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OOIiIIIAK k KIRBY, Editor* aad Proprietors. VOL. XL ELLIJAY COIiBIER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY —BY— COLEMAN k KIRBY. Office in tbe Court House genermTdirectory. Superior Court meets 3d Monday in May and 2nd Monday in October. COUNTY OFFICERS. J. C. Allen, Ordinary. T. W. Craigo, Clerk Superior Court. M. L. Cox, Sheriff. . J. R. Kind ad, Tax Collector. Locke Langley, Tax Receiver. Jas. M. West, Surveyor. Q. W. Rice, Coroner.- > Court of ■ Ordinary meets . Jbt Monday in each month. town cqpßSltjl' E. W. Coleuum. IntendanP, L. B. Greer, i- "j J.' RCobtf Jr. j Commissioners. T. J. Long, J M. T. Dogjy, Marshall.; ' RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Methodist Episcopal v fiffurch South— Every 4th Sunday and Saturday before, G. W. Grier. Baptist 2nd Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. Ejß. Shope. Methodist Episcopal Church—Every Ist Saturday aud Sunday, by Rev. T. G. Chase. ' #raternAljpecord. Oak Bowery Lodge,*slo. 81, F. A, M., meets Ist Friday in eaefi month. L. B. Greer, W. M. ’ T. H. Tabor, S. W. J. W. Hipp, J. W. R. Z. Roberts, Treasurer. D. Garren, Secretary. W. S. Coleman, S. D. W. C. Allen, .1. D. S. Garren, Tyler. R. T. PICKENS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA. Will practice in all the conrts of Gil mer and adjoining counties. Estates and interest in land a specialty. Prompt attention given to all collections. . __ 10-21-85 DR. J. R. JOHNSON, Physician and Surgeon EtLIJAV, ONEOHOIA.. / Tenders his professional services to tho people of Gilmer and surrounding coun ties and asks the support of his friends as heretofore. All calls promptly filled. E. W, COLEMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELLIJAY, GA. Will practice in Blue Rillgo Circuit, Count, Court Justice Court of Qilmer County. Legal business solicited. '‘Promptness” is our motto. DR. J. S. TANKERSLEY. Physician and Surgeon, Tenders bis professional services to the citi tens of Ellijay, Gilmer and Btirronuding coun lies. All calls promptly attended to. Office upstairs over the firm of Cobb Jfe Son. ftUFE WALDO THORNTON, D.D.B. DENTIST, Calhoun, Ga. Will visit Ellijay and Morganton at both the Spring and Fall term of the Superior Court—and oftener by special contract, when sufficient work is guar anteed to justify me' in asking the visit. Address as above. Tmarkl-ls Young men Wbo wish a IThobouqh preparation foi Business, will find superior advantages al MOORE’S BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA. The largest and best Practical Business Schoo in the South, tystudente can enter at ani time. for circulars. WHITE PATH SPRINGS! —THE— Favorite and Popular Retort oj NORTH GEORGIA! Is situated 6 miles north of Ellijay on the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad. Accommodations complete, facilities for ease and comfort unexcelled, and the magnificent Mineial Springs is its chief attraction. For other particulars on board, etc., address, Mrs. W. F. Robertson, Ellijay, Ga. GENUAL HOTEL! Ellijay, Georgia. In tbe special popular resort for oommerelal men and tourists of all kind, and is the general bouse for prompt attention, elegant rooms and are second to none, in this place. Beasonable rates. Mrs. M. T. Teem will glee her personal at tentlon to guests in the dining halL IdA Mountain View Hotel! ELLIJAYt QA. This Hotel is now fitted up in exoel lent order, and is open for the reception of guests, under competent management Every possible effort will be made ts make the Mountain View the most popu lar Hotel in MlliJaj. Accommodations it erery department first-olass. Hoary, salt and feed stebtes in connection with hotel. Ouerte tnudered te end from all traint free of aharga. IMIy THE ELLIJAY COURIER THE LOT OF EARTH. We love—the grave is deep; We trust—our faith's denied; Our storehouse with treasures heap— They moulder at our side; 80. while the years past by We gathr naught of worth, And can but answer wearily: “It is the lot of earth." “Oh, mournful voloe," ha said. “Wherefore thy mournfulnaasf Ours ever are the tainted dead, And near are they to bless. Whose store in Heaven is laid Shall never suffer dearth, And God ne’er yet a soul betrayed— “ This is “the lot of earth.’ ” — C!are Everest. HOW IT HAPPENED. * BY LIZZIE I. FOLSOM. Creak,- creak, went the rigging. AVhirr-r-r, wont the wind through it. Tearing and straining at the cording, and tossing the great steamer about as if it were a toy, the wind caught at the mastsand made them groan and quiver, then, in sheer wantonness, gathered up a mighty wave and sent it tearing, a white sheet of foam, clear across the deck. And the passengeis, mo.