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RECORD. THE CEDARTOWJN W. S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors. ('EDA RTO YVN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2G, 1874. VOLUME I. NUMBER 15. NEWS OF THE WEEK. EAST. The employoa of the Beading railroad have been put on half timo on aeconutof tlio geneial stagnation of trade. During the your, 15,320 members liavo been initiated Into the Order of Good Templar* in tlio state of New York. The cattle disease in Connecticut has attained such proportions that it has attracted tlio attention of omlnent scientific gentlemen of that state, and an effort will bo made to leasen tlio shipment of western and Indian cattle, to which tho origin of tho disease lias been traced. The discovery mndo a few day8 ago that forged deeds of real cstato in New York city and Brooklyn had been freely negotiated in the market, threatens to produco a panic among real estate dealers, Evidsneo is grad ually coming to light that tho deed-forgery business lias loon quite extensive, involving many parlios, and having tho appoaranco of a conspiracy. WEST. Twenty-five hundred coal miners are on a strike in Hi. Clair county, Illinois. Tho ludians in Nebraska are murder ing tho dofrusclees settlors in tho western part of tlio slate, and burning their homes and running off tlio stock. A dispatch front Bismark says Hint n party of fifty nron will h avo that placo in about thirty days; for tlio Black Hills. Tho party will bo composed of experienced minors and hunters, who not only know tlio color of gold and the habit* of tho Indians, but aro sharp enough to evado tho military, and who, once In tlio lulls, can livo as rod men liro, and con- sequent)}’ will not bother themselves with sup* A large number of letters have been Missouri, and nearly every ono contain n con tradiction of tlio early ostimatos in regard to tho extent of tho wheat crops. It is alleged that tho general yield will fall very much be- low tho published estimates. Tho crop In tlio near ycinity of St. Paul is reported heavier than any where cl*o in tho st»t o, and tho threshing machines are already dispolling tho expectations of a total crop of 25,000,000 bushels in Minneco'a for tho year 1874. A correspondent in camp on tho Wichita river, telegraphs that tho supply train for Gon. Mile*’ expedition, in charge uf M»j. Lyman, with ono company of infantry and twenty men Of tho sixth cavalry, commanded by Lieut. West, was carrollodon Wichita river, on tlio Otli inht , by from -100 to 500 Comanches and Klowas. After a fight of flvo days tlio Indians wero lopulse], with tlio loss of from 25 to 30 killed. Lieut. Lewis, fifth Infantry, was badly wounded in tho loft leg, and two men yvoro killed mid fivo wounded. MaJ. I’rico of tho eighth cavalry dofoatod a largo party of Oomanchos on tho 15th inst., h.x miles south, killing sovcial. List. Baldwin a id throe Kioux, with dispatches for supplios, git through after n dospurato light, killing nvo and capturing ono ronogado. On tlio 12th, s x cosiricis for wtipplios woro surprised by 150 Oomnnolios, on tho Wichita, and after agallant (lefonso ami the loss of ono of tliolr number killod, and nil but two woundod, repulsed them with a loss of 12 killed. SOUTH. Thero am twenty companies of Btato cavalry in Georgia. Tho Arkansas democratic Btato con vention nominated Gov. Baxter for ro-eioction Tho governor of Kentucky has sent tr >ops to Hreathill county to clear tho town of Jackson of a band of outlaws. Colonel Janus Coleman, for mat.y years superintendent of tho tolegrapli lines in Tennessee, diod la*>t week at Italoigb. Conrad, tho Swede, charged with the murder of E. I). Crosswoll, in Barlow county, Oa , a short timo since, Las ffeon tried and rc] fitted. Tho attorney general ban employed ox governor Parsons, of Alabama, to assi-t tho United Stale* district attorneys in the prosecution of tho parties Accused of viola tion of the federal law in Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., was crowded with nogr.x s last wook, drawing ratIoiim in accord ance with an act of congress appropriating ■710,000 for tbo relief of tlioeo made destitute by tlio ovoiflow of tbo Tomblgboo and Ala bama rivois, last March and April. Postmaster-General Jewell advertises tics who committed what is known as Gad’s Hill robbery, in Missouri, on tho 31st of Janu ary last, and #3,000 roward for tlio arrest of tlio robbers of Han Antonio, Texas, in April la-t. Tho governor and treasurer of Vir ginia liavo invited a conference of tho credit ors, homo and foreign, at ltidimoml, the 10th of November next, to consider sncli proposi tions for a final agroomont as will afford tho host attainable security for tlio rights [and in terests lmtli of tlio public creditors ami com monwealtli. The September returns to tho de partment of agriculturo show a very heavy decline in tlio prospects of tlio cotton crop in all tlio states oxcopt Virginia, where it about bolds its own. Tlio btato averages are as follows : Virginia 93, North Carolina 87, a declino of 15 during August; South Carolina 8G, a decline of 13; Georgia 77, decline of 17; Florida G7, declino of 25 ; Alabama 