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OLD SERIES—VOL. VI. NO. 26.
CEDARTOWN, GA., SEPTEMBER 11, 1879.
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HARVEST HYMN.
Once more the liberal year laughs out
O’er richer stores than gems or gold;
Once more with harvest song and shoot
Is nature’s bloodless triumph told.
Our common mother rests and sings
Lika JJuth among her gartered sheaves;
Her lap is full of goodly thing*,
Her brow is bj^jht with AdRumn leaves.
O favors old*' yfct'^ver new !
O blea-inga with the sunshine se^l
The bounty overruns our due, 'Uss"*-
The fnllnesd shames our <
We shut our'eyes, the flowers bl
We mnrmur, but the corn ears
W© choose the shadow, bnt the so
That cacta it shines behind
God gives ns with our rugged soil
The power to make it Eden fair,
And richer fruit to crown our toil » rl
Than Summer-wedded islands bear. ....
“True ; but I care for him.*’ Could We Live in the Polar Regions?
Day after day went on, and of tell the! I, we carefully examine, the almost
■gentlemen who had called on Mrs. Craven j Ulliyers;ll feature , of a]1 the ]and
. and her mece, Isabel had seen none, for all: known to U3> we find a prevaUing form
’ her kind friends insisted upon it.
dining-room, and the pie struck her
square iu the face and smashed*
She began to shriek, and sputter, and
jump up and down, and declare that
| wherever we turn. Each territorial she w ^s bleeding to death
One day, Isabel, passing by the parlor ; area of magnitude seems to have append-
j door, came face to face with Ellen and age trending southward. If we apply
| Charles Roberts. Alow she hated herself j this rule, by turning the North Pole of
for that sudden blush she felt burning on a globe toward us, we readily see at a
her cheeks; but as she glanced up and glance that Greenland, which is known
; caught Ellen's scornful, angered eyes she to us, may bear to an unknown Arctic
Who murmurs at his let to-day.'
Who scorn* his native fruit and t
Or sighs for. dainties far «way.
Besides the bountebiw board of home!
suddenly grew perfectly composed and
calm.
j. Isabel, is this really you'? Why I had
j not the slightest idea you had come to Mrs.
| Craven’s. ' Are you well and. happy ?”
He bent to whisper quickly the lak word.
,p .
! grave quiet and hauteur.
“ Quite, .JSgt -vnn. The i
Daisy dale arpaflwcB? 0
Continent the same relation that South
America does to North America, or
Africa to Europe. Hence it is perfect
ly logical to infer, by the great analogy
of nature ; that.*n Arctic Continent ex
ists beneath the North Pole, extending
three and a half to four degrees south
Isabel gave him her hand with her old-time f . " * * „ ■ . »
7 .. -j-r—— _ j irom tne northern axis of the earth. As
Thank Heaven, instead, that freedom's arm
Can change a rocky soil to gold ;
T’bat brave and generous lives can warm
A clime with Northern iceacpicL
' And by these altars wreathed with flowers,
And fields.of fruits, awake again
Thanksgiving for the golden hoars,
The early and the latter raip. .
Did She Do Eight ?
u That is pleasant to know. I am in
; somewhat of a hurry, Charles—Air. Rob-
| erts. Good-byand she hastened on with-
I out another word.
Once in her room she sat composedly
j down to her work, while Airs. Craven was
I out for her noon ride.
J She wondered if Charles had forgotten
j her—that is, ceased to care for her? She
asked herself the question in a careless sort
! of way, and then went on to think how
j nice he and Ellen looked together; and of
* r - ; a sudden a frightful revelation came toiler
A fearfully cold Mustering .day it was; ^ sudden it fair]y took her brcath _,
late in December as she stood alone at the j bli38tul> her gense6 ached With the ioy, and
door, with the sweeping gale as ft dashed J yct s0 she thought she should not
by laden with fine Must and stinging clull 3urvive it . A11 this in a magical second,
almost freezing lier in its ruthless pitiless- and ^ reYelation „ tbis _ slie ]oTed
ness Isabel Kent, the daughter and onee Cbarlest md bad loved bim all tbe
the he.ress of proud Thomas Kent, was to- time; and h? loved her n0 , W Encn
night to leave her home.a poor girl, to bat- j p 0 j g0m
tie with the world, which had onee been i.er j At t]mt moment EIIen came in> in - all the
slave and was now her master. 1 blooming beautv and stvlisli elegance that
A cab rolled up to the door arid when; chaT . acle irzed her.
the driver had attended to.hcr luggage she j .. x llflVC come t0 you tor my fir3t con .
was whirled away-to what-? she wonder-: grandation. Clmrleasays you Were an old
ed, with a mirthless little laugh. • % 0 f j,j s »»
At the station she had little, tiipe to | * Isabel felt her eyes growing dim as she
think, the crowds, the noise, the glare, the J anticipated the news,
incoming and departing trains gave no op- ,, T .. , . , „ .. .
portunity. I 1 a, u an old friend. ’ It was all she
Afl , , i ,, . , I said. But how fullv,. entirely, she expe-
AFter she had procured her ticket she sat i . , ., . ., .. ; , , , ..‘
, . ■;* . a , , J nenced the truth of her lovers words that
down on a seat just opposite the door: and. . ,. , ,
m .K..c,.,iJi 1 Jl Part^
Wove not decided on the wedding-day
vhen Charles Roberts came in she saw
him before he saw her. He advanced
straight over to her as soon as he recog
nized the black-robcd figure.
“Isabel, I am tempted to take you away
from here by simple force. I have been to
the house, but you were too quick for me,
Isabel, will you persist in this foolishness?”
lie had taken a seat next to her; hut,
near as he was, he could not see the paling'
anguish that lay in her pure classic face, or 1
the flush of momentary wvuth Jiat followed ! told
his eager, impulsive words.
