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' » J*ek »r All Tr»«e*. Br CTu*uh Rlat*
wbndnrful trial* es ea *rtl*®a wfrn d!4n t stick to bi*
F»11 es eomioU attaseUons, f*aay laci-lenM of V,rsl
) a4 Aln ’ rtcB ' WuUUag ®4t enter •• m leepet
M. Lord Berresford. By tbe" Duchess."
W* «h*rmla< *o«Uty rtory la ene of the beet frbtn the
•f th* pepsUr anther. It to spirited tn act toe, end full of
fftteatlea* to illustrate high lift and gtr*
ftgnaiKy t* ttt® narrative. Th* work of a getUn*.
83. Cl o teds and Sunshine. By Charles Beaded
A happily told ilorf of far* Hft, faH of pretty serai stature®
•nd pastoral *a«t4acnM. Au Ingpalou* pUt, amelUng norm
eteraeter* with psuselen* and tnoffree /«** Uh* " egty
•Ui AU it au. ea* of the most iaKr**tfn< aod rwdn*
Mbrta «f th* IHuatrioa* author. * •
M. The Hannled Henee. By Sir BL Bnlir<w
Lytton. Thl* 1* an* es th* *T*al anther'* analnteat ooneeft®
Ml happily told *torica. Weird and ihrfiXag threaghoht.
road* it with b*U*<i of d*Ughu j j
81. John Milton. When, Why. and What he
Wrote, by H. A. Talae Lib* all «f tel* brilliant author®
Work*, th* presentene is a model of analyaia and *ompr***ed
tnforatation. It 1* full of aurprlaci, and one can get a bet
ter Mea of Milton, hi* time*, Myto and work* from it* page*
than from any other »our*e. |
! Ml Dr. Marigold. By Charles Dickens. One
Sbtaknai' erlapeat and moat atnualng *ketehea of a quaint
id enrlou* eharnotor. Reivlabia, laughable, and a (uro
•ntldote to dull earc. Mvery community need* Ita " Dr.
■arlgohl,” and all lov*rs tak* kindly to hl* prescription*.
76 The Ku in li tab ridge Mystery. By
Charlo* Rte ad e Oh* of those ingontoudy d«vl*ed and
tbrllllngly teld which i»maxtalUed Read®. Th* plot
tv a word of art. Concealment la the artist's game, till after
winding through a forest of mvsterlea, the fearful oioud
hurst* en the reader Uke an Alpine aralanch* or ocean
Water •pout.
76 Allan QuittertupJn ; the latest And boat
Borel from tbe pea of tee tegular H. RUier Haggard. IQ
*Llt atocy es Afrieo »4»mliun, the author aurpaase* the
glewing doMrlptlve eiger. at ar Ung situation and thrilling
•ettvlty teat made " She" auoh a revelation in fiction. No
Ke eneltlng *eaaaeee haa ever oom* te the surface In
Mah Hteratare and It mm share Ur pop uteri if of hU MS
•Sher water. Part L
r-O. Allan Quatornnin. Part IX 'jLuC I
i Jp. Alloa Quatrrakutau Bart ILL,
X Allan Quatermain. Part XV.
N. The TDrinl of Pickwick. B/ C!iart«l
Ltakew* Thl* « teo fire* Um* the ectlre story of the
tedlant riokwiek'a adventure* with the Imprusionabl* Mr*i
■anlnll haa appeared tai eoaneoted form. It abound* t*
fßtcroa* /ItaMßtam* end ■afrfrt-proreklng tooidoaU.
n Duty Unto Drath, or Lifesnd WorkOt
Bev Qnorge C. Haddock, Apostle of Prohibition in the
Nerthw'M*. By hl* John A. Haddock. The murder
•f thl* ervat pulpH and plait,rm orator and *loau*M
tewpvraaae eltainplua »*nt a thrill es horror through the
Aorta vest aa 1 entire ewnnlrv. Tho wort I* en ably
WriMfia r*riow *f the tuiui and bi* career, ui<l apfrtela* g
aaootnat.f his ******* la a Ho*. Parti. .
<3. Daty Unto Dcntb, etc. Port IL 4
CO Tlio Coming Knee, or New Utopia By
Er X. Bulwrr Lytton. A thrllßag bl*tory of Hft among an
ral pvoplo fannl la tho centre of the earth, whero the
Bca-i'ie* ar* Areadiau, lite farm perfect, the thought pure
B&d laotlva fra*. A ch arming book ; light, checrftil. Part 1.
Tl. The Coiulti£ Jlkkutr, or Now Utopuk Part II
® BHilling mid Butterfly. By Dfrvid Chriß.
Be Murray. A Spicily told itory of hnmnn oharacter, yeg
not a Wt ev<jcdiawn. Bulldogs and But lor files ace all
•round as. «
Sho; or Adventures in the Cares of Kor. By
D. Rider Haggard. Thl* enlque and popular *t<»ry is a
new dopnrturo in the field of fiction. Ila production ha*
tarrl'-d the aathor Into fame os a writer and artist. Th®
elg >r aad variety of tho book make It especially cnarming;
In narrative Imparts a pleasont thrill as it glide* through
wonderful »**ni-« and rta.-tllng trv«al*» Part I.
( <B. Nhc< or Advaihireft. etx Fart IL i i
) 87. She | or Adycntwßß, eta. Part ILL I
! Hhc i or Admturee, rto. Tart IV.
(M. Cnlderon tho < *»nrtler. By Rlr H BuT.
wer Lytle* Oae es Ik* beet es the great author** hi*tori®
Mor|es. Full *f graphic tenatkaa*, quick action, and rar*
Infomatlea.
