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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1S75.
VOLUME II. NUMBER 26.
TIMELY TOPICS.
The California four-mile race has been
jHtstpoiicd uutil Christmas, and nil pools
declared off.
The French town of Nome is ntaut
to 1* lighted by git* made from cork-
waste and cuttings. These are distilled
in a done vessel or rutort, and the gas
obtained Is said to ta brighter and
whiter than that of coal. The blue or
lion-luminous rone is Manlier, and the
gas itself has a greater density than that
from ordinury con'.
llA NCR OFT, the historian, is getting up
:i petition to congi***-* to erect a monu
ment ut Yorktown, Va., commemorative
of the surrender of Cornwallis during the
Tevdlutlonnry war. (’ongress passed a
resolution to build such a monument in
178$), but, like the rtiiigressionul action
relative to the Washington monument, it
has never Assumed shape.
Av accidental discovery of great ii
fxirtsmv, if verified, is nmiouuecd by
French veterinarian, wlm, noting that
the "fra*t and mouth disease” seemed
variably to spare cattle ofleoted with
cow-pox, Ims vaccinated a tram tar of
oxen ns a preventative measure, with the
result that "not one of the twenty-five
leasts successfully inoculated has, up to
this date, shown any sign of font
mouth disease,” although living among
animals largely effected with it.”
Mu. T. A. Edison, the eloctriein
the Alnutic and Pacific telegraph
|Ntny, while experimenting with a light
as a force, lots made a discovery which
may revolutionise telegraphy. Mr. Edi
son claims that his ox|tcrimcnts have re
sulted in the discovery of a now force oj
a ant u re similar to electricity, and pos
sessing its efficiency without being *ub-
jeet to many of tin influences which
effect the latter. A remarkable featufo
in the newly discovered force is Unit
the earth Ims no eflhct upon it as a con-
riuowr whntevcr. Wires o|«cralc*l by
this new agent can work perfectly lying
on the ground or in any position so long
ms they are unbroken. Glass, however,
is a conductor.
‘‘.Sue can’t sit down,” said a female
custom house inspector at New York
tho other day, as she observed a
lady w ho had just come off a Hamburg
steamer standing on thu wharf
new arrival was pretty, hut sho looked
very weary. They took her, protesting
against the outrage, into a dressing
room, and penetrated the mystery of he
uudcc-up, they discovered that from lie
waist down she was a solid mass of
smuggled hair. Luscious golden tresses
twined themselves around her dainty
limlia and surged to her waist, mingling
with raven locks and auburn ringlets.
The 'officer ntrip|K»d her, and she then
was able to sit down. She was import
ing the plunder for a fashionable Broad-
way human hair dealer.
Ekoi.hii detectives also find it is
easier ami cheaper to bribe burglars to
deliver up their plunder than to coui|>el
them to deliver up themselves. Tlic
Albert institute was rubbed of a silver
servico valued at fino guineas and other
articles of value. The polico rushed
alsnit in tawildering fury, but found
nolssly to arrest and no silver. 'Present
ly a giNid-naturcd fellow offered to bring
all the plunder Imek on receiving CUM).
A check wa- made out, and the plunder
was found secreted in n tunnel near the
town and brought back without injury.
And now Dundee debates whether com-
|K>nndlng a felony is not the chen|«st
way of dealing with it. It Is certain
that the police does not nay as an invest
ment, though like an old flint-lock with
out stock or barrel it does create a wan-
derful feeling of security.
Till Kdgnr Thompson steel works of
Pittsburg, Pa., have just rolled and de
livered to the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
St. Ixmis railroad company, a large or
der of steel rails of sixty feet in length
each. These are the first rails of this
length ever rolled in this country, and
the first steel rails of sixty feet in length
ever rolled in any part of the world.
Iron rails of about sixty feet were suc-
irxsfully rolled in England some time
tde of the fart in
(•markable event
in the manufacture of railroad iron. The
difficulty attending the production of
rails of more than thirty feet in length
is that of handling the tunas of steel to
Is? rolled. An advantage which the long
rails are said to powa-ss is that of cheap-
cooded tiro revenue by about #05,000,-
Of the di<%urNements #30,000,000
paid as a tribute to the sultan o
Turkey, #90,000,000 was absorbed In rail
road enterprises, and #8O,O0Ojttu in the
Suet canal. In 1878 a new loan was ef
fected of nitont #110,000,000, making the
total funded debt #250,000,000. The
floating debt is estimated at #100,000,000
more. The difference between Egypt
and Turkey, however, is that Egypt has
a good deal of substantial improvement
to show for her expenditures, while the
sultan has frittered his money away on
household expenses, harems and fire
works. As England holds a large pro
portion of Egyptian bonds, it can
readily ta conjectured that it will one
day jHKwc.vi the land of the Pharaoh’s,
and the English paymaster’s visit is
prolwbly something more than a profes
sional call of an accountant to straighten
up a set of looks which have been poorly
kept.
TKLRunANIlNU was practiced as a
fine art in the St. Lott is frauds. The
following are specimens exhibited in
court —the word "friends,” wherever it
occurs, meaning enemies: "Did you
rvcclvo Mack's telegram? Your friends
will doubtless mako you a visit.” Every
thing looks well. Bond on rc|*ort. Find
liunki. John.” "Things look all right
lien*. tat the machine go.” "Matters
are lively. Go it lively. Watch sharp
ly.” "Have friends started again? Find
out. la*! mo know. A.” "Give some
thing positivo on movements of friends.
