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JESSUP, GEORGIA,
bt'irerm Attanfo »od Cbdf, *n4 SJa.-ua *e4 Bruaa
w:ck Had ii i*4*.
rha^ittrnllon m uu uav.iiog:>.iUir. ■;« Uuctoiot :
^ *
Th-p Iftf-sli 1 '
Fi i b U ’ ;« on trt »ind,
and dljecilsr *fe ** ilefjT-Jt., if. is
w v. -*. i.*.r Urai.*»^..- au4 SUB-.i Hu -rivery m ».y
U> Ore It* }im|i isSBry $amt» I. f h Umxl*%n Haim,
8*-Vi attr *!-*»: *■:*.*>«■ •>b tcnlki
ft- lit- I. I'ill; ft, , Ik4* \% «H*
».«ni « ai. mo 01 <11 *o vAmtmm
ThkIab: a will he * teviinx fftin.r*. of On* Jerao
%S%M mm m.% Ssgga.e • te f>r,.pdt*tc«, »'«* 0 ‘9'wwl te and usJw ft# t<* pt trv<a-il<a«i»!.d thy jainuiKiiH tU« to**, Hnrmstote »,,sSt,« @*.«i «;! , v , , m
T, P. UtTl'EFIEtO. tecriXw'
irr
Bombarding New York
obtained Crann'ienting by on the emu-moos ranges rifled
and the wune recent Kmpp
guns, of will near probability ten’&mi that ships
war carry guns of twclve
mfio range, the S'ermHfi Imefican
asks: Foukl a hostile fiiiet bombard
New York? One of its cw»:lns.i.o«» is
that a ship could safely come near enough
io the Narrows to be within seven pjil* :>
of the battery, and with gum* of eight
miles range could thus easily damage the
lower part of the city. But, it adds,
there is another direction whence the
city,could vented fie-.reached ii guas can be in¬
of sufficient range From the
Battery miles to the sea teach of Long h-,ibm:l,
seven from the Bandy Hook fort,
,
distance is exactly ten aai*», and one
five-foct mb* furiher brings' one to th- twenty
line of t-< undingn.
lw.-n_f-y-f.iur In other wor<ls, feet of an .h-on-clad drajwmg
Within elevea mileH of water, the cab Battery approach with
•o .OO- -ow If tat!.*' Hie d.;. -f dale
: F. V.■mgfif.d at o'k • -1
ly it need* only u gun to carry twelve
niilcs to place the whole of .Hnwik.lv n and
York at is the
t cun not
only possible, but extremely prebaWe;
and iu view of the helpless L ptaL-d, position iu
which we should then in the
absence of any navy to take the offe.u
wve, it might lie well for mix business
fi
asking Congress to give timra some form
Cl <>l^»8the protection m the event of war. It
widest field for the um utive
genius of this country to exert itself to
devise #ueh protection, ^
dear (Grit,
A plucky Kentucky school ma'am is
Mias Hillbreth, of Hopkins Ckmutv .She
attempted to punish a boy named'Merrill
for some mimteamor. wbon the vimth
drew his knife, kfew Hifibratii ubarenwl
him. and he brought a club to ids assist
auce, but ahe fimdiy whipped him. That
mght the boy's father went to Miss Hill
• TWftth’* troarilisg-Uouae and cursed
i shamefully. the school-house The next i day he went to
to continue his abtyu,
but the lady T>ad armed h«r-eli wiflia
ntetol ami dared Merrill to ent-w the door,
Merrill ranhome, ami w»» ret-nriang with
|iP,.'btitfeOun wl«.-6 ho wnaarr^k-l by -an
bm-. csi-ftpedriMiafe now.at
Artiste Artiste is ta Hate Hair.
A Freneimvan desperately ui love, ob
taraesi a tre## of lm Wiiwd’i hair, and
t-arned it to a famous artiste, m order to
TK^ss.g“& ;lng tb. Mj
ii i
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Tu ttis far #s fit.-. 1 Rv ,'r. -c.. nlft,
I wstrli * citj of -.lAzxtnw
Etwus tt.ii ttiiiiati?:* the ritjr
I in t. n to hear fhe moegxtn** yry’{
All*: , in .' !:,.-t!iv m.l nit ««Enr •
Tfartr nuoke b wlfate v «»0w;
wrfttt:wretim ra ■ t -riuuM» a«- mtttma AiwUny stoat; ult
--i'- ■■ - --a- -■ - ■■ • , .
Aici (entries of t »wii H.t> B'sy.
B«»t thou, OI (Jit.* »!»■»«. the treus.
An Ai-laH an.! Heli>li «>7
My fino,i i» busy in )iei^>!:r,g tbee,
tffthteb kbine «\it earth ««»I ww,
Tby glory iliumtass Sin- brudhoj sUes,
Amt I ilr< cm line a j.'tunr«. >rf i .irattise,
Ami 3.m& winter, swing njnl tee wetetep emd tint. from Mar,
■«»
The Golden Abe.
Story of the Discovery of Gold in
Cahfomia,
it was jn tfie month of January, 184$,
in a nndl chanty in the raflifir Bipudwl
Htt.fi* batnlef, of Yerlm on tire Bay
of .San Franciseo, that two voursg men
from the States, having juei priuted on
weekly- a huml-press the 150 .copies of their
pa}>er t sat down upon stools,
weary, fstmt and dfeeriurage-si, to talk
over the jw. sp&'isoi tin? ooantryaad be¬
moan tie* lute that had cast them where
society and moucy were so scarce. They
were Auiericaiis, but the land of tle if
birth xras as remote to them then as St.