81, decline of* 9; Mississippi 75, decline of 14 ; Louisiana 67, declino of 21; Texas G4, decline of 41; Arkansas 47, decline of 40; Tennessee 48, de cline of 35. Tho leading cause of tbo declino in tlio prevalence over largo eections of tlio c Aton area of severe dronght, accompanied FOREIGN. The great strike of cotton operatives at Bolton. F.ugland, has begun. A dispatch from Constantinople says tho governor of Angara reports 35,000 people uttoily destitute, who will rcqniro mainten ance throughout tlio winter. An official dispatch announces that General Pavia has gained a victory ovor tho Carlisle. Three thousand troops will leave for Cuba t:.o preaont month, and fivo thousand in October. The London Standard pays that the Bchleswig-Hokrtain question is afianiuiiig a serious aspect, in coneequence of (li£ daily expulsion of Danish subjects and the nostilo tone of the German press, By a railway collision in Euglaud, Sept. 11, twenty person* woro killed outright and fifty worn seriously Injured. This aooi- dent occnrrod on tho Groat Eastern road, which is nuppoeod io bo ono of tho host man aged in tho island, Tho government had received nssur- ancos from its minister in London that thoro was now great hopeH that tho Honduras rnil- rnad would l>e finally flnichod. Ono section of it, from tho bridge of Lavinta to Blanca 1 had boon contracted for at i.'1,000 per mile. Early in tho afternoon of AuguRt 22, an attempt was made In Lima to assassinato the prosidentof Peru, wliilo proceeding from tho palace to his liouso. Although sovoral shots wero fired tiono took effect. Tlio loadorof the band and thirteen other* have boon arroalod. Tho great striko of cotton operatives at Bolton, England, lin* began. Tho strike stop* soventy-four mills, employing 13,(100 hands. Forty-eight mills, omploying 7,000 hands, continue operations. Subscriptions for tlio strikers liavo been opened by the trades-unions throughout tbo manufacturing districts. Guatemala ndvioos say that four Eng lish vessols of war, including tho flag ship Hopublio, wero at Han Joso. Tho government had appointed Don Mincont Dardof, of Gua temala, minister at Washington, to confer with the United States centeuary commissioners as to how Guatemala host could bo represented at tlio centennial exposition. Reports from Nicaragua show that tlio country wrh at peace. Tho Official Gazette remarks that tho moral progress tlio ropnblio hi* made was shown in tlio orderly way in which tlio pooplo coh-hr.ilrd tbo feast of Han Domingo and Hnnta Anna. Ilundredn of pri vate and public reports from the republic show that it is beginning to enjoy somo tranquillity. MISCELLANEOUS. Michael Hays, of treasury (info-bur glary fame, lias boon released on i 1,000 bail. E.lnft Denu Proctor has instituted suit against Francis D. Moulton for libel, lay ing damage 1 at #100,(MX). Inquiries in executive and diplomatic quarters show thoro 1h no ttutli in tlio report that Germany in Feoking territorial possessions on lids continent. Attorney-General Williams ban given tho opinion that United Htates troops can bo mod to romovo outlaw* and all unauthorized persons from tlio Cheyenne and Arapahoo Tho commissioners of tho froedmen’s savings ami trust company nay Ihoy cannot make a statement in dotnil, not having ascer tained accurate'y tho indehtodnosa or assotH of tlio institution. Gen. Cowan, acting aocrotary of inte rior, has given Ida decision that tho Chore- Uuoh liavo tho rigid to tax Texas eatilo driven through their reservation, and in default of payment to teixo tlio oattlo an'd hold them for tho taxes. Army officers nay that tho army in not largo euough for tlio protootion of tlio fron tiers, and at tlio samo timo act as comitates to tlio Judicial officers of tho south, and in on- forcing process in extraordinary cbmoh, such oh that or Louisiana. Tho postmaster-general has directed that no adrnnen on pajment he made to dorks or employes on nocount of salary for HorvicoH not rendered and for which compensation is not fully «!uo at tlio llnro of payrnont. Tills is coustruod as forbidding advanooa of sal art on to dorks going homo to vote. A similar ordor will bo issued by tlio treasury department. The commissioner of tho pension offloo lias decided, *s a preliminary to tliooon- •adoration of tlio claim under tho act of Juno 1H, 1874, tlio provision of a pension of fifty dollar* per month, alleging permanent and total diaability. Tlio applicant must proaout evidence allowing conclusively that ho roqnirott tho regular aid and attendance of another Complaints aro coming from various section* of tlio west, and especially from Pennsylvania, and Now York, of the suspen sion. nr partial suspension, of mills and man ufactories for tlio want of wator to run. Tho trouble is rapidly extending, with prospets of its becoming genera! unlo.