(U. Stabbed in the Dnrlc. By B. Lrnn
Llnlon A strong, stirring story of the eld Neapolitan days,
by an antbor who Invent® ingenious plots and handle!
intrleaio situation* Uko a master. Fart I.
63 otnbbo*l In tho Dark. Part IL
61. Tho Cricket on tho Hcnrth. By Charloi
tHekcus Ona of the sweetest and tender**! things eve*
written by Dicken*. AM fove it Jer Its beauty and pathoft
•ad II will be preserved and *csd leag after some of hit
Most imaginative wote* have been for pel ten.
flu. The I.rvdy of Lyons. By Rlr E. Bultvsr
Lytton. This!* the lady a* aeen la th® *clebrated t>lay of
M>« saai* aaneo. It rank* a* the praMiest picture or devo-
Con and ilnoeeeet «xpre»**oa es the " tender passion “ eve*
placed en the stag*.
Jnlln nnd Her H omrs*. By Dsvid (Thrift.
M* Murray. This author 1* always Ineenloa* and racy. In
•' Jalla and Her Romeo "he 1* partUnlarly chiwmlag. Th®
reader 1* h»4d u the last in a syek which make* him regret
fb* end •< tee *»*e; 4
W Doom! Au Atlantic EpioHdc. By Justin
B. MeCartev. A powerful and thrilling story es lift on art
Anserloan ifher. The situations are natural, the plot In
tecs*, th* sketching exquisite. The hand es a master la
wtetble from tho " all aboard " at Liverpool, te tee terrlbln
»aa&te® at New Tote.
IT. William Mhaks>earrt How. When,
Why and What ho wrote. Ry Il k Taino. Tnero never
Ba* beea e*tapre«e®d Ins* *e*h brief space so nmeh abo el
•be Immortal "Bard of Aven" a* in tel* work of th®
bftlUanl Freaeh anther. It wIU epen th* *ye* es tho read*®
I® • theaatattd teiag* he n«vrr dreamed es
18. ltte*M«4R«. PriArw' of AbruinlA. By Dr.
•steed Jehnsem. One of those frnmortal writing* by •
*>uwr MM at n* eaa afford not te read. It 1* a
fftery es the human hear* la he happlrs* meeds, ewtreel
testate, nad nteieet aspiration*. Part L
; M. Inatelte. I’rtawo ©f Abyssinia. Part IL
64. Money. By Blr E. Bulwy Lytton. WhCk.
a*«r retrt Sh ekb peer* • " MersbaiM «f Venice" teeeld read
■nlwer's ” Money." Cndw tee sbov* 6tle yea Me th®
Wtate* ted her* tee Jdagle es tit* ftte
R Pe» W ofllngton. Bf •’harles TUado. This
teamrplete by tee great n*veli*t ' l( M « <>/ those axqnlsit®
■eesalm with which gxeat mind* ornament their work. Not
to kaew Fes Woffington 1* net to teoew Read*. Fart L
M M. Pr« WoHlngton. Part IL
•1. Mia® Toosey’s Mission, and Twaddle. Two
•f thoe* rarely eoocMvtM and sharauingly told storle* of
hem* and which refresh and in*|Jro. They ought te
be read by every young person who has the world to fbco.
O P..1 <R* Vlrrln In. By P’Ornadln de St’
Flerrs Thl* elegant household *lM*t« renew* It* freshness
•nd beauty with *v**g reading. It is the " story that
a*v*r die*, told in th* purest kanguag* aad t*u<*r*sl styl®.
Far i 1.
i 60. Paul and Virginia. Part IT.
.68. Cardlnnl Richelieu. By Blr R. Bulwer
Lytton. The character es the wily, ambitious and brilliant
French nrlmate, a* sketched by Bulwer la hl* immortal
(lay es Cardinal Richelieu, 1* the one which has booom®
istorle. It 1* a maates-piece * dramatic composition.
• <7. Enoch Arden, and other gmna. By Alfred
FMiaysoa. Tor purity of stylo, genuine sweetness and
bopshlqg patbo*. the great poet has never surpassed hl*
FBaoch Arden.** In thl* poem of human affection he I* at
bl* beet, and one oAnuot know the poevlaureate without
Baewing It.
M. Romen and Jnlleff. By William Black.
An MtqeUi'e stetoh of twe foolish lovers, who mingle tender
pen Um en t wtte the ludicrous In away to make everybody
■mH*. Thl* aateor * vwclo* ars always racy and full ®f
MHag petet®.
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THE HOMELESS,
God help the homeless* wanderers on the earth 1
For whom no roof inclines its sheltering eaves;
No fireside glows; no voice of love or mirth
Calls to the garden flowers, the hillside sheaves.
’Tis theirs to see the gleam in cottage panes; ’
The happy groups about the hearth at eve; <
While they must cross the moors through chilling (
rains,
And hide in hut or hedge as twilight wanes.
Without the wind for all their woes to grie re. 1
Sad hearts! the wayside and the wilderness I
Arc near to heaven os any fire lit room! j
Despairing Hagar angels stoop to bless;
God talks with Moses in the desert gloom;
And life is but n path to his repose,
Whether we walk through meads of Joy and lov< 1
Or in lone wastes where every tempest blows; 1
Some peerless morn we reach our journey's close, j
And lo! the rapture of the home above! f
—Edna Dean Proctor.
1
THE TWO COMMANDERS. j
Grant and Lee nt Appomattox—A Strik*
Ing Contrast.
