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The Cedartown Advertiser.
OLD SERIES-VOL. VI. NO. 45. {S^„
CEDARTOWN, GA., JANUARY *21, 1880.
f 81 OO per year if paid in Advance
\ 81 50 per year if not paid In Advance^
NEW SERIES-VOL. II, NO, 6,
' 'TkE gas men say that as electricity
can not be stored like gas, the supply
is therefore precarious and may at any
time leave the city in the- lurch were
electricity depended on for light “They
sav,” said a reporter to the philosopher
‘one fatal defect-is
you-jfiffefe no reservoir.” “ They
don’t think about it,” replied Edison.
“ What is a reservoir but reserve force?
What better force can you have than a
. jnodem steam engine? I shall always
have a reserve of electricity. Forty five
cities depend* at this day upon modern
steam ejgines^ with their reserve cylin
ders, fowtheirwater supply. Reservoirs
for water are getting out of date. What
an absurdity to talk about reservoirs of
electricity ! Your engine is your reser-
f Jorr,”
V* '
Some interesting experiments were
madfeifi Menlo Ijtrk which have dejer-
rifned . Mr. Edison to reduce the size ot
the carbon horse-shoes in the globes.
Two lights, : which have been burning members have decided to erect. a haiidg
constaSy' for nearly two hundred apd some building for its exclusive uect-
-r-»«Hy;hovf^Sr ere taken down in order to
'“ ascertain whether they had depreciated
by' combustion since first lighted. By
means of the galvanometer ap accurate
test was made, and the result was com
pared with the original tests, No res.
duction had been made—that is to say,
the amount of oxygen that had gained
admittance had been so infinitesimalthat
v the combustion of the carbon could not
be measured by the finest and nicest
test. It was found, too, that by reduc
ing the size of the carbon horse-shoes
oipc-Ibia} eleven lights could be genera-
V tefl per ftorte-power instead of-eight. By
increasing ,the -resistance of the lamps
from one hundred to two hundred ohms,
Mr. Edison finds that he can Stilt further
increase tip; number of lights per horse-
power. .This, however, is found to in-
mi nwii'llii i nut, and will not be at-
, »tenii'te^. ’
In Savannah, Ga., afc anti-profanity
pledge is being circulated, and very gen
erally sighed. The signers wear white
ribbons.
Nashville American: One thousand
steel rails for the Chattanooga rail
road arrived at Johnsonville yesfert-
day morning.
Richmond, Va., is takihg'pwaautions
to prevent the introduction in that city
of small-po-X Which has appeared at
Washington city.
A petition is in circulation in Elber-
ton, Ga., requesting the Council to fix
the license to Detail intoxicating liquors
in that town at $5,000.
There are more colored pupils than
white in the pubjdd schools in Columbia,
S. C, but the white people pay three-
fourths of the expenses.
Several hundred workmen were dis
charged from the havy yard at Ports
mouth, Va., Monday night, on account
of reduced allowance.
Vaccination is being practiced to a
great extent in Qetersburg, Va., in view
of the fact that small-pox is infesting
sot* nort jmr* criiuij * O j
• We' Mobile Cotfon, feAitnge lm^
proved such a financial success thaf the.
The 'States 'of Alabama, Arkansas
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
NSkh'Carollna, South Carolina, Tennes
see and Texas arc known as the Cotton
States, since the cultivation of cotton ab
sorbs the labor of the husbandman in
that region of our country. The tota
population'of the ten States in 1870 was
$,272,223. The close of the war found
thfem impoverished. Their property was
destroyed. We of the North next over-
xrfn them with carpet-baggers, who stole
from them, interfered with their State
governments, oppressed them in many
ways. The inhabitants of the Cotton
States waited as patiently as they had
ought courageously, and at last regained
the control of their own affairs. From
that time the onward march of the cot
ton bqlt toward the most unprecedented
pjraspenty Jls notif altered for an instant.
The year of 1878 was a prosperous one
for them, and they justly rejoiced over
the resnl(j7';3P®r"the year ending oh June-.
SO, 1879, the domestic exports from the
United States amounted in value tq a. tq
A tal of $h7,093,777. Of this -vast' sum
the ten cotton States, with their scanty
. “papulation,-are. credited with $162,304,-
- } 250= fob-their cotton alone. Over twenty-
two per cent, of the value of our expor
tations-\ras deceived for a crop grown by
- ’ leks than twenty per cent.’ of our popula-
' tion.—Pittsburg Post.
Raleigh (N. C.) News: The jiity gas
works are nearly completed, the genera
tor is in position, and the pipes aie laid
from the street to the market-house.
A wonderful saving to the farmers of
South Carolina has come from the wdop-
tiAfi of the feni*' tttajjfypunties
there is now no opposition to it what
ever.
An extensive cotton factory is about
to he organized at Charlotte, N. C-, the
city authorities having promised the
company exemption ft-ota local taxation
for ten years.
Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat: The
panther killed a fpjy vyeeLs^sinwfa short
distance frohi the tjf, ,:pid now on exhib;
ition here, measures seven and one half
feet in length. -
The people o! Rome, Georgia, are very
proud of their public library. During
its existence of only, ten months it has
218 contributing members, and contains
1,000 volumes.
The dividend on factory, hank, rail
road and gas stock, and the interest on
sjate,, city and; railroad bonds that will
be received in Augusta, Ga., this ffionth
amount to $499,066.
Forty graves have been 1 robbed in Oak-
wood cemetery, at Richmond, Va., since
October. The police seem to have done
nothing to put an end to the outrage,
and many citizens are indignant.
. Chattanooga Times: The rail-mill of
the Roan Iron Company turned out for
its last day of the year’s work 120 tons
of steel rails. One of the melting 5uma
ces produced in thelaet six days 1114 tons
of good steel,
Charlotte, (N. Cl) Observer:. The
people along the Charlotte. Col’uinbia
and Auguotn railroad fcdop on lebolling'
against the freight charges. Charlotte
has suffered much in this way at differ
ent times and is a sympathizer.
Memphis Appeal: Mr Waring be
lieves that, with the requisite force of
hands at work, the sewers can be put
downbv the first of Mqy, and then Mem-
§ his will be one of the best sewered and
rained cities on the Continent.
Va., last month, valued at $2,000,000.
The total number of bale3 exported thus
far the present season foot up 137,921,
valued at $7,143,494, being an excess of
36,279 bales over the exports tor the
same period last year. The valueof cot
ton exported for the past three months
exceeds that for the same period last
year by $2,499,195
Tallahassee (Fla.) Patriot: The oldest
citizen can hot recall to mind so mild a
wihter as we have been experiencing
this season. With the exception t>f two
or three- frosts .the reigfi Of sumfiier Has
been uninterrupted. On Christmas day
several of our citizens indulged. in
vegetables, such as green pfeas, beets,
radishes, rutabagas, turnips, new Irish,
potatoes, arid last, but not least, straw-;
berries grown during the winter.
