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About The Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-1962 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1880)
' ™ v? ; nraMBinffi um £n«yaa» I : um BIX months, 75 Thrte month* *, 40 Xwnpw Law DhMou, , t Any p«M who take* a paper regular ly from tiie pastoffioe— whether directed to hii name or another**, or whether he haa rib- aoribed or not~i*tesponsibls for tM amount. S. If a perton order* hia paper diecontinned be mnst pay all arrearafM, or the publisher may continue to send it natll payment is made, and collect the whole amoant,wheth«r the paper is taken from the office or not S. The oonrta hare decided that refusing to take newspapers or periodicals from the postoffioe, or renewing, and leaving them uncalled for is pstma feofc erMenee of in- A 1 * S IP BU tv. N. BENNS, JAMES 0. RUSS. EdHor», “ I l’.T TI Ji-.RE ISK LIGHT.” Subscription, $1.50 in AOrwee. VOLUME V. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1880. NUMBER 10. Sod Houses. On the proirieg, far from the woods, wliero log cabins aro impracticable, the sod house is - Blade as a substitute. To build one, a man goes on to the prairie with his team and breaking plow, and turns a straight smooth sod some three or four inohee thick. This sod is very tough. When sufficient has beon turned over the sod is cut into squares and laid up ip,- a wall os though it wero flat sfonft*. Door frames and window frames ore sot in as tho wall rises. When the height of one story is reached a small timber 1b sot up at eooh end, and a ridge-pole placed upon them, aud the sod wall onilj up or into the gable. On this ridge there rest smaller poles for rafters, and on tbeso sod is laid in courses, the oourses overlapping each other liko shinglos, “ so many inches to tho weather.”, The only money outlay is caused by windows and doors. If well built, tho houso will stand for years. Inside 6ne may “sweeten to taste. In the ruder huts the walls are left uncov ered. In others some are ooverod with cheap cloth, some with building paper, and wall paper pasted over it, while some are plastered Sind made os comfortable as any room need to bo. Once inside, you would not know but you wero iu a stone or brick house. Then you will some times find elegant furniture, the remains of hotter days, somotimos a piano and the skill to play it; olioioe hooks, wnioh indicate literary tastes; tho latest pa pers and magazines, which show that tho lumates keep up with tho times. Indeed, it is surprising to know how many families of refinement and cultured taste, being unfortunate, make a fresh start iu lifo on the vast prairies. What Vanderbilt Might Do with HI Money. Borne one has made a very curious calculation of what Mr. Vanderbilt could do with his monoy. William H. Van derbilt’s income from liis investments in 161,000,000 4-per-cent. Government bonds is represented at $6,000 daily, which ta $208.25 per hour, $3.47 per minute, or over 6 cents per second. As suming that be is paid by the second, he cannot possibly spend his monoy, as he could not select his purchases and lay down the prices fast enough. He could not tlirow it away; to pick up, oast, re cover, piok up and cast again would take him two seconds, and, if he worked all through the twenty-four hours without rest, he could not dispose of ono-bolf his income. By living economically, Baving up for four years, he could, placing his 6-cent pieces side by side, mako a mckol bolt around the earth, or by converting his savings into 1-cent pieces and mount ing them,in a pile, he would, in twenty years, erect a road to the moon and have $500 to invest when ho got there. Should his amusement take a charitable twist, he could, out of a year’s receipts, donate to every man, woman and child in the United States 20 cents and have money left over. Other vast possibili ties occur to the glowing fancy of the calculator. In one day he could go to 8,000 different circusses, eat 10,000 { nuts of peanuts, drink 6,000 glasses of oinonade, and have money left to get his boots blacked. He can afford t< have 600,000 shirts washed iu one day, and on the day of his death his income will buy ten first-class funerals,—Ithaca Journal. A Story of u Screw. A singular oocidCnt happened to a family named Hollscher, residing on Pearl street, near Market, a few days ago. The father died about a week ago, and was buried at Lone Mountain. On Saturday morning tho mother visited the cemetery to deoorate the grave with flowers. During her obsence the chil dren wore at home under the care of a servant girl. A little boy 3 years of age, in playing about the room, got hold of a small brass screw whioh lie pushed into his nostril. Tho girl in alarm tried to get it out, and in doing so pushed it further in. Then she ran and called some of the neighbors in, and they, ii trying to get hold of it, pushed it out of sight. They continued their efforts un til the screw-head was beyond reach. The mother was sent for, and after a night of alarm the child was taken to Dr. Laino, who, after trying to withdraw the screw with surgical instruments, put the little sufferer under tho influence of anesthetics, and cut open the prospect for tho screw. He succeeded in disfiguring the child, probably (r "‘ life, but foiled in the object of search, and the child was taken home to die, under the belief that tho screw was working up into the brain. It lingered along lot three days, suffering appar ently only from the cutting of its face and nose, and . on Tuesday morning S asaed the screw without distress, and ion it occurred to. those interested that the screw, instead of going up into tho brain, hod merely followed the air pass age from the nose to the roof of the mouth, and had there been swallowed. Castor oil effected what the scalpel of the surgeon failed in, and the child is now recovering.