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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors, z CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1875. VOLUME I. NUMBER 50. TIMELY TOPICS. Pacific-coast sailors say that the winter in Alaska has been as balmy as in Florida. Capt. Eai>b has • xatnined the jetty ground at the month of the Mississippi, and thinks in twelve mouths he will have twenty feet of water there. Tire state tax of New York this year is 7j mills, or about double that of Tennessee. An effort is being made in the assembly to reduce it to 6 mills. A WABHIKOTON dispatch says, an ofllcial telegram has been rocioived nt the Russian legation from Rerlin, stat ing that the emperor leaves Rerlin en tirely eouviueed of tho conciliatory dis- po.sition which exists them, and which as8nres tho maintonanoe of peaoo. Twk.vty-tiirkk car-loads of oysters arrived in Han Francisco, the other day, from the east. Tho oysters were to bo plauted in Han Krancisoo bay, to supply the citincus with the luxury. Several ineffectual attempts hnve boon made to "tart oyster-beds there. Most of the oysters consumed come from the At lantic coaat. O.vk reason why King Alphonse can not light Don Carlos and the Cubans very long is n linancial one. Tho rev enue of Hpniu is only $80,000,000; her debt is $3,050,000,000, and tho interest on it absorbs tho whole revenue. Then tho war is costing more than the entire revenue. It looks as if Spain would soon bo hopelessly bankrupt. CAndinAii Manning, in answer to an address of tho Irish members of Par liament, took occasion to say: "The material prosperity of Ireland was never greater than now. ’’’lie people of 1 reland never possessed so wide au extent of its soil since tho day in which they pos sessed it all. They never yet jk>hhoss(h1 such abundant wealth." England hns 82,-Idi sailing vessels, with a tonnago of 5,373,000; the United Stales 17,041) vessels, tonnage 2,140,680; Italy 1H.-IHH vessels, tounngu 1,031,007; (lermany 2.203 vessels, tonnago 1,143,- 810 ; Franco 4,951 vessels, tonnage 900,- '05. French commerce is complaining Ikjcoubo Onnnnn traders have been rap idly gttting ahead since their last war. Tin: largest contribution over mndo to the conscience fund was received nt the t reasury department, lost Saturday, from Baltimore 83,400. Received so soon after tho exposure of tho whisky ring, it is suspected that the money comoij from some doaler in ‘‘orooked" spirits, or government ofllcial who ac cepted this amount as a bribe. Koofmanhohaf, tho famous coolie importer, has turned up in Now York on his way to Europe. Ho has a con tract to supply Rrsr.il with several ship- louds of Mongolians, and thinks that Chinese labor in the Southern HtotcH Ima proven a failure. Ho firmly bo- liovoH that his business is one of tho highest kind of philanthropy. Tiikv have a hard timo getting a mayor in Bt. Ixniis. The lust incum bent died n few days after his election. Another election was field on Hntnrdny, and (Jo!. Rritton was elected. Now comes ono Ovorstoltz, who ran against lum, and serves a notice of contest, on the ground of intimidation and illegal voting, claiming that he beat Britton by over 1,000 votes. Tire enormous whisky frauds have not been without their trngio fcatims 1'or tho pnrposo of guarding agninst the possibility of detection by tho reve nue ofBoers, a Ht. Louis distillery firm constructed u secret vat, unknown to their workmen, ono of whom fell in and was drowned. Of course tho funeral, like the cause of death, was private. I’essAWi'K, which tho telegraph re- jxirts as half destroyed by Are, is a city of some 70,000 inhabitants near tho northern frontier of Afghanistan. It is a well paved town, furnished with water and occupies a commanding commercial position, being surrounded by a fertile country, which, with the aid of irriga tion, produces two crops every year, consisting of wheat, barley, pulse and the finest rice in the world. lire, grasshoppers in Ksnsas have just been re-euforood by hordes of bnf- falo gnats, and the two pests together are making sad havoc among tho farms. Every leaf in some oounties has been eaten off tho peach trees ; early veg etables are destroyed and large areas of wheat have been gobbled np by the insatiate "hopper," while the cattle are in a fair way to softer seriously from the gnats. Tire postmaster general has issued an order modifying postal regulations by striking out that part providing that no subscription to newspapers for less than three months should be considered regular subscription as the written meaning of the law. The effect of this order is to allow newspaper offices to send papers to subscribers at regular rates whether for one week or three months who have had to pay transient rates. Prominent army officers express ranch dissatisfaction wPh the Memoirs of (leu. Sherman. Some of those