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CEDARTOWN W. S, D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1875 TIMELY TOPICS. Iran been finally ,lisped at to Maj. Tltoa. O'Connor .4 Co., tho dlfflonlties in the way of the purchase having been Kjr i Las tho 24tb Duke of Airdrio aud tho 20tlr Oun national .toht ia *2,1111,000,000; tho total of .Into (lobta, *11110,000,000 ; (minty dabta, *180,000,000; city and town debt., *1.70,000,000 ; total, *11,271,- Wilson's trip to the aonth at thia time ia aaid to bo to viait tho spot at Anatin, terribio Hroa which havo C’apt. Lawson Iiuh leographera by an mile, high, on the i.laud of New Thin a mile highor than t Eferoal, of the Himalayan rsngo, week, aince for tho a general tonr of Northern California. B fora starting, ho aolemnly promiaed hia Wends to write back all the p r- Honiara of tho connlry. Bat one letter haa been received from him, containing two li, e ». which pay a: •' The girl, are all from B a'ou, and whirkv ia twenty flveo.ntBud.ink." anbjooted to l ) in the veracity of 1 aent to bo ao bored by him that Bed Cloud ia a tmthfnl, roliablo man. Wo, LATE NEWS SUMMARY. Tho corn and o A’young negro dieii from nonai in f.phnnnn, Ky.. laet week after a . from the cookii g." Ha ia quite in (hia. We never «ee a pared of men, g) reeling and SS5S2- Wrok WON BY CARDS. while tho old woman, with a ringing laugh, slin filed tho cords onoo more, and again tnu game wont on. * was ft wile?, wiord scouo, I could not havo been wi ho played for. If tho roan lost ho wan to pay Madame one hundred pounds; if ho won-Ohrtstine wan to pans into his at an end ! . wan Madame’s la ton t doaporato game, and in anticipation of Him sho had kept hor Only a few had faco, and those beauty that, it To night sho had stood before thorn. Never lmd their eyes fallen 6n snob loveliness, Madame arrayed hor in wio eye. Her beauty infatuatod the beholder, and one by one tho men advanced, and thing down tboir one hundred pound lL Bo B morinZi, but th. game wort on; their’* ocknb|l vvelm ^InalHal ou”\$bro they world give up. ing M arh 0 rrvr l t' l ^i g ,"l m ^.ra IU Hjr tb akifi h in Xla'w'aa .thing minl d r, 0t lTtV 0 l,iK'bLg 0 of’ W go h[“ r olmc (tnwn from tli. mountain, whom tho Madame did not turn into I,or den ; and Esmm tile dogB ” nndmany a poor fellow had To.nighT hut ( f r ew“'ha(l intended to play when they entered, hut now tho last victim wax Hitting down. He kept knew a him° UC H^hwl d«.pp3“n to°look on ; ho had no thing to do wii as he called it. than hor own. Tho Htranger took tho to win hor; but in Mcitier* bonrdin « ^ o ° r in ° he 0f Ho paid for a year’s tuition 1n ad- tb g'p,,r„aehed nearer. , bhidi?g 1 the°girrto P ko?ifto ’henolf “l tine, Iknowl't all? and the™ ia of hor history,'"he took his dopurturo. Pour yonra panned away, Christine's beauty bad inoronsod, not diminished. She had not looked uponhor guardian's SSSSSSsSi S*S?£F= " It ia four years rinoo I saw you. Yonr soliool ,lnya nro drawing to n oIoho. HEEESfsSS* Australian shoro. A wild thought to made but little uso of. Perhaps sho had enough now to tako hor far away. Sho returned to tho soliool, secured hor money and jewelry, and hastened to the whirrs ^ amid tho ohoorH and good-byes tho for coming so late that sho had just Two days later Air. llardoliilo nmdo Ids appearance at tho soliool and asked for his ward, Christine. Tho matron and havo given mo an oduoation which but few iu this country rocoivod. And now out of the goodness o( t $mmlmrt,. not knowing how else to dispose of me, You shall not bo hound to Christine of tho woman in tho colonies.’ The blight would he fatal to us both. I leave my thanks, and Christine will pray for you as long as tho breath of life is in hor body. Kurowoll, forovor.” lie roread the note, arid tlion^ turned h2£S ! ^sS?« heuphriddodlror uot'kocpiDg'!" alrioter watch over her pupil. frittered it away as othor girls do.” " Have you any hill against me V” lie queried. ■SgBFr.™ "M-ffil jMt'momon” l wheii'hiH murage wuu hegiiming to fail, he had struck upon such a atraalr of gold, in Golden Gulch, tlqit bin fortune was made in a few days. Then word oamo to him that Ids uncle wiih dead, and lie oamo into tho Hurdclilto “orato tlm building, lie was i bound. In tho beautiful oroal d.cd, Christine Dupruy waa to bo won f his •* exnopt on crodi Tho death of Gen. Breckinridge leaves pack on the fleer iu a rago, ami tho aed brandy are excluded " B Hi is quite right , Ti,„v am lUaaih.l madia, A wild, deafening c.y arose; though mver see a parcel of men, An , Ir ,.„ Johll „„, oif.r, and Haul, dcfcatod themselves, the men were glad of affright in her , and his voice in tuitively became Bofter, as ho Bnid : “ Get vour hat. This ia no place for yon. Yon will be safer with me than here," glancing around npon the rough, W ‘K a dream she obeyed bim, and the men parted to let them paBB out. Madame raid no word of adieu to her daugater ; Bhe only muttered curses whose glowing loveliness infatuu who went to see or bear hor, ho nixed the girl won by a game of -«5:«i„ed,andintbat hour lie felt his doom Healed. No fri. rid her history. “Bhe came from Australia," his friend said—an orphan, alone. Her voic on ahipboard attracted the atten tion of old Mezzo, and ho engaged tier lo go lo Hilly and have her talents educated. Blie did so, and when lie introduced her into the public she was rm.d^uboUt'^ier/^hir'iiontinliod? 