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The Covington Star 9
W. ANDERSON. Editor and Proprietor,
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floating' population of Now York
according to an accurate estimate,
here are more than twenty hoys
Br eighteen years of ago in tho
ish army who have won the Vic
[cress for bravery.
an example of the amount of
[in »
the world, the mines of New
Lid have alono produced $250,
lOOO worth of the precious metal.
j a iiie has a foreign-horn popula
, of 78,961 aud a colored popula
, of 1826- Of its total population
oDO are males and 328,496 are fe
les.
Ihe extent of tiio immigration of
Lilians [icated into the United States is
by tho fact that i n New
gland alone thct'O aro 250 Frencli¬
nadian societies, with a membership
40,000.
kt the present time about 600 out
every 1000 men in Hie United
lies who have reached tbc ago of
rty years are unmarried, and the
[ooklvn Citizen thinks that the pro
fc'tion of the unmarried is still in
lasing.
[The perseverance which conquers
I things, observes Hie New York
Les, has recently made for itself a
ining mark in the case of two New
Lk men who, after years of toil and
ndy, have invented for use in both
rms of the Government service a
isc that high official authorities have
roimunccd superior to any tiling of
i kind now in use.
Wheat-growers in England, like
kose in this country, have suffered,
Wares Ihe Boston Cultivator, from
pw prices. The cost of an acre of
[heat b, in that country is very nearly
which is very near tho selling
►roduct of an average crop at average
irices. The rise in price has led to
wger sowing of wheat, but not
nough larger to make a very large
incase of the product.
| Some «vne since It was reported
■hat a blacksmith of Levis, Canada,
pad rediscovered the method of tein
Itering [that copper, once in use but lost, so
it could be used for many pur
[poses for which steel alone is generally
deemed available. Now, stales th e
Brooklyn Citizen, it is reported that
Ithe same man, Allard by name, has
discovered a method by which alumi¬
num cun lie tampered so that it is
actually as In d as steel. The test was
made at the inquest of a New York
firm, and Abbe Lallamrne, the scientist
of the Lavel University of Quebec, baa
given Allard a certificate indorsing bis
discovery.
The New York Times says: Amer¬
icans have recently had such convinc¬
ing proofs of the deep-rooted and
widespread growth in Italy of murder¬
ous associations like the Camorra and
Mafia as to be well prepared for the
official statement that tho average
of persons
for voluntary homicide is fourteen
limes more than iu England and twen¬
ty times more than iu Switzerland.
The authorities give statistics of 21,600
persons murdered iu Italy between the
years 1882 and 1886. These statc
tnents and others have induced a spurt
ef feverish activity on the part of the
Military police authorities; hut a good
deal more systematic and continuous
energy needs be shown in Italy before
the country can be purged of the men¬
ace indicated by this criminal revival.
Those persons who think that ex
travagance, like charity, should begin
at homo, will derive much satisfaction,
believes the Now York Times, from
the theory advanced by Henry Clows,
tho famous Wail street speculator,
that the cholera scare may yet bo
Worth a great many millions of dollars
to this ronnlry. t v Asiatic cholera is a
disease naturally foreign to our COll 11
fry,” said Mr. Clews to the writer.
‘‘It is epidemic only in foreign lands.
The recent cholera scare is therefoie
likely to impel people on this side
of the Atlantic to forego their annual
foreign traveling ami sight-seeing amt
‘do’iheiijown country instead of umlei
taking the dangerous tour of Euiope.
if Americans can he made to realize
that to leave their own country is to
incur the danger of getting cholera
bacilli iuto their systems, the afore¬
said cholera scare will have served a
good purpose aud be a great gain to
this country. 1 do not hesitate to say
that the army of American traveler
abroad each year spends at least $106,
900,000. If ibis amount can be cut
down oue*hal£ that sum, which should
be done to restrain our national ex¬
travagance within the bound® of roe
sou, immense advautege# would M*
(Hue, *1
Crossing (he Bar.
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me !
