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GEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. W1KLE & 00., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1877.
VOL. IU. NO. 4Q.
CURRENT VARAORAFRS.
Ain. Moody is authority for the state
ment, not elsewhere recorded, that
Daniel in the lion’s deu slept calmly
with his head on one el the lions tor a
pillow.
Tm: fashion critic of the London Court
.loumal nays: “A few years ago riding
hnhila were wi long that accidents were
of frequent occuronce; they are now so
short that they are not habits. I was
standing the other dny at the railings In
the park, when a young lady on horse
back paused mo. i presume she wore a
"riding habit,” hut were I naked to make
an affidavit that she was not attired in
trousers my strict love of veracity would
prevent me from doing ho.”
Tin*accounts from Fall Rivercontinue
to be of the most encouraging nature, as
all the mills are working to their utmost
capacity. Their goods are finding a
ready market all over the world, and
even in South America, where novelties
in patterns arc the most tempting in
centive to would-be purchasers. A rep
resentative of several mills has just re
turned from a voyage of discovery and
re|x>rts that "American goods are grow
ing in favor daily and that it will be no
very difficult matter to compete suc
cessfully with all grades of English man
ufactures.
An idea is gaining ground with aero
nauts that the solution of the polar prob-
iem now rests with them. Capt. Cheyne,
a retired Hritish naval officer, has vol
unteered to conducts baloon party over
the four hundred miles or thereabouts
which have not yet been traversed, and
the project finds a warm supporter in a
Mr. Coxwell, who deems such an cx-
l»edition quite feasible. The only trou
ble in the mind of the latter seems to be
the supply of gas in the higher latitudes.
This, however, he thinks may lx* gotten
over by the use of fire-b&loons. He
recommends the use of “very large
Montgolfiers,” in which it would be pos
sible to stow away a couple of sledges
with dogs, and “boat* fit for contention
with a Polar sea as a forlorn hope.”
Four hundred miles at the average rate
of atmospheric speed would not in his
opinion, occupy twenty-four hours. Mr.
t'oxwrll’s plan is well calculated to
Martle the uninitiated in aerostatics.
MKTisonoiAHfv will never attain its
full rank among tho sciences until the
••auses of the movements of wind and
storm, as well as their average directions,
arc ascertained. An advance in this
particular is recorded in Germany. M.
Gustave Hellmnnn had ascertained by
careful comparison that during the sum
mer in that country there are two
periods of maximum rainfall, separated
by a dry period. With the first of these
rain periods, and partly preceding it, in
.lune, there is through a limited strip of
country a succession of currents of cold
air, coming from the Atlantic across the
coast of the North sea, and moving from
northwest u> southeast over middle
Europe. M. Hellmann concludes that
the cold winds are caused by a movement
to supply the place of heated air rising
from the great European-Asiatic step
pes, as those tracts become hotter with
the lengthening days late in the spring
an«l early in the summer. Tho winds
which are thus ultimately drawn from
the North Atlantic surface are cold and
heavily charged with watery vapor, and
their advent determines the beginning
of summer raius in Germany.—N. Y.
Tribune.
There is no evidence, according to the
Jyondon Lancet, to show that revaccina-
tion, *oncc efficiently performed at or
after puberty, need ever be repeated.
< )n the other hand, the frequent re;>eti-
tion of revacciuation, which has become
common during alarms of small-pox, is
distinctly to be deprecated. Such re
petitious are as a rule futile, they are
wasteful of vaccine lymph when lymph
is most precious; they tend to unsettle
the minds of people regarding some of
the best established facts as to the pre
servative power of vaccination, and they
are unnecessary. The official memoran
dum of the local government l>oard on
revaccination says: "Re vaccination
once properly and successfully performed
does not appear ever to require repeti
tion.” The nurses and other servants of
the London small-pox hospital, when
they enter the service are invariably
submitted to vaccination, which in their
case is generally re vaccination, and is
never afterward repeated ; and so per
fect is the protection, that, though ^the
nurses live in the closest and most con
stant attendance on small-pox patients,
and though also the other servants are in
various ways exposed to special chances
of infection, the resident surgeon of the
hospital, during his forty-one years of
(fficejthere,[has never known small-pox to
afiect any of these nurses or servants.
