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reply.
love is al
,f “OAMbyher fewr - Cf'cor
NIU'O ( ure tor i»riit<>,
As old limn who had for y uirs
been as 1 net church member, and
vi lio lul l done laucb et’V-ciive work
for tbe c a use of lemperam-e. was
fourn 1 lying hi the rt a.lsnle dm
other day in a suite ~f inioxica
lion, lie wits dtawn up before c
conmdtlec . f the chnr« ii and ask
ed lo sltoiv causa why he should
no! be < x 'iiaimnnii ate I.
T tick aowledge that I was drunk
brethren, and I've g. 1 a mighty
good reason for i'-'
•Family trouble?’ asked tie
chairman
“N’o, t-ir. for I vo bad no trouble
It was pride.'
•Pride! exclaimed the cltaiv
inan.
A ns. jnide. As 1 went alo.vg
t i town 1 met a drunken i'6ilow
ami 1 began to think well of my
self because 1 had never been
drunk Pretty soon I began to
fee! proud of i . A little further
on 1 met an ordinary looking fel
low and wouldn’t speak to him.
My neck go' so stiti with my pride
I reflected that my pride was wick
ed, ami T tried and tried lut
couldn t throw it oti. J tried to
pi ay, but was a little too pron 1 to
pray ivifh fervor. ‘This vvon't do’
I mused •! am ge ting to be a
regular Pharisee.” After walk
iug round awhile I met an old ne
gro oii-l asked:
•l tide, can you tell me how to
throw off my pride ?’
‘Dat I ken, salt; dot T ken',’
‘YV’ell, T with you would, for to
conlinwe in this proud way will
be dangerous to my soul.’
‘Wall, dar’s one thing that nev
m' fai's icr knock dew a a man’s
pride, boss, an’ dat is whiskey
Get drunk, a i when yer gets so
her ver 11 feel mighty
, -4- anted, wn this vEggeslibu and
got as durnk as a—well, as nn owl
though I never saw an owl drunk,
-i hen I got sober I w.**. it., o/ost
humiliated man in tfie world, and
I prayed with an earnen'ness ]
never feltbofut'e. lam now nil
ling 'o leave my case in your
hauJb,’
‘Dretnren,’ said the chairman,
what do you think ?’
‘Wall,’ said the old fellow ‘I feel
sorter- proqd. How is it with
yourself?'
v-orter Pharisee, How do you
feel, brother Jenksf
‘Proud as a peacock: Brother
Larkins how tT> you feel?’
‘Mighty proud. Lets go down
to the sfiilhouse and humiliate our
selves; ’ —Ark ins iw T ave ier.
Hill .4 1-11 on the Neekee.
Uneasy lifs the ..ead that wears
a post-office—or most 'any other
office; especially one that has pol
ittes in it; more especially one
that co-ijes ft Wa’h.mg'ou,
whore politics is studied as a
game of dies, and every pawn an*
every piece has . to be moved to
protect the king, th i' if. iho Pres
ident. Tue_ player not only eaten
es his ad versa ties and sweeps
them frem the board, bu l when
the king is in danger will
rice his owt t men who have been
ligli.jng faimfully, aud sweep
them away too. It is a wonder to
methat anybody will hanker af
ter such a business Before a
uixn gets an office he is dt ing
boinel bing that makes a living for
his family, and he quits that, and
ureas up and loses his trade or cus
tom and begins to live on t: sil
u.y and feels good lor awhile, bu
subdeuly he gqes overtparJ aud
has no trade or custom to fall
back on In the meftntjma his
children tie growing up, and
have gut new ways and habits he
cause pa is in office aud handles
; more m mrv th in be used to and
j they must step tip a little higher
iu society anil dress finer, and
gav e more parties, and take a
more fashionable pew in tbe meet
ing house. And so when the fa j
comes it is a hard one, and the
poor ls.iei don't know what to
do. He cm run a post office, or
ooileet the revenues or get as er
the moocfixp erswith alacrity, bu
post, officeilmi lie around loose,
ae.l when a feller irtoas out; he can
pick up another and keep on m
the same line of business.
Next Monday Congress will as
j smuble. Then will come tbe tug
| of war.
Lawrenceville, 3-eorgia, Tuesday December 11 1883
X I.cmmoii ill H«i\jug.
"! i told my chum and me tint
it was no harm to learn to box.
