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THE NEWS.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA.
It is believed that the “visible sup¬
ply” of wheat in this country and Can¬
ada has reached its maximum on the last
crop. _____________
The capital represented by new min¬
ing and manufacturing enterprises or¬
ganized in the South during 1888 wa*
1168,800,000.
The St. Louis Globe- Democrat boasts
that Missouri’s population will hardly
fall oelow 3,000,000 when the census of
1890 is taken.
While the population of the United
States has but a little more than doubled
since 1850, the number of the insane is
six times as great.
Iowa has discovered that she has no
law to punish a person who sets fire to a
atack of oats. Only wheat and hay are
mentioned in the statute.
=5
The growth and popularity <n relig¬
ious clubs whose main object is the pro¬
motion of social intercourse is one of the
interesting signs of the times.
King Leopold, of Belgium, has insti.
tuted a new order, called the African
War, which he has designed to confer
for extremely meritorious or brilliant
services in Africa.
} F. D. Mocatta, in a recent lecture
on Judaism, estimated the total number
of Jews throughout the world as between
8,000,000 and 10,000,00(L In America
there are 500,000.
The Canadians are still hopeful of
ultimately producing a grade of beet
sugar that will make cane sugar seem
poor stuff. They have been laboring
under that idea for about twenty years
now.
As an instrument of murder, declares
the New York Post, the railroad grade¬
crossing is the most effective yet in¬
vented. It keeps to work regularly and
attracts less attention than other meth¬
ods, but it gets there all the same.
The Manufacturer's Record, of Balti¬
more, prophecies that “in the South
there are possibilities of economy in
manufacture that exist in no other part
of the Union, and. the South will inevit¬
ably wield the sceptie of industrial su-
pre tnacy_
The Chinese Navy is fast becoming a
very formidable force. There are now
three powerful squadrons of Chinese
men-of-war, armed with the latest type
of ordnance, and well manned and
equipped, in every respect able to cope
with European ironclads.
Philadelphia papers a:e making a great
fuss about the immense falling off of the
grain trade in that city and its effects on
other branches of trade Last year the
exportation of wheat and corn from this
port did not amount to more than 2,000,-
000 bushels, while nine years ago 32
000,000 bushels were exported.
The convicts iu the State prisons and
prison reformatories of this country
amount to nearly 100,000, and involve
an annual cost of about $15,000,000,
which, according to the New York In¬
dependent, is only a small part of the
actual loss to the people as the conse¬
quence of crime caused mostly by strong
drink.
_
A company for the suppression of bar¬
barous French on hotel bills of fare is
the latest ot New York novelties. II
proposes to take in charge the printing
of the menus of the principal hotels of
the country, and by the supervision of
an educated Frenchman expects to be
able to reform the present system of bad
spelling and worse nomenclature. The
organization calls itself the Equity
Printing Company. The company will
establish branches in all the big cities,
except New Orleans.
The disproportionate Increase of crimt
in this country, unfortunately, is estab¬
lished by proof beyond dispute. Th*
figures show a steady ircrease, greatei
than the growth of the population in
every census, tut as the figures previons
to the census of 1880 are not believed to
be accurate, they are disregarded. The
State prison reports of the various States,
however, show that there is an increase
of more than one-third in the convictions
for high crimes over the increase of popu-
lation from twenty years ago.
Reports from Boston tell of the un-
usually small supply of wool on hand it
the United States; not enough to las;
six months, according to all. accounts.
Wool must be had, provided the mills
run, whatever maybe the price of goods.
“It is worth noting, too, ” observes th?
Commercial Advertiser, “that the mills
rarely ever stop in the winter months.
The stopping is always done in the sum
®®r. The mills are all running to-day.
and tending toward a pinch in the stock*
of wool. The foreign markets are th*
only remedy.”
“I have discovered,” said a prominent
Floridian to the Jacksonville (Fla.)
Times- Union, “that it takes just hall as
much food and clothing for my family
here as it did in the State where I form¬
erly resided—and we might manage to
get along on one-fourth.” A poor man
in Florida may eat but little, and array
himself in less while waiting to get a
start. Every scientist discovers a caloric
in the atmosphere which supplies the
stead of meats and stimulating bever¬
ages; hence the person ambitious to get
on in life may limit his appetite within
the compass of his means.
■YESTERDAY.
Sfy friend, be spoke of a woman fa*»;
It puzzled me, and I paused to think,
He told of her eyes and mouth, the trace
Of prayer on her brow, and quick as wink
I said; “Oh yes, but you wrong her years.
She's only a child, with faiths and fears
That childhood fit, I tell thee nay;
She was a girl just yesterday.”
