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ELLIJAY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1882.
THE PRICE OF A DRINK.
Ten cents a glass; docs any one think
That that is really the price of a drink f
Ten cents a glass I hear you say :
Why that’s not much lo pay.
All! no, indeed, ’tis a very small sum
You are passing over ’twixt finger and
thumb,
And if that Were all that you gave way
It wouldn’t lie very much to pay.
The price of a diiuk ? Let me decide
Who has lost his courage and lost his
. pride,
Anil lives a groveling heap of clay,
Not far removed from a heast to-day.
The price of a drink ? Let th.it one tell
Who sleeps to night in a murderer's cell
And feels within him the fires of lie'll ;
Honor and virtue, love and truth,
All the glory and priile of youth,
Hops of manhood, the wreath of fame,
High endeavor and noble aim—
These are the treasures thrown away
As the price of a drink from day to day.
Ten cents a glass. llow Satan laughed
As over the bar the young man quaffed
j.he beaded liquor, for the demon knew
The terribc work that drink would do.
And before the morning the victim lay
W ith his life-blood swiftly ebbing away;
And lliat was the price he paid alas,
Far the pleasure of drinking a social
glass.
The price of a drink : If you want to
know .
What some are wiiliDg to pav for it go
Through that wretched temement over
there,
Where dingy windows, and broken
stair,
Where foul disease like vampire crawls
W ith outstretched wiugj o’er mouldy
walls
There poverty dwell with her hungry
brood,
Wild-eyed as demons for lack of food ;
There shame in a corner crouches low ;
There yioleuce deals its cruel blow ;
An J innocent ones are thus accursed
To pay the price of another’s thirst.
Ten cents a glass. Oh ! if that were all
The sacrifice would indeed be small ;
But the money’s worth is the least amou nt
We pay ; aud whoever will keep ac->
count,
Will learn the terrible waste and blight
That follows this ruinous appetite.
Tea cents a glass. Does any one think
'I hat that is really the price of a drink?
HOW A HOOSIER BOY SAW
THE TOWER OF FISA.
During a (our of severa months
in Europe, I arrived in 4he an
cient city of Fisa at eleven o'clock
on a lovely summer night. Be
ing of course very eager lo see
the famous Leaning Tower, I re
solved, ns the moon was sliming
brightly, not to wail for daylight,
but to visit I lie Tower before re
tiring. On my asking the propri
etor of the hotel to tell me the
way lo the LeaningTower.be be
came greatly excited, and ex
cSaime ’: “It is impossible lo go lo
niglil !” 1 laughed at It is' tears,
and told him nothing was impos
sible to an American boy. lie
still hesitated, but finally caiue
out reluctantly into the middle of
the street and pointed out the
course I was to take.
Off I slrated, full of the self-con
fident fearlessness of impetuous
youth. Before turning the cor
ner, 1 looked back and saw’ the
old man still standing and gazing
after me. I felt sorry for him,
thinking his fears for my safety
were groundless.
For a few squares the street was
wide, and the full light of the
moon cheered me onward; but
soon my way was not lo be so
clear.
Coming suddenly to the end of
the wide street, 1 found m.vself by
the side of the rums of an old ca
thedral. The irregular walls cov
ered with ivy, the light of the
moon shiniug through the ruined
gothic windows, aud showing the
decayed and mossy interior, gave
lo the sceue a solemn grandeur
that filled me with awe. Just m
front of the cathedral was the riv
er Arno, n narrow stream, and the
water low within its banks.
Walking around the corner of the
old edifice :md up the bank of the 1
Arno, 1 presently saw the outline
of a boat close lo life shore, and
as I drew nearer, I not only found
ihe boal. but discovered thfr own
er I hereof lyinp flat on his back.
The light of (he moon shining
on his face gave it rather a ghast
ly expression, and for a moment
1 paused ; but, w ith a laugh ai
my fears, I stepped into the boal
and kicked one of his feel so as
to wake him. This unceremotii
,ous treatment roused him quick
ly enough, and he sprang up and
glared at me fiercely. Not being
an expert in Ihe Italian language,
I went through a series of panto
mimes, which he finally undt*Y
s’.ood to mean that 1 wanted lnm
to take me actoss the river.
Whereupon, seizing a long pole,
he pused his craft out into the
sluggish srreatn. As we reached
the middle, it occurred lo me that
here would be a fiine opportunity
for my ferryman lo collect what
ever fare he wished, according
ly, 1 courteously declined his in
vitation to enter the cabin, as I
much preferred standing where I
could see all around me and
watch his movements However, 1
had not no trouble with my sleepy
boal man, and our craft 60011
reached the opuosite side of the
river.
