaller dimen
sions ; £1,1>00 was tho prioe affixed to
, this beantifhl work of nature. A smell*
England ing bottle formed entirely of mossed
aftor a conuniRHion or nearly four year*, aud pearls, with one large one in tho eeu-
bringn word that a largo archipalagoof ialai.d* j ter of the side, and with hook and chain
hail boon discovered In tho neigiitorhoo-J of : to correspond, looked like a tasteful
Now Guinea, and that two mountain* in .hi* ! gift for a millionaire to offer tohislady-
region, each about oleven thoiiRand feet high, love J it was valued at 81,200.
have been named Mount OiadetJDo aod Mount | there was a locket representing
D.araeli. toise, tho back of the animal being
Farther details of the Cospatrick di.. '"rmefl of a "inglo l«r K -. tornuoise,
, while tho hea^l, foot, and tail
i composed of diamonds. I
I shown latoly nn exquisite parurc
of lilies of tiio valley, gotten up ru
»l in her drowned. | ir j ( ] a i gift to the young daughter of
fell, killing many of i ,. m j n ent Parisian bankor. Nothing m
iloH.on rubsequendy | lovely, more artistic, or more girlishly
io vessel, completing | pure and-simple with all its magni fi
lial number of live* cenco can be imagined. Tho flowe
NANOY’3 ENGAGEMENT,
They hung heavy plumes of purple
■or the gateway on that bright nftor-
>on—the first of June. A eharitnblo
oezo swept ono soentod bunch of
bkrnm a bit aside, just out of the leaoh
Lif a little brown Imml Hint had a mo
ment ago ruthlessly stripped off' half its
blossoms.
But the owner of the hand had al-
n.ly turned about, with a toss of her
bade eurls ami a flirt of her pink cnlioo
that seared the butterflies, and
i the branoh swung back slio wan
hastening un tho trim garden path, and,
flinging bank a shurp spooch over her
houlder at a tall, sunburnt young fel
low who, with a vexed light in Ids
eyes, stood watching her.
“ Oli, it don't matter what I think I
Indeed 1 don’t think at all. You may
take whom you like to the next May
lance ; you won't take me.”
It was suoh a pretty shoulder over
which these words were east, aud there
was such a rosy fltmli of anger on the
round cheek half veiled in otirla, that it
is no wonder John Armitngo took two
>r threo steps in pursuit of the speaker;
but ho stopped, drew hiniHolf up with
•uddun ptide, and said one reproachful
vord.
The one addressed wavered a little in
:ior retreat, thou resumed it with in-
I'd eelerity.
YilT yrtajitoi .. ..
the young nmu quCrfoxT,
dfgnation somewhat modifying his tone
if appeal,
“ N«> I” and the pink calico swept thq
oyriles on either side of the walk faster
yet.
“ Very well,” was the angry response,
as ho who pleaded turned toward tho
gate, " But, mark my words, you’ll be
sorry for thin before these bushes hero"
—brushing tho low sprays sharply
aside—aro out of bloom Now, good
bye.”
Nanay, peering from behind a curtain
aftor Ida retreating figure, oriod. Per-
haps the soliloquy will toll why.
“ Well, it’s all over with us now, any
way, It’s his fault, too. He’d no busi
ness to take any one else to tho May
dance when I couldn’t go. I shouldn’t
wonder if he’s gone down to Sarah An
derson’s now. They will bn onguged
next thing, and alie’ll crow over me
finely. He’ll trv to make me jealous”
-hero Nancy lin’d a fit of crying.
"Hoo if I won’t mako him jonlous
first!”
Tho way she would do it heentno
apparent the next afternoon, when
dressed in a jaunty blue silk that set
off well her creamy complexion, dark
curls and tinted checks, she started to
tho village. The dainty blue parasol
was lowered a little us she came to the
pretentious block of buildings opposite
the hotel, upon one of which hung tho
sign: “ Dr. Miles Gray. Office hours
from 8 to 10 a. m. and from 3 to
n. tii. ” But tho face of the building w
blank, and tho office curtains lowered,
so with an impatient oxoiamation
i her breath, Nancy went on to the post-
! office, whore, getting no letter,
nrned discontentedly toward horn
The fates forbade her. Slio had not
coomplinhod a quarter of tho dial
before the light roll of wheels made her
turn her head and start perooj tibly
In a moment morn, young Dr. Gray,
whose nutty top-buggy was tho envy of
all tin: men, uud whose fascinating
ile had won tho hearts of all the
in, had drawn up his horse nt her
o, had leaped to tho ground and
naked her engerly:
" Mias Evans, may I have the plens-
•e of driving yon home!’’
