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General News Hems.
'J hero nro ninety-seven ilinnsmml
union of pUhmarlne cable now in use.
Columbia foil eg" p ys its pivfea
sol's larger salaries tlmn any other
collog >,
Michigan Univeifuty Inis I,37ostu
dents, tlio largest number of any
Amcrie.aii collego.
binco 1 SCO tin; Pacific Railroad
has Inn U and 172,81 1 pnsscii”( rs in San
Francisco, and brought away
230,800.
It is said the mu-k which was used
in a mortar in Constantinople over
1000 years ago still pei'lmm-s tlio air
of the mosque ol St. Sophia.
There was a bull fight by m on
light in Campenchy, Mexico, recently,
in which it in said that the (O- vernor
oT tires State figured, distiognishod u
auintador.
Rev. 11. IV. IT eciier believt .-s Unit
cliurches and ministers should be 1 ax
ed, and that everything should be
taxed, except that which belong.-to
the state.
New Yirk Supreme Judges arc
paid e lewn thousand five hundred
dollars, while the Supeiior Judges
and those of common pleas receive
liitacu thousand, each.
The Mayor of New York smihs
pleasantly when lie draws his yearly
salary of twelve thousand, hut the
commissioner of jurors smiles much
louder s he pockets his liiteen thou
sand.
‘•Missouri Fluff,’’ is the name ai
plied to a village on die smith side of
the Arkansas river, on a very high
bluff, which is noted among riv. r
travelers ns a natural curiosity in that
the roek which forms the MulT makes
a complete profile view of a man's
fi.ee.
The Virginia Legi.-l.iturc p issed a
luw witch repudiated about 33 ]>er
cent, ol the just and solemn ftuanc.in:
pledges of that Siat , but to the honor
of the governor, be i! said, lie vetoed
the dishonorable measure. The law
would have repudiated about thirteen
million.
In the reign of Louis the XIV.,
France had a population of 1b.000,-
000, England 8,000,000, and Germa
ny uim ten million. In 1780 France
had twenty-nine million; England
twelve million and Germany tw< iit.\
eight in liion. Under Napoic'n !.
France had 29,0'0.000 and Eng’am!
10,000,000. A writer in the lu’piib
liqu<: Francaiaa secs great danger l >
Franco in these figures.
It is recorded of I)r. Johnson that
with characteristic j rejiidini; agniu-l
ail articles used north of 'l weed, he
said that oats were food for horses in
England and for men in Scotland. —
The response was, ‘‘Yes, but win re
can you see such horses or such men?’
Those who are accustomed to the u a;
of oat-meal know its value as an ar
ticle of diet, and Scotch people fu ly
recognize its iuvpoitance as luruUli
ing a most, v;holt-some feed. Queen
Victoria’s love for Scotland is not
confined to the country; sho relishes
its productions, and we un<h r.-taml
that oat-mcal porridge forms daily n
portion ol her morning meal.
Messrs. Drc.xcl, Morgan&Co., have
organized a companv uniler the laws
of New York, for eDukiisimig tele
graphing communication with Mexi
co, Ceulrai and S< uth Am rica. Mex
ico will then bo tlie channel Ihvough
which rapid communications can be
had with lb : inland of Smith Ameri
ca. Ii will c-.st about sixty mil ion,
and the entiro connections will con
sist of five hundred mil -s of main c.
l ie; beginning on the Texan const,
and continued to the cities of Tam
pico and Vera Cruz, in Mexico,
where it will connect with a govern
ment wire extending to the- city of
Mexico. From tli -re, it will consist
of seventy-three miles of wire, which
will extend to all impel tint points in
Central and Sou.h America. Efforts
will be made to obtain a grant from
the Mexican government, by which
all messages from 155 miles south of
the boundary line of the United States,
and Mexico, lor fifty years, may be
exclusive for the benefit of tho com
pany. A railroad in being built across
tho isthmus of Tehuantepec,"and the
sliip canal in prospect of construction
will a fibril centres of communication
from the gulf and Pac lie coasts and
South AmCiicau towns to the United
f takes and Ear -pc.
TP. A. SIXGU'VJ'ON, FA ill- I’i'op'r.
VOL 5.
