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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE dc 00., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1876.
VOL. III. NO. 2.
TIMELY TOPICS.
It begins lo seom an if iho American
continent were built upon a substructure
of defunct tun.stodons. The tusk of an
other wan unearthed lit Yolo oounty,
California, last week. It was woven feet
lone, and right inches In diameter at the
larger end. It was found protruding
from n bank of a gully about fifteen feet
below the surface of the earth, and two
day's digging was required before it
could be removed without breaking. Its
weight is eat i m a ted at one hundred and
fifty pounds.
Co-operative building aoclotics in
Canada are very thriving institutions.
Heal estate valued at nearly $48,000,-
000 is mortgaged by them for various
loans, and the ioilurnco they have gained
thereby is mj considerable as to inspire
nervous people with no little alarm. In
Ontario the amount ol the lonns they
have made is said to In* $15,680,000, and
in Quebec >2,729,000. Tho total out
standing loans made in these two prov-
inees alone amount t<« >lH,,%0,7l-i, se
cured by real estate projx rty worth $42,-
INI2.000. The paid up stock is $11,434,•
267, and the dejKxdts have boon $*’
020,706.
A Mexican who claimed to Ik*
snake-charmer recently attempted the
capture of a large rattlesnake
pus Christi, Texas. As the snake lay
ndlcd up, the Mexican made a grab at
liis neck, and caught the reptile
back, the snake turning his head and
fastening his fang in the second joint of
the fore finger, from which he dangled
until shaken loose by the performer.
Simple remedies were used at once, but
the finger continued te inflame and the
flesh to drop off. until amputation )>e-
chiuc necessary to lave ibr Mexican’s
life. The snake-charmer has retired from
the charming business to tho more gene
ral Mexican avocation of a uionto-dealer.
Tiim deposits of bullion in the great
hanks of Englnnd, France and Oermany
now rise to alient $650,000,000, and the
difficulty of investing capital snfoly has
rarely been greater. It is about u year
since the Collie failure and the untionnl
repudiations began, and in that time the
shrinkage on the Egyptian, Peruvian
9<ind Turkish debt bald in England is re
duced to nbout $150,000,000. 'flie Lon
don News rejKjrts that small* traders be
gin to feel tho effects of the depreciation
in the capacity to buy, resulting from so
large a default, and mourns anew that
English buyers “could not Ik* persuaded
to touch ” United States Isindn, ten years
ago, when they were selling at seventy,
hut nllowed the (imnatis to occupy the
basement story on that investment.
An invention has lieen successfully ap
plied in Liverpool lo the printing nta
chine, by means of which newspaper*
may Ikj printed u|Kin an unbroken rol
of pa|H'r without the necessity of previ
oualy stereotyping the pages and mouid
ing them to the shape of the cylinders t<
which they are affixed. The details of
the process have not been communicated
further than that the type itself is fixed
on the cylinder referred to, but, with
the exception that it has been yet found
impracticable to apply the anto-natic
folding process to the machine, the plan
is fully successful. The advantage of
the invention is that while giving the
highest rate of speed,it will save the cost
of stereotyping, which, except in case o!
very large impressions, is otherwise un
necessary.
Tiip. two Presbyterian assemblies, one
sitting in Itrooklyn, the other in Havan
nab, took during the closing days n
their sessions a long step in the direction
of fraternity. On Friday, May 20th,
resolution was adopted in the northei
assembly in these words: “ With a vie
to the expression of the united and hear
ty wishes of this Isidy that at the earliest
practicable moment we may
tablishmcnt of correspondence with the
other assembly, we hereby resolve that
this assembly reiterates its cordial desire
to establish fraternal relations with the
southern assembly on terms of |x*rfect
equality and reciprocity as soon as it in
agreeable to their brethren to respond to
this assurance by a similar expreasion.”
To this a reply was sent on the next nay
from the southern body, declaring that
" while condemning certain acts and de
liverances of the northern assembly, no
acts of deliverances of the southern as
sembly are to l»c construed or admitted
as impugning in any way the Christian
ch *racter or standing of the northern
general assembly or of the historic: !
bodies of which it is the successor.”
This assurance was received by the
assembly in Brooklyn with great satisfac
tion, and a resolution in the precise
terms of that from Savannah, with the
nerc-ssary change of the word “ northern”
to “southern,” was adopted, and ordered
t > be immediately telegraphed. The
adoption of the resolution was followed
by the singing of the doxology. The
country will approve of the sensible basis
of fraternity adopted by these
churches. Neither body is asked to
LATEST NEWS.
Sat'TD ANI> M I'.ST
It is said that corn in cheaper in
Georgia at present than it ho* been for ten
years past.
Tlu* price of wool is so low in Califor
nia that tu ny sheep raisers have commenced
killing their stock for the skins and tallow.
There la more building going on
in Atlnuta, fin., now than at any time since
the war. Some hrnnehes of hnsiness lire
more prosperous than ever.
