The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 16, 1882, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textthe meecury. untAied h second- class matter at the Sandtn. BnW®“ T m e postofilco, April 27, 1880. gtndorsriUe, Washington Comity, Ga. WBLUHKD BY A. J. JERNICAN, honam ars Pubushbo. gaMHpMoa. .lUftpsrTsv. TOE MERCERY. A. J, JERNIGAN, Pbopbietob. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. 91-50 PER ANNUM. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. VOL. III. SANDERSVILLE, GA., MAY 16, 1882. NO. 7. C. C. BROWN, Attorney at Law, Randorsvillo, Ga. Will praotico in tho State and United Statoa (oiirts. Olllco in Court-house. „ H. N. HOLLIFIELD, V . . . ' Physician and Surgeon, . Sandorsvillo, Ga. Office' noxt floor to Mrs. Bayne’s milliner; itoro on. Harris Stroot. G. W. H. WHITAKER, . DENTIST, SANDERSVILLE, GA Tkiimr Cash. Ofitoe at his Residence, on Harris Stroot. April 8, 1880. B. D. EVANS, Attorney at Law, . . SANDERSVILLE, OA • April 3, 1880. „ E. A. SULLIVAN, NOTARY PUBLIC, SANDERSVILLE, GA Special attention given to the oolloction o claims. ** 0Rico Jn the Oonrt-houea Watches, Clocks AND JEWELRY RCTAIUKD 11* JERNIGAN BUY YOUR Spectacles, Spectacles FROM JERNIGAN. None genuine without our Trade Mark. On hand and for tale," Spectacles, Nose Glasses, Etc Music! Music -GOTO- JERNIGAN -FOR- (DUB. HUM BOWS, STRINGS, ROSIN BOXES,&o Machine Needles Oil and Shuttles FOlt ALL KINDS OF MACHINES, for eali I will alwo order parte of Machiuoe that got broken, for which now pioces are wanted. A- J. JERNIGAN, 25 CENTS, * W Df POSTPAID. A TREATISE ON THE HORSE -AND- HIS DISEASES. tti?a n aiI " nc ' au Index of Diseases, which given nf p , m P t “nis, Cause, and the Best Treatment • !' A Table giving all the principal drngs •ffeet f ° r i 10 ^ orse > "itli tho ordinary (Iobo, nim vuu uruiuury uuau, With ^ an i antit, .°‘ a w * ie P a P°' aon - A Tahio (li “ aa Engraving of the Horso’s Teeth at A ::, ent with rulos for telling tho ago. no,!. u i e . c °6eolion of Recoipts and muoh °thor valuable information. igl®°'**AGE BOOK, sent postpaid to any 25 Cents, ^h 0 ^ n * te d States or Canada, for CLUB RATES. t^oohes.. »1 00 HUNDRED COPIES 10 00 Address'* 0 Three-Cent Stamps reosivsd, New York Newspaper Union, li * * mb Worn, lu RtwYok. NOTICE. , STAII aomannleations lntendsd fcr tfak )•> per mnstbo woeoftpaiiied with Em Ml new eg the writer, cot’ heoesssrlly for puhlleotlow, bat m a guarantee of good ikith. We are in no way responsible for the views or opinion, of eorrespondents. Serenade. Stare of the summer night! Far in yon azure deeps, Hide, hide yoyir golden light I She sleopsl ’ My lady sloopBl Bleops! Moon of tho summer night! Far down yon western steeps, Sink, sink in silver light! Sho sloops! My lady sloops! Sleeps! Wind of tho summer night! Where yoridor woodbifle creeps! Fold, fold thy'pinions light 1 She sloops! My lady Bloops! Sleeps! Dreams of tho summer night! Tell hor, her lover keeps Watch! whilo iu slumhors light She sloops! My lady sleeps! Sloops! —Longfellow. OUR NEWSMAN. BX TIIK ADTHOB OP " HELEN'S BABIES.” His name was Ellis Marstonj this T earned without any special desire to know it, from the bill which ho ren dered monthly for the daily papers that he delivered at my house. The bill itself, being for a small amount, was one of the sort that a man last remom- bors when in the humor for paying bills, so I saw its maker’s name several times before I paid it. One morning our servant told me, while I was at breakfast, tluft a gentle man, who desired to see me, was iu the parlor; he had not given hor his card, and she had not fully understood bis name. I found the early oaller to be Ellis Marston, my newsman, but I was not at all surprised that tho servant had unhesitatingly admitted him, and an nounced him as a gentleman, for he had a refined face and good manners, while his clothes, althongh far from new, flttod him well and were of taste ful out. In paying his bill I made as many apologies as I would have done to any gentleman whom I had subjected to de lay and annoyance. As whilo waiting for me he had opened a volume of Browning that lay upon the table, and had not closed it up to tho time that I entered tho room, I promptly assumed that he had more literary taste than the generality of men in his business, and a moment or two of conversation, bognn