= = A Genuine Case of #Jim-Jams.” Last Bunday evening some of the young men went out to take a stroll, and during the ramble visited Btubb’s fish pond, just inside the incorporated limits. Among those who constituted the party was a Mr. Cox, from Macon, who, near the dam, spied asnake of most beautiful eolor, the stripes and soales of which represented the seven colors of the rainbow. With the an- tipathy characteristic of a man to the serpent and the fulfillment of the adage: “Tne seed of woman shall bruise the serpent’s head,” Mr. Cox hurled s ‘huge round stone’ at the snake, and, to the wonder of the look- ers on, the snake's body was severed in twain, To where the pieces were at this time lying it took but a very few s>conds to reach the dying reptile. Once all eyes were taken from the snake, and then he was as whole as before and apparently suffering no in- convenience from having been stoned. This very much sur rised the young men, and the cariosity, for it was cer- tainly such, was captured and a string placed around his neck and brought to town. Here a really wonderful ex- hibition of the phenomenon began. Ar fast as piece from piece was pulled rom the body of the writhing curios ity and thrown upon the ground the links, for such they were, would os soon unite again. Nor was this separation of parts all the peculiarity about the monster. Upon the end of thetail wasa horn, evidently a weapon o! defense, about as long asa needle and quite as sharp. It exhibited nv sign of vielousness, but of perfect res- ignation to its fate. The eye was as sharp as an eagle’s and as blue asa June sky. Its length was about three or four feet and siza proportionate. After its body had been completely severed link by link until the head was left to itself, this member then bore every mark of former vitality and the eye contained its former sparging brilliancy. Tru!y this reptile ls one of the seven wonders of which we read in holy writ, aud even while we write a feeling of sacred sadness passes through our frame and wakes a dor- mant spark of youthful piety. ee —— i > When to Smoke. There is very litile, if anything says the London Lancet, to be said against the use of tobacco in the average state of the organism. Those who are un- favorable affected by it should abstain, and it is wholly inadmissible in youth, We should go so far as fo say that no young man should smoke before he bas attained his msjority, aod it would be well if he deferred the use of tobacco altogether in every form until the extreme hmit of development, ~vhich may be placéd at the age of 26 years. It is impossible to give any precept as to fhe time and mode of smoking. Speaking generally, the points of cantion should be to avoid ir ritation of the mmueous membrane cf the mouth and fauces, loss of salivary secretion and super excitement of the nerves snd nerve centres, Cigars are better than pipes, and far better than cigarettes; but no cigar should be smoked for more than three-fourths of its length, even with a mouthpiece, The smoke should be taken into the front of the mouth and ejected as rap. idly as possible. Properly and moder- ately enjoyed tobacco smoking, the writer concludes, is not a baneful hab- it, but one that may be reasonably enjoved. The Crinoline Revival. Thanks to the ladies, there Is every prospect of a lost trade being revived, When criuolines went out the falr ones expressed themselves as’ de- voutly thankful, and said sweet things about the elinging skirts which fol. lowed. Judging by what they stated, male creatures came to the conclu. sion that erinslines would never again be worn. Fashion, however, ls still all- powerful. At first there was a slight protuberance which was just visible; then the jsunty Newmarket was dis- tinctly “parted,” and im about mx weeks the “erinolet’’. was general. Now the erinoliue is fairly upen us, Two Shefficl: manufacturers who make a specialty of erinoline wire are fall of orders, largely on foreign ao count, but a goed deal of it is also for the home markets. When the fashion went out the change brought disaster to several firms engaged in production of erinoline steel. Now the pretu- {ses are being again put to their old use in the hope that crmnoline may become as firmly seated this round of the fashionable wheel ‘ad it was the ast, ———————— A A] ———— “What would vou do if mamma should die?” she