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1,0,! OF A I.A.VITEK*
Immi kof January, 186!i,
lijowd witb my regiment
fegion Heights, Yf. Ob
Ejjday of the mouth *ien
|wit» ordered to lake my
I and roll ve the garrison
If >V smaller fort* built
protection t ) 'he Nution-
Limui the *iN»y lying
Liitlnvard. The Signal
I Slter.i’Milj so effective,
|in i s infancy, anil the
|u which I had previously
I a short lime temporarily
I, tSi kept ft' drill almost
lly both day uni night.—
[there w a scarcely mi hour
le t net, tv four when !he-
Ljern coul-l no r be pei
[i tfiM'ioo on Georgetown
I, or "lied Hill, ' at it was
let culled by the soldiers.
Bfere B'xti'ins bodi up ami
■vPo omac, mii'g ii ■ o
Hliiitin! i-oniimiiiication tor
au las I w*s able to
Hdispatches of UiD.uagei 1
He saf frem n.a.iy ;i wc.-.ii-
Hilly' iiu yin deciphciing
■ ti'«r were tiaii.mil fed u
W night of Jan. 81, about
Hk I *tnr *5 ou , b was
Hi*, t" make the rounds
Hn. am’ tlm« assuic my
| Wtiythiiig ,v«b Rs it
H, amt had neaily com
errai.cl when Piivat#
I. L.e guard s ntioned in
»ugie of tho re-
*.,tioa to the
■ fcoveoieiits f a light ]o
lr tie distance in a
H ’ ilirce ion from , he Sig-
Hmeata ion upon the “Red
B’*' 1 ' Cei uc;i t ibe in a m-
cbslm*-Li,
■i: from e ver y other pium
Hutuideof a liu # drawn
lIUl lU “*:gle in which we
w* a auaihtim cruly n <1
B«tei- ; ',ly du-uciion. To as
f ifof faci I er< n
of ti c h i ilicaiioii
■ * com pl*i * cuenit aroaul
H 1 übipvou* observations
f ai -J fain,l the light
B*l* I tviceeihiig from a Inn
■ l6 from point*
■*«nijf-tive or thirty feat
f 6 ® «d* of ihe lin«
| flr,t pointed out to me
W* n t 'e<*min g iy w. ,1110 8
* ,MJ ve the ground, (»!-
■ t ' ! ' Uls# ’ l" ! ho
■'' ' 1 onijr g u.», ,t
■ < 1101, ' a, i' 1 moving ■
■ ' lloll K , ‘ mourned open
' ,b !l g rapidly swung
■T'* U “ “ e “ 1 "> "hatcvri
BL Suddenly it *v a
1(< P°*itlOll <)f ‘ .1 (top#
111 ' *g”in revolving,
wheel upon
B, I movement wj»
■ l' f,i!l l )f a iuin;it",th«
■ I'ha.Hntern began to
■' : *7 ' T ‘"‘ firs, v .rd
Bo± ' v ‘t a a^'f) to undei
■ "t arrUrance !o mv
■ which wnti yet
Et 88 "" 1 - I* settled nm’
18 apelled ns plainly in
■al ,* "* U u ’ l n, gest eiz
B npoo a copy
El ,° 08e ljef ”re me under
E h « L t of day.
B»Upuii‘y i never jn a)1
H. * 5 . >~ eU *M l| a!od the word
E*‘ ' tlle flowed another
B *“ li v»r> Of wliieb J
B »">■ Tb„. hr.
and the light disappeared as tho
it were hastily and violently dash
ed to the earth. Qnck a* the mo
tions h»d been, however, I bad
succeeded in getdngthe numbers
ami combinations. Meantime I
had noticed tha .the regular stat
lions were working harrm uiotsiy
as Lr down a* Fort Washington,
and in intelligible communication
with those upon the opposite and
surrounding heigh s.
After waiting sometime io see
if there would be a recurruace if
the strange proceeding, I went to
quarters, und l»y aid of my signal
book deciphered die message, which
read thus: “Danger--help— l,#lp
—mnr—” there it ended. To say
that I was puzzled would bu' faint
ly express what I felt. I was be
wildered, alarmed, annoyed —/
could hardly tell why—and sto.d
for sometime debating in my o-»n
mind what course I had better pur
sue. lat length turned in, and
next morning reported the matter
to headquarters and was well laugh
: ed at for my pain*.