who were most intimate with him here insist (hat he has been very unjust to tuo generals who rendered him most ser vice, aud has gone out of his way to satisfy personal pique. It is even Htutcd that Oen. Grant contemplates collecting materials for memoirs of the war, and that Admiral Porter will reply to some portions of Sherman’s book. Franck now seems to bo tho reservoir into which tho gold of the world is pour ing. In the first three months of the presont’year thejimports of the precious metals exceeded 360,000,000 francs, or seventy million dollars, aud almost four- fifths of tho whole was in gold coin or bullion. Tho sources of this supply were much more various thati may be supposed, for much loss than one-half was sent from England. Tho United States contributed about ten million d i* i. Mum. Lincoln has been adjudged iu- sane by the Cook county court. For several years her eccentricities in Chi cago have been tho subject of much comment. Her belief was that Chicago was to bo burned up again, and sho re cently drew 857,000 worth of bonds ont of bank and carried them on her person for safety. In this not she might possi bly be judged eminently sane, but her limitless purchases of articles sho did not need and many strange hallucina tions gave evidence of her failing mind. Tire western distillers whoso estab lishments were seized the other day, have formed a combination for the pur- jk)so of testing tho constitutionality of the revenue lawH tlint permit the seizure of proporty in snnh a summary manner. Would it not bo a good idea for these gentlemen to form a combination for tho purpose of promoting honesty in tho conduct of their business, so ns to obvinto the ncoossity for such seizures? They will do well to consider the sug gestion, at any rate. In eastern Kansas and western Mis souri a grasshopper panic already pre vails. The pests arc already tip and doing, and have started on thoir line of march, destroying everything green iu their way. Tho route lies in a north westerly direction, and tho only hope of the fnrmeiH is that the grasshoppers mny disappear in time tosnvo the corn mop. In several oounties in Minnesota the eggs an* hatching fast, and warm weather is expected to bring with it a renewal of last year’s devastation and inspector, who was brought back from Europe the other day, charged with smuggling silks into New York. iH suf fering tinder tho weight of 130 indict ments, upon which lie will requiro 8600,- 000 to secure his release from jail. Ilia frauds were perpetrated by entering eases of valuable silks as cor sots, Tho cases of corsets were sunt to the public stores for appraisement, and tho remain ing cases, which contained the silks and laces, were delivered to Lawronco and his partners. It is estimated that by their arrangements over $1,500,000 were lost to the United States treasury. I v a letter written by Mnj. Win, J. Hykes to John H Oborly, ouo of tho directors of tho Cairo and Ht. Louis nsirow gage railroad company, after showing tho advantages of that rond to Cairo ho urges upon tho capitalist who built that road the importafieo of ex tending it down the Mississippi river, through Memphis, as far ns Vicksburg, and perhaps to New Orleans. He as sumes that it can only be done by cap italists who will undortnko it as an in vestment, beoauso, os ho says, a road from Ht. Ijouis through Cairo to Mem phis would pay much bettor according to its cost than one merely from Ht. Louis to Cairo. Hiiarkf.y, tho New York murderer, has escaped ag^in. Tho vessel on which he was being conveyed to New York stopped at Charleston to coal, and Hbarkey got away from the detective who has been for weeks trying to secure him in Havana. The Span ish government had given him up of thoir own accord, as no extradition treaty exists with Spain, and Secretary Fish hod made no demand for Sharkey. Sneh a demand would have been fol lowed by a demand on tho part of Spain for the surrender of tho Cuban ref ugees now in this country. Sharkey is gone again, however, but may possibly be canght on American soil. He is a desperate, brntal character, with ft fear ful reputation in Now York. Tire outflow of specie is now at full tide, the exports dnring the past week having amounted to $3,670,352, making the total since January 1 $25,020,327— the largest amount on record. Tho nearest approach to this total was in 1871, when the figures were $25,143,055, and in 1808, when they were $25,803,- 848. Last year we had up to this time in the year sent out only $13,229,608, and in 1873 $18,238,097. Tho chief canso of this heavy drain is the culling iu by the treasury of so many five-twenty bonds. Jf the European holders of these bonds were taking, in equal amount, the new fives, or, for that mat ter, any other kind of American securi- ties, of oonrse there would he no neces sity f r sending gold to Europe to pay ■ .. Meanwhile, the price of gold i .iiaily continues to exhibit u stroug upward tendency, LATE NEWS SUMMARY. WEST Gon. Custer is to lead another oolumu of A thousand men into tho Black Hills and hoyuml this Hummer, to make suro about tho gold, stir up tho Indians, and drivo out tho Two vessels loaded with wheat, after trying ii week to find or force nil entrance into BufTalo harbor through tho ice, havo roturnod to Chicago. It is said the ico 1rclosely packed ten nrilos out from the former port, and if mav o bofoi watoi Tho muskets furnished to tho Indians in trade by tho lladsou Bay company are of tho old llint lock pattern, tho bnrrols being no thin that the owners are often soon stralght- oning thorn across thoir knees, l’orhaps this in ono rcAHon why tho company which rales the greater area of British America has no trouhlo with Bh Indians. Bonn months ago Dr. Colo, of Van Wort. ()., was put o(T a (rain between 1’errye- burgh and Tolodo, on the Dayton and MlOhi gun road, bocaUHo he rofuaod to pay more than tho legal faro, three cents per mile, lie brought suit against tho company for ♦5,000 damaged, which reHiiltcd iu Ida favor hint wtsek, tho Jury awarding him ♦fl.fiOO. The Kansas City Times has informa tion that grasnlioppors are doing great damage in Western Missouri. Many fields of wheal are ally nil hh graaahoppors going down to the roots. About Kansan City they are blackening I lie foncos and eating up grass and garden plants They are moving in a northwestern direction, and as they cannot tiv, many enpposo thoy will destroy themselves by bopping into tho Missouri river. Merchants nre disheartened— more so than at any time since tho panic. SOUTH. Tho citizens of Alabama vote on tho 3rd of August upon tho pro|>ositlon of holding a convention to revise the* constitution. Tho rosidonoo of Aid. John Monglior, Houston, Texas, was burned Inst week. Loss f I'2.000. Three men, who wore unable to es cape from the building, Woro hunted to death. Tho Alabama press association have accepted the Invitation of their Now York brethren, to participate in an excursion through tho latter state. Tho planters of Alabama aro in much hotter spirits thah they woro at this tiino Inst good and the former crop is made superior to the latter, which speaks well for the country. Judgo Gibson refuses to grant ail in junction restraining tho Georgia railroad com pany from paying the interest on the bonds of the Western railroad or Alabama on tho ground that tho ‘question of facts involved should go before a Jury. A young negro died from consumption iu Lebanon. l(y.. last week after a somewhat novel course of treatment. Homo negro (lalon had assured his filonds that the patient would get well If fed on (tog moat. The prescription was faithfully followed, hip. unfortunately for medical science, proved Ineffectual. The Georgia state geologist reports that in many places throughout the state he found ‘persons, tho majority of whom were poor men, wasting Uielr time and energien digging deep pits, long tunnels and huge ex cavations, whoi'o tho rocks on the serfooo afforded no intimation that any metal could tie found. John I\ Branch, of Virginia, has ap plied for an Injunction iu the United Hinton court at Savannah, to restrain the sale of the Macon and Brunswick railroad, on the ground that no provision is made for tho payment of tho second series of bonds endorsed by tho state and repudiated by the legislature. A "portion of these bonds are held by Branch. At n recent meeting of the oily council of Little Hock, At Ii , an ordinaneo was passed levying a licous-of ♦lOOondrummers. Against this the nommorci.il travelers protested, ami about a dozen of them met ami resolvod to withdraw from the city trade, rather than pay tho licence. Representatives of Memphis, Louis and Philadelphia t tho Should tho wori-t apprehensions bo realized in regard to the fruit crop in the northorn sections of tho country, tho prospects still further south are said to ho remarkably good. Tho New Orleans Picayune says it iM estimated that the fruit yield this summer wil ho quadruple that of last year, and the largest over known at tho south, and that In this abundance Louisiana in to offer the host fruit crop she has over producod. John O. Breckinridge, who died at Logington, Ky„ last week was horn on the 21st of January, 1821, ami was educated for tho law. Ho fought in Mexico and on tho side of tho south iu tho late war of the rebellion, no served in both houses or congress, and was chosen vice president of tho United States on tho ticket with Buchanan. In 18(50 bo ran for president on tho democratic ticket, receiv ing theeloctorlal votes of all (hosouthern states except Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. IIis lost ofllcial position was as secretary of war of the confederate states. A decision that deserves general no court of Louisiana. It