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VOL. XII. ELLIJAY COURIER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY —BT— COLEMAN ft KIRBY. GEHERHOIRECTORT. 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. Kinciad, Tax Collector. Locke Langley, Tax Receiver. Jas. M. West, Surveyor. G. W. Rice, Coroner. Court of Ordinary meets Ist Monday in each month. TOWN COUNCIL. E. W. Coleman, Intendant. L. B. Greer, V J.' R Cobb? Jr. \ Commissioners. T. J. Long, . J W. H. Foster, Marshal. • ' RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Methodist Episcopal Church South— Every 8d Sunday and Saturday before. G. W. Griner. Baptist Church—Every 2nd and. 4th 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. If. Tabor, S. W. J. W. Hipp, J. W. • ft. Z. Roberts, Treasurer. D. Garren.S ecretary. W. 8. Coleman, S. D. W. 0. Allen, J. D. S. GnmiJi, 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 ELLIJAY, GEORGIA. Tenders his’professional services to the people of Gilmer and surrounding coun ties and asks the support of his‘friends as heretofore. All calls promptly filled. ' E. W. COLEMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELLIJAY. GA. tt ill practica lu B n.- ltc'go Circuit, Crnntv I ,,nn vonrt it Miner Count?. Lukrl Imßiucßtf coined, •Troipptuftg*” i* our motto. DR. J. S. TJItKERSLEY. Physician Surgeon, Tend-rs his professional sorvioos to tha oi#i Jens of Ellijay, Gilmer and surrounding carnn lies. Ah calls promptly attend-d to. Offico upstairs over the firm of Cobb & £jon. M FI WALDO THORNTON, 0.0.8, dentist, Calhoun, G 4. ill visit Ellijay and Morgan ton st both the Spring' and Tall term of the Superior Court—and oftener by special contract, when sufficient work ie guar anteed to justify me in aMdcins the visit. Addrers aa above. Tmavil-lf WHITE PATH SPRINGS! -THE— Favorite and Popular Resort oj NORTH GEORGIA! Is situated 6 miles north of Ellijay on the Marietta tfe North Georgia Rgilroqd. Accommodations complete, facilities for ease and comfort- unexfcelled, and the magnificent Minetal Springs is its chief attiaction. For other particulars on board, etc., address, Mbs. W. F. Robertson, $25,000.00 IN GOLD! TULL life PAID FOR iVSBMLES’ COFFEE TOPPERS, V Premium; '• $1,000.00 2 Premiums, - BSOO.OO each 6 Premiums, - $250.00 “ 25 Premiums, - SIOO.OO “ • 100 Premiums, • $50.00 u 200 Premiums, • $20.00 “ 1,000 Premiums, SIO.OO For full particulars and directions see Circu Inr in every pound of Arbuckxjer' Corns. FOR GOOD JOB PRINTING -oo to OC ELLI JAY COUHIER. THE ELLIJAY COURIER BANO AWAY. A*. be sure you're in the right, In whate er you wish to do, Evan though you have to fight AH the world to push it throng Then bang away. Let no feeling of dismay Overpower your single aim. Lest the world may truly say To success you have no claim; So hang away. Fate disdains a coward heart, So do you, I dare to say; Let that never be your part; Whether work or whether play; Being away. —John D. Jlemstreet, in Chicago Iterald. THE MERMAN. Last summer I passed some weeks In Malangen, Norway, laid up with a sprained ankle. One evening my farmer host, Bernt Olaffsen, told me the follow ing Story. I believed It; So would you if you had heard him tell it. I was left an orphan wlith about ' ht years old,’and vtettt to live with my cousin Karen, who had been a servant in the family of the minister at Alstadt,'but who then lived at Kralholm, in Welge land, having some months before married Elias, a fisherman of that pitted, Krai holm, for some reason, has ever been the haunt of ghosla, mermen and ail Wicked spirits of the sea. It took Karen and me a long to become accustomed to the strange sights and sounds of the lonely beach where her cottage stood. Her husband, a cheery, hearty man, laughed at our fears, assuring us that the sea spirits had no power over those who led godly lives and who avoided all dealings with them; so when six years uuj, bringing with them children and all other blessings, Kareh’s fears had long since been forgotten. Then auclucnly Elias reettted to change. He became gloomy and silent. He was, as ever, kind and good, but his jokes and laughter were no longer heard. This Was very strange, and, stranger still, he Suddenly stopped all talk about the new ten-oared boat he had meant to buy, to take the place of of the old I 'six-oar," almost worn out with long service. That nsw “ten-oar” had been the theme of many a fireside talk, for it Was to be the finest on Kralholm beach, but now for two years we heard nothing about it. Karen was, of course, very