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VOL Xl.
ELLIJAY CODRIER.
PUBLTStfED EVERY THURSDAY
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CO LIMAN A KIRBY.
MU' Office int he Ocrart House
" GEftERWroiRECTORY.
• Superior Court meets 8d Monday in
May and 3d Monday ia October.
■' county ornoMs.
' J. 0. Allen. Ordinary,
T.'W. Oraigo, Clerk Superior Coon,
H. M. Bramlett, Sheris',
> ' J.'-H.-Sharp; Tar Receiver,
G. W. Gates, Tax Collector,
Jas. M. West, Surveyor,
GjW. Rice, Coroner,
W. F. Hill, School CommUeioner.
The .County Board of Education meets
at Ellijay the Ist Tuesday in January,
April, July and October. *
•** j
Hon. James R. Brown, Judge.
George F. Gober, Solicitor General.
OO Un'l Y COUBT.
Hon. Thomas F. Greer, Judge.
Moultrie M: Sessions,County Solicitor.
Meets 3d Monday in each month.
Court of Ordinary meets first Monday
in each month.
TOWN COUNCIL.
E. W. Coleman, Intendant.
Li. B. .Greer, *1 a . <
I. P.' Cobb,’ Jr. Commissioners.
■' T. J. Long,
M. T. Dooly, Marshall.
UKUOIOCS anenexs.
Methodist Episcopal Church, South—
every 4th Sunday, and Saturday before,
Rev. C. M. Ledbetter. \/. 1
Baptist Church—Every 2nd Saturday
and Sunday, by Rev.' E. B. Shope.
Methodist Episcopal Church—F,ver.
Ist Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. R
H. Robb. . .
FfiJLTURNAL EECOKD, ,
Oak Bowery Lodge, No. 81, F. A. M.,
meets first Friday iu each month.
W.. A. Cox, W. M.
1;. B. Greer, S. W.
W. F. Hipp, J. W.
R. Z. Roberto, Treis.
T. W. Craigo, Sec.
W. YV. Roberts, Tyler,
T. B. Kirby, S. D.
11. M. Bramlett, J. D, • • •
m. J. R. JOHNSOI, l
Physician and Surgeon
EtoUJAY, QK^Av#r^
Tenders his professional services to the;
people of Gilmer and surrounding coun
ties and asks the support of his friends as
heretofore. All calls promptly filled.
U. M. Sessions. E. W. Colutax
SESSIONS A COLEMAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, QA.
Will praottce in Blue Bidje Circuit, County
Court Justice Court of Oilmer Oou*ty...-Lg&l i
buainen solicited; “ProwptaSss” is our motto.
DR. J. & TANXERSLEY.
Physician and Surgeon,
TenSnrA4lSe-prrtfesuthnal Services to the citi
tens of Ellijay, Gilmer and surrounding conn
iiea. All calls promptly attended to. Office
Ptalra over thfl firm of Cfibb-A Son. ' ■
RUFS WAIDOi THORNTON. &.D.S.
r DENTIST, '
Gitifbinj'.'GA.
Will Tint Ellijay and Morganton at
both the Spring atrf'Tall t term of -the
Superior ofteher by special
contract, when sufficient stork. isSpia*
anteed to justify me in Baking the writ.
Addreet: as above. , TnunMais
Who wish a ThobosKih preparation foi
Business, will find superior advantages at- ‘
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NORTH GEORGMA !
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Accommodation# complete, facilities for
ease and comfort unexcelled, and the
magnificent Mineral Springs is its chief
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board, etc,, address,
Mae. w. F. Robertson,
Ellijay, Ga.
CENTRAL HOTEL!
Ellijay, Georgia.
In the special popular rssort: for commercial
men and tourists of aB kind, sad is the general
house for prompt attention, elegant rooms end
are second to none, in thiiplaoe. Reasonable
rates.
Mrs. M. V. Teem will give her personal st
tention to guests in the dining halL 1-14
Mountain View Hotel!
ELLIJAY, QA.
This Hofei is now fitted up in excel
lent order, end ft open for the reception
of guests, under competent management.
Every possible effort will be made ft
make the Mountain View the most popu>
ler Hotel in EIH jay. Accommodations ft
Unart flfttdslaaa. Livery, mil
end feed stable* imonnection with hotel.
Guest* tnnftarnd to art from ell trains
free of charge. • M ly
THE ELLIJAY COURIER
THAmcaoiviMO. |
Un the old hearths to-day the old Arm bun, |
And love shines warm within the dear oM i
And ertoi a little ai they all return
-I\e boy/ and girb to got their pumpkin j
OM chayp mayhap the boys are; and the ;
It they were younger, say It ’neath the
rose.
Fierce, fierce Time’s blinding tempest beats
and whirls,
Swift, swift pile up the dreary winter
snows.
But on the old hearthstone love undarkened
glows.
