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H m m ttbt *m£ m?* *%• J. W. ANDERSON, Editor and ^Proprieto Three Lovers. There wore throe maidens who. lpyed a King; They sat together belifle the Sea; ‘ 6 Ono cried, “I love him, and I wontd die If but for a day he might love me.” Tho second whispered, “And 1 would|die To gladden his heart or make him grejt.” The third ono spoke not, hut gazed afar With dreamy eyes that were" sad as fate. The King he loved the first for a day; Tho second his life with fond lovo blessed, And yet the woman who never spoke Was the one of the throe wholoved.hioiJiest. —- • > . >— ■ i .id : ... The Mysterious Hand. _ Do not think for a moment that I could ever have seen anything super human in the occurrence. 1 del not bolievo in any but normal causes. If, however, instead of using the word “supernatural” to express what we do not understand, we should use''-sirftply the word “inexplicable,” it would much more exact. In the affair I am about to relate, it was, above all, the preceding and attending 'circumstances that impressed mo. I will give you tho facts. I was examining magistrate at the time at Ajicco, a little white city ly ing on the edge of a beautiful which is surrounded on all sides by high mountains. The cases with which I had chiefly to do were those of vendetta- I had some fierce, heroic instances, tho most superbly dramatic possible. Among those people were found the most glorious causes for re venge that tnen could dream of—sc'cu lar hatreds, appeased for a moment, but never extinguished, traitorous ruses, assassinations developed Into j massacres, and almost glorious in their ; horror. For two years I had heard of nothing but the price of blood, that j terrible Corsican prejudice which binds a man to avenge, every injury on j the person who wrought it, his de- 1 scendants and kinsmen. I had old men and children murdered, and my head was full of such stories. I learned one day that an English man had just leased for a number of j years a little villa at the foot of tiie j bay. Ho had brought with him a French body-servant, engaged at Mar seilles as he passed. J^Mmdy %v4s soon busy with this strange person¬ age, who lived alone, and left his dwel¬ ling only hunt fish. He - Spoke to to or nobody, never came to the city, and ( every morning practiced shooting for i an hour or two with his pistol or rifle, i There were many stories about him. One man held that he was of princely ; rank, and had fled his country for po- j iitical reasons; another affirmed that ho was lying in concealment after hav iug committed a fearful crime, and oven related particulars of an especial lv horrible nature. 1 wished, ia my capacity of exahtin ing magistrate, ”, to obtain some definite . . .. . , , 1 ’lorina on m r.,gar o us man, m ">ui cut a no, ling. “ S av .® 13 • uine osSir . o in owe • °° S< * u. twn in w a enng um ” e,ir a md but no one could point out to aiy ung icily suspicions a nm mi. bmee, however, the rumors concern mg him continued, increased, and be caino more general, I resolved to make 0 a .yr!l ’ ' ' >> . t0 gau T to nlfZuHrlvTn Inin g •« . the neighborhood of his estate. 1 waited long for an opportunity, it came finally in the shape ui par¬ tridge which L shot and killed in the Englishman’s face. My dog brought it to me, but taking the game in my baud, I went to oxcuse my lack of good manners and beg Sir John Row¬ ell to accept tho bird. He was a large man, with red hjiir and beard, very tall and. very robust, a sort of placid ami-pol tehed Ho had nothing of the so-called Brit iHh stiffness, and he thanked me cor dially, speaking with a strong English accent, for my scrupulousness. At the end of a month we had talked five or six times together. One evening as I was passing his floor I saw him in his garden smok¬ ing his pipe, astride of a chair. I sa¬ luted him, and he invited me in. I did not wait to tie asked twice. Ho received me with scrupulous English courtesy, eulogized France and Corsica, and declared that he was warmly attached to that country and to that particular portion of the coast. I then, with great caution and under the guise of a very lively personal in¬ terest, ventured a few questions re¬ garding his life. He replied without embarrassment, telling me that he ba 1 travelled extensively in Africa, India, and America, and that he had had many adventures. I then turned to the subject of the fbase, and he gave me many of the most curious details in regard to bunt¬ ing the hippopotamus, the tiger, the elephant, and even the gorilla. I remarked that all these animals were formidable. He smiled. “Oh, is the most terrible. „ no; man He laughed outright, with a contented English laugh, as he ther informed me ; J§L. *T uSi» r r * '\ rv if v*1| .