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THE CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1875. VOLUME I. NUMBER 34. LATE NEWS SUMMARY. WEST. A special from Kansas oily says that tho homo of tho notorious Jam oh Lots, in day county, hu surmiuulcd at an aarly hour yontonlay morning by a party of dateotivaa, who flrod into tho hou-o and wounded lira. Bamuo’.N. mother of tho Jamoa brotliera, killed a child eight yearn old, and wounded a oolorod woman. Thore wan oonsldorahlo firing, and it ia aaid several perron* ware wounded, but who beside* ths above mantlousd ia not known. Tho Jauien boya escaped. SOUTH. A flro in Hnmptor, South Carolina, Thursday, deatroyad proparty to tho value of •70,030. Tom Johnson, colored, who was to be {tgogjlt Montgomery, Ala., Friday, hie had otun.uto.1 in inuniaouinent for life. The Ohio and Mississippi transfer itnpany'a atabla in fit. LouU wn burned with fifty horses and a largo amount The loss in eitlunted at $20,000. Tho maohino, car, blacksmith and ‘tarn ahopa of tho Momphia railroad in Ar- of h md a out c 30,000; the morning of the 30th. inaorance. At Now Orleans, Iant week, W. A. Weak*, the colored assistant secretary ol stato, was killed by (leorgo Part*. a oolortk! n an altercation, it is ispotted, aboi Tho steamer City of Quinoy sunk at lhatard Thursday night. Hhe will prohally * rained, as the river is falling rapidly. Hhe an into a bank with a full head .of ateam, in fog, and had a full trip, but no freight will « damaged except in the hold. A resolution, as been offered in the Ilaaouri senate instructing the sonatorn and eqUMting Hi ths propo it for the » K 11 * 1 d the in 1 Atlantic nd l‘a si 1 mail t rtd the Texas and l’acifio impa sde, Tho amiunl statement of tho ti commerce and manufactures of Mentph 1*74. furnished by tho iioeretary of tho cham ber of oommorcc. shows a very satisfactory stato of business generally. The total value of merchandise impute for the year was $73.- OIG HO7, and of the product of some ntamtfac- •8,3 n,W0. Tlte total 1873 •78,817,727, ° r whloh tho c luted to f 31,000,000. Thore aec in all departments, as oor ; and compared with 1881, the hnsiui ealci EVA TUOHILL. lovely, (lying n»«ViV^ l0U ■om delightful lip to hrci ■owned lu dimpled Uugbtei A HASTY MARRIAGE. Jilted ! No gentler unmn oonld bo ven to tho fact, fleorgo Cloodwiu hud fairlyjilted. Cool, sensible Emily Wardour had turned him off nt tho elevouth hour, when ho had expeotod to lead hor to tho altar in n few weeks, with tho plea that she had not kuown her own mind, and had discovered that ahu loved anothor. It was a ernel blow to poor fleorgo and he took it to heart. Ho sad ly, Indeed, that tho very next day found him nt tho hnusn of n neighb and indulgent ho would bo if it ruined him. It is not unlikely to do this. A crisis had arrived with tho arrival of the eeoond baby. Oeorgo Goodwin had invitod bin sinters to the house, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones had invitod them- selves. Tho house was full, and the sisters stood aghast at tho expenditure which Lavinin directed through hor mothor. It was nothing but spend, spend, spend, from morning till night; nobody knew how much, for it was not ready money. In kitchen oxtrnvgunoe had merged into waste—waste, under Mrs. Jones’s example, into dislioneaty. which George Goodwin detested and abhorred more than most men, nt least moro vigorously. Menutime, in the dining-room, into which the wintry sun was streaming, George Goodwin had dashed down the blinds and flung himself into tho arm- ohnir, to think, and from thinking ho felt tlmt it was time to act. n« began to not n«* hfs way to the dairy. A maid was thoro arrang ing tho pans for tho ooming in of the mid-day milking. In a quiet oormu stood a small hamper. It caught his oyo What is that ?" ho asked sternly. " I don’t know, sir; it was Mrs. Jones did it up." ••Oh r Ho turned it npsido down. A roll of butter, a fowl, some eggs and a bottle —tho latter mingling their contents— dashed down on tho stouos, tho port running in a little stream along the floor. Don’t let mo fltnl any moro of this. I shall hold von responsible for all that comes in and goea ont here," ho said to the girl, us ho turned away iu a ten times bitterer mood than beforo. Tho things were hia own, but ho felt na if iio had committed a meauuess in meddling with them. Ho strode oft* to And Mr. >k, tho gurdcuor, oow-keeper, pig- The weather and crops occupied Mr. Jonos and his visitor for Home time, Mr. •Tones introducing these interesting top ics. lUthcr ahrnbtly, however, tho visitor announced that he had something particular to say. Mrs. Jones rose with her daughter Lnviuia, bnt was asked to stay, so that Lavinia was sent from the room alone as if she had been a ohild. She went and sat down in tho kitchen not a whit roaentful. George Goodwin entered nt onoo on his mission. He had oomo to a-k leave of Lavinia’s parents to muko their daughter an offer of his hand, llo did uot say his heart. Mrn. Jonen trembled lest hor husband should discourage this oool suitor. Ho •earned about to do so. Instead of a ready assent, bo began to say it was very sudden, and ho did nol liko to part with tho ohild ; ho ended by turn ing very rod and blowing his noso, Mrs. Jones had lookod hard nt him. Who now inter|H)6od, saying, of course, ........ U) uu. i*u» iunKgiK, p«i- it wuH sudden, and eortainly they did j feetly delighted with the whisking of not want to loso Luvinin, who was n I the tuils, made a dash forward to seize perfect treasure ; but provided that she 1 ono, and was splashed from head to foot was willing, and thought she would be j over her plum-colored velvot-dresa and happy, they ahould not stand in hor whito hat and feather. . sf the farm, to put matters into his hands. Mr. Peek, with a very white frock and n very red face, was coming out of tho eow-nhed with a couple of frothing pails of milk. Ho did not notice tho farmor, for thoro at his fort was tho farmer’s little dnughtor, her careless nurse maid leaning on the force tulking to ono of tho men. “ Mitty Pet, me want to nee oo moo cows," said tho ohild, running past him into tho shed, tho floor of which was quite clean an«l nioo. Hut Maggie, por- an incr«M« of »2fi.017,727. 