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NORTH GEORGIA TIMES.
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IN THE CITY OF THE SUN.
Picturesque Scenes in the
Cashmeps Capital.
What Life Was Like in the City that
an Earthquake Has Destroyed,
Serinagar, or literally Sdrgia Nagar,
the City of the Sun, is the capital of
the beautiful and romantic valley of
Cashmere, India, one of the most
charming spots in the whole earth. It
3s some seven years ago that in my
wanderings I visited this happy val¬
ley, says a Writer in the New York
Sun. A lonely march of about 100
miles along the banks of the Jhelum
River, the ancient Hydaspes, brought
me to the smooth waters of the Cash
mere Lake. Here I hired a boat cov¬
ered with matting, and so arranged
that the stern of the boat formed a
cooking kitchen, both for the crew
and passenger. My crew consisted of
a full-grown man, an under-grown
boy, and an old woman, two small
children, and a young mother and a
plump baby. The whole party, ex¬
cept the plump baby, took their turn
at the oars and towing rope, and I
managed to get along at the rate of
two miles an hour.
It was a clear morning, and beauti¬
ful beyond description was the pano¬
ramic view as we wound along the
river in its circular course. All
around the country was rich with ven¬
ture. Rising at a distance were the
snowy ranges of the Himalaya Moun¬
tains, many of them as much as 13,000
feet above the sea level. In the cen
tre of this lovely scenery is the City
of the Sun, which was destroyed by
an earthquake last Sunday.
Serinagar is a considerable city of
some 150,000 inhabitants, of whom
20,000 are Hindus and the remainder
Mohammedans. The houses are built
entirely of wood, and are usually about
three stories high. The streets are
narrow and dirty. The people were
dirtier than the streets, No pen
could possible depict the real sanitary
condlton of Serinagar, and consequent¬
ly one regrets that as the city had to
perish, it did not succumb to the puri
fying element of fire rather than the
upheaving3 of an earthquake.
The city of Serinagar is on an island
in the midst of the Cashmere Lake.
It has seven bridges, all made of
wooden logs. Some of tho bridges
are occupied with shops, like old Lon¬
don Bridge, which are extremely
quaint, although unsightly structures.
There are no cab3 or carts or carriages
4
In the city of Serinagar, and there¬
fore no conveyances rumble along its
narrow, dirty streets. It is a wise
dispensation of Providence that
wheeled conveyances have not been in¬
troduced in the capital of Cashmere,
for the people would be too lazy to
get out of the way. Tho Cashmeree
never walks or works if he can help
it In recent famines they have pre¬
ferred dying to either. And yet they
are skillful workmen. The manufac¬
tories of Cashmere are well known.
Cashmere shawls have a world-wide
reputation, although the trade is not
as prosperous as it used to be. A
Cashmere shawl has been sold in Paris
and London for $4,000, and even
more. The silver and gold work in
bracelets and necklaces is perhaps un¬
equalled in the world, for it has a pe¬
culiar unfinished style of its own
which cannot be imitated. The cop¬
per work is very antique in its appear¬
ance. The painted and inlaid wood
wood erroneously called by Europeans
papier mache, is also exceedingly
beautiful. It is an interesting fact
that the well known Cashmere shawl
pattern, which finds expression in all
articles of Cashtnese manufacture, has
its origin in the peculiar windings of
the river Jhelum along the valley.
The women of. Cashmere are re¬
nowned for their beauty. They are
exceedingly fair for Orientals. In for¬
mer years they were seized and sold as
slaves for the seraglios of Eastern
monarchs. And even in modern days
the Cashmere beauty has found a place
in the affections of some of India’s
European rulers and warriors. Phys¬
ically, the men are a very fine race.
The phrenological development of both
sexes is good. But still the Casb
meree is a hopeless individual. At first
when you look at him you believe in
him. His fine development of head
and chest win your respect. But from
the day that one of their number ate
five of my loaves of bread, and anoth¬
er purloined a bottle of preserved cur¬
rant^ and another appropriated a
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SPRING PLACE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1885.
leathern strap, I lost confidence iii Ilia
race. After very careful inquiry I
came to the conclusion that the Cash
lnefee comes very low down in the
scale of humanity. He won’t work if
he can help it, and to beg he is never
ashamed. Such is the race that in¬
habits one of the fairest and most
productive provinces on earth.
