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Hunt & Taylor,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BARNESYILLE, Ga.
practice in the countie
\\ comprising the Flint Judicia
Circuit and in the Supreme Court of the
State. ’ Office over Drug Store of J.
W. Hightower. dec2-ly
lAfIiMSBI,
attorney at law,
initNliVlbhEdiA. Will practice In the
i V, i sot the Flint Circuit and in the Su
l.cmcourt of the State. sep2S-3m
,1. S. P()PE,
attorney at law,
ZEBULQN, GA.
U* prompt attention given to business.
B I. BERNER. C. A. TURNER.
BERNER & TURNER,
attorneys at law,
Forsyth, Ga.
nrn.L practice iu all the Courts, and give spe
cial attention to the collection of chums. Re
fer foWm. 11. Head, Baukcr, Forsyth, Ga., Dumas
A Allen, Cotton Factors, Forsyth, Ga. mchß-tf
P. N. MARTIN. T. R. MILLS, JR.
HI AKTIX cV MSffiLS,
I T T () R A E Y S A T L A W,
Griffin, Georgia.
Will practice in all the State Courts of Georgia,
and the United States Courts.
Office, front room, up-stairs, in Cunningham
building. _ mchl-6m^
Caban iss k Turner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Forsytli, Ga
\\TILL practice in all tlie counties of the Flint
Circuit.
jjVSBRWCi:.
J. J 5. HANSON,
iwr. and Life Insurance Agent. Office—brick
corner east side Main Street,
Barnesville, Georgia.
febH. 3 m
Bq. Q. /*. GqppBELL,
DEXTIST,
Has re-opened an office—Room it. Bank Building.
Filling and extracting a specialty. Would be
glad to see o’d friends an new ones too that will
favor him by calling. jaull-3m
Dr. Wm. A. WEIGHT,
BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA,
Dealer in
Drugs, l¥ledieines
Chemicals, Paints, Oils,
VARNISHES, GLASS,
PUTTY, FINE SOAPS,
SPONGES, BRUSHES,
PERFUMERY, DYE
STUFFS, TOBACCO,
SUGARS,SNUFF, Etc.
SEEDS,
Of the Best Quality
•'ud other goods that are usual in Ills line. He
ua- the pleasure of returning thanks for past fa
vors. and solicits a continuance of the same, and
hopes in the future to le able to satisfy those
who patronize him, in
Prices, Quality of Goods, etc.,
und feels confident that It will be to the Interest
ot ,d\ to. all on him before purchasing elsewhere.
I descriptions
iallied on :he most Reasonables Terms.
Those iii arrears must settle by
‘he first- of March.
feb22-3m
Hirasirs Consumption Cure
■>"t! what DrPLOYW PIERCE
has to say about if.
:lf ak Brother Davies—Excuse me for writing
“•>' when 1 am deeply interested. I have been
'meeltss about two months. Could not read and
] ''*> in a family. Had tried many things. Got no
1 audit fr m any. Since Conference, someone sent
nie, Irani \ meric us, a bottle of THRASH’S Con
i' -Ht’TlvE CURE AND LUNG RESTORER,which
rive been taking now this is the ninth day. lean
1 ‘ ik now with some ease. I came here among other
ynngs, to supplp myself with this medicine. No
llr ugeist here lias it on sale. I must have it. I want
• o,l l° go in person to Messrs. Thrash & Cos. and
'U av them this letter, and make them send me, to
’l'purta, Ga., two, three or four Iwttles, with bill.
am getting on finely.
1 - r sale wholesale and retail by D. W. CURRY,
wn_ggist, Caitersville, Ga Call and get a trial bot
t P for 3.5 cents.
