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CEDARTOWN RECORD
W. S, D. 4 GO., Proprietors,
CHDARTOWN, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH (i, I87(i.
VOL. II. NO. 38.
'l l m FLY topics.
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derided on On
young girl* wli
'to teaching.
»f Japan U full nl in
aliouul manors, She
erection of a college
Tin: choir which assists in iho reli
gious service* uii'lcr thocharge ol Messrs.
Moody ami Sankey at the Hippodrome
numliers about one thousand two Inin*
• Ireil and fifty of these, alxiut six hun-
• lr«*i| are sopranos. The singing in a very
interesting anti important part of the
exercises at these ineotims.
•inoteil at the Palace Hotel in San Fran-
i isc,. recently. More than half of the
-oichts wen: millionaires, and the re-
■iL'iimlnr wen: in ’no immediate danger
of poverty. The hills of lure were en-
gniviil on solid silver dug from the Com-
sliK'k hale, and were retained by the
Kucata as souvenirs of the ocea-ion.'
I'lii.JNew York Son says: “It was
President Andrew .Jackson who oiigi-
nallv nttereil the remark now attrilmted
Attorney-! ieneral Pierre|Hinl : No
one man in absolutely needed in the run
ning of a government.’ When Jackson
was turning out the olliee-holders, there
was an old fixture in the treasury whose
friends pleaded for his retention as an
alwolute necessity, on the ground that
he alone understood the complicated
hnsinexs of that olflno, and that the
treasury would U* thrown into confusion
bv bU dismissal. ‘Turn him out! turn
him out!’ cried Jackson, I'll have no
until lien* who is an absolute necessity
in the running of this government.’
When tin- Prince ol Wales wa- visit-
ing the. public gardens at Colomlsi, (Vy-
lon, a police officer, noticing a (all gen
tleman following close ladiind him, went
*tp (/> him, and with an angry oath bade
hhn take off Ids hat. The gentleman
replied that when he met the prince or
had occasion to address him, he look his
hat off, but that ill other times lie re
mained covered. As the policeman had.
not the |tmver to compel him to walk
Imre-headed, lie contented himscll with
saying, in a menacing tone, “ You had
luTter stand hack, and not dog his royal
. high new* Idee lhat.” The oflieer was
-siiiirwhat chagrined when hr afterwanl
lenrucd that the suspicious character
whom he lutd threatened was the Duke
of Sutherland.
A Fit km II journal thu- relates the
romance connected with the marriage of
Lamartine: The lady was of an Knglish
family named Birch, and very wealthy.
>he first fell in love with the |*oet
reading his MciUlatwim She
was slightly paat the bloom of youth,
but still young and fair. At length she
saw Lamartine in Geneva, and her love
of hei
life.
long after this she was made aei|iiaiuted
with tin* fact (hat the jhs'L was suffering
the eml'ii
all.
Mi-
him a frank and womanly letter, ac
knowledging her deep interest and pro
found res|tecf, and offering him the bulk
of her fortune if he was willing to accept
it. Of course Lamartine could not hut
siispcci the truth. Deeply touehed by
her generosity, he called u|sm her, and
found her to Is- not only fair to look
uisin, but a woman of a biilliant literary
lie
offer of In-* hand and heart, which was
promptly and gladly accepted; and in
the after year- Alphou.-e de Lamartine
owed not more to his wife’s wealth than
to her sustaining love and inspiring
enthusiasm.
H'»w the heathen of India manipulate
English cloths for market i* shown by
(he following extract from the Madras
Mail An unusual practice is common
among the cloth sellers in Jiibbtil,»o r e.
Bales of Knglish piece goods are carried
lot lie Ooiuetoc rivulet and washed. The
object of this is to thicken the texture
• I the cloth, and so to get a much higher
price that that current for them a* they
arrive from Manchcs'
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LATEST news.
MltiTII AM' HI'.M
Olllcial election returns received (mm
thirty-eight counties in Texas gives (iuYCilUU'
Poke 33,381 majority. Per Goiuiltatioa.
289 majority.
The Fnrment and Tmdt'tV hank, of si.
Louis, has Mopetuled. A deficit of <:;o,noo
has been discovered in flic aecoiinls "I the
cashier, Rudolph II. Drvor
A lady named Mrs. Moore, a pitsM ie/er
tm Iho Ro*n Miller from Pine Bluff, tell over
board, lliirtv five miles below Little K*"'k.
■ok, a
s dro
The bones of six savages, with pi|tea
that would hold a pint of tohaeeo, were re*
oently iineartlied near Gosport, lad. One of
the skeleton* was seven feel long.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Lc
railroad is finished to within a lew miles of
Puebla, Colorado, and trains will run through
to Unit point by the first of March.
During the last month there have been
placed in the headwaters of the Kankakee,
one (if the sources of the Illinois river, -81!,■
000 California salmon, which, it is expected,
will thrive well, and ultimately slock the on-
>ix men, four of them Indians, one
negro and one white man, have been con
demned by die lid ted States court, and are
to he executed at Fort Smith on the '.’1st of
April next. Then- were six hung at the
Mime place on the ith of September last.