ST-JvIARIE-
I was cnfjagi and. 1 new r could tel!
exactly how itenmo about. My be
trothed vs as Ingh-bred, beautiful, be
longed to ar'i tocratic circles, and de
clared by those wlm had become suf
fi.-icnUy acquainted with her ini< l
led ual development to bo wonder!sil
ly intohigi nt. I Imd never become
intimate enough with my lady to
make any such discovery. My moth
er said it was m.y fault. Perhaps sue
was rigid.
M-irian Cash cart was her n.mv:
| and although wo had been engaged
several month*, and I hul made a
point of spending at 1 "i-t two even-
i mgs of each week in her society, 1
had mver yet progressed beyond th • [
formal Miss Marian; and she did imt ;
| scorn inclined to invito m-i to any less i
I conventional platform. 1 u-ed to
| wondei if, after we were married, I !
should simply change too Miss to '
! Mrs., and Mrs. Marian har through
our matrimonial pilgrimage.
My mother declared I had chosen
wisely. I occasionally felt like eug
* gent tig tout, she should take all the
| credit to herself, For I certain y h.id
had !ii> ehoiea in tho m itter; but 1
i argued tint women mu-t, ot necessi
ty, have more oppoitu nltm* f-.r judg
ing ot' tin virtues of their own sex !
than we masculine bipeds, who half!
the time are not able to discriminate !
between false to. tit and natural ivo- j
rv, or sham Inir and the original nr- !
tick*.* So I planed my f-dth o:t my;
maternal parent’s stout sleeve of
j idyurout, closed both eyes, took 1
bvorytlting for granted, and “w nt it
clitid ”
1 occasional*}’ cum! t my.-- -If won -
derirtg if there really was such a tiling
in the wot id as love. From a boy I
had been a great lover of sent.mm t
: and sentimental po try—had form- and
jan ideal of my b’.fira p -rtner, as
mo t b y ; and gi. is and. , 1 f tucy— be
lieved that
‘■Lor- In th,- hiv.-iu ; j
Of ivvo sjnriU to be oil;.
S\vct?hic\s h:in" fill r sv.h" ' ?' •>•
V..mt i'ii it lb:i- V b i r <••*:;; nt* s,
]’i mots tv..tiii cl- cru <1 t<> bo
T. oth-.i 1* ill* fV • .sity,
Xl<‘.uli b* Gii o uth •' ; i ;'it *ri - i;-
'Jiil b. y m i iu'.o a -in
I was quite snre that my spir t
di-lx’i strive in that dirceiion. My
. ottl had no want she cmi l sn-idy,
and l!tn prospect was that “plain t
twain” we should remain—hadn't the
slightest intention of rhyming thorn
—to the end of the chapter.
It was respectable to marry. Oil
bachelors were held in almost ay
much odium by the public us ol I
maids; and none of ,wr family, on
either side of the h-use, had ever
been known to s-1 a-idc tit • 'convoii
liioaal custom of tn .trunony, ami
11 toy had all marri- and we’l, too—that
is, in their own set, as far back as wo
could trace. .
j Love was a “myth,”my mother de
clared—sim; ly .a “something to f mi
nute schni 1 vie is and coll mo youths,
but will alt di appea red whan th i
years of di ere lion ro led. around.”
I was possessed of £33,000; my af
fianced would have as much inuv
i hcn her father died; and so our fi
j mmeial future was assured,
j Sometimes, as I looked into the
mirror, and surveyed tho teatures
which appeared as if there might be
a soul behind them, f was t tnpted to
! some sort, of an understanding with
i myself; bat family tiny, society’s re
j strict ions, and the absence of r a! in
dependent, manly brain, kept mo in
that narrow, cont >inptib!c grove ot
prejudice in which 1 had been born
and ioared.
A few weeks before I ha 1 propos
ed, and been accepted, my lady
mother engaged anew governess tor
my two young sis!cis, Minnie and
Anna—the first 12, tin secon 1 li
ye U'S of ago.
The render, judging by tho maj ci
ty of st a i -s, will of course imagine
_A_ DEMOCBATIO NIW/SP AP.EB.
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., MARCH 17, 1880.
the moment this new individual i, in
troduced to t'cir not ce, that the
wr.ler f. 11 imuicdiut'jly in love, as is
l lie general on-tom in such cases—
but file reader is mistaken.
