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. i LC ^ £ 2 ^- /.A M r* .w v d NEW JAS. BRECKENBIDGE A 00., Publishers. , * > y “ONWARD AND UPWARD* (fc. y g 1- - yy- ' S , 1— -1, 1— HUIWCKIPTION: $1.60 Per Annum. Volume i! DALLAS. PAULDING COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1883. - NUMBER 41. — — * - -■*- — "/ WOULD EA OIE A COPPER PLACE.” I wonldn* gio * copper plack Sp* «nf man that tarns his back On duty clear; I would n a tak his word or note, I wonldna trust him for a groat, Nor lift an oar in ony boat Which he might Btcer. When things aro Just as things should be, And Fortnno gics a man tho plea, Where’er ho be, It isna hard to understand ITow ho may walk through houso and land Wi' cheerin’ faco and open baud Continually. But when, i’ spite o’ work and onro, ▲ man must loss and failuro bear, llo morits praise. Who will not to mi fortuno bow, Wha cooks his bonnet on li's brow And fight* and fights, ho kentum lion’, Through lang, hard days. I wonldna gio an auld bawbee For ony man that I could see , Wlmt diuna hold Tho sweetness o’ his mither’s name, The kindness o' his brother's claim, The honor o’ a woman’s fame, For mair than gold. Nor is it hard for him to do, Wha kens his friends aro leal and true, Lovo sweet and strong, Whose heart knows not from your to year The shadow o’ a doubting fear, Or feels the falliug of a tear For ony wrong. But gio him praise, who e lovo H pain, Wha’ wrong’d forgives, and loves again, And though ho griovos, Lets not tho doar ono from his onro, But loves him mair, and malr, nud mair, And bides bis timo wi’ hope aud prayer, And still bolioves. Ay, gio him praiso who doesna fear The up-hill light from year to year, And wha grips fast * | His ain dear ones through good or ill. Wha, if 4bey wander, loves them still} Bomo day of joy he’ll get his 1111; lie’ll win at lust. —Mary A. Harry, in Harper's Weekly. A n&d Indian Conquered by Soup. , “An Apache, in (till war paint, htalked Into no Indinq, Softool ;«t Albuquerque, N. M., on, day. Tho ohildrcn were im mediately tornfled, nml tremblingly told us he was n ‘bud Indian.’ They said an undo of ono of our boys bad killed bis brothor, and they feared bo bail come tor rovengo. “As it wn» dinner-time,” tho lonelier says, Saw nothing hotter to do than have llio children marched into tho din ing-room, ns nsnnl. Wo keep open houses to Indians at all times and treat thorn ns distinguished guests, so I rno- tionoil to our Apncho to tako a sent at the tnklo. "He sat down, torriblo in his war paint, nnd lnid two loaded revolvers on tho table before him. Tho ohildrtm be gan to tremble. I summoned nil my courage nud snid: “ ‘Put those revolvers on tho window.’ The Apnoko never moved. Tho cook placed before him a cup of cofTco and a bowl of soup. “ ‘Take away flint coffee nnd sonp,” I commanded, with my lienrt in my mouth, adding, to tho Indian i ‘You shall not have them until you put those revolvers on the window.’ “Trembling for her life, tho cook obeyed. When the Apncho saw his dinner removed ho deliberately arose, picked up his revolvers, and—shall I ever forgot tknt terrible moment?— quietly laid them on the window. His dinner was restored to him; lie a to it in silence, and then picked up his property and walked out without a word. "I did not seo him ngnin for yenrs. But this last time, on my way homo, as I was waiting in tho train at Santa Fo, my terrible Apncho, in all his fenthers nud war-paint, got into the cor and walked its whole length, as if looking for some ono. My blood ran cold. Ho stopped beside me, gave a gruut of satisfaction, and broke into smiles. Then nothing would do but I must vigorously shake hands. Ho then left tho car, nnd re turned with a dozen ^otlier braves, ns horrible as himself. Ho introduced them all, and all must shako hands.” An Editor’s Superstitions. A letter from Newport, says: Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of New York, have orrivod at tlioir summer residence