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Terms: ^1.50 per aimaxa, in advance.
BER 23, 1880.
NEW SERIES—YOL. III-NO. 2.
Tell your Leona. Why
ao pale, and so sad, my
rile, my daughter,’’sighed
r such he was.
led the maiden, a quick
le stars spoke truly. It is
scht, the mighty necro-
my father 1”
to-night the spirit of
invisible shape within
and you only, Leona,
maiden, opening wide her
. Bf. T.” Thread,
soil at retail and also will job It to merchants at regular whole*
'ji prices.
10,000 Pounds of Wool Wanted.
We will pay highest prices fojftll the fished wool brought to us.
Persons contemplating the Erection oWbuildings may * save money by
calling on us for prices of LUMBER, LATHS and SHINGLES. Come and
us.
w m. Phillips & CO.,
Cedartown, GJ-a.
A. J.'YOUNG,
DEALER IN
rn and Rye Whiskies, Wine, Gins
and Brandies.
Noycis Wareiiouu^l 4^ARTOWN, CaT - "
to the selling 1 or
lying and selling
riles owning wild
*11 to correspond
is for thousands
n known. Notaxfl.
d apply. Look up
te. Terms: Ten per
c For locating und
_ . obable value, $1 per lot. For
records lor owler.s, iso cents per lot.
“‘nlnglflandii} claimed or occupied
$1 per lor.< Aiwa vs in ndvance. To
t, on enclo o a s-cent stamp. Parties
lnnd-«should look to tbelr interests,
iy of these wild uads are being stolen by
irs und r a bogus title. All co nmunlca-
iromptly answered. Sacisfactloa ruar-
to all honest men. jans&ly
SOLE AGENT FOR COX, HILL £ THOMPSON’S
STONE MOUNTAIN WHISKIES
133. Codartown.
I keep such Liquors as may be used as a beverage or for medical
purjioses with perfect safety, jy Give me a call. Good treatment
guaranteed.
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NEW HOUSE! NSW MERCHANTS!
Goods und Mew Prices.
[VERY FEED,
AND
iLE STABLE!
J* Johnson Peop’rs.
GEORGIA.
pith new Horses, New Vehl-
fepared to meet the wants of
jan8-iy
H. PRICE,
lARTOWN, GA.
1 and manufactures to order
PRESSES!
hit self wherever used,
mder the most pe feet
/ material used, no work
JAMES. H. PRICE.
JALHOUN
anar Sale Stable. j
|R & HARLAN,Jfrops ,
A. D. HOi
MAIN Street, - -
iG & CO.,
CEDABTOWN, Georgia,
Hare just opened a select stock o^Heral Merchandise In their new store,
and want all their friends anaMfe public generally to call and let them
show their goods and prices. Tl« r stock wag bought before the recent
rise m prices, and they feel confident of having goods at bottom figures.
They have beautiful Dress Goods, Calicoes, Corsets, new styles; Bleach-
ings Flannels, Cassimeres, Kerseys, Kentucky ,Jeans, Hosiery, Gloves,
Hardware, Notions, etc., etc. Extra nice Gentlemen’s Underwear Yebt
Low. Remember the place—last Brick Store on South MAIN Street, west*
siae. « . ,
^ • noyR-ly
HALL,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL HARDWARE,
SUCH AS
Ready-Made Plows, Plow Stocks, Kails, Iron and
Steel, Spades, Shovels, Hoes, Rakes,
Manure Forks, Ete.
BUGGY WHEELS. SHAFTS, POLES AND CIRCLES,
WHBHLBARHOWS,
SAWS, FILES, LOCKS, HINGES, CHAINS, BTC.
We have just opened a Hardware House in Cedartown, and
ask a trial in Goods and Prices. We are
Strictly in the Hardware Business,
and will be prepare^ v .urnish goods in our line as cheap as
they can be bought in any*market. ^ Give us a trial*before
going elsewhere.
It was many centuries ago.
In a guest chamber of a black frowning
castle, rearing itself almost within Uie shad
ow of the Bohmerwald, sat two men.
They sat in darkness, save a strange lurid
glow from a fitful Same, darting, tongue
like, from the center of a sort of a ohafing-
dish of iron, shaped to the ghastly form of
a death’s head.
Both bent intently towards the tripod, on
which rested the ghastly dish, the younger,
and more wicked looking of the two with
a sing-song incantation, as his breath min
gled with the deadly perfumi floating on
the tongusd flame.
