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CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
“Wo lmd. rather be right than to be President.'
VOLUME V.
CANTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 5, 1883.
NUMBER 21
THE CHtPOKEE AOV NCE
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FIR E A XD LI FE IN ST'll A N (JE CO
' i in *i»-m u( J. M. Me H I'EE.
I W. J AfJVIS,
JEWELER AM) 1MIOT08R AL’IIER,
CAN ION, GEORGIA.
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time where lie ji hUhjsiiii't torl-• «r*»on
work i.t n In* i rice. [JulylO'.f
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B. F. PAYNR,
PAvwe &
Attorneys
CANTON,
P. P. Pit REE
DuPREE
at Liw.
: GEORGIA.
JOHN II. BELT*
Carpenter,
Haying permanently located in Car
ton—He i« now prepared to do a'l k'nb
of carpenter’! work BuHdinir and r<
pairing promply done at aatiefnctorj
prices. Parties contemplating building
will And it to tbeir interest to get m'
price* before closing contmeta with otb
er work mm. J. U* It ELI .
TIN SHOP.
J. II. STEADMAN,
Manufacturer ol all Tinware, roofing
guttering, itove pigies, gai p pee, steam
pipee and anything made of tin, etc.
Repairing.—Will repair any and ev
erything Irom a tin cup to a forty horse
engine at short notice. All charge* low
ana work warranted. Marietta alreet,
Canton, Qa. Jin nr 25 82 ly
MEDICAL CARD
DR. N. SEWELL return* thsofts to the
r.itizeiiN of Canton and vicinity, for thoir lib*
■ral patronage.
Being permanently located, will continue
to praoilce medicine, surgery nod midwifery.
Hoping by industry, energy and atrict ap
plication to bueinew, to merit an increased
patronage and confidence.
Office in Dr. W. A. Green’* Drug Store.
Residence adjoining W. II. Warlick.[noT9
•X. M. BURTZ,
ATT0K1VEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Office in the Court House. [mar25 ly
GEO. R. BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
Will practice in the Superior Courts
nf Cobb, Milton, Forsyth, Pickens and
D.twa»n counties, and in the Superior
ind .Tit tic’ Courts of Ohernkee.
Olli * r v -r J is M. McAfee’s store.
Special attention given to the collec
tion cf claims.
BiiKiress rreppct'ully solicited.
Jim 13, 1883
R. E. CASON,
DENTIST,
Has now located in Oartersville. Ha
solicit.* patronage from his old friends
and offers hie professional services to all.
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COM E
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ly ask patronsge of my lriends, both in
the store and job work. Blanks, Deeds,
4c. always ra hand.
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ear the Railroad Depot.
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All kinds ol stock fed and well cared
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st all hours, day or night.
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H. H. McUNTYKE,
Drick, Plas'eringr,
AND STONE WORKMAN,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
1 *m fully prepared to do any kind of
Masonry nr P a'l, rn«r at the lowest possible
mte«, and solicit the pa'fonsire of lhn*e de
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A NEW WORK SHOP.
D W. Bridges ha* opened a shop one
*Ji nr * 1) ve Geo. Lathem’a store. He
b. iId- home*, mills. Bridges makes and
it pair* nil kinds of furniture, and does
nylbbg that can be done with wood.
C J! and nee him. [jan!883tf
PAINTING!
BRIDGES & F0RRISTER,
lass and Sip Painters,
Wi l paint* wagonti, buggies, furniture,
and ail other plain ami fancy painting.
F-e o* H '.ireB* J. W. BRIDGES cr J. B.
FOUR SI ER Canton, Ga. [feblO’83
H. W, NR 'MAN
■ISO. T ATT W»Y
NEWMAN & ATTAWAY,
Attorneys at Law,
a*N ON,
GEORGIA,
Wi 1 praeticQ in the Nnperor Court of
{■*! k e «. d adjoin'D,' .'om:: * >. Prompt
k’.t'iitou ri ■ >• to j.!! hm.ini- * pi-v-iUn
thetr is&fitis- CiliOf ill the Court Uouss.
(INI! SUIT WAV DAT.
HV ILUROKHTM.
Y1m?A by n rose, one soft May day,
A lily in the garden blowing—
Kisat'd by 11 roan, 0110 aoft May day,
A 111} in thr garde n growing,
lb* n»y bride, oh 1 lily f:\ir.
