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SEWS GLEANINGS.
Sau Antonio is shipping -Jiecn to
France.
The pioneer potton mill of Memphis
is now an as. tired fact.
Since June Ist, s46,not) has been paid
out for sponges in Key West.
Six papers published by colored men
in North Carolina favor prohibition.
A nugget of gold, weighing three and
one-half ounces, it is reported, has been
> found in Putnam county, Tenn.
Covington, Ga., Ims two cqlprcd men
who can uiqyld eaeV ,: 4 0b0 bricks in half'
a day. '
The average daily attendance on
public schools tis Richmond, Va i<
5,531.5.
Andrew Johneon’s heirs ar • now in
litigation over the distribution of his
property, which i> valued at §IOO, 11
A white woman in Newton county
Georgia, was recent ly thrown into con
vulsions from eating pork salad, and
. died in a few lietirs.
David Humphreys., of Carter’s depot
Tennessee, luis Lovu married twenty-six
years, ami is the. father of twenty-two
child red.
A cat bit a 'tittle girl mimed. Annie
Webster, near Writes*urp.Ga.,' "
last week, and f !, f Im- .-im-c ,’ ied wi ‘ ( £
all the symptoms of hydroe,’ no },V
Covington (Ba.) SC tr; ‘ “Airing'
tidit o| i his yxJijni' y OJJ ,. > Pn pro
hibition to? vn ~r ()i 1 1bith)I1
vins, we will have nSremedy for snake
bit' . (f the snakes win, good heavens.
we ''.ill all bo umke bit. It is (earful,
airj’t js ?->
> The ladies of Winchester, Va., have
'undertaken the ji,b of ercefiug marVle
headstones at, the grave-of the. V.'iii
chester soldiers who were killed in tlig
late wat, o‘r who have tiled shvce, and
who are lyirled ,jn,.StonewaH and Mount
H- lvrou wvtei n x
The umbrella’China tree, it is said,
outside of lexat, is only found in Ji.tst
ern Texas. The presence of the tree
was occasioned, no doubt, bv captive
•daves who scattered on the “slave trail” I
-the seeds of this tree which!
they had brought over to plant with |
secret rites of vondoo worship.
A Mexican at Las Vegas, New Mex
ico, Hid Jii» wife to ; t Ixiardj
iieatied her thus Iml ph ss against n fence,
•look a position fifty feet, away and
used her as a target fur rifle practice.
He did not hit her, !•;. object being to
frighten her by embedding the bullets
in the board eLwc to hey head and body.
She fainted under the frightful ordeal.
What She Saw in Church.
He staid at homo and she went to i
•church; after dinner he. asked her:
“What was the text, May?"
“Oh>, something, somewhere iuGener
k ntions; I've forgotten the chapter and '
veree. Mrs. High sat right Moro me
with a Mother Hubbard bonnet on
How could I hear anything when I could i
not even see the minister? I wouldn’t '
have worn such a looking thing to
church, if I’d had to have gone bare
headed.”
“zfow did you like, the new minister ?”
“Oh, he's splendid! and Kate Darlin
was there in a Spanish lace cape that
mover cost a cent less than SSO; and
they can't pay then' butcher bills, and
I'd wear cotton lace or go without any
.first." .<
“Did he say anything about the new l
mission fund?"
“No, and the Jones girls were all
rigged out, in their yellow silksmade.
over; yon would have died laugh- 1
ing to have seen them. Such taste as
those girls have; and the minister gave
•out that the Dorcas Society will meet
at Sister Jones’ residence—that old poky
place.”
“It seem* you didn't hear much H-the ■-■
serimn.” K./ £l.
“Well, I'm sure its better to go to
church, if you don’t hear the sermon,
than to stay at Ironic anil read tije pa
pers; and oh, Harry! the new minister
has a lovely voice; it nearly put me to
sleep. And did I tall you that Hie
Bich’s-are hotfio from Europe, and Mrs.
Rich had a real camel's hair shawl
on, and it didfft look like any tiling 6p
herl” ,
A long silence, daring which Harry
thought of several firings;*" and his wife
was busy eontemplating the sky or view,
when she suddenly e.tciauaed:
“Thera! I knew I|d terget to tell you
something. Would yep..believe it, Har
ry, the fringe on Mrs. Jones’ parasol is .
k an inch deeper than mine, and twice as .
heavy! Oh, dear! wIM a world at
trouble this is.”— Detroit Post and tri
bune.
