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Newspaper Page TextTHE RECORD. A Liv« Country Newspapor. Published Every Saturday Horning by w. D. WIKLE «S& CO. I TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. All anbecriptioM invariably in advance. No lame entered upon the lint until tlio eubecrip- ion is paid. < EDARTO WN RECORD. W; S, D. WIKLE & CO.,,Proprietors. CEDARTOVVN, CEOlHilA, SATURDAY, JULY II, 1874. VOL. I. NO. 1. THE RECORD. RATES OK ADVERTISING. 1 W. I 1 M. | !1 M. I 0 M. [ 13 M. i 1 .on * a.Mi t r>.oii!» s.oo * 12.00 1 Column. ih do) aiuml moo; oo!oo| ioimio IVofuHHionnl and BuhIiichb Cards of ono inch or Iohh, #12 por annum, payable quarterly In advnnco; six months, #H. All advortlso- roonlH duo aftor first iiiHortlon. A PRECIOUS SEEING. MrfiihM, weary of anowand fire, WHO ROBBED MADAME? I 11 tad wailjil but n tow minutes when she enteri d Tho tnuti‘111I cap surmount iug the brown locks clustering in a pretty con fnsiou of short curls about her forehead proclaimed her no longer .voting, though the fair blooming face and shapely form were far more suggestive of youth than of old age. Altogether, Madame Lo- rotix was a lady of most attractive ap pearance. She approached uui with nervous baste, her eyes fixed on mine. •• l sent for—you are—" she faltered almost inaudible, and then paused in a pitpihlc state of agitation, her slender lingers slowly intertwining themselves, and her whole frame trembling. " Deleetivo Ashton," I responded, hastily, drawing forward a chair. Bho sunk into it, and by a silent ges ture invited me to be seated. Present ly alio murmured in a low (piivcring "Monsieur, I am in great distress. My—" and again paused, overcome by her emotions. I waited a minute in expectant silence, and then said : “ A case of robbery, I understand, madnme. Permit mo to ask whether your servants are entirely honest V" “ Entirely," she answered, brokenly. "They have served mo for twenty "Madame, I will watch ho: until the mystery is solve V Madame shook her head dospond* ingly. " It is quite useless, monsieur. 1 am no coward, and have already tried that plan, and, strange to say, my cabinet remained intact both times." " Perhaps Mamemoiselbuffi Or iy sub i pectod your intentions," I replied. ; " This time we must guard agaitiHt the possibility. And now, if you please, I I will take a few moro details. About what time do those robberies tak? ! place ?" I " Always betwcou midnight aud day- | break. I seldom retire till twelve o’clock, and on the night of the llrst theft it was considerably later. I re- member distinctly : for bv a singular coincidence Mademoiselle De Gray and l sat here discussing tho possibility of the very ovont which occurred. The recent Mndworth robbery had impressed ns both deeply, and as woJoft the room I bade mademoiselle look tho door." "Did you lock tho other?" I asked, indicating one I had noticed awhile bo- fore. " That is only a store closet. 0 “ It might secrete a burglar, how- yen "And your pupils?" '' Not a shadow of suspinion may touch them." " And tho rcaidcut teachers ?" She gasped once or twice, and then controlling herself with a mighty effort, answered tremulously; "Pardon my agitation; I am worn with trouble aud anxiety," adding pres cntly, in more even buns, "I will tell you about it, monsieur. My school is, •is you doubtless kuo* from report, the best, and, consequently, the most flour ishing in the oily. I take much money, and often keen large sums by me. This t* ary infinitebusmoss rtwm, iimi in yon- dor cabinet I store iny surplus funds.” " A rather unsafe place," I commen ted. " Not at all, monsieur," she auswored, decidedly. " It is furnished with a sc- eret receptacle. Discover it, if yon can." And rising, she led the way lo the cabinet, and threw open the desk. But I exhausted my wits to no pur pose. Madnme looked on in silence till 1 drew back and I ilded my arms. Sue then quietly asked : "You would not suspect the fact f have stated ?" "If the secret compartment in lure, most certainly not.” " It is here,” sho replied, briefly and emphatically, ns she closed the desk. " How many times have you been robbed ?" " Nightly, for the past week," she an swered, excitedly, " A largo amount was taken tho first night, but since then only a few counterfeits which f depos ited in hope of detecting the thief with out assistance).” " Hus any one under yonr roof a knowledge of the secret of the cabinet V" I inquired, after a little interval of si- "Rut one!" she cried, bursting into tears, and wringing her hands in an agonv of distress. " Rut one ! but one, I again deliberated a moment and then said lirmlv : " Madame, I have not. a doubt, that I can, in time, clear up this matter with out assistance, but it iR no less certain that perfect candor on yonr part will greatly aid me." It was some minutes before she could compose herself sufficient to answer When she did it was in heart-brokon monsiet: i tho: ntired." "And th<' Why of the door here -did mademoiselle know where, you put it?” "Certainly, monsieur.” " And since that night ?" . "Alas! mousiour, I have hidden my keys in vain." After somo further conversation 1 took my leave, promising to return about midnight. 