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ONWARD AND UPWARD'
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VOLUME II.
DALLAS; PAULDING COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1384.
NUMBER U
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or 0sm*B'r>i(,'*»V‘efcn«(4w <caiiin4ilta, »n(i
il in agnlniit >11 protaMlil.r Ji\t hu wilt cut hi*
goods mul hi* position iutu tlio broken batai.ee
wf battle. He i* no ignorant faaalie, ouii bo
-cannot liimielf believe the myths whieli h«
lmiltipli b in order to control his follower*.
In 18S0 tliere ircro 8,2.19,958 persons over ID ,
years of age who oould not-write. There nro
prdmbly now 7,000,000. Over ntno per cent of
the whites in this country can not write; 70 per
cent of c loreil persons in tho United State*''
cannot write., Of males over 21 there arc 2,-
150,000 that can not write. OueViter in seven,
in other words, rannot>wji(c his own name.
Not over thrre-foni tin of tho voting population,
is capable or reartlfiwhin* writing, says Senator
Blair, with such faoillty as to make these arts a
sonree of intelligent anft'rago; About threc-
foustlis of tho ^Iterate voleia arc found in
craiim coxxms.
OlfARLB* BARRETT, of AfUllmrqliam, MtSfl.,
how 96 .rears old, hud his, llfjj .fyann?<£for
<HK) in 1846. Having leached' ttlfe cxtrcinp
Jim it of life, According to the tnbft di n^oHaliig
fin which tho insurance cnrapnqy ilqca bush
ness, tho president sent him the other day ft
«h«k f<Jf the amount of his policy. It in bo
Heved to be the only case on record where a
man has beaten an insuranco company by out
living a death policy, **
We now make one-fifth of the iro fl one-
fourth of tlio steel in the world and wo burnish
oiie-hnlf of the gold and otic-half of tho silver
of the world’s supply, 1nking,aB the mining
industries of the world, tho United States rep-
resent 36; Great Britti&n, 33, and all other na
tions 81 per oent of tlio total. Anglo-JnJfW
doui, therefore, represents 69 per cent of thr fftitea that have’ll''large colored population; In
mining industry of the earth.
The Chicago live Btock Exohaiigo nas IT 3
fo’.vcd iliajj llicrc is.noHouch disease ns conta-
gious plciyro-pneiimnnliv in tho United Btrtcs,
no foot and mouth disease in Illinois, Iowa or
Kansas, aud that at no timo within twenty
years have tlie cattle, hogs and sheep of this
country been so healthy as now. It lias also
eont a delegation' to Washington to lobby
against all oattlo dlseaso legislation.
Tiik discussion of the red sunsets continues.
Probably the volcanic dust theory has tho lar
gest number of followers. As n recent scien
tific writer expresses it, a tremendous voleanio
eruption hurls into space dnst, steam and gas,
and this mighty mass hangs liko a cloud over
tho earth, llow Jong this dust is to onvelopo
tho globe is n question, hut it is suggested thnt
if the clouds owe llieir elevation to electrical
repulsion there is no reason why they should
not stay in tho upper air for years, hut if they
aro slowly settling to lower levels Die action of
the rain drops will drag them down
In New York, Philadelphia, and otner com
mercial center", the merchants have inaugura
ted a war on tho druggists; and physic Ifr.s
dropped fully forty per cent bcl»w tho regular
rates. Tho cut rates apply mainly to tho pat
ent medicines. The grocers and other mer
chants who aro competing with tho druggis a
fay.thftl the nverago merchant has to be sat-
isflafl with, m e or ton per cent profit, and there
b4 "!f on $rhy the. druggist should reap
any more. Of course the druggists are mad,
but what enn they dti about it? Tho war may
be only a flurry after all, or it may result in
a permanent reduction in the prices of patent
medicines. The matter will shape itself accord
ing to tho laws of trade.
j >»; Georgia out of 821,438 males ovjey 21 years of
age, iiierc are 28,671 whiles aud 110,610 blacks
who can not w rite. A little over 45 of every
one hundred ajc illiterate, although the ratio
f illiteracy in this state is not ns high at it i*
in AlahAiui, Louisiana. South Carolina or
Mississippi. This state has 143,087 Illiterate
voters. /4Jlaw:»ire in the state 446,683 persons
ovwr 10 yfiffrofagewho’can notrend. These
flgnrcH of course largely represent the illiteracy
that exists among thc .pegroca* Therd are,
however, 128.934 white illiterates in tbw^tate
of the age of 18 years and upwards.
