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wLitS house, on a hillside green,
' Lives a beautiftil woman as ever was seen;
1 n the sixty-five years that ehe lived, I may
say.
She's been growing more beautifnl every day.
You do not belief it? Ask Susie, my sister,
She's the very first person that ever had kiss
ed her,
AocHf-tiiei&iiot nursed her by night and by
day,,
• Poor Sue would have been in a very bad way.
I can bring other witnesses whom you may face
They will tell you the same—they \\ ere in the
same case. -
“Ham she lovets?” Yep, surely! No lees than
eleven
he has seven on earth,and four up iu heaven*
-l ifer hair is so beautiful—faded and thin;
There are beautiful; wrinkles from forehead
andch&;
H< r ayes are as chaim ng as charming can be,
■When she looks o'er her glasses so fondly at
• me.
[ knew by her life, which has beautiful
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B, ^flug*s daughter—all giorious
. within.”
Ah, you’ve guessed who it ii! It could be no
g other,
ban my_ beautifnl, darling* good
"mot'Ker.
The Sutor of Selkirk.
Once upon a time there lived in Selkirk a
shoemaker, by the name of Rabble Heck-
speckle, who was celebrated both for dex
terity in his trade, and for some other qual-
/'iicatifra of a less profitable nature. Rab-
me Was a thin, meagre-looking personage,
with lank black hair, a cadaverous counten
ance, and a long, flexible, secret-smelling
nose. In short, he was the Paul Pry of the
Vowh. 3Tot an old wife in the parish could
buy a new scarlet rokelay without Rabbie
knowing exactly within a groat of the cost;
the doctor couid not dine with the minister
butRabbie could tell whether sheep's-head or
* staple commodity of the
his three-legged stool as i£ lie had been
“yirked” there by some brotfierof the (raft.
For the space of twenty four hours bis long
nose was never seen to throw its shadow
across the threshold of the door; and so ex
traordinary did the event appear; that the
neighbors, one and all, agreed that it pre
dicted some prodigy ; but whether it was to
take the shape of a comet, which would
deluge them with its fiery tale, or whether
they were to be swallowed up by an earth
quake, could by no means he settled to the
satisfaction of the parties concerned.
Meanwhile Rabbie diligently pursued his
employment, unheeding the concerns of his
neighbors. What mattered it to him, that
Jenny Thrift’s cow had calved, that tne
minister’s servaqf, with something in her
apron, had been seen to go in twice t<%
LuckyAVakerife's, -that-the laird’s dairy
maid had been observed stealing up the red
loan in the gloaming, that the drum had
gone through the town announcing that a
sheep was to be killed on Friday ? The
stranger alone swam before his eyes; and
cow, dairy-maid, and drum kicked the
beam. It was late m the night when Rab
bie had occomplished his task, and then
placing the snoef at his bedside, he lay
down in his clothes, and fell asleep; hilt the
Up tlie Chimney.
Philip I.vni'ii an,! .Jrw h Ivn.hv-
grasa had a remarkable adventure at
Hunter’s Point, Michigan. The form
er was blown from a high brick chim
ney. The latter had an almost mirac
ulous escape. The chimney was 115
feet high, and the two tneu were on a
scaffolding, Pendergrass on the upper
and Lynch below him-. The wind
struck the chimney with territle force
and the first scaffolding began to sway-
back and forth, cracking and straining.
Pendergijfes, seeing the danger, hug
ged the Wick work of the chimney.
As the storm swayed the scaffolding
lrom its fastenings, Lynch was either
unable to obtain a secure hold on the
chimney or too much contused to
make the attempt. Suddenly the upper
part of the structure gave way with a
crash, and was hurled to the ground,
a tangled mass of poles, planks and
splinters. Lynch fell with the scaf
fold, while Pendergrass, with a des
perate effort, sprung upon .the top of
fear of Dot being sufficiently alert for In* the chimney, and was left hanging op
new customer induced him to rise a consid
erable time before 1 dajtbreak. He opened
tie door and looked into the street, but ft
was still so dark lie could scarcely see a yard
before his nose; he therefore returned into
the house, muttering to himself: “What
the sorrow can keep him ? ” when a voire at
his elhow suddenly said:
“Where are my shoes ('
“Here, sir,’’ said Rabbie, quite trans
ported with joy; 1 ‘here they are, right and
tight, and miickle joy may ye Lae in wear-
in’ them, for it’s better to wear shoon than
sheets, as the auld saying gangs.”
“Perhaps X may wear both," answered
the stranger.
“Glide save us," quoth Rabbie, “do ye
sleep in your shoon f ”
Tile stranger made no answer ; but laying
piece of gold on the ‘table, and taking up
the shoes, walked out of the house.
“Now's my time," thought Rabbie to
himself, as he slipped after him.
Tlie stranger paced slowly on, and. Ral
it was even said that he was „ . . .
acquainted with the grunt of every sow. j hie carefully followed him; the stranger
’and the-cackle of every individual hen, in j turned up the street, and the sutor kept close
his neighborhood: but this wants eontirma- to his heels; ‘ ‘Odsake, where can he be
wife, Bridget, endeavoied to ! gionS” thought. Rabble, as lie saw the
confine his excursive fancy, and to chain stranger turn into tlie churchyard; “lie’s
£ “him dhwri to his awl, reminding him it was making to that grave in tlie corner; now
•All they had to depend on; hut her inter-! he’s standing still; now lie’s sitting down.
