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CEDARTOWN \. OAL'” W. S, D. WIEE & C0„ Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY S, 1S75. VO LUMP' I. NUMBER 47. TIME LY TOPICS. Duep.v Vic. will" be fifty-six oi the 24th of next mouth. Fat, fair, and fifty-six. News from all c ver Arkansas to the effect that tho prospect for a fine wheat crop was u _ 0Vt r bettor. Ex Hknator Nyk of Nevada, in tho Bloomingd tie a yluni, affected with softening of th bra n, and it is thought will not reoovo The president having tendered the position of attorney general to .T tdge Edwards Pierr pon , of Now York, that gentleman has jtod it. Tin* statistics show that there 1ms boon n steady drclino in the manufac ture and use of lager beer in this coun try during tho past two years. Thkhh appeara to be a sharp contest between tho cities of Cincinnati and Louisville as to which shall have tho western connection of tho Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. Tup. New York city postoflloo is sell ing over $1,000 worth of newspaper stanfps alone a day, and tho postmas ters say thia is a sure barometer of a Tub pa’rous of husbandry have a re- markable predominance in the legisla ture of Oregon, seventeen of tho thirty Donators and fifty-four of the sixty rep- lontatn > belo ' to tho orde In tho great fire at Oshkosh, Wis., tho other day,sixty-nine business houses and about five hundred dwelling honses were destroyed. The total Iobh is put down at $2,500,000, and the insurance will amount from $800,000 to 81,000,000. Brooks id I)i the charges to grand jurors in North Caro linn, declared tho criminal features o tho civil rights act unconstitutional, ai no law could say men nro social!’ Tin: Florida i has dosed tin ling hoini wamp fev this country. The stenmahip Nova Sco tia,which arrived from Liverpool at Bid- a few days ago, reported oxpori- cueing great difficulty in getting through, aud a largo number of ships o soon frozen solidly in tho ico-fioldR. » presence of such great quantities oo in the North Atlantic at this sea- of the year is unusual, and it will crptibly alTeot onr climate for several ks at least. ons O. Wiurrittn, the qualter poet i wrote Barbara Friotcliie, is out in a letter against the savagery of war be- rcen nations. lie thinks the canton al a good year to inaugurate a ne»v vilization in this respect, aud settle disputes by arbitration. Tho j the or Id threatened by the hurdles, ami he says it i the Christian church to a of its awful resp after tho dreadful oxpei , it fails to pei a high time for vakou to a full .mobility. If, ienco of 1,800 the necessity to get out of the way of the said that R3,000 visitors have wintered in Florida, spending there at least $8,- 000,000. The time between Now Orloanw and Vera Cruz is to bo shortened to two aud a hnlf days, by omitting two or three HtopH of the steamers. Tills ia dono to oncourngo traffic between Mexico and the United States. A mr.n substituting lici hihition in respeot to the s eating liquors has just branches of tho legislature which is the fourth state v legislative measures have ! within a few weeks. Hu el to K i uso for pro le of intaxi lasRod both .f Michigan, red f shaking itself dear of tho barbarism of war, it has small claim upon the world’s respect and confidence. Con. I)k Vam.ikii, bond of the HwisB school of aitillery, figures out tho an nual cost, on a peace standing, of the armies of Oorruany, Russia, France, Austria and Italy at 8l.B2t.T60,000. Thia is allotting only 1,500,000 to Rus sia, her Asiatic forces being excluded, as not likely to participle in n European war. The aggregate forco of the live powors named is 0.500,000 men. The annual expenditures of Um-sls, Ger many and Franco for their maintenance averages $050,000,000, while those of Austria aud Italy are $100,000,000 per annum. What a horrible drain on the productive industries of au overcrowded continent. LATE NEWS SUMMARY EAST. A ring has been formed in New Yorl to control tho production nn.l price of potro slaty funds ■tilty. Tina tmltoUgypU iut>ii^t bfr,\, * Otllfl implo’ •oUtivo dopKitinonl under penalty of removal. The president has appointed Lieut. Thornburgh, a brother of Congressman Thorn- bnrgti f tho l»i . Mu; adtor, tho