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THE CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
OLUME VI.
EXAMINE HOW YOUR HUMOR IS INCLINED, AND WHICH THE RULING PASSION OF YOUll MINIV
CANTON."GEORGIA. FRIDAY. MORNING. FEBRUARY 2T, I88B.
NUMBER «.
THB/SSABOA RD.
The waUf »ro a Joy to the «rt» ^w, Die
]iie>4. to the herd,
And a Joy to tlio heart ib a goal that it mr.y
not reach.
Nor aenae that for ever tbo limits of *»n»i*
engird,
No hearing orslght that lx vassal to fonu or
speoili ‘ **•'
Learns ever tho aceret that shadow and t
silence teach,
Hears ever tho notes that or e.’*"- ’hoy swell
f'bside,
Sees eA_r the light that lights u or the loud
worl d’s tide,
Clasps over tho cause of the lifelong scheme's
control
Whore though we pursue, till tho waters o!
life'he dried,
Tho goal that is hot, and over again the
goal.
Friend, what have we eonght or eeeli we,
whirto'er betide,
Though tho soaboard shift Its mark from afar
described,
But aims whence aver anew shall arise the
soul?
Love, Brought, song, life, but show for s
gHapse, and hide
The jmJ Uiut U not, and oyer again tho
•jtf
BwiNllCflNk.
kint—tlinfs my brother—lie’s gone over
to tho class-mootin' nt Squire Du ulan,
MiJ I cut down through lots to overtake
yon. 1 toll you I can’t somehow pet
your father’s face out o’ my mind,
Yon’ro sick, ain’t you,, mister J
"I shall soon be quite well,” ho on*
swered calmly—and Comfort Pairhaven’a *
more experienced eye detected tho hid
den meaning which tho little girl never
once suspected. Yep, he would soon he
well, httl that it would bo iu that eonn-
trv where the inhabitants never Ray, "I
not Mok 1" ' •
"Where are you going?” asked kind
!\1 ss Comfort, her voice growing husky in
sp te of herself. ,
‘ Wo ate going to mv grandpa," said
littlo Essie, "Grandpa wna vexed with
my mamma for marrying papa and going 1
to England,, but papa thinks he’ll take
rare of me now. Ent T won’t stay With
him unless papa stays too 1”
And sire rPs+tlntply tightened hor
trnsp fly on ‘ tho thin, tovef-hn ruing
hand. *
"I s’pnse. v^.wntjt /o get to Ijons-
rtada?” said Miss Comfort, . .
Tito mausuoddod,
"Ts H far r*-
"Eleven, good Triilos yet,” said Miss
llomfort; /./but Til toll yq what-yil*
make .Toab get out tlio wagon, and with
a pond buffalo mho over the seats, you’ll
ride ero-y enough. They’ll bo hack liforo
Eliakim gels through, and while you’re
n"Wailin', ,1.'ll,.bring down V smpek
oMirrad, and. mpat. and a bottle of .my
current wine. .'Tnin’Ugood to travel on
op empty stomach.”
And five*minutely Iftef-'Miks Oofiitort
jjns <wri'y mg hoy hospitable friteritictas
into effect, greatly to the deljgbt and
appreciation of the hungry child.
"Now, see here/’ said Miss Comfort,
drawing the 'child aside, when ,Toab
Irovo up with the comfortable farm
wnron end Rtont aid , horse, "I don’t
guess you’ve got* more money than you
esu use?’*-
“Wo have only enbngh for onr rail
road tifVets,” said Essie, her OOTiuto
“but—’V . V ‘
"I thoHgltt so,” said. Miaa Comfqrt
“and here’s« Hve-dollar bill I’vo laid
aRido out of my butter-money .that. Elia
kim don’t know nothin’- about. I’d lnld
out to lirtvo a heW mouse' cotored'mon'no
dross this fall, JnH I guess you need it
more’u I do*; so here ’tls, and mind you
don’t iose it.” ■ , -.
Tl^» child’s eyes wore brimming ns
site fdoked nfCin Miss Comfort’s honest;
h»rd?t*feffilrod,f?ice; * '
"Will you {etj’mK kiss you just oqoe ?”
site w hispored,at tripling on tip-toe to bring
her blooming "ehoek .close to the spin-
stor’s wrinkled lips.. *.•.