J. M. Hutchings,of Yosemitc, has dis
covered in the headwaters of Kern river,
10,ram feel above the sen, a new and beautiful
ti-h, which lie named the golden trollt. Its
color was like that of the gold fish, hut richer,
and dolled with black spots a quarter of an
inch in diameter, and with a black baud along
id. -
The small bundsofeitizensof Montana,
who settled oil the north branch of tiie Yel
lowstone, opposite the mouth of llig Morn,
at a point known as Fort Pease, have been
attacked by the Sioux Indians. All hut
fourteen abandoned the fort. The latter are
end I
ucl Hrisliiu, commanding at Fori l-'.lli-, to go
without delay to their relief. One limit has
lieeil killed and two wounded. Fort Pease
is distant from Fort Fills about ISO miles
The New Orleans Timea is jubilant
over flic wonderful progress made within (lie
last thirty days on the jetty works nt tie
mouth of tile Mississippi, mid the .-.till more
wonderful results of that work, and sax*.
“The most skeptical can hardly refuse to be
lieve that Mr. Kiwi*' undertaking is an as
sured success in the near future; that ships
• >( the lArgoNt draft will pass the lair with
wHliin 1 xx elve inonfYis, and lliat 1
bar will he nliiiost without n rival 1
world.”
Elijah Shaw, of Wales, M.. owner
d five woolen mill*, employing 'J7 > hands,
ias failed. I.iahilitof ind,000. The Car-
oil paper company, of Mill Itiver L sort
('rawfbrd count). 1’u.. ha* in operation
is factories, producing il,:i|0 f (KHi pounds of
•lieese ; Erie county, 22 factories, producing
t,UO0,0lM pounds of cheese - Mercer and Veit-
•iiiiuds of cheese: the aggregate in the four
lorthW'-'t counties of Pennsylvania is 101
act uric*, prod.icing «.i,.V.7,7tlO pounds of
Ihc Carlist Gen. Dor reguru has taken
refuge on Freni Ii soil The ('arliM cause is
considered Impel, sly lost.
The Htibmurinc cable lictwccn Sydney
and New Zealand has been Mice, dully laid,
and is now open for traffic.
A Washington dispatch states the Mis
sissiiqii levee cninitllMioii will report niiaiii-
nmiisly in favor of an appropriation of from
vj,000,1 MM) to *.'1/1)0,000 ill the sliupe of u
refund ol .1 portion of the cotton tux ille
gally collected from the states to In- directly
hem filed by the const ruction of levees.
The l/.ndon Times concludes its lead
ing article, “The Cuban tjiicHtion,” by re
marking: "No country seeks to interfere,
by force, with Spain ’•> possession of Cuba;
b\|t if she can not govern it, she would do
ell t
oil Id I
t for the freedom which nlwa
olouial misrule."
On the first instant :t part
of Me
ept
bank and washed in the running water.
This takes off the English sizing ; they
are next re-rolled and I Kartell with
wooden rliib*, dipped and lieatcn again
and again, and so on for hours; the
threads then liegin to swell and thicken
the cloth, so that the weaving apjicars
close and tough. They are then rc-
.qieiied and partly dried, dip|K‘d into a
tub of well-boiled rice-water fsuch as is
used by dhobics for starching), and carc-
mlly hung out to dry. When dry the
cloth is carefully refolded, pressed and
placed in the shop for sale. The change
the cloths undergo by this process is
ustnnuhing. A coarse, long cloth,
worth say four annas a yard, is trans
formed to a closo-textuicd fabric rivaling
one of Horroek.s’ best. The cloths so
improved are chiefly sent out to vil
lages, where they are readily sold as
Manchester goods of the stoutest and
best quality.”
In the Jardin d’AccIimatation, Bois
de lioulogue, Paris, are some hundreds
of kangaroos, recently arrived from Aus
tralia. The kangaroo has been intro
duced into several large estates in
France, and is now htinted there like
other game. The flesh is sold in the
market, and is considered a great dainty.
old mull uiuiieil Garcia, near Edlnlmrg, Tex.i-,
mi the Itin Grande, ami iniirdereil him uml
his wife, two grown (laughters and several
Americans. The'More wiih entirely emptied
of its content*. The next morning a party of
citizen* went out in scareh of the murderer-,
and meceeded in capturing eight of them
and nanging them to the nearest tree.
Jamaica advice* state that flic condi
tion of affairs in Ifavti is alarming. The
revolutionist* have purchased the steamer
Octavio, taken in ammunition and sailed
Dominique lias ordered the Cuban refuge
to quit the country within tliirtv hours, 1
penally of being delivered to Ike .Spanii
gunboat*. A monetary panic is iinniinci;
I Dill* of exchange of large houses oil No
I H . . .* *».
The total indebtedness of Chicago is
*25/100,000, and the people, on the first day
of January, were *10,000,000 in arrears on
I'HUM XV ISIII.MJTOV
S About ”,”00 original measures have
been introduced in the house of represents-
I >r. Linderman has informed the house
j committee on coinage, weights and measures,
j that fie sees no necessity at present for the
J establishment of a new mint in the west.
| .The Mississippi levee committee will
report unanimously in favor of an appropria-
! tion nf from three to five million dollars in
the shape of the refunding of a portion of
on tar illegally collected from the
» he directly benefited by the con-
n of the levees.