The valley of Cashmere is about 1O0
miles long and averages twenty-five
miles in width, and the surrounding
mountains vary in height from 8,000
to 15,000 feet The valley itself is
about 5,000 feet above the level of the
sea. It was formerly a Mohammedan
country ; indeed, all the natives ate
Moslems, but at the conquest of north¬
ern India the British sold the province
of Cashmere to one of the Sikh princes,
a Hindu, and it is now ruled by a Ra¬
jah under British protection. The
nearest railway terminus is that of
Kawul Pindee, where Lord Dufferin
received the Ameer of Cabul. This
place is some 1100 miles from bom
bay. From Rawul Pindee to the
ruined city of Serinagar is about 200
miles, which can be travelled fay easy
stages. _____________
Seventeen-Year Locusts.
A letter to the Rockville (Md.)
Advocate says; My first observation
of them was in 1851. A thrifty young
sugar maplo tree *vas apparently
ruined by their incisions; but, having
been Well trimmed, it is now one of
the finest trees in the town. Their
next visit was in 1868. On the 30th
of May they were first noticed, ascend¬
ing the trees in great numbers at
night. Early in the morning they
came out of their shells, and, after
being warmed and turned black by the
sun, flew off. For about a week they
came up in great numbers, the ground
being filled with round holes, as though
countless canes had been stuck in and
withdrawn. The air was filled with
their noise, and in about two weeks
from their first appearance they had
pierced the limbs of bushes and ten¬
der trees, particularly the chestnuts.
They begin to die off rapidly* and by
last of June but few 'were seen or
heard. The damage done was slight*
compared with their countless num¬
bers. Their noise was at its height
about the middle of June. The male
only makes the poise, by mean 3 of a
tight, parchment-like membrane un¬
der the wing, moved by internal fibers
or muscles. The eggs are deposited
side by side in the slits or punctures
made in the limbs, about a dozen in
one place, and each female laying
about 100 eggs. Hogs and chickens
fatten on the locusts, and it was no¬
ticed that the corn was undisturbed
by crows, and very few were seen, as
they found abundance of food for
themselves and their young in both
the fat grub aud winged insect.
The only damage done was by the
limbs of young trees breaking off
where they had been punctured.
Their being poisonous to beast or hu¬
man is a myth.
The only care requisite is, that if
about to plant out a young orchard,
the trees should have been long
enough out to bear having tho young¬
er limbs trimmed back, or else should
be left until 1886. Sometimes on the
borders of two districts there will be a
visitation twice in 17 years, as some
few gqt over the iina The seventeen
year locust is not the locust .spoken of
in many writings as being so destruc¬
tive and as “eating up every green
thing.” This is a species of grass'
hopper (Qryllus).
True Friendship.
A friend is one to whom your heart
has opened itself as freely as a flower
to the sun, to receive from whom is
pleasure, for whom to sacrifice your¬
self is the purest joy, the secret
springs of whose life you have stood
beside with awe and love ; whose si¬
lence is as vocal to you as speech,
whose passing expressions qf counte¬
nance convey histories; whose being
has passed into yours, and yours into
his, each complementing and exalting
each; with whom you. have shared
existence and; all its passions, whose
sorrow and whose joy move you as the
coming spring moves the woodland,
who has received as much from you as
you from him. This is true friend¬
ship, and its particular mark is that,
through participation in the life and
feelings of your friend, you have be¬
come at home in his nature.— Rev. S.
Brooke.
Government officials in Japan are
required to wear European costumes
during*®#* hours.
FOB THE FARM AND HOME.
