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About North Georgia times. (Spring Place, Ga.) 1879-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1887)
m. __ GEO ; -il MR W m ' jsggpri v*- ft* s f - HI ■: , t : IP IS JL / / L / 1 KJfJ swu r g|j IMES. ST*. ♦ T\-. - - mi VII, New Series. """ V ", -— i# pw* ml in the Baltic provinces. Am a ans of checking horra stealing, a far Me trade in the region, albums cou iuing portraits of famous horse thisves «iis r buted among police stations, hole families, women and young girls l* ar iu the albums. A farmer named Orton, living near Byhalia, Mis- 1 ., some time ago became the father of n child which is naturally formed as far as tho body and lower Ihnbs arc concerned, but whose head re¬ sembles (hat of a rooster. On the top of the head, which is narrow aud runs up into a peak, is a diminutive comb of o We** teJ - Sl tho beak of cock. Tho „ p g rate eye i are small aid protuberant, but tho vision is clear and distinct. The child is not old enough to talk and his attempts to do so sound ex ictiy like a roostot’ - crow. Mr. and Mrs. Orton have several children w ho are physically porfoct and. they are much distressed by tho strange deformity of tho child. Judge Dcady, in the United States Circuit Court of Oregon, has rendered an important decision as to the scopo and range of the Inter-State Commorco Act. The eaio under consideration was that of the receiver of tho Oregon and California Railroad Company, a road ly¬ ing wholly within the State of Oregon. Hu holds that “the Iutcr-Stato Com nierco Act does not include or apply to all carriers engaged iu inter-State com¬ merce, but on y such as use a railway or a rat.way and water craft under common control or management for a continuous carriage or shipment of property from one State to another, nor does it apply to the carriage of property by rail wholly within the State, although shipped from or destined to a place without the Slate, so that such place is not in a foreign country. ^ __ A bill which tho fiftieth Congress is to be asked to consider and puss will be one in which tho soldier element will Vvo a peculiar interest. Its main feat¬ ures fit.'? already been agreed upon by -y of Tvu^xoseans having it in —-e. In brief it win p-«vide for the p ■fri _ . -.ose bj Congress of tho bauk^Us of Lookout Mountain, Moccasin Bend, Chickatnauga and Missionary Ridge, ail of which are comparatively near togeth¬ er, for the purpose of establishing a na¬ tional park. So far as possible the out¬ lines of the battlefields will bo preserved and, provided suitable appropriations are made, monuments will be erected to tho memory of the fallen on both sides and statues of tho leading generals placed in position. In support of tho measure it will be urged that tbe Yel¬ lowstone, the only national park owned by the government, is practically inac¬ cessible to the masses of the people and thht the proposed reservation would bo within easy reach. It would also, the memorial says, “surpass tho Yellow¬ stone in beauty, if not in grandeur, and would serve as a perpetual and appro¬ priate memento of the great conflict of the Rebellion, appreciated by the north¬ ern and southern people alike, truly na¬ tional in character.” I Too Boeby for llim. . The town of Unity is a picturesque tract of hill country in Western New Hampshire. A good old clergyman, living in an adjoining town, was ono day called upon by a rural couple who wished to be married. The proper ceremony was duly performed, and then the min¬ ister gave them some fatherly exhor¬ tation and advice about, their new course, “Now that your lives are prom¬ ised to each other truly and unselfishly,” said he, “I hope nothing will disturb them, but that you will always live hap¬ pily in unity.” “Wal, Ido’ know about that, parson,” objected the youug man, doubtfully. “Wo’ro married, as you say, and I hope, We’ll git along all right; but as for livin’ in Unity, 1 never will— for it’s tbe rockiest, place I ever soc in ion. all my born days I”—Youth’s Compnn Queer Fish in Artesian Wells. Many curious fish have been brought to light by the artesian wells which are being sunk from time to tiiq# in various parts of Florida. At tbe Ponce do Leon well star fish of an unknown species were found at a depth of 1,000 feet, and from a welt near