haphazard upon tho book in his hand, satisfied me not only that I was right, but that he knew far more than I about modern English poetry. At that particular hour my time was precious, and my mind crowed with interests temporarily more precious than poetry; so to express in some way, and quickly, the respeot which the man’s manner had exaoted, I increased my order by asking him to serve mo with several weeklies and monthlies that I had been in the habit of purchasing at whatever news-stand I first saw them on, and hia ploased expression as he made note of my order and bowed him self out put me on very good terms with myself for the remainder of tho day. So seldomj had I seen a man who seemed superior to his position in life, that Ellis Marston's faco presented itself frequently to my memory during several days that followed; so one evening, obtaining his address from his billhead, I strolled out to gratify my curiosity about tho man, I found him in a little shop fairly filled with periodicals and stationery, with a small circulating library on shelvos at the rear. An order for a foreign review was the excuse for the visit, which I prolonged by offering him a good cigar, whioh be lighted with evident satisfaction, and we soon engaged in a pleasant chat about books. I looked over the titles of the vol umes in his circulating library, and ex pressed my surprise that the genoral public read works of a character so high; he replied, with a sigh, that the public did not read them to any extent; that they were the bulk of his own li brary, and he loaned them for whatever they might bring,rather than leave them untouched on his shelvos at home. While we were chatting a very pretty well-dressed lady, whose face was rather vaoant, except for an expression of im patience, entered the store, and Mars ton hurried forward to meet her. She did not seem to want to purchase anything, but conversed rapidly and in a low tone with Marston, and departed after he handed her some money. She looked utterly unlike any ordi nary business creditor, and I suspect some wonder expressed itself in my faoe, for, as the proprietor rejoined me ho explained, very quietly, in just two words: <« Mrs. Marston.” Then I saw in an instant that Mars ton had made a very unfortunate mar riage, but, after the untruthful manner of sooiety 1 complimented him on his good fortune in having so sightly a companion, and he acknowledged my ’felicitations with fine dignity, but not « sign of enthusiasm. It was very evident to my mind as I sauntered homeward that evening that Marston’s wife must be extravagant and unreasonable, and that her husband would never save money with which to enter a better business, unless he had some help; so, for several days, I syste matioally tortured publishers among my acquaintance to make a place foi bur newsman But I soon learned that Marston’s present position was not that in whioh he had begun business.. He had been a respectable bookseller in- the interior, where he married a beauti ful' girl who longed to live in New York, so he sold out and re-established him self in tho metropolis. Everybody liked him, bnLeverybody- said he ruined his credit and themhiR^usiness by. failing to pay his bills. I founrt'a general sup position that he scoretly indulged a passion for gambling; one solid old fel low, though, suggested that no man could maintain his business if he grat ified all the whims of a woman like Mrs. Marston. “Then why doosn’t he oxplain to her?” I asked. The old fellow gave a hard, dry laugh. “ Peace is cheap at any prioe," said ho. "But any reasonable woman—,” I began, when I was interrupted with : “ Such women are not reasoning be ings. No woman it who loves self first and husband afterward." This seemed hard language to use about so pretty a woman as Mrs. Mars ton, but I could not deny that the old fellow was right. Occasionally afterward I met Marston, sometimes at his shop, where ho always was glad to hove me and a cigar drop in unexpectedly; oftener, how ever, I saw him at the door of theater or opera-house, waiting for his wife. He onoo explained to me that he eould not afford to olose the shop and accom pany his wife, One night, however, returning from a olnb dinner at an hour when many peo ple were already awake, I met Marston on a street-car, with an immense load of newspapers