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V TEEMS, $1. Per Annum. vol. xii.no. is Jut! Tu i\>i»SGmNQ DAY> | She knew the course the party of j face could be trace:, irr the starff^ Vj'hanVsijtTtes lay i T1iou ? ?i skies be drear, j cowboys would probably take. She \ now struggling through the clouds. The fairs** tfcje ol r.U the Tear , When reunited household bands Give greetings sweet with clinging hands ; When lip meet Jip and hearts draw near. Hail time of ripe and ruddy cheer! Of sparkling eyes nail laughter clear— Thanksgiving Dny. But best of all, dear love, didst hear “'Vhen lip meets lip and hearts draw near, Thy true soul heeds and understands? Ari sweetheart, list to iove's commands! Hake this to me fore’er and e’er Thanksgiving Day 1 —Claudia Tharin. knew, too, the most direct line to the I Markham leaned closer down to get claim of him of whom she had thought j a better view. Then v it-h a startled r.s her lover. Up the little incline she ; glance he turned to Lis comrades, swept, down through the reedy ravines. ] “Boys,” he exclaimed, “>t’s a gal.” her skirt torn by the dead sunflower j Had a meteor fallen in their midst stalks and her face at times brushed no greater surprise could have been Blake's Thanksgiving. *HAR’3 got ter be some order in this country ’er tb’ hul lot of us is goin’ ter smash,” ex claimed the tallest of a group of cow boys gathered near Fleegle’s store on the raw November evening. “Yes, he deserves tlringin’ up, an’ he’ll hev ter take it, too,” emphasized the one next him, f.s he swung his lariat nervously around his head and bringing it down j with a “swish” on his pony’s flanks c .used that animal to leap snrprisedly forward, only to be viciously jerked hack to its place. ‘ I don’t. know, boys, about this bangin’ business,” spoke up a swarthy figure near the porch. He was a Southerner, and his voice had a cool must go ter town agin to-morrow an’ incisiveness that commanded ittention. j {fit another load of furn’ture an’ then by the rail rag-weeds. The way seemed I so long. Would she be in time? She struck the broncho a blow with the rope’s end and he increased his pace until it seemed that he could cover the distance no faster. *»*•** “Thanksgiving eve and I’ll stay at home,” mused Blake as he drew his one chair close to the stove of his sin gle roomed cabin. “Two years ago I was really at home enjoying the fire with the old folks; now I am alone. But it will not be long,” and he looked around with a conscious pride upon some new furniture—a table, a cup board and a roll of carpet—that shone in its gaudy cheapness in a corner of the room. “It will not be long. I hope, for I think she loves me well enough to marry me. I’ve treated the poor child shabbily for a while, I know; but the finding of Mary a school and the getting her here has about kept me busy. An’ I don’t suppose the little lass knows of her at all. manifested by the party. “I ’lowed, ” said one sheepishly, “that we was followin' Blake.” “Of course yon did an’ so did the rest of ns,” spoke up the Southerner in his cool, sarcastic way. “But we made a pretty spectacle o f ourselves, did’nt we, a chasin’ this little gal over the prairies a cold night like this. But now let’s get her- back to th' cabin. ” Merl was insensible and one arm hung limp and moveless by her side. Markham lifted her to his saddle and the remainder of the party was just mounting their horses when a crack- ling sound in the bushes and dry weeds attracted their attention. A dozen revolver hammers clicked. All waited and watched eagerly until at once they saw a number of points of fire in a semi-circle before them and then dark forms came cautiously forward.. “Cattle, ap I’m a sinner," ejacula ted Markham. “Boys, it’s a bunch of Georgia's Law Makers Assemble at tb- Capitol. Routine of the House and Senate Brief ly Reported. ‘ 'There's such a thing ns going too fer, m’ I am in favor of investigatin’ a little before w» take any rash meas ures.” “Wo don’t need ter wait,” said Markham, the first speaker. “The case is clear. Sixteen head of cattle air gone from tho Occidental Cattle C'omp’ny’s herd, an’ Jim B.'ake sold jest sixteen head at Wakeeney on Sat’- u’y. That we know, an’ he’s got ter swing. We’re goin’ ter see that he does ter-night, too, ain’t we, hoys?” .Tho dozen wide-liatted cowboys nodded approval and one or two snake whips were snapped with reports like pistols, ns if the sound were exclama tion points to emphasize the decision. They huddled closer together and were so busy discussing their plan for tho proposed vengeance that they did not see the white face that peeped around the corner of the store build- li was Mori, the eighteen-yenr-old adopted daughter oi the store-keeper. Bora in an emigrant wagon, she was made an orphan by one of the old- time Indian raids, and Fieegle had “brought her up.” She was comely and graceful, but neglected, and she had little companionship among the young people of the settlement. Blake had smiled on her and petted her on his frequent visits to the store, but the week before she had seen him walking with the new school mistress of the neighboring settlement and her heart