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THE BANNER, ATHENS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 13,18Si>. An Interesting Letter From Athenians Abroad. BOGGED ROBE AND FAIR FLORENCE PICTURED IN CONTRAST. Pen Sketches of the Two Cities. The Athens Party Grow Weary of Rome, and Fly to Fair Florence —It is a'Beautiful and Splen did City—Brief Notes of Travel Through An cient Lands. There are sights in Rome to cause “each particular hair to stand on-end, # like quills upon the fretful porcupine.” * I remember a long time ago having a nervous shudder pass over me at the sight of a single skeleton in the college museum at home; and afterwards when our teacher proposed borrowing the same as an aid to the study of physiol ogy, how I turned faint at the very thought of it. Think now of my grow ing accustomed to the sight of human bones k as I have done in Rome that i really can look at them with a feeling of interest and wonder! The C’appuccini is a most beautiful church underneath which are impris oned the bones of 18,000 monks. 1 will not say repose, for even in death these wretehed creatures are not allowed to lie down. It was a ghastly sight to see these skeletons, many of them arrayed in black robes, some in upright posi tions, some in praying attitudes and some prostrated upon tbeir faces. There are six rooms underneath this church, the on* leading into the other that make up this great charnel house. The wall decorations are entirely of human bones, so are the chandeliers and lattice work that form the railings. These bones ar* perfectly blanched and laid in the most artistic desigus. Some travelers are disposed to discredit the number that is.most persistingly insisted upon by the guides here, but could you see the piles of human skulls, the wide borders of arms and legs, of ribs and linger bones, regularly laid in patterns as beautiful as embroidery, you would be ready to accept any statem«ut what ever, made by saint or sinner with re gard to, these anatomical decorations. Can you imagiue them to be beautiful.? But I remember you saw St Ursula at Cologne, a church built in the twelfth century, and said to contain the bones of 11,000 virgins, who were martyred by the Huns. I tried to forget and ad- . mire, but like Hamlet, the thought would keep coming to me that those skulls had had tongues in them and once could sing. From the Cappuecini we went to the Catacombs. Oh, I.shall never forget that hour! If “canonized bones, hearsed in death,’ seen in the broad daylight caused our hair to stand on end, wliat must be the effect of these underground tombs and prison house, upon us. Surely it was; Kowe^rden Mt'acheZ enough to “freeze our young blood and make our two eyes like stars start from their spheres.” These excavations are said to be miles and miles in extent, where not a breath of fresh air can pen etrate and no ray of light enter. We were told in the church to put ou our wraps before starting, and to keep close to each other, never lotting go our bold on tlie person in front of us, and each one of us must follow closely the leader. We were all sup plied with long wax CAudles, which were scarcely larger than a stick of macaroni. These candles were lighted and we were directed that on no ac count were we to let them go out. -Off we started and down we descended. The air was cold and damp, the pros pect dark and gloomy. “Deep into the darkness peering, long we stood there wondering, fearing.” The guide tried to reassure us, but M. was a lit tle doubtful and quietly suggested that we turn back. This suggestion was entertained only for a moment. “Don’t let’s turn back,” said one of the party. So on we pushed. We made a weird picture all strung out in aline, holding fast to each oth«r with one hand, grasp- ing tight our long candles with the other, through gloomy passages, led by an Italian guide. Thoughts of robbers, murders, graveyards and tombstones passed rapidly through my brain. Sup pose something should happen, what could we do? We might scream our selves voiceless and no one could hear. Suppose again we should be lost and a slow death he our doom, what then ? Such thoughts passed quickly through my brain, and the more I tried to get rid of them the more they would come. Of course there was really no danger or we never should have gone. Thousands of tourist* every year make the same explorations with perhaps similar sen sations and with like results. Like us they live to tell the tale. Dow n, down we went never once daring to let go the person in front of us. There were dark halls all around us leading every where, gloomy staircases seeming to lead nowhere. We had not proceeded very far before K.’s candle went out. v If therelwas an accident to happen of course it would happen to her. Only the day before she had innocently in vaded a hornets nest and when she got badly stung she indignantly declared that all the bad luck came to her. She seemed to . hold the party responsible for it. After the candle went out she became the object of great anxiety to us all. “Hold on to K.” I heard if. repeat over and over again as on we push ed and