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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY -AT- BELLTON, GA. By JOHN T. WILSON, Jr. »“>on> 60 c«ita for six month!, 25 centi forthree month*. from "• revolted money at they ean pare, from 25c. to $1 NEWS GLEANINGS. It is said that a diamond worth $27,- 003 lias been found in Webster county, Georgia. Sixteen years ago Durham, N. C., con tained sixty people; now that town has a population of 1,000. Manufacturing tobacco did it. The appropriation of $65,000 for the Improvement of Savannah harbor will be expended under the direction of Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, the news says. The act “to abolish private seals and prescribe a short form" of deeds, and for other purposes,” has been repealed by the North Carolina Legislature. The Montgomery Advertiser and Mail thinks that it is not likely that the ques tion of the annexation of West Florida to Alabama will ever be raised again. The congregation of the First African Baptist church of Richmond, Va., has paid oft every dollar of more than $20,- <M)O debt incurred in remodeling its ed ifice. Chattanooga Times: A farmer in Houston county, Ga., as we are told, traded a cow for snuff last week, taking fifteen dollars’ worth of the article home for family use. The Fincastle Herald mentions a re port that the Arcadia iron works Com pany has contracted with the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company to ship 80,000 tons of ore. Negotiations are nearly or quite com pleted for the permanent occupation of the commodious shops of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad at Huntsville, Ala., for the establishment therein of a mammoth cotton seed oil factory. A bill against “treating” has been in troduced in the Illinois Legislature “It not only makes treating unlawful, but the man who is treated is in equal danger of punishment, for it puts the person buying liquor for another and the person accepting on the same footing.” The Legislature of North Carolina has granted one acre of ground, to be taken from the southeast corner of the lot on which the Governor’s' mansion is now located, to the trustees of Shaw Univer sity, for the purpose of establishing a medical college for colored students. Wheeling (IV. Va.) Intelligencer: Keene Richards, of Kentucky, one of the noted turfmen and imp jrters of Arabian horses in that State, died on Saturday last. Many years ago he was a student at Bethany College, and is well remem membered as a dashing and generous young fellow of large fortune. The total area of Mississippi is 47,156 square miles, of which not quite 3,172 square miles was devoted to the culture of cotton in 1879. The total amount of cotton produced was 922,940 bales, over a hundred thousand bales more than the crop of Georgia or Texas, according to the Aberdeen (Miss.) Examiner. It is his superstition which makes the Russian soldier so good a fighter and so faithful a defender of despotism. All he asks is the satisfaction of his animal wants in this world; for the sake of eternal bliss in another he will endure incredible hardships with’complacency, and will die with a dogged resignation unknown to other men. The arrival of “the first batch of im migrants” at Columbia, S. C., is reported to the Charleston News and Courier. Nine men, a woman and child, all from one neighborhood in the province of Westphalia, Germany. They were re ceived by Col. A. I’. Butler, acting Com missioner of Immigration. He will im mediately order another batch, and hopes to get a hundred next time. Atlanta, Ga., special to Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun : A prominent rail road man of our State remarked that “nine-tenths of the business, done by railroads in Georgia was in bringing pro* visions and guano from the West into the State.” He agrees with Stephens, that “the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer,” and that as our people make larger crops the railroad business is proportionately decreased. The Southern University (for colored people,) established at New Orleans un der authority of the constitution of the State of Louisiana, is yet only tempora rily organized, it seems. Two chairs appear to be permanently filled, that of mathematics by Prof. Edmunds, and that of languages by Prof. Canonge. The board has appointed Mr. Fayerweather acting President, and it is not probable that a permanent appointment will be made before June. A man is desired who has administrative capacity, and also ability to fill the chair of natural sciences. The North Georgian. VOL. IV. The Governor of Texas has signed the law passed by the Legislature at the present session, entitled “an act granting aland certificate of 1,280 acres to each of the surviving soldiers of the Texas revolution, and the surviving sinners of the declaration of Texas independence, and to the widows of those that fell at the Dawson massacre,” and to repeal an act approved April 26, 1879, entitled “an act granting a land certificate of 640 aores to each of the indigent veter ans who were engaged in the struggle for Texas independence prior to and at the battle of San Jacinto, enrolled under the act approved July 28, 1876.” Ap proved March 15, 1881. A