was filled with bitterness towards him. how, however, she was fright ened and had a vague wonder what she ought to do. He hain t no use fer me an’ never did have,” she exclaimed half de fiantly, as she slipped away from the group in the fast-failing prairie twi light. “But he didn’t take ’em,” she continued, as she brushed aimlessly through the brown grasses. “I don’t know where he got what lie sold, but I j know he couldn’t her’ done that. ” The crime of cattle stealing seemed to her to exceed in heinousness any other in the catalogue. The battle raged in her heart all the while she was setting the scanty supper table, and it was not decided until she heard the group of horsemen canter away from the front of the building and she realized that they had started for the rendezvous. “Go in an’ tend store, Merl, while I eat,” said Fieegle angrily, coming into the room. He had wanted to join the party but could not leave. His wife was ill and the children were small. The girl was off on her errand in an an instant, and before Fieegle had taken his seat at the supper table was behind the counter awaiting a cus tomer, if such an unlikely thing as one’s coming should occur. The frame building shook in the wind and the floor was whitening about the door where a fine sleet came through the cracks. Seizing some heavy hoots she drew them on, and throwing an overqoat from Fleegle’s stock around her, she glided noiselessly through a side door and stood alone in the night. The nearest house was two miles away. She could see its lamp twinkl ing over the level prairies which stretched far to the dark horizon around. The snow clouds were light and drifted southward on a rainy wind. it was ten miles to Blake’s cabin, the little frame house of the handsome bachelor settler to whom she realized that her heart had gone out. She must get there before the cow boys. Taking from the stable he* fos ter parents’ fleetest broncho she leapt upon his ba'ok fearlessly and, with a rude rope bridle to guide, dashed fom, ward into the night. -With-a steady swish the hardy horse bounded on, shaking his rough mane witii apparent 'pleasure Us he ’breasted the cold \ilast. — — I’ll speak ter her. I wish Mary could- be here with us, but she' can’t until summer, an’ then, seem’ as how as th’ old folks is gone, mebbe she will; but I know she’ll like my little gal, mv pretty prairie wild rose, my sweet heart—” He started to his feet. A horse's hoofs were heard outside coming on a run up the beaten path that led from the regular trail to the. settlement. In a moment he was at the door peering into the darkness. A little figure slid down from a pant ing pony and Merl’s face looked up at him. “You here?” he exclaimed, startled as at an apparition. “Yes, me. But thar ain’t no time ter waste, Jim ; they’re coming.” “Coming? Who?” “Th’ lynchers. 1 heard ’em a ways back. They’s a lot of ’em, and we must act quick.” “We must? What do they want o’ tLS.” “They think you’ve done somethin’. Never mind now what, an’ air cornin’ ter punish yell.” Blake would have stormed and fret ted himself into unpleasantness if the girl had not brought him to his senses. “Do as I say. Give me yer hat an’- when they git in sight blow out yer light, hide under th’ bed and I’ll skip. They’ll foller *ie thinking it's you, an’ I’ll lead ’em a chase, I tell yer. While we’re gone you make' yerself scarce. Understand?” There was no time for parley. Al ready the muffled patter of ponies’ hoofs on the sod could be distinguished. No, no, I am no coward. I’ll ‘take the chase and I’ll escape, too,” the man was determined and attempted to take from the girl the hat she had snatched from the table just inside the door. There was a little struggle hnt the j pursuers did not see it. What they did see just as' they came within a few rods of the house was a quiet extinguishing of the light in the cabin and a dark figure with Blake’s hat dimly outlined against the sky, Away it dashed across the prairie, fol lowed by at least twenty man on horse back. He put a few more pieces of wood I tho Occidental’s herd wandered off an’ into the fire and continued: “Mother j here we vas S oi n’ ter—” was marriod on Thanksgiving; I was I , Tlle cat>tle came nearer and one of born on that day—I wish I could be ! tlie 1161,1618 recognized them and swore mar—but no, it is too late now. I i with a strin S of oaths nearly as long i as his lariat that Markham was right and the tall grass in the bottom lands, sprinkled with brush and clumps of trees had proved an effective hidin'* place for the stray animals even had the season been later. It was far past midnight when the party drew up at the nearest house, Blake’s cabin. “We oughtn’t bring her here but it’s too far. in any other direction,” said Markham, “an’ we kin send fer some of the yomen.” Blake met them a mile or so from the house, as he had saddled his own horse and followed to see what was the fate of his rescuer. “Blake,” said Markham, when they had laid down their burden on the rude bed and lighted a fire, “we hev been a pack o’ fools an’ but for that brave lassie, thar, you’d be hangin’ from some neighborin’ cottonwood. Ye would, fer a