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POO Tost Office orders from all portions of tie country will secure a supply of BONKOt'INT, the only safe, quick ami positive euro f*.r Acute nul chronic Goncrrhra and * licet ever umxl. (.’uren effected under fivo days, requiring no interim! remedies, no (hang© of diet, or 1 -s of time. lls notion destroys aiul every atom of venereal poion with which it comes in con tact, and is harmless to healthy parts POO A Tod Office order for SI.OO will buy three bottle*< f lioNKOUINE, the only harmless M- etahlo compound ever offered w hich positively euros and pre vents the contagion of are and all ve nereal diseases. The constant, persevering and uni versal use.of tnls re:.- -ly would effect ually wipe oil all venereal diseases from the f'e *-f the earth. C. and (?. can i; . her l*o contract- l nor exht when i: mu 1, > vau-- it destroys by mere contact. It allays nil pain, sub dues the inflammation aud promotes quiet slumbers. POO BBKSMIPtWVHHHBS3WPME7^3I A well known railroader writesM follows; Atlanta, Frn’v ?4.15l Bonkoclnet’o.:— ** JEnrl;- ii January 1 commenecd the use of JtOXKt H’lNls for ft bad cave oft;. which had baffled the skill and medicines of five physi cians and throe bottles cured me sound and w ell. 1 lot no time, used no other remedy and did net change my diet. It is a blessing to those who se paths aro not bright.'’ Discard nil capsules, eopabla. etc.,and use that which never fails, and w ill keep you cured for life by acting ns a preventive. One bottle I.'A or three for SI.OO. Fold druggists. Expressed on re ceipt caprice. BONKOCINIS CO., 7b, 1 a Whitehall direct, Atlanta- On Ft r s tie in Sutimervnie by J. 8. CLEG HORN &_CO. Ner7e"iJfe and Vigor - nESTORBD. This cur shows the c-5 H°war<l Electric |s Bfffljj§W Mjurncti* Shield apjdied o’er the Kid /I ~ itlrV- ue> aaiel !\<-rv>\lil f .-j M VC renters. Tn-- <> !y :;p • >t < i' " nl t A V ■■>l ( lily ono 111 c:•d tc 1 1 I 1 mtively mu ■ * K 1 KldneylllM asr I _ j It ii eti niatlMii. n OF THE i ,I*yhp ep s i KlPFlllSl Seminal UV:tk 1 fir *1 .§? I Kxhuua (lon. tmpofen , mgot \ | v* * niiul Or^aoN [Patented Feb. 25, lH7 f L] ■■■■—imm u. TOrso MKN\ from early indiscretion, I 1 nerve force and fail to attain strength. MIDDLE AGED MEN often lack vigor, attribut Ing it to the progress of years. The MOTHER. WIFE and MAID, sufferingfron Female Weakness Nervous Debility and other ail ment, will Had it the only cure. To one and all we say that the Shield gives a nat ural aid in a natural wav WITHOUT DRUGGING THE STOMACH. Warranted One Year, and (he boa appliance made. Illustrated Pamphlet,THßEE TYPF.S OF MEN aiw) Pamphlet f"r Radios only, sent on receipt o Cc, sealed, unsealed, FREE. American Galvanic Cos., OFFICE 1 1103 rticMniit St., I'hlla. A Battle With an Alligator. Robert Carroll, a trapper and linnter, while trapping for otters on West Choc tawpatehio River, in Alabama, had a terrible fight with an alligator, so a local paper tells tis. Seeing the water agitated in a hole near the river, and supposing that otters were fishing therein, he mounted a pole on a tussock just above the water’s edge. His steel traps were in a sack suspended from his neck. His only weapon was his hatchet. lie sat on the, pole, with a mass of vines at his back. He held his weapon ready to strike an otter, should one arise. Boon he saw a young alligator near him. He caught it up and it uttered a cry. In an instant there was a terrible splash of water, and a huge alligator with distended mouth and glittering teeth rushed for him. With little hope of escape he fell hack upon the vines, and as he did so kicked the pole from under his feet. The terrible jaws closed on the polo and crushed it. Carroll tried to inter pose the traps, but a vine had caught them and partly held him down. Seizing his hatchet he struck into the open month of his assailant. It closed on the weapon, and with great difficulty he saved the hatchet. Getting free from his traps, he dealt the alligator a fatal blow on the sknll as it made the next charge. He secured the skin and such teeth as had not been destroyed in the fight. The length of the alligator was about nine and a half feet. The hole was its den. Alligators rarely attack human beings. love's young dream. ‘■Oose sweet pweeious is oo?” “I’se core sweet pweeious.” “Oose hungry ittlo bit ?” “l’se could nibble itsy bitsy.” “Oose sail