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Chatham Record, V 1 djjhant Hucoqi H. A. LONDON, Jr., BATES OF KDlTOIt AM) PUOPUIKTOK. vv ADVERTISING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One square, one insertion, ... One square, two insertions,- - . , One square, one month, .... 1.00 1.60 2.50 ;-y. ono y':r, -out !) , six iiiiuiilis -Olio copy, thrco ntuuths, 2.0(1 l.oo .50 VOL. I. PITTSBOUO', CHATHAM CO., X. C, NOVEMBER 14, 1878. NO. 9. For larger aUvertisementa liberal contract will be made. Of i J$dvqrtiscmmte. LARGEST STORE LARGEST STOCK Cheapest Goods & Best Variety CAN BE FOUND AT LONDON'S CHEAP STORE. Hew Goods ReceiTel ererv Week. Tou can always find what you wish at Lon don's. ITe keeps everything. Dry-Goods, Clothing, Carpeting, Hardware, Tin Ware, Drugs, Crockery, Confectionery Shots, Boot, Caps, Hats, Carriage Materials. 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Moore and Orange, and la the 8apremand Federal Court.. O. 8. POE, Dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries & General Merriundlie, All kinds of Plows and Castings, Baggy Katerials, Furniture, ato. PITTMBORO, N. CAR. GRANDPA'S SOLILOQUY. It wasn't so when I was young. We used jilniii kuigiuiKe then: We tluln't sHak of "them galoots," When meaning Itoysanri men. When sukiiir of the nice hand-write Of ,loe, or Tom. or Hill, We iliil it plain we uUln't say "He slinks a nast quill." Then when we met a good, old friend We hadn't lately seen, We greeted klm-hut didn't say, "Hello, you old sardine." The 1kj s got mad sometimes and lit ; We stoke of kicks and hlows : But now they "whack liini in the snoot," And " paste him on the nose." Once, when a youth was turned away From her lie held most dear. He walked otf on his leet-liut now He "crawls otf on his ear." We used to dance w hen I was young, And used to call it so ; Hut now iliey don't -they only "sliii(f The light fantastic toe." H death we sjtoke in language plain, I'liat no 0110 did perplex, Hut in these days one doesn't die He "passes in his checks." We praised a man of common sense ; "His judgment's khhI." we said ; But now they say : " Well, that old plum Has got a level head." It's rather sad the children now Are learning all such talk ; They've learned to "chin " instead of chat, And "waltz" instead of walk. To little Harry yesterday My grandchild, aged two I siid. " You love grandpa?" said lie : " You bet your boots I do. " The children bowed to strangers once, It is no lunger so The little girls, as well as Ix.ys, Now greet you with "hello:" h. give me back the good old d tys When Itoth (he old aud young Conversed in plain, old-fashioned ways. And slang was never slung. MY LUCK. She had come to visit Nat's sister. And there I met her ou i night ; A cousin, I think, of the family. Ami a girl rather handsome and bright. 1 remember we looked at an album : And I told her how much 1 could guess Of one charai ter just trout a picture : " Now witness," said I, " my success." " Here's a photograph of a young maiden. Both pretty ami itiodee! ami true." Mie fairly colored with pleasure ; "Why that's," she exclaimed, "sister Sue !" "But here. I continued elated, " la the worst looking fellow thus far, A stupid, old. senseless curmudgeon :" She simply said, "That's in papa." ERIC SWARTZ'S SACRIFICE. Eric Swartz and I were lovers. His fathers farm adjoined ours at some fut ire time the two estates were to be united. Eric's father and mine often talked it all over, and laid plans, and built castles and made all to their likimr. Hut Kric' i-nl..r and mine are lying in their graves, their catties nave dissolved in air, their plans are void and useless! Il was a glorious evening in October. I had linished niv twelve CUts of vnrn v-irii and had set back the great wheel and reel, as I saw my lather driving home with the piovv. ne jisui just nnished the day's work, but it was not the sight of my father that caused me to linger at the window; I heard Eric's voice," rich and deep and Hear, and I listened to his words. Thev werc of trilling iiiijiort, and yet they caused niv heart to lean wildlr sis'l tlo.mrht r .. dashing ride over the prairie with Eric in pursuit oia nyingnerdoi cattle, and with a merrv lautrh. I bounded ilnu him. "No, no, Clara, not to-night," said my lover irentlv. as he exchsuMnil l.mkv with my father. "And why?" 