-t of them who were huddled together in tho cabin, Bhivered and exchanged glances of com miseration, not devoid, in some cases, of very human fear. Wbirr-r-r went the wind; and caught, on its way, a jaunty, red, knitted cap, twirled it aloft in derision, then left it bobbing desolatety about at the mercy of the waters, arid prepared to give atten tion to further dishcvelment of the wavy, dark head leaning over the bul warks. There was a dismayed cry, and two hands grasped wildly at the empty air, returning" to hold to the small, shapely head, lest it should follow. ‘-That's a pity! It was such a pretty hat! 11 said a masculine voice “Yes, wasn’t it?” in dolorous, wind tossed quaver. Then they looked at each other a mo ment in silence, and then laughed, soft ly, heartily, with youth’s gladness. lie spoke first, quickly and positively: “Forgfve me for speaking to you, but it was such a chance. I’ve wanted to know you all along. My name is Neil Blake, and I live in Boston. May I talk to you? Do you mind?” “My name is Eugenie Grant,and I live in Buffalo. I think Ido not mind.” And they leaned together, clinging to the bulwarks, and watched tho bobbing red cap till it was lost to view; then she pulled her water-proof hood over her curls, and they sat down in the shelter j of tho wheelhouse, and talked together in youthful earnestness. lour days oat fiotn Liverpool. Foij four days he had been a victim to the charms of the young woman who then sat composedly in dripping waterproof beside him. He had seen her as she came on boaid, holding her gray skirts daintily about her, while her lace-edged petticoats peeped from beneath. He thought he had never seen a prettier fig ure than that outlined by the gray suit, nor softer, lovelier eyes than the ones that glanced at him, and looked away—to glance again. He had wanted so much to know her, but she had seemed shy; true, she had peeped at him from behind tho fioral tower in the centre of the table; she had looked at him and laughed when, the first rough day, he supported his next neighbor in gasping misery from the tablo, but lie had found no chance to speak to her. She had become prettier upon close inspection than he had at first thought, and most distractingly so in the ill-fated red cap, fibm under which her eyes had shone like twin, laughing stars. So, you may be very sure that he made the most of the episode of the cap and, leaning on one elbow, talked to her most earnestly and confidingly; he should give her no chance to escape— not, indeed, that she showed any incli nation to desert her damp rope coil for tho gorgeous upholstery of the salon. She seemed very contented, crossing her small feet in their rubber boots, and set tling herself comfortably. It did not take them long to grow con fidential, and before they went into din ner she had the pleasing assur ance that he was the only child of a father who dealt in railroads—well, per haps not “dealt” but something as sweeping and enviable, Eugenie was sure. And he found out that she was a Vassar girl, that she really was near sighted, though you would never believo it, and that “mamma” was always des perately sick on the water. It is doubt ful if tho last fact produced tho regret it naturally should, and, as the days went by, it scorned to him a positive blessing that “mamma” was safely stowed away in invisibility. Perhaps it was just as well, for other wise, thoy might not have enjoyed the lovely moonlight nights that followed the stoimy day; those nights when To think of sleep was sacrilege; when the whole world seemed flooded with moon beams, soft, yellow moonbeams when the stately ship glided on, ieaving be hind a path of shining silver, of ripples that blinked and blinked in an ever widening road that led straight into heaven. Eugenie said, straight to the shining stars at the distant "horizon. They sat together, night after night, in the dangerous moonbeams, and spoke to each other softly, and made of trivial things a low-voiced mystery, and her dark eyes drooped before the near, eager gaze of his brown ones. Oh I it was very well that-mamma was quite an invalid! They talked of the r;d cap that had led to theii acquaintance, but he said she looked more lovely with that soft, white affair about her head, and she was very glnd he thought her lovely, and foolish ly told him so. After that, perhaps, it was not strange that he talked to “’Genie,” 'and maybe, it was possible that once or twice it's hand happened to lie on hers and neither of them seemed to know. It had grown to bo quite a serious thing for both by tho tune New York harbor was an immediate possibility; and the Inst night out, as they parted in their sh itcred corner, he held fast both her hands, and the two shadowed heads on the dc-ck melted into one—at any reto that ia ihe way it looked, aad Eugenia ran with hot, red cheeks