ItetersTuirg to a peasant, of the Amour
valley. They longed to return, but
ncyex M«*\icttn cxpeetg.1 to be rich enough. The
war was endtel n tew
months before The n-emv rf
, Hidiitoo Cahioniia to
gave
United States. The ('alifoniin - . ceded >
m.-toded th e prcsmit S.-.c of tin! name, |
|Hvi»lo4 by a mnge of luountaina (dun-4 J I
Carpathians, in, lofty as tlm Alps and longer than rite
south, tho emtornbull running from north to
was a terr mount inoc-e- ■
n.tu of barren desert buttes and
.
ftitl S P»«», cumtatning throughout its ■
whole extent but one feeble settlement ,
of white*, known «s Mormons. Uu.
!'v‘,«*''dmtomted iuFier?'t' ' The^f ' '
y. . #i.,.., witGirtel’f ..... ,... ,i -... ' .
oT,(..f vaile v coveri 1 1 ! <! i
^ rank & 0f ■' ’
JS C ™ 3 '' ’ e ouks ’.
JZt t ff f r "t 11,M •- 1 “If ’ 'lr 1 , 1
'inte 'V-j* .
trz±,tfj h oL if deer die l l i
cfi'-r-micr \ ' " i* i ’ '
’ •
Id S i ■ i te! ii !r‘ m i y r ~
t t c I Pv hi"Ir a to ft. if fr T n I I
1 ltK :
In ail this vast valley r '' U *°
but vine white settlement u ,l wa«Ki.«sa * » ,
as Sutter’s Fort. t
It- was located near the conffnetree of t
the Bio d« los Americaros w«h the H»'~ f
mmmm To the far south, hevond the '
mufiim of tin? Ban Joaqnm river, nai :
far from tho Paeitlc oemn, »Uhh I the i
“ Ciudad do los Angeles,” Mexican in .!
itrS cf iiYtmotion ami popnlation, A i
Catholu- mission at Santa Barbara and j
another the Bishop); atHiUi Luis Obispoi-SaintLouis, Monterey j 1
another at- m
the bay of that name: .ttwtiter at-f§aiifit j
Oiara another in tlielevohy called Mission vaUey do of tliiit Jose name; |
Hun not ■
far from the latter, and another at tlu* i
village of Yt-rbft Bu«m, which Inis since i
grown into the eitr of Him Pranei-sco.
it was then a collection of adobes, built ■
around the public square we now call j
“the Phura.” The waters <f the lay j
esb i.ided .xs far us Montgomery streer, i
where the Bank Exchange now stands, ;
and tohsxmerw a tew Say whalers anchor and small coasting |
at 3»*) \ irds from
shore, abotst Where the postolfie© now ,;
stands on Battery street. There were •
also -Anwrn-aa setthlxasate at Hefeotna
mk\ Simn, from cmnposiM t Ot tamers who
cmigiuted few Itefore, the Western Statm a
years. arid here and there '
arose along the borders of the tule the
smoke from the hut of the lonely trap
per of beaver. These, with the
of the old Dons, their corrals and the
inevitabk) adobe dwelling*, surrounded
by i&nuuw'Xwblo cattle and h<-i«#- , imuh.*
Will! of e : :
'm #• o:.; ■ i 1; i, - I e ( o
.
Hie time the two young printers of Yerba
Now and were then.a disehssiug vuwstri their situation.
Monterey, put into the. 1 Sail my
or San Francisco, or
Die-go, P le «°* to t«» load load with with hides, hides, ora or a whaler whaler
for for repairs, repairs, dropping dropping ' a a few few Me: Mo* lean ic.an
*>»«» dollar* or ” r doubloons, doubkams, which which were were the tin
currency of the country. It. was. to an
•**»▼«-« nmbitima mmd, a ddll .*ud
l‘m*d mm, a healthy climate ami beauti
foUtMivcraificl seumry.
V'Z' <•:.«,{***," ’
Amt «f w i tt m
iw»r
' About the
same hour that the two
K n V‘ rH ! PW d'-ploriug w'*i
i world a «ta>ne oflivt maierril
: have a greater nm the
! intersste v,t mte'.-m -‘acietx tlmu anv
i tt was on tha 19th dav uf !i..rican fare irv j8jh‘
• on fifty tbowrarth four Wuff-,# fork of the rireij
: E^ly of Butter's Fort.
ifarsliall in the morning of that .lav, James
W. wi-o n i nil,tine whfeh t^v ...ill
for himself aiid Butter fcftfh
j expected 'to sbi»i»1v tiie lu-' ranches and set
\ - Ifcmrnte betlreS* wttiiam»e "race i«-kcd no
team atknal! tiie of the ot the mill
tue# of v.-ilow ,,,. od ' n jT-ifa
al«mt scvcntcf n wntiie* »»d' ft wns
I »>h. brevier tl-.i,n silver. toTre
.in . spects tiie resembled gold. About 4 o'clock
evening Marshall exhibited his
ftlwl the cirei#c<wrij**wing tin- mill
company James \V, foboren. MarsU.d.^l- -^Tfia names’ were
Wimruer, Janie* Burger, l*Wtinnier, IraYVilli*! Mrs
i Bvvk
Key M'illiw, Alexander Btepbens, James
Mns. YViinmer tested it bv boiling ft in
Wrongly ■■*. M«xl all Mterw-u.!^ n.-d
JESUP, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 , 1880 .
eriOiigb, and the discoverer found Its
like in nil the surrounding gulches
wherever he dug for i(. The -wr. t conid
not Tor be long keut. months If was known at
let,Buena three after th« dis¬
covery, and the two printers above men¬
tioned put this slight notice of it in their
I ww lOtfc kly paper, The Californian, on the
'.f April ;
New Ck U4> Mites......-It » stated that a bw)
gold mine ha < bean dto'oi'oreft au the t» Amerieen
FiH; j.f the Samuaer.ie, snpptweil to (it m
not) on the land place. of A William A. TiCidemiorff,
fVp- l* this «xhjh»ted, k of tin? geW
hsn» ami represented to be
wm pare.
