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VOLUME II. DALLAS PAULDING COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1883. NUMBER2.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Senator Inoalls will soiu introduce
Wblll providing tliat nny person who in
closes nn ncrcago of public lands 10 which
he has no title shall bo liable to a (ino of
3100 a day for the time such iuclosuro is
maintained, and any person who ob
structs the passage of another over or
through tho public domaiu shall, for
every offense, pay tho aggrieved person
3500.
Tins Mormon church now embraces a
President, twelve apostil's, llfty-eighl
patriarchs, 8,885 sentinels, 3,153 high
priests, 11,000 choirs, 1,500 bishops, and
4,400 deacons. In ■ r'zonn there is a
membership of 2,202; in Idaho twice as
many, and missionaries aro at work all
over Europe and the United States. The
time appears to lie coming when the
Gentiles will linvo to hide their w, men
folk if they expect to keop up their pro-
sent domestic style.
The manufacture of paper pulp int i a
substitute for wood is attracting favorable
attention. It is believed that it will
prove much eheapor than wood, equally
ns durable and fully ns good for tine
work. Tho paper board will take tin
finest polish, ns well ns nny tint, shrde
or color. It may bo made water-proof,
and ean bo morbleizod and grained. In
the construction of buildings as roofing
material, in making bridal enskets or for
furniture purposos it is believed that pa
per lumber will, ero long, come into gen
eral two.
One of tho largest slieop ranches in
America is on Santa liosn Island. Cali
fornia. On this island of 71,000 c-cs
fully 80,000 sheep are kept. Lost June
tho wool clip from these sheep was
415,740 pounds, which sold for 27 cents
a pound, bringing the owner 3212,840.80,
a cldnr profit of over $81,000. Even this
was a low yield. Fonr men keep lire
ranch in order during tho year, but in
shearing time an additional force i-, of
course, necessary. A shearer is paid five
cents a clip, nnd $4 50 a day is frequently
undo by a good hand Tho Santa Rosa
sheep require no hording, lint two buii-
'resl trained goats run with them, answer-
tig all tho purposes of shepherd dogs.
Knurr, tho famous manufacturer of
noavy ordnance, claims that ho has scut
forth ’more than 20,000 of his terrible
engines of war. His pro-eminmeois duo
3 tho fnct that he first substituted steel
or iron in tho manufacture of hoavy
uns. He was also one of the first to por-
oivo that breach loading cannon would
completely take the p aco of muzzle
loaders. Krupp’s guns have been sold to
every country except England nnd the
United States. At present Italy nnd
China are his best customers. His largest
gun is over fifty-five feet in length,
and it is said that not a single part of it
could bo mado in America, as we have
no means of hammering or working such
enormous masses of metal.
Fhom nil accounts tho synchronous
multiple telegraph system is < estined to
inaugurate a marvelous revolution in
telegraphy. It is claimed that n tyn-
chroniiun has boon obtained between
distant rotating systemsso absolute ns to
secure their rotation for weeks nt a time
without a variation between the two ot
1-600 of a second. Tho application ol
this principle will divide an ordinary tele
graph wire into a number of eloclrie cir
cuits, each of which is entirely indepen
dent of the others. The inventor of this
system is Patrick II. Delaney, a New
Yorker, of Irish descent. Tho principle
carried out in his system is capable of in
finite possibilities. It renders certain the
practicability of telegraphing by sound,
nnd it is possible that tho transfer of ob
jects photographically by telegraph may
bo realized.
