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THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
By J. P. SAWTELL.)
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VOL. XVI.
CUTHBERT, GA.
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 18, 1882.
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pair of chubby legs,
Enc ucd in scarlet hose ;
A pair of little stubby boots,
With rather doubtful toe* ;
little kilt, a little coat.
Cut a? a mother can—
Aod lo ! before us strides, In state.
The future ‘•coming man.'*
is eyes perchance will rend the stars,
And search their unknown ways ;
Parcbance the human heart and soul ;
Will open lo their gaze ;
Perchance their keen an u fl ishing glaneo
Will be a nation’s light—
Those eyes, that now are wistful bent
On some -big iellow’a kite.”
That brow wber
nighty thoughts wil
dwell
In soh mu, secret date.
Where fierce Ambition** rerilew strength,
Shall war with future fate ;
Where Science from now hidden cave*.
New Ireasur"* shall outpour—
Ti» knit now, with a troubled douhf,
Arc two, or three Cents, more ?
Those lips that, in coming years,
ill plead, or pray or teach ;
■sc whispered words on lightning flash
rum world lo world tflay re ach ;
■7 command
uiliu;
* CSod b
it liidden strength t
shabby grasp,
but a taffy-stick.
•s on’tbc little brain
lot learned lo plan !
futuie hoWs in store.
>w People Die.—Kev. Henry
•1 Beecher in one of his scr-
« says ; I think the great ma
jnrity of people dio very much as
a leaf dies. Its supply of juice
grows has nourished, and it grad
ually retracts and shrinks within
itself and hangs on the branch ;
and some day when the wind
blows in very gentle puffs the leaf
is lifted a little and the connection
breaks, and it wavers and wavers
through the air aud settles with
out a sound upon the ground. 1
suppose that the great majority are
as unconscious of the phenomenon
of dying as children are of going
to sleep; it is so like it is called in
Scripture ‘falling asleep’—only
there the tigtrro is swoetened and
fnadc inoto beautiful, in that we
fall asleep in Jesus, or in JJis
GRANDFATHER’S DAYS.
TBS LITTLE UBCHXN 07 THE
THIEL GENERATION.
Horn They Clamber Arcund the
Grandparenlal knee, and
Have Things Their Oten
Way—The Mother and
Her Child—Hill Arp's
Best Touch of Hu-
man Nature,
Etc.
Written for The Constitution.]
When a mau bezius to get along
in years he gradually changes
from being a king jn bis family
to a patriarch. lie is more ten
der and kind to his offspring, and
instead of ruling them, tho first
thing he knows they are ruling
him. My youngest children and
my grandchildren just run over
mo now, and it lakes more than
half my limo to keep up with ’em*
and find out where they are and
whut they are doing. It rains
most every day, and the
weeds and grass are al
ways wet, and tho branches are
muddy, and there are six little
chaps around her persmn* the
{•remises, and Mrs. Arp just knows
they arc bound to gel tick or
snake bit, for it’s tramp, tramp,
tramp from morniog till night, and
her anxiety reminds tue of a hen
that we set on some duck eggs,
for when tho brood was hatched
they made for the branch, and
the hen like to have took a (it and
Hew from one side to the other,
and made an everlasting fuss try.
ing lo tell ’em they would gel
drowned, but they sailed around
and around and was as happy as
happy could be. These little
chaps ride the horses and colts
ovi-r the meadow and pasture, and
make tho bhet-p jump lliu big
branch, and they go in a washing
two or three times a day, aud they
climb the grape arbor and tho ap
ple trees ami stuff their craws
full of fruit and trash, and they
can tell whether a watermelon is
lipe or green, for they plug it to
“Jim, lemnic a quarter till
urday night.*’ “By tieorge, Bill,
i’l do
serene and covet nothing but the
happiness of their children and
their children’s children. I said
to a good old mother not long ago:
Well, I hear that Anna is to be
married.” ‘‘Yes, sir, said she,”
smiling sorrowfully, “I don’t know
what I will do. The last daugh
ter I’ve got is going to leave me
I’ve nursed her and potted her all 1
her life, and I kinder thought she
was mine and would always be
mine, but she*s.run off after a fel
ler she’s no kin to ia the world,
and w ho never did do a thing for
her hut give her a ring and a book
or two and a little French candy
now and then, and it does look so
strange and unreasonable. I
couldnent understand it at all if—
if I hadeut done the sarno thing
myself a long time ago,” and she
kept knitting away with a smile
and u tear upon her motherly face.