<“•’*• J.; v i he Couinaton Star. ,„,‘f il g "* t U “» kinds th. ZiTr^uTrunh’ #Wtf ame#ent ' ~ black black T2Z2 silk embroidered T with hU , n , g gold, With Large yellow flowers, rioting over the explained Zit C aZTi that it ’ was Sh0ne a Japanese T ke fire - fab- 110 Z , . ,, middle ... I pane1 ’ a stran S e ob J ect drew my eye. ° Q a T?re of red velvet a black ob j < C ' vas rown into relief. It was a WD _r8 _ l * llliia and Xot skeleton ’ a , 1 . . , f™. "ifli ’ " * an ' C e,ln “-h ’ bu£ a dr * ed and R< ' iatu ’. " yellow o ~ -- j. C * ° C ! ’ f °°' '' T ’ bclX £bo bones ’ ’ " ere °- ut Hborto11 as it with . the blow otan f ax, about mid way. up the fore arm. An enormous iron chain, rivet id at the wr.st, .soldered to this un sightly member, attached it to the wall by a ring strong enough to hold an elephant in leash. “Wbat is that?” I asked. “That is my worst enemy,” replied LhoEnglishman, calmly. “He came from America. It w as cut oil with a 8a fi er , skinned and dried in the sun £or a week. It was a pretty good P^ce of work for me.” I touched that human fragment, which must have belonged to a giant. long, woje a*t*ehed by enormous tendons, to * wrhi «® shrAls of skin still clung, S cor chod as it was, it was a frightful ''hing to behold, suggesting irresistibly s0,ne * lva f° revehge........ | “He must have been a very strong man ’ 3aid L > “ 0!l > said the Englishman, ffcntly. [ was stronger than he. £ hqd that chain pnt on to hold him.” tthougnt he was jesting, and said: “The chain is wholly useless now; £bp hand will not run away.” *’ l,£ be gravely replied : “I lie chain was necessary. It was always trying to getaway.” With a rapid glance 1 questioned his countenance, asaing mysm. : ...... ' “Is lie a lunatic or an ugly jester? But his face remained impenetrable, calm, and benevolent. I talked of other, thin ^ anJ a,lmir, ‘ 1 ’ his - ,ma ' 1 no ‘ ««*! that three loaded revolvers lay on the tables, as if this man lived in con - st ant fear of an attack. I visited him several times and then went there no more. People had be come accustomed to his presence and grown indifferent. A whole year passed. Then one morning, toward the end of Novem her, my servant awoke me with the announcement that Sir John Rowell bad been Msasslna^xl in the night. Half an hour later, with the central coln|1 ,j ssir y and a captain of the sol diery, I entered the Englishman’s Ills servant, bewildered and d airin „, wa8 weeping before the j 8USpecte d him at first, but he innocent. The guiltv ' man never | fo|md As . I „ entered . Sir John’s 7 sitting-room , X at the first glance his body ■ I saw _ stretched out 1 on -- 1 its *-*.....1- back i- in the middle , 0 [ the floor. His llii waistcoat waistcoat was was torn, torn, torn sleeve of ...........*■ his coat was '----- one I ing; all told that a terrible struggle • had taken place. He had died of strangulation ! His terribie countenance, black and swol len, seejned to express Um abominable >4ear phehoA someth ing •between' his I set teeth, and his neck, pierced in a i | hundred spots, as if w.th iron points, was covered with blood. A physician joined us. lie examined j * and cldBe lv .the n,a.*s of lingers iQ ho (lesh of tho dead m in’s throat, k(j thesa gtrange wards:, “One would say that ho had boon strangled by a skeleton. A shudder cropt over my back, and I raised my eyes t°,tho w^i. to the place where I had rforjiK'# seen the horrible, shriveled hand, It was no longer there. The chain hung broken. Then 1 leaned over the A dad man, and found in his distorted motith one of the fingers of that missing hand, out, or rather sawed, off by his teeth close to the second joint. They proceeded to make investiga tions,- but discovered nothing. No door or window had been forced, no article of furniture moved. The two watchdogs had not been awakened. The testimony of the servant could be summed up in a few words. His muster had seemed agitated for month past. Ho. had received and a Often seizing a burned many letters. horsewhip, with fury that resembled madness, he had lashed that dried chained to the wall, which had been removed, no one knew how, at the very hour of the crime. It was his habit to retire early night and to lock himself in with care. i lie always had weapons within loud . rpac b lie often talked very j ht » s i£ quarrelling with n e body. COVINGTON.