—ban Francisco Chron icle. ,J ' . Free end Easy Manners. When girls assume a swaggering man ner upon the street, use coarse expres sions. and greet each other with a rough “hello!” they cannot expect much de ference from their male friends. A lady’s manner alwnys controls that of a gentle man; and if sho does not respoct herself he will not respect her. When boys and girls, young men and maidens, are al lowed to fall into the absurdities of low, foolish, meaningless talk, it seems to dwarf them intellectually; they can find uotliiug of interest or importance to say, and therefore make up for sense by fill ing every sentence with needless exclama tions, exaggerations, or misused adjec tives. It requires much patience to bo compelled to listen to half a dozen folks and hear the strange, inappropriate use of language. They will assure each other that it is “awful” warm, or the concert “awful" nice; the sermon “horrid” dull; a youpg lady is “awful pretty,” but her dress “horrid ugly," the teacher “horrid strict;’’ such a young gentleman who called had an “awful swell” team of fast horses. If young people oould hoar themselves os others hear them, it might result in their reformation. Don’t pick up a child for a fool. He will ask you some questions that the con densed wisdom of the world cannot answer. WEB LAST ZJ3TTEB. Tl« but * line, a hurrM scrawl, And llttlA leem the *ord* to sAy, Tfet bold too In repxftaGMul tin nil i *' You onarrelod with to© yfilfi-dayi To4uorraw yfcu'll be lad." u'll be mil." Aye, " you'll be at And yet they njon Aye, "you'll bas ,_.„b my aoul with pain; Aye, “ yfiu’ll ba sad," the fcapp nro tru« They haunt me with pmnhotTo strain: “ To-morrow you’ll bo sad.” .i speech that Jsrrod the ear, And thus In wrath our pul«*s stlrr’d: Thon cam* hor letter : “ Dmr. my donr, To-morrow you'll bo sad." Few words! half mjrth, and ball regret, The last her hind should over wclto 1 - iad ^oras I learned hbg ago, and y ' ijyUL t In tho Palace of Truth. Richard Turner, Esq., a lawyer, lot us Hope of future fame, returning homo ono light iu an nfienviably bad biiwor, found a Certain dainty little note awaitiug Kim an his mAutiepieee. It had j UHt $ome, hfe landlady said, and slowly tearing seen the envelope, Dick road as follows: Mr Deab Mb.. TunsEit:—Many thanks for four lovely flowers, which havo betti greatly tdmlred. It was like your thoughtfulness to entembor my birth-day when 1 had almost for gotten it myself. I was so sorry to have missed four call this afternoon. Blncerolv yours, Florrnck IlBUiKF.n. A very gracious little noto, but lor lome reason it appeared to afford its reader but small satisfaction. Dick road it twice with a curling lip, then t<Bsing it into tho scrap basket, he lit a cigar, •taetched himself in an easy chair and ilioughtfully observed through the smoko wreaths that begnu to float around his head: “Wlmt a precious littlo linr sho Isl As if I didn’t see her ten minutes after sho was ‘not at home’ to me this afternoon, start out driving with Tom Baker in that confoundedly jerky dog tart of his. Shouldn’t wonder if ho had ^erked her off before they got homo; Aid served her right too! why, Snip, srhat is the matter with you sir?” Snip was the skye terrier, who, failing so understand why he lmd been slighted, was seeking to secure his master’s notice by sitting upright and waving his front paws to and fro in a gentle and depre cating fashion. 'Did I hurt your feelings, poor little boy?” said Dick, tenderly. “Well, I wouldn’t, I ossuro you, for a dozen little flirts like Florence Redifer, but I do think, Snip, and I expect you to agree with mo, thnt we would ull bo much bet ter off if women and men, too, would say oat truthfully whut was in their minds instead of this eternal boating around the push. Why can’t people be a littlo more candid with their fellow-croatures instead of fooling them to the top of their bent and theu laughing behind their backs? Do you know, Snip?" Snip didn’t "know, but he was the lgst dog m tho worid to couiless his ignor ance, so assuming a look of wisdom which Solomon might have cuvied, he gave a mysterious little bark that could mean anything And Composed himself to listen. 