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SAVANNAH, MAKCII. I, I SS.S.
A SO\(i OF LONG AGO,
A soiijrTrf long ago.
suig ii lightly —Lug it low —
Sing it softly—like the lisping of the lips we
used to know
Whyu our baby—laughter spilled
From the hearts forever tilled
With a music sweet as robin ever trilled.
l.et ttie fragrant summer breeze,
And the leaves of locust trees.
Aud the apple buds and blossoms, and the
wings ot honey hoes,
V 11 palpitate with glee,
Till the happy harmony
Bring hack each childish jo\ to you and me.
l.et the eyes of fancy turn
\\ here the tumbled pippins burn
I. ike embers in the orchard's lap of tousled
cru-" and fern;
\nd ’et the way ward win.),
still singing, plod behind
The ei ler press—the good old-fashioned kind!
Blend hi the song the moan
of the dove that grieves alone,
\nd the wild whirr of the locust, and the
bumble's drowsy drone;
V.id the low of cows that call
Through the pasture bars when all
The landscape faints away at evenfall.
Then, far away and clear.
Through the dusky atmosphere,
l.et the wailing of the Kildee be theonly sound
you hear.
o -weet and sad and low
the memory may know
Is the glad—pathetic song of I.ong Ago!
—./amen Whitcomb It it e y•
|tloi*itiiio lii’iuo srriiilo.
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A XO\ fall.
ill MAIIY FAITH FLOYD.
< II AFTER vnr.
“Vinvela, 1 congratulate you on being
with us ut dinner. This is your lirst en
trance into our faintly circle. How pale
you look. Ouite ethereal, but all the
more charming, iny dear,” remarked Mrs.
- Hearing as Miss Gladwin joined her in the
sitting-room a few days after the events of
the foregoing chapter.
••Thank you. 1 rejoice to get out ol'my
'room, it is not agreeable to he an inva
lid, anil the sick are generally very
troublesome,” replied Vinvela.
At litis moment Mr. Dealing and Min
ima's preceptor joined them and they pro
ceeded t<> the dining-room, where Minima
awaited them. Mr. Dearing*expressed his
pleasure at seeing Miss Gladwin released
from her long imprisonment, and present
ed Ik r to the tutor.
This gentleman was a delicate, nervous
lilllc man, a clergyman w hose health did
not permit him to perform the onerous
duties of a parish, lie was a good scholar,
with high credentials, aud owned a most
unexceptionable character. He was fair
to transparency, with modest blue eyes,
dark brows and long, sent iniental lashes.
The forehead was good, the mouth large,
and he had a square chili, denoting tirni
jio-s. llis diffidence was almost as pain
ful to beholders as it evidently was ot
himself. He seldom ventured a remark
unless spoken to. Ilis habits were book
ish, retiring and modest, and altogether
he suited Mr. Hearing's idea of a teacher
very well.
“Miss Gladwin, ifyou feel strong enough
you must have a drive this afternoon.
Kriginia, your cousin needs fresh air and
diversion; if you have no other engage
ment will you ride in your phaeton ? other
wise 1 will give her an airing in my bug
gy.”
••I am at your service, Clarek. I have
nothing in the world to do. This country
life is enough to exterminate one with
ennui.”
“Then, shall we go to Clinton? lam
obliged to be there for a few moments. 1
will ride my horse, but would like the
society of fair ladies. Miss Gladwin,” he
said, turning to her, “we cannot boast of
scenery such as you have looked upon
almost daily, but there are line views here
which seem beautiful to an eye unaccus
tomed to better.”
“1 think the scene from my window
handsome. We had no water visible at
my home.'’
“Kriginia, 1 have a proposition which I
hope will meet your approbation. 1 have
wished for sometime to visit Lea's Springs,
in Grainger county, and have leisure just
now to go. I desire your society. A
change may restore yourcousin to health.”
Mrs. Hearing did not relish this pro
posal greatly. she asked how long her
husband w ould remain.
“Two weeks, or three, at furthest. I
may have to go on a living journey to
aunah.”
“Very well, then. We willgo, Vinvela.
1 fear the desolation of these country
springs will more likely increase your
malady into continued ill health than re
si ore you bloom.”
Vinvela laughed, and assured Mrs. Hear
ing that she was inured to isolation and
country obscurity, and would soon be
quite well w ithout any journey.
••My dear, you have yet to learn that
obstinacy is one of the largest humps
phrenology boasts of in the head of man,
and Clarek lias one of no ordinary dimen
sions. When he forms a resolution tire,
air, earth and w ater cannot check him.”
“Thank you, Kriginia,” said her hus
band. laughing, “you will inspire your
cousin with an awe of such a stubborn
being.”
All the time Minona appeared absorbed
in her own rellections, makiugan occasion
al remark to the minister.
Mr. Hearing seemed to have forgotten
her presence, and the ladies were too
much engrossed in their conversation to
observe her.
. After dinner the partly went on the
veranda. Vinvela then inquired of Min
ona :
“Why so gloomy? Where is the spirit
of mischief that seemed to dwell with you
° on my tirst arrival ?”
“Lost. 1 have been recently on a visit
to the cave of Trophonius. Doubtless 1
left the little vixen there. I shall wear a
longer and mom sober face hereafter, and
forever, than any of those persons Addi
son describes."
"Enough,” retorted Miss Gladwin, “the
‘vixen’ has not escaped you yet. Tell me
the name of your tutor. I did not hear
it”
“Reverend David Crews’. He always
reminds me of the widow’s cruse. He is
brim full of learning and overflowing with
piety.”
Again Vinvela laughed, and as Mrs.
Hearing and her husband joined them
Minona reassumed her Trojihonistic ex
pression.
The ride to Clinton Vinvela enjoyed very
much. Her native cheerfulness of dispo
sition enabled her to drink draughts ot
pleasure from every occupation, and a
genial smile always' rewarded her friends
tor their efforts to atnuse her.
Not for a moment had she forgotten her
lather. Her regrets had assumed the form
of a holy solemnity, which came to her in
the dark, still hours of the melancholy
midnight, when her soul went out, as it
were, into space to hold commune w ith
the dead. This spiritual inhalation of a
something that had put on immortality,
strengthened her, sustained her and was*a
link in tlie fast forging chain which was
drawing her to Heaven, these shackles to
fall away when her pure spirit escaped
from its imprisoning bonds of flesh.
Minona had excused herself from join
ing the party on the plea of having a puz
zling lesson to memorize. Several days
had passed since her rencontre with the
gardener. Her peace of mind had flown.
It was the tirst serious displeasure her
father had ever manifested toward her.
Like all reserved, stern men he was in
tolerent of the absence of self-control—one
of the most essential of all virtues to fos
ter m our bosoms if we expect to lead ex
emplary lives, and the display of rage in
a woman, the angelic attributes of whom
poets have been prone to expatiate through
all ages, Mr. Hearing disliked to witness.
His deportment to his daughter was dis
tant and polite, w hich to her was more
rebuking than words of censure. Minona
desired a reconciliation. She felt no hesi
tation in admitting her fault, but she
wished to meet her father alone. As yet
no opportunity had presented itself.
On going to the library after tea fora
book, as she approached the door she in
haled the migrant odor of a cigar, which
told her Mr. Hearing was within. Here
was the coveted moment to explain her
conduct. Her hand grew cold and tremu
lous as it dwelt for a few moments on the
slivered door knob. Her heart fluttered
w ith emotion, but nerving herself to still
the swelling excitement, she tapped light
ly and asked in a low voice for admit
tance.
“Come in,” said her father, who was
sitting with his back to the door near a
tuble with a magazine in his hand.
