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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1875. VOLUME II. NUMBER 5. TIMELY TOPICS. Cyrch Field wants the modest snrn of ten million dollars from the British government for his Paoiflo cable, and tho probabilities are that lie will got it sooner or later. ‘The United States has now beoorno the greatest silver produoiug country in the world, taking preoedeooe of even Mexioo, which has heretofore beeu sup- posed to furnish two-thirds of the total ■apply. * It is feared that the new direct cable in a failure. Though some timo has elapsed sinoo its completion was announced, it esnuot l>o learmd that any signals have been transmitted. This would prove a great misfortuue, us tho other can hardly do more than half the business offered. Tnn government of the littlokiugdom of Greece, being without money, has hit upon an exoollent means of defray ing the expenses of its foroign diplo matic service. It has sent a letter to each of its legations abroad, informing the heads of those legations that they are at liberty to continue to manage affairs as heretofore, provided they do it at their owj expense I Thk Guelphs and Ghibbelines of tho ('horokoe nation have sttoccoded in get ting up twenty-seven murder cases, which were reoeutly tried before tho United States district court at Fort Smith, Ark. As a result of tho trial, seven of the semi-civilized will be hnngod in a batch on tho third day of September. This will be tho largest wholesale hanging since the execution of the thirty-three Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minn., in 1802. Anotiiku American shootist is loose in England. We refer to llogardus, of Illinois, tho champion pigeon slayer. II • jor*onlay beat an unhappy English man matched to shoot with him, and now, of oonrso, ho challenges all Eug- land, twirling his double-barreled shot- guu in the face and rubbing it nnder the nose, as it wore, of John Hull. We wish Ilogardus would cotuo home. lie is rather rubbing it in.—Cincinnati Commercial, Pnor. Jennet, who is prospecting tho Slack Hills for gold, under instructions fnnn tho government,has sent in another report, fully eonllrming his tirst impres sion that thoro aro no de|H>sits of. the metal in tho region arotuul Harney’s Peak that will pay for the mining. Ho pro)loses now to explore the supposed deposit* in tho bed of tho Ohoyenno, and will report the result. Tho pro fessor is apparently doing his work in a thorough and conscientious manner, and, until it is completed, tho best ad vice that can possibly hu given to por- i oiih who entertain tho idea of going to the lllack Hills is—“ Don’t.” Tiik reoont abrogation of threo articles of the constitution of the Ger man empire which brings tho Komnn Catholic church in Germany in com plete snbjection to the government, and the severity of tho Falok laws passed in 187.” are showing results in the flight of German ecclesiastics to tho United Whites. The telegraph announces the arrival in New York of a large number of priests and nuns, who propose to settle in Illinois, where Ihsmarck and Dr. Falck can not curtail their ecclesi astical freedom. The Prussian ecclesi astical bills, in effect, banish every Homan Catholic from Germany. Tiik San Francisco Chronicle predicts a heavy Italian immigration into the United Stub's, and n consequent acces sion to tho number of organ-grinders and plaster-cast venders, hitherto the Italians have been pouring into Uruguay and tho Argentine Republic, the Italian |K>pnlntiou there now numbering a half million souls, and constituting the chief business eloment. The unsettled state of affairs, however, iu these countries, has led tho emigrants to turn their at tention to tho United States. And tho Chronicle cites the fact that an Italian ngent has recently been buying large tracts of land in California for his coun trymen to settle npon during this year. Tne postoffico department is much ploaAod with the system of demanding the prepayment of newspaper postage, and will, at the beginning of the next congress, at once endeavor to seonre the repeal of the law in relation to postage on transient matter in tho mails. Tho law regulating the puy- ment of pontage, will, however, bo re tained. It has been found that, al though the rate has been reduced, the department now receives as much as it did when it had a higher rate, but col lected the postage at the office of de livery, which leads to the melancholy conclusion that some of the postmas ters are not as pure and honest in the discharge of their duty as they should l>e. The American rifle team will prob ably shoot at Wimbledon range, near London, before their return. If thoy succeed there as at Dollymonnt, there will be a growl from John Bull, for ho hates to be beaten. Wimbledon was established about fifteen years ago, and at the grand opening Qaeen Vic toria fired the first shot, and put her bullet through the boll’s eye at 4QQ yards. But then