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ATHENS, GA. DECEMBER 8, 1871
VOL XLI.—iNO. 24—NEW SERIES VOL. 5. NO. 7,
Miscellaneous,
Miscellaneus,
Fireside Miscellany.
The Unchangeable.
The seasons come and go,
The ocean murmurs in its ebb and flow,
Stars wend their way through trackless
space.
The mo .in rolls up nnd shows her placid
face.
All things change but Thee, Creator,
King—
Of all that is, the sole cxhaustlcss spring.
%
In sunshine and in shower,
On sandy wastes and in the rose-clad
bower,
Alike we greet thy presence; and the
Streamy
That ipnkeiho-meailowluinlit \vitlvflasU-
She stopped to look at it with a I even equals, twelve feet,
melancholy smile.
*' Ah, he would not say
young now,” she exclaimed.
And just then a tap came at the door,
and the servant entered and brought
her a card. ‘S. s
“ The gentleman is below, Miss Mar
garet, and would like to speak with
voti*," if convenient,’' said the girl.
Margaret looked at the card. "
“ Ellison Strong.’^
The room.reeled round and round,
and she turted so pale that the girl,
was then frightened.
“ Sure, Miss Margaret, it is ill that
ye are, and I’ll go down and send the
feentteuiaw. awav,” coast, where they
“No,no!” said Margaret, recover- onTr&b 1 , onraYf
A full grown sometime. Worn*
| male from the most celebrated locality the labels are put o
I was tiw.oa the Andes, uow in Vnssar College, - ruudled on the tin
has a stretch of nine feet. Humboldt wards packed in w
never found one to measure over nine ally containing 100
feet; and the largest specimen seen .by ready for export.
Darwin was eight and a half feet from It does not alwi
tip to tip. An old male in the Zoolog- membered that th<
ieal Gardens of London measures elev- kept unopened the
en feet: fish become; and, if
The ordinary habitat of the Royal age improves then
Condor is between the altitudes of 10,- wine. But if they
000 and 16,000 feet. The largest age does not hem
seem to make their home around the ways remain tough,
volcano of Cavambi, which stands ex- are known as halt's
actly on the equator. In the riiiny There are two half
that she would surprise them both,
and make her step-mother appear to
others the harsh, censorious, and un
just womau she herself, in her own se
cret heart, had always been willing to
believe her.
Accordingly, when informed of the
existing - arrangement, she uttered no
word of Opposition, much to the as
tonishment of Mrs. Gray, who could
scarcely believe her own eyes when she
saw MargaVet obediently leave the
house each. morning, with her satchel
of school books'swinging from her arm.
Mr. Strong was also puzzled. His
deep blue eyes often met those brown
ones With i/look of"wondering inquiry
thah’Twul^Hanru et. lo»g to-Jjunsh.—,
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors to George Sharp, Jr.,
AND
Silversmiths
A tlanta, Oa.
(TFFER a large variety t
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
# JEWELRY,
* SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
NORTH EAST GEORGIA
GRAND EXHIBITION!!
FOR THE
Farmers, Mechanics an! Housewives of
North-East Georgia.
Open livery Day l
T HE SEASON for Fairs is at Iian4an<i beingun-
wilUng that Atlu-nx sh.mltl tvo behind other
P‘»ces of teas Importance,I have determined to hav e
A Commercial Exposition,
At My Old Stand, No. 7, Broad St.
To make the display attractive, I have visited
the Northern markets, and brought out many
Business Directory,
V' - - • •
yffv
'. r’
H Jamils
>9
literature,
three dollars per annum in advance.
anner.
- • “ HM..IKH OKKK4.V,
JJV S. A. ATKINSON,
IT TMRKF. OOM-VKS per annum,
srmcTi. r /.v advasck.
Olirr, Broad st.,ovtf J. H. Huggins.
IttTV.S OF UlVERTlStMl
. willbe inwrted »t.OnoDnll«»nd
r ftr c^|,i, u.ir Square of mines, for the first, »nd
r;?.nit-t»e Cents for eaeh .olveq.ient Insertion,
,,-vivllra" under one month, tor a longer period
ilit^aleontraets wlllUe >.>ade.
hnildlog.
|». «.V.tXDLK«.
