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The Cedartown Advertiser.
Published every Thursday by D. B. FREEMAN.
Terms: $1.50 per annum, in advance.
NEW SERIES-VOL. II-NO. 47.
Main St. Cedartown Ga.,
I? YOU WANT THEM FOBS AND FRESH.
C. G. JANES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CEDARfOWKr, OA.
IW office In the Court House. fetidly
HI. PHILLIPS &
JOSEPH A. BLANCE,
attorney at law.
CEDARTOWN, GA
iw~ First Boom up Stairs over J. S. StJJbba A
Co’s store. aeeaz-w
DRS. LIDDELL & SON,
PHYSICIANS MID SURGEONS
OFFICE EAST BIDE OF BAH ,T -
CEDARTOWN, GA
JanS-ly
W. G. ENGLAND^
Physician and Surgeon.
CEDARTOWN, GA
OFFICE over J. A. Wynn’s where he may ho
found ready to attend calls either day or nignt. |
Janl6-ly
DR. C. H. HARRIS,
Physician and Surgeon,
Cedartown, G-a.
Office at Bradford & Walker’s Drugstore.
Residence at the Reece House. novi^- ▼
B. FISHER,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
CEDARTOWN, GA
Having Just opened out a shop at the store of
a. D. Hofc’K 4 co.. respectiu ly requests the
public to call on him when needing worn In his j
MANUFACTURER’S AGENTS FOB
Machiner; of all Kinds.
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Sixty-four different makes of Mean Engine* Hellos 1 iBBglBg
from 8 to 40 hone-power—new and second-hand—all at very lew prleea.
Alio agent* (or the ^ ^
Albany and Brown Cotton m "
PACKING, SCREWS, SEPARATORS, THRESHERS, CORN MILLS
and Farming Implements in general. We had a fine trade In thU line
last year, and general satisfaction was given. We are alio
Dealers in General Merchandise*
And have in store a well selected stock of
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, CAPS, CLOTHING AND GROCEMES,
All of which we will seU low, either for each or to prompt paying time cus
tomers. We are agents for GEORGE A CLARK’S
“0. SI. X.” Thread,
And will sell at retail and also will job it to merchants at regular whole
sale prices.
10,000 Pounds of Wool Wanted.
We will pay highest prices for all the washed wool brought to us.
Persons contemplating the erection of buildings may save money by
calling on ns for prices of LUMBER, LATHS and SHINGLES. Com# and
I.
W. M. PHILLIPS & CO.,
Cedartown ( Ga.
One step and than another.
And the longest walk Is ended;
One attteh end then another.
And Ike largest rent le mended
One brisk open another,
And the highest well ia made ;
And the deepest enow ia laid.
So the little eoral workers,
By their alow and constant motion.
Have built those pretty islands
In the distant dark-blue ocean.
And the aobleat undertakings
Man's wisdom hath conceived,
By oftwepeeted effort
Have bean patiently achieved.
Then do not look disheartened
On the work yon have to do.
And any that each e mighty teak
1 Yen never can get through;
But just endeavor day by day
Another point to gain.
And soon the mountain which you feared
Will |iwve te be a plain !
" Boms was net builded in e day, ’’
The aneient proverb tesohes,
And Nature, by her trees end flowers.
The asms sweet sermon preaches.
Think sot of far-off duties.
Bat of duties which era near.
And having ones begun to work,
Bseolve to persevere.
Cousin Edith.
W. F. TURNER,
Attorney at Law.
CEDARTOWN, GA.
will practice In the Superior Courts of Polk, I
Pauiding, Haral on. Floyd and Carroll counties,
special attention given to collections and real
estate business. maril-iv 1
DR. L. S. LEDBETTER,
DENTIST,
CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA.
All Dental work performed In the most skin
ful manner, office over J. S. Stubbs A Co.’s.
febi9-iy
F. M. SMITH,
Attorney at Law and
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CEDARTOWN, GA.
Particular attention given to the selling or I
renting or city prop Tty. Buying and selling
wild lands a specialty. Parties owning wild
lands in Georgia would do well to correspond
with me, as 1 have app lcutlons for tlnusanaa
of acres whose owners are unknown. No tax n.
fa. or other b gus title need apply. I^>ok U P
vour beeswax and write me. Terms: Ten per
cent, c mml-slon on sales. For locattng and I
ascertaining probable value, $1 per lot. For I
searching records tor owners, ah cents per lot.