1 did so. Mademoisello vants had retired, and, a arranged, madnme answei tap herself. She ushered lightly ] replied ; " but 1 first earned the right." " Ah ! " ejaculated madamo again ; but this time very tremulously, "Then you have— you-— ” "Yes, madamo," answered, finding she o uld not finish the sentence. '* And now will you kindly allow me to set' Mademoiselle Do Gray ? " " No, monsieur ! no I" sho replied, with hasty emphasis. " Mv poor An toinette has sinned, no doubt: but she shall bo protected. Yon shall not see my poor child, monsieur," she con cluded passionately. " Heaven ami I J will make a good woman of her yet!" " My dear madnme, you quite mis- 1 take me," I answered feelingly. “ Ma demoiselle is innocent.” 1 was hardly prepared tor tho little Frenchwoman's outburst of joy. " My Antoinette! My pure ‘darling ! My white dove ! My wronged angel ! Sweet heaven, T thank thee 1 ” she cried, tearfully. And before 1 could say moro, she had darted from the room. In a few min- utea she returned, leading a ta'l, ele gant, golden-haired girl, whose proud eyes gli tored with tears. This fair vis ion of Tinthfill beauty loft mademe’s sidivr < came to me. flank you, monsieur," sho Raid, witl! jituple, earnest dignity. " 1 tlmuk you most truly.” " 1 lmve dono littlo or no'hing to en title mo to your tlmnks, mademoiselle," I smiled in response. " But have you no desiro to learn tho nuin t of the guilty party ? ” " Ah, true 1" exclaimed madamo. "I forgot all but my iufluito joy. "Tell bade and the sor- » previously od my light into the good private room, and hoc night. After a short absence she returned with a steaming cup of coffee mid u plate of Dutch cake. "1 always take a onp before retir ing,’ she explained, "and thought you might Ibid one acceptable." And with a final good night she left mo. Feeling both chilled and thirsty, I emptied tho onp almost at a draught. Then wheeling a elmlr bohind the cur tains draping a buv window, I extin guished the light and sat down to await tho appearance of tho unkuown thief. But 1 saw nothing. Just at daybreak madamo softly entered tho room and spoke to mo. I rose unsteadily to my feet and stepped from behind tho our- tabis. Sho gazed at mo in surprise for a moment, aud then smiled a littlo iron ical I v " Monsieur slept well, I perceive." " Yoh, madamo, if well means sound ly,” t replied. "Drugged!” back "First, niadaine," I answered, "per mit mo to restore your stolon money. You have your keys, I soo ; will you bo kind enough to open tho treasure box ?" And hastening to the closet. I brought out tho japanned box. Madame knelt down and wondoringly turned the key. I then lifted tho till and removed the false bottom. An astonished exclamation parted Mademoiselle Do Gray's lips, but idame lei drou p tho 1 nl could not be c like i pan .th e was drug- nd, staggering Per to ask itil her bands dropping thorn l. In a minute tone ’ Yc right, monsieur, r must, Y auspicious point to one ly, who has for Mademoiselle Do Antoinette i>'*Orny Mademoiselle De Gray has been my protege since the death of her parents which occurred while she was vet an in fant. In her I have hitherto reposed Hie most unlimited confidence; now T am distracted with doubts it is impossi ble to silence.” “ ,! n*. monsieur, I hnvn not sent for von to unravel this web of mvsterv witli nnv intention of EivinE publicity to her guilt. Heaven knows I only <letirn to learn the truth for her own sake. I woulu not tvroDg the innocent even in thought : tho guilty f would unccas- intrlv labor to restore." Then with n sodden burst of grief she exclaimed : "My poor Antoinette! She is so youmr! so winning! and so beautiful !’’ Does Mademoiselle do Grav know of yonr suspicion ?" [ inquired, as a deen sob choked her utterance. ".She does. A few hours before T sent for you I told her of my loss, and entreated her to confess and receive my forgiveness ] ' "With what result?" “ She gazed at me with startled eyes for a moment, and then in proud, ul- raost scornful accents, replied, that I, above oil others, should know whether she was capable of such a deed.” “ >h she acquainted with the fact of your having secured her services?" "Oh, yes, monsieur. I hoped it would frighten her into a full confes sion. ” “ Your servants ?” " They know nothing whatever. For Mademoiselle de Gray’s sake I have kept, these startling robberies a pro found secret." After a few minutes serious consider ation I said : who rondo it?" She covered her faco for an instant, and tin r reeled over to tho cnbit she was beside me again. “ Who made it?” she repeated in deop hollow tones. " Mademoiselle Do Gray! And—and, monsieur, /hr. money is gone!'' “ But," I answored, in some vexation, " madamoisolle, of nil others, should not have known of my presence here." " Ah, monsieur. I was most careful,” returned madiyne, sorrowfully. " 'Tin a mystery