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THE CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S, D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY ’25, 1871. VOLUME I. NUMBER (5. NEWS OF THE WEEK, EAST. Mrn. Hwyer, who killed her three children in Brooklyn a few weoks ago. haa been committed to the Ponghkoeiwio asylum. In the Welmwken fire the total mini ber of barrels of oils burned was 85,000 am about 60,000 barrel* of naptha. Watson, the book-keeper of the Erio company, estimate* thM two mi'iions will cover the total 1. WEST. Passengers from the west rejKirt the ving eastward. The Full man Car Works at Detroit ar* at present engaged upon an order from /hs Austrian government for palace earn. The grasshopper destruction allects about «m>-tenth part of Minnesota and ono- thirteonth of the population. Crops outside of tliis area promise abuudan Lake Winnebago stopped the fire at Oshkosh, Wis., last week. S 1X hundred build ing wero burned, and 3,000 people made homo- Jess. Loss * 1.000.000. Insurance, *160,1 Gen. Sheridan has forwarded through *Oen. Sherman a request to bo allowod to m tho Gth cavalry for offensive operations against the Indians, and udvocaling gonerallv an of fensive jKillcv as more effective and n .economical than a defensive one. At a meeting recently held in Ch go, of tho general su)>eriutondontfl and general freight agents of all the railroads leading t the Bsuthwest, ii was decided not to pool th ownings, btn to advance 'ho present frclgh an tli» AU opposition between tlio companies is now obviated and high rates can ho obtained. A national soldiers’ reunion is an nounced to be held in a forest camp of 100 acres, near Caldwell, Ohio, on the 17th and 18th days of Hopteinber, to celebrate the fifth of An 1‘rr among tho speakers announced aro Gen. Goo. W. Morgan, Senators Sherman end Thurman, <leus. Logan and Banks. Tho convention is to i* kept clear of politics. Tho following are tho amounts of iu- suranco on tho property destroyed in the great firo at Oshkosh, Wis., as given l»v the different agotio .<• . In Wisconsin companies, $30,600; I>| other companies, mostly eastern, $733,960. The aggregate loss is now given a* *800,000, in round numbers. Tho number of buHinesu houses destroyed was about 100, and of residences, 500. Gen. Pope ban written a letter to tho r of K( the frontier of Kansu* is lined with troop* and it eoeius Impossible that tho Indians can do any damage. Gen. rope says in relation to the trading Anns at Dodge City, who, in violation of law and to tho incalculable injury of Urn peacoful and hnnout »..i /.«..*iei set tlors of Kansas. o-Oablislind trading posts or xather grog-shops in tho pan-haudlo or Texas to trade with the buffalo hunters and mllians who ha' o invade*! the Indian country and committed violent mid inexcusable •outrages upon tho Indians, ho lias no word of sympathy vr concern, and if ho should Bond troops to tho locality of those unlawful trading establishments it would ho to break them up, and not to protoct them. Ho says : To the unscrupulous and illegal transactions of these i>oo[Jo tho murders of innocent settlors on tho frontier aro largely attributed, and they ought to he punished and not protected. SOUTH. A cotton cxchaugn has been formed by tho dealers of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Goldsmith Maid’s Lent time at. East Baglimn w»h 2:16— the fastest trotting tin record. A negro and his wife were killed by lightning in I.a Fourohe Parish, Louisiana, last week. Tho special committee of investign tion appointed to visit Arkansas, Judge Po land, chairman, aro oxpeoted to leave Little Rock this month. The corn crop iu southern Georgia is About made, and the yield will bo abundant. Tho incessant wot weather lias materially in jured cotton in many of tho lower counties. John B. Bruno, twelve years old, hanged himself at his father's house in Hat din county, Ky., last week. His father had refused to buy him a now saddle. At Berni, Ky., last Monday, a man named James Walkhean idiot and fatally wounded Miss Margaret Painter. The cause for the murder is not known. At Crab Orchard, Ky., last Saturday. aftei It s boy was soiling apples and the man grabbed at the basket when tho hoy struck at him with tho knife eovoring an artery. An alligator weighing 250 pounds, and measuring nine and a-half feet in length, was caught near Marion court-house, 8. C., last week. It was shipped to the zoological gar den at Fairmonnt park. Philadelphia. Two men named Burlison and llasain, in Prairie county, Ark., got into a difficulty on Tuesday, in which the former was stabbed and killed by tho latter. Boon aftei some un known person shot and killed Burlison. About thirty Indians attacked J. C. Laving’s rancho fifteen miles front Jacks- boro, Texas, last week. After a severe fight with fifteen whites, the Indians lied, taking several lioraes. John Heath, white, was killed. One thousand men are at work on the Cincinnati Southern in Scoit county, Ky.. and tho force is increasing a* rapidly as possible, tho contracto rs employing white laborers al vei v. A lumber