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1 Health Department. By Jno. Stainback Wilson, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. Intcrninrringc of Disensc*! Persons —Examples of Evil Effects— Age ami Xatioualities in Jlarrlage. Intermarriage and Disease—If, as I hay* shown in the preceding article, persons having similar temperaments and predisposed cn this account to certain diseases, should not intermarry, no argument would seem to be needed to prove that no man or woman should enter in to the marriage re'ation with one actu ally diseased. It might be reasonably presumed that all parties duly regarding their own happi ness and the natural responsibilities of married life would most carelnlly avoid a matrimonial union with a confirmed invalid, or even with one of manifestly feeble vital power, though not thus confirmed in ill health, or a subject of pos itive disease. But daily observation teaches us that the facts do not justify this most reasonable presumption. We see ‘candidates for matri mony’ making diligent inquiry as to the wealth, education, social position, habits, disposition, personal appearance and everything else con nected wiith their contemplated life-partners, while health, the most important thing of all, is generally overlooked as something either un knowable or nor worthy of consideration. But without health what other blessings can be enjoy ed? Without this the pcssetsion of wealth and everything else calculated to promote happiness places the one so situated very much in the po sition of the fabled Tantalus, w ho stood forever chained within reach of the much coveted fruit which could never be seized and enjoyed. Health then, should be the prime consideration with persons contemplating marriage, with those who would enjoy the happiness which is to be found in wedded bliss—the purest, highest enjoyment remaining to this sinful world. Of all the sources ef conjugal happiness, chil dren are the sweetest, the tenderest, the most essential, the absolutely indispensable. But these children must be healthy. Other wise, instead of being a well-spring of enjoy ment they become a source of constant anxiety, a ceaseless torment, a curse rather than a bless ing. And how is this health to be secured ? Not by any direct miraculous or supernatural interposition, but by the operation ot the natur al laws of transmission, which have already been explained as embracing not only the original or congenital peculiarities of parents, but also those that are ai quired by bad habits on the part of these parents. It is to this latter point I wish to direct special attention in this article, having in a previous one spoken of the transmission of the inherited qualities of parents to children. Acquired as well as inherited qualities being transmissible, it follows that, however sound and free from disease one’s ancestry may have been, however free from hereditary taint, yet, if disease has been acquired or superinduced by bad habits of living, such disease, if fixed and habitual, is transmissible. Examples of Transmission—Sir James Clara tells us that the appearance of scrofula in the families of persons not themselves tainted by it, is generally owing to the hurtfnl influence of dyspepsia in the parent, brought on and kept in activity by mental indolence and irregulari ties cf regimen: or in plainer terms, by hziness and over-eating. Two of the most common causes of disease, by the way, in the present day. _____ ) J>r, Combe says: ‘It is ln'TSis lr*y chai many persons pass years ot their lives in a constant state of suffering from ‘bilious’ and ‘stomach’ complaints, induced solely by inattention to diet, exercise, pure air, cleanliness, or other equally removable causes, and unthinkingly turn over a part cf the penalty upon their inno cent offspring. Not aware of the real con n e- quences of their conduct, they cannot summon resolution to give up the indulgencies to which they have accustomed themselves, or to take the little trouble required for the preservation ol their own health, and they are surprised when assured that, while thus trifling with their own comfort, they are sporting with the welfare and fate of those cn whom their whole affections are one day to be centered; yet such is the fact.’ •By the same process of reasoning the other wise unacccnntable stupidity of the children of men of genius can be explained, for, with few exceptions these men are enthusiastic, excitable, irregular, the sport of every passing emotion, and, almost without exception, martyrs to in digestion and ofton to melancnolly.’ In the same way we may account for the appearance of an idiot in the family of a father habitually so ber, but who occasionally drinks to excess. The changing condition of parents, according to habits, age, and other ciicumstances acting on their mental and bodily constitution, will seem to explain why it is that all the children of a family have a general family resemblance, while no two are alike. It should never be forgotton, then, that the health of children and the happinessof married life depend on the health of parents, and that the happiness of both parents and children is mainly dependent on the manner in which the parents live—on obedience to these physiologi cal laws which God has inseparably connected with the welfare cf parents and their children. What stronger motive could he urged on pa rents as an inducement to right living? How suggestive the remark of Dr. Combe, that ‘many a lather has grieved over, perhaps resented the distressing and irreclaimable follies of a way ward son, without re Heeling that they actually derive their origin from some forgotten irregu larities of his own 1’ And if such be the influence of the father, what must be that of the mother ! If such are the influence of either, what must he the des tinies for time and eternity that are enfolded in the lives of both father and mother 1 Time ol’Lile lor MnrriHge.—In view of the considerations above, the time of life at which marriage is consumated is a matter of the first importance. While many good reasons may be adduced for early marriages, premature marriages are undoubtedly a cause of early de cay and loss of health, strength, and beauty. This is (specially true of women, for reasons that need not be explained, as they will readily suggest themselves to all reflecting minds. While much might be said, it is proper to give rules rather than reasons, in treating this sub ject, and therefore I will give this rule as to the time of marrying: No one, and especially no woman, should marry till the whole organism, in other words bones, muscles, and all are fully developed and consolidated. After the growth is completed it is better to wait for the consoli dation or firm growth, until nature can be con firmed in the great t obange from childhood to womanhood and manhood. The time at which the human organization attains this state ot maturity and consolidation varies with climate and other influences. In our latitude it may be put at from eighteen to twenty-five years for wo men and from twenty-five to thirty-three years for men. Age and Nationalities in Marriage. —Physiologists teach that great disparity of years constitutes an objection to marriage union when such exists; and as many other reasons could be given why the unnatural and uncon genial unions between December and May should be avoided, the teachings of Physiology should not be disregarded in this respect as in so many others. As to the intermarriage of different nationali ties, the facts seem to show that the marriage of the same race, but of different nations, should be encouraged, and the history of nations seems to sustain this idea. This being admitted, the people of the United States should become the greatest on earth in intellectual and physi cal development, Here we have different na tions, mostly of the same race, and the union of these different elements should exert a happy influence as to the character of our people: pro vided always that we do not render our advan tages in this respect nugatory by gluttony, whis key drinking, tobacco chewing and smoking, and other habits which are doing much to un dermine the health of a people who enjoy great er advantages for health and long life than any other on earth. Domestic Affairs. To make this department interesting and practical, we would be glad if our lady readers would send us short contributions, reoipes they have tested, and suggestions—the fruit of their experience or observation. We would like them to ask questions of each other concerning house hold matters that perplex them, and to trans cribe from their note-books and diaries any bits of information relative to honse-keepiug, home decorating, garden, poultry-yard, etc. Ladies, with their ready ingenuity, are always devising some tconomical scheme in dress or in home management; if they will give their ‘sister wo men’ the benefit of these through' the oolumns of the S. S., it will be doing a real kindness to ous readers as well as ourself. * Remedy for the ‘Summer Complaint.—I send you a prescription for the cure ot diarrhea and derangement of the bowels, which I Have tried repeatedly and know to be as efficacious as it is simple. It is this. To one teaspoonful of oom- mon salt add one tablespoonful of good vinegar, then dilute with water until palatable, and takG a swallow of it every few minutes until reliev ed.—C. Instant Cure for Tooth-ache.—Wet a piece of cotton in ammonia (harts horn) and apply to the tooth, or, if it is hollow, put the ammonia inside tho cavity.—C. Fare for Hard Times—How We Live on a Lit tle and Keep Well and Fat.