The entire winter packing of pork in the
la 5,402,061 hogs, against 6,132,212 last
year; average weight 251.44 ]>ounds, a decrcaso
of 15.58 compared with last year. Tho de
crease in the yield of lard per hog wah 2.18
pouriflrf. ' The pork production shows 273,858
pounds less than last year. Stocks of meat in
the west, Ineluding barrolcd pork, were 113,-
1)00,000 pounds less than a year ago. Exports
since November 1 aro 47,000,000 pounds less
than n year ago, and 145,000,000 pounds less
than the average of tho seven previous years
reported. The outlook for hog supplies indi
cates about 15 per cent shortage, for the hum
mer. Tho totnl packing for the twelve months
ending March 1 was 9,183,100 against 9,342,-
999 tho previous year.
Opn preparations for a nnirc efficient navy
will cause tho public to feel interested in tlio
progress of Krupp’s In teat ventures in the gun
line. Several trials have been made with
Krupp’s six incli guns, thirty-live caliber
length. A target representing tlio sides of an
iron man-of-war was constructed of ten-inch
hardwood timbers, with iron plates seven inch
es thick on each side, making foui'tccn inches
of iron And ten inches of wood. The rnngo
was 150 metres and tho projoctilo passed en
tirely through the target and buried itself in
the sand hill beyond. It is understood thnt
Krupp is now at work on a gun that is expected
to accomplish s'ill greater results. It goes
without saying that oven the most heavily
mined vessels cannot withstand guns of tho
Krupp stamp. In future ships of war will
not be relied upon very largely in attacking a
well fortified seaport strongholds.
Considering the quantity of tea used in this
country, one would naturally suppose that our
people »\*ould know something about tea, bul
the fact is, they know next to nothing. Most
of our tea comes from China, but it is the infe
rior grades, tiie spurious stuff which lias been
artificially colored. Tlio really good tea is
cither consumed in China or is sold abroad nt
fancy prices. The emperor of Russia imports
tea nt 810 per pound, and Jt isa common tiling
for wealthy people to pay $10 per pound for it.
When good tea is secured you should use ono
full teaspoonful for each person and one for
the pot; boil the water in a clean kettle, and
when it boils put the required quantity in a
teapot and pour on the boiling water, allowing
it to stand about fifteen minutes. Then pour
into a lino china teapot to servo at tho table.
Never make the tea in anything but a china or
brown stone pot.
With reference to the early life of Usman
Digna, the Suakim roiTcapoir'ent of the'Lou-
don Times writes that lie was originally a bro
ker and trader, aud principally a slave trader,
in Suakim aud Jeddali, where he received a
SBfHfARY OF CONGRESS.
Kenat's
Mr. 'Homs' moved to mako tho bill to ad
mit Dakota into the Union ns a Htnto ni&dn a
special order for tho following Thursday, Mr.
Vest, of Missouri, said the friends of the bill
spofce of Dakota ns an nlysium, but he would
be able to show that ft* was nothing of tho
sort, nml that tlio conditions did not exist
which would warrant, its admission Into
the Union. Several Senators said Glev
understood that, the question of ad
mitting Dakota was regarded as n pdiHtical
one. Mr. Harrison's motion was lost.. . .The
rest of tho day was given to debate on tlio
bill to imTcnae Dio salaries of district judges
to $5,000 a year and on tho education hill.
Mr. Coke opposed the educat ion bill, regarding
it as centralization in its most concentrated
form. Messin. Vance. Uiddlul>orger and
others ‘<poko in favor of it.
II Otl«C*
Mr, Kills asked and was refused consent to
introduce a joint resolution appropriating
*300,000 to bo immediately available,"to be
exjiended to prevent the overflow of the city
of New* Orh'ii ns. Several members opposed
tho resolution on constitutional grounds. Tho
resolution was lo.st by 95 to 115, but by unan
imous consent it was reintroduced by Mr.
Ellis aud refereed to-lhe i-mnmittiH) on nppro-
prflKtfDna.... lnll- w#»ce Introduced to promote
iho efficiency of the revenue mnrine service;
providing n uniform rating for invnlld pen
sions; to secure cheaper correspondence by
telegraph: to regulate tlio eouiiago of pas
sengers by sea; tor the revision of the pat
ent laws. * _
“ PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Holmes.— Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes,
•Tr., wjU deliver tli ’ * ~ *
Keene” II.
i Memorial Day address in
Langtry.—Mrs. Langtry is evidently pros-
pering. She has mortgages on New York
real estate amounting to $93,009, to say noth
ing of other investments.
Tabor.—Mr. Talior, tho millionaire cx-
Henator, is in luck again. He has struck
another rich vein in one of his mines. It is
said that ho, wants to ho governor of Col
orado.