Tho color brightened in Nancy’s
ebooks, tho light danoed in her oyoB. as
she ussontod with a charming smile;
oment they wero l>owling
along tho road, and the blue ribbons
blown ngninat tho doctor's broad
cloth.
Dr. Gray was young, handsome and
not deficient in brains, with pocket-
money enough to prevent him from bo-
ing tragically earnest in his profession,
and very much in love with tho coquet
tish bit of woman liy his sido. As for
Nancy, slio was a little afraid of the
gray eyes that could bo quizzical ns well
breotea fluttered light curie aorosa
Nanoy’s arch black eyes and a blue silk
panpol had to bo hold up to keep the
smpirom her rosebud of a faoo. Tho
doctor had a lurking fear that Nunoy
was ft hr tic and ignorant, but ah 1 alio
was no pretty I
Ibw far thoy rode in this lazy way,
whmly wrapt in conversation, is not
knopn. How far they would hnvo rid-
den.ifl not certain, if Nancy .had not
so^tfn mischievous glance straight into
tho bray oyea, and inquired :
'Why, whore doos that patient of
yonfa live ?”
Tho doolor laughed frankly, coloring
nevortholeas.
“I soo you understand tho ‘ways
that aro dark and the tricks t hat are
vain,’ pretty well, Mian Nancy. And now
1 ihm't dare to tell you what I was go
ing to before you spoke.”
'tyYhat was it?" quoriod Nauoy, ou-
rions and conscious. .
"lit was,” said the doctor, bonding
his pwji faoo closer to tho curl shaded
onxitfliisuide, "that I wish I lmd the by
rigftt to keop you with mo always. Misn oa
Nnnoy, well, look at me—will you lot
mo 1"
llwan well that tho doctor did not
gunks whv.nmid Nanoy’s bright blushes,
horjlipa qnlvored and her eyes filled
with tears. Bile had made np her mind
to aftoopt the dootor, but in tins decisive
moment tho thought of John Armitngo
senfa pang, cruel in intensity through
hertteart.. Then came tho memory of
the!* yesterday’s quarrel, and Nnnoy
faltered with a struggling smile.
" J—I don't know.’’
Hho did know, when in the late twi-
liglii «ho and tho doctor walked to-
gather into tho dusky sitting-room at
homo, ttliero her father was dozing and
her another knitting, to nHk their oou-
sonbaud their blessing.
"Dear mo," said tho good father,
rubbing his oyes, " Two suoh pieces of
newa iu 6no day’s cur'us hereabouts. I
heerd ou’y nn hour Htnoe that Johnnie
Anultago is goin* to Toxns to farm ou
his nrn aeoonnt. I sortor thought, too.
't lie an 1 Nnnoy fnnOiod each other, but
horAnhe’s wantin’ to mnry another, It’s
onr'lfr."
Nano* had taken hor hand from tho
doctor's arm and had sat down in the
winityw. She heard mistily comments
and Congratulations, laughed nt jokes.
ShOjfxvmkod down to the (p»to with tho
dnefttr whon ho left and stood there un
der the lilacs, his arm about hor, re
plying to his tender talk ; but whon ho
was'ttono, lenviug a farewell kies on hor
lipsjlahe rushed up-stairs and throw
heiself on the bed in a porfont agony
of sobbing that slio ooula hardly Htiflo
iu tho pillow.
Tig' story of the next woolc in hack
neyed. Buoh happenings are too com
mon.’ Nnnoy came and went liko tho
ghost of herself, but Hie whole village
wan gossipping over her engagement,
and nor evulonocs of trouble woro
nsovibod to tho "quuerness of a girl
just nngngod.” Little tired Mrs. Armi-
tagdrau over across lota ono afternoon
to Kjjl the Evanses that John was goi]
■.r hsvo bcon reeeivorl. Whon tho vt**o
i ili-covoro<l to ho 6u fire, eighty persona,
-tly women, rushed into ono of the bos!*,
ch «h* capsized and all In her drowned.
ii after, ail the
t 174.