Brooks Spring several small fish, with scales of variegated colors and fins covered with a shaggy coat of hair, were thrown up. At other places fish that were totally blind were met with at a depth of 600 to 1,500 feet. Paid in His Own Coin. Gentleman (desiring to rent a room)— How much do you ask for this dog kennei? Landlord—Five dollars, if you don’t ’ bite. SPRING PLACE. GEORGIA,-THURSDAY. JUNE 16 , 1887 . ----------------- Hope Through the Tear. AU tell of tops throughout the The airy, lovr-begetttng spring that fills The earth with laughter of hor early rills; T.x- rose-bright summer, heaped with golden oheer. And voiced with woodland echoes, crystal clear; And autumn, heaping splendor on tho hills; And gay, white winter, with his song that thrills With hearty life, e’en while the woods are drear. Then lot us imitate the year, and slngl Away with carol Eyes wore not made to weep. Our hearts must beat with nature’s, and must keep Hope warm fn wintertide as welt as spring. Coma, let us make all times, all seasons ring With harmonies of hope, soul-stirred and deep. —(Ernest W. BhurttefL MY COUSIN BILL. BY DAISY MUBDOCK. Ihad gone down to the old place to see Cousin BUI Whoatly. Cousin Bill had stayed there and worked the farm, and been all in all to grandmother and the rest, while 1 had grown to be a fine gentleman in tho city—very fine in my own estimation at least. And wo wore walking togother along the green lane between a five-acre meadow and the or¬ chard, when we heard a scream. “Gracious,” crle^ ' >isln Bill. “That’s her. I know her > voice. She’s got frightened by the cows again. Hello 1 I’m here I Pm coming I Don’t stir J Up on the fence, I know,” ho added to me in confidential tones, “and right among tho brambles." “Who on earth is afraid of cows in this placet” I asked. But Bill was gone, and in a few mo¬ ments returned “with a pretty girl on his arm. The wind had blown her hair about, and the brambles had torn* her musUn dress, but there was an air about her I did not expect. “Miss Mason, Cousin Henry, said Bill “Mr. Hunter, perhaps, I ought to say; but I hope you’ll bo Lilly to him and ho Henry to you, after a while. He’s a great favorito of mine, Lilly,- and has got to be a boy# wonderfqi * lawyer in London. Eh, old Miss Mason said a few gay words to me, and wo talked home together. She kept his arm, and they were evidently engaged; and I felt as though there could be nothing more unsuitable. A city lodger of my aunt’s, I supposed, for she was very elegant However, I found out after a while that she was only tho schoolmistress. Her father had been one of those rich men who fail and leave their children penniless. And she had had every advantage. Now she bore her reverses with dignity and sweetness. Perhaps the fact that Cousin Bill had plenty of money had caused her to en¬ gage herself to. him. I could think of no other reason except that she had not yet met me. To my taste she was the prettiest girl I ever saw, and I felt that Bill stood be¬ tween me and my happiness. Besides being a beauty, she was accomplished, this girl. She saag, painted, danced. 8he would have ma^e a suitable wife for the eminent law I hoped to be—for a judge, if I came to that. She was thrown away on a plain farmer. And there¬ upon I began to say to mysolf, “If I tried, I might cut Bill out even yet. If Ido, so much tho better.” And, with this for my motive, I stayed at the hospitable farm for weeks, and Bill and his good mother never guessed what I was at. At last I was obliged to go back to the city. How far I had succeeded with Lillv Mason I did not know; but I was resolved to put it to the test before I went. And on the last evening—Bill having vanished somehow—I contrived to got his sweetheart to go with pie into that very lane behind the orchard where he had introduced us, and there, in the twilight, told her all I felt. <" v “I love you, Lilly,’’ I said. “Do you love me ?” For answer, she burst Into tears. “My darling, why do you weepP’ I asked. She sobbed violently. ' “Don’t ask me," she said. “Leave ate. Never speak to me again. I am engaged to your oouain, to Mr. Wheatly. Did you not guess as much?” “If I did," I answered, “I did not feel that that should prevent me from (peaking. It is a most unsuitable match. You are throwing yourself away. I can place you