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E.CI f.‘ 1 6JLEMAN. Eiitors and Proprietors. Iw TO>fJJA;Y CWRIER —, ■ ~tr- - jetkY THURSDAY Mt? U JBBggpJJJ yg**! cm r*. v*' arsa* * * M- w-em. Mv • ) ■ —.— ’ B the Court House, .jqt -^jaEMTIiBECfOBI , sr -*• —' TOWN COUNCIL. ?****> Ihtendaut J 4fe *9Wk>n, ) vAMhbor r Commissioners, ~s* ¥■ Marshal <*s OOTOTY OFFICERS. J. C. Allen, Ordinary. _T. W Superior Court. Tajc Receiver. # JgqfNgjMf. Ttt Collector. " JTffiiw m. vVest, Surveyor. W. F. Hill. School Commissioner. Board'of Education meets *MgiW the lat Tuesday in January, Sunday and Saturday before, !>v KeCn. D. Eliitfgto® ' M r sth Sunday,Tty l . B-oZ. Roberta, Treasurer, w ..-*■. S. P. Garren, Tyler. 1 T. Sr ore toy? -* fjjj® M. M. StSSIOBS, attorney at Law. by permission to Solicitor Gen. Heo. F Gabejyaud Hon. < has. D.Phil - 8! *4 Marietta.. Will practice in the aqd North Eastern circuits. ia my motto. [B-21 if. ’X % HENLEY, 'ATTORNEY AT LAW. 1 . w Yhe Shperior Court of f . H |e .®lue'KidgeUircuit. Promptatten %Cion to'aU business intrusted to hi* care. u l-l' T? T T> fbr working people. [XI Jy4 XJ r Send 10cents postage and we Will mail yon free, a royal, valu •abie sample'!*).* -of' goods that will put *'yWt-ifflh'e-way'Oi making more money ;*tn A'few dayß thah you ever thought po any business. Capital • not re . quired. You can live at home and work in spare tinmonly, or all the time. Ail of both sexes, of all ages, grandlv suc ► •ceefiafcil. sft cents to $5 easily earn and evening. - That all who want work may- test thd busfine.-s, we make this un paramled^f*: To all who are not well • s&trjfied.wfc .will *send $1 to pay for the ••trOWe of writing us. Full particulars; * lurieptions, etc. sent free. Immense pay .absolutely sure for all who start at once. Tten’t delay. Address Stinson & Cos. . Portland, Maine. ’ •" A PP T y IT' Send six cents /A J-hJL M__i Hi for postage, and • I2£? 1 7?,.* r ® e a c °stly box of goods, which • nelp you'to more money right away i any thing else in this world. All of - ; er * ex ’ • s l from first hour. The : "rwsd topil to fortune opens before the T** • .T-e abaotately sure, At once ad ; drfts -True& Cos., Augusta, Maine. Hightower House. OPENS MAY Ist, 1885. Learning of the probable growth of Ellijay and the demand for a First-Class Hotel, I -made up my mind to try my hand in thfs section of the State. 1 have been engaged in the hotel business a number of years and delight in furnishing my guests first-class accommodations at reas onable rates, as numerous persons will testify. Next doer to Cobb & Son’s store. Livery and Feed Stable run in connection with hotel. 4-30 lyl D. N. Hightower. DR. J. R. JOHNSON, Tenders his Professional services to the people of Gilmer aud adjacent counties in the PRACTICE OF lEDICIIE AlfD SURGERY. Alt ; 4calls. promptly attended to, day or rngjitj. Office- Northwest comer of the Public Square. - [ll-27 ’B4 tf. RUFE WALDO THORNTON, D.D.S. OA. W!H vigil Ellijay and Morganton at botbPfchd'ispring and Pall , term of the Supeftot’ Court —and oftener by special cotttbScts when sufficient work is guai*- anthca to justify me in making the visit. Adaresa as above. [may2l-ly Vt^TIAT-.more money than at auy ff *' thing else by taking an agemfy*<fqr'the.hfst-srHing book out. Be gintfm succeed grsndly. None fail. TerßWtfePallet Boo* Cos., Portland; <U'“ WUindted—A pump. Fair of pointers—The porcupine. ArtffHfeble nation—Vaccination. High time—That kept by a town clocl V ’h j'""' Thbre at less! fifty new building* now under of couatruction at Key West, the ellijay courier (From tAe Chicago Udpr,] WILD NAN; Tta Outcast Secret! O O A GREAT CHICAGO STORY* O p.—AM-„-r b* toteLboir j. cobb, Author of “At Her Mercy,” “The Loro ol Her Life,” "The Hanseled Hand’’ “The Telegraph Detective,” “The Stolen Bridegroom,” Etc, Etc. o o CHAPTER XVH. SHOWING HER nAND; en met Nan as Leslie led her froiri the apartment where Edith Was imprisoned, and motioning hi the mechanic to leave them aibnb, drew her to one 6ide. “Nan,” he said, assuming a serious, con fidential tone, “yon are somewhat surprised to see your friend Edith here." The wanderer looked up with a vacant expression on her dark face. “Why should I be?" she asked, “her father knows best.” “Yes, Nab; that is it. Yok see Edith iw In trouble, and so is her hither. They have to hide away from wicked men. Would you help them if yon could#” "I?” repeated Nan, in affected wonder. “Yes, Nan; yon.” “How can 1 do that?” “By keeping silent about what you have seen. How would y.ou like to leave here, Nan? to go away across the ocean, away from the big, bad city, and the plaoe where —where ” He faltered. She had slowly raised her eyes to his face, Glowing from Curiosity to intelligence, from intelligence to an in tensity tbit thrilled him; those ejres held him speechless under the thrall of some inexplicable expression in Her glanoe. “Where? what?” she demanded, sharply, “Where your father was—killed.