Ami may there he no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the bound¬
less deep,
Turns again homo.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark !
And may there he no sadness of farewell
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time aud
Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see ray Pilot face to face
When I have Croat the bar.
—[Lord Tcuuyson.
A WAR STORY.
TOLU BV AN EX-CONFEDERATE.
It was about 10 o’clock at night and
Ihe Fedcrals under Gen. Iluuter were
lying in front of Lynchburg. Why
they did not enter we did not know
and never learned, but they must have
overestimated Hie thin lino of Confed¬
erate defenders, as they hesitated to
advance. Be lliat as it may, they
could easily have walked over us that
nighi, for we had but a few hundred
hungry, tired and worn-out Confeder¬
ates to bar their advance. Conditions
changed, however, before morning.
About 10 o’clock that night I was on
picket, posted behind a hillock, from
which I could seo the Yankee picket
about 200 yards away. Just behind
me there was a thicket of underbrush
or low bushes, following the low
ravine along the foot of the hill.
I had kept a suspicious eye on that
long scattering line of underbrush for
over an hour, for I kuew that it toil
around Hie little hill and out in front
of the Federate, aud thought how
easily the Yankees could creep up aud
around in our rear if they only knew
of it. About ten o’clock I beard some
ono making iiis way through the brush,
coming in my direction. Whoever
he was he did not try to conceal Ins
advance, but came along stumbling
and crashing through the l rush, mut
toriug ttfltl gf (( III LI |’»Q
was considerably out of humor over
something.
Tho nature of his advance relieved
me of any alarm 1 might otherwise
have felt, but as I knew that no one
had any business tramping and crash
ing about iu the brush and
making noise enough to attract
the attention of Hie enemy, I fell bsck
a few paces and waited until Hie fel¬
low struck Ihe little opening fifteen or
twenty feet away, Instead of a
drunken Confederate, which I more
than half expected to see, a bluc-coated
Yankee kicked his way through the
last brush and came to a halt as if he
had been shot at the command, “Halt!
Throw down that gun!”
“Well, I’ll be blessed if you ain’t a
rebel 1”
<<Yes, and you are a \ aiikee. S'.ep
out and hold up your hands, lie
had dropped iiis gun, and when I saw
no other arms I told him
to sit down on the grass. The fcl
low’s surprise and astonishment was
too clearlv apparent for a mistake,
but I concluded to question him, and
asked: “How did you get in here and
what were you after?”
“After! what do you ’sposo a fol¬
low’d be after who hasn’t had any¬
thing to eat for two days?
“Y’ou didn’t expect to get a lunch
down on Red Row over there, iu
Lynchburg, did you?”
.. Not by a big sight; I didn’t know
I was outside of our lines, but then i
must have been bo hungry that I
didn’t notice, and I expect our pickets
are too blamed hungry to keep a sharp
lookout, and so they didn’t see me.
Don’t sec liow I got iu here. Say I
you’re a rob?' 1
sure
I told him (hero was no doubt oil
that score, anyhow, and that our fel¬
lows had not been iu danger of foun
dering from a superabundance of
gooil thiu g®> or very ordinary, cora
every-day sort of food either for
mon, pretty good
months, but as I had a
chunk of cornbread in my haversack,
I would divide.
<*Sit where you are and help youi
self,’ said I, as I pitched the grub
sack down beside him. It does me
good today to shut my eyes and see
tliat little white-headed Yankee eat.
It did me so much good even then , that .
