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t '* J. - I, f. r The Advertiser. [Published every Thursday by D. B. FREEMAN. OLD SERIES—VOL. YII-NO. 22. CEDARTOWN, GA. r JULY 1, 1880. : S'!.50 per annum, in advance. NEW SERIES—YOL. II-NO. 29. BiylirMpFm FI Main St. Oedartowu Ga., 1? YOU WANT THEM PURE AND FRESH. C. G. JANES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CEDARTOWN, GA. !a- ornce in tue Court House. rebie-ty JOSEPH A. BLANCE, ATTORNEY AT LAW) CEDARTOWN, GA. tsr First Room up Stairs over J. S. Stubbs & Co’s Store. Sept25-iy DBS. LIDDELL & SON, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OFFICE EAST SIDE OF HAIX ST. CEDARTOWN, GA janS-ly W. G. ENGLAND, Physician and. Surgeon. CEDARTOWN, OA. OFFICE over J. A. Wynn’s where he may bo found ready to attend calls either day or night. JanlB-ly DR. C. H. HARRIS, Physician and Surgeon, Cedartown, Ga. B. FISHER, Watchmaker & Jeweler, CEDARTOWN, GA Having Just opened out a shop at the store of •a. D. Hogg St Co., respectruily requests the public to call on him when'needlng work In his fine. ieb5-tt W. F. TURNER, Attorney at Law. CEDARTOWN, GA Will practice In the Superior Courts of Polk, Paulding, Haralson, Floyd and Carroll counties. Special attention given j,o collections and real estate business. - marli-ly DR. L. S. LEDBETTER, DENTIST, “BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS!” Tie Needed Protection of Onr Loyed Ones at Net Cost The People's Mutual Relief Association Is issuing certificates of membership in amounts from $1,000 to $5,000 OP strictly healthy persons, male and female. The plans are SAFE, CHEAP AND PERMANENT. Applications for membership will be received by JNO. W. RADLEY, Cedartown, Ga. Partial list of members in and around Cedartown: F. M. night, A. A. Read, John W. Bracken, P. J. Bracken, Wm. R. Craig, Geo. H. Leake, J. W. Barr. Dr. C. H. Harris, J. B. Crabb, W. H. H. Harris, D. R. Monroe, Dr. W. G. England, Jno. W. Radley, J. W. Kilgore, Daniel Walker, D. B. Freeman, Mrs. Nancy Powell, Alex. Dougherty, Mrs. Franois Dougherty, Dr. E. II. Richardson, Captain N. S. Esves. apl6-8m A. J. YOUNG, DEALER IN Corn and Rye Whiskies, Wine, Gins and Brandies. Noyes Warehouse - - CEDARTOWN, Ca. CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA. All Dental work performed in the most skill ful manner. Office over J. S. Stubbs St Co.’s. ’febl9-ly F. M. SMITH Attorney at Law and REAL ESTATE AGENT, CEDARTOWN, GA Particular attention given to the selling or renting of city property. Buying and selling wild lands a specialty. Parties owning wild lands In Georgia would do well to correspond with me, as I nave app lcations for thousands of acres whose owners are unknown. No tax 11. fa. or other bogus title need apply. Look up your beeswax and write me. Terms: Ten per cent, commission on sales. For locating and ascertaining probable value, $l per lot. For searching records for owners, ao cents per lot. For ascertaining If land Is claimed or occupied by squatter, $1 per lot.. Alway s in advance. To insure attentton enclose a3-centstamp. Parties owning wild lands should look to their interests, as many of these wild lands are being stolen by squatters under a bogus title. All communica tions promptly answered. Satisfaction guar anteed to all honest men. Jan29-ly LIVERY FEED, AND SALE STABLE! Wright & Johnson Prop’rs. CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA. Being supplied with new Horses, New Vehi cles, A a. we are prepared to meet the wants of the public In our line. JanS-ly JAMES H. PRICE, CEDARTOWN, GA Keeps on hand and manufactures to order MATTRESSES! My work recommends Itself wherever used, and Is guaranteed to render the most peifect satisfaction. No flimsy material used, no work slighted. I ask a trial. JAAIE3. H. PRICE. iebl9-ly. CALHOUN Livery and Sale Stable. FOSTER & HARLAN, Props , (ILHOIV, GEORGIA. line of new Vehicles, we are prepared to meet the wants of the traveling public In our line. Parties wishing vehicles sent to any of the trains on the Selma. Rome and Dalton Railroad or to any other point, mav telegraph ul and have their wants promptly and properly at tended to. Jan8-tf FOSTER A HARLAN, Calhoun, Ga. ISAAC T. MEB, CEDARTOWN, GA., —dealer in- STOVES TINWARE, Hardware and Hollow-Ware, OF ALL KINDS. House-Furnishing Goods A SPECIALTY. SOLE AGENT FOR COX, HILL k THOMPSON’S STONE MOUNTAIN WHISKIES in Cedartown. I keep such Liquors as may be used as a beverage or for medical purposes with perfect safety. C~?