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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. t S. D,. WIKLFi & GO., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1875.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 41.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Tnn railroad war iB spreading, the
Miohignn Central anil Michigan Houth-
em having begun to cut passenger faro
in order to catch nomc of the spring
travel now nbont opening. The Indi
anapolis aud Bt. Louis road also
reduced its faro to Now York. W. H.
Vanderbilt, being interviewed a
days since on the subject, is reported
as sayiug that there were very few j
congers traveling at tho present season,
and the roads wore, liko Kilkenny cats,
toaring each other to pieces for the
purpose of focuring them. When the
passenger business became brisk ho
predicted this kiud of couilict would
cease, and the rates become firm again,
as had been the case during former
eensouB of railroad strife.
3f the post-office department wero an
institution gotten up expressly for the
annoy ace of the public, it could hardly
bo more cnioient ns a nuisance than it
is. The repoatod changes in the rates
of postngo on printed mutter are enough
to distract statesmen themselves, let
alone ordinary men, and it is no wonder
that the public, always stupid in mat
ters that most oouoern it, should fail to
keep informed of all tiro little postal
revolutions that tako place in thooourso
of a year. By the recent change in
postal rates probably half the news-
papers mailed by individuals will bo
held for postage and sold for wrapping
l»aj»or.
Sailing vessels have been decreasing
in number for the last four joars. In
1H«0 the total niu.il.rr of registered
sailing vessels iu fbo world was 50,518.
In 1871 tho number lntd decreased to
545,2811, At tho same lima the avorage
>49.4 of the ships had also deeroased
froi
58 to
do-
plnco
crease in both
principally iu the Hoots of Amo
Kuglaud, France, and Germany, where
rteamers arc rapidly supplanting sail
ing ships, and this deoroaso has boon
suHieient to more than counterbalance
the inen ate of tho number of nailing
ahipB belonging to Grecco, Portugal,
and Norway.
A LRtiT.it from Plorenoo, Arizona, to
murderer. He oonfeaaea that ha is
John Bonder, bat states that ho did not
commit the murders, but Hint John and
- Kate, his aon and daughter, did. He
declines to state the whereabouts of his
fnmily. Ho snyH they went from Kansas
to Toxas, and there separated, he com
mg to New Mexico and subsequently
to Arizona. Ho left John an 1 Ktto
with tin* old womuu. A requisition
from the governor of Kansas is daily
ojrpoctod, when ho will be taken there.
Him. Beam and Wagner, tho German
statisticians, estimate tho total popula
tion of the globe at 1,891,082,004) souls.
Asia contains over «»7 per cent.; Europe
less than 22; Africa less than 15, und
America buroly G per cent. Tho uation
wf China alone embtnocs 125,500,000,
or nearly ono4liird of the whole world.
Hindoostan isjjreditod with 210,000,-
OIK), so that these two oountriea contain
nearly half of the human race.
Dn. DbKoven, a High Churchman,
has been rejected, and Dr. Jaggers, a
Low Churchman, whose indorsement
of Binhop Cheney's pout ion before ho
seceded created considerable excitomont,
lias received votes enough to make his
confirmation as bishop of Southern
Ohio certain beyond any doubt. Tin-
result in these two cases settles tho
status of the laity as between High
Church ami Low Church.
New Yowc city
penalty of a fiuo of 820, and a further
sum of 810 for each day of tho contin
uation of tho violation of tho or
dinance.
Gi:v. Onn has been oflleially notitied
to preveut parties going into tho Black
nills country. There is but littlo
oredonoo placed in tho stories of miners
arriving at Omaha from the Black
Hills.
Tnr. Into decision of tho United
States Supreme court affirming tho
right of the state to tax lands granted
to railroads, throws open t> taxation
120,000 acres iu onooonutyin Michigan
alone.
The loan provided for by the lato
legislature of Georgia to the amount
of about 8800,000, it it< said, will ho
taken at home, as the credit of the
state is good among its citizens.
Ti
five
states in the union
whose governors recuivo salaries of only
81,000. These are Michigan, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, Khodo Island aud
Vermont.
A hill has beou introduced in tho
Ohio legislature forbidding muungers
of ciroueos, menageries or shows to ad
vertise any animal, performance or p
formor thoy do not iutoud to exhibit
Tn
has bet
l>ostngi
nowspapor that you mailed yes-
is lying iu the postofllco, and
"old for wrapping paper. Thoro
*n another change iu tho raft's of
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
HAST.
painters
n.lf'J n day, to ton liomo and *-3.60 a day,
tho workmen wont nu a ntriko.
WEST
Gov. Garland, i f Arkansas, has is-
fd a proclamation revoking tho jnoclama-
n horotoforo laimed, offering a reward of
♦ 1,000 for tho arrost of V. V. Bmith, and *500
f Ed. Whoolor, Hmlth's aocro-
tary of atato.
from Fort Gibion, in the In-
y, eayit Henry Navos, while r«|Ut£
rur tbe hands of United HUten
Deputy Uarabat Walkor • few dajs ago, was
' 'Ufltfa-AMVOf*tns'rWfWii-
Yo'nr more of tho Bloek hills’ mil
have arrived at Fort Laramie. Thoy bring
fine Mpecimone of gold dnat with them. Tho
railroads have roducod tho faro ono-third from
to parties going to tho
Itlack hills. Portion just in from the Indian
agencies ntato that tho Indiana are anxloui to
tlio govornmont their right to tlio Blank
hills country, hut don’t propose to give It up
pay. General Onl ban ordorod «
y of cavalry to ntart from Fort I.ara-
HOUTH.
