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\V. MiUSI IUI,K,} Editors and Proprietors,
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
WEST.
Within the past twelve months Uli
loie railroad* liavo killed 227 persona and
raimed 404.
The boiler in a saw mill at Green
lay, Wisconsin, exploded Monday, killing
f teen men and wounding twelve others.
Light warriors, thirty-nine squaws
nd pappoosoH, and sixty-two ponies, belong
to tiie Medicine Water band of Chey
nues, surrendered unconditionally at Cliey
inie agency on the 20th inst. Two white
omen are now with Stone Calf, who is said to
av„ two hundred lodges on the Staked Plains,
wo messengers have arrived, asking for
oace. Word liau been sent him that he can
m ender unconditionally, and a demand was
is. lo for the white women.
EAST.
iitfi will of the late Mayor Ilave
rr, of New York, has been probated. Ilis
■operty is valued at from *3,000,000 to *5,-
0 000. The only lioirs are his widow, six
ns and Iwo daughters.
DipUieria has a firm bold in New
>rk. Por the week ending December 19,
ere were 154 deaths from that disease,
ainst 139 the week previous. Small-pox in
ea*(d from 54 to 91 fatal cases, and tcarle
ve:- from 3G to GO.
A new civil suit has been commenced
;ainst. Wm. M. Tweed, in which Edward
arrincr is joined as defendant, on behalf of
le city, to recover from both *550,000, alleged
i have been fraudulently charged by Marri
>r for supplies to tl o street department and
andulently certified to by Tweed as Deputy
reet commissioner for payment. There are
irtv-ono bills of Marriner’s alleged in the
implaiut, to be in this category.
The large, newuam just completed for
ayden, Gero & Co.’s brass works, at Hayden
lle. Mass., burst about 11 o’clock on the
tb, and a large body of water, covered with
e about ten inclios thick, swept down the
tunnel, through the village with a crash
milar to the flood of May last. Tho cotton
ill just below tho village held the water
id ice, which has probably prevented any
orifice of life at Heeds, with which place
ere is no telegraphic communication. There
>re seventy-fivo or one hundred children
aling on the pond- at tho time, but it is
ought all escaped.
SOUTH.
Fletcher Lane, one of the oldest cot
i factors of Memphis, died last week of heart
waso.
Henry Washington, cousin of George
ishington, died at Shrevoport, Ha., on tho
tli inst., aged 80 years.
Vaulix Flournoy, aged 18, committed
icide at Greenwood, Ala., on the 18tli inst.,
shooting himself. Cause—a love affair.
Ju a quarrel at Chelsea stockyards,
enspbis, Friday night, Matt. Itico shot and
tally wounded Dave Scott, both colored.
An incendiary fire at Clarendon, Ark.,
rly Thursday morning, destroyed property
the amount of *50,000.
.1. IT. Bars, a cartman, was stabbed
Id kitted in Memphis, last week, by a negro
■gaged in the tame occupation. The mur
kier escaped.
■The Byerly post mortem shows that
■■Gov. \Varmouth inflicted six wounds on
■ assailant, five of which were necessarily
■Daniel Flahfrty, an employe of the
■reliant’* cotton company, Memphis, was iu-
Bntly killed last week by the breaking of the
■chitiery, a piece striking him on the head.
■Reports from Montgomery, Ala., * tatt
le the negroes are rapidly contracting with
■liters for next year’s woik. Tlioro is less
■k of going west, and a better feeling pro
■)■* than for years.
fcest, the man who murdered the post-
at Lancaster, Kv., is said to havo pro-
killed six men. Tho quarrel in this
Stance aroso out of a controversy in regard
B the ownership of land. Tho murderer is
II at large.
Robert Bonner has purchased of R.
niston, of Lexington, K_v., liis famous tbreo
ar-old mate, Lady Stout, paying *25,000. At
> last fall meeting at Lexington tho maro
de the fastest timo for a throe-yi ar-old
record.
\ collision occurred on the 22d three
os north of Grenada, on the Mississippi
itral, between freight trains Nos. 8 and 9.
t. Velentine, engineer, was instantly killed,
th engines aud a number of ears were de
iislied.
A W. Hodges, postmaster at Lancas
, Ky , was shot and killed in his office last
by Ebenezer Best. The two men were
itberr-iu-law, nodges having married two
Best’s sisters. Family troubles probably
ised the tragedy.
Yt New Orleans, on the 2fi‘h inst.,
piarrel took plaee between ex-Gov. War
uth and Sir. Byerly, proprietor of the Bfil
>n. The batter stiuck the former with a
io, whereupon Warmouth stabbed Byerlv
> or three times, from the effects of which
?rly expired.
\ collision occurred last week on the
it Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
i miles east of Carter’s depot, Tonn., kill
two men, named Crouso and Wm. Wyatt,
l injuring five others. The two engines and
oral cars were smashed, and the two cars
h their contents were burned.
'he sheriff of Claiborne county, Ten
see, Henley Overton, died from a pistol
t which he received last week w hile in tho
rharge of his official duties, in arresting a
i named Leford. The sheriff also shot his
loner, who fell upon Overton, and died
nrsdiaceiy. Boih men were of respectable
lilies.
L report comes from Versailles, Ky.,
. serious affray at that place between white
i and negroes. It appears that a party of
s engaged with a party of negroes in tlirow
lire-crackers at each other. The sport
i hilarious aud not harmful, until a horse
i appeared upon the scene, who resented
-crackers thrown by 'she neg Toes by firing
revolver at them. The negroes returner!
fire, snooting into the party of white men,
1 at once a fnsilade commenced, resulting
he killing of two negroes outright, and the
Hiding of others, and the, perhaps, mortal
Hiding of two white men. The negroes
e driven for refuge iuto a house, which
A* or >ee surround£<\j; jj VANYKVV...I. he
During the next few weeks Mr.
• B. Mull will travel over most of the coun
es contiguous to Bartow, on business of his
wn. He has kindly proposed, however, to
ya word, when convenient, in behalf of
e Standard and Express. If any of our
ends should desire to subscribe to onr pa
ir through Mr. Mull, we here state that any
ceipts given by him will be duly recognised
f us.
The nicest Cakes, Pies, and Pastry
kinds, fresh, always to be found on the
ounter, at A. D. YANDIVERE’S.
The cheapest and most stylish La
ics’ and Gentlemen’s Shoes aud Boots “ J I
ound iu Cartcrsviile, are at Chapma l ' * eei ’
r opposed
?ir robberies amount to'themsands of dot
's. On being arrested, Kingsbury made a
■lfessiou which led to the arrest of the
Biers, several ef whom male full confes
ses. Petty was arrested as accessory, two
Bles of cotton being found in lub store. He
Bve bond in *BOO to answer before the grand
■ry.
miscellaneous.
■ 1 he bullion product of Nevada alone
Br 1875 is estimated at *60,000.000.
1 1-ho father of Charles Rosa offers five
THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
thousand dollars reward for the return of his
stolen boy, and promises to ask no questions.
It is reported that the Mormons in
the United States propose to found colonies in
Mexico, with the intention of emigrating en
masse from Utah.
The suit of Josephine Mansfield
against the estate of the late James Fisk, Jr.,
to recover the value of two promisory notes,
with interest, amounting altogether to *25,-
000, has resulted in favor of the plaintiff.
L’.ent. Frederick Collins, command
ing the United States surveying expedition,
leaves Washington to muster his forces and
equip them for the expedite . He will sail
in the first Pacific mail steamer in January for
Antwerp, thence to proceed in tho United
States vessel Cananidigua to Atrato.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Four hundred men and women were
Saturday discharged from the Engraving and
Printing Bureau of the treasury, in conse
quence of a large part of the work of the
bureau having been transferred to New York.
