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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO. Subscription Rates t •" T * r Bix mouths ee •••*— ••••••.... 1.00 Thre* Month* Jto Term* Ca*k in Advomm. PoiitiT*l j no paper sent until th xnoQey U paid. Nottu. trirrn each ■ubecrlber two week* before the expiration of hi* time, and If rabacrlptlon i* not TWtem r-d, the paper 1* at onoe dloontinned. peraon who will end n* the name* of fir* ***** *nb*crlber*, with $lO ca*h t will be entitled to D<; JyearHi nbcrlptlon fr**. No dab rate*. The Endless Procession. Down the vista of the ages, Saints and sinners, tools and sages, Marching onward, slow and solemn, Go, in never-ending polumn; Here the honest, here die knave; With a rhythmic step sublime, To the grave. Like the rolling ot a river, Going on and on lorever, • Never resting, never staying, Never for an instant straying, Peer and peasant, lord and slave, Equals soon to mix and Tningle In the grave. Duty cannot, nor can pleasure, For a moment break the measure; They are marching on to doom, 'They are moving to the tomb, All the coward, all the brave, Soon to level all distinction In the grave. Since the morning oi creation, Without break or termination, Ever on the line is moving, Ail the loved amj all the loving, All that mothers ever gave— On to silence and to slumber In the grave. Here no bribe the bond can weaken, Here no substitute is taken; Each one lor himself- no other, Son or father; no, nor brother; Love the purest cannot save; Each alone the roll must answer At the grave. Who commands the dread procession That shall know no retrogression ? Who can be the great director ? Ha' that grim and silent specter, Him that sin to Satan gave; Death, the mighty king and terror, And the grave. Frank J. Otturson. How Pottridge Spoilt His Luck. Mr. Thomas Pottridge, of Small hornugh, had been renowned in his na tive town for his constant run of luek, so that at the age of forty he was reck oned the “ warmest” man there —an al derman who had been twice mayor of his city, a church warden and a very popular character among the fair sex by reason of his being a bachelor. One or two things more only were wanted to complete his happiness—namely, a good wife, a nice little estate in the country, and the honor of knighthood. Mr. Pottridge wished to become Sir Thomas Pottridge. Having long cherished this idea, and resolved, indeed, that he would not propose for the handed' pretty Miss Lucy Dolt, the banker’s daughter, until he could make hern ladyship, Mr. Pott ridge ended by thinking that he could best secure his object by causing him self lo be le-eleeted mayor, and arrang ing if possible that 11. it. 11. tin* Prince ol Wales should pay a visit to Small borough during the term of 11is ollice. Intent upon this scheme, Mr. Pottridge came 1151 to town to call upon Lord llcaconstield. Lord Beavonstield heark ened kindly to the grocer’s prayer. .Simillhorough was about to inaugurate some public baths, the first establish ment of the kind ever seen in the town, and nothing could be more suitable than that the heir to the throne should pre side over the ceremonial. “Truly.” said the Premier politely, when he had heard the alderman speak, “the cleanli ness of the people must always be a mat ter ol interesting concern to those who are brought into relations with them. 1 sha.lt be happy to take her majesty’s commands on the —ahem! —public spiri ted proposal which you have laid before me.” “If you can manage it, my lord, I .should he glad if the visit could take place some time after the 9tli of Novem ber next, tor I shall be mayor then and able to se e that the reception given is a proper one.” *• Ah, quite so!” answered Lord Bea consfleld, dropping his eyeglass, for he had studied Mr. I’ottridge through and knew the man by heart. Leaving Whitehall, Mr. Pottridge sauntered toward Regent street, and as he walked along life seemed rosy to him because of Miss l)ott. lie began to stare into the shop windows, admiring pretty things which he was tempted to buy for his love. lie was turning over this fancy and fumbling wistfully at the pocket where the check-book lay when suddenly he beheld through the window a curious sight. An elegantly dressed lady wqs seated at the counter examining pieces of Brussels lace. The shopman averted his head for an instant and she deftly whipped up a yard of the costly texture and transferred it to her pocket. The shopman spread over the counter a number of square tint boxes containing cambric handkerchiefs and once more turned away. Again the lady’s deft hand went to work and a couple of handkerchiefs found their way under her cloak. “Now that woman must have capacious pockets- soliloquized the astonished Mr. Potlrmge. " She's a cunning thief, anyhow, and I’ll just step in and warn the linn.” lb- lushated a moment and whilst he hovered about the doorway the lady came out escorted by an obsequious commissionaire with medals on his breast. A footman, one of a row bask- j ing on a bench like oysters, rose and signaled to the eoaelunan of a hand somely appointed brougham, who at once drove forward. Evidently this lady was not an ordinary thief. She was a tall, dark person of about thirty, superbly dressed and very handsome. Perceiving Mr. Pottridge and seeing his glance fixed on hern- she waited for her carriage site eyed him with aristocratic supercilious!!e-s and thereby settled her fate, for Sma !borough's alderman, who could not brook the disdain of a shop lifter. hurried into the mercer's and ex plained what had happened, sneaking in so excited a voice that a number of customers hoard him. Great commotion was caused by his announcement, and the shopman who had served her was quickly tired by the idea that he had let himself be outwitted. Parting out of the shop he accosted the thief as she was stepping into her car riage and said: “Will you come back. .ou please? There is seme mistake.” “ What mistake 0 " ask. and she, turning round with a flash in her eyes. But she grew ashy pale. • “Come back, please.” repeated the shopman, a pushing young man, whose voice broke from emotion. A small crowd had already collected ml the lady was obliged to ret nice her steps; but as she was about to enter the shop she slipped her hand into her pocket and let a piece of lace fall on to the pavement. " No.ma'am, that won't do.” cried Mr. Pottridge, seizing the thiet's wrist. "You're going to pre tend those things fell by accident into the folds of your dress; we know that trick.” And officiously acting as searcher he plunged bis hand into the pocket despite the lady's struggles and drew out a second piece of lace, three cambric handkerchiefs, twopairt of new glove- me pair ot silk stockings and a lady's.- k cravat. " Well. I never!" ex claimed the pushing shopman, and there was a murmur among the by standers, including the lady's own foot man, who looked like a powdered figure of const ernat n. “ llow dare you. screamed the lady, urple with rage ad mortification, as she glared at Mr. 1 •ttridge; “ I'll prose cute you for assault. I told the shop man ' h.-re that 1 meant to buy these things. Let the bill be sent to my ad dre-s; I’m Mrs. Pouneeforth-Keane.” •• I dessay.” resumed the shopman, “ but I'm going to give you into cus tody;’' ana running to the door, he Oglethorpe Echo. By T. L. GANTT. [beckoned to a blue-coated member of ; the force. One of the partners of the firm, a gray, civil-spoken man, who had been summoned from his study, now came I forward; and he was at first disposed Ito rebuke the haste of his shopman, : but it was too late. The policeman had already entered, and all the shopmen and shop-girls, the customers and the desultory people crowding around the door, were instant in chorusing that the thief should be made an example of. Mrs. Pounceforth-Keane, seeing plftdic opinion so dead against her, uttered a howl, and fell sw'ooning to the floor. “Never mind that, we’ll soon rouse her,” said the policeman, facetiously, for lie did not yet know that lie had to deal with a lady who kept a brougham. “The magistrate is sitting now at Marlborough street; we’ll just go there at once and have her charged.” This arrangement was acceded to, and in a few minutes the lady and the policeman (who had got abashed by this time from finding himself seated on the silk cushions of a carriage) were riding to the police couit in Mrs. Pouneeforth- Keane’s own vehicle, while Mr. Pot