THEY MJiT-TUKT I*ANTED.
rKi
Their wedding which » „
And Hue end fine did quite aar*o;
He mid “yea, y«," to nil Hint nhe
Thought, in her jndgment, best would I
" Do on." said Gus, " Just R|H».ik It out,
l're not the fain lest shade of doubt
That Mill In all thlnga we'll agree,
And end, ns we've Uyun—
* Two aoula with but a single thought.
Two heart* that heat ns one " '
A Jo\ lug smile, ii tender tqueewe,
Ous adiled to hla language :
Then Hue thrae softly spoken pnrda
Betw
» his 11
i did
" Oi course mamma will lire with hr,
And • rule the roost,' my darling f»u
For that you know aho'a *■
" Not much," cried Ous in temnei
And grnNiied his hat, and cried :
That H-ttloa 'twixt you nnd 1 !
Recorded la my row on high ;
No mother-in-law, with threatening r
And tongue all neace to erurify,
NOT TO BE CAUGHT.
Two men sat in conversation. Tho
cooling wind played gently with tho
short brown curls of the younger, while
his handsome eyes and face were lighted
by a bright, animated expression. “I
can scarcely credit such good fortune.
Arc you sure there is no mistake?” ho
said.
“Perfectly; hero aro the documents.
Prove your identity; prove to our satis
faction that you are Ralph Hamilton, son
of John Paul Hamilton, nnd you are a
rich man. On you prove it?”
“ I can, immediately. Rut tt»ls in in
deed a welcome change; to spring from
deep poverty to such wealth in a mo
ment, by the death of an unknown rela
tive, seems almost incredible. 1 am
grateful t# you, Metcalf, for jour pains
in so soon seeking me; also for your in
terest in my welfare. I have one favor
only to ask in addition ; that you remain
silent about it. Tho fact of my changed
circumstances need not be made known
as yet. 1 shall not alter my style of
living for awhile, but shall fulfill an en
gagement to become the private tutor of
two small boys residing^strange to relate,
in the same place where lies this how es
tate. In taking tho property, you say
I am required to assume the name of its
former owner. This I will do, after a
few months spent in the neighborhood
as a poor teacher. 1 have met sad re
buffs during the days of my poverty, and
I have no idea of being made a victim
of some fortune hunter, so I will win
sortie good woman for love’s sake, then
settle down and enjoy myself.”
In a beautiful residence sat two ladies,
Mrs. Corsair and her (laughter Zoo, while
a third, a niece of the elder lady, Blanche
Gilmore, stood with a light hat in her
hand, as though just returned from a
walk. They were discussing the appear
ance of a new tutor who had undertaken
for a time, on trial, the education of the
two sons of the family, (.'barley, one of
these boys, had just appeared, nnd, look
ing from the window, whispered :
“Now, girls, there he comes. Tell
me if what I said was not true.”
“ Yes, indeed! ” exclaimed both young
ladies, as they surveyed the fine figure
and handsome face approaching; and
when the young man smiled pleasantly
upon Charley, Blanche thought she had
never seen so handsome a man, while
Zoc whispered :
“If the young heir of the Bellmont
property proTe one-half as handsome I
will be content.”
A splendid estate, with a residence of
almost royal magnificence, lay within
sight of their pretty home, and had just,
through the death of old Mr. Bellmont,
a childless widower, f passed into the
hands of a young relative, exacted soon
to visit the premises. Zoe Corsair and
her prudent mother had decided to ap
propriate both owner and estate as soon
as possible after his arrival. The new
tutor, Mr. Hamilton, soon liecame a great
favorite with his pupils. Living as he
did in the family, he soon became well
acquainted with all, while he evidently
admired the beautiful Zoe, who treated
him with cool politeness. Of Blanche
be saw little. .She was only the j>oor re
lation, depending upon her uncle for
support, therefore compelled to bear
every imposition and caprice her worldly,
selfish aunt and cousin saw fit to inflict.
Only little enjoyment was here: a soli
tary spot, a deep ravine wildly romantic
and secluded, not far from her uncle’s
residence. Thither she went one beau
tiful afternoon, tripping along down the
small winding path that led to the
depths below. But suddenly she paused,
a groan and faint call for help arresting
her steps. Hastening to the spot where
ah'* fudged the sufferer to be, she saw a
ni . ing at the foot of the ravine, mo-
ti . css and now qCiite still.
