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Tlie Jesnp Seine!.
ttt See in the Iteittji Home, from (mating Bread t>a Cherry
street, two dews Si.
FUBI.ISIIEP EVERY WEDNESDAY,
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T F, LITTLEFIELD.
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vertisers, fs^'Sjjewal rates to yearly and targe .ad¬
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rows ofstcbus.
Msjmr - W. H.
Hxim*. qaioscltonja..... W. !n, MitLiii * <<Utk, Brvytif, Wsi.is Ct»»y, .O, W.
O*rln*od Trwftfum ’ ■■■!. K. ilrttfjtv.
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coGicry omcess,
Ordinary -Rtchiu-d B llopps.
P Jtebim.ou.
Cteris Ssipmior Coart Heap O Mtddlvt r.
Tax Receiver--J i Hatcher.
Tax <h»Heetor- * W R C-m«ey.
County (surveyor--VV U Scott.
Couety Treasurer-.......John ilaseey
«'yro&er —ti iSnMit.
Superior Coart-, Wisyro -.fcy— M.irto, b
I’ oshliU,.fndjte , Sticnn 4V Hitch. S- I < :■
.fj-raeiift1. %«sio*ii.hit'fd tt» fourth Af.'jmia..
>u Slit f.h ftitd Sep.:- r-ibtr.
HA XHKY , G KORG 1 A .
a phjN'o iiavxtx QifWism.
8btriB--r. OttftMur —Nflas H.Coc!.. A. Crosby.
, itunty Clt’fk- W. W. Graham,
Treasurer—N. U vstberly.
Tax Recsivsr—-J. ! i>avi«.
Tax Catfiaetor—Silas Rcbcrsoo.
County Coronei—T. John urn.
CettSty liar!, Coeiaitoioneto — If. Slt&hig
John O. Wta. G. Stowsn, James Wh
nock, Ishata Carter.
JXttWtry, H-Ki<i*r mea.ing c: she I. tiiiof Wedue-d*. ;i
April. July aud Octal,, r.
Cls-A i i-: i-s t-f.A
If-l.l.TO.s c.rrsTf l.iKFHmm
1 •nfinary-riRebert Hatcher.
ci.eriff—John Brooks.
t lerk—J» W. Rexton.
Court * 'iii-i.cl .r.
Echols—-Secftnd Moudsy* in March anil
September. A li ng—Tbit rd Mott
V> p <i ay in March ami
pUmsber. Wayne—Fourth
bee e.inter. Monday io March ax a
Dote Pierce—First bar. Monday in April sa<f
War#.....Second Monday in April and Ov
tobftr.
Aptil CJinoh—Tnesitoy and tfeteber. after third Monday io
i'aUve. -Tuesday after founn Monriav in
April Camden—-Tuesdayafter and (ictobcr.
Bay and November. second Monday in
(’harlton-—-'Third Mftadsv in May and No¬
vember.
Glynn— Fourth Monday in' .May niitf No¬
vember.
THE
JESUP HOUSE.
.roe Broa. an i Cher
l ESI! I\ < a K;< ) i i t i 1 A
J.-.r-.lieo Attautiv Alnl Outf, ne t ai.J lir ;..
wl«k Bail IWa-te,
rtto «tt«Hloa <g ibsuim&<is.i ., :-!..t
th« induvHacui* c.ffcred thesu >.? tins H-«
ft!.: j;0«t{.S<JB (jl thl* HslIW?. b Vi ft ikt«4
'tlvrctiy \h > EVp.>i. unit ;! j ‘Urp 3
« b w*lei amt tr.-j.-....... ... *i S*J
to treks gaytts every eoiufon <.,! a fire; cH itob
*«<« *« M «**•’- <»«i i Slwtlv '!nt> .»« » «■ *»!**
**.' ! 1“ Urtnih ism h% it., -,..... ,
rt»»iHt, mst»t n io i ofim;,
llIK *«> * will i:te a }«td iiiai la iii J.
SS us.. no-! uem* uh.l«r m is I 111 Hi'*1
% Ule (iivjXicli.J, iia A- . i.
S *«»k« ft oj-re.i t< '
Inp t.vsv, 7;.
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T, P. UTTlEFiaB. 1 'Mt
SB
The Elephant Myth.
The elephant of our childhood no
longer exists. Like behemoth and iovi
athan aud other mytuku! cxeatures ia
whom wo once implicit* todieved, he
W ‘...... proved h. be u figment of’ the
Oriental imagination. The auUiority
«pou which we make this nnwelcome
minouncomeut to no other than Mr.
Bttnderson, who has for many years
tilled the post of Superiatendent of Elo
pliauto to the (hivcruiue-ut ,.i India, and
whostuiuto in the hiiim- r. l.itiou to these
nuimato that Sir Jus, pH Fuyrer oceupk s
toward tigers and venomous snake*. In
a leiduTH recently deiivered to the Unit
ed Service Institution at Simla he
mindly caSIs tho elephant "poaitivelv
idiotic in its attempts to escape when
captured,” midisfiks of "its want of or
igiaality tilings." tmd its positive stupidity ja
uimf ^ In short, “ in the focut
tv of reosemiag it Is far Mow the dog
aud many other animals." Nor will Mr.
Hmidt-riRsri allow the estimates of its
graiit b.e has height. Out iloafhem of iiiiuiy hrmdreda
mwiivored m India and
Bengal,-tm has not found one reaching
b® fuel, at the sli.iul.te-?. Wt orie disil
bii-iou more. The etophant-lmntora in
Toth Ceylou and I. di t corroborate Hift
F*ad’s story that elepiuuda, when Umv
feel the api>roach of death, retire to a
solitary and inacoessibh’. v dlcyand there
di<5 in jpaabo. But Mt, mrncfcfmQ,
though has he admits that no living man
crane across the corpsv of a add ele¬
phant. that ha* died a natural death, at¬
tributes this rather ten their extreme
longevity, high which ho to disposed to place
as as 200 yours. This explumfiton,
however, sceniH to i« to violate that
rule ot scientific hyfiotb.-sto which rc
•piras that the- causeshould !«* ,«i«wjtwte
t" ocowmfc for the tmnli.~/>aU Malt
UmHM,
Snm»w'.' I'leosarit Memorlea.
Charles Humm-r l-Md Acua Hwipt-.D
Brawster came that among the pleasant •
eat memories of his life '
was a h-. liter-,
summer to spent in Borne in bis yonug
manhood, the first be paid to Kiirop.-.