‘GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1885. n* night It chanifthat Slr ”Tl" Johtl stl,al, assassinated. " e ™* He " M suspected «*•* nobody. 1 rep0rted t0 the magistrates and public officers all I knew aboutkhe death, and a minute inquiry was pros <>cuted over the wh ° le “ Noth , ing was discovered. l Oae night, about three months ,nf the crime, I had a fearful ni»ht mare. I seemed to sec that hand running like a scorpion or a spider over my curtains and walls, Three times 1 awoke, and three times on go big to sleep again I saw the hideous member running about my room, moving its fingers like feet, i The next day it was brought tome, i It had been found in the cemetery on j the grave of Sir John Itowell. The ; forefinger was gone, This is my story, and l know noth | ing more about it. Had I an explanation to suggest it would but overthrow' your wild imag¬ inings, and would not be likely to find i,cce P tanc e with you. My belief is sim ^ dy £ba ^ £be blw£ld owner of the hand was bvia & andbad come in search of it with the one that remained to him. Hlit 1 have not been abie to picture to rn >' sa Lsfact on the manner of his re vfin « e - -Frow the French. An Oriental Hospital for Animals. The Jains, like other Buddhists, have a strong respect for all animal life, not only that which is beautiful, but that which is weak, helpless, and even hideous. Tho hospital is but one evidence of this. The visitor describes the scene as both ludicrous and pa thetic. “The monkey part of the hos pitalwas the moat entertaining. A big ape supported itself on crutches; another sick inmate was lying stretch ed full length bn tho floor, gazing must piteously into tho keeper’s face. ]t seemed to be an object of deep in terest to all the other monkeys who clustered around it. The native doc tor shook his head solemnly, and if it had been a human being lie could sKe not nave sum more teno-ny ffiat was dying. In these compartments were collected, as it almost seemed, every known quadruped and biped on the facft of the & loba ’ 0ld eIe P hants ’ dl ' heated buffaloes deplumed ravens, vultures, and buzzards l.obnobbled to gether with gray-bearded goats and most foolish-looking rams; rats, mice, rabbits, hobs, herons, lame ducks, for lorn old cocks, and sparrows, jackals, old owls, ami goese, live here in har mony side by side. 1 have been shown through palaces which interested me less. We waited to see this curious medley of inmates dine. When the food which suited each class was being conveyed by a band of . attendant .... bovs boys to their various troughs, pens, etc., the noise and confusion were deafen ing. Tho monkeys in particular, with ; the peacocks— birds the most sacred to the Hindus and .Jaina—raised such a howl an l were so importunate to be i served first that we were glad to es cape. „„„„ Slluh is tUe extreme to which ‘ Oriental charity is carried. But, after | ' ~n all, a...,, there is i. o.,marhinnr something •infirmary’ mrr very nuhtn noble for and and the i touching abogt this j 1 *'-■ brute --------Everyone creation. who finds j any animal auiiiorized wounded, to sick, bring aged, it here; or | dying, is and here it is really well cared for un j til death, comes to relieve it from all suffering. Who can estimate the ‘power of an institution that is contin j ually caring for dumb mutes of the I animal kingdom, who bear not only man’s burdens, but liis harshness and neglect, with the patience of almost sanctified beings.” , n *!.. The , ' mltiga J, g cir mmstance one , about increasedpurchasing h ardt,m«:mdlow^^h« The been Boston figuring on the subjec^and comes ^ to the conclusion that w much " of the necessaries of life to-day Its 35 in 187 ri *1.33 in 1855, 91 in 1845. and ?1.!6 in 1825. In other words,'the purchasing power of dollar is 1 9 per cent, greater than it a was in 1825. and 32 per cent, greater than it was in 1855. A dollar will buy more to-day than in m<jft pro¬ vious periods in tho fi¬ of the liation.