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VOL. XI.
ELLIJAY COURIER.
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May and 2nd Monday in October.
COUNTY OFFICERS. '
J. C. Allen, Ordinary.
T. W. Craigo, Clerk Superior Court.
M. L. Cox, Sheriff.
J. R. Kinciad, Tax Collector.
Locke Langley, Tax Receiver.
Jas. M. West, Surveyor.
G.,W. Rice, Coroner.
Court of Ordinary meets Ist Monday
in each mouth.
TOWN COUNCIL.
E. W. Coleman, Intendant.
L. B. Greer, 1
J.' R Cobb-’jr. \ Commissioners.
T. J. Long, J
M. T. Dooly, Marshall.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South—
Every 4th Sunday and Saturday before,
G. W. Grier.
Baptist Church—Every 2nd Saturday
and Sunday, by Rev. E. B. Shope.
Methodist Episcopal Church—Every
Ist Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. T. G.
Chase.
FRATERNAL RECORD.
Oak Bowery Lodge, No. 81, F. A. M.,
meets Ist Friday in each month.
L. B. Greer, W. M.
T. 11. Tabor, S. W.
J. W. Ilipp, J. W.
R. Z. Roberts, Treasurer.
D. Garren, Secretary.
\V. 8. Coleman, S. I).
W. C. Allen, J. D.
S. Garren, Tyler.
R. T. PICKENS,
_ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EELTJAY, GEORGIA.
Will practice m ail the conrts of Gil
mer and adjoiifing counties. Estates
and interest in land a specialty. Prompt
aitentidn given to all collections.
DR. J. R. JOHNSON,
Physician and Surgeon
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
Tenders.his professional services
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 B’.n2 Circuit, Connty
Court Justice Court of Gilmer County. Legal
business solid ted. •‘Promptness’ 1 is our motto.
DS. J. S. TANKERSLEY.
Physician aud Surgeon,
Tend-rs his professional services to the eiti
rens cf Eliijay, Gilmer undsunouadiug cann
ties. All calls promptly attend t.l to. Office
upstairs over the firm of Cbbb it Soil.
Hi'FE WALDO THORNTON, D.D.S.
DENTIST,
Calhodn, (U.
Will visit Eliijay and Alorganton at
both the Spring and Fall term of the
Superior Court—and oftener by special
contract, when sufficient Work is guar
anteed to justify nie in raakingthe visit.
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ELLIJAY, GA.
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THE ELLIJAY COURIER
SNOW flowers,
I awoke one winter morning.
And I found my garden white
With a host of shining blossoms
That had not b?en there at night.
All the barren ground was covered
And the naked branches quite.
For the angels in the night time,
Flying softly to and fro.
Bearing to the gates of heaven
Spirits from the earth below,
Had let fall upon my garden
Lovely garlands—flowers of snow.
—Minnie Irving, t'n Mew York News.
A DETECTIVES STORY.
I was in the active employ of Pinker
ton for many years, and I took my full
share of risks incident to detective work,
but the very first case assigned mo had
more peril in it than any four others
combined. I had done some “spotting"’
and “shadowing,” and had helped ou
two or three cases, when I was sent to
Milwaukee to look after an embezzler.
The case wa3 stated in a nutshell. A
Mrs. Pierce, a widow of wealth, and a
woman who trusted her servants alto
gether too much, received one day from
the East' by express a package of money
amounting to $14,000. Srhe had been
in the habit of sending her butler to the
bank to make deposits for her, and now
and then to draw money on her written
order. • He had been with her for several
years as a sort of man of all work in the
house, and she had found him strictly
honest. She gave him the money to de
posit without a fear of liis being tempted.
He was not seen after ho left the house.
He did not go to the bank, and for three
or four days Sirs. Pierce and others
labored under the belief that he had
been robbed and murdered. The hunt for
his dead body was going on when I
reached Milwaukee.
The name of the butler was John
Lane, and he was described to me as a
sandy-haired, red-faced man, weighing
one hundred and sixty pounds, and
wearing a sandy moustache. His habits
were declared to b; above reproach,
and Mrs. Pierce indignantly resented my
suggestion that he might have run
away. So did the local detective who
had the case in hand. I held from the
first to the theory that he had run away.
He had been told to hurry back, lie
could reach the bank in a walk of tifteeu
minutes, having only two or three turns
to make. It was at 2 o’clock in the af
ternoon, and he could be in no personal
danger. No one could be found who
had seen him between the house and the
bank, although he was well known. But
the best clue was found in Lane's room.
