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rill- < KDARTOWN RECORD-- W, S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1874. VOLUME I. NUMBER *0. NEWS OF THE WEEK, EAST. Tho Grant locomotive works of Pat- orson, N. J., mo understood to bo iu some troublo. Tho contnu't for fifty looomotives for tho Rasslau gorernmoiit bud condition* HttM'hod to tho time of delivery, which tho Grant company found it impossible to comply with, and work thereon ha*, iu tho moantiiuo, ■impended. Tho company ehow a largo sur- phiH over liabilities. but in a vory unavailablo ehapo, and tho futuro of ilH affairs Im depou- dont altogether upon tho disposition of tho Russian gnvornmont to bo lenient a* to the in terpretation of tho contract. Tho creditors of tho com)>any will, probably, l>o asked in tho nioauiimo for an oxtonalon of tirno, until oorn- i bo had with tho Russian I! i. company •lUcb.rgod, ll “> kl "’ n ltlllv » l " ">l ,r0 “" »" n .l„ „f .ml wm .0c6nUn B l, *">' «*» h " * a larg closo their shops altogether for tho pr Tho WEST. try of the Nebraska state aid society Matos that thoro aro from 7UO to 1,000 people who will need to be fod thin com ing winter. Tho citizens of this stato aro doing all they can. hnl will fall short, Tho Utah New a coin pit ten tho num ber of polygaml-ls in tho territory at 1,000 men, 3,000 women and 0,000 childroti, and tho cost and loss by thopuidahmeutof alt at *2,000, - 000, and that tho courts would have around thorn .1.000 crying women and 9,000 crying children. Tho Northern transportation com- pany's steamer Bro .klyn, bound for Ogdons- bnrg to Chicago, exploded lier hoilor last wook i belQ Del Tho effci fearful, instantly sinking tho boat and killing a largo number of ponious. Tho stoamer Cuba was a short d stanoo ahead of tho Brooklyn, and picked up most of tho survivors. J. W. Haley, entile trader of Texas, is represented to havo roccntly obtained ten thousand dollars from Rogers, Powers A Co., a stock firm of Kansas City, on protonso that ho ownod a largo drovo of eattlo. Ho nls > obtained five thousand from Haneo A Hnydor, and various sums from other firms, after which ho sold his ca'.tlo for forty thousand dollars and absconded, and has not sinoo boon hoard of. Tho following nro tho officially an nounced entries in tho great $25, , No H, under tho auspices of tho Pacific Jockey Club: Thad Stevens, Joe Daniels, Ratio Poarco, Hubbard Haney, Alpha. Hocking, and Hard- wood. Other parties oast and in Oregon sond onlriort and money by mail and express. Tho naiuos of the horses aro not known. Exten sive hotting has already commenced, duff has ofTorod tliroo thousand dollars for tho right to sell pools. SOUTH. Tho navy department v rc)x>rtN three ollow fO' tho At Vicksburg, lost week, John Oonloti was slabbed throo limes and instantly killod, by a negro roustabout. A froight train on tho Memphis rail road fell through a trostlo near Hlackflsh Bayou, Haturday night, fatally injuring tin otlis Tho stearaliont Esperauza was burned Inst week at Profit’s island, on tho Misaisi Tho cargo Is a total low*. Tho chamber of tho boat lost her lifo. No other lives Tho Richmond correspondent of tho Petersburg News roports that Mrs. (Ion. Brad ley T. Johnson is soriouoly, if not dangerously ill from ox-llouiont, resulting from Llio 1st' hoslilo Malum, the largei in Louisii Tho i of bur husband r from tho oane uncommonly larg. It is stated that the Emperor William granted an audlonco to Count Amint Bortsln- burg. This signifies that a crisis has arrived in tho Von Arnlrn affair, and It remains to be whothor Pritioe Bismarck or tho poworful Aruim family will prove tho victors. Lftto reports from China state that affairs between Japan and China roruaiu pre cisely as they woro. Tho high oat patriotic spirit is exhibited throughout tho country. Tho nobles have offered a largo portion of their revenues to tho government, and tho populace of every province aro formed into luntoer regimoute. Tho Pall Mall Gaxotto lmn a dispatch >m St. 1'otersharg, announcing tliat affairs ^ critical in Turkestan and Khivu. 'I’lio Tur komans aro growing bolder in tholr attacks il depredations upon tho tribes friendly to Russia. Tho government of tho czar has or- durod the khan of Khiva to ropross all dis ill tho instructions of tho nmp Advices from Buenos Ayres state that in an engagement between tho troops and llio insurgents, tho latter woro defeated, aud llieir commander, Placa, taken prisoner. Largo re wards aro offered for tho capture of the rebel steamers. Ono has loft Montovidoo, towing a vessol laden with anus and ammunition. The l‘raguavail government Intends issuing *1,- 000,000 of papor money. Tho bank of Entro Rios has suspended,. A gnlo on tho ooost of tho north of England, last week, caused serious losa of lifo and property. All rivers in north of England and Scotland woro much swnllon, tho railroud and telegraph lincH interrupted, troes uprooted in all directions, and chimneys aud walls pros trated. Many persons woro