“The years are swift and sure, I trow,”
(Quoth he). “You speak of the long ago."
Once 1 t strolled , m a garden spot, t
And every flower upraised a head
{Soit seemed!, for they, I wot,
Were mates of mine; each bloom and bed,
Their hours for sleep, their merry mood,
Th* lives and deaths of the whole sweet
brood,
Were known to me; it was my way
To visit them but yesterday.
Bpake one red rose, in a language low;
“We saw you last in the l ng ago.' 1
Entering under the lintel wide,
I saw the room; ’twas a!l the same;
The oaken press and the shelves aside,
The window small for the sunset flame,
The book I loved on the table large;
I ope’d and lo! in the yellow marge
The leaf 1 placed was shrunk and gray,
I swear it was green but yesterday.
Then a voice stole out of the sunset glow;
“You lived here, man, in the long ago.”
Tis the same old tale, though it comes to me
By a hundred paths of pain and glee,
Till I guess the truth at last, and know
That yesterday is the long ago.
—Richard E. Barton, in Harper's Weekly.
DORA'S SISTER,
I do hope you’ll like her, Burton,”
said Dora, leaning toward her handsome
youDg Inight brother-in-law, with her pretty
eyes with eagerness; “and I
don t know how you can help it. Every-
body does. And 1 don’t think you’ll
find her gawky. I know you’ve always
thou ght me rather provincial, Burton,
e "
U0 „ , her , brother-in-law ,, . , inter- .
posed’ ’
“Oh urVa’pvftr vps ’Ik 1 kD0W J m
But I ™ • a ° ;
am 6he’s nrettier in the *1 P u~7T »
n Mrs^Safkeld’
“And then,’ said awU/b!&tSh7. pretty
earnestly, been “she’s
away at boarding-school for (Vordon four
years. She hasn’t staved in
Centre as I did, you know, till Alfred
came and took me away. And she’s al-
Sfc*“ ways so stylish, and . Well, wait
*“’• 1 k ° 0W ,0U ' 11 ier '
-
“I ra certain of it, Dora,” Burton de-
dared, reassuringly.
Mrs. Salkeld rose lingeringly, in re-
sponse to a small cry from the nursery.
“fcarah never can find the pins in that
little blessing when he cries, and I know
they’re there She’s coming to-morrow,
you know, Burton. You’ll come Ever°so right
around to see her, won’t you!
ma » n ‘111 nn* iaVe come P romised immediately to cal1 - after ” break-
fast,” Burton re oined
His sister-in-law lauehed buf as she went
through him the amu-inez door she looked ^ back b k
at with seriousness
It would not have°been she^ hard for a keen
observer to <r U ess that coTcernin was not Jher with
out a timid ambition ^
brother.iu.law aud her
timatlon of'hi, bShel-'s wile’, Z
physically, a perfect being, morally, mentally and
as had ever existed—the one
person who enjoyed an equal distinction
being If her husband.
it had been any girl but Lucy, she
was sure such a thing would never have
entered her head. But Lucv! 8he
smiled with sisterly fondness as she rum-
maged among the baby’s flannels for the
offending Dora's pin.
brother-in-law called promptly
at eleven o’clock the next mornin- He
was a good-natured and conscientious
young di9apjiomted gentleman, and ho would have
Dora on no account.
But his mood, as he rang the bell and
pulled off a glove, was norian especially
eager one. He was too polite to form
ulatc his feelings, even (o himself- but
had he done so, the fact would have
been clear that he'didn’t expect much
from Do; a’s sister.
A pretty girl she might be; Dora was
pretty. But a girl fresh from Gordon
Centre, though she had had four vears
at a country boarding school! Thevouno-
man raised his brows, with a slight
Emile. &
doing Nothing, however, should prevent his
his utmost for Dora’s sister. His
aubious good breeding did not even allow his
smile to remain. He looked
seriously expectant when the door
opened.
“Mrs. Salkeld is just gone out. Her
dressmaker’s little boy is worse, and she
went down to see him,” the servant ex-
plained.
“MBs Trumbull is in?” Burton
queried.
“Yes, sir; Miss Trumbull came this
morning.”
Burton gave the girl his card, put his
hat and overcoat ou the rack, and took
a seat in the parlor
It was some twenty minutes before
Dora’s sister came down.
Burton was deep ep in in the uve latest latest mao-a- ma e a
^ Ln G oor at last a mitted her.
o, 1 - 11 Wlth a rustle of
,abeamiagSmileaflda K . seeping
E: ° n Warm
c " a!keld it o a \ n t ? Burton, T I
.
come ____ pretty near saying. Dora she al-
ways calls you Burton, and it was jest on
the end o’ my tongue. Well, I’m real
glad to see you. Dora she s told me a 1
about you, but hearing about folks amt
like seeing em.’ .