TTORNEV Al' w „ 1>rattlce
L 'Vu.v.'ir.-V.fHvnV::
rl |*n»nfclin-
XISTIN w. U1BKV
V
s in lh<*
•jticnti'
aj.oi (,r
r T o 11 X E N -LI C A W ,
1 1 v„,,rV I’uhlic. Athens. <i». Will pro* -
.ir uif will irivt* particular
lh» " vv'ero ofvlaim-. and will act as
»„\ n module of tea! estate an 1
«» V.U m.*K
|anl5tt
W. 9EIDKLL,
*" SKKLTON A
4 T T O K X K v > A T L A W,
A. Ilsrieeli. H >rl ( ■•aaly. Georgia.
PITTMAN Jc HINTON,
t TTORSEYS AT LAW
Jefferson. Jseksan county, Ga.
' SAXTEL P. THURMOND,
* ttorney at Law,
/ \ .then,, <»s. Office on Uroad street, over
tunj* Son's Store. Will give special attention
in #»ip» io Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection oi
ail claim* rnirutUd to his care.
mm-
AND STATUARY.
WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF
, Jeweller^ Jngraver?
Manufacture many Fine Goods
An unusual
urt ir.cn t of
Haring their sweet tale to tell of Him
| whose hand *
Made their green pathway through the
pleasant land.
in our own shop, nnd are prepared to FILL AM
OliDhh* lor goods or work promptly.
All grN>«U«>ngruved lice of charge.
W « make a specialty or
PREMIUMS FOR FA1RSI
and are preoared to give any information on ap
plication. We guarantee the
LARUEST ASSORTEMNT,
TI1E FINEST GOODS,
THE LOWEST PRICES,
ANDTUEBEST WORK.
Call and see us.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 25-1 y
j. J. A J. f. ALEXANDER.
-HEALERS IN HARDWARE,
X * Iron Steel. Sails, Carriage Material, Mining
mplt«.nis..Ae., Whitehall st., Atlanta.
M.V.VN ESTF.S,
^TTORNEY AT LAW,
Homer, Banka County. Ga.
j. b. arcLEsKin,
t TTORNEY AT CAW,
Vx (Arnewllle, Franklin county, Ga. Office
mitly occu|.ied b) J. F. Langiton, Karj. tail
(iHOVEU.VB.VKEU
S FAYING MACHINES!!
PUnNOt'MKD THE BEST IN C8E,
1 >Y ALL WHO HAVE TRIED
1) them These machines, with all the
IMPROVEMENTS
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STUCK!
Selected with oara by «»na of th* 1 firm, in New
York, to which th.ry invite t!»o att-Mitim of theii
customers au J the public. They have a good .-ssvrt-
incut of
$rAPLE&fA!tCYD;.YG0CDS
GaoiAKIFS,
rnnvisioN*,
•IKiDlt .AUK.
*. KOI KEKVf
IIA I S t: tP«,
t< UllTA,
s:io v
And In short, everything in the way of
Friends falter at our side.
[r 01’ F[ 0010 {1H (1 Fam ^ i Tar, Lhe8, hopes die, life's whelm
in f.ict,the Establishment. hcrclof rckrown a-1lie I
*• Planter’-Store,” j
ing tide
Strands over frail barks upon a hostile
shore
Is to become the favorite headquarters for farm sup- I . 1 , ,
plies, if complete stock and fair dealing can make ■ Uut t,)ou art the UnchangelCSS evermore,
11 *°- j Ay, Thou art there! the Rock within
wnita"™T” ° f lMs GranJ ExMWU °"-1 whose shade
The weary wanderer's feet in peace are
But the one asked no questions;' the
other answered none. And so the
days went on, and Margaret passed her
first examination triumphantly, and j must see him!”
ing her composure with au effort.—
“ Help me to finish dressing, Kate; I
most
7 i
-AND-
GLASSWARE,
Lamps and LampFixtum,
Far ahead of anything -terctofore offered, and con
stituting a leading
' Vwsll worth the attention of Housekeepers.
There will always l»e a complete asiortment of
:>W\LV GaOOEBiES!
of the best .irHle^, nnd sj*e« ial attention piid to the
regular supply of UitOU FLOCK, MEAI., and
PftOVHlUNS GENERALLY.
ATTACHMENTS,
may b# had, at manufacturer's prices, freight
a.1 de l, at tile
BANNER OFFICE.
Famiyaiid Piantalion Supplies
Thev n
COTTON •
M ill
I
IOU
.NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEOCLE
ON TIIK J
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
»miine.l t.Mle l fairly, sell 1 *
m to ».tisiiii:sy hope t«» pi .* to
OT
ru.n as tollon*:
An/ I*iwi%fj\
Soper*ut«*N>lrnt*«4 OIBrr, )
Brnrgla and Msron a Imriwla Balln*ad. r
Augusta, t» ., January 20,1S71. )
AND AFTER
».ir> IM. 1 ST I, I lie Pi
SUNDAY,
r Tiuins will
J^i C, 6;iLwi,
| NVITES ATTENTION TO Li IS
NUW FAIL ST a OK
For the a x*om mod at ion of builders a large supply o
SZ * UL ^19 MO
may always l»c found.