injurod in Edin burg by dying debris. At Ayer, Boo Hand, twenty voasols broko adrift in llio harbor, wliioli is shallow and exposed, all of which ivfro more or loss damaged, and one totall; wrockod. Throo poisons wore drowned nt Deal and two at Bundoiland, MISCELLANEOUS. Hterrngo rates to Europe linvo boon i *20. » 1861. Ditto Ridge railroad, including thirty-throe miles of finished road in running orilor, in South Carolina, and all tho property and frauebioa of tho company, in South Caro lina, Georgia, and North Carolina, was sold last week in bankruptcy, and bought by cx- Oov. Scott for $55,000, in tho Interest of tho first mortgago bondholders. At Memphis on tho morning of the 20th inst. H lire broko out in a saloon on Wator street, in iho Elliott Block, destroying tho en tire block. Tho principal sufferers woro, Matt Monahan, boat stores, and Elliott A Miller, steamboat ngonts and commission merchants. Several saloons and boat utoros woro also ilo- me principal losses aro as follows: Building owned by Shelby county, valued at *00,Of 0, insured in tho North British $3,COO, and in tho Firemen's Fund, of Han Francisco, $2,500. .Mrs. McKinley, furniture, loss *1,500 —fully insured in tho Planters’, of Memphis. A. Boggiann. saloon, $3,000 Iu tho Clay, of Covington, Ky., aud $1,800 in tho Queens, of London. Matt Monahan and Elliott A Mil ler'a loss will probably roach $3,000. Tho to tal loss is about *75,000. • FOREIGN. Tho German government disclaims any intention of occupying tho Navigator is lands. Ex-President Thiers has written a let ter indignantly denying that ho over rnproaon- ted that tho French government was actuated by sentiments hostile to Italy. Garibaldi has accepted a nomination as candidate for parliament from Romo, stipu lating that ho is to attend tho chamber only whon be thinks his presence necessary. Monseigneur Montuer, formerly pri vate chaplain to Napoleon III., is dead. lie has bequeathe 1 150,000 francs to the prince imporial, and the same amount to tho pope. Advices from Berlin represent increas ing public sympathy for Count Von Arnim, on account of the harshness with which ho is treated, and tho rigor of the domicilory searches. The formation of a corps of Irish vol unteers is being agitated, and extensive de monstrations mado iii'its favor in Ireland. Thero is a strong offort to gain llio consent of tho government to tho plan. A party of Montenegrins were recent ly attacked by tho TurkH in tho province Albania, and - • ventoen wero killed. Theaffi created great excitement, and a joint coi mission of the two countries is appointed investigate it. Tho coast wrecking company’s steamer, A. Winau, Is rojiortcd loat, w ith all on b< ilftcon persons. A large number of German bondhold ers of tho California Pacific railroad oompanj have petitioned that tho company ho tlirowi into bankruptcy, and a»k the United Btatoi district court to insuo an injunction restrain' lug it from mortgaging or encumbering its property. The notioo heretofore given l»y Secre tary Bristow, that it was ills intoniloii to ro movo ouo of any two of a family in Uiootnploy of the treasury, was in a partial moannro put Into execution to-day by notifications sent to tweuty-tlvo clerks that tiioir services would bo no longor reqttirod after tho 1st proximo. 'Dio blow roll particularly hoavy in Treasurer Bpiu- nor’s bureau, rr; . Tlio jMjlioo otaWiwhington have nr- rosted a gang of book thiovos that havo boon making oxtunsivo Jcprodationn on tho com mit I eo rooms of tho capitol. Ono thousand Uiruo hundred and fifty pounds of documents havo boon recovered. Most of them are vnl uablo volumes and cannot bo roplacod Thiovos systematically ontcrod tho rooms am' carried away tiioir plunder. No official information has boen rr- ceivod by our govornmont or by llio roprosont ativos of foreign governments at Washington confirmatory of tho newspaper accounts tha Spain has paid iudoiunity to Grout Britain ii satisfaction of damages in tho Virginias case Tho correspondence between the UuilodStatos and Spain conllnuos, but with no proapi HottlcniOTil by this moans. Therefore, probable I bat our claims for indemnity will bocomo a subject of arbitration according to tho terms of tho Fish-Polo protocol. S. S. Foster, United States ]oousul nt Apia, in llio Navigator group of islands, say io wits nt tlio port about tho last of May, who ho Gorman sloop-of-war Auooiia carno thoro. lor commander loviod $20,000 upon tho native biota, but through the intervention of Araori- tan uilisiouarlos roduood tho claim to $11,000. ’ivo LhoiiHaud dollars of this amount was md bonds takon for tho remainder, payable in ivo years at ono per cont. por month interest. Tho sloop sailed to another port, seized lauds in dispute betwoon Gormans and natives, burned their hotisos and sailed away. Day says ho is an eye witness to tlioso transactions, Women’s Full lIutH. Every year wo are prone to doolare the new lints more unbecoming and ungainly than ever before. Bat, hitherto, linvo