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Tho westorn Bkiog wero all aglow
With clouds o’ rod an’ gray;
Tim crickets in the grassy ttel’ Is
Woro chirpin’ merrily.
Wlion np tho lane an’ o’er tho hill
I saw a maiden roam,
Who wont her way at close o’ day
To call tiro cattle home.
Co-boss—oo-bossI
Co-boss—co-lmss!
Como homo—como homo!
FROM
JERN3CAN.
None gonuino without our Trndo Mark.
On hand and for sale,
Tho echo o’ hor charmin’ voice
Is soundod thro’ tho vale;
It lingered on tho ovonin’ air,
It floatod on tho gale;
’Twas borno along tho mountain side,
It drifted through tho glon;
it diod away among tho hills,
Par from tho haunts of men.
Co-bosB—co-boss!
Co-boss—co*boss!
Como homo—como home.
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-go TO-
JERNIGAN
Ilor faco was fluaho^withhueso’ hoalth,
Hor arms an’ foot woro baro;
Sho had a litlio an’ activo form,
A wealth o’ raven hair.
Boyoml tho hill Bho passed from sight,
As sinks a failin’ star,
Until hor voioo was faintly hoard
Still callin’ from afar:
Co-boss—oo-boss!
Co-boss—co-boss!
Como homo—Como homo!
been through life an inveterate jester;
his humor must needs tinge his will.
Noting with a favorable eye young Bon-
nifleld s attentions to Barbara—as^et
in their first hud—and priding himself
on his sagacity, he had in a fit of jollity
revoked all former testaments and in
dited this; chuckling to think that,
should he die ere things were settled,
how delightfully, under these arbitrary
conditions, he had arranged for his
" dear y°nng folks.” And he had died,
suddenly, leaving this surprise.
Barbara understood it; unfortunately
Hugh Bonnifleld demurred. His deli
cacy was to be his first stunhling-
blook. There was no joy in his coun
tenance when he hoard the startling
news; he appeared to fathom but one
point.
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Indolona of oorrsapondanta.
" It sooms very ridiculous,Mr. Great-
orex, he said, "that I should offer to
forego all claim to Miss Barbara Hol
den s estates, hut this is, in my view,
the proper course. Please manage it
as informally as possible, else we may
mako n matter of importance out of a
farce.”
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EOWS, STRINGS,
Sooifo’or tho distant knoll appoared
Tho caitlo, rod an’ brown.
An’ from tho pastnr’ to tho lano
Camo gayly trottin’ down.
With sparklin’ oyos and chocks aglow
Itotumod tho maidon gay,
Who waved hor arms, anil slioutod low:
Whay-boss—wbay-boss—0 whay;
Wlmy-boss—whay-hossl
Wliay-boss—whay-boes!
0 whay—0 whay I
—Eugene J. Ilall.
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Machine Needles
A TWIST OF ROSES.
Oil and Shuttles
FOIt ALL KTNDS OP MACHINES, for sail
I will also order parte of Maohinos that
got brokon, for which now
plecos are wanted.
A. J. JERNIGAN
C. C. BROWN,
Attorney at Law.
Sandorsville, Ga.
Will practice in the State and United Stall
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H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
Sandorsville, Ga.
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ituro mi Harris Htroot.
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April 3, 1880.
B. D. EVANS,
Attorney at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, a A.
April 3,1880.
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" You are really in earnest, Miss Bar-
bara?” said Hugh Greatorex, with
marked surprise in his tone.
“lam.”
Never answer prompter, more de
cided ; notwithstanding, Hugh Groato-
rex starod above his papers with an in
credulous, bewildered air.
“ I am to understand, then, that yon
disdain yonng Bonnilield’s offer; that
you will not avail yourself of any part
of your rightfuf property; that you
sacrifice all*f’
A flash of her black eyes, an im
patient foot-tap, interrupted him.
" All I” sho said.
But the brisk little lawyer was not
to he thus foiled.
