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WALTS* 8. COLEMAN. Editor ud Proprietor. VOL XII. ELLIJAY COURIER. PUBLISHED EVERT THOSDAY —XT— WALTER S. COLEMAN. GTNEIUDiRECTOBY. Superior Court meet* 3d Monday in May and 2nd Monday in October. COCNTT 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. Cpurt of Ordinary meets Ist Monday in each month. TOWS COUNCIL. R. T. Pickens, Intendant. L. B. Ureer, 1 A. J. Hutchison, ~ . J. P. Cobb, Jr., f Commissioners. T. J. Long, j AV. H. Foster, Marshal. RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Methodist Episcopal Church South— Every 3d Sunday and Saturday before. G. W. Griner. Baptist Church—Every 2nd and Sd Sunday, by Rev. E, B. Shope. Methodist Episcopal Church—Every Ist Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. T. 6. Chase. FRATERNAL RECORD. W. A. Cox, W. M. J S. Timkersley, S. W. W. S. Coleman, J. W. R. Z. Roberts, Treasurer. D. Garren, Secretary. E. B. Shope, 8. D. B. P. AVhitaker, J. D. W. H. Foster, S. S. J. C. Kell, J. S. * S. P. Garren, Tyler. R. T. PICKENS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, E ELI JAY, GEORGIA. Will practice in all the conrts of Gil nu-r mid adjoining counties. Estates *ud interest in land a specialty. Prompt attention given'to all collections. DS. 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 S9 heretofore. All calls promptly filled. E. W. COLEMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELLIJAY, GA. Will practice in B’u Ridge Cijonit, County Justice Court of Gilmer County. Legal bbaim s* solicited. “Promptness” is our motto. DR. J. S. TJNKERSLEY. Physician and Surgeon, Tenders his professional services to the ",iti sens of Ellijay, Gilmer and surrounding conn lies. All calls promptly attended to. Office upstairs over the firm of Cobb A Son. RUFE WALDO THORNTON, O.D.S. DENTIST, Calhoun, Ga. Will visit Ellijay and Morganton at both the Spring and Fall term of the Superior Court—and oftener by special contract, when sufficient work is guar anteed to justify me in Baking the visit. Address aa above. Tm&vAl-ls ADVERTISE IN ran HOME PAPER. The best medium in this section. It will pay you. Bates Liberal. SUBSCRIBE To your Home Paper. TIE BEST PAPE IN THE roUNTV BOOKS, THREE CENTS EACH! The following books are published in neat pamphlet form, printed from good readable tjpe on good paper, and many of them handsomely illustrated. They are without exception the cheapest books ever pub lished ia any land or language, and inrnbih to the masses of the people an opportunity to secure the best literature or the dav at the most triOine expense. In any other aeries these great works would cost maoy tunes the price at which they are here offered. Each one incomplete in itself: Wondm of tl Werld, Natoul * Orm. 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When combined with*the healing mucilaginous principle in the mullein plant of the old fields, presents in Taylor’s pHEKOKEE REMEDY OP SWEET GUM AND MUL* {.KIN the finest known remedy for Coughs, Croup, Whooping-cough and consumption; and so pala table. any child is pleased to take it. Ask your trugglst for it. Price *se. and 111.00. WALTER A.TAYLOB,AtIanta.Gs. The BEST PIANOS and ORGANS IN THE WORLD Are manufactured and sold for the least money by THE BEST ARE THE CHEAPEST. PBEETHOVEIC Ipi AN O ORGAN CO. PACTS YOU CAN BET ON. That the sldest and largest tobacco factory m fhu wurld is In Jeney City, N. J. That si factory makes the popular and world famed Climax Ping, the acknowledged stand ard for firtt-class chewing tobacco. That this factory was established as long ago as 1760. That bat year (x 886) it made and sold the enormous quantity of 27,982,280 lbs. or fourteen thou sand .ton* of tobacco. That this was more than one-seventh of all the to bacco made in the United States notwith standing that there were 966 factories at work. That in the last 21 years this factory has helped support the United States Government to the extent of over Forty-four million seven hun dred thousand dollars ($44,700,000.00) paid into the U. S. Treasury in Internal Revenue Taxes. That the pay-roll of this factory is about sx,oeo,- 000.00 per year or $20,000.00 per week. That this factory employs about 3,500 operatives. That this factory makes such a wonderfully good chew in Climax Plug that many other factories have tried to imitate it in vain, and in despair now try to attract custom by offering larger pieces of inferior goods