Tlc next night, February 1, I
indicated the locality as nearly as
possible, and directed the senti
nel *<a ion in the line of observa
tion to keep close watch and np m
appearance of any light in that vi
cimtv to make it known by hav
iog me sent for.
It laoked hut a few momenta es
midnight when the vanning came.
Hastening to the spot 1 saw a rep
: titiou of the phenomenon of tb e
preceding right and from the
same point. The swift Horizontal
or nearly “horizonml revolutiess
succeeded by the perpendicular
then the the message - -—Danger!
Danger! Help! Help ! Mur"—and
sudden extinguishment of the eig
nul fire.
The next m ruing I procured
leave of absence and visited the.
runup ( f the Signal Corps above
Georg* own. Inquiry there devel
oped die fact that none of the
taen !ad been absent or unac-
Ccau'ed for on either of he occa
si .ns »bo»e :ad rated, even for
hdf an hour. Assuring my self
of this fact I next turned my step*
in the direction from whence the
B'range light must hav* proceed
ed. The spot was found without
difficulty, it was a narrow ravine,
net. very /.»rg-, running dowa to
ward the river, and at the bottom
nearly, if no quite, dcsii'ute of
fcimbe . Fr- m it, by aid of my
field gla'i, I could almost recog
niee the sentinel posted in the an
gle from which I ha 1 firs,, beheld
the nn sterious signaling.
Before I left the camp I a«ke !
one of the officers, an old acquaint
mee t > station a good sergeant
in the ravine with his lantern to
signal across to me wha ever
might transpire. He agreed to do
so, and I returned to my post
inferably elaied at the thought
that the mystery was in a fair way
of being solved.
It was a little after eleven p. w.
when I entered the aagie and sure
ed my vision toward die opposite
bills. I had jest looked at my
watch ; it wanted then six min
utes to twelve, when the light,
w'hieh I more than half expected,
lashed out through the darkness.
Around and around, over and
)ve~ it went a* if endeavoring to
attract attention, —then up, right,
left, forward, and so on, so rapid
ly I had difficulty in following Its
motions un'il it was, as on thepre
seeding occasions, dashed to earth
and extinguished.
I wailed for ai least an hour
for some indication that the sei
geant wrh at his pout, but none
can e. I felt sorely troubled, su
perstitious, and could hardly re
it.rain myeelf frim ai once cross
ing die liver lo probe the matter
te the bottom. Directly after
daybreak I procured another leave
of absoncc, and passing over the
aqueduct, made my way to the sig
ual ctmp, where I found the ut
most excitement prevailing. The
sergeant, detailed at my request
the night before, had beau found
murdered upon the identical spot
where he had been posted. His
lantern lay in fragmeats upon the
ground near by, and careful stsreh
detected in the soil the prints of
three pairs of feet besides his own
A knife wound in the left side,
Lawrenceville, 3-eorgia, Tuesday January 22, iBB4
near the heart, and the maiks of a
-•vere blow upon ihe head, which
had fractured the skull, p rove a
the xunner of hi* death. f told
mv story which was believed by
*o ne and by others laughed at ;
and bu/ for the fact that I had
at 'he time of asking the detail,
partly I old it to the officer in com
mawd, might have found myself in
an unpleasant predicament on ac
count of u.y commotion with the
mysierious death, The circum
staaeeeof the eergenla dea'h have
neve- luen made to appear nor
have I ever beea able to account,
except through the agency of spir
its, for those warning manifes a
tions preceding for two nights his
'aking off, and which were the ex
aci counterpart of these produeed
!>y liim*elf on the fatal occasion in
hi* endeavors te attract my al'eu
tion, in order that by my replying
or communicating with the etation
he m ght be saved from harm
Hag To Speak Ut Him.
“When you pres* this curved
lit of steel, yon see, Mrs. Clyde,”
said Mr Clyde, who was leeching
his wife how ta us# a pistol, the
baiamer routes do’i’n so—”
There was a bang, a puff of
aim ke, and Mr. Clyde resled and
feel to the floor, with bleed gu«h
ing fro*) an ugly wound is his
aide.
For a moment Mrs. Clyde wss
undecided whether to faint or fly
for help, bit' un arm of h«r wound
ed husband soon roused her, and
she dispatched a servant fer a *ur
geon.