He my bride, my rale whlto queen.
The Idly amHed with radiant air,
Smiling HWtHftly and aero no.
Rlaaed l>y a rose, one aoft May day,
A lily orualied waa dying—
Kissed bv a rose, one soft May day,
A fragile friigmrut lying.
My bride ia a corpse, the rope had said,
And the air waa full of Ita breath ;
My fair white queen is lying dead.
And I, • • • the c*au*c of her death.
A red, red roar, one soft May day,
Wits missed from the garden flowers;
The daisy sighed for the bright red ray,
Ho beautiful in the morning hours.
The flowers came where the red rose lay,
Dead nnd purple, on the lily’s bren t,
And anil were the hearts, that aoft May d*J •
The red. red rom had gone ila mat
M ILWAU KI E, NMh.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A SIIADE-UAT.
“See, Nellie, hero is just whut you
want; it will shale your eyes uicoly,
ami lie bocomin^, too ’
*. jiloasant voice spoke dose bosiilo
tlio counter, whore I lay piled, up with
a nmltit do of the “latest out.”
The next instant I was picked up by
a firm hand, which hdongoil to an at
tractive-looking young woman, who
gave my brim n dip one way nnd abend
the other, h Id me up in several atti
tudes, walked with me to the mirror,
sot me back on her head, pulled me
down over her eyes, and thou tried a
medium course, moved away, took a
view from over her shoulder, look mo
oil Again, and at last replied rollcct-
ivelv:
“Yes, I think I eould make it do.”
So she bought me, and at hoi* order l
was trimmed with some scarlet pop
pies, and lovely creamy musl n, and
sent homo.
1 was very observant and-attentive,
and soon learned that Nellie had refund
to go with some of hor friends to a
fashionable watering-place where, as
she said, “you dro-s, and go to dinner;
dross, and walk out; dress, and sit on
the pia /.a: dress, and goto the hop.”
No, she preferred to g i to the truly
country, have no one to bother hor, and
stav out-of-doors from morning till
night.
“ You’ll got tired o that, Miss Nell,”
said a young lady, who came lo see her
the day we led. “You'll got tired of
that, and you’11 wish you had gone with
us,”
“Well, 1 have your address, and I
can lied nit way tothn talion,” Inughod
Nellie. “ Would you have me in case I
ropenied, and wanted lo come?”
“ Yes, indeo I, and if you promise to
come as soon as you want to, it will not
be very long before'we see you.”
“ I’ll give you time to unpack \joforo
you send Clio carriage fo’r me.”
Then she ]>ut me on, bade hor friends
good-by, anil we were ol!'.
I think the young lady must have got
tired waiting lor her, boi'nu.so we did
not grow weary of it at all. Nellio’s
little brother was with us. blit ho soon
found more'boys, who look up his en
tire attention, anil he seldom went with
us in our walks among the hills and
valleys.
Wo had a lovely time. Nellie told
Mrs. Grant, in whose hall 1 hung when
nt leisure, when she wished thoro
was more there to ' interest her,
she would like to have the days
forty-eight hours long, so that she
might have more room to put the en
joyment she ound in e or., thing about
her.
1 ran not tell how long wo had been
there, when, coming in Irom a walk no
afternoon, wo found a broad-brimmed,
bla* k-bnnded panama hat hanging on
my own particular gteg. 1 was so angry
at iho intrusion that I fell down three
times while Nellie was tryin r f > hang
mo, and at last was jmt i( another
p ace by sheer force.
The in'erloper was afterward wo n
by a gentleman, who ca led Mrs. Grant
auntie, and whom Nellie addressed as
Dr. Wentworth.
I thought him a very tine youn r man,
but Nellie did not appear | articulutfly
'tngiressed, and several limes 1 thou lit
he would like to have joined us when
we went out in the mornin \ but she
gave him no encouragement to do so.
One ilav, howovor, we got into difli-
cully. We wore sauntering along
through somo cliarmin ■ woodland; Nel
lie swun me from one hand, while tho
oilier 1 eld her sachel containing her
novel, sket h-l ook and worsted work.
We were en’oyin ourselves very mu h,
when vvh-r-r! buz/,! nnd the whole air
seemed full of wings! Somethin r l ew
Against Nellie with sudden force, and
the next thing 1 knew I was lvii/g on
the ground, and she was in full retreat
in tlie opposite direction.
i do not know how she felt, but I was
scared. Would she never come back?
