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THE SUNNY SOUTH. ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1887, THE NEW COLUMBUS —OR,— P Narrative of the Sole Survivor of Sir John Franklin’s last Arctic Expedition. [COPYRIGHT SECURED. ALL BIGHTS BESEBVED.] CHAPTER XXXIII. ! great and the people so unmanageable the con veyance we rode in could, not be got forward until the police were called to make way for Though civilized, there was not much ap- 1 us. ~>earance of culture or refinement among most j There was nothing rude, however, m tbe ac- of the people I had thus far met. They were * tion of the populace. They seemed to see m fishermen hunters shepherds, etc., and evi- me an unheard of phenomenon, and were nat- dentlv knew nothing of polished life. urally clamorous to see the new man. As we Rut mv friend appeared to belong to a dif- proceeded up the broad central avenue, we ferent and higher class. His dress and man- were followed by a dense crowd, and I could mers were superior to his surroundings. hear them shout the words Waii-iia-ma lie was as profoundly interested in me as I (white man). l 'R ah ha-ma il yan amok, the was in his country and people, and we became white man has come. But everybody was of necessity inseparable companions, and I fell peaceable. In fact it was evidently my good to stud vine Ids language diligently. And so fortune to have fallen into the hands of a harm- keen was our mutual curiosity ami so untiring less race, and I congratulated myself upon it nrr efforts that we soon were able to commu- as I submitted to my enforced triumphal march, pirate many ideas to each other. Our pa- The quaint dress of the inhabitants and the tience it must be confessed, was sorely tried, antique style of the buildings that lined the d we fell into many ludicrous mistakes, street made me feel as if I bad fallen upon a Rnt after all we made substantial progress city of ancient times. towards a mutual understanding. Our chariot at length stopped in front of a We ■mined a long time in the town, and handsome re- fence, at the door of which I n I,!, lounre was spent in the manner indi- witnessed .v r «l meeting between Wona and all our leisure was spent hig beautjfr e . whom he addressed by the Ca The name of my friend, spelling it according melodious . ■ « of Yu-e-ma. was Wo na. His home‘was not She recei-td me with most splendid grace, the roe ion’ where we then were. He lived in though in silence, and l<-d me into a luxuriant “uiL country to the northward. He bad bed-chamber, where, having ordered me a come from home to make investments, for a pleasant repast, she left me to my repose commercial firm in wool and other article*. I felt from the difference shown me that I Whilst in the region of the great cave, which was considered a most extraordinary guest, he had never seen” he had seized the opportu- I bathed myself and laid down upon a de- ilv „f making it a visit, partly from curiosity lightful couch, and as I drew the soft wraps and nartlv to investigate its mining resources, about me and stretched my wearied limbs in He was returning from this journey when we restful freedom, I was overcome by a feeling had met in the extraordinary manner before of supreme enjoyment. Xo longer tortured by ■deserbed Wona at length announced to me apprehensions of want and death, my tired that his business was finished, and pressed me mind rested with my rf sting body, to accompany him to bis home, and l of course j My thoughts flew swiftly back to all the in read ily consented The news had reached us that my arrival was already rumored on the other side of the mountains and was occasioning great excite ment. Wona anticipated, I think, that the Government would institute an enquiry, and, cherishing the natural ambition to be the first to introduce a white man into his country, has tened our departure. We re-embarked at once and set off down the lake river. The town we were leaving was situated about fifty miles west of the point where the lake began. We continued still to the west, and I was burning with anxiety to reach the inner regions of the mysterious land. The mountains still formed the northern shore, and no land was in sight to the west. "When we were about fifty miles west of the town, where we had sojourned, W ona changed our course for due north. The lake was some ten miles wide at this point, and we were now steering directly across it, and we at last land ed at the foot of the highlands, which rose in barren cliffs above ns. Wona said we would now ascend the moun tain and cross over on foot; the two boatmen, however, would continue down the river. Though I did not understand the purpose of iny guide, I threw off all fear or distrust and made no objection or enquiry. CHAPTER XXXIV. CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN—WONDER LAND. If one will recall for a moment the veil of mystery that had always enshrouded this por tion of the globe from observation—the dan gers and sufferings incurred and the lives sac rificed in the vain effort to penetrate its se - ■crets—one may form some sort of conception of the reflected cidents of the seven awful years that had gone by since I embarked with the Erebus and Ter ror; back to the sweet reminiscences of child hood; and thus it happened I doubt not that when I closed my eyes in soothing sleep, I dreamed that my mother stole into the apart ment aDd softly tucked the clothing about me, and pushed back the hair from my brow, as she used most tenderly to do in the dear old home in England. CHAPTER XXXVI. WONA’S WIFE AND HOME. After a long sleep I awoke refreshed and in tbe highest spirits. Having entered the home of a family of bretdiBg, my attention was at once called to the fact that my hair and beard needed dress ing sadly, and my clothing though suited well euough to traveling, were not adapted to social intercourse in woman’s household. I lay in bed thinking of these things and of the taste ful dress, and grace and beauty of Yu-e-ma, and I felt that I should be ill at ease in her presence unless I could secure an improve ment in my appearance. And when Wona ap peared I at once made my distress known to him; but he had anticipated my wants, for a hair-dresser was soon at work, upon me, and afterwards a variety of suits of apparel were placed at my disposal. I dressed myself care fully in a tine outfit, assisted by the servant, and upon looking at