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rorgolten packull;
:t.-ilkr*n
. only a letter
in I>uikl .
1 .ltd liefi'l-e
were lull of »unliylil
H. that more.
u summer,
in* joyous time,
uiiit
,,f a_\ Ua'i iii
jH. . | Iml Mill, no rl
j.ii
glory
ls < lii foresi Liiolloil,
a girlish liiguiv,
of flout I Ilfs flail
lo'l fin alone [lie
my ebair
a moment,
lielil tin' i ruin|ileil shoe!.
usilie vision fntleil,
gray, city street,
to my weary eyes.
fiunless »-triif'jtle:
the worthless pri/e.!
K&j 111 >N ' '
mb a. i s I'uoMist
B«aj - - - j.
Ht y. uiry I ondoir, dec. rat
and silver, was tli t .
1 h“' h- «i< d eigb
simple w hitu mm.
B s J.
B "liirh ill-suiied her
and «n ol 1
B‘ h .""'d i' « prune, were
o j
■ b [irouiissil to ui\e
■Ott'.ej.inwo'tt l| lß j,;,..
s.liu. Hud lie young
g long ;;tiu ] a.iiful
I! 'uy dani'-g, gratify y»ur
1 father *«,! make him hap
he die*. It has long
9 »i«li if nay lies it. o see
Ull U‘nv«l'a w;fe. 1 d.
hto be unreasonable, and
uoi ask y.iu t 0 m,, rr j hum
B 1 *’•» vermin ho would
IhJljjV Hot
uke. for he i.
■* al i » }Ou are, bu’ then
ta,B: Iw as fmty and
omiy twen y when we
and 1 am sure eurs
•*PP7 union.”
ie ‘ r P*pa." pmad«d Isa
! aupposa lovad veil
■ k( ' >“»« Mr Denver,i'ha t
■^B 4 i;r>-ut deal of d.Serence.
B Cm ‘ !e »“* io lore him,” ~
XI 1 1 aatlshaven “Vrfi
BMLuowieJjje that you de
* im “; !am aura he is
1,1 aud attractive "in
B !'*P»- 1 lov* Kric 15,•uy'li
* s loi‘tf a * he lire, / c «w
e '“*riy ~<her man.'
B s? " r i: Broughton,’ CI
Lt; fa| ke> impßlitjitlv
B" not evpeat l
”* •* w [ ? on >rti insigaif
,W "i k cleik vtko half not>
'^' ,, i | *n t °f being hand
B
■ l "" ; *»id it
I"!'" rta ‘ot-aWll bell, and '
* UVeI - «*-»k as What^
, ,ml try by Tflffirrftiav to
■ '' father, and in the
happy, Bo saving,
•hahaven lit a cigar’and
I? " u sow minutes la
’* We *B out too.
“a lovely day, this mod.
llle Hudson, a hand
.„ ‘ e LoUHe 019 quit* a corn
fc * Ullli-tt c e , the ground
o rnnced down lathe water's edge
and planted iu bins grass, i long
st/ieich of the broad, blue. ovciy
river won seen front the piaz/.a.
,S ra ght aero ,s on, the opposite
bank the C’nsLiils stood out bold
ly against the sky, while some d »
iat,re above the Cast It haven mao
-ion, almost invisible on a,count
of the ttees around it, stood die
elegant home of Julian Denver.
Isabel s ghe 1 : * she looked at
it, “Perhaps,’’ she ibought ‘if may
someday lie my own ’ It seem
ed that wi h a the next t'e» lays
she must choose her path in life,
must decide winch she would take
the Isvely home oa the Hudson
river, or a cheap boa ciiug house
in N«w York. "For if I many
Eric Broughton,’’ she said to her
,eir, "against my fathers \v isne-,
[ rill sever accept a penny front
him, much less ask tor it. No,
Eric must support mo if J become
h ■ wife, ami not papa 1
How was aha to choose? Hsr
intense 1 ve for her gray hi a ltd
rather, whose life she knew was
drawing to hs close, made her
lean towards the course hat sin,
knew would gratify him, while on
lie o 1 her hand was her lovo tor
Eric and all her hop.s of happi
nee j.