fac’.” Blake’s face whitened as he thought of it for he knew that he had bnt little to offer against the party’s cir cumstantial evidence. By daylight Mrs. Markham and the only man pretending to medical lore— the paymaster of the Occidental Com pany—were at the cabin. “She’s bruised pretty bad,” said McCarrick, as he felt of the girl’s head. “Her arm is broken and she has had other injuries. She must not be moved for a week. Then she’ll be all right.” They stepped one side the cabin to have further consultation and did not notice that Blake returned to the house. He knelt by the side of the white faced sufferer. She was conscious now and blushed as she saw his bearded face so near her own. The doctor's words were repeated and then he added some other words, the im port of which was that she need not ever be moved from the cabin if she would say yes. “But—hut—the school marm?” she stammered, with a half-jealous pang. “The school mam?”repeated Blake. “Do you mean my sister, Mary?” There was no more hesitancy, and when, with Markham and the rest standing around, McCarrick, who was also a ■ justice of the peace, made the settler and his rescuer husband and wife, no one was sad but Mrs. Fieegle, who thonght what a good servant she had lost and how angry her husband would be. “And it’s Thanksgiving,, too,” ex claimed Blake, when he had received the congratulations of his late enemies; “Ya-as, you hev two things ter bo thankful fer,” said Markham dryly, “yer life an’ yer wife.”- There was no Thanksgiving dinner, for there was no time or room for such a thing; bnt there was just as much happiness in Blake’s heart, and Merl, as her face glowed with glad ness, felt that even with her perilous ride and the resulting accident she had purchased her entry into a new life cheaply. The rest of the furniture was brought later on and Blake said it reached the one it was intended for. The ponies of the lynchers were no better than that of the riders.they were following, and that personage easily led them just enough to keep them en couraged. Mile after mile they traversed, the men’s bodies rising and falling in monotonous regularity as the level leagues were passed. “Who warned him?” asked the leader angrily, shouted out'the ques tion to his band. “His conscience,” answered one with a coarse laugh, and no more was said. The prairies proper were being left behind. The course of the cavalcade as it followed the dark figure 'on horseback that like a will-o’-the-wisp kept so provokingly just ahead of them was plainly down hill. It Was’ a long incline leading to the bottom lands of the Smoky Hill Biver, and the grass grew thicker and taller as they went further on. A steeper slope told them that they would soon be on level ground again along the river, when suddenly a shout of glee went up from the band of pur suers. The horse ahead had done jnst what they had expected some of their own would do while racing through a weedy ravine—its feet had become tangled in the long slough-grass and it had fallen. In a moment they were surround ing the form of the rider which lay still and helpless partially under the broncho with face hidden by the dark ness and the mass of weeds and grass whjch overhang. They lifted up the head covered with the wide felt hafr-Va white Vohnd At Roman marriages the wedding ring was placed on the thumb, Turkey in Asia—A Thanksgiving Study, —Puck. TnE HOUSE. Monday. Nov. 20.—Mr. Osborne, of Chatham, has dug up the hatchet and put on his war paint against the Sa vannah Morning Mews. The attack upon the paper, although unexpected, was salty and to the point. During tho morning the house wa3 flooded with copies-of the Mews, each con taining a marked article in regard to a bill now pending before the house introduced by Mr. Doolnn, of Chat ham, the same being a bill to change the regulation laws of Savannah. The article charged the Chatham Delega tion with haste and unfairness in put ting the bill through the house. Mr. Osborne sent to the clerk’s desk the following privileged communication which was read: “I' ’desire state that the charge of un fairness and undue haste contained a copy .of the Morning Mews, now on the desks of the members, is absolute ly false. The course given the bill question was the result of a conference had with the chairman of the com inittee appointed to come to Atlanta and confer with us in reference to the same. The said chairman was prompt ly notified by our action in reference to the bill, and- ample time aff orded him to make objection and secure a re-committal, if so desired A number of new bills were then in trodneed. An important bill in the interest of free and Lo rest labor and manufacturers giving employment fb such labor, was introduced by Mr. Martin, ol Fulton. It is a bill pro viding for the labeling of all merchan dise sold in this state and manufactur ed in any . penitentiary, reformatory or other places where convict labor is employed. There was considerable discussion over the bill of Mr. Thomp son, of Madison, to amend the act authorizing pensions to the confederate widows of the state. The law as it now stands provides that a woman to draw the pension