—We are two per sons in family—my husband and myself—we are forced to use every economy in living, as he is out of employment. We have reduced our bill of fare to a minimum, yet strange to say, I never was healthier and fatter or felt better in my life. For breakfast we eat oat meal, boiled done and well and eaten with fresh butter or milk. {Sometimes I make a dish which is both palatable and nutritious. It may be called, egg on toast,and is made this way. Break three eggs into a little stew pan with salt and pepper to the taste and a heaping tablespoonful of butter. Stir constantly as it cooks,and when it is smooth | and moderately thick.pour it over the pieces of 1 toast you have already prepared, by cutting thin j and browning in your stove. We have a large j fig tree on our place, and this summer we have figs and milk for breakfast. Oh, how nice,how cooling to the blood, what a heaithy summer dish this is! Fruit is so cheap, we have it abun dantly at dinner, stewed or raw, and I have made some nice fruit syrups, very cheaply. I can turn these into jelly whenever I please next I winter, in this way. Take a little gelatine,dis- j Lv'! w “ it It a pi»t of acid wai Thick gmt a lemon peel. Let this stand an hour and a half, then add two and a half pounds of crushed su gar and a pint cf the fruit syrup. This makes quite a quantity of nice fruit jelly for tea or to eat with baked fowl or a Christmas turky. I always have soup for dinner, and make it usually without meat,though one can get a soup bone for a nickle. I put my corn, tomatoes and okra and squash, if I Lave it, in equal layers in a pot, then sprinkle lightly with salt. Then I work a tablespoonful of butter (I have used lard) into enough flour to make a soft paste, with pep per and salt. 1 put this in my pot, add a quart of cold water and let all the ingredients boil slowly. —Susan Field. A Woman s Question.—Which is the most eco nomical lor farmers—to attend to their meals promptly, at the ring of the bell, or defer it from fifteen to thirty-seven and a half minutes, and keep a hard-working woman in a fret that length of time ? Soft Sugar Gingerbread.— One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, four eggs, five cups of flour, one cup of sour milk, half a teaspoonful of soda, half a cup of yellow ginger. Beat butter and sugar to a cream; add the eggs, well beaten, then milk, with the soda dissolved in it;ginger, and lastly flour. Bake in shallow pans thirty minutes. Imitation Guava Jelly.—Three pounds of acid apples, one pound ot quinces, four pounds of loat sugar. Fare, core, and quarter the fruit. Stew the apples and quinces separately, as the , latter, being tough, require longer cooking. ( Put them together with the loaf sugar; boil till all the fruit will mash against the side of the stewpan, then strain, and put them into pots, with brandy papers over them. Milk Sherbet.—Six lemons, six cups of sugar, one pint of water, two quarts of milk, two table- ! spoonfuls of corn sturch. Squeeze the juice of i the lemons on the sugar. Put the skins with one pint of water on the fire; let them simmer a few minutes, pour the liquid on the sugar. Scald two quarts of milk with two tablespoon- fuls of corn starch and one cup of sugar. When cold put in the freezer; when it begins to stiffen add the syrup of lemon-juice and sugar, then freeze. This is delicious—more delicate than ice cream. What a Housekeeper Cannot do Without.— It is just ammonia—our old fashioned hartshorn. I had just as soon do without the salt-sack in our house, as without my big glass bottle of hartshorn. I have just cleaned up an old blaok cashmere dress with it and it looks so nice I must really sound ihe praises of ammonia to the readers of your admirable paper. Here are some of the uses of ammonia. Put a teaspoon ful cf ammonia in a quart of warm soapsuds, dip a doth in it and go over your soiled cloth ing, and see liow rapidly the dirt will disappear; no scrubbing will be necessary. To a pint of hot soapsuds add a teaspoonful of the spirits, dip in your fork or spoon (or whatever you wish to clean,) rub with a soft brush, and then finish with chamois-.?kin. For washing windows and mirrors it has no eqn.l. It will remove grease spots from every fabric without injuring the gar ment. Put on the ammonia nearly dear; lay on blotting paper, and set a hot iron on it tor a moment. Also a few drops in water will cleanse and whiten laces and muslin beautifully. A few drops in a bowl of water, if the skin be oily, removes all uncleanliness and disagreeable odors. Added to a hot hath it entirely absorbs all noxious smell, and nothing is better to re move dandruff from the hair. For cleaning nail and hair brushes it is equally as good. For heartburn and dyspepsia the aromatic spirit of ammonia is especia.ly prepared; ten drops taken in a wineglass of water will give relief. For house plants, five or six drops to every pint of water, once a week, will make them flourish. It is also good to clean plant jars. So be sure and keep a bottle of it in the house, and have a glass stopper, as it eats away cork.