May opened The with accounts of new di«
nQWBMB Californian of May 3
.said “ He vert men, with picks and
spades, gathered $1,000 worth in fifteen
days.” That was a little more-than $15
p«'day Hie per n«m. On the J 7th of Mar
same paper said .j “AiAriv pemuts
liftve already left the coast ter Hie dig¬
gings, Considerable etcitetuent estsis
fieri ^Merchants and Ui.x-hankw are
closisig doors. Lawyers and alcaldes
arc neglect leaving their thter desks, and farmers are
it,g crops fiorue.s whole hiujiRfes
gings. are forsaking their ” for (lie dig¬
By May 24 gold dust bad be¬
come Sri article at inercltuitdi*?, tho
I trice luting from $14 to $U! per ounet>.
The Californian of Fiat date had these
ttflvertsseinenta:
oemF ‘F4 b!
< , ' Mh u ' &«* fvr by
Wvtcfamiiker uml Jtewet. r, Hsti Francisco
• <» ■!.»: aouu: oonn •
M.?f«rr. DFk'wu a H»y au. pimStosew of
tou-raw-ntogold. AUto«lpricegiv.
On the 29tii of , Mav ,, the ,, CaMomum
issued a slip stating thaUtA further pub
licati * Jl ‘> fur t!le Pteseat, would Cense.
tiecauso jn*arly &U its patrons bad gone
to the mim--. A month later tlign
s%5L?i i $s :icrsms
rush was for Sutter’s Mill, since chris
ten*?d OoJoma, or Cullunta, after a trilm
of Indians who lived iu that region,
From there they scattered in all direc
nous. A largo stream of them went
over to Weber creek, which empties into
the Aumri.-an some t- n or twelve m.ie ?
Klow 4‘oloma. Others went, up or
**'* "wf’ ^ ,,no ’ mo f ,f v ' ” tn ^
ou®, ci ototnl tho rulge over to the north
hi.o middle forks of tho American. By
5 ‘.e eh o of Juno the dmcovenes had
extended to all the forks of the A inert
'* !U1 * VVVBr . reek, II,,uptown creek, the
Hum ^ tin.
f>«nie), the Mokeluiutia, Tuolumne, the
! tr< !u ( > r .vuvus grape,,
call'd in l>48lhe 'Ate*;-.,' m- “Ajubn
«« * K *'<*• . dj- )
f ih * (Wbrnian n iunied and re- j
520 'Hiles ft,Kl from the base toward the
•} {w <j£ |be mountmiw, Nevada), nWmt m tar m Hnow ;
oiinm F seventy j
miles, has been explored sard gold found j
on every part. There are now probablv
ra,W %* “W*
m ,? ° W ‘ K ^ Xl ’" amfam1 l '" U * vt -
mlh ? '’^b »«o ranges from $1V to $350
l >e f I lie pubiwhor <*f Hum paper
eo | ^ ^toa witii the aid of ashovel, liickuua
ftbrijum. a lli E8H*0* froni^U Tito gram* to $128 amount per day collected -atvr
n
nw*y exceed $6H0,OOO, of which amount
“ornurchauts luivereceived $250,000, ail
tor. goods, a«d ra ejgfit.weeks. The l,.rg
<'•”« p*ee known to m found weighs
Vi '-d ptrnads !
u “ ,t - f *tli of August the numlx-r of
, , estimated 4.00IL
l, Many 11 "- ^ ® lller8 them were " ,,s of StepfiertaouM at x«^- 1
%] d the dwhoided Mormon battaJ
i “ 11, T'n*' f alifo■ nuut remarked on that
‘ ! '?y niat - wh'-u a man with his pan
Nude of <hm cot average $30 to $40 per
lie moves to at ottier place. Four
'bousami ounces » day was tlic estimated
PtoOUtetiCtti t*f ttia mines five mouths
“ter tlu m*. u-i ie.ikixl out. In apnl tin*
pace of Hour here wa« $4 per hundred;
Ui August it had risen to 3i<>. All other
subawtenoe mpplies rone fit the same
to'too.iti-m. Here is partof a tetter from
1 ’aomtx, to the < uiijomma, Aug. 11:
I havre heard friun one ofour eitizeim
' v ' 10 has been at the pi ware only a few
) vce ^ ! ? 0Mlocte«l $1,500, still averag-
1E1 S ««Jtcl pb'-.i w here any. some Another, five or win.* shut- weeks up
six
' , mce, h.as returiie<l with S2,2fiti, enllectcd
" ,l '’‘ A ”*‘ ; t ,U-. pd: an-1 Indian basket. A 4
gjitfe % fmd O > l boy * •* iV collected < 0 ■! i, e! ed $500 --Yto
-,™ ln Bramilbi laid .aid exclusive exclusive claim claim te> to
«<»rmou w,and in the Amerwan, about
''‘enty-cigld miles above; ........ 1 ..... 1
„ 1 1 ™ the “ f&d F«td royalty of fit) per cent, on
r - Jie taken taken there there bv by the the Mor- Mor
“*’»«> mou«, »d»oraudit who paid it for for a-while a while, but but re- re
fused after they cantu ***** to to a a better tmt ter under under
of J Ue r » 1 ‘‘ s <>f the mures. By
September d.- newi had ) spread to Ore
fg that; fJ, 128- l ? at persons “dntli had.arrived the Valtfornmn mt.iwii notes “by
g*ng» --neat Aub.iru—dunngtlM: ^ ^e. ‘pry mouth Dig
five Augn*t, cartload* one. man dirt? got 816,000 out of
of In the same dig
gmgs a good many were collecting from
fasts tevlr T’h^v^ ? <ia e™ * v ' In °L f y H * 0 n ,oe ut ?»