Senator Qordott, of (Icorgia, has writen
a letter urging that a fraternal reunion of
federal ind cx-confcdcrate soldiers bo held
in Philadelphia on the fourth of July.
Heporta front California show u heavy
yield of wheat, exceeding by two hundred
thousand tom that of 1872. It is also anid
to he the best quality ever barrelled 111 the
■tate.
Tlu* Terre Haute car company of .Jef
fersonville, Ind., lately organlxed and virtu
ally the lessees of the Southeastern car com
pany, has resumed the manufacturing of
freight ears with ii force of four hundred
convicts.
At a meeting of the Chicago ministers
last week it was agreed that Mr. Moody
should begin revival service in that city in
October. Ho said that for two years ntid
two months lie had preached hii average of
four sermons ii day, and lie felt that he
ought to have rest, hut if it waa thought best
he would begin work at once.
The lamnuru kings have their cyo on
an enterprising man named Nairn, who is dig
ging a big tunnel at the depth of a mile
itudcr the great silver deposits at Virginia
City. Butro surprised them by beginning
the work, and now that his tunnel js nearly
three milrs long and going ahead, they he-
i think lie is dangerous with his little
pick.
.Inroli Xunticmachcr and Christian
Guenther, convicted of conspiracy to de
fraud the revenue, were sentenced at Mil
waukee, last week, the former to five
months imprisonment in the roiiuty jail nnd
flue of $10,000 and the latter to three
months imprisonment in the jail nnd flue of
$1,000. Nnnneroacher D a very old nnd
ealthy citizen.
Tho southern rico nnd sugar represen
tatives nt Washington arc encouraged to look
the defeat of the Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty. In their memorial to the house coni-
niittcc they suy ; " We also state, if no unto
ward event* oeeurs, that the crop In rica
year will he grently enlarged, fully
gh to supply nue-half the demand of the
Pacific const.”
RANT.
According to the New York Evening
express, sixty thousand men in ono de
partment of industry, thrown out nf nm-
uent in one day. with tho rertainty of
idleness for two mouths at least, and tho
prospect of two months more nt tho end of
that, is the feast of lean things at which the
public are invited to look in Penusylvaniu.
Complaint* of ravages of the Colorado
beetle upon the potato vines have heroine
general throughout Now England, na well us
the middla stales.
CONGRESSIONAL.
NKNATK.
In the senate on tho UHh, Mr. Morrill
called up tho eoneurreut resolution accept
ing tho statute of Ethan Allen, contributed
by Vermont, for tho national statunry hull,
nt the Capital, and returning tlu* tlnitiks of
congress lo tho stale far tue contribution.
Messrs. Morrill and Edmunds made speeches
and tho resolution was accepted. Mr. Ear-
nail moved to tuko up the house hill relative
to the redemption of the unused stamps. Di
visions showed hut twenty-ninu senators
present, nnd tho senate adjourned.
IIOITNK.
In tho house on tho 10th, Mr. Cox re
ported from tho oonliulttoa on hanking nnd
currency a bill for tho issiiu of $10,000,000
silver roinngo in exchange for legal tcuder
nates. He moved tho previous question,
and refused to admit tiie amendment pro
posed by Mr. Mills to repeal the resump
tion act. The previous question was
seconded, 85 to 35, and the house then voted
by yeas and nays, on ordering the main
question, which wn* ordered, nud the hill
passed without a division; also reported Mr.
Randall's hill, nuthorisiiig the purchase of
bullion for that purpose, which was pnssod.
A bill providing that when Colorado is ad
mitted as a state the laws of tlu* United
States shall have the same force there as else
where, and that that suite shall constitute
one judicial district, was iniMi-d. On mo
tion of Mr. Knott, the hill prescribing an
oath for grand nnd petit jurors was recom
mitted. Mr. I.vnde reported hack the hill
amending the bankruptcy hill; passed. He
also reported hark the senate bill reducing
tho medical corps in the army; passed. Mr.
I.vnde also reported hook the hill In re
lation to immigration ; passed. The house
house then took up the Geneva award hill,
nnd was addressed by Mr. Wills. The bill
and measure went aver. The senate amend
ment* to the executive, legislative and judi
cial appropriation bill were non concurred
in. The special committe mi IsiuDinnn af
fairs wua instructed to investigate the out
rages alleged to have been committed in
West Feliciana, and tho house soon after
wards ndjuuruod.
In tho house on tho 12th, tho join
resolution to modify the treaty with China
ho ns to restrict immigration wn* passed.
Rills introduced and referred— Ry Mr. Lord:
Joint resolution recommending an addition-
ndmeilt to the constitution, providing
PANDA l«.
A Qt'tttT I
WIkn mnnllwl asvsgcs nfiei s fight
Make a frail o( lltu bodies of those they Imto
The grisly ri*|u*l yields a keener delight
From I he knowledge (tint svrry unfortunate
wight
Would harei coined It th-d-opc-t disgrace to
hca
, U lust dying main Keejoe,
lie lulliienee of western example tneiessos,
Hired countrlrs you often mar see
trete of friends, tu'lho highest of glee,
til busily picking some neighbor lo pieces.