-s rain soon falls. Till* is not only truo of textile msmifa' lories, but lb Hiring mills also, especially at tlio wont, which are shutting down to an extent that shippers say they find it difficult to obtain their neodod supplies oifthls market, and that thoy aro largely compelled to hold off for fear of putting up prices without getting a supply. Tho treasurer of tho United States has issued a circular requesting tho national banks to make an additional deposit of flvo por rout, for tho redemption of their circula tion, with tho instruction that United States notes may bo sont to tbo treasurer under tlio contract of tlio treasury department with tlio Adams express company, and under the same regulations as aro prescribed for tlio forward ing of notes and currency of tho United Staton, for redemption. If any bank shall proler, it may forward the required amount by its draft on Now York, Boston or Philadelphia, drawn (o tho order of the treasurer of tlio United Rta'.cs, and payable in United Htates notes. Acknowledgment will bn mado to each bank for its deposit when completed by re mittance to it of certificate in proper form. United States notes unfit fer circulation will bo accepted in payment of the additional five por cent, deposit. As rapidly as notes of tbo banks making tho additional deposit Hindi bo assorted, their amount will bo charged against deposit and tho banks notified. Com pliance witli this request ia optional with the uational hanks, but it is hoped that a prompt and general response will bo mode to It. It is with great reluctance that this course has boon decided upon. But it now seems impossible to prevent any Interruption in tlio redemption of national bank notes unless a further de posit of United Htates nolos shall ho mado. Some Fuels About Eels. Eels, it has been proved, have both Hexes in one, and spawn somewhat after tlio manner of other fish. Like tho tur tle they can travel out of the water for Homo difltauce, from stream to stream, bo that in almost every rivulet., however small, they can bo found. Tho gills or the breathing organs are covered up by a most delicate curtain which acts like a valve and a reservoir for water, thus en abling tho fish to take in a gill-full of water, so to speak, to keep its gills moist during the time it is ont of the water. It has a heart in the tail, the name that is known to exist in the salmon, with pulsations at about ninety-four the minute. THANKSGIVING. THOSE TWO HEARTS. Yes, it certainly was the door-boll, "Do-liverouoo 1" Raid Miss Phrygia, "ami I've just taken tho comb out of rny back liair !” In ouiorgenoioB of this kind Miss Phrygia had a way of drawing back the tidy chintz curtain just far enough to peer through and buu whether it would do to run down " just ns sho was,” If it would do, down she run, and if it wouldn’t, she culled softly through her window " Immediately !” and then Hushed through her preparations with a speed, truly miraculous, for Mins Phrygia lmd u love of promptitude that covered tho whole superficial stratum of her nature, and " Immediately I" wan so favor ite uti expression of this quality, that if hIio had boon asked graciously to sot a timo for her own execution, those who know her best would have expected it in tho natural aud unhesi tating reply. But this time, ns tho chintz curtain revealed a pony phuoton ut tho ante, aud orr tho door-stop u Might, maidenly figure, a sweet young face, and a mist of golden hair, she only said "Dear liearl!" and laying the comb on tho drcHsiug lablo, tin* glided down stairs, tier owtr locks fulling into an undula tion of chestnut rings, that might well liavo boon the envy of a goddess in her own tmmesnko land. "Ho glad you nro nl homo,” Raid a voice from under tho golden mist, “ I've just brought you my little book. I’ve kept tho hurt page for you, you al ways have everything so nice. Any triile, ' light iih air,’ you know, will do. It. was ono of those blessed old towns, rare to find in theso days, where tho loftly and the lowly kuowuml roBpootod, loved and took nn interest in, each o.hor, and Miss Phrygia, instead of waiting for tho book, which tho maid- oub of tho place, when about to assume tlio dnlicH of wifo and housekeeper, hud a fashion of circulating among their friends for collections of choice receipts, readied forth and took both tho slender, guuutloted hands in her own. As die did so, her right thumb pressed a diamond on tho loft foroflngor of her visitor, and her face, so beaming iih iilie run down stairs, suddenly molted into a different expression, as she gnzed into the hnzol eyes confronting her with a yearning tenderness pitiful to see. "Poor thing 1” shouaidsoftly, "poor littlo thing!" "Why, what's tho matter, Miss Phrygia? I know you don’t like en gagement rings, but you can’t under stand that I am, and urn going to be, tho happiest littlo woman in the world." "Poor little thing!" was all Miss Phrygia said again, much nn you would coo over nn unfledged doveling that will fall out of tho nest. " And then," with a caressing squeeze from tho slender (lands. " I’m not go ing far, you know—only a stop—you can boo tiro chimneys right up thoro through tho trees. You’ll oomu and see me often, won’t you?” " That's what they say when pooplo die, but a pretty long Mop, I oill it," said Miss Phrygia ; "Mill, it’s always n sort of comfort, to visit their graves, and I’ll come with pleasure.” "Oh, Miss Phrygia ! Well, I only wish you did understand. I wish you’d get. married yourself! You’d bo a hundred