“It is not foolishness, Charles. 'iWlwtl ^ 7“^
should I do if I did not go to Airs. Cra
vens ”
He interrupted her in his quick, hot
headed, earnest v>&y.
“Where should you go, true enough, my
darling ? Is not my home lonely for the
wflnt of you ? Does not jny heart cry out
for you, its queen ? Isabel, there is yet ten
minutes ; won’t you think of it again and
let me take you from this place to be mar
ried to me, and to my home forever ? Re
member, my Isabel, how I love you.”
Under her thick crape veil Isabel's lip:
but Charles is in a great hurry. ARist lov
ers are, I suppose. But ^pu are going to
wish me joy ?”
“Oh, of course, all in tlie world!”
She wasn’t very enthusiastic, hut it was
only her will that forced her to speak-; her.
heart was too sore.
“And there's another thing, Isabel. You
must pardon me for saying it, but I’m sure
your good judgement will approve., Charles*
^ lias told me gf-^jrouf lit% lirtre-passage;
| and I thought that op you had once been so
’ ' d he’ll becoming here so
previous Arctic expeditions have ad-
vanceS to S3 degree^G minutes, north
liititpfte-Torr withig- 394 roiies of the
J?ole, t^~e distance ffience to such a con
tinent would ; not^leeed 1H50 to 180
miles. This intervening space, how~
ever, is difficult to traverse, aa it pre
sents a very rough surface. If the sea
during the height of a gale, when the
waves run mountain high, y^ere in
stantly frozen, it would present much
the appearance here encountered. For
ethnologists, the question is: Can an
Arctic Continent be inhabited, should
one exist? This may be met by the
well known fact that the latitude of 78
degrees is about the point of lowest
temperature. The earth is about five minutes about thirty neighbors
And Lot, attracted by the noise,came
rushing in, just in time to get hit in the
mouth with a loaf of bread, which I
frantically flung at the mouse.
But the mouse darted through the
open door, and escaped to the next
room.
We all followed it, pell-mell. v
The little quadruped tookrefiage in
the clothespress, and my wife, who* by
this time, had got a little courage,seiz
ed the fire-shovel, and cried out:
“You open the.door, and I'll kill him
as he comes out.!”
We planted ouiselves in jjosition,and
when Airs. B, gave the word I threw
open the clothespress door.
I saw the mouse in an instantr itf 1
had climbed upon a shelf, and was sitr'
thirty-seven miles more in diameter at
the equator than from pole to pole,
having enlarged at one point and flat
tened at another, because of its revolv
ing motion. Now it is well known
that lower temperatures are encount
ered as we ascend high altitudes, and
the depression at the poles may, by les-r
sening the distance of the surface from
the earth’s center, afiord a warmer
temperature, which will enable the
hardy Esquimaux, Ainos, or some Hy
perborean race, to exist upon an Arctic
Continent.
After a Mouse.
often, it would be prudent for you to find
another”—
Isabel had risen to her feet' almost at the
first words, with vivid, blushing cheeks
and flashing eyes. Now, with low scorch
ing tones, she interrupted her—“Enough!
I comprehend yours and Air. Roberts deli
cacy. Give my apology to Airs. Craven.
My trunks will be called for by the railway
omnibus. ”
She put on her hat and mantle, and with-
j out vouchsafing a word to the delighted,
; triumphant girl went out from the house.
I was quietly reading my newspaper
the other morning, when I heard a
scream like the whiste of a locomotive,
coming from the dining-room.
I rushed in to see what was the mat
ter, and found my wife standing on a
chair, with lier skirts drawn tight
around her ankle3.
“It’s a mouse!” she said wildly.
“Where?” I demanded.
“There—here—no—yes,I don’t know!
Oli, for pity’s sake, kill it! Kill it!”
“Where is it?” I asked again.—
There’s no mouse here.”
“Yes, there is, yon old fool! Don’t
you see it? There!—somewhere—any
where—every where—I don’t know
svtiere r^TYTly dfth’t yon'kiint’?’ 4
Airs. B. i
ting there just pn a leve^withmy eyes.
<4 There it is I'bawl«A. Ai HitttTrujclrr
It 1 ^ going to jump over pur head^-—”
Before I cbuld utter 1 an'other.sylable
the end of the earth struck me.
A billion stars ilaixiedliefore my guste^ Morey, a scout for the Trans-
and as I slowly gathe^d.myself up.put. .JJississippi army, was shot betw een the
of the corner, I began to realize, .that eyes.Hhe bullet lodging in the back of
ATrs. R. in nimimr a hlnte at.’t.Ttp/mnriRfl Kie ld.a/1 i •
Airs. B. in aiming a blote at tBe*raouS6,
had hit jne in the head with,"the. ^re-
shove$.
Then we all set up such a yell that in
had come in to see what was the mat
ter, and. in less than half an hour all
the mouse-traps and cats and dogs in
the neighborhood were there, to make
war oa that one'little mouse; and there
was some talk about calling iA the po
lice'force, and telegraphing the Gov
ernor to send us a squad of militia.
But happily this wan not found nec
essary.
The mouse was speedily dispatched^
by a Scotch terrier, and we finally got
the house cleared, though it took Mrs.
B. the rest of the day to put things to:
rights.
As for me,my bump of philoprogeni-
tiyeness is so large that it takes a num
ber nine hat to go round ft.
Pie of Living Serpents. -
In the savannas of Isacubo, in Gui
ana, I saw the most wonderful, the
most terrible spectacle that can be seen;
and although it is not uncommon to
the inhabitants, no traveler has ever
mentioned it. We were ten men on
horseback, two of whom tookthfc*tead
in order to sound the passage^ v/UHe-1
preferred to skirt the great forests. One
of the blacks who formed the vanguard
returned at full gallop, and Called to
4 me, “Here sir/come anil see serpent J
Remarkable Vitality.