For ascertaining If land 13 claimed or occupies
by squatter, ft per lo\ Al w a * sin £•
Insure at ent on cnclo-e a3-centstamp. Parties
own ng wild lands should look to their interests,
as manv of these wild ands are being stolen by
squatters und r a bogus title. All communica
tions promptly answered. Satisfaction guar
anteed to alt honest men. jan20-ly
liyeuy feed,
SALE STABLE!|
Wright & Johnson Prop’rs.
CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA. I
Being supplied with new Horses, New Vehi
cles. & we are prepared to meet the wants of {
the public in our line. Jan8-1 y
JAMES H. PRICE,
CEDARTOWN, GA.
Keeps on hand and manufactures to order
MATTRESSES!
My work recommends Itself wherever used.
And is guaranteed to render the most pe feet
satisfaction. No flimsy material used no work
slighted. I ask a trial. JAMES. H. PRICE.
iebl9-ly.
A. J. YOUNG,
DEALER IN
Gins
Corn and Rye Whiskies, Wine,
and Brandies.
Noyes Warehouse - - CEDARTOWN, Ca.
SOLE AGENT FOR COX, HILL k THOMPSON’S
STONE MOUNTAIN WHISKIES
Xxx Cedartown.
I keep such Liquors as may be used as a beverage or for medical
purposes with perfect safety,
guaranteed.
t3f~ Give me a call.
Good treatment
mr!8-ly
NEW HOUSE! NEW MERCHANTS!
New Goods and Slew Prices.
A. D. HOGG & CO.,
MAIN Street, CEDARTOWN, Georgia,
Have just opened a select 3tock of General Merchandise in their new (tore,
and want aU their friends and the public generally to call and let them
show their goods and prices. Their stock was bought before the recent
rise in prices, and they feel confident of having goods at bottom figures.
They have beautiful Dress Goods, Calicoes, Corsets, new styles; Bleach-
lngs, Flannels, Cassimeres, Kerseys, Kentucky .Jeans, Hosiery, Gloves,
Hardware, Notions, etc., etc. Extra nice Gentlemen’s Underwear Vxnr
Low. Remember the place—last Brick btore on South MAIN Street, west
side. novfl-ly
BAKER & HALL,
CALHOUN
Livery and Sale Stable.
FOSTER & HARLAN, Props:
CALHOM, GEORGIA.
Having lately purchased the above Stable and
supplied It with good Horses and a splendid
line of new Vehicles, we are prepared to meet 1
the wants of the traveling public In our line.
Parties wishing vehicles sent to any of the
trains on the Selma. Rome and Dalton Railroad
or to any other point, mav telegraph us, and
have their Wants promptly and properly at- |
tended to. FOgTBR & HARLAN, Calhoun, Ga.
Jan8-tf
ISAAC T. MEB,
CEDARTOWN, GA
—DEALER IN—
STOVES TINWARE,
Hardware and Hollow-Ware,
OF ALL KINDS.
House-Furnishing Goods
A SPECIALTY.
Fverv variety of Job wort In my line neatly
done I respe t ul v solicit the patronage ol
the nubile, and would be pleased to haye all my
friends and customers call and see me when In
DEALERS IN
GENERAL HARDWARE,
STJO]
Ready-Made Plows, Plow Stocks, Nails, Iroi ant
Steel, Spades, Shovels, Hoes, Rakes,
Manure Forks, Ete.
BUGGY WHEELS, SHAFTS, POLES AND CIRCLES,
wmmaT .fk ARROWS.
SAWS, FILES, LOCKS, BINGES, CHAINS, ETC.
We have just opened a Hardware House in Cedartown, and
« Great chance to mate money, we|ask a trial in Goods and Prices. We are
need a person In every town to take
. subscriptions for the target, cheao- _
Strictly in the Hardware Business.
JSSRSKSSSfifaSSr. and will be prepared to furnish goods in our line a* cheap as
| they can be bought in any market. Give us a trial before
el “ wh< ’ re -
QjK«STINSON k CO, Portland, Maine.
T.ilUan Ames stood leaning against the
aement of an open window leading on to a
■loping lawn, at whose base flowed a sunny,
rippling stream of water.
Xt was one of England’s fairest daughters.
Even at this moment, spite of the fact that
her brow is gathered In a frown, and the
red, full lipe are unmistakably pouting, her
beauty is undeniable
A few bold spirits had declared that there
was little soul in the face; but the large
I,.™! eyes could melt or flash at will; the
dark lashes shaded a cheek as white as Pa
rian marble, with rarely even a touch of
color upon its velvety surface; and the
lithe, graceful figure even unconsciously
assumed a new grace in each unsteady
poise, until one forgot the question of sonl
In its perfect outward flesh and blood ta
bernacle.