A repof* comtrs fro
hna pro-; Dispatches to the
agr^ e that tho European po
:fl, Kv., , Alfoi
were formed of a single pearl each, the
broad leaves lsjing composed of small
dinmonda, and considerable art had
been shown in overcoming the natn-
rully stiff look of the leuf. The
comprised ear-rings, broooh-nendnnl
.he fire, tuooting into the party of white
*ondon papers
ors will recognize
lenlatives are ac-
plscc between white credited to tho various couite. Castellar,
. nr* that a party of . Martoe, Admiral 'l*i»pcti. Hanilla and Gen.
f negret-n iu tiirow- Daria have prombed to support Alfonso. Tiio
i other. The *port ’ Cuban army has telographeri its a/lbenion to
rmfnl. until a horse- i tho new order., Dorragaray. Lizzaraga and
►ceno. Wu . resented i fight hundred other Carlist officers aro ex-
he negroes by firing j pected to jjiu Alfonzo. Begasta, upon the
The negroes returned i roclanuti..!! of Alfonzo as king, telegraphed I tinual strngglo to keep her pants hitch-
i, j Perrsuo. sod upon receiving a reply that tho | cd np without tl}e aid of saspenders.
bracelet, and a spray for the hair. The
bracelet was particularly charming, be
ing literally a wnall wreath of jeweled
flowers."
—Dr. Mury Walker’s life
paused on the outskirts of the old-
taahionod flower-garden behind tho
hotiRO, aud shruuk behind the hedge of
blossomy lilacs, whoso potont cdor
siokonoa hor. Her tniud wan iu a whirl.
She did not know why she was thore,
or what she would do. She was in
deadly fear lost soma ono should dis
cover hor, yot she could not turn away.
For half an hour alto crouched thore
shiveritiRly, novor taking hor eyes off
John’s window, but starting every timo
tho onrtain blew. Suddenly a stop on
tho garden path started hor so violently
that she could scarcely suppress n
noream.
It wan probably some of tho work
pooplo—oh, if they should hoo hor ! A
hasty poop through tho bushes showed
her that it woe moro than that; it was
John himself, striding straight toward
the gap in tho hedge, and wearing a
most unpropitioua faoo. Nanny, in
blind terror of discovery, orawlod on
her bauds and knees oloso under the
lilacs. IIo had passed, ami wi»h almost
when a bird that Nauoy had distnrb-
flow out with loud chirping. Guo
ond of the looso bluo nash had caught
on n stiff bough, and the oolor arrestod
his eye. Two strides brought him to
tlu* spot, aud ho stood with folded arms
looking down nt hor n moment boforo
his amazement found vent iu tho oxola- j
mat ion:
" Nauoy ?”
Ho lma novor soon nnoli utter aban
don and ngotiy of slinme ns that with
whiah tho poor littlo maiden hid her
faoo and cowered in the wet grass, with
tho ory ;
Oli, what shall I do ? Don’t sponk
no 1 Go away I” and burst into u
B*orm of tears.
For auswor ho gnthorod tho littlo wot
flguro in his arms, smoothod tho tumb
led curls, trim! to warm her ioy hands,
and did not daro to quostion while ho
soothed hor in his teudoroSt way.
" Tnko mo home,” said Nauoy ns soon
slio found strength to sneak at. all.
" I shall do no enoh thing,” was tho
dooided anHwor, as John’s diBongoged
hands raised hor faoo so that ho could
seo it, " till yon toll mo why you came,
Nnnoy. I oouldn’t. holp hoping a littlo
whou I Haw you lioro. But don’t make
mo give it up ! I thought my pride
would support mo through anything,
but I nrn afraid it won’t do it," ho
emits], Badly.
"I’m so glad it won’t!” broathod
TSfnnoy, in tones of heartfelt roliof.
" But Romobody’ll hoo us. Tako mo
homQ, John, and I’ll tell you all
about it.”
How different Beorned the way homo,
with John at hor sido. But Nauoy was
in no hurry to " tell about it.” She
only said, nervously, holding John’s
hand iu both hern :
" Promfso mo you won’t go away.”
"Ah, but I want anotlior proraiHO
first.”
Nauoy looked bnok at tiio plumy
hedgos whoso sholtor thoy had loft, and
said, with a half smile. "You seo tho
lilacs aron’t out of bloom yot, John; I
am sorry, as you said I’d 1h) 1”
~ ‘ TOi* ‘ ‘ *
Hna bid them goi
,nd oriod because hor pot son was
goiuft away, and was coal and sharp to
NanCy, evidently suspecting that slio
was tho canao.