pathetically ssked of her little three-yerr-old dsughter. ‘I don’t know,” remarked the infant, with downeast eyes and a melancholy wolce, “I thpose 1 should hayes to thpank myself !,, “Yes, sir” he sald, “that’s an aw- ful knowing bulldog o’ mine. He was jam full o’ fleas, and he got sick o’ wrenching his spine and the cords of his neck reaching round to gnaw ‘em, taste of himself, What did he do? Went out,sir,and got into s fight with another dog, and and let that dog do geut dog, sir,” bh EET # Wo A slim, dark eyed girl, with brown hair knotted by a cardinal ribbon, in a dress of pale violet—the whole a peculiar, ploturesque effsot in the old wood, Leah Lyndon was looking idly at the busy workers of an ant hill at her feet, and waiting. A leafy old tree arched over her, the sunshine fell war nly into the glade, the air was full of the balsamic scent of the pines. Leah waited quietly, full of the pleasure that surrounded her. Suddenly the bushes crackled, and a man s;r nk lightly down the bank to her side—a slender, dark man, of less than thirty, perhaps, with pierce ing bisck eyes, and a smile so disa- greeable that it was aimost a distor- tion. Lesh was not startled , but she looked surprised. “Is it you, Brette?'’ sheasked, putting on her hat, which she had been bwing- ing in her hand, and so shading her face. “Yes, it is me,” he answered, com- ing close to her. ‘Who did you think it was?" “I did not have time to think,” she answered, evasively. He could not see her face, the un pleasant smile died. “Don’t be disappointed, Leah, Per- haps he will come yet,” he said, mockingly. She did not answer. Suddenly he tirew his arms around her and at. tempted to kiss her, but she put her hand across his black bearded mouth and struggled uatil she released her- self, ““You hate me, do you ?’’ he asked, looking at her with a savage, cruel light in his eyes, “Whe has taught you that?" “I do nct hate you. ButI do not love you, and—I cannot let you kiss me,” panted the young girl, replacing her hat, her beautiful hair loosed by the struggle, “I will not stay with you to be treated so.” And she turned away, yet looked anxiously down the glade. There was some one else whom she had expec ted. “I am never fo kiss you,” he sneered, standing with folded arms and regarding her. **You are tired of like a glove. For whom, pray?” She stepped back a-few paces, and looked at him, at least, fully. “] have been kind to you—for Annie's sake,” she said, then added, aa If the words were forced from her; “You wera not kind to her!” “Who taught you that ?"’ he asked. “J can remember—I vonderstand now, though she never complained,” she answered, sadly looking sgsin down the giade, But no one was com. ing. “Do you think I donot know who is talking me down—who has come between us—~who has supplemented me?’ he cried. “You have avoided me for a week—since FP. eston Ar.hert)n has been here.” Her lip curled faintly as she turned Away. “Come between us!’’ she repeated scornfally. He sprang to her side, walking be- gide her. “A man's private affairs are his own! But he was always a spy in the bouse, { would have turned him out of doors, but that he was ray wife's brother. And now he comes here, fal's in love with you and tells you that I ill tr-at:d Annie to make common cause with you—to Wet’ you against me! By heave 8! he will repeat of this busi ness |" “ “ Preston Atherton has told me nothing but the simple truth,’ sald Leah, glad that they were nearly out of the wood, where she felt much safer. ‘He has nothing against you, I think. And if I ebooee to walk in the wood with him, when we are both at leisure, it is nothing to you.” He ground his teeth. “Do you mean to tell me that you did not know T loved you—that you do not mean to marry me?"’ “ Marry you? Never!” blazed Leah, wrathful and besutifal, The look with which he regarded her was not good to behold. * He will repent this!" he muttered. “ Ho will you!” They came stiently down the shady road to the mansion of Larchlawns, where they Were bots guests. The graud old place had been in the Lyn- don family for a hundr:d years, and in the summer, GranGsire Lyndon liked to gather his grandchilaren about him, so that ai that season of the year it was always gay. There ‘was & merry party playing tennis on the lawn beyond the larches, and in the avenue a bright group or two. Just inside the gate was a rustic pench, from which a young man sprang up and lifted his hat. He was singularly like Brette Del- ford, though it was only » chance re- resswblance, there being no relation- ship in the case—the same height, A gentle yet assured spirit looked § trig ly bo 4 of the well cat lips was bright and harmonious. Leah ¢rossed instantly to his side and he looked down at her question- ingly. “Did you ¢ me through the wood after all?” he asked. ** I should have met you but 1 was told you were com- ipg home in a buat. The others are fishing by the ford.” And he looked questionably at Brette Delford, who turned silently away, with a rude sneer. Leah sat down on the rustic bench, and locked after the latter as he pass. ed up the avenue, “He told you?” she asked, “You. I have been moping here, missing my morning walk with you.” “Preston Atherton smiled down into the lovely face; but Leab con- tinued to look after Delford. “He has a vile disposition,” she sald, at last. “He purposely lied to you. I am afraid of him.” “Afraid 7 Leah rose, restleasly. “He was poor Annie's husband-— poor little thing! I would like to be- lieve in him, like him; but I think there is nothing he would not do to injure me—and you.” “Has he been making a display of his temper to you? I thought he had more policy.” Preston's glance of surprise was fol lowed by one of painful thought. “Bat you need not fear him, little one,” he said, at length, as if think- ing aloud, The tender phrase brought up the girl's color, making her exquisitely beautiful, “1 do not know what he could do,” she said, “but I believe he will do something.” “Fire! Fire! Fire!” The great Lyndon mansion was in flames before the alarm was given, Leah hear the cry through her aweet sleep—awoke, rose and dressed. She was not naturally nervous. Her sell-possession was of great service now, as she went from room to room to her grandfather's guests, giving the alarm without undue ex itement, giving, also, instruction snd assist. sauce where it was wanted. She kept beside her grandfather, i who, though eighty years old, was | alert an active, as well as sell-pos | sessed, He gave her his watch and chain, and she put them: in her bosom. Then he took from a drawer a small, brass bound, scarlet leather trunk. “Ie that valuable, grandpapa?” “Yea He went out of the room with it, while she knelt beforea trunk, rapidly packing it. Bhe filled it with her grandfather's clothing, rich brocides (Grandsire Lyndon came back. “What did you do with it, grand- papa?” “I gave away.’ “To whom, grandpspa? Are vou sure it will besafe?” for the engines were come and the water was beating in deafening torrents against the plate grass, “To Preston, It was full of gold coin, It will be perfectly safe. I am afraid they will break the windows,” sald the old man beginning to grow be wildered and tired. Then she led him away from the sad scene, Tue house became a ruin. Fortun- ataly, the cottage of the foreman was lsrge and commodious and here tife inmates found shelter and comfort. No one was injured and much had been saved, though the beautiful house was In ruins, One by one the guests of that gay summer time departed. Leah re mained with ber grandfather; Pres. ton, too, and Brette Delford, whose service he needed. “Fortunately I am not quite without ready money,” said the old man cheer. fully. “The little scarlet tronk-— what did you do with it, Preston ?"’ The young man looked up in sur- prise, . “I remember nothing of the kind, sir.” The good old man had his faults, he was quick tempered. “Tut, tut! what are you talking about? You promised to carry ittoa safe place.” “1 saw him take it." asserted Brette, The young man’s bewilderment had the appearance of dishonesty. “There was a thousand dollars in the trunk. Produce it at once!" cried the oid man. “I remember nothing of receiving it,” was all that Preston could say. He racked his braine, he talked over every incident of the fi'e with Leah, but all to no purpose. He was it to Preston to carry bitter and hard, The catastrophe had greatly disturbed him. He was not ike his old self, Leah sald sadly. But dollars was not a slight It was far too much Day by day he grew more dejected, as the old man grew harder, eolder and mote susploious, Leah, saw soon, how Brette Delford added to those unjust suspicions, “Heaven knows I would pay him the amount of the money, innocent though I