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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W, S. D. WIKLE & CO,, Proprietors,
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1876.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 48.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Thk frnit men of Nevada county,
California, estiwato the loss of fruit in
the state by frosts at $2,000,000.
Thk crop reports from the northwest
are rather favorable. Wisconsin makes
quite a good showing. %
Ksoland sensibly declines to inter
fere in the internal affairs of Spain by
recognizing the Oarlista as belligerents.
The importation into Finland or Rus
sian territory of American potatoes, or
sacks or any other nrtielo which con
tained them, is prohibited.
It is estimated that at least two hun
dred thousand people attend the meet*
bigs of the American Evangelists in
Loudon during a single week.
Chicago's Mullet-built custom honso
walls arc so shakey that they will prob
ably be torn down. Supervising Archi
tect Potter is of this opinion.
Thk Spanish press is being treated
with unusual rigor by the new govern
ment. Not a foroign telegram can bo
printed which has not boon examined
at the ministry of the interior.
Lath mail advices report the wheat
nml rye in eastern E iropo as promising
a tine yield this yoar. From Bohemia,
Hungary, Btyria, Moravia, tho reports
all accord. There is no complaint of
frost except in Pomerania.
A Uurrisn brig, tho James Piracy,
has been caught stealing men from the
Hawes group of islands iu tho Pacific,
under tho American ting. The natives
have captured her and murdered half
tho crew. Tho restcieaped iu tho ship’s
boats.
In a letter reeoived at Washington
from a naval c Ulcer at Port Uoyul, who
is in direct communication with assist
ant surgeonx at Key West, ho says
there have been two more deaths from
yellow fever at, that port, and several
new cafes have appeared.
Tub New York World says : “The
work of the truant agents, olnirged
with enforcing the compulsory school
ing act goes bravely on. Thoy com
prehend all vagrant boys, who are only
released on givii g the number of the
house where they don’t reside and u
promise to attend school which they
have no intention of keeping."
Thk issues of postage stamps of all
kinds by the postoffico department
during the month of April lust amount
ed to a little in die ch of $3,600,000.
This is an increaso of about twenty per
cent on the issues for the correspond
ing month last year, and is by far tho
largest amount ever issued in any one
month by the d-'poH nmnt,
A dispatch from Muskogjo, Indian
territory, says that a water-spout burst
Friday rear Homy Sprit gt, which was
followed by the severest rain-storm for
many years. Bridg es and culverts were
washed away, and tho track of the Mis
souri, Kansas nn l Texas railroad near
Elk creek submerged arid undermined.
No loss of life reported, but great dam
age to property
Tnis English udmirors t f Stonewall
Jackson have had constructed a bronz j
statue of that general, and have written
to Gov. Ilemper, of Virginia, asking if
the state will
conspicuous place in the city of Rich
mond. Tho statue is a standing
of her
like ne
Virgil
iderel
i will i
bronze, nml tli
ct. Of course,
ocepb __
Tijkiip’h a communication in tho dead
letter oflie,-*, Washington, D. C., for “ his
«xcellency Jefferson Davi», President
O. 8. A., to bo left till called for." It
sent from New York, May f, 1801, and
is from Conrad Brewster, upbolste
No. 800 Broadway. It reads as follow
“ As soon ns you fake possession of the
White House, I should like to receive
the job of refurnishing the same, which
I guarantee to do on the most liberal
terms.”
Thk placing of mail box
Chicago street cars has proved a very
successful and popular experiment.
Most of the lines pass by the Postof
fice building on one streot or another,
and the mail boxes are erupted on each
trip. Thus a raau living six mi.es dis
tant from the office, has his mail deliv
ered as quickly as though ho had taken
the car himself and deposited it
son. The innovation commends itself
for adoption in all large cities.
Tin: New Orleans papers are begin
ning their annual wrangle about the
quarantine question. There has be
The obverse of tho coin will have tho tig-
;>f liberty taking it easy iu a sitting
posture, and surrounded by thirteen
twinkling stars. Tho word “liberty" will
appear on tho maiden’s shield, and tlio
numbers, 1875, uudor her feet. On the
•se, the eaglo with bis talons kick-
iug at “twenty cents,” will Boroam
United States of America.” The edge
of the coin will bo smooth, instead of
fluted, to distinguish it from the twen
ty-five eeut coins.
Among tho first results of the revival
of business will be an immense emigra
tion to this country from Europe. The
enormous increase of tho ontineutal
armies will stimulate thousands to es
cape tho conscription, and if tho Ger-
system of universal military sor-
is adopted iu England, rh it is quite
possible that it may be, wo shall have a
large immigration of Englishmen and
Irishmen. So soon as tho tho laboring
classes iu Europe are sure that they can
obtain employment hero they will emi
grate by thousands, and wo need no h-
ixoept a revival of business to in
sure plenty of work to every man who
IuiuIh on our shores.