I stood and looked down on him as he
rammed a handful of coarse cornbread
his mouth, then turned up his
iuto the interstices
canteen and filled up
with water an 1 wound up by gnlpmg
the mass « quickly as muscles
down could l> e,fo ‘“
fttl d ravenous energy and
that function. I kept on look,ug
Yankee kept on eating unUl the
the Iradoutuu Ids »hm
confounded fellow I’ll be
and mlue, too, “Well.
hanged-" I beginning In oonfter*
COVINGTON. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1892.
nation (and I was about to finish bv
swearing a little, I’m afraid, as I Uiiuk
over it at this late day), whon my
prisoner seemod also suddenly struck
with (he knowledge of having imposed
upon my hospitality, for as soon as lie
could gulp down the last mouthful he
ga id “Blame my buttons, Johnny, if
I hain’t eat up (he lot. I’m sorry,
but I was so hungry I didn’t know—”
Then we looked at each other and
tho whole affair struck us so ludicrou 8
that we both hurst into a hearty laugh
I sat down and laughed until the tears
ran down my cheeks,and that Yankee
rolled over and laughed and made such
a racket that I was afraid some of the
pickets in front of us would open firo,
hut they didiiT.
While we were still laughing the,
relief came, and (he officer in com¬
mand said to me:
“Where did you get that fellow?”
The fellow’s good nature and his
enjoyment of the joke (an unconscious
one, of course) was so great that I de¬
termined, on the impulse of the mo¬
ment, to get better acquainted with
him before turning him over as a
prisoner, if possible, and when I re¬
ported to my superior I added that the
prisoner came from Ohio, not a great
distance from my old homo in West
Virginia, and that I wonld like to
have a talk with him. [In explana¬
tion I will say (hat the prisoner had
told me that he beiongcA to another
regiment.] Of course, under ordinary
circumstances, such a thing would
have been impossible, but just as our
line was filing into town the whistle
locomotives and rattle of drums
announced the arrival of re-enforce
ments, and while the attention of the
squad was attracted I nudged my pris¬
and slipped into camp with him
without attracting attention.
Lying under a dog tent we talked
several hours. I told him where
I. canto from, and found that lie had
been born and raised not
thirty miles distant from my old home,
in a different stale, Ik
many of my acquainlanccs, and
had known many people with whom
had been familiar. Any one listen¬
to us would have thought we
weto via
and wo certainly became
if not old ones, that night.
My Yankee friend began to show a
deal of uneasiness before a great
while, and I soon learned that he had
a terrible dread of being sent to Lib¬
by, but as I had succeeded thus far in
running tilings to suit myself, I told
liiip not to be uneasy, but to lio still
until I came back.
First I made him take off bis blouse
and his cap, and these I rolled up and
carried out of the tent under my arm.
In fifteen minutes I had exchanged the
blue jacket and cap for the gray jacket
and gray slouch hat of a Confederate
—its owner was asleep. From another
sleeping soldier I borrowed a big
chunk of cornbread. Returning to
the tent 1 told my prisoner to put on
the jacket and hat-a mighty risky
business for both of us—and then led
him down over the hill, keeping in the
dark, until we struck tho same ravine
where I bad captured him, at a
point 100 feet distant from the picket.
After guiding liim to the opening bc
twcou the hills, I pointed out the di
reciion of the camp of his friends, and
after telling him that they had proba¬
bly retreated (which 1 learned after¬
ward was a fact), I told him to keep
on going, as our • follows would make
things lively that morning, We then
shook hands and parted.
Five years ago, while [sitting iu a
big country store in Ohio with about a
dozen ex-Union soldiers, swapping
war stories, I told of the foregoing oc
enrreuce. When I got up the next
morning a half dozen horsemen had
just arrived, and at their head was «
iddle-aged gentleman whose air an 1
m ° prosperity and
carriago betokened
happiness, lio sprang from Iiis horsa
and walked—almost ran—to the porc.i
or f the hotel where I was standing,
seized mo by both shoulders with a
pair of trembling hands, looked me in
the eyes a moment, as if in doubt, aud
then actually hugged me as the tears
ran down his cheeks. “God bless you,
Johnny. I have always hoped, but
expected to see you again. Get
never along,” aud,
your things aud come
actually, before I could recover my
catch the first glimpse of the
senses or I
meaning of the strange scene, wm
seated horse in the midst of lie
on a
crowd and on my way somewhere be
fore I found out that the gentleman
who bad met me so affectionately was
m*v quondam prisoner.
