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VOLUME 13
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESBAiff JJANPARY 13; 1891.
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. COUNTY DIRECTORY.
MS.
Judge Superior Court—Hon. Richard H.
Clark, Atlanta, da.
Solicitor-General—John S. Candler, Deca
tur, Ga,
Ordinary- 11. T. Cooper,
«-G!erk Superior Court -James A. Pittman.
Sheriff—.Henry Wi^rd.
Deputy Sheriffs—G. W. Blair and J. B
Eskew.
Tax Collector—VV. A. Sayer.
Tax Receiver- W. 1’. Tackett.
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon.
Surveyor ~J. K. Winn. *.
Coroner—F. M. Mitchell.
JUSTICE COURTS. *
130Jtl^JCPwn district—1st Thursday In each
'.■liionUi. -X'.hn C Brassell, J. P. and V,. 11.
Cash Jf.l<^ind Kx-ollic.io J.J\ :V;i S>-i ‘
f^apSL^8Ul distffet—2nd Saturday
InTefoEiuonUir A; R. Bomar J, Pi, J. W.
"•iWo'wu, N. P. Ex-offlclo, J. P.
784th—Chestnut Log district—4th Saturday
in each month. Frank Carver, J. P., Ci B.
Baggfe, N. P. Ex-officio J. P.
I25£^-;WinstQn District—3rd Sa urday in
each md4th. A. B, Davis, J. Jk,. J. H. Winn,
N . P. Kx-otlicio J. I’. '
1260th—Fair: Play district—Friday before
2nd Sunday^ each month. ,J. T. Stamps, J.
yVg W. H. Hucton, N. P. Ex-o.Kc!o J. P.
3A;be®s<unbies’ district—1th Friday
■unity ix AT. Wilson J. P., Frank
iS-Qfflcio J. P.
1271st—fitiddledistrict—1st Friday in each
month. J-. J. Johnston, J. P., A- Hembree,
N. P. Ex-oifieio J. P.
1273rd—Salt Springs district—3rd Friday in
cacti month, .1. M. James, J. P., C. Blair, N.
P. Ex-oiilcio J. P.
RAILBOAD TIME TABLE.
GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILWAY.
WORK OF A CLOUDBURST
THE COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION
OF A LOVELY VALLEY.
1*
Schedule ln Effect Dec. 28th, I891.
NO, 50—BALLY.
Le.ajv^ Vtlant a. . .. ■ * . 1*Q*^ P m
furri ve'Dojaglasyille.v...,. .. ..;.....;, *2.24 p m
“ AniSiston'............... -. ...... 5.44 p m
“ Birnli|nghapi 8.45 p m
I NO. 51—DAILY.
Leave Birm In gham................... 7.15 p m
Arrive Anniston....>...
“ Douglas ville..
* “ Atlanta.......
I NO. 524-DAILY.
Leave Atlarfta ;
Arrive Douglasville......... . . ........
“ Annistou........................
, Birmingham....i..... ........
9.40 a m
12.56 p m
2.15 p m
11.20 p m
12.35 p m
3 . 34 a m
7.15 a m
m
I NO. 53—DAILY.
Leave Birin i ngham................... 19.60 >p m
Arrive Anniston 1.19 a m
, . “ ... Doiijmsville. II................ 5.05 am
“ Atlanta 6.30 a m
TALLAPOOSA ACCOMMOD ATION .
Leave Tallapoosa. 7.00 a m
^Virrive Douglas v 11 le....»............. *. 8.3$ am
4*' - Atlanta:...,, .............. 9.55 a m
jPNn^eave Atlanta.... © ...... 4.00 p m
Arrive Do• ig'lasviiie.l, 5.18pm
g§| 6.55pm,
pale of 'r... _•. i*r« -it .ii! r.Mhix fupjn
kXIlroau ufUgeorgEa'
CEX I ItAL
*JXo. 2, to Macon, Albany, Tlroi^asyiU^ amUti*
Savannah ..7 00 a iiv
*Xo. 14, ior Macon,..............TT... ;1042p m
No. 20, to Hapevil le A 1110am
■ ;r*N6: 12. to Macon, Albany, and Jack- .
^sonviile............ ......,. . ,12 15 p m
*No..l6, to Last Point and Qritiin...7. 5 00 p tu
*iS r o. 4. aeon, Savannah and Jack
sonville., ...........,.............. .... 7 05 p m
-EASTSTENN., Va. &,OA. R’Y.
mm
^No. 12, for Rome, New York, Ciiicinnatti,
Knoxville, Memphis & Ala. points. 7 .40 p m
;;s No. 14,: for Rome, Nashvilie, Cincinn,.,ti,
New York and Memphis......... .;... 2 00 p in
^No. ll r fbr Savannali, Brunswick and Jack-
son ville...p.......I..................12 50 a m
*Np. 13, for Savannah, Brunswick and Jack
sonville.. .......... . ... I......... A12 00 m
.AVESTaRN AND ATLANTIC kUALLROAD*
To Uhattanooga^f.s. 7 50 a m
To Marietta... ......... . . ......... i. .,11 45 a m
To Chattanooga*.. I. . 1 35 p m
To Rome................................ 3 45 p m
To Marietta............................ 4 35 p m
To Chattanooga*............, ; 6 18 pm
To Chattanooga*. .11 15 p m
To Marietta .-.,.,.. u..... 4 Q0 p m
igL^TAAND WEST POINT RAILROAD
To> J elma*.....*. ... 1 25 p m
To West Point.......... . . . ..V........ . 3 35 p m
To Selma*-:........................ 9 50 p m
' P GEORGIA RAILROAD. ~ ~
To Augusta*?