down we descended. Not until we had explored six of these underground stories, their immensity and their gloom, were we ready to turn back and seek the quiet of our hotel where we could ponder over all we had seen dur ing the day. I could write on and on forever, but after the fatigue of the day the flesh is very weak. I feel my eyelids drooping, iny pen slipping from my Angers, so I must say good-night and lie down to pleasant slumber, for getting churches and chantiugs, cowled friars and lace robed priests, human skulls and hones, persecuted and mar tyred chi-istians, dreaming if 1 can sweet dreams of home and the dear, old friends in Athens who are nearer my lifcart today than everything in this land across the seas. From the filthiest cities in the world we have couie to Florence, the very cleanest. It maj’ be that this is true only by contrast with those we have left, but we surely do enjoy the beauti ful streets and the appearance of order that seems to pervade everything. The people seem to he more elevated and re fined, and even the poor do not look so entirely impoverished. There are fewer beggars than in Rome or in Naples. I can well understand why it has given birth to so many, many noted men. We visited yesterday the Church of the Holy Cross, and iruthis one little church we saw the graves of Galileo, Rossini, Michael Angelo, Dante, Alfe- rio, Countess of Albany, and many others equally as noted, Florence does honor to all her great men, whether astronomers, musicians, painters, sculptors, poets, politicians or philanthropists. The wall? of this lit tle church are covered with paintings done, in the 12th century. Several centuries later an artist of some note, jealeus of the beauty of the work, had all of the walls whitewashed, and they only recently have been restored. We could trace the art from its infancy, you may say, until it reached the height of its glory, and then began its decline. We went yesterday to the Uffizi Gallery, saw the Tribuna, with its live wonderful statues, so world renowed : Venus de Medici, the Wrest lers, the Knife Grinder, Dancing Faun, and Appolini. We had visited Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli and had seen tlie very place where these statues' had been found, so that gave an additional interest to them all. We have seen por traits of all the noted artists painted by themselves. It seems queer, hut this little piece of conceit everybody takes as a matter of course, and considers it quite pardonable. This morning wc went to the Pitti Palace, the Academy of Fine Arts, tlie Baptistery, whose doors Michael Angelo said were fit. for the “Gatesof Paradise;” the Cathedral, etc. I will not stop to describe for fear of being accused of Guide Book talk, but hasten oil. This afternoou. we drove out to the Manastery, where the famous “Cb ate use liquer” is made, a liquor which can only be made by this one order of monks. It is a secret with them which they have never revealed. It was our only opportunity to enter a monastery, as women are not admitted to them elsewhere. The order has been reduced to eighteen in number, each monk hav ing his own separate apartments with a Here he lives and dies,never speaking to any one, not even his fellow monks. Ills meals are pushed in through a little opening in the wall, in such a way that lie cannot see the servant who brings them and the servant cannot see him. Each monk does all of his own work save cooking. Every night at twelve o’clock they meet in the chapel for mass and there they remain until three. The seats are so arranged that if one should fall asleep and slip he is most severely punished. It is by the merest accident that tlie visitor catches a gli mpse of one of them. Tlie more we heard about them, the more, of course, we wanted to see them. Just as we were walking through along corridor, as good luck would have it, one peeped out of his reom, we caught a hurried glimpse of him and our curiosity was satisfied. We all took a glass of the famous wine and some of the party invested in it to the extent of one bottle to bring home with them. It was'so strong that two of *the ladies declared that the small quantity they took had flown to their heads. B. laughingly replied that “nature ab horred a vacaum,” which joke they failed to appreciate. K. is the wit of the party. Her spirits never flag except wheu she gets stung, her candle goes out, or some other ill luck befalls her. Our next letters will he from Venice. We are gradually making the tour of Italy. Although the weather is intense ly warm, and the fleas equal to one of the plagues of Egypt, we shall leave this country with many, regrets. We have to practice self denial on every SHOOTING ABOARD CARS- Fatally Mr. Weldon Price Probably Wounded. A Fair Charmer. Reeentlv, one aflernoou, while Miss Annie Sanford, of Crawfordville, was , visiting Mrs. Poulkun, of Greenesboro, J she was in the parlor playing on the piano. She played for some time, and upon stopping to go into another por tion of the house, she saw lying coiled Weldon Price, of Farmington, by Air. i on the doormat an enormous snake. Sam Harris, .of