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, FOR YOUNG HEARTS ONLY. Oft in the Winter of our lives . " o jnouxn the Spring's departed hours. And think wtu,t joy ‘twouid ne if Age As well as Youth could And her flowers] But much 1 doubt were Spring to give Some of her blossoms to December, 3 hat they would seem as fair and sweet As those we lovingly remember. For violets blue and daisies white *n frost and cold would surely shiver, And purple iris flags soon droop it waving o'er a frozen river; And so 'tin lietter us it is For young hearts only are Spring’s pleas „ urcs: * J* 1 ono"."faith, must bo content lo Iplow that once we shared her treasures. —Maryaret Eytinor-, in Harptr'i Weekly. - -.ll—n The Office of RcsliioiiH Matters in Plants. It has been difficult to make even a plausible conjecture of the uses of tlio ‘•proper juices” or plant*. In their • production a large amount of nutritive material is consumed; and for the most part they are stored up irretrievably in the plant, not being reconverted into nutritive material. This gave some color to the old idea that they are ex crementitious. But besides that under normal conditions they are not excreted, why should a pine tree convert such an amount of its assimilated ternary mat ters intoturpentine, which is merely to be excreted? Or, if it be a by-product, what useful production or beneficial end attends the production? If excremen titious, the tree should be benefited by drawing it off. But, as De Vries re marks, and as the owners of the trees verv well know, the process is injurious,* and if followed up is destructive. It goes almost without saying nowadays that the turpentine is of real good to the tree, else turpentine-bearing trees would not exist. De Vries has made out a real use. which jie thinks is the true function of the resin iferous matters in Coniferm and in other resin-producing plants. Resinous juice is stored in the tree as a balm for wounds. It is stored up under tension, so that it is immediately poured out over an abraded or wounded sur face; for these wounds it makes the best of dressing, promptly oxidating as ii does into a resinous coating, which ex cludes the air and wet and other injuri ous influences, especially the germs or spores which instigate decay; and so the process of healing, whom there is true healing or reparation, or of healthy sep aration of the dead from the living tis sues, is favored in the. highest degree. The saturation of the woody layers with resin, in the vicinity of wounds and fract ures (as is seen in the light wood of our hard pines) is referred to as effectively arresting the decay which parasitic fungi sot up, this "tat ” wood being im pervious to mycelium. Latex or milky juice is a more com plex product, of which certain portions 1 nave been shown to Ih> nutritive; but as to the caoutchouc and the waxy matters they contain. De Vries insists tttft they subserve a similar office, are, in fact, a remedy--a protection against decay, a natural provision for the dressing of wounds, under which healing may most favorably proceed, — -A incrican Journal VJ Science Mr. Muckle. The other night Captain Muckle went home intoxicated. After going to bed, he marie so many strange noises tljat Mrs. Muckle became alarmed. Muckle told her that he must have been attack ed by brain fever. The poor woman became so badly frightened, that after Muckle sank into a muttering sleep, she made a mustard plaster and put it on the back of his neck. Mueklo ilnally became quiet and Mrs. Muckle sank to sleep, leaving the plaster on her hus band’s neck. During the night the plas ter was displaced, but when Muckle awoke next morning his neck was so sore he equid ’ scarcely turn his head. Mrs. Muckle, ashamed of what she hud done, was determined not to say any thing about the plaster, and fearful that her husband would mention the unskillfully attended application, she sat at the breakfast table with downcast expression. “This place on my neck hurts like the deuce,” said Muckle. “Now I’ll catch it,” thought his wife, but Muckle continued. “Strangest thing in the world how this thing happened. I was standing on the corner of the street yesterday after noon, talking to a gentleman on busi ness, when along came a lumber wagon loaded with lumber. A long board, which I did not happen to notice, stuck out about ten feet behind, and while I was deeply interested, the wagon turned the corner, and the long board came around and suraped the back of my neck. I hopdffite time will come when the people ofkittle Rock will arise and denounce such nuisances.” Muckle is :> terrible liar, and his wife is losing confidence in him.