/~ Give me a call. Good treatment guaranteed. mr!8-ly NEW HOUSE! NEW MERCHANTS! New Goods and New Prices. A. D. HOGG & CO., MAIN Street, CEDARTOWN, Georgia, Have just opened a select stock of General Merchandise In their new store, and want all their friends and the public generally to call and let them siiow their goods aiid prices. Their stock was bought before the recent rise In prices, and they feel confident of having goods at bottom figures. They have beautiful• Dress Goods, Calicoes, Cornets, new styles; Bleach- Ings, Flannels, Cassimeres, Kerseys, Kentucky v Jeans, Hosiery, Gloves, Hardware, Notions, etc., etc. Extra nice Gentlemen’s Underwear Vkby Low. Remember the place—last Brick Store on South MAIN Street, west side. nov6-ly £ 4 H. C. CROWLEY; ^ & •DEALER in STOVES AND TIN-WARE, EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, Opposite Philpot & Dodds, - - • CEDARTOWN, Ga. Keeps constantly in stock tfce LATEST and BfeT brands of STflAES, ft*-- 1 «*an now supply customers with tlje unequalled Tiniet*, Sofrtliea i Baker and Iron City. * # • K t bs n ail nines a iiui line of Tin-ware, and does all kinu$ of tinner’s t.r otlnir, guttering, &c. * ^ „ Splendid assortment of Crockery and Glassware will be kept constantly* in stock. mli25 ly ED. E. BRANNON, Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries. Chickens, Eggs and Butter a Specialty. I HAVE also A FIRST-CLASS BAH. tn connection with the Store, which is stocked with the finest Liquors in town. . jan8-tf CHEAP G OOD8 Si the public, and would be pleased to have all my friends and customers call and see me when in town. T. T \1 F.R CEDARTOWN SCHOOL, J. C. HARRIS Principal. The Spring Term commences the first Mon day In January and will continue 5j* months. Fall Term opens 8rd Monday In August and continues 4% months. Rates of tuition as cus tomary. The school-room 1b convenient and comfort able ; training thorough and discipline firm. The Principal offers his thanks for past favors, and confidently ask for a liberal share of patron age In the future. Reference as to discipline, etc., Is made to the former patrons of this school. no vS7-2m J. S. STUBBS & CO., Have just moved into their elegant new Store Booms on East Side of MAIN Street! "Where they are now opening an extensive atonic of GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Their goods were selected with great care and with an eye to the needs of their customers, and were bought for Cash. They will be sold at the lowest figures. Go and examine their stock and prices before making your purchases. aug7-tf J. P. DUFFEY, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN BUGGY ADD WAGON E4EN1SS, SADDLES, BBIDLES, &G BURIAL OF Til PAST. Twas the night before the wedding And the house was filled with guests, After all the pleasant free tings Quietly the household rests. Only one from out the many Still is sitting by the fire— ’Tis the bride, who ou the morrow Will have left her home and sire. With her hair unbound and falling, Like a mantle to the floor i There she sits among her treasures, For the last time looks them o'er. One by one she reads each letter, Then consigns it lo the flame ; From its case she takes a picture, And her white lids close in pain. For the face smiles out upon her As of old it used to do. Ere that bit er hour of parting, When each spoke what was not true. Trembling fingers slowly clasp it, Drop it on the ember's red, Ne’er again will she behold it, For the face to her is dead. There are violets in the casket And a lock of eoft dark hair ; There are books and little trinkets And the ring she used to wear. In the firelight, while they’re burning Is’t in fancy or a dream That again she sees the river And the old famiLar scene. Where so often they had rambled In the autnmn alternoon ; Where on summer nights they floated ’Mid the lillies, 'neatli the moon ? On the hearth the box lies emptiod. On the grate the fire burns low. And the girl stands white and silent As the last faint embers glow. Streaks of gray are slowly creeping O’er the portals of the moon ; With the night the old life passes— Dawning brings her hopes new-born. Elopement and Pursuit. Wm. L. Marcy was called to the bar in October, lgll. Acting under the advice of friends, he opened an office in Troy; N. Y., and commenced the practice of his profession. He was surrounded by exper ienced and gifted lawyers, who controlled the honors and emoluments of their profes sion. Young Marcy, deficient in those brilliant and ready talent so attractive to the public, though poscssing erudition and strong intellectual powers, did not at first meet with professional succes^fout, taking an appeal to the future, he patiently await ed the developments of time. With great labor and perseverance he perfected himself in those solid acquirements, which subse quently rendered him conspicuous before the world as a lawyer, diplomatist and statesnfan. Among the chrracteristics that distin guished the early days of Mr. Marcy’s pro* feasinal life, was carelessness in regard to dress. Though he was not, like Martin Grover, accustomed to appear in dilapida ted attire, still he held fashion and her votaries in contempt. His boots were often left for weeks without polish, and his hair to say the least, never appeared in Hyperion curls, and withal, by casual acquaintance he was regarded as a very dull