"Whsiice met with exactly that degree of at- j Gudesake 1 what’s come o him?” Rabbie
tehtion which husbands usually bestow on : rubbed his eyes, looked round in all diree-
: “ tfowhcfr tendered by their better halvesj tions, bill, loand behold! the stranger, had
—that it, Rabbicr informed her that she [ TUiishcd 1 “There’s something no canny
knew notliingfifthe matter, that her under- j about this,’’ thought the sutor; “but Ill
standing required stretching, and finally j mark the place at ony rate; 11 and Rabbie,
that jtffee presumed to meddle in his affairs, after thrusting his awl into the grave,
bec&ild be under the - disagreeable neces- j hastily returned home,
sity ofegiving her a top-dressing. | The news scon spread from house to
To secure tlie necessary leisure for his 1 house, and by the time the rod-faced sun
researches, Rabbie was in the habit of ns-j stared down on tlie town the inhabitants
ing to his work long'before the dawn; and j were all in commotion ; and, after having
ha. was one Dioruiu cr buisly engaged putting 1 held sundry consultations, it was resolved
Doming buUly engaged puttiu:
• th^tfiflsbiTig stichea to a pair of shoes for
\,hftftyffjpqpian 3 when the door of his dwell
ing, whichne thought was carefully fasten-
. ed, was suddenly opened, and a tail figure,
envoloped in a large black cloak, and with
a broad-brimmed hat drawn over his brows,
stalked into the shop. Rabbie started at
bis .visitor, wondering wbat could have oc-
mem. con., to proceed in a body to the
churchyard, and open the grave which was
suspected of being suspicious. The whole
population of the Kirk TVynd turhed out on
this service. Sutors, wives, children, all
hurried pell-mell after Rabbie, who led his
myrmidons straight to the grave at which
his mysterious customer had disappeared,
eaaioned tliis early call, and wondering still I and where he found liis awl still sticking in
more that a stranger should have arnvecVm the place where he had left it> Immediately
the town without his knowledge. all hands went to work; the grave was
,“You’re early afoot, sir,” quoth Rabbie. I opened; the lid was forced off the coffin;
“Lffckv Wakerife’s cock will no craw for J and a corpse was discovered dressed in the
a good half hour vet.” i vestments of the tomb, but with a pair of
The stranger vouchsafed no reply; but i perfectly new shoes upon its long bony feet,
taking lip one of the shoes Rabbie had just! At this dreadful sight the multitude fled, in
finished, deliberately put it on, and took a ; every direction, Lucky Wakerife leading
turn through the room to ascertain that it j the van, leaving Rabbie and a few bold
did not pinch his extremities. During these j brothers of the craft to arrange matters as
operations Rabbie kept a watchful eye on
his customer.
“He smells awfully o’ yird,” muttered
Rabjfie to himself; “ane would be ready to
'swetr he had just cam frae the plough-tail.
. The stranger, who appeared to be satisfied
with the effect of the experiment, mention
ed by Rabbie for the other shoe, and pulled
they pleased with the peripatetic skelton.
A council was held, and it was agreed that
the coffin should be firmly nailed up and
committed to the earth. Before doing so,
however, Rabbie proposed denuding his
customer of his shoes, remarking that he
had no more need for them than a cart had
for three wheels. No objections were made
out a purse for the.purpose of paying for j to this proposal, and Rabbie, therefore,
his purchase; but Rabbie’s surprise may be j quickly coming to tlie extremities, whipped
;; conceived, when, on looking at the purse, ; them off in a trice. They then drove half
-be pereeited itrto be spotted with a kind of a hundred tenpenny nails into the lid of the
earthy mould.
coffin, and having taken care to cover the
grave with pretty thick divots, the party
returned to their separate places of abode.
Certain qualms of conscience, however,
now arose in Rabbie’s mind ae to the pro
priety of depriving the corpse of what had
been honestly bought and paid for. He
could not help allowing that if the ghost
were troubled with cold feet, a circumstance
by no means improbable, he might natural
ly wish to remedy the evil. But, at the
same time, considering that the fact of his
having made a pair of shoes for a defunct
man would be an everlasting blot on the
Ileckspeckle escutcheon, and reflectingalso
that his customer, being dead in law, could
not apply to any court for redress, our sutor
manfully resolved to abide by the conse
quences ot his deed.
Next morning, according to custom, he
rose long before day, and fell to his work,
shouting the old song of the “Sutors of Sel
kirk. •’ at the very top of his voice. A short
time, however, before the dawn, his wife,
who was iu bed in tlie back room, remark
ed, that in the very middle of his favorite
verse, his voice fell into a quaver: and then
broke into a yell of terror; and then she
heard a noise as of persons struggling; and
then all was quiet as the grave. The good
dame immediately huddled on her clothes,
and ran into the shop, where she found the
the narrow edge of brick, 115 feet from
the ground. Lynch’s mangled body
was picked up by some of bis fellow-
workmen, and carried to the office oi
the company. He was not yet dead,
but lived for three hours. Pender
grass in the meantime remained cling
ing to the top of tlie chimney, while
the storm swirled about him, seeming
to threaten the overthrow of the struc
ture. He succeeded in finding partial
protection from the hurricane by
crouching on some pieces of plank that
had been placed inside the mouth of
the chimney to aid in its erection. He
says that when he felt the scaffolding
giving way under him, and sprang for
the chimney cap, he called to Lynch to
follow him. Lynch made a desperate
effort to gain the top of the structure,
but lost his footing and tumbled head
long to the bottom, striking in his
descent every tier of the lower portion
of the scaffolding which did not
fall. But another danger beset Pen
dergrass. A fire had been a few min
utes before started in the furnace below
to test tlie drawing qualities of the new
“Wed,” I said, as soon as I could steady
my voice, “go into the kitchen and have
some nice warm breakfast, and we’ll see
wiiat is to be done next. ” Half an hour
later I was on the way to Oxfordas fast as I
could go, and went to my dear Iriend, Dr.
Wootton. In the course of conversation I
asked him in a kind of careless way akout
rhubarb, as a guide for any parochial prac
tice.
“Well,” he said, “it’s a fine medicine,
and I give good doses of it. ”
“Yes; what is a good dose.”
“Eighteen grams is quite enough for
anybody. ”
“Eighteen grains!” I said, “why, I gave
a man sixty yesterday, and thirty of magne
sia.”
He opened his great eyes and said, “Is
he very old ?”
“Yes, over seventy’'’
“Then perhaps he won’t die. Go home
as fast as you can, and pour in porter and
port wine.”
A FlKe County Ghost.
illla Plant.