— Arl-tmaw Traculsr. , • ' The ‘‘Masher,” *• Is he a rare bird?” "He is that. Ihe species used to be so plenty that every city had them by the score; but of late years the Fool- Killer has got in his work so well that only about a dozen Masherscan now be found in the whole United States.” " He has a sweet look.” "Certainly; he has stood before the glass for hours to practice on that look. When he parts his hair in the center waxes his little mustache and takes his dear little cane in hand for a walk on the street, he calculates that sweet look will kiKH'k down every second ladv he meets.” “ His plumage is very fine.” "Oh, yes. Ihe Masher always gets the best, because he beats his tailor and leaves his washwoman to sing for her money.” “ Is he a valuable bird?” “ His carcass is valued at from two to five cents per pound, according to »he price of soap.” extinct?” the species will Boon become “ )’ e ? ; in a few short years the Mach er will be known on earth no more. The Smithsonian Institute ami two or three medical colleges will have specineft! preserved in alcohol ami skeleton' <m I exhibition, and old grav-headed men set' d,m - rP( : o,lection ° f Having onee / seen the animal pronienmhngthe earth ” —/•ctroil Free Press. " 1 " 60 thousand tons of sand are / annually dug from Ne versink Mount- / am, near Reading, Pa., for use in the / foundries of that place. I Oriental Patriotism. We know of no subject upon which the opinion of experts in Asiatic affairs is so hopelessly divided as to that of Oriental Eatrlotism. A great number of the eenest of them, and especially of the mon whose experience is entitled to respect, say that such a feeling as patriotism does not exist in any Asiatic. He can and will die for his creed, or for his tribe, or caste, or for his dynasty; but of patriotism he has no conception. He very rarely or never has a word in the language to express the virtue, his public opinion docs not require it as a condition of political life, and under temptation he never finds in it any source of strength. An Asiatic, such observers say, can be very loyal to a ruler or to an ally, or to an idea, but his loyalty to what he terms his “country” is of the feeblest character. He may speak of patriotism in words, especially*when talking to Europeans; but his impelling motive .is always either ambition or,pride, or fanaticism, and not, especially under temptation, love of country. lie will sell his country in order to rule it, and sometimes for mere lucre, especially when he is out of spirits, and thinks Destiny has declared against the virtues. Thdse observers who think thus believe in their own view very fu mly, point to the case of Tej Slngn, who sold victory, as General Cunningham reports, for £229,000, and ridicule the notion that a man like Arabi Pasha Cin ho governed by anything like “nationalist” feeling. He may be, they admit, a Mussulman fanatic, or a devotee of the Khalifate— which is hot quite the same thing—or even an “Asiatic”; that is, a man who loathes European ascendancy; but he can not care enough for Egypt to make Egyptian interest, as he conceives it, the guidingstar of his policy can not, in fact, ho.ln any Metlse a patriot. We should say that, on the whole, i this was the more general opinion, es pecially nmQug those < Xpert.- who have come much in contact with prominent Asiatic statesmen—the men, that is, who are not so*'«r*ig:;.s, hut have risen by serving or opposing sovereigns. At the same lime, a minority of observers equally experienced-Mid we think, as a rule, possessed of more sympathy and lli.-ight, though not of greater force, ut terly reject this view. They say that Asiatics not only can feel, but do feel the sentiment of patriotism as strongly as Europeans; that the want of a word to express the idea is an accident,which, curiously enough, is reproduced in En gland, where, though every one under stands “love of country,” the only single word which impresses that sentj ; ment is borrowed from the French; and that an Arab, a native of India, or a Chinaman, when a good man, is as strongly moved by the idea of "coun- S’.” and all wkjlch it implies, as an En shman or An American; Hefsffiore likely to bo deficient in that virtue than a European, as he is more likely to be deficient in any other of the active vir tues, his whole nature being feebler] and, so to speak, more feminine; yet he not only recognizes, but, unless over powered by strong temptation, acts on it. He very often, for example, sub mits to invasion when a European would resist, but he never submits willingly, still less permanently. He never adopts the invader, never forgets that his own country is separate, and