ii dtkn f-oop Diggings m
i«i'T Lt %‘i m H ‘° 1
vi
It was common Srt J I l,f m!'
> ’ • 'hmf'. a • , r of Iminins on
' il1 *'■ • t .'o.k -u ov t »1,o(MMI00 in
K r)l d-dust before the close of the wet
w ' aiMiB A Frenchman fishing
!’ ‘ prortvet ho!,- for frogs for hia break
at ■[* # ■ : imm- hill, m Novemla-r,
* H W. dis<-over«i8 ft sjs--ek of gold on tho
Uid. of exre ' V to»on ^ wh,. Xf'/Z--} i .
*
,v,e. ThiwiJi , . , ,
*r# who daiT#".ci k 1 Igk
«in 000 to five
!mL Such atroki 1 i" i ! “ 1
telTKff i, , n 8 tt T? laW
‘
F. am pru tutm. I he ex
..
j .resided ivea-iiv -/j ii- B^mm.
ami d to
1 mm-wnesr mtj&
patronize merchants who refused te take
gold dust also at f it* per oue<*. A luemori
»f was smti from Baa Franckoo to
(h&gxem mint here, in that it stated, moalli for a branch
among otli.-r
things, the opinion that by July 1, JH41),
$5,500,(XX) worth of dust, at $1(5 per
ounce, would bo taken out. of the mines.
The figures wore millions too low. Real
estate in San IVanafseo took a sudden
rise, Washington, A lot an soi.i Montgomery in July "for street, near
iind it resold in November $10,000, with
was a
shanty on it for $27,000. Lota in Sac¬
ramento, or New Helvetia, also came, up
to falmlonn prices that winter. By the
month caused of the October Oregon the rush from Oregon
cation. in Bcuember pap. the i s to Kanakas stop publi¬
ami
Hotuamiw came in swarm®, A Houolubi
letter, Nov, 11, said :
‘ ’ Such another excitement as the
news from California created here tho
world never saw. I think not, less than
500 persons will leave before Jan. 1, and
if the nmv« continues good the whole
foreign prpulathm, 1 except missiomvries,
will go.’
• as did continue good. ■
came, so me in. i clnded. fhxui
fher*' em rue up from tho mines eom
pi !y aint j* o t outrage and fanvi.
against Kanakas and other ioreigui.-rs.
How well they were founded, to whftt
and they summarily led, and how silenced, they wciv suddenly
is a story that
covers a very interesting part of tho
ilist 'tv of Calsfreruiii, anil the pr*»gre-as os
civilization in America.
Saju’bl Si. ado ugh.
Use «f Flowers.
It’s a trite and homely saying, “Ton
* 1 '"Vhg-Yto-• V.?, m .!• * °!ir* ^ tV^ T ' - tf
H
‘ 1 ' ir ' * * •» -i.* uw , th< \ ar an
%'**?”' dm mb* «f !° addition f .uni f l fttret T traction, rations as of
U J *' x l “ ec -ion "., tn m
1 ^ imn ? *■ ' ■■ ‘V-te mmg lU ' U m ' a- L
a)
®«d #un uh» the -• . s • at. o »-it li- ly
moved tho greater the amount of bloom.
When phuits are allowed to perfect seeds,
they the soon whole cease to produce more flowers,
a, strength of the plant is
nectary to mature tho seeds. There
fore, if ‘you want flow**., VinnZ cut them and
use them; v }m( your tables,
give them to vour friendR, aa<l remember
those that are sick, and perhaps,too, y**„
way nse them to help sonn* one who is
dish, wterod, or cv, u to lift up & a do
graded one who need-*, .h,™ eh-,
szvsgz iSL’-fiiTssaf.BSSKi
soma A gift of flowers can seldom to*
inftfipropriate, and ami either goodness to young or ohl,
pnritv aro painted on
everv petal. With the gift
*' Our Hearts sure, light* r fr.r it* sake
Our fancy's fflw ws Ha y< nth,
Aa<1 dhiur*-mFinh<*r <1 fiotionw take
Tht Kuiae of we sent trufhU'
Petrifaction of a Homan Body.