The lastest sensation in t he neighborhood
of Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
Fifty-two years ago a man named John
Goble was found lying in a pool of blood
on the road leading from Milford to Ding-;
man’s Ferry. A large gashAvas found in, _
the side of liis head, and it was supposed' ^aron^Wpeffiirhe. The vaimTa throve .
that the old man had been murdered and j greepnoj^es. ’out a3 it was sensitive to cola,
robbed. He was buried immediately after j and did not fructify, and its flowers posses-
the Coroner's inquest, and in a few years j sed no ornamental interest, its culture wa.s
entirely forgotten. About three weeks ag<*j very limited. For a long time the only
the stage dri ver who carries the Philadelphia | fruits which came to Europe were from
mail between Clifford and the Delaware Mexico, or the -Gulf of Mexico—the only
Of all orchids the vanilla is the one most
widely known; its fruit is deservedly es
teemed and is an important article of com
merce. Its valuable properties long ago
brought the vanilla into notice. The fruit
appears to have been first introduced into
Europe in the beginning of the Sixteenth
Century. The living plant was imported
into England, toward the end of the Eigh
teenth Century, by Miller; but we cannot
with certainty determine which one of the
few species of vanilla now known was then
introduced. Linne, however, gave tlie name
epidmdrum vanilla to the plant w hich
had come into his hands, and which is sup
posed U> have beeu identical with that
brougfi by Miller. Several years later
Swart^ on attentively studying the flower
of the vanilla, observed notable differences
between it and the flower of the genus
epidmdrvm /he was thus led to consti
tute a new genus, and epidendrum vanilla
now bp^ome vanilla aromatica. Later
Grevi)l| brought from America some cut
tings ot a vanilla differing from van ill a
aromdtica, especially in fhe size of the
leaves : to this Andrews gave the name
vanilla planifolia. This plant was
brought to England, thence to the museum
at Paris in 18&;*fthd lastly to Belgium A it
the whose fruit p£BSC3se^ thft
Water Gap, while passing the spot wife re
Goble was murdered, saw an object clothed
in white start up from the ground and walk
in the road just in front of the horses. Tlfiji experimenters to add K> the interest at
driver urged liis te*yn oil, but tlie “gko§t’
still kept a little in advance. After trotting
his horses some distance, the driver stopped,
and as he dismounted from the stage the
ghost sank into the ground and disappeared.
This was repeated two or three evenings, and
the mail-carrier at last became alarmed
and armed himself with a six-shooter. Since
that time he has seen the ghost at a distance
several times, but lie’ lias not shot at it.
The mail carrier’s name is Searleft, and he
point'j where the plant was cultivated on
large scale,'•'and where its fructification ap
peared to be insured. It remained for later
t/icbing to this plant, while at the same
time, in some degree, augmenting the re
sources of the colonies. At this time the
impression made by certain recent researches
on fecundation in plant s was still fresh, and
the questions of hybridation and crossing
were closely studied. It has ever since been
believed that the fecundation of the vanilla
inM exieo and tlie neighboring countries,
w ? here-the plant fructifies normalIy* was
brought about by the agency of certs'
told.liia storv in Milford, where- it spread sects wMcli hitherto do not appenr erer to
like wildfire. Parties were oiganized to
search for the wandering spirit, and one
party saw it at a short distance. They fired
several shots at the object, and it disappear
ed. A party of young ladies, accompanied ■
by one gentleman, a day or two ago visited
the place where the ghost is usually seen.
About a hundred yards from the spot is an
cramp seemed to bike him in his off hindleg.
That’s too thin my man. Where are
you from
Well, Pvq been down in the southern
part o’ thfr fcitffte, and up north, and up in
St. Paul, an’ they sent me here.”
. “They did?* But where is your home?
“Oh! ffeMing for another cramp) my
home’s in New Yofk. 5 ’
“When did 3 7 ou leave New York ?”
‘-‘About twenty-four years ago! Oh!
Ough! ” (Cramps hi bofh legs.)
“There, that’ll do. You’ll get into no
county house here, and you want to skip
out of this town at a lively gait.”
The cramper looked at the-chmf in per-
feet asternalunent, crammed both hands
intoliis pockets, squirted a stream of to
bacco juiceclcar across'Lock-up 5 alley, and
remarked: ? . ' '
“ Well, kwow ! this is an almighty singu
lar sort of a country if a man’t has cramps
and fits can’t get into mo county house
durin; the winter!”
‘ ‘Move on!”
And he moved on, without a sign of a
crAinp, : ‘muttering “I swow,” and squirting
tobaccq juice accordingly^
vtoie Bear Trap Mail.'
Hang^t dff one "ft life -shade trees at the
corner qfMielngaU h^umiand Park place,
Di-rrnttUYo Thv Innsf evil-minded,
anfi Timlicions-njiiBied bear trap ever turned
by the hand of may. It stands four feet
high, has a chain.seven feet, long, and it
takes a stout man and a l€ver to open the
jaws. The former owner of the trap ar
rived in Detroit a night or two since,
having come all the way from Toronto,
and hiring offered his bear trap for sale
to ticket agents, conductors, brakemen,
travelers and landlords. He was told that
there was a 'great opening and pressing
need in Michigan for his lone trap, and he
came bn here to sell it by the yards, pound,
or most any way, and he was willing to
take §10 down and a mortgage back to se
cure for the other §15.
About*S ‘o’clock in the evening tlie man
with fhe trap took position on Michigan
avanue; near Cftss street, and in ten min
utes had. a crowd abound him. He opened
tTie trap and' sprii'ng it for 'the benefit of
numerous curioud-minded-, and ’when the
Jeetli came together everybody for three
rods around felt liis back hair lift up.
“This •Vre bear tnfp’ needs no ‘ encomi
ums from the press,” explained the stranger
“Not t>y A Long Sint.”
r EFS.
chimnev, and thev almost smothered j deserted house, and one of the young
■Pendergrass, who "dared not quit the ,ad f s ’ ‘^ re <= our ageous than the
, , \ . j x. . - rest, started to walk around this old house
place where he crouched, from lear of ...
being blown from the chimney top by
the gale that howled over his head with
increasing violence, while tlie fumes
from the chimney almost took away
his breath. “I saw my danger,” said
Pendergrass, “and gave up all hope of
being rescued. But just then I saw-
some men below me doing all they
could to relieve me, and my heart
bounded with hope.” These were some
sailors whose names could not be ascer-
tainedi They courageously volunteered
to climb the the chimney, and, clam
bering up the frail poles and planks
that remained clinging to one side (ty
it, they succeeded in rescuing Pender
grass, who, his nervous System hav
ing undergone a terrible strain, fainted
in the arms ot liis rescuers. He suffer
ed somewhat from inhaling gas and
smoke, but is recovering.
No Small Doses.
* ‘Gudesake, ” thought Rabbie, 4 ‘this queer
_ * * ‘ manmaun hae howkit that purse out o’ the
C-?*- v - .^rbtfncL I wonder where he got it. Some
^~dlks say there are bags o’ siller buried near
this town. ”
■ Bi t frifl timA’thp stranger had opened the
. . purse anTas he did so. a toad and a beetle
fell on the ground, and a large worm crawl
ing out, wound itself round liis finger. Rab
ble’s eyes widened; but the stranger with an
‘ air of nocbalance, tendered him a piece of
gold, and made signs for the other shoe.