tridge, the shopman and the mercer fol lowed on foot to give evidence. **** One would think that in a case where the offence was flagrant and the testi mony so clear the magistrate might have sentenced the defendant straight off to six months’ imprisonment, and in deed, had the thief been a person of the lower ordeis, it would probably have been her fate to be convicted summarily. But it turned out that Pounceforth- Keane was the real name of U’e elegant shoplifter, whose husband was a person moving, as reporters say, “in the best ranks of society.” Mr. Pounceforth- Keane was sent for, and arrived breath less in a hansom from one of the best clubs in Pall Mall. At the sight ofliim his wife, who had been locked up for an hour in a police cell, wept profusely, and Mr. P. K, was himself much agitated. He asked for a remand, and tendered bail, saying he should produce medical evidence to the effect that his wife had lately suffered severely in health. The magistrate, a timid man, who had !gown-up daughters to marry, and was terribly afraid of society—stammered out something like an apology, and readily acceded to the application for bail. So very soon Mrs. Pounceforth-Keane tot tered out of 'court weeping like a victim, j on her husband’s arm; and Mr. Pottridge walked away with the shopman and the civil-spoken mercer. All three were crestfallen, as if they had committed a blunder. “This will be a very bad affair for me,” grumbled the mercer. “ I would have lost a hundred yards of . lace sooi.er than appear in court against a lady like this.” “ Well, hut she’s a thief,” cried Mr. Pottridge, rousing himself and speaking wit Inspirit. “What harm can she or her friends do you?” “ Are you quite sure you saw her steal the things?” asked the mercer, gloomily, “ Besides, supposing she did put them in her pocket, she says that she told my shopman to send her the hill.” “I’m hanged if she did,” ejaculated the shopman, indignantly. “ Silence, sir,”j answered the mercer, with a stern frown. If this he really a case of theft you are self-condemned, for ; you ought to have kept your eyes about | you. For some time pas* I have noticed that you have been very negligent in 1 business.” The shopman collapsed; as for Mr. j Pottridge, lie trudged hack to his hotel, j feeling half inclined to go and ask Lord Beaconstield what he ought to do. The ease had been adjourned for a week, so ! lie traveled back to Smallborougli in the ; evening, and by the time he reached his native town tie had worried himself up 1 into a state of contempt for the mercer and tlu* metropolitan stipendiary, who seemed to draw a distinction between well-dressed and ill-dressed plunderers, i Meeting Mr. Bungs, the brewer, near j the railway station, lie gave him an ac i count of what had happened, and was , hearkened to with sympathy until he I mentioned the name of Pounceforth- Keane; then Mr. Bungs pursed up liis ! lips. “ Why. bless me, that’s the cousin I of Lord Keynso’.e, brother-in-law of our lord lieutenant!” “What difference does that make?” stammered Mr. Pottridge, like a man who feels less sure of his ground. “Oh, nothing, except that I don't see why a lady of that sort should commit robberies,” responded Mr. Bungs. Further down the street Mr. Pottridge, who was rubbing liis pat© in rather vio lent perplexity, encountered Air. Dott, 'the banker, whose daughter Lucy lie loved. “ Pouncefortli - Keane !” ex claimed Air. Dott, as soon as he had heard the grocer’s story. “Why, Lord Keynsole, his cousin, banks with us.” “ Well, but come, Dott,” retorted Air. Pottride, impatiently, “is that a reason why Mrs. Pouneeforth-Keane shouldn’t be a dishonest jade?” “ No. but T think the whole thing im probable,” answered the banker, “and I must confess I should be sorry if any thing unpleasant happened to Lord Keynsole’s family.” Air. Pottridge was not in a very good j humor when he went to bed that night A magistrate himself, lie knew what shifts are often made to withdraw well connected offenders from justice, and so far as he was concerned he would have cared but little had an appeal been made to him, ad miscricordiam , to acknowl edge that he had, perhaps, been mistaken in fancying that he saw Airs. P. K. pocket some lace and handkerchiefs. But Mr. Pottridge could not bear to be pooh-pooliod at or threatened with un pleasant eousequenees if lie did his duty, lie was an aluerman, a grocer with a blameless conscience, and he feared no man. Feeling that his character for ver acity and common sense was at stake he resolved to give his evidence against the wife of Lord Keynsole’s cousin with no more hesitation than if she were the commonest jail-bird. From that date, however, things be gan to go wrong somehow with Air. Pottridge. It seemed as though his long luck had forsaken him. On the morrow of his adventurein Ixmdon. Air. Chuckle worth. the pr neipal solicitor _ in the town, who was Lord Keynsole’s legal adviser, passed him in the street with out nodding, and later in the day Airs. C. sent a stiff note begging that Air. Pot tridge would send in uis bill, and inti mating that she would thenceforth pur chase her groceries at another house. Now the Chuckleworths had always been excellent customers of Air. Pot- tridge. This was bad enough, but worse was to follow. Next day some inspectors oj weights and measures arrived at the alderman's shop and found a piece of lard sticking under his scales. They declared they should make a report of the fact. Scarcely had they gone, leav ing the grocer soeeehiess with confusion, than two well-dressed strangers entered and bought some tea, brown sugar, cocoa, pepper and a pot of mustard; after which they stated that they were puhlic analysts, who were going to ex alpine the quality of these goods. They examined them, in truth, so fast that two days later Mr. Pottridge received a summons to answer a charge of putting lurch twigs in his tea, sand in liis sugar, turmeric in his mustard, clay in his cocoa, etc. Mr. Pottridge shrugged his shoulders at first, taking it for granted that the charge would be dismissed by liis brother magistrates, Messrs. Dote Bungs and company: but before the cats came on for hearing it fortuitously tran spired that Mr. Pottridge had been up to London interviewing Lord Beaeons rteld for the purposes we know, and this made the other aldermen furious. Mr. Bungs, the brewer, was particularly angry, and declared that Pottridge was a traitor, insomuch as the poor grocer, instead of having a friendly bench to judge him, found a very stern one. “ I am sorry for you. Mr. Pottridge," said Mr. Dott. who sat as chairman. THE ONLY PAPER IN ONE OP THE LARGEST, MOST INTELLIGENT AND WEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. hut men in your position shou Id set an example. You are fined £2O on each count, with costs; total, £120.” 111-starred Pottridge! He left the court politically and socially done for, for he could no longer hope' to be re elected mayor nor to marry Miss Dott. He should have, moreover, to resign his aldermanship, and his personal charac ter, as well as that of his tea, sugar and mustard, was ruined. So ruined was Mr. Pottridge that when he went to London to give evi dence against Mrs. Pounceforth-Keane the first question asked him by the coun sel for the defense—a blustering Old Bailey barrister—was, “ L believe you have just been convicted of selling adulterated goods and at false weight?” “ Let me explain,” stammered poor Pottridge. “No explanations, sir. Give me a plain answer, yes or no!” “ Yes, then.” “ Well, then, if you are liable to make mistakes about your weights, you may. err in other things.” “ Perhaps,” replied the grocer, des perately. “ I may have been mistaken in thinking this lady was a thief. I have had enough of bother about the busi ness.” “You ought to he ashamed of your flippant conduct, sir;” cried thecounsel, harshly, and the wretched grocer hob hied out of the witness-box feeling very mean indeed. After this confession of possible error on the part of the chief witness the case against Mrs. Pounce forth-Keane was, of course, dismissed, and Mr. Pottridge slunk out of court with a magisterial reprimand ringing in liis ears. To conclude this little story one has only to add that when 11. R. H. the Prince of Wales graciously went to open the baths at Smallborougli it was Mr. Bungs who was mayor and eventu ally got knighted, while Mr. Pottridge was not even invited to the dinner