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Entered according to Act of Congress, in J une, 1869. by J. W. Bukkk & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Unitod States for the So. District of Georgi a Vol. Ill—No. 43. ALMOST WELL. 'W - ATE is almost well. See ! ilj&ljn she can R i fc 11 P > u er bed and look at pictures in a book. I will tell you how she came to be ill. Her father had told her she must not go Avith wet feet, and that she must not sit in a current of air. Kate heard, but did not heed. She Avent out one day with thin shoes on her feet. Soon she found that the sideAvalks were damp. Then she ought to have turned back and got her overshoes. But this she did not do, nor would she. She went on and on, till she met a young friend, avlio persuaded her to take a Avalk with her in the park. Here the ground was so moist that Kate A\ r et the soles of her shoes a good deal. Then she got into a car to ride home. She was quite warm when she got into the car. Both doors Avere open, an 1 the wind swept through. Kato took a bad cold that day ; the doctor Avas sent for, and it was found that she had a fever. Six weeks she has been kept in her bed. Now, she is so much bet ter that she can sit up and read. INFIDELITY AND SCIENCE. the debating society, at 'op' his entrance upon his first year in college, or perhaps at the office or workshop where some bold free-thinker ventilates his doc trines, the young man meets his first temptation to believe that the Bible, so revered in his father’s homestead, is out of tune when compared with cer tain key-notes of science. Whether liable to such a temptation or not, here are three things which ev ery young man may write down as cer tainties in his note-book: First —No one can speak thus against the Bible unless he hates it. And any man that hates the Bible is a bad [man. You know hvt as well as I can tell you. MACON, GEORGIA, APRIL 23, 1870. KATB IS ALMOST AVKLL. Secondly—There is truth enough in the Bible to bring any infidel, no matter whom, to ,his knees in a storm at sea. It brought Shelley to his knees on such an occasion, though afterwards he got over that bravely. In the hour of peril infidels feel that the God of nature and the God of the Bible are the same. Thirdly —ln their skirmish work against the Scriptures, scientific infidels have changed their ground repeatedly. The reason of this is, they cannot hold it. Their only successes have been in the flush of first impressions. Like boys who steal unripe fruit, they get but little good of it. But if they leave the fruit to ripen on the tree of knowledge, they know it will be ours. What a picture is science at the hands ofLyell, and Darwin, and their class! Whole No. 147. They do indeed extend the bounds of knowledge. What new proofs of creative design ! Wlmt iicav incen tives for worshipping the Designer ! Well done, ye Solons ! Search out, and dig aAvay, and think it over. We are not afraid of geology ; Ave like it. We believe in its revelations. But this is only one half of the pic ture. When the mysteries of design are seen to shape themselves to God- Avard, and science begins to see in them, in large letters, God is cheat, she shuts her eyes. Light and no light! Wisdom and Folly! Why, priests of nature, you lose the flavor of your beautiful discovery. The heart’s devotion is more than half its charm. Some of our youthful readers will be Avise in the walks of science; we hope they will take the Bible as the best hand-book of naturo. For evury walk in life it is the safest guide. It is the best study lamp. Some haA r e thought it says too little on certain subjects ; but it has never been found to say too much. It has never yet been known to commit itself against the settled facts of science or history. Can you tell me what this wise and masterly reserve proves? ■♦ ♦ ♦ On Cats, A famous place for cats in this country is the city of Alexandria, in Virginia. Some years ago a young ster of that city Avishing to have some fun, went through the market and privately engaged each market man from the country to bring a cat next day, as he said he Avanted a good mouser. Every country house had a superfluity of cats, so the next morning each market cart carried a tom cat into town. The joker did not make his appearance, of course, and the market men, after waiting for him until they were ready to go home, indignant ly turned all the cats loose in the mar ket house. The cats lived on the offal of the market house, and greAvaud mul tiplied until Alexandria became as fa mous for cats as Cincinnati is for hoe .