to the cabin. She nest morning all was hub-bub; the bustle of disembarking; tbe nervous Tuny cl righteous de-ire to evade the custom officers; ttie < ollettiugof mislaid luggage, all mads the scent a lively one. "A MAP or OUST Lin-IT a ELLIJAY. GA.. THtJRSDA Eugenie was in her state-room, frantical ly trying to make one satchel do the work of two. when a rap at her door was fol lowed by Neil’s voice. “Please do a favor for me,” ho said, in his emphatic way. “Wear this ring off the boat for me." It's very valuable; a friend sent by me for it, but I don’t know”—with smiling eyes—“that I shall let Him have it n<ir. You wear it, and I’ll come to your hotel to-night for it— if I uust take it; but I hope—you know what, ’Genie!” He was gone, and Eugenie stood with happy blushes on her fair face, clasping tight the small package containing the ring. Her ring, it might be, if she said so, and was there any doubt what she would say? She pressed it to her lips. “Hurry, ’Genie ” cried a querulous voice, “hurry, child!” She started, and tore open the pack age with eager haste, bringing forth on the end of her finger a ring. Her face fell. What a wretched little thing! A cameo of cheapest variety, and consider ably too large for her slender fingers. “Worse than ordinarysaid Eugenie. “What does ho mean by asking me to wear such a paltry affair! Well, I don’t care.” she decided, at last, “but lie needn’t have said it was very valuable,” and it is greatly to be feared that Eu genie’s door shut forcibly after her\ The cuckoo ou the clock in the hotel parlor had just scrcaehcd for !* o'clock when Neil ran up the stairs and tapped on the door of tho parlor allotted to “J. D. Grant, wife and daughter, Buffalo.” Very handsome and eager he looked, and it is small wonder that Eugenie blushed brightly as he took her hands. “What a swell you are! ’ he said, ad miring the white billows of lace that fell about her, leaving bare the soft neck and rounded arms. “How much timo can you give me?” “Not much; it is time to go. But I will sec you to-morrow won’t I? Here is your ring; I’ve been afraid I should loso it, it is so large for me.” She holds it out to him. He takes it, and with it both her hands. ‘ ‘Then yon will keep the other, ’Genie?” in anxious inquiry. “The o!her! What other?” said Eu genie. “Why, tiie diamond, of course, what do you suppose?” “Thediamond!”in amazement. “There was no diamond!” He stared a moment and then laughed. “Oh! come now! That’s a joke, and I’ll laugh at it by-nnd-by, but just now I’m more interested in something else— in you.” “But there was no diamond, wfiat do you mean by saying so?” in wonder ment. Neil's face flushed, and his voice was more than unusually positive —almost of fensively so, Eugenie thought, as he saidjj “r:!* know perfectly well what I mean arid, forgive me, but it is in rather poor taste to continue that unwelcome joke.” , “I don’t know wlidt you are talking about,” She replied, with dignity. “1 w.oro your valuable ring; if there was any diamond about it I failed to see it. I shall have to wish you good evening. Mr. Blake.” “Of course I did not ask you to wear this;'' in contemptuous designation of the cameo.' “It was simply in the package with the other, the diamond that you do not seem able to remember. ” “How dare you!” cried angry Eugenie. “Y r ou are telling a falsehood. Papa shall ” “Papa!” in elevated, liyeteric voice as tho door opened; “he says I have stolen a ring!” and subsided into a crashed, tearful heap on the sofa. Papa Grant was a portly, pompous gentleman, with a great deal of gold wateh chain across a broad expanse of white vest. Very deliberate and particular, he re quired that the matter should be fully explained twice by his weeping daugh ter, before expressing an opinion. “Ybu are an impudent young rascal,” said Papa Grant. “Who gave you leave to address my daughter at all? ’ “All I can say, sir,” persisted Neil, doggedly, “is (hat I gave to Miss Grant” -- not ’Genie any more. Alas!) —a pack age containing a diamond ring, which ring she now declines to produce.” At this there vas a fresh explosion of sobs from behind the handkerchief, and two high heels dug wildly into the car pet. Papa Grant swelled with offended dignity, and for a moment it looked as if Neil’s chance for a safe exit were not flattering, but there was anew arrival upon the scene. Fair and slight and delicate, but with a self -possession and sweet calmness that j reduced the white vest, calmed Eugenic’s 1 sobs, and reassured Neil, all at once - the heretofore invisible mamnia “You are sure the ring xvas in the package, Mr. Blake?” after a third ex planation had transpired. “It was,” said Neil, firmly. “It was not,” said Eugenie, as firmly. Then they glared at each other. “Oh, this will never