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Hy the Eagle I’litjlistiing- Company. VOLUME XL. 1899. L E. ANDOE St CO. START THE New Year BY GETTING IN NEW GOODS. This week we are opening up a large shipment of . SHOES. To all our customers we wish to say that this year our stock of Clothing, Hats, Shoes, and Fine Dry Goods will be the largest we have ever shown, R. E. ANDOE & CO.. 14 AAain St. Telephone £>. - - ‘ . ■ jfc = Waterman, Burnett & Co., G ( EXCLUSIVE | Wiers, Tailors, GENTS’ FURNISHINGS and SHOES, I GAINESVILLE, Q-7L. ->4he Time to Flow. The season for sowing grain is now here, and it is to your interest to have the very best implements. We have a large stock of » 'l'' A IpKf * IF tW) *"S -£a* ■» 'A-& *-V’' S W '•A-*.-' CUTAWAY HARROWS,s- Torrent Harrows. 1,2, and 3 Horse Plows: AVERY’S STEEL, ' SYRACUSE, SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WORKS, OLIVER PATENT. T 4 T) The largest lot ever brought to Gaines- All styles—ill prices.— l^°|oULv/ I vJT Ula O» Breech and muzzle loaders. A new era in prices. Everything cheaper than ever before. Come and see us. S.C. DINKINS & CO THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE. COTTON is and will con tinue to be the money crop of the South. The planter who gets the most cot ion from a given area at the least cost, is the one who makes die most money. Good culti vation, suitable rotation, and liberal use of fertilizers con taining at least 3% actual Potash cvill insure the largest yield. We will send Free, upon application, jamphlets that will interest every cotton planter in the South. GERFIAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. HEADACHE •‘Both my wife and myself have been using CASCARETS and they are the best medicine we have ever had in the house. Last week my wife was frantic with headache for two days, she tried some of your CASCARETS. and they relieved the pain in her head almost immediately. We both recommend Cascarets. Chas. Stedeford, Pittsburg Safe « Deposit Co., Pittsburg, Pa CANDY WL jjp CATHARTIC (mow TRADE MARK REGISTERED Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10c, 25c, 50c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterling Remedy Company. Chicago, Montreal, New York. 317 BAP Sold and guaranteed by all drutr nU" I VDAU gists to CIJKE Tobacco Habit ■ Phk'bcrc’o HAIL'2 BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair Promotes a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures scalp diseases h hair falling. 50c, and $ 1.00 at Druggists “TRYALLEFs FOOT-EASE, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and damp. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Alien’s Foot-Ease. It warms the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweat ing feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and is a certain cure for Chilblains and Frost bites. Try it to day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and Instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for Chilblains, sweating, callous, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Jt’lilchcster’s English Dlamor.'l I>- EHMYROYftt ■''A'/?] Srvfflk 'for Chichester'i English ■T Brand in lied and Gold metallic \y “ scaled with blue ribbon. Take Iyy no other. Refuse dangerous substitu* V I / ** fictions and imitations. At Druggists, or send 4c. I in stamps for particulars, testimonials an . \ *C* Ep •‘Relief for Ladies,” in letter, by retnr’i -A P Mell. 10.000'1 testimonials. Name Paper. I Uhioii ester Chemical Co.. Ala d I son So ua re, old bj ail Local Dru&aists. Vbilada.. Pa. it rests with you whether you continue nerve-killing tobacco habit,. removes the desire for tobacco, v. fITOIWSMS out nervous distress, expels H a STr-isataMPT tine, purities the blood, stores lost manhood. W M boxes makes you V k &a in health, j cases cured. Buy and g AC from Oopk. 3 our own druggist, who K ™ 8 vouch forus. Take it with dSSLwis Will,patiently, persistently. One ijwjWßs W MP"* box. Fl, usually cures; 3 boxes, 52.50, guaranteed to cure, or we refund money. Sterling Rcmedy Co., Chlengo, Montreal, Now York. Drs RYDER & MERRITT, DEPJTXSTS. GAINESVILLE. - - - GA. Dental work of all kinds done in a skillful manner. Crown and Bridge work a specialty. JOHN MARTIN, NACOOCHEE, GA. REAL ESTATE. Mines and Mining Lands, Fa: ms and Farming Lands, Timber and Wild Lands SOLID INVESTMENTS AT TEMPTING PRICES. Correspondence Invited. QFCnQ OURSARE S DU ft DO ALWAYS RELIABLE. S Send for cur illustrated Catalogue and order direct c ? AUGUSTA EARLY TRUCKER CABBAGE. \ ( A Sure Header. Seed toe. a packet. / £ ALEXANDER SEED CO., ' ? Augusta, Georgia. J Libel For Divorce. Matildy Nix . 