train on the air-line rail road fell through the troBtle work of the Peachtree creek bridge, four or five miles from Atlanta. One colored man was killed outright and six other., seriously injured. The wounded wei >brought to this city. Tho effect of the reduction of the rates on package envelopes, from ten to eight cents, is shown iu tho increase of sales. There were 138,815,500 stamped envelopes sold by tho postoffice department through tho post masters, an increase over the preceding year of about 600,000. There are at present fifty-eight to- bare , factories in Richmond, working on full time, and employing on au average about 100 hands each. Of cigar manufactories there arg 41 in operation iu Richmond, but the num ber of hands employed bears no comparison with those in tho tobacco factories. Daniel Mathenoy was allot iu hia own Btoro at Harrodebnrg, Ky., last week, by James Slongliton. It is alleged that a crim inal intimacy existed between his wife and Mathenoy, which the latter admitted, and Stoughton drew a revolver and shot him, In flicting a fatal wound. Tiio entire Barred*- burg bar volunteered to defend Stoughton. Major Waltz, of Now Orleans tolc- graphs that supplies from tho United States government will render further contributions fortho relief of tho overt!owod unnecessary. For donations received, tho onmmittoo of re lief returns tho most cordial thanks. A re port of their operations will lie published about Sept. 1, by direction of tho general re lief eommittoo. Tho exnminntiou of tho young mou who received permits to report for admission into the naval academy as cadet engineers takes place on tho 15th, tfltli and 17th of Sep tember instead of any Unto between tho 15th and 21st, as heretofore. This will he a oorn- potitial examination. Tho recent act of con gress permits tho appointment of twonty-flvo cadet engineers annually. Marks Lovy, a peddler, aroused over to Crittenden county, Ark , last week, to ped dle and was seized by a party of negroes who stripped him, after capturing Ids pack, and carrying him into a donao wood tied him to a troo and left him there to die. llo remained there twenty-four hours, during which ho was bitten by a snake. He succeeded iu getting loosobut wandered in tho forest two days, living upon berries, before ho readied the sot • tlement. During a game of haao ball ni Mem phis, la»t week, a negro man who was iu tho way of Peter Matli tho catcher, was ordered out of tho way, to which ho responded with an oatli and drawing a pistol fired at Math, who ran to Ids coat and getting a pistol returned the fire. Home half dozen shots were Hied in tho moloo that ensued, tho negro firing at other members of tho club. Finally ho wns shot in tho hack and then beaten terribly. FOREIGN. Tho ropublionuH have dofoatoil tho rartists in an engagement uoar Bllboa. Tito furnishing drought in India hna been followed by disastrous rains. Dookory haa boon condemned to dontli at Havana, with a hope of pardon. The oarlista aro ahooting Homo cor respondents as spies in order to got rid of tho Monsignor Do Morode, archbishop of Mltyleue, and privato chaplain of tho pope, iH dead. Tho Giirlietn liavo ordered one repub lican shot for every shell tlrod by tho Hoot off Bilbo*. Tlw* ro|mhlioa*i« liavo Again 1)0011 BUO- ocssful in an ongagomont with tho on near Billion. Tho Genova award cimmisBionors, appointed under tho rooont act, moot in Wash ington, July 22d. The cat-lists nro trying to drivo away foreign rorrospondontH by shooting thorn as spies. Many Gormans liavo already withdraw from their lines. Tho governments of Austria nud Rttaaia havn agreed to open negotiations with the Sublime Porte, looking to a recognition til lopendoiioo of Roumania by Turkey. A private diapatoh anya Prinoo Bis- irek was greeting a small assembly when he was shot st by Edward Kullman. The bullet wounded him in tho hand at tho moment ho was touching his hat. A (lispr.tch from St. Potoraburg de nies that the young Duke Nicholas, who stole Ids mother's diamonds, lias been sentenced to banishment, but says his cavo is still ponding before the emperor. John Mitchell, tho famous oxilo ia about to return to Ireland to he a candidate for the British parliament. Nearly *10,(KM) have been collected in this country and Ireland to defray Mitchell's expenses. Tho famine in India ia subsiding. The numhor of natives new employed on tho relief works is 800,000, or 1,000,800 less than threo weeks ago. Half a million persons aro still subsisting on tho charity of tho govern ment and the public. Madrid jotirnala atafo that oarlista liavo seized a mini ber of men, women and children on the Cantabrian coast and Biscay, numbering in all.1,600 porsonH, and hold thorn ns hostages, to bo shot in caso of an attack by the republicans. It is aaid tho Brussels congress on international law, after formal opening and organization, will appoint committios and suspend its general sitting. Baron Jamini, the Russian representative in tho congress will probably bo ciioaou president. While Prince Bismarck was driving in the country lust week, he was fired at by a young