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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S, D, WIKLE & CO., Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1875. VOLUME II. NUMBER 1. TIMELY TOPICS. Tits groat match between the Amer ican rifle t-enm and the Irish shootists commences on tho 29th inst., at Dolly- mount Range, Ireland. Tire Brule 8ionx have commenced hostilities in Nebraska. They attacked the settlers on tho Niobrara river, and u large war party are uow on their way toward the Ponca Indiau agenoy. Troops are in pursuit. Thk design for tno now postal card has been agreed upon, and is now boiug engraved at the printing bureau of tho treasury department. It is very plain, and will differ from theoard now in use, in that tho border is left off, and it is to l»e made of better material. A letter from 8u Edward Thornton, British minister at Washington, to a gentleman in Indiana, is said to contaiu a prophecy that the governments of England and the United Htatos will eventually bo alike in their main fea tures, that of England beooming assim ilated to ours. Tn t court of appeals of Maryland re cently decided, in the case of a man who killed himself and who Lad his life in sured, that when tho not of self-destrnc- tion is done duriug insanity it is death by accident, and the insurance company is bound to pay the amount of tho pol icy, when insanity, temporary or other- wiso, iH proven. Rinck the terrible Holyoke (Mass.) church burning, a bill has been intro duced into tho Connecticut legislature providing that thu doors of all churches and public places of assembly shall open outwardly. This is a wise meas ure. In ease of a panic thero would, with outward opening doors, bo no chance for the ohoking of tho vestibules. A reward of $6,000 has been offered by General Bpinner for tho recovery of the stolen $47,500 package. The fivo- huudrod-dollar bills are about one-fifth of tlio whole amount of five hundred- dollar notes in circulation, and tho de partment has no record of the numbers of the stolen bills, which will givo tho thief a hotter opportunity to escape detection. Tub Prussian government js making great efforts to secure an efficient navy, nml expects in two years to have one which will be a fair match for the navies of the lessor powers. During this month a largo frigate is to bo launched, and the wholo German sqnadron will assemble at Willielmshavuu. Fifteen war vessels are now in process of con struction. Tub Galveston News think* alligator skins should begin to figure among Texan exports. Florida and Louisiana contrive to catch and skin 20,000 alliga tors a year, and the Nows iH satisfied that the Toxau Crop is fntty as groat as both of thoso stales. Tho skins are exported to England and France, but chiefly to tho latter country, which fur nisher tho l»est tanners in tho world. The postmaster general has been aroused, by tho sharp comments of the press and the complaints of the public to the consideration of tho iniquitous imposition which n blundering senator caused to bo levied upon tho peopl He has expressed his purpose of oalliog the attention of congress, in Docemt the law which the Pettenkofer, was estimated to have betweeu sovou and eight hundred thou sand leaves, and tho total amount of evaporation Iti a year was computed to bo eight and one-third times moro than that of tho rainfall on an area equal to that covered by tho troe, tho moisture exhaled by tho leaves being equal to soiuo two hundred and eleven inches, while that from tho rainfall was but twenty five inches. A msPATon of tho lltli from “Nor folk, Va., snys: Oapt. Brown, of the schooner “ J. 0." arrivod bore to-day having in charge the iron safe of tho United States man of war Cumberland, which was run into and sunk in Hamp ton Ronds by tho confederate ram Vir ginia iti 1802. Divers have been at work on tho wreck ten years, having in view tho reeovery of tho Hide. The lucky man had only boon nt the wreck forty-eight hours, when ho found tho safo buried in throe foot of mud. Tho water at tho plaoo is Hovonty-oight feet deep. By the explosion of a torpedo the Hafe was crucked and it was hoisted on deck. A few pieces of gold coin dropped out. It is generally believed tho safe contained between sixty and ouo hundred thousand dollars gold. Tho safe and tieasnre belong to Oapt. Brown and O. E. Moltby, of this city, and Herbert Smith, of Detroit, Mich. While Oapt. Brown was searching tho wreck ho came noioes a petrified human body in perfect state. The captain supposes the body to bo that of one of the officers, and intends to roturn and B ® k [i ' - LATE NEW8 SUMMARY. EAST. ~ New England is suffering terribly from drouth. J.Mt month was tho riryost on record. A dispatch from Pottsvillo, Pa., says: It in tlio general hollof among tlio coal Operator* nml other woll Informed citizen* that tho min er*’ wtriko will oml within a fortnight at far- prohahly i 1111 It HI Tlio final