have lunehy, pweeious,” “Itsy bitsy chicky-wing, sweetsy.” “Tiddy iddy dark, have a cookey ?” “No, ownest-own—a pickule.” They were not idiots on their way to a retreat for the feeble-minded or lunatics going to an asylum. They were married lovers, bad been married nearly two honrs and were taking their first lunch on the cars. And the rest of the passen gers did not rise up and slay them either, which shows the degeneracy into which as a people we have fallen, — De troit Free Frets <il)c (Dnjcttc. VOL XI. THE KLVCTS SUITS. G<ml hath no many ships upon the sea ! His are the merchantmen that carry treasure, lh© men-of-war, all l anncreil gallantly, The little fisher boats ami harks of pleasure. On all this sea of time there is not one That sailed without the glorious Name thereon. The winds go up and down upon the sea, And some they lightly clasp, entreating kindly. Atnl waft them to the port where they would he; And other ships they buffet, long and blindly- The cloud comes down on the great sinking deep, And on the shore the watchers stand and weep. An-1 God hath many wrecks within the sea; Oh, it is deep! I look in fear and wonder- The wisdom throned above is dark to me, Vet it is sweet to think His care is under; That yet the sunken treasure may he drawn Into his storehouse when the sea is gone. Bo I, that sail in peril on the sea. With my beloved, whom yet the waves may cover, Ray—God hath more than angels’ care of me, And larger share than I in friend and lover. Why weep ye so, ye watchers on the land? This deep is but the hollow of His hand. Caul Rpenceh. A, Story o f Duty. [From Every Other Saturday.] In the middle of a dark night Joel, a hoy of nine years old, heard his name called by a voice which, through his sleep, seemed miles away. Joel had been tired enough when he went to bed, and yet he had not gone to sleep for some time; his heart beat so at the idea of his mother being very ill. He well remembered his father’s death, and his mother’s illness now revived some feel ings which he had almost forgotten. His bed was merely some clothes spread on the floor, and covered with a rug; but he did not mind that; and he could have gone to sleep at once but for the fear that had come over him. When he did sleep, his sleep was sound; so that his mother’s feeble voice calling him seemed like a call from miles away. In a minute Joel was up and wide awake. “Light the candle,” ho could just hear the voice say. He lighted the caudle, and his bent ing heart seemed to stop when ho saw his mother's face. He seemed hardly to know whether it was his mother or no. “Shall I call—-V” “Call nobody, my dear. Como here.” He laid his cheek to hers. “Mother, you are dying,” ho mur mured. “Yes, love, lam dying. It is no use calling any one. Theso little ones, Joel.” “I will take care of them, mother.” “Yon, my child ! How should that be?” “Why not?” said the boy, raising himself, and standing at his best height. 'Look at me, mother. I can work, I promise you—” Uis mother could not lift her hand, but she moved a finger in a way which checked him. "Promise nothing that may be too hard afterward,” she said. “I promise to try, then,” he said “that little sisters shall live at home, and never go to the work-house.” Ho spoko cheerfully, though the candle light glittered in the two streams of tears on his cheeks. “We can go on living here; and we shall be so—” It would not do. The sense of their coming desolation rushed over him in a way too terrible to be borne. He hid his face beside her, murmuring : “Oh, mother! mother!' 1 His mother found strength to move her hand now. Bhe stroked his head with a trembling touch, which he seemed to feel as long as he lived. She could not sav much more. She told him she had no fear of any of them. They would bo taken care of. She advised him not to awaken the little ones, who were sound asleep on the other side of her, and begged him to lie down himself till daylight, and try to sleep, when she should be gone. This was the last thing she said. The candle was very low; but before it went out, she was gone. Joel had always done what his mother wished ; hut ho could not obey her in the last thin# she said. He lighted another candle when the first went out, and sat think ing, till the gray dawn began to show through the window. When he called the neighbors, they were astonished at his quietness. He had taken up the children and