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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE A; 00., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA 1 , FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 1876. VOL. III. NO. 15. timely topics. Somrtiiino novel in tho way of suicide retried from Alsace. A man pul u dynamite cartridgo in his month and n| pliwl a match to it. IV next second hit* lii'vl utnl the upper part of hit body were blown into a thousand piece*. The man’* brain had Ikhmi afToctctl by the heat of the weather. In Spain the heat low been so great thin Hummer that the thermometer rose to I BO degree* in the hiiii at Cadi*. Tallow nindleH melted and bocatno useless at night, hnndred.-t «»f {x'ople dro|>|*ed dead in the street*, and field laborers refused to work in the scorching sun. < living to the recent diHlmndmenl of 2UU,- tKM) soldiers, the labor market whm ho glutted that many workmen could only obtain about fifteen cents daily lor twelve hours' work, Ihk fall in silver has occasioned a shrinking of nearly $33,000,000 in the value of the Nevada milieu. Consoli- dated Virginia (s selling at fifty-five dob •ars,equal to two hundred and sevoty-five dollar* for the old shares, and California fifty eight dollars, rqunl to two hundred and four dollars on the old stork. Both mines will this month pay the usual dividend of two dollars per share, draw ing from their surplus to meet the de mand. < bv Horace Hall's farm, in Royal Oak, Mich., while Messrs. Smith and l’omcroy were putting down a well, they struek a sort of soft stone about twelve inches thick, and after they had drilled through it an explosion (toured like the report of a cannon, throwing the tools fully thirty feet in the air. It then l»egan throwing out stones, sand, etc. Home large stones were thrown out, some of which weighed twelve pounds. It then began to s|HJiit forth white sand and smoke, which lasted for about nine hours. A HPOUTINO judge isofuse in more ways than one. Recorder 1 laekett added to his other sound decisions ono upon guns, the other day, which Imre against a prisoner who pleaded that the shotgun, with which he had shot some children, went ofl from a Mow against the wind) sill. The recorder examined the gun, declared it inijMissihle, and offered to let the prisoner try it in that way against him with a double charge in it. The jury was convinced by tho judge, as an ex|H'rt as well as judicially, and the senteneo was a year’s imprisonment. San Francisco is atempting the re formation of her hoodlums. A “ Youths' Free Directory” has been established in which every encouragement isgiveu those anxmils to turn over a new leaf. A few days ago a requisition was made on the directory from parties in ,San Joaquin county for live hundred l>oys lie tween fifteen and twenty yeurs of age to pick hops, at wages ranging from fifteen to twenty dollars |x*r month, with lward and lodging. This work was formerly done by Chinamen. In March thirty- three applications were received, and thirty-one furnished with work ; in April ninety one were received, and eighty-two given employment; and in May there were one hundred and ninety applicant*, of which nundier one hundred and twen- put husj (her nearly two thousand ls*ys have applied for employment, and the majority have obtained it in the neighboring grain district*. A cokrehpondrnt of the French journal L'Explorateur has lately shown that the population of France, instead of increasing, in diminishing, and what is of more importance still, he quotes figures fo show that the French are deteriorating in physical vigor. In I860 the populn- tion waa 38,000,000 and in 1«72 it was 3<),0u(),00(*, and taking into account the loss of Alsace and Ixirrnine the |x>pula- tion is seen to have declined by nearly 370,000 in aix years. In 1873 tho number of jierwjns who reached the age of twenty years was 308,810; in 1871, 206,26-1; in 1870, 283,768; and in 1876, only 277,000. Inspection of an average French regiment shows that the people throughout the country are stunted in growth, although Normandy and Brit- tany still {tosses* a stalwart |>easantry. As the emigration from France is not great and the diminution is evidently due to causes acting through a long -••rics of years there is serious danger ahead for her as a nation. In material prosjterity France is, however, wonder fully resilient, and the sjiectacle is thus presented of which Goldsmith spoke in his famous lines: “III fam the land, to ha-tcnlng III* a j.rey The laws regulating the peasant's tenure of land are snch as practically prevent him from rearing a large family, and in the cities the artisan class is most fecund, and, feeling the pinch of poverty, are easily led into sedition. Having no great foreign dependency like India there is no natural outlet for men of j ambition and ability, who therefore | easily develop into revolutionist!. But, as things are going, France is be-1 coming the ideal land of Malthus, where | by keeping down population the people j know no great extremes of wealth or j poverty. LATEST NEWS. WOUTII AN II WMT The Shreveport Times learns that rreuse «f business over the Texas ami Pa cifh- railway necessitates an inoruni thirteen locomotive* and two hundred which have hern provided for. (Sen. Shormnn and secretary Cameron arrived at licavniwortli last Monday. Sherman say* the campaign will result in a general punishment of the Indians before the winter I* over. Gustave Marignv and laicicn Bnclic min fought a duel near New OrlcuuN, last week. Haelinmin, tho challenging parly, got a shot in the hip the (hint lire, and limped off with wounded honor healed. The navigation of the Yollowstono has suddenly cloned by the rapid falling of the water, and the supplies for the new post must he hauled there in wagons from fort Buford General ('rook has failed to come up the Indians, having gotten to a point where the trail had split in several directions. te cases ku >w as the Hamburg cn> have been continued until the January ter in consequence of the absence of the nth i*y general, who has recently met with domestic bereavement which prevented Id* appear!in;. General Gary, in n lengthy gumunt argued their trial, hut in vain. A Pioneer Press dispatch of the 11th ys: The recent order of Gen. .Sheridan designating the fifth infantry and a battalion of the twentys-ccond as the garrison of the w post, ami directing tlicso troops to put tlifinsclve* for tho winter, ha* prnotlunlly it an end to the campaign for the winter, far a* Dakota column is concerned. There has lieen another serious out break among the rice IiiiiuIn on the t'sniha- The laborers who were at work have attacked and severely beaten. Work is altogether Mopped, and the rioters refuse to allow tho rloo already harvested t< shipped to the market. Governor Chamber- Inin hns dispntched a special officer to tho of trouble, who i* ordered to take vig orous measures to arrest and Imprlaoi ring-leader*. A Pioneer Press H|>ocinl from Bismarck ys a complete enrollment ot the Indian* at Miami I ng Rock shows only four hundred and fifty lodges, and a total of not over -1,000 In dinii*. Ration* have heretofore been issued on * of 7,000, from which it appears nearly 3,000 are absent, or else a Inrge amount of Ntenling has been done. Indians are known to hnre returned from the lioMilcn, but ho stealthily they could not he caught; and fhu attempt to ilisumi the hoNtilen Inis therefore proved nhortirr. Or*** ('lilef, of the Black Feet, whs arrested last week for harboring and supplying the hostiles. The Indians threatened to rescue him, hut the garrison was too well prepared to resist, ami so the attempt wa* nhaudoned. The yearly transaction in oysters in New York foot up ten million of dollar*. The bivalves this year will Is- abundant uml of a superior description. The Winchester Arms company, of New Haven, turned out last week 1,010,000 shells for the Turkish government. The next day they packed and pot them all on hoard the King Arthur in the harbor. It re' qtiirud 1.3,000 pounds brass, five and a half tons powder, and thirty-four ton* of lead to make the idiell*. rilHKION. Over three thousand Russians of all grades have joined the Servian army. Turkey lias promised to distribute one hundred and fifty thousand dollars among the Bulgarian sufi'erers. A tflegrinn from the city of Moxico late* that general Mejia, the minister of rar, has retired from tho cabinet, and is uceeeded by Escobedo. The l/ondon Times thinks tho temper >f Europe is swiftly undergoing a menacing lisnge, and tlint more countries than Russia night easily pass beyond the control of There is another revolution in progress in the vicinity of Matamornn, Mexico. The JuliuniM* so fnr have everything their way, and the people *eem to ho satis fied. Though account* of some Turkish out go* are unhappily too well established to he doubted, a fair idea of the proecedings ot the Turkish force i* not to lie gathered from the fearful tides so carefully collected. An English gentleman, who passed through the Servian district lately visited by the Turks, report* that he had many opportunities of talking with the people wlio*e homes had been altogether in the hands of the enemy, and he met with not a single case of gross outrage. Before the publication of the or- endering soldiers mutilating themselves liable to the penalty of death or imprison- , for life, many Servians had already been executed for that ofleuse; on one occa- as many ns forty in one hatch were ex ecuted. There were hospitals, it is said, in which more than one-half the patients nre of this class. Outgoing Senators. ApjK-nded is a list of the states in which the term of a United States sena- •xpires on the fourth of March