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ELLIJAY COURIER,
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—by—
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in the Court House.
6ENER6L DIRECTORY
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T. H. Tabor f Commissioners.
E. H. Milton, Marshal.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. C. Allen, Ordinary.
T. W Craigo, Cleik Superior Court.
H. M. Bramlett, Sheriff.
J. H. Sharp Tax Receiver,
G. W. Gates, Tax Collector.
James M. West, Surveyor.
G. W. Rice, Coroner.
W. F. Hill. School Commissioner.
The County Board of education meets
at EUijay the Ist Tuesday in January,
April, July and October.
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urday and Suuday, by Rev. N. L. Osborn
Methodist Episcopal Chubch—Ev
ery Ist Sunday and Saturday before, by
Rev. L. D. Ellington.
Every 3d and sth Sunday, by Rev.
Robb.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eouth.— Every 4ih Sunday and Satur
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R. Z. Roberts, Treasurer.
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~ HI. M. SESSIONS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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lips, of Marietta. Will practice in the
Blue Ridge and North Eastern circuits.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, GA.
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OPENS MAY Ist, 1885.
Learning of tlie probable growth of
Ellljay and the demand for a
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this section of the State. 1 have been
engaged in the hotel business a number
of years and delight in furnishing my
guests first-class accommodations at reas
onable rates, as numerous persons will
testify. Next door to Cobb & Son’s
store. Livery and Feed Stable run in
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while in the city.
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Superior Court—and oftener by special
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THE ELLIJAY COURIER.
AN OLD PRO VERB.
Pouting, my darling, because it rains,
Aud flowers droop and the rain is falling,
And drops are blurring the window panes
And a moaning wind through the lane is
calling!
Crying and wishing the sky wes clear,
And roses again on the lattice twining !
Ah, well, remember, my foolish dear,
“’Tis easy to laugh when the sun is shin
ing !”
When the world is bright and fair and gsy,
And glad birds sing in the fair June weather,
And summer is gathering night and day,
Her golden chalice of sweets together;
When blue seas answer the sky above,
And bright stars follow the days declining,
Why, then, ’tis no merit to smile, my love;
“’Tis easy to laugh whon the sun is shin
ing !’’
But this is the time the heart to tCBt,
When winter is .pear and storms are howl
ling,
And the earth from under her frozen vest
Looks up at the sad sky mute and scowling;
The brave little spirit shodd rise to meet,
The season's gloom and.the day’s repining;
And this is the time to be glad, for, sweet,
“ ’Tis easy to laugh when the sun is shin
ing !’’
FLOWER OFTHE ROCK.
There are three girls in our family,
Constance, Juliet aud Ismay, and it is I,
Juliet, who am writing this little history.
I believe—l may be mistaken—that
looks have a great deal of influence over
some people’s fate. If I had been as
good-looking as my youngest sister I
should now be Mrs. Lorraine, instead of
a forlorn maiden, gazing hopelessly to
a solitary future. But perhaps matters
may improve as time goes on; the wound
in my heart may heal and my feelings
become blunted. Just now I feel very
sore.
Constance is my senior by four years.
Bhe married, and very well, the year
after she eame out. 1 was fifteen at tho
time, and little Ismay only twelve, and
the next five years were the happiest
period of my life. The Lorraines were
our oldest and dearest friends, and Is
may and I studied with the girls under
the same governess at their house. My
father was the squire of the village
where we lived. Mr. Lorraine was the
rector, and there were no other families
of any oonsequenoe within five miles.
I (Link I tciasi to lire aiy Rle when L
was sixteen. It was October. Guy Lor
raine had left Rugby and was going into
residence at Cambridge. We young
ones had been spending a month at the
seaside under Fraulein’s protection, but
the holidays were at an end now, and I
felt somewhat gloomy as I wandered
alone in the rectory garden. To lose
Guy, and begin lessons to-morrow I It
was too bad.
I was a medium-sized girl in those
days, with a round face, a tremendous
mop of fair hair, blue eyes and a de
cidedly retrousse nose. J remember
that October so distinctly. The scarlet
geraniums in the parterres glared. If
was a last flickering glare before winter.
