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vol. xn.: ELLIJAY COURIKK. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY —it — COLEMAN * 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.' 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. j. B. Greer, J R [ Commissioners. T. J. Long, J W. H, Foster, Marshal. RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Methodist Episcopal Church. South— _ Every 3d Sunday and Saturday before. G. W. Grintr. Baptist Church—Every 2nd and 4t 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, 8. W. J. W. Hipp, J. W. It. Z. Roberts, Treasurer. D. Garren,Secretary. 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 conrts of Gil mer and adjoining counties. Estates md interest in land a specialty. Prompt attention given to all collections. f 10-21-85 DR. J, R. JOHNSON, Physician and Surgeon ELLIJAY, GEORGIA. Tenders his professional services to the people of Gilmef and Surrounding cqpn ties and asks the support of his friends as heretofore. All calls promptly filled. E. W. COLEMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELLIJAY, <*A. Will practice in Blue Ridge Circuit, County Court Justice Court of Gilmer County. Legal business solicited. ‘‘Promptness” is our motto. DR. J. S. TINKERSLEY. - Physician and Surgeon, Tenders his professional services to the citi sens of EUijay, Gilmer and surrounding conn ties. All calls promptly attended to. Offic# cpstairs over the firm of Cobb A Son. aIIFE WALDO THORNTON. O.D.S. DENTIST, Calhoun, Ga. Will ririt Ellijay and Morganton at Isoth the Spring and Fall term of the iSuperior Court—and oftener by special i entrant, when sufficient work is guar anteed to justify me in making the visit .' ddress as above. Tmavll-lv WHITE PATH SPRINGS! —THE— i asorite and Popular Resort oj NORTH GEORGIA J Is situated 6 miles north of Ellijay on ihe Marietta & North Georgia Railroad. Accommodations complete, facilities for ense and comfort unexcelled, and the magnificent Minetal Springs is its chief attraction. For other particulars on board, etc., address. Mas. W. F. Robertson, Ellijay, Ga, $25,000.00 IN GOLD! IVII.L BE PAID FOB MICKLES’ -COFFEE WRAPPERS, ' ' 1 Premium, - - 91,000.00 2 Premium*, 9500.00 each .6 Premiums, "9250.00 ” ■25 Premium:*, ■ 9100.00 ?! |OO Premiums, ■> 950.00 ?! ■2OO Premiums, ? 920,00 1,000 Premiums, 910.Q9 •' For full particular* and directions see’cireif Inr 1b every pound of Asseo kuis' Corns. FOB GOOD i • •• " ft V . . “ 4 101 POINTING —GO TO THU— ELLIJAY COURIER. THE ELLIJAY COURIER THE HEIGHTS AND THE VALLEY. There are gray clouds in the valley, Cloud* and mists and chilling rain, But the heights are bathed in aunshme, . There we took with longings vain. Silver moonlight in the valley, Glitters on the heights above. While the dew-drops in'the valley, Kiss the lilies that they love. On the heights there are no lilies, They love best the valley Jpw, All that glitters on the heights, is Diamond, ice and pearls of snow, THE ABANDONED BRIG. A* bailor’s story. A more singular incident than one which occurred while I was one of the crew of the ship Stranger, is not to be found in the records of the sea. We loaded at Liverpool for the Cape and ports beyond, on the west coast of Africa. Our last port of call was to be Zanzibar. Before leaving the docks at Liverpool two or three of us took down the map hanging on the wall at our boarding house and traced out the course. When we came to figure up the distance we were amazed. When we came to figure on the perils of such a voyage we won dered how many of us would'five to see the palms of Africa. The average lands man sees a ship pull out of her . dock without asking or caring which way she is to go, how long the voyage is to be, or what the perils of her course. Per haps it is not his business to ask or care. Each vocation in life has its profits and perils, and it is seemingly left to each toiler to work dut his own salvation. Well, we had touched at Port Natal to unload some machines, and were headed up for .the Mozambique channel, when Ve got cahght in a cyclone. 