Was J to lie there always till sun. wind
and rain had done their worst?
I had almost despaired of ever seeing
any one again, when a big dog rushed
up and seized me. and with a few
bounds laid me—yes, would you I eliove
it?—right at Nellie’s feet. I was so
gla I. And there was Dr. Wentworth
with game-bag and gun ready to pick
me up.
1 came up just in time to hear him
tell how lie was frightened the same way
once when ho was a small boy, before
he knew the ways of partridges.
“They are shy enough, usually,” ho
said, “ but when there is a brood of lit
tle ones, like those you happened on
just now, they are only too ready to fly
in your face.”
After that we used to encounter him
often, and he and Nellie came to be
very good friends, till one day I was
eiectnlied by hearing him say some
thing which eour.dea exactly like the
books I heard people reading and talk*
iBtf about.
I was so agitated that every poppy
trembled. .’in.*
“lean not read tho stories myrolf,”
thou lit 1, "but Is it possible that 1 am
to witness a genuine love affair?”
Sui h sGcnud to ho tho imlica’ions;
but as time pass d on I found I did not
have all the opportunities for observa-
tion that 1 might have wished, for I >r.
Wentworth very often declared that 1
was in the way, nnd would ipiietly re
move, and set me quilc aside, where I
could not see what was t>iiion, nor
yet quite get the full inigmi t of thoir
o nversation. Hut once 1 heard n soft
rustle 1 used to hoar m iho wheat kohl,
lonir before I was a hat
We were all very luippy to ether for
some time. I even grew to tolerate iho
br>ad hr mined, black hamlod I’nuatmi,
wo wore thrown aside together so often.
But, after a tim \ tlicro came a serious
change. 1 never knew what it was
about, or how it. happened, and |m>ha-
bly I never shall, so lung as thoro is one
straw of my una'omy left upon another.
My wearer ami the doctor stopped
golnr out together, met very seldom,
mid wl ou they did see ouch * thor Iho
coldness of the atm isphoro about them
made me fool out of season.
1 staid in the hall more than u-iial.
Mr. Wentworth enmo in the door ono
morning, just as Miss Nellie came down
stairs with shawl over her arm, and
took m» from my jiug. Th y teoted
each other veiy politcR, mm he sup
posing she was * oln : oia, hold
the door open a moment, but sfcat m ih: I
and went ug> stairs again, taking me
with her. 1 suppose she was disap
pointed because she did not go out for
she jut throw herself down, and cr cd
as if her poor heart would break.
M e Were going home in a few days,
nnd she did not leave her room very oft
en whtfo we sta il Once, a note was
l*ro urlit up. but when >lie saw tho writ
ing on too outside she sent ii away
Without looking at it.
The last day wo wore tUro I was iu
tho hall once more, and v^m-ii no mat
else was near Dr. Wict wofrii came in,
and |uil a note between mv i iiing and
the straw, mid he said softly all to h m-
solf:
“She certainly will son this, if sho
would only ot mo oxplain!”
Nellie’s brother came llf'inir through
the hall a few minutes after, knocked me
down! anti. Of course, the note fell om.
"What a queer place for Nell to keep
her lutiers,” ho said “well, FUlixitso
it wolfs drt>!> nut nga .n.’l
And he pushed it in out of sight, so
soeurely, indeed, that nobody was I ho
ly to see it but the one who put it tlicro.
Nellie did not wear me hack to the
city, but put me hack iu tier tiunk. 1
was taken no notico of for a long lime,
when I was found ono day by a very
k nil young lady who surveyed me
critically, and said:
“That has noon a pretty hat.”
“That old thing; yes, I worn it last
summer. I think I will give it to our
washwoman.” replied Nellie.
I folt injured. Of course, I did not
ox|icct to stay with her always lints
never feel the same alter one seas >ii
anyway—but I just did want lo know
how that story curno out, nnd how could
I know if I was given to the wash
woman? I could not son what was tho
matter with mo; I was a trillo laded to
be sure, but Nellie herself was m*t
nearly so bright and girotty as sho used
to lie.
I was forthwith presented to Mrs.
