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Te E aBOR GI A ENTERPRISE.
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Attorney and Counselor At Law.
COVINfITON, OEOItOIA.
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Inrli'inil forward thumto my correspondents
fi Washington t lty.
purest and Best
cjtampagkß ciden.
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‘‘i rni-h.MI to t.unilies c-li.-ip. Come nix
will 1" 1u ,...n| |„. h ,iMi,"l tint itl-< ns
lO *'• "Si? 0 than „ y brought Here. I will -ell
if lint ‘teH.-t in 1 ", q, it ns bc
li-KA ♦ "HAHIUSON HEUUY.
ICE AND ICE CREAM.
c..viiufton^b- 35 - !i1 -
Brooms*
Pl.n. ? ot tI.AN £Y.
F- llurithstm'M New Turbine
S3 WATER WHEEL J 5
To bo tho Best Ever Invented.
~* Pamphlet. Eren Aildres-, A ork, Tbi.
Hsw Sals,
Feed & Livery Stable
COVINGTtiN, G V„
CMtltTia) FItF.E from tile De
' Omnibus wffl meet all Trains, and carry cittacns
•at 25 cents each. CAR y CO X, l>ro,frictor,
Lee A Hightower’s old stand, Coungton, < hi
Fine Billiard Table.
I offer for sale ft No. 1, Four Pocket Hilliard Ta
ble. In use but a lew months.
Apply to * -
French’s New Hotel.
'Corner of Cortland and New Church Sts.
NEW YORK.
ox rnv: EunorKAX pt.an.
RICHARD r FRENCH,
iVen. Vr s ’|';t oU hs’tau!iV'l <;U no
HP iuml oiliin I J > ‘'} ];r f th(l cu , h
‘located in the VL SJN *.'< 1 ■" •’ ..
Luiiks’ & Gexti.KhenM Diking Koo^ n A '
TATCHKI).
New Cabinet Shop.
T AM NOW READY to furnish the puV.lc with
ill kinds of .
Xrt-CTiaLia-XTTTMSi
A i.arge and Select nssortm * the
o/llns just kept ou hand
most reasonable prices. ah 1
ALSO
Coffins Made to Oder.
And General Repairing done at piMccs to pm t
4 . o. Li. Un l -I Ik.
no times. „ i;>ti
Covington. Gn., Jan.
"fine whiskies.
the finest and best and purest Liquors in the
krirket, can be found at \^ IITT EN,
Covlligtoh, Ga.
BHANHAM & JONES
t> RItGGISTS
tJOVINGTON, GA.
-- :o: -—-
WE KEEP a well selected stock ot PURL
DRUGS. Medicines, CheinioaU mid L atens
Medicines of all kinds, always on tiand. 1
Paints, Oils, Colors, Dyo Stuffs, Window Glass, Putty
COMBS, BRUSHES; SOAPS, PERFUMERY
AND fancy toilet articles,
wiil be lound COMPLETE.
Yfinc Brandies, Wines, Whiskies, and
Champagne, For Medicinal Use.
We will sell Drugs ns CHEAP as they can be
i'ngilt in Atlanta at retail.
JtF.SO, FINE TOBACCO YND CIGARS.
jry Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully com.
pounded,
E. V. BRANHAM, M. D.
\V. T. JONES.
Dr. BRANHAM
OFFERS bis Professional Services to the eiti
/(•ns of Newton and adjoining counties.—
OtHee at tlie Drug Store, where he will be tounn
day and night.—(s-tf.
T. I). Frierson,
dealer in
White Pine Doors, Sash and
Blinds, Mouldings, &c.
3m2G Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
CANDIES, PLAIN ANI) FANCY
A Largo lot of Fresh Candy-Plain and
thmey, just received tit IVIIII ILN S.
STOVE POLISH.
The best. T. N. PITTS.
Catch 1 m. a lien.