She shook hands warmly, rolled an
ottoman m front of the largest chair
with a strong push sat down with her
feet on the stool, and smiled yet more
Dr ?fsl
'Yell, ii I r, m awful , , glad , , A to get , , here.
I ve been coming for 1 don t know how
long, but I ham t seemed to get round
to it; and so last xveek 1 says to pa: If
1m going up to Doras, 1 m jest going
to f°- And pa says all right, to fix up
and go, then; and ma and 1 est went
right round and put things together
what I needed, and pa took me down to
the cars Monday morning, and here I oe.
I am t a bit used-up, neither; ma, she
said 1 wou.d be.”
She laughed quite heartily, , „ tapping .
the arm of her chair and fingering the
bow Os ribbon on top of her head.
Burton murmured something m re-
d *J no V kn ? w ^ sat
stiffened in the attitude of polite defer- f
ence which he had assumed, quite
motionless.
He felt no desire to smile; he was too
much shocked and appalled for tha*.
Good heavens! this was far worse than
anything he had imagined. His head
fairly buzzed: he sat staring at Dora’s
sister in utter blankness.
“Pretty big place you've got here,
hain’t you?” Miss Trumbull proceeded,
her cordiality unaffected by his silence.
“Considerable bigger’n Gordon Centre,
I guess. I hain’t never b’eu in cities
much, and I get kind o’ turned round
in ’em. I don’t know as I should like
it living here. It’s so kind o’ lonesome,
meeting acquainted so matay people you ain’t
with. Why, in Gordon
Centre there am t anvbody in town you
don’t know; and if you do see a stranger,
l£ {?“* rery har i to fiad out ^o ’tis.”
u n ,§Mf?P ed \ - ^ r&s ^ . possible that
could have believed 1 what she had
*, ais * a bout her sister? \ es; he reflected
t at Dora had not seen her before for
fter good tempered admiration fr dDe . SS fOF of ? er every- ’ aDd
bod ^’ “ ad don f rest.
Burton gazed at her. Her clothes did
not fit: she had a string of beads on, and
a blue bow and a breast-pin at her neck,
a ? d red ribbons on her hair. Pretty?
^ es, she was undeniably pretty; that he
admitted freely, But stylish, . and not
provincial? What could Dora have been
thinking of?
The young man passed his hand across
his forehead weakly.
Pora’s “Impose sister I’d went have be’n serenely, here long ago,” ‘ ‘if I
hadn’t be’n off on,
told to school. Dora, she’s
you I’ve be’n to boarding-school for
four years, I s’pose? ’Most all the Gor-
don Centre girls get along with what
learning think they ( an get to home, _ __ ’ and I
thought myself it’s plenty. But pa, he
him. She’most different, and ma joined in with
know I learnt generally does. I don’t
as much. The East Low-
viile Seminary don’t amount to so terri¬
ble much. East Lowvilie ain’t so big as
Gordon Centre: but pa’s satisfied, I
s’pose Ever be’n out our way?”
“I have never had that pleasure,”
Burton contrived to say.
C “Well, it’s a real likely place, Gordon
r entre entre is, is, if if it it ain’t ain’t so so big big as as some. some,
1 here’s considerable going on ’most all
the year. There’d be’n two sociables
I liatea to miss it. Do you have
much going on here?”
Burton took out his watch and dazedly
consulted it.
“U e have no sociables uor warm sugar
parties,” he lesponded, grimly,
And then he rose.
“I am sorry to be obliged to go; but I
have an engagement at twelve,” he said,
bowing. .
He would have retired without further
ceremony, but Dora’s sister intercepted
him w5th outstretched hand.
“Doodne.-s! you hain’fc be’n here above
fifteen minutes,” she said, regretfully,
* 1 n fP n dro pi time
~' a an y *
T don’ k n -
fehe \ talked a v on * Gp with ^ i friendly • po ff* confi- ^
, '^hfle^nut
aS^aSdinaS)? 1 ^ h P on hk ^ hit h
and overcoat
H e was nwarp '%? as Lp ro^vUTr
nfthe *
doorway 7 chin 0 his de-
nurture 1 Y ’
H e s P ent . f he rest of the „ day , in trying
. , uf!l P° h / 0Und
0 ra * e h
. a ^^.P* t le h ^d ^ been
° gl ’ ^ too
L P y ° msh ® d and lwrnfied. He
h “« r i S '1^’. h’f
s “,™" e ! ? v ? 8
1 ‘ ,
narticnifirlv Jo, ‘ d
sisterlv sis ' erl y love iove particularly—was blind. w a
He was S lad it was the night of the
Gdls , ’ s reception, If anything was ealeu-
lated to remove unpleasant impressions,
i£ was one of A e Gi!ls ’ s receotions. He
wondered with -
and Dora . would a qualm, whether Alfred
TrumbulL go-and take Miss
0f cour?e they had cards.