At the old table get. In the same old place,
Sit down and make a feast of noble cheer,
Your heart repeating some old boyish grace,
taught
In the sweet twilight of those vanished
days *'
When earth ..wee wholly heaven to your
; thought, -•
Which danced and dreamed along the flow
er-soft ways -a
And like a bird’s song all -your heart was
• praise. . •;
Still with praise for-aljU|((Xx>Ul ' 1
Unto Xhe Giver give’tlteniSto-day;
Still life is good; still in lone Wteterwtrifto
Lies bid the promise of timjlay.
Still day brings work and fight brings rest,
Still Farth stints rot of her stors,
Still honest hearts are happiest,
And Love is still Heaven’s open door.
For the babe new born, fo* the bride new
i wed,. f
For wisdom and length of days,
For the lore of the living; the peace of the
dead,
To-day give thanks and praise.
For ah things thanks; all GodVgretft hand
; , Jhtotowa,'.. .
The wreath ,of cypress and the wreath of
• rose, •. ' . ,j
But "most for love that aye undarkened
glows!
, ■ New York'Sun;.
A FAMILY FEUD.
A THASKSGIVINOj DAW STORY.
The house* Were jtt ’alike; green
shuttered' and white; only ' ono story
high, but'GcOupying miich space on the
ground. ; *Tve~ no rye for these city
bnUdiags,”-remarked Mr. T.rowne, one
of the owners, when the plane were be
ing made out. “Poor looking,' built
high up in the air for want of ground to”
build them out "broad, Airis cheap,,
and land is sometimes very dear, so'they
rum thrim up as far as thhy toill sttSy with
owb tumbling. Ours shall be oh the solid
grooTulthen theffirst gust of Wifrd will
/not pick v P and'carqytfiff.”'' 1
1 TV hat w I fcwtJS&ETMr. Sinew
agreed wvth etway*; So all the living
r oins were on the ground floor, and ail
the chambe s in the wings that were
built out on. each side. • Motherly look
ing houses that could hide a score of
children unilef their great wings, and
yet there was only one child belonging
to each—a boy in the Browne house and_
a girl iti the Si.ow house.
But a cloud ho bigger than a man’s
hand was gathering over the two house
holds! It began about a remark that
-Mrs. Browneheard that Mrs. Show made
about the “e” at the end of her name—a
femarlt that '-threw soine doubt on Mrs.
Browne’s ancestry; and it grew and was
added thereto by rumors of what Mrs.
B row up had said about Mrs.-Snow’s
family. Mrs.' Snow declared she would
have.no insinuations about her ancestors,
and then Mrs. Browne retorted that there
was nothing in a name, any way. After
that all-spi ecb j&ased. between them.
The high fence that had'been put up
between the'two back gardens by Mr.
Browiie to train his currant hushes,
against, was added to by Mr.-Snow and
extended between the lawns now to pre
vent M s.Browne from peeping into Mrs.
Snow’s kitchen,.'.
The wicket that, had been made in the -
garden fcii<;e'. to enable the Two . house- '
. Bolds .to jriin across ‘ lots, was closed up,
nud k blii.ck currant bush nailed,against
it., all eommunicatjops between
; .the.'tw.o l vbohses ,’wap stopped, for the'
. houses v?es<s so low and the fence so high '
that one .couldjopt see,into the other’s'
• TWjphiliJren went to the same-school
fdr aTtne,but wheA-Ope-daV Jattife.fenow
, was compelled' to stand beside Raymond
Browne and hpld'the book'w,ifh" him, that
’%aa iqp're l ban the wrat-hy mothers opuld
stand, aitd"so eaph.'fetfltd .was jsent to a,
private school r bind thus even the chil
d.en' wele frqpt any inter-,
cour-is. ’ . “ _ ’ ;
'’Se^6h 7 yea’-a—and the breach,
giyw Vtfdcf'belwcen them. .lajiie ,syeuJ;->
to’a bpafding-sghjol in’a distant town,.
, while’lfayiXhd I W6trii' to an academy, Jb-.
the vacStioiis’ carh oame home, but they,
never Tfietj UvcefT kt an occasional picnic t
or pa t*-. /Tiie had been, newly;
painleT Gvicb in' the, years;, the. wicket
was alT'grpwri (Vder with currant.bushps,
and the’ fetiefe itself was acfqrsed .with'a
barbed'w'fre’Oh'the’top.
' Rnyfi;ond ''elitereft ‘ fit business college
the second His absence frpm home,
and in ffic spring hb obtained a situation
as book keeper wholesale house.
When he Came home' for his vacation in
’the suturtin tlahie Snow was home too,
and they met. It was awkward, “ex
cessively so,”. Janie-- -remarked after
. ward.
