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^.Qianra i3 It coqm from • c’<«« where the ros. s wni, «j * Soft on of azure, and eyes of brown, *M enow-white foreheads are there, A glimmering cross and s guttering crown, A thorny bed snd a conch of down. * Lost hosts and leaflets of prayer. , , ^ A rosy leaf and a dimpled band, A ting and a plighted tow ; Three golden rugs on a broken band, A tiny track on tbe snow-white stud, A tear «sd a stngees brow. There’s a tincture of grief in tbe bcantifnl ecsg That sobs on tbe summer air; And loneliness, felt in tbe festive throng, Sinks down In tbe soul as it treinbles along From a clime where tbe rcBes are. We beard it first at tbe dawn of day, And it mingles with matin chimes; But yeais have d stanced tbe beautiful lay, And its melody flowtth to swittly away, That we call it now. « Old Times.” . BLOOD TRANSFUSION. The Remarkable Case of Gen. Blair, The transfusion of healthy blood into the veins of Gen Frank P. Blair—long lying in a critical condition, and finding no relief from other treatment—has undoubtedly been followed by great, even if temporary, relief. At the first operation an ounce and a half was transferred, and at the second a little less than four ounces, the patient re maining almost insensible, and ap parently unconscious. At the third, and so far, the last attempt, five ounces of fresh blood were successfully trans ferred, and the patient was so far recov ered as to watch the operation with great interest, to articulate a few words lor the first time in many days, and to move a paralytic arm that bad been helpless for weeks. Shortly after, he fell into a refreshing slumber, since •which no account of his condition has been received, Encouraging a<* these symptoms seem, too much must not be hoped from them. It unfortunately the record of the earlier experiments of this class that the first flattering improvement in the patient’s health was too often followed by a speedy and fatal relapse. Few novelties in therapeutics have created so much excitement in their day as this very one, and yet it is so ancient that its origin can not be determined. It is commonly supposed that a passage in Ovid refers to the operation, and certainly it was described in fall by Libavias as early as 1615. At one time excitement fairly ran riot over it, and the belief was common among tbe profession that some changes in the modus operandi would result in making it the fountain of perpetual life. Bat the fever passed away from the fact that those operated upon wonld in considerately insist upon dying instead of getting well, and, finally, public opinion passed fron one extreme to the other. Upon the death of Baron Bond, of Sweeden, nnder the operation, the French Parliament came down upon the practice with a prohibition nnder heavy penalties; and a few years later, the pope, rarely bebing hand with prohibi tions where science is concerned, fulmi nated an edict proscribing any attempts of the kind. Thus presented, of course the practice lived, and lived to become something reliable, and very nsefnl in its limited way. Along in the early part of this century Dr. Blundell discovered to what uses the operation could advantageously be put, what were prerequisite to its success, and what incidents were dan gerous. One of bis most important discoveries wan that the transfusion was most likely to be snccessfnl where the corpuscles of the two bloods mingled were of equal or nearly equal size; and that it was certain to be fatal if they were of different kinds, as, for instance, between birds and quadrupeds. He limited its main uses, also, to such cases as where death was threatened through excessive loss of blood from any cause, surgical or otherwise, finding that the! vitality was much less tried by the trans fusion than by the task of making new blood for itself. Since these experiments of Dr. Blun dell there have been no material ad vances in the art except the improve ment of instruments with a view to the exclusion of air and the maintenance of an equitable temperature. Of late, however, there seems to have beep a revival in the hospitals of the belief that a larger domain lightly belonged to the practice if truly pursued; and of this later awakening the Blair case is one of the first importance. The re sults will be awaited with great inter est, not only by the friends of the pa- .tieiriL tat fytfioie dbneeraed in the beating of the case upon the world at Ulfeei— CincinnaUi Times. ■ i i obasbhqppbb stoby. The Misfortunes of • Ksnut Woman Who Pat a Panful of Dirt under the Biots. A gentleman who has just returned from Chen kee county, Eaasas, Is full with remarkable reminiscenoes of the grasshoppers infesting that vicinity, .e will stand around for an hour, re- mammsmsem j =m Politico-Economical Problems of the Dap* At a meeting of ¥faie American Social Science Association in Detroit, last week, Hon. David A. Wells was intro duced and delivered an address on the general subject of social soienee, and especially on the relations of ospital and labor, and of tbe mutual duties of society and tbe laboring classes. He started with the proposition that never before to=4#y has man bees able to pro. msSe citing the hair breadth 'scapes of the J dnee «« mneh with a given amount of people whom the hoppers have com- power. To illustrate this he adduced pletely overran, and who are leaving the fact that by tbe construction of the their horaeB and fleeing from tbe fearful scourge. The traveler is inclined to think that many of the crimes attrib uted to the James boys are to be traced to the more hardened and dissolute