“ v <*— • r - • '* .
“ Come, doctor, it’s 10 o’clock, and
I think we had better be- going, Tor. it’s.,
time honest folks were at home,” said a
lawyer to a physician, one evening re
cently. “Wellj yes,” was the reply.
“ I must be off, but you needn’t go or.
that account, ”
The North Georgian,
vol. r\
A BEI4JB.
She was the prettiest gid, I ween,
That mortal eye had ever seen;
, li'ir name was Auabe] Christintv
Her bangs were curled with bandoline,
Her cheeks were smoothed with vUsaline.
Her teeth were brushed with fine dentine.
Her face was washed in coaline,
Her gloves h-ere cleaned with gasoline,
bite wore a dress of grenadine,'
Hooped over a shirt of brHHantine,
tier petticoat was bombazine
Her foot was short with kill bottlne,
1, r woiin.l.s were healed with Cosmoline,
bhe sailed away Irani Muscatine
in a ship they calli-l H brigantine,
bae ilni.,l with agav marine,
ini I iey reached th*. lU«nuh»' . * <•
Wi ti.t I'. >v o- ... apioid .cjArgeutine,
And lived on
Bloom iiiuton
Olympus.
n Hellene, sht j 'ierd, priest
yc King, dare to elimb up tl.e slopes of
' Olympus, away above the lofty pastures
of its dales and er. sts? I >i<l oven one
only venture, by placing his foot upon
the great peak, to find l.hnsdf ntnhlenly
in the presence of these terrible
gods? Ancient writers tell us that phil
osophers arc not afraid of sealing Mount
Etna, nltbough much higher tbiiu Olym
pus; but they nc'o r mention one single
mortal who has had the temeiitv Id
ascend the mountain of file gods' not
evefi in the day« nf science, in that age
when phil;Wophcr.i rauglit that Z. us and
the other immortals were mere coneep-
I til.ns of the human mind.
Later on, other religio'l.t, disseininated
among the viuiohu people living in the
surrounding puains, took possession of
the sacn>d mountain and consecrated it
to new divinities. There the Greek
. ( bflstiaus.worshiped the Holy I rituty
instvadyf Zeus; they still look llpi'n its
three jiruicipal peak'- iw Hit tlirbe great
tliroues of H- -veti, < firn of its loftiest,
points, winch formerly, ]«;rhaps, bore a
temple of Apf.lln, te now £ 'sfti*fftefln'ti d by
a monastery of St. Elias; one of its dales,
wherein the Bacchantes were wont to
> sing “Evoe!" in honor of Dionysos or
Bacchus, is inhabited by the monks of
St. Denys. Priests have succeeded to
priests, ami the superstitious • : p t . c t of
modern times to the worship of the
ancient; but perhaps the highest 'sum
mit is yet untrodden by human steps;
the soft light,. Fi “plcn.leiit above its
rocks and »uw, han not beamed u]«in
any man sincxi the Hulleoic gods took
their dejiuTu-e.
A few years ago it would have 1 »po,p.
! diflieult for a European to tdfaltl the
sunmutof th- s>mi u |*j| U x., r Hellenic,
1- r -. Ml. , shot.., oi etli.ied nil
its gorges; (hey had iiitrcn'che.l them
selves in it, as within an enormous cita
del. and thence, recommencing the con
flict of the gods against the Titans, they'
set out upon their expeditions agninijt
| the Turks of Mount <' -ik Proud of '
tlu-ir itehrtkg®, they wffleyed thenm-lv.a
, invincibly:-> the mountain upon which
i 1 !)<’'• h'v'-.i; th-'v eudowed Olympus it
I self with lite. “I am," said one of their
I Songs, “I am Olympus, illustrious in all
ages, and renowned amid Nations; forty-
liristleupon nty brow; ssventy
fvvoTJiUifahrs flow’ down my ravines,
and an eagle is perched upon my highest
summit, bearing in its claws the hehff of
a valiant hero!” This eagle, no doubt,
was that of the ancient Zeus. Even
now-a-days he feeds on man, by man
destroyed.— History of a Mountain.
Trees and Health.
Everybody knows that trees take the
carbonic acid thrown out in the breath
of meu and animals, separated into com
ponent parts -carbon and oxygen—give
back the latter to be used over again, I
anil work, up the former into wood and
fruits. ’ 1
It is also coming to be gem-rally nh- 1
1 derstood that forest trees do important!
service in promoting rainfalls, and in ‘
helping to retain tho.,6nrfaco water for ,
spririgs, streams and gteicrftl <ise.