do,’’ said Mrs. Grant, in calm dismay. “Mr. Blske, I know your fathe •, lie is a gentleman. I think his son is one; it is impossible that you should try to deceive us.” Neil bowed gratefully. “And it is equally impossible that my daughter should do so. There must be some mistake.” “There is not,” declared the beliger ents in a breath. “There must be some mistake,” re peated the mother, calmly. “Eugenic may have overlooked t-lio ring in her huiry. Of course you are sure you did not, my dear. But it maybe.” She pon dered a moment while Neil and Eugenie watched her breathlessly. “If we could,” she said, at last, “if we could go on the boat, before onr stato room had been swept—do you think it possible, Joseph,'” lie of the gold watch chain thus ap pealed to, sniffed contemptuously. “Absurd! Out of the question! The whole affair is ridiculous and comes from allowing your daughter to make indis criminate acquaintances, against which I particularly warned you 1 set the whole matter aside. ” But the calm-voice 1 1 ttlc woman was a power in the household, and, after u little, Neil wasde-pitch- and fora carriage, nnd Eugenie to take oil her pretty party* drew and bathe her tear-stained face. Neil was very wretched as lie helped Mr. Giant into a < arringo, and when Eugenie flounced by him uud stared stonily, with red, angry eyes ut him, he felt that he had nothing to li e fr, uud climbed up by the driver a very abject and miserable young tuun. Altar a great deal of driving about muddy streets, of talking, of arguing, and of loss of temper, the party found themselves at the door of the state-room Eugenie had bid a fond good-by at noon. She darted forward, ahead of" the rest, and her ryes sought eagerly about its limited area. She kicked away with the tip of her shoe the pile of papers in the corner, and pounced down upon the pink jeweler’s paper that had held tho cameo. Her face flushed, her eyes brightened, and little dimples came and weut ns she drew forth from it a tiny box which, opened, sent out glittering, scin tillating rays from the gem within. The lost Ting 1 Down under a pile of rubbish) waiting to be swept out by care less hands, had lain the little package that had caused so much lieart-acbe and so many tears. “It’s well I suggested coming,” said Papa Grant. “I don’t know how I hap pened to think of it. Take care of that step, Agnes,” and Neil was left alone. I.eft alone; with drooping head and a very real ache at his heart. And so this was tho end of it all; of the moonlight nights; cf tho whispered words; of the clasped hands. And he must prepare to forget it all. The curving rosy mouth, the shining eyes. Forget them! it would be very hard to do. Tlioro came a soft touch ou his arm and a jaunty hat rested against his shoul der. “•Oil, Neil! How could I know the wretched ring was there? Can you lor ?;ive me! Do forgive me, and then I can orgiveyou. We'll not think about it any more, will wc? I camo back to tell you so—dear.” Then he put both arms about her, and kissed her softly before they went out into the night. All this was a year ago. The diamond is on Eugonie’s finger now, and daily letters fly back and forth, letters long and tender, but which, with May’s first flowers, will cease, for then it is their wedding-day will come.— Chicago Cartin'. Persian Superstitious. There are many and curious supersti tions in Persia. Without meaning to exhaust the subject I will give you somo of the more peculiar ones. The “baade khadem 1 ” whicli is approximately icn dered*in English by the term of evil eye, though literally it would be translated “evil step,” plays the largest part in this line. The evil eye is believed in by every body in Persia, the highest as well as the lowest. A baby is healthy and pretty. A friend of the mother admires the little one in glowing terms. That would bo “baade khadem”—or evil omen—and would be taken as a diabolical design to injure the child if the phrase “Eenshal laii’’ (may it please God) were not added to every culogium. An old woman looks at the child from the right-hand side — yvil frjxs again. The child fumbles early Vn tho morning#evil eye/ The father, by accident, speaks first to the baby ut sunrise—evil eye. A girl, pretty, woll- I mannered, healthy, with a good dowry, lis wedded to a man. The first business undertaking of the young benedict turns out disastrously—evil eye! Nothing could induce that inau to keep his young wife. She is “baade khadem” to him, and she’s got to go, willy nilly. As tho divorce law is such that it virtually lies with the husband alone to keep or send away uis wife, am? as the ceremony it self is very simple, and requires neither j time nor money, he soon gets rid of her. | Nobody blanles him. “She was ‘baade j khadem’ to him,” everybody says in