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jtn2i*-ly
PRIC-SS SuITHA OTIM S
'I'HE UNDERSIGNEI) is better pre-
I paierl than ever 1 1 make BOOTS
AND SHOES of all styles for I tidies
and Gentlemen, cheap f*r cash. 1 ketp
on haud an assortment of the very best
-lualojrhsl. ami make Wedding and Party
ikiota and >4hoes a specialty. I have re
cently learned anew process of prepar
liug aules from the best Baltimore Oak
.and .slaughter Hemlock that make them
Hast much linger than t eld process
.Very'thankful for past liberal patron
age, and solicit a continuance of the same.
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ileuivr iii and Manufacturer all kind*
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CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE.
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ia list on Iliimiiu I loir,
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iiittn'.-lf
Planters, Attention!
We could not supply the demand for
the Outlet •fin lasi seiwun owing to the
yellow fever quarantine To prevent a
*iu)il.tr occurrence during the c tiling
-season, we have been iuetrueted to -ffer
the
Improve < 1 lett <iin,
ATIBO
Feeder and ('aud-eimer*,
At a very low price to all who will pur
chase this spring for cash or good paper.
Now i*. vonr cnance to purchase the
finest Cotton Giu ever off red to t e
trade, at prices th t any planter can
afford. To get. t e largest d:-connt yon
ahouhl purci ase between now and May
1 ,'th. We are also offering the celebra
t'd
Hiarelow Ihnjrinps
of eve y style; also
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SEMIN AL WEAKNESS, Lost Manhood,
lin latency. U. i vernal 1 asitude. Enerva
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that follow as a s<qiiei;ce of indiacretion
cr excess quick y and permanently
cured by H*re* q*ec fie. prepared by h
physician ands the result of years of
Ktu ty ad practice in treating these
special and Meases, and sold at $2 per
package thiee packages for $5. For
specific circnlar and full particulars, ad
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ua than at anything eiae. capital not
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per day at homo made by the uduatri-
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Address. fItUEACO., Auouata.Moi
1.27-H
Grant and Hayes were both born
the same year.
It'.. . T
-Twenty-seven daughters bright
■en a Cleveland, N. C., homestead
| with their pi attle.
- There are n •' fourteen murder -
ier in Texas who have Ireen found
! guilty of murder iu the Brat degree.
I . f
—lii September the Princes L mise
will—that iu to say, the glorious cli
mate of Causda agrees with the royal
couple.
—Mr. Singleton Vau B iren, of
New York, died ou Monday. He
was a grandson of the late Preside t
Vau Buren.
—Kitty Warren, a colored woman,
receu ly died iu the Washington
county (Md.) almshouse aged one
hundred ami four years.
—Albion, N. Y., lias a hermit of
se.veuty years who hides himself from
Immun gaze, having been disappoint
ed iu love fu ty years ago.
—The New York post-office rfi
ecives 50,000 in iccurately a*l
iettei’a a day Wind a commentary
upou InitAap 4 *aiift*e-sijes!”
—A sitign ar freak of nature is re
ported from New Y rk, where a cat
gave birth to a kitten am. a pup bear
ing only slight traces of feline traits.
—The law prohibiting opium smok
ing in Nevada, under a penalty of
SIOOO fine or two years’ imprison
uieut, went into effect on the first of
May.
—Heinlinr.lt, who ia to lie hanged
Od Staten Isf-iiu next month, a ill he
the first person executed ther m 108
yearn Tile previous culprit was a
negres*.
i —Two colored men recently ap
plied to be admitted to tin* bar of
the Sopreme Court of Kor !i Caroli
na. One ..as aecep ed ami the otli r
refused.
—The largest instalment of bonds
ever sent in ut oue time to the Treas
ury for redemption was forwarded
•.outlay by the Mav r.ok national
bank, of Boston. The amount was
$11,(100,000.
—The steamship Jeaimette, uow
lying a! Sau Francisco, will turn her
prow mi her
public
cisco.