Gen. John C. Broekoi
aiigoroualv nick at bin horn.
iridge ia again
> in Kontuoky.
hoop perished
Great nuuibi
from cold In Wenti
A bill has boon introduced
Doloworo loginlatum tn offaot tho of
tho civil righto act iu that ntato.
Two sons of .T. U. Black, aged re
spectively twolvo and Ilf toon yoars, wero
killed by lightning at Barnonvillo, (la., last
lion embracing tho Black hills country, with a
view to opening up tho same for eottlomont.
It is tlio determination of the gov
ernment to aoenro to tho Rloux Indians all
lio ir treaty rlghta with roforonoo to tho Black
hRI» country, and tlioroforo all poreons will
ho prohibited from g» Ing there, and tbcwo now
thoro will l»o required to rnnovo until tho In
dian titlo ia extinguished. Tlio government
will ondoavor to oxtinguiah tho Indian titlo at
tho earlioat praotioahlo moment.
The scorotnry of war haa addressed
a communication to Gen. Bhornun, Having all
expeditions Into that portion of tho Indian
territory known rh tlio Black hills country,
inuHt ho prevented rh long hh tho pronont
troaty existed. Efforta aro being mado for
tho extinguishment of the Indian titlo, and
all proper means will bo usod to aocomplisli
(Ids. Meantime, those persons at prosont
witliln that torrllory without authority must
lie oxpollod.
Oommitslonor Douglnsshas addressed
a circular to supervisors and collectors of in
ternal rovonuo. lie says tlio reeout advanco
in tho rate of taxation on distilled spirits will
bo «n additional inoontlvo to fraud*, which
must ho prevented by an adequate iiioreaso of
vigilance outlie part of tho officers Intnistod
with tlio collection of tho rovonuo. Officers
aro called upon not to disappoint tho commiti-
sionor’s hopes, and tho oxpootations of tho
country, that tho Ineroaso of rovonuo will oor-
rospond with tlio Ineroaso of tho tax.
Tlio secretary of war has addressed i
letter to tho secretary of tho interior convoy
ing tho prosidnnt'H instructions regarding th<
disposition to ho mado of tho rooonlly cap
tured Cheyonno Indians. Tlio ringleaders and
hucIi as have boon guilty of criinos, aro to ho
sent to military posts, and will not lto accom
panied by thoir families. Tho rouiahtdor of
tin. captured Indians, with tho oxooptlon of
the two chiefs guilty of outraging Gorman
girls, are to ho turned over to the Indian do-
partme.it at thoir respective agencies. Tho
two chiefs are to ho hold in couflnomont in
such plaoe as the commanding gouoral of tlio
military division of tho Missouri may dlrool.
Tho nomination of ex-Congressman
Barker, of Missouri, to ho chief Justico of tho
supremo court of Utah involves the removal
of JtldgO J. I). McKean, hut does not indicate
any ohnngo In tlio policy of tho administration
regarding tho question of polygamy. His re
moval, and ilia*, of tho prosont registor of tho
land ofllco iu Hall I.ako City, aro caused by
what tho proaldent dooms tlio fanatical and
extreme conduct on tho part of tho officers ns
nvidonood by thoir violent iittacUa upon Gov.
Axllll and certain senators who rooomruondod
his appoiutmnut, anil by several actH of
Molvoau, which aro considered ili-advisod, ty-
rauuioal, and in oaoestt of lus powuis as judge.
T|to secretary of tho troasnry haa
registered *5,0941,250. Tiiey are tinder tho act
of February 20, 1R02. Tlie oottpon bond* are
of Urn fourth series. The nail matures throe
mouths from to-day, when intoroHl will ceaso.
Tho bonds will ho paid on presentation at any
time provious to tho maturity of tho call,
olther at tlio troasnry boro or by tho RMsista.it
trot surer at Now York, with lute
.SION A TO
llXTHA RKBSION.
MAnou 18.—The unfinished business
being tlio resolution for the aduln^Jon of B
B. 8. Binclibacli aa senator from Louisiana,
was called up immediately aftor tho rending of
tho Journal. Mr. F.dmunds, of Vormont,
movod to amend Bio resolution by Inserting
tho word " not” before th©>vord adiuiltod.’’
so it would road, - Resolved, that 1‘. B. S.
I iuohhnck bo not admittod rb senator from
Louisiana.” etc. Mr. Thurman. of Ohio, then
took tho tloor and apnkft in opposition (o tho
ad.iii'*slon of tho applicant. Mr. Whyte, of
Maryland, followed U» favor of Mr. Edmunds’
nniondnieiit, and on concmdlng his
tho Henato wont into oxocutlvo si
soon afterward ndjoumod till Mom
Maupii 15.—Mr. Ingalls introduced
a resolution roquosUng tho president to trans
mit to tho senate, If not incouipatlblo with
tlm pnblio intorost, any information in his
posnessiou in roganl to tbo promisod ouilgra-
lion to tho Black hl)|a country hold hr the
Sioux Indians under tho treaty of Feb. 21,
IMV.t: whothor said oralgratimi i« with tho
* of tho Iudiaiiffl lioldinu said country,
nnd if not, what
roforonoo to tlio m
sideratlon of tho i
ill ho taken iu
amo. Sgrcod to. Tho con-
rotfoltytlnn for tho admlHsion
then reHnnind. and Mr.