Iji a few momenta she was beside him,
nud, on lifting his head from tho ground,
she found Mr. Hamilton, the tutor, un
co iiscioiiH.
Kulining to the stream ol water, site
dipped in her handkerchief, and bathed
his brow.
At Inst ho opened his eyes, and gazed
long and vacantly upon her.
“Ah, yes, l k remember, I did fall. I
leaned over to pluck a flower, and lost
mv balance. But I feel better again,
thanks to you for your care, and 1 will
I see if I cannot rise.”
“ Leon on me, Mr. Hamilton, I think
! I can get you tip tho path, if it is steep,
to the road, and from thence, after a
rest, home. 1 ’
.Slowly, yet surely, leaning on the
young girl for that support he was so
accustomed to give to othcrH, he crept
along, often stopping to rest, until at
last tho level road was gained, and from
there his own room, to which a physician
was soon summoned, and his limb set
and bruises attended to.
Lying thus helpless upon hht bed, tho
door partly open, to allow a circulation
of air, the young man lay half dozing,
when ho accidentally heard the following
conversation, not, of course, intended for
his ears:
“ A pretty piece of work this,” said
Mrs. (’orsair, who was an intensely selfish
woman. *• Who is to play nurse now, I
would like to know ?”
“ And to a miserable tutor, interrupt
ed tho equity selfish Zoe.
“ J should bo very glad to take charge
of the poor young man, alone among
strangers and sick,” said Blanche; “and
if aunt is willing, I will devote my time
to him.”
“And neglect tho sewing? There is
my wrapper not finished yet.”
“ Do not fear, aunt,” returned tho
same sweet voice; “I will finish that
also. I can take my sewing to his room
and attend to both ; if not able to sew
when he is awake, 1 will do it at night
when lie sleeps.
“ Very well, do as you please; but,
remember, that wrapper must be fin
ished.”
“ Como, mother, don’t bother about
him any longer. Tho carriage waits to
lake us to the concert. Come on.”
So saying, the unfeeling Zoc swept
down "stairs, followed by hor mother,
while a soft voice murmured by the in
valid’s side:
You aro not sleeping, 1 see. What
shall I do for your relief?”
“1 feel quite comfortable, thank you,
except a headache, caused by the sudden
jar.”
“ Let me bathe it, then.”
How soft her fingers were ; how gentle
her touch, and what a depth of womanly
pity beamed front those large brown
eyes.
About two weeks after the accident,
Blanche wandered once more to her fa
vorite resort, and seating herself at the
fool of the descent, she was soon lost in
a deep reverie.
“Thisisacharmingspot,Miss Blanche,”
said a well known voice behind her,“andl
see a favorite of yours. Now that] know
how to to avoid its dangers. I also am
charmed with its deep repose and pictur
esque beauty.”
“ I am glad you like it,” was the reply
of the young lady, as she blushed
slightly when }je seated himself by
her side. “But yours is the only
face J have ever seen when here, and
I cannot but wonder how you discovered
the spot.”
‘ One of my little pupils told me of it,
and that day when I fell was my first
visit. Thankful am I ihat you was in
the habit of coining here, else I might
have died alone and unmissed.”
“Alone, I grant, but not unmissed,
for your pupils love you.”
“ J would like to tell you, dear Miss
Blanche, how strongly attached I have
become to my tender nurse, and how
much I long for her te return my devot
ed affection. Dearest, can you love a
jterson occupying so humble a position as
tutor to your uncle’s children ? If you
can, and it' you will allow me to present
my deep love, and consent to become my
wife, it will be the delight of my life
to strive to make you happy.” 'Then he
drew her toward him, and their lips met.
No opposition was offered when Mr.
Hamilton asked the hand of Blanche
Gilmore from her uncle, all thinking that
their poor relative did well, even in mar
rying a tutor.