There was a handful of sandy hair in a
paper under the lavatory. There was an
other paper spotted withlather, in which
were enough bristles to make a mous
tache. . Behind an old trunk was a bot
tlo which. had containu 1 hair dye.
Mrs. Pierce received the money about
10 o’clock in the forenoon, and she re
marked to I ane that she would have
him deposit it after dinner. He waited
on the table at noon, and there was no
change in his appearance, but between
that time and two he shaved off his
moustache, cutoff a lot of his hair, ap
plied the dye, and .Mrs. Pierce remem
bered that he was muffled up as he went
out, leaving by the sido door.
Now cimc the hardest part of the
work. When you know which way a
criminal is heading it is quite easy to
keep his trail, but when you can’t say
whether he is in New York or Omaha,
or that he may not be hiding within two
blocks of you, it is quite a different mat
ter. From the servants in the house I
learned that Lane bad always declared
he bated the very sight of cities and
towns, and be bad no care for fine
clothes and society. lie also had a great
horror of the water. This seemed to
argue that he would not head for Europe,
as lat first feared. It was well known
that he had a holy horror of the West,
having reifd of savage Indians, prairie
fires, grizzly bears, rattlesnakes, Ac.
That seemed to argue that ho would not
go West. Would l.e go North or Sroulh?
I was helped out of my dilemma in a
curious way. I had been at every steam
boat office and railroad depot, meeting
with no success, and was standing in
front of the Second National Bank when
a farmer-looking man accosted me with:
“ What do you.say about this bill? I
say it’s good and the old woman says it’s
bad?”
It was a five he had, and the “cld
woman ” sat in a wagon on the opposite
side.of the street.
“Why does.she suspect it to be bad?”
I asked, as I surveyed the bill.
. “ Well, it wa!.give to me four or five
days ago by a chap who rode out home
with us, had supper, and then cut across
to the railroad station. I shouldn't have
charged him over seventy-five cents at
the most, and his liberality seems queer. ”
I was dead certain from his first words
that I had got track of my man. We
went into the bank to satisfy him that
the bill was all right, and then crossed
to the wagon. I want to tell you that
country ] eople a'-o head and shoulders
above the average city residents in the
matter of observation and in remember
ing what they see.
“Well, one reason why I suspected
this man,” said the wife, “was because
his hair was dreadfullv haggled and then
dyed. Such botch work you never saw.
His hair was all in streaks of black and
red, and he'd got the dye on his ears and
neck.”
The fellow had tried to play smart in
leaving the city by one of the highways,
but accident had revealed his trail. He
had taken the train at a station about fif
teen mil -s away, and he had four days
the start of me. The first move was to
run out to the country station at which
he had taken the train. I there found
that he had made many inquiries about
the northern and western part of the
State, and had finally purchased n ticket
for Fond du Lac. The description of
him was good, and I was about to buy a
ticket for the same place and take a train
due in half an hour, when in enmo a boy
who had been there on the evening when
J ane bought his ticket. He was a lad
who helped around the station, and it
was plain that he had a good deal of na
tive wit.
“Yes, that chap bought u ticket for
Fond du l.ae, but 1 don’t think ho went
there,” lepllcd the lad when I began to
question hint.
“Wlmt makes yon think he did not "
Mine.” ho •naweied. as he handed
down n folder from the rack, ‘he wm
studying Ud route, which goes to l'ort
"A MAP or BUST LIFB-ITS FLUCTUATIONS AND ITS FAST CONCERNS."
ELLIJAY. GA„ THURSDAY, MARCH In. 188 T.
age city. I think he meant to take this
folder along, but dropped it. See how
he has marked it with pencil.”
So he had. He could run up to Water
town and go through by way of Beaver
Dam. He had marked the time of ar
rival at the junction and of the arrival
at Portage, and it could not be that he
would take all that trouble to throw any
one off his trail. There was no one alter
him, and he could not argue that the
boy would hold tho marked folder
against him. I tliereforcchanged myroute
to Portage city, and at the junction I
got track of my man. He had no ticket,
but had paid his faro in cash. It was
night, and the state of his hair had not
been noticed, but the conductor de
scribed Lane's general appearance, and
said that he had changed a S2O bill for
him. He might go no further than Pea
verDam, and I got off there and looked
around for a few hours. No trace of him
had been had, and I was at the depot to
take the train, when a conversation be
tween two young men became interest
ing.
“You ought to have told somebody,”
protested one.
“Yes, and been laughted at,” replied
the other.
“And he had ten thousand dollars?”
“Yes, double that.”
“And he was counting it on the bed?”
“Y T es.”
“I’ll bet he was a robber.”
“May be, but he was off early in the
morning. Well, so long, Tom—here’s
the tyain.”