any woman could have done the same thing, as the queen sat cosily in a luxurious arm chair, and pulled a silver cord which pulled a rifle trigger, sixty yards off, tho rifle itself having boon sighted for her and fixed immovably in a vise for this ospeciul occasion. The Texans of the border will cer tainly enjoy a brio! respite from deso lating cattle raids just now while the Mexioaus on tho Rio Grande aro at loggerheads about the nrrost and incar ceration of Cortiua. Tho dispatches indicate a high degree of exoitomont in Mutiunoras, which doubtless extends measurably throughout tho state of Tamaulipus. Tho capture of their leader is regarded »s an unduo inter ruption to their smuggling operations by the people of Matamoras and vicin ity, and President Lerdo evidently has an insurrection on his hands whioh will require tho presonoo of more troops. Matamoras, where the troublos now center, is immediately opposite Browns- villo, Tcxos, nsd contains a population of about 12,000. As on effort will bo made to oarry Cortina to Vera Cruz, a conflict botwoen the citizens and the Mexicnn troops is probable. Dispatches from the Black Hills geological expedition indionto that near Harney’s Peak gold has roally been found in paying quantities. Tho cor respondent ol tho New York Tribuuo accompanying tho expedition writes that, after the party entered the unox- plorod region from tho east, they struck grauite formation nnd gold-bearing quartz, besides finding gold in flakes in tho gnlolios. Prof. Jonuy, Limit. Mor- aud Dr. Lane, of tho govornnumt expedition, are said to bo satisfied that gold exists there. Whether it will bo fouud in sufficient quantities to fill tho pockets of tho thousands who are wait ing to crowd into the hills, makes no difference. The people will go, in spite of restrietions, and possess tho land on tho mere intimatiou that gold is there. If Gen. Oubtar had never rambled in that vicinity, the Indians to day might be resting in secure possession of this refreshing and rich oasis. LATE NEWS SUMMARY. WEST Chicago coutinues to fill up with grain ** fast as nhn Ships east, showing that tho northwest Is still carrying liuit year's crop to a largo nxtout. 8. B. Hinman, of fho Sioux oomniis Sion, tvlographs that they hope to bring the Northern Hlonx into tho council, hut cannot before the lattor part of August. A “ long, slim, slate colored bug” has received tho raantlo of tlm Colorado post, and is now chewing up tho potato vinos in Illinois. Tho insoct pundits aro bothering thoir brains over tho now scourge. Tho wives nnd children of sixty Kiowa an<l Comaanho Indians, who surrendered at Staked Plains, aro to ho transported to Ht. Augustloo, Florida, at govornmout oxpenue, wlioro captivon aro now eonllund. For tho post year tho Han Francisoo mint lias colu«d ♦30,527,000, being tho largost amount It has coined for Iwonty years. Tho silver amounted to ♦4,327,000, more than half of which is intended to tako tho placo of thill- Tho Chicago Tribune tolls of a swarm of grasshoppers whioh, moving at tho rato of fifteen miles an hour, occupied sixty hours in passing over a town in Missouri, and was esti mated to ho from thirty to eovonty-flvo miles wide and a half a milo deep. With tho departure of tho grasshop pers from Kansas, tho Htate Itollof society has been dissolved. The society ox pended about ♦ 135,000. From other sources about ♦400,000 more w as contributed for tho 20,000 grashop- per sufferers, or abont S20 a hoad. Tho Mcnnonites who have settled in the northwestern states say that it is an error to call tho Insect which has been desolating the country a grasshopper. Thoy reoognized in it tho locust of their own eonthorn Russia as soon as they laid thoir oyos upon it. Dispatches from the frontier state that largo parties of Hionx, Oheyonnos, and Arapahoes started on Urn war-path lately. Thoir objective points aro thought to be the . Uto, agci which have been warned of tho Impending raids. It is believed by men well posted in savage ways, that the Hioux and other hostile tribes are preparing for a gigantic Indian war. and that tho government will have to decide —protect the poaco- fni I nd tlm lettlorc i the their fate and keep miners out of tho Ulack Hills. Tho troops aro not strong enough to do both. SOUTH Au additional submarine wire is to bo laid at once between Cuba and Florida. Tho boiler of a saw mill near Hot Springs, Ark., exploded on Haturday. killing four and seriously injuring seven other per- Tho Executive Committee of the Na tional grange have agreed to remove the head')Harters of tho, national grange from Washington to Louisville, Ky. They also re solved to hold the next meeting of the na tional grange at Louisville on the third Wed nesday in November, 1870. Headquarters will he removed to Louisville within a month or six weeks. Reports from Brownsville say Gt»n. Cortina wai arrested on the 1st, and his chief of police, Manuel Garaza, on the 3d inst., by order of the Mexican