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CmEATNESa
may b« graat who proudly
For coming yean strong pyram.
But greater he who hourly builds
A ctmrar ter by noble deo I*.
may be wise whose mind la filled
^ fth all the wisdom tirno has g,\
Who nr-ei and dzs his dqt.y woll
Is wi*/> r in the sight of II« •avert
it may be grand to d<vk th< walls
With pictures by rare genius wrought.
Greater it is to line the soul
tVith tint* and geins or noble thought.
He may bo groAt who «n indite
Son*s that shall r zory ixosom thrill;
He who knows how to make his life
A poem grand L gr< nU ‘r still.
-Miss F, //. .Uo rr, in ) uulh'n Companion
TROTTY’S JOURNEY,
BY II .\f ME I, \ HEW.
Subdued oypcnnded thc Hotel Lorn
iijird a, at 1 loti nec, because it wj ™;
moied abroad that ,\if i « i o eleaf’s
Irotty was in extremis lie d/ii
attractive animal men i! 1 v or i i R,, y
and had endeared Inn • U no one save
his lovely youn / n st rc“ heller lT“t’
ruined through overf dim?
one eve / in a bvrrone l„ , f ,i ,, J ^ ,
er’s cat and the other f-xliif'sstouimm r
world with a -ini tM out
Hi© black patch noon ZS his wS
Had ho not n on Mi or ?
Hlipper into an uonl( i a,t „„Im t’ ,i .i^"
tired under Miss -1 Idh ’ li it „• ^ V'"}’ i ', th ‘T°
spasinsr to „norc and f t .bTe jVi ,nt ‘?
lie ha.l Ini; also sn I T
OU. of the hand . C * C
mother of Mlid innoccii f i,n.« nvr a i C< '7| . ,
Icfis *
night vvondcr if it wi r<. .1 )V 1
to Mid lor ? \ to U< Ult
the l)itc Was no mniv ih '* .i ',
For .,11 ,, . | 1 ^! 81 ,. -° SC _
leaf nv»f>if)Lri/e(l with L.fniD,. la
that the malcon^ iits wfu,. nn/V.tT't
the stairs to stroke Tmttv “ “ ' “ m
bo ’
was n.is a a df .!( at ii little itt ! follow, f u s„ he was
the s iino piadruj ed w.uch they had erst
while l l!!ui ! ■" ;lbl,b '
lu-M, 1?ut d til,' ,ri,t
ho-.v could *' \, v ‘ l<in "»• u f
,vi t j, J. t
, ! V 8
j,,,, them fi on !< J *° , .Tr h S
bjg to isimr.i j •"* b hum. i i 1,1 t u< 10 8 1 bell u
: i '
n n , . \l
tu. c O C .!♦‘7 b f ' i. 1 !' iM'iid Wrtrn !
• s, Dolls I-,., i looiishly fond of tie
• I og. 1 in obliged to put up with him;
out In' is a great nuisance, to be sure,
particularly m traveling. When we
• tart for the Tyrol next w ok there will
be the usual harrowing s. one— the rail
way people refusing to let Trotty go in
• he oa it age with us, Dm is in tears, and
bm a ire tu pay, or a bribe, that
l eall v breaks my hcuit. \\ e cannot nf
ford such foolish outlay. I wish some
lion;.' would happen to the wretched
finiuml; lie lias lived quite long on ugh.”
In the above words. Mrs. Roseleaf had
been wont to express her chief grievance
tO N nixed ad cncc for years. Now
that destiny, i:i the shape of cramps and
n s, bf Meek, senne 1 close upon the heels
"(Troltv, Mis. Uo. eh nf inwardly re
guce l, but maintained a hypocritical at
1 tude of unconcern in tho presence of
her daughter.
“I believe it would be woll to send for
a Irotty veterinary doctor; he could give poor
tot some ehlorolorm, or something
ml bis guttering , • -».«• »»i.» tWi^
and, in an aside to a friend, added:
grudge the expense, but it would be
such n relief to have the little brute
surely done for, one.'and for all.”
A few hours la, er, ns Mrs. Roseleaf re
turned from a walk, Doris met her with
a rad ant face, crying: “ 'll, mamma,
Trotty is so ....................... much better! Going to „ . re- ..
cover and he better and stronger than
ever bcfoM*, the doctor savs.”
“What doctor:”
“Whv, the vet. you said we ought to
send for. 1 had him co ne while you
xverc away, an l lie must be a wonder
ftil 1 \ clever man lie has certainly saved
Trotty’s life. lie asked fifteen'francs,
but I had to give him twenty, as you had
nothing smaller n tour purse, aud 1
ouldn’t n-k him for live francs change,
Mamma, 1 don t believe th it you arc one
bit glad that, oor Trotty islH'Uc.l” and
tears welled over in the lovely violet
ryes which worked so much havoc in thc
mother most of all.
"Yes yes, chil.l. I'm vorv k'iuI," tlio
.Trer mi So 1 - 'l J I'i/vod J
b n 1, ho
.vould he d nd to mshl. Ah.ceioml
that ilreadful onnu-v ihouglL. impending - ” was
the „ of her
.
brcakhlg in O,"!'he. paj-tu's idea je'olaUf
“She. ’ “I have a 1 ullii t tor 111:1 k
ing the journov ea-v for us all. Miss
Will its tod me sl.o gaw her , at an
tlm
tho.ml.l 1 ,. »I, limclieon."