The one who had seen someone count
ing money was going west by my train,
and I schemed to get a seat with him and
draw him out. He was a porter at one
of the hotels iu Portage, and he had seen
a guest answering Lane's description
counting such a lot of money that it cov
ered half the bed. The porter had made
his observations through the keyhole of
the door, and, being ashamed of himself,
had hesitated to go to the landlord. The
min had arrived without baggage, but
had there purchased a valise, and his ner
vous manner and the sight of so much
money in his possession had led the por
ter to finally conclude that there was a
mystery there somewhere, although he
had not spoken of it to any one around
the house. The man had purchased a
suit of coarse clothes, withlint and shoes
to match, and in leaving had taken the
highway leading toward Oshkosh. He
hud purcha-ed another bottle of hair dye
in Portage, but had apparently given his
red hair up as a bad job. He not only
left the bottle in his room, but by means
of soap and water washed off what dye
he had put on at Milwaukee.
Lane had given the landlord to under
stand that he was a hard-working young
mau who had started out to look for a
job, but he had departed without fixing
on anything definite. I did not believe
he would go to Oshkosh. He was acting
like a mau who reasoned that if he could'
hide himself away in the country for a
few weeks his crime and his identity
would both be fOfg-Jttefi. 'Yo catch -the
embezzler without capturing his swag
would have been no credit to me. ne
had several days tho start of me, and had
by this time got a job of some sort. I
procured a rough suit of clothes, hired
a horse, and set off on his trail. As he
had gone on foot with a large valise iu
his hand it was easy to hear of him along
the road. He headed toward Oshkosh
for five or six miles, and then turned di
rectly north. It was in the fall of the
year, and the roads were in bad condi
tion, but he made twenty-four miles that
first day, not stopping at all for dinner.
He went to the northeast for six miles,
to the north for ten miles, and then
ho turned due west, almost on a line with
La Crosse, nnd went eight miles before
stopping at an inn. 1 had only made the
same number of miles on horseback, but
as he had to lie by the next forenoon on
account of the rain, while I had good
weather, I gained half a day on him. He
proceeded toward Ia Crosse for ten miles
more, and then went north two miles,
and stayed over night with a farmer and
talked about going to workina saw mill.
Next day he headed due West, and
reached the Wisconsin River at a hamlet
called Little Bend. It was on tho sixth
day after he left Milwaukee that I lo
cated him, and he had then been at work
in a saw mill for a day and a half. I
entered the hamlet on foot, as he had
done, having a few extra clothes in a
bundle, and it was toon known to the
seventy-five or eighty population that I
was in search of work. The owner of
the only store in the place also kept a sa
loon and tavern, and, under pretense cf
being footsore and used up. I remained
idle for twe or three days, although the
mill owner was short of hands and de
sired me to go to work at once.
It mny be thought strange that I did
not at once arrest I ane and have done
with it. Had I overhauled him en route
that would have been the plan, for the
money would have been in his valise. He
had taken board at the tavern, and dur
ing my first half day there I had found
his room open and his valise unlocked.
There was nothing in it which any one
would want to take away. He had, like
a sharp man, taken his money out and
planted it. He could not justly suspect
that I was after him, for after three or
four dayß I went to work alongside of
him and held him at a distance. He
tried hard to get acquainted with me.
but I was taciturn and unsocial. lie
gave me an opportunity to ask him ques
tions, but I refused to profit by it. I
admitted, for a purpoac, that I left Mil
waukee four or five days behind him,
and after seeming to reflect for a while,
he asked:
“Was there any special news when
you left?”
“I don’t remember,”
“No murders or robberies?”
“There was a mystery of some sort, I
believe. Somebody drew a lot of monev
out of the bank, fell into the hands of
sharpers, and they were looking in the
river and lake for his dead body.”
“Il’m!”ho coughed, and that ended
our conversation, though I did not fail
to notice the look of gratification which
crept over his face. That he had hidden
tho treasure was certain. Tjmt ho would
visit it sooner or later was dead sure. 1
watched him closely during the day, und
1 saw that he was nervous and preoccu
pied. 1 expected ho would go out to in
spect his treasure at night, and I took
my precaution* that ha should not es
cape me, but lie made no move. Ho went
to work on Frid iy no in of one week and
I <>n Tuursday of the next, t/liun Sun
day week rarae it was a bright, warm
day. and I made up my mind not to loose
sight of him for an hour. 'There were
several acre* of logs iu the yard, aud
after breakfast I weal to the mill.climbed
up in the attic, nnd had the yard and
the hamlet under my eye. At'about 10
o’clock Lane came down into the yaul.
wandered about in na aimless sort of
way, though all the time keeping his
eyes opeu, and by and by I saw him in
specting a huge log lyrng near a thorn
apple tree, which was the only tree or
budi in the yard. I had been hauling
logs with the cattle to the bank and
dumping them off for the elevator or car
to carry them up the incline into the
mill, and had noticed the big log. It
had been there for years, and was worth
less. Now that I saw Lane in the vicin
ity I made up my mind that he had hid
den his money close by, and I slipped out
aud went for a ramble in the woods.
