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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W, S, D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY* DECEMBER 1 1S76.
VOL III. NO. 24.
CONDENSATIONS OF NEWS.
Tlio Engle nrtd PhoenU factory ol Co
IiuuWun, Gn., will, when their uew mill h
completed, run nearly 60,000 spindles am
10,000 loom*, nnd will employ between 1,000
nnd 1,200 operatives.
The Pnlataki Flu.) Herald says: Great
preparations are being made for this ship-
ment of oranges, nod the prospect is that the
"op will be greatly in excess of what it was
lust year. The uuusualinorenHc of the orunge
crop is getting to be a considerable item in
our commerce, nnd the future, if crowned
with success, will make this section of Flori
da not only prosperous, but rich in her re-
(Chattanooga Commercial: Work on
the piers for the Tennessee river bridge of
tho Cincinnati southern railway has been
completed under water. There are now
about three hundred men at work on tho
bridge, and it is progressing ns well as could
be expected under tbe circumstances.
Savannah News: In the cloning days
of the deadly^pcstilcnco which has decimated
our city, we arc called upon to chronicle tho
death of one of Savannah's brightest medical
intellects, the belovgd physician and worthy
citizen, .1 uriali Hariiss.
Tho sheriff*sold I>un CaMelio’s circus
at Columbus, Georgia, a few days ago, to pay
actor's salaries. Property worth $1,000 or
$6,000 only brought about $1,200.
The fire in Savannah,Gn.,on tho 13th,
* ' * sight hundred bales
of
i'll, and
bun
dred nnd fifty bales damaged. Thirty-eight
cars were destroyed, twenty barrels of whis
ky, and a large quantity of bacon, lumber,
fertilizers, cotton ties and buckles. The
railroad officials can not give positive figures,
yet most of tii
ough
Tho not j»r
tiary of Alalm
•fits
ngo by
No
Df the state peniten-
r the week ending 8ep-
B7G, were $30,886.40.
|iic*nce of the suffering rotidi-
cople of Durnswlck, Gov. Smith
the tax collector to suspend the
tlie state tax for 1876.
eras, has received so far 400,*
if wheat.
<*, late deputy U. S. marshal
1, Texas, was killed a few days
pie of thieves he was trying to
years before our harbor is materially affected
by the cut-off. If the deposit continues
forming for years, It may make a soft bot
tom in the lake higher than it now is, hut
we doubt very much that it will ever iuter-
fero with steamboat navigation.
Atlnutn Times: Certainly there never
was such nu apple crop in Georgia k ns that
which ripened this year. Heretofore nearly
all the apples brought to this market were
brought from the north and west. Now
dozens of wagons, loaded down with fine
Georgia apples, roll into the city. Most of
them come from the counties through which
the uir-linc railroad ruus. They are sold at
remarkable low prices, one dollar a bushel
at retail being tho regular price.
Bishop Whipple estinmtea that it costa
the government $600,000 to kill.ono Indian,
and he proposes to christianize each of the
troublesome Americans at half that amount
A panther seven and a half feet long
ami weighing one hundred and fifty pouudN
was recently killed in Copiah county, Miss.
At Taos, New Mexico
Kit Carson and bis wife
white railing fence, ami the
mark the site.
Galveston News: Tho extent of ship
ping in port may be understood by the fol
lowing classification: Three attuunships
grave
to the employment of children in manu
factories, institution of workshops tc
uinv ships,fourteen barks,three brigs,
image,
M68. Itci
the above there is quite a fleet of ooastw
vessels, including the Morgan stoaint
sloops, small schooners and river steaim
Thirty-six vessels, including two Rtonmshl
three brigH, twenty-four harks, six sohoon
ami one ship have cleared from New Yo
Liverpool, Germany,Scotland, Italy, Fran
Holland, Spain and Itrazil for Galveston.
I'ho centennial exixmition was opened
May 10th and continued one hundred and
fifty-nine days. There were nearly 0,786,161
linissloiis, as shown by the records, and the
iceipts aggregated $3,701,698. The daily
i crnge attendance of paid visitors was -III-
10; average attendance of free admissions,
,,952; averngo total admissions, 61,638}
■•erage receipt*, $25,807.50. The largest at-
ndance on any one dav was on Pe»nsyl-
nla da
Septembe
inhered :
In pa
otal ad
it of i
Orion
chants are already
congratulating each other on the pro
of the revival of their business interests by
the success of the South Fuss Jetties.
A number of well known estates in tho
James river seotiou of Virginia has been
sold lately to northern and western capital
ists. The “grove," near the historic James
town, brought $60 per acre ; "airna," Aikens'
landing, $30,000; Iluffins homestead, nenr
port Walthall, $30,000; tho beautiful "El-
Ierslie," in Chesterfield county, $23,000, nnd
an elegant possession JJust above Aikens'
landing, on the river, $35,000.