I|s *is |j i I
i <> tlie Work ing t.’lass. —We are
Low prepared to furnish all cla.ses with constant
employment at home, the whole of their time, or for
'neir spare moments. Business new, light audprot
-a!;.c. p. inons of either sex easily earn from 50
1 ents to $.5 per evening, and a proportional sum by
devoting their whole time to the business. Boys
aii’i -ills earn nearly as much as men. That axil who
'■ e this notice may send their address, and test the
'dqiaralleled offer: To such as are not well satis-
Hi dwe will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of
writing. Full particulars, samples worth several
dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home
md bireside, one of the aargest and besi Illustrated
Publications, all sent free by mail. Reader if you
"ant permanent, profitable work, address, oeoroe
hnson & Cos., Portland, Maine.
VOL. VIII.
Flowers and Seeds,
VECETABLE PLANTS ANDORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY
Atlanta Nurseries. Atlanta. Ga.
COLE & CO., Proprietors.
►Seed a sad Plant Store Xo. 2 Whitehall street.
MOSES COLE SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
—— " CAMPBELL WALLACE.
Medical Dispensary.
Dr. Geo. T\. Marvin again ten~
tiers liis professional service to his
old friends and tlie public. Dispeiiw
saiy and consultation rooms, No. 1
V hite hall street, in Centennial buiU
(hng, Atlanta, Ga., where patients
can get reliable treatment for all
diseases of the Throat, Lungs and
Catarrh. The above diseases treated
by inhalation.
Ihe Doctor treats all diseases of
long standing, such as Eruptions,
Gravel, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Go*
itry, Dropsy, Biliousness Diseases of
the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous
Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plaint, all Diseases peculiar to Wo
men, all Private Diseases, Heart I)is>
ease Swollen Joints, Coughs, Gout,
W hite swelling, St, A'itus Dance, etc.
Electricity applied in eases where
it is required. The Doctor is per
manently located, and persons who
ha> e been under the treatment of oth
er physicians and have not been cur
ed, are invited to call, as he treats all
curable diseases, and cures guarnteed
or no pay. Call and see the Doctor
without delay. His charges are mo
derate, and consultation free. Office
hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.w
feb22-ly
THE OLD OAK TREE.
BY GENEVIVE.
Thoa art fallen, oil tivc, and iliy tall
boughs,
That once rose high above surrounding
forms,
Now lie low! Thou art fallen in thy
pride—
And the vacuum thou once did’st fill
Remains a monument of thy greatness;
1 he sharp, sturdy crack of the v/oodman's
axe,
As fast as he severed the tender ties
That bound the earth, re-echoed far
Through the vast forest and thro’ the
plain,
Like solemn peals from a funeral bell.
The weary traveler on the dusty road,
That once would stop ’neath thy shade to
rest,
Will wipe the sweat-drops from his brow,
And only glance where lie was wont to
rest.
The merry school-boy will desert tbcc too,
For tlie shade is moved from off their
play, house,
And the warm sunbeams fall obliquely
there.
Warbling birds, when ou their etlierial
way,
Loved to light among thy clustering
branches
And sing a cheerful song, will now pass
on,
Winging their way to some more favored
bower.
Farewell, old tree, my heart still clings to
thee,
Close as the bark that spread about thee
once—
I do deeply mourn t'iy lots.
But not alone,
For like a true and noble benefactor
To thy humble race, tliou did’st extend
thy
Shelter and support for all; so all will
Join as common mourners.
Long had thou stood
Firm as a rock before the driving storm,
Now the furious winds that have often
swayed
Thy lofty tops, wlu n passing through thy
branches,
Will breathe a sad requiem over thee.
Woodberry, Ga., April 24, 1877.
Editor Gazette. :
We are at home once more, with
a freshly supplied ink-stand, and
blit little news to communicate, we
hasten to begin anew our talk for so
long a time discontinued.
