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Newspaper Page TextTHE CEDABTOWN HIX OKI). W. S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors, CEDAUTOWN, UEORUIA, SATURDAY. JUNE '27, 1874 VOLUME T. NUMBER 2. TOE KEC’OBl). T>y. S. D. WIKLE & CO. TEIIIIH OK SUHSCIUITION. isket no placed hi tin* chain-gang. He fro old l old cha nd l*o r thlr- Single cop All-tube OF ADVKimSISd STACK. l.W. 1 M. H M C M 12 M. 1 Bquaro • f 1.00,# 2.50 # 5.00 ♦ 8.00 # 13.00 k Uelum! 1 Columi i». 5.00 12.00 20.00 30.00 10.00 Li. 8 00 15.00 25.00 40.00 G.VOO 18 00^ 25.00 45.00' 65.00 120.00 IVofOM Inch or lo. iu advaiH ‘"tonal ami Business Cauls of onn ;**. *12 por annum, payable quarterly '<•; Hi* months, $8. All advertise- 'Kroon ami working on tho Hirer ta. A Spaniel, oftlcor was standing over them, whip in l.aml, roaly to apply tho U*fi mo*t m.tncrclfally upon tho leant derelic tion of duty, Even tho Spamah residents of the ^fty had become dieguctod with the Inho- raanlty of their own race, and were disposing of their good* and property an k fa«t‘ an possi- tdn to oacapo from tho inland. All panioua au*pooled of sympathizing with the patriots were drafted into the army without law and of course without redress. The whole oountry for several leagues wan one vant waste, many of .the sugar plantations having boon burnt by the insurgents. There wero two thousand volunteers and regular-* in the city. . The com* maudantn woro afraid to venture outside the l.\ TIIIC CtHNTttl. With "*»"* diini.le, * word-blade gleam, And glln.paaa of dlvtue surprlae. sikado tight an end to the liah officers •Jed the app handful • orjt of dm Cuba O worliVmhantab droiuiil'o/dlVtli NEWS OF THE WEEK. EAST. Prof. lilnnchnrd'H nnti mcrct society GENERAL. Huron Von Verder Hoyt, former] lormau minister of war. in dead. Tho London Times argues that it Mantello, whoso appointment j -ud kindred evils Typical ! eting ut tho academy ..thing has been hoard • tloof Bunker 11.11, SETS WEST. in Alaska, it vor tho Mil nploted, and block of huildit , Md., Juno Id, the An of the Bristol < .At Now York, Ju ha' Tho farmers of Illii held political convcn and Indie s tho pant wc Clothing of " Soyenty-NIx.* ado up of Indiana i Next month tho railroad carried into Iowa. I ho Nor Burlington compauien are*p ro l out in that state an in Illinois i but there aro symptom* of wcakn •ompai.y. Aroturus, tho " fairent of tho Htur*,’ rank* tlr*t in brightness among tho npitrkling mysteries of tho northern hemisphere. It is tho fourth lint of tho twenty flnd-nmgnitudn Ht*r*, it* three more brilliant rivals, Bit' il Alpha Oontauri, lining Hit- soul hem hemisphere though Birins is no near tho equinoctial that very many obnoivora both north ear Ha- j and south oau enjoy it* poorleH* luHtro. paper- | Every prominent atar has itH distill- Mans., guishiug oharaoloriHtio, and Aroturus. nty ag | besides being tho loading brilliant oi in, otc.; | tho north, bear* a marked resetnblauoc Ui, tho ! to our own great central luminary, il* 1-treat- npeotrum being idoutioal with tho or" iomlon, ! nary Hpeotrum of the hud. Au obsorv- I.e On- or, watching tho fitarH, secs only twink Osage ling points of light of varying hrillinu- «y. Even tho moat powerful telenoope li the rcvoaln nothing like a disk in these iu- i • Ions tensely luminous points. But, if tho same stars are subjected to the delicate analysis of the telosoopo, a wide differ- euco is in ado manifest. Thoy an natu rally full into dosses us plants fall into genera and species, or rocks into peri- ods and fotiuatiouH. Tho spectroscopic analysis of tho h( irs Iiiih been carried out ho thorouglily by Booohi and other astronomers that i regular and partial* ly oxhauHtive clarification has been ’ the Hock company, oral * time on a land-gran huirendered to the state tho right to rogula • farm and freight*. If the Rock Island man gem yield, it will hardly he possible for cot ronistance. The Iowa law in patterned i • SO U1 n. Tally one-third of Louisiana der water, which in from ono to two fc Tho people of those times woro res- took tho nan.o peotfullv dad. Their storo of clothing was abundant, many of tho fabrics used war will 1,0 were elrgaut. ami tlio (uhinn oi tliolr . /. dross was frequently very ststoly. Pan- Tm a iVi! taloonH xvaro not yet in vogno, but in _ area to i.gi.L u iln>rc were breeches of leather, ranged, including nil tho stats that have Mid ; woretod, liouuHp >n, nfcocki-1 been observed. It .is called " Hooohi’i 0 net, black and brown broaddoth, plush, j Star Typos,” nrnl consists of four olans ■ and velvet for winter; and for summer 0 of linen, cotton, nankeen, whito dimity, • and drilling. Dress-ooatM,snrtouts,ami 0 great-coats were made of bear-skin, ■- buckskin, homespun, denim, wilton, ’*»• broadcloth, velvet, and sngnthy (a kind fnl of