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VOL XII.
ELLIJAY COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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COLEMAN A KIRBY.
" GENERAL DIRECTORY.
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. Kiuciad, 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,
J.' R Cobbfjr. \ Commissioners,
T. J. Long, J
M. T. Dooly, Marshall.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South—
Every 3d Sunday and Saturday before.
G. W. Griner.
Baptist Church—Every 2nd Saturday
mul Sunday, by Rev. E. B. Shope.
Metho list Episcopal Church—Every
Ist, Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. T. G.
< base.
FRATERNAL RECORD.
Oak Bowery Lodge, No. 81, F. A. M.,
meets Ist Friday in each month.
L. B. Greer, W. M.
T. H. Tabor, 8. W.
•T. W. Hipp, J. W.
R. Z. Roberts, Treasurer.
D. Garrcn.S ecretary.
W. S. Coleman, S. D.
W. C. Allen, J. D.
s. Garren, Tyler.
R. T. PICKENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of Gil
mer nnd adjoining counties. Estates
and interest in land a specialty. Prompt
attention giveu to all collections.
DR. J. R. JOHNSON,
Physician and Surgeon
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
Tenders his professional services to the
people of Gilmer and 1 surrounding coun
ties and asks the support of his friends as
heretofore. All calls promptly filled.
E. W. COLEMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
KLIJJAT, QA.
Will prsctics in Bln • Ridge Circuit, Comilj'
Court Juatice Court oT > iilmcr CouutT. LcgjJ
business solicited. “Proisptuess” ia our motto.
DR. J. $. TANKERSLEY.
Physician and Surgeon,
Tenure his professional services to the olti
gens of Eliijay, Gilmer and Rurroauding ooun
iies. Aii caliß promptly attend and to. OMca
rpstairs over the firm of Cobb A Son.
ftVFE WALDO THORNTON. O.D.S.
DEN'i'IST,
Calhoun, Ga.
Will visit Ellijav and Morganton at
both the Bpring and Fall term of the
Superior Court—and oftener by special
contract, when sufficient work is guar
anteed to justify me in making the visit.
Address aa above. Tm..M.i
Young men
Woo wish a Thobouob preparation lot
Business, will find superior advantages al
MOORE'S BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
ATLANTA, GA. e
Tha largest and beat Practical Business Sehoo
in the South. WStudcnts can enter at ant
time. pS'St nd for circulars.
WHITE PATH SPRINGS!
—THE—
Favorite and Popular Retort oj
NORTH GEORGIA!
Is situated 0 miles north of EUijay 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,
Mbs. W. F. Robertson,
Eliijay, Ga.
CENTRAL HOTEL!
EllUay, Georgia.
Ia the special popalar wort for oommeroul
men and tourists of all kind, and is tbs general
house for prompt attention, elegant rooms and
are second to non*, ia this place. Reasonable
rates.
Krs. X. T. Teem will else her personal at
tention to gnssts in the dining hall. 1-lj
Mountain Yiev Hotel!
ELLIJAY, QA.
'Rue Hotel ia sow fitted op ia excel
lent order, and ia open for the receptioo
Beery poaaihU effort
make the Momtaia Raw the most popu
seetr daffatemmst first-elaaa. Lteesy, mil
and teed itehteate nee.ismea with hotel
mafiiahtepa. Mly
THE ELLIJAY COURIER
WHO KNOWS T
Who of u know
Row our next neighbor fares I
How of tbs woes and many cam*
That rim Uke mountains in their way*
And who of us can say
We know of that large world we never see.
The world of poverty!
Who of us know
How much of pain a smiling face cuuceals,
How little of the sunlight ever steals
Into the lives of those who seem the happiest!
The one who makes us merry with the jest,
May he not carry in his heart so free
A wound be does not wish the woridto see!
Who of us love,
And loving, cherish but the empty name,
And feed our hearts on naught; the flame
That burns so brilliant and so bright.
That lights our path as do the stars of night.
Goes out as quick as heaven's lightning flashes.
And leaves us—ashes!
—Geo ige MTfitiof Ran is.
The Versailles Locket
BY WOOD RUFF CHARE.
Reginald Fontaine owed his prosperity
largely to pcrsoual skill as a workman,
and to correct tastes. In part, also, his
success was the result of economy, and
that sound judgment which led him
when onec hc had saved a little money to
rent the principal corner store iu town anti
advertise briskly. And part was due to
his name, which had an aristocratic
sound.
Fontaine was a young man of fine ad
dress, with a knack of ant apparel, and he
quickly became the leading jeweler. Ilis
credit was excellent from the start. He
bought discreetly of the manufacturers,
won and held the popular retail trade, and
in five years rose to a good commercial
position.