Act surely, prompt.” "Put your house
in onler. Your friend will visit you.
Mack." "Had long ride with president
this afternoon. II. and H. here. You
will hear from mo to-morrow. John.”
Dead dog. The goose bangs altitudi-
mil. The sun shines. John.” "Order
bunted forever. 1). A Co. mad. Hold
things level. Karney.” It begins to look
aw If all.whom the government have pro
cures! indictment- against would lie
convicted.
*Lp.ykiir!KR, tin' great Baris astrono
mer, who, some thirty odd years ago, by
the single rule of three and a few vulgar
fractions, figured out the existence and
whereabouts of Neptune before he had
ever seen, or anybody else lutd seo r
heard, or dreamed of that planet, pre
dicts that this is to lie an unusually cold
winter, and that immense quantities of
snow will fall In December and January.
The northwestern Indian, though, says
the winter will lx* a mild one, and for the
sake of his reputation as a weatlirrwiteh
aiul also in view of the high price of
coal and the insufficient thickness of the
overcoat herewith exhibited, wo hope the
Indian will prove the 1 letter prophet of
the two.
witnesses and jurors amount lo #600each day.
The Memphis Avalanche says, "More
Ilian #10,000,000 worth of cotton lias been
marketed here since the season opened on
tho 1st of 8optcmhor last, and this amount is
ImtMittle, if any, more than one-fifth of that
which will he handled here tills mason."
A number of cit irons of Chicot county,
Arkansas, have petitioned the governor of
that state, to ask tho governor of Tennessee,
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana ami Texas, to
Join in calling a convention to encourage lm*
migration to those states. The suggestion is
timely mid, if carried out properly, might lie
productive of vast good to tho NtateN mimed.
Just boibro the war, John Slidell, then
United States senator from Louisiana, se
cured an appropriation nnd authority to have
a naval vessel sent on a cruise along the coasts
of Central America and certain of the West
India Islands, for the purpose of collooting
new specimens of seed of sugar cane to ho
experimented with in the southern states.
Congrats will Im* urged this winter to repeat
the enterprise, ill hope that the hardier canes
known in exist may he introduced in the
large sugar districts.
Many well Informed cotton men esti
mate the present crop of that staple at four
and » half millions of hales, of 450 ponndH
ill—the largest since the war. The valmv
placed on the crops of cotton, sugar, molrtsses
•ire made this year in the south is aboul
three hundred millions of dollars, while oi
grain, meat* and other articles of oonsunip 1
lion heretofore purchased in thu west, then
will lie a saving of al least $1.7,000,000 to tho
•iithcrn planters on account of tho increased
oiue production.
Here in* mu n n**i luOulktrvtilM over Ids howl,
Ami acooptod tho (slltor'a hut— . . , w „ , s
1 liov reml id I thopliees ymi'vc writ fur your sheet, [to red into 0110 (>1 tllO tool
Ihi " ,,1m - “ I " voi,i,,r '’ •«
you’re nu oruyiuciit, sir, to llie i»rc*sf'
AikI while rending Th IfjhWt. —
Ry tho Huy, I’ve a nn’tou fnld up tor n (r«tt—
I've t«s^» kce|ihig it nasltcA In let*.
It’s « tinwity, sir, nt tor no niiael to eat
I'rrfn'i” you will rrlUn a allceT
Than tho atrangar rolled up hfllf n dmtoii or mure
Of (he i hiiloeetoxeliaiigcMof all—
llol|ied IdiiiBolf o tho fruit, throw tlm iIiiiIhuii thu
Or Hung them at lll«-» oil the wall,
lie as-mi-l Id* new (rtcml that Ids "plrcsw were
manlier oncommotdy atilo"—
wi|ssl Ids ml hand- "ii Ihe islttor's coat
That hung at thonhlo of tho table.
Ry the way^Uvo neghs list tousle you your name,**
Alifmahs'h Hume,
KANT.
Tlio leading hankers and,
of New York and other
measure! to Induce emigre
portion of the revenue law
cent stamp to he fixed on
Honor Miguel do Aldtuun, IhivGubnn
tiiiaiicitil nVeiit ill Now York, states’ that he
has “ under Ids control" of thu last issue of
UiiIhiii hoods *16,780,500. Mr. Miguel is
waiting anxiously for United States rucogui-
_ hl« gucai beggisl a rliuw o(
I nm aoiry to say your mrlllMuos n
l*ooso't hams-ii to tumor my list
'Sposa not,'* was tho answei ; " n«
or ve wo I Jlno lots wllli lllll 1'
iMiir sides illier niul |«iya jro In wood,
N-Tibnrr't.for Ikcimlxr.
lloil.
The totrtl value of silk ninmifacture
liuided at New York iii^oveiiiher, was #005
.180, and since July I, #10,310,189, Against
#1,076,170, mid $10,104,1.7:1 for the i
ponding dates last year, Hhmo July I
bales have been received, mi Increase of Oft
per rent, over the same iiionths in 187-1.
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
tVANIIINMTON.
