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Published every Thursday by D. B. FREEMAN. Terms: SI.50 per annum, in advance. OLD SERIES—YOL. YII-NO. 31. CEDARTOWN, GA., SEPTEMBER 2, 1880. NEW SERIES—YOL. II-NO. 38. Buy Your Dus From F( Main St. Cedartown Ga., IP YOU WANT THEM PURE AND FRESH. "BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS 1” The Heeded Protection of Our Loren Ones at let Cost c. G. JANES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CEDARTOWN, GA. rar Offlce tn the court House. fetis-’.y ; JOSEPH A. BLANCE, ! , ATTORNEY AT LAW, CEDARTOWN, GA. jy First Room up Stairs over J. S. Stubbs & j C j’.s Store. Sept25-iy ms. LIDDELL & SON, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OFFICE EAST SIDE OF Fill ST. CEDARTOWN, GA Jan8-ly The People's Mutual Relief Association Is issuing certificates of membership in amounts from $1,000 to $6,000 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. Hlght, A. A. Read, John W. Bracken, P. J. Bracken, ffm. 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. Francis Dougherty, Dr. £. H. Richardson, Captain N. S. Eaves. apl6-6m A. J. YOUNG, DEALER LN Gins W. G. ENGLAND, Physician, and Surgeon, CEDARTOWN, GA. OFFICE over J. A. Wynn’8 where he may bo found ready to attend cans either day or night. janlB-ly : DR. C. H. HARRIS, Physician and Surgeon, Cedartown. ----- Ga.; B. FISHER, Watchmaker & Jeweler. CEDARTOWN, GA. Having lust opened out a shop at the store of a. D. Hogg St Co., respects u ly requests the f mbile to call on him when needlDg work in his | me. ieb5-tr W. F. TURNER, Attorney at Law. CEDXkTOWN, GA. Will practice in tbe Superior Courts of Polk, Pau ding, Haral on. Floyd and Carroll counties. Special attention given to collections and real estate business. marll-ly Corn and Rye Whiskies, Wine, and Brandies. Noyes Warehouse - - CEDARTOWN, Ga. SOLE AGENT FOR COX, HILL & 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, ty Give me a call. Good treatment guaranteed. mr!8-ly NEW HOUSE! NEW MERCHANTS l 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 show their goods and 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, Cassimercs, Kerseys, Kentucky , Jeans, Hosiery, Gloves, Hardware, Notions, etc., etc. Extra nice Gentlemen’s Underwear Very Low. Remember the place—last Brick btore on South MAIN Street, west side. nov6-ly DR. L. S. LEDBETTER, DENTIST, CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA. All Dental work performed In the most skill ful manner. Offlce over J. S. Stubbs A Co.’s. febi9- ly F. M. SMITH. Attorney at Law and HEAL ESTATE AGENT, CEDARTOWN, GA wild lands a specialty. Pariles owning wild lands In Georgia would do well to correspond with me, as 1 nave app 1cttlons for thousands of acres whose owners are unknown. No tax fl. fa. or other b gus title need apply. Look up your beeswax and write me. Terms: Ten per J cent, c mmi-8lO!i on sales. For locating and ; ascertaining probable value, $l.per lot. For searching record^ lor owners, so cents per lot. For aBcenalnlnglf land 13 claimed or occupied | by squatter. $1 per lor. Aiwa, sin advance. To j insure at ent on onclo e a 3-cetft stamp. Parties own ng wild land - should look to their interests, BAKER & HALL, DRIFTING DOWN STREAM. We are drifting down the stream, By the darkening willow shore. In a happy golden dream. And my lover rows no more. He lets Che old boat glide ; he is sitting at ny side And saying that his heart is mine Forever, evermore. Bow! row! under the stars ; Flow, stream, by thy sandy bars ! Bow! row! from ehore to shore ; Love will last for evermore. But ’tis long end long ago, And he is here no more ; I do bnt sit and dream and dream Beside the qoiet shore. The old boat still floats on, as in the years agone, And thy words are in mr heart) my love. Forever, evermore. A Lady After All. DEALERS IN GENERAL HARDWARE, ns manv of these wild ands are being stolen by squatters und r a bogu-* title. tlons p ** ‘ ea i All communlca- romptlv answt-red. Satisfaction guar anteed to all honest men. janS9-ly LIVERY FEED, SALE STABLE! Wright & Johnson Prop’rs. CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA. Being supplied with new Horses, New Vehi cles. & we are prepared to meet the wants of the public in our line. Jan8-iy 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 trlaL JAMES. H. PRICE. iebl9-ly. CALHOUN Livery and Sale Stable, j FOSTER & HARLAN, Props, j CALHOUN, GEORGIA.; Having lately purchased the above Stable and supplied It with good Horses and a splendid ! line of new Vehicles, we are prepared to meet \ the want3 ot the traveling public In our line, j Parties wishing vehicles sent to any of the I trains on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad or to any other point, may telegraph us, and ! have their wants promptly ana properly at- | tended to. FOSTER & HARLAN, Calhoun, Qa. Jan8-tf JSAAO T. MEB, CEDARTOWN, GA., —dealer in- STOVES TINWARE, Hardware and Hollow-Ware, OF ALL KINDS. House-Furnishing Goods A SPECIALTY. Every variety of lob work in my line neatly done. I respe^t ul y solicit the patronage of the public, and would be pleased to have all my friends and customers call and see me when in town. I* T. MEB jand-ly SHOE Ready-Made Plows, Plow Stocks, Nails, Iron and Steel, Spades, Shovels, Hoes, Rakes, IS a mi re Forks, Ete. BUGGY WHEELS, SHAFTS, POLES AND CIRCLES, WHEELBAH.HOWS, SAWS, FILES, LOCKS, HINGES, CHAINS, ETC. We have just opened a Hardware House in Cedartown, and ask a trial in Goods and Prices. We are Strictly in the Hardware Business, and will be prepared to furnish goods in our line as cheap as they can be ’ *ht in any market. Give us a trial before going elsewhere. ED. E. BRANNON, Dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries. Chickens, Eggs and Batter a Specialty. CEDARTOWN SCHOOL, J. C. HARRIS, Principal. The Spring Term commences the first Mon day In January and win ooutlnue 53d months. Fall Term opens Srd Monday in August and continues 4# months. Bates of tuition as cus tomary. The school-room is convenient and comfort- ab’e; training thorough and discipline firm. Tne Principal offers his thanks for past favors, and confidently ask for a liberal share of patron age la the future. Reference as to discipline, etc., Is mads to the former patrons of this schsoL novir-im I HAVE ALSO FIH.ST-OL ASS In connection with the Store, whioh la stocked with the finest Liquors in town. " jan8-tf J. P. DUFFEY, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN BUGGY IM WAGON HlfiNESS, SADDLES, BBflMS, &C. (Doughertj’a^OM Stand.) CEDARTOWN, Georgia. All Work Guaranteed to *ira satlafiaotion. All ko asks As a Mol. Joat-lr Jf Lennox Ray sprang from the train, and hastened up the green lane to the wide, old fashioned farm house, carrying his valise in his hand. “I wonder if Fannie got my note, and is waiting ? Hallo!” This last exclamation was drawn from Ray’s lips by a cherry, which, coming from above, somewhere, came iato sudden con tact with his nose. He looked up, and there, perched like a great bird, upon the limb of a huge old cherry tree, and looking down on him with dancing eyes and brilliant cheeks, was a young girl. “How do, Lennox f Come up and have some cherries 1” was the mischievous greet ing. “Nannie 1 Is it possible?” exclaimed Lennox, severely. And while Ray looked on in stern disap proval. the young witch swung herself lightly down. “Now, don’t look so glum, Lennox, dear,” ske said, slipping her little hands into his, with a coaxing motion. “I know it’a Tom-boyish to climb the cherry trees; but then it’s such fun.” “.Nannie, you should have been a boy,” said Lennox. “I wish I had! No, I don’t, either; fqr then you wouldn’t have fallen in lovo with me. What made you, dear I” with a fond glance and a caressing movement ‘‘B>.cause you are so sweet, darling,” an swered Ray, melted in spite of himself. “But I do wish, Nannie, you would leave off those hoydenish ways, and be more dig nified.” “Like Miss Isham J” asked Nannie. “Miss Isham is a very superior woman, and it would not hurt you to copy her in some respects.” The tears sprang into Nannie’s eyes Lis tone. They went into the parlor, and Ray U>j| seat in the great arm chair. Nannie, giving her curls a toss backward, went and sat dawn. “I wish you would put up those flyaway curls and dress your hair as other young ladies do,” said Ray, “and see here,Nannie, want to have a talk with yon. Tou know love you; but in truth, my dear, my wife must have something of the elegance of re fined society. Your manners need'polish, my dear. ‘I came down to tell you that my sister Laura is making up a party to visit the noted watering places, and she wishes you to be one of the number.” “Are you going ?” asked Nannie. “No; my business will not allow it; but I shall see you several times. Will yoe go?”’ “I don’t want to go. I’d rather stay here in the country and climb cherry trees every day.” ‘Nannie, I must insist upon more self- control,” said he, coldly. “But don’t send me away,” she pleaded. “It is for your good, Nannie, and you must be content to go. Will you ?” The supper bell rang at that instant, and Nannie hastily answered: “Yes; let me go, Lennox,” and ran out of the room, and up stairs to her own cham ber. “Yes, I'll go, and I’ll teach you one les son, Mr. Lennox Ray; see if I don’t,” she murmured.” It was near the middle of September be fore Mr. Ray, heated, dusty and weary, en tered the hotel where his sister’s party was stopping. “Lennox, you here ?” said she. “Yes. Where’s Nannie ?” “She was on the piazza, talking with a French count, a moment ago. Ah! there she is, by the door.” “Ah!” said Lennox, dropping Laura’s hand, and making his way toward the door. But it was difficult, even when he drew near, to see in the stylish, stately lady, whose hair was put up ovei a monstrous chignon, and whose lustrous robes swept the floor for a yard, his own little Nannie of three months ago. Lennox strode up with scarce a glance at the bewildered dandy to whom she was chatting, and held out his hand with an eager exclamation: “Nannie!’’ She made a sweeping courtesy, and lan guidly extended the tips of her fingers; but not a muscle moved beyond what accorded with well-bred indifference. “Ah; good evening, Mr. Ray.” “Oh. Nannie, are you glad to see me ?” said Lennox, feeling that his heart was chilling within him. “Oh, to be sure, Mr. Ray; quite glad. Allow me to present my friend, the Count de Beaurepaire. Mr. Ray, Monsieur.” Lennox hardly deigned a bow to the Frenchman, and offered his arm to Nannie. “You wi’l walk with me a little while ?” “Thanks—but the music is beginning, and I promised to dance with Mr. Blair.” “But afterwards ?” said Lennox, the chill growing cdlder. “But I am engaged to Mr. Thornton.” • “When then?” demanded Lennox, with a jealous pang. “Really, my card is ao full, I hardly know. I will, however, by and spare you a waltz somewhere.” “Good heavens! Nannie, what affectation iathlal” She favored him with a well-bred stare. “Pardon. I do not understand you.” And taking the arm of her escort, she walked away with the air of an empress. Lennox sought his sister. “Laura, how have you changek Nannie so f” he demanded. “Yes. she is changed. Isn’t she per fect?” “Perfect? Rather too perfect to suit me,” growled Lennox. “To-morrow I shall see more of Nannie,” he thought. Bat to-morrow stiff to-morrow and to morrow, it was all the same, and that “ele gant Miss Irving,” as they styled her, was always in demand, and poor Lennox, from tbe distance at which she kept him, looked A_''«t heart-broken varying between wrath, joliousy, pride and despair. '“Nannie,” said he one morning, when he fujmd her a moment alone, “how long is this to last?” “I believe you wished me to come here to improve my manners, Mr. Ray; to ac qtiire the elegance of society,” she said, cddly. ,“But, Nannie ” “Well, if you are not pleased with the result of your own advice, I am not to b’irne. Tou must excuse me now, Mr. Ray, I am going to ride with the Count de Bsaurepaire. ” (And with a graceful gesture of adieu,she lift him sick at heart. *That afternoon Lennox walked unan nounced into Laura's room. “I thought I’d drop in and say good-bye before you went down stairs, ” said he. “I Ie»ve to-night.” ‘•Indeed? Where are you going?” asked Laura. “Oh, I don’t know !” was his savage re- PV- “You can take a note to George for me?” “Yes, if you get it ready,” said he. “Very well—I will write it now.” Laura left the room, and Lennox stood moodily at the window. Presently Nannie came in and stood near him. “Are you really going away?” she aiked. “Yes, I am,” was the short answer. “And won’t yon tell us where?” i “I don’t know myself—neither know nor Cfre!” he growled. bhe slipped her hand in his arm, with the oil caressing movement he remembered so wel, and spoke gently, using his name for the first time since he came. *But, Lennox, dear, if you go away off sonewhere, what shall I do?” He turned suddenly and caught her tohis lAart “Oh, Nannie, Nannie!” he cried, passion al :ly, “if you would only come back to me a d love me—if I could recover my lost assure, I would not go anywhere. Oh, my lost love, is it too late?” She laid her face down againsi hiesbeul- der and asked : ‘Lennox, dear, tell me which you love best, the Nannie you used to know, or the fsshionable young lady you found here ?’’ *Oh, Nannie, darling,” he cried, clasping her closer. “I wouldn’t give one tass of ycur old brown curls for all the fashionable young ladies in the world.” ‘Then you will have to take your old Nannie back again, LenDOX, dear.” And Leinox, passionately clasping her to him, begg:d to be forgiven, and vowed he would not ixchange his precions little wild rose for all Ihe hot-house plants in Christ endom. A Tex i Horse Trade. A dame Boy. It will he ranembered that the schooner Twilight broke her moorings at Atlantic City and drifted to sea with only a boy, Adolphus Paker, aboard, during a gale. The boy gives the following statement of his adventurots trip : He said when she first parted hfr moorings I thought I would run her ashori, but she struck the wharf and Bheered *ff into tbe stream. I then threw over a small kedge