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'T'utr JL JrirL RECORD. W. S, JPImWIKLE & 00., Proprietors, ’ CEDARTOWN, GEORGTAr SAlTTfeBAY, JANUARY 30, 1875. . .yOLUME I. NUMBER 33. LATE NEWS SUMMARY. EAST. Two women who keep a baby-farming •aUblishnmnt at Itoilisten, MaurtMliUHiittK, bare beeu arrested on a charge of poiaonlng flro Infanta within eight week.. The report of tko reservoir oornmis- aion of Maaaachnm tta ahowa that twonty- eevou auaafe rorcrroim anil dam»: exist in the atate, ami that tho loaa hj the breaking away of theeo almotnrea last year foot* up to $ 1.250,000 lu Hampehlro County Slid $48,000 in Hannlon. The Boston ami Albany raihoad loat 8100,000 WEST. A bill line boon introduced in tho Ohio liOune of ropreaentativca to pnuiah vagrant a and common lieggaro. The governor of Dakota haa an ap peal to the country for aid to tho graaahoppor A bill hoa been introduoed in tho Ohio bouse of reproaentatiros, to regulate telegraph chargee in that atate. Tho comptroller of the cnrrency hoa declared an additional dividend of flfteoti per cent, to the oroditore of tho Scandinavian national hank of Chicago, uiakiug forty per eont. iu all. Tho flood at Marysville, California, did an lnum<nae amount of damago, and murh do.litution and suffering will result. Thero haa been a heavy Iohh of stock in tho surround- ing eonntry from tho flood*. The Illinois farmers' convention, at Hpringfleld. adopted a reform denouncing cla.H legiHlation, and renouncing all allegiance to either of tho existing political parties, and will no longer act with thorn, and endorsing tho call for a national oonvontion at Cleveland, O , March 11, to consider the general intcroGs of Industry and the formation of a national party. SOUTH. IlanH Margrum and John Clifford, two burglars who escaped from the Memphis Jail In tho recent Jail d. livery, have been recap tured, hnt nothing has been heard of Capt. White, tho lead. Tho atonturr city of (^uiucy aunk at Chatard Thursday night. Hho will probably bo raised, as tho river is falling rapidly. Hho ran into a bank with a full lioad of steam, In a fog. and had a fnll trip, but no freight will be damaged except in ttie hold. J. U. Dough, haa filed a potition iu tho tilth district court of Louisiana, claiming $100,000 damages from Hhoiidan, Kmory, DoTrol ri aud H. J. Campbell, who, on tho 4th of January, ejected him from the honso of repr i, who Tho patrons of husbandry of Lonis- iaua and HlMlrsfppI have Issued an address to the order throughout tho Untied Htales, on- dorsii g tho report of tho sul*-oommiltoe of oongress. Tho address concludes as follows : Believe ns, thin report mado by tho gentlemen of the north, aud intclligout congressmen of both political parties, tell you tho truth. We refer it to you, and trust every patron to lids appeal may come, will giro Itattoi^ tin ailing. Gen. M. C. Butler's reaidoncc in Edgefield comity, Houlh Carolina, was burned on tho night of tho 18Ui by an incendiary. The incendiary confessed tho deed and sj|dl.iit Tennant, a negro militia captain, blrd^Rm to rot tho house on flro. A warrant was isauod on Monday for tho arrest of Tonnant €nd placed in tho hands of a ■•^h^ad-conslal.ln Tennant rcfuaod to ho arrui^^ the constnble called upoi posse. Gen Ilutlor aml^ro oth panted tho constable fb rearch < and wero flrod into ftem ambush nd his folio TTio fire, rounding three negroes—two mortally, int and Ids party fled. Tuesday night ■groan fired at Mr. Merriwethor fifteen Dr. Mcl.io. who went to altond on tho wounded negroes, was fired on twleo on turn, one shot perforating Ids clothing lolhor wounded his horse. More trouble rohrnded. The pooplo aro determined 3 arrokt Ten: oompaueatlon. Tho bill finally proposes to mako it a misdentoaner punisbablo by impris onment from threo days to two years for any person to give or rooeivo any valuable consid eration to influence tho action of congress, except as provided in tho bill. Tho secretary of war has sent to the houso tlio report of tho l>osrd of engineers, appointed to prepare plans and estimates for tho deepening of one or inoro of ttio natural outlets of tho Mississippi river, and also a canal from tho river to tho gulf. After a thorough examination of tho entire eubjoot, they say : ••Thero is no doubt a designated point at 8outh Bass would bo best, it would give an unobstructed wator- • to commcreo iu place of tho sent narrow aud obstructed ono. If tho question of cost and maintenance bo consid ered, there is for tho 8t. Phillip canal the esti mated sum of $115,154,200, against $79,421,- 110 for tho Pars." While tho' board aro of opinion that tho canal can be built at tho oeti- 1 cost, they recommend that tho South of tho Mississippi he improved by tho plan which they submit. Thoy furthor recoin md that if oongress decide to open ouo of tho <hoh of tho rivor, tho entire sum appropri ated at onoo, or in somo way l>o made availa ble. If tho mouth of tko rivor is to ho liu- irovod by Jetties, tho work, when begun, ihould bo pushed se rapidly as possible to its entire completion. Richard B. Irwiu appeared before tho ommittee on ways and moans investigating tho Pacific Mall subsidy business, and told to tu ho paid money. In regard to tho amounts aid ho might not ho exactly accurate, but nearly so. Tho following Is a list: (’has. rt, $7,000; <). J. Averill. $10,000; J. (1. •itt, $10,000; K. H. Garrick-iloos not roc- ollect, but thinks $2,000 or $5,000; Ames B. in, $fT,000 ; I,. E. Chittenden, $5,000 ; B. II. Cboovor, $5,000; Hamilton G. Pant, $12,- $25,000; Bamuol A. Hatch, about $20,000; H. It. Ingham, $10,0(0; Moran—don't recollect; Alex. W. Ran dall, $10,000; John D. Ilice, $2,500; Win. B. Hhaw. $15,000; Charles 11. Sherrill, $500, John Scknmackor, $300,000; A. H. Whiting, 0,000. Witness said tho a bo to list com prised tli0 names of alftho persons employed King, I >lhers employed by Shntwell, W rhom ho pal l $125,000, and Richard is. who was Hhotwell’s personal at- Wltnoss paid Parsons $10,000 on Block null'* account. Ho gave Bchumaokor $270,000 iu New York and rent $25,000 more California. Heresy and Boyd, assistant dootkoepurs of the houso, wero not omployod 1 them wero gratui- overlooked in