•licit*, addroHsod tho senate
-ating Plnchbnck. Upon tho
n opposltlc.n b
oiiolusion of tho romarks or Mr. 1-
, look tho floor and spoke
ilato of |
It is i
lortaiuod that
Hoorotniy Bristow has all nlong onnsldorod
himself without disorotion in Ihn matter of tlio
call, and bound by law to call In tlio bonds in
order of thoir issue. Tho act of March II,
1875, which authorizes this call, providos that
it shall ho inado in compliance with section
r the
id tlm
Kit io:
. bonds
Baltimo
ing i
city-hall is appro
ost of *2,500,000.
oofli.piod in tho mir
tho point of try-
ndergronnd tole-
vonttire is creat-
n that u hill has
introduced by tho state assembly
ding that within six months after
as*mgo all telegraphic wires in
•ities of tho state containing over 200,-
KX) inhnhitanta shall ho laid under tho
mg a new system of
graph wires. Tho nt
ing so much onthnsi;
be
Fl
it.
Btreet c
idownlk.
o hundred
nglcd him,
and thou
hie palace is to
grith imposing eoromonles.
Gen. Sheldon, appointed iiHsistaut
oonnsel for tb« United BtatW before the court
of commissioners for Alabama claims, will
proceed to Now Orleans to tako charge of tho
hiisinoHs of that part of tho country.
A tiro ut Now Orleans on tho 18th
destroyod tho front of the squaro on Dolord
itreot, between Rampart and Dryado, including
Thompson's stable and about twenty animals.
*100,04)0; mostly insured in local
lies. Several firemen wore injured,
icgro
nd a wl.ii
I ho-
ievod to In
Tho Hteamor
rom Vicksburg fo
ioaling at ChoMtoi
junied to the wato
lurnod to doath.
7m. J. Lewis, bound
HI. Louis, took tiro while
III., on tlio 10th, and
' edge. David Warfrier
nd thr
Dd, and
A bkvknteen-thah*old bo;
recently induced a compauio
years of ago to stoal nin
francs in gold, and then atra
throw him into tho Seine,
walked off with tho money. Ho was
sentenced to twenty years in tho gal
leys, “ having escaped tho death pen
alty, ” wo aro told, “on account of his
yonth.”
A Chicago reporter, having been in
structed to write up tho oounty poor-
houso of Cook county, clothed himself
in raggnd and filthy garments, rubbed
mad on his face and got a permit to the
institution, where ho remained as a
panper for four days. Ho then slipped
away and wrote it up with all its hor
rors. He depicts it ns a perfect hell.
These ar« G00,4)00 common drunk-
nrds iu tho United States ; of th® 10,-
000 idiots in this country three-fourths
are the ohildren of drunken parents.
Ninety-nine-hnndrtdths of the crimi
nals and pauj»erB wero fonnd to l>e in
temperate. Tho liqnor annually sold
amounts to 8150,000,000.
The Baltimore council has forbidden
the construction of Mansard roofs of
combustible material in that city under
ono pilot
Tlio boat was ow»o«l by tho Missouri Bivor
Baokfit Company, and wa*» valuod at *60,000,
and insnriwl for *38,04)0.
A dispatch from St. Louis Bays on
tho 23d of Hfcptomhor last, while several hove
were playing on the streets, a little son oi
Robert M. Boatright was killed by a brick,
supposod to have been thrown by a hoy named
Charles Woodson. This afternoon, while
Woodson was bring tried In tho criminal
court, and while the counsel wero arguing a
legal point, another son of Mr. Boatright,
about Iff yoars old, stopped up to Woodson
and said, “You killed my brother. I will kill
you," and plunged a butcher knife into his
abdomen to the handle. Young Woodson fell
to the floor, his Lowels protruding in a terrible
manner. Tlio wound Ih mortal. Young Boat-
right was immediately seized by the deputy
marshal and placed In jail.
FROM WASHINGTON
The senate committee on foreign re-
hall ho called
and issuo.
rOREION.
Tho specie of the Bank of Franco hits
increased 10,000,0(8) francs the past week
Tlio bullion in tho Bank of England
increased £228,000 last week.
The General South American Hanking
Company of London lias suspended, with lia
bilities amounting to *1,600,0(81.
Tho Spanish government has request
ed Austria not to penult Don Alfonso lo rosldo
in Austrian territory. Among the crimes of
which lie is accused Rtid on which Hpnin Iihhoo
for his extradition, are
)f Louisian ,
in favor of tho admlssii
'Mien lie had concludod, on Motion of Mr.
Morton, tho senate proeoodod to tho consid
eration of executive business. At 2:10 p. m.