Cotton planting will be brought to
a close by tlie end of the week. So me
over-fond and close sticklers to gu
ano may be carried “into the mid
dle of next week.” The weather Ims
been fair for several days with very
strong winds and high temperature,
all of which focalized upon mother
earth lias hardened and dried her
crust to an unfavorable extent for
the germination of seed, and their
putting out an appearance above
ground. Corn looks well. There
is a push, rush and whiz on every
farm. With such energy—overcom
ing the enervating influence of
Spring, and favorable and health
ful seasons anticipations could scarce
ly be exagerated. But I cannot say
that there are many well-founded
reasons for continued propitious sea*
sons. Tlie average yeaily rainfall
for tins section is estimated at three
and a half feet Last year we had. a
fraction over forty-four inches.
This year to date, we chronicle some-
over twenty-five inches, and
not four months quite passed. There
are three long warm months, June,
July and August, ahead of us.
The first two as to rainfall decide
effectually the fate of corn ; the last
two, with part of September added,
determine the yield of cotton. It is
natural for one extreme to follow an
other, and though September and
October are generally dry with us,
it is not always the case. Then
why may not “blue-eyed May,” with
June, July and August in her train
refuse to bedim her lustrous eyes
with plenteous tears, and her follow
ers fail to give refreshing showers?
The average rainfall per month, to
date, is more than six and a fourth
inches. Hence, the four aforesaid
months may be dry as a deseit, and
allowing the remaining four, Sept.,
October. November and December,
THOMASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY r>, 1877.
the same average rainfall of those
just passed, we can easily have our
quota to complete tlie yearly aver
age. Thus we might continue, but
of what avail is science or experience
as to futurity? We will dismiss the
subject with the reflection “suffi
cient unto the day is the evil there
of.”
Tligre is no such thing as ennui
in Greenville. So sure as news be*
comes scarce of state, and the sup
ply of beaux grows short something
unheard of, undreamt, unknown,
will be turned up. On Friday night
last, at the hour when “the last loi
terer” should be “retired from the
banquet,” when the enterprising,
hard working and liberally patron
ized merchant is closing his store,
the beaux are unstrung at leaving
the fair ones to their parents protec
tion. There were seen first here and
then there upon the streets, seven
or eight figures, exactly correspon
ding to the spirits of our childish im
agination pictured as breaking their
prison bonds of the grave. These
figures seemed at a distance, to be
not of this earth ; but upon coming
nearer to some of the stouter heart
ed, they were found to be flesh and
blood, though draped in ghastly
shrouds. Three of this number were
boys well into their teens, and their
identity was brought about in one
instance by the distinguishing fami
ly characteristic of a not undergrown
foot; in another by ano less re
markable feature, which the mask
could not even cloak beyond recog
nition, a nose long enough to not on
ly drive install ter to the bottom of
its owner’s business, but—had it not
been grafted just as it was, in a
guileless stock —suggested its capac
ity of sniffing each changing scene
into that of several of its neighbors.
Many have tried, but in vain to as
certain the names of the young la
dies. There are to be found plenty
of tlie sweet creatures who have
much to say of the “phantom par
ty.” Simply this and nothing
more. There were some very ludi
crous occurrences. One of the ven
erable citizens exercised the prerogai
tivc of kissing one of the lady ghosts,
but imagine his chagrin when lie
discovered that he had imprinted his
most artistic oscillatory caress upon
the downy lips of one of tlie boys. I
am of opinion that the aim was not
improperly taken, and—since the
soldiers that guarded the dead body
of our Savior were bribed to say,
when He was risen from the sepul
chre, that His Disciples came by
night and took Him away—that one
of the boys was persuaded by a—re
quest (of course) to depose that it
was lie that had been kissed. These
ghosts, as a very timid young doctor
ventured to suggest, were “great
sticklers to fashion. They have
their ascension Robes pinned back. ”
The well directed aim of several
sharp pin points brought the M. D.
to his usual deportment that has
cyer distinguished him as chairman
of the Prudential Committee. One
half is not told, and the most amu
sing part too, but is not “a letter a
dangerous thing to write?” Just
here I am reminded of Col. Pope P.