What a talk we bad, and how many
miestiohs each of us asked I cannot now
\ thev covered the lapse of the
tC ’ when ilia but
the time
shi'iijuiei Z177Z. £ £
of peoco s
j e»d*rt
MATRIMONY.
Its Popularity Said to Have De¬
clined in Recent Years.
Causes Which Have Produced
This Marked Change.
It is estimated that there arc 3,000,
000 young men of marrigeable age in
United States who obstinately neglect
to provide themselves with wives,
says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
and this implies the existence of at
least an equal number of young wo¬
men of marriageable age who aro
waiting for proposals that never come.
The fact is important as indicating
one of the social tendencies of the
period. It cannot ho doubled that the
popularity of matrimony lias rnateri
rlly declined in recent years, and that
a kind of general hesitancy seems to
prevail respecting the negotiation of
such alliances. There was a time
when the young people of the country
hastened to pair themselves with
bird-like eagerness and delight as soon
as they were out of school; and society
not only encouraged them, but practi¬
cally commanded them to take that
course.
They were considered superfluous
aud buvdensomo until they got mar¬
ried. The true work of life could not
begin with them, they were taught, so
long as they remained single; it was
their duty to become yoked without
unnecessary delay, and it was a dis¬
grace to miss reasonable opportunities
in that relation. But it is decidedly
different at the present day. The
practice of wedlock is no longer im¬
perative, nor does discredit attend the
unmated state, eveu when prolonged
into the 30’s. There is as much ad
vice given against marriage as in favor
of it by the wise and experienced of
Doth sexes, and the result is a steady
decrease in the proportion of actual
weddings to possible ones.
The causes which have produced
this marked change are not sufficiently
definite for satisfactory analysis. It
is probably true that our extravagant
of former times, is one of the elective
influences. The cost of supporting a
wJfe and ra i 9 i„g a family is much
larger than it used to be, and this fea¬
ture of the matter often gives pause
on both sides. We have come to mea
sure so many other things by mouey
that matrimony has not escaped the
rule. Young people are disinclined
t> start in a bumble way and gradually
improve their situation they want all
that their parents have, without wait
nig . aud striving for it. Many pro¬
posals are unquestionably delayed oi¬
l-ejected on this account. Then it is
well known that the avenues of em¬
ployment open to women have made
them more independent and probably
also more exacting as to the qualifica¬
tions of husbands.
It is not nearly so common as it
once was for girls lo marry simply in
order to secure a home and a living;
they are able now to earn good wages
their time about
story brick country residence, about
which everything indicated the in¬
telligent cultivated taste of itsown
ers. An old hut swect-faced and
handsome lady stood at tho stop step of
the vorauda, and as my conductor led
mo up to her and said: “It is he,
mother, she placed her arms around
my neck and kissed me, and while
the tears fell from her eyes, she said:
“God bless you, my son ; may lie al¬
ways prosper you.”
1 did not get away that day, nor tho
next, and when I did leave on the
third day, forced by pressure of busi¬
ness, 1 left behind me friends Whom
it is one of the greatest pleasures of
my life to visit.—[T. Bond, TNew
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People Who Live Long.
“What occupation tends uwxst to
prolong life ?” asked a reporter of the
chief ma'hematican for ono ef the
great life insurance companies.
“That is a difficult question,” he re¬
plied. “I can only answer it by re¬
ferring to the occupations of persons
whose lives are and have been insured
by us. Inasmuch as they number
several hundreds of thousands they
will afford a pretty good basis from
which to draw conclusions on the sub¬
ject. According to this evidence it
appears that commercial travelers and
agents live longer than men in any
other kind of business, notwithstand
ing lHe liaz.ur&* nUftml trans¬
portation by rail and water. Atext to
them come dentists, teachers and pro¬
fessors, including music teachers.”
“And who after them?”
“Next to them in longevity qre hat¬
ters, clergymen and missionaries. Tho
last may occasionally furnish-food for
the larder of untutored savages, but
they aro a first-class risk nevertheless.
