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VOL. 11l The Quitman Reporter Ifl PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MY .TON. TILLMAN, Prop's-. TERMS: On* Year $2 00 Six Months 1 00 Thre Months 50 All subscription* must bo paid invariably In advance— no discrimination in favor of anybody. Ths paper will bo stopped in all instances at tho expiration o f the time paid for, unless subscript ions aro previously rone wed. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rate of SI.OO per square —ono inch —for first inser tion. and 75 cents for each subsequent in sertion. t f i All advertin*ments should he marked Tor a specified time, otherwise they will be rharged under the rule of so much for the first insertion, and so much for each subse quent insertion. M arriages, Obituaries and Tributes of Re •peet will be charged same rates as ordinary advertisements. WHEN lULLS ARE DI E. All hills for advertising in this paper arc due on the first appearance of the advertise ment, except when otherwise arranged by contract, and will be presented when the monoy is needed. Dr. E. A. JELKS, Practicing Physician. QUITMAN GA. Orncr : Bri.-k building adjoining tor. of Messrs. Briggs, Jelks & Cos., Screven street. [l-tf S. T. KINGSBERY, Attorney at Law, QUITMAX, - - GEORGIA. in new Brick Warehouse, Business before the IT. S. Patent Ofiicf attended to I. A. Allbritton, Attorne^a^Jjiiw, QUITMAN, .... GA. fyjrOFFKT. IX COURT HOUSE.^ W. A. S. HUMPHREYS, Attorney at Law, QUITMAN. GEORGIA. JWOFFICE in the Court House 'flttl HADDOCK & ItAI FORI), Attorneys at Law, QUIT3IAN, GEO. Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to their rare. orer Kaytnn's store. Dr. J. S. N. Snow, X) E ZST T IST OFFICE—Front room up stairs over K;\y ton’s Store. Gas administered for painless ly extracting teeth. * to suit the times. jan 10, ly R. H. Robinson, Physician and Surgeon Haring opened nn offir- opposite the Mclntosh Honse, in the building formerly occupied by Mrs. Black, offers his services to any who may call. Office hours from 9 to 12 o'clock M., and from 2 to 4 r. M. Quitman, Ga., Fob. 2, 1879. *hn D*. E. A. Jei.ks. Dr. Harry Mabbett. Drs. Jelks& Mabbett, Having purchased the drug department of Messrs. Briggs, Jelks A Cos., would respect fully notify their friends and the public gen erally that they have just opened a NEW DRUG STORE - , in the house formerly occn- Sied by Dr. Jelks as an office, which they svo considerably enlarged, and are now supplied with a full and eomploto stock of Drugs, Patnt Medici ncs, Perfumeries, Toilet Articles, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, Putty, Ac., &c. ie stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, jK. TOBACCO, SEGAKS, SL V MABBETT. The B. A A .Railroad. —The Atlan ta Commonwealth says, it is within the knowleilgo of the Editor of that pa per that hopeful negotiations have been pending some time, for an early completion, to Enfaula, of the Brun swick & Albany Railroad. The New York Herald says. “Wo could wish for many reasons that the Democratic party might win the next canvass for tho Presidency, and while wo do not believe in the and shonesty of parties as organizations, wo think the radical chango that would thus como would be a benefit.” W e received a private letter, dated May 30th, from a friend in New York, dootajnina this item: "T6-day is dec-' oration day. Near Liu'col’s statue in Union square is planted a large pal metto tree from South Carolina. Surely this looks like tho inillnium.' —Albany News. —■■ A Mississippi Murderer Lynched for his Crimes. —Sam Andcison, col ored, who was arrested in Memphis last Monday for attempting to out rage Miss Vaughn, of De Soto, Mis sissippi, and cutting the throat of her brother and leaving him for dead, was taken from the officers there yester day morning by a body of armed citi zens and hanged. His father, charged with being an accessory to the at tempted murder, is in tho Hernando jail. A Numerous and Successful family is the Washburne family, one member of which is now imminently threat ened itli the Cincinnati nomination. them to HKcrial appointment, limrtTius prfh*,,c,Vi harmony of views and interest—a “ solidarity ” —so to speak—unattainable in any other wav. This is a point earnestly press ed in favor of