how sho gained her knowl edge.” "Woll, madamo," I answered, after a few minutes' deliberation, "wo will meet, mademoisello on her own ground. Permit her, if you please, t,n prepare another cup of coffee to night. She will no doubt count upon its effects.” And that night I received another steaming cup. But it was received only. C inseqnoutly I w.ui not found napping. I had watched patiently for two hours or more, when tho door softly opened and a pa'e, slender little old woman wrapped in n crimson dressing gown, and about whose bare bend floated a few scanty gray looks, stolo noiselessly into the room. She carried a Imnnli of koys and a lighted taper in a small bronze candle stick. Closing the door carefully be hind her, sho proceeded at once to the cabinet. "Gan this weird-looking old woman bo Mademoisello Do Grnv ?" 1 thought, gazing after tho singular apparition. "No, it cannot be. Certainly madem oiselle is young. This must be some old relative or friend of madame.” Quickly ns noiselessly she approaohed the cabinet, and in a moment it was un locked, and the secret compartment open. After carefully withdrawing the notes deposited there by madamo a few hours previous, she snapped the spring and reolosed the desk. Then turning quick ly away, she went over to the store- closet. until the counted, that it was no dream at all, but a most pleasant reality. " Yes, Antoinette,” she at Inst said, rising and casting the notes on tho table, " every son of it is here. And to think of its being in tho old box, Antoinette !’’ " Yea,” smiled mademoiselle, with a puzzled expression, “but--” "But,’’interrupted madamo,ovon moro vivaciously, " but who put it into tho box? Yea, 11m is the point, monsieur; who put it into the box ?" Aud she fixed her eyes in eager ex- " The the upnnrition,” 1 f alter od, " entered the room between two and three o’clock, and went straight to the cabinet. In a few moments llin notes were purloined and deposited wlioro you just now found them." " But the Heornt compartment, mon sieur," interrupted madnme, excitedly. " Was it opened without difficulty?” " Yes, madame." "Strange! moat strange I” she ejacu lated, in perplexing tones, adding tho next instant, "Goon, monsieur." " That is all, madamo.” "All ! But what did you do, mon sieur?” sho asked, sharply. " Nothing, madame, but stagger aside and gaze like an imbecile after the ret renting form f had extended my hand to seize." "Gli !’’ exclaimed madame, in a low, awed voice. " Was it—you culled it an apparition 1 recollect, monsieur. What what did it resemble?” " ft was a woman. A small, pallid woman clad in a trailing crimson robe— ’’ “ A crimson robo 1” echoed madame and mademoisello.both evidently nghnst. “ Yes, an I with silvery white Imir " "White hair!” again "echoed both, looking at each other with faces of con sternation. Mademoiselle Do Gray recovered her self first. "What elso, monsieur?" she queried impatiently. " Nothing else, mademoiselle,” I re plied, " except that Ibis singular appa rition carried a bronze ouiidlestiok and yonder bunch of keys.” Mademoiselle gazed at mo a moment in silence, and then turning, suddenly flung her arms about the madame’s neck, and kissing her on both cheeks exoluirned between tears and laughter : “Oh ! you naughty, naughty thief?” Madnme stared from mademoiselle to mo, tho picture of bewildered dismay ; then dropping her eyes to tho floor she resolved, apparently, some perplexing question. Presently she looked up. "Tell me, Antoinette,” she mur mured doubtfully, " why did you drug coffee?” ‘ I ?” exclaimed maden oiselle, flush I did it nr icy. I knew I now left rnv hiding-place and cau tiously followed. When I reached the j door she was in the act of removing the false bottom from a largo japanned box in one corner. Dropping it on the floor I be ide her, she took from the box a roll | of note?, and after adding 'he one just I .stolon, returned th ■ bundle to its place again. Then hastily restoring the box to its former order, she rose and turned away. i J stepped back a pace or two with the | design of seizing her outside the closet, i fn a moment she appeared and eon- I front el mo, and for the first time I ob- j tained a fair view of her features. But I instead of the horror and dismay which ! I had been anticipating, I whs the one j to fall buck aghast. ! My outstretched arms dropped power- I less as, with swift trend and strong gaze, j she swept past me and out of the room. | “And this is the solution!” I mat tored, drawing a deep breath of relief as the door closed upon her. "What I will madame say? Will she readily I credit the report I must give V ’ Without deciding the question I drop ped on the eofa and made myself com- I fortable for the remainder of tho night. | As on tho previous day, madame sought me early. Hhe looked nt me scrutiniziugly. “ Ah ! monsieur has had another good night, without the aid of drugs,” she I remarked, gomewh&t tartly, j " Yen, fliRdaine, a very good ono," 1 ing with astonishment. I more than I stole tho not. that monsieur was I that he took the coffee. But, perhaps, | she roguishly added the next moment, j as she again showered kisses on mad- I ume's roseate cheeks, " but perhaps I you can plead guilty.” Again bewildered dismay widened madame’s eyes, and, after a little, she ! faltered : ■ "Oh, Antoinette, I—[—yes, I cor- | tainly did ! Monsieur slept well and I j slept poorly. Yes, monsieur got rny tnouglit of it till powders! I this minute “ What powders?” laughed Made* | oisello do Gray. | “ Tho morphine !’’ exclaimed madame, • more composedly. “ 1 felt sleepless and i excited, and put it into a cup, intend- i ing to pour my coffee over it; but I must have given monsieur the wrong Then, suddenly snatching the keys from the table, she thrust them into Mademoiselle de Gray’s hand, and ex claiming, tearfully : "There! keep them, m wronged darling. I have plr Homnumbula’ long enough.” And r. looking at madame’s brow curls, roseate akin, and faultless figure thought amusedly : “ Wlmt a miracle of French art!” poor, —Adam Gladwin, of Louisiana,would have died happy but for one thing. He never could satisfy himself whether cuts really sucked any one’s breath or whether it was ail an old wive’s fable. LEPROSY. t'linrnvtcrlMIc* nt' tho IHii hn* In Anelont This disease has*always boon peculiar to warm elimates, and in suoli, espe cially in Egypt, and other regions of the east,’ it is still found agreeing in all its general symptoms with the descriptions of its ancient character iih loft in the Bible by Morph. The disease seems to ooj&Cnonoo deep in the system of the body, and gener ally acquires a thorough settlement in the person of its viofcim before it dis covers itself on the outward skin. It mav lie thus concealed evtiu for a num ber of yours, especially when it. is seated in the constitution by birth, m it often is, when it does not commonly unfold its outward symptoms until the child is grown up to years of maturity. After its appearance, too, it does not proceed with any rapid ruin. Not until a num ber of years does it roaoh its full per fection of disorder, and not until a num ber more have passed away dors this disorder terminate in death. A leprous person may live twenty or,thirty, or if lie receives the discaHo with his birth, forty or even fifty years, but years of such drradful misery must they be, (lint early death might seem to be hotter. Tho horribly malady advances with slow but certain stops, frort ono singe of evil to another, diffusing its poison through the whole frame wliilotho prin ciple of life is still suffered to linger in the midst. of the desolation, and ono after another tho pillars of strength are secretly undermined and carried away till the spirit llnds, ore yet she can es cape from its imprisonment, tho houso of her earthly tabernacle literally crumbling on every side into dissolu tion and dust. The bones and the mar row are pervaded with the disease so that, the joints of t he liauds and feet gradually lose their powers, and the limbs of the body fall together in such a manner as to give a most deformed and dreadful appearance to the whole |>crsoii. ThereJh a form pf tho disor der known in some places in which the joints beginning with the furtliost. of tho fingers aud toes one after auothor separate and fall off, and the miserable suffer or slowly falls in pieces to the grave. Outwardly the leprosy discov ers itself in a number of small spots which generally appear first on the face about tlio nose ami eyes, but aftor some time on other parts of the body till it is all covered over. At first those spots have tho appearance of smnll reddish pimples, but they gradually spread in size till after some years they boomno as large as a pea or beau on tlio mirface which they oqvftr. When scratched,"an tlioir itchy character Pondj^ukly solic its. a thill moistuve oozes out, of thorn which soon dries and hardens into a scaly crust, so that when the disease reaches its perfect state ,tUo whole body becomes oovorod with a foul whitish scurf. Particular directions were given in the law of Monos lo distinguish the spot of tlio real loprosy, from others I hat might resemble it in 'appearance. These are contained in the thirteenth chapter of Leviticus. There are vari ous kinds of leprosy, seine more malig nant and loathsome than others. Ac cording lo the appearance of its spots it is called by different name. Tliero is a white, a black, and a red leprosy. This shocking disease iH contagious, so that it is dangerous to have much intercourse with leprous persons. On this account it was wisely ordered among tlio Jews that snob should dwell alone "all tlio days wherein tlm plague should be in them," and should be held unolunu so that no one might touch them without defilement. Hence too, it was so strictly enjoined that, the curliest appearance of anything like tho spot of leprosy should be immediately and thoroughly ex amined. The leper in whom tlio plague was ascertained really to exist was required also to distinguish himself by having his clothes rent, biH