times hotter oIT; didn't you over feel so in your secret heatt?” "Ye*," said Miss Phrygia, quietly, " a great, many times." " Don’t you think it would be plons- antor tlian living hero all alone?" " Yes," said Miss Phrygia. " Then why haven’t you tried it?" " There'll been always just ono dif ficulty witli every opportunity I've had," said Miss Phrygia, dropping her eyes thoughtfully—"you can't seem to find anyway of doing it but by marryingsomo man, and that," with a little shiver run ning over her shoulders, "puts it so out of tho question !" A rippling laugh, that made tlio golden mist seem like moonlight on the lake, answered Miss Phrygia. " Then if you could eomo across an angel you think you would venturer?" "Immediately," said Miss Phrygia. "Well, I’m sorry I’m ho fond of tho only one, in the world that I can’t give him tip to you, but it does seem as if you might find something," and with another littlo squeeze, tho dainty hands left a marble-covered book in Miss Phrygia’s, took up tho pony-reins, and drove away. Mips Phrygia went slowly np fitairs, put iti her comb, ond sat down to thp receipt book, for "immediately” was deed as well as word with her. A soft evening cloud that alternately lots fall a few drops of refreshing rain upon tho flowers, and then illuminates its whole surface with a heaving flash, direful to bo encountered, is a fit type of Miss Phrygia’s face, ns, gazing at tho open page, her thoughts turned first to the gentle heart that would ponder its pud dings, and then fo tho " man" into whoso keeping that heart’s happiness waa to bo confided. " Poor thing ! Sweet heart!’’ she murmured, with a tender moisture in her eyes, and then, witli a dangerous flash, " Tioirid creature! I wonder what he looks like 1” Tlio alterations went on for a few minutes, and then a sudden gleam of humor lighted tip her face, aivif some stray, belated sunbeam had tipped the cloud with pink. " A trifle light as air," sho said, "I ll writo it for her 1" and seizing a pon, Miss Phrygia wrote : MORTALITY rilFFH—N1SVB1I KNOWN TO FAIL. Eggs (oookatrioe), 1. Milk (human Kindness), just ready to sour, 1 drop. Occam of tartar-caught, 2 largo spoons, heaping. Flower (of un hour), 1 full cup. Suit (of tho earth), very small piuoli, mere dusting. H tiso with fermentations browod ns follows : lIop(e)s realized, 1. " disappointed, 09. Hwoolen with faith and submission. Bpioe with variety. Bake in earthen vessols, under a slow lire, till tho vosaels ornok, j A week later, Miss Phrygia put on a pair of black gloves, u blnojs bonnet, aud a blank lnoo veil to lot down in case aho should cry, and wont to;churoli to see a plain gold ring take prooodouoo, of the diamond she had pressed, and to hear the hymeneal blessing pronouuood over tho mint of golden hair. Hire had to drop her veil oiiooortwico as aim guZUd at the cloud of laoo and oraugo-bloasomR boforo tho altar, ami when aho couldn’t, help soeiug the new broadcloth suit that stood bosido it, sho kept, herself down by repeating as fast as hIio could, " Charity liopotli all things, enduroth nil things, is not easily provoked." Thou aho went homo, put. on the brightest dross sho had, and went, to nurse a Hick neighbor who could obtain no assistance for monoy, and therefore must have it. for love. Tho bright, dress had almost timo to fade before Miss Phrygia saw'tbo way clear to go homo again. If was a long null, and neither aho nor tho invalid know bow they would Imro got through had it not boon for the strength and comfort of tho doctor’s daily visits. Six feet in height, two hundred pounds iu weight, strong as a tower, Ann as a rook, cool un n hygrogrnpb, jmd yol when pain or discouragement oallod for it, quick with a brooding tenderness, more beautiful, Miss Phrygia thought, oven than a woman’s. Twilight, in the sink room Roomed lonely to Miss Phrygia, and nlio fell in to tlio way of watching for a light to gleam through tlio elms that shaded the dootor’s house just opposite, but.no light over appeared, and she had just mado up her mind that ho was never at home in tho evening, wlion she had to send for him two or throe times after tlio stars woro out, and thoro ho wax. "Oh dear 1" film Raid, "I hopo ho doesn’t sit thoro without bo much as a cimdlo lightod, thinking about those Main i on of his that woro drowned, and tho wifo in tlio insane asylum that only died a year and a half ago. Ho can't or ho never oould eomo ovqv horn on ii moment’s call, all ready to olmhr us up and lie snob a comfort I" This " cheer ing them up and being a comfort" con tinned until Miss Phrygia began to wonder what (lays nt homo would seem with ut it, when her season of duty should be ended. What tho doctor thought about losing his nurso, ho did not say, but ho instated upon soeiug hor home, when tho timo came, although the moon was as largo us u curt-wheel, and shining eloar. As thoy oatuo out, they both iuvol- uutarily glanced up nt tho house under tho shadow of the elms. " Dark," said Miss Phrygia ; " it al- " Yes,” said tho’dootor, " it 1ms been for a good many yours now, very dark." " I know it," said Miss Phrygia, soft ly, feeling ns if stie ought to liavo on her blnok gloves again. "Don’t jou think," said tho dootor, adjusting hor hand it trifle moro olosely to his arm, “ don't you think I might bring in it bright, warm light boforo long, if I could And it?" " Immediately !" Haiti Miss Phrygia. "Even,"—anil the doctor stooped to eomo ns near as ho could to a look un der MifiS Phrygia’s hilt,-"even if I should leave your house ompty and dark to do it?" What Miss Phrygia said, or what oil her or both of them said after that, will never bn revealed ; but certain it is that when Miss Phrygia ought to liavo boon going to sleep that night, Mio wasn’t going to sloop at all, but saying over and over to herself: " Oh, what have 1 done ? Wlmt liavo I done ? IIow oould I ever do it? What am I going to do ?’’ Tho perplexity thickened and dark ened, to tho peril of Miss Phrygia’s night, when suddenly u ray of light flashed forth upon it. "Why, of course 1" film said. "ITo isn’t exactly a man, after nil; lie’s a dootor ; ami that’s just how I eanm to do it 1" and with this satisfactory con clusion in her soul, and a wonderful whirl of now sensations in her heart, Miss Phrygia turned on hor pillow, and wont o sloop like u kitten. The village wan bo astir with the nows tho next week, that Miss Phrygia was thankful her first walk,—leaning on an arm that wasn’t her’n, and yet claimed to bo,—camo in tlio twilight. Tlio eh ad own deepened as filio wan dered on, listening to a great many things tho dootor had to nav. until at last, just an Miss Phrygia npoko for tho first, timo, u glow-worm enmoin sight. " I must stop and tie up my shoo 1” was what Miss Phrygia said, and whether tho doctor heard it or not, he stepped forward a few paces to see about tlio glow-worm, and Miss Phrygia put up her foot on a stone by the way side. As she stooped, a noiseless step, accompanied by ono a trifle heavier, came behind her; something misty touched her oheok, anil a voice whisper ed in horear: "Is that your mortality pufT?" "Hush ’fill!" said Miss Phrygia. "Yes, for a breath might blow him away. Bring him round to visit my grave, won’t you ? Homo evoning about tea-time ; and we’ll have—puffs !" " Immediately !" said Miss Phrygia. Burt Hartb is said to bo a suffVrer from a chronic complaint that is by no means uncommon. Ho cannot keep money. He has no bad In bits, and yet raonov molts away as soon as ho touches it. His work commands a higher prioc than that of any writer of tlio day. Waste of wealth is sometimes retriev ed ; waste of health, ia seldom ; but the waste of timo never, A PERUVIAN SHAKE. Tho Tenor* of " K1 Temblor**-How tho Pei»l»lo Act. Lima Cor. Chicago Trlbuiio. Since I wrote vou my last lottor wo have had souio of our customary earth- quake shocks, passing over Lima in tho direction of Arequipa, and not folt nt all, or very littlo. iu tho western part of the oitv. Nor did tho shook roaoli Oal- Ino, although it was folt among tho shipping iu tho harbor, and tlio wavos woio agitated for a fow seconds, ns if a whirlpool wore about to form in tho bay. The morning camo damp, lowering and cloudy ; so that our friends, as wo met thorn iu tho streets, said, with a shrug of tho shouldors: "Regular earthquake weather this!" Exactly as wo would flay to our friond in the United States, on mooting him, "Wo shall liavo u storm by aud by." At about 2 p. in., low, Bill ion clouds’ settle lower and darkor, birds wheel wildly in frightened cir cles. oh tokens and turkey-buzzards fly in hnsto to somo sholtor, and the rivor Rimao moans noisily as it rushes ovor its stouy bod. Tho .donkeys iu tho street bray with tromondouH frequency, and a cloud of dust, through tho feo*t- dosorted stroots, warns all podostrians that somo calamity is at hand. Hlmt- tors flap and croak ; tho distant bluo hills surrounding Lima darken and scorn lost iu gloom ; my liorso, standing at my paved court-yard gate, unhitched aud free to wander at will up aud down tho paths, ns is the onstam. suddenly begins to tremble, giving shrill neighs, and a cold sweat runs down his shapely nook and logs, us ho shudders aud grows nnro and moro uneasy. Now my dog begins to howl, anil orouohos with trembling limbH, and mute, imploring eyes, at my foot. Tho wind walls, tho sky darkens, aud a hoarse, muttered murmur comes on tho air, near and more »onr, low and ominous. Now tho doors begin to quiver, tho windows jar and rattlo. My hird-oago, with its fright- euod ocoupautB, sways and falls; the parrot shrieks, "El temblor! El tem blor 1" (tho oarthquftko I tlio earth- quako I) and buried his bead under liis wing. Now tho vory houso timhors and joists oraolc and strain. Ohimnoya fall, with adobe plontoring flying; ami all the frightonod inhabitants, Peruviau aud foroigu, rush madly, pell-mell, into tlio stroet. Many run to the opon plaza, or square, to usoano tho falling build ings, should any fall. A sudden lull, a hush of wind aud moaning sound, and again, loiulor and noaror, tho dread earthquake oomos again. Hero are frightened women, with disheveled hair and toars of peni tence ; hero aro wealthy aonoras, half- olad, aud just from their toilottos, kneeling in common fright and suspense most trying, side by aide with tho Chi nese