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4 I! \ InH A E Dili ECTOR V.
JUDICIARY.
Hon. George If. Rico, Judge H. G. Western Circuit.
A. L. Mitchell, Solicitor, Athens, Ga.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
.1. ii. M. Wiuburn, Ordinary; John L. Gaines,
Sheriff; J. F. lfuckett, Deputy Sheriff; i.,1. Maynaj
Clerk Superior Court; VV. S. Pickre.'l, Deputy (!h r
Superior Court ; N. li. Clark, Tax Collector ; •! It.
11. Luck, Tax Receiver; Gideon Jlarri/on, Sur
veyor ; Edward Lowry, Coroner ; K. C. Young,
Treasurer.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Dr. 11. S. Bradley, Mayor.
Aldermen—Dr. 11. J. Long, W. B. Clements, T.
A. Panel, W. 14. Henderson,W. G. Hcmlerson,
T. M. Merck.
A. B. 0. Dorsey, Clerk; J. It. Booue, Trroasurer; X.
N.llauie, Marshal; Henry Perry, City Atloncy.
CHUUCH DIRECTORY.
I-’iiesiiytkuian Church- ltov. T. I*. Cleveland
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath—morning and
night, except, the second Sabbath. Su day school,
&t II a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at i
o’clock.
MethodistOhpucii--Rev. W. W. Wadsworth, Pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday morning and night.
Sunday School at ya. lu. Prayer meeting Wednes
day night.
Baptist Church - llev. W. C. Wilkes, Pastor.
I‘roachiug Sunday morning and night. Sunday
School ntl) a. m Prayer mooting Thursday evening
at 4 o’clock.
GAINESVILLE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
J. B. Estes, President; Henry Perry, Librarian.
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
A. M. Jackson, President; It. C. Maddox, Vice
I’rosldent; W. B. Clements, Secretary.
Regular services every Sabbath evening at one
of the Churches. Cottage prayer meeting* i.verv
Tuesday night ill ‘"Old Town,” and. i'T.day night
near tho depot
FRATERNAL UHCOUD.
Flowery Branch Lodge No. 70, T. O. 0. TANARUS.,
meets every Monday night, Joel Laketer, N. G.
B. F. Stkdiiam, Sec.
Ai.i.kuiiaxv Royal Arch Cuai-tbii meets on the
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings m each
month.
H. 3. Bradley, See’y. A. W. Cauhyku., H. p.
Gainesville Lodge, No. 211), A.-. J*'.-. M.l,
meets on the First a ml Third Tuesday evening in
the month
R. Palmouu, Sec’y. It. E Green, W. M.
Aih-Li.xr Lodub, No. 04 ,I. o. o. ;F., meets
every Friday evening.
C. A. Lilly, See. W. 11. Harrison, N. G.
GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE.
Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlan
ta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, the following
will he the schedule from date:
H Matt train No. 1, going east, leaves 7 :17 y>. in.
Mail for this train closes a 7:00 “
Mail train No. 2, going east, leaves S:;lsa. m.
J, No mail by this train.
Mail train No. 1‘ going west, leaves... .0:51 a. m.
Mail for til’s train closes at m.
Mail train No. 2, going west, le.ves •* i. m.
Mail for this train closes at .7.2*1
Office hours from 7 a. m. to 5:20 p in.
Generaldelivory open ou Sundays from 5 14 fo•
Departure of mails from this oiii e:
Dahlonega and Gilmer comity, daily S . m
Dahlonegu, via IVahoo and Etio 1. Saturday...S a. m
Jefferson & Jackson county, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday 7 a. in
Clevelaud, White, Union, Towns and Hayes
ville, N. *'.. Tuesdays and Fridays. ... .7 a. 111
DawsonviUo and Dawson county, Saturday Sa. 111
Homor, Banks county. Saturday 1 p. ni
Pleasant Grove, l'orsvth county,Saturday.. 1 ;*.>n
M. it.-.'RCIIEU, P.M.
Atlanta and Charlotte
A I K- .M A Fa,
TILE WINTER SCHEDULE,
—OX THE—
Double Daily Trains
now mu over the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-
Line Hail way, as follows:
FAST MAIIi 'I'RAIIsI
GOING EAST.
Leave Atlanta 5:00 p. tu.
Arrive at Gainesville 7:17 ji. in.
GOING WEST.
Arrive at Gainesville 0:51 a. in.
Arrive at Atlanta 51:10 a. m
SECOND -T-D ATN.
GOING East.
Leavo Atlanta 0:00 a. m
Arrive at Gainesville 8:35 a. m.
GOING WEST.
Arrive at Gainesville 0:05 p. in.
Arrive at Atlanta 11:30 p. m.
Passengers leaving Atlanta by Mail Train
at 5 p in., will arrive in New York at 0:35 a.
ni., second morning.
Passengers leaving Atlanta by Day Train
at 0 a. in., will dine in Washington City the
following day and arrive in New York at
10:05 p. m., same even a Tiu;
Aceommodtion Train leaving heretofore at
”7 a. in., is discontinued.
G. J. EOREAOUE, General Manager.
W. J. HOUSTON, General Pass, and Ticket Agent.
NORTHEASTETN RAILROAD !
