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THE SUNNY SOUTH. ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 18S7. 3 THE NEW COLUMBUS; —OR,— Narrative of the Sole Survivor of Sir John Franklin’s Last Arctic Expedition. [COPYRIGHT SECURED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] CHAPTER II. VOYAGE OK THE EREBUS ASI> TERROR. We sailed for Davis’ Strait on the 19th of May, 1815. Our ships were accompanied by a vessel with provisions which parted from us and returned home upon our arrival in the Strait. We then prosecuted our voyage up Ratlin's Ray, the orders to our commander being to en ter Lancaster Sound and sail to the westward in search of a passage which was supposed to connect the waters of the Pacific Ocean with those of the Atlantic. Rut we found the Sound locked with ice, and standing out’ to sea we made our ship fast to an ice-berg and waited for an opening. While thus moored we saw a whaler, and it was our hist glimpse cf the outside world of men. About the tirst of August the ice broke up i and we entered the Sound and stood to the ; westward until we sighted Reechy Island near j the shore of the land lying to the northward, j Here our commander halted and called a con- j ference to deliberate about his future course. 1 lie determined to explore the channel which ! opens above the small island above mentioned. 1 'I'ac ice made our progress slow and difficult, j Vbout latitude 75 degrees and longitude !KJ de- j grees our course was changed to almost due ; west, which we continued with land to the south until wo sighted land off our bows to .*;ini. Here a passage opened to the south x l we steered into it, and following the east- ; i one of coast finally came back to Reechy | I- ind. Since entering the channel first men- I ued, we had sailed entirely around an island | considerable size, but had found no water ■ning to the westward as we had hoped, i The season was now growing late, and the mug ice was fast closing around our ships, J s our commander began to look about for ] w;uter quarters. Seeing no more suitable • . ice he cast anchor near the shore of Reechy .*• and, in about latitude 74 degrees and longi- • tide 92 degrees. (I speak from memory.) I will not enter into the details of the min er in which we spent our tirst winter within :ae Artie Circle. It was dusk, cold and lonely | for months and months, but we had provisions 1:1 abundance, and good health. Resides, we were buoyed up by the cheering example of Sir : ot.n, who spoke most hopefully of the success lie expected to achieve during the ensuing t-pring and summer. He explained to us that we had left home with the expectation of spend* lg a winter or two if it should be essential to le accomplishment of the purpose of the ex pedition. Therefore there was nothing about »ur situation at which to be surprised or dis- tppointed. We had all joined the voyage with lolice of its difficulties, sufferings ami dan- ers, and it was expected of every man to do is duty patiently and await the result with j courage. CHAPTER III. Illl VOYAGE CONTINUED—SPRING OF 1849. ! As the spring ot 1840 approached, it brought uame and fowl with it, and we devoted our- elves to the sport, or more correctly, the bus- j ness of hunting. With the coming of thesun- ighi our spirits revived, and such of our crews is had begun to be afflicted with scurvy were : cue wed in health by the exercise incident to j lie chase, ai d by the tonic effects of fresh m at which they ate with great relish. Rut owing to the stubbomess of the ice we ! wre not able to renew our voyage until mid Niunmer. We sailed to the west through the strait that lies west of Reechy Island, and 'hiding the water tolerably free from ice, con iine-1 until we entered Melville Sound. Push- ng on still to the westward our course was' idaily stopped by a hummocky field in about at tilde—degrees and longitude—degrees. We now retraced our steps to the eastward »gaiu in the direction o! Reechy Island, but 'tiding an opening in the land directly to the •oath in about latitude 71 degrees and longi-! tie * • > degrees, we entered a sound, and final- ; pass<yl through a narrow strait which! fir Into a large Day with land on the ast/but no land in sight to the mrthwi We continued on this course to the southwest ' mt.il we reached a strait in about latitude degrees and longitude 98 degrees. Thus in a few words I have sketched the voyage of the Erebus and Terror during the I summer of 18 Iff. Rut it must not be imagined 1 the sailing was easy. The trip was accom plished at the cost of terrible suffering, labor and exposure to danger. R it we had the great : satisfaction of being assured by our beloved commander that the passage we had come in search of was no longer suppositions, but an ' assured fact. * Rut it was by this time clear to all of us that j even if we wished to return home at once it ; vas impossible to do so, for wo were hopelessly j beset and every consideration of honor as well ! as safety made it necessary for us to endure ; another winter in the ice. CHAPTER IV. rut winter or 1819-7—spring m.ms—\ in;- j REAVEMENT. I cannot say we entered as cheerfully into j Lhe winter of 184ff as we did into that of the preceding year. Rut still we were far from being discouraged. So far we had lost bir, j few lives, and we had in a manner accom plished the great object of our voyage. It was indeed a desolate and