and inactive young man. But his personal appearance was in his favor. He was slightly above the ordinary height, “stout and masculine, but not gross; his forehead bold and full, his eyebrows heavy, his eyes deep-set and expressive, his mouth and chin firmly moulded. His manners were affable and courteously free from pretence, yet digni fied.” He was easy, pleasing and graceful in conversation. In really refined and cultivated circles, young Marcy, notwith standing his indifferent attire, was a favorite, though coxcombs attempted to make him the subject of railery. His office was in a small one story build ing, surrounded by a railing or veranda. Directly opposite his office there was a fashionable female seminary. In pleasant weather he would seat himself on the ver anda, with his feet elevated on the top of it, and in tliis position watch the gambols of the young ladies on the play-ground of the school, or engage in pursuing his favor ite studies. His unpolished boots, thus conspicuously exhibited, were often the subject of merriment among the fair stu dents. . -Though young Marcy was wanting in those external qualities constituting what is called “a lady’s man,*' his society was by no means distasteful to the fair sex, especially to those who had the penetration to understand the real beauties of his char acter and appreciate his abilties. , Among the more advanced pupils of the seminary was a Miss DuBois, a young lady from Springfield, Mass., an heiress, and veiy beautiful. Marcy had frequently met her at the residence of a lady friend in Troy. For some time a respectful friend- pleasant sensation in the seminary, and Miss DuBois was strictly forbiddeh to have any further association with Marcy. The report even reached her father, who has tened to Troy, determined to remove his daughter from the seminary. But her ex planation of the matter'was sufficient, and he returned home satisfied that all reports connecting the name of his daughter with Mr. Marcy were groundless. A few weeks after her father’s visit, Miss DuBois obtained permission to visit Albany with come friends. Some time after her departure it occurred to one of the pupils of the seminary, who had interested herself in the affairs of Miss DuBois and Mr. Mar cy to quite an extent, that although the day was beautiful, the young lawyer had not been seen in his accustomed place on the veranda of his office. On making proper in quiry she learned that he had not been there at all that day. This aroused her cur iosity and excited suspicions, leading her te make further inquiry, and she was in* lorrned that he had accompanied Miss Du Bois to Albany. Without further consid eration, she believed that an elopement had taken place, and immediatly informed the faculty that young Marcy and Miss DuBois had fled to Albany for the purpose of being clandestinely married.— This aroused them to the highest pitch of excitement. The rumor ran like wild-fire through the insti tution, reaching the city in a short space of time. There wus a strange “hurrying to and fro” in the seminary. Consternation was everywhere mingled with* the silent mirth which the affair had created among many of the young ladies who really enjoyed the scene. Cupid had slyly found a lodgment within those walls, dedicated to science and study, though all thought the little winged good was sternly forbidden there—to many known only in the beautiful dreams of girlhood. Yet he had actually been a sojourner in that temple of science; one of ito fairest inmates had yield to his enchant ed bowers. Fear that the wrath influenc ing the young lady’s father and her other 'friends would be turned against the insti tution, and dreading the odium which an elopement would bring upon it, an imme diate pursuit was decided upon. The sher iff ot the county, with a posse comitatus, v'as sent in pursuit, and proceeded with hot haste to Albany. Learning that the iady was at'one of the principal hotels in that city, he rushed thither tp forbid the bans before it wjis too late. Sdns ceremony he enforc ed his way into the ladies’ parlor. Miss DuBois was there enjoying nerself with her friends, but, to the astonishment of the sheriff, young Marcy was not present. The officer had entered the room sternly deter mined on breaking the chains that love had fogged with the strong arm of the law. He ^^anticipated; *oarq, cries and s^rieka from the lady, mingled with deep 'curses fi om the lover. But no ardent lover was there—no priest about to pronounce the solemn bat happy union could be seen. The lady and her triends, taken by sur prise at the sudden entrance of the sheriff and his assistants, started to their feet in alarm. One of the ladies present summon ed courage enough to demand of the officer what he meant by this intrusion. Confus ed and embarrassed by the awkward posi tion he found himself in, he said: “\y e —we—have—that is—we want to find Lawyer Marcy and Miss DuBois.