Pursuant to a resolution of the house
of representatives, the secretary of war has
sent to that hotly a list of the enlisted men of
the army employed in the city of Washing-
tun last year. It l* as fullows; Office nf ad-
jlthtltt-eenend, tfll); of chief engineers, .'l; of
Licitt. Wheeler. : of I Kited ,male* Ol'nten-
lilal ollioo, I : military division of the Mis
souri, : depot quartermaster, L elder ol
orduamv. 13; medical statistics, 8; Putted
States diapciisarv A; ('Idt'f signal olfienr, lilt.
Total, 311.
The bill introduced in the senate by
Mr. Sargent, and in the house by Mr. I’iper,
amendatory of the silver coinage laws, pro
vides for the coinage of a new dollar, equal
ill weight mid value to two of the present
silver half dollm s, ami proposes to make it
legal-lender for amount* not exceeding twen
ty dollar*. The 1*111 uliollahri the existing
Icgal-teltiler provisions icgnrdiilg the existing
trade dollar; and‘also provides'that silver
half dollars shall he a legal-tender foruiiimints
not exceeding ten dollars, and the govern
ment shall replace, w illinut loss to the holder,
The
< 'ON'C ItESHtDN A I
tut the the ediiciii-
n! the house, declaring the
a legal holiday, was passed,
demy hill, as reported from
ciidid in these particulars:
ight hundred
uldiliniml
'>vice; leu thoiiMaud dollars l.
professors, instruoln
assistant ilistruetors; for adjuta
lion to their pay as first or second lieutenants,
littyen liumlied dollars : amt for clerk to ad
jutant, fifteen Iniiidred dollars. Senator Al
corn introduced .1 hill to umeiid the tilth
>. »«•< making appropriation to
Mtpplv delicieneies in the appropriation for
service of the government for the fiscal year
ending June 3i», 187”. and for former yearn,
and lor oilier purposes, approved May is,
I-. ', and to extend lime for the presentation
oi claims for cotton sci/ed after the thirtieth
dav ol June. Referred. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 2JM, Mr. Imgun
presented a petition of disabled soldiers ask
ing that provisions of the net of June 18,
1871, he extended mi iis to include all who
l"sl mi arm below the elbow, or 11 leg below
the knee, mid thiil they he allowed * pension
of twenty-four dollms^ier month. Referred.
Mr. Morton prc'-ciiled a petition signed by
over 13,net) women of Indiana and nearly
I l/KKI Voters of t lilt I state outlie siihjeet tif
temperance, asking emigre** to appoint n
emnmiwiioii to investigate mid report as to
the effect of the uleoliolie liquor traflle, mid
1 ulna presented petltioi
rerred. Mr. M
of Robert .Small, of <'liarleston, asking
pensution for the eaplure of the sii-miicr
1’lanter at <'liarleston in May, 18(1”. Re-
D ried Mr. Morton also presented the ncti
lion of "jatti eiti/eiis of Indiiimi and Ken-
lucky in favor of aid to the Texnamill Fiieille
railroad. Mills were introduced and referred
.1 follows To regulate eli-eliotiN mill elective
franchise in Hie territory of Flail; lo repeal
so much of the act of Mecnnher 17, 1H73, as
provides for a pivot draw in any bridge
m i the ttliio river, lielween Covington
and t ineiuiiiiti. Mr. Wright, from the eoni-
miltee on claim-, reported adversely 011 the
10 (ilioii of Mississippi asking that the time
ienator t'lirislimii'y’s lull
in I tali, is a 11 irii
leliise of male citizens of
s mid upward, who
of polygamy siihsequeii
I lien
atioii of unfinished business, being the hill
nifeniug exclusive jurisdiction over Indian
•serviitioiis upon I'uited Mtatcs courts, mid
ir the pliiiisliiin-lit of eriines eoipuiitted hv
id a jaiiist Indians, the pending ameiui-
ent living lliat providing that the second
etion shall not he construed to prevent the
itling of timher or grass, or the use of stone,
1 the
i* of f
lervation, 11 nd it was
.'Hen to. a tong (IIhouhnIoii ensued, in-
nlving questions of Indian civilization,
l-enii.g up the Black lbII- to miners, the
eat) obligation, etc. I’eiiding the disens-
on, Mi. F.dwnrds, from the judiciary corn*
lim e,teported favoratdy on a hill toi'liange
ic time lor holding the terms of the district
nirl for the district of West Virginia,
assed, mid the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the ‘Jltli, lionw: bill
ireoiganize ilia judiciary of the United
i-oiitiuuoua through lii
the
' the
iml to provide
• of railroad In •
MUaiHsippi
Iilf Ilf Mexico and I 1
to provide for means of cheap transportation
upon interior waters, mid to restore ocean
carrying trade of the Knited States, and for
other purpose-.. Mr. Withers called up sen
ate hill to amend the net of February. II,
1871, granting nensiou.
disloyally.
of the war of 181”, and lo w
seil soldiers, and to realore
oils those persons w hose nan
III ere fro 1
011 the morning
ling discus
id the hill was laid over.
