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mil p 1 JLxrj PROGRESS. X A TERMS, $1. Per Annum. Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They Wlay.” JOHN E. HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor. XIL NO. 44 VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1894. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. About fifty gamblers commit bui- ®ide at Monjg Carlo, every year. English football players are debat ing changing the rules with a view to fewer killings. — .. es. Nearly every workingman in Italy wears a beard, on account of the cost of shaving. Now it is proposed to aid the barbers by putting a tax od beards. According to the New York World in eleven principal Western States the building of 26,600 miles of railroad line caused the settlement of 90,500,- D00 acres of farming land. GEORGIA IX RRIEF. ft eac hers’ institute this summer. The ! MODERN CRUSADERS. • monthly, or Saturday institutes have been abolished, there having been a j law passed by the last general assem bly changing the system of holding these institutes for the improvement of teachers so as to have only annnal sessions. The time for holding the annual institutes in the counties this year as fixed by the law is within the period of June, July and August. The state commissioner says he will The Comte de Paris has greatly re duced the number of his “agents," and stopped his subsidies to the news papers. He has given up the hope ol ever being the King of France. President Eliot, of Harvard, to gether with ten other prominent edu cators, has in preparation an exhaus tive work on the relation between col leges and preparatory schools. J i The railroad companies of Great Britain pay an average every day of §7000 in compensation, about sixty per cent, being for damages to passen gers and the remainder for lost or in jured freight. President Eliot, of Harvard, saio the other day that the Greeks, who know more about athletics than we shall learn in a hundred years, held their Olympian games once in four years, while to-day the college stu dents want at least four contests every year. K It is curious, but nevertheless true, muses the Chicago Herald, that wher Congressman-at-Large Galusha A. Grow entered politics Lincoln and Sherman were country lawyers, Grant an obscure captain on the Pacific coast and Garfield a mule driver on the Ohio Canal. Although the court of Austria ie commonly known as the most aristo cratic in Europe, no monarch is easier to reach than the Emperor Francis Josoph. He has certain audience days, when any of his subjects, high as well as low, are permitted to call to discuss with him any affair which they choose. It is said that the leading magazine publishers are using manuscripts now which have been on hand and paid for, some of them for years. This saves paying out money now, of course. Some of these magazine offices have manuscripts on hand which they ac cepted and paid for five, ten and even fifteen years ago. Two London florists, becoming des perate because of the dullness, made an effort to revive the interest in tu lips and create an artificial demand for the bulbs. They spent all the money they could procure in bribin penny-a-liners to assist them. Their failure was complete. One of them became insane. The other was forced to accept the humble position of an under gardener at a merchant’s coun try sent. NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE OVER THE STATE And Condensed Into Pithy and Inter esting Paragraphs. The board of trade of Jacksonville, Fla., has endorsed the Cotton States and International exposition at At lanta, and the board of county com missioners in Orange county has rec- omended it to the favorable considera tion of the people of that county. Similar action is likely to be taken by the Commercial, trade and industrial organizations in other parts of the state. * * * The Georgia railroad is greatly im proving itsroadbed. Hundreds of cars loaded with heavy new steel rails are to be seen along the roadside ready to be put down and the work is already going on with a vim. The Georgia has as good a roadbed as any in the South, and with new- rails it will indeed he handsomely equipped. It is said that it is the intention of the management to put on a very quick schedule be tween Atlanta and Augusta as soon as the heavy rails are put in place. It seems as if Darien is about to have a railroad at last. The Darien Short Line was incorporated in 1885, but was put in the hands of a receiver and sold out befor® it ever reached Darien. It was bought in by a num ber of gentlemen from Yonkers, N. Y., Mr. W. F. Cochran, Mr. George D. McKay, and Mr. Waldo G. Morse. They have associated with them a number of Darien gentlemen, Judge James Walker, Mr. Richard W. Grubb, Mr. H. S. Ravenel, and Mr. George E. Atwood, and they will begin at once to build the road. A few days ago it was reineorporated by Secretary Cook under the name of the Darien and Western Railroad company, with a capital stock of §200,000. * * * The Interstate Immigration and in dustrial convention to be held in Au gusts on the 30th instant, will be at tended by the southern governors and numerous capitalists and men of enter prise from all over the south. Among the delegates will be the governors and commissioners of agriculture of fifteen southern states with their delegates at large from each state and one from each congressional district. The presidents, general managers, general passenger agents of the southern roads, Secretary Morton and various senators and representatives will attend. The objects of the convention are to dis cuss and adopt practical plans to draw capital and desirable immigrants in this direction, and to unite the state governors, legislatures, railroad mana gers and the press in the work of de veloping the south. The newspapers all over the country are encouraging the new movement.