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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Sullivan won the late prile fixht with
Ryan in tbo ninth round.
Barnum* * museum In.* been increased
by the birth ol a young elephant.
So tar there have been 55 ease-* ot
small-pox in Tennessee, and 16 deaths.
St. Louis sends in a report ol a horse
whioh had the smallpox, a well ■ fined
case
Mohammedans are ext ecting their
Messiah to appear on he l-tli ol next
November.
Miss R isa Van Dieman,of Milwaukee,
auas Adolphe Thiele* lor'ss,ooo uamayes
for kissing her.
President Arthur has ap: roved theldll
granting an additional pension to Presi
dent Lincoln's widow.
In Tunnel hi, minimi, oil ihe night of
tile Arn, time tmiviar. were silled while
trying to me.:* into Thomas Clark’s
saloon.
William Sie i . a uatup, outiaged a
woman near Logauspor., Indiana, lately
Her neighbor* caught him, hung him,
and burned up his body.
Damage estimated at ♦50,(100 was done
at New Orleans on the Tib, by tw i .steam
boats' breaking loose in a gale and drill
ing about among tbo coal boats.
The tax which the present tariff 1-vies
on steel rails makes the buildin t of rni 1 -
roads cost $3,000 per mile more than it
would il rails came in Iree ol duty.
A North Carolina mail recently came
home tired, and told his young wife to
pull off his boots, the relus and, where
upon he shot himself through the head.
A seaman on ati Australian vessel
recently fell overboard. As lie rose to
the surlace, he threw his arms around
the neck of an albatross, and was sup
porta 1 till help ojtne.
Affairs in Kgypt have Toadied such a
pass that England aid Fiance will
apparemly bn compelled to leave Ihe
country to anarchy, or maintain their
authority by force of arms.
An explosion took place in the Mid
Lothian coal mines, near Coalfield, Vs.,
on the 31, from so.no unkm wn cause.
Thirty-two tuen were in til 1 mine, and
are though* to he all killed,
\ p.rtv ol Pnil.olelpbii cap ' i ,-*- will
invest ♦73,001) in a sleep lit in oe.r
Bismarc,, Dakota I’hey have bought
17 1)1)0 acres ol land and are eri cling the
buildings needed Ia - -Ipi'iig the
animal
lii Map-Go. ; Ohio a few night* ago,
Dr. \ .J. Kiw’ia ci" ila'ig rou-|v silo* a
hc opened Ihe git" of V- V rl >o bis
returuhome. A goo hud been placid
near by, ami a sir n. ti* and fir-iii : ir: . r
t'i t.h ■ gate.
1: i- I ibat iloi i£.i of Rn-.ia. white
goi ag I Mo- •.■,■*. 1 i W id. w ili tl aVC I
altogether iy | ■ • e co veyan ■ , md
that the whoii lenei b r * the load will e
guarded, for fear ol i--a--inv ion ‘Un
easy lies the head liiat wear-a crown
In Alleghany county, )’(• n-ylv; n ii,
recently, lu**c, while huntin', met two
lady acquaintances IL- shot at them,
ami wounded them i"> h "iautcioualy
Being pur-ued hv ilieir friends, he hlcw
off his whole head. No cause i known
Miss Mary 'wain has ju-t recover.d a
verdict for $12.00) liatuagcs from the
continental passenger railway ••mpai.yot
Philadelphia, lor injuries sustained by a
sudden start of the car, while she was
standi:,g up, there being no (dace I r h i
to sit down.
At Sycamore, Spottsylyan a county,
Virginia. Yeates, suspecting Atkins of
improper intimacy with bis wile, invited
him to take a walk on ihe night of th
3d int. Next morning Atkin- was found |
with a bullet through his bruin, ari l a
heavy log across his body.
A gasometer in Newark, N. J., ex
ploded recently. The weight of the snow
broke the chains which supported the
cylinder, and in its fall it struck (ire from
the brickwork. The blase shot up 300
feet. No human being was injured, hut
the damage is estimated at ♦30,000.
In Pittsylvania county, Va., on the.3l.-t
ult., Thomas Kmgand his mother fought
with George Slate and his wile. King, his
mether, and Slate, are likely to die;
Slate's wile may recover. 'The main
trouble was about some property which
Slate bad found, and would not advertise.