Near her, reclining on a low easy chair,
a young girl of about her own age.
At first glance the exquisite soul-loveliuess
of her face paled in Mias Ames’s brilliant
beauty, but there were more to love its pos-
’, and fewer to envy her. Something
like imagination was in her voice, as she
addressed her friend.
1 cannot believe that you mean it, Lil
lian,” she said. “You have been engaged
to Oscar Dering for a year, and how can
you say so carelessly that your engagement
shall ba broken—’’
‘Beg pardonl” interrupted the other, iD
low, troBieal tones, “1 have not yet been
engaged to Oscar Denng twenty-four
hours. It wss to Lord Oscar Dering I gave
my pledge.’’
•Oh, 'but Lillian, because he has lost
title and estate must he also lose the woman
of his love? Think a minute. You Burely
will not give him up so easily?
‘Nonsense, Edith! lam 21—no longer a
girl of an age to live upon sentimentalism,
but to look upon every-day realities of life.
When I engaged myself to Lord Dicing; 1
the subject of congratulation among all
my friends. Now that the cousin who was
supposed to be dead crops into life in some
remote portion of the globe, and that Oscar
insists upon renouncing the property in his
behalf without events struggle) I am not
oootsnt to let these same congratulations
lapse into pity.”
•Oh, Tallinn, do you think anyone could
pity you for possessing so royal a gift as
the love of such a man? Think better of it,
dear, I knew you care for him. Do not so
lightly renounce young life’s happiness.
‘You plead his case eloquently, my dear.
Really I did not know I possessed a rival in
my fair oousin. Perhaps a heart caught in
the rebonnd—you know the rest, of course,
and can point the moral.”
“Lillian,you are cruel—cruel!—I—" But
the late speaker had passed through the
window out of hearing, and advanced to
meet a man qnickly approaching on the
■ward, while the young girl left be
hind fell back in her chair, the great tears
coursing down her cheeks, on which the
crimson color signal flam ed
it was as though some ruthless hand bad
matched the veil from her own heart, leav-
ng expend its. most cherished secret—a
went she had not known herself until now
betrayed Dy her shame.
“I must leave this place. I cannot meet
him again; I must go home. But, Oh how
n she give him up!”
Edith Loring and Lillian Ames were
oousina, but the one was the daughter of a
clergyman wnose rectory wss some ten
miles distant from Ames court, and one of
the noblest estates of England, and of
which Lillian was sole heiress.
The girls, however, had been closely
united, more by the tie of friendship than
coasinship, since the latter was a distant
bond, and Ames court was almost as much
Edith s home as her own. Now, however
the homelier charms of the rectory were
very grateful to her. Here no one could
prove the discovery so new to herself—to
trace the scarlet blush which seemed so
often to burn her cheek, until she wondered
that it din not leave its brand.
She had been home six weeks, and twice
Onoar Dering had driven over to see her,
but she had always demed herself to him
on some household pretext, until one mern-
he overtook her in the road.
She had been busy with thoughts of him,
wondering how he had borne his ruptured
troth, and reproaching herself for the cow~
ardi-e which heretofore had forbidden her
meeting him, when she heard behind her
the quick step of the home’s hoofs. His
rider drew rain at her side.
"So I am to find you at last,” he said.
His voice sounded the same as of old; the
bright, cheery tone wss unchanged.
“Have you seen Lillie, lately?” she at
last found courage to ask.
“Mo,” be answered, and then she saw
the frown gather on his brow, and an ex-
ei pain ernes about Ms ttpa.
see as little of your cousin as possible now.
You know, Miss Loring, I am no longer a
subject of congratulation.”
‘Yen, I know,” she said. “1—”
‘Don’t pity me," he Interrupted; “Ican’t
bear that quite yet.”
‘I did not mean to pity you," she re
plied.
“Oh, if Lillian had not spoken of the
heart caught in the rebound,” she thought,
when week after week Oscar Dering would
find his way to the rectory garden or the
rectory parlor, to spend long hours with its
fair young mistress.
She understood so well why he came, be
cause now and then Lillian’s name drifted
into the idle talk, and because, as he grew
stronger, he dared speak of her and of the
love he had borne her. It was a mingled
paia Sad pleasure to listen. If only she
had not learned her own heart the pain
would have been less. But she was de
stined to learn it more fatally, yet, as one
morning strolling through the woods to
gether, the sharp report of a hunter’s gun
close beside them startled them both. The
next instant her companion sank white and
senseless on the sward beside her, while
the affrighted hunter, whose misaimed
charge had entered his arm, hastenen for
ward.