* He mistook the fierce maniacal light which flamed in her face for a memory ol the past. It died away so quickly that He never Suspected how nearly the wanderer had come to betraying herself. “To leave here," she murmured. “Togo with Mr. Leslie aud ” “Yes, Nan, and something more,* “What is that?” “Tb have money, and jewels, and fine dresses, and a pleasant home.” If the delight which danced in her eyes was simulated, she was capable of the most perfect acting. “—* J * “I would like to do that;” she said, eagerly. “Yhu shall, Nan, if you will be discreet and say nothing to anybody about our se crets. ” “When?” “In a day or IWo. You must return now to Where you found me last night, and if you see Mrs. Leslie, keep quietabout Edith.’ 1 “I want to go to the qUarrjr first, ” said the wanderer. “What for?” “To bid my friends goOd-by.” “No, no. Nan,” cried Warren, in some alarm. “You must not tell anybody you are going.*' The girl laughed gleefully. “Oh, I did not mean the people. “What then?” “The rocks nnd the waters, and the grass and the birds. ” “Well, then, return soon,” replied War ren, satisfied from her words that what Leslie believed of her demented mind was warranted by her conduct and conversation. She hurried from the old water-side house, humming a carping air, leaving Warren and Leslie engaged m confidential conversation. Once clear of the place, and'past a pos sible range of vision from the structure, she changed her careless walk to a fast gait, and the simple, vacant face became singularly resolute and serious. There was a little park in her course, and she entered it, sought a sequestered seat, and became absorbed in a fit of the deepest meditation. She sat silently engrossed in the most profound thought for some time. The mo bile features were susceptible of expressing a rare depth of emotion and sentiment lit tle suspected by Elmer Warren. As if revolving in her mind all the details of the subject which interested her, the wanderer seemed at last to have arrived at a definite conclusion of her future course. “A mystery cleared, a single clow to prove,” she murmured, as she rose and lett the place at a rapid gait. “The case will soon he ready—justice and revenge com plete.” • She glanced searchingly around her as she gained a street given over to merchants who dealt in second-hand clothing. Whatever her plans, they evidently in volved a visit to one of these establish lishments, for she scanned the interior and exterior of the various stores as she passed them, dually entering one of them. The. proprietor regarded her illy clad ■figure distrustfully, but, as she took a poeketbook from the bosom of her dress and removed from it several bills, his man ner' became more attentive and com plaisant “Yon wish to buy some clothing?” he asked, insinuatingly. u Yes. “For yourself?” “For myself; but, for all that, male attire. Plainly, I wish to obtain a disguise, and am wilting to pay you for the trouble of fitting me out properly. ” Her purchases made, a visit to the little back apartment of the store to arrange her new garments consumed quite a little time. When at last she reappeared, the bundle fit her former apparel under her arm, even the storekeeper started at the strange change in her appearance. Metamorposed into a presentable young man. Wild Nan’s tawny face and short, curly hair did not betray her real gad the merchant s surprised eyes told her ttuq she need have no four of being recognized in her real identity. She left the store And repaired to a dis tant portion of the same street Disap pearing in a large public building, she soon returned to the street, having left her bun dle in some room of the place, i -OtjJy 90fi dew," she murmuredM (fee “A. Map of Busy Life—lts Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns.” ELLIJAY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1885. left