An upheaval of mud has occurred iu
iihh a I’Outro, one of the mouths of
io Mississippi, forming an island
with ail area of about eight acres, two
et ahovo the surface of the water. It
thought these upheavals will seriously
interfere with Capt. Kud’s jetties ; and,
indeed, it looks as if it would bo hoc-
■saury to keep a Gatlin gun in renditions
o break the tnud lump, for it seems
they are simply inflated with gas gen
erated by tho vegetable matter deposited
under the mud, and can be pierced and
dissipated by a well-directed shot. The
abolition of mud lumps may broonie a
source of serious expense in tho much-
Jed improvement of the months of
the Mississippi.
A HTUAUsiiu* arrived in Now York the
itlior day with a cargo of 1,1)50 sacks of
salt aud 100 barrels of arsenic. The
bulk of the salt was stored in the lower
hold, and tho remainder was placed be
ll docks with tho arsenic. During
tho voyage the contents of several bar
rels of the poison was scattered over
Halt. The cargo was* discharged,
rcred to tho consignees, and by
them forwarded without delay to coun
try customers who had bought to arrive.
The cargo bad not entirely disappear! d,
however, before a chemist was called in
to ascertain if tho scattered poison had
penetrated the bags holding the salt,
and it was found that it had to such an
oxtent as to endanger the lives of the
consumers of the salt.. Instantly tho
telegraph was used, happily with entire
success, to secure tho return of tho
dangerous commodities to the city,
Tlio interesting question now is, who
shall stand the loss? The matoiial can
bo used only in tanning or some like
chemical process, and, of course, its
value is greatly roduoed.
LATE NEWS SUMMARY
WEST
Brigham Young iH making successful
efforts to mormonizo tlio Iadianp.. Ho bap
tized twenty of thuin tho otlior day.
Tho earnings of tlio Union Pacific
railroad for April wero it,002.052, against
1*712.840 for tlio aanio month lait yoar, an in
i'ma«o of *320,10C..
The steamer St. Luke, bound from
I.ovin. Tho captain reports that tho crow
nmtdorod tho llrat and second mates. Two
Millers wero wounded and put iu irons, one
lor was wounded and chained to the pump,
d another dying. Tlio vessel was worked
by tliroo hands.
According to the report of the secre
tary of tlio silk association of America, tlio to
tal valuo of imports of manfaoturcs of silk
roentved at this port for April was *1,764,91)1,
which represents tho foreign cost in gold, ox-
olusivo of freight and duties. Tho total
amount of raw silk received hero from April It
to April 30, was 106 hairs and eases, and tho
total from .Inly 1, 1871, 7, l'27 eases and halos.
Elovon halos of pierced cocoon woio received
during April, or a total of 1,176 bales since
duly t. Ninety two nor cent, of tlio entire
foreign silk imports of the United Staten are
received at Now York.
Tho secretary of the treasury has ro-
quested Treasurer Hpinner, in compliance
with the terms of tho third section of tho net
to provido for the resumption of apccio pay
ments, to cause legal tonders to tho amount
of *1.175,140 to tie withdrawn from tlio avail-
aide currency of the treasury, and rodoem and
destroy the name, being 80 per cent, of tlio
additional circulation issued to national banka
during April. Until further redemptions un
der said net ntmll he ordered, the amount of
United States nolns outstanding and to bo
used as circulating medium, shall not oxooad
*378,061.700.
FOREIGN.
Tho London Telegraph's special from
norliu, say a the list Belgian lioto is consid
ered as highly satisfactory, and termlnatis
tho controversy.
A steamer arrived at London, Mon
day, from tlio Capo of Good Hope, with £50,-
000 in gold from tlio diggings, tho largest con
signment yet. Ono of tho nuggets weighs
nine pounds.
It is reported tlmt RnsBia him, with
great earnestness, urged England to send
delegates to the intornxtiona] codo oonferoneo
at Ml. Petersburg. If England persists iu her
refusal, it Is probable that the whole project
will be In dropped, in Hooord&noo with tho
advice of tho otlior powers.
Dispatches from Kingston, Jamaica,
state Dial a revolution broke out in Poll au-
ud »y.
i. Ih let
church and shot,
killed. Among the
the llrittali consul
aggud from
i have boon
si rvaiit of
general. Buildings wore
tired and every spooiOH of disnrdor prevailed.
A state of siege has boon proclaimed. Htoan
ors wore not permitted to ontortho port.
Tlio Oarliats commit too has received
a telegram reporting groat vIotoriciH by Don
Garins' forces under oonlmand of Knlmlls, at
Breda, Lorida and Ranla Goluma. King A1
photon's forces numborod 4,000 men, They
Inst five chief oflloors at Breda, and 300 nu n
at Manta Goloiua. Another victory for tho
('arlistsundor Cast ills in n.pnrtsd from Axugou.
Tlio government troops arc said to have lout
all their artillery and many prisoners. Tho
Alphonslst Gem. Delutio was killed.