must show that she is the widow of a confederate soldier who died from the effects of wonndsreceiv ed during the war. The bill of Mr. Thompson was to change this law so as to allow any woman to draw a pension hereafter if she proved that she was the wife of a soldier during the war, and that she was his wife at his death, pro vided that his death was caused by wounds received during the war. There was much opposition to the bill and it was lost upon the final vote, only 63 voting for it and 25 against it. The bill of Mr. Walton of Stewart- to pay election managers and clerks was passed by substitute. Mr. Walton’s bill provided that all election man agers should bepaid§2.00 a day in gen eral elections and in county elec tions to fill vacancies, and that all clerks at county sites should be paid $1.50 a day, and clerks serving else where should be paid 31.00 a day. The committee to which the bill was referred sent in a substitute for it that all election managers and clerks shall be paid for the services, the sum to be fixed by the county commissioners, The house passed this bill almost unanimously. Tuesday, Nov. 21—The house of representatives was in a talking.,humor Tuesday morning. It seemed that ev erybody wanted talk on everythin; that came up. Teachers’ institutes in Georgia in which those who instruct children in the common schools are taught how to teach came in for a- good roasting from many of the• members. The discussion which brought on the roasting came up over a bill by Mr. Wilcox of Coffee to abolish the connty teachers in institutes both.monthly and yearly. After the third reading of tho bill and a lengthly, discussion, the bill was lost by a vote of 80' to 37. Mr. Wilcox gave notice that he would move for a reconsideration Wednesday. An other discussion came up on the bill of Mr. Thompson which was lost Monday. It is a bill to pension the widows of soldiers who have died since the - pen sion act passed or who may die here after, when it can be shown that she was his wife during the war aid at his death, and that his death was caused by wounds received during the war. Mr. West moved a reconsideration. There was a long discussion, but when a vote was taken the bill was reconsid ered,, to eome up again at some future time. Mr. Martin, of Fulton, having given notice of reconsideration of Mr. Osborne’s bill, passed Monday, moved •its reconsideration as soon as the pen- j siqn bill was disposed of. - It is a billj j to 'give eminent domain to all the couu- i ties in the state for drainage qmr- I poses, that is to give all counties the right to have drains placed anywhere they see fit, regardless of the Objec tion of the owners: The bill was re considered and sent back to the com mittee. There was further .discussion over a'resolution introduced UyrDIr. Blbodworth of Monroe, and-even* Speaker Atkinson took pari itt it, mak ing his first speech on the floor during the session. The resolution was that no business should be introduced in the house after Saturday the 25th, except by unanimous consent. Mr. Tatum of Dade offered to amend by excepting local bills, which was adopted. Speak er Atkinson yielded the chair to Mr. Hodges' of Bibb, and spoke earn estly in favor of the resolution, as he was chairman of the committee on rules which considered it. The resolution was then adopted. By unanimous eon- sent the senate bill of Mr. • Pinson Ur- incorporate the village of Warm Springs, Meriwether county, was-put on its passage. There was opposition to the bill which elicited a lively dis cussion bnt it was finally passed by a vote of 93 to 0. The talking ceased for a time after this, and bv unanimous consent Mr. Neel, of Floyd was allowed to introduce two now bills. Speaker Atkinson announced tho committee to look into th6 matter of physical pools. Mr. Fleming, of Rich mond, introduced a joint reso lution that the house and senat* on Thanksgiving day take a recess to accept of the invitation of Augusta to attend the exposition' there. The bill of Mr, Osborne of Chatham, granting the right of eminent domain to the const counties, brrrr M alton, objected to it, which caUec? forth speeches in favor of it from Mr. Osborne, of Chatham, and Mr. Flem ing, of Richmond. The bill was then passed by a vote of 89 to nothing. A number of new bills were introduced. The following bills were read the third time and passed: To amend an act governing the analysis and sale of fer tilizers in the state; To amend the act incorporating the State Savings’ Asso ciation ; To provide for registering the voters of Tatnall county. The house then adjourned until Wednesday. Wednesday, Nov. 22—Soon after the journal had been read in the house, Wednesday, the motion to reconsider the bill to abolish teachers institutes which was lost Tuesday came up for a hearing, and after some discussion was reconsidered by a vote of 70 to 42. Mr. Stapleton, of sumter introduced a bill to require of dealers in cotton and other futures and all bncket shops an annual tax of $30,000. The bill was read and referred to the tax committee. By unanimous consent the resolution of 'Mr. Howard, of Baldwin, to refund 3100 to Mr. A. Pinkus, of Milledge- ville, was taken from the table and adopted. Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, chairman of the committee appoint ed to examine into the legality of the convention bonds which were recently discussed in the house, made a report. The report, which re commended the payment of the bonds, was made the special order for next Tuesday and two hundred of the re ports were ordered printed for the use of the house. A petition from nu merous citizens of Jackson coun ty to amend the constitution by mak ing new counties in that section was presented by Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, and referred to the general judiciary committee. Mr. King, of Fulton, in troduced a bill to regulate the sale of redemption tickets, which, if adopted, will kill the business of ticket scalpers. After the bill to repeal the act protect ing primary elections had been reatlihe third time and lost a number of new bills were introduced and read first time. The house then adjourned. Thursday, Nov. 23.—Mr. Mershon, of Brunswick, introduced a bill in tho house Thursday morning to establish a state board of health. The bill is a sweeping one, and in case of an epi demic might run the state to an ex pense of two dr three hundred thous and dollars. The bill gives the gov ernor authority to use the state militia as guards, and he can call out all of the state troops. At 11 o’clock the bill introduced by Mr. Fleming came up for consideration. A number of amendments were offered and most of them rejected. After considerable discussion the bill was passed by vote of 111 to 9. The bill provides in section first that, be ginning with the taxes levied for the year 1894, all moneys belonging to the common school fund of the state, in cluding poll tax and specific taxes, shall be paid direct into the state treasury, in like manner as other state taxes are paid, and said common school fund shall be used for none other than common school pur poses as provided by law. Section ik'That on the" 31st day of March, the 30th day of June, the 30th day of September, and the 31st day of De cember in each year, the treasurer of the state shall place to the credit of ach county in the state on his books its proportionate part of the common school fund in the treasury on each of said dates. .Several new measures of more or less importance were pre sented and read first time. Bills on third reading were then taken up. A biR by Mr. Boynton to make clerks of the superior courts ex-officio clerks of the connty courts was passed. A bill to authorize the town of Canton to establish free schools; also a bill prohib iting any one riding faster than a walk on any bridge over the Etowah river in Cherokee county was passed. The resolution of Mr. Charters to appoint joint committee to visit North Geor gia College was adopted. The bill of Senator Reese to allow Washington, Wilkes county, to issue $18,000 worth bonds was passed. The house agreed to adjourn next Wednesday at o’clock and observe (Thursday) ^Thanksgiving Day. They also accept ed the invitation extended by the state fair to visit Augusta on that day. Friday, .Nov. 24—Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, opened the exercises in the house.Friday morning with another eport on the shad industry in the Sa- annah river between the city of Au gusta and the canal dam. His resolution provides that the governor shall appoint two citizens to act with the shad com mittee, and that they shall constitute a remission to hear evidence ami de termine how shad shall get over the dam, and, if necessary, order the dam repaired, or removed, or fish ways put The resolution of Mr. Calvin, ap propriating $2,000 to publish a hand book of Georgia, was passed. The book will set forth the advantages of Georgia, her climate, resources, etc. The. governor has daily Calls for such a book from people.in- the ca-t-and west who-are looking this way for homes and investments. A committee of two from the senate and five from the.house were appointed to visit the State Nor mal School for Girls at Miliedgeville. The special order for the day was the consideration of a bill introduced by Mr. Mershon to create a state board of health. Mr. Osborne offered a substi tute lor Mr. Mershon’s bill. ' Mr. Mer- shon made anable speech for his bill He paid a beautiful tribute to unfoi- ttrnate Brunswick, and with great force, urged that the board of health be established to prevent another such disaster: The hour for considering local bills arrived, so the discussion of this bill was postponed until Saturday morning. The senate resolution to investigate the affairs in the treasury was concurred in. A number of local bills were read the first and second time and a few passed. The house then adjourned until Saturday. them since 1840. I He iollowing bills were passed: Providing for the pay ment of salaries to county judges when the grand jury fails to fix it; Bill amending the oath to be taken in ap peals in forma pauperis; Bill to in corporate Bullockville, in Meriwether connty; Bill to regulate the sale of domestic wines in Catoosa county Bill to allow the city of Conyers to levy a tax to build public buildings Bill appropriating $1,500 to the deaf and dumb asylum. Senate then ad journed until 10 o’clock Wednesday. Wednesday, Nov. 22.