But I’m not going to slander
these little chaps that keep us so
busy looking after them, for there
is no meanness in their mischief,
aud if they take liberties it is be
cause we let ’em. Mrs. Arp says
they arc just too sweet to live,
ar.d is always narrating some of
their smart sayings.** Well, they
are mighty smart, for * hoy know
exactly how to get cverytlrrg and
do everything they want, for they
know how to manage her, and
they know that she manages me,
and that settles it. A man is the
head of a house about 60ino things,
and about some other thin
0„|J
MBS. LINCOLN'S BBOTHEB. 1 A PECULIAB FUHEBAB CEE2-
| 1I0HY'
His Tragic Death at the Battle !
of Shiloh.
Richmond (Va) State.]
When the war broko out, Mrs.
Lincoln had two brothers, Dr.
Todd and Sam Todd, residing iu
Now Orleans and in business thero.
Dr. Todd was early appointed a j ceremony was performed by the
surgeon in the Confederate army, Chinese, at the funeral of Moy
How tho Chinese of Boston Paid
Their Bast Honors to MoyLick
Gam.
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a sling bhol and my pi
always on the wing, and the other
day I found one of the finest
young pullets laying dead with a
hole in her side, and all the satis
fuclioo I cun gel is 1 dideii’t mean
lo do il, or I won’t do it any more,
or I dideii’t do it all. Jcsso. It’s
most astonishing Imw tho little
lacculs can shoot with their slings,
and now I don’t believe it was
a miracle at all that made David
it', things looking! pluinp old Colliuh in the forehead,
the East Egypt- for these boys can plump a jaybird
w at 40 yards aud we have brd
take all their weapons away to
•lect the birds and poultry,
mctiines I get mad aad rip up
■1 around like I was going to do
some thing desperate, but Mrs
Arp comes a slippling along and
s to tell bow they dident
any harm, and they are just
like all other boys and wants to
if I dident do them sort of
things when I was a boy. Well
that* a fact—I did—and I got a
lickin’ for it, too. You see, I was
one of the oldest boys, and they
always catch it, but the youngest
one never gets a lickin’, for by the
time ho comes along the old man
has mellowed down and wants a
pet. The older children have mar
tied and gono and tho old folks
feel sorter like they have been
throwd off for somebody no k'n to
’em, and so they twine around
those that arc left all the closer,
but by*and they grow op, too,
and leave them, and it's pitiful
see the good old conplo bereft of
their children and living alone in
their glory. Then is the time that
grsudchildren find a welcomo
the old family homestead, fur, as
Solomon saith, the glory of
man is his obildren’s children.
There is the time that the little
chaps of the second and third
generations lovO to escape from
their well rilled ’ home, and for
awhile find refogo ar.d freedom
and frolic at grandpa’s. A child
without a grandpa and grandma
can never have ita share of happi
ness. I’m sorry for ’em. Bless
ings on the good old people, the
venerable grand parents of the
land,* the people vrith good
old honest ways and simple
habits and limited desires, who
indulge in uo folly, who hanker
aftet no big thing, but live along
believe, came to Virginia,
Young Sam Todd was a gay and
happy youth, not over thirty, of
good social standing and pleasing
address, handsomo in person, very
popular, and in every respect a
manly' fellow. He was, of coarse,
known as the brother-in-law of
the President, or “Old Abe,” as
ho was generally called; but being
an ardent Southerner that did not
affect his relations with his friends.