The iinmmerless gun is one of the
lntest fashi ns in fire-arms, and some
patterns are quite expensive. A hand
some, twelve gauge, soven-and-a-hnil
pound gun can he had for $100. The
barrel is of the finest Damascus steel, and
the artist who engraves the lock-plates
receives a salary of 13,500 a year. The
hammers nre.inel sed within the I >ek
plates, and are brought into cochin a
position by the dropping of tho liar els
in opening the gun, an automatic device
at the same time locking the triggers so
the gun cannot he discharged by pulling
them until- the little slide is pushed
forward. These gtms are considered
quite sufe, and it i < predicted that they
will come into general use. Another
charge in gun fashions is the growing
popularity of smaller gauge and lighter
guns. The Americ.iu cheap guns ar
improving and sell readily over imported
guns of the same grade,
Fashions in jewelry aro now materialis
tic rather titan decorative. 1 ho designers
seek models from every sottreo. Wo find
pins, clasps, ear-dropj and brooches in
tho form of saws, hammers, blow-pqies,
watering pots and shndos. Whole scones
reproduced in gold nnd precious stones.
On a golden roof two swallows in dia
monds are shown building their nest;
the head of a terrier iu brilliant emerges
through the crevice of a golden hoard iu
pursuit of a silver rat; a couple of kittens
in dinmouds and emeralds playing with
a big pearl, mako a brooch; diamond
horses galloping through n horse shoe,
nnd poodles leaping through hoops are
also in high favor for buckles nnd
brooches. A now idon iu jewelry is.
simply a thin spot i f gold sot irrogul irly
with precious stones, ns if a hit of motten
gold hnd boon dropped on tho tnblo and
then strewn over with emeralds nnd
rubies and diamonds. Black silver jew-
elry is bIbo new.
Every nmv publication of statistics re
lating to our foreign cominerco shows
that our ocoan-cnrrying trade is s owly
approaching tho vanishing point. Mr.
Ninimo thews iu his annunl report that
during tho last fiscal year tho tonnage of
American vosaela entering nt our ports
wns less by nearly 134,000 tons than tho
year before. Thu Chamber of Commerco
report shows that of our total foroign
commerce only about one-sixth is earriod
on by American vcss?ls, while fully livo-
-ixths gives employment to the vessels of
other countries. Since 185(1, tho propor
tion of tonnage of American vcstcis
trading witlt American par!sluts dwindled
from 7lj per cent, to about 20 percent,
while that of foreign vessels has increased
'to nearly 80 per cent Of course the de
cay of ship-building lias kept pace with
tho decline i)> the use of American ships.
J>"t year wo built only about forty thou
sand tons of iron ships, largely for the
protected coast trade, while in Groat
Britain more than six hundred and fifty
‘hottsand tons were bnilt.
The first attempt to cultivate cranber
ries in this country was made in 1812 by
Captaiu Henry Hall, of Barnstablo, Moss.
Their cultivation him a mimed vast pro
portions ; not less than 50,000 barrels
being annually produced on Capo Coil,
and a still lorgor amount iu New Jersey,
The suite industry increase yearly in
Maine, Michigan nnd Wise msin. Tho
est places for cultivating tlioso berries
[■ pent lings, which are near deposits of
lean sand. It is a trailing, evergreen,
•mi-aquatic plant which derives its
suhstouanco almost entirely from air and
water. It requires no fertilizer and needs
no cultivation after a few years. 1 he
vines once in bearing will, by judicious
management, produce ngood crop yearly
during a generation if not for a century.
A yield of fonr hundred bushels to tho
acre is not infrequent, though half that
amount is regarded us an avorago crop in
New Jersey. ’I he price is rarely less
than $10 a barrel, nnd during February,
1809, thoy sold in Philadelphia for 332 a
barrel. The cultivation consists in keep
ing other vegetation down till tho vines
cover the ground. Tho demand for these
delicious berries constantly incre, ses.
The now comet can now be seen by tho
naked eye nfter sunset in tho northwest,
near the star Vega, the only star of tho
first magnitude in that vicinity. Through
the telescope it ooks half the size of tho
moon, with just the suggestion of a tail.
By the latter part of January it will drop
down to within 70,000,000 miles of tho
sun, and it will be much brighter than
when it made its starring tour in 1812.