Minona walked rapidly forward with
her eyes cast down. As she reached the
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chair, she placed her arms gently around
her parent's neck and said in a subdued
tone:
“Father, I am sorry I offended you the
other day. Forgive me and love me again.”
>he looked up then and her beautiful eyes
were suffused with tears.
Mr. Hearing’s own eyes were moist as
lie clasped his child and kissed her brow.
“You are forgiven.” he said; “but, my
daughter, learn to restrain your temper
hereafter. It is better for your ow n peace
of mind. If you desire to make a good
and great woman, you must practice jus
tice to others, and acquire self-govern
ment.”
If there he a time when man or woman
assumes the aspect of an angel it is when
dropping the tear of repentance over the
committal of sin. It was the bearing of
this pearl of penitence which ope’d the
gates of paradise to the patient seeking
Peri. It is this contrition
“Whose scent is the breath of Eternity'”
Minona explained to her father that she
was not aware of his interdict w hen she
sought to gather tiie .grapes for her sick
cousin. There was nothing mean in her
composition, as she would disdain to be
guilty of appropriating what was an
other’s, so she scorned the equal dis
honesty of false excuses to palliate her
error. Freely she admitted her fault of
unmaidenly anger, and truthfully she re
gretted its exhibition. Truly it has been
said that the tirst step toward improve
ment is a knowledge of the wrong. If we
feel no guilt how can the desire for amend
ment come?
After a week of preparation, during
which time Vinvela gained strength to
prosecute the journey, the party started
for Lea’s Springs.
Mrs. Hearing, Vinvela, Minona and Mr.
Crews went in the phaeton, while Air.
Hearing rode a spirited black steed. A
handsomely formed man never appears so
well as upon horseback, and our eques
trian sat liis horse as if a part of him.
Lea’s Springs was then a qe! it, obscure
watering place, with rustic accommoda
tions and pretty scenery. Our travelers
passed a pleasant time. Vinvela, from
iier lameness, was unable to walk any
considerable distance; but solitude to her
was ever pleasant, and the daily rides
were delightful. Her health improved.
Her delicate cheeks w ore a faint tint of
carmine which had not been seen for
months.
Minona, happy and joyous again since
her reconciliation with her parent, had an
exuberance of life that infected her
friends. Even silent, diffident Mr. Crews
displayed more animation, and ventured
an occasional remark to Miss Gladwin.
Mr. Hearing, with his love of the beau
ties of earth and sky, went on long ram
bles with Minona, explaining patiently
all her memerous questions about every
lliing she saw. He delighted to gratify
that curiosity which God implants in the
minds of the young for their advancement
in learning, but lie ever checked in his
daughter that prying inquisitiveness into
subjects which concerned the affairs of
others; that intermeddling spirit, the
mother of gossip, which blemishes the de
portment of so many people.
Os all men, Mr. Hearing had the nicest
perceptions of menu et tunni , practically
and theoretically, abstractly and concrete
ly. He endeavored to guide ids daugh
ter in that channel through which she
would emerge into womanhood with the
greatest share of commendable excel
lencies.
Mrs. Hearing provided a good store of
very light reading, and in that way sup
pressed in a measure the discontent and
lassitude which generally followed her.
Her mind was too inane to have any true
affinity with her husband. She loved him.
She was proud of his talents; she was
vain of his person, and she stood in awe of
him; but there was little in common in
their tastes. .
Although Vinvela was so much Mrs.
Hearing’s junior, she was her superior in
solid culture and substantial attainments.
Kriginia was disappointed. While she
admired and respected the girl, she felt
regretful that her hope of a light compan
ion had vanished. Frivolity was vanting.
Mrs. 1 tearing was a fine tactician in the
art of flattery, but before Vin vela’s sim
plicity, her serenity and sweetness of dis
position, it was useless. The lady was
li ft as before to seek congeniality beyond
her borne circle.
On the return journey of the party the
sky became much overcast, and the clouds
increased so much that Mr. Hearing
feared the ladies would get drenched with
rain. This be knew would injure his wife,
and \ invela looked too frail to stand the
test of a storm.
Jock drove as rapidly as the roads would
allow until they neared Reaver creek.
“There is a country house near,” Jock
said to the gentleman. “Will the ladies
stop till the rain is over?”
“A good suggestion. My dear Kriginia,
shall we not adopt Jock’s idea and remain
with these people if they will give us
shelter?"
“Certainly, if you are confident it will
rain.”
“The sky looks threatening; it would he
safer to stop,” said her husband. “Jock,
take my horse. Ride forward and ascer
tain if wo can be received. 1 will sit here
and hold the horses until you return.”
The exchange was made, and Hethring
ton galloped off. A few angry flushes of
lightning cleft the western sky, and
thunder-peals shook the surrounding hills,
reverberating in guttural tones in the dis
tance as the sounds died away.
Jock was not iong absent, and the an
nouncement was made speedily that the
ladies and gentlemen would be welcome
at the country house. The party had
scarcely alighted before the rain fell in
torrents. It was afternoon and there was
little hope of a cessation of the storm that
night in time to proceed on the journey.
The country people consisted of a mail,
his wife and four children, with the addi
tion of an old grandfather almost too in
firm to walk. They were people of ex
tremely limited education, but were very
kind. The very best of such as they hail
was ottered to the impromptu guests. Just
before sunset the clouds cleared slightly
and the rain ceased.
Mr. Hearing walked out with the farmer
to reconnoitre and learn if the weather
would admit of their starting home. In
tlie stroil they came upon some gray
rocks at the foot of a hill, between some of
which gaped an opeuing.
“Is that the entrance to a cave?” asked
31 r. Hearing of his companion.
“Yes, sir. I have hearn tell of a man
dying thar in the Indian time.”
“I should like to hear an account of it,”
said Mr. Hearing, approaching and peep
ing into the mouth of the cavern. “It
seems to extend some distance, and would
tie a good hiding place.”
“The old man kin tell you all about it.
It happened in his day. Old folks is
mighty forgetful ’bout things ’curring
every day, but theys purty apt to be mind
ful of what’s long past.”
•Aery true,” replied the gentleman.
“Will you ask tlie old man to tell us the
story, if it will not fatigue him? lam
fond of Indian legends.”
“No danger of tiring him. He’s jest
like a child, and likes mightily to be allers
a talkin’.”
A few heavy drops of rain began to de
scend, and Mr. Hearing proposed return
ing to the house. The air had grown
chilly and the good dame had lighted some
faggots on the hearth.
Father Milman expressed a willingness
to relate the story, and the ladies were de
lighted at the prospect of anything piar
velous to divert the tedium of a night at a
country farm house.
Supper was dispatched, and the family
and guests gathered around the wide
throated chimney with its cheery blaze.
The aged narrator related the following
tale, founded upon fact, which is rendered
into more legible English than he em
ployed, while the substance is carefully
preserved:
“Early in the year 1796 this region was
almost a wilderness, Few and far be
tween were the cabins of the early set
tlers. The vast forests were occupied by
wild beasts scarcely yet impressed with
the power of civilized man, and afforded
secure covert for the stealthy march and
deadly ambuscade of the crafty Indian.
The earliest w hite occupants of the soil
were, in tln ir habits, almost as hardy and
nearly as savage as the Indians them
selves. Indeed, the tierce and relentless
hostility of the red man had compelled the
resolute pioneer to adopt in great measure
the same mode of life and style of warfare
as those of their foes for their ow n preser
vation.
“Into the thickest and most dangerous
of these wilds lived a man named George
Mann. He had cleared a small lot of
tiie trees and undergrowth, and built a
log cabin of the roughest architecture. A
few necessary outbuildings were con
structed. and here Mr. Mann, with his
wife and children, hoped to earn a living
by diligence and frugality.