—The senate indulged in its first spirited debate Wednesday. This debate was brought about by the bill introduced by Sena tor Jenkins to prohibit anyone from going into any prohibition county and solicit orders for whiskey. Mr. Pin son moved to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Humphries, Mr. Hatch er. Sir. Haekett and Mr. Jenk kins advocated the passage of the bill Mr. Wilson, of the 11th district thought no man could be convicted under the bill, as no law had been passed in Putnam connty and some other counties prohibiting the sale. He thought the present prohibitory laws were sufficient. Mr. Fleming fa vored the passage of the bill. Mr Daly also favored its passage. I he speech-making was very general, but the bill was finally laid on the table. Senator Daly introduced a bill to amend the charter of Wrightsville, and Senator Scaif intiodnced a bill to regulate the method by which the weight of freight shall be determined. The senate then went into executive session, after which it adjourned for the day. Thursday, Nov. 23.—A big sensa tion was sprung in the senate Thursday morning. When the journal was read Mr. Humphries moved to reconsider the resolution adopted Wednesday that the joint finance committee be re quested to further investigate the af fairs of the state treasury as to why certain state depositories were allowed to retain such large sums,while others, giving the same bond, were allowed to keep only small amounts. The bill to increase the number of supreme court judges was passed. Friday, Nov. 24.—The following bills were introduced in the senate Friday: A bill to modify and simplify the fees of constables of this state, to repeal section 3,700 of the code; A bill to amend section 943 (a) of the code of Georgia of 1882, providing for the election by the governor of banks in certain cities therein named as state depositories and the acts amendatory thereof so as to add the city of Carroll ton, Carroll county, to the list of cities; A bill to amend fees for recording mortgages. The following bills were passed: A bill by Mr. Smith, of the 24tl>, to prohibit commercial notaries public from issuing attachments or garnishments; A bill by Mr. Reese to amend the general road law of this state, approved October 21st, 1891; A bill by Mr. Blalock to incorporate the town of Woolsey; A bill to incor porate the town of Powcrville; A biil to amend the general tax act of 1893-4 ns to tax on brewing companies; A bill to provide for the registra- tio'n of voters of the county of Macon and the appointment of registrars; A bill to fix the time of holding superior court of Tallapoosa county; A bill by King, of Fulton, to allow addi tional jurors in city courts summoned where there is more than one division of the city court and to require that they are to be interchangeable; A bill to amend section 1675 of the code, pro viding for the regulation of foreign corporations doing business in this state; A bill to cede to the United States of America jurisdiction for the purpose of building roads. An Awful Warning—Not In—Johnny’s Explanation—A Sure Sign—Barn yard Persiflage — Jump ing Board, Etc. He was singing “After the Ball,” In the scented garden dim ; A window sash—then a sudden flash— r And the ball went after him ! - —Atlanta Constitution. NOT IN. 1 L She—“Waswoman made ib vain?” He—“No, not quite so much as that; only vain.”—Detroit Free Press. J SURE. Araminta—“What is it, do you sup pose, that keeps the moon in place and prevents it from falling?” Cholly—“I think it must be the beams. ”—Truth. johnny’s explanation. “Well, Johnny, what kept yon after school to-night?” “I was spell- bound,” replied Johnny, who had tripped in his or thography.—Judge. are A SURE SION. Priscilla—“Jack’s intentions serious. ” Prunella—“How can yon tell?” Priscilla—“There’s a ring in his voice.”—Kate Field’s Washington. ‘—bade them give rife all. His children contest the will LI know not which way to turn.” A mother's hand caressed her, and a mother voice whispered soothingly; “Be brave, my child; be brave.” “Mamma—” She was sobbing now. “—I w-w-want to k-k-keep my own. I shall be a b-b-b-beggar without it. ” “Don’t cry, dearest.” - “Mamma, advise me. Shall I m-m- marry my 1-1-lawyer or the one on the other s-s-side?” The thought that her fate was in her own hands was terribly oppressive. —Puck. BARNYARD PERSIFLAGE. Mrs. Henly—“How industriously young Plymouth scratches for Miss Brahma.” Mr. Shang High—“He is evidently trying to worm himself into her af fections. ’ ’—Puck. PERHAPS HE HAD TO. Miss Faith Cure—“Dear Mr. Long- acre, I wish you’d try divine healing for your lumbago. ” Mr. Longacre — “Thanks, Miss Faith; but I think I’ll stick to my porous-plaster. ”—J udge. * what ailed cholly. “What’s the matter with Cholly?” said one young man to another. “He seems very uneasy.” “Oh, he’ll come out of it all right. He’s wrestling with an imaginary idea.”