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THE CEDARTOWJN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors, UEDARTQWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874. SOUTH. Tho Seashore Seminary, at Hands- boro, Mias., was burned last week. Richland county, 8. C., has returned 1,231 dogs, for taxation at a value of *0,811, whllo 1,740 ahoop aro roturuod at a value of only f2,G95. Rev. Dr. James Barclay, missionary from tho Christian oburcli to Jerusalem, diet! on Wednesday last, at the residence of lita son, near limit hvUIo, Ala. Oov. P. H. Leslio lias issued a proo- lamation offering an aggrogaio reward of about ft),000 for the eaptmo of tho maektul ujoii who recently shot a young nngrvi girl in Shelby county, Ky. A delegation from Mississippi lias succeeded in inducing tho Leamington Agri cultural Union of England to seud over an agtMit to proapoet that elate with roforonco to au extensive migration of farm laborer#. Col. J. V. Jcddes, commanding tho first artillery, writes to tho adjutant of tho army that, owing to tho provalenco of yolliw fever in Charleston, 8. C., ho hi moved tho troops under hie command from Charleston to Bummorvillo. Mrs. Anna Moseley, wife of Col. R. M Moseley, a grand-daughter of Governor Dowling. «f Virginia, committod suioldo at Anchorage. Kv.. by throwing horse If in front of a railroad train, ft wan probably causod by temperary insanity. She had been mar ried ton days. A distressing accideut occurred in I'anola county, Mississippi, last woek. A party of four young tnoti wore hunting door in Tallahatchlo bottom and bocamo separated. One of them. Bon Mitchell, while pursuing n path through n ennobrako observed a cano shaking ahead of him, and thinking it a deor fired tho contents of a double-barrolod shot gun loaded with buck-shot, aud hoaring tho screams rushed to tho spot and fonn 1 Thomas I,. Mosoly, one of his companions, lying dead, shot through tho head, David White, another, shot through tho head and mortally wounded, and the third otto, 8. W. Johnson, soveroly wounded. All tho parties woro respectably con hoc tod, and tho doplorablo accident has brought mourning and sorrow to many honsoi WEST. Tho western railways propose to cut oil all indemnity to employoe for injurii cejvod In tho service. Twenty-five or thirty buildings wero bumod at Grooncastle, Ind., last wank. Foil squares woro destroyed on Iudiann street, wit tho exception of tho First National bank. 1 is supposed to have been tho work of an in eondiary. The loss in estimated at over *4(X), 000, with a small amount of insuranco. No lost hu hall’s planing-mill ' yard injured. Kir i lire. Citizsi art-lionso Information received from Southeast ern Nebraska shows that thousands of pooplo uro in a starving condition. One saw many who had nothing to cat but baked squash and pumpkin and salt. Others had livod on baked Hour and water, ono menl a day, for weeks. Ton thousand pooplo in this state will nood aid sufficient to keep thorn from starvation and freezing to doath this winter. Hundreds nro nakod and on tho vorgo of starvation, with no Lite udviot'H from tho Iudiau oonntry nro very encouraging. Tho Indians aro thor oughly demoralized and Hoeing to tholr agencies, leaving behind thorn ovorything hut their anus and clothing. Tho rocont mirren- dor of Batonta, and othor leading chiefs, has demoralized all the hostile partioa, and, It Is believed, tlioy contemplate no furthor re sistance. Ron. Mills regards tho campaign os an entire success. Ho has given tho Indians Movoro chastisement whorovor mot and do- stroyod an amount of property which they cannot replace f. Lieu 4 .-Gen. Sheridan, who is now in tho Indian territory, telegraphs Adjutant-Gen. Drum of his staff, from Fort Bill, October 19. as follows Lieut.-C d. Buell struck a small camp of hostile Indians on the hnad-wstors of the salt fork of tho Bod rivor, near tho Baltod plains on tho 9th of October, destroying Hand killing one Indian, and then continued the pursuit of tho Indians up tho rivor, destroying a camp of fifteen lodges and seventeen lodgi and filially a camp of 400 lodgos, driving tho Indians still further west into tho edge of tli Halted plains, when thoy turned north to tho head-waters of MrfOellanTr crook and North Fork. Lieut. Buell is still in pursuit. A largo amount of Indian property was destroyed a largo number of ponies abandoned by tho Indians. A small party catno in horo last night to ask for tormH for seven of tho Comanche chiefs and their people. No terms will bo given, exccptasurroudorof arms, persons and property. Lieut. Col. Davidson moves out again witli his colnran on tho morning of tho 30th, in a course duo west, with forty days’ rations for men and animals for Col. Buell.’ foreign. John Laird, the well known ship- builder, died last week, after a protracted ill- Spanish republicans have completed the work of fortifying the line of tho Ebro, and an active movement against Carlists is expected to begin immediately. The cotton crop in the presidency of Bombay promises to bo tbe largest ever re corded. and a fortnight in advance of last year. Picking has fairly begun. It is asserted that tho government of I’ ranee hoe confidentially informed Russia of its readiness, upon certain conditions, to sup port Russia on eastern questions. A, correspondent at Bombay, tele graphs that it is estimated that two thousand persons were killed in tho town and district of Midnaporo during tho recent cyclono. Von Amin, when released, was merely required to guarantee that his absence should not cause any delay of proceedings in the caao. Ho is not bound to remain in Germany. Cardinal Cullen and the entire Catho lic Episcopate have issued pastoral letters denouncing the late address of Prof. Tyndall at Belfast, before the British association, as a revival of f aganism. It is reported from Spain on an authority which is believed to be reliable, that i tbe Madrid government has sent five million j dollars for distribution among tho Carllst j chiefs for the purpose of terminating the war. j against tho persecution of tho German bishops. The emperor says Germany lias done all in her power to live at poaco with tho Cbnroh of Rome, Imt that ho is bound to pro- toot.the state against the 'violont.attaoks and conspiracies of tho clergy. The trial of Knllmau has been con cluded. After tho testimony as to tho mental condition of tho prisoner, the president of tho court summed up tho medical testimony to the effect that at tho tlmoof tho aasaasinatiou as well as at proseut. Kullman was accounta ble for his acts but to a limited degree. Kullman was found guilty as found in the in dictment, and sontonced to itnprisonmout for fourteen years. In hope of correction, a year's suspension of bis civil rights aud tho prico of tho surveillance. MISCELLANEOUS. Tho president has issued his procla mation sotting apart Thursday, Nov 20, us h )' for national thanksgiving. Hereafter, any ofiioial of tho treasury depaitment. becoming a mudidato for an •lectivo office, will bo hold to havo rosignod. George Reynolds, of Salt Like, has boon indicted for polygamy under the con gressional act of 1802. This will probably bring that onactiuont boforo tho United Htatos Bupromo Court. A privato mooting of tho Western Division of tliO Brotlioriiood of Locomotive Engineers, representing all railroads wost of tho Ohio rivor, was held at 81. Louts last week and protested against the proposod re duction of wagos by various roads, as unjust and uncalled for, at^l declaring it will not be submittod to. Tho bark Abbey Bacon, from Malaga, arrived at New York, last week, having on board ('apt. Loary, with his wifo and child, and crow, comprising sovon toon, of tho schooner Doubtless, which left 8t. Thomas on Oct. 8, with salt for Lunonburg, Nova Beotia, and wont down in a gale tho night of Oot. 26. Tho rescued porsons were four days in an living on lia'f a biscuit aud a.little water each day. Tho prosidont lias appointed Thos. H. Icanlan postmaster at Houston. Toxns, vice r - E. Whittlohv, suspended under the tenure if offioo act, and T. B. Babin, postmaster at Galveston, vlco A. B. Hall, suspended. 1W- master General Jewell says these (wo bum- ponded postmasters are tbe only officers in Texas under bis department against whom public opinion soems to rovolt, and that no othor changes are contemplated by him In that The attention of tho postmaster-gen eral ban been called to the fact thnt tho sala rios of postmasters in large towns and cities aro entirely out of proportion to the work p KluUI thrill all the (through tho dull, dumb dust WIIO WAS UFA 0.1. Ac ,ny proofin' ) Htatci points is being propa for the purpose of exhibiting the facts case, and it is the intention of the postraaaLn geubral to inako Hucli roeoaamandation* In r< gard to tho salaries aa the actual duties poi formed in each case seems to call for. Don’t—Please Don’t. Don't toll tho little ouo, who may bo slightly willful, that "tho black man will come out of tho dark cellar nnd carry it off if it does not mind.” Don’t oroato a noedloss four to go with tho ohild through all the stages of its ox- isteuoo. Don’t toll tho little fivo year old Jimmy "tho school ma’am will out off his curs”—"pull out his tooth”—"tio him up”—or any of tho horrible stories that aro commonly presontod to tho childish imagination. Think you tho littlo ono will boliovo anything you toll him after he becomes acquainted with the gentle teacher who has not the loast idea of putting thoso terrible throats into execution ? Don’t toll tho children they must not drink toa booauae it will make them black, while you continue tho nso of it daily. Your example is moro to thorn than precept; and whilo your face is ns fair as a Juno morning they will scaroo- ly crooit the oft-told talo. Either give up drinking tho pleasant beverage or givo your children a better reason for “ i non-uso. Don’t tell thorn they must not eat r or sweetmeats, because it will rot their teeth. Pure sugar does not cause tho teeth to decay ; aud sugar with fruits is nutritious and health;), not withstanding the "old saw” to the con trary. Tho case of oity children is often cited, as if tho cause of their pale faces and slight constitutions woro on over amount of sweetmeats