1 Libel for Divorce vs. ' In Hall Superior Court, i William Lee Nix. ) January‘term, 1899. To William Lee Nix, greeting: By order of the Court, I hereby notify-you that on the 10th day of November, 1898, Matildy Nix died a suit against you for total divorce, returnable to the* January term, 1899. of said court, under the foregoing caption. You are further notified to be and uppear at the next term of said court, to be held on the third Mon day in January, 1899. to answer plaintiff's com j plaint. In default thereof the court will pro -1 ceed as to justice shall appertain. Witness the Hon. J. J. Kimsey, Judge of said Court, this 12th dav of November, 1898. J. W. OSLIN, C. S C., Hall Countv, Ga. Adams, Deax & Hobbs, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. New WOOD Yard C. L. DEAL Has established a first-class Wood Yard at his residence, No. 1G Grove St., where he will keep a large supply of Stove and Fire Wood cut to any length desired. Wood delivered on short notice. Established KWO. GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 32, 1899. HARRISON’S SUBSTITUTE. I| The Backwoodsman Who Undertook *• . Speak For the Ex-Preaident. One August day in the summer £ of 1895 there was a great gathering ■ at the only hotel at Old Forge, the »• best known of tfce gateways to the Adirondacks. A pole, a tall, sturdy, t looking piece of timber, was to be ’ , raised and ex-President Benjamin , Harrison, then occupying his cot-*’* tage on Second lake, had consented ( to speak. Campers from the chain of lakes that leads into the Blue , mountain region from Old Forge, , natives of the neighboring lumber < towns, guides and woodsmen, min- , g]ed in the crowd that wandered. , about the hotel, filling the piazzas, and seeking shelter in the little par- ; lor from the drizzling rain and pen- , etrating mountain air without. In this loitering crowd was a, chore boy from one of the Fourth- ( lake camps, a reckless, irresponsible* , fellow, but of unusual cunning* and* shrewdness. He had a greedyllppO-, f : tite, and most of the time was fool- ■ ish with drink. On the morning of . this day, while we were sailing down to Old Forge, he had calmly* swallowed at one gulp a half pint of whisky, as the initiative to one of * his terrible sprees. Later, luck at? > dice in the barroom and a commin- * gling with genial souls had brought him to a condition where his smile never faded and his step was most uncertain. The ceremony of the pole raising. , was announced for 2 o’clock. At ’ that hour the ex-president had not arrived at the hotel, and the people | who had gathered there were nerv ously moving about, disgusted with the weather and annoyed at the de lay. In the interval George, the chore boy, ventured the remark ’ that if the president didn’t hurry he would get out on the piazza and ’ make the speech himself. For this boldness he was dragged from the parlor to the more congenial atmos phere of the barroom. Finally the former chief execu tive arrived. The crowd, which had formed on the slope of the lawn be fore the hotel, immediately revived and hurrahed and cheered the noted guest. The formalities of the cere mony were quickly disposed of by the long suffering committee and the chairman took the earliest op-, portunity to introduce Mr. Harrison.. The ex-president rose and stood by, his chair, which had been placed some distance back from the piazza, L rail. An instant he regarded .the,; crowd below. Apparently he wa* * about to speak wßfe the-group had pressed about the parlor doOTfe opened and George the chore nis ’ great, coarse boots, his coat sleeves falling over his hands and almost concealing them, his flannel shirt open at the neck—George, with his smile and his stagger highly de veloped—stepped out before the as tonished assemblage and walked - quickly to the railing. Uncovering with great care his frouzy head, he laid his broad brim med hat on the secretary’s table. Wholly unmindful of the gentleman over whose distinguished face there fluttered a half quizzical, half amus ed look, he turned to the crowd, and with all the confidence and assur ance of a speaker who is conscious of the power of his words, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I presume you came here to hear me speak.” The presumption was too greatly exaggerated to pass unnoticed. Be fore George could further indicate the supposed desires of his audience, he was struggling in the hands of the irate committeemen, and the nails in his boot heels were drawing parallel lines on the boards of the piazza. His exit was through the same door that had marked his tri umphant entry, and it was just in side this opening that he fell in a heap and the smile collapsed. After thus forcibly dismissing the intrud er the members of the committee returned to their seats. And then the president spoke.