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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 " ' si 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- IttAxI BM B««b1b*.. AAA ^ - 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. ' »