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F. R. FILDES, Editor.
VOL. VIII.
I’ ROFESSIO IN AL.
DR. E. A..JELKS,
Practicing Physician,
QUITMAN GA.
Office : Brick building adjoining store of
Messrs. Brig £B. JclkS & Cos., Screven Strict.
January 31, 1873. 5-tt
JAMES 11. hunter,
Jttornni anb Counsellor at Uifo,
QUITMAN, CA.
p&- Office. im the Court
March 17, 1871.
IV. B. Hi S. T. KinosbißUT
RENNET & KIM.SUCH V,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Q-1 man. Brooks County, Georgia.
February 7. 1873 6
J. €. GALLAHEB,
ATTOBNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, QA.
TTTILL practice in the Superior Courts in all
VV the Counties ot the Southern Circuit; in
the Supreme Court or Georgia, and in the Bis
trict Court of the United States, at Savannah
And in special <yiscH, in the Counties of Madison
and Jefferson, Florida.
Office : Mclntosh House. 37-3 m
EDWARD U HARDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
Office, Blithe Court House, second floor
May 26, 1872. ly
DENTISTRY.
Dr. D.X.RICKS,
HAVING recently ' a^~
attended atlior- \ V lii
ough Course of Lee- * \Jr f '/A. .
tures and graduated QV V J ”-3
at the New Orleans
Dental College, has‘TV - ,- -y
returned to Qnitman, U, TTJJT <.
andreoi*ened bis of- A/" yT «pvT>
fice. •/.
Thankful to friends
and patrons for past favors, he will be pleased
to serve them in future. Good work and mod
erate charges.
March 14, 1873. 11-fan
Da J. S. N. SNOW,
D E NTT ST,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA
KBATECT FULLY solicits the
patronage of the Citizens of AaSgah
Brooks county, and will endeavor.
by faithfully executing all work entrusted to
him, to merit their Confidence.
Charges moderate, and work guaranteed.
l(E6_Office, up stairs, overJ. Tillman’s store.
March 21, 1873. 45-ly
Miscellaneous.
QUITMAN URIL STORE.
IcCALL& GROOVER,
JDk.U.ERS IN
Drugs, •Mctliriiics.^^sg)
Paints, Oils,
VARNISHES, Dye Stuff*, H%~ ■'
BRUSHES, Perfume ">
ry, loilet Articlen, Ac.
£otify the public that they will keep on hand
ccmplete and fresh stocks, and soil the same at a
reasonable profit.
This is Exclusively a Drug Store, and the en
tire attention, of the, junior member of the Aria
wfll be given to the business.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of the
public. •
Quitman, Feb. 2, 1873. ly
im. w. c. wTLxrxsox. nn. a. n. smith.
URGE DRUG SIGN.
WILKINSON & SMITH,
KEEP on band a
Complete Stock
of Freehand Pure "S r p*
uK i G!i SmMt
KtBICWtES RvgpfcfJK
And many of the best & f V TjfiiL,
t 4sSS*>*'
Also, White Lead, Varnishes; Paints and Oils,
Soaps, Tobacco, Segars, Toilet Articles, Ac.
All of which will be sold on reasonable terms.
Prescriptions carefully compounded*
Quitman, Ga., Jan.£3l, 1873 5-ly
GUANOS.
PHCENIX GUANO.
fill UK & CI S UllElfll
ar-t El T
The celebra'ed guanos imported and prepared
by Wilcox, Gibbs & Cos , Savannah, Ga., and
Charleston. S. C., are for sale for cash, er on
credit on accommodating terms, payable in cot
ton, by J- B. FINCH, Agent,
Quitman, Georgia?
Special attention is called to the use of the
Phccnix Guano composted with Cotton S»d.
Send or apply as above for circulars, giving tes
timonials from piaaters, prices, terms, Ac. [8 tit
Cotton Dili Repairs.
THE undersigned is prepared to repair ana
place in good order Cotton Gins. Saws
sharpened and Brushes filled, so as to make
them as good as when new. Will visit any por
tion of the country, when notified that se vices
are needed. J. B. PALMEK.