'Itiscettiti2 late, and I near the woixls, I will bring your cows with mine, Clara; you had better not go." My father expressed himself in like man ner; but when did ever Clara Wilde heed persuasion or command? Mabelle, darling, I was a wild, headstrong trirh do von won. der, then, that saddled my fleet pony, "Star," and overtook my lover, much to his surprise and annoyance? "I see how it is," I said, tauntingly, "you do not wish my company; forsooth, you are waiting for some fair maid, Bessie Mervine, perhaps you see I have thwarted your designs, Eric;" and I laughed heed lessly. He looked straight into my face. O, how noble and handsome he was; and when he said, "No, no, Clara," I knew he spoke tbe truth. "Then why were you so determined I should not accompany you?" I asked in credulously. "Very good reasons, my little Clara; that dark, black wood is no place for you." "I am no coward, Eric Swartz: lead where vou will, I will follow." "You are a very brave, courageous girl, Clara." His voice was as gentle as if he addressed an infant. "But" and he stopped his horse and held the bridle of my pony "I had rather not go than have you expose yourself as you are about doing. Clara, go back; you know I like your com pany, but not enough to have you risk yourself thus." "What risk?" I asked, giving the bridle a jerk that freed it from his grasp,- and curling my lip scornfully as I spoke; -Hell me, or " I touched Star lightly with the riding whip and started forward, but again he graspad the rein. "Clara, Clara, for heaven's sake, stay! Thoughtless girl, you know not what you are doing!" "Perhaps I don't; thank you for the in sinuation; let go my bridle!" "Clara!" "Well; speak if you have anything to say speak! what are you making all this fuss on my account for?" "For your good; listen as I told your father, our cattle have been missing for several days, and we fear " "What?" "Wolves." "Humph!" I ejaculated, impatiently; "some old granny's dream, piore like; but I see you are afraid. Valiant youth, follow and I will lead; follow, and I will protect you!" I struck Star violently, and with a bound he freed himself from Eric's grasp and gal loped away. "Clara, Clara, if you will go if you will not listen to reason I shall not follow, but accompany or lead," he said as he reached my side. I struck off across the prairie with a merry laugh, and a challenge for a race, and almost before I was aware of the fact, darkness was falling fast around us, and close before us, only separated by a dark and deep ravine, lay the wild, black forest. ' Now you will surely stop," cried Eric, as we checked our foaming steeds upon the very verge of the precipice. We had seen nothing of the missing herd. "I tell you what it is," said I, impa tiently, "you area perfect coward; you are afraid to crosss this chasm; you are afraid of the woods. Come, Star," I said, coax ingly, to my pony, "you and I for it we shall find nothing worse than ourselves yonder over, sir, over!" Well used to my whims, the noble steed obeyed. Indeed, if I had told him to fly to the moon, had he understood me, I doubt not that he would have made the attempt. I shut my eyes. That long, terrible, flying leap, how I remember it, and my heart sickens even now, as I think of it; but half a hand's breath, and we should have gone down, down into the dark, deep, tearful gorge; but we were safe, and a tri umphantlaugh floated back to my dis mayed companion, who, completely as tounded, regarded me with an expression akin to terror and despair. "Clara, Clam, come back; ride along to where the chasm is narrower, and then cross again." "Indeed T shn.ll do no sneli Ihinir" 1 r- torted, disdainfully, "if you are afraid, -go home " "And allow me to escort you?" I 1( Hiked up in surprise to encounter a brilliant pair of black eyes, and a tall, ele gant form in a hunter's costume. In the person before me I recognized a young man who had for a night partaken of my father's hospitality, and departed one morning with a farewell tome sounding musically upon his lips. Who or what he was I did not know, hutjfear was a stranger to me then; and thinking only to vex my lover, 1 replied merrily that 1 should, un der the circumstances, be provided for, aud bade Mr. Eric Swartz good evening. "Clara, CJara, I cannot leave you thus. Clara, do you know what you are doing?" "I trust I do, sir," I replied haughtily. "God forgive and help you!" It was too dark for me to see his expression, but he turned and galloped madly away. 1 did not think he would go. 1 fancied he would stay and amuse me with his pleadings, but 1 was mistaken. And then for the first time, as 1 realized the position in which 1 had placed myself, a chill feel ing of nervous fear stole over me, and 1 turned my horse's head down