1 suppose vou mem to gne lu.tty
an opium pou dei, hut 1 le.n the guards
can scarcely be induce to misia xe him
for luncheon
No, they In; ot.ni deceued. .
win a i>o
V tl D ri ' ’ ! "' 1 a f u u ! ,s ,!g .n 'j! a l 0 i, 'j
•
d . essed as a La >y lam . , .m a pillmx . ami
iont I; er. 1 -l 1 I ,°',! cr.v l shad . ,’!? carry a . l .\ him. °,I *' 90 K
"D°r:s, do you think I would over
consent tn-uoh a pvcpostcrou. uleft. U
imi t respectable. M hat w u!d penp.e
say and think l ut such nonsense out
of your h. ad at once. 1 bog ot y-u.
••Not a bn n ma-nma near: the
thn is h,o t x ti.u.t a.mu to ltt sip.
You will boot mv opinion quite, when
ymiliave ahow/d you.sed tune to reflect
llu . t.iiin,. n> nutse is going ti lend
me a p:ettv p/.ow wth la/o and cm
bronh.n. aud m e of :heirlu..\ >dresse>.
and a cap. U-uchuddah will do to
wrap around his lodv. Tina will dress
him and tie h.m on the pillow mquite
the orthodox wav It wnl be great fun;
Perks face will Pen treat when she hears
she has got t • carry Trotty masquerading
as a baby.
Poor Mrs. P.cselcal s a a was clouded
Don- would J. 1 • carry her 1 "'-G pom -she ">y al
way- \leldi i to the , hou and u h.n
dre.ul tul remits might not d ow ms
last csiMp.ule! But in th:< instance, as
in tho : sands of others, the weak old lady
decided there was noth ng to do but to
make th*. In .-t of a bad bargain, and she
took a limp interest in the preparations
for what seemed to be a most novel un
dertaking.
“There i- another blessed infant to
make the night hideous for somebody,’’
so iloqui rd a good looking young Eng
lishman, peerin-r forth fiom thc w ndow
of a eani me a: the Florence Station.
“Thc train seems very full; I’m afraid
we can't have a coupe to ou selves,” said
Mrs. lloselief, r.-gr. :Lilly. “There is
■jne compartnv/nt- w h ouly a young
' "
man in it; shall we go there: ’
“Yes,” said Doris, promptly. “A
man will not notice anything odd in the
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH. GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 27. 1888.—EIGHT PAGES.
I -I T COml i* la h '. w
I ! the take!” o,claimed Mr. 'll', ce ,°d ”fwiSS."
Ilia young diaaray man already Jd,„able. mentioned'
, II, w»,
I a/her
Montefiore a, well ten,™.' stolid Abrutri
1 nurse: the woman to „m:Mc
her mountain, so tmon a, aheahonid have
D ^.r hlf ^ e in the arms of her
iuccMitirst "of FWnfp S m0t h ? r
was ill mn'iM - ., li„l,S»™ i
e-cape infection, the
I I'tained brazen lunged yo g ung tmclc "xh™ tb
young fend of six months;
i, • .re mom nC a ent“T,'t“■ U anon '* s t h e l " won.d m °n
aKc . and i rend the l .
< air with her yells,
l > escape this, Mr. Lyman had feed a
! (cH vaennt^f 1 )r F f h im " and A ^ oi ? behold in « c™.P
m * an no " ms
• .
| J torment. i acv mvaded He fumed by another and frettpd squalling in
X d,y " '!Z- thc “ ,ound «>»>*
■ thc watching lgbt the movement, ol
riS ’ of llle half-vailed
b‘”'P- I She took , the baby from the grim
Abigail hugged him to her breast,
.Wu&'nmf “ I hushed him to sleep fi’ Whl on 't her s n soft «»* arm
< ,'( r ° 8Wec ssibic !*? t rest ha m th ,hc irI w °rld.
ino.hcr mn m|) .mused ^ ! .Mr. ‘ Iyman . at ^ is tlic himself; baby’s
ujVVi to
r° t? ^ ? Very younf? 1
but that kind of exquisitely pretty girl ‘ j
^ cnc ‘ ralI I r Starnes young. Lucky chap,
^ bf band! It must be her baby- !
«! r 8 d « a f ? od d e and pet other poo
ljte*. <buiic offspring b<w grandmother in that way. plainly The written o!d | j
°“ ler cou » t j*nance and in her fussy
niuniicr, and I heard thc young lady j
f elder one mamma. The vinegar
viMged party is their maid, of course.”
^ bus Mr. Lyman mused on in a wav }
»i "I cuused bim an anoyance he could
'"j "'bother 4 '^deistand. Ins pretty Why traveling should companion he care |
was married a dozen times or not at all» !
lie would never see her again after that
brief journey. What an extraordinary '
d’ b-ul 11 ' 1 baby it was! for two hours now it J
not stirred or lifted up its voice,
tll0U k r b it had been laid by itself on the
8 idL m* *0 I erhops H r ' byman. Was it a baby at !
only a doll or a bundle.
S Itotty, Ut . a ion and ? a 8i slight «b from ligeting the of somnolent liis
puieiit body, cor
removed the young 1
Lngli.shin?tn’s dawning doubts, and
caused Miss Hoseleaf to redouble her
attentions to her !
threw Presently a violent jerk of the train
everybody Mr. into everybody else’s '
i.vman found himself closely i
clasping both of Miss Roseleaf’s hands,
d assuring her that there was not the
than least she danger, did what though he the knew no more |
guard, was trouble. A
crying running the length of the train,
out some trilling cause for the ;
sudden stop, soon restored serenity.
All through this commotion the re
markable infant uttered not a sound nor
moved as much as a finger. Lyman re
solved to hazard a remark that would con-1
vinec him whether or not his fair com- j
patiion was the mother of this stolid
cherub.
‘ I ho—it—your _ baby is
good; does it cry? ” he unusually
enunciate. never managed to
intosniles. H:s charming neighbor’s face broke
mother Lymin’s face fell—yes, only
a could look so radiant at praise
of lier^daiiing.