1 wliioh hr th« ransos of 1870, ti I860 war 22 C2I, ia now, moon ana taken in 1874, noder Iho.t •chool coyimi-aloaer*. 80,003, i 1800 of Il.ttU. i I Jo She must lonvo them some timo, d they would ho glad to boo hor in o keeping of so worthy a man. “True, trno," murmured poor Mr mOM WASHINGTON. The sonato oommitteo on naval sflairs have agrnrri to tho report of tho imb-commlt- too, recommending that the navy-yard* at Washington, Philadelphia and Now London bo -abolivLod. * A package wss rooeivod at ths dead- loiter nflb-n last woek containing half a doxen snake*. two dead and tho remainder alive. One in a oopporhead, five feet long. The rep tile i were in a tin box, addreiu od to Oormany, bnt had been etoppod at Now York ou account of iiiBtiffhiont pontage. Au examination of tho ocllnr of tho na»y depat tment bolldlttg allows that arrange- meutR had been ntado to bum the building. Goorgo Goodwin ankod to soo Lavinia there and then, and Mr. Jones Assented. His wife would have secured to prepare her daughter’s mind, dear I” cried Mr. Pock, sit ting down his pails and lifting her tip— " dear, dear I hero you’ve been and spoiled your fluo dross I” “A gieat deni too fine,’’ said the father, coming forward. “Take her into tho cottage, Peck',"—it stood nob a stouo’s throw from tho shod—“and soo . . „ if your wife can’t dress tho ohild up in but thoie was no holp for it. Luvinin something that won’t spoil so easily." was called iu. llo took no notion of tho nurae-ntaid, Hut George was not qnito so thought- who followed Mr. Peck to claim her less as to propose to tho girl in tho; charge, presouoo of her parents. Ho had Tho nprso took tho child to her mis- walked np to tho window and seen* a tress. narrow strip of ground callod "LSo ) Maggie was In a rod notion frock and. garden,"andintothis ho invitod Lavinia | o brown pinafore, and had, moreover, without pretext. TIo was not a man j been eating broad and tronole. Hho who used protexts; ho was truth if self. \ had eortainly a rather ‘ It is not worth looking at,” said than usual. TiAvinis, alluding to tho garden, when | ‘‘ J oaut help her boing suoh a fright," Trai t the P*P« laid noting with piles of ohlps. ml broken up kindling wood. It In 1 the flro Motidx; Tho house oommitteo (ith ths governn rofnudo I from t tmU wont c f Ail >an. It le ropr«- ho hnd led hor out. “ I did not romo to look at it," h replied. “I onmo to speak to ion. D von think yon could liko mo well ouon?l to marry mo Him looked startled, “ I don’t know, aim stammered. " Yon don’t disliko mo ?” ho askod. “ Oh, no,” sho msdo has to toanawer. master?" Him had admired him greatly as “ I hoard him say bo was going over Emily’s lover, no had boon ono of her lo the grange, nml I saw him ride heroes ; but his wcoing and tho manner *w»y, M replied tho girl. “ Tho grange" of it disturbed all hor notions of heroic waH tho manor house in which lived the action ownor of George’s land. Ho was riding Then you mnst try and liko mo," i thithor na fast ns his horse would carry 1 tho maid ; “Mias Maggie would into tho shed and got herself dirty, and tlm muster said she was a deal too line, and ordered Mr. Peck to put thorn nasty, ugly things on hor. Htinll I take them off. mum?" “ No," said Lavinin, firmly ; “ loavo tho present. Where is your ; he continued. “I think I could make! him. An I for what purpose ? Fi j yon happy enough," ho added. : ]•*«« a purpose than Urn giving up of hiu sropx by happy ei . . .. . o looked wistful. “Do you lovo tononoy, if his landlord would tako the mo ?" nhe asked. | lease out of his hands. It puzzled him—the simple question, “ You aro too hasty, Mr. Goodwin," tho wistful look. It almost turned him «®>d that gentleman. Yon will loso by from his purpose. it if you throw it up in this way. very sweet,” ho answered, I Think a litllo hotter oj it, and oomo Hhall i in . \ "and I am unhappy." I | Here was romance at last; to 1 her sweetness on ono who was uni *\" J ‘ “* : that woold ho delightful. r * j “Oh, waitnlittln. Papa"-- <» aj •«.! to c«ru- . “ I liavo asked him nlrtndy.n i-y Uio irenHiiry | RRVe mo i rnvo to speak to you. ’• on " , ‘ t ! lie aettlo tho rest for you !" irn ■ t' 1 '" attor- | •* Yen," aho murmured, nnd r her irnparMiniiH for breath, hardly knowing what she said, npaniiw. but not ftn d not kuowing iH tho least nil sho did ioroproceedings j j n saying that ono littlo word. j Ho kisaed her, almost fiercely, some- cst of Whito- ! thing liko oompunction in his heart, and od that tho mi- i bade her good-bye in tho gnrdon, loav- »o nnxuimooHly i > n R ber there in a Btato of straugo bo ut whllo going tn. in attendance upon ruing from Wwlungton. Tt>o dortoir to both civil and criminal anlts, bnt limitation on tho civil anlt*, that R«rv o»« may had. The court Raid t cm ban in this rorpwl exactly tho ! wilderment. oxouiptoft * from | “ Ltvinia will bo very poorly pro- id bo pr< lng tho * by tb« tariff act, and by lmpo J ! vided, I fear," Mrs. Jones said, nsstim ing a delicacy sho did not feel. “I o doubt if wo can get for her ev-n what t will bo absolutely necessary on so short a notice.” a i “Got whatever is necessary nnd 0 | proper for tho occasion, Mrs. Jones," ! " r; “ xccorumgto| WM (He quick nnd anticipated answer. «‘ R # r-u , ’a S action agaumt , «. j j e u V o it, ns Lavinia has left it en- . „ ilh ’ . * ,7! * ,:i .' r ,,ro "i i tirelv in your baudsand so saying ho i J l , !, “ r0, ‘* took hi, ltnvp. * ,f " T " r ‘ “ thB ,n,t * y o'-.nrt*. Three years passed away. Lavinia The secretary of tho treasury has sent G sod win is resting on a sofa, looking o ways and means commlttoo a tabalated ; thin and pale and very pretty, iu a sternent allotting tho inerrased amounts of white pink, “ ridioulourdy fine for U Uug