Bonner.—Robert Bonner, proprietor of the
New York Lidfjer, is sixty-two years old.
His wealth is estimated nt. over 17,000,000.
Ills interest in the Ltd ye. r is worth $50,000
a year.
CuisTsOM.—United States Senator Cullom
of Illinois, is no society wian. He prefers to
sit in his own cosy room, iu dressing-gown
and slippers,-'Instead of going to.stiff and
starched receptions.
Uthkin.—John Luskin, the eminent Eng
lish art critic, is described as being live feet
five inches tall, with an imn-groy beard ex
tending up to his eves, a low hud retreating
forehead and long unkempt lmir.
Ha3s8TRap.—Murat Halstead, editor of the
Cincinnati CoMimerri«/-0<#aeWr,ininrove** the
o -casion of the recent Mississippi flood to
formulate his view's as to what should lie done
t.) the river: *‘Jt must bo lighted and have
the snaga pulled out, have its natural outlets
r ‘stored, be Immured occasionally with
dredges, and then let alone.
Vanderbilt.—W. H.Vanderbilt owns 930,-
840 shares of railroad stock, worth $88,750,-
0 Ml, railroad bonds worth $36,.‘157,420. govern
ment bonds worth $70,580,000, and other se
curities worth $5,000,000. His wealth equals
the $300,000,000 of the duke of Westminster,
mid the income from it is six per cent,., while
that of the fluke is but two, so that he is
clearly the richest man in the world.
Sitting Bi ll.—Sitting Bull is paying his
flirt visit to the realms or eirlliwition. ami re
cently got so far east as St. Paul. The other
night the chief and his nephew visited the
Pioneer Press office and were surprised,
though they didn't show it, by tho telegraph,
telephone, fire-alarm gong, steam heaters,etc.
The chief sent o telegram to his son in Chicago,
saying that he had been sick, but was much
listter, and received an answer right away.
The telephone broke him all up. and forced
the first exclamation from him, ana he laughed
for the flirt time in many moons. The nephew
was placed at an instrument in one room and
Sitting Bull in another room, 100 feet distant.
Th“ chief listened, started, grinned, and then
exclaimed: “Waukan!*’(evil spirit). In the
composing room an accommodating proof-
t iker took proofs of various millinery cuts and
other picture/, which elicited grunts of satis-
fnction from the old chief, and he carried off
the pictures as great prizes.
A Postmaster’s “Barrel.”—Iu the
early days of Chicago, the postmaster
himself occasionally became the moil
carrier, although in violation of the well
known law. I remember the case of a
severe financial blow, when, somcf six years ega | postmaster, who kept a trading store,
a British cruiser captured two slave dhows full I jmd. pushed^ forward^ the lyfli^oiice a
of victims on the pyy to Jeddah. Osman Dhr-
trade then fell from bad to worse, lifs hohso
property in Suakim was all mortgaged, and be
became hopelessly involved. Being of no great
distinction by birili, his selection 1 v (be Mail'll
lo lead a religions rebellion is attributed to the
accident that Osman Digna met tho Mahdi,
who formed a high estimate oC,his ability and
influence, acquired through successful trading,
If this history bo trustworthy, passions for
other objects than holiness are tho key note
month from his post to another through
! the wilderness. He out ft transverse
| hole in the top of an empty flour barrel
I mid placed on it tho following sign:
| “This is tho post-oflice. Shove a quar-
' ter through tiro hole with your letter,
| We have no use for stamps, as I carry
j the mail.”
! Ak international exhibition of food,
' dress, habitations and education will bo
held in England.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
■••tern and Kiddle State
As explosion of alilphur in a colliery near
Mt. Carmel, IVrtu., Instantly killed ono mail
nml fatally injured two others.
Jtscv. Henry Moroan, n noil known Bos
ton preacher and lecturer, Is dead.
A EIRE in Now York destroyed the Electric
Candle ronipnny'a factory, causing a loss uf
about *100,(too.
Six children were poisoned near Meads ifle,
Penn., by ripping tlio juice of n tree which
they had tap|wd. Two of tlio littlo omw diod.
John Jay Cisco, a prominent New York
bunker, anil for cloven yoaiu assistant, United
States treasurer at New York, died the other
do.v aged seventy-eight years. He left mi
estate valued nt t2,(JU0,U0(l,
The Rhode Island Democratic State Cen
tral committee tilled tho vncauciea left iu the
State ticket by tho emigration of Aniasa
Hprngun and Cl E. Herman bv t lie notniiin
tion of Klislin Matthowaon, for lioutomuit-
govemor. anil FranelH U. O. Heilly for-a (tor.
nay general. . ^
A Hint, providing for the public. whipping
of wife heater* was defeated In tlio Massachu
setts House.