“It’8 a thing morally impossibly,” re-
nded Rabbie to this mute proposal,
idken, that I hae as good as sworn
to thet^uasamaivto hae them ready byday-
- light* i|rbi£h will be no long a coming” (the
stranger here looked anxiously toward the
yrlndow); “and better, I tell you, to afront
the 5 king himself than the exciseman. ”
- The.stranger gave a loud stamp with his
**■?' shod foot,-but Rabbie stuck to his point, of-
. Afering,*|ip.wever, to have a pair ready for
//*. his.pew customer in twenty-four hours;
/ j* v .and/a^e stranger, justly enough perhaps,
reasoned that half a pair of shoes was of
as little use as half a pair of scissors, he
/ / found himself obliged to come to terms, and
ii 0 • seating himself on Rabble’s three-legged
- rs stool, held out his leg to the sutor, who,
7, ' „ . kneeling down, took the foot of his taciturn
customer on his knee, and proceeded to j three-legged stool broken in pieces, the floor
- * - rnqBfiiTrp-jf ! strewed with bristles, the door wide open,
.A ' ^“Something o’ the splay, I tliink, sir,” ! and Rabbie away! Bridget rushed' to the
- said-Rabbie, with a knowing air. door, and there she. immediately discovered
y . jtq answer. I the marks of footsteps deeply printed on the
.• ■ “Where will I bring the shoon to when 1 ground. Anxiously tracing them, on and
" thdy’re done?” asked Rabbie, anxious to on—what was her horror to find that they
* "toufcihe domicile of his visitor.
I -Tl Eam ♦ 1. .lt.lt
. juiu um me ™»un , terminated in the church-yard, at the grave
. for them myself Before cock ! of Rahbie s customer I The earth round the
crowing" .responded the stranger in a very j grave bore traces of having been the scene
- ■ uncommon arid indescrible tone of voice. of some fearful struggle, and several locks
“ ."41001; sir," quoth Rabbie, “Ioanna let Of lank black hair were scattered on the
yon hae the trouble o’ coming for them your-1 grass. Half distracted, she rushed through
■ - •sel ■ it will just be a pleasure for me to call the town to commuicate the dreadful in-
wfth them at your hou«f .” I telligence. A crowd collected, and a cry
“I have my doubts of that,” replied the ; speedily arose to open the grave. Spades,
■. /stranger, 'in the same peculiar manner; and | pickaxes, and mattocks, were quickly put
At all events, my bouse would not hold U9 1 in reqdisition; the divots were removed ;
• JjoSn ' i the lid of the coffin was once more torn off;
“It maun be a dooms snia’ biggin,” an-! and there lay its ghastly tenant, with his
” " swered Rabbie’; “but noo that I hae ta’en ‘ shoes replaced on his feet, and Rabbie s red
* 4 four honour’s measure ” j night-cap clutched in his light hand !
“Take your own 1” retorted the stranger; The people, in consternation, fled from
• • and giving Rabbie’s a touch with his foot j the churchyard; and nothing ^ further has
that laid him prostrate, walked cooiy out of transpired to throw any additional ^ght
the house. i u P on tlie melancholy fate of the butor of
/ ., This sudden overturn of himself and his Selkirk.
> plans for a few n oments discomfited the
5 , sutor; but quickly gathering up his legs, he
rushed to the door, which he reached just
-‘—*7 afr'Lucky Wakerife s cock proclaimed the
dawn. Rabbie flew down the street, which
j?was terminated by the churchyard, but saw
g^-.only the moveless tombs looking cold and
ii * chill under the gray light of a winter morn.
/Babbie hitched his red nightcap off his
s : brow, and scratched his head with an air of
I had a gardner when I was still a young
man, an old soldier, William Finlay; he
h id picked up somehow a great deal of
very graphic language, which he used freely
upon the ordinary occasions of life. He
came to me and said:
“I’m bad all over, inside and out, want
you to give me some physic. They tell
me you’ve got a medicine chest, and a book
as belongs to it. ”
“Well,” said I, “I have. What will
you take ?”
“Some rhubarb.”
4 ‘I’ll look in the book,” I said, “and see
how much.” Now, the book has (I have
it still, with the chest—at least my wife
has, for I carefully made her a wedding
present of both) at the beginning a table of
doses, quite an inexcusable snare, 1 think,
to simple people. It is constructed on a
hypothetical principle,—If to an adult, a
dram, so much to other ages.” The hypo
thetical part escaped me; an adult, a dram
—a dram, that’s sixty grains—ninety grains
n all, I got a half sheet of a newspaper,
put it on the dining table, and mixed it up.
It looked a good (leal. But I said to my
self, ‘ ‘Must be all right, here’s the book;
Finlay’s an adult, ile was over seventy,
bo 1 rang the bell.
“Here’s your physic; I hope it will put
you all right.”
“I be to take all that?”
“Yes, that’s just what the book says;
small doses are foolish things.”
“All right,” says he.
Then 1 began to encourage him, “Now,
Finlay, you're not very well; don't try to
do any work to-day; go home, keep your
self warm, and tell your wife to mix it up
in some warm water—not too much water;
you’ll feel much better in the morning. I
should, if I were you, take it at once.”
“All right,” said he.
Boor man, his confidenoe in me bad no
limits. I thought no more about it until
next morning; my conscience was quite
easy; I had done a wise and kind thing;
I had made a good use of my dear mother’s
rift-
in search of the “spook.” When about
half way around the building she heard a
groan, and turning around, she saw, stand
ing just behind her, an object about six feet
tali, clothed in white. She screamed and
fainted, but before the remainder of the
party reached her tlie “ghost” had vanished.
The “spirit” has since been seen twice,
and on each occasion it was pursued, but
it always vanished after reaching a certain
place in tlie woods. It is supposed by
many that the ghost is a man, dressed up in
a sheet to create a sensation. Others, who
have lieeu observed performing.this func
Uoq^j The hypothesis is .almost equivalent
to a'cert funt}', now that we know the
habfSc of the Orchideac, especially »« re-; ;13 be. pried.open the ponderous jaws for a
•gartls reproduction. J fresh spring. * ^Crergyrrien furnish no tes-
.. .»timonials as to its merits—almanacs haven’t
a word to-^a^ in its favor—I have never
advertised it a cent worth, but if thar’s a
man in this crowd who thinks it won’t hold
a b’ar just lei him put his foot on the
snrinapan! Are you troubled with bears?