the ravine, lor now the excitement was over 1 had not the least desire to attempt another leap where the chasm was so broad; but my dark companion laid a hand ujm)u the bri dle rein, and a strange quiver in his voice filled me with alarm. "Not so fast, lady ; permit " and seizing Star's bridle, he turned the animal toward the forest. "Hands oil sir! what do you mean?" I ejaculated, now quite alarmed, for night was fast closing in, and the man's lace grew fairly sinister in its expression, as seen by the uncertain light. He laughed low and exult ingly. "What do 1 mean, fairest maid of the prairie? This only, that you are venture some, fearless, courageous, daring; but that Clinton 1 light is not a whit behind you. Fair lady, I love youf I loved you when I first met you at your lather's door when I bade you adieu; but now that fate has kindty thrown us together, I take it as an omen for good that you will not regret my plea." lie turned his face toward the light of the purpling sunset the brilliant, fas cinating eyes were fixed on mine, thrilling me with a strange, bewildering power. I struggled against it, fearfully, agoni zingly yet the black eyes of the stranger held me as with a hand of iron. I felt that he was possessing himself of my will; that he would soon use it as it suited bis de signs, and yet as the bird charmed falls into the jaws of the serjx'nt, I was as helpless in the tower of my stranger ad versary. Bxit hark! one sound brought back my powers of speech and motion. That hideous sound, mcthinks I hear it now, borne at first faintly, then nearer, and still nearer, upon the night wind. Sometimes ina nightmare I live this scene and that which follows over again in its horror. I feel the blackness of the night around ami above me; behold again the deep, dark forest; the dreadful, yawning chasm at my very feet; feel the touch of that magnetic hand upon my fingers and see those dreadful eyes looking fiercely, strangely into mine. "Do you hear that?" he cried with strange eagerness. "Wolves! girl, be mine, or you are their prey." I lashed my trembling horse to a fury, but a strong hand held him down. I screamed aloud in my terror, but echo only replied, and nearer and nearer came the maddening yells, up along the ravine "Monster, fiend!" I cried, in my agony and terror, but a sardonic laugh answered me. One glance into the wild, fierce, blazing eyes, and I knew the man beside me was a maniac! God only knows my terror at this moment, for around abend in the stream came the terrible wolf pack. "Mine! mine! will you be mine?" shrieked the man's voice in my ear. "Yours?" "Yes, mine in life and in death, mine forever and ever." What I said I do not now remember, but it must have been a decided and bitter refusal, for the next moment I was torn from my saddle and thrown violently upon the ground. And next I heard the sound of my horse's hoofs dying away in the distance, while behind me, so close that I fancied I could see their glaring eyeballs and feel their hot breath, came the panting pack of half starved animals. I staggered wildly to my feet. One lit tle attempt would I make for my life. How many thoughts will pass through the hu man brain in a moment! I fancied my parents' grief and horror when they should know my fate; my lover's sorrow and despair and to die thus! With one cry to Heaven for aid, I tottered onward staggering over fallen trees, lacerating my flesh with brambles, yet unheeding the pain, knowing not whither I went, only fleeing from the destruction behind to the unknown dangers before. Onward, still onward, gasping for breath, with that strange feeling of in ability to walk or run one ofti n experi ences in a disturbed dream, groping, and grasping, and shrieking, though my voice seemed to rise no higher than my throat and to die despairingly upon my lips. Just then I heard a shout. Only a few feet behind me were the foremost of the wolves; but that shout seemed to startle even them for an instant. It was Eric's voice: I knew it in an instant and an swered with a shriek of joy. The next moment I was clasped in his arms, and his voice cried out: "Cling to me, Clara; I have been all this time reaching you going round up in a tree, quick!" "And you?" I questioned, hurriedly, as he tried to assist me in my trembling and awkward attempts to ascend a small t ree, scarcely large enough to bear my weight, I never heard his voice again, save in a shriek of mortal agony, as he was borne down by his terrible foes. My worthless life was saved at the expense of his. I would fain