The Bar lioldi statue is made of copper
strengthened by an inner skeleton of
iron. For each piece a center or mold
was mode of wood, on which tho copper
could be worked and fitted. The sheet-
copper epidermis of the figure ii made of
300 pieces, and weighs 178,000 pounds,
while the iron frame weighs 264,000
ponn s. When finally erected, tho
molded sheets of copper will be riveted
together by copper bolts, and the iron
skeleton will be secured to tho masonry
by twelve great foundation bolts. Tho
variations due to temperature are pro
vided for by elasticity in every part, and
corroding will be checked by painting
with red lead wherever iron and copper
aro in contact. It is reckoned that the
pressure of wind upon the statue, which
'will he 150 feet high, may go as high as
190,000 pounds.
Jambs A. Gary, proprietor of the Al-
bertou Mills, on tho Patapsco, who is
largely interested in tho Laurel Mills,
said : Tli • South for the past five or ten
years 1ms had u mania for putting up
cotton mills. Thou tho improvements iu
machinery aro suoh that oach spindle
will produce three times as many goods
ns it could fifteen years ago. With tho
exception of the skillet! operatives, who
wore drawn from tho Maryland mills, tho
wngrs there aro 25, 30, and oven 50 per
cent lower than wo pay, and the hours of
labor ore longer. Their operatives live
cheaply, and know n thing of the domes
tic comforts which ours have, The
Southorn mills are among the liest in
point of construction. The Southern
railroads mako tariffs by which tho mill
products ore carried North ss sixth-class
goods, while they charge the saino goods
made North and sent South first-class.
Cotton goods from tho mills at Augusta
and Columbus, Georgia, aro carried
North for forty-eight cents a hundred
pounds, but the same goo.ls sent from
tho North must pay $1.25. This is pro
tection of tho South against Northern
competition, Tho railroads claim that
they mako low rates on North-bound
freight rather than send ears hack from
tho South empty. In tho thirty-five
years of my business ex}>orienoe I think
the outlook nt present is tho least satis
factory I hnvo known. Tho warehouses
are full of goods, lor which thore is no
market except at prices that either would
show a loss or no profit. Marylnnd cot
ton manufacturers have lost more by tho
competition of Southern mi Is than those
of nny other Stato. Wo make tho co irsa
goods which the South is making, and
fool tho over-produetion most There
are too many spiudlus, and tho spindles
increase moro rapidly than tho popula
tion which is to consume tho manufac
tured products.
GENERAL NEWS.
Oyhteii canning is a growing industry
in pslnehicola, Fla.
Texas lias organized sixty-eight new
counties within the last year.
Emcuneerh are at work laying off tho
nmv city of Sheffield, Alabama.
Union county, Georgia, lias a prac
ticing physician who is ninety yonrs old.
The monoy-ordor business of Atlanta
amounts to a quarter of a million per
month.
The largo falling off of tho yield of
rico in South Carolina iB attributed to
inefficient labor.
Eastern capitalists arc purchasing a
good deal of lurid in Cliilt in county, Ala.,
with a view to getting out mineral.
For the year 1883, 270 trotters have
trotted in 2:30 or bettor. Twonty-six of
theso have trotted in 2:20 or butter.
The outlay for new buildings and re
pairs of stores and dwellings iu Now Or
leans this year will exceed $3,000,000.
Genekaii Sheridan, commander of the
army, will visit Lake do Funiak, Fla , to
select a site for tho Military Gulf Sani
tarium.
Memphis is building a flour mill with
a capacity of 150 barrels a day and a grain
elevator with a storage capacity of 55,000
bushels.
Taxes to the amount of $814,751 due
(lie defunct corporation of Memphis still
remain uncollected, tho Interest on which
now oxceods $300,000.
The manufacture of articles fromsonp-
stono is a profitable industry in Alexan
dria, Virginia, tho quarries near that
place furnishing an abundance of very
fine stone.
A census of Southern editors shows
two captains, sovonteon majors, seven
generals and 1,820 colonels. There are
no privates UDd no officers below the
rank of captain.
Two cyprosB trees have roeontly been
out in Smnter county, Florida. From
one 33,000 shingles wero made, and from
the other 37,000 shingles, nnd 6,100 clap
boards wore made.