ias having been visited by some fe
male beggars. Col. P. took up an
idea that a young bachelor farmer
living a hermit life amidst the cane
brakes of “Pappy’s creek” and the
frogs of Flint river was the veritable
Warbeck. Was it not universally
known that Col. P. is a most pious
and exemplary Methodist, and to
hint such a thing would endanger
my reputation for veracity, I would
almost say that he violated the Dis
cipline, judging from his emphatic
expletives used in conversation with
tlie same young man who had writ
ten him up. I felt sorry for the un
fortunate young man. and inwardly
(but under breath to myself and Ma
ker) 1 said “it was not that young
man, but I.” But he did not seem
to notice what I said. He might as
well have accused me. To say tlie
least of it, he frightened me into the
resolve, which see if I keep not, to
leave him respectively alone, not
withstanding 1 could tell a good joke
or two about his curing his milkeow
bv trying to extract one of her up
per front teeth, and greasing tlie
Court House lightning rods to pre
vent his angoras’ climbing thereup ,
and his trial last y ar upon an exten
sive scale of raising chufas for the
purpose of manufacturing from
them “a cheap, brilliant, non-ex
plosive lamp oil," sugar-cured hams
and smoked beef tongues. Like fae
quenched Greek fire, the lost books
of her Ilomer and Darwin's missing
link, they shall never, so far as /
am concerned, be resurrected. Re
qmescat in pace.
Just now all GYeeneville is astir
preparing for tlie Show to take place
in .Masonic Female College on Tues
day night, theßth of May. The pro
gramme consists of songs, tableaux,
charades, minstrels, dialogues etc.
It is under the immediate auspices
of the Brass Band, aud is intended
as a means of supplying a deficit with
their bankers. Greenville has uevci
beet) the witness to a poor enter
tainment given by any of her citi
zens.— ,
\Y e will probably Have one week
court, organizing on first Monday
in May, and will doubtless be in ses
sion at time of the show. The peo*
pie feel as though it was returning
to old times in having tlie old Terms
of court in February, and August,
instead ot May and November.
Col. Harris leaves for Atlanta
this week.
We are glad to see Dr. Dixon out
again, lie has been confined e-lose
ly at his home for the past few days
with a wound on his foot which he
cut with an axe. Warbeck.
Deep Ploughing.
After discussing the advantages of
deep ploughing at some length the
Journal of Pr. greSA adds the follow
ing reasons in favor of deeply work
ing the soil;
1. It gives full scope to the roots
of vegetables, causing them to be
come.more fibrous than they would
become in a packed soil, and hence
to afford the g ‘owtli far better op
portunities of feeding.
2. It admits the air directly to
the spongioles of the roots, without
which no plant can have a healthy
growth.
3. It raises the temperature of
the soil in spring by admitting the
warm air and warm rains.
4. It enables the soil to absorb
largo quantities of fertilizing gases
from the atmosphere.
5. It acts as a drain in excessive
wet weather, causing the water to
settle down and escape through tlie
subsoil, or immediately along the
surface.
(>. It leads to more rapid decom
position of dead vegetable matter in
the soil by bringing it directly in
contact with the decomposing gases,
thus speedily converting it into
plant food.
Balky Horse*.
The following devices have been
successfully tried to accomplish the
desired end;
Tying a string around the horse’s
ear close to his head
Hitching the horse to the single
tree by means of a cord instead of
tlie tugs ; the cord fastened to the
horse’s head.
Fill tlie mouth full of some disa
greeable substances.
Tying a stout twine around the
leg just below the knee, and then re
moving it when he has traveled some
distance.
Never whip a balky horse, for the
more lie is whipped the crazier he
will become. Let every thing be
done gently, for boisterous words on
ly confuse him worse. Treat him
in the mild manner that you would
a crazy man, and you will succeed.
About Women.
Miss Matilda Toedt, the well
known violist, is on her way hither
ward from Europe.
The women of Minnesota who are
twenty-one years of age and citizens
of the United States now have the
right to vote for all school officers,
subject to the same requirements of
residence, etc., which are made for
male voters at general elections.
