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Newspaper Page Text/ CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1S75. VOLUME II. NUMBER 25. TIMELY TOPICS. Whisky straight has ruined thou sands, hut the "crooked” article is what is now playing the mischief in various localities. Smiin’AKY II Hi stow has closed a con tract with the syndicate for taking the whole of the remainder of $500,000,000 five j*er cents. The Secretary will take no action in regard to disposing of the four or four and a half i>er cent, until congress meets. Valmahkiu’s latest order presents an interesting view of life in Culm. He prohibts j*eople from traveling at night because they an* liable to l>e shot bv tin* numerous patrols through the country. As the unfortunate Cubans are afraid to travel around during the daytime for the same reason, the will probably have to stay at home and reflect upon the’grand- eurof Spanish domination. In a review of i/union pauperism re cently published, a striking contrast is drawn lietwccn the present state of things and that existing sixty years ago. Then the number of persons relieved by the jhh.)r rates was eight |>or cent, of the population. Now it is only three per cent. The population has more than tredded in that time, yet the number of ]htsoiih wanting relief remains nearly Tilk treasury oillciuls now estimate that the government will recover more than $’2,000,000 from the crooked whisky cases. They at first estimated that only one million five hundred thousand dollars would Ik* recovered. They attribute this sucre** to the evidence directly obtained by the means of the new system of com paring accounts, which was inaugurated by solicitor Wilson, and which led to the detection of the frauds. cnee with the authorities at Washington. Inquiry has lieen especially made in relation to ‘The Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery,’ and ‘The Livingston University of America’—in stitutions, so culled--of which there are professed agencies in 1/union and other English cities. The latter institution never existed, and the charter of the former was revoked in 1X72, on account of the issue and sale of spurious diplomas. Till: famous submarine tunnel of the English channel will soon Ik* begun. The memlH'rs of the French commission, com post'd for the most part of practical men and engineers, declare that an under ground communication between Franco and England is only a question of ex pense, and their report leads to the belief that the project can In* carried out with less ex|>cnse than was at first imagined, and that the danger of leakage and infiltration will not be so great as was at first supposed. A shaft will short ly be sunk on the French side of the channel near Ualais, to a depth of 350 feet, for the purpose of hauling up the •art h ; id rock fro i the ' Jus Will A labs of Utah formerly km Hlue White"—has rendered a decision releasing Brigham Young, and demolish ing former decisions of an adverse char acter. White’s decision unravels one ol the Mormon Gordian knots, and will al low attorney general l’iorrejiont to breathe easier. In the meantime, Ann Eliza’s chances for alimony arc growing smaller and beautifully less. Gr.v. J it Hal E. Early, president of the southern historical society, says that this association jMissesses nearly a com plete set of all the reports printed by the confederate departments, including the president’s messages, rejiorts of battles, acts of the confederate congress and state governments, etc. It has also a full set of manuscript reports of Gen. Iiongstrcet’s corps, the papers of Gen. .1. E. B. Stuart, all of Gen. Ewell’s reports, a full set of paj*ers of Gen. H. I>. life’s corjis, and many other valuable reports of confederate officers, lies ides a number of federal official reports. A (IK:ANTIC hotel isalsml to Ik* built Tnr.ur. wore important disclosures last wed; in the trial in St. Louis of McDon ald for defrauding the revenue. The man who collected the enormous sums of blackmail from the distillers was on the and. He swore that something like 400,000 a year was collected and dis- •ibuted among the thieves lor four ire; that the ‘ who Udieved o” received $. r >< laments’’ were more and that one of the at “the policy of si- 000. A bad lot all rst of them is this himself around, but the worst Megram, who willingly mad confederate of theirs for flv now Is trays all the rest in order to retain his