Sund*y, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, dragged slowly by,
nd on tke next, ilie
I’hursda, s!i« waste give Mr. D,u
ver his final answer. On that day
there wdH to l>« a picnic given by
,/tilia'i himsell and where Label
and her father would l oth he pre*
ent, and where the ardent lover
hoped to plead his cause again
and to h am his fa e.
First Isabel decided to t 11 him
‘No - then she changed her mind :
a few hours later she changed il
again, ind finally decided to wait
until the very moment and then
do’as she thought bash
. . Tbn 1 *>■*■ ’•** “
hie at Bellevue, Mr. Denver*
place, asd from there go ia the
chattered boat up lire river to the
plnee where the pionio was to be.
“Tliia bout is ra her eld,' said
Mr. Denver apologetically, se
they stepped on board, “but it was
the only suitat.de one to be obtain
ed,
Ail day long pour Isabel was
keptiu an agony of suspense, tear
ing evety moment elie w»* withJu
liaa that he would broach tks fa
tal topic. At last, la «iu the uf
terneon, as tuey were seated on a
roeky clit T overlooking the river,
Ihe dreadful moment that ws« to
decide tLwir to ure# came.
“Ni, Mr. Dsjrvet,” saul Isabel,
geatiy bu tiiinly, whan he paussu
for her to *i eannot mar
ly you. 1 do'Eot love you, and I
tgi noi willing to mar ry you, feal
isg a, i do. 1 you tuuii
not as W4hi* to again.
lie run and L.lffy .waited bac k
to the last at fnemturty, cacti si-
Cmt f&tlier looking ivto the lace
of tyrother.
“■fell in/’ at last, “la it
Eric Broaghtjpi^f”
later ihsy joiaed the
• here, and Mr, saw
lay their faces what had happened
—that hiAlevely child hud ref as
edjto Denver’s wife
Thirty uriuutee ahsar they gwtre
ou boai'dHh*emiug down
the rivers » general silgtive reigned
J*
The gloom bad spread from lea
b»J, tier father, and her lover, over
the whelo purty, and allege litr
ed
awful cry arose, “Eire 1 F.rs! r lht
boa is ou fire!’ 'The cene era.i
tioa that ensued may be imagined
—a general rashtor safety, for the
i>out“ that were being lowered,
i Isabel f*ltherself hurried, half
iißConscione with fight. by whom
and whithar she k new aol; sli* felt
hetself soon placed in a small row
boat with several other person*,
whose faces she did not n cognize.
They were nearly on the bank
when the cry, “Mr CaetUhuvcu is
left,” routed her.
ftheleaked up,aud on t e deck
of the ruining vessel [the beheld
her father. There were bo heats
nearer than the one in which she
was. “Save h : m,” aha cried, “foi
God’s sake save him.”
boa meu rowed rapidly to tli o
reseu e, but it eetmtd to Let thu^
Lawrenceville Georgia, Tuesday February 12, iBB4
li.ey scarcely move l. ar, j
nearer they came, but Ur Cas-ile
h tvea could not stHfcd tliaie any
longer. He leaped liotu ihe b. a
u id iuy struggling in ihe water.
.Seeing i . all , f leabdl s sti ength
wen up in thi erv, "Julian save
H-m, and I wi/1 bo your Wife.’’
1 Leu she her,vine dazed, bewilder
< 1. and sunk in the bottom of the
boat.
wiek later. Iu her boudoir
on a sofa, Isabel ( astletia veu re
' lined. Her Ist.hor watched us-i
her. >She had a raging fever for
twe days after iht etcambiat acci
eii. though ttill anootsciu*
■ho was now 8 rong enough to bo
reised intd carried for a change
Irem her own room.
“\\l.oß will she wake up and rs
tolled things?’ mused h»r father.