As all these attractive and useful goods arc to be
Mold at
aa im'j,
•uy oi l rt, iM »:ii2»s and the pnb'i^nre •nviicd to <*all
stayed.
Unto man’s restless heart
What glad assurance doth the truth im
part
That thou mid ceaseless change art
changeless still,
Guiding,controlling, ruling good and ill,
And drawing him by gentlest ties to
ieave
With Thee each burden and the thoughts
that grieve.
ll'Oey hue .nyihing to .sell,
: ? u. will ulwa\« be |*aid for ii.
II. 11 UG.il.
.1* *• Planter's Store,” Athens.
O, Refuge always nigh,
And never sought in vain ! to Thee we fly
When tempest tossed, deceived, or tempt
ed sore:
We pine for the deep rest that evermore
Awaits the heart that finds Thee; send
Thy ray
Down through the shadows that eclipse
our way !
U.MUEY
*K •<«».%»
& Newton,
Train. Daily, Sunday
Ersept nl.
Arrive at Autfiuia •»!
Sight 1‘assen'ja
JO p. m.
lop. m.
Tea
hi.
A Haul
ai Atl.ani.iat *» 30 p. m
3 40 p. i.i
Train.
Aug.ulaut
L*av« Atlam i .u
\rrivo at Atl.tnia ai
Arrive at Augiuta nl
lierzelia Tassnit/n
L^ave Au-uMa nl
heave Her/«•»•:.al
Arrive at Augiuta
Arrive at B. r/elia
1» th l».y and Night Pa^.-n s vi
v oiiinee.tioiis at Augiula ;
wnger TraiiiH .*f eunnci ting r otH.
*aaoe Iger* from AI1.VIII, Aihens, Washington,
I stainin’* on Georgia Railroad, hy taking the
f n Day Panxeuger Triin will make clone cornier-
th the M .con Passenger Train,
the same dnv at 7 40 p. m
; Uari mi all Night Train-.
GX-RS5WJ5BE.
CHIMXEYS AST)
PURE KEROSENE
OIL
IRON*. PLOW STEKL.
STEP.1.. HOES.
NAIL . -PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
Ai.d Gem-mi Hml v.-irc and < utlerv, at
Wind.-sa!.- and Ii. tail.
sir if r/;r * .vsirrn.v
•«. i.i., 1.0 11 .\o. ii llmrl St.
DRUGS AND
n4 reach Mae
Talarc Slcepi
Schedule on Marnn.V Angimta Railroad.
To Mv i:r» t .Inn. 23, IS71.
Between .liigiis/a and Macon—I)ny Fas-
sengrr Train Deity, Sunday Excepted.
l.rave Augusta at 12 00noon.
Leave Macon at 6 O') a. in.
Arrive at Maeon .at 7 40 p. in.
A ive at A igusia at 1 45 p. in.
_ T*.,-day lYssengcr Train arriving at Macon at
• I 1 'p. m., m ,kcs elosc connection* with Trains of
c*»«»r. ilng R i.uls at Macon.
« A-**etiger* leaving Macon at l» a. ni., will make
el««-* Mnneetions at I'uinak with I’d Day Passenger
Train for Atlanta, Athens, Washin-lon and ail
Nuts on Gc-,»r'in Rai'road. and w . - ., i a At-
unta with n
Fortius Nortti East Ga. Railroad!
r IMIE undersigned has just returned
_L from New York city, with
A Large and varied Stock
KA LI. <fc WIN TER
S. K. JOHNSON, Siipt.
Saunders, Goodwin & Miller,
Ceiiott
AND
Yonimission .Merchants
BA VST., SAVANNAS, GA.,
MD.
r PW»J w\,»..rn,o,Va,
■TCWpomkc Uu»n«.
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Crockery,
Shoes,
Hats,
Caps,
Sendjour0M FuTnituiLtoI BAGGING AND TIES
WOOD’S
LONGS & BILLUPS,
HilO.il) ATHENS, GEO.
DKAI.ERS IN
MEDICIHEo,
CHEMICALS,
DYE-STUFFS,
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS,
PUTTY,
ST VTIOJNERY ;
moi ii hi. ijynurs Bin tats.