Secretary Delaao has written a letter
to the secretary of war, lu wiilcu no rj u„.
Black bills country is secured by treaty to tho
Kionx Indians, and I repeat the request that
the most effective measure* within tho power
of tho war department may be adopted to
wards all persons making encroachments upon
said territory, and that ail intruders bo pur
sued, overtaken and expelled from it.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
has received an urgent petition from Red
Cloud to be allowed to come on to Washing
ton. with some forty Sioux a iherents, and
settle np all troubles about tlie Black Hill
reservation and hunting on the Platte rivor.
Commissioner Smith replied that on account
of a want of funds to pay the expenses of the
would be negotiators, their proposition must
be declined.
A Cleveland defective Darned Gilbert
S. Perkins, has filed with the secretary of the
treasury a claim for *5,000 for the arrest of
Tom Ballard. He was cons dored the most
dangerous counterfeiter loose. It will be re
membered that he made a proposition that, if
his crime was condoned, ho would give the
government a secret which would render the
successful counteifciting of notes impossible.
His offer was rejected by Secretary Bristow.
A careful canvass of the finance com
mittee of both houses show that the passage
of tho bill restoring tlio tax upon tea aud cof
fee is very probable, and that consequently,
there is little prospect of any increase of the
tax on whisky. It is expected that the restor
ation of tho tea and coffee tax will provide
for all necessary additional revenue without
changing the wbi*ky tax. It is the desire of
both finance committees not to change tho
whisky tax if sufficient revenue can be ob
tained by other means. The little tariff bill,
which will doubtless pass, will slightly increase
tho revenue.
FOREIGN.
A fire at Takei, Japan, last week, de
stroyed about one thousand houses.
The Von Arnim trial has closed, and
the count was sentenced to three months’ im
prisonment.
A report comes from Havana that
Gen. Jordan is to return to Cuba aud take
command of tho insurgent forces.
Herr Pestel, counsellor of the lega
tion at Paris, lias been appointed minister for
tlie Netherlands at Washington.
An explosion occurred in Bagnal Hall
colliery, North Staffordshire. Twenty miners
were killed. Thirteen bodies have been taken
out.
The Germau men-of-war Alhatros and
Nantiluius have been ordered to remain at
Santander and demand satisfaction of tlio
Ctrlists for their attack upon tho German
brig Gustave.
All the powers having accepted the
invitation to tho international code confer
ence. Russia has issued a circular asking them
to present their recommendation as to the
timo of tho meeting of tho conference.
Prince Bismarck has moved in the
federal council that an extradition treaty be
concluded with the United States which shall
replace all similar treaties now existing be
tween that cjuntry and various German gov
ernments.
The Grand Dnke Nicholas, son of the
Grand Duke Constantine, aud nephew of the
emoeror, has been declared insane and placed
under the guardianship of his brother. Ho
was associated with the diamond scandal a
few months ago.
A desperate battle was fought at Bar
quisimonto, Venezuela, between the govern
ment troops under Gen. Marquez, and the in
surgents under Gen. Calina. Tho engage
ment lasted 84 hours. Between 700 aud 800
men wero killed and wounded. Both sides
claim a victory.
Alfonzo, prince of Austria, replying
to the address of tho German Grandees, say*:
‘‘ A monarchy alone can terminate the disor
ders aud uncertainty which prevail iu Spain.”
A majority of the people of Spain are agreed
and have declared their opinion that he only
is the rightful representative of the Spanish
monarchy.
A shocking railroad accident occurred
last week rear the town of Woodstock, Ox
fordshire, England. The express train on the
branch of tho Great Western railway was
thrown from tho track and precipitated down
an embankment. Several of the catriages fell
in tho canal, and thirty persons were killed
and fifty wounded.
A London letter says her majesty’s
ship Basilisk, has just returned to England
after a commission of nearly four yeais, and
brings word that a large archipelago of islands
lias been discovered in the neighborhood of
New Guinea, and that two mountains in this
region, each about eleven thousand feet high,
have boon named Mount Gladstone aud Mount
Disraeli.
The Facific Mall company's steam
ship Japan, from San Francisco and Yoko
hama. was burned Thursday last when sixty
miles out from Yokohama. The Japan left
San Francisco Nov. 14. arriving at Yokohama
Dec. 10, and sailed thence on the 12th for
Hong Kong, with three cabin passengers and
424 Chinese iyi the steerage. Tho steamer left
Sau Francisco with 937 tons .of freight and
*375,000 in treasure-
A telegram has been received from
Madeira stating that three of the crew of the
emigrant ship Cospatrick, from London for
New York, had arrived at St. Helena, and re
ported the Cospatrick burned at sea. Only
three persons are at present known to survive
—namely, the second mate and two seamen.
Those were picked up by tho British ship
A Softer having been ten days iu an
of the n-Bubsistiug part of the time on the
burb of ood of others who died whilst in
ternoon The Cospatrick was burned on
to iu volt 17, off tho Cape of Good Hope,
lives afCocpstrick was from London for
of Captr ew Zealand. She sailed Septem
iuto tin 18 uow Estimated that four hundred
on hxes were lost by tho disaster,
the unjptain and several more of tlie
left of tho Pacific Mail steam
fotir of have arrived at Hong Kong. The
tent thc- et remains to be heard from: R.
four he’ cal,il ‘ P asße,l K er on e steerage pas
took a ’ r ß eon Gall au<i several of the crew
,ar hundred Chinese. The steamer was
. . discovered on fire about eleven o’clock
Thursday night, the fire being over the boil
ers. Tho vessel was then 150 miles from Hong
Kong. Alter two hours spent in frunic** ef
forts to got the fire uuder control, the captain
decided to abandon the vessel. On Friday
morning all hands were transferred to tho
boats. They remained about the vessel until
noon of that day, when all proceedod for
Swattaow. The mails were not saved.
—The law is a food deal like a cross
eyed woman with a pair of right and
left boots. Half the time yon can’t bet
on which leg the right boot will go, and
win money enough to keep yon in tooth
picks,
THE VOYAGE.
I.—AKCHOBRt’,
O w ry days and nights Pit still, so still—
TANARUS; useless sails hang flapping stiff and plow;
We ine and chafe, and set our heipless will
In rain revolt at what to charge, to know
Is lot for us. We bear the strong winds blow
And l et as in the east, the west, we see
Grcatsliips and small go sliding fast and free.
H. —A ■DRIFT',
O feaaful days and nights, so dark, so cold—
Tht swift waves mock aud leap on every side;
No rtdder steers ; no mast, no spar, can hold;
Wethink no ear could hear us if we cried ;
We .hink God would not miss us if we died ;
We fesl forgotten, helpless, east aay;
We abut our eyes aud do not even pray.
in.— ON SHORE.
O peaceful days, and, peaceful nights whose peace
Cannot be uttered! O green shores of life
Beyond the body ! Shall we ever c ase
To smile tint through such hotaod piny“ lte
We came? That doubts and l'ears s row 80
That we could fail to see how Go£® hand
Our anchorings and driftings * almea ‘
A rRU£ WIFE.
AN „rTSCt>JS OF LIFE AT HOMBURQ.