army to flllvacancioH; also/ Benjamin Uonlev as poitmador of Atlanta, lla. The postmaster-general has issued an order cancelling all awards and contracts here tofore tnado in favor of Jerome .1. Htmls. Pat rick Lang bill', Jno, W. Dolanoy, Win. Weiss and Wm. O. hidings, those being tho names cent ai nod in tho proposals fraudulently Itn- poaed by tho complicity of clerks. By t he new postal arrangement a with Japan, postage on news chaudisi n ho prepaid to their deatinatioi t of July. Newspaper postage wll nts for a sluglo paper, if not ovc in woighb and on other matte for eacli two ouneoH or a fraction, ntnissionera of the Freedman’ iave threo hundred thousand do' i United Statos treasury. It went hundred thousand dollars in ban THE HERON. BEHIND THEIR FANS. nnoz. largo number of do! or tho debt< iHtimoiu irs h bought in th Ion lias boon ralsoil that tho com- tho power to acquire real that thoir duty iH to realize money distributed among tho depositors. ie depositors nro selling thoir bank n oonts on the dollar. The attor l lias decided Unit tho commission- onic« the lonths nose have just booi li anniversary of the , of tho rising sun in , the llrst emperor, v president of the the Philadelphia ox- on Saturday. Five ateaiuora left New York for England and I’rauoc, carrying 177 cabin and 585 steerage passengers. Tho steerage tourists were mostly re turning immigrants, however, going to take a look at fatherland. A Nk Onus espondeut of tin Now Y'ork Times stated that if iiffai in Louisiana become settled, a foreign company, with a capital of $20,000,000, is ready to eome ami purchase 4<H).(H)0 or 500,000 acres of Inml in the state aud setllo upon the purchase industrious English ami Germnn agriculturists. It is not much to tho credit of the new Bessemer steamship, which is de signed to prevent sea sickness, that on her recent trial trip between Eogland and Franco she only made a speed of twenty miles in seven hours Most peoplo would not object to bo a little sea-sick, in crossing the English chan nel, if they make the trip in two hours. Boyntou, the swimmer, crossed in f much shorter time than the Bessemer The imposing ceremony of placing the red hat on the head of Cardinal McCloskey, took place in Ht. Patrick’i cathedral, New York, yesterday. The novelty of tho event—tho first of th' kind in this country—attrac.ml a large number of ecclesiastical dignitaries j from far an 1 near, ami 'probably not onc-twentioth of the people who desired to witness the ceremonies wore accom modated. The newspapers in California evi dently do not lack faith in tho bonanza of silver, " Our bonanza” is still their theme, aud they point with pride to the fact that since January 1, the sum of $2,484,000 has been paid in dividends, all of which was taken ontof the ground in two months. This is said to be the yield of the “eon-olidated Virginia” mine alone, so there must be *' millions Dispatches from A Ht. Paul dispatch states that ing Indian nows isobtaiued .',1 from all parts of I'rn al Vutmnaoi •orlng pant Ofcro May III). Tho |>a Tho proclamation <lo< Shedding tho blood of formor Companions brothers. Advices from Bolivia stato that the 18th nf March Inst President Proton left Input for Qruoro, taking with him one half of battalion No. 1 of tho line, the other hnl eg in Viachla. The rebel citizen /.. wlion they thought tho prosidou fire to tho palace. id took four girls pr SOUTH The trustees ef the Bouther nvo awarded to tho Baltimore ! any tho contract to build tho brid id twelve hundred ompnny ot al. ,e, hut failed to do so i are complaining dented destruction of cattle by the hi Tho court of clttimshnsinado a decree n accordance with the opinion herotofori lorc-d in tho Arkansas Hot Springs case. rioa ; boo how tanned ho is. Well, my dour ho is a lion.” ‘‘Then ho is an attaoho ?” "Oil, how stupid you are I 1 say ho is a lion becauso ho fought like it tiger, and ho ” “Thou nay ho ia a tigor, and lmvo dono with it.” (Shrugging hor shoulders) "and that at tho hattlo of Rapata- -Batata— or Putarii—I ean’t remombor oxaotly what, but it was a frightful battle - whore the Arabs bit. tho dust - That’s it, word for word, as napa road it aloud tho other day out of tho paper.” " Why did they Into tho dust?” ‘ Why, because they woro so angry. Yo Well, i ed his men over six longitOH ml arrived nl Lnp&z Just as ho defended the government ndod. Rules of tho Road. Tho groat loading rule is that no ono has the right to bo in tho middle of tho road, except when no other person is present to claim his right to the uso of ono-half tho highway, which claim ho has precisely tho same right to assort when traveling in tho sarno direction that he has when ho moots another. This is tho law of ovory state in the union, and, so far as wo are informed, of every civilized country ; and all per sons violating it nro liable for all dam ages resulting from thoir conduct. When teams moot, tho American law ia that each, turning to the right, shall give half the road. The custom tho law of England require team ;urn out to the left as expressed i >hl doggerel: •aradox quite ; lhat tho The idly •Ur« nd po property ho taken, receiver to bo apjointed by the court ol who shall take charge of the same for congress shall by law direct that ti shall bo disposed of. Tho receiver i- bo appointed until a final decree is rr and ho ia not to take po-M ssion of t erty until it has boon adjudicated supremo court to bo tbe property In ridit: ■ drivin to tbe [f you keep to tho right, yoi In passing, tho per lilies ha i died dur A despatch from Moihphis, says Complaints are pouring in from all tho sur- -ounding counties of the fearful destrnction if horses and muioH by buffalo gnats. Many imall planters, especially colored ones, are ----- 1 ruined by having their only horses or mules NrWKRorHlumbor-yards,framehouses, Jtlllod sod being unable to replace thorn at a careless use of fire and a high wind did j time when they are so badly needed. Tho the business for Ohkosli, Wisconsin, j Ledger publishes a letter from a planter near on Wednesday. The loss is over $2,- | Macon, Faye 000,000. This is the second great fire j j ew * ^ which the Oshkosh people have expo- I ^ * j WC r,t -lowntoray farm yesterday rienced. Last year wsitddeu conflagm- j ,ij„tant six miles, and counted thirty-seven tiou licked up fcix hundred houses and j dead on the wav. I have lost four on my farm other property worth $800,000. This j and Dr. H last catastrophe is overwhelming, and ! lont ** ,li K much steering will result. It reqnircsno profit to predict a cold I of the crop planted, as they have is summer as long as ilie North Atlantic j repine the stock is tilled with immense fields of floating j MISCELLANEOUS ice. Tne effect of this glacial propin- i The secretary of. the treasury has quity will be sensibly felt throughout J aeued a circular prohibiting the clerks and ad. It looks like i ill bo c front is re- e<l to turn to the left, so as to allow the person in the rear, who is traveling at a more rapid pace, to pass by on his right. Where teams approach at right an gles, or intersecting roads, it is the duty of the person who, by turning to tbe right, would pass to the rear of the other team, to pull up, and allow the other to pass. In wide streets in towns and cities, o general principles should always ibserved, though, from the necessi ties of the case, persons are less strict keeping on the proper side of the street, being frequently obliged, with proper care for the rights of others, to pass to the other side to avoid a crowd or other obstruction. A person with a light vehicle meeting or desiring to puss a heavily-laden team, especially if the latter ingoing np a hill, will generally turn out without requir ing the loaded wagon to give half the road, but the law imposes no such obli gation in any case, and u curastancesrequireseacb to give half tho road, unless by accident or some oh struction it is found impossible to di If a person happens to bo in th wrong place on tho road or street, a per son coming in collision with him is not entitled to damages if, by the use of ordinary and reasonable diligen could have avoided it. e, he THOM Tin: FRENCH OF uostavk Lust, evening 1 was guilty < shameful action. I hid behind a cur tained door and listened to a conversa tion, and, what makes it st ill more un pardonable in me, I cannot help telling m what 1 heard. It was this. I had keen at tho hall about half an hour when 1 saw in a corner of the par lor, through