—Half of tlie hair and liear.l of a
man in Springfield, baas., bus turn
ed giay, while the other alf ret ius
its natural dark oulor. The dividing
line of the beard is iu tile mid
dle of the cbiu, and on tne bead it is
immediately over the nose.
—Mr. 'ohu Duuu, tbe ex-oonfl
dential minister of King Cetewayo
and now iuterpretor on tbe stuff of
Lord Chelmsford, married his seven
teenth wiie when abon< to start on
the expeditrnn for the relief of Eko
we. He bought her for ten cows.
Many of Ilia other wives he got fur
uolhiug as presents from Zulu cli.efs.
—Four hundred thousand persons,
according to the Itadway World, are
employed on toe railroads of tilts
country, u.nl live tunes that my
depend upon the roads for support.
It. is also estimated that between
ff.KlO.oilo,ooo and $400,000,000 are uu
uitaliy paid o employees ami to per
hi ms who turn id. the coinpHiiies with
supplies of various kinds.
—B t wet*h iki and tiie £ll of Ju
ly a., mimea-e ainoom of money will
iietiirowu ou the market. Called
J lamas to the extent of $284,000,000
pine io he take • up. Of theae about
SIOO,OOO,<WO "111 lie by direct ex
' ehaoge , f .ix per Cent, for four per
eeiit. tinmii. file r mauling $lB4,
Mi 00.00.1 no.-i be reinvested mime
...iere. It liny give rea. eaLiie a
bonut.
—liiuoe the occupation of Bonn by
the lui.iu.i Government an the capital
oi milieu I aiy, twelve Protentaiil
cnurcm-a have oeeii built there, >4
vliicb tlirie are Epmcopal, two
Methodist, one Presbyter an, one
Bapiini, an i one called the American
Uni. n Church. Tue other are the
Liberal Church, the Wultiesiu Church
he Eva gehC M.litnry Ctinrcn and
the Ap.iato.ic Ciiurcu of it >;ne.
—T..e dent ruction oi w ild bcaata
au.i hiniaea la oe of tli Uu ica uu
oer.alien by the authorities of the
Ea.U iutiiea; but, t.iuugh the atrug
gle has been eurrieo ou fur centuries,
mail ha* hot yet trimnp ed m it.—
Laiat year no lean than 22,801 wild
oeaaia aud 127,290 auakea were de
stroyed, at a.i expense of 103,000
runpeea, or $51,400. Nearly 17,01)0
persollM were atlaeleii by -uakea dur
ing tlie year, und 3,000 persona were
victims of tigers, leopards, wolves
ana other ferocious uuimals.
—Beports received at the general
laud office iu Washington, show tbut
during the mouths of January, Feb
ruary, March and April last, as rnuuy
actes were taken up as ever belore ttt
any single year, which indicates an
unprecedented and eucouragiug in
crease in the volume of immigration.
It appears, moreover, from state
ments reeeutly prepan-d at t e laud
office, that there are 724,311,477 acres
of surveyed public lands which are
yet undisposed of, atnl the enormous
aggregate of over 1,000,000,800 acres
that have never been surveyed.
THOMSON-, GA., WKDpEWDAY, .rCITIS 35. 1R79.
OLD AGE.
BY ISO LINK.
We love to note the flush of youth,
Thf t mantles on the dimple cheek;
To catch the smiles of hope and truth,
And hear the gladsome voices speak.
Bat far more beautiful than these,
Is sweet old age, with glory crowned ;
The hoary head one sometime sees.
When in the way of wisdom found.
Yes, sweet old age, the fsoe perchauce
Is furrowed now, and wet with tears;
Still ohest'ning sorrows but enhance
The beauty of declining years.
Faith lends its aid aud to the mind
Tie future teems with glories new;
The vanished years are left behind,
Eternity appears in view.
We almost seem to breathe the air
Of some far dhtant spirit clime;
Or list if we may almost hear
The echo of some strain sublime.
God’s chosen ones! They bear His Real
And safe within His fold are found,
And in their pra; enoe we may feel
We surely tread ou holy ground.
—Buena Vista Argus.
REMINISCENCES OF COLUMBIA
COUNTY.
BT AN OLD CITIZKN.