To Decatur...
To Clarkston.
To Augusta*.
To Decatur• • • r*. • • • • •
.. 8 00 a m
... 8 55a m
..12 10 pm
2 45 p m
3 45 p m
TO Covington 6 20 p m
To Augusta*... ....................... 11 lop m
PIEDMONT AIK-LINE.
(Richmond andDanyille Railroad.)
To Washington*. 7 10 a rn
To Lula....,, 4 30 p m
To Washington*. .........\... . 6 00 p m
IL
- 1 GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILWAY.
To Birmiiigharn*. . , . 1 05 p m
To Tallapoosa*, .v. 4 00 p m
To Green vi i le*. r 11 20 p m
ATLANTA AND FLORIDA RAILROAD.
To Fort Val ley*
305 pm and 7 00am
*Dailyv fSunday only. All other trains
dallj r , except Sunday. Central time.
T. It WHITLEY, M. D.
DRS. WHITLEY
H. B. ROBERTS, M. D.
& ROBERTS,
PH YSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
‘ WILL do a general practice. All calls prom pt-
. -ly at tended. Surgery and Chronic Diseases
Wd mv-fua^peeia tty. ' . c< !'7
Broad-Street, Jpf^uglasville, Ga.
th&masc.miLner,
Attorney at Law,
2i Marietta, St., Atlanta, Ga.
WILL practice in all the Courts, State and
Federal.
W. T. POOLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
W ILL practice in all the courts. Special
Land vigorous attention will be given
to the collection of Qlaims in all parts of the
United states,
v- - -- j - -—— —| ;
Employment for All.
Qutfit|free; experience not necessary. You
can easily make., from #50 to $loo per
month.l Send for TERMS. We want the
addressM every pioiure agent in the South.
Address
EGLE PORTR I 1 o.,
Chattanooga. Tenn.
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Georgia Pacific Hotel,
TALLAPOOSA, GA.
CoBveniently ocated and Refurnished,
:■ , SPECIAL REDUCED RATES
To Week and Month Boarders,
Special attention paid to
DRUMMERS.
ftS, WHITE, Proprietor.
In Fifteen Minutes the - Scene Changed
from Paradise to Desolation—Wild Race
of Animals Before a Wall of Rushing,
Foaming Water.
Here, between the fir covered sides of
the parallel ranges of mountains,\is a
valley half a mile wide an d ten miles
long, its upper end beginning far up in
the grim ’hills. It winds njiiout like a
river, and here and,There it is crossed by
a creek which seems a ihresM' |
trailing along the green grass.
A carpet of grass and flowers—here
and there a grove—birds flying up and
down—a warm and gentle sun pouring
down from out of a clear June sky. As
we look down upon this valley w* are
reminded of paradise. Never a scene on
earth more peaceful. One swinging in
a hammock under one of those green
trees beside the brook would find him
self as near to the peace and quietness
of heaven as any spot on earth affords.
There is ^ierd of buffaloes gracing
afar up the Wiley.' There are deer in
the groves. Three or four wild horses
are 1 standing in the brook, while others
are lying on the grass a few yards away.
Hares scamper to and fro in playful
mood, and there is nothing to frighten
the most timid. The peaceful influence
is so powerful that we hush our voices
as we look down.
In some awful convulsion of nature
these grim mountains were heaved up
from the bowels of the earth—grim,
sterile, desolate—landmarks of a. mighty
conflict of elements. At the same time
nature created this valley as an offset.
On the mountain are desolation and de
spair; here are beauty and contentment.
“Look there!”
THE BLACK CLOUD APPROACHING.
Away up among the dark hills wo see
a black cloud rising up into the clear
skies. But for its blackness one might
believe it a signal smoke made by the
Indians. It is a cloud trying to lift it
self over the mountain from the east
side. It began forming fifty miles away,
and it lias traveled slowly and followed
the windings of rivers and creeks, and
exacted tribute from’ ponds and lakes;
drops—gills, quarts, barrels, tons—.of
water have been absorbed and lifted up
as the cloud traveled, and the desolate
mountains were mt.g^ete-wiiioh aWsacked
|©loud Irfta iSelf~flpand |||jl§if|i
pwflS&Bflai it- away^jko'fr
condensed ;«ud bas^e'Area^L^hd as'
the'ustfhggle be-
cbmes fiercer. There isriio byplay of
thunder and lightning; only a black
menacing cloud fighting itself. A
Up! Up! Up!