man, and the hall grazed his wrist. Tho wound is insignificant. Tho would-be assassin was arrested. There is 'ntonso ex citement in Berlin over tho attempt on Bis marck's life. A letter from Havana dated July 4 says : T ero is a great deal of sickness pro- vailing here. Many fatal cases of small pox and yellow fever have occurred. Public places for vaccination have been established throughout the city. Business is very dull. Only about a hundred boxes of sugar wore sold during this week. The eurlists abandoned the Beige of Puycerda a'ter a second assault In which they were repulsed. Tho carlists besieging Cu enca have occupied houses in the suburbs of the city. Reinforcements for tho bosioging •epnblicans have arrived from Madrid and the :ity is being energetically defended. Mar- ibal Serrano has deferred Ids trip to Lagranjo until the carlists are driven from Cuonca. Various accounts agree that Bis marck’s escape was miraculous. His hand was touching his hat when wounded. His coachman fearing a second shot struck the would-be assassin across tho face. A number of police have been sent to Kissengen to protect Bismarck from a repetition of tho attack. Evidence has been uiscovered betokening a A special from Berlin says Kullman hconsidered a mere tool, iiautfaler, the priest arrested, belongs to tho village of Walcbzo, in the Austrian Tyrol. Ho checked Bismarck's horses by stepping in front at the critical mo ment. The Berlin press declare the attempt ed assassination proves tho necessity of re pressing ultraraontaino teachings. An oftloinl uoto is published in Paris, warning agriculturists and others against em igrating without making Inquiry of tho admin istration in voforonco thereto. It is stated in a nolo that tills course i* taken because a num ber of immigrants liavo made application to tho government for assistaroo to enable them to return to Franco, particularly from Phila delphia, where tho promises held out by im migration agents liavo not boon realized. Dispatches from Spain report that Gen. Zabella has removed bis headquarters from Hafalla to Logrange. Gen. Morionos is also retiring toward tin* river Ebro. Sickness is prevalent among tho national troops. It is anticipated that active operations will bo post poned three weeks Tho main body of tho carllat army have entered Biscay and threaten to stop the navigation of the river Nervlou. MISCELLANEOUS. H. J. Jewett has boon olootod pres ident of Erie, vico Watson, resigned. McGrath, tho owner of Tom Bowl ing, foam tho homo will never lie aide to ap pear on tho track again. I ho attorney general has directed tho United Htates attorney for tho western district of New York to tnko an appeal in tho case of tho Now York Oontraland Hudson river rail road company against United States Internal llevonuo Collector Briley. The question of a legal separation of Mr. and Mrs. Tilton is now in tho hands of Mr. N. B. Marz, formerly Judgo of tho court of appeals. Judgo Marz is tho stepfather of Mrs. Tilton, and has boon hor husband's in- tiniato frioiul for many years. Treasurer Spinner has threatened to tender bin resignation in caso his vlows regard ing tho manngomont or the bureau tinder his charge are not approved by thoao higher in authority. (Ion. Spinner's dissatisfaction grows out of a oonlllot betwoon himself and other prominent officers of tho treasury with roferonca to tho appointment of clerks in his own bureau. Tho suspension of tho freedmnn's pav ings institution, which retains saving of money of industrious colored persons, is tho chief subject of conversation nmopg thorn. Three deaths liavo romiltod Indirectly from (ho sus pension, tlio victims being women who went into a wild stato of imbecility and oollapso at tho loss of tholr savings. Tho hand ball match for ono thou sand dollars and tlio championship of Amer ica, between James O'Brion and Jbiiioh Fur- ron, of Chicago, and Jamos Dunn and James Casey, of Brooklyn, took place last week, and resulted in favor of Brooklyn by a score of 81 to 74. Chicago had tho gaino in their own hands until Farron booarao oxlmu»i*»l by heat. Ono of tho 1adieu employed ns count er in the national hank redemption division of tlio treasury department lias discovered among tlio notes sent for redemption ono of tlio conutoi foil 9500 hills, originally discovered ai the tronHiiry about a year ago. It was ts> perfect that several of the most experienced clorks in tho treasury office thought it genu ine, but upon reference to tlio engraving and printing division it was pronounced counter foil. Tho navy department will not ordor north this summer the voshoIsiiow in tlio Gulf of Moxieo and cruising iu tho waters adjacent to tho West Indies, but (hoy will all remain about tholr present stations so that, iu caso of any necessity for their presence iu Gillian wa ters or olsowhoro in that latitude it will not bo necessary to lit out and send vessels from I lie north to that quarter. Ofileorfl of the chief railway compa nies recently, agreed to greatly reduce tho number of ticket agencies, in fact to abolish all beyond tlio regular offices established by