The senate then resumed the eoinddcuition
of the unfinished hiisie.* being a motion
01 Mr. Wadleigh to reconsider the vote by
which the report of the committee of con
ference on joint resolution to pay interest on
*1 |)i*lriet of Columbia bonds was passed.
Mending the question to lay the moth
“e table, it
{deration during
the morning hour in regard to the restora
tion of certain persons to the pension rolls,
so a* to provide that no person shall he re
stored t>> tin- pension rolls under this net mi
le-:- the commissioner of pensions la: satis
fied as to the identity of stieli person*. Or
dered to he printed. The senate took up
the Dill conferring exclusive jurisdiction
over Indian leservations upon the Edited
.States courts, uml for the punishment of
crimes committed by and against Indians.
Mr. Windoni moved that the hill he referred
to the committee on Indian affairs. After
further discussion, tin: motion of Mr. Win-
dorii to refer the hill was agreed to- II to 13.
A message from the house of representa
tives was received, announcing the action of
that hodv in respect to the memory of the
late W. il. Starkweather. Mr. F.nglish sub
mitted a resolution that tin- business of the
o.-nate he suspended, that the friends of the
deceased might pay fitting tribute to his
public and private virtues. Agreed to, and
the senate adjourned.
In tlu; house, on the 21st, Mr. Wliit-
tlinrm: introduced a resolution lo authorize
tin* mixed commission to inquire and report
as to the future naval policy of Iho I'uited
Stalos. The house then procoedml to voteon
tile hill to nrgiltllftc (lie jtldii
1 the
Mississippi river mid the region subject to
overflow, in order tn obtain siteli data uml
practical Information as to mnhe tiie neces
sary amount of appropriation 1 provided, that
file visit he not made ill public expense.
Adopted. Adjourned till Wednesday.
Ill the house,on the ”."nl, Speaker Kerr
appeared, much improved in health, mid
took tin- chair. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky, in
troduced a hill fur tiie repeal of so much of
the net of 17th December, 187”, as provides
for pivot draw in any bridge to he creeled
aeros* the Ohio river between Govingloll and
f'iiieiiiiimi. Referred. Mr. Manning intro
duced a bill to promote the efficiency of the
army, lo provide for its gradual reduction,
Mini to consolidate certain of the stall' depart-
1.icnts. Referred. Mr. White introduced a
hill to increase the clerical force of the pen
sion bureau, and to provide lor the speedv
settlement of nil pension claims. Relerred.
Mr. Fort, from committee on territories, re
ported a lull to prevent the useless slaughter
of hiifliilocs in Hie territories, \fter a ills-
mission, participated in by Messrs. Fort,
Mngeunis, Dimuell, Reagan, Throckmorton.
Hancock, Maker. Jeitks mid Conger, the hill
passed. Tito hill makes it unlawful for miv
person not an Indian to kill, wound or iii
any mamier destroy any female luiltiiloes or
any greater number of htlflhloes than me
needed for food or market. The house went
into a committee of the whole on the stale of
the union on the hill amending (lie laws
gimiting pensions to soldiers mid sailors of
tin- war of 1812 and their widows. It directs
the sect-clary of tiie interim to place on the
pension rolls the mimes of the surviving
ofliccis nod enlisted and drafted ■men, in-
eluding the militia anil volunteers of tlie
military and naval service of the United
Mfates who served for ten days in lliat war,
urahly discharged, ilitil the
vided that the widows w
IHfiO. The pensions
, pro-
e married prior to
he nt tiie rate ol
ad the ant is not to
receiving at that
right dnllnrs per mouth, except per dlllcrenee
up to eight ilidlars n month. It Is the
restoration to the pension rolls of nil names
stricken therefrom on account of sympathy
with the rebellion. It case of their ilentli.
their widows are to receive the pension mid
arrearages. The subsequent marriage of the
widow Is not to prevent her from receiving
arrearages. In ease there is no widow, ar
rearages arc to go to the ptnmioiiui’n minor
children. Mr. llimkiliN moved to amend 1')'
giving pensions to those wlm served in the
war for live days instead of ten days ns pro
vided by the hill. Adopted. Mr. Cameron
moved lo strike out the proviso which pro
vides that w idows of soldiers lined have mar-
ml prior lo 1850. Adopted. Mr. Iliiutei
with the rebellion. In tiie eourHPJi/ the dis
cussion, Hunter stated the numW’r oMper-
sons who would lie restored to Hie pension
rolls under Ike hill would hn -150, mid lln ir
nmititd amount of pension* only $.1,0115. Com
mittee rose and house adjourned.
Iti the liottHc, mi the’.Mill, on motion
of Mr. Cox, it was ordered Hud the session
of ,Saturday lie fordchutconly. The speaker
proceeded, iim the business of Hie morning
hour, to call (lie committee reports. Mr.
Turney, from the committee mi mincMiiiiil
milling, reported 11 hill to exclude Missouri
from Hie provisions of Hie art to promote
the mining resources of the Culled Stales.
Massed. Mr. Vance, from the eoniuiillee mi
patents, reported buck udverselv the hill
limiting duration of patents. I.nid on the
table. Also Ihe hill to protect the revenues of
the patent otliee. It proviih
his
siilary fm; any work done shall lie ptiuislm
Me by line *r imprisonment. Mas Mr.