Washburne. There was a regiment of local milli tiuin the West Indies some years ago", sixty members of which were named Ebanks. all the descendants of ono woman, i Mill*, who died at. the age of 118, and was followed to the grave by 295 of her descendants, including the 60 Ebanks cornstalk warriors. One of the most remarkable women of the eighteenth century—in one or two particulars, at least—was Mary Prescott, of Sussex, England, who died in 1868, at the age of 105, hav ing been tho mother of no less than thirty-seven children, and she dosen’t appear to have made a specialty of the business either. In 1868 the Radical party of Geor gia cast 83,000 votes in the Governor’s election. In 1870 they east 69,000 votes and in 1872 they cast 52,000 for Grant.— Mirror. Yes, dot so, but 1876 will find them without a corporal’s guard. Even the negros in this section regard the word Radical as a vile epithet. Poisoned by a Lead Pencil. —The Ba’timore American says: “The head book-keeper of a leading establish ment in this city was badly poisoned by putting a lead pencil in his mouth. Ha was in the counting-room at an early hour, and ou beginning work he used a lead pencil. While in the midst of his calculation, he inadver tently put his pencil in his mouth, as is the habit of many. He immedi ately became unwell, with a nauseous taste in his mouth, and expectorated considerably in ordoe to get rid of it. The sick feeling continued, and he be came so much worse that he was compelled to be conveyed home. A physician was summoned and anti dotes administered, and relief was ob tained. He is still suffering. Secretary Bristow’s War Record.—- The National Republican, administra tion organ, publishes what is intended to be a raid on Secretary Bristow’s war record, by illustrating from offi cial documents its brevity. The ar ticle is headed: “Secret ary Bristow —His Complete Record During the War—Extracts from Official Reports —Battle of Shiloh, April C, 1862.” These extracts consist of threo official reports, and simply show that while entering upon the battle of Shiloh a shell exploded over Lieutenant-Colo nel Bristow’s head and rendered him insensible during the rest of the day. The Major of his regiment writes that his hearing was impaired and his spi nal column injured. This raid on the war record of Republican candidates by Republicans but illustrates the temper among them over the contest ants for the Cincinnati nomination. QUITMAN, GA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 187(1. STATE NEWS. PcnciliiißS and Soissorings from our Exchanges. —Houston county is out of debt and has S6OO in her treasury. —Senator John W. Hudson, of Ea tonton, is dead. —Creosoto, according to the Ea touton Messenger, is a rat antidoto. —The Wayciois Headlight is one of the spiciest of our weekly exchanges. —The Bainbridge Democrat half sheeted last week, and intimated that it may continue to do so tho balance of tlie Summer. —The Washington County Fair Association is making extensive prep-1 a rations for its exhibition next Oc tober. —The local of tho Dawson Journal i adopts this method of informing an anxious public how high he is: “Some : of the corn around town is ns high as our head, which is about six feet. —The developments of the last few months in Atlanta have put tho peo- j pie of Georgia to thinking, and the more they think the stronger their convictions in favor of removing the capital back to Milledgevillc. —Watson, of the Macon telegraph, is said to be tho laziest local' editor on the daily press of the State. Two columns of matter is his daily aver age. —The Atlanta Commonwealth makes a pathetic appeal to the “rich” to give the poor and unemployed of that city work. Judge Hopkins, of Thomasville has been to Florida and captured a live aligator. He thinks of placing it in his office the first of each month for tho purpose of intimidating par ties calling with “little bills.” —Mrs. Sarah B. Hardwick and Mrs. Dr. W. W. Carr, of Washington, are dead. -—Some of our State Exchanges are getting to be awful dry. A labored search for news for this column this week has forced the conclusion that about half of the editors have left tlieft- sanctums 'and'gone’* fishing or blackberry picking. -—The editor of the Dawson Journ al is opposed to removing tho capital