Quitman, July 26, 1872 2u-tf
(Original.)
SPUING.
All hail to tliec, bright Spring!
Glad season of the year;
Heaven’s richest blessings thou dos't bring,
We lejoice that thou art near.
Thou art coming, coming, Virgin Queen,
Borne on zephyr’s wing—
l)eck«*d in thy robe of emerald green,
Balmy and beauteous Spring.
We’ll select the fairest flowers,
Sparkling with gems of dew—
And cull from nature’s bowers,
Wild flowers of every hue.
A garland we will twine,
Os flowerets rich and rare :
The rose and lilly we’ll combine,
To deck thy brow so fair.
The brightest'flowers of early Spring—
Crocus and Cow slip gay-
We'll bear t hem as an offering,
And strew them in thy way.
Fairy sprite, whence comest thou!
Where hast thou been so long?
Faint echo answers even now,
From the bright land of song.
Gentle Queen, whence comest thou,
To dissipate all gloom?
Faint echo answers even now—
Whence flowers ever bloom.
Seraphic forms attend on thee !
Methinks I hear them sing
Os a wreath of immortality,
And of one perpetual Spring.
Violet.
Quitman. Gn.. April Ist.
MUscdlancoMS.
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ill ESTOR VOF A 11 EttM IT.
FI'RTY A'KARS TV TIIK WILDERNESS—TIIE
Hermit llrri'er and Ills History—
Ruined and Heart broken— A Vcw
rth okkn Only by Death.
There il ed recently near Ringtown,
Schuylkill county, Pehn , a man named
Harper, who for many years had passed
-bit. lire among the mountains oftiiscoun
ty. The first appearance ho made in
this region was over forty years ago, at
Went Penn township, in Schuylkill conn
ty, and there in an unfrequented epot, he
built a lint, shutting himself out from
communication with the outside world.
How he lived, who or what he was, no
one know. Young men grew up to old
age, died and passed away, and etill
Harper remained in his lint. After a
while a rujr or came to the village of
West P*-tin that the hermit was dead. An
investigation, however, revealed nothing
else than that the hut was deserted by
its long time occupant. A short time
after there appeared a qneor old man
with long, snowy locks and beard, belli
form and wrinkled visage. lie pur
chased a few groceries in Ringtown, and
th*n disappeared. Alter a few months
he again went to the village, made a
milar pnrchaeo arid again went away.
Flo was followed, and in a deep and damp
cave, in a rocky gorge of the mountains,
bis habitation was fonnd. The deep
snow and severe winter weather com
pelled the old man to leave his mountain
home, and wander over into Columbia
county, be found shelter with a farmer,
when in a few days he died, and on bis
death lied be narrated the following :
harper’s history.
' His name was James Harper. When
! lie died be was within a lew weeks of
i reaching the eightieth anniversary of his
birth. Between forty and fifty years
! ago he was the senior partner of Harper
& Bro, "hardware merchants. Market
street, Philadelphia. His brother was
some years his and their firm
Stood among the leadingones of the city
They lived in fine style in Chestnut street,
and' neither of them being mat tied, their
| only sister superintended their household
i affairs. About the year 1835 James
I Hdfcer went to Europe, leaving the bus
hires in charge of his-brother, in whom
he placed the utmost confidence. He
spent two years travelling in the old
i c untry, during which time he married
; an accomplished, beautiful and
young English lady, a member of one
ibe leading families. For some months
previous to his departure from London to
| return home. Mr. Harper had not heard
j from'his brother—his letters which had
I been regular and cheering, suddenly
j ceased. Apprehension ol something
wrong, the senior partner determined to
| forego further saunteringn in Europe,
i and shortly after his marriage, embark
led for Pbilade'pbia, accompanied by bis
i bride. When the voyage was about
j half over, and the despondency that had
■ seized Mr. Harper when he left London
j had been somewhat dispel kid, the small-
I pox broke out among some emigrant
families in the steerage. The plague
1 spread to the cabin passengers, and
| among the first victims was the young
wife of Mr. Harper, who died in the
I greatest agony, and whose body was
| cast into the sea. This was the first
thrust into the heart of the returning
rnerebaut, and prepared him for others
I that awa ted him. After lying in qnar
-1 antine some time after reaching port, the
1 passengers of the plague-stricken ship
j were permitted to land.