own share of the plunder and keep out of jail. The St. I amis ring seems to have lieeiLCondueled by shrewd and cun ning men, and it is to Is* hoped that their punishment may serve as a warn ing instead of a profitable trick to lie son the iuo of more ami heavier atone. It at os that much lias boon done, but much ore will have to he done before any good •suits are obtained. They regard the South asN of the Mississippi as more Kuseuptllde of improvement than was the Sulina mouth of the Danube, where a twenty feet elumuel has been aeeurod by jetties. I'oitiaa n. The Madrid senate has elected Kmnero Rubio, president, and .Senor Saavedra vice- poNident. The lower house has elected Vidal Castaneda president, and Dainaeho vice-president. The e< edubatlon bill has been intrudiun ioIi distn s in the i s has been produced. The of starvation. It further appears that several natives, .students at the theological college at Capo Palmas, are in sympathy with their fellow-natives, and give them encouragement in their attacks on Liberians, and that a number of Englishmen'are trading with the natives, supplying them with tire-arms, am munition and other means of war. The Spanish minister has been offici ally advised from Madrid, that Ills govern ment has conceded that in future, American citizens on trial before court-martial in Gubo, shall him (lie privilege of selecting counsel r defen The l of 17 i the • ion of (lie Spanish government, v ficicntly definite to meet tlm east martial in the event of war or i in tin- Island, Imt the present a Senator Kci of the senate ;i Wilson's HiieccN I Nil f- k llOllia. MVIIH'.N. A ait a gluiu-i t out iv It hill » ml yet lore !» ' 'm model maidea. ] lie tells yoll Mol d life and alt lls glories, lug dim: . nv\l Ills it ilifie lived, trout liiia to claim thKTSjS i She 1 'll Ids gill! at It Ids maiden mist el, Idle tee aloft the angles Who Him hi hid the Iren dying. I hilglder In o Stall hern eaves oar hints h.n v so should^ fair tlili There will Ik* twenty-four contested s to settle in the imitated l)J other henvv 3 dial iillleials *. HI. I New York. ondnn, with Ameri ■riean architect, d, after an Amoricr v i tli Americi riean plan, and to be managed on the American system. A site not far from the house of commons, and close to St. James’ park, Ims been purchased, and it is said that a year hence the first visitor may take up bis nltode in the new establishment. This hotel will make up 1,000 beds; the din ing-room will accommodate 700 persons at the same time, and a staff of 100 ser vants will Ih* required to carry on the duties of the house. Tm. bank of England clips every light sovereign that comes into the bank. Throe thousand are weighed in an hour with one machine. Last year tin* bank weighed coin To the amount of $115,500,- 000, and rejected $1,200,000, or alsuit 3.6 per cent., as being light gold. For this amount the bank paid the full value making a deduction for the deficiency of weight, which is generally alsiut. six or eight cents per light sovereign. Mr. Hodgson. M. I'., a hank director, says that in a 1m.x of 0,000 sovereigns the number which will Is 1 found to have turned the point of light weight will •nerally he alsuit eight, if they have .* been disturb'd, and In* adds : " You v. aware that the sovereign which is in »ur pocket at fi o’clock in the morning is .1 the same sovereign at 12 o’clock at night.” After this rather alarming an nouncement it is satisfutory to find Mr, Hodgson stating also that tin* charge fin light weight on the eight deficient sov ereigns would Ik- about four cents pci coin, making only thirty-two cents oi the box of $25,000; so that" it roalB amounts to nothing.’’— Exchange. the history of f i that rurial character not only of its institu tions, but of its people. San Francisco )ivi's upon the Nevada mines. The con dition of the mines, therefore, has a great deal of influence upon tin* business and temper of the people of San Francisco. •d Si: city which does es, and it will war with Hp publishes a . all nations, eight “line class,” while the bonanzas has de ism trade. At the ultural enterprises of wring the sensational • Francisco |«»plc. rrowtli of business in : not depend iij*oh the supplant the seiinji- Thia shows that .Spain has »f battle alii pa of the first ,ca ha e. The tonnage of the navies of the o are about equal, hut that of the nited States is largely in amphibious ;ifl for coast defense. Counting