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THE HEMAL AND HIS PARTNER.
The gen’ral sat before the lire in his
little dirt-roofed cabin on tho side of
the stage road, near the summit of
tho Truclio pass.
His old clay pipe was botweon his
lips, which had occasionally opened to
emit a cone-shaped cloud of smoke, as
ho gazod with meditative eye at a piece
of salt pork sizzling in the frying-pan
in preparation for supper.
His cabin was but scantily furnished
—a bunk in one corner, in another an
assortment, of drills and hammors, and a
prospecting pick. A table stood in the
middle of tho door, covered with tin
mips and plates, on top of which lay a
stray copy of tile San Jnan Prospector,
Scattered about wore three or four empty
powder kegs, sorving for seats.
Upon one of these the genr’al was now
seated, with an' elbow on either knee
und his head resting upon his hands.
Tho blnzing flro of “pitch-pine"
shouo upon his bluff and weather-beaten
face, outlined by a fringe of grizzlod
beard, and flashed in his ful' gray
eyes—
“Lit up
With summer lightuings of a seal
Bn full of hutinner warmth—so glad,
Bo healthy, sound and clear and whole,”
Tho gon’ral was roused from his rov-
erie by tho sound of approaching wheels,
and, oxolniming, “There she comes!"
ho rau out, as was his invariable custom,
to take a glance at the incoming San
Juan coach.
As he opened the door tho firelight
rushed out, illuminating a long, narrow
spaco far up the mountain-side. As the
coach drew into this it stopped, to his
great amazement.
“ Evening to you, gou’ral!” cried the
driver, familiarly. “Hero is a visitor
or you."
With that a man descended from tho
box-seat,; a roll of blankets and a va-
iso wore flung off, and, ere the gen’ral
could recover from his suqiriso, tho
liglits of the coacli were twinkling in
the darkness, as it whirled rapidly on
the down grade to tho mining camp
below.
“Comein, come in, stranger!” said
tho gen’ral on hospitality intent, as ho
advanced and picked up tho blanket.
Como in, and make yourself at
homo.”
“Thank you.”
And seizing his valise ho followed
tho gen’ral without more ado.
The gen’rnl flung the blankets on the
bunk, and drawing his sheath-knife
rapidly added two slices of pork to that
already in the frying-pan.
The coffee-pot was replenished with
a double allowance, and then the gon’
ral, stirring the flro to a fresher blazo,
turned to look at his visitor.
He beheld a tall and rather slender
young man, with a head of dark hair
surmounting a fresh and boyish face.
His frank brown eyes were fixed upon
the gen’ral with an expression of inter
est not unmingled with curiosity as ho
drow a letter from his inner pocket and
presenting it, said pleasantly:
“ From my mother, sir.”
The gen’ral gave a start of surprise
and held out his hand for the letter.
Stooping down before the fire, Re exam
ined the superscription very minutely.
I used to be mighty well acquainted
with this handwrito twenty-five or thirty
year ago,” said he, reflectively, looking
absently at his guest.
And the firolight must have shone
upon his face with a ruddier glow than
usual—or was it that the gen’ral blushed ?
You are welcome, young man,” he
said, after reading it; “ I knowed both
your mother and your father before yon
was born, and you yourself when
you wasn’t higher nor that,” and held
his hand on a level with his knee.
“Did you? No!” the young man
said, and glanced at him with more in
terest than beforo.
said the gen’ral.
TOMTOMS **
...
, * sot fu,. Da’lkof Middleton Del.,nnd Farmer.'
pthjoor Point.’ i- ,Q , tho “ooo more w',-.e»t, r/r.cro I drilled
• **,1, ,1.0k|n, l ' un , wi lli Illy old blyl'/. I py.ro them a fair
o 110 laior.
“OSHIIA CLAYTON, Jf , Mt. I’lcoiMlt, D*l<
“ How are times out here ? Anything
a fellow can get to do ?” asked the guest,
ns seated before the tiro after supper
ho watched tho gen’ral replenish the
clay pipe.
“ Well,” replied the latter, reflect
ively, “ times ain’t very lively about the
camp just now, but I have hopes—I
Lave hopes, sir.” Aud the clay pipe
described a parabolic curve ending in a
flourish, ns if the gen’rnl’s hopes were
either too lofty or too indefinite for ex
pression.
“ As to what you aro going to do, let
mo ask yon if you happened to notice a
hole in the mountain side as you came
up?”
“No, I didn’t," replied the young
man ; “but perhaps it was too dark to
distinguish it.”