Williams, from committee 011 public build
the limit I loo/HH), Mr. Wellsnioveil tonniei
the ami'iidniuiit by fixing Hie amount- 111
$5110,000. Mr. Chittenden Opposed an c.\
eessive appropriation for public buildings,
and ehaigoleriz.eil the supervising architect's
estimates as extravagant, that extrnv gatice
arising from the excessive volume of paper
money, lie argued that as . 001I a building
could he ereeted at Memphis new for $100,-
000 its could have been creeled three years
ago at $hoo,(too. Mr. Thornburg inliimiled
postofliee building
.cltle 1
discussion, the iiincndmciil nll'ered bv Mr.
Wells, limiting the amount to $500,000, was
rejected. The aiiii'iiilnieut nll'ered by Mr.
Holman, limiting the amount to $-100,000,
was agreed lo 13 to 11 Mi. Without proceed
ing further in Hie lull, Hie death of Mr.
Starkweather was announced, and speeches
were made in eulogy of the ilreeased, after
which resolutions of condolence mid respect
were adopted and the house adjourned.
BUOW N I 'A Mint A N 0 11A V A N A L'li i A IU-.
-It is slated that not a steamer leave:)
New York lor Havana that does not lake
out from 2,000 to 5,000 reams, or in oc
casional instances as high as .'10,000 reams,
of coarse brown wrapping paper. What
this pajKir was used for was for a long
time a mystery ; hut it has recently ls:i:n
revealed that it enters into the inanu-
fneitiie of ‘‘tiure Havana cigars.” It
is said that when saturated in the jnico
of tohaeeo sterna, the straw paper makes
a “ tilling ” almost equal, if not sujmrior,
to the genuine leaf. In fact, it is some
times impossible to detect the delicate
film of paper interlapped with leaves in
the finished cigar, or neatly folding the
exterior. For tiii* ]iur|»ose, we are told,
it serves admirably, the pa tier, under
combustion, leaving no resitlium other
than a pure white aslj. To such a refine
ment of art has this business been carried
that by the use of machines rolled oyer
the sheet of paper an almost perfect im
pression of the tobacco leaf is obtained,
the peculiar “spots” being printed as on
calico. Smokers of Havana cigars will
no doubt consume their “ weed ” with
added zest alter learning of what it is
probably composed,
TllE financial difficulties of Turkey
have not checked the work upon the
mosque which tiie sultan is building near
his palace at Dohmihbagchcli, and which
it is estimated will cost £2,000,000. The
corresjKmdent of the IWndon Times Havs
that the expediency of deposing the
Htiltun, on account chiefly of his lavish
expenditure, is freely discussed by ls*th
iiis Mohammedan and his Christian sub
jects.
Tim tnhli"* ring with nnlsy fiiiUi'i'.’
kVIiiiKi ili'i'ii-litiiuM liwtulltd ntt wtniltl
Tin'Milling x« till It- ihiiiiili’r-x'j'illi’y •
vlllltniiu tiitni's
a niiMiinrliM
Hit'i'iaUi at 1 In' itlsmiA ugiw?
Iii'lrcheckn «it ti iiimnlng'* Mu-
i'rn nit* tlin 1 Inn yh, .Mum, uml .1
A BUI^ALO STAMPEDE.
l’lissing out between the hills, the
young fellows luuml thomselves on n
nearly level plain. Here, toe, wus a
dense throng ol hullitlnes, strelcliing oil
to the undulating horizon. As Ihe two
explorers walked on, it wide lane seemed
to open in the mighty herds before them.
Insensibly, and without any hurry, the
creatures drifted away to the right and
left, browsing or staring, hut continually
moving. Looking hack, they saw that
the Ini Haloes had closed up their ranks
on the trail which they had just pursued;
while before, and on either hand, was a
wall of animals.
“We are surrounded!” iilmosl whis
pered Arthur, with some alarm.
‘‘Never mind, my hoy. We can walk
out, just as the children of Israel did
from ihe Bed Sea. Only we have waves
of bn Haloes, instead of water, to close
lirhiiid uml 11 pm before and tic a wall <111
each side. Boo !
And, as they kept oil, the mass before
them melted away in sonic mysterious
fashion, always at the same distance from
“See! We move in a vacant space
t hut I ravels with us wherever we go,
Arty.”
“ Ye*,” the hid. “ It seems just as if
were a candle in the dark. The open
ground around us iH the light wo shed ;
the htifi'aloes are the darknessoutalde.”
“ A good figure of speech, that, my
laddie. I must remember it. Ihit we
are getting mil of the wilderness.”
They had now mine to a sharp rise of
ground, broken by a rocky ledge, which
turned the herds more to O10 northward.
Aiteending this, they were out of the
bilflUlnes for Ihe time, lint beyond them
were thousands more. Turning south
ward, they struck across the country lor
the wagon-track, quite well satisfied with
their explorations.
lielween tivd Wig divides, or ridges,
they cuiue upon a single wagon, eanvas-
covered, in which were two little chil
dren. Two hoys—one about seven and
the other eleven years old were playing
near by, and four oxen wore grazing by
a spring.