i* , Ini will i lolliery aftoi will find enough roady to abi to begin operation*. To prol Kintayco of Iron; * will ho i Htriko i* difhqtoly ahaiulon on of nil m l ton niillioin i million* in ling operation*, i* o*tl of which rum tho inoi rage*. If they hIiouIi WEST The following instructions havo beet given by Lieut. Oon. Hhorldan, on a roque* referred to. Inclined ii ic&tioi 'iii Indian*, toring the co olngraiu froi I thoi bo givon to *11 partio* who contemplate enter ing the country named that they will bo pre vented from doing bo by tho military author ities untl tho order* under wliioli the latter are acting aro revoked.” A Courier-Journal letter from Fort Hill, Indian territory, *ay*: Tlio Quahalia tribe of tlio wild Oomanohea aro ox pooled at Fort Hill to aurrendor, agreeing to turn over to tho military authorities all their arm* and home* and mule*. Tho homo* number about 4,000 head, and the » head of millet raid in i Toj probably be placed Iti command of tho depart- of thtt Bouth, lioadquartor* LouIhvIHo, Major-General McDowoll, wlm will bo granted loavo of ah*enoo to visit Europe, and i hi* return bn placed on tlio retired Hat. Crosby, the negro sheriff, of Vicks burg wliilo in a Hftloonon Cherry street, drink ing with A. Gilmer, a white man, who i* hi* deputy sheriff and tax collector, was *hot under tho left eye, tlio ball lodging in tlio back part of IiIh hoad. A probing of four Inchon failed to discover tho ball. A •quarantine of ton days lies been proolalmod by Gov. Kollogg again*! tlio portB f Havana ami Vora Cruz from tlio 10th of Juno. Hut tm-der a now regulation of tlio board of hoaltli, tho ton day* In the crbo of all vorhoIb bringing a clean bill of health will begin to count from tho time of thoir leaving the infootod port for New Orlean*. Advioos from Notices oounty, Texas, report Adjutant General Htoelo on a tour of observation through tho wostorh oountio*, making a tiiorougli examination of tlio past troublor, with a view of reporting to the stato authorities. It i* stated an enrollment has boon made of all tlio male* liable to military duty, between the Gnmlalonpo and llio Grande, in tho southern oountio*. A committee of twenty citizens’ of Columbia, who were appointed to Invefltigato tlio condition of tho city (bianco*, havo sub- mittod a report, in which they stato tlio munici pal debt to bo $627,000, mainly contracted by fraudulent partioH. A mass mooting was held and I'OBOhltlniiR adopted, requeuing tlio mayor ami aldermen to resign. A letter was rend from Gov. Chamborlaln oxproaulng *ym- pHthy with tho object of tho mooting MISCELLANEOUS. Secretary Delano lias notified tho Indian bureau that a commission will ho sent out to tlio Sioux nation to negotiate with tlio Indians for tho rolinqnlahmont of tlirir hunt ing grounds In Nebraska. Tho secretary of tho intorior has ap pointed Gov. Axtoll, of Utah territory, to bo of Now Moxlot dined, and Goo. W. Emory f vlco ( ildiug rof Utah. (toll. Tho United States supremo court con firmed tlio dootaionof tho l’cmiHylvaniaoourla Hustaliilng tho stato law taxing tlio gro*H ie- oolptB of tho portion of tlio Erie road within It* borders. On tho first of July tho international postal treaty hotwoon the United HtatoH and most of tlio European countries gooH into of foot. A single paymont of postage will thou carry almost anywhere in tlio oivllizod world a letter weighing llftoen grains, motrio measure, or a little over half an oui.ee. An act of tho last congress changing the rates on domostlo money orders will go into force about tho Loginning of next month. Tlio now ratos will ho a* follows : On order* oding tlC, over tlC ami no r fflO and not ex postage upon trutsiept papers, with th view of securing a modification of tho rates. After expending 81,500,000 in fruit less efforts to discover a proc utilizing silk rags, Mr. Lister, a wealthy English manufacturer, has succeeded converting such rofnso into tho finest velvet. Ho now carries on this indus try in an establishment which employs some 4,000 workmen, and hundreds of travelers are also employed whose sole business is to l>ny tho silk waste, and this they do in all parts of tho globe. Tho factory is said to have cost nearly $3,000,000. The Wisconsin grangers havo gone back on tho regularly-constituted life insurance companies, as they think they detect a swindle about them, and have organized a company of their own. Tho features of the insurance company, or society, are in many respects similar to those of tho Odd Fellows’ Life Insurance company, being on the co-operative plan. Any member of a grange, in good health and under GO years of age, is eligible to membership in tho com pany. The fees of membership, when admitted, are: Loss than 35 years of age, $3 ; from 35 to 45 years of age, in elusive, $5 ; from 45 to 50 years of age, $8; from 50*to 55 years of age, $12 ; from 55 to 60 years of age, $15. Two thousand dollars is the limit of insur ance allowed. At