misused our mother-tongue. Though wo know it not, Buporlatives v ere tine, have been wretchedly out of place. Privately, I am inclined to think that Homo of tlio masculine hat-houses, having had large stocks of felts left over for a Henson or two pant, muBt havo disponed of them cheaply to mill' nerH, who agreed to bring them out u something novel for women. Certain it in, that no shadow of difference can be detected between a majority of tho femiuo head-coverings and the softi mer feltfl worn by men. They aro iden tical ven to tho narrow repped ribbon binding, and tho band around the crown. There a-e, of conrs3, variations of the high-crowned manuiHh stylo ; but that prevails, and may well be considered the style of tho Beason. Indeed, cer tain economical perHonH are trimming and freshening their husband's last Hummer hats, theroby rendering them- selves modish and thriftful at the Hume time. The brims of the hats are wired, and, therefore, offer an irresiati- hie opportunity for jaunt, and pokes, aud dents, which is eagerly embraoed by the trimmers.—Cor. Chicago Trib. Is It or Isn’t It? I TIIKI FA 1.1.. .-wirr.!; Now is the time when the romantic maiden p athers the falling leaves and begins to exclaim : “Lo! this is the Indian summer and when the exact young lady promptly replies: “No; it comes later, I’m sure.” “I think you aro mistaken,” says Miss Romantic. “No, indeed I’m not,” says Miss Exact. “I know yon are,” says Miss Romantic. “ Nothing of the sort,” says Miss Exact. “Then I suppose you mean to say I fib?” says Miss Romantic. “*Tf tho cap fits you, wear it,” says Miss Exact. ‘ Insulting wretch,” says Miss Roman tic. “ Spitefnl hussy,” says Miss Exact. Aud seasons may come and seasons may go, But women wag on forever. ALL AN A00IIH5NT. i at the opera. An opera-glass lmd fallen from one of the upper boxos on tho bend of a goutlomim sittiug in the stalls. tfow I had seen the glass full ; had n a round, white, braooletcd arm and a gloved hand stretched out to arrest, iih it seemed to me, its descent, all done in a moment. The gentlomou upon whoso bond the glass had descended had been carried into the lobby, An ugly wound had nflictod. ... was not killed, but gradually re vived, aud turned his bond toward I know him—it was Htoriokor. Then ho moved a tromulous hand in ray direction. He knew me, it seemed, lie tried to speak ; but it was some timo bofore ho oouhl utter any intelli gent sound. At last we discovered liiH meaning. Ho had lost something which ho desired us, moaning myself and by standers, to eearoh for. Search was instituted accordingly. After awhile, very near to tho stall ho had occupied, thoro was picked up—a glass eye! Hewas gratified at the recovery of his glass eye, hut something else v missing and that was so nt found curious-looking stud; it was not pearl exactly, ft was of an oblong shape, ilky* white, and semi-transparent, iu handsomo petting of brilliants. Btml lmil boon found. 1ft clouiiy prized a nasty shook to a fellow,” said Steriokor, not long niter this, talked tho matter over. I fpiito agreed that it must havo boen a very nastv shock—a most unfortunate accident. ‘At this ho laughed rathor W, “ Whatever you call it, don’t call it that." he said. “ You moan that it wnB not an acci- dont? ” It appears that ho did mean that. “ But I saw tho glass fall,” I said. “ You mean that you saw hor throw it dawn 1 ” “Haw? Who?” I demanded, unoon- soio'-slv adopting tho iutorrogativos of flnmlot, “ Arabella 1” I thought him wandering in his mind. I know nothing of Arabella. I could not remombor that I had evor onoount- erod, out of wot Its of fiction, any woman of that name. And thence J oamo to ask myself what, after all, did I really know of Htoriokor himself? Iu truth, it was very little. “ It was Arabella’s doing, of course,” he continued. “ I know that very well. I know thf) opera-gloss, for the matter of that. I ought to. T gavo it to lior.” Whoro I had first met Htoriokor I am by no moans clear. I am almost oor- tain that I wan never formally intro duced to him. Rut 1 had soon him at various pinups upon nurahorloss occa sions, until T Boomed to havo acquired quite a habit of seeing him. Ho at last —tho thing was becoming quite absurd— there was no help for it but to rccogni/.o him as an acquaintance, at any rato. Finding oaoh other so frequently fane to face in the same place, beneath tho same roof, arul crew tl»o same table, what could wo do, eventually, but laugh and nod, and say, “What! yon hero?” And then wo shook hands. Htill I protest that I know little of him beyond wlmt ho told rao. Aud now ha<l occurred this ucoidentat tho opera-house, confirming as it wore my acquaintance with Htoricker, and ooverting it almost into a friendship. Ho expressed great gratitude for tho assistance I had rendered him, although, •n truth, it had been little enough. But again and again he tlmnkod me, and presently, his wounded head having been skillfully dealt with and relieved by tho application of strips of plaster, l found myself at his lodgings in Half moon street, sitting in an easy chair, smoking a cigar and drinking a tomper- nnco mixture of brandy and water. Until then I had never really known where Hterickor lived. “ And you saw her throw down tho opera-glass ?’’ he said, returning to the subject of tho accident. I carreoted him. I had seen no such thing. But lie did not pay much attention to what I said. “And how did she look? Hand some, of course. Hho was always that; though she certainly is not now nearly so young as when I first met her-— and loved her. For what could I do then but love her? “ There can be no mistake about an attack of love any more than about a fit of tho gout. 1 have suffered from both afflictions. In ray time I have loved a good deal, and I have, in return, been loved very much indeed. 1 say it with out vanity. “I havo loved and been loved,” ho repeated, “and, 1 don’t mind owning, I havo in my timo jilted and boen jilted.” He said this with a morbid Don Giovanni air, that I thought par- mo,” ho resumed, \ l and has never for- given horsolf for it, nor mo oithor. How fair she whh in.tlioso days 1 She’s fair still, for t-lmt matter, though she uses more pearl-powder now than she did. Fair, but falsa. Women aro often that, you know. Snail I say always?” I deprecated suoq an assertion. ‘ Ac cording to my nxjioriouoo it wan far too sweeping. Ho oodcoded that. I was right, possibly. Y^t it seemed to mo Mint ho despisod me'for my moderation. “ You remarked this Btud ?” Ho pro duced tho stud we had searched for nt his request, and fpuod in tho lobby of tho opera house. , It would havo paiued mo very much if I lmd lost it. I regard it us a precious relic. It ho- longed to Araholl#. bneb. In fact— why should I disguise the truth from you that stud is fohnod out. or ono of Arabella’s front teeth!” His stnilo as lie jmid this was not pleasant to contomplate. His confes sion had cert ainly spirt led me. Thero wuh something dreadful about it, and lie lmd tho air of nn Indian bravo ex hibiting a sculp. Ho gloried iu tho possession of Audkilln’s front tooth ! How lmd ho bbtaihod it ? I ventured to demand. Was ft a pledge of affec tion? Oouhl they'possibly lmvo ex- olmngod tooth as ordinary lovers ex change looks of lpiir? T hardly kuow what T was saying,'or of wliut* I was thinking. “ I was a dentist, in those days,” ho said. What he had'boon before that-, and since; wlmt profession ho followed at the moment of hra addressing mo, I ronlly lmd no idoa. “Aud Arabella was ono of nty patients. But she whh no or dinary patient She was something more, much more titan that. Hho was for a while my affluijood bride. I loved her, and she hived mo—at least we thought that we loved oaoh other.” “ Anil you didn’t?” “ Well, we dididjt as it lmpponod, love each other qfiiito so much ns we thought wo did. In foot, both woro dis appointed, and perlifips a trifle doooivod. She thought I lmd money : I hadn't. I lmd hcou told that she was an heiress. Woll.showasuotliingof the kind. Htill, I am a man of integrity, though you may not. think it. I had promised mnr- riago; I fully purposed to bo as good as my word. The idea of terminating our engagement did .not come from mo. But Arnliolln’s temper waa iniporfeot; she was far from patient; she was am bitious, and, I uuist.'add, avaricious and deceitful. Hho trifled with mo. Hho still held me onohainod, hut sheeDOOur- aged tho uddresses of nnothor and a wealthier suitor, Hue designed to em ploy me moroly ns a means of irritntiug liis jealousy, and of stimulating him to declare himself. Then I was to he flung nsido an something worthless, because I had served hot jDux&vse, auil was doue vnvu. rR good tffiW 1 aiROOVftrott tmr treachery. I had ratordcntod hor let ters—no mutter how,-and I.know all. But of tkut she entertained no sort of suspicion. Hho lmdlAlways fond smilos for mo, and false words and artificial caresses. It wao mathloning. Well, she was, us I havo said, my patient; and she siiffeicd much from toothache. Hho came to mo iu order that I might extraot a tooth that pained her. It was ar ranged that tho operation should bo performed under the influcuco of chlo roform.” Ho pnusod. “ Jlut surely you didn't “ Hear me out.,’ 1 he said, and Jio smiled, I thought, horribly. “It was accident, of oourso, pure accident. I wuh dreadfully nervous. Was that sur prising? I loved hor, aud she amazingly beautiful. It was accident, as I have said, or oall it, if you will, an orror of judgment, but nothing worso than that, as you value my friendship.” (Ah a mattor of fact I did not valnohis friendship in the slightest degree, but I diil not say so.) “ My conduct, I do assure yon, was striotly professional. I did not oven kion hor ; but I extracted tho wrong tooth.” “That was your vongeunco,” I intor- joctod. “No. Hho said ho; but it wasn’t true. I extracted, as I believed, tho tooth she had pointed out, desiring mo to extract it. Was it my fault, that it was a perfectly sound tooth, and a front ono, too ? Hlio snijl it was ; but womou, you know, aro not reasonable in such oases. I was a dentist then, with a rep utation to lose; I was a lover then, though a deceivod ono. However, thero was no pacifying Arnbolla. She was persuaded that I had dono it on pur pose. Bite was mdst violent. Hho had predetermined! on a quarrel with rao, although Hho had not perhaps fixed up on the prooino period for its occurrence. Well, Hho brought in on then. It was an awful scone. Bow she abused mo ! Wlmt language she permitted herself! How she screamed ! What hysterics she wont into ! However, tho tooth was out, thoro was no inintako about that.” Hero he umilod again, most malevo lently, as it- seemed to me. “Hor treachery toward mo was pun ished, although,'as I havo stated, by pure accident or error of judg ment, which you pleaso. But Arabella vowed vengeanco against mo. Iu that roHpeot I nm bound to say she had been as good ns her word. It’s no thanks to her tlmt T arn living to speak of those things to-night,.” “Thou you really beliovo that she lot fall tho opora-gluBB on purpose ?” “I am quite satisfied of it. Hho rneaut my death. Hho knew I was thero. I had noticed her before loaning out of her box, and takiog note of my position. I was just thinking of changing it, sus pecting what might happen, when I was struck down. Arabella is a woman who knows what she in about. She was i lwayn that kind of a woman. I know her. I’ve good reason to. And it’s not tho first time she’s planned to punish me ns savagely as she could. You did not know until to-night perhaps that ono of my eyes was artificial ? No ! natnr- ally you didn’t. Well, that was hor doing.” “ What ? Tho artificial eye ?” “ Don’t be so stupid,” ho said, rude ly. No doubt I had been rathor ob tuse ; but I had heard of ladies paint ing on glass and doing potichom&nie and other si range things in the way of fancy work, and for the moment, alto gether, my mind was in rather a con fused state. Bterifiker continued, ‘Gjut I artificial eyo. It happened at tlio ilowor show in tho Botanical Gordons. Thoro a dense crowd. It was in the tout whero the pelargoniums aro exhibited. Not that I oaro about snob things, but happonod. A lady advanced with her parasol hold in front ol hor. Sud denly sho seomod to thrust it at mo, as a lanoer might his lanoo. Hor aim was wondorfully truo. Tho sight of my left eyo was gono forovor. It was quite a moroy that tho spiko of hor parasol did not penetrate to toy brain. That was Arabella’s doing, of oourso. Part of hor rovongo.” " And she said nothing ?” Him said calmly, ‘ I beg your par don. Tt wuh an nooidont,’ and passed on. SVm looked very handsomo. Hho wim superbly dressed. However, that she always is. Hor husband is old, but amazingly rich. He labors to gratify her slightest whim—so I’m tohl. But her only desire—the solo passion of hor lifo—Ih to wreak hor vongoanao upon mo. I fool that she oaunot forgot, much Iohh forgive, tlio loss of her front tooth. You seo, sho’s reminded of that happy business every timo hUo looks in the glass, which hIio does frequently, of oourso. Him was always vain. And «lm menus, Hoonor or lator, to bo tho death of mo, tlmt's quite oloar. HIio’h made two vory good attompts ; at tho Botauioul Gardens, and to-night at the oporu. Tho third timo perhaps sho’ll suooeed.” “But doosu't tho thought horrify you ?" “I aooopt my dostiny,” Htoriokor said, smiling, amt with ralhor nn affect ed air. “ It would bo something to fall by I ho hand of suuh a woman as that; that would 1)0 my oonsolatiou ; roally a flue croaturo you know, although no longer in tho bloom of youth : indeed, removed Homo distnuoe now from tho blo«m of youth, but still grand and beautiful, and so rosoluto i If sho lmd loved too iih sho baton mo 1” “You love her still, thon?” “ Well; not precisely. But I admire hor, just, as I admiro tho Bengal tigrSHB in the Zoo. If possible, I should like Arabella to bo onged like tho tigross ; but as that can’t bo—well, I woar this stud ns a momonto of lmr, aud for tho roHt I take my ohanoo. Now, what will youtako? Another cigar ? No? Homo more brandy and wator ?” No. I would tnko nothing more. I had, in point of faot, alroady takon more than was absolutely noooHsary for nm. I loft Htoriokor. I was much im- prossod by my exporienocs of that night, by what had happened at tho opora, and his extraordinary narrative touching tho vongeauoo of Arabella. Wan it truo ? I was really not in a stato of mind to determine. Even now I have a diffloulty at arriving at any dis tinct, conclusion on the Hubjoot. But I MhnrinW- fan- isj. thinking, a vory remurkablo expression an I quitted him. His smilo was simply awful. And strange to say—at looflt, I think so, though it may not strike others in that light—I never saw Htor iokor again, Ho diod shortly aftor- wads, ns I road in tho newspapers, the Watim of a streot accident. Ho was knocked down and run over in Hyde Park, by a pony phmton, drivon by a lady. Thoro was, of oourso, nn inquest upon his rotunins, tho