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Answers to Last Week's Enigma*.— To Enigma No. 86—Radical Govern ment—George —tktne ~M«fi a—-Road— Ton—Cat—Ale—Tin. To Enigma No. 87—Oglethorpe In fantry, Company A—Otter—Tiger— Yacht —Orange Fan—Palm—Pon^y. Tb Enigma No. 88.—Right Rev. John Bdrry—Troy—Robert—Reb—Niger Bern e Annobon—Rhone—Ararat — Irer—Geneva—Tav—Bantry—Erne— twk r To Enigma No. SO.— Coming Event* Cast their Shadows Before**—Death— Sin—The Heart—Rone—Mecca—Cato Swab—Fog —Tin—Da via. ■— ■'•a> ♦ - - iFroni Merry'* Muwmn for ] Our Little Ghost. OH Ist the xilWi'4 ut the night. When the lonely moou rklee high. When the wintry wifutn are * hiatllag. And we hear the owl's ehriU fry. In the quiet, daaky chamber, By the flickering firelight, Hieing up between two elecpera. , Com** a spirit all In while. ; A wiaanme little gfcoet it »*. fUwy-cheeked and bright of eye. With yellow curie all breaking loose From the email cap puehed ewsv : Up it rHmba among the pillows. Tor the “big dark” briugs no dreack And a baby's boundless fan* } Makes a kingdom of a bed. A foarteae little ghost it 1.. Safe the night aeeaas as the day $ The Moon is buts gentle fact. And the sighing g»y The solitude is (tell of friends, , And the hour brings no regrets ; Forte the happy little **onl, Shines a sun that never sets. A merry little ghost It in, Dancing gayly byitaeli. On the lowery coontorpaae, hikes trickery household *Tt; Nodding to the fitful shadow*. As they flicker on tho wall; Tateteg V) familiar pictures, Mimicking the owl's shrill call. A thoughtful Uttic ghort it U;.; And when lonely fMiboli tire. * When chubby hands on chubby knees. It site winking at tho *c > , Fenciee. inn<v«nt and lov«h • Shin«< before those baby eyee —, Kndk ss t»eld« of damlt h<>u», \ Broods, and birds, and A loving little ghost it i*; When crept into its nest. Its hand on father’s shoulder laid. Its head on mother’s breart, It watches each fkmiliar fat c. With a tranquil, trusting eye. And, like s sleepy little bird. Sings its owif soft lullaby. < Then those who feigned to 4e«p bef.<r*. Lest baby play UU dawn. Wake and watch their folded flower - Little ruse without a thorn i A«d, in tho alienee of tho ui;bt. The hearts that lore it most j Pray tenderly above its sleep. ‘•God bloas our little ghost!” jl _ L. M. Alcott. [Prepared for the Banner ofThe South by Uncle Buddy.} FAMILIAR SCiENCEs f CARBONIC ACID CONTINUED. Carbonic acid gas, in wells and pits, is not taken up by the air and diffused, as it is in Cities, because, being heavier than common air, it cannot rise from the well, or pit; and no wind can get to it to blow it away. Persons are sometimes killed by lean ing over beer vats, because vats where beer has been made contain a large quantity of carbonic acid gas, produced by the “vinous fermentation'* of the beer ; and when a man incautiously leans over s. beer-vat, end inhales the car bonic acid, lie is immediately killed thereby. Persons who enter these vats to clean them, are sometimes killed, be cause carbonic acid gas, being heavier than atmospheric air, often rests upon the bottom of a vat; when, therefore, a person enters the vat, and sbxips t?j clean the bottom, he inhales the pernicious gas which kills him. Persons are sometimes killed by hav ing a charcoal fire in their lied-room, be cause the carbon of the burning charcoal unites with the oxygen of the air and forms carbonic acid gas, which is a nar* ootic poison. It may be asked, if car bonic acid gpM settles at the bottom of a room, how can it injure a oerson lying on a bed raised considerably above’ the floor? We may answer, because all gases diffuse themselves through each other as a drop of water would diffuse itself through a cup of water. If, there fore, a person slept for nix or eight hours in a room containing carbonic acid, enough of the ga* would be diffused throughout the room to prodnoe death. The heat of the fire assists the progress of difibsion. The chief sou t oes of carbooic acid arc : Ist, The breath of animals ; 2d.-Tlur de composition of vegetable and animal mat ter; and, 3d, Limestone, chalk, and all calcareous stones, in which it exists in a solid form. From these sources, it is most likely to accumulate to a noxious - - - extent from the fermentation and putre faction of decaying vegetables and aninud matter. This accumulation of carbonic acid oaw be prevented by throwing quick lime into places where such fermentation and putrefaction are going on. Quick June will absorb tin* carbonic acid, ami produce a combination called “ carbonate of lime.