“Bring assistance quickly," exclaimed
Edith, while she raised the heavy head to
her lap: “Oscar, speak to me,’’shemoaned.
“Oscar! Oscar!”
Over and over again she repeated his
name in the same accents of deeparing love,
until they had forced their way into the
life-pulses of his being and aroused them
to activity.
He opened his eves in a half-wandering
look, as though delirium had overtaken
him.
At this instant the hunter returned with
assistance, and a half hour later the wound
ed mAn liad been b^rne to the rectory, the
wound dressed, and the knowledge given
that it was merely a flesh wound, painful,
but-not dangerous. Yet his recovery was
a tedious affair.
He grew moody and abstracted. It gave
him more time to think of Lillian and his
loss, Edith thought, even while ahe won
dered why his eyes followed her with such
strange questioning look. Once she en
tered his room with some freshly cut flowers
in her baud.
Where shall I put them, Mr. Dering?”
she inquired.
Mr. Dering?” he answered. “Did I
not once hear you call me Oscar, or was it
a sweet fancy wafted from dreamland?”
Again the crimson tide dyed her face.
“Don’t 1" she said, as though he had
hurt her, and hastened from the room bear
ing with her the flowers, and it seemed to
him the light and sunshine.
Had he been blind all "this time, and was
he just beginning to see?
A.gfand ball was to be given at Amea
court. Lillian insisted thst Edith should
be present, and the invalid also was sum
moned to the feast.
On the evening of Miss Ames’s ball she
picked up the paper sent down by the after
noon mail from London. She was sudden
ly startled at seeing the name of the man to
whom she so lately had been betrothed.
It was a published decision of the court
that owning to some disability, the title
could not descend to Oscar Dering’s cousm.
He was, then, Lord Dering still. Fool
that she had been. But to-night, while he
still thought her in ignorance, she must win
him back.'
It was late when he entered the spacious
drawing-rooms.
‘Ihave been waiting for you,” she said,
in her sweetest, lowest tones.
•You honor me too greatly, Miss Ames,”
he replied.
Let us go into the conservatory.” she
added, “ it ia cooler there.”
He offered her his arm.
From a distant comer of the room Edith
saw them.
“I will not begrudge him anyhappiness,”
ahe said to herself.
“Have you forgotten the last time we
were here together, Mr. Dering?’’ Lillian
was asking at this moment.
“No,” he answered gravely, looking into
the beautiful face beside mm.
“Can one ever retrieve a mistake,” she
asked, “when one finds it out?”
“I don’t know,” he replied. “Can ons
cause the rose, blighted in mid-summer, to
bloom again in the depths of winter?”
She knew then what he meant.
“We are dealing in similes;’’she exclaim'
ed, “let us return to our gueste.”
An hour later OBcar Dering led Miss
I suing to the same spot.
“Hove you, Edith,” he said, “I thought
my hearr was dead when I met you. My
darling, will you be my wife?”
“Oh, Oscar, you are sure, sure of your-
self?”
“I have been made more sure to-night, 1
he answered.
She was too happy to question his words—
too happy even to let Miss Ames’s con
gratulations sting her when she said:—
■A heart caught m tne rebound. Did
I not tell you so.”
Too happy to be made happier when she
learned that on her wedding day she was
to be made Lady Edith Dering.
Thins* Would ho Funny to see.
A patent medicine that wasn’t warranted
a dead shot for anything, from corns to
consumption.
A rose without a thorn and
without a fault.
A tarpaulin stout enough to keep tne
rain from soaking through the backs of our
milkman’s cows.
A poor plumber and a rich newspaper
man.
A man who can rap eternal smash out
of his favorite bunion while making a tight
croquet and still keep the air brake on his
Scattered over certain portions of the
British isles, and here and there in other
parts of the world, may be found masses of
detached rock, often of great slse, poised
so nicely on a narrow base that they move
to and fro under very Blight pressure, and
known in Great Britain by the name of
“logan" or “rocking” atones. In some
cases the action of the wind alone is aulfi-
cient to set them in motion.
Formerly, these stones, from their pecu
liar characteristics, were considered to be
the work nf human hands, and were classed
among “Druidic remains”—the common
belief being that they were connected with
the religious rites and ceremonies of the
Druids.