Presently the latter rose, his companion
instantly following his example.
He looked half shrinkingiy towards the
shadowy corners of the great chamber, and
then back to the dish.
“The spell works, my lord,” he matter
ed.
‘ ‘Stir not! Speak not, whatever yon may
chance to see or hear 1 What it will be, I
know not; but the shade cometh! Behold!”
And even as he spoke, a small Jund spark
suddenly glowed on the floor among the
dismal shadows.
It glowed, shivered, and swelled in height
and breadth till It stood it quaking eoi t?n,n
of ghastiy light. \
Gradually the column took form, and
then quickly dissolving again into a shape
less mass, it as quickly flashed into millions
of diamond-like coruscations, from which
suddenly gloomed a tall, black, spectral
figure, shadowy as the shadows them
selves.
In vain the necromancer’s breathless
companion strove to discern a feature of the
face glooming so wierdly there.
From the spectral form issued a deep se
pulchral voice.
“You have summoned me—what would
you?” slowly and solemnly queried the
shade.
“Power,” answered the necromancer,
briefly, in low awed tones. “Gift us with
power. ”
“Power to gather a soul—power to pol
lute, to destroy ?”
“Even so, master. Even the beautiful
Leona’s,” returned the necromancer.
“The White Hand protects her.”
“Bat thou art strong, master.”
“The White Hand is stronger.”
“Alas! master, what shall we do!”
A little pause followed the query, and
then the voice returned:
“Love is alluring—allure by love, and
Leona may fall.”
“But is there no spell, master?”
“One! Listen in silence or you never
will know. Take ”
A shivering, demoniac cry ended the sen
tence, and the black shade cowered to the
floor, while above it shone, beautiful and
shapely, a marble-white hand.
Another shivering cry of mortal terror
and pain, and the spectral light and shape,
with the marble-white hand, disappeared.
The tongued flame on the tripod shot up
wildly for an instant, and then died out,
leaving nothing but the deepest darkness.
A tremendous oath from the necromancer
broke the horrible silence, as he groped for
means to light a lamp.
As its pale glow dispelled a few of the
shadows, he and his companion stared into
each other’s ghastly faces with wild eyes.
For a little they stood thus, and then the
necromancer hissed: .
“A moment more and I would have
learned the spell. My lord, there is a ter
rible power against us. What say you?”
‘ ■To the end, to the end! Leona shall he
mine!”
* ‘But, my lord, the knowledge of the spell
is lost—lost for ever.”
“By love, then.”
“It may fail, and then you are lost.”
“Be it bo.”
As these words were passionately uttered,
a narrow panel was softly slipped in place
in the opposite wall, and in the next cham
ber a tall grey-haired man, of most venera
ble air, half tottered to the communicating
chamber bevoml.
He opened the door.
Warmth, light and perfume pervaded its
remotest corners, while in its center sat a
youthful maiden of marvellous beauty and
grace.
A soft, white, flowing robe, loosely corded
at the waist, and a certain air of watchful
expectancy, proved that she was sitting up
beyond her usual hour, with some purpose
in view.
As the door opened, and the princely old
nsan entered, she stsrted to her feet with
a cry of alarm, and rushing forward,
twined her arm about him and led him to
a seat.
it is they seek to destroy.
Hand protects oar
otect you—it has this
must be tempted and'
child,you wiil be ter-
for help; for help you will
The beautiful youth is the
d Castle, old ugly,
it changed in public by AI-
spell into a being of prince-
grace. Beware, my Leona!
:! ThelWhite Hand!”
Leona lookep up in a fearless but awed
silence.
As she did £; - the White Hand slowly
pointed a fingiL tAwartls her, and a sweetly
musical voice Jleathed sadly—
“Beware! b; ware!”
“You hear, my child,” saiS" cuv. oh*
trologer, with fin xious eyes and voice.
“My fathert rest thee in peace; I wif
obey.” ^
Th3 astrologer kissed her brow with a
sigh, and then blessing her, retired.
The following morning rose cloudy and
cold, and theimwe’eome guests prolonged
their stay, asjthe astrologer knew too well
they would. J
For a whilffLeona was coldly courteous;
but ere long tfe deadly facinations of the
old lord of Bohmerwald began to do their
work, and LconA secretly thought—
“It cannot be true. This noble youth,
with his beautiful smile, his heavenly eyes,
and great thoughts, must be what he
seems. ’’
And the White Hand remained hidden,
though once Leona thought with a strange
paug that she heard a faint voice sighing in
far off dying tones—
“Beware! Beware!”