serge) ; and clonks of camlet, broad- .cr doth, and kersey. Their vobIh woro of linen, twilled cotton, diaper, wlfitodim ity, serge, broadcloth, and velvet; thoir gfovi h of leather and yarn ; thoir lints of felt, caator, and velvet ; their shirts M l,n * of linen, otton, homespun, and tow ; deep. tj, e i r stockings of woolen, cotton, Gen. Edward W. Gantt, of Arknnsos, ]jnen. For boots and shoes nlmost - died suddenly at I.ittlo Hock. J. wan elected to congress in 18(10, hi his -cat, tho war having begun term commenced. Ambrose B. Coe, who shot Mire Ahhio Snimii-r- becauno nl. marry him. I.an been sentenced 1 ment for life, in Missouri. The cane haa coat the nt%te *2), 000. • George W. Grayson, slier ounty, Arkansan, han been arren with absconding front that com thousand dollars of the public f. eon denies embezzlement, and nti he being Chari < Durell'a c the 14th r lake for h Claiborne, clerk of Judge rt at Now Orleans, left that city on householder had in his house whole dressed calf-skins and sides of Hole and other leather. Snob were tho materials of wnich tho garments of the inon of "Beventy-six” wero made; and thoy bespeak comfort in every case, and dig nified respectability in most. The apparel of tho ladies was still tnuro varied, and exhibits thoir charac teristic love of gay colors and dolioato ff of Clay fabrics. Tho assortment presented in ml charged these old inventories is fairly bnwilder- ty with five ing. Judging by them, the ladies of nds. dray- thoso days must all have considered icm that tho caps and aprons indispensable to thoir persecution toilets, tho humblest among thorn hav ing been tho possessors of an indefinite number of each, tho former, having been made for the most part of cam bric, taffeta, millinot, gauze, and linen, holland-line md killed !. would not trial of the difficulty, Hturs comprising onOtthird of the uum- bur! the variable stars numbering about thirty ; and tho red stars also number ing thirty. Wo linvo already, in a pro- vious paper, traced tho ohiof character istics of Birins, tho typioal Htar of the first class. All the members of thin class presont an identical spectrum, marked with broad and dark absorbent lines. They take (he highest rank among (ho sidereal fraternity, and give evidence of deeper photospheres, larger masses, and a more advanced stage of condensation. Aroturus is tho typical star of tho second oUhh, or yellow stars. This class is specially interesting to terres trial observers as tin ono to which sun belongs. Its spectrum compares perfectly with tho solar spectrum. Not only have tho dark lines that oross it been compared with the solar linen, but Mr. Huggins and Mr. Millor, with in finite labor, havo compared tho dark linen in tho spectra of tho principal yellow ntars with tho bright linos of terrestrial substances volatilized electric spark. Wo know that tho stnrH, whatever may bo thoir interior c tion, 4tavo incandescent* photospli and aro surrounded by atinosphoros of heated vapor that absorb the same rays of light whioh they would emit ff thoy Helf-luminouH, and therefore io second of a degree means that a star 200,205 times 91,430,000 mileB u^ruy, and yet net n star in the heavens shines within this range of Spain*, not a stur glows in the firmament whoso parallax is not lens than this infinitesimal por tion of n degree I It lifts been calcula ted that, to a spectator at Alpha Con- tauri, tho nearest star, the eutire radius of the earth’s orbit, itriine 91,430,000 miles in length, would bo hiddon by n thread an inch in diamqler at a diBtanoo of nix hundred and fifty foot! And yet astronomers oouquor the*o almost insur mountable difficulties, and tell ua the distance of the bright orbs, whose waves of light aro borne to our little planet hh tho waves of a common ocean ara borne to Europoan shores. But, if Aroturus is the fourth in bright ness and the seventh in distance, it ranks find among the stars whioh have boon examined iu tho velocity with which it is approaching tho earth. It ado tun on impossible task ovon to measure tho distance of the stnrH ; Wit, to determiuo if they are moving toward us or from an, i* attended with still greater diffi culty. It wan considered for a long time rh a hopeloss undertaking, for tho stara aro plaeod nt distances ho enor mous that no oouoeivablu rate of ap proach or rooossion oau nfleot thoir ap parent brilliancy. Hr. Huggins, tho ulofatigable worker, has. however, boon al)lo to solvo the difficult problem with his powerful spectroscope, by tho ap plication of a Himplc and dolioato tent. It in well known that light travels in wav. h, ami that a change in wavo-orosts, produced by approach or recession, is indicated by color, If ono of tlfb dark linos in tho star’H spectrum iH shifted toward tho red end, tho star is reced ing; if