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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,