One September morning a stranger
asked for Mr. Fontaiuc at his store, a gen
tleman of foreign accent aud appearance,
handsomely attired, with a shrewd, ener
getic face. He was salesman fora French
manufacturing firm, who solicited trade
direct with American retailers. His
prices seemed high, although his wares
were original iu pattern, and the stones of
superior purity and lustre. Iu fact, it
was a grade of jewels more costly than
Fontaine had yet carried, and it apiieared
doubtful if his <piiet town would justify
such expensive investments. Accordingly
he declined to buy.
The stranger retired, but iu a half-hour
returned again. He had made inquiries
at the banks, and satisfied himself of the
jeweler’s responsibility. He now offered
to leave a few articles on commission, for
the purpose of introducing his styles.
Fontaitu welcomed this proposal, and
Save ..the reouired receipts, obtaining a
ozen very handsome gold breastpins,
bearing ruby, sapphire, and emerald
m unions settings, and a oostiy locket.
He exulted over the brilliant additions to
his exhibit, which would at least lend
eclat to the stock and add to his repute.
Thq_locket especially was a notable ac
cession, and he gave it a conspicuous
plate-glass shelf of his corner show win
dow. It was oval in form, of solid gold,
adorned with delicate bas-relief work and
dainty enamel. It was studded with a
cluster of five diamonds on each side.
These diamonds were elear and vivid,
uniform in size aud quality, and of ra
diant depth.
‘ ‘We ought to give that locket a name, ”
•aid Jean Fontaine, as he stood by the
window, admiring it. Jean was Regi
nald’s brother and chief clerk, a skillful
and competent assistant.
“Suppose we label it former property
of Marie Autoinette,” suggested Regf
nald, who was wont to make free use of
his imagination.
“No, no!" replied the more prosaic
Jean. “We can't ascribe historical qual
ities. It looks too new. We might call
it ‘A Congo Souvenir,’or 'The Tonquin
Trophy.’”
Reginald demurred.
“Notone in ten of our customers will
know it is French, or even understand
such a name. They will think it was made
in Connecticut, unless we state the con
trary. I will have a little placard printed,
naming it the ‘Versailles Locket,' nnd an
nouncing maself as importer.
Accordingly, next day appeared a deli
cate advertisement in black-and-white:
“The Versailles Locket.—Our own Im
portation.—Direct from France.—Genu
ine Diamonds. Fine Gold. Hand
Graven.—Price, SB,OOO.
Time passed. The ladies of the town
came, examined aiul admired the locket.
Christmas went bv, nnd still the jewel
lay in its satin bed u|H>n the plate-glass
shelf unsold. The breastpins were taken,
but the locket proved too expensive for
Fontaine’s patrons. Twentv-fivc hundred
dollars was the sum he stood accountable
for to the French manufacturer in pay
ment for this locket should he make a
sale, and although in confidential mo
mente he offered it to epeciul customers
at twenty-seven hundred, no one profited
by this liberal discount from the set
price. Every night the locket was care
fully put away in the burglar-proof com
partment of his huge steel vault, aud every
morning its plush box was restored to the
show-shelf, but the jewel seemed likely to
remain as an advertisement until the
traveling saleman reappeared to claim it.
_ One day a gentleman came in and left
his gold watch for repairs. This was a
tall, majestic person, whom Fontaine had
often seen of late upon the streets, wear
ing a heavy sealskin cap and a melton
ulster, with collar and cuffs and pocket
laps of seal fur, and clad throughout in
costly deference to fashion. His watch
was heavily chased, and very valuable.
He was particular to take a receipt in the
name of F. F. Barton, and departed
abruptly, without so much as recognizing
in Reginald Fontaine the proprietor of
the premises.
At the appointed time Mr. Barton re
turned for his watch. Fontaine in person
waited on him, and noticed the massive
rignet ring worn by his customer, the
onyx monogram of which seemed cracked.
Mr. Barton threw down a fifty-dollar bill
with an indifferent air, and gathered up
the change without appearing to take
count of it. He hooked the golden loop 1
of his heavy chain into ita buttonhole, re- 1
storr-d the watch to his pocket with an 1
air of satisfaction, and turned away.
“1 see tout your signet is broken,” said
Reginald Fontaine, respectfully
“A little,' replied Mr. Baitou. draw- j
ing on his fleece-lined glove.
“I am aoar taking ordesa for signets. .
"4 MAP OF BUST LtFB-ITA FLUCTUATIONS AMD ITS FAST OOMCMMMS
ELLIJAY. GA.. THURSDAY, MAY 5. 1887.
Should you wish to have the stone re
placed at any time, I can have it du
plicated with precision at reasonable
cost.”