Tin re will ta no sales of treasury gold
• lernl for December, the currency balance
being large enough. The secretary of the
ury says sales arc ordered only to re
plenish it.
fudge advocate general Joac|ih Holt,
i been retired upon Ids own application,
mid n—isHuit judge advocate general Win,
McKee Dunn has been appointed lo fill the
vacancy, the appointment to date from Dec. I.
There will be no appointment of n^istanl
judge advocate general, owngrcn having
passed a law nt the last session providing for
the abolition of that office when it should 1
WKftT.
Tho Black 11 ills have taon evacuated
by thu military, and miners are i
going in by the hundreds.
■n. James S. Mri-hin writes t*f lh{f
t imnlm Herald that thu crops in Ne|iraska
>'ear have been eiinriiioiiH, and that flift
ha*> been fully restored to tile prosperity
it enjoyed before (lie grasshopper scourge
All of tin* grain planted after the destruction
ill June matured perfectly.
The re|H»rt of brevet, major general
John Dope, commanding (lie department of
Missouri, after reviewing at some length tin
campaigns against hostile Indians in tho de
part incut during the past year, s
the bauds of Indians in the south west, (bey
ciiiioh nnd Arapahoe:, Kinwas ami t'oman
die-, are now at tlieic^i^ffCC|tVD»#gt*nch'
brought there by military frfreo after a cm
paigu of eight mouths hi almost tinprec
dented hardships and exposure, nnd after
heavy expense to thu government and
such condition ami under Mich eircumstiinc
that there i- not the least danger in ii
opinion of any further trouble with them,
they are only treated with common liiiumiiity
and dealt with ordinary honesty."
RUFUSHAROKNT
In a huge tuul smoky foundry close by
e wharves in tho town of B a gang
of workmen were gelling ready lo cast
largest bell of the St. John’s catho-
eldme. Only till hour more, nnd
they would let tlm glaring, bubbling
metal flow from Ihe lingo furnace Into
the mold which was Imnedtdcop In tho
black earth close by.
It wnsjust nt evening, and in the gath
ering twilight tho lurid bluo flames that
liurstTiom tho top of tin; tall chimney
flashed unearthly gleams upon tho neigh
boring wSMowh and house tops,
ft at*Tho xtnu within tho foundry was
l ’ vfclrd aadNiibno.-t- awful. The swarthy
/udiut ojjflto workmen, party lighted l>y
flic yellow glum, moved utaut like
tarian shades and the sinity beams
iMimlerouH ehulns crossing half black,
half golden, under tlm golden roof, re-
calico tho engines of (lyelojw under Mt.
“Unit.
Tlm (own clock si ruck six. It win
time for supper. All the men threw
* ' ' ' nnd put on
Uu- 1/
i rate ns the
i
The following is a correct list of
test* for seats in tho liotueof representative*:
Alabama—Bromberg vs. ifumlson; Florida
- Finley vs. Walls; Illinois—Lcmoiim vs.
Fur well; Ixmlslana--Hpuncer vs. Morey,
Breiixvs. Darrall; Massachusetts--Abbott v*
Frost ; Minnesota—4'ox vs. Strait; New York
—Lowrry VB - Norton; South Carolina—Lee
VS. II iiiiey, Hulls vs. Istokoy; Virginia—
Plait vs. Goode; Malio Territory—Fern vs.
Bennett; Utah Territory—Baskin vs. Can-
Information received from tlm Rio
Grande is to tin effect that tho troubles along
that river, growing out of thu cattle raids by
Mexicans, are as bad mt ever. The Mexican
raiders have a contract to deliver 18,000 head
of cattle at Monterey, and expect to Meal
them from Texas. It has been ascertained
that one great dlffloul'y under which the
Mexican government labors is that, in send
ing soldiers to thu frontier to prevent cattle
raids, they often desert and become cattle
thieves themselves, thus adding to the num
ber of depredations instead of decreasing
them. The rattle thus stolen nr.- shipped
after being run into Mexico. Cortina h
self was detected some time ago in abipp
cmttie from Bagdad, a small town on
south hank of the Bio Grande, for <‘i
such cattle bearing the marks of To
owner*. It is also known iliat these ca
rOlIKIUN.
Late Cuban advices rc|*ort that quite
i large force of Hpauiurds were decoyed
iii ambush and slaughtered.
Intelligence from Spain slates that the
miilioriticH luid closed the |'rotestanl church
Toledo, and expelled the pastor and the
lioolmnster.
The nows from Lilieria is rather <
trussing. The treasury of the republic
mpty, tint public credit is destroyed, the
irchos are llireateuiiig to overrun the eoi
try, and F.nglaud holds Liberian bonds
tin- extent of $.700,000.
'I’liere is it remarkablo comparison
lie made between tie- Freneh mid Germ
nations in regard to finsneial matters, 'I
Germans, notwithstanding the large amount
they received from their neighbors, i
ting deeper into debt. The budget f
shows a deficiency of .70,000,000 mark
the French revenue for the year ii|
vember 1, exceeds the estimate by 110,000,
(SS) francs.
Tlio English sailorrt used to ho consltl
ered the best In the word, but they
dently losing their prestige, judging from tin
manner in which they handle iroi
The Iron Duke sent tlm Vanguard
bottom, then the Iron Duke came near sink
id
'uless niamigei
Monday tlm irot
shorter, and the saving of time
in laying them is considered by railroad
men to make them desirable for tine from
an economical point of view.