Ebenezer William, was 1 he son
of Joseph Williams, of Williams
burg, .Viuss,, aid was barn in
1791. At thv age of 17 ho left
i Ik* pal omul root ami 'sought a
home in Virginia. He eetllvd at
Major Mayo's, or near there, for
Ik* used to t,II with much zest,
this anecdote on Gon. Winfield
Scott, lie was livii g there at
the limo Gen. Sc li wus married
to Miss Mayo. Miss M. was an
heiress and a lovely character.
On toe morning after the mar-
riage the General's turn.ml,
which was a coach and four, ..s
drawn up at i Ik- joule. General
j Scott said to Mr. Mayo, “What
Ido you suppose, sir, I gave for
that tiirno.it?”
“■*eli. General, ’ said Mr
Mayo, “I would tallo r n l say.”
“But I insist on hearing trom
you.”
“tV u!l,"said Mr. Mayo, “if you
must Imvo my opinion, I think
you gave your note for thom.”
Mr Williams migrated to Go.
Ittmhia county ub nt 1818, ami
obtained board at Mr. Heggie’s,
near the llnclc, and opened a
to
Rp*t
1
Jones Ito.l moved up
near A | pling, and opened a
school lie then Guilt on the
place n w owned by lion. J. |\
Williams. In 18-2 he was elect
ed Rector of Columbia County
Academy at Appling, the Trus
teed then being Rev. Jnriah liar
ri, Tom Hamilton, Dr. Nathan
Crawford and Ed. Bowdric.
By this marriage three chil
dren were horn and raised to
majority—two sons and one
daughter. The latfer married
A. M. (cr Cuffi Crawford. Uon.
J. P. Williams, the elder son.
still lives at the old homestead,
and is one of Columbia’s best cil
izens a large and suecossful far
mer and an intelligent and pop
ular gentleman. Ho was elected
to the Legislature in 4876. and
the late Convention having ub l
ished the session of 1877, ho was
re-elected without opposition to
the next House ot Kcpresontu
lives. J. P. Williams married
Mrs. Gibson. They have two
children—a son, Ehenezer, now
a student ut Oxford, and Miss
Susie, a charming and interest
ing lady, just blooming into wo
manhood. With huie-lowc ecu
tere.l iu her, having all the ad
vantages of sel 001-lile, wi h
mind well-tutored und a hear
iodocli inuied ir the grout truths
of ihe Christian religion, with u
h'Tiie embowered in flowers <-t
every l.ui ami delightful fra
grance, in love and contentment
Miss Susie has a bright present
and a cmsoling future. Win. M.
or as he was generally called
“T>d>e" Williams, was the young
est son of Ehenezer William*
lie was graduated at Y;.le<* liege
with great distinction, un.l as a
mark of the high estimate put
upon his attainments, ho wu
elected to deliver the address lie
fore the Alumni of the College,
but bis bad health prevented his
acceptance He died ut the age
of 24.
About 1812, Ehenezer Wil
liums, huving lost his wife sever
al years before, was again mar
ried, this lime to Mary C. Mar
tin. By this marriage one child
only was born—Mary Frances,
who afterwards became the wife
ol S. C. Lamkiii, Ebenezci Wil
liams was Rector of Appling
Academy for 12 or 15 years, lie
died in 1860 at the age ot 66
years. In politics he was a
Clarkist and then a bum icrat of
the strictest sect, iu the days of
old Col. Williams. Isaac Ramsey,
Wrn. and Stephen Draue, Judge
Wm. Magruder and old Tom 1
Olive, all Clark men and hot fiol.
iticians. I know Mr. \V. well in
the latter portion of his life. I
was a visitor at his boase pl*o
fessionally and socially, nd al
ways found him jovial and ready
for a festive confab. He loved a
jone as well as most men: I; re
member once I was called to visit
hint pressionally and found h m
vory low spiritod He was then
living ut the place now owned hy
S. C. Lamkiu. There was reafy
very little the mutter w th him.