The visitor bowed as he pulled on his
other glove, snd replied:
“It is an heirloom in my family,and was
cracked a century ago." Nothing could
replace it.”
“In that case, of course not,” rejoined
Fontaine. He drew from a drawer a
ring-tray. “If you are interested in rings,
examine these. I have some odd forms
here. I don't expect you to buy, sir; but
I am an enthusiast in my trade, and if
any one likes to look, I like to show the
goods.”
And, in fact, it was a feature of Fon
taine's sagacious policy that he tried to
have every customer see as many of his
wares as possible.
Mr. Barton glanced incuriously over the
tray.
“I’ve seen acres of rings,” he replied,
with a curling lip. And he continued to
button his gloves.
“Is there anythiug I can show you that
you are interested in?” continued Fon
taine, politely, replacing the tray.
"Family plate, tableware, children’s or
ladies’ ornaments ”
Mr. Barton had faced towards the door.
He turned about with feeble curiosity to
ask:
“What have you iu the way of ladies’
ornaments?”
Fontaine led his customer to a show
case glittering with bracelets, combs,
pins, and other bijoutry.
“The variety has been a little broken
by our Christmas sales "he began.
“No matter, I need not trouble you,"
interrupted Mr. Barton. “There is noth
ing here that I wish.”
“It is the best assortment in town!” re
torted Reginald Fontaine.
“Very likely. But I came from Paris
only six months since, and shall return in
the spring. I think I can afford to wait
until that time before I buy.”
With some warmth Fontaine flew to
the show-window and caught up the
locket. He put this before nis scornful
visitor.
“Here is something you have never
seen excelled in Paris or elsewhere.”
Mr. Barten looked at the locket in si
lence. Ho drew off his gloves and took
up the jewel. He examined it minutely,
and said, at last:
“These are genuine brilliants?”
“Guaranteed true diamonds.”
“Avery handsome affair—very hand
some. This came from France?”
“Versailles. It is a masterpiece, sir,
known as the Versailles Locket.”
“What is the price?"
“Three thousand dollars.”
Mr. Barton inspected it closely, and
laid it down at last with manifest change
of beaming. He looked at Reginald
Fontaine more cordially, and said, in an
insinuating tone:
“I presume you would shade that price
a little for cash!”
“I might, a very little,” returned the
jeweler, now speaking coldly in his turn.
“Well, I’ll see. I’ll send my wife
around to look at it. She likes such toys,
but whether she will buy or not is quite
uncertain. Luckily for me,she has money
of her own. For my part, three thousand
dollars is too much to put into a jewel.”
“What is your business, Mr. Barton?”
inquired Fontaine.
“Importer of oil paintings. lam also
commissioned by wealthy people to buy
works of art abroad, and usually make a
trip once a year. Am here now to receive
a shipment from Antwerp. My wife and
I arc stopping at the Desplaines House. ”
He laid down an embossed card, neatly
engraved with his name and bearing his
crest, bowed and sauntered out.
Three days later a messenger came to
Reginald Fontaine with this note:
''Dear Sir: Please bring the locket to
Room 24, Deeplaines House, at two o’clock
this afternoon. My wife wishes to see it, and
is unable to leave the hotel. I can’t promise
you that she will buy; but, as you Uke to show
your wares, I would be pleased to ha you
submit the locket to her. 1 ‘ Yours,
F. F. Barton.”
Reginald Fontaine thought a moment.
Then his dignity asserted itself. He
called his trusty brother, and showed him
the note.
“Jean, I’ll let you wait on these peo
ple. Sell the locket if you can. Get
twenty-seven hundred if you can’t do
any better. Take good care of the
locket.”
A porter led Jean that afternoon to
Room 24, and knocked upon the door.
“Enter said a voice within.
Jean went in. A lovely young woman,
richly clad, with pale face ana languid
air, reclined in an easy-chair. Before her
on a centre-table was a tray of wine
glasses. Mr. Barton stood opposite, and
still upheld a newly opened bottle from
which he had just {toured a tiny glass of
dark wine. He bowed to Jean.
“You are from the jeweler’s?"
“Yes, sir.”
“Step forward, if you please.”
The porter went out and closed the
door. Jean 1 landed forth the locket,
which Mr. Barton passed to his wife.
“How beautiful!"
She held it to the light and examined
it critically.
“Had you uot better take this now?”
said Mr. Barton, proffering her the glass
of wine.
She took it, aud looked toward Jean.
‘ ‘Perhaps this gent leman ” she said,
suggestively.
“ Certainly,” replied Mr. Barton. He
poured out two more, glasses, and pushed
one toward Jean. “ Will you join us,
sir? It is port. Do you like sweet
wine?”