— Lowell, Mass., Courier. j Signs of Affection. j a sign of affection, kissing was unknown to the Australians, the New Zealanders, the Papuans, the Exqui maux and other races. Tiie Polyne sians and the Malays always sit down when speaking to a superior. ssrsr considered curious people a coffin is ^person neat and appropriate P Lpe r present \f for “ c,ally the age g health, person i# in had x IIEWN H OUT OF SOLID ROCK India's Wonderful Temple Cave of Karli. A Mavelons Structure that One would Take for a Superb O^aral. The temple-cave of Ivarll, says a letter to the New York Independent, is an illustration of the fearful lapse of the ethnic ■ faiths of Pagan India. , The monks of Albania and other rogi ons betvveen the ./Striatic and the /Egean Sea, dug out’many a cell in the early days, and honey-combed vast regions, where they spent their lives, and were laid away when the long monotony was over.V; The Karli cave-temple is very differ¬ ent in construction! It is by far the finest in India. To reach it, you take the train from Bombay, and go nearly a hundred miles eastward, on tho general line to .; Calcutta. From Khandala to tho Karli cave-temple wo had a ride of five miles on horseback, It was not long before we were com pelled to leave the carriage road, and take a path through the fields, toward the range of mountains on our left, and by the time we were getting accustomed to the path, we had to leave^our horses, andjhegin climbing in downright earnest. Now, a climb in India, even to see its finest temple cave, is not a little thing. My white pith-hat, with turban of light cloth J folded about it, amt then a double j umbrella, of gray cloth, white within, j seemed to help but little in keeping off | the pressure of the heat on a late day j of the Indian November. When we i reached the cool and shaded vestibule ! and threw ourselves down on the first broken stones we saw and looked up into the face of the colossal stone god dess who sat on an elephant of stone, j we were glad enough to rest. ! The temple walls, and every part of j their adorning sculpture, are hewn out of the stone mountain. Were J there no statuary of pagan deities, no i reminders flf an early worship, and Other than In - ' 8tri ictare for a sinierb cathedral. Not | ^ gerions change8 woul d need to * | ^ jo order t0 c0 nvert int0 an minster _ The cave is 124 ; feet long, forty-five foot broad, and j forty-six feot from floor to ceiling. ! There are aisles on either side of the | temple, separated from the nave by 1 octagonal pillars. The capital of each \ pillar is crowned with two kneeling 1 elephants, on whose backs are seated j | two figures, representing the divinities to whom the temple is dedicated. These are of beautiful features, as, indeed arc ail the repres mtations of I deities’ in the Karli cave-temple. There is nothing of that repulsive sculpture which one sees at Funa and in other modern Hindu pagodas. I saw no figures which were in part human and in part beast-like. Each was true to its class, from vestibule i back to altar. The altar, and the duce where it stands, keep up the re semblanoe to a Christian church. Be- j hind it there ____________ are seven pillars, which ge . );lr . de ^ froln w ] ia ^ j n a church, correspond .................... with the choir. There are a ' t0 g e ther thirty-eight col umns j n temple. The grandest is the lar „ c Iiorl p ju ar in front, which ha8 sixteen side 8 , and is surmounted ^ ^ lr jipns. All ttfUolid this great recess has been cut ]fr()m rock, which seems to be noth j’ n „ go fter than porphyry itself, The s t a tuary is in massive relief, and congi3t8 c 'f figures als cleft from the j ike iffim waltlsen’s lion, in Lii ceme qj ie great pillars are chastely nroportioned columns, both base and capital proving that they hive no" been introduced, but, like all other ^ t he temple, J ’ h .vc,been S' JI'U^ain s3 of the p^fSiel consists. They are part* £ of floor and ceiling. ^ | or vesti bule,;l. a feet w de and fifteen feet dS£ and on the heavy molding above there are figures of a man a woman and a dearf. All this, to 0, like the whole spacious temple itself, has been patiently cut from firm rock. The only thing which is not of na¬ tive rock is a wooden covering or ceil ing. This has been