anchor, which dragged to the first buoy and there parted the cable, noticing she was fast being driven or. the liar, I hoisted sail to keep her off. The surf boat put out to help me, but turned back. Meanwhile I tried to haul her close to <ae wind, after clearing the bar, in the hoje of receiving assistance, which did not tome. I now found myself fast being drilen to sea, and I did not think the schooier would be able to stand the terrible wans which struck her. The rigging was poor, sail torn, and the pros pect of her wetthering the gale not very promising. On Wednesday night a heavy sea broke over the vessel and rolled me over tho wheel The rigging and deck were covered with ice, and it was with difficulty I kept myself from freezing. On Thursday I supposed I was near the Gulf Stream. There was about a foot and a half of water in be hold and a heavy sea rolling. The punps gave out, and I was forced to bail ber out with a bucket. About four o’clock on Thursday afternoon the wind sprang up fresh from the southeast. I then headed wist and about ten o’clock at night was hailed by a bark which cleared the schooner bj only ten feet. The 8chooBzr’d*^2hts went out and I took down the itarboaror light, relit it and hung the signal light in tin main rigging on the port side. On Fndaymorning I sighted land near Beach Haven, and afler beating about all day headed up abreast Absccom Light. The sea was very rough, and failing to bring tbe vessel nto the inlet, and as the water was up to the cabin floor, I beached her on Little Rigantine Shoals, where I was taken off, after having been without sleep for four lays and three nights.” Sad raw of an uld Bachelor. There is a gentleman by the name of Smith living in Galveston who keeps a kind of livery stable. Among other horses in his custody was a fine bay horse belong ing to Jones. This horse, in cavorting about the stable yard, ran against a wagon and broke his leg. Smith was responsible. All he had to do was to send for a police man, have the animal shot, and pay Jones about $60, the value of the animal. Smith notified the policeman, and -started out to see Jones, and inform him officially about the accident. Now Smith is considerable of a wag. Happening to meet Brown, he asked if Brown did not want to buy a horse. It had been the-dream of Brown’s life to sit behind a horse of hi9 own and call out “g’lang!” He wanted a cheap horse and one that was safe, so that when Smith put the question to him Brown re plied : “May be so; if you have the right kind of a horse. Is he a steady, quiet horse?” “He is the quietest horse you ever saw. ” “Won’t bite or kick, and is not likely to run away?” “If he bites, kicks, or runs away, I’ll give you your money back.” “Humph, ” said Brown, “what are you asking for the wonderful animal?” “I’ll let you have him cheap. He is that fine bay horse Jones used to own. I’ll let you have him for $21. Give me $1 down, and your note for $20 more, and it is a bargain. I haye no more use for the horse, but I want money right off.” Brown thought to himself: “This is the golden opportunity. Smith has been tam pering with cotton futures, and is Btrapped. I’m sorry for him, but business is business. I’m not his guardian;” so he planked down the dollar and gave his note book for the balance. If Brown was pleased with the trade, Smith was still more so. He called to sev eral friends, and treated the crowd with the dollar, after which the procession re formed and marched down to the stable to see Brown’s new purchase. When they, got there the policeman had already shot the poor brute, and he looked like all he really needed was an inquest. Brown looked very much that way himself. He turned pale and then got red behind the ears. Then be smiled, but it was not a particularly healthy smile. Smith tried to help matters, and as soon as the crowd had quit holding their sides, he said: “Now, Brown, I don't want you to tell anybody that I swindled you. I call on these gen tlemen to witness that I’ae done the square thing. This is Jones’s bay horse, the identi cal one I sold you. I guaranteed he would not not bite nor kick, and you cannot pro voke him to run away. I think he fills the bill. I want you to take him off or I’ll charge you for keeping him.” “Boys,” said Brown, “don’t give me away, I know I am not the only fool on Galveston Island. Let’s go and hunt for a duplicate and I will set ’em up,” They strolled out and met Robinson. “Look here, Robinson, don't you want a right good horse at a bargain? I've just bought Jones’ fine bay horse. He cost $60 originally, and he is in just the same conditiou he was when I got him.” “Oh! ” said Robinson, “things are hard and horse feed is awful high. A high- stepping horse, like Jones’ bay, will eat his bead off in-no time.” ‘That’s where you are fooling yourself. He eats less than any horse you ever saw. By thunder, no horse can eat less than he can.” “Ain’t he a little frisky?” Brown shook his head and replied: “You are doing that horse injustice. You can tell by looking at him that be is not kind of an animal I’ll let you have bin for just what I gave tor him—$20—$1 down, and your note, secured by such men as Heidenheimer. for the balance. I’ve got to have money.” RobinBon thought it was mean to take ad vantage of Brown’s distress, but then it was not his lookout. 