next, the name and politic* of the present “ Some k«i to ehureli just (or n walk, Suae go there with friends to talk.” Home go therefor fashions' sake, While others k». i» »how to ninke, Home go then>, so that the* may, Their dress and Jewetty display, Home go there Issumeihey slug, And some to soothe tin h sulll-rlngs, Home go there to eilllclse And show ihetune|vea most wondrmii Home go there Ultimo they think Homo go lo n<o who wears, ho proud, I ho iiretlles) Itonnot in llmciowd, Whlfo Milne, |«'ilull's, r«o proud have l Gist only wish to show I heir own. A pattern of morality ; folks till.tk, n so I ii I they i i" Christian garh they worn to show their dress, 1 Humil feet, a slmwl, i Some go, la others, fuiitt to Hail, i el think, lo virtue llm'io Inrllno “ Homo go I hero to done and nod, ■■'it f"w go there to woivlilp Hotf," J *'l every one, will have In view Himself, when n|>oakliig n| this few A HAITI,K WITH ItANK II01IIIKH.S Ih'InlUor the Until on tho ItnnU nl North llehl. XIInn., mill tn«> *lnrater of the Teller. 'I'lie 'St. I’aul Press and Trilninc of tho ninth brings somo further details nl the raid of a baud of eight mounted men upon the hank at Northfiold, Minn., which resulted in the death of Mr. Hov- wood, the teller of the hank, and of two of the raiders, and in the wounding of a citizen of Northfiold. Mr. Wilcox, an attache of tho hank which the despera does attempted to rob, gives the follow ing graphic account of that event, and of the death of the teller: Mr. Hey wood occupiod the cashier's sent at the desk at the end of tho corni er. Mr. Bunker and myself occupied cat* at the desk, Mr. Hunger being near 'd tho oponlng in the corner. Tho first thing we know tho three men were upon or over the counter, one ol thorn ex claiming, “Throw up your hands, for we intend to roh tho lmuk, and if you Iml- loo wo will blow your G—d d—n brains »ilt,” and wo could not do otherwise than comply. Then they asked which waa the cash ier, to-whicli Mr. Ilcywond replied, “He is not in.” They then sprang over tho counter and demanded that the safe he opened. Addres-ing each one in turn they said, “ You are the cashier,” which was denied. Seeing lloywood floated at the cashier’* desk, one of Hie ruffians went up to him with his long, narrow barreled pistol, and said, “ You are tin ashler, now oixm the safe you on of a .' Mr. Hey wood wild, “ It is a time lock and cannot ho opened notv.” One of the men then went ihto tho vault, tho door being open, also the outer «lonf$ of tho snfo. Hoy wood at sprang forward and closed (ho door of tho vault, shutting tho robboi when another of tho men *olflod Hoy- >od by the collar and dragged him away from tho door and released the in- ratod roldicr. o man who came out of the vault— a slim, dark-complexioned man with a Muck moustache, then called to the other to seize tho silver which was lying loose (about $13) and put it ! ‘i Lho sack. They did not do this, but ilfled about twelve dollars In scrip and put it into a twodmshc] sack which they had with thorn. The dark-complex ioned man, who np|>cnrcd to lie the leacl- , then again attacked I ley wood, insist ing u|hiii his opening tho safe, threatening to cut his throat if he did not, and actually drawing a Mg knife across Iuh throat. Tho heroic and faithful teller, however, wa* not to he deterred from Imh Inly, and would rather sacrifice his life betray his trust. t-vmio few moments seemi'd ages to tho l)owlldo;cd and T-strie.ken lookcnvon, were hjm'hI, in 1 ley wood's stiiggliiig to break from tho murdorotis villain and gain Ids lila-rty. At length In- broke away, and, regaining his foot, ran toward the door, erying “murder!” Tho man at once struck him with a pistol and knocked him , and dragging him to tho safe door commanded him to open it. But tho in trepid clerk solidly refused, when the ilium shot at him hut did not lilt him. Evidently tho shot was intended to in timidate rather than to injure, hut the scoundrel hud reconed without Imh host, for the efTect was lost ii|k>ii Hcywood. But upon the discharge of the pistol Bunker made a start for tho hack d ... and run for dear life, one of tho robbers ;»urailing and firing, tho shot taking of- in the. shoulder. Bunker, however, bed the street! Whiter street) and ran to Dr. Coombs’ office. During tho whole of the time four or e men wore riding up and down tho street, shooting in every direction and keeping up an incessant fusilade. Ono of the men outside came riding up furi- ly and called for the men to leave the hank, “Tho game is up,” ho said, “and i are beaten.” Almost immediately they took tin; alarm and somehow jumped over the counter, making their exit. The small man was lost to go. He mounted a desk at the front, and as lie turned to go fired a shot at Hey wood, which I do not think is the one which took effect. Hcywood dodged liehind his desk, or sank into his