h's . W. Voorhoos and Boyd Winchester testified that tho reports connecting their names with tho allogod cor- ption wero nttorly falso and baseless. Irwin tontiflod before tlio oommittoo wbjh and moans that tlio undnrstnnding tween him and Congressman Hclmmakor J), lliat tho latter should bo paid $.100,000 upon tho passago of the subsidy bill, in con- of tho swrvicos to ho rondnrod by in then recited sundry payments made by him in addition to thoHo mcntlonod $16,000 to Jtio, Morris, of tho Washington Chronicle, $10,000 to $15,- Morgati for writing lotlors, otc,, $15,- 01-1‘ostinastnr Itaudall for tlio special purpoeo of buying off tho Waabington agents o ware fighting tho P* ilo it was before tho sen; that no part of tho mnuoy FROM WASHINGTON. The President haa aunt to the Senate the nomination of Thomas Biddle, of Penn sylvania, to bo minister resident to Ecuador. Five of tho eleven member* of the houso committoo on elections are opposed to tho resolution of tho majority to exclude Mr. Camion, the delegate from Utah, from Ids seat on account of polygamy. The house appropriation committee have agreed to insert in tho sundry civil ap propriation bill items of $375,000 for signal servico weather reports and $25,000 for tho Improvement of tlio capital grounds. Tlio estimated expenditures of tho district govern ment for tho fiscal year ending June 80, 1876, aro $3,120,800: estimated receipts $1,009,927. This deficiency will have to be provided for by congressional appropriation. The president hoa aent the following nominations to tho senate : Col. Alexander K. Bhlraa, assistant commissary general, to bo brigadior gonerai and commissary ef subsist ence ; Lieut. Col. M. D. L. Simpson, assistant commissary gcnoral, to bo colonel aud assistant oommissary general of subsistence ; Maj. Wm. II. Burns, commissary of subsisted e, to be lieutenant colonel and assistant commissary general of subsistence; Capt. Jno. P. Haw kins, commissary of subsistence, to be major an 1 commissary of subsistence. Mr. Edmnnd*' bill to establish a court for contented elections, provides for a court of that namo, to oonaist of tbo chief Justice and asso >iate Justices of the United B ates supreme jnrt for the time being, and to b* convened on the second Wed need ay in Febmiry, 1877, and overy fourth joar there after : and also In every Fobtnary subsequent to any election held to fill a vacancy in tbo office of either president or vice-president of the United States. This court Is to hear and adjudge contest* eonoeraing the results of s ich election, and report its findings to both houses of coogrees. The committe on appropriations havo votod to inelade the following items iu the sundry civil appropriation bill: Por refund ing to tho states their expenses in raising vol unteers, $297,000, for the construction and maintenance of military telegraph lines, especially in Texas, Now Mexico and Arizona, $55,000; for the publication of the cfileial records of the war of the rebellion, $50,000,; for the collection of county prize money and other claims of colored sMdiers, t<eing the continuation of the work of the laio freed- msn'H bureau, $15,000; for tbo freedman' hospital, $45,000 Mr. Bontwell’s bill to provide for bar of the two houses of congress proposes tho appointment, st the commencement of etch session of ccngress, of s committee, to consiitof three members of each branch of congress, who shall have authority to deter mine what persons may appear as attorneys before the committee, aud to admit, suspend or expel members of anch bar to be thus panized. No person shall be -MtSi to bar unless he is a member of the bar of court of final jurisdiction in l he state or territo ry where he resides, and no other person shall be permitted to appear bsfore any committee, except in hi a own behalf or asafriend#Ttbout by hi! ml he 1 the implo; ■it of iinbinalion of N01 giv. ild he with any ndori in(lu< iGo Mail Hiilmitly o. Witness aworo aid to any person iling that it 1 tlio idod fur electioneering pnrpoHOs. O. A. II. Whiting was given $5,000 and wasto re el vn $05,000 if 1 lie hill panned. Ho wnn om- 'loyed on account of hin supposed ability to givo valuable assistance, being a brollior-ln- of Honator Colo, of California, who at that time did not feel friendly to tho company, ho se ho boliovod they had worked against bin lection an senator. Mr. Irwin fintlier tes tified that a stock combination wan formed in York headed by Daniel Drew, opposed to ubsidy. Witness informed Htookwell that ^formation was that Drew had sent a ti le- 1 to a senator tr. oomo te New York and that tho senator said he could control six “This," witnoss said, “wo called tho Methodist party." Tlio uamo of tho senator Hr Harlan. Mr. Itamlall Informed wit- Uiat Mr. Harlan had received such a dis patch and had gono to Now York, and was going to have his six senators vote against tho II. Homo of tbo nix did, and otbors did not to against the bill. Mr. Harlan opposod the bill rigorously, fighting it with the mis- n«nt« with which ho had boon furnished. MISCELLANEOUS. The trustee of Jay Cook A Co.’a en- tatn has commenced paying a dividend of fivo int. to tho creditors of that firm. FOREIGN Alfonso was officially proclaimed king of Hpaln on the 22d, by Capt. Goo. Concha. A large nnmbor of Bisters of Char ity, expelled from Mexico, have arrived in Havana, on their way to Franco. Forty-sevon Oarlist officers have noti fied the Hpanish consul at Ilayonno that they ivo given in their adheeion to King Alfonzo. Tho Montenogran government has ordered its subjects abroad to return homo. elro thousand troops havo been ordered to the frontior. The London Times announces that lnsia and Austria hare agrejd to recognize Alfonzo as king at ones, without waiting for proclamation by the corten. The London Globe pays all the pow- s are striving to inHnro a pacific arrange- cut of the difficulty between Turkey and Montenegro. The department of tho IXautes Pyre- !Os has a population of nearly a quarter of a million, and the election of a Bonapartist to represent it in tho French assembly has just excited Paris. There is said to be good anthority for stating that tho British government has de manded