'Just 8 o’clock," said Dick, cousultiug liis watch. “In two hours I’ve got to dress and go to Mrs. Grey’s ball, the biggest bore of the season I haven’t a doubt; but there’s no escaping it. Aren’t you glad, Snip, you don’t have to go to bolls?" Snip barked again, this timo in an affirmative manner. He alwnys accom modated liimsolf to liis master’s moods, and was well accustomed to being ques tioned. Alert and vigilant, he watched the cigar dwindle down by slow degrees, while lie waited in well-bred silence fora renewal of the conversation. But Dick was drowsy aud cross, aud when tho eigar was smoked out he turned his bend aside aud fell fast asleep, while liis little dog curled contentedly around his toot, looking up into his master's faeo witli a world of putient love in his honest brown ayes. Seven, eight, nine, ten! Was it possi ble that lie bad slept nearly two hours s|kd the clock was really striking ten? Diok jumped up, glanced at his watch to make sure, and with a stifled groan prepared to induct himself into liis dress suit. This was never a very rapid pro cess with him, and by the time ho en tered Mrs. Grey’s brilliantly lit-up house the great clock iu tho hall was pointing to a quarter past 11. The rooms were crowded and Miflingly hot. The very flowers apponivii to droop under the glare uud the heat, all except tome deep red roses which hud been ar ranged in n sentence over tho doorway, and whose glowing hearts presented the most sumptuous and intense bit of color ing, ovonm that many-lined apartment. It waft strongs. but Dick found hiniHelf unable to rend that sentenco, although composed of only three short words. Tho language, even the letters, wero unknown to him, and for half n minute lie stood puzzling over the mystery. Then the incoming crowd gently shoved him aside, and abandoning thd effort, be mndo tho best of his way to Word his hostess. A pretty littlo woman,' magnificently dressed, but seemingly already much fatigued with tho work in hand, sho half smiled as Dick edged up to her. “Have you just come, Mr. Turner?" she Haiti “I thought you wero to be one of my early birds. ” “ So I would liave been,” ho explained, “only, unfortunately. I fell asleep and did not wake up in time." “Oh! that was tho case, was it? Well, such a lengthy nap ought to brighten you up beautifully for the rest of ttio evening. Sometimes, you know, you are rather stupid.” Dick looked at her to see if sho meant a joke, but her pretty face was gravely raised'to bis. “ You are flattering me," lie said, shortly. . “X don’t mean to r indeed, sho un sworn!, quite earnestly. “ But there are plenty of men who are always stupid, while you can be rather entertaining, when you are at your best," and sho turned gently from him to greet a new batch of guests. “ Was I ever damned with such faint praiso before ?” thought Dick. “ I won der if I am ‘at my best’ to-night?” For a minnte he stood, taking a survey of the scene before him. The musicians were playing a and playing it well; only strango to say there was * flute among them, which came piping i« with its shrill persistent little treble in a manner distracting to Dick’s over-sensi tive ear. Ho thought of Mozart’s saying that tlio only thing iu the world worse than a flute iu an orchestra was two flutes, and wondered at Mrs. Grey’s choice iu musio. Nevertheless, ns long as ho was there lie might os well donee, and looking around for familiar faces, hi.s first glance fell upon a brown-eyod maidouwhom ho lmd met at a party only the week before, aud whom he had ad mired with the guarded and half-super cilious-admiration of a veteran socioty man. In another minute they wero on the floor contending with their fellow- creatures for a little room to whirl around in, and seemingly successful in their strugglo, until a slight lurch sent tliom rather suddenly against another pair o dander*. “That was stupid, wasn’t it?” said Dick, as they stopped to taka breath after the oonoussion. “Yos,” replied sho of tho byown eyes, raising theta frankly to his fade. “You are rather a p$or dartcer. Perhaps yob are out of practice? ’ “Indeed I ought not to be," protested Dick, in unutterable indignation at the charge. “I never danced more in my life tuan I have this winter.” “Is that so? It mnst be awkwardness then,’’ said his companion, gently. “Somo people hover can thoroughly learn- I third: it is a natural gift." Dick wondered if h6 Could have heard aright or if that wretched little flute, still piping away 90 complacently, hod Absolutely bewildered him. If there was one thing he prided himself on more than auotlier—one gift, natural or other wise, which I10 felt Sure of possessing—it was his dnneiug. Was tho, brown-eyed damsel out of her mind or was she simply nn ill-bred little thing, who did not know a good daucer from a bud one? Whichever was the case lift loet no time in getting rid of her. aud still mute with amazement oud disgust, took refugo among a group of men at tho door. “You here, Turner!” said one of them. “I hardly recognized you at first, you look so yellow and thin.” “Do I, indeed?" said Dick, shortly, and wondering what he was doomed to hoar noxt. “I shbuld rather think you did,” was tho friendly answer. “I juBt said to Smith, here, as yon came up, that be tween your sallow skin and that bald spot on your head, you wero beginning to look likjc au old man before your time. Why don’t you take to country life and early hours and freshen up a bit?" “Why don’t you’mind your own af fairs and kindly leavo mo to attend to miue?" rotorteil Dick, now thoroughly avm\sed, and without Waiting for another word ho veored tupunil and 16ft tho jronp, who, one and all, scorned