Tho mutineers on board tho schooner
Jofforson, Borden, Onpl. Pattorson, from Now
Orleans, March 5, for l.ondnn, took tho op
portunity to cany out their plot to hoIzo the
ViSHHol when on watch with tlm tlrst mute and
a hoy. The latter was gagged, and tho men
then struck tho first mate from behind, frac
turing his skull. Tlio second mate coming to
the rescue, was thrown overboard alivo. Tho
hoy got free and al»lined Oapt. Patterson,
wlio coming from the cabin with two revolvers,
(lrc.il mum the mutineers with effect. One of
them rocolve
wounded
live until tlio
hullol
A ring Iihh hot
imncli, and Die third may
readies London,
i formed in Now York
filial lei
i.lgo,
i the
ink in 16 fret water,
the Missouri Itiver
i valued at *30,000
icinnati and
dispute for yea
Tho boat
Packet cqpip&nv. and was
and insured for *17,000
Wheeling.
SOUTH
A riot occurred at Darien, On., Friday
ni <ht,occasioned By negroes attempting to i os-
cue a colored magistrate, who hod been ar
rested on a bench wan ant. About twenty
allots wore fired, wounding tlio sheriff, two
whites and a negro. •
A biil lias been filed by Gen. Toombs
and H. II. Hardeman, attorneys for certain
stookholdors of the Georgia railroad, praying
for an injunction to restrain tlio officers of
Dial corporation from completing the purchase
of the Weatorn railroad, of Alabama, or from
paying interest on tho endorsed bonds of said
road. Judge Gibson will boar tho arguments
in the caao on Tuesday next. The Western
railroad, of Alabama, was recently purchased
jointly by tlio Georgia and Central railroads,
who are endorsers of tho bonds of the pur
chased railroad.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gnstis G. Burnham, of Richmond,
Ky.. lias been appointed assistant secretary of
the treasury, vice John I,. Hartley, resigned.
The Spanish government has paid to
Mr. Cushing, in Madrid, tho entire balance
due on the Virginias indemnity, thus anticipa
ting tho payment sevural months.
Many laborers employed on the public
ington have struck
qnnratitioe when yellow ft*v
to the iflicacy of a per day. Tho contractor
i its
than *1, owing I
lo 7
pru
march, many eminent doctors claiming biern fnr l,1 ' ! work a, ‘' 1tl ''’ ,OHB ’ tvinod by
that tho (over in iurlinnona to New Or | Ul ” “* l0 «*" 'h-triot bond.
The secretary of the treasury lias given
•ections to tho assistant treaanrer at New
York to sell *5,000,0C0 of gold during the
own : One and a half
days ago a petition was sent to I million dollars on the first and third Thursdays,
the l oard of health signed by a large and one million dollars on the second and
number of medical men, who stated fourth Thuredaya each,
that the sya’crn Lad proved a failore I The secretary of war lias iwmed a c.r-
indigent
leans. The business men of New (
leans rIbo object to the strictures
commerce entailed by the quarantine. Ul0nt j, of M
and should be abolished
1 the v
the Philadelphia mint. There is noth-
I cnlar to the chiefs of bureaus
! partment, directing that hereafter all clrcn-
i lars, professional or scientific papers, digests
! of opinions, etc , which it is designed to isriie
I from any harooi, .-ball ho submitted for his
| information or approval before being printed.
The schooner Jelfetsou Borden, from
to control Die production and price
lentil, and it is reported thoy have suocoodo
in foi tiling a combination which embraces ll
per cent, of the roilnerios iu Hum country, and
that they ox poet to control the remaining 10
per cent, before tlio end of u
The Liok Trust.
The Han Francisco Chronicle says
Mr. Lick’s trustees have at length taken
a decisive step witli a view to relieve
themselves from the peculiarly embar
rassing position in which they have
been placed by this deed of revocation.
The original deed conveyed to them, ns
trustees, a largo amouut of property in
which they lmd no personal interest,
and established certain very delicate re
lations between them and the bonefloiu-
rieH under tho trust, which were capa
ble of being viewed in widely different
lights from different standpoints.
When called upon to r< convoy to Mr,
Lick the property deeded to them for
certain specific public uses, they nat
urally felt some doubt as to tho course
which they ought to pnrsuo. To <
ply with Mr. Lick’s demand might have
seemed like a tamo surrender of tho
rights of the public, if any rights had
in fact been vested, and u weak betrayal
of public interests, while on the otfic-
hand their motives were liable to gros
misconstruction if they refused such
compliance, Placed in this embarrass
ing position they seem to have adopted
the most judicious course open to them
in instituting a suit the object of which
is to relieve them of all responsibility
in tiia premises, and to refer tho whole
matter to the decision of the courts.