The Gloire de Dijon roses bloomed
everywhere and stocks and asters made
a brave show, but a feeling of autumn
and decay hovered in the air, and the
leaves on the trees were changing hue
rapidly.
I was attired in my usual white flannel
frock, somewhat dilapidated (I was never
tidy), and one of Guy’s straw hats,
which 1 had taken out of the hall. As
I stood by the dial on the lawn, a white
figure lounged in at the gate and
made for me. Of course it was Guy.
He was a wonderfully handsome boy,
tall, slight and dark, with clear-cnt fea
tures and an eagle nose. I bad always
admired him immensely; I am an artistio
soul, and worship beauty. That even
ing I felt painfully conscious of looking
a fright, and I began to straighten my
crumpled frock and pushed back my
curly, towzled wig.
“Don’t do that, Ju,” said Guy, as he
approached, “I like you ever so muoh
better when you’re untidy.”
“Then you must like me always.”
“I do six days out of seven; Sunday’s
an exception.”
“And I always look so nice on Sun
day.”
“Nice ! You’re a perfeot object, with
your hair in a tail, and your best frock
on. If you only knew what a perfect
contrast you are to Ismay, you’d leave
your pew and come and sit with us.”
“Indeed I wouldn’t—l’d choose some
one civil, not you.”
“Ah, you’re jealous of Ismay, and I
don’t wander; but I’m not going to talkj
about her just now. Do you know I,
came home specially to see you ?”
“I wondered what had made yon
leave the river so early, but I’m not
surprised to hear that I was the attrac
tion.”
“You conceited monkey; I should en
joy boxing your ears, but I haven’t time.
I want to talk seriously.”
I giggled outright, but he pulled my
hand through his arm, and we marched
off in silenoe. After a minute’s pause, I
opened my mouth to speak, but be broke
in suddenly:
“Ju, you know I’m going away to
morrow.”
“Well t”
“Are you sorry ?’’
“No, I’m very glad. I hope you will
come back improved. Yon require im
provement.”
“You tiresome oreature!” He threw
down my hand. “Why won’t yon be
serious Y’
“I am serious. You’re asking mt
stupid questions, and I’m aiiaw. ring
thorn seriously.”
“Oh, Juliet, why won’t you under
stand 7 Don’t you know I’m sorry to
leave you V _
<c A. Map of Busy Life—lts Fluctuations and its Vast Concerns.”
I nodtiod. “Of course you are.”
“Aud you must know the reason why,
Jn; I’m foud of you.”
“Yes, I know that too.”
“You’re really past all endurance,
suspected Ibis, and that is why I have
been an unseen witness to this scene.
Guy Lorraine, von are free. lam thank
ful that 1 have found out this ohange In
your love in time to escape a fearful
fate. Good-lijo 1”
I turned to go, but he sprang toward
mo and caught my band.
Must I explain everything, just ns if you
were a baby. I’m not fond of you in
that way.”
“Which way?” I interrupted inno
cently.
Guy took me by the shoulders and
shook me.
“Yon know what I mean perfectly
well. I’m going to marry you.”
I made a courtesy.
“I must really tell mother that I am
provided for,” I exclaimed; “she was
Very glad when Connie married, In her
'second season, but I’ve done a great deal
better. Actually, Guy, I’m engaged
two years before I’m out.”
Guy was leaning against a tree, look
ing very sulky.
“I’m quite in earnest,” he growled;
“but if you’re only going to make fun of
me, I’ll go.”
“Yon are going, that is to say, you’re
going to-morrow, but not just this min
ute. Guy.”
“Ob, Juliet l and do you really love
me ?”
“I don’t want to say yes, and I don’t
want to say no.”
“But you won’t go marrying any
other fellow while I’m away ?”
“There is no other fellow that I know
of. I’ll write and tell you if one turns
up.”
“And you’re the sweetest girl in the
world.”
“Guy, I’m positively growing vain. I
wish Fraulein thought the same.”
“Will you be in earnest, Juliet? I
know you’ll never marry me when
you’re grown up. You make fun of
everything, and you will turn out a good
for-nothing flirt.”