pamphlet on the Mississippi river and its tributaries gives the following in teresting statement of the mileage of the navigable portion of each of the follow ing named rivers above its mouth : Mis souri, 3,120; Mississippi, 2,161; Ohio, 1,021; Red, 986; Arkansas, 884; White, 779 ; Tennesse, 789 ; Cumberland, 709 ; Yellowstone, 474; Ouachita, 384; Wa bash, 365; Alleghany, 325; Osage, 303 ; Minnesota, 295; Sunflower, 271; Illi nois, 270; Yazoo, 228; Black (Ark.) 112; Green, 200; St. Francis, 180; Tal lahatchie, 175; Wisconsin, 160; Deer Creek, 116; Tensas, 112; Monongahela, 110; Kentucky, 105; Bartholomew, 100; Kanawha, 94; Muskingum, 94; Chippewa, 90; lowa, 80; Big Hatchie, 75; St. Croix, 65; Rock, 64; Black (La.) 61; Macon, 60; Bceuf, 55; Big Horn, 50; - Clinon, 50; Little Red, 49; Big Cypress and Lake, 44; Big Black, 35; Dauchitte, 33. Total number of rivers 34; total number of miles of nav igation at present 15,710. Atlanta Constitution : The report of Mr. George T. Jackson, president of the Enterprise manufacturing company of Augusta, ought to be circulated among the capitalists of the North. During the past year the factory turned out 4,283 bales of goods, 88,953 pieces, 1,198,864 pounds, and 4,528,073 yards. This was done with 264 looms running. The aver age of yards per loom per day was 56.60. The cotton consumed amounted to 2,919 ba1e5—1,137,849 pounds, the average cost of which was 11.13. The number of hands employed was 252, and the aggre gate of wages paid the hands was $61,- 399.54. During the year the mill was run with unprecedented regularity. Not a single loom was stopped, nor was work suspended in any department. The in crease of production during the year was about 220,000 yards of goods and 35,000 pounds of yarn. Ihe profits of the year are such as to warrant the board of directors in declaring a dividend of ten per centum, which was payable on the 10th inst. It was expected that this dividend would be paid in stock, though that was optional with stock holders. The successful working of the mill has induced the board to carry out a plan to increase the building, machin ery and capacity of the factory, a project that will require the full payment of all stock, making the paid-up capital $500,- 000. The increase of machinery will give the mill 600 looms and 33,600 spin dles, and place the enterprise in a most favorable position. The net earnings of the company during the year, over all expenses, interest on bonds, etc., amoun ted to $11,688.17. Land-Owning in England. At present land is a luxury. To its possession certain social advantages are attached. A vast amount of the land in England belongs to no one in existence. By the will of some one who is dead, it is the property of some one who is not born. The life tenant, whether he cares for country life, whether he has the means to keep up an establishment, and whether he is overburdened with settle ments ana mortgages, is compelled to own a large house, with a largo garden and large pleasure grounds attached to it. As in many instances he is indiffer ent to his heir, and in still more frequent cases has to save to provide a portion for his daughters and younger sons, he lays out nothing on the estate, and is unable, by the tenure under which he occupies it, to give such long leases as would induce occupants to turn it to the best use. Habit, moreover, had often led the owner to impose numerous re strictive clauses in the leases that he does grant, which cripple the energies of the tenant, and keep him under the tutelage of exploded fallacies. An occupier who wishes to buy land has, therefore, to pay for it more than it worth, and, beside this, he has to ex pend a comparatively enormous sum among lawyers for acquiring it. The result of allthis is that laud has accumu lated to a scandalous extent in the hands of some families, that in others it is a curse to the possessor, that the occupier is not his own master, and that it is al most impossible for any yeoman, wishing to become possessor of a small farm, to purchase one, unless he be ready to pay I alfancy value for it— London Truth, BELLTON, BANKS COUNTY, GA., MARCH 31, 1881. Dissipated Dogs. Os all the rakes whose principal pleas ure is to turn night into day, none are more inveterate noctambnlists than two characters well-known to that portion of Paris society which repairs during the small hours to Peters’, the Helder, Ac., for supper and gay converse. The hard ened of extreme wooliness, and a non descript, who is generally clothed round like a blanket with mud, as Sancho Pan za was with sleep. This pair of con stant comrades lead an existence of the most regular irregularity. Every night at about twelve they may be seen, al ways quite masterless, lounging about the boulevards and earnestly seeking for Some person with the air of a noctambu list, till, having made a choice with much deliberation, they follow their victim like his shadow until he has reached some res taurant with intent to sup. If the canine confidence is misplaced, and the passer by goes soberly home, those roystering blades, the dogs, make they way along up the broad marble staircases of Peters , where, being well known to the frequent ers of that establishment, they are cor dially