ex ! planation, and that’s enough. The Shall has appointed a very able and deserving man to an important posi tion. for which his previous experience and his capacity eminently qualify him. On the same day tho Shah happens to j overfeed himself with lamb and raw cu ! cumbers, and has an attack of colic. Tho new appointee is blamed. He is “baade khadem,” and incontinently gets the sack. Every thing is judged in this way. If a man has made a fool ot himself and run to too great expense in entertaining a guest, for instance, the blame is put on 1 one of the ladies of his andarouu, on his head servant, or somebody else, and that one is made to suffer. Astrology (rnoon udsliim), the horoscope (taleh), the rosay i (tesbin) used as au oracle, and the Koran, the poets, especially Saadi and Ilanz, used in the same way play also a most im portant role in the life of tho modern Persian. In all doubtful cases, called technically “istekharct,” recoqrse is had to one or the other or to all of them. A mail is in doubt whether to purchase a horse he desires. Dealer and customer resort to the nearest house of a mollah and the Koran is opened at raudom. If the eye happens to alight on such a pas sage as “Happy art thou, oh con of the faith, for Allah will bless thee,” the pur chase is effected. If not, not. A. Queer Superstition. I’erhapt the strangest fad that any has in th|p town, says “ Halston ” in the v exv York' Tim ., is that of a cashier in a down town bank, who every night at 10 o’clocks walks up Fifth avenue to Forty third street for the purpose of seeing whether or. Dot a eertain millionaire's front door -has crape tied on it. For four years he has made this nightly jour ney. He doesn't know the millionaire. He doesn’t know any reason why the millionaire’s death should be imminent. Yet he has a superstition that when he discovers'-the crape he looks for, on that same night some great good fortune is to fall to his own lot. He has trie 1 to ! shake off the. feeling that sends him on j this nightly* walking tour. It won’t shake. And, rain or shine, he goes re i ligiously up and down the avenue at 10 i o’clock every hight. A Bail Selection. Not long ago the owner of a fine new masion in Washington wished to give a ! h uiac-warming ball. To be sure that the Invitations should go all right he | had the Superintendent of tbe carriers’ dt part meat of the city Postoffice to rec > muu-nd the most trustworthy carrier, and the carrier was given fio to deliver ! ”00 invitations outside of his regulur w >rking tours. The ball came otf with about twenty guests present, and then it was found that tho other persons invited had never tcceived their caids. The i carrie had spent his in and ink, and hud thrown the box full of invitations into a vacant lot, who e they were after ward found. Women are employed a* ticket agent* t tli; siatium ou the titatea island rail !road. > SB AND IT* FAST , FEBRUARY 24. 1887. BUDGET OF FUN. BI’MOROCS SKETCHES FROM. VARIOUS SOURCES. A I'unny World —ln Everybody's. Mouth—No More Biting Fro no, Him—A Problem—A Young Lady's Conundrum, Eta There's the maid who says she will • j And the maid who says she won’t, But they both get mad alike It you don’t. There's the men who says “ No 1 No 1" And the man who says, ” Well— yea I’’ Do they both imbibe alike t Well, I guess! This old world's a funny place, And It’s full of funny folks, They will keep you in a roar With their jokes. They will say all sorts of things With a countenance serene— But they do not always say What they mean. So, then, do not be misled j By such hypocrites as these, x Hear them out—and then bulleve What you please 1 •' Somerville Journal. In Everybody's MoutAi. “Cannovcr, my boy, I’ve a bijg scheme ou hand. Will you join me?” “What is it, Joe?” - - “Making'toothpicks.” t “Where’s the money In it!” “Oh, to the deuce with money- 1 ! It’s fame we want. We’ll stamp our names on the toothpicks. They’ll be in. every body’s mouth then."— Bazar. No More Biting From H4m. A simple-minded individual standing in front of a store holding a ismoked herring by the tail, when a bad bi >y from a window on the opposite side of the street shot at him with a putty the missile striking the hand in which he held the smoking herring. The simple-minded individual placed the herring carefully on the groui id and, (damping its head violently three times vith tho ponderous heel of hin boot, laid in a triumphantly scornful voice: “Now, bite again, if you can, reptile.” Terns Siftings. ] i A Problem. * The coachman pulls up at a railroad crossing, alights and lowers the -window of the carriage. “There, sor,” he says, “you caa put yer head out now.” “Put my head out! What do you mean?” “Why, sor, the sign beyant there by the tlirack soys, ‘Lookout for the loco motive.’” ; “Why, you fool,” testily exclaimed the occupant of the carriage, “you are tho party • who is to do the looking out.” “laui! Well, how can I do that when I’m not inside?”