’The celebration of.the centennial ot
the battle of King’s Mouhtaih, which
will take plane' oh the 7th of October, is
to b« an interesting affair. Forty com
panies of the North -Carolina State
Guards will be present. AH of the
southern railroad Companies will reduce
their rales for this occasion, that old
citizens of the Carotinas who have em- i ;
migrated to.Alabalna, Mississippi,; Lo(ui&-' 1
jjina' and Texas ihay he induced to 6t‘
time that the house be warned that the bill
should have fuller consideration and be less
excessive. Further discussion ensued, end
ing ib an anitnated pehsohai debate between
Mr. Randall and Mr. O’Niell, of Pennsyl
vania, which was the occasion of much
laughter and confusion, but which had little
to do With the subject. Pending the dis
cussion the committee rose and the bouse
adjourned.
House, Jan. 9.—Among the bills intro
duced and referred this morning, was ohe hy
ilr. Ryan, of Kansas, admitting free of.duty
clothing ami other articles destined for the
relief of colored emigrants. The speaker
then proceeded to call the coinmittep Mr
their reports of a private nature, Bills, were
passed removiiig the political disabilities of
W. S. Maxwell, of Tennessee, and William
Sharp, of Virginia, and also a numbir of
bills for the relief of’private individual
Mr. O'Connor ( South Caroling.) presented a
petition for the passage of a bill .for return
ing to the freedmen of the ioiith the amount
of their savings-in . the. Freedfnan’s trust
company M-. Hayes (Illinois ). ip tra
duced a bill granting pen-ions to suelr stir-
vivors of the Mexican war aa were not com
cernfed in the late rebellion. Referred: At
Immoderate tja# et Tei.
, tv. J. Morton, in an article on ‘‘ Tea,”
the Journal *f Wtroovt Ja^ Mtnlal
,, , . - . . , „piaeatei, "arrivto at. Uie following gen-
tfc it *£?SMEi» oral'conclusion*:
pnrty-six feeto m'Srae mlP •Be unfurled j -yy-yth tea; gg with any potent
drug, there is a proper and an improper
do*, - t. : '
2. In. moderation, tea ia a mental and
bodily stimulant of a most agreeable
nature, followed by no harmfu] reac
tion.
from the top of the fountain.
This brand jury of the criminal court
in session at Memphis, referred , to -the
social evil at considerable lt-hgtn in their
report. ThOji are bf the opinion that
finding indictments against the disrepu
table class will not lessen the evil, while
theymre persuaded tfayt atojjething should
he done to BfflSt the 'uhliTushing menace!
decency and . morality. As the. evil
exists in eveiy comtounity, dn'd’hs likely
to always exist, they are off the oniniun
that'the most effective manner of keeping,
it within limits is to set apart some ob
scure part of the city for this-ctasi and
to adopt a license, system fob ptfiafutites,
with such regulations os will, keep them
off the streets. ' .
Gen. Goburn says of tho work'oLtim
Hot Springs Commission: About-6o0
claims to buy land were awarded; cov
ering almut 709'ato^s of land. About
650 moitl S’eSes of land were laid off iirto
loti and blocks, and - are fit for residence —™-—-» y -
and use; the remainder of the land corf-
sists of mountains,,,tQO stb'cp andj-uggsd. ' " ” *
for occffpation aim improvement asm
town. These mountains wers apjiraiged
at a high rare to prevent, tlieir salelor
the timber which is upon (hem, and that
Congress may have an opportUmfy. to re
serve them as public parits. As they are,
they are the most beautiful feature of
the place, rhnning from the northeast-to
the southwest of the town, covered with
9 variety of trees of a luxuriant groU'th,
These mountains were hot laid off into
blocks and lots, but platted and appraised
ill bulk. The remainder of the town was
valued and the appraisclnent .fixed- at
about one-third, to enable the claimants
to purchase-.
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. SOUTHERN NEWS.
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North Carolina has fifty-five cotton
mills.,.'
Carolina has ,1,349 miles of
Wlilifield coimty, Ga. lias scve^ty-two
churches. .
The ialt ; bar-room has been closed in
r
l The'nontos in Macon,'Ga., are to be
numbered,,
.The^uano,trade-in.Georgia ju-omigei
to be lively.
SAS.T AiAfftVahiire is increasing around
_^_ MobUg^A4a. ^ i.AlLii
- * ’ ’ .Seventeen newspapers are published in
Raleigh, N. O.
! - "Two spnkg-bed manufactories are in
.j. operation at Troy, Ala.
A colbny from Michigan has arrived
-in Orange county, Fla.
* The- ministers of Greensborough, NJ
’ ■C.j.ire'preaclung against dancing.
, Sey&d negro -guards liave been em-
. ' wloyed-for the Virginia State peniten-
. tiar'y. . .
v- ;* The.populstion of Augusta, G., is 27,-
012, a.gain of 1,844 during the past
- -year.
• - ' Arfderson county, (S. C.) had no sales
• - of property under tax executions last
Mi t -'_
a\ atr Columbia, S. O., was
823. They hope to complete
it soon,:. - ; —;
The^ Ag r ‘t l d-tural and Mechanic >1
’JGSBe e of Alabama, at Auburn, has 230
students. c 1-
JS vT’ i Thfc item peran ce mo vement is spreading
<!TJ n ike.yild fire, among the negroes of Sa
lt .pA - Vannah, Ga.,
Itt-.Powliatan county, Va., during the
U * last.month a Mr. Watkins had 100 sheep
* * • killed by dogs.
The'Alexandria Gazette, the oldest
newspaper in Virginia, has entered upon
B .T * Its-eighty-first- year.
* - A company has been organized in New
Orleans for the supply of gas for heating
and cooking purposes.
The Hood relief fund amounts to $10,-
13-, of which $10,500 have boen invested
in United States bonds.
Nashville American: The city .gov
ernment, and the people of Nashville
especially, are to be congratulated upon
the fact that the new issue of city bonds
have at last reached par and arc likely
to be at a premium at no distant day.
All thete 'bonds havfe Dderfdssued since
1.870. ^
Street letter-lKi'fces ale souiething new
in Macon, Ga., and the people have a
great deal of trouble in keeping them in
their places. A countryman came in the
city the other day and . panted to feed
his horse. Not seeing sfbox convenient,
he tore off the top of one; of .this post-
office boxes and fed his horse in it.