Then buy this trap. Does your neighbor’s
dog dig up your pet strawberry plants? Be
hold the remedy. Does your, hired girl
have her uncle come to see her one night—
Her cousin the next—her brother the next,
During his | and so on ? Then delay not, but secure a
above all j bargain while you ;nay. ”
The police drove him off the walk, but
he took to tlie centre of the street and said:
“I’ll warrant this trap to tackle any
thing that lives, from a by.-glar down to a
mouse. If it ever fails to go off I’ll walk
Frascuelo, whom all Spain has applauded
for ten years, whom tlie prettiest women
of all the Spanish provinces have in turn
calleckFrascuolito, died recently of a bom
thrust-naturally received in the exercise of
Ids profession. Frascuelo, among Spani
ards, was a hero, and as Theodore de Ban-
villc said of Victor Hugo, he had already
become Immortal. He will forever reminin
tlie prim a »pada of legends,
lifetime he was tlie curiosit
others^ that liis countrymen showed to stran
gers, and he was proud of his distinction,
lie wai horn in Andalushi and at the age
of ten years he went to work in tlie slaugh
ter houses of Sevilic, where all the matadors
begin weir career, these slaughter houses j 100 miles to return the money. It is better
being i;r them a sort of academy. At j than a lime husband for a widow; it
Perils of Housekeeping;.
are more superstitious, believes it is the
spirit ol John Goble, searching for his mur- eightefih he wa3 engaged in the famous j knocks the socks off a burglar alarm; it
derer. Whatever it is, it ccrtaintly succeed- j conx^ Y of El Tato, who also died of a ‘ gives a shot-gun have an hour to start and
ed in creating a decided sensation. At first Jie,was a simple cliatq, j catches up before midnight, and the price
— -»♦».' V; ilSRBpHay, he wa?charged with tne duty ; is—”
‘ of exciting the bull, by shaking a red hand- j RTglit here cai^Z a climax. Somebody
I kerchief before his eyes. Then he was ; m the crowd encouraged a big spotted dog
; promoted to the position of banderillero j to wade in and chew up two peaceful
| The mesion of the banderillero is to plaut 'Newfoundlands, and in a minute there was
! little javelins in the shoulders of the ani- | a three-cornered fight and hair flying in all
mals. At this dangerous game Frascuelo ! directions. The crowd had to skip out and
was wonderfully expert. When the bul' igive’m room, and the man with tlie trap
rushed at him with lowered head, he step- j called out:
ped lightly between the animal’s horns and 1 “Shy ’em off—shy ’em off! If they roll
bounded clean over him, planting his ban- into that b’ar trap they’ll be chawed to
deriilos while in tlie air. Or he would ! death in a minute.”
await the attack, leaning on a long pole. | But they couldn't be shied. Some one
Have you paid the milk bill.
The coal is out
The stove wants fixing.
My night-key is broken.
That front door be’.l wire is loose and
the be 1 ! won’t ring.
Get some fresh meat. That cat hasn't
had anything fresh for nearly two days,
She won’t eat cooked meat.
The poker is broken.
Veel,” he muttered, as he retraced his
steps homewards, “he has fooled me this
time, but sorrow* take me if I’m no up wi’
him the morn.”
’/ All day Rabbie, to the inexpressible sur-
^ prise of his wife, remained as constantly on
Never refer to a gift you have made or a
favor you have rendered.
Never associate with bad company.
Have good company or none.
Never, when traveling abroad, be ever
boasting of your own country.
Never look over the shoulder of another
who is reading or writing.
Never punish a child for a fault to which
you are addicted yourself.
Never appear to notice a scar, deformity
or defect of any one present
Are guns spiked by the bolts of ar
tillery.
Get some screw hooks for the cupboard. I When the animal rushed at him he would i just screamed out that if his dog was
We must buy a new clotLes line. I leap over him, using the pole for support, j chewed up it would cost the owner of the
The salt is out. j The bull might break the pole, but Fras- j trap a ,§50 bill, when the bundles of ca-
Mem.: Mark’a last butter was bad. Must j cuelo would be sure to land on his feet nines rolled between the jaws and the
buy somewhere else. , some five paces from his former position, | machine went off. In the rush and amidst
The iceman has “riz,” and he leaves j and solemnly salute the spectators. It was I the yell the owner of tlie trap lit out. They
dreadfully small pieces at that. ] by a unanimous vote that he was raised to j wildly called for him to liberate the howl-
Get some wire. , the dignity of prima spada. One day at ring dogs, hut echo answered. When it
Ditto oxalic acicL St. Sebastian his chief, Lagartijo, was pvas proposed to wollop him he wasn’t
Ditto bug powder. j wounded and was unable to continue the there to be wolloped. The police finally
Ditto a nutmeg grater. fight. The crowd called for Frascuelo I got the hang of the thing and gave the im-
Ditto some nutmegs. j to take his plaee. Frascuelo picked up the
Shall we buy a new parlor carpet? The ; sword, ran at the bull, and classically
old one'sgetting faded. planted the weapon in the back of the ani-
Wan’t a new tin stewpan. mal’s neck. After that day he killed over
The teapot leaks. j three hundred bulls in the same manner,
Send for furniture man and find out how ! and was often wounded. The crowd
much he asks for re-covering the sofa. j worshiped him, not only for his skill and
Buy a new market basket. j courage, but also for the singular richness
The old cat has four kittens. How many | of his costumes. He thought nothing of
spending §4,000 for au equipment, and,
shall we drown?
We suspect our hired girl of stealing the j like a pretty woman w*ho changes her dress
tea. That last half pound went very j for every ball, he never wore the same
quick. | costume twice. Frascuelo left a consider
Schnapps, the grocer, will persist in giv-' able fortune, aud his heirs, moreover, will
ing us coffee which lias lost its flavor, i find in his desks, i.n immense collection of
Change him. ' love letters, locks of hair, faded bouquets
Somebody has stolen the ash-box again, j —in fine, a collection a like of which is not
Fifth in tliree weeks. I possessed by any living man, not excepting
Get a paper of carpet tacks. i even tlie most applauded of tenors.
Mrs. Doe borrowed our tack hammer a
month ago, and has never returned it.
Our canary bird is sick.
Buy a ball of twine. ^ ‘
Ditto six small screws.
Ditto a hatchet.
The ieeman forgot us to-day.
“lie cold meat and milk is spoiled.
