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BLOOD POISON!
!00 Bottle of Another Blood Medi
cine Used-No Relief Until
B. B. B Was Used
Hampton, Ga., .Line 12tli, 188S.
BiJ*or> Balm Cos Tour B. B. P. ha* work
d*n me like a charm. Three bottle* hav*
hme me more goorl than all doctors and 100
ottUsof the noted rmud). 1 *m gwt
inc well rapidly. All nicern heated, no aching
fmy bom, no pains in mv back, and my
kin in becoming clear. The effect of B. ti B.
nmy kidneyw is s motl.iug wonderful. My
friend* are astonished. My family physician
V* it i* the only medicim I ever used suited
omr cast*. I would take pleasure in correa
bonding w ith any one interested, n I can’t
iu Ip praiaing JJ./. B. Indeed it i* a
BU>o<t Purifier. Give anv ne mv aririrwn whr
may call for it. A I*. W.
Address, BLOOD PALM CO., Atlanta, (ta..
or Siimnuivilit, On.
IS THAT SO?
Yes. it's a fact, that one large bottle of B. B.
D costing only £1 is warranted to produce ai
nindt remedial effect in the cure of all Brood
l’‘'ivn *•> three bottl * of the most famous
1 ! tuiil.. ,;itu of the ‘lay. Yea, tlnee R
one , tlist’s the way we put it, and we are ahU
to l’h k our w. :1 with strong evidence. B. 11.
B. is the .miok blood re mini y. end there it nr
mistake about it. The proof nrititad ttic
fiat has gone forth the tocsin has n Hound
'd, and "lie that hath eai-8 to hear, let Idm
, hear.''
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SVftrfnla Curl'd Affrr Srvpr.il Phvwiaa
niiii'.
On ihe 2Hth df.; of April, 1883. William Bra
look, 12 years of age. pn vented hint self to Dr.
Gillam, desiring to know if B. B. B. w ould
cure him. lb lives on Dr. L. A. Guild's
jdace, near the cemeta ry, and the case is well
known by Dr, Guild, who has partiuuUuriy #
uoticed it.
The boy ];.yl a foul scrofulous ulcer invoW
ng the entire elbow joint, with which he had
been affl. u and over twelve months. It had d®-
htroyrd the buuci tinai ati ucture, apd was fa*t
ppro . hir e tne deeper tisanes. IT" could not
b. ml the at and had t-troug indication* of
!) • sai .v nitrous condition of the shoulder.
Two other phvsiciana of the city had treated
|i? c;is-. but without any perceptible chant*
mins mi ti. u. lie was placed upon tb*
timtu nt of H. li. J? , undone single 1 ottle
i need -e foul ulcer and restored tlie* fan* d*
generating condition of the child, nml he is
now • njoying the finest of health.
T his N n plain and unmistakable case of
w* .1 define 1 aorofuia, ami recognired as such,
. nred with one single l ottle of B. B. 8.. and
etakc ; . i.-ui.-ii. as mg any inteic*t#d parly
t ■ address Dr. T \. Grind, Atlanta. Oa.. on
tin subject relativ* vahu of the medicine in
this caae.
If one well defined case of scrofula can I*
cured, others can l>e cured also.
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The Answer a Car Conduct®!
Mnile to i lie Guest ton.
Four mon hall hidden in the smoke
cloud of a smoking box of a sleeping ear
on the Hudson Iliver Railroad sj>ent an
hour discussing which part of a ear waa
the saleat to ride in. They finally
agreed to leave it to the conductor.
1 ‘Middle of midd'c ear, right-hand
aide,’’ said that personage when asked.
The rapidity with which he spoke and
the mechanical manner in which he
made the reply, leal one of the men to
halt him ns he was passing on and ask
him to explain himself.