Kissing, as* Miss Comfort- might her
pelf have - remarked,'had she hrid ‘ttfisure
for a remark, Was not muoh'ln her Way,
but she e >dld* not resist the sweet, wist
ful entreaty. . k
“There, V she .said, with a strsng#
moisture in lifer eyes, “lun along.. Joabkv
waitin’,’* v * »• '
"Oh J” dried little' Eft her, ns she ant-’
'•n the buffaki-iTnql'td seat, “I wish 1
.sriohaudgrown uni” . '
"Why, what ’ud yo,u do ?” (iemnndecf
liquest .Toab, ' * •* .,
"I’d buy a diamond ueqklace and
a pink dress tor that goad lady I”
•jjoftb ohuckled. "I -don’t know as
tltjsy’d bPcomer her,” he said/ with grim
jocularity. "So'^eo Up’ bid Drill I”
.A.ti Investmen
They allow haze of midsummer hr-,
its radiant f lijia over the velvet
elope*.of the Fairhaven farm—tho river,
murmuring softly over its pebbly hot
tom, flashed up liko a sheet of silver—
and the purple fields of clover, nodding
ready for the soy the, filled the Warm nit
with sfrithbronfi scents: - >*■/•» •
"Fine weather f6Y tho hayin’,”' said
Eliakim Fairhaven. To his material
nature; God’s sunshine and tb - * grand
glitter cfl earth and sky, vvre but the iu-
atraments to All his poektos with sordid
gain—mere accessions to “a good crop I”
Alas ! is not this world full of Eliakim
Fairhavena, in one shape or another?
Miss Comfort- Fairhaven sat beside
him knitting and watching the cumber
some frolics of a pair of twin jambs, de
serted by their heartless mother, whom
she was "bringing up by hand.”
“Yes,” she said, with n mechanical
gtttoe in the direction of the beamy
West. "Who’s that a cornin’ up the
path I wonder ?"
“One of the new hands, I calculate,”
said Eliakim, serewing up his eyes. "I
didn’t ’gree to give ’em their supper
and board into the bargain, a night aforo
the job begins—and I’m blessed it there
ain’t a little gal along with him 1”
“Tain’t no hayin’ baud,” said Miss
Comfort, riaing and going down the steps
to meet a cleitdenohild of nine years old,
who was leading u pale, bowed-down
man fc .w)ip walked, with difficulty, loan
ing ena.oruteU. , | ,
“Heart alive, ohild," said Mias Com
fort, whose kindly nature involuntarily
sympathized with all who yere suffering
or in distress; "what ails you ?;and what
do you want here ?”
"Please ma’am,” began the child,
eagerly, “if you could give us a night's
lodging—poor papa is so sick and tired,
and ”
"No, I can’t I” abrnptly broke in
Eliakim Fairhaven. “This ain’t no
almshouse, nor yet a charity place. If
ye can pay your way, well and good —
if ye can’t, the sooner you go about your
business the better!"
"Wo have no money,’’-timidly began
the child, wbije thp' man as if stunned
and bewildered by the-heartless fluency
of thq old farmer’* speech, leaned up
against the fence, pressing his hand on
his forehead, “bute-*" 1
ti r Th M tilhiy-aaag ai * er * Miw Comfort
it !. (Said Elitt*im,r©ltBniag In* mM,’p-Fkirhay«i», ; .f‘Uitt I-.,ca^’t*8tajvo, nor I
wpn’lj bfifo (to what’s .there fefti? We had
a good farm brother coi^lff
.nqt rest till be> apeeMbded., it., all ,.&w4y
atidTiow he’s-'gbnetaHdslIm all'hhiine, %>»
"if-ydAt knbw''flf^a h feoofl ; ‘place’ hs •'hritise
“'aSylflto,' t>i ^fen-
itiudh’ c.u'o' where.
ot r*j--.-:
TbfriateHigeuee oflp.ee kipper, with, a,,
slights hmg- of shift* aiiOHliiara,.tpokje iq-
on'thertotttftif of Miss FairhaveU’s e*-..
radiaut skies might have been painted
in liquidized gold, so rare and costly
were they.-
"I'm a’most sorry'I oome !” thongltt
Miss Comfort. “I don’t fairly believo 1
"itn givo satisfaction here.