Though the
In clrlllrcd countrlrs
A* In tslsuds Inn tisrlc, n |M-rs<>n dreces
Ills ltr«h has lieen hakul In imeahlma o
They d n't even tnmlde lo serve him up lint j
For ihe victim still lives In tho uildil of the
good mi lured friend, p'r'aps, may mnko
I the untiire nt these hungry inon tors' tin-
CKSTKXMAI, COnnEMI’OSOBNCE.
Order of S'lnsstflenllsMi- Tin* IVepnrfnenl
of Proti'pllmi. Olivo Woml nod tlu*
l*tn«l. The Turks.—HI*.
crllnuroM*.
i our Spaotn! Correspondent.
PitlhADHl.HitA, Juno 17.—Tho hulldiuga
nud grounds being in a near stale of complc-
t, it in proper Hint the epistolary melange
pot-pourri style, should conform to tho
advance of the exhibition from chaos to syi-
Tho space within the compass of a let-
being rather circumscribed, ami abhor-
a pent-up Utica ill a corresponding sense,
ill attempt to embody arrangement.
While the rhapsody will not he lost, in tho
prosaieal. believing that the general public
ring a
plnrment ,
And llumgfi tu reply ho may alou'ly declare
Tlml swell vivisection won't hurl hfm « hnlr,
Vet ho wrlihwnt the thought of fhelr fiendish
enjoy meat:
Still one romfort remains. In the Isle of IVcJoo
No |H**||dp vrngi sure Is loft for tho victim :
Rn's cookml and defunct. Hut in Kurupc hr
To sink sniUfartlon ; and sometimes we seo
That hr wounds tu exehasgo for tho wounds
* hli li Iihvo pilckcd him.
; lx-ware, lovely MIni
, whl-pers nothing that Isn’t quite
i little more ran-fut of others' renown.
and It quietly culling up
With :
Gibraltar is being provisioned to sup
port a garrison of two tlmusnud i
Holt. Jefferson I)avia arrive
pool on hosrd the steamship Memphis, from
New Orleans on the 14th.
South American advices say that, the
conservative Catholic party threnteu war in
Columbia for supremacy.
The number of magnificent steamship*
lying idle in Liverpool nnd Hcrkinlicitd
dorks is unparalleled in the history of
merce, nnd the probability is the. number
will increase.
The Ildtzcgovininn chicfa havo
solved to reject an armistice. Austria will
grant no further relief to refugees, and the
relief committees are ifow destitute of funds.
Dispatches from Vienna any Austria
and Russia have agreed to prevent any
further resistance from reaching the insur
gents. They have also resolved to strongly
recommend the lusurgent eldefs to negotiate
with Turkey.
The king of Dahomey will pay thefino
imposed by commodore Hewitt for mid
treating British subject* in a light at Gibral
tar between German seaman and native
boatmen. No one was killed but many were
seriously injured by bludgeons and stones
used.
A meeting was held on the 15th At the
residence of the earl of Hiewshury in fur
therance of church and university education
in the southern states of tho United States.
Among the letters rend apologizing for ab
sence was one from Jefferson Davis, dated
Liverpool, announcing his arrival shortly in
London.
The Australian* have started the cul
tivation of sugar cane, as they find it pays
even better than planting corn. The grow
ers were troubled at first by a disease which
attacked the canes and threatened to rui
their crop, but they have not lost much afti
all, nnd intend to extend their Operations
next year.
The grand vizier ha* written
conciliatory and friendly reply to prince
Milan's explanation of the Hervinn arma
ment. He expresses sympathy with Servia’s
position, and says the portc is not unmind
ful of Servia’s autonomy nnd privileges. He
admits that there has been a violation of the
frontier by both parties, and promises to ap
point delegates to confer with Servian dele
gates upon means preventing such violation
in fatu'e.
The provinzial correspondence, of
Berlin, has a very pacific editorial, which
concludes ai follows: "Between the last
conference nt Berlin and the interview of
1 emperor William at Kras, lies a
Raymond: I'rovidiug for tho gradual
sumption of specie payment, and for the re
peal of so much of the resumption urt ns
fixes the date for resumption on January I,
1879. Mr. Clymer from the committee on
expenditures in tho war department mndo a
report in the case of Die charges against
Speaker Kerr. The report states that after
I inquiry into tho fuel*, and after a thor-
fh examination of Niwrance Harvey, the
v witness unking tho charge, nud also of
Aug. I*. Green and divers other witnesses, it
nrs that in 1866, while a member of the
« of representatives of the thirty ninth
congress, Mr. Kerr did, in the exercise of Ills
right or privilege, nominate Gtyjuu fpr unAp
pointment iu The Tegular army. The com
mittee, however, found no difficulty it
reaching n conclusion that the cliurgo as on
the payment of nionoy lo Mr. Kerr was tin-
nuaufiedlv false, nnd that Mr. Kerr stood
fully exonerated from nil complication nf
feeling his personal honor or official integri
ty. The oommiltec has fauud nothing in it*
whole progress of investigation to impair or
detract from the well established reputation
for unquestioned personal integrity nud un
sullied purity. Mr. Clymer remarked that
tho conclusion was the unanimous judgment
not only of the committee, but of the house
and country. Mr. Garlicld suggested that
vote he taken on the report by the uiembci
rising. The suggestion was adopted, and
all the members, 210 in number, rose in tbc
affirmative; none in tho negative. The
speaker pro lent, laid before (lie house a let
ter for Tliurlow Weed suggesting that Oscar
Lafayette, grand son of Gen. Ijifnvette, In-
invited to visit the centennial as tfir guest
of the nation. Referred to committee on
centennial. Adjourned.