A few honrs afterwards Mr. Harper
1 learned that be was a ruined man. His
HERE SHALL THB PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN ■
QUITMAN, GEO., APRIL 3, 1873.
brother, shortly alter he went to Europe,
fell into dissolute habits, and in .1 year
and a half had driven the firm into bank
ruptcy, and in a fit of desperation blew
out his brains in a gambling hell. The
sister died in a few weeks of grief, and
the property of the firm was ail sold by
the sheriff. Mr. Harper found himself
without a dollar or a single relative, and
barely, a friend, where he had left a
prosperous business, a happy home, and
hundreds of flattering acquaintances.
Overwhelmed with misfortune, broken
hearted and deserted, lie determined to
put himself forever away from all con
tact with the woild, and liye alone with
liis bitterness. He kept his vow sacred- j
ly until he knew that death "was steal
ing upon him, wl en he fe't that he would
like to close his eyrs upon the world,
smrnundcd, if possible, by fellow being#
who would minister to his last wants
and give, him Christian burial.
VVliat must have been the weight of
the sorrow that sat upon the unfortunate
man’s soul to induce him to forsake the
world and its manifold blessings and live
in bitter solitude, alone with his misery,
during an ordinary lifetime ? liis case
certainly has no known parallel in the
history of our race.
DOG FIGHTsYn THE VVEST.
There is at Ihe present time of writ
ting a member of the House whose fath
er was us renowned in his day and way
as the far famed Davy Crockett, of pleas
ant memory. We will call him ‘ Uncle
John.” IJucle John lived and moved in
these parts forty years age. Cards,
race horses and dog fights were Ids chief
delight. Few men could beat him at a
game of “old sledge'” Ilis horses had
lightning to their heels; while his dogs
(hull dogs and fighting dogs were fash
ionable those days—they were the gen ■
nine “dog-day’) carried theswilt arrows
of death in their bristling fangs. Hot it
is seldom given unto one man to excel
in three pursuits at one time and in all
places. However, in respect of cards,
horses and dogs, Uncle John never mot
his match until the fates took him to j
Sparta, then, as now a flourishing little
village in White county. Even then
be beat everything in sight as far as his
cards and horses were concerned, but
bis dogs were badly worsted. The
Sparta innkeeper bad the king dog of all
his tribe—a ferocious "hull”that 'chaw
ed up and spit ’out” everything that
carpc along. Uncle John put up
FIFTY DOLLARS IN STRCIK
on his own "Tige," but jt Tige had gone
through a Cincinnati sausage-grinder
he could scare ly have looked more rag- !
ged than he did when he carnn out. Ah !
went the first, so followed the second,
faster and faster, till it seemed unmerci
ful disaster had overtaken Uncle John in
the dog line at last. He travelled many
weary miles in search ot a dog that
could whip that tavern keepers dog, but
all to no purpose. He was losing his
money fast, and worse than that, he was
losing his temper and his patience
Faith in the motto ‘try, try again,’ had
almost deserted him. Ho went out on
what lie avowed was his last hunt, and
was nearing Sparta on his return late
%ne afternoon, gloomy and dejected, lor
he hadn't found the right* annual yet,
just as lie got within a few miles of that
inn which had been the scene ot so ma
ny disgraceful defeats, lie met a back
woodsman driving an ox to m with a
great, vicious looking wall chained be
hind the wagon.
THE RtOIIT DOC AT LA T.
lie was not long ascertaining that the
wolf was as wild and as savage as a hy
ena; that he had an li mr before taken in
a trap, and that his owuer Could he in
duced to part with him for a valuable
consideration.