- He had been home only a day when shy
discovered, and made up . her mine that
the could show him a maiden out of New
York who could dress stylishly, even if
slie was out of the world. •
' Meantime,'the vouth, feeling anardent
devre to impreis'h'is fair enemy, decided
to walk pist her house once or twice and
let her know wliat it was to see a young
man from the world. He arrayed him
self in his briefest coat, selected the
seventh of the nine hats lie tried on,
which was as broad in the crown as my
maiden's was point'd, end grasping a
cirgarett" as fondly between hfs teeth as
she held her sunshade, sillied out of the
side door. It was awfully warm, and he
was taking a deal of trouble for nothing,
perhaps. If he only could dleobver If
she was in her hammock, as usual Mis
erable old homes, to low -. beastly fence
so high! Yet stay, there ft a single hole
in one end of the fence, end be can peep
tbrmgk that: ao, jumping up on a box
he cautiously reached hi* optics up to
"A MAM Of 9VST UWB—TTt nVOTVATtOMA AMD IT* VAST OOMCMMMA"
ELLIJAY. GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER -J. 188 C.
tbe a (torture and taw—what? Had a bit
of the celestial Ay suddßdy been nailed
to the other aide, or what did it all
mean! It was easily explained. The
i two people had each looked through the
knot hole together; dud tbe brown eyes
1 had gazed thtd-the'depth* of the blue
ones. ”
I • The blue-eyes, with • vtoman’s quick
perception, instantly divined, the aitua- -
tion and fled, while the brown on os, with
duller comprehension, ‘remained station
ary till they took in whatit all meant.
Somehow Mrs. Saowand Mrs. Browne
did not hear of this meetihg.'' It would
have been rather a delicate matter to ex
plain the reason they had in spying, so
nothing was Mid. '
Several days passed and no other en
counter or sight of the enemy, so Janie
ventured out one day to the office. A
she name back and- into, her own gate,
.mhafrsbeatobshe see on the front veranda
fiit a toegmturkey, oiling its feathers and
seemingly quite at horse. It belonged
to the Brownes, Janie Anew, for she had
often heard ito, rattling call during the
summer, and once or twioe had seen it
eating from Mr*. Browne's hand. But
the idea of its venturing here was too
much, and with a vigorous Sapping of
her skirts s-hc hustled it off the steps and
out of the gate. *•*,!
The turkey would ni stay at homa.
When Janie went into the house, back it
came and ensconad itoelf on the frame
work of the hammock nod greeted her
with n subdued rattle when she came out
for her usual swing after tea. Again she
put it out, and yet when morning came,
there it was in the same place,, placidly
oiling its feathers as before. What was
worse, Janie's, pet kitten was missing,
nud the smalt help insisted that she saw
it oh the steps of the Browne residence.
All day she .waited its appearance, but
when' night came it was still missing.
In tholrowne house came a strange klt
teh, but not so s.rpnge fbat Mrs. Browne
did not know that, it belonged to Janie
Snow; and from tl-.q Browne hpuse the
pet .turkey had disappeared; Mrs.
Browne's help suggested that the Snows
had killed and eaten it.
Another night and day, and the turkey
stayed on. At sunset Japie fountf It re
posing .a holleW It bad made in
her.scarlet gerajjium bed, and her wrath
was aroused. 1 Something she would do!
She would climb up by dint of the posts
and throW the beastly thing right .over
the tepee! .If it ciught on the cruel Wire
>o much the better; sb, seizing the tame
bird under one arm, she stafted for the
fence, el mbod up the p )lts, a-nd holding
the tut key high above lie* head, pushed
it over with a! vigorpuk “There now,’’
when right over her shoulder descended
a white kittou'Krom Hta |rowqe yard,
A few minutes before,-ft bad been, dis
covered sleeping onriie tRSOf Raymond’s
best light hat; aoff*obc>jnJjf the iupulse
.of the ntument he had sets’ed the inno
cent creature,'cßmbed' the fence and
thrown, it over cl . It w*a wrathful in each,
but considering 'h&ve J f , Mtyllad been bred
x-wttiw*- l*iltTe<tAf -aIL-tha.HThe other
owned infilled into them from their
youth up—it was scarcely to be wondered
at; 1 ut it ivas funny, too, and they both
laughed heartily tach side of the fence,
as the kitten lighted with.amew.and the
turkey with an ominous gobble. “It is
so absurd,” Janie thought, “for us to
be enemies when we are so near to eaoh
other; and such grand times as weTnigfht
ha/e!’.:- - 1 '
The next day was set apart for the
gathering of the currants, but Mr. and
Airs. Snow were suddenly called away.
The currants must be picked, go Janie
volunteered, and .carrying a large tin pail
started out. : It wns slow work. The
bushes were to prickly and the currants
thumped down one at a time in the pail,
and to it seemed a hopeless task to
think of covering the bottom even.
“It’s awfully silly for us to be mad,”
said a voice' from the top of the fence;
“and I couVJ'help you with those cur
rants if . W6-weren't” it added, as ‘Janie
glanced suddenly tip.
“So.you acmld,”-'she Said demurely,
entering into the spirit of the fun;'and
deciding it was awfully silly. '“l.et’a
play we afe* friends. But how can you
get over?” . .
“I < 4nt>, ”-replied Hik youth, “but I
can come Jhreugh.- n-lihave my little T
hatchet,here,, and that wicket is only
nailed up slightly:'.l'll pull the nnils oub
if - ..
