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Vol. XI. No. 1C.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Dalton, Ga., Va-> voted down the iiquo -
traffic.
The Virginia democrats are trying to re¬
organize.
A Union depot for .Selma, Ala., is the
latest project.
The gold fever has broken out in Pols
county, N. C.
No tidings from Vincent, Alabama's de¬
faulting Treasurer.
R"V. Dr. Talmage will begin a lecturing
toar in Georgia soon.
Compulsory vaccination is recommended
by the Governor oi Texas.
The Georgia Pacific railroad reached An¬
niston, Alabama, this week,
Maj, J. V. H. Allen, a prominent citizen
of Augusta, Ga., is dead.
Alabama now appropriate $130,000 an¬
nually to her public schools.
An epidemic of diptheriu is feared iu
Kentucky after the flood subsides.
The Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans
ost $185,000, and did not pan out.
Mr, Lewis Scofieid is about to erect a
$50,000 rolling mill at Atlauta, Ga.
The recent flood damaged Louisville, Ky.,
to the extent ofa nrillio: dollars.
Five million dollars are now invested in
the manufacture of pig iron iu Alai, ma.
Dave Johnson has been arrested tor kill¬
ing Robert Judkins in Montgomery, Ala.
Gov. Stephens has been ill since his re¬
turn from the Savannah Sesqui Ceutnnial.
The reported suicide of Maj J. C. Wall
in North Alabama turns out to be a mistake.
A North Carolina man recently struck a
rich gold mine and sold out for $143,000
cash.
Small pox has almost entirely disappear¬
ed from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta,
Georgia.
The statement that Gen. Robert Toombs
is writiug a history of the late Conlederacy
in denied.
A man in Charlotte N. C., sues the Air
Line railroad lor $30,000 damages for kill¬
ing Lis son.
A petition has been presented to the
Mayor ot Vicksburg to protect the citizens
from mad dogs.
Mrs. Mathews and a man named Miller
have confessed to the murder of Joeob
fehaner at Gainesville, Ga.
A mother near Raleigh N. C., recently
killed her ten year old girl, and the girl s
little brother killed his mother.
Alfred Inman murdered his wife and rob¬
bed her of*$300, in Emanuel county, Ga ,
the other day. Inman is in jail.
Floods are expect'd in the lower Missis¬
sippi vailev. Pieparaiions are being made
at Helena, Ark., to strengthen iholeveis
Atfteamercro#-d lliepeuin-ula of 1-lori
la last week, through the canals and Lake
Okeeehokee, the first time it was ever done.
The Belt railroad around Atlanta, Ga., is
in running order. This prevents the annoy
anee of running freight trains through the
city.
The illness of’lreasurer Polk, of Tennes¬
see, will probably cause bi* release from
jail. He has offered to compromise with
the State.
The two Chinamen who were recently
driven out of Burke coun'y, Ga., have laid
their grievance before the U. S. Government
through their minister at Washington.
Many change* have recently taken place
in Atlanta, Ga., journabsm. Ja nes P. Har¬
rison A Co., have started the Evening Star,
and absorbed the Herald. Col. E. h. Hog
has started the Evening Journal, and T he
Georgia Mejor has been issued by Soiail &
Williams.
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The Bang, as it strikes one in Kansas.
The bat g girl may pew^ahead place her bangs down
on the back o, the of he, d ring
the morning prayer, end try to be good, hut
her corset will be too tight, and as she
hitche* around to ease the pain one eye wiii
rise like the morning sun over the back of
the pew, and that eye will catch the eye ot
a young man two scats to .the right, who is
trying to cover his face wi;oue baud winle
he tries to keep the flics off the pomade on
his hair with the other, and his interest in
the prayer is knocked into a cocked hat
The banging of a girl’s ha : r changes the
whole nature of the little wretch, aud she
becomes as a gun that is not loaded. It i
the same with the buys You take a nic-,
pious Sunday sc: o,i b -y who can repest
300 verses of the New Testament, and
his hair with a chpp'r, aud he looks like
Tug W ilson.—Wichita Times.
Little Mrs. Whedieim spent forty-five
minutes in a vain effort to convince Mr. W.
that a s- a.ckin sacque was n-c-ssary to her
existence. T hen sne star *ed 1 ■ u> by th
quetion, “John, hadn t j ou b- ■ :er sell me
for a car wheel ? ’ « bj ' U - a.. - 1 v
got a cast iron Hub.” She got U»e sacque.