Well, at lea,, he could keep a safe dk.
Almost the first person he saw, as he
entered the Gills’s spacious but crowded
rooms. was his sister-in-law. She
greeted him eagerly.
“We were so afraid you wouldn’t be
here - I d » want Lucy to have a good
time, and it will be so much nicer to
have somebody she knows. You’ll take
ber out for the first set, won’t you? un-
less she’s engaged.”
‘ ‘Miss Trumbull is here?” said Burton,
wretchedly.
“ w hy, yes, of course,” Dora rejoined,
briskly. There she is. Doesn’t she look
iovel J? And she’s taking so well! Mr.
Sanford has been with her ever since we
Cdme , and he never looks at a girl. But
1 don’t want him to get the first set,
Burton dear. Do hurry !”
She took his arm, led him over to the
£ * r °up she had been watch : ng, and
ri PP ed away.
The group was composed of one young
la dy and six gentlemen; and the young
^ ad y was Dora’s sister.
8he smiled on Burton graciously, and
went on talking to Mr. Sanford, who
Iooked radiant, bestowing an occasional
smile upon one of the other five youn 0 *
men ’ who ia turn looked baPPJ-
^ be wore a charmingly-fashioned,
perfectly-fitting, and she and wonderfully pretty
&°wn, looked dazzlicgly pretty
b erse lf- Her sole ornament w T as a bunch
of roses at her corsage.
“ lie w afted her black gauze fan, and
sparkled across it in all the glory 0 f
black e yes, white teeth and pink cheeks.
“Oh, I don’t know that I am prepared
bo adm it that, Mr. 8anford,” she was
saying, the with a light laugh. “I’m aware
of vanity and shallowness of society
in general; but I don't admit that every
individua l composing society is vain or
sballow - 1 believe that a good share ot
tbe pleasure-seekers—those who seem
mere pleasure seekers—are as serious a t
heart‘as the c ynics and pedants who hold
I believe that a certain amount
Y social o-aietv is np-pssirv tonne’s
^ “Pg 111 ** yes and ^ welfare^ welfare Emerson
The orchestra in the next room struck
u l at the next mome nt. Miss Trumbull
lo ok(?d at heT opponent brightly.
“nj quadrille‘as 0 w Air -anfoid von will dance
this gaily as any of us, and
it won ’t prove your unworthiness either.
We shall see your theories confuted in
p rac tiee ”
she laughed ° mischievously,
Mr ga nford with bis ft n enraptured did
smile eagerly offered arm; so
the ot ber five young men, frantically.
But Burtou quietly intercepted them
alI He p ] aced y £ j S g Trumbull’s hand
w j t bi n his elbow, with a firmness which
wag not to ignored, and bore her
away jj e d j d n(d; take b e r to the danc-
i n£ r. room; be led heT to a sofa in a dim
corner 0 f the deserted hall, and sat down
beside her.
“Well?” he said, simply.
Trumbull put her fan to her lips,
sphere was silence for a space.
t .j—y don’t know what made me do
it,” Dora’s sister murmured, with a queer
mixture of apology F ^ and defiance in her
goft voi aE d her eyes cast down,
“Only—Dora Jn had told me all about
vou
‘
“So you remarked this morning,”Bur-
ton interposed, with an attempt at stern-
ness ^
Dora’s sister laughed idea—I guiltily.
“And I got the don’t know
bow; she didn’t say so,and I don’t think
nD w that it is so—that you were—well,
‘proud and she haughty,’as begged the novels say;
aQ( j when me to be just as nice
as j could,because much you were about so how—how particular
an d talked so
n j c e vou are,” said Miss Trumbull, with
a blush, “why, it made me feel contrary
right away, and that ridiculous idea
occurred to me, and—and I did it.’*-
The corner was dim; but he saw quite
plainly the pretty and plead-
ing full in her eyes; and Dora’s Bister saw a
They forgiveness in his.
shyly laughed together, ® somewhat
‘“Where did you get the-the things?”
he queried, gazmg at her perfect attire.
“Oh, the dress was Dora’s—she’s so
much stouter.you know—and the beads
are the baby’s, and I hunted all through
my boxes for the ribbons! That’s what
t00k “® 8 ° loa g-”
“And the East Lowville Seminary—■
you fibbed about that?” Burton qu«-
tioned, moving nearer to her
“Yes. Madame Beauce ‘finished me.