back to Milledgeville. Ho prefers Atlanta because it is a “city sot upon a bill.” There’s force and eloquence combined for you. —The Wayeross Headlight has started a Blackshear department with Dr. A. M. Moore as editor. Dr. Moore is a spicy writer, and has some experience in journalism. —Hamilton Journal : We have been opposed to removing the capital back to Milledgeville until the late “developments,” but now wo heartily endorse any move that will accom plish that end, It we can’t get “rot tenness” out of the capital, let us by all means get tho capital out of “rot tenness.” —The Atlanta Amateurs exhibit-led last, week, and, according to Grady’s idea, the best actor of the overling was the kettle drum. It’s a pity the boys didn’t get one of the “eleven able” of the Constitution to blow some. This, by way of an accompaniment to the drum, would have doubtless ad ded much to the entertainment; that is, it would have been more edifying to Bullock, and Blodgett, and all of the boys. -—Thomasvilie Times : Not a thou sand miles from Thomasvilie at a church meeting recently, a brother was called on to pray. He was some what skeptical as fobbing endowed with any special gift in that line, and hesitated to respond. But the wor thy pastor, anious that the halting brother should take up the cross in this particular instance, again called out, “will brother——•—lead in pray er?” The thing was getting serious. The eye of the congregation were fas tened upon him. He was in for it. Turning about to kneel down ho re marked, sotlo voce, to a pew neighbor, “It is a darned poor chance, but here goes.” —The Waycross Headlight says that W. T. James, living near No. 10, At lantic and Gulf Railroad, has a large flock of sheep in which he has taken gr< at pains to improve. One day last week two dogs got among his flock, and in a few hours killed fifty-eight of them, notwithstanding Mr. James and his son were in hot pursuit, and did all they could to slay tho dogs and stop the slaughter. The dogs kept just far enough a head to kill and keep out of sight. Finally young James came up with one of the dogs, killed it, and put a stop to the further slaughter of his sheep. During the last Legislature, and while the dog law was pending, Mr. James opposed it, but now, since he has seen the practical operation of a regular built sheep-killing dog, it is probable he has changed his mind. —The case of C. A. Kendrick, the fallen Columbus minister, was called in tho Muscogee Superior Court on Wednesday of last week, and his counsel asked for a continuance on tho following grounds. Wo quote from the Enquirer : First—Because of the sickness or his wife, which re quired the almost hourly attendance of tho accused. Second—Tho indis position of Jndgo Johnson, who was leading counsel. Third—A want of time to prepare for his defense, owing to tho confinement in jail of the accused and tho recent finding of the indictment. Fourth—The absence of many witnesses by whom material testimony was expected to bo provod. Some of these witnessed live in this State, some in Alabama, and one t claimed to bo possessed of tho most ■ important testimony, Tho I facts expected to be proven were set ■ forth, and if true they are very im ! portant. They are to the effect that j the girl is older than represented i and has had criminal intercourse with others. Aft< r hearing the showing, Judge Crawford stated that, lie did not in tend to go on then with the case but would set it down for 'next Monday week, by which time Mrs. Kendrick and Judge Johnson might recover. If at that time any good reason was shown for postponement, he would put it off a week, and if necessary, from week to week until the next term of the court. So far as the show ing related to the absence of witness es out of the State, tho Judge said lie would not continue thrrase, because lie could not bring such witnesses here; but as for those living in the State he would soc to ifTtTat they were brought, if the county had men and money enough to bring them. The Judge further stated the Constitution guaranteed the accused a speedy tri al. He would postpone as long as necessary, and lend all his aid to pro ducing witnesses, but tho case must be tried. Savannah News (Harris): “L. M. W.” expends a postal card to say: “I think your laudation