toward tho violet,*it is approach ing. The lincH in Arqturus are Hhifting toward the violet end of tho spectrum, and the Htar ia-upproaohiug at tho rate of over fifty miTos a Heoood, or three times a* fast na tho enrlh is traveling around tho nun. Tho heat of A ret urns lids also boon inenHured by Mr. Stone, of tho Groon- wioh Ooscrvatory. Tho oxporiment was one of exocoding delicacy ; and great ingenuity was required in overcoming tho numerous difficulties with whioh tho . roHcaroh was surrotindod. . Thin careful observer reached tho oouoluslon that Aroturus gives Out nbout ah much heat as would ho received from a three- noli cube full < f boiling water, and placed at a distance of throe lmudroil and oigbty-threo yards. If thin be a t estimate, tho heat-giving powor of the star bears a much greater proportion to tho heat-giving power ‘>f tho nun than tho light giviug powers of these hoar to eaoh Qtltcr. These results can not he considered as reliable until they are oouflrmod by ropontod experiments. AroturiiH, or Alpna Itootis, as it in technically named, belongs to the largo arid important* northern constellation Bootes, or tho .Boar Ariyor. wli tains many objects IrFspooml to tin) nHtronomcr, among them a largo number of double stars wIioho revolu tions havo been accurately determined* Ono of them, Mirno, has oomponont parts of such extreme beauty (hut it has received the name of PuloherriHsi- inn. The cluster may lx. easily found, for it is represented as chasing the Great Bear around tho po'o. Boot is, according to olnssio fntno. was that unfortunate son of Jtipitor and Calisto called Areas. Juno, being jeal ous of Jupiter’s passion for (Ulinto, changed her rival into n hoar. Her sou Areas, who became a famous lmutor. pursued her in tho ohaso, and, not knowing that it was his mother, was about to kill hor, when Jupiter took them both to hoavon, anil plaeod thorn among tho constellations. before any grave sns] w**■ Anally discover nail>orne ba/J left tb and that ho had stole the court. FOR El ON. The Spanish gov. ig with the credit raobili 0,000,000 reals. Tho American pilgri mted to the pops 1100,0001 , coffor of gold nuggets fror !Tiev leave Romo tlio 29t!> in ment is negotiat- tlmt this element is present in tho at- mosphere of tho star. In this way it has been found that sodium, iron, hy drogen, maguesium, calcium, bismuth, and several other substances, exist in Aroturus and its kindred friars, just ns surely an they form a portion of tho material of the earth and the sun. Tl.*io doco tho upectroBoopo give mar velous proof of Hh power in revealing some of tho constituents of a star so far away that, when viewed from oppo site points of the earth’s orbit, 183,000- 000 miles distant, its position is not sensibly changed to common observa tion. For it is only when examined by a practised eye, and a delicate measure ment, where a hair’s-breadth means millions of millions of milos, that the nee woolBOyT.'moVeen, poplin, French tabby, slight displacement is doteotod which p in velvet, and of lustestring, white, crim- gives tho data for measuring the almost ad- son and other colored silks and Batins, lwundlcns space between nee For tho hands they woro gloves of the earth! The yellow , __ of law 0 taffeta, muslin, millinetj down through may discover from the position of the 1 tho gamut to check, homespun, and : dark linos in tho speotrum the sub 1 tow. Their, hats, bonnets, and hoods i stances contained iu tho star. When were of beaver, satin, uud bright-col- wo find a oomploto coincidence betwoon ored rilks and velvets; their cloaks of | those dark lines and the bright lines of 4 worsted, broadcloth, camlet, gay-col- | a terrestrial substanoo, we may oonoltide ored silks, white and block satin, pur- 1 pie and black ami blue velvet, and es pecially of brilliant scarlet flannel or doth. * Their dresses were formed of an eudless variety of materials. Tho com- r for a Ion. of mon H j,ort gown, which seems to have been generally affected when thoy wero ns have pre- not in full toilet, was of kersey, hoi- money, besides lsnd lino l, worsted, wilton, oulomauoo American mines, (a stuff resembling prunella), check , t ! homespun, and linsey-woolsey, HenorZ.lmln, president of the Hpnn- lah ministry, has authorized the general. oommunUng tlio ii«tinn.l forces in tlm north „ide chintz lined with cirlico, white hol- to gr. it pardons to tho Oirlists who giro in | an d, bluo and striped hollnild, hlnck their sulimission to the government. »„J blue durant (the fabric known ns The Viceroy of India telegraphs that u everlasting"), groset, bombazino, blue the growing crops aro favorable. The Indian and black russel (a speojes of linsey* government continues to fi 3,600,000 natives. There c»n uc »u uiuji ui *unoi, »uu .uoa,^....... ol ---- i