Bucii had long rly dttiici.ins dawn hours of shtdv he
from m to tote afternotm!
then he rain bled oat on the Cainpagim.
and through the than very pictnn -quo
of Papal Brims until l ..ttmv*
Ijif# seemed to stand still in me ldflas<-i
moment of peace «nd. risst and high iu
telieetiud reverie. Miss Brewster adds:
"I mwokbae Wall how eloquent be grew
over the tomriptkur of that divine
Iternau 8uxmn-*r, It wm the T>re* Gar
den’ ut hm exhtUmeo, and to quoted noma
v«se« fnm that lovely poem af Sira.
Browning, W'toa then more: in isutiiiou than
nmv, I »*»4 ii mws a k,tm draught
he had drunk, ha exdaiaied, Tesi ym!
yon firatighte. arc right; i u was u true
do not thmh t l«ve ever
been the mtae mart since,’ xml lie rc
ally, p'ntod Tena a* h« r.c'ii re,preft-f. mo»! music
ysoK's -Lofas- Eaterx. T ”
Ton muebi’t think a "dositud, is, mad be
you cafolt foan grinding bis fem.
fit m\*jtip §cntincl
VOL. V.
thk s(H«mttum;rs
Ih* jrhnoh'ijtfrr <u vmttv,
Wm ».orr, ckl, aud »^ar;
Act H. «•!':«* IM.V.M' r t.im
ttpnn that «tia«>et (toy.
A bmtiiiwv of splrfte
And tjanish, vt jtalE,
H“ strii«A f '*l hard to
Bnt stniggh-l stl in
Thn ,tr>»w«v heael, UPtiisiS-roota usirnuir
Hrt nn<J. ttt lil* triincf.
Be ka«« hi* scho-l wi'ms watching
HI* faca with sieslthy giastes.
lie He Vnrw, e-nil, tor a agabb itsc-i ,w«t
ros(«:4
To battfe tsmhei ctT the xtdiwrc iwj
Rat bis Wato
in vato, ! -r, wifti the eltOrt,
Ht* bead .Irnppt-t on lift i-rc*M,
His iii«>a,rii c:us« feint sutrt {sinter,
Ai'-tl soaa be -sack to rest .
An-t tb«ii arn«* n.n anr-iirt
Ai.ii tKiaBfii'-.-.*. w as the give
Ann sig mile h 'u.Ix--.
The nehoolmastw to
Aa.i itJi tbo itttl* urchin.*, wh|
A nil tosWisss j.'.t
An.l, wtihn tear of Un*liter. toy dunce}
Cry w?»t »tunny f the
An hour no* was pusmin-y
VHi! Mil! the WASt#r xb pt,
Aiiti RT«rtJ?r pns* the tui i alt
These little. miahf* *eh kip*
Until A little maiden.
WtOi VV..,. watched t.he Itsfi/ard b faco
Sioto gruvt: from 5 an pijlis i m.iiifesr,
s-iiby
Btrir- soft! f-to tbit master,
Am! geotlr tom- hoi h‘A iss-R-b
A Bit maned ba k i n ierror -
Tito tebt>St»t8s« r wm ilfsaxi
S^riltK BliAKE’S LOSS.
Mrs. Blake vra« house cleaning. With
St.rrito r,..,r'iy .Vl'. .J,.,' IAS' ti.l-v
V I,*1 . ...
tho being family cleaned sitting w«, »o«ly which papered besides
was to ly>
dared At this posut lie the “didn’t ’Squire had the mildly do
that we " ■, "if -.-! • f
turning hleaning •everything upside down tbov •
mure boJttNS.’’
The. raoRi. 0|»«mg from the sitting
room was lower in the witlls than that,
tons giving spewe lor two sandl elos. te,
one on each sidaof thoehiiuuey. It had
irfeit thought best to have, three paperr.]
over, Mra, they Blake were had too high for fwxjuefrt use.
a plot in her mind re
gardittg with ttsem, old and books that wm to fill them
me which aver*- now
“only lumbering up the hem m her
view, though if the Squire had Ix-cn told
enf this, his ornsmm might have b*m *
qiii to diithreiit fen- lift secatod to have u
'mania for »• emid baud la>oks, m>! Ixnight
all he eaxso smiom.
In the ’Squire’s family lived iihoy by
ihe home of Archie Turner, who w»s «
child of a neighbor of theBlakas, About
a. year b. S-av otju store ip?, his parents,
died, leaving him and i . r without
rehitsves that lie or mouey; snuiii intelligent 1b- ’Squire. ■- ■ inp
wanting w a help atemt !>r.y, sum!
some otic to the
“rtlwjtess,” had taken him to live with :
them, where he- was. considered as
the family, friends ids in sister the jseighlxmnc f"\\nd . homo
some town of
Ghat ton.
'S<iuire Blake was not a jxmr mao. u.d
there would sometime he, as the neigh
Ivors said, “quite a fortune to fuH to
somebody.” he fortnnato in Archie was c-msidotod
<• > verv in lev, g a hi'inu
here, tor the 'Squire and his w ife had
of t i spokea of adopting a bov,: their
<mly eight child being the little Arav. a girl oi
or nine years-and now it looked
as thought Archie might be the Iw
whom they would adopt
But while we have wandered from tho
aoeue. at the b. ; rinuiug, the cleaning bus
jirogmaedfiwly; An-hi-to h.-r Mrs. Blake has called
*<• with to th, .........in-ip bee!,
bm.-r down some ......... which have
] crowded volumes, out of and the taking !-> use. Hi.-.- *.*lecfe,.l
J soim* Archie to do the and hh armful, left
same, wont down
I stair*. Aa she entered the ait-ting-mran
she was met by Mr. Stevens, a w-oaltJiv
former. '
" How’d do, Mr*. Blake.” mu.I
hinder "cleaning’ house, ■ reckon; well. I won’t
you long. I couldn't find the
'Squire anrw)«-re's nwtnd, »•! \.' jn;*f *lrra»
iwkl in to leave that money 'he s heard
him tell of, very iiknlv; if h-tin’t to
home no matter. Otu < I irhi tru-t it to
you;” and with a grant-nature,! "toi. ha.”
in appreci-..tiou of the. joke, he })V.«.bi«-t!
a it gqrwrw® roll of p«*kebb».>ok,. hills, apd biking f-.-m
a counted out li sum
wmited, aud hiu.tirti it :-> Mra. 1 ii,»h<■
"The ’ftquito nnderatands; tb-. n.- i-. eo
nre-ti of urecetpk” he said; then, with »
“K*ted day,” he WB8 gone.