the puzzle of all ! the toilers in Indian archaeology, and they seem to-day to be no nearer a solution of the difficulty than when t | iey began, The entire immediate coverin g of the temple is teak, ft native WO od, almost the only one wb jch resists the white ant and every j nd j an in sect. " ’ , ... . -i* - - mistake. “Why, yes, to be sure. How stupid I am! I w» thinking this is Wednes ‘ pay evening Tork Sun. Homo Life of the Anamese. The Anam ese are not shining exam pies of the domestic virtue, says a Globe Democratic Correspondent: Neither have they in their intercourse with one another that bland and self-deny u»g politeness which characterizes the social relations of the Japanese in such an eminent degree. Both men and women will discount a London fish¬ wife in the matter of objurgation. I have seen two women leaning out of respective doorways on opposite sides of the narrow streets of Hanoi, making the welkin ring with vile reproaches and insults, while the listening neigh, borhood smiled and applauded. The fire ou domestic hearthstones can not be expected to burn brightly under dripping roofs of thatch and drafty walls of palm or bamboo mat , ting. It is hard to tell whether the husband or wife rules the roost, though doubtless, as in civilized conn, tres, it is sometimes the one and sometimes the other, I have seen a husband chastise his erring w’ife w r ith his fist in the streets of Haiphong, while in Hanoi, where the native pop illation is expected to retire early, I have seen a husband w r ho stayed out till half-past eight o’clock squatted at the door of his home, humbly begging to be admitted, with every prospect uf having to spend the night in that hu miliating attitude. At Sontay 1 have also seen an aged crone pursue hor in dolent and servile lord into a crowded thoroughfare and lead him back and compel him to resume some household drudgery which he had shamefully endeavored to evade. Between hus* I band and wife, therefore, so far as tiie subjection of either is concerned, the honors may be considered easy. Mar riage is a sort of social compact, man aged on the part of the young woman by her mother. It is more than any tiling else among the common class a matter of bargain and sale. With foreigners the marriage de conven ance prevails as in China, the mother selling the daughter to the stranger for a stipulated sum per month. There are no occupations in which young taking care of the superfluous child ren of tho family, except sometimes to assist at the hereditary labor or trade, or to learn the minstrel business, thrum the guitar and sing in tho fash ion of the country—a fashion, as in Japan, adopted from the Chinese many years ago. The Tenacious Turtle. A recent letter to tho New Y'ork Sun says: The account published in the Sun of a fight between two tar ties in Big Walker I ond, near Shoho- , la > Penn * and lho relatu ™ of tbe 8ln ' " u!ar tcnaclty <)£ Ilfe s howi1 by the ! head of one of tho turtles , even aftor decapitation, brings a gentleman from 1£ll Suenot, N. Y., to the front with a stor y of an even more wonderful case. L> this instance the gentleman and his brother had been 3 P earlu 8 fish at ia a river near their home. When returning they saw in the water a largo turtle of the snapping variety. | ln an ' ns,an t_ the spear went down, j and between the prongs, when it came j up, was the neck of the turtle. The j lifted out the ... bank, . and , n -P tile was on the spear pressed down in the soil. The head was then cut off and left last t( > tiie spear, which remained sticking in tiie ground until morning, the turtle being taken home. Next i mornin g tl,e 8 P ear wa3 wanted, and one of the youngsters about the farm brought it in, bearing it aloft with the iead o£ tbe turtl ° sti11 remaining -between the prongs. It was set down in tbe door - yard » and ren)ilined there untd nearly noon. About that time a » inquisitive chicken began picking nt the head ot the turtle. Suddenly ; the mouth opened and again collapsed, and between the jaws was the head of ‘he inquiring chicken. It was even ing before the strength had left the jaws of the turtle sufficiently to allow the chicken’s release. The chicken’s head had been crushed, and tiie poor little fellow was dead. This is believ¬ ed to be tiie most remarkable case on record, where gangliao motion has been retained for nearly twenty-four hours. A Rood Reason. “No gentlemen,” exclaimed a mid dleJ . man> who wa8 talking to a crowd on Austin avenue, “nothing in the world cou i d i ndllc0 me to allow ^ of children t0 enter a school room for the reason that-” “You hire a teacher to come to the bouse,” interrupted one of the crowd.’ “No, it’s not that. It’s because -” “They are too sieklv to go to school,” : s *" 10 j ..v No. gentlemen gen men. the reason is be j cause I’ve net got any children.”— Sifting*. VOL. XI, NO 43. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. Five LUtle White Heads. Five litllo white heads peeped out of the mold, When the dew was dump and the night tv it cold i And they crowded their way through the so 1 with pride. “Hurrah! We nre going to be mushrooms! they cried. But the sun oamenp, and the sun shown down, And the little white heads wore shriveled and brown; hong wore their faces, their pride bad a fall— 'i.iey were nothing hut toad-stools, alter all. — Walter Lerned, in St. J\icholas. Teilily’s Trout. Once Teddy went fishing, Teddy’s father went too, and his mother and Uncle Butler and Aunt Butler and Miss Wilkfhs. Uncle Duller and Teddy’s father rowed along, and Teddy stood in the stern of the boat, and trailed his line. All of a sudden there came a scream from Teddy, then a splash; and Ted¬ dy was in the water. “TeddyI O Teddy!” screamed his mother. “O-o-h!” screamed Aunt Ilutler and Miss Wilkins. “Save him!” In a twinkling Teddy’s father had Teddy in the boat again, all safe, | though very wet. “Rut there’s my pole going off,” cried Teddy, “Oh dear! oh dear!” “Well, there might as well be an¬ other wet one,” said Uncle Butler; and he pulled of his cost and vest, and jumped in after Teddy's fishing-rod. lie caught it; and swam back to the boat; and there ho pulled in a fish, which was fast to tho hook—a nice, very large trout, “Its mine,” cried Teddy; “I caught it!” Rut Teddy's father wants to know whether Teddy caught the fish, or the fish caught Teddy. —Youth's Compan ion. | | C«eHerat Custer’s Pets. Mrs. Custer, in “Boots and Saddles,” says: “ As the the soldiers and citi¬ zens knew tiie General s love of pets, them I would have gladly declined, but, notwithstanding, a badger, porcu¬ pine, raccoon, prairie-dog, and wild turkey all served their brief time as members of our family. They were comparatively-harmless, and I had only the Inconvenience to encounter. When a ferocious wild-cat was brought in, with a triumphant air, by tiie donor, and promoted with a great ilourish, I was inclined to mutiny. My husband made allowance for rny dread 0 f ^e untamed creature, and decided to send him into the .States as a present to ono of the zoological gardens, for in its way it was a treasure. While it remained with us it was kept in the cellar . Mary used to make many re¬ trpatHi tumbling up the stairs, when tho cat flew at her the length of its chain She was startled so often that at last she joined with me in re q Ues ti n g its removal as soon as con¬ venient< The General regretted giv ing it np , but Kervan was called to chloroform and box it for the j ourne y Colonel Tom printed some facetious words on the slats of the cover _something like; ‘I)o not fon dle , They were somewhat superflu ous, for no one could approach the boX) atter t jj e effects of tiie chloro j orm had pas8ed aW ay, without en coun teri n g the fiery-red eyes, and such gcra t c jji ng s and spittings and mad p i un g es as suggested the propriety of keeping one’s distance. Some deten tion kept the freight train at a station over Sunday; the box with the wild cat wi)3 put j n the baggage-room. violence of the animal as it leaped ftnd tore at the cover looseno d the gl . lts> aild it esca ped into the room, Th froi ^Ltori ht agent spent a wretched ^ wi» .gain resorted to U and it wa , deemed a good riddance W the annima. was sent off. When we receive<1 a letter of thanks iron, the Scientific Board for so splendid a specimen, 1 was relieved to know that the wild cat was at last where it could no longer create a reign of terorr. At one time the General tamed a tiny field-mouse, and kept it in a large empty inkstand on his desk. It grew very fond of him, and ran overt >'is head and shoulders, and even through his hair. Women are no responsible for their fear of mice; they are born