dressed them, and made the room tidy, and lighted the tire, before he told anybody what had happened. And when he opened the door, his little sister was in his arms. She was two years old, and could walk, of course; bnt she liked being in Joel’s arms. Poor Willy was the most confonnded. He stood with his pinafore at his mouth, staring at the bed, and wondering that his mother lay so still. If the neighbors were astonished at Joel that morning, they might be more so at some things they saw afterward; bnt they were not. Everything seemed done so naturally; and the boy evidently considered what he had to do so much a matter of course that less sensation was excited than about many smaller things. After the funeral was over, Joel tied up all his mother’s clothes. He carried the bundle on one arm, and his sister on the other. He would not have liked to take money for what he had seen his mother wear; but he changed them away SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL <>, 1884. for new and strong clothes for the child. He did not scorn to want any help, no went to the factory the next morning, ns usual, after washing and dressing the children, aud getting a breakfast of brood and milk with them. There was no fire; and he put every knife and other danger ous thing on a high shelf, and gave them some trifles to play with, and promised to eorno and play with them at dinner-time. And ho did play. Ho played heartily with the little one, aud as if lie enjoyed it, every day at noon hour. Many a merry laugh the neigh bors heard from that room when tho three children were together, and the laugh was often Joel’s. How ho learned to manage, and espe cially to cook, nobody knew; and ho could himself have told little more than that ho wanted to see how people did it, and looked accordingly at every oppor tunity. He certainly fed tho children well; and himself, too. He know that everything depended on his strength being kept up. His sister sat on his knee to be fed till slio could feed her self. Ho was sorry to give it up; but he Baid she must learn to behave. So ho smoothed her hair, and washed her face before dinner, and showed her how to fold her hands while ho said grace. Ho took as much pains to train her to good manners at tablo as if ho had been a governess, teaching a little lady. While she remained a “baby” ho slept in tho middle of the bed, between tho two that she might have loom, and not ho disturbed; and when she ceased to be a hairy, ho silently made new arrange ments. no denied himself a hat, which lie much wanted, in order to buy a con siderable quantity of coarse dark calico, which, with bis own hands he made into a curtain, and slung across a part of the room; thus shutting off about a third of it. Here bo contrived to make up a lit tle bed for bis sister; and ho was not satisfied till she had a basin and a jug, and a piece of soap of her own. Here nobody but himself was to intrude upon her without leave; and, indeed, he al ways made her understand that ho came only to take care of her. It was not only that Willy was not to see her un dressed. A neighbor or two now and thou lifted the latch without knocking. One of theso ono day heard something from behind tho curtain, which made her call her husband silently to listen; and they always afterward treated Joel ns if he wore a man, and one whom they looked up to. Ho was teaching the child her little prayer. Tho earnest, sweet, devout tones by the boy, and tho innocent, cheerful imitation of the little ono, were beautiful to hear, the listeners said. Though so well taken care of, she was not to be pampered; there would have been no kindness in that. Very early, indeed, she was taught, in a merry sort of way, to put things in their places, and to sweep the floor, and to.wash up the crockery. Slio was a handy little thing, well trained and docile. Ono reward lliut Joel had for his management was, that she was early fit to go to chapel. This was a great point; as lie, choosing to send Willy regularly, could not go till ho could tako tho little girl with him. Bhe was never known to be rest less ; and Joel was quite proud of her. Willy was not neglected for the little girl’s sake. In tlioso days children went earlier to the factory and worked longer than they do now, and by the time tho sister was five years old Willy bccamo a factory boy; and his pay put the little girl to school. When