sometimes have shared his fate that long, desolate, terrible night; but life is sweet, and I was so young, so full of life, to die such a death. Toward morning the wolves departed, and I descended to the ground. A few hairs dabbled in blood, a few l)ones and bits of clothing were all that remained of the man I had really and truly loved. And yet I am married! Ah, yes, that is my boy; I call him Eric for the one who died! and his father is a kind and tender husband, though he never won my heart; you can see him there tunning up the garden walk. You know now how erring and how sinful I have been how I have suffered; for God only knows what my heart has endured since that fatal night. A MISSOURI RIVAL OF DR. CARVER. SIX SUCCESSSIVE BULIS EYES AT A THOUSAND YAIIDS. Adam (J oldie is a man in the prime of lite, about five feet eleven inches in height, and with a most wonderful physique. He has a frank, oteii coun tenance, with large, bright blue eyes, which have a peculiar' appearance. They are restless and ever in motion, and there is a peculiar sort of twitching action iereeptible, which almost con veys the impression that his vision must be defective. His light brown hair hangs in long, flowing hicks, ami a long, flowing beard covers his chest. His face is a taking one open, affable and free and when he talks bis voice hasa ringing, cheery tone about it that is pleasant to the ear. Some of the feats which he has per formed seem impossible. He has broken 21fc glass balls out of 300 in 1-J minutes, with a forty-four calibre Winchester rifle. He can break 100 glass balls live t imes out of six, without a miss, in three minutes. These feats are unparalleled, and surpass I)r Carver's wonderful shooting. A seem ingly incredible feat that he irforms is as follows: A soda water bottle is thrown into the air in a certain man ner, and before it falls Goldiewill send a bullet down the neck of the bottle and make a bole in the bottom. There are other feats that he irforms with the bottles. At fifty yards distance a bottle is placed on a forked tong, and Goldie will send bullets in rapid succes sion down the neck and through the bottom, only perforating the latter in one place. At long distances this wonderful marksman perforins just as marvelous feats. At 1,IMM yards he will hit the centre of the bull's-eye and then send six bullets, one after the other, hitting the very indent made by the first. A potato thrown in the air Goldie will terforate with six bullet holes before it touches the ground. Perhaps his most astonishing feat is his breaking two balls at once. This is done in the following manner: The balls are thrown crosswise, and as they pass each other on their course, with quick, unerring aim and lightning-like rapidity, ('oldie will speed a bullet through lxth. Another feat is the placing of an inch strip of tin about three feet long in position, at thirty feet distance, and terforating it from top to liottom with thirty-six holes, all exactly in the center of the strip, and all at even distances apart, ('oldie says he does not know where his won derful skill comes from. He never handled a rifle until he was eighteen years old, and to him it seems like an instinct. He would take aim and lire with unerring accuracy, and his won derful feats soon acquired for him a marvelous reputation among his neigh liors. Some live years ago Goldie left his native country of Sliamon, where he is engaged in cattle raising, for northwestern Texas, where he 'passed two years of his life, and there one of the most exciting incidents of his career happened. His fame as a marksman among the Texan s soon liecame notor ious. In the vicinity of Goldie's ranch lived one William Darrell, or, as he was more familiarly termed, Bloody Bill. This Bloody Bill was a notorious ruilian and desperado, a reckless dare devil. His feats in marksmanship were likewise astounding, and probably no man in the Lone Star State excelled him in handling the rifle. Bloody Bill had been engaged in many deeds of daring, ami was nearly always mixed up in some row or squabble. He had already killed three men, ami his numerous acts of rufliaiiism had made him a terror to the frontier. Few cared to cross his path, as his dangerous character and dexterity with the rifle were well known, ('oldie had met Bill on several occasions, but hail never been involved in any dilliculty with him. Knowing his turbulent disposition, he always sought to avoid him. On one Sunday, however, Goldie was sitting in company with a score of Texans, who were spending a convivial hour