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SCIENCE AND ART.
Aleyand r Dumas is writing a biography
of Hans Make, art the artist.
Ihe trustees of Cornell University have
authorized a course in electrical engineer-
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Among the collections of paintings in
New Vork are hundreds of “old masters,’'
painted by inferior men.
Licorice farming has been undertaken
with success. The plant is propagated from
the root slock
Mr .). W, Dewing has sold, bis picture,
“The Prelude, ’ to It jbert libnner, of New
York, lor $2,000.
Mr C. E. Bessy estimates that parasitic
fungus damage the grain crops of the United
& a*en $1U0 to the extent of at lea^}j50,000,000
to OUO.OGU annually.
M. Barthoit’s gigantic statue of Librty,
the present of France to the United S'ates,
is nearly completed, and tb». whole figure
will reach New York before the end of the
present summer.
A substitute lor koumiss, or asses’ milk
has b'-en prej.an d by a phai m&chtof Tries!.
Reuses this formula: Cow’s milk 1,000
parts, water 6UU parts, brewer’s jeuit 20
parts, honey 20 parts, alcohol 30 parts, corn
Btarch 15 parts, and millet starch 5 parts.
Professor Sorokin, of th*- Sc, Petersburg
Medical-Surgical Academy, says that,
judging by certain signs he had noticed, in
several bodies lately examined, there is a
possibility of cholera appearing in Russia
uuring the present year.
The project ot cultivating oysters in Salt
Lake, Utah, is regarded thereabouts as im~
pruclicables, as there is in the lake no suit¬
able food lor oysters, and artificial feeding
would be unprofitable, while there is danger
tbat the uiud salt that is carried into the
lake each spring would smother the oysterd.
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The Wile’s Management.
The majority of women are less reckless
in the matter of expenditure than men
therefore when the family finances are
limited, the wife is the best disfiurser of the
funds. And if she is worthy to be the wife
of uu honest man, she will do her best to
make that money bring as much comfort
into lue home as possible, and in no cate
will she allow her lemiuine love for the
oeautiful to beguile her iuto extravagance,
Bui we must not expect, miracles. If the
husband hud treated her like a chiid for five
years and shall at length come to his senses
and decides to act toward her as an intelli
gent woman, he will uot expect that she
will display thj judgment the sensible
man’s wiU across tb^ street does, tor she
has had just hve years’ experience in the
use of her powers that bis shortsightedness
has deprived his wife of. Where the income
of the family is sufficient to allow all the
comforts and many of the luxuries of mod¬
ern living, there arise difficulties tbat are
harder to adjust. For her love of dress
aud desire for home adornment is given
ome scope, aud we know what tyrants they
become it left unchecked by reason and a
firm will. But the best plan in tin c,
is for husband and wife to agree upon a
plan ut living that shall bring all the ex
pansts of the year as far within the limits as
their income their courage will permit. Then
they can, after due thought aud experience,
proportion the various expenses of “house,”
‘ dress,” “chatity," “incidentals,” aud so
on, as far as tLey may see fit to particu¬
larize, and this dune each one will have ae
intelligent idea of what he is striving for.
The woman as well as the man in this case
becomes au iuterested party in the family
finances. And the mau that has never
given his wife the opportunity to show what
she cuu do with money, will, in nine cases
out ot ten, be thoroughly surprised at the
economy she will practice aud enjoy, be¬
cause she knows wnat she is doing.
Animals.
Darwin, iu his “Descent of Man,” has
many kind tbiugs to say about animals. So¬
cial animals he tells us, perform many little
services for each other. Horses nibble ami
cows lick each other. Monkeys pick from
each other thorns aud burrs and parasites.
Wolves aud some other beasts of prey huut
iu packs, and aid each other iu attacking
tfieii victims Pelicans fish in concert. The
Har_ 'baboons turn over stones to
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fiua lu&ccusj.etc.; aud, when iney come to a
large one, as mauy as can stand round turn
it over together and share the prize. Social
animals mutually defend each other; Brehm
encountered iu Abyssiniif a number of
baboons which were crossing a valley; they
were attacked by th* 5 dogs, but the old males
immediately hurried dowu from the rocks,
anS with mouths widely opened, roared so
fearlully that tbe dogs retreated. They
were again encouraged to the attack; but by
this time all the baboons had re-asceuded
the heights, excepting a young one about
six mouths old, which loudly calling for aid
eliuied on a block ot rock and was surround
ed. One of the largest ot tbe males, a true
hero, came dowu again from tbe mountain,
slowly weut to the youug oue, coaxed him,
and triumphantly led him away, the dogs
being too much astouished to mak* an at-
ttek. Ou another occasion an eagle seized
a young monkey, which by clinging on to
a branch, was uot carried off at once. It
cried londlv for help; upon which the other
members of the troop, with much uproar,
rushed to the rescue, surrounded the eagle,
and pulled out so many feathers that he no
longer considered his prey, but how to es-
cape.