she, at seven, went to the factory too. Joel’s life was altogether an easier one. ne always had maintained them all, from tho day of his mother’s death. The times must liavo been good—work constant and wages steady—or he could not have done it. Now, when all three were earning, he put his sister to a sowing-school for two evenings in the week and the Sat urday afternoons; and he and Willy attended an evening school, as they found they could afford it. ne always escorted the little girl wherever she had to go; into tho factory, and home again, to the school door and home again, and to the Supday-school; yet he was him self remarkably punctual at work and at worship. He was a humble, earnest, docile pupil himself at the Sunday school—quite unconscious that he was more advanced than other boys in the sublime science and practico of duty. He felt that everybody was very kind to him, but lie was unaware that others felt it an honor to be kind to him. I linger on these years, when he was a fine growing lari, in a state of high content. I linger, unwilling to proceed. But the end must come; and it is soon told. He was sixteen, l think, when he was asked to become a teacher in the Sunday-school, while wholly not eeas- 1 ing to be a scholar. He tried, and made a capital teacher, and he won the hearts of the children while trying to open their minds. By this he became more widely known than before. One day in the next year, a tremen dous claiter and crash was heard in the factory where Joel worked. A dead si lence succeeded, and then several called out that it was only an iron bar that had , fallen down. This was true, but the ! iron bar had fallen on Joel’s head, and ; be was taken up dead 1 Such a funeral as his is rarely seen. There is a something that strikes on all hearts in the spectacle of a soldier’s ' funeral—the drum, the march of com rades, and the belt and cap laid on the eofllu. But there was something more solemn and more moving than all such observance in the funeral of this young soldier, who had so bravely filled his place in tho conflict of life. There was tho tread of comrades here, for fho long est street was filled from end to end. For relics, there wero his brother and sister; and for a solemn dirge, the un oontrollablo groans of n heart-stricken multitude. IN DEATH TOR ETHER. Tin* Shook of 111* Wife’* Sudden Drnth Ciiiimliik llii Own. A mos, remarkable occurrence was re ported in tho First Ward of Milwaukee. A local paper says :—At an early hour Frederick C. Bradley, a well-known citizen, formerly a man of considerable wealth, called at the house of a neigh bor and asked if some ono would come to his house as his wife was very ill. In half an hour the neighbor aud his wife reached tho bedroom of tho Bradley's and wore horrified to find both tho man and his wife lying on the floor dead. At first every ono supposed a tragedy had been committed, aud tho affair eroated a groat sensation. Later on, it was generally accepted as a fact that the couple had boen poisoned. At a late hour the Coroner held an inquest, and it resulted in a verdict that tho wife had died of apoplexy and tho husband of heart disease. It was shown that both were troubled from theso causes. The double death is a remarkable occurrence and a mystery. The supposition is that Mrs. Bradley was taken ill and died while her husband was out calling a neighbor. When ho returned and found her dead, the shock was so great that he had a severe attack of heart disease and dropped dead. Mr. Bradley was 65 years old and his wife was seven years younger. Ho was born in England, emigrating to tho United States when a young man. Ho lived in New York City for a number of years and worked at civil engineering. He became wealthy, and at one time was estimated to be worth nearly 8200,000. He secured a contract for building 500 miles of road for the Grand Trunk Rail way, which at that time was the largest railway contract ever attempted by one man. This proved an unfortunate un dertaking for him, Mr. Bradley losing tho greater part of his wealth, it is said, through the dishonesty of sub-contract ors. Subsequently he secured another railway contract, aud, owing to the sud den appreciation of the cost of labor and material, tho remnant of his fortune was swept away and lie became finan cially ruined. Ho then came to Milwau kee and obtained a position as Inspector of Harbor Improvements