1 It came on about 10'o’elock in the" morning, and we had everything snug to meet it. Two coasting schooners, both bound our way, had come out of Natal with us, and when the storm came howling down both were in full sight. Inside of twenty minutes one foundered and went to the bottom, and -ihe. other .we almost ran over as she drifted, bottom up. We had a big craft, and she had taken out enough cargo to float tike a cork; but within an hour the sea got up until a mill pond constantly washed our decks, and now and then a wave came over the rail, which filled her until we stood hip deep in the frothy water. We had to knock away a portion of the bulwarks to give her a chance to unload, but even then there were occasions when it seemed as if she could not rise with her burden. I don’t remember that any of us were frightened. Both watches were on duty, the officers alert, and we knew that noth ing could be done, except to stand ready if any sudden peril menaced us. We were not lying to, as would have been the case in a roaring gale. With the wind screaming and shrieking along at the rate of eighty or ninety miles an hour, no ship could have been held up fo it, even if she were not driven" under stern first. I had been sailing for fifteen years, and yet had never encountered anything like this storm. The an ger of it was appalling. It seemed determined that nothing made by the hand of man should survive it. When we slid down into the great Jiollqws be tween the waves the wind was lost to us on the decks, but it roared and shrieked through our tophamper like ten thousand mad devils. Then, as we slowly climbed the steep hill of water, -'the ship seeming to stand almost perpendiculpr on her stern; the wild blasts struck us again, until every man had to hang on for his life. When we were in the iull embrace of the storm the report of a field piece could not have been heard twenty feet. I had only one look astern of the ship. A five-pound note could not havo hired me to look again. A great "wall of water, crested with six feet of froth, was rush ing down as if to roll over us, and I shut my eyes and held my breath. It lifted the ship and flung her forward ft® ft boy might toss a chip, but I would not lopk again. It was about noop, and I was making my way aft to tell the Cfiptajn that we could make out some sort of a wreck op our port bow, when we were swept by a wave from stern to stem. My grip on the life line was broken ns the waters rushed over me, and next instant I knew I was being carried over the rail. As I went I bumped against two of the men, buried over their heads in water, but hanging on for life. I clutched at one of them, and tore a piece from his jacket, and thirty seconds later I was overboard for good and trying to get my head above the foam, which piled up on the surface like yeast. When I did get a look around me theship was a quarter of a mile away, and just sinking into a hollow. I know it has been the case with most sailors Who’have been put'in such peril that no hope of salyation existed, that a feeling ■of exultation was born. It WS® so with me. I had a profound pity for the _poar fellows on board the Stranger. Their - danger seemed far'greater than mine. They would drive on until the ship grounded or struck a rock, and every soul of them would perish on the cruri ledges or he drowned in the clutch of the deadly undertow. My death would be easy and without pain. All I had to do was to cease struggling and sink down, down, down to a peaceful sleep below the vexed surface. I was doubtless drowning when this feeling was upon me, hut somethtng occurred to arouse me. Some object humped against me, and instinctively I reached out toward it. It was' a'paH of the cook’s galley or house. The wave which had swept me overboard had smashed the house and sent one whole side of it after me, I pan remem ber that I knew what the object was, and that I grasped it and felt that I had a chance for life, but then comes a blank. I suppose I was buffeted about until I lost consciousness, but I bad a grip on the wreckage which even death would not have released. The next thing I remember was a feel ing of thirst. I thought I was wandering in the woods in search of a spring, and the longer I hunted tlio more (thirsty I became. I was about to slide down a bank into a dark ravine when I opened my eyes and found myself extended on the "wreckage, cither band gripping ao firmly that if wua only after ii-vcra) triala that I could open my fingers, Ibe wind bad gone down a good deal, and with it aome of the fury ef the sea, but I wee i map or bust Lirm-trs wlvotva nos a and its vast concerns. ELLIJAY. GA„ THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1887. ■till being towed about in a very un comfortable manner. The aun waa about half an hour high, and aa the events of the day slowly came back to my belonged ■brain, I figured that it was now coming on to sunset. Half an hour later, greatly to my surprise, the sun was much higher, and by and by I was forced to the con clusion that it was morning, and that I had floated all the afternoon and all night. Hunger and thirst soon proved the cor rectness of this conclusion. As the sun came up the