oui -liore craft and all. Spain has a quartci are guna than we. As we have clung the caat-iron smooth Ixircs, in which . material improvement has been n a century, wc can not boaat of tie trior jK.wer of our guns. But the LATEST NEWS SUMMARY. New York has -150 miles of street rail nv, 1,500 rare, drawn l.y 12,000 horses, ami irrying nmimilly 160,000,000people. Full official returns from all the coun- rs ..f New York state show a majority for igeh.w, the democratic eamlidate for seere- rv of Ntnte, over Seward, repuhliean, of I,HU!. The femperanee eamlidate received ,-s • votes. The total vote of the slate wiih prairie fire. The official count for n the republic? of representatives. Nine of the mil ls are republicans and fifteen are denioerats. ('onsidorahlo activity prevails at the Gosport navy yard. Orders have been re ceived from Washing: the monitors Lehigh possible dispatch. A contract has lwon closed between parties in Chicago mid Liverpool, England to Guild a number of sailing vessels to ply between these two ports in the grain trade each vessel to have a carrying rapacity of thirty-eight thousand bushels. They will he eonsirueted in time for the opening of navi gation next year. From July 1 to Oct. 31, there was a falling off in customs receipts probably to the extent of three millions, us compared with the corresponding mouths lust year. This month thus fur, the receipts are much larger. The internal revenue receipts show mi increase for July, August, {September and October of $2,400,101), mid it is expected the increase for the present month will he one million and a half of dollars. The in crease in the receipts from (lie increased tax on distilled spirits lias not been as large as anticipated, hut there lias been an iiierease of receipts from tobacco and snuff, owing to the change of the tax from 20 to 22 per cent, per pound. Gen. Ord, in command of the depart ment of Texas, in his annual report giv lengthy account of the border operations of Mexican banditti, most of which has anticipated l.y press publications. Tin report closes with the following suggestions More effectual means must he adopted, llimi Hiding troops to look on, while our peopf •e being despoiled and murdered; for it i rideiit that soldiers, however willing, can d nothing if confined to this side of the rivei and an order to jniike reprisals with mean to carry out the order has sometimes resulted in indemnity as well as security. General Sherman's rejxirt. 'I mini report <*f Gen. Kheriiinii, after stating tin- geographical limits of the various com- mauds, says the aggregate strength <>f tin line of the army according to the last re ports received, is I,AM officers and 25,031 en listed men, made lip as follows: Five regi ments of artillery, 270 officers uml 2,501 men ; 10 regiments of cavalry,-122 officers and 7,206 men; 25 regiments of infantry, -S IS officers and 11,000 men, available recruits, hospital stewards, ordnance sergeant-, etc., 33,201. During the past winter troops in the depart- Rank Imposes Obliga tion. " I lung Mian Aahtirat!” "Oh, Phil!” “ Well, I can’t help it. Why dm aim come to spoil everything? Don’t I mow how it Aahtirat to he Deluded in eve and lxmt-rmvH, juat veilings on dceluro I’ve a great •In Phil's at Goalie Phil, vlnm walla and table, with daintily frilled and inbrohlered eovera laid over the old- fashioned pillows, an easel with its ran- raaea and nil-tuba in one corner (Mias Aahurat painted pictures,) a writing ta ble exquisitely arranged drawn Into the window (Miss Aalmrst wrote hooka,) a overt faced Madonna painted on Ivory, a ew llowers grouped in a classic, vase, nadc the homely lceeping-room chamber »vor into a bower of romance, simple Amy thought. She stood as in a dream, inhaling (lie perfume of a wide luxurious life, of a whole world of sensations and sights unknown until now, and scarcely comprehended. “ There!” said Miss Aalmrst, giving the last (ouch to her vase of clematis and roses, “now 1 shall do beautifully. What a pleasant room tills is! The very exposure I like best, and such a sweet view! It is just the room to work in. I am glad your mother let me come, Amy. I may call you Amy, may I not? We arc relatives^ you know—Tar away, lint still relatives.’' “Oh yes, please do,” cried Amy, “every one else calls me so.” “ I low lovely she is!” was her solil oquy as she went down stairs. “ I won der what Phil will think of her? He will he surprised, I'm