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HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT. BY SIRS. A. P. HILL. [Selected for The Sunny South.] JESl T DlLdS MEMORIA. (An old Latin Hymn of St. Bernard — Written in 1153J Jesu! the very thought is sweet,— In that dear name all heart-joys meet; But sweeter than the honey far, The glimpses of his presence are. No word is sung more sweet than this,— No name is heard more full of bliss,— No thought brings sweeter comfort nigh Than Jesus, Son of God most high! Jesus, the hope of souls forlorn! How good to them for sin that mourn! To them that seek Thee, oh, how kind! But what art Thou to them that find? No tongue of mortal can express, No mortal write its blessedness; Alone who hath Thee in his heart, Knows, love of Jesus, what Thou art ? O Jesus! King of wondrous might! O victor! glorious from the fight! Sweetness that may not be expressed, And altogether loveliest! The Aquarium or Ornamental Fish Pond. For this very pretty parlor ornament we are mainly indebted to a Mr. Warrington, an En glishman. About the year 1850, he commenced breeding fish and mollusks in tanks, with the aid of marine plants. He did well for a very short time, perhaps only a few days, but without any apparent reason the water suddenly became impure and the fish died. With the aid of a microscope, Mr. Warrington examined his tank to discover the cause of the change. His close scrutiny brought to light that the water was poi soned by the death and decay of some of his ma rine plants, which had reached maturity and died, according to an immutable law of nature. Mr. Warrington was an enthusiast in science, and withal a man of pains. He set to work to devise some means by which poison produced by the decaying matter could be counteracted. He reflected “that in Nature’s tanks plants must die and decay, yet the decay does not destroy animal life.” With patient investigation he must “see how Nature obviates the evil.” He examined a pond to the very bottom; there he found plenty of decayed vegetable matter; but he likewise found swarms of water-snails acting as scavengers and destroying the putrefying substances before the}- had time to taint the water. “Eureka!” he had found the secret, “which so overjoyed the ardent man of science that he burst into tears.” Gathering a handful of the snails, he lost no time in transferring them to his tank at home. In a day the water was pure and clear, the denizens of the forest all restored to health, the plants resumed their bright colors; the snails laid a quantity of eggs, which furnished food to the fish and mollusks. Mr. Warrington communicated his discovery to the Royal Society of London. So successful have been the experiments in rearing a variety of marine creatures, that aquaria have become common in England and the North. I desire to see them so in this section of country. They are kept for sale by all professional florists. The most common kind of aquarium is the ob long box or circular vase, and, as directed by the books, “if all the sides are of glass, that which is nearest the light should be shaded with a cur tain, as neither fish or plants thrive well unless the sunlight reaches them from the surface of the water. A siphon should be used to change the water occasionally, and by means of a syr inge fresh air be admitted. Better still if a gentle stream can be made to flow in and out daily. Perfectly still water is too slow for fish,” etc. The bottom of the vessel should be strewn with clear sand and tine pebbles to the depth of three inches; build a little rock-work, then pour in fresh water; put in the plants each with per fect roots and a little mother earth or rock. Now put in the fish and mullocks, not forgetting the snails. This is for a soft-water pond. Upon the same principle, aquaria may be tilled with fresh water plants and animals; newts and liz ards may be introduced.” The amount of amusement and instruction to be drawn from this source would amply repay the trouble and cost. A little intelligent in struction to the young members of the family would soon qualify them for assuming all the care necessary to keep one in good condition. With a microscope, the habits of the inhabitants could be studied, and with some encouragement a better, more exact knowledge of natural his tory could be acquired than would ever be under the ordinary manner of teaching by books. Having learned the habits and history of those animals in possession, an active curiosity would be aroused to know more of others of the finny tribe and mollusks, until nothing would satisfy the inquiring mind short of having the whole book of nature unfolded to them. Answers to Correspondents. Mrs. Hill,—I am young, just coming out, and