^
*
said, with a blush.
Mr. Lyman somehow did not seem to
fed a desire to pursue the conversation
which the mishap to t he train had started,
ad he soon sank quietly bark into his
corner.
Fo:is I o:is settled settled back back for for a a reverie reverie in in her her
corner,with her hnud laid caressingly on
Trottv’s Trottv’s fat fat back. back.
What a good-looking, intelligent, vis-a-vis! hu
morons fellow he seemed —her
How she would like t > know him, and
lead h m l ack an adoring slave to flaunt
before the envious cirls at the “Lombar
dia!” Cue met such me i only in books
and on fleeting journeys, where one lost
them again for ever at the first big sta
tion. This phase of life was really very
hard
- + *
Early dawn at Verona; here the silly
boy and girl who had traveled ten hours
together ccrTtl.ey took leave of each other for
s.ippowd, and both looktff
?hc ' rl ,!r rinLroom. r, nI'J ’VnsUa tj 1 li> l>v 1 1 e doo' o
,v then went out on
the phitfnm, to fame and fret because
the Montctiore carriage had not come.
"Thai baby look, thou, rite age o,
mumg'.he lirile’eonlessa. of Jhnse'cv
istcnce she had heard nothing from its
unde. “Ecru gau c vails are evidently will* the
proper thing, too. Perk, we put
tomeml the«o»^« I fotepttragout of
the(tiain. Mamma 1 a e - e on
Alas “mamma’s’ eves saw daughter only the
land of dreams while her and
mad were absent.
} h ? ?7 contessa becoming , parti
? a
culaily fretful, , the nurse bethought liei
sell of carried a possible the baby pin, or off too tight loilet-room string,
and to
No 2. to invesrigate.
At th s juncture the Montefiore car
r.age drove up m a tremendous hurry.
There was not a moment to lose The
Signor ( onto had been telegraphed for
to go to h,s son, who was very ill, and
Jt was only by a miracle that they had
" rong out the time to come for the con
tessina. I lie bignor L onte must have
the carriage in twenty minutes, without
fail.
••Go.” said Mr. I.vman to the foot
man, and take the baby irom the nui set
she is waiting at thc door. You need
have no words with her, as she has boon
paid and dbmissed. Make haste, aud
do Ft wake the child.”
To the great disgust of the affectionate
uncle, the new nurse had not been able
to come m the carriage for the baby, and
he must have a tetc-a-tele drive with it.
i. «. ... < r O,
roan was gone for the baby he busied
himself arranging a bed of shawls m the
carriage, big enough for t e infant's
grandfather to repose comfortably on.
“There, I hope she will sleep,” he said,
giving his work a final pat.
The footman dashed into the waiting
room, cast a hasty, comprehensive
glance about, and thou gathered up the
unconscious Tro tty as the only infant in
ihe room. lie quietly withdrew him
from the partially old overhanging draperies
of the snoring woman at h's side,
whom he took for the nurse. “Madonna
mia! what a fright the old girl will have
when she finds the baby gone ! It serves
| her right, though; she and ought not to go
to sleep at her post, I have no time
for explanations.’ Roseleaf, the bench
Mrs. on opposite,
continued to sleep the sleep of the just,
and Trotty was borne away.
“Asleep, Carlino? That is lucky. Put
! Count '* “rmge duhed forward.
s^fhercbc™,'.,, aoimaljd"Kene’to rZ !
i the Set waiting ZuZZiJtltZl room V P tJSoeTl
! i U'ff toaVTwltoffn ,f lA Jlto Then arose
. darling, Thcto’ " tltf'Tef , noi
theihole her beauty; .orl/kaew She did care
if he was a dog
°" 1 v J( t some one return him. and he
-
Simei'ed'whaving.^ , , 00 !
Z SWAS.^Tl? mom
hopeless than ev er 1” wailed Doris with The
trbabic Abrutri nuree, her
baby sleeping sweetly as an angel,
blinked stupidly at the excited people
! around her, understanding or caring
ab ° Ut their evld " Dt distre3s
‘
bhe only wondered , vaguely why the
Signor Conte’s carraige was so slow in
coining
Fre “ nt| y Harold I.vman, with a fac.
as white as a ghost, da-hed intoribe
room. He carried a lace handkerchief
in his hand, and savin™ went straight ^darTis up to the
HftW weeping Doris, I' befieve “ ilTfotYni this
ticed the same name on vour portman
teau in the train.”
‘‘Yes, it is mine. It was round my
darling Pray Trotty’s neck. Is he still alive?
’ V™? don t tel1 mc b « i 3 d <* d !”
lady, “Very much alive, my dear young
and I am here to beg qSite you to come
and claim him. lie is too much
for any of us to manage.” Then turning
to the nurse and a baby on whom his
eyes had rested for a moment with in
tense relief as he entered the room, he
said to the woman, with flashing eyes:
“How dared you disobey me and go
wandering important off and losing yourself 'Your at the
post ity has nearly been moment the death ( stupid
of us all.
'1 he other nurse has gone into fits, and
if she dies, her blood will be on J vour
soul!”
“It was a pin, Eccellenz,” the woman
replied, unmoved.