in a mild carouse, when Bill rode up and joined the party. Of late he had be come quite jealous of Goldie's notoriety as a marksman, and had frequently spoken disparagingly of the latter. At last the Texans began to relate some of their reminiscences, and Goldie com menced relating an incident that had occurred to him. Bill, who had drank heavily of the whisky, and became rather moody, in the midst of the nar ration suddenly jumped to his feet and insulted Goldie, at the same time striking a blow at him. All was in stantly commotion. The whole party were on their feet and revolvers were drawn. Goldie demanded satisfaction for the insult, and Bloody Bill, with a scornful laugh, suggested that they had better make it a trial of their re spective skill with the rifle. The idea was caught up by the Texans, and after a short consulation they decided tliat a duel should be fought, but, in conse quence of the extraordinary skill of the parties, at a long distance. On the open prairie, about two miles distant, grew two post-oak trees. They were four hundred and twenty yards apart, and were the only trees on that spot. All around was open, timtierless prairie. It was decided that Goldie and Bill should both take their rifles and take up position behind the respective trees and then blaze away at each other. The Texans hoped by this means to prevent bloodshed, or at least to prevent a fatal termination to the duel. The pre liminaries being settled, the whole party mounted their horses and rode out on the prairie to the selected spot. Goldie took up his position behind one ot the trees, and Bill ensconced himself behind the other. The remaining party of the crowd then rode to a slight undulating eminence to the right where they were to remain as specta tors. One of them was to give the signal for the beginning of the combat by firing the rifle in the air, and the report was to be the signal to the duelists to begin with their bloody work. Goldie awaited anxiously the detonation of the rifle, which suddenly sounded in the air. Then commenced the duel at the longest range ever recorded. Goldie advanced from be hind the tree in a kneeling posture, when, whiz! his sombrero was per forated by a ball from Bloody Bill's rifle. Quick as lightning he dropped lull length on the ground in time to escape the two other bullets which came in rapid succession. He lay still, brought his rifle into position, as he was stretched full length upon the ground, and then remained immovable. Presently he saw a diminutive figure which he knew to be Bill (who was nearly one inch taller than Goldie) advancing cautiously from the shelter of the tree. Quickly taking aim he lired twice in succession and then re tired iH'hind the sheltering trunk. One of the bullets he afterward discovered had passed through the lolie of Bill's left ear. There was a cessation now of firing for some time, when Goldie espied hisoppouent's head and shoulders exposed. Quick as lightning his rifle was at his shoulder, and the detonating reKnt was heard. Bloody Bill's hat was carried away by the bullet. Goldie now rather incautiously advanced from his shelter and became the target for six balls in rapid rotation, one of which made a hole in his coat-sleeve and another through his pantaloons. lie leat a hasty retreat. The duellists remained gazing at the distant trees, each watching for the indistinct form which represented his adversary. Each peered cautiously from behind the tree, endeavoring to gain sight of the other. Goldie at last saw Bill again advance, and the former stepped rapidly to the front and quickly brought his rifle into position. Almost simultaneously the clear sharp report of two rifles rang on the air, and both men fell. Goldie managed to raise himself and crawl behind the trunk of the tree. He had leen wounded in the left shoulder. Presently he was joined by the Texans, who had been witnesses of this most exciting duel. They had already rid den over to Bloody Bill aud found him dead a bullet had penetrated his tem ple. St. Louis Post. HOW MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN RUSSIA. Russian marriages are generally ar ranged through priests. A well-bred bridegroom must present a gift to a monastery and another to his parish church. The bride, through her friends, is expected to clothe some statue of the virgin with a gown of sil ver brocade, enriched with more or less jewels, according to the piety of the donor; and in Southern Russia she adds a gift of doves to the Pojie which looks like a relic of the worship of