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I |BW AN OLD STORY. When the spring was beginning and May day was nigh, On a country girl spinning the king cast his eye; Fair flourish the roses anear the court wall, But the rose of the hedges is fairest of all “Let me hide my fool’s face ’neath a lying tombstone, , For the world’s gone a-maying, I mope here alone,” ► Said the jester, who sat on the steps of v the throne. But the blossoms will fade which the thoughtless have torn, And the cheeks of a maid will grow with ered and worn, Why should there for such a small matter be woe, Since each hedge, and each village, such roses will show? “King! go to your wine; pretty maiden! go moan! | When its meat hath been mumbled we leave the picked bone,” Said the jester, who sat on the steps of the trone. , Yet a peasant is grinding a knife sharp and strong, And silently winding his way through the throng— Then the dogs must be driven from lick ing the gore Os a monarch struck down at his own pal ace door. “Though her name be a gibe, and her altars o’erthrown, In the end, gossip Justice will seize on her own,” Said the jester, who sat on the steps of the throne. —Edward Sydney Tylee in Temple Bar. A FAMOUS TRUCKING SECTION. The Rich Region That Has Been Devel r oped in Southeastern Virginia. The famous trucking in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va., lies principally in portions of Norfolk, Nausemond and Princess Anne counties. Various causes combine in rendering the section especially suit able for the trucking business. The soil being a light sandy loam becomes warm early in the spring, is readily influenced by fertilizers, which are held by a clay subsoil from three to four feet beneath the surface. The influence of the salt „ atmosphere of the ocean to a great ex- ■ tent counteracts frost in early spring, F while proximity to the gulf stream ren ders the winter milder and the spring earlier than at other points of the same latitude. The relative situation and ac cessibility by water to great northern markets contribute to the desirability of the section. Tire well-known fact that Norfolk truck reaches market in better condition than that from many other sections is due to the fact that the bulk of it is hauled in spring wagons to the wharves ' and thence forwarded without further * transfer by water transportation. With so many favorable conditions it may be taw’readily seen why this section has wonderfully developed since the w period when trucking was systematically begun there, not over twenty years ago. Nearly all of the truckers are natives who own their own farms, inherited from ancestors, and all of them have been made well-to-do or wealthy by the business which they follow. I never knew of one who made a failure. Some times the losses are very heavy on one article by reason of depression in the market, but these are invariably offset by good prices received for other pro duce. Some idea may be formed of the fluctuation in prices when it is known that in the case of an article, kale, so | largely produced there, the price varies r according to circumstances from 3 cents to $1.50 per barrel. Large experience, system and undi vided attention, added to natural advan tages, produce the satisfactory results spoken of rather than any peculiar method of cultivation. The ordinary system of hot-bed culture obtains and vegetation is forced by the judicious use of fertilizers, without which the busi ness would prove a failure, for though the soil is admirably adapted to truck ing it is what is generally denominated poor land. The business is conducted ■ by some parties upon a very extensive scale. The Young strawberry farm, “ two miles from Norfolk city, is the larg- ■ est in the world. A few years since a ? Mr. Ames, of Nansemond county, sold half of his potato crop for $20,000; what he realized for the balance I did not learn. The same season Mr. Ambrose Lindsay, the largest trucker in the same county, disposed of his crop of the same vegetable for $90,000. —Norfolk (Va.) Cor. Philadelphia Times. The Mania of Feuds. German papers occasionally allude to the irrepressible feuds of our Kentucky mountaineers, whose penchant for self f help they seem to consider a character istic of anglo-American manhood in a state of nature. But how would they reconcile that theory with the law-abid ing conservatism of the same variety oi the genus homo in Tennessee and west ern North Carolina? Is the feud mania, like milk-sickness and goitre, the pro duct of special highland districts, or, like consumption, a hereditary and slightly contagious, though not epi demic, disease’—Dr. Felix L. Oswald. a The Phillosophy of "Cram.” ’ The exercise of “cram” before examin ations at college has been much ridiculed and denounced. It is defended by Pro fessor W. T. Harris in The Forum. “Os all my school discipline, I have found this one of the most useful. The abil ity to throw one’s self upon a difficulty with several times his ordinary working power is required again and again in practical life on meeting any consider able obstacles.”