Mr. Beecher is reported as saying
that “Men and women before mar
riage, are as figures and ciphers.
The woman is tne cipher and counts
for nothing till she cots the figure
of a husband beside her, when she
becomes of importance herself and
adds tenfold to the sum of his.”
The late Caroline Hastings of Pel
ham bequeathed S3OOO to the town
for the establishment of a High
School, one of the conditions being
that the school should be kept at
least six months of every year, but
at the last town meeting the town
voted—lo 4 to 82—not to accept the
legacy.
Germany has one of the best man
aged systems of benevolent work in
the world. Its centre is in the city
of Berlin, and it covers tlie empire
with a network of branch associa
tions, three hundred and eighty-one
in number. Its total membership is
nearly thirty-four thousand, and the
badge worn by this army of charity
is a i ed cross on a white ground.
The Royal Free Hospital, of Lon
don, which contains much more
than the neccessary number of beds,
has resolved to admit women stu
dents for clinical instruction, so it is
now possible for women to have their
whole course of study, preliminary
and clinical, in London. Two la
dies have already received diplomas
in the King and Queen’s University,
Dublin, and the London University
has just decided to admit women to
medical diplomas.
Some of the recent staticians tell
us that there is an almost complete
equality in the world’s sexes. In
France the balance is most nearly
attained, where for every 1,000 men
there are 1,007 women. In Sweden,
to 1,000 men there are 1,004 women,
while in Greece, to the same number
of males there are but 993 Greek wo
men. In Paraguay there are only 1,-
000 men to every 5,08.0 women, a
state of things mainly due to the rav
ages of the Brazilian war.
Lucy Hooper draws this portrait
of the Empress Eugenie: “She has
grown immensely stout, dresses in
ugly English-made black gowns,
paints her face pink and white,
blacks under her eyes, and wears a
very palpable wig of light yellow
hair. It is sad to have the image of
grace and sweetness and delicate
Beauty, once called up by the mere
name of Eugenie —now replaced by
such a vision—a painted and be
wigged old coquette, a sort of royal
Mrs. Skewton."
Kate Claxton. wc are told, has
been offered one hundred dollars a
night and her expenses to star
through the country as “the Daught
er of the Flames." It is a remark
able fact that Miss Claxton's grand
father was one of ihe victims of the
burning of the Richmond Theatre
in 1811. Miss Glaxten has had three
escapes from fire—m Brooklyn, in
W ashington and in St. Lotus.
Removing tlie Political l>in
bilitie* of a Confederate
General.
Pierce M. B. Young, a recent rep.,
resentiitive in Congress from Geor
gia. was a Confederate general, and
a graduate of West Point. He came
to Washington soon after the war,
seeking to have his disabilities re
moved. He is a fine manly tellow,
and seems to have accepted the re
sults of the war in good faith. He
went to Tliad Stevens, and Thad
began to play with him. as lie some
times did with those whom lie in
tended to make his victims. He
said ;
“You are a graduate of West
Point, I believe ?”
“Yes sir.”
“Educated at the expense of the
United States, I believe, which you
swore faithfull to forever defend ?”
“Yes sir.”
“You were a brigade commander
m tlie raid into Pennsylvania which
destroyed the property of so many
of my constituents ?”
“Yes sir.”
“It was a squad of men under
your direct charge and under your
personal command that burned my
rolling mill?”
“Yes sir.”
Young thought he was gone, but
seeing that the old veteran had come
into the possession of the last fact,
which Young did not dream he
knew, it was impossible to deny the
truth of his question. Thad roared
out: “"Well, I like your and and im
pudence. I will see that your disa
bilitiesare removed. Good morning.”
And the next day the bill passed the
House.
ESrigEaaiii Young’* lid'tiiuy.