my reflection in tbe mir ror, I half fancied I was in the presence of an ancient Roman gentleman. I seemed to need nothing but a dress sword to transform me into a gallant cavalier, and as I glanced at my light wavy hair and whiskers, and not ungrace ful carriage, I confess I was vain enough to speculate as to the impression I should prob- interest I felt in everything; about me as I ugC Bcted that I must undoubtedly be the first th / Northlan ‘S’ when e X shou skinned belles of _ _ j _ i uie m Liuaiiu wucu a should be introduced explorer of tbe new world of the north and the amon g ^em; but this, I trust, was a pardon- discoverer of a new race of men. OT¥W : rtT , 0 able weakness in consideration of my long I fancied that I was realizing the emotions igolation {rom society, and of the fact tha£ I that must have swayed Co umbus when he was in the bloom of _young manhood, and full planted his feet for the first time on the island of San Salvador. Each hill that rose or vale that spread out before me; each animal or bird or insect that appeared; the sky i hat blended and the clouds that floated above me—each «ud all chormad and riveted my attention. of the passionate admiration for the gentler sex which characterizes men at that -toinaD tic period of life. I was summoned into a large dining hall which was furnished with the appointments of refined life, and there I met Wona and his lovely wife again. Their elegant apparel, pol ished manners and luxurious home, convinced me they were people of wealth and social po- Wona and I, without much delay, began the task of ascending the heights. When we had attained an altitude of a thousand feet he sition touched me and pointed to the south. Look- I made the best bow I could command in ing in that direction, I could see the river wind- my new costume, and was welcomed with ef- inglike a shining thread among the hills back j fusive kindness, and invited to sit down at to tbe southern girdle of mountains from be- their well appointed table. But I could not neath which it had come and borne us upon give a name to the meal. The names that its surface. The curvature of the southern range was now apparent. They seemed to form part of a great circle bending around us from both sides. Urged by Wona, I turned again and we toiled on up the heights. Arrived at the top, we found the plain comparatively level and about two miles wide. We started briskly across to the north, and as we progressed I became more and more im pressed with the belief that we were very soon to reach a tudden and precipitous ending of the level plain. What was now in store for me? Suddenly would have been appropriate in England where there is day and night every twenty-four hours, would not have suited in a country where the seasons are divided into one long day and one long night. I questioned my host about the matter, and learned that by the custom of the country time is divided into seasons of rest, and seasons of labor. That is to say, ten hours are devoted to business or labor, and then the ten hours succeeding are devoted to rest and recreation. There are two great seasons, to wit: the sea son of light and the season of darkness, or what an Englishman, referring to the Polar reaching the limit, and, looking down into the regions, would call winter and summer. But plain before me, my eyes fell upon a scene times of labor and of rest continue without which filled me with astonishment and delight, interruption throughout the entire year. At our (eet, nearly two thousand feet below. There are public time pieces in every quarter ■was a body of water about two miles wide at of the city, and signal bells all over the coun- the point in front of us, but expanding into a try, which announce the hours of rest and of large lake both to the east and west. labor. Tne northern shore just in front of us de- When the “rest signal.” as it is called is scribed the arc of a circle some five miles in ; given, a 1 business is suspended and the peo- lengtb, and the entire curve was occupied by pie retire to their homes as they do in south- wharves. A great city lay spread out before em countries at night fall, us. Such a view is not to be seen elsewhere | But to return to my story in the world. j Upon leaving the table Wona informed me Wona had artfully brought me to a point i tha-. he must now go and seek an interview from which I gazed down upon the central j with the king. He said a great sensation had portion of the metropolis I coaid see a broad been produced by my advent, for the reason avenue running back north from the river front : that the people had never heard of any habit- further than the eye could reach. To the ; able land or race but their own, and would be right and left of this main street many others astounded beyond expression to learn from radiate out like rays of light, and the streets ; the story of the southern world. The king, which ran from east to west were all in magnif- he said further, nad already sent a messenger icent curves corresponding with he shape of to commatd that the wondrous stranger should be introduced to him without further delay. Wona further assured me that our meeting was the most fortunate circumstance that could possibly have betallen him; for it procured for him the enviable distinction of imparting to the sovereign the most marvelous fact in the teeming with people; upon the wide harbor I history of his race. He then left me and pro- tilled with vessels; upon the green parks and ceeded at once upon his errand. the river front. I give on the pages of this narrative a sketch of the city and its environs as viewed from the commanding eminence whence we 1 oked upon it. Like one entranced I stood for many min utes looking upon the streets and wharves lawns, and numberless domes and lowers; and I said to myself that my trials and sufferings had not been in vain. “What is the name of this great city?” I said "urning to Wona “Hi a-wa-nah,” he answered. This, as I afterwards learned, was the name of an ancient king. We now began a tortu ous and difficult descent to the shore of the lake before us, and as we walked along, my guide informed me that the metropolis con tained half a million inhabitants. We arrived at the bottom greatly fatigued, and found ourselves in the midst of a splendid system of parks and drives between the water and the foot of the mountain; a space some four hundred yards in width. A gnat many piopie were driving in antique chariots rrawn by horses, and the groves were enlivened by the gay presence of Lumbers of pleasure se* k- ers. men. women and children. The extraor dinary physical beauty of the people became now more striking than ever, and I asked Wo- na for an explanation, but he seemed so puz zled and surprised at my question, I got no satisfaction. By descending the mountain we had drop ped suddenly upon a new plateau with a dif ferent climate from the one we had left. Around us were all the characteristics of the temperate zones. There was. however, I thought, this differ ence : The color of the grass and the foliage of ihe trees seemed a paler green than I hid teen accustomed to see in England. Wona was impatient to move on, but I beg ged iiini to -tern a while and let me enjoy the delightful scene. I had not looked upon a tree in seven years. CHAPTER XXXV. WE ARRIVE IN THE CITY. CHAPTER XXXVII. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. It had been agreed I should keep within doors until the king’s summons should be re ceived. But if I was for the time subjected to imprisonment, it was far from being unpleas ant: for 1 had all the comforts of home, and loved the quiet and peace of my shelter. And no wonder, for I had lived for years an ex posed and almost savage life, and was now in i the erjoyment of pleasures for which I had 1 chiefly longed. Besides, my every wish was ministered to by one of the most charming women it had ever been my good fortune to meet. We were able to converse to a consid erate ex-.ent; and in the most watchful and unobtrusive manner she extended to me the hospitality and freedom of her husband’s house. She showed me many curious and inters st- i ing things. Among others her husband’s , books. It would probably be more accurst * to say manuscripts, for the characters were writ ten, not printed. The volumes were thick and large, but few in number. They were made of fine woven white cloth. As I slowly turned over the leaves, I won dered what tecrets might be locked up in this strange tongue. What ancient history of the , human race; what missing liuks it might sup ply ; what confirmations of holy writ it might contain. For I doubted not the Northmen were of Adamic blood, though so far as I had learned, they had no account of our common first ancestor; and I dwelt with pleasure upou the probability of being able to explore the mysteries of a new and unique literature. Yuema led me next into her garden which was surrounded by a high stone wall. It was i laid off wfah excellent taste into squares, cir- I cles and angles. There were flowers and I was not allowed to lounge long in the park. ! shrubs of many kinds; some strange to me but Wona informed me he was a married man and ; others familar in appearance, exceedingly anxious to iffeet his wife after his j One cf the vegetables I saw interested me long absence, so we hurried down to the beach I very much. Its tops was like that of tae po- and took a boat for the city. j tato so common in Ireland. I examined the At the point where we embarked the water tubers and founi them to be almost identical, was two miles wide, and we were soon gliding But the foliage of everything had the slight amorgthe vessels near the wbarv s. | pallor I have before mentioned, and the fl>w- WbeB we landed I was at once the centre of ers seemed to want the high coloring I had al- *n excited multitude, and the rush was so ways been accustomed to seeing. I tried to make my hostess understand that I was perplexed to know how the climate could be temperate in this country. She attended carefully to my remarks, as I explained at length that in the part of the world I had come from the sun comes up nearly overhead and imparts great heat to tbe earth, and hence we have warm weather, and green and luxurious vegetation. “How is it, then,” I asked, “that here where the rays of the sun reach you very obliquely, imparting hut a moderate amount of heat, yet the climate is mild and vegetation grows in great perfection? Far to the South of yon,’’ I continued, “where the rays of heat are much more vertical and intense, the land and sea are locked in ice perpetually.” And in illus-a tration I recounted some of my experiences during my Arctic travels. But my fair auditress, owing partly to my bad use of her language, and partly to the en tire novelty of the matters I brought to her notice, could offer no explanation. So I had to subdue my impatience and curiosity and wait for knowledge from some other source. But the question puzzled me greatly. CHAPTER XXXVIII. WONa’s INTERVIEW WITH THE KING AND QUEEN. We were still in the garden when Wona re turned and sought us, fresh from the royal presence and eager to report tbe result. He had asked and obtained without delay, a private audience at which there were present only the king and queen and Zuami, the sov ereign’s contide-ntial Adviser. Wona had recounted as succinctly as he could his excursion to the southern frontier, and his meeting with me pending his return on the subterranean river. The astonishment and incredulity of his auditers were unbounded; and the narrator was questioned in the most searching manner as to the appearance of the new man who had appeared and the account he had given of him self. Wona explained to them that as the stranger spoke an unknown tongue, the information yet drawn from him was necessarily vague, but he unfolded the impressions he had re ceived. Zuami cautiously suggested that most prob ably the man was an imposter who had in vented an ingenious disguise, with the hope of obtaining profit or notoriety. The king declared solemnly that though the written history of his country extended back some eight thousand years, and its traditions indefinitely, no similar event had ever been re ported. “Your Majesty speaks the undoubted truth,” said Zuami. “The story the pretended new man tells is impossible. I doubt not he Is a cunning cheat.” But the queen was less incredulous. Her religious feelings had been much wrought upou by the strange story to which she had listened, and she suggested hesitatingly that perhaps the mysterious stranger might be a messenger from the supernatural world. This view made a visible and deep impression, and encouraged by the silence which followed her remark, Her Majesty continued argumentatively as fol- “Man, it is most probable, in the period of his