Tiie cost of tho Brooklyn bridge wifi
exceed $18,000,000, including interest to
date, the interest on which at 6 per cent
is $1,080,000 per year, of which New
York pays ono-third, leaving for Brook
lyn a da ly charge of $1,972.85.
The city of Atlanta was first eallod
Mnrthasville, after the danghter of Mr.
Lumpkin, who donated five acres of
ground at that point, nnd so decided tho
terminus of the Atlantic and Western
railroad. The name was afterwards
changed by the Legislature.
The disease resembling hydrophobia,
which has appeared among Texas cattle
in some parts, lias broken out among
those near Houston. When attacked tho
animals bellow, foam at the mouth and
roam over the prairie with head in the
air, destroying everything in sight.
Georgia is tho only Southern state
that pensions maimed Confederate sol
diers. Those who linvo lost n leg abovo
the knee receive $100 ; below tho knee,
$75 ; arm abovo the elbow, $00 ; below
the elliow, $10. I hose payments are now
being made by order of tho governor,
uuder nn act of tho Legislature.
In tho negro oemetory in Amoricus,
Georgia, fa a cellar tree which wns planted
in a largo pitcher nt thohond of a nogr >’s
grave about ton years ago. It burst tho
bottom out of the pitcher and rooted in
tho earth. Tho pitelier still oncirc oi the
bottom of the cedar, and is without a
crack. The tree fills tho pitchor com
pletely, mid is about eight or ton foot
high.
. William and Mary College, of Vir
ginia, hns closed its doors, having hut one
student at tho beginning of this school
year. Next to Harvard, this was tho
oldest college in Amoricn, having linen
founded in 1603, nud was the only one
that received a royal charter, Among
the most eminent men educated in its
halls we o Washington, Marshall, Ran-
dolpli, Tyler, Brcekenridgo and General
Scott.
Lynohjhjro Advance: From the report
of tho O immissiouor of Agriculturo it
appears that during the season just closed
uo less than 70,000 tons ot fertilizers
wore sold in tho 8 ate, thevahio of which
from analysis was $2,657,000. Forty-
five thousand tons of nminouinted super
phosphates, 12,000 tons of.Jaeiil super
phosphate and 13,000 tons of hone, etc.,
wero the representative divisions os to
tho chnrnctcr of tho mnttor sold.
The horse-ear railroads of Now York
City paid dividends os follows in the year
in (led September 80th last: Twenty-
bird street, 8 per cent.; Broadway and
Seventh avenue, 12 (and nn extra divi
dend of 6 per cent on real estate sold),
Dry Dock Him Broadway and Battery,
4 ; Forty-second street and Grand stroet
Ferry, 18; Third avenue, 17; Harlem
bridge, Morrisauin and Fordhnm, 5; ;
Second aveuuo, 10; t hrmtophor and
Tenth street, 5 ; tho Ninth aveuuo lino
and tfe Houston, -Wust- wisent nnd
Bavonia Ferry paid expons s Imt no
dividends. Tho twelve roads earriod in
the year 145,000,000 passengers or 390,-
000 a (lay.
To Cure Sleeplessness.
Druggists toll ns that t.lioro is n'
growing demand for various modiuhios
anil preparations containing opiates in
one shnpo or another. People wreck
their nervous systems by injudicious
habits of life, and the rosnlt is nnsoninl
sleep, dyspepsia and countless other
evils. A little advice to such persons
may not he out of place. They should,
of eoiirHO, he careful to abandon that
method of life wliiuh brings them into
physical disorder. Their complaint
may ho fed by tobacco; narcotics
should ho avoided. One cause of their
trouble may be that they take insuf
ficient exorcise. Perhaps they drink
too much tea or coffee, or eat too much
flesh meat. There are a thousand
practices allowed by convention which
are in themselves harmful and prejudi
cial to health.