farmer’s wife," os has boon often ro- , 0 *l. marked of her nines her marriage, some , ftn adding, spitefully, “ Hho cares for noth ing but dress, nnd Oeorgo Goodwin is a fool to lot her do as she does." re- | no hai been very kind and inlnlgent , n ,, to her. At first that r.eemod enough. „ a | Hhe was happy wandering about tho in,, sunny slopes of tho farm or milking ltn ,. i improvements in the lionse nnd gar-lcD. Hho was ahnndaotly liappy in tho peace nnd plenty of her homo—a peace and plenty she had never known before. Hhe was rnoro than liappy, thin gen erous child, in giving to her heart’s con tent, supplying her parents with all the luxuries the farm produced—fresh but ter, new laid eggs, frnit., flowera, vege tables, poultry. Hhe bad noticed that her husband gave her less of his time than ho might have given her; that .. «... uiu°>ou *“»•<>-, caressed her carelessly, as he bo to the extent of ten cents per gallon. might a pet animal; that ho gave ; hor too mneb of her own wny, and FOREIGN. i Bhowed an utter want of interest *ir: Russia has recognized King Alfonso, what she was doing. Tmmenao damage has been done to Goorgo, too, bad his own discontent. Shipping by a gale on tho British coa*t. ! He had begun to feel the extravaganoe Turkey and Montenegro kayo with- °' Li » wifo ' ,0 r °?"® . h “j; ■ ° onir In ita RxnaAnnAnAM. His RiaTPra drawn their troops, collected on the border iicipatlon of hostilities. j ibis unbjeot, and ho hacl silenced them The grand cross of the order of tlio . by “ It’s no fault of hers, and I recommendation, bnt merely • large number of artlclee which ported free, to an aggregate amonnt of eon forty million dollars j>«r annnm, and fro which tho committee may select, with this d tailed information now l>cfore them, tucli i can most properly, in their opinion, bo rov to contribnte to the automs revenue. Tl rauemlUed to the commith ima'on prepared by tho cor that could be soenrod 1 Bocrctary aleo t r of int Bath h»« been offered to Mr. Csrlyli fred Tennyeon is to be mo<lo a baronet. The national army has already ad vanced on tho (."artists and already taken nomo of tbelr strong potjtiom*. King Alfoneo is with tho army, back to mo again. If you aro dote mined to go away, I will endeavor b moot you and give you tolerably fair ; but I do not want to loso y whs obliged to bo content this, nnd to return homo ; but ho * resolute man, Georgu Goodwin, nnd not likely to change bin mind when lie du it tnt. Ho had made up hia Ingland. And nil tho wliilo Lavinin lay longing for horhualmnd, longing and winting till sho grow faint and miserable. Him closed her nyes and clasped h white hands, nnd prayed to bo modo able to bear her life for tho iinko of b babes, nnd tho tours oozed ont frr under her cloaod eyelids and wetted 1 pale cheeks. “Bhe’s fretting, I o see,"said the nurse to herself, “and that’s why sho doesn’t got on, n baby neither ; ” and she mentally be stowed a vory uncomplimentary epi thet on tho master of tho house, nnd resolved that if possible she would plant a thorn or two in hia pillow. Him waylaid him, accordingly, on hit return, and gavo him a rather extgger atod account of Lavinia'a condition —nr account which vexed him exceedingly, and therefore made him more angr than ever. “ Fretting, ia aho ?’’ ho sai to himself. “What more does sli want? Is she not satisfied with ruining Ho could bo very perverse, this man, bnt ho could not bo oruel; np stnira nt lust and inqnhed vory kindly for Lavinia and her baby. Ho did not think slm was looking vory ill nnd miserable, however, for sho hud flashed brightly at his coming, am ceived him with u smile. JIn knew noth ing of what had been passing in lu heart, and was not likely to know—sh wonhl be shy ns long ns she was r< served. Ho had not been going to tell her of his resolution just yet, bnt after moving about restlessly for some time, ont it camo. “Lavinia," ho said, not venturing to look at, her, “I’vcinado up my mind to leave England.” “To leave England!" she repeated. “ Why should yon leave England ?’’ “Because if I stay I shall soon be a beggar," lie replied, grifaly. “Oh, I am so sorry 1” sho said. “ What a pity I did not know before ! And what will beoome of papa and mamma?" Hhe said it all in a breath, rising up and sitting fnlly ronsed before him. The last words drove him wild. “Hho does not care a straw for mo.” ho thought, “only thinks what will become of them." “ I shall leave you nnd them all that I have,” ho said, with passion, and go away and earn my bread as a hor. Sho had not understood him any more than ho hnd uudoistood her. When sho had said aho waa sorry, it hnd not boon for herself, bnt for him ; when aho had said it was a pity sho hnd not known before, it wns Unit she regretted having spent so mnoh which might have boon his now ; nnd when she had tx- olaimed, “ Wlmt will beoome of papa nnd mamma?" nhe was thinking what they would do in their poverty without her help, and in their loneliness without her presence. Of herself she hnd not thought nt nil, oxoept for ono bright moment, ah hor husband’s oampnnion, more to him than aho had ever boon bo- fore, nnd ho to her. Ho had misunderstood.her then. It was impossible to misunderstand hor now. llo looked nt her Htrangely. “ Yon would miss nil your tiuethingn, Lnviuia,” ho said. “You would have to rough it as an immigrant's <vifo.’ ‘ ' things> " shSVAid. any. for happier who ft i had not That doesn’t say much for your happiness with me," lie said. Hho clnaned her hands nnd spoke ore ongorly* "Oh, yon don't know all that I enn do," alio said, “or nil that I oau hear;’’ nud she ponied out to him tho nad experiences of hor girlish days Ho listened with quivering lips to tho oitnl; nnd whon Hho told him llow sho hnd tn wear Emily Wardour’s old pink to go to tho ball with him, he hurst into an odd oxoited lnngh. Hut wo should have to lonro tho children behind us," ho said next, TIo only trying her now, but lio had tho worst of it. Should wo? Oh, Goorgo," she said, nnd paused for n moment, pnh r nnd Iohh eager now. Then she said, [juiotly, mulling no question of going from him, “Couldn’t I tnko baby? Maggie might stay with your sistern. They would bo good to hor, but liaby \)d want n nurse. “My darling," ho cried; nnd with itneUiing liko a sob he flung ltirueolf at •r foot. George Goodwin wss not n man to do things liy halves. Ho hud ropontod of hia lmsty marriage—of (lie has to of it, that is to say—nnd he began courting a an but few mnidous nro oourted, Ho retraced bis slops ootn- platoly. Ho consulted Lnviuia about rything, wnyB and menus lnolmlod, • .