chair, and as the robber made over the desk-railing he turned, and placing his receiver to Hoy wood's head, fire'l, shooting him dead. He staggered for ward and fell behind the counter. The roblx?rs made out of the door. I do not remember much more that followed. Mr. Manning, of Mill sminre, whose store is in the same Mock os the hank,next ne upon the scene, lie ran out of his ire with a Remington repeating rifle I took a debit-rate aim, and fired from the corner, Mr. Bates calling out, ‘ Jump back now, or they’ll get you.” Next, Mr. J. B. Hige came up with a double-barrelled shotgnn and discharged the two barrels, and retired to reload. Phillips also took n turn at the scoundrels, and L. Stacy delivered a cool, deliberate aim. Mr. Bates next heard a renort over his head, and saw one of the desperadoefl fall from his horse. The horse made a faltering plunge forward and then suddenly stopped, and the man pitched over on his face to the ground, and in a few moments was dead. This shot was fired by ifenry Wheeler, from on old carbine, from out one of the win dows of the Danpier house. Mr. Man ning wa* still firing, and as he crept to the corner to fire, Mr. Waldo called, “Take good aim before you fire.” Im mediately after this ono of tho horses started up the street and the rider began to reel and sway to and fro and suddenly fell to t ho ground just opptUltoFJdrldgo's store. Another horseman rode up, dis mounted, and R|Hiko to the prostrate man, who was stretched out at full length, supporting himself on his out stretched ni ins, when ho rolled over on Ids back. Then the other man look from him his cartridgo licit and two pistol, and remounting his hnreo, rode oil. Another horseman, finding Mr. Man Ring’s flro loo hot, dismounted from hi* horse and got on tho opjMisito Hide of It for protection, when an unerring hall fiom tho Remington brought tho horse down, the mail running behind some Mixes which wore piled beneath the staircase Itcfore mentioned, and now en sued a lively fusilade between this follow and Manning, tho scoundrel keeping himself well under cover. But a hall from Wheeler’s musket struck tho fellow in the leg, half wav above the knee. 11c at once changed Ills pistol to tho loft linnd and grnspod the wounded limb with tho riulit, *tlll trying to get at Manning. Finding himself getting weak he turned and limped off up the street , but seeing Bates with a pistol in his hand, liesent a ball whitting toward that gent leman, grazing tho side of Ids cheek and tho bridge of his nose, and burying itself in a collar-box in tho store. Hie man 11 inpod away as lie got opix>- silt to Mr. Morris’ store, when ho cried out to his retreating companions, “My God, boys, you are not going to loavo mo mi shot*" One of tho jwirty riding a 1 horse with light tail ami mane, turned and took the wounded man up behind him. During Friday forenoon tlic robbers were stripped of their clothing and wash ed clean, preparatory to tho coroner’s in quest, which took place at 11 o'clock. Tho coroner's Jury, after a short deliberation, rendered a verdict in accordance With the fact* previously sont you. On the lxnly of tho shortest man was found a lino Howard gold watch, worth at least $173, a packet map of MinpAolu, pur* based of Williams Bros., Minnesota, n [KKikot compass, and $3.73 in currency ; gold sloovo buttons, with enameled leaf oil the fiieo olid a plain gold ring. Tho possession of tho map would seem to in dicate t lull, tho dead man was ono of, oi Lho principal leader of tho gang. Tho larger man of tho two killod had lothing in ids possession except a lino gold NS alt ham watch and ton conts in currency. On tho person of the smallest fount] an artiplo from the Northfiold paper describing tho Vale chronometer lock and safe just procured by tho hank, Tho fact that nothing was found on tho dead rohliers to indicate who they were op whore*they <Mwft .^<mi # clearly shows that they wore professional brig ands, probably from Missouri or Kansas, as it Ih a rule with such, when on ma- rauding expeditions attended with dan ger of capture or death, to have nothing about Uieir persons by which their names could lie ascertained ; and each is under the most solemn obligations never to disclose his own, or the names of hi* as sociates, even when such disclosure would ho to his own advantage. A brigand is now serving out a sentence of fourteen years in ono of tho prisons below us, wlm has repeatedly been ofibred optlro immu nity for his own crime if ho would give the mime* of others connected with his hand, hut ho resolutely refused, declar ing that his life would not he worth a straw if he ucceptod tho proposition. If death overtakos them they give no sign, and years may elapse Im'Ioio any one outside the hand or their immediate family circles, receive tlu* intelligence. A notable case in point occurred in Ken tucky a year or two