It is also known that certain species I
planted in malarial localities, help to ;
render the latter healthy by somehow I
using up the deadly miasma.
It would now appear that trees grow- i
ing near drains carry off the sewerage
water.
A gentleman, whoso cess-drain was I
constructed just like his neighbors’ and I
iu the same kind of soil, had found it |
mimicessary to clean it out, while the ’
others had to be cleamsd out frequently.
Au examination showed that three
largdtfecs, whoso foots had penetrated
into the vicinity of his second, or waste
. cess-pool, were clearly channels through
which the waste all escaped.
Whether it was changed into plant j
food,, as, is likely, or was exhaled through !
the leaves, in either case it was disposed I
of with equal safety.
- Tlw Heroines of Nihilism,
jytji&lstly daughters of poor*
‘ army onrceSN, or petty civil officers, or i
even of shop-keepers, wiio feeling the
influence of modern times, arc auxious to i
rise above the level of their parents, ;
coarse, ignorant people* in the main. :
Either by their owntajejifsor by the aid ,
pf influential patrons, ' tlje girls gain I
sclvotarships, and enteri A«>tae high school '
whbre their brains are crammed with a
heterogeneous mass of kn<Avlcdge. At
19 they leave, and inritrn AMdome teach- .
ers. Finding their parents uncompan- '
iojiable, they abandon home, for some I
wretched lodgings, and eike out a miser
able cxiatence by giving pooriypaid les- 1
4onjj. Food is senrijb; tliA-feii>lnfne pleas- !
.drds of dress are impossililys UterAtriiin
iiljZ power of family affectiwi W alweiit, i
tlrny pTOW hopeless and diseorif<Kted,
when some day they fpna flneialisfic 1
acquaintances, rapidly adopt thefr idarfs,
and, having found an object for 'their
life, with feminine rashness devote: t'tem'-
selves to the cause, evert* tr> the" very i
TleStir:—Paris Pigaro,, . 1 -tri ' ■-
Campanini is worth £150,000. He
got it all for a song— Ponton Transcript.
And is still pursuing the even tenor of
his way.
BELLTON. BANKS COUNTY, GA„ J( |,Y
I ■
Grecian Beauty.
Much has been said in praise of
Grecian beauty, ami the men are hand- !
som iu every sense of tho word. IVe I
mi ht well imagine them 'to bA’., A been i
the models of Phidiit” and Praxiteles
I I heir large eyes, blade as jet, sparklo '
with glances of tire, while tho' Jong,' ‘
. silky, eyelashes soften the eyprer-r.ii .a j
I and give a, drejimy mol- |
! ancholy. 7 )mr teeth are \yhiU.‘ ;
■ and well set; a fine I'eguliir proflTe nd
pale-olive complexion and a tall, '( L - ant '
j ligule realize an accomplished j vpo cJ ’
: distinction. As to Qm. ho*flci< "i-v !
j seein to have left physical perfection to
. the tr.ch; soine possess fine eves and !
i hair, but as a rule thcyliavo bad figures, I
I , and_ some defect in tho face generally I
[ . spoils the good feature’ l . It is iv.»ong>ii
i , them, that lhe old Orieufai :
> j eustolliA .fire most strictly Presetved; i
i ; while tho men arc gradually nndeW’o-
• I ing the process of •••vilizatiou they, in n |
> moral point of view remain utiitionary, !
and are just as they were fifty yearn !
ago. It may, indeed, be said that, witlr ,
. I tho exception of Alb'”'-, th:; >,,,meli I
, possesa individual cxisfenco, and
i count as nothing in society. The men :
, [ have reserved every privilege for thorn- I
i . selves, leaving to their helpmates the
' care of the house and family. In the I
; h’v.ns, v be’■: *.ei’ ante, me kept, they are ,
f Uio poorest class of peasants, who
know nothing, and receive miserable :
. wages. The families are generally large ‘
—seven or eight little children demand
| a mother's constant ntteufti'i!, TllO ■
i nioiniiig begins by directing the work of
j ouch servant, i’epeatiita'.the same tiling ’
: a hundred tiln■ r-eoldhig, seienndnir, ‘
even beating them, to be nralerstouil. In
| tho evening, when the children arc sleep
ing, if there remain some little time, the,,
. poor, worn-out mother.sits down to her
I spinning wheel to spin silk, to sew or
knit, if itbo summer-time, to look after ■
her silk-worms mid roco.ws happy >f .
slid has not to do tho work of her in-
| competent servants over again.