—Washington Star. EFFECT OF BROTHERLY LOVE. ‘What ha3 transformed Hughes from the amiable, bright fellow he was* into the bickering, narrow-minded fellow that he is?” “Hughes told me yesterday that he belonged to ten secret societies.”— Puck. LOST TO THE WORLD. “What a curious little wooden ham mer, Miss Lillian!” “Yes; it was presented to papa many years ago by a lodge of some kind that he was presiding over at the time. I suppose he used it when he wanted to open the lodge or call some brother to order.” . “Speaking of lodges,. Miss Lillian, what do you think of men that joiD them and neglect their—er—-wives and all that sort of thing?” “I think they are not doing their unty, Mr. Spoonamore.” “S—so do I! We agree exactly on that. A man who would abandon the society of his—his wife, you know, to go down town four or five, times a v:eek and meet a lot of other men and go through the mummery they call initiation and smoke cigars and have a good time—why, it isn’t right, you know.” _ The young woman toyed with the little wooden hammer and- said noth ing. . ., “And that’s why I feel bold to say, Miss Lillian, that I think you and* I would—h’m—would never' have any disagreements if—if we should—be cause that’s the way I feel about it, and—and I’ve never talked-'this way to yon before, yon know, for I wasn’t exactly certain whether—and' nil that sort of thing. When two - person! agree on things like this it stands to reason that there might be other things that they would also—and yon haven’t known me a great while, per haps, bnt I feel that you’re tho only woman in the world I want to marry—” Here the hammer fell—Chicago Tribune. CRUEL VENGEANCE. Prnnella—“I told yon I would be revenged on Tom Murray. Well, I am revenged. ” Priscilla— “How ?” Prnnella—“I started a report that he is engaged to you. ”—Kate Field’s Washington. WHY THEY PARTED. “So the engagement between Miss Chicago and her Detroit lover is off. ” Yes. She was too sensitive. A woman ran a baby cab over her foot, and when she told George about it he asked her if it upset the cab.”—De troit Free Press. AMBITIOUS BIRMINGHAM Wants to Be ih’e Capital of the State of Alabama. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch of Friday says: The Jeffersonians are in favor of removing the capital to Bir mingham. They say Montgomery is the “haven of ring politicians and the seat of political corruption,” and that an honest government for the people cannot be administered in that atmos phere. A score of Kolb people inter viewed were openly for removal. The only difficulty is that tho capitol prop erty is entailed. The deed to the state of the block on which the capitol is located provides that the property shall be used for a state capitol and that when it ceases to be so used, the land and all the buildings thereon shall revert to the heirs of the grantor. It is true the old capitol building is not worth a great deal, but the grounds are worth something, and of course, there will be many, even among the Jefferson ians, who will change their mind when they get to the legislature, if they ever get there. There are, it is believ ed a majority of democrats in the itate who would like to see the change made also. THE COTTON MOVEMENT. JUMPING BOARD. Mrs. Waldorf—“In our hotels the guests are well cared for. In every upper room there is a rope for escape in case of fire.” Count De Barbere — “Ah, that is most amusing. If he wish he can use it also as a skipping rope.”—Life. IN THE SENATE. Tuesday, Nov. 21.—The senate was opened with prayer by Senator Flem ing, of the" 9th. His prayer for the chaplain, Rev. John Jones, who is crit ically ill, was touching and earnest. The senate was occupied for some time in reading bills the second tine. Among the new bills introduced was ctoe by Mr. Blalock, to incorporate tie town of Woolsey, in Fayette conn- Secretary Hester Gives Figures for the Past Week. A New Orleans special of Friday says: The movement of cotton into sight, according to Secretary Hester’s weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement, shows an increase of 82,261 bales, or nearly 26 per cent for the past week over the seven days ending November Ilth last year. Compared with the same seven days year before last there is a deficit of 64,846 bales. For the first seventeen days of Novem ber the movement has been 138,581 ahead of last season and 195,462 under the same time in 1891. This makes the total excess for the seventy-eight days, September 1st to November 17th, inclusive, 87,391 over the correspond ing seventy-eight days of last year, and a deficit of 910,535 bales under the same time year before last. A GOOD REASON. Featherstone—“Won’t yon play something? Mr. Tntter says you play beautifully. ” Miss Pinkerlv—“If he likes to hear me play so much, why doesn’t he call oftener ?” Featherstone—“He says yon always insist upon talking.”—Detroit Free Press. TOO MUCH EDUCATION. “Education,” said Uncle Josh, “is er mighty good thing, but some times it does more harm than good.” “There’s no doubt of that.” “I oneet knowed of a case where education come purty nigh drowndin’ a rale nice young lady, ” he went on. “How was that?” “Why, she fell into the water an’ bein’ too high toned to holler ‘help’ she yelled on ‘assistance.’ An’ ther blame fool hired hand tiiet heard her lost five minutes makin’ up ’is mind whether ter pull her out er go home fur a dictionary.”—Washington Star. Lehigh’s Big Coal Strike. A Buffalo, N. Y., dispatch of Tuesday says: Tied up tight with the prospects of trouble ahead. That is the situation of the Lehigh strike at present. Freight cannot Ife moved from the East Buffalo yards, and the chances are that nohe will be moved for some time. CONFUSING A LIAR. Samuel Warren, the author of “Ten Thousand a Year,” desired to be sup posed to be always on the most familiar terms with people of eminence. One day a brother barrister, who knew this peculiarity of his, called at his cham bers, and, in the course of conversa tion, Warren could not help remarking that he was invited to dine with the Lord Chancellor that evening. “That’s capital,” said his friend; “for so am L So we shall meet there.” Warren looked a little put out. “Bnt I am sorry to say, I am not able to go, ” he said. “Really? I am sorry for that, and so will be chancellor. I’ll tell him how sorry you are.” After a little more talk the visitor rose to go. “Don’t trouble,” said Warren, “to say anything about me to his lordship to-night.” “It will be no trouble; I shall only tell him how sorry you are. Why not?” “Well, the fact is," said Warren, with a flush, “I was not invited.” “No more,” replied the other, with a grin, “wasL” THB WIDOW’S WAIL. The sombre mourning habit served but to inhance her dazzling beauty, “Mamma—” In the hour of her trial she tamed I ored barber at seven cents a head, aiid to the mjaiernal breast for comfort and I as the number of bays increas6'the support. i barber’s pay decreases in ratio.—Phil* Saved the (Jueen, Touching tho famous equestrian, Andrew Duorow, so long the. lessee oi Astley’s, and who was the original Courier of St. Peterbnrg, who rode six bare-backed horses at once, there is a curious story, for the authenticity of which I cannot vouch, but which I tell as it was told to me more than fifty years ago. Ducrow, so runs the tale, was riding in Hyde Park one morning at the same time as the youth ful Queen Victoria, about two months before her coronation, was taking equestrian exercise. The Queen’s horse bolted, and the equerries and grooms failed to stop the terrified ani mal. Ducrow leaped from his saddle, seized the horse’s bridle, at the same time patting the horse’s neck and talk ing to it in that peculiar soothing tone of his which gave him an almost magical mastery over the brute crea tion. The horse remained quite quiet, but trembling violently, while Her Majesty was assisted to alight, and was conveyed in a carriage to Buck ingham Palace. Andrew Ducrow’s only remark when he was informed that the lady whom he had assisted in her distress was the Queen of England was simply, ‘‘Lawks a mussy me! Why didn’t her blessed Majesty come to me for her ’osses?” But eight weeks afterward he was as much astonished as delighted to re ceive from Buckingham Palace a splen did breastpin representing him' as a miniature Courier of St. Petersburg in gold, brilliants and rubies; while simultaneously, from the Lord Cham berlain’s office, there arrived two tickets for Westchester Abbey for Mr. and Mrs. Ducrow to witness the pa geant of the coronation.—Sala’s Jour nal A Remarkable Fast. The death of Mrs. Charles ‘Peck, eighty years old. of the county town of Lyme, Conn., terminated a remark able case of involuntary fasting. Mrs. Peek was taken sick forty-nine days before, and a stiauge feature, of her illness manifested itself at once in her inability to take any kind of .nourish ment, even fluids. At first she had little inconvenience on account of-her enforced fast. Her general ^health was not seriously injured, and her weight was not materially diminished. At the end of two weeks, however, she became emaciated, and finally was'un able to quit her conch. Skilful phy sicians were puzzled on account, of her aversion to food, and were at their wits’ ends to afford any relief.-. , Dur ing the last two weeks she was.uncon- scious and reduced about to the con dition of a skeleton. The doctors were amazed by her wonderful vitality. One of them managed to force a little water down her th’foat, but afterward she could not take ‘even water. She died of starvation' on the forty-ninth day of her fast.' In view of her great age and feebleness at the beginning of her sickness,- her family physician believes her fast the most wonderful one in history,—New York Tribune. Wholesale Haircutling. -* ■ Sixteen hundred shavers who make their home at Girard College - have their heads clipped every month by a corps of colored barbers who have a contract with the college. They be gin work at the first of every month to mow down the fields of hair which grow fast behind them, and alhiost as soon as their backs are turned it is time to go back and mow over again. One hundred and fifty heads are shaped up sometimes in a day when everything works well, but some hair cuts like wire and dulls the scissors so that less than a hundred is a day’s work. The contract is let to a col- l. uaiuci a pay UUCJ.I “—I don’t know what.to do. Alone [ idelphia Record.