explanation and apology from Porn for removing passengers from a British steam- at Callao. The English steamer Mongol, of the London, Now York and China steamship com pany, was lost at Nine Pins, twenty miles from Hong Kong. The captain and wife, first and fourth officers and second and third engineers were lost. Fourteen lives were saved. A report has been received from New Zealand that the cutter Lapwing was recently attacked by natives off Rants Crnz and, her isl crew overpowarod and masnacrod, and the vessel burned. The savagOH afterwards attacked the British war ship Handily, hut wero driven off. Fears still exist in Vienna that a col lision between Tnrkey and Montenegro cannot be averted, and tlionght it necessary that Austria should increase her foroes on the frontier. Russia and Austria had both warned the Ilcspodor of Monetegro that, if he de clares war, he does so on his own responsi bility. King Alfonso issued a proclamation to day to the inhabitants of tho Basque prov inces aud Navarre. He says he longs for peace, but will fight for his rights ; that he is a Catholic aud will see that fall justice is again dono tho church. Ho offers full neety to all who comply with his terms, proclamation lias also boon ismiod to army, fr^nt whom tho king dotuands ronowotl onergy. Tho Gorman chancellor has submit ted to 1 ho federal council an ordinanco prohibiting the importation into Gcnnany of American po tabu's bh a measure of precaution against tho spread of tho potato disease. Tho Prussian authorities havo closed tho Roman Catholic Seminary at Fulda, expelled tho high priest from Germany, and sequestrated all tho prop erty of tho bishop of tlio diocoso. Tho bishop of Padorbont, will probably bo soul to tlio for tress of Wcsol. The London Times editorially says : “ In tho gloom Hiirromidlng uh ouo thing i« perceptihlo: All are arming. German arming on masse. Tho surrounding nat 1 including tlio host part of tho world, ea do otherwise. Momentary dreams of p havo lied. Germany recognizes the stern ossify : What alio won l.y arms, she can hold by arms, and wlillo tho arms aro in hands, tho Times confesses, Germany ea raise a third at my. Her hopes aro in King Alfonso will assume tho chief •uiiuand of tho army of tho north. Ho will probably ho accompanied to hoadqnnrtors by Gen. Jovolar, minister of war. Tho king line signed dooroos relative to tho salaries of tho clorgy, and declared that, whilo giving sup- and respoot to tlio Catholic clorgy, ho cs to firmly maintain religious lihoity as it oxists iu most clvilizod countries. Tho unb ent ion to tho clergy has been raised from '1,600,000 to $41,000,000 plsotns. Tho rnor- liants of Madrid havo presontod a magnificent rowu to tho king. Tho Way to Manage Hard Timber. Borers of different species of insects o liable to work in hard timber even after the lumber has been worked up into parts of toois and implements. Ox-bows, ax - hand Ion aud pick-handles made of tho hardest nnd toughest nnnlity of hickory will often beoomo so thoroughly "powder-posted” ns to be unfit for any use orCopt fui 1. Powder- post is caused by ’numerous minute borers working iu 1I10 timber. If tim ber is out down nnd split or sawed out in I ho lnltor part of summer, ami i* stuck up so tlint it can season readily, borers will never enter tlio wood. But ns trees cannot always bo felled sawed out at this season of tho year some moans must ho employed to destroy tho borers or to provent their entoring tho sawed or the split, timber. Tho most convenient nnd effectual way to prevout injury from borers is to put tho plank or scantling, soon after the timber is sawed, into a stream or pond ator nnd allow tlio pieoea to remain snaking for n month or six weeks. Then take thorn from tho wator nnd stiok them up henenth nil open shed where tho wind can blow through tho pile. By this treatment hard and lough timber will bo rendered iiiBfct- proof and tho graiu will bo much firmer aud tougher thnn if tho lumber hnd boon stuck Up without being soaked iu tho water. In somo parts of Now Jersey fanners tront all their limber iu tlio foregoing manner. For example : They will dig m oak or an ash tree for sfoigh-run- , havo tho butt log sawed into jilanks, then oxonvatn n pond hole along a small brook, whoro they do not have access to a mill-dam, and stick up those planks in tho water, whoro lhoy aro al lowed to soak for nearly two months. Timber for wagon tongues, for harrows, for thills and for other purposes is treated in tlio samo manner. All such timber will wear liko iron and will never booorao powder-pouted nor injured by largo borers. When timber is placed in tho wator overy picoo should bo kept covered with wator until tho lumber is removed. If sand and grit accumulate tho sides lot the surface ho swept clean before tho lumber is removed from tho water. Every farmer should keep a gonerous supply of good timbor on hand, so that any tool or f irm im plement may be repaired with tough timber.—N. Y, Herald, Asiatic Bnow Plains. Tho following description of tho snow plains of Central Asia is tnkon from "Campaigning on tho Oxiih : ” " Tbo days pass—some in wild, fierce storms of snow and sleet, that howl around us os though all tho demons of tho steppe wore up in arms, some in bright sunshine, whoso intolerublo glaro blinds us and blistorn our faces. From timo to timo wo drive dawn into darksome underground holes, hot and reeking, hover around the steaming samovar, nonring down oceans of boil ing tea ; then out on tho silont steppe again to continno tho weary struggle. Thero ore nights when wo awaken from a half-frozen sleep, nnd remember wo the heart of tho mysterious gions of Asia, nnd soo nothing but the wide, snowy steppe, silent and ghostly in thospoctral moonlight. For miles and miles there is no human habitation, hnt tho bnrrow-liko stations somewhere far ahead, buried under tho snow, thongh crashed into flatness by tho grim uniformity abovo. Thero is some thing strangely oppressive and nwfnl in tho changeloss monotony of these wide, snowy plains, level as a floor, where for days nnd weeks you see nothing but snow and sky, where yon aro the mov ing center of a horizon-bounded plain that seems