The complaint of the trustees, filed on
Saturday iu the nineteenth district
court, asks for leave to resign their
trnsts, and for the appointment of
trustees to bo their successors,
complaint is in tlio nature of an
fashioned bill in equity, and the court
in disposing of the matter will have to
pass upon the question whether tin'
original deed was valid and iirevocable
As Others Bee Us.—In giving his
constituents an account of his rec*
visit to America, Mr. H. G. E. Ohildi
M. P.. said he was never so amnz°d
when lie compared his last trip with
one ho made fifteen years before, just
previous to the rebellion. He noticed a
great development in national feeling.
Formerly the Americans thought too
much of what others wero thinking
sayiDg of them; now they appear
have acquired a thorough imperial £
national character, and had grown
national confidence. He also noticed
that, the proportion of foreigners, es
pecially Germans, had greatly increased,
THE TWO AN0EL8.
IIY JOHN O. WlUTTIKH.
ailed tlm no trout angola who dwell with him
Tho teiidoroit ono wan pity, tlio doarcat ono waa
ArlHo,' 1 ho sMil, 1
Strain through tho g
y angola ; n wail of woo nml
n of honvru, nml anddoua nil
11 My hnr|<* tnko up tlio mournful slrniu tlmt from
Tho hiuoko >>t torinont rlouda tho light amt blight*
thO KHpluulolN,
Fly downward to tlmt uudor world, nnd on its
aoula of pal i i
drop million of aniiahlur, nnd Pdy loam
,o way wiin^Htrunjjo, (ho llixlit Was long; at hut
d lo! llmi lour of Pity ipionolird tho lltnic whoroon
d, with tiio Kunahtnoof that mnilo, hopoentered
Four whlto wing* folded at tho foot of
llioroou 1
Amt dm p <r Ilian tlio toiiud of dots, no
Amidol thoIiiihIi .if wing ami ming tlio '
At. the close of his spe
ilaltering assurance that the Am* ricans
I were not wanting in good manners, h»-
ine x uiiitueii>uu» mini, i '“.ii, .1 | j.ue s uiooner ueneisou ourueu, irom brittY, and civility—a delusion which
jug especially novel about the design, j New Orleans for London, lias arrived off Port J his countrymen generally entertained.
HOW SI1E PAID HER DEBT.
“Oh, Charley, Charley, how could
you do snob n tiling?"
Lilian Waylaml’s round cheek was
blanched to an unwonted whiteness, ns
ska stood before her brother iu tlio
close, cramped room which constituted
her solo home.
Charley Wuyland, a handsome, dissi
pated-looking youth of two or throe-
aud-twouty, with bold black eyes, aud a
merry mouth that seemed made only
to nmilo, Good opposite her, looking
half repentant, half dollautasnhospoke.
Lilian, I couldn't help it. I toll
you 1 was hard up. A follow must lmvo
cy. You women don't know any
thing about the temptations and neces
sities of the world."
“But, Charley," she falterod, “do
you know how this same world, as you
phrase it, looks at. tlm deed you Iiavc
just committed? Oh, Charley,” and
r voice grew low ami tremulous, “it
forgery!"
"Nonronsoi LUII It's only borrow
* a part of old GleueroHs’ unused
lies to aid my needs, 1 wrote and
asked him for cash, and ho, tlm untune
iierly lout, refused, WelU.what could
lie expfiOt'Uftor' this," but that I Ahntlld
help myself?"
Ltliau wrung her slender Imuds.
“How dared you, Charley? That a
Waylnud should come to tldnl” she
wailed.
“Dared!" ho echoed, recklessly. “It
is but a stroke of tlm pen, after all;
aud old OlonoroHH would bn a paltrier
miser than I lake him to be, if lm
makes a fuss about a matter of a hun
dred pouuds."
“It is tlm right, and tho justioo of tlm
thing," cried Lilian, almost frantically.
“If wo could pay him iu any way; but
I have sold everything that remains of
our former wealth. See," and slm
looked round the miserable apartment,
"see how I live. Last night I sat up
till midnight Hewing, to have a little
money to pay tho rent. J have not a
jewel loft, not a trinket.”
“Oh, bother, Lill. If old Glonoross
outs up rough, it is only taking u rn
across tlm water. I know lots of ship
captains who would slow me away i
tlmir holds, almost tiny moonlight
night."
Lilian looked despairingly at him.
Was it, then, impossible to make him
comprehend tlm moral obliquity of tho
deed ho had just committed ?
“ But I can’t stay fooling Imre,” oh
served the xoting man, with a toss of
Ids black curls, “ I must he off about
my business. Good bye, Lill. Give
a kiss, my girl. Except that you
uncommon fond of lecturing a fellow,
you’re not a had sister in tlm main."
Alter he had gone, Lilian sat down
to try and realize tlio now situation ir
wliicn slm and her brother worn pluced,
All now depended upon tlm spirit ii
which I’an t GleueroHs should receive
Lins new enoroachment upon his purse
and patience.