*Cdl Jones, ef Louisiana, was lynched
for the-murder of Gen. Lydell. He
fought a duel before the war and re
ceived an ounce rifle ball through his
heart. He not only recovered, hut was
neve^ afterward troubled with disease
of that organ, from which he had pre
viously suffered. At the time of his
killing he was shot no less than a dozen
times with heavy charges of buckshot
belorb he expired. A private soldier in
Powers’ regiment of Confederate cav
alry^ while charging at Olive Branch
was thrust through the bowels with a
bayonet, and literally “pitchforked”
fronAhe horse, but he disengaged him
self, staggered to his feet and split his
assai&nt’s skull in twain with a sabre.
Within four months he was again in
active service. T. B. Edwards and E.
°f the Second Louisiana Cav-
ere both shot through the bow-
the battle of Rafourche Crossing
re pronounced by the surgeons
dly wounded, the bullets not
Jig a9 in some other cases, but,
through the intestines. Both
men recovered and did duty afterwards
in two or three campaigns. Au-
ajettal), or lace-bark tree, otherwise
known by the native name of legetto.
It is a small tree,25 to 30 feet high,grow
ing iu the most inaccessible rocky
places of the island. Its inner b&rk
consists ot numerous concentric layers
of fiber, which interlace in every direc
tion, forming fine messhes, and by lat
eral stretching is made to present a
triking resemblance to the mo3t deli
cate manufactured lace, whence the
common name of the tree. It is said
that Charles II. received as a present
from the Governor of Jamaica a cravat,
frill, and pair of ruffles, made of this
material; and, to this day, it is used
for bonnets, collars, and other aaitcles
of apparel. Travelers state that the
Creole women take delight in decora
ting themselves with this filmy mate
rial for evening wear, studding it with
the briiliaut fire beetles, or cucujos, for
which the West Indies are noted.
The effect is certainly very beautiful.
An Imaginary Cool Room.
A Second Mammoth Ca
His Mistake.
Here is my idea of a cool room, such as ^ wonderful cave has been discovered
I mean to have when I shall have realized ; near Nashville, Tenn. The entrance opens
from some large estates in Spain: The room,! °. n “ rou S h country road, running around
first of all is a parallelogram, and the most : , e ,°°^ an ^ mEieQSe four or five
noticeable feature therein is the small win- hundred feet high. The opening is about
dows which are placed in the center of the fo . ur feet b >' tw0 > and is ^most covered b*
upper half of the room, protected on the ! a u larse bowlder * Two men passing along
outside by awnings. Thus such light as | . r ? ad sliced the hole, and through
reaches the apartment is toned down, and cunos dy enlarged it sufficiently to admit of
unless special effort is made, the occupant; P assa S e explored the cave some dis-
has no knowledge of the sultry atmosphere ^ an< r e ‘ They reported their find at the
without. The windows, moreover, are pro- s ^ 10n i and, in a day or two, parties for
tected on the inside by lace curtains of light! Dlil< : s camc i0 ^ the wonder. An
gray tint, upon which aiiy floral designs I e JP Ior ation was recently made by a party
are traced. The drapery falls nearly to the , S en ttemen. Preparing themselves with
lanterns, candles and ropes, the party of
five started on the expedition. For seven
ty-five yards the passage was so small that
they had to crawl on all-fours. Then
his head, where it is yet. After his
fail an Ohio infantryman rushed up
and transfixed him through the breast
with his bayonet. Morey was found
alive on the field and sent by his cat>-
tors to a prison hospital, from whence
he was exchanged in time to have sev
eral brushes with his foes before the fi
nal “£reak up.” I saw him in ISOS,
and be told me that he had never suf
fered any inconvenience from the lead
en pellet that he was carrying in his
cranium. In 18661 made the acquaint
ance of a retired old lieutenant colonel
of theErench army, and he show’ed me
a ghastly wound he had received from
an arjEHleryman’s cutlass at the storm
ing of the Malakoff. The cut had been
down through his left shoulder, sever
ing hit collar bone and nearly lopping
off that arm. That side of the old gen-
tlemah’s body was about an inch lower
than the other, but he was aot other
wise bothered by the Crimean reminis
cences
Summer Drinks.
floor, and is suspended by means of rings
to an arrow of pale green color with gilt
barb and feather. The green cords and
tassels which are fastened below the window
proper draw the curtains back, and are con- 1 grew lar S cr . widening into large chambers,
fined in a gilt quiver. Between the iace ; the roofs of whicl1 00,1111 not *>e seen nor
folds thus drawn back are hung suggestive- i struck with rook s thrown upward. All
ly cool pictures of water, scenes of ice and i aI ™S the aides were beautiful formations,
snow, with occasional parian statuettes on wbl te and sparkling in the dim light. A
brackets. One third of the wall is painted mile from the cntranc e there was a fork in
of the same green tint as the arrow shaft! the P^ssg 0 ! 0B " branch leading north and
and cords, while the remainder is white. In i the otller 80ul!l - ' Acting the northern
. . ■ place of a border there is a eracefiil run mute first the party proceeded something
i V tZ ‘ful IT* T “"fi vine pictured,with depending sprays I orf ' r a miIe Avh™ t b T came to what seemed
dm3 0thOT evemn 1 i? e * the comers. A band of c^l graywith j t0 be the end. All along walking was easy
dropped m to see the charming young lad\ , a slight str jpj ncT of „ o!d at tbe e d eea mar ks and n0 idca could be form ed as to how
who stands highest m his estimation. He ' the ^im cf disjuncrion between the men ■ hi£d > tlle foof was in places. Retracing
m her company about long enough : dado and whitewall Upon this is mfuted their 8teps the y next took the southern
to talk the weather threadbare, when she | tie £Ttd P^e. A mile from the fork it also di-
t fond of mice. She would iu 11 P Ue , ! ” IIe pointed ontto me
thing elevated in the middle of the
rather have a hundred dollars about
the house than a single mouse; and i aavann a, which appeared like a bundle
the sight of one makes the hairpins I of arms - 0ne of m - v company then
drop out of her head. .