from Printing House square, and without an overcoat, althongh the weather was bitterly cold. He seemed somewhat ashamed of his appearance and work, but chatted about books more brilliantly than over bofore, and as wo got off the car at the same street, I insisted, when woreaohod my door, that ho had been very impru dent to expose himself, and that he must wear my ovorcoat for tho rest of the night; indeed, he must keep it, if ho would, for rough work, nnd savothe better one that I had seen him wear, for mine was old, and too tight for me, who was muoh stouter thar. he, Then went to bod and lay awake for on hour wondering if there was no possible way of doing anything for Marston. I soon found that there was. His bill came in on the first day of the month, nnd that evening a very fine-looking bey of about ten years, and unmistak ably Marston’s son, called to say father was quite sick, and would bo glad to hove the amount of tho bill that even ing if convenient, As I had never been able to learn that Marston had any friends, I sont him, with tho money, a note expressing re gret at his illness and asking if I conld be of any service to him. Within an hour the boy returned with a note expressing Marston’s thanks for my sympathy, and saying that if I had an hour to spare, and would not objeot to chatting with a siok man, who, nevortheloss, would promise not'to talk about himself, he would.be very grateful. His wife was going to the theater, and his son was temporarily in charge of the shop, so he would be quite alone, and would not objeot to tobacco-smoke if I would ex cuse him for not smoking with me. I accepted his invitation, and found Marston on a lounge in the parlor of a little flat in an unfashionable street, but everything ubout the room indi cated comfort and good taste. Marston told me that he had suf fered by a sudden attack of pleurisy, but believed himself now out of dan ger, although he felt very weak. I complimented him on the charming effect of his room, and he was so pleased that ho chatted about one thing after another on tho walls, braokets and mantels, until I learned, without his intending it, that he and not his wife had selected and arranged the decora tions. His conversation was as bright as ever, so I soon forgot he was a sick man, and I neglected to look at my watch. I was therefore surprised, by the return of Mrs. Marston from the theater, to learn that midnight was not an hour distant. Marston introduced me to the lady, who gave me a gracious smile, and im mediately began talking of the play she had jnst seen, asking me if I did not think that certain actors in the com pany-one familiar to all New Yorkers —were not splendid, and whether the leading lady’s dresses were not exquisite. Her enthusiasm was charming, and so was the play of her features while she talked of the performance; but when, tan minutes after her arrival, Bhe asked her husband how he was”feeling, she did* it so listlessly and mechanically that I departed with a distinct convic tion pnat Marston’s home-life was not whil'it should be, Two or three days afterward, as I left hdme before daylight to catch an early morning train, the newspapers of the day struok the front door as I opened it, and I reoognized the flgnre of the retreating carrier as that of Marston. I also heard a cough that made me ap prehensive as to the health of my news man. For a moment I was inclined to follow him and warn him against im prudence, but I had no time to spare, so I hurried to my train. On my return; two days later, I found that Marston's son had called several times within a few hours. I immodi ately hurried to the shop, but finding it closed, went on to Marston’s resi dence. Mrs. Marston received me at tho door. 1 *1 am afraid your husband has suf fered a relapse,” said I. “Yes,’’ said she, “and isn’t it too bad ? He was to have got me a pass to —'s benefit to-night. I’m dread fully disappointed. ’ The moment I saw Marston I feared that the end had eome. His face was strained, Lis eyes bloodshot, and he breathed with difficulty. His boy knelt by the bedside, with one arm thrown aoruss his father, and w!th more sorrow and apprehension in his face than I ever saw in haman countenance before. “Where is the physieian ?’’ I asked. "He—why, Ellis did not think he needed one, and I agreed with him ; he seems only to have a heavy cold, and has been dootoring himself.” I sent his boy for my own doctor, who lived only a few squares away. Tho little fellow was loath to go, but something that I whispered to ; him sent him off in haste, only to* return with word that the doctor was not in. Meantime I responded to an invitation from Marston’s eyes, and leaned over him. "Excuse me," he gasped; “but I— have no friends—no relatives—any where near. Will yon—be—my execu tor?" “ Certainly," I replied. He drew from beneath his pillow a piece of paper that proved to be a will, very short but to the point, " Witnesses—quick I” ho whispered, hoarsely. I turned quiokly toward his wife, but ho seized my arm and said: “Don't frighten—her. Let me—die—in peace." I excused myself for a moment to Mrs. Marston, who was reading the evening paper, and hnrried downstairs for witnesses, returning almost at once with a grocer from the nearest corner, and a poliooman whom I persuaded to leave his beat. Then Mrs. Marston was alarmed, but stood helplessly in the background as the dying man signed his will and the two men affixed thoir signatures. When the witnesses departed, Mrs. Marston asked me what was the mat- ter, and when I told hor that her bus band had thought it only proper to make a will, as he should have done before falling siok, sho ejaoulated ,'Oh!”in a reassured tone, and said that the soene had reminded her of ono that sho had seen iu some play. I resumed my position at the bed side, kneeling to catch the words that Marston found hard to utter. The boy, on returning, knelt also and took his father’s band. “ The stock—and—good will of—the shop—ought—to givo%her enough to —bury me and—get her back—to—her family. Advise her—to go—to them. She—is a good woman—but New York’s —no place for—her. My boy ” Just here Marston’s voice failed him; ho struggled, thrnst one arm toward a chair near tho bed and took a small bottle. I took it from him, saw “Brandy’ on the label, poured its en- tiro oontonts into a glass and helped him to raise his head so as to drink it. As soon as his head touched tho pillow again, he whispered : ‘My boy—he is a noble fellow. What will become—of him, God—God only knows. His mother knows nothing —about boys—and she eau’t seem to learn. Would you watoh him—a little, and save him if you—can ? He’s worth all that—can be done for him.” I did not know what I could do iu tho future, but I looked into Marston’s eyes, and then into the boy's, and put one arm around the little fellow, and drew him olose to my side; his father seemed to understand, and the look he gave me was full payment in advance for all I have done or can do for the child. Mrs. Marston eonld not have heard any of onr conversation, for her hus band eonld barely whisper; besides, she was deeply interested in whatever she was reading. Marston pnt forth both hands, taking one of mine, and laying the other npon his boy’s head. There was a moment of silenoe, in whioh he looked earnestly at me and pressed my hand very hard. Suddenly ho started, raised himself on one elbow and almost shouted: « Floral" “One moment," replied his wife, still reading, as the boy and I regained onr feet and made room for her. Again Marston exclaimed, extending an arm aa he did. “ Flora 1" " Goodness 1 How impatient yon aro t” replied the lady, ornmpling her newspaper in her hand and turning to ward the bed. Bat her son sprang quiokly in front of his father, Marston’s arm enoiroled him, and the boy, with a quiok em brace, screamed : “ Papa I” Mrs. Marston had by this time resohed the bedside, saying, icily: “Mr. Marston, allow me to sag gest—" “ Excuse me, madame," said I, “ but he oannot hear you. He is in another world now.” Then Mrs. Marston. broke into tears and pitiful exclamations, for although her heart was very small it was not bad. For almost five minutes I was com pelled to respeot her; after that, how ever, her lamentations were all for her self, so after promising to arrango the details of the funeral, and saying a few words to the boy, with the hope that ho would understand that I would always try to be a father to him, I departed. A day or two after Mrs. Marston gave mo a sealed envelope, addressed to me, that she found under her husband’s pil low. It oontained a number of pawn tickets and a note, written a day or two before Marston’s doatb, asking me