_Pittsburgh ' Telegraph.
wat A manufactory of brass band ir-ruments,
wa* burned burneo a a ie'w le dars . ag ago at Elkhart, divine led.
Hamilton Jdu r \ al
The Old Cottage Clock.
Of,! the old, old clock ol tbs liouseliold »tnek
\V<s Ui brightest tiring and the neatest ;
Lts howls, though old. had atouch of gold.
And its ‘.hime rang still the sweetest,
Twssa monitor, too, though is# words were
few.
Yet they lived though nations altered,
And its voice, strong, warned old and young,
When the voice of friendship (altered ;
'■Tit le, tick,” it said—" quick, quick to bed—
For nine I’ve given warning:
Up. up, aud go, or else you know.
You’ll never rise soon iu the morning.
A friendly voice was that old, old clock,
As it stood In the corner smiling.
And blessed t lie time, with a merry chime,
The wintry hours beguiling:
But a cross voice w is that tiresome clock,
As It called at daylight boldly,
When the dawn looked gray ou the misty
way,
Aud the early air blew coolly;
‘Tick, tick,’’ it said—"quick out of bed—
For five I’ve given warning:
You’ll never have health, yen’ll never have
wealth,
Unless you’re up soon In the morning.”
■Still hourly tile sound goes round and round,
With a tone that ceases never:
Wlille tears are sired for the bright days fled,
And the old friends lost forever:
Its heart beats on, though hearts are gone
That warmer beat and younger:
Its hands still move, though hands we love
Are clasped on earth no longer!
•Tick, tick,’ It said—"to the churchyard bed
The grave hath given warmng
Up. up, and rise, aud look to the skies,
And prepare for a heavenly morning.
THE MAJOR’S MISTAKE.
“Dash it, I’ll save her life!” said the
major suddenly.
The major had just laid a covering of
snow white lather on that tract of chin
which was still sacred from the incursions
of his luxuriant, beard. As he gave vent to
this rein; rkable resolution he inadvertently
wound'd himself with his razor, so as to
compel a resort to a towel and cold spong¬
ing, which put an end to his reflections for
a time.
Major Majoribauks was an active, cleanly
built man, rather below the average height,
He had an eye like a hawk’s, beautiful hair
and whiskers, but no other striking feature.
His feet and hands were small and tinely
forraed, and a front tooth which nature had
taken from him had been exquisitely sup
plied by the hand of art.
The great feature ot the major’s character
was determination; when he said a thing he
meant it. In the Crimea, if Major Majori
banks had said that a post should be carried
its tall was looked uoon as certain. Zerila,
the uii jor’s vicious little mare, knew it was
useless to try and refuse if once her master
put her head straight for an obstacle. Like
the late Mr. Assheton Smith, he would qui
etly “ride for a fall,” if the leap were im
practicable without one; and no one. knew
better how to fall deftly than the major.
But a life spent, as it were, in a success
sion of pitched battles does not pass with*
out leaving marks of wear and tear, and
the major after his third bottle of hair dye,
beam to take very serious views of life,
Short and decisive were bis ruminations,
and with characteristic promptness he de
terinined on marriage as his next achieve
inent For this purpose be selected a young
iady of remarkable wealth and considerable
personal attractions, and devoted himself to
the sacrifice like a second Iphigenia—bar
ring the sex.
Perhaps it was the very difficulty of the
achievement that impelled the dauntless
major to the attack. Dianna Harford had
already refused two baronets, a banker, and
pearar.ee in the field, and still continued! to
nde aero-s the country with as much en
thusiasm as if her whole life was to be
devoted to that occupation. People began
io say that she would never marry
“The right man has not spoken,” was the
general opinion; and the major, as e
gnawed his mustache, resolved with an
i ?7 d ° at h perLhluTheattempt bl “ 8e
Q ;
that practical machine called a heart.
Down in a little villa near a country vi age
lived a little lady of twenty, who could ave
told strange tales of the major s sentimen
tality. Oh, major! were not all your flocks
and herds sufficient, that you must nee s
make tht, innocent ewe iamb a captive to
your bow and spear
But let us do the major justice. In th s
matter he was not altogether a free agent
From the moment he met Party Roseneah
he had fe t himself fascinated by he ,
“P>te of all his attempts to persuade him
self of the contrary. That a quiet, almost
timid little provincial beauty, with agener
al uosoptasticatedness of tone and manner,
should have anv power to enchant the ma
jor of a thousand battles seemed t him too
j ridiculous moment. It an did idea not to occur be entertained to him that it.wa.. or a
perhaps this very difference from the wo
j men he had been accustomed to flirt with
constituted her charm.
