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that the landlord is to share so much of the expense of fencing, but if a crop could be raised without ai y fencing could he not concede to the tenant whatever he has allowed be fore to keep it up. d he result to him would be the same. \\ ould not competition iorce him to do this ? LULU HURST. Lulu Hurst was greeted on Tues day night of last week by one of the largest audiences ever assembled the Col'ege chapel. Her fame had preceded hep and curiosity was r jfe to see the “Electric Girl.” the “Geor gia Wonder,” who has been mystify r. ing audiences for more than a year by her strange power. Paul Atkinson, the handsome man ager, whose gentlemanly bearing gives an air of gentility to the whole per formance, made his usual speech. He said that Miss Hurst’s power had been attributed to various sources, such as magnetism, electricity, will power, spiritualism, etc., and that she had puzzled the most noted scien¬ tists of the United States. He claim ed that he could offer no explanation of the force employed, and as the au dience expected none from gentle¬ manly Paul they were resolved to watch the tests closely. The fair Lulu made her appearance in com¬ pany with her mother, and both were introduced to the audience. A dozen or more prominent men whose names were called advanced to the stage, and a little laicr the fun began. Several tried successively the trick, and each danced a hornpipe all over the stage amid uprorious laugh¬ ter and cries of “hold on.” Hold cn was impossible while Miss Hurst grasped the chair. She will permit the chair held only in one position with the back planted firmly aga ; nst the chest of the individual testing her power. This prevents the full play of his muscles, and whatevei force she employs, whether mu. c cular electric, magnetic, o~ all combined, operates fully aga : nst his person. Some who held it, say that her hands lay perfectly passive on the chair,and that there was no apparent exertion on her part to shove them over the stage. An open umbrella was brought forth, which Miss Lulu’s mag e touch converted into an unmanageable weapon that kept the holder and Miss Hurst dying in wild confusion over the stage, It was not turned wrong side out, but in the melee was ren tiered unfit for future use. A billiard cue was next produced, and the number v ho tried It found equally as impossible to hold it, and keep stih. In tne test one gent.e man tooi - hold of the stick with one hand, a touch from Miss Hurst’s thumb caused it to fly up, and strike him in the face. He dropped the cue and took his seat. Another gentleman, who had been sitting qu eily in the audience watch ing the performance, rose to his feet and said he was a scientist and would never die satisfied until he had tried it. The manager invited him on the stage and he grasped the stick with desperate determination. Miss Hurst advanced with a confident smile and placed her thumbs on it as usual. Science did not aid him in his tussle with the fair Lulu. In double quick time he was dancing a wild war dance over the stage, while the audi ence went into ecstacies of laughter. She relinquished her hold, and pant¬ ing and breathless he waved his hand to the crowd to signify that he was satisfied, and took his seat. After this another was seated in a chalr an<1 instructed to keep his feet on the flooi while Miss Hurt lifted it j This was tried several times, and then ten men made a united effort to put a chair to the floor which she held, but without avail. This closed the performance, which, for teal fun was well worth the price of admission. * Miss Hurs is a pleasant looking, rather pretty girl, a little above me¬ dium height, with the bright bloom of early womanhood. She is not cultured, but tier manner is simple and unaffected. She is a fine woman, physically, and many believe that the secret of her power is attributable to well trained muscles,with the advantage ot ievcra § c - When a solution is found it may be so simple that we will all be ready to exclaim, “what -fools we mortals be.” LOCAL POINTS. Since the advent of spring we have had very little of its ethereal mild ness, An unusually large number cl peo¬ ple were in town on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. ° ur ma,ltle of chari <>' wiU not hii!c mlr own unchristian spirit, when it is no * hroad enough to voter our neigh bors faults. The Vindicator says he sat down to dinner at the Hamilton Ho¬ tel with one hundred and guests. There is no better hotel of its in the state than the Hamilton | tel. It has a good patronage, deserves a larger. Kind words arc like balm to a suf fer.ng spirit. Their value can j be computed until the secrets of hearts shall be revealed. We have had some sickness in town resulting from colds since the beginning of the spring season, but the health of the town is again good. Our little mountain city appears to the be.-t advantage when the trees take on their spring attire. It is a pretty town, and as healthy as any in the state. The legal fraternity have been hard at work in getting through with the numerous cases to be disposed during the present term of court. It is said that Wind Tom has , j(jea of (he va | ue of money if given j a do , Ur he wjll , w j t |, ; t and finally drop it as a child would a toy of which it had become tired. The next event afrer court of deep interest to the town will be the dis¬ trict conference which will convene here on the Wednesday before the fifth Sunday in May. Brother Revill, of the Vindicator, expresses himself well pleased wiih Hamilton except the jail. The pros¬ pects are that it will be some time before we are wholly in his good graces. The delegates to the YV. C. T. U. Convention to be held in Columbus on ... May 7th and 8th are to be given a reduction of one cent per mile return . tickets. •*. -t _ The Hamilton on _ Union proposes to elect delegates to the convention at their next meeting.