of the country press is rather thin, when it is re membered that all dailies consider the rural weeklies in their way.” Our correspondent will perhaps open his eyes when we tell him that our trav eling agents have standing instruc tions, whenever they are canvassing in a section where a country weekly n'lhhriyd, to people t. their (*Blllll •/. tafP the M-'Cning they are not allowocMm jyit any job work that can conveniently be done in a country office, nor are they allowed to take any legal advertising that ought, of right, to be printed in the locul weekly. There may he dailies who regard the country press as ri vals, but there is no such daily pub lished in Savannah. On the contra ry, we have found them powerful aux iliaries, and our largest list of sub scribers come from communities and sections where tho best and most prosperous country weeklies are pub lished. Our correspondent is several leagues fiom land in his ideas about newspapers, and wo trust he will look upon the foregoing information as a rope thrown to fetch him ashore. Over in Florida. —George F. Drew —next Governor of Florida. —Among divers other creeping things that turned up missing during the late Radical pow-wow at Madison, was a fat heifer belonging to Col. B. F. Wardlaw. —The chicken crop in the vicinity of Madison was almost totally destroy ed during the three days session of the late Radical Convention. —Even the old setting hens were tackled by tho “truly ioil” of Madison who entertained delegates to the Madison Convention. —Two stuffed alligators have gouo from Florida to the Centennial. —Ocala was expecting a colony of imtßigrants from Maine last week. —The cigars manufactured in Key West bring in an annual income of $2,500,000. —Judge Bryson’s health is said to be improving. —Live Oak Times-. Travellers pass ing through Live Oak will do well to keep a sharp look out for their bag gage. We saw a gentleman a few nights ago who had his valise stolon. —lt is reported that it is so dry in the prairie sections of Brevard coun ty that alligators are drying up and dying for want of water. “Many,” says the Sanford Journal, “have been found dead in the sinks where they had burrowed for water, while other long, gaunt fellows have been stalk ing around like walking skeletons.” —How many Radical organs will survive the Democratic victory in Florida next fall? If tho Democrats and Conservatives conduct the cam paign with the ardor, enthusiasm and harmony which lias been manifested at the Quincy Convention, they will sweep the State.— Morning News. Yes, there is but oue thing necessary to sweep the State, and that is for the whites to go to tho election and vote. I There are a great many in Floridn 1 who have never yet registered, and to i them, all of Florida’s misfortunes and troubles may be attributed. The time has come that they must take sides, and show their hands. If they don’t go with tho whites, they must be put down amongst the blacks, and ought to have their tax doubled on them, and he compelled to address their Radical task-masters in tho most po lite style with their lints under their arms, for of a fact they will have sold themselves into slavery, if they, by their apathy, permit the Rads to carry the next election. Jacksonville Union: Mr. N. B. Gru ella, who has recently became, ft citi zen of Orange county, lifts just, re turned from a visit to the Northern States, and reports that a company has been formed, consisting of Illinois and New York capitalists, to build a new railway, to be called tho Chicago, Florida and West India line, starting from Dupont, Georgia, and running through Columbia, Alachua, Marion, Sumter, Folk and Manatee counties to Charlotte Harbor, with a branch from the most available point in Polk county to Tampa, to be called tho Lake Monroe and Tampa road. Mr. Gruella is a civil engineer with much practical experience in railroad mat ters, and represents the company as its Secretary. He states that the stockholders are nearly all intending to settle in Polk county, and that the building of the road is a fixed fact, al though the actual route cannot be determined until a thorough survey is made. He thinks this will he suffi ' ciently advanced for the grading to j lie commenced this hill. Tho data on which this railroad lino has been