the death of a mem ber an issessment of $1 per member made. Recent experiments tend to show that forests increase atmospheric humid ity by the action of their roots rather than by any attraction clouds. The moisture, comes from below, an.i The roots seem to t* through which water <i earth is conducted to the leaves and passes thence into the atmosphere. An Oak tree, experimented upon by Prof. 1 who h»a been relieved by Gen. IngaliB, will rted on rair Jther words, m above, s outlets from tb< t fro Tim b past five years, and tlio authorities havo ai- WHVH failed to induce them to come on tho reservation. They havo boon anxiously looked fur almost every year by tlio Fourth United Htatos cavalry on tho Staked PlahiH, under command of Gen. McKenzie, but soldotn wore they, or any portion if them, found Texas will ho rid of a tronblosomo enemy, lint one nmail band of Apaches aro now out, and it Ih rumored they will follow tlio example of thoir Quahaha friend*, which would leave tho Houthern Slaked Mains free from hostile Indian*. SOUTH. Gen. Doff Green died at his home in Dalton Goo., last week. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is being strongly uigod for tho governorship of Geor gia. Louisiana will raise 200,000 barrels of rice lid* season, or twice as much a* la*t Gen. Henry W. Barry, a member of the house of representatives from Mississippi, died suddenly on tho 7th Inst., in Washington city of appoploxy. Jefferson Davis has been tendered and will accept tlio presidency of tlio Texas mechanical and agricultural collego, at Bryan, at a salary of ♦4,000. Tno headquarters of tho national grange of tlio patrons of husbandry, which, been in Washington, will probably bo removed to Louisville in a short time. The report of the Missouri board of equalization shows the aggregate value of the taxable property in that state, for 1875, to be ♦M9,503,471, a docrea-io of ♦49,009,411, a* compared with tho valuation of last year. The president has directed that all the lands lying contiguous to tho Mississippi river, within twelve miles of the month, be reserved for military purposes, under tho act authorizing Capt. Eads to construct Jetties for deepening tho cli Miss Mary Telfair, a daughter of ex-Gov. Telfair, who died last week in Havamiah, loft to various religioi tional, and charitable institutions in Georgia legacies amounting to a total of over ♦ 1,000,• 000. In Bine Earth county, Minnesota, 600,000,000 grasshoppers aro said to havo been killed in two days last week, by the people, who get $2 per bushel bounty for them. The i 600,000,000 hoppers co*t the county *4,000, I hut it is considered a good bargain. Meigs, quartermaster-general, oxer oiling (SO, 15 flooding ♦40, 20 couis •, ovpr *40 and not ox- cooding *50, 25 ooutH. Tho secretary of tho treasury has in spected tlio cash-room of tho treasury depart ment, nml otlior rooms where money is handled, willi a view to having tlio construction of tho doaks altered, oto., for tho bettor protection of government funds. Hereafter, visitor* will not l>o admitted to tlio bureau of engraving and printing, vaults of tlio treasury or any rooms in which money is kept or handled. As tho visit of the Sioux to Washing ton to negotiate with tho government for tlio relinquishment of thoir possession of tlio Black Hills linn proved n failure, and ns tlio Indians loft hero much dlssnllsflod, diflloultJoH nrc apprehended between them and Much white* who may onior thoir country for the purpose of seeking gold, it i* estimated Hint tho Hloux can muster from throe to five thou sand warriors, about half armed with rifle* and tho remainder with hows and arrows. Tlio government monnllmo will endeavor to pre vent adventurers from going lo that country, still having *ome hope, through tlio medium of commissioners, to effect n treaty willi tho Hioux. Tho steamship Stato of Georgia which arrived at Now York la«t week, brought live seamen of tlio Dominion linn steam ship Vicksburg, from Montreal for Liver pool, which was sunk by ico Tuesday, June 1. Tho men wore picked up Juno 5, nearly dead from oxposuro, hut siuco then havo boon rapidly improving. 'J'lioy toll a fearful tale of distress. Other boat* wore launched witli a largo number of persons, but tho greater number wore scon to porlsh getting on tlio boats. Tho Vicksburg .wn in tlio rnidsl of ico and tlio Is rounded by icebergs and Hold Ico wh pie) od up. Tlio otlior boats are not yot hoi mi. Tho livo mon rendued had thoir f< d legs very much swollon, so much so tl oir boots had to bo cut from their fn They are still suffering from thoir groat A :r uy h ‘-Awake T’Vi’i'uie'imiqJ^Wforward and Jfetit LOST IN AN AFRICAN WILDER NESS. HY AL1UCRT HALL. Captain Harris's exposition, on its return from tho Onsoan mountains, chose an as yot untravolod routo by way of tho Vaal river. Proceeding some distance south of this river, the country still scorned a litoral menagorio, afford ing opportunities