with their diot, when the actuul cause is wtnt of pure air and proper exercise. Don’t tell the sick ono that tho med icine is not bad to take, when you con hardly keep your own stomach from turning "inside out” at tho smell ef it. Better by far to tell him tho simple truth, that it is disagreeable, but neces sary for his heulth, and you desire him to take it at onco. Ten to ono ho will swallow it with half tho trouble of coax ing and worry of words, aud love you better for your firm, decided manner. Don’t teach the children by example to tell whito lien to eaeli other aixl to their neighbors. Guard lips and bridle jour tongue if you desire to have the coming generation truthful. Truthful ness is ono of the foundation stones of hoaven. Remember the old, old Book says, “no liar” shall enter within the gates of the beautiful city. There is no distinction betwoen white lies end those of a darker hue. Tho falsehood is an untruth, whether the matter be great or small. Wind Power. We havo often thought that we might make greater use of the wind ns a mo tive power. There are 12,000 wind mills in Holland and Flemish Belgium, each doing from six to ten horse-pover service, according to the strength of the wind, and working twentv-foxr hours per day, and every day in the month (luring the rainy season, ani when the snow and ice are melting and the streams are high. The annual cos! of tbe wind-mills in Holland is $4,000,- 000. Twenty times that sum would not operate steam-power sufficient to do the work, for all the coal consumed in Hol land has to be imported from England or Belgium. On a dreary November afternoon the year 1800, Mr. Blongcr, souior rat ber of the well-known firm of Blongcr Co., machinists and mauufnoturer morino ouginos, established in 1803 sitting before a blasting fire in his offioo in the cast end of London, when a visi tor was announced. "Show him in, James,” said tho old gentleman, and •outinuod thoperusnl of tho Times. A moment after the door openod, nnd a young man, apparently about twenty- four years of ago, pluiuly attired, en tered and stood hat in baud, awaiting the leisure of tho gontleman, who merely glanced at the strnngor, and im mediately resumed Iuh paper, evidently thinking his visitor to be a person of no importance. After a silenoo of a fei minutes, Mr. Blongcr laid down hi paper, and, looking up, abruptly said “Well, my good air, wlmt do you want with mo?' 1 "Are you tho elder Mr. Blongcr?” inquired tho stranger, with an unmis takable American nceont. " I am.” “ I hoard of you, and oarne to soo you. I understand Hint you transact a largo and successful business, but it is ' tliut aooouut that I liavo called upon you. I am told that you havo ooiaidor- ublo iuiluonoe with tho chief persona in this government, and it is for that ron- sou that I pay you this visit." Mr. Blongcr placed his gold-riiumod speotaolos on his nose, niul gazod Wheat allowed to stand two weeks ~ j — the shook waiting for the thresher The Emperor William has written a j will lose ten per cent, in value, four reply to the Pope’s lut letter, protesting I times the cost of stacking. I am the inventor, or discover, rnthor, of n secret of nature, a process whioh will revolutionize tho world, which will reverse natural laws, which will inaugurate a nojv order of things ; a discovery, tho jcflults of which arc so vast that uo Jjtimuu miud can oompro- hend tlienp In short, I can suspend the law of gravitation.” At this monstrous assertion a look of ularin appeared upon tho oountouanco of the listener ; but as ho comparod his own brawny frame witli tho slight fig- uro of the lunatic boforo him, it gave plaoe to a contemptuous smile, us ho answered, somewhat impatiently : “Wull, Well, my dear sir, purbnps you can—porhaps yon can; but I am not in that lino of business, aud you had better apply to somebody olso.” Tho voting man went on with imper turbable gravity : "T can swing tho mightiest man-of-war England possesoss into tho air with my little finger. I can lift tho largest cannon at Woolwich like a cork ; I can—” ‘‘Yes, yos, I know—bnt I am busy now,” replied tho manufacturer, rising, and advancing toward tho bell to sum- t a servant. Wait, Mr. Blongor,” said his visi tor, in a tono of snob deep onrnostnoss that that gentleman hesitated iu spite of liinriRolf-—" wait a moment. 1 am not mad. I know you do not believe , and J don’t wonder at it; but I will show you that what I say is true.” Ho laid his hat upon tho table, a Ad drew from the breast-pocket of his coat a g.istening bine wire. There was an iron anvil in a corner of tho room. Ho wound tho coil of wiro round tho anvil iu a moment, lifted it like a feather from its place to tho middle of the apartment, nnd then stepped proudly back. Tho anvil floated liko a bubble in tho air. To say that Mr. Blongcr looked tounded and aghast would convoy but a mild idea of tho expression of his countenance at this moment. It was ono of absolute horror. ITo stood gaz ing first at tho anvil and then at the man, and at last, with a sigh of relief, ho ejaculated, " Porhaps this is only jugglery,” and dropped into a chair. Tiio