Jean was very temperate and unnsed to
liquors. But here were a couple, evi
dently of high social rank, accustomed,
no doubt, to the foreign use of wine. It
might give offense to refuse, and bargains
often hong on trifle*. He responded
courteously, aud sipp**d the sweet port to
the quick laittom of his glass.
“ Take a seat here,” said the lady.
Jean accepted a large easy chair by her
aide. She turned her bright, dazzling
eyes upon him,
“ You are certain these are real dia
monds?”
“ Warranted genuine, madam.” re
turned Jean.
His voice sounded thick to his own
ears, a strange oppression rose into his
brain, the world seemed rocking upon
endless waves, and the lady and the locket
appeared to float away—away.
******
When Jean awoke, twilight filled the
room with fantastic shadow* and rays
from the (trnel lamp* fell flickering on the
walla.
Ha knew he Yas in a place he had seen
before, but all was so unwonted, and the
languor that lay upon him was so deli
cious and enchanting, that he felt sure he
was in a dream from which he hated to
awaken.
Even the loud kuocking at' the door
failed to rouse him to reality, and when
he heard his brother's voice cryiug out iu
alarm: “Jean! Jean!” it only stirred his
wrath, as if summoned at an unwelcome
hour.
Then followed silence, aud hr sat mar
veling at the luxurious surroundings, aud
the mystery of his presence iieriV
The turning of a key was followed by
the quick entrance of the hotel* clerk and
Reginald Fontaine. The jeweler darted
forward to his brother aud clasped his
arm; he looked into his dilated eyes and
bewildered face, and cried:
“Jean! Jeanl What is the matter?
Where is the locket?”
The locket! Jean sprang up. HU
lethargy departed. He undeistood, and
tottering toward his brother, fell sense.
less at his feet.
* * * Mi* *
Ten days later the French salesman re
appeared. In vain Reginald Fontaine re
counted these facts and uri*bd delay until
the swindler was captured *nd the locket
recovered. The Frenchman only
shrugged aud listened, amVst the end re
peated: “Settlement!”
Fontaine at last drew a- Check for the
amount of his indebtedness, and the
Frenchman disappeared.
Time passed. No trace was found of
Barton nor his lovely wife. One day, in
New York, Reginald visited the Rogues’
Gallery at Police He saw
many faces there not in. the collection of
his home officials—among these, F. F.
Barton, and the French" salesman who
had commissioned the locket!
Although the police could not explain
this coincidence and scouted his conclu
sions, Fontaine always believed himself
the victim of a double tfGwpiracy; that
the knaves traveled the globe with ample
capital, one placing jewel stolen abroad
in the n&nds of respflnaihW dealers In
small American towns, the other follow
ing to recapture 4Bp*prixes, and the
original conspirator rettfuing to deimtnd
payment for the lpss. *
But while he MKilplaced hand or
eyes again upon the Fgj.:h salesman, he
had the his testi
mony to the catalogue of evidence
against Mr. Barton at fi later day, and of
seeing him consigned to prison. The
Versailles Locket,* how ever, never reap
peared, but Mr.,Reginald Fontaine con
cluded that his expei#A.ve was worth the
two thousand five BUndied ‘dollars which
it cost him. He deals no more with un
known foreign manufacturers, neither
does he trust valuable jewels among
strangers —-Frank Leal4s',
Ah Explorers* Expedient.
Not a few people Lsye wondered how
Dr. Junkie, wl*a. ha vJust' returned to
civilhottiofiYfWrfTWifOlH Aft tea, succeed
ed in passing safely through the hostile
tribes in the lake region. The mystery is
explained at lost, and Dr. Junker de
serves credit for inventing an ingenious
method of reducing danger to a minimum
in traversing unfriendly parts of Africa.
Before going far from Albert Nyanzu
he ascertained that there was no hope of
his getting through the territory of the
Waganda aud one or two other hostile
tribes without aid. If he was not mur
dered he would at least be detained as a
prisoner. Now and then an Arab trading
caravan was starting for the coast, but the
Arabs were afraid to appear to befriend
him as they could not afford to incur the
ill will of the native kings.
In this emergency the novel idea oc
curred to Dr. Junker to Bell himself as a
slave to one of the Arab traders. A bar
gain was struck, and he ostensibly became
the property of the trader. The contract
stipulated that the Arab, for the sum of
1,500 Austrian dollars, tvas to deliver the
traveler alive at Zanzibar, where upon
the presentation of the contract the money
would be paid to him by a firm denng
business there. It happened that Dr.
Junker had with him an order written in
Arabic by this firm, authorizing him to
make any desirable arrangements with the
Arab traders of Central Africa.