so. Iliad, fortunately, only to keep away from the desk when £ he little creature w as free, for it was contented to consider that its domain. The General, thinking at last that it was cruel to detain the little thing in. dcwrs "hen it belonged by nature tc “ ep> * "°‘ ,m “” d cap, *‘ ity to freedom. El Mahdi has thirteen wives. Hi married the first when he was 16year old. Homesick. The blue sky stretches far and wid% No cloud presages gloom, The piebald prairie in its pride With herbage is abloom. Ah, me ! Ah, me ! a rock, a rill, A sky which mountains bar, A tumbling stream, a rugged hi) Were fairer vision far. II. Tiie mountains rise, their mist aglow ; j The streamlets sing and leap; Tiie vinos blow purple row on row. Rock-slielterod violets peep. Ah, lonely soar the upland,pines* The valley smiles in chains: While up the hills climb weary 'Tis home upon the plains. ITT. Salt tears ofionging and regret Sink deep within the loam Of foreign soil where feet nre sot When hearts nre left at home. A kindlier fate is that which lets Tho hen von -winged sprit free. Than, held in space ^rhere distance frots, An exiled soul to be. —Alary Barker Dodge in Current. j HUMOROUS. ! “Sound business”—piano-tuning. The teller is a man who sometimes does not tell—but silently steals away. Numismatists declare that a silver dollar having eight feathers in tho ea>?le . 8 talls if} worth 100 ceuts . The Sultan at Constantinople is named Osman Bey. His twenty wives make him sign his name 0. Bey. A celebrated physician boasting at dinner that he cured his own hams, a guest observed: “Doctor, I am glad to hear that you have cured some¬ thing.” “Man is more apt to be kind to ani¬ mals that love him than to the woman who does the same thing,” said George Eliot. There is but one explanation: Rack talk. Nothing bothers a modest but hungry old hen so much as when she has made a hearty breakfast off an old shoe-lace and finds the unfortunate shoe at the end of it. Employer to clerk—“I don’t object to yonr going tq q fy.uqr.at q pen in 3 mo home a fish or two.” Sun blush on the end of the clerk’s nose extends rap¬ idly to his ears. “Well, Johnny,” asked Mrs. Dump Bey, “did you and papa goto church this morning?” “Yes,” replied John¬ ny dolefully, “but somebody else was in our pew, and we had to go and sit up in the garret.” The male codfish always takes care of the eggs and young. Tiie only peace In life which male codfish enjoys Is when he gets salted down and stored away in a grocery, the porpri etor of.which doesn’t advertise. Tho Homo of the Ulovolands. Holland Patent is a picturesque country village of about six hundred inhabitants, situated 011 the Utica and Black River roads, twelve miles north of Utica. The Cleveland homestead is a rambling wooden structure, two and-a-half-stories high, with wings at¬ tached, erected when timber was more plentiful than at present The grounds surrounding are set with evergreens, ornamental shrubs and bods of flowers. A long row of majestic elms on tho east side overshadow the homestead and grounds, and maples on the south add to the shade. Miss Cleveland at¬ tends the Presbyterian Church on the village green. It was the pastorate of this church that her father was called to in 1853, and It was from here that his funeral was held a few months later. Id this church Miss Cleveland, her mother, brothers and sisters regu lariy attended divine services for over twenty years. Then the family scat tered, but their p,w on the south side of the church, near the front, is still ■ preserved for the children whenever they are present.-^ (N. r.) ^_______ Tired Only One Way. “Mother, did you say I can’t go to the rink to-night?” “Yes, Mamie, I did.” “Why, mother?” “Because you have been there every day three times for the last three days, and so much exertion will ruin your constitution.” “Why,I’m not a bit tired, mother.” “Well, if you are not, ^come and help me wash these dishes. “O, pshaw. I’m that kind of tired, but not the skating-rink kind. She helped wash the dishes all th* same. A Fain »us Jewel-Box. jj ar0 n Adolph Rothschild has re< cent ] y purchased at an almost fatal-* i ous price, the famous jewel-box whid* - -- -*“• ’•* ,,, ° go,d " hair.” It is of enamelled gold and richly ornamented, and is altogether one of the most pefect gems of mediae^ val art in Europe.— London truth, •