In reply lo Mont's surprised question
as lo how they came oil the (rail, and
why they were here alone, they said that
I heir falhcr ami uncle laid come 11 p-ufter
ImllhloeH, and were out with their guns.
Their mother was over on the biiill’ -
|Hiin!ingto a little rocky mass which
rose like an island in Ihe middle of the
vnllev. She luid gone to hunt for “sar-
vieo-liurricH.” They were left to mind
ihe cattle and the children.
“ I ’ret I y careless business. I should
sa.v,” murmured Mont. “ Well, young
alcrs,” he added, “ keep by the wagon ;
if your cattle stray off, they may get cur
ried away by the* lilt Haloes. Mind
that!”
They went on down Ihe valley, look
ing behind them at Ihe helpless little
family alone in 1 he wilderness.
“A man ought to lie licked for leaving
his voting ones here in such a lonelv
place.” said Mont.
.Suddenly, over the southern wall ol
the valley, like n thundercloud, rose a
vast and ileeing herd ol hiiMitloes. They
were not only running, they were rush
ing like a mighty Hood.
“A stampede! a stampede!" cried
Mont; and, Hying hack to the uncon
scious group of children, followed bv Ar
thur, lie said; “Run for your lives,
youngsters! Make for the hlulf!”
Seizing one of the little ones,and bid
ding Arthur Hike tlmotlier,hesturied Ihe
hoys ahead for the islaiid-hluH', which
was some way down the valley. There
was not a moment lo lose. Rebind them,
like a rising tide, flowed the buffaloes in
surges. A confused murmur filled Iho
air; Ihe ground resounded with the hur
ried heat of countless hoofs, and the.
earth seemed (o he disappearing in the
advancing torrent. ('lose behind Ihe Hy
ing fugitives the angry, panic-stricken
herd tumbled and tossed. Its labored
breathing sighed I ike a breeze, and the
warmth of its pulsations seemed to stifle
the air.
“To the left I to the left!” screamed
Arthur, seeing tiie bewildered hoys, who
(led like fleer, making directly for * the
steepest part of the bluff. Thus warned,
the lad - bounded up Hie little island,
grasping the underbrush as they climbed.
Hard behind them came Arty, pule, his
features drawn and rigid, and Is'aring
in his arms a little, girl. Mont brought
up the rear with 11 stout hoy on his
shoulder, and breathless with excitement
and llic Inltorions run.
Up (lit: steep side they scrambled, fall
ing a id recovering themselves, but up
at hist. Been re on a hare rock, they saw
a heaving tide of wild creatures pour
tumultuously over the edge and fill the
valley. It leaped from ledge to ledge,
tumliled and broke, rallied again ami
swept on, black and silent save for the
rumbling thunder of many hoofs and the
panting breath of the innumerable mul
titude. On it rolled over every obstacle.
The wagon disappeared in a twinkling,
its white cover going down in the black
tide like a sinking ship at sett. Past the
island-like hlulf, where a little group
stood Hpcll-bound, the herd swept, the
rushing tide separating at the rocky
jsiint, against which it beat ami parted
to the right and left. Looking down,
they saw the stream flow by, on and up
the valley. It was gone, and the green
turf was brown where it had been. The
spring was choked, and the wagon was
trampled in a lint ruin.
Fascinated by the sight, Mont and
Arthur never took their eyes from it
until it was over. Then returning to
their young charges, they saw a tall,
gaunt woman, with a lionor-stricken
face, galherinu the whole group in her
arms. It was the mother.
" I don't know who you he, young
men, hut I (hank you from the bottom
of my heart,” she said. “ Yes, I thank
you from the bottom of my heart add,
oh! I tlmnk (Sod, too!” And she burst
into tears.
Arthur, at loss wluit else to say, re
marked : “Your wagon is all smashed.”
“ I don’t care don’t care," said the
woman, hysterically rocking herself to
and fro where she sat with her children
clasped to her bosom, “So's the young
ones are sale, the rest may go to
wrack.'
As she spoke, a couple of horsemen,
catrying lilies, came madly galloping
down the valley, lar in the wake of the
living herd. They paused, thunder
struck, nl Ihe fragments of their wagon
trampled in the torn soil. Then, seeing
the group on the rock, they hastened on,
dismounted, and climbed the little emi
nence.
"(Ireal powers above, Jcmimy! we
-lampeded the laillhloes!” said the elder
ol the pair of hunters.
Arty expected to hear her say that she
was thankful so long ns they were all
alive.
" Yes, and a nice mess you vc made ol
it. ’ This was all her comment.
“ Wlmr’s the cattle, Zcph asked the
father ot this thick.
"(lone oil'with the huHitlnes, 1 reckon,
dad,” was the response of his son Zeplt-
nniuli.
The man looked tip and down the val
ley with a bewildered air. Ilis wagon
had been mashed and crushed into the
ground. 11 iH cat tle swept out into space
by the resistless Hood, and were uowberc
insight. He found words at last;
“ Well, this iH pcrfeekly rediclus.— »S7.
tXic/iotdH /nr March,
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Tilt* AU(I,(MM) Itni'c Won l oulci' Undu e.