Lilian had never seen this distant
latino, yet slm had formed an opinion
of him in her inmost mind, as w« all
are apt to do of unseen persons whom
we hear a great dual uV/.yy, and when
ever she thought of Mr. Glonoross, the
imago of a hook-nosed old man, yellow
skinned and cadaverous, engaged in
sorting over piles of mortgages, or
counting hags of gold, suggested itself
to her mental eye.
“ But he must he human, at least,"
thought Lilian, in the agony of her dis
tress. “If I go to him myself, and tell
hint just what poor Charley’s necessi
ties wero, and how good-hoarted lm
really is, in spite of nil his faults and
thoughtlessness-—if I say frankly to
him, that i have no money nor jewels
to reimburse him, but tbet J will stay
and work for him, as a servant, girl
might work in the kitchen, until J have
discharged the horrible debt, btirely,
oh, surely, he cannot have the heart to
refuse. I can do a great many tilings
I can sew and embroider, and f could
make good bread and cake, and poor
mamma always said I was a good bouse
keeper ; and if Mr, Glonoross is really
so miserly as Charley thinks, he would
look at the crummy of the thing. At
least, it. is worth trying."
So favorably did Lilian Wayland re
gard this idea, broached in her sore ex
tremity, that in two days from the even
ing in which she had bidden good-bye
to her handsome, reckless brother, she
stepped from the train at the Victoria
station, dressed in a sober brown suit,
that made her look like a shrinking
little mouse, with her carpet bag ir
hand.
A little inquiry sufficed to bring Imr
to tlm West Enl street wlmro Mr. Ginn
cross resi(b<i - nsTtef. lined on ciMier
side with pa'uccH, tlm like of which
Lilian had never seen in the plainer
i country towu where she hud been born
and bred. Her heart sunk williin lmr, as
she stood on the broad steps leading
up to the front door.
Then coloring deeply at her own
cowardly tromulousnOBB and utter lack
of all resolution and enterprise, she
rang the bell, to settle tlio matter at
> nml definitely,
Is Mr. Glonoross at home she
asked of the mnid-servant who answered
the summons.
Mr. Glonoross was at homo;
would the young lady enter? Ami
Lilian was shown into an apartment,
curtained with heavy folds of purple
satin, and enrpeted with velvet of the
same rich color—an apartment whoso
dusky splendor made her think of all
the stories she lmd read of imoliantod
palaces in tlio realms of fairy-laml.
As Lilian sat. on tlio silken sofa, wait
ing with a throbbing heart, for the ap
pearance of her unknown cousin, tlio
thought stolo into her mind that ho was
not. so much of a “ minor," after all, and
then came a sick sort of misgiving that
her mission was nil in vain. .
“ For snroly," slm thought, glancing
tremulously round tlm olcgnnt apart
ment, “lie will not want any ono to
rnako bread, or look after the kitchen
expenditures \ \ wish—oh, I wish that
I was safe at. homo again I"
The thought had scarcely formed itself
in her mind, when a door at tlio fa her
eud of the room was opened, and a tall,
handsome man, scarcely thirty yours of
age, entered.
“II begx
Lilian, all i
nr pardon, sir," faltered
flutter, “ but I wished
Mr Glonoross.”
“ I am Mr. Glonoross."
“You I" Lily rose up and sat down
again, coloring vivid sonrlot. This,
then, wss their “ far-off" cousin, and
how widely different from tlmir dreams
and fanoioH!
Apparently tho gentleman saw and
pitied her painful confusion, for ho said,
pobtoly : “ May 1 ask iu what, manner
I can bo useful to you ?’’
“I am Lilian Wayland," slio an
swered, in a tone that wan soarooly
audible,
“ Wayland 1"
A shadow, faint, yet. distinctly p<jroopl
tiblo, overspread his face at that word,
and Lilian saw il. with a failing heart.
Slm forgot tho labored speech of pallia
tion and exeiiso that slm had prepared.
She forgot that ho was no silver-luured
patriarch, but a handsome young man,
surrounded with all tho adjuncts of
wodth and luxury. She romomborod
only poor Charley and lmr own sicken
ing idea of debt, disgrace, and ruin ;
and sinking on her knees at bis foit,
slio sobbed out her pitiful story.
“ lie is so young.” slio wailed, “so
young, surely you will not rofuso to give
him another chance for uunm and fame I
T will work and toil for you until tho
lnuujrod pounds arc paid. I will bo a
servant, a seam tress —what you please,
only promise mo that yon will not visit
him witli tlm penalties of tlm law I”
Her voice died inlo quivering silence,
but her eyes still appealed.
“Rise, Miss Wayland," said tlio
young nir.n, after a inomont’s gravo con
sideration. “I promiso that tlm offense
of your 1 rother's shall I o overlooked,
for tho sake of tho excellent sister who
has pleaded so oloquontly for him?"