The quantity of sleep may lie im
proved by diminishing the length of
time spent in bed. A hot shower hath
at bed-time cleanses the skii and pre
disposes to sleep. Many a toiling
business or literary man goes to lied
tired and worn out, only to toss from
ono side to another. His bruin is hot
and full of blood, while his feet, are
cold. He thinks ovi r again the thoughts
thut have been engaging his attention
during the day, or does over again tho
business that, has called fortli Ins en
ergies for twelve or sixteen hours past.
His night is a round of tossing to and
fro. is there any wonder that, failing
to li ml out what is the trim mid until ml
reyiody for his pains, he resorts to
opiates, which he knows will give him
temporary relief?
There is one suro and safe way to
remedy his pains. If, after leaving
work, he would take a brisk walk of a
mile or two before going to bed, mill
then, after tin; walk, hold his head un
der a stream of cold water, he would find
relief—that is, suppo-ing ho does tliiH
when lie is first troubled with sleepless
nights. But, no; if he lives a half a
mile or more from his work ho takes a
car homo, and, throwing off" his clothes,
goes to lied us quickly as possible.
Tho want of balance between mental
and physical labor is a fruitful cause of
sleeplessness. Many a business man,
whose duties keep him in an office all
day, would improve his health a great
deal if he were to fit up his attic us a
carpenter shop and spend an hour there
in after supper. This, of course, would
lie beneficial only if 1m happened to
have a liking for mechanics; then ho
would find his occupation afforded him
amusement, mental occupation and
muscular effort in just the proper pro
portions.—Herald of Health.
Hampson, the strong party, was the
fii-nt rnan to advertise. He took two
solid columns to demonstrate his
strength and several thousand persons
‘•tumbled" to his scheme. And he
brought down the house.
College students in .Siam are allowed
two wives. This is llm Hiamese method
of huzing.
TARGET PRACTICE.
Hew It Revalue Mkllle* la Ike Art al
Nkaallaa,
|From tlio Army amt Navy Journal.)
Home years ago mi army officer who
visited the pistol gallery of Travis, llm
celebrated pistol shot and naked to seo
him shoot, was told that Travis was then
out ol “condition,” and could shisit
no better than auv ono else. Before ho
shot a mutch nr for exhibition ho went,
it appears, through a course of exereiso
similar to that takeu by a prize fighter.
He walked and ran a certain number ol
miles,exercised with tho clubs, whs butbod
nnd rubbed down daily nnd ato and
drank nconrding to rule, tobacco, coffee
and everything stronger than liecr being
forbidden. This regimen was followed
for six or seven weeks, and pistol prac
tice was milled only during the last few
weeks. After tiie mntoh was over Tra
vis stop|iod Ids uxcroise and soon full off
in his shooting.
If neglect ot or attention to oxcrcise,
diet, etc., can change nn ordinary shot
into a remarkable ono, or tho reverse, it
Would seem that tlm question of the re
lation between good shooting nnd tlm
development of proper physical condi
tions is ono worthy of moro considera
tion than itordiuarily receives. Indeed,
ono of tho arguments in favor nt ritle
irimtioo among tlm Htnto troopn hns
icen that its naturul tendency, so far ns
it went, was to promote habits of tem-
peranco and frugality. In tlm army
necessary duties would probably inter
fere with a regular course of exercise,
hut moro attention might tic paid to
this. At tho ordinary company target
prnctico tlm officers smoke nnd the men
elmw. As tohnooo affects tlm nerves
and thus interferes with good sheeting,
tho tlso of it just before prnotioc should
lio stopped, Observations will show
thnt scores mado directly after pay day
are apt to lie poor.
An offioer who tnkoH considerable in
terest iu tnrgut practice thinks thnt where
infantry nnd cavalry have had equnl
practice tlm cavalry average better at all
short ranges with tlm enrhlim than tho
infantry with tho musket. The only
difference In tho men is In the exercise
they lake. Tlm length of tlm musket
should give tho infantry the advantage
at all ranges. Another matter Unit is
resolving attention here, «s well ns
abroad, is tlm proper shape for targets
for military practice. As we hnvo before
argued, tlm object is to toaeli the soldier
tii hit a soldier of the enemy; and next,
Imt of less importance, to hit a horse,
and finally to hit and lilow up the limber
box iif a caisson. Thu man who scores
four enah of ton shots is considered a
hotter shot than a man who scores three
for each of ten shots; yet none of tlm
No. 4 shots, if threo or nine o'clock,
would hit a mail, while all tho No. 8
shots would, if six o’clock, and should
he in that case aceorded greater value.