Tho vital statistics of Charleston are
attracting a good deal of sclentifio attention
in other narts of the country. According to
the census the colored population of Char
leston exceeds the white by only ten per
cent., and yet the deaths stands n* follows
for the yenr ending June 30, 1876: Whites,
colored, 1210. Of the colored there
were 166 deaths under one year, while the
whites under one year were only 160. In
Richmond, Virginia, during the week ending
Saturday, July 12th, there died eleven whites
and twenty-one blacks. Tho ratio of popu
lation is 41,400 whites nnd 31,100 black*.
The death rate thus is thirteen in a thou
sand for tho whites nnd twenty-eight for the
blacks. A Richmond exchange says that
the summer is more fatal, proportionately,
t« the white* than the blacks, which would
mnkc the above difference more strongly
marked for tbe whole year. In the country
districts it is probably not *o bad. The
filthy habits of the blacks cause the most of
the mischief.
Nashville American: A fatal difficulty
nccured at Big Spring academy, Wilson coun-
tv, Sunday morning. It appears that on
Friday a student named Nicholas made some
numerous remarks concerning the oratorical
style of a young man named Cunningham.
From bandying words, Sunday morning, they
became involved in a quarrel, in which the
lie was passed, and ending in Cunningham's
shooting young Nicholas twice, killing him
almost instantly. Cunningham immediately
left for part- unknown. Roth were students
at Rig Spring academy. Cunningham waa
only twenty year* old.
Certain cotton-growers of Alabama are
lost now trying the experiment of sending
unginned cotton to England. The cotton is
first dried and then pressed into bales, as in
the case of lint-cotton, bagged nnd bound,
nnd thus sent to market, seed and all. The
'object is to get the English market for the
seed and waste, as well as the clean cotton.
It is stated that the cotton mills in
Tmnesf.ee number forty, and employ fifty
six thousand three hundred nnd forty-eight
spindle*. The mitls consume fourteen thou
sand thrqe hundred hales of cotton annually.
The.best oranges sell in Florida for $2
per hundred, delivered on the steamer*.
Searcy (Ark.) Record: The Cobbitea
are very persistent in their faith, «o far as
their religion is concerned. Wc have refer
ence to those in jail: they claim that the
two which met death at the time of their
arrett continually visit them, and charge
them of the all important fact of holding out
faithfully, nnd though there is a strong prob
ability of their terminating their pret-ent ex
istence dangling at the end of a rope, they
freely admit that they would not deny their
religion, saying that “death is by far sweeter
than the denying the teachings of the
bible." They claim no instructor but the
“Rock of Books,” and though death may be
staring them in the face, they will hold out
faithfully to the end. Such is the religion
of the so-caUcd Cobbites—the heinous, dia
bolical murderers of an innocent man—Carl
Humphries.
Vicksburg Herald. The soundings we
published on Sunday, show that it will ho
London, in
1855, it was
30,322; Purls
at Rn
Londu
, it i
and at Vienna, in 1873, it was 39,003.
George A. Spear nnd William Lomas
are thu only present inmates of tho Forrest
home, whose terms of admission art* no strict
a* to exclude many needy actors from its
benefits.
San Francisco will lay one hundred
and thirty miles of pipe from the Sierra
mountains to the water works. The Iron is
ordered from St, Louis.
It is now stated that tho negotiationa
are about concluded between John II. Lick
uud the trustees of the Lick fund and the
various beneficiaries, which will result in an
amicable settlement. The details are not
yet fully settled, but will probably ho within
u week, when the terms will bo made public.
The testimonial fund for the widow of
Haywood, the cashier who lost Ids life in tho
raid on the Northvillu hank recently, has
reached the sum of $18,077.86, of which the
hank whose vaults he defended with hi* life,
contributed $5,000.
ronr.ioN.
fit. Domingo dates arc to ( j
mzales arrived at the cnpitnl
The interior town of Santiago
port of Puerto Plata: capitulate)
party,
and the
1 to the
i he
eaport i
Gen. Goi
ad the inti
'tween the
lor is re-established
t imprisoned or ban
of the fulling govern-
The Turks will soot
ad twenty thousand i
chumlfi.
Three steamers of Spanish troops have
arrived at Havana, and General Martinez
an taken the fielu.
The following is a translation of tho
-reclamation signed by .Captain General
Jovellar and Martinez Ciunpns, gciierul-in-
: "Article 1—deserters from our army,
are actually in the ranks of the enemy,
be pardoned if they surrender to the
proper authorities. They will resume their
pinces in the army, where they will servtf
until the legitimate term of their service ha*
expired. Article 2—Ail deserters captured
after December 31st, wjJl be shot."
• The czar’s speech meets a full indorse
ment of all people in s Hussia, irrespective of
class. The Servian government has received
instruction to send back ail Russian officer*
who have not resigned their commissions in
the republican army.
Between two thousand and four thou
sand persons perished in India by the cy-
elone of October 31st. A wave, nine feet
high, swept over ports of the country, Cal
cutta narrowly escaping. The famine in
Bombay is reported on the increase.
The Turkish government positively
says that it desires peace without a con
ference, but that it mu9t have guarantees for
the integrity of its territory before it can
admit the recommendations or requests. It
considers it an evil, if not fatal, precedent to
accept a conference upon the internal affairs
of the empire.