"J’eilmp*, the dreadful tiiought
dat te l through his hr,on. “pi r
imps she is deranged. Oh, h avt n
grant llmt i. not so!” A pause.—
“1 hoard thin dreadful shriek. ’Ju
lian save hiia, and I win h* yout
wife!’ Peibapaiho eaoiiico
crazed her. No she must not mar
ry him, tie c niiuot expect —’
“Papa, said a fuel,. e voice from
the lounge
“Oh, thank ® oil,’ he cried, ‘site
knows aae."
“What is the muter ,vi h me
ahe murmured, ‘have J beau asleep?
“Yes, that’and you have been
• ck, lit;au*.vered gatilir, “1 will
:.*il v’i u std soon
Jm ttl eu a fervent entered and
asked if Mr. Denver could worn* in
“Yes, ask him iu," saul Isabel,
•slinly, thoagh she turned pa'e a
• lea ii ai a tiaiu . Sue tuso and
walked toward - the door, where
sli* not only met Mr. Denver, but
ArioßruugLitou. If suali a thing
were possible. 1 would say she
turned an «r.
"Eric- Mr Bt c ugliertou," -i n
• autmivd.
Her lian la and feae were assn wy
as lhu while dress belted in at Ihe
vviiivt which siie wore.
Mr. Denver walked slowly to I* a
Del and said :
Mim Caallebaven.you huve piom
ise Ito be my wife, bu t yen said so
when you were half dead wi h
iri.ht.acd t>oi’ve nonoti aof hold
nigyou toil. You love my friend
here, lam willing--your fatli-r
it: wiliinn'to give yon to him. Bt
u ippy. ’
Eric Broughton elaapsd Isabel
in Ins arms aud she bunt into a
titled of tears. “Thank you Mr.
Denver, thank you.’
“Gall ma Julian, Isallie
said, "aad give me sue kits, and l
will f«> ! fuliy rewarded for rwy sat
rifis*.
“I will Julian, ’ she re umed
warmly , dirowlng i or ai sea around
his i.«:k. He beat ui,d kisrt.i her
twice, very tenderly, very !®vjßj-
Iv, the’i i * handed Ler to Eric,
iuuug :
“Take h«r, Broughton, a»d
make her happy.’’ Then he : aid,
■‘good-bye,” and well he**#.
“Nh* is my preeicua treasure.
Bronghten,” said Mr. Oastleha
vac, “and y*u nait prize her high
ly. Yea musi make it tb* ob
jest es yosr life to make hsr hap-
W
“Oh. I have ao soars abeat sty
uappisess,’ said Isabel, gaily—•
‘Thai is,” with *n iasinuating
smile st Erie, “If you have none.’’
“Thai yon bare none, aay dar
ling,’’ said Breughtoa, leaderly
kissing her. “For I could ant b#
happier than I am now ”
m <«« • -
Last ’Wednesday a “trapper’
was in the city to Bed beaver au
otter skins. Quite a largo number
of beavers »r.d ut'e s huv* beet:
caught ou Sweetwater c.roek, lieiu
Audersonvi’l*, in this country
I’lia skins of th<- ; animals find a
ready sale, the price ranging from
*2.00 $2.50 per pelt. We have
e*u tol l that the me it of the lies
rt-r and ott.-r is regard* I as very
oslatable, and that the trappi r*
uae it largely a* food. The water
courses of Southwest Goo'gia are
prolific m beaTeis and in mrny
localities 'rapping is a very profit
1 1 >le business. —Ex
Ibs fashion of w earing t ulle
birds on la lies’huts is programing
H# rapidly that by next 1 all
Thanksgiving turkeys will be in
demand.