JournoT" ' T ° r ° ro,, Ponod and tho eonato ad-
Mauoh 10.—Tho vloo-presidout laid
boforo tho senate tbft report of tho commis
sioner of agriculture for 1874, and, on motion
of Mr. Anthony, it was ordorod that 12,500
additional copioa ho printoil for tho uso of tlio
eonato. Tho oouftidorstion of I ho resolution
for tho nihiiisHion of- Biuohhnok was then ro-
stuned, nnd Mr. Aloorn. of Mississippi, ad
dressed tho senato. Mr. Edmunds, of Vnr-
"V’VE T’ 1 ' 0 111 loHJJth against tho admission
°* } jnohbaok, and ifouiod Hint tho legislature
Which elected him was tho legal one of Louisi
ana. Mr. lloivo argued that tho legislature
vhlch oIootod Binchhaok was tho true logisla-
n tho eonalileration of i
ho doors wore ro-opon
rdorod until 7i30 p, m. Up<
ila spot .. ...
[UOHtlou being
concludod ids speech in favor o
Mr. II.
Binchhaok. Tho (juostlon bniug on tho
idmont of Mr. Edmunds, to insort tho
word ’•not” before tho word ''admitted;” en
t int tho resolution would roRd-“lloBolvotl l
that B. B. 11. Plnohlmok ho not admittod as
senator from Loulaian^. ,, olo., Mr. Woat
moved to itoslpono oonsiiieratlon of tho reso
lution until the second Monday in Docnmhor,
hloli was Hgreod to- johm 33, nays 30-iim fnl-
Aloorn, Allison, Bout-
Uatneron, of Bounsyl-
Ian, Mitohnll, Morrill, of Maino. Morrill, of
Vormont, Morton, Oglesby, Baddock. I’allor-
son, Bargoant, Hhernnm, B|iencor, West and
Wluilom 33. Nays Messrs. Ilaynrd, Bogy.
Booth, OAporlon, OhrlHtlanoy, Goekoroll,
Cooper, Davis, Eaton, Goldlhwalto. Gordon,
Hiteheock, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, of
Florida, Holly, Homan, MoOroory. MoDonald,
Matey, Monlimm, Norwood, Randolph, Ran-
sum, Haulshury, Htovonson, Thunuan, Wal
lace, White nnd Withers 30. Mr. Frilling*
hnyson offorod tho following: “Rosolvod,
that tlio Mimalo upproveH tho notion horotoforo
taken by the incident of tho United Hinton
in protecting Louisiana from domestic vlo-
loiieo, and nro of opinion that lio should con
tinue lo rooogni/.n iu that stnto tlio existing
government. Objection was iinido by snvornl
domocrnlic HonntorH to it "
OMpp
hip I
Ami thoro they lived on. nnd they never paid rent-
Ch1pi>oroo, chipporoo, chip I
Thoir parlor was lined with the softest o
v J’hlpperco, ohlpporeo, chip I
lliolr kltclion was warm, and thotr pantry was full—
. Olilpporec, ehlpprroo, ohlp l ,
mdpjwro
‘qtilmloro
ihlpp
, chipporoo, chip I
a with it
ol.lppoi
sky-
. hip I
•tty and sliy-
wrsppoei *iu th'otr furs, they nil lay down to
PhlplHroe.chipporoo, ohlpl
nil, In tho spring how thoir bright eyes will
ml It v
r till
The
time knot
cold we&lhc
j», tbo Amorinm consul ut
to the pr
'clock, lull.
Maiuii 17.—Immediately after tho
reading of the Journal of yoalorday’a proeood-
ings, the Hoiinto, on motion of Mr. Hamlin,
wont Jnto oxooulivo sosslon. Just aftor tin*
souato wont Into oxocutlvo hohhIoii, tho follow
ing rosolnliou was submitted by Mr. Boutwoll
il laid over till to-inorrow: Rosolvod, That
n special oommlttoO app
ornl hr
lo the
ho autli
oocss of tho senato.
to adiiiiniHtor
ml pa
The
His. u
r ley a ston
lollllioi
tlio do*
ml for
as sub-
bring
latlons have reported tho Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty, with an amendment providing that per
mission shall not he given to any other nation
to acquire any naval or coaling station in those
islands, and recommended for ratification as
The secretary of the treasury has de
cided to return to tbo old method of redoern-
ng mutilated Untied Hlatcs currency, under
which a deduction wss made proportioned to
the portion of the notes missing. The change
will tako effect on Bio 1st of April.
Secretary Delano has taken steps to
bring to this city a delegation of Bionx In
dians, for the porpose of negotiating for the
extinguishment of their right to the reserva-
Arabs, having never soon ico before,
completely puzzled and could not under
stand " why water should change Into glass.’’
Corrospondonco from Uuudulojuracon-
tains an account of an oarlhquako of more
than usual force, which, on the 11 lit of Feb
ruary, shook a largo portion of Northern Mex
ico. Tho littlo town of Han Cristobol was
almost destroyed, and seventy dead bodies
were taken from tho ruins. Tlio centre of
this disturbance appears to have boon tho
volcano of Ceboruce. Tho earthquake oc
curred at night, and the torror of tho ]iooplo
was increased by the darkness.
A Calcutta dispatch says : “ Tho In
dian government expedition, sent out to sur
vey Western China, a member of which was
recently murdered, has arrived at Rangoon.
An attack wns mado on it by Chinese frontier
officials, and in the light twenty Chinamen
were killed and many wounded. All commu
nication with China on the frontier has boon
stopped hv large hands of armed men. Thoro
are strong suspicions as to the instigators of
tho attack, but the proofs are at present in
sufficient."