— We are told—” “I am Miss DuBois, sir. As for Mr. Marcy, I have not seen him to-day. What do you meau, sir?” “Why, the people at the seminary said that you and he had eone off together to— to—get married, and—’’ “And so they sent you in pursuit of us, I suppose. You will not arrest me on mere snspicion, will you?” ’ “We have to obey orders, madam. I bave a warrant against Mr. Marcy for ab duction—that is for carrying you off—for they made that out before the justice,” aaid the officer. The deep, clear, silver laugh of Miss Du Bois, in which hercompanions joined, rang tlrougli the room at this announcement, while the sheriff and his assistants, finding themselves ‘sold,’ as the saying is, retired, greatly chagrined at the singular adventure. E: happened that shortly after Miss DuBois and her fnends left Troy, Mr. Marcy, kav. ing business in Albany, proceeded to that city alone by stage. Having transacted his business he returned home alone, as he came, to the surprise of citizens and his friends, who verily believed he had eloped Vith the pretty heiress. His own astonish ment was unbounded when informed of me commotion and excitement he had un consciously caused, at the seminary especi ally, when he learned that, during the day, it was believed throughout the city that he had absconded with a clandestine marriage in view; that for the time being he had abandoned the law for Gretna Green. Nothing could exceed the mortification o f preached Mr. Marcy. She was leaning the arm M a dignified and courtly gentle man. “Senator,’’she said with a graceful sa- lution, “I cannot resist" my desire to renew an acquaintance with you, once the source of great pleasure and profit to me. Do you not recognize in me an old friend?” “Certainly I do. You are, or rather were, Miss DuBois. I am delighted to meet you again; nothing could give me greater pleasure,” said Mr. Marcy, after a moment’s hesitation. “Permit me to introduce to you my hus band, Sir. D—, of Boston,” said the lady. “Mr. D—she continued, ‘‘this is the Hon. Wm. L. Marcy, whom you know so well by reputation. He is an old friend of mine. I once bnloped with him; bat I trust you will*forgive him, as you haveone, for it was ohly an indiscretion of our youth. ” m “Such elopements are easily forgiven, Senator,” said Mr. D—’ “especially since the one Mrs D—alludes to has afforded us a fund of amusement fromj^our first ac quaintance.” , “It waSso we]l managed that neither of us knew anyjdjing about it until it was all oVer, ” said Marcy. » • The story of the elopment soon found its way into Washington society, where it was the subject of much*merriment. “Marcy,” said'Presidcnt Jackson, at one of his receptions, at which Mrs. D—and her husband were present. “Marcy, by the Eternal, if I had been in your place I should have given full occasion for the re port of an elopement with that splendid woman. Why did you not?” “Because, Mr. President, I had my eyes on a still lovelier woman—the future Mrs. Marcy,” was the reply. Ah, that was all right; an excellent ex planation,” said the President. ship existed between her and the young lawyer. Slie was pleased with the graces the seminary at the useless and lud^ rous of his knowledge, the superiority of his in- ( excitement they had produced. For a long tellect. There was a charm in his 1 time this elopement made m«cli merriment conversation, which nnconsciously revealed! in all circles both at Troy, and Albany. Summer excursions, long or short, are now necessities of American life. All classes indulge in these relaxations from business during the Summer months. The rich extend the time to months the poor content themselves with a much shorter withdrawal from the store, the manufactory or the workshop. To foster and encourage this feeling, the various railroads of the country have inaugurated Summer excursions to the sea coast, the mountain top, the shady valley and the quiet rural sections of tins great country. Foremost among the Summer excursions both for variety of location, the cheapness of fare, and abundance of natural scenery, are those gotten up and managed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. All tastes can be gratified by these trips over the stem line of the Pennsylvania Road and its numer ous branches. Eight hours ride from Philadelphia brings the traveler to Altoona and Cressod bprio^*, tilC Allegheny Mountains, and tlie-^fatnous Bedford Springs are reached- by the Pennsylvania Railroad to Huntingdon, and thence by the Huntingdon and Broad* Top Railroad to Bedford. Leaving- the main line at Har risburg the route of the traveler leads north ward over the Northern Central and Erie Railroads to the mountain resorts of Renovo and Kane, to Watkins’ Glen, and the many pictursque localities in the vicinity of Seneca Lake, all reached from Philadel phia by express trains with luxurious Pull man palace cars. Delaware Water Gap, a most pictursque .and delightful