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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN. ENTAHUSHED IN 1854, By CHAS. W. HANCOCK, VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Semi-Weekly, One Tear - - - ft 00 IVeely, One Year - - - - - 2.00 ST Payable in Advance M All advertisements eminating from public flices will be charged for in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—7s cents per hundred words for eacli of the first four insertions, and 33 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, with date and signature, is counted as a word. The cash must accompany the copy of each advertisement, unless different arrange ments have been made. Advertising' Rates. One Square first insertion, - - - -SI.OO Each subsequent insertion, - - - - 50 JSUTen Lines of Minion, type solid con stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will be charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the length of time for which they are to be inserted will be continued until ordered out and charged for accordingly. Advertisements tooccupy fixed places will be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates Notices in local column inserted for ten cen* "hr line each insertion. Charles F. Crisp, •attorney at Eaw, AMERICUS, GA. declGtf B. P. HOLLIS •ittomey at L.aw. AMERICUS, GA. Office, Forsyth Street, in National Bank building. dec2otf E. G. SIMMONS, Attorney at Eawi AMERICUS GA., Office in Hawkins’ building, south side of Lamar Street, in the old office of Fort & -.Simmons. janGtf W. H McGRORY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ellaville, Ga. Collections a specialty. Charges reason able ana vone unless collections are made. apr.J-wly J. A. AINSLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AM) SOLICITOR IN EQUITY, Office on Public Square, Over Gyles’ Clothing Store, Americus, Ga. After a brief respite 1 return again to the practice of law. As in the past it will be my earnest purpose to represent my clients faithfully and look to their interests. The commercial practice will receive close atten tion and remittances promptly made. The Equity practice, and cases involving titles of land and real estate are my favorites. Will practice in the Courts of South west Georgia, the Supreme Court and the United States Courts. Thankful to my friends for their patronage. Fees moderate. novlltf card 7 I offer my professional services again to the good people of Americus. After thirty years’ of medical service, I have found it difficult to withdraw entirely. Office next door to I Dr. Eldridge’s drugstore, on the Square jan!7tf U. C. BLACK, M. D. M.H. O’DANIEL. M.D Americum, tia. Office and Residence, No. 21 Barlow House. All calls promptly attended, day or night, spalls left at Eldridge’s Drug Store. feb7-3m Dr. D. P. HOLLOWAY, DentisT, Americus. - - - Georgia Treatssuccessfully all diseasesof the Den tal organs. Fills teeth by the improved method, and inserts artificial teeth on the best material known to the profession. over Davenport and Son’s Drug Store. marllt Commercial Hotel, G. M HAY, Proprietor. This popular House is quite new and handsomely furnished with new furniture, bedding and all other articles. It is in the centre of the business portion of the city, convenient to depot, the banks, warehouses, &c., and enjoys a fine reputation, second to none, among its permanent and transient 'guests, on account of the excellence of its cuisine. Table Boarders Accommodated on Reasonable Terms. may9-tf G. M. HAY, Proprietor. Commercial Bar, This well-established house will be kept in the same first-class style that has always characterized it. The Choicest Liquor and Cigars, Milwaukee, Budweiser and Aurora Beer, constantly on hand, and all the best brands of fine Brandies, Wines. &c. Good Billiard Tables for the accommodation of customers. may9tf JOHN W. COTNEY, Clerk. City Marshal Sales for June. Will be sold before the City Council Cham ber door, in the city of Americus, on the first Tuesday in June next, the following property, to-wit: One house and lot in the city of Americus, 3a., levied on as the property of Dock Mc- Coy, to satisfy two city tax fi fas In favor )f the Mayor and City Council vs. Dock McCoy, for his city tax for the years 1881 ind 1882, the fi fa for 1881 levied on and lold for the use and benefit of Charles Cat edge, it being transferred to him. I.ot jounded as follows: East by Tom Edwards, lorth by Eveline James, south by Forsyth itreet, west by lot of Henry Jones. Con ains 'A acre, more or less. May 2d, 1883. A. P. LINGO, may4-4w City Marshal. Cattail Millet, Cattail Millet, Pearl Millet, Pearl Millet, at Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store. DARBYS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A. Household Article for Universal Family Use. For Scarlet and I EradintPS ■ Typhoid