The liiAiden consenting, there.-were;
presfentlv fiif, hands picking instead of ■
two; au’d it was ..wonderful how quickly
the pail filled,
They talked it all oyer apd. concluded
it had'assuredjy been. absuf.d and wrong
I for both houses to. be-,thus -at aims for so
many,' years, and both .agreed:' that it
was muchbetfef to drop the final “e” than
haVe disputes and hard feelings over it;‘
1 The opened to let the youth
through ajsTn irit > his own garden", and
. Janie went to the house in time to meet
her parents, who, piaissd her diligence,
-but asked no questions iU to whether any ,
-one had helped bier. • “IT they ask I
I shall tell tbeiti ". I shall not volunteer the
•;-tr'utli, though,” she said to 'fiCrself. ,
I • 'lt wavrtarveMouvhow often thtf two
•mct.afterthat, arid with no planning
either-. :And how sensibly they talked;
■4 Tr despite. Raytmmd’S brief and' stylish
dress there-was-sound sense untjerit all,
and it wonld get the upper hand in the
end. And the days grew to weeks, and
the kont'holo ih the fence grew ' very
large under the-frequent use of a jack
knife.yand tho leaves fell off the .currant
bushes ,und left the- wicket exposed to
view, if Ufa-. -Show or Mr. Browne had
chanced to pass that way.
Ahd Thanksgiving was only one week
off: too near, deeidedly, IWr the youth
. and niaiden.-hed-determined to bring the .
family-leud to an end on that day, and
as vet could devise no method.
“That turkey helped make us ac
quainted ; it certainly ought to have a
hand in this some way,” said Janie.
“Cook and eat it all round,” suggested
the young man.
“But they wouldn't come,” said Janie,.
“I have it, though, if we only can make
it work,’’and forthwith she proceeded to
explain.
It was- a perilous plan, and would
never hare succeeded Sr met with the
least approval from the heads of the
families, only that radh was so fond of
their one child that they would do any
thing to please them.
So Mr. and Mrs. Snow consented to
be invited to a Thanksgiving dinner
without knowing who invited or where
they were going; and Mr. and Mrs.
Browne consented to asking company
and preparing dinner with no knowledge
to whom they wero inviting, Janis
and Ravmond arranging It all, and as
suring their respective parents that the
guests and hosts would be equally de
lighted to mcit. As I said be'ore. it |
could never havt’been arranged, had
not the parents had such loving trutt iu
their children.
Thaoksgiving dawned fine .and clear,
and in the Browns house . preparations
were being made for a sumptuous dinner,
the turkey and e trio of ducks having
been slain the nighf before. And at the
Snows Janie was repeatedly assuring her
father and mother of tho warm welcome
they would receive.
A t eleven they all started for church,
and a 1 the Brownes came out of the r
gate just as the Snows did and walked
behind them to the vestibule door. The
minister spoke of thankful hearts and
peaceful lives s he had. never spoken
before; of thousands who were rich and
prosperous, and the Gipusands who were
homeless and poor. ,Of the many who
cherished-bard egainst others,
and of the joy and gladness that would
come with kindly thoughts and reconcil
iation ; and prayed that all bitterness and
wrath and anger and clamor and oili
speaking might be put away from them,
so that they might desire to be kindly
affectionate one to another, tender
hearted, forgiving oae another. The
hymn was sung, the benediction pro
nounced, and then tbsy went home; Mr.
and Mrs. Snow thinking that they were
willing enough to mike up with the
Brownes, only they did not want to bo
gin it, and Mr. and Mrs. Browne decid
ing that they were willing to be friends
if only they did not have to make the
move.
In the Browrm, ’/wse everything was
ready for and the dinner
ready for the gu#Mt ->ryl in the other
horse Janie we* eiip'—iiing that they
must ask n0 quesfioas but -/bllow-her into
the garden-where they would find their
hosts. Ithadbecn so long that they had
forgotten about'thi wicket In the fence,
and had no thought of where they wero
going when Janie led them up to it, and
opening it disclosed Mr.and Mrs. Browne
standing on the other side; and Ray
mond stepping up, said: • ’
“It was all to silly and wrong, and we
think it so muoh better to be‘friendly
and peaceful. Father, mother, this, is
my friend Janie Bnofo.”
Then J anie said:
“You must forgive us, but we knew
you woull be glad, Fa’lier, mother,
this is my frib'nd Raymond Browne; you
older people know each other now.”
It was only a second of silence, and
then the Snows stepped for ward-and tho
Brownes met them, arid all the bitterness
of twelve years was forgotten and bridged
over' by the hearty hand-shaking and
kissing that followed.
Then they went in to dinner. Such a
dinner as it was! The turkey in state fit
one end of the table, and the kitten alive
but asleep nt the oth- r end. The meats
end cranberries were excellent, the pies
une pialcd apd the rakes and
cious. Tho merry <neeches wero very
merry, and Vbe learjwhat came to their
eyes once in a while were very real for
they came direct from their hearts, and
ho one enjoyed it more than .the youth
and maiden.' Thr'y are all aliVe yet, and
this year are to hare the dinner at the
Snows. The fence between the lawns is
taken down, and there is a path to the
wicket ia both gardens that looks well
trodden. g* / . j
All the differences have been settled,
and Mrs. Snow says she does not mind
how many letters Mrs. Browne adds to
her name; and Mrs. Browne says she
will not add any but have it simply
Brown; and Janie arrived atsuch&state
of pcaco and felicity that she remarked
one day that she “would rather change
her name altogether than have a quar
rel over it. ’ A remark which occasioned
so much joy in tho heart of the youth
that he made bold to put her to the, test
On the spiir of the moment. And I
' think she must liaro said the right thing,
for Mr. Browne is putting up a large
store across the street for Raymond, and
'he and Mr. £now together, arc planning
a house that is .to be built on the.other
: side of the Snows , so alter all the years
of sullen silence the two families enjoy
each other's society again) j
tl ‘ . Ah Ainoilcau Princess.