DEVOTEDTO NEWS, ! ITEIIATUHE AND I.(H Al, Al-FAIKS
OORRESFM.M DENCE
O.v ns < 5a., Feb . 4th 1 SSI
A'il!l-r l/erahl: You will confvt a
t ivor by allowii j spu ein ; lie col
'-mils i I the Hkkai.o for a te w ilots
urn this sett inn. N’otw ithstund
• t*iv1 1h,> ituf'ivorublo weather we
have be. n having, you etts si a
signs prej aa o vto makimg -m
--oder crop. The war. sun fer
the last few da.s lias -e'tled the
ossip con eraiugihe wheat l»i ir-j,
! ,! led. and w# *re glad ft) note
hat Vve have pleatv ,t-ft wltere
pii-Bty was ceded. The oat crop
ii«s not tr.a a it» earanci. ,risl
it is very certain that ,t bus piatfy
•veil]-,11 l.eeu killed. r J'he people
ure going to make a fumble tfi’ort
to make a l*rge er p anti ws
would urge them tt b-e sure !w
raise plenty of everything they
cun at home and let the cotton he
a surpluses op this v. >r.
J tee that tin, i e.v Court House
question ias bseu talc u g up cop
utilt-iabio spa •in yc ,r coliuans.
As I have no war (o make nivrelf
pet haps il wou .1 b* in t resting to
some cf your naders to know bon
the peupA stand up here in Cuit a
disirict. 1 have b«ss requeeied to
say that out es a car diren hundred
vo vrs about live or ten are iu fa.
v ,r of u new Cuuri House, the bul
ancr are against it, and will not
who for any mm fm- auv • ffi««
who ia in favor of tearing down
down the prescntcourt k use and
build itg- a new one in ii» plaee. I
very < : eu hear exjuraeii as like
this. “The pto.veal County Com
m asiooer* could no be eluted to
tliu etllcs es ‘dig ptlter.’”
'! hat i« pretty harsh la 1 guage
to nee about pe lemm cf liy i
• landing, nsverihel#it ;a uia.l.
I 1 doea laok til.e ihai a set of m«n
who are »o willinj- to use other
folks money to build houses.
ollV 111, to ban* sesi sr I'rsmli ‘
! m * *t wit bos using tar re for the
purpose of employing an architect
nad , ay ing lutu out of some body
elsfc’s pocket, tu draw ft pi is !o
built! by. An tios t like the p-iau
teat war laid before our live law
makets, »t their adjourned teres.
Now, f tlicsu live men lefsrre I to
Lave thi pow:-r to xnak* a hw to
fore $20,0(K) out of ihe pc .pin ot
GaiuaeU lo build the coiiit house
for the conveuii.u-c of t is p- oj,x
we wi u!d iike to Lava semeihiug
te say»bout Low it should b*
built. The wiiier would be glad
io furnish a p!a» wlr'cli is f*r
aheadthe one axliibiUd before the
Cummisiioaers, far lut'f the mon
ey thatvefiued geatlemaa will got
-vi.o cam# over from Ailant-t. But
would not sound big enough
to say the architect r ams over
from Chilis dial riel.
1 wr'll moi gi'-e my plan in this
in full as I boat know whether it
will be accept this er tot. 1 wi.l
say that if it is to be for the bene
fit of the country peeple we want
a bed room for jurors aud witi.es,
es who come from a distance and
have to stay in town over night
and we also want a nice liitleatalt
built in some remote earner for Mr
Teagios Jersey bull, as he has to
serve on# of the grand jurors prel
tyof en and I don’t think he cae
•ver serve another week without
taking him along, for lie says there
is h— lin his neck.
As te the privacy of ihe (irand
Jury, I don't think but one cul
prit ever escaped on that account,
and I think one of the Grand Ju
rot* helped hsr off io Hand Moun
u in, wiser# our Justice court lias
gone, and as he devil it ieose all
but hio tail wa would be if
he weuld pull that loose nnd gi
go theio too and lei the "w eary b*
at rest.
A YTOII.
—• • «*»
"Love is blind " .M iybe that - !
why the gas is often turned down
te Iho parlor when love lakes po a -
S'S-icn. Jlecau.se why, love being
blind, there is no sense in was'-
mg yas to make light for it.
/i is said lint ai a re em we 1
tig the six uaLers wore ch is
en from rejeetd suitors of due
bride. It vt s a grate!ai act io
give the nneacfctfui suitors ati
oportuuity to witness the life pun
islunent inflicted upon their sue
ceesiul rival.
.11l iniueis are uot sitece.-: ful,
but many dig iu vein.