sure, Imt he must admird her; he can't help it.” She watched the expression of his eyes at teatime, but it told her nothing. Phil scarcely spoke. He looked at Miss Asluiret a great deal, hut Amy could only guess what the looks meant. “ Well?” she said, interrogatively, as they met on the door-steps after tea. Well,” responded Phil. "What do you think? Isn't she pretty ?” “PrettyI” with an indignant inflcc- ‘ Why, Phil, how i i help think ing '• Pretty is not tlm word at all. Si superb—beautiful.” “ I thought you would think so,” Amy, cheerfully, but with a little stric ture at her heart. “ Yes. She’s not my style, of course; but she is a woman in a thousand. No nder she has been such a belle'all her life.' be i bad will be? always Miss •onsidered, taken about, tiling. No more drives n and mi*, Amy; the door-step. I lind to go over to for a month.” (eoaxingly.) “It on think. Besides, cry much. ' Mother the greatest beauty u may like lie >’h her mother ’ Connecticut.” "She isn’t a beauty, though; I’ll bet that. A talking, writing, society wo rn I hate the kind. Amy, will you go out for a row? We’ll have one more while tlm boat is all our own.” 1’his confabulation was held on either side of the Widow Man run's garden gat e iilcd gate for purposes of conversa tion, just nigh enough and wide enough accommodat e two pairs of elbows, and allow the owners of the cIImovs to look .ily into each other’s eyes. Phil smiled into Amy’s as lie swung wide the harrier. He offered his arm, she took it, ind limy sauntered down to tlm shore, rimy were a picturesque couple to look it. Tall Phil, in spite ol his momentary ill-loni|KM, possessed a frank, handsome face lit with line eyes and the sweetest of smiles; while little Amy's modest, wild-llower beauty was exquisite in ils way. Second cousins, intimate friends, all but declared lovers, it was a pleasant matter of course that they should he al ways together; and ill spile of Amy's disclaimers, aim was at the bottom of Imr Imart as sorry as Phil at this interruption to their lrtc<i-lrtr as sorry or sorrier; for blended with her regret was tlm in stinctive apprehension of a girlish heart, which, pledged in fact though not name, grieves with tlm unspoken dread that some other woman may yet pass by to snatch from her very lips the coveted iintasted Clip in whose depth lies, or seems to lie, all tlm I coining life Philip so er the effort t< forgot h 111 fort to about it, however; ni itlrn him, sho, woman like, annoyance. Ho tlm ( id T«- ci»| , I i-aiii|>nigMK s bet id Kn »tm \ that have illations oil •oMlltilig m I o authority iiiIhth of the council, and cans will have sixteen and n nu mbers of tin; house. MOUTH. islitution of Alabama has y a majority of over fifty ek foi paw erfei solatio r shor an not desert Minister : Lt- r to the L also degrees. n selling degi o have 1* The lx. o., whole- nds, of New Orleans, is reported. $750,000; assets half a million, ided debt of Ht. I>mis at the of its present inntiicip.il year was i, and is now $16,270,000. With Ml, tl*i Having ascertained that >ecn engaged in England i diplomas purporting : liahilitiei ‘ It conferred b\ Amo; id being | and universities, satisfied that these distinctions and lion-1 ore were pretended and spurious, lie made the imposture a subject of correspond- | the ml value of the City ol did not fall short of eight Inin I dollars, which, with the value lakes the total loss by the dii million of dollars—ten limes e city by the late The Jetty commissioners’ report ad- disarmment and suliji military commanders con have control over suppli'-H needed by these Indians, as they now have over their persons, I am convinced, by a recent visit, that a condition of pence can he maintained. The Sioux Indians have re cently made incursions into northern Ne braska, mostly to steal cattle and horses from tin; farms along the Pacific railroad ami north of it. Gen Crook is of the opinion that an armv acting defensively cannot prevent these, incursions, and suggests that troops he sta tioned III the midst of the Indians so as to watch and prevent them leaving on a pre tense of hunting. This is impracticable unless the army can have supervision of the neces sary supplies of these tribes within the re servation; which is now not the ease. The reports of several commissioners, which have under military escort recently been engaged in exploring the country and in negotiating with these Indians, will