The Lutheran cemetery of Hombnrg
von tier Hohe has no special attraction
for a pstfanger, unless it be the pro
fipxrfti of flowers which spring up round
the graves. Roses red, white, and yel
low. dahlias, geraniums, pansies, sweet
william, and a legion of wild-flowers,
seem to mock with their gayetyand sad
shadows of the grave stones. Many of
the monuments stand in a small plot of
their own, fenced in by a miniature pal
isade, aud laid out in flower-beds and
tiny paths, a space being left for a seat
under a trellised canopy. These gar
dens are more generally left to the
bounty of nature than to the care of
man, but occasionally may be seen a
somber figure stooping over a flower
bed, or trimming the borders of some
loved inclosure.
I was strolling, one June evening,
amid the tombs and roses, when I saw
the seat in one of the little gardens oc
cupied by a man clad in deep mourn
ing. An Englishman certainly, from
his appearance, I at once judged him to
be, before I had heard the veica of a
little brown-eyed, ruddy child, who was
toddling about llie paths, aud stooping
over the flowers. Not far from the spot
stood a man-servant, hidden by the ar
bor from the view of the visitors to the
grave. The occupant of the seat, who
was a young man of neat, soldier-like
appearance, was gazing vacantly-upon
the little girl, who was engaged in fill
ing a wire basket with flowers, picked
with no small amount of difficulty.
When filled, this was carried to her
father (for so I naturally guessed him to
be), duly arranged by him, and then
laid as an offering at the foot of the
bright green mound. This done, the
child, clambering up to her father’s
side of the seat, asked him solemnly :
“ Will mother like to smell them,
father ?”
“ I am sure she will, darling,’’ was
the reply.
I was all this time concealed behind
an adjoining monument, whence I
watched every movement of the mourn
ers who had so attracted my attention.
Presently, the man-servant, coming for
ward, intimated that it was getting late,
and, with an air of authority, mingled
with respect, opened the small gate of
the inclosure for his master to pass out.
The latter, kneeling for a moment, with
bis forehead resting upon the cross
which sprung from some ivy-clad roek
work at the head of the grave, kissed
the .name inscribed, aud, followed bv
his daughter, who TnsiHteu upon snor
ing the gate herself with great, careful
ness, took the path to the entrance of
the cemetery. A3 soon as they were out
of sight, I hurried to the spot, which
had already awakened in me a strong
feeliDg of curiosity, and read these
words inscribed in gilt character on a
cross of white marble :
Heir rnhot in Gott, Louise Margaret Mar
tvn, Geb. den 22 August, 1849. Gest, den 3
Mai, 1870.
On the reverse of the cross, an Eng
lish inscription ran thus :
Here rests in peaee Louise Margaret Martyn,
the dearly loved wife of Cyril John Martyn,
late a Captain in Her Britannic Majesty’s
tli Hussars. Born 22 August. 1849. Died
3 May, 1870.
After gazing sadly at these words, and
noting much that I have described, I
bent my way homeward, in a saddened
state of feeling.
It was easy enough to read a tale of
sorrow in what I had seen ; bnt there
was something moro to be read between
the lines, I felt sure. The expression
of the widower’s face, and the authori
tative manner of the servant, could not
but mean something. How ever, I soon
afterward entered the gardens of the
Kinliaus, and mingled with the crowd
of promenaders. My friend, Dr. Fichte,
had asked me to sup with him, that
evening; he would be sure to know
something about the Martyns, if there
was anything worth telling, so that I
did not fail to avail myself of his invi
tation. After our pleasant little meal,
when the doctor had pulled down from
the wall a china pipe, with a stem as
long as himself, and I hud filled my own
pipe with caporal, I told him what I
had seen in the cemeterv.
“ Ah ! there’s a sad story about, them,
my friend, almost too sad for a happy
meeting like the present; but you shall
hear it. It was in 1869, somewhat early
in the season, that an English gentle
man, named Martyn, called npon me
for advice. He was a strong-looking
man of athletic bnild, and had one of
yonr regular English faces, expressive
of coolness and resolve. From his ap
pearance, I should have said that there
was not a healthier man in Hombnrg ;
nor was it easy for me, after a careful
examination, to discover his ailment.
Bat I need not tell you, that it is often
the physician’s duty to devote his atten
tion to an imaginary sickness, and to
listen with as interested an air to delu
sions as to real suffering. Without en
tering into any technical details, it will
be enough for me to say that mv patient
described himself as suffering from gen
eral debility and lack of energy. He
said he was always losing ground, that
luck was against him, and that there
must be someone thing radically wrong
in his constitution, which prevented his
playing a successful part in the world.
He had tried all sorts of systems, as he
called them, but they had failed miser
ably, and he was now a broken-down
man. He assured jne that he had no
mental cause of anxiety, that he was
perfectly happy in his domestic rela
tions, and that he was not in any degree
hypochondriacal. I prescribed’ for him
a course of Va thing, early honrs, and
regular exercise, and, on his taking
leave, begged for my wife to be allowed
to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Mar
tyn. This request, you must under
stand, I made from a desire to have a
few words’ conversation with my pa
tient’s wife regarding his ease. But as
he grew fidgety aud nervous on my
making the proposal, I bade him good
bye with the hope of seeing him again
in my own house. His manner had
tended to confirm my rising apprehen
sion that my patient’s disease was not
of such a nature as we can minister to,
and, a ter a second prolonged visit from
him, I felt the absolute necessity of
putting myself into personal communi
cation with his wife. I had already
made her acquantance in the gardens,
and had been struck by her singular
grace and sad beauty of expression. I
called at their lodgings, one day, after
my afternoon’s work, and was ushered
at once into a small room at the top of
the house, which was in Dorotheen
strasse, a street not much frequented,
as yon know, by your countrymen. I
found Martyn and his wife seated oppo
site to eaefi other at a small table, on
which wus placed an oval board covered
with green cloth, and marked with the
plan of a rou-et-noir table. Opposite
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1875.
Mrs. Martyn, who was acting as crou
pier, was placed the inventaire of the
bank, consisting of rouleaux of gold
and silver, two small boxes with com
partments for various pieces of monev,
the talon of white marble for the taille
of six packs of cards to stand on, and
the basket into which the used cards
were thrown. Martvn’a back was turned
toward me as I entered the room ; his
wife faced me, so that I caught at once
her glance of anguish and anxiety, re
vealing in a the nature of her
husband’s ailment, which I had sus
pected he beyond my power to cure.
ii 'Messieurs, l’aites le jeu,’ called out
me poor wife.
“ ‘Come, doctor, try your luck,’ cried
the poor madman, as he placed four
gold pieces on the red. ‘Our minimi.m
is 2 fiorins, and I never go higher than
100.’
“I put a couple of florins on the red.
Mrs. Martyn called out: ’Le jeu c-st fait,
rien ne va plus ;’ dealt out in two lots
the requisite number of cards; and
saying : ‘Rouge perd—couleur gagne,’
sweeps oft her husband’s gold and my
florins, and takes some fresh caixis from
the talon 7or tho next deal.
“ Bowing to the po r croupier, whose
sad, serious face told plainly enough
what it cost her to keep her poor hus
band thus amused, I said adieu to my
patieut, from whom, however, I had no
small difficulty in getting away.
“‘ My dear doctor,’ he said, ‘if yon
will put down your hat, have a glass of
iced water by your side, and follow my
play steadily, your fortune is made.
The bank has only an advantage of |
per cent., which is double the chance
of the public tables hero.’ Then ad
dressing his wife t * Pardon,, monsieur,
vonhz-vons bien me changer unte note
de trente cinq gulden ? ”
“However, I pleaded stress of work;
promised to return before long, and
have some steady play; and hurried
out; my heart wrung with the sound of
‘ Messieurs, faites le jeu,’ as 1 went
down the stair-case.
“ In the evening of the same day I
received a note from Mrs. Martyn, in
which she told me that, she would hall
on me between 7 and 8 o’clock, the next
morning. At the appointed time, after
my last patient had left me, I found tlie
young lady awaiting our interview.