11 he was out of his bead, why didn’t he have the court appoint him a guardian ? So he planked down $1 and gave the note, on the condition that the horse would go in a wagon. ‘You bet, ” remarked Brown, “he’ll go in a wagon. He won’t go in anything else. Come on, boys, let’s spend this dollar. ” After they had wiped off their mouths, the procession re-formed and started to in spect the animal. Sure enough, three nig gers were lifting him into a wagon. ‘There,” said Brown, “I told you he would go into a wagon. Don’t say I swin dled you. He will eat less than any horse you ever owned. You will save his viiue in horse feed in two weeks. Just try, and see if he is not gentle. Tickle him with a straw.” The spectators applauded. Robinson looked like he ought to go along with his horse to keep him in countenance. In conclusion, it is whispered on the strand among capitalists that some of the notes have already passed into the hands of innccent holders, and as soon as they ma ture, protesis will be in order. A Brave Fireman. The blessed baby had been howling in the street cars for nine blocks, until every body else in tie car had escaped except a bald-headed old Galvestonian, who rubbqd the top of hiB dome of thought, scowled, stamped, fumed, and gave other evidences of being annoyed. “1 hope the baby don’t disturb you, sir,” said the mother, pleasantly. “No, madam, it does not,” he said, sav agely gritting his teeth. “I am so glad. I was afraid it did—lit tle tootsy, wootsy, yum, yum, yum!” “No, madam, it don’t disturb me,” he said still more avagely. “Little tootsy fiddlesticks only disturbs people in the ad joining county. It has made a chattering idiot of me five blocks ago, ” and, spring; ing through the car window he gave a maniacal Ka! ha! ha! and disappeared •round a comer. Why is a young lawyer lHce the na tioual currency ? Because be li a legal tender and somewhat greqn. way that I oughtn't to have done. 8o he iet go of her and 1 dropped her down on to the porch below, where she was easily tak en off. I hauled up the rope again and sent down this girl Burke, a big, heavy woman. I thought she weighed two hundred on the and of that line. The rope got foul of Reese end his sheet, and so I sari to myself: “Old gal, it ain’t (going to hurt you to drop the rest of tbe way, ” so I let her go by the run about four or five feet and she landed ail right. Then I got Reese out to the lad der and Barney McKernan helped him down. I untied my rope, took a slip bend about the centre-piece and dropped down to the ladder and so to the ground. It was getting pretty hot and smoky, bnt I did my best. Then we moved to another window and got two women and a man out the same way. Not a living soul was then to be seen. We saved everybody that showed their face, and so we got round to Kim street. Nobody was in sight there, and so we went ail round the hotel back to Fourth. Mr. Lindsay called my attention to a man hanging in a window—Mr. Kennedy we found out it was. I went up, but we couldn’t get the ladder into the window and I threw him the slack of my rope. “I’ll jump,” said he. “No, damn it, don’t jump,’’I cried. “Take plenty of slack and I’ll save you ;” and I threw him more 6lack and twisted a round or two about the fly ladder, so that if he had to jump he would have a chance for nis life. I ran down and we got the truck nearer. We ran the truck into a shape that a truck never did work in this country, or any other, and never will again, though it did that time. It had notkiug to support it ; so we threw her against'the wall some distance below the window. I ran up as far as it would go and told him to drop out ef the window and hang on by the sill. The glass was cracking in the window at this time. Then I took a firm hold of the ladder with my legs and feet, leaning out a little to get a good purchase, took hold of his feet with my hards and yelled “drop,” and down he came. I fastened on to him, and had a nice little time for a minute or two. He was very much excited, and we were hard set to get him off the ladder. I hadn’t coiled up my rope when down comas that whole Fourth street side. A