“Indian incursions were not uncommon,
but as yet these simple people were left
unmolested; and perhaps flattered them
selves into the idea of peace and security,
so easily are our fears lulled to rest when
danger is unseen.
“teo free had these simple-hearted
pioneers been from disturbance that they
had almost ceased to fear the savages.
One night Mr. Mann heard a noise in his
stable, and with his mind still in this
state of calm safety, he stepped out to as
certain its cause. The Indians, lying in
ambush, quickly placed themselves be
tween the man and the door, and inter
cepted his return to the house. Seeingthe
situation Maun fled, but not before he
was tired upon and wounded. He reached
the cave, a quarter of a mile from his
house, where lie hoped to secrete himself
and escape with life: but the foe pursued,
dragged him, already weltering in his
blood, from his place of concealment and
murdered him!
“Having dispatched Mann, they re
turned to the house to tomahaw k his wife
and children. Mrs. Mann, unconscious
of the fate of her husband, heard them
talking to each other as they approached
the house. Supposing them neighbors
aroused bv the firing and coming to her
she felt elate with hope, but as
they came nearer she perceived that the
conversation was neither in English or
German, such as the neighbors used, but
in an unknow n language. She instantly
inferred that they w ere strangers coming
to attack her house.
“A short time previous Mrs. Mann had
learned the use of the double triggers of a
rifle. With singular presence of mind,
and a courage often inspired in the bosoms
of the weakest in a moment of danger,
this intrepid woman shut the door and
barred it, as well as she could, with
benches and tables. Fortunately, her
children were asleep, and with noiseless
step she found her way to the spot where
lay herdiusbaud’s well-charged rifle. She
grasped the trusty weapon, placed her
self in the darkness directly opposite the
aperture which would be made by fore
mg the door. Her husband came not, and
she felt sure that he was slain. She was
alone in the silence. Her poor babes were
sleeping unconscious of danger. The
yelling savages were without pressing the
door from its hinges. The stillness, the
darkness, the suspense was oppressive,
but the woman was undaunted. She
thought of her babes; she mutely appealed
to her God, and awaited the foe. They,
pushing with great violence, gradually
pressed the door open wide enough to
enter. The body ot one was thrust into
the opening struggling for admittance,
while two or three more, directly behind
him, were forcing him forward.
“The woman, with the calmness of a
heroine, set the trigger of her rifle, placed
the muzzle near the body of the fore
most savage, aiming her \yeapon so that
the ball passing through linn might pene
trate those in the rear, and tired.
“The first Indian fell mortally wounded;
the next uttered a scream of agony as the
ball pierced liis body. Seeing the policy
of silence the women uttered no sound,
and remained still on the spot near the
door. The Indians, by these tokens, sup
posed the house Tull of armed men.
Gathering up their wounded they with
drew, stealing three horses from the stable
and setting it on lire.
“It was subsequently ascertained that
Mrs. Mann had, by her intrepidity, saved
herself and her children from the attack
of twenty-five assailants.
“The country people called the cavern
Mann’s Gave,and formally years believed
the spirits of the pioneer and bis daring
w ife dwelt w ithin its gloomy depths.”
So ended the venerable man’s story.
The effect of the thrilling narrative on
the listeners was different. To the heroic
natures of Mr. Hearing and his daughter,
the wild courage of the pioneer and his
faithful w ife w as exalted in majestic pro
portion tempered by regretful tenderness
over the man’s tragic death. To Yinvela’s
gentle heart the self-immolation of true
womanhood, exhibited in the devoted w ife
and mother, w as the ehiefest charm.
Blood and carnage, even when sur
rounded with the splendors of bravery,
could not elicit her admiration or suppress
her horror. Mr. Crews turned from the
earthly sufferings of the unfortunate
couple to the joys they experienced in
Heaven, reached through the gates of
death.
To Mrs. Hearing’s lighter mental calibre
the horrors of the murder set into keener
life all the superstitions of a weak nature.
Air. Hearing thanked tiie old man for his
kindness in affording himself and the
ladies such an entertaining legend, and
expressed his desire to explore the cav
ern.
Mrs. Hearing declared she was fearful
she might encounter the shades of Mr. and
Mrs. Mann, and would defer deciding
upon tiie proposition until day dawned.
Her nerves were all in an aspen quiver.
As Vinvela and Minona rose to retire,
Mr. Dearing offered to loan than his re
volver.
“I feel convinced that you young ladies
dread an Indian assault to-night. Would
you not like to be prepared to repel it?” he
asked, laughing.
“I have sufficient daring, I hope,
father,” replied Minona, “without tiie as
sistance of weapons; and I can bear an at
tack trom such fanciful quarters.”
“And I,” said Vinvela, “am calm to
apathy, and feel as if I shall sleep too
soundly to be disturbed even by a dream
of the red man.”
“There are various grades and shades of
courage in this world, and I think that the
most prominent and widely diffused is
that which is loudly proclaimed when the
foe is invisible, but flies rapidly as danger
approaches. However, I shall require from
each one of you a strict account of your
sensat ions to-night after hearing so thrill
ing_a tale,” answered the gentleman as he
bade good-night to the girls.
The party then retired for the evening,
and were up yearly the next morning,
which was cool and as lovely as a beauti
ful naiad dripping wit h pellucid water
drops.
“Now, young ladies,” said Mr. Hearing,
after the morning salutation, “imagine me
your Father confessor, and make a clear
shrift. Miss Gladwin, 1 hope you slept
well.”
“My slumbers were somewhat disturbed
by my young friend,” she replied, glanc
ing mischievously at Minona, “who
fancied she heard the stealthy tread of the
blood-thirsty Indians, and saw the
shadowy ghosts of the murdered pioneer
and liis faithful wife flit bv in the moon
light.’’
“Unfortunately,” said Minona, shrug
ging her shoulders, “my imagination is
set upon such finely-tempered springs that
the slightest touch of the tragic puts them
in motion, and their vibratory action is
very apt to jostle my proximate neighbor
unpleasantly. But, father,” she added, “I
own that excellent sort of courage which
shrinks aghast in expectation of danger,
but when it comes I am as firm as a
granite rock. I would make a second
Mrs. Mann,” she said, laughing.
“Very well. Perhaps I shall live to see
this vaunted courage tested, mv little
girl.”
“1 shall be a heroine if you do,” answer
ed the laughing girl, in the same mocking
tone of raillery. “Ask Vinvela how she
slept; and mamma, she looks pale.”
“Oh! 1 saw ghosts of the unfortunate
couple, and the pursuing copper men,
too; but 1 slept quietly, and am safe and
well this morning, as you see, Mr. Hear
ing,” said Miss Gladwin,
“I must answer for Eriginia,” said Mr,
Hearing, pretending to yawn, “She kept
me up all night, declaring she saw Mr.
Mann with his glazed eyes riveted on
her.”
“I will candidly admit that 1 am timid,
and I felt the cold toueh of the murdered
man thrill with a shivering sensation
every time I closed my eyes.. Clarek, you
w ill do penance for having this story re
lated in my presence by many a sleepless
night.”
“AVe have not heard your account, Air.
Crews,” said Vinvela, turning to the mod
est little gentleman.
Air. Crews moved liis hands nervously,
then played with his watch chain, moved
liis head to one side, and, with ati effort,
looked up at Miss Gladwin and replied in
a timid voice:
“1 dreamed of seeing a sprite; but she
was not old. As she" swept out of the
window she turned, and the face was youug
and lovely, and her look filled me with
beatitude past expression.”