^XD EVERYUHING usually
In Twenty Years.
usually kept in a First Class Drug Store.
Particular otteut-on has been parti >n the selection
of aur stock, to the purity and reliability of out
goods, ami families aud physic ans are assured that
orders will be tilled with promptness and fidelity.
Our
STOCK OF FANCY GOODS
is large and attractive, embracing a great variety
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLE?,
BRUSHES,
COMBS, &C.
llelmbold's and Ayer’s Preparations, Hurley’s
Worm Candy ami Su sapur.lla, Drake’s
Plantation Bitters, Roma n’s Crimean
Bitters, Uootland’s German Bitters,
and many other popular preparations always on
vronffilgninents. Agents
•et S-3m
REPAIR shop,
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
4 material.
A LARGE LOT direct frem the
** u low u can
^iMEY&“N‘EtvfoN.
Good Slacking Brushes
AT *1 50 PER DOZEN.
AT THE
NEW DRUG STORE.
. School Books.
1( )0 DOZ. Elementary Spelling
j, . ” haki.
j, .!*• W*b«t.r’« liirtlonary.
Vi .. Arithnirlic.
ll.ilm-.' H< udrr-.
j> . K •> It »|
ii •"> i-ir. r.« m|„ a :•>■■.
i •>, «i..’ ’'/“"'I’. Uv.ifl.i.hy, Ac., Ac.,
1 lnir.4lucil .ii iiricc.at
— WIKKE’3.
„ Nv: 'V FALL GOODS.
HEMLOCK LEATHER,
Salt, JTc., ttfe.
Which he oflen to the country at large at aa
REASONABLE PRICES
aa the amt good, can be bought
IN ANY MARKET IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES,
Freight added. Aa I am determined to
Sell as Low as Anybody,
In thl, or any other market. I Invite my old custo
mer, and the public generally, to
OlVg ®S£ A GALL 1
AXD EXAMINE FOR THEMSELVES.
I .hall continue to
Boy Cotton and Countiy Produce,
At the Highest Market Price
S. C. DOBBS.
aeyt 15-tf
^ •wISl*. * LEAVES have now in
arrive,
• OO *•*•<
•T.Oi;;, . Tic,
Lx«il J . jE «oods.
" * *rc f ? r . c »*h or pro-
"' KU OOTTOV flU,
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
of the most approved varieties on baud and for
sale in any quantity desired. Also Grass Seed.
ST. LOUIS LEAD,
Warramedairlctly pure—the beat In the market
lion*. Host, and fail In Pcwrirrs.
Invaluable for all diseases of stoak.
ttOTVIJSSCKOOta
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
A CLASS FOR PAINTING IN
r\ WATER COLORS haa been organized.. It
WATER COIXlRS has been organised.,
la deiigne.1 to afford fulllo,trucUon in this beaut!
(hi art aud will be conducted by a thorough
master. Young ladies not in daily attendance at
the liame School, are incited to join and to make
cation to the Principal. The hour, of practice
place on the afternoon of Monday, and Thure-
daya, front clo«e of I ho Home School ntS p. in.
until half-put 5; ao that are (hit hours per week
are given to Initroetiou.
For further information, apply to
Mi lame SOPHIE 3-JSNOWSKI.
Principal Home School lor Young Ladies.
S t|lit.
For Sale or Exchange.
F HAVE 300 acres of land in Cle-
JL burn# Co., Ala, which 1 will cell cheap, or ex
change for ml estate in this city. There arc GO
acre* ciaarad, iff of It th, be,t bottom land on Cane
.rack, producing AO to 75 bushel, of com per acre,
* ’■ rcmalndei
and cotton In proportion. The remainder la in
the wood*. The form u 20 miles from the Selma,
WiV . WOOD,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
FUBNITliEE.
IDIIRNITURE REPAIRED, UP-
X* liuhiortxl and varnished, also a large
variety
of wood cilBnsand Fisk’s Uateut Metaiic Ha rial
Cases alwavs on hand.
Waremoms on Qayton Si., next to Episcopal
Church. SepJtiui. WILLIAM WOOD.
TOWSOSIALT
XT ILL * BltYDYE, u Uisold ra-
J.J. ublished
B AR BER-8HOP,
on Broad street, over the store of Messrs. J. It. 4
h. C. Maltbewa, have the bast and moat attentive
workmen and all the modern appliances for SH At •
1X(1, SlIAMPttoiMl, IItltt liltlSsJMJ, etc. La-
dles and children waited on at tbslr residences,
whan desired. Pott mortem cases wUl reertve
‘ prompt tad carefttl attention July 28.