The contraat between the two comman
ders was very striking, and could not ,
fail to attract marked attention, as they
sat ten feet apart facing each other. ;
General Grant, then nearly 43 years of
age, was 5 feot 8 inches in height, with
shoulders slightly stooped. His hair and
full beard were a nut brown, without a
trace of gray in them. He had on a
single breasted blouse, made of dark blue !
flannel, unbuttoned in front, and show
ing a waistcoat underneath. He wore
an ordinary pair of top boots, with liia
trousers inside, and was without spurs. ■
Tho boots and portion of his clothes were !
spattered with mud. He had had on a
pair of thread gloves, of a dark yellow
color, which he had taken off on entering i
i the room. His folt "sugar loaf” stiff ~
! brimmed hat was thrown on the table
beside him. He had no sword, and a
! pair of shoulder straps was all there was
I about him to designate his rank. In
fact, aside from these, 14s uniform wa*
that of a private soldier.
Loo, on the other hand, was fully six
feet in height, and quite erect for one of
hia age, for ho was Grant's senior by
I sixteen years. His hair and full beard
were a silver gray and quite thick, ox- 1
I cept that the hair had become a littlo [
( thin in front. He wore a now uniform i
of Confederate gray, buttoned up to the
throat, and at his side he carried a long
sword of exceedingly fine workmanship,
the hilt studded with jewels. It was
said to be the sword which had been pre
sented to him by tho state of Virginia.
His top boots were comparatively new,
and seemed to have on tnein some orna
mental stitching of red silk. Like his
uniform, they were singularly clean and !
but little travel stained. On the boots i
were handsome spurs with large rowels.
A felt hat, which in color matched pretty
closely that of his uniform, and a pair of
long buckskin gauntlets lay beside him
ou the table.
We asked Col. Marshal afterward how
it was that both he and bis chief wore
such fine toggery and looked so much as
if they had just turned out to go to
I church, wb.ile with ussour outward garb
scarcely rose to tho dignity eveij of tho
. "shabby genteel.” Ho enlightened us
! regarding the contrast by explaining tKSt
' when their headquarters wagons had
been pressed so closely by our cavalry a
few days before, and it was found they
| would have to destroy nil their baggage j
I except tho clothes they carried on their ;
backs, each one naturally selected the |
newest suit he had, and sought to propl- !
! tiate tho gods of destruction by a sacri- :
| lice of his second best.—Gen. Horace >
Porter in Tho Century.
First Railway in South America.
Though we of the United States have
littlo to do with tho Argentine Kepublio i
nowadays, the pioneers of tho prosperity
of that country were citizens of this. In ,
1828 William Wheelwright, of Pennsyl
vania, was wrecked on tho Argentine
coast, and made his way to a small
town called Quilmar, hatless, coatless,
bootless, and starving. remained iu
the place because ho ?iad no means to
pay his passage elsewhere, and forty
years later constructed the first railway
in South America, from Quilmar to
Buenos Ayres. He built the first rail
way in Chili also, and is founder of the
Pacific Steam Navigation company,
whose vessels run twice a week from
Liverpool to Panama, through the Strait
of Magellan. Both Ghili and the Ar
gentine Republic have erected monu
ments to the memory of Mr. Wheel
wright in their public squares.—Will
iam Eleroy Curtis iu Harper’s Magazine.
Accldentfi in the Alp®.
More accidents happened in the Alps
this summer than at any previous season.
Out of the twenty-four falls twenty were
fatal. In the catastrophe upon the Jung
frau six, in that of the Falkniss (callin’
of Chur) three, and in that of Les L®ex
(Waadt) two people were killed. Then
there were fatal accidents on the Morte
ratsch glacier (Granbuendten), the Mole
son (Waadt), the Gautrist (Berne), the
Saentis (Appenzell), the Leissigergrat
(Berne), Kaisereck (Freiburg), Dentdu
Corjean (Waadt), Diablerets (Wallis)
Scbaechentlial (Uri), with one person
killed in each. That makes twenty
deaths. Not one guide is among tho
killed. The majority of accidents did not
occur at places commonly considered
dangerous, but upon promenades usually
looked upou as uuite safe —Chicago News.
THE MIERICAN'S TIMEPIECE.
How Particular We All Arc to Have the
Correct Time o’Day.
“There is probably no other nation on
this terrestial glolx),” said a well known
Broadway jeweler the other day. as he
regulated a gentleman’s timepiece, ‘ that
is as proud of correct timekeepers as the
Americans. We are taught from bGy- ;
hood that the one great ambition of lif«
is the possession of a watch. What man
is there who has not in his boyhood days
saved his pennies for buying a watch and
then spent it for fireworks?
“No American citizen who loves his
country would disgrace it by appearing
on the street without a watch suspended
to a massive chain with about eight
ounces of charms attached thereto. And '
we love to have the correct time, too. A '
watch that will vary one minute a week '
is considered a poor one, and the owner
thereof will hie him to the maker and de
mand to have it regulated so that it will I
i k(N*p exact pace with the sun.
“Notwithstanding this desire for cor
rectness, we do not particularly care for
five or ten minutes’ difference. This is a !
strange assertion to make, yet it is true, j
Take a man whose timepiece has not ■
varied twenty seconds a day. lie will .
look at it, jab it back in his pocket with
an air that indicates his contentment I
with the flight of time, and go his way. 1
He has scrutinized the hour and minute
hand closely, but when you ask him what
the correct time is he will, in ninety cases
out of a hundred, look sheepish and say:
‘lt’s just—that is—' and then you will '
see him take out the piece again. And so |
it is. The man who is the most portion- !
lar as to the correctness of his timepiece j
is invariably the very one who will forget
half a second after he has looked whether
the minute hand is on the quarter or the j
half hour,”—New York Evening Sun.
WILD GEESE IN DAKOTA,
Grand Annie® of Wild Birds—A Sight t«
Delight a Sportsman’s Eyes.