Columbus (Ga.) Tiines t C. Lopez, a
cigar manufacturer of ■ ibis city, .ia
seventy-nine years of age. A day_ox
two since he received a letter ■ from his
father, who is one hundred apd ‘twelve
years of age,--and-js bale and li arty. He
served for twelve years in the army of
Spain, and is now a retired officer, .re
ceiving asti bounty $125 per moptli.
The Savonnali tlicMer \ygua lAiilt ‘in
1803, and Ls the oidpst ui^ America. It
is a massive builcliin* -brick and stone.
It has never" been remodeled or changed
in any way. The architect of thishheater
was an Englishman hrought-to America
by the Blake brothers, two wealthy rioe
planters of South, Carolina, who’ at that
time had their xesidrnee lit feAvannah.
3:45 the house adjourned till Monday.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
The Senate. January ♦>.—After the intro-
Ructjr!»n of it number of hills a rut Hie presen
tation bf several memorials, at 12:30, on mo
tion of Mr. Morgan, the senate, as a mark of
respect to the memory ,pf the late Senator
Houston, adjdurned until to-morrow.
Tf^E House. The speaker proceeded as
the regular order of .business to call the com
mittees-for reports. Mr. Seales (North Caro
lina), chairman of the feminittee on Indian
affairs, reported a resohition directing the
boniimltees to investigate and report upon
.the origin of the recent outbreak of the Ute
Indians at White River agency, in Colorado,
and authorizing it -to send T for per?ohs And,
papers Mr. (Louisiana), fronttht'
committee oh natal affairs, reported! a bill
extending ’ to the ports pf [ Wiimington,
Charleston. Savannali, Mobile, New Orleans,
Baton ltonge and-Galveston the tpfipMsibns^ T ;
of the net for the establishment of ’public '
marine sehools. Tossed. .... Tlie house.then
went into a committee''of the whole on Uie,
'report of the committee on rules, but oh mo
tion oi Air. Cox (New York), roap without
the consideration thereoi In order.to allow
themembers time to examine the reports.....*
Mr. Forney (Alabama) announced the death
:of Senator Houston, and the house, at 1:45,
’as.a mark of respeeE adjourned.
Tiite Senate, ;Tair 7:—^Bills were introduced
aud referred as foUojys : By Mr. Co^e, ( by
request) to promote..the immediate and rapid
construction of the international and OrrjAt,.
Northern railroad, of Texas, from Sail Ante-'
nro to the Kid Gwmde: By Mjri M^txey, to
extend tlie jurisdiotion of the nbrthjuin dis
trict of Texas. Windoin .submitted a
resolution instructing the- appropriations
•connuittee. to consider tile expediency of <
allays bcHUy firearinosS, 4nd increases,
the incentive and thfc capacity for
work.,
3. Taken immoderately, it leads to a
very gerious group oi gympioliis; etteh a*
headache, vertigo, heat and flushings of
body, ringing in the ears, mental dull
ness ana confusion, AreinUlousness,.
“ nefvHusnbs^!” AftepfessrfWS! appre
hension of evil, «xha»fctlon.’of mind and
body, with dismaliHOtarfUO iqnrinl and'
' pb y sical exertion, increased i*0d irregsi-
lar action of the heart,, increased' ree*
piration,. , , ' ' j hem
Each of fEe above symptoms is pro-
•duced by tea take* in immoderate
quantities, irrespective of dyspepsia, or
hypochondria, of hyperamia. - The
slonged use of tea .produces, »ddi-
.qnUy, symptom, of these' (Hjee latter
■*»sesi In short, in immoderate, doses,
isa most injurious eflect upon the
ius system. ■
4. Immoderate tea drinking, con
tinued for * considerable time, with
great certainty produces dyspepsia.
5. The immediate mental symptoms
produced by tea are not to be attributed
In thef above experiment upon my-
Belf, the whole group of symptoms was
produced with no sign 'of digestive
trpuble superadded.
6. Tea retards this “ tiaste ” or retro
grade metamorphosis of tissue, and
thereby diminishes the demand for
food.
It also diminishes the amount of
urine, secreted.
0. of tl»o oymploiua of inainocl-
A LAST TILE.
While the dancer* whirl to that dreamy tune,
Bee Elbe moonlight silver* the deeping MB*
And the world is a* fair as a night m June,
Let me hold yonr hand u 1 used to do;
This is the laet, last time you know.
Tfcat gives to your face that
Weanustwakeat last from qur summer drawn J
We iiatfe come to the end of ottt tenaet boolL
Lore, the poet, has written well;
hate come to the end of otit tendet t
s written well;
hearts by his poem siteet,
*Sf at the end we must say farewell—
Ah! but the aummer was fair and fleet. *
Do Veu remember the night we met? j
Yfgi Voie a rose in your yellow hair; ;
Cfcaiig my eyes 1 can see you yet j •
Just as you stood on the topmost Stair.
A flutter of white from head to feet,
A cluster of buds on your breast—ah! me;
But the vision was never half so sweet
Aa it is tonight in my memory.
Here the viols cry, and the deep bassoon
Seems sobbing out In its undertone
Oouie sorrowful memory. The tune
£s the saddest one I hate ever known;
Ords it because we mtiit part to-day
That the music seems sad? Ah! me,
Too are weeping, love, and your lips are white;
'The w'ays of life are a mystery.
love you, love, with tf lovers© Iftiej
■That incoming years I shall-netfotget ’
The beautiful face and the dream I knew.
Jhd mem’ry alhays will td^ayS hold regret,
, I shall stand bf the seas as we stand to-engnt a
And thihk of the Whose b1bSA>mf died
When the frosts of fate Xeli dull ana white) ’
On the fairest flower of the summer tide.
T^y
J^fed-jiyisbuch a sorrowful word.to«yi
* Give me, my darling, one last sweet kiss: -.
- fioovi kid; ous dear ones,.and see them di#; •
But death holds no parting as as this!
God blew vofl. aha keen toh: and; so godd-dvf
AFTER MANY DAYS.
fj WILLIAM H. BUSBNlLt.
“Never, so h»gi as I hvq, wjll 4f? r -
jVaher.and wheg 1 am deajl.
Cause; and we may find many people
taking tea to relieve the very symptoms
which its abuse is producing.
Premature Education.