—Mrs. A. T. Up the Air-Line. Tlie Beautiful Nacoochee Talley—A Hundred Thousand Dollar Resi dence, with Fish Ponds ami Deer Parks Aronnd it—Mount Yonali —Exquisite Scenery. NACHOOCHEE valley. This valley is twelve miles west of Clarkes- ville and is reached by an excellent road. I was not at all prepared for the exquisite beauty of this delightful scene. The view from the eastern end, by w hich you enter it, is one of the finest. The length is four miles and the width, will average half a mils through; at some points it stretches a mile in width. It is highly culti vated in grasses and corn throughout its entire extent, with orchards surroundiug the houses which are built on the declivity of the hills. At the upper end of the valley rises the majes tic cone of Yonah, (the Bear,) which dominates the valley and surrounding country. A smaller range of mountains line both sides of the valley formiDg a perfec- barrier. You can only trace the entrance anh exit of the Chattahoochee, which flows through the valley, by a depression in the woods closing the eastern and western limits. Thoughts of the vale of Tempe, and of the beautiful valley of Basslas prince of Abysinia, awakened in long-buried cells of memory; all gentle thoughts, pleasant recollections, happy reminiscences rose harmonious in keeping with the quiet, peaceful beauty of the 6cene before I us. SETTLEMENT. and valleys, which are the home of rill, rivulet and river, spreads and enlarges and floats about the breast and summit of the mountain—vi brates, rises and sinks in oonfused movement for a while,becomes thinner and thinner, breaks into irregular fragments, transparent and light as gossamer, till it finally disappears, absorbed into the clouds above. All this beautiful crea tion may be watched from the shady poroh of •mine inn,’ while cosily reclining in your rock ing chair and inhaling the fragrant fumes of pipe or Havana, the mountain air fanning your cheek, and all nature lulling the soul into a "dreamy reverie in keeping with her serenity. A grand lullaby to the tired denizen of cities—a bath to the soul tired of endless labor, wearied with the frivolities and petty cares of life, fret ted with the envies and jealousies of the crowd ed city, thwarted by opposition, cankered with grief, oppressed and broken by sorrow. This is the medicine for a ‘mind diseased.’ For awhile,at least, the glories and entrancing forms of nature wiil soothe the memory of a rooted sorrow, and ‘raze out the written troubles of the brain.’ For awhile, at least, the soul, absorbed and entranced, beoomes part and parcel of the ‘great whole,’ and Nature supplies her ‘sweet, oblivions antidote—the sick and wearied soul is steeped in Lethe—the world rushes on, but its turmoil strikes not on the ear of the sluin- berer in the Isle of Rest. Fun For tlie Family. A man who lately sent a communication to a newspaper signed it ‘JEqiiitas;’ but the signature came out ‘A Quiet Aas.’ She was plump and beautiful, and he was wildly fond of her ; she hated him ; but, vomao like, she strove to catch him. He was a flea. The height of politeness is passing round upon the opposite side of a lady, while walking with her, in order not to step upon her shad The first white settlement in the valley was made by Mejor Edward Williams, in 1822. He emigrated from North Carolina with his wife and children. He was a man of energy and great probity of character. He raised a large family ot children, most of whom are still living in the valley and practis ing the same old-fashioned virtues which dis- inguished their father and mother. His young est son is the wetl.l known merchant and banker of Charleston, G. W. Williams, Esq. This gen tleman has a plain house on Busk Hill, to the rignt of the road as you enter the valley from Clarksville, where he generally spends two months of the summer with his family. He is nearly as active ia extending the rites of hospi tality and projecting improvements as he is in business at home. He is one of those men who is never happy unless employed. Th« old homestead of the Williams family is occupied by the youngest daughter of Major Edward Williams. It is built on a declivity about mi'lway in the valley. It consists of two stories and ah attic. The upper story projects over the lower, and is sustained on arches, form ing a porch in front of the lower. It gives evi dence that the original builder was a man of some means and taste. Dr. Ed. F. Starr, for merly of Borne, Georgia, married the youngest of the Williams 8isters. The original of the name if Nacooche was that of a beautiful daughter of a Cherokee Chief, meaning evening star, after whom the valley was named. The many admirers of the beautiful daughter of Dr. Starr called her the “Evening Star.” Three