*d was not abovo helping her. nt her desire, to roguluto thehouBOhola expen diture It is noedlesH to sny that they did not find it necessary lo leave Ragland, nor yot to livo in penury nt home. Luvinin oonld still holp her parents, and that ffeotunlly, by tho aid of hor lms- band's judgment. Her sister and the aiokly children oonld ntil 1 find uoadful change ut the farm, nud Lnvininlioraelf, happy nnd healthful, lookod prettier than ever in her simplo housewifely attire. This romantic littlo woman bail turned into tho thriftiest of wives, at lonst Goorgo Goodwin thought so, and what was more, Bho mndo thrift s picas* nut, and not a hard, unloving thing..) Thore wns only ono step, wh||lt aho took without oonaulting hor iiuSLnwd.. Him rmw t hat his staters nti'Mxl tho .0o- oupution nnd various interests of tnc furm, nnd woro pining in tlioir littlo town-house. Thoro waa plenty of room nnd plonty of work for thorn iiF tlioir old homo, so she invitod them hack on the plea t hat things did uot go so well without them. Aud she found hor reward. Tho sis ters oonld imhginn nothing bettor tlisn to dovoto thomselvos to Goorgo nnd his children, and George’s wife onmo in for hor share. H r at tho head of hor in creasing household them is not, at (Ids moment, a happier little womnn in tho country than tho pretty young mistress of Ilolhrook farm, THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE. Mr lore, why doit Hunt Irkve mo ttiu* forlorn • ') w>nry lolltuile tlirssRh day and 7 Thy f«ii- amUttntluoUM l.ro* tt'wakonfng m*rn ,nrt my toarful right night Hangs, don, 11 Intro found Hieunlfcl.orlnR* On ■iiKity hunt*, whitrit thou ntayat Mvaatul r.uit. Oom* qnlckly rr„ (ho dxrknof* round thro cling*— lll» htthorwBrd up Iho Hhadowo from tho wool With thtnum r of goldou mmllght on thy wins*, To tluk lu ojoin* murmur* on my hreMt I LIFE IN THE WHEEL-HOUBE. A l.laUInlng 1*1 lot nt tlio n(**W*l|i|it. BT MAUK TWAIN. A PLOATINU I’ATjAOB. My chief was presently hired to goou a big Now Orlcauftdwat, and I pockod t vltli litm, rah pilot bouse I was no far abovo tho water that I sofitnod perched on a mountain ; and hor docks strotohod so far away, fore and aft, below mo, that I wondered how 1 oonld over have considered tho little Paul Jones a largo craft. There woro other difforouocs, too. Tho Paul Jones' pilot-houHO was a cheap, dingy, battered rattle-trap, cramped for room; blit hero waa a sumptuous glass temple ; room onough to have a dnnoo iu ; showy red and gold window onrtninB ; an im posing sofn; lonthor oushings nnd a back to the high bench whore visiting pilots sit to spin yams aud “ look at tho river; " bright fnnoiful “ ouspndoros" instead of n brood wooden box filled with sawdust ; a nioo now oU-oloth on the floor; n hospitable big stovo for wiutor; u wheel as high ns my head, oontly with inlnid work ; a wire tiller-rope ; bright Irn is knobs for t ho bolls ; and a titty, whito aproned “ texas-tender " to bring up tarts aud iocs nud coffee dining tho mid-watoh, day and night. Now thia wus “something liko," and so I began 10 tako lit art onoo moro to bollovo that piloting tins a romantic sort of occupa tion after oil. * Tho moment wo woro undt r way I began to prowl about tho groat steamer and fill myself with joy. Hho was us clean and as dainty ns a drawing-room; whon I looked down her long, gilded saloon it wus liko gazing through n splendid tunnel; sho had an oil-plot lire, by sumo gifted sign-painter, on ovory atato-room door; sho glittered with no oncl ol priHm-friugotl 'oliando- 11 era; tho dork’s oflloo was elegant, the bar wns ntarvelbus, and tho bar-keepers had been barherod nud upliolstorod at iuoredible oust, Tho boiler dfioks (/. c. tho second Blory of tho boat, so to apeak) was as spacious ns a church, it seems to me; ho with tho foreonstlo; nud Ahcro was no pitiful handful of dock-hands, firemen, nnd roustabouts down thoro. hub a whole battalion of men. Tho fires Wero llorooly glaring ’rom a loug row of furnneos, and ovor thorn woro eight huge boilers. Thin was unut tor able pomp 1 The mighty onginss—but enough of this. I had never folt so Uno by«ro. And whon 1 found /that the Wglmeut of natty ser- yauts respectfully •“ sir’d ” me, my eat- iafitflUc^ waa complsto. 1 LdOKTNC^Ag TOR StTVBIt. Whoh I'rotUrpi-d to tho pilot-honso Ht, Louis waa gone and I was lost. Hero wus n pinoo of river which wns all down in my book, hut I oonld make neither head nor toil of it; you undor- Hlund, it was turned around. I had soon it when ooming up strenm, hut I lmd nover faced about to soo how it looked when it was behind mo. My heart broko again, for it waN plain that I hud got to learn this troublesome rivor both ¥h‘o pilot-honso going down to “look at tho rivor. what is on full of pilots^ ailed tho “ upper river" (tho two htiudrod miles bolwcon Ht. Louin and Oatro, where Iho Ohio oomes in) was low; nml tho Mississippi ohnngos its channel ho eonstnutly that tho pilots used to always find it nooessary to run There are now CO stations of tho brigade in London, and 4 stations aro the Thames, where nteam-flontiug engines pro moored. In connection with these stations which aro all in com munication with onoh other by means of the electric telegraph, thoro nro 58 telegraph lines, and 85 miles of 1 olo graph, 1 iron-floating barge to carry a land steam flro engine, C largo land m flro engines, 14 small land slenm engines, 15 7-iuoh manual