tho companies. It was agreed that those lat ter meet all the requirements of tho traveling public, and tlist the commission paid otlior agonlH, and tlio additional oxpoiiso iu priming and advertising, wore useless, and they brought no inernnso in business, and the risk mil in tho circulation of so many tickets was very groat. Tho treasurer has decided that tho national hanks will ho permitted to makegood tlio amounts charged to tho tlvo per cent, fund, for tlio redemption of tholr notes, by the reiiiittauco of uatioual hank notes, lhUS*Having tlio oxpoiiso of remitting legal tender notes from tlio treasury department in return for bank notes redeemed, and of tho return of legal tondors by hanks to make good tho five percent, fund. Tlio first deposit of fivo per cent, must, however, ho made in legal tondors in all cases. Advices from Washington stnto that Secretary Bristow announces ail explanation of tlio terms upon which tho live pnr cent, feuded bonds aro offered for proposals, that all interest on tlio bonds accrued to the date of subscription, and in addition thereto all interest that will liavo accrued up to three months thereafter must bo paid by tlio sub scribers whoso bids are adopted, and must lie calculated iu all settlements, together witli tlio payment at tho tiino of subscription or at any time within tin oo months theroaf- Political affairs in Franco aro still in a critical condition. On the 6th inet. tlio as sembly passed the municipal doctoral bill. The eommittoo of parliamentary initiative on the same day rejected M. De Lardiofouoauld s monarchical proposition. Tho assembly ses sion on the 8th was one of intense excitement. A motion expressing great regret over the suspension of the journal V Union by the government was rejected by a vote of 379 to 80, tbe Left generally abstaining from voting. Thereupon M. Paris, of tho Right centre, moved a resolution to energetically uphold tlio septennial powers of President M'Mahon, and, reserving tlio questions submitted to tlio committee on constitutional bills, pass to tho the order of tho day. Gencrul Do Cissey, minister of war, announced that tho govern ment identified itsolf witli the motion. The resolution was voted down by 831 yeas to 363 nays. Tho ministry immediately tendered their resignations, but they were not received. On the 9th President M'Mahon soul a mes sage to tlio assembly firmly insisting upon tlio obligation of following up the law of Novem ber last, on which tho soptennate is founded, by the legislation necessary to complete it. They cannot, if they would, ho insists, revoke the powers intrusted to him under that law. M. Raoul Duval moved the dissolution of the .ssembly, and the motion was referred to a committee. 'i’llk mtiixlN ok clouds. tUiiik ( iji tuy t f tmi nlihod gold «h caught on tlio 'eryal holiday l* doim; ful landjti I catch a Blnnpso of Inuring oves, through my earthly trials and cares. While a mother's touch dlqiclH my MrIix And wipes away my tea)*. With leave* of balm front the healing Mrcami Or the beautiful land of (bream* 1 A, iJ i ullfitl land of dreams ! vliimoH of liliiiddcKpalr Of tho beautiful laud or dream*! The fear of Urn Lord I* tl|<> earliest shoo BULLS AND BLUNDERS. Tho Irish It wo achieved a groat lobrity in tho matter of Imlltj and blun ders. By the uninitiated, these aro terms which aro constantly ebnfonudod; but, when they aro looked into, it will bo soon thd!o in the greatest. difference between. Blundering arifios from stu pidity, and tho stupid are a race who are found all over tho world ; but tho bull—a peculiarity that belongs exclu sively to Ireland--is always connected with thought, and originates in tho imaginative power of its people. T‘ not at all a dill absurdity which no — can comprehend -it is always compre hensible, even when it is most confused. It proceeds, not from tho want, but tho supornbuudnnoo of ideas, which crowd on oiioh other ho fast in an' Irishmnu’s pericranium Hint they got jammod to gether, ho to speak, in tho doorway of hin speech, ami can only tumhlo out in their ordinary disorder. Confusion may, indeed, ho oalled a national characteristic. It pervades all Irish history. Tf the stream of tlio latter in oarly days Iiiih its glean bright tranquillity, sorely troubled doos it become uh it desoonds tho steOps of time, till, kh it flows on iu lutor ages, it ouoountorH obstructions, political and religious, which give it a turmoil aud perplexity that wo oaunot survey with out deploring, Ah with tho uffldrs of unhappy Ireland, so bus "it hvrfr boon with its peasantry. Public and social disorders have communicated a jar to tho brain of Pat; and, if ho oau bo uo- oiiHod now and then iff being a little erratic in his sayings and doings, ho can at least console himself by pointing to a long histories! authority. Ho may say : " Arralt ! now, why wouldn't I be fused ? Wasn't all of us oonftised, aud from tho airliost linn s, and isn’t a man to be consistent V Would you have him turn his coat when scarcely a rag of it is left him ?” A good example of a bull may bo cited in tho case of tho two