But before I go on any further, you
must know what she was like. She
was tall and slim, too tall for beauty,
though her natural grace and ease re
moved any awkwardness that excessive
hight might have given her fignte.
Her head and features were rather
small, and the natural color of her face
—then pale—must have been fresh and
thoroughly English. Her soft brown
hair was tied behind into one thick
plait, which fell below her shoulders.
As she swept into this room through
.the folding doors, my great pity for her
was for the moment lost in admiration
of her beauty. Sinking down on the
sofa, she burst into an agony f tears,
* Forgive me, doctor ; I cannot restrain
myself before you, for I know that you
can feel for me. I was unwilling to
take up your time, but knowing that
you would wish to be informed of all
the circumstances attending my hus
band’s illness. I have drawn up an ac
count of the few months previous to
the accident which led to it. When
you have read it, I will consult you
again.’ She then left me ths narrative,
which I will now ask you to read, be
fore I complete the tale.”
T The doctor soon afterward left me
absorbed in the c tret a t v written manu
script, which ran as follows :
“My clear husband had not a fault,
as I thought, when I married him. Ac
complished, good-humored, handsome,
every one loved him, ant our first
year’s married life was unclouded by a
speck of trouble. We had spent our
winter’s leave of absence in Germany,
my husband having wished to collect
information about, the Prussian military
system, with the view of writing on the
subject. We stopped here on our re
turn, and one day, by way of amuse
ment, going np to the roulette-table in
the kursaal, my husband put a napo
leon on No. 10, wieli was then the num
ber of my years. Round went the
roulette, the ivory ball rattled, fell
into Mo. 19, and my husband took up
35 napoleons besides the one he had
staked, Pleased, as he could not help
being, his face wore an expression of
something almost like shame, as he
walked out of the rooms.
“ ‘ I don’t feel as if I had come by
this money honestly,’ he said; ‘what
shall I do with it ?”
“ Amid various projects, ho decided
to give a grand treat to the men of his
troop, and relieve the families in the
regiment that stood in need of help.
Sad news awaited us on onr arrival in
England. Owing to the failure of an
assurance company, my father-in-law,
who held a large number of shares in
it, was deprived of all his fortune, and
it seemed if he must depend upon his
friends for the very means of subsist
ence. My husband effected an ex
change to a regiment in India, and we
were spending the last anxious weeks in
my old home. He had left me for a
few days to go to town on business, and
I was eagerly looking out for a letter
from bim during this our*first separa
tion, when at last came the wished for
envelope, with a foreign head on it, and
stamped with the post-mark, Hombnrg
v. and. H. Fortunately I was alone as I
read, almost terrified, that my husband
had gone to Hombnrg, with a view of
winning a handsome sum of money with
which to buy an annuity for his father.
The success of his first venture in gain
ing 35 naroleons had in a senso demor
alized him. He had now pluDged into
gambling; commencing to play with
great luck, and winning .£SOO on the
first evening. This was almost doubled,
the next day. He determined to leave
when he had won £ISOO, but on the
third day he left off play with a loss of
£2OO, and on the fourth, the whole of
the rest of his winnings were gone, to
gether with the £IOO he had taken out
to play with. The anxiety I felt to be
with my husband, when I read this ter
rible letter, prevented my yielding to
anything like useless grief ;*I got ready
my traveling things in an hour, and
telling my people at home that Cyril
wanted to see me immediately on press
ing business, I left onr house in time to
reach London by midday. Fortunately,
on that very morning, a half-yearly div
idend of money of my own had be* n for
warded to me in the customary way ; I
cashed this at onr banker’s, and after
passiDg a wretched afternoon in Lon
don, of course all alone, I left by the
mail train for Brussels. I must tell
you that, wanting to rest somewhere, I
had wandered into our academy exhibi
tion of pictures, and had there been a
first staggered, and then fascinated, by
a large painting of a rouge-et-noir table,
surrounded by every representative of
gambling life. Long did I stand lean
ing on the rail before the picture, read
ing the history of every group, and
finding my own portrait in a young wife
endeavoring to drag her husband from
the scene. In twenty-four hours after I
had left London, as quickly as the let
ters travel, I was with my dear husband
in Loni*en-strasse. Oh, how pale and
wan he looked 1 But the happiness I
felt in once more being at his side to
comfort him makes me look back to that
meeting with more joy than sorrow. He
kissed me so tenderly, asked how our
little Edith was, and then, pulling a
chair to the table, rested his head on
his band, and remained silent for a
minute or two.
“ ‘O, Louise,’ he said, ‘ I have ruined
yon ;’ and then he broke down com
pletely. When I had had some tea, I
told him cheerfully we must then talk
of business. I had brought £6O in £lO
notes, which would pay any little bills
he owed, and take ns home. But my
husband would not spea*, 6itt,ng mo
tionless, with his face buried m his
hands. At last, as I came out
worse news. He owed to a banker
in Hombnrg, aud had henna himself to
make over the proceeds ol bis commis
sion, whenever he should'ell out, to an
English ruoney-lcnde', who had ad
vanced him a large sum a* about . 0 per
cent interest. I would not show my
husband what I felt on nearing this ;
and hard as tlie struggle was, I tried to
talk lightly of his loss. We must stay
at Hombnrg until more
were sent to me, tnen nome, and
hurry out to India, wberefwe couid live
on Cyril’s pay, and perjiais send some
of it to his father. Myjhusband got
more cheerful as tlie evening wore on;
and as we walked throngl tlie Schloss
garden into the cemettfy, he said :
‘ Well, I shan’t havo to Inhere after all,
Louise, having shot mvsep through de
spair.’ Tired out as I tos, I went to
bed very early, and wai soon asleep,
when I was awakened by the noise of
someone groping about *tar the dress
ing- table;
“‘lt is I, dear: don’t be alarmed,’
said t tyvii. as I asked *n terror who was
there. ‘I am only loading for my
cigar-case.’
“ He seemed as frightened as I was,
and his voice trembled as Le answered
me. The next morning, when I had
occasion to open my purse; ill my notes
were gone, and there wa* nothing in
it but some bits of tobaoco-leaf stick
ing to it, as though it bad been carried
in the pocket with loepe cigars, The
purse had not been out o; ffiy posses
sion till I had put it <jn the dressing
table at night. Oh the sad misery of
tho thought which flashed up in me !
God forgive me if I wronged him for
he knew not what ho vfcs uoifig. That
money must have folio*ed the way of
the rest. Cyril must leive her at once.
I would not stay for Re, remainder of
the money I expected. That morning,
we had engaged horse? for a fide to
Saalbnrg, and I wonlc urge upon my
husband the necessity of his going away
in the aftfernooh. We had hardly left
the town when occurred tlie accident
which deprived my deirest husband ol
his reason. My horse shied across the
road at one of the little milk-carls
drawn by dogs, and slipped quietly
down into a ditch at the road side, al
lowing me to step off without as cratch.