Cliang'c <l*
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. 1
Athens, Ga , Sept. 29,1877. J
ON ami after Monday, October Ist, 1877, trains on
the Northeastern Railroad will run as follows.
All trains daily except Sunday:
MORNING TRAIN.
Leave Athens 2:80 a. in.
Arrive at Lula 4:50 “
Arrive at Atlanta, (via Air Line if. K.) 8:85
Leave Lula 5:45
Atiieus 8:15 “
EVENING TRAIN.
Leave Athens ......4:09 p. m
Arrive at Lula 0:80
Leave Atlanta (via Air Line K. it.) 4 :00 “
Leave Lula 7:15 ~
Arrive at Athous 9:30 “
Close connection at Lula witli passenger trains
on Air Line Radr<.ad. J. SI. EDWARDS,
Superintendent.
r he Gainesville Eagle.
VOL. XII,
JX LEATIt, o LOJlll'iElJ .
The (lead Lone me great.
V.’hilc heavenly plants abide ou earth,
The soil is ore of dewless dearth;
But when thty die, a morning shower
Cmuc-s down and m !:• , 1 1: ir memories
hyi’Ci
Wiih ou * s sweev though late.
The dead alone are fair.
While they are with us, atraugu lines play
Before our eyes, ami chase away
Gods light; but let them pale and die,
And sweet the stores of memory—
There is do envy there.
The dead alone are dear.
While t!i tv are here, long shadows fall
Down mi our forms, and darken all;
But when they leave us, all the shade
Is round our own sad footsteps made,
And they are bright and clear.
The (had al-fjio are blest.
While- Uiey are hero, clouds mar tho day,
And hi.ter snow-falls nip their May;
But .vboii tlieir tempest time is done,
The light and heat of heaven’s own sun
Brood ou their land of rest.
TIIE VEROI’IIONH.
A .ifcicSi up tbit nil: H (pi- Words to be
in id Four Miles A nay.
i “I ft in very sun y, said Mr. G li: ou,
the inventor of many more than seven
wonders, to a World reporter who
called ou iiiin at Menlo l’tCrk yester
day, “that I cannot show von the
aerophone to-day; I have just sent
the epplicati m for a patent to Wash
ington, and have taken the machine
I had hero to pieces.”
This was a great disappointment
to tiie reporter, for from lie had
heard of it, the aerophone was an af
fair not to Be met with every day;
whereupon Mr. Edison undertook to
explain its mechanism au*t capabili
ties. The former was iess easy than
the latter to understand. That Mr.
I'jdxson, however, has invented a ma
chine which, pi ced upon a locomo
tive, will raise its voice and announce
in giant tones, that can be heard for
miles, “I am engine Marmadnke, and
will stop at Iloodton Station,” or
whatever other warning or informa
tion it chooses, there is not the least
reason to doubt. In the aerophone
the vibrating' diaphragm principle in
use in tho marvelous phonograph is
rna ’e a key to the mystery. Tho vi
brating pbt.e which in the phonograph
moves a sharp point over a revolving
cylinder, in the aerophone operates
as a valve to shut off and open the
I low of steam through a pipe leading
Tom tire boiler to a peculiarly ar
ranged horn or whistle. By ’this
contrivance the steam, instead of pro
ducing a long, continu jus toot, is
made to pronounce words.
‘ It is quite simple,” said Mr. E li
son, smiling upon the perplexed re
porter, “but it you don’t understand
it altogether, just take mv word for
it that this thing- will utter words
which can be beard distinctly four
miles, and wait patiently for’a few
w oks, when I will demonstrate what
I say to you.’
With this, for the present, the re
porter had to content himself, Mr.
Edison first having called his atten
tion to the immense value it would
have on shipboard in time of fog, or
in light-houses on stormy coasts,
from which by its aid the keeper
could hail all surrounding vessels, in
forming them of their whereabouts,
and of the peculiar dangers of each
particular coast.
‘ I have been so busy in perfecting
the phonograph,”said Mr. Edison, as
the reporter turned reluctantly from
a speculation upon the possibilities
of this ami a 1 le modern siren to a con
templation ol ;he laboratory in which
they we.lo .standing, “that I have
thought of but little else for tho last
two weeks. AI! the phonographs
that hi; - o yet been exhibited are, you
know, very imperfect—or, rather,
very meagre— in their results. They
have hem mere experiments. I have,
however, perfected the instrument,
and i:i a few days a talking machine
that is a tall mg machine will be com
plete i. Ho saying, he led Hie way
down stairs to a machine shop,where
eight busy machinists were industri
ously at work, and where a perfect
net-work of leather bands, attached
to all manner of machines, was in an*
mated mode;:. Among the work
men, 1 Hiking over their shoulders,
and giving ius‘ructions hero find
there, this little man, whose brain
had supplied the occasion for all that
was going on, moved quietly about,
while the reporter, lost in admira
tion >llow( 1 behind. Eight men,
and t hese the most expert machinists
—Swiss W( rkmen, all of them—are
employed by Mr. Edison at an ex
pense of several hundred dollars per
week merely to make in iron and
brass the myriad inventions that are
constantly coming into form in his
mind.