Ah! Heaven help them! There is
nothing but animal life "in the valley so
far as we cjya see, but every on-looker
utters a groan* of despair as he sees the
cloud suddenly fall out of sight behind
the peaks. What does that signify? It
means that the cloud could not lift itself
high enough to clear the mountain, and
that when its lower edge hit that tall
peak on a line with us there came a
cloudburst. The tons of water.held in
that big cloud fell to earth with a force
you can scarcely conceive. Trees were
made into matchwood. Rocks weigbing-
a thousand tons were whirled about.
Bowlders which a hundred horses could
not pull from their beds were sent flying
down the mountain side like marbles.
Every handful of earth, every tree, shrub,
vine, flower, every stone, rock, and
bowlder which could have been moved
only by the blast of a hundred pounds of
powder is swept in one awful avalanche
into the mouth of the valley!
We hear the crash. We feel the
mountain quiver under us. We are
warned of what is coming. Every liv
ing thing below us has heard the crash
and felt the quiver. Instinct tells them
what has happened and warns them to
flee. Iii ten seBbnds every living thing
in sight in the valley is rushing down its
length. Here and there a deer turns to
the right or left and finds A place where
he can ascend, and a big wolf scrambles
up the almost perpendicular bank at our
feet, and there lies crunching and whin
ing in terror.
A WILD RUSH FOR LIFE. .
Look up the valley. No man will
ever see such a sight twice in hi« life
time. There is a wall across the valley,
a wall of roaring, tumbling,* seething,
foaming waters. Its height is eight or
ten feet and its speed is that of a rail
road train. The buffaloes were the fur
thest up the valley. Watch them com-,
ing. The herd numbers about fifty, and
every animal runs for his life. Now
buffalo, deer, wolf, horse and hare are
coming in a wild mob, and close behind
them that foam crested wave of death.
As it reaches the trees they melt away.
As it tears along the sides of the valley
great rocks are loosened and carried
along.
The rush is led by a sorrel horse—his
new coat shining like velvet-—his eyes
full of excitement his ears laid flat
back. He is 200 feet ahead of every
thing, and we wave $jjr hats and cheer
him as he passes us.
Roll! Tumble! Foam! Crash! The
.waters are littered with trunk and branch
and bush. The noise is deafening. The
power is so great that the mountain is
shaken. We clutch*the hushes at our
side and hold our breath as the wave
strikes.
* * * » * *
It is over. Looking up the valley we
see—what? Never a blade of grass or
flower or bush or tree! Simply a track
of desolation Which nature cannot re
store in a dozen years,
Down the valley—the same sight.
Nothing left behind but rock and mud.
A paradise has been turned into desola
tion almost in the twinkling of an eye.
Where peace and plenty reigned a quar
ter of an hour ago is now a channel of
ruin—a valley.' of despair—an acreage
over which the wolf may prowl and the
serpent crawl without finding food.—
Detroit Free Press.
IVhat OneTioy Accomplished by Reading;.
, I knew-' a boy, a scrap of a lad, Who
almost needed a high chair to bring him
up tp the general level of the dining
table, who liked to read the encyclopedia.
He was always hunting round in the big
books of the encyclopedia—books abont
his own Side—-for what he wanted to
know. He dug in it as another boy
would dig in the woods for sassafras’
root. It appeared that lie was interested
in natural history and natural phe
nomena. Ho asked questions of these
books, exactly as he Would a^r a living
authority, and kept at it Till ne^got an
swers. He know how to read. Soon
that boy was an authority on earth
quakes. no liked to have the conversa
tion at table turn on earthquakes, for
then he seemed to he the tallest person
at the table. I suppose there was no
earthquake anywhere of any importance
but that he could tell where it occurred
and what damage it did, how many
houses it buried, and how many people
it killed, and what shape it left the
country it had shaken.
From that he went on to try to dis
cover what caused these disturbances,
and this led him into other investiga
tions, and at last into the study of
electricity, practical as well as the
oretical. He examined machines and
invented machines, and kept on read
ing, and presently he was an expert in
electricity. He knew how to put in
wires and signals and bells, and to do
a number of practical and useful things,
and almost before he was able to enter
the high school he had a great deal of
work to do in the city and three or four
menmnder him. These men under him
had not read as much about electricity
as he had.—Charles Dudley Warner in
St. Nicholas.
Abstract Numbers.
It is not easy for children to conceive
of numbers apart from sensible objects.
For this reason our elementary books in
arithmetic present pictures of the articles
named. The child learns to add and
subtract simply by counting. Such a
practice has its place ih instruction, but
is apt to be encouraged too far. The re
sult is the ridiculous habit of counting
One’s fingers in the work of arithmetic.
The Wallachian peas-aht is said toper-
form all multiplications above four times
four by this method. It is evident from
the word which We use for the several
figures, digit, that they originally repre
sented so many fingers.
The circumstance affords a" reason for
system of counting. The
UuEd&odoef^al system pf counting by
twtdvoSor ;iplff doaSrtofreW' but ar the
practice "of counting the two hands to
gether with the ten fingers.