Your correspondent loaniiug that there
w as an item of general interest at Quincy,
took the train for that place to-dav to
i HV eat»gab Quincy i is a little viiTa--.ro
on the line of Logan and Kheiby eoun
}u , s . Seeking «at'j>r. W. V. Spehce ajid
Mr. William K*-liisoa, to whom my in
formant had directed mo, I learned that
y M > repeirts were true, and that there was
u euriosity the right world there, at least for fhis
of
Mr. htellisou’s mother visited him wr¬
Hot years aain'dutv ago. coming boniid, from Illinois boun'
wm. nave a
tiful dinner iu honor of the event. Ho
savg that his Tnotlmr at.* vnrv heartily
S( ,‘tuuch so in fact that the next dav she
W8S taken suddenly ill, and after it, few
hours’illness, dieel Mr. Kelli-m, who
i s Wl intelligent fartn.-r, had his mother
buried iu a “linn stone grav jtenntrd, 11 v ’knoll or,
the farm. Five years % on sell
iug (.fig farm, he was tx-mjiellod to re
move her remains, when it was dis
covered that the liody had turned
to solid stone, and it took a dozen men
with rope» and pulleys to drag the ro¬
mains from the grave,
Tim old lady was seventy years of ago,
in good fieufi, and weighed about 130
jftumds when she died. When exhumed
the petrifaction was perfect, and the only
tion of the left ala of the s
timated her. I ho by weight good of judge# her body is now oh
to be at least
1,000 pounds. The remains have teou
laid away ml iospect Graveyard Quincy,
O., where they now are, but Mr. Kelli
corresjsmd.nt and a scientific gentle
man present, who mfond to present them
to one ot the medical CwtVHpowkme mourn# Umcin* of tho
naU Enquirer.
.........
A Fellow-Feeling.
The manager of a dram die combine
tion playing approached an engag-ment the last in day Detroit bv
wo# on a
evening: “Why should I V
give you a pass was
the i b unt demand
On account ol the fellow-feeling,
was “Bir, the serene I do notknow reply. "
you
“ Neither do l know you, but that lsu i
the fellow-k-ehng 1 had the r.-terence to.
“ Do you belong to prof. s#ion ?”
“No.
“ Then I fail to soe how there is any
thiagin ,^ corum.-rti.'; •'ruck tins tou;» last .Monday,
,nl
didn't you ? asked the stranger.
“ YfK -"
“Bo did I, «id m , I _ in going out of it to
*«ght dead broke, sane- As you. That's
“J P«nt f may * please tin court.' tnektncholy
The “court’ whistled a
?* ^^muiaiy. hls 81m th n ptov.-d the h.-r fattier
» ni, "‘ “» table *r.*tl,.
mlte—ltetroit Free FVi.s.v
When the Fee Comes In.
A newly Wen elected Justice of the Peace
who had used to drawing deeds and
wills, and little else, wus called upon as
his first official act to marry » couple
who come into his office very hurriedly
aiid told him Uit-ir purpose. "He lost n»
time in removing his hat, and remarked,
“ Hate off in tho presence of the Court,”
AH liciug uncovered, hosttid; “Hold up
▼our do right Immte You, Join, Marvin,
solemnly uproar that to the Wat of
ywur knowledge au' U.licf you 'take this
yor tvoinan ter have au’ ter hold fur yer
self, ycr heirs, cxekverters, administra¬
tor , .« d aft-igns, ter ycr an' their use an’
forever t
• 4< I do/* answered t!ie
“You, Alice Ewer, take this yor man
for ycr husband, ter have an’ter hold
forever; and you do further swear
you are lawfnly all iucutubrauce, seized in fee simple, are
tree from and her good
right to sell, bargain and convey te,
the said grantee v. rself, yer liciia, od
ministraters and assigns ?”
“I do,” said tlio bride, rather doubt
fully.
“Well, John that'll be aW a dollar
U fifty cents. married
“Am vve T asked the bride.
4 . wr \m^ Avimn s the
mmes w .'
After some fumViling it was produced
and handed to the “Oonrt,” who pock
eted it imd continued; “Know all men
health Dy pf6BCUtS, that X. hemg in g<H. kI
and of sound and diapottin’ wind,
in consideration of a dollar V fifty cents
to me m hand paid, the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged do and by these
presents Jtave declared you man and
erwLse wife during ordered good behavior and until
by the Court.”
Mil , , , 1 p on Boats. „ ,
The goat is an every-day sight, and
thcteBmii-who (lotis not study him mul
learn his ways and habits has only him
Holl to blame, rSaturaay IorepOOU a
“ William ” was quietly feeding on Co
Jumbia Street when a ksul of household
goods went past. The 6wner kept pace
with the wagon carrying under lrn arm
<\ Tiue ruiiror hbont hvt? loet lon^ 4 Ah
}ic OHBiO opposite tho iroat he ixi*>% &
fnend and of course he had to stop and
hownnicl. why IU» was chaogmg location# anil
he expected to be bencflbut
dropped I oe glass was heavy, and ha naturally
one end to the walk to rest his
jjj.j,,
Had this mail Wen a dose observer he
would have m-ntho goat and wished he
had a brickbat. Had he made gout na
ter ture than a study lower he would glass. have known bet
to tie- But he wa -
a m|ui who df sptsial the trifles of life, and
he w*s te lling liow iaav tons of MU
.
-
niftil for two long minutes at sight of u
rival in the mirror went through the
a tiiunderrxjlt, an<l jump* A
rufre. ‘.to-? uitli the fuuu •
to his shaggy sides. All that ripping.