gloomy life, but we cheered ourselves constantly with the thought that upon the breaking up of the ice in the next summer we would steer joyfully back to old England again and be recompensed for all our sacrifices and sufferings by the plaudits of well-done that would greet us on ♦every hand. Rut alas, we were destined to disappoint ment and despair! Ry midwinter it was ap parent that the men were not as strong as they had been the previous winter; many were af flicted with scurvy. It began to be whispered •hat Sir John was not the man he had been. Rut we fed and cheered them up as well as we 1 were able, and were pleased to see them re stored to pretty good health as the spring of ; 8 *7 set in. Sir John said he was himself again, and went about his duties with great vi* r or and cheerfulness. There were those of us°however who believed that his indomitable will was the chief source of his strength. He had aged greatly in twelve months and the ic- cord of suffering was upon his face. There was very little game to be had this spring. The place seemed to be shunned by birds and animals. Many a weary tramp did j we take over the ice and upon the headlands ! about us in search of game, bit with poor suc cess. It was difficult to get a little fre&h food for the sick. The winter was severe and the spring un- | commonly late. Ry the middle of May we had begin to fear the ice would be ’a f e in breaking up. It appeared as solid as in mid-winter. In June the com mander with a party of men, left the ship on tool to find the open water if possible. After they had been absent several days there came a C reat storm of wind and snow. Whilst we honed that the ice would be broken up by the tempest and the ships liberated, yet we felt Lpi anxiety for the absent party; and, as soon as the wind abated, sent an expedition in iipurch of them. , Ku t we were uow called upon to meet ami sustain a great misfortune and bereavement. The rescue party had scarcely gotten out of sM.t before they met the others returning, and wfth them they were bringing Sir John Frank- „ a helpless, paralyzed and dying condi- nn We received them with blanched facts 11 J h silence The commander survived but a hort ime after being borne into the ship. The recent terrible gale had teen more than his shattered constitution could bear. The command uow devolved upon Capt. Cro- • . Tinder whose directions we buried the re- mains of sTr ^hn on an island some live leagues to the south of the ships. The L«1 event just debited produced a very l ue sau udou the crews, who had i ned tr? con ride greatly in the skillful lead- n o the late commander. Ilis courage i b P .nmniness in dangerous emergencies had am P rS admired and beloved by his '"m.’rdinatM and bis death occurred so sud- subordinates, main prop of the expedition™^ suddenly been snatched away. CHAPTER V. CAFT. CROSIER IK COMMAND. But Capt. Crozier came boldly to the front, and we soon felt assured we were still in com petent hands. The new commander held a council with his officers, at the breaking up of which he announced ti us all that the object of the consultation had been to consider our situ ation and determine, if possible, the wisest course to be pursued. He said he would not disguise the fact that it had been a great sur prise and disappointment to him that the ice had remained solid into the summer. It was contrary to our experience of the preceding year, and was doubtless owing to the unusual severity of the last winter and the lateness of the spring. “Now what is to be done?” said ho. “Shall we abandon the ships and attempt to drag the boats to open water or attempt to reach, over land, the settlements on Hudson Ray? The officers have all agreed that it is our duty to stand by the ships. The warmest months of the summer are yet to come, and we have good reason to hope that by the middle of July or first of August we will be again afloat. So we must be patient and wait. We must renew our strength and courage by the reflection that we did not come into this region without no tice of its dangers. Having voluntarily placed ourselves in an undesirable situation, it would be unbecoming and unmanly to chafe and re pine.” This address touched the pride of all who heard it and produced a most excellent and lasting effect. As tlie summer advanced our time was spent in exploring, on foot, the region surrounding us. This employment served to occupy the minds and bodies of the crews, and thus in some degree to keep up the health and spirits. Every such excursion was at once a hunting and exploring expedition. Wo were continu ally on the outlook for the open water, which we hoped every day to find advancing upon the imprisoned ships, .and for game. Rut the latter continued very scarce and the ice re mained firm in all directions. CHAPTER VI. WINTER OF 1817-48—DEATH OF COMMANDER GORE AND OTHERS—DESPAIRING CREWS. Thus the summer of IS 17 glided away and the winter approached, and the Erebus and Terror remained firmly imbedded in the ice. They had now been fast since September, 1840, and our case was assuming an unpleas ant aspect indeed, for it was apparent we had no alternative but to spend a third winter iu the ice. < >ur hearts sank at the prospect, for it was evident we were not prepared for it as wo had been in former years. Our provisions and fuel were dwindling down, and the want of a sufficient supply of fresh meat (the best