In the meantime the news came that
the Bellmont owner was soon to take
possession of his property. One of his
oddities was that on the evening of his
return a large party of friends and the
select neighbors were to assemble to bid
him welcome. This party, as it happen
ed, was to take place the evening liefore
the marriage of Blanche. Cards of in
vitation had been left at Mr. Corsair's,
and, much to tho Hurjiriso and chagrin
of Mint Zoe, Blanche was also remem
bered.
“Just its it we wanted to introduce
our poor relations,” she said, scornfully.
“ I wonder that tho tutor also was not
included.”
Tho evening came, tho rooms were
thronged, but singular to remark, the
young owner had not as yet made his
appearance. The guest* wore received
by his most intimate friends, Mr. and
Mm. M‘>\#ilf, and the latter, ns soon
Blanche had been introduced, managed
to draw hor on one side, and in another
moment Zoe wondered, as sho saw them
leave tho rsbrns together.
About half an hour later, nfter all the
guests had assembled, Mr. Metcalf said :
“ Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Bell*
mont has juHt arrived, and in a few min
utes will be ploascd to meet you and in
troduce to nil assent bled the beautiful
young lady who to-morrow morning will
become Ills brldo.”
Scarcely had ho done speaking when
the young man entered tho room with
Blanche hanging upon his arm, her fitco
radiant with happiness.
“ Our late tutor! ” cried Mrs. Corsair.
“ Impossible J” cried Zoo sinking into
n chair.
“ It is quite true, madam,” said the
young man; “ and now let mo hope to
see you all at our wedding to-morrow.”
All were present except Zoe, whoso
disappointment was too great to permit
her to form one of the wedding party.
the English runt\
Lord AilcHbttry lias written a letter
blooded horses which almost provokes
the London Times into facctiousnoss,
The Thunderer, roaring greatly, inquires
whether it is not very proper that there
should bo some among tho peers to
whom [the fate of the Christian subjects
of Turkey should appear of little impor
tance in comparison with the ’prosjiects
of tin 1 Newmarket, spring mooting.
Lord AilesburyMoes not, however, speak
so much of the Newmarket spring ineet-
iug as ho docs of two topics rather more
generic, namely, tho practice of Itand-
icaping and the French jtolicy of protec
tion by which Englis|t horses aro now
excluded from certain races in France.
Handicapping, lie thinks, is contrary to
the interests [of breeders, since it does
not provide that tho best horse should
win; at the same time, he is free to con
fess that he would never have attained
as good results in his own stables had
handicapping not been largely in vogue.
The introduction ol railroads has taken
racing out of the circuits in which it
formerly flourished, nnd made a large
part of the world accessible to competi
tion ; handicapping consequently be
comes necessary if young horses are to be
used at all. The lack of reciprocity on
the part of foreign race-courses I xml
Falmouth would resent by excluding
foreign horses from races in England
until the bar against the admission of
the horses of that country abroad is
removed.
V A DENTAL fit IDE.
Last night a crowd of loungers were
sitting around the stove of a corner
grocery discussing such live topics as the
weather, etc. As the wind howled
through the streets tiiey hitched up
closer to the stove, and filled it up with
wood to warm their chilled limbs and
evaporate tho luyers of toliacco juice on
top. "WTCli pardonable parental pride
they began to discuss their children.
Said one man, reflectively:
“ I s’pose I got the worst boy on the
Lode. He was a taren disgrace to the
family from his cradle. He squalled
and had the colic till he was eight years
old, and then he began to break things.
When te got to going to skule he never
learned nothin’, and was allers playin’
hookey. One day ho lit on one of the
teachers and plum nigh murdered him
with the stove-poker. He was the
stupidest cuss in that ward, and in spite
of my tryin’ to keep him correct, he
grew up to be a regular hudlum.”
“Yes, I heard of that boy,” chimed in
another from across the steaming stove.
“He’s a bad egg, no mistake. I’m allers
sorry to see boys act that way, and I’m
allers sorry for their parents, because
’taint their fault.”
“ItV rough to have that kind of a brat,
sure enough,” said another.
“Hi’d break ’is bloody neck hif he was
my boy,” remarked a third.
“Yes, you bet; I know ’im. He’s a
hoodlum from the ground up.”
And so these comments passed round
the stove, each man taking special pains
to coincide with the opinion of the sire.