While thfe thonght- was passing
through her mind, tho door swung open
on its sfiver-plnted hinges, and a tall
yftung lady iu ft blue si Ik morning robo
entered—ft yflnng jnt\y with goldo t
brown hair loopsd ftffer the fashion able
style oveV-her brow, and deep bine eyes.
Miss effort' rose and dropped a stiff
ri n He coitrtesyr
I ! vo **e u ‘”t to bee ” she begart,
but to tiBr' amazenrent the rest of her
spoilt wus- abrnptly checked by tho
voting Indy's arms Iteing thrown rouud
lu r hook.
'Oh, I’m so glad to ioe you,*’she
cried ont, ecstatically. "I thought I
never Bhouht WF'd ag^n. I wont to
tho eld farm,'but you had gone awa-v,
hbbfldy knoW whftlier!”
And she hugged jUiss Comfort more
enthusiastically than ever,, the bright,
tears sparkling on her eye lashes.
"Why,” demanded the bowllderod
k J>fnster,.*.‘.'wliq tare you ?".* ‘ #
. “I’lawEaste.' Don’t you .remember
liltje FM-fo Bell, thtit you* gave the flve-
dollur bill td| iu Mil <WUfttht, bf-tho
wild-rose bUBh’os, wiidj?—-tp'.
i "Oil o—o—h l” exclaimed Miss Oom-
fArtt ‘‘You don’t-mean t6 aay that you
nrothat——" ' -•
And here abo ^topped, nearly stran
gled by- Ewie’s yepewed eqabraefes,.while
sba fiflteuwb-k) th* story of "papa's
death.’'•'tuiN 1 liow'ipfrandjinpa had adopted
her ; and liow'sbdwah surrounded by nil
that- ltupry ct^ufd.devise, or art iuvon't,
."And I have‘.longed to see you
again,’’.added Essie, “for if it had not
been for your kindnoss, papa never
could have reached his home I A'-i
you shall livo with mo now, and be my
darliiut old friend 1”
“No,” said Miss Comfort, gravely,
shaking her head. “I’ve come to apply
frir a situation os housekeeper, and if
ypu won't give it to m*. whv I must go
e^ew^ert.” ~ :■
, And fessio was obliged 1° consent.
;“But m>ud,”abo, i nodding tho
golden masses of her 'cropo hair, “I
• shall givo yon what wages I please I
Grandpa nlways intrusts tltoso things to
my management T
So jUiss. Comfort Fairhaven stayed,
nominally a housekeeper—really the
trusted and revered head of tho estab
lishment, and her declining yeses wore
xitrronnded by n pcaoo and luxury she
u*ver d«red to dream of in her loftiest,
aspirations.
Miss Comfort Fairhaven'bad invested
the flvo-dollar bill ndvap'tageously. She
had cast hor bread upon the waters, and
after many days it had roturnod to her.
formation of battle.
EITertx ot
uiniK-
tlir Pso ot llrri-rli-l.n trt n*
I’atnu tlio SnlriHlKti.t.llir.
[ THE STORY OF A SOLDIER
Captain Edward Field, of tho 4lh Ar
tillery, road a paper beforo the Milltnry
Bcrvjco thstitution, entitled "No Foot-
stepi, but Somo Glances, Backward.”
It \fas duvoted to a consideration el
changes in formation tor battle which
will prohahly be produced by the use ol 1
hrcech-loadittg rifles. Captain Field
said that the only war in which wo had
really an opportunity to judge of the
effect of the modern breech-loading rifle
was tho Russo-Ttirkish War, and then
tho cfl'oot of the l’eabody-Martini rifle
was most deadly. Tlio feasibility of
maktug tlio skirmish line the formation
to he used for n lino of battle was caro-
fnlly and fully considered.