“He didn’t know it was loaded, ’
sh# explained when the surgeon
a-rived, and then aha became hy»-
'erical and cried: “0, will he die?
Will he die ? James iuuii uot die!
I was going to the Catskills wi ll
the children, and li# was learning
me how to protsc them and my
self when the horrid thing wem
off O, doctor ! doctor ! doctor!
will ha die ?”
By Hits time the surgeon hat #x
anined the wound and the ex
prt.**no of his fa*# *s b# looktd
up gave i.er bmpe.
“It is an ugly wound,’' he said,
without eouiuiiUing himself fur
ther.
Ai this aa awful *xpre**i >n crept
over her face, and eh* moaved
and cried pi ifuliy.
“VN ill he be able to speak to u#
before he die*?" ek# cried.
‘T 'hiak no , Mr*. Clyde."
‘Oh, he must! lie mart! he must!
•‘Be calm Mrs. Clyde. We will
do all we can to revive him.”
“Yon mun revive him,” ehe
cried, “if only for * moment. We
will have to take up this carpet he
fore >he funeral, and I wai,t him
to tell me where he hid the 'acK
hammrr."—Chicago Tribune.
Advice Ie llarber*
l)on,t talk.
If y ( u haveau y thing to say don’t
say it.
Do not talk.
Ktep your mouth shut
Do noi indulge in conversation.
Say nothing.
Exercise measures of repression
te the extent of suppression wi,h
relation to colloquial prsdilectiont.
Gag yourselves
Stick a towel in your mo’ith-
Stop your convei sa’iou befere
you begin.
S»w bu tons on your lip*.
Tha tongue is ; s an unruly
member Stick a pin through it.
Ceace your speech.
Do net converse.
Have nothing to r»y and say it.
Let aomevody else do the talk-
ing.
Don.i talk.
P. S.— Barba, s will please hang
thi* up in their shops and have it
enforced.
Setator Vance, of Nor h Caro
lina, always has sn assortment e
good stories it *>ock, and tha sos
lowing is one of them : In North
Carolina a whi'e man was arraign
. d for stfaling chickens from a
negro. The jury wa* composed
of seven white mea and five ne
groes, aid one es the latter was
made foreman. They c»me into
Court and the Clerk demanded':
‘Have you agreed upon a verdicts
“Yes, sab," What is it f” “D*
jury am g.me Democrat, Bah. and
depiisoner am not guilty ’’
m *•* -
To spoil custard—bake it too
long.
DEVOTKDTO news, literature and i.oual affairs
THE BAD BOW.
IN ell, what did you get from
Santa Claus,’’ asked the grocery
man of the lied boy, as he came
I in the grocery with a bine nectie,
jon which was pined a piece of
beer glass cut in imitation of a di
umond. “Santa Claus must have
remembered you splendidly,” and
the greceryinan handed 'he boy a
sour orange.
“O, dou t talk to me about flan
ta Claus," said the boy, as he bi*
into the orange, and the* went to
the vinegar barrel and drew socae
vinegar in a glass and toek a twel
low to sweeten the t«at cf the or
ange. “Do you know I wonder
there is a boy in this whole world
that does not grow up to be a first
class liar, wheL they have their
parents lie to them the first seven
years of their lives about Santa
Claus ? What can a ohild think,
when told it is wioked to ie, and
then find out that its pareute
have been lying to it, about the
Santa Claus business. I)o you
know I have watched for santa
claus to eome down chimneys, and
when 1 asked how a big fat fel
low could come down sueb a email
hole, and crawl through a stove
pipe, pa would tell me the) sente
elans was made of indiau rubber,
and was bloweo|np, and all he had
to do was to let th* wind out, and
than he would be email enough to
get into a gimlet hole. When I
found that sente elans wes e fraud
and accused pa of deceiving me,
he got hot and said I was too
smari for my bcote.”
“O, that's all righ', but what
did you get ?” said the (poeary
u»n.