“Ah I’ said he, “Doctor you
need not laugh at me. I have
the typhoid fever, and you need
not make light of my t aok.’V A
I laughed boartily at him and,
said:
“Cheer up, my friend; your
typhoid fever is all moonshine.”
“Hut," said ho, • “y* u don t
know.”
“Well,” i replied, “if l don't
know you sh**ul I not have soul
tor me. Now, Mr. Williams, 1
will make tiiis compromise with
you. You may have the tfphnfd,
it you will, but the feour I eaiiuot
allow you to have.”
Seeing how rediculotis the.
whole thing appeared, he began
to laugh, und little or no me..
eiua was necessary to put him
on his feet again. i don’t
l ever n.et him utter this hut hu
laughingly uliudod to thu little
episode, aud spoke of it as a
“good joke on Schneider.” ~
Of oldmun
KUAN WILSON
I must speak a lew kind words
of rem-mi-rance. Though he was
only some 10 or 12 years u res
ident of Columbia county, yet lie
was just, over the line, and pass,
ed lull h <>f his time iu and
about Thomson in the “earlier
and better days ol the Repultlift.”
I placed ibis good old man’s uatfie
in tin- list of my Keuiioisccnvos
tor an especial t eason, und that
is, to hold li<in up as a b.-aUoii
light for the tergiversutory poli
ticians ol the present day to em
ulate. Tins old man, heavy with
years, entering ad.iwn the Vast
slope of life, wi ll vision in-per
fect ufkd iameing* -tuj ti, * r d~ f-'d
ol sound mind au-l disposing
mommy, amid all the trial* und
ills of tile and vicisii tides of for.
Mile, stands t .-day to do hi*
every Inly to his country. Lust
year I saw the old gentleman,
almost the lasi of his generation,
us he hud v alkcd in from Ids
son iii-luw’s, Dr. Hawes, to re
spond to his election by hi* puo
pic us a delegate to the Thomson
Congressional Convention. Mr
Wilson was at first a Troup mnn;
then a Cruwlnrdiie, then an old
line Whig; and when Mr. Ste
phens becume tie great cham
pion of Whiggery in Georgia ho
took him a* his political Gunia
laci. When the Whig purty
gave up the ghost—the. North,
ern wing g ing into Abolition
ism and the Southern into Know
iii'tliingisin—Mr. W. id I lowed
Mr. Stephens tut.) the old, uuter
rified, iron-si le Democracy, and
he is with arid for him to day.
For 30 years ho has voiod for
Mr. Stepsons, and hopes lie may
live t vote for him at least five
times more. Then a century’ of
year- will liav’o fallen lip m this
oil h-.ury-h sided gentleman, and
whose li. ad ha* always been,
and is “till y it,’ level i . pot tics.
fhen, no do‘t, lie will be
willing i,o “cross ore. tbe liver
and rest under tbe shade of th
trees.”
Mr. Wilson, 1 think, has two
married duughle sand two s ns,
John and .Janies, un.l these last
two lived in C luiubia county
from tee lime of their majority’
up to the organization of McDuf
fie county’-
JAMES R. WILSON,
the youngest son, is a fat, jolly,
whole-souled gentleman, very
popular uml agreeable to nil of
his many filer da. lie is very
pleasam und hospitable at his
home <>f welcome ; and here lheir
numero'iH friends always Hud
the happy wife and jolly hug
liund, with their group of Land
sumo cl ihlrcn always prepared
lo give a cordial and hearty
welcome.
JOHN K. WILSON
I lie oldest Hon, represented Co
lumbia county in the Legi luime.es
of 1853-7 9 and 1884. This last
was Ihu “stampede Liogislauuc ”
run out of Milledgevillo by Suer
man. Now, John is not much
on the run. He is a slow coa. li
in a loot race, as a mere glance
at him as lie lakes nis slow,
stately step, with stick in hand,
will show. II it you belter be
lieve when news came that Sher
man ami his cohorts were near
there was a shaking of the dry
hones, and such a “gittin’ down
stairs.” Buggies, horses, wag
otis were hired at fabulous firiees.