has affirmed a Judg ment of ♦25,000 damages against a druggist whose clerk made a mistake causing the loss of human life. The victim was Mrs. Ellon L. MoCiibbin, wife of William McfJnbbln, of New Orleans. The physician proscribed for her Aequo Catnphoro-, loz., but tho clerk put up that quantity of tincture of camphor, which olio took, and it killed her in a few hours Her husband sued the druggist for damages, and the suit, after long litigation, has ended John B. Toof, secretary of tho Na tional Cotton exchange, has issued a circular to each of the cotton exchanges requesting each to forward to him by the 15th of Jnno carefully prepared lists of such subjects or topics of interest to the cotton trade as in their judgment may demand the attention of the approaching convention at the date speci fied. All replies to this will ho condensed into a programme of business and copies thereof forwarded to the several exchanges. By this means each exchange will bo advised in advance as to the main features of tho busi ness likely to come before the convention and can instruct their delegates accordingly. MISCELLANEOUS. Under the new Benin **r.*,‘ai treaty, newspapers can he sent after July 1 from the United Htates to any part of Europe at the rate of two cents each, if they do not weigh over four ounces. Prepaid loiters weighing fifteen grammes (a little less than half au ounce) will bo carried for five routs j donblo rate if no. prepaid. Tho dentil of Gon v Breokinridgo leaves hut four gentlemen living Who have boon elected to tho second highost oftlce in the United Htates. They are Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson, Hrhuylor Colfax, nud llenry Wilson. Tho mortality among vloo-prwldoiit’s iIoch not seem to be as great as that among the presidents. Mr. Johnson is tho only ox- iid he ictod to that oflloo by tho people. Tho soorotnry of tho treasury 1ms just made a call for live million coupon bonds upon which tho lntorost will cease on and after Aug. 15, next. The nineteenth call for rodomplirn of ftvo million coupon 5:20 bonds of 1H02, embraces bonds within the following numbers: Fifty dollars, No. 18,701 to No. 20,300, both inclusive{ 100 dollars. No. -18,101 to No. 01,- (100, both Inclusive ; 500 dollars, No. 25,001 to No. 27,500, both inolnslvo; 1,000 dollars, No. 75,551 to No. 80,050 both Inolnslvo. United Htates securities forwarded for redemption should he addressed to tho loan division of tho secretary's oflloo. Tho further prosecution of the whisky frauds, together with all tho evidence and records, will, on Monday, ho turned over by tho Solicitor of the treasury to Mr. Pratt, oonunlssionor of internal rovnntio. Tho vari ous supervisors who havo boon acting with the solicitor lnivo boon ordered to report directly ) the iiirthc HtruottonB from him. Tho secret sonico forco of I ho treasury, however, will continue to aid tho Internal rovonuo authorities in detecting and soizing crooked whisky and bringing offenders to Justice. James Lick 1ms mndo a now trust doeil. It diftnrs from that revoked in a few particulars. Tho donation of ♦2r»n,()<)() for a ■pllol Is changed 000 foi moot id tloi i Kov educed fro too, Tho ♦700,000 for Lalto Taboo ohsorvatory Is committed to tho University of California, to he used for tho same purpose, Tho donation to tho Mechanic’s Art School Is rltiMod from from ♦.'1011,000 to .*600,000, and Ills gift to his son from ♦3,000 to ♦150,000. For himself, ho gives up the lien of ♦25,000 annually and takes the gross sum of ♦500,000. The oslaie becomes Iminodiatoly avallablo for those houtv- flelary purposes. Hu will he one of tho Inis- toHs hllttsnlf; tho others will ho umnmucOd shortly. *• FOREIGN. Nows Iiiih boon roooivod that nffairs at Bio Jatiorio are still in n critical condition and that tho Doutoho Brazilscho bank has suspended.* Its paid up capital was *8,000,- 000 and It was mostly owned iu Hamburg. Tho Hidos of tho wrecked Schiller have fallen in, covering tho specie, the best go and prolmbly u nutuljftr of utllot Bln. will ishlp Fiih( i. Tho ii'nhlo. llisioli on April 4 off i, between tho (JIiIiioho id tho British s town Nil ip ed ini nil v. Fifteen lives were lost. Tim Ocean Was seri ously Injured, hut HUOOOO(]od iu leaching P.m- An ni'ticlo Iiiih appeared in the Figaro ll'iggosting that the revenge of Franco ho postponed a hundred years, and eanso a great sensation. It is assorted by La Liberie Hint the article has boon made the subject of a cal>- Tlio Fall Mull Gazette suys Russia, participate iu the Ht. Petersburg conference and the coldness of other countries, intends giving tho force of law to the declaration of the RriiS'Ulh Ooiifflfondo, ntigollatlug Stipulate- ly with the powers to induce thlllr adherence therein. A Havana letter states that highway robberies and murders are so frequent in the streets of that city that the noting