TOCCOA NEWS.
By EDW. SCHAEFER.
Volume X.
Meerschaum and Amber.
“The world buys its meerschaum at
Vienna. The crude material is a sort of
clay, of delicate texture and very white
color, which is formed by the sediment of
sea foam. It is fished from the water close
to the shore, ana is generally found in
lumps varying in quantities from the size
of an egg to that of a half bushei measure-
Small piec-f-s are sometimes found ashore,
where they have been washed by the waves.
It is caught aud raised by a sort ot dredge,
and is solt, pliable and pulpy. It goes at
once to the dressing-shops, where the
imperfections are clipped off, and after
drying the piece is polished smooth. It is
then packed in boxes, about as la ge again
as a peach crate, and placed upon the
market. Each case contains 100 pounds,
and is worth trom $100 to $200, according
to the size of the pieces, the largest ones
commanding the premium, because they
are generally of a better quality and make
less waste in the manufacture. We endeav¬
or not to disturb the original texture any
more than is necessary, so that the larger a
piece is, the less paring there is to be done,
because several pipes can be taken from one
block.”
“Tbeu you do not crush and mold the
material Y”
“Oh, no, sir. That would destroy the
texture by closing the natural pores, the
very thing that is undesirable. It is that
tbat distinguishes pure meerschaum from
the imitations. The material, as it comes
from Vienna, is sent to the manufactory and
placed in cold water In the course of a
lew hours it becomes soft, resuming its
primitive condition, and is about as pliable
as soap. The cutters then take it, dissect
the blocks, and with their r.hin-bladed
knives cut out the pipes, aod if the design
is faoc-y, carve the imitations. The green
pipe is then placed in an oven where curt,
rents of warm air flow freely, and it is
thoroughly dried, resuming before it is
taken out the hard condition in which we
receive it. The cutting is vei y diffieul
work, aud no Americans have ever been
able to become adepts in it. All our cutters
come from the old country. They earn
about $85 a week, and are always able to
command situations, because the opportun¬
ities for learning tbe trade are so limited
that the supply cannot become greater
than the demand.
“After the green pipe is hardened it goes
to the dressers, who remove the fafie mouth
piece used to keep ihe pipe from shrinking
while iu the oven, and smooth the surtaee
with a sort of sandpaper known to the trade
as ‘scbachtelhain,’ The polishers, who ate
generally girls, take the pipes, cover them
w,th melted beeswax, and rub them with
soft flannel until the surface shines. Tbe
stems are tbeu placed in position, each
being made lor a particular pipe. The case
makers lake ihe measure, and make the
ra is in which the pipes are presented to
the public. It, generally requires about a
week to make a pipe, because the process
ot softening and hardening are dangerous
if they are nastily conducted.”
“How are imitation meerschaum pipes
made ?’’
"Tbe shavings of the good pipes are
mixed with plaster of paris and other such
substances, making a pliable compound
that is taken through tbe same process as
the genuine material. You can distinguish
the genuine from the imitation by its text¬
ure and color, the latter having a yellowish
hue and a more solid appearance It canno
be colored as prettily as tbe genuine because
the porcesa of pulping which it passes
through in mixing closes the natural pores
aud kills the substance.”
“You also manufacture the amber
stems ?”
“Yes, sir; and that is an art in which even
more skill is required than making meer
sekaum ware. Amber i3 a product of the
Prussian coast, and is procured from tbe
same source, and by the same methods as
the meerschaum, although in much less
quantities. It is carved while it is soft and
dried gradually. The polishing is done by
immercing the carved ware into a liquid
mixture of alcohol and beeswax, and rub¬
bing with soft flannel until it glistens."
“And it is very expensive?”
“Much more costly than any goods we
handle. This piece, which is about eight
inches long and elegantly polished and
carved, as you see, is worth about $200. It
was made for display, and would be too
heavy for convenient usage.”