“Madam,” said I,with au awful calm- -sembiages »f serpents which heap
ness, **tell me where that diminutive r themselves on each other after a vio-
rodent mammal is, or forever hold your j lent tempest. I have heard of these
peace.” i but never have seen any. Let us pro-
It is in tbe cupboard,” she. gasped. 1 cautiously, and not go too near;”
“I saw It run under the cupboard
door.”
I walked over to the cupboard with
the tread of a gladiator, aud opened it.
Before I could get my eyes in range
to look for the mouse, it jumped out
grew tigitly compressed and a slow red _ .. . . ,
bloom camc to her cheeks. It was a great' ' llf ; Te t0 tUluk my P resldln S stars for ; and ran right over my foot,
temptation; she so lonely, so fragile, to go j ^SS 03111 ^ U| at stoiy. I knew her proud “I gave an awful kick— a tremond-
out into the world, nothing but a ccrnnan- j s f lrlt "'“ uld up ™ arn T ls and lcave mc a i ou3 heartrending kick. And my foot
ion to a rich, strange woman, whose ‘ facc ! clear field t0 W1 ' 1 luln - 1 only hope I have ; went clear up to tbe top of the eup-
she had never seen; and here was Charles ut . tcoed , a . 1,ropUe ‘f As lf 1 dldu 1 read j board - alld tbe baek of 111 - v bead stru <- ,k
aright their secret. ’ the floor so hard that I saw all the plan-
She had made a slight mistake, however. ets and comets that were ever invented.
\nd poor Isabel, her cheeks burning, i 1 picked myself up and looked wildly
walked on to the station that she had ar- ; around for the mouse,
rived at so lately, wondering where she ^ “Ihere it is I” shrieked Airs. B.
would go, when a glad, joyous voice called i “There there ! Quick!
her name. ! “Where?” I roared.
“Isabel, were you going home to me, as j “Behind the table!’
Roberts, with his splendid house, his hand
some face, and irreproachable character,
who sat beside her, begging her to accept
it all.
But she could not brook the idea of mar
rying for a home, even if she knew the of
fer came from the man whom she felt wor
shiped her. She did not love Charles Rob
erts ; with the chilling look out on the
world before her, she decided that she
would work to the death before she would
be the wife of a man to whom she could |
not give her affections.
“I had made up my mind long ago, I
Charles, and indeed it grieves me to find |
that you still cling to me so. I am sorry ; !
I wish for your sake I might view these |
things in the same light you do ; but I can !
not; it is impossible, that is all. There i
comes the train.”
She arose, as the long train came in, :
with ft sad, pitying look at her lover’s face. I
“We will try to be friends, then, Isabel, j
though heaven knows how mocking and woman saying yourself,
empty friendship is after love. Write to
me; if ever trouble comes, command me j Like a solcmn truth ’ could not help
to any extent. You'll promise that ?” ! ^ving, camc the blessed knowledge to
She was really gone at last, on the way bcr * i
to her destination. That was a long, loneh*! d believe you. I love you!-
ride, aud many tears fell back off that i hour later when the railway omnibus
heavy, masking veil, before she arrived at drove up t0 Craven s for the trunks,
Colneyton, on a clear, bright morning, ; ^hen met the two at the door,
when the streets were swarming with life ‘ ‘Please send Airs. Roberts trunk down,
and gayety.
Airs. Craven was
I sprung to the table, seized one end
of it, and gave it a jerk that brought it
to the middle of the floor.
The mouse scampered.
I saw him running around the room,
and plunged after.
I tried my best to to step on him, but
only succeeded on stepping oil a spool
of thread, which my wife had dropped
in her excitement.
The spool rolled, and before I had
time to shut my eye3 I found mysell
A.nd ( harlcs Roberts heart gave J standing on my shoulders, gazing cur-
a great throb of delight. j iously up at my feet, which were try-
“Oh, my Isabel. Now I know that you ) ing to scrape a picture of Benjamin
love me. I never have spoken .of love to I Franklin off the wall.
you promised me to do if you needed me?”
She instinctly recoiled a step. Then,
seeing that no one was in the* waiting-room
but themselves, she threw back her veil and
gave him the full benefit of her indignation.
“How dare you ask me such a question,
when your lips have so Intel}' asked Ellen
Folsom to be your wife? Charles Roberts,
I thought better of you. ”
And then she cried. Wasn’t it just like
a sensitive, loving, over-wrought woman to
do that ?
Isabel, you
| believe mc ? You love me at last ?”
Alisa Folsom.”
invalid, passably ‘
A SerionS Fall.
good-looking, who received her newly en
gaged companion with a polite welcoming' „ „ , . ., . .
i ”i i ou are very late this morning, Mr.
and Interest that would have gone straight T : i.. ,, «. .... ..
T .j _ 43 .. . e : Jinks,” was the gruff salutation of a
to Isabel’s heart, had not her pride and re
serve been challenged by the young lady
to whom Airs. Craven introduced her.
Isal>el acknowledged the presentation;
and was stung to the quick by the frigid
hauteur of the fair girl. Aliss Folsom was j
as enraged by Isabel’s indifferently grace
ful bow.