for tho olinsc such as tho most enthusiastic sportsman could scarcely hope for. Now they would encounter a lierd of hollowing buffaloes, now ride down a troop of towering giraffes, now secure some new species of antelope, now bring low sorno tawny- maned and furious forest kin$ or in quisitive rhinoooros or thick-hided nml almost bullet-proof hippopotamus. One day numbers of blosboka—a whito-fnooq and variegated antolopo— were seen grazing on the richly carpeted plain. Onptaui Harris mounted his favorite steed and, his zeal in no whit abated, dashod into the thick of the herd. A hill shaped liko a pineapple, about five miles to the east, he relied upon as a landmark to diroct his return to tho road. Scouring tlio plain, an unerring marksman, aftor several shots ho de sisted, as tho herd eontimied to inorense from hu ml rods to thousands, reinforce ments pouring in from every side. Dis mounting, he ladened his horse with tho pnrti colored robes of some of the slain, and set out to rojoin his pnrty. But they wero nowhoro in sight, i:train ing his oyos to discern tho obscuro wagon traeks, ho redo to and fro, search ing in vain. Tho pineapple hill upon which ho had depended, by the refrac tion of tho sun’s rays—hot treacherous is tho mirugo in that region -now scorned as if poised in tho sky, and could no longer bo trustod as a guide. Other wise, tho sameness of the lundsonpn tended lo confuse, and thus our traveler, losing tho points of tho eompasH, became nt last utterly bewildered. It was impossible to rotrnco ids steps over tho plain so recently trampled by innumorablo Lords. Now the wlrito tilt of a wagon would seem to loom in tho distance, but would prove to bo only a noli (ary q Huzza, or some oilier denizrn of tho wilderness. Now a group of pigmy Imshwomen. walking unheeded among a herd of blosboks, magnified by the mirage, he would mistake for his own uttendnntfl following witli the cattle —quite a drove of oxen boiug a hooch- wary appendage to tho expedition for the purpose of relays. Fatigued with searohing and burning with thirst, 1m continued to ride hither and thither, still on tho watch for traces of his caravan, nor finding in all tho flowery waste—a veritable garden of pinks and marigolds— stream or. pool whoro bo might moisten bin parched lipH. Tho refraction dissipating as tho day doclinod, throe table-topped mountains which had for sorno tirao served tho party as landmarks, again became vini- blo on tho horizon. Consoling himnclf with tho thought tluit ho was now nt least advancing in tho same direction ns liis company, Cnpt. Harris hastened forward, refreshing himself witli a draught of clearest water from a wind posiiri) to wot ami cold, hut are recovering ah fast a* could bo expected FOREIGN. The lieutenant governor of Lower Canada lias dissolved the assembly and ap pealed to a new election to take place July 8. The troubles in Formosa, between the Chinese and tlio Aborigines, are now ox- ending to tlio east and north of tlio island. The town of Morshank, on tho right bank of tlio rivor Tsna, Itoasia, has boon en tirely destroyed by lire. It hod a population of 20.000, and contained throe churches and a number of manufactories and saw mills. Messrs. Adger and Wicks, appointed by tlio federal union of agricultural labor, of London to make an examination of the Mis sissippi valley, for the purpose of ascertain ing its suitability for settlement by emigrants, will leave for the United States in two weeks. Nows has been received, by way of 8t. Thomas, of a terrible earthquake iti New Grenada Tlio destitution was greatest in the valley of Cucut, on the Venezuelan frontier. It is reported that 16,000 lives wero lost by tho calamity. At Havanna on tb<f 7th, a duel fought between Dr. Algernon Bidney Ci of New York, and H&lvador Cortreal, a to! merchant of Havanna and New York, combatants ha/1 been intimate many years and lived together in New York. Dr. Curtis w&s stopping at Cortreal’s botno. Five shots were fired by each contestant, beginning at * diHtance of twenty feet and firing as they ad vanced. At tho fifth discharge Dr. Curtii was Herioasiy wounded in the hip and fell tc tho ground fainting from pain and loss of blood. Upsn recovering consciousness, he says be saw Cortreal reload his revolver and lace it at his temple killing himself. which ho reached ut dusk. ItH banka wore bordered with willows and itH sandy bod was imprinted with the footsteps of a troop of lions. Tho setting sun having giyou him tho bearing of the throe mountains, ho now discovered that ho had crossed the road and ridden too far to tho eastward, hopo of retrieving his error lie followed the course of the river until, night closing in, he was obliged to bivouac among some bushes, the stars, which are far moro brilliant in that latitude than in our northern skies, being con cealed by tho clouds of a gathering thunder-storm. As ho was preparing for his night's rest, suddenly there gleamed out upon the water tho light of a beacon-fire. Approaching it with tho joyful expocta t on of joining his own people, imagino his disappointment on beholding a band of bushmon, strolling dwellers of those plains, whoso propensity for horse-steal ing made it necessary for onr traveller to retrace his steps with all haste and quietness, lest tho loss of his steed should render the situation still moro deplorable. The restiveness and uneasy snorting of tho horse indicated the presence of lions in the vicinity ; but fear of being discovered by his two-legged neighbors, the bnahmen, prevented Harris from building a fire for it.