Mr Colileigb, of Nelson slreot, bought
tliree liens Saturday and put them
under a box until he could build a coop,
Sunday morning lie saw one of them in
iho street, and bestowing a brief curse
on tho somebody who had overturned
the box and jeopardized his property, lie
started out after it, to drive it into the
yard, it took fifteen minutes to con
vince him that that hen could not be
driven into that yard, and then he at
tempted to catch it. Throe times he rose
up with his hands full of feathers, and
his chin lull of sand, hut still that hen
eluded him. Once ho got it cornered,
and thought sure he had it, lint it ilew
straight up over his head, and flapped
its wings in his face, and filled his eyes
with dust. Oil, how mad Mr, Cobleigh
was! It was Sunday morning. The
bells were ringing, people were starting
to church, and he was in tho street, with
no coat or hat on, and with nothing but
slippers on his feet, and every once in a
while one of them would come off and
fly through the air, and his naked foot
would come in contact tvith the cruel
gravel before lie could stop himself. Then
he would have to hop back 6n one foot
after that slipper, while the hen stood on
the walk and elocuted, and the little Sun
day-school children stopped and laughed,
and tho-ir parents reproved them, and
laughed too. Finally the hen got away
from him and started down street at won
derful speed for a hen, and he Started af
ter, his face redder than ever, and every
time he cleared a rod he would stop and
hop back two after one of those slippers.
When lie reached tho corner of Essex
street he jumped out of both slippers at
once, but instead of stopping to go back
he picked up a stick of wood and kept
on. Then as the Ijen dodged into a
gateway he hurled the stick and broke
the leg of a strange dog, which added
jts piercing “hi-yi” to the entertainment-
But Cobleigh didn’t stop. lie tore into
the yard after his property in his brre
feet, and chased the hen into a woodpile
and caught it just as the owner of the
premises came out and Wanted to know
what Cobleigh was doing, was going to
do with his hen, arid what he meant any
way, by getting drunk and kicking up
such a hullabaloo in a peaceful neighbor
hood, Cobleigh first thought be would
knock the man down with an axe, and
what lie could not eat of him bury un
der a barn ; but the new-comer succeeded
in proving to Cobleigh that the lien was
his, and then the miserable man burst
into tears and limped back home where
he found three hens under a box.—Dan
bury News.
A Startling Discrepany.
A perplexing discrepancy has been
covered in the official statement published
of the amount of gold in the Treasury
on June 30, 1873. It appears that on
that date the Secretary’s report of the
condition of the national finances repre
sented the amount of gold on hand as
£87,558,402. It has leaked out that
the actual amount was but £71,409,230,
making a deficit of $10,407,442. This
discovery has created considerable ex
citement in financial and official circles.
There are but four persons in the depart
ment who are allowed to know what the
actual amount of coin on hand is. An
investigation is now making to discover
how this secret got out.
A man’s house should be on the liilU
top of cheerfulness and serenity, so high
that no shadows rest upon it, and where
the morning comes so early, and evening
tarries so late, that the day has twice as
many golden hours as those of other
men. "lie is to be pitied whose house is
in some valley of grief between the hills,
with the longest night and the shortest
day. Home should be the centre of
joys, equatorial and tropical.
Greeile & Bossigjol^
SUCCESSORS TO
X3X-, WmfTl. TvLtt,
Wholesale Dealers iu
Drugs,
Medicines,
Chemicals,
Perfumery,
Druggists’ Sundries,
Paints,
Oils,
Varnishes,
Glass,
Brushes, &c. Sic.
Largest stock in the city.
'GREENE & TtOSSIGNOL,
204 Broad Street, Augusta.
Elder House,
INDIAN SPRING, GKO.
r well known House, is now open to
1 those who visit the Spring for health or
pleasure. It is situated nearer the Spring than
any other publie House, and is spacious and
comfortable.
The table is supplied with the best the mar
ket affords. . ,
Every attention is given to invalids who re
sult to the waters of the Spring for health.
Bates ot Board.
l’er (lay, s‘2 00; per week, $lO 00; per
month 00. Liberal deduction made for
urge families. W. A, ELDER & SON,
n Proprietors.
COVINGTON, GKOKGIA, AUGUST 23, 1873.
Handling it Snapping Turtle by Hits Wrong
Kkl.
A man named (Vdscy, who by strict
economy and severe industry lias suc
ceeded in getting his finely a little place,
free of incumbrance, was fishing in
Still river, near *thc Beaver Brook Mills,
on Sunday afternoon. After sitting on
the bank for a couple of hours, without
catching anything, he was gratified to
see, on a flat stone in the water, a snap
ping turtle sunning itself. The butt end
of tho turtle was toward him, and he
thought lie would capture it; but whMe
ho was looking for a place to step, tho
turtle gravely turned nrotind without his
knowledge, and when lie got in reaching
distance, and bent down to take hold of
what nature designed should bo taken
hold of while handling a snapping tur
tle, that-sociable animal just reached out
and took hold of Mr. Gflsey’s hand with
a grasp that left no doubt of its sincer
ity. The shrieks of the unfortunate man
aroused some of the neighbors, but when
they arrived it was too late to be of any
benefit to him, or even to themselves,
for they just caught a glimpse of a bare
headed man tearing over the hill, swing
ing a small carpet-bag in dne hand, and
they at once concluded it waS a nffvrow
escape from highway robbery. How
ever, it was not a carpet-bag he was
swinging; it was that turtle, and it dung
to him until be reached the White street
bridge, when it let go; but the frightened
man did not slacken his gait until he got
home. When he reaehed the house
the ludicrousness of the aftair burst
him, and when his wife looked at his
pale face and bare head, and dust be
grimed clothes, and asked what was the
matter, he said : ‘‘Nothing was tho
matter, only he was afraid he would be
too late for church,” and appeared.to be
much releived to find that ho hasn’t.