young American snatched the coil of wire from around tho anvil, and ii fell nt onco with terrific force, crushing in a portion/if tho floor. "I bog yonr pardon, sir, but is there any jugglery about that, think you?” ho asked with a smile, and also sat down. The con versation thut ensued was long nnd earnest, nnd resulted in this conclusion: Mr. Blongor waii to notify ono or two personal friends in tho cabinet, several scientific men of high repute, and two or thres foreigners, the whole number not to exceed twelve, that he wished them to meet him in order to investi gate in concert a wonderful discovery in science, the nature of whioh would then bo communicated. The yonng stranger agreed to repeat his experi ments on the occasion of the meeting, and explain the process by means of which they wero accomplished ; for the present he deolined to make any fur ther revelations. On the night of tbe 23d of Novem ber, 1863, there assembled in St. George’s hall, in London, three members of tho English cabinet, four gentiemen well known in the scientific world, two prom inent Frenchmen, and two Italians— eleven in all, exclusive of Mr. Blonger. At tho earnest solicitation of that gen tleman, these persons had come to meet they know not whom, and see they knew not what. On tho platform, at tho end of tho hall, lay a small cannon, - heavy pieooof iron shafting, and tev- ral large iron wheels. What these artioles wero for they could not imag ine. At half-past eight o’clock tho young man arrived, and was introduced hy Mr. Blongor to his friends, young Amorionn who did not onro to havo his name announced. Tho stran ger was drossod in a rough suit, tlio worse for wear, nnd woro a slouch bleak hat. TTis hair was brown and straight, Ins eyes woro largo aud bright gray in color, and hia face wns us destitute of beard us a woman’s. He was above the medium height nnd very slender, ami his ngo was apparently about twenty four years, though ho might ' ” ertflehtly have boon older, but little used to tho sooiety of distin guished persons, aud nt first appeared mramvlmt tirabuTaarad nt Uls imnition, Imt tlipro wns nn oxpronnion ot ftrmuoBH about his mouth that showed a strong wi 1 and a habit of having his own way. \\ hen ho spoke, it was with tho air of a tunn who knew tho ground upon whioh lie stood, nnd his mnnnors wero thoso of nun ' v *io felt thnt ho wns the inferior of nojman. Tlio janitor having been dismissed and tho door locked, Mr. Blonger proooedod ~ "xpluin to those present why ho had 41 together. Rip young alio.) them American friend, ylncod him that ho was in ’the possos Rton of a prodigious sooret, of tho mag nitude of which they could judgo when u presontod to thorn. Tho whnlo affair nt this poiut came near boing broken off in disgust, by nn unexpected roquiromont,, which tho un known stranger exacted. He deolined to prooeod unless all present entered in to an agreement not to communion?o wlmt they might witness to nuy living person for a poriod of ton years, with out guinitig his eonsent. ‘The Right. Ilonorablo G was on his mottlo at onoo. He washod his hands of tho whole matter, aud desired to rotiro im mediately. Tho others wore equally indignant, and expressions not consid ered olegnut in high sooiety Were hoard. It requirod all Mr. Rlongor’s sagaolty to quell tho storm. Bnt thoyonug man was immovable, nnd at last; at the ear nest solicitation of Mr. BJbngor, tho guarantee was givon. Tho’ strangor then took tho stage, and tho auditors the seata iminediutoly iu front of it. " Gentlemen,” ho began, " from what I havo notiood of your inorodulitv this evening, I am satisfied that if> I should inform you that tho attraction of gravi tation could bo so suspended that ob : , ecti upon tho earth’s surfapo would mvo absolutely no weight, and, further, that I was in possession of tho simple “etuis whereby this end oould be no- mplishod, you would only groot assertions with jeers and ridioule. _ shall therefore show you wlmt I can do first, and talk afterwards. Yon soo in my hand this coil of wiro, blue ljke tempered stool. This cannon weighs nearly tlirco tons. I wrap Rio wiro around it. If yqq listen carefflllr will hoar a burring sound, similar to that wade by ,uu oleotrioal 1 machine. But that 1ms nothing to do with tho matter. Thoends of tho wiro are joined. This oannon now wqjghs no more than a in an oxoitod manner. "You talk of selfishness,” said ho; " I know whnt it is to labor aud to suffer, to bo lost amid mountains, nnd tormented with thirst.-r upou deserts. 1 havo labored hundreds.' of foot under ground with piclNMtffil shovel for my daily broad. I got tired of it; 1 swore off. ] hold iu my posses sion wlmt Will make mo independent f<q> PROCESSIONS. y Avei-ngo " (*rooraitnnlat ** •C, Overgrown School-Hoy. J-ho tondohoy of mon to herd thorn tolvos into processions is ouo of the gtostories of human nature, which in fitly equn led by tho tondonoy of those ,&l\o are not in tho herd to stand in the In-oiling sun and admire the others. \yhy this should bo so, whnt peculiar satisfaction tho man iu the procossion do- “tvoh from it, aud what objects ho has in •iow, aro problems yot. to be solved, and yot it is probably tho height of tho am- ibition of overy avorngo man to see tho life, bosidon oonforring inestimable ben efits upon my fellow-mon, and I in tend to use it so far, Belfishness, indeed ! ,, bftt.did Morso or Fulton make fron their iuvoutious, except what was givdi them as a olmrity, after they lot their knowlodgo go out of thoir bonds? No.