Cyril sprang off his horse, and rushed
up to assist me, when my apimal, in his
struggles to stand up, kicked my hus
band cn the forehead as hi had stooped
down to raise me. From that moment
he lay without sense or feeling for five
days, with a great starred wound on his
forehead, like the break which a stone
makes in glass. Nothing but a slow,
labored breathing, and the irregnlar
beats of his pulse, showed that he still
lived, for his eyes, though open, were
quite insensible to the light. An oper
ation of raising the depressed parts of
the bone to their proper level had been
successfully performed, aud the symp
toms generally seemed favorable to his
recovery. It was not until he was un
mistakably out of all danger, that I
thought of a consequence more terrible
than death, and almost hoped that he
might be taken from me if he was not
to be restored whole. But it was not to
be. His memory and reason were gone,
.and tlie dootors would not deceive me,
they said, witli the hope of a cure. We
b nt for our child, of course, aud are
staying here for a time, as my poor hus
band is atnnfied Tty" life" pgtipTe urn"!
music, and we have some very kind
friends here. The history of that toy
rouge-et-noir table is this: One day,
during a quiet time, I ventured to take
Cyril into the gaming-room. I had
though’, poor fellow, that his mind was
too much of a blank to have been af
fected by the sight of the play, but he
became so excited aud anxious to be
continually looking on, that it was
judged advisable to withdraw him en
tirely from the rooms. I contrived
a miniature table for him at home,
whero we pi ty with counterfeit napo
leous. Ho is under the delusion that
he is always losing money, and had
often talked of going to consult a doc
tor on the subject, bnt had promised not
to do this without telling me.
“I have now told you our story,
which will, perhaps, help to guide you
in treating ycur patient. You will, I
know, pardon me if I have wearied
yon. ”
The foregoing narrative had so im
pressed me, that the only words I al
dreseed to Dr. Fichte, as' he re-entered
the room, were : “And the sequel, doc
tor ? What befell this treasure of a
woman ?”
“I was naturally anxious,” said my
friend, “that the Martyns should leave
Hombnrg without delay, their sojourn
here being as bad for the husband’s
condition as it was painful to the wife.
But there were difficulties attending
this step. Mrs. Martyn, though she
would have braved most things on the
poor fellow’s behalf, seemed to shrink
most sensitively from the idea of meet
ing their relations in England. He was
in good bodily health, she was greatly
comforted by the society of some kind
friends, and they were able to live here
more economically than they could have
done in England ; so that it was decided
that they should pass, at all events, the
ensuing winter in nomburg. We saw a
good deal of them during those months
Martyn was quiet and tractable; and
his wife would brighten up ns she saw
him romping with their child, or eager
ly excited over a game of backgammon
with my wife. It seemed, indeed, as
though her life might not be the blank
it had threatened to be, filled up as it
now was by care for l.er husband, and
affection for her child.. The hope, too,
was ever present with her that the great
trouble might pass away, and that this
was to be but a sad chapter in the story
of their lives. But with the spring
came more sorrow. April has been un
usually cold, when a short summer of
great heat set in for a week. One day
Mis. Martyn called to ask my advice
respecting her little girl, who had caught
a cold, and was otherwise ailing, fiom
having sat out too late in the gardens.
I teturned with her to Dorotheenstrasse,
and found the child struggling for
breath, and showing all the symptoms
of a severe attack of diphtheria Capt.
Martyn was committed to the charge of
some friends, but his wife, I need scarce
ly tell you, could not be persuaded to
leave her child’s side. The next day
the little sufferer was worse, aud gave
such manifest signs of sinking, that it
seemed unnecessary to prepare her
mother for the end. For three days
she had been by her child’s side, giving
it ammonia every second hour, fumiga
ting the room, and changing the linen.
She would do everything herself, from
.a feeling, as she told me, that no one
would so faithfully carry out my injunc
tions. On the fourth day, when I knew
that the crisis must come, the child be
gan to mend, and, in a ft w hours, I was
able to gladden the mother by telling
her that all immediate danger was over.
I urged upou her the advisability tf
now leaving the patient to professional
care, as the fear of contagion still ex
isted. But site would not move from
the house ; and as the child slowly ad
vanced toward recovery, so she began
to sicken from the same deadly disease.
In three days all was over, In r powers
of resisting the complaint being ex
hausted by her previous labors. I fol
lowed her to the grave where she now
lies, and have taught her husband and
child to take a pride in adorning it. He
is happily saved from the real con
sciousness of his loss. We see much of
the misery and vioe here, but also some
thing of the beauty of goodness. I have
done.”
Our pipes had long since gone out,
while I listened to this sad story. I
"Could not trust myself to revisit the
cemetery.
I was at Hombnrg in the following
year, and soon found myself at the
grave which hail so fascinated me the
previous year. Another cross, exactly
similar to tho old one, stood at the head
of a very fresh moind, with an inscrip
tion recording ths.t Cyril Martyn also
here rests in peiaat). Little Edith was
waiting in charge of the Fichtes to be
sent to her mother’s relations in Eng
land.—Chamber's Journal.
Real Old Grass Land.
Twenty or ihifty yenrs in permanent
sod constitute reil old gfass land,
though if well managed and properly
grazed, it will improve up to fifty years,
and then never retrograde unless
abused in some way or other. Now, if
the greater part oi' the land which is
natural for grasp and adapted for per
petually laying in grans for grazing and
mowing was allowed time to become es
tablished in thick-set old sod, and the
finer and most fattening herbage en
couraged by judiciously grazing with
miked stock, a good proportion being
sheep, there might be fine districts pro
ducing beof-uiiu . mutton, butter anil
wool, with fine horses also, and with
comparatively little nse of the plow,
less and less arable soil being required
as the south was approached, because
the winters would be short and the fod
dering and housing of stock of little
moment in comparison. Just as the
turnip husbandry in England was the
salvation of the light soil, and the hill
and downs of England, and the muirs,
etc., of Scotland, at the same timß ren
ovating all the good, dry ahd well
drained lower laffd, so laying by for
the real old grass all the land most
suitable for permanently remaining
sacred from the plow, may be the sav
ing of a ricultme in America ; for the
fact Of about twd-tliirds or three
fourths of every farm being iff pastnre
and meadow, or in grass alternating
in pastnre and meadow, would be an
assistance to the arable portion, and
every farmer adopting this system, be
cause grass land when once thoroughly
established, can be managed so as to
enable the farmer to support a great
quantity of animals which, with produce
from the soil plowed, will give si raw,
etc., which, in eonjnnction with better
food, increases the manure heap. But
hitherto tho greed of gaining a good
corn crop by plo iDg tinder the sod has
caused the having any established pas
tures or mowings to bo out of the ques
tion ; and then the unaccountable fear
that sheep may in; nre the best herbage
ittiß brought about a running out. of the
very grasses the sheep would ha*/e
caused to flourish. In Illinois, the
gra-s land that Las remained unculti
vated for twenty or thirty years has
become co superior to the newly laid
down fields in timothy and clover, that
double the stock can be supported npon
it j and, what i6 proof beyond doubt is,
that when rented, double the money
per acre is readily paid for the “old
gross land.” Let any disinterested per
son think on this, aud it will show what
a vast advantage would be gained by
the whole community if, sav, half the
land now said to barely pay for occupa
tion, eonld be let lie in grass till it
would carry double the stock and be
Worth double what it is now to refit.-
Cor. lturai.
Fishes V7ithout Eyes*
Mail says :
F. W. Putnam, jr,, tlie director of
the Peabody aea 'emy, who is one of
the most effective workers of all our
younger men of science, has just re
turned from a scientific exploration in
and about, the Mammoth cave, going in
every day with three or four guides as
helpers, and remaining in often until
nearly midnight, The party loaded
themselves down, with great lanterns and
extra stores of candies, with which,
when they reached the place of their
work, that whole part of the cave would
be brilliantly lit up, The rivers in the
cave were alt carefully seined, and by
traveling day and night from the cave
to Salem Mr. P itnam was enabled to
bring home with him, alive, a number
of the fishes wlrch lie had the good
fortune to obtain. Most of them, un
fortunately, die 1 on reaching the Ohio
river, where it became necessary to
change the water in which they were
kept. The dissolved mud in these
western streams proved fatal to all the
larger fish, choking their delicate gills
and actually suffocating them. Yet five
of the smaller ones were to be seen
alive in a corner of the museum, and it
is hoped tyiat they can be kept alive at
least long enough for satisfactory micro
scopic observations by Mr. Putnam and
Dr. A. S. Packard.