Irishmon, who, fancying that they know each other, crossed tho street to shake hands. On discovering their error. “ I hog your pardon 1" cried the ono. "Oil, don’t mention it," said the other. “ I L'h a mutual miutako ; you see, 1 thought it was you, and you thought it was me, und, after all, it was neither of us 1" A good pendant to t his is told of t wo frienda who met, umb referred to tho illness of a third. “ Poor Michael Hogan 1 Faith, I’m afraid lie's going to die 1” "And why should he die?" "Oh, ho s so thin l You're thin enough, and I 'in thin —but, by my how], Michael Hogan is thinner than both of uh put together 1" A bull is sometimes produced by tho false use of a word, as in tho ease of an Irish watchman giving evidence at u police pfiloo: " What is this man’s offence?" " Ho was disorderly, your worship, in the st rates, lust night.” " And did you givo him warning be fore yon tork him into custody?” " I did, your worship. I said to him, Misparso I* " Again, a bull may bo occasioned by a confusion of identities, ns when it said of an ugly man that lie was hand some whon au infant, but ho was un luckily changed at nurse; or it was shown In tlio fervor of a girl who, de siring her lover’s miniature, ntul he fear ing it might lead to a discovery-— "Oh, it needn’t." she exclaimed, "I’ll tell the painter not to make it liko yon 1" And again, a bull may bo owing to a limited amount of knowledge t ns in the cuso of an old woman going to tlio chandler’s for a farthing candle, and being told it was raised to a half-penny on account of the Russian war: " Bad luck to them !" she exclaimed; "and do they fight by candle-light?" Apart, however, from all of these, the ordinary saying of the Irish have an imaginative quality which is just ns characteristic, and not at all confusing. As, for instance, when they say of a man who is irretrievably ruined : "Saltpetre wouldn’t save him, and that is a strong pickle ; ’’ or when they would advise another to avoi 1 arrest : "B.'joff while your shoes aro good!” or, as they delicately say of an elderly lady, whose number of years they for bear to mention : "A kitten of hor ago wouldn’t piny with a cork." And apart from all these again, is tho genuine humor ol tho Irish, which has nothing of tho bull in it whatever, but, on the contrary, tho clearest notions, and very ofton the shrewdest sense. I will only cite a couple of instances, which will not bo the less welcome if they happen to liavo been heard before. A gentleman seeing an Irishman staggering homeward from a fair, and observing to him : " Ah, Darby, I’m afraid you’ll find the road you're going is rather a longer one than you think.” "Hnre, your honor," he replied, " It’s not tho length of tho road I care about, it's tho breadth of it is destroyin’ mo.” And again, in the Bog of Aughrim,, in tho last century, plenty of gun bar rels used to bo found as n memento of its great buttle, and there wns a black smith who dug them up in order to make use of thoir material. On ono oeonsiou ono of them exploded iu his furnace, when ho exclaimed : “ Bad luck to your love of murthev isn’t tlio battle of Aughrim out of you yot?” _ A Chinese Theatre In ’Frisco. The Han Francisco Ohrouiolo de scribes tho opening of tho now Sing Ting Yuen theatre iu that city ns fol lows : " About 1,800 porsons wore pres ent duriug tho performance, which lasted from half-past, sovon in tho even ing until half-past two Sunday morn ing. Many Americans, among whom wore a few ladies, took advantage of the occasion to witness tho Ohineso play, but uouo except tho celestial visitants stayed until tho Inst scene of tho pro longed drama wits finished. The cos- tiimos wore gorgeous beyond dosorq: tion, and all mado especially for tiso ol. tho opening night. The stage presented tho usual characteristics. There wore t-he customary perpendicular legends upon tlio soono behind that olosod view, which every ono will presume to bo wise saws from Oonluoius until ho told the contrary on very good author ity. Tho property-man kept his traps on ono corner of tho stage in sight of tho mtdionoo, brought forward articles of dross or furniture when they were wanted, and restored them to their nook when thoy were no longer needed. When not busy he mado tea and drunk it before everybody—tlio play all tho while progressing— and ovon summoned some of his companions from tho dionoo to imbibe tho refreshing bevor- ago with him in a convivial way. Ev- rything was iu tho freest and easiest style. Tho audienco smoked cigars and cigarottoH, and the musicians who played tho exhilarating yoo-hin and clashed tho deafening cymbals inhulod m anwhilothodolioious fumes of opiui Tho orohestrn was composed, beside the yoo-hin, of tho tion salt, tho sam- tion, the tong-koo, and ono or two other pieces of melodious strains whoso names not known to tho average Amer ican. Tho reporter sat in the topmost gallory, betwoon a Chinaman who was nursing his big too in the in tervals of his dramatic rapture and a dirty Celestial who understood enough ‘ Melioau’ to explain the goneral drift aud tonor of tho play. Tho plot of tho play had