predicated, is found in the map of this State drawn from the coast sur vey reports made when Jefferson Da vis was Secretary of War, and is by fur the most complete map of this .State, extant. —The Drew storm will sweep the last vestige of Radicalism from the State of Florida. Go to the poles, boys, and make a good job of the no ble work set before you. Put on a bold front, show them that you are determined, and the glorious work of deliverance will bo consumatod in November: this von mavJ'ost assured tot. -T { Snap oil (he Stairs. (Chicago Tribune.) A gentleman residing on Aberdeen street was, until Friday last, inclined to favor female suffrage. His wife had prudently delayed moving till after the Ist, so as to take advan tage of the fall of house-rents. The house to which they moved had a tre mendously steep flight of stairs, and an oil-clothed hall. The wife had the stairs scrubbed down, and left the soap on the top step. Her husband was up stairs, with a basket full of clothes-pins in one hand and a clock j under the other arm, when his wife, who was down stairs, saw a mouse, and shaking her skirts madly, bound ed up on the, table and let off a scries of shrill shrieks beginning ou high ZZZ above the clef. Her husband, thinking the house was on fire at the very least, started to run to her res cue, and, stepping on the piece of soap that she had so thoughtfully left on the stairs, sat down vehemently at the top of tho flight, and slid down with the speed of thought. Fire flew from his false teeth as he hit the edge of e ch step. Volleys of clothespins were discharged into the air and fell rattling and rebounding ou the oil-cloth, and the clock shed its inwards over the universe. The in jured husband bad little time for re flection when be reached the glare oil-clotli of the hall and shot across it with scarcely diminished ve locity, literally making the oil-cloth and the seat of his pantaloons smoke with friction, and finally bringing up against the door with a violence that threatened to burst the sirfe outof the house. The fearful concnssiou star tled his wife, who turned a back somersault from the table into a tub of soap-suds, iu which she was so tightly wedged that she had to throw Ia handspring and canter on all-fours | like a turtle with a tub on her back and cataracts of suds inundating her. Meanwhile, tho hired woman foil off the step-ladder with a crash like a pile-driver, had jarred down most of the plaster cornice. When tho man’s wife had sloughed her till), she saun tered calmly into the hall and remark ed, “Well, men are the clumsiest— and the hall had just been washed, too.” Her husband did not say much, but be thought a good deal; and now, he says, just let Busan B. Anthony come and lecture here again, and if no other man has the courage to hiss, he will, so help him Jasper packlem ! ertou. A favorite way of bleeding the Heathen Chinee in San Francisco, | aside from quarterly “license,” which he is obliged to pay by way of a j forced contribution, is to arraign him | for some petty violation of the law j and give him the alternative of pav ing an enormous fine' or going to the I county jail. If he goes to jail bis pigtail is cut off, which is to every Chinaman a terrible social and moral degradation. Rather than lose his pigtail the heathen will permit him-1 self to be robbed of his last dollar. Action of the Still j Democratic Ex ecutive Committee of Georgia. The Executive Committee, in re sponse to the oil of its chairman, convened nt Atlantr Wednesday, June 7, at II o’clock \. m. Present: Hon. Thomas Hardeman, chairman; Hon. Warren Aiken, Hon. J. H. Christie, Hon. Herbert Fielder, Hon. E. H. Worrell, Col. J. S. Boynton, Hon. Augustus Reese, Hon. J. R. Es tes, Col. I. W. Avery, Hon. L. N. Trammell, Hon. John M. Freeman. Hon. Thomas Hardeman was au thorized to represent Hon. John C. Nichols as proxy. Col. J. H. Christie proxy for Col. J. L. Harris. Col. I. W. Avery proxy for Hon. T. G. Lawson Hon. Augustus Reeso proxy for Hon. H. G. Turner. The chairman ordered read the re ports of the selection of delegates to the national convention. Colonel Fielder moved a suspension of the reading of tho reports, and that the chairman state results. Governor James M. Smith, of Ful ton, Hon. R. E. Lester, of Chatham, and Hon. G. T. Barnes, of Richmond, having received each the votes of sev en of the nine Congressional District conventions, were declared elected delegates from the State at large. On motion of Col. Fielder, Hon. John W. 