“Why, said he, “everybody asks me
thfi question, and I am so used to an
swring it that I’ve got it down to the
fevest words possible. I shouldn’t
woider if you were to ask me that when
Ism asleep if f wouldn't nnswerit with
out waking up. The middle oar of
train is the safest, because it is the
furthest removed from a collision either
in front or behind. Even if an engine
plunged into an open draw-bridge, it
might not take more than a car or two
with it. Couplings would be likely to
break, you know. Always sit in the
middle of a car, because when cars
telescope they are apt not to telescope
many feet. As you can’t tell which end
will telescope, and as both ends may
telescope, take to the middle. Whatever
car you go in, sit on the right hand side
of the cor, which is to say, the Hide
furthest from the other track, because it
sometimes happens that freight projects
too far beyond a flat car, and rips the
windows out of passing trains. ”
“Do railroad men observe all these
precautions when they ride ?”
“They take no precautions at all.
Those that I have mentioned are sensi
ble, bnt yon can’t always sit where you
like, and there are plenty of people un
lucky enough to be killed wherever they
sit. Railroad men never consider the
possibility of accidents. They could
not be railroad men if they did. ”
The Chance. —According to the Afeti
ical Record, insurance tables show that
i man who abstains from alcohol has,
at 20 years of age, a chanoe of living
44, 2years; at 30, 36.5 years; at 40, 28.8
years. An intemperate man’s chance at
20 is 15.6 years; at 30, 1.38; and at 40,
11.6.
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VOL XL
GILBERT'S LATEST.
jin Gilbert'* new comic or*ra. "The Prlncemi
Ida." the following *onif is sung by Gnuim. th
Philgnthropist King, who ha* a crooked leg. a clul
foot and a hunchback. ]
BONO.
If yon giro me your attention, I will tell yon
what I am:
I'm a genuine philanthropist -all other kind*
arc sham.
Each little fault of temper and each social
defect
In my erring fellow creatnres I endeavor tc
* correct.
To all their little weaknesses I open people’s
eyes,
And little plans to snub the self-sufficient I
devise;
I love my fellow-creatures, I do all the good
I can,
Yet everybody Rays I’m such a disagreeable
man !
And I can't think why !
Xo compliments inflated I've a withering
roply.
And vanity I always do my best to mortify
A charitable action I can ukillfully dissect,
And interested motives I’m delighted to
detect—
-1 know everybody’s income and what every
body earns,
And I carefully compare it with the income
tax retnyis ;
But to benefit humanity, however much
plan,
Yet everybody says Vm such a disagreeable
man !
And I can’t think why !
I’m snro I’m no ascetic, I’m ts pleasant a*
can be;
You'll always find me ready with a crushing
repartee;
I’vo an irritating chuckle, I’ve a celebrated
Bneor;
I’ve Rn entertaining snigger, I’ve a fascinating
lctr;
To everybody’s prejudice I know a thing or
two;
I can tell a woman’s age in half a minute
and I do.
But, although I try to make myself as pleasa. t
as I can,
Yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable
man!
And I can’t think why !
Small T)eL)ts.
Mr. Herriot was sitting in his office
one day, when a lad entered and handed
him a Bmall slip of paper. It was a bill
for five dollars, due to his shoemaker,
a poor man who lived in the next
Hquare.
“Tell Mr. Grant that I will settle tic
soon ; it isn't just convenient to-day.”
The boy retired.
Now Mr. JTerriot had a flvc-dollar bill
in his pocket, bat he felt as if he couldn’t
part with it—he didn't like to be entirely
out of money. So, acting from this im
pulse, he had sent the boy away. Very
still sat Mr. Herriot for the next five
minutes; yet his thoughts were busy.
He wns not altogether satisfied with him
self. The shoemaker was a poor man
and needed his money as soon as earned
—he was not unadvised of this fact.
“I almost wish I had Bent him the five
dollars," said Mr. Herriot, at length,
half audibly. “Ho wants it worse than
I do.”
He mused still further.
“The fact is,” he at length exclaimed,
starting np, “it’s Grant’s money, not
mine; and, what is more, he shall
have it.”
So saying, Herriot took np his hat and
left the office. •
*******
"Did yon get the money, Charles?'
said Grant, as his boy entered the shop.
There was a good deal of earnestness in
the shoemaker’s tones.
“No, sir,” replied the lad,
“Didn’t get the money?”
“No, sir.”
“Wasn’t Mr. Herriot in?”
“Yes, sir ; bnt he said it wasn’t con
venient to-day.”
“O dear ! I’m sorry 1” came from the
shoemaker, in a depressed voice.