So Dr. Junker set out with his Arab
caravan, which took him straight into the
lion’s den, or, in other words, into the
chief town of M’wunga, the cruel despot:
of Uganda. The chief trader represented
that Junker was not his friend or' travel
ing companion, hut was his slave, whom
he had bought of a negro tribe further
north. In his capacity as a slave Dr.
Junker passed muster in the court of
King M’wanga, and he was permitted to
go in peace with his owner. — New York
Sun.
Sale of Crown Jewels.
May 12 has been set for the auction
sale of the crown jewels of France. The
“Regent” diamond, valued at twelve
million francs, will not be sold. The
Louvre Museum will receive the jeweled
watch of the Dey of Algiers; the impe
rial crown and the sword of the Dauphin
will go into the melting pot. There will be
plenty of rare and costly jewels left, how
ever, for amateurs to bid on at PHotel-
Drouot, where the sale is to take place.
The diamonds and precious stones will lx
on public exhibition for a month aftei
being catalogued. In the meantime they
repose in a triple-walled safe with tli*
Minister of Finance. This safe, fastened
in the wall, is locked with three keys,
each key being confided to a high and
trusty functionary of the ministry. The
diamonds were all stolen in 1903, when
the revolution was at its height, but an
anonymous letter told where they wen
two months after. They were found con
cealed in a thicket in the CTiani)>s Elysees.
Some very costly jewels were never re
covered, however.— Texas Siftings.
The national debt per capita of tin
United States is $23, or including Stati
debts, $27; that of France is $124; oi
Great Britain, $127; of Holland, $115; ol
Italy, $80; of Belgium, S7B; of Germuny
$391 The combined national and Slat*
luxes, excluding county, town and othci
local taxes, are, for the United State*
$4.50 per cupitu, or $4, including pay
ment on tlie public debt; for Italy, $10.42
for Holland, $10.90; for Belgium. sll
for Great Britain. $11.90: for Germany.
sl2; for France, $lB, or, with the uuuua
deficit, sl9.
We must do quickly what there is ut
hurry for, to lie able to do slowly wha
demand* hast*.
BUDGET OF FUN.
! Hr MO HOIS SKETCHES VRoM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
| A Case of Neeeesltjr—Time# Have
Changed—No Sign of Sweet
ness-Why Calf <•
For Sale, Etc,
Minister (to boy who is digging for
i worms): “Little boy don't you know
that it is wrong to work on Sunday, ex
cept in cases of necessity?”
Huy (going on with his digging;:
“This is a case of necessity. A feller
can't go fishiu’ ’thout bait.”— Siftings.
Times Have Changed.
Anxious Daughter—“ Mother, did papa
j have his salary increased when he was
i married!"
Omaha Matron—“No, my child.”
“I don't suppose he had any money
saved up, did he 1”
“Not a penny. He spent all he
earned.”
“Did you get along comfortably?”
“We were vary happy.”
“Well, you know, George hasn’t been
able to save a cent, but”—
“See here, if that povertv-strioken fel
low dare to show his face here again I'll
get your father to kick him out V'—Oma
ha World.
No Sign of Sweetness.
“There is a young man in the parlor
wishes to see you, miss,” remarked the
hall door attendant at a downtown.resi
dence.
“Did he bring anything with him—any
box or parcel?”
“Only a cane, miss.”
“Did his coat tail rattle when he
walked, as if there was a package of
candy in his pocket?”
“Nothing of the sort, miss,"
“Then tell him I’ve gone to visit a sick
friend and won’t be home for a week,”
replied the fair girl, falling back into a
horizontal position, and resuming her
perusal of “Truth Stranger than Fic
tion; or, The Liar Unmasked.” —Clinton
Bugle, ‘ .
Why A Calf ia For Sale.
A few days ago Mr Jones was away on
business and in his absence his better half,
Mrs. J., bethought herself of something
that would agreeably surprise Mr. Jones
and make him smile real broad when he
comeback. What dicfshe do? She bought
a calf. Did you ever see or know the
woman who, when she allowed her fancies
to'roam over things of comfort, didn’t
dream of a cow and plenty of milk and
butter and cream? She thought of the
satisfaction that Jones would have when
once again it would come around time to
pay the milkman. She was as pleased as
pleased can be when she saw the calf
in his stall and tied up.
That night Jones was not apprised of
the new member of the establishment
The next morning he was. Going into
the barn he saw a calf’s tail whisking in
the frosty air. He saw also the remnants
of a S4O harness, he saw a colt, shorn of
that rarest clement of beauty in a horse,
viz.: a flowing tail—gone the same way
as the harness and a bushel of oats.
Jones was mad. He says that.at first he
was mystified. Then he saw the calf.