' —
A Cosily Substitute.
It looks now as though the plan of “of.
ficial stamps,” substituted by Congress
in abolishing the ‘franking privilege, ’ will
prove more expensive than the old mode
of free mail matter, and that there will
be just as much dead heading as ever.
Already, it is stated, £408,000 worth of
official postage stamps have been drawm
by the Treasury Department, and dis>
tributed among the various branches of
that bureau.
It is furthet given out that the
priations for postage stamps will prove
much too small, and very serious business
complications may ensue*.” These “official
stamps,” as the Rochester Union re
marks, can easily be made a convertible
commodity where the franking privilege
could not or would not be likely 7 to.
The result of the working of the group
of “reform” measures of the last Cou
gress—repeal of the franking privilege,
back pay and increase of future pay, and
amendment of the postal law with regard
to the circulation of country papers in
their counties and free exchanges, will
be to enrich federal legislators and offic%
holders, to give them a sort of currency
in stamps in place of the franking privi
lege, to increase the tax of the people
generally about£2,ooo,ooo a year, and
to tax the country press and its patrons
a large sum, the proportions of which is
difficult to estimate. —Ex.
A Car-Load <>t Greenbacks.
The San Francisco Bulletin mentions
the arrival of a special car containing
greenbacks in that city on the 2lst ot
July, and says : “The Assistant Treas
urer does not deem it desirable to make
known to the public the particulars con
cerning the movement of treasure in ad
vance of its arrival, so he declined to
state how much gold is to be sent back
or when it will be shipped. It may be
stated, however, that £B,OOO,GOG in
greenbacks were received. They were
in charge of Frank Jones, of the Re
demption Bureau, who brought with him
six Treasury clerks, and a guard of ten
United States soldiers, under command
of Captain Dcvan. The greenbacks
are to be used for the payment of the
expenses of the War and Naval Depart
ments principally. Some of it will be
for the redemption of worn-out currency,
etc. Colonel Jones is accompanied by
his wife. The members of the party,
having fulfilled their trust, will remain
several \Vccks in California enjoying
themselves. They will go 4 to Yose
mite, the Geysers, etc,, and in due time
will return in charge of coin for the As
sistant Treasurer at New York.”
Asa general rule the man who makes
no enemies is a mere drone in the great
hive of created intelligence. lie is a
milk and water man, who contents him
self with doing no harm, while it is noto
rious he is doing no good. Although
their heads may not be brainless, then
lives are useless.
A Meadville (Pa) girl, who was look
ing at a circus clown whirling a hart on a
stick, remarked to her young man that
she “used tb do that.” The young man
Was looking at a contortionist in another
part of the arena who had his legs tied
around his neck, and an explanation was
necessary.
—♦-
Kentucky lias 5,390 manufacturing es
tablishments, and ranks in this respect
the fourteenth State in the Union.
Sec and I.nve.
The Charleston (S, C.) Courier and
News, which occasionally touches upon
queer topics in a quaint sort of way, i,n
quires why it should boa reproach to be
called a second-hand swain, and goes on
as follows: “The title is a patent ot no
bility—a token that the possessor is des
perately in earnest. It is a sign of coiir
age, a proof 6f perseverance. Nor can
it be said that new things arc always the
best. That depends, wo know, on tlie
quality of the article; whether it i& made
to sell or made to last. Many a second -
hand thing, although somewhat battered
And brfiiscd,. is more highly prized than
its tawdry, flashy neighbor, which will
fall to pieces as soon as any strain is put
upon it. Repairing broken hearts is
seldom either expensive or difficult. —
Horrible, but true:
“How often does a man marry the
from an with whom he fust fancies hini-
Seif in love ? Adam did it. There .was
only one woman in existence. Sinco
the Adaiuitic age, where is the man who
has married his first love ? It is not in
nature, boys ate slower of develop-’
ment than girls, and their first essay is
generally frith a charmer older than
themselves. They grew out of it; take
a slight attack of love as they take a
whooping-cough and measles. It is fool
ish to say that the mature love of a man is
less worthy than the spooniness of tho
btfy. There is a Dora -and AngeS iA
well-nigh every life. Is the first novel,
dr the first poem, as likely to live as
the ripe production of late years ? Not
it. There are men who became famous
by a single speech cr by a Single verse;
so there are men, perhaps, who have had
but ode love. They are not many, and
’tis better so. The world would soon
come to a standstill withotit the help of
second-hand swains ?’’