— Pittdmrg Dispatch. Nettling Down. J Little Nellie—“Therenow, we’remai ried, and I want you to go right .out nd order some—some coal aud some wood and some sugar and some-some -- O! yes, some wedding-cake. I forgot 1 about that.” Little Willie—“ Yes, mother—l mean, | my dear, I’ll go right off, but you must \ kiss me first.” Little Nellie—“ Kiss you!” Little Willie—“Of course.” Little Nellie—“ Why you great big simpleton you; married folks don’t kiss.” Ti'l-Bits. A Young Lady’s Conundrum. The young lady was great on conun- j drums, and almost daily perpetrated one : on her fellow boarders, at the dinner ) table. One day, recently, she announced i another as follows. “What animal is it that is never finan- j dally broken?” A young man replied that he had an 1 answer to it though it might not be the j same as hers. He said there was at least | one little animal that was never without a ‘Gcent.” The young lady conundrumlst blushed and “ahemed” a few times, and then said she didn’t mean that, but was thinking ; of a frog, which always had a “green-' bark.”— DansiiUe <N. Y.) Breeze. A Poor Mind Reader. Mabel—“Oh! I am just crazy over these mind-reading tests, aren’t they wonderful?” Augustus-—“ 1 have not paid much at- - tention to them.” “I’ll tell you hop it is done. Take { hold of my hand, there, that way.” “Yes.” “Now, you must not press so hard, be- j cause you won’t catch the—the impulses, you know.” “Oh!” “There, that’s right. Now tell me : what I’m thinking of.” “You are thinking that if I should ask you a very important qiustion, the most important of a lifetime, you would have 1 to say ‘No.’ ” “Oh I you’re not a mind reader.” “Not?” “Why no. The answer was just the opposite.”— (Jmaha World. Anglomania In New York. Lamm is something unique in anglo raaniacs, says the New York Tribune. To his acquaintances, no matter how dull be their sense of humor, be is a constant source of fun. His pose, which repre sents more labor and study than does his callegc degree, is one of his most strik ing acquisitions. The letter 8 has not more curves and a lizard standing on its tail would not make more obvious ef fort Among the stories told of Lamm is this, which occurred last summer: An acquaintance, who happened to havg left his money at home, met him ono night and asked him for the loan of #IOO. “Certainly, deah boy," answered Lamm “I’m perfectly delighted to be of sarvice to you. Hut will twenty pound hi enough?" “I oads," answered bis friend, wiih a broad grin on his face at the reference to “twenty pound." Lamm counted out the “twenty pouud" In ten good American $lO bille uud handl'd them over. “I've plenty of uionev in bank," (aid the geiitlemau, “and, if you like, I’ll jut draw you • chock for this " lie pulled a little check-book from his pocket, such as young swells carry about with them from which to pay their bets, and proceeded to fill it out. Lamm lazily lifted his eye-glasses and regarded tho operation with an air of dainty disdain. “Deah boy,"he said, “what the deuce, y'kaow, is that?" ‘This? Why, a checkbook, of course.” “Aw, yea, of' course; but, I ray old fellow,you don’t mean to tell me, y’know, that you carry it about with yo(” • “Why, to be sure I do; who don’tl” Lamm blew the ashes from his cigar ette. “Wales nevali does," he said, “nor I." His friend grinned broadly. “I sup pose you and the Prince kocp bank ac counts, don’t you?” he presently asked. “Certainly." “Well," when you want to draw some money how do you do it?" “As to Wales I cawn’t say, y’know, but when I want me money I call me dark and I tell him to bring mo a bit of papnh. He fetches the papah, y’know, and I write on it, ‘Pay bearer ‘twenty pound,’ and he takes it to the bank aad draws the money. I don’t know where he goes, y’know, for of cawse a fellah cawn’t bo expected to keep track of all the places where he keeps ac counts!”—New Turk Timet. Punishments Under Early Laws. Laws were established in Massachu setts earlier than 1076, for at the first meeting of tho court of assistants, at Charlestown, August 23, 1020, (before Boston was founded), tlioy cstab’ished “rules of proceeding in all civil actions ntfd instituted subordiuate powers for punishing offenders.” Curiously enough, tho first law proposed was “for regulat ing the price of wages for workmen, un der a penalty to him that gave, as well as to him who received, more than the limited price,” which was two shillings per day for carpenters, bricklayers, saw yers and tbatchers. Other laws were also adopted, punishing idleness, en couraging industry and requiring mili tary exercise of every mnn. Neverthe