The way that he sailed into that calf,
with a club, lie says, was a caution to
evil-doers. He danced around her, for
ward and back, grand right and left,
balance to partners, all promenade. He
was getting proud of himself. He was
spitting on his bunds to give the animal
the final coup de grace when Mrs. Jones
came out, and, like Pocahontas, inter
ceded with the man and the club and the
calf’s life was saved. Mr. Jones says that
now, on the fence at his house, appears
this sign:
“ Calf for sale. Warranted to chew
railroad iron. J. Jones. —Lewiston (,Me.)
formal.
He Had Been in State Prison.
A stranger entered an Austin saloon the
other evening, and after scowling at the
half-dozen sitters who were gathered
there, he said:
“Would you gentlemen object to tak
ing a drink with a man what’s been in
State prison?”
He was a big, muscular fellow, with a
bad eye in his head, and he rested his
left elbow sort of careless on the bar, fac
ing the crowd, his right hand reached
playfully for his hip pocket.
All jumped quickly to their feet at the
invitation and advanced toward the
bar, exclaiming in chorus: “Certainly
not, stranger!”
“I’m proud to drink with you,” said
the foremost man, grasping him warmly
by the hand. “I don’t think any less of
of a man because he has been in State
Srison. In fact, I’ve served seven years
i one myself.”
“I have broke jail in three States,” I
said another; “yet I ain’t proud. Give us '
your hand.”
“I have never been in State prison,” re- i
marked a third, “but I don’t know how
my case may turn oat when they get i
through with it up to the Court House, j
It looks pretty squally.”
“I believe in giving a man a chance, ” j
said a fourth. “I’ve got a brother in the j
Louisiana penitentiary, and I wouldn't •
like to see folks give him the cold shoul- 1
der when he comes out.”
“Many an innocent mau goes to pris
on,” remarked a fifth man. “I would j
be there myself, I reckon, if the State’s j
chief witness hadn’t up and died just be
fore the case came on. It was a close call,
I tell you. ”
“Well,” said the stranger, “since you
seem to be such a hard lot by your own :
confession, I retire my invitation. I have
been in State prison for several years, not
as prisoner, but as prison superintendent.
I will see you later, no doubt,” and pay
ing for lus single drink he departed,leav
ing an inconsolable crowd behind.— Texas
Sitings.
BUI Nve on Etiquette.
Whenever I am invited to any large
doings where fair women and brave men
in their other clothes are apt to congre
gate, I always inquire if then is to be
any etiquette there. The presence of
etiquette at an otherwise happy gather
ing has frequently debarred me from at
tending, and compelled me to spend the
evening with my family, where I could
lay aside all restraint and my coat.
Ho, the life of a President, fraught ae
it is with the most virulent and malig
nant form of etiquette, would pemem no
charms for me, and I am not surprised
that the boys of America refuse to rise as
one man and be President, fearing very
naturally that some lime at a State din
ner they might get the great men mixed
up aud the error telegraphed ami cabled
right and left,, or at some other official
festival and hurrah to a plenipotentiary
the wrong place might be assigned to the
delegate-at-large from Farther India, and
the wife of the clergyman from Sweden
find herself drinking from the mustache
cup that properly belonged to the minis
ter from Nova Scotia.
lam sure I am not pessimistic or any
thing of that kind when I say that eti
quette is destined to make itself so
prominent as a pari of official life at
Washington that a plain American citi
zen, with a small bag of sulphur tied
around his neck and a conscious
ness of rectitude in his heart and a
smooth potato in his pocket to keep off
rheumatism, will be seen there no more.
Other nations have given themselves
over to the false joys of etiquette and
where are they to-day? Empires, powers,
and principalities have in former times
forgotten their duty to the common peo
ple in order that they might devote them
selves to the R. S. V. P. and P. P. C.
business, or that they might work a
wedge of custard pic under a big red
mustache by means of a four-tined fork,
and where are they now? Other aud more
democratic nations, who drauk their tea
from a saucer with great satisfaction and
low, purring sound, have conquered
them.— Chicago New.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Recipes.
Stewed Eels. —Skin and clean, re
moving all the fat from the inside; cut
into piwes less than two inches long:
| stew slowly in cold salted water enough
jto cover them, for ona hour. Add then
one tablespoon ful of flour, rubbed smooth
jin cold water. Stir till it thickens well.
Serve hot in a covered dish.
Ham and Eggs.— Fry the lutm quickly,
having previously soaked it for a little
while in cold water. Place on a platter.
Drop into this hot fat, eggs from a saucer,
so as not to break them. Let them cook
slowly, by dipping the hot fat over them.
Lay each one, us done, on the slices of
ham. Garnish with parsley, and serve at
once.