for the same price. That this factory nevertheless continues to increase its business every year. That this factory belongs to and is operated by Yours, very truly, P. LORILLARD A CO. ARBUCKLES’ same on a package of OO7FSE Is a guarantee of excellence. ARIOSA COFFEE is kept in all first-class stores from the Atlantic to the Pacific. COFFEE is never good when exposed to the air. Always buy this brand in hermetically sealed ONE POUND PACKAGER The FmelUal Kotilu. i Jiml. By H. T. Cai.doi. The Old Oaken Cheat. A Novel. By Hvlv**os Cob*. Jr. The Pearl of the Ocean. A Havel. By Clasa Augusta. Hallow • Ash Hall. A Navel. By Mamamst Blount. /ssArsiiA Cliffs llonae. A Novel. By Etta W. Piebck. fader (He Lilacs. A Novel. By tbs author of “Dora Thorns.'' The Diamond Bracelet. A Novel. By Mrs. Hbmbt Wood. Illustrated. The Lawyer’s ftecret. A Kovel. By Mies M. X. Rbaddon. „ TbeStraefe Caeeer Dr. Jekyli aad Mr. Uyde. a N.ivsl. By H L ftTBVBNSoM. A Wicked Ulrl. A Novel. By Mast C*h Hat. . Lady VeJwertH’s Diamond*. A Novel. By “Teg Dm asas.” Between Two Ilia A Novel. By ths author a# M Dora Thorn*.” lUaetrmUd. l The Nine of llcarta. A Hovel. By B. !.. Pabjscs. I Horla’e K art aa a. a Novel. By Pi-oasm tt Wasps*. | A Us Marriage. A Bowl. By Mias Muioes. Ahi > The tlalltjr Mlver* a Novel, By Wilsis i'hiim. The Holaaa of Asm. A M**vol. By floated Mamtat. M*ef <• ranee. A Novel By Mm. Has** Wooa. 1 •■ r Fflhvn A Nswl, By Mi* UiukMS. !_ A Play wright’* PaatbAe* A Norsk B) Mis. aia f ffhirtrerir Fair Hal Fnl#*. A Novel. By Ih* astber f “Dwi Ti.oin*. M Pluatrattd ! l aaraater’s Cahta. A Bawl By Mr*. M 1 Vn-vea. tUaeteated Woeeare Ivlaetoa’s Oath. A **v; By Mr*. Meav , A.Dsvteo* /MnJri#s I The M'earaa Mater. A Newt By $• j M.Baiieeee, Avdikfti Iht aiiferala labia, aK* I i. ftivw, “A map or nmr urn— its fluctuations and its vast qonombns.” THI FIRST SNOWSTORM. 0t! the coming snow it whirling— Softly twirling: Hidden are my sombre moon taint; White, the bare, brown hilit art growing. And the mowing Chills the life blood of the fountains. Hearer are the snowflakes dancing- Still advancing: • •Gainst the windows gayly peltir Little ones with smiling faces Watch their mazes, Sighing soft to see them melting O f how white the world is growing— How ’tis snowing! And the twilight gray and tender, Finds me, with the children, keeping Watch ere sleeping, On this fairy world of splendor. —/one L. Jones, in Good Housekeeping. FROM ATTIC TO MANSION. “Say, Jimmy!—limmy, are you awake!” This inquiry came from a little girl who poked her head out from under a faded #oat on an old mattress bed on the floor •f an attic room in an east side tene ment. 11 was a sweet face, with big blue eyes shining from underamass of golden tangled hair that fell over her face in sleepy confusion. Jimmy turned over and pulled the coat over his bare legs, red with cold. “Yes,” he replied, “I’m ’wake, sissy, fs it time to get up?” “I dunno, .limmy. I hear the baker wagons loadin’ up. But, oh, Jimmy, I had such a beautiful dream. It was that beautiful it woke me up.” “What was it, sissy'f” “Oh, I/dreamt that we went away in a beautiful carriage, with the magnificent horses and a coachman with shiny but tons all over him—you aud I and ma and pa—and we went to an elegant house,and we had the magnifieentest dinner you ever heard of. There was turkey—oh, tuch a big one, a good deal bigger than them what we saw in Swartz’s meat market last night—and there was pies and cakes and oysters and ice cream. Just think, Jimmy, nice pink ice cream, and big bouquets of flowers all over the table. I’m I Uml” Wilte us for Illustrated Catalogue, Free. “Gosh!” ejaculated Jimmy, as he sat up. “You quit talkin’. You make me more hungrier’n I am now; but say, sissy, guess* what I heard pa say to ma last night?” “What was it?” “They was talkin’ ’bout us, and ma she said, ‘There ain’t but a little tea and half a loaf of bread, ’ and then pa said, 'Give it to the children,’ an’ then ma said, ‘tg u’t a very happy New Year’s, ia it?’ Ah' pa he went out an’ said he’d try an’ borrer a dollar of Flannigan; but when he came back I seed him snake his head af a. tay, .sissy, it’s awful to be poor, ain’t it:” “les, it is, Jimmy. But we won’t eat that bread. We’ll make ma eat it, cos I guess she gives us more than she eats, and then you know children don't need so much as grown folks. I forgot all about this being New Year’s, but we must be thankful that we have got a month’s rent paid—that’s what pa said yesterday —cos we might be turned out in the street.' 