“Aunt Clara,” she said, when Isabel had
gone toiler room that night, to weep and
suffer all the long hours, “shall you allow .
her to piingle with, our visitors? She is
most too elegant and aristocratic to pass
unnoticed among company. ”
“As often as I can spare her, of course.
Why should she no*fc see a little enjoyment,
poor child ? You are getting jealous again,
Ellen.”
As soon as I got on my legs again, I
made another bolt for the mouse.
1 saw it whizzing across the floor,
and I bounded toward it, and gave one
furious kio£.
And kicked the table.
Then I just grabbed myself up, and
carried myself round on one foot howl
ing like a prairie-wolf, and calling for
arnica and corn salve, till I heard Mrs.
B. screaming:
“Don’t let it get away, you fool! Get
something and kill it!”
I was desperate.
I snatched the first thing I could lay
my hands on, which happened to be a
eity merchant to one of his clerks. “Do ; base-ball bat belonging to Lot, and L
not let it happen again.”
“Very sorry,” said the clerk,
humbly. “I met with a serious fall.”
“Ah, indeed,” said the merchant, re-
| lfenting. “How did it happen? Are
you hurt much ?”
“Principally sir, in your estimation,’
said the clerk respectfully.
“Oh, never mind,” said the merchant
a kinder tone; “never mind that. I
, commis3erate you. AVe are all liable to
; accidents. 'How did you get the fall?”
“Well you see, sir,” said the clerk,
confidingly, “{ was called quite early
this luortiig—in-fact, you will observe,
sir, somewhat earlier even than usual.”
“Ah!”
“Yes, sir; but somehow or other, I
“A ou remember how my governess roiled
me in that affair with Warren Raymond : fell asleep again.
I don’t care that this girl and I should run ; “Mr. Jinks, you’re a humbug!” ex-
a race for Charles Roberts.” i claimed the merchant, in a bantering
“You have no reason to suppose that tone, for, in spite of his gruffness, he tip the wall, and I hurled the pie at it.
Char es Roberts cares for you; you never ^ t0 a j a j 0 > ce> “Go to your desk j But at that moment my daughter
| sir, and don’t try it on again.” j opened the door, and walked into the
made one murderous sweep.
But instead of killing the mouse, I
upset the chair ©n which my wife was
standing, and the result was that she
turned a very graceful sommerset oyer
against the pantry door.
She screamed for help, and declared
the mouse was eating her up, and re
fused to be comforted till I had placed
her on the chair again.
Then she didn’t have breath enough
1 *.ft io call me a brute, though she tried
until she was black in the face.
By this time I was thoroughly excit
ed, but I knew I must try another kind
of weapon.
I saw something ou the table, and I
made a grab tor it It proved to be a
warm huckleberry pie, but I didn’t
know it at the time.
I thought I saw the mouse running
met him more than a dozen times.”
When we were within twenty paces of
it, the terror of our horses prevented
our approach, to which, however, none
of us were inclined. Suduenly the
pyramidial mass became agitated, hor
rible sounds issued from it, and thou
sands of serpents rolled spirally over
each other, shooting forth out of the
circle their hideous heads and present
ing their envenomed darts and fiery
eyes to us. I own I was one of the
first to draw back. But when I saw
that this formidible phalanx remained
at this post, and appeared to be ipore
disposed to defend itself than to attack
us, I rode round it it In order to view
it3 order of battle, which faced the -en
emy on every side. I then sought
what could be the design of this numer
ous assemblage, and I concluded that
this species of serpents dreaded some
coliosseau enemy, which might he the
great serpent, or the cayman, and that,
having seen this enemy, they unite
themselves in order to resist them in
mass.
Robins in Church.
One pleasant April Sunday the par
ish clerk of a church in Wiltshire, Eng
land, stood at his read ing,desk turning
to the morning “lesson” in the prayer
bock. The congregation waited to give
the responses, but he did not begin as
soon as usual. Something curious Had
caught his eye, partly* hidden under
the Bible rack, a slanting ledge, sight
ly raised above the main desk. He
looked more closely and there, directly
beneath the Bible, he saw a robin red
breast’s 1 nest, with two pretty blue
eggs iu it. Mrs. Redbreast and her
mate had found a hole left by a snfall
missing pane in one of the quaint old
leaden windows and entered the sacred
house to make their little home whe'fce
the sparrow and tlie sw’allow did that
are mentioned in the 84th Psaim. 'f'he
clerk could not resent-so pretty an in
trusion, and did not disturb the nest ;
and w'hen one of the birds flew in be
fore the close of service nothing was
done to frighten it. And there the
nest remained through the rest of April
and nearly the whole of May, the red
breasts becoming so tame tliatthe gath
ering of the worshippers and the
voices and music of the service oh Suri-7
days or other days did not alarm them
away. Xhe sitting bird would stay,
quietly brooding her eggs, while the
clerk-was reading almost directly over
her- head. After the young were
hatched the male robin would fly in
with worms in his bill to feed them,
and his coming never disturbed : the
Utany or the rector’s sermon. Thisj
pleasant sanctuary.partnership, lasted
till Xhe full fledged young were able to
leave the church aud trust to their own
new wings. The people felt that the
birds had brought a blessing with them
and were sorry when they went away.
When -the summer season and the
heated form arrive the thought natu
rally arises, what are the best things to
eat and drink without promoting over
heating and indigestion? Heretofore
it has been customary to prepare ‘sodas’
mixed with syrups artificially made
from - chi-micals, which, while giving
che flavors of fruits, impregnated the
sy3teua^with deleterious compounds.