And you fibbed about your engagement
at twelve?”
“ies,” Burton confessed, inwardly
wondering how he could have dbne it.
How pretty she was!
“Then we’re even!” said Dora’s sister,
his laughing with sweet gaiety, as she took
arm for a quiet promenade.
Dora’s doubts and anxious question-
ings were speedily calmed. Her irre-
proaehable brother-in-law not only liked
her pretty sister exceedingly, but her
pretty sister liked him—so much so that
a fall g a J produced wedding at Gordon Centre that
another Airs. S afield.—-
Saturday Night.
WISE WORDS.
Guard against quarrelsomeness.
Home is the dearest place on earth.
A guilty conscience makes cowards of
us all.
Willfulness is no mark of grace or
wisdom.
It is the very reason some people are
happier. not happy, because they thick others are
a hip pnnn<rh
0 '
It is a good thing to possess confidence
in others, but much safer to depend
upon yourself.
One of the causes that leads us to mis¬
fortune is that we live according to the
exam ple of others,
each Everybody other, is hacking and hewing
than he trying to make a man better
was born.
Your elst goodness must have some edge
to ft, it is none. Nothing is at last
sacred but the integrity * of your own
mind.
Public opinion is the strongest an/it factor
* Pf ing down any evi!, is made
up of private opinion, openly expressed
and heartily followed.
ho Be cheerful; do not brood over fond
P es realized until a chain,link after
link ‘» is fastened on each thought and
"ou S
f u i ness an d soc i a i iif e> an d not the
traveling melancholy, monument of despair and
As it is the manly man who wins and
satisfie8 a good woman, so it is the
WO manly weman who pleases and re-
tata3 th “ a « iraW(i ““ **• ^ed not
be soft or silly, or weak or nervous-she
maybe strong, vigorous, resolute and
brave; but, whatever she is, she must be
womanly ? in 1U order oluer to 10 P ulcas icas “ a
He who amasses wealth, not as an
equitable return for value given, but by
«° d erhand dealing or oppression of the
P oor * or S amblin / OQ a or low scale,
has been engaged in . no honorabfe com-
Petition. He who climbs into power,
* bf desecr
em out ' “ tes the name
Pot Animals SnrenJ ‘ ! ‘ Disease ‘ ‘
, read °f , diphtheria . which
s P nas
baau S ° g. reat ^^ely ” remarked a West
bide physician T “is largely attributed to
a carelessness that is crimmai when the
. t nature of the distemper is
v iru ‘ ea eon-
sidered. . It the of most
is experience
pfiy si c ] ans that almost ail sickness comes
from the ignorance or willful careless-
nea8 °J the people, but in no case is this
so bad asm . that of diphtheria, because
its extremely infectious character.
^ nc ® dipnthena is known to exist the
g ieates f precaution should be taken to
prevent its spread, but instead of that
nothing whole is done until all the children in
a tenement house, or in fact in a
whole block, are infected, or at least en-
dan f® red ’ as waa tbe case dowa oa
A entn avenue , lately.
b*® 4 anima ls are a common and con-
stant , source of the spread ot this distem-
P er - Cats and dogs are permitted to be
around and even to drink the milk left
b y a child suffering from diphtheria.
These animals take the disease and then
g0 0ut and s P[ cad ^ amon S ^ fellow
. , l which turn it into the
amraa s > in carry
bouses where they belong. I have known
several cases where a cat caught it in
this manner and infected all the cats in
the neighborhood, and was the cause of
na ™ bers of deaths of human beings, for
children will play with cats and pet
tbe “ tbe v a PP ear SJ ck. TV hen m that
-
condition a cat or other pet animal is
more inclined than at other times to
c f a wl up on people to get sympathy,and
all the greater
A remarkable case of this . kind occurred
\ n m Y ?wn house a few years ago. A
g^l ro* ldlD g m 1be 5° u ‘ s ® c on "
tracted scarlet fever and , died. . During .
ner illness a pet alligator was around,
and ®°°n a f tar tb ® child’s death the ani-
mal took sick and also died. A couple
°f medical students who were stopping
in the house made a post-mortem exami-
natioQ f ^ alli and found all the
symptoms of death from scarlet fever. I
made an examination myself, and there
was no doubt whatever that the creature
bad caught the fever from the child, and
had died of it. I know of no more pro-
^ agency in the spread of diseases of
| f 13 kl °d than the household pets-the
S do 8* a ndcats-of which some people
are 80 f° nd - —~ l ' ew York Mercury.