Mario do Voro (that was her name)
was bountiful, talent and and accom
;.ii died, nml exceedingly attractive,
on account of a Womanly reticence
which was modest*an I mptiva i; gto I
tlm 1 1 t d.'gri e.
I ha I always, admired -hv women. 1
Marian—oxen-e m--, “M .<* Marian’' j
—had no ■u h beauty. She win u-j
s. s- -sial ns a woman of 1", and
a- :i iiootii a 3 a fi i).: u lake.
It would liavo boon .- ingnlar hud I
not looked witii fecliagrt of picas.ir •
upon the iit.lo woman wii■> gii ic I so*
graceluliy through the ho :s •, alt ml
iug to Inr duties with a thoughtful-j
ness and p itionce wiiicii seemed to I
mo almost angelic. I found myscif j
Cilimg' her fit. Ma.ic. lUitiior a
strange mime, for a woman; but it
came as natural to my lijis as “dh /! :
and “D.-ar,” wiinn speaking to my ,
sisters. Not that liver called h r !
so. By no ni.rau. IVo .-eareely ever ■
cxoliar god a word.
Our govci ne-s (of Freucli < :-;t.i-ac-,
thm) was my oi.al inferior, and my
ill- .thor never a'lowcd any appro udi
ti intiin’icy, or conversation oven t
i with such membersbf her lions, li I I.
1 The iir.-t time I ever had the pleasure
! cl' acb it with tho dear litt-0 ere tare
! I -hill never forget. It was a bi-lor
j c i!d evening, and my mol her an 1 ds
| levs were out. When I entered the
i library, after dinner, M m do Yen;
iv ;s sitting >it Hi • table writing.
•‘Do 11 ■ • t iet me and -t >rb ) on,’ I cn
t. at'd. a-' s!i< cuuuiicm .'d to gitimr
tip hi r ]i q in ord.-r to dep.r;
“1 cm write i:i my own room us
w ll,’' slio rej li i. ’‘O.dy it is a it
. t'c iviiran r licrr.'’
•♦Very wT, t!i >&,’*.l mle an- .vv.
■‘von must rem ti in, If yon eon and
t .bs iy isamtl-il fur ■■■■no of u< to
1 avc, i v,:l and. part imm dialul\
The 1; il ■ iady In. ui ! upon me tli •
,u 1 lig ! t f In rby uii'.ig eyes, will"
an Cxyrc.-si-o: of fc u I uuvs am! ii -
t.erm'.uation dimmed thy shy look fin
a maiir nt , atid rid ed, u o.v: of us
ni : have! That you know, sir!
A 1 lho is ason for such ne
ycii understand. If you prefi r your
own room, i will remain here If imt,
ill i library i at your set vice ! ’
Th; read >r wilt agree with me, 1
think, th it this was dockbdiy coo!.—
riicr.e siie stood, her p; 1 1 faco a lit ti
flushed, baudio of pan r.s in one
hand, an ! her groat brown eyes fixed
enquiringly upon my countenance.
1 resolved to make one more effort
•!o detain her.
•‘As you w 1, Ms si do Tor.;," I re
; 1 !. “But lamat a loss to under
stand why you, when, without il dur
ing my.-'. Is, I trust, I think wo shall
.bo uiss'uady j I a-ssl with an cwniiig
toge'her ia tho library, wo may not
enjoy it like sons bio f-dks. 1 am
loin ly, and desire —yes, r. ally nu-- r
eiiterta-'iiinent, an I of a kind not to
Ira bad from books. You arc tired,
witii your .school-room dados, and
should have change and recreation.
I’ieaso bo seated, and lie’s converse
a wiihe like Ciiri - ians,”
Sh; evidently did not hear the la-.t
of the sentence. Her ey< s took on a
far-away, wistful look, and tears— I
could pi limy distingni h t'ao little
p -arly drops—trembled cm the fiing
! cd lids.
For a moment aim stood, silent, and
wistful, tbs n turned away with a sim-
I pie, “Good night, Mr. Biaelair.’’
I would iiuve detained her even
then, bis 1 she closed the door, and in
a moment after L heard her light
-t ■;> upon tlio stair;.