Triumph ot Art. Phelim Toole, who was a brave fireman of St. Louis, lately lost bis life at a fire in that city. Phelim gave the following ac count of the Southern Hotel horror on the night of April 11, 1877. The narration reads thus: “I am tiller-man of the Skin ner escape, a post I have filled for four years and seven months. I don’t know ex actly the time the alarm came in, but it was some time after midnight, down stairs. We went out of the house as usual, and, I think, made belter time to the fire than we usually do and stopped in front ot the grand entrance on the Walnut street side. I can’t get off the truck till it stops, as the bind wheels are on a pivot and a man has to steer it. Some unknown person took the fly-ladder; that delayed us about a minute and a half—no more. We raised the ladder on the Walnut street side, but there was no one to be saved there, so we took her down and went round to the Fourth street side. It is an ugly street—there is a double car- track and that porch was in our way; but we got her up in very quick time, and then I left my place and shinned up tbe ladder, i told somebody to bring me a light line that was coiled up at the tiller aud they brought it. The line had stops on it like we used at sea to send sails aloft, but the stops were hardly rotten enough. When I got to the top of the fly-ladder I was still about five feet below the window in which the people were. I couldn't pass up. There were four people in the window, all wiih sheets. I shouted to one of them, “You pass me a sheet.” “What do you want with it?” said he. “You pass it down and I’ll save your lives.” So I got the sheet and twisted it and went into the window where they were on it. I made my life preserver fast to the centre-piece ot the window. I made fast to a Mr. Reese and lowered him down on the window-sill under me - He thought I wanted to get him on the ladder, but it would have been impoaeible to do that. I then sent his wife down, and he shoved her out to the ladder, where she was caught and pulled on by a fireman. Next 1 sent this light woman, Joanna Hat pin, down, and Mr. Reese wanted to catch bar and above ber over to tbe ladder like be bad dona bis wife, ted I swore at him in a On the Peacock Islhnd in Potsdam we find among the white marble statues an im age of Rachel, the celebrated French trage dienne, placed there in memory of her tri umph over a monarch who had been by no means friendly disposed toward her. We mean Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, whose disiike to her had been caused by her Re publican sympathies and turbulent senti ments, which he abhorred.-a^d on account of which he had prohibited her entrance in to Russia: he is even known to have said that he wished never to set eyes on her. This inclement verdict of the powerful monarch was no small stumbling block in the great tragedienne’s wav, for Russia is a mine of gold, foreign artists and many a Rachel and Patti of our days might relate wonderful, almost fabulous tales of cistly gems raining down upon them on the stage amid tho enthusiastic cheers of an enchant ed audience. Therefore, Mademoiselle Rachel was highly pleased when, in the summer of 1852. she received an invitation to act be fore the court at f‘otsdam, where the Empe- ror Nicholae was just then staying as the King if Prussia’s guest. The famous act ress had been desired to reciteseveral scenes from French plays, but neither in costume nor in company of other actors. She there fore arrived attired in black, tho most cost- iy lace covering her beautiful arms and shoulders; but the gentleman who, by the King’s orders, was at the station to receive her, expressed his doubts whether the roya; and imperial party would not object to so melancholy and mournful an apparel: and on reaching the palace, the artist was kindly invited by the late Princess Charles (sister to-the Empress Augusta, and wife of the Emperor’s brother) to wear a few gayer- looking things of her own. Such an offer could not be refused, and Mademoiselle Rachel appeared in the gardens adorned with roses. On inquiring for the stage she was told that there was none erected, aud that she was expected to stand on a grass plot in front of the seats of her noble audi ence. This demand roused her quick tem per, so that she was on the point of return ing to Berlin, when her official attendant, the above mentioned gentleman, pacified her by remarking that she would be on the same level with the audience, that her art would prove the greater for the want of any stage apparatus ; and that (last but not least) he reminded her of how much was at stake—an enormous honorarium and per haps the repeat of that fatal interdiction. After a moment’s hesitation