tho door which lends Into tho conservatory, a little group of three young girla arrayed in billows of white muslin, who woro talking behind their funs with so much animation that it was impossible not to notice them. Tlteso three girls had reached tlint. age when young women’s hands nro slender but still rosy,when their forms have still that charming delicacy which some people call thinness and others youthfulnoHH, and when their move ments have that excessive supplonoss which is like awkwardness, hut wliioh it would he tho height, of art to imitate’. Leaning back with easy grace in thoir nrm-ohairs, which were drawn up close together, they were laughing unrestrain edly. Already women and opquottes, they would from time to time strotoh out.’ thoir woll-glovod hands and pat thoir ample draperies with a thousand little gestures. They were already mistresses of tho art of looking at things without Booing thorn, of laugh ing when they were not amused, of showing their white teeth while smooth ing thoir gloves at tho wrist, aud while modestly looking down of giving a vi bration to thoir voioos like the striking of glass, which cannot fail to nttruot attention. They had, too, tho triok of stopping short iu the midst of a move rnont and posing that yon might hoc the turn of a shoulder or a graceful arm, and of turning thoir profile to you to show a pretty nose, of catching up thoir skirtu and turning away with a movement liko a frightened dove till the oar alone is visible, aud replying, "Ob, how you frightened* me I''when you lmvo sittfl iloMiing ♦*> *>»•*» bnfc "How do you do ?” Then Choir way T»f prattling unceasingly without rhyme reason, or wlion both ideas and words fail them of exclaiming, "Oh ! oh 1 oh 1 yea, indeed !” while stroking their hair. Ah, dear little creatures 1 I love thorn just ns they nro, so knowing and so pure, So gracious and so skillful. I really love those littlo angels who make their ontrnnoo into the groat world be tween two polkas—who go to a ball instend of going to bed—who broke thoir doll into pieces two days ago, and now think of painting themselvos under tbe eyes like mamma—who know to a lotiis tho prloo of eashmore shawls art connoisseurs in diamonds, look men straight in the oyo, are nil worn out when Lent comes, and who during holt day week, after devoutly nibbling a bit of salmon sahul mn off to thoir religious exercises in boots with tassels and with their lmir powdered. I love those littlo painted lambs as one lovea.roues iu De cember or groen peas in the middle of Jaututry. Thoro is simplicity even iu thoir excessive self-possession -some thing, ut any rate, which reminds one of green apples whioh ono longs to taste. They nro alroady women—in foot, they were whop they wore born—but still one guesses at their motives, reads their little thoughts ; sometimes, too, ono finds a clue which is like u revela tion. They nro— But pardon me, young ladies ! I nm afraid I am going too far ; perhaps as you turn over these pngOB yon will ro- call the gontlomnn who was looking at you so attentively the other evening. ‘Perhaps you will recognize yourselves, however imperfect tho sketch may be, and then— But it is too late now not to tell you all. I slyly opened tbe library door, and turned to the left, f made rny way to the conservatory, and stationed myself directly behind you, near tho door, in the folds of the curtain, and thoro I hoard it all. I did oven more thou that; in ooming away I snapped off a branch of camellia. What follows is merely tho work of a reporter ; if memory or skill is lucking forgive mo and \ will do better another time. " No,” said tho .youngest, looking at her pink satin slipper, "I mean tho ono with the decoration in his button hole ; don’t you see him ? Ho is standing by tlepiece, by tho side of the big bald man in white waistcoat.” Why, tho big bald man is not a colonel -no indeed. I know him very ■II ; he comes to see papa. It's Mr. Thingamy- some queer name. After ovory visit of his wo find two castors off the easy chair. Mamma says he’s clover, papa says he's not; as for mo, I think he smells of pomade.” "Where*does he put his pomade? He lias hardly three hairs on liis hoad.” " Yes, but they curl, my dear. I am sure ho ought to wear