throw much light < this subject. Generally speaking, the damn) to life and prosperity by the Indians is h lieved to be less during the past year than any former year, and the prospect is that the country settles up it will he less and le each year until all. the Indians are established on small reservations; hut until they acquire habits of industry in farming or stock-raising they will need food from the cause the game on which they have hitherto subsided has diminished rapidly ing cnilwl Imppily * lay brought the expected guest, first glance, nt-nt her heart to quaking again. Never bad she seen a woman in the least like this. Bose Aslmrst was oik; of those born cne.lmnl- wlm reign not only by intention, but by right. Her beauty would have i n remarkable bad not her charm been >re remarkable. I h r wit and talent • re balanced by a sweet humor which rvaded every ‘word and act, and Ha red all with fascination. Tad, cul- rc, tlm perfect self-possession which rges upon self-forgetfulness, lent their 1 to complete her attraction. And all ts real. There was no pretense alxml i-s Aslmrst. The kino looks which dined from her beau I il’til eyes sprung •in a kind heart. Him threw licrscll ...to the interest of every human creature who approached her with a warmth l)orn of true sympathy. No wonder alto was popular ‘ Popularity hardly spoiled her. received imr daily ovations as a niat- of course, half indifferently, half gratefully, but always with a modest grace which enhanced her effect, dangerous woman this to bring into p pinquity with susceptible youths. IN Amy! But Amy, too, felt the charm. I dazzling brown eyes which hud bewitched m) may hearts worked their spell upon lier’s at once, anil she lent delighted aid in settling the new-comer and her belon) mgs. This month in i’emigewasset was sudden whim of M iss A ahu rat’s. Hhe want- ,.,1 oiiiet and a j dace to write in, and the glad you admire he •ou won’t mind her Wing here, amt ,'oil’ll be polite to her, won’t you, l’liil?” “ Oh, yes ; I’ll do whatever you wish,” eplied l’liil, with a carelessness which ,vas half aH’ccted. " Hlm’s not Philip’s style,” whinnered Amy to her pillow that night, ami fell asleep with the talismanie scnlcnco on her lips. A In*Amw rmtlly lliln^go wrong I Ami llicrcfnllnlli ii mint ninl ii lillmflug mill, Amt life Ih imvnr tlm miiiic ugnlii," sings George Macdonald. Tilings wont “wrong” in little Amy’s world during the next fortnight. Was it only the pre science of coming mists which darkened the blue, and made the daya sad ? Was it only foolish jealousy, or wiih it h tiling tangible? Him made lieraelf erublo over these questions. Him scolded herself, hut scolding did no gi wrung, hurt feeling would not u And yet why was she hurt ? Was it not natural and right that Philip should lie attentive to their guest, who had on him, as on her, the claim of kindred blood— this guest who was so ehariiiing? For Amy never denied the charm ; she felt it herself, too strongly. Wiih it not the very thing she had asked him to do? Yes; Imt yet—hut yet--hut yet— All these reflections ('lined by deepening the vague unhappiness. Night after night she sat alone on the door-step and watched the heat glide oil' into the moon light; Phil at the oars, Miss Aslmrst with the tiller ropes in her white hands, “Gome with us,” they always said; hut when she murmured an excuse, they passed mi cheerfully without her. Yes it had conic hi that: Philip went with out her, and liked it just as well! The world—her world—lutd changed. Would it ever he the same again? ” Philip was in a temporary dazzle of admiration; he neither reasoned nor re flected. But for Miss Aslmrst, no sjiglit- ohI glimpse of the truth had mind. Him thought Amy a sweet, pretty child, hut shy, and busy with household matters, as the only daughter of a widow in poor circumstances must naturally ho. For Phil, he was charming; she liked him best when alone—the truth being tlial a slight uneasy consciousness made him awkward when in company with the Id love, with whom he was somehow a little “off," and the new, with whom lie not fairly "oil.” Ho Miss Aslmrst not sorry when Amy refused to ie moonlight rows, and knowing thing of what had gone Indore, it did not ,trike her ns unusual or make her quus- ii m. I hi and Amy were as brother and lister, she reflected. Ho her eyes being icaleil by ignorance, and Phil’s blinded is by a sudden spell, Amy’s pale cheeks md woftil