“At, here it is, ’ said he. picking
up a circular piece of brass, the sur
face of which was reamed with a tine
thread, which, starting at the center,
ran around the plate many thousand
times before the circumference was
gained. “This is to take the place
of the cylinder in the new nhouo
gvap.ii. It revolver, you see, in the
new way (placing it upon a pivot and
twirling it around like a platter) and
the pointer, which is attached to the
diaphragm, will follow the thread by
means of a movable arm. The plate
will be turned by clock-work to insure
a uniform late of motion. Instead
of having to put the sheets of tinfoil
directly on a cylinder, with the risk
of tearing m removing them, by the
means of this flat plate we will be
able to have the tinfoil made secure
to a cardboard frame, which, having
hqlos at the four corners that will
just lit over four pegs, can be easily
lifted from the machine when used,
and put away in a safe place until
wanted again.
The reporter asked how many
words could be put on a sheet of tiu
foil sufficiently large to cover this
plate, which was about ten inches in
diameter. Mr. Edison replied that
he was confident any ordinary fifty
ceut novel could easily be registered
on it. To perfect the cultivation of a
phonograph's voice so that it will be
capable of transmitting precisely' the
same tones of voice that are spoken
to it, Mr. E hsou is engaged in mak
ing an affair to take the place of the
metalie funnel which is now used to
bring out the sound He proposes
GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 12. 1878.
to construct a tube which shall be
shaped like the interior of the human
mouth, and which shall be supplied
with teeth somewhat similar to those
j employed in the vox liuma.no, organ
, stop.
“I have another idea,” he said, as
; nonchalantly as if wonderful ideas
were as cheap as common potatoes.
“I propose, in sending the exhibit of
several of my inventions to the Paris
Exposition, to have a large phono
graph running in the machinery de
partment. I will have a piece of tin
foil electrotyped, so that the impres
sions upon it will not wear out by
constant U3e. A very simple contriv
ance will shift the cylinder—l intend
using one of the cylinder phono
graphs for this purpose—after it has
passed under ihe pointer, to the
other side, and so a perpetual stream
of talk can be kept up. I Inn eat’
decided just what to make this ever
lasting phonograph say, but have
thought that it would be a good plan
to have it repeat in several lan
guages—say French, English, Ger
man, Italian, etc.—instructions how
to get to tho main exhibition of pho
nographs, which I presume will be
in some other building.”
A double mouth-piece was then at
tached to one of tiie machines, and
Mr. Edison taking the air, the repor
ter volunteering a tenor, a popular
negro melody was forthwith sung to
the machine. “Now,” said Mr. Edi
son, preparing to set the cylinder in
motion, “you will, I think, distinctly
hear both parts.” Instantly tho duet
began and continued perfectly
through two verses and the chorus.
‘ Sometimes, you know,” said the in
ventor, with a merry laugh, “rude
people wi 1 talk at concerts; suppose
we see if we can produce that effect.”
Reversing the cylinder, ho poured
into the mouth-piece a long string of
meaningless sentences and ejacula
tions, occasionally interpolating a
shrill whistle and a cat call. Tht-gef
fect when the phonograph again be
gan to operate was droll and won
der ul beyond conception. Tue duet
came forth clear and harm eaiously,
but it was as if a riot had broken out
in a concert room.
“Can you account for that, too ?”
asked tho repo;ter, looking perfectly
aghast at Ul9 imperturbable origina
tor of such a contrivance.
“Oh,’ slid Mr. Edison, with a
laugh, “it is very simple; mark well
the vortex of that unprecedented
elimination, when shall mortal ken
decline amid the . But never
mind; let’s go to lunch.’’
So saying, the hospitab’o inventor
led the way to a comfortable feast,
and patted the head of a bright little
three-year-old boy who called him
“papa,” with an affection that showed
though the most remarkable inyentor
of the age, he is by in means dead
to the less exciting habits of a domes
tic world.
l’lit Life Into Your Work.
A young man’s interest and duty
both dictate that he should make
himself indispensable to his employ
ers. He should be so industrious,
prompt and careful, that the accident
of his temporary absence should be
noticed by his being missed. A young
man should make his employer his
friend, by doing faithfully and min
utely all that is entrusted to him.
It is a great mistake to be over-nice
or fastidious about work. Pitch in
readily and your willingness will be
appreciated, while the “hightoned”
young man who quibbles about what
it is and what it is not his place to
do, will get the cold shoulder.
There is a story that George Wash
ington once helped roll a log that
one of his corporuls would not han
dle, and the Great Emperor of Russia
worked as a shipwright in England
—to learn the business. That’s just
what to do. Be energetic, look and
act with alacrity, take an interest in
your employer’s success, work as
though the business was your own,
and let your employer know that he
may place absolute reliance in your
act. Be mindful, have your mind on
your business; because it is that
which is going to help you, not
those outside attractions which some
of the “boys” are thinking about.
Take a pleasure in work; do not go
about it in a listless, formal manner,
but with alacrity and cheerfulness,
and remember that while working
thus for others, you are laying the
foundation of your own success in
life.
Effect of Lightning' on a Telephone.
On Sunday morning last, when
a sudden flash of lightning was seen
and was followed by a sharp peal of
thunder, Dr. John A. Stevens was
using the telephone extending from
his home on High street to the drug
store in the Hotel Capital. The clerk
at the drug store had his ear at the
tube listening for a communication
from the doctor, when simultaneously
with the peal of thunder he received
a severe shock in the ear, the report
sounding like the discharge of a gun.