« protection or for the purposes of cooking. So the clam ors of hunger had to remain unsatisfied until, about midnight, having excavated an underground oven, he ventured to light a fire sufficient for roasting a wild fowl, which served for his Christmas dinner, this being tho 25th of December. The morning set in with a heavy rain, and the traveler arose from his sleep drenched, cold, and cramped. The soil consisting mostly of a red, loamy earth, the ruin easily destroyed all vestiges of the wagons and rendered futilo the hope of finding tho trail. Harris now decided to follow tho course of the river, which curved to the west ward, several milcB farther, and then, should he not moot with his party, to cross tho country in a direct line to the conical hill—a btill visible landmark— thus intersecting tha road at some point should it not be entirely obliterated. After a second day’s wandoring lu the scorching boat of tho midsummer sun, ( xtrionting himsolf at ouo time from a concealed pitfall made bv tho bushmon for out rapping game, dining off tho fiosh of a spring buck wliioli ho Imd ahob, Harris took np his night’s lodg ings in a oavo on the summit of tho hill referred to, having dotooted no tracos of the road. Tho night was oalm and the stars magnifloontin thoir brilliancy. From his stronghold ho gazed out upon tho wido expanse of plain boueath, and for hours listened for some sound which might diroot his bowildorod footsteps—some melody such as his followers wore wont to troll, tho cracking of whips, or tho boom of signal gnus which ho know would bo fired for his guidance. Ho hoard only tho shrill notching of tho zebra, tho bloating of tho timid spring bnok, tho hollowing of tho gnoo, tno roar of tho prowling lion, liko tho low nimbio of distant thunder. All olfio was siloouoo, solitude. Ho now dobatod whether to make at ouoo for Capo Colony or to continue the search for his caravan. Bydoing thofirat ho must pass through an unknown and inhospitable region, but could probably reach tho frontier, about two hundred rnilos away, in six or seven days, should hi* horse not give nut. But tlio anxiety and uuoertaiiity which his companions must ondure, meantime, determined him to make one moro effort boforo abandoning tho sonroh. f,, he third day dawned with a glory hioh seemed to mook his forlorn situ ation. Tho purple canopy of clouds re treating in an array of innumorablo fantastic figures from tho pathway of tho sun, tho wholo heavons wore tinted by tho field of rose and crimson beyond, with every variety and depth of shade. Tho sunrisos and sunsets of tho southern hemisphere so far surpass onr own in thoir rcsplondencc. At noon, lifting his eyes from tho ground, whoro they wore almost do- spairingly seeking vontiges of tho cara van, ho suddenly recognized tho place whoro it had Invited for breakfast on tho morning previous to his separation from it. With unnttorablo joy and roliof ho dashed toward tho spot, and instantly hit upon tho trail of tho wagons. Stead ily following this, ho soon came up with a hand of savages, who fled terrified at his approach ; but encouraged and em boldened by the offer of a broken cigar they returned ; and when ho, by signs, indicated that lie wuh in search of his wagons they understood, and, holding up tlnir hands, pointed townrd tlio horizon. The women of tho band, though at first oxcoodingly timid, had meanwhile taken note of tlio brass buttons on tho stranger’s jacket, and pointing to thorn (ixolaimcd, “Tullana, tullanal" (but tons, buttons B Upeuj being' presented with those, nml also with tlio knife with which they had boon cut off, they wore mad with delight, and declared their intention of accompanying the capt ain in person, hoping to rcceivo more gifts. Placing himself tinder tho guidanoo of those peoplo, in the course of an hour ho came within sight of the wagons. Weary and wayworn, ho was joyfully woloomod by liis follow travelers, who had, meanwhile, taken every possible moans for bin recovery, fearing that ho was dead. Bohomianism. Lads with a love of literature who fancy that it would be a fine tiling to be a Bohemian like Savage and Ghatterton and Dormody, had better think twenty times boforo they rush into any such folly. For, in the first place, if there were no materia! points to bo consid ered, beginners