flro en gines, 50 fl-inoll manual flro engines, and 8‘.m firemen. Thoro aro 105 flro- 'soapo stations nn«l 125 flro-esdspes. Tho number of dromon employed down to Cairo to take a fresh look, when tlioir boats wero to Ho iu port a ck, that is, whon tho water was at a low stage. A deal of (his “looking nt tho river" wnu dono by poor follows who seldom hnd a berth, nnd wliouo only hope of gutting ono lay in tlioir being freshly posted, and, therefore, ready to tho several watches kept tip during tho day is 00 ; tho number nt night is 184, so that 271 nro employed ou wateh duty in every twenty-four hours. Tho num ber sie.ir, injured, on leave, or under in struction, is usually between 40 and CO. Tho romnining men nro available for general work at fires. During 1878 tho calls mndo on tho brigndo for a turnout 1,708. Of drop into tho shoes of some reputable pilot, for n single trip, on account of such pilot’s sudden illness, or some other necessity. And n good many of thorn constantly ran up and down in specting tho river, not bcoauso they ov^r really hoped to get n birth, but bcoauso (they being guests of tho bout) it was cheaper to “look ut tho rivox" than to Htny ashore nnd pay hourd. In tiino t)ioho follows grow dainty iu their tastos, nnd only infested boats that had un established reputation for netting good tables. All visiting pilots were useful, for they wero always reudy and willing, winter or summer, night or day, to go out in tho yawl and help of engiaos, wore r.s many ns 1,708. Of those 83 proved to bo false ularms, and 72 wurn alarms of ohimnoy fires. Of ftrer. other than chimney fires thoro wero 1,518, of which ICO ro»nlted in nnriouu damngo, 1,882 in slight damage. In 20 of those fires life was lost, and in 74 of them lifo was sorionoly ondangcrod. The number of lives actually lost waa 35, of whom 12 woro laken ont of tho burning buildings before death, but subsequently sticonmod in hospitals nr elsewhere. The total number of oalln for ohimnoy fires, and in which no ulurm of penernl flro had haen raised, wus 8,002. In these oases there wns no at tendance of engines, bnt only of flro- men with hand pumps. The quantity of water unol for extinguishing Area in tho metropolis daring Iho year 1873, was about 82,500,000 gallon*, or 101,000 tons. Tho working a^oounts for the year show tho expenditure of the bri gade to have been nearly 8370,000. Of this, bat ween $180,000 nnd 8185,000 went in salaries und wages, nnd nearly 810,000 for men’s clothing; something undsr 82,000 for payments to medical officers, and about $2,600 in pensions to Into officers and widows. An Intelligent Equine. to tho co-t, bat still he did not Ialmrer." interfere. Ho was afraid of hurting “Leave tho money to thorn, and take because he did not love; and, besides, me with you !" cried Lavinia, looking he bad promised Lavinia indulgence, | quite radiant as the brilliont idea struck After the death of Crowton, tho milk man who was frozen to death on Wood ward avenue early Sunday morning, his brother determined to carry on the biiBinesB, but at tho outset was met by a discouraging obstacle in the fact that ho had no list of his brother’s custom ers, Suddenly a happy thought occur red to him. He got into tho wagon, with his cans and tickets, on Monday morning, and giving free rein to tho littlo black pony formerly driven by his brother, was gratified to find that the intelligent animal made tho long circuit without hesitation, and stopped Rt every house whero his master nad ber-D iu the habit of supplying milk. Detroit Pont. “ Pretty square oroBsing, aiu’t it?" •' Yes, hut tho upper bar's workiug down fast." Another pilot spoko np nnd said : “ I had hot tor water than that, aud ran it lowor down ; started out from tho fnlso point—mark twain— raised tho second reef abreast tho big sung iu tho bond, nnd had quarter Iopb twain." Ono of tho gorgeous ones remarked : " I don’t want to find fault with your leadsmen, but that's n good deal of water for Plum Point, it scorns to mo." Thoro war an npprovlug nod nil nround as this nuiot snub droppod ou tho boastor nml " Bottled " him. Aud so thoy wont on tnlk-talk-tnlkinp:. Meantime tho thing that was running in my mind wns, “ Now, if my ears hear aright, I linvo not ouly to got tho names of all tho townB, nnd islands, nnd bends, and so on l>y honrt, but I must oven got up a warm personal noquaintnnonnhip io-limbed ornnmonts tho banks of this rivor for twolvo hundred miles ; nnd moro than Hint, I mnBt actually know whore those things aro in tho dark, unless thoso guests nro giftod with eyes that can pierce through two miles of solid blaok- nens ; I wish tho piloting business wni in Jorioho und I htul never thought of it." At dusk Mr. B. topped tho big boll time times (thosignal to laud), anti the onptnin emerged from his drawing room in tho forwnrd end of tho texns, nnd looked up iuquiringly. Mr. B. said : Wo will lay up lioro all night, captain.” “ Very woll, sir." That was all. Tho bont onmo to shoro nnd wns tiod up for tho night. It scomod to me a fluo thiug that tho pilot could do itH ho plonsod, without so grand a captain’s permission. I took my supper nnd went immediately to bed, discourngod by my day’s observa tions and experiences. My Into voysgo’s note-booking was but a confusion of meaningless names. It had tangled mo nil up iu a knot every lime I had lookod nt it in the daytime. J now hoped for respite nnd sleep ; but nr, it rovolod nil through my head till sunriso ngniu, a frantic aud tireless nightmare. Noxt morning I felt pretty rusty and low-spirited. >Yo wont booming along, taking a good ninuy olianoos, for wo wero anxious to “ got ont of the rivor ” (an getting ont to Cairo was called) bo- lore night should overtaka us. JJti* Mr. B——partner, tho other pitot, •grounded tho- boat, and we ion timo'gotting her off that it plain the dnrkncEe would ovortako us n good way abovo tho mouth. ThiR wits a groat misfortune, ospooially to oertnin of otir visiting pilots, whose boats would have