looks passed unheeded, except »v one pair of eyes which were not “ Yes. They are second cousins, as you know. Phil's father was niv most intimate friend, and the children were naturally brought up together. Last spring Phil, who trusts mens If I were his mother, begged my leave to ask Amy to he his wile.” Hhe unused a moment. Miss Asluirt said notning, only leaned forward a little and listened. “ I told him that Amy was so young that he had better wait a few mouths before he said anything. I wish I hadn't.” “ 1 don’t know whv. It might have been better. Since dial time Phil has seen a woman a little older, far more beautiful, than my little girl, richer in all that life lias to give, hut not richer ns far as he is concerned, for she has no love to give him, and Amv lias. If she had, if she could, I should not speak. II l did not know that slm is as t rue and as good as she is beautiful, I should nut speak. As it is. I do.” “Mv dear Mrs. Man ran thank you,” said Miss Aslmrst, as last. “ You were right to speak. I have made mischief, hut without knowing it. You are sure of that, I hope.” “ I am sure of it.” " l’liil is a charming person. I like him extremely, and of course I saw that he liked me. But I never thought of it as a serious thing. A great many other people have felt the same, ami have got ten over it.” " Phil will get over it also, lie has loved you hut three weeks, and Amv three years. It is a glamour, which will wear off,” Miss Aslmrst smiled still, hut less brightlv. It. is not pleasant to he agreed with so cordially in mutters of' this kind. “ Yes,” she said ; “it is, as yon say, a glamour. It will disappear as I disappear. And the sooner that divnppearnnce takes place the hotter. I shall have a letter this evening which will oblige me to leave you day after to-morrow. Will that do?” “ My dear Miss Aslmrst, my dear kins woman, believe me when I say that l am truly sorry that anything must make you lire what I thought, what I trusted, and I thank you with all my heart.” “ And l thank you for trusting me,” eplied Miss Aslmrst. But after she went up stairs her face hanged. Long she stood at the window looking out at the dim-tinted sea. “ It lias been very nice,” sin* whispered to herself at last. “But this is foolish. 1 must go to bed.” Miss Aslmrst’s letter of recall came, and on tin* day fixed she left. Amy, dazed, as it were, by this sudden de parture, reproached herself heartily for reeling glad. This reproach deepened into remorse when, tin* farewells spoki and the beautiful radiant presence va ishod, site found her walls and table nted with good-by gilts. old hon mother conditi' glad t! AH i which her great-grand- was born seeming to meet these ms, she wrote to offer herself ur ate; and Mrs. Mauran, who win add to her small income by an ml Ixmrdcr, gave pleased consent. >f pretty thing: FACTS AND FANCIES. Ijohhch on vessels and cargoes by the out gales on the northwestern lakes up to latest accounts will aggregate Hourly $.300,000, A large number of excursions from England to America during the Ccntcn- ' d have been arranged, some of which II come by special steamers. —The Gzur recently gave a young He brew a commission in tlm Russian army. This iH the first instance in which a Jew has been made an officer in Husain. -The Gulifornia trade with Australia >' employs more shins and more ton nage than with any other portion of the world, with the single exception of China. To such nil extent have we become the purveyors to foreign governments of ^iritis for warfare that, we exjmrt yearly between 500,000 and (500,000 stand ofnrmH. In this dim world of clouding cares -•-•Gerald Massey. Nearly all the fat entile in Colorado have clump'd hands recently or will do so soon. Never in the history of tlio territory has the trade in cattle been so active. —It cannot Ik* that the spirit of poe try is dead. As long as there are women and llowers Hit! divine alllatus can't he xlmusted, whatever may happen to tlm endor. 