But the wicked lord’s dulcet tones were
in her ears and she forgot it instantly.
The days passed on.
The lord whispered his final words of pas
sion and entreaty.
‘Fly with me, my beloved!” he whis
pered. “Tby father will never consent.
Let us hie away to a sunny land and be for
ever happy."
And Leona allowed herself to be entreated
—to be drYtfuta-iJj&Jjteast of the wicked
lord, and ^Sied with his lips.
A Successful Woman Farmer.
Miss Libbib bcHOONUAKEB, whose career
as a farmer, stock-raiser and school teacher
has made her notorious in New York State,
is a woman about thirty-eight years of age,
and affords a striking example of what a
woman with a will of her own can do to
ward getting along in the wor’d. Four
teen years ago, at the death of her father,
Johannes Schoonmaker, she inherited »,
large estate,- consisting principally of
farming property, heavily encumbered
with debt It was the old homestead, and
Miss Schoonmaker could not bear the idea
of seeing it pass into the hands of strang
ers, and was determined that it should not.
Although then only twenty-four years old,
and with no more practical knowledge of
life than an ordinary country lass, she as
sumed sole charge of theestate, determined
to clear it of debt. Having an old mother
aixty-two years of age, a half sister, also
helpless from old age, the two orphan
■children of a deceased brother, and .8
brother in the last stages of consumption to
provide for, this made her task doubly hard.
A little experience taught Mi3S Schoon
maker that it was impossible to support her
large family and keep up the interest aris
ing from the heavy indebtedness of the es
tate from the resources of the farm. She
accordinginly began to devise Borne method
of increasing her income, and decided upon
school teaching. She was engaged to teach
in her own neighborhood airtho modest
sum of eight dollars per month. Ci this,
as in everything else, she showed femaika-.,
ble tact, and heufl^MPashQftttine'was
to fori|^^^^MtfM|g|th.
over-
farm.
him
school over
old homestead,
proved the propel
and raising com and grain, she
an extensive stock raiser. As a farm!
she has no superior in this section. Her
wheat crop averaged this year forty-two
bushel to the acre, the largest yield in the
county.
Quarts ot Diamonds.
A correspondent from Kimberley, South
Africa, gives the following description of
that land of gems:
This place is about 700 miles from Cape
Town, and about 500 from Port Elizabeth.
To reach Kimberley, from Cape Town,
one has to travel through a country called
the Great Karroo, a barren, rocky tract,
with scarcely any signs of life in it. It is
•bout 300 miles through it.' A more deso
late region can scarcely be found. I do
not think I saw ten acres for a distance of
200 miles that could possibly be plowed;
and, ju«lging from appearances, I think a
rat, to travel through the Karroo, would
need a knapsack on his back, well laden
with provisions, to sustain life on his jour
ney, unless he was of near kin to Dr. Tan
ner. Kimberley, like its surroundings,
a barren wtM*, very unpleasant for a family
home.
Most of the country here is worthless for
farming purposes. Water is scarce; wood
is very scarce, l't is brought here by ox
wagons from a distance of one hundred
miles, and sold on the market at auction
for from $25 to $50 per load, according to
size and quality. None of it would be
merchantable in voir city. Old dead
wood dug up by the roots and brought to
market, roots and all, sells for $25 to $30
per load; and a load of live wood (unsplit),
containing one and a half cords, sells for
$40 to $50 per load.
Potatoes grow to about the size of En
glish walnuts; beets, carrots, onions, cu
cumbers an# lettuce are luxuries unknown
here. The dust and dirt is fearfnl. J
cannot describe it and do justice to the
ai'bject. It fills your eyes, nose and ears,
aJff mats your hair and whiskers; and as
for clothes, the natives, who wear none,
have the advantage, as the water is hard
and miserable, full of dirt, and sells for
sixty cents per barrel for washing purposes,
,nd as for drinking, something stronger is
' e common beverage here.
But the diamonds 1 It is truly a land of
diamonds. Already over $125,000,000
worth have been discovered. In the late
war one of the chiefs (Saccahuni) offered
a quart measure full of diamonds for a
In personal appearance Miss Schoonmak- pinnon. Claims of thirty-one square feet
She consented. The night came. The
hour drew near.