received, and plied with all the delicacies of the festive board. At the hour of two they disappear from Peters’, turning up a moment afterward at the fielder, on the other side of the boule vard, and they top oft’ the evening’s ex citement at a distant all-night establish ment near the central market, Barratto’s by name. When the light of early morning peeps in upon the scene of their revels, they disappear with the last of the night birds and are beheld no more till 1 a. in. has again come round. Those who have made the personal acquaint ance of this remarkable pair state that their grave enjoyment for their nightly dissipation is most edifying to witness, and that their general demeanor reminds one strongly of that character in a novel by Murger, we believe, whose pure and patriarchal face was never seen but at some pot-house in the deepest hours of the night, beaming complacently at the drunken revelers around him Lemons as a System ICenevator. The way to get the bettor of a bilious system without blue pill or quinine is to take the juice of one, two or three or more lemons, as the appetite craves, in as much ice-water as makes it pleasant to drink without sugar, before going to bed. In the morning on rising or at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear the system of hu mors and bile, with mild efficacy, with out any of the weakening effects of calo mel or Congress water. People should not irritate the stomach by eating lem ons dear; the powerful acid of the juice, which is almost corrosive, infallibly' pro duces inflammation after a while, but properly diluted, so that it does not draw or burn the throat, it does its full medi cal work without harm, and when the stomach is clear of food, has abundant opportunity to work on the system thor oughly. Curious Way to Decide a Dispute. Two young men of Hawkinsville set tled the ownership of a double-ban-el gun in a novel way. The gun was won in a raftle—the two young men being joint owners in the chance that won it. One of the men proposed that they should go down to the river at a shallow place and wade into it, and the one that waded the furthest or held out the long est should take the gun. The water was freezing cold, and the margin of the stream was lined with ice, and the icicles were pendant from every limb, from ev ery bush. Partly divesting themselves of their clothing they entered the water and waded out. One of them went until the water reached his armpits, but his companion went a little further, and was allowed to come out and take the gun.— Hawkinsville (Ga.) Dispatch. Family Pride. A Galveston boy of about 12 had a very poor school certificate. The old man said, as he looked under the sofa for the bootjack : “ i'll have to apply coeicive meas ures. ” “Don’t do it, father. I am afraid there will be a scene, and we don’t care to have the neighbors suspect that our relations are not harmonious.” The neighbors say the boy’s eloquence was intoned by something that sounded like hitting a tough beefsteak with the flat side of an ax.— Galveston News. A Remarkable Memory. A lawyer enjoys badgering a witness, but it is not so agreeable when the wit ness gives his answers in kind. Hunting bears is g<x>d sport, but when the hear hunts the hunter, it looks like carrying the joke too far. An old witness was asked, in an insulting tone by an attor ney, if his memory was good. “Yes,” was the reply; “on some points it is ex tremely accurate, but on others I must confess that it is defective.” “Won’t you give the Court an illustration?” said the lawyer. “Well,” drawled the aged wit ness, “I clearly remember that ten years ago you came to me and borrowed SIOO, but, for the life of me, I can't re member that you ever paid me.” ”*** Technical Knowledge. A two-foot rule was given to a laborer in a Clyde boat-yard to measure an iron plate. The laborer not being well up to the use of the rule, after spending con siderable time returned. “ Noo, Mick,” asked the plater, “ what size is the plate? ” “ Well,” replied Mick, with a grin of satisfaction, “it is the length of your rule and two thumbs over, with this piece of brick and the breadth of my hand and my arm from here to there, bar a finger.’ London Punch. Old Shoes. In the course of the investigation by Mr. ilill’s deputies, some singular in dustries were brought to light. It was found, for instance, that some use was made of old shoes, but exactly what use was hard to find out. Large numbers of old shoes were sold by rag pickers to certain men who disjrosed of them at a good price. It is well known that bits of old leather makes the commercial article known as Prussian blue, bat only a few firms manufacture it, and the new coll for oi.l shoes was evidently for some other ■',! Tn New York City and Brookl..oout three, million pairs of old shoes re thrown away every year. For merly old shoes were plentiful in the gutters of certain neighborhoods; now it appears that they are sought after as choice prizes in the rag-picker’s line. By dint of persevering industry, it was discovered that the old shoes were used for three purposes. First, all shoes, not completely worn out, are patched, greased, and after being otherwise re generated, sold to men who deal in such wares. Some