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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,