For the information and, perhaps, ben
efit of sportsmen, I will give a faint de
scription of what we are daily witnessing
of the grand armies of the strong winged
birds whose name heads this letter. Os
the variety known further south as wild
geese, the “honkers,” as they arc called,
from their peculiar cry when on the wing,
we see large nuinlx*rfl. A great many of
them nest 1111(1 breed about the small lakes
in our neighborhood, and people often
take the eggs and hatch them under do
mestic birds, either geese or hens. Be
sides these there are the brant, a smaller,
gray goose, and the beautiful snowy
geese. Os these last there seems to be no
limit to numbers. The air is almost con
stantly filled with their notes, and one
can scarcely look up at the sky— which is
wonderfully wide from these highlands’—
without seeing flocks of these magnifi
cent birds wheeling across it in one direc
tion or another. No mathematics yet
invented could enumerate the hosts that
havo so far appeared. Instantaneous
photography istllo only method by which
any truthful representation can be given
of their hosts.
We rode out the other day to tho lake
(Wamnuska, sometimes called Stump
lake). The day was one of the mellow,
golden, bracing, thoroughly enjoyable
days that October sometimes brings even
to poor dwellers amid the mists and
i damps of the east, but to us she is lavish
;of such treasures during her entire reign.
All the day and tho days before—one can
i not tell for how long—flocks of geese, in
countless numbers, were sailing overhead
in ranks and clusters of ranks, some dark
and some snowy white, with black
tipped wings. They are congregat
ing about our beautiful lake, proba
bly making preliminary arrangements
for their southern flight. The whole
blue vault, which showed no cloud,
was lined in every direction by ranks of
snowy birds. The afternoon sun shone ,
full upon their brilliant plumage, tinging
l it a full golden color, than which no bird ,
of paradise could be more dazzling, and :
the vast numbers on wing of shining
gold hued hosts, made one of the finest
sights that one can l>ehol<l. I never be
fore saw anything to equal it. When we
came in full view of the lake, where there
are several miles of water in sight, there
was another remarkable surprise for us.
If the canopy above was full of flying
birds, the surface of that long stretch of
: glistening water was a hundred times
more so. Along the further shore and
far out from land there were thousands
of geese floating, so close together that
one saw no glimmer of water between
them.
Midway between the snores islands o.
geese floated, but appeared, to observers
on the high banks, like still, inanimate
earth, covered with a fresh fall of snow.
Sportsmen were crouching here and there
! behind clumps of bushes, and every now
and then a rifle shot echoed along the
woodland; but what were a few sporte
| men among such multitudes of birds?
My neighbor, the postmaster, brought
in a half a dozen geese, the result of two
or three odd half hours’ sport. Another
neighlior took twelve the same day. Ono
man shot fourteen within thirty minutes,
s The flesh of those birds is excellent, and
•in this climate can bo kept a long timo.
A party of sportsmen are hero now from
I Florida, and will spend a week or more.
I Two gentlemen from Boston spent a week
hero shooting, and bagged a large num
l>er of ducks and several geese. They
left for home some weeks ago. Had
they remained two weeks their sport
would, perhaps, have been more satisfac
tory, as the larger birds are far more
numerous at this time than a month
earlier. As it was, however, these
I Boston mon were so well pleased with
their trip, and with the opportunities for
good shooting, that they left their canoe
here for next year’s use. —Harrisburg
(Dak.) Letter.
Gray Matter of the Brain.
“Many jokes are made about the gray
matter of the brain,” said Dr. Hammond,
“but I will say right here that I have a
great respect for the gray matter of the
brain. There is no higher organism than
that. It is the grandest organ in man,
a.nd were I ever to worship anything it
would be a portion of the gray matter of
the brain. It is well for us to know that
the emotions cause more unhappiness and
erime than any other function of the
brain. Human beings are governed by
their emotions, and it is well that they
should be, though it is the emotions that
wear away tho brain, and not honest in
tellectual work. Very few people sulf er
from intellectual work, and if my mem
ory serves me I do not recollect ever
having a mathematician for a patient.
“It is not intellectual work tlmt causes
nervous dyspepsia, but the emotions,
such as anxiety, fear, sorrow and love. I
consider that eight hours are sufficient
for a man to use his brain, because if he
exceeds that time he becomes nervous
and fretful, and an exhausted brain is an
irritable brain. You may not feel tho
evil effects of the stress of brain work at
tho time, but you will sooner or later,
when it will be too late. The men that
work at night with their brains are the
ones that expose themselves to danger
and death, which will surely come unless
the great strain ou the mind is light
ened.”
The Face of Russia.
Tlio face of Russia is like Wisconsin,
less the lakes and beautiful streams;
northern Michigan, without tho largest
pine trees, and New Mexico, with the ab
sence of warmth. The pineries arc
stunted, the fields covered with wheat—
l in harvest during August—and the vil
lages are of small wooden buildings, cov
ered with straw. Nowhere is there ar
chitecture, taste or cleanliness displayed.
The advancement of the country may be
illustrated in the statement tlmt though
Russia is one of the greatest in wheat pro
ducing, the cereal is sown broadcast, har
vested with the sickle, threshed with the
flail, and three-fourths of the work is
j done by the women. The forests are in
i fested with wolves and other wild ani
mals; the fields, when not covered with
wheat, are carpeted with Jean-Marie,
with a yellow rattle and a plume of blue
leaves at the top. Mushrooms and nil
the fungi of a cold climate are seen, and
one’s bewilderment increases as the slow
train goes further and further into th*
! empire.—New York Sun.
Stimulant* in Central Africa.