oaplnln- goneral, who was himself robbed iu the strnol of his watch and Jowolry, worth *1,400, has ordered all .culprits hereafter to be tried by the military autliorilios. Li Hung Cluing, viceroy of tho Chihli I the tlin isist the empire, has petitioned the tin western studies he Introduced in I lie and that candidates for public oftlco after examined In foreign sciences. ' joy seriously urges this proposal, Peking government will not continue it. Tho Roman Outholio bishops of Rus sia, who addressed a petition to tho emperor received a reply last month from the minister of state, have mado tho rejoinder that, to re ject (ho decision of the Vatican council would he equivalent to tho abandonment of Catho licism, and that thoy are convinced the holy old i willing to forinity with all proper doclsioi A Startling Railroad Order. Probably the most romnrkublo order that, was over given to a railroad official, was sent last week to the station-agent at Tarrytown, on the Hudson river rail rond. The telegraph message was : " Open the switch and throw‘89’into tiie river." The agent was amazed. Ho knew that " 89" was an extra freight train bound south. To throw it into the river seemed to him a crime. Yet there was no mistake about the order. The message was plain and unmistaka ble. So tlie switch was turned, and everything wns prepared to give "89” a a cold hath whatever might no the con sequences to the occupants of the train, or the damage to the property of tho company. Ihit, for some reason, "89” did not eome.„ When it was several hours behind- time, the people became anxious. A search was instituted, and the missingtrain was found threemilesuorth, in a disabled condition. The explana tion of the mysterious order soon came ont. ty Hppesrs that when "89” was passing Sing Sing, five convicts boarded the engine, drove off tl e engineer and fireman, and opened the throttle-valve to its fullest extent. They were not quick enough, however, to prevent tho engineer from slyly turning on the pumps. As a consequence, the boiler filled with water, the cylinder-heads were blown out, and the train stopped. This was a fortunate end to the esca pade, for, it the train had continued on its woy, the railroad authorities would have l.ren compelled to throw it. into the i train.which occupied tho truck south of Tarrytown. THE LA8T WALTZ. i on\i!o puVph- uIkVu’.'.'uIsldo, A NIGHT IN THE CRATER. I succeeded in roaohing an altitude of nearly 8,000 foot, and then gave out. on account of a previous illness, from which 1 had not fully recovered, and was compelled to return toil rauoh down on the " timber line,” Hero T awaited the return of the party, wli'oli was ooinnoHod of Gol. Grasty, of Virginia, and Mr. Hurry Stevens, of Olovohind, who had accompanied me from home. The gigantic crater Is about ouo mile iu diamotor and 4,600 foot deep, anil, almost incredible to believe, but never theless trite, theft) is n settlement con sisting of forty sulphur miners iu the bottom of thin awful cavity, their only mode qf ingress and egress from this infernal region boing by tho means of a windlass of 1,000 feet of rope, by which they are lowered down to a shelf in the eldo of the abyss, tho rest of the jour- noy downward boing porformodon foot, over a long and steeji descent. Tho thoughts of Grasty anil Stevens wore now turned to the horrible gulf that, yawned before them, for in it, they must pass the night, which would fall iu the course of two or three hours ; for it wan alike impossible to Hpraui it on the nioilntuiii-top, or to return down to the “ timber lino." An Indian employe of the sulphur mine had preceded them up the volcano, bearing their lettor of in trod notion to Honor Oorohailo, the superintendent of the mine, who imme diately repaired to the summit, whore he met them half or three-qimrtoru of an hour after their arrival. Ooreluulo, "the Old Man of the Moun tain," is a singular eharaeter. Born at Tiamaoas, lie lias always lived on the mountain, or in his present brimstone home, where his father lived and died before him. He has been intimately Connected with I'ropoontupetl, anil everything associated with the great vol cano, for over a half century. I.le now lives at tho bottom of the crater, 4,6(10 feet below its rocky ruin. To thin strange abode lie welcomed (Iriyity nud HtsVeiis with hourtinons and real hospi tfility* KNTIfiHINM '1’H 10 VOLCANO. They zigzagged down the bleared and blackened rooks about 200 feet, and onrao to a windlass ealled "El Mala- oato.” From this was suspended a ca ble about an inch and a half in dinmotor and a thousand feet long. From this point they obtained a magnificent view of tho crater, whoso walls rose in all directions in frightful wildness and sublimity. Thoy at once appreciated its enormous dimensions. Nearly a mile below them woh tho bottom, almost lost in the darkness and distance. To illus