1 “ Now. let’s get up, sissy. It’s day light. I et’s climb up in the window an’ watch the street cars go by an’ count white horses, maybe we will see a-red headed girl. I’ii boost you up. Here’s your o, utches.’’ Little Elsie Henthcote was a cripple. When’she was two years old she fell and injured ner spine. She threw her'dress about her, and with the aid of her crutches hobbled over to the attic win dow and was shortly ensconced alongside of Jimmy. It was beautiful view. The' lights had not been put out on the big bridge yet. The morning was clear and frosty, and the big span shone out white and distinct against a sky turning rosy from its leaden sleep. White rolls of smoke were curling upward from the chimney pots, and the two children sat there shivering with cold, yet lost in ad miration as they watched the shadows chase each othe.' into daylight. The lights on the bridge, went out with a suddenness that made little Elsie wink. Then the busy traffic began and they turned their at tention to the street below. “There's a copper goin’ into the side door of big Mike’s saloon. ’Sped he’s goin’ in to get a drink, ain’t he. Elsie?” Elsie did ndt answer as her eyes were riveted on an object near the street car track. “Say Jimmy!” she exclaimed excited ly, “see there—right down there by that 1 piece of wood and newspaper, ain’t that a silver dollar:” Jimmy paid no attention to her. His eyes were fixed vacantly on the roof of the opposite house. Elsie shook his arm. “Say, what are you thinkiug off” “Jewhizl I was thinkin’ ’bout that turkey an’ pies an’ cakes. Golly! if that dream was only true. It makes me gnaw inside when I think of it.” “Well, maybe it will be. There’s a big silver dollar right down there. Hurry before someone else gets it.” Jimmy looked,and his eyes bulged out of his head. “Cracky, that’s so. You bet we’ll have a turkey yet. Don’t say nuffi n’ to pa and ma. ” And Jimmy scur ried off and pattered down four flights of stairs and inshed out and picked up the dollar. Elsie watched him with her heart in her mouth/ and almost shouted in her joy. But her joy was turned to conster nation when she saw Jimmy look up to the attic window, rnnke a hideous grim mace. and stay the dollar up on the awn ing of the corner grocery. Elsie cried softly,and the hoy flicked up a stave and an eld newspaper and slowly climbed the stairs. “Wasn't it a dollar, Jimmyf” asked Elsie, tearfully. “Naw, twan’t nofin but a ping to backer tin tag.” “Oh, dear, aud 1 thought my dream might come true.” “Bully dream, wan’t it, siasyt But never mind I found n barrel stave in the street that will burn all d V , and some paper kindlin.’ Let’ewake pa an’ ma up.” Mr. and Mr*. Heatheote slept on the floor also Their beds had been pawned to purchase the necaesarle* of Ilia. Their rtic home was one of abject |>ov> erty. Thr father had been out of work for tliier month* Hay after day MM looked for a iob, aad ooeastoaally would ELLIJAY.. GA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26. 188s. C* * ork ' tl *® P*J toT which, by strictest economy, kept the wolf from the door. Stephen Heathcotc came with his young femiiy from England six yean be fore and had lived a Doorman’s life since he landed. His wife with sweet resig nation accepted the inevitable, but often sighed for her flower-covered cottage in Manchester. Jitnmy called his father and mother, who shortly came out from their little room. Mr. Heathcotc greeted the chil dren cheerily and kissed crippled Elsie heartily. “Here's hoping that luck will strike us before dinner time,” he said, as he swallowed a lump in his throat. “Never you mind, pa,” said Jimmv. ‘I got some wood an’ we’ll have a firs anyway.” Ifr. Heathcote broke the barrel stave into simtil pieces. Mrs. Heathcote brought’out a handful of tea and then tore thaiuew pnper. She stopped and looke i mine piece and then at the other. There was a startled look in her eyes. With trembling hands she joined the pieces together again and gave a gasp as she did so. “What is it, lass!” said Mr.Heathcote, who had been watching her curiously. “Read it, Steve,” she replied, huskily. Elsie hobbled over to her side and Jimmy looked on with wondering eyes. Mr. Heathcote took the pajier and read: PERSONAL.