pro foundly astonished tit his ill temper. By this time lie began to feel a little uncertain who to approach next. Hav ing boon told already that he was stupid, ugly and a bad dancer, what wan thoro left for him to hear. He certainly had uovor met so many disagreeable peoplo liis lifo and ho had serious thoughts of boating a pcrninnnnt retreat, when ho caught sight of a blonde head .half hidden beneath the azaleas iu the conservatory. Florenco Redifer, whom I10 lmd _ _ expected to meet to-night And whom two hours ago he would lmvo in dignantly avoided. But for somo reason his contempt for hor flattery and false ness lmd been strangely modified iu so Bhort a timo and he felt a positive yearn ing to listen again to her pretty nothings and to see her blue eyes uplifted with thnt tender glance of admiring trustful ness to liis It must have cost her a groat deal of timo and patience to culti vate tho glanco tin to its present porfoc- tion audit was unkind, after nil, to p.noor at the result of such honest aud endear ing toil. The noxt minute ho was by hor sido. She looked very pretty: hor fair, hair tumbled in somo mysterious fashion on tho top of her shapely littlo head; hor bright face lit up with smiles, and hor white silk gleaming under the colored lamps with a soft and shifting radianco that pleased Diok’s cultivated oye. Ho wos not ono of tlioso to whom a woman's gown is a matter of indifference. “I came in hero for a little aiv," she said; “tho rooms aro so terribly hot, and tho whole affair is very stupid. -Don't you think so ?’’ “It lias beon worse than stupid for mo.” ho answered, laughing. “I have been insulted wherever I went. First, Mrs. Gray told mo I was often very stupid; thon Miss Vincent, do you kuow her? She is dancing now with Tom Stern.” “I don’t know hor; hut novor mind! Wlmt did sho say to you?" “Sho told mo I was awkward and a bad dancer, and intimated that I could >ver thoroughly learn.” Floronco Redifer burst into a laugh ns clear aud merry ns silver bells. “But you know, Mr. Turner,” she said, “your best frionds do not claim for you thnt you dance well.” Dick gasped and then recovered; I10 was getting hardened now. “I always flattered myself I did," ho Bnid bohlly. 8ho looked at him in some surprise. “Of course, I dou’t mean to say," she dancers were few, and evei bored or discontented, saying the last Words to a jfsrty who were about taking their dftbi “Such a pity it should l failure,’ ho hentd one of theta whisner inn tone of sympathy. “And after all the expense ybu hate gone to!” “Iam sure, then, It i^ust have been tho fault of jfiy guests,” wtipn^ Mrs. (hoy, “for I did mV part Os well as I could. Why, Mr. Turner, Are yoil going so soon ? I wonder u you, too, found my party a stupid ono ? ,r She looked so harassed that Diok for got the grudge lie owed her, and would gladly have declared her ball both bril liant and delightful, but the wordB ho wished to say stuck in hia throat—he absolutely could not give them utterance. An awful impulso wns upou him, and to his own s'oerot horror aud dismay he heard hiiuself assuring her the painful truth that it was the most dismal affair he lmd over witnessed iu his life. Then overwhelmed with slmmo at his involun tary rudeness he turned away, and his eyes fell upon the crimson roses still blooming freshly over the doorway. What au idiot lift must have beei)l There in plain English letters were tflg threo words, “Palace of Truth.” As ht looked and read, the magic flute pooled forth sO loudly and with so shrill a triumph in its tono that Diok fairly jumped, and in tho violence of his start kicked tho slopping Hnip, who leaped out of hiB master's way and gazed at him with reproachful, wonderful eyes. “Eleven o’clock, as I am a living man!” said Diok, yawning. “Throe hours asleep and no hall for me to-night Suip, you littlo villain, why didn’t you awaken mo?” Snip was silent. Ho felt tho arrant injustice of this remark, and bore it with tho equanimity of a stoic. “Well,” said his master, slowly, as he lit, liis candle, “sinoo you did not, tuid as I have had all tho diBaipntion and all the candor I need for one night, I think, lit tlo dog, that you and I will go peaceably and gratefully to bed.” Who Was Bluebeard I A gentleman who saw tho gray, forbid ding castle of Bluebeard rising aliovo tho a'atiou of Clmmptoco. Franco, tellB who the frightful hero of tho nursery was: Some render may ask, “Who was this real, historical Bhioboard?” I answor that in Brittany he was the Siour Gilles do Retz, a great feudal lord, who possessed vast estates aud great power in this neighborhood in the latter part of the fourteenth and beginning of the fifteenth centuries, and was, besides, a marshal of Franco. Tli is castle was his stronghold, and he ruled it and tho Loire country around with a hand of iron and a BWord of fire. Gifted in youth with physical strength aud beauty, and nil enormous fortune, ho impaired both by all sorts of in dulgences. When too late, with a defiled and bloated body, he found himself lashed by tho scorpion whip that is always sure to follow sin. Instead of growing penitent, he became more bloody and relentless. Seduced by a wicked and cunning alchemist to Ueliovo that by bathing in human blood