*’ Heavy rain will, also, prevent the accumulation of carbonic acid, by dis solving it. Red beat (as a pan of red-hot coals, or a piece of red-hot iron,) will soon absorb tbc carbonic acid gas accumulated in a pit, or well. Carbonic acid renders water, in which it has been dissolved, slightly acid to the taste. Gunpowder explodes because of the' instantaneous production and expansion of carbonic acid, sulphuric acid, and nitro gen. Gunpowder consists of seventy-six parts of saltpetre, fourteen of charcoal, and ten of sulphur. Boiled water is flat and insipid, be-, cause the whole of the carbonic acid is expelled bv boiling, and escapes iuto the air. Fresh spring water sparkles when poured from one vessel to another, be cause fresh spring, or pump, water con tains carbonic acid; and it is the presence of this gas which makes the makes the water sparkle. Much of the froth and bubbling of ale, beer, water, etc., how ever, when they are "poured high," is due to simple mechanical action. Beer becomes flat if the cask be left opeu too long, because too much of the carbonic acid gas produced by fermenta tion is suffered to escape. Beer and porter are made stale by being exposed to the air, because too much of the carbonic acid gas produced by fermentation is suffered to escape. Beer turns fiat if the vent-peg be left out of the tub, because the carbonic acid gas escapes through the vent-hole. Salmratus and seda make bread and cake light, particularly if they be mixed with sour milk, because the acid of the milk disengages the carbonic acid con tained in the saheratus and soda. Wood decays, because the oxygen of the air unites with the carbon and hydro gen o* the wood, and forms carbonic acid and water. Persons throw lime into sinks and sewers to prevent their offensive smell in summer time, because they contain large quantities of carbonic acid gas, which readily combines with lime, and, pro ducing “ carbonate of lime,” neutralises the offensive gases*. Quicklime is formed by burning limestone in a kiln, because the carbonic acid (which rendered it mild,) is driven oft by the heat of the kiln, and the lime becomes quick or caustic. j. « , „,•v *| | Mortar is quicklime mixed with sarnl aud water. It becomes hard in a few days, because the lime re-imbibes from the air the carbonic acid which had been expelled by fife; and the loose powder again becomes as hard as the original limestone. Mortar is adhesive, because, when the carbonieacid is expelled, the hard lime stone is cemented into quicklime, which, being mixed with sand and water, be come a soft and sticky plaster; but, as toon as it is placed between bricks, it im bibes carbonic acid again, and hardeus into limestone. Limestone is a hard, rocky substance, bat' quicklime is friable. Water, fresh from the pump, is more sparkling than after it has been drawn for some time, because water fresh from the pump contains carbonic acid, wbieh soon escapes with the air, and leaves the water flat and stale. Hard water used for washing should be exposed to the air, because it is made more soft by such ex posure. Most spring-water holds lime in solution as a bi-curbooate, in consequence of the presence of abundant carbonic acid Carbonic acid escapes by expo- sure to air, and the lime is consequently deposited as a carbonate. Hard watenia made more soft by exposure to the air, because : Ist, The mineral salts, which cause its hardness, subside; and. 2d, The carbonic acid oftlie water makes Its escape into the air. Choke-damp is carbonic acid gas accu mulated at the bottom of wells and pits. It is called choke-damp because it chokes or suffocates every animal that attempts to inhale it. It suffocates without getting into the lungs by doting the outer orifice spasmodically. Rotting leaves are hot, because their fermentation produces carbonic acid gas, which production is always attended with heat; in fact, rotting »« * apedesof jlow combustion. The carbon of the leaves unites with the oxygeo of the air to produce carbonic gas, and the new combinations disturb latent heat and make it sensible. Effemmxnxx.— This term to dorived !