The right honorable Stephen Cave,
English paymaster-general, Ihlh gone to
Egypt to investigate the condition and
prospects of thekhedive’s finance-*, which,
through the great expenditures on public
work* and the army, have become rather
depressed. Egyptian securities fell,
with those of Turkey, not long ago, hut
the embarrassment must lie only tempo
rary, n* the enormous fertility of Egyp
tian soil insures good crops and Khedive
j sn iail is, moreover, making a live coun
try of the ancient land. During the ten
years cm ling Sept. 10, 1873, tlic expen
ditures of the -Egyptian government ex.
this
cattle with then
thei
ins i* making a vigorous
i-Htnhlifchment of a monthly line
i ply between that city nnd Jtin
in supreme court of Tennessee ha*
ruied the sentence* of John Jeflcr»on
and Milton McLean, convicted of murder
and sentence*! them to be banged Jan. 7, tin
former at Memphi** and the latter at Jackson
Judge Parker, of the United State*
court for the western district of Arkansas,
which include* the whole of the Indian Ter
ritory, hu* opened business for the season,
with over one hundred murderers, horse
thieves and other criminals nt hand for him
to |ms* judgment Upon. 'I here are tw
murder cases to be tried, four hundred
i,. in nttemlnlice, anti the fee
lent the other day
clad Mom
vns severely d
These they prop
each, nml with
expedition to < i
with arm*. Ac
treaty with Spal
diverted into a
Our go vert 11
The Canadian
I ndependcRcia Society
nkers in the United i
ito cigars :•'» worth of tohae
i paekagi
* equip
> supply the insiirge
fling
the
, the cigar money should
ore legitimate channel,
(*nt hit* at length agreed
in to settle the relative
Uaiindinu fishing
that
a govcrnnici
difference in tlio advantage given by the t renty
of Washington to citizens of the Unit*
Slut*- , over Canadian fishermen is worth $7,
000,000. The commissionf-ra to settle
business are appointed by the president
the United States, the queen of England,
and tin* Austrian minister at London,
(’aiindians will push llielr #7,000,000
with vigor, but it is not likely they w
Tin*
t ll.ilifai
i May
A t'ONNTANT HKAlir.R.
rr-work»sl m-tUmm*! Iho " Mmtville llaielto
omlertng—i
is elite*' would
a wlgbl—
In* i-lraucit of lla dctil,
With tlm times so dmdoiatdjr ll«bl—
When Hu* Irved of old icelher was heaid on tliostnlr
And it slruiiKi'r sI«<|iimhI Inin (lie room.
'Ito nuked tv I Hi thodon't lot mo bother you" sir,
With-It lb* Wav Is N»ii|>t to SMtttue—
How arc yr *" The nlltor n*sr with a smile
Amt t'leawtiiUy vloldtsl bWrhatr—
Flat**! the vMtor'a smily tintswuiUul tlio
tWhleh exhinltod symi'tomr ,1 wear)
On tho top ot tho desk, nloniisltln Itls own,
(A sltis-klni: old pltig, by tlio wuy.)
* I Hit'll n*ktsl in n rather otiM*|ulou* tone,
fan we do nnythttiK (or you t*Mlay T"
J fully ho kept his place before the fur-
• nnee, whllo tho man George, sat down nt
a little distance ami Iiegan to eat his sup
per. Doubtless the latter Intended to
keep a general oversight, but he certain
ly made tho inventor's eyes do tho most
ot the looking. Whether he felt u kind
of reckless trust in the instinct of bin
half-witted companion, or indolently con
cluded that nothing could happen, ho
was sadly to blumo for charging himself
ho llttlo with tho important duty beforo
him.
Not a word was wild by either watcher,
and only the deep roar of tho ftirnaco
! was hoard through tho vast foundry,
i George finished his supper, and Bann
ered Into ono of tho tool simps to find
__ his pipe. "Inventor” sat alone beforo
1 tho groat blast. The ono rational faculty
,M ,0.1 m pbaMd," «,m the write, -- in* | <>« fcebto mind enable,! him to oom-
isi, ' prebend what It meant, and even eome-
tui nntiiw mo thn Itlahly, by fur— • Lliincr of
• -iclisnao tlui^^mibe imlxotv* '•
1 Jiwt ntllnl to two jrr" -the visitor util
(ih'iul to tnc newspsiter uistt"—
nit a nil hnmtkvr* Itlel
Amt invcntisl thoistltor'
Kild the «.-ill>c ns Ihe slrsiiKer ur*.s.«:
ist'sa U«l," ho rvi.lt ‘ T " **'
i*ii ha vo beenl *>’ turn.
n-ltslu* out here ou the rnhllciown fivek,
'. I SIII'IMWII
./H*" *
Where 1 own n gi*sl hous**
Im liiiMillo uiits roiiml to mu wiiiim evei
I’m thoeouRtaiitcMt roailer you’ve k»' I
ALIumli* h Bsiiio"—
mrillrtuoN
*• .*!
'Sposp not/' wns tho snswor; " no roMOli tl shoulu,
•orry your p*|»or o
LITTLE INVENTOR;”
Tho Boll of St. John’s.
down tliolr tools, and
their outer clothing,
"Ik* hack in half mi hour, sharp!”
- ried tlm forge-master. "Wo shall mako
tin’ cast tit a quarter of seven.”