Pcarlmns light natures suffer most
oveHiheimingly. Often in thoso beau-
tifiilMunodayH Nauoy, all alone in seme
Hliadowy, grassy plaue, with sun-
Kean^ji shimmering above, would won-
dor iff a dim, ohiluish wav if she should
not Wdio whon John wont.” Only
bopawos left. John was ooming to say
gootUbye, Oh, if slio could only let
him Snow how it really was ! But how
ooahObhe? and she would look down
despilrjnglyatt tho littlo gold oirolet ou
her fhgor.
Sunday aftomoou John finally came.
Nauoy, sitting in tho parlor with tho
dootor, caught a glimpse of tho woll-
known figure at the gule nnder tho li
lacs again. For a few moments the
room£ whirled around and slio wan
ileatjpgr white, thon she rose menhon-
ieally,' saying she must hid Mr. Armi-
tngn good-bye, and she went out to tho
doorway, whero John was greeting with
hor parents anil warding off tho New
foundland with a laugh.
" Y*s,” ho was replying, as Nnnoy
carno lip, " thoy say thoro is a pretty
good shnnoe out thoro for a young fol
low with health and energy—how do
you dp, Miss Nanny?—and I’ve always
boon pntorprisiug. so T mean to try it.”
Naqoy stood pulling the rose vines to
prices; whilo for an hour tho othors
tidkeu crops, polities and prospects.
Bho could not have spoken for hor lifo,
though she longed to speak as a con
demned criminal longs to ask for moroy.
Not qyco di : John turn his obstinate
auburn head to look at or spook to her,
and at last ho rose to go. Ho inter
rupted himself while detailing partio-
lure about grazing lands, to say good-
bye wljilo ho just touched hor hand. If
he half looked at hor, tho miserable,
pathetic look of appeal would havo
gono straight to his heart, hut ho did
not daro to look, and turning away nb-
runtln, walked down tho garde i path
wit.fi tho garrulous farmer hobbling by
his side.
Naugy ha<l just timo to escape hor
...otlii Ps oyo by running up tho stairH.
fjho did. not faint; lmt Goa forbid that
girls should often know suoh misery ns
*bo suffered thon. Whon she at last
joined tho dootor, as in duty bound, tho
stunned look in hor fnco was pitiful.
Hho "'♦as not well,” sho said,Jin answer
to his alarming queries.
It.was Nanny who proposed that they
should go to church that evening. In
the oorher of tho high old pew, with
her voi! hiding hor faoe, sho could at
least bo quiot, and one hour moro of ef
fort wonld havo boon insnpnortablo.
Mrs, Avnitago was alone in her pew,
and orihd silently all through tho ser
vice. Nancy’s heart so went out to tho
poor woman that, whon they met in the
aisle nh/b pressed hor^hand impulsively,
Christian maidenhood. Sho is only it
faulty young girl, orriug and loviug and
suffering, playing hor part in ono of tho
tragedies that are ployed ovorywhoro in
the springs and autumns, in tho timo
of lilacs.
Tho Tortilla,
admiring, and of the smiles that
sometimes curled the corners of the
black mustache. But Nanoy was min ns
a lover just then, tho doctor was quite
a "catch,” and so she laughed and
chatted oh the bay horse trotted along.
The farra-honse entno in flight too
soon, and the doctor stopped midway
tech to inqniro:
n’t you toko a lo ..
such a beautiful afternoon
Nnnoy demurred, ss in duty bound,
" I—don’t know. I gueas it must be—
’most too time."
Tho doctor laughed, and hold his
watch boforo her. It was precisely four.
"Oh, well, then,” began Nancy,
somewhat contused, " But aren’t these
your office hours?”
"Confound ray office hours 1” com
mented the doctor to hirasolf. Aloud
he said : "I’m sometimes obliged to
break through my office honrs. I’m .
going now to boo a—patient on the out- Would nothing happen to stop him ?
skirts of the town.” Ho they drove on. Soaroely knowing what Bho was doing.
Haying,- in a quiok whisper,
Armitugo, I’m so sorry for you.’ 1
" I dpn’t want any of your sorrow I”
was the sharp response. " It’s flno
talk ; bnt yon and I know woll enough
who’s the can so of it all. Ono word
from.yoa would stop it now if you
* Horiywnongh f”
Poor Nancy ! Tho clock was o
stroke 11 that night whon her lover
finally took his loavo, and sho was freo
to nootttho moon-lit sitting room from
end to fed with sot lips and glittering
eyes, bio did not ory. Hho felt as if
she woe going crazy, and in hor dospor
atiou *ho did not care if she did. Hour
aftf r bonr passod, and still sho paced
there, till hor rigid face showod wnitely
in the Arnt faint gray of morning.