pbggnr, sore and loathsome, or bo- siilo a negro Gliolo, fairly pale with ap prehension. There nro cries aud pray ers, clasped hands and kneoliug figures, in long, black mantas, looking more ghastly from tho funeral aspect. “ Whore may wo go?" cry ono and all as the ground rises and fi lls in billowy undulations ; anil children mingle their screams with tho general uproar. Yot all of it'pusses ovor in loss than a sec ond of timo, loss than I liavo taken to describe it; and whonngnin tho sun, bursts forth, the clouds disperse, and all fours aro allayed that tlio enrtliquulce will oomo again this day, then tliokneel- ing figures jump up ns lively as thoy knelt down, and tho laughter and tho gossiping begin. Beside the publio fountains, tlio dark-eyed sonoritn, with tlio powder on half of her face, gathors and rolls up hor masses of heavy hair, anil, smiling, flits into tho liouso to oompleto hor toilotto ; and tho vocifer ous orios of tho water-men, tho calls of tho cake anil dulco vendors, and tho hustle of busy olty lifo commence ox- aotlywhoro thoy woro interrupted an hour boforo I Such is tho levity of theso people, so accustomed liavo thoy become to those oarthqhako shocks that they will dance, and flirt, and sing; go through all tho different gradations of horror, terror, abject despair, faintings, prayings, kneelings, mea-oiilpa orios and shriek- ings, during the few short seconds of an earthquake vibration; and forgot its terrors as soon as it has passed quiver- inprly by. But with n foroignor the ease is very different. Ho may have boon through lire and flood, through tho dangers of shipwreck anil through hairbreadth es capes on land and sea ; but tho longor lie lives in this volcanic country, tho more ho treads its thin, lava-crusted soil and studies tho inner voloanio forces of its strata, tho of tenor ho exporioneos an ovor-so-slight vibration of nn earth quake, tho moro lie dreads and fears it, the moro solemn nro his roflootionH as tho earth and sea rock and jar ; and, ns to becoming used to it, only a native- born Peinvian can say that with any shadow of truth. Of all tho horrors of an earthquake, those shocks which occur at nigiit aro the most terrible. Your bod rooks you like i^yery cradle ; and, throwing on the first clothing that lies liaudy, you attempt to draw with trembling "bauds tho bolts of tho doors of your hours— that meanwhile aro jarring and crashing so that you seem every moment in dan ger of being buried in a living tomb by tho falling timbers—and then, when .fosporato fear has given you superhu man strength to pull tho displaced bolts from their fastenings, you rush head long, impelled by the oscillating lateral motion, into tho dismal stroots, with a darkness that can bo folt all around you—your knees quaking, and tho cries of kneeling, awe-striokon wretches sing ing in your oars. Such a feeling of insecurity comes ovor you, such a sonso of your own lit tleness, when tho solid ground rolls and quiveis under your foot 1 Such a feel ing of awe, anti shrinking pi very soul, aftor tho shook has passod on and over, and you aro left pallid and dazed, to think of it all. Oppressive Brilliancy. " Madame Podsnap," says the Sara toga correspondent of the Washington Capital, "descends to breakfast with tbo diamonds good society counten ances in those who owned gems before the days of shoddy, sparkling as soli taires in her oars, and representing §5,000 on hor fingers, and beneath her heavy silk, of a shade dark enough for wintor wear, is oonooalod a small for tune, say $50,000 worth, of diamonds in a muslin bag, Sho daro not leave thorn iu hor room, of oourso, and onnnot put them iu tho liotol snfo without giving up tho pleasure of wonring them cnoli evening, so sho oonoonlfl them until oveuiug, when sho disnlftys thorn every one; nnd sloops with thorn beneath tlio mattress. So sho is doomod to din monds for eonstnnt companions. It iB tlio only brilliauoy sho understands,” Tlio Colors of Animals. Color is often the protector of tho lifo of tho orouturo. In this respoot. the principle of utility, which is much spoken about by tho partisans of the theory of indefinite transformations manifested in all partn of the organism, requires littlo consideration to bo doomod iiulispntablo. The hunter rea dily bolioves that tho animal .has bug- aooded iu osoaping from him in oonse- quonoo of tho gray or tawny color of the fur, whioh was scarcely to bo dis tinguished from tho soil, of its plumage, wliioh was almost identical with th > foliage of tho trees. In num- borloRS oases, hares and rabbits, flying over tho naked soil, nro ablo to ovailo their pursuors from a similar cause. Tho antelopes of Africa and tho kanga roos of Australia have coats that pro cure for thorn equal advantages. The liou may bo oitod ns a magnificent ox- amplo of conformity or coloration. Lying upon the sand of tho dosort, or squattod among tho rocks, tho animal at a short distanco would bo almost in visible, and tlio gazello would aimroaoh him without a foar of danger. Tho po lar boar does not stand out conspicu ously upon tho glaciers ; tho arotlo fox, the ormiuo, tlio alpino liaro, wliioh have earthly tints iu