should take heed of the waslo of ability which tho so-called Bohominn life brings with it. They will not find it pleasant at tlio oml of a loose and unbridelod career to reflect that they might havo done much and havo done so little—a fow verses, a tale or so, a farce, a few jokes in tlio comic newspapers, nml a miscellany of pen and ink stuff forgotten in tho reading. Of course, thoir light performances have creditable elements—brilliancy, porhapH, humor, good feeling, n simpi- oion of high and honorable aspiration. It in generous, doubtless, for a writer to nut his best into his public writing, and to reserve his worst for his own daily lifo and conversation; but snob liberality comos to no good nt last. Bad liubits take away the power of good work. Without thoir constant com- nanionshii), a man forgets what, is in the lio iks. Exigency will make him toler ant of his own hasty fuulta, and un mindful of tho duty of doing his best for tlio more snko of doing it. Hensnnl pleasures will render tho finest hand coarse in time. He who drinks boor," said Dr. Johnson, “thinks boor and the stronger the beer, tho smaller the thought, may be added. Moroovor, a want of method will make rosults frag mentary nud quality unequal, while tho waste of precious time and the unim proved “once" of opportunity, will crown tho disaster of un ill-spent life. Then will oomo men’s pity, harder to hoar than their reproaches ; tho sting of oonsoieuco; the senso of failuro ; want, mortification, the»xtremo of discomfort, and at last death and the grave, with the undertaker’s bill paid by tho charitable and a monument raised by subscription! Young gentlemon still in Libor Primus this is the brilliant Bohomianism of which von sometimes pleasantly drearn. Our advice to you is to have nothing to do with it. Love literature as much as you please, but cultivate a habit of pay ing your debts, of saving your money, of improving your timo, of keeping sober, and of wearing clean shirts 1 There isn’t a writer living by his wits in this great city, who will not, in liis serious moments, toll you that this is good counsel. He may repeat it to you over tho rang of beer which you aro to pay for, warning you to do ns he preach es and not as lie practices. Then ho will drink the beer and wait for you to offer him a cigar.—N. Y. Tribune, —In one place wo read that Julia Ward Howe says womon need roat, and in another it is assorted that sixty thousand women ure exhibiting their spring bonnets on Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Such contradictions us this aro ulways turning up just as the searcher after truth has come to a con clusion, and he has to begin all over again, USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. HunaartAn grass seed should bo •wn, fur hay, at about, the rate ot throe pecks per aoro; many use a bushel, others not ovor ouo-half a bushel. Sow from tho first of Juno to tho fifteenth, and oven to tho first of July in ordinary seasons. Hicn-manhue, mixed with lonm and spread broad oust., or scattered in tho drills, is an excolleut dressing for pota toes, and for almost any farm or gnrdon crop. If very much concentrated, it must not bo placed in largo quantities very no r the seed, as it will destroy tho lifo of tho young sprouts. Hundreds of ohildron havo falling victims to soarlot fever in thin o'.ty dur iug the past three mouths. Concerning tho treatmont of this disease, an omi- nont physician t ay a that ho does not fail in effecting a euro moro than onoo in a hundred oases by giving the patient warm Icmouado with gum arabio dis solved in it. A cloth rung out of hot water and laid upon tho Btomnoh should bo ronowod as rapidly ns it becomes cool. This simple treatment tho most obstinate oases seldom fail to sueoumb. Germantown Telegraph* Water-proof Varnish.—Hero is an- otlior way to prevent, water from getting through shoes. Tho composition also makes a good harness dressing. Take noat’u-foot-oil, 11 piutH; beeswax, I ounce ; spirits of turpoutiuo, 1 ounces, and stir until cold. Spread and rub this composition over the leather whilo " ' damp ; leather will absorb oil and flo better when damp than when dry. For tho polos, take pine-tar and ill) it iu boforo the fire until tho solos will absorb no more. Throe or four applications will bo noedod. Thedura- utiL.. a.« m much in- A correspondent of Iho Country Gentleman, writing of tho ndvautagos of a short rotation of crops, says : “Glover is at its best for pasture or hay tho second your aftor seeding. If allowed to grow through that year its' roots oxtoml ns fur as they over will, and the ley is in host condition for plowing. If kept longer tho plover runs out and its place is left vacant, or filled by weeds or intorior grasses. If timothy is mixed with clover at Hooding,‘ it will partially occupy tho ground as tho clover retires, but, uovor so fully uh if the original seeding was timothy. In short, keeping olovor sod over tho second or third year, at most, is generally bad policy, and should be discouraged. For one or two yours land in clover increases in fertility, after that tho udvuqtago another Herding is had." Halt for Oaimiaok.