- aits * we could defend ourselves,
ami lie said be used to be a holy
leir-u with tile boxing gloves when
lie was a oy, and ho has been gtv
iug us lessons. Well, he is no
si ueh now [ tell- you. and li indies
biinseU pretty well lor a church
meinb.-r I had read in the paper
how Zach Cm Her played it on
Uonkhng by getting Jem Mao,
dm prize tighter, to knock him til
l>. ni 1 1 asked pa it he wouldn’t
" t me bring a poor boy, who had
no father to teach him boxing, to
our house to learn to box. and pa
sa u certainly to fetch him along.
He said lie would be glad 'o do
anything for a poor orphan. So 1
went down in the third ward and
got an Irish boy by the name of
Du fly, who can knock *lte socks oft'
of any boy in the wr.nl H* tit a
prize fight once. It would have
mud you laugh n. see pa tell him
how to hold liis hands and how to
guard his face. He told Duffy
not to be afraid, hut to strike out
ami lit for keeps. Duffy said he
was afraid pa would gei mad if he
lut him, and pui said, ‘Nonsense,
boy. knock me down ; f you can.
and 1 will laugh lift ! ha!’ Well,
Duffy be hauled back and gave pa
one in tile nose an 1 aim her in
both eyes, and cuffed him on the
ear and punched .lira in the stom
ach. ami Itiaimed him in themou h
and made his teeth bleed,aud (lien
he gave him a side winder iu both
eyes, and pa pulled off’the boxing
gloves and grabbed a chair, and
we adjourned and went down
stairs its though 'here was a panic.
1 haven't seen pa since. Was his
eye very black !"
“Black? I should sag ho," said
the grocery man. “And his nose
seemed to in, trying toJook iu his
hi ear. He was the market
buying beefs aka to put on it.”
He Oilin'l Kill Tlilli Him.
A circuit'rider in a Suii'horn dis
riel onp day rede up to a poor
ati.i - 1 fora
drink of Avater.
“We liaiu’t g >t none in lie
house sah; po' kin fiml hit down
in de creek salt, W« don't keep
nuftiu tv put. hit in, sab.”
“Yonare very poor, then, my
good.’ said the preacher kindly.
“Yes boss, we is kinder dat
way.”
“Can’t you get work a ,d make
a living 7 '’
“1 moot wn’k sah, if dar was
wu'k to do, but dur bain t none
in dese parts stilt.”
“My good man, you should
keep on trying, and trust- in the
L >rd.” •
“I docs tru3 in h m, sah.”
‘‘Don’t you find relief in liiai?”
"Yes. salt* I does now, but at
oe fust I diUti't sah-’”.
“Oh yes I see- In the begin
ning yoq lacke t faith.”
•'Doan know boiudnt, boss, but
yo see at de fust I trus in Him to
ti n te <le family while I was fish
in, but it d>an do no good, sib
Den I tuck anuudjer hold, and'
ainoe dat'lse bejti’ gut,tin al >ng
mighty slick ”
-I li'irAiy uad«rstjpid.”
“ Yy. yo SCO, b(OS3, 1 lftVS low
t, 11 urtar sundown and den T goes
fob da chickens V > iJisr sideob
de ribbalt, an I trus in de Lawd
not t-0 let me git cot shed, an’ boss
He am nebbah gone hack on dis
chile ouct. Git down. sab. an
come in and eat w|d us. we a>n t
got no water oeotin de kit’le, but
we kin gib yo' oodlins yallalt legs.
Tie Athens Danner Watchman
says: “Mini Sal lie (Jook, of Jas
per couuty, who has been living
with Mis. Ring for several months
was courted utid won by Mr. Hen
derson .Smith, and married to him
on Sunday last, at the res.dence
of Mrs G \V King, Ly the Rev T
A Harris. Mrs. King with her
well known hospitality, had thrown
.pen her entire h utse, prepared
for the ceremony, and was ready
to receive the gues's of die occa
sion; but Miss Millie preferred the
big road at tbe well known race
track at Greer’s lane. The groom
hol no objection what place lie
married at so lie got Miss Sadie.
So they were married in the big
road, notwithstanding a
rain was falling, much to the dis
gust of Mra King and the specta
tors, who think this quite an inuo
vation of Clark qounty marriages.’
The memory is a treasury to
whom - ve must give funds if we
would draw the assistince we
nead.