at the town hall, whereof he paid his share like the other rate payers He is no longer regarded as a lucky man. —London Truth, Effect of Altitude in Leadville. A letter from Leadville, Col., the great mining town, says: I saw but very few cases of intoxication in the streets, though the 300 saloons in th • held out their best inducements. I was sur prised at this, as one of ihe notable effects of the great altitude of the place (10.300 feet above the level of the sea) is that all fermented liquors intoxicate much more quickly than at lower eleva tions. The boiling point, owing to the decrease of atmospheric pressure, is much lower than at Chicago, and the alcohol is sooner vaporized and taken into the circulation, producing intoxi cation much quicker. The boiling point of water here is about 190 degrees, instead of 212 degrees, the effect of which in boiling beans, eggs, potatoes, etc., is that it requires a longer time to cook them in an open vessel, and it is necessary to keep the pot well covered or the water will va porize and escape before being raised to the requisite degree of heat for thorough cooking. At this elevation much more air is required to fill and satisfy the lungs, and hreathing must be quicker in order to properly oxygenize the blood. It is said, too, that after one lias been here for some time the coloring matter of the blood becomes darker, being changed from the peroxide to the sesquioxide of iron. With a person suf fering under any difficulty or disease of the heart, the effect of any severe or long-continued exertion is to cause a dangerous degree of palpitation, and even with persons entirely well the pulse runs extremely high. There are other and notable facts con nected with this altitude. There are very few birds seen here—perhaps for the reason that flying is difficult in the light air. The common house fly, the summer pest of our Eastern housekeep ers, is unknown here. There are some of the out-door bluebottle variety, hut they seem languid and tired. It is said, i also, that cats cannot live here. This is probably owing to their delicate organi -1 zation being unable to resist tlic rigor of j the night air. So the “ voices of the I night” are not heard in this locality, | and bootjacks are reserved for their natural uses. Another result ot the lightness of the J air is that, having so little density, it is j easily heated by artificial means Our J I nights are uniformly cold—so cold that i j it is uncomfortable to sit without a fire; | but a few pine chips or small sticks will I warm an apartment very quickly. At j | the same time the sun’s rays do not seem j fo'liave the heating power that they do ! jin lower elevations. This seems to con firm the theory that there is no substan | rial caloric in the rays of the sun, but j :hat the heat is the result of chemical j | action generated by the direct rays with I | the elements of the atmosphere—the ! : amount and degree of action varying i with the directness of the rays and the j density of the atmosphere. While : j standing high upon these mountains, | even at a distance from any snow-drifts ; and where the air is still, the summer . sun has only sufficient power to make ] the air refreshing and pleasant, while you on the plains arc weltering under i torrid heat. In the sitade of a rock or two it is always cool enough. The effect of the altitude is the same as that experienced by balloonists, who in ascending from the surface of the ; earth, even on the hottest day, soon finds it necessary to don his overcoat and warmest clothing. In the night here a good sucply of bcankets is always neces sary; and nearly every morning heavy frosts are found, and sometimes thick scales of ice are formed. The crests of ! some of the mountains and many of the deep ravines upon their sides are still full of masses of sn:w so compact that one can walk over them without sink ing. A day or two ago, in visiting a mine close to the summit of Alount Bross. I was compelled to cross a field of snow hanging over the edge which must have been a mile in length and probably in places twenty-five feet in depth. An Underground Lake. The Tlemcen Cmrier (Algeria) de scribes a wonderful discovery recently made at the picturesque cascades of that place. Some miners had blasted an j enormous rock near the cascades, and on removal of the debris found it had covered a large opening into a cave, the floor of which was covered with water. Constructing a rude raft, and providing themselves with candles, the workmen, sailed along this underground river, which, at a distance of sixty meters, was found to merge into a large lake of limpid water. The roof of the cavern was very high and covered with stalac tites. the brilliant colors of which sparkled under the light of the candles. Continuing their course, the workmen had at certain places to navigate their craft between the stalactites, which, meeting stalagmites from the bed of the lake, formed enormous columns, which looked as if they had been made ex pressly to sustain the enormous arches. They thus reached the extremity of the lake, where they noticed a large channel extending toward the south, into which water quietly made its way. This is supposed to be a large issue which has baffied explorations hitherto at Sebdon, and which connects the cascades with that locality, and thus with the mysteri ous sources of the Tafna. It is possible that here they have found an immense natural basin, supplied by powerful sources, and sending a part of its waters toward the lake, while the rest goes to Stebdon. The workmen estimated the distance underground traversed bv them at three kilometers, and the breadth of the lake at two. The brought out with them a quantitv of fish, which swarmed around the raft, and which were found to be blind. LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1879. THE MOORISH ALHAMBRA. What Dr, Finn tiers Say* in a Spanish Let ter of tliirt Most Kemarkable Palace. Tne Alhambra made upon me one of the profoundest impressions of my whole life, and I would be glad to repro duce it while here upon the spot in some thing like adequate language. But that I feel sure I cannot do. Even Washing ton Irving fell short of the reality in his elaborately drawn picture of the history, architecture and legends of. I am com pelled to believe, one of the most re markable palaces in the world; and yet he had three years in which to study up the subject and execute his task, for he resided that length of time in (lie Allram r bra. Tire guide to-day points out to curious visitors the rooms that were oc cupied' by Washington Irving. Entering the inelosure through the great gateway, we are surprised to see at our right a large, partly-completed marble structure of elaborate Grecian architecture, but evidently of compara tively modern date. This is an abor tive attempt of Charles V. to eclipse the Alhambra. It is at once an imperti nence and failure. Had Charles com pleted it according to 'the original de sign, it would have been but a monu ment of his stupidity and had taste, and the noble old palace of the Moors would not have suffered by the comparison even a temporary eclipse. Except as a signal example of mad folly, it should be pulled dowD and removed. Turning to the right of the palace of Charles, and making a slight descent, in a moment more we are in one of the courts of the Alhambra. We hold our breath for a moment in rapt amazement and delight, and then exclaim, beauti ul! beautiful! Aladdin’s palace in the Arabian story, is before us in solid reality. It was impossible to take it all in at a glance, and so we tarried long in that outer court, feasting our eyes and Wgaling our senses until both swam in a sea of joy. Away, then, we went, from court to court, from room to room, in a delirium of delight. Walls of lace, done in mar ble, rose around us; ceilings of cedar wood, inlaid with ivory and tortoise she.l, and rich vyth blue, vermillion and gold, looked down upon us; domes, looking like purest frost work, flecked with exquisite tints, and dropping with frosty stalactites, hung around Us; clus ters of marble pilfars, supporting bal conies of open tracery-work, also in marble, surrounded the courts, and look ed’as if the work of enchantment; rich mosaics, in many colors, sometimes made beautiful wainscot, dome and ceil ing; while the bath still held its crystal treasure in which the goldfish disported, challenging the