Venus. The consent of parents is necessary for a marriage until the age of thirty-six years in the case of a man, and twenty five years in that" of a woman; but young people are at liberty to appeal to appeal to the civil authorities if consent be arbitrarily withheld. In this event the parents are called upon to show reason for their refusal. The reason must not be mercenary, unless one of the young people be heir to a landed es tate. Then the question is referred to the marshal of the nobility in the dis trict, whose decisions are based upon expediency rather than upon fixed principles. These appeals are rare, be cause the Russians are a marrying peo ple, and dispose of their children early. In the middle aud lower classes men marry at twenty, when not drafted by the conscription. In the higher aris tocracy a young man goes the "grand tour" before settling down; but he is often betrothed, before starting, to a young lady not yet out of the school room. There is no country t hat has so few old maids as Russia. When a girl has reached the age of twenty-five years without finding a mate, she generally sets out on what she calls a pilgrimage. if poor; on a round of travels, if rich; and in either case she turns up some years later as a widow. Widows are as plentiful as old spinsters are scarce; and widows whose husbands were never seen are more numerous than the rest. Etiquette forbids auy allusion to a lady's dead husband in her presence, and this is sometimes convenient. When a couple are engaged a betrothal feast is held, and the bride elect has a lock of her hair cut off in the presence of witnesses and given to the bride groom who, in return, presents a sil ver ring set with turquoise, an almond, cake and a gift of bread and salt. F'rom this moment the two are plighted; nor can the relatives break the match ex cept with the consent of the parties themselves, which is signified by a re turn of the ring and the lock of hair. So much importance is attached to the ring that, among people who cannot af ford silver and a turquoise, tin and a bit of bluestone are substituted. These be trothal rings are kept as heirlooms, but must not be made to serve twice. A son cannot give his bride the ring which his mother received, for instance; though why this should be so is a mys tery which the clergy, who sell the rings, could best explain. On the wedding-day the bride comes to the church dressed in white; but it is only among the highest classes that the bridal costumes are entirely white, and that a wreath of orange-flower blossoms is worn. DURATION OF LIFE. The average duration of life in civ ilized society is about thirty-three-and-a-third years. This is called a generation making three in a century. But there are certain localities and certain communities of people where this average is considerably extended. The mountaineer lives longer than the lowlander; the fanner than the artisan; the traveler than the sedentary; the temperate than the self-indulgent; the just than the dishonest. "The wicked shall not live out half his days," is the announcement of Divinity. The phil osophy of this is found in the fact that the moral character has a strong power over the physical a power much more controlling than is gener ally imagined. The true man conducts himself in the light of Bible precepts is "temperate in all things," is "slow to anger" and on his grave is written: "He went about doing good." In these three things are the great ele ments of human health: the restraint of the appetites, the control of the passions, and that highest type of physical exercise, "going about doing good." It is said of the eminent Quaker philanthropist, Joseph J. Gur ney, that the labor and pains he took to go and see personally the objects of his contemplated charities, so that none of them should lie unworthily bestowed, was of itself almost the labor of one man; and he attended to his immense banking business besides. In fact he did too much, and died at the age of sixty years. The average length of human life in all countries, at this age of the world, is about twenty-eight years. One quarter of all who die do not reach the tige of seven years; one-half die before reaching seventeen years; and yet the average of life of Friends in Great Bricnin and Ireland in lHGO was nearly fifty-six years. Surely this is a strong inducement for all to practice for them selves, aud to inculcate upon their children day by day, that simplicity of habit, that quietness of demeanor, that restraint of temper, that control of appetites and