anxious, and At last I, having grown to be a stout lad of sixteen ventured to question him plainly, Karen joined me, and at last he spoke out. One day, two years before, he Was walking on an Unfrequented part of the , beach, armed With his fish spear, and came suddenly upon a huge seal, lying Asleep upon a rock. It was the largest he had evr seen, but, strange to say, he feltafrftidof it, and wished to run away, rwj' stmnge, for'nor one ever tears a seal, and the larger it is the better the prize. Eitas mustered up his courage, crept close to the sleeping monster, and drove the spear deep into its back. With a frightful yell of rage and pain, such as ho true seal ever uttered, the brute raised Itself, wrenching the staff out of the fisherman’s hands. It stood erect, seem ing to grow as tall as a boat’s mast. Bcreaming and gnashing its teeth, it glared at Elias with fierce, bloodshot eyes, while he, half-dead with fear, could not murmur a prayer. With one final bellow it plunged into the sea, carrying with it the harpoon, and discoloring the . water with blood. Elias did not speak of this incident to any one. He was, in truth, ashamed. He had been frightened by a seal; had missed his blow, and lost not? only his prize, but his harpoon as •well. He would bo laughed at. After ward he found floating the staff of his spear, the iron having been broken off. " One night, shortly after this, he heard a great noise in the boat house. He im mediately rose and went to see if Rny mischief were on foot. It was midnight, stormy and very dafk. Entering the boat house he heard no sound, and at first . could sec nothing. Suddenly the light of his lantern fell upon a huge black mass, from which rose grinning, and snaVlirlg the fierce head of a monster seal. He re membered it well, and while he stood, terror-stricken, the grew human, the seal disappeared, and in its place was a large man, entirely naked, who rushed pastjjElias, striking the lantern from his hand, but not so quickly that the poor fellow could not see sticking fast between his shoulders’the speir of his lost har poon. He realized then what he had done, what vengeance he had provoked, with whom he had dealt ar.d had still to deal. KareD found him lying in a swoon, the broken lantern by his side. He told her nothing, and from that day was silent and gioomy, for he knew that he had incurred the deadly bate of a mer man, than which no greater evil can be fall a seafaring man. But he kept on with his fishing, and one dark morning, as he was sailing out, he heard a deep voice that seemed to call from the sea itself: Your boat sails welt, for the wind is free; Wait till you’ve sailed a race with ms! When the sky is black and the dead afloat, ill the match of your teg-oared His men thought it was some neighbor wishing to play them a track. Elias knew what it was. From that day he lived in terror. He gave up all idea of buying a ten-oared boat, partly because he did not think it worth while for the short time he be lieved he had to live, partly because the merman’s words seemed to warn him against sailing in such a craft. We said all we could to cheer him, at first with little effect; but as months and seasons passed and nothing evil happened his gloom wore away, he became his old •elf, and again all his talk was of anew ten-oared boat. Bpring came and a day was fixed when we were to sail around to Ranen, sell the old boat for what it would fetch and buy the new one. Great were the prepara tions, for we intended to make a pleas ure party of it, and take Karen and all the children. My wife insisted that she should stay at home so that the industri ous house mother should have at least one day’s diversion—that is, she was not my wife then; she was an orphan, like me, who had been adopted by the kind fish erman, Oh, if Elsa had only gone with us we would have come back safe and happy, for Eire is a Finn, and the Fiona 1 know all sea magic and can bring to “A map or bust Lira-its rLOVTVATioxa ajtp in tabt OO.VcirK.VS.” ELLIJAY. GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 30. 