“ That’s so. I never thought of that 1’
tho gen’ral exclaimed. “ But there is a
hole there nil the samo, and that, young
man, is the mouth of a tunnel I am driv
ing in to strike tho ‘ Tip-top’ lode, n
mino which, from tho surface indica
tions, I expect to pan out tho host of
anything I have yet struck ; and I’ve
prospected some in my time. Thero,’’
he continued, pointing to somo honey
combed rock lying on a Bholf above tho
fireplace, "is somo of the blossom rock,
which assayed over seventy ounces."
“Indeed I” oxclaimcd tho other, ex
amining a pioco with an air of interest.
“ I was o-thinkiug,” said the gen’ral,
after a short panso, " that maybo you
would like to take a half interest. No
capital ain’t required."
To this tho young man replied it
would, no doubt, be just tho thing for
him.
But tho gou’ral suggested that, upou
second thought, maybe ho’d better wait
until morning and seo things for him-
solf, whereupon, after a desultory con
versation, the gen’ral spread the blank
ets and they retired.
Jntho morning tho young man, "upon
seeing things for himself," expressed
his satisfaction with tho proposal of the
previous night. The gen’ral then placed
the pack saddles upon his two hurras,
and they set off to tho camp for in
creased supplies, necessitated by this
addition to his household.
Upon entering a long, rough-boarded
building, decorated in front with an im
posing sign of “Dobson & Co., Gro
ceries aud Provisions," tho gcu’ral was
greeted by a crowd oi loungers within
with a volley of loud aud hearty salu
tations.
“ How are yon to-day, gen’ral V"
“ ITow is tho Tip-top, gen’ral?”
All of these questions, as betokening
iis public importance, the gon’iul re
ceived with an air of pride, roplying in
general terms that both he and the Tip -
top were “a-doing well.”
‘ ‘ And now, gentlemen,” said ho, anil
tho clay pipo described a parabola in
tin direction of his companion, “lot
me make known to you my pardner, as
I’ve took in on the Tip-top."
After this the gon’ral’s partner was
welcomed very cordially, each gentle
man, as he grasped his hand in turn,
declaring, with an omphatic invocation,
that he was glad to meet him.
Thus was tho gen’ral’s partner initia
ted into life, as it appears in a mining
camp, and duly launched upon the
society of Summit City.
The solect society—usually rareht
supercilious in its reception of “tender-
feet ”—received him with unwonted cor
diality, as was evidenced by the fact
that ho soon became as well and favor
able known as the gen’ral and tho Tip
top mine.
Light-hearted and vivacious, ho en
tered into his now life with a boyish
zest for its novolty, ho and the gon’ral
getting along so amazingly well together
that the latter began to regard him quite
paternally.
It had long been the custom of
the gen’ral to pass tho evenings
sitting beforo the fire, in silent
communion with that constant com
panion and consoler—liis clay pipe.
The presence of his partner, however,
effected a complete change in liis habits
in this regard.
The evenings now were usually occu
pied by the gen’ral in relating to liiB
eager listenor some exciting episode of
his adventurous life, with numerous
characteristic digressions, and eccentric
flourishes of the irrepressible pipe.
“ Gen’ral,” said his partner, as they
thus sat one evening, “mother has so
often spoken of yon that I judgo yon
were quite intimate in your young
days.”
“ Do yon, do you ?” said the gen’ral,
with a kind of hoarse chuckle. “I
guess you aro about right young man.
Me and your mother was mighty thick
before I went to Calaforny in ’49. In
fact, I may just as well tell yon—wo
was bespoke.”
“Were you?” exclaimed liis partner,
I opening his eyes. “ What happened
l to break it off ? I know mother lias
1 always regarded yon as a great friend.”
“ Yes sir, I did,” _ , „ _ . . , .
“We were all old friends, and I’m; “ Has she, pardner-has she, though f
miirhty sorry to hear about your fath- exclaimed the gen’ral, with an air of
m n J * | svt.nof nrvofi finnfinn.
er’s death.”
At this his guest looked in the fire
rather sadly, seeing which the gen ral
resumed:
“But there, you must bo hungry, and
I’ll dish up supper right off.”
great gratification
“Well,” he continued, “wo was be
spoke, as I’ve said, and was only waiting
till I could get enough ahead. Then
the excitement of ’49 broke out, and
turned my head as well as everybody
else’s. Nothing would do me but go
—and go I did. In them days lettera
was mighty upt to go astray, and I neVoi
was niuchof a hand to write,-no wav.