never ceases to bjipe i hat in God’s good time the inva der will be compelled to depart, or, if such extreme good fortune maybe, will be slaughtered out. As to Self-sacrifice for his country, he fills up the national army readily enough, and this in countries like Af ghanistan, which have no conscription; he serves as a soldier, say in Turkey, With wonderful self-suppression; and ho will, and does constantly, risk his for tune rather than give an advantage to the national enemy. No foreign Gov ernment in an Asiatic state is ever able quite to trust the people, while it is a universal experience that if a rising oc curs, the people enter into a silent con spiracy to give it aid. They may not rise, but the foreigner hears nothing of the plot till it explodes, finds no one to betray the leaders, and Is Conscious of living in an atmosphere of deadly hos tility. In the exceptional case of small Mates separated bv nnv cause from their neighbors, like that of the Albanians, the Afghans, the Burmese, or the Druses, patriotism is a burning passion, to be as fully relied on as the same pas sion in any European country. Men who think thus declare that Arabi Pasha, though governed by mixed motives, still does feel the nationalist feeling; that his followers, though moved by many emo tions, still do seek the independence of Egypt'; and that a good many of tlxvse Wjunn we consider dangerous fools, actuated by bloodthirsty race-hatred, honestly believe that in rioting they are risking life in order to be rid of enemies i to their country.— London Spectator Accident in a Sulphur Mine. 1 he (lazctta Pieniontcsc reports a ter rible accident, in one of the sulphur mines at Caltanisetta, in Sicily. The rope by which a wagon heavily laden with sulphur was being drawn up an incline out of the "Tummine'di” pit sud denly snapped The wagon thereupon "gain, and, there being no possibility of stopping it. the wagon rushed at a tremendous speed to the bottom of the pit, and was .ns.jn.ly d„ hwl pi,.,.,.,. 1 "j“ tin high friction the-brinistone burst in to flames, with the most distrous results ? he n . llnci ’ S1 who Wl 're at work at the tune As soon as the tire was ext in- F"'* ,h ‘’re 'vere no fewer than thir teen dead bodies taken out of the pit the victims having all been suffocated and burned to death. There were, addition, upward of thirty miners who m^reTr e u ed lnj . uries ’ cl, iefly burns of a more oi less serious character. Diameter of Cyclones. Cyclones extend over a circle from 11 k > 1,010 miles. In the West Indies they are sometimes as small as 1 i but on reaching the Atlantic / f liey dilate to WO or 1,000 miles. Sonie / times, on the contrary, they contract in tmur progress • and, while confraeting they augment fearfully m violence. TIS violence of the wind increases from th., margin to the center, where the' phere is frequently quite calm. Flax. Some months ago we published an article upon the growing of flax for fiber, and it was and is a subject of con siderable importance. But it receives but comparatively little attention, for there is a very prevalent disposition to shirk the labor necessary to produce an article that manufacturers can use. To do this requires a greater degree ot care and the adoption of more thorough methods than the majority of the fann ers seem willing to give or adopt. Ihe production of seed alone appears to be sufficient to satisfy the most of those Who grow the crop. In the article we published, and to which we have re ferred, it may be remembered that mention waS made of the fact that at Ohe time a company of eastern capital ists erected a flax mi'll in a elation of the West in which there was fifty thous and acres annually under flax, but that the enterprise had to be abandoned. Now to one who is inexperienced, it would lie supposed that such a section would guarantee the success of a flax mill. There was the mill and there was the flax, Yet the undertaking was a failure. And why? Because thd farm ers of that section would not grow flax for the fiber. The company said the farmers would neither pull the flax, keep the straw straight dr treat it as it deserved—that they seemed to be con tent to raise flax for the seed only. In thus doing, or rather in thus not doing, the farmers of this section certainly did not act in accordance Wit 11 their own interests. One of the great drawbacks to the cultivation of flax for the fiber, is the want of market in many sections. The business of manufacturing, which at one time assumed considerable pro portions, has declined, as is well known, and a market for the fiber is not always accessible. But in this instance the market was brought to