“And I what can I do? What must
I do? For if I cannot repay tlm money
in some shape or other, 1 shall die of
slmmo and mortification I"
" I will tslce the matter into oousidora-
tion," said Mr. (llenorosH, gravely, yet
not without a certain gleam of ftinuso-
mont in tlm corners of his mouth at tho
idea of tlmt pretty, slender oreaturo ren
dering up to him tho equivalent, of tho
hundred pounds. “And now, Cousin
Lilian—for I believe we may claim re
lationship, although it is somowhat
distant- I shall insist upon you as my
guest for a while. Let mo ring and send
for my mother I"
Mrs. Glonoross, a stately old lady in
black silk Valenciennes lace, welcomed
Lilian Wayland with a smiling hospi
tality which belonged to tlm ancient
rr.f/imr; and almost, buff ro she knew it,
tlm girl found herself chatting innocent
ly away to her hostess, us if slm had
lived all her life in tlm Huushico of that
pleasant smile; while Paul Glonoross
busied among some papers at a table
beyond, watched the sweet changing
countenance with a now interest.
“J. never saw sue!) a lovely face ill my
life,” he thought. “Tlm profile is an
purely Grecian as the face of Hero on
my mother’s cameo, and tho eyos are as
full of shifting lights as a diamond.
Upon my word, this little now cousin if
an acquisition.”
When Lilian wrote her happy lottei
home that night, Mr. Glenoross added
a pleasant posfoript, and Charley Way-
laud know that his season of peril wat
Lilian had been nearly a month tho
guest of the stately old lady iu blink
silk and Valenciennes lace, when ono
day Paul, coming suddenly into tho
purple twilight of tlm drawing room,
found her sitting all alone, with tear
drops glittering on her pearly cheek.
“Why, Lilian, what is Mm matter?”
“Nothing, Paul"—they had grown to
bo good friends by tin’s time—“only I
lmve been dreaming very pleasantly,
and the time of waking lias oemo at
last.”
“You mysterious little sphinx, what
on earth do you moan?”
Him colored and cast down her eyes.
“Three hundred pounds, Paul - they
are yet to be paid. No—don’t interrupt
me. J cannot consent to indulge your
generous impulses, f must pay you;
and there is no other way for mo than
to seek a situation as governess. So,
Paul, I have written an advertisement,
and if you will bo so kind as to send it
to the office of one of the daily pa
pers”—
“ Give it to mo !” ho interrupted.
Slm placed it confidingly iu his hands;
he tore it deliberately in pieces.
“ Paul 1” she cried in amazement.
“ Lilian, this in all nonsense. If you
want to pay mo, you can.”
“ Hut, Paul, you know that I have
nothing in the world ! ’
“ You have yourself- -to me the most
precious gif - tho aforesaid world
tains."
f don’t understand you
• Mu
Ld i
Well, then,
darling, and w.-uld fa:
wife. Are you eon to
this coin?"
elf r lo
i you
Oh, Pauli" slm faltered. “I never
dreamed of so much happiness."
And so Lilian Wayland's indebted-
>B8 was settled most satisfactorily.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
The total number of strings in a
piano, when properly stretched to nro-
uuoo tlio right, tones, exert a pull of
ton tons ; this explains why good
pianos must lie durably and heavily
built.
Danoeh of Uhinci OahiiotjIO Ann. —
The veterinarian of tlio London Field,
in a long artiolo on this subject, very
properly holds that all accidents result
ing from tho use of carbolic acid in any
form aro to be attributed entirely to
oarloBBiiosB in tlio preparation of tlm
acid in tlio various mixtures made for
the purpose of destroying plirasitio in-
soots. The aoid iu its pure form is. uo
doubt, poisonous, but tlio various prep
arations reoommentled by veterinarians
harmless if made and used accord
ing to directions. Farmers, as a elites,
i noli nod to tlio use of strong romo-
», and if a preparation of oue fiftieth
part, carbolic does good, they aru
tempted to, and often do, try ono-tenth
or moro of the add.
Acooiidino to a French journal, straw
possesses certain properties which give
to it, a positive value as a conductor of
lightning. It lmd been observed tlmt
straw had the quality of discharging
Loydon jars without spark or explosion,
and Homo one in the iioighborlmod of
Turbos oonoeivvd tlio idea of construct
ing lightning conductors by fastening u
wisp or rope of straw to a deal stick by
menus of brass wire, nnd capping tlm
conductor with a copper point,. It. is
asserted that the experiment has been
tried oil a largo scale around Turbos,
iglitoon communes having been pro
vided with Hiioh straw conductors, only
being erected for every sixty nr-
pouts, or sovon hundred and fifty aores,
ami that tlm whole region has thus
boon preserved from tlm effects not only
of lightning, but of hail also.
