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NORTH GEORGIA TIMES. HBi -*■•”' " '* ™ * '- w! C. martin?! ■*>*•*» »■« Proprietors. 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 I 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