persons wear one shoe much more than the other; these deal ers find mates for shoes whose original mates are past lltpe. Secondly, the shoes not worth patching up orc cut into pieces, the good bits are used for patch ing other shoes, and the worthless bits, the soles and cracked “uppers,” are con verted into Jamaica rum by a process known only to the manufacturers. It is said that they are boiled in pure spir its, and allowed to stand for a few weeks, the product far surpassing the Jamaica rum made with essence, burnt sugar, and spirits. A gentleman Who .doubted the truth of this statement stopped re cently at a low grog shop in the neigh borhood of the factory spoken of and inquired if they had any rum from old shoes. “No,” replied the barkeeper, “we don’t keep it much now; the drug gists, who want a pure article, all sell it, and the price has gone up. But we have had it, and wo can get you some if you want it.” How many old shoes goes to a gallon of rum could not be ascer tained.— New York Post. The Transvaal, Month Africa. Transvaal (that is “across the Vaal,”) lies between latitude 22 degrees 27 min utes 8, and longitude 27 degrees 31 min utes E. Ylts northern boundary is the Oort or jbimpopo River, which here runs from west to east; the eastern is formed by the continuation of the Drachenberg Mountains; the southern is the Vaiu River, and the western and undefined line separating it from the country of the Betjuanas. The total area is 114,360 square miles, and the population—ac cording to the official returns of 1877—is 300,000, probably a rough estimate, from which little can bo known as to the fight ing strength of the people who have de fied the power of the British Empire. I’otschcfstroom, the seat of Government, is by land 960 miles northeast of Gape Town. The region is described as a vast plateau, sloping to the north, supported by the coast lino of mountains, which, presenting a bold mural buttress, or es carpment, to the low country at their feet, stretch away on their western flank into immense undulating plains. At right angles to the coast range another belt of very high lands, called the Maga licsberg, runs east and west, forming a water shed between the Vaal and Lim popo rivers. The southern face of this range also presents long and undulating plains, generally well watered and wooded, and abounding in large game. To the north, approaching the Limpopo, high parallel chains of hills appear, through the openings in which flow small streams. The average height of the plateau inhabited by Europeans is from 4,000 to 5,000 feet, bv.t many of the mountain peaks reach an elevation of 9,000 or 10,000 feet, and a part of the year are covered with snow. The climate is gen erally healthy, though in the northern sections the heat is intense, and during the summer months hot winds and heavy thunder storms prevail. The worst fea ture is, perhaps, a fly called tseste, the bite of which is fatal to horses and oxen, thereby rendering travel very difficult, if not impossible, at certain seasons. The Boers, though originally pure Dutch, ere now very considerably mixed by inter marriages with European refugees and emigrants from Cape Colony and Natal, as well as the natives. Still the Dutch characteristics largely predominate, and while the standard of education is said to be low, the people know enough to gov ern themselves and hate the foreign yoke. In religion they are protestants of the strongest Calvinistic persuasion, and the Bible and hymn book are almost their only literature. Piano Ornaments. A correspondent of a London paper says: “It is often seen that, when a small piano is turned in the room, a table covered with pretty knick-knacks, and perhaps a vase with everergreens or flowers, is pushed against it, and a little valance is fixed to the piano back above the table, on which small pictures, minia tures, etc., are arrranged. Underneath the table is either a low jardiniere filled with miniature evergreens, or some or namental waste-paper basket or box. I have seen Japanese hand screens ar ranged in slanting positions. Little cur tains of velvet or satin looped back with large bows to show alternate flounces of satin and coffee-colored coarse lace underneath the table, attached to the piano back, have a pretty effect, and so has a mirror fitted to the back of a piano, with an ornamental frame, and ajardin cire containing flowers at the base.” A Nevada critic, speaking of a harp ist, said, “ We never before knew there was so much music in a gridiron,” Thermometers. The word thermometer means a heat measure, hence any instrument em ployed to met sure heat should be called a thermometer. When very high tem peratures are to be measured, the in struments employed are called pyrome ters, of measures of fire. Thermome ters do not, of Course, measure the quantity of heat in a body, but only teM us the relative temperature. There are several forms of thermometers, all based upon the principle that “heat expands, while cold contracts.” Some substances exjnuid unequally for equal increments of temperature, others expand so slightly that they fail to indicate small changes of temperature; both are unfitted for thermometers. It is believed that air expands equally for equid