minister of war. Both wero forwarded from Matamoras under guard to Bigdad and there placed on board the Mexi can war vessel Lebasce. which sailed for Vora Cruz, m route to the City of Moxico, for tr.al by military commiseiou. Prominent medical and other officers of the navy, who have at various times been in localities afflicted with yellow fever, and paid some attention to its cause and treat ment, exproee the opinion that it would he wjtie m it timely precaution for all southern cities on tho Atlantic coast to tnako and en force etringont sanitary ntlos, as tho early appearance of tho fovor at Koy West. Fla., is au indication that it tuny extend along tho coast tills summer. Last Thursday, a blacksmith named Jno. Henley, living near Horn Lake, Miss., Imd a quarrel with a woman named Martha Morgan, omployod by him as cook. That night while Ilonloy was asleep, Mm. Morgan approached his bed and with a razor out a tor- riblo gash in his throat. Ilonloy awakonlng, attempted to catch her arm, hut caught tho razor, which was drawn through his hand in flicting au ugly wound. Mrs. Morgan Uhon seized hor^child and fled to tho woods. Inm- loy lios in a preftario^comlltion. ^ v s Tho Galveston Nows’ Brownsville special says a force of fifty cavalry and twoh- ty customhouse guards, undtr command of Col. Tarrot, escorted Cortina and prisoners to Bagdad. They allot and hung Maurico rartiguls, who had throatouod to shoot ofll core of tho Uth cavalry, near Matamoras. Tho gunboat Juarez, with tho prisoners, sailed yesterday. Bho had on hoard arms and am munition. Permission grunted her to dis charge her at Brazos Santiago. Mexican papers claim that tho romoval of Cortina will allow tho pooplo of Matamoras to oxoouto the MISCELLANEOUS. Postmaster General Jewell has just put in operation 5,000 now mail service routes, mostly in tho Houthorn stales. Postmaster General Jowoll favors dis continuing tho letter-carrier system iu all cities containing a imputation of lesa than one hundred thousand. Bogardus, of Chicago, boat Rimmcl, tlio champion shot of England, at a pigrfon shooting match at London, killing thirty-six birds to Rinimol'a thirty. Twenty-ono cities in England, with a population of over nix millions, do not own as much money aH tho single city of New York, with a population of less than ono million. Under tho act of July 18, 1874, pro viding for resumption of specie payments, tho treasury department has diaposod of about ton millions of bonds known as 5 per cent., authorized by act of July 14, 1870, and with tho proooeda has purchased about nine million in silver for tho pnrposo of retiring fractional After August 2d thoro will bo a direct exohango of money orders holwoon tho United Hiatus and Canada, for sums not to oxoood f50 to each order iu the formor country, and ♦ 40 gold, Issued in Canada. Throe hundred money order ofllooa will ho shortly designated in this country, where Canadian money ordors will he issued and paid. Another dispatch received at tho In dian Bureau from Prof. Jemmy, Iu whioh ho reiterates his former statement that so far ho ban not found gold enough in tho Black Hills to warrant the supposition that it will pay to mino for it. Tho professor status tin has tested It sovuial times and cannot tnako au average of over l>< pc. eont. por pan. Ho doaorilios tho character or tho formations, and Hays it does not indicate gold. The Comptroller of currency hns railed upon the National batiks for li report, allowing thoir condition at tho close of busi ness Wednesday, Juno 30. Tho comptroller desires to retire all circulating notes of de nominations of live dollars of tho following hanks, notes or that denomination having been successfully counterfeited: First, Third, and Traders' National hanks of Chicago, First National hank of Paxton, IIIh., First National hank of Canton, Ills. National banks throughout the country arc re.Riested lo re turn all notes of tliiiso hanks of the denomi nation of live dollars to the treasury Tor re dumption. and no additional issues of thin de nomination will lioroafter lie issued to these Tho comptroller of oufrOnoy reports tho amount of additional circulation issued during tho month of Jane tl,315,525; tho amount of legal-lender notes deposited dur ing the same period, ♦3,0011,028; additional circulation issued since tho passage of tlio act on Juno 20, 1874, 14,001,802; amount of cir culation destroyed and rotirod during tlio same time, ♦7,027,000, showing au actual increase of bank circulation during tlio >0ar of only ♦ 1,078,820; amount of legal-tender notes dn- posited for tlio purpose of rotlring circulation since till* passage of same aid, ♦26,523,057, and tlio amount dopo-itod by hanks in liquida tion piovlous to that date, ♦3,813,075, making a total of ♦20,830,732. Deducting from thla amount ♦0,027,000, the amount of circulation pormanontly retired, will leave ♦1,070,700 legal-tender nolos on deposit July 1st, for tlio purpose of retiring circulation. FOREIGN. It