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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1883)
Tie CraifMle Democrat. CRA W FORI * VILLE - - (i BORG IA. GENEKAE NEWS. A new directory puts the population «f Little Rock at 23,7fi3. Sassafras root is on a boom in Win ft ton, Miss., where a mill has been star ted to grind it. Wir.KFS county, Oa , voted on the stock law Monday, and gave a majority of seventy for “no fence,” In the southern part of Louisiana many plantations will yield this year one and a half hogsheads of sugar j>er acre. The Pensacola, Fla., navy yard has Iieen virtually closed, Only enough employes left to look after the property. Fiftv-two students are registered at the colored Nations! School at the Lin coin Academy, at Tallahassee. Con Killebrew, of Tennessee, has mine to Mexico 1'woith to work the Polk mines, *3,000,000. It is claimed in Atlanta that Atlanta people Sr-'*" own at least twenty silver mines ................ The Lady Easley mining and menu faeturim/ K ........... liave tmrehused 75. 000 acres of orojand in 1-ran .. kl ,, in, Colbert ,, ,, . and Marion counties, Ala. It will require four cars to bring the TJHMimnu, Escambia county loiuuy am., Ala big ig free uw. to w> the Louisville Exposition. It is 117 feet long, Ind will 1 m*. used as a flag pole in front of the exposition building. Bins for building the new Navy Hos pita) at Hot Springs, Ark., are rapidly coming in. I here is an appropnation of $100,000 for this purpose. Work is to begin by the 20th of August. „ ,u..l A„ ; ties, Ala., a worm 1 eseml>ling tlie cotton worm has made its appearance. Several bead of mules have been killed recently ( , \JL , , 4 nn - *x» cui... ? Texas, “ST the other nT’l;r day, for the New V Mex i0 ° La, ‘; 1 11,1,1 CatUe C ' 0mi ’ aUy > “ HoBton organized in Washington, D.C., lately has purehasial six thousand uireH nf hmil in i> ( ,it * Fin iind : - will raise oranges, limes, lemons and , other tropical fruits. The total number of failures in South Carolina the vast six months is forty eight, with liabilities amounting to $(>57, 766. The number of failures for the corresjKwnding period of 1KN2 wausixty eii4>!. and the Up.!' illt - Sled- +0 $<120,617. Thk Board of Health have issued a procluinmntion that all vessels from in¬ fected ports arriving ut Pensacola with yellow fever ou board shall remain at the quarouteen station until frost. The re¬ gret is genera] that Ship Island station for infected vessels has been closed. At the United States Laiul Office at Gainesville, Flu., during the month ending Jund 30. 134 homestead entries were mode, embracing 17,704.08 acres. Forty-six final proofs were made, con¬ taining 4,077.00 acres. Tlio total re¬ ceipts of the office for the month were ♦76,018.27. Thu Peters place at Enterprise, Flo., was sold recently, under foreclosure of mortgage for $12,000, bought by Fred¬ erick de Barv. Tlie mortgagor had be¬ fore refused $10,(XX) for it. It is said laird Peters spent too much time and money in Jacksonville to make iui orange grove successful A oirctlar giving an exhibit of the trade in crude and manufactured phos¬ phates in South Carolina allows the shipments of fertilizers to have 1 increased from 22,589 iu 1S7J to 130,000 tons in 1883. The shipments of crude phos¬ phates rose from 132,020 tens in 1870 to $55,333 tons in 1883. Much of it goes abroad. T. G. Brsn.’of Mobile, bus bought the plantation of W. F. Higgins, one mile from Oxford, Ala., for $15,000 cash, and will remove his fine herd of Jersey cattle to it. He has one of the finest herds in the South and has bought p some of the finest iiual 111 North Alabama. It is mi derstoixl that he will improve the place for a summer resort. Sau.u. s; ,> I aumkk. ot v hosse. - lex., r about , , ten years old, mi adopted daughter ot M. L. Jackson, while climlvir.g a. the d. or of the crib, mvideu tally stuck a mvdb which was sticking in the 1., m of her dn-es against the door, running the nee¬ dle about an meli :uid a quarter into her bmist. striking the base of the