—Chicago Times. “Sweet Grass” an Indian Perfume, “Sweet grass” is used by the Indians as / a perfume. It has a long blade like timothy, is striped, and when dried smells like sweet myrrh. THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES: WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 14*6 Chinese Tea-Drinking in Ban Francisco. You drink without meat or bread at this place, where I advise you to take tea. Your food is fish and candy and nuts. You will not miss the meat or bread on the table. And this, I think, is about the highest praise I can write down of the delights in spending a 25 cents for a taste of pure and in adulter ated tea. The dinner, or “tea,” is, I as sure you, made up entirely of fish, fruit and nuts; and such queer and curious candied fruits! You see no Americans here, except those who come tearing up the brass stairs with a very red guide-book and very bad manners. Some British sea captains, who know tea, loaf about, but are very quiet. And so it rests you here. You see groups of Chinese merchants, or travelers, come in, sit on a table and take tea as at home exactly. They do not like chairs, and so they double their legs in all sorts of ways. They pay ;reat respect to strangers, and all will rise and run in a body to help you if need be, or to give any information. They always bow gravely and respect fully as they come in or go out. Tea is brought in a large cup of the thinnest and finest blue porcelain. You may smell of the tea, finger it, tear it all to bits if you like. A man stands by with a brass teakettle of a curious old fashion filled with boiling water. This is poured on your tea at your pleasure. Then you put a little red porcelain lid on your large cup. Then in about half a minute you pour the tea from your big cup into a very small and very fine cup, of an egg-shell size and thickness. In the course of half an hour you may, if you like, have as many as three cups of hot water poured on your tea. But lam told that a real good Chinese tea tippler only has one; takesit strong and straight, you see.—Joaquin Miller in Chicago Times. The Clam Cure in Connecticut. In some parts of Switzerland the na tives make their fortunes with what they call the grape cure. The system is gravely advertised, and resident physi cians administer the proper quantities of fresh grapes. You go to a mountain vil lage, enjoy the fine scenery and bracing air, eat grapes for a certain number of weeks, and are sent home in excellent health. Enterprising Connecticuters are proposing to advertise the clam cure in a similar manner. The medicinal ef fects of eating New London clams have never been adequately exploited. The extraordinary recovery of ex-Presi dent Arthur, who got well as soon as he iiad eaten fried clams, is cited as an illus tration. Most men about town know the virtue of a cocktail of clam juice before breakfast. A diet of raw clams is one of the best remedies for dysppesia. In the clam cure, as in all other cures, it is necessary to have some faith as an adjunct; but this can be supplied by the publication of certificates from patients who have been benefitted by a sojourn on the Connecticut coast. —New York Star. The Care of a King’s Heart. A curious ceremony, recalling to one’s mind the customs of the middle ages, took place a few days ago at Munich. King Ludwig’s heart, which had been i removed from his body previous to the embalmment of the latter, was placed at the time in a magnificent silver-gilt urn specially made for the purpose and filled with spirits of wine. The 2d inst. all the bells in the city began to toll, flags were half-masted, minute guns fired, and shops closed, while the urn containing the ill fated monarch’s heart, accompanied by an immense military escort, was borne in solemn procession through the streets to the Western Railway station, whence it was conveyed by special train to Al totting, about half an hour’s ride by rail from the capital. On arrival there it was confided to the monks of the ancient monastery of the place, who have al ready in their keeping the hearts of a long line of King Ludwig’s predecessors. —London Letter. Oliver Cromwell’s Cap. An interesting heirloom, known as ths “Oliver Cromwell cup," has recently been the subject of litigation. The cup in question was presented by Oliver Cromwell to his son-in-law, Gen. Ireton, and was given by Gen. Ireton to Dame Whorwood. A descendant of this lady, one Dr. Whorwood, bequeathed “to Lord Sherborne and his heirs my Oliver Cromwell cup presented to our common ancestor, Dame Whorwood for an heir loom.” Unfortunately, however, for the carrying out of the doctor’s intentions, the late Lord Sherborne died before the testator, and Mr. Justice North has re cently held the cup did not pass to the present Lord Sherborne, but that the legacy lapsed, inasmuch as the the testa tor intended to give the cup to the indi vidual who at the date of the will was Lord Sherborne. —Pall Mall Gazette. The Snail Harvest in France. The snail harvest lias just begun in France. The “poor man’s oyster” is so appreciated that Paris alone consumes some forty-nine tons daily, the best kind coming from Grenoble or Bergundy. The finest specimens are carefully reared in an escargotiere, or snail park, such as the poor Capuchin monks planned in by gone days at Colmar and Weinbach, when they had no money to buy food, and so cultivated snails. But the ma jority are collected by the vine-dressers in the evening from the stone heaps, where the snails have assembled to en joy the dew.