Every tnrgot (nulesH tlio llgtiro target is
used) should have a vertical stripe ten
inches wide, through itH centre, from tlm
ground tip to the height of tlvo feet nine
inches. This stripe would cover about
all tlm tallest soldier, in the position of
aim, would oxpose to an enemy's tiro.
Tho highest valuo should bo given to
Hliots in this stripe, from the bottom up
tlm lliifty ieohes from tlm ground. Tlm
noxt in valuo should he hits from the
thirty-inch point to tliu top of tho stripe.
Aiming low should bo encouraged.
Tho object is to drive the enemy’s frunt
lines. A Imllet is effective even after
striking tlm ground, and moving near
the ground, if it miHses tlm first line, it
may pick up a man in tlm second line;
while a bullet traveling high is useless
oven if it hits a man in the reserves.
Furthermore it is greater advantage to
wound a man in tlm lugs than to kill
him bv hitting in tho head or body.
Manners mid Customs of the Lust
Century.
Tlm Pliilndeljihiit gentleman of tlm
last century, if lie were a man of fash
ion or moans, wore it three- cornered
cocked hut heavily laced. His hair
wits done up in it cue, and its natural
Hiiatle concealed bv a profusion of pow
der. His coat was light-colored, with
diminutive cape, marvelously long
hack, and silver buttons engraved with
tlm letters of his name. His sinull
clothes came scarcely totiio knees; his
long stockings were striped, his hIiohs
pointed and adorned witii huge buck
les; his vest, hud flap pockets, his cliffs
were loaded with lead. * * * When
1m bowed to tlm dituiHels that passed
him, lm took half tlm sidewalk its ho
flourished his cane and scraped his foot.
The historian proceeds to convince us
that the dross of tlm lady, as she gravely
returned his salutation anil eourteseu
nearly to the earth, would seem no less
strange to us. “Thosowore the days of
gorgeous brocades anil taffetas, luxu
riantly displayed over cumbrous hoops,
which, flattened before and behind,
stood out for two foot on each side; of
tower-built hats, adorned with tall
feathers; of calash ami muskmelonbon
nets, of high wooden heels fancifully
cut; of gowns without fronts; of fine
satin petticoats, nnd of implanted
teeth.” It appears that in 1784 this
curious custom of transferring teetli
from ono woman's jaw to another hud
been lately introduced in Philadelphia.
In an advertisement yet extant one La
Mayeur announces to his fair but pre
sumably mature patrons, that his busi
ness is to transplant teeth, and that he
lias witbin the six months just preced
ing transplanted 123; and he assures
those having front teeth for sale that
•he will two gniiu a f".- \ ry -o uni
one brought to him. -Mi Masters’ HU-
toru.
WIT AND WISDOM.
God Ashes souls with a line; tho devil
with a net.
To oivn birth to • desire, to nourish
it, to devolop it, to inerease it, to imi
tate It, to satisfy it—this fa a whole
poem.
Amenities of the tennis lswn: Hho
—“Yours or mino, Sir Charles 7” Ho—
“Yours — aw’fly yonrs I” — London
Punch,
Ip there is any good in a man it fa
bound to oome out; but it ahonld not
come out at onoe and leave the man
empty,
“Yes, my wife is s good poker-player,”
says a Long Island farmer; aud then he
adds: “Hho is also just ss handy with
tlm tongs.'’
A woman is never displeaaed if we
please sovoral other women, provided
sho is preferred; it fa many more tri
umphs for her.
Hommr Is composed of two great
classes—those who have more appetite
Ilian dinner, nnd those who have more
dinner than appetite.