the very door of the flas groWer, mid it is near ly unaccountable that lie did not take advantage of it. It is estimated thrft the neglect to grow flax for the fiber upon the one million of acres de voted to the crop in this country, en tails an aggregate loss Os about twenty five millions ot dollars, a sum, as will be admitted, of sufficient importance to attract attention to the subject of liax growing for the fiber. The time is coming when we shall not ho satisfied to suffer this annual waste, and in the meantime, the inquiries which fre quently come to us, in reference to flax growing for seed, are notftd With inter est, because they indicate that there is an increasing interest in flax culture and that beginners are getting themselves in to a pathway that will sooner or later lead to handsome rewards. After awhile, in this great fertile West, where crops grow so luxuriantly, with a iidriitnum of care and labor, we shall learn to economize by a more thorough system in the growing of all crops. Now we are wasteful. We spread out over to many acres, and lose the interest upon the value of a great deal of our land, in that we do not force our farms to yield more. Gradually there is a reform progressing in this direction. It is true the progress is very slow, and thorough reform will probably never be Estab lished, while there is so much land that we can almost have if we will simply occupy it. But the American farming population is too intelligent to permit reckless waste to go on, even if there arq strong temptations to do so, with out a steadily increasing eflort to cheek it; and as a part of this effort, the con version of flax liber into Value, will come. If the flax growers of the coun try will make it a point to produce fiber that is tit for the mills, the mills will not be long wanting. flax needs a good soil and a dry one. If it is naturally inclined to be wet it is folly to attempt to grow flax upon it, Without first thoroughly draining it. Usually a good wheat soil is good llax soil. 11 is an exhausting crop, and the soil ought to be new to it. The ground should be thoroughly prepared, and the sowing done in the spring as soon as the soil is reasonably dry and warm. The quantity of seed will differ accord ing to the purpose for which the crop is grown. If the production of seed is the object, about a half or three-quarters of a bushel to the acre can be used: if the fiber is wanted, about a bushel and a half. When a small quantity of seed is used, the plants send out large branches, which will produce rnanv seed-bolls, but the fiber will not be very good. But when a larger quantity of seed is used, a larger number of plants, of course, are produced, the plants grow straight and tall, and produce a good quality of fiber, but not much seed.— 11 estern Hural. Hunted Machinery. W hen the Arizona diamond excite ment was at its hight certain parties in Denier formed the •• Arizona Diamond ' ompanv, ’ capital .*1,000.000 and is sued shares at live dollars each. Hun dreds of thousands of these shares were aken without any questions beingasked but when the Wind began to blow cold a certain Eastern man. who hail invested about >.. 000 and was hangin.around toi itn idends, dropped into the 7xd of fice of the company and inquired: hat are shares worth to-day’” “About 90, I bel ere.” "ha- a dividend be. n de hired vet?” ' , . let. We are iust getting in good shape to realize, however. As soon as we get our machinery we shall have returns.” ‘ Machinery? What do vou want of machinery? 1 thought the d amend, were picked up bV hand?” ySo they are. 'That is the old wav of doing business, but this . ompanv . kn’t 00l around picking up diamonds’by the handtu . He have sent for machinery i loads a wagon in eleven minutes by the watch, and if the cussed mules don t baulk we’ll have the first twenty fo’ir wagon loads here early in June. Fme weat her- good-dav, sir.' Next.” ’ hull /Street Aevs. , astute medical man, in France, has discovered a venomous poison in the germ of the potato, to which, he says many of humanity’s ills are to be ittrib tited How singular it is that he made this discovery only after the succulent i potato had risen m value to almost jf s weight in gold, and in dignin to the proud eminence heretofore attained only / rM botbouse -* tra "’berry.