That night at midnight, without any
thing having happened to create suspi
cion on Lane’s p irt. I dressed myself and
crept out of the tavora to mako a hunt
for the money. On my way out 1 paused
at his door, and he was breathing like a
man fast asleep. I hacLmv revolver and
a pair of handcuffs ready to take with
me, but missed theiil after I got outside.
Everything about was so quiet that I set
off, thinking to be back with the money
in a few minutes. The big loglay within
twenty feet of tho bunk. There was a
hollow in one end, but no money. The
other end was solid. I climed over it
and passed around it. and had just dis
covered a hollow which had been the
base of a big limb, when I got a blow on
the neck which rolled mo over aud over
for ten feet. Before I could get up
Lane was upon me. Bo was a good deal
the larger and stouter man, but ho could
not hold mo still. I could roll under
him, nnd, while his object seemed to be
to clutch my throat, I gave him two good
blows in the face and got to my feet
Not a word was spoken by either of us.
We stood for a moment gasping for
breath, and thou he rushed at me like nil
enraged bull, and we both clinched. Ho
handled me almost ns if I had been a
boy, and it wasn’t over a minute before
we were on the bank above water twelve
feet deep. There was a thin skim of icc
over it, and the man who went in there
could not live long.
In“a boxing match match I could have
got the better of Lane. In such a clinch
his brute strength was a terrible advan
tage. His object was, of course, to
Eiteh me into the river, but I hung to
im so well that he was baffled. We
were still struggling on the brink, when
n great slice of tho bank gavo way and
we went into the ice cold water, both
having a firm hold, but lon top. Lane
must have had his mouth open, for he
i began to strangle at once, and if I ever
worked hard for threo minutes it was to
save him. He was unconscious when I
got him to tho bank and pulled him up,
while I was as good as frozen. By a
| liberal use of my voice I aroused thvee
j or four men, and we got I ane to ahotel,
j and worked over him for half an hour
, before 1.0 opened his eyes. Then I
1 tucked him up, gave him a big drink of
hot whiskey, and vuviit oat and got the
money, lie pad spent about S4O of it.
Not a word did he reply as I told him
who I wa’, who he was, and showed
him the money. Not a word did he
utter all the way back to Milwaukee,and
it was only after Mrs. Pierce had re
fused to prosecute him and he was
turned loose that he sullenly muttered:
“I was just fool enough to argue that
no detective living could overhaul me.”
—New York Sun.
How to Live a Century.
Professor Humphry, of Cambridge,
has prepared a series of tables which con
tain some interesting information about
centenarians. Of 52 persons whom ha
mentions, at least 11—2 males and 9 fe
males—actually attained the age of 100.
Others attained very nearly to the hun
dred years. Only one of the persons
reache I 108 years, while one died at the
alleged age of 10”. Of the 52 pessons,
30 were women and Hi min. Prof.
Humphry tells us that the comparative
immunity of women from the exposurei
and risks to which men are subjected,
and the greater temperance in eating and
drinking exhibited by women arc the
chief points lu determining their higher
chances of longevity. Out of the ;(i
women 2(i hid been married, and 1 1 had
borne large families, if tlie 2ii women
who had been wivesß had married before
they were “(>, I at 10, and 2 at 17. Twelve
of the 52 centenarians w re discovered to
have been the eldest children of their
parents. This fact, adds Mr. Humphry,
does not agree with popular notions that
the first children inherit a feebleness of
constitution, nar with the opinion of rac
ing stables, whi h is decidedly gainst
the idea that “firstlings” are to lie de
! pended on (or good performance on the
course. The centenarians generally re
garded were of spare build. Gout und
rheumatism were, as a rule, absent. “It
seems,” says Prof. Humphry, “that the
frame which is c’cst'ned to great age
needs no such prophylactics, and.e gen
ders none of the peccant humors for
which the finger-joints (as in gout) may
find a vent."
Of the 52 aged people, 24 only had no
teeth, the average number of teeth re
maining being ‘t or 5. Long hours of
sleep were notable among these old j eo-
Ele, the period of repose averaging nine
ou:s; while out-of-door exercise in
| plenty and early rising are to be noted
among the factors of a prolonged life.