A woman was sitting in Grant’s shop
when the boy came in ; she had now
risen and was leaning on the counter;
a look of disappointment was in her
face.
“It can’t be helped, Mrs. Lee,” said
Grant; “I was sure of getting the money
from him. He never disappointed me
before. Call in to-morrow and I will
try and have it for yon. ”
The woman looked troubled as well ns
disappointed. Hlowly'she turned away
and left the shop. A few minutes after
her departure Herriot came in and, after
a few words of apology, paid his bill.
"Run and get this bill changed into
silver for me,” said the shoemaker to his
Vioy, the moment his customer had de
parted.
“Now,” said he, as soon as the silver
was placed in his hands, “take two dol
lars to Mrs. Lee and three to Mr.
Weaver, across the street. Tell Mr.
Weaver that I am obliged to him for
having loaned it to me this morning and
sorry that I hadn't as much in the house
when he sent for it an hour ago.”
* * * * * * *
“I wish I had it, Mrs. Elden, but I
assure you that I have not,” said Mr.
Weaver, the tailor. “I paid ont the last
dollar just before you came in. But call
in to-morrow and you shall have the
money, to a certainty. ”
“But what am Ito do to-day ? I have
not a cent to bless myself with, and I
owe so much at the grocer’s where I deal
that he won’t trust me for anything
more.”
The tailor looked troubled, and the
woman lingered. Just at this moment
the shoemaker’s boy entered.
“Here are the three dollars Mr. Grant
borrowed of you this morning,” said the
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL Hi, 1884.
lad. “He says lie’s sorry he hadn’t tho
money when yon sent for it awhile
ago.”
How the faces of tho tailor and his
needlewoman brightened instantly, as if
a gleam of sunshine had penetrated tho
room.
“Here is just the money I owe you,”
said the former, in a cheerful voice, and
he handed the woman the three dollars
he had received. A moment after and
he was alone, bnt with the glad face of
the poor woman, whoso need he had
been able to supply, distinct before him.
Of the three dollars received by the
needlewoman, two went to the grocer,
on account of her debt to him, half a
dollar was paid to an old and needy
colored woman who had earned it by
scrubbing, and who was waiting for Mrs.
Weavor’s return from the tailor’s to got
her due, and thus he able to provide an
evening and morning’s meal for herself
and children. Tho other half-dollar was
paid to the baker when he called toward
evening to leave tho accustomed loaf.
Thus, the poor needlewoman had been
able to discharge three debts, and at the
same time re-establish her credit with
the grocer and baker, from whom came
the largest portion of the food consumed
in her little family.
* * * * * * *
And now let us follow Mrs. Leo. On
her arrival at home, empty handed, from
her visit to tho shoemaker, who owed
her two dollars for work, she found a
young girl, in whoso pale face wore many
marks of suffering and care, awaiting her
return.
The girl’s countenance brightened as
stio eamo in; but there was no answering
brightness in tho countenance of Mrs.
Lee, who immediately said:
“I’m very sorry, Harriet, lmt .Mr.
Grant put mo off nntil to-morrow. Ho
said he hadn’t n dollar in the house.”
The girl’s disappointment was very
great, for the smile she had forced into
life instantly faded, and wns succeeded
by a look of deep distress.
“Do you want tho money very bad
ly ?” asked Mrs. Leo, in a low, half
choked voice, for tho sudden change in
the girl’s manner had affected her
“Oh, yes, ma’am, very badly. I left
Mary wrapped up in my thick shawl,
and n blanket wound nil around lior feet
to keep them warm; but she was cough
ing dreadfully from the cold air of the
room. ’"
“Haven’t you a fire?" asked Mrs.
Leo, in a quick, surprised tone.
“We have no coal. It was to buy
coal that I wanted (lie money.”
Mrs. 1,00 struck her hands together,
and an exclamation of pain wns about
passing her lips, when the door of the
room opened, and llic shoemaker’s boy
came in.
“Here are two dollars. Air. Grant
sent them."
"God bless Air. Grant 1” The ex
clamation from Airs. Lee was involun
tary.
On the part of Harriot, to whom one
dollar was duo, a gush of silent tears
marked the effect this timely supply of
money produced. Mho received her
portion, and, without trusting her voice
with words, hurried away to supply
the pressing want at home.