In the house on the 13th, Mr. Roberta
introduced a hill to reduuu taxation on the
circulation of state banks to an amount
equal to that paid by national banks. Re
ferred. Mr. Ferry from the committee on
military affairs reported back tbu senate bill
in reference to the detail of army officers as
professors lit the stale military academies,
and extending the limit from twenty to
thirty. After discussion, passed—,
motion of Mr. Alklus it was
ordered that no business should be trims-
•lay nnd to-morrow, except general
debate on the army appropriation bill. The
house then went into the committee of the
whole, Mr. Blackburn iu Hie chair, on the
aruiv appropriation bill, nnd was addressed
by Mr. Wood (N. Y.) Mr. Lynch addressed
the committee on the polilcal status of the
inlored people. Mr. .Savage addressed the
committee on
lommittce then rose, and tho
journed.
Thu Plague In Asia
Thu British Medical Journal publish
es the following recent information :
The plague is still increasing at 11 i I
lah and Bagdad, though it has not up to
the. present, apparently, spread lo any
other town. The following are, the latest
official returns: At Millah, from the
20th to the 26th of March, seventy-six
persons were attacked, and there were
thirty-four deaths. Tho greatest num
ber of cases in one day at ilillah was reg
istered on the 26th, when twenty jiersons
were attacked, ami the greatest numlx-rof
deaths occurred on the 23d, when twelve
persons died. At Bagdad, front the 21st
to the 27th of March, inclusive, there
hundred and ten cases and forty
AUmcUI/l URAL INTERESTS.
Finn! Iteporl of the X’otlOH Serenite of tlu*
Nratmi of 1MTB-7- F.strnl uf Aknii
tlunrtl l.iintla-Conditions of tin*
Crop, Ktr.
From tin* Memphis Avalum-hr.
In our report of lust month, while giv
ing the total ncreAgo of cotton planted
for tin* present season, as well n* a short
account of the general condition of the
crop, tho Avalaneho promised its renders
to replace now by actual accounts those
figures, which were then only estimated.
On that occasion, owing to the late
overflows in tho Mississippi vullcy and
other causes then accounted for, wo were
mpellud to estimnto tho nerengo of cer
tain eounticB of various states—a process
not by any means very satisfactory to
nor sufficiently interesting to those •
gaged iu the cotton trade ; and in order
to fulfill our promise we publish this full
rc|K>rt, setting forth In detail tho uctunl
acreage of cacti and every state.
It would, howevor, lie necessary to
refer our readers, first of njl, to our last
month's report, ami more especially to
column live, of table one, showing the
nerengo estimated of overflowed districts,
etc., viz: two hundrod tyid ninety-seven
thousand. At t|jo same tigio pointing
out that in case said nmnimt*would all bo
planted in cotton from then out it would
show a total norefc(||wof nine-million five
hundred and eighteen thousand for tho
years 1876-7, or equal to an increase of
about one-fourth per cont. over last year.
It will In* seen, nowevc/, Ly thojirescnt
report that tho total acreage **f cotton
planted up to tho sixth inst. amounted
to nine million three hundred and sixty-
two thousand, er sqtiivalcnt ton decrease
of about one per cent., compared with
last year, so that one hundred and fifty-
six thousand acres originally intended for
cotton had to be abandoned for that pur-
|K)SO, Wo need scarcely say more on the
subject now, as our figures below will
explain more fully all Ilia details.
Regarding tho condition of Iho crop
have every reason to believe that the
stand, owing to late planting, is hack
ward compared with butt year, more
es|>ccinlly in many sections of the west
ern cotton Ktates. With that cxceptii
crow news is favorable and encouraging.
We hear of a few complaints about
cessivo rains, which, however, up to
see hi to have done little, or no damage.
The weather for past three weeks has
Ix'cn all that could lie desired—sufii
iently warm, with occasional showers.
Nevertheless, until next fall, cotton
will have many enemies to encounter,
shall endeavor, from time to timo,
to keep our friends sufficiently posted
to the prospect and development of the
:rop.
TAIU.K
showing total acrcsgo of cotton plant*
for five years :
■MviintDtani epoch of modern history
render cherished convictions, hut with I SUn j tn j # commenting on this remar
the expression by the representatives of J <. j t meani that if the r
both of confidence in each other, the p^-t I a t the la»t moment GorUcliakoff would hav
is left to settle itself, and the new life | plunged R
f gins.