It is said that son of the
.Prince of Wales i?to many an Amcri
, can lady: This stock' of princesses i.u.
Europe is playing.out, and. the wygh:
family- of J-htgiAnd Ims •‘-’decided that It'
is well to fOrm aj aifiancq .With Ameri
ca. 'Jlf/’/i Jofiitfi. a New York society
paper, saxss. <ftiAfd peacohvd&fd -Now
the first to sugljeSit'fhat tho Queen’s eld
est grandson should take an American
wife. The wily olfl geutlcaiftn had, in
his llfetinle, seen so many social
dices-broken down. sd'matfy apparently
insuperable ,>batkft- rCmbved, that he'
foretold the day when the English mou- : ‘
arohy and the American republic should
finally join hvuj*. Jwvrymarffageof art'
English peer, or peer’s Sim to ati ‘Airferi’- •’
can has brought--}hi*Kday'itCnteC;!Sbis
- favor with Which thd American'
’peeressestnre re*rrverh -thtdr-eh'art*f3 Of’
person and iutcliest, Vheir-casy srtpfcm
acy in the highest dcawing-rooril/'Of
•London, proved to-earefnl -watchers'df',
the times that the ultimate ; retoilt-was ‘
inevitable. In thc, inmji-moet elteh i ir ; of :
‘the court'it was rninored nearly a : ‘year
ago that the Priuos of.: Wtri4s- wmihl ;
look to the United -States.'fof a -Jvife’for
his oldest soa.”, If tbeieds Apy-tvutfi in ‘
the story, t hi* accounts-'for fbe faht that
the Prince of Wale#,, an rphis Wife, have
been unusuaHy sweet on • Anicf ictm girt* '
lately,, .Many have sup]>oß(ld file Old ’
man-had anotlicr object in -View, liut if
it proves that there is marrying-in it,
people on this ride the' pnrd hill
have more respect for Wales hereafter.
- y 1 f'
■' r 1 '*■'
The Benefaetors of the Race.
“Who are the benefactors of the hu
man race the lecturer, a he
brought hu hand down upon the desk
with a thump that made a water spout
rise out of- the pitcher; “who are the
benefactors of the human race, I aak:”
“I guess I’m one of’em,” said a little,
squint-eyed mm, rising in a back-seat.
The lecturer was ratter taken aback,
but after a pause be managed to inquire:
“And what have you done—built a
railroad t”
“No, “air; I've invented a beg bug
pobon."
Tbclactuier s oiled aaickly suiil -and
tho audieme ioared with laughter.—
jfat'en Cou>i+,
I BUDGET OF FUN.
*
HUMOROUS • RKETCIIES FROM
Various sources.
With a. Moral-In Court- Didn't
Need ll—Hi* Old Self Agalu-
Trylrijr to Get Her,
. 0 Kte., Etc.’'
Two i ate stood on a back-yard fence
Just as the day had fled,
And with a grow-inx turgesceace —
Without a show of dread—
Ga/ed on ea h missile as it flew
Through the ad lament air. .
“Zip!’’ “slap!’' “sing!’’ “bang!’’ The man
•tiU threw.
The cate still tarried thare.
At last the man nicked up a briok,
He piaei for fur aud gore,
“Me—yow—yow—yows ’’ came fast aud
thlek.
He cast the brick and swore.
A yell was heard from a strange throat,
The missile, thrown too hard,
Misled both the cats and killed a goat
In an adjoining yard.
There is a moral to this tale—
Heat spoils the straightest aim,
And he will always loss entail
Who shoots at worthless game.
— J. A. Wuldron, in Judge.
In Court.
“You saw the prisoner when he fired
the shots?”
, “Yes, I saw him."
“How far were you from himt”
“When he fired the first *hot I was
about five paces off.”
“Aud When he fired the second?”
“About five hundred yards.”— Judge.
Didn't Need It.
“You know tho new catcher of the
baseball-nine?” •
“Yes.’V.
“Saw him down at the doctor's office
the other day.”
“What was he there for?”
“Getting vaccinated.”
“Vaccinated—why great heavens!
What does he want to get vaccinated
for? Ilq’d never catch anything in a
hundred years.”— Merchant-Traveler. \
His Old Self Again.
Dumley—“Why, Robinson, I'm glad
to see you out again. You don’t look the
game man you did two months ago.”
Robinson —“Oh, I'm nil right again.
By the way, Dumley, have you got a
couple of dollars about you?”