South and West.
prominent veterinary mivkimhis. in connul-
tntion at Noosha Falls. KniiNH. united in flo
ci a ring that the trouble with the cattle -fn
fiat Htuto is not the dreadeti foot and mouth
dlneane^
A tornapo near Coluuiliia, H. C., demol-
ii led several residence* nnd a Inigo nunilx'r
of bai*nK nnd outhmiROH, uprooted trees, nnd
^oitj*oyod everything in its Uat.k. Tho ntorm
expended Into the adjacent county of liOxing-
t .m, whpre groat damage was also done.
More than twenty levees along the
i>wer Mississippi have given way. mul the
s ato of affairs was reported ns the most dis-
nsTous known since tlie war. The breuks in
tho various levees let in largo volumes of
water, which overspread the country, Inun
dated plantations, and mined the cotton and
B igar crops. The national government was
apjK*aled to for aid, aa many people wore lott
entirely destitute.
Washington.
Trk pension appropriation bill, tvs reported
by the committee on appropriations to the
House, appropriates $20.oo4,49U, and provides
that any balance of tlio appropriation for
tlio current fiscal year that may remain
unexpended on June :w) shall Ik* rvappro-
priuted. This balance is estimated at $iM),-
060,000.
A rack age of burnt money representing
$2,690 wits received by the United States
treasury department, u few* days ago, for
redemption. It was the pro|)orty of Thoma v
l)f»wling, a quairyman, living near Mcn-
osha, Avis., and represented the savings
of twenty-three years of hard work.
His cabin was destroyed by lire on
March 0, and with it all his money, which
was in the form of greenbacks aud national
liunk notes. Tho chaired remains of
the money was submitted to the ex
amination of u committee of the treasury
uxpertsa and all tlio legal-tender notes,
to the amount of $1,950, were identified.
They were redeemed at once. Thomnaiiulcr
will be transmitted to the banks of issue for
their action, and tho result w ill bo that the
entire amount, of tho burnt money will lx>
restored to its owner. This is only one of
many cases of this kind acted upon by the
treasurer.
Fcrtiikr confirmations by the Senate:
Consuls—Willis E. Baker, of Illinois, at
Rosario, Argentine Republic* Firth Charie^
worth, of Beloit, Kansas, at Funchal; Julius
Htahel, consul-general*nt Shanghai; Archer
Russel Platt; consul at Chefoo, China. John
C. Patterson, of Delaw are, to bo district attor
uey of Dojoware.
Senator Vance, in a minority report
from the committee on foreign relations, ex
presses the opinion that. Germany has a right
to exclude American hog products on the
ground that they aro unwholesome, if she
deems it proper, nnd that, this government is
not justified in impeaching her motives.
Foreign.
Emperor William’s eighty-seventh birth
day was celebrated in holiday fashion in Ber
lin. Many buildings throughout the city were
gaily "decorated, and thousands of people
thronged tho streets about, tho palace, und
greeted tho emperor's appearance at the win
dows with prolonged cheers.
At u consistory held in Romo the pope cre
ated two cardinals and twenty-one bishops.
Great damage to property has been done
by the bursting of levees along the lower Mis
sissippi, nnd many telegrams have been sent
to Washington from tlio overflowed region
appealing to tho national government for
help.
The whole country surrounding Khartoum
was reported to be in tho hands of the False
Prophet's followers.
The imperial tribunal at Leipzig has se
questra tea the property of fhe Polish ]x»ot
Kraszew ski until tho charges of high treason
against him have been tried.
NEW ST J3LEANINGS.
There are 669 Baptist, churches iu Mouth
Carolina.
Chicago in 1883 killed 8,913,000 bogs end
1,183,000 c attle.
The London Times 1ms become a convert
to cremation.
Florida is shipping large quantities of
strawberries North.
THE cost of maintaining tho Brooklyn
bridge is about $280,000 a year.
Over loo,000,000 feet of [lumber have been
logged in Maine the present season.
Last year in London 124 persons disap
peared of whom no trace has ever ln*t»n
found.
At present about 19,000 persons are exiled
to Siberia annually, nnd anout sixty percent
are nobles.
A Lawrence, Kansas, negro ate five
iozen eggs, a jKDiiiid of bacon nnd n loaf of
rye bread, on a wager.
Dr. Herman Kerr, a celebrated statist!
ciau, tars that the annual mortality from in
temperanc'j iu Great Britain is 40,500.
England bought 166,000,000 bushels ni
wheat during tho last crop year, but she only
took one-third of it from £ho United States.