— New York Mail and Express. A Noted Cook. Formerly appreciative recogni tion of successful effort was abso lutely essential to the accomplished cook. Some cooks were so sensitive on this point that they could not do justice to themselves if it was with held. The late Abraham Hayward gives an instance of this in Felix, a noted chef of hie time. This artist was in the employ of Lord Seaford, who was obliged to dispense with his services for economical reasons. Some months afterward a distin guished connoisseur was dining with Lord Seaford and before the first course was half over he detected the handiwork of Felix. He made in quiry and was informed by his host that the great chef was again in his service. He had gone from him to the Duke of Wellington. After a brief experience with the latter he had returned to Lord Seaford and begged to be taken back at reduced wages or no wages at all, for he was determined not to remain at Apsley House. He confessed that the duke was the kindest and most liberal of masters, but that when he served him a dinner that would have made Ude or Francatelli burst with envy the duke said nothing. When Felix went out and left the duke to eat a dinner prepared by the maid, the duke made no complaint. “That, my lord,” Felix said, "hurt my feel ings. ” —New York Sun. IOOK OUT for the first signs of " impure blood—Hood's Sarsaparilla is your safeguard. It will purify, enrich and vitalize your BLOOD. CrnTwiNBURN, DENTIST. CROWN and Bridge work a Specialty. A lib eral amoun of patronage solicited. I OvnOß. BOOM 3, GOBDON BLOCK, UP BTAIBS. Lam cooked in a hay box. I Danish House wife’s Plan and Its'De* * lieious Results Told by a Traveler. “Talk about your turkey stuffed Iwith Eye-talian chestnuts or Lynn .Haven oysters, all you want to,” "said the transplanted southern colo “but I say give me a thin slice d> southern ham cooked as they ,po6k it in Virginia or South Caro lina and you can keep all of your stuffed birds.” “I used to think that you south ern people knew how to cure and <Wok hams, too, until I went to Den- Mark,” answered the returned trav eler, “but, bless your soul, your southern ham tastes as tame and flat by the side of Denmark ham as northern ham does compared with sbufhern, Os course a ham has got toije good and properly cured at ttie start, but the biggest part of a Sweet, juicy, tasty ham lies in the cooking. Now’ I’ve been in 17 coun tries and I have never tasted such .ham, as I got in Denmark. ‘The nearer the bone the sweeter the ifieat’ cannot often be applied to a flam that you strike in this country, because half the time the meat is about half cooked when you get to iWaid the bone. Now, in Denmark might carve a hundred hams a day and each one would be done through and through, and yet they Are only allowed to come to a boil.” “Why, how can they be done, then?” asked the transplanted southern colonel’s transplanted frife. “Ham is a thing that should he boiled for hours and hours over > hot fire. Now, in South Carolina, where I was born, and in Virginia, lirhere the colonel was born, we al ways put a ham on right after break fast when we want it ready for a jpidday dinner, and, furthermore, cook keeps a little nigger busy “keeping up the fire all the time the ham is on the stove. Ham isn’t ham if it isn’t well boiled before it is baked.” “That’s where you and the people in Denmark disagree,” remarked the returned traveler.' “They say emphatically that ham to be thor oughly cooked should not be boiled. How do they cook it? In a hay box. What is a hay box? Hay boxes are used a great deal in Denmark. A hay box is an ordinary wooden box , with a lining of hay about a foot thick. The hay is covered with ‘-cheesecloth to keep it in place and for durability. Os course, your hay •box can be of any size, but the ves sel must fit in it closely. But that is ahead of my story, s' “When a Danish housewife wishes a ham, jjrop- rfhd fiuts 5 «ito a coht mfter, wTilch showplaces over the fire. As soon as