if I wonld redeem the artiolos and save them for his son; they bad all boon pawned for money that his wife wanted when he could not take a penny oat of his business without ruining him self. Among them J found a watoh, an opera-glass, two meersohaum pipes, some club badges, a silver cup with an inscription that showed it had been given Marston when he was a baby, a handsome oopy of Shakespeare, a vel vet dressing-gown, a sword that its owner had worn dnring the war, a gold headed cane and many small artiolos of jewelry, including tho dead man’s wed ding ring. Mrs. Marston became resigned to the will of Providence when I told her that the good-will and stock of the shop wonld bring a thousand dollars. Her mourning garments beoamo her pecu liar style of beauty so well that she found great eomfort iu them, but soon pnt them off at the solicitation of a dashing young broker, who, I hope, will marry her, for sho has fully as much heart as a man of bis kind will ap preciate, and will relieve him of any yaxiety as to what to do with his money Her son promises to booome a fine fel low, and bus a friend who will boo that he never repeats his father’s blunder of marryiDg a girl merely for her beauty. —John Habberton. A Peculiar Business. Miss Nellie Webber, of Now York, describes herself as “an artist and manufacturer of memorials." Hor fao- tory in the Bowery is littered with pic ture frames, the wood of whioh they aro made, typo oases, a printing press, wax flowers and leaves, and cardboard. Many young women nre employed there and six salesmen are kept busy outside. She showed a reporter a memorial ready for dolivory. It consisted of an ornate frame a foot square, glazed and contain ing a blaok card on which in gilt was printed the words: “In memory of George Byrne, died April 7, 1882, aged thirty-four years." This was followed by a few touohing lines of mortuary verse, and the whole was encircled by flowers in white wax, bordered with a deep binding of white satin. There was a spaoe opposite the printing for the re ception of a carte de visite or a lock of the hair of the person of whom it was a memorial, but as neither was furnished in this ease, a big wax flower was af fixed to the card on that side. “You see there are 600 deaths a week in New York," said Mias Webber, “and lately the number has risen to 700 and even 800, I get all the death notioes, and send my salesmen to the houses with samples of the memorials, aud they get a^great many orders. The memorials sell for $4.50 each, whether cash is paid or only a dollar paid down and the rest in weekly installments. I have patented the Idea, havo been in business five years, and have a branch in Louisville, Ky., and another in In dianapolis." Taxation Intensified. The German customs offioials have contrived to doable .and treble the tax on many kinds of provisions imported by simply taxing the wrappers and label as essential parts of the consignment. Thus cheese, enveloped in silvered or tinfoil^wrappers, they now levy duty on as silvered wares. American corned beef in tins is taxed as fine iron wares. Tho latest feat’ofjingenuity in this direction is taxing OhineseTiquors, essences, etc., whioh arej'contained in glass bottles oovered with Chinese letters and figures on thin silk, as silk and satin. IjVNS, op alien covktt. A Fanny Epleeile In the Supreme Cenn Chamber nt Wnehlasten. A recent Washington letter says: The supreme court-room is alFajs.qniet, Its walls are sad, eool, neutral gray. Busts in marble of dead chief justices look down npon the quiet room, where the argument of oounsel is toned down genteelly to the mournfally low tones required in a siok chamber. No re creation in tho shape of newspaper read ing is permitted by the spectators. If a bold idler should take out a bit of paper and attempt to take notes of a decision as read, ho wonld bo instantly checked by an attendant of tho court. This preface is necessary in order to how the reader how gravely the court ras shocked and outraged in its deepest sense of propriety to-day. Yesterday the court observed with uneasiness the presence of a tall, angular individual, who slouohed into the cdtart-room without collar or neoktie, The absence of theso usual adornments was made more oonspicuons through the faot of his neok being very long and narrow, The owner of tho bare neok strayed