a little crimson velvet cap with tassels. Dear mo 1 how I do hate a man as fat as that 1 Papa, who is slender in oompar/Bon with this bear, seems to me a little—when he is shaving . Woll if it was not papa, I should like to plane him down a littlo.” " But, girls, I don’t mean tho stoat ono ; I mean the one by his side, with an aquiline nose and mustache. There, he is taking an ice. H« seems to be a lion. Now he’s blowing his nose ; lie’s Col. C " Oh yes, I see. Dear mo ! how hard he blows his nose I Your colonel has a cold ; one can hear him fri ha ! ha!” "There is nothing strange in his hav ing a cold ; he has just come from Af- tliis battle the colonel received i-lmll or bullet 1 don’t remem ber whioh—in his left sliouldor, and they could not extract it, so ho returned to Franco very ill." " llow terrible thoao buttles must be 1” " It is tho day after the battle that is terrible. Just think of ill They found tills poor colonel under a mountain of dead men at tho very moment the wild beasts woro going to devour him like tho missionary in the Propagation of the Faith. Being swallowed by a croc odile is, indeed, terrible." "That’s nothing. When you think you have before you a man with an iron rnaohino iu hia shoulder that you could hardly lift, you can't, help shivering. Oh, it’s fine to bo a soldier; in fact you may call it tho noblest profession. To begin with, every one rnspeets them, and their life iH lull of triumph." "Yes, in time of war, but in time of >ace—in time of peace—well, they talk ./ortho way they got their wounds, and tho hand plays while they lire at dinner. It seems the colonel can liuvo the band play whenever he wants to.” " Naturally, since it’s his band.” " Well, all that is very nice, and be sides that you can make calls on tho wife of tho profoot, the receiver general and the bishop.” "On the bishop's wife? What are talking about? Ha! ha!" (Him takes off her gloves aud begins to bite hor nails. ) " I did not say tho bishop’s wife ; you are a naughty girl.” "Besides, it.a only a generals wife who makes calls on tho profeet’s wife, like tlint.” "I only began with tho colonol ; ono soon gets to bo general. Do you sup j that Col. O 3 a goucral i for instance, ?” > ?" , and diamouda, too, and she said As for mo, I would rnthor marry n general at once.” " Yon, but a goneral does not got married in uniform ? " Why not, if you use him to? That iH something fine a goneral at tlm altar. There is nothing more imposing than tlm military at olmroh. Thoir S old epaulettes seem to go well] with m organ. Afcthoohurph of lliu Giu- mollies there are always one or two ofil- eers, but they are little ones, and they do not have tlm same effect. ^ not know 1 waa at tho ohuroli of tho Carmelites on Advent Sunday? Oh, thoro was a good father tlmro who preached ; it was indescribable 1 Why don't you wear a braid across tho top of your hood ? My dear child, everybody wears thorn; won’t your mamma lot you ?” " It is not that, but you can t possi bly make a braid go over tlm top and then two rolls behind, all out ol your own hair." " Woll, you can got false hair, Ha! Im! what an innocent lamb you are! You nan get false lmir, my dear child. ’ " Yes, but papa won't let mo ; ho says I’m too young to begin.” " What a pity! Ah for me, I had no trouble about it. Mamma said, * It’s vexacious, but what can you do, my ohild ? You can’t go to a ball in n cap; and so wo went and got two beautiful blonde braids." Why two 1 ” Lot mo finish. Hoe, tlmro is Mmo. do V coming in ; do you hour tho liking? Woll, as J was saying, I had to buy two braids, for tlm very simple reason that I lost tlm first. It was very funny. We had hired a coupe for tlm day, papa having taken ours for liimself; lie ulwayH does. Wo started off for tho hairdresser’s in this hired oarriago. I bought a superb braid, and they wrapped it up niooly for me. I got into tlm ooupo aud put my little parcel up against tho window, you know, under tho strap that you pull up and down by. That was all very moe, but when wo got home, and I was looking for my parcel before getting out, no parcel was to be found. 