There was a pause, and I tried to look
forward into the future. I glanced at
Guy. His dark eyes were melancholy,
ludicrously so, perhaps, but I was
touched. He looked so sincere, and I
felt unworthy of the adornation ex
pressed so plainly in his face. I was
perky, odious, and hated myself.
• Al JuU BUIB Jfuu ntoou v V.t 1
say ?” I asked hesitatingly.
“Yes,” he said simply, and I knew he.
was speaking the truth.
“And if you meet prettier and nioer
girls than I am, you won’t like them
better than me ?”
“You are the prettiest and nicest girl
in the world.”
“I don’t want you to say that; I want
you to promise never to love any one
better than me.”
“I shall never love any one half so
well.”
And so the romance of my iifo began.
When I was seventeen my father gave
'his consent to my engagement with Guy,
and we were to be married when I was
twenty. The course of my love ran
very smoothly; Guy took honors at
‘Cambridge in his third year; I was
eighteen then, and was taken to town
',for my presentation. I stayed with
Connie, but I made not the slightest
sensation. I was not pretty, and with
one exception, I positively hated and
•feared young men. I was jforouchc and
conscious of being quite tho plainest in
the family. Little Ismay grew more
beautiful every day.
“How she is growing up !” It was
Guy who spoke, and he was referring to
little Ismay, who was crossing the step
ping stones to come to us. I sat on the
river bank, and Gny lounged at my feet.
Something in his voice made me glance
down at him.
“She is the flower of the flook. Everv
one says so. Far prettier than Connie.”
“Then you don’t include yourself in
the beauty competition, Juliet ?” and he
laughed.
“I never thought of comparing myself
with Connie, and she is nothing at the
side of Ismay.”
“But you are far away the best of
the three, Ju.”
“I feel annoyed at your remarks. I
wish people would never allude to my
looks; and, above all, that they wouldn’t
try to console me for my lack of beauty
by telling me that I am amiable (which
isn’t true) or that I have the beauties of
the mind, or stuff of that sort.”
Ismay came up and seated herself by
Guy. Two more beautiful faces could
not have been imagined. His, clear,
dark and classical; hers equally perfeot,
with a complexion of pearls and roses,
with golden hair, and dark, gray lustrous
eyes.
“I hope I am not de trop," she said
calmly, settling her muslin skirts, “bnt
I thought Ju’s voice sounded somewhat
cross, and I am come to make peace.”
“More likely to create discord,” I
said impatiently. Guy looked up
quiokly, aud then murmured something
about the golden apple.
"Do you remember Paris and the
apple ?” asked Ismay, looking straight
into his eyes. “If I had been there, I
think it would have been given to me.”
I was accustomed to hear snch remarks
as those every day, and I only langhed;
but Gay had not Been much of Ismay
daring the last twelve months, and he
stared with astonishment at the auda
cious beauty. She returned his gone
for a few seoonds, and then east down
her eyes. That was only aoting. What
ever Ismay was, she was not thy.
I tried to talk to Guy as I did when
we were alone. Then I used to ohatter
by the hour together, rigmarole he used
to call it—a one-aided conversation on
ELLIJAY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1885.
evjflry imaginable topic which I knew
interested and amused him, although he
rarely spoke, but was quite content to
listen in silenoe. But I felt somehow
oo strained with that graceful, white
figure before my eyes, and when 1 looked
at Guy, he was looking at lamay, and
had apparently forgotten me. I rose to
my feet abruptly.
’Where is Juliet going?” asked Is-
Bised his eyes lan
river?”
Ito go. He roae
with you forteav.
a year siuoe I’ve
and I wanted to
ere you’TOjbeoa
ie her.
reason why you
should dog my footsteps,” I said, mag
nanimously, “pray tell Ismay everything
worth telling; I am going home.”
And home I went, and all the way I
woudered what those two were talking
about, and mentally soolded myself for
on unreasonable feeling of grief which
had stolen into my heart on that sum
mer’s day.
.The same evening after dinner I went
and sat alone upon the stone balustrade
overlooking the tennis ground. I was
alone for what seemed to me a very long
time. The rosy after-glow melted into
blue, gray sky; the moon lauuohed her
silver boat, and here and there a star
flickered in the heavens. The corncrake
was busy in the hayfields, aud the soeut
of the roses and honeysuckle in the
veranda stole through the soft air.