. Mm. Bioko -stood a moment; with tho
money in her hands--one hun-ln d dob
tor- wM. *he was Htarile,! bv hearing a
cry bilk. from ri„ Dote, f.> rah; tre-r lUreWan.-c, b.rei'lv dropping iuul found the
,-au
her swaying mournfully back and tonli
"It's done gouou broke rm arm now
t<>' she wailed. Mrs. Bhito: beSpci
her to a ui>>re comforted ik- place than tto
kitchen fioi-r. and atveertained the fact
that ahu had fallen down some steps,
The broken «m proved to l-c nothing
liion- .M-rions thin* a sprained wrist,; that
was !>t«!, enough, however, in JVbGralt’*
opmam, though it- "mighthu' ben wusft
or.” she confessed. Bi«fc
Mrs. bafticd berwrist, ami at.
leiicth she w«ain s\ couditii»n to vo• homi _
Mcumvliilc. Archie 1 1 nd pm-kinl the tenths
mw ay in tin* cioaets and had busied .him
self out. of doors.
f t Imd lakew some time to "straighten
thhigs ovtt,;” aft Mrs, Bioko v%prm&A it,
aftra- Deborah's accident, anil (he money
was not. suddenly thought- Mrs. of again until after ten
when Blake exclaimed.
" Ijtwtd R.'ikivs, Iteubeu, Mr. SfoveitH *v:»k
tore* to-day and left that money; l>bsss
iu«*- 1 hnin’t thoagtit of it titiH-c. IV
bfN-*(i so humi d.’'
The ’Squire tuned ft few icav.w of
his hook. " Well, where i« it now. 1
wonder?" but bis wife bad gout- to th
sittiug-room,
'• Bring a light, Tteuhou; I’m sftra f
toft it tore " Alight wfiecairtol u-. out
no whiivy *« to to fouiui T'livy
w-aMicd carefully around that aud (ii.,
ether rooms; Amy aad Archie joined
them, but witimnt success.
"•Dohorah w-ouidw 't tala- it, of oourae,"
Sft«l (.be f Si(tiirc, dou lull illy.
‘‘No, u.ii. - .i," hie wife tumwored, turn
rap her pocket wrong side out ••No
!.c-.i..ii>.- it was wi.K-si l heard her my that
t k-f f it here and w«n t fo tor. 1 ’
'Amtoifi rin her. ,atea i. re f
"Jfri-toe, eiKk'pt'VMi's, BWfo iK-oi
tate-il—" no one but Archie,
4ESI1\ GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1880.
Jifeither of them irpokn far ft BUHnaut;'
but Ihv same thought was thnehildmt in the minds
of both, and later, when had
gc.no to bed. they talked the matter over
and mode a sre-.rolx, which proved as
fruitless as the first. ,
said " l can’t ’Squire. think .-Yrchio wqHRI| tak®' it,"
the
11 1 don’t went tothiuksoA bolt where
has it gone? And you know Bneben,
how anxious he was to-go to Cnr-ltou,”
It was agreed, however, not to say
anything to Archies yet,” for they a fete said. .days, "for
it. may coma out
Brit the days passed, and the money
did not oomti'otit, so it was thought it, that
Archie must know oometlung about
Btathlooked very sober ; it was hard
to believe that the boy they had known
so long 1 arid who seemed to tlaem almost
like their own, should ho guilty of what
■they feared.
"Well,” said the "Squire, *M snppose I
amy as well speak to Mm alxntt it so
after bretildast. which Amy and Archie
ftlonc enjoyed,. 1m called ilve Sutter buck
after the others had left the room. The
boy caaift buck and stood e% peetantiy
before him, while he looked tmeaxily
*bout him ss if far some wny to tsirspe.
At h.st he broke the silence by saying,
" An-hic, I can’t toll how sorry l am to
my thU to. think it; hut wo can not
forget that you were the only left, one in tbo
room where the money whs so we
think - ..that Is -no doubt, is was a great
tvmpiatioi!, but toll, ub the troth, that
will be the bust for as ail. ”
AYchks sih'ut a moment ; the
color left his hu», as be stood looking up,
" O. you don’t thiak 1 I stole It f"
‘ *'Wo hopfx not ; but if it to true, tell
“ ««•» Mi m «.,r room,
‘
Mrs Biake etih-rail tho room just
then. O, it isn’t likely it, w.rtild be
ntr.ong his tilings now she interrupted,
sprateing murt sh-i-niy tlian lumal; prob
{fitly hci.llg etc, -ci.tuft of itef OWK Cimdoss
ness iu tlie mutter, she was motowilling
to blame some one else.
Archie’s eyes till.- ! with tears, and ho
turn, -t with a utuks glance of apf^al.
that tor.tshed the heart of -me, at least,
of hto accusers, but the ’Squire left the
room. He talked with the boy after this,
but nothing could fiiake him confives his
truil t.
1 ho time ptccu-d, and it wasdecidfcd that
Archie should go to Gholton a ptofSi
was fonnd fax him, mil he, poor Imv,
wito fid glad to* get his am from tho repixMiefi
imacs of former friend.*, for Amy
olom.- b.-iii \e.i him ii cut
l just know you didn't take the old
. v, ss. there
Aft. •• he w StMJC, though die Hi.issed
’ r playmate h»it t first, it was tho 'Sctuiro
who his moncw most. As for hto
wit,> Kite hardened her heart against Him,
b-toaring they warn well rid uf th« 'iit-tla
U-ti i.
n« was no more talk of adopting a
| and bov. Oocusioually they heard of Archie.
the report H ire always ft good P,<
eofirai f tune the lost money was
forgotten ly by all but those, whom it most¬
wncernet!.
Tea ycu •s have passed Bin*?e the d-av
Famt-r Ht evens culled at "Squire Blake’s
and Juft the money which so Soon dis¬
appeared, and again it to house oleat.tug
time: there are several rooms to be
pap. tud this time, and afttemg them the
sitting room.
i ! T „ * ^ ,, ,m ?f ... FHv Jiust - . out of
l f ““'I te the
!^.nLqqV*e"t j * ’’f;, bef 1 U to'dn'^H-Vre'- do lwfoa 0 ^t-’L U *"' uow !«. ’ “
''.re-; v , „ t
J I r-'wtm ** t T r :-- CV!
i.l.F t ‘
; .* laid
1 1 . , ‘.. ' ' ■ ‘
| i Her'-’re L \ b- , li! F ,, tnom w s tot
-■ ■
, , , st
i j*. ' ,il , “L dl ' lcnl *J pned ?” mo ^P
' ! opeu the,
"•! >
' .’
. 1 ’ " u u °* > i ‘ KK * , 8 ^ , !e ex
f " * • *
-
i .«? j a ' . u .... ... ®° reowanlw-r
) ‘‘L « ‘'‘.’J’it ihntime
I w-.is.-.t
. that of
; ;* money von
! r ‘ T' ^‘-J 1 "' ,r W“'tu«r.
1 ' V K g over the books
j svlnut nly, with au eydamatiou vi
SUl'Jstte# Sk; sprang down the stejm and
j «ent after her motiier. who had left th-?