anxious—as all young ladies are—to make my debut under the most favorable auspices. Dress contributes no little (don’t you think so?) toward securing a successful entree in society. Please advise me how far to follow the prevailing fash ions. What author is it asks, “Which is most absurd—the fool that's in the iashion, or the fool that’s out?” Which of the numerous arti cles of dress now so fearfully and wonderfully made would it be best to adopt, which to reject? Mary. Query 1—Do I think dress contributes to suc cess in society? I An steer—It certainly does. Every person is | conscious of forming opinions of individuals, ' entirely unknown to them, simply from their style of dress. “The apparel oft bespeaks the ] man,” and the woman as well. A very plain j person is often rendered attractive by a refined, j tasteful style of adornment, who allows no ex cesses, adopting such fashions and in such pro portions as will contribute to an elegant and pleasing appearance. From this stand-point, dress is worthy some degree of earnest thought and attention. Colors should harmonize, and the amount of trimming suit the size of the wearer. Many minor details should be well considered. | Regina is tall and thin, and can with advantage j wear any amount of puffs and furbelows which fashion prescribes. Mignon—a pretty little Dutch doll—without considering effect— orders a dress of exactly the same style, the same number of yards to be used; that in which Regina looks queenly, Mignon looks absurd. “The picture is lost in the frame.” I need hardly advise yon to adopt that style which will best suit your age, complexion and inches. It may be great impru dence to flaunt my opinion in the face of the public, and I am aware I do so at the risk of rousing a hornet’s nest about my ears —of being willed “old fogy,” and what not; yet I venture to"dhy that I rejoice in the fact that I have never scissorei^or manipulated a skirt of the present form—yes, that is the word. I could hardly forgive myself for conniving at, or being in any way instrumental in encasing a living human being in skirts all bunch and bustle in the rear, while a moiety seems grudgingly applied to the forward finishing. I have no experience in the matter; but, judging from appearances, there can be little comfort in the style, as most cer tainly there is wanting grace, ease and—the last, third word, present in my mind, I am not brave enough to put upon paper. The styles of corsage are very beautiful; the ruff's and cuffs, and other neck and wrist orna ments—whose name is “legion”—not less so. The ribbons were never so gay and pretty; the calicoes and cotton goods generally so beautiful and cheap, that any lady of neatness and taste can easily dress well and inexpensively. Query 2—What author asks, “Which is the most absurd—the fool that’s in the fashion, or the fool that's out ?” Ansicer—Young, author of “Night Thoughts,” in one of his satires, said something of the kind; but as it is over thirty years since I read his satires, I cannot remember if your quotation is strictly correct. I suppose the idea is, amid extremes. Government of the Temper. “The great end of philosophy, both natural and moral, is to know ourselves and to know God. The highest learning is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good. Socrates, who made all his philosophy subservient to mor ality, was of this sentiment, and took more pains to rectify the tempers than replenish the under standings of his pupils, and looked upon all knowledge as useless speculation that did not tend to make the world wiser and better. “It is the duty of parents to watch over and correct the tempers of their children in the first years of their lives, when it may easily be done. But if it be not done effectually then—as it very | seldom is—there is the more necessity for it after wards. It is the proper office and care of all who have the charge of youth to train them to govern their passions with all possible diligence, or their evil tempers will soon govern them.” How often is the peace and happiness of a | whole family destroyed by the temper and tongue of one member of it who has never learned self- control. Read James, third chapter. I think it was the celebrated Latin poet Vir gil who, when his friend asked why he studied so much accuracy in the plan of his poem, the propriety of his characters, and the purity of his diction, said, “lam writing for eternity.’•’ What more weighty consideration to justify and en force the utmost vigilance and circumspection of life than this,—“ I am living for eternity?" TEMPERANCE DOTTINGS. [For The Sunny South.] “NO, SIR!’ SHACKLEFORD. Asyli .i for Inebriates. The Commission appointed by the Legislature There were about a score of us gathered at the to report upon the practicability and utility of 1 spring in the little dell below the old picnic establishing an Asylum for Inebriates, met on ! grounds, where we had gone for water and — small talk. Bob Eaton was in the crowd, a wild, harum-scarum fellow, but withal, a noble, the eighth instant, at the editorial room of the Atlanta Constitution, and organized by electing generous-hearted friend. He was a decided favorite with the ladies, and on this picnic had his hands full of work in their service. They called for him on all sides, and no game of amusement was complete or satisfactory without his hand being in in some capacity. If a young lady desired the acquaintance of a young gentle man, Bob' was just the man to bring about the devoutly wished, and vice versa. While each of us were waiting our turn for the old-fashioned “gourd,” Bob was beseiged by several young fellows, each demanding an introduction to “her.” Some were over-solicit ous, and pressed him with nervous haste. Hoping to secure precedence in the matter. Ben Wickliffe drew out from a side pocket a small, wicked-looking flask of brandy, and offering it to Bob, said: Rev. L. R. Gwaltney, Chairman, and W. G. Whidby, Secretary. W. G. Whidby, Dr. J. J. Hickman, and Dr. J. T. Chappell were appointed a sub-committee to prepare the report. __ The Commission adjourned to meet at three , J . _ T ! consummation p.m., on Thursday after the second Wednesday in January, 1870, in Atlanta. The Georgia Med ical Association will co-operate with the Com- Piiblie Meeting Knights of Jericho. There was a public meeting of the Knights of Jericho in the city of Atlanta on the second, at their hall, corner of Broad and Peachtree streets. [For The Suuoy South.] “UNCLE DABNEY.” During what was called the Sons of Temper ance revival of 1850, I received a letter one day saying that Rev. D. P. Jones would soon there after be in LaGrange and lecture on temperance. On the appointed day he arrived, and was soon made comfortable by the friends of the cause. At night, the house was densely crowded; when the hour came on, the lecture commenced. Con templating the scene when he arose, I well re member the sense of oppressive apprehension that for a moment possessed me. There he stood, in the presence of one of the largest audi ences ever assembled in the place —an audience composed of intelligent and fastidiously tasteful people, of whom, as I thought, it had justly been said they were as critical as Athenians. But even while my eye thus painfully took in the circumstances and finally rested on the old man, all the weariness of travel seemed to have lifted itself from him and to have entirely disappeared; and I was reassured in realizing confidently that the short, stout figure before me contained a soul full of the elements that heroes are made of. After I had heard his first few sentences, and had seen the flashes of his tine eye and the play of his bewitching smile, I felt within me that there was a humanity in the man that made us all kin to him, and that he was in fact, as well as in name, “Uncle Dabney.” The audi- ! startled every one in the crowd. “No, sir! I , ence laughed at his humor, applauded his elo- ! never touch the stuff!” | quenee, and wept over the touchingly simple r, “Whew!” exclaimed several in incredulous incidents he related, until he seemed a very Some fine old cognac, Bob; have a nip, old Their hall is large and commodious—probably j fellow.” the handsomest occupied by any lodge in the 1 “ ->«• sir! " was the 1 uick ’ emphatic reply that State. In spite of the inclemency of the weather, unew: exciaiineci several in lncreumous incidents ne related, until lie seemel a very quite a large number were present. The meet- surprise, which exclamation ended in prolonged j magician to whom all emotions yielded ready ing was called to order by Hoke Smith, Grand whistles. ; obedience. Chief, who introduced Rev. Dr. Hamilton. The “Well, you needn’t snap my head off about j Such was “Uncle Dabney.” A plain man, full Doctor was not the speaker expected, he having it,” said Ben, good-naturedly; “it’s the best I’ve " been out of the city at the time the selection was got, old fellow. ” “It’s the worst you’ve got, Ben,” replied Bob. “Better throw it away an l stick to this water here. It will do you——” “Thunder and lightning, Bob!” cried Ben; “are you a temperance spouter too?” “I am a decided opponent of dram-drinking, Ben,” was the firm reply. “Well, I’ll behanged if I ever suspected it be fore! When did you turn out a temperance man, I’d like to know?” “I’ve been one for three years, although I am made. His effort therefore was entirely extem poraneous, but if the most ample time for prep aration had been given, it could