So I only writ two or three, and got
about as many replies, though your
mother has since told me she writ reg-
’lar for a long time. After the first
year I kept putting off writing, and
putting it off, thiuking every month I
would go home as soon as I got a little
richer. What with wandering from
these diggings to them, sometimes
striking it, sometimes not, somo years
rolled away beforo I knowed it.
“ Ono day I happened to come across
one of your mother’s old letters among
my things, and it kinder reproached
me. I made up my mind I had enough
and in t vo days lit out for home and
your mother.
“Woll, pardner, I got to tho old
place, and without saying nothiug to
nobody I just walked over to your
mother’s old home, and ns I got near it
who do you suppose was tho first porson
I saw ?"
“ I am sure I don’t know, unless it
was mother,” said his partner.
“No, sir I no, sir I It wasn’t your
mother, by a long shot. It was you.
Though, blosB my heart, pardner, you
wouldn’t have knowed yourself. Thero
you was, sir, a littlo tow-headod boy not
moro’n kneo-nigh to a duck, a swinging
on the front-gate, just as your mother
used to do. Of courso, I didn’t know
it was you at that time, so I snys:
“ ‘ Can yon toll me, littlo boy, if Miss
Mevindy Thompson lives hero yit ?’
“‘I don’t know nothiug ’bout no
Miss ’Riudy Thompson, mister,’ says
you, * but I’ll run and ask my mother.’
“ And off you runs and brings her out
by tho hand. As soon as sho sees me
she turns kinder whito-like and cries:
“ ‘ Why, John, it can’t bo you?’
" ‘ Yes it can,’ says I. ‘ It’s mo, Hure
enough, Merindy, como back to claim
your promise.’f
“ ‘ Oh, John,’ says she, ‘ I can’t, for
I’m—I’m married.’
• ‘ "What 1’ cries I.
“ ‘ Yes,’ says sho, 1 and this is my lit
tlo boy, Johnnie,’ putting ber hand
upon your head, pardner.’
“ Well, pardner, I was considerably
astonished, but presently I says:
“ ‘ You don’t say so, Merindy! Who’s
his father ?’
“Then she told me, and I was glad
to hoar, if it had to be anybody but mo.
it was Jim, for vour father, pardner,
was a mighty good feller.’
" Well, wo walked into tho house,
u-talkiug about old times, and purt\
soon in conies your lather.
“ ‘ Why, John !’ snys ho, ‘ is this yon
or your ghost? Wo all thought you wa-
lead long ago; but for all that, wt
never forgot you, and here’s our little
Johnnie a-uamed after you.’
"Well, pardner, threo weeks from
that time I told both your mother and
your father good-byo. Yon was n-play-
ing ncur-by, and giving yon a double
.•agio for a keepsake, Hold your mother
if my little namesake ever needed a
friend to send him to mo. Then I
struck out West and have been a-pros-
pecting over since here, thore and
everywhere.”
And the gen’ral’s pipe described sev
eral eccentric geometrio curves in vari
ous directions.
“Now, pardner,” said be, in con
clusion, “ if you’ve got a sweetheart—
aud of courso you have ?”
With a blush his partner pleaded
guilty to the soft impeachment.
“ Then let my ease be a warning and
don’t forgit to write, but just write rog’-
lar, or somo other feller will carry her
off sure. And just as soon os the Tip
top begins to pan out back you must go
after her.”
“ I’ll follow your good advice, gen’
ral,” said liis partner, with a laugh, and
then each soaglit his blankets.
*******
Day after day camo incessantly from
tho tunnel’s mouth the faint and silvery
clink of hammer striking drill, pausing
only at intermissions, when tho moun
tain would reverberate with a hollow,
muffled explosion as a giant-powder car-
tride too!: out the solid rock. Day by
day tho partners drifted nearer to the
vein and to tho culmination of their
hopes.
“Pardner,” said tho gen’ral, one eve-
ning, ns he tamped tho lost shot for the
day, “indications have been mighty
good all day, and I kinder feel that
something is going to show up when
this goes off.”
“ I hope so, gen’ral, said his partner,
and, applying liis candle to tho fuse,
cried “Skip 1” as it began to sputter.
When tho smoko had cleared away, in
they both ran eagerly. A large mass of
rock had been dislodged by the blast,
and lay broken in pieces on the floor of
the tunnel.