“/ got nice enough thii gs, bull
haven't get them now. I traded
off a lot of my things for presents
for some boys down o»r way, that
didn't get anything. I mad«f a
change iu the Christmas tree bus
iness at our church. You see,
they have beeu in the habit of get
ting all the children together th*
niglii before Christmas, and hav
ing * Christinas tree, and it is
cruel on the poor children. The
rich patents pm expensive pre#-
ents ou ibe trees for children aad
the poor children get a tea cent
whistle, or a popcorn ball, or ao
orange. The poor ebildrea be
gan to think santa claus showed
partiality, snd that h« was in the
employ of the rich folks, aad they
were begiuuiog to get eour oa eao
ia claus, but this tirns ms and ay
churn sold all the presents w* got
at home, and wsn and bought a
whole lot of nice things for the
boys, and when the man began te
distribu e the present*, aid the
pnor boys had hrir wout a made
up for p pcorn balls, and they got
club skat s and fur caps, and nice
warm mittens, they yelled »» the
minister wes afraid the church
would be puiled as a disorderly
house I never had so much fun
in all my life, as I did to see these
peer boys rake in the preeeuta.—
All I have got left ia thia neok ie
and alum diamond, but the fan I
had, makes this forty cunt dia
mond look as bright to rue as
though it we* ih# kohineor. Do
yon kaow whs* the kehinoor la *
I> ts >be biggest diamond ia the
world."
“T*a‘‘s a good boy," eaid the gro
eery wan, as he shaned hie eyee to
look at the boys diamond, and
then wet his finger* and touched
the diamond and put the flager on
his tongue to see if it taeled es
alum. “But there ia eee thing I
want to talk te yea eheat I aew
you jump es a heee eart and ride
with 'be firemen at the tire l«*t
night and your pa said Jyoa was
hanging around the engine houee
a good deal. New, you want to
let up on tha*. Thoee Bremen ere
preby toagh, and yen willbeepoil
ed if you go with them- I weald
not hav* any Ibieg te do with them,
or yon will bring yoer father’*
gray hsirs in sorrow to the grave,
Firemen are hard citiaeia”
When wss this that tkeaeo
were citizens*”asked the boy ie
dignamly. “They are good citi
zens as you are If yew grocery
gels on fire down cellar, from the
kerosene barrel, what do you do ?
Do you go down collar sad pm it
oil'? Naw, you don’*. You grab
your insurance policy sad light
out, ami the ireuaeu some aa I
they go right dewu ai > your aub
terreneim hell of burning kero
sene, aad squirt water unt<| they
are overcome by .he smoke, when
their par'aers drag them out by
the legs, and other* take thei>
places, and they keep up the tight
until your property is saved, when
you come beck and kick liecause
they tipped oves a barrel of ap
ples. They rush iato burning
buihliage and aava die live* of wo
men earl ebildrea Do they do ,t
for pay! Naw I dll they get i*
eeraaiy ive dollars a mouth, and
yoa pay ihai much to tha man
who drive* your grocery wago*.—
There ie not a fireman who gala as
mat h aalary aa a at reel larcuudue
tor in aay eily ia tha countrv, and
the firemen are the breveat men
•hat I ve. Why, gol dare yen,
you haven't get ae much seaeo hs
evlf.”
“But hold oa. Hennery. Htai
me," aad th* gioeevyrnM tried to
step hist.
“i,#» out 1 am ashsmsd to
know you,' says the boy. “Yen
aad pa have always tsld me to
honor the brave. How de you de
it? Yoa pay a tiremaa. who risks
his life every dm* he rune to s fire,
just eaough to Ikoerd and cloth
km, aad when h# ia played ou k
aad is sick* a* is discharged, and
yoa forget hiss. Every time aa
alarm sounds, a flrsinaa tskss
chances of aot gsttiug back to ihe
angina boas# alive Ha pro>*cts
your property and year life, and
now you tall rue he is a bad m«u.
I would like te see you jump up
at aa alarm of fire, slide down a
pole with you* pants half on, and
gst oa vq logins and be driven
over a rough pavement half a mile-
Your hair would turn gray with
fright the flat lima I tall you a
eity ought to pay firemen four
hundred dollars a month; and pen
sion theas when they gs: their
busted, or gat broke up,
and support their famines. Fire
men ought to be loved and is
spelled and lionized, instead of
have old idjuiscall them bad men."
and the bad boy took out his hand
kerchief and rubbed up his dia
mond andstoed ou the front amp
to Aaeb it in the eyes of hi* girl
is she came in after a mack, rol,
bat sb* diduT sec it and he went
off feeling hurt, while ihe grocery
man made up his mind to send a
inr key to every fireman for New
Year’s.
Hew Te Spell
To apotl steak—fry it.
To epeil tea or coffee—boil it.
To spoil plants—water them too
much.