The attendance at the Bay race truck,
in Sni Francisco, on the 22(1, lo witness
the four-mile ami repeat race for a purse
ol £!t(l,0(H), was very large—estimated at
20,000. Track in line condition. Weath
er fair, with light wind. Rutherford
Ihe favorite in the pools at £1,000, Fos
ter, $500;(loldon Gale,$2115; Katie Pease,
$!.'•; Held, £150. Selling very lively.
After considerable delay the horses were
called for the start at 2:50. Katie I’ease
drew the pole, Rutherford second,
Clmnee, Revenue and (Solden (bile in
order. They got away at the third at
tempt well together, (Jluinee a little
ahead. On the hack stretch llock Hock
ing got Urn lead, passing half,<jjr,pny
minute, hut fell Miind at the turn,
Chance leading to the score, Foster sec
ond, Rutherford third, the others well
together a little behind. Time, 2:02A.
On the second mile Rutherford and Fos-
1 ci drexx ahead of Chance; the rest
hunched and maintained that position
lo the score. Time, 1:5111. Oliancenow
began lo ling, and on Ihe third mile was
passed by IvitUe Pease; Rutherford
maintained a slight lead, closely pressed
by Foster, and came under Iho string in
1:52, Foster second, Katie Pease third.
On the fourth mile I luck Hocking, who
lutd boon running easily with the field,
drew ahead of Pease, and Foster pushed
Rutherford thinughout, passing him on
the home stretch, and winning the heat
by a neck in l:5lij, Rutherford second.
I lock Hocking was apparently a fair
third, the rest being well in the rear,
getting the distam 0 flag on their faces,
and, to the surprise of the whole assem
blage. Hock I locking was also adjudged
distanced. The ruling in his ease ex
cited universal dissatisfaction, and much
unfavorable comment was made on t he
action of the judges, if being claimed by
one man that Mock Hocking had run a
weighting race and was good to run a
second heal, coming in very fresh, and
was sliHf out purposely to prevent such
a resit II. Barkers ol f Rutherford now
began to hedge faster, having a call in
I lie pools of two to one. At 3:J5 the
horses were cal led for Iho second heat, and
made a false start, going cut (.rely around
the track. At the second attempt they
got oil’ together. Foster drew slightly
ahead, and at the half led by half a
length, which position was maintained
to the score. Time, 2:0:1. In the second
mile, Foster slightly increased his lead,
passing the half one length ahead. On
the home stretch, Rutherford closed on
him, and they went under (lie string in
1:53, Foster half a length ahead. The
latter begun to forge ahead again, nt Imll
was lialfn length; Rutherford made aline
hurst and they passed the stand Foster
only a neck ahead. Tinfc, 1:51. Ruth
erford’s hist effort seemed lo ti ll on him.
and on the IonrtIi mile lie fell suddenly
behind : Foster lend two open lengths al
the half and came in an easy winner of
the heat and race by six open lengths,
II* 1
Roy In
llril.PINO OF THE IS FEZ CaNAI,. The
Suez canal was an old scheme of M. do
Losseps, and by 1852 he had submitted
plans lor its construction to the porte,
hut the porte decided that Turkey was
not concerned. However, when Mo
hammed Said came to he Viceroy of
Egypt the Frenchman itad a friend in
power, ami the work wan ordered to go
oil. When M. dc Lessops was a consul
in Egypt, Said was a .great fat hoy, and
hi* father, Mcliemet All, annoyed at
seeing this fatness increase, had him pitt
on restricted diet, and used to send him
Ibr two hours a day to walk round the
city, to skip with a rope, to row uml to
climb the masts of ships. The hoy made
friends with M. de Is snopa and got secret
meals of maccaroni from his servants.
This was the beginning of a friendship
which led to such memorable results;
and it is a curious instance of how great
things and small are interwoven in the
web of life, that if Haiti I'aslm had not
Is.-eii a fat Itoy with a severe father M.
de Ix'sseps’ scheme might have been
treated by him witli as little attention
as it was by the jwrte, and we should
h ive had no Hue/, canal.
h is estimated that not more limn
75,000 cattle will be driven east from
Texas in 1870, against 150,000 in 1875,
and 240,000 in 1874. The estimate is
made bv a seller of Texas cattle.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
I m battle of life: Courtship is the
engagement or seige, the proposal is the
assault, and matrimony the victory.
Tin: l’rineess Beatrice looks scornfully
al povcrty-Hlrikcn suitors of noble hirtll,
She does mil wish to he understood as
standing in the way of American girls.
At Pahtinu.—
As one, in thinking of tin: ilcml,
RituIIs the fare lint not tin* inline,
As knowing when tin- soul I11U fled
A till.' goctli ns il *111111';
mine tin: lace that von 1
And mini: (lie inline that
e sweetest story of them all
L thought, hut never uttcrc*
mil.
forgel
A Utica paper calls Seth (ireen “the
father of Halt os.” If ho is ho has an
exct Ivo largo family to whajo, ofid*tho
blubbering must he something tremen
dous.*
A medimai. lecturer says that thin soles
are the worst propagators of disease
among women. Why don’t Itego further,
and say what are proper gaiters for them
Tin: newest thing in twins is the pro
duct of Glasgow. ICy. They only weigh
two pounds and a half each, amt wouldn’t
make a moderate lunch for a hungry Fiji
Islander.