retreat from the heat of Summer is reached via Trenton and the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania Road, which runs along the Delaware river, and presents a constantly changing panorama of enjoyable views by land and wateL By leaving the main line, a hundred other jiiints can be reached, when' repose, cqnlfftrt and health can he attained by all classes. At the sjinc time all the nlbst popular and attractive sea-side resorts on the'Jersey Coast can be readily and pleasantly reached by cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad- At the depot of the company, in West Philadelphia tour ists, from inland localities will find cars in 'waiting to transfer them—at a cost of six cents’—to the depot at the foot of Mar ket Street, fi om which point Cape May, Atlantic City, Beach Haven, and Seaside Park may all be reached within two hours and without change of cars. The traveler continues his journey from the West Plula- delpliia depot to Sea Girt, Spring Lake, Ocean Grove, and Long Branch, all of which points are also readied in about the same time and without change of cars. In this way a vast extent of country, richly endowed with all natural charms and health giving properties, is opened to the enjoyment of persons of even moderate means. The excursion rates are most moderate, and cover such a period of time as will satisfy even the most exacting, and living accommodations, at all points, can he obtained in such shapes as to fit all pur ses. The Summer excursion programme of the Pennsylvania Railroad was never so extended, encircling and "complete as for the summer of 1880, and no doubt the travel will be correspondingly enlarged. When a person can enjoy a Summer vaca tion on the mountain or by the ocean side, almost as cheap as living in the City, or in the inland town, it is folly to tread the pearls of comfort and health under foot. Thin Messina pmui.ji.aai. n.u.u.d puts within the reach of all by theirenter- prise and liberality. Spanish an 1 German. # _ The delights of the compartment railway the mental resources of the future states-j None, however, enjoyed the joke with a | carriages in use in England and on the Con- man stimulating intelligence in others, j keener relish than Marcy aud his fair ; tinent were demonstrated to the satisfaction Miss’ DuBois possessed that charming vor-! friend. I of a «<™ an and a Spaniard, who were shut (Dongherly’s'Old Stand,) CEDARTOWN, Georgia. All Work Guaranteed to give satisfaction. All be asks is a trial. Jan8-ly satility that belongs of right to women— the faculty of suiting her fine intellect to all whom it encountered—of so tempering her subtle wit with feminine grace as to exempt her from. enmity or malice, and that prids which is ths necessary result ol the superiorly she wore easily and grace-, j There were those elements in the friend ship between young Marcy and Miss Du Bois which naturally ripen into deep attach ment and ardent love, yet singular as it may appear, there was no affair of the heart blended with it. But those who were aware of their intimacy, not understanding its nature, naturally put another construc tion upon it, and a report reached the faculty of the seminary that Marcy was an accepted suitor of Miss DuBois. The rules of the institution strictly forbade the young Udies from receiving any attention from gentlemen; and the parents of the lady'had strongly enjoined upon the faculty the en forcement of this rule In regard to their daughter. Therefore, the report of her re lation with the young lawyer caused an un- At length she graduated and returned to her friends, leaving the young lawyer to plod on towards the fame that awaited him. In the course of time Miss DuBois married a highly respectable citizen of Bos ton, with whom she lived in great happi ness and prosperity. With the lapse of time honors accumulated upon William L. Marcy. He was elevated to the bench of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. He occupied the gubernatorial chair, and afterwards became a member of the United States Senate, and then Secretajy of the State in the cabinet of the President of the United Stales, gaming honors as Minis ter of State which few of his predecessors had attained. While a Senator in Congress ha attended one of those splendid recep tions given by a distinguished official to the heads of departments, Senators, mem bers of Congress and other eminent persons entitled to an invitation. Xn the course of the evening a lady, whose beauty, accomp lishments, fascinating manners, and re puted wealth attracted much attention in thp fashionable circles of Washington, ap- up together inja compartment o i a‘ wis rail road. A recent murder had occurred on the same line, and the German knew about it and was nervous. He was more than nervous, he was frightened when the Spaniarl, who was admiring his cane, wanted to know if it was a sword-cane. The qiistion, if asked in