The Parlor MatcA,—There was an elderly
lady from Sugar Hollow trading in Corbett's
store, Nelson street, on Saturday. Sie had
been looking at the coffee and sugars, iind fras
examining hfrir pins by biting them to see
if they were genuine, when she stepped on a
parlor match whioh was lying on the floor.—
The explosion rhat followed sc startled her
that she jumped to one side, arid in so doing
struck against a barrel of axc-holves and over
turned them, lost her balance, sought to save
herself by ditching the show case, but was
too late, and wont down with the axe-helves,
drawing a badlv demnrei : -- J .- „n tisr
oi net-, and nearly choking herself to death
with a half-swallowed hair pin. Oil Monday
the ageut for parlor matches called on Mr.
Corbett to show his goods, and was immedi
ately pounced upon by that individual, who,
after knocking him down, dragged him out on
tho walk, and held him while tho clerk warmed
him with an axe-helve, and Mrs. Corbett poured
water on his wafctband. Then Corbett told
his wife and clerk to hold him while lie went
in the house for a gun, and it was during his
absence on this missionary enterprise that the
agent succeeded in getting on his feet and out
of the neighborhood. We don’t know where
he is now, but he u-ndnnbtedly left town, as
Mr. Corbett looked around for him with tho
gun until late that night without any success.
—[N. 0. Times.
OiiEAF ViSeOAr.—l take a Quantity of com
mon Irish potatoes, and wash tlietri until they
are clean, and then place them in
a large vessel, and'boil them until done. I
now drain oflfccarefuUy the water that 1 cooked
them in; straining it if necessary, in order to
remove every particle of the potato. Then I
put this potato water into a fug or keg, which
I place near the stove, or in some place "where
it will be kept warm, and add onb pound of
sugar to about 2| gallons of the water, some
hop yeast, or a small portion of whisky. Pre
pared in this way, and letting it stand three or
four Vteefcs, yod will have most excellent vine
gni\ ' Indeed It ?s the only vinegar that will
preserve cucumbors cut fresh from the vines
without the aid of salt.—[Canada Farmer.
A Lv'cid Explanation. —“ Sara,” said one
darkey to his ebony brother, how am it dat
dis yar telcrgraf carries de news froo dem 'nr
wires ?
Well, Caesar, now you jist ’spose dar am a
big dog free miles long.
Neber was such big dogs ; so I don’t b’lieb
dat.
Now, you jess wait a minnit; I’ae only il
lustratin', you stupid nigger. iTis yar dogj ye
see, jess puts bis front fcot on de lloboEen
she’, and he puts Ins behind feet on de New
York sLo\
Yesser.
Now, ’spose you jlst walk on dis jfnr dog’s
tail in New York
Y’csser.
He’ll bark, won’t he T
Yesser.
Well, where will dat dog bark ?
In Hoboken, I cnl’clate.
Ikit am j.ist it. You walk on dat dog's toll
in New York, and be bark in Hoboken, and
dats do way do telograf Works !”
“Yesser; dasfio—dUsso ! You’se right, by
golly 1”
tlio I iCwis convulsed a Utica au-T
diencc lately by some advice to married
men. He was talking about tho eye. —
To the unfortunate benedicts he said :
“Gaze into your wife’s eye closely and
vou will see yourself looking exceeding
ly small.’’ Tho illustration took im
mensely.
■ ■min. i; mi ■■
joy in <*ricl.
{From tho French of Marie Jenna.)
“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall
bo oonwoVtod.”
tThe if. flowing verses were sent to us over a
yenr ago, with a request to publish’, but were
mislaid at tho time, and have only been re
cently found’. Their exquisite beauty cannot
fail to attract the admiration of those who ap
preciate fine poetic sentiment.]