'Wofford having received tho next highest nnmber of votes, was unanimously declared the favorite del egate from the State nt largo. The following alternates were then selected: On motion of Augustus Reese, the Hon. J. H. Christie, of Clark; Hon. A. O. Bacon, of Bibb, and Major J. Y. Allen, of Richmond, were chosen. On motion of Col. Fielder, C. J. Wellborn, of Union, was chosen. Col. Christie and Col. Bacon received tho votes of three of the District Conven tions, and Maj. Allen and Mr. Well born one each. The chairman. Colonel Hardeman, then stated that the next business in order was the designation of a time and place for the meeting of a State Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor, and choose Presiden tial electors. Colonel Hardeman stated, as a mat ter of personal delicacy, lie would re tire from the deliberations of the com inittoo on this question, and not par ticipate or preside on its settlement. Colonel Aiken did not concur in there being a nr.oes.dty for this action on Col. Hardeman’s part. Ceftonet Hardeman still insisted on retiring. Judge Reese and Colonel Fielder con curred with Col. Aikin endorsing Col. Hardeman’s impartiality. Col. Hardeman called Judgo Reese to the chair and retired. An elaborate discussion of the question as to the best time for hold ing the convention occurred, and a great diversity of opinion- prevailed— the diversity extending from the 12th of July to the Ist of September. The committee filially took a vote on three days—the 26th of July, 2 1 of August and 9th of August, and by a vote of nine to two selected Wednes day, 2d of August, aud Atlanta as tho place. The following resolution of Colonel Aiken was passed, and embodies the action of tho committee: Resolved, That a State Convention of the Democratic party of Georgia be held in Atlanta, Wednesday, 2nd day of August, tfl nominate a candi date for Governor, and choose Presi dential electors, and that each county be requested to send two delegates for each representative to which it is en titled in tho lower House of the General Assembly of Georgia. On motion of Col. L. N. Trammell the present Secretary, Col. I. W. Avery, was requested to correspond with the various railroad companies in the State to get delegates and oth | ers passed for one fare to and from j the convention. On motion of Col. Fielder, the thanks of the eommittoo were return ed to Hon. Thomas Hardeman ns chairman, and I. W. Avery as secre tary of the Executive Committee dur ing the four years of its labors. On motion of Col. Boynton the com mittee adjourned to meet at 9 o’clock a. m. Wednesday, the 2d day of Au gust. Thos. Hardeman, Jr., Chairman. I. W. Avery, Secretary. Dom Pedro at Washington’s Tour.— In the cool of the evening the visitors disembarked and started up the hill to the grounds. The old family Dear born attachod to the mansion was in readiness to convey the royal party, but the Emperor preferred to walk., The Empress and several lady friends took the vehicle. On arriving at the tomb the party gathered around it, while tho Emperor Dom Pedro un covered and stood for several mo ments silently gazing at the sarcoph agus containing tho remains of Wash ington. The party then made their way to the mansion, and there they were received by Madame Bergu mann, President of the Board of Re gents, and escorted through the man sion and grounds. After a lunch, served in the library, Dom Pedro re turned to the Arlington.