earliest existence knew his Maker person ally. The first man could not have been i creature of development, hut one of miracul ous workmanship. We are sure of this be cause it is the most rational way to account for human (or any other) beings. “Why the great Maker should create our ancestors, and for a time talk with them face to face as his children, and then turn bis back to them and depart into the uttermost depths of space and remain for ages and possibly for ever, deaf to their piteous prayers, is a mys tery that has not been, and possibly may never be, solved. But is God gone from us foreverV’ Wona said the queen asked this question with most touching pathos. “Human parents,” she resumed, “forgive their children the most flagrant offences; and God, who, when we shall be rightfully compre hended, must be the personification of good ness as well as greatness, will return to his moral children. "And now as we know ourselves to be the only human beings that exist, as we are sur rounded by limitless spaces of ice, and occupy the only country where life can be supported, are we not justified in suspecting that the God of our early progenitors has sent a representa tive in the person of this mysterious white man? Is it reasonable, is it possible, to be lieve that a race of people dwell within the earth?” A profound silence followed this address. Wona declared to me that by the time the queen had ended her impassioned discourse, which coincided so perfectly with his own ex perience and learning, he was almost a believ er in her theory. She was so much in earnest he did not dare offer to refute her argument, and held his tongue until commanded by the king to speak farther. Then ha explained to Her Majesty that whilst at the beginning he had entertained views similar to her own, yet after acquaintance and continued association with the new comer, he had become convinced that the latter was simply an unfortunate hu man being who, in falling upon this country and people, had experienced as mnch aston ishment as his advent had produced. “Well,” said the monarch seriously, when my friend paused, “let this white man receive the most respectful attention. We know not what he is. Possibly he belongs to a higher order of beings than we have known. I am exceedingly anxious to behold him. “Convey to your mysterious guest a warm greeting from the King and Queen and assure him he is most welcome in these dominions. Say to him also that we ardently wish to meet him, and will grant him audience at any time that will suit his convenience. And in token of the profound interest we feel in him, we present him this gold ring and make you our messenger to deliver it.” And here Wona who, without seating him self, had been for many minutes relating in animated and eloquent style the particulars of his interview with the sovereigns, now paused and handed me the royal gift, which was qet with a sparkling jewel. Seizing a moment of comparative silence, Wona addressed the populace. He told them it was true he had brought a white man into the city. As to his origin, he was himself as yet not well informed, and should not undertake to answer that enquiry. But as it was the king’s command that tae fair stranger should he con- ducted publicly in a chariot to the palace, all that should be upon the streets leading to that place would have an opportunity of seeing him. However, as comparatively a small num ber only of the jostling thousands could hear the speaker’s words, the excitement became greater every moment. In fact, the whole city was in a tumult, and the king as I after ward learned, sent hirildsto different points with directions to inform the citizens that a white man had in truth arrived, and that at the hour of four after the next rest, he would be escorted publicly to the palace. [to BE CONTINUED.] CHAPTER XXXIX. STUDYING TIIE LANGUAGE—EXCITED MULTI TUDES—WONA ADDRESSES THE PEOPLE. By unremitting study I was acquiring an understanding of the language of this people, and I was pleased to find that Wona and his wife were of the educated class; for otherwise I should have been in danger of unconsciously adopting the vulgarisms of the tongue I was seeking to comprehend in its purity. I bad no hope of ever returning to my native land, whose language therefore, except in writing, I should totally cease to make use of; and it wa3 of the greatest of necessity to my welfare and happinesss that I should acquire the new vernacular as soon as practicable. Accordingly I had been from the first a dili gent student, and was seeking instruction al most constantly from Wona when he was present, and from Yuema when he was absent. But I was of course consc ous that only after long practice and enquiry could I hope to ac quire the accurate and easy use of the language; and I impaited to my friends the hesitation I felt in approaching the royal presence whilst embarrassed by my present state of ignorance, and my wish that the projected interview might be postponed as long as should be found possible. They opposed my idea strongly; pointing out to me the extraordinary anxiety of the royal pair to behold the only man ihey had ever heard of who differed in the color of his skin from themselves and their subjects. That the kieg was accustomed to deference and obedience, and it wou d redound greatly to my future advantage if I hastened to gratify his desire, to which views I reluctantly yielded, and an early hour was set f ir the meeting, to which I was to be conveyed publicly in one of the king’s chariots. Wona and Yuema were acquainted with the manners of the court, and they began at once at my request to instruct me on .hat subject. They said the king had ordered his own cos tumer to prepare my court dress, and that I would be excused from a rigorous compliance with exacting forms with which I had had no opportunity of becoming familiar. Meantime my whereabouts had become kmwn to many, and a multitude of people be sieged Wona’s house. Looking through the windows we beheld the streets thronged as far as we could see. aDd the crowds were impatient and noisy. Upon going out Wona was assailed by a thousand clamorous questioners. Was it true that he had broughta white man into tbe citj ? Where did he come from! What account did he give of himself? What was his appearance? Could the people see him? Looking at myself in a convenient mirror, I saw that I certainly was entitled to the