r* , Firliost nntil Dacember. The gov.mmant «1- son, and other colored silks and satins boundless space “>« 1 "" JVV; t y.. T the hands they woro gloves of 1 the earth! Tho yellow color of this reachoTthom 01 " B7 thread, knit stuffs, silk, and leather; class of stars is duo to the fact that tho reacnow luem. thoir stockincs wero of thread, cotton, dark lines aro less abundant in the Tho news from France continues in- . « linen worhto d, and ! yellow portion of the spectrum. Tho foresting. The modern monarchists and ^their shoes were of cloth, classification of tho stars cannot ho the conservative republican* aro taking steps p rn n e u a| C nlamanoo t loather, and silk. | made with mathomatical precision, for Their o > of check, striped cot ton, worsted, striped homespun, calico, •boughten” calico, muslin, chintz, out rard an nt of ; aliiani loolring i,g to tho establish- wero of cloth, cashmere, and i Birius, though classed as a white star, republic, nrnl there j ta ff e ta ; handkerchiefs and kerchiefs | lias a decided blue tint; Aroturus, French papers publish a letter ten by the bishop of Luanda, upon the eacro of Christians at Zong-Ting church, ritli hit The abounded in their wardrobes, and ■*» t° of linen, cambric, taffeta, muslin, guazo, and Barcelona and other thin frit- silks. Of shifts and petticoats their uas- supply was uearly inexhaustible, some The ladies recounting the loss of twelve, fif- eighty teen, and twenty of each, tho former ttriu'L'rihriltUtil.’but TiTlhouLti l..« j having been oona.tttc.ed of homeapnn u i , , . , __.i and muslin, but chiefly of fine five and be.n .t^gw, « fcomwa. .ndta l, x hnndre - d lineD> / n(i the lattvr of adds he has no hopee o ee p g linttey, tow, flannel, kersey, dimity, him..ilf. Tim, start ling communication team bom £ azi anil calamnno o.-Uarper't no date, but generally credited in Franco, j ^f a g at i ne> Tho American brig B. Owens, Capt. J ’ - Martin, has arrived at New York from Ciea- falcon with rievente. i that tho inhabitant. Crop Prospects. The crop statistics attainable thus early in the season indicate that all sec tions of tho country will ho blessed with bountiful harvests. Of course such sta tistics are very far from being absolutely trustworthy, for the crops depend main ly on tho future charaotor of tho season, and the season will bn made by tho weather, whioh is a bv-word for flekle- nosH. But the fact that oron statistics aro regularly collected tends to plaoo tho trade in tho produoo of the earth on a much seonrer basis than it occupied some years ago when tho grain mor- chants of western Europe got nothing but temporary affluence and certain ultimate bankruptcy for their speculations on tho weather, and tho grain merchants of tho Levant by a mysterious sort of weather wisdom got possession of the grain mar kets of London. Tho old dangers and uncertainties of grain speculations have not by any means been removed by the publication of such orop statistics as aro now collected, and they aro not likely to l.n offoctually diminished until tho international system of crop reports ad vocated by many on^inunt motooroto gists shall bo established. But, burring acoidnnts, this wifi prove a prosperous year for American farmers. The wheat orop is in many sections us woll assured as a wheat crop can bo beforo harvest ing. The west will have a good surplus of grain to export, and the sonth, with tho promise of a good cotton orop, will also have an unusually large quantity of grain for homo consumption. —New York World. How a Whip Snake Fights. Header, did you ever see a whip snako? Wo did not, but wo heard of ono. A short time sineo, while James Christian was returning to his mines, he encountered a whip snake five foot long. In trying to kill it tho snake turned upon him and made a desperate fight. Tt struck at him repoatodly with its.tail, cracking it like a whip. After classed as yellow star, has an equally killing it Mr. Christian mnde an eiam- decided red tint; and the sun, a yellow nation of the “sarpent.” Its length was star, is also a variable Rtar. fully five feet, two of which were plat- Arcturus is ono of the nine or ton ted like a carter’s whip. Tho.plat seem- stars whoso distance has been approx-1 od to consist of four strands, and taper- imatclv determined. It is estimated to bo 1,621,000 times 91,430,000 miles, and TI1E UKHM-TIIKOKY OF DISEASE. .teicitluK F-ipeiimrnta by n (Isrmaii McUatlat. Tho gorm-thoory of disease has re cently reooivsd a most interesting and demonstrative contribution from an em inent Gorman scientist. The commu nication of his experimental investiga tions and the oonolusion he haa reached are singularly and strongly*confirmed by Helmholtz, on tho continent, and Tyndal, in England. Tho researches whioh are so decisive were made by Professor