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• Scientific Scraps. Saccharin# appear* to canes raaseft and dyspeptic v interna. The Laplander#, a]tljoufla entail in ‘tature, have v<-;y large skulls. Basin, a* nsed ia building pap#r, i* Ijtiag largely replaced bv a petroleum product called “still wax,” or wax ailiags. / The northern hemispheres contain fourteen par cent, of the ccld ihirty-£v o p Cr cent, of tha tempera*®* aad fifty-oao per cent, of tba hot. Ia a paper on Earthquake Sonnets, Prof. Milne suggests that there is a close connection fcatwsaa sounds that precede the shock and the smaller vib rations that bear a lika relatien to them. Prof. Daniel Kirkwood point3 ont that seven o£ the twenty known com ets of short periods have disappeared, either by breaking into fragments, like Bield's ootnot, or by tha transfor mation of the orbit. Sable Inland, in rhe north Atlantic is fast dieappea’iog. Some years ago it was forty miles long by two and a quarter wide, but it has shrunk to nine teen and a halt miles in length and less than one in width. Waters which circulate or stand in leaden pipes or vessels, not only take np particles of lead through mechanic al action due to friction, but attack the metal, the ie:u't of this being goa orally lead carbonate. An instrument called tho phonoza nograph is intended by tho Due de Feltre to indicate the direction of any distant sound. A microphonia plate of peculiar construction ia moved about until the maximum effres is obtained. The surface of tho Mediterranean has been found by accurate measure uient to lie a little below that of the ocean, it resembling somewhat a shal low funnel with greatest depth coincid ing with tha regioo whore tha water is uroat salt. la a paper recently read before one of the English associations of ©ngin aers, the wsiter asserted that, accord* ing to the present methods of dealing with the motive power of the engine, qrlv some 20 per cent, was made avail able, $0 per cent of the energy dovl oped in the furnace being thiown away. In a recent lecture, Mr. J. Hutchin son expressed the belief that arsenic may produce eancc-r. Its effect upon the skin is most marked, but ir may spoil the complexion instead of im proving it, by making it muddy and ansightly. It may also cause *oit corns to grow-, on the palm* of. the hands and soles of the feet. While the most rapid cannon shots scarcely attain a veloaity of 600 yards a second, over 1 500 knot* per hoar, meteorites are knows to penetrate the air with a Telocity of 40,000 or ev*n 60,000 yards per second, a velocity which raises the air at once to a tem peratare of 4,000 or 6,000 centigrade. Tho reported discovery of the “elix ir ol life’* in baths of acetie acid, ap plied daily, has elicitsd some interest ing scientific comments. These de monstrate the biological impossibility of living forever, and show that S°ot tish physicians have used acetio acid since 1850 for dissolving away dead tusae from diseased joints, etc., and hare thas effected some remarkable cares. For a quick filter take a dear piece of ehemeic skin, free from thin place*, cat it of tke desired length, wash in a weak solution ot salsoda or any alkali to remore tlio grease, and rinse thor oughly in cold water before uaiag. Tinctures, elixirs, sirapi, and even tun cil#gas arc, say# a writer iu DtUggi***’ Circular, filtered rapidly. A pint o I the thickest simp will run through in fear or five minute#. By wishing thoroughly after each time of using L will laat a leag time. The S appes cl vke Irtish. Under the aboya title George K n* nan contributes to the Century some lOfhia experiences in Siberia just pre vious to hi# first meeting with politic al exiles. It is with a feeling of ia tense pleasure and relief that ore leaves Hch a village and rides ont upon the wide, clean, breezy iteppa where the air is hlled with tha fragrance of clov er and singing o? birds, and where the eye is conitantly delighted with great, sweeps of gnico’h, velvety turf, or vast undulating expanses of high steppe grass sprinkled in the foreground with millions of wild roseses, white margu erites, delicate fito angled harebells, and dark, red tiger*lilies. Between the village# of Krutaya and Kalmako va, oh Friday, we rods across a steppe which was littorally a great ocean of flowers. One could pick twenty dif ferent species and a hundred epeci mens within the area of a single square yard. Hero and there we desertoJ the miry road and drove for miles across the smooth, grassy plain, crushing flowers by the score a* every evolu' tion of our carriage wheels. In the middle of the steppe I had our driver stop and wait for me while I alighted and walked away into the flowery soli tude to enjoy tho stillness, the perfnm cd air, and the sea of verdure through which ran the long, sinuous black line of the muddy highway. On mv left, beyond the road, wa3 a wide, shallow depression six or eight miles across, rising ou tho opposite s’dr in a long gradual sweep to a dark blue lino o biioh forest which formed the horiz n This depression was one smooth ex panse of close green turf, dotted will grazing cattle and. sheep, and broket here and there by a eilyery pool oi lake. Around me, upon the highei ground, the steppe was carpeted wit! dowers, among which I noticed i-plen< id orange aateis two inches ia iliauu er, spotted tiger h ies with strongly rt-fli-xed petals, white clover, daisies, harebells, spires, astragalus, imdliotue and a peculiar flower growing iu long slender, curved spikes which suggest* ed flights of