the water comes to a hard boil she lifts the pot from the fire and puts it into a hay box, carefully covering the top of the box with a close fitting lid. When she gets up in the morning, the ham is thoroughly cooked to the bone. Will the water boil in the hay box? Oh, no! But it keeps at the same temperature all night, and an even temperature is the secret of perfect cooking. The water is just as hot when she gets up in the morning as when she goes to bed at night. The ham is done, and she doesn’t have to worry her head as to whether it will be done to the bone by dinner time, and, best of all, she never has to send it to the kitchen to be cooked over. _ A ham cooked in this way retains all the juice and sweetness and fairly makes your mouth wafer to think about it. “Those Danish hay boxes, Mme. Colonel,” he went on, “are great things. Such a thing as running wa ter is unknown in the houses of Denmark, but, by George, the peo ple over there seem to be more flush with hot water than w’e are with all our boilers, coal ranges and miles of hot water pipes. In the cupboard of the washstand in every bedroom or in the closet is a hay box, and at every hour in the day or night you can find a vessel of steaming water there. A little enough thing in itself, eh? But it’s the little things that make life livable, isn’t it? Yes, you people down south know how to cure and cook hams, and you know how to do it well, but you yourselves would own that you are mere novices at the business if you once got a taste of a Danish ham cooked overnight in a hay box.”— New York Sun. Got Kid of the Loafers. “There’s nothing so good as con genial company, and few things worse than uncongenial associates,” remarked Captain R. J. Smith to a Paducah (Ky.) Sun reporter. “I re member once when I was young a lot of fellows-used to hang around my place that were not the most de sirable companions imaginable. One day a friend said, ‘Do you w’ant to get rid of those fellows?’ I said that I did, if I could do it without offend ing them. He suggested a plan, and the result was I provided myself withan English history, a Bible and several other books 1 don’t guess those fellows ever heard of before. The next time they came in I began reading aloud to them from the books. It wasn’t long before they be gan to look at one another, and finally one said as they all got up, ‘Well, Jim, we’ll drop in again after awhile.’ Whenever they dropped in I always pulled my books, and soon they were afraid to come at all.” Not Necessary. “I suppose,” said the village dea con to the minister, “that your con stant prayer is that you may ever be poor and humble?” “Not exactly,” replied the minis ter. “I pray that I may remain humble, but my congregation at tends to the other part of it.”—Chi cago News. THE YELLOW FLAG. Plan of an Artist by Which He Saves Himself From His Friends. An artist whose habits are con vivial, but who is willing to work if no one calls on him, removed to a suburban town last summer so that he might finish a lot of illustrations which he had promised. "New York is all right,” he said to his friends, "but I know too many people here, arid my friends keep calling on me in my studio, and this sadly interferes with my work. I have selected Lonelyville because my wife likes it and I know absolutely no one in the place. I have.orders for a year's work, and I simply must do it on time. You fellows may come out to see me on Sundays, but not on weekdays.” Several weeks later some of his friends from New York went out to see the artist on Sunday and they found him enthusiastic about the place. "There is a fine lot of fellows here,” he said, “and I have enjoyed the town immensely. I have joined a yacht club, a bowling olub, a whist club and a Saturday night smoker club. Found several old friends out here also.” "But I thought that you came here so that you might do your work without interruption,” said one of his callers. “Well, yes, that was my reason, and as soon as I have met all the boys and each of them has made his call on me I can settle down and make up for lost time.” A month later the publishers for whom this artist worked began to complain that they had received no illustrations from him. The artist made promises and broke them. Finally one of the publishers went out to Lonelyville to investigate. He found that the artist was out yachting. He waited for him, and then laid down the law to him. “This book must come out on time,” said the publisher, “and I will give