to wait for Iheir turn, no matter how long that might bo. It sobered tho pilot-honso talk a good deal. Ooming np-ntresm pilots airf not mind lo^v wntor or any kind of dnrknoMB; nothing stopped them but fog. But down-stroam work was differ- —Delmonioo, tho lion tamer, has been devoured nt Berlin by one of hie own lionB, buoy tho ohnunel or assist tho boat’s pilots in any way they oonld. They wore likewise welcome, beosuHo all pilots aro tirelesn talkers, when gath ered tngother, and un they talk only about tho river thoy nro always under stood and always interesting. Your true pilot onron nothing abont anything on earth but tho river, and bin pride in his occupation surpasses tho pride of kings. Wo lmd a fine oorapany of these rivor inspectors along this trip. Thoro woro eight or ton ; krai there wau abundance of room for ITfatu in our great pilot house. Two qr three of them woro polished silk hats, elaborate sliirt- fronts, diamond breast-pins, kid gloves and patent-leather boots. They were choice iu their English, aud bore them selves with n dignity proper to men of solid means and prodigious reputations ns pilots. The others wero moro or less loosely clad, and woro upon their heads tall felt cones that were suggest ive of tho days of tho commonwealth, THURIFYING JtICBTIF.fi. I was a cipher in this angnst com pany, nnd felt subduod, not to say tor pid. I wss not even of sufficient oonwo- quencu to assist st tho wheel when it wus necessary to pnt tho tiller hard down in a hurry ; tho guest that stood nearest did that when occasion required —and this was pretty mnoh all the time, because of tho crookedness of Iho chan nel nnd tho scant water. I stood inn corner; and tho talk I listened to took tho hope nil ont of me. One visitor said to another: “Jim, how did you run Flum point, ooming up ?’’ “It was in tho night, there, and I ran it tho way ono of tho boys on tho Diana told me ; started out about fifty yardB above tho wood-pile on tho /also point, and held on tho cabin under Plnm point till I raised tho reef quarter less twain ; then straightened np for tho middle bar till I got well abreast the old one- limbcd ootton-wood in the bond, then got my Htern on tho cotton-wood and head on the low pinoo abovo tho Point, and camo through a-booming—nine and a half," it was not oustomary to run down stream at night jn low water. x There seamed, to be ono small hope, however, if wo could- got through the intricate and dangerous Hat Island crossing beforo night, wo oould venture the roat, for we would have plainer Hailing nnd bettor water. But it would bo insanity to nttompt Hat Jslaud at night. So thoro was it deal of looking at watohos all tho rt st of the day, and ooustant oiphoring upon tho spoed wo ore muking; Hut Island was tho utor- nul subject; nomutiuios hone was high, nud sometimes wo wero delayed in it bad crossing, and down it went again. For hours all liuuds lay under tho bur den of this suppressed excitement; it was even communicated to me, and 1 got to fooling so solicitous about Hat Island, nnd under nuoh a pressure of responsibility, that I wished I might have five minl.es on tho shoro lo draw a good, full broalli, aud sturt ovor again. Wo wero standing no regular watches. Each of our pilots ran such portions of tho river as ho had run whon coming np stream, hooansc of his greater fumiliurity with it; but both romainod in tho pilot houno constantly. now HAT IHT/AN* WAS “ MADE.” An hour hoforo sunHot, Mr. B took tho wheel aud Mr. W stopped aside. For the noxt thirty minutes every man hold IiIh watch in his hand nnd wns restless, silent, nnd uneasy. At last somebody said with a doomful sigh : “ Woll, yonder is nat Island—and wo can’t mako it.” All tho watches oloscd with a snap, everybody sighed and muttered some thing about its being “ too bad, too bad —oh, if wo oould ouly havo got lioro half an hour sooner 1" nnd the rdaao was thick with the atmosphere of dis appointment. Home started to go out, but loitered, hearing no boll tap to land. Tho nun dipped bohind tho horizon, tho boat want on. Inquiring looks passed from one guest to another; and ono who had his hand on tho door knob, aud had turned it, wnited, thou presently took away his hand nnd lot tho knob turn book again. Wo boro steadily down tho bend. Moro looks wero exchanged, and nods of surprised admiration—but no words. Insensibly the men drew together bohind Mr. B as tho sky darkened and ono or two dim stars camo oat. The dead nilonoo and sense of waiting became oppressive. Mr. B pulled the oord, and two deep, mellow notos from the big bell floated off on tho night. Then u pause, nnd ono moro note was struck. The watchman’s voice followed, from tho hnrrioano deck : “Labboard lead, thoro I Htabboard lend I" The cries of tho londsman began to riso out of the distance, aud were gruffly repented by tho word-passors on tho hurricano deck : "M-a-r-k three! M-a-r-k three! Quartor-loBH tbreo 1 Half twain : Quar ter twain I M-a-r-k twain 1 Quarter less ” Mr. B palled two boll-ropes, and wns answered by faint jinglings far bo- low iu tho engine-room, aud our speed slackened. The steam began to whistle through tho gauge-cocks, The cries of the leadsmen went on —aud it is a weird sound, always, in tho night. Every pilot in the lot was watching, now with fixed eyes, and talking under his breath. Nobody was calm and easy but Mr. B . Ho would put his wheel down and stand on a spoko, and as tho stoamer swung into her (to mo) utterly invisible marks—for wo seemed to bo in tho midst of a wide and gloomy sea—ho would moot and faston her there. Talk was going on, now, iu low voiccB “ There; she’d over the first reef all right!" After a pause, another subdued voice: “ ner stern’s ooming down jast ex actly right, by George! Now aho’e in the marks ; over she goes 1” Homebody else muttered : ful I" •Oh, it was dono boautifnl—bcanti Now the enginos woro stopped alto gether, nud wo drifted with theonrrent. Not that I oould seo tho boat drift, for I oonld not, tho