Benulicn. It is ono of tho most clinrm- ing nnd extensive estates on tho island. Mr. James Gordon Bennett thought sen- ously at one tune of purchasing the place, but superstition prevented. There appeared to be n strnngo fatality with tho people who owned the place. Bnr- redo, the Peruvian minister, built it re gardless of expense, and lived to boo the Any when ho wanted a dollar. llio two succeeding owners became impoverished to 'momo extent. Mr. A. D. Jessup, of Philadelphia, bought tho place for 8100,000, and in a year moro than doubled his money, disposing of it to Mr. John' Jacob Astor for 8201,000. Then Mr. Jessup went to Europe, and while *t Cheltenham railway station, in Twin-ad took up a London paper, read SbVSSt of President &eU » assassination and dropped dead. Friends of Mr Bennett declare that it was super stition alone that impelled him to refuse THE fllGIIER GRADE. at the I)...Mon. Appllrniu. r« Position, haro to Answer. The following questions aro asked of qiplicants for positions ill tho higher grade under tho United States Govern ment: Write a letter to tho President, giving "our views, oh far as you nra willing to express them, regarding tho duties and responsibilities of nil oflieor of tho public sorvioo which you desiro to enter. Ono of tho examiners will rend dis tinctly nnv passage of fifteen lines from tho Civil Sorvioo act or rules, and ap plicants will writotlio same ns llio read ing goes on, as a tost iu copying nnd or thography, Writo llio names of the States border ing on tbo Atlantic, in their order, be ginning with Maine. Writo tho names of ton railroad cen ters, llftoon seaports, nud ilftcou navi gable rivers. Express iu figures the following: Fifty millions, fifty thousand, four hundred uid seventy-live; nlso, one hundred and forly-throo millions, ono thousand nnd one, and ono ten-thousandth. Write in words the numbers expressed l>v tho following llguros: 30,0011, Hit); nlso V 001,300,1. Give a definition of n verb, a noun, nil adverb, an adjective, a preposition, a conjunction mid t.lio phrase “tho gram mar of the English language.” The Postmaster at Now York rcoeived two bags of mail whiok contained 0,801 letters, but one bog contained 1,211 moro than tho other. How ninny did they each contain ? Give tho operation at length. A contractor furnished tho Govern ment articles ns follows: Juno.8, 1880, 100 barrels of flour at 81.00 a barrel; Inly 6, 1880, 187 yards of carpet at §1 nor yard; August I, 1880, 1,000 yards at 87r. per yard. Government paid on ae. ■omit ns follows; Juno 12, 1881), $1,000, Inly 12,1880, Slot); August!, 1880, $00(1. Slate (lie dealings in the form of a debit aud credit ncoouut, showing tho lmlniieo I lie. To 8-5 of 1 add j of 7-10 and reduce to lowest terms; multiply tho sum so ob- lincd liy 2} amt reduce to a mixed num ber; from tuo product subtract 5-0 and r. duco to lowest terms. Givo' operation it length. . An officer deposits 837,500;’having re- t lined 21 per cent, on the whole amount collected. What nmouut did lio col lect? A disbursing agent failing owed tho Gov- rnmentono item of 8308.45 nud another 4 82,901.02. Tho Government agreed to make a discount of 13per cent, on llio first item and 11J percent, on the second. How much was payablo under the agree ment ? Divido J of 8-0 by 1-7 of 3-5 nnd sub- ilrnet 1-7 from the quotient. Into what three forms is tho Govern- nont of tho United States divided aud a hat are tho functions of each ? What are tho essential ohnrnctcristics 4 a republican form of government? Givo the liftmen of ton Presidents of !io United States and tho length of tlioil administrations respectively. Anecdotes or f.lneoln. Ben Perlcy Poore says, iu tho Youth's- Companion;—Mr. Lincoln wns hardly installed in the Whito Ilonso before tho wild hunt for office commenced. Among ether good stories told of him wns ono ol a man who carno day nfter day asking for a foreign mission. At last the Presi dent weary of his fnee, snid: “J)o yon know