* Five minutes later, Mrs. Roseleaf,
Dorris, Mr. Lyman and the real baby
spinning were packed into a carriage and were
Trotty had along to the Palazzo to which
been conveyed,
Never in all her life will Doris forget
the aspect of things as she was ushered
into the presence of her lost darling. It
was 1’rotty, a large, airy room, like a mnsery.
opium drowsiness, considerably recovered from his
stood on the floor in
extreme negii/r, barking furiously at a
dozen or more frightened people any
one of whom would rather grasp hot coals
thau touch him. His cap was rakishly
careened to one side, he had tom his
lace dress fore and aft, and his shawl
trailed sideways on the carpet, cried
“Trotty, dear Trotty I” Doris
rushing Benignity forward,
and pleasure softened Trot
ty’s sinister eye; slowly his tattered
draperies swayed to and fro with the
beatific wagging of his tail. He started
toward his mistress, but tripped ignobly
in his petticoat and rolled over. ‘‘You
darling, you shall not be a babv any
more!” and she tore off the garments so
much the worse for wear, and allowed
Trotty to appear in the dignity ° of his
own coat.
This interview, very painful for all
persons concerned, save one, was ended
as soon as possible, and the Roseleafs
were driven back to the station, thereto
guards to allow their dbgtd a&o&p&fty
them.
Before bidding considerable them adieu, Mr. Lyman find
managed with finesse daughter to
out where Mrs. Roseleaf and her
we:c going to spend the next six weeks.
Oddly enough, lie appealed, quite by
cimnee of course,^at the^same^ place^a
foitnight later, aud somehow found it
necessary and expedient to go to the re
sort next selected by them.
turned out that when Doris >
“ so re
tinned in Hie autumn to the Lotn
bauha she diet have a handsome ad
mirer to flaunt m the faces of the other
S‘ r,s * . wonderfully devoted. When
He is
. the wedding to bet
18
“ In J ! ay, ilrs. Roseleaf tqld me She
is . heart-broken at the idea of losing
Dons, but it is the omy wav she can be
|' d ^ 1 otand 1S thought consoles
her. , rank Lesliee. . ,
.
..........
Mr - c - C. Walker, of Long Beach,
Washington detailed Territory, write ''The tidal
folio,vmg occonnt of the
wave at Long Beach is given by the
1 * J jfof Wry mimh^hLa^seemed
to be at its . , he ght , and d the ram tell f d m ^
]prvcnU. The air was full of foam flying
1
r "’ncarl'v onUo^low ’watermark
a ud then came the tidal wave. It looked
to bo about twenty-five feet high. The
wh „i c sea came xvith all its force and
8wept cvervtb in g before it. Tbe immense
body of drift logs along the beach was
hurled into one windrow in a moment,
and great logs were broken like straws,
W h cn it da-hed against the bank it
threw a cloud of water fully fifty feet in
the air, and a great splash came down on
th e roofs of the Frank cottages. The
y , ave was about onc mi i e long and
seemed to bc local at Long Beach. Noth
j | its eq ‘ „ al has over been known bv the
o] res d ents of this place. But little
daraage was done, except the great body
Q { dr jf s that was washed over the ground,
w h ic h will be a benefit for camp
nes tseason . -Portland Oregonian.
Stealing Black Diamonds.
Chief Train Robber—“Now, you fel¬
lows, when the train stops you will board
the coaches and cover the passengers
with your guns.'’
“Yes, and you’ll go through them and
get their stulf ?”
“Not by a hanged sight. You keep
the passengers from interfering aud I’ll
overpower the firemen and fill our sacks
with coal .”—Nebraiki State Journal,
A Little Close.
•»r Mrs. A. * tixrru What , sort . of . people , *
MrfTL^eyale are our
about as stingy as
people get to be.”
“.s it possible?”
-J'SjM-8.' how ■ ■ rp, they live. ,. I was ,, there rsrs , the other ,
day, and I saw a mouse reduced to a
skeleton come out of their pantry with
tears in his eyes ."—Siftings.
U IV., . Con flajerat Ion.
Papa, what is a conflagration?” \
:.A,5*,X?, irrf 1 ^ at a r,!U“7i” <i0 ca a l r„, ltfc 6 bre? «
Th ®F® 18 no s P ecial name for a little
tire. . Oh, they sometimes call
it an in¬
cipient fire, and—let’s ae-—well, it is
Why? 3 ’ •’ ' '
“Well, I see your coatNSU is ou fire,
and I xvas wondering whether it was a
conflagration or an incipient fire.”
In a few minutes the young man had
reaason to think it was a conflagration.—
Chicago News.
No Use Then.
“ If I slip down on an icy sidewalk
and sustain severe damages can I get
redress ?’’ he asked of a lawyer.
toucan.”
“ Who shall I sue ?”
“The owner of the premises. . - ou
oan hold him responsible.’ ^
“I was laid up seven w^eeks, and I
think I o ght to have $100.”
“I think we can get double that. Do
you know the owner of the property ?”
“I can find out very easily. It’s No.
480 Blank avenue.
Bettel dron voSLe 'ftIS ™ m Tto r ''
that we can’t get a verdict once in a
hnndred rimes Fm Pr m .
--- — ----—
Seventy-Three Years Married.
-
“My grand pa rents.” writes Mr. Thomas i
S. NYilkes to the Portland Oregonia i ,
“are, I believe, the oldest couple on the
Pacific coast. They live at Greenville,
Washington county, Oregon. Peyton ;
Wilkes was born in 1791, and so will be
ninety-seven years old next May. he is ,
one of the Ilgui few pensioners of the war of
1S , .. A [in , Wilkes, is ntoety
one years old. and they were roamed m
1815. tin June, I think). They came
across the plains in 1845, and settled in
Washimrton county in 184G They were
both born in Bedford county, Ya.. came
to Indiana about and to ilissouri
j n i*-3.>. 8o in following the star of era
pire t ey kept ahead of the iron horse
until he overtook them at the ‘jumping
off place.’ They have three sons living,
twentv-sevea ’grandchildren, grandchildren, and eight forty-one
-rear great
great grahdchildren living. Grandfather
is one of thebovsyet; at least he calls
mv father the old man, and bids fair tc
reach 100. and I will say that if they lrie
to celebrate their diamond wedding the
old pioneers of Oregon shall be invited,
and we will make thun welcome at the
old homestead. If there is an oldet
pioneer in Oregon or an older couple in
the United States we should like to Ixear
from them.”
budget of fun.