Tiiiikf. years ago Bhofliold sent cutlory
and Htoql rails to tm> United States valued
at £2,7(1(1,000. Last >ear the total value
of goods exported to this country was
only 1000,000.
A Vermont man rcturm\4 homo the
other day, alter an absence of eleven
years, and found (hut neither of the three
liusbands hlswife had married and buried
had li ved the gate.
K. Dodson, a North Carolina baptist
brother, went t*» bed and stayed tnere
while his clothes were boiug dyed, that
ho might give what a new suit would
cost to the missionaries.
A woman who was gathering weeds
on the sea shore in Japan, tor burning,
laid her voting child down on the boacli.
A frightful cry told Iho mot her that all
was not rigid, and on examination Flux
found that a cuttle fish had pul o'<r
feeler round the baby. She cut the
feeler loose with her sickle, and the
youngster was unharmed.
Tin: master of the Kdiuhtirg retorma-
tory lately said: “We have eighty
hoys here. Scarcely one who has not
been a smoker or a ehowor, and most, o(
them both." “ I hclievo that no one
who smokes tobacco before the bodily
powers are developed ever makes a
strong, vigorous man."—Dr. Fermunn.
“Shun smoking as you would self de
struction.”—/.fl/gr/. Dear youth, do
not spurn those daulions against an evil
habit. Parents, insist, on your boys not
smoking.
Tin; Leyki/Ki?,— ’
The kins ho rtuguu on it throne of gohl,
Puno'u round by Ills “ right (Brine,”
Tho haffUi 1t« sits m hi* castle old,
DrlnlatqrlilM ripe, red xvino;
Hut belowyoeloxv in Ida ragged coal,
The beggar In: tunctli a hungry mile;
.tad Iho dohtor is down with 1111 aching head.
Ho tho world goes!
Ho the steam flaxy*!
Yot there is a follow whom nobody known,
Who muketh all free
Oil liunl uml sea,
And foruoth tho rich like the poor to Hoc.
Tim lady lies down in her warm xvhitc lawn,
And dreams of the pearled bride ;
Tlii-milkmaid sings to the mild-cycd dawn,
Had songs on tin: cold hillside,
Ami (lie bishop smiles, ns oil high In: sits,
O’er I lie scholar who xvi ilcs and starts by Ii!*,
And (lie girl who her nightly needle plies
Looks out for the Hummer of life—ami dies!
8*i the world goes!
Ho the strenni lloxvs I ^
Yet there is a fellow xvhoni mdioilv 'iiittop *
Who innkcth all froo <* - **
(,)n land and sen.
And forouth Iho rich like the poor to lloo.
They tell id'an ancient lady in Cali
fornia who was disappointed in love
several years ago, and then pledged iter-
self lo never cut her toe-nails again.
Her toe-nails are now so long that she
can not wear shoes, and she iH sorry she
vowed. We snsiieet it lias never oc
curred I" her to Idle them off; or she
might place Ihcm on a railroad track,
and have them crushed off, without
breaking her vow. Hite can't expect to
get a husband as long as she wears such
toe-nails.
Tut: following suggestion, given in
Scribner's Magazine, is worthy the con
sideration of parents: Nervousness witli
a child is almost always a matter of tho
stomach. A cruet of bread will usually
put an end to the most obstinate perverse
ness. ('hildreu, for this reason, should
never he allowed to go to bed, after a fit
ol crying, with an empty stomach. A
hii ol' 1 read and jelly or a cup of custard
xvill bring hack smiles and happiness
when all 1 lie moral law fails, and for the
soundest of reasons.
('t ime in the Culled Slates.
11 Iijih been estimated by Mr. (L Ail-
gull, of Massachusetts, that the annual
cost of crime in this country is two hun
dred millions of dollars. It has more
than doubled in Ihe past ten years.
Crime in Massachusetts is thirty-three
per cent, greater than in Ireland; and
the great, question now for all good citi
zens is, how are we going to ship this
increase of crime V The education of the
intellect will not do it ; the churches can
not stop it, for not half tho {ample of the
United States ever go to church. The
Sunday schools can not stop it. There
are only two remedies: One is to multi
ply jails, police courts, judges, peniten-
tiarics, constabulary, etc., and the other,
in the words of I)r. Holland:
“ If you want to stop rascals, you must
stop raising them.”
The col 11 hiiih of the ncwHpa|K'rs xvill
not cease to he filled with the records ol
crime and misery while thousands of
children arc allowed to grow up without
morgti, religious or mental education,
and thu only way to reach these children
is through the public schools.
For the safety of republican institu
tions we need in our public school edu
cation the teaching of the higher truths
of religion. One of the best ways to
reach tin: hearts 0/ children and ennoble
them, is I*' teaeli them kindness to ani
mals. Kvcrysten taken in this direction
promotes an education which elevates
fm man souls and prepares the way for
Him who came preaching “Peace on
earth, good will to men.” 1 believe we
should begin to talk in our schools about
od and Immunity, and then the tench
's profession will 1m* the noblest in the
land.