I10 could claim back his vanished hoalth, beauty, and spirits, he entrapped children aud young persons of both sexes, murdered tliom in the dun geons of tho castle with his own hand, and bnthed in their warn blood. It wos beliovod that more than a hun dred wero thus murdered, After years of impunity tho matter be came so notorious and sprond so much fear through tho country that the people rose iu a muss against him, made him a prisoner, and carried him to Nantes, Thoro ho was tried by his suzerain lord, tho Duke of Brittany, and con demned to 1)0 burnt alive at the stako, a judgment carried into execution in 1440 on wlmt is now tho Ohausseo do la Made leine, on tho Gloriotto Island, in front of whero the grout hospital now stands. Not On Good Terms. “Did you know that the Simpkinses and I weron’t on good terms ?’’ said Col onel Solon, as ho dropped into tho edi torial clmir of the Oil City Derrick, liko a bag of bran out of a wagon. “ No; wliat’s tho troublo ?” “Dump if I know zactly. Yer see. tho other night mo’n my wife war invited out to a party at Dcckin Todd’i wont, coz I kuew that tl»o Deckin didn’l scrimp on eatables a bit, an’ oilers had suthiug in a jug down collar. Well t when wo got there the house was mighty nigh filled, an’ every ono was talking kind o’ loose liko, an’ a complimenting each other in various ways. Everytliing slid along as smoothly as a chunk of buttor on a hot knife ’till, longarter Bup- por timo, Mr. Simpkin, sez he to my wife, sez he, ‘Mrs. Solon, yer looks ’bout as nigh as young ns yer did ten ye,ara ago;’ an’ my wifo, sez she, 4 Yer a flatterin' me, Mr. Simpkin,’ coz my wife sho knows what to say, she does. An’ I explained, “that one cannot got around with you at, all, but only that you are not very graceful and sure-footed. Thoro ore plenty of men here who danco worso —Mr. Simpson, for instance. “ I should hope 60,” said Dick, as Simpson, n littlo weak-eyed man, whp held liis fair partner as if ho feared sho was packed with dynamite and was in danger every minute of exploding,, moved laboriously post the door. “If that is the best you can say for mo, Miss Florence, I shall never have tho audacity to ask you to dauce again,” and'with a heavy heart lie lert the conservatory, now fully satisfied he lmd hod enough of Mix Grey’s ball. • Ho took a glass of clmmpngne in the supper-room, whero its quolitywos being freely disoussod by the young men who lingered there, and went back to-ptiy his parting Jrssiiects to his hostess.- Thoro o wero still plor.ty qi peoplo about, .but a I aud it is more nutritious than the ordi- 1 chill seqmefl tpjjavQ fallen ou them, the Simpkin, land o’ Goshen, but that air wig I saw yer bnyin’ t’other day makes yer look as pert as a sixteen-year-old gal; when yer git yer false teeth won’t know yer from yer darter.’ thci$I smiled pleasantly like, but, sakes alive! that air room was just as still as a 1 my-mow for obout two minutes, an’ Mrs. Simpkin looked like she wanted to kick somebody, an’ my wifo, sez she, 4 Solo mon, Solomon,’ jest as if Fd sot down on tho baby or broke a lookin’-glass. The people didn’t seem to breathe easy for long timo, an’ bimiby wo kem away, an’ my wifo sez sho, 4 Solomon Solon, somo men are made fools, an’ some men born fools. ’ An’ sez I, 4 Sally, that's l Mt I do not know for the life o’ me who sjio was thinking on, unless ’twas tha* liiit’ral fool oXTodd’s.” Tiikre 1ms been lately turned out Milan a now kind of bre^ made with blood from row flosh. It is said to be * preventive of scurvv, and to do away, among poasants, with all dosire f<jr alco holic drinkB. The difficulty of blood co agulation being overoome, the “blood bread” will Inst for years. Twenty per cent, of its ingredients consist in blood, 1 narv.loaves of one oent e&flh. SOUTHERN NEWS. Austin, Texas is to have n capital, cost ing $1,600,000. The Germnn carp put in Georgia wa- doing finely. Scarlet fever is making it red-hot for the people of Natchez. There arc five candidates for tho post mastership of Nashville under Garfield’s administration. The sugar crop of Southern Texns has been damaged fully one-luilf by the re cent storms. Late cotton lias been damaged fearfully Cleburne, Longview, McKinney and other points in Texas. The Nashville American now figures up a Democratic majority of six on joint ballot in the Tennessee Legislature. It is said thnt sevonty-eight of the 100 members of Tennessee Legislature are iii favor of paying the State debt. There is a movement on foot by promi nent members of the Tennessee Legisla ture to cut down the number of elections. James Christopher, of Forest City, Ark., recently went to the house of a colored woman, and, in attempting to force his way in, was killed by her. She discharged on the ground qf self- defense. There are deficits in the budgets of several departments of the City Hall of New Orleans. The appropriation for pay tho jiolice is $40,000 short, aud the Improvements Department is short $32,- 000. John M. Hill, a Littlo Rock printer, was re-married Wednesday last to the wifo from whom he was divorced. After several months’ Reparation they bej corresponding, which ended iu second bliss. Under tho new code of Mississippi, any citizen has the right to arrest or enrry before