under the di rection of Col. Houston, United States Engineer. This he held until tho time of his death. An English Girl in Canada. Tlioro aro two sorts of beauty among the girls of Canada, says a newspaper correspondent, ns there are two kinds ol girls the English Canadian and the French Canadian. Tho English Can adians are beautiful rather than pretty. The French girls are captivatiugly pretty. The English girl is tall and strongly built. Slio walks w ith her figure rigidly erect and her head held up, from con sciousness of strength rather than from pride. Her cheeks aro like the sides of a peach that has just begun to ripen. Tho l'oso blush blends with tho pink, that is in turn lost in the general creamy tint of the whole face. Waves of flaxen or light-brown hair curtain her forehead, or perhaps her hair is pulled into a cloud that projects beyond her sealskin cap. Him has big deep-blue eyes, eloquent of good health and good na iuro, and blazing at a touch of excite ment. Being an athlete, she is a model of good health, and the equal of her brothers at tho dinner tablo. Her nose and mouth aro not too fashionably small. They match her fine stature, and the healthy, graceful carriage that tell of stout limbs and developed muscles. What a lesson the Montreal girl teaches to tho New York mothers who bring their daughters up indoors liko hot house plants, for fear they will not be lady-like and womanly ! These robust girls, in modesty, in grace, in softness of speech and femininity generally, are the peers of daughters of Murray Hill, and yet there is hardly one that cannot stand by her brother’s side in whatever sport he is enjoying. These girls can climb a mountain like deer, they can skate like the women of Holland, they are at home on snowshoes, the mad sport of tho toboggan hills is every-day fun to them. As these words are written they are scudding on snowshoes on the hill, applauding tho curlers in the Gov ernment sheds, driving their ponies at a three-minute gait ahead of their sleighs, skimming breathlessly down the slides, cutting threes and eights in tho skating rinks, and bustling along the streets at a gait that makes a New York man feel as though he was taking root in the snow, The Soudan.— What the Soudan is worth may be gathered from some pub lished statistics, according to which there are 15,000 Christians and 40,000 Egyptians in tho province; 1,000 com mercial houses owned by Europeans and 3,000 by Egyptians, and tho import and export trade is valued at THE SECRET SERVICE. TilIC I’EOn.i: IT IIAS TO I.OOK AFTKII FOII UNt’lilC SAJI. Cnnntrrfrlferi*. nmt (hr Very Shnrp Ootlr* They nre up lo lit Tlirlr Work. This sample book in which you sec pasted bank aud national notes, with the word had punched out in each, con tains S2S,(KM), and wo have hero tho his tories and photographs of 2,500 crimi nals, perhaps tou per cent. of whom aro women, said an officer of the Secret Service, at Washington. William E. Brockwny is the most notable person in the entire collection. He is called the “King of Counterfeiters,” and occupies tho first place in this album. Next to him aro his two pals, Doyle, (ho man who passed the money, and Charles E. Smith, tho most expert engraver of “crooked” work in tho country. In all their operations Brockway furnished tho money, laid out tho plans, and was the brains of the gang. Doyle passed llio “stuff'’ and Smith was the engraver. Doylo is now serving a twelve years’ sentence in the Illinois State Frison. Broc.kway was captured somo few weeks ago on tho charge of counterfeit ing some railroad bonds, samples of which wo liavo hero in this office, aud Smith is living with liis family in Brook lyn, N. Y. Smith engraved the plate from which the fiimons 81,000 7 30 bond of the issue of ’OS was printed, and $83,000 worth of it were actually redeemed at the Treas ury Department, before it was discovered to ho a counterfeit. The impression was so good that tho exports were unable to determine whether the bonds were genu ine or counterfeit, and tho matter was only decided when the Government is sue bearing the duplicate numbers came back for redemption. Smith also en graved what is known ns the Hamilton 850 greenback, and the 8100 note on dif ferent banks, wliieh are the finest known of those series. Several years ago a very shrewd dodge was played by one of Smith’s confederates on R. H. White k Cos., of Boston. A