ago, whore a robber, supposed to belong to (lie James or Younger hand, was fatally shot, but lingered for some time and finally died, hut “gave no sign,” although earnestly requested to do so, whereby Tils identity could bn ascertained. It was afterward discovered by means of photographs sent from Missouri, that lie was a prominent member of the banditti of that stale. Longevity of Hniln*Worker 1 . That great thinkers and hard brain workers are long lived is,assorted, with a considerable army of facts, in u vol ume by Hr. Beard. Ho present* a list of some five hundred of the most emi nent names in history, including a num ber like Rascal, Mozart, Krais and others who died young, and finds the average of tho five hundred to have been over sixty-four years. As this is far beyond the average of farmers, mechan ic! and business men, he concludes that tho wear and tear of brain work Ih not so exhausting ns is commonly sqti|M)scd,and that it rarely shortens li'e. The Loudon Kficctator, however, reviewing this theo ry maintains that excessive mental toil must shorten life, and did evidently shorten it in the case of many of the five hundred cited; hut they lunl originally more vigorous constitutions and a large, amount of vital force, and. by virtue of this superior vitality whicli explains in part, also, their superior brain power, they were able to continue hard work even to old age, before breaking down under the pressure; though the same vital force would have prolonged life for many years if they had not exhausted it prematurely. COTTON, lli'IHiH I'or lilt' Ni»wlOrlrniiM iih-iiI «»< (li«< Nnlloititl Ciillail I'.«< liitnu(-. To llio 1'it'ftl'lont nml Hoiml of Director* of Hi N- w Oi lean* 1'ollon INcliniigft: GUNTl.UMUN- Your committee on in fonuation and statistics beg loavo to sul mit the following report for August, con doused from rc’diesof correspondents in sections allotted to this department by tho national cotton exchange, viz.: LOUISIANA. For the month of August furnishes sixty-seven replies, from thirty-five parishes, from which wo learn that the weather has been very hot and sultrv, with partial showers, and less favorable than during the same period last year. Tho plant 1ms fruited well, hut owing to the extremely hot weather, and to showers, followed by hot sun, it 1ms shed its fruit badly. The present condition is not good, and does not compare at all with last. year. Ricking lias commenced throughout the state, and will become general by the twelfth of Heptombcr. worms are rojvoriod in places in tho hills, but In tho lowlands they are every where. In the parishes of Carroll, Madi son nml Tensas, ihoy linvo done consid erable damage—estimated at twenty- five |H»r cent., but olsowero they arc yet webbed up. There Ih much complaint of rust. Tho crop is “Spotted, ami on tho whole not near so good as last yonr. MISSISSIPPI. Our questions have boon answered by seventy-six correspondents, from twen ty-nine counties, averago date August tliirty-lirst. The weather during tho early part of th mifntli was excessively rainy, ami nine© then became hot and dry, and, on tho w hole, is decidedly less favorable than during thesaine period last year. Tho plant Ih rejiorted as being well fruited, but tho heavy rains and subse quent dry weather have caused it to shed considerably, and its present condition compares quite unfavorably with the same time last year. Tho boll and army worinH have made their appearance in many localities, hut the damage so far Ih only very light; somo of our corros|K)iidcntH also complain of injury from rust and rot. Ricking Jins commenced, and is ex- poctcd to lie general about tho tent h in stant. • ' ARKANSAS. Wo havo received thirty-nino answers from twonty-two counties (average dato * uffust 81st.) Tliowcathor has been less favorable than during the same time last year, heavy rains having fallen early in Lho month, whiio tho latter part has been too dry and hot. Tho plant is tolerably well fruited, hut recolvo almost tinivonuU complaints and was Immediately boarded by the government of l’ontovidrn. Tho gover nor at oneo recognized Tweed from pho tographs which ho had in his possession for some time previous to tho arrival of tho fugitive. Tweed was entered ship’s pupors in the name of Hecor, and was accompanied hv a man giving hi: name as William Hunt, who Ih said t< bo his nephew. Both wore immediately secured and thrown into tho calalsmso under a strong guard, but wore subso quciitly train for red, by order, to a for tress in Vigo, under tho command of the captaiu-goueral. Tho first secretary of tho American legation lias requested tho extradition of Tweed, and ho will conse quently ho handed over to tho Ameri can authorities. ON T1IK FRONTIER. Tlic t:%|MMllllun Amtlinit Nlltluu Hull AImiiuIuimhI A rrn n m< iiit'ia (■< A special 1 correspondent with Terry telegraphs under