V Hoar’s Magac-tly
The upper water's of ihe rivers
iu M i so run through lowland,
covr red iu ill* s uemsr with (all.
'tout *i.r»». wlicli, it cui eirly in
th.ee s ,n. md.esnutr.'us lay.—
H v f-itliu owned several asres of
: ’Wlaud in tt lonely valley far up
he I'ash River. \\ lieu the line
t*tc for cut ing Ills grass, tevetsl
of the faunly would go to the
• e*i land and camp there for
kree oi soar day*, until the buy
was made.
On* season, *n ituivieg « our
uampfug plaee. father, who was a
chew at e: tobacco, discovered that
n * tobacco bi»x was a’ home, in
stead 'of it: his coat pocket, i, be
tig Ihe rouugest of the pit tv. v>*»
*snl back to the hous* for it.
I had walked about ti mile on
my w*y baek wliti I heml a twig
tasp Looking round I .-aw a
large bear about ten rod* behind
me. My tint impulse wr* io run;
then I tli night I would ebout:
Bui I wisely decided tha. perhaps
ii would be infer to walk along a*
coolly as 1 could and not appareu
tlv t ike any adieu of the animal.
1 was much relieved to tied tLat
tkougll so lowing, he did tot »x
ert himself to approach me.
After walking about half a mile,
ic a suspense that kept my head
turae.i half around, soaring evet v
nio:ii*i|f lea: brttiti Blight run up
oa ms. I. reached tiro lop of a lull
from which 1 saw, on the Dank of
the river below, an old eaa <« and
P'tv Idle. Seeing that this was my
chance die moment 1 lost .igbt of
the Lear over the emit of the liill,
1 stalled an 1 ran at full speed. -
Gaining the esuot, I launched it
y
jumped in, and by one hard stroke
paddied it into the stream.
Twenty seconds more would
bave been too late. The bear
e.uu-e tanning down ihe hill and
l.<» sircam, within
live isei ol Hu canoe, lie fellow
ei >t for a short distance, but my
quick, short strokes caused him to
last to go* upthecha *. I watch
ud him swioi tiack and disappear
in tha we Then I leianreiy
iioa.ed itietig with the caur<*nt<
thinking over my asnow escape.
On nesting a cats in the nver
whireapoial jutta l far out fruta
both hsuke, 1 saw old brum htsnd
iug at one hank, wailisgfor me.
I could not turn and paddle a
gainst the currant. It was too
Strong for me to make uiueit hsad
way. bo l headed tke canoe a*
far away from tke point as Icould
ae 1 then pa Idled desperately so
as to p**< as quickly as possible.
The bear leaped but miscaleulat
iag nay speed, fell short of the
canoe, by u tew feet. I ] addled
away from him and :,oou lost sight
of an iiuiursl who hud cartniuly
sliovvu more than ot d eary sugaci
ty. I de*tsd dewu to wkare fslk
or and my two biothars were,told
my story, end—father had to go
without his lebsceo.
A woman applied for lodgings at
the Eldridge street station house
late on Sunday night, bnt was un
der the inf ueace of liquor. She re
tarmed some time afterward morn
drunk than before, and was told
tba if she did not leave She would
lie ar Jed and locked up in a
cell.
7’ow rd morning Policeuaa
Mc-Kirv y, who is attaohed te the
•tation, brought the woman in for
intoxicatiou, he having found her
lying helplca, :>t the coiner of
Delancoy and Ohrvstic street. The
prisoner said the was Alice Smith
*ud w h twenty-four years old
Sue h;'d no home In going his
rounds, two hours later. Doorman
Smith saw the prisoner hanging
from the door of the cell in which
■-ho had been placed. Hn untied
die handkerchief ihat suspends
lior, and with difficulty restored
the half-strangled girl to coaseiotis
nes-. A charge of attempted su
i' Mo wus made against her yester
day in the I! ex Mirket, pol e*
eouri, and sh. was held SSOO bail
for trial. Mrs. Smith for the
prisoner proved to be a widow,
said that she w»s onoea Circassian
girl is a llowory uiuaeuin. Her
busbaad, who died two year* ago,
exhibited curiosities, among which
was hia wife, in circuses aid
travelling shows.