wind and sea went down, and before noon I was pretty comfortably fixed, though stiff and bruised from being so much knocked about. Hope and ambition were slow in coming, and it was fully midday before my mind was clear. Did I hope ! Yes. Hop* is the last thing to desert A sailor, no matter how desperate-the circumstances. It was almost hope sgainst hope, however. -I understood something of navigation, and knew that it was a circular storm which struck the ship. There was no telling how large the circle, or whether, the Stranger was on the outer or the inner edge. I afterward learned that we were very near the centre, and did not feel the force as much as ships 100 miles to the south or west. A great part of the island of Madagascar was ravaged, and terrible havoc was created seventy-five miles inland from Port Natal, East London, Georgetown and the Cape. Two whalers 120 miles to the west of us were dismasted, and two others went down with all hands. I think it was about ten o’clock in the forenoon when, as I was heaved up on a sea, I caught sight of a craft dead ahead' of me and not more than a mile away. I didn’t make her out very well for a time, j as there was a haze in the sky and the ] spray flying about me, but when I drifted nearer I found her to be a dismasted brig, j It was a mercy that I was driving straight down-upon her, Tor I had’nt the strength to turn my unwieldy float in either direc tion. There were no signs of life about ] the wreck, and I made up my wind for a tremendous struggle to get aboard of ! her. Bhe was a hulk, and being tossed about like a cork, and there was no telling how long she would float, but I felt that if I missed her I should drift awav to an awful death from hunger and thirst. It seemed as if Providence guided my float. The wreck was stem on to me. This was proof that her wheel had been lashed, and that her steering gear was all right, You would have thought she wouldhave drove faster than my float, and I was sur prised that she didn’t. It waa found, as I may tell you hers, that one of her an chors was overboard, with ten fathoms of chain attached to it. This gave her a heavy drag, and my pace was twice as fast as hers. When I came I drove past her stern on the’port missing her by not more than four feet'. There was a lot of her top hamper on the port side held there by ropes which had not been severed and I drove into this mess as we went into the trough of the sea. Climbing up the height beyond, the wreckage slewed ip toward the hulk, and I seized the opportunity to grasp a rope and draw myself on board. I did not get there before receiving several hard bumps, and when I wag safe on deck I had to sit down for a while to recover my breath. The decks were in a terrible litter, and a good share of the bulwarks on the star board side had been washed away. Boats, booms and everything else movable had gone, and it was plain enough that the rig had been wave-swept. Asa sailor I pould tell by the feel of her that she had little or no water in Jjer hold/ipd that was the main question with me just then. The first move I made was to begin at the ropes holding the wreckage alongside. I had my sheath knife to work with, and later on found an ax, and in about .half an hour I had the satisfaction of seeing everything gq clear. The hulk made less work of it riding the waves after that,' and the danger of having a butt started was disposed of for good. It was oniy after I had cleared the wreckage away that I felt hunger and thirst corns upon me, and I put away the ax apd looked around for water. The scuttle butt was lashed firmly in its place, with a cork in the bung, and after a little hunting I found the drinking can and indulged jn a long and refreshing draught- Npt a drop of saltwater had entered the barrel. To satisfy my hunger I must go bejow. The brig wag bjplt ?n the qld-fashioned way, with the cook’s galley, steward’s pantry, and all that sort of thing below decks. I found everything much knocked about and broken, but in the coppers was a piece of beef, thoroughly done, and I soon turned up a fair supply of ship’s bread. With these articles of provender I returned to the deck and ate until! was thoroughly satisfied. Not the suspicion that any one living was aboard had crossed my mind. Indeed, I was only too thankful that l had nqt encountered any dead. 1 J was about through with my meal, and was thinking of making a careful inves tigation below, when J yyas suddenly seized from behind, flung violently to the deck from my seat on the main hatch, and I found myself on my back with a man on top of me, his hand on my throat, and his knee on my