J England.’ 1
five deaths ; the maximum of eases (thir
ty) was attained on the 26th, nnd the
maximum of deaths (ten is-r day) on the
23rd and 27th ult. April 12.—The
latest telegrams to the Constantinople
sanitary board indicate an increase in the
number of plague cases iu Mesopotamia,
as well as an extension of the area infect-
* v j ed. The following are the returns : At
Hillah, in the space of five days, (from
the 27th to the 31st of March inclusive,)
there were sixty-six new cases and forty-
two deaths. At Bagdad, from the 28th
of March to the 1st of April, there were
ono hundred and forty-five new eases and
seventy-five deaths. The plague in that
city has now crossed from the right hank
of the Tigris to the left bank, which had
been previously free from the contagion.
The epidemic had likewise made its ap
pearance at Meshed or Nedjef Alt, where,
from the 25th to the 29th or March,there
occurred five fatal cases, and also at XTit-
et-Hamra. A severe quarantine, we are
assured, has been established at Kourrmh.
at the confluence of the Euphrates and
the 'Tigris, under the superintendence of
, Dr. (/dmar; and it is also stated that the
had not interfered , |*er.sian government has ordered that nr-
koff would have r ivals from Mesopotamia shall undergo
ith Turkey and j a quarantine of fiitaen days before enter
ing the shah’s territory.
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Total ijecresso 2 ptr cent.
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mt tin* good genius of the exhibition Is nr-
or. Tins begins with clitHtiiflcntiuii. There
ven departments, fifty-two groups, and
hundred nnd thirty-nine elusses. First
department only is given iu this letter. Min
ing and metallurgy alassing from ono hun
dred to one hundred nud nine, composed of
minerals, ores, stones, mining products, me
tallurgical products, milling engineering.
hundred and
:*(*; one hun
dred and twenty-four to otto hundred uud
twenty-nine, milting engineering.
1IOTHL ACCOMMODATION,
am at the Markoe House. After a erili-
examination of the hotel system of the
(pinker city, I pronounce it one of the best
iu the country. Ono of the attnehes. Col.
Sample, was formerly of the Laclede hotel,
Chicago; Point Clear; Seaside; Iatolcde.
Mobile; Warm Springs, Neb., and is one of
the best hotel men In tho United Slates.
nitPABICMKNT OF 1'ltOTKCTION.
While there are few comments mndo upon
this important department of tho exhibition,
it is nevertheless, one of the most powerful
auxiliaries in aiding Hie general manage
ment. To realixe the value of this aid,
imagine u city with a population of fifty
thousand souls, (the number in round
figures), of attnehes, visitors, exhibitors, iu
attendance. Taking the average, these, iu a
majority of eases, are strangers. Yet, with
all tide daily Influx, there has been no dis
turbance, excepting accidentally, less than
u hull doxeu. This is extrunrdinry, and de
serves (lie consideration of the municipal
heads of our country. Col H. do 11. Clay,
the commander of the force, has a happy
faculty beyond ull ordinary commanders,
bit’ll I cheerfully concede him In this con-
..jutinu) or else our people are the most
tractable people in tho world. 1 will say
(lint Col. (’lay enforces strict discipline, nnd
his surveillance of the department of pro
tection is simply in keening with the general
splendid ninungnncnt or the exhibition. No
visitor need fear annoyance, much less ill or
ugh usage nt the hands of the rude or vio-
nt. Roughs are not in order on the cen
tennial grounds. Thunks to nerve nnd dis
cipline, rogues are i potted in iiiputy-ninu
" is in a hundred, and one’s property, per-
and comfort are really safer than In any
city containing the same number of people.
These facts should be heralded all over the
world as another proof ef man’s capacity for
self-government and hissiibordiuntlnn to law
id order, under the so-called, by despotism
an niinrnnlcnl freedom.
01,1 VII WOOD AND Tlllt HOLY LAND.
A very Interesting feature of the specula-
v ,re department oi the exhibition is the
kind of a kiosk, where several gentlemen of
whom I have written are polishing up sou-
veniers in olive wood for the curious pur
chasing society, who constantly throng the
counters of these devotees of the false
prophet, who like Mahomet, if the Atneri-
in mountains won’t come to the Moslems,
by Mustapha will come to the American
mountain. Tho articles are curious, and we
hope are made of wood cut from the Mount
•if Olives, for the sake of relic hunters. Ah
for your correspondent lie can't forget the
little deception in this line, ns once on pur
chasing walking canes, supposed lo have
been cut from the field of Waterloo, iih me
mentoes of a visit to (lint historic, field, he
was mortified to know, they were the growth
of the forest of Noigries. However, faith
makes it all right, and I fully endorse Iho
olive wood.
THH TUilKH.