The congress of French workingmen,
which met recently at Paris, listened to
an immense amount of talk, much of it
practical and sensible. Committees were
appointed to draw up resolutions on the
various topics which might come before
the congress, and their reports were
adopted withoutcxception. One'recom-
ntended tiie establishment of * trades
unions amongst women, reduction of the
time of labor to right hours a day, sup
pression of night work in factories, equal
wages for men nnd women engaged in the
same business, reform of tho laws relating
compete with convents whcio work L
done, and tho creation of n society for
the protection of tho young. Others
reported in favor ot the abrogation of the
laws controlling the right of meeting and
association, n more liberal constitution of
courts of arbitration, with a view to have
the interest of Che workman better repre
sented, free secular and compulsory
education, and of direct representation
of tho workingman in parliament. On
the subject of co-operation, on which
great deal of difference of opinion lmd
existed, tho committee advised the
enfranchisement of labor by the
operative wind pie, the creation of
impersonal capital, the right of public
meeting, and an income tax. The last
commission recommended that the r
resentattve trade bodies should have ..
right to examine apprentice contracts.
Charity—A Bad Winter
The fact that thousands of working
poop’e have been out of employment
through the summer tells plainly what
this winter has in stoic for the
those dependent upon them. Many
who had by industry and economy been
only partly able to meet tho wants of for
mer years will find tho coming months to
he too much for them, and for tho first
time in life they will face the inonste
culled “want.” It is a horrible thing t.
he without clothes and liro and food.
It is terrible when one must feel th.
calamity for self alone, but Infinite!
more terrible when one must fool it for
tbe group of the loved ones at h<
The details ortho case need not 1
made out. I low to help modify the
should ho tho inquiry of all ami
There is only one method by which tho
distress about to como can he abated,
and that method is summed up in the
word “ benevolence.” l’rayer to heaven
will not feed nnd clotlio and warm
poor, but benevolence, the lovo
man, will meet these coming dark-
days and extract from them half the'
sorrow.
But this benevolence must follow son
method, and must assume many difl’e
out shapes, or it will be inadequate <
badly directed. One of its first niov.
might bo this: The man of mono
might resolvn to carry on his public
works, his building, or his digging, or his
industry of any kind, to the end that he
may furnish work fi
rk. Works which might possibly be
-tponed a year should bo curried
v, that thero may be work for some
lv. II any family of wealth is .
bating about papering, or painting,
renal ring, this is just tho winter for t
job, for though the times are so hard, o
may not wish to pay lor tho work, yet
lie times are so hard that to furnish
ueh work is a charity, and tho host
shape of charity. In tho old nutions w
ts invented to employ tho idle and to kill
off any excess of population, but in this
country war is not a pursuit, and popu
lation is not, to bo lessened by constant
slaughter. Industry iH tho solution of
of our troubles, and hence
c rials us is now coining, men of capital
and of human feelings should take
special care to furnish as much us ti
bio of labor.
Next to such a mitigation of the
should como an economy as to self, that
there may he something in tho p<
for the deserving poor. The old Hebrew
law forbade the farmer from gathering
his sheaves with the most scrupulous
cure. A sheaf must he forgotten here
and there, so that tho Ituths might not
glecu in vuin. Alsou lew figs must bo
left oil the tree, a few hunches ol grapes
on the vine. This nineteenth century
ought to surpass tho charity of the Mo
saic age, mid hence each citizen in cir
cumstances at all tolerable should be
practing an economy that will leave
something in his purse for tho “widow
and the fatherless.”
A rash giving away of nionoy or goods
may work an injury. It may feed the
idle or make idlers out of persons who
once toiled hard for a sup|>ort. Ileneo
anyone expecting to help any of his fel
lows to weather tho storm of this year
should seek to become personally ac
quainted with the person or family ho is
to aid. Money and food given at the
door to beggars is kindness most reck
lessly bcHtowcd. Thojonly safe way is to
find tho family that needs this food o
the clothes, or the ten cents, and then tlu.
cold victuals will go forth each day as a
blessing.
Nearly all this basement door charity
goes to the manufacture of paupers.
Hundreds of men and women have quit
all forms of work and live on tho daily
ndsof these children. The whole
system of street begging should ho termi
nated by tho oolite, heenuso it brings
about a two-fold calamity; it builds u
an idle nnd wicked class nndjndiicet huff
the good people of the city 'to feel that
they are filling up nt the basement
door their part of Christian charity.
The only safe benevolence is that
which knows tho man or tho family or
the child it is helping. A citizen one
dav said: “ I cannot help you Irecause
I do not know you.” The person replied,
“ If you will come to my house you can
know all.” Tho citizen went nnd found
the father an invalid, the mother indus-
triousjand honest, and the children bare
footed and cold anti hungry. He knows
now Wvhcn his cold victuals nnd old
clothes pass out of his house to what
grateful and worthy hearts his charity
goes. Nothing can save the world from
being a had one for many, but ^suffer
ing may be modified by an earnest and
wise benevolence.— Chicago Alliance.