The score, or twenty, was a primitive
assemblage of fingers and toes. It came
into use at a time when people, went
barefoot,: The French use this method
in forming their tens; four twenties is
French for -eighty. The word “score”
came from the practice of notching a
stick when one had counted to twenty. .
In the Maya dialects of Central America
the word for twenty is the same as for
man. It represented his value in mathe
matical calculations.—Youths’ Compan
ion. ~ ■■ ~ -
Military Reservation in Early Kansas.
All along the outer margin, of the res
ervation were grouped the camps of em
igrants; not many of them, but enough
to present a curious^ and picturesque
sight. There were a few tents,- but
most of the emigrants slept in or under
their wagons. There were no women
or children in these camps, and the
hardy men had been so well seasoned by
their past experiences, journeying to
this far western part of the territory that
they did not mind the exposure of sleep
ing on the ground and under the open
skies. Soldiers from the fort, off duty
and curious to hear the news from the
outer world, came lounging around the
camps and chatted with the emigrants
in that cool, superior manner that marks
the private soldier when he meets a civil
ian on an equal footing away from the
haunts of men.
The boys regarded these uniformed
military servants of the government of
the United States with great respect, and
even with some awe. These, they thought
to themselves, were the men who were
there to fight Indians, to protect the bor
der, and to keep hack the rising tide of
wild hostilities that might, if it were not
for them, sweep down upon the feeble
territory and even inundate the whole
western country.—Noah Brooks in St.
Nicholas.
Girl Queens of Europe.
During the present century three girl
queens have, before the advent of Queen
Wilhelmina, almost simultaneously as
cended the throne of a European na
tion: Maria da Gloria of Portugal, Isa
bella of Spain and Victoria of En
gland. The two first had the mis
fortune of attaining to the regal power
while still mere children. There has
been a wide difference between the^itis-
tories of the . spoiled daughter of Spain
and the headstrong Portuguese damsel
and that of the grand and conscientious
maiden of 13 who was called upon to
reign over Great Britain. By her close
affiliations, through her sister, the Duch
ess of Aibany, to the English court,
Queen Emma will probably profit by the
example set by the Duchess of Kent in
the education of her daughter.—Cor,
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Waves 350 Ifeet High. V Y
The waves that hurl themselves against
“Lot’s Wife,” one of the Mariana islands,
drench it to its topmost pinnacle, about
350 feet,above sea level. A trehiendous
surf sometimes runs at Baker island, even
without any strong wind., or perhaps the
wind blowing from a contrary direction.
An unbroken Wall of water twenty-five
feet high and One-quarter of a mile long
rolls in, threatening to deluge the island,
and affording one of the grandest sights
imaginable. These waves are said to be
due to the southwest monsoon* biowing
strongly in the China seas, many miles
away, —Ghainberg’-J ournal.
How the Dwarfs of Bp Gl'.- iLATYican For-
est Build
Their villages, situato : to' a M er the im
pervious foliage of the cljamp of
trees to he found ne&ggf IcSality where
they propose camptog^S^ivtis as being
comfortable, snugand Mast., I have seen
ninety-two huts in one of Invilhigos,
arranged in a circle of ffelifefifty.yagds
in diameter.: The are genl
CAME BACK AFTER DEATH.
Here's a Ghost That Evidently Liked
Work .Connected with a Drug Store.
A curious thing is said to have liapr
pehed at Crosse'n, Silesia, in the year
1659. I11 the spring of that year one
Christopher Monigh, a drug clerk (an
apothecary’s servant, as the old account
Says), died and was buried with the
usual services of his church. A few
days after liis death a shadow exactly
erally found at the Cfo^w^y|i Where two like his in face, clothes, stature, mem,
Or more paths. intci’sectji^,, : i : AA‘.frum two
to three; miles d^to^^^E^tonltnfal
settlements. Our anwfiJWb’way^ess-
enea on meeting thop,'' jp^Uhe more
paths we
surod df food, »nd the ^Sj^oxedf j
Sometimes these fores&fvj^ges [Were
planted midway between pstollel lines
of settlements, A sbon walk from our
camp through the woods, north or south,
would take us to plantations large enough
to supply a regiment w!i||gfood. One’
time we came to a group'of dwarf vil
lages whence a broad pasix fe^t wide
communicated with nuotl* -r group three
miles distant Tins road. was a revela
tion. It informed ns fhrjfefe tribe was
more than usually pSiwerp^tlfat it was
well established; thip ^itfgbfef possessed
power) and was per^^^*to>! exercise it.
Outride of the great Engdom of Uganda
we had'hot seen in Africa a cut road
longer than half a mile-,.
Tli- huts in every pyto-y ■•amp were
of a tortoise back figjaafKift doorways
were not more than thM^f^-high, and
were placed at the ends being for
daily use, and the other, which fronted
the hush, for escape.\ - Tin -2'for constant
convenience . looked toutodiUthe circular
common and poink-d to Uito-rufer, where
stood the tribal oliieFs.hu t „ as't hou;Ui the
duty of every hbusehsld^yd| to watch
over the Safety of Min ruled the
community.