-viewing t t ma..c. ua morning m fe
hadron hia love pas-ail" with a thankful
ense of escape “I was mighty near making
; f th * t time ” said the major
1 ‘ . elf aa he t ; ed b i 8 C ravat
h tho ma j oroo ,„ r a‘alated him
on b , - g0 safrly wilh , he oid love ,
Le wa ., , ar troni feehng so comfortable with
d (0 b: Jemed Wlth !be aew . Miss
Harfordg heart to be impregnable
to ’.h:s , experienced ■ besieger, -r 1 h< he ma
even
jor, who never committed the error of over
rating bU advantage!, confessed to himself
that he Lad do'e all he knew He had at-
HAMILTON, GEORGIA, MARCH 9, 1883.
allels, aud still the flag of liberty floated
mockingly above the uuconquered bastions.
There was but one hope—a forlorn hope, be
confessed to himself—and it was with a se¬
rious, though determined spirit that the ma¬
jor had resolved on an attack by storm. He
pronounced this resolution in the memora¬
ble words which commence this story.
"Dash it!" said the Major, "I'll save her
life"
Perhaps, had the Major known who it
was that had arrived as a guest, to Miss Har¬
ford on the previous evening, it might have
disturbed his calculations. But there was
no reason why we should not listen to the
conversation of Diana and her guest, as
they .-it by the bedroom fire in their elegant
deshabille.
Miss Harford was a girl of considerable
individuality of character. W ithout af
feet mg any of the airs of a blue or
ecccntrie, she geuerally thought for
on many subjects, and would state hei
opinion pretty strongly on occasion. Ibis
caused her to be regarded with suspicion
and dislike by most other own sex; and the
weaker ot ours. She was unusually prudes
said improperly—well read in the drama of
the last century, and actually prelered the
school of Sheridan to the school of Schnei¬
der.
“Wbat, have I been doing la’ely ? said
she, in answer to a question from her com¬
panion, "What am l always doing ? 1
have dan’ed the usual portiou of dances,
round and square ; I have read the last
new novel, and tried the last milk-and water
effusion they call a ballad ; and I have rid¬
den over the usual number of plowed fields.
What more would you have of’^it woman in
my position ? •
"What a queer girl you are Di,” says the
other lady wistfully. “I always said y° u
would never find any man to suit you
exactly.”
“That’s just what I’m wanting, my dear
—a man. I see plenty of amatur jockeys and
polite letter-writers. What I want is a man
—oue that is not afraid to be natural, or
ashamed to be earnest. I really think our
average dandy, with his cool self-sufficiency,
and his insulting indifference, the most uii
pleasant production of the age. lheres
the major, now--”
“Who is that?”
“Major Mtijoribanks, my dear ? the glory
of his regiment, and the idol of all the horse
dealers, amature actors, and fast young men
fora le of twenty miles. Why, Patty,
you're blushing. You don t mean to say
know the man ? ’
you
“I met him—that is—he is a friend of mv
brother’s,” said the lady with some hesita
tion.
“And you’ve been foolish enough to he- j
heve all his nonsense, child, I dare say ,
Come, now.” j
“Well, he certainly is an extraord.nary
man,” pleaded Patty. ride kreker !
“Oh, yes, very. He can a or
write a burlesque. But as for heart-why,
my, dear child, he’d toss you aside, if it
suited his purpose, with as much indiffer
ence as I toss that withered camelia. Now, don’t j
don’t you waste a thought on him. I |
intend to, though the wretched man has
been making love to me in his qmet waj
since 1 e came, J am afraid every c ay
he 11 propose, and I shall have the tiouh e
of refusing him without losing my tern
per.