date of fort Ruford. mouth of tluf Yellow Stone, 8th, via HIh- miirck, Mth Inst.: Tho final breaking up of Terry’s command occurred yester day morning. All tho troops arc now iin route homo, with tho exception of two regiments of infantry, which will winter at the mouth of Tongue river. Tho Montana troops, numbering two hundred and fifty and ono hundred and twenty horses, and including seventy infantry and the Second cavalry, under Gen. GiMsm, loft for fort Ellis with a wagon train and supplies for eighty days. They will follow the old Stanley trail. Tlic routo ia tooniliio with Iioh- An HIImoIh editor lam produced tiles and four hundred and eighty inllos long. They may encounter a large party in tho Rig Horn country. They have been in the field hIuco March, and are poorly dad for tho cold weather and fierce storms which sweep over the prai- j)ics in this season. Tho Twenty-second infantry have boon left at tho mouth of Glendine creek, and commenced the construction of a stockade. They will remain till Novembor 1st, or later. Tho So veil th cavalry have left for fort Bu ford, and will inovo along tho north lmuk of tho Yellow Stone. After arriv ing hero they will go to fort Lincoln to winter. Tho Sixteenth infantry will re main here. Gen. Terry and staff arrived hero this morning and will remain a few •lays, and then go to St. Raul via Bis marck. By tho lfitli, all tho troops will have boon withdrawn from tho north country except tho Fifth and Twenty- second cavalry containing four hundred men. A dispatch just received from Gen. Sheridan couutoimaudH the order lo winter a regiment of cavalry on the Yellow Stone, which renders winter campaigning impossible and indefinitely postpones tno subjection of tho Sioux. (Ion. Terry leaves tho field, having nc- wo recolvo almost universal complaints compllshod no purpose of the exited! itf heavy kheddliig, which makes the tion and with one-quarter of his troops present condition far inferior to that of killed by bullotsor oxposuro. Hcd Cloud agency, Nob., September 13th, via Sidney, Neb., September 16th. —Today a commlttco consisting of bishop Whipple and Dr. Daniels, was appointed l>y the Indian commissioner to go to Spotted Tail to-morrow and submit propositions to tho Indians of that agency Friday, Major. Howard and Mr. Ilonnmann (!raig were requested to accompany thorn; llio parly lo coma hack and rejoin tho remainder of tlic commission hero Saturday. Spotted Tail. Two Strlko ami Whirl Wind, of Brule trilm eaino tip from Spotted Tail agency yesterday, and arc now here this evening; they counsel with Red Cloud Indians regarding tho propositions, and return to their agency to-morrow. It is retried here that Spotted Tail himself favors propositions lo go to tho Indian territory. Tho indications now arc a talk will 1m had here on Monday the 18th, at which something definite will be arrived at. a* tho Indians of both agencies will ho here by that time, ami have lolly discussed matters. Though tho visit of tho comiqission to Spotted Tail (it this (lino will not do away wltfl tho visit of the commission to tliaL agency III a lxifTy after llio.conclusion of tlic treaty hero. Thorn hax^bcetynf talk with the Indians hy tho coiimiiIhsioii since tho first ono hehf on tliP'.w'Voiith lay after the commissioners arrived. FACTS AND FANCIES. California has the largest lunatic asylum in tho world. After all, tho real emblem of liberty is a night key, and it ought to go on tho flag. Mrs. Stowh says it Isn’t half ho hard to love as to unlove. And yet she was never addicted to tho weed nor took botirlxiu straight. “So,” said a lady recently to an Aber deen merchant, “yourVretty daughter has married a rich husband.” “ Well,” slowly replied tho father, “ I believe she has married a rich man, hut I understand he is a very |x>or husband.” A FI.ATTICUHII Is said to bo a beast that biteth smiling. But it is bard to know them from friends, they arc so obsequi ous and (till «f protestations; fnr iih a wolf rcMomhloH a dog, so doth a liatlerer friend.—Sir Walter Scott. Tim farmer who sent his son to New York to become a clerk now writes ask ing the merchant whether there ls“ any thing in the boy.” “ Yes,” replies the merchant, “just after ho has been to a saloon.” A Safe Hulk.—I tin a good and safe rule to sojourn in every niaco as though you meat to spend your life there, never mltting an opportunity of doing a kind- less, or speaking a true word, or making friend. Seed thus sown by the way- sldo oft.09 brings forth abundant harvest. ast year. Ii Worms have appeared in several coun ties, hut with few exceptions have not, far, injured tho crop very materially. Some injury is reported from rust. Rick ing will bccomo general about the eight ccnth instant. Internal Revenue Receipts. The aggregate receipts front internal revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 187(5, were $110,717,780. Of this amount Illinois contributed $23,730,(501, or over one fifth of tho entire amount. Ohio ranks next, with $1(5,687,(578; Now York third, $1-1,616,728; Kentucky fourth, $7,706,602, and Virginia fifth, $7,31-1,308—these states contributing IcvenlliH of tho internal revenue for tho past fiscal year. Tho remainder paid by tlic other slates and tcrrilo- as follows: Alalmnm $ 109,310 Arizona 11,97(1 Ark a lisas (IS, 2(1 f iilifornla 8,095,010 72,(1(18 itleilt 058,1 H Dakota 12,15(1 Bold ware . '117,592 District of Columbia II I,599 Florida 17-1.257 Georgia J.... Indiana Kansas Louisiana.. Maim-..