Spanish?” “No,” said tho cage! aspirant, "but I could soon learn it,” “l)o so,” snid Mr. Lincoln, "and I will givo you a good thing.” Tho needy politician hurried home and spout six months in studying Oliendorf's gram mar. Ho then reapponrod nt the Whito Itoiiso with a hopeful lienrt and a fine Costillinn accent, and tho President pre sented him with — a copy of "Dor Qnixoto” in Spanish. Tho lobby — tlint great devil-fish, whoso tentacles clutch elnmmily at the national Treasury—could never get on tho blind side of Mr. Lincoln. He treated them with courtesy, hut would never encourngo their schemes. His favorite among tho Washington corre spondents was Mr. S'mon B. Hansconi, n shrewd Bostonian, who had been identi fied with tho earlier anti-slavery move ments, nnd who used to keep Mr. Lin coln informed as to what was going on in Washington, (tarrying him what lio had heard, and seldom asking n favor. “1 seo you state.” said tho President to Ifanseom ono day, “that my Administra tion will he tho reign of steel. Why not add that Buchanan's was tho reign ol stealing.” Mr. Lincoln, as I remarked, spoke in parables, and a story often elided an in terview which otherwise might have been prolonged for hours. On ono occa sion a distinguished visitor was endeav oring to recall to his mind a young mm whom he had seen, but forgotten, who was nn applicant for office. Mr. Lincoln did not think that tho young man was qualified for the position, and ho finally said: “Oh, yes, I know who you mean; it is that turkey-egg-faced fellow that you would think didn’t know ns muoli as a lost year’s bird’s nest” Fruit In flloM Jan. A California correspondent « no. lias groat success in putting up fruit in gloat, jars kindly gives her process for tho world nt large. In the first place she tiAcs tho Mnaon jar, with porcelain tops, and is always sure that tho rubbor rings aro porfeofi' Peaches, - pears nml blackberries sho makes just sweet enough to taste pleas- nntly, except Whito Heart cling peach, which sho preserves and pioklos. For proserves or jam of any kind the nilo is three-fourths of a pound of sugar to one pound of fruit UBed. Plums nml apricots are made into preserves, Mnr- mnlado is also mndo of lipo apricots with tliroo-fourths of a pound of sugar to ono of fruit. Fruit for pics should not he mndo too swoct. Begin the process by placing ntcncnp- fnl of water in tbo preserving kettle with the Biigar. When the sugar is dissolved and the synip is hot, lay in the fruit carefully and let-it heat thoroughly all through, but not boil to pieces. At tho same timo linve a glass jar ready stand ing on a pinto iu n pan of hot wnter on tho stove, tho jar full of hot water. Have nlso tho cover nnd Hie rubber in lint water. When tho fruit iH ready, pour out tho water nnd fill tfio jar im mediately. When full, puss a silver spoon-hnudlo down the sides of the jm to cause any bubliles to riso to the top, and add a littlo syrup if not full. Next screw on the top ns tightly ns yon can and place tho tilled jars whore they onn stand until quito cold. Tighten the cover by screwing it several times while cooling. . __ Kentling’s Big tiun. Tho Hnskill muttichnrgo gun, which has boon in courso of manufacture at llio Scott foundry iu Bending, Pa., for tho past two yenrs,.is finished. It will l„i shipped to New York and taken to, Handy Hook to ho tested in llio pres ence of oflluers of .(lie army and tfavy, Congress mndo a special appropriation for this purpose. Tho inventor, J. li. Hnskill, lias constantly given the work his own supervision. Many .military ex-' ports liavo inspected tho gun, nnd pro nounced it the most destructive engine of denth, perhaps, over invented. It is twenty-five feet long, aml weiplis- twenty-five .tons. It cqpt $50,000. Un- (lergeatli tho gun nro three pockets for;. the holding of powder. Each -poclfiivt‘ anil it was soon digcuveiiud.