As to the liquor question, there is no
doubt that many men out here ruin their
health by excessive drinking; but I think
that many others, chiefly missionaries,
ruin theirs by a mistaken and exagger
ated abstinence. Stanley recommends
two or three ounces of good wine every
evening after sunset, and I find that most
men who have passed any time on the
Congo agree with him. Every one be-
• comes more or less anaemic after a short
• residence in this climate: and a man
who feels himself getting unaccountably
weak, with a strong desire for stimu
lants, may injure himself by frequent
i use of them—and. as a matter of fact.
mnny do so on tho lower river, where f
liquor is plentiful, A teetotaler, on tho f
other hand, will most likely be pros
trated by sickness, when the timely use .
of a little wine would have kept up his (
strength. As a friend of mine, who has ,
passed some years out here, puts it, “A
cocktail every night liefore dinner, if it (
does not save you altogether from ante- (
mia, will enable you to get through your
term of three years, and leave you in ,
good health at the end; but if you take
to drinking, in any quantity, at any hour
of the day, you will soon have to clear
out of the country if you wish to keep ,
alive.” The effect of brandy drunk
under a hot sun is to cause a burning
pain in the region of the liver; and I
have seen men who have spent two yean
out hero choking and gasping for breath
after less than half a wineglaWul of neat
brandy taken in tlw middle of the day,
—Blackwood’s Magazine.
An Anthor’s Predicament.
Happening to make a call on a literary
friend of mine the other afternoon. I
found him sitting in an armchair Ixjfore
a wood fire, smoking a cigarette and
looking the picture of health. “Yes,”
he said in reply to my congratulations on
his appearance, “I do feel uncommonly
well. I had a long walk this morning:
after that a hearty lunch, and now I am
in perfect phvsical condition; but the
deuce of it is tJiat 1 feel too well. I can’t
do my work. I meant to write half a
chapter today of my new novel, and I
have reached the most tragic, the moat
harrowing part of the tale; but how can
1 go on with it when my nerves are all
smoothed down, and wlien any thing like
mental distress seems to me impossible
and ridiculous? I don’t care a cent what
becomes of my heroine; whereas Last
night, when I was thonaighly tired, ner
vous and irritable, I actually wept over
her sorrows. ” So saying, he gave a dig
at the fire with such a whimsical air of
dejection that I laughed consumed!)'. The
fact is, however, that the human mind,
csjiecially, 1 suspect, the authorial mind,
is a very delicate instrument, requiring a
great deal of manuscript.—Boston Post.
Your Umbrella as You Want It.
“In umbrellas,” said the head of a
house in that line of business today, “wo
have something not only new but start
ling. We are no longer comjxdled to put
silver handles on umbrellas when the
taste of the purchaser runs that way;
nor is it necessary for him to havo his
name engravtAl on his umbrella. He has
but to make his choice, selecting what
ever style of handle be detiiree—particu
larly in wood—and we will have the
silver cast ou the wood, filling every de
pression and covering the handle to the
snap catch.
“In this way,” continued the Tele
gram’s informant, “yen may perceive
that it i* almost impossible for au um
brella to be beyond identification if stolen,
because no two knotty or gnarled pi«‘ccs
of wood are alike, and the silver coating
makes peculiarities more prominent.
Such umbrellas range in price from $8 to
sls, but I can assure you they are worth
the money.”—New York Telegram.
History of tho Finger Ring.
Os nil the ornaments with which van
ity, superstitiop and n flection have decor
ated tho human form, few have more
curious bits of history Uian tho finger
ring. From the earliest times tlw> ring
das been a favorite ornament, and tho
reasons for tins general preference shown
*or it over other articles of jewelry are
numerous and cogent. Ornaments whose
place is on some portion of the Apparel,
or in the hair, must be laid aside with
the clothing er head dress; are thus eas
ily lost and often not at once missed.
Pins, brooches, buckles, clasps, buttons,
all sooner or Later become defective in
some part, and are liable to escape from
an owner unconscious of the defect in
the mechanism. Tho links of a necklace
in time Income worn, and the article is
taken off to be mended; the spring or
other fastening of n bracelet is easily
broken, and the bracelet vanishes. With
regard to ornaments fastened to parts of
the savage body, mutilation is necessary,
the ear must be bored, the noso be
pierced, the cheeks or lijis bo slit, and,
even after these surgical oj>erations nro
completed, the articles uaed for adorn
ment are generally inconvenient, and
sometime*, by their weight or construc
tion, are extremely painfuL
In striking contrast with decoraWoni
worn on the clothing, iu the hair, round
the neck and arms, or pendant from the
ears, iqw and nose, is the finger ring, tlw
model of convenience. It is seldom lost,
for it need not be taken off*, requires no
preparatory mutilation of tho body, is
not painful, is always in view, a perpet
ual reminder, either of the giver, or of
the purpose for which it is worn. The
popularity of the ring must, therefore, be
in large measure due to it« convenience,
and that this good quality was early
learned may be inferred from tlie Hebrew
tradition, which attributes the invention
of this ornament to Tubol-Cain, the “in
structor of every artifice in braoa and
iron.”—D. I£. McAnally in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Oil oil the Ocean** Ware«.
Iu Cid et Terra Is an article iu which
are detailed the conclusions of Admiral
Cloue based ui>on the British and Ameri
can official experiments, aud others non
official. Admiral Cloue haa no hesitation
in affirming that tho problem appears to
him to bo practically solved. Tlio quan
tity required to protect a ship during a
storm varies from alxxtt t'vo to three
quarts j>er hour, dropped frem perforated
bags hanging over the sides of tl*a ship in
positions varying with the direction of the
wind.