1 mode a great fuss, and nmminii did too. Only think 1 it had slipped in by tlm glass of the window, and had fallen into the inside of tho door. I suppose it’s still there. Tiior’s no way of getting it again, you seo, so I had to buy another braid" ending down her hoad coquotishly), " which I have the hon >r of introduc ing to you ; it is thick, of a good color —one of tlm very best." "Oh, I. wish J. could have one, hnl J’m afraid I shu’n’t before I’m married. Hee, thoro is Joanna bowing to us. Oh, that everlasting dress of hers 1 Doesn't slm look liko n fright with that pink pompon in hor hair and Imr red nose? Hire’s a kind hearted girl, but then that pink! Fiuk never looks well with light hair. It always looks to mo like salmon with white sauce. Hal ha! Hpeaking of salmon, by tho way, you left too early tho other evening ; wo had such a supper, my dear! ” "Oh, how lovely Juliette looked I Didn't she? What a lovoly head she has 1 I would give ten years of rny life to have a head liko hers. Ton years, dear me! yes, gladly ; life isn’t such very good fun, after all. And how becoming that headdress v her!” " It was really magnificent know it came from Persia.” Did it, really ? From Porsi heard it came from—joii know tho place, ever so far oft', where the colonies are. And how about her marriage?” " It’s broken off ; she said no, and it’i all settled.” " Bnt tlm trousseau ? Mamma sav the three cashmere shawls, three won ders ! Ono had red ground with litllo figures on it—you know the sort they' wearing now: that shawl was reully eloquent. J think that sort of thing like music, it delights one so." 1 "That was very line—three cash- 8ho said no, and slm wiih right, for icms ho limped frightfully." Who did ?” Tuo gentleman, of eourao.” But, my dear girl, peoplo always givo three cashmeros. Only think a inuto; tlm long cashmere for calls in winter -well, that’s ono ; then you must have a square one ; it would kill you to ar a long eashmore in hot weather: ....J then you could not refuse a third to go to tlm bath or mass in—well, that likes threo, don’t you see ? 1 would not bo married with fewer. No, thunk , 1 wouldu't go about looking liko a chambermaid. No, indeed I wouldn’t." Did tlm gentleman limp badly? For, after all, ho was a consul." Oh, as to that, hia position was a magnificent ono. It seema that in the untry whoro ho is e msul peoplo nro rrioti in palanquins.” “ That's tlm least thing they oan do for lame people. Ah for me, 1 think she has done quite rigid. 1 have a hor- f deformed people; ono is never that it may not bo something catching. Do you remember Hister Adelaide at tho eonvont, who had ono leg shorter than tho other? Well. I wouldn’t have sat down iu her ohuir for a hundred thousand francs.” What would you have douo if you had to marry hor V” illy you arc 1 Don’t look ovor thoro; I see Al. Pinootto ooming to ask danoe. Tho move I see of him, ore I detest him. Jlo is stupid, fair, his whiskers are largo, ho t dance in time ; lie has no at tractions. Don’t you think ho looks liko tlm Abbo .Tulion, who used to hoar catechisms, and who wari' ttiwayH saying, ‘Not another word, my chil dren’ ?" ho does look like him, espe- oially witon ho ia waltzing : ho has tho eyes. As for mo, I dou’t like u who looks liko it priost. That is not saying anything against priests, my dear. In the first pluoo, a man might to have brown mustuehos ; with out thorn lm is not worth looking ut. Have you scon my brother’s muHtuolios since lio loft Haint-Gyr? That is tho kind of mnstaoheH I liko—pointed, pointed ami waxed. I used to do them for him last sununor, and 1 fully un derstand thorn." "Ernest iH a firm-looking young man ; and thou lie’s so strong." "I lotto a Heroulos. M. do Huint- Flair is not handsome, is he? Well, I aim see very woll how he faHoinatoil Adolo witli his pale face, thin hair, and his look of illness," " Your M. do Haint-Flnir looks n ho woro j net getting over a fever. When lio is sitting around in the oornors •! ant always tempted to offer him a bowl of gruel." " Oh, that’s all very woll, bnt ai ilhniiiofcfmi, T don’t «ru any ouo who eomes up to him. And thou, too, they say ho writes pootry." " Htill, J must say I prefer M. do What an iiloa I M. do P 1 IIo’s a perfect barrel, and besides lie’s forty- warm, and will thank Heaven for all that haa boon dono for them, and will beg that they may not eateh a horrible