am,” said Preston. ‘But I cannot. I am poor!” Once the old man had been fond of him, he was mentioned bandsomely in his will. . Now the affection once inspired seemed changed to gall, He would have little tosay to him. He no louger consulted him, Brette was his chief adviser and assistant, Preston's cheek was white, but Leash’s was whiter, Bhe was {11 ; she was nearly crazed with sleeplessness ; yet her old habit of self control stood by her well, Preston, who loved her did not see how thin she was grow- ing. But she had courage, while his had flown. One night, as she lay thinking upon a horny pillow, she heard astep on the gravel walk under the window, B .e knew it. Bhe rose instantly and listened. It went dewn the avenue. Brette Delford paused at the foot of the ave- nue and looked back, It was a star- light night; he eld see no body, he belleved himself pr fectly safe, and the temptation was strong, He went on—down the star- lighted road, under the low hanging trees—down the dewy lane to the wood, wher : the starlight dimly illa- mioated the fragrant, umbrageous glade where he had once surprised Leah waiting for Preston Atherton. It was full of gloom and dampness now, Yet he pressed on, and at last stopped at the end of & huge, rotton log, lying half buried in the dark turf, and peered sharply about it. He bent down, at last, and pressed the spongy mould wita his hands, As he did se, the shiniug butt of a revolver glistened in the light of a twinkling star. He still stooped, searching among the debris of former summers, The rotten leaves sent up a strong, woody odor as he disturbed them, At length he utter=d a faint excla- mation and drew forth & square, dark object, with glittering edges —the scar let brass bound trunk. He rested it upon his knee when he had lified himself, and paused a moment to rest. What white shape was that which glided to his shoulder? Was it a spirit? No, only a girl In a simple, pale wrap, Her slender joweled hand reached and snstehed the revolver from bis breast. With an oath, he turned and saw the weapon leveled at his head, “Take the trunk home!” Leah, “or I will hesitate at ing 1” Hs looked desperately at that slen. der hand; but its owner stocd at a safe distance, Weak as she was, he could not take the pistol from her without advancing upon hls own peril. “Hyme-home !’' she cried, He obeyed her. It was not far, If it had been farther, he thought he might have invested a plan for es cape ; but she pursued him, like an avenging fate, into the cotiage to her grandpa's bedside, “Here is the thief I” she cried. “Brette, did I give it to you?" sald the old man. “Yes,” answered the other dogged- ly, and went out of the chamber. They allowed him to depart. Afier all, it was a family affair. Before daylight he had gone, no one knew whither, And then the old man could not do enough to atone to Pres. ton, and the wedding took place in the fall in a shower of gold. The Gulf Stream, Commander Bartlett, of the English Coast Burvey, has been javestigating the Gull Bream, snd at a recent meet- ing at Montreal he gave some of the results of his work. He made havoe among certain generally received ideas concerning that famous current, which, he says, does not flow out of the Gulf of Mexico, nor over a bottom channeled with ridges and valleys parallel with the Appalachian svstem. He says that there is a wide plateau extending along the coast from the Bermuda Banks, over which the guls stream flows, sweeping it clean to its bard coral bottom ; beyond this the bottom slopes rapidly downward and is cozy with the wash from the plateau. The stream is not a river of warm water flowing over cold, and the Arctic cur- rent does not run inside, This will be all new to most people, and especially to those whose ideas of the Gulf Brea are indefinite anyway, Perhaps fact which will Interest these people most in connection with the matter is the tribute Commander Bartlett patd to Yankee ingefiuity at the meeting referred to above, Dr, Carpenter hav- ing his sdmiration of the work, added that it pleased him to know that the results were obtained with British instruments. To this Commander Bartlett replied that Bir William Thompson did invent an ap- paratus and kindly forwarded it to the Const Burvey + but At would not work. Yankee ingenuity then invented av attachment by which it was made so cried noth- Without PIS than 4 