Moldoonoy, who, when asked if I Would
ho of any use to her, answered
promptly:
“Rlo8s mo, it will holgi to cheer up
the dear child amazin'ly. Slav’s been
sick in hor bed this two months so she
can’t move nor stir, and the do tor lend
in, her all the while, lluAJgh ho takes
nothin’ for his trouble, hut just, lets
mo do him a little washin’ now and
ihon."
She took mo homo, anil, though I
was not accustomed to ruch surround
ings as 1 found mysolf among, I was ag>-
preeiatod onco more. Nellie never en
joyed me half so much as did tho pa'o
little girl, who dapped her tiny, thin
hands when sho saw me.
“Are there really flowers like these in
the 'mimtry, mother?” she asked,
toudiing tho pojipies lightly.
"Yes, indeed, dearie.” answered tho
woman, in such a different voice from
what she had usedboforo, "yes, dariin’,
and you shall see for yoursell when tho
summer comes again; wo'II go where
we ear. have gdenty of them. Only
hurry and got well.’
The child lay perfectly quiet, and
gazed, wistfully at tlie bit o blue sky,
visible from her window, and I was
afraid she would never see the fresh
country, she looked so like the lilies
just, before the giotals fall off. and h-avo
only the withered stem.
After a time there came a step upon
the stairs, and the white little face bright
ened up wonderfully, then the door
opened, and a cheery voice asked:
“ And how is my little patient to-day?
almost ready to send me oil?”
“I g ess I’m better, but / d n t want
you to go away; and only see what
mother brought me from where she
works. Isn’t it lovely? Did you ever
see any tlowers quite so nice as these. 1 ’
With these words she held ni<* up,
and when I saw that doctor I was more
surprised than 1 ever was be ore iu nil
my experience. Why, it was Dr. Wi nt-
worth, Nellie’s friend, who was no', her
friend any more. He was, like m .-elf,
looking much older than when 1 first
j saw him, and there were tired, troublcd-
t looking lines about his mouth and o es.
j He seemed astonished, too, ut sue tug
WO, and, when ho took mo up, his hand
Irom' led like the leaves, lie looked at j
mo thoughtfully, and |ia sod his hand
very
around the inside of my crown; soma
thing rustled as ha did s*>, and in ah w
soeonds his note was m his own ban Is
again.
For a long time ho did not ag>oak, on
ly sat quietly holdiu co lirmli iu bis
band. Thou ho s|>oko iu such a low,
subdued tone.
“ Little ono. do you know whore your
mother got thisP”
“No, but she does,” answered ilm
cliilil. “and if you want to know I’ll ask
her when sho conies homo again, and
tell you.”
“ 1 should liko to know very luuoli,”
he replied.
“ Do you think it such a girotty hat?’’
she asked.
“ Little girl,” and tho doctor took a
small pale hand in his, “ran vn think
of anything in the world you would
rather have than this hut?”
“ \\ hv, doctor!”
“Think hard ho fore you answer, nnd
don't be afraid of saving anything too
grunt”
" W hat eould lie nicer than those, ex
cept real Dowers that grow in tho
ground? You know thoro isn’t anythin
nicer than Dowers except the hand-or-
gan man ho only e*lines once in a while
though.”
“Did you ever son the bouquets iu
the Dorist’s window, when you wire
wdl nnd could go out in the
“Oh, yea Don’t you think the man
In the Dower shop ought to
liuppyP"
“ And did y on ever hear of little box
es that had mus e iu-mlu of them, and
von had * ill to wind them ti|> as yo r
mother dom her * lock, and they play
tho most beauti ul music
"t'h, the', don’t have lit so here, do
thoy? Did you really ever see oncP”
“If tho Dorist’s hoy brought you a
splond il bouquet every day, and tho
ox|>roH.stuati brought a music box, and
Mi's I lea her, around the comer, scut
in tlm giro!t ost little hat in her wind hv
for you, do you think you eould gavw
mo this hut, and let. u o take it. away
with mo?”
“Why, l r. Wentworth, lire you a
fairy godmother? Are thc.-e my’ihrce
wishes? Ami are you going to vanish! 1 ”
“Nut till you say this hat is mine,
then I will vanish lo Iho Dorist’s to tho
music stun*, and to Mias Bleacher's.”