I
" f have fotuiu it!” sl.o exclaimed,
’ K.y- 7, \ M '
iJVuXc^ f m ‘f* '.'n. 7 -l' r i1is0h, * , ', 1U , L !f ‘"re d
’ ''
" ” , '’i 1 ' 1 »**? w h, ' r " U
m i l ' i T^i ,1 , ?* V M ‘ V
j '
> K i te'X.TlT f .
*
. ^ Ib-lmr-.u,.
N ’ S "‘' lht> rt S l n f }">"*•> thero
a“Sw * , fl " “ »"»’«* m w After l“««
his u: spectacles, .hen putting tic-in oil, i.-n
marked, ‘ Bless the boy, I never could
quite believe he te-.k it. ’
‘ bourse Archie must be acquainP-d
. tho discovery, ami the
? ’Hiiuire sud
riunraurauvii tlrat h<< bud l-usnc sji
m ( nelhm the next day. Accordingly
«»« nw-rping savs him on his way: the
.ri'uiig tow 4wtu.t >v much sacp>-i.,ou
’J * **is call from th ..- hqui.ro.
all "iqu thto tijiio don t t.. know think how that hard it hm
yon believed
tiiftk l hM token Bin immey,” ho sreid
afte-s the sTory was told,
bovoit. "But,l ’ was know the it reply, bus In^en hard to lay
Archie gladly accepted an invitation to
visit the .BiftkcB, w ?,<-rc ho ass woloomefi
hy all, »’.ui the frioiuj-hip toitweeu him
ami Kyi r wiw not. km ihm it had H en
in theii cluldbotki but it come to pass
in thn ton rm of a. few years that he be
e«nc the son of ’Squire Blake, though
not by mloptioii,
i‘J „A uusrmgfMhki ('«8w«rax oust saya that tlie. "crop”
ii*g-p%« young meu wt the wnti-re
this toaaofi was « failure. Tvh>
lus-tuy and were .to planted in a foil, parlmpy ujl
ao-.i via w«' 0 ik w-ofe It preriaittai to grow
< - - -.. to a crop that 1
very t'-.ii'fifiii' iittuidiuu arid much e-SIS
wa fie, f.*p-d»-i-using .- in,uid Is,, !
tost in the market, and tlu,
should to plowed deep and thorougbly
" (1 ( -*b'.’- u I dit. i ire-i, - ,,-e in<-r
oire'iiiy oI.m rved, wo pre-diet that the
(I W . i f IJI !• tl-.lt fe I ih - ,
yoine hiriy i,» go ut w.d pick two
at ttrexere;! oftcbtwh - Sofrixiouni ij, r
uM
SOUTHERN NEWS.
t icl.. F. Akers has been reappr-inted Kish
< anttuisstoner for Muldii^Teauesose.
■ Home, <>»., had But five bar-rooms three
ycirsag... !m- iwenty-om-.
A «< veafy-ftcra fi/'t near Noreross, Lut.
vii-UU-dAH'eriiy cal/ i.C cutton this yc r.
A nugget tft- §0fn weigbiug two and tv half
jo -.l.ito h!W Iveeftrl ik*-n out of tho €tuisti:u.
mine, in North ('molinu.
t 'ortyteousand dollars have been subscrib¬
ed for a crabs i-tevah-r In IticlMiiMid, Y;t.
The itsirount needed to teKbOOO.
” Tii.- last >;rar.d jury impaneled in Claren¬
don county, S. included four colored men,
all of w-hotn rea.il amt write.
The cotton oil works of Kuftlulti have been
, .imploteil. They have 7,0f¥) buxh«-t- of cot¬
ton reed on hand with which to start opera
lions.
There tire in tieorgia 88,.122 colored m*n
xi ho oho, by the to* receiver's rettiras for
ilteir rvspeciive counties, 53j,|tW uerra of
!aod.
lij podge county, t a Mrs. Wright, has
.made twenty v.u-.i of silk, httviMg hcrvelf
rt d the trees, attended the worms and
woven the silk into doth,
The receipts of the firth < c M-’I
State Fair, recently -Id in Raleigh, •
something over fsijX'H'v, The •.*{>(-[>».( s of nil
kinds, including premiums, w .....* ;n f t.! r '
s! « rt of kt,V.s>.
K.Bvgnl !.. Sirobi .-b.-r, ng .1 thirty yciir
soil of 11 prominent physician in M >«, li;> .
vf«s found nisi-ioiii .r the rid- alk
Broadway, New Vork sifflering frupt jm
ing from iisiic.: oi.ii. igarett
M - - A unit- Perk i a be rtltb -I inluJe.t.-iul
Hiii I!!-.-, Va., »u bariml last w -k >«.*
it and was tb lira
S- I’t-rkic fJaftfurt nti
dd i i sji. I!" dciioniinatiiiii.
There are in chut (mu •omit i, t.u., includ
trig lit .Sav;iutl»b, 10,'*17 s 5 -|i Irtlll child
whom m!<- l.e:i arc white, The d--
parti 2 nts of nitwlvrn iitiigintgc • ,u-.d i --.‘li -•
tbcuics have been abnltolifd in ib
of Savatifiiih.
'Vicks! •g is Making a nwvownt few rt
in proving itvr t-, but Ure new Wiert.
lit- Niciioiem i ut*. c urci.-.-iiurliiirt <-ii the
Mis? ptanks *’ ;v u • eiert umter the iM
t -avcffie-iii for tv , -Uid the impr<
mt nt will hardly in- jwrnianent
At IS - i> b r'snn, a l r milVR
A. Tinkle, whs shot dead by a negro boy
h be.-n in bin employ Severn! \- us.
Tinkle hiul jirel smirt bi* cotloii for $4 im $
•gr- -cured tii icy muJ <-«
i ire bi* enm iveml
Two tided Em items JHn
<„. M. r. received a I . ..Imateo o few .ho.
.e.M. wduohwe-,n ;1 »r , ,.v ??
It >- years a ' ‘ 5 . ' ,ir ',
iti •! (,t: 1 . vutn-n ¥ feh :uwi
jhr.-iurhf nine ..-at- per p«uu< ;-r om- ami
ten .•cut* t‘..r Uu* other.
... .... ft , : , t
‘ " u ’ ‘ j " ”
('..iintv a.-uits ju.-i now i* lalio! - so,x!. tn.lns
Iru>u>> i.'.Lc>r fiiul pL’.fi-iy t>( it. Nt ’/i *>* >* !kiv»
hif. ■.>»»•• iriiling that tliey . in’, t»
»nv mure. Jnst think of a .-.,inm...i .