changes of temperature, and, as this expansion is quite considerable—l-273d part for each degree centigrade—and as it does not become either liquid or solid under or dinary pressure, at any temperature which wo can produce, it is the sub stance employed for the most accurate measurements of temperature. Any of the diffleultly-condensible gases, oxygen, hydrogen, marsh-gas, might be employed instead of air, but with no advantage and with much inconvenience in their manufacture. Next to air, the best material we have is mercury, which expands Very evenly, does not freeze readily, and boils at a comparatively-high temperature. For temperatures below 40 deg. alcohol is generally employed, although it is claimed that glycerine could be used. For temperatures above 300 deg, 0. air thermometers alone are admissible; and, for very high temperatures, where glass begins to soften, they are made of platinum. The mercury thermometer being the one usually employed in the arts, in meteorology, in medicine, and in other sciences, a few words in regard to the manner of making one may be of inter est. A glass tube with a very fine bore has a suitable bulb, cf any desired form, blown upon one end. At the other end may be a bulb of larger size, blown merely for convenience in filling. Neith er bulb can be blown with the mouth, but with a bellows, containing pure, dry air. A small capsule is filled with pure mercury, heated to boiling to expel both air and moisture. While still hot the second or temporary bulb is warmed to expel a portion of the air therein ; the open end in placed in the mercury, which ascends into the bulb because the air contracts on cooling. When a sufficient quantity of the hot mercury has been introduced into this bulb the tube and the other bulb are heated to expel a part of the air, and some of the mercury, which must be always kept hot to pre vent its chilling and thus breaking the hot glass, enters the real bulb. By re peating the operation the bulb and stem are completely filled with mercury, which is then boiled to expel every trace of air. The tube is now drawn out close beneath the auxiliary bulb to a fine thread and cut oft'; the thermometer is placed in a bath heated a few degrees higher than the highest temperature wliich the thermometer is to show ; the excess of mercury flows out, and the point is closed with a fine blowpipe flume. As the mercury contracts on cooling it leaves a perfect vacuum above it. The graduation is effected by putting it into ice or snow, then in the steam from boiling water, marking each of these points, dividing the space between into 100 parts if it is to have a Celsius or centigrade scale, into 80 if a Reau mur or 180 if a Fahrenheit. This grad uation is carried on in each direction to the end of the stem. On the Fahren heit scale the freezing point is marked 32, on each of the other scales it is marked zero.— Scientific American, The Lily. With the Chinese, the lily is the na tional flower, and many superstitions at tach to it. Should it blossom upon New Year’s day it is regarded as a most happy omen, presaging the best of luck to the fortunate owner of the plant. For this reason a good deal of care i» bestowed upon the lily by the Chinamen, in the hope that it may put forth its flower upon the morning of the anniversary. The Chinese lily is different from any other variety. It is grown by placing the bulb on bits of window glass, stone and China, and giving it a liberal sup ply of water. The flower is white, with a gold-colored center, something be tween a daisy and a narcissus. Its fra grance is delightful. Getting Out of a Tight Place. Santeul, the Jesuit wit and poet, was an inveterate card player. One day he was summoned to the pulpit while en gaged in a game of piquet. He got up, taking his cards with him, and conceal ing them under his coat. Unfortunately, as he was preaching, he extended his arms with a vehement gesture, and he let fall his cards, which flew in all direc tions about the church. The congrega tion, of course, appeared much scandal ized, but Santeul quietly called a child of some ten years toward him, and said: “What is that card which you hold in your hand?” “The queen of spades,” re plied the boy. “And which is the first of the three theological virtues?” “I don’t know.” “Ah! my breth ren,” cried Staneul, with a burst of indignation, “behold how you teach your children the names of the cardSj and neglect to teach them the virtues! Apropos of the artoption of cork hel mets by the regular army, it is suggested that, in the absence of other weapon*, the soldiers will bo able to charge the enemy a la billy-goat, and in crossing a stream can use their headgear for life preservers. Thia is an age of progress. Xofth Gteo.fjtikq, PnsuBHKD Eyxby Thumday at BELLTON, GEORGIA. RATHS OP SUBSCRIPTION. One year (52 numbers), $1.00; six months i. 2« numbers) 50 easts; three months (12 numbers), 25 cents. Office in the Carter building, west of ths depot. NO. 13. A Decidedly New Game at Cards. A Paris correspondent gives this ac count of a pretty game of cards now fashionable in that city: “The participants were young ladies and gentlemen who sat in equal numbers on either side of the table. The cards were- dealt out to each, and