His power of hearing was more or
less affected all day. Dr. Stevens
saw a flash of electricity play about
his end of the instrument, and on ex
amination it was found that the deli
cate insulated wire had been entirely
destroyed by the lightning. Had the
doctor been speaking at the tube at
the time of ttutllash, he would likely
have been dangerously injured. The
owners of the telephone were plan
ning to put lightning arresters on
this week, and Sunday’s warning will,
no doubt, hasten the precautionary
measures. —Hartford Pod.
A Dr. Wild is endeavoring to
prove that Queen Victoria is a lineal
descendant of King David. He says
that he has discovered that in the
days of Jeremiah the people of Dan,
who “abode in ships,” entered into
commercial relations with the an
cient Britons, and that the prophet
himself accompanied one expedition,
having with him a Princess of the
House of David. The Princess mar
ried an Irish King, from whom,
though through a rather obscure suc
cession, came the family of the pres
ent Queen.
1 lie Runaway’s Return.
Willingly would I put a black mark
on the brow of a wilful and uudutiful
spirit. I have tried to do this in the
following tale. Bitter is the fruit of
disobedience. He who honors not
his father and his mother, lays up
sorrow for his old age. The poor
Runaway’s mournful story will hard
ly be read without a sigh.
Well! here am I, after my night’s
walk., once more in the village where
I was born. The sun is up now, and
shining brightly. Things appear the
same, and yet different. How is it ?
There was a big tree used to stand
at that corner; and where is Carver’s
cottage ?
Three days ago I landed at Ports
rnoutn. For ten long years have I
been sailing about ou the sea, and
wandering about on tho land. How
things come over me ! lam a man
now; but for all that I could sit down
and cry like a child.
It seems but yesterday since I ran
away from home. It was the worst
day’s work that I ever did. I got up
in the morning at sunrise, while my
father and mother were asleep. 51 my
and many a time had I been unkind
to my dear mother, and undutilul to
my fattier, and tho day before he had
told me how wrong it was. He spoke
kindly and in sorrow, but my' pride
wo Aid not bear it. I made up my
mind to leave home. What is it tlfat
makes me tremble so now ?
My father coughed as I crept along
by his door, and I thought that I
heard my mother speak to him; so I
stood a moment with my little bundle
in my hand, holding my breath. He
coughed again. I have seemed to
hear that cough iu every corner of
the world.
When I had unlocked tho door my
heart failed me; for my sister had
kissed me over night, and told me
she had something to tell me in the
morning. I knew what it was; she
had been knitting mo a pair of gloves
to give me on my birthday. I turned
back, opened the door of her little
room, and looked at her; but my
tears fell on the bed-clothes, and I
was afraid it would wake her. Half
blinded, 1 groped down stairs.
Just as I had gently closed the
door, the casement rattled above my
head. I looked up, and there was
my mother. She spoke to me, and
when I did not answer, she cried af
ter me wfth a loud cry. That cry has
rung in my ears ever since—ay r , iu my
very dreams.
As I hurried away, I felt, I sup
pose, as Cain’ felt when he had mur
dered his brother. My father, my
mother, my sister, had all been kind
to me; but I had been unkind to
them, and in leaving them thus I
felt as if I was murdering them all.
Had I been a robber, I could not
have felt more guilty. But what do
I say that for ? I was a robber. I
was stealing that which the whole
world could not make up to them;
yet ou I went. Oh ! that I could call
back that hour.
The bills look as purple as they
did when I used to climb up them
rho rooks are cawing among the high
elm trees by the church. I wonder
whether they are the same rooks. A
shivering comes over me as I get
nearer home. Home! I feel that
there is no home for me.
Here is tho corner of the hedge,
and the seat.; but niy father is
not sitting there. There is the patch
of ground that my sister called her
garden,but she is not walking there.
And yonder is the bed-room, window,
but my mother is not looking out o F
it now. That cry ! that cry !
I see how it is. They are none of
them here, or things would not look
as they do. Father would not let
the weeds grow in this fashion, nor
the thatch fall in; and my mother or
sister never stuffed that straw into
the broken winelow.
(’ll rap at tho door, anyway. How
hollow it sounds ! Nobody stirs. All
is as silent as the grave. I'll peep m
at the window. It is an empty
house, that is certain. Ten years!
How could I expect it to be other
wise ? I could bear hard work, hun
ger and thirst; but this is too much !
The elderberry is in blossom a3 it
was when I ran away; and tho wood
bine is as fresh as ever, running up
to the window that my mother raised
to call after me. I could call after
her, now, loud enough to be heard a
mile, if I thought she would hear me.
It is of no use stopping here. I’ll
cross the churchyard, and see if the
clerk lives where lie did; but he
wouldn’t know me. My cheek was
like tho rose when I went away; but
tho sun has made it of another color.
This is anew gate. How narrow the
path is between the graves ! It used
to be wider, or at least I thought so;
no matter. The old sun-dial, I see,
is standing there yet.
The last time I was in that church
my father was with me; and the text
was, “My son, hear the instruction of
thy father, and forsake not the law of
thy mother.” Oh, what a curse do
we bring upon us when we despise
God’s holy word!