Bkeh in thk United States.—Thor®
nro two million bee hives iu the United
States. Every hive yields, on an aver-
littlo over twenty pounds of
honoy, The average price ut which
honey is Hold is twenty-live cents n
mnd. So that, after paying thoir
vn board, our been present us with a
venue of over $8,800,000. To reckon
it another way, they make a clear ^gift
of over a pound of pure honey to ovory
man, woman, and child in the vast do
main of the United States, Over
twenty-three and ono-third million
pounds of wax are made and given to
us by these industrious workers. Tho
keeping of bees is one of tho most
profitable investments that our people
can make of their money. The profits
arising from the sale of surplus honey
nverage from fifty to two hundred p
cent, of tho capitol invented.
public IiiihI
considered us constructively open. * no "<>n-
nln thou look lip tho Hawaiian roolprorily
troaty. Mr. Morrill, of Vormont, being en
titled lo the floor. Ho argued that It was un
constitutional first, bocaiiHn il affects the
rovonuo, and all such matters should originate
in tin house of reproHoiitalivoH ; and, second
ly, bocaiiHO II fixes cortaln customs duties for
power to regulate them (luring that tlmo. He
furthor opposed its ratification upon oommor-
oi • 1 grounds, ho *
the legislator!) o
condemning all
iriallv.
public policy. M:
soil resolutions
•oatloH as con-
Hamlin ropllod
tutors Mitchell
voring ratlllca-
lufurrod until to-mcj^
Thu doh
row, and the
MAiu’n IH.—Mr. Boutwoll called up
tho resolution submitted by him yesterday,
authorizing the spools! committee appointed
lo examine tho sovoral branches of th^jKVil
service with a view to the ro-orgnnlzaffin^f
the sovoral departments thereof, oto., lo sit
daring tho rocoas, and to send for persomflind
Mr. Btevonson raised tho point
inking to leginla-
!Xu,
that it
J therofi
tho <Us:
f the
>oint
rder. Bonding
lotion, Mr. Hal
, who
i’s civil service i
lie movod ilia
u-ssioii, said it
p,”suid a wenry-looking mu:
ur, to au individual by hii
uldn't marry ti*o best ’
well understood that an sgreeinont had boon
made to vote on tlio Hawaiian treaty at 3 p.
and all tho time provious to that hour
aid bo roquirod for the discussion of tlio
treaty. At 4:80 tho doors worn opened. Mr.
Thurman submitted tho following : llosolyod,
That at noon on Haturday, tho 20th Inst,, tho
senate will adjourn sine die. Laid over. Mr.
Tho
tho
ng the
d|ouniod till to-
Marcr 19.—'Tho resolution submit-
tod by Mr. Boutwoll Tuesday, authorizing tho
npocial oommittoe appointed to inquiro Into
tho several branches of civil service, with a
view to thq reorganization of tho sovoral de
partments thereof, to sit during tlio recess
and send for persons, papers, etc., was agreed
to, and the senato wont into exocutivo session.
After confirming a oumbi
the senate took up tl:
be United Htatos dls'
and i
doors
till to
deha
■e-ope
f Don A. Pardeo, I
... .udgofor Louisiani
I. At four o’clock tl.
and tho sonate adjournr
—A Brazilian lady is creating a groat
sensation in Paris, Him ban a yellow
oartiage, and tho wheel hubs urn of
solid gold. Tho servant!* connected
with tho turn-out number fourteen iu
the box nnd two in the rumblo. The
muu alive, I’ve been a dry goods clerk I harness is gold-tipped, and the horses
too long for that,” 1 are thoroughbreds.
THE HAUNTED SHIP.
I shipped in tho Norway, for tho
pnssngu from Oronstndt to Hull, nnd
another Englishman who wont by tho
nurno of Jack Hustings, joinod Itor i\t
tho sumo timo. Ito was a man of oon-
aidorablo information, and from his
talk had soon his share of tho world,
but was not much of a sailor, as I had
already surmised from tho out of hia
jib.
Wo round Captain Phelps of tho
Norway, a Tartar in the worst houso of
tho word ; and tlid voyago wai anything
hut a plonsnnt ono, especially to Hunt
ing". Ho had shipped for ablo hou-
’h wages, and his dofloionoioH woro
i apparent, especially to tho cap
tain who hud a hawk’s oyo for tho weak
points iu a man, that ho might como
down to him. As I hud a strong fool
ing of rospoot for tho young man. I
stood bin friend whonovor I could, by
trying to do moro than my own sharo
of duty and oovor tip his shortcomings;
but I couldn’t always bo on hand, of
oourso.
Ono night, when it was blowing quito
fresh, nml I was at tho whool, the
upturn was up aud all haudH putting
oofs in tho topsails. Tho men hail
lain down on dock, and wero manning
the halyards to hoist away, when poor
Hastings, instead of tho roof-taoklo, lot
go tho weather foro-topsuil bract', aud
away wont tho yard foro and aft.
However, 1 by lnfllng up smartly, wo
managed to got it ohookod in again
without currying away anything. But
Oupt. Pholps, frothing at tho mouth,
vowed ho would tan tho clumsy lub
ber's hido that did it, ami would “ride
him down liko n main-tuck.” Ho
rushed at Hustings with a piece' of
ratline stuff and (nought it down ouoo,
with a tevriflo onL over -luV
blow, tflillo all hands stood looking on,
lmshod into silence, a voice from aloft
roared out, “ Hold your hand I ’
Tho sound, Which was wonderfully
loud clear, seemed to come down out of
' top. Tlio oaptaiu loll back
aft, so as to look up, but could sco
nothing.