'Dumley i handing "him tho money)
“As I said, Robinson, you dont look'
tbe same man, but, by peanut, you are j
the same man.”— L{/'e.
Trying to Get Her.
A telegraph operator in Milwaukee
was one day trying to call up an office In
a small town in the interior of tho State,
where the instrument was presided over
by n,woman,.
llb N was about 'giving up in despair
when the operator in another small town
a few milotrdtetoM from the first ticked
out the querry:
“What in heaven'sname do you want?”
“I want Mira Brown at Burgviile,” re
plied the Mihvsukce mau “J have been
trying to get her for tho last half hour.”
“Tnat is nothing,” came the reply.
“Thereis a young, fellow cleikingina
dry goods store there who has boon try
ing to get her for the last three years,
and ho has Dot succeeded yet. Do not
get discouraged.”— Humbler.
A Good Case.
A well-dressed stranger walked inio
the office of a Dakota lawyer and reul
e-tate agent and said :
“Suppose a man made misrepresenta
tions to me about a piece of land he sold
me, wliat could I do about it?”
■ “Haye him arrested for obtaining
money under false pretenses..”
“If he said it was good land , aud it
won't -raisbdvhite beans?” ■'
; Le heavily lined.”
“And that there wasn’t a stone on .it,
and I-find yoh could build a stone church
of.of.qycry acre?”
“Imprisonment, sir; he would be lucky
to get off with five years.
“That’s what I thought. Now, if he
said there wero good buildings and there
proves to .be only the lattice' work of a
bale of hay i” ’■
“Why, my dear sir, nothing.shortqf
fine anil imprisonment and plenty of it,
too. - It would'bea clear efiso!” "
“Much obliged; I had about the same
i ideas myself." • 1 -,-<f rr V- •• - ( ‘
“Well, hold on; <don't you want me |o
' n l)b, no, I guess not. You sie it was
a piece of land you wrote me about.and
finally sold me;.; I’ve been out' looking
it over and have.retained this o&V man
across thdastreet’ to handle my case. I
•‘•just thought 4’d stop over and get your
.•Views of the oifbjoeti.':.’tok<., •Well,- , 'gb<jd J
. mottiing-TU see-you ut jhe tfelf—Betl.
Infearly times tßcrc Uv%‘d in; Indiana a
man by the name of George.Boooe,' * de
scendant of fiie .cqlebsated thmiet Woone. ’
Mfe 'would.haul stes,<weU.*n ..those days.
when theVe V?re giants ; l*n<^if;
•there ■'(:Vfer’' , 'Wfei‘c Such. “ He Was near
.ifeven feet h : g;i, with large hones and.
muscles; Itis hands were Urge 'and his
. feet -were. extreme ■'she Hr length,
. breadth and depth.., following
.anecdote wone' Boone usaj.,tq, -relate
. himself, with evident relish,, after he bCr,
came one-of tho'State Senators': *
i •>. I wap about eighffen yeaVs of age,
when, for the first time, I tdok it into ihy
head . to. go.a-sparking. One of my
a few. miles off, bad a pretty
daughter that I thought .would just,
kbit me. '*. ~i
It was tate'in the fall,.and tfe weather
pretty eblil; still.it was too early,to .put
on shoes, fdr’tlibsfe primitive times.
When Sunday afternQon-came r I dressed
in my best butternut-colored suit, -made
some six months before, but soon found
that the pantaloons reached only just be
low ray kneys, and my coat stretched
over me as tight as an eel-*kin dried on
a hop-pole.
I started barefoot, wading.the creeks
snd muddy -bottoms till 1 reached the
bouse. The family were about sitting,
down to supper, and invited me to eat.
Sally sat by my side. They bad mush
and milk, and plentyof it. Tbeoldlady,
who was dishing out tha pudding, told
me to pass my bowl. I reached out my
hand with the bowl; but 1 bad made no
calculation of the sire of the table, the
space between the big millc-pitcher and
the bowl, nor the width of my band.
With aU my embarrassment, I struck the
milk-pitcher in ome way and upact it,
and out went the milk over the table.
Sally and rayaelf. She jumped up and
went, shaking with laughter, into the
other room. I aaw that all waa lost. I
aaw nothing more of her.
When the clock atruck the old lady
said:
“Mr. Boone, won’t you waah your feet
and go to bed!”
“Yea, ma'am," said I.
■ .“Here ia an old iron pot—all I’re got
tliat’s fit,” said the old lady.
I took the pot and found it ao email
that I could only get my fact into it by
sliding them in sideways. But I got
them in. The water waa' hot and I aoon
found them swelling tighter and tighter;
I couldn’t get them out.
. I said nothing, though the pain and
anxiety was so great that the sweat rolled
down my face.
The clock struck eleven. '
“Mr. Boone, are you done washing
your feet?’’- sleepily inquired the old
lady.
“What did this pot coat! I’ve got to
break it," I groaned.
“A dollar."
“Bring me the axe.”
She brought it. I took the axe, broke
the pot in pieces, handed the old lady a
dollar, opened the door and started for
home.
I never went there again.
Yolcanos and Earthquakes.