—Chicago Herald. Value of Crops in England. In the list of realized sales per acre ol cultivated land in England, mushrooms lead with 500 pounds sterling as the average produced. Following come fil berts, 200 pounds sterling; onions, 192 pounds sterling; black currants, 168 pounds sterling; strawberries, 150 pounds sterling; gooseberries, plums, early let tuce and early potatoes, 100 pounds Ster ling each. —Boston Budget. The Belief in Omens. The belief in omens is perhaps, after ill, the most incurable of all supersti tions. The statistics of a French insur ance company demonstrate that any de lay in the departure of railway travelers stimulates the sale of accident policies, even though that delay should imply no suspicion of negligence on the part of the railroad company. A Parisian buys a ticket to Brussels, steps by mistake into a Havre train discovers his blunder at the next station, and buys an insur ance ticket before venturing to start in the right direction. The Brussels road may be the safest in Europe, but he ac cepts his mistakes as a hint that Provi dence interfered to “head him back," as the Texans would express it. It may be s “warning" and he wants his family to be on the safe side. Nine out of ten gamblers are biased by similar misgiv ings. There are roulette players who will quit the table in deference to the warning of an “unlucky number." Oth ers will snatch off their money at once if a fellow-gambler should happen to put his stake on the same chance; “loaded cards break.” A big hit, too, is accepted as a hint that bad luck has readied its climax and is about to change. Intrepid roughs, business men of an otherwise consistent rationalism, own the influence of fore bodings; the traveler Gerstacker men tions a big-fisted Arkansas backwoods man who amazed him by the confession that he was “always looking for trouble after hearing the whistle of a kildeer,” a sort of small sand-piper. The philoso phers of antiquity, historians who never waste a word on the mythological nur sery tales of their countryman, think it necessary to mention the omina preced ing every critical event in the history of their nation. —Dr. Felix L. Oswald, The Plain of Gennesareth. The sea of Galilee is probably never more beautiful than at this season of the year. Wherever its shores are culti vated they are one mass of waving grain. The chief beauty, however, lies in the oleander bushes that fringe the lake all around. Just at this season they are brilliant with flaming flowers. They grow in clumps about ten feet high, and the flowers are so plentiful that each clump has the aspect of a large bouquet arranged with naturalness that defies competition. The plain of Gennesareth is partly cultivated, but still retains its desolate appearance. Huge weeds make impassable barriers along its many marshy’ brooks. This plain, from El Mejdel (ancient Magdala) to Khan Meiryeh, is one of the most highly favored spots in the world from the agricultural standpoint. Well might Josephus speak of it as “the ambition of nature;” there never was more fertile soil, and copious springs send perennial streams meandering in every direction. This spot will be a mine of gold to some wise capitalist as soon as a good government will guaran tee perfect security. The thorn trees which we met at Jericho seem to thrive along the whole course of the Jordan, and are everywhere the home of nu merous pigeons. These are especially plentiful on the plain of Gennesareth, and are very tame.—Cor. Hartford Courant. The Importation of Weeds. Americans inform us that about 220 species of weeds have been imported into their country, mostly from the British islands. In 1837 there were said to be only 137. The common plantain is known aming the Indians as the “Eng glishman’s foot,” as though following the steps of the white settlers. The common yellow toadflax was, it is said, introduced by a Mr. Ranstead as a gar den flower, and is now known as the Ranstead weed. In 1788, it had overrun the pastures in the inhabited parts of Pennsylvania, and was the cause of bit ter complaints. Chickweed is said to have been intro duced as bird-seed, and the Scotch this tle arrived in a bedtick filled with thistle down. Feathers being cheap, the bed of down was replaced by feathers, and the former thrown by the wayside. The seed soon found a congenial home. There is a troublesame American water-weed, however (Anacharis alsinastrum), which has avenged our transatlantic cousins threefold by choking our ponds, rivers and canals. Another little intruder from the cape (azolla pinnata) may be trouble some. It is a charming little aquatic, and most interesting under the micro scope. Some one had thrown a hand ful of it on a pond we wot of, where the common duckweed (lemna) flourished; but azolla quickly monopolized