4 ■•arivis lilicslnr*
Mr. lsaue \V Cotton is a new
Hsmskuc ltiua, who is well known
through the Soutlieia Suites, and
t*c little adventure wiflt which he
met a few days ago in tlio swollen
wa era of St** Creek ,ust beyond
the /V/tckleubiirg line it) South
Carolina, vvid br * interest to Ins
trießils m the Seitth and will star
tie his ftiends ia the North. Mr
t 'otton ftccompaaied by bis eu. is
making lis way 'o Florida all the
wav from New Hamshire, tlirougb
ike eeuntryiu n buggy. For ma
nj years p:u»t lie has speat Li* win
lers iq Jt'lorids, but up to this
winter has alwa ji goae by ra 1.
His scheme of making the trip in
buggy was adored upon the ad
vice of physicians, wh» thought
ihejovet'land trip would do Him
good, besides giving him a fine
neqaaintance with tlm country.-
Vr Cotton and lint son jntt out
from New Hainshire about, three
months ago, and found that the
trip fully came up to the recoanmea
datious until they passedCharlotl#
and eneouu ered Steel Creek,wlwn
a really tartling adventure befell
the in.
The creek was greatly swollen
by the lata ruins and wa* far out
its bunks. Mr. Con on had eross
ed stream* twice that width in
Florida, and supposing he could
do ii here tliw mini wey, he drove
into the swollen waters He had
driven in hut a short distance
when lie discovered hi* esistuk?,
bill 100 late. When he could see
netbihg hut the kr ids of himself,
son am' boric above the waters,
lie realized that trouble f ncompaes
nd hint round about. The car
rent of the stream bore them swift
ly along, and men, horse and bup'
gy quickly purty company. Mr.
(Jot Urn caught the branches of n
tree and thaw himself out, of the
u'utnr Ins irae n bi le below
him l it saw that bis son bad saved
himself in like manner. Ibn hoi st
an 1 bugp-y had hisappeured from
sight - It vvsa growing Into in
the evening, aud Mr. Colton -.nil
hm eon began to shout for help
and kept it. up until * ceuple of
farm hands, attracted by tlieh
rics, came upon the scene. At
ter coesideruble maneuvering iln
father and son were rcsened fr.mi
the trees ua I conduct, d to the re,
idem;* of a hospitable farmer uear
by, wlieie they were made com
fortable for the night.
Mr. Cotton lost his horse ami
buggy, Beside, two uunke amd a
valise eontmniug his valuables,.—
On* of the trunk* was as i-rwn.nl
foui d about a wile irom the scene
li:s valuable* weiehsptinaieugb,
uueuspicious looking valise, and
were earned in the fool of die
buggy, It is hardly possible tlmt
the valise will ever bs feund. Mi
Cot ton *(ient two ditv s at the house
of his uewly found friend, and
then, getting a new rig, proceed
ed *n hi* journey, leaving instruc
tions for the forwarding of hie r*
aiaining goods should they be re
covered from the flood. There
are a good many streams betwsen
Steel Creek and Florida, but if
any of them are ewollea when Mr
Cotien drives up to the bank he
will be seen goiag through the eye
of a needle rather than through
tha water. —Charlotte (As. C.) Ob
nerve r.
Luke Smith controls a fi t'»
against the town es Monree and
for yean has been trying te get the
money on it. It is said that he lies
e ectod not less than half a dozen
different ticket* for municipal hoi.