Creoips and Fits.
i A healthy-looking specimen of the genus
tramp stepped into the police station and
’ inquired for the chief of police. Chief Munger
i wa3 there, and asked what was wanted.
“1 want to get into the county house,”
The cat persists in carrying her kittens j said the tramp,
all over the house, and won’t stay in the; “What do you want to go to the county
nursery soap box we fixed for her. j house for ?”
Get some naptha. j “I’ve got to! I aiut got no place to
The water pipe leaks again. Send stop!”
plumber. I “Why don’t you go to work, and earn
Out of soap. j your living?”
I can’t find no work, and, besides, I’m
prisoned dogs a chance to limp away, and
the trap is now being held for its owner.
If this meets his eye let him come in the
night and take.it away and convey it to
Toledo, where cows and pigs and bears and
wolves and geese roam at will and jfehe for
a chance to put a foot in it.
Overland Boating.
Truth is mighty and must prevail, but for
all there is a heap of hypocrisy in this
world, and ten thousands of people rather
slip aronnd the corner than to come right
out with an honest opinion. A day or two
since a strapping young man, having tlie
biggest foot between Detroit and Omaha
and the worst pair of cross eyes in four
States, entered a Woodward avenue drug'
store in Detroit and said to the proprietor:
“If I a«k you a question will you give me
an honest, straight-forward answer?”
“Yes, 4 by jingo!” was the prompt reply.
“Well, t hen, aiu I what you could call a
passably good-looking man?”
“Not by a long shot! ” answered the drug
gist, as he stood back and surveyed him.
“Would yon refer to my feet as ‘wash-
board’s if you were writing me up!”
“I should. They are tlie biggest and most
ungainly hoofs I ever saw on a man!”
“And how are my eyes?” asked tlie
stranger without a wince.
“Awful, sir—perfectly awful! I never
saw another such a pair in my life, ami if I
were a woman I’d run across thejoad rather
than meet you!*’
“Anything eT.O*?*' quietly asked the young
man.
“Well,” replied the druggist, as he looked
him over, “the back settlements are your
best hold.”
“Stranger said the young man, as he
extended his paw, “I’ve asked fifty men
the same questions 1 put to you, and they
evaded them. You are honest aud plain-
speaking, and I’m grateful to you. Give
me an ounce of peppermint essence, a tooth
brush and vour address, and if I can work
—Quebec was fodr.ded in 1608.
—Maryland was settled in 1654.
—Texas has a single flock of sheep
numbering 60,000.
—It is said that Leadville has already
yielded $10,000,000 in silver.
—The lumber trade of Chicago is as
great as the trade in wheat.
—Boston will be two hundred and
fifty years old on September 17, 1880.
—Until 1S14 the London Daily Times
was printed at the rate of *250 copies an
hour.
—Rhode Island was originally,
“Roode” or Red island, and uence the
present name.
—In 1591 the business of cap-making
was ruined by the common wearing of
hats, which then came into general
vogue.
—There are in California 150.000
goats^and in ihe Pacific territories
50.000, making a total of 200,000 on the
Pacific slope.
—The earnings of ‘he Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railroad for the third week
of October was $292,000. an increase of
$103 731.
—Earnings of the Union Pacific rail
road fer the first twenty-one days of
October were $1,003,401.70, an increase
of $172,185.70.
—Hon. E. M. Shrouek, of Somerset,
Pa., has been acquitted of using illegal
means to secure his election to the Leg
islature.
—The “Father” of the English House
of Commons is Mr. Christopher Talbot.
up any trade for you in the pine woods you wiio has sat continuously for Glamor-
slmn’t he forgotten!” j ganshire since 1830.
—During October over 35,000.000 pos-
a Constitutional coward. j tal cards were sent from the Holyoke
| factory—the largest month’s business
I served on Gen. Hooker’s staff for near- j ever cione *
ly a year, and on one occasion was assigned i ^^ thousand salmon fry from
to duty as Judge Advocate of the General ^ an Francisco have been put into the
Court Martial before which a private soldier Meuse, at Bioriek, Holland, and 20,000
of a Michigan regiment was brought charged j more are expected,
with desertion. The evidence showed that; — If - is said that a very large number
the prisoner had deserted three times, on the j 9? **‘. e best gold and silver mines in
last occasion “in the face of the enemy.”
The Court Martial ordered him to be shot,
aud the record of his trial and conviction
was forwarded to General Hooker for his
approval. A short time subsequently Gen
eral Hooker come to my quarters, which
adjoined his own, aud said:
“Bond, in this case against private ,
what do 3’ou think had better be done ?
Are there no extenuating circumstances ?”
“None that 1 know of, General, lie has
deserted three times.”
“Isn’t there something in the case upon
which you could based a recommendation
of mercy?”
“Not a thing. The proof against him
was positive and not denied, and tlie wit
nesses say further that when he was with
his regiment he was a worthless fellow and
a constitutional coward. ’
“That’s just the thing,” said the General
postively. “The man is constitutionally a
coward, and you recommend him to mercy
on that ground. I’ll tell you what’s the
matter, Bond, his mother is at my quarters
begging for her son’s life, and I want to
spare him. In accordance with their sug
gestion, the recommendation for leniency
was written, and a few minutes thereafter
a feeble young lady with silver gray; hair
and a tearful face was bowed out of the
General's door by the brave old hero, and
turning away she exclaimed, with* uplifted
hands, “God bless you, General Hooker.”
The Strange Story of a Bank Note,
Out of matches.
Ll> . 1 She wants some worsted three shades j sick!
While I wa3 dressing in the morning, I j darker than the last lot but one, and one j “Sick! You don’t look sick! What’s
looked out of the window, and there was * shade lighter than the last lot. the matter with you?”
* '*‘I have cramps in my legs sometim«.s—
mighty bad cramps in my legs.”
1 “Well, that wont prevent ycur Working
Finlay standing between me and the gar
den wall. He looker, so to speak, shad
owy, almost ghostly: the wall, as it were,
was visible through him; but, as it was
daylight, I wasn’t afraid.
“Hope you’re better this morning; glad
to think you must be, or you would not
have come up.”
“Well.” said he, “I be a trifle better.”
4 ‘Ah!” I said, “I thought so; you took
your physic, of course?”
“Why, didn’t you tell me to take it?
i’ll tell you all about it. I goes home to
Hyacinths In Pots.
pot s depends in a great measure on the
quality of the soil used for the- purpose.