design ation “white man.” My naturally clear and fair complexion had been greatly heightened by the bleaching effects of my cave-life. I also noted with pleasure that the haggard and care worn appearance I had borne at the time I first met Wona, was now gone, and my coun tenance beamed with the ruddy glow of health, j But to return. Special for the Sunny South. Fashions Out of Town. Checked suitings—two tones or else two shades—of one rone, are en regale for traveling costumes. White liagerie with colored dots or "geomet rical”—in chaste designs—are among current accessories to country toilettes. Old-fashioned cashmere in all colors, is worn for cool days of summer, by ladies of Ton— while for gentlemen the prevalent suit is a plain fray Prince Albert, with dark trousers, striped at the sides, with a single tea rose in the but ton hole. French gowns fitted to the figure with full front of lace are de riguer, for the most elabo rate type of reception robe, though superb specimens shown are of Arcadia velveteen with plush surface and lustrous pile and plushy sur face worn over paneled skirts of pleated crepe, of inter-woven colors representing many of the standard tints shown in the diamond dyes. The corsaee of Arcadia ve veteen is plain* and has short, open fronts, filled in with a blouse plastron of the crepe, retained at the waist with waistcoat basque of plush falling on the crepe skirt. The blouse is open to show a chemisette of crepe. Lace finish to sleeves and dog collar ot Arcadia velveteen. This gown in the evening is quite as handsome as are others made in plush with combination of silk crepe at three times the cost of the de scribed gown. Beautiful features of the modes are the econ omies incident to existing styles. Jersey waists with Breton front, -are shown in black and colors which may be adapted to odd skirts as to add variety to the most elabo rate toilet. Wash fabrics for Summer.shown at Lord & Taylor’s makes one feel as if. there were no more worlds to conquer, in the line of facilities or fashions. ; i A decided novelty in foot gear’s, the Tuxeds canvas shoe of lace, bntton and Oxford tie styles—sold at §2 per pair, and wigwam slip pers all in one piece shown in russet and wine shades, are among the specialties seen at Camamyers, in Sixth Avenue, New York. Sallie J. Battey. The New Minister’s Arrival. Vienna, July 2.—General Lawton, the new United States Minister to Austria, has arrived here. The Irish Land Bill. London,” July 4.—The Irish land bill was read the first time in the House of Commons last night, and second reading was fixed for 11th inst. Dr McClynn Excommunicated. Rome, July 4 —Orders have been sent to the archbishop of New York to Excommunicate Rev. Dr. McGlynn, and to publish the decree of excommunication in the jonrnals. Martial Law in Spain. Madrid, July 4.—Martial law has 1 claimed in Valencia. Twenty-one have been arrested for complicity in against collectors of the octroi tax yeq HOPE. by s moire Q lebec. The pleasures pas. we can’t recall Nor yet our grief and sorrow, Toen look ahead and let us all Expect a bright tomorrow, L ■! cheering hope be kept in view And what Is right, with z oal pursue. 'TIs greatly wrong to fret and fume Ab< ut our bursted 1 nobles, Ar,d wrong to let onr nearts consume Wuh thoughts cf coming troubles, Tbe past Is gone, the 11s we fear L’ke morning clouds will disappear. Tne darkest night must end In day, So will our griefs and sorrows. For when our troubles pass away We’ll have our bright tomoriows. Thus hope makes every burden lighter And all our future pathway brlgbter. O! cheering hope, how sweet thou art, Sweet in anticipation— A balm to be a tne broken heart, O r helmet ot salvation, Hope Is tbe soother of the soul To lore us onward to the goal. Visiting Comte da Paris. r ’«Rl Londox, July 4 —Five hundred Orleanists, including many titled persons, paid a visit of homage to the count of Paris on tbe island of Jersey to-day. The count deprecated the de monstration, and when a number of visitors crowded around him and shouted, “Vivele roi,” he ordered them to desist. AMERICANS ABROAD. Celebrate the Day in an Appropriate Manner. London, July 4.—The independence day re ception at the American legation in London to-day was the largest ever held there. Among the guests were James Russell Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. James Brown-Potter, Mme. Hauk, Sir Lyon Piayfair. General Palfey, of Boston, and Colonel W. F. Cody. The day was ap propriately observed by Americans in all the leading cities of Europe. A reception in hon or of the day was held in Grosvenor gallery. Among the guests were Mr. Blaine, Consul- general Waller, Minister Phelps, Colonel Cody, Mrs. Brown-Potter, Henry Irving, Miss Terry, and Messrs. Woodall, Flower, Reed, Patrick O’Brien, Justin H. M. McCarthy, members of parliament, and Mr. Phelps proposed: “The Fourth—no country to an American like home.” This was responded to by Mr. Blaine, who said: The United States is the only country with a known birthday. All the rest began, they know not when and grew into power, they know not how. If there had been no Fourth, England and America combined would not be so great as each actually is. There is no re publican; no democrat to-day. All are Ameri cans. Great enthnsiasm was manifested. Paris, July 4 —The reception usually held at the United States legation on the fourth of July will not occur this evening, owing to the ill health of Mrs. Me Lane, wife of the minis ter. Random Thoughts. Dear Mother Hubbard: Thank you for your little missive of encouragi-ment. I was just debating in my mind the question, whether I should continue to scribble,or whether it would not be best to lay aside the plume and keep it and ink only for private correspondence. Five years ago I sent my first effort to Mrs. Bryan, the i head of Household. By her encourage ment and a determined will, I have continued writing for the press through the five years I assigned myself as years of trial. My suc cess has been beyond my expectations, for I thought if I could succeed in merely getting my articles published during that time and perhaps get some papers to read, I would be doing very well; but I have declined regular remuneration for four years in money orders and checks, and have been overwhelmed with papers, letters, and have had some nice books and other things sent me. I have everything to encourage me, but