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PUBLISHED EVEBT ;THCKS»ili.yOBJriSO. WM. BRADFORD, Editor. & ZJS v * • V TEEMS OF SUBSCEIPTION: l Copy, one year - - - - - Sl*oo l “ six months - — 11 «' one year ----- iu.oo TERMS—Cash in Advance. Address^ ADVERTISER PUB^ISHUJGjCO., ^ Cedartowk, Ga. Advertiser ©It* ^dvertisw. ADVERTISING RATES. Lw.lm.8m.6m. ly. 1 Inch Slncnes-..., 3 inches % column $800 12 00 16 00 20 00 40 00 66 00 40 00 66 00 100 00 OLD SERIES—VOL. VI. NO. 26. CEDARTOWN, GA., SEPTEMBER 11, 1879. NEW SERIES—VOL. I. NO. 39. LOCAL NOTICES—Ten cents per line fcr one Insertion. For two or more insertions, live cents per line each insertion. MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES—As mat ter or news, published tree. OBITUARY NOTICES—Charged at hair rates. 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.”