“Tho objections wore said to bo tho
difficulty of dirooting a largs body of
men deployed us skirmishers, the diffi
culty of rallying them whenonoe thrown
iulo disorder, ami the loss of that stead
iness and concert of action with which
men move to battle when elbow touches
elbow and tho eleotrio.thrill of Hie com
IIOW Hit WAS TltKATItn WIIII.R
M;'tVINA4 Ills lOUXTUV. 1
Tiihrn J’rlKtinrr. Ii«< llnhr* a List «l PMe-
nii,*r* mill l« I'lmlnhcil lor tl.
the Graphic, do
or Clara
A Correspondent iu
i scribing the services of Clnra Bnrloit,
alludes lo her work ’in numbering the
graves of tho Union dead at Anderson-
ville, and nlso to n young soldier who
assis'ed. Our cnr|cq>oiulont does not
recall tlio name and speaks of him as a
Connecticut soldier. An interesting
story is connected with this mention.
Tho young man waa a Vermonter, by
unine l>orraneo Atwater, now Uuitod
Stntos Consul at Tahiti. Mr. Atwater
.vas a drug ■ clerk when ho entered tlio
Union Artny. Tto was raptured at Win
cheater, Vo., iu 1808, aud sont to Ander
souville. Thcro ho was plaood in the
drug room of tho hospital. On the day
of his capture lie had received news of
his failicr’s death. Feeling keenly iu
this sorrow tho anxiety of his mother,
wli04nlght not luiow'of her sou’s fate,
. ljict passes from man to man. If this! ho W led toAntwite the' tdea prw-
A Now Rule.
1‘Tjyioiw ^imyr^ty oic\ j^o t ,b|e jpokin’.
with'dogged oonspoanre.
Miss Comfort looked dppoaltagly at
her brother.
"ff Teould jnstffet ’em abowl of milk,
Eliakim, and 1
"Stuff aad ‘ nonsense,
ejaculated the farmer, “I
give in to thft sort of'thtog,
gin, and you’lt never leave off, you sof:~
headed w/oittailfoTl* T» - *•«-•< ,i <?’.-■ *•*' t
Slowly am? wearily thfe ‘two travelers;:
turned 'ah3 plodded their way admvit
the broad, dnsty rond-5-tli6 languid f6bt J
steps 'Of the invalid "• se*ai*co keeping ttp
with Ihe tripping pace ot the Child.
"Oh, papa, papa!” sobbed tlie little
girl, turning her blue, wistful eyes to
the white, worn faco, "how cruel people
are !”
Ho placed his hand upon her curly,
uncovered head.
“Nover mind, Essie,” he said, with a
mournful/ tender pathos iq his voice:
"it will soon end. It cannot be for long,
as far aa l am concerned, poor child.
Bat for you—he stopped, hie voice
husky with emotion.; ,* .
They.Jiad walked Whatrseemed talittle
Esther, B^il.a weary way, whqn there
was*, a rustle among- the, wild rose1>u*1jA'S
that overhung thestone waM at-thehr*eid*,
and k Voice called' hOjRriedlSr to them to
“stop,” v
•“It’s - me,” said Miss -Comfort Fair-
haven, reckless of her grammar. “Elia-
Perhaps, boys, you, would like to know
the day* of the week ou which you wore
burn.'jf there are a dozen' o< so off y®u
in themraii^, yriitr mother onn’t remem-
ber the Tlay, yprir' father 'don’t care,
Jour older sinter is sorry you were bom
‘lit all and don't want to know, your aunt
never knew, and your grandmother is
dead, and so you must rely on some
rule, as fpljpwf:, 0et down tho year of'
your bjrth less- l„divido’by i (throwing
*\|ay remainder) il any), aud add to tho
►elite; also add the number of days from
.J.AnuaffyTst' to fhe date of birth, divide
sby 7, and if 0 remains, Sunday is your
1 birthday; if 1, Monday; 2, Tuosday,
’ feilit'feij'oSL * “A# i is* 4‘
F.iiin'r.K-Afffiffeie yoiKweraborn March*,-J‘spellbound
187j;AhJ4i*l- KWwduld Lc—
„ - "ify’dlf kfibvK«i’ , a'*ftboa ; jMi
’’ . BOiiorpudy-, keeW, or 'matiAh 'fniW^al
stylo of fighting is to lie employed nolo-
ly,” said Captain Fiold, "war woulil de-
genomte into a barbaric oonfliqt like tluft
carried on by the Indians of the plains,
or oleesoldiers would refuse to move with
out protection aud become like those de
generate Roman legions who protected
themselves behind shields of wicker- ■
woe*., As examples of peoplo who tight
independently and those 5 who fight- hi
oonoert take tho Indians add the ancient
Hcaudinavians, There hover was a more
war-loving pcopjb or a peopleftiftre bjavc
personally than the IpdlaUB,,bpt what
are their shouts of ooufliot and songs of
wur compared to the inousurod clash of
armor aud the steady chant with which
the devastation of tlio world moved to
battle?”