the whole surface and crowded out the duck weed. —Chamber’s Journal. Mingling of Different Bloods. Every individual must be regarded as a very complex mingling of widely dif ferent bloods. To go no farther back than the grandparents he must be com posed of at least fourteen different na tures. It is not to be wondered at that such a multiplicity of combinations should lead to great variations. The wonder seems rather that members of a family should resemble one another as much as they undoubtedly do. Some times in face, sometimes in form, fre quently in the gait, gesture, and tone of voice, family peculiarities make them selves apparent. To many of these traits Mr. Francis Galton has devoted his at tention. His latest interest has been shown in the color of the eye. The tints of the eye, for the purposes of his in quiry, were divided into “light,” “hazel and dark gray," and “dark.” “The heritage of peculiarity” in relation to eye-color for any child was found to amount to one-fourth from each parent and one-sixteenth from each grand nt. —Chicago News. Kitty Was Provided, Also. A little girl was sitting at a table, oppo site a centleman with a waxed mustache. A;: vi gazing at him for several moments she exclaimed: “My kitty has got smell ers, too!” Rivalry Between the East and Went. “This question of the rivalry of the east and west,” continued the gentle man, “grows more important every year. The Atlantic seacoast, with New York as its head center, becomes more and more antagonistic to the interests of the west, and it is only a question of time when there will be a great party of the east op posed to one of the west and south. The elements for such parties are forming, and it seems to me when they crystal lize that the reign of New York will be for the time over, and that the great west will rule. The west has now the major part of the voting population of the United States and it is in the infancy of its growth, while the east is far ad vanced." “Might such a state of affairs lead to the moving of the national capital to the west or center of the country?” “No! Washington City will continue to be the capital of the United States as long as the Union lasts. The railroad and the telegraph have made all parts of the country near to each other, and there is not the reason for a central capital as in the past. If you will look over the world you will find that the great capitals are seldom in the center of the population over which they gov ern. London is in a corner of Great Britain, Paris is in the north of France, Pekin is in the east of China, Berlin is in the north of the German empire, and St. Petersburg is aw’ay off on one side of Russia. Then there is too much money invested in Washington, both by poli ticians and the people, to ever allow of a change of the capital. The senators and representatives now own private prop erty in Washington running high into the millions, and there will always be large individual interests owned by the men who control such movements. The government buildings of Washington are worth at least $100,000,000, and the parks are worth many millions more. Then there are the historical associations of nearly 100 years of our government. No, I don’t think the capital can ever be moved, and I don’t think it should be." A Few Facts Concerning Coral. The value of coral depends on its color and size. The white or rose-tinted vari ety stands highest in popular esteem, perhaps chiefly because it is the rarest. It is mostly found in the straits of Mes sina and on some parts of the African and Sardinian coasts. The bright red coral, in which the. polyps are still living when It is fished up, stands next in value. Dead coral has a duller tint, and is consequently sold at a lower price. Two entirely different substances bear the name of black coral. One of them is not, properly speaking, coral at all, and it is commercially worthless, as it breaks into flakes instead of yielding to the knife, though it is often sold as a costly curiosity to foreigners. The other is the common red coral which has un dergone a sea change, probably through the decomposition of the living beings that once built and inhabited it. It is not much admired in Europe, but in In dia it commands high prices, so that large quantities of it are exported every year. These are the four important distinc tions of color, though they, of course, include intermediate tints which rank according to their clearness and bril liancy. The size is a still more impor tant matter. The thickness of the stem of the coral plant—we use the commer cial and entirely unscientific expression —determines its price, and many a branch of red coral is valued more highly on account of its thickness than a smaller piece of the choicer rose color. The reason for this is clear. A large, straight piece of material affords an op portunity to the artificer; a crooked one, if it is only bulky enough, can at least be turned into large beads; mere points and fragments can only be used for smaller ones, or made into those horns which are said to be invaluable against the evil eye, but which do not command a high price in the market, perhaps be cause it is overstocked.