“You are a minister, Air. Crews,” re
marked Alinona, “It must have been an
angel come to bear you to Heaven,”
“I hope so,” w as the quiet reply,
"Do tell us who it w as.” agaiu pleaded
Alinona, “and I will recite double lessons
when I return home.”
“Angels never give their names,” aud
Air. Crews blushed at tiie reflection that
he had ventured to say more at one time
than ever before.
“Clarek. you must relate your experi
ence,” said his wife. “As you bring our
foblies to light, yours must not remain in
obscurity. I suspect your nerves are a
little tremulous.”
“Certainly, my dear: I am so sym
pathetic that your ailments generally af
fect me. Are you not a happy wife to ex
ert so powerful an influence? But time
flies; what decision have you made about
visiting the cave?”
“I think it wiser to return home,” an
swered Airs. Dearing.
“Very well. I will remain a short time,
as I really desire to explore the place,
and Air. Milman is prepared to go. I will
overtake you.*’
This was agreed to, and Air. Crews was
left in charge of the ladies, who, after
bidding kindly adieus to the family of
Air. Alilman, pursued their homeward
journey,
CHAPTER LX.
It was in the early part of August,
“One of those heavenly days which cannot
die,” . .
when the phaeton of Airs. Hearing left the
house of Air. Alilman and moved along the
homeward road. The route la\ beside
picturesque knobs, swelling hills, and un
dulating fields of grain. \ egetation
seemed to dwell in a state of perfect re
pose All vegetable growth had reached
its plenitude of perfection.
“Nature, though full of life, was calm as
death.’’
This beautiful verse, expressive of that
living stagnation nature wears for a sea
son of each summer —that period when
the growth of spriug aud summer has
ceased, and the death of autumn has not
arrived, emanated from the pen of a gifted
genius of the seacoast of Georgia—a
man whose name yet remains to be
sounded by tbe trumpet of fame; although
he noblv acted his part in the great drama
of life and now sleeps his last sleep be
neath a tall shaft of Italian marble upon
the ocean-washed shore of his native
State.
The carriage reached a long “ridge”
which sweeps through the valley of East
Tenneesse. and is known by the name of
Copper Ridge. This is a misnomer, as
the formation has no trace of copper
within its depths, but hears upon its sur
face immense trees of oak and hickory
which form a vast forest. The ridge is
sparsely inhabited, and the road winds
westward up a gentle ascent upon a ledge
dug into the sides of the slope.
The carriage had reached tlie top ol the
ridge where the route lay upon compara
tively level ground, bordered by occa
sional fields of maize, with its graceful
pliant stalks uplifting the burden of
fruitage, and its wavy leaves sporting like
long, green ribbons in the soft-breathing
wind.
Turning an abrupt curve brought it
in sight of two men sitting by the wayside.
One was a large, brawny mountaineer,
with unshorn hair and beard of goodly
length, and of a red hue. He wore a
slouched hat somew hat shabby, and liis
clothing was coarse and soiled. Little of
the face was visible through the mass of
hair which surrounded it, and which was
more like a lUm's mane than a human or
nament. The hat drawn low over the
brow shaded the eyes from view . His
companion was shorter and of stouter
build. His head was bare; locks tangled
and long, with a pair of glaring, dare
devil eyes, which would have graced the
head of a grave-digging hyena better than
that of a man. lie wore no jacket, and
tiie unclosed shirt bosom and rolled-tip
sleeves displayed a massive chest and
arms, tanned by exposure and strength
ened by muscles resembling whip-cords.
Altogether they were a savage, brigandish
looking pair. Airs. Hearing, constitu
tionally timid, felt her heart bound, and
then, by a reyulsionary action, stop its
motion a moment, and then beat on in a
fluttering manner under the compression
of fear.
As the vehicle arrived abreast of them,
and she hoped Iter alarm was groundless,
the hatless fellow called out in a harsh,
coarse manner:
“Hello, mister! what time o’ day is it?"
The Rev. Crews, courteous at all times
to great and small in worldly station,
drew out a handsome gold chronometer
with a heavy fob-chain. The clerical gen
tleman appeared to concentrate liis love
for the vanities of the world in the posses
sion of a costly w atch and its massive ap
pendages.
In a distinct voice lie told the hour—
“ten o’clock.”
“Aluch obleeged, stranger,” said the
fellow with the liat, rising and staring at
Air. Crews.
There was ail unmistakable cupidity in
the glittering eye, which Alilmna caught a
glimpse of as lie passed liis hand over his
forehead slightly elevating his hat.
The carriage proceeded, winding around
a long semi-circle, leaving tiie wayfarers
in the rear. Airs. Dearing breathed free
ly, and said to Minona in a low voice:
“ALy love, I did not like the looks of
those men. L w ish Clarek w ould overtake
us. Ilad they attacked us, we would
have been in a sad plight with no
weapons."
At the mention of her father, Minona
blanched ghastly white. By a rapid
flight of thought, she recalled the fate of
the brave George Alann and liis untimely
fate, and imagination pictured her father
seized unawares and murdered by these
men whom she l'elt were highwaymen.
Her terrifying reflections were cut
short by a sudden halt of tiie phaeton and
a shriek from her mother. As they turned
the curving road the liatless viliian had
grasped tiie bridle reins, throwing the
horses back on their haunches in the vio
lence of the jerk, while tiie taller one de
manded of Air. Crews the watch he had so
plainly displayed.
Air. Crews, far more timid in the pres
ence of ladies than a bashful girl, ap
peared strrngely compossed, and replied
to Jie robber, saying:
“I prefer keeping my watch for my ow n
use, friend. By what right do you make
so bold a request ?”
“By this!” exclaimed he, with a blas
phemous oath, drawing a large revolver
and placing it against the minister’s
breast.
“Yer money, ladies, 1 must have. Sor
ry to distress you, but need knows no
laws, is a Bayin’.”
At this remark Alinona rose from her
seat. Her face was pale, her eyes glitter
ed with a diamond brilliancy; her lips
were firmly compressed, anil she almost
hissed through her set teeth.
“Base viliian! were I only armed, as
you are, you would not ask a second time
tor our goods!”
The robber looked up astonished, and
an expression of admiration shot from his
eye as lie glanced at the undaunted girl
confronting him. His purpose seemed to
waver for a moment; then, with another
oath, he grasped the minister’s arm,
again saying:
“Give up yer watch, or I’ll shoot!”
“Fire then,” said the man of God. “I
fehr not death.”
Alinona in an instant bent forward and
struck the pistol aside, and the ball passed
behind Air. Crews, doing no damage.
The robber, deprived of bis prey,
glared at Alinona, and, addressing Mr.
Crews, he exclaimed:
“Give yer watch, or I'll shoot the
girl!” at the same time aiming his pis
tol at her.
Air. Crews, unyielding before when
peril encompassed him alone, no sooner
felt it extended to Aliss Dearing than lie
exclaimed:
“Spare her! If the gold will leave her
untouched, it is yours,” and lie slipped
the watch into the robber’s hand.
The villain had no notion of leaving
Alinona. Her bold bearing had iuspired
him with an admiration, and he deter
mined to capture her as a part of the
booty. But just at the moment he was
about to drag her from the carriage, Jock
Hethrington who had been surprised by
the sudenness of the attack and the
celerity of events, aroused trom bis tor
por, Slipping from his seat he dealt the
robber who held the horses a heavy blow
with the whip-stock, causing him to cry
out.