Most of our leading minds, in the
various departments of activity, origi
nate in the rural districts. The cities
and large towns furnish very few in
proportion to the population. The fact
has been explained hv the ptxrer air,
simpler habits, and hardier life, which
characterize the country. But we are
inclined ;to think that our sehool sys
tem is an equally important factor in
the case, In the rural districts it-is
mpossible to attend at a very early
age, partly because the schools are
not adapted to them, and partly because
inconveniences of distance, bad roads
and inclement weather. Moreover,
there are generally only two terms, a
shorter in summer and a loflger in
winter, the latter being largely attended
even by young men and ' young ladies,
many of whom become themselves
teachers. There is, take the year
through, time enough for all sorts of
rural sports and -diversions. Play,
work and study are duly interchanged.
It is well-nigh impossible to push the
brain at the expense of the muscles.
r # The result is that nerve-force is ex-
tahiishing a new. executive department: bf' pdhded inlaying solid foundations for
•buy of
her or any one belonging to hef.
Gdr thd thousandth: tlfne old Jk>h
Gie* httefed the tame threrft-^** same
id.spirit, if not in.verdure It.had We*
come almost a part ot his duly life, and
appeared to intensify as the years
passed. One would have thou «ht,.«ri|
the grave yawned .more closely) he
VfOuld have softctiled. But it Was not
sd. His purpose remained unchanged
and his will unbent. At firtt it had
beer a paradox to his neighbors how
one who prayed so long and loudly at
all church gatherings cotild thus harhpy
resentment and he unmindful Cf tad
ferjvene:s of which he would soon
staai in need. But at last they be-
oane accustomed to his chronic state of
mird, and knowing that, ill the main;
he was the possessor of a good and
• warn heart, simply smiled at it. Yet
what could have made hii» burst out so
suddenly and without apparent cause
at tiat« particular time sorely puzzled
Iris Hd wife'.
“Why, Job,” she exclaimed, pausing
intJakmg the pumpkin pies that were
Cwrf the crowning glory of the Thanks
giving table, “ what upon earth is the
crate tea drinking are such as may oc-J n Jtedit would have been a wander to
cur without suspicion of tea Rffing-theif T£«!emore dfeeply versed in the jnys-t
“ It must be her son.”
“No; he is dead. Bu‘. yesterday I
brought her the news—blessed news, I
should say—though ever since she has
wandered around muttering Btrangely
and weeping and wringing'her hands.
No; she shall he taken care of. But
how about the child, Susan? ’
“I don’t know what to sav. it has
come upon me so sudden. I will think
oyer it, and ws Will talk of it again
this evening. 1 haven’t time now. As
f ou say, Martha has become useless, and
hate so much to do to get ready for
dinner to-morrow. You know- you in
vited the Demine and his wife to come
home with us after church.”
“ Yes, yes, and I’ve got a considerable
amount of choring around to do my
self.’
All that day there was great stewing
baking, and baking in the home of Job
Grey, but his wife went around with
a lighter step, pleasanter face, and
brighter eyes than usual, and ever and
anon her old lips bubbled over with
song, while Maitha sat moping in the
chimney-corner, working her bands
ner+oUsly, or wandering Up and down
Poor Martha,” said Mrs. Grey to
tire woman she had, summoned to assist
her in the lavish preparation, “she
takes the death of her son hard. I fear
it has upset her reason.” -
“He never was a good son toner;
alWays caused her trouble and disgrace.
Dear knows she ought to be thankful
he has gone,” was the almost Unfeeling
remark.
“fcut Still he was her child,”
•aid the good dame, thinking of her ^
own wandering, home-denied One
and tears trickled down her face, t
Wonder where he died and what was the
Uiatter. I forgot to .ask Job. But we
taost hurry up. I declare to goodness
!t {a ajmopt noon, and I’ve got so mueh
to do ana so touch' to think about.”
riWbaf it MI this less-about?”
ifcsUoned Martha, suddenly rai^i^g her
S ' m between heff hands and ap-
neftfeingfw the fifist time the
diatnrbance in the domestic ax-
rehgements.
“ Have you forgotten that to-morrow
Thanksgiving and the Domine and
hi» wife ate to be here ?” asked her mis
press. ^ Bnt don't fret about it,
Berth*. You are not well and we’ll
manage to get along without you.”
“I vhall never he well until I am in
my grave/’ replied the old woman, sol
emnly.
f‘ J know, I know, Martha—you are
thinking of 4our poor boy.^ But you
^963-,.
/Gin U:
j The cotton trade of Charleston, S. C„
amonts to $29,000,000 a year, qnd the
‘ - rice trade to $2,000,000.
• T^pnty-five scares of South Carolina
.titmufread- stock "were sold at auction in
. , f Charleston At $7.80 per shared j -
* Macon, Georgia, is to have a Uniteff
"' . and now her people want
•o’ 1, *a neapGoyefnment building.
The Lee Memorial Association still
hicks $4,500-to complete the building.
It is proposed to have it completed bv
next commencement. The stone work
is done, but the roof has not been placed
upon it, which is to be iron. A tem-
por-ry shingle roof now protects its
walls. The aoOrs were placed in posi
tion a few days ago, which weigh 4.000
pounds e-ch.
Nashville Banner: During the
of December, 1879, twenty-nine
were fed and lodged,in (hh <dty
house. During the same month ii
101 were provided for. The di
is mainly due to the fact that
are now arrested as vagrants a
qiiired to earn their food and lodg
working on the streets, whereas in?, .
they were provided for ■ as “ charity
prisoners.” ’
Chariotfe'IS. C.) News: RaHiid
Commissio.her Bonham will to
issue notice Jg the railreadsGiiat
eordance with Judge Mackeys d 1
they must hereafter charge Ereij
cotton by weight instead of m
ment. An order has already heed
by the president of the CharlpttC, .Co
lumbus and Augusta railroad to conform
to this decision in transporting oo(ton
on his line.
In tire San Antonio (Texas) Eipriss
of the 2d Ult., Mr. P. J. Moss, liveisidbU
commission merchant, reports: / The
principal feature in the cattle ma'iiet is
the purchase by Mr. B. B. Groom,Irasn-
ager of the Anglo-American CattlesQbln-
pany, of 8,000 head of cattle. These
will be driven,, north in the spring, and
will require the services of about forty-
four men, 275 horses and'; the necessary
paraphernalia incident to such drife£.
Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun: Tin
people living in -tiiei‘.vicinity, of Ctajip’s
factory haye been troubled greatly ton
agriculture andvoiffiii^ree. Ordered printed
and laid on the. table! "^A similar hill w- 5 -
trodneeu by Hr. Davis, of Virginia.