of all antis-corbutics) Jwas bringing painfully to view our most dreaded enemy, the scurvy. How we were to get through the dark, frigid winter on short rations, and salt rations at that, we were not able to see. Rut we all could understand that it was too late in the season to think of attempting an overland trip of a thousand or more miles on foot, and we therefore again went about the labor of prepar ing for winter in the ships. We hoped to be able to hold out until the next summer (ISIS) when possibly the sea would be opened for our return voyage. It the ice still remained fast wo would at tempt a journey to the South. The Govern ment, we argued, was surely hv this time mak ing some preparations for our rescue. Our small supply of fresh meat was soon exhausted as the winter closed in upon us; and as there is no hunting at that dread season of darkness and snow-driving tempests, we were soi n confined to a salt diet exclusively. Then the smrvy began its unchecked rav lges, and each man’s lift- depended upon the amount of vitality he possessed. It was a grim and ghast ly battle that we fought against the cold and disease. I remember it very much as one re tains the impress of the more terrible incidents The howling, icy wind, the smoking lan terns, the dim cabin, the pendant icicles, the haggard faces of the sick and their groans and sighs—the whispered announcement, “He is dying/’ followed by the mournful announce ment, “He is dead,” the shuffling movements of the soiree living pall-bearers as they stole the dead bodies away from the sleeping cham ber—all these memories flit like ghosts through my brain as I look backward now. During this winter commander Gore died. More than twenty had perished before the spring of 18 |h, and many of the survivors were in an almost helpless condition. Capt. Crozier, however, was still in command; and though enfeebled and thin from the effects of scurvy and hard fare, kept his courage and en deavored to cheer the men. Rut there was little substance in the com fort he offered us. < >ur provisions were nearly exhausted, and it was evident we n.ust all very soon perish unless we could in some way ob tain fresh supplies. The spring was not suffi ciently advanced for hunting, and even if it had been we had little to hope, judging by our experience of the past two summers. At length, late in April, it was determined that even if we knew the ice would give way, we could not remain in the ships, as even our salt provisions would be gone before the mid dle of July. To remain was starvation; to de sert the vessels was probably the same, in ad dition to encountering the rigors of the climate scarcely less moderate yet than in mid-winter. CHARTER VII. SHIPS—RE TREAT TO HACKS EIS1I 111 V Kit. Our situation was desperate, and a last effort for life was resolved upon. Capt. Crozier said that to the south of us, probably one hundred and fifty miles, was the mouth of a large stream known as Rack's fish river. If we could reach it, we might find tisli and game to sustain us until summer, when he hoped the Government would rescue us. Or, if not rescued, we might ascend the river as far as it should be found navigable and then attempt to make the Hudson Ray settlements overland. We constructed sledges on which to haul our provisions and sick men, and, deserting the ships, we traveled to the southward, drag ging the boats and sledges. In about three days we halted at an island where we found a record which had been left there by com mander Gore in the summer of the last year, is 17. I think he placed it there a short time before Sir John Franklin’s death. After Capt. Crozier had made and deposited at the same place an additional record, we re sumed our journey to Rack’s river, where we arrived after several days of exceedingly hard labor. We landed on the maiuland and found it a bleak and cheerless place. Not being able to journey further now, we constructed such shelters as we were able, and set about hunting and fishing. In this we had moderate success during the summer, and most of the men were improved in health, but a considerable number died. Capt. Crozier made a trip to the southward up the river, but returned after a long absence, greatly discouraged and broken in health. He did not think it possible for the expedition to escape overland, in its present disabled condi tion. It only remained, he said, to store such provisions as we could secure in the shelters we had erected, ami meet another winter. Possibly succor would reach us next year. CHAPTER VIII. This was the winter of 1848-9, and before it ended Capt. Crozier and a great number of others had died. The spring sun of 1849 looked upon some fifty survivors of the ill- fated voyage—fifty ghastly shambling skele tons, who were under the command of Capt. Fitzjames. Rut the sun, as usual, brought vegetation, and we fed on the grasses and mosses with the relish of lower animals. The spring also brought some game, and having plenty of am munition, we managed to recover something of life for our famished and frost-bitten bodies. But still no succor from home. Could we withstand another winter? Yet we did sur vive the winter of 1849-50; all of us but fifteen who had perished with the scurvy. ****** About the first of May, 1850, we were star tled by the approach of human voices and the barking of dogs. Thoughts of rescue and home rushed through our minds, and our