One of the centenarians “drank to excess
on festive occasions;” another was a
“free beer drinker,” and “drank like a
fish during his whole life.” Twelve had
been total abstainers for life or nearly
so, and mostly all were “small meat
eaters.”— S'. James's (!a.ette.
Novel Preparations For War.
Batialions of schoolboys are forming
in France. A number of mayors of aron
dissements are enlisting youths of from
sixteen to twenty years of age, forming
companies equivalent to the regular mi
litia. Th y are armed with chasscpots.
One corps already has 500 members.
They tnke their rites home with them,
instead of depositing them in the arsenal
after drilling.
The Watch dog Battalion of tho Prus
sian Army is being veiycarefully trained
for service. The dogs nro intended pri
marily to convey intelligence from tho
udvanco post to the main body of the
regiment, iutd nrc taught to trot to and
fro, carrying u tiny portfolio of dis
patches round their necks. 'They are al
so t warn the outpo-ts of an advance of
an enemy during the night, and are
trained to hunt up the wounded, or those
who have lo t their way. Two dogs are
atta' lied to each company of < hasaeur*.
—Frank J a slid,.
BUDGETOF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Successful Drilling —Pa Wanted
Peace—Tile Dude's Hands—llls
Narrowest Escape—An Experi
ment in Human Nature.
Little Nell—“I caught sister Maud on
gnging herself to another young man Inst
night an’ she hasn't sent off t :e first one
yet.”
Little Kitty—“ Ain't that nice! Did
you tell on her?”
Little Noll—“No, sh ■ buyrd m * off.”
Little Kitty—“ What did she do?”
Little Nell—She said if I’d keep quiet
she’d give me one of ’em when I grow
up.— Tid-BUt.
Pa Wanted Pence.
Mr. Blitters (to his daughter)—“Eliza,
did you read this article about Liszt?"
Eliza (at the piano)—“Yes, pa.”
“Did you notice that he said people
must play the piano with their soul?"
“Yes, pa.”
“Well, Eliza, just put your bauds in
your pocket and play with your soul till
I’m through reading.”— Omaha World.
The Dude's Hands.
“Y’es, my hands are soft,” said a
dudish nnd conceited young fellow the
other night in a small company, us he
admiringly looked at those useless ap-.
pendages that had never done a day’s
work. “Do you know how Ido it?” ho
exclaimed proudly. “I wear gloves oft
my hands every night to sleep in ”
“Do you sleep with you hat on also?”
asked a pert young woman.
And tho young fellow replied in the
negative, nnd looked wondcringly be
cause the company smiled.
His Narrowest Escape.
“I presume, General, you have had
some very narrow escapos, ” said a pretty
Dupont Circle girl to on old war-horso
of celibate proclivities.
“Oh, yes; that ,is part of our busi
ness,” he replied nonchalantly.
“Tell me nbout some of them. Ido
so love stories of adventure when tho
story teller is the adventurer. Tell me
the very worst of them all,” she cried,
with a pretty flush of excited intcre-t.
“Um—um,” he muttered, scratching
his head, so as to sort them over for the
choicest: “um—let me see—well, I was
engaged to be married once. 1 ’
One was nil she wanted. Washington
Critic.
An Experiment In Human Nature.,
“Human nature is a queer thing,” said
one commercial traveler to another while
loitoring in a railway station. “Now,
s’poso you and I try a little experiment.
We will not let on that wo are acquainted
at all, and will happen to meet at the
cigar stand. You buy a n-eetrt oigatand
I’ll buy two for a quarter. Then we’ll
both sort of linger as If we wanted to
talk with the cigar mau. Which one of
us do you suppose he’ll talk with? Why,
mith mo, of course, because I buy the
high-priced cigar. And the chances arc,
too, that, though he’ll bo polito enough
to you to your face, your back will no
sooner be turned than ho will say some
thing mean about you. Let’s try it.”
The other commercial traveler agreed,
and, approaching the cigar stand, they
proceeded to carry out the programme.
But instead of snubbing the 5 center tho
cigar-stand man turned his back on the
t\vo-for-a-qui\rter customer nnd began
talking with the other. Whereupon tho
proposer of the scheme quit in disgust
and walked away. He was presently re
joined by the other.
“Your ideas of human nature did not
appear to pan out in this case,” ho re
marked.
“No. What did the fellow have to say
after I left you?”