in estimated that tho 'lostmotion of proporty by inundations in tlm southwest portion of France will amount to 300.000,OOOf. Tlio number of persons who perished is placed at 2,IKK). President MacMalinn continues Ids tour through the inundated district. Recently tho Italian parliament passed a law for tho suppression of brigandage. Upon hearing of this in Bicily tho population organized indignation demonstrations, os peo- plo bore do against prohibition laws, brig andage is thoir most agreeable pastime. The Rub dan government in renowing the old-timo persecution of the Jews. A num ber of those pooplo having shifted thoir places of rosidonco in consoquonco of tho changes In business brought about by tho introduction of railroads, tho police, acting npon a ukase issued a fow years ago, have compollod them to leave thoir hemes, and have driven thorn altogether out of the province. Tho Christian population protested, and ovon petitioned tho authorities against tlm injustico, hut thus far thoir efforts have boon ineffectual. Later advices received from Cuenca, tho scone of tlm recent dreadful oarthquako in Mouth America, rather increase than miti gate tho horrors of the situation. Cuenca was a city in Ecuador, having a population of 20,- 000. located in a wide plain. Ton thousand of tho inhabitants were killed at the outset by being swallowed up, or by falling walls. Many of tho survivors wore moro or loss injured, and of those largo numbers have since died. The people are without food, shelter, or med ical attendance, wandering about tho suburbs of tho destroyed city. It is feared that tho putrefaction of the dead bodios of tho victims will cause a plague. Nine other towns besides Cuenca wero destroyed, and it is estimated that the total loss of life will aggregate at least 20,000. Hiabscriptions for tho relief of the sufferers aro being made by tho people of tho unharmed districts. A government com mission will iqyeutigate tho pauses of the , calamity. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. , hundred years mo ? The lip* that smiled, K.rffi* 1 '’ Tho plot thlt wort t br.dkctV hurt t " hero, u where ai The pour linin'* h< That lived no lor TOBACCO AS A MONOPOLY. ^I«w the I’ntcrtiwl tlnrernuinil of frrnm-e lUninifnitui e« .tlio Weed An Unpleasnitf KatnhtUli meat on (lie final d’Oraay. Every ono known that tho monopoly of manufacturing tobaoqg by tho .State was suggested to Napoleon III. by the gorgeotiH appoar.moo of a lady at ono of tho court balls, nor diamonds, in faot. excited much admiration and not a little envy. “Who ia aho?” askod tho emperor, and the answer was, “Tho wife of a rotirod tobacco manufacturer.” From that ovouing froo trade iu to bacco waa doomed in Franco, nor has a republican form of govornmout cared to do away with a most profitable source of rovonuo. At tho name timo it must bo oonfoHHod that tho produoo of tho regie is, for tho moat port, "cheap ami nasty.” A viRit whioh I Imvo juHt paid to tho manufactory on tho Qua! d’Orsay, ono of tho fifteen whioh oxifltn In Franoo, line confirmed mo iu thin belief, though T came away with tlio improHHiou that tobacco and no other loaf wan, whether good or bad, oxoluBivoly tiHed. Tho ilrnt thing whioh strikes a visitor on on tori ug tho establishment. is tho rank overpowering ■moll of niootino whioh porvadoa tho whole place—a smell, moroovor, which iH utterly indofloribablo to thoHO who do not know it. In tho lower rooms half naked men, brown with tlio juioo of tho plant, wero ongAgcd in wotting tho loaves and packing thorn in groat stacks for tho purpose of fermentation, whioh goes on for oightouu months. OIobo by, under a shod iu nu open yard is tho powerful steam engine, of English make, which gives rotary power to all tho machines on the premises. A lurgo part of tho mnohino work is dovoted to the making of snuff, and this I was shown in all the various stages of its fabrication. Iloro, I find, it ip composed of Various tobadoos. such as Virginia, Hungarian and French, togothor with all contraband tohaooo—some of it very suspicious- looking stuff— aolzod by the custom house oflloors. This mixture ia pro portionately divide^, and nmkos a total of 100 parts. Tho snuff makers are, I was informed, the least healthy of all tho persons employed iu the establish ment. It may hu stated that the number is 2,000, of whom 1,000 are women and girls. Up stairft are rhoms dovoted to the sorting of the leaves by experienced hands, who nun toll at onoo if tho tohnoco he of foroign or of homo growth, though 1 must confess that to mo it lookod much the same. In addition to tho vnrions snuff cutting and pound ing mnohinon, a long gallery in filled with implomontn, also worked by steam, whioh neatly splice the compressed leaves iu tho pine tobAoods knotVn as “Maryland" and “Oaporal,’ the latter being considerably coarser, but, it is said, purer than the former. “(Jap- oral," induod, is the favorite kind with wlmt my guido called %> lcs