hearts throbbed with hope. But we were disap pointed, for it was a party of Esquimaux. Still we hailed their advent with joy, for they could probably relieve our sufferings. They had nothing, however, to divide, but informed us a considerable number of their tribe were encamped upon an island north of us, where we had made a short stop on our southward journey, and from whom we might purchase some provisions. Capt. Fitzjames determined at once to visit the encampment, and our suffering little band was soon upon the ice dragging the boats and sledges. But when we reached the island the Esqui maux had gone away, and it was not until midsummer that we saw them. We bought some supplies. The poor creatures had but little to spare. CHAPTER IX. A SEPARATION—CATCHING AT STRAWS—THE GATHERING GI.OOM—SILENCE. The spectre of despair now haunted every moment of our existence. We had ceased to hope for help from England. We could not doubt that the Government would search for us, but we had no longer any hope we would ever be discovered in our remote situa tion. Every winter lessened our numbers, and we could not but realize that it was only a mat ter of time when we should all perish misera bly as our comrades had done. (’apt. Fitzjames called his men together, and thanked us tor the obedience and faithfulness we had displayed since the command had fal len upon him. He now purposed, he said, to give every man liberty to act on his own judg ment. Ilia own iutention, he continued, was to return to Rack’s river, and go into winter quarters again. There still remained some time for fishing and hunting; and lie saw no alternative but to return. All that wished to follow him might do so; of those he would still be chief. If any wished to remain behind they should do so. He could see no good in forcing all to remain togehterany lorger. Pos sibly a division into two or three parties might be better for the general good. lie would not attempt to advise. It was a solemn and memorable scene. We felt that the crisis of our fate was near. A long silence followed the remarks of Capt Fitz james. His voice was weak and hollow, and his eyes had a glassy look that was awfully suggestive. And the sad faces that surround ed him were no better. I had a different plan in view, but bad not courage at first to disclose it. We mechani cally begar our march to the south again. As we crept along some of the men seemed sud denly to lose their strength, and fell dying upon the ice. We at first attempted burial, but soon abandoned it and left them lying as they had fallen. < >ur sensibilities as well as our bodies were benumbed. Thus we toiled on I know not bow long. I at length determined to mention my plan, and asked the command er to call a halt, which he did at once. I then suggested that we reverse our course and return to the place where we had left the ships in 1817. Possibly they were still locked in the ice and would afford us shelter; or pos sibly we might fall in with a rescue party from home. In reply Capt. Fitzjames shook his head negatively, but eight of the men agreed that my idea was best, and proposed to follow me. The commander cheerfully assepted, and suggested that we should take the smallest of the boats. Each party at once made ready for depart ure, and after bidding us adieu in the most heartfelt manner, (’apt. Fitzjames moved off with his men toilsomely to the south. < >ur lit tle group looked mournfully after the larger party as it moved slowly away, and I think there was not one of us who did aot feel strongly inclined to follow in its wake. I never saw one. of them again. I brought my m«*n to themselves by a com mand, however, and we set out up the strait. I hoped that we might be able to reach the ships, if they still existed, in about three days. Rut we were so weakened and broken we could get over the ice but slowly. We often stopped to rest and sleep. Ry stretching a cover ng over the boat we convened it into a sort of tent which protected us while we slept from the force of the winds. We passed our dead co Ti rades lying silent and stiff upon the ice, but we did not pause. I think wo were some fifty or sixty miles from the place where we had abandoned the ships two years before when the weather changed. The wind rose ami blew a fearful gale. It was in our faces and brought clouds of snow. It reminded us vividly of the storm which had occasioned the death of Sir John ’•rani-' ». li was impossible to move on in the storm, so we stopped and huddled under our canvas. The snow soon drifted over us so as to exclude the wind, and we became warm. To avod be ing smothered we took turns at keeping a breathing hole to southward, and we slept a •areat many hours. Hut the storm continued incessantly, and our close position was becom ing insufferable. The men made an opening in the snow and sallied out three or four at a time to get air and exercise. I made an at tempt to rise and go outside myself, hut to my great alarm discovered that 1 was unable to move. My body seemed in a slateof collapse. I was as one paralysed. This was the more surprising as I had up to this lime been one of the stoutest and healthiest men of the entire force. My powers of endurance had been all the while a subject of wonder and congratla- tion. 1 had the presence of mind, however, to avoid disclosing to iny comrades the full ex tent of my misfortune. 