the spot, “except what I suspect, what I know. The place—the Alhambra." The name suggested a rathet precarious mission, for the piece mentioned was a Saloon and lodging house, located in the very worst portion of the city, and fre quented by Ovanes and gamblers of the lowest description. But when she leached the place she did hot hesitate to enter it. She paid no at tention to the curious, staring loungers, but advanced to the bar, threw down a sil ver piece, called for a glass of wine, insist ed on the bartender dxinkilig with her, and then asked in a low, cautious tone of Voice: "Is Rivers herS?" The man started and regarded her susv picionsly. “Do you know him? Are you a friend of his?” he asked quickly. “Yes.” The man hesitated, but finally said in reply: See here, stranger, if you’re one of the boys, all right If not, and you are acting for Ihe police, take care, for your life is in danger. “I have some news for Rivers, which will please him;” Replied thb disguised wan derer. “He needs it bad enough, for he is in hard luck, ’’ replied the bartender. “Up those stairs, the last door back, knock three times, for Rivers is wanted, and he’s prepared himself to fight if the police trv to nab him. ” Nan proceeded in the direction indicted by the bartender, up the stairs as he had. oeen directed, and gave the triple knock. A gruff voice asked; “Who’s there?” “A friend,” The doo# was unlocked, and a pair of fierce, suspicious eyes regarded Nan in quiringly. . “What do yttu want?” their possessor demanded. “Business,” “Who are yon?” “An old friend.” “I don’t recognize yotl. “Never mind about that. 1 came from Elmer Warrea.” The words acted like a charm on the man. His fnce grew eager and aiixious, and he admitted his visitor without farther ques* ncming. As she sank into n seat ho con fronted hex With an excited face. “Did he send the money?" he inquired eagerly;’’ "No.” A coarse oath broke from the man’s lips. “What did he send you fer then?” “He didn't Send me.” So peculiar was Nan’s voice, so calm yet repressive her manner, that at this open ontradictiofl of her first Statement Rivers inrtcd back, and his band rested on the lilt of -a knife at his belt. “ What does this mean?” he demanded, with a quick glauce at the door. “A trap?" “What then? Come stranger, no enig nas. n yotrre TSIBJIH g a gmi6, ot vriTff t.” “I am playing no game,” replied Naifcf mietly. “Elmer Warren did not ectui yiip, ilmor Warren does not intend to send any >n6 to yoti, for he is about to leave the sity. ” Rivers started violently. “And leave me here, his old pal, without t dollar to help himself With?” “Yes.” “He’s a cursed coward.” “I know it, and having a little interest in lim myself, I came to show you a way to et the money you need—more, to tell yon fa scheme in whioh he expects to make a ortune.” Rivers’ eyes gleamed expectantly. “You can do this?” he asked, excitedly. “Yes, if you and I can deal together, We may make a cool ten thousand dollars. ” The man's face grew avariciously anxions, but it fell as he said: “What interest have yon in this affair?” “Money, perhaps,” replied Nan,promptly. “You know Elmer Warren?” Bhe laughed sardonically. *‘l should say so. He’s treated me as he reals you—as he treats all liis friends, with reachery and contempt. ” The words seemed to inspire Rivers with confidence in his visitor. “You have a plan, you say,” he began. “To get money out of Warren? Yes," interapted Nan. “And that is ” “To blackmail onr careless friend ns he has blackmailed others. A secret is a valu able commodity just now if it would pre vent Warren from putting a certain pel scheme,of his into execul on. That secre f hold, hi part, myself. If yon hold th balance as I believe you do, our fortune i aeeured.” “I hold it?” repeated Rivers, vaguely. “Yes, our success depends npon one thing.” “And that is ” , She leaned toward him, her eyes flashing as she replied: “How muck you know concerning JohD Osgood, murdered two years ago by Elmer Warren.