'Hie rapidity and extent of the out
spreading of the oil are marvelous. The
film, by’ ita own outspreadfrig, reduces
itself ta a thickness of only one-ninety
thousandth of a millimeter—i. e., less
than two-and -a-half-mfljiontti part of an
inch. This inconoeivnbly thin film re
duoee the broken orewted waves and dan
gerous “rollere” to unlcoken undula
tions that are practically harmless, as
as tliey merely lift and roll the vessel
without breaking over it. The oils which
have been found the most effective are
seal, and fish oils. «The hitter
are very cleap, their chief present use
I being for the dressing of leather. Min
’ oral oils are reported as too light. It is
evident from this that the gentlemen en
gaged in these oxi>eriments have only
tried those wliich are in common use for
burning in lamps. There is another series
of oils distilled from the same crude ma
terial, i. e. from natural petroleum and
from shale oils, which are much heavier,
ore used for lubricating purposes, may be
had of any density from that of the com
mon lamp oil to a crude dead oil that
sinks in water. —W. Mattieu Williams in
j Tho Gentleman’s Magazine.
xtent of Experimental Snrgery.
I was walking the other day with a
young physician, who, after graduating,
spent a couple of years attached to the
, staff of a big city hospital. This is quite
a common practice with our developing
doctors, the posts furnishing them with
j ample opportunity for experience, and
, affording them a living though they gain
ne money by them. Ry ecquiintanee in
this Instance remarked;
"It would make your eyes open to
witness the extent to which experimental
surgery and medicine are carried in hos
pitals. ' Since I have been practising for
myself I have often wondered what luck
a physician would have who risked such
chances as we used to take at the Saw-
Your-Leg-Off hospital. The cases are
safe enough when they £et into the
hands of the older physicians, but the
youngsters rarely halt at any experiment,
however alarming it may be, if they
conceive it to be possible of accomplish
ment. That they do not more damage is
to be ascribed rather to their patients’
luck than their own credit. I don't
mean to say that they are cruellv reck
less. They simply look on the hard work
of the hospital ns an excuse for accumu
lating knowledge and gaining skill, and
they work it out on this basis, with only
a second thought for the patients them
selves. ’'
Considering how often charges of need
less mutilation and surgical violence have
been brought against the hospitals and
denied, this testimony from one who has
been there ought to be of interest.—
Alfred Trumble in New York News.
A Delnge of New Flementa.
Rapid as has been the increase in the
number of supposed elementary sub
stances during the last few years, sober
scientific men have hardly been prepared
forthe addition of more than a dozen
new elements to tlso list in a single an
nouncement, yet the discovery is refiorted
on the authority of Messrs. Kruss and
Nilson, Swedish chemists of highest re
pute. Their researches have been car
ried out upon the nitrates of the rare
earths contained in thorite, wohlerite.
cerite, fergusonite and euxenite, and
have been long and laborious. The
spectroscopic evidence presented by these
investigations has made the conclusion
inevitable Hint didymium consists of not
less than nine distinct elements, holmium
of seven, erbium of two and samarium of
two.—Arkansaw Traveler.
A prominent hotel steward in Chicago
is said to make a good income by teach
ing wealthy but inexperienced epicures
the art of dining.
OSTRICH FEATHERS IN FASHION.
Again Wearing the Pretty Plume*
Value of the Trade.
“Are ladies again wearing oetricl
plumes?” asked a reporter.
“Yes,” replied the manufacturer. ‘ Os
trich feathers will soon txi ns fashionable
among the fair sex as they were a fc*
years ago.”
When did the fashion drop out?”
“The decline in the use of ostrich feath
ers began about 1883. and since then the
fashion has steadily faded until last year,
when scarcely any were used at all. But
the revival has begun, and you will soon
see the pretty plumes as plenty as over.”
“Are the feathers imported in the con
dition they an* worn?”
“Oh, no; the feathers aro imported in
the raw state and prepansi after thej
reach here. There are only eight manti
factories of ostrich feathers in the United
States, and seven are located in this city.
The-capital employed aggregates about
$1,000,000, and employment Is given to
about GOO to 800 persons, 250 to 300 of
whom are girls.”
“What is the work done by the gills?”
“Curling, wiring ami preparing th«
feathers. The curling is done by the aid
of a peculiar kind of knife made for the
purpose, the blade of which is curved.
As the work is of a delicate nature—for
each feather of the plume has to be
worked upon separately—it is necessary
that only exjx'rt hands should be em
ployed. Carelessness or want of experi
«iwe would soon cause heavy losses, for
the beauty of plumes is heightened by
the evenness of every little feather. It
takes about five years for a girl to Income
really expert, although many may be
come fairly efficient in a shorter time.
They earn from $7 to $25 a week, ac
cording to their qualification. The dyers,
who, of course, are men, earn from sls
to $35 per week.
Are the feathers of wild ostriches
used?”
“No, not now’. To get the feathers of
a wild bird it h necef-sary to kill him.
and were that kept np the species would
soon become extinct. Ostriches are now
reared on farms in South Africa, where
the feathers are collected and sent to
this country, via London. When they
arrive they look very different from
those yon see in the store windows.
They are dirty, draggled and discolored,
and have to bo gleaned. When first
taken from the washing they look as bad
as tho&i? on a wet goose. By the process
of preparing they become the pretty
plumes you see. Long and elegant
plumes are prepared singly, while the
smaller ones are made into bunches of
three, like the emblem of the Prince of
Wales. In order to prevent the feathers
from breaking it is necessary at times to
wire them, and this also requires ex-
pertaess, for a broken feather is of little
value.”
“When did ostrich feathers become
fashionable as ornaments for women’s
bonnets?”
“About ninety yeors ago. They were
brought into use by a man named De
Pinna, of London. Pnor to that the
ladles wore them in dressing the hair for
state occasions. They soon became a
rage for bonnet trimming, and the de
mand for ostrich feathers exceeded the
supply^”—New York Mail and Express
An Artist Has the Nightmare.