and a struggle with herself, Mademoiselle Rachel took her cicerone’s arm, and suffered him to lead her to the spot destined for ber performance. The evening was lovely; the moon, half hidden behind a group of poplars, threw her silvery light on the pond and the gentle murmuring fountain. A few torches and lights illuminated the face of the artist, while the court sat in the shadow. Deep silence ensued upon her appearance—one could hear the cricket* chirp—and then she began her orations. The listeners seemed spell bound ; ihat was not human speecn, it was music dropping from her lips. She was determined to be irresistible; and she succeeded so well, that even the hitherto unfriendly Emperor himself, won by her art, rose from his seat when she had ended, and meeting her half way, kissed her hand in presence of the assembled court, assur ing her that henceforth she would be wel come in Russia. What were the praises, flatteries and congratulations of the others who were crowding around the happy artist, com pared to the homage rendered to her by the mighty ruler of Europe's vastest coun try, the monarch from whom a sign ordered thousands of his subjects to be or not to be. Thus was one of the greatest autocrats in Europe won over Dy the acting and elo cution of—a woman I Our Cows and their Value. The Small Boy’s Rights. A Kansas jndge presents his view of the rights of small boys in the following, which forms a portion of his judicial decision: “Everybody knows that by nature and by instinct boys love to nde, and love to move by other means than their own locomotion. They will cling to the hind ends of moving wagons, ride upon swings and swinging gates, slide upon cel lar doors and the rails of staircases, pull sleds up hill in order to ride down upon them on the snow, aDd even pay to ride upon imitation horses and imitation char iots swung around in a circle by means of hone power. This last is very much like riding around in a circle upon a turntable. Now everybody, knowing the nature and the instincts common to ail boys, must act accordingly. No person has a right to leave, even on his land, dangerous machi nery calculated to attract and entice boys to it, there to he injured, unless he first takes proper steps to guard against all acci dent ; and any person who thus does leave dangerous machinery exposed, without first providing against all danger, u guilty of rugHjfnrt It is estimated that the number of milk cows in the United States is over 13,000,- 000, requiring the annual product of 52,- 000,000 acres of -land for feed, givmg em ployment to 650,000 men, and requiring the labor of 866,600 men. Estimating the cows at $30 each, the horses $80, and land at $30 per acre, together with $200,000,- 000 for agricultural and dairy implements, and the total amount invested in the in dustry is $2,219,280,000. This is con siderably more than the amount invested in banking and tbe commercial and manu facturing interests of the country, which is $1,800,964,586. The cattle and horses will require two tons of hay annually or its equivalent. If it is estimated that 5,000,- 000 cows are fed with grain for winter dairying, and that if the horses eat daily six quarts of Bats or corn during the year, they will consume 28,383,300 tons of hay, 84,- 380,000 bushels of corn meal, 84,370,000 bushels of oat meal, 1,250,000 tons of bran, ’ 30,000,000 bushels of com, and 300,000,- 000 bushels of oats, of a total value of $384,459,400. To this should be added the labor of 650,000 men at $20 per month, $156,000,000, making the annual value of $504,459,400, or an average of $38.80 per cow. Accepting 12 cents per gallon aa a basis for computing the varne of the milk product and446gallonsthe average yield per annum (this being tbe average in sixteen States in 1860), the 13,000,000 cows produce annually 5,793,000,000 gallons of milk, J wurth $695,760,000. Anal) sis shows ihat 3 pounds of milk contain the same kind and amount of nutrition as 1 pound of boneless beef. Tbe total weight of the milk pro duct is 50,732.600,000 pounds, equal to 14,495,000,000 pounds of boneless beef. About 50 per cent of a fat steer is boneless meat, so that it will require 20,650,000 steers of 1,400 pounds weight to produce the Bame amount of nutrition as the annual milk product. Such fat steers would sell at $4.50 per cwt., or $63 each—a total of $1,300,950,000; deducting for hide and tallow, $260,190,000, leaves the meat value $1,040,760,000. This gives the food value of the milk product in the United States annually. Willard, in his “Prac tical Dairy Husbandry,” says that milk at 24 cents per gallon is equivalent in value to boneless beef at 9 cents per pound.” It is false economy, therefore, that substitut ed