— Any information of the whereabouts of Stephen John Heath cot* of Manchester, England, will be liber ally paid for. Address J. F. H., Hoffman House. “Oh, pa, that’s you,” shouted Elsie, gleefully. “Who is it!” “It’s my brother Jimmy, thank God! The paper is dated November 16. That’s over a month ago, but I’ll go and see if I can find him. Maybe it’s not too late. Get your ten, dan s. This news has filled my stomach and I’m not a hit hungry.” The children raised their faces for a kiss and then his wife threw her arms about his neck aud with her head ou his broad bosom i rayed that he might find his brother. It was 7.80 o’clock when the father went out. The tea was steeped and the three thade their frugal break fast and were thankful for it. Elsie and Jimmy climbed into the window scat again to watch for their father. The time went ou until it was 12 o’clock by the clock in the church steeple two blocks awAy. The children were straining their eyes up the street watching for their father. “iSny, Elsie, see that fly turnout. Gosh, but ain’t that slick !” said Jimmy, as a magnificent pair of ehestnuts, with glit tering harness, shining carriage, and liv eried coachman and footman drove slowly down the street. “That’s just- like my dream, Jimmy. Oh, my, ain’t them nice!” Then her voice dropped to an irwed whisper as she continued* “lay, Jimmy, they’re stop ping here in front of this house.” : “ Sirs. Heathcote looked from the win dow and said: “They have probably come for Mrs. Clark, the nurse, who lives en the first, floor.” A moment more and the three watcher* heard footsleps on tlßiStairs, then along the hall and then an*pjrthcdoor. Mrs. Heathcote opened it and saw a gorgeous footman. “Does Mrs. Heathcote live'ere, mum?” “That is my name, sir.” “The master said as ’ow we was to come and fetch you and two children, an’ as ’ow your ’usband was that busy that he couldn’t como. So if you please, we will ’urry hup, as the master said to ua to ’urry hup, you know, mum. You was tolocKthe ’ousehup.” Elsie pinched herself to see if she wasn’t dreaming again, and Jimmy danced a breakdown that Mickey Finn taught him. At last they were dressed. Elsie’s patched plaid dress and Mrs. Heathcote’s faded black shawl were in striking con trast to the olive-green broadcloth and shining silk hat of the footman. When lie saw that Elsie was lame he picked her up in his arms, carried her down stairs and placed her in the carriage as tenderly as if she were a Princess. Mrs. Heathcote locked up her home and fol lowed. Jimmy executed his breakdown and shouted to his playmates. They were all there, gazing in wonder at the carriage and the grim coachman, for such a turnout was never seen in Sheriff street. Mickey l r inn was there and was generous to Jimmy, for, instead of being envious, he shouted as Jimmy got into the car riage: “Ki, but you’re in luck, Jimmy. Bn My fur you!” The carriage door was slammed, the coachman ciimed to his seat and the horses wheeled and went up Grnmi street at a rattling pace. The coachman drove over to Sixth avenue and stopped before a dry goods palace. The footman climbed down, opened the door, arid then Mrs. Heath cote saw her husband in company with another gentleman,bronzed and bearded, whom she recognized as James, the brother, who went ten years before to Brazil. There were kisses and hand shakings, and the party went into the store. “You see, Mary, you are going to live with me now,” said the brother. “I have tired of hotel life and have bought a house. It’s more like English living, you know, aud then I drove over and persuaded Mr. Smith to come down and open the store for me, for you need some dresses and clothing for the children. You’ve had hard lines, dear, but I don’t want my servants to see your rags. You are not dressed for a ball room now, are you, sister-in-law?” Mrs. Heatheote smiled through her tears. Elsie sat on a stool with Jimmy’s hand in hers, every little while squeezing it and saying: “My dream is coming true, Jimmy,” After half an honr Jimmy was fitted out with a suit of Knickerbockers, red stockings and shoes, a warm overcoat and a cap with flaps for his pars. Elsie had three dresses, a plush bonnet, and a sealskin sscque ana other accessories. Mrs. Heatheote had two warm eider down wrappers and a rich silk dress cov ered with jet ornaments, that cost more than their living expenses had been for a year past. All the time the two brothers were shaking hands and slap ping each othaun the back, once la a while brusbingTeera from their eye*. Finally the purchases were finished and they all packed