After a long, tedious tramp, 1
saw what appeared to be a fire
along way ahead of me, but short
ly discovered that it was merely
Ihe light of Ihe moon shining
across an open space, Pushing
on rapidly, I came to the end of
the street, and (here, to my de
light, I saw directly in front ot
me the Grand l’laza ol Pisa, with
tire massive Cathedral and the
Baptistery and the beautiful
Leaning Tower standing close lo
getber and gleuni.ig in the
moonlight!
Alter pausing a few moments
lo enjoy this first grand vision o!
ihe Tower, 1 turned toward a pair
of beautiful ornamental iron ga'es
which attracted my attention.
But when I went up lo them and
looked through, ihe sight was nol
one calculated lo add to my
cheerfulness, for I found myself
facing the great Campo Santo, or
burying ground of Pisa. The
bright light of the muon on the
marble monuments and tombs,
the weird shadows of the porches,
the perfect stillness of the night,
inspired me with a strange feeling
ot awe. Leaving this solemn
place, I walked over to the grand
old Cathedral and the Baptistery
near the Leaning Tower. From
that point the Tower was dis
tinctly outlined, and the sight ot
its eight stories and the columns
of pure white nmble, glittering
in the moonlight, amply repaid
me for my tedious walk.
Advancing to Ihe base of the
Tower, I went inside and looked
up. The bell-ropes touched the
sides near the lop aud hung
down close (o the wall. 1 think
that a man looking up from tbe
bottom ol a deep well would have
a very good the appear
ance of the Tower as seen with
in from Hie base, especially if the
well happened to he quite off the
perpendicular.
I began to climb leisurely to
the top, but 1 could not prevent
myself from edging toward the
center as I walked around on. the
leaning side. It seemed to me
that my weight alone would cause
the whole structure to topple
over.
This wonderful Tower is about
thirty feet in diameter at its base,
and is one hundred aud forty-six
feet high.
If any one of my boy readers
should climb the one hundred and
ninety-four steps to the top with
out feeling inclined to hold on to
the higher side and tread very
tightly on the lower side, he
he would have steadier nerves
than ihe "1 L“>siev" Lev who
climbed the Tower that tiight-
The stairs are worn by the tramp
ol miiJious of leel, for lhe curiosity
of people since the year 1874 has
led myriads of them to climb tbe
steps of Ibis remarkable edifice,
to reach tbe place where Galileo
was wont to go to study the heav
eus.
There are in the belfry six
large bells, which are still used.
Uhe largest one is said to weigh
six tons, and is ijpug on the side
opposite the vw>hanging wail,
perhaps to aid in balancing the
Tower, which is twelve feet out
of the perpendicular. I believe
that it is stilf- unsettled whether
its oblique position is the result
of accident or design. The foun
dation is in a low, wet place and,
it is claimed, shows signs of hav
ing sunk mauy feet farther into
ihe earth on one side than Ihe
other. The top story also leans
back perceptioly from the lower
side, as if built to counteract the
sinking of the foundation.
After resting awhile at the top
of the tower, I descended and
walked oyer in the Baptistery.
Its magnificent bronze doors, so
celebrated as works of art, could
be seen to advantage that night
only on (he side on which tbe
moonlfght fell.
Close by the Baptistery stands
the solemn, ancieut Cathedral,
finished in* the same style of
architecture as tbe Tower. It
was the swinging of the ancient
bronze chaudalier in this cathe
dral that suggested to Galileo
the idea ol the pendulum, and
hue originated the mothod of
making time which is used in
some clocks.
1 had almost decided to re
main on the I’laza, and in tbe
vicinity of these three justly cel
ebrated objects,—the Tower, the
Baptistery, and the Cathedral, —
until morning; but 1 had now
become very tired, and the desire
Tor rest and refreshments decided
me to make an effort to find my
hotel. 1 must confess'that this
seemed to me a greater taskthan
finding the Tower. I was in the
situation of the Indian who could
not find his wigwain—he was not
lost, but the wigwam was. I was
nol lost, for I knew where 1 was,
but it was my hotel that was to
be found.