The Horse Knew the Brill.
The following story is told by Fred
"Grant: In his last year at "West Point
he held the position of captain of artilj
\ lery. One day the visiting officer, who
happened to be his father, General
j Grant, held an inspection and drill,
; After the cadets had assembled on the
parade ground it was decided to give the
commands by bugle call. The officers
; wouldthen deliver them by word of mouth
to the men. Fred Grant had a notoriously
bad ear for music. He had never been
i able to master a single tune, anS, worse
still, had no idea of time. When the
announcement of the mode of giving the
orders was made he rushed up to a com-
rade and said:
“Great goodness! what shall I do? ]
can’t* tell the difference between the
‘charge’ friend and the advised ‘retreat.’ ” change his
His him to
horse for Mazeppa, a horse of one of the
sergeants. She would carry him through.
He hastily did so, and watched every
moment of his animal during the ensuing
evolutions , When the bugle , i sounded . j
“forward,” the knowing animal ad-
vanced; and the command was accord-
mgly given to the men. When the call
° f 1 * ame ’ ^ aze PP a stood a
rock and the proper order was issued
by the officer. In this way the horse, by
its ear for music, told its rider the
ders for the day and carried him safely
through the drilL the complicated movements of
.
WORDS OP WISDOM.
- 8«k , and , .. It
peace pmaue
Wealth is but sugar-coated poverty.
Be cheerful; a light heart lives long,
Who keeps his tongue doth keep * lib
SOuL "
] desired. Never press a favor where it seems un-
j I
The seeding in sorrow brings ** reaping 1 °
i n go™
tongue. Though feet should slip, ne’er let the
Thou hast concealed thine age? Surely
not thy folly.
The surest way to drive honors from
you is to go to them
To know others, study thyself; to
know thyself, study others.
“A tried and trusted friend” is ail
right usually until he is tried and
trusted.
In storms a feather takes h'gher
flight than a stone; and an oak is up¬
rooted more easily than the vine it sup
ported.
Old customs must give way to new
conditions or the result is a revolution
when “we, the people” who hold the
fort must be recognized.
If all the nations of the earth would
disband their armies, no wars would bo
possible; the same would be true if uo
organizations other than “we, the peo¬
ple” was permitted.
Women are more likely to love those
whom they hate than tho^e who appear
to them ridiculous. For of the ndicu
lous we deem ourselves the superior;
but those we hate are seldom our in¬
teriors.
Nothing can be more certa'n than that
the character can be susta ned and
strengthened only by its own energetic
action. The will, which is the central
force of character, must be trained to
habits of decision; otherwise it will be
able neither to resist evil nor to follow
good. standing Decision gives the power of
slightly, firmly, when to yield, li >wever
downhill might be only the first step in
& course to ruin.
Fighting Ocean Storms with Rockets.
The patent for an improved method of
Attributing ed oil on a stormy sea, invent¬
the in Norddeutsche Germany, has been purchased by
Lloyd Steam-hip Com¬
pany.
A rocket to which is attached a cylin¬
der filled with oil comprises the main
part of the patent.
When a heavy storm arises on the
ocean and the ship is in danger from the
waves, the rocket, it is said, can be bred
so that the oil in the cylinder enn be
distributed at any point the navigators
wish.
Several very interesting experiments
have been lately made by the Captains
of the Norddeutsche I.loyd steamships
during storms on the Atlant c. They go
to show that the rockets can be so fired
that the oil can be distributed over from
2000 to 5.000 square feet of troubled
water. *
On one occasion recently a locket was
fired a distance of over 1500 feet.
Again, when in a nor’wester, another
rocket was fired in the teeth of a gale a
distance of 900 feet. By the explosion
of five rockets at a distance of 1 iOO to
1500 feet from one of the Yorddeutsehe
fleet, a space of 2000 to 0000 square feet
of water was covered with the oil, and
the heavy motion of the sea calmed.
Experiments are being made with an
eye to the improvement of even this
patent. importance
“The of this invention to
ocean sailors, ” said one of the firm of
Louis Contanseau, of the Bordeaux
steamship line, “consists in the certainty
of explosion of the rocket at a sufficient
distance from the ship to leave the ves¬
sel in calm water during a gale.
“By means of the rocket,” continued
he, “a very small ship can go safely
through the fiercest of Atlantic storms.”
—New York Sun.
Peru’s Nitrate of Soda Beds.