Bio Pair of Shoes. — Memphis
(Tennessee) Avalanche: “Geo. W.
App, shoe maker of this city, exhibited
at the Avalanche office, last night, a
monster pair of brogans, made by him,on
jrder, for a negro preacher in Marvell,
Arkansas. The length of each shoe is
seventeen and three quarter inches. The
measurement around the instep is eigh-
inchea, and around the hall four-
iriches. The price of the shops and
last (which latter was made to
order) was $10. Tho man who can make
eh a pair of shoes, and survive the ef-
t, must, surely be a first-class shoe-
iker. The height of the negro is seven
feet full, and his weight four hundred
oounds. lie and his brogans should have
been wnt U) the Philadelphiaexpouition. -
IION’T LKAVK THIS FAUN.
Yon me tlilnklnuo! k*ivln« tho hoiuMtmul,
Pou'l Ihi Iii n hurry to go.
Tho city Iim ninny idlfftoilon* I
llul tlllllk of till) vlcos au<l Hill*—
Whi’ii on™ in tho TortPX of bullion,
How toon tho cours^ downwunl begins.
You talk of (homines of AustnUhi,
I’hoy'ro wwillhy in gold, without doubt:
Hut, all I thorn it gold on tho fsnu, ooy*. ‘
II you will but Hhotol It out.
Tho uiercnntilo llfo Isa h»«nnl,
Tho food* nro IIMl high uud Ui*t> low,
nolto. risk tho old fimn n whim longer,
Don't ho In a hurry to g*.
Thogronl stirring wnrU has Indnronionl*.
Is many H K a«,tiu*g mart,
toy,
lot mads lu a
hurry to at*. ..
and brokers nro wealthy
tn Umlr thousand or ho;
Tho farm Is tho safest and iut*l,
The orchards aro nuddltig to-day ;
4 on ro a* free as I ho air of lb* mountains,
Feller May on the farm n While longer,
AN ARKANSAS DUEL.
The legislature of Arkansas held use..
hiou shortly after the briranizatioii of the
state government. K very thing, of course,
was m a condition of lmlf-chaotio transi
tion. Tho “ loaves ami fishes ” of ollieo
hail not yet been fully divided, and mo
nopoly was knocking noisily at the door
of the “public crib,” olanibrous to be ad
mitted. Intense was thojfiiry ol parti-
ziihh within the house, uml^ ah fierce tho
excitement raging In thp community
without. The members mostly went to
their places armed to tho teeth, and, lw-
sides tho choico of weapons, worn in
their bosoms, or protruding Iron: their
pockets each kept an ample supply of re
living pistols in tho writing-desk*before
Mm. There were mnnlt&i
enough in the hall lo havo answered tho
purposes of u small army.
Every evening alter adjournment,
a general firing off and relond-
. , . lor to have their “tools” of
death in prime condition for tho enter-
of tho morrow. 1 was frequently
startled from sleep at tho hour of mid
night, by the roar ol incessant explo-
iioiiH, heard at different points in the
city. Many legislators also during tho
( uy would lio out practicing to learn the
difficult art of cutting a tnpo string at
ten paces, or of driving the center out of
i silver quarter, at twelve. They used
is their pistol-gallery a little grove of
pino trees, immediately on the south
lmnk of the Arkansas river, and not
than fifty yards from tho stalo-
where every reiMirt was fearfully
audible; and admonished certain inde
pendent members of tho doom they
ght expect, provided their votes were
not east in favor of tho hanks! The der
ringer pistol ami the boWio,-knifo ,gov-
ernod. Power resided in gunpowder;
and popularity hovered around the
points of naked daggers.
Among tho most agitating measures,
calling into exercise the wisdom of the
westurn sages, was the institution of tho
real estate lmnk. Its establishment was
strongly and steadily, hut ineffectually
opposed by a slender minority. All tho
wealthiest men in the state, all tho lead
ing legislators took shares of its capital
stock; and John Wilson, speaker or tho
lower house, was elected president. As
this person was one of the chief actors in
the tragedy, soon to he recorded, a brief
designation of hiHnpjiearaneoand charac
ter heeomoi necessary.
Every public man In the backwoods
that a sobriquet, bestowed on account of
tl or fancied peculiarity, by the
whimsical huinonfiBif his constituents.
. :akcr Wilson was called “ Horse Ears,”
from his |MiKHc«sing an accident never, be
fore heard of in tho natural history of
the species. When excited by any vio
lent emotion, his curs worked up and
flexibly, like thoso of a horse. A
of extraordinary looks, nothing in
his features or countenance denoted the
desperado, save a strange, wild, twink
ling expression of his [nfnnlilo grey eyes,
always in motion with cold, keen glances,
as if watching out for some secret enemy.