Watkinsville, who had ; The snake was lying with its head on taken passage on the excursion. {its coil; watching the piano, and there From the few facts obtainable last ‘ can he no doubt it had been drawn into night it seems that these two gentle- the room by the music. The colored excursion from Athens to Macon yesterday had a tragic ending in the probable fatal wounding of Mr. men had been at outs all day on ac count of some trival remarks made by one to the other. Mr. Harris and two friends moved into the last coach to avoid a further difficulty with Mr. Price, but it is said he followed them expressing his deter mination to run them oft' the train. Mr. Price there renewed the difficulty and Air. Harris got up and went to leave the coach when he was again followed by Mr. Price. On the way back to the last coach Mr. Harris secured a pistol by some means from some one,and followed him to the rear end of the last coach, when Mr. Price stopped and refused to move an inch further. After some quarrel ling Mr. Price turned to leave and was followed by Air. Harris. When near the door on his return Air. Harris fired on him. Price then faced Harris and and was shot a second time. Air. Price then drew his revolver and several shots were exchanged. Air. Price fell, and Harris made for the platform and jumped off the train. Tlie train was stopped after it had run over a trestle, iiml tlie wounds of Air, Price were examined. He was found to be shot about three indies under the right nip ple and once in the side, which is very slight. He was a .fie to walk assisted by two friends. It is hoped that he may recover. Notice. Notice is hereby given that applica tion will be made to the General As- sumbly at its present session for the passage of a bill to be entitled. “An Act to amend” an act to pro vide compensation for the Solicitor General of tlie Western circuit for ser vices in criminaH cases in the county of Clarke approved August 3d 1881 so as to strike out the the following words in section 1 of said act to wit: “provided that the Solicitor General shall he en titled to orders on the county treasury to the amount of Two hundred dollars each year, af his approved insolvent lists shall amount to so much, but in no event shall the order exceed said sum fo r any •one year. This Aug. 2d. w-9-3. TIIE BIGGEST YET. Not NOTICE. This is to give notice to all parties that my wife, Mrs. Louanna A. Yar borough has my consent and is hereby made a*free dealer. 4tw W. H. Yarborough. 'Air. E. Slattery, of Delhi, La., says her son, 14 years of age, had a dreadful time with Ulcers, sores and blotches which followed chicken pox. After us ing many remedies without benefit, she gave him Swift’s Specific, which cured him sound and well. Thousands of dollars are wasted an il ually in physicians’ fees, when live or ten dollars expended on that unap proachable conqueror of disease, Sam aritan Neryine, would effect in every case a radical cure. $1.50. Cured my son of fits, after spending $2,400 with other doctors. J. W. THORNTON, Claiberne, Aliss. Aly friend , look here! you know how weak and nervous your wife is, and you know that Carter’s Iron Pills will re lieve her, now why not be fair about it and buy her a box. A Distressing Case and Happy Cure. “For over a year I have had a break ing out on my leg, which troubled me so bad I could not walk, leg badly swelled, of a purple color, with erup tions so bad that Blood would ooze out if I bore my weight on it. I was re commended to try Clarke’s Extract of Flax (Papillon) Skin Cure, which I have done. AIv leg is now well and I ban walk two miles on it without any trouble.” Signed, “A. D. Hayward.” Clarke’s Flax Soap makes the skin soft and prevents chapping. Skin Cure $1.00. Soap 25 cents. For Sale by ail Druggists. Advice To Mothers. Airs. "Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teeth ing. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea wenty-five cents a bottle. Good Advice, Showing Result. Edward Si Ivey, Chicago, gives testi mony : “Aly wife had Catarrh twenty- five years; suffered severely for six years before she began to use your re medy.Unable to breathe except through the mouth; in a most critical condition. Tried everything without relief, when Dr. Streeter advised her to buy Clarke’s Extract of Flax (Papillon) Catarrh Cure. Relief followed immediately. Slie continued to use it until she is now entirely cured. Her health has not been so good in many vears.” Price $100.Wash the Baby with Clarke’s Flax Soap, 25 cents. All Druggist, now has the Flax rem edies on hand. The Austrian infantry has bee* in creased by the addition of 0,000 oien, raising that branch of the service to a war footing. a Fish Tale, But a Turtle Talc that Scoops the Pot. We have read fish stories, and some were beyond belief, while others could be slightly relied on. This, however, is not a fish story, but it is all about a turtle seen by Air. John Cain, the con ductor on Orr & Hunter’s drays. Air. Cain had to get up very early Wednesday morning to attend to some business up town. While walking up one of the side streets in Cobbham he spied in front of him