trate tho great depth, it would bo no exaggeration to say that if you were to take Mount Vesuvius, whioh is 4,500 feet high, and turn it upside down and stick it into tho orator, it would about fill it. This gulf presents ono of tho grandest sights on earth, and bus a terrible fas oination for the beholder. Tho most stolid nre greatly impressed, while the susceptible are completely overwhelmed by its awful sublimity. Grasty and Stevens peered over the lodge where stood the windlass, and saw far, far below them a level rook that formed tho top of a long steeji declivity, at the foot of which was a black npot. This thoy woro told wns the miner’s house. Thoy were to descend to the declivity by fclio rope, having accepted Oorohndo’s invi tation to spend tho night below. Ooroh- ttdo and Stevens went first. They were tied lo the cubic in such n manner thnt, they sat side by side. For about the distance of 160 feet tho lodge from which they made thoir wild leap projected out over tho precipico, and consequently they hung free and dangling in mid-air. It was only a minute or two, however, before they carno to a place where the cliff bellied out further than tho windless rock, and thoy wore couipelled to kick against its strong front to keep clear of it. Im mense clouds of sulphurous steam and gases rolled sky warn from beneath this projection. These nauseated Stevens, and set him to vomiting badly. They were now out of sight of the people above them. Stevens afterward said he felt that ho was going straight into the jaws of hell. On every side of them was a gigantic and hideous ruin of eraoked cliffs and blistered crags. Be neatii thorn were pools of liquid and hnrning sulphur that trickled in little rivulets from the gashed and fire- marked walls of the orator. Noxious vupors floated through tho air—all seemed a horrible nightmare. They reached tho declivity in safety aftor a fearful journey of ten minutes, and untied themselves. Tho rope was then pulled up. THE FUMES OF AVEBNOH. The colonel proceeded to tie himself on. Through Homo mistake the rope that went round his back slipped down too low. Ho dropped from the crag, still weak from tho suffering lye hud ex perienced in the ascent. Everything went well until he got to the place where tho precipice bulges out. Hero disaster overtook him. A cloud of gns- ladon vapor enveloped him, and ho fainted away with yet 700 feet to de scend. Curohado and Stevens saw him let go of the rope, throw his arms out grasping ut the air, und fall bock until his head was lower than liin heels ; then spin round and round, striking the sharp rocks in a fearful milliner. Ste vens said it fairly mado his blood run cold, and he turned his head from tho awful sight. Moauwhilo Ooreluulo luul given the man at tho windless a sign to lower faster, mid Grasty’s apparently lifolosB and mutilated body soon readied the spot where they stood. His face was severely bruised, and his clothing badly torn, whilo the blood was trick ling from his nose nnd ears, but he still breathed. After an hour’s rubbing and throwing of snow in bis face lie oatne to, and the whole party, now augmented by tlm arrival of a number of peon minors from below, dosoonded tho slop ing siilo of tho orator. Oorohudo and and hia Indians 1ml tho way, slowly fol lowed by Grasty, who was supported by Stevens, and a peon. Aftor they had got about lmlf way down the stoop they experienced from the ioo nnd stones great difficulty in traveling. The most annoying thing, however, was the con stant danger thoy Were in of being crushed by tlio huge luniks of ioo nud rook that, were continually rolling down. This debris is tho matter that iH Ioohoii- od daily by tho sun, whose warmth strikes off its icy fetters and Buffers gravity to have its way. Aftor two hours’ slipnorv descending they reached THE BOTTOM OF TI1K FIT about. 4:30 in tho afternoon of Thanks giving day. It, was now more than fourteen hours sinoo they had left tho timber line. During this time thoy bad ascended over 0,000 feet to the summit, and then descended 4,500 feet into the bowels of the volcano. That is, they were about olovon hours going up 0,000 foot, anil tliroo hours going down, in cluding stoppages at the oilgoH of tho crater. Hero tlioy found a hut made of stones, inhabited by the sulphur min ers, On arriving at the hut they imme diately threw tliemselvcn upon a pile of mats and sought slumber, but they lay all tho long night wearied and worn, rolling and tossing in ineffectual at tempts to gain a littlo sloop. The noxt morning Oorohudo prepared breakfast, anil summoned them to partake of it. Aside from drinking a cud of cofieo, thoy could out nothing, Thoir stom- nchs were not used to tho troutmont they hud boon receiving tho past thirty- six hours, and so refused to be com forted. T’lieir lungs, too, were also in rebellion, and were disgusted with tho