jury deciding, howovor, that ho mot his dooth “ by misadventure.” Homo attompt ‘lmd boon made to hold tho lady responsible, and to chargo hor with furious driving. But nothing of tho kind was sustained before tlm coroner. Various witnesses gave evidence, acquitting hor of all blamo iu tho matter. Her conduct in court wuh said to bo most becoming. And it waH reported that, attired in vory deop mourning, she had followed Htoriokor’s body to itH last resting place in Brompton oomotory. Now, was this lady tho Arabella of Htoriokor’s story ? Hho may have boen. But I havo no cer tain ovidonoo of tho faot. Nor, indeed, have 1 anything further to eommuni- oato touching tho lifo and death of my acquaintance Htoriokor. Pnn nlo TiiHto. A cultivated tunto murks a woman of ologanen and refinement as deoidodly as knowledge of classical literature does a gentleman; and thero is nothing in which foraalo vulgarity is more clearly shown than in want of tosto. This is an axiom that wo think will not admit of dispute; but it is a question how far taste is natural, and how far it may bo noquirod. A delicate taste must, to a oortain extent, depend upon tho organi zation of tho individual; and it is im possible for any rules to bo laid down which will impart taste to porsons en tirely devoid of it. But this is vory soldom tho caso with women, as it is ono of tho fow points in which women naturally exool men. Mon may be, and probably aro, superior to womon in all that requires profound thought and general knowledge ; but in tho arrange ment of a houso, and tho introduction of ornamontal furniture and articles of bijouterie, thero oan bo no doubt of the innate superiority of women. Every ono must have romarked the difference in tho fnrnishing of a bachelor's houso and one where a lody presides; tho thousand little elegancies of tho latter, though nothing iu thomsolves, adding, like cyphers, prodigiously to tho value of tho solid oriioles they aro appended tioularlvobjeotionable. “Arabella jilted I owe to her the necessity for wearing an Expense Luxuries. Tho “no fence law” is in oper ation in four townships in Meck lenburg county, N. O. Tho law went into effect in March, whon the pooplo were busy preparing to plant tho present orop. Nearly all succeeded in getting stiffloient pasture fenced for tho stock kept on their premises. The law works admirably. The thought of never again having to scratch our hands with briars and thorns, and tangle our feet with grape vinos, while monding our old dilapidated fences, is too good to entertain one moment with out almost shouting for joy. While those who work on the old plan of feno- ing up their fields will bo busy this win ter making rails, hauling ana bnilding them on their crazy fences, wo will bo cleaning up our rich fonco rows, for a luxuriant orop another year. And, while they aro paying ont their money for those repairs, wo are spending tho same ip compost heaps, olover lots, rye lots, and fall and winter plowing. The Art of Conversation. To oxool in oonvorsoHon,” sayR a sonsiblo writer, “ one mutt not bo striv ing to soy good things; to say one good thing one must say many bad and more indifferent ouos.” It is much to bo re gretted, sinoo oonvorBotion is tho olmrm of society, that thor j aro ho fow good talkers in the world, when there aro so many orators. Most men oau harangue, ovory little village oau boast of a sooro of fourth of .Tuly orators, each of whom, with tho field to hitnHolf, oan hold forth by tho hour together, seuBibJe and elo quently, nt lonst acceptably ; while the same men in tho drawing robm would be completely silent, or monopolize tho floor in delivering n dissertation. Tho art of keeping up tho interest of sooial diHoussiotiH t»y short, brilliant sallies, lively roimrtoos, apt illustrations and graceful allusions is cxaoodiugly rare; it is attained only by long prac tice. Tho southern uatioun ot Europe, particularly tho Fronoli, aro^adopts in eminently social art; but they are trained to it from oarly infancy. Thtf moment a French boy can speak his expressions of language aro onvofully watched aud oorreotod. He is made to select judi ciously between uonrly synonymous epi thets ; and aH ho grove up thiB habit becomos a Hoooml nature to him, begot- tiug confidence, fluency and elegance of spoooh. Nor does tho Frenchman, tlio Italian, tho Spaniard or tho Greok, speak with hiB lips alouo ; bin oyos, his limbs, his features, nro all animation, and tho “aotiou—notion, notion” do- mandod by tho master of oratory as its Alpha aud Omega, is readily and con stantly employed. It might bo thought that the fluency of tho languages of southern Europe alone accounted for this facility, had thoro not been brilliant examples of conversational oxoollonoo iu vEngland, in spite of tho acknowledged harshness of the Boxon tongue. Sheridan owed much of tho renowned—much personal fascination to his brillinnt conversation. But with him it was not oarriod to tho oxtont of a second uatnro ; ho suffered under