We rarely foundfia, hhf J|igher than
four feet six inches, they va
ried from seven taSenafeftt, while the
. width would he frorS four and a half feet
to seven, In what appeared to be old es
tablished' camps. w|f tolind,;rough cots,
constructed, v/iii- ii a'tow
inch,;; aWy.;- l'iv grduuif. i.ficr thestyle
^ou^|s»*f&toSt qi. u k”--v \ lay
ers .qf pl|ynintoleaBHaa luxurious
bed.—Henry M. St#lg^^^e-ribnef’s.|:5 -
TKe Aji&or^M^^®yv»rk.
Thaf ithetajitfe. is oari- v led to betray
excesriye'ftitorifet In himf^Tf-i&a fad dto
in a; 4 iyS^aSftda'clIj
tions%p^,t^fcJi Ins aikisric success <]e
' s to-e.
pra&rd 75jH7' ai l' ? r 'Y
mddel
covering at a momerit^l
pose.
Ilis models are e-uitwiua-iy on the
move;’each one, to l-.' ed.vir in.', must
net onlysshiae with tl^>-||g|i| of varied
circumstance, hut' imv.t al^-, cauto
for existence by effectluiipn lie others;
since the interest of a story ii.;.vs the in-
Istant its charhoters arpaat cristandstill. 1
afehlicS .ftts
rsfc|
^ftdesired
etc., appeared in the drug shop Where he
had been employed before his decease.
In .the shop lie would walk about, sit
himself down, take boxes, pots, glasses,
etc., from the shelves, always returning
them tw their exact places.
Later on he began totry the quality of
the medicines and to weigh various drug
stuffs in a pair of scales used for that
purpose; would ponhd drugs in a mortar
With a “mightie noise,” and even serve
people who came on business to the shop;
in a word, do all that a servant in such
a capacity could do. He looked Very
ghastly upon those who had formerly
been his fellow servants, they being
afraid to say anything to him. The
owner of the drng'shop was sick at the
time, and this phantom servant soon
began to cause him a deal of trouble,
performing all sorts of tricks on -the in
valid, speh as pulling down the bed upon
which he lay, burning sheets, coverlets,
etc., and at one time even going so far
as to throw the lamps in the fire as often
as they were brought into the sickroom.
During all this time he had never been
seen in the streets or heard to speak.
Finally, one day he put on a cloak that
hung in the shop and walked out into
the streets, minding no one and turning
neither to the right hor to the left.
Nearing -the churchyard where his
mortal remains had- been deposited, he
met a maid servant with . whom he had
formerly been on speaking terms; ac
costed her, only to see her fall in a
swoon. This single instance is the
only ono in which he is said to have
spoken during the six weeks he was ter
rorizing all that portion of Silesia.
When the girl fainted the gallant
phantom essayed to help her tq her feet,
aiid placed in her hand a paper written
in bipod red ink telling the location of
much buried 1 treasure. ■ That night Prin
cess Elizabeth Charlotte, the then chief,
magistrate of Crossen, determined to
put an end to the ghostly raids of the
drug clerk. She ordered, the grave
opened, and the corpse, grave clothes
v’itodithe^^ coffitoburned:.'
Talleyrand’s Remarkable Career.
Talleyrand has been dead fifty-two
years. The first volumes of the memoirs
he left are 1 issued. He himself forbade
their publication until thirty years after
his death, and at that .date his literary
executors found a further postponement
necessary. He was thought to be the
depository of more secrets than any other
man of his day, with greater power over
the reputations of more men, living and
dead. Naturally these memoirs Were
long awaited with a singular mixture of
curiosity and alarm:
The career these memoirs portray was
and remains unparalleled in 'modern
Europe tor length and variety of dis
tinguished service. Begin pi ng^yi th Louis
XVI, from whom he received his first
appointment, and from whom he went
later with a letter to the king of England,
Talleyrand served' in all eight known
masters—besides a great number of
otherSrivho were at one time or another
said to have him secretly in their pay.
He became president of the Constituent
assembly which organized the French
revolution. He was sent to London on
a secret mission with a passport from
Danton. He wan minister of foreign
affairs under the directory, under the
consulate, under Louis XVIII and under
Louis Philippe.
In diplomatic skill and success contem
porary public opinion held him the first
man of his period—that is to say, for half
a century the first man in Europe. As
to real influence on affairs, it is doubt
ful if any minister since can be said., to
have exerted as much, with the excep
tions only of Bismarck and Cavour. Even
they did not cover so wide' a range, or
deal with such a bewildering variety of
negotiations,- extending over so great a
time, and furthering the views of so
many masters.—Whitelaw Reid in Cen
tury. ' ■ . . . , ..
Tattoo Marks Irremovable.