In concluding tills part of his paper,
Captain Field recommended the em
ployment of a lino of men deployed as
skirmishers with a guidon for overy
Tv"’.'.fl*uy homo ip tUci( rear,
1 d<tns tcV hi
on them the lotteMOf the oompany, to
serve as rallying (pints in easo of need.
Ho bolievod that if oops should bo movod
bn to tho field in Rouble columns, and at
tlio proper moment deployed into line
aiHl precipitated through tho curtain of
skirmishers upon tlio enemy. Cuptuiu
Field also bolievod that when large
bodies of troops woro brought into
action armies ojierating ou exterior lines
Imd aii advantage oyer those operating
on interior liups. .
Electricity’* DefliBy Work.
A Mexican paper says: A shooking
tragedy oob.irreil on Sunday uigJit in
tlio Zooalo, wLere the beautiful • cimoiirt
pavilion has been erected tor the festiyql
of All Saints’ aud All Souls’ Day/*. ,ilt
" was a case of periullar interost. A man
known os I’antaleon Estrada, a worlcn/ 1
on guitars, tying a Btrine to tho ond of
an ordinary wire, threw it over the
electric wire. Eitrada immediately fell
dead in-his tracks. Tho contact of tlio
two wires killed him. A policeman
standiug by and a street ear conductor
had much of their elothiug burned off,
and wero themselves so sorionsly in
jured that their lives tremble in tlio bal-
nuco. Tho electric current affected
others more or less. The scene succeed
ing the tragedy was demoralizing. For
a momfen# the dnmb terror of seeing
strong .men totter and fall, as if struck
by some invisible baud, held tlio' crowd
Succeeding .tlio terrorised.
zerving^ifMniVVay h cripy of the iktaMi
rolV»to*tht» mukirtftof which Ira was-do*
tailed. At daily Mkk wf.ji's Uto ho <nm]e
this copy, cbutooling .tlio. ooarso -brown
sheets whereon it was written nbnul.his
person, Thiritun thousand nniues, with
regiments, etc., wpro thus obtained.
Atwaterdeni rod 4o pnl/lish tnem so tlu»t
tlio families mighl at least know of their
members’ http. When exchanged ho
wks. also mustered out, Arrived in,
Washington, he desired the government
to have all tho. beueiit oLhia work, hut
he also wishsd to publish it lie was
induced to ro-euli»t in tlvq general ser
vice as a clerk, with the understanding,
as lie believed, that when oopies were
mado his originals should be returned.
His work was of great jiecuiiinry value,
as it pci footed records and enabled the
government to properly f ettle* claims,
etc. Mr. Atwater found that tho official
mind (aud that being military also, it
»r, tlioM was moro than commonly overbearing
dtsplayi^ ( an*1 nrrogatit) rcpnAJateiTttte wl^seaiim
and declared that the proposod publica
tion wonld lie injurious. Tlio government
copy was made. Miss Barton, who hail,
iu the Sanitary Commission Sorvico, or
ganized h bureau tor tracing missing
soldiers, was requested by Mr. H'.in^on
to go to Audcrsouville with a quarter
master and escort uud assist in marking
tho graves of tho dead. Mr. Atwater
was also sent, having charge of Ids orig
inal rolls. The work was dope. Mr.