grasshoppers, many of whom, he says, are arming with shot guns and organiz ing a sort of home guard for offensive and defensive purposes. One of his most credible stories is to the effect that, a few weeks ago, a wo man dug np a panful of dirt in which to plant some flower seed. She put the pan under the stove, and went ont to see a neighbor. Upon her return, after an hour’s absence, she found seven thousand bnshels of grasshoppers gen erated by the heat, literally eating her ont of house and home. They first at tacked tbe green shades on the windows, and then a green-painted dust-pan. A green Dish servant girl, asleep in one of the rooms, was the next victim, and not a vestige of her was left The stove and stove-pipe followed, and then the house was torn down so they conld get at the chimney. Boards, joists, beams, plastering, clothing, nails, hinges, door knobs, plates, tin-ware, everything, in fact, the house contained, was eaten up. and when she arrived within a mile of the place, she saw two of the largest hoppers sitting'np on end and playing mumble-peg with a carving knife, for which should have the cellar. The way the matter leaked out was on a suit brought against the insurance company, which refused to pay the poli cy on the ground that the building sms not destroyed by lire; bat the court rendered a verdict for the plaintiff, as she had proven that the grasshoppers were generated by fire in the stove. Ghufa, or Ground Almonds. Ihis article, introduced into this country by the United States agricul tural bureau in 1857, was cultivated to some extent in the southwestern portion of this state, Alabama, and Mississippi before the war, is now receiving con siderable attention in upper Georgia, and there is a growing demand for the same. I have planted it in Florida, and my experience is, that there is no article that is planted in Georgia that iB so valuable for hogs or poultry. Land that will bring five bnshels of corn to the acre, will bring fifty bushels of chnfas, and for feeding purposes it iB worth twice as mneb. The flavor of poultry fattened upon it is very supe rior. It makes a bay which horses pre fer to the best timothy. I think it can be ent once without detriment to the growth of the tubers. I have inquired at the seed stores in Atlanta, and can find none for sale. I wonld advise every farmer to give them a trial, and parties having them for sale would do well to send some lo this market. Sandy loam is best suited to teem, and, if jou intend to gather them, the land should be free from pebbles. On good land they will produce two hundred bnshels to the acre. The best mode of gathering them, after you, have saved seed, is to turn your hogs m the field. They are easier gathered than ground nuts, as they stick to the vines.—Cbr. Georgia Orange. Animal and Vegetable Contrasts. AX ANIMAL I A VEGETABLE la an apparatus of eom-!Mn apparel ns of retluc- bmtlnn and oxidation.I tlon or deoxidation. Possesses tbe power orjisUxed, by statute that all men shall be bom with an equal physical and mental ca pacity for production. Mr. Wells proceeded at considerable length to apply tbe division principle to American productions and acquisi tions, and, to show tbe absurdity and impracticability of it, he said it is prop er and right for the workman of the United States to demand sad strive, if he will, for the largest possible share of the joint produots of labor and cap ital, for it is the natural right of every one to seek to obtian the largest price for that which he has to sell; but if, in so doing he restricts production, and so diminishes abundance, he does it at his peril; for, by a law far above any legislative control or influence, what ever increases soarcity not only in creases the necessity, but diminishes the rewards of labor. toeoittutluii. Burns csrbon. “ hydrogen. « unmonlum. Exbales or glTes off car bonic acid. Exhales water. Exhales oxide or ammo- ilium* v Exhales axote. Consumes oxygen. Consumes neutral aso- tlzed matter. Consumes fatty matter*. Consumes amylaceous matters, gum and sugar, Produces beat. Produces electricity. Restore* its dements to air and earth. Transforms organized! into mineral matters. 1 KeilucsR earlnm. “ hydrogen. “ ammonium. Fixes carbonic acid. Fixes water. Fixes oxide of ammoni um, . Fixes azote. Produces oxygen. Produces neutral axotized mitten. Produces fatty matters. Produce* amylaceous mat- tC jium and sugar. Absorbs beat. Abstracts electricity. Derives its elements from air and earth, rraaaforms mineral into organised matters. A St. Louts Family Extinct by the Loss or the ScmiiLSB.—The loss of the steamer Schiller off the Soilly Isles, in the English channel, has brought mourning into many families of two continents. Among the two hundred passengers reported drowned were seven or eight from St. Lous. Mrs. Ridgeway and her two little grandchil dren and her son-in-law, Mr. 0. W. Walter, were on board, and are believed to be among the lost Mrs. Ridgeway was well known in this city* where her husband was engaged in business many years; he died about five years ago. Within a period of eight months Dus. Ridgeway saw her . husband and two daughters pass away, and now she and Suez canal, the time of a vessel’s pas sage from England to Oaloutta has been reduced from 110 or 120 days to 80 days. And this preponderance of mind over matter is becoming more notable, every year showing new and valuable additions to the list of inventions. Tbe fields of science and art are still open to the inventor, bat with the advanoe of'science came necessarily a cheapen ing of the productions of labor. What was formerly a luxury oomes to