I think I looked nioe that night; not
beautiful, I could never be that, but as
pretty as most girls. I wore a white
frock and a pearl necklace, and my fair
hair was twisted into a heavy loop.
Guy’s voioe roused me from my reverie.
“You look exactly like Ellen Terry
as you sit there. Look up at me.” He
placed his hauds ou my shoulders and I
looked into his eyes. Ho laughed and
sat down beside me.
“You have a queer expression in your
jyes to-night, Juliet. What is the mat
ter?”
“I don’t know. Something is going
to happen.”
He sighed impatiently,
“You seem very queer, too, Gny.”
you believe iu love at first
“Yes, in many cases. Is that what is
making you sigh so? Have you fallen
in love with someone at first sight?”
“Ob, I don’t know—that is to say, I
haven’t. Are you in love, Juliet ?”
“What a question !” I exclaimed in
dignantly, although I was half laughing.
“If. you wish me to say I’m fn love witk
you, I shan’t.”
"I wish to heaven you were not I” he
exclaimed vehemently.
The blood rushed into my cheeks, and
I sprang up passionately. Before I had
time to make my escape, Guy threw his
arms round me, and kissed my lips over
and over again. My head rested on his
shoulder, and my eyes slowly filled with
tears. No wonder I wept, though I
know not then that that was tho last
time that my love (taine, alas, no longer)
would kiss me.
“Dearest Juliet,” he whispered, “for
give me, darling. You know I love you
better than any other woman.”
“Except one,” said a soft, clear voice
close by. Guy dropped my hand, and
I looked round with an uncomfortable
sense of having been discovered in n
ridiculous position.
It was Ismay. She looked lovelier
than ever in the pale moonlight. Her
face was that of an angel, and her white
draperies enveloped her like a mist.
Sho laughed gently at my look of dis
may.
“I didn’t mean what I said, Ju, and I
haven’t been eavesdropping. I just
sauntered up, and overheard the enil of
Guy’s speech. It Reemed only natural
to make the remark that I did. It
came in so well.”
Guy said nothing. We three retnwed
to the house together, Ismay talking to
us both; I replied in an incoherent way,
but he said never a word.
That night a dreadful fear crept into
my heart, and until morning I lay
awake, staring hopelessly, blankly, at a
terrible phantom, which grew clearer
and more distinct every moment. And
1 had not even the relief of tears.
Thank God, that horrible state of nn -
certainty did not last very long. The
agony of the next two days was almost
too much for my endurance, but when
the last crushing blow fell, it was not so
painful as those frightful doubts. It
stunned me, but I knew the worst; there
was nothing, either evil or good, that
could touoh my heart after that.
Let me pass over the next forty-eight
hours. I said I was ill, aud remained in
my own room. I refused to see Ismay;
she made my head ache, I said. On
th3 evening of the second day I went
out. It was growing dark, and I
crouched down beside the balnstrade in
the Italian part of the garden, which
was laid out in terraces. Below my bal
ustrade a bank sloped down some six
feet or so to another terrace, and a gar
den seat was placed at the foot of this
bank. I felt expectant. I was lying in
wait In my black dress and in the
waning light no one could distinguish
me In that shady corner, and there I
waited. The night waa very still. That
hateful cornorake was still croaking in
the meadows, and I abhorred the per
fume of roses that filled the air, for in
my mind It raised up the vision cf by
gone love and happiness. What mook
erwf
I bad not long to wait. I heard
voices in tho distauoe. and aoos two
forms came from the shadow and
toward the seat below my eyes, My
heart boat thiok and fast. I feared they
might continue their walk, but no, they
stopped, and Ismay, for it was she and
Guy, seated herself. He stood a mo
ment glancing round, and then threw
himself at her feet.
“Yon are humble,” she said, “you
may sit beside me if you wish, or per
haps you think that is your proper
place V”
“Yes,” he Baid; "you were made to
be worshiped. I had read of such
women, but never believed in them, and
hero I discover one in a little girl I have
knot,-a all my life, and to whom J. have
hardlwever given a thought”
J '°“
“Juliet!” he sighed, "yes, and she
ought to oooupy them to the end of
time. There is not another girl in the
world like my old love, and she is bet Ur
than you, my goddess.”