He hud fought half n-dozen duels with
uniform success, and had been engaged
oral more off-hand affrays, in none
of which he had received even tho honor
of a sear. Hence, as may well bo sup
posed, his prowess inspired almost uni
versal fear; and few were the dead shots
to bo found in Arkansas, who would
voluntarily seek a quarrel with “old
Horse-Ears.” Ah to tho rest, he was
of a large cotton farm, rich
and influential, honest, liberal,and cour
teous in his manners; exceeding amiable
his domestic relations, beloved by his
family and adored by his slffvos. Such
arc often the inconsistencies of human
nature, which seems utterly.incapable of
producing unalloyed type* of either good
evil—angels or devils I
During the session, previously speci
al, there was a member of the-lower
house, by the name of Abel Anthony,
in no way remarkable except for his op
position to the banks and Ids sly, quiet
wit, addicted to practical jokes. In the
parlance of frontier technics, he belonged
to the category of “peaceable men,”
having never in all his llfo before had a
mortal rencounter. He was even deemed
coward, for he had been known to
pocket open insults without so much as
showing a sign of resentment.
One day the hill to provide for the
ore effectual rewarding of wolf-slayers,
denominated, in short, “ ilie wolf-scalp
hill,” came up for discussion. This
had been a standing reform measure from
the earliest settlement of, Adpwsas, and
will probably continue to lx: so long ns
the Ozark mountains shall rear their
black, bristling crests in the western di
visions of the state, or the Mississippi
swamps shall occupy so large an area io
the east. Accordingly, whenever the
wolf-scalp bill is taken up, a tremendous
debate enniies. The contest then is no
longer between the ins and outs of pow-
Whigs nnd democrats alike overleap
ran lines of party demnrkation, and
begin a general massacre of chanccmcd-
1 ". It is a battle—war to the knifo,
1 tho knife lo the handle—of every
member against every other, the •bjcct
being, as to who shall urge the most an
nihilating statues against their common
white lips, ns if in devilish mockery of
malice, sat that grim, snako-llko, writh
ing smile, which merely moved tho curled
mouth, spreading no further, nor effect
ing any other featuro—that significant
smile nl murder, so peculiar to almost
the whole class of desperadoes, when
about to do some deed of death. There
wan, however, brief space for speculation
as to physiognomic signs; for hardly had
the offensive words left Anthony’s lips,
when Wilson sprang to his foci and im
periously ordered the other to sit down.
Anthony, manifesting no token of
either surprise or alarm, replied mildly,
that lie was entitled to tho floor.
‘Sit down I’ Wilson repeated, and
this time in a voice like 1 bunder.
“ I am entitled to the floor and will
not resign it,” said Anthony, apparently
without anger, hut giving back a look of
liu, immovable resolution.
Speaker Wilson then left the chair,
ew his bowie-knife, descended the steps
of the platform, ana slowly and delih
orntoly advanced through the hall sonic
foity feet, in tho direction of his foe—nil
the while that ghastly horrid smile, coll
ing up his pallid lips, and his cars mov
ing backwards and forwards, with t hose
Htrnngo, short, sharp vibrations which
hud won for him long boforc tho nick
name of “ Horso-Eurs.”
As Anthony was commonly considered
a coward, when the spectators beheld the
far*famed and all-dreaded duelist ad
vancing unon him with uplifted blade,
glancing aloft in llm air, as ready for the
fafal blow, all supposed tlm reputed cra
ven would flee in terror from his place.
No ono believed that he was armed, or
that ho would fight under any circum
stances, or with any odds of position or
hi pons. But in this opinion everybody
is mistaken, and no one, porhaps, mqro
than bis infuriate adversary. While
that ferocious man was coming towards
him, lie stood calm and motionless as a
pillar of marble. His color did not
change one shade. All his limbs were
rigid us iron. His only evidence of un
usual emotion wits a copious efflux of
tears I At the sight of this wo all shud
dered, for wo know tho weeper would
conquer or iierish. In the imekwoods
experience has demonstrated pvn un
mistakable tokens of thorough "despera
tion— frozen smiles and hot-giiHhing
tears; and tears may always be regarded
far the most dangerous. Such a
•1 union was verified fully in tlm pres
ent instance; for as soon as tho speaker
approached within ten foot of his weep-
ingeneniy.tho latter suddenly unsheathed
a bowie-knife from his bosom, and stepped
boldly forward to tho proffered Imttle.
And then commenced a struggle for life
and death, the most obstinate, bloody,
and frightfully protracted ever witnessed
in tho southwest.
Wilson’s knife was long, and keen, and
so highly polished that you might see
yourself in the reflection of its smooth,
bright surface, ns in the most perfect
looking-glass. The imago being an ex
tremely small ininaturo, so symmetrical
was the rounding of the fine glittering
steel. On eaeli side of the flashing blad
was a oioturo, tlm fac simile of the other,
wrought in exquisite gold enamel, of
two Indians in their wild, native costume
engaged in mortal combat with bowie
knives.