you just one month more on which to finish your illustrations. If they are not done then, we will get another man and never give you any more work.” When the publisher went, the art ist said to bis wife: “Now what am I going to do about this? I can’t pos sibly tell my friends to stay away for a month. They wouldn’t under stand my purpose. The committee from the yacht club is coming here tomorrow afternoon, and on the fol lowing day I expect some of the whist club men, and so it goes. What am I to do?” The artist’s wife was ingenious, and she explained a little scheme of her Own to *jty’hen the. committee from the yacht Club call ed the following day, they saw a big, yellow flag fifing over the door. Underneath it was a big placard on which was printed: “Keep off. Con tagious disease here.” They did keep off, and soon all Lonelyville knew about it. The local health offi cer went around to investigate, and after a short conversation with the artist’s wife he went away with a broad smile on his face. When the other inhabitants of Lonelyville questioned him about the case, he looked serious and said that he was not at liberty to say what the dis ease was, but that no one was likely to catch it unless he went into the house. During the next month that flag waved and no one saw the art ist. The publisher got his illustra tions, and then the flag was hauled down, and the health officer an nounced that it would be safe to call on the artist. His friends in the town came around to see him and con gratulate him on his recovery. He didn’t look like a man who had been through a serious illness. “What was the disease ?” they ask ed. “Loafing,” said the artist serious ly. He then explained that he had quarantined the house not against loafing within, but against his friends who might come and infect him with it. The idea of the yellow flag impressed his acquaintances and in accordance with their advice the artist still uses it. Four or five days a week this flag flies before his door, and none of his friends calls. As soon as it is hauled down they know that the artist is ready to receive them, and they call. The artist’s publish ers heard of it, and as an evidence of their gratitude they sent hiqi a big yellow silk flag which hasn’t its equal in Lonelyville.—New York Sun. May Taka It. Traveler—Do the trains for WTax tonbury leave this station ? Railroad Attache—They always have up to date, but the thing is getting pretty shaky.and it wouldn’t be strange some day to see one of the trains carrying it off.—Boston Transcript.’ The Worm YVas Up Late. A father was lecturing his son on the evil of staying out late at night and rising late in the morning. "You will never succeed,” he said, "unless you mend your ways. Re member, the early bird catches the worm. ” "And what about the worm, fa- I ther?” said the young man sneer ingly. "Wasn't he rather foolish j in getting up so early?” "My son, ” said the old man, “that worm hadn’t been to bed at all. He j was only getting home.” The young man coughed.—Pitts ; burg Chronicle. The Household Boss. "Let’s see, you married Darling ton’s widow, didn’t you?” i "Yep.” “But you always said you’d never marry a ready made wife.” “Well, I found out afterward that this one was made to order.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. .OO Per Annum in Advance. PROUD OF HIS ENGLISH. The Austrian Gentlfcmau Helps Entertain an American Tourist. An American physician was in vited to dine at ‘the house of a prom inent journalist in Budapest. He was introduced to an Austrian who, the host whispered proudly, spoke English fluently. “I saw’that Mr. Fehevary was not at his ease, for his English and repu tation r ere at stake,” says the doc tor. “Our Magyar fiiends immediately wished us to speak English to each other, and a circle was formed around us, as if we were two prize fighters ready for the fray. I said: “ ‘Howdo you do, Mr. Fehevary?’ “ ‘Most veil,’ he answered brave ly- “ ‘Where did you study English?’ “ ‘ln myself,’ he said, with great effort. ’ ” The young woman the doctor took out to dinner had come in from the country especially to meet him. She was much disappointed to find the gentleman from America was white. She plied him with all manner of questions. Dinner began with chick en soup, “and,” continues the nar rator, “of course my neighbor ask ed did we eat soup in America. “Next came roast goose that melt ed upon the lips like butter. Green peas w’ere the wheels of its chariot. “ ‘Do you have geese?’ my neigh bor asked. “ ‘Plenty of them,’ I said. “ ‘Are they as good as those in Hungary?’ “I wanted to say much better be cause the kind I meant asked no questions, but I controlled myself and said instead that they couldn’t compare with Hungarian geese. Spring chicken, fried in olive oil— the chicken better than the goose— was the third course. “ ‘Do you have chickens?’ queried my interlocutor, ‘and what do you do with them?’ “‘That depends upon their age,’ I said. Dessert, which has no name sake this side of the Atlantic, follow ed. Fruit and w’ine, the ladies also partaking of the latter, closed the dinner, but not the mouth of my in quisitive neighbor. “ ‘Do the girls dress differently from the boys ? Do you have bath rooms?’ “ ‘Yes, and we take a bath once in awhile. ’ “ ‘How large a city is America?’ “ ‘Considerably larger than Buda- • pest. ’ “At this point our hostess rising afforded me a blessed release from the witness stand. The gentlemen were going to the coffee house to read would"follgw in ah hour, I was told. Mr. Fehevary kept ata safe distance from me all the time. I saw him handling a pocket dictionary and knew he was getting loaded with something, for he looked very studi ous, and his lips were moving inces santly. At last he seemed to have it, for a look of triumph came over his face. “We were ready to go. The serv ants all stood in a row, waiting for a fee. Mr. Fehevary couldn’t go to the coffee house—he was too busy— but he followed me to the door, and, in hearing of all the Estetys, the whole newspaper staff, and the serv ants, male and female, he said tri umphantly as he shook my hand: “ ‘I been enthused to make your gonnections. ’ ” —What to Eat. The YouujftHt Was the Eldest. A curious legal point was decided in the reign of Elizabeth—at least, so the story goes. A country gentle man bequeathed his estate to his eldest son and £lO to the younger. He had only two sons, who were twins. The firstborn claimed the es tate, but it seemed that he had been round the world with Drake, and so had lost a day on the voyage; hence the lawyers, sly rogues, assured him that his brother’s claim was the best and, the adventurer acquies cing in the decision, departed on his travels with the £lO in his pocket. Could Onlj Turn His Collar. Eli Green was exceedingly bash ful and resorted to all sorts of expe dients to avoid the girls. Ontherare occasions when his mother had com pany he was careful to let his work take him to some remote part of the farm. But on his twenty-first birthday he determined to assert his man hood becomingly and he went to the house of an uncle in the next county and spent an entire w’eek. When he returned, his mother asked him if he had enjoyed himself. “Waal, Idunno,” he answered re flectively. “I didn’t s’pose Uncle Jason ’d’have comp’ny, but there he was, with a house chock full o’ city gals, a laughin an racin an a makin out like I was a fine beau. The wust on’t was they changed their clothes five or six times a day, an I could only turn my collar. Course there was slews of icecream an fixins, but I guess, take it up one side an down t'other, I’m willin to git back.”— Detroit Free Press. Poor Grindstone. The minister, with his little son Charles, was calling on an old pa rishioner, w’ho poured her troubles into his sympathizing ear, ending with The remark, “I’ve hadmynose held to the grindstone for 30 years.” Charlie, who had been looking in tently at the old lady, instantly re marked, “Well, it hasn’t worn the mole on the end of it off yet.”— Harper’s Bazar. Too Spry. “Jinks is the meanest man on earth.” “Why?” “I told him a good story on the way out to a dinner, and when we got there he worked it off before I had a chance.’’—Chicago Record. NUMBER 2. SAILING SHIP PASSENGERS. The Various Keasonn That Prompt Them to Take a Long Sea Voyage. Almost everybody that travels on the sea nowadays goes by steamer, but there are still some persona who, for one reason and another, take passage on sailing ships going usually long voyages. All big ships have one or two or perhaps more spare staterooms in their cabin, and so are able to carry comfortably a limited number of passengers. American ships sailing out of this port carry passengers—one, or it may be more—on probably half the voyages they make. Sometimes there are applications from more than can be accommodated ; some times there are none at all. For a long time it has been a cus- . tom to some extent to send on long voyages men whom it was sought