My uncle lies under the yew tree
there, and he had a gravestone. Here
it is. It is written all over now, to
the bottom: “In memory of Hum
phrey Haycroft.” But what is the
name under, “Walter Haycroft?”
My father! my father! And “Mary
his wife. Oh, my mother! and are
you both gone? God’s hand is heavy
upon me! I feel it in my very soul.
Aud tnere,B another name yet, and
it’s freshly cut, “Esther Haycroft,
their daughter ago 21.” My father!
my mother! and my sister! Why
diu not the sea swallow me up when
I was wrecked ! I deserved it. What
is the world to me now 1 I feel, the
sin of disobedience; tke words come
home to me now: “The eye that
mocEeth at his father, and dispiseth
to ©bey his mother, the ravens of the
valley shall pick it out, aud the young
eagles shad eat it.” Prov. xxx. 17.
But yet I recollect how my dear
mother used to point us to the Lamb
of God who taketh away the sin of the
world. “There is no refuge beside,”
said my mother; “Christ is able and
willing to save.” I paid but little
attention to these words once; oh,
may 1 never forget them now
| .Sleeplessness—To Bare or Prevent it.
, A few minutes' rest before eating,
i plenty of time and jokes and iaugh
! ter while eating, and then again c
few minutes’ rest, and we believe yon
might laugh at dyspepsia.
You might rest while weeding your
garden, training yoar vines, playing
with the children, or u.pping into
some bright work of poetry or fiction.
But, if you are sleepy, heed the sign;
you are either overtaxed and need
rest, or you have eaten too much—
you are the best judge as to that.
A five minutes’ nap is often better
than a half-hour’s sleep, because you
do not wake up with that half dead
feeling which some people complain
of when we urge them to rest —and
the sleepiness is gouo.
Some people find, after going to
bed, that they are hungry. They
had a light supper early iu tho even
ing; they have been out driving or
walking; have been reading aloud, or
singing, or perhaps talking a good
deal, and, unheedfu! of the time, have
s.*t up till it is late. They cannot
sleep—nature is calling out for more
fuel; they long for something to eat.
“But you know it is very unhealthy
to eat at so late an hour.”
“Oh! is it? Then, by all means,
don’t yield to the demands of your
stomach, however long you lie
awake.”
What fudge! Are the English a
race of dyspeptics ? They often eat
very heavy suppers just before re
tiring. The hungrier you are the
faster your brain will work, and the
harder will throb your head; restless
ly you will turn and toss, you will
strive to quell the hunger by a drink
of water; but that won’t do it; and
at last, in despair, you give up the
hope of sleep. A cracker or a small
piece of bread would have hindered
this, and you would have fallen into
sleep as sweetly as a little child does
after takiug its milk.
Why don’t you keep the bab\
awake after feeding it, if it is injuri
ous to sleep on a full stomach ? We
are tempted to quote from an article
we saw the other day: “Sleep follow
ing Supper.”
‘ Nothing is more absurd than
to pretend it is unhealthy to sleep
after the day’s last meal. Is not man
an anirml? do not animals, without
exception, sleep immediately after
eating? Do we not feel like sleeping
after each day’s last meal? Evidently
the body yearns for sleep. Exercise
immediately after eating is pernici
ous; rest is healthful. What rest
can compare with sleep, which re
poses the mind, the lungs, and even
the heart ?
“See the peasants. No persons
enjoy better health than they do.
Supper is the best meal of the day.
No sooner have they supped than
they go to bed.
“Book at tho actors. There was
Rubmi, who dined at three, wont to
his dressing room in the Italian
Opera House,and slept until the The
ater opened its doors. At midnight
he supped heartily, and went straight
to bed. He died of sheer old ago.
You know monsieur Thiers’ habit?
The moment his dinner was ended,
he stretched himself out to sleep, and
slept an hour.
The truth is, if you look around
you, it will be found ,that the great
majority of mon go to sleep immedi
ately after making their best meal;
and you certainly never saw healthier
stronger women than those of tho
great market. What is their life?
Dinner, and to bed. Take another,
the very opposite class—astronomers.
They keep late hours; their best meal
is when the starsqsay good-night,
then they go to sleep. Do you ever
hear of an astronomer dying under a
hundred ?
The majority of mechanics and ser
vants go to sleep immediatly after
eating their best meal. They are
right; they obey nature’s voice, which
always gives judicious counsel."
“Good ! Good!” we felt like ex
claiming when we read that.
What the writer says is true, we
believe, of any country but America.
Americans only go to bed with empty
stomachs.
A lady said once that “If we want
the brain to stop working, give the
body something to do.” It is only
reasonable, therefore, if thoughts are
whirling through your brains, at
night, and you cannot stop thinking,
give the stom ich a cracker, or a piece
of bread, aud try that remedy.
Anecdote of General Lee.