sometimes bright ideas enter my head, and as I take up pen to save them the feeling of my utter littleness over-' comes me, and I am thoroughly disgusted with myself and want to sink out of sight forever. Perhaps a few words on Temperance would be edifying to the members of Household. I hope none of them need them. If, however, there are any husbands who drink and are obliged to have their drams, I give the follow ing way to make money, whicu I take from the good paper, Wesleyan Christian Advocate: ’One gallon of whisky costs about $3, and contains on the average sixty-five ten cent drinks. Now, if you must drink whisky, buy a gallon and make your wife the bar-keeper; then, when you are dry, give her ten cents for a drink. When the whisky is gone, she will have, after paying for it, $3 50 left, and every gallon thereafter will yield the same profit. This money she Should put away in the Sav ings Bank, so that, when you have be come an inebriate, unable to support your self, and are shunned and despised by every respectable person, your wife may have money enough to keep you until your time comes to drunkard’s grave. *“ there is such a thing as dship, but il is '"shness Reaction In Croat Britain. The Gladstonians have gained the parlia mentary seat of Spalding, electing their candi date, Mr. Stewart, by a vote of 5,110 against 4.363 for his opponent, Mr. Tyson, conserva tive. On the night of the 2nd Sir Joseph Pease give a banquet at his house in honor of Gladstone, who made a long speech, which wa3 chiefly an elaborate criticism of the speeches of Lord Harrington of Manchester and Blackburn. Ireland, he said, was stronger now on the Home Rule question than ever. First, her constituencies under the Liberal Franchise act had voice; second, elected mem bers were able to speak their country's wishes; third, an ever increasing active force in Eng land was in favor of home rule. This triple cord was unbreakable, and it would float the ship of State into the harbor of security, honor and repose. Michael Davitt has started to stump Scot land on the Irish question. He will afterwards go on a stumping ’our through London and the north of England. ity in interested and pu! changeable. Stella, we can learn to love those we have never seen. We can love them in spirit, which is the purest love. Our fancy may picture them beautiful and with all the graces which worldly culture can give them, and on seeing them we may be disappointed and the love we conceived before may fade, hence it may be best as Emerson says to know our spiritual friends in spirit oDly. ‘-Why insist on rash personal relations with your friend? Why go to his house, and know his mother and brother and sisters? etc.” goes on Emerson. What think ye members of Household on tbe subject? Do yon agree with the above named writer? Now, Mother Hubbard if you think I do not visit your department as often as I should, please remember it is not because I care less for you all than of yore. No, I will always be interested in the Household and the Sunnt South, but my field widens you know, and I cannot refuse the invitations of friends else where to contribute to their papers Little Ethel has just brought in her basket of “ 'mencement clothes;’’ she will stay with me and go to see the sweet girl graduates build their “monuments” to-morrow. Maybe I will write Household about these “monu ments” after I see them built. With kindest wishes to all—and wishes too that you will express more curiosity and inter est in A Mother's Influence—I remain your friend, Muda Hetnur, Tuskegee, Ala. A Happy Marriage. At the First Presbyterian Church, Colum bus, Ga., Mr. J. A Barbrey and Mrs. Nora L Hu: sey were united in the bonds of wedlock. The ceremony was performed by Rev W. A. Carter, in the presence of a laige number of the friends of the high contrasting parties. During the ceremony the organ sent forth deep, melodious, solemn tones under the dex terous touch of Mrs Prof. Battle. Mr. Barbrey is one of Greenville’s (Ga.) most substantial merchants. He is a mem her of the firm of Barbrey & Dixon, furniture dealers, and is widely known throughout all that section as a young gentleman of strict probity of character and posh and energy. Hts bride has only been in Columbus a year or two, but by her many charms and high ac complishments she has become an universal favorite. She has been connected with the public schools for the past year as an instruc tor of vocal and instrumental music. She is a complete mistress of music, and judging by the proficiency shown by her pupils on several occasions, she has made a remarkably brilliant record in the instruction of the divine art. Her many friends wish her happiness and long life with the man of her choice. The happy couple will leave on this after noon’s train for their future home. Memories of Other Days. What hosts of sleeping memories little things will sometimes arouse. Things that are but trifles in themselves, but are like keys to jewel caskets, with their heaps of hidden treasures. I wanted two little vials this afternoon, and going to an old trunk that is the receptacle for everything, I searched through piles of what would he rubbish to others, but to me cher ished relics of bygone times. Finally I found what I was looking for, two small vials. One was rather pretty, of heavy white glass. It was down in a corner sur rounded by seashells, but there pearly com panions were not needed to help bring back my first visit to that grand old city that has not long since been the scene of such an awful calamity. How fresh it all comes back! Again I go over the scenes that were so strange, new and wonderful to the little country girl. The restless ocean, the nois-, the bustle, the mag nificence, the poverty—but most vivid now ?s the memory of a sunny afternoon. We had bee a to the beautiful cemetery, and on our re turn my companion drove around a few blocks to see an old friend. What a pleasant old gentleman he was, and how my Indifference kindled into interest at his friendly greeting. We sat with him in his little shop until twilight warned us to depart, and as we were leaving, he placed in my hands this little bottle of “Extract of Night-blooming Cereus ” The bottle has long since been empty, and perhaps ere long will be broken, but there is a memory that w.ll cling around even its frag- ments, as the “sc;nt of the rose” about the “broken and shattered vase.” How