<ter.«ui>lin'; a -alary <o $ux.t per mouth itnC
hB Uoanl J tv.r r rJIiu > ' ” * sou. H r
\ rctrmiMmdem wm.-* twin Anwb.avemi
iv. \’a., that twci.:y-tiv ■ vents o the us. 1
pris K ipt-rimr v* . v.-rf-in Unit sevti-n..
-.n«i T ; -Si-vi r.tt ,-„!<■rv I in.pimi preach.-.
(hi. 3 .„„,v et.ur-'-.t fifty c, - n ,-. hc i.t !,." f...
d ,„■. ,i
-.-Treed f 1 j ‘-'s.i.
•
mill now oil have com
M K. Hidden, the n jnerab.gi--i, w)n» «
m s.-rth I Hi-, lin.i hist le.ir In si¬ -li of
li ft SR niim, supply Krtisiui's eleelrie bebt.
fig: n the western part o' iJicSla" . ii
b now iMiking principally flit- . blciu-li- of
•am, which is be.i.g iiM-.i in tb - roanufmiiir"
>f the tii r ki rts of jiainls, ami in dyeing
n.J call, - printing.
\ hn me I snake is kept a* ,. vi.riv-i*v b*
It. i .. ..... ..I, '*
A, '
v t. ’. ” , 7 ” ' !; (s .
bt.ni tii(-'-no hi. . i. ut ei.v and it
huh tii.-hvs i« l.-nath. a littb Uvu. mtorv- m
t.btic wry t»H‘-li tic M-m .-f .i r.x.stvr. He.
“mike trees the horn re ft weapon, which , ; v
will tn lie very ifeafity Even ircti* are s»id
It. Imve been killed by its blow
Tarhoru .\<.r:ti t nrohnn. *- . color.-d
n n . r •.. . ! ns ! l-.-.y • rl..,--mu n-r
vli-i-t when she i-.--.Mu i- wear fiiftli- vloHii.;
- ill di-.-*s. - .-.tui .u-i.« like a in.io; .f......i(in;ia'>
-ail I. jk . niim.-. si,,- ha
v.-r-i -. a n, „i t |, .... ... ti
. ' . , , .... , . v , T. j " j ' '
, . j -in. *.<.. min. " . "
1 *ni.Mii.-r, imt a.,t at all motherly, .-u«l
ii«-i- child -.IN her |Mp;i
i„ >t,.. „ 1 ■-. r -vi rir- 'it-.
2 ' A”"....../’ , ,m
' : .......
»m . :: ■(>( s-, . to :’ r :!.iu tn it,, I.:.,,
yeas- 1 ; n "’ h y ,l " j- ot* •“-»»/...! i -.mn-i
.-I- rej.ori. Ti..
liilth. a in . n, u !. ;,( n, j.,;), ...
hire Uidfi. Sii-., 1 | ii.Mii.b rt in (he brer t)\, ye;tf
Tie: Sfii.t. toakre, Hn Ml nr ipjirnpriftlidii
ilored Sink- t ni\>- -r-<u ' , | '""" 1 ‘'
ihv white t tv sta ivtjHti ' ■ isnl-ta * from
'■ W tt..-i» in !- . 11 ..
imiuber a! i .) iu. „ *( |,„ ||,; S „ IX
'£, an I ihe.'t- t x-psvcni 5 ii .
1 f . irtficr (vorib.
ttt-is.UMttJ* of flu: aiittfi imd Hv.i;ri.«;.'< nrv- tax-
1 . ,, rw 1 ,„ n v . 1 ,.
• * -
A (-UUU-. iini;uii. .i,\„f(*,;„ t; ,. r ,, H | i j liUIJ . l . 1 j
u ' -(iiii-A irtt*. 'iv.t»s fi ll nun : :S still
for lin: Hvm.b r * HWftvrt K lie.-. Thi
Wirtvuvv. sbovivil Util! tb Hiordvl’
uiiUv.l .ut « warm trumi.ii-i-Might, while m;„
an 1 (j..- wife were nl»-. !>n,g out on thv jirtfeS
bi.. bv.:i-.t. te-u.-^ 1- ..vi-n n. at - ns- with a >Tn
SOM. I be widow rtf Hi* 111(0 *-•-«i in vi -<v. $
, i. . > iei> .-..iitim-.. wio wirre, Uinughiftln- mu
’ ; g(il#g lit rtte, ft*,*} lavtevifJbatVj? ji.-,- fvii
lie- j. .ii- I the i- Urn -i.-.i Yn: ■
wfiiiwvrt, ;o-jrt hum ion i eh Mill tto vva>i
iiKUtvcd. but bad mniu »hih tut nutitauil
was iishcp that (be .rewreMiis muriit. do tie ir
work, jjSbft says the shot wire fired by. <m,v
Qarshovi-, Kin fie was stfibiidei by N afidugvr.
The tatter was Iter lover before' her marriage
to Kline. The woman l» rorovoin- and
will prohshly get wvfj.
The monument erection in ctouiieto««».•■»
tioti of the battle of King’* Mountain is a grati
Ife shaft measuring Iwcuty-sit feet in tu-igt
and eighteen feet itt the him, >i shfipcly ti;
ura whose sniotsth eu.tlinra edntrsst pti-assu
ty with -tip 1 togei’d fid •I tb- surronpding
ftirtts, Tb - 4.--lira % get.ten tip by ■> •
tci tv.- iippisictcit < T why for tin* purt»j
amt «nv !st*s to ft shaft res tin* •u a lire %
uijttestiij conifasesi of five stefto. «h<! sbq *
i,» the top ivliii.li i - about t.w -* /.j;,! n {wt’f
-quiir if was origfiia!!; tsit.-icii-ii to Mir ....
i.ftiuu! the wlftno « 11 !•- .):>*>• fb-il r« of ji
’-.Mit-r iu an attitude of .-xp. - tani-v .,j l ’”
ft rifle >>f the film itml steel variety
during the Crtloni p-'-riitd, tint the pfi-sc £
eunditton of the a nciatHn’ti funds w«u a.
not permit.of the t*Urcto*»« «< fit* ittttid
and iti licit (if this, Mu ttn-umui-nt lure been
surmount'-,; hy pyttombi shaitcd '.ton.