But dWf^he'pur#' juice of the fruit,
gome? being’amalgamated with pure white
‘ sugar, has taken the place of the un
wholesome compounds. It is necessary
to ferm4nt the juice in order to keep it
and wb«n so fermented it is bottled and
put away for the next season. When
the tiara comes^o prepare the syrups for
market,.the white sugar is boiled by
steam, after which the juice of the fruit
is added There are many varieties of
fruit syfups that can thus be utilized
for mak.ng summer drinks, and if con
sumers- *re positive in their demand for
pare fmit syrup, and take no other
they will not only prove agreeable but
also.heaithy and cooling. These varie
ties comprise strawberry, raspberry,
pineappie, blackberry, grape, vanilla,
lemon, grange, orgeat, ginger, sarsa-
parillajpd a compound of all under the
name of sherbet. By mixing these
syrups vfith even cold water, a pure,
cooling (gink can be secured at a small
expense/and without leaving home, as
the maliper of packing the syrups is
such thai every family can have an as
sortment on their pantry shelves with
out occ»i»ying much room or entailing
any verytoeavy expense. The trade in
pure syrups has lately become an ex
tensive ole, exceeding that transaqted
in forme? years in the chemical com
pounds, ’i’hich are being rapidly driven
from tfeaf market by the pure fruit
juices. It is estimated that the annual
sale, although comparatively in its in
fancy, is from 25,000 to 50,000 cases of
one do^on bottles each,, containing
either a $«at or a quart, according to
the desire of the purchasers. Large
quantities are also sent abroad in bar
rels, but \hegreater part finds market
in the liottle form; the attractive
labels, v,4tich are very expensively got
ten up, Wing the trademark securing
the bus^Efc.
I received
you
“Don’t get it.
“Tes, bull will,” she went on la<igh-|S ““S long nap or fringe.
j nfr jy # ° ; 1 he chandelier is of graceful design, glit-
i are spread rugs, all of modest color and de-
sign, but none with long nap or fringe.
vided into two branched. Taking the right
hand branch, the explorers advanced some
distance, coming at last to a large lake of
the coldest and sweetest water. No at
tempt was made to proceed beyond* this,
but going back they started on the left
branch, which they explored nearly simile
without finding any prospect of an end.
The further they advanced in, the wider
“Please don’t,” he protested. f* er “S?', itb ? ,a3S jurtres and exceedingly
“Don’t you like pretty hooks with purple j gi bhau ?‘ ,.J b ® b S h ‘ 13 hashed by
“™ d butterflies qn a 801,1 orate mantel thereisa^’c^ical^^LTm the i and lar S cr was tbe passage and the more
“Indeed T don't » wall > ^pe* 1 in white marble, the bottom I f ! r «I nent the chambers. The finest forma-
“Don’t vnn iike vemea ?” o£ wbich 18 a ba sin with a slight Up, which j t,on of . stalactites waa found in. the utmost
uu you line \ erses s extends into the room. Upon this is built ! P rotusion - Several specimens were broken
I in an irregular pyramid, a quantity of rock j and brought to the* city*. The tooms
“Not any in mine, thank you,” he re
plied.
j crystal, from an occasional interstice of were humensc in size and weird in outline,
the Lace-Bark Tree.
Effective preachers- always hit per
sons who si^io others pews.
The orufcr Thymelaceaz, or “Dupnads,”
compris?fa\very interesting group of
plants, whether we regard them as ob
jects of Acral - beauty, or look at them
from an industrial point of view. The
name df t^e order is derived from thy-
melcea, a~*}#ant mentioned by the an
cients, '’.fce plants included in this
group arefchrubs or low* trees, with en
tire jeavesj perfect flowers, tubular col
ored calyx; and small round hairy fruit
iualosed iii the persistent base of the pe
rianth. TJiey are remarkable for their
aeifid and caustic bark, the inner por
tion of whfeh is composed of interlaced
bers, extremely tough, but easily sep
arable, ami hence often used for mak
ing cordajfe. The plants of this order
occur im^at abundance in the cooler
parts of India, South America, South
AfHea,and Australia; a few also oc
cur in Europe. Among the Dupnads
may be mentioned the Gnidla daphnoidcs,
Che bark of which is manufactured in
Madagascar into ropes; the Daphne
bkolua, the inner bark ot which is made
into asoft paper in Nepaul; and Daphne
car\nabina % M's>e& for the same purpose in
Cirioa. The only representative ot the
order found iu North America is our
coalman leatherwoocLor-wicopy (Dirca
palustris), the bark of which, on ac
count of its great toughness is used for
making ropes, baskets, etc. Among
other curious products of Jamaica usu
ally brought home by travilers, speci
mens of the “vegetable lace” ot that
island, are always sure to be found.