different is the other little bottle—such a quiet modest looking little bit of brown glass. It is small and square. Three sides are plain and smooth, and on the fourth in raised letters the name of its homeopathic contents. As I gaze at the wee brown b ittle, it fades from my sight, and in its place arises a picture—the face of a young man. There is a look of strength and manly beauty about it—despite the hectic glow on the wasting cheeks, and the ho. low cough that sounds like a death knell to the hearts of loved ones In the sleepy grey eyes there is, at times, a slight dash of rebellion and who can wonder, for away up north there is a fond father, a doting mother, a loving wife and a bonny baby, watching and waiting anx iously, th! how anxiously, for each mail to bring tidings from their dear one in his sunny southern home; and praying that the warm spring days may bring him back to them re newed in health and strength. But alas! how vain are their hopes, for as the days come and go the cheek3 grow brighter and more sunken, tbe congh harder, the breath quicker, and the frame more wasted and feeble. Still the days go on The sun pouis floods of brilliant light over the “Land of sunshine and fl. were,” the birds fill the woods wiih melody, and sounds of life and hope are wafted ever and anon to the ears of the dying one. Dying? Yes, dy ing far away from home and loved ones. They | sent him away with hearts light with hope, and his cold clay form is sent back ta them strewn, by stranger hands, with fragrant white blos soms betokening a hope more lasting. Ah, little vial, your contents may have been very powerful, but they were as drops of water before such an adversary as Consumption. Forest Hill, S. C. Pansy. Odds and Ends. “Blessed we sometimes are! and I am now Happy in quiet feelings; for the tones Of a most pleasant company of friends Were in my ear but now, and gentle thoughts From spirits whose high character I know; And I retain their influence as the air Retains the softness of departed day.” Have just finished reading the Sunny Household, and so pleased I found it that I can’t stay away longer. Give Away, I believe I have found you out. And say, friends of the Household, did not the letters of Johnny Tuberose and Give Away strike you as being wonderfully alike in tone? Yeritas, it was Festus that 1 wished to hear your opinion of. Yes, Musa Dunn, I have read the little poem, “Sometime.” And often in the hours of suffering, when I felt the darkness closing round, that little poem whispered patience and trust. Yes— ‘ Sometimes, when all Ufa’s lessons have been learned L j ... And sun and stars forever have set, , The things o’er watch we grieved with lashes wet. will flash before us oat of life’s dark night. As stars sblne most In deeper tints of bine; And we sball see bow all God’s plans were right. And bow, what seemed reproof, was love most true.” Even now I see that all was for the best. God always directs all things for the best, but we do not always have enough faith to trust it all with Him. When Sorrow’s cloud hangs low over us, we find it difficult to believe that “All things work together for good to them that love the Lord.” I often think of these words of Mrs. Wilson: “We all trust, and prate of our faith, and deceive ourselves with the fond hope that we are resigned to the Heavenly Will, and we go on with a show of Christian reliance while the morning sun smiles in gladness and plenty, and the hymn of happy days and the voices of onr loved ones make music in our ears; and lo! God puts us in the crucible. The light of life—the hope of all future years is blotted out; clouds of de spair and the grim night of an unbroken and unlifting desolation fall like a pall on heart and brain; we dare not look heavenward, dreading another blow; our anchor drags; we drift out into a hideous Dead Sea where our idol has gone down forever; and boasted faith and trust and patience aie swept like straws from our grasp in the tempest of war, while our human love cries wolfishly for its lost darling; and the language of fierce rebellion is, ‘I care not what is left or taken! What is there in earth or heaven to hope or pray for now?’ Ah! we build grand and gloomy mau soleums for our precious dead hopes, but like Artemisia, we refuse to sepulchre; we devour the bitter ashes of the lost, and grimly and au daciously challenge Jehovah to take the worth less, mutilated life that his wisdom reserves for other aims and future toils! Job’s wife is immortal and ubiquitous, haunting the sorrow- shrouded chamber of every stricken human soul, and fiendishly prompting the bleeding, crushed spirit to ‘corse God and die.’ ” Princess, “time and trains wait for no man,” or girl either. Why, oh! why didn’t that train stop at least long enough for us to shake hands? Was that merry, fun loving Kid with you? Dona says she is almost sure H is the Kid, Destiny is splendid; I enjoyed it very much, especially the two forms of la grande passion. The writer of Destiny has au earnest soul, and I love earnestness in girls above all things. Hemlock, Sensible Girl, Lita Vere and all of you Householders, come back. Goldie Ashburn, sweetest, dearest friend, so glad to see you in this department. Here is a kiss and embrace for you and Nellie Gilmore. Will some one tell me abont “The Ghouls,” by L. Virginia French? And will some one please send me a pretty recitation? Ma Belle Carmen. Powder Springs, Ga. Art Notes. Since my last letter, Judge Hilton, the owner of Missioniers, 1807, has presented this famous picture to the Art Museum. Mr. Hilton paid §65,000 for it at the Stewart sale. Miss Catherine Wolfe, a benevolent and wealthy lady, also bequeathed at her death her whole valuable collection of paintings valued at §750,000. But there is a proviso in the will that they must be exhibited in a special gallery and the said gallery most be fire proof. Miss Wolfe has often sent her pictures for charitable and benevolent exhibitions but they were never loaned to the art museum; perhaps she thought the museum and the public could afford to wait for them and have them alto gether. I will now for the benefit of those of our readers who may visit New York for busi ness or pleasure during the summer tell them where most of the wonders of the metropolis may be visited. Bartholdi Statue, Bedloes Island, New York Harbor. Steamboat plies from the bar»e office on the bat ery every