-Unit tlio tnl • Whioe her mother was tolling a fly out of the butter, little Daisy asked: “Is (bat a butter fly, mamma ?" contains twenty-eight pounds, nml the nro hosidcs eighteen pounds in tho breech, thus concentrating tho forco of ovor one hundred pounds of powder in plnco of one-fourth tho amount usually put in tho breech of tho cannon now iii use. It is claimed Hint it will hurl a pro- jectilo twice ns henvy ns those used in tho ordinary cannon, nnd that it will penetrate a solid piece of iron twenty- fonr inches thick and will easily carry tho projectilo from twelve to fifteen miles. It is intended for both naval and sea coast defense. A company with a capital of 810,000,000 has already been organized to manufacture tho gun. Mr. Hnskill is President, nnd John F. Hmytli, (•x-Insurnuce Commissioner of Now York, aro some of tho other parlies in terested. HIS l’OETOY. Bayard Taylor never fully reconciled himself to tho vocation of a prose writer. He bolioved that tho world should have demanded nothing of him hut poetry. Concerning this lie used to tell a good story at liis own oxponso. During Mb last lecturing trip through tho West- era States lie was the guest, 111 n small city, of tho chairman of tho lecturo com mittee, a self-satisfied and prosperous citizen, who mot Taylor nt tho train, nml carried him home to his own smartly furnished houso. Whito waiting for the evening ropast tho well-fed chairman said, with manifest pride, that probably Mr. Taylor did not remember him. No. Mr. Taylor did not. "Why,” said the chairman, “you xvero hero iu this town ten yeurs ago this very winter, this very month, nnd stopped with me, as you un stopping now.” Mr. Taylor professed his interest in tho important fact. The chairman, glnncing around on the eliromos, tho now carnets, and tho glit tering whito walls of his homo, said, “Yes, you see I liavo been prospering sinco then. Yes, tho world lias been a pretty good place for me. It has for yon too, Mr. Taylor. I liavo watched your courso ever sinco I got acquainted with yon, ten years ago, and I suppose I am ono of the few peoplo who. have rend everything you liavo wrote.” “What,” said Taylor, “everything?” “Yes, sir, everything I could lay my hands on." “Then,” said Taylor, “perhaps yon will toll .mo what you think of my new poem, ‘Lars’?” “Gosh !" snid tho man, “do yon writo poetry?”—Itarprr’s Drawer. Clover.—Each head of clover con tains sixty distinct flower tubas, each of which contains.a portion of sugar not exceeding tho five-linndreth part of grain. Tho proboscis of tho beo must therefore bo inserted into 500 clovei lubes before one grain of sugar can lie obtained. There aro 7,000 grains in n pound, and, ns honey contains three- fourths of its weight of dry sugar, each pound of honey represents 2,500,000 clover tubes sucked liy bees. “May I have the honor to conduct your daughter to tho supper table?” SAD, BUT ROMANTIC. A Cllll.lt KNDKAYOlia TO (WANT IIKit ItlOTlIKK’M 11 VINCI It Kill'KBIT. Hfce Nlrnln Flon-crn with whirl. In Orrnrntr Her Alnltirr'N I ill timber nml Is nt l.imt _ Itlwovt-roil, but l.vt no I’lipunluhril. [From llio London Ti'lrprsple] The gardeners of the South London pablic park had on moro than one oeon- •fcn discovered that larcenous liberties bmLbcen taken with tho newly nrrnnged bMs of snowdrops and crocuses, nnd sat •Watch for tho delinquent, who was nil «*ly morning visitor, A watcher lind WcAiood a small girl, a poor little ragged urchin of seven or eight years old, who frequently enmo through tho park as •oop ns tho gatos wore opened, lint iu (be always emerged nt the gate of exit S ipty banded nnd her scanty skirts owed no slips of bulging pocket ho- t fttli, suspicion didnot attach to her. wns not rcmnrknhlo, since tier attire , Was mndo up of mcro makeshifts of odds ami ends, that she should wear an old bonnet many sizes too largo for her, and it was in the capacious crown of this ar ticle of hondgonr Hint tho stolen flowers were bestowed.. Tlio gnrdoner saw tier pause ntn bed, nnd, after looking warily about, prodiico from her bosom a piece