|r6m the Latin word Effcroewo, to boil. The capacity of water for dissolving carbonic acid can be increased, by pres sure, to a considerable extent. This prin ciple has been applied to practical uses. Effervescing draughts «w made upon this principle. ffihe 6xs*. IVWS.VWVN-* v -wv^ikamK'■'•v*- [Under this head, We propone to pub fish, weekly, Anecdotes and Reminiscences of the struggle for Southern Indepen dence; and earnestly solicit contribu tions containing such anecdotes and re miniscences*] The Soldiers’ Monument.— ln the front room of the banking house of W.fL Cothran, Son & Cos., can be seen a beau- Ufrlly executed design of the Monument proposed to be erected on Crown Point. In Myrtle Hill Cemetery, to the memory of the Confederate Dead of Floyd county. This design has been tender ed to the Committee by Mr. Gray, an accomplished sculptor and artist, now of Atlanta, Ga. Our old townsman, ('apt. Corpus, has been kind enough to secure this service for us, from Mr. Gray, and will do all in his power to aid the noble enterprise. ! There are said to be about six hun dred Confederate soldiers dead of our county. Their bones are scattered from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and many of them resting tu unknown graves, but these soldiers are not forgotten. The memory of them and their great sacrifice is still green in our hearts. Time, it is said, effaces all grief, but it does not ef face our reverence, our love, and hard, indeed, is the heart that cannot still throb with emotion when reflecting on the valor, the endurance, the suffering of our hal lowed dead. We thank God that we still have in our hearts a place for them. The proposed monument will cost about $5,000 How shall the money be raised T By the easiest and most grate ful of all methods. By giving, and giving not grudgingly, but freely, volun tarily, and with hearts thankful that we can do something for those who tried to do so much for us. Who cannot spare ten dollars, or five, for this end? Where is the bereaved widow who will not con tribute her mite to have her husband’s, or her son’s name inscribed upon the tablet of this monument—and that the name of at least ooe of the unrecorded dead shall be recorded there. Here is an opportunity to show the wonderful power of lift lex. There are over fifteen thousand white persons in our county; forty cents from each, would raise all that is wanted. There are over 1,700 white adults; four dollars from each would be sufficient. Our colored friends, also, can show their respect and admiration for these noble dead, by giving of their mite. Then let all contribute— the book is open for your names—for everybody's name, for men, women, and children, for strangers, citizens, and coun- trymeu. Besides the justice of such a tribute to .oar Dead, what an attractive ornament it will be to onr Cemetery. A pile of marble, forty feet in height, placed on Grown Point, and capped with a marble soldier, chiseled to the life, leaniug with weary attitude upon his musket—the whole Visible from every hill and valley in the vicinity of the city. Who would not be proud of it t We have heard of a Boston man, who recently stood upon that point, and, when informed of the proposed project, said it was a noble work, and when we were ready for it, lie would esteem it a privilege to contribute fifty dollars to the cause; “For,said hp,. “we are all Americans, and the soldiers, of both sides believed they were right. Why should I honor bravery at Laceda mon, and not honor it here ?” But, enough for this time. We Bha\l not, however, cease our efforts until the work is done. I Home (Oa.) Commercial » \ X Monument to tjik Confederate Dead. —An effort is being made to raise funds by subscription to erect aud suitable Monument at the highest poiut iu Myrtle Hill Cemetery, to the memory' of the Confederate Dead of Floyd county. The* plau suggested is that tho name of every man of this county, who died in tbosetvioi, flfea&L boengraved upon the Monument. There is a dia gram of the*one proposed at the banking house of W. 8. Cotbrau, Son k Cos., where the subscription books are This is a noble and ahnoftt sacred en terprise, and we hope wiU receive, a gen erous response item all. Those who fel for their country in what they believed to boa just and holy cause, ought not to be forgotten. If ttiey freely gave their ißome (Ga.) Courier . Manassas and Beta, Kin Associa tion—Thr generous ladies, iu the vi cinity of the above named famous battle fields, have formed an AseociltKm w the purpose of ordtiftutingjmd.w»in4»" ri jMl tho Confederate dead inthat vfciuity. Thuv make an earnest appeal to the Ladiet/ throughout the South to assist them in this work of love and patriotism. Many of Georgia’s most gallant son* fell in those battles, and their remains lie where they fell, being Scattered over an area of aeveral miles in old fields nnd elsewhere. i The Association have sent out Mr. John W. Fewelf, tj allant soldier, who lorn hie legat Five Forks on the first day es April, IM3 —as their Agent to ire sent their claims. [Rome (Ga.) Vounef Anecdote o# Bishop Lynch.