Fevers, ■ ihraaicaies gj Diphtheria, sau- MALARIA. B vatiwn ’ Ulcerated g Sore Throat, Small MHHHHBH Fox, Measles, and all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever has never been known to spread where the Fluid was used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after black vomit had taken place. Th* worst cases of Diphtheria yield to it. Fevered and Sick Per- SMALL-POX sons refreshed and and Bed Sores prevent- PITTING of Small ed by bathing with I> ox PREVENTED Darbys Fluid. . . . r . Impure Air made A member of my fern harmless and purified. Jv i?' as ta i :en For Sore Throat it is a Small-pox. I used tire sure cure rluid; the patient was Contagion destroyed. not delirious, was not Eor Frosted Foot, and "'as about Chilblains, Piles, ‘h= house again In three Chitlings, etc. an . d ™ Rheumatism cured. iac 11 ~ h U. ARK “ Soft White Complex- INSOX > Philadelphia. ions secured by its use. Ship Fever prevented. 9 To purify the Kreatli, g§ §3 Cleanse the Teeth. j§ gg it can't be surpassed. Ha* . . U Catarrh relieved and 0 H Erysipelas cured. BSHEHHBBHH Boor , l’nrl.v Ve ?ia" S, “ ntly - Thc Physicians here nt£d - use Darbys Fluid very Iysentery cuicd. successfully in tlietrcat hea,ed ment of Diphtheria. Scurvy cured. A. Stollenwerck, b “-’ Ala- Stings, etc. Tetter dried up. 1 used the Fluid during Cholera prevented, our present affliction with Ulcers purified and Scarlet Fever with de- healed, cided advantage. It is In cases of Death it indispensable to the sick- should be used about room.—Wm. F. Sand- the corpse —it will ford, Eyrie Ala. unpleas- The eminent Pliy- I Scarlet Fever I: 1 Cured, i , convinced Prof. Darbys S3 K£ Prophylactic Fluid is a ' valuable disinfectant." Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. 1 testify to tiie most excellent qualities of Prof Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. Asa disinfectant and detergent it is both theoretically and practically superior to any preparation with which I am ac quainted.—N. T. Lui-ton, Prof. Chemistry. Darbys Fluid is Itoeommcnclecl by Hon. AnuXAritutß 11. Stephitns, of Georgia- Rev. Cjiar. F. Deems, D.D„ Church of {he Strangers, N. Y.; Jos. LeConte, Columbia, Prof.,University S C Rev. A. J. Rattle, Prof., Mercer University: ‘ Rev. Geo. I. PtEitcn, Bishop M. E. Church. INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or externally for Man or Beast. The Fluid has been Thoroughly tested, and we have abundant evidence that it has done everything here claimed. For fuller information get of you" Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors, .J, 11. /Mil.IN * CO.. Manufacturing (. h.rusts, PHILADELPHIA. TUTPS PILLS A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE of the present generation. It is for the Cure of this disease and its attendants. BICK-HE APACHE, BILIOUSNESS. ~DYS- IfrEPBIA, CONSTIPATION, FILESTetc.. that fPTT’S PILLS have gained a world-wide; reputation. Mo Remedy has ever been discovered that acts eo gently on tho digestive organs, giving them vigorto as similate food. Aa a natural result, tho MervouH Syßtem is Braced, tiro Muscles are Developed, and the Body Bobust. OhiUs ancl Porer. E. RIVAL., a Planter at Bayou Sara, La., aaya * My plantation Is In a malarial district. For several years I could not make half a crop on account of bilious diseases and chills. I was nearly discouraged when I began tho use of TUTT’S PILLS. Tho result wa3 marvelous: my laborers soon became hearty and robust, and I have bad no further trouble. They relieve tho engororerf Liver, clemr.se the Bioml from polsonouH humors, and cause the bowels to act naturally, with out which no one can feel well. Try this remedy fairly, and yon will tain a healthy Digestion, Vigorous Body, Pure Blood, Strong Nerves, and a Sound Liver. Price, 25Cents. Office, 35 Murray St., N. Y. HITT’S HAIR DYE. Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy Black by a single application of this Dye. It Imparts a natural color, and acts instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of One Dollar. Office, 35 Murray Street, New York. (Dr. TIJTT’S MAKUAIj of ValuableV Information and Useful Jftecelpta I tciU be mailed FREE on application. * 6ittK s There has never been an instance in which this sterling invigorant and anti-febrile medicine has failed to ward off the com plaint, when taken duly as a protection against malaria. Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all the officinal specifics, ami now prescribe this harmless vegetable tonic for chills and fever, as well as dpspep sia and nervous affections. Hostetter’s Bit ters is the specific you need. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. FOUTZ’S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS No Hokbk will die of Colic, Bots or Lung Fk ntß, if Foutz’s Powders nre used in time. Foutz’s Powders will euro and prevent HooCno lira. Foutz’s Powders will prevent Gapks in Fowls. Fbutz’s Powders will increase the quantity of milk nd cream twenty per cent., and make tho butter firm and sweet. Foutz’s Powders will cure or prevent almost story- Diskask to which Homes and Cattle are subject. Foutz’s Powderb will giyk Satisfaction. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. FOT7T2, Proprietor.. BALTIMORE, UR. INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1883. YOY.YVOt. AN UNSATISFACTORY MEETING* A little man, in walking down the dusty road one day, Met a little woman traveling afoot the other way; And, laying down his big valise, ho bowed in handsome style, While she returned his greetings with a courtesy and a smile. “Can you inform me where, ma’am, I can find a wife?” said he. “’Twas on my tongue to ask about a hus band, sir,” said she. “I’m weary of my single state, and many miles I’ve gone For one who’ll cook and wash for me, ar.d sew my buttons on; Who’ll wait on me when I am well and tend me when I’m ill, And never givo me cause to grumble at a foolish bill. Do you know of any one, ma’am, you can recommend?” said he. “I’m looking for precisely such a husband, sir,” said she. He puckered up his lips and whispered thoughtfully and low— Then slowly reached for his valise, regret fully to go; While with a pensive little smile she gazed up at the sky And watched the fleecy cloudlets as they lazily passed by. “ ’Tis plain I’m not tho husband you’re after, ma’am 1” said lie. ’Tis evident I’m not the wife you’re seek ing. sir 1” said she. [Malcolm Douglas in St. Nicholas. Alexander H. Stephens. Adding- to Confederate History- Defense of Southern Lead ers-Wliat “Might Have Been ” lnteresting Iteininiscencies. Correspondence New York Herald. Talleyrand it was, I believe, who said words were invented to conceal tiie meaning of what is said. In your lecent obituary sketch of Georgia’s late lamented and illustrious Governor you said: “Mr. Davis always appear ed to look upon his associate (Mr. Ste phens) with ‘suspicion.’ ” “Suspi cion” is generally born of tiie illicit intercourse of weak minds with strong prejudices, when inspired by either malice or jealousy. Euiightened con sciences and generous natures deal only in convictions, and it could amount to nothing less than cruelty to impute to Mr. Davis a littleness of which no other living man was ever guilty or capable, and of which he could not be without forfeiting universal private re spect and public confidence. He was incapable of the pitiful meanness of harboring, much less expressing, direct ly or indirectly, “suspicion” against the conduct or character of so illustri ous a personage as “his associate” was universally regarded to be. Of this the evidence is conclusive in the simple fact that lie selected Mr. Stephens as late as February, 1865, to represent the Confederate Government at the memo rable Hampton Roads conference, on which occasion it was but to be expect ed that each government would select, not only her most accomplished diplo mats, but her most incorruptible pa triots, to guard her interests in the con duct of the anticipated negotiation. This Mr. Davis did, not only on his own motion, but against the protests of Mr. Stephens, who then and there declared his conviction that Mr. Davis himself should on that occasion repre sent the Confederate Government. Un deniably true it is, I admit, that they did entertain antipodal views upon questions of State policy of vital im portance. Mr. Davis was friendly while Mr. Stephens was opposed to both martial law and conscription. Then, again, responsive to the serenade Mr. Stephens received ou the evening of the day he was elected Vice-President by the “Provisional Congress,” he made a speech in which he struck the keynote to the Confederacy’s success, in the simple suggestion of the pur chase of every lock of cotton in the South, and the immediate investment of the proceeds of its re-sale in Europe in enough of iron-clad war steamers to keep Southern ports open. Had Mr. Davis indorsed this suggestion earnest ly it would have been promptly adopt ed. He practically rejected it. What was the result ? First, the blockade— ergo, the depreciation of Confederate currency, the inflation of the value of the necessaries of life, suffering at home, demoralization in Confederate camps, open desertion from the ranks, until General Lee had but 8,000 mus kets in line to surrender at Appomat tox, while his muster rolls exhibited the fact that there were absent without leave 180,000 men who had gone home to club from their doors the prowling wolf. This we know is what did hap pen. Now, suppose we look at what might have happened had Mr. Ste phens’ advice been adopted. There could have been no blockade, and the white wings of foreign merchantmen hunting for cotton would have hovered