My dear Mis3 Barbara," ho con
tinued, suavely, "this is a delicute
matter; very delicate matter indeed,
but I beg you to reflect; if not on this
proper offer, at least upon tho—tho
primary condition of the will. You
understand your grandfather, of course,
he presumed you would not find this
hard, and as far as Hubert—”
Tho hlaok eyes flashod more vividly;
again the crisp voice spoke:
Mr. Greatorex, spare your pains;
I will not marry.Hubert Bonnifleld ; I
will not take from him these estates.
For both, this is my last will and testa
ment, so please let the subject drop.”
She finished with her, hand on'tho
door-knob, and swept from tho apart
ment down the hall and into the charm
ing little boudoir which, until this even
ing, had seemed to her a paradise; into
which, heretofore, sho had brought
scarce a disturbing thought. Her face
softened, a hurst of tears would have
been the speedy sequel to her indigna
tion, hut for an object that met her
eyes.
A fair object to look upon; a twist of
twin roses, gracing the bracket whither,
a few hours since, they had be<Jn ten
derly carried; where this samo Barbara
had bent over them with blushing coun
tenance, and touched them with her
lips. Poor flowers I now beholding
them, her brows bent; pitilessly^Bho
seized them, and flung them far out on
the lawn. This action was a relief;
with it resentment temporarily faded,
aud she seemed lost in self amaze.
« Who would have believed I would
do that this morning 1” she murmured.
“But truly since morning life has
changed. Then I was near to loving
Hubert Bonnifleld; now I think I am
as near hating him as over I’d like to
be. And he—”
She did not finish; sho stood staring
wistfully down the roadway, as if seek
ing the sequel there—down where the
flowers had fallen, where they lay wait
ing, revengeful agents, though Barbara-
dreamed it not.
It was a surprising denouement, that
which had occurred this day. Old Col
onel Holden had been tlireo months
dead; tho search for his will, vain,
though vigilant, was about being aban
doned and an administrator appointed,
wheD, accidentally, the hunted, docu
ment camo to light. And a startling
document it proved, conferring [the
colonel’s rich estates, untrammeled,upon
his granddaughter, on condition that
she married Mr. Hubert Bonnifleld,
whioh, failing to do, the same were to
pass untrammeled into the said Bonm-
fleld’s possession. Either of which
conditions, Hugh Greatorex, exeontor,
was charged to see speedily fulfilled.
On the face, a most arbitrary will; hut
to those acquainted with Colonel Hol
den the matter was very plain. He had
Hugh Greatorex was not surprised.
"A fine young follow, Mr. Hubert
Bonnifleld,” ho mused, privately; "but
Holden did not know him as well as I.
Tho case stands thus: He oan have
prolty Miss Barbara to-morrow for tho
asking; hu^sk her he never will,with
out some advance on her part—some
thing to satisfy his nice soul. Undoubt
edly she will miscomprehend him; and
so the chances aro that wo shall seo a
genuine love-match nipped in the hud.
But porliaps after settlement, in time—
stranger things liavo chanced."
And Hugh Greatorex hustled off to
Barbara with the news.
Not an over-pleasant mission for the
little lawyer,who knew this case so well.
For, as Hubert Bonnifleld had ignored
tho will’s first condition, he must noces-
sarily do the same; ho must smother
suggestions, at least till the open point
was ruled. But he was ill preparod for
the deoision which was to rule this out,
To Barbara, under the most delicate
stating8, Hubert Bonnifleld’s action
would have caused offense; in its baro,
legal representation, it grew a mighty
thing: Believing that he loved hor,
sho hod anticipated but one course; all
tho day she had been awaiting him,
wondering that he did not come.
From her lighter nature tho delicacy
of his motives was hid; bewilderod,
indignant, beset by varied emotions
she took refuge in tho defiance which
so amazod Hugh Greatorex, and whioh
culminated as wo havo seen.
But, as we have seen, resentment
faded; wistfully down the roadway
Barbara stood gazing,where the flowers
had fallon, where they lay waiting,
revengeful agents, though sho dreaded
it not.