Back of this, the entire cross section
of the drift sparkled brilliantly in the
light of their candles. The gen’ral ex
amined the wall carefully; and, turning
to the other, said, impressively:
“ Pardner, it is my opinion that this
here is a true fissure vein, and we have
struck it rich!”
The inmates of the cabin slept little
that night. Early in the morning two
sacks were filled with ore, and packed
on the hurras.
The partner departed with them for
tho smelter at Summit City. In tho af
ternoon he was descried returning by
the gen’ral, who ran to meet him.
"Gen’ral,” cried ho, breathless with
excite r ent and tho rapid ascent of the
grade, "we aro rich men. She pans out
G12, ami a trace of gold, besides. More
over, I have alrjady been offered
1550,000 for my share of the Tip-top.”
I knowed it I I knowed ii I The Tip
top was bound to pan out big 1” ex
claimed the geu’ral.
And, Hinging his old slouoh-hat in
ho air, he uttered n wild whoop.
No less affected, liis partner grasped
his hand, and, unconsciously, they exe.
ented a kind of triumphant “ walk
around ” about the mouth of the tunnel.
Pardner, your sweetheart. Now
that you can git tin $50,000, hadn’t yon
better go after her?” were the first words
of the gen’ral, upon recovering liis
mental equilibrium.
What I ’ cried his pardner. “ Sell
ont, and leave yon here alouel Not
much I No, Bir 1 Tho Tip-top shall
nover have other owners than yon and
I, gen’ral.”
Oh, no, pardner 1 Wo are bound to
take in your sweotlieart,” said tho
gou’ral, with a chuckle.
Many wore tho congratulations re
ceived by tho gen’ral and his partner
on their rich strike. Summit City was
all astir with excitement.
In throe days the mountain was
honoyoombod with prospect-holes, and,
us tho gen’ral expressed it, “Times
was as Hush as they used to bo in Cnla-
forny."
Wagons were in demand to haul the
ore to tho smelter. Day and night re
lays of *men drilled, blasted and “ tim
bered up" in the Tip-top mine. Day
and night tho gen’ral and his partner
waxed richer.
“ Pardner," said tho gon’ral, a month
from tho first day of their striko, “I
wus thinking as the Tip-top is booming
right along that you might now go for
your sweetheart and take a wedding-
tower to Eurip, if you and hor fancied
it. As for me, I’ll stay aud ran the
mine.”
“ Well, gon’ral, I believe I’ll follow
your advice, pnd start East to-morrow.”
After tho departure of his partner the
gen’ral felt most unaccountably low-
spirited. Though everything worked
like clock-work about the mine, he
grumbled incessantly, and the cloy pipe
scarcely ever loft his lips.
Ho was, therefore, as much delighted
its surprised when, ono day, his partner
suddenly appeared at the mino.
“How d’ye do? Glad to see yon.
L’hought yon was on tho way to Eurip.
Got your sweetheart ?” ho exclaimed,
all in ono breath.
"Yes; and she’s waiting now over in
Summit City to boo you.”
“To seo mol" cried tho gen’ral in
consternation, glancing at his overalls
smirched with mud from the miue.
“Yes; como along. You can spruce
up a littlo when we get to the hotel
It had been qnito a number of years
since tho gen’ral hud called upon a lady.
Now, in honor of tho occasion, he re
paired to a clothing store and issued
forth in new aud unwonted apparel. And
really, thus attired, it would have been
diilicult to have found a better-looking
gentleman of his age.
“ Do you think she will like me?"
asked he, anxiously, of his partner, as
they walked through the hall of the
hotel.
“ Oh, of course,” returned that de
signing young gentleman, suppressing
an inclination to laugh. Then, opening
the parlor door softly, ho whispered:
“ Walk in, gcn’ral,” and closing it, van
ished.
Tho gen’ral thought this very unac
countable conduct. Much embarassed,
he looked about and beheld a very
comely lady of middle age seated upon
a sofa, absorbed in a book.
“ Merindy I” he cried.
“John!” exclaimed the lady, arising,
evidently as much surprised as himself.
Then recovering herself she added,
with emotion: “Oh, John! how can I
over repay yon for your noble conduct
to my boy ?”
At first it was the intention of tho
gen’ral to say he was more than repaid
for any little kindness, etc.
But as ho stood looking in the eyes of
liis old love, a flood of pleasant memo
ries swept over him with irresistible
force. And inspired by a happy intui
tion he said, taking her band:
“ Merindy, you can repay me in only
one way, and that is by saying ‘ yes ’ the
same as you did thirty years ago. 1
Is it necessary to add that she said
it?