not have been surpassed. For about an hour and a quarter he entertained and instructed his audience with facts which a life of study and close observation had taught him concerning the effect of alcoholic ! drinks upon the body and mind of man. And although this subject is old, his manner of hand ling it rendered it new. The success of a speech is best shown by the manner in which it is re ceived. The audience was composed of every rank, age anil sex, and from one and all we heard unlimited expressions of ~s*&»f;iction and delight. THE UNIVERSAL I. 0. G. T. BRIEF MENTION. There is less liquor drank in Georgia to-day than at any time within five years. Church members are rapidly opening their eyes to the enormity of the sin encased in “lit tle brown jugs.” There are more I. O. G. T. lodges north of the Chattahoochee River, in Georgia, than there are counties in the entire State. not a member of any organization.” I then remembered that I had never seen Bob drink anything stronger than water, though I had long known him as a wild, dare-devil sort of a fellow, with a good deal of self-reliance of wit and humor, with a big heart in him; de- | voted to the good of others, and exhibiting elo- I quenee, in his forcible but homely speech, per- j fectly unique, and unapproachable for the all- i embracing humanity with which lie illustrated his theme and captivated the minds and hearts of those who heard him. At the State Convention held in Grittin, June 23 and 21, 1817, he was appointed State Tem perance Lecturer, and enterel upon his official duties as such on the ninth of July, 1817. He continued to lecture under commission from the State Temperance Convention as long as that anization existel. All the time, he was fruit ful of good works and immensely useful; indeed, his labors of love were never remitted by him, but were all the time pressed with fidelity and ardor until the hand of affliction was laid upon about him. I could but feel drawn towards him him, and, being unable longer to undergo the now when, like a young hero, he had blurted fatigue of travel, he was compelled to remain at out, “No, sir!” when asked to drink; and I home. His commission for these labors had more than half-suspected that there was some-! upon it the imprint itnre anl seal of approval of thing behind the scenes that prompted him to ! the good Lord to whom he so often referred thus brave the taunts of his comrades. : with reference, and whom he so sincerely wor- “ Tell us about it, Bob,” I asked, “for I know shipped; and nobly and faithfully did he exe- you well enough to know that you have a good j cute its mandates. That this is true can be sus- reason tor declining to drink.” j tained by a cloud of witnesses; for there is not “Oil! he's after a temperance gal,” sneered ! a city or village or hamlet, and scarce a way-side one of the crowd, “and is just playing oft', school-house, in the State, but what has' been j Tell us her name, Bob. and let us carry her the visited by him, and been the scene of his benev- Atlanta Lodge. No. 1 —the mother lodge of j news;” and.the crowd joined in the laugh at his olent efforts for the good of his-race. I feel con- Georgia—is steadily climbing up, and will re port a wonderful increase this quarter. Can any man figure out the number of broken heads, bloody noses and blackened eyes there are in a forty-gallon barrel of bust-head whisky? Georgia Lodge, No. 132, gets up more enter tainment on short notice than any lodge in the State. She is a live, progressive lodge, and sel dom ever fails to have initiations on Tuesday nights. Self-Knowledge. Solitude. — The man who dreads solitude knows not the charm of the highest life—has j not, in fact, developed the resources of his own being. Loneliness throws man upon himself and God—teaches man “to endure, as seeing Him who is invisible.” He who cannot live but in company is the most helpless, the most de- ! pendent, the most joyless of beings. Dissipa tion is mistaken for pleasure, and excitement cheats the soul of true inspiration. Solitude i aids the habit of self-introversion. Lessons may be learned in the temple of Solitude, the palace of the Silences, which are not written on the broad sheet of daily public life. Vicarious Punishment.—“Vicarious punish ment, or one person’s sufferings contributing to the relief of another, is a providential dispo sition in the economy of nature; and it ought not to be a matter of surprise if by a method analogous to this we be redeemed from sin and misery, in the economy of grace.” Conundrum—Why is a young man who has stepped upon a lady’s skirt like a hunter? Be- Jcause he is on the trail of a dear (deer.) Self-knowledge greatly promotes a spirit of meekness and charity. The more a man is ac quainted with his own feelings, the more he is disposed to make allowance for those of others. There is great force and beauty in the caution our Saviour gives: “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but consid- erest not the beam that is in thine own eye. . . . Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye,” etc. In which words four things are plainly intimated: First—That some are more quick-sighted to discern the faults and blem ishes of others than their own; can spy a mote in another’s eye sooner than a beam in their own. Second—That they are often the most for ward to correct the foibles of others who are least qualified for that office; a man half blind himself should never set up for an oculist. Third—That they who deal in censure should always begin at home. Fourth—Great censori ousness is great hypocrisy. This common fail ing of human nature the heathen were sensible of, and illustrated in the following way: “Every man,” say they, “carries two wallets—the one hanging before him, the other behind. In that before, he puts the faults of others; into that behind, his own—by which means he never sees his own failings, while those of others are ever before his eyes.” It is well to turn the wallet sometimes. We need not imagine that others are as blind to our faults as we ourselves; that would be as wise as to fancy that others do not see us, because we shut our eyes.—Mason. a late hour. One night they called and brought a large bottle of whisky with them, to make Brother L. R. Gwaltney, of Rome, was in the them feel lively, they said, as one of their nmu- citv last week, attending a meeting of the Ine- ber was going to return Soqtli on the midnight briate Asylum Committee. He was roSking well, train. I made no objections to the bottle, but and stands as firm as the everlasting hills on the ! did not drink any of its contents, for the reason temperance platform. j that I was feeling quite unwell. They drank it, H.is an ease mail, rlin 1),* a i,‘m]e!?jL nl '‘‘ mail 1 however, and soon emptied the bottle. Had Without being a Christian, but an impossibility to f, the y stopped there all wouh. have been well, be a Christian without being a temperance man. but a ^is • oue ^ l *i n k paves the way tor another, It is easier for an elephant to be stabled in a i creating a thirst that only the same fiery liquid mustard seed than for a tippling Christian to j Ciln assuage. One ot the boys proposed to go enter the gates of heaven. I iUll A g efc . tlie bottle filled again. I protested, expense, but it did not shake his resolution in j scious, while I write, that these humble words the least. Said he: will awaken grateful, responsive memories in “1 11 tell you a little story, boys, and then if the bosom of nearly every Georgia reader; and you feel like laughing 111 join you. Three I hope it will bring a worthier pen to write of years ago I was a clerk in a Broadway house in him who was not only to me “ Uncle Dabney,” New York. There were three young men, good but who was akin to us all an l the friend of all. triends ot mine, troui this State, who were clerk- I trust it will not be considered amiss for mo ing in other houses on the same street. They to speak of what may be regarded as the ruling often came to my room and sat and smoked till policy of “Uncle Dabney,” in his advocacy of , . : telling them they had drank enough. But they ladies who give wine to their , woull f not i iste n to me, boys, and at last, fearing they Would the youn: gentlemen friends like to assume the responsi bility for the mischief they do? We know a ] n .j n ,,[ u young man who could not refuse the request of j a young lady to drink wine with her; he got tight and thrashed her brother. We wonder if she has offered him any since ! There is a man in this city who has a wife and three little children depending on him for sub sistence. He gets a salary of fifty dollars per month. He compels his wife to keep house on twenty dollars per month; the balance he spends for whisky. Yet there are Christian people who rent houses to liquor dealers and sneer at Good Templars. We are strongly tempted to offer a large reward for any issue of a daily or weekly newspaper which does not contain the news of either a homicide, suicide or other crime directly caused by liquor. We feel certain we would never be called on to pay it. Yet temperance is a hum bug! But—we love the “humbug,” and pray for its universal triumph. Wherever foreigners are permitted to reside in China, there the I. O. G. T. have a foot-hold, and many lodges are composed^ exclusively of native “Heathen Chinee.” In New Zealand, the Order is working a wonderful revolution among the people. The members there believe in it, anil go among the