Hume sud Dolton Railroad, oncand a quarter miles
fruiu the county site, Edwardsrilie, § miles from
the located depot of tbs Columbus and Chat-
unouga Railroad, and nan mile from the route
of the Griffin and North Alabama Railroad
There is an excellent store house (not be
longing to the place), which can be bought or
routed ches,p and la a
Splendid Stand for a Conntry Store.
Titles Indisputable. For further information ap-
ply to, or address _
Ob. J. W. MURRELL,
March Sl-Siu Athens. Ga.
Wagon Yard in Athens
'PHE8UBSCRIBER HAS
L a safe, comfortable and commodious Wsgm
Yard on iUecr street, near the Upper Bi
where Corn, Fodder, and all other necessary ap
pliances, can be pnreharod on reasonable terms.—
Charges moderate. The highest market price paip
f,r canty pr si ace, and bank bills received in ex
change foPaooda. WILEY HOOD.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
^rw^a.4Aaa>
A LARGE and well selected assort-
“childs,Dickerson & co.
“ And so you really think there is
nothing serious in Margaret’s naughti
ness, my dear sir,” said a fashionably
dressed lady of five and forty summers
to a gentleman fifteen wears her junior,
who stood behind the open library win
dow, regarding her with an amused
smile.
“ Nothing at all serious, my dear
Mrs. Gray,” said the gentleman quietly.
“ And what do you think I had
1 letter do with her ?”
“ Send her to me if you like,” was
the negligent answer.
The lady’s anxious face cleared and
brightened at once.
“ Would you really take her ?”
“ If it will give you pleasure I will
be happy to do so.”
“ Oh, it will be such a weight off my
mind, Mr. Strong. I cannot tell you
what I have suflered from the girl’s pe
culiar ways since I came into thl
house to live. Fond as I was of Judge
Gray, I doubt if I ever could have
made up tny mind to tako him had I
known as much of his only child us I
know now. And, since her father’s
death, she lias run wild—positively
wild, Mr. Strong. I have not the
slightest control over her. In fact,
she sets every one at defiance, and
what—”
Ye«, my dear inadam,” said Mr.
Strong, bowing politely, as if he thought
she had completed her sentence. “1
can easily understand it all. But send
her to me and we will see what can be
done. I have had some wild natures
in my time. Goodafternoou, madam.”
With these words a human destiny
was decided.
The next day saw Margaret, the only
daughter and heiress of the late Judge
Gray, sitting, quietly at a desk in the
village academy among a group of
girl’s who eyed her over their school
books as stealthily and curiously as if
she had been a newly imported kanga
roo.
First, because with her dear, bright
brunette complexion, her large, dark
eyes, and her curling, brown hair, she
was by far the handsomest girl in the
whole school.
Secondly, because she was an heiress.
Third and lastly, because they had
heard many a tale of her haughty and
capricious temper, and were in daily
and hourly expectation of a strife for
the mastery between her and their
grave and handsome teacher, whose
authority no one within those walls
would even dream of disputing, unless,
indeed, it would lie her.
But much to the wonder, and very
possibly to the disappointment of the
school-girls, no such outbreak had oc
curred. Margaret, perched in the li
brary gallery at home, among her wellr
beloved book*, had heard her step
mother’s accusation, and the teacher’s
laughing reply. Neither of the speak
ers had been aware of her presence,
and she did not make it manifest by
word, or look, or sign. ]jp£wben they
were gone, she denched ljer little white
hand, vowed passionately to herself,
was proclaimed the best and
promising scholar in the school.
She ought, therefore, to have been
happy. But it was with a very sad
face that she went up into the familiar
Hall, just at dusk, ou the evening of
the great examination day, to collect
her hooks, and take one last secret look
at a place which she would never again
see tenanted as it had been tenanted of
late—the master’s chair.
There it stood upen the raised plat
form, empty and desolate. The state
ly figure that filled it like a throne was
absent; and yet, to her dreaming eye,
present os plainly as ever. She saw
the high, white brow, and the curls of
sunny brown hair, aud the deep blue
eyes, and the beautifully-chiseled lips
that closed so firmly in spite of their
beauty. She heard the deep, sweet
tones of that beloved voice—beloved!
She started at the thought.
“ Oh 1 my dear, dear master!” she
said aloud, and burying her head in
her hands, she sank down upon the
empty chair and wept.
A step crossed the hall hastily—an
arm was thrown around her waist;
that voice, all hurried and agitated,
was speaking in her very car!