One of the absurd beliefs was that if a
supposed culprit was brought to a rocking-
stone, his guilt or innocence would be at
once proclaimed—if guilty, the atone would
vibrate on his approach by unseen power;
while on the other hand his innocence
would be proved by its remaining station
ary. An opposite belief waa that the stone
would “rock” at the slightest touch of those
pure at heart, but would withstand even a
giant’s power when exerted by the guilty.
These belieia, like many others connected
with so-called cromlechs and other re
mains, are, however, exploded, and it is
now very generally agreed that rocking-
stones are not works of art, hut the result
of natural causes.
There can be no doubt that in most cases
the “rocking” property of these masses of
stone is entirely due to weathering; disin
tegration having been effected through
countless ages by the action of wind and
rain, and sometimes by sand blown by the
wind upon the masses of jutting rock of
which they are composed. In some in
stances, too, there is little doubt the super
incumbent mass has fallen or rolled from
the rocks and heights above, and become
accidentally poised on its present bed; and
in others again they may have been depos
ited in their position by glaciers or ice
bergs. In all cases, however, we shall be
safe in attributing, in one way or other,
their formation to natural agency. At one
of the meetings of the British association,
this theory waa clearly demonstrated by
Mr. Grove, who stated that by artificial at
trition he had himself made several minia
ture rockiug-stones; -‘and thus ho showed
how by the action of the atmosphere on
their comers, many large masses of rock,
which having a tendency to disintegrate into
cubical or tabular blocks might gradually
become rounded into the rude spheroidal
shape generally presented by the logan. ’’
But we have not room here to dwell on
the attractions offered by the invertebrate
«nirn»l« on this coast. The rocky shores
abound in varieties differing from the pro
ducts of sandy and muddy bottoms, and
lire different zones have their peculiar
forma of animal and vegetable life, and
one has only to sweep the water with s
fine net, and drawing it through the sea-
Leanied commentators on the Northern
antiquities help us to conjure up the scene
of one of those drinking bouts. It is a
bitter evening in winter; the war galleys
have been laid up in ordinary for the season
and the time hangs heavy on the hands of
^ u .„ * .. the vikings. The better part of the mom-
weed, to gather an infinite variety of arvgT'&g is passed in sleeping off the effects of
life, so minute and delicate in form as the previous debauch; and. after breaking
m&l life,
only to be seen with the aid of a glass. At
the laboratory of the Fish Commission,
crabs not bigger than the head of a pin
may be seen seen swimming in a shallow
dish, tiny forms, almost transparent, but
active and pugnacious when they meet
each other. These minute animals at this
stage are not fully formed, out have a tail,
which, when not in use, is drawn up
under the body. This appendge, like the
caudal one of the tadpole, disappears when
the creature has no further need of it. So
of the young of the lobster, it has five feet,
while ^the abdominal segments are flat
tened out into a tail fin. But perhaps there
ia no greater change in the growth of any
of the Crustacea, than that which charac
terizes the star-fish. Its larva seems com
plete in itself,and its movements are active
before it presents any of the aspects of the
parent fish. Even its temporary mouth
does not remain the permanent mouth of
the starfish. It is the starfish that is the
great destroyer of oysters, and there is
nothing more tenacious of life. Tear off
one of its lobes or arms another will grow
in its place; tear off two, three—all of its
five arms, and it is able to reproduce them
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Street Acquaintances.
You know a great many people you are
not acquainted with.
Your accustomed walks ou the street
bring you face to face with men, women
and children every day, who grow famil
iar to you, but you know them not.
Just about so far from the same corner
every morning you meet the care-worn
man, weighted with life’s burdens, his
face wrinkled with the history of strug
gles. You always feel like taking off your
hat to lnm and offering a sympathetic
word.
The Epruce young clerk, with one hun
dred and twenty steps to the minute,
glances at you sharply and whines by as
if the world wouldn't move till he got
there.
The distressed-looking woman, with
pale face, shabby-genteel dress and a bit
of resolution expressed by her closed mouth,
tiresomely comes down the walk. Her
face has moved you to pity every morning
for a year.
What ia this little breeze coming? With
metallic heel-plate clicking, clicking on the
Bide walk like the ringing of a clog dancer's
step, jaunty hat to one aide of her head,
neat costume, and a fancy, piquant air ?
Meet her every day, but don’t dare to
speak to her.
This little toddling girl with hangs, pro
tected by an older brother, playing on the
sidewalk with a hoop and dolly. A gleam
of childhood’s sunshine that greets you
cheerily.