Fried Hasty Pudding.—Fried hasty
pudding, hominy or oatmeal should be
boiled the dav before, aud ret away in a
wet pan to stiffen. A deep, square pan
is the best. Cut in half-inch slice* and
fry in lard or beef dripping until brown.
The corn meal will take fully half an
hour to brown. Serve hot with syrup or
molasses.
Dutch Cream Toast.— Take the re
mainder of some cooked Imm, remove all
fat and dry in the oven until it will grate
like cheese. Make some buttered toast
and spread with the grated ham. Make
a sauce with the yolks of two eggs, a gill
and a half of cream, or of milk, with a
bit of butter- added, beat, stir and pour
boiling hot over the toast.
Hubble and Speak.—Take from a
round of beef, which has been well boiled
and cold, two or three slices, amounting
to about one pound to one and a half in
weight, two carrots which have been
boiled with the joint, in a cold state, as
also the hearts of two boiled cabbages
that are cold. Cut the meut into small
dice-formed pieces, and chop up the
vegetables together; pepper and salt the
latter and fry them with the meat, in a
pan, with a quarter of a pound of sweet
butter. When fully done add to the pan
in which the ingredients are fried, half a
gill of fresh catsup, and serve with
mashed potatoes.
Useful Hints.
Wash the mica of the stove doors with
wit and vinegar.
To wash silk handkerchiefs, soak them
first in cold salt aud water for ten min
utes or longer, then wash out in the same
water, and iron immediately.
Sit down whenever you can find an op
portunity. Many stand even when pre
paring vegetables for dinner, a work that
is much easier performed sitting.
You owe it to your children to care for
their teeth. Examine them to see if they
are coming in straight; if not, consult a
reliable dentist. Compel them, if neces
sary, to clean their teeth regularly, and
have the second teeth filled at the first in
dications of decay.
The tartar which so generally accumu
lates at the back of the teeth, forming
often a thick crust, may speedily and ef
fectually be removed by brushing it with
a soft brush dipped in fresh flour of
brimstone. After a few applications the
tartar will crumble away.
Never allow the cup*, bowls, plates,
knives, spoons, etc., which you use in the
dining-room to do service in the kitchen.
Save the old ones for that purpose, or if
you have just begun housekeeping, buy
some cheaper ones for kitchen use. Any
article which is used in cooking will not
long be fit for table use.
Nothing is more susceptible to injury
than the flavor of coffee, and the recep
tacle iu which the beverage is made
should always lie thoroughly scalded and
cleaued before each making. A porcelain
lined pot is much preferable to any other
for coffee-making purposes, because it is
easier to clean.
To brighten and polish nickel-plating
and prevent rust, apply rouge with a lit
tle fresh lard or lard-oil on a wash-leather
or a piece of buckskin. Rub the bright
parts, using as little of th%.rouge and oil
as possible; wipe off with a clean rag
slightly oiled. Repeat the wiping every
day and the polishing as often as neces
sary.
(Jueeii Victoria’s Coach.
Messrs. Holmes, coachmakers of Derby,
have just renovated a state coach belong
ing to the queen. It is one of the
queen’s six dress state coaches, and has
been made nearly equal to new for use
during the jubilee year. It is an exceed
ingly handsome vehicle. The armorial
bearings are of gold, as well as the door
handles and the crest and Order of St.
George on the roof. The carriage is
painted vcrmiiiion, picked out with gold,
and the springs and all the iron work are
gilt. The door* and the back and front
are ornamented with the royal arms, and
the smaller Darts have representations
upon them of the crown and garter and
the Order of Bt. George. The coach is
lined with blue silk, and 4,000 leavea ot
gold have been used iu the decoration—
7'avrt Journal
on Mi.ru - 11-r n
OUR FATHERLAND
From *bor* where Liherty - * portal * }
Stnne* fair to earth's ultimate span:
From Prairies where Lincoln immortal
Won loftimt manhood of man:
From beyond those mountain peaks hoary,
Where Fremont, the brave, aw each way
Our after-time transcendent glory;
From land of Calhoun and of Clay,
Americans: make thy song ever,
At the God of all nations’ command; '
Our fatherland -jeeps to both oceans'
From the Lakes to the far Rio Grande.
Great man af the East, where fruition
Smiles sweet upon heritage won;
Strong men of the West, where the glowing
Of hope beckon* endlessly on:
Brave men of the Northland, toil-girded,
Clear-visioned, and calm in thy tread;
Grand men of the Southland, transfigured
In light of thy sorrow and dead—
AU. all! Let our anthem be ever,
At the God of all nations’ command:
Our fatherland sweeps td both oceans,
From the Lakes to the far Jtio Grande.