Weaning* Calves. s&a
A correspondent of the Rational
Stockman, upon the question of feed¬
ing calves, remarks; “I prefer wean¬
ing when two weeks old, while some
think it best to wean at the early ago
of one day. By the time the calf is two
weeks olil it has commenced to the*
has put on some flesh, and i^very mv
more able to stand the strain on
young system. J have had the best
success learning them to drink by not
giving them anything the first regular
time of feeding. By the second theif
appetites arc sharpened And their thirst
increased, so that they will drink out
of the bucket without giving them the
finger. It is a bad habit to learn them;
to drink by placing the finger in the
mouth, and alwaj s gives the one trou¬
ble who practices it. The calf shoulji
be penned in a stable where the cdV
can neither see nor hear it. Then it
will soofa become resigned ih its new
quarters and thrive from the Very
start.”
Cooked Bean, for Hors.
It is difficult to get any kind of ani¬
mal excepting sheep to eat raw beans.
A lien will pick one up and gravely
drop it on discovering what it is. Yet
beans are very valuable food, and
where sheep are not kept some care
should be taken to utilize those that
are cracked or colored. One of the
best means for doing this is to grind
the beans and mix the meal in gradu¬
ally, increasing proportions with that
of other grain for growing pigs. It is
excellent to feed with cornmeal, the
large amount of albuminoids in the
beans supplementing this deficiency in
the corn. Beans are not reckoned
good feed for breeding ewes, as the
straining of bowels from the wind
they generate sometime! does injury.
It would be well, therefore* to with
hold bean meal from sows with
give it in small q«4ntlties and note the.
result carefully.
Fertility and Tillage.
The stock of poultry manure, though
probably small, has great value as fer¬
tilizer for all sorts of vegetables, and
its frequent removal greatly helps to
keep the fowls in heafth. It ferments
rapidly in warm weather, and should
he cleanly taken up at least once a
week, but better twice, and put in the
garden around melon or cucumber
hills where it will do the roost good by
being hoed lightly into the soil. If
one wants to know how much pota¬
toes are benefited by cultivation, let
him choose two or three rows and hoe
them, or rake the soil every morning
while the breakfast is preparing, and
note the result. * If he wishes to try
another experiment let him rake up
the droppings of the poultry-house
every morning and put them into the
soil about a few hills of potatoes, and
he will discover what frequent fertili¬
zing will do. Moreover, if he will put
all the labor and fertilizers upon one
square rod, or one acre, which he is
used to expend upon four times as
much space, he will learn how great
yields are produced, and find his views
upon the subject considerably enlarged.
—Kart Offel.
Cuttinsr and CurinR Clover.
Good well-cured clover is good feud;
especially for sheep; but when black
and dusty it is hardly fit to place be¬
fore stock. Under ordinary circum¬
stances, it can be had sweet, clean, and
bright, as well as otherwise. If the
mower is started in the morning, run
it until noon or later, and rake and
put up the clover in cocks before you
quit the field at night. It will cure
almost as much there during the night,
by heating, as in the daytime, and it
will leave the blossoms and leaves all
intact; exposure to a hot sun causes
them to fall off, leaving only the bare
stalk to go to the stack or mow. Ear¬
ly in the morning, when the dew is
off, turn out the cocks, shake up the
clover once or more before dinner, and
immediately after it will be ready for
the barn. Some prefer to mow late in
the afternoon, letting the clover lie in
the swath over night, to be stirred,
raked, and hauled in the following day.
But if a heavy dew or rain falls du¬
ring the night, the hay will be black
and stock will eat it less eagerly. Caps
of cotton cloth can be used to good ad¬
vantage to cover the clover when in
cocks. Near the cities clover is often
sold in small bundles to be fed to city
horses as a kind of “desert” or altera¬
tive. It can be made highly profitable
to any one conveniently situated.—
Independent.
'Jbhe Fnrnur’i Bitth.