_.
Bl 'MOHOrs S| ;ETCH[S FROM
VARIOUS SOURCEa
-
Tlio Careful Burglar—He owned Cp
-stealit.it Dlact Diamonds
A “«'««•«-* «,».
O.gra.lon, Eta
-
vhen the wint-r nigrhu closa in,
f&i?5!5SKi»SSW
«"** * “
“ hets h “, knito »
u
M ith the season's earliest sun;
So the burglar, cool and keen,
Sees his instruments are clean.
Wipe ILirder the jemmy, oft’tis said
than a policeman’s hes
Sea that uo corroding grit
Harms the wilv centre-bit;
SmtyVv’*SS. 5 its, called skeleton.
Although M shall hidden by the mist,
e need the shoes of list;
Ani our modesty may ask
Carry, like our friends the “ Fores.”
There's the small revolver, still
Careful burglars do not kill;
Conscientious men like me
Operate Some in secrecy.
directors do the same,
And we blush to find it fame.
—London Punch,
He Owned Up.
“Times have changed. 1 The public
taste ha« changed,” exclaimed the 1 l )ro *
fessor who was delivering the literary lec
ture, as he warmed up with his subject
and brought his hand down emphatically
on the desk. “Where is the man that
reads Anthony Trollope to-day?”
.
“Here he is,” said a hollow-eyed, de
jected looking man in the rear of tbe
hall, as he rose up. “I am reading one
of his books, but I’m’doing it on a bet,
and f can lick the ornery son of a gun
that has given me away !”—Chicago Tri¬
bune,
He Was --- Competent. j
wilt air/' "eplie'd a rtther insigniff.
cant looking 0 man who was standing 0 near
o Y ou!” said the district attorney
^CT
.j 1 “ m : sir '" s f id lhe “I
will furnish , security. ,.
Oh you amH, will you? said thedis
tnct attorney, sneenngly “lour name
and aadress may I ask?”
‘Gohn .ones, coa, dealer, said the
other, quietly, and the district attorney
blushed and said.
“Beg your pardon Z-Somernlh Jour
na ^
Had Been Slightly . Negligent.
A physician who had attended a man
during several weeks of il ness called
one day and presented this, his bill.
“ I can’t pay said the ex pa
tient .
“ M hy . It s correct.
“ I don t doubt that, but I haven’t
any money. Had to pay a life insurance
assessment this morning, and it took
everveent I had ?”
“ What, is your life insured _ ?
“ Yes, and at one time when I did not
expect to live but a few hours longer I
told my wife to see that you were paid
jlMt as soon as the company paid the
amoU nt of the insurance.”
» My dear man ” the doctor sugges
tively replied, “I wish I had known
that.” I think I would have * gotten mv
ey." -.«»» Track,, ’
mon
-
Unappreciated Politeness.
a handsomely-dressed young woman
entered a crowded street car. A long
wh'sk-.-red old fellow, wearing a dingy
slouch hat and a suit of homespun
clothes, got up and said:
“Miss take my seat. I don’t look as
well a- these here gentlemen”—noddins
at several men—“but I’ve diskivered
that I’ve got more politeness.”
The vou ig woman sat down without
thanking the old fellow.
“Miss,” said the old fellow, with a
sm ii e . •*! b'lere I left mv pocketbook
t har on that se it. Will vou please get
...
up ”
The voting woman got no. The old
fellow sat down, and, stroking his
whiskers, remarked:
i “B’leve l'il jest leetle keep on set tin'here,
Mis?. I’ve go; a more politeness
than these here geatlemon, but I have
i
a* 2. io much
jg Artmu , Trare Ur.
! T|><- 0n e Sra.uo of Be Hin Wn, 8 most r.abclo.l celebrated « ro„ sculp a .
! L^l” . A be t‘ » »»* «**<«&
city! ” “ * *«
A young American wbo is making the
* tour to attain the final .Ktlisb
7w h ,jR ,'T^a ^ not afford.
th^wntea to his adm.nng friend, at
“I am much pleased with the German
>*< I don't think the Berlin.,,
-------ci •!-* of art - representing - VW a' v uuuusoiae wont
lion. Anvbodv
would know it was a lion hut thevseera
here to be quite ignorant of natural'his
tory, for this particular work was marked
‘A Mold.’ Think of it! t>u h a thiao
could never have happened at home!
And look at the spelling!”
He Mas Surprised.
xrrown “I never was more surprised
n my life than I was last ni^ht.”
Green—“indeed’ =
Wlnt was the
cause?”
B.—“As I was passing alonrr the street
two ladies came to the door"of a house
only one evidently the hostess, her’shoulder as she had
a littic shawl on and
the other well wrapped up, apparently
her guest. As they reached tho bottom
of the steps the visitor said•
‘Well. Mary, I’ve had a pleasant time.
Good night.’
I ‘Good night,’ tho hostess replied and
; they parted.”
G.—“They B.—“Thev parted that wav?” J
did one’ ”
I G —“With <roort iCo-bt?”
i B. — “With one good nmht ’ That is
what surprised »> ° ‘
■ me
G. —“My dear fellow, they were men
in . 'women’s clothes. No two women
could have parted in that manner. They
wouid Dave taken two hours to take
leave each other.”— Boston Curur.
It Was Plumb.