It was in the summer of 18G1,
while the armies of the United States
aud Confederate States were confront
ing each other on the St. James be
low Richmond. On a certain day a
Federal attack, which was thought
to be a decoy, was made on the
south side of the river. We thought
we saw evidences of a real attack on
our side. Occasionally the whole
picket line would open fire. The
guuboat3 at Deep Bottom would
send three hundred pounds crashing
through the timbers in the rear of
what had been Libby’s residence,
but was then General Lee’s head
quarters. At about two o’clock p.
m the artillery opened on our left.—
A few minutes afterward we heard
the unmistakable roar of infantry
firing. We then knew that the lines
of battle were engaged on our left.—
The pickets opened and kept up a
rapid firing in our front, the guu
boats sending their infernal ma
chines more frequently. We, the
Rockbridge battery, were ordered to
doublequick into position on Libby’s
Hill. On our way up everything
looked as though we were on the eve
of a terrible conflict—the roar of ar
tillery and infantry, the rapid move
ment of troops into line, and the so
lemnity that seemed to have impreg
nated the whole atmosphere. As we
passed the Libby house we saw Gen
eral Lee in the yard. He was stand
ing just under a low tree, with one
arm extended, as if reaching for
something on the limb. As we got
nearer to him, we could see what he
was engaged in doing at such a time.
A little bird, whose mother was just
teaching it to use its wings, had, in
its first effort, fallen to the ground.
Its dumb mother, regardless of the
death and carnage that intelligent
man was dealing to his fellow, was
uttering pitiful cries for her fallen
offspring. General Lee reached
down and picked up this little crea
ture, and when wo passed, was in
the act of placing it where its mother
could care for it.
In and Around San Stefano.
Sau Stefano, the flattest, ugliest,
and most uninteresting of country
resorts in the neighborhood of Con
stantinople, has suddenly risen to
fame and honor. It has thrown
open its best houses to the strangers,
and there is a strong rivalry, iu hos
pitality, between- the rich Greeks
and Armenians, who osvu most of
the handsome villas there. Their
empre&sement to welcome the coming
guests must be taken for what it is
worth. They do not love the new
comers, but they know which is the
winning side, and their sincerity is
about on a par with that of the
Greek Bishop of Tchataldja, who,
publicly, hailed the Russians as de
liverers, and then, privately, confided
to a benevolent neutral that tho
Russians had made his life, and that
of his people, a burden, and, with a
deep sigh, exclaimed, “Oh, for the
good old times of tho Turks, wheu
we had everything our own way, ex
cept iu the matter of tithes and
taxes!”
San Stefano lies close to the sea;
its shore is bathed by the Marmora,
and during August and September
its chief recommendations are its
bathing and quail shooting. At
present, the Russians are the great
attraction. Their military display
and their splendid bands are pleasant
novelties for the Constantinopolians,
who seldom see or hear anything fi
ner than a shabby, out-at-elbow
Turkish regiment, with its brazen
monotony of trumpets. The rail
way runs extra trains, and the Gov
erment Steamboat Company have
put on extra boats, which are crowd
ed daily with (x mrsionists eager to
behold the conquerors. The Rus
sian force at San Stefano is rapidly
swelling into a respectable-sized
army, the 1,500 men originally ex
pected have increased to IG,OOO, and
as fresh regiments are still arriving,
it is but natural to expect that they
will outgrow the accommodation of
Sau Stefano, and spread themselves
on to Makrikoi, from which to the
Seven Towers—which means Con
stantinople itself—is but a step.—
London Truth.
The B 11-Hird.
In the forests of Guiana, at day
break and sunset, may be beard,
mingling with the morning and even
ing tributes of the birds, a loud, clear
note, like the sound of a distant bell;
and at noon, when ali animated na
ture in forest and grove seems hushed
in tropic silence and repose, this toll
ing sound steals through the air at
regular interval-', and rouses the
drowsy hearer from his midday rev
ery. This peculiar mu ic is made by
the bell-bird, a native of those climes,
called by the Indians darn, and by
the Spaniards c inipanero. This bird
is about as large as a jay, with plum
age of dazzling whiteness, and in
form much resembling a dove. The
peculiarity which distinguishes the
bell-bird from all others in appear
ance is a rounded and tapering
muscular excrescence, of a jet-black
color and covered with short feathers,
which proceeds from the forehead.
This carbuncle is flexible, and usual
ly hangs down upon one side of the
head, but when the bird would give
forth its peculiar note, it is raised by
muscular contraction, and protrudes
above the head two inches or more,
forming a hollow, spiral tube of small
diameter. The cavity of this tube
connects with the throat, and it is
supposed by naturalists that the bell
like tones of the bird are produced
by the quick vibration of the air
through this singular chest. The
bird’s note is full and rich like a sil
ver bell, and may ba heard in the
stillness of the forest for a distance
of three miles. It seeks not the com
panionship of other birds, but alone
in the midst of those trackless wilds,
perched upon the high and withered
top of an aged mora tree, it gives out
this strange aud solemn strain. First
a single note, and then a pause for a
moment, while the sound floats away
into silence; then another toll, aud
then again a longer duration, after
which the former succession is re
sumed.
General Grant is a rampant gold
bug. He writes from Smyrna, under
date of February 22, to bis friend.
Judge John F. Long, of St. Louis:
If I was where I was one year ago,
and for the previous seven years, I
would put a most determined veto
upon the repudiation bill—called
Silver bill—if it should receive the
vote of Congress. I fear it has pass
ed, but hope, if so, all business men
in the country will work to de
feat its operation by refusing to
make contracts except to be paid in
gold coin. He alluded briefly to the
third term talk, saying that he notices
that some of the American journals
speculate upon his designs in travel
ing abroad, and adding: ‘-They may
know them, but if they do, I do not.