The motion for a Dew trial for Guiteau
was overruled, and he was sentenced to be
hanged June 30th. Some of his remarks
were, “The American naiuu will roll in
blood if lam hung. lam not afraid of
death: I am here as God s man. May
the Lord have mercy on your soul. I’d
rather stand where 1 do now than where
that jury docs and where your honor
does. ”
A corre-pondeut of the Chicago
Tribune, while delayed near Dayton by a
breakdown on the Cincinnati Southern,
found a man who believes that the late
war will be fought over again, that the
Confederates will be successful, and that
Confederate money (of which he has
$8,000) will be as good as any. He says
the Rugby colony was started by a man
who had 250 XOO acres of land, costing
him 12J cents aa acre, which be |e r uaded
an English company ff> buy at $lO an
acre. i
Th t SttmnttftoiUt falette
VOL IX.
MY ANSWER.
DY M. K. M.
I would accept thy proffered heurt
If I could lore thee more;
But better far that we now part,
Than wodded fate deplore.
"Tis not thy fortune I despise,
Or higher honors ask ;
But soou thy penetrating eyes.
Would pierce the llnnsy mask.
Thon leave me to ay wilfulness.
As one too false to love;
And when you think of this jou’ll bless
The hand that bade you rove.
Now that all dreams of me are past,
May happier thoughts be thine;
May shadows ne’er thy life o’ercast
But sunbeams on the shine.
Then with some fair one at thy side,
Who’ll in thy love rejoice;
Ah! think of me- another's bride,
And bless thy second choice.
Then ob! dear fiie.id when far from thee
Thy friend i still remain;
*1 would not, that One thought of tue,
Should give thy bosom pain."
TH C.UUOIIMA COUSIN.
Sydney Siai.Jisli was at her writing
desk, aml this is whar sh 1 was writing:
“Dear Mu. Mellville: l have been
dared to write to you, an 1, il you remem
ber me, l was never the vno to shrink
from any challenge.
“Hut, now, what shall I say? I am
utterly at a loss to begin a correspond*
ence. Shall 1 tell you about Mayvillo,
papa’s business, or myself ?
“I shall not a*k you to tome and see
us. although I am sure you would admire
M lyville, because I ’vaut you to follow
t'lo inclination ol’ your own sweet will. 1
can, however, promise you, if you do
c me. buokwhe.it dikes for break fast, und
muffins for tea. The muffins are always
composed by ui/ own painstaking fingers,
and the buckwheat, cakes are presided
over by Aunt Sally, the cook.
“Mayviile has j Ist received u acces
sion in the pels n ol t ie Kev. Join
Newton Hcsides adi tinguiohed iohi e,
he has a distinguished pitsence. 11 • • is
>ix feet high, and not u hit awkward,
which i- as good a*' a> y number of accom
pitshiuetits lie is v-r ft le t > ill
ol us, though i think he pay* penial
respect to my muffins. He Io *as well in
the puipit, is f arne- 1 and goo i; we are all
V r j i ud of him urn! some of us. I
in ■ i. ! ii of him.
I* m long tears sine • l have seen
y i '1 nle has grown up in that
tun . iii da factory to her other
fittra i ;.s,
I <> ■ • * I ha .•*’ nothing more to say,
> ■ •- m, *,l \ in wilful cousin,
”S. L. Stan dish
Sine . Standish fo ded, r *e !
1-' i -r ~, *.! tit - let'•’}■. I u ' f., In .
-• f . tht tin, ’! *
shook her In wu ban into order,
;i I t ripp' dh‘vn t. • • h<- *o . ijernun
bu‘ rather pretty gir. s t nr it* pi ino,
prieticing Sydney held up t n letter
"Svd! you never have beeriHoreck
les*! ” cried Sally Standish, rising, and
coin toward her.
“I have written t > Mr. Mellville, arid
the lett •!■ will go to night,’ was ti e
aiighing runly.
“Syd, I'm aahatried of yuu,” said
Silly; and Ter cheek* fiiishr* red.
’ N >w, don't you worry, you dear, good,
proper sister; an J jus* let me have tny
little fun; you’re not to fe responsible.”
A week passed, and then came the
following reply written in a good busi
ness hand:
“My Dear Cousin: I felt quite hon
ored by your kind favor. My business
has been very pressing, and l could not
answer you before. I remember you as
a*hi Id very well. Notwithstanding you
will not a*k mo to visit you, I have made
up tiy mind that l shall come out some
time next month and renew our acquaint
ance As you say, it is ten long years
since I have seen you, but you also know
that much of that time has been spent
abroad. I did not forget my little cousin
when in Paris, I assure you, ami, in
childish parlance, shall bring you some
thing pretty. Till we meet, au revoir.