chest. It came upon me so very sudden that I had no strength for a time. It was only when the stranger raised his other hand, which clutched an iron belaying pin, to give me a blow -on the head, that I put forth auy effort. It was well for me that I was in the prime of life and possessed of lots of strength, for he was a burly fellow and determined to do for me. I tore his clutch loose, and put forth a great effort and turned him over, but we had a terrible struggle be! fore I conquered him. I did not got the better of him until I had given him a can over the head with the same pin. While he was Unconscious I tied him hqnd and fqct, and then for the fleet time got a good lpqk at him. He was a common sailor, strong as a bull, and without doubt, a lunatic. Fear of death bad un settled his mind, and led him to hide himself away when thp others left the brig. He bad looked upon me as an enemy, and no doubt intended to take my life. Well, after I bad the man securely tied he recovered consciousness, and it was wall that I bad not l>een sparing of tbs rope. 9 Be made herculean efforts to break loose, and, being now in a sort of frenzy, he would have been more than a match for me. Ills screams and shrieks and curses were awful to hear, and I left him securely tied to the deck and de scended into the tamo, Scarcely any thing here had been disturbed by human hands. I found the brig's log, and Irom 11 inads out that liar mutts was the Helot Joseph, and that she had been up the ooest on a trading voyage. She bad a cargo of fine woods, hides, furs, spices, ana dried, fruits, and carried a crew of twelve men. The last entry in the log told of a fair run and fair weather. Her cargo I got from her wipers. When I had thoroughly ransacked the cabin I went forward to the forecastle. The men had gone without their bags. Then I went on deck, found the sounding rod, and sounded the well. The brig did.not have two inches of water in her. I'was fussing about for a couple of hours, and during ail thaYtime the lunatic never ceased to scream and shout and try to burst his bonds. When I finally'got around to see.if I could not do something for him he all at once subsided, and would neither look at nor speak to me. During afternoon the wind was constantly filing and the sea going down, rjafi "’ put on such a settled at f grew very hopeful. I was aboSpfol a lmlk, drifting I knew not whmlp and-h;td a dangerous man for a conuuflf.otfhere was plenty to eat, the bioHS* dry, and the chances of being and rescued were good. It was a Pug afterpoen to mg, though I was kept busy rummind n K about and clearing up the litter When the sun finally went dovvh the night came on hazy, and the wind to a two-knot breeze. I was in a greaOinaiidary as to what to do with the aaff*who seemed to have been asleep foivaevfejhlhours. I lighted the ship’s lan terns, apd hung them overboard, and theftjikijout two hours after dark, I car riedjha man some tea and bread and cgaiVW fruit. He lay on the broad of hit ba-fle, and was deaf to my soothing I held up his head and put thl ted. to his lips, and in anstant'he seemed [.tpfjgo wild. By a mighty effort he iJSeiBLd the ropes—l afterward found he hod gnawed some of them in twain—and •negi instant he was upon me. Neither |of us had any weapons, nor was there I opportunity to secure one. We grappled gfeah other, and in less than a minute I (jpv that it was his life or miue, or per i haps both. He was seeking to drag me Qjhe broken bulwarks, anal was seek ing to prevent. He had a grip like death, ana as we struggled back and forth amidships we tore the clothes off of each other, and used qur hands and feet Whenever there Was an opening. He was the stronger of the two, "but I could use my fists the butter, and this evened us up. I said that we h%dno weapons. I bad my sheath-knife, ?[ did not propose to use that until ••■j — ■ depended upon it. The I was growing weak, ’’ as strong as ever. I ‘f'Hs ■ runbi voice which 1 1- jWt as that of the master of the Stranger called out; “What is ft? Whoareyouf What is going on?” “Lay hold of him, Mr. Jameson; he’s crazy 1” I shouted, and with that four or five men seized him and flung him to the fleck. " ! iL | Now, let me tell you what -had hap pened. I was lot ! overboard from the ship about midday. Six hours afterward she sprung aleak, and was abandoned just before she went down. The crew got away in two boats, outlived the storm, and were heading up the Mada gascar when they spied my lights and al tered their course to make the wreck. They had hailed the hulk several times, afld finally canje altonrd just in time to prevent a deed'which would have been