1 told them I felt weak and needed more rest. But my anxiety was was soon increased by the discovery that another man was totally unable to help him self. Meantime the weather continued as bad as at first, and ic seemed the very elements hail de termined to make an end of us. While matters were in the wretched state, some one proposed that the two sick men should be left in the boat, and that the others should press on together unencumbed to And the ships. Why it should have been so I am not ab'e to explain, but this mild proposition was at once agreed to, and almost before my helpless companion and inyse f could realize what was going on, they were out and off in the storm. We shouted after them till we were hoarse, but our voices were deadened by the thick snow roof and drowned by the howl s' of the winds. Our door was soon closed by the snow. It was pitch dark. We slept; how long I know I not. 1 was aroused by hearing the other sick mar. >eping and crying out that we were betrayed and abandoned. I tried to reassure him. I defended the men. I pointed out to him that we had a shelter and some provisions, and that it must he the purpose of the absent sailors to return for us if they should find the ships or any assistance. If they failed in their search, they must return of necessity for food and shelter. I had scarcely ceased speaking when a faint team of light showed that something was at the door, and a moment after one of the ab sentees crawled in and fell down upon the lloor. We could not move, and he lay so long we thought he must be dead. 15 it he finally revived sufficiently to speak, and gave a con fused account of his trip. He said no ships had been found, and the party, in attempting to return, had, all but himself, fallen one by one in the snow. They would never rise again. So, after years of suffering and battling, the end had at last come. The crisis of our fate had arrived. I relinquished further hope, and speaking aloud, I commended my soui to God. The others did likewise. Silence came again, and deep sleep covered my senses. CHAPTER X. A SUIIFKISE—LOOLIK. I was awakened by the barking of dogs. Soon the door was opened and a man crawled into the boat; not one of our men, as I first conjectured, but an Esquimaux. He seemed surprised to find the place occupied. With a light he examined the faces of my companions, and from his signs I realized that they were dead. He then came to me, and started to find me living. He showed great sympathy and talked to me, but I did not understand his language. He gave me water and raw walrus meat. I felt revived by the food and drink and encour aged by the kindness of the savage. He made me understand his name was Loo- lik, but I could not understand hi* signs and his talk. He seemed to wish lo communicate something about getting out of the boat and leaving it. Fearing to delay or inconvenience my pre server, I finally made him understand that I would pat myself in his hands entirely. I felt that my case was desperate at all events, and might be improved, but could not well be made worse. I pointed out such things as I wanted to carry with me: A small compass, which had formerly belonged to one of the ofiicers of the Terror, a gun and ammunition, fur, clothing, etc. Loolik was a very muscular man, and had no great difficulty in carrying me in my emaciated condition. I found he had a aledge drawn by eight good dogs. The weather had become calm. The sledge was pretty well loaded already with walrus meat, but Loolik made me a mat tress of furs on the meat, and, wrapping me up from head to foot, strapped me down firmly; and cracking his long whip, we started away to the North. Traveling was bad for a long way, owing to the drifted snow, but the dog tram made my preserver master of the situation. We finally reached smooth ice, and then we sped on at a great rate. Loolik evidently had a long journey to make, for he pressed oil with great energy. Niwand then he would halt for a short rest. Some times we would sleep in deserted Esquimaux huts, my guide knowing where to find them along the route. 1 was, however, in a passive and dreamy state, and took but little note of what was done. I was indifferent about our destination or time or distance. At length Loolik told me (for I had begun f> understand him a little) that our travels were ended, at least for the present. I expected to find myself in an Esquimaux village, but, up on being unstrapped and raised to a sitting posture, 1 found we were on the ice near the foot of a somewhat elevated coast. To the South and North was a strait covered with ice. To the East and West was land. It was the CHAT. Fashion is society’s chancellor of the ex- Eastern coast that confronted us, and at forty I <*equer and will tax the lieges with ingenuity or fifty feet above the water several lints were j and unrelenting sternness of purpose. 1 er- to bo seen, but, they were unoccupied. Here 1 baps the most personal and liumiiating of we spent the winter of 18*>0-51. ^ j fashion’s provocations is its interference with The summer was growing old at the tune of . , . „ our arrival, and I gradually got upon my legs I " ur food - A * as an Abernethy to a and was able to give some slight assistance to ! dyspeptic patient, it says to society. “This Loolik, who was hunting walrus and bear and f you must eat, and this you must not eat. That laying in winter supplies. Ah how superior ■ j s vu |g aT -yonder plat is obsolete; none was this savige Esquimaux to the white man I t ’ , . , . 