propensities, and that orderly, systematic mode of life which Friends' discipline inculcates! Reasoning from the analogy of ani mal creation, mankind should live nearly one hundred years that l?w seeming to be that life should be five times the length of the period of growth. At least, the general obser vation is that the longer persons are growing the longer they live other things being equal. Naturalists say that a dog grows for two years, and lives eight; an cx grows for four years, and lives sixteen; a horse grows for live years, and lives twenty-five; a camel grows for eight years, and lives forty; man grows for twenty years, and should live one hundred. But the sad fact is that only one man in every thousand reaches one hundred years. Sti'l it is encouraging to know that the science of life, as revealed by the investigations of the physiologist and tho teachings of educated medical men, is steadily extending the period of human existence. Thedistinguished historian, Macaulay, states in in 1085 one person in twenty died each year; in 18-30, out of forty, only one died. Dupin says that from 1770 to 1843 the duration of life in France increased liitv-two days annually, for in 17.'H the mortality was one in twenty-nine; in 1S43, one in forty. The rich men in France live forty-two years, on an average; the poor only thirty years. Those who are well-to-do in the world live about eleven years longer than those who have to work from day to day for a living. Remunerative labor and the diffusion of the knowledge ot the laws of life among the masses, with temperance aild thrift, are the great means of adding to human health and life. AN INSTANCE OF INDIAN DARING. The Beaver (Utah) Square Dealer says: "An instance of what an Apache Indian will do in the way of cool daring when the prize is worth the risk, once occurred on a ranche in Arizona. The owner of the ranche was an American. To guard against the Apaches he had built a block-house, and, adjoining it, a court-yard and cor ral, surrounded by an adobe wall 8 feet high and 2 feet thick. In the corral the herd were nightly secured. lie kid a contract to feed and guard 400 head of beef cattle belonging to the United SUites fort, some thirty miles away. More than one attempt had been made by th3 Apaches to capture the herd, while feeding two or three miles from the block-house. But the vigilant herdsmen had driven the cattle at a gal lop into the corral, before the Indians could "stampede" them. One night there came a fearful storm. A solitary Apache, unarmed, and with nothing to protect him from the cold rain, climbed over the corral wall; crouching in the corner, he waited for day. Early in the morning, the storm having passed away, eight herdsmen, mounted and armed, waited at the corral's gate for the herd to be turned out. The gate was opened. The stock poured out. Suddenly up sprang the Apache; vault ing on the nearest horse, he clutched his mane with one hand, while with the other he waved his red blanket and yel.'ed like a demon. In an instant every boo." made a rush and the stam pede began. The horse, frightened, darted into the nridst of the flying cat tle. As in a frenzy they went through the gateway, the Apache clasped his arms around the horse's neck, and, throwing his body on one side of the maddened animal, disappeared from view. A thousand men ranged in column could not stop that rush of the crazed herd down the valley. The herdsmen fired a volley which woundi d. aid killed some of the cattle. Two bands of Apaches, darting out from op posite sides of the valley, closed up from behind the herd. Four hundred head of cattle were thus captured and run off by the daring and cunnin? of one Apache, The cotton compress at Montgom ery, Ala., has been rebuilt, using up 1,000,000 bricks and 600,000 feet of lumber. New presses are being looked up. The city of Zurich, Switzerland, has appropriated the sum of 600,000 fes for the purpose of erecting a magnificent new chemical laboratory for Prof. Victor Meyer. England has produced about 11, 500,000 quarters of weat this year, and will have to buy about 13,000,000 quar ters. France, it is expected, will have none to sell. A captain of a volunteer corps, being doubtful whether he had dis tributed muskets to all the men, cried: " All you that are without arms, hold up your hands." At Bayonne a gentleman lost in a railroad carriage a considerable sum of money and some jewelry and other valuables. Three railroad porters were arrested on suspicion, when the money was returned by a priest. The thief had confessed