Ob, would ho go! could ho go!
A Moxican oorrospondent says : "The
niont popular Blands on tho Plaza wore
those of the tortilla makers. Approaah-
ing one of thorn*, wo watched with in
terested curiosity a ohoorfnl-loolting,
ahOgany*oolored woman who (Boated
:i a stool with tho inevitable enfant n
la matnollc), was rapidly preparing tho
popular cake. Taking a hall of corn-
moal dough about tho sizo of a small
ogg, she patted it into shape between
tho palms of hor hands, uud placing it
hor right kneo (which is supposed to
bo covered by hor ono garment), by
skilful manipulation of her fingers she
stretched it to tho size and thinness
of a gentleman's pocket-handkerchief.
Lastly with equal art sho spread it
lightly into nn onrthern pan of boiling
fat, where in loss than no timo it be
came as transparent and crisp an a shoot
of thin glass. Handfuls of these
ry-looking wafers disappeared among
tho bystanders, who fancied thoy wero
getting a quid pro quo for their olaoos
(coppers), lmt found, alas! thoy had
11wallowed but a bubble. This is not,
however, tho ordinary tortilla, which
forms tho ntaplo provender of nine-
tenths of the population, but only u
fauoy variety indulged in on foto occa
sions. The genuine article is not half
ho thin or brittle and boars a distant
but discernible relation to a piece of
good, strong buokskin, which bus been
well aoakod in water aud thon partially
dried. It is oomposod simply of finely
ground Indian meal, moistened and
laboriously worked, until its glutinous
element is fully developed, then mado
into thin cakes about tho size of a din
ner-plate, uud finally baked or rather
heated on a griddle, just so much m
not to destroy its tenacity and flexibili
ty. Those two qualities are essential to
a good tortilla, for it is valued not only
for its intrinsic merits as an article of
safe f-ncl eosy digestion, but is used
n wrapper for baked frijolos, chiles,
bits of boiled beef.”
Contested Seats in tho House.
In tho house of the forty-third con
gress tho following aro tho contested
Boats, so fur as known ;
Vlrslnl
»ou,(D.)
!SS§ffi
:i HaW, fit)
« WaUh,' (i>.V"
4 Kroat. (It.)
9 Htrslt, (It.)
.Iltopnbllcan
swr 1
..(Iskuii, (I;
BB&flt)
(It)
>, (O.)
1!S»)
Tho "patient” could not havo been
in a critical state. Tho doctor leaning
back in the carriage, let tho reins lio
loosely on the horse’s back its they
passed slowly through shady wood-
roads smelling of pines, while the warm
Soaroelykoo'
Nanoy slipped through tho door, and
hatloss, trailing her dainty blue dress
through tbo dewy gross, rau across lots
to tho Armitages.
It was Htill dark and dewy. Him
heard the village dock strike 3 as she
Total* ^
To tho above number of twenty-one
juts must be added several, perhaps
all, of tho Louisiana seats, and possibly
others of which thoro are, as yet, no
advices of a contest. On tho other
hand, somo of tho ebovo mentioned
contests, now spoken of in tho press,
may flbt bo brought before tho houso.
—A western paper says dealers in
hotter daesify it as wool-grease, cartr
grease, soap-grouse, variegated, tasso-
latod cow grease, boarding-house break
fast, inferior tub, common tub, medium
roll, good roll and gilt-edgo roll. The
terms aro strictly teohuical
Quaint Advortisemonto.
Tho Pall Mall Gazette, speaking of a
History of Advortisemonto from tho
Earliest Pintos,” says :
Tho following uotioo saw tho light n
fow years ago in a Prinootowu, Indiana,
journal :
Wanted, two or throe bonrdors of a
docent stripe, suoh ns go to bed at nine
o’clock without a pipo or cigar iu their
mouths. I wish them to rise iu time to
wash their faees and comb thoir beads
before breakfast. Whon thoy put ou
thoir bools to draw on thoir pants ovor
thorn, and not to havo thorn rumpled
about thoir kneea, which is a sure sign
of a rowdy. Whon thoy sit dowu to
rest or warm by the fire, not to put
thoir foot on tho mautlepiooo or bureau,
spit on tho bread tray. And to pay
thoir board woekly, monthly, or quar
terly—oh may bo agrood upon—with a
smile upon thoir faces, turn thoy will
find me as pleasant, as an opossum tip a
persimmon tree.