Next come bankers aud capitalists,
who seem to Jive just a trifle longer
tlrau bulchers aud marketmen. Law
yers succeeded and jewelers the list follow, by merchants, aud they ped- are j
on
dlers, milkmen and pawnbrokers.
Then come gardeners, laborers, civil
engineers and canvassers. Perhaps
the treatment which canvassers are
apt lo receive iu the ordinary course “ 1
of t I
it
in?”
< ( Oli, they don’t live mentioned. so long as Eveu any j
of the people I have
bookkeepers and bank cashiers, as
well as artists aud architects, are
ahead of them, They come in next
with the printers. pliysiciaus, and
gentlemen who are not engaged in
any active employment, Then follow
the apothecaries anil photographers,
and them in order bakers, cigannak
ers, real estate agents, army mariners officers |
and soldiers, liquor dealers.
and naval officers, Shortest lived of
all seem to be the auctioneers, board¬
inghouse keepers, barbers and diiv
ers. consideration the
“Do you take into
question of a customer's occupation iu
granting a policy ?’’
“Not unless it is more hazardou®
than anv of those 1 have mentioned,
though if he were iu doubt about ac
the man as a risk for other
reasons, such a point might turn the
scale.”— [Washington Star.
A Tender Hearted Dog.
A sick dog took up its abode in the
field behind our house, relates a cor
rcs pondent, aiul after seeing the poor
thing lying there for some time, I
took”it food and milk and water. Tho
next day it was still there, and when
l was <*oing out to feed it, I saw that
a small png was running about it, so
I took a whip out with me to drive it
aw ay* Tho iHig planted itself between
me and the sick do o* and barked at mo
si avngelv, but at lad, I drove it away,
and again gave food and milk and ~ |
water to my protege. 'Hie little pug
watched me for a few moments, and
as soon as he felt quite assured that
my iutentiens toward the sick dog
were friendly, it ran to me wagging
its rail, leaped up to my shoulder, and
ticked my face and bauds, nor would
it touch the water till the invalid had
had all it wanted. I suppose that it
was satisfied that its companion was
good hands, for it trotted happily
away, a „d did not appear upon the
scene again. -[London Spectator.
Rebuking a Tenor.
A tenor iu a Brooklyn church often
endeavored to cause fun in the choir
by making uroll faces at the other
singers, There was one member of
die congregation who considered his
levity idiotic, In the collection bas
ket he dropped a paper containing
these words: “To the Pastor:—Tbe
services would be much more interest.
w g it you could persuade your tenor
■ to act more like a man, and less like a
the duties of wives and mothers, We
may safely believe, moreover, that
the progress of women in education
and in social power lias led them to
Iook less favorably upon the connu¬
bial coudition by subordinating their
hearts to their tieads, so to speak.
And, finally, it cannot but be that the
abundance of criticism to which the
marriage system lias been subjected
by writers of pronounced vigor and
skill lias served to weaken it iu
popular estimation, and to
the quality of sacredness that is
claim to respect and honor.
Tliero is no reason as yet, however*
to lament the prevailing tendency as a
national misfortune, The amount of
marrying is still targe enough for all
ordinary purposes; and it may be that
less rather than more of it would best
promote the interests of society. Such
unions should be formed witli some
other object than that of merely prop¬
agating the species, Thcv involve the
most serious obligations and responsi¬
bilities of human life, and, if people
are learning to be slow and careful
about making contracts of so much
importance, it is hardly a sign of de
cay or a threat of calamity. Wheu
ever any two persons care so much
for each other that they cannot hap¬
pily live apart, they will be wedded in
spite of all opposing influences; and
perhaps those are the only circum¬
stances under which a wedding ought
I I ever to take place.
it would not do to say with Hamlet
that “we will have uo more mav
riages. aud that at! who are now sin
gle “shall keep as they arc.” but v e
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VOL. XVIII. NO. 48.
by reflective instead of emotional
means. The system with which the
critics find so much fault is not per¬
fect, hut it is ranch better than they
represent it to be or it would not
have survived so long. Witli all their
Haw picking they have not been able
to devi.se an acceptable substitute for
it, and until they arc able to do so it
will continue lo stand as tho most bc
nificent of those great agencies which
regulate and control tho aflairs of civ¬
ilisation.