Little thought Barbara whoso hand
would find his roses; fateful would
thc-ir feeling be. Through the twilight,
into night, sho sat waiting ; turning
away at last, but with tho ho eful
murmur:
"He will surely oomo to-morrow—
surely as to-morrow comes.”
To morrow, but not Hubert Bonni
fleld ; a week of to-morrows, and still
lie did not come. A week; and then
on the passenger list of a European
steamer she read his name.
It had been all a mistake; he had
nover loved her, he was only too glad to
yield up the estates, that he might
he freed from her. So reasoned Bar
bara, as she read. Not strange, perhaps,
since she laoked the hint that Hugh
Greatorex should have given her; ignored
her hasty words; suspected not the
flowers that lay in wait that night.
Amid her pain the realization of her
late caprice flashed upon her. Odd that
it should be a comfort; hut so it proved
to Barbara, and sho clung to it persist
ently; over and over she repeated:
"I will nover have the estates I Hu
bert Bonnifleld shall take them, or the
will will he forever void.”
In vain Hugh Greatorex pleaded;
Barbara was firm. The homestead was
vacated, and with an old, faithful ser
vant, she went to reside a few miles
from thence.
A year passed, and still the late com
fortable homestead stood empty and
ghostlike, and so did its broad lands.
Barbara persistent; Hugh Bonnifleld as
one dead. Till one evening Hugh
Greatorex appeared in her cottage, with
a letter in his hand.
"Read!” he said, excitedly, pointing
to its concluding clause.
She read as follows:
"I expect soon to bo in W— with my
wife. And, in conclusion, if Miss Bar
bara has not then assumed her inherit
ance, if she still declines it, auroly I
may not be censured if I lay claim to it
myself.”
A moment’s silence, then she handed
the letter to him.'
"I understand, Mr. Greatorex,” she
said, quietly. " Surely he should not
be blamed.”
" My dear Miss Barbara,” he pleaded,
«< you will not pursue this whim ? You
will not rejeot youi inheritance, now
that the crisis has come 2”
In vain. Life had gone hard with
Barbara; she had but recently recovered
from an illness nearly fatal in effect.
But the old will was aotive. Deter
minedly she replied:
- *' My deoision remains unaltered. I
decline the estates.”
Surely he Bhonld not be blamed.
And yet there was something in that
final sentence worse than the belief that
he did not love her, than the fact that
he was forever lost to her. Better that
love lack than one's ideal fallen so low.
So mused Barbara, sitting, a few even
ings later, in her little parlor—mused
so absorbedly that she heard not her
servant’s announcement, realized naught
till, turning, she saw Hubert Bonnifleld
at hor side.
Surprise, the charm of the old pres
ence, despite her efforts, did their work.
Barbara knew that hor heart was hare.
"I have been very ill,” she stam
mered, confusedly, " and my nerves are
still weak.”
Ho did not spare her; ho gazed stead
ily down into hor telltale face. She
would have withdrawn the hand she had
extended, hut he clasped it tightly, as
if he would never let it go.
" Barbara,” he said, "will you for
give mo when I say that I rejoice that
you hare been very ill ? For I do re
joioo ; otherwise I might have remained
forever ignorant of what makes my joy
to-night—of this, that I was not mis
taken when I thought you lovod mo;
that when you discarded my poor flow
ers it was not as I bitterly fanoied, hut
hecauso you mistook my motive, and
wero offended at my course. I acted
on my first impulse, Barbara. It
seemed to me indelicate to aot other
wise, and I hoped that you would un
derstand. But you did not; you in
dignantly declared that you would not
marry me. Still I was inoredulous,
and was hastening to you, determined
to read your heart, whon suddenly I
found my flowers. I heard some child
ren telling their story ; my pride was
now touched unto belief, and—you
know the rest, Barbara—I was foolish
and wont away."