Cnltystflon of S-ls R-spccf.
A eh’lA Hint in uniformly treated with
1 courtesy. wit,h consideration, with jus
| tice. will unconsciously deem himself
j wf-rtiiy of mtcli; ti't’illmeut, andwill.be-
■ come worthy of it, uni - s he fs hv nature
wholly lihso; and be W>ll Pn/'onjrio'lsly I
. ,, 'c:e. *'ih’'ra ria ho is treated. It is a fear- I
iul t hitig to give a child th- lie, to accuse
I him <>l at< ajing, .to accustom him to ini- ' jr
- caj... ~. <-:1 ’and .itm, titl'd bloW.s and call's. .
Ho may merit punishment, but. the wino I
.parent never will admit into tfir. i ( oii»c .
hold vo' .ibiilnry Hit' terrible words “liar” i
and ’’ thief,” and will never permit in : '
•hhnself or othin-s the hnsty blow, the y
| bittei taunt, the slip-jng oj it-het. The i’
ri tim-d anil educated pat-mt' can never
tolerate sfleh laugiliigo as wo have injt- t '
cated. Bitter r.<ird' :ae Inore cruel than
blowr. Und inflict more lasting injuries. ! *
Care in tho choice <>f associates will do
much to foster self-respect in a child. ’ 1
Some mothers think their sons and ■ '
daughters dan go where they choose and 1 J
j play with ’Vhoin {lley pleaa-'i, (Hid como i ,
I out Ml w-Jkiu Iks) Th-re never was •,
a greater mistake. As wen might one
think it no difference what air we : •
breathe. Children are quicker than we I
to catch the tone of associates, to pick ! ,
up slang words, bad grammar, vutgac i
idea.-, I hose often seem to be taken iu l!
through the very pores, ns typhoid poison I
i J . when least‘expected. 'Cure in the !
choice of reading will do much to foster '
due self-n.-Bpect in a child. The boy 11
I who grows up with a familiar knowledge, 1 J
: of Washington, of Franklin, of Lincoln, i 1
» and other gjpatwn?!* whojiaso been the : ’
I glrtry-vif the mifions in which they have i
1 been conspicuous, will be. far more likely 1 ,
j to find his mind filled with noble images, i !
j with high ideals, with lofty ambitions, j
than one who roads sensational newspa- !
j pers, dime novels, and the comic alma- 1 !
! unc. Any soil that yields abundantly - ’
I must contain hi itself elements of for- |
I tility, ami barren soil may have elements ,
| artificially supplied to them.
Women in Boarding-Houses. '
Differences in families united by mar. ' 1
l riage are mostly on the side of tho wo- <
! men. Woman fails in fact to preserve 1
the amenities of the hearth. The soft 1
answer or the repression which evades <
an issue is more on the part of the man >
than the wile. Young women manage
then- lovers, but lose their skill to man- | <
I -age their husbands. Women make the I
I cliques in congregations, church socte- -1
' ties, family hotels, boarding-houses, and ' 1
| wherever lovely woman predominates. | i
; Lack of tact makes the traditional i
, mother-in-law. I'athers-in-law have too
| much tact to bo. fussy and irritating in 1
matters that should bo left, alone. Men i
; live harmoniously in clubs; women can ■ :
not Jive in clubs without getting into I
i hostile divisions ! (
The I’ckin Times gives the following: I '
: “A young lady of this city, who lias a \
: young gentleman friend in Peoria, called '
him over the telephone, which is located
1 in the office of the young fellow's father. 1 '
The required ‘hello!’ camo'biuk over, the :
wire, and the dear creature-proceeded i
’ to lay herself out in she 1
sent to the listening ,egr in vjyifi. 'qium ! i
ties. While she wlw stripping to take
I breath, a gruff voice in thej |
| startled her with the following sentence:
‘I guesjt you've made a mistake, my .
deargiri;'J m Georgies father.’ When
she -r< ocivuw-d pjie found herself at home
l among! frteudß.”