* xvm. BEATRICE. At hearing the startling words of Horr'dis guised girl, the man Rivers drew back with a peculiar aspect of face. But duplicity and the concealment of emotions in a cause worthy the same had made the girl proficient in her assumptions, and her open, frank eyes disarmed the sud denly nwakened suspicions of the former accomplice of Elmer Wurren. She supplemented and strengthened her stated position by speaking quickly. “You and I need fear no traps from each other, for if you do not come in with me I will act alone.” “You speak of a crime,” said.fbsftnan, hesitatingly. “How did you learn of it?” “It does not matter. I know that two yearn since Elmer Warren murdered John Osgood, and yon know it, too.” Adroit knave that the hunted criminal was, he parried a direct thrust. "I!” he repeated. “How should I know it?” “Because you were there the night it oc curred." She had bent forward and hoarsely whis. pared the word* in- his ear. Never for a moment did she allow the mau to dream that she was 'drawing him out She knew so little in reality, outside of a a *Ajau note she had found in the |sHiket of a cow thrown down carelessly by Warren at n ,.\v borne, and written by tbs mtui Rivers, demanding money, that she trembed wheu she feared that Risers ni ’Wt “ifeat her plans by avoiding had efforts to 'h* kuowfahi^fi^ifll from him. He started violently when she charged him. thus indirectly with complicity in the erim.-_ , “Suppose I was,” he mattered, “I had no hand in the killing affair.” * “And in that lie* your chance of safety," mid Nan quickly. ' “You and I must deal noqbatiy- the end, money. What! you hesitate for fidelity to Elmer War reu, a man who would belra.v you to-mor row if it would further his intmests." The eyes of the other gleamed murder oushr. “Would he do that?” he hissed. “Has he answered your nflto, in which rou threatened exposure of his crimes un less he sent you money? T)id you get that money? No; with a fortune almost within his reach, he conuts on flying, leaving you penniless; perhaps he even meditates be traying you to the police ere he goes. ” “He oaonot,” cried Rivers, worked up to <hp highest pitch of excitement by Wild $r v's words, and pacing the floor rapidly t-Why hot?" “Becauso, my only serious crime was in accompanying him the night of the murder hear the quarry. But he did it; not I.” Nan’s eyes g’owed like twp living coals bf tire, her breath radio quickly. “Suppose he swears you did it?” . Tlie mrin paused in his walk and cast a look of low cunu<ng and secret triumph on Nan, “Lot him Iry it!” he cried. ? T am man's fool! ' The bight the deed was do.. I watched outside—l had no hand in the crimp, but when I found he had killed his manif-*—-" The intensity of anxious suspense was in Nans eyes as she endeavored to hasten the dißdfesures df her companion. Z , T''provided myself with a safeguard agaight exigencies.” “Aysafeguard!” repeated Nan, breath “leß. 1 ' “What do you mean?” "IWat when we got to dtit room, and he divided the money unequally, when 1 de manded and he threatened, I quietly pro vided rnyse f with proofs of his part in the crime ” T'Vbofs!-’ The words were almost gasped from the disguised girl’s anxions lips, so intense in their.oxpression of eagerness and excite menuluit Rivere regarded her somewhat started. “Yes," hfl said, simply; “those proofs I have^urw—evidences which, old as the case is, he'oannot deny.” “What ate they?” *j Ths man’s lips closed firmly “ That’s my secret, ” he replied. “But in what shape?” ‘‘ln shape enough to Convict Elmor War ren, never fear,” replied the other. “Lei me bof onoe go to the police, who are now looking for me for a trivial crime, and fur nish them with the knife with which John Osgwl was murdered, the envelope which fontidued hi money, andi sustain the addition to all this, SftffiLrf'Tvic given immunity from arresi I v wi* rtir l*®* that the mnn was 1 il ‘bed to speak further concerning liis secret. She had ascertained enough al ready, and arose to leave the place, “I am going,” she said. “And your proposition?” “I will carry out. Listen to me. I know where Elmer Warren is. I can secure hit confidence and deceive him. If I come to you to-day, to-morrow, a week hence, and 101 l you that a bold threat mnde by you will fan us n large amount of money, will you Unhesitatingly follow my directions?” “Yes,” cried Rivers, eagerly. “Then remain here patiently till I see you rgnin.” ■ She left the rootn bofore Rivers could nuestion her more. She descended the Stairs, reached the stroot, and left the place by mnny turns and windings, to evade any spy who might be sent on her trail. “The proofs at last,” her lips repeated, os she gained a retired street. “There is no need of carrying out my plans before ar ranged, to delude Elmer Warren to an in terview with