DKYOTEDTO NEWS, LITEHATFHE AM) EIK Al. Al’l’AlllS
rii.it s a right olit'fk
It wus h hale. contented nmn
with a bight strong triune nnil a
trunk smile, that tendered tlie
elie’k. The was for *7O. signed
by \\ Alice Burpee ,V Co. the
great Philadelphia seedsman and
parable to ,J G Miller.
"Yon are Mr Miller f"
"Yes. and that check is the sign
of a victory for DeKtdh comity on
watermelons over the world. Bur
pee «V Co., offered live prizes for
the largest melons grown from
their seeds. There were entries
from all sections running into the
thousands. 1 took the first prize,
the third prize and the fifth prize,
making S7O in all."
"What did jour prize melons
weight
“Tim biggest weigh ed 111
pounds. The third prizer weigh
|ed 97, and the fifdi prizer Kit, —
| I planted only twenty lulls of me)
ouß. I sold ?,:!() worth from 20
hills besides what I ate. £ made
; three crops in the one season by
| cutting the vines and the roots so
!as to make diem react. On the
j third ciop my biggest melon was
j a 4ti pounder. I never made three
crops in one season before. I<• m
beat the world on melons on my
DeKalb land. I goi SIOO, includ
ing my S7O in prizes, on my 20
hills.”
Mr. Miller is the champion far
rner of DeKalb. lie has laken
j prize after prize at the DeAalh
farmers club meeting. tie eou
| liimel.
"1 raised fifty and a half bushels
of wheat on cue acre of ground.
Oil a fraction ess than two uerrs
I got eiglny bushels of wheat. [
then pm the same ground in corn
peas and pp Hjtosa. I got eighty
one bushels of corn, thirty five
bushels of peas, and 25 bushels
of poV.'o/ji-s. That was p' etty good
for less than two acres, in one sea
son—22l brsliels of good God, or
over 110 bushels an acre, On one
acre and a half ibis year I go b‘l. 000
pounds of seed cotton, which gave
me nearly 1,200 pounds of lint cot
ton. There is no batter land on
earth than our land in middle
Georgia.— Constitution.
They tell this story of the wid
ow of President Buchanan's first
Postmaster General; She had
been married before, and so had
Postmaster General Brown, and,
each had a daughter lefi over from
the first marriage.. Then they had
another daughter. Mrs Brown us
ed lo present them tu her rtvep
tiims in this wayt "This is Miss
Brown, Mr Brown's dauguter by
his first wife; i Ins is Miss Sanders,
uiy Jaighterby mv first husband,
and this is Mis* Brown, our joint
daughter,”
Humorous,
The potaio often gets mashed.
A bad knife is cue tom per.
The hangman life easy.
The set for is the surgeon’s dog,
Affearhquake is a shucking af
fair
Tight hoots are classed as hard i
wear.
Ghosts come from Gnomp ]
Mull’s Land
A gun is. a thing widiout legs
that kicks.
Widows, film nup<u’i unifies,
; should be embraced.
Slanderer., are tale hearers ao
cording (o Darwin.
High pip cs is a preventive of
consump ion
The coming corn is a serious
movement on fool.
The African ant is un iqch long
—inch ant ing so to speak.
The infantry make* the first
charge in die battle of life.
Ihe uniting link het.veen man
and the brine is Bologna,
j Saint:times ijloie is. song is in the
: air when their is no air in the
song.
! Admits of a gieut deal being
| said on both sides* —the fence.
The ‘Sung of the Shirt 1 was ot ig
inally placed by the Wrist Band
it is scarcely proper to speak of
a man as possessing irregular hah
its when be s'orms about regular
j iy every ni>rht.
Never judge by appearances. A
iltabhy old Coat may contain an ed
j itor.
He wlm foremes cal •. lilies suf
fers them twice.
No man ever prayed liemtily
\ wi h Hit something.
Avoid mi angry mu i lor awhile,
| a malic ons ons forever.
, Kindness is he g d.len c'lamby
I which society is Ii iund together.
B se n-.tmes joy to st e harm
, happen to i hose they deem hap
py-
As anyone is more wise, lie is
more sparing of his censure.
If there were no G< d it wcnhl
tie necessary to invent one.
Censure in the tax a man pays
I to the pnblie for lit ing eminent.
The musician, like the cook,
makes his bread out of bis do.
1 disparage and dept ecinto no one;
an iusee. has feeling and an atom
a shadow.
eis the"best accountant who
1 ran cast up correctly the mini of
bis own errors.