“But I can t help it, said atty, arnty
"Oh, yes, you cau. You thought you
couldu t, down in that dull place wit not - j
ing else to think aoout, hut you 1)0 ao e ' i
different treatment here, I cau assure yon
£re £u. I » te “ J°“ » a
Ire* to morro yo j
W 6 “Lfftridestr!^nge
, Oh Jut but can Strang. horse.’ as,
obTO( fll son grer!tfavor«mlyo„ get acquainted Mind, 1
a ’ musta’t
“Y.J , j j. b „ rf .f UP i n 2 One of my
,urn 7™'" Ee “ spirit enough to defy twenty
*
>re jn minor ; tyi mj
said dis-rcreeab'e" Diana "Moat people say I’m
’
of^ajor.^ Goodnight and
the pair ki 8sed agatn, a g a in and parted parted for
The next day wasone of those mild, hazy,
^ wh - ch break ont iut0 a
P sung hine toward noon, and the,,
^ ^ dul , neg _ The two
fode between the hedgerows’
p ] e a S antly
= ure 1 shall never be able to manage
. Raid p ftttv timidly. “See
^ t0Rggg hig head ab g Dt .”
- That ’ B because you let him feel the curb,
‘
it gharp on purp08e .
Haya the er of ^ pu ., i8 hment—seWomuse
jt . > that>g tbp reg , g ret of managing horses,
^ ^ There ’ n0Wi voo fifce bfc
qiliet ; y en0UJ?h 0D tbe sniffle. Now
coax him a little, and give and take more ;
remember be ign ' t a phlegmatic donkey,
with a mouth like a deal board."
“Well I must say I prefer quiet horse,
one feels so much more at ease."
Pshaw my dear! I wouldn’t give a
guinea for a horse that any one could ride,
’ that took no more notice ot a steam engine
than of a haystacx. They have just the
samede^ level of indifference that is the
’ ideal excellence of the young man of the
nertod period, wbo whoh-ar* n-ars with witn eoual eq .a. apathy apa.uj ofa oi a
railroad aecident or a revolution.
“ Wall, I they only follow the
fashion, just a. in tbair eoatt and aollars.”
substitutes Jack Poyntz for Hanger or
‘Charles Surface.
Good heavens, Diana ! Y ou don t mean
to say you read those horrid old plays?
Mamma would not let me study such things
on any account/’
“Nonsense! As if they could he worse
thau the French plays one sees now, or half
a dozen English ones 1 could name At
least, 1 enjoy the male characters more
than in ours, they were infinitely more
sparkling, and 1 don’t believe they were a
bit wickeder at bottom.”
“Ah, Di. I'm afraid you trill never get
married at this rate.
“No, dear. As some one Ttys of Morris,
I shall die the serene martyr ofa mean and
melancholy time.”
“You must have had plenty of offers?"
"(j b dozens 1 all couched in the conde- !
EC endinf£ brevity with which the preux
0 } ieva ]j er 0 f the day designs to express his
w j gbeg jj OW) just contrast the men we
have been talking about,. Worship com
m6Ucei by as hower of more or less readable
verseS) whic h you have the option of reading
or committing to the flames. You casually
drop your handkerchief into a running
stream or down a precipice, and your adorer
throws himself after it, and restores it at the
Si., risk of his life. After a while tai he throws
hi. .i.d
and begs you to save him from destruction,
Y'ou relent; on leaving you he meets his j
rival; a glance is enough, swords flash
out”—so did Diana’s eyes—"and wo to him ! |
who flinches.”
"Horrible 1” raid Patty.
“Will this suit the you better? remarks Strephon the j
strolls lazily into room ; on i
weather; allows himself to recline into a
seat by'your side, Mr's. and suggests that you
sbou ld become Strephon. En sotnnt
he meet s his rival; treads on his toes; they |
exchange abusive epithets, light cigars—
^ d _ ob pathos!_cut each other at the
’
^ b ,,
"w ei | ’ ,hat’s better than fighting,” said
p j
"And infinitely safor ‘, right.’ Well, nty dear, per- ■
aft(jr a „ , m are We mustn’t
fa | {g j dea 0 j tbe c j a88 (Votu Sir Harry
\yj| da ; r —there's a darling name for you.
They only show what was considered the
thing. 1 daresay I am getting tearfully !
crabbed Yon see when a girl has money i
^ becomes the centre of a circle of deeep
^ on Let’* change the subject. How well
^ ba (, habit fits you!” !
“It feels rather strange. Vou see I so
seldom ride at home.”
“Ah, of course. Now to me habit is sec '
ond nature, as some one says. I feel infin
itnly more comfortable in one than in a \
ll)W ,j rea8 j purpo sely lent you my regular 1
r i u ; ng | iat „ f or I wanted to see how [ should '
feel in this new /angled affair. I’m afraid
it W(mkhlt 8uit cashing through a bulfinob;
one wants something suffer for that. . . :
Wbat . 8 that r shc cr ied, as an indistinct
aoulld cama down the wind, and both horses
; cked up thf . ir eftrH . "The hounds; they I
mugt havn como a u the way from Marlford.