Biuz, of Bonn, wiih power ful miorosoopio apparatus, and extend over a period of sqyoral years. Being a victim to tho distressiftg mal ady, hay fever—ao prevalent iu May and June in this oountry—tho Bonn in vestigator Huspeeted from tho seasonal provulonoo of tho diseuHO, that it was traceable to the vegetable organisms. Haviug armed himself with tho power ful innnetmon 1«uh oi a IJftrtnauk mi- orosoopo, ho subjected the nasal soore- tious *to analysis. Tri‘ elathinittg the Boorotious ho uniformly found organism wholly absont, except wliou suffering with tho disease in tlie spring. When laid on the warm fitago of tlio mioio- seopo these organic or parasitical bodies woro^listinotly scon ip motion, vibrat ing backwards and forwards in life, and, uftor sptorul days, had ovidontly in- oreased in size. They adhere touaoiously to the lower oavitios of tho nose, and oan Ito disolmiged only by violent w . But tlio most beautiful part of the research was iu tho discovery of tho remedy for thoir presence in the hu man system. On preparing a noutrnl solution of sulphato of quinino, free from adulteration by oinohouia, and ap plying this to the* nostrils with a pip- otto or dimple nose douche, tho desired effect Writs immdioatoly secured. The poisonous action of quinino on infusoria was perfectly brought out, tho symp toms of irritatipn completely disap peared, and the lens reyealed the entire absence of aniiualouhoin tho subsequent scorutiouH. Tho results agroo with thoso arrived at iu 1870 by Dr. Friek- hofer, of Bdiwulhaoh, aud Professor Busoh, of Bonn, both of whom, with Tlelmholtz, tho great physiologist, have Hucoossfully applied quinine for thoonro of this parasitloal malady. Thoso highly interesting hnd beauti ful inquiries in medical soieneo, besides qstabliHliing tho great value of quinino, and providing a romody for a disease which is oxiromely distressing, will give an impetus to an investigation whioh is ono of tho most promising modern tliernputies. A distinguisliod loader of medical thought in New York, iu a public addiess, rooeutly said, if hero was "one dirootion in ahioli pro gress is now so m&rltod as to oonstitutc over, they a domtimut feature of the prosont state head. Til of niedioiuo, and to embrnoo a now med ical idea, it is the origin and propaga tion of disoase by independent organic germs." • No liri-w ph7«»P*Uf»k»Al f invttoLi. gallon has boon so promisingly pusliod, and none has offorod so many lines of solutiou for the mysterious oiiidomios whioh, from time immemorial, havo af flicted man and boaftfc. Tho atmoHphoro is loaded with matter whioh, liowevor invisible to tho naked eye, iifodfl only to ho sifted in u strong beam of artificial light to reveal oonnt- Icbh partioloa, oaoli of whioh may ufl' »rd A Ilians for poisonous infusoria. With greator perfection in optical apparatus, this fact will doubtless yet be mado i startlingly apparent. But, what ever scionoo oan unmask, however alarm ing it may ho, the progress of all rem edial and ourativo processes can only ho advanced by such unstinted analysis. Eminent physicians and original in vestigators, an M. Pasteur, of tho Fronoh aoadomy of scionoo, Professor Lister, of Edinburgh, and others, in thoir long-continued and exhaustive ex periments, roaehed conclusions harmo nious with those of Helmholtz and Tyndall. While it will always bo true that doctors will differ, this difference does not impair tho enormous practical utility of such researches. Tho sanita ry and medical issues they involvo so manifold aud momentous that it would bo a grand stop in the right di rection if a number of eminent micro- soopists and physicists, well provided witli moans, could oombiue their skil» final solution of tho precise prob- >u whioh so much depends. half a day from hi* legitimate business to fill his basket with dolioious fish, should not be considered'as a "more iportsiuau," but a "good provider ’’ for his family of thoso tiiiugs whioh are of vital utility. HIE MASSACRE IN CHINA. k« Hsssnt UrsadKul SlnughUr of I hlttMC OhrUtlunt. Tho Frouoli periodical, Missions Gat li- oliquos, gives us tlio first authentic uud detailed narrative of the recent massa cre of Roman Oatholio native oouvorts in China. The aooouut, as translated for tho London Tablet, relates that the massacre broke out on the 25tli of Feb ruary, when tho " litoratcs,” as tho persecuting party iB qalled, opeuod tho campaign by Unbending two men in the sorvioo of !Wo Doaro ami a Christian, whom thoy thou threw into the river. Tho same day thoy burned tho three villages of Turn-Lam, Nio-Vinh and Bjiu-Taoli, and niassaorod the inhabi tants that* wero in thorn. Those who succeeded in osonping to tho woods wore hunted down with hounds, brought baok nad killed ou tlio following day. The river was covered over with