heart. Medical attention was procured immoui atelv, but she dual 111 about an hour after the accident Tuk Aikansos sheriffs have Ix-ea di¬ formed by imv, lierrv that the su|>*fKvid efforts and those of law abiding citizens of there respective counties. The Gov ernorseee no necessity for calling out tlie malitia to arn'st outlaws at a heavv V. U„ Sl*u>, wh« a., .hen* have authority to summon os many — —W* ces into custody. Florida Times- Union: One of the best things that has been done by the Georgia Railroad Commission is the re¬ cent adoption of an order requiring the railroads of that State to furnish means for protecting merchandise offered for shipment from damage by the weather. A Northern or Western railroad which failed to do this would be considered behind the times, but in the South it is common to leave cotton, for instance, exposed to rain and dust while awaiting shipment, of course greatly to its injury. By such regulations as this, the commis¬ sion is justifying its existence. EDITORIAL NOTES. In an elaborate review of the pros¬ pects of the cotton crop, the New York Financial Chronicle puts the total acreage this year at 17,449,000 acres, against 10,- 5!M),000 wires last year—an increase of 5.18 per cent. Texas comes first with 3,102,000 acres, and Georgia comes next 2,«77,OfKL As to maturity, the plant is l>a< kwan , l,lt ' hitH ><ien rapl<1, The postottioe department has issued a circular notifying postmasters of the >-»-« reduction in rates which goes into effect on the first of October. The object of the department is to have the <’ ,! “t stamps will be ready for delivery on the fifteenth of September. T Ini. Cremation r )l Society, q -.i. of (■ I piji.pi hfladel phift, ib gradually growing, anil now has a membership of over forty. The offi cers say .i that the prejudice i i against f ere mataon is daily growing less bitter, and express the hope that with time and patience they may at length succeed in establishing a crematory in Philadelphia. „ The directors ... of , the ,, Suez Canal _ , Com- _ pony unanimously approved the agree niont relating to a second canal arrived at between DeLesseps and the English ,„u gro-in unfiopularity in England. ------------------ The South American War. _ would have been drawn much r" nearer. 58 ^”3^ thile P ^^exSglLe^^ doefle InS trooim with sllucs and shotguns guns’nnd to the witherinK tire iff Gatling re , j r He has allowed his men to commit atrocities on wounded Chil cans which have led to reprisals and to whole villages being burned down and If,,,.? • JUs- j» < z months the vXys leading^ the to terior C S Th. y v strewed the r uul Sueant with tor a w a e d fa see he Kdtemwh down n, who wuRSrR were going to ariacktlmm teXairbvthcsetere lowto l >SX notTn ^he^aLe Mnnleo torSdST w?iS* wXtwS They Ke dete^e o?San Juali tlian’chileans wS killed kultu more mon Peruvians l uuviaus tnai uin 1 he Young v Men. M - In a letter from Mississippi, . M. Quad savs-—“I want to siieak a word for the yi'ung men of Grenada, they are enter »l.< ...I M d There are no idlers among them. They run neither to drink nor cards nor horses. They have accepted the situa non and taken the only way to better it. And what is true of that town is true of nil towns in the State. I did not see one ease of intoxication among the vomig men of Mississippi find m a two weeks’ of tour. It was raro to one out -em ploy men t. It was an exception to find one ...dissatisfied. On the contrary, it is the young man who takes the most hopeful view, who bothers the least with polities, and who is the most ready to pull off his coat and give the wagon a lift out of the rut." — The Birch. A Judge in St. Louis has discharged Was a master of a public school who prosecuted for whipping a boy after minor punishment had been of no avail, Tic Court found tint, fa* order to pro M-rve discipline, necessity, the teoelier must deter mine the Ills the nature, the ext, t of punishment. acts, like those of n n.. : <iireut licitig subject to judicial review. Ihe Judge . , also said: , .... “hour