this mnn and secure his tacit confession of his guilt lTy overhearing with o witness the secret Rivers might draw from Ids lips. No, Rivers holds that secret al ready, and he will speak when the time comes. As for myself, (he field is clear now. With a firm resolve I start out to avenge my father’s -murder, and to rescue the Percival lortune from these iniquitous villains at one fell blow.” They had called her “Wild Nan.” The intelligence which gleamed in her bright, thoughtful eyes belied every past insinua tion of mental blindness. If Elmer Warren or Reuben Leslie could but have read what was passing in her mind at that moment they would have shuddered at tho power she secretly held over their unsuspecting selves. For if a love of solitude and the memo ries of a terrible crime witnessed by her in tho past had driven tho wanderer to an er ratic life and made of her a child of nature, wild and wayward, never had the lost its balance. " * hen Elmer Warren l—* appeared upon thftscene at tt>- out works ad the latent en ergy -aft Hie wanderer’s mind had been called ditto requisition, and she had become im bued with anew purpose in life—to avenge her father's cruel fate, to bring to justice the red-handed murderer of Johq Osgood. The girl made no rash denunciation of the assassin she had recognized in the per son of Elmer Warren. Bhe knew the depths of cunning and ingenuity to which he would descend to carry out his criminal designs, and with an unerriug instil ct she adopted the same crafty methods of pro cedure, confident that she would yet attain the end she so longed to reach. When anew element of interest- in the case, Edith Leslie, had met with snch cruel wrongs at the hands of her inhuman foes, Wild Nan did not forget the friendless girl. Her heart going out to a crushed, dosolate creature in distress like herself, she re solved to rescue her from the power of her enemies; but she never told Edith Leslie all she knew. In the culminating scene at the works, in which Percy Sherwood was struck down by the assassin’s knife, she foresaw still deep er complications in the case unless she act ed promptly. It was her hand which di rected a heavy missile through the gloss door, overthrowing tbo lamp and leaving the apartment in darkness, to carry out hei plan to rescue Edith. Then, when she had removed tho distracted wife to the outside of the old works, she had rotumed to carry out a portion tho result of And that husband, recovered from hie wound, but, remaining in hiding for some mysterious reason, was directing all the ac tions of Wild,Nan. He had at least sup plied her with sufficient means to carry oul their plans, and sufficient information bear ing on other subjects to enable her to pro ceed intelligently and promptly. For as if from a thorough knowledge ol the place the disguised girl found no diffi culty in ascertaining the location of the house, toward which she now bent hei footsteps—the cottage where Beatrice Ave nal resided, the cen.ral point in the dark schemes of Elmer Warren, from which had diverged so #any singular and complicated trails i t She rang fire door-bell and answered the inquiring look of the servant replying to her summons by saving simply: ■ “I wish to sec Mrs. Ward. ” The servant glanced sharply at her and hesitated ere she admitted a stranger, evi dently .acting under instructions previously reoeive'd. She did not leave the door, but called the name of her mistress within tbe hall, and retired as Mrs. Ward oamo to the door. Nan bowed conrteonsly.and drew a lettei from a pocket, handing it to her hostess. The latter seemed to lie familiar with the handwriting, for she flushed excitedly and opened the door for Nan to enter, ushering her into the then proceeding to open the missive, murmuring the words: “From Mr. Sherwood?" “Yes, madam,” replied Nan; “it was writ ten a day siuce, hut this was my first op. portunity to present it." ‘- *-•* The matron stalled . slightly as she S erased the epistle, and then looked up at fan quickly, suspiciously. “You say you received this note from Mr. Sherwood?” she asked. “Yes, madam.” “And you are aware of its contents?" “Perfectly, for I dictated the note. If rends that Mr. Shot-wood is in sickness and trouble and he dcpllti7.es iue to see you ia regard to a matter of vital importance, in which he nsks 3ou to earnestly co-operati with me.” [TO lIE CONTINUED.] How to Roast