his crime, and the con fessor had refused him absolution till he had made restitution. The cotton mills of Columbus, S. C, consumed during the season of 1877-78, 12,7i2 bales of staple, a gain in five years, of 5,304 bales. They ex pect to consume 15,000 bales the coming season, which at 10 cents a pound or $50 a bale, would make this cotton worth $750,000. This value, however, in passing through their mills will be increased to some $2,200,000. Queen Victoria travels in a rail way carriage which cost $30,000. A corresTKmdent of the Chicago Times says that its windows are shaded with green silk curtains,trimmed with costly white lace. Its ottomans are covered w ith cream colored silk, embroidered with the royal arms and monogram in purple and gold, and a carpet which cost over $500 covers the floor. Lady Georgiana Seymour, widow of the late Admiral Sir George Sey mour, died recently at Hampton Court Palace, in her eighty-sixth year, and had lived at the palace sixty years. The palace is a leautiful edifice, devoted exclusively as a free residence for widows of persons who have distin guished themselves, in the public ser vice of England, but who have been left with small pecuniary means. Of cotton cloth, the United States exported last year 120,000,000 yards, while the amount in 1874 was but 18, 000,000. F:mpIoyers claim that the earnings of mill operatives are higher now than in i860, in proportion to the cost of living, and mills are supplying goods at less cost than in that year. Although supplies cost more and cotton the same greater skill and economy, with improved machinery, produce these results. Mrs. Van Cott, the preacher, was born in New York city, and is nearly fifty years of age. Her father was Major Newton, manager of John Jacob Astor's estate. He became insane. Marrying and soon becoming a widow, she attended to her husband's business of drug broker. She was converted on a Fulton ferry-boat while thinking about religion. Becoming a preacher she traveled through the country, and counts more than 27,000 conversions as the result of her labors. She weighs 225 pounds. "A bird in the hand," etc. An inveterate chewer in Providence, who invariably throws away an old quid whenever he sees a neighbor take out a tobacco box, waited in vain one morn ing for an extension of hospitalities. "Aren't you going to give me a chew?" he inquired. "Didn't you have one in your mouth V" asked the market-man. "Yes," said the other. "Well," re plied the market-man, "you must learn never to throw away a certainty for an uncertainty." New York Tribune. The 'claims of the Muscovites or Great Russians to be pure Slavs have been studied by a German writer, who arrives at the conclusion that they are a mixed race, differing more essentially from the almost pure Slav, Little and White Russians than the Provencals feom theNorthern French or the South ern from the Northern Germans. There rae in European Russia 34,380,871 Mus covites or Great Russians, 14,103,005 Khokhols or liitle Russians, and 3,502, 057 White Russians. The Duke of Devonshire's estate at Chatsworth contains 2,000 acres, which he retains for his private park and flower garden. Tho park is bounded on all sides by hills, which cut it off from the rest of the world, and no other house than his own can be seen from the windows of his grand mansion. His flower garden alone comprises 102 acres, wherein sixty laljorers are con stantly employed to keep it in order. The remainder of the 2,000 acres is all in grass and woodland, and stocked with deer. This is said to be the finest private residence in Europe. Irving's residence, "Sunnyside," is frequently visited by that class which is commonly termed "pilgrims to the shrine of genius," and most of these carry away some memorial of the spot. The property still remains in the pos session orchis nieces, who keep up the condition of the grounds, the latter being in the charge of one who has been in this service for thirty years. The "Cottage," like its builder, is en tirely without pretension. When the latter came from Europe, after seveu enteen years' absence, he desired a home near the river, and this led to the purchase of the Acker house and sixteen acres of land. The house gave place to a picturesque cottage of the English style, where the author passed his last days, surrounded by an affec tionate and devoted circle. The place remains much as he left it when re moved by death nineteen years ago. His writing desk and pen remain in the library, and his hat stands on the hall table as though waiting for use.