tho difficulty expressed nt the commencement of this article. Ho was constantly laboring to excel. His rep utation ns a wit oompollod him to make those efforts ; and ho thus prepared his brilliant sayings boforohnnd, and until an opportunity occurred to introduce, or rathor to “work them in," ho sat si lent and anxious. It is related of Shoridan that an no- quaiutnnoo of his, knowing ids habit, pilforod ouo of his “oonvors^tion cards," on which tho heads of Iub ntfoodotoB and witiciBms woro writton down provious to being delivered nt a brilliant party. Having mastered this programme tho mnlioious wag wont to tho party a little before Bhoriclan. and related all his S d n» «WS}' toundod at tho coldness and indifference with which all his sallies woro received, and at being told that all his bran new stories woro affairs of nt least an hour old ! Thecdoro Hook was far happier than Sheridan in society; a running fire of puns, witicisn and humor sustained the spirit of his talk and rondered him irresistablo. But ho possessed tho rare gift of improvisation. “ Tho soul of conversation,” says Hazlitt, “is sympathy.” Authors should converse chiefly with authors, and thoir talk should bo ohiefiy of books. No mau oan got abovo his pursuit in life ; it is getting above himself, which is im possible. In gonoral it shines only by reflection. You must take your ouo from your company—must rise ns they rise, and sink as they fall. You must hqo that your good things, knowing al lusions, aro not flung uway like the pearls in tho adage. “ Everybody'll Aunt.’* Benjamin F. Taylor, who lfttoly drop- nod in upon a camp mooting, writes a lottor to ono of the religious papers, in whioh ho drawn this capital portrait of “ everybody's aunt Aud thoro in a mother in Israel, cush ioned as to hor chin, and a face os pleas ant aud hospitablo as an open fire on Thanksgiving day. At $100 a pound— and nothing could bo cheaper—she would be worth $20,000, for she weighs two hundred. Her hat isa“bonnot.” It scoops out in front, liko a young sooop shovel. It ourls up a little be hind, liko a young wren. Sho wears about as many hoops as a stono jar But she indulges in a petticoat or two, “ gathored,” as hIio will toll you, at the top, and puokorod with tho pull of a string, as thoy lined to wind a clock. A capo without fringe or ornament has fallen upon hor like tho mantle of a prophet, and enveloped hor shonldors and her arms even to hor elbows. If it woro a little peaked mid noolloped, it would bo a Vandyke ; but it is oh uu mistakably a oapo as tho Capo of Good Hope. Hor hands woro in mitts, a fltimsy suggestion of gloves without any fingers. Hue never dyed hor hair. Hho would about as soon shoot herself. That taco of liors beams with good ness and good will. You want hor to bo your aunt, as sho cannot bo your mother. Yon would bo glad to sit by her kitohon fira and hoar hor talk, and sho would bo precisely ns glad to havo you. Hor easy, cushiony way of walk ing suggests a gentle old chaise with tho top up. Hho is enjoying every min ute of the time. She is a Methodist of the old school, and she needs no as- Hurauoo from you that sho will go to lieuvon. Hho has it from bettor au thority. Knchel’s Avarice. Mile. Raohel, the late grout Frenoh tragic actress, who, nineteen years ago, visited this country on an artistic tour, had a well-deserved reputation for shocking avarice; in faot, she would have out n Cent into four pieooB. As she was at supper one night, in a reunion ot artists and authors at Alexandre Dumas’ father’s (whose prodigalities and superb disdain for money afforded a striking contrast with tho celebrated Jewess’ oovetousness), the company indulged in playing cards, and Raohel, taking ont of her pooketbook some money for the game, let a silver piece of 50 centimes (10 cents) fall on tho floor. Much troubled by tho incident, slio immedi ately called for Dumas’ servant to bring u candle and fetch tho important trifle. “ Let me do it,” maliciously exclaimed Pumas, sending back his servant. “I’ll find it for you, my lovo.” And, taking out of his pookel o bank note of 100 franos ($20), ho lighted it nt tho luster, nicked up under tho table the half frano piooo, aud most graciously ten dered it to Raohel, who carefully put it in her portmonnaio ns she would have dono with a relio coming from her an cestor Moses. Cheap Traveling. A r- markable instanoo of tho extent to whioh competition may be oarriod in found in the wonderfully roduced ratos of trauBlantio passago at tho present time. A steerage passage to Europe may now bo obtained as low ns $10, whilo the average prioos aro from $15 to $12. During the past summer, many Irish and English emigrants lmvo gono back to tholr nativo laud to visit friends ana rolativos, and thoy nro now begin ning to return—700 having arrivoa at Castle Garden ono dny lost month. The ohoapnoss of tlio faro renders the European trip ronlly littlo moro than a S loABuro excursion. Notwithstanding io lowness of tho prioe, too, and