a Magistrate or any proj>er officer the tramp he may find begging about his premises. It is made the duty of Magistrates to commit such tramps to jail, and from the jail he is to be hired out as other convicts are. ^Villiam Mattox, an inoffensiv man, was brutally murdered at his house near Abbeville, S. C., Thursday night lost. Two men asked for lodging, and being denied, entered the house and de manded his money, killed him and took $700. No clue to the murderers haH lieen discovered up to this time. The wifo of the deceased was in an adjoining room. Nashville American: Five school- houses—four in Wilson and one in Da- idson county, all near tho Lebanon turnpike—wero destroyed by fire, on Wednesday night last, by incendiaries. Under what is known as the four mile law, saloons or drinking-houses can not within an incorporated institution of learning, and. in order to prevent the sale of liquor in their neighborhoods, persons residing at different points along the turnpike secured charters and built all tho school-houses destroyed Inst Wednesday night. A special from Harper’s Ferry says a romantic marriage has taken place on tho railroad bridge there. A gentleman from Newmarket, Vt., was taking his daughter westward to prevent her mar riage with a young farmer. While tin father was in depot writing to his wife, informing her of his safe journey to that point, the young lady’s lover, who had secured a marriage license and a minis ter, put in an appearance, and the tw hurrying over the bridge, past the State line, were married. They then returned to tho station and informed her father, whe left at once for home, disgusted, the young couple following him the next day. Sunday evening, after his''services in the Orange Hill Free-will Baptist church, Richmond, Va., the poster, Rev. S. B. Ginn, came out with his wife. As they rcaclud the street Marion Sutton, a young man standing on the outside, be gan to use abusive language to the preacher. Mr. Ginn asked him what he had done to him that he should abuse him in this way. Sutten continued, however, and the preacher shook his lin ger iu a warning way in the young nian’i face, telling him to step, whereupon Sut. ton knocked him down. The preagher who is a smaller mail, got up and return ed tho blow. Sutton knocked him down again. The preacher came to time again and put in another lick. At this point the minister’s wife came to his *, and, taking up a brick, threw it at Sutton, fc lie 'alleges. Tho parties w finally separated, and next morning w arrested on cross-warrants Powerful Ocean Steamships. Twenty years ago the largest steamers known (in this, ns in all such comparisons, neglecting the Great Eastern, which was a prodigy of engineering skill ) did not reach 350 feet in length, 45 foot in breadth, 3,500 tons in tonnage, or 4,000 liorse-power indicated. Wo have before us at this moment a list of 50 merchant steamers sailing, in the year 1800, from Southampton and other southern ports, which tho largost vessels then frequonted, and tho list includes but 10 ships of moro than 800 feet in length, none of which reached the limits of sizo and power just given, and tho whole of which belonged to two companies, viz., the Royal Mail aud the Peninsular and Oriental. At the present moment wo have afloat and at work tho White Star liners, some of them of 445 feet in length, 45 feet in breadth, aud nearly 5,000 indicated horse-power; the Inman liners, compris ing such ships ns the City ol Berlin, 488 feet by 44 J feet broad, and of about tho samo stenm-power; tho Orient, of 445 feot by 461 I 0 * 3 *, with engines developing 5,600 horse-power; the Arizona, of about tho samo size, with still greater steam power and speed; and many other splendid vessels but little inferior to auv of tho forogoing. And theso grand steamers—many of which reach tho quays of Now’ York with greater punctuality than railway trains reach tho Loudon suburbs from Victoria and Chnring-cross, and would reach our quays with equal pmictuolity if they could avoid the aboniinablo sands thftt bar the Mersey— aro tho forerunners of still larger aud moro powerful vessels now taking shnpo upon the banks of the Clyde and elso- wuore. Tho Canard steel ship, tho Sorviu. now building by Messrs. Thomp son, of Glasgow, is 500 feet by 50 feet, with over 10,000 indicated horse-power, and will, therefore, doubtless possess a spoed considerably in advance of that of the very fastest ship at present afloat in the mercantile marine. Tho Inman steamship City of Romo, building of iron at Barrow, will bo still larger, having a length of 540 feet, a breadth of 52 feet, a gross registered tonnage of 8,000, and 5 steam power nearly equul to that of tho Servia, Tho Guion lino is to 1)0 increased by ships of almost equal sizo and power, and tho Allan line is building others equal to tho finest of tho White Shir boats. Not withstanding the number and magnitudo of tho passenger steamers now running between America and this country tho traffic is so great that it has only been possible to secure nccoinmoda tion by arranging passage many weeks, and oven months, in advance, while the rapidly increasing population and wealth of tho United States and of Canada make it certain that the interchange