thom LE Suggestive. Food should never be mixed on the plate, Arasene embroidery is now need to decorate the plush frames for beveled mirrors, Oranges are held on a fork while peeled and are divided without break. ing the skin, Cheese should never be {touched with the fingers, but grumbled and eaten with a fork. An. odd eelling for an elegant drawing room is of cathedral glass, sald to have eost $5000, A gentleman should net shake hands with a lady not a relative, un- less she offers to do so. Cheap and pretty bedroom curtains are of cheesecloth, trimmed with very deep torchon lace, There are new English rogs which make pretty and Inexpensive cover- ings for parquetry floors, Autumn leaves and wild flowers are much used for decorative purposes also red, golden and purple asleri, Coffee grounds, thoroughly dried, make an excellent filling for a pin. cushion. As they do pot gather moisture they do not rust the needles, New sconces are of chased brass forming a panel worked in relief, in- stead of an upright mirror at the back for the swinging sockets for candles, A great deal of lace is used for bed- room decorations, It is seen in pro fusion on tne counterpanes and pillow eovers and the toilet mats and table COVers. A novel set of finger-bowl napkins are embroidered with twe've figures from **Patience’’ on t se dozen napkins; the edges are fringed out and hem. stitched. Table mats are no longer used in stylish houses, either at luncheon or dinner. The waller should have a coarse towel outside and wipe each dish before he puts it on the table, An odd and handsome mat for a smaull table or a tete-a-tete set Is made of felt. Make the centre of some dark solored felt, and then make a border of points of different colors and dif- ferent widths, Bution.hole stitch these with embroidery silk, fasten to- gether at the centre, and where the On the wider point fasten six bras curtain rings with gay-colored embroi- dery silk and on the narrower point sew five rings. Fill in the enclosed circle with fancy stitches of the silk. A Apis A Dutch Idea. The Houschold, a newspaper of Amsterdam, Holiand, att:mpts to comment upon the result of the Iate elections in the United Btates, It save : “Last Tuesday being the day in the United States set apart for the eleo- tion of members of Congress and of other officers of the Government, the two great parties which in that coun- try contend for power met in combat. It is well known that these {wo par ties are known respectively as the Republican and the Democratic par.y, names which, however, have not the samme meaning in Europeas they have in America. The Republicans are in favor of centralisation, while the Dem- ocrats are the advocates of federalism and decentraliz ion. The for ner party bas been in power uninterrupt- edly sinoe the year 1860, their recent defeat being a result of the assassina- tion of Mr, Garfield. It is also known thatit Is customary in the United Siates when one party obtains the Presidency for the other party to be given the Vice-Presidential chair. Owing therefore, to the efforts of Pres. dent Arthur, temporary heir of Me, (Garfield, the Democrats have once more taken on of the White House. The new President has not been idle during his sdministration, having put all the wheels in motion in order to influence the elections in the interest of his. political friends. As might have been expected, the Democrats have gained the vies tory ; hence the future of Amsrica is in the hands of that party, When we recall to mind the mean practices of which the Democrats have frequently been guilty, we see that the future of the United States looks anything but cheerful, Now, more than ever before, we appreciate how calamitious to the country has been the assassination oj Mr. Garfield,” . aes AGI BIA. Dynamogen is the same of & new explosive invented by M. Petrie, a Vienna engineer, which he claims is a dangerous rival to gunpowder. Ac i i — Gems From the Pects’ Corner. Labor, [am swart with the soots of my furnace, 1 drip with the sweats of toil} My fingers throlile the savage wastes, I tenr the curses from the soll, { fitog the bridges across Lhe gulls That hold us from the To Be, And build the roads for the tannered warsh Of orownsd homani'y, The Faneral Mareh, Oh, Lord of Hosts! thelr mailed tread, Bearing along the mailed dead, L Makes me bow my stubborn head. Never underneath