in Southern bays. Foreign commer cial intmeonrse is always regarded as a necessity when it promises to be prof itable, and intercourse must have been followed by recognition, and above all, the Confederacy would have been ad ministered upon a specie basis; Con federate bonds would have commanded a premium abroad, and flour could have been bought at home for $5, when it did sell for $2,500 per barrel in tiie same currency soldiers received for quenching the thirst of the earth with their blood,, only sll per month. Con fidence would have then reigned in the Confederate ranks, because comfort would have reigned in their homes. No children then wonld have etied for. bread, nor would the wounded in hos pitals or the captives in prisons have moaned for medicines. The Northern man cannot comprehend, he says, how Mr. Stephens could consistently first oppose and then accept secession. This, however, should excite no surprise, as in doing so he immolated policy upon the altar of principle, whereas Radicals always sacrifice principles upon the altar of policy. But he was controlled by one consideration in accepting seces sion which, even had he not believed in tiie right of secession, was wise enough in its policy to justify his con duct. The North had said to the South through orators, pulpits and presses, “Go in peace,” and Mr. Greeley had not only advocated their right to do so, but intimated that if the North could believe that a majority of the Southern people wanted to go they would be permitted to do s.o. Air. Stephens never for one moment entertained a “suspicion that they did not mean what they said. Then to prevent bloodshed —to avert a war and insure permanent friendly relations based upon treaties for mutual protection between “the rival republics”—he did surrender his theoiies of policy to espouse his prin ciples of right, and I challenge both biography and history to produce an other instance in which as noble a man ever did another as noble a deed for as noble a purpose. But lie has gone to his final account. He was one of the few great men whose mental majesty and moral grandeur increased the more the nearer you approached him. All the virtues that ennobled and none of the vices that degrade humanity, were his. How could any man, not deter mined to be unjust, harbor against him a “suspicion?” Respectfully, Andrew 11. H. Dawson. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. If you are in debt, somebody owns part of yon. Trust not the man who promises with an oath. Always look on the blight side of everything. The sweetest rose grows upon the sharpest thorns. A true man will not swerve from the path of duty. Bustle is not industry, nor is impu dence courage. Desperate diseases must have desper ate remedies. Nothing is so reasonable and cheap as good manners. The first and worst of all faults is to cheat one’s self. Search others for their virtues, and thyself vices. Experience is tiie name men give to their follies or their sorrows. There is no sweeter repose than that which is purchased by labor. Every man has his gift, and the fools go to him who can use them. Grieve not that men know not you, grieve that you know not men. True independence has no difficulty in accepting necessary kindness. We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for. Tiie company in which you will im prove most will be least expensive to you. There is more folly involved in sus pecting every one than in trusting ev ery one. There are many vices which do not deprive us of friends; there are many virtues which prevent our having any. A man’s first care should he to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next to escape the censures of the world. Never take more in hand than you can well accomplish, or you will break' up, and the work will be broken up with you. Certainly man is of kin to the breath of his body, and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ig noble creature. When you say that a man is dogma tic you should always emphasize the second syllable, though your meaning is contained in the first. Love, and the passions which it ex cites, are almost always a subject of ridicule for those who do not inspire it or experience it. The difference between what is call ed in this world happiness or unhappi ness is so little thatiiwe ought never to envy or pity anybody. The impatient man, however bril liant, seldom wins, because he destroys his own chances of success by not wait ing for the harvest. Firmness is as different from its mean substitute—obstinacy, as rash ness, is from true courage, prudery from virtue, and bigotry from religion. A beautiful godly life, a noble man hood, filled full of fidelities and hero isms, is itself tho very best statement and the very best detense of Chris tianity. When we disagree with another man as to the details of an event, there