Friend ! in vain thy bosom hides the sharp
and cruel sword that wounds it :
I have understood thy silence, and my prayer
hath still been for thee;
Cnst away the foolish prjdo that shuts thy
henrt against my friendship ;
Cotne and weep beforo me.
AVell T know that thero aro days of heavy
grief and lonely suffering,
When the soul doth find in solitude n grim trhd
hitter, pleasure ;
And the thoughtless world beholds its shrouded
majesty pass by it
Pale, and wrapped in silence.
Then the friendly hand, unoertain, stops and
hesitates before it,
Fearing lest too rudely it may draw aside
the veil of mourning:
Thore are griefs so great and snored that all
human thought and language
Dies upon tho threshold.
Now, Jiowever, days are past; and it is tide
I came and sought theo ;
Oh 1 permit a friend to share the heavy burden
of thy sorrow;
Put thy hand in mine, thy weary head upon
my heart, and rest thee :
I have suffered also.
I will not approach thee with those vain arid
heartless words of fashion,
Words which grief receives and spurns ns
mocking echoes of its wailing ;
No, I have a word to wbikper that will bring
a hcly comfort:
’tis a hoaVenly secret.
Pf I might, as from nn urn, before thy feet
pour out my treasures,
Hope and pence would fill thy soul now gasp
ing m despairing darkness,
Light would shine upon thy pathway ; sweet
repose would mark thy slumbers;
Dreams of happy moments.
There are pure and lofty summits inhere the
soul of man reposes:
’Tis tho sword which cleaves our hearts asun
der opens -up the pathway.
Friend of mine, believe me, that the loss of all
things counts ns nothing
If those heights be mastered.
Silty bees, we flit from flower to flower in this
world’s pleasure garden ;
Drinking in their rich perfumes and tasting of
their honeyed sweetness,
Resting 'therp, and living en its passing
charms ns if its beauty
Were enough forever.
Where we dream away our life, and precious
moments pass unheeded ;
Placing all our joy in pleasures fleeting as the
the summer sunshine,
Joys Hint vanish when the evening casts its
shadows o’er the garden ;
Gone before the moonlight.
’Tis when robbed of human love ; when seated
desolate and lonely
On the wide and arid desert, with r.o kindly
eye to greet us ;
When the howling tempest rnges, and tho
frightful darkness thickens,
Comfort hath a meaning.
Then the brow defeat has humbled, and the
heart grown sick with sorrow,
Finds nh arm And hand divine to lean upon
and bear its burden ;
And the spirit wrung with anguish, crushed
by disappointment,
Sings a hymn unspoken.
/ , 4
When before the lost one’s footsteps opens an
abyss of horror,
Then appears a bridge of safoty, stretching
o’er the gulf’s dark passage ;
There, where danger threatens most and death
menaces, God is standing
Open-armed to meet him.
When the fitful joys of human passion are
consumed within us,
Other joys begin their reign of which tho soul
as yet knew nothing.
Ah I what matter, when a brilliant star ap
pears in heaven aboye us,
If the lamp burn dimly.
O thoa mystery of suffering, deep abyss of
human wonder 1 I
Since that day when on a shameful cross love
gained its greatest triumph,
We begin to sound thy awful depths and catch
at least faint glimpses
Of thy hidden meaning !
Comel for there the lesson may bo learned
which onljt lie; the Master, tenches
From his throne of truth and wisdom. At the
feet of Jesus seated,
Words wis fall upon our cars that human lips
have never spoken—
Words of heaven’s language.
Sword of sorrow 1 minister of poace 1 I bless
thee for thy wounding!
Pleasing is the pain of sacrifice, and sweet the
tears of martyrs
Shed for too much joy, when from the eyes all
earthly sights arc fading
In the light of Heaven,
Of those melodies divine, those flames of lor*
end joy odestial, *
Of those floods of rapture springing from the
lonely plains of sorrow,
L*, poor, thoughtless soals, know nothing, nor
have ever dreamed their presence,
Ye who ne’er have suffered.
Man of sorrow I ho who never trod tht road
of desolation,
Bo who hath not borne a cross and followed
Thoe to crucifixion,
fie who hath not passed through death onto
the dny.of resurrection—
Ho hath nover known Theei
Blessed are tho mourners ! From the month of
Truth these words have fallen:
Blessed ! Yes, it must be true indeed, my God,
when thou hast spoken.
A\ clcome, then, be suffering, welcome 1 ITapps
they above all measure
W ho in Thee find comfort*
(From the Indianapolis Herald.j
An Extraordinary Elopement.
Line death, lovo is no respector of persons.