It has often been claimed that tattoo
marks may be removed by pricking over
them goat’s milk. This is a mistaken
idea. Chemists and others have for years
experimented with various preparations
in the hope of discovering some agent to
wholly remove india.ink marks from the
human skin. Nothing, however, has; as
yet been found that will remove a por
tion. even of the objectionable marks, un
less, possibly, the attempt be made im
mediately following the tatteaing proc
ess. At'Mount 'Washington University
hospital, Baltimore, an experiment was
some years agumado in, the presence, of
the writerlfebtothe'foroarnilof a noted
MEMORY. • |
Out through tie trees you rode that .day, -
To keep the tryst that our hearts had made; •
Or was it a dhance that I went that way,
, And met you there in the shade? .
Along the lane with no break of sky, .
Together we measured our horses’ pace,
And the shadows came through the branches
high
Over your downcast facer g
Was it true what you told me then, sweetheart,
. In the golden glow of the days that, passed,
Was it false what you s'aid when ’tWas time to
part ,
From a dream too sweet to
To-night you sit in the candle’s glare >
j And greet the man thajf they sayyou, v ^|we^^gJ
Is there no thought of the summer there, * y'7
Or the old, old love long dead? .,
The violin's playing that old love tun/d^
Makes me think of the past aga'rhT ‘' ***"■
The tender words in my^fancy croon
And I see you now^—as then,
When out through the trees you rode tfiat day,
f To keep the tryst that our hearts had- made;
Or was it a chance that I went that way,
And met you there in the^shade?
—•Kate Masterson in Texas Siftings.
HiBlll “j
’re-"
semhled sand blast work, failed in a lew
months, hut two of them, in an attic
window where the clerk lived prior to
Ins death, were plain to he seen up to
thq time the building was destroyed by
fire in 1741. No explanation of these
mysterious shadows haSgpvef been
given.—St. Louis Republic.'
As a natural: consequenp|.'t;h;:ij creator . cats Enjoy Fun.
carrjes them-ialways th-i really The sportiveness of kittens is exnber-
most*alert in their behalf hh seems' an t and makes them the most delightful
to he most inaetive. : , j| 0 f pets. Lindsay’s remark is superfluous,
At home apd abroad lip is ef or playing 1 except that it has to he made for the.
his game ol chess “wiieredfnho pawns formal completeness of his treatise that
are men,” .foith no boarf^oignide hint. dogs and cato take part in the fun and
but that mysterious one traced .upon the frolic—sometimes rough and boisterous
table pf his brain. All hears enough—of their child playfellows. They
1 contributes its inite to t^Otffcesol sug^ gi ve every evidence, in fact, that such
gestion from which he drig^aiui by his fon and frolic are the most enjoyed
skill in the drawing his power is deter-i features Of that period of their lives. As
mined. Intricate problems force them- fo e animal matures it becomes more
selves upon him,, to be'solted with tho: sedate, and even assumes a meditative
nicest discrimination ou#of5l|i4|own ex- j a j rj but the taste for sport does hot die
perience. With him efoaaisS vipance is! 0 ut till infirmity begins to wear upon it.
the priqe of victory,—Rhn| OfYiew in I a cat mentioned in Tlie Animal
Scribner’s.
A Costly Fan Withont an G>vnpr.
One of the prettiest things fti'.tlie mu
seum of the dead letter oflliiis'a lady’s,
fan made of sfork feathers, the plumes
being rarer and richepSith^ ^finest
ostrich plumes. It is inpst hijtguificent
in appearance, and douhjtleS 8 ,graced' the
costume of some court lieauty ia the Old
World. It came to th|| eoi3|j|ry from
Europe many years ago, but qp clew to
its owner or origin was . evlf 1 obtained.
In one of the cases there is a |>ax of wed
ding cake, which camlgto tlgdiad letter
office six years ago as unclahahd. It is
little old ahd4i»i)red,.but
World would allow itself to be rolled up
or swung about in a tablecloth, and
seemed to enjoy the fun, and^Wood’s
dignified Pusset would let his friends do
anything they pleased with him—lift
him up by any part of the body, toss
him in the air from one to another, use
him as a footstool, boa or pillow, make
him jump over their hands or leap on
their shoulders, or walk along their ex
tended arms with perfect complacency.
At the same time he was keenly sensi
tive to ridicule, and if laughed at would
walk off with every manifestation of of
fended dignity.—W. H. Larrabee in
Popular Science.