the sun Will this heart-fathoming march be dome ; Hull, Lord of Hosts | 10 Thee we cry, When our great ones, loved ones, die, Bill some grand lament we erave When we descend into the grave, Bloom Drift. Three days the blossoms were gleaming white, The trees aglow with the rosy snow, That came a4 lhe snow comes in the nignt; But the wind of the north began lo blow, And scattered (he blooms ike drifting snow, Three days, and the boughs no more were white, Nor weighted low with the rosy snow § 1i went as Lhe snow goes in the night; Ere the wind of the norta had ceased Lo blow The orchard blooms were s4 melied snow. Night. [“The pen wherewith [ write most easily is a feather stolen from the sable wing of night.” ~JLosareLrow.} i eare not what the Day may bring, The Night is all my own | A thousand fancies round me fing Their charms; I am alone! Alore with Night and Solitude, foe world's great wheel Is still; Kor vagra t sounds nor voloes rade Tbe happy sllecce fill, Oh, charmed hours! that, all 100 fleet, Speed onto bring the Dav, When shall the Night come, tender, sweet, When Fancy hath its way ? A Windy Day. The dawn was & dawn of splendor, And tbe blue of the morning skies Was as placid and deep and tender As the blue of & baby's eyes; The sunshine flooded the mountains, And flashed over land and ses Like the spray of a golden fountain Bu the wind-tihe wind-~ah me! fdke an weird, invisible spirit, It swooped in iis alry flight, And the surth, as the storm drew near it, Quaijed as in mule affright; Tue grass in the green feids quivered— The waves of the smitten brook Cullilly shuddered and shivered And the reeds bowed down and shook, Likes sorrowful! miserere It sobbed, and it walled and blew TU the leaves on the trees looked weary, And my prayers were weary 100; And then, like the sunshine's glimmer That talied in the awinl strain, All the hope of my eyes grew dimmer Ia a spatier of spilefal rain. Why Should Not Women Whistle ? —— If the mere act of whistling can help and cheer a man so much, why should it be denied a woman ? If whistling will drive away the blues and be company for a lonesome per- son, surely women have much more need of its services than their brothers for to them come many more such oo ensions than to men. Theresrs many who have pot the gift of song. Why should tisey mot whistl» as they rock the cradle or perform their household duties ¢r accompany themselves on the piano? Bat there is a physical or hygienical advantage in whistling which should excuss it against all the It is often remarked that the aver age girl is narrow-chested; and ix that respect compares unfavorably with her brother. May this not be due in some messure tothe habit of whistling which every boy acquires #8 soon as he arrives at the dignity of pants, and giris seldom do? Lel any one try for five minutes the inhaling or exhaling of the breath as it occurs in the act of whistling, and the effect on the lungs and chest cannot fail to banoticed. A daily practice of this kind would be more beneficial than all the patent inspirators and chest expanders in the market. a Southern Fisheries. — The fisheries of the Bouthern At Iantic States may be considered but little developed as yet, for no portion of the entire cosst is so bountifully supplied with valuable fish-food as are the sounds and bayt of our Southern Atlantic coast. The fisheries there are, however, Increasing in import. ance, and within the last ten or twelve years the number of persons employed have been tripled. In certain looali- ties—as at Beaufort, Wilmington and Charieston—a large business has sprung up, with good profit; but this industry is capable of much greater development. The trouble is not in finding the fisn, but in the want of ice for their preservation and shipping facilities. 8:ill, the number of pers sons employed is fairly Iarge—5 2418 but the eapital, some $8 000,000, does not give as large a return as on the North Atlantic cosst. The reason for this apparent discrepency is that Maryland alone has $6,342,443 Invest. ed in fisheries. Maryland ranks sece ond te usetts ln the worth of her fishery products, while her oyster interests are more important them hose of any other Siate, For this wpecial busivess she employs 28.408 persons, has a fleet of 1450 vessels, with while that of Georgia is only $119, {
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