The weapon of Anthony
the largest size of the class, called in that
country “Arkansas tooth-picks,” tho
most murderous implement of destruc
tion, before which a human foe ever
quailed. On one side of its broad gleam
ing blade was tho picture of a fight be
twixt a hunter and a black hear. Tho
hear seemed to he squeezing tlm man to
death in its iron hug, while ho was
fiercely digging at the monster’s heart
with tho j)ointof his knife.
finch devices are common on tho arms
of the most notorious desperadoes on the
frontiers, and nro the object of as intense
a pride to their owners, os were the in
signia of the most exalted chivalry to
tho knights of the heroic ages. For all
men are poets; nnd the idea seeks for
evormorc to render hixmielf incarpatc in
the material form—to speak in knowing
signs to the senses. Destructiveness will
have its images as well ns devotion.
Wilson made tbe first pass, a deter
mined thrust aimed at the pit of his an
tagonist’s stomach, while the other dex
terously parried. For a time both par
ties fought with admirable coolness, and
with such consumate skill, that only
slight wounds were inflicted, and those
on the head and Ihco, whence blood be
gan to trickle freely. A nd still—ominous
and awful visions—while tho contest
ged, tho opposite and characteristic
signs of desperation remained fixed,
sculptured by the hand of horrible veil-
ince In either countenance. Tho cold
ile, now converted into a fiendish g
using, n
laughable, but most mumying, instnucv
in fraud of tho provious territorial law.
It seems that a cunning ynnkce, fresh
from tho laud growing “wooden nut
megs,” had conceived a notable jHcliomo
of rearing wolves of hin own ; so that by
butchering a hairy whelp, at his option,
and taking its ears to a justice of the
peace, he could obtain a certificate ol
‘ wolf scalp,” entitling him to ten. dollars
onto! tho county treasury. It was said
that, this enterprising genius had already
in his poiiH a number of fine looking
breeders, and expressed sanguino hopes
of soon realizing a handsome fortune !
Numerous were the provisions mlvo
cated to provont such scandalous ova
Hions In futurn. Among others, Brown
C. Huberts of Marlon, moved “that each
certificate of a geuuiiio wolf-scalp he
based on not less than four affidavits,
and bo signed by at least four justices,
and one judge of tho circuit court.
Abel Anthony moved to amend by ad
ding, “and by the president of the-real
estate bank.”
This was intended by the mover merely
ns a jest, to throw ridicule on the com
plicated machinery of Roberts’ hill, and
accordingly it excited a general smile.
But very different was the efloct on Mr.
.Speaker Wilson, president of the real
estate lmnk. He saw fit to interpret the
amendment as the deadliest, insult I
1 glanced towards the honorable chair
man, expecting to see him onioying the
joke; but tho moment I hohold his conn- w
tcnuiice, 1 was absolutely horrified at its to resist, and yet too’hrave to lly" Olio
savage expression, llis face was of' sharp thrust ripped open tho victim's
ashy paleness; and thero, on thoso thl *' ' ’' '
Dnro to pli
I
The clutter of the knives, thrusting and
fending off, nnd sharply ringing against •
each other, was hideous to hear, and j
rtlono broke tho silenco that reigned Dnroioi
throughout the hall.
At length, both foes, maddened At the
prolonged obstinacy of tho struggle, and
blinded by the gore from the red gashes
about their eyes, lost, all caution, coolness
and equanimity, and battled widly more
like devils than living men. Each ono
more intent on taking the life of IiIh
enemy than in guarding his own, exerted
every nerve and muscle with a truculent
fury that struck the very beholders with
icy fear. Both parties were soon severely
wounded in different parts of the body ;
but still thero camo no pause in thocoiii-
bat, till Anthony, striking a heavy, over-
handed blow, cut his adversary’s arm
halt oil at tho wiistl Wilson changed
his bowic-knifo into his loft hand, nnd,
for an instant, ran several stops back
wards, as if to decline any furtlior con
test. Ho then stopped, and, smiling
more frightfully than ever—a fearless,
infernal look—again rushed forward.
Previously, at this crisis, when certain
victory was within his grasp, Anthony
committed the folly of flinging his knife
at the other’s bosom, widen, missing its
aim, fell with a loud, ringing noiso on
tho floor, more than thirty foot distant.
This error decided the tremondous coin-
hat. Anthony was entirely disarmed at
the mercy of tho tiger-man. Wilson
darted upon him with a hoarse ery of
anger nnd hellish joy—there, powcrlcBH
FACTS AND FANCIES.
honrot, gmnt nnil nlue«
«(Jtxl,
o In thi
Dnro wlih the enemy
torlnu und pntli
o of tha right,
nth wlmtoTcr you *
nnd • rdorly li
bowels,ami ho caught them as they w«.«
falling, in his hands! Another stroke,
directed at the neck, sovorved the main
artery, mid the blood spouted out with
a gurling noise,sprinkling tho robes, and
even tho faces, of some members who sat
Miroat the hurried nonce.
The last act of tho tragedy was closed,
and the curtain of death dropped on tho
stage. Anthony without a groan or a
sign, fell in his place a corpso, and Wil
son, fainting from loss of blood, sunk
down bosido him.