■ Tun House.—Mr Chalmers (Mississippi) inp ■
ttoduced « bill which was referred., to'rsgn-'
latc cojiLCertificates Hr. Townshend (II-
linoisi offered a IT solution inHUudaigthe
committee on foreign affairs, to inquu-e into
the expediency of abolishing ali envoys ex-
traordinary and ministers resident fdom thr
.United States to foreign countries.:Referred
Amdrig the hills introduced and. -referred
were, the following: By Mr. Mills (Texas),,
requesting the president to invite llie'cTiv-
ernment of Mexico to enter into 5 .treaty;
also; similar bills relative to iferazilj. By
Mr. Culberson (Texas), for roeimvige, of
trade-dollars. By Mr. Page (Californial): to;
restrict tho emigration, vi t-hine-m By
Mr. Acklen (Lonisjailfcvqpr ^ie Adulation
.1*1 jpm ■*y*iflMt#^and tr 1
relieve the same l'l-om of le
quaraAiffe;T* By M# (lexas),
some time by parties -shooting
Wm. Hammock had fivo,cow,S(&
less than a year. James Iforswortli
two shot in the lasj, two weeks.
Clark last tine almtft'tiffed 1 weeks
and conld not 'tell- what became o
-it Ant'Vdo. to Uie fhi elt :. : Mills
(Texas), directing the presidentrfTirahibit
all Indians fretnTl®r«servation's fram going
:.x&......'Mr. Stevens(IUmdislrepo:
ok die senate JliiR aiagmling sections) ,
25 of the rc-vi.sc(*iJpiutesSn regard to
....heral,htiids.;7sMter some dlltvssion Mr.
ReagaU (Texas)-arf3^tJiers oppo^xiitbe lell-
It passofi hy'wfi* 177, i
jouAed v ^^/cL. -j. ,
Sesati-v Jan. S.—Mr. Janes : )(Ik>nisiaiuL)
prerented A .pijiiion r of the -hip ^ oduer- o'
Lonitnapa-iitkinirtfor t-Hc amemunont of the 1
law rCfctiyp to the-fdhfeitnre of- vessel- for
the violation of-the revenue laws .... Hr.
Jonas introduced a bOi to repeal die twenty-
sedoad section of IbeeH-t to ijicorporate the
Toxigk:Pacifie railroad chmphny to aid in the
constructions of its road and for other pur 1
poses, and also to declare the rights, privile-
ge.- fuu! lands granted in said section to the
NewOffea'np, '-Barton Rffnge and; Vicksburg
railrtraiPhe'forftite'd aiffl to re-enact said- sec
tion jn favor tff the New OrleanS'Eacific rgjl-
Toadi-ompsny. Referred. The Senate went
into executive session, and when the doors
were reopened,-adjourned til! Monday.
Dor si:.- Tlie hoiise ‘went into* committee
of .the whole on the-report of the committee
on rules. Mr. Reagan (Texas) spoke in op
position to me proposed rule, which pro
vidcs that,the committee on commerce shall
report the riyer and harbor -bill merely for
reference to the appropriations committee.
■He thought that the latter committe, bur-
dent 1 )) as it already is, could not give £h*e
subject proper consideration. He objected
to the plan of making one committee merely
clerk or amanuensis for all others, and de-
clared tfiut riie committee on' eomnierce had
dTiwitys adted on th'e'nver and harbor Hills
wifh-fm'thfulness arid effieienev. After some
further discussion, in wMph.HesBreHlarfield 1
affiPkt«3E*Pj pST Mfeeireippi, participated,
7-eprewtyaaiar.dMHiiimed
the sujiers'trncture of the mind and
body.
In-<>ur cities education begins almost
with, babyhood, and ia kept np, with
only brief vacations, to very manhood
and womanhood.
Nothing is worse than this unremitr
ting employment of the brain in child:
he hood,"apd during the period of youth,
d? 'At‘least, it 'doesn’t give Us the men that
" 1 rule tha world.
Edison’s Diet.
[Boston Trsvellsr.]
gome years ago a representative of the
Traveller had the pleasure of taking din
er with The distinguished inventor,
’IrwMffl fhirseSMi ftPhtrawberries.
„ Edison ordered strawberry shogtekke,
d . iremJwreairiierilemaid eroun, and apple dunrp-
lings with hard sauce. 1
-i“Gooil gradifihfifH Exclaimed -the
writer, “what sort of a dinner do you
call that?” ,
• “I’don’t wbndfer yoii^sk,”aaia Edire>
witha laugh. “The fact iB, my dear ho;
I need brains more than I do fat. i xh(
explainl iti/C -33 I " £ ‘
‘■But” we,remonstrated, “surely you
do not think tha food you have ordered
will produce the phosphorescent article,
you desire?” • i
“No doubt of it, my dear fellow; did
teiy of the human, soul than Susan
Griy. Her husband had waxed rich;
the world had gone well with him, 'his
acres had increased, he was the owner
of bank and railroad stock, his cattle
and horses and sheep were many, and
he was not without worldly honors.
Yes, business had gone well witinhim,
red why, upon that golden morping,
yhen the toft sunny breath of Indian
simmer whispered peace and plenty
tnd contentment, he should have
-turned back the ledger qf life for nearly
twenty yeais to look upon one dark,
haunting page, could haye bee* ao-
{ouhted for by none but (himself. .
‘I was thinking, Susan,” he Aid,
ind despite all the gall of bitterness
-within his leart he eould not entirely
keep his voice from trembling and
gimething of mist from gathering in hi*
ejes, “ I was thinking of the day When
oar one child forsook her home to go
away with a scoundrel.”
The pool mother, who had never,
eased to live their offending daughter,
drew her tpron over her tear-laden
lashes and sibbed.
‘ He lovel our child dearly
vely poor, Jab, but: always 4
kindly—alway b as long as he
‘ He-stoleher away. She
her parents, and I couhJ-^-r;” .
“Don’t Job—don’t curse her
child, she has suffered enough, and we
til haVe wandered like sheep from the'
rigH path. But what could make you
Hoik of her to-day of ell others f”
“l had to 16 so. Weare gro wingeld
witaout janf. one to care for us, and
whin-,we die all oui wealth will go to
'‘ You leave it to some society)” j
‘To have it fought over and“Bq**u-
ceed.. -No, no; neve^ a cent will-auy
of liem finger and grow fat upon/’
'But our daughter?”
I‘ Hush! As :she made her bed, ewe*.
Eouiust she he in it. Didn’t - she steal
hBdrei}3 of dollars from me?” ; _
• Tiiank Jieaven, they were married.
(X! the cpbsoiatuMt that has been to
But UwouTdn’.t think ofjtjto-ffay,
" ... . lUfe.