‘l’ll give you two dollars and a half in
hard money for that critter,’ proposed
Uncle John.
•Not enough yet,’said backwoods,
'Well,’ said Uncle John, finally, ‘if
you'll just help me to strap him behind j
iny saddle and will take five dollars, it’s I
a trade.’
Arid they traded ‘lf I don’t whip
thatd—d tavern keeper’s dog this
muttered Uncle John to himself as he
drew toward Sparta, ‘he may take my j
hat for a corn basket.’
| As it was quite dark when 0111 hero j
reached the inu, he cautiously unstrap
ped the terrible beast, and pitching him
into a deserted outhouse which fortn
nate'y, stood hard by, and fastening him
securely, entered the hotel.
#HE CHALLENGE.
•I think I have found a dog that can
cttawyonr’n this time,’ remarked Uncle
John to the major dorao, after pasing
the usual salutations. ‘You really
think you have him at last,’chuck led the
master of the king of dogs, and tipping
a sly wink at the crowd. ‘Well, what
do you say to letting ’em together in the
morning?’
“All right,’ said Uncle John. ‘l’m
bound to be off mighty airly in ttie morn
ing,’ but if you will lie ready directly af
ter breakfast, I won’t mind giving you
just cno tnrn, anyhow.’
The rumor soon spread through the
village of Sparta that a great and% fight
was to come off next day hy sunrise,
and the whole vicinity was on the qui
! u ive. Our hero explained that his dog
i was so vigrus that he was con.polled to
1 keep him closely confined. ‘Blamed,’
said he, ‘if 1 bleove he knows his master
yit.’ So it was arranged that his dog
was to remain in the outhouse—an old
crib or barn, by the way—and that the
| other dog wan to be unchained and turn
ed in with him at a given signal. By
daylight everybody was up and ready
i for the fray. The old barn in which Un
cle John’s dog was shut up was dark at
that hour and only his outlines—just
enough to indicate that it was “a sho
nuflf dog”—could be detected. Bets ran
high—
the onr.B
being all in favor of the great victor In
so many hotly.contested fights. Uncle
John staked a round hundred against a
like sum of the inkeeper’s. Time was
called, and the ferocious bttll-dog sniffed
iiis antagonist through the cracks of the
old barn, growled defiance for a moment,
and when unchained and the window
opened, he lit in at a single bound.
Ah! then and there was hurrying to
and fro and flying fur, and sputterings
of distress an 1 cheeks all pale, which
but an hour ago flushed with a quart of
rum or something less. Men, women
and children were outside running round
the crib, trying to peep in through the
cracks and crevices. Such a spattering,
sputtering, growling, yelling, gnashing
of teeth, and cater wauling has never
been heard in Sparta from that day to
this. The tavern keeper excitedly sag
gested that "forty wolves couldn’t make
more fuss than them two dogs.” Uncle
John waited the issue with the calm dig
nity ol one conscious that lie holds four
aces in liis hand and ti e fifth up liis
sleeve; the only cool man on the ground.
But it didn't Inst long. Sooner than it
takes to tell it. a faint whine was heard
at the window, the shutter was thrown
open and
WItAT WAS LKrt 1
of poor “Bull” struggled heavily to the
sill and fell in a raw' lump to the ground
on the outside. This was the first and
last time lie ever turned his back on an
enemy; lie made otic or two nervous
kicks and all was over. He was a
shocking plight indeed; minus one ear,
one eye, and the greater part of his ‘ in
nards,” He might have passed through
a threshing mach’ne and fared better.
Uncle John hastily snatched the wager
from the stakeholder, mounted liis horse
and rode oft'in a sweeping gallop, yelling
at •nine host as he bid him adieu that,
“Whenever lie h and any more filin’ dogs,
to please let him know.”
flow long the wolf remained, in that
crib us monarch of all he surveyed, or
how long ‘Bull’s’ master was in finding
out the nature of the dog that sent his
favorite to Ids last nceonnt is not pre
cisely staled; but it is said that when ho
became billy conscious of t*e facts as
they existed, his neighbors heard him
swearing for a distance of two miles. He
took ol liis coat, rolled up his sleeves,
mounted a stump, and gave utterance
to such maledictions as were never heard
before, iiis character as a dog fightist
gone, his dog gone, and Uncle John gone
(never to return) stirred the deep foun
dation of his inmost bile. It is stated as
a fact that he never smiled again; and
all any one had to do to get up the big
gest sort of a rumpus was just to ask
that Spartan it he had any mure dogs
that he’d like to bet on.