—Dur ing the “regent unpleasantness between the North mid South,'’ this patriotic and traiv Southern Bishop visited some of the "OMflers of Mercy,” who wove en gaged in a holy and humane mission of attending to the wounded and sick, at Montgomery White Snlphur Springs, Virginia. Whilst there, the Bishop, in proper vestments, going to a large room to perform Mass, was perceived by an old lady, who exclaimed, iutcrogatingl), to the writer: "Whata that 3K- foisting at the time :<» the Bishop. “Bishop Lynch, ul Charleston,’* ve replied. Opening her eyes still wider, and frantically clapping her hands, she rejoin ed, in a most earnest tone of voice : "Ls that one of them Catholics ? Ob, Lordy me, it is a wonder the old Scratch don t rise out of the ground, and snatch him off the dry Yeatii!” The Bishop, who was devoted to the "Lost Cause," next to bis Church, laugl ed hoartify, when told of it. Moderation jn Wisubs.—Ho tkat is moderate iu his wishes from reason aad choice, and not resigned from sourness, distaste, and disappointment, doubles all the pleasures of life. The air, the sa son, a sunshiny day, or a feir prospect, are* instances of happiness; and that Which be enjoys in common with ail the world, (by bis exemptions from the en chantments by which all the world tro bewitched,) are, to him, uncommon benefits and new acquisitions. Health is not eaten up with care, nor pleasure in terrupted by envy. It is not to him of any consequence what this man is famed for, or for what the other is preferri and. He knows there is in such a place an uninterrupted walk: be can meet in such a company an agreeable convert tion ; be has no emulation; he is no man’s tiva), but every man’s well-wisher ; c m look at a prosperous man with a pleasure in reflecting that he hopes he is as happy us himself, and as his mind and bis for tune. as lar as prudence will allow, open to the unhappy and the stranger. j %ry O Lauus thinks he bus discov ered the origin of the Bend. He says: “it is said to have been discovered by accident. A young lady who came to the Springs for the benefit of her health, wa s told bv her physician, that her sys tem needed a tonic, and she had better takq some iron. In the liberal simplici ty of her heart, she swallowed one of the springs from her patent eliptic. It lodged ongitudipally, and imparted anew style of curvature to her figure, aud it was adopted as the style. U wouldn’t be convenient for every young indy to swal low a skirt hoop, and an external meam* flbvc to be used to produce the Grecian Bend.” Shanghai has a population of about 200,000 ; 88 foreign houses of business, ll banks, 13 brokers, the same number of commission stores, and 14 ordinary stores. All the banks but one, and 58 of the business houses, are English. They have, also 3 docks, } ship-buildi.ig. and 2 repairing vaids. The German* have 15 business houses, and the Frei.ch have 5 houses and 1 bank. The Ameri cans have 6 houses and several ship yards. Three lines of ocean mad steamers have their terminus at Shanghai—Ameri can, English, aud French. An article iu the “tfa/axy”—“A Talk with Dr. Burlin game ibout China”—from which the foregoing is taken, says that, hitherto, all attempts have foiled to obtain permission from the Chinese Government to con struct telegraph and railway lines. There are but 2 Chinese papers, properly so called In the Empire—one is the *iH.-.al gaietto, published in rekin; the other i> a newspaper proper, issued in Shanghai, while there are 6 English papers iu Shanghai alone, 2of them dailies; there are English papers, also, in other Cbitese seaports. The great work of Professor Noah Porter, us Yule College, on “ The Human Intellect,” is in preen, and nboot to be published by Chaa Scribner ft Cos. It is by for, the moat complete treatise of Hie kind in the English language, and is probably the most interesting and intel ligible in any language.