sunbeam with its golden scales, and the fountain of lions still played as in the days when Boabdil was master of the Alhambra. Once seen, and-never to be forgotten. Hour after hour went by, and still we were riveted to the charmed spot. But the sweetest ordors finally overpower the senses by excess; and so, after a while, we stole away and ascended the Vela tower, and looked abroad over mountain and valley—over avenues ot elm, groves of orange, olive and fig; over plains recently rich with harvest, but now bare and parched; up -to the i perpetual snows of the Sierra Nevada; i down dizzy precipices into deep valleys, cool, shady and fragrant with poplar, acacias, the cypress and myrtle, the oleander and rose. “ Beautiful-for situa tion,” we said of Jerusalem. Transfer the phrase and, with more justice, let it he said of Granada. The waters that make sweet and cool its atmosphere, and bring to it health, flow into the Darro and Genii, that embrace in the valley below; and as I stood upon* the lofty tower and took in the magnificent pano rama, from Sierra to Sierra, I exclaim j with Moore: j ‘ There is not in the wide world a vallev so i sweet, | As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet; | The last ray ot feeling and life may depart, 1 Kre the bloom ol that valley shall fade from I my heart.” New and Unique Invention. A correspondent writes from Leesburg, Ohio, to the Cincinnati Eagle : Quite an excitement exists in our unusually quiet village at the present time, the cause being an invention by one of our fellow 1 citizens which seems destined to eclipse ! Edison himself, the famous phonograph j included. Air. J. T. Guthrie, a citizen j of this place, has just had patented a ; machine for utilizing the gas from j bituminous coal that is otherwise lost i with the smoke through the flues and | chimneys. The machine is very simple, and can be attached to a common cook ; ing or heating stove, and the advantages | claimed for it over all previous patents I are such as to render it one of the great est inventions of the age. Any person I can handle it easily, and the same fuel | that cooks your breakfast will produce an abundance of pure gas, sufficient to j illuminate your house during the night j without any extra expense whatever, i Air. Guthrie also claims the right of attaching it to furnaces, grates and any ] and all places where coal is used for fuel ' and heating purposes. I understand he j has already proposed to the exposition commissioners to light the entire ex posi tion building with as good and pure a I quality of gas as can be produced in the ; city gas works, and this by using the same fuel that heats the boilers of their j power engine, without a cost of one i cent for the fuel. Air. Guthrie has his invention in sue ! i-essful operation here in our town, and I mndreds of people visit him daily to see j the wondertul machine. All. so far, j hear testimony to its wonderful merits j and. general utility. It is certainly the beginning of anew era, and will, if suc j cessfully employed, produce a general : revolution in the whole system of illum ination bv reason, of its cheapness and ; general adaptability. The inventor claims that good, pure gas can be produced by the machine at a cost not to exceed twenty cents per ! thousand cubic feet, and earnestly in vites practical men from all parts of the country to conje, see and examine the ; workings of nis late invention. A Remarkable Escape* One day recently, as Frank Carr, of West Hopkinton, Alass., was engaged in sawing lumber in his mill at that place, he had occasion to lift a trap in t lie floor, just over the flume which the water flowed into, and through a spout six feet iong on to an iron wheel, re-, volving horizontally, and which furnished power to move the machinery. The water was alxiut six feet deep in the flume, and the wheel was encased in a close, circular wooden box, within which it revolved with great velocity. Air. Carr’s attention being called away, lie neglected to close the trap. His two little girls, the one six and th.e other three years old, were playing in another part of the mill, but soon tripped along to the near neighborhood of the open trap, which they did not see, and the youngest accidentally tell into the flume and was carried through the spout into the revolving wheel. At the instant the little girl disappeared her sister ex claimed, "Papa, sissy is killed!” Air. Carr looked and took in the situation at the first glance. IJe sprang and closed the gate which shut the upper water from the flume, then rushed below and, as soon as he could, removed the cover ng to the wheel box It took but a few moments to do that, but in the meantime the wheel had revolved one or two hun dred times, and all the water had passed out of the flume. Strange as it may seem, he found the missing girl i closely packed in the wheel box, and uninjured, without a scratch or bruise. It could not have been less than ten minutes that the littie girl was in the flume, spout and wheel, and her escap< from death seemed almost miraculous.— Boston Jcimal. A Picnic Experience. “ What the country really wants,” said Mr. Phipps to me, thoughtfully, as he Looked his’fingers over liis knee, “ is a law making it a penitentiary offence to go to a picnic. What is a picnic?’, inquired Mr. Phipps, pursuing the sub ject further. '‘ I will describe it over to you. In the first place, you want tp get the thermometer up to 109 in the shade, and to keep it there steadily, with not wind enough blowing fo make a leaf tremble. Then you net in the cars, and go out to some place a few miles nearer to the equator than where you live; and when you alight from the train you discover that the picnic ground is right on top of an adjacent Kill. There is no vehicle within reach, and so start up the side of the precipice with a basketful of provisions upon each arm, and a bottle of mixed pickles in your coat- tail pocket. There is no shade upon the precipice, of course, and as you push upward you become hotter and hotter, until you feel convinced that the mercury must have crawled up to at least 520 degrees; and meanwhile the bottle of mixed pickles gradually gets to weighing a ton. “ But you do reach the top finally, and as soon as you are in the shade of the woods you sink down exhausted, and griip for a drink of water. Somebody opens your lunch-basket to get a cup, and then the discovery is made that the jar of raspberry jam on everything, in cluding your hairbrush and the clean shirt collar that you brought along to wear home in the afternoon. “ At this moment someone ascertains that there is no water on the top of the I hill. The nearest spring is a full half ' mile downward, at the bottom of the precipice, and the water has to be brought up in buckets. Lots are drawn to see whf> slnril go for it, and you are dne of the victims. When you get your first two buckets up you are drenched with perspirati n, and you feel pretty nearly ready to go into a hospital for re pairs. At this critical juncture one of the young ladies declares that it would be so nice if there could be a swing, and the leading-male iiiot of the party produces a rope from a bundle. You suppose, of course, that he intends to put it up; but upon inquiry you are alarmed that neither he nor any other of the men knows any tiling about climbing trees. As you, on the trip pp, have impudently boasted of your youthful feats in gath ering chestnuts, there is no escape for you, and so, taking one end of the rope in your mouth, you embrace the trunk of the tree and begin. When you slip back two or three times the ladies laugh, and the men who don’t know howto climb make amusing remarks about the disordered condition of your clothing. “Youreach the lower branches. The men who were totally ignorant of tree climbing show by the advice they give you that they know more about fixing swing-ropes than a man ought to be al lowed to know in a free country. When the rope* at last is adjusted, you grasp it and glide down with such rapidity as to remove the skin from the palms of your hands. “Next, the fattest young lady in the party, the girl- who turns the scales at 211 pounds, asks if yott will push her in the swing; hut, of course, you are far too intelligent for that, so wander off a piece until you meet another girl who says you must dance with her, because they have to have one more gentleman to make up the set. If you had your