less, the “subordinate powers” abovo mentioned—namely, tho judges—had recourse to tho “reason and understand ing which God had given them. In punishing offenses they professed to be governea by the judicial laws of Moses,” and they actually, as in Connecticut, made the “blue laws.” To illustrate this state of things may be mentioned the following cases, taken from tho pnb 11c records, where many are to be found of similar character: John Wedgewood, for being in the oompany of drunkards, to be set in the stocks. Daniel Clarke, found to bo an immod erate drinker, was fined 40s. [Moderate drinking was the custom. j Sergt. Perkins ordered to carry 40 turfs to the fort for being drunk. (.’apt. Stone, for abusing Mr. Ludlow, calling him “justass,” is fined £IOO and prohibited coming within the patent without the Governor’s leave, upon pain of death. Thomas Petit, for suspicion of slan der, idleness and stubbornness, is cen sured to be severely whipped, and to be kept in hold. Robert Shorthorno, for swearing by the blood of God, was sentenced to have his tongue put into a cleft stick, and to stand so for the space of half au hour. | An original punishment.) But one of the most remarkable and severe punishments was that of Edward Palmer, who, “for his extortion in tak ing £2 18s. 4d. for the woodwork of Boston stocks, is fined £5 and ordered to be set one hour in the stocks," which he had made. There were various other rulings, coming under the same category of blue laws, no doubt, which were enforced, some of them probably only once, on the occasion for which they were made. Stealing from the Indians was pun ished in various ways. In one instance recorded, Josias Plahtowe, for stealing four baskets of corn from the Indians, wag required to return eight baskets, fined £5, and thereafter to be called Josias, and not Mr., as formerly.— Dot ton Herald. The Fishing Frog. Tho fishing frog, or sea devil, as it is sometimes called, owing doubtless to its repulsive appearance, is conspicuous principally for its peculiar method of al luring Its prey, Its. head is of enormous size, and the feature that is not least pro nounced is its prodigious mouth, which extends, not from ear to ear, but halt way round the front part of its head, and is fortified withrows of teeth which may be raised or depressed at will, according as the prey is entering or striving to es cape from its place of captivity. Along the top of the head are found three long filaments, the first of which terminates in a bait-like appendage, and which may be waved in any direction. Fishes are attracted by the motion of this object, and when sufficiently near, the mouth is opened and the prey is sucked in to its own destruction. The stomach is distensible to an ex taord inary degree, and frequently fishes are discovered therein which are nearly equal in weight and size to the fishing frog itself. Tho head is provided with a moss-like fringe, which extends around its entire circumference, and which enables it to conceal itself easly among the seaweeds and mosses on tne bottom of the sea, where it is its pleasure and custom to ex tend and bury itself in wait for its vic tims.—Seienti JioAmezican. “A Gone Sucker.” In a certain city in Connecticut thero lived a very small boy with a liberal share of small “original sins.” It chanced that one day lie was playing in front of the house and overheard some street gamins using slang expressions ] profusely. He ran to bis mother crying, “Mamma, mamma, what’s a ‘gone i sucker’ ?” Now mamma did not in the 1 least know, but as her son hnd been disobeying her that morning, she took advantage of the op|>ortunity to point a good moral. “A gone sucker, my son ? Why, it mesnt a naughty little boy who doesn’t mind his mother.” That night, as Johnnie was saying bis prayers, the full measure of his sin seemed to occur to him with awful sigulfioucoc, and stop pi >g short in the usual petition, ho cried out in the abandonment of his ren orse, “Oh, Lord, I'm a gone sucker ?” Harper t Majaetne. OVB DOLLAR Par iuu, la Uvaaw SOLDIEns ASLCEK The voir* of the wind as it paams Makes musical hm. Bat harkl through tho rustle of graaMi The beat of the drum— A sob and a low voice that trembles, A down-drooping head. Tbs morning of Mayttmsdimsnit)l*% We meet by tho dead. But all are as one in their eodiag. Mo sound of the strife Comes up from the dost that is blending To fashion the life Of grasses and sweet-scented briers, And deep-tinted blooms That burn out their delicate fine By numberless tombs. The maiden who moans for har lover Or friend for his friend Learns here that the battles are over; That this Is the end, Aud mothers who meet in their weeplnfc With quivering mouth Ask not if their sons that are sleeping Come Northward or South. —Wilton J Qrosvenor. PITH ANF POINT. A sign of prosperity—!. A tea party—The Chinese. Before the Mast—The bowsprit. Darwin must have bad the toboggan slide in mind when he wrote “The De scent of Man.”