—Saturday Re view. Providing for New York’s “Unwashed.” New York provides liberally for its “great unwashed” in a fleet of eleven free baths which are moored at different points in the East and North rivers. These baths are big brown houses, look ing like half of a packing box, with two doors on the land side from which egress and ingress is had to the baths. These boxes are moored with two strong cables and ride at anchor. The largest of them is at the battery, and and resembles the old picture-book representations of Noah’s ark, with the American flag fly ing from the peak. Access to these baths is had by means of a broad gang-plank, and an unruly rush is prevented by the presence of a big, good-natured policeman. The baths areopen from 5 in the morning until 9 at night, and are a popular resort for all the men and boys who can not go to the beaches. They are clean, undgr control of bathmen, and those frequent ing them are subject to rules and regula tions governing them. At the battery is a free bath for girls and women at a short distance from that of the boys, but at the other places alternate days are given to women.—Cor. Chicago Journal. The pain and misery suffered by those who are afflicted with dyspepsia are indescribable. The distress of the body is equalled or sur passed by the confusion and tortures of the mind, thus making its victims sutler double affliction. The relief which is given by Hood’s Sarsaparilla has caused thousands to be thankful for this great medicine. It dispels the causes of dyspepsia, and tones up the digestive organs. Try Hood’s Sarsaparilla LIVER PILLS. Use Dr. Gunn’s Liver Pills for sallow complexion, pimples on tbe face and hilliout ness. Never sickens or gripes. Only one for a dose. Samples free at E. J. Keitfer’s Solomons & Co.'s, O. Butler,'s, and Lippman Bro’s. ItteMcaL TeJenEy’sT CARBOLIC SALVE The most Powerful Healing Ointment ever Discovered. Henry’s Carbolic 4alve cures Sores- Henry’s Carbolic Salve allays Burns. Henry’s Carbolic Salve cures Bruises. Henry’s Carbolic Salve heals Pimples. Henry’s Carbolic Salve cures Piles. Henry’s Carbolic Salve heals Cuts. Ask for Henry's—Take No Other. OF COUNTERFEIT;. a* SUFFERING WOMEN! Beat! what the Great Methodist Divine and Eminent Phy sician says of Dr. J. BRADFIELD’S Female Regulator! ATLANTA, GA., Feb. SO, 1884. Db. J. Bradfhcld—Dear Sir: Some fifteen yearsagol examined the recipe of Female Regulator, and carefully studied authorities In regard to Its components, and then (as well as now) pronounced it to be the most scientific and skillful combination of the really reliable remedial vegetable agents known to science, to act directly on the womb and uterine organs, and the org.ns and parts sympathizing directly with these; and, therefore, providing a speci/lc remedy for all diseases of the womn, and of the adjacent organs and parts. Yours truly, JESSE BORING, M. D., D. D. taU CAUTION !-®« The Country is Flooded with quack nos trums, containing IRON and other injuri ous ingredients, which claim to cure everything even We say to you, if you value your life, Beware of all such! Bradfield's Female Regulator Is a purely vegetable compound, and is only intended for the FEMALE SEX. For their peculiar diseases It is an absolute SPECIFIC. Sold by all druggists. Send for our treatise on the Health and Happiness of Womar mailed free, which gives all particulars. The Bradfield Regulator Co.. Box 28. Atlanta, Ga PROVISIONS AND GKOCKHIr. Ginger Preserves The regular old time Pre served Ginger, IN WHOLE, HALF AND QUARTER POTS at A. M & C.W. WEST’S SWEET PICKLES Celery Sauce, Salad Uressing, Queen Olives, Mixed Pickles, Chow Chow, —AT— GEOKGE & GOOuMAN’U Cor. State and Whitaker streets. 3 and 4 QLLAJR/T WOODEN MEASURES, —ONLY AT The Dime Store. Whitaker! street. Texas Land Claims. SOLDIERS who served in the Atmy of Texas in the war with Mexico were en titled to grants of trom 320 to 1920 acres, and emigrants from 820 to 4805 acres. In many Instances these lands are nnclaim d by the true owners, and are possessed by trespassers, but yet may be recovered by prompt action. Parties whose relatives emigrated to Texas in early times, or were soldiers in her army, are invited to apply tome for Information, stating the name of the person under whom they claim, »u<i the names and residences of his heirs. have an Abstract of all the valid grants of Texas lands ever made by Bpain, Mexico or Texas, and can fn nlsh chains of titles on short notice. JAMES B. GOFF, Attorney at Law, Sampson Building, Austin. Texas. B<ew 64p. Illustrat’d Catalog 188 ft freest ever printed, now ready, repreaenta over 900 New, origi nal Styles of Office Library m Desks, Tables, Chairs, Book Cases, lotutges, 3 letter Presses, Cabinets 3 ladies’ Fancy Desks, &o 3 Finest Goods and Lowest Prices Guaranteed. Catalog free. Postage 4c. No postal* Printing. IS fall Business. 1355 GEO. N. NICHOLS Is prepared to QU orders for Blank Books D! ,1 | rw Such as M igatines, Period < teals,Law Books, Music,dtc. MucalliHous Ji'i Book and Pamphlet Printing. 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