“ Aloft thoro !" lie yollod in a rago.
No answer.
“ Maintop thoro 1”
“ Halloa ! ” was answered spitefully.
“ Oomo down on (leek ! ”
“ Como up h®re, and soo how you
like it!”
The captain’s rage was now fearful to
behold,
“ Who’s aloft thoro? Who is it, Mr.
Hay nor?" ho doinamlod of tlio mate.
“ Nobody that J know of sir,” an
swered the officer. “They'ro sll horo
in sight."
Tlio men looked from one to another,
but the number was eorroct. Tito sec
ond mate, without waiting for orders,
sprang up aloft and lookod over the
top-rim and mnd(S the •circuit of it.
looking all around the masthead, and
reported himself alone. The captain
dropped his rope’s end and wont below,
his mind i n a strail go oIiuoh of rago and
four, aud Hastings oscuped furthor
besting for that night.
But a few days were sufficient for the
captain to forget, his fours, and 1 myself
whs the next vintun of Ins wrath. Ho
had ordered me to muko a lanyurd-knot
in the end of an old fnggod rope, to he
used for a lushing somewhere. I did
so and returned it to him, telling him
I had mado tho best job of it thfft I
could. .
“Well, if that’s your befit, you’]
much of a lubber as your partner, Hast
ings. I’ll dock you both to or’nory
Heilman's pay,” said lie.
In vuin 1 remonstrated, saying that
tho ropo was two much worn and fagged
to make a nice piece of work.
“Fogged is it? Well, I’ll Jjiiish it
up over your lubberly back I” J
“ No you won’t 1” tfupg out a voice
from buliind tho
He rushed YoaHrl lu ine direction of
tho Hounrtpmit Tltoro wus no one thoro.
“ Who was that that snoko?" ho oriod.
“ If I know who it was I’d cut his heart
out I”
“Ha! ha! would yo? ’ was answered
derisively—from tho main-top,
It was broad daylight, and nil could
see that thoro was no ono up thoro. J
fjuito on much startled and mysfi
lied as my tyrant could possibly be, but
the diversion served as good a purpose
uh on tho previous occasion, for ho did
not attack mo ngnin. Had lio dono so,
I meant to resist, and g/applo with him,
if it cost mo my life,
That night the captain’s slumbers
wero disturbed by a fiorco cry, which
appeared to como iu at tho side-light in
his state room, left open for fresh air.
Tho cry had been hoard by tho rnato on
tlio qiiartor-dojk, and by Hastings at
the wheel, who could give no explana
tion of it, aud seemed to shuro his as
tonishment and fear, when ho rushed
on tho deck und looked vainly ovor tho
quarter in search of tho cause.
From that day ho was harassed and
persecuted at every turn by an invisi
ble presence which gave him no peace
of his life. Whether on deck or below,
ho found no escape from it, and 'espe
cially when ho began to abuse any of
the ship's company the voico of the
hidden champion invariably took their
part. Tho insolent laugh that rang in
his ears on every such occasion seemed
to como from overhead.
But no manifestations ever troubled
ns in the forecastle, nor did tho un
earthly voico ovor address any ono on
board but Capt. Phelps. Tho most
Buperstitious part of the crow would
rather have homo his tyrauuical treat
ment tlmn have livoil in a hauutod ship,
while Fomo of us welcomed a firm
friend in thin unncoonntablo spiritual
prosonoo, or whatever it might bo.
Tho captain’s angry passions wore to
some extent checked by it; though
now nnd then, they broke forth so sud
denly that tho objoot. of his fury ro-
ooivod a blow boforo it could intorforo.
Wo had arrived within a couple of
day*’ sail of tho Enodiali const, when,
becoming exasporatod at some blunder
of IlaBting’s ho hurled a bolayiug-pin,
which struck him in the head. The
poor follow suddenly clapped both
nnnds to tho spot, with a wild yell, and
rtiBhod in to tho forooastlc. Tlio cap
tain, after haviug thrown th® missile,
apprarod, as l thought-, surprised at not
hearing anything, and I noticed him
glnuoo norvouslj aloft.. But, still hour-
ng nothing, ho reoovorod his courage,
md orderod Mr. ltaynor to “call that
man to deck ngein.”
Tho mate getting an answor to his
cull, wont below, and fouud Hastings
delirious. Ho reported that he boliovod
tho man to bo in a critical condition,
and tho captain directed him to do
whatever ho thought host for hiH re
lief. I think Captain Pholps, liko some
other hard cases that I have suited
with, did not dare to venture into tho
forooastte himself, for fear ho might
never got out again alive.
That night it booarno neoossary to call
all hands out to roof again ; and while
woro on tlio yards, a thrilling cry
io from tho bows, such ns well
might have boon raised by a maniac.
A human form was soon by sovoral of
croot on tlio rail, noar tho foro-
swifter, and thou a loml splash was
hoard in tho water muter tho loo.