44 , in his contests with the obstacles of the c li- but the canaille partake of imlted butter; only mate. Ilis chief advantages seemed to be in the ignorant immerse their souls in beer. And that which fashion sanctioned a few years back is now condemned. The agents of fashion in enforcing its de cree in the matter of eating, have studied rather the display of their inventive powers than the laws of physiology. Compare any of but I could the society dinners of to-day to the elite ones of our ancestors. They were fond of savory dishes compounded on the Gipsy’s rule of put ting everything ca able into the same pot. Think of «i Christmas dish like this curious mixture now gracing one of fashion’s boards: “Take fesaunt, haare, and chykeune or ca irn t' had pounne, of eche oone; rot—ij. Partruchis, ij. the dogs and knowing the hunting grounds. During the dark, cold months when we were idle I learned something of the Esquimaux language and tried to ascertain our where abouts. I learned, to my astonishment, that wc had been engaged in traveling for a period of six weeks, with an occasional stop to rest and feed ourselves and the not determine exactly where we were. We must, however, have been nearly one thousand miles Northeast from the place where we started. Liolik said he had left an encampment of his tribe a hundred or two miles South of where he had joined me, and had undertaken to find the whereabouts of another party alonj the shores we had been traversing seen no traces of them. He supposed they had I’ygeonnes, and ij. Conyuggyt; and smyte one much further North along the Greenland hem on peces and pyke clene away fi fro alle pe boonys pt ye maye—” and clear on to the coast. The next summer lie said he would go still higher up in search of them. He had heard there was good hunting much turther end of an elaborate recipe too foreign and North. [to i»e continued.] Minings by Veritas. Some silly young men In the pride of their hearts Think all the y >ung !adl**s are easily won, And that little cupld will lend them bis darts To pierce the loud hearts of tbe ladles for fun. T h o’ sometime* an Innocent girl raa? be caught. Yet most of the ladles have keen, prylug eyes And know at a eiance why thy favour Is sought, And with indignation such suitors despise. That girl is a fool who would marry a dude, Or auv one guilty of habits Impure— The fop or thedrunkard the vulgar and rude Or auy one deceucy cauuot endure. Far better a girl should t>e single and free Than l»e the poor heart-broken, down trodden slave Of a tyrant, a tippler or vl’e debauchee A id dragged by their sins to a premature grave. Ru* if n wls-\ honest. Industrious youth May find In a girl the true type of a wife Then let him be guided by touor and truth To woo her and w;u Her, his partner for life. If girls would be guided by wisdom and grace There would be more peace and less heart-broken wives For they would not be lurel by a tongue or a face T.i barter their bliss for the rest of the.r lives. Let love, truth an 1 virne be sought and retained And life will be prosperous, otit-erful aud bright, A«d ever ke**p a lding to wa it you have gained Uatil you ascoud to the regions of light. MONSTER TURTLES. Parties of Yount* Folks Riding or Their Backs- Smithfisld (V. ('.) letter in N. Y. Times. Mous'. t turtle 1,590 pouims ear.li, ireyiient tt;F br.ica an t way down to Fort (\iswell, four milles below th etown. People eat their eggs, but do not eat the turtles. Reach parties of young folks go down there, gather beautiful shells, have dan ces on the hard sand in the moonlight, roast oysters and have tun with the turtles. When a female turtle wishes to lay her eggs she crawls up the sandy beach to a place that suits her fancy, digs with her flippers a big hole in the suid and then lays in the hole -90 or *199 eggs. The eggs are not dumped in a pile, but laid out smoothly aud neatly in rows. When she commences laying it makes no odds to her how big a beach party stands around superin tending the process. She attends strictly to busi ness, and even if the eggs are taken from the hole as fast as she lays them it does not at all discourage or frighten her. When she get* through she whether the lengthy for me to repeat. Every nation has its own ideas in eating— from England with its roast beef and plum pudding down to the South Sea islands whose ! inhabitants regard lizards’ eggs as a bonne i houcke. Where will fashion lead us? At home and abroad it follows us closely, like a phan- ! tom, a shadow. It is the most evanescent and volatile of spirits yet wields a sceptre of iron. We care nothing for sensational novels, but I to read them is the fashion. You dislike ; “Bel Demi no,” but to admire it is ‘he fash ion. An old-fashioned English dinner, full, substantial, abundant, is preferred to tbe light ness of a diner a la Itusse. But then—the fashion! At times we protest against the assessments, direct and indirect—the contributions, volun tary and involuntary, that fashion levies. These are numberless, and envelop us in a mesh from which there is no escape. It is like “fighting against fate”; so, in the bottom of our hearts we cry eke snra, sara, feeling that rebellion is useless. Lalla Itookh questions us about fiiendship after all these months of discussion upon that topic. We refer her to N. L. 11., Italie, Musa