choice between losing a leg by amputa tion and dfineing a plain cotillion, you would prefer amputation; hut there is no help for it, and so join the party. “At half-past twelve lunch is ready, and you answer the call with tin* feeling that it is the only agreeable occurrence of the day. The cloth has been spread upon the grass; and you observe that the ants have gotten into the sugar, that some energetic spider lias spun a web from the pickle-bottle to the lemon ade pitcher, and that a colony of strad dle bugs is frisking about over the cold ham. I say nothing about the hop-toad that lights in among the sandwiches, or of the bumblebees that haunt the pre serve jar so that you daren’t put a spoon within four feet of it. This kind of thing has to be on a picnic, and we must submit to it as a matter of duty. “ After lunch, you think it would bo nice to go down the hill and take a swim in tlie creek. You undress, and really do have a nice bath. Just as you are about to come out, the fat girl and the girl who wanted you to dance come meandering along, end they sit down within twenty feet of your clothes, with- I out perceiving them. They have come fora little chat; and they talk, and talk, and talk, as if they have made up their minds to have one final and conclusive conversation, so as to leave nothing to be talked about any more forever and forever. Meanwhile the sun is coloring you so that you resemble a boiled lobster, and although you clear your throat, and splash, in the noisest man ner possible, they positively refuse to hear you. At last, however, they get up to go, just as the picnic party is com ing down the hill to catch the train. “ You jump out, and dress in furious haste, for fear you will he left; and be fore you can get vour shoes buttoned you hear the whistle. You run forit, and get into the car, hot, wet and mis erable, only to find that your lunch bas ket has been left on the hill, and that your share of the expenses is exactly fifteen dollars. 1 “ Nice picture, isn’t it? Well, that’s our American picnic! That’s exactly ! the experience I went through last Thursday week. If I ever do it again, I want my friends to run me right into an insane asylum, on the double-quick.” ! —Max Adder. The Stomach of the Horse. The horse’s stomach lias a capacity of ouly about sixteen quarts, while that of the ox has two hundred and fifty. In the intestines this proportion is reversed, the horse having a capacity of one hun dred and ninety quarts, against one hun dred of the ox. The ox and most other animals have a gall-bladder for the re tention of a part of the bile secreted during digestion; the horse has none, and the bile flows directly into the intes tines as fast as secreted. This construc tion of the digestive apparatus indicates that the horse was formed to eat slowly, and digest continually bulky and innu tritous food. When fed on hay it passes very rapidly through the stomach into the" intestines. The horse can eat but five pounds of hay in an hour, which is I charged, during mastication, with four times its own weight of saliva. Now the stomach, to digest it well, will contain I but about ten quarts, and when the ani mal eats one-third of his daily ration, or i seven pounds, in one anil one-half hours, he has swallowed at least two stomachs lull of hay and saliva, one of these hav ing passed to the intestines. Observation has shown that the food is passed to the ■ intestines by the stomach in the order in which it is received. It we feed a horse ! six quarts of oats it will just fill his stom: -h. and if. as soon as he finishes this, we feed him the above ration of three pounds of hay. he will eat sufficient • in three-quarters of an hour to have forced the oats entirely out of his stom ach into the intestines. As it is the office of the intestines to digest the nitrogenous parts of the feed, and as a stomachful of ! oats contains four or five times as much of these as the same amount of hay, it is certain that either the stomach must se crete the gastric juice five times as fast, which is hardly possib:e, or it must re tain this food five times as long. By ; feeding oats first, it can only be retained long enough for the proper digestion of hay. consequently it seems logical, when feeding a concentrated fixai like oats, with a bulky one like hay. to feed the latter first, giving the grain the whole time between the repasts to be digested. : —Coh-in. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD Ti lths for l'Hinit-is. One very "real reason why farmers become “ stiff anil olil” before their time is from their lack of bathing and thorough muscular exercise. The pro fessional man who is fatigued in body seeks to restore his wasted energies with cold water, and the use of dumb bells, which, no matter what a man’s occupa tion may be, straighten out the muscles and bring them all into action as noth ing else does. Hut the farmer, when lie is fatigued, what does he do? In nine cases out of teu he seeks his recupera tion in activity. He goes to bed with out a bath, and begins his day’s work without a bath. Once a week, like Aunt Cliloe, lie has a “ clearin’ up time,” by making himself clean. And what is true of the former, is, in large part, true of the formerine. To take a bath requires time and trouble. So does everything else that is of value. It should not be taken when one is ex tremely fatigued at night. Ilut in the morning, after a night’s rest, what is more invigorating! Salt should always be added and with freshly-drawn wate. one has no need to go to the seaside for bathing. A sponge or towel bath agrees with many people much better than the immersion of the body in a tank-tub. But what is very satisfactory—especially after one becomes accustomed to it—is he hip-bath tub, in which one may sit anil with a mug or pitcher pour the wa ter over the shoulders. The largest size of these tubs should be chosen and the ■"material should be strong and well put together. Zinc is the best. Those of tin are not worth buying. A good zipe tub costs about $6.50, If in daily use it will need to be taken once a year probably to the tinsmith to have a small leakage in the bottom stopped, unless, indeed, the owner has the happy faculty of doing his own “tinkering.” To be able to solder basins and Dots and pans is an accomplishment well worth the trouble of boys and girls to acquire, and the tools necessary for the work are few and inexpensive. Hair mittens are excellent for producing a friction on the skin, after a bath, but the bath towel, which is of large size, of heavy quality in cotton, is preferable for every-day use. It costs from twenty-live to thirty cents. A pair of hair mittens costs $1.50. It is a custom in some parts of Ger many for the head of the household to pay the family physician a certain sum per annum to keep his family well. It is a good plan. The doctor drops in now and then, asks about the diet and sani tary habit# of the various members of the family and so has it in his power to apply the ounce of prevention. It is quite true that if people took half the trouble to keep in health that they take in order to get well when once ill, there would be comparatively little disease. And one of these sanitary “ troubles” is the daily morning bath, which soon be comes a luxury. The tinie consumed in taking it is quickly made up by the strength and vigor it imparts. And if one cannot afford the bath tub, use a large basin that will hold at least six quarts. But have the tub if you can. One had better go without a Sunday suit than a bath tub. Rural Ngw Yorker. Cultivating tlie Pear. A young former informs us that a few years ago, observing the reports of the high prolit obtained from pear tree cul ture, he was induced to set out several thousand. They have had good culture; they grow well; but they refuse to bear, or make him any returns. Some of his friends at the time regarded this as a wild speculation, and now annoyingly remind him of his failure with the hack neyed “I told you so.” He wishes to know what he can do to persuade ‘these trees to bear fruit, and to give him at least some slight return for his invest ment. He would be satisfied with but a small percentage of the returns he ex pected when the trees were purchased. The only advice we can offer under existing circumstances is to keep the trees in a moderately growing, healthy condition by a proper degree of cultiva tion, and not despair of some day