A ladies cabin that part of the
boat devoted to cigar smoking
roughs, terrier pups and dudes.
These three things -smoke, rain
| ing into the houscanda scolding
! wife- -will make a man run out of
(Korn.
Anyone may do a casual act of
good n a'lire, but a continual ion of
them shows it is a part of the lent
perameut.
There it* nothing more univeisa'
ly commended than a fine day ;
the reason is ttiat people can coin
mend it without envy.
The report that Pilgrim Fathers
first fo’J an their knees yintl then
on the aborigines in credited to
Bishop Williams of Connecticut..
The corn try is the philosophers
> {ymlen and library, in which ho
reran and contemplate the ]imv-r,
wisdom iiYid goodness of God.
Tl'orfe iJiw, old Hebrew proverb
which rues: Make haste when you
are purchasing a hold, hut when
you are i<* marry a wife, he slow’
There two ihings which
ought never to excite a man’s an
ger—rpir*t. those which he cart
help, and second, those which lie
cannot help.
Go in swimming! exclaimed lit
tle Johnny Burlap, Not. much;
The last lime I went in father gave
me a woodshed hath after I got,
home.
AmermieaJs called die land of
the free bee mse it is the only
country in die world where a di
! voice can be procured in two
hours for a ten dollar bill.
Among th(i unspeakable nryste
irrieath.'it even the day of resur
rection will fail to unravel is the
! reason a box of boarding house
mu chew never lasts more than one
day.
A New Mexico editor speaks of
j being followed by a long rent ipede
! and a. joioluie. The jojolate prob
ably wanted something about his
family left out of the paper.
What influence has the moon on
tue tiflet the teacher asked John
Henry. Amk Jobu Henry
It depended on wha' was title; if
it was a dog it made him howl.
It is said that Patti’s voice has
failed about fifteen per cent since'
she left for Europe. And yet she
j will probably refuse V> take ua le
dollars the box office when she
caunes i«t<k.
I don’t see how you city folks
live with no exercise at all. re
marked a countryman to his new
boarder. No »«rct y.e! exclaimed
tha man, guess you never so n a
fellow chasing a stree.i car.
A contented lgiud is the great
est blessing a man can enjoy in
! this world; and if in the present
i life bis happiness arises from the
■ subduing of his denims, ji will nr
; se in the next from the satisfac
I of them.
Six lovely school ma’ams were
out rowing in Lake George re
eently. A b »id, wicked man on
shore, who “as a lud boy a few
years ago, iustea I of taking off
his hat n s die boats went ly, simp
y remarked: "behold the whale
; ilg tleot !
(•olilen 4.cms.
Fulfill all promises
I Every promise is a debt
1 ..me b is no pteseui ioiikc.
Ignorance is admiration's .l otgli
| ter.
Command everything by keeping
cool.
Do not Interrupt another when
speaking.
Dare to be true: nothing can
need a lie.
Folks do live through a sigh' of
suffering.
Del er stumg within than strong
without.
Nothing ovsrcomsH passion more
than silence.
Most pleasure embraces us but
to strangle.
He is nearest to God who lias
the fewest wants.
Delibet«.tion on useful things is
prut leu i delay.
It is foolish to borrow trouble
from to-morrow.
It is not pr tension, but frtiit
that glorifies Hod.
Tears are the showers that fer
tilize this world.
A sanctified heart is I elter than
a silver tongue,
’.cheerful face is the sunlight
of the household.
The heart benevolent and kind
ihe most resembles God.
Do not allow yourself to lose
temper or speak excitedly.
No one is fatigued af.urthe exer
cise of forbearance.-^
Politeness is a Howl
ers that adorns tlp*|) uTd.
One angwitefu] man injures all
that wre in distress'.
That ag« only was called the
Age of Wold in which goM was un
known.
The pro )f of a strong will is its
graceful Mir-ruder on proper occa
sions
Our actions must do he us wbb
an immortality lanthanum nv glo
riotiH.
To be happy we must be true to
namre, and carry our age along
with m*
All affectation is the vsi»]*nd rid
icitloiia attsmpt of poveity to up
pear rich.
Tlte soul is not poisoned by mere
errors of the head, but by evils of
the heart.
Al vnys rise from iho table with
an appetite, ami you will never sit
down without one.
Ail able man shows liis spirit by
gon'le words and resolute actions;
he is neither hot nor timid.