: ge tting a
by this time would probablj ho pretty
dry eating. Coiisidqring its present Scotch Thrift
characterigrios it might ba excellent An Englishman, an Irishman and a
^ to, |gi|| , making a tour, around the
tainly has all the elements^necessiiry to city a short time since, were observed
produce a fanciful nightmare. ; Rosaries looking through a confectioner’s win-
are quite common *-if$ -theua^nst laRF- dowafra beautiful young woman serv-
crucilixes are also plentiful.—JVashing-
ton Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Spelling Conies by Natnre;■■
An F street attorney relltos he
received an application.ps|EMon
from a country lawyer"-in j
cently,'in which the clmmah||hgned Ins ■
name as “Daniel O, Gon&efl.:’&4n@i#se- i
quent papers - filed he > rote R; •‘’jOanL 1 j
O’Connell;” The'attorBlribvwflfci itplthe
lawyer to report whetlfe ;the^ime vyafe
O’Connell or Cfmnoll. The
Blackstpne retorted in wyat'hdfei|^||ly
considered, a veiy sarcaatei lelfe wupd
ing up with’ this hit bM'bsU|®c1 jpjp
“The name .Is O’Cohiie^^^llRyl
might know; but what d ’en jiiVi? it•
make, anyhow, whether; -vop; s%. .-"v)’is
Cartliy, come out of
out of the house, .McOarthyPji’—pvlsML
ington Post 1 • *
MisscAdelina Patti Bated, a godilulgh-
ter of the diva and daughter of d Mif'
English iron founder, has a strin^of
pearls* collected from the days of her
babyhood. One of her first gifts wa| a
number of fine unstrung pearls, and to
these'have been added’ Others •frotu tithe
to time by parents and relatives -until
she now has a matchless necklace; *. j
Until late* years the salutation of
“Merry Christmas!” .was almost un
known in many.southern homos; After
the. fashion o_f the Awaits,”, in many
places negro men and boys some time tea
fore Christmas go in the evenings from
door to door: singing, in the liOpo of re
ceiving- gifts of money or eatables. -«
ing in the shop. “Oh!’* exclaimed Mr.
Patrick, “do let ns be after spending
half a crown with the dear craytur, that
we may look at her convaniently, and
have a bit of chat wid her.” “You ex
travagant dog,” said Mr. Bull. “I’m
sure one half of the money will he suffi
cient; but let us go in, by all means;
she’s a charming girl.” . “Ah, wait a
wee,” interposed Mr. McAndrew; “dtema
ye ken it’ll serve our purpose equally
weel just to ask the bonnie lassie to gie
us twa sixpences for a shilling, and in
quire whereas Mr. Toompson’s house,
and sic, like. We’re no hungry, and may
. as weel save the siller.”—Birmingham
i Mercury.
A Monstrous Tide.
H The Bay of Fundy forms a cul-de-sac
; at which the Atlantic ocean seems to
^.ye taken a special spite, and at regu-
p|r intervals pours into it an enormous
ajpount of water. Take the harbor of
Bt. Johns as an illustration of what this
mighty tide must he. In -most parts of
the world a tide of ten feet is considered
something abnormal, but at St. Johns it
rises twenty to twenty-four feet in good
weather. In stormy weather the mo
notony is varied by the high water
mark "being pushed up even ten or fif
teen feet higher.—St. Louis Republic.
(fon-
lilllll Min’ ■Tvvi^rv'fogfpS^me- connect
ed with the practice of tattooing, Ciit
from the dead man’s* aim a strip of skin
'upon which a coat of arms appeared. Be
neath the'skin the: design remained visi
ble. By degrees the flesh was removed;
the design in india ink stiff remaining in
sight until finally the bone was. reached.
After a thorough sponging for the pur
pose of removing the blood and pieces of
flesh remaining, it -was found that the
representation still appeared. After but
ting away a small section of the bone the
indiarink mark was found to have not
penetrated beyond.—Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
Knots on Trees.
In the barks of- our forest trees are
contained a multitude of latent buds,
\vhich are developed and grow under
certain favorable conditions. Some trees
possess this property in a remarkable
degree, and often, when the other parts
are killed down by frost, the property of
pushing out these latent buds into
growth preserves the life of the plant.
^These buds, having once begun to grow,
adhere to the woody layer at their base,
and push out their points through the
bark toward the light.
The buds 'then unfold and develop
leaves, which elaborate the sap carried
up the small shoot. Once elaborsjjted, it
descends by the bark, when it reaches
the base or inner bark. Here it is ar
rested, so to speak, and deposited be
tween the outside and inner layer of
bark, as can be learned on examining
specimens on the trees in the woods
almost anywhere.—Science Gossip.
Hard to Suit.
People sometimes have good ground
to complain of their grocers, and not
■(infrequently the grocers have reason to
complain of unjust criticisms on the
part of their customers.
One Saturday evening, when there
was quite a crowd of purchasers in a
grocery in one of the suburbs of an
eastern city , a gentleman came in in a
blustering mood.
“See here,” he said to the proprietor,
’‘that fancy creamery butter of yours
tastes of the firkin.”
“I don’t see how that can be,” an
swered the grocer, “for I keep that but
ter in glass jars.” .
“Well,” said the customer sharply, “it
tastes of the glass jar then.”—Youth’s
Companion. ,
Antique Stage Properties.
In “The Old Homestead” as it has
been given at the Academy of Music in
New York, and all over the country as
well, an old fashioned New England
clock a century and a half old is one of
the stage properties; also a gun which
was manufactured in 1725, and was used
by Denman Thompson’s ancestors in 1776.
The old wooden rocking cradle used in
the last act of the play is oyer 130 years
old, and has rocked six generations of
Uncle Joshuas.—New York Ledger.
A Wonderful Shoe Shaped Violin.
