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DREAMS. BY J. W. MORGAN. In dreams, where not one earthly woe Its gloomy form had pressed. My soul hath floated till the glow Of hope hath called me blest. But out of fortune’s high estate The wakening hurletli me, And the grim hand of ruthless fate Renews my agony. Oh! lielit of heaven, veiled afar. Why in my dreams alone. Doth thou reveal the passion star Above the golden throne? If all that someth is so fair And all that is so dark— Take me, oh' sleep within thy care And nuanch this living spark. Memi-hls, The PerkinsesinParis. An Attempt to BeaHtify tli«* t wm * plexion an«l the Disasters that ■' al lowed —A Face Streaked with Royal Green. Get 14 Rue de Rivoli Street, I Paris. France, June 10, 18 <8. ) Dear Mel visa: Don’t send the rooster, some body to bring on them 3allieo presses it you can; but I don’t want nothing else, tor .. . e It •_ Imnup ftcral give me for what I did. When I write again. I’ll toll you more about the INS Yonrs in despair, AbigailPkrkin^ .P 8 —Don’t yon dare to hint about my face, a?be sure to spread it around about Janes Count ... A Woman’s Revenge. The Story a detectlvTtrtd of what » woman will Do when Excited by Jealousy nnd Thirsting tor Kevenge. [From the San Francisco Chronicle.] «I’ll tell yon of an incident I never reflect bn without regret,’ said a retired old detective th other day, while reciting some of the stirring occurrences of the early days of San Francisco. ‘The life of a detective is not one of excitement merely. It is sometimes o> ossed with events as wild and startling as ever gave coloring to ro mance. No emotion, no passion or phase of character is hidden from us. Welearn topky upon the feelings, the hates and a ff® ct *°®®.°[ men and women as unerringly as the pianist on his instrument. While the casuist would hesitate to take advantage of this °PP°* t ? n * t J which may lead us to success. I say this be cause the incident I am about to relate reveals that a woman will do when excited by jealousy and thirsting for revenge. , We were on the track of a man who bad rob bed a Havanna jeweller of almost incalculable wealth He had fled his native island and we were informed by the Cuban authorities that in all probability he had made his wa, to *hj coast. At that time this city was tall of Cubans and adventurers from all parts of the worl . , — i One couple, peculiar from all the rest, excited can’t guess what the atte ntion of the then limited fashionable the matter is with me. so I’ll tell you; but xe-1 orld> and became ^epeteo^society^their member, if you ever breathe one single word of i lavish expenditure and almost Eastern magn^^ it, Til never lend you my gold beads again. ] cence ot aparrel and equipag fashionable Don’t von ever dare to hint it to any of the folks, j ration and e nvy, it may be, of their tasnionan^ and especially to any of the members of our I shan't"stir’out of this blessed house again for many a day. Melvina, I am a sight, a perfect sight, and it all comes from this miserable F eign Centennial. Of course yon cai mutter is with me. so I’ll tell were Cubans. The church. I know I’ve committed a sin, but the Lord knows I’m getting punished for it. iue girls and I sneaked off to the Centennial alone the other day, an’ while we was there we saw a lot ot stuff that they said was a most beautiful thine for the complexion that ever was 1 J u wish I had hold of the hair of the man that told me that yarn-and I, fool like, bought • bottle. “r. ai ?rs» g T .T.br' r c»u„i.i»«*. Spaniard, was, in personal appearance, a type 0l Rut T cannot describe to you the woman who ! P r. d »«' , lbVmo S t beautiful •««*■» i saw—the ideal of the poet when he painted the dark-eyed maiden Khorassen was realized in her oar* j * „ iiu some living, She seemed to me like me good. I have gotten into sootety »»«b I tbe oli.e wuonjbet fan. . „ h „, now that I don’t like to have any of these out- ^rk luminous eyes fandish people take the shine out of me. J paid | they told, too, of a spirit ^entfulo^injustice, fora little mean boutafull. though heaven | ^ fierce in ™th as‘the glare of bar native sun. knows there was enough of it to make me look j By the devious path we pursued when on the like the zebra that Balam rode. When we got I Xljfof the crminal we traced ‘our man to this i 1K6 Ilwdiv lI father*was off with some of the ! 