“ My pupil! Oh, if I were young
er or you older; if I were richer or
you poorer, I would dare to say ‘ My
Margaret,’ and do my best to turn this
girlish liking into a woman’s love 1— ;
But I am a poor man, darling, and I
am fifteen years older than you. Re
member me, when you remember me
in after days, and say to yourself that
these were the barriers that rose be
tween us. My darling, nothing else
should keep me from you if I were
your equal in these two things. Heav
en bless you, dear. I dare not kiss
your lips. You must keep them for
the man you will love end marry one
day when I am far away. But your
hand ”
He raised it to his lips and a hot
tear fell with the long, lingering kiss
and seemed to burn into the soft, white
flesh.
Before she could speak or stop him,
he hurried from the room. The pleas
ant “ summer term” was over, and the
handsome, stately “ master” was gone
to retun no more.
And twenty years passed by.
To MaErgaret they seeiffed to bring
little of trial or change.
She still dwelt in her old home,
though her fashionable mother had
long since left it to share the mausion
of a merchant prince upon Fifth av
enue.
Margarc tfelt no desire to share the
splendor of which the late widow was
so inordinately proud. The dear old
homestead was grand and good en
ough for her, and all the dearer, if the
whole truth must be told, since that
jarring presence was removed. So she-
dwelt there quietly, with a maiden
aunt for chaperon and companion; and
all her schoolmates were married, and
she alone remained as ever, Margaret
Gray.
It was not, however, for lack of of
fers that she lived this single, solitary
life. Many a lover had .come to woe;
for brown curls and soft, dark eyes,
and rosy cheeks and Grecian features,
and perfect Ups do not often go beg
ging for a purchaser, when backed by
such a fortune as Margaregt possess
ed. She had suitors by tho score,
until it came, publicly to be understood
that she would far rather see the suit-
ore at a distance, or wooing some one
else. After that no man ventured to
try his luck with Judge Gray’s heiress,
and the rejected lovers consoled them
selves as speedily as possible by marry
ing the prettiest of her friends.
Kate, with al! a woman’s quickness.
-s .y.• • a
§■ ■ v_. ; A
i
ft- " '.i’xll
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J
ounces gross. The quarter tin usually
j weighs about seven ounces, but there
rarely jterch (for which their feet are is a larger quarter tin sometimes'im-
poorly fitted), but stand on rocks.— | ported. Whole tins, and even larger
They are most commonly seen around J o. e still, arc used in Franc , but.-«!-
vetical cliffs, where their nests are, • dom seen here.
guessed something of the truth, and j and where cattle are most likely to fall,
did her best to make her mistress look
as pretty as possible.
With the old color in her cheek, and
the old happy light in her soft, brown
eyes, Margaret stole down the stairs.—
But at the parlor door a sudden thought
startled and checked her.
I am thirty-five years old to-day,
and he Ls now a man of fifty. He has
been away for twenty years. How can
I hope or fancy that he has remember
ed me all this time as I have thought
of him.”
A little sobered by this misgiving
she opened the door.
She looked for a man almost a strang
er ; a man bent and bowed with the
cares of twenty years; a man whose
brov; was furrowed, ana whose statu
esque beauty gone os if it had never
been.
And she saw befor her Ellison Strong
as she had seeu him on the very day of
their parting twenty years before.—
Stately and as erect as ever, with a
brilliant color on his cheek, and his
blue eyes flashing with all the fire of
early youth, and not a trace of care or
sorrow to mar the beauty which she
remembered so well. He sprang to
meet her, aud took her*by the hand,
and looked down into her eyes with a
searching, almost imperious glance.
“ Margaret,” said the deep, sweet
voice, whose music was unchanged, “I
have staid away from you a whole life
time ; aud at last the craving to sec or
hear of you grew too strong to be de
nied. I came here expecting to find
you a happy wife, with your children
at your knee, and here you are, soli
tary and alone, though youngand beau
tiful as ever. How is that ?”
Chills and Fever-
Great numbers frequent Antisana, j
where there is a great cattle estate.— j Hairs Journal of Health, for Novem-
Flocks are never seen except around n | her, has the following seasonable arti-
large carcass. i cle on the above subject. Chills and
It is often seen singly, soaring at a fever and bilious fevers have prevailed
great high in vast circles. Its flight is! to an uuusuul extent this season, in
slow aud majestic. Its head is con
stantly in motion as if in search of food
below; its mouth is kept open and its
tail spread.