1887. nought all the enchantments of the mer men. But it was fated. The day fixed for our trip was perfect. The sky was bright and clear; a light breeze; fair for Ranen, just ruffled the sea. We were a merry party; we tailed away laughing and singing!. while Elsa waved us good luck from the shore. We soon reached Ranen, and while Karen and the children went to the house of a friend, Elias and I sought the boat builder. We managed to sell our old boat, though we got but little for it. Then began along and careful examination of ten-oared boats. We wens hard to please, but at last found bnß that sec iea to be jttst ftnat we wanted. Her model below the water-line was so perfect, so superior to any that we had ever seen,that we de termined to buy her,although she seemed overmasted and rather clumsily rigged. The boatbuilder acknowledged this himself, s&ylng that he had finished her hurriedly, beiug overrun with work. “But,*’ said he, “ydu will find that there no boat ifi these Waters that can sail with her. She is a perfect model. Look at feci' lines. The faults you mention are, after all, but trifles. You can alter her rigging to suit yourselves when you get her to Kralholm: besides, I am a just man, and will allow you something off the price, so that you will really have a bargain, ’’ So, alter some haggling, A price was Agreed upBU;. which Elias paid down,and th bßit was his. The boatbuilder,how ever, made us promise faithfully not to alter her in the least particular, not even to touch her with a tar brush, until we were at Kralholm, “For,” said he, ,“I have boasted greatly Of thill boat, and 1 do not wish to be shamed before the whole town by having you begin to alter her rig the moment you own her.” We gave the promise readily, and the builder talked so much while she was be ing launched that rieither of us noticed that no cross was tarred on her stern. My wifo will have it that the boat builder was in league with the merman, who had doubtless taught him how to build so well below the watet linfe that he migjlt lure us into sailing thus unpro tected by the holy sign, which all fiends fear, and which wo.uld have saved us’ from his vengeance. She may be right; such things have been, and that man I have heard ended miserably. Early in the afternoon we all sailed for home. W-e had about eight miles to go, and soon found that the sea-going qualities of our new purchase were likely to be thoroughly tested. It blew very hard and the waves ran high. She behaved splendidly, skimming over the billows like a Water-fowl, shipping scarcely a Bpray. We were delighted With heh Suddenly Karen gave & erv of alarm, and pointed over the stem; . .We looked and saw a great blfick cloud, which seemed to cover the whole horizon, roll ing down upon us with a streak of boiling white foam before it. I sprang to reef the sail, and in an instant the squall was upon us. At once all was dark as flight. We- could not st< each others’ faces. Tlte wind howled, and as the boat bent to it, rushing on her course, it seemed that she must capsize. The children screamed with (fright. Then at a short distance to windward the blackness opened, as if a curtain had been drawn up, and in a broad space of living green ish light We saw another ten-oated boat. She stood out black and distinct against the half-circle of light which seemed to travel with her. She was an exact copy of our own boat; she was sailing the same course, but, while we heeled terribly to the wind and plunged madly to the raging sea, she with full sail set, glided along on an even keel, as steady as though the sea were a mill-pond. The wind and sea seemed to have no effect on her. I could but see one aboard her, a dark figure at the helm. She frightened me. But I could not think of her long, for ■the wind was now a hurricane, and every wave dashed over her bows, half filling the boat with water. I heard Elias shout: “Look out! Hold fast, all of you!”, and saw an enormous wave, as high as our mast it seemed, toppling over us. Tons of water dashed down upon us, and I thought we were sinking; but our. boat quipkly righted and seemed to shake the water' front her. I looked first for Elias. I could just make out his figure at the helm. Then I heard a half stilled shriek. “O, Elias, husband! Martha and Nils! Save them!” It was Karen’s voice. The two little ones were tone. I heard Elias groan. We could o nothing. Then I looked for the other boat. The greenish light was brighter, the strange craft more distinct. Two had been added to her crew. They stood motionless by her mast: their faces were the faces of the dead, the faces of the drowned children. It was a ferfrfu! sight,'but before we could speak a word another mountain of water was hurled upon us, and when it had passed Karen was gone, and Anton’s life line dangled _1 oo.se and empty. I c6uld hear Elias praying,' while the four older boys clung half drowned to the mast and neither moved nor spoke. We heard a loud laugh, and a deep voice called: “Ha! ha! Elias, I will have a full crew soon.” There was the strange boat scarce fifty feet from us. In her were Karen add Anton, Nils and Martha, dead and white, and there, huge, naked and terrible, stood the steersman, with sea-green hair and beard blowing wildly about his frightful head. With a menacing gesture he pointed to the spike of a fish spear sticking between his shoulders. I nearly fainted. Elias ceased praying. By the ghastly light now so near us I could see his face. It was that of a wild beast at bay, despair ing but ferocious. Drawing his long knife, he muttered: “I know you, I know you! If a spear can pierce your back, this may reach your heart.” “Elias!” I shrieked, “that was on land. What would you do?” “End this, one way or other,” he •houted. “To the sheet, fool!” and he put up the helm. I trimmed the sail close, as by instinct, and we flew to run down our pursuer. I was now desperate, too, and grasping the boathook, stood ready to strike. Just as we seemed aboard of the mer man another wave swept over us; I felt our boat sink from under me. Even through the rush of the water I heard wild shrieks and shouts of fiendish laughter, and knew no more until I found myself dinging with a death grip to the unsubmerged rail of our wrecked boat, whose heavy mast and spread anil alone prevented bar from capaudpg com pletely. The black cloud was pone, the mer man Wa* grlne; the foiir uCy* Were gone, but I saw Elias caught between the booni and the toppenlifi It #aa snowing; the wind ana the tea were as fierce as ever, but it was no longer so dark. I managed to reach Elias and’drag him up beside jpe; holding him with one arm. while with the Other 1 chir.g to Ihe rail, resting toy feet on the combing of th* hatch. I thought him dead,'but soon he moved and sighed. “Courage,” I said; ‘*the merman is gone. You will live.” , “No, Bernt,” he “God is too good to let Kim fiend carry his revenge so far as that: Lam dying; you will be saved. You nift aot of my blood. L shall soon be witttffluHa and the children.’’ He was silent for awhileMgTlsb he Whispered, brokenly:, ber—all four you and RtaA-Jn.” 1 held him as strongly as I could, Sud denly a look of joy lit up his ,vhite face. Stretching out his arms, hi* cried: “Yes, Karen, lam coming.” Ift wrenched himself free from my weakened hold, and feU backward into the sea. I suppose I fainted then, for when I was again conscious, two days after, l was in my bed at Kralholm, With Elsa bending Over nie. She had found me pn that fatal evening, lying drowned, as she then thought, on the beach, whither she had gone to meet us all. As the weather had been perfect all day, avery one sup poaed that Elias and his family had for some reason remained over at Ranen, and that I, returning aloite in tum 6 small boat in order to De with- Elsa—for our courtship was secret—had through some accident, fallen overboard. When I told the dreadful truth they did not believe'me, When on inquiry they itearned that we had sailed from Ranen, as I had said, when nothing more was heard of Elias, when the wreck of the new ten oared boast was cast ashore on the rocks of Landspoint Island and all could see that she had no cross tarred upon her stern, ihbjr were Convinced, and proper funeral services were held for the drowned. Elsa . and I were married. Elias’s savings made us rich. We bought this farmland neither of us has ever been in a boat 6ince, nor ever will be.— From “Mrs. Htphoeslus." Beautiful Work in Ivory. With improved methods of carving came a more general demand for small ivory figures which could be used as or naments, and as a result the subjects be came more varied and less conventional. Wo now have beautiful toilet articles witjl carvings of flowers and arabesque caskets of ivory worthy to inclose gems; little statues of genre designs; birds and greyhounds and miniature figures of h manitv. Striking groups and. ficenqs from fife are carved-out of the white sub stance, and the whole inlaid .with, djiffer fchtiy colored ivory, which gives thfi pic ture a realistic and beautiful appearance. The more delicate of the carvings have to be executed by a trained hand and an artistic eye. Many women are employed in this work, especially in the ivory man ufactories of Europe, where they are paid good wages for their labay. The rougher Work, such as making billiard balls, rings for harness mid ivory han dles, is done entirely by machinery, but since the demand for fine household ornaments has grown so steadily, a large number of gifted women have been giveD