Three of these are the well known
blind fishes, which it was supposed were
the only inhabitants of the cave waters.
These fishes have but rudimentary eyes,
visible only unde r the microscope, and
quite useless to them, but in place of
the organ of sight the microscope shows
where the eyes should be a number of
dedicate threads, which seem to float in
the water above their heads. These
are nerve filameets, by Which the senss
of touch is made to replace that of
sight. In the cave itself, if one places
a finger in the water in front of these
curious fishes, even at considerable dis
tances, they will immediately turn
about and swim oft’ as fast as they can,
these filaments giving them notice,
probably by the vibration of the water,
of some foreign body in front of (hem.
Bat it is the other two fishes which will
attract the attention of scientists. An
observer who, some thirty years ago,
described the olind fishes, recorded
also that he thought he saw, at the
bottom of the rivers, another kind of
fish which seemed T,o have eyes, but the
suggestion had been passed over by the
naturalists, and nothing thought of it.
Mr. Putnam, whcf is a disciple of
Agassiz in the sense of being his fol
lower, against Dt.rwir), as well as a pupil
of his, believed in the existence of such
fishes, and determined that if possible
they should be found. It was some
days before his seining had any success;
but at last he obtained both the ey less
fish and specimens of the fish having
eyes, which tlie previous naturalist
therefore had really seen. These fish
have not only eyes, bnt color. The
blind fish have a bleached-out. look, as
if they ban once been of the color of
gold fishes, and n some way the color
had almost entirely faded ont. These
others are of a dark, blackish color,
like that of a great proportion of fish
we catch in our bays. It is a curious
fact that they saim close to the bottom
of the rivers i:a the cave, instead of
near the surface as do tlie blind fish,
and it would seem as though if, as the
Darwinians claim, the blind fish had
lost the sense of sight from lack oi need
of it, and had been bleached out by the
darkness in wrick they lived, these
other fishes living still below, and, if
possible, in a darker place than their
eyeless brethren, should be quite as
blind and even more colorless. Mr.
Putnam found, also, the eyeless cray
fish, ami ofcfaern having eyes, UotC witn
and without color, and it is certainly,
a pretty kettle of fish which he has
brought out of the darkness for the
delectation of tlie scientific world. He
also brought buck five or six species of
open air fish, which had been backed
into the cave by the overflowing of the
Green river. One old bull had been
seen by the guides in the same pool in
the cave ever)' day for six years until
Mr. Putnam brought, him to light. That
gentleman also discovered in the cave a
flora, whose existence had been unsus
pected, a plant which seemed to consist
of roots alone being the most curious.
ildtJin Booth’s Loss.
Napoleon culminated at forty-five
when his progress was checked by Wa
terloo. Booth has anticipated that age,
and has reached ruin at forty. Seldom
have any of file stms of genius traveled
with equal rapidity tho road to misfor
tune. Churchill was, as Byron said,
“the comet of a season,” bnt this was a
figure of speech. Wtt Churchill was
in the literature cf a past century,
Booth has been in the drama of the
present age. Churchill culminated and
died at thirty-three. Booth was just
that age when he reached the highest
position, and had he died at that time,
his genius would not have been ob
scured by the misery which has recently
fallen off him. At the age of thirty
three Booth had no efjufil in the dra
matic world. Ab a performer he en
chanted the public, and criticism only
became eloquent in its praise. For one
hundred successive nights he appeared
in this city as Hamlet, his fee being
$3,060 a week, and when the role was
concluded aud the full century was
completed, a gold mCdrl was presented
amid the applause of a crowded house.
Booth was then considered worth a half
million; now he is a bankrupt. His
beautiful seat at Long Branch lias gone
in thfe gefifetal wfefk \ be has impover
ished hifi friends ; his theater Is out of
his hands ; and all that is left is the
portion received with his wife and the
earnings of last year’s itineracy.
The scene of his ruin is corner of
Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street.
It is a theatre of enormous size, and is
built without regard to cost, and, being
of Concord granite, forms an imposing
feature in our architecture. It was built
with a purpose of exhibiting the best of
Shakespesr’s dramas, and this was done
with all the sfithttsiasm and genius of
tlie great tragedian. Notwithstanding
the artistic show and tho talefit dis
played, the scheme was a failure, and
the theatre has of late been devoted to
melo-drama and fftree, “Rip Van Win
kle” survives “Hamlet.” This fate has
followed almost all attempts to restore
the drama to classic dignity, and Booth
might have learned from the past, were
it not impossible for an enthusiast to
learn by ought sate hiß own experience.
Even Girrick referred to it in one of his
own prologues, and the lesson thus
taught a century ago has been recently
repeated with impressive force :
1 Sacred to Shakespeare was the spot designed
To pierce the heart and lianaonute ihe mind ;
But if an empty house—the actors curse—-
Show us our Lears and Hamlets losing force,
Unwilling we must chango the nohle t-eeue,
And in onr turn present you Harlequin.
If want comes on importance mu*t retreat,
Our first great ruling passion is—to eat.”
When the theatre was finished, Booth
found himself in debt a half million.
For three seasons he endeavored to
keep Up the Shakespearian dramas, and
he produced some of them wi*h a gran
deur of stvle which has never been
equaled in England or America. It cost
fifty thousand dollars to get up King
John, and as much more for Hamlet.
No wonder the theatre failed.
After the failure, the property went
under the care of the tragedian’s broth
er, Junius Brutus Booth, who is much
more of a business man. He is by pro
fession an actor, bnt is so indifferent id
histrionic genius that he is content to
serYe its a manager, iu which depart
ment lie has bftd great success, lie now
owns due-half of the Boston theatre,
which is a valuable property. Uuder
Lis advice tho theatre Constructed bv
his brother was leased to Jar ref t k
wmiiiT-r,- who have plenty of capital,
and are able to pay *ui <.f .Oftin pat
week. Booth went starrii g through
the country* and had brilliant success,
but it was evident that he did not like
thi3 system. It was hardly he thing
for one who had held so brilliant a po
sition, and then Le could not adapt
himself to the inconvenienciee of small
theaters. Wben last sea*on closed he
returned to his residence, and there he
has remained, declining all efforts to
bring him again before the public.
In Connecticut, and not far from this
city, is a small stream called Coscob
river, which is crossed by a railway
bridge. Here is a fine mansion, built
by ihe late Charles M. Barras, author
of the Black Crook. Barras died iu a
very shocking mauner. It is well known
that since the Norwalk calamity Con
necticut requires railway trains to halt
before crossing a bridge. Barras was
in the habit of using this halt as an op
portunity for alighting from the train,
which, if one is careful, can easily be
done with safety. One evening, how
ever, he was engaged in conversation
when the train reached the bridge, and
lost his best opportunity, but being in
tent on getting off, he stepped while
the train was in motion, little thinking
that the bridge had no floor. The re
sult was that he fell between the tracks
a distance of twenty feet, reaching a
rocky bottom. Thus died the author
of the “Black Crook,” leaving an es
tate worth SIOO,OOO. He bad no wife
or children, and it went to a pair of
brothers, neither of whom he had seen
in many years and for whom he cared
bnt little. The Barras mansion was
purchased by Booth. As his wife (for
merly Miss McVicker, of Chicago) has
a wealthy father, there could be no
difficulty in obtaining a home, and there
the tragedian remains. It watt supposed
that he would take a starring tour this
winter or appear on the boards of the
metropolis, but the public has been
disappointed. Ho could fill the largest
of our houses with an admiring audi
ence, and his neglect to improve such
an opportunity is a matter of surprise
to those who do not understand the
reason. I cannot with propriety speak
on this point, except to repeat a hint
that Booth’s troubles have impaired his
mind, and there is danger of his shar
ing the fate of Hamlet. Every one will
hope that this be not the case, but
nothing short of his reappearance on
the stage w ill abate the suspicion that
his retirement is due to such a cause.