Mr. Geo. Lowery, of Haverhill,
Mass., is one of the few survivors of
the body of teamsters, for the mur
der of whom, while under Mormon
escort, Brigham Young is alleged to
have issued an order on the 19th of
April, 1855. Mr. Lowery is very
positive that the ordei had reference
to the party of which he was one,
and not to the party so brutally mur
dered at Mountain Meadows the Sep
tember previous. Tlie survivor
states that be was a teamster in Gen
eral Johnson’s expedition against
Utah in 1857. He and eight other
teamsters separated from that com
mand and started for California.
They got lost in the mountains,
wandering about for a month, final
ly coming out into Molada Valley,
where they were captured by a Mor
mon Sergeant and taken to Box El
der City. From thence they were
taken to Salt Lake City. At that
point a party of forty-two teamsters
were gathered, who wanted to go to
California, and Colonel Lee, then in
command there, gave permission for
their departure, turning them over
to Captain Smith, with an escort of
seventy-two men, proposing to ac
company them to Castle Rocks, a
distance of 150 mile_>. Before star
ting they accidently heard of the
order from Young for their massa-.
ere at a point 100 miles away, but
concluded to arm themselves and
tike the risk. They purchased guns
and ammunition of apostate Mor
mons, the guns being taken apart
and secreted with their ammunition
in sacks of flour, constituting part of
their supplies. The party of forty
two wore only allowed to take one
double barrelled gun and a revolver.
The teamsters and their escort had
separate camps, and at the end of
the first day’s march, on entering
camp for the night, the teamsters
prepared their guns and were ready
by morning to give one hundred and
twenty-one shots without reload ing.
in the morning the Mormons were
astonished to find an armed party in
charge, but moved on in another
day's marcii, which took them fifty
mile awav. On the morning of the
third day the Mormons announced
their determination to leave the party
there instead of accompanying them
to Castle Rocks, and did so, return
ing to salt Lake City. Had the
teamsters hqen unarmed they would
doubtless have been slaughtered in
obedience to Brigham Young’s order.
They proceeded in safety, reaching
California in June£ 1858.
An English paper states that ex-
President Grant is expected in St.
Petersburg at the end of June or the
beginning of July, accompanied by
Mrs. Grant, his youngest son and
his daughter, and the latter's hus
band. Afterwards lie will pay a vis
it to Moscow.
Olive Logan in writing of Eng
lish husbands says,“ In spirit the
lazy and obstinate ‘gentleman’ who
flings himself into an easy chair and
bids his wife got up out of here and
bring him his boots, is the same nar
row-minded, ungenerous tyrant the
Digger Indian is when he packs the
load on his squaw and tramps him
self un trammelled by her side.”
The Board of Education of Chica
go is endeavoring to force book pub
lishers into allowing pupils in the
public schools a discount of 30 per
cent, from retail prices.
Remedies Again*! Worms and
Insects.
The insect question is a very im
portant one., they will destroy us if
we don't destroy them. The follow
ing models I use as occasion de*
mauds, and never fail :
Melon and cucumber bugs like
radish leaves better than any other
kind. I sow a few radish seeds in
each hill, and never lose a plant
Earth-worms, white grubs, and in
fact, all soft bodied worms are, eas
ily driven out by salt sown broad
cast. You can do no harm with ten
bushels to the acre, but a half
bushel is ample. Dry slacked lime
is also effectual. Potato hugs find
their “anti" in Paris green—one ta
blespooi.full, Hour ten spoonfnlls,
water, one bucket; mix and keep
mixed, as the Pans green settles : ap
ply with a watering pot. For cab
bage worms apply dry salt, if the
plants are wet, or strong brine if
they are dry.
Turnip liies are destroyed by tine
slacked lime, dusted over the fields.
But the whole tribe of depreda
tors are wonderfully Kept down by
making friends with the birds.
L'hey are the natural enemies of all
insects, worms, grubs, etc.
In fighting vermin, we must not
try to oppose nature, but to rather
follow her plans, and assist lie; if
she fails.—Canada Farmer.
\ Reporter’* Vengeance.