vrain fu- incurs,” When salted and dried those tobaccos aro, aftor being weighed, oom- proRHod into paper packets by hydraulic pressure, fastened and then ro-woighod, any over-weight or the opposite being at onoo detected, and the packet con demned on tho spot. This is entirely done by Women, and the quickness and deftness whioh thoy display in “making up" iH really astonishing. During tho last two years there lms boon a Very groat demand for cigarettes so great, indeed, that it has occasionally been greater than the supply. (Jonsuqnoutly thoro aro many rooms filled with girls with strings of stnmped panor—out by muehines in another room—boforo them, and oaoh, with tho aid of a gum-bottle and an ingenious little instrument, turns out 1.000 to 1,000 cigarettes a day. Tho manufacture of aoigar is certainly not a pleasing oporalion. The Woman takes a Ji And fill at. nbAifh.lbbkipfi to- baooo, given it u roll with her hands, rolls a trimmed leaf round it, touches tho end with brown paste to make everything secure, and tho result is n cigar, which is thou made of the re quired length by an instrument like a turnip-cutter. Homo of those cigars cost us little as two ol 1 throb halfpence, and fow government brands are sold at 8 penco apiece. Tho regie provides tobficco suited to every taste, therefore a Whole department Is deleted to tlio I irooess of twisting rolls into what is mown in England as pigtail, destined, for the most part, to bo ohovod by sailors and tho population of neanort towns, though 1 Was shown a milder kind, which was made expressly for and smoked ill seVoral aeftartinOntf. The govornmout factory is ccrtiinlv a enrions, but not by any means i nleas- unt sight, and if any parent wishes to ouro liis son of tho “pernicious habit of smoking” he could certainly not do bettor than take him to sSo thti bstub- lishraonl iiii tho Quai d’Orsay. Any confirmed smoker, however, I would advise not to go, as ho would pjobably be digested without being cired,— Paris Letter, The Iron Mask. When General Cass was minster to France ho becamo somewhat ntimato with the then king of tlio French, Louis Phillippo. One evening when thoy wore alone, the general nq nested permission to ask a question. “ Ask what you please, ” tho king re plied. “Then," queried tho minister, “oan yonr majesty tell mo auythiu| of tho man in tho iron mask ?” “Ah,” replied Lonis, stmowhat amazed, “yes, and I will toll -on all I know about it. When I retunod from America, immediately upon Being my cousin, Count D’Artois, I, eviming the could toll mo anythiug about tho mys tery. ‘Only this’ replied tho count, 'onoo iu rumbling through the Tuilories, I found 'myself in tho apartmonts of tho quuon, Mario Autoinotto. Farting tho ourtains which conooaled mo from her oyos, I saw hor on hot kneos boforo tho king. ‘Iu mercy’s name,' said she, ,8iro, toll mol who was tho man iu tho iron mask?, ‘I oaunot toll you,’ an swered Louis XVI., sternly, ‘i loarned it fnnu my predecessor, and oan toll it i nly to my successor. But this I will toll you; if you know wh > ho was, you would bo greatly disappointod at tho curiosity whioh ho has excited.’ ” .DOLLYMOUNT. Both at tho Orood moor shooting last, your and now at Dollymonnt tho rnngos wore the same—800,1)00 and 1,000 yards; tho targets six foot by twelve in size, with a ot ntor six foot by six, and a bull’s eyo throe foot by three.’ A shot in tho bull's oye counts four; iu the center throe ; iu tlio outer, that is, any wlioro else on tlio target, two. The tonniH arc oaoh of six mou; each man has fifteen shots at each range, forty-five in nil. Tho liighoet possible team sooro is 1,080. At Oroodmoor, tho total of the Ameri cans was 984, that of tho Irish, 081 — thus mado up : At 800 yards, Americans, 825 ; Irish, 817 ; 000 yards, Amcrioaus, 810; Irish, 815; 1,000 yardB, Americans, 208: Irish, 808. This affords us ground for comparison with tho shots at Dollymonnt yos or day, when tho total was ! Americans, 007; Irish, 029—thus mado : At 800 yards, tho Americans made 887, tlio Irish, 82)8; 000 yards, Amorioaiis 2)27, Irish 202; 1,000 yards, Americans 2108, Irish 205) Therefore tho Atnorioaus boat thoir former scores heavily in each oaao—12, 17, and 0 points respectively. Tho Irish gaiued heavily at 800 yards, 21 'points— lost 221 points at 000 yards, aud at 1,000 yards lost 4. The Amcrioaus boat tlio IHhIi by 88 points, and thoir Oroodmoor score by 2)8 points ; the Irieli full behind thoir Oroedmoor performance 2 points. Tho American Hhonting was indeed splendid, and the Irish compared favor ably with tho best shooting at Wirnhlo- don, the great English rifle range. Though beaten they maintained a high reputation, and justified thoir former title to the Eloho shield, tho oliiof Wimbledon prize. They lmd exhausted hospitality to the Amorioun team pre vious to tlio match, atul thoy gavo un stinted honot to their Siiooessful oppo nents when thoy retired victors from tho field. Dolly moil lit, the