'I’liis littiu "fragment,” as it ia called, from the Brooklyn Argus, is a real heart renchor: —A Norwegian paper reports that one Captain Gummreon, recently returned from an Arctic voyage, has discovered in Nova Zemlda a diary written by Bareut, the Dutch Arctic explorer, in the year 1580. The manuscript is said to be in period preservation, and it« publication is anxiously looked for by scientific anti quaries. —Not long since, the mother of Katie Curran, .lessee I'omoroy’s victim, applied to Dr. Gullis for admission to his con sumptives’ homo, saying that slm con tracted the disease wiiieh was wasting life away hy sitting out-doors in cool and damp evenings, wailing for the murdered —The English are an unreasonable people. They complain that Queen Vic toria has too many grandchildren to lie clothed, fed, educated, and sent on ex cursions at. public cxponsc. The Queon is not to lie Illumed for all these. If the croup, measles, whooping cough, and other royal diseases have done their duty, Victoria could not well have less of grnudchildri Her montod with good-by gilts. Here were | w j, ()HC 0 ,„ lllt ,. Imnil the photographs she had most admired, c„ulil Hteul; whose n Urn hooks, even tho Madonna, ivory- ‘ painted and velvet-swung, all left for Imr hy her sweet-henrted rival. A mist, of penitent tears dimmed her eyes; hut in spite of penitence and of tears, she was glvul. For l’liil, tho rattle of the wheels which boro his charmer away was like t lie sound which breaks sharply into some fantastic dream. Metaphorically speaking, he rubbed his eyes. For a day or two he hung about, vacant and listless; then he roused, as desirous to pick up dropped threadsugain. Homchow Amy whs more difficult of approach than of yore. A little veil rested between them. Him was not always to be Imd when wanted. Wo value what wo work for, what wo hold with some trembling sense, of insecurity. As weeks went on, l’liil grew to prize Amy more than ever. Tho knowledge that lie Imd half lost her intensified his love. It required months to win Iiih way hack to tho old place. But at Inst— A fact! so fair, Ho Imunted with sweet mysteries, turn'll a face astray from heavenly scenes, And not. of one who e’er Bad breakfasted ou hliukwhcat oiikos, Or dined on henna. -An American writer,dating his letter from Gibraltar, saya; "The more I see of Gibraltar, tlm less I wonder at the tenacity with which it is held hy Eng land. niid tin! dislike tlm Hiianinnls have fertile English tenure of tno plueo. The strength of the imsitioii is something wonderful. Nat ure and military art seem to have worked together in making ‘Gib’ as invulnerable as it is |M)ssilde to lie. Nor does tlm engineer department allow modern progress in either guns or bat teries to pass unnoticed. Of tho former there arc some fifty or sixty about to ho hanged for others of a much larger enli- you And you are quite, quite sure that cure most for mo?” whispered Amy, ily, tlm night after their engage ment. “Most? Altogether, you mcfln. There is no other.” " Not oven Miss Aslmrst?” "Not even Miss Aslmrst; though”—- mu I l’liil lifted Ills cap iis before a queen “ she is a stunner, a real lady, every inch of her, and as good as she is beauti ful. Bless her 1” And bless her, say wo. ily, her motile Mauran was a quiet pc iiulet concealed strength and a jtowe hut . ..Bug character. Instinctively "look stock” of all persons with whom she came in contact, and her instinct rarely failed. A hitter experience had taught her how "easy things go wrong” in this world of ours, and though she “hated to meddle,” and was sorry to lose her boarder, she resolved to appeal to the sweetness and nobility which she felt were the underlying stratum of Miss Aslmrst,’s nature. It was in this wise that she accomplished her purpose: Miss Aslmrst and Phil had been off on a drive prolonged into late twilight. Tea was over. I’hil had strolled down to the village after tlm mail, and Mrs. Mail raft sat beside her guest in the shaded porch. “Where is Amy?” asked Miss Ash- ii rst. to IkkI with a bad headache,’ id Mrs. Mat "A headache? I am s lore something out of so which would relic In, perhaps,... ,,,n. devoted homeopath. " I think there is something. Not out of your case, however,” replied Mrs. Mauran, quietly. “ What can you mean?” “ My dear Miss Aslmrst, may I speak frankly to vou alsmt something that is on my min’d? And will you not think me unkind or impertinent?” “ I am quite sure you could bo neither.” “ I want to tell you a little story which concerns Phil and Amy.” " Phil and Amy !” ry! Isn’t medicine! -pulsatil Miss Aslmrst was a Fki.tHap A rout It.