Tub tenor Carnpanini is pronounced 1
‘ perfectly jSjpJhnilid and just too awfully 1 1
[ too-too fpr’ anytjiing,” by the bang-'
j womyqg ladies Os Nmv York.— New Or- , •
Irons Pitnuyusse. Awfully too too -
what? Carnpanini is a wocalist not a
too tootist. But as Toots would say,
“ It’s of no consequence, ” — N. K C'orn-
! mercial. j
! How Long Man May Live,
I It " as Jh'ofessor Hufeland’s opinion '
. Heit the limit of possible htimai; life '
Ong..i be "i-t diiwii nt zbii years; ami tins
lon tho gnneral principle that the life of
1 a creature ia eight times the veai'S of its
. period of qipwtli, That whiijh ;s anlckly.'
i formed qidckly perishes, and Hie, earlier
i complete development is rOaclicd the
■ sobhef bodily decay ensues. More
wonten ri ach old ago than men, but
| .more -me-; attain remarkablo longevity
, thug winuhu Some aidmab'. grow, ♦•’ bo i
j very o’-l. ’’’.ihii'i ilminais live shorter
lives than tuose without horns, fierce
i longer thw. timid, and amphibious longer ;
j than thosii which inhabit the air. Tho
j voi-acioim pike exists, it is said, to an age 1
! iJ . ! 'Je | 'ye i, rs; the thrlle ’a good for 100
‘ yi'/nA or more, hurt rrtitong birds the
. go'd'.m itffgle is known to hate lived
I nciuil y HW; yeiijv. while file Bly ami som
ue-r crow teaches tho venerable age of a
c. utury. Passing up iu the scale of life
, to man,.a.al skipping the patriarchs, wo
II nil man A i-ectn-dod instances of longevity
..w. • | flr , H te (tropk-.-i nur { Honiaii’l.
Pliny notes tliat in the reign of the Em
peror \ espnsiau, in the year 7fi, there
were PI linen living in the limited urea
bet ween'Hie A ppciiniiies and tl(e Po of j
>OO yearn and upward, three of whom j
i ..l ie Ito and 4 ovei 135. Clii'ol'ci” v-'fe :
lived to the ago of 103, and tho Boman ■
actress, Liicyjn, played in public as lute j
as In i' ] 1,2111 year. Coming down to
more reei-nt times, the most notable !
mithenH. msfiint’.e of great ago is that of !
Hi-iirv .ieiikiiis, of Yorkshire, England,
who died in 1070, 109 years old. He 1
Wa-i a and at the age of lot)
easily siijim uct'os'i rapid rivers,. Aoi
olber liisfopc ease is that of
I'arr, of Shropshire, a day liiborer, who
lived to rim age of 152 years. When
more thou J2O he married his second
wife, aijd till 130 he could swing the j
scyHi” rjpTwichl the flail with the bast
of Ins fcilow-lnboreis. tu11!.1152d year
Parr went up to London,to exhibit him
self to the king. It proved ini iinlneky
•t if. fo''. violating Hie alisteihloiii' habit
oi a ceuiury ami a bait, the old man
feasted so fre'My on tho royal victuals
that ho soon died, merely of a-plethora.
On elimination his internal organs
proved tn bo in excellent condition, and
( lie'c. V. n? no .’■easwr why he slioubl not
have livid ninch longer sake for this un
fortunate taste of royal hospitality,
i’rpfes- >r lluf'-land’s roll of centenarians l
iucJud'., ■ e-uy more-remarkf'ilc eases. • '
Ornggeil Wines*
As 1 • rance has kicked up a row aiiout
American hog meat, which extended
even to ringing bells through the villages
warning tho citizens, it is entirely fair to
wnni the American people against the
drugged wiues of France, The i'arinan,
ii paper printed in English in Paris,
gives a branch of the history of this
manufacture of wines sold fraudulently
under the names of the choicest brands
of French wines: The wine crop of 1879
was about 25,1)110,000 or 30,000,000 hec
toliters below the average of the Inst ten
years. The annual consumption in
Fram-o is from 40,000,000 to -15,000,000
hectoliters. Every body expected a rise
in the price of wine, and some conscien
tious dealers laid in a stock from abroad.
The rise .in price, however, never came, i
and the i> a’ | ( nts remained well supplied.
The redsfin was that the natural deficit
was compensated for by artificial means.
Winq was manufactured out of dry
grapes. All the raisins to be found in
Eastern ports were bought up, and wine
manufactories sprang up all over the
country. Around Paris alone there are
w-vi ii steam-power wine manufactories.