meat for milk as an art.cle of food. The same authority (Willard) states that 50 per cent of the milk is used in making cheese and butter, 41 per cent is consumed in a liquid state. The Department of Agricul ture, 1877, estimates there are 1,000,000,- 000 pounds of butter and 300,000,000 poimds of cheese made annually m the United States. At 27 pounds of milk for 1 pound of butter, and 9} for 1 pound of cheese, the total amount of milk used would be 29,950,000,000, add 41 per cent of the product for consumption, the total production is 50,752.325,000 pounds, with- in a small fraction ot 1 per cent of the estimate made. The caseine in the milk used for making butter, if utilized for cheese would produce aunually 1,890,000,000 pounds, Jand besides there is annually run off In the skimmed milk, buttermilk, and whey 200,000,000 pounds of milk sugar, which, if saved, would have a market value greater than the entire annual sugar crop of Cuba. A Pickpocket Sold, Recently a lady living at the upper part of East Broadway, N. IT. on her way home boarded an East Broadway one-horse car in front of Frankfort street, deposited her fare in tlic cash box and was then invited to take a seat by a man who moved to an other part of the car. The lady had with her a iiortfciio of large size, which she held on her lap after being seated. She had not ridden far before she felt something touching the right side of her dress, anil looking down saw a newspaper was cover ing a portion of it. Her suspicions were aroused, as she bad her gold watch and a ten-dollar note in her pocket on that side of the dress, and she at once felt for the valu ables and found them. She took them out of her pocket, and being convinced that the fellow alongside of her was a pickpocket, thought she would have a little fun at his expense. She took the watch and wrapped the ten-dollar note around it, so that he could see it, and then putting the portfolio in such a way that the fellow could not see what she was doing, put the articles in her left hand, and placed her right again in her pocket as if depositing tbe watch and money there. The lady had in her pocket a cracker in a piece of paper, one left of a half a dozen she had taken with her from home as a “snack,” and, squeezing the paper around the hard cracker, she drew it up close tQ the entrance to tbe pocket and waited to see if the fish would bite. In a moment or two afterward she felt tbe news* paper again thrown carelessly over her lap and the delicate touch on her dress as be fore, and then the fellow got up and pulled the strap for the car to be stopped. He got out, and, putting a hand in each of his overcoat pockets, marched down East Broadway until became to a comer, around which he passed on the double quick to ex amine lus booty. The lady wonders what the thief said when instead of a gold watch and a ten dollar note he found out that he had stolen a cracker and a piece of white paper. As the lady does nut care about the loss, detectives need not call pa her to ascertain what she will give for the re covery of the property.. She does not wish to make any compromise. The thief was a well formed fellow, about five feet eight or nine inches high, not stout, with a bad- iooking left eye. He had an accomplice, ne doubt iu the man who first got up in the car and offered the lady the seat, as after the thief left the other soon followed. Tlie Mouths of Plants. “If you are very thirsty,” said old Mr. Ewing, “and 1 was to pour a glass of wa ter on the top of your head, would you be very grateful to me ?” “No,” said Tom, who was watering his geranium, “I’d be mad 1” “Well,’’said the old man, “you are not treating your plant much better. It has mouths, aud it likes to drink when it is thirsty, but you don’t pour the water into its mouths.” “I don’t know where they are,” said Tom, looking curiously at the bush. “Its leaves are full of eager little pores and they are choked with dust,” Mr. Ew- inj said. “Just put the nose again on the watering-pot and wash off the leaves.” Tom picked up the nose, put it on the spout of the pot and gave the bush a tho rough wetting. “It does look better*’’ he said. “Has it any other mouths?” “Plenty more,” said the old man; “one at the end of each rootlet. When you pour a stream of water around the stem of the plant, I think it must feel as you would if 1 put your drink on hour head.” “Yob,” said Tom, “see the fuachia. I didn’t water the leaves nor the ends of the roots, I am aura.'’ “And don’t you see you are doing tbe same thing by that rhododendron?” said the irritabe old man. “When yon do any thing, boy, do it in the right war!” - And he took the watering pot himself, and every mouth in each plant got a good drink that time.