I have been under the impression
that I was carrying out a long-cher
ished desire to travel and see as much
of the O.d World as possible before
settling down in a home wherein to
spend the remainder of my days in
quiet.”
Gov lvice, of Massachusetts, was
petitioned by Boston atheists to omit
from his Thanksgiving proclamation
any acknowledgement of a God, and to
say simply that he appointed the day
in accordance with the wish of those
who desirod it. The Governor begins
the proclamation a3 follows: “The
Father of Mercies, whose power is in
finite, and whose loving kindness is
everlatsing, invites His people, in His
holy word, to mikeknown their re
quest unto Him in every time of their
necessity.”
Dr. A. Means, of Oxford, will issue
a book of poems in a few daj r s.
'i lie Keely Motor.
The news that Iveely has made
great improvements in his motor,
and that something wonderful in th it
direction may momentarily be ex
pected, again brings up the question,
“Is Iveely a fraud ? Judgiug, says
the Washington Star* from descrip
tions of the appearance, dress aud
peculiar language of the m in, one
might hasten to give an affirmative
answer. But as the directors of the
motor company have induced the sin
gular inventor to modify some of his
actions in conformity with the popu
lar ideas of what is expected from
him, and as hard times and tempo
rary lack of confidence in him have
compelled a retrenchment in the pro
fusion of diamonds with which he
decorated his person, some of what
are generally regarded as the outward
marks of a ‘ fraud” have been remov
ed; and the intense earnestness of
the man, his seeming confidence in his
invention, and his willingness to part
with his beloved jewelry, in order to
continue his labors, induce one to be
lieve that, if there is deception iu the
matter, Iveely himself is also deceived.
The directors who, for a long time,
believed themselves duped, have re
gained confidence iu Iveely, and are
providing him with money. So that
whether or not steam is to by super
seded by anew motor will probably
be determined before long.
Don’t expect a man to pra dice a
he preaches. Eminent physicians
will not swallow their own medi
cines.
Don’t imagine that you are any
better than your fellows. There are
no reserved seats iu heaven.
Don’t let your wealth inti ate you.
Rich men sometimes die of smallpox.
Don’t expect your pastor to be per
fect. Charcoal will mar the beauty
of the lily.
Don’t eat fish for brain food. A hen
never scratches for chickens before
they are hatched.
Don’t make a noise iu the world.
A train is not moved by the sound of
the whistle.
Don’t spend too much time adorn
ing your outer person. A wax
figure cannot recite the multiplica
tion table.
Don’t dream that your child was
boru to adorn a profession. You
cannot make a fence post of a shoe
Peg.
Don’t expect an editor to be very
devotional oa Sunday. He has “the
devil to pay” oil every Siturday
night.
From the Cradle.
“When ought I to begin teaching
my child ?” inquires a young mother.
We answer: from the cradie; from
the time the little one’s eyes can meet
yours with intelligence. Let the first
teaching be of the heart; keep a smile
and a bright look always in his sight;
let your tones be gentle, your cradle
song sweet; let him see llowers and
learn to love and be kind to animals.
Teach him to be unselfish; to divide
his bit of cake with other children.
When he cau speak, accustom him to
narrate his little experiences, his
chapters of accidents, his griefs, hopes
and fears; to communicate what he
sees in the world without, and what
ho feels struggling iu the world with
in.
In an article on “Woman’s Influ
ence,” the Texas Christian Advocate
says: Wo even find many examples
of woman’s influence in our late war.
Gen. Cooper, a Northern man with a
Southern wife, cast his lot with the
South; Gen. George 11. Thomas, a
Southern man with a Northern wife,
adhered to the North. Gan. Gorgas,
the Confederate Chief of Ordnance, a
Northern man with a Southern wife,
went with the South; while Gen.
Dyer, Chief of Ordnance on the Fed
eral side, a Southern man with a
Northern wife, went with the North.
Admiral Catesby Jones, a Northern
man with a Southern wife, joined the
South; and Admiral Farragut, a
Southern man with a Northern wife,
went with the North. Wo cannot
conceive of all this as mere accident;
we charge it up to woman’s influence.
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There is no greater, sweeter virtue
than cheerfulness. This quality in a
man among men is like the sunshine
to the day, or gentle, renewing mois
ture to parched herbs. The light of
a cheerful face diffuses itself and com
municates the happy spirit that in
spires it. Sourest tempers must
sweeten in the atmosphere of contin
uous good humor. As well might
fog, and clouds and vapor hope to
cling to the sun illuminated land
scape, as the blues and moroseness to
combat jovial speech and exhilarating
laughter. Be cheerful always. There
is no path but will be easier traveled,
no load but will be lighter, no shad
ow on heart or brain but will lift
sooner, in presence of a determined
cheerfulness.
The Right Time.
Reproof must be administered
gently, if at all. If you are annoyed
and vexed at people, just remember
it is not the right time to speak.—
Close your mouth, shut your teeth
together firmly, and it will save you
many a useless and unavailing re
gret, and many a bitter enemy. If
you happen to feel a little cross—
and who among us does not at some
time or other do not select that
season for reproving your noisy
household flock. One word spoken
in passion will make a scar a sum
mer of smiles can hardly heal over.