is a great deal of difference between history and mystery or his story and my btory. A man is always a fool. If he be young, the world says when he is older he will know more; if he be older, it says he is old enough to know Detter; and when he is old, it says there is no i kind of an idiot equal to an old fool. A Colonel ami a Doctor Amuse a Fishing Party. Arkansaw Traveller. Several nights ago Colonel Leghorn went fishing in company with several lawyers and a practical joking physi cian. The colonel is very fond of fish ing, especially at night, when bull heads hunger. Shortly after the party arrived at the creek, rain began to fall, and for shelter, the sportsmen stationed themselves under a shelving rock. They sat for a long time without a nibble, when one of the lawyers said: “Oh, let’s go home. What’s the use of sitting here all night.” “Hold on,” replied the colonel “I think I have a nibble. Just wait.” “Are you ready to go, colonel?” ask ed the lawyer about half an hour later. “No, I think I had a bite. Let me see if mv bait’s all right,” and he lift ed his pole, only to find that His hook was hanging over head, having never touched the water. This made him very angry and he swore by all the fish and creeks in the world that he would catch something or hurt somebody in the attempt. He threw his hook far out into the water and sat down to, wait for the excitement incident upon a nibble. A log projected over the water not far from where the colonel’s hock awaited attack, and the doctor delivering a whispered explanation to the other members of the luckless par ty, crawled out on the log. The night was very dark, and the colonel could not discover that a cruel joke was about to be perpetrated on him. “I have heard it said that there are fish in this place as long as a man,” said a lawyer. “Yes and they are the most eccentric fish alive,” someone replied. “They almost pull a man into the water and it takes an expert to handle them. It is said that they begin to bite sudden ly and seize a hook as fast as a man can throw in.” The man on the log reached out and took hold of the colonel’s line. “I should like to see thecolonel hang one of those whales,” said a lawyer. The doctor on the log gave the col onel’s line a vigorous pull. “Gee whiliken Dan!” exclaimed the colonel, jerking up his pole and send ing his hook whizzing through the air. “By George, I hung one as big as a mule!” “Let’s go home, colonel.” “Home the deuce!” indignantly ex claimed tho fisherman, arranging his bait and spitting on his hook. “Talk to a man about going home when he’s having such luck. The colonel threw out his line again, and waited only a minute, when the man on the log seized the line and jerked the pole from the colonel’s hands. “Great Lord!” he exclaimed grab bingafter the rod. “Great Ca>sa,” and in attempting to recover his tac kle, he fell into the creek with a loud splash. He scrambled out, with diffi culty, but he had recovered his rod. “I never saw anything like it,” he de clared. “Ready to go now colonel?” “Ready to go! You fellows must think that I’ve lost my senses. Leave here when I can pull out fish by the cartload? Not much.” He threw out again. The doctor took hold of the line and pulled, but the colonel jerked so quickly and with such vigor that the line slipped through the doctor’s hand, burying the hook in his thumb. “Oh, I’ve got him this time. Oh, I’ve got him!” “Hold on there!” yelled the doctor. “Hold on. you d—d fool; its me!” “The devil you say!” vociferated thecolonel, “You all this time, eh! Got a sucker have I? Come in!” and he pulled the line. |*The doctor could not take hold of the line with his other hand, for he needed it in keeping his position secure. “For the Lord’s sake, let up!” yell ed the doctor, “you are giving me the lockjaw.” “Come in! Come to taw!” exclaim ed the colonel. “Biggest fish I ever caught, and I’ve got to play him. Odd zoo!” The doctor prayed. “For the Lord’s sake, let up,” he supplicated. “Odd zoo, I’m playing him.” The lawyers, having enjoyed the joke and its amusing turn, prevailed upon the colonel to show some little mercy. “No, gentlemen,” he replied. “That fish has been taking my bait for the last hour and now I’m going to enjoy myself with him.” Finally one of the lawyers cut the line. The doctor made a rush for the colonel, but slipped from the log into the creek. The colonel turned and ran away with a whoop. It is thought that when tho two gentlemen again meet another Arkansaw tragedy will be enacted. To preserve ourselves happy, it is not enough that we have external sour cesof comfort; we must keep open the well-springs of contentment and peace within. * Given Up by Doctors. “Is it possible that Mr, Godfrey is up and at work, and cured! by so sim ple a remedy?” “I assure you it is true that he is entirely cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters; and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and said he must die!” “ Well-a-day! That’s remarkable! I will go this day and get some for my poor George—l know hops are good.” FISH BAITS. It gives a New York man an awful start to observe a clipping from the Chinese newspaper, which has been lying on his table by some mischievous friend. His first thought, of course, is that it is a wash bill.