In England and Wales, between 18(11
and 1871, the number of males married
at, tlm age of 15 was, according to tlm
official statement, 65,200; of females,
1005)8. There were moro marrnages
at 20 than any other age—tlm number
of males at that age being 55-1,121, and
of females, 509,817—to these being
ad del 8,578 and 5.18(1 women married
a second time at that ago. There were
77 eases in which the women wore -10
years older Mian their husbnuds, and 88
oasos iu wliioh tho difforenoo reached 00
years. Tlm cases in which women have
married men very muoli older than
lHelves were more numerous than
the converse. To every 100 English
married women between 15 and 55 there
are born annually 22 children. Iu 1871
the iinmbor of marriages contracted was
15)0,112; toil yoar a boforo the immhdr
was 108,700 Tho average duration of
married life is state 1 as 25 years.
What the Nation Diunich.—Tlio im
ported brandies, wines, cordials, gin
and other spirits for tlm year ending
Juno 80, 187-1 had a valuo, duty in
cluded, of 0,800,000. They amounted,
all, to nearly 2,000,000gallons. The
domestio distiilor’es furnished in tho
i year 85,000,000 gallons to tho
trade. ‘ Tlm brewers added 9,000,000
lurreln or 270,000,000 gallons of malt
liquors. Tho imported liquors cost tlio
eonsumor about $12,000,000; tlm imtivo
liquors cost him about $200,000,000,
and tlm malt liquors $200,000,000 more,
a total of a littlomoro than $400,000,000,
or $10 to tlm bend of tlm population.
But as tho numbor of those who drink is
probably not more than 5,000,000, the
amount fnronoh is $80 per annum, $1.50
a week, 25 emits a day us the average.
Tho Hum looks large, but a “iiaHon of
drunkards” can not bo made on 25 cents
a day. Conseunontly some drinkers
must get more than their sliaro.
Pbantino Fonresr Tjpckh.— Iu answer
to an inquiry concerning tlio planting
<*f forost trees—a subject wlrioh should
have attention now, before tlm demand
becomes imperative, as it surely will
in tlio early future—tho Country Gentle
man makes these suggestions: “ Wal
nuts, hickory nuts, and acorns should
be planted as soon as gathered to insure
perfect suocesH in making thorn grow.
If a small plat of mellow ground if
props rod early, the nuts can bo sowr
when gathered, in drills four feot apart
uml at least six Inches apart iu the
Thoy must bo kopt free from woods for
tho first two years, whon they should be
large enough to transplant. If mi stook
is allowed to run at large, the strips of
land where thoy are to grow oiu
fitted and tho nuts planted whore they
aro to remain. In this ease they should
be planted much thinnor, and potati
can be grown on tho strips for two
three years. Walnut and hickory Ir
are rather difficult to transplant witli
HiioceHs, especially if more than four
five feet high. If the roots are not too
badly out, and aro not allowed to bo
posed to tlm sun and wind, small trees
can be made to grow if care is taken
(hat no interstices aro allowed among
the roots when roplantod.”
The Man of Genius.
Tho difference botwoon the man of
talent and the man of genius would be,
that tho man of talent could be replaced
by a dozen men of ordinary power,
whereas a million of such men would be
no nearer to replacing the genius. A
thousand dwarfs may be kept back for
ever by a barrier which is overstepped
as sooii as there comes a single giant;
and if the young gentlemen who
plucked for tlmir do roe in any given
examination were multiplied by a thou
sand, they would bo us hopelessly
able as before to make one of Newton’s
immortal discoveries, In tho same
a clover man rnay write something which
is superficially just, like a first-rate
poem, but when we tnko it to pieces
ibid it to be nothing but a skillful cc
bination of echoes, whereas in a single
song or verso which shows gonitis the
is always something which could not
have been borrowed from anybody else.
In short, originality is tho mark of
genius in this sense, though the word
constantly used to denote great powers,
which are, rigidly speaking, merely
facility for doing inoro quickly than
usual what ha" been done by otln
before. ‘ 1 Tlio man of genius
introduces into the '*orld something
which was not there before, instead of
simply using up old materials,
FACTS AND FANCIES,
Tiir Dhatii ok Wii.mk.—
Willlo find ii imrplo moukoy, climbing on a
yollnw stlok,
Amt whon ho mucIum! tho paint all off, It nindo
And hid good-by to earth and wont Into a bot-
And no inoro bo'll twist tlio pnnHy's tail, and
mako bor yowl for *
. pnsHy's tail now
gnn in laid iiiddo,
Tlio mniihov docHii't Jump around slnco littlo
Willitt diod.
— Obituary—-Philadelphia IahIijcv.
Throe thousand nrtifloinl bird
nests, doHiguod so cunningly that oaoli
variety of bird will rcoognfze its own
home, were recently put up in tho
Jardiu dos Plantes, Paris.
—Infidel scoundrels in a Missour
congregation, hearing tlmt tho oolloa-
t-ioiiH mndo by a deacon wore invariably
short, examined hi« lmt, and found it
covered with shoemakcra’ wax inside.