woman entered their store and looked at some very expensive shawls. Finally, she made up her mind to take ono, and tendered a thousnnd dollar bill in payment. The clerk took the money to the cashier, wtio sent it to the bank to find out whether it was genu ine or not. The answer came back that the bill was good beyond tho shadow of a doubt. Thou the clerk said that tho shawl would he sent to the woman’s ad dress, but she procoeded to get very an gry, and said that if they could not tako her money without question that sho would go elsowhore, and flounced out of the store in great rago. About an hour afterward she returned, and told tho clerk that she had visited Jordan, Marsh Ac Co’s., Shepard & Norwell’s, Hogg, Brown k Taylor’s and C. F. Hovey & Co.’s, but that she had been unable to find a shawl which suited her as well as the orio she left in their establishment. She said she would tako it with her, and tendered a 81,000 bill in payment. The shawl was valued at 8200 and iho woman took it away with her, together with 8800 in change. Tho bill first tendered was genuine, the second was a counter feit, and the firm was just 81,000 out of pocket. Smith engraved tho plate from which this counterfeit note was printed, and it was so nearly perfect that only a minute examination would liavo caused detec tion. Smith also engraved the plate from which the 81,000 6 per cent, bonds wero printed, but we captured the entire issue on Doylo in Chicago, amounting in alt to $201,000. Now I wish to call your attention to two curious facts. Coun terfeiting runs in families, and without exception the men engaged in it are nil poor. For instance, take the Bullard family. Thomas, Benjamin, George and John, four brothers, all in our clutches, together with an aunt. There is ono brother out of jail, but we aro satisfied that he is an honestman. Thomas Bul lard is a wonderful fellow. He is the only person, so far as we know, who has succeeded in imitating the fibre pa nor upon which the genuine notes and bonds are printed. At present he is serving a thirty years’ sentence as a reward for his discovery. He is a chemist of no ordi nary attainments, and lieiuvcnted a pro cess by which he was able to take a genuine two or one dollar bill, and com pletely remove all the traces of ink from its surface. Then with a counterfeit plate of a higher denomination, he would print upon the genuine paper, and thus raise the note. Speaking about raising notes, here is a check on the Third Na tional Bank of New York, which was raised from $451 to $26,908, and paid, in 1876. The perpetrators worked off with chemicals all that was written in the check except the signature, and 1 regret to say that we have never bees able to discover who did it. Here are three steel plates which were engraved by Ulrich for a five-dollar issue. The engraving is done on soft steel, and when completed the plate is hardened. To give you some idea of the amount of lal>or it takes to engTave ono of these plates, I can only say that we have evidence that Ulrich was fifteen months completing them. Perhaps tho greatest curiosities in our entire collection are the bills which made their appearanoo about four years ago, executed with a NO. [H*n entirely by hand. At first wo thought that it must tako a good amount of time for tho rascal to turn out one of tlioso bills, but now wo think that he produces about ono a week. The de nominations aro fifties, twenties and tens, and they arcturnod into tho Treasury for redemption from all parts of the Union, “(.'AMIS AND SAUCES.” llln* Uitrlou liiMrticl.su Cluhn In lion - lo Cools Groiinr. A lesson on “Games and Sauces” was given at Miss Parloa’s Cooking School in Now York city. A log of venison was first brought in, and after the lecturer had pulled off the dry skin from the meat, sho rubbed it with butter, dredged it with salt and popper, and flour enough to form a panto over tho meat. After skewering tho roast so as to cover tho shank-bone, it was placed in a hot oven on n rack to cook. When the Hour which was sprinkled on the pan was brown, tho moat was taken out and water poured in tho pan. Tho vonison was basted often while roasting with tho gravy and dredged lightly with flour, salt and pepper. While the venison was cooking a grouse was placed on a platter before the class, and skewered, and tho breast and logs were larded with stripes of pork. The lardons were