The halted rogue ran to the rescue, and
Hethrington would soon have been over
powered and sent “where the wicked
cease from troubling” had not Mr. Dear
ing appeared on *the scene. Seeing at a
glance the state of tilings, he fired several
successive shots which put the foe to
flight. Springing from his horse he darted
in pursuit, and soon overtook the taller
fugitive who was wounded by one of the
shots from liis pistol. As Air. Dearing
approached, the outlaw, leeling that his
strength was failing and having one load
undischarged, fired his pistol in the hope
of disabling his -pursuer. The .ball
whizzed through Air. Hearing's hat as lie
returned tbe shot and brought the high
way man down.
Going up to him Air. Hearing perceived
blood gushing from his side and arm.
“Curses on you for meddlin with my
game!” he muttered through his set teeth.
“I could net see you murder my family,
man. It is too late now for regrets. Can
l do anything for you?"
Oaths and imprecations issued from
thp robber’s stiffening lips, and a stare of
hate and defiance shot from his glaring
eye in response to this question.
Seeing that one outlaw was dying, and
that the other had escaped. Air. Dearing
returned to the carriage to encourage and
pacify his family. His wife, under
Alinona's remedies, was fast recovering.
Miss Gladwin had looked on in silence
during the action, and was now aiding
Alinona in restoring consciousness to her
mother. •
Air. Crews had regained his watch,
which had fallen in the"rencontre between
Jock and the brigands,
Not knowing but the escaped robber
might return with other confederates.
Air. Dearing recharged his weapon and.
ordering Jock to drive rapidly, they con
tinued their journey, and reached home iu
the afternoon.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
E. Spieldock, Broad and Indian streets,
Savannah, says: “I have been taking
Brown's Iron Bitters for rheumatism, and
it has benefited me.”
THE FIELD, FARM AND GARDEN.
We solicit articles for this department.
The name of the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as evidence of good
faith.
At the meeting of the Western lowa
Horticultural Society at Corning, in their
practical discussion on small fruits, it
was said that the strawberry is the most
discriminating of all fruit plants of com
mon culture in regard to composition and
texture of soil. It must be moderately
rich and deeply pulverized, and fed from
year to year with fertilizers.
Ix doing up wool the fleece should be
put up so as to be comparatively loose,
light and easy to inspect and handle. Lay
the fleece on' the table, turn in the head,
tail and flanks and roll it up, commencing
at the tail end. Tie with two strings to
keep the roll in place, and then one about
the ends. The strings can be laid in
grooves in the folding platform, so that the
fleece can be tied quickly.
One-half of the care and labor required
to earn $5 tilling some crop will produce
that amount for the farmer if bestowed
upon his flock of fowls. If you propose to
him to persistently neglect his best cow
from one end of the year to the other he
will set you down as a candidate for the
lunatic asylum, yet a common-sized flock
of fowls, such as are kept at most farm
steads, will yield as much value yearly, if
properly treated, as a tirst-rate cow.
Symptoms of Scab. —It is seldom the
case that the first attack of the acari is
observed, even by the careful superinten
dent, for the mites are barely visible to
the naked eye, and their presence cause
no particular irritation to the sheep, until
they have been located in the skin lor
several days. The earliest evidence that
sheep are infected with this plague is a
certain restlessness and uneasiness, and
unless the shepherd is on the alert this
symptom is passed by unnoticed: conse
quently. the disease is rarely discovered
until it is fully established. As it pro
gresses, about twelve days after the sheep
are attacked they are seen rubbing them
selves against trees, fences and other
hard objects manifestly to gain relief from
an irritating itching sensation. An ex
amination at this time will show the fol
lowing result—pimples have formed and
are filled with pus, which by rubbing be
come broken and in the course of a few
days acid matter escaping from the
pustules dries and forms a scab, hence
the name of this disease so much dreaded
by sheep breeders.
The parts chiefly affected are the neck,
back and flank, the belly and legs being
comparatively free from these parasites
during the early stages of the disease.
With the formation of the scabs the sheep
obtains no deliverance from its misery,
but the itching continues with redoubled
force, and in the vain endeavor to And
some relief the animal is noticed scratch
ing itself w ith its feet, biting at the parts
affected, tearing off the wool both in this
way and by rubbing, until it becomes a
most woe-begone creature, denuded of its
natural covering—a mass of nauseating,
festering sores.
Effects of Soils and (inasses ox
Cattle. —The soils and grasses of various
sections of the country unquestionably
have widely different effects in the pro
duction of cattle. In some regions the
tendency of everything is to grow coarser
from generation to generation. In others
a uniform type of quality can be maintain
ed for an indefinite length of time. To
illustrate the first statement it is only
necessary to refer to many parts of the
new West. Large numbers of imported
tine-bred cattle have been introduced out
there, only to show, in some districts, a
sharply-developed coarseness in a very
few years. A steady infusion of new blood
is essential to hold any ground gained by
the crossing of fine-bred stock upon the
natives. The grasses are of such a nature
that it requires but a comparatively short
time for even purely-bred stock to develop
a coarsening tendency.
In other Western sections this tendency
is less marked, and in still others is hardly
known. In the blue grass regions of the
United States it is perhaps more easy to
establish and maintain a fixed type of
cattle than in any others. Efforts to im
prove are apt to be successful in a higher
degree, because any gain made can be
held with less effort. The importance of
fresh infusion of fine blood, even in these
sections, should not be overlooked, but it
is less a matter of constant necessity than
in the class of localities first mentioned.
Another matter which tends largely to
develop coarseness is the roving life
which much of the stock of that region
leads. The average steer of the far West,
which is shipped to the Eastern market,
has tramped scores of times the distance
passed over by his Eastern competitor,
and has thereby developed a muscular
frame and toughness of fibre which strong
ly counteract the effects of good blood.
The coarseness of many of the Northwest
ern range cattle is due to this more than
to anything else, inasmuch as a large pro
portion of them have-been driven long
distances to their present pastures,
months often being consumed on the trail.
Preparing for gardening.— A large
portion of the vegetables cultivated in
gardens depend for successful growth on
a very rich soil. Hence the importance
of providing plenty of manure and of ap
plying it properly. Old or rotted manure
is always recommended as best by gar
deners, and is generally pronounced indis
pensable, But fresh manure if not mixed
with litter, and if well pulverized and
thoroughly diffused through the soil, w ill
answer the purpose. Thrown on the
ground carelessly and left in lumps, it is
worthless. A growth of tine vegetables
has been made where it lias been thorough
ly ground into the soil, finely intermixed
with it and the surface kept clean and
mellow during the season. And yet so
manv do their work by halves that it may
not be best to recommend it, unless for
autumn application, w hen it w ill be well
dissolved during the several months be
fore it w ill be draw n upon by growing
plants. It may also answer w ell for crops
that are not set out or sowui till approach
ing midsummer, such as winter cabbage
or turnips, if applied previously, and
thoroughly broken and worked in with
harrow' or rake in good season. Land
which is made rich by successive manur
ings every year will of course be the best,
and manure should not he applied for
gardening, especially if in large quanti
ties, without thorough pulverization and
intermixture. The more completely these
two requisites are attended to the larger
may be the application. Its effect will be
greatly increased by frequent and per
fect stirring of the soil through the season.
Farmers' gardens will not get sufficient
cultivation if not laid out so as to be
chiefly dressed by horse labor. If the
spade and hoe are expected to do the
work, nine-tenths of such gardens will
become crusted and weedy. The remedy
is to plant every crop that w ill admit it
in drills or rows fur the horse to pass be
tween as often as once a week through
the entire season. This will accomplish
as much work in half an hour as a whole
day or more with a hand-hoe, and d° it
better and break the soil finer, Before
you begin spring work, lay out vour gar
den so far as may be practicable for this
horse dressing. Some crops mav be
planted in drills two feet apart, and still
be cultivated by using a steady horse; and
if the cultivator is not of the kind to con
tract, take out the outside teeth; when
mellow and superficial treatment is want
ed use a larger number.