Griswold x esterday forenoon a man halted on
street and looked pretty fixedly
at the tower of the City Hall. In ten
seconds a second man stopped and ele¬
vated his gaze. In five minutes thirty
anything men were looking. discovered No one had said
fresh addition or advanced anything, when
a to the first
man and inquired:
“What is it, mister?”
“The City Hall tower,” was the an
swer.
“What’s the matter with it?”
plumb. “Why, it strikes me that it is out of
Don't you think so?”
l ( Why, nol How could it be out of
plumb i”
“I don’t know. It struck mo that
way, but if you say it’s all right ^4“ I’ll
Tho other thirty stood and looked at
ea( di ether in a foolish sort of a way for
i— EX2'5,V5I *
— Detroit Free Press,
A Warning to Lovers.
The last stroke of the hour of mid
j|e r «« £ %££
heated hall
“« is very late,” she murmur, half re
proachfutly as he squeezes her hand for
the twenty-fifth time
i 4 Was that nine or ten that struck?” he
asks
-■- J?
“Sitting up* until you go, and I’m
afraid he will be a igry. He-”
‘T must go. Is~ it possible that he
knows it is so late?”
.His watch , never vanes • a second , and ,
he is in the habit or consulring it every
few minutes when lie is wa ting for mo
T°f 0h Lawrence ’ 1 fea JN 1 dr ead ’
I tremble go.-oftly peihap a he will . not
bear.
ilieie was a sound like tha, oi the
drawing of corks, the door soitly opened
and c.o-e> an. Law lence Longstop went
out m.o tlie nignt, the starless, tenebrious
night.
A moment later there was a flash, a
loud report, a wild yell the hurried
P and atte1 .he ’ on H, 1C walk terrible of flying ecture footsteps
maicien s con was
realized as sue beheld hir father enter
e ia 1 ,V1 <l smo in o mjs * e 111 liS
T
‘Oh! fathor,” sho an
^ ou have killed him
, t h °nrt muct It In
,. oh ! what will hi, folks Boston “
n
«*»>
if I'd ,-known that, I
have loaded with beans !”—Boston
Courier.
ori "^^^dn^Hes
mil. enpged In the Jm-hiog 'to BfSkljk school
some; years ago, j rinnpai of a ,
insisted m treating every case of the sort
as dependent remedy on the the will of the pupil.
His was rod. This certainly
seemed a tyrannical and unwarranted
treatment, but the result was favorable
j- 0 b ; s theory. Is it possible that a
thorough examination will ultimately
demonstrate that the fault lies x-erv
largely in the shiftless methods of ob
serration which have grown up under
the old classical system of education,
and which have to a large extent become
hereditary? Professor i amsay’s sugges
tion and his argument deserve careful
attention and, if tournl correct, we have
another and overwhelming reason for
the newer education. At first sight, it
is not why perfectly it clear, on the above
theory, is that color blindness
should be more common among men than
amongxvomen: yet it is possible that
this will be found to bear cut the sug
gestion made above, for, with the dis
continuance of the wearing of colors bv
the men. their inteiest 'in colors to 'a
large extent must have ceased • and
our old methods of education were to be
continued much longer, it may te that
with the ZL. less use of color by women in
,hei,
ness might result among them as well.
It is doubtful, however, whether the in
troduction of the rod as a quick cor
rective will find many advocates.
Selene .
----
Sizes in Wearing Apparel.
It is astonishing to observe how few
people understand thc common rules of
measurement iu purchasing wenring ap
jiarel. For instance, a man will buy a
coat that is a “size” too small or too
large. A “size” smaller or a “size”
larger is what he probably,needs, but he
does not know what a “size” is. Well,
a “size” in a coat is an inch, a size in un
derwear is 2 inches, a size in a sock is 1
inch, in a collar i an inch, in a shirt 3 an
inch, in shoes l- 1 th of an inch, pants 1
inch, gloves y of an inch, and in hats -J
of an "inch. Very few purchasers ever
understand the schedule named. — Globe -
Democrat.
A STATE DINNER,
' 4 DESCRIPTION OF THE BRILL
IANT WHITE HOUSE FEASTS.
A Great Social Distinction to be In¬
1 vited Guests Selected by
—
Rule of Etiquette—The
Diplomatic Dinner.
The greatest distinction that can be
^^Ms in\S^ gt onJ. to be in
I Th ? QUrab -........ ^ rof tbe5e di ’ mera varies with
: caca 30a30n - aud they arc different m
! J - e S ree; 80 t&H one mav be invited to
| 3QC that does not confer the distinction
j that goes with another. The first formal
r i 1 nner nncr of °i tlio the season season is is given given to to the the C'ab- Cab
in t- *^ s therx are only seven Cabinet
officers, v and only s;x members of the
•!\:! Cah i n .'- l a : 1 P ea T in polite society,
. ) the
Ut ' sa v ' ’ l P n cr t0 ma '®up
-
^ . f thirty-six .
outside ^ me of f nt the t ? Cabinet families. people, to Ihe go
aic * Q are selected according to a rule of
etiquette. Tho Vice-President, if there
be one ’ or the presiding officer of the
>eiiate » is n kt ‘d, the Speaker of the
Iio • se ' tbe General of the Army, the
^ dm ’- rid of the Navy,and taen such peo
D^. P°Dcv a9 t° the r good President reasons may of friendship prefer to in- or
Vitc - ^ ie wile of the President, in
U P the complement of lad os,
a -^ of ! lcr V' rSOnal fnen,ls:
invitations • to the
men are usu
ally „ sufficient, to bring as many ladies—
wives of those entitled to be invited to
the Cabinet dinner-as can be provided !
with Prices.