An artist of eminence, whose engraved
pictures are now to be seen in every
print shop window, has the nightmare
occasionally, but with him it invariably
takes one form. He seems to be awak
ened by a sensation of coldness, such as
might he caused by the sudden admission
of outdoor air, and nt the same times sees
a man's hand busy with the window
fastening. He slips quietly from his lied,
takes up the poker, conceals himself l>o
hind the window curtain, hears the fast
ening of the window thrust back, and
with a sensation of spiteful glee raises his
weapon to bring it down with all his
force upon the head which he knows will
in a minute or two be thrust into his
room. The window is slowly and softly
raised, and lie is in a quiver of eagerness
to deal the vengeful blow.
There is a grim silence on his face, a
fierce flash in his eye, when. 10l the head
appears. But—-horrors o^iorrors’—the
artist’s upraised is aj.il 1 and rigid; be
cannot strike the, And the face
i then turned toward him is one of hideous
mockery and scorn, with protruding
tongue, the fangs of a wild beast, and the
expression of a fiend. And so he remains
face to face with this frightful enemy, ut
terly helpless, and in a state of
ble torture. The effect of nightmare in this
form is almost a maddening one, and he
can only account for its frequent repeti
tion as resulting from an unusually pow
erful impression made upon his memory,
in conjunction with its curious ally, the
imagination, which is, in his case, one of
more than usual power.—Cassell’s Satur
i day Magazine.
Ctattooga Real Estate
COMPANY.
| 1887. |
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/'CT-DO YOU want to sell Real Estate
of any kind? Place in our hands and we
1 will advertise if. No sale, no pay, and
. then only a small commission.
I
f'lT’IM) YOU want to buy? Read the
i following descriptions of Property we
| have for sale, on time to good parties.
* Eighty acres, miles front Summer
ville; 12 acres open, balance well timber*
i ed with White Oak, Hickory, Pine, etc.
Good spring on it; good for tanning pur
poses. JU mile from church and school.
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1 Ninety Four acres,about 50 acres open,
in good condition. 20 acres first class
bottom on Chattooga river. 1 , level, re-
mainder broken. Well watered, good
dwelling with two tenant houses ami
good out houses, orchard of choice peach
and apple trees. 6 miles from .Summer
ville, IC miles from church and schools.
Town property 5 acres in the sub
urbs of Summerville. Level; a most’
desirable site for residence; good small
dwelling with out houses, well and
spring affording an abundance of the
best water; good young orchard of choice
fruit trees: also a large number of choice
grape vines.
Eighty acres lying partly within the
town of Summerville; 40 acres cleared,
remainder well timbered; 25 acres level,
balance broken; good clay foundation;
in good fix. Fine for farming purposes
and also well located for residences; also
contains large quantities of iron ore.
Town property—3 lots 6(>x120« 2 front
ing on Alain street, one fronting on
Church street. Level; good wagon ami
blacksmith shop on corner lot. Most
suitable place in town for business
house; also desirable locality fordwell
ing.
Bost farm in the county for its inches
and price. 200 acres; 100 open, other well
timbered with pine, oak, walnut, etc., on
Chattooga river. 50 acre a first class hot
tom; well watered and in every why
suitable for stock farm; about % level,
the ether rolling; elay foundation and in
g«»od fix. Two comfortable small dwell
ings, .3 tenant houses, with good out
houses: also large quantities of rich iron
o”e on portions of it. Eight miles from
Summerville.
Farm—l 92 acres; 50 acres tine creek
bottom. Upland fine for cotton and
vhvat, and in high state of cultivation.
In every way suitable for stock farm.
I’wo good new framed dwellings; free
stone water in abundance; churches
schools and post office near.
Farm—l6o acres; red and gray soil, 20
seres first class branch bottom, 70 acres
elearedr welt fenced and in good state of
cultivation. Balance heavily timbered.
Thousands of fine tan bark; 3 Minings, 1
well, 2 framed houses and 3 tenant
houses, all in good fix. Select orchard
and vineyard. 8 miles from .Summer
ville; 2 miles from postofllea,schools and
churches.
Town property—4 lots 00x120: 2 front
ing on Main street; 2 rear lots, level;
good small dwelling, framed, new, 2
good brick chimneys, good garden.patch
lite. Also one of tlie most suitable sites
for business houses in Summerville
Terms easy and exceedingly low price.
Farm—l4o acres—red loam and gray
soil: 60 acres open,well fenced. Remain
der well timbered and well watered.
Good 5 room dwelling, with good barn,
etc., on LaFayette and Blue Pond road,
1 mile ffom Alpine, Ga.
Farm—l4B acres, just across the Ala.,
line, red and gray soil; well watered, 65
acres open, other covered with finest
quality of timber, affording great quan
tities of tanbark, inexhaustible lime
quarrv; also supposed qualities of other
valuable minerals. Good orchard,grapes
etc; good 0 room dwelling, tenant house,
barns, etc, being near Lookout is suita
ble and convenient for stock raising. 1
mile from Menlo, Ga.
Farm—l6o acres, red, gray and sandy
soil; lino siock farm; well watered; 8b
acres cleared, 20 acres first class creek
bottom; large quantities of fine timber;
good 4room log dwelling,2 tenant houses,
stables, etc.. 1 mile from Foster’s Store.
Farm of ICX) acres in Floyd county 11
miles from Rome, 2 miles from R. <t I).
R. R.; red and gray soil, well watered;
S acres cleared'; contains thousand of
lino timber,also rich deposits of iron ore
Town property, about two acres, in
suburbs of Summerville, good small
framed dwelling, with two rooms and
kitchen; good garden, patches, etc.