If you are a wife never tease your
husband when he comes home, weary
from his day’s business. It is not
the right time. Do not ask him for
expensive outlays when he has been
talking about hard times. It is,
most assuredly, the wrong time. If
he has entered upon an undertaking
against your advice, do not seize on
the moment of its failure to say, “I
told you so !” In fact it is never the
right time for these four monosylla
bles. Oh! if people only knew how
to discriminate between the right
time and the wrong time, there
I would be leas domestic uuhappiness.
Floating Fe&iliers.
Iret Harte admits that he is not a
success as a newspaper man, and so
does Mark Twain.
Ben Butler seems to have fired
most of his bricks into the Republi
can party thus far.
Pinehback endorses the preseut
government of Louisiana. He speaks
for tho colored people of that. State.
Maine had 500 divorces last year—
an increase of 100 since 1874, and
about one to every twelve marriages.
The general belief among the host
posted Congressmen is that Con
gress will not adjourn before the last
of August.
A child two years old at Leeds, in
England, was suffocated to death tho
other day by a cat lying on its face
when asleep.
Russia is sowing the Black Sea
with torpedoes, iu the fond anticipa
tion of reaping an abundant harvest
of English cruisers.
NO, 15.
Iu Virginia, while the Moffett reg
ister is in operation, the bar-keeper
says to his customer, “What shall I
punch you for, sir?”
We saw a young man with two
heads on his shoulders tho other
day, but didn’t cousi er it much of
a curiosity. One belonged to his
girl.
Henry Gordon, of Stapleton, L. I.
author of a series of poems ridiculing
hell, was seizdd tho other day by a
fit of vertigo and fell into the water
aud was drowned.
After July next telegrams through
out Franc > are to cost one sou (a
fraction less than a cout) a word,
but those containing less than ten
words will be charged ten sous.
The Canadians believe they will bo
required to furnish 100,000 men in
case of a war between England and
Russia, and they are casting about to
see how many men they can got from
this side.
A woman will face a frowuiug
world and cling to the man she
loves through the most bitter adver
sity, but she wouldn’t wear a hat
three weeks behind the style to save
the government.
Iu Madagascar there are over one
thousand Christian congregations,
with about 45,000 in tliG Sunday
Schools. The work is largely done
under the auspices of the London
Missionary Society.
A good character ish pretty much
der same to a man ash a good um
brella. Yen larg glouds dhreateu
over his head, all he ish got to do
vas to hold him up, und der storm
basses over, he is none der vorse.
When the recording angel ob
serves a minister of the gospel hold
ing a nail between his fingers while
he misses it with a hammer, the
trustworthy scribe drop3 into a
brown study aud pretends not to
hear anything.
“What is life insurance ?” ex
claimed a bold agent, in a street car,
to a victim of a bursted company.—
“I can answer that,” replied the vic
tim. “It is the art of keeping a man
poor all through life in order that he
may die rich.”
The Philadelphia North American
boils down Senatorial logic thus:
“The House is lost aud the control
of the Senate is gone. The only
way to regain tho House is to throw
over the President.” When they
throw over the President the suicide
will be complete.
At Helena a colored woman, ad
vancing from the crowd, said: “Gov
ernor Hampton, you stay Governor;
we’s had a better time since you was
made Governor than we’s had since
the war.” “You stay Governor !’’ is
likely to be made the campaign mot
to iu South Carolina this year.
The Russian engineer, Gen. Todle
ben, presents a striking resemblance
to Bismarck, although his features
are a shade more refined than those
of the Prince. He is a German by
birth, wears a uniform similar to
that of the Prussian service, and is
decorated with the iron cross of Ger
many.
A convicted Texas murderer, in
his confession, opens in this style:
“I scratch you a few lines to let you
know that I still lloat through the
gentle breezes of misery; but ac
cording to the decision of the appel
late court, I guess it is about ‘pea
time’ with me, but then we must
bear our misfortunes iu this world
like men.’’
“Yer go’u 3pend every cent what
I bring yer home for striped stock
ins, an’ tker ain’t nuthiu’ to eat in
ther house,” is what a drunken man
was telling a barber’s pole, when a
policeman arrested him the other
day. When taken to the station
house he said he “guessed he could
erect his wife if he wanted to, Thout
bein’ rested ”
“Has any theological point ever
been definitely! proven ?” asks a cor
respondent of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. And it replies:
“Well, yes. We take it, for instance,
to be an axiom in polemics that a
colored camp meeting can never be
held in the vicinity of a poultry
show without seriously retarding
the work of salvation.”
These are trying days for the
young Duchess of Edinburgh. Her
mother-in-law is getting ready to go
to war with her papa, and it is quite
within the chances that her hus
band’s ship may presently be blown
up by one of papa’s torpedoes. As
the Duchess is an ardent Russian,
and fairly idolizes the Czar, her po
sition just now is anything but an
enviable one.
There is a very touching little sto
ry told of a poor woman with two
children, who had not a bed for
them to lie upon, and scarcely any
clothes to cover them. In the depth
of winter they were nearly frozen,
and the mother took the door of a
cellar off the hinges and set it before
the corner where they crouched down
to sleep, that some of the draught
and cold might be kept from them.
One of the children whispered to herj
when she complained of how badly
oft’ they were. “Mother, what do
those dear little children do who
have no cellar door to put up in
front of them?” Even there, you
see, the little heart found cause for
thankfulness.