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g ==== VOL Xl. ELLIJAY CODRIER. PUBLTStfED EVERY THURSDAY . . —by- 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- ‘ Mo<?sE*B BFSINESS-TJBTrVEaSITY ATLANTA, <U. ■ The largest and beet Practical Besiaess Ssfcoc: in the Booth. O'Studtnts can entoi at an) time. Jjyßend for ciwnlara. ■~ ■*'< > • ' WtllTß PATH SPIUNGS! Favorite', and Popular jtesort of NORTH GEORGMA ! ft situated 6'miles north of ElKjaybfl the Marietta "& North Georgia Raflrohd. Accommodation# complete, facilities for ease and comfort unexcelled, and the magnificent Mineral Springs is its chief attraction, For other particulars on 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.