“J. C. Mellville.”
Sydney laughed and blushed over this
letter. She hardly dared to show i to
Sally.
“Who would ever have thought,” she
murmured, “that he would take it all ho
Biliously? And he is actually coming,
and—. Oh, L can’t let Sally see it; he
would be wild. It seems just like asking
for a gift- What shall I do? He evidently
thinks Sallie wrote the letter.”
Sydney’s cogitations resulted in an
other letter:
“Dear Mr. Mellville: I was so
pleased with your reply, iou
pardoned my boldness, and are actually
coming to see dear little Mayviile. It
seems such a pity that we are all going
away the first of next month. Of course,
the house will beat your service.
“You say you remember me. You
h-ve no idea how plain I have grown. So
you will not miss much in not meet ng
me. Pray pardon my impertinence (I
know it seems sujh, writing to one who is
comparatively a stranger), ani believe
me, respectfully yours,
“8. L. Standisii.”
“There, he won’t come now, certain
ly. she murmured, “although it is too
bad he has neglected Sally so, when he
knows what is expected of him. And
SUMMERVILLE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY IC. 1882.
■he m too, t!c fooli-h girl; ami is
so v n l have wri:(•’!> him
T i u* x ’ Frank dar * n I’ll be
umiv c.i t•. .1 vi in l do. ’ ’
I u <l' 'i me caiue an in>wor:
’ Dka > oUSIN: Y uirs ice iv and. and 1
thank \oi m i!\ for wiping me again.
Your pet iii in>i'ip t- beautiful- l• -u >ay
you have g i so pi iu. I huV' mcu y >ur
photograph wpliin a month, and l mus,
frankly c i>owi igo (hat l think you
have, th ug thi* kind of picture reld >m
Hie -ot rj i.-atice; yet allow urn to add
that f t t * a flank, kind look i: your
fao .ii j a '‘ai of char..otcr.
“I am > *• *rry you arc • ■•>iug away
after thi finnh. It will be quiti* i- con
venient to me to comeat once. S l vvi I
run down on Saturday and stay over
Sunday. Yours, devotedly,
‘ J. C. Mellville.”
“Good heavens!” exclaimed Sydney,
growing first pale and then red “lie is
coming, and there sno time to stop him
now. Ho will xpoct 11 find Sally, know
ing nothing about me, his wild western
cousin. 110 vill speak to her about the
letters, ami then she will tell him they
were mine; and I have never seen him
only his photog aph. And lie’s not it bit
handsome; ami L—well, I know l am, aud
Sally is plain; and, oh, dear! what an
awful muss! What shall 1 do?”
Sydney was unaccountably silent that
day and the next. There was no help for
it, she thought. Mellville would think
her u bold, silly girl, for writing to Home
body sue had never seen, and who had
always been looked upon as S illy’s par
ticular property.
Sue pored over the photograph. -
What a pity tliat lie was so plain—a
little, short, thin man, wi'li very black
whiskers.
On Saturday, oddly enough, Sally was
t ) spend the <1 .y by the bedsid : of a sick
friend- Sydneys uyed at home,trembling•
At \ o’clock a chaise drove up to the
door. Sydney pm-ped lVoui ihe hill
closed blind* of the u per window.
Out sprang an A i mis-tlm handsomest
man she had ev r scan id her life; mi as
lad as tbo new minister, only broader in
llie shoulders, chestnut curls shone
like gold in th • son.
Down Went .Sydney, Irr dark gip-y
fa-call on lire with blushes.”
“C )Usin Sal y!” exeUimo 1 the A f mis
ami then stopp i
“Hui you ire not cousin .1 m, cried
Sydney. ‘ I shouid think you were 3d,
at least,” .*ho ad 1 mi, impulsively
“And I don’t believe you an* tl usiu
*i/." he *ai . laughing. "I’m not doc,
but John.”
“At I * not Sa*iy, but Sydney, ’ uni 1
tin-gin u ) .vin< radiant. k Von must be
ih • .. rni o )U>m
‘An l u iii'i'i ie Iho dl tunc >t a
. o •! initials ar* the same a* Joe’s;
i* )• - ■. I iiappe toi mge iiic letter.
I’m ylu * o
“And my initials are the same as
Sn. >, re-*pon-led vSyluet; "and I’m
g! id -n *. I’m not; yes, 1 am, I mean.”
Joh u had to guess what she me *nt, for
she stopped abruptly. Directly be aske I
her if they were to have muffins for tea.