gath ering an abundant reward. Extraordin aries excepted, he would doubtless thus provide for himself a handsome and val uable piece of property in the future. If the trees are too thrifty, they will be more apt to be injured during winter and blighted in summer; not attain good size nor bear any fruit. In order to graduate properly the degree of culture which they should receive, the length of the annual shoots should be observed, and if it is much less than one foot in crease the cultivation by mellowing the surface and manuring, if needed. If much more than a foot in length, neglect cultivation or even allow the ground to be covered with grass If a young orchard can thus be kept in a healthy state, there is no doubt but that it will bear abundant and profitable crops in time. Again, there may be certain unfavora ble conditions of soil which good man agement cannot obviate. A quicksand subsoil we have found bad for a pear or chard. A good strong clay well-drained subsoil is the best. We would advise these who contem plate cultivating this fruit to examine these particulars upon engaging in it, especially- to the extent of anything like heavy expenditure for the purpose oi trees and planting. If an orchard qi some years standing is found now to oc cupy a soil not properly drained, no time should be lost in placing tile at a depth of two and three-fourths to three feet and midway between the rows, unless they are quite near together, sis with the dwarf varieties, in which case alternati sps.ee may receive the drain. Do not give up the pear trees. “ I toll you so” will apply with equal pert! nancy to the “other view ’ in a few years.— Buffalo Express. Cure for (japes iu Chickens. A correspondent of the London Agri cultural Gazette, as an experiment, tried sulphur and salt, namely, two parts of sulphur and one part of salt mixed with water to the consistency of thick cream (it is best to use the finger in mixing, as sulphur will not readily mix with water). He then applied it with a feather from a fowl’s wing, dipping it in the mixture and putting it down the chicken’s throat about three inches, worked the feat!ler up and down a few times, then applied some more in the same way again. He soon found they were much better, and repeated the operation tljree or four times, leaving two or three days between efch applica tion. They are now all cured and doing well. Covered With Fish Scales. A man named John Armor, about forty years of age, applied to I>r. J. 11. Scarf, at the middle station, in Balti more, for a permit to be sent to Bay view. The doctor, upon examining Armor, found him to be suffering from a very' remarkable and rare disease, known as psoriasis or fish scale disease. The case is fully developed, and is an exceedingly interesting one to medical men. The skin of the arms is especially well marked, and presents the appear ance of white leprosy. Armor said he had been afflicted with the disease for several months, and it j had become so annoying that he could I not work. He had been employed along j shore and on the water about the har j bor. When a-kea if he suffered much I from the malady. Armor said: “It j itches terribly, and I cannot rest on ae ; count of it.” His torehead is breaking | out with the disease, and there are indi j cations of its spreading to other parts of i the body Theaffectea partsar?covered ! with white scales, resembling the scales j of small fishes; the flesh under the scales j is red, and very much infiamed. | This is said to bo the best defined case I ever seen. At the Bellevue Hospital, | New York, there was a case which was j considered remarkably developed, but j not near so much so as this one of Armor. Suggestions for the Sick-Room. The following useful suggestions are fiom an article m Scribner , written by a trained nurse: In prepai ing a meal for any one whose appetite is delicate, it should be made to- look as tempting as possible. The tray should be covered with the whitest napkin, and the silver, glass and china should shine with clean liness. There should not by to great a variety of viands, and but a very small portion of each one. Nothing more quick ly disgusts a feeble appetite than a quan tity of food presented at one time. The patient never should be consulted beforehand as to what he will eat or what he will drink. If he asks for anything, give it to him, with the doctor’s permis sion ; otherwise prepare something he is known to like and offer it without pre vious comment. One of the chief olhees of a good nurse is to think for her pa tient/ His slightest want should be an ticipated and gratified before he lias time to express it. Quick observation will enable her to detect the first symptom of worry or excitement and to remove the cause. An invalid never should be teased ; with the exertion of making a decision. Whether the room is too hot or too cold; whether chicken broth, beef tea, or gruel is the best for his luncheon, and all simi lar matters, are questions which should be decided without appealing to him. Household troubles should be kept as for as possible from the sick-rooms Squabbles of children or servants never slmuld find an echo there. In the event of some.calamity occur ring, of which it is absolutely necessary the sufferer should be informed, the ill 1 news should be broken as gently as pos sible. and every soothing device employ ed to help him bear the shock. Above Jill, an invalid, or even a person apparently convalescent, should be saved from his friends. One garrulous aequivint ance admitted for half an hour will undo the good done by a week of tender nurs ing. Whoever is the responsible person in chiirge should know how much her patient can bear, she should keep a care ful watch on visitors of whose discretion she is not certain, and the moment she perceives it to be necessary, politely but firmly dismiss them. She must carry outimplicitly the doc tor’s directions, particularly those re garding medicine and diet. Strict obedi ence to his orders, a faithful, diligent, painstaking following of his instructions will insure to the sufferer the best re sults from his skill, and bring order, method and regularity into domestic nursing. —. A Runaway Girl’s Life of Misery. The Sisters of the House of Mercy in Second avenue were awakened one sum mer night about two years ago by a timid ring at the door bell. They found it girl who asked shelter for the night; and as she was neatly dressed and re spectable looking, they readily admitted her. She gave the name of Lizzie Rush, and her age as seventeen years,but would say no more. She was pretty, and her bands showed that she was unused to work. Site desired to be received its an inmate of the institution, but the sisters could not comply with her request, and consequently she was taken to the York ville police court. Justice Wandell. conjecturing that the girl was a runaway, took her aside and questioned her, and at length drew out the confession that - she had run away from home, that her father was a well-to-do farmer near Stamford, Conn., that she had read a great deal of life in the great city of New York, that-she had come to see lor her self, that her money was all expended in paying her fare, and that she went hun gry the first day. until directed by a po 'iceman to the House of Mercy. Justice Wandell detained her until he could communicate with her parents, and they received her gladly. A ragged and emaciated woman, still young, though aged by misery, entered the Yorkville police court yesterday. Justice Wandell was on the bench. The young-old woman said that she had no home and no mon°y, and expected soon to be a jnother. Justice Wandell looked at her sharply, and then inquired: “ Are you Lizzie Rush?"’ “Yes, I was Lizzie Rush,” The young-old woman told thejustice that she lived with her parents for a yeag, and that then the desire for city life overcame Iter; that an old man per suaded her to run away.with him to the city, and that after a few months of dis sipation he deserted her. She had suf fered much, and she now turned to even Blackwell’s island for refuge. She was handed over to the commissioners of charities and correction. —New York Sun. Mother and Son. When the case of Weldon against Weldon was called in the Essex Market court, a pleasant-faced woman about forty years old stepped to the witness stand and a young man of about twenty one was placed at the prisemer’s bar. “ Remove your veil,” said the justice, and the woman did so, showing black and blue marks, disfiguring her counte nance. “That is your son?” said the magistrate. “ Yes, sir,” site answered, tears gath ering in her dark blue eyes. “ And he has beaten you?” “Yes, but pardon him. You can do so when I have already forgiven him. He is not a bad boy when he is sober. He drinks a little and forgets himself.” “ Say, old woman,” said the prisoner, savagely, “ dry up, will you? Your tears ain’t goin’ to convict me. A nice hypo crite you arc to make a charge against me and then try to ” “Don’t listen to him, your honor. He doesn’t mean what he says,” says the mother. “Young man,” said the court, “you have not been content with beating your mother, but you must jibe at her un feigned love for you. You are sent to the island for four months in default of S4OO bail to keep the peace.” “My boy! my poor I>oy!” said the mother, crying bitterly, as she left the court room. “ her!” was the son’s comment; “a pity I didn’t break her head while I was about it!”— New York Herald. Flavoring the Meats of Animals. M. Monclar, a noted agriculturist in France, has suggested a singular pLn for varying the flavor of meat. He imagines that by feeding cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry in a particular way, or rather by flavoring their food in various ways, their flesh may be rendered much more agreeable to the palate than it often is. M. Monclar instances cases in which bares killed in a wormwood field, larks shot in a cabbage field and eggs laid by j hens which had eaten diseased silk ] worms had such a nauseous taste that no i one could touch them ; while, upon the other hand, some ducks and field fares which had been fed upon sprigs of juni per liad a delicious flavor. He lias made several experiments—among oth j ers three upon tame rabbits, which lie I fed with the waste of anise-seed, with j barley and bran containing a slight 1 flavoring of juniper, and with barley and bran containing a little essence of ; thyme. In each case he found tiiat the j flesh of these animals was far better eat ing than that of rabbits fattened in the ! ordinary wa7, and yet there was no 1 trace of anise seed or juniper in the | taste. His conclusion is that cattle, sheep and pigs might be led in Hie same ; w ay, and that by varying the flavoring i matter the beef, mutton and pork might i be made to have several different tastes. Alexis St. Martin, theremarkable sub i ject whose stomach was laid open by a wound fifty-seven years ago, and on whom so many observations of the pro j cess of gastric digestion have been made, ; is stiii living at St. Thomas, Canada, ' hale and hearty, at the age of eighty peven. , A printer’s standing is established by | cis setting. -Yonker**dftiexmnn. YOL.Y. NO. 50. TIMELY TOPICS. A special number of the Congressional Record, lately issued, shows that the es timated value of the mackerel taken in American waters during a period of five years, beginning July 1.1873. and ending June 30; 1678, was $10,560,790. The total value of the marine fisheries of Canada for the year 1876 is estimated to be $11,093,650. The estimated value of the marine fisheries of the United States in the same year was $70,278,839. The Argentine Republic seems des tined to become a formidable competitor with the United States in the grain markets of the world. The exports of wheat from that country for the present year will foot up 6,000,000 bushels. This amount is expected to be doubled next year and quintupled the year after. These predictions are based on the pres ent heavy emigration into the republic from Germany, France, Spain and Italy, particularly from the last named coun try- An event, perhaps without parallel in the history of medical science in Eng land, has occurred in London, the “ blue riband ” of the profession having#>een carried off by a Japanese student. At the distribution of prizes at St. Thomas’ Hospital, the gold medal—an honor coveted and striven for by every student who hopes to occupy a wormy position among medical men—was awarded to Konchiro T:ikaki, of Japan. Not satis fied with this honor, the young for eigner also carried off the Chiselden medal for surgery and anatomy. In the neighborhood of Houdan, France —the home cf this popular French breed of hens, which has never obtained great fovor in this country, however— immense establishments are in operation fop supplying eggs and poultry to the Pans markets. The main object in breeding is to keep an early-maturing breed, so that chicks are saleable at three months old. Hatchingand rearing are carried on artificially, and the work so for proves that chicks thus hatched are found to be more lively and stronger than those from eggs incubated by hens, and also to grow and fatten quicker. For young chicks the food consists of milk, buttermilk, barley, or oatmeal and rice. One of the most important features in recent studies of the soil, especially by abroad, relates to its physical characteristics; and the fact is being more generally recognized that the influence of the soil upon the life and growth of the plant is determined quite as much, possibly more, by its physical ; qualities—its relations to water and heat—which have hitherto been almost wholly overlooked, as by its chemical ; character, which has been given the more attention. The investigations so far made indicate a most interesting field for inquiry, and the result s that are to come from this new phase of agricul tural study must be both novel and val uable. A curious plant has been discovered i in Wisconsin which produces a kind of I cotton and flax from the same’ stalk. It I has already been woven into fabric, and, ■as any article that will make as good ! doth as can be made from this plant i will make good paper, it has been called ' the paper plant. It can be planted in the ; spring and cut in the fall and winter. It ; bleaches itself white as it stands, and j will yield at least three or four tons to the acre. From a single root that was | transplanted at Appleton last spring ; grew twenty large stalks, with 350 pods (containing the cotton), with at least I sixty seeds in each. From this root ! were obtained seven ounces of pure cot ton and over half a pound of flax. It is ! a very heavy plant, and grows from six I to seven feet high. In a Water Spout. The Denver (Col.) Tribune has this ' account of a terrific storm and water spout that occurred in that region "re cently : In conversation with a gentlemen who was stopping for a few davs at the board- j ing-liouse, near the sawmill at Thonip son’s, the . informant said: We had a terrible hail storm shortly after 3 o’clock, and stones as big as hen’s eggs fell thick and fast. While we were standing at a j safe distance from the windows, for : nearly every pane of glass w r as broken, we saw a most remarkable phenomenon, accompanied by a dull, heavy, roaring sound like distant thunder. A large volume of wliat we aftei ward found to be water was seen at the top of the mountain, coming closer and closer like 1 an immense funnel. As it approached the noise became almost deafening, and one old gentleman who was standing in the door, for we had all assembled in and around the doorway, exclaimed, “It’s a water spout!” Out of the house and up the opposite hill we ran as fast as possible to almost the summit. One of the parties, who was furthest down, in terror turned around and beheld the water rushing and tearing down the op posite side, carrying witli it huge bould ers, uprooted trees and all sorts of debris. It struck the house and the sawmill simultaneously, and carried them away like straws, not a vestige of either re maining. We stood there in terror for a long time, hardly daring to speak a word, but finally, becoming more used to the scene, we began to look around us and take in the situation. When the height of the excitement had abated some little, an anxious mother missed her infant child, and instant search was made for the lost little one. After an hour was spent in the water and mud, one of the gentlemen discovered the child in a pool of water, and the stream still coming down the mountain side, lying close up by a rock which also sup ported a large bureau, under which the little one sat in the apartment intended for a lower drawer. The child was not a hit frightened, but seemed to be rather pleased witli its situation, and, strange enough, had hardly a scratcli upon it. The joy