head bare, and 11is lip covered (all of which were common signs of deep sorrow), and to warn oth ers corning near him by crying out, Unclean, unclean! Lev. xiii. 45, Iff. The leprosy is still more fearful as it may be handed down irom one genera tion to another by birth. Tho leprosy of a father descends to his son, and even to his grandchildren of the third and fourth generations, assuming in deed a milder form as it passes down, but si ill showing somo of its disagreea ble effects in each successive case. The leprosy was regarded among tho .Tews as a disease sent in a peculiar manner from tho hand of God, and designed to mark his displeasure against some groat sin found in the person who suffered its affliction. Nor was this idea without some support in the dispensations of judgment which their history recorded, arid iu the especial solemnity with which that disease is noticed in the Leviticnl law. Victims of Opium. A reclaimed vietim of opium sends to the Cincinnati Commercial his prescrip tion for the cure of the dreadful habit. Arguing that the average victim uses of tho drug wluit is equivalent to twenty grains of morphine a day, he counsels the preparation, by a compete nt physi cian or carefnl druggist, of 270 grains of morphine, 22 grains of belladonna, and 45 grains of quinine. Divide this into ninety pills, each of which will con tain three grains of morphine, and be gin by taking three pills a day. The nine grains of morphine thus taken, with their admixture, go as far with tho patient as did his previous twenty grains a day, owing to tho peculiar effect of the belladonna in the combination. Lower the quantity of morphine in each successive butch of the pills until two grains per diem are reached] and then lessen the proportion of belladonna and, perhaps, u<ld a small doso of nux vom ica. Tho cure is said to be aim' st cer tain, but too much euro can not bo ex ercised as to tho quality of the bella donna, which is a deadly poison in any thing over ci'itiouoly smell doses. FnoToaiiAPmso on Sms.- Silk thor oughly impregnated with bichromate of potash presents a very sensitive photo graphic surface. Thus prepared, any shapes cut out of tin ano laid upon it, may be beautifully imprinted by the sun, and in tints, according to the color of the silk, A white or a very light silk shows a delicate pale-red impres sion ; a reddish tint takes a still deeper shade of rod iu tho pattern, etc. Fern leaves, arranged to suit the taste, and kept flat, by a sheet of glass, cun bo imprintod in the same way. Tho Pharlsoos. At the coming of our Lord the Phari sees were tho most prominent and in fluential sector party of tho Jewish poo* pie. Respecting their origiu wo have no certain knowledge. They are re ferred to by JosepnuH in commotion with tlio priesthood of Jonathan about 150 years before Christ, aud it is not improbablo that they may have taken their rise soon after tho Babylonish captivity, Tho word Phaiiaeos signillos sc par a- lists, and seems to liuvo boon either chosen by themselves or applied to thorn by others iih a designation of their austere and ascetic manuerof life. Tlioy afleeted great purity and sanctity of morals, and held them solve a quite aloof from tho mass of tlio people. Their real character, however, was vain and hypocritical in the lust degree. While they made an oaton 1 aliens display of their piety, at heart they were grossly corrupt.. They were ambitious of ex erting a controlling influence both in church aud state, and they appear to have boon regarded by the moan of their countryman with great deference. The onrofulnoHH with which they observed tlio forms of their religion gave them a reputation for piety. Ho far as related to tho touchings of the Old Testament Scriptures t heir doc trinal views were in tho main oorroot. They have been represented us holding that all things wore controlled by fate,- but they recognized tho freedom of tlm will, and it iH probable that what, lias been understood as fato was simply tho Horipturo dootrino of the divivo sovereignty. It appears from the New Testament that their views of the resurrection and tho future life was essentially Othordox. Their views of tho plan of salvation, or on tlio question, How shall man be just with God? woro altogether erroneous and grossly pornioious. it was on noconut of tlioir false notions on this subject, not less than the corruption of tlioir moral character, that tlioy wero led to reject Christ. But in addition to the law of Moses they held to a multitude of precepts, whfoh they maintained had oomo from him by tradition. They regarded them iui no less sacred than tlio written] law. This was olio great cause of tlioir erro neous viows and of tho corruption of their ohurnotor. The Boribes woro tho oflloinl or pro fessional lenders of the sect of the Fliarisnes. not a dittinot body. They woro dootors or teuohers of the law. They transcribed and expound od the Jbirlpf.u res, utnl taught tho doctrines of tho Jewish religion. In addition to those duties they conducted the loll no Is for the instruction of youth. Their profession of eourso gave them great iufluoiiuo with tho people—an influence which they exerted to tho utmost, es pecially during tho lattor part of his ministry, against Christ and his gospel. Tho Virtue of Bilonco. Keep thou tho door of thy lips. -Jlifih. Hilenoo never yet betrayed any one,— Hivnrul, B|)oeoh is of time. Hilenoo is of eter nity.