— Washing ton Chronicle. “If there is anybody under the can ister of heaven that I have iu utter ex crescence,” says Mrs. Partington, “it is the slanderer, going about like a boy constructor, circulating his calo mel upon honest folks.” Dosingu Death Seeking Darkey. A seedy-looking negro with a sad countenance, called at tho office of a prominent West-End physician yes tordny morning, and submitted a des perate case. Said he. “Doctor, I want to die. Give mo something to kill me.” “Yes,yes, all right,” said the physi cian. Where do you livo?” “I livo on Thirteenth street, Near Grayson,” said the deejeted darkey. “What do you want to die for?” naked the doctor, with a serious face. “Because, doctor, I'm tired o’ livin’ in this world of trouble, an’ I want to go home to glory.” “Well, ahem !" hesitated the phy sician, “I am willing to do it, but I'm afraid you haveu'tgot religion.” “Haiut got, ’ligiou !” ejaculated tho negro, with a look of glory lighting up his eyes. “Bless de Lord,” said he, clapping his hands, I'se been a Bap ti.s’ dose twenty years; jined de church an' 'as baptised when I'o a boy. If dat's all you are afraid on, give mo de pizen and let dis poor troubled negro's soul go oil home to heaven.” “Oh, well, all right, if you’ve got re ligion,” answered the doctor, ami he sought among his phials for the fatal dose. Three grains of epicac and two drops of croton oil were mixed in a tumbler with a gill of whisky, and handed to the negro. “Now,” said the doctor solemnly, “drink this, and in one hour you will be a dead negro, sure.” A gleam of gladness lit the old ne groe’s oyo as he took tho glass in his hand, and with an expression of cool determination he placed the glass to his lips and drank down the potion. Then taking the physician by the hand he said: “Good-bye, doctor; God bless you, I'll meet you in heaven.” The troub led old soul then walked out. of tho office and made rapid strides for his home, expecting in a few moments to bo with “them bright and shining an gels;” but things didn't work satis factorily, though they worked well. Uncle Ned was not only alive last night, but was in a very vigorous and active state of animation, with bis dream of glory vanished. Courier Journal. — • mm What Kind of lloesf A Nt. bonis Officer's UnplCitsant Experi ence, (St LouiSjßojjubliran.] For some time past it has been ono of tho duties of the police officers to go to the various houses on their re spective boats, and ascertain the size, etc., of the hose used in sprinkling the yard and streets. Gut on Grand av enue, one of our sturdy peelers had watched a long time at the back yard of an aristocratic mansion to try and obtain the necessary information from the servant girl. But she didn't ap pear, and, finally, in a fit of despera tion, the officer walked around to tho front door and rang. A moment la ter the lady of the house herself opend the door. This rather staggered the officer, and without a word of prelim inary explanation he touched his hat and led off with “Good morning, madam ! I called to inquire What kind of hose you use ?” “Sir?” said the astonished lady, growing about a gaiter heel taller. “Yes’m. Very disagreeable to trouble you, but we have to iuake these inquiries, mum. Duty you know.” “Duty, indeed, sir. You miscre ant—” “Beg pardon, madam. PWh.qis you don’t use any hose, I'm vi.Ty sorry, but I don't know.” “Not use any hose! Oh, you vil lain I” “Well, perhaps its rubber hose, madam ?” “Rubber liose!” she screamed. “You abominable ttro'tcit: What do you mean?” “I mean what kind of hose ” “Well of all the impudence!” “I ask a thousand pardons, madam, I see you don’t know—” *'l don’t know I” “But hero comes the kitchen maid. Bhe edn tell me what 1 want to know.” “Susan, if you say one single word to that miserable brute 1 11 discharge you. Sbe Can tell you indeed, can she ? I should like to see her.” And so the officer had to retreat finally without accomplishing his pur pose, The lady told her husband, the husband flew in a rage to the ser geant* the sergeant explained tho matter nnd they both agreed that it was a great outrage that ought to be kept very quiet. Dots Read This. —We commonfi the following sentence to our boys and would rcCo min t:Ud them to cut it out and place it where it can bo read every morning before they enter upon the duties of the day. Read it care fully and profit by it. 'The pic ure is a true one: A gentleman visited an unhappy man iu jail awaiting his trial. “Sir,’ said the prisoner, tears running down his cheeks, ‘I had a good home edu cation; it was my street education that ruined me. I used to slip out of the bouse and go off with the boys iu the street. In tine street I learned to lounge; in the street I learned to swear; itt the street I learned to smoke; in the street I learned to gam ble; in the street I learned to pilfer. Oh, sir, it is iu the street the devil lurks to work the ruin of Hie young ? 5 No. 1(>.