be a necessity, and former extravagance is becoming frugality. Where this cheap ening process will stop is an interesting matter for speculation. The speaker then examined the pro gressive stage of society as regards the possesion of property. The poorer olasses are gradually but surely learn ing the motto, “every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost,” and are determined that the devil of civilization shall not capture them. If it does, they may, like the Communists of Paris, draw down the whole fabric of society into one common vortex of destruction. The wealthy perceive this spirit, and, from this perception, coupled with, the efforts ana demands of the poorer ones, schools, hospitals, chnrohes, sanitary and social reforme sprang. Antagon ism, however originated strikes, trades anions and organizations of that class. A vagabond repays the society whioh compels or assists him to his vagabond age by founding a linj of paupers, pros titutes, lunatics and drnnkardo. Society sees this, too, and meets the case by all the means in her power. The idea that the men who talk of social science in onr day are hermits, full of book learning bnt devoid of experience and actual knowledge of the evils they would set right, is a mistake. To show the absurdity of this belief, the speaker ad duced statistics and statements to prove that by following out the teachings of social science mortality can be much reduced. The province of the social Bcienoe reformer is to study statistics, compare results and draw indubitable conclusions; and for this work soeiety owes him a neater debt than it owes the successful financier or statesman. The teachings of som j European re formers, that property is theft, seem absurd in America. Law cannot reg ulate the acquisition and division of {■applied," thus mailing onr personal n> As well attempt to provide menolature worse than meaningless. * “A man with the name of George or Thomas,’’Leigh Hunt observes, “might as well, to dll understood purposes, be called spoon or hatband ” Blanche is now anything but the flaxen-haired blonde which tar name indicates. Isa- A Blunder of American Turfmen. Tiia immm wiiiir nfliiHs mimi, erican turfmen are paying too much rd to time and not enongh to the tyofthe horse to eariy weights, thinks the weights ought to be raised. sskft? “Are-wemjfcfcifcwmSa-i tiniii fatuus in the matter of time? Do we not- give too much importance to the fact of running a mile, Jess or mere, as the ease may be, in just so many minutes or seconds ? Do not breeders, knowing ill horsT^Wl^^KymcS^fterSibh'to the breeding of horses likely to run fast than they do to the prodnotion of hones able to carry- weight and to go a dis tance ? Is not a horse that is able to from 120 to 110 pounds, say a e in 1:50 or two miles in 8:15, la tely better than a horse that, with U0 pounds np, will ran a mile in 1:45 f a any relianoe be placed on a horse it is bred entirely for speed ? Owners and breeders must be con vinced that nature intended horses to bo something else besides racing ma chines. The country is rapidly accu mulating a class of horses that when unable to ran are only fit for the knack er-yard. No one will breed from them, by reason of bad legs, broken wind or other diseases that even the best horses are heir to. Were they the reverse of this their servioes as stallions all over the country would be invaluable. The World adds: “What is wanted is a convention of breeders and owneis from all parts of the country who, in deliberate debate, conld exchange ideas that wonld be productive of many re forms, and as a body frame a code of rales suitable for the whole country, protective to one and all alike. The initiative step for this, if made by the American Jockey Olnb, would at onee insure.its success.” Nothing in a Name. A writer says: All names were origi nally significant, and were always be stowed by tbe ancients with regard to their well understood meaning. Some times they were commemorative of some inoident or circumstance connected with the birth of the individual bearing them: as, Thomas, a twin; Maius, May applied to one born in that month); ieptimns, the seventh, eto. In ether oases they were expressive of the aspi rations, desires, or nopss of the parents; as, Victor, one who conquers.; Felix, happy; Benedict, blessed. Not unfre- qnently they were descriptive of per sonal qualities, as Macros, tall; Pyr rhus, raddy;Rnfus, red haired. Names are as significant now as they were in the days of Plato, and as important, bnt are frequently ignorantly or carelessly bel is no longer brown, Cecilia (gray- 'lets eyes of eyed) belies tar name, and the arrows of love” from heavenly bine. The Georgia Gold Mines.—Gold mining in north Georgia presents just now a very hopeful appearanoe. The completed mills are running with satis factory results, and the building of and 1 a^Eaffc will soon be sunk in the Lawrenoe mine to a depth never before reached in a Geoigia mine. There is plenty of gold-bearing quartz lu the hills about Pahlonege, and the »ee who are delving for •*- mmw wiu net be foiled by ordinary obstacles. They have means and plenty of perseverance. —The Mecklenburg declaration of in dependence might never have immor talized North Carolina if it hadn’t been for the unflinching love of matrimony shown by tbe ladies of the tar-heel state. The royal governors allowed the county clerks to charge $15 for m marriage license; this extortion op erated as s damper on the ardor of the swains, but roused ftithe female breast the vengeanoe which blood alone can quell. Independence was the inevit able result.—Chicago Tribune. _