Old MrcaltiA.
Another advertisement quoted in de
lightfully olinrnctoristio of tho ftiRsy
city magnate. It was issued, it is said,
by* tho mayor and common council men
* mo of our university towns :
Whereas a multiplicity of dangers
_ often inourrod by damage of out
rageous nooidonts by flro, wo, whoso
uatnoH aro nndersignod, havo thought
propor that tho bouofll of an engine,
bought by us for tho hotter extinguish
ing of which by tho accidents of tbo
Almighty God may unto us happen, to
mako n rate to gather bonovolonoo for
tho hotter propagating suoh useful in
struments.
Then, was thoro ovor a moro oxquis-
itoly ludicrous disclaimer of identity
with an individual who had rondorod
tho nomo common to himself aud tho
advortisar unpleasantly notorious thau
to tho one wgiqh was posted ovor all
tho dead-walls in Dublin in 1781 ?—
Tills is to oortify that I, Daniel
O'Flnnnagnn, am not tho person that
was tarreil and foathorod by tho Lib
erty mob, on Tnosday last; and I am
roiuty to give 20 guineas to anyone that
will lay mo HO that I am tho other man
that goes by my namo.”
Mr SumpHon gives us many moro
ndvortiHcmontH fully ns oooontrio and
ridiculous as tho foregoing, no givos,
also, a number oxoendingly illustrative
of a past not very remote, liko this,
which appeared in 1801;
" To no disposed of, for tho boneflt
of the poor widow, a blind mail’s walk
in a charitable neighborhood, tho oom-
ings-in botwoon twonty-tivo and twoiity-
six shillings a week, with a dog woll
drilled, and a stall' in good ropair. A
handsome premium will bo expooted.
For further particulars apply at No. 40
Ohiswoll stroot.”
Our author prints somo curious sam
ples of advertisements oouoorning errant
wives ; and samples ntill moro curious
of tho rotorta whioh suoh advortiso-
mouto HomntimoB provoke. Wo cannot
resist (footing ono of tho latter, whioh
* origiually in tho Gonucotlout
Thomas llutoliiiis has advertised
that I havo absented myself from his
bod and hoard, and oautioned any per
sons against making mo any payment
on Ids aooonnt. 1 now advertise tho
publio that tho snmo Thomas Hut oh ins
oamo as a fortuno-tollur into this town
about a year ago with a rooommonda-
tion which, with some artful falsehoods,
indued mo to marry him. Of tho
four wivni ho had boforo mo, tho last ho
quarrel od away ; how tho other throe
oamo by thoir deaths ho can best inform
tho publio ; but I caution all widows or
maidens against marrying him, bo
thoir desire for matrimony ever so
strong. Should ho mako his advanoes
under n feigned name, thoy may look
out for a littlo, talkative, strutting,
feeble, mengro, hatohot-faond follow,
with spimllo slmnks aud a littlo warped
in the Intok.
" Thankful Hutchins.”
Destructive Possibilities of Ooal-oil
Lamps.
A series of oxporimontu was porformod
in tho ofiloo of tho now flro department
headquarters yesterday, to show that
ooal-oil lumps of nil ordinary patterns
aro linblo to oxplodo at almost any time
whilo burning good proof oil. It is
argued that explosions may at any timo
tako pluoo by tho flamo from the wiok
passing down tho tnbo and igniting tho
gas whioh forms on tho oil. Tills gas,
it is claimed, is present whenever tho
temperature of the oil roaches sovonty-
ilvo or oiglity degrees, Tho foot has
been pretty woll demonstrated that it is
impossible to prevent the snlo of oil
mnoli below tho established grades, and
with suoh oils tho danger is greatly in
creased. Tho frequency of aooidento
from the oaroless use of ooal-oil lampH
makes tho subject ono of especial intor
out to tho lire department aud tho in
Htiranoo raon. Tho experiments venter-
day woro obnorvcd with considerable
interest by quite a unmber of gentle
men, among whom woro Chief Bnxton,
of tlm "flro department; W. T. Harris,
superintendent of public eohools ; Prof.