The mmlber of prisoners brought before
the New York city polico courts last year
was 70,701. an increase of 5% psr cent., o '
8,834 people.
Massachusetts courts imposed 48,876 sen
to act* last year a^alns) 28,149 in 1880. Th-:
prison population per day averaged forty-fiv -
word than during 1882.
France offers $10,000 reward, open to all
jonipetitora, to any one wlu> Buccowfully and
Economically appfift: c!cctrlert.y*$o the heat
ing and lighting of dwellings.
James Higev. n telegraph inecnougcr, was
found iu the street-; of New York a raving
S uiliao. He kept»Tying roiiRtantlv: “Iain
uttfl, tlie imy detective " His brain was
turned by boy'novels.
battlt; scenes at te».
Wsw tl»»* Falho PropheUa Arab*
Foil lit tho IKrii t.li Koldien.
A coiT.^H»nd'*nt present ut tho battle oC
So hotly do tho Arabs press for
ward that the troops pause in their steady
ndvhn 'e. It becomes a hand to-lund fight
tile toddlers mMing the Arab spoi^ 1 . with cohl
ste|l, their favorite weapon, and beating them*
nt it. There is not rnuph Rhoutiiig, and only
a short, aimiqi oxMuirt^ion, a brief shout, 1 or
nil ontli as the soldiers - engage with their fo< v *.*
At‘this critical moment, for tho enemy arm,
ru diing up thickly, tho Gardner guns open*
and their leaden hail soon decides, the
matter. At this instant, AdmirAl llpwet.1
who. with Mr. Lcvison, lih private locretary.
is present, as a siiectator, joins tlio* Naval
brigade and lends them on over thd dead
iKHJiea of the Arnl»s. lying thickly strewn on
their front, into the work, whion proves to
bo but a bank of sand. Colonel Burnaby
hera has hts liorso shot under lihu, anil
a bullet, passed thraugh his arm.
Still with the dcublu-ba^Toled fowling
pioee lie carries he Knocks. over th«
Arabs who aKsail him. But itluy j»ivss on,
and he is only wived from lielng opcared by
ono of the Uordan 11ighlandei*s bayoneting an
Arab who attaclid him when both barrels of
hisgunaiv empty. Several fierce personal
encounters take- place ns tho troops rush into
tho entrenchment!*. Tho first feeling of ner
vousness has pawed away, their blond ia up
now, and tho enthusiasm of battle is ttjxm
them. More and more shrill tho pljn's skil l
out, and tho men ure eager to close with Iho
foe. As single Arabs rush down the brave
soldiers step singly foi ward from the ranks
nnd Ineet. bayonet.hi s|>car, in nlmost. every
instance vanquishing them hv tlio bayonet,
alone, without tiling. A soldier who hud
single-handed engaged two of the enemy
would h»v. o got the worst of It had not Cap
tain Wilson, of the lieclu, coiuo to his aid
and run ono of his ussuilauta through tlx*
Ixsly, breaking his own swonl mid receiv
ing. a wound across tlie (mo us lie did
so., Hliarp as the fight; is. itlasts’lurt. aminuto
or two after the tivops han* tiftasod over the
saml l>Ank. The work contains one Krupp
gun, which, pf couiRe, falls into our hands.
.Tfl#buhh gmwa thickly all about where wo
are now formed up. ami numbers of the
enemy are lying couccfiltKl iu it. These con-
Btnnt.ly leap to their feet nnd rush at. us. aingly
or by twos and t Hroen, with fanatical valor,
ofteii coming on till they fall dead almost at
the muzzles of the rifles. During tlie halt tho
cavalry have moved round belli nil us, uiul
wo can now msi them advancing toward a
large mass of the enemy, who aro making off
in the distance. They lira manifestly quicken
ing their pace. Faster nnd faster they go:
their sabres nro flashing in tlio mmllght, nml
thov dash into the mass of the enemy. Right,
through them they cut their way, und t lien
turn sharp back again. Tlio Arabs do not
fly, but stand anil fight stubbornly und gal
lantly, displaying us much courage as against
the Infantry. Again and again They are dis--
]M*rs6d. but each time they gather together as
t*i?Wuei> conic* on; uiut tlie. cavalry,
'uiiMMi (*ul ting amvti I finny, gobyndnieirns
srutliless througfi them.