Atwater believed ‘these rolls wore his
property, ond in somo way couvoyod
i hem to the Now York I’rtlamc «tffioe
tot puliliriation. On Ills vetnm to Wtwh-
iqgton ire was wrested nt* the lUstigietimi
of aii officer mmied' Creek, tried by
court-martial, nndisontenoed as sv thief
to ouo year’s imprisonment at Lard
labor in tlio Albany Fonttentiary. Great
indignities were heaped upon him.
Wirz's trial Wa? in progfeVs and Atwater
was mobbod on the streets while passing
under guard, tho rclnrrted soldiers being
told tliat'lie was trying to save tlio Au-
dcifcouyillo keeper, 'lie went to prison
and served six months of his sentence,
while Miss Barton kept tip a Constant
h'liigglo in his behalf. Bhogot a reso
lution of investigation before Congress,
and then tho Judge Advocate-General
reviewed the sentence, declaring it to
he illegal, as the larcenous motive was
wanting, the yofiug man having fully
believed that tho; rolls wero. his own
•property. In the.j*eauwhilo u the 7Vift- %
A HATCH OF GOOD THINGS
riinn floating ijt Tup nrviok‘ob
COI.L'AINM OF Till! FltKslH. )
In III* Own Interest -A I’hrlsimn*
liullon -A Fnnllsli «|iionllni»-FsH nf l>»*
roll—In a (}alrt Wn»-llc WauU tea na
Owl, Kir., Mo.
in mft oWn isturrht.
“If you do not nt once remit, ttic-SlOfl ,
you owe 1 our firm,” wrote a dun tho
other day to a delinquent doctor, "we ;
shall be obliged to put the hill into the
hands of n lawyer.” • -t . »
"My dear sir," replied tho doelpr nr- . ,
biuioly by tho next post, "if you arc ^ ^
happily acquainted with a lawyer wlib" is
able to collect 8100 from me f beg yriu
to send him to me nt once, tor I shall - 11 »
bo g!n4 to employ him in my ®wn iy-
t crest.—C'/i ii'<i</o Tribunc,"
UH WOULD PK AN OW&. % ,. ( ,<
"I wish I Was an owl,!’ said the young
lawyer m ho geutly felt tho dimensions -,
of her alligator twit,
"Why ?" she asked.,- , ,
< “tkciqis*..thou 1 coiil^.stny up ^
fiigiit, j’UHikUf w .*.do»j)" hq Replied. .,
“What wquld, jjqu.wan*'to ‘to “'‘f. 1 .* ',
a rldkmlon* thing os that Tor ?” Site Mt-
, PTo wit:-To ' wob I” -i ritMurif *;
Chronicle. * •
, AM, I* A Tjutwr WAV. *9 • ’ ,
“I wdfidcr thc EAgHsh ivllirw them-;
selves to'lie governed by a woman, - . , • ,
said a citizen the other day.
"Why hot?” Said another. VAmorica s| .
is govotnedAiy. wonxeu.” ..:,. i ,
• t ‘Governed by women? How doyen ^
make that cut.?” ”* “ ‘ ■ ’
"Why, don't you see, this in a'-gritom^
ment i f the^oplo'.” '♦•*<***,'"*
"Yes; but tho \vom*n have *o hand . ’
in i* 'Ilifc country is governed by thu
men." ’■ • *-. *
"Certainly; and tlio men aro governed ,
by tho women.Boston Courier.
A FOOLISH QOBSTIOF.
“Ijcnd mo your ear n minute,” re- ,
marked Mm. Brown to her husband the
quireil with mock anxiety,
"Of course I AfiU^ you idiot! Do you
suppose I want to start a launery ?” r
Bho got tho oar.— Graphic.
rVhXj OB DECEIT.
"The world la full ot deceit,” said old
.Mr. Hquaggs, "and wimmlu is mostly at
the bottom of it.” •
"I know it," said old Mrt. Hquaggs;'
"il is after a mop gpj.n a W'to ‘l»at h^ bo- .
giiis lo practice, deceit. If ho hadn’t a _
wife:- h® wouldn’t nepd 'to ho so much v
a -oijt, where lie spends his OVeniugs.