Yost, of tho Arnorioun medical college :
Prof. Morrill, Gas Inspector Blair, and
several others. Tho first oxporiinont
was mado with a lamp provided with a
brass tube ahont throe fourths of an
inch in diameter, screwed into tho nook
and roaohing nearly to tho bottom of
the oil contained in tho bowl of tho
lamp. Tho burner was removed, aud
tho oporator had no four to introduoo a
lighted tapor within tho tubo, ovon far
enough to roach tho oil, whilo holding
tho lump in his hand. No oxplosion
occurred, booauso tho tubo prevented
tho flumo from cor.taot with tho gas
that was undoubtedly in tho lamp.
Tho tubo was thon removed and tho
lamp placed on the floor, being then
simply an ordinary ooal-oil lamp, with
tho top unscrewed. A strip of paper
was thon inserted so that ono end pro
truded from tho orifleo. This was sot
flro with a lighted match, and as
soon as it burned into tho interior of
the lamp an explosion occurred, show
ing that thore was plenty of gas pres
ent. Tho thermometer was applied,
and tho temporaturn of tho oil was
found to ho 83 dogs. Fahrenheit. If any
appliance oon bo found to insnro safoty
in tho hho of ooal-oil, it will bo a valua
ble invention. Tho oxporiments yester
day woro incomplete, and did little
moro than to show that thore is nothing
bat danger in ordinary coal-oil lamps.
—St. Louts Republican.
—Next spring ono hundred English
swells aro coming for a grand buffalo
hunt on the Plains/ The hunt is to be
organized on a magnificent scale. Twen
ty soonts, headed by Buffalo Bill will
ohaperon them, and in addition to a vast
retinue of servants, oooks, grooms, and
valets, they will be aooompaniei by »
brass band, whioh will discourse sweet
musio as they guthor about their camp
fire to partake of the evening meal of
canned I uffalo moat,
FA0TB AND FAN0IEB.
—What is tho largest room in the.
world ? Tho room for improvement.
—Ono by one tho roses fade. 14 is now
boldly denied that*men who wear long
hair aro possessed'of anymore talent
than raon who liavojit snipped olose.
—Tu Toxns thoy hang a manjwhen he
rofusoB to marry tho girl whose hand he
has sought, and tho poor dovll is gen
erally vory glad to got off so lightly.
—Bones of Robert Bmoo wore quoted
in Eilingburgh at £l 10s apleoe, which
is not much of a bonus oonsldoring the
length of timo they’ve been aooumhUt* •
ing intorost.
Abdnoting oliildron ought to be en
couraged. After awhile, when the crop
of small boys hod beoome exhaasteef,
somo of tbo big boobies who fire off
pistols on Christmas might be taken*
—Tho other day a Binghampton gf>l
offered to lot a countryman kiss her for
flvo cento. "I gad,” oxolaimed ‘the
bucolicyonth, "that’s darn ohoapif'B
follow only had the money.”
The child lias since died ” is the
laoonio remark whioh a Ponnsvlvania
paper affixes to an nooonnt of a twelve*
year-old girl who had already mastered »
logic, rhetoric, geology, botany and the #
lysterioa of mental and moral soience^
—They have a now test for intoxios*
tion in Canada. When a man can prr-
nonnoo " reciprocity” without tripping,
tho polioo let nim go. In Maino the
tost is "Erastns Rfohardson,” and
rnnsis risnon” is doomsd conclusive.
—Tho Now York World describes
hell as a placo whore everybody be
longs to a flro company. Wo suppose
tliat Now Fork and Boston men monop-
olizo tho positions of foromon and
tronsurors
—Two Fronoli savans have presented
to tho Fronoli academy of sciences the
rosnlt of thoir experiments upon a flame
produced by the mixture of sulphur of
carbon and bioxido of nitrogen.- Tho
light produced by it is oo intense os to
quite eolipse tho sun. By the help of
it, pliotographora will bo able to do
their work at any hour of tbo day cr
night and in any condition of tho at-
lnoophoro. *
—Raphael Sommes is lecturing down
south, and lio lias explained why sailors
always call a ship "sho.’ Firatj^be-
cauno sho always looks best „When
freshly painted; sooond, booanse she
always puts tho boot foot foremost wht|9
holms on new sails; third, because •
lie ulways looks woll in tliq stays •'•od
ourth. booanse she always brings news ,
from abroad. •
—The Woman’s Journal.notice* the %
progress of tbo sex in Engl ana, It "*
says: Thoro is growing up in England
a largo class of i*omon w w!io do not jn«*
ry, but who apparently' wish not to
marry. They deliberately devote them*,
selves to literature, to teaching, tosome^
trade, gonornlly an artistic at any
rato to somo ooonpotion that gives
livelihood ond tonda toonlture,endtMe ;
.thoy^rtiposo. for tile.. J£he marrying
1 IhAflffot noem s fl oitfl y oi kWherjmyW J® ..
imvo boon born in thoro.