Hooded and cloaked, she waited the last
moment.
In the last moment she remembered her
forgotten prayers, ana half fearfully she
lifted her eyes and hands upwards.
As the first words passed her lips, the
White Hand trembled before her.
“Ah, help me!” sighed Leona.
“Resist or perish!” said the musical
voice.
And just then, the youth she loved en
tered.
“Come, come; my beloved, come!” he
cried.
Leona gazed upon him with a face of an-
guish. but she sighed—
“Never, Never!”
‘ ‘Never! ” cried the seeming youth in harsh
tones.
“Never!” repeated Leona, with strength
ened will and firm voice:
Hal say you so?” • shrieked ft*; old
lord, bounding towards her in his rage.
“Serve you your lover thus, faithless
maiden ?”
But as he dashed towards her, his youth
ful-seeming vanished,and he stood there, the
Satanic old lord of Bohmerwald.
“Too late, too late, my lord!” cried A1
brecht, in terrified tones, as Leona, with a
cry of horror, covered her eyes. “Come, if
you would preserve your life one hour
longer. ”
And the baffled old lord with a howl of
rage, fled wildly after the necromancer.and
Leona never beard of them again or rather,
she haard that the old lord was found dead
among the rocks of the Bohmerwald I wo
days later.
er is tall, with a robust but comely form
and a pleasing, intelligent countenance.
She is exceedingly kind-hearted and gen
erous, and will spend her last cent for the
benefit of a needy friend or acquaintance.
A short time ago she learned that a brother-
in-law living in Pennsylvania was in des
titute circumstances. She went to him
and found him helpless from an incurable
disease, with a family depending upon
him. “Ben,” she said, “what can I do
for you?’ “Nothing, Libbie,” was the
reply. “You have your hands full already.
We wiil have to go to the County-house, I
suppose.” “Never. Ben, as long as I live.
Come and enjoy the comforts of the old
homestead wnh me. I will keep you and
your family as long as you live.” Miss
Schoonmaker has had many suitors for her
hand, but, although naturally inclined to
matrimony, she steadily refuses to marry,
on the ground that her husband might in
time object to being burdened with the
iupport of the old pec/.e and her helpless
brother-in-law and his famiiy, which might
cause domestic troubles. Besides, she says
she has enough to do now without ha. ,ng
i to support a husband, too, v'-^h she might-
* have to do if she were to marry.
Is it Possible?
have sold for $48,000 per claim 1
The mines are now worked by large
companies. The largest is a French com
pany. The manager informed me that
their expenses were $70,000 per month.
They take out of their claims 400 loads of
diamondiferous earth per day, worth on
the average $14.40 per load,
several other large companies in
mine. A mile and a ha $ from here is an
other mine, called Old I* Beers’ mine.
Three miles farther there i is another one
called Du Tait’s Pan; and one mile from
that is another called Btiltfontein. All
these are extensively worked by large
companies. 1
Bultfontein mine was o iginally a farm,
on which was bnilt a bric^ house; and on
the discovery of diamonds I the house was
found to contain the precious gems in the
plaster used to lay the brick and in the
plastered walls, while the -children played
with what they called “theisbiney stones.”
There has recently been a (Jiamond mine
discovered eight miles fronh here called
Olipanht’s Fatitein. \
Claims to the number of 900\ have been
surveyed a.jflfe£d in (6at mine, and people
ikUwith speculation. An ac
quaintance of mine bought claims in Jager's
Fanteiu 40 miles from here, which
Wliiw Jones’! Cow.
Goodman Jones died at the age of fifty,
and was gathered to his fathers, leaving a
widow about his own age. About the
same time Aunt Smith died, too; and her
case was parallel to Goodman Jones’s in
all except her sex; we presume that sht-
was gathered to her mothers. 8 le left a
disconsolate widower, over whose head
just as many years had relied, as the wid
ow Jones had counted. This was allowed
on all hands to be an astonishing coinci
dence.
All the women pitied widower Smith
poor man, and all the men commiserated
with widow Jones, poor woman. Widow
Jones had a large farm; so had the widow
er Smith. Widow Jones had a large adiry;
so had the widower Smith. As to the
acres of mooring, tillage, and wood-land,
each had an equal share; and in children
Providence had blessed both alike. ‘ ‘ What
upon airth” could either do with these vast
possessions alone, the old women declared
they could not tell. This difficulty sug
gested a ready remedy, and gossips did not
let the defunct man and womanget cold in
their graves before they made up their
minds the relicts should be yoked together,
and the estates, hereditaments and proper
ty, personal and real, be held in joint pro
prietorship. Matches, they said, were
made in Heaven; and that this was there
made, they considered the essential prepa
ration of widowhood, in each case, positive
proof.