The i}lant which produces this is the
•iauAdlliitearia (formerly called Daphne
nuu b IU LUC CCUICI . _ - , . _
j of the room a circular ctagere, designed as ^ ouc hcd. A party in the cave the other
“omnium gatherum,” holds books ^ heard noises like a striking of stones,
and it is supposed from this fact that the
two caves are connected. Other explora
tions will be made. The proprietor pro
poses to commence immediately enlarging
the entrance and passages. The location is
genuine glass a beautiful one, high up on a hill overlook-
° ° ‘ ing the Harpcth river and valley. The
discovery has created great interest in
She jumped away to get th e book ln whieh noa'ding ferns wave to and fro ; fantastic formations being scattered over
XL°lnm; aDd ft hair * 00 * U P’, h ‘ Seye !! When desirabte, a fine spray of water is lbo floor and along the walls. Frequently
and V® Tems . ol hts fiace and thr ° wn upward aga^t the’ marble-lined running streams of water were crossed, re-
Whe^shem^back hcliunie'dlv'said • : reces9 ’ from whicb u dli I ,s 0Ter tbe ‘n 1 ™ 1 * 1 - ; m f, kable fo1 : , tbelr tbaD
“You musfexcuse me I have ^ lead ! cent cr - vstal in, ° lhe marble basin bfi!tw - I P oldness - Tbls . was tbe ‘ hlrd tbat
nenril Widi me ” ’ 1 ^ lead 1 and is finally discharged by a concealed ; bad K one an T m tbe «»ve, and all
, , ,•« waste pipe. About the room in antiauc : ffbo had been t0 tbe Mammoth Gave de-
Xrn? then ^ ’ll 1 ™ 4 ma ^ S n0 I vasos > stand a few plants with shining green : clared that tbis wonder rivalled it. Some
a fmvet me ™’ nopenwUhsomethmgabout leavc ^ ^ for the Zf part? ^ two bundred ^ “P the road there is an-
(C we wZt either ” he oerakried “T is rattan > and c0D3ists of ea8 T obal ™, several i otber cave - Covered daring the war It
r, t ?i-i TMi w pC . d ‘ 1 (light lounires, a light table for games, and i has a lar S e entrance, and consists of one
fed sick. I think 111 ask you to excuse , one with writing matC riaL On & sideboard lar ^e chamber several feet long and a kun-
1 of almost fragile character a few articles of I dred feet or more high. At the end is a
book with you.
“No, *1 thank you.”
M<Z^’ 1 alWS th ° U * ht y °“ I P a P ers ' wine S las «*. cigarette materials, or
“Is that Moore ?” he asked, bis features i!ZZX ZiZa faDCy T Y
brightening. 1 mcIme 113 l .° tabe mt0 the cool room. Nor
“Of course it is ” muSt ^ fail to mention one window much
Then he drew a sigh of relief, hts wonted ! tLT S" 1 ?P 0-te I ,hB
cheerfulness returned, while he whispered: J l e wmdow has genuine glass r
“Pardoa me, Laura ; .1 thought you were j ZZZw , r 9 ^. aPPedr9 di
...
hours later. f . of sunlight gleams upon the foliage, dnp- It has long ago passed into a proverb that
t , a , ^»inz from thn v late summer shower. Oue railroad«trer pend its firsr DuIIders arioi-
Maxims ror Everybody. ilifrd of the room may be cut off by means j lar of the original capital invested, and the
’ of two curtains, which are of the same pre- j records of the last three years offer no con-
Every dog has his day. I vailing green tint, but upon which a pattern tradiction to this general belief. During
Eat no more than you earn. 1 of white lace is thrown. The silvered rod the year 1878, forty-eight roads were sold
Every winter hath its snrin* upon whicfa these curtains run is let half j under foreclosure of mortgage, represent-
-i^ . ... . , way into the ceiling, and when the curtains ing a total mileage of 0,902 ihiles/$160,-
Extrava 0 ance often leads to villainy. are not in ugc the y ^ drawn into a recess ! 014,500 bonds and debt, and $151,616,700
Endear yourself to all by worthy j in the wall. A rod precisely situated as; capital stock—the entire amount of bonds,
acts, j the one on which the curtains run traverses debt and stock being $011,631,200. The
Every wrong brings its own yen- (the other end of the room, and these in ( following shows the foreclosure sales during
turn are crossed at right angles by similar the last three years:
rods. With these as a relief te the ceiling,
and a pale tinted center design about the
chandelier, the effect will be charming.
Hammocks may be suspended from these
rods, at certain places where they have
been specially strengthened to sustain such
a weight. There are some other details
which might be mentioned, but enough has |
been written to give a general idea, which, |
of course, must needs be modified by means, ,
1876.
1877.
1878.
No. of
Roads. Mileage.
...30 3,846
...54 3,875
.. .48 3,902
Capital
Invested.
$217,848,0001
198,984,000
311,631,000
geance.
Every tub must stand oij its own bot
tom.
Easy chairs sometimes hold uneasy
people.
Evil communications corrupt good
manners.
Everybody’s business is nobody’s
business.
Every man is the architect of his own
fortune. .
Eavesdroppers never hear any good
of themselves.
Every person should be bland, cour
teous and affable to all.
Experience is a dear school, but fools |
will learn in no other.
Experiences are more necessary to
& °TP?r t0 ^hers. ; -w T a yne, Ohio, cast a gloom over the entire were not so attractive to capitalists as to
, n . ‘ , .° Un( ir ° t(derate tbe community m which she lived. Her funer- i induce payments of ad the money down,
act of which he himself sets the exam- a ] place from the residence of her There was usually a difference also' between
Pie. « | parents, and was unusually largely attended, tlie price at which the bonds were sold and
Embark in no enterprise requiring j Aliss Shepherd's disease was of a character their face. Alost of the bonds of railroads
capital until you shall possess the cap- ■ to baffle tha skill of the best medical talent built at that period were sold at prices at
ital necessarv for success i °f that vicinity and of Osliorn, and there j which the companies did not realize more
Every act of dissipation and every i wa \ il is ^ *** of opiDi ^ as Uian 75 *** of Jheir face, and iu many
P /. to the proper mode of treatment. After / instances not more than oO per cent. Con-
spree of drunkenness robs the mental her death b( , r family off ,, red the attcn(Ung seque ntly, when the actual cost of the rail-
parts of some portion of its growth. . * ■ physicians an opportunity of making an roads and the amount of capital actually
Epidemics are not providential, but j autopsy, but they did not avail themselves invested is ascertained, it will be found
they proceed from causes as natural ‘as r«f the privilege. The friends of the de- j that tbe figures representing the values lost
are those of tornadoes and earthquakes. : ceased seemed to feel t iat they had just are like all figures representing values from
reason to fear that her body would be ex- 1S68 to 1878—largely inflated.