Qh PftUy •• |ftid Diana , trembling with ex
citemellti . Td K i Ta anything to be with
them » j
“Then do go, dear,” Raid Pattj with an
sacrifice that was enormous will take |
g y lu ^ ^ sale en0l ,j«h # Withers
care 0 f me ." i
“Well, he’s just down in the road there,
^ a l on g it, and you'll just cross the line
^ ^ j mu8t -eome Ter- j
„ ^ ftWRy they weut Diana, habit loss- j
i ^ g and eyfi8 ' glistening, * and vanished glo- ;
1
ward tb e gate ot the field they had turned
i nt0 and got safely out into the road. Some :
, j
distance down it she could see Withers, the
^ ^ ^ ^ difficully
with his horse, which was plunging and !
curveting in a diagonal position, as is the
manner of eager lorse-t, performing an
equine balance step without advancing par
ticularly. On Crusader catching sight of
amount of execration Patty, finding
him bursting into a canter, attempted to
take up the curb rein, but only succeeded
in getting both in an inextricable confusion.
Then she clung in terror to them with both
hands, ^ on which the irritable Crusader
iut0 a c0ufus ,, d caater , which
developed itself into a smart gallop, dashed
past the astonished Withers and stampeded
| Our friend the major had been ridings
: line of his own for a short distance, and was
separated from the rest or the field by th.
i breadth of a pasture, when he heard tae
qnick repeated rattle of a horse going at !
full gallop in the road at the other side of
the high hedge, parallel to which he was
riding, and in another moment he saw
through the twigs the horse he bad looked
»n vain for at the meet rear past him at
speed, the bine habit streaming back
as the wearer swayed m tl«t saddle, hohnog
the reins in both hands with convulsive
grasp of fear.
“Runaway, by Jove’’ said tb» major,
turning Zerlina’s head without the least
hesitation rt the quicksqf. Two or three
! intense strides-a rise and a crash of twig*
-rattle of horse hoofs as they patter on the
hard road, as Z-rlinajust manage to save
her knees and nose from damage by a cfev
er as if recovery, be had been and then bopp.ng the over ma.or, a a, gntter ^oody in
stead of one of the ugliest, drops in his ex
parience, v set her going in pursuit.
About half a mue rom . it p.ace ai-eto
this ster_ -base commenced, where the road
was crossed by another at nght angles,
side of it the road dipped down into a rather
steep hill. He had got up some twenty
yards neaj-er when the inttappeared in sight
aud, keeping on the turf side of the road.
that the noise of his approach might not
add fresh speed to the runaway, he called
on Zerlina smartly for a decisive effort,
In front of the Cross Keys there was
triangular patch of sodden turf, and as
Crusader came upon this he slackened his
speed very slightly; the major dashed
alongside aud seized the reins near the
in his right hand, the horse, which was not a
vicious one, stopping after a few struggles,
after he felt the power at work on the curb;
and the lady, falling, feinting, forward in a
heap on his neck, would have tumbled to
the earth had not the ever-ready major
leaped from his saddle and caught her in
his arms. It would have made, a capital
picture—the two horses standing, steaming
and panting, and the major staggering under
the weight of the senseless damsel, whose
chin hang over his shoulder, while her
released from its bonds in her wild
through air, streamed down hi* scarlet,
coated back.
With some difficulty the major carried his
lovely burden into the porch of the Cross
Keys
“Show m* a private room and get me a
t ..» or h,..,lv,.................. with which
he stopped the month of the astonished
landlady,
“La! poor, dear young lady!" said
female, in a voice of sympathy, as she
brought the restoring fluid. “Can J do any
'King for her, sir ?”
“No, I mink not,” said the major decis
ively. “Leave her to me. I’ve had some
experience in cases of this kind,” and
thrusting half a crown into the woman’s
hand he shut the door in her face.
"Well, how she could ha’ married he I”
said the woman to herself, as she returned
to the bar. She evidently thought from
major’s want of sympathy that he must be
the husband of the sufferer.
The evening gloom was just closing in
and made the little back parlor look more
and more dismal aud dingy The major
raised the clinging veil sufficiently to thrust
the edge o( the glass between the lips of the
patient. Presently the color came back to
her face, she drew a long gasping breath,
aud felt for her pocket handkerchief. It
vita in the pocket of her saddle—the major
ingtautly placed his snowy cambric in her
trembling band. Then she overflowed.