To rise from the ground, it must
needs run for some distance, then it
flaps its wings three or four times and
ascends at a low angle till it reaches a
considerable elevation, when it seems
to make a few leisurely strokes, as if to
ease its wings, after which it literally
sails upon the air. In walking, the
wings trail on the ground, and tho head
takes a crouching position. It has a
very awkward, almost painful gait.—
From its inability to rise without run
ning, a narrow pen is sufficient to im
prison it. Though a carrion bird, it
breathes the purest air, spending much
of its time soaring thre^ miles above
the sea. Humboldt saw one fly over
Chimborazo. Wc have seen them sail
ing at least a thousand feet abovo the
crater of Pichincha.
Its gormandizing (tower has hardly
been overstated. We have known a
single condor, not of the largest size,
to make way in one week with a calf,
a sheep and a dog. It prefers carrion,-
but will sometimes attack live sheep,
deer, dogs, etc. The eye and the toi-gue
are favorite parts,. and first devour
ed ; next the intestines. We never
heard of one authenticated ease of its
carrying off’children, nor of its attack
ing adults except iu defence of its eggs.
Von Tschudi says it cannot carry,
She could not answer
with these i when flying, a weight of over ten
deep-blue eyes searching her dropping
face so intently. But a deep crimson
blush rose slowly to her cheek, and
neck, and brow, as he drew her close
to his side, and s(>okc for her far more
eloquently than even words could do.
“ I left you twenty years ago, my
darling, because I was a poor man and
fifteen years you senior. 1 am rich
now—but what about the years, Mar-
gret ? They have made me no young
er—I am fifty years old to-day.”
“ But I am thirty-five,” she said, in
a low voice. “ I see no gray hairs in
yo»r brown curls ; but they begiu to
come in mine. Fifty years old to-
thau when we parted in the hall.”
He bent his face down upon hers.
“ Margaret, you liked me then—can
you love me now—will you be my
wife 7"
For an answer she lifted her lips to
his.
pounds. In captivity it will eat every
thing except pork and cooked meat.—
When full fed, it is exceedingly stupid,
aud may be caught by the hand; but
at other times it is a match for the
stoutest man. It passes the greater
part of the day sleeping, more often
searching for prey at morning and
evening than at noon—very likely lie-
cause objects are then more distinctly
seen.—Professor James Orton.
Sardines, Where They Come From and
How Preserved.
There are few delicacies so well
known aud so highly csfccined as the
day? You look not an hour older, sardine. The delicious flavor of the
fish when the tin is first opened, and
the sweetness of the oil (always sup
posing a good brand), print their
charms upon the memory. It will he
unwelcome news, however, to many to
be told that anything good in this way
is exceedingly scarce this season. Cn-
“ Twenty years ago vou would not j fortunately, it was the same last year,
kiss me; you bade me keep that first j Then the destroying demon of war took
kiss for the man I was to love and j away the fishermen from the villages,
marry. I have kept it for you twenty
years. Will you take it now ?”
He held her closely to his heart in
silence.
Thirty-five and fifty years of age I
Does it seem absured to you, young
lady of sixteen ? Ah me! I sometimes
wonder if people ever really knew how
to love before gray hairs begin to come
to teach them.
The Royal Condor.
Margaret went cheerfully to each other vultures,
wedding, wished the bridegrooms joy,
and gave to the brides some beautiful
and valuable gifts. Evidently she
was then “ wearing the willow” for no
one. What could the meaning of
celibacy so determined be ?
And the days and years went pn.—
And a birthday came at last,' which
showed how tho school girl of fifteen
was now the woman of thirty-five.
On that day, Margaret arranging
her abundant tresses before the glass,
saw the first gray hair.
The condor has been singularly un
fortunate in the hands of the curiors
and scientific. Fifty years have elaps
ed since the first specimen reached Eu
rope ; yet to-day the exaggerated sto
ries of its size and strength are repeated
in many of our text books, and the
very latest ornithological work leaves
us in doubt as to its relation to the
No one credits the
and, added to this, the fish were scarce,
so that more were contracted for than
could be delivered. This year it is
worse. Few fish o&any size have been
caught (except some very large), least
of all those of the finest quality. . The
consequence is, that the French manu
facturers are again unable to carry out
their contracts.
The fishery, says the London Grocer,
is carried on generally from July to
November, all along the west coast of
France. Two of the largest stations
are at Douarnenez and Concerneau.—
Fleets of boats go out some few miles
and spread out their nets, by the side
of which some cod roe is thrown to at
tract the fish. The nets are weighted
on one end and have corks attached to
the other so that they assume a vert!
cal position—two nets being placed
dose to each other, that the fish trying
to escape may be caught in the meshes.