Mr. Ituynor and tho captain, who
woro on tho dock, rushod to tho side, a
hat was seen for a moment, bobbing up
on tho crest of tho sea, aud tho sumo
dreadful yell of insanity was repeated,
ovon moro shrill than boforo. Captain
Pholps echoed tlio ory, but faintly, and
fell insensible to tlio dock.
Mr. ltaynor baited us on tho top sail
yard with a voice liko a trumpet-blast —
“Laydown from aloft I Clear away
tho small boat I ”
Wo thought I ho mate was quite as
miul us tho poor suioide, aud so ho was,
for tho moment. By tho timo wo
ronohod tho dock ho was roady to coun
termand tho order. Everything was
hlddou iu darkness, tho wind and sea
fast inoroasing. and it was impossible
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—In Germany it is considered a per
sonal insult, to dun a debtor by means
of postal cards, and tho law affords a
remedy.
—An Oregon papor offers llftcnn cent®
a bushel for manuscript pooms—if thoy
aro on good paper and written on ouo
side of tho shoot.
—Ono of tho four infants who rooont.-
ly camo into tho world at a singlo birth
in Baltimore died on tho 8th inst. Tho
othors aro roportod to bo thriviug.
Yes, she’s got a lovoly oar,” said
a Milwaukee blade, in roply to a oom-
plimontary remnrk about a lady friend,
■' but yon ought to boo it whon slio lots
. ..'il then for tlio clumsy littlo \)oat to
live. Tho captain, still unconscious,
was carried below, with many a mut-
torod wish that ho might novor oomo
up again, and bitter wero tho ontha of,
oie during ttio^tor^Sy.* H ‘
When tho Hull pilot boarded ua,
forty-eight hours . afterward, Captain
Phelps was at his post trying to look
liko hiujuolf, but still pale and Hum
bling. Tho mnto told us that ho should
havo him arrested as soon as wo arrived
in port. But I think lio must havo
relented, and connived at his escape,
for ho was missing boforo tho ship was
fairly scoured. I don't think lio was
ovor brought, to justice, though I did
n.>t wait to hoc. I was glad enough to
shako tho dust of tho Norway off my
foot, aud to forgot, if possible, tho his
tory of tho voyage.
HI rolling along the strootrt at. early
r ening, ready for anything in tho way
of amuHomont that might turn up, my
attention wus caught by a poHtor an
nouncing tho porformanoo of Prof.
Holbrook, tho unrivaled and world-ro-
nownod vontrilnquiHt. I had never
seen a performance of that sort, but
aftor reading tho bill I resolved to go.
J was just iu timo whon 1 roaohod tho
Ball of exhibition, nnd taking a ticket
I onterod and took a sout. 1 thought
tho entertainment tho most wonderful
I had ever witnessed or heard. After
a variety of sounds and voices hud
beou imitated with marvelous skill, ho
informed us that ho wauld hold a con
versation with an ordinary person Up
the chimney. When tho responsive hit,
hal oamo down, I wns startled to such
a degree as to rise from my scat. It
was tlio same voico in precisely tho sumo
peculiar tones that I hoard so many
times from the Norway’s main-top.
A minute later tho professor, having
finished his part, oamo forwurd to tho
foot of the stngo ; and spite of Ills
flowing board and other disguises, I
recognized ono whom J had supposed
to be dead five years boforo.
“Jack Hastings, suid I aloud, for
getting in my excitement where I was.
“ Hit down. Put him out, cried a
dozen voices at once.
I subsided, of oourso, but not boforo
I had aeon a sign of recollection from
tho vontriloquist. Whon tho perform
ance was over he beekonod to mo, and,
iu tlio privacy of his own room, grospod
my hand with a hearty pressurn.
“Hastings,” I asked, “how in tho
name of miracles were you saved?”
“Saved? Whoro?”
“ When you jumped ovorboard, rav
ing mad.”
“I never jumped ovorboard, Ashton,
said ho, “and I was no more mad than
I. am now. It was only a plan to frighten
old Pholps, und l think it succeeded
hut too well. If ho had boon tired of
life, and hud thought him in dangor, I
could havo ajipeured in court and fright
ened him again to savo his life. But
lie could not bo found, and J never
heard ol him sinco. My madness was
all a sham, and the man ovorboard was
only a bundle of old dtuls surmounted
by my old hat. I slipped down in tho
fore-peak, and lay ooncoalod till tho
night aftor tlio ship arrived, when I
stole out and went ashore. Of course
you understood tho cries you hoard.
“ Cortainly; and tho other strange
sounds on board. Your ventriloquism
explains tbo whole matter.”
“ I porformed in most of tho cities
and largo towns in England boforo I
knew you, but I was thou dissipated in
my hubits und squandered all that I
made. While on ono of my sprees, I
shipped nnd wont to sea, and that is
how you found me in Cronstadt. But
I was never stock to make a sailor of.
Sinco I havo roturned I have done woll
and saved monoy, and you must allow
that I acquit myself bettor on tho
stage than I did on board the Norway."
And that’s the only haunted shin I
was ever in. I’vo hoard of others, unt
probably those oases might be explained
iu Horae similar way.
it out in fly-timo
—When Brigham Young was in jail
tho other day for contempt of court,
thoro wero live of his wives weeping at
each window of that institution aud
twolvo at tho door.