In March, 1862, when Beauregard
was appointed to the West and
sent out to stay tho progress of
the Federal army under Grant and
Sherman through Kentucky and
Tennessee, he made a call upon
Louisiana, his native Stato, to
coiuo to his aid This was prompt
ly responded to by suveraL thousr
and young men of New Orleans,
of nil grades of society, who eager
ly volunteered, and among ihe
number was young Sam Todd.—
He enrolled himself in tho Cres
cent Regiment. A mouth after
volunteering the great battle of
Shiloh wan fought. On the
lu (lead, if l» ain't "foot | thal balU “ tha » '
...a puni.il his children, but an( l o' 1 "”- 8 ” a *■»«»" to
it's always advisable to make B „ | *',»« hair do*,n or their por.onal
explanation in duo time an.l lot! ' nur “ li cr tho Crcacent Regiment
hi. wife know aliat ho did it for, Washington Artillery, Seventh
her cliiU el0 -» an( l Satn Todd was
’ one of the favoiito guests. Jovial
Sum Todd ! Who that knew him
can ever forget him ! All soul,
ash- i A rt *> to ° l They
1 separated for the march, and the
0| .* next day were all in the midst of
jtl ( battlo by sumisc. The first day
|t , o went merrily enough for our side,
t was a delightful game of base
all, and, though the battle was
eree, desperate aud hotly contest-
d, when uiglit caiue we had scor-
•J a great victory.
because you see they
dren share enough, and she kaowi
it and feels ib The pain and tv on
ble the nursing and night watch
ing have all been hers. T
ing and dressing, and i
and patching—living up
nd toe*, and sympathizii
iin in ult their great big little
troubles all falls to her while the
u-r is tending to his farm, or
office, or his friends, or may be
billiard table. When a woman
says ‘‘this is my child," it curries
t weigh* and more meaning
they
:i, troubles and the interference
th tho navagauon of the Suez
nid is 3hnkin’ tin* confidence in ;
all classes of secutitics, 1 sec, an’ I
i’i going’ to make in more in ;
vestment until this war cloud
blows over and the crop prospects
looking a li*tie bitter.’*
man started *in the livery
stable business last week, ar.d the
first thing he did was to have a
big sign painted, representing him
self holding a mule by Lbe bridle.
Is that a good likeness of me ?”
he asked of an admiring fiiend.
“Yes, it is a perfect picture*of you,
but who is the fellow holding you
hy the bridle ?’*
At a party some young ladies
were discussing the relative bene
fits of the sparrow's and the worms,
when one of tho fair ones appealed
to young Fizdulon, who had just
joined them, and had not caught
the drift of tho conversation.—
“Which do you think tho worse,
worms or sparrows ?” What did
the stupid brute do but ans 1
innocently, * I don’t fcnow; I nev
er had sparrows. 1 '
You can no more make yourself
;ocd by simply going to church,
and after that doing as you please,
any mote than yon can make your
self polite by swallowing a dancing
master.
The American Poultry Adviser
is the name of a new journal that
oornes to us this wsek. We hope
it will advise the poultry in this
vicinity to lay fresher eggs.
A girl shouldn’t wear a black
belt about her waist when ehe’e
got a white dress on and is walk
ing with a young man in the nigbt
time. It makes it appear from a
rear view as if her fellow had bis
arm around her waist.
nd V\
not got much respect (or a law
ill give a man the prefer-
f ownership Just because he
an. 1 remember when 1
boy a sad, pretty woman
taught school in our town, ana si;x
had a sweet little girl about ciglu
■Id, and one day a man cairn
or the child aud brought t
lawyer with him, and tho boys—
big and little—got rocks and sticks
and thrash poles and hid the little
girl up in the cupalo, and when
the sheriff'came wo attacked him
like killing snakes or fighting yel-
ler jackets, and wo run him off,
hen he come back with more
help wc run ’em all off, and the
never got his child, and I can
low that tho soldiers who
whipped the yankeps «t Bull Run
not half so proud of their
victory as wo were, though I found
out afterwards that the sheriff
-willing to be whipped, for he
on the side of the mother and
didn’t want to fiad the child uo
how. But tho world is getting
kinder than it used to be—kinder
women and to the poor and the
dependent, and kinder lo brutes.
Away up ia New England they
used to drown women for being
witches, but they dou’t now.—
Well, they do bewitch a roan pow
eifully sometimes, that’s a fact,
but if any drowning is done he
drowns himself because be can’t
gel the woman ho wants and live
under her witching all the lime.
Bat a man is still the head of the
house and always will be I -reckon
for it’s according to Scripture.
He has got a natural right to rui
the machine and keep up tho sup<
plies, and if be always has money
when lbe good wife wants it and
doesn’t wait for her to ask for it
but makes her take it as a favor to
him, then he is a success ns a hus
band aud peace reigns supreme.