The Turks may he effete, hut they have
two thousand loin iu cereals, wines, liquors,
preserved fruits mid meals, olive oil, legumi-
articles, and wool and cotton In the
nud manufactured state. I learn the
commission have allowed $(1,000 to the cata
logue company for delays iu not getting
A Hitrhnrhiu Monarch's Futiorul.
Tho Journal tlo Paris contains a letter
from an cyo witness, giving tho following
particulars of tho atrocities committed
on tho occasion of the funeral of lvani-
rasl, king of Ounyoro, in central Africa.
Am immense grave or pit, capable of
holding Severn I hundrod people, had
been dug, nt the bottom of which tho
wives ol tho dofunct king had boon
placed in tho form of a ring, to ite in
readiness to receive upon their knees tho
corpse of their late tyrannical nnd bar
barous master. Several regiments of the
royal gUard hud lwen Kent on tho preced
ing night to silently surround some of
the neighboring villngea. The Hint htt-
being—bo it man, woman or child
—that maile its exit from the surrounded
huts, was forcibly seized and carried off,
nnd (lie captives entrapped in thin man
ner conducted towards tho pit prepared
lor the funeral. Here there commenced
the most horriblo scene. The limbs ot
these poor creatures, arms nnd legs, were
broken by tho soldiers. Tho lamentations
and cries of despair of tho victims inter
mingled with the shouting of the fanati
cal crowd, and one by ono they wore
thrown into tho gaping gulf Indow. Then
commenced the heating of drums, tho
llotirish of tn*.m|>ot*, tho piercing sound
of the whistle and pipe, which, together
with tho violent vociferations of tho
crowd, drowned the cries of the victims.
Tho soil dug out of tho pit tho previous
day was then thrown hack into the mon-
i*r grave. The fanatical spectators of
c dismal drama, as soon as it was filled
up, commenced to dance on tho summit
or the grave, stamping the soil down
with all their might, so as to form a hard,
compact layer alxtvc those buried alive.
All the lamentations having censed, noth
ing was left to indicate the ceremony of
the alsmiiunhle sepulture; the noiflo of
the instruments hnu ceased also, nnd tho
assembled crowd retired, satisfied with
themselves, and admiring the grealnesH
of the king whoso manes demanded such
sacrifices.
Con liter foil Notes.
A largo number of counterfeit bank
notes are in circulation of which tho fol
lowing is an incomplete list:
$20 on National hank of lltica, N. Y.
$10 on tho Farmers'and Manufactur
er's bank of Poughkeepsie.
$5 on tho First National bank of Chi
cago, III.
$5 on tho First National bank of 1’
ton, III.
$5 on the First National bank of Can
ton, Ill.
$5 on tho First National bank of
Peoria, III.
$6 on tho First National hank of
Aurora, III.
$5 on Iho First National bank of
Gnlofia, III
$6 on tho National hank of North
ampton, Mass.
$6 on tho Hampden bank of Woat-
field, Mass.
$5 on the Mechanics' National hank
of New Bedford, Mass.
$5 on tho Traders' National hank of
Chicago, 111
$6 on (ho FirHt National hank of
l/ouisvillo, ICy.
Turkey*
It is reassuring to find that, notwith
standing tho pcculiariticHof the situation,
I and the complicaliors ol tho moment,
the policy of the new sultan is already in
tho direction of peace, and in accord with
liy, nun cncil snip innvii uy mu imumum **• * *
MiiIioiiifI are towards Hie Duleliuiaii’s "one
par euiil.” With Turkey, «« with ull '
ulhnntaH, bounty, filegui
FACTS AND FANCIES
Btikntific men dlfler as lo whether
uudolinnM or Cowslips make Iho ltest
i" to go with a 1 toiled dinner.
The safest way is to go between them,
and tuko ieo cream and strawberry short
cake.
M UHiutooMfl are delicious, hut toad-
stools are |K)houotiH, yet it is vory diffi
cult to tell one from the other. An ef
fective plan, howavef, has been proposed.
Eat the object, and if you die it is a
toadstool; if you live it is a mushroom.
Tint young bass with which James
river was seeded are pronounced a per
fect success. A Virginia paper says
they grow faster and are bettor fish
than any ever caught in our wntoro, tho
brook trout alone excepted."
ill? dew falls noiselessly upon tho
tender herbage, as the present pusses si
lently Into the past, as tho perfume of a
kindly act rises heavenward unseen, so
the hired girl slips out the hack way
ights with a little tcu and sugar for her
datives.
Tint new cook (on receiving “short”
notice to leave, with a hint that she has
given a false character)—"An' is it mo
false character ye're afthor casting in mo
tooth 1 Ah if I'd he bringing me thrtio
character wid mo, to loose It in your
dirty service I”
Henry." she said, you don’t know
what a soothing influence you hnvo on
mo.” “ My darling,” ho whis|M*rcd
softly, while a glad light came into his
oyos, “can it bo so?” “ Yes,” sho wild,
“when you are around 1 always feel liko
going to sleep.*'
The new lawn gamoiscallcd "voxillo,”
Ah it is saitl t« resemble croquet, it is
pposed that the way to play it is for
io player to make a niin-Htroke, and then
tell tho other that she cheats, after which
they both pitch their mallets over tho
fence and go into tho house.