Up to this moment, although sixty
legislators woro in their sonts, nnd more
than a hundred lookers-on In the lobby,
and jewelled bevies of hrlght-oyed ladicH
m tho gallery, still no one, save thoso
raging nmd men, had moved: no sound
had disturbed tho whiaperless silenco,
hut tho clangors of tho llieir eoneiissivo
steel. But. then, as both tumbled on tho
floor, like lumps of lead, a single wild,
wailing, heart-shivering shriek as if Homo
other soul weio parting with its mortal
lay, arose in the crowd of females, and
all was again still; hut whether that
deep cry of an orphaned spirit was ut
tered by tho tnniden of poor Anthony's
bosom, who had hoped fo-morrow to ho
his bride,nr by tho heauliffil little daugh
ter of Wilson, nr by Bomo pi tying stranger
could never bp ascertained.
Wilson recovered, and in yot uli
and thero is scarcely an inch square ....
IiIh face that dons not show its deep
sear, as a memento of tho matohless com-
jmt. lie was expelled from the houso ;
hailed by a merciful judge, brought to
trial, and acquitted. There was never a
jury yot in tho Imekwoods that would
convict a person for slaying another in a
fair fight I For the desperado is tho
back woods’ boro, whom all men worship.
Ifaly in Africa.
Ever since tho unification of Italy was
accomplished, Hie king and cabinet of
that country have east a loti; ‘
you do.
Pure lu *pmk kindly nnd otcr Iw truo,
P«:n to do rl/ht, nnd you’ll And your wny through.
CoNBOIHKGR is generally dcnlt out to
men according to tlioir necessities. Na-
turo jiovcr placos sontinela whore thero is
uutbing to watch.
It is not what a man gets, but what »
man is that he should think of. Ho
Hhould first think of his character, and
then his condition. Ho that has char
acter ncod havo no fours about his con
dition. Character will draw after it
condition. < UrcumstanccB obey princi
ples.
Mu. Krating, of California, thus
wrote to u widow: “ Mo thinks some
times wlion I lay awnko in tho morning
nnd think of tlioo, J fancy I hco tho can
opy of licavon open ana a bright vista
npponr from it, and lol I seo theo, my
angelic girl.” She weighs ono hundred
uud ninety pounds and has sued him for
breach of promise.
CHAUI.lt MONO.
Sloop, my baby, beside the fire,
Sleep, oltilil, sleep;
foes, the wolves, because that is the great I of immeasurable malice, still lingered on
pivotrquestion on which hinges tho pop- Wilson’s livid lips; and the tears still
ulnrity of each and all. flowed, mingling now with warm blood
Tho present occasion was tho more* from Anthouy’u black blazing eyes I
have always spoken of their north Af
rican possessions as tho “ natural con
tinuation” of France, and a glance at
tho map will show that Tunis holds tho
relative position to Italy that Al-
holds towaril Hie hind of tho Gaul.
For tho past few years Italian intrigue
has been directed toward Tunis in the
effort to provoke the latter country to do
something that would afford a pretext
for her subjugation. Tho French cdh-
icst of Algeria was the immediate ro
ll of a quarrel betwcon the dey of AI
giers and the French consul, in which
tho dey forgot his dignity so fi
strike the consul with a fan. Following
'•’-Micli example, tho Italian consul lias
ght a quarrel with Mohammed-
fiadok, Hie bey of Tunis, and it is cur
rently believed among the other foroign-
at Tunis that his conduct is in obedi-
to instructions. Every few month)
ho presouts elalpis of Italian subjects who
allege that they have suffered loss in the
ports of Tunis in consequence of the ac
tion of the hoy’s officers. Home of these
claims uro pretty well known to he ex
orbitant, if not wholly fictitious; their
settlement has been delayed as long as
possible, hut eventually Hie hey has paid
them rather than afford Italy tho pre
text she wants. On certain festivals it
is the custom for the foreign consuls to
call upon tho bey and extend their eon
gratufations; on several oceasims tho
Italian consul has neglected this formal
ity, and afforded the hey a brilliant op
portunity for anger which might lend to
a rupture. But the hey continues to
treat I ho consul with great politeness,
und pays no heed to these affronts. Gen
eral Khayr ed-din, tho Tunisian prime
minister and minister of foreign affairs,
is a man ol great shrewdness, and thus
far has been able to steer clear of com
plications with Italy by giving her no
for crossing tho Mediterranean
army. Tunis is understood to
have tho warm friendship of Franco,
which very naturally desires no Euro
pean neighbor on the frontier of Algeria.
This is a subject which may assume some
importance In case of a European war.
Italy was reported to have favored Rus
sia in rejecting Turkey’s offer of a fivo
months armistice—a step which suggests
some understanding between tho two
powers. Undoubtedly the contingency
of the defeat of Turkey,and the dismem
berment of her territoiy, has presented
'tself to the Italian statesmen; and a
sordini understanding with Russia would
he a good anchor to windward in any
de igns against Tunis, for tho tributary
state would he powerless after tho fall of
the Ottoman empire. After all, it is
toimlur..! tlmt, Italy, after recover tl)0 til,—next I” Tfco prc.it elate-
ing Romo, should endeavor ta gain pos-
icsslon of Carthago.—N. V. Tribune.