The major waited a little. Then he
ventured to take the hapd that was not
occupied with his pocket-handkerchief, and
said, in a tone of respectful tenderness.
"Don’t, pray don’t give way so! You're
quite safe, now, I a«*ur« you.”
Sob, sob. hoped
' Vou d 0 n t know how I have have
longed for a moment like thw to hold your
hand none, to eel that we are alone
'"gether, that you do not repulse me, that
I am permitted (biased her hand),
You do not forbid me. ’ (Business as before.)
- whiuwill she stop ' ’ thought * the raa
.
•Ton do not answer; speak to m.-or
hpar me whl |. I tell yon what 1 have wished
to say for long dayfi past. Miss Harford
— Diana, I love you !” That was deucedly
W ell put, thought the major to himself,
“SIR 1" said the lady, suddenly becoming
electrified into an erect, position.
“Patty !—Mis* Rogeneath!"
“Yes, Major Majoribanks, Miss Rose
neath. Oh, take me home, take me home
and never, never dare call me Patty again.
“The-devil!" said major slowly
\«u have been sat,*fieri with
making a fool o a p.K,r silly gtrl w,thou
msnlt.ng her afterwards. Ob, »*ow could
you be so c-c-cruel ?
“I say. Patty- listen a «om.ntr-do no
»'ke that You don t suppose I mean.
111 ll " t Y 0 ’ lr "‘' l,l S i H " K ' ’ al ," R '“ '
8 ' rad ^ as ainhat *yj.'Too'k'me comes o.J di.In t know
for Mis* Har
’ J ou lH ' ’
‘
* al ' “ f’u ,
“ * 18 “ JO that? 1 ’ said the maior. J
man aM< • a “ h WaR * . ^ a “““JJ
‘ '.
, toM b i.
^ me ^ Hosewood Silly ' that I ever
, major the intelligence
U id pique and chagrin at
|ha , he hlld jll(|t receivfed pr „mpt the tna
jor . g f| „ xt impu i #0 ? Or did his better angel
whif)per , fj bi|J1 , hat a dinner of herbs with
lMg i itt!e wornan w ho really loved him, and
for wbom be WM 1:0ngc i aU8 0 f a feeling as
ahin Uj , ba , passion as he was caps
bb . of experiencing, would be better than a
mor( , gplendid repaHt with her to whom he
waB indlffereut ? Bitterly would he hav«
deridad 8ucb an id * (rom ftno thcr;
lv ,h a t. inorttitig w .uld he have laughed at
^ , Wlgbt of ,. u pra8an t conduct, But few
men act up to their principles; and it was
w ;,h ft ring of ge«uine feeling in his voice
that he sat dawn by Patty's side and said—
but we will not write his words ; they were
g r e»tl T devoid of that artistic fluency whtch
generally distinguished the major s utter
anc „ t0 th e fair sex, hat to Patty they
funded like flowing hon.y.
And you ready wtll-aud your, not
sorryfor what has happened T
Well, said the major, looking down in
to her eye*, which gazed up through her
.
.enr. g leK.u.ng »' ■
tear drops. pcrUpsit wasn « such
fortunate mistake after all.
in an atmosphere of spuds and steam plows,
cattle and country magistracy, and when ou
some summer's eve the cloud
| | cigar being lighted, he lies upon his lawn
aud sees his yonug barbu'ians all at play
j he really does not look unhappy. Some
times a young lady, who is getting older,
comes to see Mrs. Mtijoribanks and the
‘ children. She it is who has given Fred his
pony aud Maurice bis terrier. She is still
unmarried, and intends to continue so.
j "And yet 1 always thought you would
marry some time or other,” says Patty to
her visitor, as the major passes the window,
“And 1 know some oue that thought so,
too, at least at one ime."
“Ah, my dear,” says Dianna, with a
slight., comical curl of her lip, "that was the
m »j 01 ''s mastuke.-— English Paper,
Story of the Associated Press.
-
Looking over some paper* at the house
of a friend who collects and classifies a great
doal of material of future historical interest,
1 came the other day upon the orignal
agreement between the New York papers
for the gathering of news at their joint cost
which was the predecessor of the Associa
ted Press organisation. It is dated January
11, 1849, and sigued by Hale and llalleck,
of the Journal of Commerce ; Beach Broth
pm, ,b« s „,„ J. la* W.hh. of *,
Courier and Enquirer; Jam* G. Bennett, of
the Herald; J. and E. Brooks, ot the Ex
press; and Greeley and McKIrath of the
Tribune. The Times was not then in ex
istence, but was admitted in 1851 on paying
one seventh of the value of the property of
the association, consisting ot the furniture
of an office valued at »250. H is of record
on the minutes ot the association that Mr.