The name volcano ia derived from Vul
ennus, the god of tire of the ancient Ro
mans. They are generally divided into
three classes—active, intermittent and
extinct. Stromboli, in the Mediter
ranean, is a good example of tho first
class, making a fiery beacon light for
sailors on the neighboring sea. Etna
and Vesuvius are good examples of tho
second kind. To the popular mind they
are the ohimnoys of the vast roaring fur
nace of heat in tho bowels of the earth,
and undoubtedly serve as vents for. the
powerful gases that mignt, if confined,
create a total destruction to the crust
upon which we live.
There are supposed to be some 800
and over of these ehimneys upon the face
of the oarth, two-thirds being situated
upon islands. America has about 114 of
these, and more than any other geograph
ical division of the globe. Earthquakes
appear to be from the same cause as vol
canic eruptions, the energy of vapors and
gases in the earth struggling to find a
vent.
The same night that the City of Lima,
South America, was shaken down four
now volcanic vents were found in the
Andes. Soon after tho earthquake in
Lisbon in 1750 there were some of tho
most violent eruptions ever known. Af
ter the destruction of Caracas the vol
cano of St. Vincent became active, and
eUthe beginning the earth was shaken
for a space of nearly 30,000 square miles.
The movement of the earth during an
earthquake may ho vertical, horizontal
or whirling. The most destructive
shocks are generally the shortest in dura
tion. That of November 1,
1755, lasted aboifc six . minutes. Tho
three shocks thaf Tcdueed Caracas to
ruins, March 28, kb 12, were over in a
minute, and most of the damage to tho
City of Constantinople, February 20,
1885, was done la Six seconds. At Lima,
Peru, on average of nearly fifty shocks
in & year are exiiected, and in some parts
of South America over sixty have beets
counted in a year, not reckoning the
| slight ones, which are still more numer
ous.
The permanent elevation or depression
j of Large tracts of laud is one of the pe
j culinr phenomena attending these con
vulsions of nature. During the earth
quake at Lisbon the new quay subsided
nnd the spot was covered by water 800
feet deep. Many other remarkable in
! stances are on record. They have been
torribly destructive to life as well as
property. A visitation of the kind In
Peru, 1748, killed 8,800; 1707, from a
,simitar cause, l,(i00 Peruvians perished,.
At Caracas, 1813, 10,000 men were de
stroyed; 80,000 at Lisbon in 1755; 40,-
■ 000 in thq two Calabria* and Sicily in
1784, and 1 20,000 more by sickness re
sulting from it. *
Avoiding Lightning.
If “K.’* <wvill follow the rules here given
she will probably got over in some meas
ure at least her fright,during a thunder
storm. ’ Dry low-lying positions are safer
than such. as -are elevated snd exposed.
The .close neighborhood of water courses
should always be avoided. It is better
to life flfet’upen the'ground ' than it is to
stand of-ait. If shelter is-'near, the indi
vidual should get atopce completely un- :
der coyer. To stand under tpe lee of a
house, Wall, haystack or thicket of trfeei,
is more dangerous than to remain alto
getherexposed in the open. The iuside
of a barn or out-house, well away from
the, walls, is comparatively safe! A dis
tanceof two or-ihree- yards away from
the trunks or branches of trees is a com- .
paratively safe ■ position; but to lean
against the trunk of a tree during the
prevalence of a thunder-storm is espe
'cially dangerous. In the interior of a
house not adequately protected by a i
lightning conductor it is best to keep to
.the lower rodms during and thunder-storm,
.to remain,-os far as it is practicable,'in
the middle of the room, to avoid objects;
hung-from metal chains, gilt.frameajfire
places,looking-glasses with amalgamated
backs, and iron pillars had balustrades. >'
Cvltirator. --
■■l - —— 1 ■
Glass-Workers’ Broadcloth.
-The dress of the-Beigian glass-workers
in Tarentum, Penn., is somewhat pecu
liar, The majority of men Wear broa’d
c’.bfh pants and-coats because that qual
ity of cloth comes very much-cheaper in
the old country than it does here. Their
coats are principally of the Prince'Albert
cut, and in these suits they'may be seen
going to work any day.. Their caps are
Somewhat after the Style of the Dutch
headgear. Therearc a great many chil
dren with these families, and their dress
is peculiar for the remarkable number of.
bright colored shawls they appear
wrapped up ..in every morning. The
women ail dross alike, their costumes
being a simple blouse, generally white,
from their shoulders to their waist.* The
balance of the dress is generally of a
striped pattern. The feet covering for
males consists generally of slippers with
out heels. The new glass-workers are
unable to speak English, but some of
th'-ir own |>eople who have been em
ployed in the Pittsburg Plate-Glass
Company’s works for a number of years
have picked up a little Knglisb, and act
as interpreters for them CfowtwtaW
Cemmemal.
on DOXXAJI Pw 4— mm, 1m 4ifii
PITH AND POINT.
■ Yk
Long-winded—The cyclone.
A fruitful source of debate—-A disputa
over a barrel of apples.
■ Tho phrase, “in due time,” probably
means the first of tho month, for that is
when the bills come in.— Ratnbler.