He had spoken tenderly, with a wealth
of quiet love; hut his next words wero
passionate, spoken with his faco hen
close to hers :
" Barbara, darling, fate has been vory
kind. You were delirious and revealed
all; all was heard by that faithful ^r-
vant, whoso letter has brought me home.
Will you deny it, Barbara ? Will yon
deny that you lovo me still ?”
She could not answer. His kisses
sealed her lips. But though so sud
den, so barely comprehended, there
seemed no greator happiness on earth
than hors, till thero camo a remem
brance, and sho exclnimod : •
"Your letter to Mr. Greatorex—your
wife, Hubert ? I do not understand.”
" I have not my wife yet, Barbara,"
be replied, roguishly ; "bnt sho will be
with mo very soon.”
Aud so it proved. Two weeks later
Hugh Greatorex sat staring over a wed
ding card which road, “ Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Bonnifleld—Barbara Holden.”
AFTER RANT TEA HU.
i Rtranso Romaic* of the Wool.
of September, 1805,
Do ten In the World.
It may also bo said, writes the New
York correspondent' of the Buffalo
Courier, that New York swarms with
men who, once well up tho social lad
der, if not actually at the top, tumbled
clear into the mud at the bottom, and
are still lying there, with no prospect
of ever again getting up. Such men are
to be seen in the streets every day, and
any one making a tour of the cheap
lodging-houses in Chatham street and
the Bowery would probably find a good
many of them. Iu some cases the fall
is the result of misfortune, hut in most
it is caused by fault. A special case
came to my attention a few days ago. A
shabbily dressed man, with the general
looks of a tramp, passed me in the
street. In glancing at his; face, I
thought it was familiar. As he slouched
along the sidewalk, I noticed that he
looked into the gutters and bent his
head over ash barrels and boxes—a
tramp beyond doubt. A full look at
him took me hack twenty-five years.
Long before tho war the same figure
was a familiar one on Broadway. He
was one of the dandies then, and his
natty dress and curling hair that hung
thick to the shoulders made him an
object of attention on the promenade.
He followed no business, hut his fam
ily-theatrical and operatic people—
wore protty well off, and he had all the
spending money he wanted. And now
—well, npw ho is a tramp, "picking
crusts out of the ash-boxes, sleeping in
the station-houses, or possibly in. the
parks, and as miserable a creature, this
one-time dandy of Broadway, as it is
possible for man‘to be. And there are
scores, if not hundreds, of just such
examplos in the streets every day.
Other places have a fair share of the
same class, no doubt, but New York has
the largest variety and can show speci
mens of every degree, from tho scape
grace son of the merchant prince all
the way down.
A landlady was complaining that she
couldn’t make both ends meet. " Weli, ”
said a boarder, "Why not make one
end vegetables r"
« Mount Garfield” is the name of a
Wood river (Montana) peak that towels
11,000 feet above the sea level.
M
On the 29th
James Baxter left Stone county, Midi.,
with his wife, intending to emigrate to
Louisiana. Some place along the border,
says the Free Pres*, he fell in with a
man who gave him his tame as Isaac
Young, and who obtained permission to
join the Baxters, as lie claimed to ho
traveling in the same direction they
wero going. Young was about thirty,
very plausible, and quickly ingratiated
himself in the good graces of Baxter and
his wife. Ho confided to his compan
ions everything regarding his flnanoial
resources and future plans, and Baxter,
in return, made a similar revelation.
Among other things he informed the
young man that he had sold his farm
for $2,000, and that he carried tho
money, in $20 gold pieces, in a be 1
strapped aronnd his waist. Some time
after this the emigrants oamped one night
at a point hetweon Dyke's Mill, La.,
and Magnolia, Ark. The spot selected
for a camp was at tlu^head of a lonely
glen, whioh was shaded on either side
by tall pines, and thickly carpeted with
luxuriant grass. A spring of clear, oold
water gushed from a led go of rooks
half-way down the glon, and a number
of pine logs furnishod ample material
for fuel. When a simple repast was
prepared and eaten, Baxter lit his pipo
and saying he would return soon strolled
down tho glen. Young and Mrs. Bax
ter remained seated by tho blazing fire
talking about the incidents of tho day’s
travel. An hour passed. Baxter did
not return. His wife grow nnoasy, and
Young, to quiet her fears, as he ex
pressed it, started down the glen, sayiiut
lie would bring him back. The womitfF
waited impationtly. One, two, tlireo
hours «rent by, yet neither appeared.