of agricul tural produces and manufactured goods between them and ourselves will go on increasing. —Lendon Time*. American 1 ubucco. While I was at Ferrieres, In Italy, 1 heard a comical story from the wifo of an American gentleman who resides in the neighborhood. It seems tobnceo is a Government monopoly; tho raising ot moro than a dozen plants by any one person is strictly prohibited. Tho gar dener engognd by my friond had ratlier a liking for the plant, aud embellished several of his ornamental flower-beds with it. So ono day the lady was waited upon by the Comminsaire, who iuformed her that, as sho had transgressed the rules respecting the cultivation of to bacco by nou-authorized individuals, she would have to pay a fine ’of somo $30. But, fortunately, tho Republican Dup- uty from tho district was on terms of great intimacy with tho family, aud he offered his services to get them out of tha scrape. Ho went, therefore, to call ou the local Magistrate, and represented to him that the offending plants were of American origin, and, consequently, woro of a kind that were totally valueless for any other purpose than that of orna mentation. Tho dignitary professed him self ns being quite satisfied with tho ex planation, .aud, in view of tho non existence in commerco of any such an article ns Amoricau tobacco, my friond got off scot free.—Lucy Jlooper. The Quickest Trains in the World, Tho paco of tho quiekest trains in En gland, says ail English paper, is great«-r by ten miles an hour than that of the quickest trains of auv other country. In Great Britain the average velocity of tho express is fifty miles au hour. In Bel gium it never exceeds forty-ono miles nji hour ; between Paris and Bordeaux it is thirty-nine and a half miles an hour. In Russia And in somo parts of Switzerland tho rate is twenty-seven miles an hour. ■antra, iu England railway travcl- ... 0 .j attended with more risk than in any other country in the world. Ket thus tho perils of tho steam loco motive are much exaggerated, for a French statistician, alter a very labori ous examination of tho dcuths occurring from railway accidents over tho surface of the whole earth, states tho result of liis examination thus: “If a person were to livo continually in a railway carriage, and spend all his timo in railway travel ing, tho chances in favor of his dying from railroad accident would not occiu’ until I10 war- 060 venrs old.” A who opens oyetori tdoco by halves. Thum’s lots of cold comfort in % hun dred pounds of ioo. Oxb-uauf ot the world doesn’t know how the other half lies. A Neyaiu ball report says: “Honora was full of eclat—iu fact, the eclatcst lady preseut. ” You can’t play that on me !” said the piano to the amateur who broke down on a difficult piece of music. O.'tz touch of you, mo, makes tho whole world spin,” as the boy said when his mother boxed his cars. 'DaBLtxa husband," she said, “am I your treasure ?” “Certainly,” ho re- plieil, “and I should liko to lay you up in heaven.” The editor of tho Cincinnati C'onimer- rial, Who has farming ideas, thought thnt to lmvo buttermilk he must buy a gout.—New York Jferald. One of tho first requisitions received from a newly-appointed railway station agent was: ‘‘Send me a gallon of red ou for the danger lanterns. When you see -two dogs growling and gettiug ready to fight, romombor that It is only a joint debate, and the liveliest dog will get away with the joint,” ^‘Do you get any holidays in your of fice?” asked a returned divine of a cher ry-looking worker in secular walks. “Oh, yes, we got a day to get buried on." “ Ciphering:" School boy (kept in)—. 44 Let's seo—one fin's ought’s ought. Twioo ought’s ought. Throe t’m’s ought —oh, must bo something—stick it down A yofno lady at an examination in grammar was askod why “the man bach elor was singular ?” She replied imme diately, “Because it is vory singular thoy don't get married. ’’ 44 You wouldn’t take a man’s last oent fora cigar, would you?” “Certainly I would,” remarked the proprietor. “Well, here it is, then,” passing over a cent, “giro me the cigar.” A Western writer thinks that if tho propor way to spoil tho is "though,” ate is “eight,” and hoes is “beaux,” the proper way to |spell potatoes is pough- teighteaux.—Cleveland Sun. “There Aro No Birds in Last Year’s Nests ” is tho title of a song. Probably not. If it were equally sure that there are no ruts iu last year's rat holes tho public mind would be more at rest. The Vermont housewife who read that English nobles have lots of hares in thoir preserves, says sho tried it to the extent of putting a whole chignon into some blackberry jam, aud tho jam didn't seem a bit bettor for it. “ Shall wo sell or abandon our girls?” editorially asks the editor of the Hawk- eye. I)o neither. Give ’em away. When a girl is given away, if she is not “sold,” tho young limn is—in a majority of cases. —Norristown Herald. Two ladies iti the horso car wero talk ing about au actress whom they had just seen. “Site Is too stout,” said one. “Oh, no," replied tho other, who slightly tended towards embonpoint. “She is mure than stout; site’s fat.” The truly affectionate and sensible wife approaches her husband with a be nignant expresriou of oouutenauoe. and gently laying her hand upon his shoulder, obtervea, “Charley, dear, please dou’t spend auv moro monoy for cardamom seeds. I'll try and stand it if you won't kis» me oil the lip a." A lady correspondent of tho Cinoin- nali Enquirer says: “I know a fashion able belle who has her arms lathered and shaved from oud to end by a barber onco n mouth.” Alia! Tills explains why female arms bccomo bald-hoaded at such an early ago.