ors, with the understanding that
his fi. fa. wae to be paid off' but *s
rumor has it the commiaeioneis
have invariably given him the cold
shoulder when they were safely
landed into office. Last week
this plan was abandoned, and
‘Kirby” ordered the Sheriff' to
levy on the calaboose und stree
lamps. This was done, «n ! tlio
tewu is niiiius a prison, besides bo
iug in the dark , Sheriff’ Ammons
has locked the calaboose ami pock
cted die key, and ha* removed the
street laaape to a room n the old
jail, where they are secure under
lock and key. Luke says that
every piek, shovel aud hoe will tie
levied on whenever the marshal
attempts to have the street*
worked.—Waltou Nows
Austin. January ID. ISM The
special connni /e* of the Texas
legislature, at its meeting last
night, agreed to report fuvorbly
u idl making fence catling tt
felony, punishable by imprison
meat for a term of not less than
two year or over tivu; also to pro
vide fer the opening of g* ! «s end
midways to water plsee* »i such
jnteivulF us will afford < roper
convenieuco to the public. They
further a need to rep u t fav trebly
u liill to prevent the inoloaing of
s* Is by any other person >r pet
s oljh than tin o vners then of. and
fixing a penalty for L tho same of
AbilU for each oil's ace. On the
question as to whether Ihe courts
pi each e niniy shou'd have eon
current jurisdiction wi h tlioi* of
the country in which snclt an of
euc# is committed Lhu committee
took no iicttinn, thus leaving the
important tpiestion as to whether
the judges have ihe right to try
all cases of this nsi ere, wltercevwr
they happen, to bo decided by iho
whele house. These recommeii
datums, if acted up ui, will ed’ectu
ally preveat the illegal encloeure
of the public domain, establishing
as high crime the present outrage
munis, settle the rigli t of the pub
; lie to the water courses now tuon
opoli/.ed by favervd chisesand go
far toward roo ing out, ia a sat
isfaetery manner the giant evi
wliielt Bow tiiresteuM t/<• peaen
ami imjiaiis tko properly es the
State.
About the wickedest thing that
las ocut red lately was the way
the boys played it on a jirett?
drummer fio«n /liehison, K iusau .
He is very beautiful und a great
faverite witli the ladiev. The
hoys desired to make him tired;
so at For - Scot l one night thev
decided to lake all the girls from
tli#|hotel to the theatre. They go (
two seats Tor Hit liaudsoine young
unit in tlio enure of tho house,
and scats for th« other fellows
mid ihier graves was et the side.
They met on tho eorridor non,
lli* theatre, and each took agirl
and went into tho show. The
prel'y man took his girl d*wn the
eeutre /isle, and juntas the lights
were turned up slm took oft' her
veil, and Jwben h* looked at her
he cam* ueurjfaintiug. jSlieJwas the
c doted dish washer, ami the boys
bad the dining room girl. Oh
what a row liters wa« fie went
out to sea a urn and tried to bor
row * revolver, and the other
fellows went out to got away from
him and the girls saw the the
show alone. The rravling men
got somebody to hold the excited
mas till they could explain that
•t was u mistake, but he thinks
to this day that they sawed off
the colored girl onto him on
purpose. The boys should he
earful or they will some time pic)
on a fellow 'hat will get mad.
Heading, Pa., Jam ‘2l. (li sa t
destitution prevails ameng the
miners at work on the ore Bed*
iß„Low*r Macuntie, Lehigh ceun
ty, and along the East l’euusylva
aia railroad. Their pay has beea
out down from seventy five to
sixty five ce/ile per day, and now
the store keepers refusej to give
'hess the usual seonihly credit
demanding cash payments. Th*
contractors operating lit* mines
say that the reduolion was necss
si I a ted by the fall in the price of
iron. Only a few of the mines
are in operation, and as a resub
huadreds of the ainere are idle
Mis. 1). Jv. Small, wifoofCap
tain Darius Small, who is is charge
• f the government work at Beau
furl, 1 C and child, were among
tlis lost oil the City of Columbus.
A.te'egram was sent to Cupt. Small
by M«*sih, Richardson <Sc Bsidstd
agents of the stta lifer at Savannah
convsyingtl e sad intelligence. Mr.