“What part of -the process in amber
requires the superior skill ? ’
“The bending. Until a short time ago
it was necessary in getting a curved piece
of amber to cut it out of the block, but there
are a tew men who can bend it. They hold
it over a heated jet until it begins to soften
They cannot let it out of their fingers, aod
the heat is such that it would be impossible
to retain it in one position, ’so that they
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must bend it while fumbling it, and have to
do it very quickly. They have noopportu
nit y t0 measure or survey, even by their
eyesight, the curves, so that they must be so
skilliul that they can tell by the weight of
the goods at various angles whether the
bends are completed ”
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The Modern Melhusalah.
“Auero Largo,” or “Long Hide," accord¬
ing to the English derivation of the Spanish
word, burned himself to death at the Real
del Castillo, California, last winter. For
sometime the old Indian bad been feeble
and unable to walk. During a period ot the
heavy rains that fall in that region, the old
man sought refuge in a cabin near by. One
day he crawled up to the house of Senor
Franeiaca Parma, and told him he was very
hungry. The latter gave him a good dinner,
besides furnishing food for future emergen¬
cies, and then instructed the other Indians
at the rancheria to care for him. They
replied that they had always done so, as they
entertained unusual reverence for the old
man on account of his age. The day he
died was a cold day in Lower California,
and Long Hide was given an extra blanket
by Lis dusky friends. This be soon tore
into strips, put them on the lire, and soon
his “teepp," or brush house was all ablaze.
When this had been accomplished despair
for the moment seeming to seize him, he
plunged j headlong into the burning mass.
A stout young Indian near by seized him
and tried to drag him out of^danger, but,
the old man grabbed a stake in the ground
near by, held himself in the fire, and before
other help could come he was literally
roasted alive, dying within a few hours after
the occurrence mentioned.
Long Hide was married and the father of
several children when the mission of San
Diego was built, one hundred and twenty
years ago, and from what he told parties
who visited him, be must have been not less
than thirty years old at the time. Three or
four years ago he lost a son who could
remember when the mission was first built
by Franciscan friars. This son must-have
been not less than one hundred and twenty
years of age. Long Hide told ot the first
settlement of Old Town years before the
mission was built, of the coming of ships for
water at Russian springs, and many things
of great interest in the past history of San
Diego and vicinity. Juan Melendrez, who
lives near the Real del ;Castillo, says he
knew Long Hide fifty years ago,^ and that
he appeared nearly as oM then as he did
the week before he died. He says the old
man frequently beat the best horses owned
in the country on trips to San Diego, one
hundred miles distant from the Real, and
that he often chased deer until they gave
up with fatigue. He would then capture
them after they had lain down to rest.
Until a year ago he wa3 able to walk about
aud travel quite well. Since then be has
been obliged to crawl about on all fours, like
a cat or dog. He retained his sight per¬
fectly, aud all the faculties of mind up to
the day he died.—San Francisco Paper.
How He Tamed Her,
Sam Brown was a quiet man, who seldom
wasted words, but a determined fellow under
all his meek exterior. He married Beckie
Shaw, a notorious shrew, aud people said
they’d separate in a month—that she’d
heupeck Sam without mercy. They lived
on a farm, and everything went on smooth
for about a year, until it came to bog butch¬
erin’ time. Sam got all ready to have the
usual party for the occassion, and just as
be was sharpenin’ up the knives Beckie
came out and said : “Sam, I’m goiu’ home.”
Sam protested in his quiet way, but it was
no use, so he said he’d get a man to row
her across the pond. It was about half a
mile over. She said : “No, ye won’t;
ye’ll row me over yourself!” Sam told her
he couldn’t, and Beckie fired up and said :
“Then I’ll drown meself.” Sam said he’d
go with her if she wanted to do that, so the
boat was got ready, she got in, and they
rowed out till the water was twenty feet
deep. Then Sam stopped and said : “Well,
Beckie, this is a good place for ye to drowo
yorselt!’’ She didn’t open her mouth. He
waited a while and then said : “Come,
Beckie, I’m in a hurry to git back." She
never looked up. Sam put down the oars,
caught hold of her and pitched her in. She
grabbed for the boat, but he wouldn’t let
her get near it. When she was almost
done out she said: “Sam, let me in that
boat and ye'll uot hear anything more from
me pot o’ the way.” So he pulled her in,
and they went back home. She changed
her clothes and entertained the guests.