-A ulorv 1» tolil ■>( two pretty Bdti;
more Kirin, who woro oat row tag on tfca
Lnko of Tjiio' rnp, nncl whon tho btes*
of tiio King of Holland aw "
hIoiuI of trailing oars and roapeotMly
falling behind royalty, aotnally raocd.
Tlm king waa oyidontly omaRed wilb
till, exhibition of Aroorlean iodopet-
denoo, and made a aign to Ilia o”™'"
to let tho young ladioa go abMp. J»
ing to tho quay nooond, lie told hie oo*
nwain to moor the victor.’ boat, Md
aaid “ He know tlmy woro Amorioana.
—Exporimenin made within the poet
nix mouths hove developed thoeetonnS-
iug foot in natural magio hat lorn^mon
sagos can bo sont over a single wire as
readily on two. and that through m«-
nngwi amllooal onea OOU bo sent Witt-
on" Interfering with one another over
the namo wire. While, for
meieagee aro being nimnltnnronBlve
ohangod iietwoon BoBton and New York,
two more can ho nent on the «»mewlre
hetwoon Honton .ndWorwntor twobc
tween Woroenter and
two between Springfield and Hew
Haven or Now York, making m all
oiglit noparate and dintinot “o"****;
oronHing and rooronnlng on ono •
the name moment of time.—Old ana
New. ~
Tho Inventor of tho Screw Propeller.
Americano, Englioh French, Her
mann and Italiann all "““ ''.‘"T
tion, and that not for an indlvidnoi or
each nation; but in nome otmntrire
more than ono of thoir none, dlnputn
tho honor of being He invontor; and
probably experiments to .V*
f .it nwiTvivirwy tho screw as a motive
eons, vi.
timen npontancouBly made ^ varion*
plaocn by inquiring mmdn, who wor
porfnot ntrangorn to each otherardt
cnnli otlior’a dinoovoricn and applianwn.
Ho Tar back an 172J, David Bnahnell,
,i native of England n Amorioan oolr
nion, mode oxporimento by roeMi"of *
norow to propel a nubmnnno to P“o-
Evidently bin onnayn were no*
fill or thono infernnl mnohinee wonW
have been hoard of sooner. InlMfi,
John Smitli. an Eugbahman, formed u
oompauy and built the firet M-ming
norow nteamor, npprcipriately nnmod Ue
Arobiraedon, from whioh date thonat
ooi not thenorew propeilor wan an »»
oompliahed foot. Iiotweon ljafl and
IH'lfl many invontorn took the mattm
np h“ it wan not until 1882 that one cl
tin! c x porimeu tal into, Frederick B.nvcgf,
hit upon the idea of “PP'J'OB g**”
to the nornw nn a motive power Up to
Hint period It had been »ooK h ‘
thonorow by a onpnton mamiod hy mw.
or other oumbroun pon-prootloal mennn.
In France, Frederio Bauvage in “»«"]-
orod to havo tho largeet nharo of molit
in prootioally applying a maoh newhloh
in tho production of many
whioh ovon now in being continually
The'town of Boulof nenur-Me, where
Frederio Snuvngo woe born on the
of Heptembor, 1786, hnn latoly gono . 1 ®
consincrable oxponso in awarding hi
posthumoas honors, which, on.Monday a
culminated in tho unveiling of a mom*
ment to his memory.
Truly Popular Science.—Spilkins
has hit upon a happy expedient for pop
ularizing science in the family oirclo.
For instance, at the breakfast table he
remarks: "Mrs. Spilkins, will you be
kind enough to replenish my cup with
some of tho embodiment of oolor ln-
flnonces shed upon the surfaoo of Cni-
none soil; elno, if yon pleree, two
npoonnful of crystallized BunBhme from
Jamaica;'' or •'Herodotue, my n<m,
pane mo the nolid form of nunnhine ab-
norbed by tho pnntnrcn of Or.nge
oonntv.” With a dictionary end geog- ,
raphy at each plato, the idee work* to *1 -
charm.