1 "jvher*- over aim went," and Mezzo's widowed “ Do not say more,” sho pleaded. "You do not kuow what you nsk, I shad nover marry.” lctm 1 „ b ^rv“o» y0 ' ,> 0bnBtiU °' And he did. Ho never regretted lmv uies,” ^wlio confceBod at tlio liut THE PARIS MUTUELS. SSEiSsHr“ g8 " p " tho raoe hoi boh wore sold aud a good horse was beaten when ho should lmvo won his races. I mention this SSSprSH fesrsHS :=aS3S3 I hey soottered tho v haunts, to Had other Usb^loi^^Boilc^'M^tffsn turuii’ mlt^a _ are sold l.y dealers as SK m disoovered "it tabl'e 0 "? S’oTour New^Yoik hUt 1h irS r 9SErSt b We do not'niean to say that the oloo murgarin iH unsavory or unwholesome. On the contrary, if is made will, tho utmost nicety from tho olcanost of mo- teriulH. Neitlier is it unpleasant in uny marked rlcgreo to the palato, nor to tho stomach. It certainly is jiiflnitoly hot- tor than tiro abomination aolil bygrooora butU SClTmosTTcrals" baro^ prejudice against suet butter, and that sxMrs edge that the reprehensible prootico of Bolling the imitation nH tlio genuine ia ho widely practiced. If the material were advertised ond Hold uniformly for what it ia ornl on ila merits, we have no doubt but that tho prejudtoe ter usually sunt to southoru ports.— hor. he admired her evon more deeply than when she was on the stage ; but to him, as to the rest, she maintained the coldest politeness/ He knew that she did not recognizi him, for he h d changed his appearance, and bis true Day by day ho haunted htr, and when she was uhout to leave Parm her down his hoe. the non life with this remark: , ejears age, father, at half- pa t two in the afternoon, I was born ; you can do your own hoeing after this 1” —An Irish doctor lately sent in his bill to a lady as follows; "To curing your husband till he died.” have hi or tent rings tlicao role, it wi urge nost noro easily havo growu. Unless carefully clean] with vegetable 1 Theso cause iH tho boat n dovolopmont of th] truliziug tho noid, mixed with tho ing action. Tub Qermnn waslil mixture of '2 ozs. t spirits of ammonia This is put iuto a buol water, in which l It), soap solved. Thooloihus nro immorl twenty-four hours uud tliou was] Tho oloiuising is said to bo quiokonod, and two or three rinsings in oold water romovo tho turpontino smell. Among some uneducated peoplo there is a auperstition that tho ticking noise mndo by a little inseot popularly called douth-watoh ” forobodes a death in tho bouse. This little oroature is a beetle of tho timber-boring upeoies. Tho tick is only a call one to nuotJier.s and-if not answered it is ropeatod. It is pioduond by the bootlo luting itself upon its hind legs and heating ita head against tho place where it is standing. In old houses these insects may be hoard rapping all day long. In using Paris green to exterminate the potuto hugs, tho poison iliould bo mixed with tho cheapest grade of flour, pound of green to ten of flour. A good way of applying it to i>ho plants is to tako an old ‘two-quart, tin fruit can, melt ofT tho top, uud put in a wooden head in which insert, a broom handle. Iloro u hole in tlio head, also, to pour the powder in. and then punch tho bot tom full of holes about the size of a No. (1 shot. Walk alongHido tho rows whon tho vines nro wet with dew or rain, and make one shoot at each hill. To Rkmovk a Ring fhom tub FiN«Bn. Kuo joint of the Auger, the linger should first ho hold in cold wator to minoo any swollieg or inflam mation. Then wrap a rag soaked in hot water around the ring to expand tlio metal, aud lastly soap tho linger. A needle threaded with strong silk can thou be passed between tho ring and (lngor, and a parson holding tho two ends and pulling the silk, while sliding it ar.uud tho periphery of tho ring, will readily romovo tho latter. Tun alloy popularly known as oroide, from which a largo number of ohoap wfttchos, chains, aud trinkets are now manufactured, is made of puro copper 100 parts, tin 17 parts, magnesia 10 pnrts, sal ammoniac i part, qnioklimo | part, tartar of commerce 9 parts. Tho copper is first molted, then the magno- sia, sal ammouiac, lime, and tartar in powdor are added littlo by little and briskly stirred for half an hour. The tin is lastly mixed in in grains until all is fused. The crucible is covered, aiul tho fusion maintained for 05 minutes, whon tho dross is skimmed off and tho alloy is ready for uso. Oateri’illauh. —Tho tent oatorpillar, eggs of which euoirolo tho small twigs in rings of 400 to 500 each, is most sily destroyed beforo it hatohos, or early in spring. Cut them off and burn tbora. In an extensive plantation, wo caused an active man to puss through early in spring aud cloar them out. Ho destroyed about 3,000 nests in two days, thus preventing tho botching of over a million of eggs—more than all the birds in the township would have dono after hatch in . Iu somo parts of the country thoy aro abundant this year, and tho sooner thoy are looked after tho better. Going to Bbi>.