V difficulty arose between a Chi
cago reporter and a native of sunny
Italy who kept a peanut stand in
that city of big fires and keen enter-*
prise. One day the reporter, with
the daughter of a millionaire hang
ing on his arm, passed the stand of
the Marchese, when the latter e.x
clasmed: “Hi a, cully, wiier.-a-you a
pay me zose vifo scudi, hum?” What
happened after that the Chicago Tri
bune relates as follows: The report
er went,to the office and took an oath
on the assignment book to be aveng
ed—*o be fearfully avenged: then he
wrote a little item headed “City Uo
mance,” in which he stated that the
Marchese was an eccentric Roman
prince who had given all his estates
to the,church in penitence for hav
ing murdered his brother, who was
his rival in the affections of a beauti
ful Countess, and that by economy,
pokcr-dice and speculation in subur
ban lots, he has accumulated a for
tune of nearly $300,000 in Chicago,
Then he smiled a fiendish smile, and
induced the city editor to give it a
big display head, a.id went on his
way rejoicing. That poor Italian nev
er knew what ruined him. When
he got to his accustomed station next
morning there were about two hun
dred men waiting for him, to barrow
of him on ample security at 10 per
cent, a month; to get him to become
a partner with SOSO in a well estab
lish'd business that would pay $20,“
000 a year if the additional capital
could only be secured; to sell him
some Calumet real estate; to get him
to endow a theological chair in the
Oshkosh Cosmopolitan University;
to sell him a trotting horse that
could show 2:G4 everyday in the
week (price $150), and for other pur
poses 11 is knowledge of English
was very imperfect, and lie was an
excitable man, and when the elev
enth speculator came up and asked
him to lend him $15,000 to start an
oleomargarine quarry ho blacked his
eve, and in the confusion that arose j
the portable stove was sacked and the j
peanuts scattered to the winds of |
heaven.
The police restored order, and then
he was notified that if he persisted in
collecting such crowds around him
and becoming a public nuisance, ills
license would be revoked. Then the
collectors for charitable and religious
societies began to besiege him, and i
while he was driving them away with
a club iiis last lot of peanuts burned.
Then a delegation from the Chicago
Commune visitsd him, and when he
refused to divide, according to the
principles of liberty, fraternity and
equality, fell upon him as a traitor,
aud mashed him as fiat as several
pancakes. After the police surgeon
had sewed on lrs ear and stitched his
nose together, the Marchese started
for home, wheeling his cart, which
had only half a shaft and one wheel
left, and surrounded by a bevy of
anxious mothers, who wanted to se
cure him and his title and his S3OO,- !
000 for their daughters. After a
while he placed himself under the
protection of the police, and about
10 o’clock the coast was sufficiently
clear for him to venture out. When
he had nearly reached home he was
sand-bagged and gone through by a
highwayman, who had tracked him
all day, and who, when he only i
found two nickels and a door kev oil 1
the Marchese, sand-bagged him till
he was black and blue and sore all
over. After lying senseless a while,
he managed to crawl to his lonely
hovel, and lound’that a gang of enter
prising buiglars had already been
there and torn up the floors, and
ripped up the bed, and smashed up I
the furniture, aud dug up the chim
ney with pickaxes, looking for his
$300,000. The poor Italian had
merely strength enough to crawl to j
the river and pitch himself in, and
as the reporter was going home
about 2a. m., and the splintered
peanut cart he knew that his ven
geance was complete, and, hurrying
back to the office, pnt a little item
in the “Personals” to say that the
Italian Marchese and millionaire,
whose wealth had been described the
day before, had purchased a palatial
residence at Naples, and left Chicago
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the evening before to occupy it and,
spend the remnant of his days in op
ulence. Such was the reporter's
vengence.
Kerosene l.nui|.
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kerosene lamps arc issued bv a fa
mous lamp manufacturer, and cveiu
worth publishing for general infor
mation:
1. Dry the wick before the fire.
2. Use nothing but best oil.
3. Fill the container with oil
each time before lighting. Cut the
wick the same curve as top of jonc.