that tho pnssenger is providod for twelve or fourteen days with food and drink, yet tlio faro is, upon tho whole, good, plen tiful aud wliolosorao. The food consists of boiled bcof aud pork, salt fish, hot' bread, ornokors, rioo and barley soup, potatoes, hard ship’s biscuit, porridgo, molasses and a poor grado of coffee. The passongors lmvo to provide thoir own plates and table cutlery. They also provide thoir own beds and blnn* kots. A “kit” consists of a sot of’tin dishes, and a straw bed can bo bought of venders on the wharves for from $2. GO to $3. Tlioso, especially tho beds, aro usually thrown away at tho end of the veyago. Dining tables aro providod in the steerage, but moBt immigrants prefer t» have tho food brought to their berths .by tho ship’s steward, as they usually havo picklos, and other rolishos of thoir own, to add to their meals. Wator 1ms to bo obtained on dock, oml is generally much loss plentiful than food. Thoro is generally a number of musical instruments, and many musi cians. On tho voyugo they amuse tbom- solves with music, songs and dancing. Evory day tlioso who are able to do so aro required to go on deck aud get tho fresh air. Oonsidornblo diffloulty is often experienced in stormy weather in oarrying this regulation into effect. Tlioso who aro not nooustomed to tho son aro usually vory sea-sick and oan not bo porsuadod to loavo thoir berths. Thoir tickets are not takon up until they lmvo boon two or three days nt son. Now that this ora of ohoap faros to Europo hrb boon inaugurated in ono portion of tho ’ship, it ia morally oor* tain that. Hooper or later, it must como in tho other. To bo Bure, it does not ‘ to qarjy.. Hteerago iw it cabin paHsongoh* • out, with oontinually increasing competition, it iH vory certain that reduction must como in iho higher olasH of fares, and tho profits of tlio steamship companies bo greatly cut down. The man who twenty years ago would havo spoken of going to Europo for ten dollars would h vo boon hooted at. That has como to pass, and it cannot bo long, with tho florae rivalry now waging, that ovon greater wonders may bo looked for,— New York Express, Tlio Shooting of Nevada “Teams.” Recently, at a saloon on tho Divido, somo mou woro dismissing tho shooting affray which occurred during tho morn ing botween two brothers-in-law, Full- man and Ward. It was agieod on all hands that it was shocking bad shooting —a dieorodit to Washoe. At lonst a Piooho man bantered tho Oomstook man, whom he knew to be u good shot with a pistol, to go out in tho back yard with him and do somo shooting, just to show tho “boys” how it should bo done. In the saloon was a box of eggs, and wlmt tlio Pioohor proposed was that each shoot two oggs off tlia'lmro head of the other at tho distance of ten paces, tho ono missing to treat tho crowd, iho Oomstockor was bound uot to bo bluffed by a man from Iho other end of tho stato, so to tho book yard all hands ad journed. Each man used liis own six- shooter. Tho Oomstockor first “bus ted” liis egg on tho top of Pioohcr’s head, whioh exploit was loudly applau ded by all present. It was thon tho Pioohcr’s turn to shoot, and an egg was produced to bo placed on tlio head of tho Oomstockor, but when ho removed his hat thoro was a groat laugh, for tho top of his was head as smooth as a bil liard ball. For full ten minutes all hands tried in vain to make an egg stand or. his head. It couldn’t bo dono. Tho Pioolier then taunted the Oomstockor with having gone into tlio arrangement knowing that he was safo. Tho latter told him to sot up his egg and he was all right—ho was there. The Pioolier wont into tho saloon, and a moment af ter enme out with a small handful of flour, whioh lie dabbed upon the bald head of the Oomstooker and then tri umphantly planted in it his egg, fell bock ten steps, and thon knooked it oil Tho Oomstockor then told him to put np his second egg and shoot at it, as ho didn’t want to have his head chalked twioe during tho game. This was doue, and tho wreck of a second egg streamed over the Gomstooker’s pate. The Pio- ober now stood out wiih his last egg on his head. The Oomstockor raised his pistol and fired. The Pioohor boun 'ed a yard into the air and tho ogg bounced win lo from his head. “I’ve lost 1” said tho Oomstooker. “Let all come up and drink. By a slip I’ve put half the width of my bullet through the top of his left ear 1” and so it proved upon measurement.— Viiginia City Enter prise. Comparing tlielr Garters. Tho other day, after a meeting of a certain famous women’s club in New York, the ladies amused tbemBolyos comparing their garters, to see whioh wore the handsomest, for garters of ex travagant expense have lately oome in to fashion, and several of these olub members wear theirs clasped with gold and precious stones. The jewellers are all introducing new designs for garter clasps that promise shortly to cost os much as tho bracelets that fashion has discarded. A charming woman and singer in sooiety is said to wear a pair tw own