The luxury cf a irnth toom. says an
exchange, can be afforded by only the
comparative few who live in furnace
or steam-heated dwellings. Bathing
in hold rooms is always dangerous; and
yet the farmers, hiedhdnitts and many
others who are able to have few lifxu
Ties, ean afford least of all to do with
put the comfort and refreshment of
-frequent bathing after toilsome days’
■Works. The first means of resting is
to make one’s self dean, if ifibre
farmers realized tins, not so many of
them would leave the harvest field or
thetreshing machine covered with the
sweat And dust of the day, eat a hearty
supper and go to bed as soori as chores
are done, sleeping in the same soiled
undergarments they have worn all
day. * They always get up tired.
? Resting consists of two pro¬
cess-throwing off the effete matter
of the body and assimilating a new
of fresh material from the
■Mood. Now when the farmer, or any
lody else, goes id bed with the soiled
underclothes of the day, with his skin
covered with a thin Coating of dust
and perspiration, the system can’t get
rid of its effete matter, because the
the pores are blogged up; while the
afisprbents of the skin actually con¬
vey back into the system the poi¬
sonous matter once thrown off, but
which has been allowed to stay on
fhjB skin and clothes. It should be
rule of all to never go to bed dirty.
Fp& morning bathing, cold water is
the mdijt invigorating; but the tepid
bath is the right thing for the even¬
ing when one is tired. And, unless
onu a well-appointed bathroom in
a rnend furnace-heated house we reqbsp
the sponge bath as the quiekbVy
neatest and most satisfactory method. j
- 1, !'
tiouMhoid Hint..
, The, cheapest furniture* polish turpStime, la a
HhSeM oil an#
laid on a thin coat, rubbed off with a
soft cloth and polished.
Tlje rage for old furniture is increas¬
ing, and there should be in every fam¬
ily a desk, table or chair, originally
possessed by the great-grandparents.
Mirrors should never be hung where
•the sun shines directly upon them, or
they will soon become rough, misty, or
granulated, and no longer give back
a correct likeness. The amalgam, or
union of tin-foil and mercury, which
is always spread on the glass to make
a mirror, will be speedily ruined by
direct and continued exposure to the
^un.
Young housekeepers who are wor¬
ried when they wish to wash a feather
bed tick will find that the best plan is
(if they have no old lick to empty the
feathers into) to sew together two
sheets, leaving half of one end open
and ripping the half of the tick to
match it. Sew both holes together,
thus emptying out the tick without
spreading the feathers.
Recipes.
Fruit Snaps .—One and a half cup¬
fuls of sugar, one cupful of butter,
one half cupful of molasses, three eggs,
one teaspooful of soda, one cupful of
raisins, two cupfuls of currants, one
tablespoonful ol ginger,one tablespoon¬
ful of cloves, one tablespoonful of
cinnamon, and one tablespoonful ot
allspice; mix soft as can be rolled.
These will keep several months.
Staffed Tomatoes .—Select six me
dium sized tomatoes. Cut a slice from
the stem end of each and scoop out
the soft pulp. Mince one small onion
and fry it slightly, add a gill of hot
water, the tomato pulp,and two ounces
of cold veal or chicken chopped fine,
simmer and season with salt and pep¬
per. Stir into the pan cracker dust
enough to absorb the moisture; stuff
the tomatoes with this mass, sprinkle
dry crumbs over the top; add a small
piece of butter and bake until slightly
browned on top.
Parsnip Fritters.—Take three or
four good sized parsnips. Boil them
until tender. Mash and season them
with a little butter, a pinch of salt
and a slight spinkling of pepper. Have
ready a plate with some sifted flour
on it. Drop a tablespoonful of the
parsnip in the flour and roll it about
until well coated and formed into a
ball. When you have a sufficient num
ber ready drop them into boiling drip,
pings or lard, as you would a fritter;
fry a delicate brown and serve hot.
Do not put them in a covered dish, for
that would steam them and deprive
them of their crispness, which is one
their great charms.
VOL. V. Now Senes. No. 31.
Feet in Different Localities.
“There is a decided difference' fry the
of people’s feet in different sec- .
of ititi Country.” said a member
of one of the largest Shoe manufactur
ing firms in Philadelphia'. In the
Eastern states the feet are narrower
And somewhat longer than in the
West, whilC hi tbs South they aro not
only narrow but p6hde*s» very much
higher insteps. So much is this the
case that we are obliged to keep three
sets of lasts for the three sections.