of slate fit for digging with, and then she knelt down, taking off tier bonnet, to which half a dozen tiny roots were rap idly transferred, sho placed it on her bead again nud went en tier way, to ho presently stopped in a fright mid licensed of tho potty robbery. It was useless to 4 ciiy it, nor did sho attempt to do so. lie wont down on her knocB, however— this timo without producing the crimin ating piece of slate —aud begged the ] in ill keeper not to take her to (lie police sla- tion, because, if her niothur, who wns ill iu lied, came to hoar what she had done it would kill her. Presuming that it wns much more likely that tho child's story was lint nn artful pretence, anil that probably her mother had sent her to steal llio flowers, to bo afterward converted into biiltouholo bouquets for salo in tTio streets, tho littlo girl v a- taken before n magistrate mid put bncli tor a while tor inquiries to lie made. The address sho gave wns nt q houso in u Squalid lmok stroet in tho Borough—at toast n couple of miles frofti the park [where sho lind purloined the. suowdro) A hoy was lately caught shading cur rants, and was locked up in a dark closet l,v tho grocer. Tbo boy commenced „ . .. begging most pathetically to he released to purchase the place. Mrs. Astor is aI1 g niter using all the persuasion Hint, asked a society gentleman of a luily from making it a more beautiful place evepjr, y 0llD g mind could inveut, lio pro- who is staying with some year. --- nosed: “Now, if you’ll let me out ami f r j en( j„ whom she is visiting here in Aus- 3 send for my father, he’ll pay you for t ie tjn “May you tako her to supper?” currants and lick mo besides. I" e j was the response: “why, of course, and grocer could not withstand this appeal j ,. ou cnn take me, too. That’s what we and released the urchin. game here for ."—Texas .Siftings, ■tho child had tolil da-to her mother be ing ill was quito true. The poor ereatliro was found confined to her bed in a dark nud miserably furnished hack room, nml there she lind lain dying of consumption since last winter snt in. Tho father was ill prison nnd tho sick woman’s only moans of support wns licr two children, respectively two and tour years older than tho child iu custody, nud tlioy nil earned a fow ponce onoh daily by selling eignr lights nonr London Bridge. At a glance it wns evidont what hail booomi of the stolen (lowers. A pioeo of heard wns fastened shelf-wise ncross tho toot of tho sick womnn's bedstead, nud on it, in tlirco or four gnlli-pots, were as many hunches of crocuses, and snowdrops nnd wall flowers, each iu a setting of green grass. Tho poor invnlid hail not the least suspicion tlint they had boeu dis honestly obtained, anil the person in quiring being in unofficial costume and perceiving ber condition charitably re frained from enlightening her. “You nra looking at my gurdeu, sir,” hor while faco lighting with a wan smilo. “Tlioy are wild flowers, sir, so my littlo girl tells mo, hut sho has to go over so far to pick 'em. When tho winter weather went away and tbo onn entno out I began to feel that craving for tho sight nnd smell of frosli flowers that I couldn’t express if I tried. It is through lying hero so mnny weeks so drenry anil dull and so many hours all to myself, I suppose; hut I know it was no use thinking uliout ’em at tho price they aro when they first come in tho spring, though I couldn’t help talking anil Buying that if I hail a few I felt sure they would do mo more good than all tho physic. And so, with out saying a word about it to anybody, my little Kitty—a mere mito of seven, sir—sho gets up at five in tho morning, and before breakfast timo she’s back with ns pretty a bunch os over you set eyes on. They didn’t Inst vory long, poor things, in this stuffy littlo room, and it seems almost a r.linmo to bring ’em hero out of tho fields whore they grow, Imt there's thousands of ’em there, Kitty tolls mu, nnd I don’t think that those who have tlioir