in a position more suitable to you. You could help me to fight my way upward, I believe you like me. Can you say ydu do not P* Lilly turned her face away, “Do not talk of liking," he said. “My word is pledged—my promiee ■ttiveu. If I have forgotten it sometimes. i ****** u .... » ™, good to me. I will marry him. At least I shall learn to love him., Go; forget me. I will forget you. I will do my duty. What next I should have said I do not know. A voice foil between us from over tho stone fence against which I leant. Oh the other side stood ray cousin Whcatly, tsli and pale as a ghost; and the words he uttered were these: “Duty t It’s anybody’s duty not to marry unless she lovos. If you don’t love me, Lilly Mason, I don't want you. If you do love Cousin Henry Hunter, why marry him. I wouldn’t stand in your way for a kingdom." His voice broke. Be was sobbing. “It’s a blow,” ho said, “but bo’s right. You would be throwing yourself away on me—a country fellow without looks or education, Good-byo, I sha'n’t bother you any more, Lilly.” He walked away. Lilly was gone when I tu ned to look at her. In the morning I sat alone at the breakfast table with Bill’s mother. She evidently knew the story. Her hospitality was grim instead of friendly. She told me that William had boen intending to visit a distant city for some time, and had “set off” early that morning. I went over to tho school before the train started. Lilly Mason was alone behind her desk, her eyes swollen with tears. The scholars had not yot arrived. “Dearest,” I said, “do not wcop. I am more in love with you thau ever, and sinco you lovo me—’’ But, to ray astonishment, Lilly Mason straightoned herself up, and pointed to the door. “How dare you come here?” sho said, indignantly. “Leave me! Love you, indeed! I simply hate you, Mr.Hunter!” And sho meant it I walked away in astonishment and fury, and went back to my work in Loudon. I felt that I had spoiled poor Cousin Bill’s happiness, and my own also. And I had made a pretty mess of itl Already I was out of love with tho girl who bad ordered me out of doors, and tokyiiosjhe hated mo.’ > .. Of course I nctfof saw anything of the pcoplo at the farm, or hoard from them. ■ Ahd When, finally, I married a charming girl, I felt that ray conscience would be much easier if it were not for tho mem¬ ory of the wrong I had done Comin Bill. I dared not send cards to any .>nc down at tho old place. I felt they all hated me, though ten years had passed sinco my visit there. Whnt, then, was my surprise when ono day a tap came at ray office door, and a pleasant face looked in. I started to ray foot. “Number eleven 1” I cried. “Yes," sa d Cousin Bill’s voico. “I saw your wedding notice, and came down to congratulate you in person. A good wife is a groat blessing," '? “Indeed, it is!” Isaid, humbly. “How good of you, Bill 1 IIow forgiving 1” “Not at all," said Bill. “I’d have como before, only I felt you might owo me a grudge. Wo sit and talk of you lots. How often I’ve thought of you as a poor, disappointed bachelor, all alono in London 1 And she has said, over and over again, ‘Well, I hope he’s got a little over it; but I sha’a’t ever forget his face when wo parted.’ ” “Your mother Biid that?" asked I. “Oh, no; not motberl” replied cousin Bill. “She sent her compliments, and some of her best cheese. Cheese Is al¬ ways handy in a house, sho says, and for you to come down this summer and s3e us all. It was wife said that—Lilly, you know.” “Lilly I" I cried, “Then you married her, after all?” “Did you not know it?" asked Bill. “Why, wo thought you were taking it hard all this time. Yes. I dfdn’t start early, as I expected; and I thought I’d go over to the school and tell her I boro no grudge; and I was looking in at the back window when sho said she ‘hated you,’ and told you to ‘goand 1 stepped in at it as you banged tho door, and then and there we made up. 8ho dis¬ covered it was, after all, more your clothes than anything else that she weakened on; and—well, I was only too glad to let all be as it was, If sho would. And we’re very happy and comfortable, and have four children—two boys, a girl, and a baby—another girl. Then he shook hands with me again, and I took him home to dinner. Somewhat Embarrassed. Little Girl—“How mauy hairs have you got on your head!” Visitor— “I don’t know, little girl, I never counted tbemP’ “Mr. Jones knows how many you have got I heard him say that you owed more debts than you had hairs on your head. Take off your hat, and iemme see.’’