summer, Jiavo in win- tor tlio whitouoss of the Holds of snow whioh thoy travorso. Nooturual boasts, bats, rats, aud mice woar voHtmonts, whioh are woll suited to obscurity. Al though tho tlgor, tho loopard, tho pan ther have, it in true, vory visible mark ings, yot they hido themselves beneath trees, whence thoy spring upon tliolr proy. Among birds protective oolors aro vory common. Evon without the testimony of travelers we should liavo good reaaon to suppose that paroquets, fcournoos, and parrots, colored with all sorts of boautiful shades of greon, would bo vory difficult of discovery in tropical forosts. In tho dosort whero thoro is no sholtor, aud where noithor troo nor bush is to bo soon, swallows, quails, linnots, and gangas, which in habit such localities, wear plumago of various similes of gray and " Isabella” similar to tho sands and gravel. Ia the mountains pf Europe the tagopede (a spooion of pnrtridge)[(during tho sum mer has a plumage which oxaotly har monizes with tho tint of rooks oovored with lichens, Tho bird delights to har bor among snob rooks, and sportsman say that frequently a largo flock of them escape notice. In tlio winter, however, the lagopodo changes his oos- tumo and becomes as white ns tho snows; ho again Hiioaeeds in warding off attention. The yellows, browns, and "doad-lraf" tint4 of groupo render tho auirnal almost invisible when repos ing among tho trocs in tho woods. A species of goat-suokor found in South America is of Hnoh peon liar tints that when it is lying upon the little rook is lands of tho Rio-Nogro it cannot bo porooivod by the koouest vision. Tlio First Steamboat.. At Bhepliordstown, in Jefferson coun ty, West Virginia, tho first steamboat was built. Goneral Washington and Governor Johnson, of Maryland, wero tho patrons of tho enterprise. After tho war they prootired together tho in corporation of tho Potomac company by their respeotivo states. And in 1T85 Rumsey demonstrated to them on the Potomac, above Shophordstown, his groat disoovory that a boat oould bo propolled by steam up stream against the ourront. Tlio boiler and machinery for Butusov's steamboat woro mado at tho Oatootin iron furnace, in Frodoriok county, then ownod bv Johnson and some of liis brothers. Tho gentlemen of tho Potomao country thou used to go to tho Baltimore (now Berkeley) springs to drink the waters, and this experiment of Ramsey’s, of steam navigation, was certified to liavo been a success by Washington, Johnson, and othor emi nent men then present. Tho first steam boat was propelled on tho Potomao; tho first boiler was mado in Frodoriok county, twenty years boforo Fulton per fected tho idou and applied it on the Hudson. Discoveries Near tlio North Polo. According to accounts in lato London journals, tho Austrian north polo expe dition was frozen in at tho north point of Novu Zambia in August, 3872, and was driven in a northwesterly direction with ico. Tho crew worked flvo months in vain during tho summer of 1873 to free tho ship. In tho autumn of this year, north o: tbo 80th degree of lati tude, ail unknown land waa discovered, whoso boundary lino, north and west, was not to be scon. A t hin lino was ex plored in sledges from tho 9th of Match to tho 4th of May, 1874, up to tho 83d degree. In honor of the emperor of Austria, this was named Franz Joseph Land. Thoro woro woro no signs of an imal lifo. On tho 20th of May, 1874, the crow loft tho ship to got off in four sledges, and after traveling ninoty-six days, reached Nova Zombla, whero thoy mot with some Russian seamen and wero taken to Wardoe, iu Norway, aftor undergoing indescribable sufferings and privations. Almost invariably tho ory of a short cotton crop comes up in Soijtombor from various sections of tho country. Reports from Augusta, Memphis and Galveston this year toko similar gloomy views; but from Mobile and New Orleans a considerable inoroaso is an ticipated. A review of the entire field ofc the present timo would probably in dicate nearly, if not quite, an average orop. • Trip, handsomest men in tho union aro Kentuckians, and tho preservation of their good looks is said to b • duo to tho fact that whilo all tho Bourbon whisky is manufactured in Kentucky, the groat bulk of it is contained else where. ENGLAND'S QUEEN. Hor tiorgonu* Aimnuionti nt Windsor t'aillci The London correspondent of the Chicago Intor-Oooau writoH of a visit to Windsor Castlo and says: " Tho Wator • loo ohamber is 93 foot long, 45 feet high, and 47 broad; it is lightod by a lantern of ground glass extending the whnln length of tho room, and is divided into five oompartments by light, grace ful arohes. At each ond of tlio room thoro nro galleries for musicians, formed of richly oarvod oak. Tho walls and ooilings are decorated in wliito and gold roliof with armorial bearings, and in- sortod in tho pnnelling ronna tlio room are portraits of all the eminent mon who woro oonnootod with tho battlo of Waterloo, Lions, masks, and grotesque bonds holding wreaths of flowers and fruits ombollish nH tho mouldings, and tho doors, mantle-pieces, anil piotnro frames aro adorned with beautiful wood carviugp by Gibbons. Tho carpet in dark ranrroon, pnnnelled