The public now calls for Booth. — N. Y.
Letter.
Short Weights.
The American grocer lias opened a
vigorous warfare upon the system of
swindling known as short weights, and
which consists of putting lesß into a
package than the marks on the outside
represent.
The uninitiated public have little
idea of the extent to which this is done.
Every thing that is put in packages is
cat short—so short, in the case of oys
ters, that one packer in New York con
fesses that it is quite common to put up
six, live or even four ounces for a
pound. All canned goods are put up
in the same way, and the public get
about half the qnantity of goods they
bargain and pay for, and take the bal
ance in water.
This affects the people—the consum
ers ; but there is another class of goods
where it affects the retailers, who have
much more power of correcting it.
This is in the case of packages that have
to be broken and retailed from, as in
raisins, pork, Ac. The grocer has found
a number of letailers who have quit
selling layer raisins altogether, because
tney iouna tne packages so short of
what they are represented to contain
that it is impossible to avoid loss in
handling them.
It is useless to attempt any list of the
articles that are thus packed short; it
would be about co-equal with a list of
packed articles. The evil is one of fear
ful magnitude, and has continued to
grow until endurance can endure no
longer.
The grocer recommends as a remedy
that retailers and consumers weigh or
measure everything they buy, and that
a national law be enacted compelling
every packer to put his own name upon
all packages packed by him, forbid
short weights under heavy penalties,
and make every packer responsible for
his goods. This would undoubtedly
remedy the difficulty, provided such a
law were enforced/ but there is reason
to fear that it might fail nt that point.
The Senate Finance Bill.
The following is the text of the
finance bill which recently passed the
senate:
Be it enacted, etc , That the secretary
of the treasury is hereby authorized
and required, as rapidly as practical, to
cause to be coined at the mints of the
United States silver coins of denomina
tions of 10, 25, and 50 cento of stand
ard value, and to issue them in redemp
tion of an equal number and amount
of fractional currency of similar denom
inations/ or, at his discretion, he may
issue snrfi silver corns through the
mints, sub-treUstlries, public deposito
ries, and post-offices of the United
States, and, upon such iosue, he is
hereby authorized and required to re
deem an equal amount of such frac
tional currency, until the whole amount
of such fractional currency outstanding
shall be redeemed,
Sec. 2. That so much of Hec. 3,524 of
the revised statutes of the United Htates
as provides for a charge of one-sixth of
1 per centum for converting standard
gold bullion into coin is hereby repealed
and hereafter no Charge shall be made
for that service.
Sec. 3. That Sec. 5,777 of the revised
statutes of the United States, limiting
the aggregate amount of the circulating
notes of the national banking associa
tions, be and is hereby repealed, and
each existing banking association may
increase its circulating notes in accord
ance with the existing law, without
respect to said aggregate limit; and
new banking associations may be or
ganised in accordance with the existing
law, withont respect to the aggregate
limit; and the provisions of the law for
withdrawal and redistribution of na
tional-bank cnrrency among the several
states and territories are hereby re
pealed ; and whenever and so often as
circulating notes shall be issued to any
such banking association, so increasing
its capital or circulating notes, or so
newly organized as aforesaid, it shall be
the duty of the secretary of the treasury
to redeem the legal tender United
Slates notes inexceft? only of $300,000,-
000 to the amount of 80 pef centum oi
tbS burs of national-bank notes SO is
sued to any finffh banking association as
aforesaid, and to continue each redemp
tion as Btich circulating notes issued
until there shall be outstanding the
sum of $300,000 of such legal-tender
United fbaten notes and no more. And
on and after the Ist day of January, A
D. 1879, the secretary of the treasury
shall redeem in coin the Uuited States
legal-tender notes then outstanding on
their presentation for redemption at the
office of the assistant treasurer of the
United States, in the city of New Yoik,
in Bums of not less than fifty dollars.
And to enable the secretary of the treas
ury to prepare aud provide for the re
demption in this act authorized or re
quired, ho is authorized to use any sur
plus revenues from time to time iu the
treasury, not otherwise expropriated,
aud to issue, sell, and dispose ot, at not
less than par in coin, either of the de
scription of bonds of the United States
described in the act of congress ap
proved July 4, 1870, entitled “An act
to authorize the refunding of the na
tional dtb\” with like privileges, aud
i .exemptions to the extent necessary to
carry this act into effect, and to use the
proceeds thereof for the purposes afore
said. And all provisions of law incon
sistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
KILLED AT TEN PACES.
Fatal Hurl at Grand Hay, Mississippi
—A .Newspaper Article tlae Cause.
Mobile Special (Dec. 24) to the Atlanta Herald.
There was a hostile meeting between
two well known gentlemen of this city
yesterday noon, a little way trom
Grand bay, bat in the state of Missis
sippi. The gentlemen were Mr. A. H.
Tardy, the insurance agent, and Dr.
Benjamin D. Lay, the actuary of the
Granger Life and Health Insurance
company. The origiD, an we under
stand, arose from a letter from this city
to a prominent northern insurance
journal, over the signature of “X. Y.
Z.” making some comments upon the
new company with which Dr. Lay is
connected. On Monday I)r. Lay met
Mr. Tardy, and asked him if he was
the author of a communication signed
“X. Y. Z.” in the Spectator. Mr.
Tardy said he was, whereupon Dr. Lay
slapped his face. A few words passed
between them, and then Mr. Tardy
sent to Dr. Lay a written message, de
manding satisfaction for the insult, and
referring to Col. James Williams as
authorized to make any necessary ar
rangements. The message was an
swered, granting any satisfaction de
manded, and referring to Capt. P. M.
Murphy as authorized, on the part of
Dr. Lay, to arrange matters. The re
sult was the choice of dueling pistols,
the meeting to be out of tlie state, the
distance ten paces, and the time Wed
nesday noon. Mr. Tardy and hie
friends left on Tuesday night, and re
paired to Grand Bay, and Dr. Lay and
his friends left on Wednesday morning
for the same place.
The parties met, as by agreement,
and took carriages and drove until they
were over the line aDd in Mississippi.
As it was agreed npon for noon as the
time, there was no choice as to position.
The distance measured off, the antago
nists placed, aud the dread question
aked, “ Gentlemen, are you ready ?
fire ! one, two, thrze/' At the won!
one, a sharp report was heard. Tardy’s
pistol fell from his hand, he clasped his
breast convulsively, and fell—a corpse.
Dr. Lay returned to the ehv immedi
ately, and was met on Government
street by a gentleman who, not knowing
the duel had takea place, jokingly asked
the doctor whom he was going to shoot ?
Bursting into tears, he exclaimed, “Mv
God ! don’t ask me anything about it.”
The street was immediate ly alive with
rumors—some of them extravagant
As the meeting was anticipated, Dr.
Lay, about half past seven, gave him
self up to the sheriff, and was placed
m jail. The body of Col. Tardy came
in on the New Orleans t:-ain that ar
rived at 10:50 o’clock.