- Maryland... 1(1,993 5,579,12(5 1,212,(117 150,(591 MinnuHota... Mississippi., in Mexico North Carolina.. Utah Vermont.. WafddnKlon.. 2,577,579 2,752,217 2,0(5(5,1(53 210,77(1 89,1(55 2,981,911 502J329 (57,923 2(50,2(51 3,779,949 22,1(51 1,(571,138 49,572 5,973,431 59(5,713 215,708 33,831 Non-G’iiuju h-Goeiw.—Do we really want the non-church-goers in our churches? If wo want them the desire will efTect a revolution among us. It will overturn our church architecture; it will put an end to our gothic churches and painted windows, and our artificial music, and our stilled preaching, and social exclusiveness; it will take pew doors off their hinges, and it will drive out the notion that carfwt* arc wortli 3 than souls.—S. 11, Tymj, Jr. Bad Ending.—The New York belles nr© adding another accomplishment (?) to their long list—that of opiun eating and smoking. They indulge the habit for the purpose of giving that particular brightness to the eye and the ruddy ap pearance to the face; probably not aware that when the narcotic influence is gone, the eye is more dull and languid than over, and that by and by Uie face will look like a piece of par-boiled corncd-lwcf. West Virginia 430,978 WIhcoiihIii 3,308,770 Wyoming 15,0(53 TWEED CAUGHT. Nloi-.v or Ilia TriiVi'la How l!<< Rlmlril IIm-.NiuioHIi Aolliorllh's, noil How H«> nii> I'optora-il. It was found in July last that Tweed wax in Santiago do Culm, having passed there from Havana. General Jouvcllar wa* applied to hy the American consul to have Tweed secured and sent to the United States. General Jouvcllar was quite willing, even in the absence ol an extradition treaty, to oblige the Ameri can government in return for their cour tesy In Arquette's ease some years ago. Tweed, however, was apprised in .Santi ago of hi* impending danger and sailed for Vigo, Spain, July 27th, on hoard the sailing vessel Carmen. Mr. Cushing thereupon notified tho Spanish govern ment of the fact, and found them willing to arrest Tweed and return him to Cuba, or deliver him up to tho American con sul. Every precaution was taken by the .Spanish government to secure Tweed's arrest in any |xjrt of Hpnin, or on any coastline by which he might arrive. .Severe orders were given to tho local authorities, especially those of Vigo and tho Gallician const. On Heptember 6th, the Carmen hove in sight off Vigo, Sending Money by Mall, ow way to pay old debts” is to claim that Lho money wax sent in a letter, and John Reeves stole it. Tho crop ol idiot* is very large this year, if all tho who are claiming lo have sent large sums of money in unregistered loiters really did send them. It is incredible that men will conlinuo to risk money in letters which cannot lx; “tracked” any more than you can track a fish in the water, while tho government offers a per- e , fectly safe means of transmittal by money ion, ax expressed in tho London Nr order to all important offices, and a com- of tho American article: From the rich parativcly safe moans by register to all offices. Twenty-live cents is tin* largest fee for a money order. You may send $80 for fifteen cents, and it Ih practically im|H)H*il>Ie for the money to miscarry. You may register a letter to any office in tho United .States or Canada, and to nearly all foreign countries, f<>r a fee of ten cents in addition to tho regular postage. Registered letters are not sent in the regular mails, hut pass from hand to hand of postal clerks or route agents. The person taking your registered Tetter gives you a receipt for it, and the law requires every person into whose hands it passes to produce either the letter itself or a receipt for it. it is not absolutely safe, like a money ordei, hut safe beyond any other contingency than accident or crimo. In tho case of the money order, safety goes beyond this. Ha money order Ih even stolen the thief cannot col lect tlic money, because he cannot identify himself'as the drawee, and must tell who drew tho order—information which is sent confidentially to the post master in a separate letter from that inclosing tlic order. Newspapers can do much good, and save their patrons much money, hy occasionally reminding thorn of tho above facts. The most distressing losses are small savings from wages, sent hy absent sons, or fathers, or