The cost of a cask of raisin wine is about
50 francs, and it was sold at 100 francs,
thus giving a profit of 100 percent. But
the competition has now become Bitch
that the price of raisins has risen from
twelve francs to seventy-five francs the
100 kilograms. The consequence is that
that raisins have been abandoned, and
wine is now manufactured oiit of glu
cose, a sugary matter obtained from the
potato, out of the residue of molasses,
out of rotten apples, dried prunes, dates,
figs and all kinds of refuse fruit, and
even out of beet-root. These abomina
ble liquids are colored artificially and
mixed more or less with Sjianish wines
or white wine. The adulteration and
manufacture of wine has attained such
vast proportions that the principal deal- '
ers who had taken measures to supply
the market loyally with harvest wine
from foreign countries have taken steps
to put a stop to this gigantic fraud. The
imposture has reached such a pitch that
not one-third of the wine now drank in
Paris is real grape. The revelations of
the manufacture of French brandy arc
no less convincing of the wholesale char- j
actor of the frauds. French brandy of I
this day is described as an inferior spirit I
distilled from sugar, potatoes, Indian I
corn and whisky distilled from barley, |
and this is the stuff imposed upon the |
people of this country. It would be a I
national blessing if there was an author
itative analysis made of the various so- |
called French wines and brandies fraud- I
uleiitly pushed off upon the American I
people by the wine manufacturers of i
France. The drugged and poisonous !
stuff is, in adition to being a commercial
fraud, also most delpterous to health
an life, and its importation phonld bo
discontinued. No pure winos or bran-,
dies are now exported from France.
A oentmsmax and three ladies who
mnst have had a great deal of spare
time have found by count that a blonde
has about 140,000 hairs on her scalp ; a
brunette. 109,000; and a red-hairdd
belle only 88,000. This lost- provision
of mituro is undoubtedly to prevent in
-voluntary incendiarism.
Indians never drink to drown sorrow.
When they can get anything to drink
they have no sorrow to drown. /IrooZ -
lyn Eagle.
n1 " I l ■l■ ■I I I ■ IB IV .. _T•• • I - I „||_
A- Famlniigo at Ln Venta.
i It so happened fiini wo tencKoiT T.d
Veuta ofi a •festive occasion. A fundatlgii
was ill full blast but a ‘Short distance;
from onr quarters, and S large number
of stnuigo Indians from the surrounding
country were in the village. Our advent
luid ytihscM if teini>orary suspension of
the festivities, but the people «oou bo
i gan to drift that way again-, and by the
time we had finished our supper the
music of harp mid bandolon could bo
i heard,, the daucp was once more in
iHoglyr-J. Aleii’nd»r< told us that the
village would piPbobly grow lively trt-
I ward midnight as the dance '-otlfinried,
for the Indians wei'b drinking a gv-ud
1 deal of mi seal, and ninny of thorn were
still coming in from the country. He
iuformeil me that tho Alcalde of tho
town had already hidden himself, as is
llio ilusteiii Oit sl'ch occiisiorrs, and that
wo must be on otlr guard, for the Indians
were bad men when druuk, and inclined
to dislike strangers. Wo were all armed
to the teeth, liowe.ver, and felt no ap
prehensions. After supper, Marion and
I sallied out Into the dark street, and,
follolving the sound of (lie music, soon
1 found ourselves in the midst of the
, crowd of -wild, half-naked revelers. The
i dancing was carried on under the shed
: which wns lit np by pine-knots, throwing
■ out a wieiil glare over tiic di laky crowd.
I A number of men and woliicu would step
into the open space and shnllle slowly
| around, each one apparently ou Jiisowu
• responsibility, and with no regard to
I figure. Tn the meantime those who ■
I word not (lancing would squat in a cir-
cle around the Open »pnc<’, and sing '
monotonously in.(line with the music of
the instruments'. The dancers would
finally rctir*', »nd others take then- places, I
the process being rej oiited .with little or I
no variations. But it was in l:b<- (Alter
rim of the circle that the real fun seeniod -
to be going on. Little groups were •
gathered here and there, drinking, sing
ing rind, ('arousing, and, as wo left the.
crowd and picked oiir way back t<> our
lodgings, we noticed one of our men,
Eoiiciano by name, ogling a dusky I
maiden, and treating her to a drink of
orchata.-—Z>. /S’. liictlitr'Hicm, in Cali- :
forritan.
Life's Brightest Hour.
itx’oi long p.iuee; 1 inut a,gentleman who :
is assessed for one million. was j
in his bap', care upon his brow, ami liR
slightly stooped beneOtWhis burden of
wealth'. We were -speaking of tho
period of his life he hud reached the most
perfect eujqvmen!, or lather, when he ,
had found iiappiucsß to be nearest uu- .
alloyed.