a burden to my pence of mind forever after. The crew whjch left the brig wero never heard of moie, while the lunatic died next day after eur men came aboard. Nat a man from the Stranger was lost, and we rigged up tie brig and took iter to 4he Cape, ana tno salvage more than paid for the loss of our ship and cargo. —New York Sun. I H<m RothschildiWon at Waterloo. The sudden return of Napoleon from Elba" shattered all qt Rothschild’s golden dreams, and so "filled him wjth anxiety (hat he pfocepdedko Belgium and fol owed plqse in the Wake of the English army. As appearslfrom thgfollowjngex irapt, the battle of watchetj by him most anliousjy: ‘(When at lengtb-thp fhike of Wellington took up his position at Waterloo, Nathan Meyer felt that the critical moment on which hung the fortunes Sot of Europe alone, but of the Rothschilds, also had arrived. When Napoleon’s yld Guard had been driven back by the/ British bayonets in the greatest confusion and disorder,' Nathan Meyer, who was oq the battle field, spurred his horse back to Brussels. Having made his way to England a® fast as posthorsps could carry him, qnd ip spitp ot x tpmpestuouß pea which neces sitated his pfferiqgtwo thousand franca |q a fidmmiqh ai ‘q bribe to take him across, 1 b was next day to be seen leaning against hi® well known pillar qn the Stock h [change, apparently broken iq health aid spirits, and looking as if he had beei overwhelmed and crushed by some dreful calamity. The greatest gloom ad despondency had for days prevailed in the city, and as men looked at Rothsrhild, and then significantly at each other, they seemed to come to the conclusidi that the worst was yet to be known.! * '" The jajoom and despondency were not lessened 1 'when a rumor became current that Rotschild had told a friend In cori fidecce Ihdt Blucher with his 112,000, Prussian, had been. defeated on June 16th an* 17th at Ligny, qnd tha| Wel lington could ,U°t iiopq to arrest Napoltsonfe vlctoriqns forces. The Funds propped rapidly. Bqt the next after noon a cAtajn wdd reaction s®t it, It tya® everykhfro reported that Wellington gras viptoflouß. Nathan Meyer himself had i>een me first to announce the good news. Tile funds rose again at a bound. Many pitied Rothschild for the eor mouH losses he had, as they thought,' suf fered, they little suspecting that, while his known agkuts had been selling openly, bis unknown agent* bought up secretly every piece "of scrip they could seoure. r®i from losing, be had by his maiHpula tlons pocketed nearly a million sterling." —JjOnuluK Truth. '* •' ' It 1* a mare idle declamation about cqnsinlencv to represent It a* a disgrace to a mau to oonfeM himself wiser to-day thau j' -terday. Whs* prevent# us from being trivial la the deelfa to Apt car so. V * • , J“* .• BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Couldn’t Scare Him—An Unfortnate Misunderstanding— Wauted It Rolling—Animal Food—A Nat ural Question, Etc.. Etc. A talented pianist, Mme. de , sit ting at dinner by the side of Colonel Rametott, asked him in an amiable tone: “Colonel, are you fond of musio f” “Madame,”- replied thswarrior, rolling his eyes savagely, “I am not afraid of it."— Norrietown Herald. An Unfortunate Misunderstanding. “My dear,” said a gentleman to his wife, “where did all those books on as tronomy on the'library table come from? They are not ours.” “A pleasant little surprise for you,” responded the lady, “You know, you said this morning that we ought to study tstronomy, and ao I went to a book store and bought everything I could find on the subject, ” It was some minutes before he spoke. “My dear,” he then said slowly, his voioe husky with emotion, “I never said we must study astronomy. I said that we must study economy.”— New York Sun. Wanted It Rolling. Home Seeker (to real estate man) —“And you say that the farm will just puitme?” Real Estate Man—“Most assuredly.” “I want the land to be rolling, you understand P’ “Yes, this land is rolling.” Several weeks later—Home Seeker (to real estate man—“ You are a miserable fraud and—” Heal Estate Man—“W’y what’s the mat ter?” “Matter! w’y, confound you, ten acres of my farm wont into the river last pight.” “I'm sorry to hear it; but didn’t you tell me that you wanted rolling land?” “Yes,” “Well, then, you got it. You didn’t say which way you wauted the land to real. Don’t be in a hurry. Draw up a chair and sit down a while.’’