old soldiei’s to whom I have spoken on tho
sp(»t said they never met n uioro resolute foe
in tho coniWof all their service. Tho scene
of the bat tlefield, which 1 again rode over on'
Saturday, justified this description of savage
valor. The walls of FJ Tub nro protected by
two earth-Works and a semi-circular lino of
entrenchments, including tlie rifle nits, which
had lieon dug wido nnd deep behind every
bush, and which etch contained a number of
Mtouixmcn. The entrenchments and pits worn
literally crammed with dead bodies, many
already ball' buried in tlio sand. The object,
of the defenders was to spring up suddenly on
tlio advancing line, aud in the confusion
caused by their sudden uppeuruuce and rush,
to break made the square. Hud we advanced
upon their front they might Imvo had some
chance of more or k*s* partial success; hut, tlio
Aralw, attacked iu their rear, were them-
selves surprised. Judging from what. I sow,
J should tliinlc the estimate of 2.000 killed oil
tlio sida of the enemy rather under than over
the mark. The space inside tlie Introncli-
uicnts was thickly strewn with btKlies. ch|m.*-
cially ninnit the few mined brick buildings.
Near the building which Colonel Burnaby
helped clear with Ins double-barrelfH^ rifle
charged with buckshot, 1 counted among u
great heap of bodies those of seven lioys. not
one of whom was more than twelve. They
fought ns desperately even as the adults.
Home time after the buttle, and when the
tr«>o|»s were searching about t he inclosure, a
youth lying unobserved among a crowd of
deal nmlMying started up, and rushed with a
dr inn knife on two of our men, who, taken
a'jade, j.iu for some distance, and then, turn-
in; around, shot him. The adventure caused
a brief commotion iu the camp, for more
might, be lurking unseen. At some distance
outside nn Arab sprang like a cat, upon tlio
back of one of our soldiers, nnd tried to cut
hi- throat. An officer ruffling up pistoled
t >c Arab through the heart, lmrely in time to
t v the soldier s life. •
Slie Knew Ills Mean Ways,
“Talk nliotit stingy mon,” said tlio
conductor of a I’allman oar, as lio sat in
tlie smoking room while tlio porter was
doing tho work, "tlio worst specimen I
over saw came out of Detroit tlio other
night. His wife, a great fat woman, was
with him, nml they took seats in the or
dinary conch. Pretty soon lie came hack,
selected n berth—n single tipper-—nnd
then went lmck to his wife. Pretty soon
he returned and went to lied nlono. About
an hour after this 1 was going through
tho train wheu tho fat woman stopped
mo nnd wanted to know if I had nny
empty berths. I told her tliero were
plenty of them, when she brought her
lips together like n vine and clinched her
fat hands ns site said: M thought as
much. Here, take my bag with you,
nml mako me up the beat section you
have. I’ll lie back ns soon as tlio train
stops again.’ You sen that selfish hus
band of hers hnd told her there wasn’t
an empty berth left, but lie had found a
ohauco to share a bunk with an acquaint
ance. He was tlie maddest man yon
ever aaw next morning, wheu lie bail to
band over 80 for her night’s rest, iu ad
dition to the 82.60 he had paid for his
own. He gave the porter only two cents
for shining his shoes, and scowled so tlie
porter didn’t dare kick for more. Oh,
Imt ho was a tough one.”
Youn-o man, if slio pops tho. question
to you, e'en tlio' it takes you by surprise
and strikes you all of n heap like, don’t
blush nnd stammer and gigglonnd fnlb-r
out something about "seeing papa.”
Take our advice und don’t do anything
of the kind. Look the situation and the
girl squarely iu tlie face und at,It her how
sho expects to support you.
THE EGYPTIAN WAH.
A VK'TOHY FOR IlKkTVH (iRAHA.1l.
Dispatches from Hnnkim state that the
rebels opened tiro on Oeuornl Graham’s
forces nt t o’clock Thursday morning.
Tlio British forces wero at oneo formed
to repel n charge, but no nttnek onrno.
Tlio men wore thereupon ordered to lio
down again. Tlio lire of tho rebels con
tinued all night, Imt the British did not
reply. Ail ollieer nnd two men wore
wounded and ono man was killed.
The fighting liogan nt daybreak. Tho
infantry aud artillery completely routed
the enemy from their pits and trenches.
Tlie lint tie lind not lasted more than
half nn hour when the victory ot the
British was made certain.
A telegraphic! dispatch lias been re
ceived from Oonernl Graham, dated
"Osman Dignn’s camp, March Id, 11,40
a. m.,” in wTiioh ho says: "Tlio camp of
tho enemy lias boon tnken after hard
fighting sinoo 8 o’clock this morning.
Over seventy of tlio Britisli wero killod
nnd 100 wounded.”
Lator dispatches say thohivouno Wed
nesday night, was exceedingly unpleas
ant. Tlio Arabs kept lip a persistent
fusillade till just before daylneuk. Tho
bright moonlight rendered objoets dis
tinctly visible nt a long distance, but
prevented tlie enemy from attempting n
sudden onset.