themselves into the carriage. Mr*. Heatheote sat in a corner and cried, while James told of how ha went to Kio aad made a fortune, how he visited his home sad found that his brother Move had gene to America, aad that be naare lo Xevf York aad advec tl*iil estaasively Thee Jimmy said: “That waa a bally good thing that you taw—that to backer tin tag—wasn’t it, sissy?" Then L'.lsie told her ancle how they came to find his ad vertiaement, whereupon the brothers shook hands again. Stephen told his wife how he went to the Hoff man House, and how his heart sank when the clerk told him that Mr. Heath cote had gone away three weeks ago. Then another clerk told him where hri brother lived. He told how he found him, and how they started out to make New Year’s joyous. Jimmy interrupted his father by saying: “You can’t fool • slssv on dreamin’ ’bout New Year’s din , nbrs. She's the boss.” The carriage stopped before au elegant house on Lexington avenue. A maid servant rushed down the steps ail atteu ! tion to her master’s orders. She lifted i Elsie out and carried her into the house. Jimmy stood with open mouth gazing at the grand house until his unde playfully 1 tweaked his ear and said: “Come on id, 1 Jimmy; it’s nearly dinnertime!” They were all taken upstairs and their wraps removed. Then they all assembled in the parlor. Jimmy whispered to Elsie: I “Say, sissy; must we sit down on these chairs?” The dining rooms were thrown open, and Elsie gave a cry of delight. There was the table that she saw in her dream. ; The bright silver urns, the flowers, the big frosted cakes, and at the other end a great big steaming turkey, whosa browned coat was something the chil dren had never seen before. The dinner was eaten amid smiles and tears, and Jimmy ate so much that he had no room for his ico cream. Uncle James at the conclusion said: “I hope you will be happy in my home, which is now your home. lam going into business liere, and, Stephen, you shall be my nartner. Jimmy shall go to school, and for Elsie I will see that she has the advice of the most eminent physicians. As to you, Mary, alt yon will have to do is to super l intend a bachelor’s home, and wear good clothes, which you so richly deserve. And, now, God bless ua all, say I.” To which they answered “Amen.” Then Jimmy spoke his piece: “Unci# ; James, you’re a brick, but ain’t sissy a dandy for dreams?”— New York Sun. American Sapphires. Of the corundum or sapphire gems more than fifty have been fouud at tha Jencks mine, Franklin, North Carolina, where corundum mining was carried on some years ago, and has recently been resumed to supply mineral fora grinding or polishing substnnee. Fully one hall of these were really gems in every sense of the word. Some ruby-red ones were of a fair color. Thu blue sapphire and some fine violet-blue, light-red, pink and yellow sapphires we re also found. None ol these gems had a higher value than a hun | dred dollars. Au emerald-green sapphire (Oriental emerald) measuring 4 by 3 by 1-J' i incheß, that would furnish from eighty to one hundred carat weight of gems, i the largest being about twenty carats in weight, is now in the cabinet of Mr. Clarence'S. Bemen, with the choicest crystals found at this time. The gem is ■ one of the rarest known. It will not be cut, however, since its owner prizes it much more highly in its natural state. This locality has also furnished some fair cabochon rubies weighing over one . carat. Yernon, New Jersey, has fur , nished some crystals of Sapphire and | ruby which are brilliant though opaque, thus possessing little commercial value The largest known crystal of sapphire came from the Jencks Mine about 1873. It weighed 812 pounds, and was both red and blue, ruby aud sapphire in color. It is now in the Shepard collection at Amherst College, and was considerably injured in the disastrous fire of 1682. : Rubies and sapphires, always more oi less opaque, have been found at many localities in North Carolina aftd Georgia. The finest sapphires tor gems arc col lected by the miners from the sluice boves of the placer mines near Helena, Montana. The gems are usually light green, blue, red and ail the intermediate shades. Often they are blue as viewed in one direction, and would assume a ted hue by artificial liglft. Avery interest ing piece of jewelry was recently made ; from these stones in the form of a crescent. At one end, as seen by day light, the stones were red, shading to n bluish-red in the centre, and finally info blue at the other end, but by artificial light the color of all turned red. A few small gems less than one carat in weight ! have come from the same place that were : truly ruby red and sapphire blue. 01 the latter color, perfect gems have been found here up to nine carats in weight. By artificial light these are intensely brilliant.