-, , , — t- olmrity for mo. I hold my discovery” ‘ da y whon 1,0 go in a prooossion, alone, aud Twill part with it only on my / in lW if ho om maroll on foot; doubly own terms. You ask me whnt I dcmnmV ho oan 0rtrr .V tho "BtarHpnnglod for it. r want $5,000,000.” Uanuor or snmo other banner b ” FivoJmillious is rather a largo sum,” 11 straugo dovico ; thrioo happy rnf *r 1- may ridrf-a liorao, terrify tlmwonVi— ohildron with tho oariiooliugs orchis fiery charger, and shout hoarsely at his division of the prooossion. All this is moro romarkablo from the faot that the prpooBsion is but n child’s sport, witli ,,uh JSJJO difference that tho paper hats have ho said,; k had oon- saving in a year, wliou overy objeot^ °bongod for beavers with feathers from the greatest to tho smallest, can be latli uwvod to any distance, without oxpeuno ? How Jong will it tako to built largest odifioos, when your hit marble woigh nothing ? Oh, getmotafB! wliou you have considered thijySrbj ns I have dono, you will atand TOrpovjr* orecl with tlio magnitude of tlje rey#u — Its eneots Prof. T ventured to remark. “ A largo sum 1 Havo yon taken into consideration what this disoovory-ls destined to accomplished ? WhyjUliW you, it will revolutionism tho wonM. Take the dock-yards of Groot Britain alone. Wlmt, think you, will bo’;iflle^ thnt aro to follow. Think atiii npon means of transportation. ,Wha» there is no weight to carry, umy not- eveu tho air bo navigated ?” * A, ‘ “ Do ypu objeot to inform! you happonod to disoovor^lffTs tfrtghty — .,„a swords for ^teol ones; tho tin pan and whistle for the drum and vou^hP*°» the red flanuol stripe and bit of ks of ribbon for a variegated uniform 'bespangled with jowels and gaudy with tinsel, and the stick, whioh tho lf^der stradalod so gracefully, for a live hafco, whioh the loader, nine times out pf ton, straddles uugrnaefully. The effect of tho procession .upon the individual hardly has a parallel among natural phenomena. Yonr butojior or yonr shoemaker may bo, and probably is, a vory ordinary man, not blessed aud mysterious sooret of lmtnre^t* ' 'Vflth woafth or beauty ; hating do Bonl- “ MystoriouB ! Why, So sktoW” 'oravinga or yearning desires for tho that any olilld oon undfifitapd itrf 8®od, the true, and tho beautifttl; the soap-bubble. You $oo I move it about through the air with-my hand, with two fingers, with one. Hero ia a strong oaken chair, I place tho oannon upon it, and when I withdraw tho wiro mark tho result, Tho chair roos crashing to picoos on tho floor, umlor tho weight of three tons of irou,” This conclusive proof of tho grandest discovery over yot made by man brought ovory person prosonH to hia foot. Tho young exhibitor alone romaiuod un- moyod. " How is itulono ?”. criod they How did’you hiako thin wonder ful discovery?” They now looked upon him with tho nwo ouo fools iu the pros- onco of a sunorior lieing. Ho raised hia hand and requested si- louoe. " The notion of this simple wiro,” ho said, "is not oonflnod to me tallic snbstanoes, Its effects on all ob- jeots nro fcht same. I put it round this wooden benoli, ns you soo, and tlio this large irou shaft and those wheels. You porooivo that it affects all aliko. Perhaps you think it has no power over living substances. You aro mistaken. ~ will agree to put this littlo niece of ire round my waist, and stop from tho dome of Bt. Paul’s. I will show you.” A ladder extended from tho floor to tho lofty ceiling of tho hall. The stran ger climbed to its vory summit, adjusted his bolt, and sprung boldly off. Ho slowly unolospou tho ends of tho wiro, so thnt they scarcely catno into contact, nnd descended gradually and safely to tho ground, to tho infinite relief of tho spectators, who gazed horror-struck at tlio soeno. "Thusyou soo, gentlemen, "said he, ngnin ascending the stage, " what pow ers lio hidden in nature, until they aro accidentally stumbled upon. You all think thnt there is some power contained in this wiro. I must toll you that tho wire has bnt little to do with it. And yeti will agree to go down to any of your sea-ports, and put this wiro, or ono like it, round ary of your old sevonty- *onr-gun ships wo road of, nnd lift it into a dry-dock, with a lino no stronger than pack-thread, if tho wind is not blowing at tho time. This wiro, at which you all gaze so curiously, has no power in itself. It is only tho moans of communicating a power ; still, no man shall examine it, oxoopt under certain conditions ; and this brings me to tho point I intended to make by calling gen tleman of your high standing and intel ligence here to-night. I wish to soil my knowledge to tho English government.” " And why to the government ?” criod the Rt. Hon. B. I and the Hon. Mr. fi , in a breath. "Because no