tho usual deviations towards immorality, with royal wars enough to satisfy tho most bloody-minded specta tor, und now and then a domestic epi sode iu which tho scandalous elomonf wits not lacking. A husband and wife lor instabeo, appeared upon tho scone, the former aooompanied by two cows— represented by small Chinamen with boast's heads. The wife lias lofty aspi rations and does not like hor lingo lord because of his devotion to agricultural pursuits. Enter tho heavy villiuu in the guise of an invalid, as a dostroyor of tho folioity of tho hearthstone. He guts access io the discontented wife, and elopes with her. Enter husband ‘th two cows—which ho instructs to re in harmony, and on the green grass, otherwise matting. Ho falls asleep, and they light it out on that lino. Enter a vile robber in miserable s. He gathers tho two cows by tho horns aud is making off with them, whon tho owner awakes and rosottoH his property. Exit husband. Enter gay ’ocolver with recreant wife. Emaneiat- d thief heats tho gay deceiver, and secures the unfaithful haggago to him self. Bu-eutor deserted husband, ro- rs his wife, and finally puts hor to death with unhoard of tortures. After having expired ill agony, tlio faithless fo deliberately gets up and coolly walks off tho stage. Another general and so on, ah libitum. Tlio thon- s a largo and convenient building, erected for tho purpose; and is said to liavo cost $50,000. The seating is am ple, and the means for ontraneo and it quite sufileient for the wants of the place.”. A Small Line of' Hnmplcx. A member of tho Saginaw county bar as recently in ono of our thriving in terior towns ou professional business. In the oflloo of tlio hotel ho was no- costed by a very ngroenblo gentleman, evidently of the genus drummer, who wanted to know “ where he was from.” Tho legal gentleman not exactly relish ing tho stranger’s familiarity, answered shortly, "From Detroit.” The next question was, " For what house are you traveling?” "For my own.” “ Yon ! May I ask your namo?" "You may,” Pause—enjoyable to tho law yer, embarrassing to tho other. “ Well (desperately), what is your namo?” ".Tones.” "What lino nro you in?” "I don’t understand you, sir.” "What, •o you selling?” (impatiehtl)). Drains ” (oooly). Tho drummer saw In’s opportunity, and looking at tliooth- from head to foot, ho said slowly, Well, you appear to carry a d—d small lino of samples.” Blnokstone says ho owes that drummer one.—De- troll Journal of Commerce. Tire Virginia City Enterprise says : As tho i) o’clock train left town last night, tho inevitable 1 Inst mun’ mado hin appearance at tho corner of Union und O. streets. Ho had no more than marked tho train moving away, and got his mouth into swearing shape, before both heels flew, and ho took a seat upon the cold, cold ground, with snob em phasis that his plug hat bounded sev eral feet in the air. Tn trying to save his hat his valise escaped, and wont shooting down .the steep cross-street. Ho sat a moment and gnzod at tho re treating train, tho Inst car of whioli was ust crossing tiro lower part of tlio street n which he was seated, when lie made a few profane remarks, which may bo thus represented : ‘ 1-1-1—!—!—!—I—1-- ?’ but nothing that could bo called good square Washoe swearing, until he got up and began cleaning bis ovorcoat pocket of pieces of broken bottles and whisky-soaked tobacco and other debris. as then that lie got down to his work.” - Tub Austrain expedition which sailed for tho Polar seas t*o years ago has not l.63n heard from since, and tho scien tific people are turning themselves into interrogation points, Kruuloln llisiiiark’s Lovo Affair. In a number of tho Boorscm Courier, of Berlin, an incident is related of Prince Bismarck’s domestic life, which is un commonly interesting. Most people who road the nowspapors have hoard of the great chancellors daughter. Tho young lady, though uot beautiful, is amiable and accomplished, and nooustomod to tho homage of the high society in which she movof. With her father she has boon a great favorite ever since she grew up. When iu Berlin, ho has boon wont to Rpond with hor whatever leisure mo ments he Gould snatch from his labori ous occupations, aud in the country his idle hours have been usually passed in hor sooioty. Tho prinoo observed! with oonooru that his daughter repollod all proposals of ranrriago made to hor. Though wooed by the most eligible suitors, among tho heirs of tho richest families, members of the most ancient nobility, goutlomon filling the highest ollloinl positions, even a prinoo — tho young lady doolinod thou all. After brooding a long time over tho possible reasons of his daughter's oondnot, tho chancellor, behoving at hist that he had fathomed tho seoret of her soverity, opened his heart to hor on tho subject, lie told hor that ho felt sure that she must, have become profoundly attnobod to some person inforior to herself in position and wealth. lie then hogged her to mention t lio name of tho man to whom she had givou hor heart, as ho, hor father, was rich enough to change tho conditions which might scorn to render hor