That broke the ice. Sydney laughed,
and dial od, and sang, and told Juries
about her wild Minnesota home —and
John led in love vith her then and there.
Long before Sally returned everything
was explained. John staid o cr Sunday,
and then over Monday, and until the
week was or • At the end of that time
he and Sydney were engaged. And they
were as happy and comfortable as if they
had been engaged ten years.
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POISON FOR THK PEOPLE.
Committees of e :ports 101 l of adultera
tion in U'Oii that is simply appalling.
'.Yore the ingredients which are mixed
witli food innocuous it would still be a
a very great hardship; but when it is
known that tlie most violent poisons m e
employed it is a marvel that the whole
country does not rise up and put a stop to
.-ucb practices and punish all dealers who
sell poisonous uiticles of food If con
tinuation of these startling statement*
were needed one has only to read the bids
recently brought to li*hl in Chicago,
where it is impossible to find pure sugar
and where not ten per cent of the milk is
good. In that city the bread, without
exception, is poisonous; the teas were
never imported, but are made of leaves
‘faced’ with Prussian blue ari l chromate
ol lead. Seventy five per cent of the
cream of tartar is white earth, and the
coffee is coated with lamp-black. But
Chicago is no worse than oilier cities.
Baking powders are largely composed of
alum. Pickling fluid is diluted with
sulphuric acid, alum and ver dgris to give
it a peculiar flavor.
The manufacture of a great deal of our
confectionery should he punished as a
crime, for much of the candy sold to
children is simply a lump ol white earth,
made attractive to the eye witli arsenical
paint aud sweetened wi*h glucose. Costly
spices are couiuerleit.ed in a terribly
grotesque manner, the flavoring being
given by the rankest poisons. In these
aud other adulterations arsenic plays the
largest part. We import annually two
million poui ds of this deadly poison—one
cent’s worth ol which would kill 2,800
people—and the bulk of this import i
used in the preparation of food ar.d
clothing.— Food and Health.
HOW HIM, FOOT.I ll TItKH.
'flic \Y i-hi gt correspond: Il 10l the
Augusta Chr .ihelo writes of how Hill
foo Oil Bhoriiian ami Wimiom thiisly:
When Senator lltll entered the chum
her .in Thursday morning ho had tint the
slightest id" i t sp,'#!iiii'- on '.lp" refund
ing hill. Bo*, if veil will consult the
record, it will Le r.i v | Lii.i that the
sp'ech io’ de'ivere i was without excep
tion, iho lined ■-llling and oil.utii! <>t j
’licsassi "ii. It. \v s j"i- 1 as mvtorly in its
way as 'hi: M.iboiie cne.oiinter. alilemeh
w.inline in s unit of toe terrible details of
I lint in"tnorahl ooeasimi. Never Was a
dry subject so illuminated, and never
were ee . so thoroughly ‘iinooc. red’ ns
ex-Put i ! nl lit yes ami x S eret oi s
Sherman ar.d \V ud ;u. Mi. Hi:! .lu
pin} ed, at their 1 igiie.-tl di ve’opment, his
knnw’edgn of the early hi :ory ol tLn
fnrnintinn of this republic, and i n~:npi )-
lieiisimi of the lav, e.e .-ituti"n:il and
eotnmnn tTj'itp’:h"i *■* t'e> i-r'i* Cna
gressionn! arena. S-op-e the retirement
ot Mr. t'o'ikling and degor* r-u-y ot AH'.