a ifuge object climbing a little hill in front of him. Mr. Cain could not tell what the object was, hut, mustering up all the courage he possessed, he walked up to it and found it to be a turtle of the soft-shell variety that would weigh fifty pounds. Mr. Cain was in sucll a hurry that he could not stop long, and left the turtle in the street. When he finished his business he came back and found his turtleship about fifty yards from' where he had first seen him, and calling an old negro man who lived near soon had the turtle’s head off and ready to be made into soup. The question now arises, how came a turtle of this size at least a mile from water, and meandering the streets of Athens ? The only solution is that he came out of the turtle farm once owned by Francis Louis, and better known as Chipitaro, a Mexican who ran a res taurant in Athens several years ago. Chipitaro would buy eve.y little turtle he could find and carry them to his gar den and dig a deep hole in the ground and after filling the hole with water, would cover the turtle up with dirt and let them remain for a year, when he would dig them up and find that they were large and fat . This is the solution to Air. Cain’s turtle, as Chipitaro had a garden near where the turtle was round and this one has been fattening for the past seven years on the rich Athens dirt where he was planted. FORGIVEN BUT NOT FORGOT. QvsrthI^ A LETTER PROS! ceht b aboI** »> Th«, Visit the Hist,,,.,.. , 25!?* Editor Banner: .i ’ ’ i» , out by visiting the "« •‘■J’Uc “Us? Sui, ,N Notice. Notice is hereby given that an appli cation will be made to the General As sembly at its present sessieu for the passage of an act entitled an act to in corporate the Athens Railway company and for other purposes. This-5 th August, 1889. w9-3 Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone and wife have just celebrated in London the fiftieth anniversary of their marri age. Are you troubled with a sluggish,in active liver ? Are you bilious? Do you suffer from Jaundice? Has your com plexion ^..sickly, yellow tinge? The blood in its passage through the liver does not furnish the healthy action which should result from it. The im purities aue stopped and clogging up the duet, cause a disordered condition, which will produce serious results to your health, unless you take Brown’s Iron Bitters at once. It will cure your biliousness and jaundice, and incite to health}' action the sluggish liver. Hanging is good enough for a man who starts the cry of “fire” in a crowd ed theatre; and something most as good should he given the mischievous man who starts a run oa a hank. hand. There are so many things, beautiful things that we want to buy Poverty 1 poverty you are not a curse hut dreadfully inconvenient! I have thought feelingly time and again of the essay in L’s. diary on this subject, over which we have laughed so often. And now good-bye. The Land Improve ment Company interests me more than any news from Athens. I confidently look to that to prove a prominent factor in the glorious future of our dear old town. * , * * * Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the worle for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For sale by John Crawford & Co., and L. D. Sledge & Co., Wholesale and Retail Druggists. A tile on a man’s head is not the same as a brick in his hat. A Lesson in Grammar. “I eougli! He cough! They cough!” And why need they cough.? Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery will cure coughs t colds, and all lung diseases. Buy it and try it, there’s virtue and worth. In the bottle whose contents are pure; ’Twill extinguish the germs of con sumption at birth, Aud its more acute symptoms will cure. Notice is hereby given that applica tion will he made to the General Assem bly of the State of Georgia now in ses sion for t. the passage of a hill with the following title. A hill to he entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Athens, to fix the term of office of the Mayor of said City, and for other purposes. Ex-President Tyler’s son, John, is dying in Washington. Fortify the system, by the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, against the dis eases peculiar to hot weather. This med icine induces a healthy action of the stomach, liver, and kidneys causing them to prevent the accumulation of the poisons which produce disease. We have sold S. S. S. since the first day we commenced the drug business, and have heard some wonderful reports of its effects. Many use it with best results to cleanse malaria from the system, and for blood poison, scrofula and such diseases it is without a rival. Colderwood & Co., Honroe, La. A Safe Investment, Is one which is guaranteed to bring satisfactory results, or in case of failure i return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertis ed Druggist a bottle cf Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs, or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation ot" Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc. etc.. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottles free at John Crawford & Co.’s or L D. Sledge <fc Co.’s Whole sale and Retail Drugstores. Bad Off Alessrs. Ridgeway «fc Thornton, were scalded sometime ago by tlie blowing off of the still cup at Ridge way’s still house, are still in a critical condition. Ridgeway has improved a little, but it is more than probable that Air. Thornton will die from the scalds received. Merit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we. have been selling Dr. King’s New discovery for Consumption, Dr. King’s New Life Pills, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve aud Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell - as well, or that have given such univ ersal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to .refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not fol low their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. John Crawford & C’o.’s or L. D. Sledge & Co.’s Wholesale and Retain Druggists. A Street Fight. Late yesterday afternoon Alose Woods and a dusky damsel engaged in a knock down and drag out the police happened upon the scene,and escorted them to the station house ere much damage was done where they will languish until his honor sees fit to otherwise dispose of them. Do not suffer from sick headache a moment longer. It is not necessary. Carter’s Little Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill. — Little Giant Shot. A few days ago the celebrated trot ting stallion, Little Giant, owned by Mr. R. E. Crunch, of Oconee county, got kicked by another horse and his leg was broken. Yesterday Mr. Brunch had to kill him to put him out of his misery. He was a thoroughbred Ram ble tonian, and has trotted a half mile in 1:06, and then paced the half mile in the same time. [Mr. Brunch has refused large sums of money for Little Giant several times. The Blue and the Gray Harmoniously Blended—A Ncrthern'Lady Extends the Olive Branch to the 3t*d Georgia Regiment. • The late reunion of the 3rd Georgia of Confederate Veterans, at Fort Valley has had some significant features. The fact that the Hawking Zouaves came all the way from Rhode Island to meet with men who once were their enemies, and the friendly and cordial welcome which the Georgians gave them With one accord, substantiates the statement that the blue and the gray are fast be coming blended into one color, and Mason and Dixon’s line is being effaced from the maps of our commou coun try. But there was one little incident of tlie reunion which was told a Baxxkr man yesterday by a member of the regi ment, now living in Athens, which is pathetically touching in its signifi cance. The story goes as follows: Far back in the hostile days of sixtv- two, the hordes of legions from the North anil South met with a terrific clash of arms at the Battle of Sharpes- burg, and a fearful engagement ensued. During the conflict the 3rd Georgia regiment fell upon a certain company or detachment and almost swept them every one from the face of the earth, firing over an old brick wall in close contact. When the battle storm cleared, and the dead and the dy ing were remev^d from the field, there were two -brothers found among the Union Army’s dead, who had been slain near the old brick wall by the 3rd. Georgia regiment. They had both gone to the front side by side and died heart to heart. The mother of these two brave hearts sent to tlie 3rd Georgias at Fort Valley the other day, a piece of the old stone wall taken froifr the spot where her boys had fallen, and with the true and spon taneous impulses of a noble woman, wrote: “Forgiven, but not forgot.” What a heart this woman has, can be seen by reading between the lines of her brief hut expressive message. NEGROES EXCITED. In- Banks County to Have vestigatlon. The news reaches us from Banks county that the negroes are terribly ex cited over the attempted kil’ing of the negro Walt McKie while he was con fined in jail. Air. Green, who tried to shoot the negro, came to Homer anil told Sheriff Scroggins that he only wanted to go to the jail and talk to ■ the negro about breaking into his house. The sheriff, not dreaming of Green’s in tentions, carried him over to the jail and admitted him to the hall of the jail, and as soon as the negro came to the door of the cell, Green drew a 32-calli- bre Smith & Wesson pistol, and just as he went to pull the trigger Sheriff Scrog gins caught his arm and held it so that he could not use the pistol. If it had not been for the quick and determined action of the sheriff the negro prisoner would have been a corpse. The negroes of the county are terri bly excited over the matter, and will have Green presented to the next grand jury. No blame ' \n possibly he attached to the sheriff, as he was perfectly innocent of knowing anything about what Green would do when admitted to the jail. $500 Reward. So confident are the manufacturers of Dr. Sage’s Gatatrrh Remedy in their ability to cure chronic nasal catarrh,no matter how bad or of how long stand ing, that they offer, in good faith, the above reward for a case which they can- 50 Cents' Remedy soId by druggists at much besides manlmL. , We then went into £, r naval museum. l - Saw weapons, arms, arinft ' " »&c., for ages back. jj r ,, r 5° r 3 r > Mul spurs,' Rob Roy's sword p®/>l5| lets, many flags that had battles of historic fmn<. I!