Jesso. When there is money in
the till a faun can sit in his piazza
with hia feot on the banisters and
smoke the pipe of peace. A wo*
muu loves money forjU U“es. She
never hoards it bides it away
like a man—and when I used to
be a merchant I thought there was
no goodlier combination in all na
ture than a new stock of dry goods
and a pretty woman in the etore
with a well filled purse in her pock
et. Jcsso. Bill Arp.
That night was a fearful
and wc flept on the field in the
most drenching rain storm that
was ever experienced, accompani
ed by some of tho very loudest
thunder, which could only be dis
tinguished from the roar of the col
umbiads fired at intervals on the
gnubor.ts by the fact that the first
was harmless, but the latter being
loaded their shrieking shell and
rolling shot caused our fellows of
ten to change tho logs selected for
their pillows.
Betimes on the morning of the
7lli, wc were all up and jn line, but
rested for a while to cook break
fast before advancing. While
pot of boiling po
tatoes, while somebody else was
prepau ing coflee, surrounded by
many of the staff and the corres
pondents of Beauregard’s army
proper, the Louisiana and Texas
young fellow jn tho uni
form of the Crescents came up and
(pressed a wish for “one of them
lurphys when they were done.”
Turning aud recognizing our friend,
Todd, wc grasped his baud and
congratulated him upon his good
fortune in tho fight, for although
tho Cresceuts were in reserve they
had yet pailicipatccl largely in th<
battle, and it was tho leading reg
iment in the capture of Rreutiss
and his men, its Colonel, Marshall
J. Smith of Norfolk, receiving his
sword; but the next moment
number of round shot came plun
ging over tho field in which we
were assembled, one of which
overturned our potato pot, and
tho order was to fall iu at 1
as the enemy were advancing
force. It was the new troops of
Buell and Nelson, and we were at
once hotly engaged. Sam Todd’i
regiment was thrown to the front
promptly, soon followed by ours,
when almost tho first object that
met us as we passed over the field,
was the lifeless body of poor Sant,
Mrs. Lincoln’s brother, with n b
lei hole in bis forehead. Driv
back, end still back, our dead
were all left ou the disastrous field
for Grant to bury : and among
those who shared tbeso grim and
hasty funeral rites there was no bet
,tcr man or mure devoted soldier
to the Confederacy than this gal
lant young brother of. the “Lady
of tho White House.”
Dick Gum, who died ofpneumoni
a day or two ago. Between thir
ty and forty Chinamen assembled,
clad in lull native costume, and
each wearing a white silk apron,
upon which were worked, in black
velvet tho square and compass—
tho symbol of the Chiuose Masonic
Order of United Chinese Brethren,
of which the dead Mongolian was
a-member. The first section of
the mourners numbered about fif
teen, carrying red and black serge
fi.igs, trimoieJ with white, which
form some Chinese characters.—
Headed by the Metropolitan Band,
of twenty pieces, the procession
marched through some of the prin
cipal streets to the place of funer
al. The coffin was placed on two
stools in the centre cf tho street—
Ashburton placn, a quiet and re-
tireff locality—a»d two tables cov
ered with white cloths were plac
ed at ends of coffia. A roasted
pig and dead sheep were laid
the first table, beside a bowl of
rice, in which were placed a num
ber of small lighted torches and
caudles; on the second table thero
were a large dish of bakod
a Chinese box, filled with tho rico
aud the chopsticks. After a few
miuutcB of silence six Chinese,
who assumed the duties of the
Buddhist priests, aud who were
dressed in white and black
tuines, appeared at the sides of the
coffin and tables and chanted pray
ers and responses. The tables
were cleared of the first food, and
ou the first table they laid a large
piece of pork aud another roasted
pig, while on the second table or
anges and different varieties of
Cbioe66 food were placed. The
prayer for the dead was again re
sumed, lasting nearly a half-hour.
After prayer to “Joss" Iiad been
duly render: d. those of the Chin
ese who wished paid their respects
the dead by coming in front of
the first table, two hy two; ahff
kneeling and bowing their heads
ground a number of times.
During tho services, the Chinese
band, consisting of a “Tom Tom,”
cymbol* and other instruments,
played different selections. The
procession then marched to Mount
Hope, whero the interment took'
piaco, the grave being covered
ith tho eatables used at the fun
eral und quantities of prayers on
slips of paper, many of which
distributed along the road.