private individual in rich enough to buy it. I once thought to dispose of it to my own government, —that of the United States,—but I shall not enter into tho reasons why I abandoned that idea, and came here. Besides, it booomes pnblio property af ter ten years. I wonld not a/proo to sell the right under any conditions for a longer time. The benefits of the dis covery are universal, and in jnstico be long to mankind, and mankind shall have them.” Said a member of tbe oabinet: ‘ Yonr idea of selling such a disoovery to the government of Great Britain seems chimerical ; and, I may add, it savors of selfishness to keep your knowledge from‘the world. But may I be permitted to usk how much you de mand for your knowledge?” Here the young man rose to his feet stumbled upon it. Since LintVo dhjiiov- orod it, I wpuder that it found out a thousand times evorJSday. ^ut, gentlemen, are you nwArMUftt I doubt' whether I am really a pionoar/fif tliis- flold ? There aro books, written vfhou- sands of years ago, which I road wbpn a boy, which havo lod me to believo' that this is ouo*of tho lofljtarts, though it was known perhaps dw^to a favorod fow. I fool miro—vory miro—that tlio; simple law by whioh tho attraction or gravitation is suspended was known iu nuoiont Bern, Arabia, and porhaps in Kpypt also, and went down into oblivion with other lost arts, iu pomo general catastrophe. Tho samo law I rodlhoov- cred while workiug in a silver mine, 1,000 feet undor ground,.and my knowl odgo I am ready to communicate, un^er the conditions that I'have named.” ’’Butshould you die in the mean time, would not your discovery bo again lost, and tho wbrld be deprived of its hmmitfu 9" 4fhatjvor may happen to me, within ton yearn from the proseut tinyi^tho world will bo fuUy informed rfpon tho sub- ■fpOL"; V. | : ; After some further consultation, a select oommittee was appointed, to moot iu tlirco day£, to fully iuvostigato tlio sooret, and take sorao action upon tho proposition of tho stranger, who, after remiuding all presont of thoir promise of. sooreoy, dopartod—and was uovor soon agaiu. Whore Did Columbus Lund; ITarpor’a for November has a clovor urtiole ou the Bahamas, which says : In all probability it was not Oat Island whioh Columbus namod Han Halvudor, but Watling’s Island—a sniullor isle a littlo moro to the southward and east ward. Tho facts in tho oaso nro thoso : Contrary, probably, to tho gonornl opinion, it has novor been definitely known whioh was tho island entitled to tho honor; but about fifty years ago, when historians woro busy with tlio history of Columbus, they undertook to settle tho quostion by oompariug his journal with tho imporfoot charts of tho Bahamas thou existing. Navarettofixed on Turk’s Island, whioh lafctor investi gation has provod to bo erroneous, whilo Irving, supported by tho strong authority of Humboldt, argued for Oat Island, and uinoo than this has boon generally nccopted as San Salvador, and is so designated on our charts to this day. But tho English reversed thoir opinion some time ago, and trans ferred tho namo of San Salvador to Watling’s Island, aud it will bo so found on thoir latest obarts. Tho reasons for tills ohango seem conclusive. Limit. Beochor, of tho English navy, proves conclusively that Oat Island answers tho conditions required bettor than any othor island lying in tho track of Co lumbus. His two strongest reasons against Oat Island aro that Columbus states that ho rowed around tho north ern end in ono day. Tho size of Cat Island makes this phyrioally impossible there, whilo it is quite feasible at tho other island. Ho also speaks of a largo lake in tho interior. There is no snob water on Cat Island, while such a lako does exist on Watling’s Island. Ilygleno for the Aged. In a rooont olinioal leoturo at Guy’_ Hospital, London, Dr. Hubershon dis missed the hygienic moasuros by which tho lives of the aged may bo prolonged. Ho urged that in proscribing for old people a uniform warm tomperattiro should bo advised, supporting his ooun- hoI by allnsion to tho oaso of his own mother, who survived to tho great ago of 102. During the winter months of the last yoar of her life she refused to leave her bed, alleging that only thero could she keep warm. To this habit the doctor ascribed her wnnsual longevi ty. Ho also cited, in proof of his posi tion, an instance in whioh on old man, going ont into the cold and fog, died simply from the shock of the ohill npon his system. A degree of oold whioh would produce merely unpleasant sensa tions in usual eases wonld often lead to fatal results in one whose circulation was enfeebled, and whose vital force was diminished by ago. Dr. Habershon also recommended that agod persons should oat moro frequently than others, as their meals wero 'generally sparing. Thoso who wako at about 8 or 4 o’clock in the morning should havo some noui- inhmeuf. at hand, and not wait until the ordinary breakfast hour to tako thoir first meal of the day. The interval be tween supper at night and breakfast in tho morning is too long for porsons in declining strength. owner of a brood of rather qirty and promiscuous children ; with an intellect, capable of the scientific carving' of a fllihop, or skillful cobbling ofVh boot. There is nothing majestio dr awful nboqt him. You would not invitp him to your soiroo os n paragon. Indeed^jn his morning call nt your hoUso, your sejrvaut ooivos him, and. they gossip together in a friendly way. -But onco array your bntohor iu a plug hat and white; apron, throw an emblazoned crimson scarf over his muscular shoulders ; put a boiled shirt on him, aud stiok a rose imhis but ton-hole ; hang two or thrsd- tinsel crosses and other ornament? .on his manly breast, and, if he • be. a (large butchery lot him carry o banm r stuck iu a pouoli, looking ns ir it wore rooted in his ample oorpmyaUd he beoonjes, meta morphosed ianother creature. As he marohoa^rfoug in a stately manner, koepiugvrimo, timo, time, in a* sort of Ruuio rhyme, to tho tintinabnlations of MM ' off his hat to you; to day, in; o secs' you at all, ho only soes you as an atom;, one df a thousand, adnuring him a mag nificent hditfg. only equalled by a royal potentate, and possibly surpassed by a sultan ih tho giuudeur of his bearing and tho gorguousnoHS of his apparol. As you rotiro to your ohamber at night, with tlio oonfiiHod picture of fiugs, ban ners, crosses, swords, aprons, horso- ollurs, trombones, iind guns flitting boforo you, the vision of this majestio ereaturo appears, looming up liko Mont Blano among lessor hills. You rogrot now that only yesterday you vexed his grout soul with complaints about tough boef; that you had threatened to dfs- ohnrgo this awe inspiring oroaturo and employ anothor. You regret your dull ness in not rooognizing tho possibilities lying dormaut in him, and you mentally resolve to mako your rospoots to him, tho Thrioe Illustrious Brinoe, or Most Eminent Grand Boignour, or High and Top-Lofty Baron, commanding and Most Stuuuiug Knight of Pythagoras; to request the pleasure of eating tough steak hereafter. A Lightning Team. The Now York correspondent of tho Boston Journal says in his lottor: "Trotting horses to Now York aro what rnoo horses are to London. If a horse has spood lie will bring auy prico. The arrival of a fast team produces an im mense oxoitemout on tlio streets. The mon who keep tho markot in a turmoil are the mon who buy tho fast trotters. It is not difficult to buy a single team that is fast. Tho story that Vandoibilt kept a standing offer of $10,000 for a first-olass horse is a canard. Ho could got snood at any timo, if ho would pay for it. Tlio old commodore wonts something besides speed. Hu wants u fast horse—a horse kind and quiet— that will drive on slack rein—ono per fectly safe—aHd at a low figuro. But to got a fast team is a difficult matter. It is so difficult to match horses in tho spirit and motion aud bottom. There is ono team in this oity that always produces a sensation on tho rond ; one of those is the horse Connors, owned by J. F. Morrill, of Boston. This horso is black as jot. Tho other horse is Bt. James, belonging to Rochester. Ho is mahogany in oolor. Tho two horses are or tho same height—abont fifteen hands. The recorded timo of the team is 2:22j. Connor’s record is 2:19b Bt. James’ record is 2:18. It is said that ho has shown the speed of 2:17. This team was sold last week, and Budd Doblo was tlio pnrohasor. Everybody know that ho did not bny it for himself. It turns ont that tho real buyer was a California miner ; he made an immense fortune in abont ten’days by the rise of tho Ophir mining stock. It is said on the stroet that for an hour or moro he made a million a minute. Tlio prioe paid for thd team was $40,000. The team left yesterday for tbe Pacific ooost. Proposed New Sliver Colna. The gold price of silver bullion has again got so low that the fractional sil ver coins of the United States aro not worth any more in gold than green backs. Notwithstanding the muon rid icule, a year ago, of Secretary Richard son’s redemption of greenbacks in sil ver half dollars, it is desirable to liavo silver fractional coins in circulation, in stead of tho postal currency, if possi ble. Tlio low prico of silver in Europe promises to bo permanent, and, in this oonneotion, two new silver coins for im mediate circulation are talked of os likely to he authorized at the next ses sion of oougross, ono a twelvo and a half cont piece, and tho other a twenty oont. piece. In fact, an attempt was made at tho Inst session of congress to got the last mentioned ooiu authorized, and tho recommendation wns favorably reported upon, bnt in tho hurry of tho oloso of the session tho bill was neg lected and wns not passed. Western Railways. Thu Nation, in a valuable nrtiolo on railroad manuals, has tho following ih regard to woBtorn railroads ; Not a dividend is paid by any road in Miohigan, nnd bnt ono in Indiana. Illi nois bonstB five dividend-paying compa nies, Wisoonsin one, and Iowa threo: bnt Kaunas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and almost all tho nonthoim states, are $ dreary, hopeless blank. Indeed, it requiros somo study of fig ures to enable us to ronlizu how all- absorbing tho mania for railroad invest ment of tho