UJiiitinds. t! i" is no Re| üblicansun.iter
e ipalilc of shiieiing Litre, with him *ii
(isdi ite; ami s i ho d:sp "ct of !■ i -■ advi r
siiie- cm l h’ii-1 :y wi:i. an m ■ a ■■ li■ ;■
terity almost amusing. I ornte heard • *r
lloii Alston say that ‘Bon II I stood in
ihe .senate li'.o an Lvt.;ei'„!o ot.'l-iL j,
and nisposed of hi- unrnironists ivt. t t a
. h ike and a hiio ’’ This illuti.rati .a ,a
hack to my memory win e iie flun ; aside
such potent champions as Sherman ani
‘iVindom. on th ir chosen grilled and
special profes-ion IT insisted that t!;e
i sue of the 3J pi r cent, bonds was un-
Ci nsiitutional, and lie proved it. lie
declared that !hy were issue I by a jug
g'e of hank pressure pdo a u oirpation of
lixectitive power, no 1 ho pro veil it. lie
made good the nsseitioii . hat hi-argil
inenl would be on a lino totally diflerent
from that of any > tlier semit'-r; and he
fiilfiilid the | roini-e. fhc country will
know now, wii.it it. wo - ignorat I of he,fore,
strange :o s:y, that tin: hondhoLL rs,
operating through the hunks, actually
s cured s Heir 3 J percent, securities by a
palpable viol turn of tie: ooasti'ution, on
the part of the fraudulent president, and
that, railing to ontrol a Democratic con
gress, while in session, they defied and
hnfil-d it, when it adjourned • T ill sc facts
Mr. Hill ‘uncovered;' and it was pielur
ostpie e'lotigh to belmiil the ghastly
up: etti'tin,: ’ of Sherman and the smug
con-tcrn ttio . of Wind on, a, the debate
prnrree-ml. Filey made feeble efiorts ti*
break the f'( roe of the -Georgian's re
nior elc.s aialnment; hut tin- truth of
history, backed fry .Senator Hill’s e'o
queue:, was not to he resisted, arid, in
dumb defeat, tlmy allowed iliil to divest
them of their senatorial armor and carry
off all the trophies of the combat. The
people of Georgia nay tin*lerst:ind from
this sketch, which dimly conveys the
facts ol the case, that liicir senior sena
tor is still the oratorical giant of congress
and that no mat: now in public lil'u has t
many lulu t- available for instant, sorvi o.
Our periplo will also know tliat the cruel
physical sufferings Mr. Hill has had to
endure, within the past twelve mouths,
have in no rouse impaired any of the
qualities that go to constitute senatorial
supremacy. la moments of in.’ jlie, lie
may make mistakes; hut. on momentous
quo* ions that concern the whole country
and arise Gir discussion in the senate,
who can equal him?
HOW FINS AKS MADE.
A Hurtlbrd (Conn.) paper tells Imw
pins arc made in a manufactory in that
city. Coils of brass wire from the rnariu
factory are passed through a series of
rollers which remove all short turns, and
the wire is wound on a large reel from
which it is drawn by the feed rollers into
the machine. As the point of the wire
leave* the rollers it enters a pair of jaws,
which s tixe and hold it in such a position
that the forward end is exactly within the
die by which the head is forme i lule -
time than cut) he reckoned the head i
formed By throe blows and the wire cut.
off at the prop r point. Then t jaws
release their hold, a slide shoots forward
and throws the pin ,-iduwisc on a carriage,
where it is moved forward by an endless
screw so that a constant series of headed
wires lying parilltjl to each other and
about three sixteenths of an inch a,,art
goes steadily on ami by means ot proper
rollers each piece receives a rotary mo
tion. In this mpriner they pass under
files which have a reciprocating motion,
and as the pins are rolling over and over
they are ground equally on every side and
a beautiful point is produced. After
passing the last file the piece of wire is
thrown out into a tray, and as far as form
is concerned, is a finished pin. It is then
tumbled in a barrel with auwduit in the
usual war of cleaning, and then put in a
boiling solution from whioh it. conies out
white-coated or tinned, is again cleaned
in the same way and is now finished, and
needs only to be stuck in the papers and
packed.
I lie slicking machine i<* one of the most
interesting things connected with the
business. The pins are thrown, several
pounds at a time, in a large hopper which
has a vibratory motion and is slightly
inclined. The result is that the pins I
gradually sift along and enter on inclined !
trough provided with grooves which
admit tl e shank but urn too narrow for
tin: head. A larei! portion of the: pin
settle into these groove- and continue
moving down in them, while those whioh
have not taken the proper position come
at last to a place \vh te they arc thrown
into a pan, wliich i- occasionally emptied
into the hopper. There is nmv a number
of rows of pins traveling down toward
the lower’ondof tiie machine. Reaching
tin: on I oft 1 e track an ingeniousl. con
trived sliding guard p-rmiis one pin at a
lime tn i-s e To o each channel and fill
in a Hilary upiiglit position against a
ledge. Now all this time a long slip of
paper has been unwinding from a mil and
passing down through an apparatus which
gives it a fold at tin: points whore the
pi is are lobe stuck. As these folds cn.no
under the row id' pins last mentioned a
hummer with a sopor,do head for each
pin comes down, and the whole row is
in-tantly diivtii through two separate
folds of il e paper. Then the paper
pa-ses on. Toil her nr" •-f pin- colli - into
position, mid so the proce-s got* on io
delinitoly. The arrangement by which the
paper i- led takes uocoint of the differ
ence iii spare hotw<‘ 'll the rows : Licit i
nia Ie ii"ccs.- .i y h.v I he manner ol f Lltng,
mid also the wider s;> ire wlii it sc pat a os
thn group of rows which belong to ot:e
paper of pins from l! at which gars to
make up ti.e in.\t. I'i.e t diuilo H strip
of paper is afterward out at the proper
points, and each piece is inspected for
defective pins or for places in which a pin
lias failed to arrive, and only perfect
groups are passed. TANARUS, c papers are (hen
folded by hand and pur up ill packages.