That titiittOs to a largo item, I can as¬
sure you, when it ht remembered the
number of sizes that are iff ei-vsh set.
For example, iu one size alcfticr we
have the initial number— say seven ;
then there are narrow seven, broad
seven, seven rtfld a quarter, narrow
and broad, seven and st half, narrow
and broad, seven and three-quarters,
narrow and broad,—that is, twelve
pairs of lasts to one size, and t<J each
of these sizes we must have three dif¬
ferent for tlio section of the
country to which we are going to send
our goods—-that is, thirty-six pairs of
lasts to one size pair of boots. Sounds
rather extravagant, doesn't it? Of
bourse, this is only the case With
firms who deal with all those sections.
“Some firms only send their goods
to one part of the country. Now, you
would be surprised to be told that in
different sections of the country, dif¬
ferent shapes.of toes of boots are re¬
quired. Out in the West nothing will
suit but the square toed-shoe, whereas
in the Eastern states the square toe
would be in stock a century and then
never sell. Different parts of the
country require different kinds of
■ leather, also. In the North and west
a tougher, harder leather can be worn
than in the South, where not only a
soft ‘upper’ is necessary, but owing to
the sandy, hot soil, quite thin soles are
iiecessnry. For this kind of wear it
isAot to ( imported leather
unusual Use
—that is, for the ‘uppers’—but for
soles we employ domestic productions
almost exclusively. — Philadelphia
Times.
The Bright-hued Fish of the Sea.
The water of the Red Sea is of an in
tense green color, and so transparent
that even at the depth of two fathoms
the sea bottom is distinctly visible. It
is carpeted with coral-plants of many
species, and with numerous other
-wonder of th. tep” oftoth th.nnl
»« and vegetal, , kmgdo,ns. Them
finite diversity of form and color and
arrangement, still farther varied by tho
restless medium through which it is
seen, makes a sight which the eye nev
er wearies of contemplating. This
beauty is still farther enhanced by the
thousands of brightly colored fishes
which flash through the waters. They
are truly marvelous for their beauty of
form and color. To say that every col
or of the rainbow is represented is an
utterly insufficient. comparison. Not
only are there violet, indigo, blue,
green, yellow, orange, and red fish, of
purest hue, but there are numbers
which combine two or more of these
colors. One little finny fellow of most
graceful form was of a delicate cobalt
blue, with fins and tail of a fine lemon
yellow; there were others with dark
blue stripes of a rich golden ground;
some black, with silver spots; some
red, with green fins and tail; otheis
with secondary and elaborate^Verna tertiary colors
mingled in most
and delicate proportions; whITe one
species, having a rich, warm green for
its prevailing hue, has fins and tail
edged with genuine prismatic
spectrum.— St, Lmuis Globe-Democrat.
Bovine Life in Holland,
At 1 o’colck we leave for Amster¬
dam, by way of the Haarlemer Meer,
which, unlike all other seas of modern
times, is provided with good macadam
roads. Here we find the typical Dutch
houses, and everywhere canals instead
of fences. On stopping at a fine, large
farm-house for a glass of milk, wo are
requested to take off our shoes before
entering. In our desire to ascertain
the truth of the stories as to the bo¬
vine life in Holland we accede to this
demand, and find that the pomp and
luxury have not been exaggerated.
The cows have their switches tied up
with silk ribbons, possess easy chairs
to sit in, and also feathers beds, all
reports to the contrary being slanders.
Further than this I cannot go; cannot
corroborate the statement that they
are read to when weary, or that those
which are near-sighted wear gold
rimmed spectacles.—George F. Fiskt
in Outing.
l JtnonV
| know to-dny the goiduNsuw '•
Is lying in my little room,.