Hear one side and you will* be
in the dark; hear both sid«s, and
all will be clear.
We would willingly have oth
ers jnerfec, and yet we amend not
onr own faults-
Uhe moment a man ,s satisfied
with himself, everybody else is dis
satisfied will him.
Our evil genius, like the junior
member of a deliberate body, al
ways gives its views first,
A Boston choir had sung, ‘The
“consecrated cross I d bear,” but,
choir like hud rim tbe wotds too
touch together and in the lull that
followed a perplexed boy Vthispei
ed, -Say, p», wheye do they keep
the ‘consecrated cross eyid bear?”
No sun no moon
No morn no noon
No (liiwn no dunk
No proper Union! flay.
No sky no nurtly view
no tli*t..life looking blur
no loads no atcots
no Inl tier siile l In- wuy
no end to any ro ,•
no iudieutioiiN ivliei'o Hie eroiteents
go—
Nit 1 'pn to any steeples
no reooKiiition of familiar people
no oonrtesies for showing 'em
no knowing ’em
no travelers at all
no loeomotion
no inkling by the way.
No motion.
'no go' by land or of-eati
no mail no pout
no news from any foreign entt-t
No park no ring
no afternoon gentility
ilo company no nobility
no inirll, no i lieerfiifliess
no healthful ease
No eouifol table feel in inanv mem
Ijei
no shade no sine
no butlerllies no bee*
no f aits no flower*
no leaves no b'nl*
November —Thomas Hood
It was tut ingenious wi'ness
tlml, tut tied I lie laugh upon the
genial (’iMiiiii. Maine, at. court re
oently. The case was the Philip
YI kins case.
*• S >iv, nir.” saiil the ceinity A -
toriicy, holding up gold eh on.
“what would yon have thought
if von ha 1 seen sucii a chain as
that nV'Mlliil the lespon.'ctit's
neck?
“Well, 1 can’t sty T didn't
see any such chain.
“Well, if you had?”
• I can’t say; never site any such
chain on Atkin's neck. '
“Yes,” requied die Attorney:
“but let us supp iso a cate. Sup
pose, for instance, that von had
seen this chain around Philip At
kins's neck; what would you have
thought, knowing Atkins u* you
do’’’
The court room was very quiet
The witness drawled percptibly
as lie replied:
“Well, I suppose if I had seen
it, 1 should have thought ilmt he
had gold chain around his neck.”
The Judge relasped. and the an
dience exploded, and the prosemt
,ion lost the point.
HAXV.
.Still at the head hair brush -
es.
Always going to seed euna
lies.
Double ranks -butter and
clteese.
Superior court-.-sparking a rich
girl.
A winter opening—a crack in
the ice.
Hanning on full time the gin
mil's.-
There is nothing dry about a
WftkweTl'
Steawberries wit. opn lie ripe
■in tbs state of Fla. ‘ ** ■
The old, old story 1 will pay
you next week.
The peniteutual tear is a din
limud of the first water.
Why shouldn't Phobe tie a good
name for a lawyers wife.
Politicians go up the rounds of
fame by the rounds of drink.
The mosquito as a public sing
er always draws well hut never
does give satisfaction.
Shooting in politics should Itg ar
bitrated by the inoutn| and m-t
by the pistole.
It is some what, singular that
the sausage season begins just as
the days nod
L’lieru is no palm mystery in
palmistry us it is morels humbug
palmed off as mystery.
The three leading candidates
for speaker have had ri]st experi
ence inriAe House. John H. Car
lia le Qf Kentuckcy, is the youn
gest. He was born Kenton conn
Ky., September sth 18:15 and has
been State HeprsentativeS atoSena
lot Lieutenant Governor anti is a
bout to cuter his third time in
Congress.
Srtniel J Itaudall was bpra in
Philadelpha in 1812 and he hats
servek in city councels iu the Sta
te Senate and is about to enter
his eleventh term or t wenty first
year in Congress. He has bees
thrice elected Speaker once to fill
Speaker Kerr's uuexpired term
and tw’ce for full terms.
S S Cox uow of N«w York >s
y ie sides' of the trio. He was
bom in Zanesvilla Ohio in ]b
24. He was lawyer and editor
in Ohio until 185(i when he was
elected to congress from theJCol
lttmbuH district and reelected to
to three consecutive ‘.erius. In
18(15 he removed to Now York
and four years later lie was sent,
to Congress from Gotham, since
when lie has been continued as a
member, lie lias served as Speak
er pro tern, of the House.