Mrs. Baxter was now thoroughly fright
ened. 6he callod loudly for her hus
band, hut rocoived no response. Only
the echo of hor own voioe came haok to
her, borno on tho night wind, which
swept down the valley and through the
tops of tho swaying trees. Sho ven
tured downtheglen, trembling, calling,
listening; but she noithor heard nor
saw anything.
Botli hor husband and his companion
had disappeared as completely os if the
earth had suddenly oponod and swal
lowed thorn up. Almost distracted, sho
returned to the camp, where sho paced
to and fro until morning camo; than,
mounting one of the horses, sho hast
ened to the nearest house, and soon had
a body of men scouring the country in
searoh oi tho missing men. The search
was continued nearly a week without
finding so much as a trace of cither
Young or Baxter, when it was aban
doned. The mon engaged in it told
Mrs. Baxter bluntly that tho affair was
preconcerted between tho two men. and
that her husband had heartlessly de
serted her. Tho wife so strangely borolt
wonld n®t accept this theory. Bho in
sisted that her husband had been
murdered by Isaac Young, and that time
would show that sho was not mistaken.
Acting on this supposition she re
turned to her former homo, and gather
ing all her available means, instituted
a thorough search. Sho advertised, em-
pkyed detectives, scattered handbills
with accurate descriptions of her hus
band and YouDg; but all to no purpose.
Nothing came of it, and the affair
seemed a mystery which nc human
skill could unravel. Years went by,
and still she remained in her mountain
home, hoping and praying for tidings of
her missing husband—or even a clew
that would point to his fate. Tho sus
pense in all thoso years had been try
ing. Since that memorable night she
had become an old woman. By the sale
of nearly all the effeots which remained
to her after her husband’s disappear
ance, she had been enabled to buy a
little cabin and a few acres of ground
and have enough money remaining to
keep her, with close eoonomy, from
actual want. And alono in that little
hut she waited for tidings of the man
to whom she had linked her fate.
A short timo ago startling news
reached that solitary woman in her
mountain retreat. It came in the shape
of a letter written only last June and
dated at Melbourne, Australia. Tho
writer said that he had that day assisted
to bury a man of the name of Saunders;
but whoso papers, which the writer had
been charged to examine, showed ho
was Isaac Young, an American, and
who confessed to a horrible crime.
Then followed a detailed acoount of tho
night in the glen sixteen years ago. It
seems Young had made up his mind to
rob and murder Baxter from tho timo
he learned that Baxter had $2,000. He
followed him quietly down the glen,
stole upon him unawares and struck
him a blow with a stick of wood which
killed him instantly. To secure the
money and bury the body under some
loose earth and stone was the work
of a very few moments, and before
Mrs. Baxter had started down the
glen Young was miles away. He
hastened to New Orleans, took passage
to Australia, changed his name, and
speculated with his ill-gotten gains.
He prospered amazingly, and, uplifcje
the traditional murdorer, died unde
tected and wealthy. He directed that
Mrs. Baxter be found, if living, and
paid $2,()00’with interest from tho date
of the murder; and he begged her to
forgive him. That was all whioh the
letter oontained. But subsequent in
vestigation proved it to he true. Bax
ter’s bones were found at the foot of
tho glen and decently buried, and the
Australian party turned out to he Isaac
Young, the murderer. Mrs. Baxter de-
dined the money with indignation, but
she may yet oonolude to take it. The
story iB as strange as it is troe.
MOMENTOUS MATTER.