cut parallel with the rind of pork, aud only as far as tho first layer of lean; and wore put in a howl of cracked ice and water before they wore used, to draw out the oil and make them firm. After larding tho grouso it was rubbed with butter, seasoned with salt and popper, dredged thickly with flour, and placed, in it pan on its back, with out any water. Tho lecturer stated that it would take about twenty-live minntes to roast this bird rare or half an hour to suit tho average taste. The sauce for tho grouse was prepared with dry bread, which was rolled and sifted. Tho lino crumbs, which meas ured about a third of a cupful, were put over the fire in a double boiler to cook with a quarter of an onion and two cup fuls of milk. The coarse crumbs, which remained in the sieve, measured about two-thirds of a cup and theso were placed in a saucepan with a tablespoon ful of molted butter, which was heated hot before tlio crumbs were put in. When the crumbs were brown they were set or. * fide and a tablospoonful of butter was added to tho Banco in the double boiler, which had cooked fifteen minutes. Seasoning of salt and pepper was added, aud the onion was skimmed out. This sanco was put on a plattor, tho grouse which was now done, was placed on the bed of sauce, and the fried bread crumbs were poured over it. A garnish of parsley was added. The venison was then taken from tho oven and put on a hot platter. Tho fat was poured off the gravy in tho pan, and a cup of boiling water was added. A slice of onion was fried brown in a table spoonful of butter and six peppercorns and four whole cloves wero added. When tho onion was cooked a table spoonful of flour was put in and stirred till brown, and tho whole was gradually added to tho gravy in tho pan. After boiling ono minute tho gravy was strained and half a teaspoonful of lemon juice completed tho sauce. ’ Hottentot Tortures. Tho following is an extract of a loiter from Walwich Bay, southwest coast of Africa, dated December 14, 1883: “Tho atrocious acts of Paul Vistcr (a Hottentot chief) havo received further confirma tion. This fiend hold a raid, and it was’ decided not to shoot the prisoners, as is usually done, lmt to torture them, so it was decided that the lower jaw of tho victim should bo severed aud a knife in serted in tho roof of tho mouth and forced up to tho brain. These wretches further amused themselves by putting a rein with a slipnot round tlio tlfroats of tho prisoners, hauling them up to trees, and when tho tongue of tho victim had protruded somewhat letting him down again, carrying on this amusement until the unfortunate prisoner was lifeless.” The London Daily News believes that the occurrence of these horrible cruel ties has been brought to tho notice of Sir Leicester Smythe, Her Majesty’s Acting High Commissioner at tho Cape. An Honest Verdict. A man had met a girl in a lonely place and forcibly kissed her. Sho was terri bly indignant and had him arrested Sho govo an account on tho witness stand of how he gazed at her intently, aud then suddenly throwing his arms around her imprinted a kiss upon her lips. The prisoner made no defence, and the jury was expected to promptly convict him of assault. They returned to the court room. “The ju-ju-jury w-w-would liko to ask the young lady two questions,” the foreman snid. The judge consented and she went on the stand. “D-d-did you wear tho j-j jersey that you’ve g-g-got on now?” “Yes, sir,” was the demure reply. “And w-w-was your ha-ha-hair b-b-banged like that?” “Yes, sir.” “Then, your Honor, we acquit the prisoner on the ground of emo-mo-motional insanity.”— San Francisco Dost. “I ar.r.Ufi feels sorry fur do young teller what is smart befo’ his time,” said Uncle M< as. “Do flowers whut blooms do ’is do soones’ ter die,” IB humorous papers; [fir \VK KINI> IN TIIFM TO HiUII.B OVIOII. finer cost money. Mrs. B.—“lsn’t this strange?” Mr. B.—“ What is strango, dear?” Mrs. B.—“ The paper says that a Goorginman, now worth $150,000, never wore a pair of shoes until after he was 21 years of ago.” Mr, B.—“I don’t see anything re markablo about that.” Mrs. B.—“ You don’t ?” Mr. B.—“ Certainly not. no proba bly inherited tho $150,000 from his father, Mrs. B.—“But how did his father get so much money ?” Mr. B.—“Ho saved it on shoes.”