—Carlyle. Wo speak little, if not egged on by vanity. - liochcfoneauld. None preaches bolter than tlio ant, and sho says nothing.—■ franklin. If thou desiro to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tonguo.—Quarles, Not every ono who lias tho gift of speech understands tho value of silence. —Lavator. L am to hold thy tongue. Five words cost Zueharias forty weeks' silence.— Fuller, Tulking and eloquence are not the fame thing; to speak and to speak well are two thiugs.—Jion Junson, Those who have few affairs to attend to are groat speakers. The less men think the more they tulle.—Montesquieu., A person that would secure to himself great deference will, perhaps, gain his point by silonoo an effectually as by uuythiug ho can speak.—Shcnstonc. Talkers and futile persons are com monly vain and credulous withal; for ho that tulketh what ho knowotli will iiIho talk what lie knowotli not.—Huron. Brisk talkers are usually slow think ers. Tliero is, indeed, no wild beast moro to be dreaded than a communica tive man having nothing to communi cate. —Swift. There are many who talk on from ig norance rather than from knowledge, and who And tho former an inexhausti ble fund of conversation.—Ilazlitt, Tlio talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not how to keep silent is that they hoar nothing.—Plulureh, The man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who scorns to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that ho always abfcures and frequently con ceals them.— Washington Irving. In I'hilodelphia every Indy is a centurion. Everything in that citv is centuplicated ; wherever you go, what ever you do, the centennial stares you in the faco ; you have to wear it on your paper collar and wash yonr hands with centennial towels and soap. The whole name is a farce, os it would lead you to suppose it was to happen but oneo in a hundred years; but in tho city of Broth erly Love it seems they are to keep it up forever. The girls have powdered tlioir hair to make them look a hun- dered years older ; the old women have powdered theirs to make them look like the young girls. On a careful es timate there are about two hundred and twenty thoir-and Martha Washing ton costumes in that city now, which costume consists of about threo yards '•f old fashioned curtain calico, a mol; cap, h black patch under Hie left, eye, and a seventy-fivo cent pair of high heeled slippers. — "The love that a woman’s heart needs is tho love that is spoken in deeds,” suys a modern poet. “ Espe cially,” says Maiy Jane, deeds to a huudt omc three ; story marble front mansion and a few choice corner lots." 'Clio ICl. i i.nl Oily no Yloxvo.l l»y nn A moi li un.. Charles Warren Stoddard gives vout to somo reflections on Romo as a whole. Ho says : 1 think of it as a city of tan gled, dirty, and very ugly streets; of tho people as a mass of ohcerful, quarrel some, superfleial souls, who work hard for a living—it is hard work loafing in this olimato—and who have no homo life according to our creed. Tho Ro man houses are gieat barns, as ugly and iih inconvenient us possible. Tlio pal aces—any largo house that has once boon occupied by a dignitary is a palace forevermore—tho palaces aro a little larger, a little Iohh ngly, and a little more couv< nient tlufii the rent of tho buildings, and this is tho duly differ ence. You oooupy 'a room or a suite of rooms on a flat, and it is by no moans necessary to bo on speaking terms wiMi tho rest of tlio house. You have your servants who provide for your tnblo in the houso, or you go cut.ton cafe, as you please. The rooms aro usually furnished with ohonp and gaudy trim mings, a quantity of very bad paintings, and a tolerable proportion of useless, ugly, and antiquated furniture. You receive your guests, who are direoted to your door through a dark or badly lit null by a porter or norteress sitting at the lmll door, which is nearly always suggestive of a stable. You go out of an evening (or by day), yvulk iu tlio mid dle of tho street, or ride if you profor it; haunt tho throo or four villas that are thrown open to us, overrun by the very mixed public. There is no po- i lesion, rfo rest for tlio spirit, no com fort for tho body. It is almost fatal to bathe in Rome; you may moisten your self occasionally, but there Is nn oVer- lasting fear of fover, and tlio fever in almost as serious us death itself. The hotels are like nil hotels, a kind of con ventual life without any of the graeious benefits of a convent. There aVo innu merable potty oliqiios in this poor old city—modern innovations. The young Protestants, who hero spring up like mushrooms