bodies floating down it from tho aide of Lareg. At that time the murdorors woro massa- ereing the Christians of the parish vil» luges. Those who took rofugo in tho cliffs of ilie neighborhood were hunted dowu and burned alive. Tlio grand mundnrin of justioo was at tho market of Ha-Nuiii with eight bund rod soldiers, hut remained au inactive spootator of tho massacre of tho Christians of Nutn- l)uong, only a few of whom woro ablo to escape. * * * * The literates, who wore the bonds !of the militia ap pointed lo nmssaoro tho ChriHtiaus, say that the work of extermination oarriod out under tho oyea of the niandurins was oouoorted between tlio oourt and tho litoratcs, aud was douo in reprisal for reoont ovonts. Tho mandarins havo just rcooived orriors from tho oourt not to omploy any other moans save those of persuasion to stop the murderers in thoir uaroor. Cue of tlio chiefs who had just caused two Christians to ho murdered on the highroad wont on tho pnrndn beforo tho gavernor of the oita- dol, by whom ho was dismissed with honoi. On his return twenty women or children fell under tho sword of this 'man und his ‘ollowers. He had just come from offering saoriflooto tho god dess of prostitution, to whom a famous temple that stands near tho road is ded icated. * lu several localities they tnjfo an en tire family- father, mother, aud chil dren—bind thorn togother with bam boos, and then fling the bundlq of living humanity into tho waves. First, liow- - \ey take oaro to out off tho man’s Tho multitude of doad bodies thus fastened togother in groups of from eight to ton blook up tho principal rivor, but to tho great surprise of ovory- Itiuljf tlnuu nut. flADfl ffltll* f* n J Buiuil, There aro then flvo parishes, containing 10,000 Ohristiaus, which havo to bo blot ted out of tin mission—namely, Lang- Thank-Huyeu, Nam-Duong, Hoy-Yen, and DorOg-Thnnlc. Mauy of the victims lied in the midst of flames. A village »f more than 400 Christians was at tacked by tho literates, and soon became a prey to tho flames. Amongst these 800 Christians there woro 120, more or less, who Hucoeedod ill saving them selves by taking refugo in a largo village noar by. The remainder—nbout 300— woro nearly all massaorod. Two small villages of Christians, situ ated two hours’ walk from tho place ut whioh 1 then was, woro hemmed in by tho pagniiH. Tho mayor visited each house, numbered the Christians, and forbade them, undor throat of most severe punishment, to go out of doors. A few of tha Christian women attempted to go to the markofc to keep themselves from starving. Thoy never returned. Borne pagan womon that wont with thorn say that tho Christian women woro it takes light about twenty-six years to traverse tho intervening space. When we realize that the estimated error in the sun’s distance of about 3,500,000 miles is only equal in celestial measurement to the apparent breadth of a human ] hair at the distance of ono hundred and Kate Fhji.d .says she goes ou to the , twenty-five feet, we can form some idea the draft, stage simply to get physical exercise, of tho delicucy of measurement required itantij are , us sedentary life is killing her. Physi- j to obtain the distance of the stars. ^ owing to the relentlesH manner 1 cians say that raking in three hundred | For these inconceivable distances the hi which the couHoription is carried oat. Per- dollars a night has ft toudency to build , su EOa8 of sfi agea and conditions are forced into | up the tissue. , distance from the earth is adopted thejunit of measure. A parallax of ed down to what might be termed cracker. This species of serpent is c oeedingly rare (but wo should think lively ), and many naturalists doubt its existence anywhere, but as Mr. Chris- tian is a gentleman of undoubted ver acity, it, is certain that, in addition to its many other rare attractions, Morgan county bus, or had, the whip snake.— Verm/ll'i (Mo.) Guzctb Editing a paper is like carrying i Public Life or Benjamin F. Bristow, B. F. Bristow is tho sou of F. M, Bristow, a prominent lawyer and politi cian of Kontuoky, who filled many po sitions of trust. Ho is 41 years old, was born in Elkton, Todd county, Ky., and practiced with much suooohs at Hop kinsville before tho war. Ho was a strong union man ; entered tha army iu 1861 ; was at Donelson and Bhiloh ; major of the 25th Kontuoky, and was wounded at Bhiloh. Afterward ho was ,,f l\,o Hti. Koutnok7 OHYttJljr. appointed United States district attorney about the oloso of tlio war, fill ing tho position with satisfaction, being frequently sent by the treasury depart ment to other districts to look after the interests of the government. Ho re signed the district attorneyship and re sumed private practice. When the of fice of solicitor general was Created ho was appointed the first