range, is on u samly island iu Dublin bay, about throe miles from tho city, oidled tho North Bull. It is part of the bar at tlio mouth of tho Liflev, a stream famous in Irish history. The celebrated lmttlo of Olon- tarf, fought by Brian Born, tho ro- nounod chief, against tlm invading Danes, before William tho conqueror's timo, occurred on its banks. It was a lit place tor thtt friehdly contest be tween tho riilomon of tho Now Amurioa and Old Ireland. The qualities required in tlieso long range rifle shots arc endurance, steadi ness of nerve and careful calculation of tho varying windage. Tho oontost lasts for several hours; tho man aro kept up at high nervous tension by tho exoitomont of riompolithln afld tho sym pathetic partisanship of tho vust crowd of witnuHHOH. Only tho strongest self- control, ovonuosH of pulse and rigidity of nuiBolo can hope to win even a docent hiioochh. The positions assumod by tho different men arc many uiid frequently amusing—all, however, depending on tho ono principle of tlio pffort of tho man to find as many points of suppoit for his body on tho unyielding ground as ho can seenro, and at the same timo to bring tho roar or poop sight of his rifle as clone to his eye as poflsiblo. The target at thefio groat distances looks of about the sizo of say ono inch by half nil Indh at throe yards length from the oye, To put shot after nbot in the bull's eye— a just appreciable blank spot—at800, 000 and 1,000yards, and to keep up the Ire through forty-five con secutive shots, is U; tent the endurance and steadiness of tho murksmufl to a marvelous degree. Tlio fact that tho American team never fired at long ranges until'fast summer, though their opponents have been in praotico for ton years, gives added merit to tlleir vihtwry: .They.hate put them selves at the head of all lontf rah'^o title shots. Next month thoy will have an opportunity to tarry off tho cham pionship from Wimbledon likewise. Ouriflus Death From Hydrophobia. The death from hydrophobia wiiioh occurred in Brooklyn lust week is in some respects noto vorthy. Tho victim Was a Ifirgb, robtist Than, 8f temperate habits. Tho dog that bit him snowed no symptoms of disease, nnd is still alive, apparently in perfect health. The wound wus inflicted accidentally when tho man nnd dog wero at play ; it Imalod kindly, and no murks were left. The patient however cdutiuUed anxidtifl and morbid. Ho consulted a physician, and was assured that thoro was no danger. Still he lived in constant dread of hydrophobia, passing sloeplefls nights, and yfton subjecting himself to various toHis iu fear of disCoVrtribg traces of disease. Finally, on tho lltli of Juno, eight weeks after tho bite, tho first symptoms of hydrophobia wore manifested. {Spasms supervened, and tho patient died in groat agon*. Tho easo is anomalous, hilt not without a parallel. Just about a year ago one McUormiok died in Now York city under much tho sumo cireiirostuncoH. All that seems to bo established iu re gard to hydrophobia does not conflict with tho developments just noticed. The primo condition of tho disease iH, that tho animal oommuniouting the virus should bo excited, which has been tho ease with all hoaltby dogs whose bites have proved fatal . — Chicago IrL —Aftor all tho street-oar oonduotors who have committed suicide because their honesty was doubted, the Now York companies now find that thoy have sayed over a million dollars by tho use of tho bejl-punoh, BOSTON’S BOY FIEND. aa*noti«i*ct<* (iniinoll Hny He Rluaf flvo to four, authorized tho governor of Massachusetts to issue his warrant for the oxroutiou of the boy murderer, Johho Pomeroy, Tho facts of tho two murders com mitted by this boy aro only too woll known. For months an immense press ure has boon brought to boar on tho governor and mombers of tho council, by parties .in favor of mooting out to Pomeroy the full oxtout of tho law— i. o. hanging instead of commutation of soutonoo to imprisonment for life. Delegation after delegation of ladies (mothers in nearly all easoH) have waited upon mombers of the council at thoir homos, oflloos, on tho street, at tho hotels whilo dining, and ovon in stores when making nooessary purchases have thoy boon bosiogoil by ladies as soon os reoognized as mem bers of tlio governor’s oounoi), to oast thoir votes in favor of hangiiig when ever his ease should ootno before tho council for (Inal disposition. Hearings to tho public havo boon given at tlio state house before tbo govornor and oouuoil on tlio nuoRtion of commutation of soutonoo, and most ablo arguments havo boon mado, on both sidos, and yoH- tor.lay tlio decision was made. In viow of this, I urn committing no hroaok of oonildonoe when I write yon of oortain foots oonneotod with this case. Johho Pomoroy is a moral monstrosity. Ho murdorod two small children for no oiiuso whatovor. no did not rob thorn of even a pin; ho had no quarrel with them, whoroby liis passions might have boon oxoitod ; be suffored no