A few doors from the residence of
Mrs. Leo lived a man who, some few
months before, had become involved in
tronblo with an evil disposed person,
and been forced to defend himself by
means of tho law. He had employed
Air. Herriot to do what was requisite in
the case, for which service the eliarg,
was five dollars. The bill had been ren
dered a few days before, and the man,
who was poor, felt Very anxious to paj
it. He had tho money all made np tc
within a dollar. That dollar Mrs. Lee
owed him, and she had promised to
give it to him daring this day. For
hours he had waited, expecting her to
come iD; but now had nearly given her
up. There was another little bill of
three dollars which had been sent in to
him, and he had just concluded to go
and pay that, when Mrs. Lee called
with the balance of the money, one
dollar, which she had received from the
shoemaker, Grant.
Half an hour later, and the pocket
book of Air. Herriot was no longer
empty. His client had called and paid
his bill. The five dollars had come
back to him. —T. 9. Arthur.
Will not Drive Together.
“Well,” said the groceryman, as he
wiped some syrnp off his hands on a
coffee sack. “You can’t drive two kinds
of religon to the pole, in a family, with
any kind of success. You may drive
two kinds of religion single or tandem,
bnt when yon hitch ’em up together and
they try to travel along at a good road
gait, one wili go off its feet and gallop
while the other trots, and then the gal
loping religion will catch and come
down to a trot' and the other will break
up, and there they arc, sec-sawing, aud
the air full of creeds, and doctrines, and
there is danger they will run away and
smash something. No, it is better for
the people who are goiDg to marry, to
have their measures taken for the same
kind of religion, and then each can wear
the other’s religion, and all wili be
lovely. ”
A wBrrPR says boots and shoes may
lie rendered water proof by soaking
them for some hours in thick soap
water.
A Story 01 the War.
There is as one might expect much
unwritten history in tho life of Thurlow
Weed. Among Mr. Weed’s papers wns
found the following:
“It will be remembered that early in
the rebellion a Russian fleet lay for sev
eral months in our linlor, nml that other
Russian meu-of-war were stationed at
San Francisco. Admiral Fnnagut lived
at the Aster House, where he was fre
quently visited by the Russian admiral,
between whom, when they wore young
officers serving in the Mediterranean, a
warm friendship lmd grown up. Sitting
in uiy room one day after dinner Ad
miral Farragnt said to his Russian
friend, ‘Why are you spending the win
ter here in idleness?’ ‘I am here,’re
plied the Russian Admiral, ‘under sealed
orders, to be broken only in a contin
gency that ’has not yet occurred.’ He
added that other Russian war vessels
were lying off San Francisco with simi
lar orders. During the conversation the
Russian Admiral admitted that he lmd
received orders to break the seals, if
during the rebellion we became involved
in a war with foreign nations. Strict
confidence was then enjoined.
"When in Washington a few days
Inter, Secretary Seward informed me
that he lmd asked the Russian Minister
why his government kept their ships of
war so long in our harbors, who, while
in answering he disclaimed any knowl
edge of the nature of their visit, felt at
liberty to say that it had no unfriendly
purpose.
“Louis Napoleon had invited Russia,
ns he did England, to unite with him in
demanding tho breaking of our blockade.
The Russian Ambassador at London in
formed bis government that, England
was preparing for war with America on
account of the seizure of Mason and
Slidell. Hence two fleets wore imme
diately sent, across the Atlantic under
sealed orders, so that if their services
were not needed tho intentions of the
Emperor would remain, ns they lmvo to
this day, secret. It is certain, however,
that when our government and the
Union were imperiled by a formidable
rebellion we should have found a power
ful ally in Russia had an omergouoy oc
curred.”
The latter revelation is said to bo cor
roborated by a well-known New York
gentleman, who was in St. Petersburg
when the rebellion began, and who,
during aif unofficial call upon Prince
GortsolmkolV, was shown by the Chan
cellor au order written in Alexander’s
own hand, directing his Admiral to re
port to President Lincoln for orders in
ease England or France sided with the
Confederates
Life in Hie Turtle.