—A. fl Stable ManaftmetH. Much depend* upon the groom in the | management of horses in the stable. Frequently very poor grooms get con trol of good horses, and the owner suf fers the loss resulting from their incom petency. It is more difficult to find a competent groom than it is to find an experienced fanner, skilled mechanic,or practical sailor, because there is no rule or mechanical standard by which to de termine the groom’s competency. An efficient groom will keep the stable clean, and purified from the carbonic acid gas generated from the lungs in respiration, and the ammonia escaping from the excrements, so that the horses Will not breathe these gases, which create disease. He will arrange in all ways for the comfort and good health of the animals placed in his charge; he will have “a place for everything, and everything in its place;” he will be kind tempered, humane to his horses, raid faithful to his employer, and will understand his business, and have honesty to execute the trust with fidel ity, vigilance and economy. In many stables there is a head man, or superintendent, who takes the re sponsibility of managing the stable, lie feeds, or sees that the grain is prop erly measured out. He keeps order, oversees every department, secures deanfiness and vigilance in the serv ants, and has the power to discharge help for inefficiency or bad conduct, which has a powerful influence over their good behavior. Ho provides food, Superintends shoeing, and attends to the repairs Os the stable. He does everything that an agent ean do as well as the principal. Feeding is one of the most important duties ihlbe stable. Horses require to be fed at regular liOttrs, and in silQh quantities as will keep the subjects in condition to perform their daily labor'. Horses at work require about two per cent, of their live weight as the daily allowance Os food. From sixteen to eighteen pounds of grain, and an equal weight of hay, would be considered a liberal allowance for a large horse in full work. Small, or idle horses, would not require more than one-half of that amount, as the quantity of food will de pend upon the size and the amount of work required of them. They must be fed enough to supply the natural waste of thd body, and to re-supply the sub stance exhausted by the labor per formed. It is not good policy to let work horses get thin. Tt costs more to put on flesh than it does to keep it on. Flesh that becomes hardened by exercise will be kept up with less food, under the same work, than it took to put it on. From fifteen to twenty pounds of food will about supply the daily consumption of horses, large and small. The English cavalry horses are fed fen qparts of oats and twelve pounds of hay three times rt day. The American cavalry horses have hitd thu English ra tions increased to thirteen or fourteen quarts of oats and an equal amount of liay three times a ddy. The hunter, in the season, is allowed from sixteen to eighteen quarts of oats, and about eight pounds of hay, fed five times a day. The race-horse is allowed from eighteen to twenty quarts of bats per day, and nearly as much hay as the hunter, being usually fed five times a day. The feet and legs of horses require particular attention. It is an old say ing with horsemen: “ Keep the feet and legs in order, and the body will take care of itself.” The legs are the first to ffiil. The horse, when brought in from severe, protracted exertion, should be rubbed down dry. His legs, from the knees and hocks down, should be well hand-nibbed, so that friction will create insensible perspiration; that will tend to prevent swelled legs, stiff joints, contracted tendons and sprung knees. When the legs are fevered from over driving, they should be bandaged with wet cloths, to take away the heat and prevent wind-galls, that prove eye sores, and which, without diminishing his capa ity for labor, materially affect the market value of the horse. The plan of stuffing the feet twice a Week in dry weather, is adopted by many with horses used for fast work. The stuffing generally used consists of equal parts of clay and cow-dung. Moss or tow is a cleaner stuffing, and quite superior to clay as an antidote for thrush and frog diseases. It can be packed in dry, and wet afterward. It will leave the feet sweet, clean and soft, when washed out regularly with warm salt water. Stuffing prevents the feet from becoming dry and brittle.