of the distressed parent can easily be conceived when the wet young ster was placed safe and sound in her arms. The water continued to rush down the gulch for several hours, and we had to prepare places to sleep on the side of the mountain. Early the next morning I joined a number of men who desired to reach Denver as soon as possi ble, and started to walk to the train, about seven miles distant. When we reached there we found it was a wreck ing train witli a coach attached, and after being delayed several hours for the wreckers to prepare the track, we started on our way home. The Origin of “ Dixie.” A writer to the Baltimore Gazette in quires about the origin of the word “ Dixie,” and tile editor replies as fol lows : Some years ago, long before t lie war, a very musical family by the name of Dixie lived in Worcester, Mass. One ! of the brothers, Walston Dixie, we be lieve, decided to apply his talents in the negro minstrelsy fine and soon the ; famous Dixie Minstrels were known ■ , from om- end of the country to the | other. Tiiis same founder of the troupe j wrote the celebrated song “ Dixie’s ■ ' Land,” which attained such popularity, j j It was verily the land for him, as he i j found in the Southern States the germs ;of ttie quaint negro songs which he j bushed up and placed in his pro | gramme. The South adopted the song l and hence allowed this gifted minstrel of Massaclmsettsto give that section of the country anew name, which will alwavs stick. Many songs were adopted and seetionaiized in tills way. Our own "Yankee Doodle” was written by an Englishman as a satire, I blit our ancestors picked H right up and I i eal e i 4 a iioir.e. . THE OGLETHORPE ECHO. 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Hedged round with visions rare- - What rest it gives * To souls weighed down by care. Oh, day oi high desire, That never dies! Touch ot Prometheus fire, Lilting hope’s slow flame highei Toward native skies. Mending lite’s broken lyre. - Oh, day ol recompense To true essay! Give laith in place oi sense; Be our strength in defence Against to-day, Oh, day of recompense! B. E. If fir.. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Living in vein -The blood. Curs to mankind—Tfie dog-days. The weather in England lias been go ing very much against the grain. Toledo, Ohio, estimates its receipts of wheat this season at 25.000,000 bushels. Cleanliness is the foe that slays yellow jack, cholera and all other allies of the grave. “ Business carried on without pub licity” must be tlis motto of the man ttiat doesn’t advertise. ' Sleepy Tom, who made at Chicago the fastest pacing time on record*—one mile in 2.121—is an Ohio horse. A little girl in New York caused the arrest of a female thief, who lia*tv*r*lcn a ring from the little one anti Was mak ing off with it. The net earnings of the of flic United States for 1878 were sl7-1,5,5,- 177, a gain of $17,000,000 over She net earnings for 1877. • , Mr. Loo of flic Chinese legation at Washington flourishes a fan un<Mi which is some poetry supposed to li.iXjc been written 5,000 years ago. \ \j The swindler who “buys” farms lives sumptuously while lie is wjaitir for the mail to bring the cash top drafts is loose in southern Michigan A recAitly published return sb " that the estimated popuhwion of ■ and is 25,165,336, tl#at of Ncbth. | , 267,453, and that of Ireland 5,663,324. Archeries in England- have for eon ! tunes been supplied with bows of Eng i lish make. Two years ago the manu ! facture was begun in this country, arid ! American bows are now largely exported to England. ! Three rival lovers of Miss Hudson, at i Lakey Bend, 111., formed a combination against a fourth and more favored suitor. They seized him as he was going to call on her, threw him into a pond, and let him drown. There is a man in Paris who makes a living by attending funerals for tlie sake of the black crape and gloves distributed \on such occasions. The sale of these | brings him in five fiancs daily, and for a dollar a day a. man may live comfortivbly in Paris. “Johnny,” said a fond mother to her boy, “ which would you rather do, speak : French or Spanish?” “ 1 would rather,” said Johnny, rubbing his waist-band and looking impressively at the' table, “ I would rather talk Turkey.” —lowa Stale Register. Moldincss is occasioned by the growth of minute vegetation. Ink, paste, leather l and seeds most frequently suffer from and by it. A clove will preserve ink; any es* sential oil answers the same purposed | Alum and rosin are used to prevent hook | binders’ paste from molding. These European monarchs are great ladies’ men. Emperor William’s fre quent visits to Ems are a matter of notoriety, and now we read that Alexander of Bavaria arrived at So pi fin., and was received witli great enthusiasm I It’s ridiculous.— Somerville Journal. A New Haven firm recently shipped \ an elegant coupe to San Francisco, in -1 closed in a canvas covering, and some | impecunious chap made it furnish Him a free ride to the Pacific by getting into, '• it at New Haven and taking along a good ' supply of food for His ten days’ journey. The whole illation of the thirteen colonies' in l?(K)p| Y<-l imated at 1.700,000, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania being I the most populous. To-day we estimate j tile population of the United States at 45.000,000. There were at the time re ferred to 15,000 slaves in the New Eng land States. The Imperial museum at Vienna lias j lately become possessed of some of The instruments used by Australian savages to induce their gods to give them rain. These are small lancet-shaped pil'd* of j wood smeared with red ocher and rudely • engraved. They arc used in mysterious ! ceremonies attended with incantations. j The painter Z has a comical little servant. The other day Madame Z i scolded her for being away all day. i“Madame docs not know,” replied the ingenuous soubrette. “ that Monsieur or dered me to go to the salon and remain all day?” “What for?” “To be a crowd in front of his picture!” on, why ? ; “Oh, youth, with smooth, sand-papered pale, The night is dark, the hour is late, Why do you linger on my gate?” . i “ I stay to help yonr daughter hold This gateui>on its hinges old: (io in, old man, you’re catching cold!” The old man sought his little bed And on it laid his patient head; i “ I think my gate is safe, ’ he said. —Cincinnati Star. Mr. Millais, the eminent English artist, litis introduced portraits of his own children into several of his pictures. Recently on a Sunday his youngest ap peared before him in anew and pictur esque bonnet. “ Going to church, my dear?” asked the father “Yes, papa," answered the child, with a pouting lip, “Don’t you want to?” “No, papa. “Very well, come and sit for me, and I’ll paint you in that pretlv bonnet.’ “No, thank you. papa: I think I’d rather go to chuerh.” Millais’ models have to sit very still. The Finest Diamonds in the World. Western sovereigns are not the poss-'j sors of the finest diamonds in the world, for the Rajahs of Matan, Borneo, and the Shah of Persia have the largest hitherto known. The one belonging to tin Lm peror of the Moguls weighed 297 carats (about four erains each), and was valued at $2,400,000. The famous Orloff, tin property of the Russian crown, is one of the most remarkable diamonds, on ac count of the well-known circumstances under which it was brought to Europe. The large stone belonging Lm i peror of Brazil, which weighs 1,730 carats, would he worth many millions were not its brilliancy diminished by certain de fects. The Sultan of Nizam’s diamond weighs 400 carats; that oft lie Lin peror I of Austria twenty-nine grains; and that . of the King of Portugal, twenty-live and ; a half grains. The famous Koli-i-Noor, or Mountain of Light, is the property of the Queen of England. _ The one winch j adorned the tiara of Pins IX., and was I bequeathed by him to his successor, l>‘o i XIII., is one of the finest stones known. It came from the treasury of the Dukeef Burgun’d. at Granson. It was . sold after the ha.— Jew at Berne for thr*c crowns, then successively for 5,000 and 6.000 dueiits, and afterward purchased for 14.000 ducats by Ijiigi Storza, from whom it passed into the 1 lands of Pope Julius 11. for 20,000 1 ducats. Every one knows that the I ** Regent,” of the weight of 136 carats, is I the diamond h-longing to the French re- I galia. t ‘Hinoisseui s consider it to he | worth •MM* 000 Parti fiaiigman