years • ox p t , r i cnce in q> th.. tin' «.lministration administration of of crirn- 01 mal law ......... convinces me ..........,...... that boys who ten-eme criminals are boys who don’t get whipped n : an d when it is remember, d thj|t a , p <>TlVntjlg ,, o{ the bolder or ; mM known to the tew is committed bv vouths ranging in age from 14 to 20 vc.us. the question arises Is it better " blp first ° r atUwarJ ’ The Pope's Circular. The full text of the Pope’s anti-Parnell ,.j lv u!ar as sent from Rome to Ireland is given. His Holiness directly condemns the Parnell testimonial fund now Ik mg wised m Ireland and the United States, aud ^ecJesiastic sAfs it should cannot promote 1 h> Unrated iu His that rioli- any ^ or t0 ^ n'lsjUion, and warns the clergy of Uieir duty to curb the excited feelings of the multitude. The news 'rom Ireland leads to the lvlief that this ^bollv withdrawn T-Ota.bM.lH- from the jxiliuool $ OIt OK A CD. He is gone to the mountain Be is lost to the forest, Like a summer-dried fo until®, When our need is the sorest. The fount re-appesring From the rain-drops shall borrow ( Bat to us comes no cbeci ing, To Duncan no morrow ! He hand of the reaper Takes the that baarjr, * ears are But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing, Waft the leaves that are seared, Bnt our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearer!. fleet foot on the correi, Sage counsel in cumber, Bed hand in the foray, How Hound is thy dumber? Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou are gone, and forever. Walteb Scott. Ralph Terrill’s Courtship. In front a moonlit, dimpling sea; on either hand a stretch of level beach, ghostly and dim; behind the mighty black-browned cliffs with here and toward the Bea beneath ; and sea and cliff a pair of lovers. T^t do> Nel]> H e’ll never con sent! You remember he told me last spring that he did not care for money, but that the man who won bis daughter JUUB ^ have performed some valorous deed to prove his worthiness of the precious trust. It’s a queer notion, pet. Why, mv heloved it is ^ an insult to talk of 1 you, but to win y on j ne ver hope, ’ except by the power of that love!” The handsome fellow bent his face toward the girl f at his side and a suspi ciou „ BOUnd c aucwl out across the glim'-. mP ring waves. Ralph dear, perhaps father “ But, ’ v > 11 —” ^ „ „ , . , close to him. “ I know what you would 1 e may change. But it’s im possible. Darling, we must either wait, wait indefinitely, or else— '*& Ihe MSS’ girl staueu. thatKhi P never U do that! ' Wlmt! Z for ever, but this I cannot do?” The young man soothed bis com panion with low words and tender, and plead his love and longing as a reason for the proposal, but when the moon, whose blushing face had been hidden behind a great rift of cloud, peeped forth ~ - “* By chance the young people had met, «id meeting had'loved ^ho ; but how hope lessly those only knew had learned the foibles of old Jeremy, when over his "ine his tongue was loosened. As Ter rill had said, he cared little for money with a son-iu-law; but for some unknown reason he had fixed upon a hero for his daughter’s husband. To win Nellie Trevillion a man must first prove him se)f fl kni ht of » ye olden time;” and the chances of attaining such fame were fl , w en ough in the nineteenth century. NTovAriWU'SK Torriil 1-111 the edict - ail j ill though , lerriu ha nau, i bv oy his ms genuemaniy centlemanlv i^^ases" gain'ial the esteem "of his^le • fm xipllie .. , . . ., • (i " . e' . T^^o'uwas f n , b ° '' a ® that ' toe y yoiuig K people ? ml 8 ht > ^> a ollly , *°' e n n “ uope> Lmt , > tiiov l.nd ‘ in ‘Nellio’c \ , t ,. i * ( nv..,.Mlinn—t, ail* . nim . Uiey 00 p,n„ aa i their trrmlflpq uoui its. This sage old party listened and advised, but as yet no result had been reached an t the future remained dim enough, were it not for the light of glowing trust and love. They would watch and wait p . 