Some Curious Trees.
A thread-and-needle-lrce is a step
beyond the wax-tree in the way of
convenience. It sounds like a fable,
but the Mexican maguey-tree furnish¬
es not only a needle and thread all
ready for use, but mauy other con¬
veniences. Just outside the door of a
Moxioau home the beautiful tree
stands, loaded with “clustering pyra.
mids of flowers towering above dark
coronals of leaves,” and at the tip of
each dark green leaf is a sleuder thorn
needlo that must be drawn carefully
from its sheath, at tho same time
siowly unwinding the thread, a strong
smootii fibre attached to the needle
and capable of being drawn out to a
great length.
Among its other uses, “the roots of
this tree, well prepared, are a most
savory dish, while with its leaves may
be made a thatching fit for a queen;
and no prettier sight can be met than
the collages of Mexican peasants so
exquisitely crowned. The rich loaves
also afford a material for paper, and
from tho juices is distilled a favorite
beverage. From the heavier fibres
the natives manufacture strong cords
and coarse string cloth.”
Tho pottery-tree, found in Brazil, is
equally curious aud useful. One
would scarcely expect to find pots aud
jars aud pitchers growing in if not on
a tree, but (lie material for them cer¬
tainly grows in this tree. It is found
in the form of silica, chiefly in tho
bark, alihougb the very hard wood of
the tree also vieids it. To make this
curious pottery the bark is burned,
and wbat remains is ground to pow¬
der and mixed with clay.—[Harper’s
Young People.
A Drumstick With a History.
The drum major’s stick of the First
Guard regiment iu Berlin has a curi¬
ous history. During the reigu of
Frederick II. it was the custom for
Prussian officers to carry a stick as a
sigu of their dignity, and this stick
was used not only as a commander’s
stall, but was employed in keeping up
military discipline. At that time a
certain Frederick Wilhelm Ilobdich
served as captain in the kiug’s life
guard, This officer had obtained great
successes iu the battle of Prague, and
received iu recompense various or¬
ders aud honorable posts, and also a
patent of nobility. After his death in
1796 the stick he used was preserved
as a relic by bis relations, till,iu 1840,
one of In* grand-nephews, a Major
Bredow, gave the stick to the First
Guard regiment, with the wish that it
should be used for the drum majors.
The stick, which was a simple ham
boo, was provided with a silver but
ton, upou which were engraved the
Rohdicli arms, the cross of the order
of merit, and the following words:
ii In memory of General von Rohdich,
1779 to 1796 head of the regi¬
founded by the Kurfurt Freder¬
and reformed by Frederick II. as
Guard Grenadier battalion, which,
in 1806, stilt exists in the
Guard regiment.”—[London
Wild Beasts Far-Sighted.
A curious communication lias l>eei»
made to the Academio do Mcdecina
by M. Motais of Angers, whose works
on the various diseases of the eye are
highly esteemed, He has closely cx
am ined Hie effect of captivity on the
sight of wild beasts, such as lions, ti¬
gers, etc., and asserts that all animals
in a savage stato are far-sighted. Tire
same remark applies to a man in an
uncivilized state, and even to those
who, though civilized, follow nvoca
tions whicli oblige them to remain
constantly in the open air, such a*
sailors or farm laborers.
The same faculty subsists iu caged
an imala wheu they have been (akeu
after the age of six or eight months;
but when born iu captivity, or kept in
cages when very youug, they become
near-sighted, which M. Motais at¬
tributes to the narrow space in which
they are confined, and the training
which obliges them to follow the eye
of the keeper or tamer to obey
will. The near-sightedness of
children may, in his opiuion, be
evibed to the same cause, the habit
concentrating the sight on one
and tho fact that the power of
..... become* modified
iwmou to which Jt
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The Cattle Bells.