Trade lu Human Dolls.
The continued trade by the lurks in
Circassian women is creating public re
mark. This modified form of the slave
trade in the East has been carried on in
a very quiet and secret manner of late,
out of re pect to the progress of ideas
and growtli ofgeneral civilization. Ti c
beauty' of the Circassian girls has pass
ed into a proverb, and has attracted a
romantic interest to their country; of
course it ,is no news to our readers that
the haiemsof the east arc supplied with
these beautiful dolls from the regions of
country ahuiit the Caucasian mountains
lying between the Black and Caspian
»eaa.
The province of Georgia, on the South
ern side oftlio mountain range, is the
section from which these female slavi s
are brought to market. Modern wri
ters adopted the Caucasian as the high
est type of the human race, and perhaps
Nt is so in a physical point of view, and
under favorable circumstances it may
be also susceptible of the highest moral
. and intellectual development. In the
home of its birth, however, it does not
present any very encouraging traits,
either moral, social or intellectual.
There is little disguise or secrecy
about the matter in Circassia; its daugh
ters arc very generally reared for sale
in foreign markets, and symmetry of
form, fairness of complexion and beauty
of feature arc regarded and encouraged
simply as available qualities for com
manding a price. With very few ex
ceptions, parental or fraternal affection
j lias in part or lot in the matter, the ou
i ly thought being that the young female
; may please the eye of tho Jew purchaser,
! aud thus produce, a handsome price in
' gold. Domestic life, as we regard the
I idea, has no existence among these prev
fnci s.
I The people are coarse in their habits,
do but little ill cultivating the soil, plun
der their neighbors whenever this is
possible, live in ill-constructed and con
tracted hovels and eat only the coarsest
i food.
Under such circumstances as these it
is not strange that the females do not
object, to being sold, but rather antici
pate the event witti pleasure, as a oer
' tain prospect of bettering their condition.
Os course, the traditions and stories
which are told to them encourage all to
have the firpe of becoming wives of pa
chas and grandees. The romantic vein
ol their natures is thus cultivated to tho
necessary point which leads to their
placid acceptance of the situation, let it
be what it may. The singular results,
growing out of these experiments, lead
to stories equaling- the ‘Arabian Nights’
in vivid coloring and portraiture.
The tiade has long since been inter
dicted by the Turkish Government un
der the pressure of Christian influeno“,
yet it is known to bo carried on in a
very covert manner and to a very large
extent. The price paid in the market
lor these females of course varies acsor- j
ding to their attractions, but it is set
down at an average of fair or five hun
dred dollars each. I’ers nal beauty is
all that is considered in this trade, Intel
.’octual culture boing not only out of
place, but also out of the question.
What little is known or professed of re
ligion is Maliomedlin, though the tenets
of the Greek Church are sometimes
adopted. All must, however, become
Mahomcdan by profession before sale
and entrance to the harem, as the Turk
is always sensitive in all matters relat
ing to his religion.
Marriageable Women*
One of the great social problems of'tlie
day is to explain why there arc so many
marriageable women who never get mar
ried. Some say that it is owing to an
excess in numbers of women over men,
in consequence of which there are not
husbands enough to go round. This,
however, is disproved by statistics Take
the world thr ugh, and the figures show
that there are as many men in it as there
are women. Others attribute it to the
expensiveness cf modern life. Men do
not marry because, it is said they can
not afford ff>. But the fact is, that no
mail who truly loved a woman ever hrs
itated to become engaged to her and e
ventually marry her because of poverty.