1 kno * 1,lucs ’ on °\
ZZ fro"”*'
The trembling shadow* co-.ss and got
$ know tho birds, just as of old,
Ate fetdiioning their dainty nests,
There are somo with wings like burnished
And robins tfitb I heir crimson breast**
Penr robins that,have come so long, t
And brought new mea&iJMt* to their song.,
And there beneath tho sheltering eaves.
Far oat of reach and way of harm.
.They sit and brood, while clustering leaves
Wind swept, sin# o'er and o’er the song—•
Tho song of Pile that flfMuve sings.
That wells from out tho htiwvt offsprings !
f know tlio tender hawthorn hedge
Is wearing emerald crown to-day;
That woodbine by tho garden’s edge
With every breath of wind doth swavi
I know the pansy’a tender eyes
Are looking upward to tlio skies,
And thaf,\jjko sentinels liy the gato,
My maples listening over wait.
— L. Jit. Fog?,
HUMOROUS.
Can the tailor’s nag\be properly
called a clothes horse ?
Great feat on the rollers: ’Those
that require No. 12 skates. i
A man never wants to laugh when
a fly lights cm his. nose; nevertheless
he is greatly tickled.
The more rocks a 'man has the bet¬
ter off he is, according to an exchange.
It is different with cats we believe.
“Courtin’,” say's- Artemus'Ward, “is
like strawberries and cream.—wants to
be did slow: then you git itws'flavor.”
A tear of charity dimmed, her eye,
When she saw how the room sad, was sad keptt sigh. Vy
She put out her hand with a ,
Then fell on tlio broom and swept.
What this country needs most is a
practical scientist who can invent an
attachable steering apparatus for cy¬
clones.
“The most unklndest cut of all” is
frequently furnished you by your
butcher with the assurance that it is
sirloin.
Timid buyer: “Is the horse shy or
timid?” Ardent seller: “Not a bit
0 fit. Why, he sleeps all alone in his
stable.”
„ If j cannot have the fat of the .
Iand , can take 8 litUe lean,” said a
tramp> a3 he resteclhia shoulder against
a j am p p 0st I
Tkere „ ta
,„ dotwb> „, tUiMliqIOI
v. not Mated what cigar j
, ,
in 1
Nothing was ever got together
the platform of a political party that j
meant more or panned out less than a
b°y’ 8 first attempt at gardening,
Tray tell us, ladies, if yon can, who 1
is that highly favored man, who, ■
though he’s married many a wife, may ,1
be a bachelor all his life? A clergy- J
man.
“Hurrah!” cries the urchin; “the circus 1»
hero,
.And, by golly, I haven’t a oent!’
But 1,6 dod f 8 ttround UU "° find3the 00 “ ’I
t jj en jj e craw i 9 under the tent, .B
Aq Arizona man haa stopped tak ■
. an a icultural p aper . Ile wrote J
to the editor ;isking hovv to get rid of
THe an3Wer came in the nux ,fl fl
_
issu0 Qf the .. Kiu them .»
Before they married .....H she wil«
are
^efully turn down his coat colie*
? et3 but afterwar ■ 9
9he ’ U j erk 11 dowa in P osition as if sh ‘
was lowing a d °°rmat out of th( ■
windo ' v -
“Bo you think your father is going*
to move out soon?” inquired the* ol*
owner of a rented house of the son
his tenant. “Think so,” was the re- ■
ply; “we’ve begun using the window**
frames for firewood.”
A little girl showing her little*
cousin, about four years old, a star,*
said: “That star you see up there is a 1
bigger than this world.” “No, it
isn’t,” said he. “Yes, it is.” “Then I
why doesn’t it keep the rain off?”
A gentleman was giving a little boy a
some peanuts the other day. The good*
mother said, “Now. what are you going* Witt*
to say to the gentleman?” fellov*
childish simplicity the little an*
looked up in the gentleman’s face
replied, “More.” *
No case of a person having bee*
killed by lightning while asleep in be*
is recorded, an English electrician a*
serts. This is an exceedingly impo* hear*
ant discovery. Whenever you is*
thunder now all you have to do
go to bed immediately and fail asl*
This is indeed a boon. .Bfii