incumbent, or- gauizod the office, and during the ab sence of tlio attorney general, performed tho duties and filled his placoiu cabinet meetings. The ability ho displayed in this office gave him high reputation at Washington. After two years’ sorvioo he resigned to attend to iris private af fairs. In October last ho was nomina ted attorney general at tho same timo Williams was nominated chief justice, fin is a mun of the purest, private char acter, of strong will and mind, a great lawyer, conservative in his financial views, and thoroughly western ii feelings and interest. Superiority of Fish Eaters. Those nations who oat fish with ono moal each a day, are undoubtedly tho moat active in intellect and tho most capable of brain labor without exhaus tion or fatigue. Not only is such phos- phatio food conducive to tho activity of the brain, but it promotes fecundity and increases tho anility to endure cold, fatigue, etc., and while the facilities for obtaining it are constantly increasing, it would ho well for tho rising generation they made so to partake of and pturod aud beheaded. Two mon from ono of these same villages hazarded u flight during the night; they passed tho great river by swimming, and came to mo to tell their misfortunes. " Alas!” writes Archbishop (lauthier, from whoso letters this information is chiefly de rived, "1 oonhl do nothing but weep for thorn, being unable to do anything to succor thorn. Two or throe days after wards I learned that all tho mon in the village hud had their heads out off, but the women and ohildren wero spared. And, as thoir housed wo^e intermingled with those of tho pagans, it was forbid den to barn them down.” Spanking or Being Spanked. Everybody knows that Riohard Grant White is a Bad triflor about words— that he has vorbal hypor-critioism bad. Of course a writer who carries refine ment to snob a pitch as he is fair game forth.* numostsV max august, iff its Hurly Burly book, dissents from tha infallible Richard’s dictum renpseting tho substitution of " being” for “ is be ing,” and " doing” for " is doing. ’ He don’t like tho innovation. Ho says: "Bupposoyou wished to express tho idea that our Loy Agamemnon is endur ing chastisement, you would say : ‘ Ag amemnon is being spanked,’not ‘ Aga memnon is spunking.’ The difference may seem slight to you, but it would be a mattor of considerable importance to Agamemnon ; and, if a choice should bo given him, it is probable that lie would suddenly select tho latter form. Max 1ms unquestionably caught Mr. onliarly tender place. KAY1NUH AND D01NUS. Tmc broad of life is love; tho salt of life, is work ; tho sweetness of life, pootry ; tlio water of life, faith. Gueun Ray has decided that a widow- .. ought to mourn at lonst three weeks boforo shinning around for a second wife. An Indianapolis dog goos mad when ho hears a piano played, but there’s hundreds of mon win do tlio same thing. " 1 am not wuoli for slitump soak in , declared a candidate ’ " but for honofcif and oapaoity and integrity, I hate tho divil—ho I do." The Peoria woman who wanlod to throw herself into hor husband’s gravo a few months ago has just marriod a lightning-rod Ilian. Down in Kontuoky fcht traveler hears nd husbands say : “ Como, darling, oomo iu and get dinner, or I’ll mash yor old rod-head with a club I” Piiok. Watson says that tlioro is nsver more than a million stars in sight ut onoo, but it will he.safo to count ’em before swalldwing tho statement. Many a man thinks it’s virtuo that keops him from turning a rascal, when it’s only p full stomnoh. Ono should bo oaroful, and not mistake potatoes for principles. „ . Some onis was talking to M. Thiori about the stato of Franco. " Don’t say Franoo,” interrupted the votarAn states man, “ call ik the Duoliy of Magonta.” Whioh was malicious but good. Nothing hurts tlio feelings of a Vas- sar girl so much as to bo told, in tho presence of strangers at tlio breakfast table, that slio must " limit_ herself to thirty puuoukes on this occasion." An individual lately committed sui- oido in a Parisian hotel. His headless body was found in his room, together with a lottor containing tho following bewildering statement : " I was borod, and I have killed myself. Lot no ono he accused of my death. Do not look for my head; I have hiddon it mysolf iu order not to bo recognized.” One curious featuro of American pro gress is tli# fact that this country con sumes as much ioo as all the wot Id be sides. It is alHo notable thnt dyspep sia is our national disenso. The infer ence is oasy that too much ico-water pedes digestion. Thoro can bo and of ton is as much intomperanoo iu drink ing water as in drinking whisky. Addurhh by a Dotroit judge: “If wasn’t for your children, I’d put you whore tho coach dogs couldn't bito you. I’m going to let you tfo this timo for their «akes, but look out for mo in fu ture. If that physiognomy over peeps over this desk at mo again, you’ll think I’m a pilo driver und you aro a mouse. Trot out of here, and don’t tarry to see what becomes of tho rest.”