Farm of IGO acres on Sand mountain,
two and a half miles from Kartiih, 65
open and in high state of cultivation,
balance heavily timbered. Adapted to
growing anything raised in this county
especially fruits, etc, good dwelling, 2
tenant houses, out houses, etc. Improve
ments new and in good condition; 2
£jood orchards, 2 good springs of free
stone water; churches, schools, and
postoffice convenient.
28.—Town property 11S Acres on sub
urbs of Summerville, level, well fenced
* iQd in good state of cultivation, good
young orchard apple and poach, good
framed six roomed dwelling not quite
complete, prettiest location in Summer
ville for residences.
29—Town property—lot 4 in block 1G
with good well upon it. Healthy ami
desirable losuition lor dwelling.
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80—For sale or rent, farm of 480 seres'
4 miles from Summerville; 200 acres
cleared, 35 acres good creek bottom; well
watered, good dwelling, out houses, etc.
Will sell all or a portion as desired.
31. Farm 213 acres miles from
Summerville, Ga.; 50 acres rod mulatto
balance gray. 125 cleared and well
fenced, in high state of cultivation,
splendid framed house with six rooms,
5 good tenant houses, and good barns
and other out houses; healthv..location;
contains large deposits of iron ores, with
large quantities of various and fine
timbers.
32. Farm 26 acres, well improved,
first-class bottom on Chattooga river, 1
mile from Summerville; good 4-room
house, stables, etc; well, orchard, Ac.
33. Farm 80 acres 2 miles from Sum
merville; red mulatto soil, level, 60 acres
open; well fenced and in high state of
cultivation, balance heavily timbered
good substantial improvements; 5-room
house, barn, stables, orchard etc.
34. For sale or sent, splendid tanvard
ted directly from a spring; all necessary
fixtures and tools for tanning; good twd
story tan shop; about ten acres good
level land 6 acres cleared. Very cheap
and terms easy.
35. Farm, 160 acres, gray and red mu
latto soil; 50 acres open, balance heavily
timbered. Good dwelling, tenant house
stables, well, etc. Cheap, and on ox
ceedingly easy terms.
36. Farm, 500 acres, red mulatto and
gray soil; 125 open and in high state of
cultivation, balance heavily timbtued;
about 60 acres first-class bottom on Chat
tooga river, well watered and in every
way suitable to stock raising. Four
good dwelling with good and convenient
barns out- houses, etc. Supposed to con
tain large deposits of iron and other val
uable minerals. 3 miles from Summer
ville, Ga.
37. Town property, 12,’i lots, 4 Jots
60x150, balance 50x120, all in one body;
in the healthiest and most desirable
part of Summerville. Can be divided
into several beautiful building sites.
Good two-story building, six rooms,
neatly and comfortly finished; a good
barn and good water. Price low and
terms easy.
38. -One half interest in a corn grist
mill on Teloga creek, 6 miles from Sum
merville, Ga., 7 1-2 foot fall, giving an
average of 12 horse power. 3 acres of
land, good mill and gin house, good four
room dwelling and out houses, in good
neighborhood, convenient to schools,
cct. Price low and terms easy.
Farm 160 acres, 30 acres open, the
remainder covered with finest timber
the county affords, consisting of pine
and all varieties of oak,especially moun
tain oak; good tenant house, stable, etc;
good well; also contains largo deposits
of the richest quality of magnetic iron
ore. 4 miles from Summerville: conve
nient to churches and schools.
28 acres, mostly level, just outside the
corporate limits of Summerville; 17 onen
anil in high state of cultivation, other
well timbered. Red and gray soil; good
spring. Fine farming land and well
adapted to fruit raising, etc.
Best vineyard in the county, 4,000
select bearing vines, in good condition;
also first class orchard of select apple
and peach. I mile east of Trion Factory.
80 acres, 40 open and well fenced,balance
well timbered; about half level; all suit
able for agricultural purposes, and es
pecially for fruit growing. Good spring
and fine freestone well. 2 good small
houses. Also contains large deposits of
rich iron ore. Cheapest farm North Ga.
Farm—loo jrrrrs, mostly broken, IS
cleared, balance well timbered. Gray
and red soil; good five-room framed
dwelling with outhouses. School and
churches convenient.
Fa»m- 200 acres, 100 open; well fenced
and in good state of cultivation. Well
watered. 35 acres fine creek bottoin, red
and gray soil, good dwelling, 4 rooms,
barn, fish-pond, orchard, etc. Situated
cast of Taylor’s Ridge.
Farm—B2 acres, 70 open, well fenced,
and in high state of cultivation; 60 fine
creek bottom, well watered; good dwell
ing. 5 rooms, stable, etc; also good gin
house, and tenant house. Located in
Dirttown valley.
Farm, 300 acres, mostly level, 115 open;
in good state of cultivation; remainder
verv heavily timbered. Dark mulatto
amt gray soil; well improved; good 8
room dwelling, 2 tenement houses, barn,
stables, etc. Well watered; 4 miles from
Summerville.
Town property for sale or rent. Good
i framed 4 room dwelling. Situated in
I the healthiest, most desirable locality in
I Summerville. Ample garden, etc,
» Town property for sale or rent. Neat
’ framed store-liouse, ample and well
» furnished, 1 routing on mam street.
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Stock farm-319 acres, 130 open in good
‘ cultivation and well fenced. Contains a
great quantity of timber of all Yarieties,
dark Cray and red mulatto soil, running
water on all parts of the place; lino
I peach and apple orchard that never fa.ls
! to hit; house and other iniprovenient.
I good-
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P For further particulars as to dcscrip
, tion and terms, call upon or address
1 Chattooga Heai. Estate Co.,
Summerville, Ga.