They’re now nearly eighly and you never
saw a happier old couple—did you ? I
don’t think they ever spoke of that duckin’
since the day she was goin’ to drown
herself.
He is an even-tempered carpenter who
can keep his spirit-level when another
workman wants to borrow it,--N. Y. News,
Tigers.
The tiger may be taken as the supreme
type of the pure wild beast. Life has only
one end for him—enjoyment; and to this
he gives all his magnificent energies.
Endowed with superb capabilities, he exer¬
cises them to the utmost in this one direc-
tion, without ever forgetting for an instant
that he is only a huge cat, or flying in the
face of nature by pretending to be anything
else.
Speed, strength and cunning are his in a
degree to which in the same combination
no other animal can lay claim; in daring
none exceed him, while for physical beauty
he has absolutely no rival. A tiger has
been known to spring over a wall five feet
high into a cattle inclosure, and to jump
back again with a full grown animal in its
jaws, aud has been seen to leap, holding a
bullock, across a wide ditch. As regards
its speed, the first bounds of a tiger are so
rapid as to bring it alongside the antelope;
while for strength—a single blow of its paw
will Btun a charging bull. Its stealth may
be illustrated by anecdote of the tiger car¬
rying away the bait while the sportsmen
were actually busy putting up the shelters
from which they intended to shoot it when
it came; and its daring by the tact that
numbers do not appal it, that it will single
out and carry off a man out of the middle
of a party, and that it regularly helps itself
to cattle in broad daylight, in full sight of
the heardsmen or„the whole village, I have
not gone for my illustration to any travel¬
ler’s tale, but to records of Indian shiker
that are absolutely beyond suspicion.
To enable it to achieve such feast as
these nature has created in the tiger the
very ideal of perfect brute symmetry and
power. The paws, moreover, are fitted with
large soft pads, which enable this bulky
animal to move without a rustle over ground
where the lizard can hardly stir without
being heard, while its coloring, though it
seems conspicious enough when seen behind
and against a background of whitewash,
assimilates with astonishing exactness to
its surroundings when the tiger lies in the
ambnsh under the overhanging roots, or
crouches among the cane-grass.
For the tiger makes no pretense to invin¬
cible courage. On the contrary, he pre«*
fers to enjoy life rather than die heroically.
When death is inevitable, he is always
heroic, or even when danger presses him
too closely. But if he can, he avoids the
unequal contest between brute courage and
explosive shells, and makes off at once for
more sequestered woodlands, where 1 e can
reign supreme, and be at ease. It is indeed
a splendid life, that this autocrat of the
juHgle leads.
Receiving a Deputation.
After the seven years’ war, the strict dis¬
cipline which Frederick II. of Prussia had
introduced into the army caused great dis¬
satisfaction among the so diers. Even in
the regiment of tbe Potsdam Guards a few
turbulent spirits banded themselves together
to enforce a claim to certain priveliges, to
which, however, they were not entitled.
Without reflecting on the severe penalties to
which they were liable under the military
laws, they went straight to Sans Souci, the
residence of the King. Frederick saw them
coming, and went out to meet them on the
terrace in front of the palace. Before the
ringleader of the malcontents could say a
single word, the King commanded: “Halt
Attention!—Right about face!—March!”
The whole band obeyed the word of com-
mandwith the greatest precision and march-
ed off, awed into submission by the eye and
voice of their old commander, and glad
enough to escape without punishment.—Der
Wanderer.
Family Altercations.
The best intentioned wedded pair cannot
live together without having some slight
misunderstandings and mild disputes. They
must talk when daily in each other’s society,
and they could not at all times, either on
private er public affairs, agree ou every
point of argument; and, though these disa¬
greements are very painful at the time, they
are, we may say, necessities, as otherwise
the man ond wife would merely be a stupid
and opinionless pair. True, may no word
be spoken harboring a personal insult; but
the unpleasantness is there nevertheless,
and it cannot truthfully be denied. To defy
these harmless altercations in wedded life,
one of the two must necessarily be a sort
dummy, with machinery by which he can
be wound up to smile, weep, look grave,
shocked, sympathetic, or loving, and by
which he can be made to utter “Yes, dear,”
“No, darling,” and other desired remarks
at the other’s will. Who shall be the invent,
or of this sort of clock work, and who shal
be the one to submit to the ordeal ? We
shall not attempt to draw a picture of the
model wife, as men would wish her to be.