4. When the wick is well satura
ted with oil, light with wax tapei,
turn it below cono until the flame
appears only about half an inch
above cone, put on chimney, and
then turn the pinion slowly until
the flame is the required height.
5. The wick must Lo always be
low the cone when burning.
0. The flame must never be al
lowed to remain less than threequar
ters of an inch above the cone, or the
lamp will smell.
7. Cleanliness is imperative to
the well burning of the lamp. Keep
all perforations perfectly free from
wick cuttings, paper ash, etc., all
burners take to pieces to gain access
to interior.
The ten thousand liquor dealers in
New York are in a troubled state of
mind.
An amnesty is proclaimed by the
Spanish Government to soldiers and
officers of every grade who participa
ted in the Carlist or Cantonalist m*
surrections if they surrender within
thirty days.
A list of the incompetents of the
Treasury department has been pre
pared and is filed with Secretary
Sherman, to enable him in the forth
coming anticipated discharge to know
whose services Uncle Sam can the
most readily despoil so with.
The claim of Georgia for $200,000,
refund of excess of amount paid for
the Western and Atlantic railroad to
to the United States as confiscated
property, has been decided in favor
of the State. The amount will be
paid out of the Treasury by act of
Congress.
The French society for suppres
sing the abuse of tobacco, bolding
that smoking among boys is perni
cious to their health, has prepared
a petition to be presented to Parlia
ment, asking for a law to prohibit
youths under sixteen from using the
weed i.i public places.
The United States Navy now con
sists of seventy-one steam mcn-of
wur, carrying from two to forty-six
guns each, besides twenty-three sail
ing vessels, twenty-four iron-clads,
two torpedo-boats, twenty-seveu.
tugs and small steamers attached to
the various yards and naval station.-,
makinga total of 147 vessels; though
notone-half of this number can be
regarded as efficient sea-going ships.
The Louisiana commission is at work
“on the salvation part of the job,” as
Harlan says, but after the thing is oyer,
Packard bounced and Xicholls settling
down to work, the country will discov
cr that the commission, after spending
a large amount of the people's mouey,
had nothing whatever to do with the
salvation of Louisiana. The firmness
of Nicliolls and his constituents is the
“salvation part of the job’’ in Louisi
ana.—Courier Journal.
The French papers describe an in
vention for driving a horse by elec
tricity. The coachman is to have
under his seat an electro-magnetic
apparatus, he works by a little han
dle. One wire is carried through
the rein to the bit and carried to the
crupper, so that a current once set
up goes the entire length of the ani
mal along the spine. A sudden shock
will, we are gravely assured, stop the
most violent runaway or the most
obstinate jibber. The creature, how
ever strong and vicious is “trans
formed into a sort of inoffensive
horse of wood, with the leet firmly
nailed to the ground.” Curiously
enough, the opposite effect may be
produced by a succession of small
shocks. Lnder the influence of
of these the veriest screw cau be cii
dowed with a vigor and fire inde
scribable.
During the month of February the
Vienna authorities inaugurated a
novel and remarkably interesting
application of pneumatic tubes for
the purpose of maintaining unison
and regularity in widely separated
time-pieces. The inventor is the
Austrian engineer and electrician,
E. A Mayrhofer, who, after .vainly
trying to solve the problem by means
of electricity, finally hit upon the
new system. From a central bureau
in the city, connected with the InU
perial Observatory, these pneumatic
tubes extend in all directions, laid
alongside the gas mains, and branch
ing off to the public clocks. By
means of a simple apparatus in the
latter the authorities in this bureau
are able to exhibit the tine astronom
ical time on the clock dala in all
parts of the city, a movement of tin*
hands occurring once a minute. At
present only the e ; tv clocks have
been brought in connection with the
new system, but it will rapidly be
extended, until it embraces tiie
time-pieces in all the schools, pub
lic institutions, hotels, &c., and in
those private residences where it
, may be desired.