Tho rebels directed llieir fire especial
ly toward tho hospital wagons, which
were conspicuous iu tlio moonlight. The
surgeons nnd Oonernl Graham's ntali'
otlieers hnd many narrow oseaiH-s.
At six o'clock, sunrise, a Gardiner gun
nnd a nine-ponnder were turned against
Hie rebels, who wore within 1,!10() yards
of tlio British position and ullorded a
most excellent target.
Tlio A ralis wero soon compelled to ro-
tiro to their main position near tlio
Tnmni wells. Colonel Stewart’s cavalry
arrived ntlmlf-paHtsix, nnd took position
on the Britisli left, so ns to turn tlio
enemy’s rigid.
General Graham 1ms taken up liis
quarters for tho present' ill the camp
from which Osman Digna and the rebel
hosts wero driven. Tho enemy fought
most stubbornly, and tlie lmttle was
much heavier than tlio engagement at
Tel). Tlio sailors, tlio Blne.k Watcli
regiment and tlie York and Lnueastct
regiments snflorod tlio heavloat lokncs.
The loss of Osman Dignn’s forces wav
2,400.
During tho engagement the Arabs,
under cover of tlio smoke crept eloso up
to the Britisli lines, nnd dashed against
tlie marines and tlie Hixty-llfth and
Black Watch ltegimonts throwing them
selves upon tlie bayonets of tlio British
nml giving nnd receiving fearful wounds,
Great confusionenr.uod. TheHixty-ilfth
begnn to retreat, crowding upon tliema-
lines, when all beonmo inextricably
mixed. Gen. Gralmm nnd his RtnlT did
their utmost to rally the men, retreating
HI 10 yards t<> enable them to reform.
Assistance from tho other brigade pre
vented a serious disaster. Tliero wero
ninny narrow escapes among tho ofll-
cers. Tlio horse of Gen, Butler was
shot from under him. Tlio pluck shown
by tlio rebels is unexampled
i Dakota Blizzard.
A Dakota paper gives tho fol'owing
description of tlie approach ot tho recent
blizzard: Until about -1J p. m, tho day
was sunny, plonsnnt, nnd with a tem
perature nB mild ns spring. Tlie streets
wero filled with people, nnd indies wero
promenading in tlio enjoyment of the
etlierial mildness. Rnddonly, nnd with
out tho slightest warning, asolidwhito
wall of frost, nnd snow appeared in tlio
northwest. It seemed as though the
blull's in that direction hnd suddenly
shot upward to a height of 1,000 fcot, so
solid and compact did this ioy wall ap
pear. In a second of time tlie storm
burst with appalling fury, aud tlie win
dows, wliieh had by tlie mildness ot tho
atmosphere become clear of frost, wore
heavily coated with clinging snow on
the outside nnd heavily frosted particles
on tho inside. Tlie air grew terribly
cold, nnd was darkened by flying frost
and snow. The high walls of Hie hotel
directly opposite wero not to bo soon.
Ail objects were hidden by the flying
and rapidly driven snow. I’enpto on tlie
streets sought shelter, and the stores
were temporarily used for protection
from tlie fierceness of tho howling blast.
Darker grow the atmosphere, to such an
extent that business in the offices was
stopped until lights wove procured
S in- the Cli i Id ion.
A treat for tlio children can bo made
in place of tlio conventional pic or pud
ding. Make a crust, ns if for roly-poly
pudding or baking powder biscuit (using,
however, just as little linking powder ns
will answer, and a few experiments will
convince any conscientious cook how tit
tle may successfully till the place of the
much she is often tempted to use); roll
tho dough about us thin as if for pie
crust, then cut it in small squares, heap
berries or preserves of any kind, after
draining tlie juice from it upou them,
wet tlie edges, and fold nnd press closely
together, su that there will be no waste
of juice; then put them in a doep tin
baking pan with a little lump of butter
on eaeli ono, u little water also iu tlie
pan, aud scatter some sugar over enoli
littlo pudding; when these are done
serve them warm with a not too rieli
pudding sauce, or they may lie oaten
cold without sauco.
TIIE JOKER'S BUDGET.
IVII AT VVR FIND IN Till! Ill MOROr*
IMI'KRH TO HMII.K OVF.H.
;
nnsT-N-inirr rnr.PAnATioxs.
Hall Janitor—"Tlio furnace is ont of
cider, lint I can got it fixed in time for
Hie performance.”
Traveling Theatrical Mnuagcr-"Don1
do it. We are to stay hero a week and
want tho first night to bo a brilliant
popular success.”