stnrs being all gona by this timo. This drifting was tho dis- mnlcst work ; it held one's honrt still. Presently I discovered a blacker gloom than that whloh Rttrroundod ns. It was tho bond of tho island, wo woro olos- iug right down upon it. We mitered its deeper shadow, and so imminent seemed the poril that I wns likely to suffocate ; nud I had tho impnlso to do something, any thing, to save tho ves sel. But still Mr. B stood by his wheel, silent, intent ns a ant, and all tho pilots stood shouldor to shoulder at his back. “She'll not mako it I" somobody whis pered. Tho wntor grow shonlor and shoaler by tho londsiuau’s cries, till it was down to— “ Hight-and-n-hnlf I E-i-g U-t foot I E i g-h-t foot l Huron-nml— 1 " Mr. B snid warnintly through hiB speaking tube to tho ougmeor : “ Htiind by, uow I" “ Aye-aye, sir." “ Hoven-aiul-a-half 1 Soven feot I Six- and—" Wo touohod bottom 1 Instantly Mr. sot a lot of bells ringing, shouted through tho tube, " Now lot hor havo it—every ounoo you've got 1" thou to hiB partner, " Put her hard dowu 1 snaton her 1 snatch hor I" Tho boat rasped and ground her way through the snnd, hung upon tho apex of dis' aster a single, tremondous instant, nud thon ovor sho went I And such a shout as wont up at Mr. B *b back nover looaonod tho roof of n pilot house beforo I Thoro whb no moro tronblo n ter that. Mr. B wns the hero that night; nnd it wns flomo time, too, hoforo his exploit oonsod to bo tnlkcd about by river raon. Fully to roalizo the marvelous pre cision required iu laying the great steamer iu her mnrkH in that murky waste of water, ono must know that not only must, she pick her intricate way through snags and blind reefs, nud thon shavo tho head of tho island so closely us to brtiBli tho overhanging foliage with hor stern, but nt one pinoo sho must pass almost within arm’s reach of a sunken and invisible wreck that would santoh tho hull timber from tindor hor if sho should striko it, and destroy a ii nuu nu<mm mi mo u>, nuu uirmruj n quarter of a million dollars’ worth of stoumbont and oargo in live minutes, and maybn a h mid rod and fifty human livon into tho bargain. Tho last remark I heard that night. is a oomplimcut to Mr. B , ut tered in soliloquy and with unction by ono of our guests, Ro said : •• By tho shadow of death, but bo's a lightning pilot I" Ho Knew What He Wanted. The Oinoianntl Enquirer tells tho fol lowing: Ho oame into tho oflloo of one; a boat was too noarly . holploss West End undertaker yesterday with a with a stiff current pushing behind her; look of groat oare on hto honest face. His oyes’woro heavy nnd slightly blood shot, telling of nightly vigils and loss of sleep. His hair wns unkopt and shaggy. Tho soft-iieorlod man of oof- fins looked upon his visitor with a gaze* full of pity and thankfulness—pity for his customer's loss and thankfulness for patronago. Ho was so young to be burdoned with tho loss of n dear ono by doath. Tho manufacturer of burial oases nodded a silent assent nnd aoudoling recognition ; tho young man from tho country said: “How d'ye?” Then miHiiod a painful nilonoo broken nt length bv tho mau of gravo business. “Can I do anything for you to-day, sir I" “ Wull I reckin’ so, strnngor I” Another silence. Onoo moro tho un- dot taker began by suggesting: Your sister?’ Young man stared a*moment, thon, as light gradually broke upon his por- plexod mind, he smiled n smilo moro suggest!vo of sorrow thau happiness, and replied : “ No—my nifo,” “ Sudden ?" •• No—oxpooted su'thnu’ of tho kipd for several months." “ Whon did it hnppon ?’ “ 'Bout 4. o’olook this morning.” “ Looks natural ?” “ llathor.” (Spoken carefully, and exprotmive of some doubt.) •• About what do von wan About what do you want the cost of it to bo ?" “ Don’t oaro a d urn at ion foroxpeneos; git it up kinder nioo. I’ll troat bor handsum, oauso sho is tho first ono I ovor hod.” “Vory well, my friend; you’ll Jiavo it lined with whito satin, I suppose ?” “.Test ns ^ou say, stranger.” •' Silver-headed screws, too, I sup pose ? ” J “ Y-o-a-s, I s’poso so. An’, stronger, just nut a bully top to’t.’ , “Oh, of course; and you’ll want a glass in it, also, I suppose?” “ Y-o-o-s—Oh certainly—you bot. Git hor up sniptions, yon know, old follow. None of your dratted one- Iioho fixins for n\o. No, slr’oe.” •• Just so. Hilver handles, of course?" “Eh? What’s that you say, stran ger— silver lmn-dles ? Oh darn it now, won’t that bo pilin’ it on too hefty like? I kin stand silver screws ; and sioh, but ther’s no nso makin’ the hull tnrnution trap of silver. Tho thing has to bo moved, sud mast havo bundles, but I ain’t qnito so stack up as thet quite, stranger.” “ very woll,” aoqulo«ood tho man of obseqnics. “ I’ll put ordinary handles to it, then ? ” •‘ Egg actly—thorn’s ’em, mister; vnr talkin’. Or’nary 'handles ’ll do. But, I say, stranger (reflectively), make the wheels glisten liko thundor. * “ Wh-wh-wh-eels I ” Yas, wheols. What’s tlior matter with yon, anyhow ?" •• But who evo rhoard of wheels to a coflln ? ” GuDln ! ” shrieked tho dejectod- looking young man. “ Coffin I Now, who in tho diakons said anythikg about oofflns ? ” “ Why, don’t you want a ooffln ? ” “ Ne-o! darn your ooffln ! I want a cradle—a trup to rook ray new baby in” “ And isn't your wife dead ? ” “ Not by a jugful. Don’t you make cradles for sale ? ” “No, my friend, I am an undertaker. FACTS AND FANCIES. —When a Florida Indian is likely to die his friends plaoe him where an alli gator osn take him in, and thns save burial expenses. —A husband in Wyoming territory rode twenty-eight railos to get his wife a bustle, and yet Susan B. Anthony yeowla around about man’s tyranny. —"I’m going where I won’t have to cook banns I” was the farewell sentf noe of an Ohio woman who left this vale of tours a few dajs since. —Tlios. Jefferson’s own oopy of his Notes on the State of Virginio,” with his annotations and mauuftoript addi tions, was reoently sold in Ohlosgo for 8100. —In Ergland it is proposed that (he upper elapses