daughters lo their families. And it is these that usually attempt to sj{ve the small reg ister or money-ordcT fee hy risking the currency in an ordinary letter— Cotuhibue Journal. A PF.l*TUMIiKlt apple, mellow and sweet, is ahead of any “eye-opener” as a morn- ting appetizer. play in which living fish are nightly flop. jie(l upon tho stage by an actual angler. Tho audience enjoy the piscatorial ago nies quite as much as if they were doing the angling themselves. Ah the rain falls impartiallyon tho just and the unjust, so the pule inoonboauiM, that lend inspiration to tho lovers’ vows, creep through the cracks in the henhouse and shows the midnight naturalist where Llio best pullet Ih roosting. A VAHBWKI.1.. Mv (nlrral thllil, I linvo an souk lo hIvc ymi, No Inrk coiihl |>l|><! lo skies so (lull nml proy, Yol, ere wo purl, one lesson I mu Icnvu you For ovnry dny. Ik* Rood, sweet mnlil, sml lot who will hoolovor, Do nnldo things, not drenm them, nil dny loni;, Ami so mnko llio, dentil, uml (lint vnsl forever ■ Oiiofirnml, sweet souk. Good nature is more agreeable in con versation than wit, and gives a certain air to tho countenance which Ih more atnluhlo than beauty. It shows virltlo in its fairest light, takes of in some measure from tho deformity of vice, and make* even folly and inqxirtinuuce supportable. —Andmn. “What is tho chief uso of bread?” asked an examiner at a recent school ex hibition. " The use of bread,” an swered llio iirehin, apparently aston ished'nl-tho. simplicity of tho imiuiry, “is to spread butter and jam oil it.” Wu are told that “ for a mam, lovo iH a story; for women, It is a history.” This Is pretty, but fad* are Hliihborn things, and it noesn’t do to omit all men tion of his twelve-hours-a-day dig for family bread and butler and her trouble over tho baby’s colic. TllB juiy acquits the prisoner, a ser vant-girl accused of having jxiisoned her employers, uml tho judge LoIIh her Hint she is free to go, and then adds: “I want n Oook, my good woman; hu t, nevertheless, f may say that it will hardly bo worth your while to apply for the place, even with this vordlct hy way of reference.” Amt sweat wllli <• , A I.rlulil-I'ycil Imy wlmlix.ki-<l from mi»* Tim tf.Kir with wotsllilun wrciillii*! nlimtb Ami wInIhin Ms mm IImmi^IiI nil ilny: • Oil I II I run Id mil II y nwny n (III* .lull n|mi( I In* worltl Inis "»W nippy. Iinppy, liujipy. How Iinppy I would Im r Amid llm city's colintuiil din, A mnn who riiuiid llm world him Iss'ii IslliliikliiK. IliInkliiK nil dny Ion*, "i'll I If I could only truce Tim Hold pal Ii lo lurni-l Tim old Kroon nmmlown could I sen, How happy, Iinppy, Iinppy. How Iinppy I would l.nl’ > -Detroit Tribune. r A woman in Covington, Ivy., sneezed so violently tho other night that she (Jin- located her jaw, and when her husband came sneaking in about olio a. in., she couldn’t say a word, but stared at him in mute helplessness, and ho grinned uml went to lied, protending not to under stand gestures. Tho next day all the married men in Covington were buying Hiiufl*. and the amazed tobacconists ildii’t imagine what had created such unusual demand for tho host Scotch snuff English Oysters. The English oysters are entirely dis appearing, and this i'h the British oplu- American lxnls, where the requisite tem perature and qulot for tho growth of llio spat are never wanting, wo get, and are likely to got, oysters beautiful in out- iru appearance, with handsome shells, like porcelain, and forming not indif ferent eating. They have not, as yet, thriven much in England, but the cup- ply of them at one shilling to one shil ling and sixpence a dozen and upward in unfailing. The trade in them is de cidedly increasing. Ono company, which imported, in a singlo month in 1876, thirty barrels a week, found in llio same peroid, this year, a demnnd for Olio hundred and fifty barrels. The supply to bo procured by dredging in Clicxa- jxaike buy and elsewhere is said to bo practicably inexhaustible. But after all, Chesapeako or Virginia •ysters are, to English tastes, poor substitutes for fat Wliitstablcs— they nre “a much coarser kind of thing,” say* Mr. Buck- land, no mean expert. They may suit the palates of Americans, who like oysters stowed, and call our “native*” coppery in flavor; they may he, a* is sometimes said, better lor the purpose of sauce than the English natives; hut they will never willingly bo accepted here as a substitute or anything but n pis nller. Of course the demand for oysters, is fast rising, and this of itself acts upon tho prices. But tho ehiof reason why oysters which were sold on the Tralee beds, for instance, at ten pence for one hundred and twenty-six, now /etch fourteen shillings lo fifteen sliillfngs, and that at Whitstahlo natives have risen, in fourteen or fifteen yean, from forty shillings a bushel to twelve guineas, is that the supply is falling mL