Far down the brown autumnal haze—
High on tbc peak is snow—
Cattle that smell the winter days
Tinkle their bells as they go.
Out of a thick veil drawn to save
The sky’s face from the blast,
Those tiny bells, as fairies wave
Their wand, evoke the past.
That music once before 1 heard,
But then the notes were glad,
Carolling like a careless bird;
Ah, why now is it sad ?
Upon this brow now crowned by care
My love a garland laid;
We heard the bells, now here, now there;
Dead are the leaves and maid.
Mayhap for happier maid and man
The tender music swells,
And I will smile while vet I can
List to the cattle bells.
—[Willis Steell, in Harper’s Weekly.
HUMOROUS.
As bitter as gall—Check.
Nevertheless—The majority.
Bound-out—Jacks-in-thc-box.
A slangy maiden of North Broad
alludes to her steady ice cream
young man as “my cold snap.”
Night Clerk—How does it seem to
be a hotel waitress? New Girl—It
seems as if 1 was made to order.
Maud—How is it that you and your
get along so well together?
I never cook and lie never
politics.
An up-town shoemaker has a card in
window reading: “Any rcspecta
man, woman or child can have a
in this store.”
Manufacturer—What makes you
think electric clocks should sell so
freely? Drummer—The’ro all to bo
charged, are they not?
“I should hate to have a mother-in
law always around,” complained th 0
and then a gentle whisper fell
upou his ear, “I am an orphan.”
never asked if her bat was on straight,
She never ran from a mouse!
She kissed all the boys with never blush,
She’s a wee baby girl in the bouse.
“Where are you going?” asked a
boy of another who had slipped
and fallen on the icy pavement.
“_^iping to got upl” was the blunt re*
Jimmie Briggs—I wish my big sis
ter was a brother, A sister ain’t no
fun at all. Tommy Figs—Ain’t? Wy,
I make my sister cryiu’ mad ’most
every day.
Plumduff—Has that charming wid*
ow any property? Ketchum—Yes, a
lot. Plumduff—Real estate or per
■onal? Ketcheum — Personal — six
children.
Mrs. Cliinner—I wonder why light¬
ning never strikes twice in the one
place, Chinner—Wheu the lightning
comes around the second time the place
isn’t there.
She—Emma is tho prettiest, but
Lena is the smartest, Now, which
would you rather marry, beauty or
brains? He (very far gone)—Neither,
l’d rather marry you.
‘•Why didn’t you congratulate
young Jenkins on his marriage?’’ “I
could not conscientiously do that; I do
not know his wife, “Well, you
might have wished her joy. “I could
not reasonably do that; I do know
Jenkins. >*
To Suspend Animation.
“It lias been frequently said that
truth is stranger than fiction, re®
marked Dr. Henry Powderly to a lit¬
tle party that were discussing Wash
ington Irving’s romantic story of Rip
Van Winkle in the Limlelt rotunda.
“I often think that I would like to go
to Bleep and wnka u\* in the full enjoy
ment of my faculties a century later
—say, about the year 2000. J baJjpp-s;
that this will be successfully done.
Cases of suspended animation for con¬
siderable periods of time frequently
occur. 1 liuvo myself pronounced
people dead who aro now ill the full .
enjoyment of vigorous life. I have
no doubt Unit thousands of people
have been entombed alive after having
been examined by reputable and care
ful physicians, If the life force may
be so completely suspended for a day
or two and then resume, why may it
not be taken up again after the lapse
of a century or more? Irving makes
Rip Van Winkle age duriu g his
twenty years nap. That is, I think.
wrong, Should the life force be so
completely suspended that a man
would not require food there would
be little or no waste, and he would
wake up as youthful aud vigorous as
when ho dozed off I believe that it
will yet be possible for a man, by tak¬
ing century nap®, to enjoy a few years
of*life during every century for 1000
years or more. I can see no good
gasou for believing that the nineteenth
cent my has witnessed lb 0 Bd®
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