Widow Jones and neighbor Smith were
not long in hearing what gossip was astir:
and it had even been insinuated that each
had arrived at the conclusion above named
before anybody thought of them. It is
certain that when each requested the pray
ers of the congregation that the bereave
ment might be sanctified widower Smith
looked pretty steadily over the rail of his
pew at the seat of widow Jones; and then
widow Jones moved her handkerchiet from
her eyes just long enough to how her com
panion in bereavement supported himself.
After church they walked beside each other
so far as the roads lay together, and once
during the next week widower Smith paid
widow Jones a short visit of condolence.
So far so good—but visits of condolence
go out of date, like almanacs, and cannot
be used as a pretext after a certain season.
Some other arrangement must be trumped
up, and widower Smith was not long in
finding it. His wagon stopped one morn
ing before widow Jones’s door, and he gave
There ~r 1131181 on " rtr ’'“ —mto .
the same" Somebody in the house, by dropping the
leiris and sitting double, with his elbows
on his knees.
Out tripped the widow, lively as a crick
et, with a tremendous black ribbon on her
snow-white cap. Good morning was said
on both sides, and the widow waited for
what was further to be said.
“Well, Madam Jones, perhaps you don’t
want to sell one of your cows, nohow, for
nothing, anyway, do you?”
“Well, there, Mister Smith, you couldn’t
have spoken my mind bettor. A poor lone
woman like me does not know what to do
with so many creeturs, and I shall be glad
to trade, if we can fix it.”
So they adjourned to the meadow. Far
mer Smith looked at Roan—then at the
the widow; at Brindle—then at the widow;
at tliqDair,.',-g cow—and then at the v.-id- -
>5^ again; and so on through tfiewhole
orty.
The same call was made every day for a
The Building Stone or England.
Deeds are fruits; words are but
father!” aha panted, with filling .leaves.
As early as the age when Stonehenge
was piled up, building-stone was selected
for special purposes, since the outer circle
of that prghistoric monument consists of
the Saracen boulders of the neighboring
plain; but the inner pillars are of diabese,
and have been brought from some unknown
distance. During the middle ages, Caen
stone was frequently imported for building
churches or other important architectural
works. Before the Norman Conquest, how-
ever, most English buildings were of wood,
so that “to timber a minster,” not to build
a church, is the good early English expres
sion of the chronicle. In chalk districts,
at a later date, broken flints were often
employed, and they give a mean appear
ance to the abbey ruins and churches at
Reading, as well as to most of the older
edifices at Brighton. Oxford, however, on
the Oolite, is, happily, of good native or
imported stone. In modem times London,
standing m the midst of the brick earth,
has fallen a victim to the miseries of stucco,
until the Queen Anne revivalists have en
deavored to restore an honest red brick;
whereas Edingburg, surrounded by excel
lent building-stone, has been able to do
justice to its magnificent natural ' "«tion,
and Aberdeen has elad itself / n
but not unattractive gray and blue graniK.
Te the Caen stone, the Bath stone, and the
Portland stone we owe half our cathedrals
and abbeys, whose delicate tracery could
never have been wrought in Rowley rag or
Whin Sill basalt. The architecture of
granite or hard limestone regions is, often
massive and imposing, but it always lacks
the beauty of detailed sculpture or intri
cate handicraft. The marble lattice-work
of the Taj or the “prentice’s pillar” of
Roslyn Chapel are only possible in a soft
and pliable material.
Old Barty Willard was a wheelwright
by trade, and, though an excellent work
man, was remarkable for his habit of pro
crastinating. He would promise and then
break his engagement over and over again
with as little scruple and as many “posi
tively lasts” as a theatrical star. Having
pledged his word to a very urgent cus
tomer, for the third time, he would have
his cart done by a certain day, Barty again
failed to keep his engagement, and on the
arrival of the owner the cart was still un
finished.
■’Well,” says the customer, “you have
got my cart done by this time, of course?”
“Yes,” said Bary, “I haa done the
work and supposed it was quite ready for
you, when I discovered that I made a mis
take—a very unaccountable mistake—that
will put me back a fortnight.”