1 . movninir “Zis on the coast- and as kLc.1 waves^wako of tt,e happy sun Sim all the fa^e littte bnri.t 2 the S of tlm smooth ^een beach two fn!m ^ott^^nd were toinTowarf to cmcree the Tt was Jeremy ^ound and Dwight Trevillion the brothers for a day’s fishiim .J ^evente 7 \.Wilig ( V1 ami were breczc-^loue ge tlv a u -Mon kUw the lteht laud f° Biesc 4 gentlemen ere thorough , r ^ sportsmen, am desired no third party in their tlu >• taps. inharked, This Dwight monnng^owever Trevilhon had ere ‘ ‘ xpi cased a. half ho[>e that some man m, S ht 1m> stlrn "f; wuose services they ' ifid engage “to attend to the boat they tish«nl But hm brother langlW him to score ,„Sing tenonTnns with to-Ts-‘ when xre ivent crabbing ? ” replied the “Oh, no reason,” father, hesitatingly, “ only I thought if we wonted to go far from our boat it would he hotter." “Well j’ we can toss her anchor over.” bed oremv , >. :Uld she'll wait for us. kt ns have ft mau .” j llst ^ the chimes of the far away viflage clock rnng across the smooth water >ma.l sanobank ^rcephble at low fade, aud Hie Trevrlhon brothers embarked. • Now for a johj day, said Jeremy, .^ha't'little'aneh.'r^'tho poLT' beach ' The other obeyed, aud witt rods an< tafc gSS.' WW A little later two young the people Trevillion met upon the cool piazza of :ot “"My darling!” whispered Ralph Terrill, stealing a kiss ; “ your bright sweet face pales the Ix-auty of this glorious morning, even 1 ” “ Oh, Ralph ! ” cried Nell, laughing ; “ what a Persian compliment And, my love, may I not say that the brightest morning is dull until I have seen your face?” “ My queen !” ejaculated the young lover, his eyes dancing. “Bnt, dearest! this day more than all others will, i trust, be a bright one to us. Come, sweetheart, sit here a moment and I will tell you.” And he drew a chair to her side. “ I have a plan. If it succeeds your father will have given his consent to our marriage before another morning brightens the earth !” And with Nellie’s hand clasped in his, Ralph half her whispered the modus oper andi in ear. “ Splendid!—splendid ! Oh, Ralph, vou darling !” And her white, plump ?.rms wereabout his neck and two soft, ripe lips repaid the recital “Oh, my love, then yon will be with me always !” she continued, wit)' a charming blush. “ And Uncle Dwight helped to contrive all this ?” “ Yes, sweet, it was his plan. I am but a factor in it. But it will be sure to 3llcceed if the weather remains fair, And now, silence. Not a word of it until y our ^ father “ ust ^ know ! ve can ^ tel1 hl “: * ^ - th^dlv forever°” — Slowly the day wore on. The morn ing sun grew older, and prowl of his strength, beat upon the earth beneath with noon-day beams ; then regretting his passion as the hours flew by, lie drove rapidly down the western heavens—half in sorrow fleecy clouds attending lm, unt list as the crickets began to chirrup, in and the tide come in, he sank to rest a bank of rose-colored vapors far in the distant horizon. villion had fashed, mncning beneatn tne shadow G f the single point of rock that the sand-bank boasted, shadows and continuing their sport until the of the coming night and the swift-rising tide SSSSS^tt the boat, but to this gSSfSSSZ Dwight ob jug to jected. There’s need. It’s high and dry « no now, and will be until the tide turns, ^“ ,mpiore ° m,ime ’"“‘r:; m ?' sasr^ B “ a ’‘ Jh N ^ight however thev had waited too ^g. was at hand and the tide Dwight, ened their.creel m fl P n upon ST their t .shoulders , the tide is father Himn I thought. ^J. pr^i^snme^tnInidatfon .