people and preach its principles to whoever will listen to them. S. C. Robinson, G. W. S. and brother H. K. Shackleford addressed an appreciative audience at Philadelphia Church, in Clayton county, on the 30th ult., on the all-absorbing topic of tem perance. That is a temperance district in old Clayton. Brother R. also spoke at Pleasant Grove, in Clayton, on the third instant, and was regaled with a sumptuous basket dinner. Old Clayton is waking up, and ere long will close up those leprous sores—the bar-rooms—on her fair face ! God hasten the day ! We know a clever, generous-hearted man in Atlanta, who glides along so smoothly down the hill, that we are almost tempted to call his name and drive a stake in the middle of his pathway. He is going down to a drunkard’s grave, and the track is greased all the way for him. Oh, how he moves along ! All his pretended friends help would get beastly drunk, I forbid them any more to my room. temperance. He believed that temperance men should adhere singly and with perfect consecra tion to “moral suasion.” I have often heard him express himself to that effect, and I know of more than one notable circumstance demon strating his strict adhesion to this policy. To one of these I will advert. In November. 1817, he went to Savannah for the purpose of lecturing. Upon his arrival, he found great excitement prevailing concerning the city license laws, and that a petition was being agitated to get the Legislature to interfere throughout Georgia upon the subject of retail ing in less quantity than three gallons. Although he stayed there two days and was urgently solic ited to lecture, he refused to appear in public, They went . deeming it imprudent to do so. Referring to away angry. The next morning I read the start- j this in his journal (which, by the way I will re- ling news in the H-rabl that one was dead, the mark, is in existence, an l a mine of rich treas- other dangerously wounded, and the third in urd for the temperance men if it could only be the guard-house—the sad ending of a little frolic brought out under the hand of a good editor), with a battle ot brandy. Since that day I have he says: “I was glad, upon visiting the city, to ever said "No, sir ! when asked to drink. ’ ! find that it was a movement entirely apart from And yet respectable men and women adocate the temperance men proper, and was confined dram-drinking. j to gentlemen having no connection with the • • • temperance societies. This is as it should be. T« the Members of the Knights of Jericho, j The temperance societies ask nothing but pro- | tection—no legal enactments in their favor—and are of opinion that sound argument, based upon men’s naked volition, and ‘ moral suasion ’ can, under God, effect the great end of their assoc ia- In the last issue of The Sunny S >uth appeared over my signature the request that all communi cations be sent to brother F. M. Springer, as I had resigned. My resignation was sent to our Grand Vice Chief, who returned it, refusing to j receive the same. I desired to resign because I expected to be ab- ; sent from the State for some time, and there was 1 business which needed attention. I have since found it unnecessary to leave, and shall con tinue the duties of my office. It is but a short time now until the Grand Lodge will meet, and it is in that season of the year in which all have many leisure hours. Can we not devote them to the cause of temperance? Will not all the members of the Knights of Jer icho agree with me to make a powerful and de termined effort to see what amount of good can be done for our Order, and thereby for the peo ple of our State ? Let us rise at once, put on our armor and go forth. I am receiving numbers of letters from different parts of the State where lodges are desired. There are other places where they would be desired if you could only be per suaded to show the benefits derived therefrom. I urge every member of the Knights of Jericho to see that by no fault of his or hers, any one who might be persuaded to unite with our Order fail so to do. Hoke Smith, G. C. United Friends of Temperance. Brother J. W. Clements writes from Spring Hill, Montgomery county: “ Our council is in a very flourishing condition.” him along by giving him a gentle push. None The ministry give but little support to the try to check him: and by and by, when the sod Order at Talbotton. There are five bar-rooms in closes over him they will all say “ poor fellow,” , t] ie place. Siloam Council is doing well.