There are cold-blooded men, with no idea
of any feeling for a woman stronger than
a languid admiration, who may be de
terred from assuming what they regard
a burden in the shape of a wife, unless
assured of a liberal income; but most are
not so calculating. Other#, again, at
tribute the evil to woman’s fastldionsri -ss.
They expect too much in a husband, and,
while watting for an impossible shadow,
let the possible substance slip through
theii fingers. This is a libel ori the sex.
Asa rule, they are no more fastidious
than men are, and are just as suscepti
ble as men to that enchantment of love
which invests its object with every per
fection, and covers up every fault. So
far as men and women themselves are
concerned, they are ns prone to marriage
now as - in auy period of the world's his
tory Nevertheless, there the women
are wanting for husbands, and not get
ting them. Every social circle is full
of them. They are.pretty, they are ac
complished, they are sensible, and under
proper Gaining they would make excel
lent wives and mothets; but they never
get a chance. What seems to bo needed
is a more tnorough method of bringing
men and women into social contact with
each otln r.
Ati Indian “Big Sweat.”
A correspondent ol San Francisco pa
per has been visiting the Modocs and
reports the following :
The Indian family consisted of a stal
wart brave, a woman twenty two years
of age, not his wife, a young gill of sev
enteen, and one of-twelve, and several
other little Indians of both sexes. There
was also a weak old man in the hut,
wlio was the father of a large portion of
this family. The Btahvart bravo and
Kiltie, the twenty-two year old woman,
bad a consultation, and then told the
yisitor to stay and see them all take a
"liig sweat.”
To this he agreed. The brave placed
a pile of dry wood around a loose flat
rook, which lay about twenty yards from
the hut, and heated the rock nearly to
redness. Ho then swept the coals away
and erected a close tent over the rock.
The tent was of tonic matting, and so
closely woven as to bo impervious to
either air or water.
When everything was ready he shout
ed and ran into the tent, w-hitc .’the cor
respondent tat on a rock near by, with
his feet ir. the snow,, wondering what
was coming. Presently the brave
emerged from the tent in a state of na
ture, followed by all the other Indians,
male and leina'e, except ttie old man.
The women and girls wore a very s oil,
thin skirt, arid nothing else. Tney all
bounded into the sweat tent and closed
the flap tightly and began to dance and
howl.
In about ten minutes the ‘Ceremonies
inside tho tent ceased, and all was quiet.
The correspondent supposed the occu
parity were all r lasted. This was nos
the case, for the brave somt appear'd
through tho flap, followed by the others,
all streaming with perspiration, and ran
whooping toward a river which was near.
The women loosened their skirts as
they ran, and, throwing them asioe on
tho bank of the stream, all plunged head
foremost into the ice-cold water. itie
sweat was over, and ttie correspondent
thought il Wou and be polite for him to re
tire before the Indian family emerged
fi,ora their cold batl i s This beats either
toe Russian or Tuik'sh process. The
Indians call il their “B g Sweat” and set
great store by it, especially in the win
ter.
[52.00 per Annum
NO. 14
I Man Aftelllptinetn KatllisOtvn
ftlotlier.
Enn'kskiViu.r, Irei.and, Feb. 13.
A horrible scene of cannibalism wag
| enacted in Tralee a few days ago. The
i principal actor in it was a pig' jobber
| who had long been completely absorbed
I in the gratification of animal passions
and desires. Relationship and consan
guinity mattered not; to his mind man
kind must have appeared a ‘swinish mul
titude;’and whether made bacon of or
not, with a total disregard for particu
larity in this respect, it mattered not
whether tbe article was coked or oth
erwise. Well, this two footed brute
• came homo drunk to his poor old moth-
I er, who has passed the allotted 'three
score years and ten,’ and the old crea
ture remonstrated with him. A vow en
sued, in which the mother was knocked
down on the floor, -and by sheer force one
of her legs was broken in two places.