. A rnrrnr 1 will call Genrp’ft was enaairnd to bo married, but was financially una ble to call iu tho minister. His affi anced wanted tho affair brought to a finale, but Georgo kept, putting lior off with promises, saying ho was not able to marry, otc. Finallyshosaid, “Dealt Gauge,'! nm willing to marry you, if wo havo to livo on bread and wator. Well, well,” cried "Gauge" in des peration, "you furnish tlio broad, and I’ll try and skirmish around and hunt up enough wator." The Paris Figaro contains a sensa tional mention of Milo. Oroizotte, who is performing in tho Sphinx at tlio Theater Frauoais, In tho enactmout of her character in tho play she assumes to poison hersolf, and uios upon tho stage—a personation whioh sho is said to perform with such truthfulness to nature at to oa 1 forth long oommonts iu tho daily press. Ono physician comes out iu a card, aud deolaros ovor his own signal uro that she di es virtual ly poison norsolf nightly, aud that snob reality will sooner or later prove fatal If persisted in. , . „ Perhaps tho most amused of tho old philosophers, or, as wo aro in the habit of calling thorn, “Fathers of tho Rev olution," if ho had a chanoo to see the post-office department in the oity of Washington, would bo Benjamin Frank lin. In 1755, when be was postmoster- gonorai, he gave notice “that hereafter tho winter northern mail from Philadel phia to Now England, whioh usod to sot out but onoo u fortnight, shall start onoo a woek all tho year round, whereby answers may be obtained to letlo. s be- tweon Philadelphia aud Boston iu three Mmitvslln nn n wi ,dv daV Evervboiv I realize it as second only in many ro- think’ he°conld mznng. it bettor than | to tho etafF of life ; “^.‘^hn^ tho one who has hold of the handle, band and father who occasionally takes Whito in a peculiarly t Useful Newspapers. —Newspapers a o beginning to bo appreciated. It is found that thoy aro bettor than cedar ohestH for keeping woolen olothing in, ovor summer ; tho moths don’t like to taoklo tho newspapers ; thoy know bet tor. Whip tho coats, shawls, otc., thoroughly—particularly about tho scams ; then fold them snugly in a largo printed shoot, and pasto the pa per tiglit—gum-arabic mucilago is best. Then fasten it all tightly in n linen or cotton shoot. This, wo aro assured by thoso who havo had years of expenouoo with all kinds of preventives, is tho most effectual protection of woolen olothinp from the ravages of moths. Baraii Unions (reading tho looal)— " Bakes alive ! I would no more name a child Alias than nothin’ in the world. They’re allurs onttin’ up some caper. Hero’s Alias Thompson, Alias Williams, Alias tlio Night Hawk, all been took up for stealin’.” weeks, whioh usod to require six weeks." Among the waiting passengers at the Central depot, Dotroit, woro a widow woman aud flvo ohildren, and by-and-by a man who wa» waiting for tho same train opened a conversation with tho widow and soon remarked that he would lUw to marry jnst^ .Mjjjg. satohoVr said Tlie woman, turning to her oldest daughter, and tkon, reaching for the man’s arm, sho continued: <* I’ve been looking for you about flvo voars I” Everybody shouted and jumped With glee, and when tho scapegoat bo# rod flat down they said ho onght to bo (lumped into the river. Men seldom give pleasnro when they aro not pleased themselves ; it is nec essary, therefore, to cultivate a habit ual alacitv and ohoorfulness, that, in whatever state wo may bo placed by na ture -- whether we aro appointed to oonfor or rocoive benefits, to implore or afford protection —wo may secure the love of thoso with whom wo have deal ings. For, though it is generally imag ined that ho who grants favors may spare any attention to his behavior, and that usefulness will always procure friends, yet it lias been found that thore ia au art in granting requests—an art very difficult of attainment. An Iowa dootor writes of tho remark- ablo grossboppors that do so muon damago in that stato : “In my opinion thoycomo from the lower portion of tho British possessions. Thoy are a very hardy insect. It takes quite a freeze to kill them. Immorse ono in water for throe hours, and ho’ll come to and havo a better mastioative and digostivo faculty than over. They will devour arBenio with the avidity of a modern belle. When their wings aro woll developed they havo a bettor loco motive power than the old western stage company over had,nnd those that areliere have at this date got a wing develop ment now of about a quarter of an inch in length, while tho uody is about three quarters of on inch in length.