—[Siftings. WOMEN AS INVENTORS Evidence of Their Genius in the Patent Office. 8ome Important Invention# Due to Femi sin# Skill and Ingenuity. iTbe 'for Id has not given woman due credit fdr her inventive faculties. Few persons realize what an important role she is pitying in the designing of nu merous articles, userul as well as orna mental. | The records of the patent of¬ fice show that fully nineteen hundred patents are claimed by womon. Moreover not a sr<dl number of tho patonts grant¬ ed to men are really for ingenious de¬ vices andddeoa that have originated in a femiaitfi brain. The women of New York bate been granted more patents than their sisters in any other state, Tho women of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin rank next in order. In machinery women have done much. Al¬ most daily improvements in se’ i machines come from brains. In the model room of the patont office, nearly side by side with Ehas Howe’s machine, is one made bj’ a Miss Rosenthal. It is a bandy little trivance which can bo put in a lady's pocket and screwed on to any or draaty table. It is so dainty it looks fit, for the .work room of a fairy. It will be a boon to persons travelling, where It is impossjble to take a large rfachine. Ma¬ chinists pronounce it practically perfect in construction, but it has not yet boen put up m the market The first submarine telescope was the production of Mrs. Sarah B. Mather, of New York. Mrs. Montgomery shows a section of a war veasol provided with a aerie# qf iron plates #o constructed as to resist shot and shell. There is also in the model-room an engine of offense as well as defense in the shape of a breech p ioadiag^gun B H R. ^ credited ^e to Miss Ruth stations H mon g more peaceful in by women are a coupling pin and ■Plimprevod'tailjray (or street cars. A life raft is a contrivance of Mrs. Beaaeky. An appliance for raising sunken vessels has been patented by of Pennsylvania. Sho has ‘klso Wnffivelt k sypfioh propulier Mrs. Frackelton, of Milwaukee, claims to have made 800 women self-supporting by means of a useful little portable kiln for firing decorated china. This can be attached to auy gas pipe and is an im provement In the usual method of heat >ng, affording a much more equable temperament. Miss Mary Broughton, of New York, discovered a now method of forming air ohambers of dental platos in artificial teeth. Miss Amelia Bird de sired to make a noise in the world, and her genius soared to steam whistles. Mrs. Caroline Brooks, of Arkansas, has patented some lubricating moulds in plaster. Mrs. Brooks will be remembered as the butter artist at the Centennial,her lovely creation of Iolanthe attracting much attention. She now has a studio in New York. Mrs. Sarah Ames, of Massachusetts, patented the bust of Abraham Lincoln, Of what the patont right consists does not clearly appear, as artists generally consider such things creations rather than inventions, Mrs. Cornelia Beaufort of Ohio, has a patent life-boat to her credit. Mr*, Martha 3. Coston hag been very success ful with her pyrotechnic night signals, Sho is an example of what pluck and perseverance can do. At the death of her husband his papers were in a chaotic condition ahd his designs not fully per fected. Unaided, she brought them to a point where they were practically va« uable and she remained almost ten years introducing them In the various foreign ports. She has been rewarded for hor perseverance by a fortune. Among the queer inventions is an instrument for restoring facial t Mrs. symmetry, by Fanny Batchelder, of Massachusetts. The numerous patonts granted to womon include fire-escapes, dust-brashes, baby tender*^ devices for killing mosquitoes and other insects, window-washers, glove-fas tenors, food-preservers, cow milkers, dish* washers, wa*hing-m achines, cooking-stoves, corpse-preservers, bus¬ tles, face lotions, and all kinds of gar¬ ments.