The inscriptions are written on marble sial
imbedded two in :h mite uutSiiii;
***** .. troys.
The fomotis ;srcha.sologisf> B*d)lk»mann,
wrote from Athena to- a Bn-skin paper,
as follows ; “I hav* just re.fuiuM tram
- Asia Minor, where I have at last tinish*xl
j that IbTO, digging iiuring out of t roy which I have I Inigan
to tea ycarw strag
ghalwith great difficulties, »nvmg which
the most troublesome has been (lie large
amount of ddiris under which »ho an
-i.-nt city WHS buried. It. iue* been neees
sarv to dig down and dig up the ground
for more than sixteen yards below the
surface. all But trouble, I am f fully found recompenstal
t,.r my the r .*m vim
,.f se*en dnlerent c.t„ s : the last .*f them
tte. L.on *.f l-foim-r Iffiatoty was
built by the d-.oliaus, btuimhe*! from
mfl’f ■Srv V t v ."*75"
V n ;1. 1 , 1 J Y n li3 1 h , IT- t
*M flor\rt Ultii tb»3 owl 8 Jie&tl, i whence
her imuto ox 0mitF4>jm In. aBotlior eftv
were found many nuegee of the di
vu.it.eH, But the most interesting
uid iinjx.rtiuit of all the discov
I cries m, course, the city of King
Priam Every article found in the minn
of that city Urnm mimiatakahlo signs of
having tewn deskoyed bv lire and in
t.nn- of war. There were discovered
many remains of human bodies m full
armor. I dug out and de.ae.i away tlm
m iu-is from the entire wall that sur
rounded die city, fuidalao from all the
principal bmlduigs. Now X ««ii tmummg ,-itenJ,
i „ term- volume II Til-dish
with full datada all mv discoveries, and
........ *«> diastnaions of
must important of the discovenec,
M . Iioiau collection w now in iamdon,
t
but at the cud at this year 1 shall tako
jnxarf.’biult only of in^Wd iron!^’I
have received large offc-ra for my codec.
: tiiin from the riivauv^tlYmvwTrt I'rdu-d Ht-ites K-.d.md
I "
j with it for any money in the world/’
- *
j THhutcs of tudicncca irtora *
1 v nM .. . . *♦ .. , ' 1 n ‘. '*•’ Aow-rs. ..... now hgure
«,* « «h« vnbu,e u ? piote.r-d by Jamdon
J aumcnoesto Dt tfjt'liR tills favorite )••*, uuuLt, aetassaes. figFFFulfw To most
: *«> uu
inuoxau-qis- OMnuxons, A */.a i* 'Siet pecti.-.d, ot luscious is Burtieta cdtaiu
® r
, ini’ch practical presout Hum
A * more
j .uo rarest buiicti of ^Butneluos or yioque*
" is -
I heao thcatncMtoUei , , mgs vary curious
-
Sjwiia l.y in different favorite j matador rt**ai the Is ovcvb.lijicl world. In
a
*f«ower» of Y ineu’.s cigar:-; and the
I ladies glove* M»d fans. On our VVestern
! Lmrdy in tin-r testifies hto ue
: ««hf ui a nqimlnr itostor or uc trees by
| thngiug .still gold piect '-on the stage.
A more singl.u* or much h;.*s agree
able sort of coiitpldnent was once paid
to Tom I’layside iu New Oiie.ms. At the
o?;a ot a njtuii ^pplnu« ^Feu«3, wliAfti
: “b»vos" tmt the tor and flowers were
| fulling i.reiki thick chisel around him, a carpenter's
Haul wtihsKing from tho
I a tow itiiuifts from hto head. Tho
offender was spe. diiy discovered and
brought “•?“‘la’? Inilore tiio indignant actor.
1 ovi-r dwm to you. ho
* 1 rtmt you saoiud svtteinpt my
side , cried ‘"Attempt your life, Mr. May
| ! the hot,-.-st h , :. with t. .as
! m his cyea, "I novel 1 diva;... r such a
filings. thing. Mr. But L’laysj- they »*» i. nil thr. •-.. m’ \.-a
: , mid l hudu’t noth
j » but my old chisel,to show how 1
liked y»-, Mr. J’hiyaide, and js» 1 throwed
ve.rthftt. t "All right,” .said tho actor,
laughing, "here's your chisel, but next
i time let bio take your liking for
granted. '—Abie York Hour .
I
* Pmminr K Timber in Rronnit ‘ ’
; ,n of the well-known
; , fl l , <'UKing methods
pra-sen:mg posts and wood which arc
! V r,,v imbedded in the earth, by char
ring and o*>at-ing with tar, it is said I !u*ee
; methods are only effective when ls>Ui arc
i appbcil- without Should tlie phs only lm char -
ro ," the subsequent treatment
with tar. the charcoal formation on th
tun,tee v.-atld only act as an abeorlter of
t the m<>t*imv. and. if anything, only
: hasten, the decay without By applying a coat
*»*g of tar praviously charring,
j tee tar would only term a casing about
; the wood, nor would it peuetrate tot. *
■Scpfch which the aJvsorbmg prepertiee at
charcoal surface would insure,
^'“si that, is ex|x scdto tho action of
j water or iet into the ground should first.
be (fluured, and then, bcf»t<-. if. ha# ,-n
! . ti rely cooled, hti treated with fair Liil the
J ; W(H *c| to thoroughly and iinpregoateal. Hm .....
<wetm acid oils contained io the ter
are resin evaporate*! by the beat, and oniy t).e
toft behind, whieh penetrates th»
pores of the wood rind forms an si; %ht
j and waterproof envelope. Ittoimnortant
in lino impregnate the pole# a little above the
of expiauro, for here it to that the
action oi‘d.v,rt affects the w<x.A fit *
ftnd - where the break always
wh-u removed from the earth or staafoed
in testing,
dfifioreomn to London Truth, the life
of til'.! IVitoe of Wa tew a iastmsi by «
number - iif xjieeuVfttive j.H‘ra>.n», us tire
1 ‘be Jives of many oile r prominent p*-r
- -ti:*e. a. lj.tr ,ro Minus were* p; *, By k»*v
i ••>’“1 rah- --;.- after the deatii of iTuusc A|*
‘ iHjfte
NO. HI
THE P A MI hi DOCTOR.
A VESv simple and exiwtptom* way of
tusking a little bit at «.*hi«ken or fish for
a sick pftrmxi. is to hut tor a paper thickly,
aud pl«;e the fix*! to 1»> cooked within
the p:qmr, and pltwe it, on a gridiron
over it clear lire. A very short time
suffices to cook it tuoroughly; «ml I
haw often found that to be eaten when
all other modes of in valid cookery Imvo
been tried in Jnumat.
Tkrth sure destroyed either by the
action of acids or the development- of
much vogctal.de parasites. frequent T!i« fonmrr is the It
Isas biHutdv-jitoitetmtird rno e cause by actual <»f decay.
tligt : suddn <sx.}wsri
irnait oven very weak may
suffice to dmaapos the tooth sub
sbuscos. In will forty-eight the hour* enamel the juice of
-giTifaw render a
chalky •■uB'-i-b'instu Most v* gchibh- sub*
steiccs art* m<-rt untilfomieuliittem takes
pliscfi and acetic acid to formed. Animal
snhxtaiieo«'ex«rt uodekdeniHts intttua«e«s»
until putrefaction is far advanced.