employment in the manufactories to. do the fine polishing and designing. The ivory used is taken, not only from Africa and Asia and the fos il mammoth of Si beria, but also from the horns of the hip popotamus, the tusks of the walrus and the sword of the narwhale. The grain of the several kinds differs Very materially, and in proportion to the delicateness of the lines is the price paid for it. The elephant tusk represents the finest specimens of ivory. When the tusks are brought into the workshop they are cut into shapes necessary for carving by machinery. The objects are designed beforehand and a suitable piece is cut. out from the sheet at one turn .of the wheel. These pieces are then taken by the art ists, who design and polish them until fashioned ready for the store. - The carv ers sit at long desks facing windows of light, and they use salt and water be neath the touch of their fine tools. The polishing is accomplished upon wheels or “buffs” corercd with Canton flannel, and there are vats of colored liquid for stain ing tints. When the carving is finished it represents exquisite work. —Mail and Express. The Army of Haytl. The Haytian army must present to European beholders a spectacle of gro tesqueness, the equal of which it would be difficult to find anywhere either in fact or fiction. Imagine 'a battalion on parade consisting of thirteen privates, ten officers, and six drummers 1 The rest of the men—as the author quaintly pnts it —thinking it unnecessary to present themselves except on pay day. • The staff officers, are clad in the most gorgeous uniforms procurable; while the men are habited in a motley array of tatters. Some have coats wanting'one arm, the collar or the tail; the headgear may con sist of a dilapidated shako, a straw hat, wide-awake, or in many instances merely a handkerchief tied around the head. The officers hold their swords in either hand as suits them; and the men march past in admirable confusion, each one carrying his musket in the position he finds most convenient. The populace look on with admiring looks, and gravely ask if finer troops can anywhere be found. The Haytian, however, thoroughly de tests military service, and consequently the sentries, lest they should be over fatigued, are considerately provided with chairs. Chamber a'a Journal. Turkish Coin Bracelets. The handsome bracelets and necklaces which Turkish ladies wear, composed of ancient coins of gold, form one of the richest and most characteristic orna ments. As these coins are scarce, and ns the taste for thjs style of ornament is ever increasing, certain adventurers have had coins made in Europe of baser metal, which, in Turkey, they sell as genuine. In Anatolia and elsewhere they have driven a prosperous trade in this way. But the government has bow prohibited the sale of these *!■ c coins and otdered the seizure of sue' i iy lie now offered for purchase BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Hard On Featherly— A Rough Pelt —The Doctor's Advice—A Ca det's Assurance—\ Rare Specimen, Etc!, Etc. Ethel—“ Was there a donkey on our steps when you came in, Mr. Featherly 1” Mr. Featherly—-“Why, no, Ethel; what would a donkey be doing there!’’ Ethel— “I don't know; hut Clark said, just before you rang the bell: ‘There’s that donkey coming in here again.’ ” Boston Beacon. The Doctor's Advice. A true story is told of an old New Hampshire doctor, who was one day con sulted by a mau suffering from rheu matism. The physician gave him eopioua advice, find ehded with directions so cot* ciselv put as to be easilt memorize.]. “Avoid dampness,” he said. “Yes, sir.” “Keep warm; keep your feet dry, and remember what I’ve said about flannels.” “Yes, sir.” “Take the medicine with absolute regu larity. Here is the prescription.” , - The nian expressed his thanks, paid His fee, and took his lefive, Aa he reached the door the doctor called: “Oh, by the way, if any of these things help you, iuSt give me a call and tell me. I’ve had rheumatism for over twenty years, and nothing has ever helped me yet. Good taorhing.”