Those two jolly fellows coming, telling
stories and laughing all the way to their
work. Light-hearted, because they were
born so. You feel like turning about and
having a laugh with them, but they are
only street acquaintances.
The “grubbing” sort of men whom you
meet every day carrying a pipe between
their teeth, round-shouldered, and having
hangdog sort of a gait, perfectly indiff
erent to everthing. It makes a man feel
blue to see them.
The -gray haired and much-bowed vete
ran, whose life is near adjournment. You
meet him od Saturday mornings only, lean-
on hia staff, his white locks streaming in
the breeze; a picture which we ail look
upon with reverence.
These are but few types of the people
we meet every day in the street and know,
but are not acquainted with, that are aa
much a part of our every-day life as are
our duties that add so much to our pleasure
and opportunity for study, and more than
books and newspapers.
Carious Son lahsHtu te
willing to give an editor a few pointers in
the newspaper business.
A doctor who hadn’t believed all along
that Tanner would come out all right.
A bald headed man who never lost hia
temper.
A circus just to relieve the monotony.
A chromo of the man who invented the
dance called “the racket.”
j It is easier to suppress the first desire
“I than to satisfy all that follow It.
Osborne adjoins the estate of Norris Cas
tle, where the Queen spent some time in
childhood, and her selection of the place
in mature years was probably due to early
impressions. The Queen and Prince seem
soon to have felt a desire for—what her
predecessors on the throne never had-
home of their very own. as opposed to an
official home, and the private home ot Os
borne was soon supplemented by that of
Balmoral. It is scarcely probable that
radical House of Commons will be content
to vote much longer the great sum annually
demanded for maintaining royal palaces at
which the sovereign never resides.
Besides Buckingham Palace—where her
residence now averages about ten days a
year—the Queen has Kew, Hampton Court,
Kensington. Bushy Park, St. James, the
white Lodge in Richmond Park, Frogmore,
all at her disposal, should she please to oc
cupy them, and all maim ained at public
cost, besides Holyrood in Scotland, where
occasionally ahe has spent a few days,
Kensington and Hampton Court are now
given up in part to pensioners of position.
The accumulation of these palaces has been
in a considerable decree due to the indi
vidual caprice or various sovereigns.
William III hated the splendid palace of
Whitehall, and was not sorry when tire ef
faced the triumphs ot Holbein and Inigo
Jones. He lived at Kensington, and occa
sionally at Hampton Court. Anue lived at
Kensington and Windsor, as did the Geor
ges up to and inclusive of George IL
George IH and Charlotte lived at at. James,
Windsor and Kew until Buckingham
House waa bought.
George III also lived a great deal at
Frogmore, in Windsor Park. For years
he did not occupy WindsorCeette. George
VI lived, after he came to the throne, at
Buckingham Palace, Windsor, and the Pa
vilion Brighton, and spent on them then,
probably, at a rough calculation, $7,500,000.
William 1Y, not at all a representative
King lived chiefly at Windsor and Buck
ingham palaces. So far as Windsor,
Hampton Court, Busby and Richmond are
concerned, their surroundings are entirely
free to the public, who can ride and drive
in nearly every part of their parks. Were,
however, Kensington Palace, a plain brick
building, covering several acres, razed and
fine houses erected, the public would not
suffer by the loes of a recreation ground,
and the public treasury would gain to the
extent of a sum nearly covering all allow
ances paid to the royal family, except that
to the Queen.
their fasts with unimpaired appetites, the
listless warriors have roused themselves for
exercise, and have been stretching their
muscles over manly sports. All the same,
the short day has dragged and they have
welcomed the heavy fall of the shadows.
The feast has been spread in rude profusion;
the huge salted joints have been picked
to the bone and tossed to the hounds; the
bare tables on the trestles have
been cleared away, and the boisterous com
pany, breathing hard after the meal has
settled itself down for an earnest carouse.
Though the hall is' lighted with numerous
torches it is no easy matter to distinguish
objects for the smoke from the fire burn
ing in the middle is curling up to the raft
ers of the lofty room, in vain attempts to
escape by the smoke holes. But all around
the revelers are grouped on the rough
benches, while at the end, on a dais above
their followers, sit the chiefs in the places
of honor. Tables may be dispensed with.
The great horns, with the cup bearers, or
horn bearers, in attending to replenish
them, pass swiftly from hand to hand.