Luck and Labor. 1 burned, and the thought of her grave being But even those roads that suffered at the
j robbed grew upon them so strongly and w;is i hands of the common executioner, and
Many people complain of their bad ; so repulsive to them that, as a matter of; have sunk large fortunes for their various^
luck when they ought to blame their ' safety and precaution, it was thought best; owners, have not been without some re
want of wisdom and action. Cob- lo * nt;er her remains in a grave iu the yard , deeming traits. In nearly every instance
Total 132 11,623 $728,463,000
The Railway Aye, which is the author
ity for the above figures, says this represents
, . .. , only those roads that have been sold, i»nd
tastes and surroundings. Tlie main features ■ docg not inc i ude tbose in the hands of re-
of such a room should be its light colors^, ceiv ers. It further declares that this rail-
cool-lookmg furniture and fumishipsrs, and; road morta]ity ia thig cunby ^ Evolved
above all, absence of over-crowding, and t]ie lo38 ot an amolint of ; ta] than
often use of brilliant colors or glaring the bopfieadeM of the United State! And
contrasts. ^ ; no doubt this is true.
i Yet, while it is admitted tljat vast sums
Ready for Resurrectionists. have been lost, it is quite apparent that all
the stock did not represent cosh paid in.
The death of Aliss Susan Shepherd, of The railroads built in the inflation period
den, a distinguished writer in En ;
land thus wrote about luck and labor :
Luck is always waiting for something
to turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong
will, turns up something.
Luck lies in bed, and wishes the
postman would bring him news of a
legacy.
at her parents’residence, instead of in the they have helped to develop the resources
graveyard at Osborn. Accordingly a grave of the country to an extent that half a
was dug in the yard, a few feet from the, century would have failed to equal in the
front door of the residence, and her remains old days of country turnpikes and stage
lie beneath the beautiful flowers and ever- 1 coaches. Even those towns which were
greens which she had loved so well, and bonded to secure the coveted railway con-
wliich had been cultivated arid reared by nection, and have since groaned beneath
her own fair hands. To make assurance the burden they were unable to repudiate
doubly sure that her grave would not be; have admitted the ultimate benefits that
despoiled, a quantity of nitro-glycerine was accrued to their enterprise. Though los-
, so glaced in the grave that should ghouls ing in one way, they have made it up in
Labor turns at six o clock, and with attempt to rob it they would be hoisted by later years in another, by enhanced values
busy pen, or ringing hammer, lays the ! a petard that would effectually end their in- j in real estate and increased facilities for
foundation of a competence. famous career. j transportation of freights and products.
Luck whines. j • And thus,
Labor whistles. How to camp out.
Luck relies on chance.
Labor on character. With regard to the provisions to be
Luck slips down to indigence. taken, that is a matter which the party
Labor strides upward to independ- : should settle for themselves, as it de-
ence.
• Time at last mates all things even.”
He had been in the habit of standing
on the curbstone in front of the church
Tne Effect of a “Cold Wave.”
■; pends altogether upon the amount of after service, and waiting for his girl.
! money they desire to Invest and the : As he prided himself greatly upon his
■ I kind of food they intend to enjoy. It ( politeness in public places, he invaria-
It was early in the evening, while the j m ight be said, however, that the most bly, ev. n after their betrothal, stepped
thermometer marked ninety-four m the 1 . , . , <•'
shade that a young man was’seen stagger- ““ ® 1 U1> t0 . he . r ' Ioflm ” b,5 bat ' ro fl' ie “ tKd
ing down West Broadway. He stumbled ~ n -' n " t " Ta
into the gutter, and when an officer assisted
him to his feet and commanded him to
“come along,” he began sobbing bitterly.
“ What is the matter ? ” the officer asked
gruffly.
“My (hie) heart is broke!” he sobbed.
“Yer drunk,” the officer said. ‘‘Where
yer from
the plainest and most primitive charac- j permission to see her home. The first
ter. In fact fact the humbler the fare ! time that they went to ehucch together
the better, both with respect to the after they were married, they were un
principles of health and cost. These able to secure 3eats together. This
suggestions are given as a result of did not worry him. He secured a seat
actual experience, but as already ob- 1 for his wife, and at once sought his old
served the question of living is to be quarters by the stove, and among some
measured only by the purse and those 1 of his old cronies. Afrer service was
“Chicago,” he answered. Then he 1 directly interested. While nothing is (over he absent-mindedly walked out
sobbed and continued: “I (hie) came to (needed in the way of red neckties, ( with the boys aud took his old stand on
New York to (bic) meke a fortune for the j white kids and purple gaiterettes, care- the curbstone. With flashing eyes and
(Hie) told her so. Told (hie) j ful attention should be given to the j glowing cheeks out came liis wife. She
to tfidher 8 gooctebye Me) 6 wived 0 me "a | llttle tbin ?" - vou wiI1 surel r re ° uIre > | «' 0,,id bave P ,l8Sed bim in iodigaunt
cold adieu—gave me (hie) a cold wave. It; h Ub cannot buy in the woods, or possi- and scornful silence had he not step
pe) broke my heart. ” bly in “the cnly country store” for; ped up to her as of yore, and raising
“Did yer bring it with you?” asked the I miles around, even to a stout-blade his hat said: “Mi33 L , may I have
officer, eagerly, as he mopped liis brow, j jack-knife. : ihe pleasure of walking with you?”
“Y-y-es.” J _ i He had the pleasure of knowing he was
Just then a sadden gust of wind blew the | Every person-18 sure of at least .one ; muC h married, when she exclaimed:
Beer’s hat across the street. good friend if he will not abuse him- j “You Idiotic fool put on vour hat and
officer
The “cold wave” had come.
i sell.
I come along.”