— Lowell Citizen. Mr. S wineburne lias written a poem on the death of Richard Wagner. The amount of damages the great compos er’s heirs will sue for is not stated; but it is believed that it will not be less than $1,000,000, anyhow.—Norris town Herald. A scientific fills nearly half a column in an exchange in trying to explain why a man can’t fly. This is useless waste of space. It has been practically dem onstrated again and again that a man can fly if he will give himself a good start from something high, but he has ever found it difficult to light grace fully.—Middleton Transcript. Those who write for sample copies ot the Transcript please enclose a postage stamp, not for publication, but as an evidence that they don’t take us for a bald-headed philanthropist, with a gold headed cane and an income $70,- 000 a year, who is printing paper for amusement and paying the postage on it for fun.— Middleton Transcript. A pacent medicine manufacturer died in New York last week. Before he died his friends asked him how he would like to be buried. He had just strength left to say, “Insert top of col umn next to reading matter 25 times. Electro sent by mail,” and then he closed his eyes and passed away where there are no omissions nor wrong in sertions.—SiJ tings. This is the season of straws. Some men take them in Spring hats and oth ers in mint julips. It’s just matter of taste. — Evansville Argus. An Ohio paper come with a glaring headline “Can the people be trusted?” Maybe they can in Ohio; we never lived there, hut in this neighborhood they are different. We only judge from the fact that when we drop in at our butchers and get a steak, and tell him that we left our pocket-book at home hut will come over in a few minutes and settle, ho always lays the steak away hack on the counter and puts a heavy weight on it, and tells us he’ll just take care of it for us till we go and get the pocket-book.— Evansville Ar gus. “I noticed one thing about this hotel,” said one drummer to another as a pair were seated at dinner, “the people here understand the art of bread making.” “So they do,” was the re sponse, “but they can’t help it, you see; it’s a inn-bread.” Yonkers Gazette. “A Nebraska man committed suicide because he owed a debt of 75 cents.” It is presumed that he became discour aged of his failure to run the score up to a thousand dollars or so, and con cluded that life was not worth living. —Norristown Herald. Nothing so strongly* tests a man’s varacity than to be summoned to the doov to be comforted with the question, “Are you the head of the house?”— Yonkers Statesman. An lowa woman, the other day, un dertook to drive a tack, and not only knocked her thumb as flat as a pan cake, but broke her seventy-dollar mir ror behind her.— Somerville Journal. A timid Newport old lady objected to traveling to the west on the “Bee Line” to see her daughter, for the rea son that she teared the bees might sting her.— Newport, Kg., Journal. When the minister announces, “The collection will not be taken up,” every Invincible in the congregation instinct ively rises in his seat and turns, hat in hand, to his nearest neighbor.— Post- Express. Another survivor of Balaklava is dead in England. Thus they are fall ing, the “noble six hundred,” by the ruthless hand of Time. By the end of this century, probably there will not be more than nine hundred of them left . —Middletown Transcrip t. It is a man who will pass a counter feit quarter on a deacon, for it is sure to drop into the collection box and make some benighted heathen forget that he has been converted when he finds it won’t buy him two straight drinks. —Fall River Advance. A full set of ivory poker checks were dug up from the ruins of Pompeii the other day, but the eminent servants still hesitate to pronounce upon the high state of civilization attributed to these people until they find the table with a hole in the top. —Bedford Sun day Mail . When you see a man walking along the public thorougfares, with bowed head, apparently “buried in thought” you can seize him up as a humorist. Any man who is always buried in thought never has any grave feelings. — Pretzel’s Weekly. Be’s you engaged,” said an Irish man as he entered a lawyer’s office.” “Yes,” said the lawyer, “but I’ll be through in a minute. I’m only draw ing up a conveyance.” “Then you’re a horse, are you?”— Petzel’s Weekly. 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