To spoil butter—de net work
out »U the milk.
To spoil a sarpst—sweep i.
with a tuff half-worn broom
To spoil pus cakes—bake them
oa a luke- warm griddle.
To spoil potatoes —let them lie
and soak in wsiar after bciling.
T# spoil bread—use poor flour
sad soar yeast sad let it rise until
ioo light and it rant over.
,To speil scissors—cut every
thing from a sheet of paper iO a
bir of oast iron.
To spoil garments in making—'
ant th*m out carelessly and run
a 1 the mi aaas.
To ap il a school change
tea'ihr, * svsrv time some ene in
the district finds fault.
To spoil children— humor ‘them
to everything 'hey happen to think I
»hey want*
i
‘Be yon wish to many my daugb
tor. tPell, I rather like you per
eonelly, but the qnestion is can
you support heir f
* I have aa income of SB,OOO
from an uncle's estate
<*oo4, that will f-y ths lent o
toe house'
•I get $7,000 mare from bonds
whieh I osd."
‘Good again, that will pay the
servants’ wages.'
1 have $5,000 a year from a hue
iness firm of whiah I ata a silent
partner.'
Yee, that will feed you. What
•toe t
“That's all nir.’
“AH! And de you expect my
daughter to go without clothes ?
Do you think we are Hottentots 1
She can never be ihe wife of a
poos- man Good dey, sir,”
CORRESFON DENC.E
Flowery Urvkch. Oa.,
J»n sth 1881.
Mr A\li tor: It having linen some
time .-isce 1 have given you anv
th’ng from ihh) section, 1 have coil
eluded to sling in a word or two,
aa many interest!ng things have
nccuned siuce uiv lust letter.
The eventful year of 1888 has
passed amt gone, ml the new
year of 1884 still find* uncle
Jeems a sighirg lover.
To-day and yesterday is die
ihe coldest weather known to the
j oldest eiti/ens of this vicinity
Some anew on the ground n more
expected to ' ight.
On last Thursday th#'« was an
election held liaie for CoiiMciiineu
aad Mayor. Considerable excite
ment over tha electioa tint, not
quite a* much interest as in the
race -for Congress in the'.lth, whan
our little one-eyed North Georgia
hamaei denned up the la'e l S.
district Attorney and >S. ('. dm
turber.
Tnebo/e here still are allowed
m.xed drinks one more year ai the
tune as #l5O.
Tha trade ;f our turn present*
ta h«r a dull appear.in, #, but our
i merchants all seem to oa cheerful,
k»*wing that on# extrem# follows
another.
Mr H H Boring’s huu Cloud
wes sadiy burned with powder on
Christmas dey, but ie new about
well. Our fellow lownsmau, W,
L Hawkins, bed hie *rm bad'y in
jured s fsw days ago by gin hh\v»,
but lbs doctors think it can be
eavsd without ampu'a'ion.
Prof. R. K Mitchell opened his
school here on Jenury Ist wi’h a
flattering prospect. We predict
for him u fine school, aa he has tiio
reputation of b dug a fine educa
tor, and you bet we have the did
dree, and Flowery brunch being
oae es the beet places for n school
all dungs considered.
Htill they come. Mes* Odell
& Roberts will open a general
Merchandise st. ire a Ihe old s and
of Cbamhlee A Light next week ;
C F Paliaour of the firm ol
Hughs Sl Palmour, bus gone back
to Dawsou county from whence
became. M L Biand, commonly
known here as J .ihu Flutehr the
2nd, h*« returned from au extend
ed trip w»y down in Gwinnett
county, near Snehvillo. Heeays
the gills all look sweet as Rusher
vy gaua draps down dar.
U Bet,
Nosckoss, (la., Jan. lldi 1884.
Mr Editor :—Please allow me
space in your columns, for * few
dots, as I li irdly ever see much
from our j lace.
The cold wave came upon us
about a week ago and has nearly
stopped bunim hs in our section.
The boys bad nice ska'ing since
the snow has been on the ground
Our to rn is well blest with
schools. Prof. Simmons lias a
fine seliool. He has in at emiance
about 50 schollars. This seliool
is making a fine start and seems
to be doing well, and we hope will
pr&aper. Pref. Coolege opened
epened his school on las* Monday
the 7th lust., with a tine attend
ance . He has in school now IK
grownb ye, from 25 ytais down
to 15 years of age- M hsn the
weaiher epens upwi will make
things lively. With these two
school* in town they keep up a
gensial stir morning and evening.