“An extremely plea 1 ant position
for a social man,” I said to myself.—
“Wheat sin has this beautiful and in
tellectual woman committed against
society, that she is no; eniidod to its
lull privileges ? ’
And when my mother ci t red iho
library, dignifie I and urban- as usu
al, ju-t i lea t bit ohihusimt. c, over
the brilliant imucmbly site lid just
’oft, I was de pin tho question of
woman’s rights, 1 ml h id decided ti at
'.. hit vc ■ the ri ;j*i, v,*i: ( or ‘Cia’iy
and politically Ostrich • <-!, 1 would di
rect my energies lower \ iti • t id li -
ve lisliing of ill coiiventionaii.au.
v.hi; li pr v.e.t and ail. —: t man's n
-joyment. Tli-ro was milling r-eill li,
if urns ', in this vi W <;f 111 • <
“What and i vi u imagine, mother, t >
lie the reason,” I asked of this nu
ovt individual, ns i lie stood wann
ing h r feet at tin grate, ‘ th t I
could le t porrmado Miss do Vero to
-O'iciid the evening with me in the ’i
Tit ;i y ? Sic-ran away liken Irig’ii
;nod fawn.’’
1 Do you menu t> inf Innate, Frank
tiiat you extimle-1 an invitation to
Miss dc Ye ro to that < Ua-tV” inqnir
■al my mother, looking ttraicht into
inv eves w t!i her keen Mack ones.
“lodmrit ■! N', nioilrr. But I
distinctly deehtr* that I did extend
jnn invitatfon of that character u>
s!i-;s de Yeiv, which invi,t.tion ili •
! 1 dined.”
“Wlitdi <!: tir.etl vp; o-. id t’ at the
I govi-in-ss had a more correct, idea ol
i pmpriet ■ than a g-atlem m, born and
| lired. whose education tins l en con
iiic'cd v. ith tho stricti•: t regard to
the demands of sod. ly. This onlv
adds anotiicr jiror.f of Miss de Vi re’s
litac s for tin; position, and furnishes
the first t alimony ever received of
iny son’s imti -m-.-s for the com many
..f ids equ dr. and sup- viol's. ’’
And inV mother, without another
word, sailed maj.-stiirdly fixm I tie
room.
• Knuds il iny h r -id gainst a rock !
Migiit hi'e know'll it !’’ was my in
ward ejaculation as the door closed
!), 1 wei n us.
Tha m-xt eieifiog T scent wi h ttj.Y
l-crjlh-d. rdie win. a- cold, dignkmd
and fo’i .and as e'er, i •'>>•; way < !c
--■*g!Wi--c tv* 1 with the man
ner of i; ’ r> Ci p* •• it Nt: ancefy
icm ugh, If a.hd eg, s;f Ulr’b':' to n 1
ii.sh two Lours <ui vie snill'* v 'th
| a woman vi lio mvu 1 10 1■ y uit iidr v.'
! her Ii ind Iran of a-, soon a- it
! ivii ;t;l k li. :i..;i ;,; •. tot a I.
Upon 111 ill'iec St :• ;:i i. Olid o lfg
! was at! the cares.-lag adowablo be
i tv.e> nei o go.| p.o : ■■(■■>.
j *.‘l ih s tlic wiylVi rs usually be
lt. nv , Miss Marian V” I vpntimil ’o
ftcr h id or.' Iy snatch*
. ed h r mind from mv clasp
“i presume so,” was Icr reply,
j willi-.ut til- 1 a l he'" ~ e. in-.- D | col
or. 11 All weii-tire.l and n fined ;ier
so:;s agree in rezai i to th • n q mo
ments of i ropricty, I presume.’ and
I lien adroidy eiianged the eenvi rsn
iion: b'V I v-ns not to be b; iv m dcin
t : C new platform I bed .;kcu my
stand upon bv any such erti'ico.
“And vou arc posi’ivc tint all we'.i
brd.l and n fin and persons, ns yon call
them, are-able to conjugal.; the v<. rb
a mo, ‘t • Inc,’ am! thc-rougidy nuder
etaud its moods and te;;s -; end that
•II i ic.rugemert: between well b''cd
and ix fined- persons are found cl upon
love, are yon ? Am Ito j;i !ee tram
your behaviour tha; yosi ore iloeply
n 1 >ve with the individual now ad
<ii i suing you ?”