— Tid-Bilt. There is no reliable and trustworthy receipt for making a man a millionaire, except to get the millions.— Biflingt. A real estate transfer—Tho mud you dragged from the road on your boots, to your wife’s carpet.— Danville Breeze. A mind reader—Tho child who reads determination in its parent’s eye and minds accordingly.— Philadelphia Chron icle- lie nth/. A physician says “if a child does not thrive on fresh milk, boil It.” This is too severe. Why not spank itl—Phila delphia Call. Whatever you do, my boy, begin at the bottom and work up." “But, father, suppose I wore going to dig a well?”— Chicago News. There passed from earth on a bitter cold day, The man who oft In our office would stray, And his noblest epitaph’s here, I say: "He closed tho door when he went away.” —QoodaWs Sun. “This is my off day,” remarked a portly Burlington merchant, after having been thrown from tho festive toboggan for the third time.— Burlington Jt'ree Prett. - ' When you say that you don’t know which nre the (attest letters iu the alpha bet, you will be told O B C TANARUS, where upon you are expected to exclaim' 0 I C. Call. An Illinois citizen became enthusiastic upon first seeing tho Atlantic Ocesif. “Why," he said, “it’s immense! grand! What a prairie it would make if it would only keep still I”— Harper's Bazar. Why doer the beauteous maiden seem Hp wearied and so vovedt Hhe's just found out tho tale will be “Continued in our next.” — Merchant Traveller. landlady (examining a fugitive boarder’s trunk) —“Why Bridget, his trunk is full of bricks! How could they have got there?” “Sure, ma’am he biought -one home in his hat ivory night.”— Life. He was a youth of high degree, His collar monstrous tall: Hu tittered a pretty little lithp, And danced at every ball; He oglod every girl he saw, His nerve was, mostly gall: He had a baa cold in his head, And that was all. Washington Critic. Fashionable Finger Rings. “I sell finger rings from $2 up to $5,000,” said a Brooklyn jeweler to a Brooklyn Engle reporter. “Of course . the most interesting class of rings are those known ns engagement rings. There nre but few varieties of the latter, the nr st popular being plain gold bands, with diamond settings. Sometimes a ruby is preferred, but diamonds have the call. No I don’t suppose it is really necessary for a prospective groom to give li's fiancee an engagement ring, but custom has decreed it and in conse quence we keep them for sale. Wed ding rings are not so expensive as they were when I was married. I paid SIS for tlfo ring’with'which I married my wife twelve years ago. I could, now buy a similar ring just as heavy for sll. No man should regret the sum he pays for a wedding ring ns the sensation experi enced in buying it seldom comes to one more than once in a lifetime. A fine good sized ruby is even more costly than a diamond of the same size. Their value depends wholly on t4 e > r color- > Opals ? No we sell but few opals, prob ably becaus- they arc considered un lucky-. Cats’ eyes, greenish brown stones with a light running . through them, were formerly very popular with ladies. Serpent lings are now but sel dom worn. Of course, some men will load themselves down with jewelry whether it be fashionable or not. To buy diamonds udiciously cno must be a pretty good udge of those stones. Here is a diamond which 1 sell for $25 which an inexperienced buyer could not distin guish from this stoue (holding up a dia mond of a similar size) which is worth $125. One is very much off color while the oilier is pure white, and as clear as • bell. In fact the cheaper of the two stones makes the best showing, is more duz./ling to the eye and is seen to much better ad rant age by gaslight. Its de fects, however, are easily distinguishable to the ey • of the experienced jeweler.” The Unlucky Tom-Tit A certain Tom-tit, feeling himself somewhat swelled up by the sulubrious ness of a tine morning, thought he would go ahead and puff out his plumage to such an inordinate exteut, that his fel low-tits would mistake him for an Owl. Hnd scurrying away, afford him much amusement of a refined and intellectual character. Hit little racket would have worked all right, had it not happened that, just as be was indulging in tha preliminary chuckles over his success in frightening his conn ades. a I hiladelphia gunner came along, and, mistaking him for u partridge, bowled him over without further ceremony. Moiul.—This fable teaches that safety does not ho necoonrily in insignificance, unless tha latter receives the undivided attention of the individual.— Tid-DUs. NO 50.