—A, Now Jorsoy gardener considers salt necessary to tho development of oabbago, especially ih places far from tho const. Ho finds them moro crisp, of bpttor flavor, and lo hoop bettor when salt is used than without. Ho usod it as follows: “A fow days after sotting out tho plants, and when they aro damp, oitlior after a rain or when tho dow is on, I tako a small dish of flue salt nml walking among tho rows, sprinkle a little pinon of salt on tho eontor of each plant whon tho loaves begin to grow. I repeat tho salting, oud when theeonterof tno loavos bogin to form tho Load, I apply salt again, scattering it ovor tho loaves; after this I look tliom ovor occasionally. and if I find plants that do not head well and appear diHoasod, 1 sprinkle tho salt ovor freoly; this will nave all such plants. A quart of salt is sufficient for flvo hundred plants in a season, although more can bo used with safety,” To Prevent Disease —It may bo as sumed, says tho Herald of Health, with out hesitation, that whonovor a pro nounced case of typhoid fevor breaks out in an isolated country house, or whon any form of low rover occurs, though it may fail to assume a distinct typhoid character, there is in that house, or about it, or in oonnootion with its supply of driukiug-oollar, s ovorflow from a ham-water, some cumulation of noglootod filth, Homo pile of rolton vegetables in the yard, some spot of earth saturated with the slops of tho kitchen or sorno other form of imparity to which tho origin of tho dis ease may bo distinctly traced. This being tho ease, it lies porfcotly within until FA0TS AND FANCIES. —A broker says “ Giv<f mo tho bonds of a government., and I care not who breaks its laws.” —Tho average Amorioan boy will make a great fuss and complain bitterly that it will spoil his clothes, if asked to bring in an armful of wood for his mother; but givo him a gun, and ho will crawl half a mile on liis stomach, through a ditoh with fonr inches of wutor in it, to got n shot nt sorno ducks. —A writer discussing tho oompara- tivo economy of horses and mnlos, aftor saying “ the* only superiorty I see in tho mule is tnnt he will stand rough trtntmont bettor,” adds what is very true whon he Hays, “ but thero is neither religion nor greenbacks in harsh treat ment of stoolc," —“ My vory d-o-a-r ohildron,” said a traveling Sunday-school gimlet. “ I lovo you so much I could talk all day to you, but time forbids. But I h-o-p o to moot you iu heaven, and then—” “I hopo he won’t,” said a restless, rod- hondod bov, “ he'll talk t.s to (loath; won’t ho, Jim ?" —An ox will oonBtxme two per cent, of his weight of hnv por day to maintain his condition. If put to modorato labor, au increase of this quantity to throe per cent, will onablo him to perform his work and Btill maintain fiosh. If ho is to be fatted, he requiros about four anil a half por oout. of his weight daily iu nutritious food. Old Zaohariali Jackron, of Rooky Gnloh, Nevada, is a “ forty-niner who had boon through tho mill. ’ Tho otlior day ho hobbled up to a party of now- oomers and observed : “ 'Tend to yor biznoBB, boys, and yo'll ho all right. I’vo boon boro nigh on to thirty years, anil lmvo boon lyuohod, shot and stabbed, knookod down, thrown off a mountain and mopped around generally, but I’m here to day, biggoru’n a box oar.” —Tho laws of Paris arc a strong por- suaatvc to honosty on the part of trades men. Jewellers aro obliged to distin guish plated from genuine waro by tho word “ imitation ” placed where the cus tomers cannot fail of seeing it if a grocer is detected Bolling adulterated articles ho is heavily fined; liis name and place is published at bin own ox- ponse in tho official journal, nud ho is compelled to oxpoRQ in his atoro for a specified time a placard statu.g that ho had been ttued for selling adulterated goods. —Every duty briugs its poonliar de light, every douiul its appropriate com pensation,’ ovory thought its reoom- jiouho, ovory lovo its olysium, ovory cross its crown ; pay goes with perform ance ns effect with cause. Moannoss overreaches itself; vice vitintoH wlioovor indulges iu it; the wicked wrong thoir own souls ; generosity grentons ; virtue exalts; charity transfigures, nud holi ness is tho essence of angelhood. God docs not require us to live on credit; llo pays us what wo or evil, heaven o choice. —Tho sale of soda water is falling off all over tho country, and costly foun tains. manufactured in the eastern o tioa lor from *!I00 to 8a,n00, vraulil [>° stock iu tho drug stores but for tho sale of mineral waters. If lager boor wore to bo had in tho private oa/en and bought for ladies, it would finish tho soda altogether. Thousands of rnou now, aro in tho habit of Bonding bottled lager home to thoir