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\ m VOLUME 13 DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESBAiff JJANPARY 13; 1891. H NUMBER &§ . 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. Lr" 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.