Off I started, however, to tbe
end ot the plaza opposite to thai
1 had entered, and here I found a
wide beautiful street, and pro
ceeding along it for half an hour,
l came to a handsome bridge
over tbe Arno. Upon this bridge
I paused to take bearings, and
presently described the dim out
lines of my old friend, the ruin
ed Cathedral- Following the
street along the river for a few
squares, and turning Hie corner
by the Cathedral, I came once
more to the street on winch stood
the hotel, which finally reache*!
in safely just at daylight, and
received a hearf-y welcome and
many congratulations from the
old landlord.—A. II- Trctageot,
in S(. Nicholas for August.
A Boy’s Lore.
Of all the love affairs in the
world none can surpass the true
love of a big boy for his mother.
It ia a love noble and honorable
in the highest degree to bfitb.
I do not mean merely a dutiful
affection. I mean a love which
makes a boy gallant and cour
teous to itis mother, saying to
everybody plainly that lie is
fairly in love with her. Next to
the love of her husband, nothing
so crowns a woman’s life with
honor as this second love, this
devotion of the son to her. And
1 never knew a bov to "turn out ’
bad who began by" falling in, lore
with Itis.mother.
YOL Til .NO. 26.
Fretemag Fence Pest*.
In building a fenee around our
young orchard, several yean ago,
we tried mauy plans for preserv
ing tbe posts. Marring occasion
lo remove tbe fence Ibic wittier
we noted tbe condition of tbe
posts as follows ; Those sot with
no preparation were decayed so
inch or more io thickness ; those
coated with a thick w sb of time
were better preserved, hot foere
quite seriously attacked by
worms ; those poets coated With
hot tar were perfectly sound ae
when first put in the grownd j
those painted with petrofiuas and
and kerosene were equally sound
and as good as new. In future
we shall treat a!! (rests in tbe To,?
towing manner before setting:
Let the posts get thoroughly dry,
aud then, with a pan of cheap
kerosene and a whitewash brush
give the lower third of the post,
the part to go into tbe ground,
two or three good applications <.f
the oil,
lime. Posts so (rented will not
be troubled by worms or insects
of any kind, but will resist decay
to a remarkable degree. This we
find to be lire simplest, easiest,
cheapest and best method of pm.
ration. —Southern Cultivator.
It has been discovered by
many experiments that tbe true
vray of obtaining the best bhUi
produemg cows is to feed con
stant ly on the best milk-produc
ing food. By keeping up this
policy from generation to gener
ation tbe finest milkers ot tbe
world are obtained.
The question of driving bones
barefoot is being seriouly agita
ted in England, and tbe papers
called upon some pnblic spirited
horse owner to try comparative
experiments of the ordinary ph n
of driving nails into the living
substance of the horse’s hoof, oi
Ihe Chorlier method of usm,.
clamps, and lastly, of the bool in
natural condition. That iron shoes
have been so long nsed does not
necessarily prove them to he in
dispensable, more than in tbe
case of blinders, without which
the last generation scarcely vent
ured to drive at all.
Mak.
This unde contains all of the eh meats
needed to sustain life, io Ur young, and is
one of the simplest in see—Trknfaomoi. if
it fa pan. Its parity depends upon the
health of the producer, sad that largely
upon the quality of the food onion.
If it fa first pure, fa may become other
wise hy carelessness. To keep it jo tins,
made of lead and arsnic, if it In non soar,
especially, fa to endanger the life of the
fhnuty. If uncovered, or io any way ex*
posed to fresh paint, or to flith or pofauu
in aay font, it soon becomes oflhotcd hy
absorption, since water sod ail liquid
containing fa are grand pttrWqraof the air,
quids. Never keep milk In • newly
pinned pantry—only water, and that to be
thrown out.
Chemistry,
Same time since the doctor of Ufa muse
um was granted leave to provide himself
he might malm sorer experiments gar tbe
benefit o( the ctah. Using mm ashed
upon to report progress, he cap w- for wadi
with hfa first experiment. Taking up an
egg, be exclaimed its proportion* of Hme,
albumen red sugar, and broke it krto a tin
disk. He then poarad to a gWof whisky,
and explained that whhhy was tto juice of
com and wo* principally used So tarn op
system
and produce pleasant dreams. Be granted
in a tittle mrtroex, and the
ums coidn’t grow in this country mi ac
count ot the weather footing around so
much. Milk to added without comment,
and the mixture well shaken red paused
oat in a tumbler and banded to Brother
Gardner. He gulped it all down with ovfa
Deuce retfah, and remarked that he shoo Id
hereafter rucruntgr chemhtry with ail his