Well, there has been some ohang
es in this place. Mr 1) B Wall
•uperssden Mr Hloan at tbs depot.
Mr Sloan expects o move to the
Gate City at an eurly date. Mr-
Wall is a fine business young man
•ud we hope he may prosper in
bii new enterprise.
Norcroea, as most of your read
ers know, is situated m a healthy
place, 20 miles from Atlan'a, and
is a very pleasant place lo live at
I' grows slowly, bui we have a
new building uow and then. We
have now eleven store*, i wo church
es, ona hotel, one null, two schools
and last but not ws have
one ealaboos. We have a mar
ahal who leoba after the latter
place ami keeps the boys straight.
Norerost is not behind us to so
ciety, either. She has as good so
ciety as any part of Georgia, and
Geergia as good us anywhere And
as for pret'y girl# no town in th#
State bea's us.
I may be consuming too much
in this but r will close this time
mid i#ll the rest hereafter.
Bui Ikx.
Item iaieeeaee of< baa Nisoaaor
< 'hnrle* Sumner is generally
spoken of as lai kiug the huuicr
eii* perception, wlrcli ie a great,
mistake. He not only # > »y*d a
witty remark, but weald remain
her it. even when it. was »t hi* ex.
pense. Among other Ixr- mots ms
Ivuius Choate, which he used to
quote, was the great Lawyers re
mark io Mr Sumner aa they mat
at die door of the Boston Ceurt
Himish. wlmn Sun net * friend*
were working so hard to ulact him
to th# United States Senate.
•‘Good morning Mr Choate, said
Sumner, pleasantly: “on the
inarch, J suppose, to another fn
rouble triumph ?" Mr Choate
drew around him his old cambist
cloak, throwing the cape over his
eumcitded, time furrowed face,
and looked very like one of the
witches in Mackbeth, aa he said
u. hi* deepest tone*, Ulamis, ihou
ar , and Cawdor," then turned to
tlmjCourt House. Once, when
MrSuau.er had tried in vain to de
cipher some note* wni-h he had
hastily mad* ami which he wishid
to use in a speech that day, he ex
claimed ; “Why, thia is weree
illwix t hoate's writing. I suppose
I may cur»ole myself, a* he enc*
did, when he bid found it impos
sible to decipher some of hie own
ohiaogiaphy, and eay : “Well, if l
ever fail io get a hvi*g by my prao
tiee, I can go to China and sup
port myself,by writing in»c< ipiion,
on tea chesis.”
Pittsburg, Jan. 6.—Teu years
ago or more Geo W. Powell first
met M i»s Mollia /furb, of this city,
•end loved her bet tier than any
other girl in tho world. Sb* re
ciproeatsd and tUe twuin were en
gaged to be married, but from
some cause the enogagement w»i
broken off. The lady met Mr.
Reno in this ciiy. He, like Mr.
Powell, attracted by the charm*
of her society, pruffered Lie haid
;n marriage. She accepted, and in
due course of time became Mr*.
Heiio. Shortly afterward Mr. Pow
ell, hnppening to h*ar of the mar
riage while in a dint an l State, al
so gol Hurried in a tit of pique.—
So each devoted himself or her
self to he new duties of a faithfnl
wife the part and a kind hus
band on the oilier.
About eight veers ago the wife
of George Powell died. Two
years la'er ihe husband of Mrs.
Molli# d Reno departed thia life
Neither of the two lovers knew till
a sli »rt time ago that the oilier
was free. The man in hie home
in a far Western State ottinses
thought of his first love in Pitts
burg. She I bought of him at the
same time. A few months ago
Mr. Powell dime ill tbit* vicinity,
learned that hie former sweetheart
was free and paid her a visit. A
reconciliation was affected, and as
ter ten years t.he party are happi-
Iv wed.
During the war a couple ol New
Yorker* went down into Petiil
sylvsui* to prospect for oil, and
having discovered a “stratum,
they undertook to putchas Bve’
acres of land of an old German.
He was op to snuff if not to oil>
and refused to sell at any lessen
able figure. On* of the would-be
purchaser finaly said to him :
“See here, Mr Klopp’ w* pro
s: to buy thi* laud and turn it
uter to die government.'
“Vrtsh for!"