hour. Visitors may re main on the Island all day if they chose; the excursion costs only 25 cents. Catalogues may be purchased in the city or on the Lland giving the dimensions and history of the statue. Visitors should provide themselves with lunches before leaving New York for the Island is a hungry place. I went over there on decoration day without a lunch and I was so hungry that I would have sold my birth right for a mess of pottage. Next after the Statue comes Trinity church and church-yard. The church is open every forenoon and visitors are allowed to walk through the church-yard and look at the quaint headstones, or histori cal monuments erected over the graves of fa mous persons. The sexton will point out to visitors the graves of Alexander Hamilton, Charlotte Temple, Robert Fulton, Albert Gal’ latin, and Captain Lawrence of the frigate Chesapeake, whose last words were “Don’t give up the ship.” The finest monument is erected over the remains of the Revolutionary prisoners who died while confined in the old sugar bou«e during the occupation of the town by the British Permission mav be obtained to ascend the[stecp!e of the cbuch—the highest on the continent of America—by application to the Rector. Rev. Morgan Dix. Tbe view .from .the top of this steeple is very fine. Visitors were formerly allowed to ascend it on the cayinent of a light fee to the sexton, but theylabused that privilege by chat tering and lau’fling, disturbing thereby the wenhippers in the body of the church below. I have ascended the steeple in years gone by more than a dozen times. After visiting Trinity, St. Paul’s comes next. Ira Jones. El zabeth, N. Y TO BE CONTINUED The BcflulV of me Inn. The beginning of disease is a slight debility ordisorder of some of the vital organs, tbe stomach, the liver or the bowels usually. There are dyspeptic symptoms, the liver is troublesome, the skin grows tawney and un healthy looking, there are pains in tha right side or through the right shoulder blade. The >Hrr,.-. is often an utter prostration of the physical energies, perhaps a fatal issue But If the difficult!- ia met in time with HostettePs Stomach Bitters, which is always effective as a remedy, and it should be resorted to at an early 6tage, there will be no reason to ap prehend those injurious subsequent effects upon the system often entailed by entirely cured diseases. Far better is it, ateo, to em ploy this safe remedial agent In fever and ague and other malarial complaints, than quinine and other potent drugs, which, even when they, do prove effectual for a Unit,, rum the stomach and impair the general health. POISON IH THE ASHES What the Xt. Lebanon Shaken ■ Found—Incident in the HJa> tory of a Quiet Community. ■] The Mount Lebanon (Neir York) Shakers are a quiet eonw mntiity, secluded from the fret ard worry of the outside world.. They are widely known, how- ever, for their strict honor and ( probity in business. The Shakers believe that life ture has a remedy for every di* ease. A few have been found— the rest are as yet unknown. Many were discovered by acd* dent. Others came to light as the result of patient experiment and research. Nervous Dyspepsia is a con*' paratively new disease, growing out of the conditions of modem life. It is a joint affection of the digestive organs and of the nervous system. These two were formerly treated as sepfr rate ailments, and it was left for the clear-sighted Shaken to prove that the basis of this terrible and often fatal compli cation lies chiefly in the disord ered and depraved functions of digestion and nutrition. They reasoned thus:—“If wecaniiv duce the stomach to do ita work, and stimulate the excre tive organs to drive out of tho body the poisonous waste mat* ters which remain after the life- f iving elements of the food ave been absorbed, we shall have conquered Nervous Dy* pepsia and Nervous Exhaust ion. And they were right Knowing the infallible power of Shaker Extract (Seigel’a Syrup) in less complicated though similar diseases^ 5 they resolved to test it fully in this. To leave no ground for doubt they prescribed tha remedy in hundreds of casea which had been pronounced in curable—with perfect succesa in every instance where their directions as to living and diet were scrupulously followed. Nervous Dyspepsia and Ex haustion is a peculiarly Ameri can disease. To a greater or less extent half the people of this country suffer from it— both sexes and all ages. In no country in the world are there so many insane asylums filled to overflowing, all resulting from this alarming disease. Ita leading symptoms are these: Frequent or continual head ache ; a dull pain at the base of the brain; bad breath; nau seous eructations; the rising of sour and pungent fluids to the throat; a sense of oppress ion and faintness at the pit of the stomach; flatulence; wake fulness and loss of sleep; dis gust with food even when weak from the need of it; sticky or slimy matter on the teeth or in the mouth, especially on ris ing in the morning; furred an l coated tongue; dull eyes; col I hands and feet; constipation; dry or rough skin; inability to fix the mind on any labor rail ing for continuous . attention; and oppressive and sad fore bodings and fears. All this terrible “ grotrp Shaker Extract {Seigel's Syrup) removes by its pos itive, powerful, direct yet painless and gentle action upon the functions of digestion and assimilation. Those elements of the food that build up and strengthen the system are sent upon tlieir mission, while all waste matters (the ashes of life’s fire) which unremoved, poison and kill, are expelled from the body through the bowels, kid neys and skin. The weak and prostrated nerves are quieted, toned and fed by the purified blood. As the result, health, with its enjoyments, blessings and power, returns to the suf ferer who had, perhaps, aband oned all hope of ever seeing another well day. - - <■- PLAIN HOME TALKS BY DR. E. B. FOOTE. For three new subscribers we will send n copy of Dr. Foote’s-Flain Home Talks about the human system, the habits of mm and women, the cause and prevention oi disease, our sextual relations and social natures, embracing medical common sense applied to causes, prevention and cure of chronic diseases, the natural relation of men and women to each other; society love, marriage, parentage, &c^ embellished with 200 illustrations. 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