— Harper' Magazine. A Human Gas Factory. Willliam Jackson, photographer, liv ing .in Fayetteville, about thirty-five years old, was preparing to retire one evening about ten o'clock. He struck a common friction match, lit a lamp and then held the lighted match near his mouth to extinguish it by blowing. As he blew his breath took tire, exactly aa though the match had been applied to a gas jet. It burned with a vivid blue color. The flame curled about his face, singeing his mustache, eyelashes and the hajron his forehead, and burned his lips, tongue and the interior of his nostrils. The flame soon burned out. Mr. Jack son’s wife was the only witness of the af fair. The next morning Mr. Jackson cansulted Dr. T. E. Quinby, of Fayette ville, who has made a thorough investi- Sation of the case. As the patient is a yspeptic, the physician arrived at the conclusion that Mr. Jackson is possessed of a stomach which is a veritable gas factory. He is a total abstainer from all intoxicating drinks as well as from to bacco, and is a church member. The only liquor he has # been accustomed to take waa the small amount prepared lot dyspepsia. —Philadelphia Noun. A Novel Chestnut Tree. A chestnnt tree on Jesse Crist’s farm, near Somerset, Penn., presents a phe nomenon in vegetable growth. There are two separate trunks, three feet upirt, ten feet high, and two feet in diameter. At the height of ten feet, however, ths two trunks join, each one having at somt •tag* of it* existence curved suddenly toward the other until the union * formed. From that point the trunk b single,and grows to the height of thirty Ive feet before elimbap|ie*r. Aeothei curious thing shout the tree is that tb ants it bear* nave double tua*t* wit bout es sioeytieifc —ibste* uUJ*. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOKOUB SKETCH K 8 FROM VARIOUS 80CRCR& A Terrible Affliction-The Attack to be Renewed—Twice* Sur prised—Cruahed Again— Took His Ijeg Off! Mendicant—“ Will you please help the blind, sir?” Gentleman—“ You can aee as well as I. You’re not blind.” Mendicant—“No, air, but my wife is. She takes in washin’ an’ I have to fetch all the water for her. It’s an awful thing to be blind, air.”— Drake'e Magazine. The Attack to be Renewed. Young Man—“ I love your daughter, sir, devotedly. May I hope for a Bless ing from youp. " i < >ld Man—(“Have van spokjn to, my daughter upon the subject?'' T-** Y’oung Man—“ Yes, and she 7 refused me.” Old Man—“ Well, doesn’t that settle it?” Young Man—“No, sir. You forget that I am a life insurance agent, and never take no for an answer.” —New York Sun. Twice Surprised. Young Wife (at dinner table, sobbing) —“1 think you—you—are just as mean as- ns—you cau bo. I made that—that apple dumpling as a pleasant surprise for you, and—and now—you—want me to bring a handsaw to cut it in two with.” Young Husband— “Good heavens, Maria! Is that a dumpling? I took it for a cocoanut. (With desperate firm ness.) I’ll eat it now, Maria, if it kills me." —Chicago Tribune. Crushed Again. (Midnight.) Poor wife to husband whose loud snoring keeps her awake— “ Charlie 1 Charlie! do stop snoring! Turn over on your side!” (Nudges him.) Husband, only half awake, grunts, turns on his side, and continues to snore. Wife has a happy idea. Remembers a line from an article called “ How to Pre vent Snoring.” Gives her husband a second nudge, which elicits another grunt. “Oh, Charlie! If you’d keep your mouth shut, you’d be all right.” Charlie (still semi-conscious) —“ So Would you I " — Harjier'i Bazar. Took His Leg Off. “Did you hear about Jake Gubbins’s leg being taken off? ” • “ No, when was that? ” “Thismorning, on the railroad.” “Jove, that’s hard luck. How did it happen?” “ Why, you see he bought a ticket, and boarded the train and the locomotive whistled and away went poor Gubbina’s leg.” * ’Writ how? IH4 ha fall off? ” “ No. He sat there in a rent, and when the tram went it had to take his leg off, didn’t it? Of course it took the rest of him off too, you know. He’ll be home on the night train probably—l’ll take a cigar for mine.” —Danmlle Breeze. Ho Understood. On a Wabash and Cottage Grove grip: Firet Person—“l got the worst of it to-day.” Second Ditto—“So?” First—“Y es. I went home last night and that duck of a wife said to me: ‘Dearie, tt/e hats this fall are much lower.’ 