“You will hardly credit it,” said a
Staton Island fisherman, whom a re
porter talked with tho other day, "bnt
the head of a turtle will retain a very
marked interest m existence long after
its body has been served up in soup and
Btoaks. I believe it is a well-known
fact-, but I only discovered it six months
ago. I found a friend engaged in shell
ing p, small turtle. ‘Now,’ he said, jitit
tmg tho head on the dresser, ‘that will
be alive and active to-morrow morning.’
Of course 1 laughed at him, but I
agieed to call next day and test, his
pr ipheey. Next morning my friend
asked me to step into the kitchen. The
head was still on tho dresser, and
though it had been separated from the
body for at least sixteen hours, the eyes
were wide open and bright. ‘Take
core,’ exclaimed my friend, as I put my
anger near the month. His warning
came, not a second too soon. The head
of the turtle absolutely jumped at mo.
Where its motive power came from I
cannot explain, but it moved two inches
toward me, and snapped at my finger
with a viciousueSH that could not have
been surpassed by a cornered rat. I
tliiuk it had been holding back its life,
as men of strong will power, for fixed
purposes, have been known to do, until
au opportunity offered to avenge the de
struction of its body, for after it had
made tho effort its eyes grew fixed and
filmy, and in an hour it was dead. Next
to the turtle in obstinate persistence in
living must come the eel.”
They All Knew flow.
I took a large spider from his web
under the basement of a mill, put him on
a chip and set him afloat on tho quiet
waters of the pond. He walked all about
on the sides of his bark, surveying the
situation very carefully, and when the
foot that lie was really afloat and about a
yard from shore seemed to be fully com
prehended, he prospected for the nearest
point of land. This point fairly settled
upon, he immediately began to cast a
web for it. He threw it as far ns possible
in the air and with the wind. It soon
reached the shore, and made fast to the
spires of grass. Then he turned himself
about and in true sailor fashion began to
haul in hand over hand on his cable.
Carefully he drew upon it until his bark
began to move toward the shore. As it
moved the faster he tho faster drew upon
it to keep his hawser taut and from
touching the water. Very soon he reached
the shore, and quickly leaping to terra
firraa he sped his way homeward. Think
ing then that he might be a special ex
pert, and an exception in that line of
boatmauship to the rest, of his compan
ions, I tried several of them, and the.y
all came to shore in like manner,
A V OTSTER srenr.
Looking into BivalvulnrAnatomy Iloirnn
Oyster Fords and Maintains Itself.
[From the Hultimore Gazette.]
Every oyster Ims a mouth, a heart,
a liver, a stomach, cuuningly devised in- ]
testines, and other necessary organs, |
just us all living, moving, intelligent !
creatures have. And all these things 1
are covered from men’s rudely inquisi- !
tive gaze by a mantle of pearly gauze, !
whose woof and warp put to shame the 1
frost lace on your windows in winter.
The month is at the smaller end of the
oyster, adjoining the hinge. It is of oval
shape, and, though not readily seen by
an inexperienced eye, its location and
size can be easily discovered by gently
pushing a blunt bodkin or similar iusiru- j
j nient along the surface mentioned. .
! When the spot is found, your bodkin eon
be thrust between the delicate lips and a
i considerable distance down toward the
: stomach without causing the oyster to
! yell with pain. From this mouth is, of
| course, a sort of canal to convey the food
| to tho stomach, whence it passes into
■ the intestines. With au exceedingly
1 delicate aud sharp knife you can take off
| the "mantle” of the oyster, when there
I will be disclosed to you a lialf-moon
sliaped space just above the muscle, or
so-called “ heart.” This space is the
oyster’s pericardium, and within it ifl
the real heart, the pulsations of which
are readily seen. The heart is made np
of two parte, just ns the human heart in,
one of which receives the blood from
j the gills through a network of blood
vessels, and the other drives the blood
! out through arteries. In this important
: matter the oyster differs in no respect
i from other warm or cold-blooded ani
-1 mills. And no one need laugh incredu
lously at. the assertion that oysters have
blood. It is not ruddy, according to the
accepted notion about blood, but it is
nevertheless blood to all oyster intents
and purposes. In tho same vicinity,
j and in marvelously proper posi
i lions, will be found all the other
' organs named. But it is very proper to
[ be incredulous about that mouth andor-
I guns. At first, glance it would seem that
■ they are utterly useless, for the mouth
cannot snap around for food, and tho
oyster has no arms wherewith to grub
j its dinner or lunch. * True, apparently,
1 but only apparently, for each oyster has
more than a thousand arms—tiny, deli
cate, almost invisible. And oacli one of
them is incessantly at work gathering
up food and gently pushing it into the
lazy month of the indolent, comfortable
creature. The gills nre the thin flaps
I so notably perceptible around the front, -
i face part of the undressed oyster, below
| the muscle. Each of these gills is cov
ered with minute, hair-like arms, very
j close together, and perpetually in mo
| tion, to and fro, in the same direction.