It was the wealth of Peru and Bolivia
which was their curse from the time of
Pizarro to that of modern Chili. Guanc
has been exported since 184(1 from Peru,
and the annual shipments arc said to
have amounted to $20,090,000 and $30,-
000,000, whereas the whole population
of the country was not greater than that
of Pennsylvania. The epidem c of
riches broke both the government and
the people, and brought in foreign
enemies. How much better off are we
in some parts of this country, with all
our riches and so little fortitude? The
guano running down, nitrate of soda
was found in the deserts, and Chili
came in to get this and destroyed Term
“The whole coast,” says Curtis, “from
the twenty-third to the twenty-fifth
parallel of latitude appears to be one
solid mass of this valuable mineral, fit
for a hundred different uses, aud worth
in the market from $40 to $00 a ton.
One would think that we had something
analagous discovered to it in our alkaline plains. It
was in 183”, in South
America, by an old Englishman named
George Smith. They say it will take
sight or ten centuries to dig it away.
Nobody formed"under knows how the nitrate was
the sands of this desert.
Shoveling off the sand, you come to a
course of sun-baked clay, and under
this is a bed or white material, like
melting marble and soft as cheese. It is
about four or five feet thick, and is
broken up by crowbars and ground. A
solution from it is run into vats of sea
water, and crystalization is caused. The
ultimate result is an iodine of commerce
costing as much per ounce as the salt¬
petre brings per hundred weight. The
highest the grade goes to the powder mills,
next to the chemical works, and the
third to the fertilizer factories.”
A Cure for Stooped Shoulders.
How often one hears the remark:
“What a fine, big fellow Mr. So-and-So
would be if he didn't stoop?” And still
such a misfortune can easily be cured.
The companied stooping by figure and halting gait, ac¬
the unavoidable weakness
of the lungs, can be attended to and
finally cured by the very simple and
easily performed exercise of raising one’s
self upon the toes leisurely in a perfect
perpendicular this several times daily. To
take exercise properly one must take
a perfect position, with the heels together
and the toes at an angle of about forty-
five degrees. Then drop the arms life¬
lessly by the sides, animating and rais¬
ing the chest muscularly to its full
capacity; the chin should be well drawn
in, and the crown of the head feeling as
if attached to a string suspended from
the ceiling above. Slowly raise upon
the balls of both feet to the greatest
possible muscles height, thereby exercising all
the of the legs and body; this
i done, then reassume the standing posi-
tion o{ withoutswaying the perfect the body backward
011t iine> Repeat this «-
e rcise first on one foot and‘then on the
other . T h e result will be a surprise to
many, to know what a wonderful
j straightening-out power this exercise
; ^as upon round and stooped shoulders,
and ifc wil i soon be apparent that the
ykjopment figure will begin to show expansive de-
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Houses of th© Lake Dwellers.
aXdilic When men we“ began to build houses the
-3 aa imitation of the
primitive shelter most common in the
locality, i or example, in Egypt, where
the tropical sun beats down upon and is
reflected from a desert sand, the prime
need of the population is shade. Houses
were not built for shelter so much as for
comfort, and as caves were the coolest
places that could be provided the entire
population of Egypt took that which im¬
pelled men in former ages to live on or
over the water. Both in Switzerland,
Ireland, and several other countries the
turbulence of the population and the ex-
treme danger from marauding parties safety
impelled the inhabitants to seek
by constructing their houses in compara¬
tively inaccessible spots; hence the bwiss
chalets and Irish and Welsh castles are
on almost inaccessible heights But
both Th Switzerland and Ireland there
were in former times “lake dwellers,”
who built their houses upon piles driven
i ini ,1
LAKE HOUSES.
into the bed of the stream or of the lake.
This was the bronze age, as attested by
numerous implements of that metal
which are found iu every country where
lake dwellings have been discovered.
The bronze people must have had con¬
siderable knowledge of engineering and
various kinds of handicrafts, for they
were able to drive large and heavy piles, forty
some of which have been found
feet long, and great force, together with
some improved machinery, must have
been necessary to imbed the huge trunks
in the bottom of the lake. On these
piles their houses were constructed and
i eachecl by boats, and while, of course,
they were not safe against organized in-
vasion or a skillful enemy still they wera
tolerably see ire from strolling plunderers
in small parties and in the savage ages
of the world plundering marauders were
more to be dreaded than large bodies of
organi ed troous. — Chictao Tunes.
The Throat Telephone.
F The Lowth stittic-tclephone hails from
Chicago, and is a combined transmitter
aud receiver. A hollow extension about
four inches long is attached to the re¬
ceiver, from the end of which a small
button protruded slightly. This button
is placed against the throat near the
vocal cords, aud the receiver is held
against the ear in the usual manner. the vibra¬
When the operator speaks
tions of the throat are transmitted, with,
it is said, distinct clearness. The in¬
strument is operated by the muscular
vibrations that accompany the utterance
of words.