—[New York World. A Queer Eagle in California. For thirteen years an eagle has made her nest in a cave near Santa Rosa, Cal., and reared her young. As soon as they are old enbugh to care for themselves she disappears, and is not Seen again until the next year. Tbe young do not fol¬ low hor but stay in the neighborhood un¬ til shot or driven away. In the spring, when she oomes to build her nest, she file# direotly over the cave for several days, flying a little lower each day until at last she reaches the cave. After this perhaps sho is not again seen for a week, when she oomes out in search of food. Storm Effects on Mentality, It has been argued, with more or lest warmth, that one’s disposition is largely affected by the kind of weather which prevails when one Is born. While this is possible, it is also fanciful, and but few put any faith In it. There Is, how¬ ever, another weather phenomenon In which I believe: I am convinced that thought is influenced, In a very consid¬ erable degree, by the weather. My no¬ tice was first drawn toward this by n line ib one of Voltaire’s letters, in which he said: “My work has been murky to-day, because the weather wan murky." From this time on, I took close and careful nocount of my mental condition during various kinds of weather. Once, as an experiment, I planned two novels, to be worked on simultane¬ ously. The one plot was shaped during a stormy period, and the other during a brief season of sunshine and summer glory which immediately follows:). Whenover it was stormy, I worked upon. the s orm-plannod novel; and whenever the weather was bright I worked upon tho other. In oach instance, I wholly surrendered mysolf to the moods whloh tho weather stirred up within me, and made no offort to shake off the good cheer of the one or the despondency with which tho other encompassed me. As a result, tho novol upon which was settled no thadowof tho storm-taint was oheer ful and good-humored; but the other was to bitter, mournful and vindictive that I never printed ft.—[North Ameri¬ can Review. Dreaming Seda. Few persons can havo failed to notioe that dogs while sleeping seem to review with a good deal of vividness their ad¬ ventures iu tho chase. Tho author of ••Our Arctic Province” observed Bimllar indication8 of dreaming 0 u the part of , he {ur 80aU) ot whoso habits ho made ft care f u i s tudy. The sleep of tho fur-seal, seen on land, j g a i way8 accompanied by an involun t Borvo mulculftr twitching toother and », igh t shifting of the flippers, w ith. ever and anon quivering and un easy rollings of tho body, followed by a quick folding nuow of the fora flippers ^ ft f, 0( #hm‘nmy bo vigm, >a5s »* -w'>•#!* t heir simply having nightmare, or of 8por ting, in a visionary way, in soma far oir dKaralftni 8 . n . i havo 8tudlod hun . dreds of bUcU 8omnolcnt cxamp l e8 . stealing softly up so close that I could !ay my Uund upon them from tho point whorc j was sitUngi and etching the sleepy soals, I have always found their 8 i e op to bo of this nervous description, The rc8p i ra tion is short and rapid, but w itH no sound of breathing, unless the ear is brought very ck-ss. - -— - A Mysterious Shower of Stones, A newspaper published at Dolores, Argentine Republic, which is situatod near the volcanic region, gives an ao count of a mysterious shower of stones which fell near that city a few weeks ago. , Tho stones are said to have fall on as thick as hail, an l varied in size from a pebble to a very respectable boulder. Incalculable damage was done to the crops, tall trees were shivered to atoms, barns and outhouses were de molished and many domestic animals were killed. In some localities the ground was covered with the bodies of wild geese and hawks, which appeared to have been killed during their flight in the air. Several persons wer^lruck and badly injured while at work in tho fields, and in the city itself, which missed tho violence of the shower, one dwelling was wrecked. The stones are said to havo fallen continuously for more than a minute, Peculiarities of Japan. Dr. Edmund Neumann, for some years at tho head of tho geological survey of t Japan, gives In uddition to a description of the physical features of that country, many entertaining sketches of the scen¬ ery and people of the mountain regions, says the New York Post. In the north he says that tbe snow accumulates In enormous masses. There are villages which frequently experience a fall Of over twenty feet of snow. Naturally, during winter nearly all outdoor life ceases. In one village which he visited the Inhabitants, after their breakfast, go to the bathe, which are fed by hot springs, and remain in them for (Its whole of the day, enjoying the heat. A Temporary Cessation, “Now, then,” (aid the old gentleman, as he returned bis slipper to bis foot after correcting Bobby for a serious misdemeanor, “do you think you will do that again, young man?” Bobby looked very thoughtful for a moment, and then said: “Well, I don’t believe I will, pa, while the soreness lasts.”