Dunn, Veritas, or even—Nixy, whom Italie i claims to have been “badly mixed.” We are glad to have China with us again, | and hope to see him oftener. | Are (lie members taking an endless holiday • that th y do not remember their Household? -JLWo fh.ouUi make ii “hnmp. sweet home” in truth; and, be it ever so humble, it should have the power of retaining all the scattered family within its domains. Mother Hi kbard. the cat out of the bag and sometimes it appears that tiie cat was never in the bag. “(Jive Away” says that “Princess” is a man and “Johnny Tuberose” a woman, but I don’t believe it, for if ever letters savored of femi ninity those of the “Princess” do and if she is a man, then I am indeed a poor judge of let ters. Veritas, I am always glad when I see a let ter from you. Through all the changes of the Household, you have been true as steel and deserve the seat of honor. I have not forgot ten you, and you know I have your picture. Musa D inn, I lika you too. Rosa Alba, I ad- 1 mire your letter. I too am an admirer of Ella ; Wheeler Wilcox. I have never read a poem of hers that I did not like. The last I read from j her pen is called “One of Us Two,” and is J quite sad and touching. I prefer sal or .senti mental poetry. I have read a description of her early struggles, aud if any one deserved success it was she. Many condemn her on the score of her writings being too sensational, but be that as it may, I presume she has many admirers. Little Bess, I don’t believe there is any truth in the quotation, “There is a divinity which shapes our ends, rough hew them as we ! may.” Do you think that all the good that is j meant for us is pointed out to us? I don’t. I believe that often there is something waiting for us and we pass it by ignorant of its near ness. I don’t believe that God metes out to this one happiness and that one misery, but then we know not how it is; we only know that God looks on and sees it all, anil in bis own good time we shall know. Faint Heart, I should like to write to you, but presume you will think from the tone of my letter I would not be a very cheerful cor respondent. Don’t judge too quickly, for “I am not myself at all” to day, and to-morrow, perhaps, would write quite differently. With love to every one of you, I am Lalla Rookh. Augusta, Ga. More About Love. Dear Household: May I come in? “Yes, indeed,” I hear a chorus of voices exclaim. “Come right in and sit down among us, and tell us some news from your far away home.” Oh, how thankful I feel to be welcomed into a home at last, in that hearty, hospitable way, so I have come to stay. Though none of you ever saw me before, I hope you will soon learn to love the lonely stranger. Do you think we can really learn to love a person that we have never seen, only correspon led with? Won’t the members give me their opinion concerning this, also relate any incident connected with the subject that they may happen to know? Ah, Rosa Alba, your true and noble work found a ready echo in my heart, and would that all the world might feel as you do on the subject that time could be spent in doing good. Thus winning the love of some poor creature and making ! glad the heart of the blessed Master instead of j grieving Him by disobeying His injunction, • “to love one another.” % Stull\. ! New < )rleans, La. From Piekensville, Alabama. Mrs. Annie Bush write*: “I wish all could now what benelii 1 found in the, preparatory reaticent for prospective mothers, by Slain back Wils For further inforn back Wilson. of Atlanta, Ga. Physician The Evils of Alcohol. The State Convention of the Woman’s Chris tian Temperance Union has just convened here in our beautiful “forest city.” It has been a season of the greatest joy I have ever had in seeing women come to the front and contend for their rights; to meet them in person and shake hands with them and bid them God speed in the noblest work of any Christian body of women. Their meetings were at tirst small, and grew in interest until the hall could not ’apes the sand ba'k into the hole, seat the vast crowd that would gather every ;s are there are not, and then evening to hear those noble women picture out starts back to the water. That is the time for i the ruins of young and old men by this curse the beach party to have fun with her. As ! which is made honorable by the State s reve- • ’ nue on it, and lo hear the thrilling incidents of crime caused by this evil alone. I have no fear of contradiction when I say that no true Christian could listen to those who had left their homes and loved ones, to be pres ent at this grand meeting, and go away de termined to vote for this curse to remain in our country, when we can see—every day we walk the streets of our “forest city the victims of this deadly poison which our law makers have allowed to remain a respectable business in our midst. I can thank God, from the depths of my heart, that at last our pure Christian women have awakened to the fact that they must as sist in destroying this great evil—in rescuing our young men from this awful curse and from the gambling den. I often wonder if any young man can walk the city streets and not see the ruin of body and soul of some noble man, taking down with him the love and life of some good woman whom he has sworn to love and protect through life. Suppose this was your sister. And do you know that you are to take the place of some one in our