| They catch food from the water, strain
it carefully of improper substances, and
waft it upward over the mantle’s smooth
surface to tho gaping mouth, which
j placidly gobbles it up until hunger is
I appeased and then the body goes to
| sleep) without turning over. Any one
! can observo this siugnlar process of
i feeding by placing a minute quantity of
1 some harmless coloring matter on the
gills. If it, will not offend the oyster’s
■ delicate palate the coloring matter will
| be seen at once propelled by invisible
hands toward the mouth and thence
alowly down into the stomach. And
this is all I know about oyster anatomy,
except that the iiver almost entirely sur
rounds the stomach, and is of a dark
color. It may bo new to many to
know that oysters are born precisely the
sama way the shad and other fish come
i*4o tho world. A well-educated lady
ojwter will lay about 125,000,000 eggs—
so it, is said ; f have not counted enough
of them fo strike such a large average
and every one of these eggs will ulti
mately become fit for a stew or fry if
they escape the multitude of perils that
do environ the infant oyster.
-*■
Two Views of It.
A few days ago a business firm in Cin
cinnati got into trouble among them
selves, and one of the partners posted
off to a lawyer to ask advice. When be
had related his case he inquired :
“I presume the correct way is to ask
that a receiver be appointed ?”
“That’s one view of it,” replied the
lawyer.
“Why, I didn’t know there were two
views to such a question.”
“Oh, yes. If none of you dare set
fire to the store and burn up everything
and call it square, you’d better ask for a
receiver and let him Vie two months
stealing you all blind. I should advise the
toreh, as that will save paving two
months’ rent.”
Tears.—The Archives d’Ophthalmo
logic states that observation leaves no
room for doubt that the shedding of
tears of blood really occurs, though such
cases are rare. Referring to a recent
case in point, the writer says that the
phenomenon is not caused by any special
local disease, though it generally coin
cides with other hemorrhages in the skin
or mucous membranes. The blood lost,
varies from a few drops to a wineglass
ful; the flow lasts hut a fe,w minutes,
■ and is intermittent.
NO. 13.
A "CORXF.It.”
If hat It Is, and lioiv ft Is I forked*
The “bear element” in the market
are all those who think that prices of
securities are higher than they ought to
be, higher than they can permanently
remain. In order to take advantage of
(lie unwarranted "inflation of values,”
as they understand it, they borrow
stocks and sell them at the high prices
prevailing, expecting to bo able to buy
them in at, lower prices before it, be
comes necessary to return the borrowed
securities. For instance, A borrows
from I! 1,000 shares of Hannibal and Bt.
Joseph, which is selling at, 00. A pays
II SOO,OOO cash and agrees to return the
stock on demand, when, of course, the
money will be refunded to him. It is
for B’s interest, to lend the stock, be
cause lie gets the interest on the SOO,OOO
during (lie interval, or, at, all events,
more interest Ilian ho would otherwise
have to pay for the its,, of the money.
Under ordinary conditions, B, tho lend
er of the stock, will pay A, the borrower,
sometliingfor the use of the money, but
if the particular stock wanted by the
bears is scarce it will bo lent, “fiat,;”
that is, tho borrower will receive noth
ing for the use of the money while the
loan continues. In extreme eases the
lender may even get n commission for
the use of the stock in addition to the
uterest on the money which it repre
sents. If the market fluctuates while
the loan continues, the borrower and
lender settle with each other at the close
j of each day, so that the amount of
, money shall at, all times be exactly
j equivalent to the value of the stock.