health to go snil see ’em growing would grudge mo just a tow brought away for my share.” "No one certainly would, supposing the little girl you speak of comes by them honestly,” tho visitor ventured. “No fear shout that, sir,” replied tho sick mother confidently. “Why, I happened only to hint something like wlint you just said when she brought homo tin first lot, and sho fell crying so tlint 3 didn’t know what to do with her.” So the kind hearted park official earao away with his original purpose unfulfilled, and tho magistrate being informed of the cir cumstances discharged the terrified little- prisoner with a caution. Whether bIii; ran homo and mode confession I cannot say, but unless sho did so within a week it was too late, for at the end of nolongei an interval sho was motherlosB, and it was my privilege 'to assist iu placing Kitty anil ber two sisters in n country home, for removed from tho vice nnd temptations of London streets, and where wild flowers in plenty may be bail for the picking. When Heurv was courting Sarah In used to boost that lie had n “boss" girl; now tlint he is married, lie finds he has "boss” wife, but he never mentions it. ROBBING A FARMER. How »• Fly Hill,” 0 OhlfMfl Thirl, Pnlmn lllmnriroir no thr Fnrmrr’n Hon nnd with an Accomplice Hrcurro a 1’ot of Money. A letter from Glon City, Penn., says: “Elmer Snyder is a wealthy farmer who lives a short distance outside of this vil lage. Ho is a widower, nnd lives alone with liis servants iu a tine mansion olose to tho highway. Ho is a prominent fig ure in political and social oiroles, nnd is a Deacon in the local Methodist church. About live years ago his wife died. Tho eauso of her death was attributed to the nlmoueo of her only ohild, a boy, who ran away from homo about 15 years ngo oil aeoomit of Home trifling troubles with his folks. Thu farmer is one of the larg est land owners in the district, and il was always believed that I10 kept a large sum of money in tho house. About two weeks ngo lie presented a flashily dressed, handsome young man to liis friends nnd neighbors ns his long-lost son. Bininl- tnnoously with tho nrrival of tint young man ugly rumors began to spread about liis pnst'lifo in Cliiengo nnd oilier cities rf tho West. It was generally knowi that young Snyder had led a fast life, nnd for a t:mo the country pooplo fought shy of him; but tho engaging manner, and plausible talk of tho young man mndo him many friondH, and tlio old farmor soon hoennio proud of liis hand- somo boy. Ju a tow days nnolliur rumor started to tlio effect Hint lie was not Suy der’s son, but another jHirson who was trying to imposo upon tho farmer. This story soon gained ersdunoo from tlio fuel tlint wliou questioned id Kill t liis earli farm lifo the young mnn was nlwnys a' fault. Whether tlieso rumors reaehei llio oars of tho old farmer or not is nn known. Tho young man grew iu tin olil innii's favor and accompanied bin everywhere. Wednesday a handsonu nml elegantly dressed woman iinnoeoui pauled ilrovo, up to tho village inn am secured accommodations for a fow days saying sho wiih from I’hilndulpliin, niu desired a quiot room. While walking 01 llio streut sho rout tho. Intoly rctiiruei farmer’s son. Tlioy suddenly hceana intimate, and uutil Thursi'o/ nigl t In was constantly in horsoeioty. no u m duccil her to a fow ladies ns Mrs. Dicker non, of Philadelphia, nnd said she win llio wife of a friend of liis. On Friday morning tho servants tn tho Bnyde'i household were surprised nt tho non-np penranoo of Mr. Hnydor nt breakfast and, as lio was an habitual early risor tin fact caused much comment. After wail ing uutil 10 o’oloek they dcoidod to eal! him. Going to liis room they found Hi. door looked, another unusual foot. They rapped loudly, nnd receiving no answe'i determined to lirouk open the door. First they triod to find young Snyder. Imt could find no trueo of 1dm. Burst ing open tho door, tlioy found tho old man lying full longtli upon the flooi hound