Whi:y eold affeeto the head awl eyes
and iiajad.'HbrcathtM through the ame,
great 1 ‘t'ifof j» gained by a wet napkin
spread over the upper part, of the fane.
(sovering the nose, ejtccpt »tt ojK'ning for
breath. This is to be covered by folds
of thutnel fastened over the napkin with
» handkerchief. Ho also a wet towel
over the throsit mid whole chest, covered
with folds of flannel, often relievos r»p
j pressed Mugs, So says Miss Bucher,
. bath ■ m< l truly. and* In addition, gloss use allot foot
j take a of liot leinonadt* on
1 retiring at night. This is the best time.
: t.„- fb,. hot ito-.fc-b.-.th, which should
i l, e followed by the lemonade ‘
" V L .,,,1 \Lt r , fJ .
i n
I ....' * '* ‘ '
fdlte ■ L, > . fading Mi ,.fi«iiv't»Le 3 . more ,• or
, . ’ , rtoatalM.utaLk-m.in. j no the
J |lllrlt] ,_ whi h
v l>usS {>f nn)u ,, „ uncovered will
; };Mli ,,.. (1 wif!l ituv pntVidBll g
, )»* nroven bv leavin r it q> a
1
' then, that tin* lM Moii8 of sicknesH should
I 5 ”-‘ earofuUy kept turn all fh»d in to bo
x
I wallow
1 U' a I^lwou fallen any poi»onwhat
or has into wiivuIbioiui from
’ having overloaded the stomach, uum
; Mat.temm.m remedy, moat efficient and
J ! HppUc<ibie teanpoonful in it large ntimher of t/awes, ih
» heaping grnmd of coinmou aali.
i and ' as ffltteh jmistar.l, stirred
; T WoL»YT
j <’ >
T toT tore it S toT
j *Y n^ach the
| YYr.'--nm.nt r o T “Ion (Tver
m } u-«umwrt ot the tu« 1 )sns*>o, 1 Iwwwt
.-.mall, let; the white of an eg;-; or a km
qxwmful ot strong coffee he swallow,-d
j S » *•*& uumbtrofvju
*’>■' — •
-
; Dueling fn Florida.
! I ••" * YYHr, H'teY ?** “ffi” JS'
; men could ataud before it this ter
ijV.[‘ T, lu ,in K with kum* Th< * ***** was to mdtexlof clasp the
- A bauds of the conibatauts together
| «>«! put very keen, br,«d kuivea in their
utnaa; the seconds tlu-n stood within
• ach of the men, to interfere with a
pwtokhoU if either combatant violated
the ndes of the fight. There were
j udiuv uflu-irs Witfi. tx>wid*kl)iV6$ ID tho
. anto-tedlum days of Florida. One of
j the most noted "was a meeting between
Afaj. Frenchman. Jim Jones and Col. Griuard, a
| The howto in this case
Uecms to have been a compromise be
: fcwocn the sword of the Frenchman and
: the pistol of the Floridian. Tim duel
j both wasfought in 1852. ft. was verv blood v,
Jan,was an-u finally being gashed fearfully, 'itgroM and
and* cut into slices
j hie breast killed outright. It to
! said that this duel was remarkable for
j having been fought iu utter stleiicc,
of rhough the the knives slipped in aud out
1 bodies of ctuth linm neither saida
j f.lit.ir word. With tJi their like Ups clenched and
• silence. ti f Not h«/fc ti vi.so carno* tlioy (oogbt in
; a sound from the
j mouth of either, and when at last Jones
j fell iu death Griuard turned, aud, wip
; ‘ ing the the blond irout hits face, spoke for
first time, addressing I us second.
; Afghan Etiquettv. ,
j i An oath. Alghan The never visitor rismives nnceranoiu- few
eus must send a
hours' notice of hi# intention. He is
j ! then received at tlie door by some oonfl
denttol retainer or retainers, and con
' dticte-d through rude, tui open courtyard to which the
f.xttof a winding staircase,
| leads first to.an uncovered landing, aud
j ) thence to the ordinary reception room or
balcony received of by the the proprietor. host Here and hois
iu person, con
j ducted with every mark of courtesy and
respect to a small row of chairs, tho use
I article of foniitme aeemi t<>
tm general in good soi'tety in Cabul, and
felts t.> have which quite aapereedsdtlieearpete satisfied older and
an of welcome gen
oration. After a few words
and inqniries in a set formula after
health . -n both sides, a tray ot fruit* usn
ally ap|iean, and is placed upon the
earpot'at the feet of tho visitors. The
frnite are followed by the tea-tray, and
a without cup of milk, highly-sweetened is placed before green tlie tea, vis
iter. Tie- cou versa tit m.is the# oarried
] j on with topics more of or the less day. spirit aud on here, tho if ordi- tlie
nary merely formal the inter
\ visit is a end and one, tho visitor to
view comes to an
couducbsl to the door with the same
formality and courtesy with whieli ho
j w«e reeeivixl. If, however, a eoufiden
t-rnl interview to. desired, the atteudaute
j ! *p- request*-..! to withdraw.
! Big Tiling in Bull s.
i A (bfivcstoii m#a met a gcutioinau
w , _.... N< i,-x«w and , oskml ,....., how , ..
I i " m ' mutno. r, Jicr!/ friend a
i He is doing well,” was coming on.
' very was the ra¬
1 I !’*>’■ “ Mto What 1-usiucea to iu he the at?” " He
"»* K ot - softest Bung world of
! kcyaatHan it- H bought Antonio a lot of Mextcsn don
ter apiece, and,
1 having T£7 n*k«u iictui them up them. to hi# raaoho, Do ho
I ; -ti bring am such n high prices?” on "No, “ but they ho
I lets the railroad trains run over them,
-i. the company has to pay hint |@0
Opwee for them /’—(Jatvciiloa Arnes.
A Wi MfiTvov law yer cfiargml #7 for
rt bill of $ bttt»ft4 it was
f .-■ q»i• i .i-.iuilicf lawyer tlie cmirt field
tii Tin-, > rvw-ft j v»t.ru wrath tfio Burney.
P1TH AMI POUT.
Th3s mmt popular vaxa among poli¬
tician*— The siuts-euro.
Tub fir.-d Aniericnn iu;s< riptioupHt up
'*n the obelrek will to, “ Pont no B0la,”
" I.5k sier-p-s where h« liil," says u lato
have h&llad, which miggwita that ho must
tocn drunk.
What a beautiful tiring lb a rimy
check ! Ilow great tho ooutraat when
the blush mtliw on the nose.
H Csiia.su>—“ Mary, my love, thin ap
pkvdurapiing "Well, finish i; net then, imlf done,’’ Wife
it, my dear."