vapidity of the air and the gaseous ex halations of the " breathing holes." These they now visited, in company with thoir kind and genorous host, Thoy are the mighty fissures that ap pear in every direction in tlio bottom of thin vasteavity. They are not very broad, but are doop. From tlioso flsnures is sued dense ihuhhoh of vapor and smoko, heavily laden with sublimated sulphur. This condenses as soon as the steam strikes tho cold air above, anil then fulls in a fine sprinkle on tho siirrouudiug rocks. This process has boon going on for ages, until tlio whole Interior of this great orifice is thickly coated with a remarkably fine quality of the flour of Hiiljihiir, This is ill quantities that are inexhaustible, and some day will pro duce a colossal fortune for its owner, Gon. Ooho. Forty miners are now en gaged in oxoavntiug and hoisting it to the top of tlio orator. To return to the eluiHmH, however. The parly visited the largest anil gazed down into it. They could sec no bot tom for it ended in stygian darkness. Thoy rolled n huge atone into its ragged throat. A series of reports, caused by tho missilo bounding from side to side of tho pit, came hack, loud at first, but gradually diminishing until they died away in tho awful depths below. Tho other holes were vomiting steam und making a great noise, which at timos seemed like the slow and laboring throb of Cyclopean enginery. At others It sounded iiko tlio bellowing and shriek ing of devils. Having now seen every thing that could ho seen, they bid thoir new-made but long-to-bo-remombored friend, Coroliudo, farewell, and set out to return, accompanied by four ludiana. Tlio 3,500 foot climb to the end of the rope was a fearful job, but the ascent by the rope was still worse. They woro compelled to kick and push against the cliff incessantly to prevent being drag ged to pioces on the sharp rocks. Thoy got to tho top in safety, however, and there found more pnotUI to tako them lo tlio "timber line." Tlioy mado the de scent by sitting down on a piece of thick matting, with an Indian seated behind eaeii of them, to steer this novel vehicle while sliding down tho mountain, over the snow and ioo. Thoy descended six miles in less than twenty minutes. One time, while lmriod in a think snow-laden cloud, thoy came near slip ping into tho Jlarrancu dot Mucrtc, a chasm 3,000 foot doop. On reaching tlio end of tlio snow fields they found thoir horses at La Cruz, and then rodo to Tiamaoas. When T mot them I scarce ly recognized thorn, they wore so hag gard, sunburnt, bruised and dirty. 'When Cortez conquered Mexico, Po- poeapotl was in a stato of combustion, and throwing out vast volumes of smoke, which could bo soon fora hundred miles in every direction. Now tho quantity is so small that it can bo seen only after arriving at its base. The first white man to ascend it was Francisco Monta no,* in 1519. IIo was sent to tho crater for a supply of sulphur for Cortoz, and to impress the Aztecs with tho courage of tlio Spaniards. Since then numerous ascensions huvo been mode by eminont savans, travelers, and adventurers from Europe and the United States. Mrs. John W. Fostor, tlio wife of our minis ter, and Mrs. Arthur Terry, of Connecti cut, are tlio only women that over scaled Popocatapotl to its top, and Col, H. G. Grasty aud Harry Stevens, of Cleveland, are tlio only foreigners that over de scended to the bottom of tho crater, and there passed tho night. Tho lust emption of Popocatapotl occurred, according to an ancient Aztoo Maguey paper MS. now in the posses sion of Honor Rameroz, of Maoamocca, about tlio middle of tlio fourteenth cen tury, nearly 170 yours before tho Span iard first trod the valley of Moxico. A widow, being ouutioiifd by her minister about flirting, said sho know it was wrong for maidens and wives fo flirt, hut tlio Bible was her authority. It said " widow’s mite," Sho was (•jil t ing awfully at last accounts. FACTS AND FANCIES. — Artificial butter-mnking has never proved n bucoohh. The difficulty lies in putting in tlio liaire so that they look —A boy, who will yell like a Tartar If a drop of water gets on his shirt band when Ins nook is being washed, oan crawl through a sewer after a ball and think nothing of it, —At a toaoliors’ institute in Ohio re cently, a lady teacher was given tho word " hazardous" to spell anil define, and did it in this stylo : " II u z has a-r-d aril—o double s, ess—liazardoss, a female hazard." —A Cleveland woman recently mar ried a Chinese laundryman, and in three days thereafter tho unhappy oolostiul anpoareil at a barber shop and ordered his pigtail cut off, saying in explana tion : "Too muolioo dam yank.” —A French butelior who was oil hia (loath-hod said to bis wife : "If I die, Franoolao, you must marry our shop boy. IIo in a good young man, and tlio business cannot be carried on with- .. a man to look aftor