country’s history and to be tbe father of dear ones who may be en trusted to your care! Will you not help them to dethrone King Alcohol, so that there may be in the present generation men who are not ruined by wine, who are pure enough for the society of our sisters and wives and daughters? And men who do not spend their evenings in some wine room or in gambling their money away while neglected ones cry for bread and clothing and fuel. 1 >o you want your si iter or your daughter to be brought to this, or do you wish to go there yourself? Why not then come out on God’s side and join this noble army of women and help to drive from our very doors this curse? I can see in the Household parlors all our true members ready to join the band and cast their vote in favor of prohibition. I have been absent so long, I wonder who will remember China. Savannah, Ga. Admires Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and Gives Greeting. Dear Mother TTubbard: I have felt for some time that I should like to make your adquaint- ance. If I do not mike a good impression I shall lay it to the day which is “dark and dreary,” and to the mood in which I am at present. I am in rather a sad mood to-day caused perchance from looking over the letters of one whom I thought a friend. They are not old letters either; they are only of a few months standing, but they prove to me how frail a thing is that which we call friendship. Will some of you wise ones of the Household give me your opinion and tell me if you be lieve there is such a thing as real, true, disin- tererted friendship? But I have wandered from what I intended saying at the beginning. Mother Hubbard, I like you. Your “chats” are very interesting, and I like your sentiments, but I must say I don’t like your nom. It always reminds me of that ungraceful garment called by that name. If there is one style of dress that I dislike more than another it is that, ^ and I don’t be lieve the Mother Hubbard of fiction ever wore it. But “what’s in a name! a rose would smell as sweet by any other,” and our Mother Hubbard couldn’t be sweeter or more interest ing over a more flowery signature. It seems to be the order of the Household to “Give Away” now, some one is always letting many of them as can mount her big dome like back do so, and she carries them down to the water’s edge, where they jump off and she goes on. She dots not seem to mind their weight or show any disposition to resent their good na- tured familiarity. Sometimes they turn her over on her back, but after she has helplessly pawed the air a little while, they right her again and she waddles off. Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription” iseve'y" where acknowledged to be the standard remedy for female complaints and weaknesses. It is sold by druggists. The Tyrians excelled as dyers in purple 2900 B. (’. Twenty-Four O’clock. Railroad offi dais are discussing the practi - cability of applying the “twenty four o’clock’’ system to their time tables. Of ninety-nine companies, operating over sixty thousands mil es of road, sixty-one have expressed themselves in favor of the new notation. Of ninety-seven companies, which operate over sixty-seven thousand miles of road, seventy-six have indi cated a willingness to adopt the system if con necting lines will do the same. A majority be lieve that it would be impracticable to attempt the proposed change at the present time. The adoption of the twenty-four o'clock sy stem is only a question of time. The belief is general that, while it looks awkward now, it would become popular with travellers in a com paratively short time. Georgia Railroad Company, Office General Passenger Agent, AUGUSTA, GA., Feb., 1, 1887. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Tickets to Hillman, Ca. Notice is hereby given that Tickets have been placed on sale at all regular stations on line of the Georgia, and Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad to HILLMAN, GA. t a flag station on the Washington Branch. Par ties desiring to visit HILLMAN and go to the “ELECTRIC SHAFT,” can now purchase Tickets to that point direct, instead of stop ping at Raytown (Sharon), and taking private conveyance from that point. The SHAFT is located just half mile from Railway Landing. Trains stop at Landing only when signalled, unless passengers on board desire to stop there. E. R. DORSEY, General Passenger Agent TronbieAMMi When the appetite fails, and sleep grow* restless and unrefreshing, there is trouble ahead. Tho digestivo organs, when healthy, crave food; the nervous system, when vigor ous and tranquil, gives its possessor no un easiness at night. 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Clean Teeth ami Heal tliy Gums by using Holmes’ Mouth Wash and Dentifrice. Try it. A Persistent Feeling of Cleanliness re mains for hours after using Holmes’ Mouth Wash and Dentifrice. From John H. Coyle, D. D. S., Profes sor Operative Dentistry and Den tal Materia Medica, Balti more Dental Colfege. Having been shown the formula for Holmes' Sure Cure Mouth Wash and Dentifrice. I will say that from my knowledge of the therapeu tic action of each of these substances entering into its composition on deseased mucus mem branes of the mouth and gums, I believe it to be a specific in a large number of the ordinary deseased conditions for which it is recommend ed. 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