John R. and his colleague, who
was about as slow, ran up to
town at 2:40 speed, got all their
tricks and patted out on foot, a
negro coming along riding one,
male ami leading another. But
“necessity knows no luw," so
they mako the darky descend
and they mount the donkeys
bare-buck. John R. says it was
“prehaps” the most disagreeable
ride he ever hud. The mule he
was riding was very poor, ami it
was like riding on a rail, hut
‘instiling or atiy way, good Lord,'
to get away from the Yanks. So
he onncluded to turn equestrenne
and ride side-ways, ladies' fash
ion. To walk the mule was 100
slow, and to trot was a churning
process which mixed up things
in his alderinunie locality, and
to gallop was to buzzard a break
down, when all flight be lust.
So they agreed to “make haste
slowly." In a dense woods they
were accosted with:
“Who comes there I”
Not wishing to speak first our
Columbians played Yuakeo and
said:
| “Who are you?”
! " The reply came back, “I am
the Colonel of the 16th Illinois
Regiment.”
“Tbe devil you are I" said John
R. “Then we ,uro all gone up
suckers. We surrender.”
The joko was a g od one, and
G.-nator Stephens, the so-called
j .’ol-iiicl, relieved them of ilioir
fears. John K. has .idl'mtic pen
el ant for the Legislature since.
But ho is a cupilul good survey
or and the map lie executed of
MeDutfio county It met with
(lie unqualified approval of Col,
Frobel. Col. F, I be.iieve was
appointed to gel up a map of
Georgia. lie wrote to each sur
veyor for p map if hir respective
county, ajtd pronounced Mr.
W-Ison's tliubest execute 1, mis!
elaborate and artistic of any he
received. Since then maps of
olLufip'ittrtie*.lutv-o been gotten,
tfuj Sltljle
mWe of MeDutfie. '
lecoinmended the legislature T*
pay Mr Wilsoe §lob for so uo
curule an i ereditabie a map.
Mr Wilson bus also given u lo
cal habitation and a name to
Wfiite Oak C;. in pgr und, w hiuti
the Presidbfg Elder pronounced
the bost./deeigned of any he
knew 0,. Every man in McDuf
fie, wfm is able, should hav- one
of these county maps.
May your shadow, John R.,
paver grow loss.
About the Fly.
When a .'feifoit woman an
swered the door boll yesti r.luy'
she found a stranger upon the
steps. He hud a i audio in his
hand, a smile on his face, und ho
suid:
“ffullam, can I sell you some
fly-paper ?”
•‘Doc* the paper fly?” she
asked.
“No ma’am, hut it makes the
(lies fly.”
“VVlial do I want the tlie* to
fly for?” she yoblinue.l.
‘.Ever fly, madam ho wu*
explaining, when she culled out:
“I waul you to flv ! I can get
al- ng belter with flies that, with
age lit-1"
‘ But I'm lint on the fly," lie
*ollly protested.
“Our dug she grimly re
plied mid so ho was. He flow
around the corner, th • agent
flew for tho gate, the roll of fl>-
pftper flew over the curb, and a
newsboy climbed a true box to
ho out of the mu s. and limited :
“She flew, thou flyest, he fled,
and i be.ievo t he dog got u piece
meat with that emit tail!”
The older Ruth-child was a
mail of gi'cat indepen.lance of
chuiuet r and had very little
patience With the overbearing
manners of the nobility; One
da) the Due de Gramm.nil oil
ed on liiiji when he was writing.
The millionaire lilu-d hi* head,
nodded ad a*ke.| ihe visit'*r to
take a chair. The Dto a* not
aeensloinod to s icll a reception
uii-l said with hantear, “Moosi -r.
-I am the Due de Griniiiiinnt.”
1 Rothschild Idled hi* eyes nice
more from In* writing and re
plied, ** An! i* that sc! Then
please take two chairs.
rvluli'fl of R"V. ! "r. I’alinage, ha*
been judicially declared insane in
Philade'plna One of the ovi
donecsof hi- menial iinsmi'idno**,
a-cording to a witn.-*-, wa* ’hat
ho went to Brooklyn nee a
week to hear Dr Tuiinago’s ser
mon*.
a tHii.irs crave;.