There are toasts and “sentiments” and
long-winded speeches as well, on solemn
occasions of ceremony. The scalds Bitting
apart, chant the memorable deeds of gods
and heroes, and especially the feats of the
present company, in interminable stanzas
more or less melodious; and the fierce re
velers chime in with the chorus until roof
and rafters ring again. Naturally the fun
crows fast and furious. Thanks to the
form of the drinking vessels, there is no
setting them down between pulls. It waa
the anticipation of the hard drinkers of
a later age who guarded against heel taps
on the sly by knocking the bottoms of their
glasses. It was the principal pride of these
“jolly good fellows” of the North to take
off the contents of the horn at a breath.
The muddy ale and the headier mead had
muddied weaker or more delicate brains.
Aa it was, there was little intelligence to
be confused, and not much wit to be ex
pelled, though, if the Sagas are to be
trusted, those case-hardaned topers are to
be credited occasionally with some bit of
dry humor. But the warm blood grew
hotter still as the liquor went coursing
through the fevered veins, and quarrels be
gan that led on tc bloody teuds afterwards,
if comrades prevented their being settled on
the spot. More than once in such a ban
queting hall some epic in action had its
sanguinary denouement.
Yon Can Slip.
There ia a continual warfare going on
in the deep, a oonstant struggle for the
means of sustaining life. The carniverous
devour the vegetarians, and the mud-eaters
■wallow both animal and vegetable forma;
and this runs all the way down the scale,
from the shark and the equally ravenous
blueflsh to the least of the anneJds.
These last, the sea-worms, are wary, but
they cannot escape their enemies. If they
were to confine themselves to the bottom,
where they feed and where many of them
grow to the length of a foot or two. they
might in a measure escape, though they
would still be a prey to the scup and
other fish that know how to dig for them;
but they love to swim, particularly at night
and in the breeding season, and then they
are snapped up in countless number*. They
have almost every variety of forma and
their structure is marvelous—monsters
with hooked jaws at the end of a proboscis,
and withal, side* of bluest green that throw
off an infinite variety of irridescent hue*.
Some of the sea-worms have scales, others
woman have soft bodies; some are sluggish and
curl themselve up into balls when dis
turbed, others are restless, particularly at
night; some are round, others flat; some
build tubes of sand and cement, woven
together till they make a colony of many
hundred members; the tubes of others are
soft and flexible,and some,when disturbed,
withdraw within their crooked calcareous
tubes and close the onflee with a plug.
One variety of the aerpults haa three dark
red eyes; another haa cluster* of eyes on
each tentacle. The amphiflods were accoun
ted of no great value till it was shown by
the Fish Commission that these small Crus
tacea furnish a vast amount of food for
both salt and freah-water fishes. Indeed,
there is not a creature that swims or crawls
that does not become the food ef some otter
animal A beach flea is caught up by a scup
or flounder; squids make terrible havoc
among young mackerel, and tfrarki nod
■tingways find something appetising *“
tha gasterepod.
Curiosities ot a ■IMOurl Cave.
About a year ago Mr. Strain bought a
tract of land one mile east of Westport, upon
which waa a wonderful spring of cool, pure
water, which came bubbling from an im
mense cave which haa been explored 3,000
feet from its mouth. Soon after Mr. Strein
secured the property he bethought him of
raising brook trout, and Mr. Annin, swell-
known fish-culturist ot Rochester, came to
tfanawa City to see if the plan was a feasi
ble one. Mr. Annin explored the cave;
and after making his way underground
about six hundred feet came to a small
cataract about three feet high, over which
the water fell. In about four hundred yards
another waterfall was reached, but at this
point a person has to crawl along, as the
walls of the cave are very low, the ceiling
being ragged and rough. About a year
ago. when an investigation of the cave was
first made, a lot of old Indian arrow heads
of flint were discovered near the first
waterfall, and it is said in olden time* the
Indians used this cave as a sepulchre for
their dead before they were sent to the
*happy hunting ground.” In’support of
this theory it is known that within thirty
yards of the mouth of the cave are the
remains of an Indian stone house, where
not many years since dwelt a half breed
and his aged squaw. They were very
reticent as to the use of the cave, but
claimed that the water which came from it
h«/l certain curative powers which their
“meaieme men” had discovered ages ago.
The people in the neighborhood have all
heard the sterie8,and the place haa about it
much of interest. Mr. Annin told Mr.
Strein that in his opinion the water in the
cave waa well adapt f d to raising fish, and
on his return from Rochester he sent out
three thousand eggs taken from Caledonia
creek, near his own home, which have been
hatched out successfully.