The sultan ol Turkey is so morbidly
afraid of assassination that he ventures
out doors but very little, and foreign
diplomats are troubled about gaining
necessary acoess. The Spanish ambss*
sador had to wait forty days for an in
terview, and the American minister
over a month.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Common charcoal, when freshly
burnt and in fine powder, has tho prop
erty of taking away tho oolor of com
mon vinegar and of several other
liquids.
Darwin says that a lady suhjeot to
nervous headaolies finds in the morning
after one that patohes of her hair aro
white. In a few days the hair recovers
its oolor.
The peculiar oolor imparted to silver
spoons used in eating eggs and fish,
and tho blaoking of white lead paint in
BtabloB, is solely owing to tho formation
of metallic sulphides.
Bone-black is used in manufacturing
blacking, whioh is generally prepared
by mixing four parts bone-black with
one of sulphurio acid, adding four parts
of syrup and a little water,
In order to hear distinctly an echo of
one syllable, the obsorvor must he sixty
foot from the surface which rofleots the
sound. For ooho of more than one tho
distance must he over one hundred foot,
If two thermomotors — exposed
equally to the sun—ho covered, ono
with white, the other with black cloth,
the instrument undor tfco black cloth
will indicate a higher temperature than
the other.
The United States consul-general to
Roumauia writes that 991,000,000 bush
els of wheat were exported from that
country in 1880, and also remarks that
the implements used iti harvesting thia
immense crop are exceedingly primitive,
the plow in general use being simply an
iron-tipped tree branch, while grain is
still out with a sickle. He thinks that
manufacturers of American farm ma
chinery would find a good sale for their
wares in Ronmahh^Rud advises them to
send agents there at oueu.
The Salvation army is haring a
rougher campaign in England than it
had in the United States. Recently in
a publio street in Walworth, a suburb
of London, a woman in the procession,
having darted from the ranks to seize a
pipe from tho lips of a spectator wit
the oxolnmation, " that’s your devil,"
found herself kuooked to the ground
with what is described as a terrific blow
in the mouth. Otlior members pf the
army who went to her assistance were
similarly treated. Such occurrences
are not especially adapted to inculcat
ing the gospel of peace.
A Ileutuckg Episode.
In the smoking-car of one of the Ken
tucky Central trains, last week, sat a
traveling man connected with one of our
prominent Fonrth street houses, and
the proprietor of n well known Ken
tucky hostelry. They wero enjoying a
couple of freshly-lighted Havanas, when
their attention was attracted by the
conductor, Captain Winston, remark
ing:
" I beg pardon, madam, bnt yonr dog
will have to go in the smoking-ear.”
"All right I I’ll go with him, then,’’
was tho reply which came from a rather
nico looking old lady, who, to judge
from appearanoes, was evidently not
need to tho ways of the road. She
however, proceeded to make herself at
home, and sitting down in a seat oppo
site to our traveling man and his com
panion, leisurely proceeded to extract
from tho folds of hor dress a short,
black pipe, which, having filled with
“ long green,” sho seemed at lost for
light. Her distress was too muoh for
tho gallantry of Captain Winston, who,
turning to tho Bourbon county man,
asked him to assist the old lady out of
her dilemma. Ho qnickly responded,
of course, and offered her his cigar.
Sho was seemingly non-plussed for the
moment, hut recovering, accepted,
thanked him for his kindness, and re
turning tho pipe to her pooket, puffed
away at tho Havana with considerable
satisfaction, and watching the blue rings
float through the window with the ut
most tranquillity.
It is needless to say the joke was en
joyed immensely by the passengers who
had been watching the affair, and who
gave vent to their feelings in uproar
ious laughter, muoh to the ohagrin of
the polite Kentuckian.—Cincinnati En
quirer.