“1 can, I think, r Lr yon to u-me
philosophical ti'caiise on th; subject,
if yon like,” whs the rip-ly >f my I
- dy. ‘‘Bill,” sllC cor. tin ne !, “I trn-t
| you \v 11 sec tlm propriety of leaving
' the discussion of th e: ly disn
-1 gieeabl-! topic until some tutiire
i lime —alL'i' we nro marri.d, if you
;pias -. 1 soil' ccly think your lnotii
jer woaU upprovo ol siudi a coins r
' Silt Du ”
! • llumpli I probably not.’’ was my
i!i:' uug ilia t :B| ly. “B it what
• lin fine: n is it t > Lev how 1 make
love ?”
It seemed to me that, as 1 laid my
head on tli j pill >w, that my posi ieii
was anything but a:i enviable one;
and, to save my life, 1 c nld m t help
contrasting the cold and passionless
lire of Mbs Marian, wit ii ■; 1m soulful,
earnest i xp;x .■;; i ti of the li tie girl I
had named St. Mario. Mo idi.dit
flooded the apartment; but tho rays
wore ch-eile.-s, and served only t>
remind im* of the frigid, c; -c .id, s•-
cicty-leticred woman I had jest loft.
Sleep came t Fi t —ldes, ed 1'oIrT!
fn dream-', ixe saint oily was visit 1 \
,'trange, lio'.v n< ur.-dio sccno’i't me!
I heard Ii r voice in every conceivable
tone—now soft and melodious, now
earnest mid thrilling, now stern and
commanding. A dreadful w.ight
pressed down upon my cheat. I could
hardly breathe.
‘•lka i: Daciuir!—Frank Sinclair!”
| ra rig out in t i ror-stricken tones, and
wi*h such a vvealth of tenderness that
! 1 mgiil t" open mv arms and infold
the saint; but l wav powvii ss to stir
[baud or fool.
11 di inysell idled fotcibly fiom tho
pillow, and held in a sitting position.
“i'r ii k SiuiT dr, tho house is oii>
(ire! Will you not awake? For
G • i’ii sake, g't upquieldy ! They
no about bnl you> and I! Tim hall
and rooms below are all in a Mizo!”
For a second I gazed at the rapt
countenance, limn c aiiinoneed to re
alize the situation. The cries ol Hi,,
ti'.emm , .u.jq lin-iug i.nd spluttering
of the' (lane uy t h v T rr: l , Vft’st'pt' :t ling of
.my saint, I II upon my ears wi h a
st. iiego comiuiiiglii g of emotions.—
Good Heavens! how I loved tlm little
woman “.at. mom nt, froiight thmish
ii was with dunger, ami perhaps,
dentil.
“1> y n not heart ho t -rriblc noi.-.e ?
Wc are 10.-t if ion do nt m ,ke hr,me,” 1
cairn.* again lioin th: blinched ii; s.
It was !;u; tho W'.rk of a in •mei.t [
tn pixpnr.' my el, fn flight, and then!
cover the dear child, who for my
si!;e had ri.keil ii r own pixcmus'
lii'a, wi.li a thick blank t snatcluii'
from the be !; mid, more like n mad-!
in; ii than tlm conventional member i
ol eo'sety I had id vays considered j
my si If, 1 lushed through tho dense!
(...a !:e, througii tha hissing iiaines—,
down, down, nbno.-t suffocated,
scoxclmd, on lire, more dead than
alive, ii.to ti; • ripen air with mv bur
d. a, and t en (■:.,( w iio mere. 1 came
to my sen-cs in n neighbor’s house,
my in .tker am! si t rs wax ping
roiiud me. S;tsing by a t-dde, her
Inir lac-.' r sting on h r hami, ex
hausted mi l grii i'-strid.cn, tut my
da: hug. 1 HXCII to rBO but could
not.
‘•Marie —Marie, come to mo; l want
you ! ’ 1 exH.i.med, agonized at the
thought ol the poor child’s ion 1.-
ncss and suffering.