The inventor, James Lowth, is said
to have been experimenting and work¬
ing on this instrument for over ten
years. When he first applied authorities for a pat-
tent, tlirea years ago, the at
Washington thought him a crank and
refused to issue one. He attached the
instrument to wires iu the office and
asked over it: “What do you think
now ?” Back ever the wire came, “I
give in, it works perfectly.” it has hffen
The Elic rival linin', says
successful y operated between Chicago
and Milwaukee, and iu Pittsburg it
worked over a line seventy-five miles in
lenerth, on which were twenty live Bel]
instruments.
A Haytian Hero,
If there is one thing on earth above
all other mundane sources of mirth it is
a full-hedged Haytian general of the
black type in the gala uniform of liis
rank. One of the sable military heroes
in particular was a spectacle to cause a
spasm of genuine hilarity which no liv¬
ing low comedian could elicit. He was
tall and bnily. His big, round, broad
face shone like polished ebony, and was
portentous from affected dignity. His
round, beady eyes rolled solemnly
about, and bis bullet head was covered
by the jauntiest of French cocked hats.
The flowing plumes tickled his huge
right ear. The swallow-tailed coat was
awfully tight, and with must its have been a
fearful burden, loads of gold
lacc, as the wearer stood in the rays of
the broiling sun. The massive, brawny
legs were encased in wrinkleless light-
blue trousers, which disappeared at the
region of the knee in the tops of be-
spurred enamelled leather jackboots. A
sword of French make hung to the floor
by the wearer’s side.— Philadelphia l a ss.
XoTid$ 10 oivsjjvf
TH-AT
JONN E. REDMOND
WILL SELL YOU PATTERNS TO
©o Youf Own
In any Size wanted, from Two Inches up to Sixty four.
-o-
Write to Him and get an Estimate of All Kinds of Graining,
Sign and House Painting, Varnishing, at
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
He gives Agents an article with which they can make more money than they
ever made in all their lives. With these goods Agents can make from $5 to $8 a
day. This is no Northern humbug. Inclose a two-cent stamp for postage, and
you will receive by return mail free samples and full particulars of the business.
I also furnish Gold and Gilded letters, Emblems and Graining C'cmbs,
Mortars and Pestles for Druggists. I furnish Wire Banner Signs, and make a
specialty of Post Boards for the country. Address
JOHN E. REDMOND,
PICKENS, S. G.
TOCCOA MARBLE WORKS.
The Undersigned, is Prepared to Furnish'MARBLE,
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BLACKSMITHING J
HORSESHOEING J
Manufacturing and Repairing
WAGONS, BUGGIES
—AND—
farm implements
Of all kinds.
JARRETT & SON,
TOCCOA, GEORGIA,
ROBERTS HOUSE,
TOCCOA CITY, GA-,
MRS. E. W. ROBERTS, Prop
Mrs. Roberts ah > has charge of th?
Railroad Eating H lse at Bowersville,
Ga. Good accomuv 0111003 . good board,
at usual rates iu firsi class houses.
LEWIS DAVIS,
ATTOPNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frank bn and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will
be given to all business entrusted to him.
The collection of debts will have spec¬
ial attention.
i ' j REAL - ESTATE.
j
CITY LOTS,
Farm and Mineral Lands
In the Piedmont R gion, Georgia. Also
On-nge Groves, Fruit and Vegetable
Farms for sale in Florida. Address
J. W. &cLAURY,
TOCCOA, GEORGIA.
Don’t Fail to Call On
W. A. MATHESON,
Who has Special Bargains in Various
Lines of Goods.
FINE DRESS GOODS
j NOTIONS, HATS, ETC.
—ALSO—
HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS.
.
Farmers’ Tools, Wagon and Buggy Ala-
j terialj Blacksmith's Tools, Hinges,
i Locks, Bolts, Doors and Sash.
: —EVEHYTFIING IN THE—
j HARDWARE LINE,
COOK STOVES, STOVE PIPE,
AND WOODWARE i
--ALSO--
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES,
TOCCOA, CA.
Peerless Quoins.
Perfect, Solid Bearings. Do Not Tilt.
T. F. BEITZINGER, Aomt,
Dealer in Printers’^upplies,
W. Mitchell St.. ATLANTA. G£
GrmM Miami:
Of All Kinds and Styles from the
plainest and lowest prices, up to the
mmt elaborate and costly. All work
delivered, set up and satisfaction guar¬
anteed. Call at my yard, examine
samples and learn price* before pur¬
chasing elsewhere. Addrea*,
L. P. COOK,
TOCCOA. CA.