‘Is your Dame David Shaster ?” asked
the court of a man nearly seven feet high
who suddenly walked out on Bijah’s arm.
“Hey?” replied the prisoner, as he lean
ed forward.
“Is your name David Shaster?”
“Hey?"
“Ia—your—name—David — Shaster?”
repeated the court with all hia voice.
“Tee, I suppose it is.”
”^0u are charged with being drunk.”
“Hey?”
“You are charged with being drunk.”
“Hey?”
“Drunk! ” yelled Bijah, with his mouth
close lo man’s ear.
Who’s drank? What have I got to do
with anybody being drunk?”
‘You were drunk!” shouted the court.
Hey?”
‘You were drunk!” yelled Bijah.
’Bet you $5.” replied the prisoner aa he
went down for the money.
The officer in the case said he found him
lying under a shed, drunk and asleep and
the court replied:
Well. I can’t yell my head off to make
him understand. I’ve busied my collar
button and broken a suspender already,
and I shall let him go. Prisoner you can
go.”
“Hey?”
“You can skip.”
“Hey?”
Bijah turned him around and run him
out and shut the door on him, but he put
his nose against the glass and shook the
door and called out:
Hey? I’ll see if I haven’t any rights!"
Chariemacne.
Loyally sowarded.
The French Government has just con
ferred the military medal upon a young
woman employed in tha telegraph office
at Pithiviers during the war of 1870. Upon
the arrival of the German forces in that
town during the month of November, they
at once, as waa their wont, took possession of
the telegraph office and relegated Mdlle.
Dodo, the young woman In charge, to a
room, and Mdlle. Dodu managed to tap
them and convey the information to the
sub-prepect. One day a telegram arrived
from the Prussian staff at Orleans address
ed to Prince Frederick Charles, informing
him of the march of a French corps upon
Gien, and suggesting the movement* to be
made in order to surround it. This tele
gram she took to the sub-prefect who made
three copies of it for the commander of the
French corps, sending each by a different
messenger. Two of the messengers were
killed, but the third arrived, and the in
formation enabled the French commander
to make a timely retreat. The Pruaians
did not as certain what had taken place un
til just before the armistice, but lor which
j Mdlla. Dodu might have farad badly.
Above the ordinary height of a man,
Charlemagne was a giant in his statue as
in his mind; but the graceful and easy pro
portion of ail his limbs spoke the combina
tion of wonderful activity with immense
strength, and pleased while it astonished.
His countenance was as striking as his fig
ure ; and his broad, high forehead, hia keen
and flashing eye, and bland, un wrinkled
brow, offered a bright picture, wherein the
spirit of physiognomy, natuM in all men,
might trace the expression of a powerful in
tellect and a benevolent heart. Gifted with
a frame, the corporeal energies of which
required little or no relaxation, and which,
consequently, never clogged and hampered
his intellect by fatigue, Charlemagne could
devote an immense portion of his tune to
business, and, without taking more than a
very small portion of sleep, could dedicate
the clear thoughts of an untired mind to the
regulation of his kingdom, even while oth
er men were buried in repose. He was
accustomed, we are told, to wake sponta -
neously, and rise from his bed four or five
times in the course of each night; and so
great was his economy of moments, that
the brief space he employed in putting on
the simple garments with which he was
usually clothed, was also occupied in hear
ing the reports of his Count of the Palace,
or the pleadings ot various causes, which
he decided at those times with as much
clear wisdom as if listening to them on tha
judgment seat.
Pearl Thread.
A Paris firm has begun the manufacture
of “pearl thread,” or “beaded thread,”
which has the appearance of thread on
which the beads are attached at regular in
tervals. The process consists in impreg
nating the thread at proper intervals with
drops of a pasty substance, like wax, resin,
lac, gum, eta, which on cooling becomes
glassy or crystalline. The apparatus used
is as follows: The liquid bead material is
held in a 1 rough-like vessel, from the bot
tom of which extend obliquely downward
a large number of narrow tubes, which
are closed at the lower ends, but have each
an opening a little above the end, through
which the liquid comes out in the form of
a bead. The female worker brings the
threads in a horizontal position simulta
neously before all the holes, and the drops
get attached to the threads. A surplus
trough ia placed below. The prepared
thread is wound on a removable reel. In
order that the bead may fully solidify, and
neighboring pieces of thread may not stick
together, tne reel is displaced in the region
of its axis after each revolution. It ta
moved by means of a weight.