—Philadelphia Chronicle* Herald. A Wonderful Blind Man. A very remarkable blind man, named John itietcalf, a native of Manchester, was living at tho beginning of this cent ury ; and, strange to say, his occupation was no other than that of a guide, his living being gained by liis conducting strangers through intricate routes dur ing tlio night or when the roads wero covered with snow. Stranger still, however, was the calling which he sub sequently followed, and this wo are told was that of a 44 projector and surveyor of highways in difficult and mountain ous parts. ’ With the aid solely of a staff which ho carried, he was often to bo soon traversing roads, mounting hills, and exploring valleys. It was under tlio direction of Metcalf that many of tho roads over tho Peak, in Derbyshire, wero altered ; aud he also designed and su perintended tlio construction of a now road in the same neighborhood, formed with a view to open a communication with tho great London road without the necessity of passing over tiio mountains. A Female Crusoe. If Do Foe had only known of a female ( Crusoe living on an ocean island, ho . splendid luck, might, perhaps, have wrought out 11 story superior to his Robinson Crusoe. Alex- under Selkirk’s brief life on Junu Fernan dez rvns trivial, either in the hardship ondnred or tho difflcultiea conquered, compared with tlmt of n nutivo woman on an island opposite Southern Cali* f ° The Catholic Fathers at South Barbara wore transporting the natives of the Is land St. Nicholas to tho mainland. Among them was a mother who disc '” A Bonanza of Bears and Lions. John Bowles lofthis sheep ranch, near Keefer’s Mill, for a day’s sport. lie did not get, very far before lie discovered bear tracks, both largo and small. Tliis discovery was followed up by las coming upon a number tho “varmiuts” taking things easy under a spreading manzanitn tree. John stood his ground manfully, and blazed away with liis deadly Rem ington, and two of the full-grown boars were killed outright. Tho third, although badly wounded, went for his sculp, and John lmd to retreat to tho crotch of a tree close by. With admirable tonight lie froze to liis gun, and as soon as tho boast came up to his roosting-placo ho laid him out by a splendid shot through tlio oye. On coming down tor liis porch John feasted liis eyes with tho siglit of his victims, and while enjoying this pleasure ho heard somo cubs crying for their mother. In looking around tho brush I10 found two lino cubs, which ho secured and took home. While on his way back ho fell iu with two California lions, which bo bagged, thus making a perfect bonanza of game tor ono day’s sport. Johnny tools bigger now tlmn old Grunt, and will not soon forget his (Cat' Enterprise. ered that hor babe had been left behind. Chawed by a Bear. Recently near Riverdnlo, in tho Town ship of Greenock twelvo miles from Walkerton, Out., two women and thoir children, who had gone to the woods to pick acorns, were attacked by a l>ear. The women took up the younger children in tho arms, and got away, but a boy about five years of age, son of a farmer named Charles Symons, was seized by the ferocious brute. Assistance arrived about half as hour, tho cries of the In Paris, children's parties aro preten tious affaire. The decorations and toilets ore made as prominent foaturos and as elaborate as among older society followers. At one of the children’s balls was a child of eleven decked in thousands of dollars worth of diamonds, and a toilet of luce worth six hundred dollars, with a gossa mer fan mounted iu turquoise aud pearls. Whero all should be joy, life and light in this youthful crowd, there are the same rivalries, heart-burnings and en vious feelings that embitter and spoil the pleasure of older hearts. She bogged tlmt the ship might be put culling for bis father guiding the back, mit tho captain refused, olio 1 to tho spot. The brute mude leaped into tho sea to swim ashore, but - • — te *1--uo- as a storm prevailed, they all thought slio was drowned. , , Eighteen years alter a company landed on tho island. Thoy found traces of life, and after long search discovered tlio wo man, and took her with thorn. The poor mother never found her babo, but had managed to livo in comparative comfort, though very lonely. Aftor^lier long lifo thoir approach, and the child ’ found Btill alivo but dreadfully mangled. His entrails wero torn out, tho ribs were broken from tho back, and the lleeli eaten off in large quantities. The poor littlo fellow diea shortly after. Two low a boys were amusing them selves throwing a heavy ramrod fi« high ns they could. One of them met liis chiefly in ’tlio open air, sho could not death f>y the missile descending with boar the confinement of a bouse, and the velocity of a bullet and penetrating soon sickened aud died. bis head. \ a A