All right, sir!” cried tlio men on rc-
aponw.
"I hear somo of the town folks are
tiling down to seo tlm work,” said ono.
"Yes," said iinotlmr, "mid it’ll he
Hoinotllilig to 0[h*ii their eyes. Tlioro
er such u hell cast in tlm whole
stuto as this one will Is'.”
moment more only ono workman
nd tlm muster wore left in tlm foundry.
Tlio former was to slay and w.ateli the
blast.” I fo Imd brought a douhloallow-
of dinner, nnd ho would make i
Kipper of wlmt remained.
"rcrlia|Ni wo can get the 'inventor' to
lay with you, George," said the master,
laughing, iis ho prepared to go.
vlioro is Im Y” returned tlio man
lie jesting tone.
Is’cn around tlio works long
nougli to know when anything goes
vrong. Hollo! liolfo! Isay! Where’s
ntor?’ Como here. A Ii, there
An in silent answer to thu
tiling of tho magnitudo of tho enterprise
that was rliHjnlng inside tlu>H0 burning
Walls. -He knew that tho fiirnaoo was
full of valuable metal, and that closo
beside him, buritHl out of sight in the
deep sand, was the huge mold, so soon to
In* filled with the precious cast. Ho
knew and could seo Unit nil the chnnnels
fortlio llowof tho fiery liquid were ready,
and that near the mouth of tho furnace
stood the long Iron rod that was to Ik*
used when tho moment enmo to lot on
tho molten si ream.
All this Ids limited thoughts took in
by lmhit. Dimly conscious that aomo*
tiling was to Ik* done, he sat his eyes on
the nirimcc absorbed and intent.
Huddenly something startled him,
There was a slight noise, and a burning
rack appeared near tho top of tho fur-
incc. Then another crack, and a scorch
ing brick fell out and rolled to tho
ground at his feet.
Tlm lad opened his mouth to shriek,
it so terrified was ho that the sounds
stuck in his throat, ns if 1m Imd been lit
a fit of nightmare.
A thin red stream followed tho fallen
brink, and tricklod down tho ftirnaco side
like running lava. Then enmo auothor
alarming iuiTho, and a thin gap half way
down tlio masonry let out more of the
hissing metal.
Where was Georgo? Was tlio
faithful fellow still hunting Ids pipe?
Tlm furimcn Ivas bursting with only a
IHHir, Imif-idiot 1ml to guard It.
Wlmt could lm do? Ho did what
)K*rhni>H a lad in his right mind would
not have dared to do. Hushing to tho
mouth of tho furnace, ho seined tlio long
Iron rod that stood near, and tapped the
vent. One deMporato thrust with a
sharp point up tlm terrible ftumel—a
few quick prying strokes. StIUld Irnck
now. The confining day foil away, nnd
tlm yellow white llood spurted out with
resistless force. It leaned in tlm clttj-
ghs, and hissed its way, limning
down to the mouth of tlm Ik*U mold.
Tlio "fool” Imd done a deed worthy of
a general on a field of- hntllo.
Was it too late? Every moment new
r > iisHUroH opened In j,ho> doomed furimoc.
'• Home of* Urn iipjier BTnm*M topplvwl <>vor.
Still tlm metal |Miured out into tho mold.
Hut tho waste wn* groat from tlioso gap
ing Haws. Tlio pressure was relieved by
njieii vent, hut tlm leaks multiplied con
tinually. It was art running a raco with
ruin.
ir "Mopus" stood powerless before
coming entaatroplm. Ilis knees
knocked together and Ids head swam. A
rent heap of red hot, hricks and ruhhisli
*11 at Ids foot. He Imd barely thought
lo get out the wfty and ativo his life, llo
heard a wild shout of human voices in
tho distance, then an awful roar lsdiind
him, and lm felt himself pursued by
singes of seething fire. Sharp, blister
ing pains pioreed his ilesli fit it hundred
iMiints. Tho rest was ull a horrible, un
intelligible dream. It was its if ho had
suddenly sank into tlio earth nnd had
been swallowed up forever.
Ily seven o'clock comparative qtiiol
reigning ngain on the sceno of tlm dis
aster. Hums lay everywhere. Tho en
gines had quenched tho Haines that had
caught tkc building, and tlio incii,
blackened with smoko, stood in silont
groups around tlm remains of tho fur-
Tltoy hurried away to tho homo of tho
Imlf-wltted Nw. Tlm attendant mot
them with his linger on Ids Ups.
"The poor boy is in a brain fover,”
said liora 5
"J^oos Im say anything in his delirium?"
whispered tho master.
"Oh, yes, ho raves all tho time about
tho big boll mold. '1 Hojms it will fill—I
hope it will fill,’ lm says."
The men exchanged glances. It was
indeed true. Tho Idiot had east tho
great ImjII of Ht. John’s. Just then tho
physician enmo out. "Perhaps ho will
recover his reason by this shock and
sickness,” ho said. "Such things ltavo
happened."
"I)o you think so? Pray heaven that
ho uiay 1” solemnly ejaculated tho mas
ter and his men; and turned away deep
ly moved.