’I he child diil nut 8|>tmk, but unlv hold
iho out to h'm, mid w lien die look me
away I was sorry to leave iter, she looked
so hnpgiy.
The doctor and I got Into tho buggy
and (Trove d ?! One does not, get i\ie
nicest, I ind of a ride under the seat of
ft buggy. When wo got to the doctor s
ollioo I felt confused and ili/.zv. Ho
laid me down on thetalilo, and went out.
When lie can>'' in again a boy was
thoro, dusting mid sotting things in
order.
“Shall I sling this old hat awa P”
said tho I oy, seizing mo and going to
ward Iho window.
“Hero, \oii \oimr villa'll, bring that
back.”
And Dr. Wentworth scowled at tho
boy, and took me away. He carried
nto to another room, and |mt me away
in n trunk with sonm bo ks and *,u er-
looking things, quite unlike anything l
had ever seen in Nol io’s trunks.
I spent, the lime thinking about what
i had scon, nnd in sgieeulat ng about
the future; I was anxious to see the end
of tlm story. I wa tod a long, long
time f r f rihor dovelopeinonts, and at
lust grow tired of waiting. Still time
went on. and nobody came to take mo
out. 1 grow still' and yellow. I felt in
every straw and thread that 1 was unde
niably an old hat.
i must Imve jia-sud into a dormant
state in which 1 remained I know not
lmw long.
l int suddenly I found myself hi broad
daylight again, and when I had col
lected myself sufficiently to know what
was about mo, I was astonished to find
myself being held off at arm’s length
by my own Nellie, in a pretty g»ink do
mestic u|>ron, a prettier p nk dusting
caj), and the prettiest gunk in her ebooks
1 ever. saw.
“.John Wentworth, what is this? ’ she
asked.
••A shade hat, 1 think you used to * all
it, my dear.”
“1 -hon'd think so It is the very
hat 1 wore two years ago in the coun
try,” sho said.
••As 1 distinctly remember, Mrs.
Wentworth!”
“Where did you get, it, and what is
It doing here?” Nellie asked.
“I got it from Mrs. Muldoonoy’s lit
tle girl, and it is there 1 ecuusc it is one
of my treasures.”
Then ho told hor a 1 about, ids finding
me, that day, with the little sick girl,
ami how when he saw the note thoro
he knew she had never eon it, .and
how he had got her address and heard
about her from Mrs. Muldoouev.
“So you see, if it had not been tor
this hat I might never have found you
aga n. and tlii* day instead of having
the best wife in the world I should have
been a confirmed old bachelor.”
I slipped down behind tho table, and
nobody pail any attention to me. They
must imve been neater «ach other Ilian
I was to eiihor 0%, them, because I
could hardly eafcft a word !hey said.
But I heard again the same sweet so ml
that puzzled me < n e be ore, wlido wo
were spending the summer in the coun
try.—Susie Tl. Steadman, in l.allou'a
Magazine. _
WORTH KNOWING.
Slow ilia llnium Fly, Ills WlcktS Flrn
nnd the Itlosqnlt*a ftlnjr All l»« Pnt M
Flight.
[From Harper'll !)*nr.)
The pyrethrum roseum, or "Persian
camomile,” is tho powilorcd leaf of a
harmless flower growing in Caucasian
Asia in great girotusion, where for cent
uries it. has been used to riil tl’*» na
tives of insects. With a fincly-preparnil
(lust made from these flowers, which
can Ik) purchased of uluiost any relia
ble druggist, at almut 70 cents a pound,
'.lie house fly, tho wiekoil flea and the
mosquito nmy be put to flight or to
rest. In order to enjoy this delicious
riddance, ikjH only necessary to lieiigi up
with a little cone ono toasgioonful of the
drug pyrethrum, touch it with a lighted
mutch and watch the thin blue lino of
smoke as it rises to tho ceiling and is
wafted through the air, rhnnging the
busy drone of insect life into a weak
wail of insect woo. Pretty soon down
they come plnnip on to tho table and
over your paper sgiin on their tiny backs
and then sheathe their lancets, curl ug>
their hair-lilo* legs, and interest one no
more. U|> stairs the little ones sleep
unmolested, though there are thousands
of mosquitoes iu tho room ; the gu sts
lire sick unto death, and cling sii*lly to
tile walls, too feeble to think of tagi-
tug tlio rich, warm blood that glows
in ruddy little limbs just below ; tho
fume of the pyrethrum lias settled their
business, and while it lingers in tlm
room outsiders are unw illing to make an
entry, though the windows are raised
anil tlie lattices only half closed.