—A story is lately current at Hartford of one of the city clergymen who is famous for his manly, earnest good fellowship, lie was traveling on the curson llioNcw York At New Hav road, not long since, engaged in a pin imt chat with a friend, when he was i peatedly annoyed hy a drunken bummer in tlie seat in front, who persisted in at tempting to engage him in conversation, AL last, wearied beyond endurance, tin clergyman arose, ami turning the until tharply away from him, said, " You nr( drunk, and I don’t wish to hear or set anything more of you.” Tho buinmci sank into silence for a moment, and then once more turned, and, gazing rcpr< fully at the clergyman, exclaimed, to lie heard nearly tho whole extent of the car by the. jias-engers. whose atten tion had generally been directed that way, “Mr. T , ’pears to me „ don’t care anything at all ’Inuit my soul.” Gold and Silver Production.—-The San Francisco Bulletin presents some important statistics relative to tho treas ure product ahd movement at California and Nevada for a series of years past, including the. following statement cover ing tho production from 1805 to date: California. Nevada. Total. 1805 . $28,500,000 $11,250,000 $30,750,000 25,500,000 10,000,000 35,500,000 the trunks to adorn the simple chamber. Miss Ashurst could not live without artistic surroundings, and traveled al ways with photographs, sketches, books, small articles of virtu, and bits of bright, color in this or that. These difqMMed on 1888.... 1860.. .. 1870.. .. 18717.. . 1872.. .. 1873.. .. 187-1...• 25,000,IKK) 22,000,000 22,500,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 10,000,000 17,000,000 15,000,000 38,000,000 13,500,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 16,000,000 23,000,000 28,750,(KM) 5,750,000 38,500,000 34,000,001) 34,500,(MM) 41,000,000 43,000,000 47,750,000 54,750,IKK) Totals $210,500,000 $200,250,000 $410,7 It is estimated that the product for 1K75 will he increased from thirty to forty per cent, over that of 187-1. flHll —Tho interest creasing rapidly, and the double the fisheries no the country than there years ago. it is, the army of i iiover yet lived, nor lias one of tho fleet of ships yet Ihuiii built, that could for two hours withstand the withering fire of the guiiH now in {Mwition on various parts of tho Rock.” —The Alhemeiim says that a transla- latiou of tho " Pilgrim’s Progress” ban issued hy a native Japanese pub lisher. Tho vernacular literature of Ja pan is extending at a rapid rate, adapta tions of tho best English toxt-ljooks on geography and physical aoionco being published almost monthly, and, though far from being perfect productions, are attaining a wide circulation. Japanese writers have the greatest difficulty in finding accurate enuivalonts in their wn language for European words used > denote recent Euro noun discoveries ml scientific terms. They are almost I wavs obliged to paraphrase; thus dy- aniito becomes "the powerful thing,” >rpcdo" under-watorhurstor/’and soon. The great evil is that each different writer chooses his own paraphrase for such terms as "polarization.” "sncctro- protoplasm,” etc.—Pall Mall Gazelle. Conlllellng Repei ts or the Cotton Crop. The New York Herald calls attention a matter of supremo importance to all growers, dealers in, and manufactur ers of cotton—the apparently irreconcila ble difference between the reports of tho national cotton exchange and those of the agricultural bureau at Washington— and gives tho annexed table, com wising the estimates of tho crop of tho United Htates, based on October and Novcmbor reports from those sources, as showing tho inconsistencies and contradictions plained of: ....tllsWKW Arrir'illiirnl 4,0117,000 In New York, tho impression seems to prevail that the report of tho national cotton exchange for October was manip ulated in the interest of the hull party to the speculation which was then in progress ; and it is also believed that tho 't'nnormn construction which has been put upon ,,0 ° 000 the November report of the bureau is forced and unnatural-ignoring,perhaps, the increased acreage, and tho fact tlm* Increased percentages of yield take, sections where the greater pro- place in sections where the greater pro portion of the crop iH usually grown, and the decreased percentages in sections ulture is in- where the growth of cotton is at best not ire more than large. Bhould the November estimate established in of tho agricultural bureau prove correct, ere a couple of the receipts at the ports must henceforth I show a falling off.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cedartown record. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1874-1879, December 07, 1875, Image 1