Bishop Clashes rosy probabilities :
“The speaker sail that no man can
judge of the age he lives in. The gen
eration of to-day was drifting with the
progressive world. It was an age of
transition, and, the speaker hoped, from
a lower to a higher plane. It was prob
able that there would be greater luxury
in the t ear fnture for the race than was
ever before knowD, and the hours of
labor would be decreased with the ap
plication of steam machinery. Man
would be freed from all servile labor;
society would not be ne<3essarily cor
rupt because it became rich ; the saints
were not all poor by any means, and
ItiianPA rliA iwt* •• ■ -*- : V r 2
leuce. There were great thinkers to
day as well as in former times, the only
difference being that they were now
more numerous than ever, and conse
quently less noticed. As science rose
in its gramlenr men would recognize the
God who created thp eternal, and a
spirit of true reverence would be thus
mplanted.”
—When the hard-fisted taxpayers of
Green Bay see an office-holder carry
home a can of oysters oltener than twice
per week they gather together and de
clare that “suthin’i? wrong, sir—-too
much style.”
VOL. 16--NO. 2,
FACT3 AND FANCIES.
Talking politics is a business not
pro Stable enough to support a family.
—When a man arrives at a conclusion
it is time to stop.
—Most any weather is colder than
i) IHZ6K
—Head of the firm —“Want a holi
day ? Why, you’ve just been at homo
ill for a month l ”
—L. 12. Parsons has been nominated
United States District Judge of Ala
bama, r ce Richard Bn steed resigned.
—When the new Pullman palace cattle
cars are running the pampered pig will
take his meals en route .
—The Colorado potato-bug is de
nouncing himself for want of energy.
Maine’s potato crop measure.*] over 3,-
W©,ooo bushels.
When a man cannot drive well he
makes np the deficiercv of education in
that respect by severely pounding his
animals.
—“ lam very happy,” said a French
mother. “ I have a son-in-law whom
everyb< dy discusses, and a daughter
whom no one talks about.”
—Will the young men of America
permit a red headed Englishman to
win the hand of Queen Emma of the
Sandwich Islands?
—A Chicago preacher has locked him
self up in the fourth story, and draws
his meals up by a bed-cord. He says
they can’t get up no slanders about him.
—A hue array of fatted calves will be
one of the features of the grand specta
cular drama entitled “The Prodigal
Son,” f t the Boston theatre next week
—“Heaven bless you,” said John
Henry, “it was the prettiest fight you
ever sow. She punched away at the
ivory keys like mad, and the piano-forte
nobly.”
—Just think, if you swear off using
tobacco and wearing clothes after (be
first of January you can save $5 a week
at leas’ , and $5 per week for 1,000 years
is §260,000!
—Until very recently the Mexican
navy lias consisted of a few fishing
-chooners. Now they have added a
side wheel ferryboat with a cannon on
it, and feel sa e.
—According to the American Regis
ter, the actual number of American res
idents in Paris is less than 5,000, al
though it is often that |they number
10,040 and 15,000.
—“ Pop,” asked Artaxerxes, “ why is
justice blindfolded?” “That she may
l>e spared the spectacle of the wicked
ways of the lawyers,” sadly rejoined
Mr. Marrowfat.
—There are 115,023 soldiers’widows in
the United States who receive pensions
from lie government. Strange, strange,
that young men continue to marry girls
without a cent.
—Skeptical persons didn’t make ranch
headway in the early days of New Eng
land. “No one not a cburca member
could hold office, or be even a corporal
in the army.”
—Tl\e Georgia negro has no more faith
in banks. He lays his money out in
store clothes and hair oil, and the news
of abi ,nk suspension causes him to ex
claim: “Bust away wid ye, but you
can’t hurt dese lavender pants.”
—A milllonare in San Francisco has
in a large collection of paintings one
entitled “The Despair of Sampson,”
for wi.ich he has refused $5,000, though
it was executed some years ago by an
impecunious minor for $5.
—The academv of science of Roueu
will award in 1876 one hundred dollars
i for the best work on “ The advantages
that might be obtained in preserving
and improving cider by means of heat
ing processes applied to wines.”
—There is a proposition before the
Danish congress for the abolition of all
titles of nobility, decorations, etc. On
the motion to take the subject into con
sideration the vote was—affirmative, 48;
negative, 16.
—Tlie New Zealand government has
sent sj>ecial agents over to England for
the pn rpose of collecting a quantity of
small oirds of various kinds, and a col
ony of bumble bees for introduction
into that country.
—Tlie academy of science, arts and
Belles-lettres, of Caen, offers the San
vage prize of eight hundred 4ollars, in
1876, to the best work on “The role or
economy of leaves in the growth of
plants ”
—When tbo mayor of New Cmeans
scoots around at night and finds a po
liceman asleep on a doorstep he drags
the said offeer into the street and breaks
the br dge of his nose and pays him off
in scri p worth seventeen cents on the
dollar.
—Tie bears and wolves in northern
Wisconsin, which get nothing to eat from
November to May bnt Indians who hap
pen to die in the woods from delirium
tremens, are getting so tniu that a re
spectable shadow will scare one of them
to death.
—When the Westchester woman'de
tects her husband “ walking crooked
down the road she doesn’t get mad ab' nt
it, but thoughtfully observes to her com
panion, “ Jane, I shouldn’t wonder if it
was an earthquake that makes John
walk lhat way.”
—A Missourian who attended prayer
meeting, with his daughter felt compelled
to rise up and remark: “I want to
be good and go to Heaven, bnt if thos||
fellers don’t stop winking at Mary
will be a good deal of prancing
here the fast thing they know
—Corpulent old lady——
a ticket hit the train.‘.Lo*f!ookiin£
Cwfeo thinks be will make a joke
“ Yes ; will you go in the passenger
train or cattle train ?” Laly—“Weil,
if yoi i are a specimen of what I shall
experience in the passenger train, give
me a ticket for the cattle train.”
—Johnny saved himself tronble bnt
lost narks in his definition exercise.
He got bravely through “presbyter,”
whicl lie found, by looking it out, to
be one who had had the laying on of
bande by the presbytery. The next
word was “dissenter,” and in an evil
moment Johnny, without turning a leaf
in hif dictionary, wrote “ one who has
had the dysentery.”-— Brooklyn Argus.
—I lany years ago Isaac Spear, a Chi
cago jeweler, had a dishonest clerk, who
invested his stealings in city lots. The
clerk’s crime was discovered, bnt in the
mealtime he had sold to E. It. Haddock
the ground upon which to bnihl the
Metropolitan Hotel. Spear sued Had
dock to recover the land, and now, after
a long and costly fight in the courts,
Qaddock has been obliged to give up
the ] Toperty and pay 812,000 besides.
—Two idiotic burlesques of “ Ham
let ” have bf an brought out in London.
One ia a revival of an old piece by
Poole, in which the prince is made to
dance an Irish jig, present a pair of
garters to Ophelia, and fight a boxing
mntrh with Lades, while the ghost
drin <s the porter out of a pewter pot.
lK.i uinthar almnci
miik ng the ghost Shakespeare himself.
The tittle of the pieoe is “ Hamlet, the
Hys erical; a Delirium in Two
Spat ms.” * t
—Madame Kistori is among the Mex
ican! now, gradually traveling toward
New York, being engaged to follow
Mrs. Rousby at the Lyceum. She has
finally secured the uj oer hand of the
Eng ish language, for, if we are to
cred t rumor, she recently rang her* bell
at tbehotel and ordered as follows: “ Va
ter, you will bring up me a lietf of steak
i and boiled fried potatoes w;th e
i and it is not necessary for milk „
I can oat him.” /ostoa.jfag