“What docs he mean ?” asked raj
im tin. r, evidently supposing mo be
reft ot my sc u ss.
“I mean my friend, my preserver,
Y t 1 y>u not c jme to mv,
Marie ?’"■
She erci.-5.-ed tlm apat t-uent, and
slnly adv.ut.ced IO try side,
her hand in mine, and sai l, “.Mr.
! Sind dr, 1 am so giad that yea ar--
! r.g. datigerpu.dy i, Jared. I t nred
that, in saving my life, you hid sae
piii ed yec.'.r o.vn.” —and tec hi th
em'. bue.-t tut - “ c.;s.
“St. Marie, It was you who kept
line from de- ; i uctioo. Mother. ;-o ter.-x
•• :va..a —-a 1 icir tae hmi.-e without
■ -vi ni of wan:',eg. You stood by
im .ad Ii ■ lk-ve would have slid
.- ta - I ii ■(I I faked to awaken, and
] met ih-aih at my sake. St, Marie, 1
| have id a s love and you.'’
! “Let me examine hi- pulse,” in
! t i ru; ted my mother, “lie is c-.-r
--tainlv raving.”
“Not a bit of it, mother,” I replied,
gaining strength by tho-op; osilion,
a: and rising’ to my lect. “This may
u l be jn t ti o time and place to de
elaie on-, ’s love, in necordanco to
yen r - . t i-'eas of s cial < tiquelta ;
but tiiis night have I uirncd my back
.aie\ . ... the hearth ssness vanity,
and ;g likshness of your so-caiiod re-
Sim. and society. Marie I love you!’’
iiu-l drawing thu d-ar child to my
side. ) and lied til - whole hi’U-i-boli].
“Ti 1 me you return tins r.thoti -n,
and 1 shall be tlm happiest man on
the faro , f (he cartin'’'
She mad- no answer, but allowed
her head to remain where 1 had
plii-'-d it.
Tlm t was answer enough.
'! h;- i-.cxt day, “.Miss Maria'.’’ was
‘.tpi-rised if tlio change of atfdis.
My mother has nol vet become rec
onc 'c'i but- 1 have never ii and res.son
to ix gr. tli e c nil igru'ion which dis
closed to mo tho b auidloss l-.vc of
St. A’ ario.
,M no man ask for h isiux-. The
most fail.-Lcicus ideas prevail respect
ing leisure. People are always say
ing to then; - I.en, I would do this or
t art, if I had leisure. Now there is
no condition in which tho chance ot
doing any good is loss than in the
condition of leisure. The man fully
employ ed may be aid • to gratify li s
good dispositions by improving him
self or bis neighbors, or serving the
publ c in somo useful way; but the
man who lias all his time to dispose
of as he pleases has but a poor
chance, indeed, of doing so. Vfo nil
C.'mp'am ot the slioituess of Fine,
and vet have much more than wc
! know what what to do with; wc cotn
! plain that our days arc few, and ye t
we net ns though there would be no
end to them.
Only a man with a tattered coat,
And a pair of very black eyes,
And tron.ser.s all old,with i'ri'ls at the knees.
And a hat of pendcroua size.
I Ouee Jie w s riel-, and dressed like a swell,
j llt.o Ito She god of Pan,
i ai" ! how easily things go wrong,*
j I" -l- now he’s a married man !
AXXCAL SUHSCHU’TION, $2 00
WHY TKETII ]>i:c. I r.
Upon n careful rev ow of tho opin
ion unci experiments nfour invos'.igu
t"i's, s ivs Doctor S. M. l’rothro in n
paper * ' acl Ik lore the i ennessec Don- j
tii A h ciiition, it i.i conclusive that!