ro- vengeful footings towards tho parontR of the viotims. Tlio children and thoir fnmilios woro perfect strangers to him. No onuBO for tlieso murdors aro known. CONFESSION. Ho was visited at tho iail whoro lie bus boon oonfinod sinoo his conviction by mombors of tho council, who cou- vorsod with him on tho subject of his orimc.s, Thoy found him to ho an un usually bright and intolligont lad ; his answers wore given with promptness and decision ; thoro was no wavering or hesitation in tliom, but right to tho point. When asked how mauy murders lio had committed liis quick reply was, “Two, sir I” Ho was* asked why ho killod tlio littlo boy, and ropliod that “ho did uot know.” Ho said that “lie was standing with othors looking at tho working of a flro ongino, when ho noticed a pretty looking littlo boy standing noar. Ho suddenly a-.kod tho littlo follow if lio wouldn’t tako a walk with him, and upon oon soli ting, ho wns lod aorosH marshes a distance of at least a milo, whou suddonly ho folt a flutter ing in his head and moohanioally he took his pookot knife from his poekot, rapidly oponed it, and stabbed, stabbed, stabbed it into his littlo victim, having no consciousness of wlmt ho wns doing at tho timo, nnd never thut day fully realizing what ho hud done. That in all tho timo ho Wan walking with tho boy ho did not havo it in his mind to injure Him, his only notion in having him with him Was for companionship, and it was only when suddenly soizod with this unooutrollablo immilso that ho did tho dood, and it all occurred within a minute. Tlio boy was a pretty child and that was what attracted him toward him." flfM MIJR1IBH OF THE LITTLE OWL. When aAliOd about the circumstances of liis killing tho littP) girl in Boutli Boston, ho said that “that morning his mother and brother woro away or ou- gagod, and ho wus obligod to attend to tho nilflodidal store. Ho SAt reading awhile when a pretty little girl, whom ho had novor soon before, oamo In nnd askod for some papers. As soon as she spoko Ibis terrible fooling all through him, with tho fluttering in his head, oamo over him, and he ropliod, “ they’re down collar.” Unsuspectingly sho open- nd tho door mid passed down tho stairs, Pomoioy immediately following, draw ing his knife as lie wont. As soon as the bottom was reached ho plaood his left hand ovflr hot mouth, drew hor head bnok toward his shoulder, and with tho kuifo in his right hand out her throat and sho was dead in a minute. Not three minutes had oxpirod from tho timo ho firiit laid ayes on tho littlo girl boforo sho was dood. A DIME NOVEL RBAOBn. Pomoroy has boon a close reader of dime novois and yollow-oovored litera ture until, as ono of tho gontleman stated in iiis argument before tlie coun cil, “his brain was turned, nnd his highost ambition was to bo tlio * Telus Jock’ of South Boston." Domrttlo, after being subject of discussion for ft yoat'oi- two, has beep opened at last. It admits to itfi privi leges persons of both soxes, and is a decided novelty in conservative Eng land, inasmildh fifl til* pptrriago relation is quite ignored in making ilfl tile mem bership. A female mombor is at liberty to invite to tho dinners of the club whatovor persons of either sox sho may elect, and, Vice, Versa, tho mnlo members may brihg In Alioll of their lady friends us thoy ohooso. Tlie rill# Ui absolute equality, however, scorns to bo igflofed l important particular, for tho ladios to be rigidly exolndod from tlie flmoling-rbott. Whether tho lady mem bers have a gossiping-fdtiffi equally exclusive, wo are not informed ; but ono thing is certain, there will bo plenty of material for soundal in a olub so poou* liarly organized. It is said Unit tho founders of the olub, who number about throe huudrod, comprise some of the “ best men ami women In England,” and thoy doubtless roly on thoir high reputation to put soandal to flight. Evou among opioenos all sorts of trouble is likoly to urise where women may be long to their olub without their hus bands, and may invito to dinner snoh of their male friends os they fancy. The Albemarle will opon brilliantly, but it is not destined to survive long. —Tho Niagara bookman has once moro come to tho surface. Ho drove a young couple to a plorgyman’s houso, officiated as “best plan” for tbo bridogroom, drovo the pair back to thpijr hotel, and thou called upon tho clorgymun tq di vide the fee with FACTS AND FANCIES. Hr bird l< Wlion liMl'niiig fondly lumin, No'or Hloons to oarth her wing, nor flios Where idle warblers roam. Hat high she shoots through nil* and light, Abovo all low delay, Where nothing earthly islands hor flight, Nor shadow dims her way. Ho grant mo, (loti, from orory oaro And Htaln of paiudnn froo, Aloft thtough virtue’s purer air, To hold my courno to thoo! No Hin to olond, no biro to atay My soul aH home eho springs ;— Thy Huuahlnn on her Joyful way, Thy froodemon hor wings. —Tlio proaont rago in Paris for floral dooorations ns a part of femalo embel lishment