lover an ineligible match. With flowing tears tho lady confessed that she did ohorish such an affootion as hor father suspootod, an affection that was returned, but that her lover was a simple lioutonant in the army. The next day tho lieutenant appeared in the presence of the father. Tlio chancellor hardly gave him time to speak before saying, "I know why it scorns to you impossible to become my son-in-law: notwithstanding tho difference of social position your wish shall bo accomplished. Though I do not know you, tho lovo of my daughtor is to me sufficient guaran tee of your worth." But instead of tho joyful thanks which the prinoo naturally expected, ho rcooivoil a reply of tho fol lowing tenor : “ I thank you for your goodness, but this union is impossible. 1 belong to an old Catholic family. I cannot, tnko homo as my wife tho daugh ter of him whom my family regard as an enemy of the ohuroli, whom I myself am almost compelled to look upon as such.” Tho ofllcer t-Uon sadly took his departure, leaving tho nhanoellor utter ly confounded, who bad littlo antici pated such n rejection of his condescen sion. llnviug summoned lm daughter, tho chancellor told hor that tho officer wholly refused hor hnnd and that she must forgot him. Tho (laughter, be coming paler than ever, replied: "He is too honorable to deny his religious fail}). I will not ask him such a sacri fice, and if ho desires it I—loss believ ing than ho—will adopt his religion, to render our marriage possible.’’ The father saw his ohild oooomo more incon solable from day to day, and at length he was thrown into u stato of fearful excitement, which was not without con- qiionoo. Ho things stand at present. . Nose Paint. A former Brooklyn snloon-koopor, who lias been converted by tho Quaker ladios, 1ms printed tho reoipes ho usod to keep seoret. Ho says bourbon or rye whisky is manufactured from high- winos, commonly called fusil-oil whis ky, mado to-day and drank throe days after. It also contains vinegar, syrup, oil of bourbon, French coloring, blue- stone, and other poisonous ohemionls. It costs from 1)0 cents to $1 a gallon, aud retails for $5 and $0 a gallon. Oognno brandy is mado from French cologne spirits, burnt sugar, oil of cognac, vinegar bluestono, Jamaica rum, honoy syrup, port wine, French coloring, alum, and aloes. It costs $2 a gallop, and retails from $0 to $15 a gallon. Irish or Hootch whisky is mado from Canada wighwinos, or new distilled whisky, ono wook old, saltpeter, flno suit, essence of oil of Hootch or Irish whisky, fusil oil, syrup, bluestono, Ht. Croix rum, somo imported Irish or Scotch whisky for flavor. It costs $1.50, and retails for $0 a gallon. What sells for tho best old Hollnnd ii is mado from French spirits, water, oil of junipor syrup, white wine vine gar, bluestono, Now England rum, peach pips, with some importod gin for flavor. Old Tom gin is mado from tho same ingredients, but double syrup is ndded to malio it sweeter. Jt costs $1.25 n gal lon and retails for $5. It is also bot tled as a medicine und sold for tho kid ney disease. •Jamaica and Ht. Croix rum is mado of double refined liighwincs, French col oring, oil of rum, fusil oil, vinegar, bluestono, burnt sugar, molasHes svrup, with some imported Jamaica, Oulia, or Ht. Croix rum for flavor, alum, aloes, and prune juice. Btook-ale or porter is diluted with oil of vitriol, strychnine, and aqua fortis, to mako it keep. New alo is diluted with oil of vitroil and damaged molas ses. Lager beer containing a littlo malt, plenty of water, some inferior hops, resin, tar, saleratus, soda, with four different ehemiculs to make it keep af ter browing. Au ex-liquor doulor said that fluids sold over two-thirds of tho burs in New York and Brooklyn aro compounded ns above. Mount Araiiat has been encroached upon by journalistic enterprise, and a newspaper, Whiffs from Arnrat, has boon established by tho American pil grims at the very foot of the mountain. The paper contains somo local topics, (jnot.es tho price of girls as wives in the Ameniun villages, varying from £2 to £10, and disonsses the peasant notion that tho world rests on a large ox which, being irritated by a fly, tosses its head and thus causes earthquakes. There is another big streak of light tho Houth Carolina mirk. In spite of all the thieving and rowing and or ganized anarchy, tho number of schools in the state ran up within four years from 034 to 1919, and of school-children from 30,000 to nearly 77,000. There is encouragement in these figures, and hope, my h "\Vd 5SIT SAVINGS AND DOINGS. Sunday-school teacher—'"Anno, what must one do in ordor to bo forgiven ? ” Anua—" no must sin 1 ” Jt is painful to hear an ungodly man remark during tho hoatod torm that "it’s uh hot as ginger,” whon everybody kuows that he moans something elso. At 9 o’clock at night, when you soo the big dippor with tho handle townrd you, and tho tail of the comob in tlio bowl, it is about tiino to tako a drink. Tin? startling declaration is mado by au English writor that tho wliolo civil ized world, " regarded in a mass, is liv ing beyond its moans.” Said Young