— Youth's Companion. A Rough Deal. A stranger .went into an Austig restau rant and ordered a dinner. He made one Of two attempts to eat It, but was badly defeated. Then life called the proprietor of the caravansary, asked how mufih the funeral expenses aggregated, and was told “fifty cents.” He handed over a five-doilar bill, but when the proprietor Jrfis about to return tha change he re used to accept it. “No, sir,” he said magnanimously, “just you take that money and see if you can hire a right hungry man with it to eat that dinner. If he strikes for higher wages just draw on me. If he dies I’ll pay the funeral expenses.” The proprietor of the caravansary now says that he put up a job on him. —Texas Siftings. A Cadet’s Assurance, Sometimes when the offenses of cadets are very flagrant court martials are Called to try them. Those are composed of army officers, who sit in trial like judge and jury whet the offender is in civil, instead of military life. These courts martial are often very funny. Once theth there was a youngster who bad acted so perfectly outrageously that he knew, he would be dismissed at the approaching examination, so he- determined to have a good time before he left. On the grounds was an old disused shed of some kind, and in it young hopeful piled all the shavings, rags and everything else com bustible he could get, and one fine night he set a match to it and had a mag nificent bonfire of his own. Of course suspicion pointed to hint, and a court of inquiry was organized to investigate the outrage. General Thayer was superin tendent and Colonel Fry commandant of cadcts. When the prisoner was called up for examination before the court, composed of officers of high rank, im posing in the majesty of the law, he was asked to state what he knew about the fire. “I—t don’t know any tiling myself but what is hearsay testimony, and you Won’t admit that,” he re plied. “The court does not desire your views on hearsay testimony,” severely remarked the prosecutor. “You are directed to state what. may have come to yout knowledge regarding the affair.” “Well, but,” objected the culprit, “t don’t know anything about it, and what I heard I don’t believe.” “The court, sir,” thundered the officer, “has not inquired into your belief. You will immediately state what you heard.” “But—but—you don’t believe me, either.” By that time the court was In a rage. “Go on sir,” roared several officers to gether. “Well, they do say,” stammered the cadet diffidently, “that General Thayer got the shavings and old Fry set ’em afire.— Philadelphia Times. A Rare Specimen. “1 see,” said Colonel Boland, aa he reached into his vest pocket as If ;he expected to find a cigar, “that the terri torial School of Mines has secured a fossil Skull of a brontotherium for its museum, and that the specimen is very rare and valuable.” “Ya-as, I saw it,” replied Judge Ptr simmon unconcernedly, as if be wanted to turn the subject. “Now 1 have been in the territory twenty years,” continued the Colonel, “but the brontotheriums were all gone when I came. What I want to know, Judge, is, if you met any of ’em in an early day?” “I s’pose I did,” said Judge Persim mon as he glanced around at the crowd as if to call on it to witness that he was forced into it. HI struck Dakota in ’47 with a little party, and traveled all over before any other white man dared to venture across its boundary. At that time the brontotherium was very plenty. They used to come up within a hundred yards of our camp and sit up on their hind legs and whistle at us.” “But I see, Judge, that in this speci men the jaw-bone is twelve felt long.” “I noticed it,” returned the Judge, as if slightly hurt. “I was just going to say that they have only got ayoungone after aIL The jaw of a full grown brontothe rium was fully twenty feet in length. When they sat down and stuck their noses up and howled they reached up in the air like the steeple on an Episcopal Church. It was a great sight to see a row of them around the camp early in the morning. I shot several. After one or two fell over the rest would get up and bark a little and trot off wagging their tails. ' Their tracks measured six feet wide by ten long. I tamed one in the summer of ’4B, and it followed me about like a dog.” “Any other curious animals then that are now extinct?” “Yaa. severe species. There were the botheration*, the tUiuguml-ob*, tbs whatjurallems and the great howlinft hurrahwhoopers. I notice the school hasn’t Specimens of any of these yet, ami I doubt if they can be procured nod I’ll tell you about them alt some day hjfl it rains and I haven’t anything else tft do.” —Dakota Bell. I Tha “Rescue Dodge.” | Two rather scedy-looking individual met at a down-down corner yestardlfl and greeted each other with effusion. B “What you doin’, cull?” asked one. fl “Selling clothes wringers. Whafl you doing!” I “Ain’ doin’ nothin’ now, except ing this,” indicating a black eye. MU “ How d’yod get it?” aft “Got it doin’ the rescue biz in ToledH; “Rescue biz? What’s that?” M “Welt, you arc green. Me an’ a paH| mine made good money out of Cleveland and afterwards in Toledo. was a big feller an’ could eat fn He’d dress kind o’ slouchy and I’d B||| ifi- aigtlg fair shape. ||B| sside oHH street and I triWHJfand walk KgSl until he saw a lady that looked aifslßß| cash. If there wasn't any one aboutflvS! go up and speak to hcf. Of courseHßl would frighten her half to he'd just stick and try to walk witHfl| Then my turn would come. I’HHj across the street, big as life, an’ sajS “ ‘Madame, do you know this nM||S| “ ‘No, sif,’ she’ll say.’ H “ ‘ls he annoying you?’ H “‘Yes, sir.’ mSB “Then I’d tell Jack to go nbo®jH| business, he’d give me some talk aiHHB lei out a mighty savage lnokin;;Hl that wouldn’t kill a fly. He’d go •a if he was shot, and then get run like a whitehead. I’d walk a or two with the lady, giving her a talk about bein’a stranger in townM' of a job, an’ I almost always got a hB tip. Once I got S2O an’ what I <IH want —11 job. 1 “Where’d you get the eye.” “Oh, that was last week. My pal gor full, and when I let out at him says: “ ‘You miserable littlo rooster, I’ll teach you to make a crack at an adult.,’ an’ gave me a paste where you see it. That broke up Ouf partnership. —Detroit Free Press. Birds and Beasts. The OWitef of a cattle-ranche in New Mexico has a pot antelope less than a year old, which follows ltd master about like a dog; and, wliat is more remarka ble, like a dog eats greedily of raw meat Whenever it can get it, evidently pre ferring it to any other article of diet'. The elk’s skin is extremely thick and has been manufactured into clothing that would repel an ordinary pistol ballT Sometimes the flesh is dressed fresh, but Is usually smoked like a ham. The large lips are said to be, when boiled, like green turtle {pt. One of the several game Cocks that were being riiippcdjtp Portland^Oregon, escaped frorntho Coop uiid the baggage car, and all the efforts of the train hands to catch It were unavailing until a bright brakeman released another cock. In a moment the two had engaged in battle and were easily picked up. Deputy Sheriff Trumbo of Baltimore mourns the death of his goat, which he prized for his almost human intelligence. He (the goat) would atcal peanuts from the stands of the city even more success fully than the small boy, and when his appetite for peanuts was satisfied he strolled through the ward, picking up any considerable unconsideted trifle that fell in his way. On one occasion ha brought home a door mat, on another a good bed spread; on still another he walked into a house of mourning, pulled the covering off the corpse, ana made off with it. An English lady, residing in the coun try, has a pet blackbird. Last summer the bird’s cage was placed in an open Window and a wild blackbird flew down to it, looking through for a minute or two at the prisoner and then flying away. A minute afterward the visitor returned bearing a wonn in its beak. This act of friendship was repeated again and again, until the caged blackbird and his mis tress had to leave. The two birds had been separated for eight months, but re cently the lady returned to the country and had not hung the cage up half an hour before the game wild blackbird was seen flying down to his old friend. Serpent ('harming. Many tales have been told about the power of snakes to “charm” small ani mals, or even human beings. In those cases the animal or person is supposed to be almost incapable of voluntary motion, and to be entirely within the power of the snake. Naturalists do not doubt that the snake possesses this power in some degree, so far as regards the inferior ani mals and birds, but they contend that the stories about the exercise of it are greatly exaggerated. There is another sort of serpent charm ing which can be written about more in telligently than this. This is the art which has been practised in the Oriental countries from remote antiquity, whereby men appear to exert an influence over ser pents like that credited to serpents over animals and men. Many illusions to this power are found in the Old Teetament. The charmers put snakes around their necks, put their fingers in the reptiles’ mouths, and even permit themselve to be bitten so that blood flows freely. No fatal result, however, ensues. This immunity the charmers ascribe to a constitutional peculiarity which they possess, but de clare they are as powerless to explain it as they would be to transmit the power to another. Experts, however, who have investigated the charmers’ methods, de clare tliat the serpents used, while being venomous, have been deprived of their poison fangs before beiug meddled with. It ia conceded, though, by the critics that the charmers have power above other men of knowing where a serpent is concealed, long practice having enabled them to de tect tiie musky smell of the snake when others could not realize it. J. G. Wood, the eminent naturalist, does not attribute any superhuman power* to the charmers, but ia not prepared to deny that they may possess some secret which renders the bite of the snake harmless to them. It has been noticed by persons who have watched the channels catch venomous •nakes wild that they pin the snake to the ground before permitting the re pills to take any liberties with them, and at once extract the poison fang.— Olohe Democrat. oHi; doiMv ! l| 1111 i SlillSi liiiia t" i*, •:*•’!'lSwE' : , In (liinn „ r ' , ; r*iutig are "an,: if,>r . >!■ 1 C , ‘‘■'V' 1 -,.., j i. !’■ \ ' ; I>i. till- an ;f ■ Fit> IS rat -i i I : ,: i / Mmi-t.-r it" you -ay than Mr. SuUH lie rarely at • (Ml •'I know lie doesn’t ei alien, but. /•Y.u?*f/vß;'\£A - y£,.- ^.j 1.” -Troy Prm. V The nmn who can now the damp ground and the same one" who wae affected with rheumatics last winter so that he could not go down cellar tor a hod of coal.—- Waterloo Obttrvtr. Now the married man of sense Bneaks over the back yard fenoe, Instead of leaving home by the front way. For well he ought to know, If the women see him go. They’ll make him wallop carpets half a day. —Dansville Breeze :■ “Say, Maria!” exclaimed Mr. Blobson the other day, “I move we suspend the long-haul clause.’V‘What do you mean?” demanded Mrs. Blobson. “I mean,” said Mr. Blobson, “that instead of push ing the baby carriage around four block* we try one block for a while. Otherwise, I shall be obliged to raise the rates of transportation. —Burlington F'r** Breu. Queer Things in Persia. J A Mr. Neesan lectured in New York not long ago on Persian life. The young ladles of the audience laughed when Mr. Neesan told how the Persian youth wa* allowed to take one kiss from his future wife on the eve before their marriage, provided he could find her in a dark room full of other ladies. They were silent and sympathetic when he told how, although he waa engaged for three years, he never got one kiss in all that time. Mr. Neesan was forced to confess that the Persian newspapers are rather slow. They are divided into two claasea —those published every week and those published every seventh day—and all Persia has just one of each class. Some time after Cleveland was elected Mr. Neesan received a copy of some of these papers. He looked anxiously to see If the election returns had reached the enterprising editor, but the only mention he found of America wa# its discovery by one Christopher Columbus. He doesn’t expect to live long enough for the editor to go through the subsequent history of America and give his readers some com paratively recent news concerning the United States. A Cloak of Gold Feathers. At the coronation of King Kalakua in 1883, writes a correspondent from Hono lulu, he wore the royal mantle of Kame hameha L, one of the most superb em blems of royality ever worn by king or kaiser. As may be supposed, it is care fully kept at the palace. It is a semi circular cloak, about four feet in length, covering an area of twenty-five square feet when spread out, and it'is made of the small golaen-hued feathers of the O-o. These leathers, each about the size of ; one’s little finger nail are fastened to • a fine network of fibre, made from the bark of the olona, overlaying each other. There are at least 5,000 of these feathers used in the cloak, there are but two taken from each bird, which has to be snared in the dense woods, the feather* plucked and the bird released; it was a crime ro kill them. The birds weby no means abundant, necessarily the value of the cloak is very great, and the keeping of it an endless task. The mantle is worn only by the reigning sovereign. There are shorter capes and cloaks worn by Alice or chiefs, their length being reguiu . ’ by the rank of the wearer. The books in the British Museum art bound on a principle, historical works being in red, theological in bluo, poetical in yellow, natural history in green. Be side this, each part of a volume is stamped with a mark by which it can be distinguished ae museum property, and of different colors; thus, red indicates that s book was purchased, blue that it came by copyright, and yellow diet It ■vas presented.