An intelligent foreigner,passing through
tho streels of Philadelphia, took out his
note honk at the end of a long walk and
made a little memorandum to tho effect
that “eighty-nino nrr centum of tho
population of I'llihtuclphia are membera
tho powerful family of Koomstolot.”
entity, elegance mid tli« superflu
ous go head in bund, while In ooldercumntca
strength, dignity and necessity show work , .
of more Monihro hue, but more desirable from ynneo ill the prices of all descriptions Of
a stand-point of human economy. Thu Hus- q’ ur kish securities. I’orhaps itmny turn
' 1 ■ ■* “ out that Homo of the Christian powei
themselves have had a hand in tli
change that has taken place in Constant!
nople. One of the dispatches, a few duyr
since, convoyed information that tho Mo
hainincdnn soffos who have brought
about the revolution, wore attempting to
co-operate with tho Christian elements of
the population, nnd the dispatches
fdan ims'his duck, sheet-iron and leather, tho
Turk his shawl, nundul and pines, nnd so it
is nud ever will he. Tho Turks are a slow
men, hut by the "beard of the prophet" not
fools by any means.
MIHL’BLLANY.
A solid piece of silver in the Mexican de
partment Hint reminded iuc, as I saw how Im
movable it wn«, of the Californian who dis
covered a bonanza lug. It was too heavy to
carry, if he left it some one would capture t,
lunee he staid and starved to death by it.
This piece of silver was too gigantic for the
Host expert kleptomaniac. It is circular in
.Jinpc ond about six feet in diameter. It is
the product of two hundred and seventy-two
tons; it* weight is four IhousnnM and two
pounds. It produced two hundred and thir
ty-five nnd n quarter ounces to the ton; the
cost of production was $1.7(1 per ton. A
piece of armor plate is on exhibition for the
iron-clad l'uritan, constructing at Chester,
Pa., which is ten feet long, three feet eight
inches wide, twelve nnd three-quarter Inches
thick. In the Canada log and limber build
ing is the section of a white pine, eight feet
five inches iu diameter nnd six hundred nnd
ixty four years old. Russia exhibits a fur
carpet in Mosaic, made of three thousand
pieces of fur. The fine wools of Russia are
the Metis nnd Tzigni and Negreti. Glasgow
tr cane mill, .Scotland, makes an import-
exhibit of her metal in this specimen ;
the material of two mills, with enormous
masses of iron, occupy a space fifty feet
square. 1 neglected to mention that the
L'orliss engine weighs eight hundred tons.
One firm displays in a diamond necklace,
studs and earrings a value of $50,OOP. There
are some who will purchase them.
The Arkaosns exhibits arrived to-day,hav
ing been detained by high water. Hhakcr
Village, New Hampshire, and New i ork
send mammoth washing machines to the de
light of John Chinaman, who wonders, as
the man did who saw the monkey, " What’ 1
the Malican make next?” The most beauti
ful palissv and majolica ware iullie world is
on exhibit m. Peril exhibits specimens of
the one hundred thousand tons of guano she
annually exports; also silver that led J'izir-
ro to (feeds of valor and brigandism two
hundred yenrs ago. Their cocoa contains
sixteen nutritive qualities. Many nations
exhibit vegetables in cans hermetically
sealed. In England young cabbage are
called greens; still smaller are called
sprouts. The ordinary greens are termed
turnip tops. So if you visit the old country
and wish greens ask for "turnip tons ’’ Ilus-
sia ia daily adding to her eaaesf nastdes». !• rui t
paate ia a specialty, also dried blood, liquid
coffee, '-reserved fruits and meats, ryejlmir,
seal grease, and a large variety of leather.
The largest number of exhibits are from
Warsaw nnd St. Petersburg. Tbc govern
ment make- an extensive display; so do the
nobility—exhibiting their appreciation of
industry; a good lesson for Uie youth of
America. Salt reindeer tongues arc from
NovaZemlda. Portugal ha* u list of ut least
tlm demand of christian powers. 1 lo has
signalized His advent ta tho throne by
proclaiming a number of reforms; and
as soon as tlm nows of his accession reach
'd London uud Paris, there was an ltd
tho rejoicing of ltoth
Christians, and inohamcdnns over
change.
It hsiks as though a way might
Ik* found for the settlement of the Turk
ish troubles, and for preventing tho dis
turbance ol the peace of Europe. *
Hard 'Mines In South Carolina.
Charleston Nows sad Courier.