Thirteen is an unlucky number at a
boarding house table where there is only
dinner enough for twelve.— Pi-ayuue.
Judging from the tightness of the ar
ticle, it isn’t every girl who can laugh in
her sleeve nowadays. —llochetter Post-Ex
prat.
The Passaic river twists about so much
In its course that young men sail on it in
order to become effective curve pitchers,
—Puck.
An Ohio man claim* to have invented
a machine that will continue to run with
out stopping until it runs itself out. It
is evidently au infringement on a book
agent’s tongue.— Norristown Herald.
With the two biggest Insurance com
panies in the Territory and fourteen
churches in active operation Sioux Falls
ought to bo able to reduce lose or dam
age by fire here or hereafter.— Sioux Fall*
iJjtikota) Pro*.
THB SPKCTUAI. COMPXJ6XIOK.
They were lovers, and fain they would wed*
On his breast she bad nestled her head.
Be glanced down and fainted,
Her cheeks they had painted
His only clean shirt bosom rad. 1
—UJa.
Lord Palmerston's good .hqmor a* a>
distinct clement of his character is well
known. We find it even during his last’
illpj ss, when his physician was forced to
mention and( ath’. “Die, my dear doctor,
that ia the thing I shall do.”— Note*
and.ffaerieK . e - ■
hot tbx eve coke. . - -
And the maiden shrieked In terror,
* "vris the fierce and dread cyclone; >
f can bear its dreadful mutter t>
And-its weird.’ wild, woful tone 1"
• But the youth, though pale, was fearless;
And he said;. i“Oh bear thy pain;'
Tis the village band who practice
•When the Robins Nest Again.”’
—Musu-al Herald.
■' . . . ’
Some Famous Kisses.
In the ‘•Midsummer Night'-# Dream”
Shakespeare calls the lips “those kissing
treasures.” .. Titania “kisses the, fair,
large ears of her gentle joy,” and seems,
to take much pleasure in it, while furtjief
on come the quaint kissing of PyraiSus
and Thisbe through the chinks,of Tinkers
Snout’s fingers. There is the kits of
Petruchio: •“ . j.
“He took the bride about She neck.
And kissed her lips with such a clamorous
smack! • ‘ ; " '
That, at the parting, all the church dtd
echo.”
Then, there is Romeo’s kiss in the vault
so tender and fad, and Othello’s'farewell
kisses that almost did persuade Jfistice
'to break her swotd, arid Anthony's dying,
kiss; >*•
“Of so many thousand: kisses, the poor last
Tlay upon thy lipe.”
Arid the grand kiss of Coriolanus: ,
• “Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge.”
And Bassanio and Portia’s kiss, full of
. such wealth and loyalty of love.
. Byron’s wish
‘.‘That womanhood bad but one rosy mouth
To -kiss them aU at once from north to
•south,'’ .... , i
Does not particularly commend itself te
the .connoisseur of kissing.
Leigh Hunt says;
“Stolen sweets are always sweeter,
* Stolen kisses much completer.”
- One of the most famous kisses in his
tory is that ot Georgianna, Duchess of
Devonshire, when she was canvassing
for Fox’s 'felection. A butcher said he
would vote" for Fox if the lady would
kiss him, which she thereupon did,
thereby making the kiss, the butcher
and herself immortal in history. The
Duchess of Gordon, in Scotland re
cruited a Highland regiment in the ante
way.
Pie.
I like the pies that Nellie bakes.
The light, crisp crust, the heart delicioui
Of spired fruit between the flakes—
AD this seems healthy and nutritious.
White tasting one the other day.
My teeth struck something not elastic;
And soon within my palm there lay
A golden ring saved from the gaatria
“From Nellie’s finger.” murmured I.
Then looking o’er the metal mellow,
■gsaaassrih,._
NO. 38.
THE SUMMER IS DE*W
“Tbs rammer I* dead,"
A soaring lark Mid
Binging up ia the bines afar,
• " I'm cUenting her dirge
Where golden cloud* surge
In tbs wake at the morning star."
“ The summer is dead,"
A damask roaa mid,
v' In the light of her smilee I grew
And warm with the bliss
Other partingkim,
I shall glory in my dying too."
“ The summer ia dead,"
A honey bee mid,
To the red roses still aglow.
" But her honey ia mine,
I need not repine
When your beautgr lies under the •now."
“The rammer it deed,”
A butterfly mid
M Let the honey nee live—l sapper s
. They nre prudent nnd wise,
Bat work I despise
Let me die on the heart of the ran."
“ The rammer ia dead,"
A fair maiden said,
As she hied to the trysting tree. j.
“ But where autumn leaves lie,
Cometh one by and by
Whose love is life’s summer to me.”
“ The rammer is dead,"
A sad woman said,
“ Yet I mourn not its vanished flow,
For time cannot bring
The joy of yonth’s spring
As ths rammers of long ago.”
“ The summer Is dead,” ,
An aged man said, ?
" Bat what is one summer to me! ’
A shining drop cast
In the stream of the past,
While I stand by Eternity’s sea."
—Rota. Verlner Jeffrey, <n Graphic.