Beef. Have'ribs of prime beef, prepared by the butcher for roasting, all the bones being taken out if it is desired to oarve a clean slice from the top; secure it in place with stont twine; do not use skewers, as the boles they make permit the meat juice to escape; lay it in the dripping pan on the following vegetables cut in small pitioes: One small onion, half a oarrot, half a turnip, three Bprigs of parsley, one sprig of thyme and three bay leaves; do not put any water in the pan; its temperature cannot rise to a degree equal in heat to that of the fat outside of the beef, asd eauuot assist in its cooking, but only lowers the tem perature of tho meat whero it touches it, apttens the surface and extracts the jnioe. Do not season it until the snr face is partly carbonized by the heat, as salt applied to tbe out fibres draws out their juices. When entirely done, which will be in from fifteen to twenty minutes for each pound of beef, the joint should be kept hot until served, but should be served as soon as possible, to be good. When gravy is made, half a pint of hot water should be put into the dripping pan after the vegetables- have been re moved, and the gravy should be boiled briskly for a few minutes until it is thick enough, and seasoned to suit the palate of the family; some persons thicken it with a teaspoonful of flour, which should be mixed with a gill of cold water before it is stirred into the gravy. Tbe above are Julia Corson’s directions for roasting beet * Freedom of the Press. A couple of Indian warriors in Arizona got drunk. Their hearts became “bail,” as an Indian’s heart usually does when he imbibes too much fire water. These Indians aimed to strike a death blow at civilization by cleaning out a local news paper office. The two copper-colored gentlemen were named respectively Gee up Charlie aud Short Pants. The edi tor of the paper deoribes his interview with the children of the forest in the following impressive style: “At first they had the ail vantage, Short Pants having hit ns a terrible blow in the stomach, which tempo rarily knocked the wind out of ns. Bnt we soon rallied, and by pieing two forms on Gee-up Charlie’s head ®mni nated him from the battle. Tuon, by manoeuvring' ’ we kept Mwwt Pants from udhug tk .„*fn until we got tr Me door, when wo called to A1 Blodget to help us, which ke did. The red men are now in jail, where they will have a chance to sober up. Our loss was about $4.75.” Stopped to Hear a Story. Two strangers passing Rowland Hill’s church one day, entered, walked np the aisle, wad finding no seat, stood for a while and lisw, fi( j to the sermon. Pres ently they turned w walk out. "Before they reached the door thepreacher said: “But I will tell you a story.” This of course arrested the strangers, and they paused, turned again, and listened. “Once there was a man,” 6aid the preacher, ‘ 'who said that if he had all the axes in the world made into one great ax, an 4 all the .trees in the world made into one tree, and he conld wield the ax and cut Sown the tree, he would make it into one.great whip to thrash those ungodly mn who turn their backs on the gospel and stop to hear a story.” Methodists in Australia, —The Meth odists promise to win a success in Aus tralia similar to that which they have won in these United States. In Sidney they have a grand children's demon stration in the old exhibition building.. The Sidney district alone ministers, 134 local preacUwt’yJß leaders, "'X’ l churcl^jj VOL X. NO. 28. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.' Weather vanes illuminated by elec tricity, so as to be visible at night, have been suggested. C. F. Im Thnrtn, tho German explorer of British Guiana, in climbing Mount Roraima, found, at a height of 5,090 feet above the sea-level, a garden of orchids. It has been discovered that the faaum tree from the bark of which quinine fc obtained furnishes no quinine except 1n malarial regions. If (he tree is plain ted in a malarial region it will produce qui nine. If it is planted in a non-malarial re gion it will flourish, but will Pot pro duce quinine. It is therefore claimed that quinine is simply malarial poison drawn from the soil and stored up by the tree. : **' The antiquity of trade-marks has bars traced by a contemporary to be aimosi coeval with the industry of the hulhao race. It has been found that ancidhl Babylon had proporty symbols, aad th Chinese