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Til KY NMVF.It GUI OVUIi ir.
“Do you know, my Lear.' she suddenly
said as she looked up from her piaet: work
“do you know that next week will ho
the '-’Dili anniversary of out woditing?"
“Is that, so? By Geoigc! how time
Bio l Why, 1 had no idea i l it.’
“Yes, we have lien mniriril ulinost
twenty long years,’ she continued, with
something of a sigli. “You have keen a
good husband tn me. darling.’
“And you have been a blessed little
wife to me, Susan. Come hole tiii Iki s
yon. There I
“I was thinking to day— I misthinking
. f—of— ’
"Of that sickly faced baboon who used
to go home with you from prayer meeting
before I. knew you?’ he interrupted,
“ VVhat do you moan?’
“Why, that Brace fellow, ol course.’
“Why, George, he wa.-n’t such a had
fellow.
“Wasn’t lie? \A ell, I’d like to know
of a worse one. lie didn’t know enough
to che w putty, and then you were us good
as engaged to him.'
“Yes, George, hut you know you Were
keeping company ui tho same time wit!)
ihat Helen IVrkins.’
“Tli.il Helen I’erkinsl Wasn’t Miss
1’ irkins one of the loveliest arid prettiest
young ladies in Tennessee?’
“No, she wasn’t! Slot had teeth Ikc
a horsel‘
“She did, i li? iiow about that stoop
shouldered, white-headed, Btaee?’
“And such big feet us slm h i! Why,
George, she was 111 laughing stock of I lie
town. ’
"Not it uch, she wasn t! Sc was a
young lady who would have made a model
wile.’
“The i why didn’t you marry her and
all her moles and warts and mushroom
eyes?’
“Don't talk t Ii:. i way to me! Her cyan
were as nice as yours! ’
“ They want I'
“They was! I believe you arc sorry
because you dido t marry Brace!’
“Arid ! know you are sorry because
you didn't many that beautiful and ac
complished Miss Perkins!’
'I am, eh? I 'hong t yon said i had
been ti good husband to you?’
“And didn’t you call me your hie. sud
iinle wife?’
Then ho plumped down and began to
read the mortgage sales and advertise
ments in *he paper, and she picked tip
her s' wing and gave the cat a gentle kick.
These old things will conic up now and
then, and somehow neither side ever gets
entirely over them. — Marietta Journal
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A young farmer living a short di<
tance east ofOmemee, Canada, was in
search of a life partner, lie went to
church one Sunday, about six weeks
ago, and saw a young lady who would,
he thought, suit him. After church
ho introduced himself, accompanied
her home, got the license on Monday,
and was married on Tuesday. His mat
rimonial career was of short duration,
for on A ednesday he returned, after
being absent for a day, and found she
had eloped with the hired boy, aged
about 19, the latter taking with him a
pair of hoots belonging to his employer.
The Trenton (N. J.) Gaz :lto mentions
the ease of Air. John Wood, with the
American Pottery Cos., that city, who was
cured by St. Jacobs Oil of an attack of
rheumatism, whi h had confined him to
his bed for seventeen weeks. H : praises
it unstintedly.
VOTIN'*- FOOLS.
An exchange lias the following item
which may seem to be all right, but
will get some young fellow’s back
broke yet:
“An Illinois justice has decided that
courting i* a public necessity, and must
not be interrupted; therefore if a young
man wanted to kiss a girl ho might
put her father out of the room first if
he liked.’’
The publication of this item may
cause some smart young man to do
something lie will regret. The sickly
looking lather of a girl may come into
the parlor some night and find the
warm-haired youth on the soiii with
the girl, anil when the old man speaks
ot it being time to pin a .stop to such
nonsense, the young man, with the
above judicial decision in his mind,
will tell his prospective father-in-law
to wipe off Ids vest ;ml go to bed.