Thewateis around Florida, the
Mediterranean and the Bahamas
supply most of the sponges. The
Fiori la sponge is eourso and cheap
Ilia* from the Mediterranean is
j used in surgery, bnl tire finest
I and costliest sponge is from the
j Bahamas, The hal ves' tis sponges
lastß about six months in tl eyear
| and during that tune skillful dri
vers make as much as .till) a .lay
each gathering them. It requires
j from twelve to fourteen months
| for a sponge to get its growth.
;Vol. XIII.-No. 38
<;i;\r.it %i. YKHS
MiHissippi Imsonly twenty three
pie -id. illial pohtoffices.
The sinek shipments from east
'l'elliiees- ee ttl'e inereiisilig.
Savannah is about to build S2OO
000 hotel by subscription.
\ deposite of rich phosphates
has been discovered near Salma
Ala.
There me 1,508 moie women
than men in Adams county. Miss
issippi.
A Clmttmioog* firm has sold 8-
000,000 feet of lumber to one firm
in Boston.
The largest crop of wheat ever
sown in east Tennessee has bpen
seeded (Jus fall.
The financial condition of New
Orleans is said to be better that,
ever before.
The mi tuber of Indians in the
Everglades of Florida is eel minted
at. eight hundred.
The Georgia owners of the Refu
gio silver mine in Mexico, refuse
to sell it for ssoo,f>oo.
A fanner of Suwannee county
Florida 1 has gathered two erupt
of peaches from his trees this
year.
Calhoun county, Alt. is aglow
over the proposition to move 1h«
court house from Jacksonville to
Anniston.
The grand jury of Fraijfhead
county Ark., declared their/ jail a
nuisance, and recoin that
it bo torn down.
The sum of $5,116 hijS been do
nate! by the trustees es the Pea
body school fund to the Florida
school sys cm this year.
Tennessee has a population <>•
1.541,000, and pays td . 48 (Hi
~ i I liirilliailii’ikft 'ilfr
and generd government.
Thirty thousand dollars Imre
been subshribed for the Newiiun
Ga., cohon fee lory, and Dr A P
Calhoun has donated die ground.
The south Florida railroad has
Used up the timber to such an «x
tent that there will not be euongh
to furnish boxes for the slapping
of the orange crop.
Northern capitalists will loeaie
two ice factories, each with aca
|MWity*{)fd.cu tons daily, in Florida.
1 here will he OK a at Tallahassee
and one at (iaincsvillc'
I lie Si i it hern Telegraph rotnpa
ny will lea ’ll Augusta with th“ir
wii on I>y the middle of next month
and from that point will opcrwrtrfu
every city of importance in the
South.
Np misli mackerel and Home oth
er fish only to be found in the
spring have recently been aii (|
dant in the waters about Sava.- "
The tmli dealers say the came
their appearance at this time it
late long drouth. ,s
‘Turn the calf loose,’
a while man of a negro who ha?,
invaded his premise*. ‘What are
you doing here anyhow ? I’ll htve
you arrested for trying to steal
that calf, you rascal. \
Whosetryin ter stoifa calf? \
‘You are, and 111 have you seik
10 prison.’ d |
T aint heeu tryin ter steal
calf, boss- Yisiedy while while I’
was a wulkin along de street out\
lar. dat oi« cow slipped up on me \
and hooked me ami tore my clothes
wid her horns. 1 lole her I was
gwinc ier ha > venge, an jes now
I come oher heah an etch her
calf ter make her sorry fur de way
s!i“ rot ed me. I wan’t studvin
bout s'calin de calf, put lemme
sell yor, I aint a gwine ter let no
cow rnn ober me.’
An apple is perfect preserra
lion ah hough’ninety six years old
is in possession of a gentleman in
Ulster county, N. Y. As itrouu
ded up from the blossom of the
parent, stem in the early summer
oi 1787 a bottle was drawn over
\t and attached to the brauch. and
after the apple had ridened iho
stem was severed and the bottle
sealed tightly. It looks as fresh
as when first plucked.
The merchant aid he had some
pretty go d bai’ soap at home, and
the mtervie v c included.
When Frank James is released
he is to go on the stage. Pm
dent trayders on that stage will
slip their valuables under the cue
I nous.