> <1; I inburg castle. Saw Iti<,m drill with bagpipe musi,.?!^" 4 imagine how strung i t " them in this day ^ From the castle we went to i t 1 palace. Saw picture ! - n ' J points of interest, (will h-t,. , w 'h\ about them when 1 can M]W;!° dl 5<V Saw the toomh of the' t .°' u 0 covenanters) at Grev Frht' M Saw University building ' two hours looking at mu? nrii^i HI Bought a linen eolla,amt -$*'4 for thirty cents. 1 K 1 10 r. M . With reluctance,almost with I I turn my back on this bcautifni , tiki; i. city. 1 hK -'t At twilight 1 strolled up on hill. Like many others in this,,'., i Scotland, it is a rock, standin^ul above the surrounding country an approach on one side made «V,i . by a winding path; a sheer or precipice on the others. l|T l It resembles more neavlv the old i to the foot of Tenopesla f;.lb th .n . thing I think of now. The m,if which Edinburg castle stands i. . similar, being almost inacees-ahle most every point except on one V When 1 am viewing these hhi™ places, the throng of visitors, i surging to and fro are transform^ \ my mind tothe people of another •,»? Bruce and his body guards rush iu| v through the castle gates as they dal behind them. Then I c ould see their dark figures climbing up the cliff be- yond. The soldier marching ouhislv,' | was still there, a Scotchman this tin. Then the combat aud the freedom w,. lowed in the mental panorama. TUESDAY, JULY -'oil. We are being hurled on to Lonikut the rate of one mile per lniiiati—« times attaining that distance in fifty seconds. Arrived in London at at a: *5 o’clock p. m. Our party looks large even in this metropolis. What a difference between beautiful, Classic Edinburg, with its cleanly >to» houses, and refined Scotch Presbyte rians, taking life more as a pleasant duty than otherwise, and this mighty city. Built to a large extent of brick, and the whole smoky and smutty. 1 find that cities as well as yieople have characteristics. 1 do not woudtt that Al. is proud of her Scotch blood, and Presbyterian antecedent. Yesterday’s travel was pleasant and rather restful, it is a hard matter to keej) tip with rest on such a trio. One gets footsore walking and standing on these cold pavements. One gets eye sore gazing on these rugged old build ings, and brain-sore trying to keep im pressions fresh—so far 1 am pretty dear. You never saw such weather—it fc as checkered as some of the lives ol some of the old English monarch*. It rarely rains less than three or four time daily, but the people Imre notice it not at all. We carry our umbrellas anil avoid the rain as much as possible. Our party keep pretty well together and arc in good spirits. It is with many re grets that I see the figures in my'.late growing larger each day, thereby short ening my time in this interestiugplace. Don’t be disappointed if niv letters are few and short. We are constantly the go, and sleep is essential to keeping up. It is warmer here than in Edin burg, but flannels and overcoats ire comfortable. Wednesday I visited s - Paul’s and staid ’til one o'clock. I r,,m there we went to the National Art Gallery, and spent the remainder of the day . I cannot attempt description here- Just think of looking on the origmai works of Aliehael Angelo, Raphael, and other famous artists—these occu pied the rest of the day. Thursday we devoted to seen city generally, and rode nearly all seeing many places of interest. 1 went through Guild Ilall, visited H>" * park and Kew Gardens. Tlie A 1 "" memorial in Hyde park is nmgnmee and worthy of a week’s study. Iam much interested in the pal*' and soldiery. Thursday night we'' ■ to “The Alhamba,” the finest spectacu lar theatre. They claim to put b hundred ballet dancers on the stage one time. The scene was mytliot o" cal—sun, moon, stars, earth, sea5 * ( ? time, &c., were splendidly presen Acrobats the finest I have ever seen. Yesterday was spent in W estmni» Abbey-and St. Kensington muse • Both surpassed my expectat • Think or seeing the tombs of near 1 ) everybody that has made a name n the every nouy mat nas maueu tory; kings, queens, gentry, and.i far more interesting persons, un® 0 * rank, who have attainded it. A “ .« logue of the abbey which 1 have, prove interesting. . ,„ t _ Good bye. Don’t take absence of f ters as bad news, it simply means it is almost impossible to j r ^ e '^ 0SS . TO OUR READERS. Malaria or A*ue Surely Cured! ^ In this broad assertion, we S P^ J . falsely, hut state postively, that and all miasmatic poisons, can be cally driven from the system,anc manent cure guaranteed. Than** of chronic cases, whose__tes^m hear evidence, have been curea y ■ infallible remedy, which contain* er quinine, arsenic, or anything J ious. Full treatment free by old siciau of highest standing, a} 8 , remedy sent on receipt of aa r > ASAHEL A1EDICAL BUREAU, Broadway, N. Y. may 31dto Alessengers to Sarepta AasocwtjJJf Oconee chureli, Jackson WJ ^ji- find Maysville, on Northefc int road, to bo the nearest ra l‘ r „,„ ftt tiicra- and will and^nvejannjw^,.