(Ui.t raving, and cussing—all the oiren
ingof front doors—nil the inquiri. s by
an ex 1 ted crowd, could have lieen savotl
fain ltfie citizen but beckoned to the small
cst boy on the steeet and asked him b
give away a, few points on goats. — fix- ■
change.
Wearing a Mask*
What agood thing it. would be if women
would only speak their minds. There is
nothing that honest men desire more than
to understand that, mysterious race that
is so like tlu.ro, and yet so unlike, who
share their homes but not their thoughts,
who aro so shrewd, so practical and so
irrational. The poor men yearn the
break down the invisible barrier and see
into the real life of those they love so
well; but tho loved ones smile and chat
tor and say pretty *hmg*, and ingenious
things and things, they have lion-owed
from meuand improved m the borrown,g,
but never one word of the real thoughts
that are working m their busy brains,
So the men flatter and lie because they
think the women like it, anil tile women
acccpt it all lwca»»e they think it is man’s
nature; and the men think women
empty-headed angels, and the women
think men are fine intelligent teutes; and
the two classes go on loving and despis
ing the want one another of a little acciffdmgly, truthfulness and in all for
con
versatiou.
An Editor’s Trials.
No words can tell how much Thaek
W1 th^ mmeremChildren Ini Tteni semi in mtrm
UeioiTs th.i u
W1 of XifthfvfJls^ iu iterarv abili !,r v
whatever lad *, l... 2 J^ .n' this
-i ,
thVre^Sre toSer h.wTVho^rX
p,J t fs . V or as x
education t.tucanon there there are are thonsaud# uionsaads who who
*^Z*j}*t m'lxlertmui *
tious and irnpudant, ' otiieira
appealing, and with the latter it is par
ticularly hard to deal, A great many are
vitups nitive, and look up.m the editor as
genius. More than once, when Thaek
eray whn-h paid lie out of ha own purse forarticles
oonld not use, the wntera re
preached lum for suppressing matter
whedi surpassedhw own. the work be
came unendurable to him, and he gave it
up.
—......._
T #e of ... Mooli ...... u ri I loth ... ing.
Prof. Jff-ger, of .Stuttgart, r-. *m
memls the oT w*.* hm ciotl.ii.g lavi,
m summer and winter, and has mvenmd
a sort of normal dress bv which he
«liin..s the ae, simulation of fat ami water
m tiie system can be prevented. This
normal clothing has two essential prop
erties :
1. It oonsiste exclusively of wool,
s»S.rK:’ w
T.-d the principal peenhanty of the
Hm .*< «# the exclusive u#c of sleep’s
Unnugs ot cotton.
NO. 1i
'*'**«* HOITH »•« THK Aflliril.
M fn’iemal miuiattm imptrtd by (hr- y«Ae<»/«iw
i.
’Twsu After * j?S«rff.u* b»W« .
1 My } n «•♦ .in »w»n>i- took of tin, KuUuigbt, U»].t.t»n,
mt. at
A un.t.-i aijd b*i;, ju»;i ■
Blit t t i-* r mj- tortuns
. I to*e] 0*1 ‘R «*-i - Hi-.a hr’ ».■> tv
wi. h delightful music
I . ttstot ,* r08 ' tiie Vsnks *nm Ilk* (Mir “cnt.l inusns piron,*’ sti4 g ■
to rfa# aim?* vli- t i.-e ff.th,-r mifs * .r,;
I «gn*4 i <«* for Wk» Isit&Bg,
Tbft «#rrie<t wdect gun.
1 to SHtig am) craft sn« the of iiattte, ,
i_n»; «m 'V ! eftsrge i- ... suit wrtiw'S cry,
toft, h.)<h-hn<if/h<lb-- \ K-urth with SioiiBM,
Vb tofte ?»«» Aoimdot Vihi; bcrggsHt to die.
T»n r,t heroertoa
thf ra,:r:i}r , f mnnteroaii mmi;
v h * v * {Vj<r ' n K b >pmg
* uinii v ;
wiui Si?.--* .u' ^ 2 allmn, '
t u.pi.Kht the
«»t* eartfitawsh-ast;
I •-Swa.-ht Very least.
m the sprayfoi f.miman
, nuc.'rt' *;j s >* ( * te I»iKH- J > “
1 (iniieft o’OT;
xamhiy n>w,
1 h«! wxntotli U» rail! ! dew—
,h «2*? 0 ZTif i"
Vu.nt '' htcs» H»A?T«a.wNfi. my tturvt.
t u Mi# ***««>ru>*» u-i^iup eudwd.
*•» twufttus
n
h^.w, a weak v.,k»- (nttethicktarknwa of Hunk;
rtf*
11 i* il ,i u *li,\ v:r *} i oh l" ,y i.
. w ...
j
**‘4 »>“M not«v»r. ttbm fh* tin cop,
„ stranger
Sw**t, *ws«f w-wttiat rt«nx «rf water;
‘ »*'♦<•urw.it 4p««i»
v •limy
.
.
Tftw. ( sJiim|hiohI, *• Una cu. your haod, my dai*
t»<?i In * tlftM, tiefat eUm>
Su.i.n-ujy, „ in u.j imo Dt!,.. .
I ^
Blit never» W'xjr^ 1 m; xsdd u
The* ^“.V-Lt
eurK<*.»nf« *H(| belpern wer<itm*y;
> i*y »»“) uwrntag-UKkt,
a «oidtcr bwt found * «*at»ec
iu^ lu tlic matu, *
Ac .Ub-iv on in* v*i feSSSS* tbo icttem*
-4 ^
Atrair^t whvdu I hA<l rarwbinjy r<bjj 2 « 4 T»<L
“SvS Mm •
ti..- Win-thath* Jovmi »bovehtw,
Mu spirit go»« home t<> and.