Shortly afterward there was a knook
at the door. The gen’ral cried: “Come
in!” and his partner entered, accom •
panied by an extremely prepossessing
young lady.
One glance at the elder pair was suffi
cient.
“Ah! another new partner, I per
ceive,” said he, with a joyous augli.
“ Well, gen’ral, suppose you make the
tour of Europe yourself if you aud
mother fancy it?”
“No," replied the gen’ral, “me and
your mother is too old for towers, and
I’ve gnlliviuiu’d enough about tRt world
to settle down now.”
**••»•
An unpretentious, but very comfort
able and commodious residence now
stands upon the site of the Gon’ral’s old
log cabin. Here at evening upon the
piazza, a hearty, gray-haired old gentlo-
mnn is in the habit of sitting, gazing
with a meditative eye down the stage
road as he philosophically puffs a
cherished olay pipe. Two chubby chil
dren gambol about him, or, climbing
upon either knee, say:
" Grandpa, won’t you tell us a story?”
"Yes, Johnnie, you and your little
brother Jimmie listen good and I’ll ted
yon bow mo and your pa went pardnors
in the Tip-top mine.”
WORDS OF WISDOM
The Poison Habit.
But under all oircumstancos make a
firm stand against the poison habit. It
is best to call things by tlioir right
names. The effect upon the animal
economy of every stimulant is strictly
that of a poison, and every poison may
become a stimulant. There is no bano
in the South American swamps, no vir
ulent compound in the North American
drug stores—obomistry knows no dead
liest poison—whoso gradual and per
sistent obtrusion on tho human organ
ism will not create an unnatural crav
ing after a repetition of the lethal doso,
a morbid appetency in every way analo
gous to the hankering of the toper after
his favorite tipple. Swallow a table-
spoonful of landanum or a fow grains
of arsenious acid evory night. At first
yonr physical conscionoo protosts by
evory means in its power; nausea,
gripes, gastrio spasms and nervous
headache warn yon again and again; the
struggles of tho digestive organs against
tho fell intruder convulses your whole
system. But you contiuuo the dose,
and nature, truo to her highest law to
preserve life at any price, finally adapts
herself to an abnormal condition
adapts the poison at whatever cost of
health, strength and happiness. Your
body becomes an opium macliine, an
arsenio mill, a physiological engine
moved by poison, and performing its
functions only under the spur of tho
unnatural stimulus. But by-and-byo
the jaded system fails to respond to the
spur, your strength gives way, and
alarmed at tho symptoms of rapid
dilirium, you resolve to romedy the
evil by removiug tho cause. You try to
renounce stimulation, and rely onco
more on tho unaided strength of the
vis vitro. But thut strength is utmost
oxhausted. Tho oil that should have
fed the flame of lifo has been wasted on
a health-consuming flro. Before you
can regain strongtli aud happiness your
system mustreudapt itself to tho normal
condition, and tho difficulty of that re-
iiiTiingonont will bo proportioned to tho
degree of tho present disarrangement;
the further you have strayed from na
ture tho longer it will take you to re
trace your steps. - Popular Science
Monthly.
Use of the Eyes.
The man who avoids excesses of every
deicription has a fair chance of retain
ing his eyesight until old age sets in.
A time comes to every one when the
physioal powers begin to decay, and
then, unless tho brain has been kept
active and recipient by exercise, thero
is nothing left to live, and the man
perishes. We say that he died of gout,
or over-eating, or of heart disease, or
kidney disease, or of the failure of the
particnlar organ which was the first to
exhibit symptoms of the approaching
end. In reality he has died of stupidity,
artificially produced by neglect of tho
talents with which he was endowed.
That which is true of the orga oism as
a whole is true, also, of its parts ; and
the eyes, among others, are best treated
by an amount of systematic use which
preserves tho tone of their muscles and
the regularity of their blood supdly.
Acuteness of sight is aided by the at
tention bestowed upon objects within
the vision. In people who cannot read,
tho sight is far from aoute. I have
even had reason to think, says a writer,
that the wives of such men were in
debted to their household needlework
for the maintenance of a higher stand
ard of vision than that of their husL ands;
and I have no doubt that idleness of
tho eyes, if I may U3e such an expres
sion, is in every way hurtful to them,
and that propor and varied employment
is eminently conducive to their preser
vation in beauty and efficiency.
To keep on repenting for past sins is
easy enough. It is the beginning to do
bettor that is difficult.
Nothing can constitute good breeding
that has not good nature for its founda
tion.