Raymond, on attending a meeting for the
first t ime in February, 1952, said that it lie
had been furnished with a copy of the reao
lution admitting the lime he ‘should not
have hesitated a moment about accepting
the terms." The Times ttui* o>>t<nn«.l for
$97,18 a franchise which it would not now
»«H for a million. The otiginal association
WB * formed for the purpose ot collecting
marine intelligence," and was called the
Harbor News Association, It kept a boat
with two men at the Narrows and a boat
and one man in the East river. In 1«.>1 it
was reorganized “to receive and co net,
telegraph and other intelligence and its
name changed to the Associated 1 t oss ot
the City o( New York. Except the l imes
no new member has ever been admitted,
and the only change since Iflol was the
mergtng of the Courier and Enquirer in t ie
W orld, which sttcccedet to t e rig ts t° t «
association of Watson Webb a once ltg 1 Y
sascenslul sheet
A Walk Through Rotterdam.
I he whole of the cty . rs ''‘toree.-ted . , , by ,
canals, broad, long, and deep and capable
of accommodatuig v.-ssels o heavy tonnage
I hese canals divide the cty into so many
islanda, united by drawbridges,
bridges, turning bridges, and a tew sb.no
lerdam, l ' ri ' lR "''’ and ", U r find ‘T 0 ” to where " these canids, f
every
w,th streets on either side, amt trees along
,h » a ' d * of almoNt eTCr * mA more
still to find „ . that you can never ____ gel
curious
away , from the . shipping , ■ ( In , the very heart
of ,, the city ... large ships are discharging , i their
cargoes ;' the masts of -he ships are seen
among the houses, above the trpes, besides
the churches, and all along the centre of
. th.-el , (
* are built expressly for the
. . ^ maHtifid
broad, stout and .ml al! all tiiciilv high ^ . olorr-d and “J o r -
J * varnished or highly polished
Rn(J inM , while buckeU , hatchets,
arc u-rnal
’
, y ^ pflin ted a bri g ht red , wi ,h white or green
; Th , cal)in8 are mo . W * of cleanli
„ J and comfort , wl ,h bright polished win
dows, snow white muslin curtains, and pots
#f fl
^ide. the novelty of finding “a fleet
^m to arira.t one. attention The. house.
have pointed facades; are of all shades of
bricks, from the darkest red to the pinkest
Lot. pink; whitewashed stone or wood orna
the facade, the windows and doors
are bordered with broad white, stripes, the
^ *■>!. are generally full of flowers ;
the window* are provided with little mirrors
: by means of which the inmates can see all
that takes place np or down the street with
out being themselves seen; bras* plat-sand
brass knobs in a high state of polish adorn
the doors, by the side of winch bird cages
frequently hang. It is a curious fact that
nearly all the house* are a little out of the
upright, and lean more or less, while some
times in a street all the house, will lean
slightly in one direction,
Silver from Ancient Babylon.
The British Museum ha* just acquired an
interesting selection of thirty-nine silver
objects, which give an insight into the daily
fife o< the Babylonians and remind us ot
the find of the bird dealer's shops at
pcii- These objects, which were ail found
together on the sue of Babylon, consistt ot
fragments of silver dashes, the broken
handle of a vatte and coins, most of the lat
™ ® ^ bttn purify P
ha d , tbe vifw of using
tfie metal again, and «a may fairly conclude
tbaUbe collection is the remains of a si!
versmith s or coiners shop. Among ihe
• :« . Bvcian one in good preservation,
go far as eau be judged from the vase-han
^ rl ian and under dUh Persian es the art influence, is dtsiiurtl,rWjb and the work-
$£1.00 a Year.
ALL SORTS.
Old Rye to Young America: "I am
thy ,tttljer , 8 spirit . . I „
|
A beard full of nails is the worst we ever
saw.—N. Y. News.
The latest thing iu’homa*—Husbands.—
New York Journal.
A gumdrop—Reduction in th« pries at
Arctic overshoes.—Puck.
Pill-makers are among the most expert
boxers.—Lowell Courier.