0I W eknew he was here, and we searched in- iobs he hi gotin wUh,1n’ I thought IM kind ^antly for him. But, as if to balk our exertions c urVtAn lift ant back, AH I diet. A arx A nnfct of surprise him when he got back, an . rubbed the’pesky stuff all over my face, an d I rubbed it in good. For a few minutes yon d a thought I was about sixteen. I know it s wick ed aiF all that* but I couldn’t help feeling proud of mv looks Well, I got kinder swellm’ with pride, an' I thought I'd get some of father s hair dye, an’ jest touch up the gray bairs a little. I d seen father do it, an’ I took the old tooth-brush that he used an’ rammed it into the bottle, s'spose I must have get too much onto the brus , for when I went to touch up the hairs in the carting the stuff run down over my face. Mel vina. when that hair-dye struck that nasty face stuff it turned a bright green. As true as I li , Melvina, I’VE GOT FOUR GREEN STRIPES DOWN MX FACE, wav to the chin, and the tip of my ^ose looks like a frog’s back. I tried to wash it off, but it was no us 8 e. I called down the girls and they rub bed it with fine sand. But the more we rubbed the greener it grew, till now it’s awfully bright, an’ is j ust al out the shade of my silk dress. If 1 ever make such a fool of myself again, I hope some body will knock my head against the wall. Well when father came he looked at me lor about a minute, an’then he shrieked: 1 v® 8° ’em’ I've got ’em! an’ fell over on his back. It took both the girls an’ me to get him into bed, and then whenever I went where he was he kept hollerin’ about Murphy, an retormin, an blue ribbons and all that sort of thing. Ibadtwo or three French fellers in to see what they cou d do about it; but all they did was to laugh an shriek- ‘Ke un bo vert,’ or something that like that. It’s been an awful time, Melvina,and if I grow to be as old as the Witch nf Fndor an’ as homely as Mathusla. 111 never nut any thing on my face but clean, cold water P, st T v i n the house till it wears off, an ” oJdtogt“«pp°ar.»ce, I shall h.« •<' «“* ?U1 snow flies Talking of snow, reminds me that I didn’t go to the party I wrote you about. How could I with a green nose and four green ^trines down my face? Father told me I coaid ‘ F n the next fancy-dressed ball as a parrot, if f Tories they tell of it, it must have been by tl tine affair Jane went with the Span- LTan’Eliza with little Dodd. They said that there was ice cream an’ cake till you couldn t wink and now, Melvina, I’ve got a piece ot news X yon can startle the folks with: , JANE HAS CAUGHT A FRENCH COUNT, „ live one! He looks some like a wax Ag ger of one of the murderers in the Boston Mu- seam bat he’s got lots of money, and hes a count! Count Offnoaccount, that a his name ? =f think of it, Jane, my Jane will be a count- flee’ there'll be » lot of little counU. and I shall be grandmother to any quantity of, and isna k . j doe8 a9 she ought to. He“hio-t P roV«.'i jet, but I k»ow be will 1. rLv^r two if he doesn’t get a sight at my face ad /l Jrred away. Jane is kind of holding a “ to the Spaniard! so as to fall back on him if ° Q thtng should happen to Mr. Offuoascount, alvithink she shows sound sense in doing so, Father has been out two or three evenings with Father has and eaoh tline ha9 myfl0 h^eso^wfally tight, that I know he here spread berself a telling^bout Jane airs about their g . they try. You can what our gnls ca dOof , fc fey telling nothing get a good story ® think you oau improve - Did ,oa and put to sname our efforts, this is all we could learn. The Spaniard was the only one who an swered the description of the criminal. But what folly to suspect him ! the petted courtier of so ciety- the millionaire; he would only laugh our suspicions to scorn. But still we hung around him! By a strange, magical influence, it was im possible to divorce ourselves from the belief that he was the party we were in search of. Inis constant attendance at the places be frequented, this hovering around the sphere in which he moved, made*us at last acquainted with the fact that his wife was unhappy and ill-treated by her husband. . . He had begun to neglect her and pay assidu ous court to a fashionable nymph dupave. One night we saw him enter the theatre with the fair American, and entering a private box, was paying her most devout attention. Shortly after, a wo- tnan, whom we at once perceived was his wife, but evidently disguised, entered, and passing aroi n 1 the dress circle took a seat d r ctly fie > g him Bv a strange concidence she was right by me Sh*e looked at the couple in the box long and earnestly; her face which we could see from our position, gradually changed to an ex- pressiem of the most fearful and vindictive pas- sionl ever beheld. Accustomed as I was to every phase of emotion, it appalled me. At last she arose and lefl the theatre, followed by an attend ant. Now was our time. I got up^'l^etly, and was by her side when she,reached the street. I was determined on a stroke of policy, which, if I read her countenance aright, would put the man in our power. If I was mistaken it could do no harm. Actuated by the impulse, I placed myself in front of her and raised my hat. ‘Madame, pardon me!’ ‘What do you want sir, and who are you < •My name is This is my friend, Mr.— We are detectives and in search of the robber of the Havanna jeweller. We believe yOu can point out to ns the man.’ ‘I can ! I can !’ , , ... It was almost a shriek, so fierce and bitter were the words. . ‘Come with me—come with me ! It is useless to detail what followed. The next morning the fashinable world was shocked by the intelligence of the arrest of Don D R but it was still more surprised to hear that he was betrayed by his pretty wife. >Ve tie. ever bear of anything that would take the green bear ot any » j et me know just off folkes faceo ? I ; n t 0 the ink. „ qoiok »■£? The girls 8a y ft looks ever A & , * Afof flamft tennial now. ^ ^enVe first came. I much better than 1 going te be put di d hear that ^ ^ 8ft ys he in the American departmen t k - e b ^ r ia the thinks thatmust b mU ch already that he touSu’t be h much f o°f a curiosity. Melvina, THEM GRIGGSES ARE GOING IT t. Thev DUt on such a lot of f rl H 8 awfully strong^- Th y^P Grigg8 _ 8be 8 fifty if a ? d . Lv-thinks more of dressing an’ rigging ahe s a- osy ghe does of her soul. I remem- herself out than s earning his money ber when her bua *LT^ms ^“smelling of neo- by nosing around bar-rooms an s tban 'two pie’s breaths that she hadn * her dresses to her bacK, a the three weeks n .° 'fV^n here 1 am actually ashamed of fer. h OMGriggs e CO “rhom“ tor apostle of temperanc red der. I havn’t I see that bis nose is gew b stripea to fix recovered nearly $100,000in jewelery and gold. But to the poor woman the result was terrible. She was but the victim of his perfidy, b® 1 the moment she saw him arrested all the old love that had rained her returned. She clung to his neck with a wild, frantic despair that was terri ble to see. The anguish of that^young face will haunt me to my dying day. The next day she disappeared—no one knew whither; but a few days afterward the body of a beautiful, unknown woman was picked up on the lower coast-a suicide.’ A Big Snake Story. A Battle Between Two New York Girls and an Army of Rattlesnakes. [From the New York Sun.] Shohola Falls, Pike County, Pa., June 19.— Jennie Wurtz, a German girl of New York City, who is snmmering at Shohola Creek, and her cousin, Miss Wolf, went trout ing in the Shohola on Tuesday last. At about 4 o clock in the a.- terron, having caught nearly one hundred trout, they started for home by the way of ‘Ball Hill,’ a place noted for its rattlesnakes. After they had walked about half a mile Miss Wurtz stepped upon an object that moved and threw her down. Regaining her feet she saw two large rattlesnakes crawling into the rocks and underbrush. She had stepped upon on* ot them. With a stick that she had seized Miss Wolf cut one rattlesnake in two. Miss Wurtz Btrnok at another, but missed it. The snake that Miss Wolf killed was five and a hall teet in length and had thirty-two rattles. They contin ued on their way to the summit of ‘Ball Hill. Here while resting they heard frequent and dis tinct rattles from the foot of the hill. They walked to the edge of the summit and saw that the rocks beneath them were covered with rat tlesnakes. Gathering together a pile of stones, they threw them in quick succession among tbe reptiles. Ten minutes later not a live snake was visible. The girls descended and found ninety-eight dead snakes, measuring from two and a half to six feet in length, and with from three to thirty-seven rattles. Tying a string to two of the largest and dragging them along, the girls reached home about dusk. On the follow ing morning two neighbors brought from the den the remaining ninety-six. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. By Jno. Stainback Wilson, M. 1)., J Atlanta Ga. Infant Niort«*iv-The Relig ion ot Hsouse. Extent ot Infani Mortality. Tables carefully compiled in Lgland, extending over a long series of years, to w conclusively that, even in that enlightenec*,nntry in this age of improvement and progre$more than one fourth of all the children ushiafl into the world are cut eff within the first fi\ hears after birth, and in the large manufacturing towns the mortality is much greater, one halife children there dy ing under five years Aj; this is equally true of all the countries of cilj ze d Europe in this nineteenth century, withljts boasted advance ment in science. In the United States ren a worse state of things is found. In Philadphia, which is not re garded as very unhealthynd which is the great centre of medical sciencefce mortality of chil dren under five years is c*iderably more than one half in the sickliest Tiths, and but little les3 in the healthiest. Ts is doubtless true of all our large cities, Noi a nd South. In the country, where children re the advantages of pure air! more exercise aniore healthful food, the deaths are less numercthan in cities. Y'et, even in the country, the n*lity is very great; and taking city and count together it may be safely said that from one ftffi to one half of all the children born, die before age of five