miniature carmine sky rockets sent up by the fairies of the steppo. Tho air was still and warm, and bad a strange, sweet frtgrairc which I can liken only to the taste o wild honey. There were ao sounds to break the stillness of the great plain but the drowsyhum of beck, the regu lar measured “Kate did Kate did” oi a few katydids in the grass near me. and tho wailing cry of a steppe hawk hovering over the nest of some field mice. It was a delight simply to lie on the grass amidst the flowers and see, h<?ar and breathe. In Providaace, tha other day, they were setting some very tall poles for telephone wires—7o footers. A coun tryrnan came along and asked the fore man what his man were doing. Nsw, the foreman of that particular gang is a mild mannered man and means to be patient and forbearing, bnt he is wor ried a good deal with questions and gets tired of answering them. Ia this particular case ho told the country man that he was building a wire fence “Is that so?” said the farmer, looking up, and then added: “Well, I guess yon’Ye got it bull high, but I don’t be lieve you can make it pig tight.” That foreman hae been very thy of Rhode Island _faraaer6 over since. Tho Picket Counted Nine. As tho sun want down and dark ness began to cresp over the face of the earth tho. angry artillary died away and the crackle of mus ketry was less spiteful For awhile thefightingon the extreme right hung on, to settle the question of who should occupy the old earth works, but at length dead silence fell upon tho whole field- Silence? No! It was silence * compared to the awful roar of the long afternoon, but it was a silence broken b3 r the gefeanis and groans and prayers of wounded men—by the movements of wagons and ar tillery—by the subdued voices of 75,000 men as they camped for the night without fire, and anxiously debated the chances for the mor- row The sergeant marches off to the left at the head of half a dozen men. He drops a man at “Post No. 1,” and gives him whispered instruction. It is the same at posfs 2,3, 4, etc , until the last man has been stationed. There must be vigilant, wakeful men between friends and foes while the long night wears away." “Post No. 6” under a great beech free. Shof and shell have scarred and riven its trunk, and shot and shell have scattered and riven its thick limbs. A quarter ct a cen tury lienee tiiis free will bear wit ness to the terrible struggle of to day. “From this tree to the edge of that thicket, and the countersign is ‘Justice. 111 whispered the sergeant, andas lie passes on tho picket tak es up his heat lie counts as he passes them by—one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. What? Corpse! They are lying on the grass so near the path lie travels that he can touch any of them with his foot There are others to the right and left, farther away, It was here that the enemy charged a battery—here our heroes rallied to preserve it. Grape-shot and canis ter, bullet and bayonet, found vic- tims there Some lay as if asleep, worn out with the tremendous con flict—others raved and prayed and cursed God and man before death released them from their suffering. The picket counts them as he walks, and a sigh escapes his lips. To-morrow night some sentinel may number his mutilated corpse with others on the same meadow. To-morrow night tho autumn winds may vainly seek to rouse him from his death sleep. From tree to thicket and turn. From thicket to tree and turn. He must watch and listen and be on his guard, but by and by he finds time to count again. One—two— three—four— five—six —seven— eight—nine! What! He counted only eight before! Was hemistak en, or can the dead of the battlo lield creep and crawl?-Six—seven eight—nine! Yes, there are nine. In the darkness he had made a mistake. Nine! Well, what mat ters one more or one less corpse upon a field of battle? As the lone picket was on his last turn he was stabbed by a mur derer whom he had counted the ninth man. He was slain to rise no more. Gunnels* Power & Sc .v —JIAKMON/ tfROVE/ —-—, y~. —, . T r a j-j ** r ———~ U iliA LJj . Plantation Supplies. aa Jj J’QvWvMj q*uA We Keep in stock a full supply of good and fresh goods. Wo cm uot surpassed in Quality and Durability. Wo buy at : u’kat figures; w defy competition in prices. We want only a living ou u s'-dee. W do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we wish to aeon:. no c 1 fortunes. We arc receiving daily, a full supply of oar Custom v*r day *ar.ia gj&F* Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Ibgtv- Mv. v. Prices. Athens Music House, 114 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffice, Athens, G ,■* - Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors, Keeps alvw.y* on|hand the Dost makes of , VIOLINS AND BANJOS' And all kinds of Musical Instruments at tho very lowest prices for Cash, or on the Installment plan Written gurnntee< n all instruments sold. Spcoial reduced rates to church es and Sunday schools. Pictures and Pic-ure Frames a specially. All sizes and styles of Frames made to order at short notice. Buy from us and save agents’ commissions. 16 North-East Georgia, Fair Association. Fourth Exhibition Will be Held at Athens, Georgia, Nov. 5,6, 7,8, 9 10th 'BB. OVER $3,000 IN PREMIUMS. Races Every Day, Rf-union 16th Gsorgia Regiment Confederate etersns. fihara Battle. Good Band in attendance. Spatial premiums ior County Exhibits. Grounds in Corporate limits. Spetial rates. Hue Cent pxr Mile on Railroads. Special paras ier North JCat Georgia Horses. SYLVANUB MORRIS* Secretary.