Who is powerful ? He who can con
trol his passion. Who is rich ? He who
is contented with what he has.
Wo carry our neighbor’s crimes in
Right, but throw our own over our shoul •
ders.
If you would never have an evil deed
spoken of in connection with you don’t
do one.
Lifo is not so short but that there is
always time enough for courtesy. Self-
command is the main elegance.
Blessed be he who gives to the poor,
albeit only a penny; doubly blessed be
he who adds kind words to his gift.
He who can contemplate his past and
not receivo many warnings from it
must have had a remarkably stupid
oxistcnce.
A man is great just in proportion to
his superiority to tho condition of life
in which he is placed.
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few
things aro bitterer than to feel bitter.
A man’s venom poiBons himself more
than his victim.
An ill argument introduced with defer
onco will procure more credit than the
profoundest science, with a rough,
insolent and noisy management.
Wise mon mingle innocent mirth with
their cares as a help either to forgot or
overcomo them, but to resort to intoxi
cation for the ease of one's mind is to
cure molanoholy with madness.
Wo may compare tbo ooul to a linon
cloth; it must bo first washed to take off
its native hue and color, and to make it
white; and afterward it must bo over
and anon washed to preserve it white.
Two New Zealand Citlet.
A correspondent, writing from New
Zealand, says : Christchurch is the
“ City of the Plain,” and plain enough
it is. It spreads over two miles square,
and looks like some of onr overgrown
villagos out West. But it has a river
Avon running through it which is as
crooked as a ram’s horn or a sheep's
hind leg. This is not the Avon that
Shakespeare lived on at Stratford ; but
everything here is named after some-
body or something in the old country.
Thero is one of the finest museums
here I have ever seen, and the domain,
or public ground, is very fine, with
maplo troes aud several barberry bnsbes
from America, and many choice flow
ers. The drainage is on top .of the
streets; cement gutters, which liavo to
be cleaned every morning, as thore is
not full enough on many of them for
the water to run off. Still it’s rather
a tine city, and in time will be a large
aud prosperous one. It’s so quiet, now,
you can hear your heart beat anywhere
in the streets. And it reminds one to
bo thankful you have one to boat.
Dunedin is the best built city in the
colony, and lias a population of 30,000.
The residences are upon the hillsides
und tops, and have a splendid view from
all parts of tho city. Princess street is
over a mile in length, and is solidly
built. It lias street-cars and all the
conveniences of our cities, but no hotel.
There is not one in the colony. There
are hundreds by that name, but they
are nothing but rum-holes. I did not
eo much of the city, for it rained all
the time I was there. Its public build
ings are fine, and there are many things
there to interest the traveler.
The Bast Wood to Uu.
On this subject the Farmer'» Union,
Minnesota, has some suggestions worthy
of attention in various parts of tho
land. It says: The fuel question is one
of a good dual of moment not only to
city and village folks, but ulso to tho
farmer. We have taken considerable
time in finding out which is the most
economical variety of wood to burn for
our Minnesota patrons. At this time
the hard maple is the favorite in Min-
eapolis. The people will give a dollar
or more a cord for this wood in prefer
ence to any other variety offered in the
market, but it is far from being the
most economical. The reason the ma
plo is so universally used is that it
bums so roadily. A cord of good sea-
oned white oak will make more heat
than a cord and a third of maple. In
any oveut, it is a great convenience to
know the comparative value of tho
different kinds of wood for fuel. Tak
ing shell-bark hickory as the highest
standard of forest trees and calling that
100, other trees will compare with it
for real value as follows:
Arkansas wants no “ sas” in hor pro
nunciation. Tho legislature of that
State lias passed an act declaring that
Arkansas shall bo pronounced Ark an-
saw 7 . Now let Warsaw bo pronounced
War-sas. It is a poor rule that won’t
work both ways. But if Kansas under- ' Shell-bark hickory.. 100 Hard mapto 5#
takes to change her pronunciation to ; whito oak Si lted cedar 88
ICan-saw sho should be visited with an- i White ash 77 Wild cherry 54
Dogwood
other grasshopper plague.
It is hard to personate and act a part
long, for where truth is not at the
bottom, nature will always be endeavor
ing to return, and will peep out and be
tray herself one time or another.
75Yello\v pine
Sor ib oak 73!Buttomnt
Rod oak 69|Whito birob
i’“—h 62iWhitoplno
Yellow oak 601
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51
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Both the President and Mrs. Garfield
are said to be fluent talkers of French
and German.