years. This frightful mortality lot the results of chance or necessity, but sly of infringement of the conditions on whichd has decreed the welfare of the various orgBjf the body to de pend, and the implied rerement to observe which has therefore been ropriately termed the organic law. When oonviotions are fulfilled, health is preser When they are neglected or infringed, the 0 n of the organ is impeded or disordered, oiother words, dis ease begins. Take, for exa e , the lungs, the organs of respiration. It sent : al for their healthy action that the chikuld be surround ed by a pure air, of propemperature and dryness; that the chest sh< be free and un compressed so as to admi'the full expan sion ot the lungs, and thy access of the vital air into the air-cell^ain, the lungs must be supplied with healfiood. If any of these condition^ if the air is impure, or not of the propeness or temper ature; if the chest is comprtgo that air can not freely enter the lungs; iblood is defec tive in quality from inadeq JU pplies of nu tritive food, or from impairijestion, the un failing result is derangemethe great func tion of respiration, followeddisease of the lungs, or other organs dlent on their healthful action. In the sam all the oauses of disease operate by infringe conditions of health. If we had it in over to fulfil all these conditions it is not toefi to say that almost all diseases could baled, and hu man life prolonged to the naterm of exis tence. But on account oflitary defects visited on us by our ancestn account of our ignorance and our limit we r over ex ternal circumstances, we are 3r y far from making this greatest of alnments, and probablv never will do so inresent life of sin and’imperfection. But w fully attain able or not, the road to bealfibedience to the laws of health; and the aim in the preservation of health shoulcascertain the conditions on which healtl^ds, and to place ourselves in proper rel* these con ditions. Mothers, duly mfl with this great truth, will not be so reiattribute all their diseases and the diseaseir children to a direct inilictioir irodi-^* of- ifio Al mighty; but believing th#e is the result of causes that are often aV, they will look for the cause, endeavor tee it, or avoid it in the future if possible, let disease be regarded as a “mysteriounsation of Prov idence’’ for our spiritual-something not produced by natural andble causes, and the result is supine subncwhich may pos sibly conduce to the s health of the mother, but which will y cases be the death of herself or the B of her family from causes that might !h avoidable, in the exercise of a more ralith. The truth is, God acts secondary and, in many cases avoidable in the produc tion of disease; and it isand destructive idea that disease is a dilution lor moral ends. Such afflictions jmade subservi ent to moral purposes, still the result of causes that may be a Our health is made to depend, not oBoral condition, baton obedience to the led th. _ If health depends oioral condition, and not on our physioundings, then cleanliness, temperanoi e i and all such things have no influence are sick or well not as we are acted on agencies, but as our moral condition m'e. Aooording to this rule, good and bat* not equally ex posed to sickness; andag to the same rule, pagans must haV 1 of health, and Christians another. But, we all know thtaws are uniform, nniversal, and uncha.' A CASE IN-TION been, and forever will remain the same and the notion on the human body the same.' THE RELIGION OF DISEASE. So long as erroneous views as to the cause of disease are entertained, so long as disease and death are regarded as ‘mysterious dispensations’ without natural oauses or fixed laws, j ust so long will the means of preventiou be negleoted. But let i* ones be known that disease is the re sult of causes which can generally be ascertain ed and avoided, that true religion is not super stition and blind fatalism, that its highest at tainments are to be found in parity of heart, and an intelligent comprehension of the opera tions of Providence through secondary canses, and then, and not till then may we expect de liverance from the premature deaths which sweep off the great majority of our race before the noon of life. When this kind of knowledge is attained, mothers will no longer enter on their responsible duties in total ignorance of the infant constitution, and the common causes of disease; they will seek to preserve health by right living; they will look more to preven tive and less to cure, and trust more in a God of law and order, and in common sense, and less in drugs and doctors. SHOPPING. The Art that is Dear to Every Fem inine Heart —How it is Done and How it Should be Done. Never Was There Such Temptatioasfto Shop as nowadays. For as never before were snob beautiful things shown, so never before wera there snoh bargains as the lamented hard times of the past few seasons have brought about It is grievous enough, when one considers it, that bankrupt sales should be so frequent; that goods should be sold at 'fearful sacrifices,' to quote from the advertising oolumns—for which somebody must lose money. But it is difficult to keep this in mind when snch bargains—and what does any woman love better than a real bargain ?