1 was overcome with joy, and told her to go and get one or two’ if she liked, becuuso you know how uncertain the market is.” Second Ditto—“ Well!” First—“ Well, she did; got two. To day I paid the bill. Holy Joseph, but it was a stunner. More than 1 ever paid before. So I spoils to my wife shout it, and her reply was that she meant, the style was lower—not the prioc. See? That wife of mine ought to be a lawyer or an e<Utor or something where her genius could spread itself. The speaker turned to see the effect of his narrative upon his friend,’ but the latter had fallen off his seat about a half block distant, — Chicago Mail. 11 Could Not Be. Ife put on his hat, started slowly for the door, hesi fated, came back, sighed deeply and took the lily white hand in his own and pressed it to his lips. ‘ *li atie, ” he m urmured, I ‘l have waited long—oh, how Jong!—for this oppor tunity. Will "you, Katie, will you, darling be mine?” “Henry,” she replied, with a look half of sorrow and half of determination, “it can never be.” “Never be! Ohy why have you per mitted me to hope? Why have you en couraged me, only to stamp upon my bleeding heart at last?” “I am sorry, Henry; but I can never be yours. I have other objects in view.” “Other objects?” “Yes, Henry; I cannot consent to be long to any mail. I intend that you shall be mine.”— Boston Transcript. Bnll Times West. Eastern Man—“ How is business in Prairie City?” Western Man—“Everything's dead: don’t know whafl the country is coming to.” M E. M.—“ Why, I heard ten new factor ries were going up Mere.” W. M.—“ Yes, 4 Iso.” E. M.—“And anew board of trade had started in opposition to the old one.” W. M.-“Yw, I believe so.” E. M.— f ‘Atid I was told 400 new houses were in course of construction.” W. M.—“Yss, I s’pose that’s about the number.” E. M.—“But you say things are dull.” W. M.—“Dull's no name for it; dead, absolutely dead. Why, sir, I staked out a suburb, only fifty miles away, into twenty-foot lots at $10,00(1 a lot. an’ I ain't sold a danged one of ’em.”— Tui- Bit*. Ingenuity on Both side*. A gentleman about to close bis sum mer house at Nahant conceived what be considered a brilliant idea lo insure tlit* daily personal inspection of every room in bia villa during the winter by tlm old mau in whose charge die establishment was to be left. Accordingly, lie said lo the old uiau that be should lease all Ids clocks, one In each room si Naliaot,dur ing the wittier, and b limbed dial every on* should be wound up at a regular hour each day. The old man concurred in the plan with all his heart, and ptoot miu be would not fail. The house waa closed. The owner bragged a good deal about his scheme fpr having every room guarded against leaks,-eta, during the winter, and came to Boeton. A week or two afterward this gentleman thought he would take a run down to Nahant.and see how things were going. When ha arrived there he found hie man, who was very glad to see him, and told him that lie had wound each clock faithfully aahe had directed. On entering the house the two proceeded to the rear drawingroom, and the astonishment of the owner may be better imagined than described when he saw ranged along in a row his thirteen, clocks, which the old man had brongh down to save himself the trouble of go ing all over the houae every day.— Boeton Gazette. Bub Talks of the Goat. The gote iz wot botinists wood call a forgit me not—no boy that is suddenly overtakin by a gote will be apt to forge* im. This is a settled fak in my mind, altho’ wen ma looked at mi trowsers af ter the las’ engagement she thort it wax a open kweschin. The gote gives milker pervided you don’t make a mistake an tap the rong kind ova gote; in thi* case you donf git any milk but vu do git lgsasperated. Gotes wares thare hare pompydore wen thare in a peaceful mood but wen thay aint thay wares it bang, an its a kin ov bang yu dont fergit in a hurry nether. Ole gentlemen gotes wares wiskers wich is decevin cause thay looks like Sunday skool superintendens, but if yu see his tale wink yu want to ajura relts yool think yoove sot down on a frate kar that wux in a hurry. Gotes ii eters. Wen thar hungry rrido tomb stones iz jest ns good to them ez enny thing ony ef thares imymoryam verses on it thayl spittem out. Ive been tryin to say something nice bout the way gotes looks in ths face but I cant an yu mu*- ent apeckt me ter say anything mean 'bout a friend that gives me so many boosts ttr the wurld.