ik" "I have boon thinking about that already," said bis wife. —Tho pope had occasion recently to rebuke au Muglishninn for rudonoBH to his holiness in tho Vatican. The per son bad gained admittance in some way, and, instead of rising when the popo entered, ho nnt during the entire iituli- onoo. In tho midst of the bonodiotion the pope remonstrated with him in this •ay : “ Do you come here to insult me i iny own house V Is it a gentlemanly- liko tiling to sit down when all tho others nre standing or kneeling V" Af- tbis outburst tho guards promptly put tho intrudor out. —Home of the restaurants in Carson, Nov., furnish to thoir customers nap kins about four inches square in size. Yesterday, says tho Appeal, a gentle man wlio bail ordored u meal wuii handed one of thoso diminutives, and upon unfolding it he inquired if he ooiild not have a larger one. " How large a one do you want?" inquired tlio waiter in attoudonoo. “ Well,” tiie reply, "I’m not particular about a very iurgo one, but J would like one a littlo larger than this, if you have it handy ; for instanco, about the size of a postage stamp." —Tho baroness of Gorlitz met her sister-in-law, a Silesian conn tension tiie street s, tho other day, and violently doimiudud of her : " Why didn’t you put a monument over rny brother's grave ?” “ It’s none of your business," ronpondod the countess; Pm married again, anyway." "i’ll make it my businosH," and nlie sprang liko a tigress at hor late brothers wife. The war whoops of tho Amazon brought tho police. Tho matter wan settled in court, but both, being noble Judies, woro of course (lisolmrgod. In the imiuntime, tlio monument is not Io go up, for the ooiintens asseverates that "u whisky bottio lit the bend of bis grave would bo the most appropriate tiling for him."- /‘orcif/n Corrcnjiundtiwr. —M, Gaston Tissandier, the solo survivor of tho late fatal balloon ascent Franco, Inis road a report of that pedition before tlio Academy of Science in Paris. He stated that tlio greatest altitude attainod was from 8,400 to 8,600 motors (5 miles 440 yards to 5 miles 050 ynnlH). IIo ascribed tho death of liis companions to tho rare faction of tho atmosphere, and hold Hint if thoy had luul a bettor apparatus to supply Ihom with oxygen they would have escaped unscathed. lie was of opinion that life could not be supported beyond tho height, whioh the Zenith attained, anil expressed an opinion that Mr. Glaislier must have boon mistaken when ho sniil ho rose seven miles. Planting Forest Troon. Tho Forestry Annual of the Iowa horticultural society, prepared by Prof. II. II, MoAfuo, of tlio Iowa agricultural college, ban the following direction* for planting troos dosignod for forests : Two systems are used iu planting for estry trees, that is by furrow and spade. The furrow Systran may bo described as follows : A furrow as deep as roots aro to go is run where tho row in to stand, and trees aro set at desired distances i» tho furrow and covircd in partly by hand, aftor whioh a light furrow is thrown toward hut not upon tlio trees, and tramping eomjilotcs tiie process. The manipulation is generally thus : Tiie party carrying the treos sots and holds the tree erect, and another with hoe brings on tlio eurtli and packs it to the tree with Ids foot. With this method there is more or Iohh probability that the roots may be placed in dry earth, whioh is generally disastrous to the troo, so tlio writer lum a decided preference for tiie spado sys tem iu any but a very damp spring. To plant by this system the trees should bo small, not over two feet high, and young enough to have few lateral roots. Tho ground boing marked both ways, if chock rows aro proforred, or ouo way for drill planting, tlio planter armoil with a hedging spade (a sort with rather narrow and long blade euding in an ohtuso angle) thrusts tho spado half way down, tlion boars tho handle for ward, aud so opous a space behind tlio blade for tlio troo roots, an attendant putting in tlio troo and holding it oroot. Tho spado is withdrawn, aud a stop upon the earth in front of wlioro tlio tmado stood completes tho planting. Hands soon become accustomed to tlio requisite movements and planting pro ceeds rapidly. The danger of trees in dry eartli is avoided, and the tree stands firmer than if plauted by any other method. ' Jail, or Die?” On Saturday night tlio pursuers of Dave Lund, the murderer of Craig, oaino up with him whilo asleep at a friend’s liouso. Ho was taken and bound across his horse, foot aud neck being tied togothor, both extremities downward, carried about ton miles from tlio place where captured, and usked his choice : “ Jail or die?" He chose the latter, and got a handsome send ofl’. IIo was left in the woods completely riddled with buckshot, He was to havo preached a sermon on Sun day. Ho remarked that if tie had boon awake ho would liuvo made two more