“Oh, nothin’much. He said he s’posed
you thought you was better than com
mon folks because you were putting on
style with two-for-a'-quarter cigars, and
added that he'd bet live dollars you
didn’t have a holeless pair of socks to
your name.”— Chicago Herald.
A Wile's Ttusp.
Here is a little story I heard ’tother
nicht at dinner: A gentleman who was
going off to Russia on business desired
his wife to place her picture in his trunk.
“You know, dear,” said he, “I never
travel without your photo, and Mare
Gambier has rendered you to the very
life.”
“You old humbug. I don’t, believe
you ever look at it. You only say this
to please mo for the moment,” replied
the hotter half, who had her suspicions.
“That’s unkind, dearest. Before Igo
to sleep I always take a long, lingering
look at you. kiss you, and then go off into
the land of dreams with you iu my eye,
as one may say.”
The little morocco ca‘o was placed in
the trunk as usual. When the “hubby”
returned and she unpacked his things she
asked:
“Did you look at my picture while you
were away!”
“Every night. It was my supremest
comfort.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Ah”—with a well simulated sigh—
“that is unkind.”
Whereupon the wife opened the case
and showed him that she hud taken the
picture out before she had placed the
case in the trunk—just to “bowl him
out.” But he was in a degree equal to
the occasion. He remarked : “I saw the
picture had been tampered with, my own
love, but I used to kiss the case because
you had been there.” —American Regis- ;
ter.
Clielronophy.
It was cold and bleak without, but
warm and bright within. They sat sido
by side near the glowing grate, and
watched the flickering firelight as it
danced among the bric-a-brac on the ta
bles. They were both in deep thought,
and no sound was heard save the sighing
of tho wind among the trees in the or
chard and tho measured tick of the or
molu clock whi -h rested ou a bra ket
against the opposite wall, and over which
was suspended a snow shovel covered
with violet velvet and trimmed with pink
•atm ribbons.
“It was not au Hour, nor a seen* for ought
But love and eaJm delight. ”
I he youth was manly m u|i|>earance, and
the maiden u vision of beauty, and judg
ing Lem their attitude and adjacency
they were lovers. Suddenly the maiden
broke the silenre, the poetic silence:
“Have you heard of this new science
called cheirosophyshe asked, in tones
sweeter than the musical tinkling of a
silver bell.
“I have, darling,” he answered in ac
cents of ineffable tenderness; “not only
heard of it, but have given it considera
ble study.”
“Dear me!” exclaimed the maiden.
“I am surprised. You have studied
chcirosophv? Then perhaps you will
give me some instruction in the science.”
“Certainly, my own. Please let me
have your hand.”
“Oh, George!” murmured the maiden,
overwhelmed with confusion, and crim
son with blushes, “this is so sadden.”
“What is so sudden? ’ the youth asked,
in surprise.
“Your asking for my hand,” trem
blingly responded the maiden, “but —
there—what can I do but refer you to pa,
and believe me, dearest, you need have
no fear of the result, lie will certainly
consent to my becoming your wife.”
Then throwing herseTf on tho neck of
her lover, the maid n gave vent to her
emotions in a flood of happy tears.
Let us draw the curtain over this af
fecting scene. —Boston Courier.
How Valentines Are Made.
A factory in this city has, during the
past ten months, turned out 15,000,00(1
comic and 5,000,000 sentimental valen
tines. 'The many operations through
which toy books and valentines pass be
fore they are ready to bo delivered to the
retailer aro interesting. Tho first floor
of the factory is occupied by paper cut
ting and embossing machines. The pa
per on which valentines are printed is
received from the manufacturer direct,
and is not in condition lor use. It must
bo cut in pieces, 42 1-2 feet, and on which
are stamped aixtsen comic valentines.
After being cut tho paper is taken to the
second flow and printed. Three hun
dred out of the four hundred employes
in tho factory nro women nnd girls.
While tho majority of the work is done
by skilled labor,-some departments are
operated wholly by machinery.
On the sixth or top floor half a dozen
artists draw tho pictures used in valen
tines and toy books. After a drawing
is made and photographed the negative
is coated with a solution and exposed to
the sun. The negative is again coated,
this time with lithographic ink, and
placed in a basin of water barely deep
enough to cover it. Tho ink is washed
off, except that part of tho plate on winch
the drawing has been photographed. The
negative is then ready for tho etcher.
Tho etehing process is too well known to
bear repeating here. After the drawing
has been etched on n zinc plate it is ready
for the press. Tho operation by which
rough zinc is made smooth is interesting.
The zinc is placed under uiovablo ohiery
papers, which are changed half hourly.