The best compost is made up of one-half
good fibrous loam, the other half of equal
proportions of well-rotted dung and leaf
soil; the pots should be from five to six
inches in diameter, and deep and narrow
rather than shallow and broad. In potting
about two-thirds of the hulb should be
my wife and saj r s, “There, you mix that buried, ana the soil must not be pressed too
up; mind, not much water.’ ‘Lord sake!'
she said, ‘you be not going to take all that;
why, it would kill a horse and a cow.’
‘You foolish woman, hold vour tongue;
go aud do as 1 bid you. Master s got a
book, and knows a sight more than you. ’
So she goes and mixes up in a slop basin,
and brings it back with a spoon standing in
the middle.”
At this part of his report I liegan to have
misgivings. He weut on:
“I got him down—but it was a tough
job—and goes to bed.”
I draw a veil over what followed. I
Tlie successful cultivation of these in when you don’t cramp!”
“I can’t find no work; I've looked every
where!”
“That is a likely story. There is plenty
of work for any one who wants it. I’ll -give
you work. 1 want some wood sawed.”
The tramp’s jaw dropped as he ventured
to inquire : “W—what kind of wood is
it?”
4 ‘Hard wood, ”
“What’ll you give me to saw it ?”
hard about the base of the bulb, or in the j “One dollar per cord to saw it twice.”
act of rooting the firbres will be unable to ; “And board ?”
penetrate the soil, and the bulb gets forced j “No, sir, not if I know myself—board
upward. After planting, the plots can be yonrself.”
placed in a cool, dry, dark ceIlar, or out of j “Humph,” contemptuously responded
doors, on a spot somewhat screened from ! the weary and heavy laden son of toil, “a
wet, and if the pots be stood on slates or i rn an can’t earn his board a-sawin’ w*ood
tiles, so much the better; they should have | twice fur a dollar a cord.”
a thorough soaking of water, then be cover- “Not if he boards at the Nicollet, but
ed with fine ashes to the depth of from one ■ you are able to saw a cord per day, and you
to three inches. If planted about the end ' can get board at §2.50 to §3 per week.”
of October the bulbs will have made shoots j “Nice board, for that. But I can’t saw
an inch long by the beginning of February,! WO od owin’ to the cramps in my legs, you
The proposed construction of a ship rail
way across tlie Is’.hmus of Panama has
called to mind the similar though smaller
portage system formerly employed by the
State of Pennsylvania. For many years
the system was used in transporting canal-
boats (built in sections).from the canal be
tween Couemaugh (near Johnstown, Penn.)
on the western side of the Alleghany Moun
tain?, and Hollidaysbqrg on the eastern side.
By tills arrangement boats without break
ing bulk wore passed between' Pittsburg
and Philadelphia via Columbia. The port
age of the mountains was made by means
of inclined planes, at the-top df which were
stationary engines to draw up or let down
the cars or trucks Using a heavy hemp rope
running over pulleys between the rails to
keep it from the ground. After reaching
the top of the plane a small locomotive was
used along the “levels,” as they were called,
until the next plane was reached. By this
means transit was quick and the expense
ot handlingthe cargo twice was avoided.
After tlie construction of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and the introduction of locomo
tives that could draw loads up grades that
years before’ were oifiy capable of ascent by
means of ropes and stationary engines, the
old portage road of the state, becoming the
property of thfe Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany by purchase, was abandoned^ and
now the traveler c-aa. see, as he is whirled
along in a palace car, only the ruins of
what;was,forty years ago one of the most
wonderful public improvements of the age.
A similar"systeSn is stjll employed in New
Jersey for changing canal-boats laden with
coal from one canal system to another.
and they can then be taken to the conser- ! se e, and 1 have fits, too.
reeled about with laughter, struggling to j vatory or greenhouse, or wherever it is in-; “What kind of fits?”
look sympathetic, but my misgivings in- tended they shall flower. A little warmth j “I dunno what kind they be, but I have
creased His exact account of what had : and plenty of water-will greatly assist the awful bad ’no-.
befallen him during the night I took down j production of fine spikes of flower,
just as it came out of his mouth. I shall
be happy to communicate ipsissimis verbis
to anybody who may like to complete the
tale.
—The work of extending the Long
Branch pier 200 feet further into the
ocean will propably begin in December.
‘When do you have ’em?”
“Mostly in the night time.”
“Well, that won’t interfere with your
sawing wood. ”
“Yes, but my cramps! Och!” And a
Not long ago a well-known collector of
curiosities in Paris, who had devoted con
siderable sums of money to tlie gathering
together of bank notes of all countries and
all valuables, became the possessor of a
Bank of England five-pound note to which
an unusua'ly strange story was attached.
This note was paid into a Liverpool
merchant’s office in the ordinary way of
business sixty-one 3 ears ago, and its re
cipient, the cashier of the firm, while hold
ing it up to ti e light to test its genuineness,
noticed some faint red marks upon it,
which on closer examination proved to be
semi-effaced words, scrawled in blood be
tween the printed lines and upon the blank
margin of the note. Extraordinary pains
were taken to decipher these partly obli
terated characters, and eventually the fol
lowing sentence was made out: “If this
note should fall into the bands of John
Dean of Long Hill, near Carlisle, he will
learn hereby that his brother is languishing
prisoner in Algiers.” Mr. Dean was
promptly communicated with by the holder
of the note, and he appealed to the govern
ment of the day for assistance in his en
deavor to obtain his brother’s release from
captivity. The prisoner, who, as it subse
quently appeared, had traced the above sen-
tence upon the note with a splinder of wood jDerorWjlliaI ; Gortsch ' aWf and Era-
dipped in Ins own blood had been a slave peror A!exand er,v-i!l have passed away,
to the dey of Algiers for ^eleven yeara A1 , are in failing health, and all, ex-
cept Bismarck and Alexander, over
Mexico are passing into the hands of
United States capitalists.
—The engagement of MiS3 Stanton,
youngest daughter ot the late Secretary
Stanton, to Lieutenant Bush, of the
Fifth Artillery, is announced.
—Ten tons of paper pulp have been
shipped from Soled ad, Los Angeles
count3 T , Cal., to New Y"ork city as an
experiment. It is from a wild plant.
—It is said that the Eniperor of Rus
sia purposes celebrating with great
solemnit3 r the 25th anniversary of his
accession to the throne, March 2d, 1880.
—The pen used by Prince Bismarck
in the hotel at Vienna was sold for $50.
The man who cut the Prince’s hair i3
making a little fortune out of lockets.