—are actually before her. Money is not too plenty in these times; bat those who are so fortunate as to have it can certainly do noth ing better than spend it in stocking their houses and their wardrobes with staple and alwayB nec essary articles, which were never so cheap be fore and will scarcely be so again. California papers complain that tbe San Francis co managers are “embarrassing the people with richness in the way of engaging first-class^ talent. The arrivals come so close that they are taking the skin off each other’s heels.” To show the impo having correct ideas as to whether dihe result of sec ondary causes, or a detion from Heav en, the following oadensed from Dr. Comb, on the ‘ Mana Infancy:’ ‘Sup pose, for example, th previously in ex cellent health, is lpr a few minutes, that, soon after the rts attendant, it is taken ill and dies, rent cause of the sadden transition bo, the events will, in the one view, tl as simply a dis pensation of Provid«sbly the chastise ment of the parents ig their affections to be too exclusively by the child; and no precautions agsepetition of such an occurrence will l of. Every duty will be considered if the sin wbich drew down the pun* felt, and the af fections be thenortered on higher things. But, on tlinciple, that God always acts threugieans, attention is naturally roused toery of the partic ular cause which W-tion. On careful inquiry it turns otue momentary ab sence of the nunld has swallowed some sugar of leafitly left within its reach. This disci* the whole com plexion of the casit regards our con duct. It may stided as a dispensa tion, but it is no lpensation of a spe cial or miraculout one according to fixed and known dependent on the known poisonouiof the substance. We can no longer'Vas a dispensation unconnected witonduct; for every one will admit thison had net been left in reach, tkld have been alive and well. It is '<■ cases of ordinary disease. A causiether we can see it or not. In genflis3dver it by care ful examination, res we cannot. . . • If we snoceed iB r y» • and be able to remove the oanst the unchangeable- nesB of the great* guarantee that the safety of the chJhy be infallibly se cured. Where* on the accident as a purely spiritl unconnected with conduct, aud was of future safety, a second aooidsir as readily as the first—seeing thirties of the poison and of all otkabjeots always have What woman is really and entirely above the delights of shopping. The strong-minded wo man may consider the time thus spent as wasted; the true lady may think most justly that it is not compatible with her dignity to go shopping when not intending to purchase; the lady whose purse is light may think it is too great an ag gravation to see and long for those fascinating trifles which she cannot afford to buy; and she whose purse is long, but whose prudence is lon ger still, may not dare submit herself to the temptation of lightening it. Yet they all go shopping, whatever may be their individual opinions against it. It is one of the most fas cinating ways of idling away time that ever fell to woman’s lot. And shopping as a fine art, has its advantages, too. Much complaint is made by clerks of those ladies who persistenly and repeatedly visit stores for the mere appar ent purpose of handling and examining the wares, only to leave them with a slight excuse about ‘calling again.’ There is Another Side to the Question. A complaint of this kind was recently sent to one of the Sunday papers of this city, which appeared to come from some dealer in carpets, although the subject was generalized to trade of all kinds. A very sensible answer was subjoin ed by the editor to the effect that in smaller as in larger bargains or trades, he or she who is shrewd and business-like will weigh carefully the relative merits and prices will decide as to the most advantageous place at which to con duct the trade before completing it. And that the clerk’s business is to show the goods com mitted to him, while it is the customers busi ness to purchase if he pleases. Now this is the only sensible and trne solntion of what has been sometimes regarded as a vexed qnestion. It is doubtless often very provoking to a clerk, who is perhaps tired and nervous, to be obliged to take down and display several varieties of dress fabrics or other goods, only to have them put away again, without the satisfaction of making an entry of sale in his oash book. But what la bor of life is there which is not often aggravat ing and tiresome ? Is it not ail child’s play and delightsome ease to fill a place as salesman or woman behind a connter, much as some hard working mechanics and laborers may think so ! And the same rule holds good quite through the many castes of business life. Every man, woman and child who takes any place whatever from the highest to the lowest, in the work-a- day world, will find very much in his labor, be it of body or mind, or both, to fatigue or wear out the body, nerves and spirit Snch is the re sult of the old time curse laid upon lallen man, who shall earn his bread only by the sweat of his brow.’ Nor is Shopping so Easy. Like other things, it has its delights. It is charming even to touch and feast one’s eyes np- on the dainty, lovely, exquisite things which modern arts of manufacture have brought to such perfection and placed before unwary wo man to tempt the money from her purse. Never before were such altogether beautiful things in in every line which interests women shown for selection as now. Every nation in the world contributes of its best and choicest to fill the great stores of our merchant princes. Every taste may find gratification from the endless va riety, and every possible purpose is equally re membered. Not only are all imaginable dain ties and necessities in wearing apparel for wo men and children provided, (nor are the men by any means forgotten, as witness the exquis ite goods in men’s furnishing stores,) but in farnishings for the house; in fancy work for the fingers, in ever-fascinating linens and do mestic goods generally; in books and pictures and qnaint, lovely bric-a-brac; and in countless other lines wbich are only aggravations even to name—well, there may have been as many and as tempting ways to spend money 100 years ago, but nobody of this age coaid be made to believe it Shop Windows are a Blessing. Yes, an actual blessing to those who are too modest and too fearfnl of ‘getting themselves disliked’ to go into the stores to examine when they cannot purchase. Nor are the verdants from tne country the only ones who appreciate these splendid great windows, which form such artistic pictures, lining our down town thor oughfares. It is scarely to be understood why one of onr leading dur goods houses, whose spacious windows used to be snch marvels of beauty and taste, should have closed them to display of late; it is certainly a great loss to the public. As was said above, however, shopping is not always so easy and delightful as is sup posed. That is, the real, genuine, practical shopping is not. Strange and paradoxical, as it may seem, it is just when one goes out with a full purse to buy, that the charm is very apt to evaporate from the occupation, leaving only a dry, hard, and tiresome duty. This is some thing that perhaps no man can understand— unless, that is, he should be a Benedick, or the nephew of some wealthy maiden aunt, whose little commissions to‘just match this shred of worsted or bit of cashmere for me, deary,’ he dare not disobey. Then indeed, man may be gin to realize some of the Trials and Tribulations of Shopping, of which nnquestionably the worst is this same ‘matching’ of impossible colors in articles which bear no relation to each other. What woman has not in hex lifetime been reduced almost to a fainting condition in the coarse of a morning’s tramp ftom store to store in search of a piece of braid worth bat a few cents which will really match her new dress ? It’s not always money which will bay what one wants, even in dress braid. But to fall in a match not only in braid, bat in linings, trimmings, buttons, gloves, rib bons, etc., etc., woald be tb fall short of the oneness in dress which stamps her the lady she is. It is only the slonohy woman who 'will make anything do.’ Flying Trip to Gainesville and New Holland Springs. Though it is always a pleasure to date com munications from this region of romance, I might wish (in behalf of your readers) that my letter related ^ some other portion of our state, for having exhausted my eloquence npon the de lights of North Georgia in a former communi cation, I am, as it were, disarmed for another picture. The state conventiou of the Young Men's Christian Association, was the immediate oauseof my visit to Gainesville this time,though not the attraction altogether. Recollections of my sojourn amid those forest shades allured me back. I started by the 2 o'clock train on Wednesday last and reached my destination on ‘rapid tran sit' schedule. The Air-Line railway is not surpassed in the Union for fine coaches, gentlemanly conductors and lightning speed. Under its present excel lent administration, it has gone ahead of all other roads in this country,and being the quick est and most direct rout North, its traveling patronage has grown to immense proportions. The Atlanta Cadets will go this way on their Richmond excursion. At New