During the conversation, however, the
sire gradually got nervous, and at the
last remark ho rose up with :
“Men that’ll insult a father by run-
uin dowu his child hro mean skunks I
And letting out his right, ho posted
tho last speaker in the eye, wpl then
sailod in.
It was fine to Hee how his parental love
asserted itself as ho walked through the
crowd. Ho just floored all hands and
stumped on ’em. In two minutes ho
had cleaned out tho place, then, shaking
Ills fist In the air, he roared out:
“That boy's mine, and no nyut o&n
abuse him to my face; and what’s more,
ho hasn’tgothiHoquul on the OomstockI”
— Virginia Rev. Chronicle,
TRUTHS AM) TRIFLES.
THE ELEPHANT AND LION.
It is related by Maj. Leveson, in his
late work, entitled “Sport in Many
Lunds,” that in the course of his hunting
expeditions in India and Africa, ho has
slain eight hundred nnd seventy-six ele
phants. Tho linbits of tho game of
every sort which ho sought were studied
with patient attention; nnd as the result
of long observation of the proceedings
of the elephant, he gives this summary
of the language of the huge beast:
“Elephants utter four distinct sounds,
each of which *is indicative of a cer
tain meaning. Tho first is a shrill,
whistling noise, produced by blowing
through the trunk, which donotes satis
faction. Tho second is tho note of alarm
or Hurpriso--n sound made by the mouth,
which may ho thus imitated : pr-rutpr-
ruf. The third is the trumpeting noise they
make when angry, which, whon they aro
very much onrnged, and when charging
an assailant, fchanges into a honrse roar
or terrific scream. Tho fourth sound
betoketiH dissatisfaction or distress, fre
quently repeated when separated from
tho herd, tirod, hungry, or over-loaded,
which may be thus imitated: urmph,
urmph.”
Maj. Leveson is confident that the Af
rican and Asiatic lion are distinct species,
the former of which inny be divided into
two vnrioticfv and tho k*tter into three,
viz., the yellow-maned, #he black-maned
and the gray Hon. Tho first of the Afri
can variotieH is the largest nnd most pow
erful, while the third is often seen in
group*; of ten or a dozen, hunting in the
vast plains of central Africa. Of the con
tinuous roaring made by lions when
searching for food in the night, Maj.
Leveson says: “When a lion nnd n lion
ess are in company, the lioness is always
the first to roar, and this at the moment
>f leaving the lair. The lion alternates
with the lioness,and in this manner they
proceed on their way, roaring every quar
ter of an hour, until they have ajv-
proached the douar, or village, which
they propose despoiling; and when their
apatites are satisfied, they often again
recommence roaring, and continue until
daylight.”
THE IMPEItTUHAJILE PAHS ENG Kit.
A train boy on an Illinois road found
a rather tough customer in an old gen
tleman of composed mien, who received
all shots as if he were bullet proof. The
boy bombarded him with papers, and
pamphlets, and candies, and bound
books, and nuts, and fruits of one kind
and another. But it was no good. Had
the eider party been lined inside with
brass lie could not have shown greater
indifference. The boy fretted under his
treatment, as was plain to be seen. He
had passed the cigars some thirty times,
and without success, when he said, in a
tono of desperation.:
“ Try some of these cigars, and if they
don’t kill you within a month I’ll give
you the money back.”
The man was somewhat amused by
that, Dut he had the boy. He said:
If I am dead how can you give me
the money ? ”
“ I’ll give it to your family then.”
“ But I ain’t got no family.”
“ Well, I’ll give it to the family next
door,” persisted the l>oy.
“ But there ain’t no family next
door,” said the mini, with the smile
lengthening his face.
Oh, there’ll he one move in when
they hear you arc dead,” was the quick
reply.
The elderly passenger shut up like a
borrowed knife.—Danbury Ncu'*.
A female architect has just opened
an oflicepn Boston. A plan of a honso
which she exhibits has nineteen bay
windows, forty-seveu closets, no place
for a man to smoke in, and an inclosed
balcony on each side from which it is
impossible to look down into the neigh
bors’ living rooms. The design is pro
nounced by all ladies who have examined
it as, of course, “really quite too far
more than awfully delicious.”