Keat of the Bod?.
Our bodies incessantly generate
heut, the result of the chemical
changes going on at all times with
Tho amount is immense, keep
ing the body well warmed, though
oustantly throwing the lieat off*
into space. Yet, so nice is the ad
justment between its production
and its waste, that the tempera
ture of tho blood seldom varies
from about 98 degrees Fuh. in
summer or in winter, at lbe equa
tor or at the poles.
If the surrounding medium is
each as to tako up the heat rapid
ly, the unconscious appetite craves
that for its food whose chief office
jt is to supply beat, and at the
same time tones up the system to
its readier digestion. If tho re
verse is true, the body pours out
upon the entire surface a fluid
whoso evaporation keeps down
the beat, whilo at the same time
the appetite rejects fuel food aud
craves the non-stimulating, end
especially the fruits that then
abound; moreover, tho thirst de
mands a larger supply of water
for the evaporating surface.
In moat fevers this wonderful
balance is lost. The result is a
dangerous amount of heat, resul
ting in dislructive changes of the
tissues.
We add somo suggestions :
1. Neither bed clothes nor body
clothes furnish heat; they simply
prevent tfie heat generated by the
body itself from esoaping into
space. They should be of such a
nature—light and porous—as to
accomplish this most perfectly.
2. Since white repels the heat
of the sun and black absorbs it,
the outside clothing should be
light colored in summer.
3. Fuel food—fat, sugar, etc.—
should be avoided in summer. A
burning furnace without at such
tirno8 is not so uncomfortable as a
burning furnace within.
4. Iu very hot days we may aid
nature by frequently sponging the
body. Thousands of infants tuigh
be yearly saved in this way.
5. Such sponging in fevers is :
necessity.— Youth's Companion.
John R. Green, of Covington,
Ky., says lie has discovered per
petual motion, and has filed a cav
eat preliminary to taking ont let-
patent on hfs invention. He
a hollow sectional wheel,
which, by the exclusion of air and
the introduction of alcohol, the
pressure caused by the alcbol,
seeking the highest point, creates
the power that produces perpetual
motion of llie wheel. He claims
that this power may be applied
with success to any machiue, from
the simplest to the most complica
ted. The constant effort of the al
cohol to attain the highest' point,
which the peculiar structure of the
wheel prevents, is the principli
upon which the greatest discovery
and invention of tho age is based
Had it nr He* Bones.—There
was a lady in dire need of a nurse,
and hearing of o'Oi that would like
ly suit, sent her word to call Ot
her. The messenger met the pro>
posed ouj-so at church', arid told
her she coaid get a good situation
by calling on Mrs. H.
“Yes, chile, 1 knows,” saidi the
nurse; “but I can’t go jea* now.
I’se got ’iigion in ifty bones, and I
ain’t come through yet. 1 wouldn’t
be no manner’s . count as a nurse
tjll after de vival’s over. You jes’
tell Mrs. H. if she’ll wait I’d like
to git de place, but 1 wouldn’t do
her do good now, as l’so gwioe to
pull through."
“I said in my wrath,” remark's
the inspired writer, ‘all men arc
Bars.’ That was rash. I will re
consider it and say that all men
who catch trout are fiats.”
She Didn't See Any Court.
‘Do you keep lawsuits here?’
asked a woman who entered the of
fjee of a Detroit justice of th<
peace the other day.
‘Do you want to sue anybody,
madam ?”
Yes. A neighbor of mit-
bought a calf of me a year og
and won’t pay for i‘>. Can’t I sm
him without costing me anything?'
‘Oh, no.”
‘Will it cost over fifty cents ?”
I think it will.”
‘Well, if I pay you fifty cents
and give the constable twenty-five,
will he pack the jury for me?”
“Madame!”
‘‘Or I’ll give you tho whole sev
enty five cents and you can decide
my favor.”
“Madam, do you nisan to insult
this court?”
I don’t iiee any court here.—
You’n mo ain’t no court.”
Madam ! I shall not issue a
summons iu your case I”
You wou’t? Well 1 don’t want
you to. If you can’t talk without
getting mad and watning tp snap
person’s head off you can’t have
my lawsuits to attend to, and I
don’t want any of your law I
won’t even say good day to you !”