to move with yon, and bang upon yon, and weigh you down liko n monstrous millstone. There is the breadth and loneliness of the ocean with out its movement, tho cold and ioy silence of the arctio regions withont the glory of tho arctio nights or the grandonr of tho arotio monntain—tho silent desolation of an unpeopled world. Those broad, level, snowy plains, over which tho iey winds from northern Siberia oomo rnsbing down in furious blasts with an uninterrupted sweep of a thousand miles, and drive the snow abont in whirlwinds that go scudding over the plain liko giant spectres; tho short days of sunshine, when tho glare on the snow dazzles and burns ; thongh the long, cold nights passed in a half- frozen, half-somnolent state, with tired beast trndging wearily forward ; I Bhiver low at the bare remembrance of it all.” THE MONEYLESS MAN. I« there no place on tlio fneo of tlio earth ihivrlty dwolletli, whore virtue lias blrlh? w no re bosom* In klmlncus suit moroy will heave, Ami tlio ( P*»’r amt tho wretched shall n*k um bring n kind angel to open I ho door? Ii I soiroh tho r tho darkness of night; hall whoro tho ot, lu shadowy fold; Judaea, 'in dark floain! rowu/' * ‘ * »w wclRhnlh quietly down weak aud tho hiiiIIc* d pnnlsho* right while ho Jmdllh Where Jurors their lips ou the Bible y\o already where Mammon Jib* told 11 pllo of the Rllltei THE REWARD OF KINDNEBS. Mrs. Gorham put down n loiter she hnd been readiug, and looking iironml tho table at her blooming daughters mill two tall, haudnomo sous, sho said, iu a dololul tone : "Your Aunt Babitia is coming to London, nnd has invited herself here without ceromony.” When ?” askod Arabella, with an intonation of intense disgust. Mho will reach hero this afternoon. Wilber, you will havo to moot her.” Horry, mn, but I havo promised to drive Miss Caldwell to tho park. Fred can go.” " UtuGiinly, I will go,” Fred said grave ly, though there was a hot flush on liis forehead. "I am very fond of aunt.” Nonscnsn 1” said liis mother, " you have not seen her for fourteen yours. I ir wont near the detestable old farm r your father died.” Nevertheless, I havo a vivid roool- lootion of Aunt Habina’s kindness when wo woro thoro.” " Dear mo, Fred,” drawled Litoilln, don't bo Honlimontnl, I wish tho old tiling would stay at. homo. 1 can’t imnginn what sho is coming hero for I” ".Sho is our father's sislor,” said Fred, “ and f cannot find anything sur prising in her looking for a weloomo amongst her Brother’s children.” Mrs. Gorham shrugged her shoulders. Tf sho had spoken her thoughts it would have boon—'* Fred is so odd. Just liko liis father.” But sho only said—"I may depend upon you. then, ot your aunt, Fred. I will soo about her room.” It was a source of great satisfaction to Mrs. Gorham that her children woro all liko herself “two Greers, ovory ono of thorn, oxcopt Fred," sho would say. congratulating herself that tho plebeian Gorhum blood JwnH not trans mitted to her eldor sou, Willior, or any of threo tho girls. That Oroor prido meant iulonpo self- ishness, that Greer beauty was of cold, hard type, that Greer disposition was tyrannical and narrow-minded, did not troublo Mrs, Gorham. That tho soil who was all Gorham was nrond to tho coro with tho true prido that knows no false shame, tlint ho was noble in dispo sition, handsome in a frank, manly typo, generous nnd self sacrificing, she could not npprcciato. His hands and feet wero not so small as darling Wil ber's, ho hnd no fashionable affeotious, and no Grtor look. Bo his mother thought him rough nnd oonrse, and his sisters declared that ho hnd no stylo at all, Butontiido of homo, whoro groat shows of wealth woro mado by many private economics, Fred was raoro ap preciated. When ho booamo n man and know that hi* father's estate, though suffi cient to givo them ovory oomfort, was not largo enough for tho oxtrnvngance his mother indulged in, ho fitted him self for business and took a position hi a counting-house, thus becoming self- supporting, though his mother declared tlint no Greer had over boon in trade. That tho money she livod on was made in soap boiling tho fashionable lady sgnored onlirely. Daring Wilber had tudied law, but his first oliont had not yet appeared, and Mrs. Gorham sup ported him, trusting his fascinations would touch tbo heart of some moneyed belle. Miss Caldwell was tho present hope. BI10 was her own mis tress, an orphan heiress, and very hand some. That she was proud and rather cold in manner was only an additional charm to Mrs. Gorham, Lnoilln, Ara bella nnd Oorinno, who woro enthusias tic in their admiration of Cordelia Caldwell’s queenly manner. Nobody suspected that Fred, blunt —At the Hotel Dieu, Paris, recently, a young woman, who Became the viotim of so dangerous an attack of hemor rhage that her safety was despaired of, was made the subject of fresh experi ment in the new branch of medical science ftrahsfusion of blood.) The chef dc olinmtc of M. Bohier a young physician, cheerfully offered himself as the fountain from which the necessary life’s fluid was to be drawn for tho ex periment. The neoessary pump, heated to the temperatnre of 35 to 40 degrees, was prepared, one of tho young man’s veins was opened, and a quantity of re storative blood was transvasated into the dying woman. The next day she coaid eat, and a few days after the ' "t the hospital oared. and straight-forward Fred, hid secret in his heart, confessed to no living*being. And that secret won a love, pure and true, for Cordelia Cold- well—a love that would shut itself closely away from any suspicion of fortune hunting—that only drooped and mourned, thinking of tho heiress, At four o’clook Fred was at tho sta tion with a carriage waiting for Aunt Sabina. What a little, old foshined figure sho n o«, in hor quaint black silk bonnet and large figured shawl. But Fred knew hor kindly old face at a glance, thongh bo had not seen it ainoe ho was twelve years of ago. "You are aunt,” ho said, going qtrckly to meet her. Bhe looked at the handsome face, and caught a quick, gasping breath. " You must bo ono of John’s boys,” she said. "How like you are to your father.” "Iam Fred,” he answered. "Dear heart! How you’vo grown I Is