and flourish like them; the Oatholie party, having a grand con tempt for tho outsiders; tho Court, party, chiefly represented by young officers, resplendent in gold luce and with the slim legs so common in Italy- most of them disappear mysteriously at night, but reappear iu tlio morning iih gorgeous and slender us over. I know some one who has trapped sovoral of those (lushing young men and found thorn in exceedingly oloso quarters— but, rost their souls, they have no salary to speak of, and most of it gpos to tlpur. ta lor. Tho artists are by tuoUiRolvds—- a hoiiHG of many mansions, of course, but ono that excludes tho inartistic). Then come the resident foreigners, who hayo almost forgot!on whore they orig inated—a very common form of insanity in Europe—but eneb-oue will.give his or.liar reception, drumming up some flouting celebrity for an attraction, and so they mituugo to rival one another, making and losing friends with aston ishing facility. Yet lot mo not forgot certain dear frionds I have made and must leave here. Poor old Romo 1 I wonder if the Romans of old woro any smaller than these moderns ! It seems almost impossible that any ono could have been; yot how tlioy blow hot aud cold iu tho cause of Rienzi, and all these modern champions aro later Rionzis, who pretend to bo doing wonders for tho old city that is past, redemption. It in common for a certain class of Ameri cans, after having boon abroad for a li-i iteil period, to ignoro tlioir race, This is, perhaps, nowhere more no ticeable than in Rome. They affect foreign manners and foreign friends— oven find it hard to express themsulvo iu good English (if they over possessed that rate accomplishment)—and take pains to avoid tlioir countrymen, some times speaking scornfully of tho laud of tlioir birth. Well, it w all right, I warrant you. Whonovor you find an American who ignores his kind you may ho pretty sure ho 1ms good private reasons for being ashamed of his im mediuto ancestors. Blood will toll, es pecially if it is a little tainted. As for poor Italy, sho sleeps in the streets these warm days; she mends shoes at every street door; she sleeps in tho sun, begs of tlio for/s/eri, sells matches atiin extravagant figure, pones on tho Span ish steps, torments you with infinitely small bouquets for your button-hole, and will never take no for an answer. Blio is a rather protty, a very healthy, and a somewhat dishonest bore. All that is honestly social in Romo eon bo shut up in one room. You and your friend aie tlio best specimens; without is envy, jealousy, malice, defamation, lies, sorrow («kin deep), suffering (so well advertisid Unit it becomes a posi tive luxury to be born a cripple); and, on tho whole, Romo is a gieat, splendid, memorable disappointment, unci when I getaway from it—which I hope to at once—I will fall to worshiping its memory and dreaming of it oh a kind of a shadow of a city, grand, eternal, holy— the cradle of art, poetry, religion, and all Hint sort of thing. —A New York reporter who went to see a new fountain begin to play, anil who had determined to write four or five columns about it, giving a history also of all previous fountains in the world, returned to the office a disap pointed man, and humbly wrote : “Tho water was turned on in the beautiful new fountain in City Hall Park yester day. A f ew muddy drops were seen to come out of the Holes under the brass anomaly, roll down the sides of tho in verted saucer, and drop meekly into tho soup dish. By and by tho water got to be moro and muddier, and filled tho soup dish, i mining off the saucer like that shed from an umbrella on a wet day. There wero no graceful curves. An attempt will bo made to-day to fur nish a sufficient head of water to rnuke. some graceful curves.” “ How do you do, Mr. .Jones ’ said a otiauger, blandly smiling >ir- he enteied the store of a dealer. “ Well. Ilnitik you,” stiffly rejoined Mr. Jones. " You don’t seem to know me ; I am Brown- -used to livo here,” said the visitor. “ I beg ton thousand pardons, Mr. Brown,” said Jones, relaxing und shaking hands cordially; “excuse mo, I thought you were a drummer.” “ Ho I am,” said Brown. Tableau vivant. FACTS AND FANCIES. —Man without dosiro and without want would bo without invention and without reason. — A single burst of mirth is worth a whole seaaon fnll of ories with melan choly, — liruyerc, —A harbor nt Portland, Mnino, col lects his pay from customers when ho guts them half shaved. If every man works nt that for which nature fitted him, tho cows will bo woll tonded—La Fontaine. —A Nebraska man and his wife hap pened to elope on tlvo same night, and eneli left a note for the other. —“Tho oliild is father to tho man." “ Hie,” says Uumfoozloum on a bust, “tho shildmush been mnrrid vor* young." —A Maine husband wanted to bet his wife that sho could not whip a panther ; but she saw tho joko and refused to try. —“ Change cars I" is what a city boot- black said to a countryman, tho other day, whon ho had finished blacking ono of his brogans. —Unlxmnded