We don’t believe they could draw it them¬
selves to their own satiafation. However,
*we will vouch for it that all sensible women,
and most all tke others, would prefer a
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husband who now and then upset two or
three chairs, throws the bootjack through
the middle pane of the window—that is,
providing he had no trouble to keep his
own balance—to that most detested of all
creatures, the man who is as silent as the
gods of India, and who sits hour after hour
trying to ape a long faced and sorely perse¬
cuted ouraug outang. His picture first
provokes merriment, then anger and disgust.
His wife is the most pitiable creature in the
world Fire, flood, an earthquake or even
a hurricane, might be welcome guests; but
a man in a fit of sulks, never ! Wake him
up! As well might you try to revive a
mummy, while his fit lasts. He is as rigid
and dead to sensibility as the tenants of an
Egyptian catacomb, and his stubb 1 rnness
as his wife knows, beggars all description
The spouse of a henpecked hnsbanc h^arti y
regrets the nature of her mission.—Ex.
A Neglected Industry.
Bee-keeping is one of the industries which
Americans have neglected because its prof
its are comparatively small and steady. It
is the risky business by which a man can
jump iuto a great success or a great failure
that is popular. There area few bee-keepers
in the country whose honey is found in all
home markets and is exportad to England,
but the great supply comes from those who
make the business supplemental to farming,
aud it is this class of small farmers who
should give more attention to the matter
than they have hitherto done.
In oid times every garden in town and
country had its hive, which was usually al¬
lowed to stand unattended to until the bees
died of cold or foul air.
This industry requires little work compar¬
ed with any other occupation, but that work
must be thoroughly and faithfully performed
at regular seasons. A lad or active woman
can take care of one hundred colonies, but
they will require hard and constant work
through the three summer months, and there
must be no shirking. The profits of a
single hive of healthy Italian bees average
from fifteen to twenty dollars in the first
year and in the increase of another hive.
It is not too sanguine reckoning, therefore,
to set down fifteen hundred dollars in a very
good season as the clear gain from one
thousand colonies, which for the labor of
one or two persons for three months of the
year is at least a fair profit on the outlay.
The large bee-keepers often farm out their
colonies; that is, place about twenty in each
farm which offers the proper food for them,
pay for the attention which they require,
and at stated times go about collecting the
honey. The supply of fine honey never
equals the demand in the markets of our
large cities, and since the problem was solv¬
ed of shipping the combs from this port and
landing them in Liverpool unbroken, the
supply required for Europe is simply unlim¬
ited. Our white clover honey is said to
command a higher price in London than the
Greek. Here is one of the many industries
by which farmers’ daughters in this country
could earn a comfortable support and re¬
main at home —New York Sun.
Sensational Journalism.
A Houston paper, referring to the death
of a lady, says she was overtaken by a fatal
attack that ended in death. That a fatal
attack should ever end in death seems so
wildly improbable that the matter requires
investigation. If, however, it should be
shown that the fatal attack really did end in
death, then we are prepared to believe an
almost incredible statement in a San Anto-
nio^paper, that there.were poor, starving and
indigent paupers in that city who needed
food. It startles even tbe most careless to
read that, in this age and country, there are
not only paupers, but that these paupers are
poor. Not only that, but' we are called on
to credit the statement that the poor paupers
are in indigent circumstances. This is as
far as our credulity will permit us to go.
The final assertion, that these poor,
and starving paupers need food,
the bounds of the most extravagant sensa¬
tionalism. If journals of standing
to make such reckless assertions, sooner
later the reading public will lose
in them.—Texas Siftings.
Robin Adair.
A young Irish physician of the name
Robin Adair, walking to London stopped
an inn where there was a countess
leg had been badly broken by tbe
ing of a stage coach. His proffered r-
vices were accepted, and he performea
work so skillfully '.hat she insisted he
not leave her. Ultimately she took him
London and introduced him to the
social circles. He became enamored of
earl’s daughter, and taught her to
“Eileen Aroon." He was parted from
by a cruel fate. She connected his
with the song, snd thus changed it
picked op and carried by a celebrated
upon the English stage, where it met
the same instantaneous success as
Sweet Home.”
ALL SORTS.
Reef-formers— The coral worm—Boston
Star.
The Weather Renrean is the storm
scenter.—Cincinnatti Drummer.
If every dog had his day, how long would
a bench show last ?—New York MaiL
Cheek is one of the hardest-worked busi¬
ness capitals in the country,—Boston
Globe.