yonr ma here ? ” " Bhe is waiting for yon at home. The good old country woman had never had tho least doubt of a warm weloomo at her brother’s house, and Fred certainly oonfirmod her expecta tions. Ho found the old block leather trunk, the bag, the band-box, and tho great bulging cotton umbrella, and nut them all in tho osrriage without ono smile of ridicule. He made his aunt go to a restaurant and refresh herself befro starting on the long drive home, listened with reepeotful interest to all the mishaps of the long jonrney, and — * ati« overy mortal stitch T’VO got ou, doar, iu tho dust and smoko.” And ho ohattod pleasantly of his childish rooolleotions of tho tiny houso nnd wide farm whoro aunt Sabina lived. " You see,” sho told him, "I mado up my mind this yonr, I would oomo to London onoo boloro I diod. I havo tried to boforo now, but something or other has always hindorod. Doar, dear I You're all grown up, 1 suppose, and you was but a lot of babies tho last timo John brought you to soo mo.” " Oorinue is tho youngest, nnd sho in oighteou. Wilber ib tho only ono older thnn I am.” Yes. I remombor. 'Well dear, I’m glnd John's wifo brought up such a line f .mily, I’m only au old maid, but I do lovo children nnd young folks.” But a chill fell on tho kindly old heart when homo was roaoliod at last, and four fashionably drossod lndioa aavo her a strictly conrtoous grooting. But for tho warm olaBp of Fred’s hand 1 think sho would havo retnrnod to tho ntntiou by tho samo carriage sho onrno 10 wounded aud soro sho felt. Not ono kiss,” alio thought, "nnd Fred kissed mo at tlio train, right bo foro nil the people.” Fred slipped a silver coin into tho hands of the sorvnnt girl who whs to wait 11 poii l"i nuut, promising another if sho was very attentive, and himself iBeortf d the old lady to her room. It vns not often tho young man’s indigna- tiou found voloo,‘ though it grow hot tor tho many shams and nots of hard lfishueHs in the houso of his mother, but ho Haul some words that called n blush to tlio olio ole rf of tho worldly woman. It was not a very busy season, and finding that Sabina was likely to lmvo a sorry timo if left to tlio otitor mom- of tho family, Frod asked for a holiday nnd appointed himself tho old lady’s escort. Ho was too*proud to oar© for tbo fad; Hint tho quaint littlo figure 011 his aim attracted many an amused Rlnnco, but gravely stood by while a rmv dress for Dolly, tlio dairy- maid, and a " oity nooktio” for Bob, tho ploughman, was purchased. He gave undivided attention to tho ore important selection of a new black silk for fuintio, liorsolf; nnd plensnutly accepted a bluo silk sonrf, with largo red spots, Hint was presented to him, appreciating tho lovo that prompted the gift and mentally resolving to wonr it when I10 paid a promised visit to tho farm. Ho drove Aunt Hiibiua to tho irk. lie took her to bco all tho sights. Onoo or twice, mooting some of liis gontlomen friends, thoy had thought " tho nueor old party is somo rich rela tion, Gorham is so very attentive,” and hud dolighted Habina by their deferen tial attentions, Onoo—Frod had not counted on that in a picture gallery, Cordelia Gald- •11 sauntered iu alone. Hho had hoard oi Habina through tho disgusted com ments of Luoilla, end sho lmd no prop erty but » " miserable farm,” but slio greeted Fred with n smilo far more cor dial than she usually gavo hor admirers. A littlo lump oamo into Fred's throat. Then ho gravely introduced tho stately beauty, in her rustling silk, to tho old- fashioned figure on his arm. " My aunt, Miss Gorham, Miss Cald well.” They admired tho pictures together, and tlio young lady was cordial anti chatty. After they onmo down tho stopB, Miss CftldwcM said— "You must lot your aunt drivo an hour or two with mo, Mr. Gorham. I goitig to do somo shopping, so I shall not tux your patieneo by asking you to joiu us, but I shall bn plonsed if Miss Gorham will dino with mo, and you will nail for her this evening,” Thou sho smiled again, nindo Habina comfortable in tho carringo nnd drove off, leaving Frod forty times deeper l ot Kliymhif God foi'uivo when tlio fnll* fei Wo laugh 11 In tlio hands of tho Minnesinger of Germany, internal rhyming was culti vated us an art. Mr. Kracger tells uh that, "tho ability with which tho Min- nesiugor utilized nil possibilities of rhymo iB perfectly amazing. Limited rhymes of oomnlote purity, to such au extent that iu all of Ycgolweido's pooms, for instance, only two slight impurities occur, thoy onHsied tbo vast resources of tlioir beautiful and flexible languugo to tho utmost extent. Wo havo Minno- tiongs wherein every word of evory lino lovo than evor, os sho intended he should be. Ho is n very prinoo of ft man," she thought, "and I’ll givo him ono day’s rest. Bless tho denr old soul, sho hus jufet stioh bluo oyos as my denr grand- mother.” Then sho won Hablnn’s confidence, and found sho was worrying about tho purchase of oortain household mutters, that would not go in tho blank leather trunk, and that sho did not like to worry Fred about it. Hho drovo to tho places whoro tho best goods oould be lmd, keeping guard over tho slender purse against all im position, till tho last towel was satisfac torily chosen and directed. Then she drovo hor homo, nnd brought her to tho room whoro " grandmother” was qneon, knowing the stately old lady would mako the countrywomuu welcome. In tho evening that followed, Fred’s heart was touched nnd warmed, till, noarooly conscious of his own words, he told hi* long-cherished secret, and know that ho had won lovo for lovo. Aunt Habina stayed two weeks and then went home, to the immonse relief of the Gorhams, and oarrying no regret with the—" Ruination of Sabina’s farm. of leaving any fmt Frod and Cordelia. It was not oven suspeoted that Cor delia spont four weeks in tho hoight of tho summer season listening to tho praise of Frod at Babina’s farmhouse, and oven Frod did not know it until ho came, too, after sho was gono, and had his share of tho pleasure of hearing lov ing commendation of one ho loved. Ho wore the neoktio, and made him self so mnoh at homo that Habina wopt somo of the bitterest tears of her life when ho left. To havo you both, and