“ ' “You diopped the nchor - f |L replied the brother, ( but it v lip rapidly. You know the tide mg cov ers this place entirely. We must get to the boat!” “ Good heavens !” cried Jeremy; “this is horrible ! Are we to drown, then ?” The surf was now breaking upon the little bank in long, steady waves; each moment the strip of sand grew more narrow, and behind there could be heard the roar of the ocean among the rocks where they had eaten dinner. Retreat was no longer possible. „ T I mfianto mean to 8av say thia tins, ■> 8aidt saiatney h e younger u g m * n; ‘ v ® a f e 111 a trap ’ and n ‘ sa ‘ caill our ooa t, or succor comes . from the H . f hore wlthi S twenty mil3UteS the Sea Wl)l ’ My pool Nellie! groanea „o„,a jeremx, and together they-ran onward. Suddenly »wight, who was in advance stopped with a sharp ‘ Look! Through the night they could see be fore them the outline oi their boat. ®‘ l< ' was twenty rods away, rocking upon the swells and drifting from them . Trevillion uttered a long, hoarse cry, aU(1 t ] irew up his arms m despair. “We are lost!” he groaned; ^ “ Wt ' shall both be drowned! And the waves lapped their very feet. “ Hold on !” said the brother; ^ ‘were not lost yet Can you swim . ^° \ Neither can L _ We „ must shout. Per hape some fishln £ ®aackor passing boa m;,y ¥ ar Come > toge^er-now lo,u . Th the T growing Im rear * ° of nt r A the oug surf a ¥ about , J ° veI ' t u “ 'P; Again ^°, au w ¥* lnspeiei f ' . , 1 Tw;~v.t .. g. . - . D mg his breath. second shout went ...... bJindty out . . A m o the darkuess - Uns time it was fmntlx answered. Jeremy seaea his brothers arm. , Some m one comes t Feaven man was from his terrib ] ( , fv j gbt Another call brought a ^ ^ , answer and then, as the cries of ’ ed the sound of mea r , 1H f ilm oars ^WMg was heard near and still nearer, tus U-' men bedistinguished in the gloom. It stopped break outside the surf, which was now ing with a heavy roar upon the low sand imiks each instant rising higher about the Trevillions. ‘ Boat aho*"!” cried Dwight; “ drifted come in and take us off! Our craft has awnv aiul we shall drown ! “'.All right sir!” responded a cheery voice, “ we’ll be there directly ! and again the craft was headed toward them. „ xjXZvZ now, surelv He is brave Lookout , All! - _ rr«.„ boat had been caught by S S..,— the tumbling surf and overturned, side as it rolled am. to^e.. in ne <• ire ^ wild ,t™g gling, and then, borne upon the crest of a coining wave, boat and men were hurlet into the sea of foam that frothed about the Trevil'ions and four half-drowned adventurers stood knee deep in the rising ocean. Nel “Great heavens !*' cried the fair L d in^r d “GreatTe^! Tw "we are lost! T -w “Not erie „ so, sir. ’ peering across the white 1 Into the night beyond- fair not so Deputed by your g here and see tha. y ou , ' honest . ployed this dang , . eek came to find you m r to save the life of one precious to whom Hove better than life itself! And sir, my mission shan not be in vam Staud here Owen, he continued to his boatman, and assist _ these ‘ gen em . As for me, I will swim to yon er » which I can see tossmg beyond pensh these cruel waves, and return with it or m the attempt! Not a word, > went on, as Jermey Txevnlion would have spoken. I love your daug . love me show how much love can do for s sake life_ tor Beeause j ours, sir. l^love I will her gain I^will risk my < and save you, or die . And with these tragic words, Ralph plunged into boy the !—brave sea. boy !” sobbed Mr. “Brave Trevelliou, as the dauntless rescuer dis appeared. “Oh, Dwight!—such worthy Nellie, a man is a hero ! Such a man is of and she shall marry him if she will, do we but live to see the shore again. ” His brother only pressed his hand, and the three figures stood silent, braced against the hurrying waves that each moment burst against them, rising higher and higher. Suddenly a shout rang in their ears, then another, and al¬ most before they could believe it, the boat loomed through the night before them. “Men ahoy! Stand by to take hold of this line!” “Ay, ay, sir 1” A rope whirled through the air. The boatman caught it, a little craft plunged into the surf close at hand, there was a general scramble, a flap of sails, and then the Seagull bore away with foul drenched but happy men aboard, and breakers tossed alone upon the shal¬ low. E..ph M .