cold in tlm head whioh will provont thoir going lo tho opera to-morrow. Then, having kissed tlm littlo gold medal which protects thorn from firo and spraining thoir ankles, and makes ihom dance in t ! mo, they will fall fast asloon to tlm dim murmur of a waltz, liko a bird in hia non*. FACTS AND FANCIES. —It is said that Gustavo I)oro is to rooeivo $50,00(1 for a series of designs for a now edition of Hhakspearo. —When tho stoves nro taken down, see that tho nipo openings in tho wall nro protected by good tiu covers. Don’t stuff rags iu. —Thoy lmvo got hi t.ow that thoy blow up whales with torpedoes, and it won’t lio long before tho women will get. hold of tho invention and soattor nil intoxicated husband all over tho coiling. —Julian Hawthorne, in his "Maxon Htudios," save: "To bo a thorough German cook requires ouly a callous consolohco, a oold heart, a confused head, coarse hoad, uoarHO hands, and plenty of grease.” —A Portland olmp, who during court ship sent his girl some poetry begin ning, "Was it a gleam of golden hair?" was mortified after marriago to boo hor lmug that " gleam ” over tlm hack of a olmir. i responding to tlm toast. "Tho Queon,” a jolly Englishman at tho Mas sachusetts Centennial celebration said : sh to express my satisfaction in being with you hero to-day,aud my equal satisfaction in having boou abaont a hundred years ago.” —In Prpvitlonoo, tlm other night, just as Lucy Htono had hurled at tlm crowd tlm conundrum, "shall women leave thoir children at homo and neglect thorn while thoy go to vote ?” a slum bering infant awoke and gave vont to a prolonged yell. faults of onr neighbors with rroodom w tax not oursolvos, though wo praotloo tlm WorihMH-o like Iorvoh, and Whoro thoy most Much fruit of soiiho bonoath is rarely founil.^ —A country youth, who dosirod to know how to Imcoam riel , sent a quar ter in answer to an advertisement, and received tlm following valuable rceipo : " Increase your recoiptH and decrease your expenditures. Work eighteen hours a day, and live on hash and out- tnonl gruel.” —•A Hoiitinmntul young man of Chi cago went to hco IiIh girl Urn othor day, ami found that Ids lcttors had been pasted over tlm tops of preservo cans. Those beginning with "My Darling Busan” wont over tho priudwiH, mid those commencing with "My Own Darling were put ovor tho tipples. Ibis was too flatteringly sweet to allow tho engage ment to romuin substantial. —A correspondent of tho New Yor Tribune states that tlm tail and a part of tlm mane and flank of tlm leaden oquostrian statue of George II*., torn down by tlm colonists at New York at thu l>uffm"i"g of Hi" rovolutloniuy wur, nro lying hull buried iu tho ground ut Wilton, Connootiout, whither tho ututun wiih onrriod to Im run into Inillolu for tho uho of tho oontimmtftl Koldiorn, —Wm. (lotion Brynnt tornu nil opi- noutly "till nu if Im -- Oil my, (tear. II mini nun ho that to bo ftldo to offer a woman au aecoptablo position. It’s not at all bail to bo tlm wife of a bankor. " At this moment tho music began, and tlm men oumo forward to hhIi my little neighbors to dunoo. They accepted languidly, with a half indifferent, air. The gentlemen placed thoir opora lints on tlm chairs the ladies had left, and u uu W1J1 „ MUU thoy nil udvniiood, talking, to join “‘" KV lI.roiJhiBeroniotnthoEoho.the dunoorH, I followed them with my , na i ot ,.| IU horticopnthio fuir eyon through tho urowd. fuioli nbnn- [ or no t furninhing tlm doned liorHolf with olmrming wCd olalmed i her partner’s arm, turning imr head a po«*U-H} littlo to ono side, her hair floating on 1 1 - “ Jl '*• |H lruo - tlm waves of tho wultz. Perhaps thoro whs exaggerated ease and a trace of childish awkwardness iu thoir manner, iu ton minutes thoy came book to their places, out of breath, but with bright eyes. They took tin their fans again, mid while fanning tliemsolves went on with thoir conversation. That gentleman dances very woll, but lie’s a queor oroaturo ; he talked to me about geography. Do you know tho principal town in tho department of tho eastern Pyrenees?” "No, I havo forgotten. Dear mol how wurm I am 1 I danced with that partner of yours tho other evening; he talked about geography to me, too. Isn’t it strange that some partners al ways say