—Wo should never go to bed with a hope to rest, sleep aud perfect repose until " all roady.” The preliminaries for retirement aro all just as important as aro those for the day’i duties. Wo must not go to bed with ai overloaded stomach, in an anxious o troubled stute of mind, with odd ex tremities, or without anticipating and responding to the calls of nature. Be fore or in a stove-hosted room is not the best way to get warm for a night’i sleep. Wo should tako sneh vigorous exercise as will givo nuiok circulation to the blood, and not depend on artifi cial, but on natnral heat. Attention to all these things should bo followed by such devotional exercises as will bring all tho feelings, emotions and senti ments iuto accord with the Divine will, subduing passion, removing hatred, maeice, jealousy, revenge, and opening tho portals of heaven to all who seek rest, peace and sweet repose. It <s a happy custom with many to conclude the evening’s proceedings bv singing a sweet, quiet hymn—" The day is past and gone,” etc. which brings all present iuto delightful union with each other and with our Father#which art in heaven,” says that thi oigu railway d notion of oti in plaoe of th use, and that when as highty commended o»s, which 'have been liberal ized in America for over —It is now possibly by the aid of hydranlio machinery to bond iron shafts of twelve inches dinmoter to any re quired shape. Iuorodiblo as this state ment may seem to an inexpert, crank shafts nro now so mndo, instead of by tho alow, laborious, and expensive method of forging. The bent shafts aro alt o much bettor than forged ones, from tlio faot that tho fibre of the metal runs in one direction continually. Whereas in forged ones it is often aorotfl tho line of strain. —After reading Shorman’s book and tho violent comments upon it, ono might suppoBO that all military achieve ments are more matters of aooident, mid that no particular person is enti tled to any great amount of credit for winning a battle. Von Moltko himself is said to havo been a little surprised at the victories won by the Goymans. Who knows but tho good time is olose at band when tho military hero is to be politely commoted to the book Boat rosorvod for him by an improvod civili zation ? —Thepooplo on tho ooast of Com wall, off which the Bohiller was wreck ed, havo long had a had roputation as wreckers. Whon a ship was seen off tho rooks, on a Bunday, the .minister would givo them a holiday. Ono of their principal men, soveral yoars ago, charged with having tied up tho leg of an ass, hung a lantern round its ncok, and driven it bv night along the cliffs, so that its halting motion wonld imitate tho pinueing of a vessel under sail, and thus tempt ships to run in whore thoy would snpposo was soa- room, and drivo them to destruction. Tho inhabitants aro as inhospitable as their rooks. —Yesterday afteraoou a man who had boon beaten in a law suit stood at tho corner of Griswold street and Justice alley, and cursed high and low. He was spouting away in vehement tones, when a lawyer askod : " Aro you swear ing at anybody in p‘.«tioujar ?,’ "No; "last you, no!” ripped tho man. Well, it is too bad to have all that wasted. I wish yon would use a low of tho biggest and best oaths on Hannibal Hamlin, tho man who raised tlio rates on postage.” Tho man gave it to Ham lin right ond left for eleven minutes, and thou tho police interfered.— Detroit Free PrcHH. —Tho oure for this sleepless condi tion iH simplo, although the treatment must he radical. Tho first essential is to abandon the particular class of brain exorcise which has indnoed or attended npon tho difficulty. The next thin* is, give np coffee, tea, tobacco, and all stimulants. To use any form of alcohol in such a cose may do suicide. Finally, live out of doors, exercise daily till you are tired out, and tnen go to bed in a quiet, well-aired, oool room. In “ month you will be well, and may go on in tho old brain-wearing, des motive way, if yoa have not learned the lesson of prndonoe by suffering.—Hall's Jour nal of Health, —Steps aro being taken by several of the states and kingdoms of Europe to effeot an extensive substitution of gold for silver in current use as a circulating medium. There has been recently is sued iu Germany, 1,114,000 marks in gold coin, am! a still groater amount is to bo put in circulation. A mark is equivalent to about twenty-fonr cents. Belgium is putting out gold coin at the rate of 50.000,000 francs annually. Io Holland 8130.000,000 gold corn is nettled, and franee imported last year 431,064,900 francs’ worth of gold moro than she exported. Of course such movements will materially affeot the relative market value of gold and silver in the markets of the world,