Two months later tlm great liell hung
from a lingo derrick in tlm latlm room of
tho factory, and bononth It stood a heavy
truck upon which It was about to lm
lowered. A silence fell upon tlm group
of workmen ns tlm pnlo faeo and leoblo
form of "Inventor" appeared, homo - In
i small reclining chair. Ho had ro-
red his reason, and was last getting
hack IiIm strength. His largo grey eyes
instantly fastened themselves on tho hell,
that splendid masterpiece, whose making
meant so much for lum. They had told
him tlm whole story of tlm casting, and
tlm disaster in tho foundry, hut all
sounded like a romance to him.
"I remember nothing tlint happoned,"
said ho. shaking his head, with a smile.
"It’s all now to mo; all now and strango
—so strange 1"
"Yes,” said tho master, devoutly ; "It
is God’s hand.”
Every oyo turned upon the invalid.
Homo of tho men felt almost afraid, it
was so much like a resurrection to huvo
Idm tlmro among thorn, tho boy they
had known so long underwitted, now a
young man, keen nhd intelligent, as if
changed into another luring.
"1 should like to strike tlm Itell once;”
two men lifted him up and put a small
hammer in Ids hand.
Ho struck one gcntlo blow. A deep,
Hwoct. mournftil tone, solemn ns tlio
sound of distant waterfalls rolled from
tlm great hell and echoed through tlm
foundry. Tears filled tlm eyes of tlm
rough men as they hoard it.
"Ah!” said the master, "there’s a hal
lelujah in that, nnd it may well iK’gin
here. Ding may this 1k*I1 praise God !
He saved if in tlm ruins of the furnace
liy ono wise thought 111 the rulnslif a
human brain. Our furimcu is rebuilt,
and lichold, tills dear l»oy lias his reason
again! Tlm liell and lx>y shall glorify
God together.”
"Anion I” murmured tho listeners.
Then tho great hell was lowored, and
as tho truck was rolled away with Its me
lodious bunion tho l>oy was lifted and
carried after it, and lx>th went out Into
tlm sunny day togother, tho rough mon
standing In tuio doorways waving tliolr
hands.
Iiiltlo Ijivmi!
VANHTI'N WAMlIAtir.
"Kay lo the Kina: I will not ooibp, hk Quoen
Thai aui not, amt ncrwycl Iwto iwcu—
"«.»)• lo tlm Klin: I Will not ■land.mialn'
A UimitcoiM llo iiiiinna Ills prim-ply niun i
"Hay to tlio Kina: Col.l pomp nml rrgnl »lal»,
Ami KlUlprlua aorvltuoa but mock niy f*to.
"Kay to tho Kina: 1 am htailare, iny life
Mailo all a blttor Irony for wife.
" Yot any y*< lo Iho Kina i 'Twon* awoot lo wenr
A mn krlotli amrii unit klircl ttoforn him thoro,
that rlch-rolsHt throng,
miMsl nlona,
It one true, pun* kl»,
i my wlfoliood, nnd my <piM’UUcsxt
It liad fallen to pieces and nothing
was left hut heaps of steaming rubbish.
Poor “Inventor,” who had lieon found
with tlio topping*rod in his hands, lying
oil Ids face in tho sand, frightfully
burned, had been carried to his homo.
Llttlo was said, hut tlm few words
spoken uttered with no mild emphasis
a shock-haired fellow, with large _ ------ .
grey eyes, and a pale, vacant face. ii|>- tlio natural wrath of tlio ninfter and
■ared from Ix-liind a pile of eastings, hands against tlio man George, whoso ox-
o had on his Imek a gray shirt, much cuso lor hiinsolf only exaggerated Ins of-
...jlled with dust, and lie wore a pair of feiisc.
ling** pantaloons, held Up by a single huh- "Boo wlmt ho lias done, said they, a
I lender. ] few days later, as they stood in the lmlf-
"Well, Mopus,"quoththe man George, burned foundry. "Five thousand dol-
lapping him rather roughly on tlm jars gone to waste ilia minute! llm
shoulder; "suppose you've got wit best Job in twenty years spoilut.! I lie
■ugh 1*1 help veil if anything’s the ruseal go to hunting for Ins pipe and
matter?” ’ lcavo tliut stutteringidiot to watch I Is
Tin* young fellow looked stupidly that all he can say for himself? Out
iroiiiid aiul nodded Ids head. j m>on such carelessness! Why, the hoy
didn’t even know enough lo lmwl out
when he must have seen the furnace
tumbling to pieces!”
The master, who hail more at stake
watch his I than the men, of course felt tlm loss
more keenly than they. He almost wept
•Mopus;” | with mingled grief and rage. Huddenly
stupid'enough in ordinary things lonccd something peculiar caught niseyo among
a world of watching, hut withal wonder- the debris, and lm cried in it startled
fully fit to watch a furnace. He knew voice
tor’’ nfterwiirds provOd
his claim to tho title so Ilgltliywrcti him
in his unfortunate boyhood, ilis mime
Ih now rund oil ninny n liell whose match
less riches of tone his genius and skill in
inotals alone created.
Wit ami Humor or Sydney Smith.
One morning tho curate was writing
in ills favorite I my window, when a jioin
pons llttlo man, In rusty hlaek, wtu
ushered in. " May I ask what procures
to me tlm honor of this visit?". "Oh,"
said tho little man, "I am compounding
a history of the distinguished families in
Somersetshire, and have culled to obtain
llm Smith arms." “ I regret, sir," said
the reverend, "not to lm nblo to contrib
ute to so valuable a work; but tlm
Smiths never had any arms, and havo in
variably sealed tlmir letters with tliolr
thumbs."