tho sumo thing ovor and ovor aguin ?” " Oil, there is mamma making me a sign that It is time to go homo. Oh dear! no, indeed 1 It will be liko the oilier evening, when wo should have gone to bed as early as tho lions if mam ma hadn’t, boon asked for tho Gorman, Toll your cousin to ask mamma to dance, and to ask me. I like him vory much ; ho at least makes you laugh, oven if you don't understand very woll what lie is talking rbout. Ho seems sometimes to bo making fun of you, but that’s no matter ; lie’s vory nice ; and then, too, he holds you firmly wliilo dancing, so that you fool perfectly fortftble." Toward 2 o’clock in tho morning, after having looked through M. do B s collection of etchings and piayed a game of whist, I returned to my station be hind tho throe girls. Two woro bravely drinking a gla*s of claret, and tho third a cup of chocolate. They were laugh ing so loud while, leaning hack in their chairs, and so talking all together, that I could scarcely catch what thoy said, bat I saw by their loosened hair, ana tho brillianoy of thoir eyes, and thtir feverish agitation, that, thoy had not wasted thoir time. Thoir mothers, who woro quite as animated, lmd collected togethor, and threo or four gentlemen had gathered round them saying a thousand charming hits of nonsense, Tho gayety had become so fust and furious in that cornor that I despaired of hearing any more, so I wont back to the ante-chamber. What charming women my adorable little girls will have become iu a few years ! Pray do not think tliut tbe fever of pleasure, that candlelight and lovo of waltzing will at all impair the solid treasures which a good education lias stored up in their littlehearts. This very night wlion thoy go to bed these throe little angels will piously fold their hands boneath the quilt, so ns to keep I uiivn it you as frankly »h ’twits noughl, Nano hill a rogue would hoop the thing ho gavo. —For tho first time in twenty yonrs Mrs. Thompson, of New York, scrubbed out tho city hall. Twenty yours ago slm married a man who boaatno u mil- iionare, took the ooutraot, before tho war, to supply A. T. Htewart marble for his new residence, was ruined in trying to live up to it (when a slight sacrifice by the merchant-prince would have saved him), and died au insane pauper, leaving his wifo to resume the scrubbing business where sho loft off. —A ouriona letter was received tho othor day at the pontofflee department. It enclosed ono dollar, was “ddroBBod by a lady at Jerseyvillo III., Uaro of any liar, ravana, portog Co., Ohio, and contained inquiries rolativo to a missing husband. The letter was in tended for "any lawyer,’ but on account of tho peculiarity of the manner m which tho writer spelled " lawyer, no ono of that ilk could be found iu Ra venna to claim it. The letter was con sequently sent to tho dead letter ofllor, —Homo one writing to the Ht. John (N. B.) Telegraph says tlmt wlnle look ing down in tho waters of the Bay of Fundy from tho lantern of the light house at Digby, N. 8., ft hoight of ninety feet, ho saw a flock of wild ducks, known as sheldrake, which suddenly dived down to an apparent distance ol fifteen foot, spread ont liko a fan, and began literally to fly through tho water, using thoir wings with quick, intermit tent motion, whiio th ir legs and foot seemed only,employed forlho purpose of steoring. In this way they darted hero and there ofter small fish, whioh they scorned to catch and swallow with groat rapidity. —Professor Btrumpoll, of Loip io, has written a work on the "Nature and Origin of Dreams,” in wliioh lie assorts that "no chain of logical ’atoms can bo linked togethor while wo dream, no conclusion can bo drawn, argument can be followed up, noth ing now can he discovered. 1 ’ Unfortu- natoly for this theory, the fact that por no ns have solved mathematical problems in their sleep lias been conolusivcdj' es tablished. Mon who, ufter long efforts, have been tiuablo to solvo algebraic problems have gone to bed and worked thorn out to a successful solution while asleep. One single fact of this sort up sets the professor’s theory, lint there are scores of mathematical students who can prove that they have reasoned, drawn conclusions, and discovered so- i lutions while dreaming.