patience is necessary to bonr not only with ourselves, but with others, whoso various tempors and dis positions are not congenial to our own. —A number of Now England furnaces have recently suspended operations, tho companies not having orders enough to dear out their manufactured supply of pig-iron. — A young lady will sail in tho next steamer from Boston for Europe who doosu’t expect to marry a nobleman ; another one who isn’t going to Italy to study music. —Tho foreman of a voluntoor tiro company in Philadelphia is supposed to have a‘ porfoot riglit to kuook folks down, ride free on tho oars anil spit to bacco juico on tlio meeting-house steps. —A temperance orator speaks of “a file of topers, soventv-flvo miles in length, marching steadily to drunkards’ graves lit tho rate of throe a minute, or ono every twenty seconds, all tho yonr round." Own. GaiuiuijDI is so unjvoll as not to be able to hold the pen or movo his arm. He cannot by himself bring food to his mouth—indeed, ho cannot, movo at all. He now roceives no one except his moat intimate friends. A now game called “ Granger Hovon-np ” is nnnounood. Three per sons play for a can of oystors. Tho first man out gets tho oysteis, tho lost tlio oan, and the “midule-mnn” don’t got anything. That is “ High-Low ” withou’j either “ Jack ” or “ Game.” —“ 0 gracious ! no,” cxolaimod Mrs. Marrowfat to Mrs. QuoggSj raising hor hauds and speaking in a very excited tone. “Sho was so ill when her now bonnet came homo, that.she couldn’t et up; but,, dear Rilkes 1 Jane, that iidn't matter nothing, for slie just put the hat on and lay with.hor head out tho front window the wholo afternoon.” —A Frenohraan roasts ooffoo, grinds it to flour, moistens it slightly, mixes it iu twice its woiglit. of powdered wiiito mi gar, and then presses it into tablets. Ono of those tablets can bo dissolved at any timo in hot or cold water, making at oneo tlio very perfection of ooffoo ; and it is claimed that a pound of the berry will go much further by this than by any other preparation of the beverage. —Tho Rochester Ohroniolo says Luoy Stone doesn’t believe that ladies ought to ohango tlioir names merely be cause they marry. Lucy married a chap nnmed Blackwell, and out of oom- plimont to tlioir parents tlio children will be called Htono-Blnckwoll, and if ono of ’em should marry Brown-Ho- nuord and tlioir children should marry— Stop a moment, my son. Take breath. The B’nai B’rith Journal has dis covered that the present fashion iu la dies’ costume is almost, exactly what it was in tho days of Solomon. If so, with tlio extensive domestic arrange ments of that potentate liis dry goods bills must have been a curiosity, with 1,500 ladies to provide for and seventy yards to tlio dress pattern, and trim mings worth moro than tho material. Now wo begin to understand why tlio old man groaned out in tho bitterness of his soul : “Vanity of vanities all is vanity 1” —A now cotton factory has just been completed in Greenville, H. O., with a capital of $100,000. Tho proprietors intend to run TOO cards and 0,000 spin dles, and to manufacture cotton yarns. The Piedmont cotton factory, just bo- low Greenville, on the Saluda, is par tially in operation, and promises grati fying results, und to close these latest evidences that there is life in tho ol.l land yot, tho “English Manufacturing Company of South Carolina,” with a capital of $300,000, will soon have a largo factory at work in Spartanburg county. The Burial “Service" in Paris. Tho burial of the dead in Paris is performed by a chartered company, that includes all interments under nine classes, everything supplied ; the first costing over 7,000 francs, and tho ninth about 19 francs. Tho city pays tho company five francs por body interred, and out of the receipts the company al locates fifty-six por cent,, of its profits to support’tho various religions recog nized by law, or ono aud tlireo-fonrths millions of francs por annum. The company is also bound to bury gratui tously the indigent, which in 1873 amounted to 25,000 ca* gb, against 19,- 000 ueurly who paid. Tho rich thus bury the poor, and the dead defray tho religions rites of tlie living. Tho com pany lias in its employment 585 agents, 570 hearses aud mourning coaches, and 270 horses, and supplies a master of the ceremonies. It is the government fur nishes tho officer with tho three cor- norod-hat; he takes charge of the body at its domicile, heads the procession through the streets, and retires only 'rben the last spadeful bus been thrown into the grave. The mutes do not like to be called nroquemorto, aud they classify corpses as " salmons, herrings, and whitings,” representing respectively the rich, tlie poor, and children. They are not sad employes, though silent; many are very gay, do duty in the pan- tomines and chorus scenes of theuires, and some lend the dances in the public bulls.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cedartown record. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1874-1879, July 11, 1874, Image 1