the usual manner, might tot have seamed particularly terri ble ; bit the Spaniard, not understanding German, nor the German Spanish, Don Quixot’s countryman carried on the con versation in pantomine. He made the g»etureof a man drawing a weapon and brandihing it. The German thinking his last hair had come, proceeded to propitiate his smposed assassin by taking out his pocketbook, portmonnaie and watch. The Spanird, endeavoring to explain to him only trrified him the more. Seizing the alarm lignal the German stopped the tram. The pard thinking another crime had been ommitted came forward, but the re- markiof the two passengers did not help him ticlear up the question, and ho there upon pt into the compartment with them until key reached a large town where the stationnaster explained the affair. But the Grman refused to travel any more with anan who had made himself so disa- greeatt by giving him this fright. Talbot’s steady Nerve. Jack Talbot, the minstrel comedian was a wonderful shot with a pistol. In talking upon this subject he said : “Well, I shot occasionally in public, hut it was not until, I think, 18C2, that I gave an exhibition on a theatrical stage. That was in. San Francisco. By the way, there s a good story in connection with the affair. Johnny De Angelis, one of the company, agreed to let' me shoot an apple from his head, after I had demonstrated practically that there .was no danger in it. A few days before the exhibitiot^is nerve forsook him, and he resorted to |abt little stratagem to test the accuruc£>HHfa4w. We were to have a rehearsal that Sowing, and when I got on the stage 1 was surprised to see De Angelis Dtagping up a skeleton against my practice-fiiget. ‘What arc you doing with that thing?’ I asked. ‘I want you tq shoot an apple off its head,’ he answered? ’just to, see where the ball will hit if you miss the-mark. ’ I fired a few shots, split ting the apple each lime, and that reassured , ,, ", 8 ^, him. Before the show was mven we heard' * sultabIe for embroidery on all kinds of Jjim. Before the show was given we heard that the city officials would object to the shooting on the ground^ot its danger, and we invited them to witness it. The night came and De Angelis, who had. previously taken an affectionate farewell of his wife, stood like a statue, waiting fortlie first shot. 1 used a large-bore Colt’s revolver. I fired and chipped off the upper part of the apple. ‘Shoot a little closer,’, said Johnny, who wanted to show his nerve. ‘ This time I sent the bullet through the centre. ‘Closer,’ again said Johnny, who was growing more courageous. The third shot dug out the bottom of th4 apple and raised a lock of his hair. ‘That will do,’said he; that’s low enough.’ * * “Billy Birch had a benefit in ’Frisco m 1864* and I voluntercd for him. That time a woman held the apple. During that year John K. Hackett, who was then living in California, had a wide reputation as a erhek shot. Some friends arranged a match between us, but for some reason or other it ’did not come off. Dan Bryant, who was a bosom friend of mine, had great faith in my shooting. When he was leaving Cali fornia, in 1869, a big party of us went down to the steamship to see him off. There was no Pacific railroad in those days. Dan got up on the hurricane deck, and shouted to me: ‘Got you? pistol, Jack ?* ‘Yes,* said I. Dan held a bottle of wine on the pahn of his hand and said: ‘Let’s see you uncork this.’ I blazed away and knocked the cork out without brealring the bottle. Dan drank my health as fftc ship carried him out of the Golden Gat&' I gave several exhibitions after that, generally as sisted by De Angelis, who often heXl up a twenty-five cent piece for me to shoot from his fingers, at a distance of about forty-five feet. My best feat was igniting a match with a bullet without breaking the match.” “You never knew George Winship?” “Never met him. ” “Well, George and I were traveling wil n Wilson’s circus a few years ago, performing this shooting act, he doing the standing. While in Oakland the act was placed well down on the bill, and when we came into the ring the candles in the chandeliers—it was before oil and gas wvre introduced as circus iiluminaries—had burned so low that .they shed a very diur Ugfet. Ther<* was not 'an appie to DC HUtfaa-d I fifed ic dbfefltJtnte a lime for it. I tired and the bullet hit the lime faily, but the concussion raised a lump on George’s head. He died about three years after of paralysis, and he always blamed that shot as the origin of it, but I never could believe it had anything to do with it.” “Frank Frayne, w ho is now an expert rifle-shot, has often stood for me, and so has my wife, but I have never injured a a hair of their heads. Dr. Carver, w hom 1 regard as the most wonderful shot in the world, performs many feats with the rifle which I have often accomplished with the pistol, both mounted and on foot. In Gold Hill, Nev., I shot a