“I’ll toll yoti,” said tho millionaire, ■
“when was the happiest hour of my life. I
At the ago of one and twenty I had
saved SBOO. I was earning SSOO a year, i
and my father did no’ take it from me,
only requiring that I should pay itiy I
board. At the age of twenty-two f j
secured a pretty cottage just outside of
the city. I was able to pay two-thirds
of the value down, ami also furnish it
respectably. 1 wit". married on Sunday
—a Sunday in June, at illy father’s
house. My wife had come io me poof
in purse, but rich in the wealth of wo- |
manhood. The Sabbath amt the Sab- •
I bath night we passed beneath my lath- |
er’s roof, and os* Monday morning I i
Went to my work, leaving iuother arid j
sister to help in preparing my home.
“Ou Monday evening, when the labors
of the day were done, I went not to the
paternal shelter, but to my own house—
my own home. The holy atmosphere of
that hour seems to surround me even
now in the memory. I opened ihe door
of my cottage and entered. I laid nty
hat on the little stand in the and
passed on to the kitchen—our kitchen
and dining-room were nil one then. 1
pushed open the kitchen door and was
in—heaven! The table Was set against
the wall—the evening meal was ready
prepared by the hands of her who had !
come to be my helpmeet in deed as well |
as in name—and by the tea-table, with a
throbbing and expectant look upon her ;
lovely and loving face, stood my wife. :
I could only clasp the waiting angel to |
my bosom, thus showing to her the >
ecstatic burden of my heart.
“The years have passed—long, long
years—and worldly wealth Ims flown
upon me, and I am honored and envied
' —but as trud as heaven—l would give
all —every dollar, for the joy of that
June evening, in the long, long ago.”—
Exehanae.
We Denied It.
The locomotive of a Harlem milk train
struck a man who was lying crosswise
on the track. The train was stopped ami
i backed up, and instead of the maugled
! remains the-engineer found a manstand-
I ing on the-tfack and looking around with,
agaze of-, curiosity. “Where is that
■ man?” said-the engineer. “What man?"
I said the traynp. “The man I struck,”
retorted the engineer. “I don’t know.
I Did you hit a man?” said the fellow.
' “ Yes,” sirtil the engineer. “1 knocked
I' a mah otDright here and he went up l
1 against ■ that freight car." “Didn't Si'e
I him. When did it happdif? ‘'Jiist
j now. Aren’t you the man?” “ Not as f
I remertbet.” “Didn’t I knock you olf
the frack T’* the engineer persisted. “I
don’t thinlcyon did, but you can uxam-
■ ine me and-aee.” The fellow’s bead pud
shoulder were severely bruised and
bleeding. .When asked how he. received
i the injuries he said : “ Well, I don’t
' exactly know, but I -thought I fell oil' the
, freight car. Guess lam not hurt much
anyhow.” Ashe walked, away he sang
out “Much'obliged to you for telling
i mo how it happened. ”
■ It is wise to keep in mind the fact that
' souls mav be won 1“ tin fWsT-by n life -
I on a sick bed JfliflflM’Tvcll as by a life in
i a cathedral desk. Pure submission is as
I good as going on a foreign mission.
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In Three Hundred Years.
| iln .English author named Willis D.
Hay has given to Hie world a very re
markable book, entitled “Three Hun
dred Year* Hence.” Hoy’s, work indi
i cates his [xissesslon of a wonderful imag
imition. He. Inis endeavored to tell
something of the world ifnd its popula
; tidh in' 21S1, and his attempt bristles
; with startling ideas and wonderful theo
' rio«, Ho describes the rise of Socialism
and pl'ctlicts that the Land League agi
tation will involve Great Britain in a civil
| war, which will destroy her commerce
and pave the, wav for her downfall.
. Upon the ruins of crumbling empires
’ will be founded a world-wide republic,
f A Yankee will invent an annihilating
I machlui’ which will make wars impossi
ble. The diaaj>j>ci«nince of armies and
I forts will make the universal republic
i stronger. Thi? new force is discovered.