into the clerk’s offioe a little later, where he announced that he was a member of the Kansas bar. Later in the day he was presented to the su preme oonrt by Senator Plumb, and waa duly admitted to practice as Mr. Lynn, of Allen county, Kansas. Tho rule of admission to the supreme court is very simple. A lawyer admitted to the bar of that oourt has the right to present any lawyer duly qualified to praotioe in the lower courts. The payment of $10 to the olerk as a fee for the ad ministration of the oath completes the oeremony. The newly admitted Kansas lawyer appeared at his presentation still without collar or tio. It was announced that he would make an argument before the court the next day in the case of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance com pany vs. Oaroline A. Destor et. aL A perplexing question'at’once arose in tho minds of the oonrt. Possibly Lynn, of Allen county, Kansas, might outrage tho oourt *by leaving off his collar and tio when he came to mako his argument. If that was al ready reasonably certain, might he not take off his ooat in the heat of his argument, and grow excited and yell his brief into the sensitive oars of the now deeply agitated oonrt? Jnstioe Grey, who had sternly refused a lawyer without a collar permission to make an argument in the Massachusetts court, where he formery presided, was natur ally consulted in this trying emergency. It was finally agreed that the ohief jus tice should cheek Lynn, of Alien county, Kansas, in his mad oareer if he should persist in his outrage upon decorum Just beforo the oase was called Lynn entered the court-room accompanied by his partner. His partner, a dark, sallow faced man, wore a oolla about whioh a blaok tape was tiod. Af ter a hurried consultation it was re- solvod to first consult the partner, who woro the one collar belonging to the firm, before proceeding to extreme measures. The partner was mysteri ously summoned to the elork’s offioe, where the matter was gravely submit ted to him by a subordinate of the oourt: " Why does your partner re frain from wearing a collar or a tie ? Is it from any religious feeling ? Has he taken any vow that compels him to assume such a peculiar character toward sooiety ?” It was also explained to the partner that the supreme court was ex tremely donbtfHl of the propriety oi permitting Lynn, of Allen county, to appear in the case until he had at least corrected the details of his garb. The partner explained : • Lynn had a throat trouble and eonld not wear a collar. “ Ob, that is it.” An explanation was made to the chief justice, and he smiled, glad to be rid of the disagree able task oi reprimanding the offender, and so Lynn was allowed to appear. The appearance of Lynn before the bar of the conrt made a sensation. His gen eral appearance of roughness, his angu larity of manner and reckless ease made every one expect some absurd contre temps. He was an object well worth a sketch as he began his argument. His high, white forehead was surrounded by a high peak of dork hair that cnrled backward. His sharp nose, heavy lips, and pointed brown goatee stood out in bold relief upon a countenance tanned by years of exposure to prairie winds and sun. His shirt was open at the throat, showing a red flannel under shirt. At the wrist the red flannel ap peared again in the place of onffs, The argument was dear, shrewd and able, bnt the manner of its delivery was as uncouth and peculiar as the mako-np of the speaker. He stood wtih his hands in his pockets at times, and then ho wonld bound at the justioes, snap ping his bony Angers in their faces as if they were so many jurymen, The justices watched this strange man as wonld a lot of decorous old women the talk of a bold, bad man, who might at any moment fall 'into a vein of blas phemy. But the argument came to an end without acoident, greatly to the relief of the justioes, who have bees upon .the rack of suspense for now nearly twenty-fonr hours. Lynn is tho first man who ever made an argument in the oonrt without a collar. . Bnt tho experiment can hardly be repeated with safety. Physical Degeneracy in Cities. The best season of the year for esti mating the comparative health of oity residents and oonntry people is the early spring, for winter gives increase of appetite and compels stout physioel resistance of low temperature. The