— may bo pardonod for
romarking “ Which ?’’ it is whon he has
, list road, from Harriot l’rosoott Spof-
ord: “Theroaro sumo men born to
rulo with a haughty, cnroloBBHweotnoHH,
nnd others born to dio for thorn with
atom and dogged dovotiou.”
Tho dislirng plant is ono of tho
many produots of tho fortilo soil of
Texas, and is used by the housewives
of that remote rogion for domoHtio pur
poses. It grows to a oousidornblo size,
nnd its slmpo is that of tha cucumber.
When dry tho out-siilo oovoriDg is re
moved, and tlio heart, whioh lias cer
tain properties of tho sponge, is us«d
above montionod.
—How long will a looomotivo lust
and bo serviceable ? Au ongino on tho
1 lending road lias boon cm duty since
1857, and lias run in that timo 475,788
fniles, or an average of nearly 17,000
per year for twenty-eight years. Prob
ably thoro is very littlo of the original
ongino remaining, oxoopfc tlio frame nml
minor parts. Another ongino, mado in
London, England, in 1888, is still doing
duty.
A city elmp visited tho Shokors at
Lebanon soino timo ninno, nnd nH lie
wnniloring through tho village en
countered a stout, hearty speofmeu of
tho soot, and thus accosted him;
“ Woll, Broadbrim, aro yon muoh of »
Shaker ?” “ Nay," said tho otlior, “iiot
overmuch, Ipit i 011,1 d° a littlo that
way.” Ho ho soizod tho astonished man
•y the collar and nearly shook him out
f his boots.
Onk Dkkd ok Good.—
If I might do ouo dodd CT Mod,
One utUd deed boforo 1 din,
Or think ono noble thought that ahould
1-iIPnW ')?* <OT,ol.un Hi,
Upon tbo oaraloaa wind to earlirr
Of Ita abort life haa only meod
To And tho germ lit plooo for birth;
For ono swift moment of delight
It whlrlH, then withers out of Bight.
—Tlio English and Amorlonu system
of publishing books are very different
iu ono particular. In England not ono
book in ton, if ono in a hundred is
stereotyped. Here a book printed di-
roetly from tho typo is tlio oxooption.
This differouoo is brought about by
throe causes ; tho yqungor oouutr.y has
not so muoh capital in typo ; tho higher
price of labor makes it moro costly to
rosot if further editions are called for.
Tlio English publisher rarely permits a
now edition to go out of his Htoro with
out tlio most thorough revision, not
only for errors, but that tho book may
bo kept, in lino with tho advanco sohol-
arship Hinoo its previous publication.
—A gentleman owned a farm in Now
Jersey. It had been long in tlio family.
EmbarriiHsmonts compelled him to soil,
and tho farm was put up at ftuotion.
Ho felt so bad about tho salo that ho
could not attend it, but ho sent ovoi his
head servant. On Lis return tlio mus
ter said : “ Woll, John, was tho farm
•old?" " Y™, nir." ‘'Did It mil
well?” “It went very low. “Who
bought it?” “I did/’ “You, John:
where did you get yotir money “I
laid up my wagos sinco I worked for
you " “ Well, John, I’ll toll you what
1 will do. As soon as you got tho title
to your property I’ll oomo and work for
you, and buy tho furra back.
—Tho latest ceusns returns show
tho existence of moro trades ami pro-
fosHions among women than ouo would
HtippoHO possible. Besido womou fann
ers, thoro aro forty-five female stock
breeders, live barbers, twenty-four
dentists, live hostlers, three profession
al hunters and trappers, five lawyers,
llvo hundred aud twouty flvo physi
cian, ninoty-sevon elorgy-womon,
seven sextons, ton canal women, ouo
hundred and llfty-nino dray women,
one pilot, four gas stokors, thirty-throo
gunsmiths, seven gunpowder makora,
sixteen ship riggors, with a largo num
ber of artisans, moohauics, inventors,
telegraph operators, urnl teachers of
navigation.
Striking in Wales.
Tho great look-out in South Wales is
>w iu tho third month of its progress,
and both siilos aro represouted us firm
us ovor. Tho English papers teem with
accounts of distress in tho mining dis
tricts. Thousands aro on tho vorgo of
starvation, but aro just saved from it
by tho contributions of trudos unions
all ovor tlio kingdom. When those fail
thcro is a terrible state of things. The
London Illustrated Nows gives a foro-
tasto of what is to haj>pon, in a pain
ful illustration of soenes about a pawn
broker’s shop in Merthyr. A hundred
mon, women and ohildrou are jostling
each other in tho attempt to got tci> the
shop and pledge thoir effects. I hoy
carry tho family pots, kettles, wash-
stands, feather beds, crockery, cooking
utonsils and other urtioles of domestic
uso, down to the humblest. Aud still
tho men rofuso all terms of compro
mise. Thoy have rejocted tho ofloraof
tho clergy and all overtures looking to
arbitration. Homo of the men, if «
Mid, would bo hnppy to stop the quar
rel, but they four punishment t^omjhe
more ferocious of their nssoomtee m
the union. Tho proprietors oven show
moro signs of Brumous, and it is be
lieved they will curry thoir point, whioh
demands u reduction from the rate of
wages forced upon thorn by formor
strikes. In tho meantime business is
prostrated, and groat privation expe
rienced throughout alf the classes in
fchp affected district,