The second of the state dinners, which
is - always given to the diplomatic corps,
is the largest as well as the most brill
iaut of all the White House dinners,
The Ministers of twenty-seven foreign
Governments are entitled to be invited
to it. if all were here to accept at one j
time, and every minister could accept for
h s wife as well as for himself, the chef
of the President would have great difli- 1
culty in extending the table do accom- j
m date the guests; for he party in
eludes not only the diplomatic repro- !
sentatives, but the Secretary of State, j
and,as there are always unmarried Mims
tershere, ladies or Ministers wives’ are abroad,*!
several from the families of the
President's guests at the White House,
»r visitors in Washington.
Third in order of the dinners given as
“state" affairs is that, to thc Judiciary, in¬
cluding not only the Justices of the St i- j
preme Court, but tho Judges of the
Court of (. laims and the bench of thc
District of Columbia. The wives of the
the Judges are bidden, and the chairmen of
Committees of thc Judiciary of the
Senate and the House.
For all of these dinners thc prepara-!
Dons are about the same. A fortnight
before the day for one of them the a sist
ant secretary of the President sends out
thc invitations. The invitation is upon
a card, and in the case of the diplomatic
dinner it might read: “The President
and Mrs. Cleveland request the pleasure
af the company of the British Minister
and Miss West at dinner on Thursday
evening, sard January 19, at 8 o'clock. This
would be enclosed in a large square
envelope, bearing upon its back a repre
sentation in gold of the eagle that is
used in the seal of the President. The !
replies to the invitations come, as a rule, !
bo the private secretary. Absence abroad
or properly illness offered is the only for excuse failure that cau be j
a to accept
kUo invitation.
and the gUCStS reach tbe W uue uuuov,
gestand choicest of '
they find that the la
the tropical plants in the propagating
g aardens and the botanical gardens have
een £elccted to transform the East Room
jnto a bowe ,. Under Tbc , va ving palms i
fche President and iJrs . Cleveland receive
the gue-ts, brilliant in uniforms, loaded
^jth silken” gold-lace and crossed with the
sashes in different colors that i
re p ( resen t or ders of distinction. Not a
fe v of the diplomatic representatives number
wear jeweled, decorations in great
U p 0n their breasts. As they go in pro
cession along the inner corridor, the
Marine Band, in scarlet uniforms, plays
. Q the outer vestibuls, and continues to
fun]igll mnsic during the evening that
. g nQt t0Q loud to interfere with table- 1
fcalk< Tbere j s no hap-hazard selection
of partners for the dinner. Each guest,
J lr t iv “i!’ bl
be permitted to take in a lady. If there
*« he gets “• a ““"'f. card md.canng 1 ^ h,s place atthe
table, together with a diagram to make
?
The sta'e dining-room is one of the
largest apartmen. sin the N\ hi c II \s
aud one of the plainest. The long table,
extended arms at each end for
^co^^the govmnSnt g^^lS
] ^ ' ^
5n t d lo \ V are appropriate to the oc
• movok™? Sometimes his Imile efforts are ealeu
w e d to p ™? a smite, but iu they J are
n B „
The diplomatic cSS representatives are ex
tren elv rari almut precedence, and
the rifle of f 1 precedence is rewarded in
A,f t h ( IU instead of countinw the
n !!i i arP honor from tho President the
g"there an haa been adopted for several years
? r °° were four cen
rp nf L bnn( it the pluces of the Presi
dpnt d t b e ladv of the White House,
an /‘ S at the opposite X ends of the table,
tZtL an of corns is placed first,
of S a’e always occu
• at The! t he left of the President
! w’rfe iated theother members of
tWorps iin are in the order of their
! j Ter , n -^ „ n n hv y ibis the^Uernate Government and the
j 5 d 8 jv n scats until
th esu mwPu « t) ’ v 0 fi a di es has been exhausted.
I Jne ‘® ™ 7.,'„ dinner llrianrenf of ten to fif
i . wines
teencoumcs „ w^nanaou u ,
' he fTmt pio Sef ure 1. '?here 1 here is s plenty lentv ot o com con
pens J| that OD ’ a lady will wUl’‘‘occupya^af occupy a seat be- i
| tween two gentlemen with m
I w’^es aTdlh"
Ji 1 diplomats being
^ J mhwChinese ^ F n The l »dv ^wou'd who
if Minister
learn little:about ! ‘ ed ‘^. customs o
j Ch na or the small . ta k o. ine i.uie.
court, for . ir. Chang s English is s
P rimar r -
-
The dinner lasts from two to three
b f J ur .s* W r hen it is ended, and the signal
is given by thc wife of the President o
! rise, the guests return to the East Loom,
'where they linger for a brief time, and
.
then make then* adieus to the redden
and his wife and withdraw.
The invitations and place-cards are re
i garded by those whose good fortune at it
is to beat least for once a guest
"\\ hite House dinner of state as
souvenirs, and are preserved w r ith care,
and handd down with glowing
l , of the floral decorations, the
uniforms, tne super) dresso* the
o
U
ladies, the del ghtful music that goes to'
increase the enjoyment of the President’*
state dinner.— iiarpcr’i Weekly,
! CURIOUS FACTS.
j
There are forty-three log school-houses
I in Iowa.
Perfumers now utu.ze the scent of tho
| cucumber.
! The street-car drivers of Guayaquil,
Ecuador, are women.
A Kentucky couple recently walked
100 miles to be married.
During the last century 100 lakes in
V ro1 baV0 subsuiod an<1 d; s a P‘
I c ireu -
bmalipox is supposed to have been in¬
treduced into Europe from tho East by
the Saracens.