The judge of the court of common
pleas at Barnwell, S C., had to bring
iiusincss to a sudden halt last week to
save colored jurors from starvation. They
said they had ltcen without food for the
whole, day, and could get neither money
nor credit. The kind-hearted judge pro
ceeded to give them the following
“crumbs of comfort:”
“Under the circumstances, I will he
compelled to discharge you, for I cannot
keep you here in a starving condition,
But you we to what condition you have
brought the country. You are not with
out blame, for the men in office, respon
si hie fot the stoppage of the court, were
put here by your votes. Hero we are in
the month of May ; there is no money tj
pay your judge, to pay jurors, to support
the prisoners in jail, or pav the other
penses of the county. • You colored
tors are responsible for thin thing, for by
your votes the bad men whohavehrougnt
about this lamentable stale of affairs
were elected
A Joke on Atlanta.—One of our
prominent business men asked
quuintnnco from Atlanta whom he met
the other day.
“What are you doing no
“Oh, I’m trying to make an honest
“\$cll,” said the questioner,
ought to succeed admirably ”
“Why ?” asked the other.
“Why? why? Because, by thunder
you've got no competition. You are the
•first man I ever beard of iu that bust
lies* in Atiunta.”— Chattanooga Cummer
till.
Foian builders ol houses,
Nome hmhlcrs of rhyme;
And they that were prospered
Were prospered, I know,
By the intent und meaning of
“ Hoe your own row.”
In replying to a toast to Ills health, on
recent occasion, Lord Shaftesbury told
tho story of a man who said, when his
lordship was presented with a donkey by
costermongers in Ixmdon : “Somehow tho
r other, I shall never again see a donkey
lthout thinking of your lordship."
The Catholic cnrdinnl archbishop of
Paris receives $12,000 per annum; tho
four cardinal nrshbinhoim of Bordeaux,
Rouen, Cuinhrai, and Rennes, and tho
archbishop of Algiers, $6,000 cadi; the
twclvo other archbishops, $4,000 each,
and tho sixty-nine bishops in Franco ami
Algeria, $3,000.
Tin? Mexican Diario declares that if
the United Slates “invndo Mexico on
any pretext, tho government will dofend
tho soil with energy.” The solicitudo of
the Mexican for his native soil is so great
that ho habitually carries a large quan
tity of it around with him, in order that
he can hnvo it right where ho can defend
it in up emergency.
III? must he a very hold man who can
go up, without a shudder, into ono of
theso Dig buildings whore one hundred
and fifty lawyers have spread their webs
to catch unwary clients — each little
office dusty and dingy, and within tho
legal spider waiting niid watching. O it
is terrible 1 —St. IjiuIh llejmblican.
If there lie such a thing: as the trans
migration of souls, don’t you hcliovn that
loafers arc the forerunners of geniuses?
Several of this species were siting on tho
puflt-oflibo stons, in tho subdued mood
peculiar to tliom, when ono of them,
whoso bands clasped his knots, on which
his face rested, lifted his head and said
wearicdly, as ii communing to himself:
“Am I doing wrong to think so much?”
Danbury New*.
Ahonjh (after his guests havo de
parted)—“By Jove, Maria, what a hand-
1 ' I !.. I Ul... I„«t.
•you
woniaii Mrs. Jones is! Kite looks
better than over I” His wife—" Ahem I
Well, It may ho my had taste, hut 1 own
I havo hitherto failed to detect tho
Ijcauty of Mrs. Jones. Now, Mr. Jones
is gooil looking 1 Como—hang it, Maria,
Jones is a very good fellow ; hut I must
say 1’vo nover perceived his good looks,”
etc.
jAWYKRH are sometimes very par
ticular. The other day one was waited
upon by a young man, who begun by
Haying, “ My father died and made a
will—” “ Is It possible ? I never heard
of such a thing,” answered the lawyer.
“I thought it happened every day,”
said the young man ; “hut if there is to
bo any difficulty about it, I had better
give you n fee to attend lo the busi
ness. Tho ice was given, anil then the
lawyer observed, “ On ! I think I know
what you mean. You meant that your
father mndo a will and died—yes. yes;
that must he it.
George Hund.
The brilliant, eccentric, revolutionary,
.. ..dalistic George Hand is (lend. Amiiu-
tine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant
was her real name. Hhe assumed iho
name George Hand in 1836, after having
written the successful lwok, Rose rt
Blanche, in conjunction with Gcorgo
Handcnu. Gcorgo Hand was brought up
in an odd way by her grandmother, tho
Countess De Horn, who was herself tho
illegitimate daughter of the illegitimate
son of King Augustus, of Poland. When
she was eighteen, A manline Lucille, etc.,
mode a great mistake and married Cns-
simir Dudevant, with whom she quar
reled nnd front whom she was subse
quently divorced. Her literary career
in Parts was introduced by a wild freak.
Hhe clothed herself in male attire to fa
cilitate her entranco into the haunts of
men literary nnd otherwise. Her nmoiiis
were numerous. Chopin, the pianist,
was one of her lovers. Sho plunged into
socialism, and was tho intimate friend of
Huch men i.a l’iorre I/sroux, tho tll»m|.lo
of lit. Simon and tho founder of Njo-
Himonism. Hand aided Leroux in bn
literary labors. Many of her books havo
been translated and have been Tery pop-
„lnr in this country. Madame Dude-
van t was seventy-two years ol age when
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