— Philadelphia Evening Call, NEVER KNEW WHAT KILLED HIM. “I was chopping in the woods ono day last winter,” said lie, “wlion my dog, a healthy terrier,crawled into a hollow log and found a coon. 110 took Mr. Coon by tlio noso and pulled him out into my presence. When tho coon saw how I was situated with a big ax aud a yearn ing look ho ynnkoil tho dog hack into tho hole in tho log. Tho dog was a light weight, but his staying qualities were something to contemplate. Ho had tho coon firmly clinched, and to that i gentle influence ho yielded frequently, but as often withdrew from tho cold world, taking the ambitious pup with him. They kept, sawing it off this way for nearly an hour, and it began to look ns though tho coon was going to win the rubber, when an idea struck me. When tho dog pulled tho coon out to viow 1 aimed my ax and struck a terrific blow at the coon’s neck. Just then he gave a jerk and pulled the dog’s head to the spot where his should-havo boen. “That dog don’t know to this day but that it was tho coon that killed him.”— The Eye. A OOMrnOMISE. Asa woman, accompanied by a hoy about ten years of ago, was passing a storo on Michigan nvenno the other day, a cur dog belonging to tho merchant gave the iad a snap on the leg. A groat commotion was at oueo raised over the circumstance, aud tho merchant finally inquired: “How much do you want to settle this case ?” “Ten yards of calico,” promptly re plied tho woman. “Very well; come in and get it.” The cloth was tom off and handed to her, and mother and son took their de parture. They returned, however, in a few minutes, and when the merchant asked what was wanted sho replied: “It’s the boy who is raising a fuss sir. Ho says he got tho hi to and I got the dress, and ho isn’t satisfied." “Well, what does ho want?” “Tliroo sticks of candy will console him, sir, or if they don’t ho’ll have to take it out in complaining.” The sticks wero handed out, and as the boy broke ono in two aud stuffed his month full he muttered: “You let the dog next time bite yon and I’ll take a suit of clothes and you may have the candy.” —Detroit Frco Press, a noble omr,. “No, Mr. Slim, I cannot ho yonr wife. My father has just failed in business, and my first thoughts must ho for him.” “1 hadn’t hoard of your father’s fail ure,” exclaimed Mr. Slim in great sur prise and not a little dismay. “When did it occur ?” “Only yesterday,” slio replied. “All of our possessions are swept away, and we are very poor indeed. Ido not hesitate in saying that wero it otherwise your proffered love would be very dear to mo, but now my poor father demands my individed devotion.” “Noble girl !” said Mr. Slim, as ho hurried away. — Philadelphia Evening Call. RUNNING A SAW-MILL WITH WHISKY. “How aro you ?” asked Denman. “Pretty well, thank you; but I’ve just been to a doctor to liavo him look at my throat?” “What’s tho matter?” “Well, the doctor couldn’t give me any encouragement. At least ho couldn’t find what I wanted him to find.” “What did yon expect him to find?” “I asked him to look down my throat for tho saw-mill and farm that had gone down there.” “And did ho see nothing of it?” “No, hut ho advised mo if I over got another to run it by water.” What Christine Nilsson Eats. “My breakfast,” said the Swedish prima domia, “consists of a nupof coffeo aud a single roll, and for dinner I tako ' soup, meat, vegetables, cheese, bread and wine. If I sing I liavo nothing more to cat until the next morning. Otherwise, I have a cup of bouillon be fore retiring, and always a hot bath. I own a pair of Norfolk ponies, which I drive when I am home, hut I am afraid of strange horses and strange drivers, so I tako my constitutional by walkiug two hours every morning. Igo alone, for I do not want to talk, because the cold air gets to the lungs and is apt to injure the voice ultimately. Yes, lam rigor ous with myself, but I owe that care not to my own health, but to tho company I am hired by and the public that pays to hear me. lam always ready, in con sequence, and have never asked for the indulgence of the audience or an excuse from the manager. I never failed to keep an engagement but once, aud that was unavoidable. I live in England a great deal as the guest of the Duke of Albany’s family. I am intimately ac quainted with the Princess of Wales, with whom I play little duets; the Duke of Edinburgh, who is a violinist, often accompanies us.”— Chicago Paper, The premeditation of death is the pre meditation of liberty; he who has learned to die has forgot to serve.