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' ■■Min ; , ' inn [Kxteekd at thic Post OrriCB, m Atlanta, Oeoeoia, eob TBAMapQHTATlQN theopoh tub Umited States Mails at Second Clam Baths.) PUBLISHED 1 -r T/ ~, T T TWICE A MONTH. I V UL. !. ATLANTA, GA ., MAY 15, 1882. No. 14. Crossing a Ferry In Java. In size and population, Java corresponds very nearly with the State of Pensylvania. Its area is somewhat larger, being about 50,000square miles; its population nearly the same, the best estimate giving it up wards of four millions of people. But here the likeness ends. In place of the rigorous climate, stirring activity and enterprise, and intense industrial energy which belong*to our northern regions, we find the luxury •and languor of the torrid zone, the hot, moist atmosphere of a tropical island, a fer tile soil and an indolent race. There is a thriving commerce, indeed, by which the covered and the stream arched overhead by a thick growth of trees and vegetation Just os it approaches Bandong, its course sud denly widens, forming a considerable lake, and through this the traveler must pass in order to continue his journey. Doubtless at some future day, when the trade and pop ulation of the island have sufficiently in creased, and European or American enter prise has fully supplanted native indiffer ence and love of ease, a bridge of the most approved material and construction will span the Tjataroem at this point, marring the scenery from an artist’s view, but great ly expediting the traffic by this important route. two combined have produced a hundred dollars. To build up the country, then, it is not only necessary to have the farmer, but the mechanic, machinist, and manufac turer also. “The possible productiveness of a country is only reached when the raw material of every character is subjected to the manufac turer. That country is not prospering as it should which sends off all its cotton, wool, and hides to be manufactured in other States, and lets itsown timber rot in the forest while it sends abroad for furniture, wagons, bug gies, plow-stocks and axe-handlet. “Towns belong to the country, and add more or less to the building up of tho coun- greatest possible value may be produced, and the country bo built up and grow wealthy.” Antiquity of tile .Square. Among some tools found in a temple at Thebes was a square, which is the most satis factory evidence we have of the early use of this instrument. From marks upon it, it has been estimated to have been nearly thirty-five centuries ago. Since the arts in Egypt at that time were at the height of their development, the square must have been known for some time previous, and therefore it is believed that the use of the FERRY ON THE RIVER TJATAROEM, ISLAND OF JAVA. Dutch have made tbeirlpossession of the island profitable. Tbeir capital, Batavia, is an opulent city, exporting the products of the island: not only coffee, but also tea, tobacco, rice, sugar and spices—the staple crops of the East Indian Archipelago. A graphic illustration of‘Javanese life and scenery is given in our engraving, which represents a ferry boat on the river Tjata- roem, between Tjipanas and Bandong. The Tjataroem is a rapid stream of water flow ing through a portion of the Javanese prov ince of Freangs. Its course for a long dts- tftncei; narrow, It tanlu being completely Diversity or Calling Essential. The Corinth (Miss.) Herald answers the question, “What builds up the country ?” by saying: __ “Producers of wealth build up the coun try. The tillers of the soil add the results of their labor to the public, as well as to their individual wealth. And the manu facturer who takes the raw material, and by working upon it, increases its value, is a pro ducer of just so much wealth. If a farmer by producing a bale of cotton adds fifty dollars to the publio wealth, the one that mamifMtymtt flo^les its wtf tb« try. But the merchant, alone can’t build up a town. Town and country are both in terested in the establishment of factories', both aro benefited by the increased produc tion as well as the conveniences. “The country can’t succeed with all its people farmers, nor a town with its whole population merchants. Diversity of calling is essential; one is dependent on the other, and each derives a support from the others. There is no need of encouraging men to be come merchants; the demand is always sup plied, But encouragement is needed to get our p9oj>le Intq HwwtfoQtyTlng, the square dates back not less than four thou sand years. The square known to the an cients, and the tool with which they accom plished wonders of construction and calcu lation, was not by any means the square of the present day. This instrument as now employed, with blade and tongue and heel and the graduated lines which appear upon Its surface, is an invention known only within a comparatively short time. The square, as an instrument, has been brought to its present state of perfection within a very few years. The square R lWP«rtWlt MwQ^.o^bJeflfo