one hand, like as in euchre, settled each wager. The wager played for in this game is that the lady or gentleman who gets the ace of hearts and can take a trick with it, or beat it with another card, has the option to kiss any lady or gentleman he or she may select If a lady is the winner of the successful trick, this option may be used or not, as she elects and generally she does waive her right; but if a gen tleman holds the lucky card,' of course ho invariably exercises his right. The result was that a gentleman when he held the ace of hearts was sure to get it passed; if a lady held it she almost always had it taken. It was quite a study to watch with what perfect sang froid the ‘gentlemen stood up to receive the stake he had won, and with what consummate grace the lady bent her head to one side so that her lucky opponent across the table should receive his full pound of flesh, not to mention the utter indifference of both to the presence of friends or strangers sitting around. Ido not know how the players felt, but the watching of a few hands played was sufficient to sat isfy me that it was but a poor game after all. How it came about I don't know, but I saw one gentleman win six games in rapid succession and kiss the same lady as many times. That destroyed all interest I had up to that time taken in the game. It satisfied me that it was a game in which the cards could be so manipulated that a poor player or a beginner could have very little chance. It made me feel indeed that I would yet prefer a hand at euchre for the drinks. A Duelist’s Experience. Baron de San Malata, a Sicillian and a noted duelist, has fought forty duels, but in none of them has he been the challenger. It is toldof him that during a heated political canvass, in the course of a discussion in a public square with a first cousin, the latter called him by some opprobrious epithet. The Baron replied: “You are a coward!” The cousin answered: “Will you repeat that in five minutes?” “Assuredly." The cousin went home, and returned with a revolver in his hand. The Baron went up to him and said: “Guiseppe, see here! That revolver don’t suit your hand; the stock never was made for you; for the life Os you, you could not use that pistol.” As he ceased to speak he spat in his cousin’s face. The sudden ness and strangeness of this speech and attack so bewildered the cousin that he neither said nor did anything. The Baron spat in his face again. Friends interfered. The cousin challenged the Baron. On the eve of the duel the Baron’s aunt, who knew wlmt an expert swordsman he was, begged him to spare her son’s life. He replied: “Guiseppe shall return from the field without even a scratch. ” The duel took place. The cousin attacked furiously. The Baron only parried. At last he turned his head and looked nt his seconds until his ad versary became so weak that he could no longer hold his sword, when the seconds interfered and ended the duel. At another time he was challenged liy tho best broad-swordsman in Sicily, while he himself was not skilled with this weapon. The broad-sword was selected by the seconds. On the field the Baron took his sword in both hands and rushed upon his adversary, using his weapon as if it were a club. His adversary re treated. They were put in position again. The Baron disarmed his adver sary. A third time they were put in position; at the first pass the Baron’s sword broke witliin eight inches of the hilt; his adversary kept on; the seconds did not interfere. The Baron became furious, rushed on his adversary and wounded him; then turned on the seo. onds and wounded every one of them, beginning with his own. Sea Voyages for Invalids. The rapid traveling of large steam vessels is a disadvantage for those who go to sea for the sake of protracted nav igation. They reach their destination too soon, and the changes of climate ore too rapid. In the voyage to Australia, for instance, a few days after the depart ure from England, warm weather is reached : then hot weather, when the tropic has been passed ; moist, as well as hot weather, when the equatorial calms have been reached. As the ves sel arrives near the southern limit of its navigation, in the Pacific ocean, the temperature again becomes cold—Aus. tralia being reached in about forty-five days. All these extreme changes within so short a period are very trying to those who are really ill. and often do them more harm than the pure sea air can do them good. Australia, also, is reached in the middle of their summer; and at Melbourne and Sydney, where most in valids go, it is too hot. In Tasmania and New Zealand the climate is more like that of our own English summer, and should, consequently, be preferred. These long sea journeys, however, seem more suited to those who belong to the second category—to the tired and the weary—than to the really ill. The usual period for departure is October or No vember.—British Medical Journal. A preacher in Kock County, Kansas, had been for weeks conducting a wonder fully successful revival. “Dear brethren and sisters,” he said one day, “this in the last meeting I shall hold. It is im possible to keep up a fervor on corn bread and molasses for myself and an ear of corn a day for my horse. God bless you.”