It wiu* a young housekeeper who set
the cuke she .had bilked for a picnic out
of door mm cohl night to be froetixl
" Bhidoet, intolerable. the dust upon the furni¬
ture is What nhall Ido?"
“ Do os Ido, inarm—pay no attention to
it/
It’s a poor rule that won’t work both
ways Milwaukee Kiri married ft bar
her. raid he t urned out to be a rich Baron
iu disguise.
A mookks novel has this thrilling pas¬
sage: "With one hand he held her beau¬
tiful golden head above t he chilling wave,
and with the other culled loudly for as
stot.oicc. ”
A votnva lady wrote birthday, some verses for »
pafs-r about her and headed
hair them “ May 80th.” when It almost mode her
tarn gray it appeared in print
Tub average life of a farmer to sixty
six years. At sixty-five ho may safely
begin to returu borrowed tools, pay old
debts and ask forgiveness for cheating in
horse trades.
"1st tovb cough any easier ? said
one of poor Hood’s aoqiuuutaaoes, on
calling be," said to the see wit how he was. "It should
from hto pillow, “ I’ve
bean practicing all night."
The negro’s definition of bigotry is as
good and inclusive as that of Webster's
he’s Dictionary. "A knows bigot!" said he; tot "why
a man who too much rate,
and not quite enough tor two."
At a oeU-bration back in the country
a female arose aud began: "This is
our lOith aimivt r ,uy.” A wicked young
man back in the crowd yelled out:
“ Good gracious ! You don’t look that
old.” *
ball , *»-'H B to-mght . stud that ,, . lunar ot,1TOr . rayB at . wora thti ,,
only ooooeutrated lumuwwuty of the
earth’s satellite. What do you think
I about it * ' InteUigcu t pit r<:rj t— “All
j moonshine, B»y«ou, all moouehiue."
-Etumworos— 1 “ Yes, I like the
P’«» ver -V much. Major; you have such
1 » ^7 ’♦!««, ***«< awfully *«".&>** j«Uy he % \ou ,«** d better Ma
j j« T
«t (, el your heart, Mm ihrtutgtoa, in
YY wfmbtxl? 1 m . Y° U i ?**?• douiyoa 1 \ know?’ rath “
a M tkndum young potato bug
urMMun m a ttiw,
T^r4S£ritotn«: •*! tore yewfoudsnd
ira*,
j ( with waji Mk.m gi*nc»*«M np>m hi# md buffer Unm. Dro»r,
j
“AhI" wud Gilhooly, vestordav
! morning, “Sent barrel "I’ve done of flour one to gbod the ooO*
a poor
'house?” "Better than that. I’ve just
1 t,,ld ^ »n»itli. who don’t stand a ghoet
i <* a a show »«ow, that r.qat he m- w will be »w somwwu rmmuwtwl hw oy
i j tqYiTmlmWs SSfe cSf that^do^a ^ythE? great dc-d of
J "The
it dott’t cost anything! t bar
• rowed 82 from him on tito strength of
| it.”— Qalvoston News.
1 A »«oyob, being out for a da/a ahoot-
1 • T k and L th
1MR ’ “ l ,T 7l ?r* *
, game-bag. dog Entering a field of turnips, ov£ •
the pointed, the boy.
- joyed at the prospect of bi* master’s
j there’s success, exclaimed: "Lar, master,
a covey; if you get near’em
( | won't you rascal, physio what ’em 1” do “ Physio ’em,
Laid you young tho doctor. Why, kill you mean
tore,’"replied the " lad. ’em, to be
.
, Shalt Me Meet Again!
j ! The following of the most brill
t» one
! inentod iant paragraphs I). ever Prentii writtou by the la
George "The fiat
<J death to inexorable. ’ Phare is no »p-
1 pool for relief from tho great law which
dooms«ut to dost. Wo flourish and Cade
us tho leave* of the forest, and the flow
era that bloom, wither and fade in a day
have no frailer hold upon life than tho
mightiest monarch that ever slK«>k tho
earth with hiafootetef-s. Generations of
men will apfiear and disappear os the
grasa, and the multitude that throng
the world today will disappear a* foot*
stepson the shore. Men seldom think
*.*f tlto gr^itfc ovwit of ilea Eh until tlio
shadow fall* across their own pathway,
hiding from their eyes tho facet* of loved
of oftfes whoso existence. living--mile Death was is the tbo sunlight
thou*, an tug
on tot. of life, aud the thought of the
tomb to tho skch-toa of all feints. We
do not want to go through the ,Urk vnl
ley, although the dark passage may
down lead to paradise; damp we do uot want with to go
into graves, even Prin
eea for bod-fellows. In Hie beautiful
dnunaof ‘Ion’ the hope of immortality,
so eltspiently uttered by the death-de
voted Greek, finds deep response in ev
cry thoughtful life soul. sacrifice When about to
yield his a to fate, hto
Olcmantho ask# if they should meet
again, to which he responds: l have
asked Mutt dmwlhil question of tho lulls
that look eternal—of the clear streams
that flow forever—of stars among whose
fields of azure my AU raised-pirita have
walked in glory. thy living are dumb I But., feed
m I gasto upon is something in face, love
that there that
mantles through its beauty shail that cannot
wholly perish. Wo meet again,
Clemauthc.”
She Beard the Bnimut EniftSrn Fall.
The Dcmo{)olift (Ala.) A<s wt) toils th-*
following story: "Our i-cmuis emmu-r
ator rt-pt-rte a colored woman on Martin
Rico"* place 111 years old. Sti- iug that
tin-* old woniiin was pr-md ,-f le v ago
and aekoil tor recollects.,«s questiona ■ of aatiquiiy, touching fao
tor some
(ton. Washuigbni’ft all horse and the Itevot
hltionary war, of which being satia
fnctonly answered, he said : Item *' Old lady,
you must have hoard the an em¬
pire when it foil f ’ * I tion't mwkty
rtnemher do circumstance vou npoke of
uow, bat I do (u ur-.J a fill, .mighty rumblin' I
noise de year stars and spec it
must a been date T'liitegs was conetaut
failin’ (tot year, and if it fell in old
North Caroliaa you bet your bottom
rag, honey, I was daf.' "
I uk scales of tho rod fish, famous in
New 0 hums lmirkete, are* carefully pro
served aud sold ut fttonfc #H per i.uslie!,
being in great demand by the fabricat¬
or* of ormuuente for wreaths and arti¬
ficial flowers for Iodise’ tounots, and for
various other purposes of tobiohabin
turn and oriiAteeute From & fish at six
or eight pounds the wsaJos sum <w-’ largo
ns a quarter of a dollar. They are so
hard and has firmly planted performed Hint with the settling
process to to an ax
or hafohei.