One ovonillg while drinking lea with
friend tlm servant entered Into a crowded
room with a boiling tea-kettlo in his
hand, and it seemed doubtful how lie
should make Ills way among the different
groups; hut on the first approach of tlm
steaming kettle tlm crowd recoded on all
sides. The curate watched tlio progress
of the lad. "I declare," said he, "a
man who wishes to make his way in life
could *l*i nothing better than go through
tlio World with a ladling tea-kettlo 111 hit
hand."
lit* was silting at breakfast ono morn
ing when a jHior woman come, tagging
him to christen a now-born infant with
out loss of time, as slm thought it was
dying. Mr. Smith instantly quitted
the breakfast table and wont off to
in-
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—When society will avoid a family
taeausc it can’t got ft velvet blanket for
a jmhhIIo dog, who of us aro safe for a
single day ?
—An Englishman ate up his money on
his death-bed so that Ids 1 Sends couldn’t
get It, but la! didn't they post mortem
him mighty quick I
German stroot fruit dealer re
buked a young clerk who took a single
peanut from hmstaud, tlm other day, by
saying: "Young feller, wo don’u soli
dose py do piece any more 1 ’’
Tho softer sex Ims reason to feel en
couraged. Tho last census showed tho
numtar of idiots proper in tho United
States to Ik* 21,527, of whom 14,485 were
males and 10,042 females.
One hundred nnd ton claims nt ono
sitting called an Oswego man grave-
wards. It is not sufo to devour over ono
hundred and eight of one hundred and
nine without resting a bit.
—In this life wo can not got higher
than to ta assured of that which in tho
next Ih to ta enjoyed. All saints shall
enjoy a heaven when they leave this
earth; some saints enjoy a heaven whllo
limy are hero on earth.—Jo*ejth Caryl.
—A lady applying for admission to
tho junior class of an eastern seminary,
being quostionod by the president as to
her qualifications, replied: " I ain’t
much of on arithmotlcker but I am an
•legant gminmarint."
—A Sacramento Italy who sprouts an
artificial tooth loft it oil tlm table of tin
restaurant where dim hud taken breakfast
the other morning, and on returning for
It about an hour afterward found it at
tached as a clmrm lo tlm fob-chain of
the waiter.
—No matter how Indill'ercnt tlm rest
the world may provo to your com- _
mings, how careless of whether yolt rc^
main away or como hack, tlmro Is ono
person who will witness your departure
with anxious heart, one pair of eyes that
will grow brighter when you return.
You know her, young man. It Is your
wnsiiwomau.—Jiumtwick Neict.
•Bridges seldom outlive tlmir piers.
•A man who sells himself cheaply iH
apt to fool cheap. John Morrissey
strike*! his opponent# uu taing a very
slronglrfan. A commercial firm goes
goes down.-—A
fashionable hop is an entertnimnenf ro-
nmrkahlo for toedyism. Ifeourtship is
bliss if does not follow Unit matrimony
—* .w..Uontly, after having takeh un
usual pains In collecting flower seeds tlm
sit here and look nt that fur-
ice, aiul don’t take your eyes off."
TllO |HHir lad smiled and meekly did
ordered,
on 1*1 have laid down t*
s coat.
nicer fellow wiih this
i ntadient
all the working of tin* foundry by what
a sort of brute instinct, though
•ally his strange sagacity in this was a
iiimant of a once bright mind.
If anything liap|s-nod or went ill an
snai way he would always notice it,
"Hallo! What’s this? What’s this?"
Ho snatched up a fragment of one of
the troughs which had led from tlm mold.
Tlmro were traces of tho stream of bronze
still running in it. Then tlm possible
meaning of the iron found in tlio injured
i him.
shovel quick!
1 say what ought to be done, though | boy's hand flashed up
could not tell, |K*rhaps, why itougnt | "Bring mo a sh
to de done. shouted. . ..
Two years tafore he had been an Intel- A spade was put into Ins hand, and he
ligent, promising lad. He was tlm son began nervously to heave away the hot
of a designer connected with thefouudry I moss that lay piled over tho talt mold,
company, and had always been allowed It was a herculean task, but lie worked
free access to the shops, and to mingle | like a giant, and three or four of Ins
with tlm men and watch thoir work. But men took bold and helped him.
one day a great lifting chain broke, with ! Brick bats, ore, slag, and ashes flew ill
its load, and an iron fragment struck i every direction. Presently the masters
him on the head, inflicting a serious in-1 spade penetrated the sand and touched
jury. From this ho partially recovered, something hard. He stooped down,
and only partially, for his reason was im- Thou he lea imd up like one half frantic,
paired. But his natural love for machi-! and plying IiIh spade with redoubled en-
norv and mechanical experiments re- ergy, tore away the remaining wind, dis-
mained. and as he regained bln bodily closing, what looked like a grout metallic
Htreuulh he spent most of his time inak- ring. .
ing small wheels and shafts, and putting ; ,J Mcn,” lie cried out, liftinghla flushed
together raid contrivances, which he face, "tlio tall is-wist!
would exhibit with Immense pride and "Who did this? asked every excited
satisfaction. ' ! voire as soon as the cheering died away.