The old man will then spit on his
hands anil grasp th ■ warm-haired
voting in in hr the county seal and tie
him up in a double bow knot, and pin
a scan’ pin on him arid throw him out
on the path to the gate, and then he
will turn and slap the girl where the
dress is plaited, and she will go up
stairs with her hind on Iter heart, as it
were. The young men ol this counts y
have all enough about visiting gills ill
the evening at their homes, without
filling their heads with any sueli ideas
in regard to til ir legal rights. There
are vivyfewfitlF-rstii.il would q i-tiy
submit to being told to go away l.y a
young man with a stripped necktie anil
pants too short at the bottom. These
spat Tiers are balked upon by parents
genera ly ns a liuisan* ■, and often they
are right. Nine teutnsoft. e sparking
is done by boys who haven't got their
growth, and thev look so green that, it
is laughable to the old folks to look at
them. And yet marrying is about the
first tiling they think of. A green
hoy, without a dollar, present or pros
pective, sparking a girl regularly and
talking about marrying, is a pectacle
for gods and men. lie should he
reasoned with, and if he will not quit
until he is able to support a wife, and
know the difference between love and
passion, he should be quarantined, or
put in a convent erected on purpose
for such cases. Nine-tenths of the
unhappy marriages are the result of
green human calves being allowed to
run at large in the society pasture
without any yoke on them. They
marry, and have children befoie they
do mustaches; they are fathers of
twins before they are proprietors of
lwn pairs ol pants, and the little girls
they marry are old w men before they
are twenty years old. Occasionally
one of these gosling marriages turns
out nil right, but it is a clear case of
luck. If them was a law against
young galoots sparking and marrying
before they have got all their teeth cut,
we suppose the little cusses would
evade it some way, hut there ought to
he u sentiment against it !l i-time
enough for these bantams to begin to
think of finding a pullet when they
have raised money enough by their
own work to buy a bundle of laths to
build a lien house. Hilt they see a girl
that looks cunning, and they are afraid
there is not going to he girls enough
to go round, and then they begin to
get in their work real spry, an*! before
they are aware of llif sanctity of the
marriage relation they are hitched for
life, and before they own a co*d; stoic
or a bedstead have to get up in
tile night and go after th" doctor, so
friglite'.c 1 that, they run tl et: selves
out of I re ith aud abuse the doctor
hecaus a h- does n trim too, and when
the doe'or gets them he finds that there
is not linen enough in t.lie h" se to
wrap up a doll 1 aby. I Wien Jim
The old man anpi o i Tied the lo
schoolmaster wnli a h iUT pa atiro in his
eye. "You got alter my hoy ye.-terday
hecaus* he left a live hornet glued toyour
chair?'' “1 did.” "You licked him ho In:
thought the world was coniine to an e .*!?
“Tout was the impression I inten.'ed to
convey to him.’’ “I’m ho father; anil
I’vo come to let you know what I think
ol your proceedings." Then tin yeliached.
Hair and blood flew ill the air, likewise
dust and IV tirmi'.ots. Thon it quieted
down a lit!hi, mid the old man iiepi tre l
him to et him up, slop clmkim*, un i take
his teeth from that ear. “What da you
think about my warming yjur hoy?''
a ked the teacher. "1 think you did ju-t
right, and when 1 go homo I'll give him
a tannine I hat’ll teach him toeouietomo
with hi- Cnmpndnts and stoiius that thu
sabonltu*iler can't fight.’’ They parted,
and the sclioohn aster murmured, “1 did
rig ,i to tackle the son of the worst Spitt
ing man m Tie din riot Hit. None of the
others wifi pester me.’’
LOCAL NI.WNFAFI US.
Tho editing of n local newspaper is no
light tusk, ns many are led to believe.
Thu identity and personality nf tho editor
cannot fir. concealed or avoided —lie speaks
himself and "L hi renders know him, and
upon him rests the whole responsibility
of nil he .-a-, s. Self-respect mid an ardent
de-iro to do well and to deserve well at
the hands of his subscribers and patrons
prompt him to strive constantly in soasen
and out of season so to conduct his
i"umal a- to reflect credit upon himself
and the community in which it is pub
lished. Tho first and most essential
t hing in the conduct of a country journal
i- to have il clean. No lino or word
should he admitted to its columns that
might not he repented in tho family
circle. In its dealings with men it should
he fair and just—if occasion should arise
I'm pri ise or blame it should he meted
out Personal prejudice and bias for
good nr ill should rover' control the
editorial columns. \s a surveyor of
new the weekly paper t.ecdx much
watching and constant scrutiny. To these
e MUitia!-- fi r the decent’ conduct nf a
newspiq r ir.u-l be added the need of tho
earn -t *•"■: per.'iti. n of the community
among whom it circulates and for whose
benefit, if properly conducted, it does -o
much. No eh s* of m n know belter than
editors llie hit teriie-x of the want of ap
pn i‘iathui and of moral and in:.teriul sup
port. Il people lOiii l only realize what
ailvai.'at’o ii i- to a town to have a decent,
well c•■ i' 1 11 .• t■ ■' 1 paper, they would with
or,i" acri r*l tender such encouragement
ii *1 upport a would lighten th-j editorial
Lltr lon and lift up llio edit • i i:il heart.