A i.imi! Boston girl, four yeurs old,
•rented a ripple by remarking to the
teacher of her Sunday-school class:
‘ Our dog’s dead. I bet tho angels was
scared when they saw him coming up
tho walk. Ho U grow to atrangeri*,
Wlpdfl ore wailing nlghor and uighor,
Waves aro rising higher and higher,
Sleep, child, sloop;
While thy fallior, out on (ho sun,
Tolls all night for thee and mo.
Hleop, my baby, oontont and blest,
Sleep, child, sloop:
Whothor the heart in thy motlior’u hronst
Ro light or heavy—so host I so host I
•Sloop, child, sloop 1
While thy father, out on tho sea
Toils all night for thee and mo.
—Mrs. Mulocli,
Few persons nro aware that voritahlo
Egyptian mummies aro ground up into
naint. Hut in thin country and in
Europe mummies aro used for this pur
pose—tho asphaltum with which thoy
are impregnated being ol a quality su
perior to that which can elsewhere be ob
tained. producing a peculiar brownish
tint-when made to paint, which is prized
by distinguished urtists botli of tins and
of other countries.— Washington Gazelle.
“I am willing to risk my roputution
as a public man,” wroto Edward Ilitio
to tho Liverpool Mercury, “if tho worst
ease of smallqiox can not ho cured in
three days, simply by tho uso of cream
tartur. One ounce of cream of tartar
dissolved in a pint of water, dranjc at
intervals, when cold.fis a cortuin never-
failing remedy. It has cured thousands,
never leaves a mark, never causos blind
ness, and avoids ludious lingering.”
'Tim Fulton Times puts this graphic
head on tho description of n wooding:
“ Tho climax of lovo—hearts and hou1»
ho near Ilko one that you can’t Blip a
paper between them.” A year honco
wheiFtho malo heart comes homo demor
alized from a torchlight procession, and
his breath toned down witli cloves, tho .
estrangement will become bo great in a
littlo while that you may drivo four loads
of lmy abreast between 'em.—Norristown
Herald.
1’noFKHHOii Olkland. of Galway, has
iHsuod a new work entitled “ A dictiona
ry for Hie dissection of tho hurnun
lnaly.” fiueh a work Biipplies a long-folt
want and miiHt have a largo Halo. There
is nothing more provoking uud discour
aging than to undertake to carve a hu
man body, and being unable to strike
tho joints ho compelled to twiHt a leg off
in a moHt painfully unscientific manner I
Tho book will bo handy to havo in tho
house.—Norristown Ilcrald.
Only a week ngo tbe WNrintli and glow
Of swrulMt Rtimmor lime;
Only a wouk ugo the bud nnd blow
Of Mono fnlr trojdo clime,
Only a week ngo nnd now the glow
Of fervid Boat bn* turned
To wintry nn')w, nnd rlinrii winds blow
Where Iroplo splendor* burnod.
Only n week ngo—All, very low
My cherished bud* nro lying j
Bo low, so low. I do not know
If tlioy nro dend or dyluii.
Bo low, bo low, drenched nil with inlra and nnow,
Their beauty mi I relied with earth ;
Bo low, no low—only God'* hroath cun blow
Them bock to (rentier birth.
Ti IK earl of Albomarlo describes tho
queen of England when a bright, pretty
girl, seven years old, as site day after day
watered tho plunts under the pnlnco
window, where ho watched, her: “It
was amusing to see how impartially she
divided the contents of tho watering pot
botweon tho flowers and her own littlo
feet. Her simple but becoming dress
contrasted favorably with tho gorgeous
apparel now worn by-tlio little damsels
of tho rising generation—a largo straw
hat nnd a suit of white cotton ; a colored
fichu was tho only ornament she woro.”
Several French exhibitors show truf
fles. and lest tho American visitor should
Ire In doubt aH to whnt they are, it is ex
plained that a trufilo is a species of
mushroom or fungus, which grows be
neath the surface of the ground, and
gives no indication above ground. It is
used in soupB and the preparation of
several dishes. They are found not by
diving rods, but by hogs, whose keen
scent and muscular snout find and un
earth tho osculent morsels. The trufilo
hunter goes out with his trained hog and
a pocket full of acorns and the boost
roots the ground for tho truffle. As
soon as It appears in sight tho vigilant
hunter raps the hog on the snout nnd se
cures the prizo, rewarding tho disap
pointed beast by an acorn.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
The other forenoon a man who has oc
cupied n seat in congress, held a state
office, being a presiding officer at dozens
of conventions, and is looked upon as a
man of deep thought and wide ex
perience, waa passing down tho streot
when he saw a silver half dollar on tho
sidewulk. He bent down to pick it up,
and tho coin traveled into the open door
of a shoe-shop, while the hoy who held
tho string cried out: “ Sold agniu and
vol tho tin—next I” 'J’iio great states-
and deep thinker acted precisely i
a common laborer would havo acted.
Ho grew red in tho face, looked around
to see who had witnessed the incident,
and us ho hurried on muttered strange
words and sputtered out sentences with
three points after lbe«j,—Detroit Free
Frm,