“Ah, indeed,” said the customer, “what’s
the trouble?”
“Why, you see,” said Barty, with grav
ity, and an air of extreme vexa
tion, “you see I have made a mistake—I
never made such a blunder before in my
life—I have committed the ridiculous mis
take of making both wheels for the same
side; they are both off wheels.”
•Is it possible!” said the customer, who
was thoroughly mystified, and allowed
Barty another fortnight to finish the cart,
Heating Gars by Electricity.
The new devised plan bya French engineer
for heating railway cars appears to give
satisfactory results so far. It consists sim
ply in the use for the foot-warmers of aee-
tate of soda, a substance which has consid
erable latent heat, and, dissolving'at a cer
tain temperature, absorbs a large quantity
of heat, which becomes sensible fduriDg
crystalization in cooling. All that is re
quired is to fill the ordinary cases with a
sufficient amount of the acetate, close
them, and place them in a stove at aboit
100 degrees. The cooling of a case thus
charged and heated takes from twelve to
fifteen hours. Two warmers are thereafter
taken from the copartments, and placed in
a stove, where the crystals of soda acetate
are re-dissolved, and they are then ready
for fresh use. The advantages claimed for
this system are: No necessity of chang
ing warmers every two or three hours, or
of maintaining numerous employes to at
tend to them, also economy in cost of heat
ing, etc.
-*■ > ” aaawa*. 1UC HttlUU UU1 WOO UlttUC CVClJ' UttJT IUI I
cost him‘^710, and in a short time he ws«p week, but Farmer Smith could not dccid
offered $33,600 for said claims. So s wnieh cow W; j&aated. At length, o:
seems that men are like babbles the world
over; some -go up, and some explodiriinan-
ciUly, the ejsladtng portion being by far
the most numerous.
The penalty for buying a diamond of a
negro is five years imprisonment at hard
labor and a fine of $2,400 for the firet of
fense, and ten years for the second offense;
and yet the temptation is so great that oat
of a population of 16,000 there are over
600 now in prison for illicit diamond buy
ing and diamond stealing 1 Some of these
prisoners are worth from $40,000 to $200,-
000. Surely the way of the transgresser
is hard.
Twenty miles from here are what are
called the River Diggings, on the Vaal
river.
Men carry diamonds in their pockets,
sport them on their fingers in rings, and in
breast pins; and what shall I say of the
ladie3, in such a land of diamonds and os
trich plumes ?
The Grass Tree.
Table Etiquette.
See that those about you are not through
before you commence eating your meal.
Do not eat soup from the tip, but the
side of the spoon.
On passing your plate to be replenished,
retain the knife and fork.
Wipe the mouth before drinking.
Remove the teaspoon from the cup be
fore drinking tea or coffee.
Use the knife only in cutting the food ;
do not raise it to the mouth.
Eat slowly, as eating rapidly is un
healthy.
If you find anything unpleasant in your
food avoid calling the attention of others
to it.
Close the lips when chewing your food.
Keep your elbows off the table always.
Do not speak with food in your mouth.
When asked to help yonr neighbor, do
not shove, bat hand the plate to him.
Do not turn your head and stare about
the room.
If any one at the table makes a mistake,
take the least possible notice of it.
Among the anomalies of Australia is a
singular growth of the forest that deviates as
much from a tree as a kangaroo from the
ordinary types of animals, although it is
called a tree. The grass tree grows in
rocky places unfavorable for other vegeta
ble productions. Absolute barrenness is a
spot where the plant flourishes best, appa
rently, though elements must abound there
which are appropriate nourishment. A
mass of grass looking fibers gradually rises
out of the ground, From day to day there
is an increase of bulk andheight very much
resembling an elevated tuft of long grass
gracefully falling off from a central shaft
Those pendant threads are leaves. Very
soon Irom the top ot the pile a slender
stalk shoots up perpendicularly from four
to ten feet, terminating in a spike. Thai
is sought by natives for spears, being hard
and somewhat elastic. Within the pith is
an article of food. In the rude and savage
condition of the indigenous Australians the
grass tree furnishes a weapon of extraor
dinary usefulness for meeting the circum
stances of a barbarous state of society.
Without it no other equally efficient instru
ment of defence against enemies, *r tor
contending with ferocious animals, is at
their command.
Give Ale RagCles.
Industry need not with.
Would you be strong, conquer your
self.