The head barber can best be rtlied upon
tu say who is the next man.—Philadelphia
Press.
Silence may be golden, but it will never
borrow a dollar.—New York Commercia
Advertiser.
if there’s anything in signs then d-ng
. (g tc-eutial sort of fellows_
Ltabur'h lire nest
** Tele r oh
It is a very small potato, either in the
vegetable or animal world, that is most
likely to be mashed.
Building KmPafcot.—rmladelphia lots and indignation are Chroa- both
meaou.oH
iele Herald.
, ,
’
. „
When the little short man begged the big
tall woman for a kiss, she stooped to eou*
cur.—The Drummer.
A priJ , e fighter „h 0 uld be paid in English
monRy The |Mm „ do 8vmbo(ie of hii
proft?i , sion —Philadelphia Chronicle-Ue.
^
The new five cent piece contains a figure
of the American eagle, which is all right;
but it would he more appropriate to put a
dog on a scent,—Norristown Herald.
BU hundred eriminals were pardoned
from the Chicago Bridewell last year. Jt
means something when a Chicago mat
says, “Beg pardon.”—Boston Transcript.
Why are so many classic concert pieces
called "polonaises” on the programme ?—
Edith. Because they aro quite long aud
generally drag.—Philadelphia News.
What kind of a picture frame represents
the request ofa man who, having been give*
a free ride, wants one for bis father also ?
Passe-partout.— Boston Transcript.
It is estimated that the losses by the
fl()odg ; n (j ermaDy w iH reftc h 80,000,00*
These are high water marks which,
j IO ped, will never be reached again.—
New Orleans Picayune.
Never sit without a coat at an open win
, i()W "entific«lly w i.,. n heated demined —(Jranhic It hai noTh- beea
8 L, ™diat that there is
, Ql „. ( a mpl ous than a beat
°P ’ ** 0 0tA * ’
it does look sometimes as if the only way
to 8top these interminable disasters at sea
woul, ‘ be to ado P t Max Adler *’
of having a man walk along the bottom and
h old the blamed things up with a pole,
The young J * man who called on ,.7. his girl
the other night and mistook . the cat for th.
chatr cushion and sat down on it, says that
»'• h .... J “* . ld
“ ea a « a co “
sciatcb on such short not.ce.-Hartw.ll
i ' ‘ u,, ‘
The pnperH are all laughing becaus* a
Sunday school scholar, when asked what
was the best thing in the world, answered
“Pie." The child was not so far wrong
after all, for wl-at can be better than pis
eaty ?~Now Y’ork Herald.
Victim (to dentist)—“Good heav.ns I
man, that is the second sound tooth you
have pulled.” Dentist (to victim)—“I beg
your pardon, sir, but a* you Bad only thr*.
when I commenced, I think] shaKmak.no
mistake this time."
“Penuiman,” said Brown, “isa wonderfully
versatile writer. Take a dozen of his ar¬
ticles and you won’t find any two of them
written in the same vein.” ' No,” replied
Fogg, “but still every one ia written in vaia,
just the same.”—Boston Transcript.
‘‘Mrs. Jones, I see your husband indulges
once in a while. Was it one of bis stipula¬
tions before marriage that he shall be al¬
lowed to imbibe when he wished?' “It has
always been the most literal of his tipple
ations, madam."—Rome Sentinel.
The Pacific must have been the bank
j where the wild time grew. Doe. a maimed
soldier make a stump speech when he ap¬
. artificial limb? The
plies for an new patent
door closers are called “checks'' because
they prevent a draft,—Bostou Commercial
Bulletin.
An enterprising chap in New Yofk ad
eerrises that he is prepared to receive order,
for the composition of dime novels, circus
advertisements and other extravagant pieces
of fiction. His lie abilities are not estimated
but they must be immense—Norristown
Herald.
There is a young lady in this city who is
; g ; x f e8t f our i nc h e8 tall, and is engaged ta
^ married . The man who won her did it
jn word> . "Thy beauty aeU my soul
jaK ) 0W —x’ d thee, rifgbt or wron^; m bsm
wants but little here below, but wants that
i«l* long.” —ian Francisco News-Letter.
^ A printer’s towel fell out of a third story J
jn a j er8ey town the oth
J> cracked a paving P * stone The
crash was heard two clocks away, and a
little boy ran home, with white lip* and
tnKllb , ing | imb<i te ll hi. mother that he
had seen a negro man tumble off th. roof
, and explode hi. head,”