anil gagged. Tlio rojies that bound him worn wrapped nroiind hi. arms nnd logs with a double twist, whih the gag was tightly wedged into Id. month. Cutting tlio ooriis nud lifting him to liis tout, they administered re storatives, When ho had sufficiently re covered tlio old man said: “That young man was not my son. I liavo bcoh cruelly deceived nnd robbed,” pointing ti n safe which stood in tlm corner of tin room. Tlio safe had been opened am’ tlio contents were scattered about tin floor. The farmer went on to toll how lie hint snt up with liis supposed son 1111 til 11 o'clock and lind then gonn to lied. He was roughly nwukcnnfl by having n gag forced into his mouth and before In could liolp himself lio was hound and gagged. In the partial darkness ha suit two figures. After they had securely fastened him ono of them went to the bureau nnd coolly lighted the lump. As soon as tlio light was turned up the farm er recognized the fncu of tho young man lio thought his son anil the stylish woman who hail stopped at tho tavern. They tooktho safe-key from liis pocket, rohliod tlio safe, putting the monoy in 11 vnliso which tho woman carried. After they had taken everything the young man said: “Good liyo, papa, J will pay your respects to your son when J gel hack to Chicago. Ho wants to heal from you.” Tho pair then left tlio room, looking tlio door lxdiiwl them. The old man is completely broken down by the occurrence. The police authorities wen notified, nnd a search was madu for tho missing couple. Not the slightest traeo could bo found o', them. TliiH morning ft detective from Chicago arrived in the vil- 'jige looking for two individuals whose description tallies exactly with that ol the fanner’s bogus son and tho flashily dressed woman who put up at the tavern. Upon visiting Mr. Snyder the detective saw that tho young man was not his son, but an old Chicago thiof and confidence man, and known by liis associates in crime ns "Fly Bill,” and who wont under llio alias of John Peters, Harry Rut ledge, etc. Tho woman, ho said, wns ft noted courtesan from Chicago, who is wanted there for a number of crimes. The loss to tlio fanner is nearly 88,500. Tho property consisted of $4,000 in greenbacks and tho bulauco was iu Gov- eminent bonds. The numbers of the bonds liuvo been furnished to tbo author ities, nnd a largo reward will bo offered for tbo arrest of tbo tbievos. A news item says that tlio brain of n circus employee, found dying near Mid dletown, * ‘weighed fifty-six ouncoB, tin same size ns that of the first Napoleon and of Daniel Webster." Of course lie was tlio man who wrote tbo circus ad verlisemcnts. IRAVELS OF A DIAMOND. IIKTAII«N OP THR ORIHIN OP TIIR JKWKL IN TIIR IMPUIUAI. 80KPTHR UP HUM8IA. Il.w (1 pn.rnl Mrllkor'. Airiflw iill Urn Jewel Ikel Msrfe Him mm4 Hie Ueee-eS- aele Immeseelz ItlcR. [From the London Truth.] Tlio following details of the origin of the famous jewel which adorns the im perial sceptre of llussia wore furnished 111a during a residence in St. Petersburg liy n descendant of tho Armoniau mer chant who brought tha stono to Russia. Tho ilinmond iu its rough state, formed tho eye of an idol in n temple near Trioh- iuopoli, and wns abstracted by a French renegade, who escaped with Ills prize to Ponds. Hero ho wandered from town to town trying to dispose of it for a mod erate sum, Imt only meeting with dis trust nud Hiispieiou, At length when I,lio news of the theft had spread ovor India nnd reached Persia, fearing arrest, lie accepted tho offer of a Hebrew mer chant nnd mirrenderod the diamond for glO.UOO. Meantime tlio Hlinli was in formed, not only of tho robls'ry, but also that tlio thief was residing in hill territory, niid-hnd offerdd tho stone re peatedly fur sulo. At onnn Ids'Rig)moss gnve orders to arrest tlio mail, dend or alive, and to seize the diamond. Tlio Jewish mer chant naturally bocamo alarmed for the safety of liis new' acquisition, as well ha that of liis head, nnd gladly sold tho stono to an nstnto Armenian merchant named Hhafrns tor 100,000. The mag- nillneneo of Cntliorino the Great and her nimrt was a by-word in Armonin and Per sia, anil Shnfras know right well that if lie could reaeli St. Petersburg with his diamond ho would bn nblo to dispose of it nt a handsome profit. The greatest ilillioiilt.V was to soorota tho stone ao thoroughly about Ills person that in ease of liis arrest it-should not ho discovered. 