lose you I” sho sobbed. "Next timo wo will oomo together,” Fred whispered, nnd so'oonsolod her. But alas 1 The next timo Fred oamo was to superintend tho funeral of tho gentle old lady, and though Cordelia came too, his happy wife, thero was no weloomo in tho palo lips or tho bluo eyes closed forever. But tho will the old lady left gave all her worldly possessions to her 44 dear nephew, Frederick Gorham,” tho farm and tho farmhouse. It was apparently no vory great leg acy, and Cordelia smiled at many of the old-fashioned treasure}', ns she touohod all with the tender reverence death loaves. Ten years ago Habina was laid to rest in her narrow ooffln, ond there is 0 busy, flourishing town round tho site of the old farm. Mr. Frederick Gorham lives there now, and handles immonse sums of money, the rents of stately buildings. "Mado his money, sir, by specula tions,” you will bo told if yon inquire as to his source of income ; 44 fortunate purchase of ground before the town was thought of.” But I, who know, tell you that the only speculation he made was, in tho kindness of his heart, extending loving attentions to his father’s sister, and that mly land he ever owned was Aunt Thero nro tricks in ovory trndo, nnd Hint tho fioot business doos not afford an exooption to this rule, an article in tlio November Galaxy seems abundantly to provo. Tho writer doos not holievo, it appears, that Wft’t. Whitman’s Uiokiug out of tho traces of rliymo has revolu tionized pootry, and proooeds on tho supposition that rhymo is uooossnry to nil good lyrios. Tom nood (tlio younger) says that tho essonoo of rliymo is identity of sound, and that wo 110 more mutch sounds by our eye thnn wo do colors by our noso, Tho samo au thority remarks to aspiring rhymesters: TOTiinn rni> nnvMits. Edgar Poo doolared that it was n mis take to suppoBO that rhymo must hooch- warily bo put on tho onus of linos. On tho contrary, ho asserted that uuoxpoot- ednoBS added to tlio force of a rhyme, ns iu tho third stanza of tho 44 Ravou”: Ami tlio nilkoii, kivil, uncorinln rtiHlIing of oncli purplo ourtaln, TUrtllQd mn—fil’od mo with fantastic terrors novor foil lioforo. And also in (ho ninth stanza of 44 For Auuio": My tnutnlizIiiR spirit Thoro blandly repo ForactUng or novor Regretting Uh rose This beautiful offeot, wliioh may bo oallod internal rhyming, has boon used by other poota sinoo Poo suggested it. In Mr. Frederick Lookor’s dainty lyrio, ■' Tlio Sorenndo,” wo find: AWho lUon, nml lmzy DiiitniHt from tlio Iling, For sorrow* that ouzy To-morrows may bring. 1NTKIINAL 1U1YMINO. Liko alliteration, liko tho rofrain, in ternal rhyming, pleasantly ofioctivo when used in moderation, becomes in tolerable when oariiod to cxophh. Wit- incomprehensible stanzas (which wo refrain from italicizing) llod by Joaquin Millor Tlmtcli of palm nml n patch of clovor, lh.ml h of balm in a tlolcl of bro.vn; Tlio oIo.'iIh blow \\n ami rim hluln flow over. Ami I lookedlipwfinl, bntwho hiokod down? 'ho was Irno in tho lent that tried iih ? Who wan it mocked ? Who now may mourn ho Iona of a lovo that a orowH denied ii“, With folded hand* and a hourt forlorn ? • forgot rth of a Hinlln, (lie welKl Whv, who can mnaanre? Tho lutes bond n rhymes with tho other, while tho lines again rhymo in tlio usual way among thomsclves; pooms wherein tho last word of tho rhymo in rhymod with tho first of tho next lino; poems wherein I ho last word of tho stropbo rhymos with its first, word ; poems built in strophim of twenty aud moro rhymes,” etc., ad libitum, IjEOINR VKItSB, is but ono form of internal rhyming; in it a word in tlio middlo of tho lino rhymes with tho final word. Example : ’1’wan in tho primn of Hiimmar timo. Tn Mr. C. H. Olftverley’fl "Fly Loavos," this form lias boon oxtendeil; a third rhymo in the next lino is nddod ; wit ness tho first stauza of 44 Iu tho Glonm- ir.R”: Ill tho gloaming to ho roaming, whore tho orautod wavoa aro foaming, And Urn nliy mormaidoiiH combing lock* that r mado tho gliout endeavor To diHCovor—hut whatovor woro tho hour it would ho HWOOt. Very pconliar is tho theory in nooord- 100 to whiuh woro composed tlio words outitlcd I tho wlckot kick it backward with my TlionOh! HUoli rollor* bowloru always givo to dor*, bounders, too, rlio and Hlrlko Aud tlio. my knoo. Thou I. 111 anguish, try to forco a smilo. Whilo laughing oritlc* round mo sauna mo 01 my stylo. Htriving iu liko mnunor after origi nality, Hood lias a comic poem called 44 A Nooturnal Sketch,” in wliioh oaoh lino ends with threo rhyming words: Evou is como ; and from tlio dark, park, bark Tho signal of tho Hotting sun—ono ^11 And six is Hounding from tho < Him To go and soo tho Drury Lano Dnno slain, oto. And another, called 44 Tho Donblo Knock,” in wliioh it is tho first words 1 ot tho last of each lino that rhymes : Rat-tat It wont, upon tho lion’s chin ; That hat, I know It," cried tho Joyful girl 5 Hummers it is, I know hitn by his knock; Comer* liko him nro wuloomo a* tho day, oto. Hood also perpetrated 44 and inter mediate link, as it wero, between tho bland verso and rhymo,” which begins If I were UHOd to writing vrrses, And had a muso not so porvorso. Hut prompt at Fancy's call to spring Aud onrrol liko a bird in spring. Or liko a boo iu summor tfrno That hums about a bed of tbyrno, oto. STOCK RUVMKS. Whilo most of tho abovo aro merely attempts at novelty in tho position of tho rhyming word, many poots and essayists have earnestly protested against tho lack of freshness in tho rhymes themselves. In tho "Essay Oritioism ” Popo speaks of poets who ring round tho name unvariod chimoB, With sure returns of still recurring rhymes; Wboro’or you find “tbo ooollng Western In the next linos it “whispors through tho In crystal stream* “with plowing murmurs EONNKTfl IN PLANK, An essay upon tho subjoat of rhym ing, howovor Blight, would bo obviouslv inoomplota without somo roforonoo to bouts rimes, Tlioir origin is fancifully trncod book to Dulot, n French poet, who onoo bewailed the loss of threo hundrod sonnets, explaining to his friends, who wondered at his foonndity in having written so many, (hat thoy woro blank sonnets ; ho lmd only writ- ton tho rhymos, loaving tho lines to bo filled in