To secure early as well as good vege
tables, it is of vital importance to have
perfect drainage. A wet soil may be unfit
to work for weeks, and then give you a
hard or crusty, or lumpy surface. Well
drained land may be worked at once, and
be warm and mellow. If the ground needs
it. put in pine-tiles a yard apart and three
feet deep. It will make the season a month
earlier than with water-soaked soil, and
be equivalent to three degrees further
south in latitude.
To sum up, then, provide in season
plenty of manure. Let it be thoroughly
intermixed with the soil, Arrange for ail
the horse-cultivation practicable. Avoid
the common mistake of occupying more
ground than you can keep in perfect con
dition. Have complete natural or arti
ficial drainage. If all these requisites are
attended to your vegetable garden will he
found to be" the most profitable part of
your farm, or, in other words, its products
will give you supplies for the table at
cheaper rates than anything else you can
consume, and then, if this truth is proper
ly appreciated, you will give the earliest
and best attention to it in arranging your
labors for the season, instead of falling
into the error of leaving the garden to take
the last chance of being dressed on some
spare occasion when you have nothing else
to do, and to become filled with w eeds.—
Country Cattleman.
Bright’s Disease, Diabetes, Kidney,
Liver and Urinary Diseases.
Have no fear of any of these diseases if
you use Hop Bitters, as they will prevent
and cure the worst cases, even when you
have been made worse by some great puff
ed up pretended cure.
HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE.
A Delicious stuffing for any fowl, but
especially for the delicately-flavored
chicken, or any of the small fowls,is made
by taking about two dozen oysters; chop
them very fine, and mix them with two
cups of flue bread crumbs, or powdered
crackers. A full ounce of butter is re
quired. A tablespoonful of chopped pars
ley. a little grated lemon peel, plenty of
salt and black pepper, and a suspicion of
cayenne pepper; mix these thoroughly;
that is half the secret of success in cook
ing, to have the ingredients which com
pose a dish so blended that it is impossible
to tell precisely of w hat it is composed.
This stufliug should be moistened with a
little of the oyster liquor, and the beaten
yolk of one egg.
A handsome and peculiar-looking mat
for the top of a small table, or to put a
tete-a-tete set of china on, on a larger
table, is made of felt. Cut a centre of
some dark colored felt, then make a deep
border of points: for these you mav use
as many colors as you choOse, though two
will answer well. Do not have the points
of the same width. These are to be but
ton-holed with embroidery silk and be
sewed together at the centre, and caught
with a few stitches where the edges join.
The ornamentation on these points is cer
tainly unique, and the effect is very pret
ty. bn the border point sew with the
bright-colored embroidery silk six brass
curtain riugs; on the narrow point put
five of the rings; the circles enclosed by
the rings are to he entirely filled in with
fancy stitches of the silk.
Light and very satisfactory milk biscuit
are made from this recipe: One-fourth of
a pound of butter, one quart of lukewarm
milk, two w ine-glasscs of yeast, a half
teaspoonful of salt, w ith flour enough to
make a good firm dough. Stir flour in the
milk to make a stiff butter, then add the
yeast. Do this at evening. In the morn
ing, after melting the butter stir that in
and knead in flour enough to make a stiff
dough. Cover it over in a pan and let it
rise till perfectly light. When this is ac
complished roll it out until a little over an
inch thick, cut out the biscuit, place them
in shallow baking tins, and place them in
a warm place to rise. When light enough,
pierce the top of each one w ith a fork: rub
the top with the w hite of an egg if you
wish to have them glossy. Bake in a
quick oven.
“Bailey chowder" is a dish which is
recommended to all lovers of good dinners.
Choose a black bass fresh and firm, dress
w ith care; cover the bottom of the steam
er with potatoes peeled and w ashed, slice
two onions, and scatter the slices over the
potatoes; wrap the fish in acloth, and lay
that on the potatoes; steam till all are
done; pick the meat from the bones, slice
the potatoes; then put in a kettle a layer
of buttered crackers, one of potatoes, with
tiie “onion atoms,” and a little chopped
parsley, salt and pepper; then a layer of
fish, aiid so on until all the material is
used. Pour over this enough rich milk to
moisten it thoroughly: let it heat gradu
ally and simmer gently till it is all “boil
ing hot.” In this state it should he brought
to t he table.
(1 raxdmother’s Aitlk Pie, —Line a
deep pie-plate with plain paste. Pare
sour apples—greenings are best—and cut
in very thin slices. Allow one cup of
sugar and a quarter of a grated nutmeg
mixed with it. Fill the pie-dish heaping
full of the sliced apple, sprinkling the
sugar between the layers, it will require
not less than six good-sized apples. Wet
the edges of the pie with cold water; lay
on the cover and press down securely that
no juice may escape. Bake three-quarters
of an hour, or even less if the apples be
come tender. It is important that the
apples should be well done, but not over
done. No pie in w hich the apples are
stewed beforehand can be compared with
this in flavor.
Plum Puddings. One and a half
pounds of suet, same quantity of raisins,
same of currants all chopped very fine;
two pounds of stale bread crumbs, half a
pound of flour, half a pound of sugar, a
little finely chopped citron, some powder
ed cloves and ginger; mix them well to
gether, then beat five eggs, add to them a
pint of sweet cider boiled down with a part
of the sugar to rather more than half a
pint, which pour in and well mix. Do not
put in more liquid, though it may seem
dry; press it firmly into the moulds, tie
over with a cloth and put in boiling water;
keep them boiling five hours; they can be
hung lip till required, but should he boiled
another two hours the day they are served.
Preserved Granges.— Take any num
ber otoranges,with rather more than then
weight in sugar: slightly grate the oranges
and cut them round and round w ith a
knife, but not very deep; put them in cold
w ater for three days, changing the water
two or three times a day; tie them up in
a cloth and boil until soft enough for the
head of a pin to penetrate the skin; while
they are boiling place the sugar on the
fire* with rather more than half-pint of
water to each pound; let it boil a minute
or two, then strain through muslin; cook
the oranges in the syrup till it jellies and
is of a yellow color; try the syrup by put
ting some to cool; it must not be too stiff;
the syrup need not cover the oranges, but
they must be turned so that eacii part gets
thoroughly done.
Chicken Salad.— There are as many
ways of making chicken salad as there
are different kinds of chickens. Here is a
common sense way: Boil a tender chicken,
and when cold cut all the meat in dice.
[Remove tlie tough parts of the skin.]
Cut up w hite, tender celery enough to
make the same amount, and mix with the
meat. Stir into it a tablespoonful of oil,
w ith three of vinegar and a saltspoonful
each of mustard and salt, and let it stand
an hour or two. When ready to serve
mix the whole with a mayonnaise sauce,
leaving part to mask the top, or use the
mayonnaise alone without the first dress
ing of vinegar and oil. Lettuce can be
substituted for celery, anti w here neither
is obtainable a crisp white cabbage may
be chopped fine and the meat of the chick
en also,"and either a teaspoonful of celery
extract or celery seed used to flavor it.