Oli. nu n niay Ojflit like Awtte.
But Uwji ia a*«fa bunwn bnsom'
^
* bwt'-cg fib oii-ctrie ibr( f’
teupton*» ludto *&*>**» teRbiiw?n>*itt.>ii,
* to*uh
nt
tail ccmr«*M,yebai.iruur4t«r*M*
T .Iigur aevrr run 111., h.-rror
Nv»rtime’* wv« iviwlitJiF iv,t; fit away,
' 1 4tstrew«
'' 1 ‘ 11 > .1 --v tr
Amb Ricti t«« Xcrtki&riil,
toia.ty »** frwiv u*d.
pr-'iudocl, u“«'d tt'a*‘ h *""***
Sorth .n.icMtft **» 11
T h, ‘ ,m " ' «««M
*$'«» o a
Vartb *u bo: %
ho«lMMr<4 tojs* tvumt ku thsxkll
The Game of Boston.
Tin* game at, cards called “Boston,”
says a lute writer in tho Now York 7
after th- capital of Mnssnehnnetta, and
much plavcd bv our forefathers, has
lately England been revived, it is said, in New
and iu New York, especially
here, and is greatJv enjoyed on account
of Boston the is skill played required by four for proficiency, with
two packs of cards, which persons
are never
shuffled. One of the packs is dealt and
tho other cut alteruatelv, to determine
the trunm, The the dealer trump* deals governing cards the
game. live to
each piaver twic<>. and deals six cards
the k>t time around. If the first piaver
can tricks make, or thinks he can make five
from his hand, he says: “I go
Boston,” and his fellow- players may over
bid him with the words: * ‘ T go (j, 7 ft,
9, 10, 11, 12 or 13,” as the, hand of eaeh
may justify. Should anv one fail to
make the number of tricks be bids for.
ho must pav to each competitor a forfeit,
regulated bv a scale of pricea agreed
upon Imforehand. The agreement, is
imperative;' without it the* garners impos¬
sible. It- is aeewunted the most complex
and difficult of all games at carils, and
is ihurefore a favorite with professional
15, f ton \** ,XM,n P l “J^ in
imtw <« »«* native eitv. and U said to
buve Ireen a very clever plover. Tlio
pMosophers of the eightrs-ntlT ccnturv,
wh “ "ore his companion# in France,
were very fond of the game and delighted
P«tcd tohave said that B-vdou.* unfit man of
could excel at The game
h-w always licen played more or less in
U“ ! Bonthwost, • where much mouey if
... , , *
, ylt .
Diary of a Dollar.
Found mysdf yesterday who morning in
the love, pocket honor, of a protect man and had cherish promised
to me
And this morning where am I ? Burst,
Broken. Iu * hundred pieces Lying
disjecta membra, otft, in gnm saloon tills
or dirty pockete.
But I anticipate.
I was on tite reserve force and laid by
to pay a bill. wasoxisioted My comrade was that a 50-ccnt day’s
pie. a- who to pay
expense* Bndih-nly this comnalo disappeared.
On dit, he wa-; borrmved. 1 came next,
I w> ; ; thus :
For a cigar iftcr breakfast, 10 cents;
for a glass Of beer at 10 a. m., 5 cents;
for four glass*# of beer for tho crowd at
12 in., 20 cento ; for another cigar, 10
cents; for boot-blacking. 5 cents , far a
shave, 15 wnta , for fruit, 10 cents; for
car fares, 20 eftiita; for another (rfass of
.Si.7if/aeJ say# a m read in every house in
that town; but tlmre arc only two bou#* »,
newspaper.
ammmmm
AIL SORTS,
A Chinawvs lias catered tho Harvard
Freshmen «lm& t
0*0*0*? Bancroft *ay« Washington
WdJt ni* feet two inches high.
Oi't-'ENrueti made much money from
Lis operas, tmt tUtni inter.
Miw. Foosescb’s costumes in thn
■©GO. " Mighty Dollar" are m»u«d for #23,.
'
A. Part* slum feel CT.OOO customers
one .lav this tail, and sold S2wl,0W) worth
<>f gOQcb,
Vermont has four venerable Ox-Gov
crtiortt 80 living, old. each of whom is wore than
seas#
Wan is tho difleronoa between afixait
star ttiul a liv ti orV One is tt mu, tho
other a darter.
The Woman who has tho beat time at
a party is the woman who ha* the great¬
est show of real lace.
Tub Booster Jterald nara that the
made man who to squeal. has a corner in pork should U»
A Nevada hull report <*r.y “ Miss
Honors X, waa fall of eclat-in fact, the
eclatist lady present,”
Tub honey crop is a pronounced fail¬
ure by thing one-half. So that wo have not a
sweet m hues this year.
No desk than 5,001) Chinamen are now
building railroads in Oregon, Washing¬
ton, and British Columbia.
Atuxri has a u«w enterprise, a watch
manufactory. for turning It six Imgins with facilities
out watches per day.
W. W. Cor.ooviAN, of Washington, has
given away #{,tMXi,0(Wi in public bonefacu
turns and S),fW0,(X>0 in private charities.