there arc two active ognti m |j jC
process of dental ('uric-, namely tlm
action ol acids and tin; dev lopment
of i vegi-t d)!o pmasite, the Lipto*
Ufie bnct:nUn: By .actual experi
ments if is demonstrated that it does
not i ci[uirc strong'acids to separate
ilu phosphoric, mid carbonic acids
lr mi the lime e:>n turned in the tooth
sub.-t.iiiCcs. Even water that contains
carbonic acid will dissolve the cnlcn
t'c 'tis edt-'. And it seems from a cir
cumstance that transpired und- r the
ere of Mr. Spencer Bate, that water
) can diss >ivc th i te< th. A lady
having two sitif artilleial human
teeth, ] luted one sot in water to pre
serve it till she had worn out the oth
er. At tin-expiration of seven years
the set she had kept in water was as
much corroded as the act she Lad
■worn in her mouth. This enso cor
roborates a statement made by \Y<dl
■and Ilcid r, that at the end of ten
days fungi hid attacked the enamel
ami dentineot the teeth that had been
kept, id pure wat r, and that in a few
Weeks the tissues were pierced with
hi Is like o sieve,
A 1 ininer.il, ns well ns vogelaHe
acids, act protnp ly on the tc< th. ‘Tn
forty-eight hoius accdc, citric, and
malic nc: is will cot rede the enamel
so tiitil. yon may scrape n groat por
tion of it away iviili the tinm-r nail.’’
Acid tartrate of lime, having a great- !
or affinity for the lime of the- tooth I
than for its own base, wi.l lat-idh ib'- !
stroy the enamel. • j
Grapes, in lorty-cight 1 wr*. w !
render the enann lofa cl Ikv eo: h j
teuce. Vigi table substance are iuert j
liil fomi-matton takes place and j
acetic acid i- lornicd. Sugar has n<> ;
deleterious effect, only in tee state ol :
aeit ius i'crmeiitathm. Animal u ! - i
• tanci s exmt if - i' jil'ions efi' ct until |
putrefaction is far advanci and.
The World's Lons Tunnels.
i T ve-' of th ■ longest funnels in the
| •< 'id live a the Iloosac, which is four
I and three quarry md- .s long.
Mount ft. Gethard Tunnel, just
j completed, is a German, Swiss and
! Italian rutin r.se, and lias je t been
c int If and Hi rough the mountains of
|Switzerland, and contacts G<-rumny
| and Italy. It is the longest tunnel in
; he wori I—nino and a qnniter miles
j long—and cost forty-five million. It
is lined with masonry one half of its
length. The cost of its construction
i wiii be siinr. and by Germany, Switzer
j land and Paly. It was constructed
j in Swiss territ ry, that its nuentr.ilitv
| may bo more fully secured in limes of
war.
The Mount Ccnnis Tunnel or Col dc
Frcjus, is seven and one-sixth miles
long. It was built in 1870, before
which time sixty thousand travelers
I are said to have crossed over the
I mount S\ Gothnrd into Italy every
I year. This tunnel connects France
; with It ly, and r.(fords an easy, direct
and pleasant charnel of travel and
commerce between the countries
; Mu', ugh a mountain. It is in Savoy,
j French territory, and the co.-t, which
was fifteen million, was shared by
| France and Italy.
* - -OS, 5 O ■■ ■ ■■■- -
The Washington correspondent of
j the Cincinnati Enquirer says he has
information that England, France
■ end Germany have lorm-il an alliance
I for the purpose of constructing under
, European eonln 1 a ship canal across
j the isthmus of Panama, by the l’ann
| n.ia route- an idea of which we gave
i sometime ago. 'The correspondent
! thinks the United Staffs is perhaps
in a condition which may provoke a
war with the three powers above
named, and t' at the war may be one
ol defense or offense. Should this
government begin the work first, and
war arises, it would be one of defense
j with the United Slates; should the
! allied pow-Ts b'gin first, and war en-
I sues, it would then be one of offense.
| The same correspondent thinks wis
i dom and prudence dictate that the
! United States act quickly, and “in
| time of peace prepare for war.”
‘■Trust a boy,” says an exchange
; Certainly; trust him when he catches
i you coming m t of a saloon not to
i tell his sister, whom you arc sweet
| upon; 1 1 ust him to discover the size
|of your feet and mention it before
company; 'rust him to find the cigar
' you depi sit tn a dark nook on the
porch before you enter the house;
ti ust him to manufacture misery out
of bent pins and tarred front gates.
Trust him, of cours , but the best
way is to operate on the cash system,
am! pay him in advance. —Dos
Moines Register.
The mantifaeitire of cigars is likely
to become one of the prominent in
j dust ties ol rioaida.
Georgia news*
1 lie old town ol Dublin is improv
ing rapidly.