match at 75 yards against a Henry rifle, using a Colt’s re volver, The target was a medium sized sar dine bo^’ I put six balls through it, against my opponent’s five. 1 have performed with Wood’s, Campbell’s Moore & Bur- guess’s Hn London, Carncroas & Dixey’s aud other well known minstrel troups, so that my time has been well taken up ; but a few days’ practice with the pistol and I’ll guarantee to show you in private some points in pistol-shooting that you never dreamed of.” Crewels, and How to Use Them. Crewel should\(e cut into short threads, never more than *half the length of the ske n. If a long needle is used, it is not only apt to pull the work, but is very wasteful, as the end of it is liable to be come frayed- or knotted before it is nearly worked up. If it is necessary to use it double (and for coarse Work, such as screen panels on sailcloth, or for embroidering on Utrecht velvet, it is generally better doubled), care should be taken never to pass it through the eye of the neudle, knot ting the tw T o ends; but two separate threads of the length required should be passed to gether through the needle. Crewel should not be manufactured with a twist, a3 it makes the embroidery appear hard and rigid; and the shades of color do not blend into j£acli other so harmoniously as' when they are untwisted. In crewels of the best quality ths colors are perfectly fast, and will bear being repeatedly washed, provided nO soda or washing powder is used. Crewel A Clever rox. On a summer day a gentleman was ly ing under the shelter of some shrubs on the banks of the river Tweed, when he saw a large brood of ducks, which had been made to rise on the wing by the drifting of a fir branch among them. 4.ftw circling in the air for a little time they again settled down on their feeding ground. There was a pause for two or three min utes, and then the same thing took place again. A bron^h drifted dowj with the stream into the midst of the ducks, ami made them take to flight once more. But when they found that ths bough had drift ed by, and done no harm, they flew down to the water as before- After four or five boughs harl drifted by in this way, the ducks gave no heed to them, and hardly tried to fly out of their way, even when they were near bein: touched. 'the gentleman who had been observing all tbis now- watched for the cause of the drifting of the boughs. At length he saw higher up the bank of the stream a fox, which; having set the boughs adrift, was watching for the moment when the ducks should cease to be startled by them. Tixio T>?ioo fox at last seemed satisfied that the moment had come. So what did he do but take a larger branch of spruce fir than had yet been used, and, spreading himself down en it so as to be almost hid den from sight, set it adrift as he had done the others. The ducks, now having ceas ed to fear the boughs, hardly moved till the fox was in the midst of them, when, making lapid snaps right and left, he seiz ed two fine young ducks as his prey, and floated forward in triumph od his raft. The ducks flew off in fright, but did not come back. That fox must have had a fine dinner that day. The gentleman who saw the trick pitied the poor ducks but could net help laughing at the fox’s cun ning. Train the Memory. Here are two methods to train the worst memory. One of them is to read a sub ject when interested ; the other is not only to read, but think. When you have read a paragraph or a page stop, close the book and try to remember the ideas of the page, and not only call them vaguely to mind, but put them in words and speak them out. Faithfully follow these two rules and you have the golden keys of knowledge. Besides inattentive reading, there are other things injurious to the memory. One is the habit of skimming over newspapers, items of news, smart remarks, bits of in formation, political reflections, fashion notes, so that all is a confused jumble, never to be thought of again, thus dili gently cultivating a habit of careless read ing hard to break. Another is the reading of trashy novels. linen—on plain or diagonal cloth, serge, •flannel, &c. It is also very affective when used in conjunction with embroidery site, filoselle, either in conventional designs or where flowers are introduced. The leaves may be worked in crewels, and the flowers in siUi, or the effect of the crewels increased by merely touching up the high lights with silk. Tapestry wool is more than twice the thickness of crewel, and is used for screen panels, or large curtain borders, where the work is coarse, and a good deal of ground has to be covered. It is also ‘used for bath blankets and carriage and sofa rugs. Tapestry wool is not yet made in all shades. Fine creweb are used for delicately working small figures, doily, &c.; but there is also a difficulty about obtaining these in ail chades, as there is not much, as there is not much demand for them at pres ent, Arrasene is a new