Buell was the person left to help watch I "«'nine with me, two or three of you!
lb*- great bla-it for t lie easting of tin* king j cried the master. "I think I know who
Ml of flm chime of St. John’s. Faith- j did it. It’s a miracle !"
her cottage. On his return
quired in what state lie had left tlio |MHir
babe. " Why," Hithl lie, " I first gave It
a (lose of castor oil and then I christened
tlio child is ready for eltlm
world."
One day some visitors disc
the summit of a beautiful wood two don
keys with dears’ antlers fastened on their
heads, which ever and anon they shook,
much wondering at tlmir horned honors.
re, Lady ," said Mr. Smith,
said the only thing this place need
c,( to make it perfect was deer; wlmt do
you say now?" Excuse tlmir longci
a llttlo peculiarity belonging to imrsoiiio
deer. Their voices, too, are singular*
but wo do our Im’hI for you, and you
too true a friend of the church to -i
lion our defects.”
On Home of Ids guests lamenting that
they had left something behind: "All,”
in* said, " that would not have hap|H*ne«l
if you had had a screaming gate. We
all arrived once at a friend’s Houso just
tafore dinner, hot, tired and dusty, and
found all the keys of oilr trunks
been left behind. Since then I havo
luhiishcd a screaming gate. Wo stop
a gate nlxnit ten minutes’ distance Ii
the house to consider wlmt
behind; the result has Ihjoii excellent."
Mr. B. did not like dogs. A lady on
asked him for a motto for her dog Brail.
He proposed "Out, damned spot!" hut
sho did not think it acntinicntal enough.
Mr. Everett says: " If Sydney Smith
had not keen known an tlm wittiest man
of his day, lie would have boon accounted
one of tlio wisest."
—Emily Faithfull declares that "it
not true that women can not—as abroad
generality—stand a heavy strain on t
nervous energy. That tlmir physl*
(towers are inferior to those
were folly to deny ; but they a
work long hours and do fatiguing work
without tiisastroiiH results."
amateur florist finds thorn destroyed by
mice. By placing hits of camphor-gum
with the seeds they may ho preserved,
as mice dislike tlio odor, and will not
disturb tanks, clothing, or indeed any
thing which may 1st Impregnated with
this sulistanec.— Wetlem Ilural.
—A youthful clergyman who recently
went forth to enlighten tlm Ignorant,
while dealing with the parablo of tlm
prodigal son, was anxious to show how
* arly tlio parent loved his child. Draw
ing himself together, and putting on his
most sober looks,lm dilatodjit length upon
tlm killing of tlm fatted calf. Iho cli
max were as follows: "I shouldn’t
wonder If the father had kept that calf
for years, awaiting tho return of Ids son.
—Tlm following "Odd to the I’ruirio
Wind ” appears in tho Burlington Hawk-
eye ns original, hut it reads amazingly
like Joaquin Miller: "Oh, tlm bliwtnl,
the tauutiful Wizard; freezing a fellow
from ear-top to Izzartl; making his race aa
blue as a wizard, chilling the life-blood
that Hows from hisglzzard; Wowing, snow
ing ; cold as a Hazard ; get up and got out
of this, beautiful Wizard."
—A little fellow who was at a neigh*
tar’s house about noon tho other day
watched tlm preparations for dinner
with a great deal of Interest, but when
asked to stay and eat something, he
promptly refused. " Why, yes, Johnny,
you’d hotter stay," said the lady ; 'why
*t you?" " Well, ’cause, said the
c fellow, "mil said I musil t UURWH
you ask me three times." They Invited
film twice more right off.
Judok Not.—
i.Igc not; tin: working of Ins bruin,
And nf IiIh heart thou cans’t not sue.
Wlmt looks to thy dim e.vu a slain,
In God's pnru light may only ho
scar, brought from sonu* well-fought Held,
Where thou would only faint nml yield.
The look, Uio air, that frets thy sight
May lie a token, that below
The soul Ims cloned In deadly fight
With Homo internal (lory foe,
Whose gla would scorch thy smiling grace
Ami cast thee shuddering on thy fuee.
—Tlm young man who wants to know
If it is improper for him to offer a young
lady Ills arm when walking with her, is
informed that it is not at all improper.
But it would Is* tlm height of Impolite
ness to offer her your foot, or a chow of
tobacco, or a rum punch, c
a baby’s cradle, c“
. a dried cod-
iisu ... .».«.*v - - anchor girl’s
likeness. We tag of you not to do any
of those things, as you might seriously
offend her.
have left -Homy Watterson gives this decided
K lrl of till! period Ih nt once * rOT g?*
and nuiHt trnn»pnrcmt id lOTOc;™*- "j*"
lum the French coriue ry « t ■■ «|
French delicacy; »he l ! l0 „ h "&,„
cnamencHH of niamier without tno EriK-
Imi. milhllty nf mini!; «ho haa nil tlio
I lnpmit I'nlncH of n I.ntin hello without
cr ondoiirinp blnnUhmonta and nym-
Iho. Him fl.mta out on tho
Itr.ll With l.or pin hack and paper oollar,
remly f«»r adventure nml somewhat reck
less of consequences, having a strong in
ward conviction that if, tho prospect
proves less pleasing or profitable than the
early Indications promised, sho can toko
care of herself and withdraw in wifety
from an encounter she inaugurated."