-To help put down the ieb*ll
on The time ha* come wheu evry
mao must show his colors. Are you
for the Uuion?”
‘ Vhell—vhell——"
“Are you a patriot, er not* ’
“Vhell, I tell you how it vhaa. If
dere vhas oil in my land, I hold it
f r one thousand dollars an acre
uud vhas » rebel. If der* vhas to
'oil, 1 sell it to you for iwo hoon
dred dol ars an acre uud vhss a
good patriot'’
"Where do you suppose that
msn is d ivingT" inejuired a gen
ileman, ing to a flashily dress
•d fellow behind a stylish isaur
“Into bankruptcy, ’ was Ihe quick
reply of a bystaudei
jVol. XIII.—No. 43
“ ,fc * »•••* Wladew.
Ha* poatag* beea reduced to
two cent* f
•Yean*.'
•Fur letrer V
•Yea'ui,’
Then * two cent stamp will ac
tually cany a letter »’
‘lt will. 1
And ibarea no need of putting
•u three cent* *
'Not. a 6it.’
T>o you know Mr* B]*ak »'
*N»'nu.’
‘She »a.v* it’* two cent* ia d, e
eify ’
Ite two e#nt* every where in th*
country.’
’•She *ay* the seat a lettei to
her huthaad <n Chieago with *
two cant ata/np on i and lie never
got it,'
l '-ai, t he| () |(, at ma’ara."
' rii#u two cent* ie enough f
’Plenty.'
And Uerhuabaed probably got
the letter and didn’t, answer it V
‘Probably
"ell. 11l taksatoo centataiap,
but it there i* « a y doubt, about
tlie matter, I’d a* *oon pay more.
F will go. will it V
•Yre’io.'
'Go right out ti dav ♦'
'YeeW
'Well, I hope #o, f.» r it* ■ y r ,y
important latter. YouknowMrs.
D who iiv«a Hu—,—#treel V
‘No’m.’
‘"ell, it* for her. dim live* in
Buffalo uow. She asked ia* for
best way to pickl# mixed- ’ the
woman had to stand aside for two
or three minuise, but ae soon »<
th* window wbb clear she return
ed t» say :
‘I ve got the stomp ou.'
‘Yes'm. ’
‘Two cents.
‘I see.'
‘And it’ll go.
It will.’ ~ 1
‘lf it don’t -1’
And ehe probably didn’t sleep a
wink that nght.—Detroit Free
PresH.
—«■» *4»-o
Ethel—•] hear- that a twenty
four o eloek time diel ie prop ieed
Edith.—‘Ye» s ma t it awfmi * Oh
if I oaly had tha investor of thai
thing here, wouldn’t I pull hie
hair ?’
Ethel—‘But pa aaya it wiU great
|y simplify seal tore.’
Edith—‘Simplify them, indeed
It will drive ue all eraay.’
Ethel —‘ln what way, dear*
Edith—‘Why, pa and aaa near
ly take the roof off now when
dear Augustus etaye until after 12
Just imagine ihe fearful time 1
weuld have with them if the aaw
dial were adopted and he should
etav setae night until half past 24
o’c’ook.'
He—Before you give that over
coat to that beggar, my dear, had
you not heller look tnroagh the
pockeis ’
She—When did voa wear it
lest*
He the latter part ofle -t Marc .
1 think.’
She—Then I know there’s noth
mg in the poekets ’
He- llowao*
She Because that wee befuic
you stopped drinking ’
W hat has become of “Bowery
Mike, who kept a saloon which
was a popular resort for notori
oue characters some yearn age»'
‘He’s in the Legislature.'
•And hie |>amier, where ie let’
He got found our end ia in the
Penitentiary,’'
China ie, perhaps, the only
civilized eoamry in the *j»orld
which he* noi teaorled togas aa a
means of lighting and even among
tha rich the methods es illumiuat
•re priraitve in the extreme, 44.* —,
kerosene oil is rapidly coming J
into use within a considerable
radius of the treaty poet .
Au industrious and entarpriaiug
colorsd farmer near Fayalta,Mia«..
named AJex Scott, haa already
ahipp d 6,500 bead of cabbage, for
whieh he haa realised nine cents
a head Thia wan in addition to hi*
#
regular crop of com ai d cotton.
Never judge by
A shabby old coat/- v ' fJh
aditor. j 'i* - j ■