The oat. crop In Unit runs county is
unusually well.
MeVille SotUli Georgian reports
a sociityof agricultural laborers in
that section.
The cotton mills in Atlanta, though
tin y run night anti day, cannot keejr
np with its orders.
Real estate in Brunswick is rapidly
advancing since the sale of the Mntloit
| b Brunswick railroad.
Valdosta Times thinks there will
be a largo crop or a largo iailuro this
| yt nr from the use of so much guano.
The contract for building the
Lookout Mountain railroad fiont
Romo to Chattanooga has bceu per
il eled and signed.
Georgia Baptist Convention will
meet in Savannah on the 22 of April,
It is believed that 2,663 churches and
219,128 members will bo represent
i ed.
The Macon Telegraph & Messen
ger tii; roes with the Times, provided,
, a good price can be had. Rather
i than sacrifice the property, however,
I the Tclegtnj li wool 1 rutlur re-lcaso
NO. 27
j oh good terms.
Georgia has 137 counties; in which
! 193 papers arc published. Of those,
12 are daily, 4 tri-weekly, 3 setnb
weekly, 134 weekly, 2 semi-monthly
and IS monthly. Ol these 3 do not
take advertisements.
Columbus Enquirer says two ne
groes had a quarrel about a guinea
which the mother of one sold to the
other. The one who had lormerly
owned the guinea secured a gun and
pursued the purchaser about a milo,
and came upon him in a house with
the door closed. lie then climbed
-n the fence and shot the fugitive in
Hie face as he sat in the house.
It occurs to us, that in considera
tion ol the great railroad boom, it
wiki id be a good time for the State
to dispe-s oi the Western k Atlantic,
suiijcoi, of course, to the lease. Tito
-a e of that road would very nearly,
if indeed it did not pay the entire
i State debt. Let the Stale quit run
ning railroads. They are too often
mere political machines. —Thotnas-
ville Times.
There is not. an occupant in Troup
county jail ; there is only one piece
of property levied on for tax; tbo
county is out of debt ; has bought
and paid for a $3,000 bridge within
the last twelve months, and has over
$5,000 in the treasury, II Troup
isn’t t!ie best county ia the state, let
us hear from the next.—LaUraugo
| Reporter.
The lumber business of Georgia ia
attracting considerable attention, and
the splendid pine forest on Flint and
Chattahoochee rivers, will in future
exert a greater influence with farmers
and business tnen than heretofore. A
Bainbridge firm has recently recicved
an order for pine and oak lumber,
ni cpssny to complete the bridge
across East River, between New
York and Brooklyn.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch says Vi
ena lawyer offered a bee man half a
dollar to teach him to handle bees like
lie did. ‘‘All right,” said the bee man,
and taking off the Colonel’s hat, filled
it with bees and restored it to iis accus
tomed place on the lawyer, with the re
maik that if those bees were not all
right be would shake down a hat full of
fresh oiu-s from the gum. The bees
commenced singing in the lawyer's hat,
>nd lie couldn’t stand the racket, and
'jerking off his hat, scratched the bees
cut of his hair.
[ i
James Coleman of tin’s county,
has a mule thirty-six years old,
Colonel J. D. Stewart lias a bug
gy horse known to be thirty-two
years old, and Captain Jeff Mc-
Dowell says that there is a color
ed inan near Hampton that owns
a Imrse which he bought at Bowers
/Vint, .Mich., before the war, and
he’s now young enou h to jump a
ten rail fence.—Griffin Sun,
We are indebted to Major W;
11. King, United State Engineer,
for a copy of reports of the survey,
of the Chattahoochee,Etowah and
Duck rivers. These surveys were
made in pursuance to orders from
the War Department to aiscert dn
thecostof making said rivers navi
gable for steam crafts. Ii regard
to the Etowah river Lieutenant
W. L. J/arshall, who superintend
ed the survey, concludes his re
port to d/a jor King as folows T
Until the population becomes
many times increased, and the
products so amplified by diversi
fied iudnstiies as to make it the
po icy of the government to devel
op every possible means of inland
transportation, there does not
seom to me to he any occasion or
need to improfe the Etowah river.
No part of it at present is moro.
than eight miles from railroad
transportation. ” —Borne Courier ;