When the bears, or any portion ot
them, have discovered a weak spot, in
the market—that, is, a security selling
for more flinn it is worth in their opin
ion—they borrow aud sell it liberally.
Their selling lias the same effect in put
ting down the price as though the stock
wore absolutely their own, and their ex
protation is that other holders, obsorv
ing a decline in price, will become
alarmed and sell also, thus putting down
the price still more aud frightening still
other holders. They intend, of course,
! to buy enough at the lower scale of quo
tations to deliver back what they have
borrowed, pocketing the difference. It
I sometimes happens, though rarely, that
t a few persons, discovering what the
j hears are about, and believing that they
(the briars) are strong enough to stand a
| heavy loss without, breaking, quietly buy
j up all of a particular stock that exists.
I In order that the price may not bo forced
up while they aro themselves buying,
they lend stock freely to the bears, aud
thus encourage the latter to sell. When
they have secured all, or nearly all, of
Ihe particular stock that exists they call
in their loans. The bears are then com
pelled to buy, and since no stock, or very
little, is for sale, tho price can be forced
up to any figure at winch the cornering
party choose to put it. The “shorts”
must, come up and settle on such terms
as may be dictated to them. The last
I resort is to leave the cornering party
! saddled with the whole issue of the stock
jin question. Whether they mnko or
lose by the operation will depend upon
j whether they ean extort from tho bears
1 more than enough to compensate them
| for the loss they may incur in reselling
! the stook to the-general public. Most
commonly the cornering party, as well
' as the cornered, lose money, which lias
i keen gained meanwhile by tho multi
-1 tilde, who have taken advantage of the
i high prices to sell out. For this reason
i corners liavo latterly been of rare occur
rence.
The Prime of Life.
People call the age of forty “the
prime of life.” Who invented the mock
ing phrase ? Some subacid cynic, doubt
less. Because it is not the prime of
life, by any means. At forty tho hair
of your temples is whitening; at forty
your “figure” is broadening; at forty
I you begin fo be called “a harmless old
fellow” by your pretty nieces and their
friends. A most disgusting time of life.
When with dignified steps yon march
toward your yawning grave at seventy
five, you are at least an object of respect
and reverence if you have money.
Your white locks and your snowy beard
| crown you with the majesty of old.
; But to be forty 1 You are neither young
: nor old. Your hair is pepper and salt
in color. Your speech lias become, in
■ spite of yourself, set in stilted sentences.
You perhaps would flirt, but in the
attempt you meet witli dire disaster,
This enterprise is met with the giggles
of girlhood, aud you are driven igno
miniously from the scene by some
“masher” of twenty summers. The
real prime of life is when your muscles
are like twisted cords of the finest Bes
semer steel; you don’t care much - about
girls at that time and your lungs are like
the bellows that blow the smelting
furnace; when you have only to say one
pretty thing and show your white teeth
and twist up the ends of your youthful
mustache, and any pretty girl you want
just sighs once and tumbles into your
arms. That is the prime of life. It is
all over when yon begin to grumble
at the breakfast buttered toast. When
you have become n judge of wine it is
indeed time to leave the arena and ac
cept the worn-out gladiator’s gift of tho
1 wooden sword. Vanity Fair,
THE HUMOROUS PAPERS.
WHAT WK I'INI) IN THK.U TO SMII.B
VKR.
ROUGH ON RATS.
“Oh, doctor, doctor, doctor I” cried a
woman, who rushed breathlessly into
Dr. Grocnawalt’s olllco the other day,
“my boy, Johnnie, has swallowed a
mouse 1”
“H’m; swallowed a mouse, has he?
Well, go homo now and liavo him swal
low a cat.”— The IToosier,
AN HONEST OPINION.
Jones—“ Yon wero at Mrs. Blank’s
party last night?”
Smith -“Yes.”
Jones “Heard me sing, didn’t you ?’
Hmitli —“Yes.”
.Imics—'“How did my singing strike
yon ?”
Smith. “It did not strike at all. It
just kind o' grated like filing a saw.”
WITT THF.r MADE TIME.