' By means of this, man walks on the floor
of the ocean and forces his w ay through
thei Isovels of the earth. Great caverns
• are diseove. Int enormous depths, and
I-as Hrn surface of the earth becomes
crowded colonies are planted in these,
1 and mighty domes shaped like diving
• tells, built upon the bed of the ocean
mid ruiming up above the level of the
i wider, afford temporary and permanent
, abodes to thousands. " They cultivate
sea weeds, and vegetables, aud fibrou
l submarine plants for textile fabrics and
' dyes. Later the internal fires of the
I globe are made available for heating
pul'posps. With their aid the frozen
regions iil'oilml the poles are reiidered
’ tropical. The vine and banana flourish
! there, and tho long arctic night is made
brilliant with electric lights. In time
the populat ion of the globe liecomcs so
, dense tliat the Ecumenical Council, tho
I head-center of Government for the States
of Humanity, deckles that the four or
five millions of nfites covered by the
’liibitations of men must be brought
under erdtivation. The population of
the globe betakes itself to cities built
upon piles in thy seafl, houses are de
: molished, and every inch of the earth’s
: surface is cultivated for food. The Cap
-1 llnl wherein laws are made for the world
j is located at Terrapolis, a city of 10,000,-
I 000 inhabit,-mtn, built in the South
I Pacific Sea; It is ornamented with a few
j of the most remarkable buildings in the
j ancient world, including .the Cathedral
i of (IqlogUu, the Tower of London, the
i Vatican, snd the great Pyramid.
:V book of this character ought to
i make fivicirmfingToiidiiig; How-much of
truth there may be in it the reader alone
i can determine. The predictions which
i Hay makes are founded upon scientific
I data. It is . a pity that we can’t live to
ace the womlerfiil changes he has in his
j iiiind's eyrtj_
We learn that EllisA Co., proprietors
lof Bailey Spriugs,.are imikinr prepara-
I tions to entertain an unusually large
j number ql visitors this suinmei. They
1 are receiving communications from all
over the South inquiring rates and con
tracts for board. I’his is only their due,
for not. only are (hey successful hotel
keepers, but their place is in every
i way worthy of patronage. It is one of
j the coolest, shadiest, breeziest places iu
| the South ; lhe locality and surround
j in;;s arc delightful ; the buildings are
■ roomy, airy, and conveniently arranged;
: the iiceommotl.'ilions, fate and attention
I are first i.-l.'iss, and Shoal Creek is the.
| most romautic stream and the best fi.-h
--j ing waler vou ever saw. Add to this
the unrivalled power of the old Hock
Spl'ltiK in the cure of dropsy, scrofula,
dyspi-psfii ami diseases of the blood, skin
and kidney*, and thc-sum of attractions
jis irresjstiMe. H you have ever been
i there you know this is true. 11 you
i have not, try it just once. You will
never reG-ei'll. Address Ellis & Co.,
Bailey Springs, Ala.
._ , ■
People who think China is a small
power are surprised to know that the
tonage of her mercantile marine is 4,-
I 100,000, exclusive of the inland junk
traffic. The tonnage of the United
: States, including all the canal boats in
| the country and all the river boats, is
1 but 4,500,tX)0. Even England’s tonnage
is only 6,100,000. So that China is press
ing close after England as a sailor
power.
No Hospital Needed.
No palatial hospi ta,! needed for Hop Bit
ters patients, n<>r, large salaried talented
puffi-rs to tell what. Hop Bitters will do
or (Ute, at they tell their own story by
their cerlaiii ttnd absolute cures at home.
- New Yotl Ifidependent.
“It’s mighty strange, so it is,” re
marked Mulcahy, “that the tinants av
Ireland is tho wuns to make all the
trouble. You wild expect now that it
wild be the landlords.” “How’s that,
at all? Bbwiit are ye givin’ us?” said
O’l’lannerty. “Wliy, d’ye moind now
it’s the landlords that’s the proper
rioters.”
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It is said tho. man who uses snuff
never lias a cold in the head. , Perhaps
so; but it would be m;ich nicer if he had
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Oredn rniit ahh bod vegetables, which are
pni-fi'-iilailv plentifuliltlliis season of tlie year,
utncjst invariably disorder the stomach and su
].< l unluci; Crumps, Cholera Morbus, and what
in worW, Ilianluea aud Chronic Dysentery.
People «bu desire to preserve their health
slioiild be Ujcccdingly careful about their diet
at thi- seasmi, and nt ao time slioiild they bo
«it limit a irnppiy ot I'u.qpi Davis’ Pain Kii.lkr,
the safi st surett and speediest remedy for all
I i-oubii'-s of the stmuadh or bowels. All drug
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