“And jet you love me best of all ?”
“Who could blame me for loving you ?
1 adore you. Yon are so beautiful and
gracious. You are an angel, a Venus.”
“And you are profane. Gall me an
angel or Venus separately, not both at
once.”
“But you remind me of both. You
are neither saint nor sinner, but the
most charming combination of both.”
"If Juliet were here, she would say I
was all sinner—no leaven of saintli
ness.”
“Don’t talk about Juliet. Let me
think of you and of you only; the rest
of my life must be devoted to her.”
Through tho gloom I heard Ismay’s
sobs. I could not see, it was so dark,
but I knew that he was kissing her and
bidding her farewell forever and eaoh en
dearing, tender epithet cut my heart
like a knife. Slowly and noiselessly I
rose from my cramped position, stole
silently along the terrace to the steps,
descended softly, and stood beside
them without either being aware of my
presence.
“Aud now, good-bye for ever, dear
est,” said Guy, and he would have risen
and left her, but she clung to bim and
sobbed convulsively, "you must remem
ber Juliet; I am bound to her.”
“You are not 1” Gould that be my
voice ? It soiiuded strange and far
away.
‘•Juliet, you are angry I” j
“No. I am relieved.”
“Then you iiovr* jrt>Vi .tossttswnrv
spoke breathless, eagerly, a note of joy
in his voioe, and my heart stood still.
How anxious he wns to believe that all
my love, my tend< 'ess and devotion
had been nothing- his love, nothing.
“No, I never lu\.J you," I replied
slowly, aud as I uttered that lie I turned
'and went slowly away, and ho breathed
a long-drawn sigh of relief. I never
spoke a word to Ismay, or she to me,
out I know my sister knew my false
hood, and my secret is safe in her keep
ing.
They were married, and they are
happy; at least she is. Home times I
look up and see Guy’s eyeß fixed on mo
in a way which recalls the past, bnt that
is only my foolish imagination, for sure
ly he can only look back with amuse
ment to the time when he preferred me
to tho Flower of the Flock. —London
Society.
Buying a Railroad.
Concerning the salo to Jay Gould of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad by the
late Commodore Garrison, who then
owned it outright, there is a story told
whioh is eminently characteristic of Mr.
Garrison’s well known determination
and grit. Mr. Garrison had bought the
property for SBOO,OOO at a foreclosure
sale, when it was in a very unpromising
and bankrupt condition. When Mr.
Gould wanted to buy the road he sent
Russell Bage to make the negotiations
with (he Commodore. The latter was
smart enough to know that Mr. Gould
wanted tho Missouri Pacific very badly.
“I want $2,000,000 for it,” said bluff
Mr. Garrison.
“Dear me,” said Mr. Sage, insinuat
ingly; “why, you only paid SBOO,OOO for
it yourself.”
“The price to you is $2,000,000.”
“That’s too much,” said the frugal
Mr. Sage.
“Good day, sir,” was the reply.
Next day Mr. Sage, after consulting
with Mr. Gould, came again to see Mr.
Garrison.
“I think we’ll take the road at your
price, Mr. Garrison, ”6aid be.
“What price ?”
“Why, $2,000,000.”
“That was yesterday’sprico. To-day
I want $3,000,000.”
“Good gracious, you said yourself
that you would sell for $2,000,000.”
“So I would if yon had taken it then.
Now I want $3,000,000. If you will
take it now you can have it for that. If
not it will cost yon more.”
The good Mr. Sage was greatly per
plexed, and said he would have to
consult Mr. Gould again. He begged
Mr. Garrison to wait until the next day,
and not make another raise in the prioe,
but the shrewd old gentleman would not
promise.
On the following day Mr. Gould him
self came to see Mr. Garrison, and it
was diamond cut diamond. The great
operator was witling to give $3,000,000,
but Mr. Garrison had advanced the
flguro again to $4,000,000. This Mr.