wives, particularly nursing wives, whereas, a glass of boor from tho keg is equal in freshness to a gross of bottles. Tartars add is tho principal and generally tho only adul teration of boor. earn it, good heflf according to our Nnpoloon » Sfoond Marriage. A writer roviowiug Lunfroy’s “His- toiro do Napoleon I.” says: Tho oir- eumstanoos attending the divorce or Josephine and her husband’s marriage with Mario Louise aro detailed at con siderable length by the author. On the 28th of December, 1809, boforo the Metropolitan Tribunal had confirmed tho dissolution of tho religious murriago with Josephine, Oaulainoourt, the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, opened negotiations for thp hand of tho Grand Duchess At no, sister of the Czar. wo... K uuu iw nvn i/uuou... nuiuu A projeot of OOUVOIltioU botWCOll tllO tho province of ovory household to ro- two powers in respeot of tho affairs ol move any souroo of infection to which Poland was thou under discussion, its tho lionso may bo liable. Vegetables principal articles wore: 1. A reciprocal in any considerable amount should not engagement not to suffer the ro-estab- ho kopt in tho house-cellar and at least lishmeut of the kingdom of Poland. ^ onoo a week tho floor of tho cellar The suppression of tho names iolarnl and “Polish" in all public and private week the floor of the collar should be swept and every shrod of waste vegetables removed. Even whon this is dono, thu oolhir should be ven tilated by a window or other small open ing toward tho quarter least exposed to cold winds (and in summer on every side). Tho privy, if a privy is used, should bo well away from tho lionso, and especially far from tho well, unless its coutents are roooivod in a tight box and entirely absorbed by dry earth or ashes, and even then frequently re moved ; tho chamber slops of tho house should never, under any circumstances, bo thrown into the privy vault, nor into a porons cesspool, from which thov can leach into the ground und through tho ground for a long distance into tho well, or into and around tho foundation of tho honse. The same disposal of the liquid waste of tho kitchen is desirable, but not so absolutely inportunt. It is, however, important that this shonld bo led by an impormoablo drain to r point well away from the house and from tho well; swill and all manner of nonde script refuse materia), suoh as is sloughed off by every household in the ordinary course of its living, should be removed nt least daily from tho near vicinity of the dwelling, and tho vessels in which it accumulates should bo fre quently cleansed and airod; manure heaps should not bo left to ferment and send off their exhalations at a point whence frequent winds waft them to- wurd and into the dwelling, nor should tho barn-yard bo allowed to drain, either over the snrfaco or through a porous Boil, toward tho house or well. If all theso precautions are takou the well will be tolerably safe; but if there is any donbt on the point, thon let no water be drank exoept after boiling; or the drinking water of the houso may bo taken entirely from a filtering cistern, of which the filtering bed is I sufficient to hold back all organic matter. documents. 8. Tlio suppression of tho old orders of Polish chivalry, and of all autonomy of tho duchy of Warsaw. Alexander, tho sinoerlty of whose ad miration for Napoleon is questioned by M; Lanfrey, was adverse) to tho match, but would probably lmvo consented to it as tho price of tho French adhesion to tho project of convention. Ho there fore returned a courteous answer to Ganlainoourt’s propotal, _ professing, nevertheless, that tho decision did not rest with him alone, a ukase of the Em- poror Paul, his father, havir g, left to the ornpresH mother tho disposal of hor daughters in marriage. He would en deavor, liowovor, to obtain hor consent. A fortnight later tho ambassador re ceived instructions to demand a cate gorical answer from the czar iu ten days. Tho reason of this singular ulti matum— uuoxamplod id tho annals of official courtship—was that Napoleon had ulready changed his mind. He had no liking for the Polish convention, which would have deprived him of a useful weapon against Russia; more over, tho grand duchess was but six- leou, and her relations u«ked for a delay of one or two years. Napoleon, witli his habitual impatience, would not hoar of this condition, and Austria hav ing spontaneously suggested an alliance between tho courts of Vienna and tlio Tuilerios, tho murri igo with tho Arch duchess Maria Louisa had boon vir tually decided upon before an answor from St. Petersburg could possibly havo arrivod. It is fortunate that the invention of the electric tolograph and tho steam-engine was postponed till after the fall of a man who would havo made such terrible' use of them. Even the snooesea of Wellington might have been arrested could the Emperor have- communicated daily and hourly with his lieutenants.