“You folks don’t seem to be troubling
us much yet,” remarked the superintond-
I cut of an old railroad to the sui>erm
tendent of a now rival line.
“I would have yon know,” wns the
reply, “that we make better time than
yon every day, and on loug trips can
beat you by a full hour.”
“Possibly,” answered the first; "bnt
you see, ns there is no one to get on or
off, you don’t lose any timo at stations.”
j —Evening Call.
A GOOD LOCATION.
Resident—“ You don’t intend to open
! i shop in this barren waste, do you ?”
Plumber—" Yes, I have just bought
Hie property.”
Resident —“But yon arc half a mile
away from the nearest house, and fully
a mile from the center of tho town.”
Plumber—“ Yes; I know it. That is
where my profit comes in.”
Resident —“How so?”
Plumber “It will take mo half a day
to come back after my tools.” Phila
\ delphia Evening Call.
WESTERN DUDES,
Eastern Man—“ Have you any dudes
in your town ?”
Western Man—“ Well, I should say
so; the worst dudes you ever saw.”
Eastern Man—“l (lid not suppose the
i species had got so far West."
Western Man—“ Yon just bet the East
ain’t got much that the West hasn’t.
Why, sir, some of tho dmles out West
would just make yon laugh yourself
j sick; they’re so queer.”
Eastern Man—"lndeed I”
Western Man—" Yes, sir-00. Why, I
know one what’s so partio’lar he changes
| his shirt every week.”
A NARROW ESCAPE.
“ Sister !” cried a little boy running
! into the room, “your little pug dog has
bit me on the leg.”
“What!” exclaimed tho frightened
young lady. “Beauty has bitten you on
I the leg? Let me see.”
Hlie hastily pulled down liis stocking,
and, sure enough, there was the impres
sion of his teeth.
“You naughty boy,” said his sister,
shaking him violently. “Don’t you
know better than to tease Beauty ? Some
day he will bite a big lump ont of yonr
leg, and it might make him deathly
| sick.”
WHERE THEY WENT.
A farmer boarded a Central train at
( Syracuse tho other day and took his
seat beside a handsomely uniformed
army officer on his way to his post at
Governor s Island.
“Well, sir,” commenced the officer,
keen fora liUle fun, “how are the potato
! bugs this year ? Good orop?”
The old man eyed him a moment and
| shook his head sadly.
“Ain’t no more potato lings,” said he.
"Can’t find an insect in Now York State
nowhere. Even the army worm is
' gone.”
“Have, eli ?” replied the officer, with
a grin. “What has become of them?”
“I don’t know,” sighed the old man.
“Leastway f don’t know fur sure, but I
beam that a good many on ’em have
! been jugged for duplicating their pay
| accounts 1”
| QUALITY SUFSBIOB TO QUANTITY.
“My dear,” said a Brooklyn man to
his wife, after perusing tho evening
paper, “are you aware of the fact that a
man’s brain weighs three and a half
pounds?”
“You’ve just read that, haven’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Well, doesn’t the artiole say that a
woman’s is Bomewliat lighter?”
“It certainly does.”
“And it also informs you that a wo
man’s brain is of much finer quality ?”
“Yes.”
"Well, then, just coucentrate your
1 three- aml-a-half-pound intellect on that
Kent tie, and figure out how much it will
weigh after you bring it up full of coal
from the cellar.”
The man with a great head departed
for the lower regions in search of in
formntion._ _ m _
The Standard Boat Captain.
Says an old lake captain: “There is one
standard for mates and another for cap
tains. For instance, a mate may shout;
; ‘Js your Hue clear ?’ and not feel it neces
sary to freeze the souls of passengers
aboard,hut the captain views it in adifter
ent light. When ho utters an order or
shouts an inquiry he expects to see
splinters fly from every warehouse. Why,
sir, when the captain of a first-class pro
peller erics out to go ahead or back her
he expects to paralyze everything for a
mile around.”
“And he needs a voice?”
“Ay, sir, he must have a voice as heavy
, as the roaring sea lion. When he has the
voice he mnst study pose. When he has
the pose lie must, practice faoial expres
sion. To be a successful captain he must
have a voice like McCullough,o-poselike
Barrett and a dignity of look which
might belong to an offended lion,”