Henbv WAtUACK and Jane Wallace,
his wife, have entered college at Wes¬
leyan University, Ct, us “ Freshmen.’*
Be At ft, with only 17,000,000 of inhab¬
it :uitn, turns out y.arly tv.-iei as much
wheat so docs Italy, with 28,0U0,0UQ of
inhitbitnids.
Oh the occasion of the celebration of
the Rome, tenth till anniversary political of the capture of
offenders were par
doned by tSie King of Italy.
The postal savings basihs in Italy tako
in twice as much money us they pay
out, the institution being considered,
safe and convenient by the (icoplo.
A mu. collector returned to Memphis
on silver horseback coiu. Tho with horse a bag full of goldWd
run nwav, followed tie.
bag burst, picking tun! a great crowd
for it mile, up the money,
A>r effort is on foot at Washington to
procure the assembling there international of a world's
convention to promote ar¬
bitration, ttcknowdedguient Sept, R, 18H3, the centennial
of the of 4nterhs«te'in¬
dependence.
“ KvRBWiODV w looking at Kfiodo Isl¬
and,” remarks the editor of the Provi¬
dence Dispatch in tl«> course of an edit¬
explains orial on “The the Duty advance of the Hour." This
recent in tho price
of micrtxieopes.
PnoEANrrr has increased to ruch an
extent in New York since the telephone
was introduced that tho company has
been forct^l through to put up a telephone,” sign: “Dina**
don't swear the brer
each instrument.
hilly. Is suiNi.iNo It is, under hoajtby? ■’ eircumstauces. asks a young
sihue
But if the hinge breaks, tho pastime is
not only always unhealthy, but dangerous.
We tiro glad to extend to tho
young and inexperienced the knowledge
attained by years of experience.
Keep iso poultry of wane kind or other
is almost univ. r o iti China. Tbepm
.
est household has, whenever practicable,
its |»ert cook and throe or four lean hens,
which stalk hungrily ui and out of tha
mud shanty in search of anytliiug ■ eato
He that no one else of the' fytau y may
happen to able to digest.
Ir hue been estimated that of tho
horses in the world Au iria lm*i
Hungary, 2,179,Rbb; France, about 3,.
000,000; Russia, 21.470,000; Germany,
if.952.iHM), 2,255,000; Turkey, ttreat Britain about and Ireland,
United States, 1,000,000; tho
9,501,0.HI Aygcntiuo
Republic, 4,000,000; Canada, 2,024,000;
Uruguay, 1,(500,000.
The >mnbcr of Kieh People in Paris.
M. Paul Iicrov Beaulieu attcmpti* to
calculate approximately the number of
rich persons hi# principal actually living basis in Fans. Ho
takes as of ealcnlation
the value of the hous. s in the French
capital; and upon these figures builds up
his theory, on the assumption that tho
less sixth wealthy of their inhabitant# income spend about one
in house rent,
while the richer houae-boldera spend on
an average from one-eighth to one-tenth.
It will is- cosy for those who agree with
him to follow out. tho theory when they
have the ftdlmviag list, of rents, as ex¬
tracted from an official source: It ap¬
pears that there are 10,000 private houses
or apartments, the rents of which range
from £160 to £820 a year, M(W hcfwccu
€(20 aud £54.0, and 1 Ifsl between tho
latter sum and £l,0ft0. Fimilly, there
are 421 houses, or rather palaces, tho
rent of winch exceeds ATJ.tvi. It is not
neci-ssary to follow out the sums by which
the incomes of- these various classes of
rich men is traced out, but it may suffice
to say that M. Beaulieu reckons that
there are about 8.000 (w-rsons iu f’uris
w ho spend incomes of £2 000 and up¬
ward; and this wih be seen by the aid nf
tlm figure* by the already given The coiic.lusiisij to lm fully is homo also
out facts.
snpjKirtod carriages by tho in tho returns capital, of horses whi* show and
kept ?,5<K) h
that there are from to ft,000 fft t
mms who keep private homes.— J-.'eono
mitt Fra wait.
Why Some Americium i.lke Funlitud.
It has often occurred to mo tliat many
of tho New Yorkers who do not. eomo to
Loudon have kindred feelings, and aro
in similar positions to the Londomra
who do not go to New York. Similarly,
it sc«tns to mo that the nice people you
meet in America aro like the nice poople
you moot in England. “But,” said tut
American artist to me discussing these
affinities. “ 1 have just come up from
Oookhtuu on the Upper Thiuie-s, and
you ask me why we Aaiu-rfeiua got t ate at
tachod to England when we tell really
know the country. I will you. It
is here. settled. I walked It is quiet; Osok.ham you can n>t.
lrotn to Me,l
menham AbUyv. A lovely tine only sj>ok I and
mv companion enller# were lade persons and
there. A few came, tiie ■»
gentlemen boating down fresh, Thames,
aud that was shining all. Qtiuit, river, aiibey lovely
meadows, a old an
1,000 years and u quiet country hotel
like a privates gouticinaii’a housa. Why,
sir, in ray country that hotel would havo
Ijeon a great white, staring, modern
palsce, with smoking and ttutiug and
Cis'ktaihpuikuig and howling going ou
that would drive you mad 1 I'cace,
quiet., finish, the end of things dieinu
of old worlds, a present and of live repose where mod¬
you may cultivate art W on a
erate income; that is why Americans
love England.”— .KnyU«A letter (a iftm
York Timtt. ,
saved Houski) frog* are reported of day to have
the. cotton crop wuudy,
l.tt., by Jastmyiug the web v. mi.