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• - XULZ.Z-- V-y-U. •-•- l‘.ue Ukiu^villfe -_ Pub -ished F.'icrj Ciiciiy Moiring 7- cSI- ID ± ';, ' . 1 I'stHirs in tHnaici Jlan Building, __ Northwest Comer of Public Square. ~' : - - ■ Tom"a V- 10 ' offlcial Oman of Hall, Pan 1.8, Wlnto, j 1,10*1!’ L V, m aUu Daws °w countiPß, and the city welvo o" 1C - Il ' ;sa *“* circula ion in twelve otUr eounuta ui NortL-airt Georgia, and 1 two counties m Western North Carolina. j SUBSCRIPTION. One Yeah *, f) . j Six Months •* 1 1 0 ! 1 iiUKK Moxtiis ( IN' advance, delivered by CARRIER OR riEPAID 1!Y 11-IL. All paion are stopped at the expiration of Hie time paid for .vuiiout further not'd-. .Ma il tub I scribora will please observe the dates 01 their wrapper?. Persons wishing the paper will have their orders drouiplly attended to l>y r- inmitiing the amount for the time desired. ADVERTISING. SEVEN WORDS MAKE A LINE. Ordinary advertisements, per Nonpareil Hue, 10 ceuts. Legd Official Auction ar.d Amusement advertise ments and Special Notices, per Nonpa reil line, 15 cents. Reading notices per lino. Nonpareil typo 15 ceuti Local notices, per line, brevier type, 15 cents. A discount made on advertisements continued for longer than one week. REMITTANCES For subscriptions or ad vertising can be made by Post Oflico order, Registered Letter or Express, at our risk. All letters should be address-.!, J. E. REDWINE, Gainesville, Ga. REVISED KATES Per Legal Ailvri-liing in Die Eagh-. From, ami including this date, tho rates of legal advertising in the Eagle will be as follows : Sheriff's sales for each levy oil inch |2 50. Etch additional inch or loss ; 2 60. Mortgage sales (lie days) one inch 5 00. Each additional inch or loss :i ou. Adm'r's, ExVs.GuardTi’s sales, 4 weeks,) inch 1 00 Each additional inch 2 60 Notice to debtors and creditors 4 00. Oitut’s for lot’rs of adtu’n or guard’ns'p (4 vvks;4 00. Leave to a ii real estate 4 00 Lot'rs oi diam'u of adm’n or guard'll 1 mo. t, 00. Estray notices .....4 00. Citations (unreprosonted estates) I*oo. Rule nisi in divorce cases 0 00. Homestead Exemption, 2 weeks, 2 00. Rule Nisi to foreclose, monthly 4 111 os., per in... 4 00 Notices of Ordinaries calling attention of admin, istrators, executors and guardians to making thir annual returns; and of Sheriffs in regard to provis ions sections tilil'J, of the Code, puhlishkd erek for the Sheriffs puß Urdiuaries who p;iti oni/.e the Eaole. 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. - -- —■ 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.