11 wns -too largo for him to swallow, so lio solved tlio problem by making a deep Incision in tlio caff <>f his loft lee, inserting the stone, and sowing up tho Wound with silver thread. When tho out hail cicatrized sufficient ly to nllow tho removal of tho wire, Hhafrns began his travels toward Russia. Had lio known on arriving at Hie frontier that tho dinmond had been traood to the Jewish merchant, and from him to an Armoniav, lio would probably have tried to eonnnnl liis nntioniqity. Blithe boldly proclaimed himself 1111 Armenian mer chant to tlio Shah’s inquisitive officials, wns arrested, anil consigned to prison on suspicion. Strong emetics were admin istered, hut 110 diamond came to light, llo was stripped naked, plunged into a hot bath, and then examined from bend to foot, with no bettor sticoess. Even a littlo torture wns tried, but Sliafras was firm; and iu tbo end ho was bundled nn. ceremoniously ovor tho frontior—liis petty cash being retained, lie reached Orenburg, and liora some compatriots advanced him somo money to reach tbo capital. Catherine the Great was short of ready money wlieq Shafrus offered her Iim diamand tor salo. Ho domanded $200,- 000 tor it, but tlie Empress could not raiso moro than $100,000, and though sho offered 40,000 dessiatina (of tour acres each) of Clown land in addition to Ibis sum, Shufrna refused. Catherine was greatly chagrined and did not hide her anoyance; but sho was too noble a character to resort to tho ooerclve meas ure which a Shall of Persia would have adopted without a moment’s hesitation. Sliafrns wns allowed to depart unmolested and betook himself to Amsterdam to have liis diamond cut. Here it was that tlio famous Oount Orlov first snw tlio jewel for which his imperial mistress hud sighed, and lie determined to lav it os a ? ;ift nt nor feet. Tho bargain w’itb Shn- rns was concluded off-hand, for Count Orlov never haggled. In exchange fur the diamond (which weighs 18S carats, and is valued nt $1,500,000) Connt Orlov promised Shafrus, on liis return to Rus sia, $350,000 down, an annuity of $2,000, and a patent of nobility. Thu Count kept his word; Sliafras the merchant bccamo Lazarev tuo gentlemen, unshod liis hills nt tho imperial treasury, and drew $2,000 a year tor tho rest of liis life, which, us usual with annuitants, was a very prolonged one. Before ho died lio became ono of the richest inon in llussia. With tho prico of the diamond lio bought mines in Ournl, land in Bes sarabia, and houses in St. Petersburg. Tiie “unearned increment” fn thirty years made him ten times a millionaire, imd at tho present day his descendants, numbering hundreds, ore all immensely rich. Loris Melikov, former Minister of the Interior, and Delionov, at present Ministerof Publio Instruction, are grand children of the Armenian Lazeruv. A company lias boon formed in Parie, with a capital of 8150,000, “for the pur pose of drugging tho Red 80a to recover tlio chariot and arms of Pharaoh. Pharaoh may have owned a pretty gor geous chariot, but it lifts been in the wa ter so long that wo don’t believe it :s worth much now. A much t bettor one can be purchased for less thnt 8150,- 000. And us for Pharaoh’s arms, unless they nre petrified, they would be of no more value than bis legs.—Norristown Herald.. In n Nowport boudoir: “Ob I be il such a clinrniing gentleman. Aud be did not make liis money in vulgar trade, either. No, indeed I He owns a bonk; for T have heard peoplo who knew him speak of it. It is in a Western city named Faro.”—Philadelphia Times.