—Detroit Free Press.
A case involving the Question of
how much liquor in thejury-i
will invalidate a California verdict
has just been ordered to a
trial. The Supreme Court held
that although in many States
the smallest amount of liqnor sup
plied to a jury would be sufficient
ground for a new trial, in tho
ial atmosphere of California there
must bo, enough to get them
drunk. In the particular cast
fore the Court, twenty gallpus of
beer, two bottles of cUret, two gal
lons of other wine and an indeGuife
quantity of whisky were held to
be more than twelve good men
and truo ought to diink daring
the intervals of an light days’
trial, and their verdict was ac6or«*
diogly set aside. .
More attention is uow given to
bee-keeping in the South than
over before, he 61d*f-*s!ii6oed
bee-gum” has generally given
tu<lia
Tho Hew ffoography.
‘Of what is the surface of llio
earth composed ?’*
Of corner-lots, mighty poor
roads, rail road-tracks, base ball
grounds, cricket fields and skating
(•inks.”
“What portion of the globe is
rater ?”
“About three-fourth?. Some
times they.add a little gin and nut-
What is a town ?”
A town is a considerable col
lection of houses and inhabitants;
Ith four or five nicn ‘who run tho
party,’ and loud pioney at fifteen
per cent interest."
“What is a city?"
“A city is an incorpoatcd town;
ith a mayor who believes tho
whole city shakes when he happens
full fiat on a cross walk."
“Wliat is commerce?”
“1* growing $5 for a day or two
d dodging the leader for a year
two.”
“Name the different races.”
“Ilorso race, boat race, bicyclo
race and racing around to find d
it to indorso your note.”
Into how many classes is man
kind divided ?”
Six; being enlightened, civi!«
ized, half civilized, savage, too ut-
i not-wort ii-a-cent and
agents."
What nations arc called th*
lightened?”
‘Those which havo had tho
most wars, the worst laws .and
produced the mrst criminals.’*
“How many motions has tljo
urth ?”
“That’s according to how you
tix your drinks and which wa^
ou go home."
“What is the earth’s axis?”
“The line? passing between New
York and Chicago.”
“What causes day and night
“Day is caused by night getting
tired out. Night is caused b^
everybody taking tho street car
and going home to supper.”
‘What is a map ?”
A map is n drawing to show
the jury whero Smith stood wbeii
Jones gave him a lift under tho
eye.’’ ... i. .
“What is a manner's compass?”
“A jug hclJing four gallons.”~
Detroit Free Press.
Fortress Monroe is tho largest
•ingle fortress in the world. It
has already cost over $3,000,OOtL
The water battery is considered to’
of the finest pieces of mili
tary construction in the world.
Colonel Lodor, tho instructor of the
artillery school, bus invented and
perfected somo astonishing appli
ances that, when we shaill have
guns, will bo of immenao
value in handling them. In ouo
of the casements inside the fort 14
his office. lie can sit in it and by
electric.appliance pause every
gun in the fort to be fired simulta
neously. lie has perfected
nother sit of instruments by
, hich the exact distance of a ship
trom the shore maybe accurately
determined,' the velocity and dir
rection of the wind, the conse^
quent deflection of the hall; and
the precise point at which the ball
will strike the ship. The guns an)
Gred by electricity.
During the recent freshet ah ed
itor telegraphed to another at tlih
scone of action, “send me full par
ticulars of the flood." The ahswe#
came, “You will find them in (Jen-
“Wo read «n de good book,”
says a colored Baptist preacher;
“of John do Baptist, cover of
John do Methodist.”
If there is one limo more th&o'
another when a woman should bf{
entirely alone; it is' when a line full
of clothes comes down in the mud.
That misprint of the Chicago’
Tribune’s was not far out of tbh
w»y. It spoke of a doctor feeling
his patient’s "purse.”
Fendersou says he wishes he wad
a rumor, for a rumor soon gains
currency, and that be has never
been able to do.
A sick man was told by tbd
doctor that nothing would save
him except a ^nart of catnip teal
“Then I must die,” said the poor,
man, “for 1 don’t hold but s pihC*
According to the latest definN
lion, a bachelor is n man who had
place to improved hives; and a lost the opportunity of making jf
large increase ofhonoy. * I Woman tfiis&fiblA