shall for a while disoon- tinuo eating oysters, in the hope*that thoy may thus bo Iiad aome day for leu than $1 a dozen. —Brigham Young is better, much batter. Ho is able to sit np and bo married occasionally, and the latest brides bavo he on lioaul to romark that * thoro’a a good deal of the material of whioh heroes and bridegrooms ore made in the old man, yot. —The olaBh in tho fashionable world just now, betwcon tho girlB with pretty feot who want, to woar short dresses and those with ugly feet who insist upon having long ones, is described by the fashionable dress-makers as some thing fearful. Tins Bt. Lawrenoo county (N, Y.) dairymen have been discussing the longth of timo a dairy oow should go dry. After two hours’ debate a vote was taken, whioh rosnlted in a six weeks’ vacation for each dairy oow, beginning with tho first of January of each your. —Patti, on hor appoarsnoo nt Mos* oow, was presented with five stars of diamonds und rubies. Two thousand bouquets were thrown to her during Iho night, and oho was called before the curtain sixty times. This is enthusiasm at whito heat. Wo hope Mnroow may rsoape a second great conflagntior. —Tt is reported that a rasa went home shout, three o’olook one morning, and, using hiB umbrella for a bUlisrd-oue. smote his sleeping wife in the short rib, crying "pool 1ft and sunk into • sweet slumbor. Ho lias sinoo explained to his wife that women enn have no idea how tho cares of businoss will sometimes affect a man’s brain. —An American, who has been travel ing at night on n Mexican railroad, says ho was astonished at tho amount of cook crowing along tho lino abont the hour of daybreak. His first impression was thnt the train must bo psssins through endless rows of roosters, bnt he discovered st last that evory other Mexican on tho oars had a gamecock under his acravc. —A train running at a modorate rate, whioh is about twenty-one miles wr hour, would run over a distance of five hundred milos por day of twenty-fonx hours, and at that speed would reach. British India from London itb atKmtM*** eight aud a half days, or FcMjt’ in China in eleven days, or from GibraMa*' vj ion J3g 5k to the Cape of Good Hope in.tan days, or from Quebec to Capo Horn in seven*, teen days, or once round the globe in fifty-one days, or Bevon times ronnd the globe iu one year, or a distance equal from tho earth to the moon is about sixteon months, or from ihe earth to the sun in five hundred years, whioh is 05,000,000 miles. Butler's Postal Telegraph Bill. The postal telegraph bill, introduced by Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, pro poses that all tolegraphio lines of com munication shall bo mado postroads, nud tho postmaBter-gone' < al is author ized to advortise for the transmission of all government diepatohes in the sama mannor as tho transmission of mails are now advertised for. Hcotion two providos that all compa nies shall receive nnd forward dispatches from other companies without any extra cliargo for designating tho point where the same camo upon its line, and pro hibits preforeuoo being given to any olnss of businoss. Heotion threo prohibits tho several companies on Ianu and ooean being in terested directly or indircotly in the collection und transmission of commer cial i Bcotion four requires rates for speoial telegrams to nowHpapers and commer cial nows associations to be the same, whioh rate’s shall be publicly displayed, such rates in no case to exceed the rato charged by the associated press and othor pr ss associations on the first of January, 1875. Section five provides that all tele grams shall bo privileged communica tions in luw to some extent that 1 sealed letters aro now, and the contents shall not bo divulged by any agent or officer of tho company, except for purposes of justioo, by order of a oourt of compe tent jurisdiction. Section six makes the tariff uniform to all partios for similar services. Gov ernment dispatches when certified by a proper officer, to havo precedence with out pre-puyment, at rates to be fixed anuually by tho postmaster-general; all othor telegrams to be transmitted in the order received, except those designated to go nt night. Heotion sovon makes divulging of the contents of aDy telegram, or willful delay in sending, or injury to telegraph linos or apparatus, a misdemeanor, pun ishable by flue and imprisonment. " Undertaker of what ? " I make coffins.” " Oh, Lord, let mo ketch the follor that sent mo here I ” And the grief-strioken youth cram med his hat over his eyes, ran his hands deep down in the pookets of his trons- erloons, and pounced ont on the street searching for vengeanoo. —Tho resolution " to do or die ” is never so rauoh to any body as to the young man who bursts a suspender button in the midst of the 1 -N. Fi mil. Out thw Out. Evory person should know how to treat u flesh wound. Every one is liublo to be placed in oironmstsnoes away from any surgical and vetrinary aid, where lie may save his own life, or a frfend^or a. beast, aimply by the oxerettft of a little conitnoh sense. In tho first placo, close the lips of the wound with the hands and hold them firmly together to check the flow of blood until several stitohes can bo taken and a bandage applied. Then bathe tho wound for a long time in oool wafer. " Should it bo painful,” a correspondent says "take a panful of burning ooals and sprinkle upon them oommon brown sugar, and hold the wonnd in the smoko. In a minnto or two the pain will be allayed, and the reoovery proceeds rapidly. In my cose a rusty nail had made a nad wound in my foot. The pains and nervous irrita tion were sevore. This was all removed by holding it in the smoke fifteen min ute*, and I was sblo to resume my reading with oomfort. We have often recommended it to others with like re sult. Last week one of my men had a finger nail torn ont by a pair of loe tongs. It becamo very painful, as was to be expeoted. Held in sugar smoke twenty minutes, pain ceased and. promised Bpeedy recovery.” ‘ ‘