and figured with tho stars of tho oivil and military orders of the Batli, aud tbo furniture is of ohk (corresponding with tho stylo of tho room) covered with crimson velvet. Tho prononoo chamber is 90 foet long, 33 foot high, and 84 foet broad; nn im mense Orillia window forms almost ono ontiro ond of tho room, and commands uu oxtoneivo view of tlio park and nd- jnoent country. Tho stylo of tho room is that of tho timo of Louis XIV., and tho workmanship is admirable. Tlio coiling is a nmrvol of beauty, as are also the oornioos, which aro ornomonted by noroUwork of tho moat exquisite do- soription. Largo, richly oarvod doors opon into tbo throno room, tho Water loo gallery, and tho banqueting hall. Tho walls aro hung with six superb specimens of Gobolln tapestry, repre senting 4 Tho History of Jason and tho Goldon Floooo.’ Splomlid looking-glas ses occupy othor portions of tho room. Four ohaudeliors of ormolu, intorBpors- od with eut-glnss branches and pend ants, aro suspouded from tho coiling. Tho floor is of oak. parget, tho oak be ing inlaid with Jfour-dr.-Nn in ebony. Tho furniture is solidly gilt, and is vory gorgeous. At ono end of tho room thoro is a largo malachite vnso, which was presented to Queen Yiotoria by tho Emporor Nioliolns of Russia. Tho ban queting hall is 200 foot long. 32 foot high, and 84 broail. On one side of the room thoro nro thirteen windows, and opposito to thorn thoro aro reoesses con taining lifo-sizo portraits of tho Inst cloven ’sovereigns of England. In a music gallery at ono ond of tho hall thoro is an organ, and under, upon a dais, is tho qnoon’s oliair of state, mado in imitation of tho coronation oliair in Wostminstor Abbey. In tho spaces bo- twoon tho portraits thoro nro largo brass shiolds, with tho cross of Bt. Goorgo and tlio Gartor motto. Brackets sup porting lamp3 projoot from each side of tho shields, and abovo them arc stool helmets with cross spears. Tho ceiling is almost entirely oovored with shiolds omblazoned with tho armorial bearings of all tho Knights of tho Garter, from tho institution of tho ordor down to tho present timo—-a period of about flvo hundrod yoars. Tho names of tho knights aro painted between tho panols of tho windowsl; to enoh of them is affixed n number corresponding to that attached to the arms on tlio coiling. On each sldo of tho window there nro two knights (In stucco) in oompleto armor. Tho furniture (of whioh thoro is but little, tho ball being very seldom usod) is of oak, oovored with soarlot velvot, and tho oarnot is an oak pattern, in small panols, with tho cross in tho contro, and a rich border of tho Gartor aud motto. In one of tho departments wo wero shown an ebony cabinet, inlaid with onyx, whioh had belonged to Mary Queen of Boots, and two largo tables of solid silvor, ono of which had been owned by Charles II., aud a portrait, by Rembrandt, of tlio famous Countess of Desmond at tho ago of one hundred and twenty.” Dost Organs on Most, Favorable Terms. Cftbinot or Parlor Organs aro capital things for peddlers to work with, be cause vory poor ones can be made at half tho cost of good ones, and few peo ple arc competent to tell tho difference from a first examination. Manufac turers print in their catalogues prices which aro throo or four times as high as tho valno of suohohoap work. Then tho peddler starts out and puts tlnm on tho pooplo in various ways. Ho sells at nn ouormous discount, if ho cau got cash; takos part trade, if necessary, or loaves tho orgirti awhile on trial, and soils it on long timo at "manufacturer's prices,” exhibiting the catalogue to show that it is snob, or evon nt a dis count from this, wliioh ho can well af ford. Tho Mason A: Hamlin Organ Co. have recently announced a'plnn which is likely to interfere with this business. This Company, as is woll known, makes only the best work, whioh,tby its uni form excellence, has obtained tho high est reputation for their organs. They proved tho best, and obtained tho high est awards at the recent Vienna and’ Paris World’s Expositions, as thoy have uniformly done in American In dustrial competitions. Tho fact that theso organs are tho best in tho world is, indeed, too well established to need further endorsement. The Company have now added a largo now factory to their former extensive works, and design to greatly increase thoir business. This thoy propove to do by offering organs for timo pay ments, or for rent with privilege of pur- ohaso, at barely sufficient advanco on tho cash prices to afford a reasonable intorest for tho time. An’organ may bo hired by tho quarter with privilege of purchase at any time in ono year or longor. H purchased within tho yea#, tho whole cost, including rent paid, is only five to ten por cent, moro than if tho cash had been paid down at tho bo- ginning. Persons having any idoa of purchas ing, will bo wise to send a note to tho Mason A Hamlin Co., at either Boston, New York or Chicago, and obtain their now circulars, before purchasing. Tbuth ontors tho heart of man when it is empty and still; but when the mind is shaken with passions, as with a storm, you can never hear the voice of the charmer, charm he ever so wisely.