You- are perfectly rigtt. It’s tho worrier,
a i . >•
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Boor Mias tOpmfort—tha- blank word
n iigos calle<I a rusty glowito her cheek,
"I ain’t particular about that soJong
as it’s a gorid borne.”'
"Elere’s a place that might perhaps
suit yon—Housekeeper wanted 1 at Mr.
Dupouceau’Sj No. — Fifth -avenue.
Yon might try it, although I* hardly
think a person of your appearance would
suit.” .
01 ain’t young, i know,” said Miss
Comfort, witty a sigh, ,i but theje’s a 'lieal
q’ tough work left in me yet. , 0jye .me
Ijhe address—J shan’t give jip wjd a^arve
withorrt tryin’>for it 1” .... ,
j Yai, spit# ot all- her philosophy,...Miss
Cumtort's heart, like that of -the-.Queen
otEhcVa, tif"old, grew faint •within her
UWstie sat' in thfe luxurious rece^riitro
room of the Filili' avenue’ manriion', aur-
rounded by silken chairs, gilded tables,
f) taking mirrors and pictures, whose
. DKido,by.^21l9 fe -,, v . .’
“ ’ ■’ • ■' • 'S44--2 • • rtmsirindr.
Tills makes 'Tuesday the day on whielwyoa
,were bom. • t. .*• • i >• * -...*•*>
] u crimf'UtJug- drin’t; forget to give
.Fobrnary 29 doy:i,. if yopr birthday tvas
•injeap kud if tho aho vri. rule non t
work wa .will foxloit a ; ^t year’s a.lma-
nac>' • . _ . •*.,..
,-. Upmc Bonie fo Die. '
lm^,,Afri9o, Fie has been 7* 'this Coni
pillar service ever since. *'
Elizabeth J’ones oame from county
Fermanagh, Ireland, forty years ago.
She afoumulated a oomfortahle income,
and six weeks ago, an sho bid Clerk
Miller, at CaStle Garden, farewell, she
told him she was going back to tho old
ountrjr to die.
Among the first passengers who landed
rc*antjy ; -at. Oaptle Garden from the
.steamer City of Chicago was Elizabeth
Jones;- ^ ' >
•'"Why, granny/’ oxolaimed Clerk
Miilar, _"b*ok agAta?" -
‘‘I am that,” said the old lady em
phatically, ‘tend wish I had never
gqpc back. Oiyelpnd to-^ay is hot tlie
Oireland I know it forty years ago. It
is no place-for mo. I’ve oome baok to
America to die.”
I- gpatby'came-a’ wil.V rash tor life. For-'l "*"* «♦ ^ n T£<
tunatsl'y, th® ^ore plentiful, and- H 1 "'i.M. *-n
to tliat was due.the fact tliat mapy were
#ot stamped to death. ; s .
John Herbert/ of .the electric light
company, mounted a. (adder, with' a’sifk
' liandjierchlef in ha4*l, to reinrivo' the
wire thrown by tlio unfortunate Estra
da, ' The fain was- falling heavily at the
time, biit, he did not notice that (he
handkerchief was becoming damp.' ’ Ilo,
applied-it to the wire to remove it, and
received himself a aoVere shock that
threw him from the ladder. Palling: to
the stone pavement,' his head was crit
opeD. He will recover. The police be
lieve that Estrada represents a gang of
pickpockets and thieves; that his object
in throwing the wire was to extinguish the
electric lights and give bis pals a chance
to operate. Whether that was so or not
is not known, tor he who could havo
told has liarl his lips burned to silence.
No Great Riveu.—There is a small
rivule|near Dormin.ey’^ihili, in Irwin
county, Georgia, that is a puzzle. The
stream is governed by-the moon during
dry weather. At tho last quarter, new
iuciop, aiicLfi'rst quarter ‘it is perfectly
dry, hut as the moon inegjases it begins
to run, and at full, moon .it is running
holdiy, and then gradually declines* with
loi^luuhpuhlwh.ed 1*.
tv tik ui opep fciutppd, Wl spon after ap :
ii.oiktcd United Btatee OonsuV at'Zaniii: *
Jrpni. UjsHigh Estate ‘
Among tbWvtigrubfs-ooromiUed to tlio
Topi 1)8 of Note York Griy -waa a map
about 63 years of .ngo.-of yenejeabiv ap-
pcawmee, who-roauy years ago pccupiod
an excellent; position in,socioty.He was
an ex- Judgo ot the Marino Court ^rioiv"
City Court).