It strikes the palatial residence of the lordly
North Ender, quite ns readily as tho hnmblo
cot on Maple street. Most of our readers are
familiar with the genial feqturee of Jobs Ci
Shoemaker, the cx-State official, the shrewd
financier, at present.proprietorof the Sentinel,
and once widely known on aooount of the pro
duct of his peach brandy vineyard in Soutb
Indiana. Among his other Jewels he bad
handsome aod accomplished daughter named
Mary, who was the joy and pride of her fath
er s heart, and an ornament to thf circle in
whioh she moved. Miss Mary took it in her
head to look with favor on a youth from the
rural districts whose real name we do not
member, but who is known among his friends
and associates by the unpoetio name of Scrap*
To the avorage young lady there seemed to bo
the making of a gpod husband in Scrap,. but
somehow or other he didn’t strike the Hon*
John C. favorably, lie turned the frigia
shoulder to the erotio suitpr, and when matters
began to look serious, forbade him the hoqsk
This did not settle it. Scrap’s ente*pi~ nad
been aroused, and lu -as determined to marry
Miss shoemaker. Miss Shoemaker’s feminine
perversity had been aroused, and her love for
the unfortunate Scrap increased— glowed witli
tenfold fury. A perfidious African domestic
consented to act as a go-between, and a regu
lar correspondence was maintained.
Finally Scrap determined to bring matters
to an issue, and arrayed in his best he made a
formal call on the Hon. John C. and was waft
ed out of the gentlemnn’s office on the toe ofe
No. 7 boot. Scrap only called on the Govern
or as a matter of form. The wedding baa
been appointed, anyhow, and he simply
thought it would be courtesy to ask the father
to witness fhe ceremony. So, after being kick
ed out of Mr. Shoemaker’s office, he furbished
up his cheek and went straightway to thq
Shoemaker mansion, to report progress and
consult, After fuming a little, as soon as the
kicking was over, Mr. Shoemaker bethought
ldm of Scrap’s check, and thought it would
be just like him to go to the house. Mr.
Shoemaker drove his hat hard down over hie
eyes, seised his old staff, and started home.'—
Sure enough; there ho was—that impudent
Scrap—sitting in the parlor with Mary by hie
side, and recounting indignities to which he
had been subjected. The Hon. John C. burst
liken thunder-cloud on the conference, and,
diving into an adjoining room, soon emerged
with a revolver on full cook in his hand,—
Scrap with quiet dignity bac&ed out snd with
drew. Cn Tuesday Miss Mary managed to
pack a largo Saratoga trunk with two or threq
thousand dollars worth of “nothing to wear,’*
and lind it secretly conveyed to a safe place,
where it couli be procured when wanted, Mr,
John, however, was not idle. It hadn't been
long enough since ho was a young man him
self for him to forget entirely the trteks ana
subterfuges to which they resort ( whcn there
■is a young woman in the c.ee, and he was ap
prehensive and uneasy. if is detectives shad
owed Scrap on Tuesday night and kept an eye
on him until he was s,een to go to bed and!
blow out the light. This was reported to Mr
John and he felt easier. ' Miss Mary also re
tired at the usnaf hour," and soon was sleep
ing the apparent sleep of the just. This wa*
also encouraging. Worn out with watching,
and thinking the catastrophe had been averted
for another day at least, Mr. Shoemaker him
self retired and fell into sleep, out of which
the matutinal cock failed to arouse him. A
little before midnight Scrap rose Quietly, dress
ed himself, went out, listened,' heard nothing,
and finally made his way to a point where an
honest hackman was dosing on his seat. —
Scrap got into the vehicle and was driven to
the Shoemaker mansion, A slender female
form emerged from the mansion and entered
tho vehicle in which the expectant Scrap was
waiting. Coachman, sitting on his box out-
side, heard a rattling volley of noises sound
ing liko the opening of a half-doten cham
pagne corks in succession. Then there came
a long-drawn sigh, and the vehicle drove to the
residence of the minister of the gospel where
tho knot was hastily tied. A rapid drive to
the depot took the party there in time for the
train, and bone of one bone and flesh of one
flesh they sped to the West. We draw a veil'
over the outwitted parent when he awoke in
the morning and fonud that the bird had si
lently flown.
The retiring editor of an lowa paper com
pressed his valedictory into two words, ‘Good
night,’ and his successor, equally terse in his
salutatory, wrote ‘Good morning-.’
A man in Chicago announces himself as the
“Methodist candidate for constable.’'
No 44;