last six years really was. It wns n simple orjizo. Under the stim ulus of the land-grant system, it swept through tho oountry liko a flrst oloss epidemic, and is probably in its effects to-day occasioning not loss quiet suffer ing. Kansas wns the vory hot-bod of tho disease, and a very fow figures, drawn from theso manuals, will illus trate tho madness which prevailed as regards that region, which differed only in dogre^ from others. Ton years ago, Kansas had no railroad at all; It- now has littlo less than 2,5001 miles, about 38 per oont. more than Massachusetts, with one-third of her population; in other words, Massachusetts has soven timos the population of Kansas in com parison with its railroad mileage. Bat the Ivnusns railroads woro built on tho SAleof their bonds, not on their stook oapital; accordingly : we find them loaded , down with over $70,000,000 of indebtedness. Tho interest on none of this is now paid, bnt’as long as money could bC borrowed with which.to pay it, it did not uvorage less than 8 per cent., or $6,000,000 per annum. All that the Kansas roads in their best condition ever protended to earn was abont 118,400,000, or loss than five per cent, on heir bonded indebtedness. Nor indeed did they over earn tjiat amount or any thing which approached to it. The alaihi was that in a business which aver aged but $8,800 per milo in gross re ceipts, the net receipts were no less than 40 per oont. of that amount, To one aooiiBtomod to doaling with railroad ao- oounts, siloh a claim is simply prepos terous, T° produce spoil a result, the operating and construction. would be muddled beyond all comprehension. This is the time for liquidation; the day ofchor of^he western states, is.poor fend, spXrHolysettled. To its railroad system down upon you as ono of tho nm« «;««.- •5— *' . « -11 oi^fr'fbr its'population, safe to say .that t)»o. ooBt of operating und’raainteJRingtho Kan as railroad sys tem will oens'nme for years to, oome 76 per cent, of'its gross receipts. The problem will thou bo how to moko ot most $8,000,000 per annum pay 8 per oont. interest .on $70,000,000 of princi pal, bosidos a largo amountuof aooru.od and unpaid coupons whioh covered by tho mortgages. Leprosy in Ganndn. In tho Arcadian village of Traoadie, near the mouth of the Miramiohi river, says tlio Toronto Globe, thore havo been lepers for the last oighty or ninety years. A hospital for thoir benefit is supported by the local government. A correspondent of the Ouurch Journal, who has reoently made a visit to the es tablishment, says tho lazaretto, though well kept os far os it goes, is much too small to furnish the requisite accommo dation. Tho Boxes nro kept apart, and every thing is dono for the comfort of the unfortunates that is possible with tho moans placod at tho disposal of thoRO who manngo tho institution. The loprosy from whioh they suffer is clophantiasia grooomm, so called from its tendency to rauko the limbs swell to elephantine proportions. Tho disease is understood to havo been brought tlioro by a Frenoh vessel, which, on its roturn voyage from Hmyrna, touched at the island of Mitylouo and took in a large quantity of clothing and other stores, and on her way to Beanbaris Island—a French military port—she was wrecked near the mouth of tho Miramiohi. Tlio pooplo in the neigh borhood ployed tho part of wreekers and liolped themselves to tho clothes cast ashore, whioh, it is supposed, wore tuintod with leprosy, tho consequence of whioh was that the disease soon broke out among them. Another account is, that tho vessel in question brought two lepers from Bt. Maloos, and that every leper known in Tracudio descended from one or tho other of those men. Tho prevailing opinion thero is that tho disease is not contagious, but sim ply hereditary. The people have no dread of it, and persons ongagod about the lepors for yoars never oontraot the disease. Not only do the lepers marry among themselves, but such is tho feel ing among the poor Frenoh in Traoadie that thero is no rojpngnanoe in many on 3 GH among perfectly healthy people to taking lepers for husbands or wives. The taint generally manifests itself in overy alternate generation. In this way tho disease has become permanently seated in the locality, while tho general poverty and not very oleanly habits of the Frenoh population tend to extend and intensify it. It first shows itself in the form of small white spots on the breast; then the face assumes a puffy appearance, and there is much pain, languor and drowsiness. The fingers become crook ed, the nook swells, the limbs show all the symptoms of dropsy, the nails fall off, and, at last, the throat and lungs are attooked, aud the sufferer dies, a mere mass of loathsome disease. Its dura tion varies from five to twenty-five years, according to the strength ox con stitution. Onk hundred years ago Lonis XVI. had just ascended tho throne of the Capets; there was no American repub lic; the colonization of Australia had not begun ; thero woro fifty years more to wait for the first railway, and no body had distuibed the world with such a notion as communication by telegraph.