^<>1
PrfSr
Jei tc-irthrrow is* the' blessed' Thai
grin*; ; atKl wfe -ow^ht to prepare-**-
sevee to meet it in fc prnper spirit.
to' Be
(>t«inly we hate Very .rfweti
tinkfui.for.” ■ , , v -,t i
‘Well,” he continued, “this {HCturq
oburiSthry—take it away, wife, at it
wl drive, me mad.” '. . , ai a
1 The wbtnafi rkised it fitom thej floor,
Were iti h;td fallen, tenderly bijushed
any: life dust, kissed it, and-hating
I at it safely,between 1 the lerfves of tk*|
Bl'le. he continued: ;
‘ Happening to come r „ r , , ,
ohe so dear to us, I thought of’
you ever hear of a’celebrated inventor otjrWe might have been had she
whohadmadehismarkon adietof corn mbned -as we wished; how eh* and
Bread and salt pork?” 1 he husband and bright-eyed laughing
^ The writer was fain to admit that hel chldren would have made tire onely
never did. | ole-house ring to-morrow. But It wul
“That’s just the point,” saidEdison. , nerephe,,never be.” . • ■ !
“Now, I claim that to produce goodi /Lis wife tod sunk into the xocking-
brain work, we must pay a B much atten- chm sobbing : Waud, and even he wm
tion to the brain as we do to the liver., moved as she had never seen him before,
We muBt feed it. We must give it food 1 as be went on: ■
that will keep it in continual activity, It can never be now, busan, but you
and which, moreover, will nourish it yet have somebody
For that reason I make my diet pome-
rer was ^ p—- old footeteps-one who would perhapi
thine that wiU startie a disciple of Dl( grow into our hearts, become asa chtid.
_ “ tn lid nnr] In mhnm VTA A A Ill *1 1*BYA OUT
Lewfa”
city treasury of Nashville will beHffirfil the hegd was -fouhdlna-nei]
upon for about $25,000 to aid in ingswamp. ; ... s.-afii
oslA ttie-tippriijiching centennial celebratioiri7 ijRiirty^six t'ousand .batefl bf. =
titerej •' ' were shipped to Europe from Norfolk, $2,000,000 to $8,000,000, iuul he thotght it
, 'Jto-CQIUuiitiee on rules aiv inten-
-fdri po-rt-r uf -sny hoase
Doings In the Dewy Hell.
[N«w Karen Register.]
Down in the dewy dell, where tk
sunbeams scarcely fall, remains perfet
quiet Even the soft murmuring a
cent of yonng love that erstwhi
frightened the fair maiden by its echi
has ceased, and the chirrup and twitti
of the little bird on the twig haf( bee
K ned on account of the wet the,
ve and music are not dead. Jar
and Harry are popping corn over tk
uuaK red hot covers of the kitchen stove, .an
oratorx every kernel snaps there is a thrill «
■' 4 ecstatic delight in their hearts that dit
counts brother Jim’s banjo up ih th
attic tfiB au c«at.
to us, and to whom we could leave our
property when we are called beyond
“the river.”
“Job!” she almost gasped in aston
ishment, “ what do you mean?”
“ I mean,” he Baid hastily, and as one
Uncertain even of himself, “ we might
adopt seme girl.”
Gracious! But old Martha? She
has. been with us these many years, and
tike ourselves, is. about worn out. Yon
coiild not have the heart to,turp; het out
now?”
“Noj Bnsao. She shall b* cared for
even unto death. But she: is fairing
fast. Yoii cannot but have noticed it,
and if f am not deceived she baa Some
thing heavy upon her ttirfd.”
mu*t remember that be is— 1
“In the pit of fire and brimstone
where I—” sne glared around defiantly
for Z moment .and then continued—*,
“where T soon Shall be , Oh! heaven,
that I should have—” The rest of the
sentence was inaudible, and she hung
herself back In the chair, bent down
her bead, and sobbed aloud, as she
rocked uneasily backward aud foi ward.
The mistress Boothed her and hastened
on the work. And early in ihe after
noon the pantry-shelves were loaded
with the most delicious-looking pump
kin pies, a great fat turxey, prepared
tor the «pit, a massive bowl of ruby
cranberry jelly, ft huge chieken-pie,
waiting the oven;- a cake crowned with
the most delicate frosting—in fact,
everything in as much forwardness as
could be, and a hungry soul Would have
rejoiced even in expectation of the
feast. Then the house was made tidy,
swept and dusted, fresh asparagus
sprays hung in the corners, vases filled
With bright-colored chrysanthemums,
amt the mistress, giving over the rest
of her “help,” announced her deter
mination to run in and see the Domine’i
wife a bit. •>
But she saw the Domine as well, and
they had a long and earnest consulta
tion. The trouble which old Martha
was i* was discussed at length, and then
they drifted into other matters, until at
last, warned by the lateness of the hour
Mrs. Grey thrust her needles into the
ball,of yam,-rolled up the half finished
stocking, put it in her spacious pocket,
and said sue must go home and get tea.
■ “iYou won’t forget what I said, and
be sure to come,” she said at parting,
With a Btrange combination of smiles
upon lips ante tears glistening in eyes.
“ Never fear,” answered the Domine
rfarnily, “and T-will pray for a bless-
oi!l In b- vatO -i j .»
‘fiOhl it would ngake, the. day ope'of
such fervent and holy Thanksgiving,
■ 'Domine.” i '
“ Yes, a soul saved; a lost sheep
gathered again within the fold would be
as a benediction. No, I shall not fail
to remember, and I will add works to
faith. Strange, what could -be the mat
ter with Martha.”
' An hdur later Job Grey came in from
his work and found a loaded table wait
ing, lamps .lighted, and a hickory Are
blazing and crackling cheerily upon the
fitting room hearth.
Bless me,.Susan, you are beginning
Thanksgiving early,” he said.
“I thought you’d bo tired and
hungry,‘Job, and we might 1 as well be
(Comfprtghle.” . - ; s .
“So 1 an? . What, waffles!” he-ex
claimed, as fns wife placed 1 upon the
teblftahuge dish of -the delicious prep
irpwn, .rich and
JBest of ontteri
SMtitesCof sftgftr and daintily sprinkled
with nutmeg, i, “ Yes, I knew you liked
them, Job, replied his wife quietly,
though her eldeyes sparkled with pleas
ure anfl the red flush on her cheeks
eould Scarcely have been accounted for
’ -by preheat, of the fire.
‘‘Like them, you dear old soul?
here; is nothing 1 like better. And
tneh nice ones'! I don’t believe you ever
made better in all your life, and I know
no women can beat you, Susan.”
Pleased with the praise, Mrs. Grey
told of her visit to the parsonage; that
Um minister Baid he would try and find
out what was the matter with Martha,
and comfort her; and that she also
lallrui shout their proposal to adopt a
girl.
“And what did the Domine say?”
mentioned her husband.