afterward. Tho idea tioklod tho fnnoy of his friouds, and tho writing of louts rimes, noon booamo a recog nized nmiiRoniGiit of tlio oourt. A most romnrknblo instnnoo of faoility is given in Dr. Bombnugh’s 44 Gloaniugs,” nociART’s FUAT. Mr. Bogart, of Albany, who diod in 1820, at tho oarly ago of 21, hnd exhib ited suoh great skill iu impromptu writing, that tlioir spoutanoonsnoss was doubted. Ho offorod to submit to any teat. In tho presence of Olmrlos Fonno Hoffman, Oof. J. H, Van Hhaiok took up a copy of Byrnu, and said : " Tho name of Lyndia Kano” (a hollo of thoso days) 44 has in it tho snmo nnmbor of tetters as a stanza of 'Gliildo Harold’ has linen ; writo them down in a column. Now, I will 041011 tho poom at random, nnd for tho ends of tuo lines of Miss Lydia’s norostio shall bo nsod tho words ending tlioBO of tho voroo on wliioh my finger may rest.” Tho stanza thus so- teoted was this Ami miiHt they fall, tho young, tho proud, (ho PAOTB AND FANCIES,; THE BRIDGE. r i.oNorKM.ow, 1 stood on 44 tho bridge” at midnight, With footings I can't roreal, And tho moon roso over the tatfrall, Behind tbo man at the wheel. For, approaching ho rapid a climax, Camo tbo malady of tho h Far off In the hazy dintauoo Of that tearful night in Juno, To swell ono bloated oliioC* Unwholesome rolgn ? Tho min nf raplnn ami tho fall of Hpaln ? Ami doth Ihn power that man adorn* ordain Tl cir doom, nor hood tho Hiipplinut'* apponl i I* all (hat doBporato valor not* In vain ? Ami onuni'rl Hugo, and patriotic zhaI Tho veteran’* skill, youth hood’* hoart of stool ? Within tou minutes tho following norostio stanza was composed by Mr. Bogart: Lovely nnd lovnd, o’er tlio uuoonquorod bravo Your oli •ohihUohb, matohlou* girl, tball Ign! tbo mollior bold* hor infant JMf And Bbould your Kings would In vain to And lordly biHliqp* kneed in, romantic Hpaln! t tbolr stop* or- Enduro alust lover'* (timo'* up) untarnished OAMFlllthl/B 14 LOOUIDTi" oomposod in this way: Tho rhymes woro written first nnd the linos filled afterward, tho poot singing them to a sort of ondenco, as ho reoited to his wonderful friend, Loigh nuut says moro poots work out tlioir pooms on this theory than would bo willing to nokuowlougo it. no gives as a spooi- mon, Dawn Each Plain* H polio Lawn 1 loculi Hwaln* Yoko Mo Hay Play Hwoot Fair Mlno Hair Tr Divlna W< Flold* Hlindo* Adiou Farowoll Ho worn Dart* Flocks Cow* Yhlds Maid* Itonow Dell Gazo Flmvors Hearts Hock* Dough* 44 noro, without any moro ado, wo have tho whole history of a oouplo of Day* successful rural lovers comparing notes. They ismto forth in tho morning, fall in to tho proper plnoo and dialogue, reoord the charms nnd kindnoss of their ro- spentivo mistresses, do jtistioo at tho samo time to tho Holds nnd shado and oonolndo by tolling tlioir Hooka to wait us usual, whilo thoy ronow their ad dresses under yonder boughs. How easily is all this gathered from tho rhymos! and how worse than useless 11 Id it bo in two persons who havo ill interesting avocations, to waste their precious timo and tho rondor’s in a heap of prefatory remarks, falsely called vorseH 1” and Hunt then goes on to givo a blank prologue, built unon tho samo model, apnlionblo to any ploy, 44 which, if apokon by a pretty actress, wjlh a duo sprinkling of nods nnd becks, and a judicious management of tho patiHOB, would havo an effect equally novel and triumphant.” A Druidical Woddlng. Tho following description of a mar- riago in tho Druidical days is given in Baintino'u 44 Myths of tho Rhino At a plnoo whoro two roads moot tho crocking of a whip is hoard; hogs, sheep and small oxou aro driven aside to make way for a kind of procession consisting of grnvo nnd solemn raon and women. It is a wedding. Two young poople havo just had tlieii union blossed by tlio priests undor tho snored oak. The brido is dressed in black and wears a wreath of dark loaves on hor bond. A matron who walks on hor loft holds boforo her oyes a white oloth ; it is a shroud, the shroud in which sho will bo buried one of those days. On her right a Druid intones a chant in whioh I10 onumorates in solemn rhythm all tho troublos and all tho anxieties whioli await hor in woddod lifo. From this day, young wifo, thou alone wilt havo to boar all tho burden of yonr united household. Yon will havo to attend tha baking oven, to provide fuel and to go in soorou of food ; you will havo to propare tho resinous toroh and tho lamp. You will wash tho linen at the foun tain, and yon will mako np tho clothing. You will attend to the oow and even to tho horse, if yonr husband requires it, Always fall of respect, you will wait on him, standing bohina him at his mnals. If ho expresses a wish to tuko you with him to war, you will aooompany him to carry his baggage, to keep his arms in good Condition, nnd to nurse him if ho should be sick or wounded. Happiness consists in the fulfillment of duty. Bo happy, my child. What is still more strange is that this dolorous wedding song, bnt slightly al tered, is still in some parts of Franoe at this day addressed to brides by local minstrels. Tho reader lbroaton’d—not iu vain—with “HlOftp." Dr. Holmes says: "One gots tired to death of tho old, old rhymes. I al ways feel as if I were a cobbler putting now top-leathers to an old pair of boot- soles and bodies when I am fitting son- tiraents to theso venerable jingles : youth rooming truth warning Nine-tenths of tho 4 juvenile poems’ written spring out of the musioul and suggostive coincidences.” And else where tho autocrat speaks of beings who send him some 44 strings of versos, candidates for tho orthopedic infirmary, all of them, in whioh I learn for tho millionth time one of tho following facts : Eithor that somothing about a oliirao is sublime, or that somothing abont timo is sublime, or that some thing about a obime is concerned with timo, or that something abont a rhyme is sublime or concerned with time or with a ohime.” —Lohse has investigated what would bo tho effect and appearance of a spher ical gaseous mass, os seen by au ob server passing over the solar disk, and has sought to apply his results to the possible effect of the atmosphere of Venus on tho phenomena of the Venus transit. In