A man’s life Is an appendix to his
heart.
Beauty—divinity taking outlines and
color.
A well-known lady artist, resident in
Rome, relates that while standing one day
near the statue of the Appollo Beividere,
she suddenly became aware of the presence
of a country-woman. The new-comer was
a well-to-do-looking American woman, and
introduced herBelf asMrs. Haggles, of
Missouri, and then asked:
“Is this the Apollo Beividere?”
Miss H testified to the identity of the
work, and the tourist then said:
“Considered a great statue?”
The interrogated lady replied that it was
generally thought to be one of the master
pieces of the world.
“Manly .beauty, and all that sort of
thing?,’ said the lady from the land of the
setting sun,
“Yes,” responded the now amazed
artist. “It is said to be one of the no
blest representations of the human frame.”
“Well,” exclaimed Mrs, Haggles, clos-
ing her Badeker, and with arms akimbo,
taking a last and earnest look at the mar
ble, “I’ve seen the Apollo Beividere and
I’ve seen Haggles, and give me Baggies.”
Saturday, when widow Jones was in a-
hurry to get through her baking for Sun
day, and had ever so much to do in the
house—as all farmer’s wives and widows
have on Saturday—she was a little impa
tient. Farmer Smith was as irresolute as
ever.
“That ’ere Downing cow is a pretty fair
crectur, but "
He stopped to look at the widow’s face,
and then walked around her—net the wid
ow, but the cow.
“That’ere shorthorn Durham is not a
bad-looking beast, but I dunno ”
Another look at the widow.
“The Downing cow I knew long before
the late Mr. Jones bought her.”
Here he sighed at the allusion to the late
Mr. Jones; she sighed, and both looked at
each other. It was a very interesting mo
ment
“Old Roan is a faithful old milch, and so
is Bnncle—but I have known better. ”
A long stare succeeded this speech; the
pause was getting awkward, and at last
widow Jones broke oak
“Lord, Mr. Smith! if Tin the cow you
want, do say sal”
The intentions of widower Smith and
widow Jones were duly published the next
day, as is the law and custom in Massachu
setts, and as soon as they were ‘ "out pub
lished” they were married.
Garments of Glass.
A short article was printed recently stat
ing that a Pittsburg firm was about to
begin manufacturing all kinds of garments
from spun glass. Specimens have now been
made and exhibited, among the articles
being a large tablecloth, a towel and a nap
kin. At first sight they could not be dis
tinguished from the common kind, but, on
closer inspection, were found to he marvel
lous specimens of glass manufacture. The
tablacloth was about six feet square, and
white in color, save near the ends and sides
where a border of delicate but pretty green
added a tasty finish to ihe entire piece.
The cloth was fringed on its four sides.
The other articles were similar, save in the
borders, which were pink and red respective
ly. The cloth was found to be made of
threads, not transparent, whicb rivalled
cobwebs in gossamer-like tenuity. These
frail filaments were woven together per
fectly, and the cloth proved to be as flexi
ble but slightly heavier than if it had been
composed of cotton. It is said that this
cloth could be washed and ironed with
equal propriety. Feathers were exhibited,
fashioned into a natural shape oat of vari
ously colored threads of glass. The base
of each feather was a piece of brass wife,
’ | about which the millions of fibres of the
article were conuected. Each piece* had
Whoever is honest, generous, court
eous and candid.is a gentleman,wheth
er he be learned or unlear ned, rich or
poor.
The brand of a regiment is a pla-toon
of itself.
about the same proportions as an ostrich
feather, and all were wonderfully beauti
ful in hue and shape. Of course the curi
ous process of manufacture is a secret
with the firm. About 250 of the fine glass
threads are spun in a minute and each
thread is ten miles in length. The weav
ing is done on an ordinary loom, adapted
in some respects, to the requirements. The
fabric cannot be ripped or tern, and can be
spun, woven and sold at less cost than cot
ton, silk or what other fabric the firm
chooses to imitate. Whether this crystal
cloth be either coarse or fine in texture,
when worn as a dress, shawl or other gar
ment, it will prove itself to be just as warm
easy fitting and oomfortable, in every way,
as clothing of any other kind. Borne of the
wqite neckties made from glass, when
worn at night in a biifliantly lighted room,
sparkle and glisten like diamonds, giving a
very startling and pleasing effect. The
firm Is now ready for orders, and intends
placing manufactured articles upon the
market at onca.