Ife occupied a seat on the bVnch of thd
Marine (jourt during 1848 and-lfioO. -Af
ter Lis retirement he was a oandiduto tor
re-election, but failed of the nomination.
This disappointment affected -his futnro
life. He became dissipated, and al
though he was * good lawyer and conld
havo built up ft lucrative practice, he
threw awjiy liis chances by his habits.'
lie lost caste in the profession and sank
lower and lower until ho becamo fan ob
ject of charity to those teho luid known
him during his prosperity. Old lawyers
t La pause tho dooeif.
O'-d JIl Squaftg* becamo Tory thought* ' • -■<
(nJ.i* ‘hmbn Gafrtte. f ''
rrft waa jtiflT i.iiai otiieu men.
They wore coming out of a! dim*)
musfeilrS. i
"I ttoh’t believo that wild man of
Borneo is a wild man nt all,” she, wills-
porod. * S > •* -, -t fl
“Vfiwir not?” ho asked. •
CHu’a civilisaj just like j)tlp)f B’.tn.”.
VWfaat makes .yon tlufak .sq?”
"D.dn’t.you soo tho mnnagor pay, Fia
a lot of money ?”
"X')a;,a hill and a lot of scaall '
hi Us,”. . ' ,
"Well, diiin’t you notice how crirefrtl
the wild man was to fold thfe ^twoiljy
outside Chicago iVctt'V . * • '
' * BOJIE OP TS TtNOW HIM. •
A well-dressed young nan was seen- to >
stfifri at a' woman imimdcntiy,’ hail m ;,
s^feflearimpririonftlys pay hia: firecon-- •
dsHeofldingly,-**«ffat himself fashionably
and'bfapeotorftto.fmiously. ,
‘ ‘Who <is that diatiaguishqil gpntle
mauV'’rwlHftpera(Iau. awinstrucji pasa)f.
gor to Ujp ftBBiluotor,. ,,
And. th* conductor repljed; "He j
tho janitor -of . *, Wjat flido. flat,’’— Mer
chant Traveller.
SID! DIDN'T CARE TO REMEMBER.
"Miss Jonkins^ permit me tolnt.ri-
'71 uyq, Jlr.^Saiith. ”
Jonkiiirfia a lady whose alabaster
'brow has'beguu to fade, aud whose eyes
have grown dim iiYvain-iooking out tor• -*
a hqsbPind.,
“Deiightoil, Mr. Smith.”'
"Why, Mink Julia, what a pleasant .
surprise. I am sure you mirnt romem-
bet me. It is so delightful* to recall -
pleasant moments. I well remember
our first meeting. <fe danced together „
at a ball at Mis. Jonea’aia. ,’fjG. Don’t
you remember ?” , „ , ,
• But si’.* ilicfc’t, m, wondered all
uighffwhy Stec waa so.oold and distant.
A'an Chronicle. ^
the (lenrease until it rune drv.
aud judges romembertsl him and gave.
Ititn money for old- acquaintance . . .
He has been several times committed to,r A BcxTri. —The plea b? ft Nashville#
tlie workhouse on/* Plackwoll’a. Island. ‘ nogM, courfotirJl ‘eff battidg an enemy. .
Ha staggered teto the Jefferson Maikot lately,-that: kl' infancy he
Pojicc Court and asked to be pommittedi had’Hfeen-Yod fla 'milk from a notoriously j
He is a mental aud physieaVwreck ftoni *? b^Jigteefal gofttev’*.The, Judge Mid hft, ;
th? effects of 'drink. juVtioe O’Reiiry f crilijld-4«4t rogard.-tbat fact a» an exteaa*,.;-
- S committed him, ‘ _ ’ ‘ I ^ ' *. , y ' • >
• r : I >:»’/iren.cr;‘;-n i-v-* f'.