Lamb Cutlets Fricasseed.—Take a
leg of lamb and cut it into thin cutlets
across the grain and put them into a stew -
pan; make a sufficient quantity of good
stock with the bones, shank, etc., to cover
the cutlets; put it into the stew-pan and
cover it with a bundle of sweet herbs, an
onion, some cloves and mace tied in a
muslin bag, and let them stew gently for
ten minutes; take out the cutlets, skim off
the fat and take out the sweet herbs and
mace; thicken it with butter rolled in
flour, season it with salt and a little
cayenne pepper; add a few mushrooms,
truffles and morels, some force-meat halls,
the yolks of three eggs beaten up in half
a pint of cream and some grated nutmeg;
keep stirring the same way till it is thick
and smooth, and then put in the cutlets;
give them a toss up, take them out with a
fork and lay them on a disli; pour the
sauce over them; garnish with beet-root
and lemon,
Here is an excellent recipe for pickling
oysters: Take one hundred oysters fresh
from the shell; scald them iii their ow n
liquor; if not enough to keep them from
burning, add a very little water, Then
take the oysters and lay thorn on a platter
to cool; strain the liquor through a muslin
cloth; add to it a pint of the best white
wine vinegar, one medium-sized onion,
chopped very fine, one ounce of pepper,
(the whole kernels), half an ounce of all
spice, whole also, and half a teaspoonful
of salt. Let these boil for five minutes.
When cold strain it and pour over the oys
ters. Keep the saucepan covered while
boiling the vinegar and spices, to prevent
evaporation, ( over the jar or bottles in
which you put the oysters. These will
keep for several weeks it put in a cool
place.
“How can 1 whiten and soften my
hands?” is a question that is asked hv a
correspondent. Doubtless one way to do
this is to avoid doing the work which lias
made your hands rough and dark, but
often this work may be done with such
cax-e that the hands will not he injured.
If one is obliged to sweep her house, to
empty the ashes froTn grate or stove, and
to w ash dishes, she cannot expect to keep
her hands as white as idle hands are; but
if she takes the precaution to put on a pair
of old gloves or mittens w hen she sweeps
and is doing dusty work one cause of
rough skin will be removed. Then there
are preparations which one may use:
powdered borax is excellent to soften the
skin. A mixture which is said to he a
sure cure for undue perspiration of the
hands is made of quarter of an ounce of
powdered alum, the white of one egg and
enough bran to make a thick paste; after
washing your hands apply this; let it re
main on your hands for two or three
minutes, and then wipe off with a soft, dry
towel, Lukewarm water is better thaii
hot or cold if the skin is inclined to lie
tender or to chap.
* Persons whose blood has been cor
rupted, and the circulation deranged by
foul secretions —the result of the disorder
ed chemistry of the body—need for their
purification something like an inward
baptism at the hands of Mrs. Lydia E.
Pinkham, whose laboratory is at'Xo. 233
Western Avenue. Lynn, Mass. Her Vege
table Compound is' fairly inundating the
country as with a river of life.
SCINTILLATIONS OF SCIENCE.
Curiosities and Discoveries in the World
of Progress.
Within the last twenty-five years the
steam pressures of locomotives have been
increased from sixty pounds to over one
hundred and sixty pounds to the square
inch.
lx his solar researches, Prof. Langley
finds that the absolute color of the photo
sphere is blue, and that the maximum
energy in the visible spectrum is in the
region of the orange.
The Russian Machinists’ Company,
which has now acquired important mines
on the Neva, is about to abandon the con
struction of locomotives and to engage in
the building of iron-clad men-of-wer for
the government.
The persistence of the magnetic proper
ty observed in certain trees is attributed
by M. Larroque to the transportation by
lightning of small particles of iron held in
suspension with other matter, which
makes up what is known as the dust of
the air.
Basing his opinions Oil the results of ex
periments conducted at the Agricultural
School at Norden, Dr. Wagner says that
artificial manures can lie applied profita
bly on marsh lands. The harvest of the
crops raised yields a very fair return for
the expenditure incurred.
The method by which Dr. R.s. Marsden
recently succeeded in making minute dia
monds depends upon the solubility of car
bon in fused metals, and its crystalliza
tion afterward, when the mass is allowed
to cool very slowly while the crucible is
buried in sand, lie makes the carbon by
ealcining sugar.
Paper is made in Belgium which very
closely resembles satin. Common paper
is covered with a suitable size, and while
the surface is moist asliestos dyed to any
desired shade is sprinkled over it. Any
superfluous matter is easily shaken off
when the size is dry. Fine effects are
sometimes produced with aniline colors.
Ox Septemlier Kith Dr. Lemstrom, of
Helsingfors, began a series of measure
ments of terrestrial currents, and he will
devote attention to the measuring on the
Ist and loth of each month. They are con
ducted on two telegraph lines, one of
which between Tornes and Helsingfors
runs north and south, and the other be
tween Mariehati and Kexholm runs west
and east.
I>R. H ixamaxx warns farmers against
the practice of removing straw front land,
as it tends to render tiie soil poor. Not
only are potash, lime, phosphoric acid,
etc., taken away, hut also a considerable
amount of organic matter, whereby the
moisture is too much reduced. Care must
he observed in restoring to the soil what
it has been deprived of or sterility will he
t lie ultimate result.
A German journal notes a singular be
havior of copper and lead salt with soda
lye. If a solution of copper nitrate is
mixed w ith lead acetate, and if soda lye is
then added till the precipitate first formed
is dissolved, and if the mixture is boiled,
the solution, instead of depositing black
brown copper oxide, becomes clearer
and clearer. This phenomenon is stated
to occur even in very dilute solutions.
The People’s World-wide Verdict.
Burnett’s C’ocoaine has been sold in
every civilized country, and the public
have rendered the verdict that it is the
purest and best Hair Dressiiujin the world.
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts
are invariably acknowledged the cheapest
and the best.
OF WOMAN i
race^E
PINKHAM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
A Sure Cure for all FEMALE WEAK
NESSES, Including Leucorrbon, Ir
regular and Painful Menstruation,
Inflammation and Ulceration of
the Womb, Flooding, PRO
LAPSUS UTERI, Ac. ■*
fSTPloasant to the taste, efficacious and immediate
in its effect. It is a great help in pregnancy, and re
lieves pain daring labor and at regular periods.
PHYSICIANS I’BE IT AND PRESCRIBE IT FREELY.
CFFok all Weaknesses of the generative organs
of either sex, it is second to no remedy that has ever
been before the public; and for all diseases of the
Kidneys it is the Greatest Rented y in the World.
COMPLAINTS of Either Sex
Find (treat Relief in Its Use.
LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S BLOOD PriMTTF.H
will eradicate every vestige of Humors from the
Blood, at the same time will give tone and strength to
the system. As marvellous in results as the Compound.
tyßoth the Compound and Blood Purifier are pre
pared at 233 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass.
Price of either, sl. Six bottles for $5. The Compound
is sent by mail in the form of pills, or of lozenges, on
receipt of price, $1 per boi for either. Mrs. Pinkham
freely answers all letters of inquiry. Enclose 3 cent
stamp. Send for pamphlet. Mention this Paper.
yt»ia E. Pinkham’s LrvER Pills cure Constipa
tion, Biliousness and Torpidity of the Liver. 25 cents.
s'jrSo!d by all (3)
Trade supplied by LI PPM AN BROS., Sa
vannah.
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ACHING NERVES CAUSE
AGONY!
PERRY DAVIS’S PAIN KILLER
BRINGS
RELIEF!
NEURALGIA
SCIATICA
TOOTHACHE
EARACHE
And the whole noxious family of
nerve diseases are cured by
PerryDavis’sPainKiller
SURE!
. i
i ALL RESPECTABLE DRUGGISTS j
KEEP “PAIN KILLER.”
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Darbys Prophylactic Fluid!
Kor the prevention and treatment of
Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Small-Pox,
Yellow Fever, Malaria, Etc.
flie free use of the Fluid will do more to ar
rest and cure these diseases than any
known preparation.
Darbys Prophylactic Floifl!
A safeguard against all Pestilence, Infection,
Contagion arid Epidemics.