“Ohi he approved the plan, and
wondered why we had not thought of it
.before.”
“ Thinking was easy enough; the right
kind of agirl is the trouble.”
‘‘The Domine believes he knows one
that will suit us—the child of a widow—
and he would drive over and see
about it.” .
“ That accounts for his being on the
road so late. I saw him going alone as
I came in, and feared some one must he
dying. When will he let ns know!”
“To-morrow.” • ,
“I wonder who it can be? Oh! I
gnesslkuow. It’s that Smith child, and
* smart youngster. Well, whatever
the Domine does is always about right,
but we needn’t have anything to do
with the girl unless she suits us.”
.. “ Of course not. It is not every one
I would be willing to lake into my house
much less my heart.”
“ Early to bed and early rise was
with them the custom ot a lifetime, and
as thi next day would be an uncom
monly busy o'n$ they acted upon it, and
the house soon became Golet,- Save as now
and then could be heard the wdlklfi* and
groaning of old Martha.
The husband slumbered heavily, but
the good wife scarcely closed her eyes.
The anxiety for the morrow, the dis
turbance caused by the old servant, tiie
responsibility attached to the adoption
and bringing up of a child, and the
conversation had with the minister com
bined drove away slumber, and before
the day she was astir.
But Martha had arisen even earlier.
As her mistress entered the kitcheft she
found her bending over the fire, shiver
ing, bonneted, shawled, and her
dabbled dress telling she had been
abroad.
“ Land sakes!” she exclaimed;
“where have you been, Martha, and
you sick ?”
The woman looked at her sharply,
even fiercely, but made no direct reply,
thougn her mistress caught a muttered
threat about doing something eve* if
killed for it, and, looking upon hey a*
one bordering upon insanity, refrained
from further questioning, and was care
ful not to cross her.
But as the morning progressed
Martha appeared her former self,
though more reticent. She tool her
usual interest in what was going o», at
tending to the household duties, and
never gave a sign of the cause of her
recent trouble, save it might have been
in a casual word dropped about her not
being “ wanted Very long.”
That was the ray of light that solved
the mystery of her action* fort Job Grey
and bis wife. - She must have learned
their purpose, and presumed she would
be discharged-
“ Poor old thing,” said the husband;
“go and comfort)her, Sirean; tell her
she shall never want a home as long as I
have s roof dver my head. She has
beta too good (and faithful a servant.’
Mrs. Grey difl a» her hushend te- - i‘ Marv, my daughter, God, forgive
rested. The woman stared at her de- me,” and opening his arms his long and
sternly ‘oendemned child was clasped
within qne of bis arms and lay sobbing
upon liis breast, her daughter within the
other, and the wife and mother hanging
uponoil.
Fot alittle time heavy sobbing could
alone be heard; then silence settled upon
all. They fell that any ordinary speech
would b« a sacrilege, and it was as a mill
stone lifted from every heart when the
minister -kneeled and Baid, in a trem
bling vpice:
“Let us pray.”
It was a simple, loving petition he of
fered , and acted as oil poured upon
troubled waters; it accomplished what
nothing else could have done, and when
finished joy lighted every fice as sun
shine breaking through black clouds,
and the angels of Peace and Love hovered
with white wings and songs of rejoicing
around the hearth-stone of Job Grey.
There was the widest forgiveness for
all, even pobr, old Martha, and around
no hoard was gathered a more happy,
laving family, and from no home went up
as glad a hallalujah and triumphant song
of Thanksgiving.
MX BOTHER.
(NEW EDITION.)
Who on a stool me firmly held,
And vermin from my head expelled,
Whilst I resisting, kicked and yelled?
fesuzii . .<
.— tray
r fish, or base-ball pla _
On my return who waxed me? Say I
My mother.
When brother Joe my blood had shed,
Who made me, ere I went to bed,
AA Heav’n to bless his ugly bead?
> ** •- . { My mother.
When home fjrought my chosen wife,
My joy, my precious spice of lif&
Who filled that home with howling strife?
> My mother.
Who -yanked and boxed my children’s ears,
. And made their life a vale of tears?
Whom did they hate beyond their yean?
, I homeward hied,
And'swore the goat wa# hard to ride,
As an excuse, who said Llied ?
My mother.
“ Where is she now?” You ask me where?
J. dare not say, but my I dare
Where’er sne Is, there’s trouble there.
. , My mother.
quested. Tlie wbmHQ
flantiy fort an instant, and. then broke
qovp entirely aHd sobbed bitterly..
“ The good news was too much far
her,” said Mrs. Grey to her husband
when she returned. “If I had Q n, 7
known the cause of her trouble at f rst
how much suffering I might have saved
her, poor thing.” 1 <• *■’ *•'•« j -«
Certainly Martha seemed cheered,
find a* soon) as the breakfast things
were out of the way aud her master
gone to kit out-of-door employment, die
sought her mistress and said:
“ So you are going to adopt & child in
your old age ?”
“ Ye?, Martha, we are talking of it.”
“Who?”
“ Domine Armstrong says he knows a
girl that will suit us)”
“ And he is right, Listen to him.”
Martha turned away again, and *v»n
mor? earnestly than before did up the
work.
“I havB everything in order,” she
•aid, when called to go to church, “ but
have got to stay and attend to tie
dinner.”
“ What, not going, Martha, and this
Thanksgiving?” -
“No, not to-duy. I am not well,
and there is too much to be done.” -
She retfgftfed Within, carefully closed
up the house, and went up-stairs, re
maining there for a long time; in fact
going and returning until dinner' abso
lutely required all her attention. And
Job Grey and his tiuaaq, and the
Domine and his wife found everything
read v when the long service-at church
was over. The table was sat and gar-,
nished, the great chieken. we steatoed
apetizing odors, the pumpkin pies a*
flaked gold, and the turkey dripping
unctiousnefs from its well-browned
sides. Had the mistress of the man^on
attended to every matter personally
there could have been no improvement.
But one thing a trifle surpriied heat
There were two more plates and two.
more chairs than the number warranted,
and ehe questioned-. Martha an ,$0 Ihe
rerson. . i
“ I aidn’t know who you might bring
home. Somebody is always being askefl,
and this being Thanksgiving. I thought
very likely the table might be crowded,
especially as 'ther* Wftft* so much-
cooked.” Jin j* to;-»H*j .