— Arhaiucu Traveler. Animal Food. Old man Jupe is a noted character in our village (writes a correspondent). He was taken quite ill at one time and the of a physician were called for. was prescribed for, and the doctor told the old man he must take no food but gruel for a few days. “ Gruel 1 gruel I what’s that?” asked the patient. The constitution of that article was explained by the doctor. “ Slops 1 ” growled the old man. On the second visit a slightly altered diet was proposed, and the details given. “Mush I” was the summur.y of the patient, In due oourse old Jupe’s health im proved, and the physician announced to nim that he might eat a little animal food. This was too much for the patient, now nearly a well man; ho flatly refused, os foHows : “Look here, doctor; I’ve eaten your pats, and I’ve eaten your corn, but I’ll be blamed if I eat hay 1 ” —American Maga tine. A Natural Question. Little Nellie was in the court room where her uncle was a witness, and found much to interest her there. Spe was especially struck by the impressive man pet of the lawyer who was haranguing the jury. “Papa,” she inquired, “who is that man that is talking so loud?” “That is the lawyer for the defense, my deay.” “And who is that man with the scar pvpr his eye, that just sfts tpere apd never jays a word?” 'tThat is ' the defendant. ” “And who pre those men that the law yer is talking to?’’ ' “Tpey compose the jury,” After a moment’s silence Nellie re newed the attack. “Papal” “Well?” “What has the jury been doing?’.’— Merchant Traveler. The Curious Wild West Show, About two weeks ago a Dakota farmer Was approached by a 'strangey, Tyhb, said: “What win you take for that little |hprt-hprned yearling out there in the yard?’* • b’Bout fIS,.” 4 ‘ls he gentle l 1 ’ t ¥*,*" “ “Never kicks?” “No.” “No hunger of butting a fellow over with his head?” “Not a bit—my children play with him whenever they take a notion.” “Well, I guess I’ll take him. I’m agent for. Hollerwell & Bhowpoor’s Anti- European Circus, and wo neeb another buffalo for our ‘wild West’ department. By the time'vre put a hump on his fboulde/s and paint his horns black you wouldn’t know your calf. I hope he'll tftay gentle, though; the laslj one we had hooked three of opr cowboys off their tiorsek, disabled two Buffalo Bilis and drove Texas Jack, the Western terror, up the center- po t le. ‘tie acted so we had tq tip iptp up with the elephants, trivo him a coat of ted paint and call hint The terri ble man-eatihg jogglcwoek, eaptured in Central Africa at great expense and loss of life. Do you suppose the calf will drink milk?—the sacred cow gives % lit-, tie more than the zebra will take.”—Da kota BM. Staking Out HU Claim. Aslim young man waa pc relied onastool in one of the large restaurants near the Tribune building devouring a strawberry dumpling. The papodfy of the restau rant was not sufficient foy the rush of Customer* and behind the fortunate pos sessors of stools formed another line of VQJS7 candidate* glaring over the IkouVfo* of the eaten and watching each mouthful disappear. Behind the slim young man. however, four hungry eyes watched the vanishing fragment* of strawberry dumpling. Th*t were two contestants for the Au . a corpulent old PW*on In spectacle* and a tali man with a silk bat. The slim young men completing his lunch climbed down from his |ierch, end the corpulent watcher with great activity began to climb up. “Hold on,’’ said the other candidate gruffly. "What for?” "Because, sir, I have a right to the seat. I was here, sir, when that young man began to eat his dumpling.' Per haps,” added the tall man scornfully, “you think that I have been standing here just to count how many mouthfuls there are in a strawberry dumpling.” The elderly man laid his hand on the stool and said with the confident air of one who holds four aces: “I am very sorry, sir, but you really have no claim at all. I was here when this young man was unable to decide whether he wanted ■a strawberry dumpling or custard pie.” And then the corpulent old man, hav ing “seen” the tall man and gone him one better, climbed upon the stool, and his rival moved sadly along to stake out . another claim on a man who had just ordered fish balls with tomato sauce. New York Tribune. His Memory was Good. "And you pretend to say,” remarked a lawyer to a witness, "that you remember the exact words this man said to you ten years ngof” “1 do.” "Well, if my memory serves me, I met you at Saratoga about five-years ago,’and I should like to know if you can swear to any expression which I then made.” “I can.’’ "Now, Mr. J., I want you to remem ber that you are under oath. Now, under bath, you swear that you can quote with great accuracy a remark I made to you at Saratoga five years ago!” "I can.” “Well, what was it?” "You met me in the hotel corridor.” “Yes, quite correct.” "And you shook hands with me,” "Naturally I did,” “And you said to mo: ‘Let’s go and take something. ’ " The crier of the court had to call si lence for ten minutes, and the lawyer confessed that the witness had a remark able memory! Culm as It la. The island has more fine harbors than any other country of its size, and it is no wonder that the buccaneers of the Spauish main selected it as the center of their piratical enterprises. It hies two hun dred and sixty rivers aud plenty of fresh Vfatcr springs, It never snows in Cuba, though the ice sometimes forms upon the mountains. The balrtcs can go naked here the year round, and as for the stocking trade of Havana, its customers are confined to the liighor classes. Npither stockings nor suspenders are used bv the laborers, and I doubt whether there are one thousand pairs of suspenders worn by the one million five hundrod thousand people who make up thftt island's population. They use in stead a belt-strap, and the majority of the workingmen of the island confine their apparel to an undershirt and trow sers. Idle better class of men dyeas in white duck, with Panama huts, The lower v\wi of women wear few qndwloth.is, ami a calico wrapper and a pair of heedless slippers are a wardrp.be. There are no carpets on the floors nor plaster on ceilings, iron bars tnke the place of glass windows, and there is not a chimney nor a cooking stove in Ha vana. There are no barns, and the horses are washed in the hqrbore instead of boing curried. There are no bricks ji&ed in the sidewalks, and tho average sidewalk is three feet wide und of stoop, The building stono used is a porous one, and this is covered with stucco. Havana has parka, bur there is no grass in them, and as for shude, it can be got only by going to tho mountains. The policemen carry swords and guns, and the oriel's of all kinds are filled by Spaniards. There nro no mattresses on the Cfiban beds, and us for feather pil lows, therp aye uot feathors enough used here t make a wad for the . earache. There are few china pitchers used in Havana, and the drinking.mug is of por ous clay; with a hole ut the top, out of which the water is poured into the mouth in a trickling stream, lied briok tiles take the place pf shingles and the tops of the houses are used in the evenings for sitting rooms. The gardens of Hb vana are inside the houses, instead of be hind them. The Cuban takes oranges, bread and gutter and coffee for breakfast. Ho pares his oranges as we do apples, and you find lfiates of pared oranges before yon on the table when yon ‘sit down to the morning meal. The way to eat these oranges Is to drive a fork into them, plant your teeth firmly into the luscious fruit and suck the juice. The Cuban breafefaat Is taken on rising, and there is another breakfast about 9 or 10 o’clock. This is more like the American meal, and the whole'city knocks off for it. Passing along the street at this time yon may see families at their mcaja, through the open windows and doom,'and an hour or two the Whole town seems to be taking a siesta. Dinner ia eaten between 5 ana 6 o’clock, and the stores keep open un til about 9 o’clock In the evening.— Home Journal* Daniel Pratt us a Poet, Speaking about the late Daniel Pratt, the crank known as the “Great Ameri can Traveler,” a writer in the Boston Advertiter says: Years ago, when id) writer was a “devil” in a printing office, in Charlestown, hnrmb* old Daniel Pratt used to puli occasionally |o talk politics Tjith the printers. Wo oould not than realize, his greatness, although he Often used totell us of it. His shocking, had, tall hat, as it loomed up over the cases on the other side of us, was a grand target for tliree-cm quads and slugs. It used to make Dan I*l mad when his hat was hit, and his ravings afforded great delight. One day he brought in an ad vertisement for a wife, to bo printed in the paper, a* he had become tired of liv ing alone. It closed with these pathetiq lines; ' I seek a lady for a wi( Wbo’U cheer my wJnary Ufa; —lkinM Pratt, Tlie late I)r. Chabuert said the throe essential* of lw|t|iiiie* were; “Have something Cos do, some thing to love, and •oiin thing to hope for " on DOLUS Per Annum. la A4vmm THE ROSE AND THE PEARL. I know a thing of purity, A flower; It grows within the heart of Each hour. A heart that blossoms as the roes Is mine, Became a flow’ret in it Mows, * Divine. Down in this gladsome heart is placed A pearl: Fit emblem of an angel-faced Sweet girL A precious peirl within my heart Deep set; A lovely rose with heaven’s own del Is wet. What hallowed joy is mine when o’er My soul, The porfurue of that thought, so pure, Doth roll! - —Hail anti Repress. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Never comes amiss—A married woman. Danse ille Breeze. A man’s funny bone, we presume, en ables him to laugh in his sleeve.—States man. The skeleton in the closet is often in the shape of a loug-uecked bottle.— Judge. The livery horse is not so much of a charger us the chap that runs the stable. Yonkers Gazette. The population of Chicago is now in creasing at the rate of 21,000 hogs a dav. — St. Imu is Hcpubliean. When you put your fingers into some body else’s pie you must expect to get tart rejoindors.— Burlington Free Dress. No mnn cun be cnlled a good baseball player until he can pitch a ball that will curve the umpire.— Nexctn/m, Independent. Yuu ean get more wind out of a ten cent fan than you can from a si)o(> one. It’s the same way with a ten-ceut man.—. Statesman. The man who's on tho ocean And sea sick in his berth Amidst tho storm’s co'. l i m( ' ) t,; oß Is tlie man who wonts tho earth. —Boston Courier. "Save the young men, "says the Somer ville Journal. All right, but if the Journal has no objections we Should pre fer to have a few young women saved os well.— Biter Adcnnee. There wus once a fair maid in South Vernon, Who’d a hat with u Idg bunch of fern on; The crown stood up straight, Two pounds was its weight. With a brim that an engine could turn on. . Harper's Bazar. Mrs. Jouos—“ I have been making a change in the household, and you-canuot Imagine how- relieved I' feel. It really seems as if I had nothing to do.” Mrs. Brown—“ Have you engaged more ser vants?” Mrs. Jones—“No; I have dis charged them all. ” — Binghamton Repub lican. “Theodore, I don’t believe yon lova mo any rnoro,” said a K street girl, plain tively, as her best young man, a Post ollice Department olerk, pulled her past an icc-cream saloon. “Oh, don’t say that, dearest,” said he, reproachfully. “Why, I named fourteen postoliices after you last week."— Washington Critic. An Eastern firm got hold of anew drummer who was very highly recom mended by some friends of theirs. They gave him a case of samples and SSOO and sent him oil. He was gone a couple of weeks, and they heard nothing from him. They finally got on his track, and tele graphed him. His answer was brief and worthy of hia profession. It was: “Send me another SSOO. lam still with you.’ -—San Francitco Chronicle. Minnesota people have found anew way to test the freshness of feggs. Wipe the large end of an egg, they say. quite clean, and then touch the tip of the tongue to the central part of this big end. If the egg is good there will be a little warm spot inside the egg which will be plainly perceptible’*) the tongue. This is aa Improvement on the Omaha market plan of holding one ear to the egg and listeuing for a squeak. —Omaha Mexican Bells. In the large tower of Morelia hangs the monster bell, which is rarely sounded, but there are many others of moderate size which are continually, chiming. Ali these bells, and indeed nearly all the bells in the Republic, are remarkable for sweetness and softness of tone. It ia very rarely that one hears a harsh belL They are exceedingly melodious and pleasing. It is sometimes explained that this is due to the mixture of silver in the bell metal, and that the new bells are cast from old metal. I believe that the chief reaaon why the Mexican bells are so wuoh more musical than ours is that Mexican bells are artistically made, shaped with reference to tone, thin at the edge, each one a work of art intel ligently manipulated, npt mechanically cast without reference to' the sound it shall produce. The great bells are struck with a clapper, and not swung. There would be much less objection to the use of church bells in the United States—the harsh and barbarous jangle which shocks the Sunday stillness—if our bells had any of the musical quality of the — Harper'*, Magazine. A Question Answered. Omaha Man—“ Are those jmu* doss in telligent?" 8 Omaha Lady (proud owner of a pug)— “Oh, their intelligence is almost human.” “I am apprised to hear that.” “I ean’t begin to tell you how much the dear little fellows know. Mercy ms 1 Ji ne 1 Jane! Where are your’ Jane (a servant)—“Here, mum." “Run out aa fast as you can and bring the dog in. It't raining. "—OmaKa The Worst f*to of AU. The nihilist, doomed In Hibariaa waste To livf in hi* exile gloom, May possibly think he is t*tad to lasts Tim inn of liittonwt loom! wriK. tor another's gain. Tim rsptivs hU by bU toe, 'His MifittH'sr racked uts his bad of polo* Aiul tbs bsggsr ui went sad wos; „ Tim grief ut all tbsss turn oombtaad, I 'mu lirvir sinount pi tbs Sum Of tb awful Mi-inf. . om l.mssd, iwAuarf, Of tbs mot) w lb • musical Unttnl NO. 24.