..Put a peck of Jorwey mosquitoes
under bluo glass and in twojdays you
have spring chickens largo epough for
tho New York lioarding houses,
.. A needy Parisian hit upon a splen
did way of making money. He adver
tised himself as a young lady having
630,000 francs and desirous of marrying ;
applicants to enclose stamps for reply.
Tho harvest was enormous.
, , .Lenten Diet.— Inquirer 0 Well,
JSKmbo; how do you like your *tifcw
place?” Sambo—Berry well, maBsn.”
Inquirer—“What did you havo for
broukfhst this morning?” Sambo—
“ Why, you see, Misses biled threo eggs
for herself, and gave me the brof.
.. I never saw a dare-devil face that
had not in it something of both tho
sneak and the fool. Tho sorcery of sin is
that it changes a man into a sneak and a
fool, hut tho fool does not know that ho
is a sneak, and the sneak docs not know
that ho is a fool.—Rev. Cool:
..Girls who consciously go to work to
get married know very well that a well
placed sign is worth fifty sonatas, and
that no amount of major and minor
prestidigitation can win a triumph over
tho rival who, though a dunce at tho
music book, is an expert in smilos and
dropped eyelids. *
.. A book agent, who has retired from
active labor upon tho hard accumula
tions of a life of industrious cheek, says
that the great secret of his success was
that when ho went to a house where the
female head of the family presented her
self, he always opened by saying: “I
beg your pardon, miss; “but it was
your mother I wanted to see.” “ That
always used to get ’om. They not only
subscribed for my books themselves, but
told mo where I could find more cus
tomers. ”
.. Verily the eyes of the tramp waxeth
keen alter lucre. A young man crossing
tho street last night picked up a patent
gun wad lying on tho payment. Ere ho
had well inspected It, out of the gloom
came a hungry looking lot of rags, and a
voice issuing therefrom said, “Young
mAn, I need it wuss nor you. I seen
you pick up that dime. Give it ter mo.
I ain’t tasted food for raore’n a week.”
Ho took the gun wad and slipped it
among tho rags, and with “ Yer’vc saved
a life, young man,” lie glided up tho
alley. How that tramp “ cussed ” in tho
corner saloon will possibly never ho
known to Ills bogus benofactor.
.. “ By way of contrast,’ ’ says tho
Commercial Advertiser, “it is mentioned
that in Nova Scotia the snow is six feet
deep, and in Maryland the farmers are
ploughing.” Yes,J Goorge, dear, and
they might mention in the same connec
tion that up around the Palceocrysfcic
sea it takes nine thickeness of buffalo
robe to make a matt a summer undershirt,
wltilo down in the other place old Mr.
Dives keeps yelling for a palm-leaf fan
and a duster on Christmas.—Hawfoijc..
.. Vinnie, bustmaker to congress, is at
work on a head for chief justice Waite.
The Capital says: “ This is one of Miss
Vinnie’s sweet advertising dodges. She
selects some old pub, funo., who docs not
know a work of art from a bologna sau
sage, and [works at him iu public. To
see the chief justice of the supreme court
working up his countenance to an ex
pression of sublime emotion at a fair,
while the fair, poodle-lkeaded Vinnie
gazes and dabs [and babs and gazes, is a
spectacle to treasure in one’s memory.”
. .Tribune men who write to the
clorgymen that there is plenty of stand
ing room for young collegians wishing
employment, providing they havo “grit”
and “aro willing to commence at the
bottom,” and “ begin low down and
fight their way up,” advertises for edu
cated young men to act as amanuenses,
willing to “work his way up from the
bottom” at $3 i>er week, four thousand
applicants ! Doorjbell rung oft’by young
men full of “grit;” seven thousand
housemaids worn out answering tho bell;
squad of police required to disperse the
young men in front of the house, willing
to dojanything and “work their way up
from tho bottom ;” had to get in his own
house through the back window ; all the
overcoats and hats stolen front the hall
rack by young men who “are willing to
begin low down;” callers frightened
away by mob of young men full of
“grit,” trying to “work their way up
from tho bottom;” row on the front
steps between young men full of “grit”
trying to “fight their way up from the
bottom.” Tribune man has barred his
door and hung out a placard, “ No
more young men full of grit willing to
begin low down and fight their way up*
these door steos wauted. If they belong
to the bottom let them stay there.”