Janitor—“But liow can It bo if tho
lint I is as cold ns a barn?"
Manager—“lCnsy enough. At every
opportunity the nudicnco will clap their
hands and stamp their feet to keep
warm. ”— AWn ing Cnlt
roon hut mood.
"Yes; be is poor, but awfully proud.’’
"What is he proud about?”
“I don’t know. It comes nnturnl.”
"He certainly cannot lioast of birth,
brooding, learning or fortune ?”
‘.‘No; but lio is proud from tho top of
his head to tlio soles of his feet; in fact,
the proudest man I over saw.”
“Indeed 1"
"Yes, sir. If that man wore starving,
and too weak to stand, ho would start a
report that ho was laid up with the
gout."—J‘M/aili!pMn Call.
HOW WB 1)0 T1IISOS.
"I poo it stated that tho author of
‘Kathloen MnvourneeiT is starving iu
Baltimore.
"Don't believe it; tho same report waa
published once before, nnd it turned out
that lio wah not in great want, but only
in very poor oivcnmstanccs.”
"But thin time there seems to bo
some [emulation for tlio rumor.”
"Indeed ?”
"Yes, it is given ns n fact. Don’t you
lliink something ought to ho done?”
"Indeed I do. I will lids very day
lake steps toward sturting a movement
to got up a fund lo ereot a monument to
his memory."—/Vif/ntlripliia Call.
pum.y pnr.rAttP.n roll tub situation.
"it is my duty to inform yon,” said
j the superintendent of a New England
railroad, ns one of the train conductors
entered his presence, "that tlio salaries
of nil train mou are to bo cut ten tier
cent, with tlio begiuning of tlie mofttW"
"Yes, sir,” was tbo calm roply.
"X am glad you take such a cheerful
view of tlie situation.’’
"Oil, 1'vo been expecting it for six
mouths past,” said tlio conuuotor. "I
imvo put all my real estnlo in my wife’s
nnino, clapped a chattel mortgage on ail
my personal effects, and raised 8*200 on a
bank-note which tlio indorser will have
to pay. Mako tho old ent thirty per
cent, if you want to, for tills is tho only
time in my life 1’vc boon in n position to
bent my creditors,"— Wall St. JYetps.
FArrn in her word.
A lady witii a daughter of uncertain
age, gnveitout that she wns only twonly.
At a party ono evening site wns spedk-
iug of licr daughter nml n lady re
marked :
"How old did you say Mary was?” '
"Mary is just past twenty.”
"Ah ! 1 should lliink she wns older
than that.”
"Yes, everybody takes her to bo oldor
than she is, because you see Mary has
such quiet ways. Good evening, Vf.
.Tones," she said, ns nu old gentleman
eaino up, "we wore ji.st talking of Msdy,
and the lady was quite surprised to hear
me say she was so young; you know she
is only twenty.”
"Of conrso, madam, of course; fori
have heard you tell it for tho last toil
years, nt least, amt I have every confi
dence in anything yon would say.’V-
Mr.rrhnnt Traveller. . .
IN FLORIDA.
Htrnnge Customer—“How do you 1*11
strawberries now ?”
Florida Orowor—"One dollar apiece,
sir.” a
Customer—"Oil! nonsense.”
Grower—'“That is tbo regular prf«o.
Yon know it is very early in tbo sea
son." .
Customer—“See hero, I have no tithe
for joking."
Grower—“ Ton my honor, that is
what I get for them. Have beon selling
strawberries at that price all the week to
guests at the same liotol where you aro
stopping.”
Customer—“I am only stopping at
that hotel for the day. I iivo about 25
miles up tlio railroad. Been a resident
of this Htato for twenty years.
. Grower—“Oh I I bog your pardon. 1
mistook you for a Northern invalid.
Tho price'is six cents a quart.”
INCLUDES A MOTUT,.
"All! old man, how are you coming
on ?” suid ono young chap lo another on
tlio street.
"First-rate. How’s yourself ?”
"Good ! By the way, X believe I
borrowed a dollar of you last week, and
I might as well return it.”
"Borrowed a dollar of me?” ho re
plied, in afl'ccted surprise. “I had for
gotten all about it.”
"Well—er—er—I was under tho Im
pression that it was you X borrowed it
of, but X must have made a mistake,”^
“All—or—come to tliinlc about it T'do
remember , of lending yon n dollar-Inst
week ”
But his friend bad got mixed with tho
crowd and was out of hearing. i ;
The moral of this is, dear render,.if a
man says lie owes yon a dollar take his
word for it and don’t try to put on Style,
nr yon may lose your money. '