There’s a spSt on the hillside fr awny,
Where, In sainmCr, -the grass grows
greeu;
Where, beneath a rustling elm tree’s
shade,
A moss-covered stone is seen.
’Tis a quiet, unfrequented spot,
A solitude lone aud wild;
Yet, somebody’s hopes are buried there;
’Tie the gravis bf 'S’WMJe eMW. *■*
Add, every year there's a redbreast
oomes; .
When the month of May is nigh.
And builds her nest in 1 trail quiet spot,
'Mill the elm tree's brsnehes high;
While her melody .sweet, by the hour;
she trills,
As if by the scene beguiled,
Perhaps—who kuowwf ’tis an angel
oouieai j . if.,
To the grave of that little child.
—————i. .-o-;o.i
The Eruptions of Etna.
In a lever to the Now York
World Prof. Sillimini saye:
What Romo is to Italian his
tory Etna is to the si* rv of act
ivo Volcanoes. From thu seventh
century before the Christian era
Etna ftu*t a record of activity
longer dixi rnoro authentic than
that of any other volcano on the
globe. And yet geologically t his
hist ne mountain has tbw claims
t> respect for its antiquity; since
it has been thrown up from the
se in one of the most recent of
geological epochs.
the vigorous eruption which
the daily dispatches are now
unii.pincing is tho first since that
of 18fij>, which in January of that
year btirst out of a point about
five miles northeast of the main
one ot Etna, at a place now
known as Monte Frumonto,
abedr 65, 00 feet above tho sea.'
F on thi* new mouth lava flowed,
at tli ■ rate of ahout u mile a day;;
dividing first into two streams,
uii.l by Muroli 10, this eruption
had optived mouths along a line
of several miles to the southeast.
The present eruption (nr more
prepcrly series of eruptions), no
far as we can from
the imperfet data at present
available, .promises to b much
more extended and disastrous
than that of 1865. Already it is
uiiuoiiiieed as havii.g opened
months above Raodazoe, u town
not less tiiiiu fif cen miles
by West of ibe .main oouu of Et
-1.’.,
ity upon
where that stream descending
from the mountains at the North
turns ut a right angle to tho East
and forms for many miles the
boundary of Etna. How far
above Randazoe tho new crater is
we have yet to learn. Bianca
rilla, which is also threatened, is
about as fur to the Southwest of
the main rone Etna as Ran-
d <itoe is to the North, while
Casljglinno is also on the Aleun
taru, in a lino Norlheust of the
Etna cone, at tho third angle ol
a s.-aline triangle of which Run
duzoc is the second angle. Pied
monte, which is said to bo so
obscured t-y volcanic dust as to
he ir darkness by day, is a town
directly itt the lino cf Castiglione,
to the Northeast from the ma.n
cone and over fifteen miles from
it. Ifitislrue, as stated, that
the roads to Catania and Aci
Roa'e are blocked, then there
must be two additional mouths
open in the Southeast towards
tho Mediterranean. Iu other
words, the points''named consid
ered us a whole, would show
active eruptions on the four
quarters of tho compass all at
..nee ami on a scale of magnitude
- hi.-It ha* probably not been
equaled in tho present century.
The full data tor such a conclu
sion are wanting as yet. But it
seems reasonable, allowing a
consi lerablo abatement for inac
curacy of telegraphic communi
i aliens of foreign geographical
names un.l something lor tho
almost unavoidable tendency to
overstate the oiagaiu.de anil ex
tent of such very remarkable
phenomena, that the present
eruption is .'no of u very won
derltil charaoter Tho develop
ment and details of its progress
will lie watched with tho great
est interest. If it i* indeed what
there seem* only to much roil,
son to tear, there will lie umplo
time to galll. r detail* from -or
respoil Icnce, and a large start -if
very emnpelem ->h*ei’ver* will
*o a he o' i lie ground to record
and report tho .rogress of
even's.