Gould positively refused to pay, where
upon Mr. Garrison quietly announced
liia intention of extending the lino of the
Missouri Pacific so as to make it run
parallel with somo of Mr. Gould’s
Western roada and take away the busi
ness of the latter. Then Mr. Gonld
came down and paid the $4,000,000.
VOL. X. NO. 14.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The Grecian Islands are essentially
pagan.
Visitors are not allowed to enter the
Tower of London.
The banking capital of the United
States to-day ia-$738,000,000.
General Komaroff’s name is said
to mean “son-of-a-mosquito.”
It is estimated that 36,000 cans of
milk are daily id Boston.
miUtary ’syatem*aa
done.
Only 848 Boston boys and girls
fourteen years of age do not attend
school.
Summer cottages in chrome yellow
will vie with the tawny sea-sands this
season. . .
Lord Lobne will probably succeed
Earl Spencer as Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland.
Mb. Arthur is said to have increased
in weight siuoe he threw off his official
dignity.
An iron car wheel will travel about
40,000 miles. A steel tire will run
200,000 miles.
The English Lifeboat Servioe saved
683 lives and eighteen vessels during
the past year.
The ground upon which Virginia
City is looated has moved thirty inches
east since 1875.
Ten million base ball bats will be
used by the base ball clubs of this
country this year.
A burg lab was arrested in Sacra
mento dressed iu a priest’s cassock,
which he had stolen.
A lieutenant and sixteen soldiers of
the regular army are still keeping guard
over Garfield’s grave.
Pebfkotly dressed young men in
London theaters, at first performances,
now wear for-lined ooats.
There are 150,000,000 women and
girls in China, nearly all of whoqi are
uneduoated and ignorant.
The drink bill of England last year
increase over the
year previous of 905^^^
Pedro 1., of Brazil, is the Doyen
among crowned heads, having had
forty-four years of sovereignty.
Experiments made in Paris show that
the crocodile can bring its jaws together
with the force of over 300 pounds.
Sound travels through the air at fhe
rate of 1,142 feet in a second, or a mile
in about four aud two-thirds seconds.
The European and American forests
cover twenty-seven times the area of
the known coal measures of the world.
Tree planting is systematically fos
tered in China, and 330,000 trees were
set out last year in Hong Kong alone.
It is proposed to utilize the Yellow
stone Park for the preservation of the
bison, which is now very nearly extinct.
The bite of a Chinaman or a negro is
far more seriouß to a Caucasian than a
wound inflicted by one of his own raoe.
Among the Western cities Chicago ex
pended the most in new buildings last
year, the sum aggregating $20,689,600.
A zealous Christian woman in
Lowell has loft her husband’s bed and
board because he will not be converted.
Alabama physicians say that pneu
monia is now worse in that State than
ever before within thirty or forty years.
In Virginia peanuts are now ground
into what proves a very fair flour for
making pie crust aud other light pas
tries.
Swans have been known to live to the
age of 300 years, Cuvier thinks it prob
able that whales sometimes live 1,000
years.
The largest diamond of the world is
to be cut soon at Amsterdam. It was
found in South Africa and weighs 475
carats.
A public playground in London,
about one and a half acres in extent, baa
an average daily attendance of 2,839
children.
Civil Service Examinations.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: A lady
from Illinois was an applicant under the
civil service rules for a place in the de
partments. She passed her examination
with brilliant success. The next day
she wrote the following note to a friend:
“Yours received; come over; I want to
tell yon how well I done at the examina
tion.” To the question, “What is a
vacuum ?” one of the written answers in
a recent examination was, “A vacuum is
an empty spaoe without anything in it.”
To the question, “What is the geology
of West Virginia ?” one reply was
“Rough.” To the question, “What is a
writ of habeas corpus r‘ one reply was
written, “It is an act to take a dead
body out of prison,” and another was,
“It is an act of lunacy.” “Describe the
compass and its nse,” elicited the follow
ing luminous answer: “A compass is a
round circular box, standing on a three
legged tripod which always points to the
north.” A while ago the question, “How
far is the sun from the earth f” was found
to have been thus answered on one im
patient victim's papers: “I don’t know;
but it’s so far it will never interfere with
my performing my duties if I am
appointed.”
ITu who would act wisely must always
Mushier both sides of any question.