“ A haiit,” says the New York Journal,
“is tlio oasis of married life.” This
does away with tlm popular notion that
nn onais Is a quiet place.
The life of a woman can be divided
into three o|Kiclis; in tlm first sbe dreams
of love, in tlm H(<oond aim experiences it,
ill tlm third she regrets it.
“Dab is many a mle,’’ says Uncle
Ham, “wnt won’t work bole ways,
Whisky will produce a headache, but a
liendnobe won’t produoe whisky.”
The daughter of a Texan cattle king
hns just returned from Paris, where shs
says she walked through the Tooralooral
and visited a slmttoo where she saw the
statues of Physio and Catherine de
Medioino.
•No,” haid Mr. Uyrneamonkey, “1
shall not vote. I'm bound to lm on the
off side, and for the life ot me I can’t
tell this year which side that fa.”
It is only s coward who reproaches as
a dishonor the love a woman has cher
ished for him, since sho cannot retaliate
by muking a dishonor of his love for her.
“Yes,"said Miss Penn, “I rejected
Mr. Hogg. Nice fellow, but I oonldn't
I avo the announcement of my marriage
appear in tlio papers under the headline
Hogg-Ponn."
H (Hkntist says that, properly speak-
ing, color is not a property of matter,
but of lit. We remember when color
whs-a properly of matter, and that was
about twenty yenrs ago down south.—
Bouton Courier,
“Do birds think?” asks a writer in
opening a current article. If they do,
we would like to know what a canary
bird thinks of tlm fat woman who stands
up in a chair anil “talks baby” through
the brass wires of its onge.
I (.wed a man onot an' when I spoke
ter him about it lm said: “Don't think
oh dal, fur it’s all right," but I noticed
dnt airter I quit thinkin’ about it, be
tuck it up an’ thought about it till it
worried mo powerful.—A rkantaw Trav
eler.
A man ntely committed suicide in a
Parisian restaurant after making a hearty
luncheon. On a slip of paper found on
tlm lalilo liefore him he had written in
pencil: "Oysters aro excellent for the
stomach, and old wine promote* longev
ity; hut polities disgust a man with
life, and that is tlm reason why I am
about to kill myself."
Four pounds of gold are worth $9,000.
Now, then, wo linvo a little scheme to
propose. If somo man will just oome
in with one pound of gold, and we can
slip it into the hatter jar and let our
grocer sell it to us for a pound of butter,
we wifi hiiyO $2,250 to divide up. Heo?
Who'll i u the pound of gold 1-Bur-
Hnylon Llawkcyc.
The story is told in Paris of nn Ameri
can Indy who nt an inn in Normandy
wns deputed, ns being the best French
scholar in her party, to make the arange-
menls for their accommodation. She
did her host—which was n long way
short of perfection—hut tho clerk did
not catch tier meaning, anil his remarks
were jargon to her. Filially, in desper
ation, she said slowly, and with awful
distinctness: "Do—you—spunk—Eng
lish?" “Wall, ncow, you’re jest
talkin'," shouted the olurk. “Guess I'd
orter speak English, I was raised teu
Viiles from Bnn-gor.”
A Rat Story.
The following story comes from the
west: “About a month ago a resident
of Denver, Col., wns alarmed at night
by what he thought tho sawing aud cut
ting of a burglar in au upper room.
Stealing up stairs, light and pistol in
hand, he licgan prospecting. He finally
discovered that a rat had got into au
empty room and wns trying to make his
way to some other part of the house.
Thu aniinul had torn splinters of pine
wood out of the bottom of the door two
anil three inclieB in length. How ho
got into tho room was a mystery, until
observations wore taken by daylight.
Then it was seen that the rat had
climbed a scaffold pole that had been left
standing by the builders, from which it
leaped six feet into the window of the
room, which hnd been left open on ao-
couut of fresli paint inside. In leaving
the room the rat made a dash through
tlio window, aud probably caught on the
same pole.”
r i'niif. aro onlv two beautiful things
in I lie world- women and msc-s; ami
only two sweet things—women and mel
ons,