A farmer at New Garden, Penn., has
a sheep whose wool wide. made nineteen yards
of cloth a yard
j Q y[ or0 cco women who talk scandals
are i p Un i v i RH j bv having cayenne pepner
rub ed int0 their Ups.
uiouei !•. M A. , J.o->n\of ,, , . , I lymouth, ,,
.
tice ^•H-.basscrvedcontinuouslyasaJus- of the Peace forty-six
years,
The cofiee trees of Quezaltenango,
Guatemala, we e badly injured by a re
cent frost. Water froze in the streets,
At Parkersburg, Fean., two houses
are being erected which will have paper
walls, paper partitions and paper roofs.
At Fort Ucogh> W on., the mercury
within the last s.x months has raged ° ail
the way from lu0 above zero l0 5 be .
i ow
rr T- , h ° , fo,la " e of , a " roat . whlte ... oak . tree .
' *
at ernon, Ala., is half dark green and
the orher half ^ Uow throughout the
8u,niuer -
A mule that weighs 1,830 pounds and
lacks only two and a half inches of
Doing six feet tall is owned by a St.
Louis firm.
The people of Selinas, Cal., picked
ripe raspberries and strawberries and
watermelons from their vines for their
Christmas dinners
f During 1887 eleven and onc-half tons
0 postage i stamps—nearly iii one hundred
ant seventy millions number-wore
sold at the n cw York p 1 09t0 , Kcc .
r a P inus • • ^ Mrsor, a Roman General,
hrsf elected a sun dial in the Icmplcof
Q u D' inus > B 011 ' 1 ', m 2/3 B. C., from
which time tho days began to be divided
into hours.
A five Texas cowboy who had killed four
or men aud was supposed to bear a
charmed life, came to his death tho other
day by falling out of bed, a distance of
ou Iy twenty inches.
A man down in Litchfield, III., went
crazy ihe oilier day because nohody
would lend him money enough to go to
New Brunswick and dig up a chest of
gold that he saw there in a dream,
A Texas mau was invited by a New
York publication to get up a' club of
subscribers for it. He declined because
he lives seventy-five miles from tho near,
est postoffice, and occupies tho only
house in his county.
A man in Muckalee, Ga., saw a large
flocks of birds and amused himsolt
Hmwmg stones at them. Wlien he got
thtough lus watch was missing, and by
® ta " d ® rs « aul that lj e was so excited that
be bad thrown it at the birds.
John Thursby. of Orange City, Fla.,
foil asleep in hii boat while fishing,
When he awoke he was three miles up
stream and the boat was being towed by
an immense catfish that had taken tho
pa horse that m;.., was stun nminWi u»g rt«fr Iwentv nnnmU
mill at Leaver Falls, Lcnn. due circu
lar saw struck a knot in a board, causing
the knot to fly like a bullet through the
wall and into the sidcoi the horse, where
it embeded itself in the flesh and caused
a painful wound.
The largest diamond ever found in the
United Sta’es was picked up by a loborer
employed in grading a street at Man
Chester, Ya. It weighed 28J carats in
the rough and Ilf carats when cut. It
passed into the and possession John Morri-ey of (apt. Sam¬
uei Dewey, once
loaned $0,000on it.
Oregon Wild Cattle,
“California sportsmen can now go u
to Oregon and shoot wild cattle,” sai
John Day, an Umpqua Mountain pio
“ eer «f erri .“« t0 . ‘ he
dreds of wild cattle in thc high hills
skirting the Umpqua Ybillcy, and eon,e
of them are not more than a couple of
miles from the railroad track. Some of
S7 R^lS
JjdWJjStof J « '’™“Vwn°
m . the , valley much. TJ Lhey stay t , in in tbo the
ops of thc hills andI get water from the
r^Sledh^e
them" 4 They goto SSto of* S “S
eighty usually, but at night a herd of
forty or fifty get together and lie down
in the same yard; that is, they sleep on
the same spot, which is usually a se
eluded place among the trees. A band
of wild cattle have been known to get
together on a cleared place of like this
every night for a couple years.
“When feeding there are always a few
bulls to act as sentinels. While the cat
tie graze in bands of half a dozen or so,
they are nevertheless close to other
bands, so that at an alarm from any one
of the bulls, which leisurely feed on the
higher ground, they all rush away to
get her.
“The cattle are of all colors and wilder
than deer. It is a hard matter to get a
shot at them for the reason that their
scent is so keen. They can smell a man
a long distance oil. They got wild in
1853, when the o’d man Kiddle* and two
or three others of the first settlers came to
the valley Their cows wandered off and
found . After two or three
! . year- je » a thc J pioneers had to do when
, r . . Kip .
‘ animals and into the
three pack The cattle hard go be killed
E n to
n ^ioht the moTe same as deer 'or bear for thev
could. Once killed thc4 were quartered,
packed on the horses;an i carried down
Th-v have solhatKare^oVas been liup ed r good deal of
la’e veaw ears^so rm^.cre ate not as maDY many
-
, , csjtah' iff rmKKi , ' J !! Cry 0 i f a ^ e n ai 16 i c
the <od V of / 1 J 1 “' Uis tii
.
9 * > u i siaw ia_tfle fall o)
_ f,,
c
_ .
, gy b 4UU P°" n ds. I heri
S JB & n tke mountains all th<
. Jr* • - p iu.m y about thest
: ww-V Ve retina, ;- U C ins — S and i the 10rns whole are J et
, P«/>t tneeye arc of black. You ap
. one mass
epu r isringuished any difference in any
par or ;t. ihe horns, too, while being
' ! ^ a ]n k, are long and sharp,
’ very
drought to bay the Oregon wild catth
are veiy wicked fighters. —Sati Frmoim
tiamate\