ITie labor bostoged on' a live local journal
i- very great and it should meet with a.
::rn"ion* recognition on ihe part of all
who arc inteiest" 1 in the sueee-s and
P is ri •. and tl e place in which it is
published.
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OVV TO HEX inert.
I'll 5 Waj to • t oleTtt is to iie mi ir.' ti i l .
TTie way * r orve it is not. to u-e it
too touch. Seiile often ami have short
accounts. I’rust no man’s appearances,
they are deceptive perhaps assumed for
111" purpose I ohta niritr credit. Beware
ot gaudy exterior; rogues dicss well —tho
r.i-h men no plain. Trust him, if any
on.: who carries but li'To on his buck.
Never trust him who flies into a p assion on
being dunned, make him pay quickly if
there he any virtue in the law. Bn ••.’ell
. .ii ti .and h bill! you give Credit; then thoso
to wh no you give it arc safe and to ho
trusted. Sell your goods at a sinaT
ad van to and never mi represent, them
for those whom you deceive one! will
be ware nf you tin: si emd time, Deal
uprightly with all men, and they will
repose confidence in jou and soot) become
permanent customers. Trust no stranger.
Yom goods .ire better than doubtful
Aarge. VVhal : character worth if you
make it cheap by or diriuy all alike?
Agree beforehand with every man, and,
if large, put. it into writing. If any ouo
defines this quit or he cheated. Though
you want a job over so inuait make aaauro
with a guarantee. Be not afraid to ask
il: it is the best tort of responsibility—
lor if offense bo taken, you have escaped
a lo*B.
A SAULE OF SATISFACTION.
Tiii from tho Cleveland (Ohio) Penny
l *in .-"aiti 'sits own suggestion.' Recently
meeting Mr. 11. G. Keffer, treasurer of
tho Cleveland Herald, our representative
inquired of that gentleman, after stating
his mission, if lie personally knew any
thing ah -tit the Groat German Remedy,
St. Ju'-oba Oil. A smile playolueross
Mr Keller's expressive face and his eyes
twinkled tucrril;. as he replied in the
affirma ivo, 1 will not i" fuse to state my
experience with it, an 1 you may use it a3
you think host. Four years ago I sprained
one of my ankles, an ucoiduiit whioh, as
you are aware, entail- much suffering and
sometimes Ue.vos the limb in a condition
to remind on frequen ly of t mold liur‘.
Hoi .r in all ly this result en.-ued. When
ever the weather became dump or tny
•j-tciii absorbed the slightest cold tny
.nltle | amed me. This went on at inter
vals for over three years, and I could not
■ i (in I,'!. Ija-t winter I implied the
S: .1 ")ti a: and it. completely cured
"i" I lie not since felt a return of
* lie pain
.Hi k:*‘ 11. Caldwell, of Little liock,
Was ittin g in his library near the fire,
then l.c observed a nintll package
containing white powder, on the
! mantlepicce. Alter carefully ex
amining it lie tossed it into the fire,
when a ternnr explosion immediately
followed, th owing; the Judge violently
items:- ti: room, breaking furniture
and *>inu other damage. Attendants
ruslud in and discovered the Juds'o
lying insensible on the floor with the
flesh torn from both arms up to the
elbow and his hair and whiskers en
tirely scorched off. Medical assistance
was at once summoned and the Judge
restored to consciousness. Physicians
pronounce his injuries ol a most serious
nature.
A Brooklyn girl, of eighteen, died
the. other day from the effects ofliaving
her curs pierced. A few days before
Christmas she was told that she was
j going to have a pair of earrings for
ti present, and in order tliat she might
wear them cm the holiday, she itn
! mediately had her ears pierced by her
! brother-in-law. Unfortunately she
I caught cold, and three days later
! erysipelas sat in, which was followed
by meningitis, and after lingering about
! a week she died.
NO. 4.