It is stated as a fact that many people
hear best when their eyes are closed. Think
of this in church.—N. Y. Advertiser.
To remove paint: Sit on a freshly daubed
cellar door, or wash the rosey cheeks of a
sleeping beauty.—N. Y. News.
Be a philosopher: but amidst all your
philosophy—be still a man.—Hume. Follow
this advice faithfully and be a “hu-man.”
—Boston Star.
What is the simplest wayto keep jelly from
molding on top Y—Boarding House Keeper.
Put it on the table once in a while.—Phil-
delphia News.
Here is proof conclusive that a pig
may be a fish. A tautog is a fish; an
educated pig is a taught hog; ergo, the
metamorphosis is apparent,—New York
Advertiser.
“Postponed on accout of the weather,^ as
the timid city man said when he didn’t go
through a sheep pasture with a belligerent
ram holding the fort.—Cincinnati Drum¬
mer. r
Rev. Dr. Pusey left a personal estate of
more than $80,000. AU his property goes
to his daughv?*, Miss Mary Amelia Brine.
That is to saA it is all salted down.—Bos¬
ton Transcript
“Mr. Isaacs, can you tole me vere vas
the first diatifind ?” “Ny Mr. Yawcobs ;
vere vas it ?” j Vy, Noah’s son on der ark;
he vas a Snem of der fust vater.—Boston
Commercial Bu||etin.
The poet saiffithat cleanliness was next
to godliness, 'mis is not to be understood
to apply to all kinds of godliness represent*
ed in the top gallery of a theatre.—Balti¬
more Every Saturday.
When Carlyle said that everybody should
have an aim in life he had no reference to
the fair sex, He had doubtless often seen
a woman trying to throw a stone at a hen.
—N. Y. Advertiser.
The editor of the Waco (Tex.) Sentinel,
having been blown up by the explosion ot a
saw mill boiler, we suppose it will now be in
order to allude to him as “our highly steam¬
ed contemporary.”—Life.
“Dead broke, eh?” quiried a Boston man
of a seedy looking individual, whom he saw
passing into a shop adorned with three
goldun balL. “No,” was the curt reply,
“pawn broke.”—Burlington Free Press.
A New York paper says the Brooklyn
bridge is to be “opened with eclat." If any
persons thought it was to be opened with
an oyster knife or a crowbar they now see
their error.—Norristown Herald.
One of the most sanguinary puns of the
season was perpetrated by the Boston Bul¬
letin, as follows: “A blooded horse is of
course a good gore.” After such an effort
as this life appears much brighter.—N. Y.
Advertiser.
At Riedsville N? C., Frank Apple, being
attacked by four negro robbers, killed two
of them outright and seriously injured the
other two*—News item. Some people wiU
maintain 'that this is a pummel logical
incident.—Yonkers Gazette.
Elderly philanthropist, to small boy who
s vainly striving to pull a door-bell above
his head. “Let me help you, my littl«
man.” (Pulls the bell.) Small boy - ■
“Now you had better run, or we’ll both get
a licking!”—Fliegende Blatter.
Hint for liars about the weather: *‘l
never remember anything like this season
for dryness. * Three months without any
rain!”
“Bahl That’s nothing! Now, in 1846,
I remember, we didn’t have a drop of rain
for eighteen months!”—French.
As a matter of fact George Washington
sat down in the boat and held on to the seat
when he crossed the Delaware, but such a
position would not make a striking tableau,
and so the hero of the ferry passed into
pictorial history standing.—New Orleans
Picayune.
One of the Boston papers, in reporting a
lecture on the “corona in total eclipses,” set
it up the “coroner in total eclipses,” and
because it got the coroner just where he be¬
longed there v/t s a disposition among the
fraternity to make a dead-set at the typo.—
Yonkers Gazette.
Lawyer—“You say you made an examin¬
ation of the premises. What did you find?”
Witness—“Oh, nothing of consequence; a
beggarly account of empty boxes, as Shak-
speare ssys.” Lawyer—“Never mind what
Shakspeare says. He will be summoned, and
can testify fo himself if he knows anything
about the cahe.”—-Boston Transcript.
A highway woman named Annie Richie
was arres ed for snatching a watch from
Joseph Pjllen, who was walking down
Greenwich street. As she has heretofore
been fouad t uiity of a similar offense it is
presumed that pullin watches has made
‘Annie nch, Annie should change her
name to ‘Procrastination,” because she is
‘the thief of time.”— New York Adverti-
ser.