conclusion, ho states, with roforonoo to the so oalled black-drop phenomenon, that if the atmosphere of Venus has a density so great that it unites tho solar rays in one point lying botween Venus ana the earth, it must then have the samo effeot as an obaqbe body; that is to say, the solar limb will by this atmosphere be broken or in dented before the body of Venus itself touches it; and, conversely, the solar limb will not regain its integrity at tha close of the inner oontact until the at mospheric layer is entirely within the solar disk. It is possible that at the inner contaot tho olTeot of the atmos phere of Venus contributed considera bly to the appearanoe of the so-called back drop, And down in tho doop blaok shadow* The hungorlng AhIioh played, And soomed to bo ntaintlvoly Booking Their supper bo long dolayod. And (ho waters round mo rushing Horvod but to lncroaso my pain, And a horrible qualm oamo o'or me As of somothing—I couldn't contain. How often, oh, how often, In the day that had gono by, Had that tearful, abominal fooling UjiHot me-I wondor why. How often, oh, liow often, I ntahod that tho streaming tide Would ooa*o it* rOHtlosH motion And givo oomfort to my lnuido. much im’rcasod by tho ougiuai With tlioir horrlblo odor of lie. (Interval of two minute*.) Ilut now it ha* fallen from me, It is hnrind in tho bos ; fcnd as for tho siokuoaa of other*— What tho deuoo d*o* it rnatler to m Yot whonovor J go by steamer, If oulv for a penny rldo, And I think how many thousand* Of wrotohod billon* tnou, On croHHing tho English channel, Have fed the fluhrs sinoo then. I soo tho long procosBlon Htroam on In a gha*tly lino— Each bearing the fatal basin A* an outward visiblo sign. And forovor and forever, Ah long as that Htoamor goon, As long a* a man ha* “innards,". With suoh agonizing throes,| Tho “bridge" of tho Dover packet Rliall frequently appear A* tlio Hoa sick mortal's haven Whon ho fool* moBt awfully qnoer. —E R. Marsh, San Frnnoisco, has rooontly invested 627,000 in ^ngora goats. —Tho Mexioan oongress has ofiored a reward of 620,000 to the first mins whioli shall have producol COO flasks of quicksilver. —Think of that ? Whon you take a ;irl to spoil ing-school in Nevada you invo to rido twonty-four miles, and you lmvo to keep your arm around her all tho timol —It is reported that the Mexioan government is garrisoning small towns ou the Rio Graude, for the purpose of assisting the authorities on this side in breaking up oattle stealing. The total mites of railroad open in tho Uuitod States January 1, 1875, was 70,200, of whioh IContuoky had 1,519 mites, valued at 802,728,511. The in vestment in theRo works is at an average ooit of 820,000 per mite. —An old baohelor says : 44 Whon I remember oil the girls I’ve met together. romoniuur tm mu gmn a vu mov wgomDi, I fool like a rooster in the fall exposed to ovory woather 1 I feel liko one who treads alone somo barn-yard all desert ed, whose oats aro fod, whose lions aro doad, or all to market started.” —Throe Ohioago girls aro about open ing a barber's shop in that oity. Ono is to do the lathering, another the shav ing, while a third, a boautiful blonde, is to sit on a sort of a throne, and play on a harp and sing. The outfit of this out shit Mhment, it is said, will cost 812,000. •In regard to a portion of "tho groat West,” it is a private opinion ex tensively hold that a country whioh ie eaten oat by grasshoppers in the sum mor, where tho whisky freezes solid in the wintor, may bo advantageously left for tho exclusive occupation of tho noble red man and the prairie dog. —Ono of the oldest sensations is said to bo that of being lowered fifteen hnndred foet into a mine. Th i great length of eable allows a spring of a foot or moro upon tko slightest movement in tho ba*Ket, and W. J. Florence, tho aotor, who has just had tho experience in Nevada, says it feels like being a ball at tho ond of a rubber string. —Aooording to tho Amerioan Manu facturer the six largest ateamships in the world are the Great Eastern, owned by the international telegraph construc tion and maintenance company, 674 feet long, 77 feet broad; the City of Peking, some months ago launohed on the Delaware river for the Paoiflo mail steamship company, 6,000 tons, 428 feet long, 48 feet b.oaa; the Liguria, 4,820 tons, 460 feet long, 45 feet broad ; the Brittanio, ot tho white star line 4,700 tons, 455 feet long, 45 feet broad; the Oity of Richmond, of the Inman line, 5,000 tons, 458J feet long, 43 foet broad; and the Bothnia, of the Ounard line, 4,500 tons, 425 feet long, 42} feet broad. Books and Dogs as Propagators of Disease. Among tho many agents for thqftppread of infeoiions diseases are, it seems, 44 our domostio pets.” For the propaga tion of fever a dog is sometimes as bad, or worse, than a drain, and a oase is re ferred to in the Sanitary Reoord in whioh scarlet fever was qkrried from AH* aLIIJ Am mmaIUaa Um mt I.wamI. mn oneohild to another by si favorite re triever. The dog had been, reared in a house where scarlatina prevailed, and was snbseqnently given to a friend of the family. Shortly after one of the children in the dog’s new home was attacked with malignant scarlatina and died. Disinfectants were nsed plenti fully, and every preoaution taken to prevent a recurrence of tho malady, but iu two months, timo a second child took the samo disease, in its worst form, and died. As tho dog had been the constant companion and playfellow of thoso children, its woolly ooat, it is alleged, booamo so oharged with oonta- gious matter as to render it a source of disease and death. Although it is only fair to the dog to admit that the ohildren may have caught the fever from other sources than nia woolly ooat, yet there is reason to fear that both dogs and cats, especially the latter, do occasion ally assist In the oironlation of infec tious illnesses, and where fever prevails the sooner thoy are' lodged ont. of tho house tho bettor. They are, however, probably not more dangerous in lhis respeot than books. No one who takes , up a book from the library ever trouble* himself or heraetf as to the anteoedenta jj of the volume; it may have joat left# the hands of the fever patient. f