—[Bazar. NO. 19. Dawn. Mist on the mountain bright Silvery creeping; ( Incarnate beads of light Blood-cradled sleeping; Dripped from the brow of Night Shadow <, and winds that rim OvVr the mountain. Stars In the wars that Urn Cold In ttof fountain, Pale as the quickened skis* « Sleep on the moaning sea Hushing his trouble! Rest on the cams that be. Hued in Life’s bubble! Calm on the woes of me. Mist from the mountain height Hurriedly fleeting; Stars Throbbing in the locks and beating, of Night - Thrilled in the ooming light Flocks on the musky ftripB, - Pearl in the fountain, .Winds from the forest’s Ups Red on the mountain— Dawn from the Orient tripa l —Madison J. Cawbin in Currant HUMOROUS. Tho Horse Fair—Oats. The malu-spring of time—March, April and May. Woman’s sphere is the home; man's sphere is the base ball. When two fat poopie run against each other it can properly be spoken of as a mass meeting. Thoy tax bachelors in Switzerland, for they think tho married men are taxed enough already. England may bo “mistress of the 0’s,” but she has never yet bees abla to fairly master the IPs. A lawyer may not bo at all fastidious in dressing, but no one llkde to come out in a new suit any better than he does. l “Kind words can never dye,” as the gray hcadod old fellow remarked when somo one spoke admiringly of his silver locks. The U. 8. Fish Commission has dis¬ tributed 90,000,000 young shad during ^ 8 , ou past ^ year wtthout“making any bones It is said of a great man, just dead, that “ho began lifo a barefooted boy." ^htreheaded, win . v eu*ure to say that ho began It t<X>. Somo scientists declare that the sun is blue. Until they forward us a piece of the orb for inspection we shall dis¬ credit their statement. Fond mother with baby.—He doss look so liko his father, doesn't he? v '. B.—Yes, but I shouldn’t mind that, as long as he is healthy. It sounds a little inconsistent for her to call it a “duck of a bonnet," and yet seem so terribly alarmed over the possibility of its getting wet. “Ah, Jones, where away so fast this morning?” ‘Tm off for the whaling grounds." Ho was the district school¬ master on his way to the school house. Confusod clerk (in drug store, to Miss Brown, who prides herself on the man¬ ner in which sho has retained her youth) —Excuse me, mum, but was It you that wanted this bottle of soothing syrup? Mamma—"You’re surely not afraid of a gentle cow, Ethel. KYl hy, she gives you all the nice butter for iuneb, you know." Ethel (dubiously)—“Tbe bat¬ ter is just the part of her I’m afraid of, mamma.” Customer—“But, sir, this coat that you havo mado for me is too small. Cau’t you change it?” Clothing-dealer —“No, sir. The only thing that yon can do is to go to an anti-fat cure and. grow thinner. * “My husband is a very absent-minded man," said Mrs. Slowboy. “Me v.ry often takes one thing for another." “I know it,” said Mrs. JBadman. "I saw him take a hot toddy last night, * and ho said he took it for a cold." A New York school teacher explained to hor pupils that the moaning of vtho word “vicissitude" was change, and called upon a boy to give a sentence in which tho word was Used- The nrchin promptly responed: “Me mother sent me to the grocery store tor the vicissi¬ tude of a five dollar bill.” The Formation of Dow. The prevalent story of the formation of dew is quite disarranged by tho ob¬ servation Of Professor H. E. Alvord,who has lately published a treatise on the subject. Ho employed nioe instruments, such as have been dosenbod by Sacha and Darwin. He found that on olear night# when the atmosphere was rarified, the lighter stratum would be easily pushed out of the way by the #ool and heavier body drawn by its weight to tbe surface. The thermometer at four inches from the ground would in these oases range from 5 to 10 degrees lower than at foqr feet from the ground.