The Paris Figaro announces, the sale
of one of the most curious violins known
to the music fanciers of the world. It is
now on exhibition in Paris, where^he
American tourist can take a peep at it
for a few centimes. It formerly be- -
longed to Paganini, the great violinist,
and at first sight merely presents "the
appearance of a misshapen wooden shoe,:
Its history is curious. During the win
ter of 1838 Paganini was living in a
maison de sante called Les NeothermeS’,
48 Rue de la Victoria. One day a large
box was brought here by the Normandy
diligence, on opening which he found
inclosed two inne£ boxes, anff, wrapped
carefully in several folds of * tissue paper,
a wooden shoe and a letter stating that
the writer, having heard much of the
Wonderful genius of the violinist,
begged, as a proof of his devotion to
music, that Paganini would play in pub
lic on the oddly constructed instrument
inclosed.
At first Paganini felt this to be an im
pertinent satire, and mentioned the
facts, with some show of temper, to his
friend, the Chevalier' de Baride. The
latter took* the shoe, to a violinmaker,
wist* converted it into a remarkably
Sweet toned instrument. Paganini was
pressed to try the shoe violin in public.
He not only did so, but performed tipphg
it some of his most difficult fantasia®*
which facts, in the handwriting of the
Violinist, are now to he seen on ti;-e qnji-
;.TrrpEpgjprrt
*“©1MS
train, WhBSsMt 1
Sever supposed to carry*, passengers,'"'
Under the rigid rule's' of • the-average
auditing department it is doubtful
whether money turned in from such a
source would he accepted by the presid
ing Solons.
But the carrying of passengers fell
under tho eye of the construction de
partment and a dismissal followed. Dis
charged for this violation of rules, our
promising financier re-entered the ser
vice on another division of the road,
where his industry and patience were
rewarded in time with a passenger
train. It would appear that he stood
^better in the confidence of his superiors .
’than in that of his fellow conductors,
the more cynical of whom expressed
doubts about the company’s ever getting
the train back after he had left town
with it.—Frank H. Spearman in Har
per’s Weekly.
A Storm Wave.
A great storm wave is peculiar to cy
clones. At the center of the disturbance
the mercury in a good barometer may
be lower by three inches than that in a
similar instrument on the verge of the
cyclone. This is owing to the diminution '
of atmospheric pressure consequent on
the rotation of the air wheel; and as
nature abhors a vacuum, the sea in the*'
vortex rises above its usual level until
equilibrium is restored. This storm
wave advances with the hurricane; and
rolls in upon the low land like a solid
wall. In the Backergunge cyclone of
1876 the storm wave covered the land at
the eastern end of the Ganges delta at
heights varying from ten to forty-five
feet, as measured by marks on the trees.
One hundred, thousand lives were lost on
this occasion;—Chambers’ Journal.
The Victim.
He—Fanny Brown is engaged. Gueth
who to?
She—What! That stupid, snub nosed,
common little creature? Who on earth
is going to be fool enough to marry her*?
He—Well—er—that ith—I am.—Life.
A Limited Space.
Customer—I am afraid the head of
this hammer is too long to admit of a
good blow. I want to hang a pict
ure-—
Hardware Clerk—For heaven’s sake,
where do you expect to hang the picture
—inside of the steam rxdiator?
Customer—No; in t>e rear room of a
Harlem flat.—New Tfotk Evening Sun.
Joe Jefferson is a thinly built man of
medium size. His eyes are blue, hi;
manner charming, and he is 60 years old.
He takes a two hour nap every afternoon.
Queer Tilings iii the I>ea,'A juetii;r f'iilITC.
A bootblack’s outfit, a wood saw, a
hat box, a gold headedcane, snuff boxes,
gold, silver and bronze medals, coins of
all Ends, countries and ages are among
the curiosities collected. The metal ba
sis for a set of false teeth is in one of'
the cases; It was unclaimed, and came
to the dead letter office several years
ago. A short time since an old' gentle
man who visited the museum recog
nized the remains, of his former set of
false teeth. He had sent them to a den
tist; he said, for repairs, hut lost sight
of them entirely. As he had bought a
new pate he said he had np use for the
old ones, so the$ remain in the dead let
ter office.—Washington Cor. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Too Load.
Tailor’s Boy —Does Mr. Highstyle
board here? •
Woman—Yes, little hoy.
Tailor’s Boy—Well, here’s a new pair
of pants for him.
Woman—You'can’t leave those here,
little boy. There’s a very sick woman
in the house, and we’ve got to be abso
lutely quiet.—Munsey’s Weekly. >’* *
All Right.
“See heah, Cadley, did you call me a
common ass?” v ' /
“No, Snobbutton, I said .you was an
uncommon ass.” ft
“Aw, that’s different. I cawn’t stand
having anybody call me Common, y’
know,”—Epoch.
In 1755 a wave sixty feet high drowned
60,000 people at Lisbon, and in Scotland
a boat on Loch Lomond was carried
forty yards inland by a wave which was
suddenly formed on the surface of the
lodh by the same cause.