—According to Smith’s History,Pow-
haten the Indian chief or Emperor, as
Smith calls him, had no less than 100
wives, “of whom a dozen young wo
men were favorites.”
—Among the new towns on the Hue
of the Northern Pacific, which have a
promising future, is Sanborn, Barnes
county, Dakota, about 72 miles west
of Fargo, and 25 miles east of James
town.
—Mr. Eugene Hale, it is thought,
will be obliged to quit politics for the
present in order to take charge of his
late father-in-law’s large estate. Mr.
Hale is the son-mriaw 01 the late Sena
tor Chandler.
—The number of foreign Aims en
gaged in commerce in China is 351, and
the total foreign population 3,814. The
population of the treaty ports is esti
mated at 4,990,000. The American
residents number 420.
—The merchants of St. Louis have
organized a movement for the erection
of a spacious and permanent Exposition
Building, like those of Chicago, Louis
ville and Cincinnati. It is intended to
finish it for next fall.
—A company has been organized in
New York to build an elevated railroad
from the Pennsylvania Railroad 111
Jersey City to Hoboken and Jersey
City Heights with branches to Union
Hill and West Hoboken.
—A relic of Burns has iust been plac
ed In the Kilmarnock Museum. It is
the draught or ‘checker-board which
was used by the poet aud his brother
in their hours of recreation while they
were engaged in farming together.
—According to the last census the po
pulation of Greece, which in 1870 was
only 1,457,894, amounts now to 1,679,-
756. The population of Athens has in
creased in the same period from 48,000
to 70,000, and that of Pirmus from 11,000
to double.
—It is possible that within five years
Beaconsfieid, Gladstone, Bismarck,Em-
when his strange missive first attracted
attention in a Liverpool counting
house. Ills family and friends had long
believed him dead. Eventually his brother,
with the aid of the British authorities in the
Mediterronean, succeeded In ransoming him
from tlie dey and brought him home to
England, where, however, he did not long
survive his release, injured by exposure,
privations and forced labor in the de\-’s
galleys.”
Fireside Bores.
A Famous Wine.
The most famous Madeira ever known
was the 4 ‘1814 pipe.” It was fished up
from the bottom of the Scheldt, above
Flushing, in .1814, having remained there
since 1778 in the timbers of a ship which
had been wrecked at the mouth of the river
in that year. It was sold by auction at ant-
irerp, the greater portion being secured for
Louis XVIII., who dispatched an agent
with instructions to secure it regardless of
cost. Th3 King (or tlie agent) presented
the French consul at Antwerp with several
dozens which he sold to tho Due de Raguse.
In 1859, after the death of the Duchesse de
Raguse, four dozen remained in her cellar,
and they were sold for something over their
weight in gold to Baron Rothschild. On
one occasion, when the Duchesse entertained
Taglioni, several bottles were produced,
the hostess rightly considering that to be
thought worth3* of the precious liquor was
the greatest honor that could be paid to any
body.
Fireside fun is promoted by exterminat
ing all the bores. The first of these is the
man who likes to read aloud. As a rule
lie never wants to read anything that an}*-
bod3 r else cares to hear. The respect of si
lence must be paid his efforts, and persons
who like to read for an3' length of time
aloud seldom read well. The woman who
likes to play the piano for a whole evening
is another nuisance that civilization ought
to suppress. She either plays old pieces
that all have heard or performs new ones
for the sake of practice. Worse than both
of these is the youth, who has fallen in love
and spends his evenings in silent ado
ration of his sweetheart either at home or
abroad. If he talks about her at his home
he drives the famii3* nearly wild; if he talks
about her at her home the family flee before
him and leave him in possession of both
parlor and lady love.
“Not Mach Lack AByhv
A citizen driving in on the Holden road,
near Detroit the other dav’ met a lad about
twelve years old on the highwav* some six
or seven miles from the city. ’Die boy had j tained from the blossoms. Roses-'Wil l
a shot-gun as long as himself, but no game yield there 2,000 pounds to the acre,
seventy years ot age.
—The total number of tlie Hebrew
race to-day is about what it was in the
days of King David, between 6,000,000
and 7.000,000. There are in Europe,
according to the latest statistical infor
mation, about 5,000,000; in Asia, 200,-
000; ini Africa, over 80,000; in Ameri
ca, from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000.
—Norfolk, Va., did an export busi
ness last year of $10,000,000, and with
her cotton returns now ranks as the se
cond cotton exporting port in the Uni
ted States. It is the first peanut port
in the world, receiving the entire crop
of Virginia, which is much larger than
the growths of Tennessee and North
Carolina.
—In return for jokes played upon
others some one filled the overcoat
pocket of Mr. F. P. Guise, a young at
torney of Williamsport, Pa., with steel
pens. A number of them stuck in his
hand, and in taking them out several
broke off. The hand is terribly swol
len, and it is feared the consequences
may be fatal.
—The late Walter Hastings, of Bos
ton, h»9 directed in his will that the
trustees he appoints shall erect upon
the grounds of Harvard Coliege a
building to cost not less than $200.00 >
and not more than $250,000, this build
ing to be called the “Waiter Hastings
Hall,” in memory of his father, grand
father and great-grandfather, all of
whom graduated at Harvard College.
* —A new industry in 'California is
flower farming, which is about to be
introduced into Santa Barbara and Ala
meda counties for the scents to be ob-
ond the citizen inquired?”
“Out for a hunt?”
“I was out for a hunt,” was the reply.
“And you haven’t killed anything?”
“Well, no.”
“And 3 T ou don’t expect to?”
“Not unless I kin git within striking dis
tance. You see, two of us come out to
gether. After we got out here, I wanted
to shoot ostriches, and so we divided up.
He took the powder and shot and I took
the gun. I’m over here looking for turnips
aud he’s over in that field watching a holler
log for bears. It’s such hot weather I guess
we.won’t have much luck, anyhow.”
from which essences worth $375 caff b«
extracted; orange trees, 2,000 pounds,
value $250; violets, 1,600 pounds, worth
$S00; acacias, 900 pounds, worth $450.
—Dr. Spots wood, of Mobile, i3 re
ported to possess a sword which once
belonged to General Washington, and
which the General himself gave to
Alexander Spotswood, of Spotsylvania
Court House, Va. General Spotswood
visited Washington a year before the
latter’s death, and found him using this
same sword as a pruning knife in trim
ming his trees. He had with his own
hands filed one edge of it into a saw.