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" THE WEEKLY GWINNETT HERALD. a f '■«: « fIfITT HE "ALU J *A*r TV«s DAT *T E PLES fc BOWLES ißlPrio* KATES: Sl.jO ill »<IvHIK-(:. ' lt 75 in advance, inos-. . , mo*** ..TU n. advance. noogh for Everybody -AS— f,rtisniff }lt<linn> vERALI' ,y •j„ ttup»t»c arc'ilch, „ ami rfy inn rule.,, ktt-'iw nit ’< minim (*»’• s BLANKS’! BLANKS f I, D< SUn« PRINTKIt) ■ sale a t t h e Mad jolt OF Fir > EscEl liANY* 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 ■