Amorioa to his papa: Pa, bo you a Britisher ? " “ Yes, I was born in England.” wo whipped you,” retorted the youngster. " Yics, sir,” said a Michigan Fourth of July orator, “ Putnam wont right into the wolf’s den, dragged her out, and the independence of Amerioa was secured. Tun Virginia youth who wouldn’t enter college boonuso tho faculty wouldn’t lot him bring bis throd conch dogs along, struck a strong blow at tlio very roots of despotism. An eastern paper contained no edito rial and only one local item for four days, on account eff repairs to tho office. Tho " repairs” consisti d of putting a look on a door aud washing tho win dows. It is proposod to plant tho Han Joa quin valley, Cal., with tho eucalyptus or blue gum trees. For a length of two hundred milos, and with a width vary ing from forty to fifty miles, the bottom islovol and almost treoloss. CinooMBTANOks alter oases. For in stance, whon a Virginian arose in church and said : "Hero’s a hundred dollar bill for tho old boss behind the pulpit!” no ono thought of having him put out. Littlk Pouoiopo Marrowfat is a child who is koouly alivo to what in going on about hor. Wiping tho molasses from her mouth, at tlio breakfast table, the other morning, sho sweetly said : " If I should over die of hydrophobia, ,, you won’t lot cm out outmy liver, ill you 1” Tun acme has boon reached iu tlio pathos of titles by a music publisher, who lias produced a touching piece of mow-sick under tlio pathetic namo of "Mother Bring My Littlo Kitten.” Wo propose getting out a companion niooo, "Daddy, liavo you Drownocl tho Puppies ? ” PnupE OonztNP doesn’t dross liko her brothers of the bar,” says the Chicago Tribune, by way of commencing an item. That's undoubtedly true; she dresres by patting on her clothes over hor head, whilo they don’t, and, what’s more, they can’t. But what business is it of tho Tribnno’s, anyhow? " My spirits is crushed, Jane, crush ed,” sobbed Mrs. Marrow at to Mrs. Quoggs. "That lovoly bowquotto— you remorabar—which it was I, Mar- gory Marrowfat, us sont it to Mrs. Hpuyen’s funeral. Well, the oard got. lost, and nobody knowod as who it came from." And hero her great an guish slopped ovor afresh. in Iowa, aooordiug to Tho Bur lington Ilawkoyo, died reoontly who has taken his county paper for twelve years without paying for it. Upon tho day of iiis burial tho kind-hearted, for giving ediior callod to see him for tlio last time, and stuffed a linen duster and a couple of palm loaf hats in hiu cofila. He was preparing him lor a warmer cli mate. Rkokntly, at a church fair on Ida Hill, a largo and frosted cake wns of fered to tho person who should guess nearest to tlio correct weight, at ton cents a guess. Tlio pastor urged a young lawyer to invost a dimo. Tho practitioner replied, "I’ll play you a game of ouokur to soo who gets tho oalie, but I don’t understand tho other game.” In tho days of old Rome,” says a writor in Bolgravin, "when a senator was reputed of groat wealth, ho would recoivo a kind permission from tlio stato to undertake the making of a new road or other public improvement. Often, indeed, as a means of perpetuating his name and fame t.o posterity, lie would voluntarily undertake somo magnificent work of tlio kiud. It is a pity that wo oannot deviBO tho means of bringing to pass a noble emulation on the part of tlio ownors of enormous fortunes to dis tinguish themselves as magnificent and splendid, not ho much in feast and fur niture and equipages, ns in public im provements—colonnades, jiicture-galler- ies, statues—dovoted to tho good of thoir follow-oitizons.” is a safe remedy for in sects of every kind of plant except sal ads, cabbages, or any other plants tho folingo of which is to bo eaten. Ono part of tlio green provided it bo pure, mixed with twenty parts of flour, is sifted up on tho foliage when wet with dew, from any convenient tin box with perforated cover. For small operations a wide- nioutiied bottle liko a quinine. bottle with muslin or otlior open fabric tied ovor the mouth will servo. Keep to ti e windward and avoid breathing tlio dust, and keep tho poipon always where no accident can occur. It is found that tho poisou is so neutralized in the soil that no danger can arise from its being introduced into the system of the plant. A Whitehall (N. Y.) paper tells a story of a littlo boy of that town who felt something crawling on his baud, after that band, and a part of tlio arm, had been amputated. Tho limb was dug up from the ground in whioh it had been buried, and a largo worm was dis covered in the palm of the hand. The arm wns then put in a jar of alcohol, and it being necessary to crowd it in, the youth absolutely shrieked with pain. Ho afterward complained of a cramped feeling, and said that tho little finger and one next to it were growing together. Ou looking at the jar again, tho fingers wore found to be in a posi tion whioli would have produced the sensation described, had tho amputated part of the arm been still adhering to the upper portion. Such sensations are by no meana unprecedented, though it is rare to find them 90 strongly marked.