declare that they had trade marks 1,000 years before Christ. Guten burg, the inventor of printing, won 1 lawsuit about a trade-mark, and tbe us of a distinguishing stamp was recognized by the English parliament in 1800. Mother-of-pearl, of which ornamental buttons, buckles, fan sticks, card case* aud other fancy articles are made, is th principal production of Tahiti, and make* a commerce variously estimated between $20,000 and SIOO,OOO a year. The la goons in which the oysters producing this material are found are growing poorer every day, and unless protective measures are adopted, they will be im poverished, if not ruined, in a few jeum There is no record of the distance from shore at which divers have gone down in the Atlantic ocean. They can go down to certain depths at any part bi the ocean. As long ago as 1869, E. P. Harrington, of Westfield, N. Y., went down 170 feet aud recovered the iron safe of the steamor Atlantic, sunk in Lake Erie the year before. He wa< dressed in a common diver's suit, and remained down eleven minutes. A re cent French invention enables men ta descend over 800 feet. Tbe peculiar acid which exude# from the pores of tho body acts directly upon leather, and takes the “life” out, render ing it stiff and hard. In a pair of shoes recently returned to a prominent manu facture the uppers wore moist with sweat, the soles dry. The kid leather, when it hardened, was so brittle that could be torn and cracked like paper. The destruction was caused by perspira tion of the feet. New shots from the same maker and of the saw material were perfectly sound and flrmr^*" Professor Riley states that “insects probably outnumber in species all other animats combined, and that some three hundred and fifty thousand species have already been described, and full as many more remain to be characterized.” It has ofton been asserted by naturalist? that tho proportion of species of insects to plants is about five to one, and, as considerably more than one hundred thousand plants have been described, it •is quite probable that Professor Riley's estimate is not far out of the way. It must not, however, be supposed that the insect enemies of plants are equally distributed, and that each has just five and no more, for Professor LintnS*, State entomologist of New York, records no less than one hundred and seventy six different species of insects affecting the apple. Cultivated plants useful tp man appear to have more insect enemies than those of little or no economic value. — Jfoio York Sun. Flesli of Wild aud Domestic Animals. An amateur writer on gs*tronomL matters avers that the of yong animals digests quicker ****** that ot ma ture ones. If the fact, the world has been mucVn error about veaj. He goes on to sav; ‘‘The flesh of wild birds is more ten than that of domes ticated ones This is aarounted for by the greater ****>unt of exercise they take, thereby rawing their flesh mote rapid ly, at’ *' making it younger than that of pAds which live a more pilet life.” II exercise is what does it, tnere must be a strange perversity in old game cocks trained for the pit, that makes them per sist in becoming as tough as bunches of fiddlo-strings, and hard as clock- woTks. No birds have more systematic exercise than they, but, it- all does not make ‘them tender as a young capon. And ex ercise doesnlt seem to improve the jack rabbit of the plains. He roams airily over a hundred miles, more or less, to pick up, bit by bit, the fragments of his daily grub, but gets so tough at it that he makes the coyote a-weary that seeks to eat him. Rut the jack-Tablet’s tame cousin, however old, is almost as tender as a frog. —New Yori Coot. Keeping Rooms CoL A cool place should never be venti lated, unless the ait-admitted is cooler than the air within, or is at least as cool as that. The warmer the air the more moisture it.lmlds in suspension. Neces sarily, the cooler the air, the more this moisture is condensed and precipitated. When a cool cellar is awed on.a warm day, the entering air being in motion ap pears cool; but as it flllAthe cellar, the’ cooler air with which %4>ecomes mixed chills it. the moisture is condensed, and dew is deposited on the cold walls, and may often be seen running down them in streams. To avoid this the windows 1 should only be opened at uigW, And late i -the last thing before retiring. 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