No oeting appulH in sohool ours,"
reads a sign on the blaekbonrd of a
school-house in ouliglitonod old Muhhii-
chuHotts, where education is supposed
to Hit on the top rail uml make faces
at ignoranoo.
—A Milwaukee chap kissed his girl
about forty times right straight along,
and when he stopped tho tears oarno
into lmr eyes, and she said in a sad tono
of voice : “Ah I John, I fear you have
count'd to love me." “No I linve’nt,”
replied Joliu, “ but I must breathe."
—A TjIttlis girl ut sohool rend thus :
The widow lived on a small limbaoy
left her by a rolativo." “ What did you
call that word ?’’ asked the toaolior,
the word is logaoy, not limbaoy."
But," naid tho littlo girl, “my sister
says I must say limb, not log.”
Norway lias voted $40,000 in silver
toward representation ut tho ceutonnial,
mid Belgium 200,000 francs, and Portu
gal has imformed President Grant, that
sliei. tends joining the centennial circle.
The foreign government* are coming
steadily into a recognition of tho groat
Amerioun fair. England, Franco and
Germany will all bo there in splendor.
Tho alarming increase in tlio do-
struotion of slmop in America may per
haps be traced to Mm fuet. that $100,000
worth of blooded dogs have been
brought from Eugland to this country
within tlio past two jours. The Eng
lish, It iH said, preserve the pedigrees of
these coHtly nuiHiiuooH as carefully as
they do the pedigrees of their nobility,
another costly nuisance.
—It is suggested Mint, for purposes of
identification (of criminals) ic is only
necessary to got a distinct photograph
of the p*»im of one liuud, taken iu a
strong oblique light, so as to bring out
tho markings btrnugly. Tills will be
found n map, it is said, never nliko iu
two persons ; no disguino short of ac
tual disfigurement will do uwtvy with
tho difforenoo.
Briglinm Young 1ms peculiar
notions. In l.ho recent Mormon eon-
forouoo lio said : “ I am opposed to free
schools. Children should lie educated
under tho oaro of their parents, nnd
parents should labor nnd pay for tiiat
education. All tho education a child
wants is to fit him to get. his own living.
In tlm prisons, gamI>1 ing sliops, and
other dons of infamy, you non tlio re
sults of tlm education of children iu
the free schools and away from tho care
of tlioir parents."
—The Honolulu (Sandwich Islands)
Gazette Hays a violent snow storm visit
ed Hawaii on the 2d of March, covering
tho tliroo stately summits of tlio three
mountains of that island. On the low
lands it ruined very hard, and tho
lightning played brilliantly over tho
island, followed by iuoessunt and tor-
rifle el in is of thunder. Tho next mornitig
a grand and beautiful sight was pre
sented—tlm most beautiful evor soon
in that region—three mountains cup
ped with snow in the tropics.
—To understand the world is wiser
than to condemn it. To study tlio
world is better than to shun it. To use
Mm world is nobler than to abuao it.
To make Mm world b ttor, lovolier und
happier is tlm noblest work of man or
woman. Tlioro aro many intelligent
and talented persons who waste the
best part of their timo in uhoIchh dream
ing. Tlmir years are spout iu tho
world of fancy and unreality that their
imagination creates about Miom. Men
tal phuntoms render them insensible to
present opportunities aud prosperous
ohunocs slip by them unheeded and
uiiuotiued until their youth aud energies
are ail gone. Then, in adversity and
old age they attribute tlioir want of
prosperity and worldly success to some
imaginary fate or destiny, evon yet
blind to Mm truth that tlmir want of
prosperity is simply tho result of op
portunities wastocl.—A!ranzti PeterHUa,
Tho Channel Tunnel.
The Channel tunnel, if it becomes an
accomplished fact, will tost very sovero-
ly tlm abilities of tho “vontilating"
architects und engineers. Tho Engi
neer, aftor elaborating eurions statis
tics on the subject, arrives at the con-
olusion that, having regard to tlio num
ber of trains sent through daily, it will
bo necessary, if ordinary locomotives
aro used, to renew the air in tlio tnnnol
entirely every hour ; and, as the tunnel
will bo twenty miles long, and all tho
air must bo withdrawn from one eud or
tho other, a current of air mnst bo pass
ed through at the rate of twenty milos
nil hour. Those results aro, of ootirso,
on tho supposition that tho air would
bo rendered irrespirablo by tlio ooko
smoke evolved, and the obvious altera
tive is to upply motive power by moans
otlior than those in use on ordinary
railways. It is yot to be decided by
the engineering world whether tho erec
tion of a shaft or shafts in tlio ohunuol
is practicable: und tJioro is no work in
existence nt ull analogous to tho pro
posed structure. That through Mont
Orais is comparatively short and admira
bly situated for purposes of ventilation,
while Tlm Metropolitan Railway is rid
dled with openings, shafts, and holes in
every direction, and even London smoke
and dirt l’uil to mako its atmosphere
more than dense, or iu some parts disa
greeable,