— Tonkert Gazette. Blowing Up Camels. Moorish traders in camels seem to b* no more honest than traders in horses have the reputation of being. Ths author of “Among the Arabs" describes one of their tricks, which, according to his account, only an expert is likely to detect. The story was told to the author of a Frenchman who had traveled for some time in Algiers. | On one occasion, while in an Arab j village, he declared his intention of buy ing a young cameL No sooner had Us desire become known than at least twenty camels were brought for hi* in spection. They were all fine-looking animals, in excellent condition, appar ently. In fact, the only fault our Frenchman could perceive was that they wore too fat. After a proper amount of | deliberation and bargaining heaelectod the one which appeared to he tbeleanest J and paid the price agreed upon. The next morning whon he - went to look at bis fat camel he found m living skeleton, on whose almost lifeless bones the flesh hung in large folds, and’Whoa* best development was about the-joints. The method by which the caroqls are suddenly “fattened” for the market is thus described: An incision nbout an inch in length is made in each ear between the skin snd the flesh, hito this a small tribe is fitted and secured by a silk cord. Thera it remains, hidden from the observation of all but the initiated, and ready for use at any moment. When a merchant who is not acquainted with the blowing up trick comps to buy a camel, the dealer takes two tubes, each a yard long, and. inserting one end of each in the smalt tubes, just described, through the mother ends two Arabs blow with all their might until the animal has attained ths requisite degree of plumpness. The in flating tube* are then withdrawn, and the air M prevented from escaping by means of a cork smeared with pitch. The poor camel now becomes, apparently, quite liveiy aud frisky, trying to throw itself on the ground, or to press against the wall ,or a tree, or whatever object may be at hand, so ns to get rid of the wind. It is generally too well watched ' by the rascally Arab to suCce'ed in accomplishing its purpose. Sometime*, however, it manages to elude his vigil ance; and then, if the cork is not veiy securely fastened, the wind escapes with a whistle like that of a steam engine,and the fine-looking beast suddenly collapses into the miserable object it really is.— Youth't Com/ anion. wliost-Hannted Ships. Ghost-haunted ships were of ail’things those which the sailor regarded with most terror, and it is not many year* since that an account was published of some sailors who refused to serve on board a British man-of-war bec%use, a* they Raid, there was a ghost aboard* . When pressed to give a reason fo’r the 41 ' belief they said they smelled him. : f night, however, in a state of *> terror, they said they had r smelled but seen the ghostA-' * heard it; too, behind some beer ■ and they would rather swim tha. aboard. The captain, however, them to be put in irons until they- # well out at sea and then I’ogged. A„ that he heard nothing more of the ghos. Ships thus haunted were not only, doomed to perish, in the belief of sailors, but their very presence brought danger to all who looked upon them. The decayed hulls of vessels reputed to be haunted would drive the fisher folk on some of the Scotch and Irish coasts from the most promising bays, rnd no one would venture even to bathe near them, such wild unreasonable terror did they provoke. —London Telo^mp/t. A Curious Deformity. A seven-year-old child of Herman Myers, a few miles southeast' of Wait*, burg, Washington Territory, died a few days ago. The child had frojni Its in fancy, doubtless, been dead to an the rive senses hearing, smelling, tasting, feel ing aud seeing. It never weUmd, stood nor sat ~uor even attempted to-yet it grew physically all the time, and *t th* period of its death was us U>l as ordinary children of its age It never in any way helped lUolf, nor attempted to. It would eat what was put in Us mouth,sin) when evei foo l waa put there. It. *)'** "try a* bright a* ever seen. but they seemed to be uu It showed u<> 'i :t -f Ilf* stall* time, estwpl that U briailod, **•., Mll I Hoisted Its food NO. 45.