comparison is decidedly against oity life. Young and old, rioh and poor, the denizena of large oities appear to phy sical disadvantage besidernral residents of eqtlal intelligence. In the oity there are many luxuries that eome to be re garded as necessities, exercise worth the name is almost unknown, tho atmos phere ont of doors is far inferior, to that twonty miles sway, while indoors, thanks to small rooms, small wall ex posure end imperfect plumbing the sir is generally unfit to breathe, Oity people, ss a rale, aro far more care ful in their physical habits than oonntry people, bnt no attention to minor details osn compensate for lack of exer cise, pure air and the vigorous appetite that insures sufficient physical repair. Oity people may display rosier faces and brighter eyes than their oonntry cousins, bnt consumptives, at a certain stage of their malady, can outdo either. The test of health is endnmnoe, and, judgod by this, oither mental or i hyai- cal, the oity man is the inferior of the oonntryman. The rage for sthletio sports among oity yonth is good as far as it goes, bnt it does not go far enough: of the members of boat dubs, ball elnba and similar organizations abont one in ten do something, while the other nino think it sufficient sport to thrnst their hands into their pookots and look on. There are plenty ways of overcoming most of the degenerating inflnenoes of oity life, bnt the fact that few people avail thomselvoR of them shows that the oity man docs not even know what good physical oondulo?‘ is.—New For* Herald. Dints on Nursing the Sick. Endeavor to keep an equable temper ature of about sixty-five degroes to sev enty, and good ventilation. Cover all food preparations, medi cines and drinking water that mnat re main in the siok room. Anticipate the patient’s wants and attend with regnlarity to the adminis tering of food and medioine. For a sick person select a room on the snnny side of the honse, and pre ferably one having an open fireplace. In oold weather keep an open fire, and admit fresh air from outside the house or from aa adjoining room with a window open. In warm woatlier the air oi the. room can be cooled by hanging before open windows blankets, frequently wrung out in ioe water. Remove dishes, slop pans and all other ntensils from the room a* soon as there is no longer nse for them. Avoid whispering, washing dishes, rattling of newspapers, swinging of rooking chairs, oreeking shoes, rustling silks and all unnecessary noises, sueh as make some people feel nervous. Be sure that you always got the r ght bottle when aboht to give a medio ne, and be accurate in measuring the dose. Teaspoons vary greatly, bnt most in use now will bold two drams, and not one as is ordinarily supposed. Tablespoons will usually half a fluid ounce, or four drams; a wine glass abont two fluid ounces, and a teacup fonr fluid ounceB. “Drops" are not aoourate, their size ranging according to the battle, the amonnt in the bottle, and the weight and fluidity of the medicine,—Dr. Foote’s Health Monthly. Cashmere Shawls. I Everyone knows that the cashmere shawls whioh flguro so frequently as wedding presents from the queen are port of the annual tribute paid by the maharajah of Cashmere as an acknowl edgment of the suzerainty of the em press of India; but evory one dees not know in what-dens of squalid misery and by what a physically debilitated race these Bhawls are produced. The agriculturists and the boatmen of the delicious valley are physically a fine race—the men robnst, the women fair to look npon. Bat in every shawl-pro- dnoing village the physique of the wietohed workers is painful to observe. Long hours of work, in orowded and ill-ventilated rooms, with poor, nay wretched, pay, havo made the shawl- workers of Cashmere mere shadows of men. It is absolutely painful to see their pallid faces and weak, ill-nqnrished forms; and although the government of India has moved somewhat to bdtter their condition, it is one of the few Bad sights in the ‘ ‘ Kaehmir-ibenazir,’,’ or the nnrivaled Cashmere of the Persian poets.— Trade. One of life’s hardest lessons from the cradle to the grave is waiting.. We send our Bhipa out bnt cannot patiently wait their return,

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The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 16, 1882, Image 1