Holland, I found a number of visitors from Atlanta, Athens and lower Georgia, with a large number booked ahead. Gainesville and New Holland, Porter and Gower springs will lead off this summer. These are resorts which possess every attraction for pleasure-seekers. PERSONAL Dr. H. H. Tucker—Chancellor of State Uni versity—is here, en routejor Dahlonega, Col. A. D. Adair, Mr. R. C. Clark and Col. E. Y. Clark, with their families, are among the visi tors from Atlanta. Y. M. C. A. The State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association convened at Gainsville on the 26th inst., with a large delegation from all parts of the state. Atlanta was represented by the following delegates: Wm. A. Haygood, Chas. G. Eckford, J. P. Field, Walter R. Brown and A. B. Merriam. In their meeting for per manent organization, the following officers were chosen by ballot: J. T. Waterman, President; H. H. Perry, 1st Vice President; J. H. Nichols, 2d X. Pres ; G. F. Gobar, 3d V. Pres.; W. R. Brown, Treasurer. A fraternal spirit pervaded their deliberations, and excellent speeches were made by the various delegates. The organization is in the hands of young men of energy and culture, and is at taining high prominenoe among the religious societies of the country. POLITICAL. Hon. H. P. Bell is here grinding his campaign axe with many enthusiastic constituents. Em ory Spear may also be seen dodging from town to town, awaking his district to the importance of changing their congressional representative. I hear but little of Dr. Carleton, though his chances for nomination are thought, by many, to be good. SOCIETY. Gainsville is a notably moral place. The young men are temperate aud high-toned; the young ladies modest and circumspect: no slang and nothing fast. The people of this fair region are mostly upright and industrious citizens, who toil for an honest livelihood; and the inev itable little spire that lises beautifully from ev ery town and hamlet, proves their devotion to a higher Being. SUBROSA. The writer would be derelict to close with out mention of two pairs of black eyes and two bright faces that charm the dwellers in the Piedmont. Their joyous smiles are still in mem ory and our heartiest toast is for the happiness of the Misses H. and M. T. MISCELLANEOUS. My next letter shall relate to other regions. I only linger on the beauties of this vicinity, be cause they possess a wild, sweet charm for me; the magic waters, within whose crystal drops lurks rosy health; the enchanting scenery and pleasant, simple society. The care worn of all pursuits come here for rest Here the wan face of the invalid takes on a rudyglow and all who seek its blessings ere long turn homeward refreshed and renewed for the strng gle of life. E ‘A basket of champagne !’ exclaimed a coun try dame. ‘Why, I declare, now I always thought champagne was watery stuff, like; I never know- ed yon could carry it in a basket. Eyes have they but they see not—potatoes. Ears have they but they hear not—corn stalks. Arms have they but they hag not—windmills. Tongues have they but they talk not—wagons. Legs have they but they walk nQt—tables. Heads have they but they think not—cabbages. Hands have they but they toil not—tramps. Cheek have they but they blush not—drum mers. Noses have they but they smell not— pitchers. Lips have they but they kiss not— tulips. Teeth have they but they chew not— buck saws. Wings have they but they fly not —houses. Feet have they but they walk not— verses. Fanes have they but they grumble not —windows. Joints have thfey but they bend not—grain stalks. Hearts have they but they love not—trees. Diaphragms have they but they sneeze not—shellfish. Pulse have they but it throbs’ not—gardens. Mouths they have but thep speak not—rivers. Knees have they but they kneel net—ships. Scnlls have they bnt they think not—boats. Beards have they but they shave not—oysters. Sinews have they but they sin not—newspaper men. Heads have they bat they go not head first—lobsters. Khans have they but they can not—Tartars. Faces have they but they smile not—due bills. Hips have they but they move not—roofs. Nipples have they but they snckle not—percus sion locks. Lights have they bat they breathe not—skylights. Jaws have they but they jaw not—vises. Said a friend to Disraeli last week: 'You will return from the Congress to bucreated a Duke and marry the Queen !’ Lord Beaoonsfield smiled and replied: 'As to the Dukedom, per- j>s, as to the wife, no. There are several rea sons against it, among them the prejudice of two J. B’s.’ ‘Who are they ? asked the friend. John Bull is one.’ . 'And the other ?’ This time the Premier smiled without replying. One hundred and thirty men and fifty women in all have been arrested in the Paris Exhibition for pocket-picking, and a band from London have been arrested at Calais, Boulogne andi Honfleur on their way in Paris.