Tlicso paper* vary from hard to soft. The
constant friction of tho emery wears away
-Hie zinCy.no that iu tiiqf. it. becomes .as
smooth as glass. Seven pSpcrs, differing
in quality nnd thickness, arc used in the
operation.— Brooklyn Eagle.
Rotterdam's Canals, Ships mi l Houses.
The whole of tho city is intersected
by canals, broad, long, and deep, and
capnble of accommodating vessels of
heavy tonnuge. These canals divide the
city into so many islands, united by
draw-bridges, swivel bridges, iurning
bridges, and a few stone bridges. It is
curious to walk through Rottefdam and
find everywhere these canals, with
streets on either side, nnd trees alopg the
side f( almost every street, and more
cUribtist still to find that you can nevof
get aWayi from the! shipping. In thd
very heart of.tip 1 city large ships are dls.
charging their cargoes; the masts of thb
ships are seen among the houses, above
the trees, beside the churches, aud all
along tho centre of the main thorough
fares. Many of these ships are built ex
! pressly for the Rhine and Holland; they
I aro single-masted, broad, stout, and *U
highly colored nnd ornamented. The
prevailing style is brig! t green for' the
hull, with red or white stripes,' gilded
poops, varnished or highly polished decks
and masts, while buckets, hatchets,
barrels, and other things, tiro usually
I painted a bright red, with white or green
1 stripes. The cabins are models of clean
liness aud com fort, with brightly polished
windows, snow-white muslin curtains
and pots of flowers. Beside.the novelty
of finding “a fleet imprisoned ini the
heart of the city,’ there are many things
to attract the attention in the streets of
Rotterdam. The houses have pointed
facades; are of all shades of brick, from
the darke-t of red to-tho pinkest of pink;
whitewashed stonq or wood ornaments.
the facade, the windows and doois are
bordered with broad white stripes, the
windov.’-sils nro generally full of flowers;
the windows are provided with little
mirrors, by means of which the inmates
can see all that takes place up or down
the street without being themselves seen;
brass plates and brass knobs in a high
state of polish adorn the doors, by tho
side of which bird-cages frequently hang.
It is a curious fact that nearly all the
houses are a little out of the upright,
and lean more or less, while sometimes
in a street all the houses will lean slightly
in one direction.
Inllnence of Foo.l Supply.
A veritable plague of Brazil, accord
ing to Yon Ihering, results from tho
singular increase of burrowing mice of
the genus Hcsperomys which, ordinarily
very rare, become alarmingly abundant
at irregular periods coinciding with flow
ering seasons of the lierba eons plant
which furnishes their chief food. This
plant, a Greseiuma, reaches maturity
and flowers only at regular intervals vary
ing from six to thirty yoats. In May and.
Jane, 187(1, the mic • appeared in pro
digious numbers at Lourenco, where in
a few. days they totally demolished tho
fields' of corn, potatoes, rye and barley,
invaded houses and destroyed ■ every
thing not too hard for their teeth, and
even ate fat swine, und removed tho
wooden shoes from the cows. At the
natural rate of increuse the progeny of
a pair of the mico would reach 23,000
individim- in a season, and if their
multiplication was favored by an abun
dant seeding of their favorite plant
every year they would soon drive all
other living creatures from the ooiintry.
—Arhinviw J metier.
Krunp's hit. at gun sends a ball two
tons iu weight through thirty eight
inches of solid iron.
OWE DOLLAR Par Annua. la Advaass.
RECOMPENSE.
Tims from my web of Ufe has drawn
Fall many a golden thread,
Into my treasure-house has crept,
With soft and stealthy tread,
To steal my gems.
My garden was my chief delight,
And claimed my fondest care,
Yet all too soon he passed and lei
For roses sweet and lillles fair,
But broken stems.
He gave dull tints in place of gold.
For jewols, ashes gray,
I wist not that while one hand bold,
My treasures bore away,
My flowers destroyed,
Thapther held for coming days
Rich stores in trust for me,
Scattered along life’s dusty ways,
When looking not, I see,
And overjoyed
I claim them, not with haughty pride,
As in the morn I strode,
Bnt humbly, and with grateful heart
I trudge adown the sloptDg road
Toward eventide.
—Harriet Newell Swanwick, in Current.
PITH ASD.POINT*
Two heads are better than one. This
is especially true iu the case of the drum. *
—New Haten News.
There is one branch of labor which
mnst always be done by hand—picking
pockets.— Boston Bulletin.
The modern society girl is an accom
plished actress, but, as a rule, she is not
fond of long engagements. — Life.
The life of the book agent is full of
wormwood and gall. The wormwood ig
barely perceptible.— Merchant Traveler.