This not satisfying him, he commenced
to eat the fl sh off her arm. A watch
man named Mara, who was passing at
the time, was attracted by the woman’s
screams to tlio house, and on Mara for
cing open the door ho saw him actually
eating the flesh, as if he had a taste fir
it The watchman not bein,f able to
rescue the poor creature from his sav
age gluttony, he sent off for another
watchman, and on their returning to the
house he was at the same inhuman feast
and his face and breast were all smear
ed with blood. Word was sent to the
police, and the night parole on coming
to the house secured him. The coolness
of the ruffian was extraordinary, for ho
had the audacity to prefer a charge of
assau’t against Mara for attempting to
make him desist when he first eutered
and saw the horrible repast he was in
dulging in. The poor woman was con
veyed to the county infirmary and placed
under the care of Dr . Lawlor, where, on
examination, her body was found to bo
terribly lacerated; the bone of one arm
up to the elbow was quite bare of flesh,
and the Binewi sos the other were quito
exposed. It is thought she can hardly
survive the treatment of her cruel son.
Her depositions werrf ot course taken,
and the prisoner, who had been in tlio
Btidwell, was transferred to the county
jail for trial at the {assizes. G'orrenpon*
donee N. Y. World.
freezing to Death.
That to be frozen to "death must ho a
frightful torture many would consider
certain from their own experience of the
effects of cold. But here we fall into
the usual error supposing that the suf
fering would increase with the energy
, f the agent, which could only he the
case if the sensibility remained tho same.
Intense cold brings on speedy sleep,
which fascinates the senses and fairly
beguiles men out of their lives. Tho
most curious example of the seductive
pow6r of cold is to be found in the ad
ventures of tho bothnica! party, who, in
Cook’s first voyage, were caught ill a
snow storm on Terra del Fuego. Dr.
Solander, by birth a Swede, and well ac
quainted with the destructive deceits ot
a rigorous climate, admonished the com
pany, in .defiance of lassitude, to keep
moving on. ‘Whosoever sits down,’
said lie, ‘will sleep, arid whoever sleeps
will perish.’ The doctor spake as a
sage, but felt as a man. In spite of the
i einonsti ances of those lie instructed and
alarmed, he was the first to lie down
arid die. Tno samo warning- was re
peated a thousand times in the retreat
from Moscow. Allison, the historian, to
try tho experiment, sat down in his gar
den at night, when tlio t! ermometer had
fallen four degrees below zero, and so
quickly {did tho drowsiness come on,
ihat be wondered bow a soul ol Napo
leon's unhappy band had been able to re
sist the treacherous influence.
A Quaker’s Temperance Lerlnre.
A sow days ago several persons wero
crossing tho Atlgrgliany Mountains in a
stage coach. Among them was an ear
nest, honest, sturdy Quaker. As con
siderable time was on their hands, they
naturally entered into a conversation,
which took the direction of temperance
and soon became quite animated. One
of the company did not join with the
rest. lie was a large portly man, well
dressed, and gs gen lemanly bearing.
There were sharp thrusts at the liquor
business and those engaged in it. In
deed, the whole subject was thoroughly
canvassed ai.d handled without gaivcs.
Meanwhile this gentleman stowed him
self away in one corner and maintained
i stolid silence. Alter enduring it as
tongas lie could, with a pompons and
magisterial m inner, ho broke silence
and said :
(den!lemon I want yon to understand
that I aui a liquor seller. 1 keep a pub
lic liou.se at , but I would have
you to understand that I have a license,
and keep a decent house. . I don't keep
I lifers and loungers about my place,
and when a man lias enough he can get
no more at my bar. I sell to decent
people and do a respectable business.’
When lie hud delivered himself, he
seemed to feci that he had put a quietus
oil the subject, and no answer could be
given. Not so, thought our friend tho
Quaker; so he went for him. Said he r
‘Friend, that is the most damning part
of Iby busin ss. II thee would 'lily sell
to drunkards and 1 afers, thee would
help kill oIT the race, and society would
be rid of tbero. But thee takes the
young, the pure, the innocent and the
oiinuspuctiog, aui wake dioukaidd aud
1 loafer* ol them