A.. N. Mitchell, of Jacksonville,
wa* alse telegraphed tha loss of his
son
Co ! Jamas Idward Calhona,
who lives jsst across thejSavantsb
river frena llbert, is a brother in
law es John C. Calhoun. He is
ninety jeers old, perfect'y erect,
ridss hers.back twenty or thirty
miles, sj a!:es a do/.ea languages
fluently ami has never used apse
tseles. Col. Oallionn is in excel
lent health.
jVol. XIII.—No. 40
The woman win makes slippers
for her pastor may be called a
minis l *! ing angle.
If sovea days make one week,
how many week* doti it lake to
make one strong.
“Wha' you need, madam,” wise
!y remarked the docter as he
glanced at her tengue, “i* exer
cise
The baker is a kueedy man, and
this arises from the fact tha’ he is
greatly inclined to leaf.
A drunken man is seldom injur
cd by a lull and he plebuly isn t
by * spring -if the water is good
A patent iron—eottir dealer ad
vertises Ikm any one wire uses
his invention once will never use
any other.
I’hrte degrees of mining speeu
lations i’obitiv—mine ; comptir
ative -miner ; superlative—miniiH.
“1 know tt, doctor' bat iuy hits
baud is away so much that I don't
get a 1 unco to talk lo him half as
much as he deserves
“Love," says a writer, “is an
internal transport.'' A cetniem
pot siy remarks: “The same might
be .said es a canal boat.”
‘A os, said ihe Idaho man, “It s
dreadful unforunate that my gal
got hagged by that ar' b ar. .She's
sail o' lieid me iu contempt sine*'
“I till the Hill,” said Willie whea
he got into his mother's preserve
closet. And I foot tie Hill,” re
marked papa overhearing the sol
iloquy.
A new style of st ick’iig* i* call
ed Nollaire. Stuckrato would have
b**u a bet er name, and w« never
did admire a stoking* with a tan*
at the end of it.
No girl ought to thiuk of mar
rage until she Citu wash and irou.
.She «un,t get along utdess she
knows how to smooth her bus
baud's bosom when H becomes ruf
ed.
She J am fond of poetry ’
lie, Are you indeed' Ho am j.
Do you like Burnt,! She, No
indeed; they are bo extressing.
I>ut, tlion, I am not troubled
with them, as ma lines all the
cooking
There was to have been a suit,
for HH,ult and battery before on*
of ilie Justice m ihe temple ves
lenlay. A fai mar down in Sgriag
well* was charged with having
slapped the jaws of his neighbor,
and t vo wagon loads of wiunssaes
w«i # on hand to swear to ihis and
ilut. Belli pluiutitt’and defendant
seemed to be determined men and
Llieir respective wife* sal aid
glared at each other like two ca - *
.Some of the necessary formaline*
were being woked up when, ill of
a sudden, the wife of the com
plaint was taken witu the tooth
ache. If wasn’t the kind wliieb
growls and mutters around bit Mi*
old fashioned, jumping ache aid
in two minutes she was cryiag
Her t*ar« at once afflicted the
wife of the defendant and afier a
little she slid over and whispered:
“i'oor thing—l'm sorry!”
“Oh! Much an ache! ” sobbed the
tictiiu.
“I brought along some pepper
mint end here it is,” Raid the flint
as she produced the phial.
“ W hat’s all this?’ asked did plaint
iff, as he cams up.
“VVhy, your poor wifs is sufler
■ng terribly with the teouache,
and I pity her fro,- the bottom of
my heart.”
"Who's got the toothache?”
iaqatred the defendaut, as he join
ed the group.
“My wife.”
"George! but that's too bad!
•Shaa t I go to the drug store for
J ou?”
At this the plai utif turned about
held out his hand and repled.
“Say. George. I was a fool to
bring this s«it. I sailed you a liar
and you hit me. and that waa
right-’,
“Hut I'm asrry, Jibs-”
“Then Ist a dron the whole bus
[ness and ride home together and
k'ive a chieksß dinnsr! Molly, git
your cloak on.
And in spits of lswsra and
epesta'ore and the queer expres
sion of his Honor's face the plain
'iff paid all eost slapped the
defeedsat en the bask, and headed
the party oat doors with the ex
clamation.
“Go to grasa with your lawyers
and you woman folks stop here
till George and me have a
drink!'