Here are birthrights noble in story;
There, dust of a consecrate throng.
Here, mountains and valleys of glory; ,
There, echoes of immortal song.
O, freemen! see are but each other's,
All these have been prieeleesiv won;
Rise, rise! to the love-height of <Rhers,
Invincible, evermore one!
Then, deathless, our song shall be ever,
At the God of all nations’ command; *
Oar fatherland sweeps to both oceans.
FVoro the Lakes to the far Rio Grande.
-Edgar L. Wakeman.in Southern Bivouac.
PITH AND POINT.
A big blower —The wind.
Letters of Credit —I. O. U. A. V.—
Dnnmlle Brcae.
The man who struck an attitude has
not yet been arrested. — Boston Bulletin.
Naomi was 580 years old when she got
married. Truly the Bible is a great
consoler. —Not Hacen News.
A fireman ou u locomotive, no matter
how liard-bearted he may be, is still a
tender man.- Boston Budget.
If angels’ visits were as expensive aa
those of doctors’ we should be glad that
they are so few aud far between.
The five mummies found in a Dakota
cave last week belonged to one of the
first families. — Pittsburgh Chvonicle.
Kate Banborn suys “there is too much
of everything in this world.” That is so,
but the great difficulty i to get hold of
it.— Graphic.
We are told that the Spaniards prefer
boarding-houses to hotels, because the
former offer them more exciting bull
fights when they attack tile steaks.
“It's a fine day, your llohor,” said the
Disorderly Druuk in a wheedling tone.
“It is, indeed,” replied his Honor, sternly.
“Ten dollars Hue)'— Philadelphia Call.
, “Uvea of great men all remind us.
We shoifld make our .lives subHm•; ,,
Then let ten o’clock ne’er find us
At the club, but home on time.
—Boston Courier.
Singular language ours: When a man
is full of kindness and benevolence, we
say he ia humane; when he is full of frail
ties, we say he is only human.— Boston
Courier.
An agricultural exchange advises its
readers to take care of their cabbages.
In this relation, we may remark that it is
only a brute who would be unkind to
his cabbage.— Graphic.
The new Mayor of anew Ohio city told
the serenaders who tooted under his win
dows that “he wept tears of joy over his
election.” llis Honor seems to Ire labor
ing under a mistake; he wasn’t elected
town crier.— Burdette.
What more precious offering can bs
laid upon the altar of a man’s heart, than
the first love of a pure, earnest, and
affectionate girl, with an undivided in
terest in eight corner lots, and fourteen
three-story houses ( — Teens Siftings.
....“Hullo, Mr. Brown! What ars
you doing up at this time o’ morning;!”
“Oh! I’m trying to scare up an appetite
for my breakfast, Why are you up so
early?” “I’m trying to scare up a break
fast for my appetite.”— Judge.
“An Old Settler Gone,” read Dr. Bolus
in the obituary column of the local paper,
and then he added thoughtfully: 1 l Well,
Bjenlu may have been an old settler in
one sense, but he always managed to for
get to settle with me.”— Somereille Jour
nal.
An Illinois man advertises “pure bred,
Poland-China swine, all the most fash
ionable and leading families represented.”
We presume that a fashionable Poland-
China pig ia much more valuable to sell
than tire common ordinary hog that
crosses hit legs in the street cars.—
Graphic.
Animals that Change Color.
'l’here is a tiny crustacean, the chame
leon shrimp, which can alter its hue to
that of any material on which it happens
to rest. On a sandy bottom it appears
gray or sand-colored; when lurking
among seaweed it becomes green, or red
or brown, according tb the nature of ita
momentary background. Probably the
effect is quite unconscious, or at least in
voluntary, like blushing with ourselves—
and nobody ever blushed on purpose,
though they do say a distinguished poet
once complained that an eminent actor
did not follow his stage directions because
he omitted to obey the rubrical remark,
“Here Harold purples with unger.” Tha
change is produced by certain automatic
muscles which force up particular pig
ment cells above the otners, green com
ing to the top on a green surface, red on
a ruddy one, and brown or gray where
the circumstances demand them. Many
kinds of fish similarly alter color to suit
their background by forcing forward or
backward certain special pigment-cells
known as chromatophores, whose various
combinationa produce at wiil almost any
required tone or shade. Almost all rep
tiles and auiplribiaus possess the power of
changing their hue m accordance with
their environment in a very high degree;
and among certsin tree toads and Tioga
it is difficult to say what is the normal
coloring, as they vary indefinitely from
buff ana dove-color to chocolate-brown,
rose, and eveu lilac. l'umhUl.
An English inventor claims that belle
made by soldering-together pieces of bent
metal give a much better volume of sound
than cast bells,
NO. 8.