Gauze bars are hot, stuffy things at
best, anil ono must lie sadlv driven to
nttemgit to sleep under sue ii a cover;
then, us we nil know, tlio mosquito al
ways finds hm way through, no matter
how carefully ono may tuck up s ti folds
about tho oouch.
Smoke from the Persi camomile or
its dusty powder we lutbA found most
efficacious, said your roud.rvs will bless
me when once thoy try it. The purity
of tlie drug must bo assured. Tins can
readily bo tested. It must have a bright
buff color; be light, readily burned, and
give a pleasant, tea-like fragrance ; one
pinch should kill a dozen flics, confined
in a bottle, ut once. When it fails of
these properties it has been adulterated.
In common use, in large or breezy rooms,
where, from great dilution, it fuilH to
kill, it Duvefthulcss produces on insect
life, through its volatilized essential oil
or resin, undoubted nausea, vertigo, res
piratory spasms, and paralysis.. It acts
upon them through the minute spiracles,
the breathing tidies, that stud tlm sur
face of their littlo bodies, and from (lm
delicate network of veins in thoir tiny
wings. To human beings it is, so fur us
I cun ascertain, entirely innoxious, ouil
1iot disagreeable, That wo—a family of
eight persons, JnfuntH and adults—Imve
lived for several weeks in an atmosgihoro
of pyrethrum dust and smoke com
bined, during this present summer, is
sufficient proof of my statement. To tlio
skeptic I recommend an interesting ex-
penmont: Puff the pyrethrum into a
close, wurm room, where flies most love
to swarm, just after dark, shut the door,
and make another visit in thirty minutes.
Tlie sight of seeing millions of dead and
squirming vermin on tlio floor will <lo
lus heart good—tlmt is, if lie is human
anil not an angel.
Having drafted our plan of battle
against these little foes, it becomes pro
per to speak of tlie care of the wounded.
To euro mosquito stings, I know noth,
ing butte rthim a 20-ner-oent. solution iu
cither oil or water of pure carbolic acid.
This is to bo rubbed well on the gminful
sgiot. To bathe one’s tingling hands anil
smarting limbs with this solution giveH
a cooling, grateful sensation that is hard
to describe. Carbolic sougi will do al
most as well, or mi ointment comgioiiud-
od of oarbol, cumphor und cosmoliue.
Earth Lungs.
It Is to be regretted that our knowl
edge concerning the emanations of gases
und air from the crust of the mirth is not
more certain. That tho earth does per
forin a function somewhat aiialugons to
human respiration is most probable;
that is, the uir penetrates the soil anil
water to a certain depth, is there
changed, as in the animal lungs, anil is
| again exhaled or expired through the
i |)ores of the earth or water. How much
the expired air is changed in different
situations is always a subject for scien
tific inquiry. It is reasonable to sup-
giose that such atmoHgiherie changes may
lie excited into action by laws similar to
those which govern the motions of the
air at different temgjeraturcs. Whatever
may bo the causes which originate, or
the laws which govern terrene emana
tions, their existence cannot be ques
tioned. In ailnvial soils, cellars are
damgier and more ungileasant than in
primal formations, and obtain and retain
an air which gives life to moulds and
various air plants.—The Samaritan.
Ceiling a Character.
Be wondrous wary of your first com
portments ; get a good name, and be
very tender of it afterward ; for’tis like
the Venice glass, quickly cracked, never
to be moniied, though g.atclied it may
bo. To this purpose, take along with
you this fable, it happened that Fire,
Water and Fame went to truvel together
(as you ore doing now) ; they consulted
that if thoy lost one another, how they
might be retrieved, and meet again.
Fire said, “ Where you see smoke,’there
you will find me.” Water said, “Where
you see marsh and moorish low ground
there you shall find ’no." But Fame
said, "Take heed how /ou lose me, for
—Somo one truly says that one con
stantly sees styles, graceful and beauti
ful in tnomselves, rendered not only
nugatory, but positively ugly, beoaus*
not in harmony with the person of th* if you do you will run a great hazard
wearer. There is a great deal more truth never to meet me again; there’s no re-
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