„u h i. bride. Tbep„« of his prospective father-in-law knew no bounds;nor did he offer a word of objec tion to the nuptials proposal be of celebrated the longing lover the that their on «■**»***« the following morning, when the two youngpeopte stood before him. Jsil^s d “ know that he purposely tupped the anchor short, so that, the Seagull might drift awa y: that Terrm was to be °. H for a rescue, and that the tide never covers the sandbank to a greater dypt h than four feet, except in the most length and half a mile in width, sloping gradual y downward toward the east, but presenting to the wetem ^yes a p^ feet eipitous m height, front of crowned about with seven a ^ired rna^ifi cent lighthouse of granite and iron such as;may defy the wildee »tantLandwrn all mariners deadly to keep coast as K» far as said possible r°m the this blessed hght can be d ‘ ‘ distance of upwards of thirty miles, but practically the height o le ciag d b " ln eh \ l liaa been pla f d “ f ml ! to « a du 1 , :u lvantage, as its hght all , clear is often . be shrouded in mist, while is , Lonely indeed is the lot of the mon in M. this liei.ilien loll,™ isle, owR 1 . esollrces 011 uttermost then-only communication with the outer world being when, twice a year, the lighthouse stores are brought by a ste# mer, wlfleh can only lie to for a few hb U rs, for th.ere is no manner of anchor ftnd (be on!y p OHri ji,| ( , landing-jiloce is a shelving ledge of rock, on which he w ] 10 wou [ c i go ashore must spriug at the moment when his boat rises on the crest 0 f a wave, and then make the best of his way to the summit by scrambling up a slippery, shelving rock. Barra Once a year, too, a priest from comes here to visit his little flock, mm he ring about two score—a fine, hardy, se] f_r e]ia:1 t race. Their isle supplies ; t , jre for cows goats, so they have be blessiag o{ good milk; otherwise the -ea-birds who congregate |pi on the cliffs p uffins and anks> llem ots and kitte wakes—supply their larder with fresh niea t in summer and salt meat for winter use; ’ also with oii for them lamps and feat hers for bidding. When fishing is Lirvest iW the boats go off to wrest a from the sea-cuddies, haddock, herring, floimders, lvtlie and svthe, rock codlings, and skate. Eels they will not touch, but dog-fish are welcome, and are salted and dried for winter store. Iu the spring time thousand of eggs are taken by bold cragsmen, who adven hire and sometimes sacrifice their lives in this quest —AU the Year Hound. We never knew a man who could ap predate the blcssmgs of did a Histon pnnter who long smee bud tetl to He sLilt^lb aviditv. gazcd at it long and tranquilly, then called a “ sub,” put on his coat and went ofit “ When a man gets such a fat ! take as that,” he said, “he can afford to * loaf for a day or two .”—Boston Tran~ script. The Postmistress General.—M rs. blonde hMr, a peachy complexion, large hazel eves, overshadowed with long silk en lashes. At a reception she wore a beautiful wine colored silk dress and a tag St> be "termed a’ model of feminine A little Money. A woman ought whichever to have her it own purse, great or small, may be ;— ten, lars, fifty, a hundred, or a thousand dol¬ according to circumstances, but her own, for which she accounts only to her¬ self. Well, then ; A maid-servant knocks down a teacup, a servant breaks a glass or suddenly ^ teapot, cup, ^ and glass all at ^ ^ d ^ broken them, and so on. The wife who has not her own purse, goes to her hus band > relates her misfortune, and begs for a little to make good the damage, He scolds the servants, his wife, who ought fo look . lfter the servants, .< Money> iudeed t A little m0 ney! ^A Money doeg not grow Qut o£ t]ie gIov nor ye£ j 8 d ra ined down from heaven. Many ' small brooks make a great 6 river,* ^ uch like At ^ he give8 a utile money> ^ remains often in a very £ ill humor, Agdu> lf the wife h 8 her own uttle £ purse, ’ then such little vexations never ome neftr lmn< Children, servants, misfor t une , remain the same, butnodis order is remarked—all is made right, as a t first—all is in order, and the head of the bouse—who perhaps with the great est ease could lay down a thousand doi las at cnce—-need not for a few pence, squeezed equipoise out at his different times, which lose the of temper, is as invaluable to the