It seems that Charles Howlett, whom
tho Bloomington mob took out Of jail
and hanged for killing tho keeper, bad
previously offonded the people pf the
plaoo by fooling them. Ho went there
two yoara ago, wearing good clothes
and showing gontlcmanly manners, and
quickly became a social favorite. Ha
declared that he had no knowledge of
who he was nor any rpoolleotion qf hie
past life, being unable to even recall
his real name. This intellectual pe
culiarity won him great sympathy,
particularly from tho women, and the
physicians discussed his case in a publio
meeting. Then the fact came ont that
he had long been a professional crimi
nal, and several thefts sent him to
prison for trial.
A Remarkable Lake.
Several of our citizens roturned last
week from the Great Sunken lake, situ
ated ia the Cascade mountains, ubout
seventy-five miles northeast from Jack
sonville. This lake rivals the famous
valley of Sinbad the Sailor. Jt is
thought to average 2,000 feet down
to water all around. The depth
of the. water is unknown, and its sur
face is smooth and unruffled, as it is so
far below the surface of the mountains
that air currents do not aft’eot it. Its
length is estimated ot twelve or fifteen
miles and its width ten or twelve.
There is a mountain in the center hav
ing trees upon it. It lies still, silent
and mysterious in the bosom of
tho everlasting hills, like a huge
well scooped out by the hands
of tho giant genii cf the
muntains in the u nknown ages
gone by, and around it the primeval
forests watch and ward are keeping.
The visitiDg party fired a rifle into the
water several times at an angle of forty-
five degrees and wero able to note sev
eral seconds of timo from the report of
the gun until the ball struck the water.
Such seems inoredible, but is vouched
for by our most reliable citizens. The
lake is certainly a most remarkable
curiosity.—Jacksonville [Oregon) Record.
It is not without surprise that the
American people who for months have
road so much about the distress of the
British working people will ho told that
they have deposited this year in the
government savings hanks ahont $11,-
000,000 more than thoy did in the year
ending Maroli 3, 1880. The number of
depositors in England is one to thirteen;
in Scotland, ono to fifteen; in Ireland,
ono to sixty-five. There is an increase
of capital evon in tho Irish savinga
banks. In that country the total amonnt
deposit is about $7,780,000; the
names of about 16,000 now depositors
were added; the proportion to popula
tion is one in sixty-five, as compared to
one in seventy-four in 1879. Every
oounty in Ireland contributed its quota.
Even those scheduled distressed exhibit
an increase over tho previous year.
Hurried Meat*.
It is a mistake to eat quickly. Mas
tication performed in haste must ho im*
perfeot even with the best of teeth,
and duo admixturo of the salivary se
cretion with the food cannot take’place.
When a crude mass of inadequately
crushed muscular fiber, or undivided
solid material oi any description
is thrown into the stomach, it
acts as a mechanical irritant, and sets
np a condition in the maoous membrane
lining that organ whioh greatly impedes,
if it does not altogether prevent, the
process of digestion. When the prac
tice of eating quickly and filling the
stomach with unprepared food is ha
bitual, the digestive organ is rendered
incapable of performing its proper func
tions. Either a much larger quantity
of food that would he necessary under
natural conditions is required, or the
system suffers from laok of nourish
ment. These animals which wore in
tended to feed hurriedly were either
gifted with tho power of rumination or
provided with gizzards. Man is not so
turnished, aud it is fair to assume that
ho was intended to eat slowly.—London
Lancet.
Alligator Fishing.
The unusual drought in Florida has
had the effect of drying up Sibley lake
to such an extent as to leave only a few
slush spots here and there, and in these
alligators sought refuge in large num
bers, digging huge burrows into the
ground - This has furnished great sport
to the settlers in tho neighborhood, who
have gone in crowds to these spots, and
fished with fine success for the enor
mous reptiles. Tho manner of catch
ing them has been to thrust long rods
with hooks at the end into one of the
cavernous burrows and stir up the occu
pants. One of the alligators would
snap at the rod, a jerk would fasten the
hook into the soft part of the lower
jaw, and it would then be easy to draw
the animal out aud kill it with hatohets.
It is not every year that such fishing
can be enjoyed, even iq Florida.
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