thus to cure of a craving for liquor, for the benefits of the voyage and for enforced abstinence. There arw yet such passengers, but some vessel owning firms now decline them. Passengers making these long voy ages in sailing vessels go some for pleasure, and others are actuated by various motives. For example, two young men who were friends went out from here together to Japah. One of them was the son of a New York importer who was going out to be a resident agent in Japan of his father’s house. This house char ters ships and has constant dealings with ships, and it was desired that its representative should have some practical knowledge of them, whiich he could acquire on the voyage out. The other passenger on this voyage expected to follow the sea as a pro fession on steam vessels. He took this voyage as a part of his prepara tory education in acquiring a knowl edge of ships. Men sometimes make the Icing voyages to gather literary material. There are sometimes passengers who take passage simply to get to some port of destination. Awhile ago a New Yorker of am ple means and of perfect health and with a love for the sea, who Went out from here to San Francisco in a sailing ship, liked the ship andjthe captain and the life so well that he sailed in the ship for three years. He went in her from San Francisco to Liverpool and back to New York, out to San Francisco again, once more to Liverpool and back to New York and then to Japan in her. But, while some men make long voyages simply for the pleasure of it, prob ably more go for their health. The number of those who go to recover from the effects of overwork, men who are pretty nearly worn out and who need a rest, is considerable. They get here three to five months of absolute rest and freedom from care, and the results attained in some cases seem almost marvelous. The charge for a long voyage on the finest ships is S3OO. A long voyage would be that to San Francisco, 100 to 150 days; to Japan the same, or to Australia 100 to 125 days. If the passenger remains on board in port, the charge for that is $lO a wedk.— New York Sun. Why Cold Harbor? Coluber, from the snakelike Wind ing of the Roman way at the point thus indicated. Coluber, the shake on the Roman standard there set up, Colubris arbor, the tree on which the serpent was lifted up. Col. ijrva, the fields of the Roman colony. Col. in the same sense, but harbor left to find its own meaning of sta tion, hereberg, auberge. Coal har bor, a port for ships bringing coal. Coal harbor, a station where char coal was stored. Coaled arbbrye, wood fuel Caerberlarber, from caer, town, and arbhar, camp; {com pare Clabber Napper’s Hole, Graves end, Cui arbhar, a place of safety for grain. Cole harbor, a kailyard, from Teutonic kohl in succession to Latin caulis. j But the conclusion generally ar rived at was that Cold Harbor meant pretty much what it appeared to mean—that cold was cold, whether to be enjoyed or to be protected from, and harbor was harbor, whether originally justifying itfl etymological signification of a mili tary post or approaching more near ly to the place where one “may find his warmest welcome, ” as in a Kal ten herberg of the present day.— Notes and Queries. A Watermelon Paradise. As the effort to colonize negroes in Liberia is not working satisfac torily, it might be feasible to induce them to go to the Messilia valley, in Mexico, where the largest water melons are grown. It is said that a farmer in that valley had no wagon strong enough to take one to mar ket, so he had to cut slices out of it with a crosscut saw as they were needed for home consumption. But one of them became too ripe; it burst and washed away all the lower acres of his farm. No lives were lost, but much damage was done, as the flood rushed down the irrigation ditches. This story is vouched for by an exchange whose editor wears seven shooters in his belt.—Atlanta Constitution. She Burned Her Letters. Tennyson once wrote to Glad stone: “I heard of an old lady the other day to whom all the great men of her time had written. When Froude’s ‘Carlyle’ came out, she rushed up to her room, and to an old chest there wherein she kept their letters, and flung them into the fire. ‘They were written to me,’ she said, ‘not to the public!’ and she set her chimney on fire, and her children and grandchildren ran in, ‘The i chimney’s on fire!’ ‘Never mind,’ i she said, and went on burning. I ; should like to raise an altar to that old lady and burn incense upon it.” e