— National Live Stock Journal. How They Get the Best of Us. Johnnie went out and “losted” him self yesterday. He was missing for two whole hours and the neighbors were all aroused to see if they had seen the stia\ ,'oung vagabond, wheeling a little . red wheelbarrow off with him. After a long ami tedious search he was found I m the back-yard ot anew chum, mount i ed in triumph on the roof of a hencoop, n.dnt he -catch it." Well, no, not hardly. It was this way. When his mother started out to look for him she determined that when once found he would get such a spankingas would cine him of his nomadic tendencies, but as she looked and looked, and beo-an to grow anxious, she ••mellowed" toward the h He scamp, and by the time she found him, his face browned ami heat- with the sun, his hands begrimed wi h dirt, his apron tore, and * new st d'>hed in his shoe, she was so l se ?, h . lm that she Picked him up and kissed him. “He was only a little "ays oil. that’s all," said she', as she rave him a second plate of pudding »t dinner fqr being “such a nice little run- . ’ Oh.,U, IM, on., get "h, S f eVCry t,me — New Haven H -g- During the past six months 92 per sons. aged 90 and upward, died in Phil adflphia. Os these 17 were men and 75 were women. Five of the women were centenarians, and one man, the oldest of the lot, was James McTague, who had reached the age of 109 K There were also 178 men and 311 women who were so or beyond it when death called them away. These statistics prove that Women are the longest lived.— Philadel phia cord. I i —No f ’ residen t of the United State. | has ever left the country, even tempora rily, during his term of office. I i. 1 1 ii o i No. 184 Market I qHATTANOOGA. TIC IST IST. H Refined Petroleum and Lubricating Oils. |Bcp3 6m | HERRON’SI I Special Announcement for the Spring! ■ | We present to our patrons, and the public generally, this Season the most com- . ej plete assortment of Goods ever shown here. 7 They were purchased for CASH, and we now offer them at INSIDE FIGL RES. BUT SEE US AT ONCE, AS WE SELL AT BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH. L We know that money is scarce this year with you, but remembei that Prices will be in Proportion to Your Purse Wp and if we have the Goods you want, and yoit can spare the money, now is the I time for you to secure THE BEST OOODS for flic LEAST MOJXETV AT lVi XXBRRON* SCKNPS, f t wbrk FOUNTAIN HEAD FOR BARGAINS. _ __ - ii ii - Irri . w 11 ( tn THE “WHITE” SEWING MACHINE.I ai The Ladies’ Favorite! bjilt BECAUSE IT IS THE LIGHTEST RUNNING f the most quiet; makes the prettiest KWIW'-yi l ! w— x.GwaAcjt stitch ; and has more conveniences than any other .Machine. des. |ESi| : y L It is warranted live years and is the ( ’xSwl ST?? -W• easiest to sell, and gives the best satis- V't wl faction of any Machine on the mar * cet " h® g 2 ■ M Intending purchasers are solicited to " fe's examine it before buying. Responsible er , old dealers wanted in 511 unoccupied ter ya b|o9 > rit0 *T- ■'he J. I>. Ac T. ■ff’. sxirni. Wholesale and Retail Dealers, ■' marll till janl 59 Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA. I 3 Lawrence & Martin's 1 I ssjjjk | k Bwmwj F ° r Cf? uc ” S COLOS SORE throat bronchitis, ASTHMA, PNEU MONIA CONSUMPTION, Diseases of THROAT, CHEST AND LUNCS. I nfl I A1 Bl ft S“ Tft I II Has always been one of the most I < l) Pf , . T ?? r l v I Kill Xk 01 nit i 3 L i lai I 8 weapons wielded by the MEDICAL FACI IT UIiLUH In I 111 I 111 11 against the encroachments of COUGHJJ.COL I. I (Dxsrxnnmv! l^1 ■ I ULV BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, SORE TIlROAl; and I I’Ni’J i?>o i. n v. lts mcipiejit and advanced stages, and all diseases of the imr nev ? r been so .advantageously compounded as in the TOLU, ROCK and 1 svstem g Ba ?aamic properties afford a diffusive stimulant and tonic to build up the I sjstem after the cough lias been relieved. Quart size bottles, Price SI.OO. , I C/LU T 8 Bl TP° not be deceived by dealers who trv to palm off Rock and I MEIHCATFU.J. 1 .. ■ in . pl ? ce of , our TOLU, ROCK ANli R?E, which is the ti I DemUsittnV«£L.H^ he £ enulne . has a Private Die Proprietary Stamp on each bottle, permits it to be Sold by Druggists, Grocers and Dealers Everywhere. ru -ra. >. „ A*' WITH °UT SPECIAL TAX OR LICENSE. 11( he TOLU, ROCK AND RYE CO., Proprietors, 41 River St., Chicago, I' l, ; Uliolosale and Kctail Druggist, •> Dealer in ZMZZ&ZDIOI3STES, OHEMIC AIj-'I Perfumery. Soaps. Hair Dyes, and Toik-t Articles generally; White Lean, I for use. (. olor- 1.1 Oil; Dry. Linseed. Tanners'. Machine’ and Kerosene Oils: Varnishes, t u tty, n indo w C. lass. Lampsand Lamp Fixtures: Surgical apparatus, such , , as Abdominal Supporters. Trusses. Lancets. Pocket Cases etc etc. . I This firm a’so .tea's n Smoking and ( hewing Tobacco. Fine ( igars and snuff, and have the c* I elusive Drug trade 1.1 due Wines Wmskies and Brandies in Dalton ,■ ( all and see them at the corner of King and Hamilton streets, DaltonS.a. Prices guaranteed" ■ compare with Atlanta. ” j c 181> Ig The Dalton ■ I [CHANGRD FROM INDEPENEEy 2 . W rH 7’ Hflpa Brightest. Most ProgressiviN- Z ,J? jfl lEK- Av M N'e’ws Pa>per days feed - > M ONLY OTSTE IDO' ' !);li( W- ■ Vlx .-r t i-.-r- tm I r,., tt,r A|. e ■