“ And you were right, Martha,” 1 SfflcF
the Dinnihe aipptoVitfgty.' ‘«Thftre is
indeed plenty, and room-foe mere. Ohi
that ail the sorrowing, strickqp children'
of the earth could partake of sueh'
bounty; that every wandering ion and
daughter of the earth could gather
around their parents’ board, and for
giveness, love ancf 'happiness reign i*
every heart.’ 1 ; s M Jii'I todiadj
Job Grey looked up atohie wife un
easily, and his wife was forced to|wipe
away tears. His words bad touched tue
hidden fount of feeling within tlieir
hearts far more than hia labored leZmon
upon charity had done, and for * mo
ment the silence was painful: T« Job
Grey his oft repeated prayerjarore ac
cusingly. It was known to all .present
and for the first time he feltftot- only its t^pe from that qf the dog.
absurdity-but .its nin. Yet ire w*a the -‘ \Yhat do you do when you ha
^r?t to rally, and commanded Marthft to gold**'-asked a man of Simpkins,
remove the extra plateB and chairs. -
The old servant looked queetioningly
at the minister. He came to her relief
saying: , . / . I
' “Now, that they are placed you might
as well permit them to remain, my ola
friend. Blessed are they that j gfre,
and—” : j , i -, . I .v:-.I>
“ You promised me the girl would he
here,” interrupted Mrs. Grey*/ ■
“ So I did, and if present the would
fill one place.” J
“ And her mother the other,” said
Martha. ”•«- ~ ;
She flung the door wide open and re
vealed a woman in the prime of rife,
holding a beantiful girl by the hand and.
both looking through tears, shrinking
and afraid.” 1 J • ■ a Ti
“Mary! Oh! God be praisadL mjf :
daughter!” exclaimed Mrs. jOrey,,
springing forward and clasping the
elder one in her arm* and povering her
face with kiaw» .“My,daughter and
your daughter I Father in heave*,:!
thank thee.”
Tob Grey stood as a Bon at bay amf
glared fiercely around. He rew tha* a
trap had been sprung upon hire; that
the minister he revered, the wife he
loved, the old servant he felt kindly
toward, had all conspired against him.
But his almost daily oath stared him in
the face, and he put an iron heil upon
all of natural affection and ground it into
the dust.
“ Go hence,” he said, “ vagabond and
wanderer that you are. Go, and take
your child with you. No. daughter) ai
mine are yon. Go, and quickly, before
I turn you out of doors.” ,
,It was a terrible moment for aB. The
old, silver-haired minister stood with
hands upraised to heaven; Susan Grey
clung to her child a*d grandchild as one
clinging to life? thewife df the minister
sobbed pitifully; the flgugbtSL driven
imm the home Of her childhood, grew
pale as death, aud old Martha stood
nra and Waiving her hands as address
ing unseen spirits.
“Go!” continued Job Grey. The
homestead won if bo*e»t toil shall never
shelter you or yours.
“For the sake of mercy, remember
the day; remember it is the holy thanks
giving. As you hope for forgiveness,
show it to others,” pleaded the minister,
trembling before the storm he had
raised.
“Be still!” commanded Job Grey,
himself whiter than snow. “ Had she
only disobeyed me I might have for
given her; felt a thief, never!”
“ Father,” said the poor, heart-broken
widow, breaking silence for th* first time,
as the rushed forward and threw herself
a supplicant »t his feet, “I never took
auent from you—not a single penny. I
»nly followed my heart.”
.You speak falsely! The very night
you fled hundreds of dollars went also.
Go! -You beg in vain.”
“ Not one step!” exclaimed Martha®
springing forward and confronting the
angry man. “ Hear me! Your child is
as innocent:** a babe unborn. It was I
stole your money! My son had to fly to
eseape prison. I stole your dolfors to
javehirt” a*u.
“Marthft!”
“Ispeak truth—can prove it Now,
Job Grey, work your will with me; send
me to prison and let me rot therk I
care not what becomes of me. L had
hoped to save and repav it, but that
wretched boy all—all. And I had
prayed to be spared this. The thought
of proclaiming myself a thisf in my old
age nearly drove me mad. But for the
taheof her whom I carried in my arms,
for her child, I have told all—told the
truth.” . j
Job Grey looked around a* one dazed
by a sudden vivid flash of lightning.
Many things before misunderstood were
plain now. Then human nature and a
parent’s love- cou!d no longer he re
strained.-
NAIFS AND WHIXS.
- Nothuso in all this social universe is
so utterly thrown away and trodden un
de? foot asftdishoncred woman.
-When two women with new hats on
pm* «y.h. other on the street there is a
pair of; back stares made immediately.
' ‘ Tirvh r is no widow so utterly widowed
dh ierteirtsamstances as she who has a
husband—no orphan so ner-
fectly destitute as he who has a drunken
father.
JrTOK" of-ghM makes a fraction over
toil.a million of dollars, and when a
man, says his wife is worth her weight
in gold, apd she'weighs 120 pounds, she
IsArozth $30,000.
A typrara artist has painted the pic
ture of a dog under a tree, and the work
Is bw artistically done that none of the
gonnoisaeura can tell the bark of the
have a
yes
terday. i “Gough,” was the sententious
reply".—Philadelphia Sunday Item
Doaa’t you ever blew yoa dose?
Mrs. Langtry is described as having
Keen in her. girlhood “ a lovely little
creature with floating golden hair, who
uhed to dash about the island of Jersey
on her tittle pony inmost daring faah-
*°*A nwlT many of our modern young
ladies resemble the lilies of the field:
thej toil not, neither do they spin!_ But
they spend a pile of money and lay
around the house and let their mothers
dojthe work. _. . .
. Grai-s are advised by a Chicago physi
cian to sleep on their backs if they wish
to keep crow’s feet from the corners of
their eyea. “ These blemishes,” he
•ays, “ are the result of sleeping on the
siaea:”' •
Betebax. girl* were recently brought
before a justice in Scranton, Pa., on a
charge of atoning a peaceable old lady.
Their defense Was that she was a witch
and they believed it to he their doty to
•tone her to death.
In Illinois, aa well aa in many other
States, there are women who conduct
large farms successfully. A story is
told of two in that State who, though
in broken health, bought a twelve-acre
hum, put eut a grapery and have a
beautiful borne. ,
!3HTLTbe beat over the ehlninghead,
.-X i. Won’t you—won't you?"
Re softly wid.
Pleading to the bright-eyed ago
Just for the loon of on* «weet kia.
f. . .Tbesadden toned her pretty bead,
And “No, I won’t yon r
HowfotfiUMi* thought the little mi*;
— * uk 1 ' ' ‘
• sot aik for, but steel the Us.”
Felicia waa gliding down Tremont
street in Boston the other afternoon,
tilth a derby tot on and carrying her.
tondain the pocket* of her long ulster,
when a small boy ran up and “id:
“ Say, Miss, if yer had a cigar now,
tou’4 be riebt, nasMaSLmall