is snoh, that to look nt soma of tlio ladios us they move along, ono would imngiuo that thoy lmd pokod their head and waist through a bod of gardou (low ers, mid woro boariug off tho spoils over half thoir porsous. —A littlo throo-yoar old, warned by hor mothornot to put hor fingors into tho ohopping tray, lost tho knifo should ont them off. said : “I will havo moro when I got to honvon.” Hor mothnr replied, “You will not nood thorn thoro." “Yos,” said tho child, “I shall; elso how oau I play on my harp ?” —The Priuoo of Walos, tirod of tlio dull routine of English publio dinners, with tho snmo bills of faro, tho mono tonous toasts nnd prolix spooalion, in troduced smoking into tho programme. Ho set tho fashion at tho last dinner of the Agriculturists, lighting his oigar almost os soon ns tlio roasting was ovor. Of oourno, ho did not laok a following, and soon tho prinoo's party woro whif fing away oontontedly, nud proof against tlio stupidest speeches that could be made. Henooforth the poatpraudiul cigar will bo a foaturo of Euglisu publio dinners. —At tho Oontral markot yoHtorday a long-haired man mounted a box aud oommonood : “ My friends, who hath rodnoss of oyos ? Tho drunkard. Who hath woo ? Tho drunkard. Tbo Lord sent us pnro cold water. There’s noth ing like w .” At that moment a boy who wns throwing water from tho gar- den-hoRO used around there nooidently turned tho stream against the strangers book, and hu jumpoa down aud said it was a case of nesnult, and ran after a warrant. He said that no human boiug could throw oold water ovor him with out boing mado to suffer for it.—Detroit free Press. —If you are woll, lot yourself alone. One of tho groat errors of tlio ago is, we modioato tho body too ninoh. More persons aro doatroyed by eating too muoh. Gluttony kills moro than drunk- onuoss in oivilizod sooiety. Tho best gymnasium is a wood yard, a olonring, or n corn field. A hearty laugh is known, the world over, to bo a health promoter;, it elevates tbo spirit, onlivons tho circu lation, nud is innrvolously ooutugeous in a good sense. Bodily activity and bodily health aro inseparable. If the bowels are lose, lie down in bed, remain thoro and eat nothing until you uro woll. Tho throe bust medicines in tho world aro warmth, abstinence aud repose. If my lovo smile: Ho burps of leaves laugh 'uoatli JSolian hands. If my lovo speak : Ho ring Uio merry voices of tlio woods, That uiioor alike sunshine and solitudes. carnation with tlio twilight dies. If my love wnop: Ho fall tlio crystal tear* of night in dew. Hklos woop that earth may bloom moro " Tampered ” Class. Varied ns will be its application for sciontifio and industrial uses, its utility for domestic purposes will lie consider able. It will bo a boon to the careful housewife; besides its utility for all articles of oommon household crockery, china, hot water, and washing appara tus, M. do la Uastie’s iuvontion will iu future relieve her mind of all anxiety regarding her most favorite china and glass, for, if " tempered ” by this pro- ooss, they will be proof against the carelessness of tho most careless ser vants. To give an illustration. Amongst several articles which wo in spected and tried one, which appeared to tin to be a oommon china plate, turned ollt to be of tho tempered glass enamelled on the top. It was thrown on tho floor, gave forth a bell-like sound, but did not break. In foot, it may be thrown about anyhow without breaking. A square pieoo of glass about one-eighth of an inch in thiok- noss wits put into a wooden frame, rest ing only with its sides on tbo latter, and we wore surprised to find that it sus tained the weight of an ndnlt man. Chimney-glasses and globes will fly dirootly if tho gas is turned on too sud denly on lighting up; tempered glass will stand any sudden changes. It is eveu stated that pipes mode of this glass will withstand tho greatest press ure, and that it would bo worth while trying it for water-pipes. If it wore ouco established to be proof against frost what discomfort would be spared tho householder of London, who looks, at the breaking up of frost, for the bursting of his water-pipes and its oon- oomitant misery, as regularly as to tho non appearance of watoring-oarts when an east or north wind is blinding him with dust. Wo should not omit to mention that thoro is a great probability of tho efficiency and durability of the now glass being pttt to a severe test. We are informed that thoro is some prospect of its boing used for tho large tanks of the now Westminster aquannm, now in oonrso of erection. The glass plates forming tho sides of the tanks are, of necessity, of such an enormous thickness, to insure safety, which is not always obtainable, as to make their con struction very expensive. Glass tom- pored by M. de la Bastio’a prooess, it is stated, nood only be of a quarter the thickness of ordinary plate glass used for that purpose, and even then resist any possible ftWQunt of lateral pressure.