Use as a Gargle for the Throat, as a
Wash for the Person, and as
a Disinfectant for
the House.
A CERTAIN REMEDY AGAINST ALL
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
NEUTRALIZES at onceall noxious odors
and gases. Destroys the germs of diseases
and septic (putrescent[floating imperceptible
in the air, ar sueli as have effected a lodgment
in the throat or on the ;>erson. A e.ertain
remedy against all contagious diseases.
Perfectly llarmless used Internally or Ext#?-
tern,illy.
J. H. ZEILIX & CO., Proprietors, Manu
facturing CheiaioU, Philadelphia.
JTite w. per bottle. Tint bottles 11.
Noted Men !
«
Dr. John F. Hancock
late President of the National Phar
maceutical Association of the United
States, says:
"Brown’* Iron Bitters has a
heavy sale, is conceded to be a fine
tonic; the character cf the manu
tacturtre is a voucher for its parity
and medicinal excellence.'*
Dr. Joseph Robert^
President Baltimore Pharmaceutical
Coliege, says:
** I indorse it as a fine medicine,
reliable as a strengthening tonic,
free from alcoholic poisons.**
Dr. J. Faris Moore, Ph.
D„ Professor of Pharmacy, Balti
more Pharmaceutical College, says:
*' Brown's Iron Bitters is a safe
rnd reliable medicine, positively
free from alcoholic poisons, and can
l e recommended as a tonic for use
among those wl ;oppose 'tcohol."
Dr. Edward Earicksgx,
Secretary Baltimore College of Phar
macy, says’
' I indorse it as an excellent
medicine, a good digestive agent
and a non-intoxicant in the fullest
sense.”
Dr. Richard Sapington,
one of Baltimore’s oldest and most
reliable physicians, says :
*' All who have used it praise its
standard virtues, and tiie well
known character of the house which
makes it is a sufficient guarantee
of its being all that is claimed, f •
they are men who could not be in
duced to offer anything else but a
reliable medicine lor public use."
A Druggist Cured.
Boonsboro, Md., Oct. ”, tBSo.
Gentlemen: Brown's Iron Bit
ters cured me of a bad attack of
Indigestion and fullness in the stom
ach. Having tested it, I take pleas
ure in recommending it to my cus
tomers, and am glad to say it give
entire satisfaction to ali."
Guo. W. Huffman, Druggist.
Ask your Druggist for Brow n’s
Iron Bitters, and take no other.
< >ne trial will convince you that it
is just what you need.
i» m i iihimi, ii i mcr. .rsa
The public is requested care fully to notice the
new and er.lar ed Scheme to he draten Month
I’ITAL PRIZE, *75.000.-I® \
TICKETS ONI.Y $5. Shares in proport; v.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY (j),
“ W r <5 do herein/ certify that tee supers;.., thr
arrangements far ali the. Monthly amd-Se,. .
Annual Untieing* of the Louisiana Siaj, Lottery
Company, and in person manage and control
the Drawings themseives, and that, thr ..awe ore.
conducted, with howdy, fairness, and in you I
faith toscard all jmrties. ond ire outhorief th
Company to use this certificate, irith fac-simH,
of our signatures attached, in its ad cert;*,
meats.”
/
COMMISSIONERS.
Incorporated in 180 s for 25 ve.-irs hv Hie Leg
islature for educational and eliarifnble pur
poses—with a capital of sl,ooo,ooo—to which i
reserve fund of over $550,000 has since been
added.
By an overwhelming popular vote, its fran -
chise was made a part of the present Stall
Constitution, adopted December 2, .\. !>. ls/v.
The only Lottery ever voted on and in
dorsed by the people of any state.
It never scales or post {tones.
Its Grand single Nimbkk Drawings take
place month! v.
A SI’LEX 1)11) OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A
FORTUNE.—Third Grand Drawing, Class
C. AT NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY”, MARI II
13. 1883—154th Month.lv Drawing.
CAPITAL I’ltIZE #75.000.
100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each. I-’rae -
tions in Fifths in proportion.
LIST OF FRIZES.
1 Capital Prize J'SIChM
1 Capital Prize ;'5.00»
1 Capital Prize io”‘
2 Prizes of |6,000 . . i-'nfiu
r. Pr izes of 2,000
10 Prizes of 1,000.. 10,000
20 Prizes of 500
100 Prizes of 200 20.0(0
300 Prizes of 100 :jo’ooo
500 Prizes of 50 25,000
1,000 Prizes of 25 25,00)
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prizes of $750 C.75(i
9 Approximation Prizes of 500 . 4.M0
9 Approximation Prizes of 250 2.2:
1,967 Prizes, amounting to ..... |205,50
Application for rate s to clulw should lie madt
only to the office of the Company in Sun
Orleans.
For further information write clearly, giv
ing full address. Send orders by Expir--.
Registered Letter or Money Order. ndd's - <1
only to M. A. DAUPHIN.
New Orleans, La.,
Or M. A. DAUPHIN,
COT Seventh street, Washington, I). < ~
Or JNO. B. FERNANDEZ.
Savannah. C&jv
N. B.— lll the Extraordinary M ini-A»au:n
Drawing of next June the Capital Prize will
be $150,000.
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(BEFORE -AND - AFTER 1
Electric Appliances are sent on 30 Days’ Irki.
TO W.EH ONLY, YOUHG OR OLP,
■fTTHO rire suffering from X-i-.rous ImuiLi «.
\\ Lost Vitality, Lack o? Ni:ie. . For. .. ,
V;GOTt, Wastino WKAKSKiSF- aru! (.11 t‘lo-0 (lor’C. r
ot a Personal Natueh r< suiting from Ar.u.- ar. i
Other Causes, bpcedy relief ond compieid re. •>-
ration oClllaltiiA (Gotland Mash ood G v Alt art f i >.
The grandest discovery of the Nimi r.'h Cf ntnr.v
Send at once for Illustrated Pamphlet free. A a(iis,-s
VOLTAIC BELY CO., HARSHAI.I, MICH,
• Read// for Instant Use.
This magnificent Liquid Gilding may be
substituted for Gold Leaf at one-twentieth
the cost of the latter.
It is the exact color of English sterling Gold
It gilds Frames, Cornices, Furniture, Orna
ments, &c., and instantly affords a brilliant
Golden surface *without any preparation
whatever.
It is invaluable for Home use.
* LADIES CAN USE IT. *
A Camel's Hair Brush in each box. \
THE COIT IB TRIFLING.
JOHN G. BUTLER. 22 Ilr.-n ton -tree!.
A. HANLEY. 6 Whitaker’street.
O. P. HAVEN.'-. 143 Broughton street.
JOHN Ul.lt i.K, 5 Whitaker street, and all
Paint Dealer- and Druggists.
X. V. CHEMICAL CO., N. Y. Circular free.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
A CURE GUARANTEED.
DR. E. C. WEST’S NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT: A fcpecific for Hv-ten:.
Dizziness, Convulsions, Nervous Headache.
Mental Depression, Lo-s of Memory, "peruia
torrha-a. Impotence, Involuntary ’Emissions
Premature Old Age, eaused by over-exertion
self-abuse or over-indulgence, which leads tt
misery, decay and death. One box will cure
resent cases.’ Each box contains one miftiih -
treatment. $1 :t box, or six boxes for #5; sent
by mail prepaid on receipt of price. Weguar
antee 6 boxes to cure any case. With each or
der received bv us for 6 boxes, accompanies
with ?5, we will send the purchaser our writ -
ten guarantee to return the money if the treat
ment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued
hv OSCEOLA BUTLER, Druggist, Savannah,
Ga. Orders by mail promptly attended to.