—G. S. and help shove another along. Oh ye 25,000 We ^ promising council at Perry. I Good Templars of Georgia wake up and be : h t see u co ^ ulle in & growtb , ami that it doing, tor death is all around you and our mrt y be greatly beneficial to society -James H. friends are reeling down to drunkards graves ’ ” ■’ by tens of thousands ! The attendance of representatives at the Right Worthy Grand Lodge was nearly one-thiril more than at any previous session. m Two new British Grand Lodges—the offspring of English eft’ort— were represented; that of Bermudaby Brother Hart, and New Zealand by brother William Fox, ex-Premier of the Colony. Brother Fox will 0 - , visit England on a prolonged visit. The reports ' pluck one now and then trom the enemy s ranks, of the R. W. G. T. and R. W. G. S. were most which keeps us encouraged, cheering, showing a net gain of about seventy may he greatly Morgan. The Order of United Friends of Temperance continues to flourish, and is now in abetter con dition by far than ever before. It continues to grow and expand. Brother James M. Dees, the faithful Deputy of Drayton Council, writes: “Our council is getting along as well as could be expected. We thousand members and of nine Grand Lodges during the year. The R. W. G. T. also reported the occupancy of Jamaica and other West India islands by brother Hannan, of H. M. S. Aboukir; and brother Malius reported that his deputies had, during the past year, planted the Order in Ceylon (Indian Ocean), British Guiana (British America), and British Honduras (Central Amer ica). There are now sixty Grand Lodges and nearly a million members in the Order. Yet less than three years ago, there were those in Geor gia who predicted the speedy downfall of the I. O. G. T. One more stronghold captured ! Cartersville voted on “License or no license,” on the ninth inst., and the temperance ticket was triumph antly elected. “The army of temperance is gathering its men, From hiU-top and mountain, from valley ami glen: Cold water's our beverage—we’re lusty and strong; Then come join our army and be marching along.” Wholesale liquor dealers say that the temper ance movement in Georgia has cut off their re ceipts from 825,000 to 830,000. And still anti temperance men say more liquor is drank! tion. Yes, the old regular Sons of Temperance and cold water armies of boys, added to which we have the songs of the girls, all m trehing under the stainless flags of our different tem perance hosts, with God’s blessing upon all, will insure us ultimate and triumphant success.” The days in which “ Uncle Dabney ” led the “cold water army,” as he termed the temper ance men, were great days for Georgia. The editor of The Sunny South, I know, well remem bers those days; he had a share in their glory himself. With me, they are but as yesterday. Harris, Martin, Hill, Russell, Thomas, and oth ers in Western Georgia, were addressing vast crowds. The good work was cheered by reports that Bell, Akin, Peeples, Overby, Lester, Trippe. Cabiness, Cobb, Hester, and others, were simi larly engaged elsewhere in the State. “Uncle Dabney” was everywhere; our temperance edit ors were well sustained and hard at work; all were filled with enthusiasm; all were cheered by the example of the President of the State Temperance Society—the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the good Lumpkin; and all, constituting a host of the best of Georgia’s sons, were engaged in active strife with each other as to who could best plan, could best argue, and could best work for the success of temperance. Men say history repeats itself. Why may not this be the fact as to temperance? Why may we not, discarding all crusades and all embarrass ing questions as to whether or not there shall be legislation, bring this great virtue right squarely home to popular consideration ? Why may we not boldly take the open field of argument, and have a good time of success under the gentle but effectual influence of example and “ moral suasion?” Such a movement, I know, if he were still with us in the flesh, would meet the hearty approval and the cheerful co-operation of “Uncle Dabney.” Contributor. J. IV. Harmon, M. IV. C. The brother whose name heads this article, our Most Worthy Comptroller, will visit Georgia soon, to give us a helping hand. He is one of the leading men in our Order, and will be cor dially received by the brethren in Georgia. Wherever he may appear, our friends may know he is worthy and qualified, and has our entire endorsement. A note from brother Harmon con tains the following news of interest: “Our late Supreme Council was a grand suc cess. Sine thousand Champions of the lied Cross joined us. Delegates were present from Indiana and Illinois, and others named by yon. We adopted a missionary work, so as to give the very best talent we have to all the States in suc cession, and thus wake up a common interest throughout the whole country in our behalf. A cordial welcome to brother Harmon. W. E. H. Searcy, G