material. It is a species of worsted chenille, but is not twisted round fine wire or silk* like ordin ary chenille, though it is woven first into a fabric, and then cut in the same manner. It serves U) producesfcroad effects for screen panels, or derders, and has a. very soft rich, appearance when - carefully used. It is made also in silk; but this is inferior to worsting arrasene, or the old-fashioned chenille. Good crewels will always wash or clean without injury; bat the cheap in ferior worsteds will not do so. Ordinary crewels, work on linen may be washed at home; by plunging it into a lather made by water in which bran has been boiled, or even with the simple soap-suds, so long as no soda or washing-powder is iised. It should be careruliy rinsed without wringing, and hung up to dry. Wjiea almost dry, it may be stretched out with drawing pins on a board, and will not reqinr£ ironing. Em-\ broidery on cloth or serge , may often be cleaned-with ’ benzoline, applied’ wijfh -a piece of clean flannel; but in any case, where- a piece of work is much soiled, or .. - in the case of fine doily it is safer to send it o the cleaner’s. 4. >- A Valuable Discovery. A recent examinatipi^ of olflb pack* . *' ages in one of the vaults of Me*> chants’National Bank ^-Baltimore, where i they imdf been lpcl IijS brought light properi5®fti^p|lr^>eeTr \ long lost sight of by the original owners. \ In one of the boxes, the key to which was- in the bank, were discovered $10,000 in first mortgage bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with the interest coupons for the past fifteen years attached, making the aggregate value of the property about $20,- 000. These bonds, it has been ascertained, belong to the Hagerstown (Md.) Bank, of wliich Gov. Hamilton is now the President. In dealings between the two banks these bonds were deposited with the Merchants’ Bank fifteen years ago as collateral. The then President of Hagerstown Bank, Hon. James Dixon Roman, died; the cashier was superceded, and that bank lost traces of the transaction. The disappearance of . the bonds, however, always remained an unpleasant mystery, which is now happily cleared up, and the bank adds $20,000 more to its surplus. The securities are ranked as among the best. The other val uable package found in th3 vault of the Merchants’ Bank was a small trunk, con taining papers and some diamond jewelry * valued at $1000, which, it has been ascer tained, were deposited with the bank by a Spaniard for safe keeping more than a quarter of a century ago, One of the let ters was signed with the name or Robert A. Fisher, now President of the Board of Trade of Baltimore, who, on investigation, found that he had at the date named re ceived a consignment of coffee from the Spanisn gentleman who, when here, deposited the trunk with the bank, as was the cus tom in the safe keeping of valuables at that period of time. The tmpk was never called for, the gentleman is' dead, and his heirs will get the property through the Spanish consul. The Merchants’ Bank has been in buskiegs forty-five years, and sev eral of the original officers were at their posts untiB a comparatively recent date, and of comae kept record ot the existence of the valuables above referred to. 31 r. Wm. L. Gill* one of the tellers at the starting of th& bank, and afterwards the cashier, died last year, and Mr. 3Iifflin Couiter, the other teller, was retired last January, after a service of forty-five years. The Worst of It. Several years before his death, 31r. Web ster started off from 3Iarshfie!d on a trout- ing expedition to Sandwich, a neighboring town of Cape Co-1. On approaching the fine stream he alighted from his wagon, and just then he met the owner of the farm through which the stream ruu. “Good morning,” says Webster, “is there any trout here ?” “Well,” says the farmer, “some people fish here, but I don’t know what they do get.” “I’ll throw my line in,” says Webstfr, “and see what there i*.” Webster walked the banks of the stream trying his luck, and the old farme' fol lowed him. Soon Webster remarked: “You have some bog on your farn?” “Yes,” says the farmer, “that ah’t the worst of it. Fishing still further along, Webster says: ‘You seem to have plenty of nesquitoes here?” “Yes,” he replied, “that ainl the worst of it.” Webster stiil kept on throwing his line into the deep pools, -and then said: “You have plenty of briars here?” ‘Yes,” said the farmer, “and that ain’t the worst of it.” 31r. Webster, getting somewhat discour aged in a hot Auzust day, bitten by mos quitoes, scratched by briars, and not rais ing a single fish, dropped his rori and said : I do not believe that there is any trout here.” ‘And that ain’t the worst of it,*’ FayB the farmer. “Well,” says Mr. Webster, “I should like to know what is the worst of it?” ‘There never was any here !” says the farmer. 3Ir. Webster enjoyed the joke, and often told it to his particular fnends.