Few people m lei have not
ntuilvi a sin ly of ho history of
Etna i and fowor .-lill have visited
und explored its wonders) have
any adequate notion of what it
is in it- vast extent and engross
mg interest Phut it is about 10,-
870 feel high, and lorm- the one
great conspioiioo- foal.iire of the
I-I uni of Sicily every schoolboy
knows. In u'l classical litcra
tare, both Greek and Roman,
;-- - -
Etna is a frequent theme for
poets and mythology. Poor
hundred und seventy years B. C.,
Pindar in hi* Pythian ode, for
Heirb fd Etna, winner in the
chariot race says: “He (Ence
ladus) i| fust bound by a pillar
of iho sky, even by 'snowy Etna,
nursing the whole year her duz
r.lingsnow, whereouvppruspringe
Of unapproachable tire. are vom
ited ff ora the inmost depths; In
the daytime the lava, streams
tWYF fbf kh * lurid, smoko,
but in tbo darkness a red rollir*g
flame sweepeth rocks with up
roar to the wide deep Rea.”
Thb- vivid language is hotto
too strong to dpseribo tbo de-:
vasiaMnns, which Etna has At
interval* during over 2,soo.years
of recorded eruphots spread
over the fertile plains aiiu wood
ed slopes. Again and again have
Oatar.ia, Aci Reale and other
Sicilian towns boon ore whelmed
and destroyed by the vast dis
charges of molten lava which
have enooaohed even upon the
md, with great destruction of
marine life. Not less than 300,-
000 people dwell in the forty
town** upon the flunks of Etna
in au area of about 500 square
mile*.
Few districts of Europe arc
more populous, and none more
productive in a variety of tho
most valuable fruits oi the soil.
The line of the base, marked
•Ifroughoitt a large part of its cir
cuit by- 0... rivers Alcantara and
Hicnelo, measuros nearly ninety
miles, and this area is sharply
divided into three zones—the
fertile, the wooded niwl the des
ert—each characterized by fea
tures suggested by these names.
Tho getiera! aspect of the
snowy Etna has been made quite
familiar to lovers of al t in Amer
ica by the well known picture of
its cone and snow clad flunks,
painted by our lamented coun
irypiuit, Thomas Cole— a picture
now preserved ip the Wadsworth
Gallery ut Hartford. 1 have
stood on the spot whore Cole
took Ids sketch foe this picture
on the edge of the ancient Greek
ihetdMlffff'ntfßiara, distant as
tbe bee Ujes probably twenty
five miles from the cone. Tho
seme is one not to be forgotteii,
with tho blue wulors of Lbo
Mediterrunen on the left and
this sublime cone piorcoing the
sky-line in the middle distance
Tired Razors,
Barbers often assert that razors
get tired of shaving, and that
they will perform sat'sfatorily if
permitted to rest for a time. It
has been found by microscopic
examination that tbe tired razor,
frost long stropping by tho same
hand and in the same direction,
has the ultimate fibers of its sur.
face or edge all arranged in one
direction, (ike the edgo of a
pioco of cut velvet; but ufter a
month’s rest Lhese fibers rear
range themselves holerogene
ously, crossing each oilier and
presenting a saw like edgo, each
fiber supporting its fellow, and
hence cutting the beard instead
of being forced down flat with
out cutting, as when laid by.
Tho orchestral organ for the
new St. Patrick's Cathedral iu
Now York, is one of the most
powerful organs over built. It
is voiced to the unprecedented
wind force of twelve inches, the
enormous pressure over the
valves being overcome by a vac
uum pallet. The bellows is
blown by a steam ongine, it con
tains four manuals of live octavos
each, a pedal of two aud one half
octavos, seventy stops and com
binations and five thousand
pipes.
There is a religious movement
against tobacco in the Oneida
Com inanity, where tho weed
has been freely used. The re
formers do not take and pledge,
nor abstain whenever they de
sire to smoko or chew, bat pray
for God to remove tho apptjte
for tobacco, and many declare
that they have thus been qptirely
curod.
Fourteen persons sat down lo
dinner at Robert McNuelseyV
i able, in Atlantic City, and be
fore the meal was over sown of
them were violently ill They
had eaten t.is-ad from a loaf that
contained arsenic enough to kill
a hundred inon, and only the
great vise of the (loses prevented
fatal results.