ot the Williams brothers, one sister and five of the second generation have residences in the valley. CAPTAIN j. K. NICHOLS. Art ho of cue Vaiiey is till* residence of Captain J. H. Nichols. This gen tleman has spent one hundred thousand dollars upon his resident and the various convenienc es attached to it. It is lighted with gas, and has water supplied to every room. The house is built in most elegant style, and is handsome ly furnished. The walls are embellished with paintings, some of which represent the scenery in the valley and waterfalls in the neighborhood. Captain Nichols is a keen sportsman, and he has a dozen hounds of the best breed, whose kennel is a model of comfort in the way of dog lodgings, Immediately in rear is a pond filled with fish, which come to the surface when he stamps hi3 foot on the bank aud feed out of his hand. Attached to the domain is a deer park of forty acres. The does come at the call, and are per fectly tame, allowing themselves to be petted and fondled with the hand. A splendid specimen of the cashmere goat is one of the ornaments of the grounds. He climbs the steep steps to the billiard room to take a look at the Captain and his guests. Captain Nichols is a model of a Southern gen tleman, generous and hospitable, abounding in charitable and neighborly acts. He fought gal lantly through the war and retains a kindly feeling for all who wore the gray. MOUNT YONAH—(THE BEAR.) This mountain is reported to be two thousand two hundred feet high, and is one of the most conspicuous peaks in Georgia. The distance from the foot to the summit is about a mile, though the difficulty of the ascent makes it seem like two. We rode on horseback to within two hundred feet of the top, up which distance we led our panting horse. The top is a mass of granite, part of it bare, save moss, and the rest with a soil strong enough to support a dwarfed forest. A precipice ol' several hundred feet in depth extends along the western face, and the rough parapet of rock prevents large trees from grow ing nearer than from six to twelve feet from the verge. For two or three hundred feet the prec ipice is a sheer, perpendicular, the only verdure on ils shaggy sides being a few tufts of grass, moss and lioheD. From the bottom.of the prec ipice to the has? of the mountain is a steep, broken declivity- figged boulders, fragments of rocks and stones dislodged by storm and wind from the frowning walls above. Beyond stretch the green valleys of the head-waters of the Chat tahoochee, dotted with some farm-hamlets and cultivated ground, interspersed liks speoks in the dense forest surrounding them. Beyond the valleys the Blue Ridge, like huge billows of the ooean, roll one after the other to the sky. To the southward stretches, far as the vision can reach, what seems a vast plain, all minor hills and Inequalities being obliterated by tne great height from which the view is taken. Involuntarily one is reminded of the ooean when calm, so vast and limitless seems this ver durous plain. From the eastern side there is a fine view of the gentle vale of Nacooohee which sleeps at the foot of the mountain, calm and peaceful, while the stern-ribbed Yonah keeps everlasting ward and vigil above her. IN THE LABORATORY OF THE CLOUD. While near the top we had to take shelter un- ; der the broad leaves of a chestnut from a pass ing shower. On these mountain tops there are almost daily showers. You are, in fast, in the very laboratory of the clouds, and the grasses near the top are luxurious and nutritious* The cattle are turned into the mountains in the spring and find abundant grazing till about the first of Oototjer, when they are driven back to the valleys, and from thence to the markets of Atlanta and other cities of Georgta, CLOUDLAND. One never tires of studying Nature's process es in the formation and dispersion of her clouds. First a mist, fog, or vapor rises from the chasms ow. The proper time for a girl to marry is after she has counted up her cash, and found that she can support herself in case her husband turns politician. The boys of the New Hampshire Reform School last year used 200 neckties, 000 boxes of paper collars and large quantities of lemons, oraDges, figs, candy and oysters. ‘Helen’s Ba bies,' ‘That Husband of Mine, ’ and books of that sort were purchased for their use. The Sweet Singer of Michigan wants to follow in the wake of her brother poet, Bryant, and die in June. When one refleots how dismally dis tant June is, and how fecund is the Sweet Singer, this aspiration of Julia seems a cruel procrastination. When a woman rises in the dead of night, nowadays, and brains the family with a bludg eon or an ux, they call it hysteria. The term is preferred to emotional insanity and has the ad vantage of not being hackneyed. Mr, Byron, the dramatist, met an improvident and impecunious actor, who extracted a few sovereigns from him as a temporary loan. A few minutes after ne encountered an old friend whom he had not seen for some months. ‘Why, Byron,’ said he ‘you’re getting quite thin!’ ‘Thin ! I should think so; so would you. Why, I’ve lost several pounds within the last ten min utes !’ An Irishman has his honest doubts od the uppermost theological question. His wife died recently, and, meeting a friend in the street, he said despondingly. ‘Well, the old woman is gone.’ ‘Where?’ asked tho sympathizing friend, who had not heard of her decease. ‘1 don’t know; but she’s dead, any how,’ said Patrick. „ _ Av,, I One of those excrescences of life, a female slan- i derer, wert into a neighbor’s house the other ■ morning with her tongue loaded with venom. 1 There were several women present, and the slan- i derer’s eye glistened in anticipation. Throwing ! herself in a chair, she sighed and said, ‘One : half the world don’t know how the other half lives.’ ‘That ain’t your fault,’ quietly remarked one of the company. The slanderer turned yellow. The 3Ien. There was only one white man in the Repub lican county convention at Chaster, S. C., and he was an ex Confederate. A Dr. Lavender, of Georgia, is said to out off all the forelegs of his goats at the knee, and never to allow a horn on any of his stock. James Gordon Bennett will invite the press of the whole country to send representatives to the North Pole free of charge.--N. Y. Times. We speak for the bunk next to the stove.—N. Y. Herald. ‘Dr. Carver can knock a hole in a silver dollar every time.’ So can we, every time we take our girl for a walk down a street that boasts an ice cream saloon—and a deuced big hole it is, too. The presents of Prince Arthur of England to his betrothed Prussian Princess,have been man ufactured in Paris. The gem of them all is an ! opera glass of gold, studded with jewels in beau tiful and ingenious devices,among which is the coat of arms of the Princess surmounted by a coronet. Another Irish judge has refused to inflict pun ishment on a prisoner because of the severity of the new prison rules, which provide that for the first month of his or her term, the prisoner must sleep on a plank two feet wide in the clothes worn by day. At the Kildare assizes, the Lord Chief Baron had a woman named Kelly, brought before him tor being in illegal possession of a sum of money. The Judge bound her over in £20, on condition that her husband would re turn the money to its owner before the next as sizes, and said he would send no female convict to jail while the plank-bed regulation was in force, if the justice of the case permitted. Charles Wagman had been a notorious char acter in St. Louis for twenty years. He served a term for manslaughter; then for ten years kept the dog-pound, beating out the captured brute’s j brain with a club in a manner so horrible that i at last he was removed. He spent his last mon ey in a spree, then walked to the pound and blew out his brains, the top of his head being taken off and thrown to a distance of many feet. He had two mistresses, each of whom had borne him ohildren and with whom he lived alternate ly. One came and looked at the body without any manifestation of feeling; another woman said his soul was now where it belonged, and a third declared that this was the nest thing he had ever done. Be Cheerful at Meals.—‘Unquiet meals,’ says Shakspeare, ‘make indigestion;’ and the contrary is produced by easy conversation, a pleasant project, welcome news, or a lively com panion. I advise wives not to entertain their Husbands with domestic grievances about chil dren or servants, nor to ask for money, nor pro pound unreasonable or provoking questions, and advise husbands to keep the cares and vex ations of the world to themselves, but to be com municative of whatever is oo8afortable, cheerful, and amnsing. Self-government is the best step to health and happiness. The women in the Post-Office Department at Washington quarrelled like cats about having the windows open or shut; so at last the Post master General had to interfere and make a rule that windows should not be opened till a cer tain hoar of day. STANDING NOTICES TO PAT RONS AND CONTRIBUTORS. Your paper ia discontinued by the mailing clerks at the expiration of the time paid for. The clerks have no dis cretion in the matter and the proprietors do not know when your time expires. Always keep the date of your subscrip tion and renew in time to avoid missing a number. If you propose to pay your subscrip tion with postage stamps, let them be one-cent stamps, if possible. In sending us MSS., or writing us letters don’t fail to prepay the postage in full, if you wish us to take them from the post office. The Department is very particular in charging and collect ing the extra or unpaid postage on all matter passing through the mails. 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