It is settled now that each tad every
baseball association will next year have
the bert club on tho diamond.— Tid-
Bils.
It is only when the minister- has tied
the knot that a matrimonial engagement
mny be considered a match-safe.— Lowell
Courier.
Sunday-school Supt.—“ What is the
worst thing about riches?” Honest
Scholar—“ That I haven’t any.”— Boston
Bulletin.
Until it is eaten, you can never tell
The quality of the bread.
So a man never knows how good he has been
Till after ho is dead.
—Danville Breeze.
A medical journal says “going to bed
on an empty stomach is a good 'way to
invite sleeplessness.” Another medical
authority says that “eating just before
retiring prevents sleep.” The only al
ternative seems to be, if a man wishes-tp
get a night’s sleep, is to go to bed with
out his stomach. — Norristown llerald.
MHTKMPSYCHOSIS.
*■' ' A chicken lived, a chicken died.
Its drumsticks and its wings were fried
Its feathers by a dealer dried
'AnTT, Very shortly after, dyed
Soul it had none: admitting that,,
How comes it? There upon her hat.
Its plumes—a mortal chicken’s—rise,
A glorious bird of paradise.
—Detroit Free Press.
Story of a Greek Statue.
Vi-itors to tho Paris Louvro of late
may liavo noticed a remarks l lo little
statue labeled “A Young Athenian Girl."
The stofy of' it's discovery and acquisi
tion, just disclosed by tho Paris Temps,
forms a curious pa,e in the history of
antiquities. A peasant of Patissia, while
diggrag in the .folds, suddenly e:me
across an old statue. Knowing that the
Greek law forbids the exp rtation of
ancient objects of art found in the
cbnntrycand that foroign amateurs are al
ways ready, to pay ahigh price, for them,
' he at once took it l.omft and hid it under
'■li heap df fiigots.. He - then went to.the
French ambassador, who .was well known
for his love, of such "relics, and offered it
to him for 12, (iOOf. The ambassador re
:pcired.secretly to the.peasants dwelling
to examine it, and found it. vfas a .bona
fide gem' of the fourth century. He tele
graphed tire discovery" to the French
Miniate?, of- -Fine Arts, wlio. authorized
him to ccmclildo the bargain.”'But tijero
whs a serious difficulty to overcOine, and
.that was.tdget'oitt of the.cQimtry-with
. out being detected .by the . customs .au
thorities: After some reflCCtum, the am
bassador instructed 'the peasant how to
set to work.-,.Jfe yras to hjdo the statue
in a cartload of vegetables, drive'down
to a creek on the seashore, where he
wduld find a boat ftom a jFrencJi siopp
stationed at tho Pin.ua.waiting to re
ceive him. The job was performed suc
cessfully. The stato<v fh"the midst, of
the vegetables, was shippqdpn the boat,
and the 12,(;O0f was bmded to the
peasant by the captain as he left the
■ shore. On the arrival of the statue in
Paris, it was placed in the Louvre, not
far from the famous Venus of Milo, while
its discoverer, the pObrGreek peasant, is
now/leading the life of a small gentle
man, farmer on the proceeds,—Puli Jlall
Gaziite.
Tiie Tree or Death.
. On the New Hope battlefied was a
tree upon which the soldiers nailed the
inscription, “Tree of Death.” •• Seven
Federals were killed behind the tree by
Confederate sharpshooters, Tho tree
was in advance of the Federal line and
was about three hundred yards from the
Confederate works. It was used by
Federal skirmishers, who woull stand
behind it and Toad and then step out and
fire. Confederate sharpshooters went
along tho Confederate line for nearly a
mile'in each direction, and then, being
so far from the sido of tho tree that they
could see behind it, by a cross firing
made it as dangerous to stand behind
the tree as to stand iu front of it. Seven
Federals were killed behind the tree, and
it came to be known as tho “Tree of
Death.”— Atlanta Cone'.itutim.
Man aud His Shoes. y
How much a man is like his shoes!
For instance, both a soul may. lose;
Both have been tanned; both are made tight
By cobblers;' both get left anil ri^ht.
Both need a mate to be complete;
And both are uiado to go ou leet.
They both need heal bis; oft are sold,
And both in time will turn to mould.
With shoes the last is first; with men
The first shall be the last; and when
The shoos wear out tliay’re mended new;
Whn men wear out they're men dead tool -
They both are trod upon, aud both
Will treed <m others, nothing loth.
Both have their ties, and )>ota lurline,
When jmlisUed, in the world to ahina;
And both peg out Now, would you cbooae
To h a man or he his shoes f
—Besfow Courier.
NO’ 52.