Laura Buker of Clarksburg,
Ind., w . forbiddon by her pa
rents to keep an appointment
with her lover; so she went
out aud hanged herself.
In o. 26.
Farm and Garden,
-- •mi i ', .: I,' .
FAUTS ABOUT THE PO
;fc;
At a meeting of the Washing
ton Horticultural Society, #rof.
Wm. Saunders made thu tpiicw
ing iatqrijatiqg remarks tipon the
potato: t ssovq-Ki. - ,iq
The potato i- a native of va
rious parts of Snath America,
pnrtic.darly of Chib, Pern and.
t|ie Argentine territory. jft, is
stated that it was sent to -Spain*
eatiy'in The sixteenth century;
from thence it spread to Italy
ami ffermuny. It was intro,
dtteod into England from Virgin
ia about tho year 1586. It was
sfow to gain popularity, for it is
•fated tu bavo been rare as a
field crop in nO, but after that
lime the culture scents to havo
steadily increased; and it is now
considered by political econo
mists as bciug next to wheat in
importance as an article of food,
although, as compared to wheat,
Us nutritive properties auo very
low, yet one acre fg£ potatoes
gives more food for mao than
two acres of oats Approaching
in its -(imposition to rice and tho
plantain, it is siii.l to bo suficrior
'*■”* iu ttUlqpKftikjt/ ‘f J
The cimpaction of tho potato
varies very greatly in the differ
ent varieties; tho ingredients arc
the same, but the proportions
vary considerably. The propor
tion of water ranges froov seven
ty-two to eighty two. per cent.;
of t>earthy tibrino front six to
eight per cent.; oT pure stareh
from nine to fifteen percent.: ud.l
of gum from three to
.'.•nt,, while small I ropni^fl
vegetable alba mem
salts make'up the w
the bulk.
Asa vegetable, J
esUemed in > OatiH
; -m ■ ; '
mended tjui! poXjS
woWr-rwokn't. wi
degree of beat,
be boiled, they sIUH
at oucc in hot waten
enoes of opinion prM
point, some cJaiming
should be placed in eoid^H
which is slowly brought to
boiling prdnt, W’hCn peeled and
soaked In old Wpter, ft portion
of tho Ipcnla will ho extracted,
und if placed iu a slow oven the
skiu will be •hardened und thick
ened. The water in which the
potatoes have boon boiled is
nearly .fi'stitiite of nutritive mat
ter, and is said to contain sub
stances which arc deleterious to
health.
Potatoes are deficiout in min
eral matter, so that they are
unfit to be a solo food, but that
defect is supplied by the addition
of hard water, milk ami other
elements of food. New and
waxy potatoes are said to be lass
digestible than those that are old
and mealy, und which contain a
greater amount of starch. When
cooked, the stareh cells burst
and mealiness ia the result
Besides their use as a table
vegetable, potatoes furnish a
large quantity of starch, which
is employed for various purpo
ses in tho arts, and forms the
basis of a variety of fariuaccous
foods, such ns artificial tapioca,
sago, vermicelli, etc. It is much
used fur culinary purposes, and
many famed gravies, sauces und
soups are largely indebted to it
tor tlioir excellence, as also are
breu.l and pastry, it is some
times called potato flour, but the
tubers contain no propor flour,
their starch is destitute of gluten,
a sir stance which is necessary
for tho production of dough,
which, after fermentation and
nakiug, be omes bread. In cer
tain proportions tho footila of.tho
potato may be mixod with wh at
flour so as to produce good broad.
—Afler plowing, we harrow
thoroughly and i oil, then let the
weeds start for a few days. Af
ter tho weods have hiade a good
start, we put in the gang plow
and cut thorn back, then harrow
ard roll as before. This opera
tion wo repeal as often us we
can, killing millions of weeds
every time we stir lUe soil. This
praclieo gives us comparatively
clean holds, and wo tiud that it
pays well.
—Grain all over the State is
turning out 'veil.