whole house as to him self, And dost thou reckon as nothing, thou unfeeling nabob, those little surprises— those little birth-day and name-day pleasures with which thy wife can give herself thousand the delight small of pleasures surprising which, thee— those unexpected as falling stars, gleam like them on the heaven of home, and which must all come to thee from the affection of thy wife through a little money, which thou "must give to her in the gross in order to receive again in the small, with rich interest of comfort and happiness. To every true woman’s heart it is in¬ describably delightful to give —to feel itself alive iu the satisfaction and happi¬ ness of others ; it is the sunshine of the heart, Besides this, a little freedom is bo refreshing. Forced Labor in Egypt. The conditions of forced labor do not seem to differ much in the different parte of the country. Nowhere do the labor¬ ers receive any pay, or food, or task-mas¬ shelter, while their treatment by their ters would seem to be simply brutal. Mr gj* Slnart de6crib , s , he 1 . wCt™;' Jsfcm . w Eeneh, t in cf^pi Uppei ''. uere “ T Xut ITghteenieT , in depth had been by high embankments constructed of the matenal removed from the trench, and along the bottom and on the slopes, “men swarmed thickly, like bees on a honey-comb for a distance of about a mile in length. The entire strength of the impressable labor m the province, . C0Mtituted the day’s dietary The la borers prov ided their own baskets for carrying the excavated soil, and them own toolgj when they used any, but most employed their fangers. Overseers walked nbout among them armed with sticks, with which they struck the men while th were carrying loads upon tlieir often without any apparent rea, the son. At night they slept clothing upon and ground . l]most without ££e without shelter, though the has air was often very cold. Mr. S uart spf>n negro slaves at work m the cotton plantations of Cuba, and the convicts at {^pfifion, both were to be envied ’ in lu 1 by the Egyptian fellahs. A Western Experiment. . --- “It is stated that the Chicago, Burlmg ton and Quincy management has rented pews in the various churches of the sev eraJ w'estem cities for its employees 11ns to worship in,” says an exchange. is no doubt a move in the right direction, and probably before another year is over every railroad in the country will either rent pews in the towns along their lines, or build churches for the accommodation of their employees. This will give the boys a place to go on Sunday where they can he at home, and instead of going fishing on Sunday, when they lay over in a town, or sitting on a pdeof “waste at the “round-house” all day Sunday road, talking of the management of the or playing draw poker they will each Sunday be found in their accustomed pews at the church, absorbing religion and faying to forget how, during the week before they had made the air along the track blue with red-hot excla mations about their work. The conduc tor will sit in his seat at church, and re pent for having mauled a tramp the day before or for havmg “accidentally punched out three hundred miles from an editor s ticket, who>he knew was onlv going forty miles. The brakeman will repent for having sassed the switeh tender at the junction, and the engineer will, as the preacher warms up to hm ^tofbexs ^1 !lT g“townt jdltoddflJi! Sr im SJ minisfer, a|d np” liberally for fel pay the experiment of the.Cliieago. all. will go Bnrlmg The ion A Qumcy road, will be watched with a good deal of mterest by railroad men. -Milwaukee bun. Tobacco. —Although the Scotch are greater smokers than the English, than yet less tobacco is smoked in Scotland in England. This is due, according to the London Truth, to the canny char¬ acter of Scotchmen. Owing to the large quantity of water in the ordinary tobacco soid, a pipe goes out 1-efore the tobacco in* it is smoked this out. damp The tobacco; Englishman the throws away it from his Scotchman carefully extracts it has dried, pipe, and then, when re¬ places it