Brought to land, they are immediately
offered for sale, aa, if staler by a few
hours, they become seriously deterior-
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many parts of the country.
Dr. Hall says: It very generally pre
vails in the fall of the year over large
sections of country. ^Scattering cases
are liable to occur anywhere. These
arise from individual indiscretions;
but where lnrge numbers of persons in
communities are attacked, there some
general cause must prevail. This
cause has been attributed for ages to*
“ miasm," an emanation from the earth
so subtle in its character, that for more
than a century the greatest skill of the-
ablest chemi-tB was not able to detect
its nature or define its qunlity. A hot- .
tie of air taken from the most deadly
localities was submitted to the most
careful and searching analysis without
the detection of anything solid, gaseous,
or liquid; nothing could be found in
the bottle but air, thin air. But the
microscope has come to the aid of tho
alembic, and has discovered in this,
the miasmatic air, multitudes of living
things. When bottles of this air were
taken from the banks of a .Southern
bayou, and placed in the chamber of a
man in Chicago by Dr. Salisbury, ho
was taken with chills and fever in n
few days, and these living things were
found on his tongue and within his
mouth ; while not a single one was to
be found all over the city, except in
that otic man’s mouth, in his chamber,
and in the I Kittles. Whether this life
is animal or vegetable, is a matter of
dispute, yet it' seems capnblo of pro
ducing chills and fever ; but whether
animal or vegetable the laws which
regulate the action of miusni on the
human system remain the same, and
the mode of production, or the causes
of the generation of this miasm, r—
main unchanged ; nnd these laws have
lieen determined and described with
wonderful accuracy. This miasm re
sults frem warmth, moisture, and veg
etation combined; if one is absent,
miasiu is not formed ; vegetable matter
will not decay unless there is moisture,
it will dry up; it will remain tinder
water a thousand years without decay,
as witness the wooden (tiers of ancient
bridges, is sound today as when thoy
were driven by Adam’s grandson, or
somebody else who lived a long timer
ago. The heat must net on the mois
ture before miasm becomes a product.
This miasm, to I* injurious, must lie
taken into the system by breathing
into the lungs, or by swallowing into
the stomach. But cold, a* the “ first
frosts” which arc everywhere knPwu re
make it innocuous, condenses this
tniasm, makes it so heavy that it falb-
to the v surface of the earth, and can lie
neither breathed nor swallowed; oa
the other hand, heat s > rartfi s the arr
in which this miasm is contained, that
it carries it up towards the clouds,
where it is no more breathed than if it
laid immediately on the surface of the
earth. Hence heat and cold are an
tagonistic to the disease-producing ef
fects of miasm on the human body.—
T. £ . *. • , . .
sertion of the old geographer, Marco
Paulo, that the condor can lift an ele
phant from the ground high enough to
kill it by the fall; nor the story of a ’ ated in value, no first class manufhe-
traveler, so late as 1830. who declared
that a condor of moderate size, just
killed, was lying before him, a single
quill feather of which was twenty good
paces long! Yet the statement con
tinues to be published, that the ordi
nary expanse of a full-^rown specimen
is from twelvo to twenty feet; whereas
it is very doubtful if it ever exceeds, or
turer caring to buy such. They are
sold by the thousand. Tho curer em
ploys large numbers of women, who
cut off the heads of the fish, wash, and
salt them. The fish are then dipped
into boiling oil for a few minutes, ar
ranged in various sized boxes, filled up
with finest olive oil, soldered down,
and then placed in boiling water for
To freeze it out is expensive, but to
antagonize it by heat is possible, is ev
erywhere practiable.
From an hour after sundown to an
hour before sunrise, the cold causes it
to settle on the surface of the earth.—
An hour after sunrise and until an
hour before sunset, as a general rule,
it is too high above our heads to injure
ns, in consequence of the heat of the.
weather.
As the heat most he over eighty de
grees for several days to generate
miasm, it follows that the time, during
which we are required to battle with
it, is at sunrise and sunset duriag tho
spring and fall months. But to* make
it safe from the first blade of gnn-s in
spring until the killing frosts* ot au
tumn, dress fay a cheerful blnsag fee,
and take breakfast before going oatrid >-
of tho door; come home before sun
down, take yonr supper before* its set
ting, by the same cheerful blazing
hearth, then go and do what yen please.
You may sleep under a tree, «r on a
swinging limb, and defy fever and
ague for a century, if you only keep
warm, abundantly warm. ' »