—Ex. In France cattle and sheep are rarely, if ever, sold by actual live weights, declares the American Agriculturist, and proper appliances for weighing are practically unknown. A Govern ment measure is under consideration for making sales by weight compulsory at public fairs. The bill provides tbat stock exposed for sale in any market or fair must have a ticket showing the weight, as ascertained on a scale, or, as it is called in England, a “weigh bridge.” A twelve-story office building will soon be begun in the heart of Chica go by a man who sold the lot recently for §480,000 and then secured a lease for ninety-eight years at §24,000 a year. Some of the provisions of the lease are peculiar, remarks the San Franoisoo Chronicle. He binds him self to build a twelve-story structure, costing §200,000, and to permit no one to sell liquor on the premises un der penalty of forfeiture of the lease. This is said to be the second case on record of a like restriction in Chicago. Should such clauses become general the rent of saloons in the business dis trict of Chicago will be advanced. Emperor William, in the estimatioi of the New York Tribune, deserves considerable credit for the reforms which he has inaugurated in the Ger man army in connection with the uni form and the equipment of the men, whose comfort and welfare are now studied to a much greater extent than ever before. The weight of the equip ment has been reduced by some fifteen or twenty pound, and the tight, stiff collar around the throat has been superseded by a loose and open one, allowing the man to move his head and neck without difficult and to breathe with greater ease on the march in hot weather. The Austrian military authorities are following suit in the matter, and are taking a leaf out of the book of their allies at Ber lin, among other innovations decided upon being the substitution of a grey uniform in the place of the blue one now in use in the army of Empero? Francis Joseph. Tifton’s Midsummer Fair. At a recent meeting at Tifton of rep resentative citizens from Berrien, Worth and Irwin counties it was de cided that the midsummer fair would be held at Tifton July 10th and 11th. The meeting was largely attended and enthusiastic throughout, and the pro moters of the enterprise are confident of its success. Colonel C. W. Ful- wood, of Berrien, Captain D. G. Irby, of Irwin, and Dr. Wilson, of Worth, were chosen an executive committee. These are all progressive and influen tial citizens, and the affairs of the as sociation will be well cared for. The city of Tifton has given the buildings and grounds for the fair. The chief object of the fair is to further the ag ricultural interests of southern Geor gia. Valuable premiums for county and individual exhibits will he offered. Fine Seasons and Fine Crops. It is ascertained at the office of Com missioner Nisbett in the agricultural department that good seasons prevail in all sections of the state, and that the crops are growing off nicely since the rnins. The cold weather in the earlier spring caused considerable de lay in planting, and in many sections of Georgia there are very poor “stands” of both cotton and corn, due to the cold snap. Farmers have found it necessary to do a great deal of re planting, and it is a common thing, even at this late season, to see cotton choppers,with little sacks of seed with them, dropping here and there, while they hoe out the furrows, a few of the seed where the stand is poor. But, the good effect ef the rains which seem to have been pretty general lately, will soon be felt and the crops are already looking brighter and growing most rapidly. * * * Federal Aid for the Exposition. AH over the south the chambers of commerce, hoards of trade, commer cial clubs and the like are endorsing the Atlanta exposition and asking con gress to aid that enterprise. Now, there can he no possible quibble about extending all possible encouragement to the exposition. The southern states and cities should rally around it and make it a grand display of southern re sources and progress. The special purpose is to bring the states of Cen tral and South America in touch with the gulf and south Atlantic states of the union, with a view of promoting trade between them and us. In that matter Birmingham is particularly in terested, and the district should by all means have a complete exhibit of its products. A committee is to leave Atlanta to morrow to go before the congressional committees for the purpose of asking federal aid for this great enterprise and the Age-Herald wishes them all the success thev deserve. Birming ham is deeply concerned in this great movement, and it is gratifying to state that Hon. Frank P. O’Brien, of this ehy, has been selected as a represen tative of this section of Alabama be fore the congressional committee. He will ably represent this great iron, coal and agricultural section.—Birmingham (Ala.) Age-1. lerald. For Teachers. Capt. S. D. Bradwell, state school commissioner, has issued a circular letter to all the county school com missioners in the state, instructing them with reference to holding the be glad to co-operate with any of the county commissioners who may desire to combine several counties in holding a united teachers’ insti tute. The law requires that there shall be an expert selected to aid in con ducting the county institutes, and that he shall be paid §25 for five days 1 work. The commissioner will be glad to furnish to the county commission ers who may desire it a full list of ex perts who are willing to serve in this capacity. The expert, however, does not have control of the work. He is un der the county school commissioner who is the one to preside at all the sessions of the institute. The white and colored institutes are to be con ducted at the same time and place, though the law requires that they shall be in different halls and apartments. The expert is required to give the same course of training to the colored teach ers as to the white. There will he no Peabody institutes in Georgia this year, the state legisla ture having refused to grant any state aid to the Peabody fund and the man agers of that fund having decided on this score not to spend any money in Georgia in this way until the state is willing to meet them on half-way ground. Every teacher in the state is required by law to attend the insti tutes. If the time fixed for holding the one in his own county falls on him, while his school is still in session, he must suspend school long enough to attend it, and then make good the time lost in teaching after it is over. State School Commissioner Bradwell has also called the attention of the county commissioners to the fact that the next general examination of teachers is to be held June 2d. It will be conducted under the regular rules and regulations that have governed heretofore. The teachers of the state association will, this year, hold their convention the first week in July in their new home at Cumberland island. It is a delightful place for the teachers to go for a convention, and it is said that the approaching convention will, in many ways, be one of the most pleas ant and one one of the most profitable ever known to the Georgia State Teachers’ association. WASHINGTON NOTES AVHAT IS GOING ON AT UNCLE SAM’S HEADQUARTERS. Comment Concerning Transactions in the Various Departments. The senate committee on territories have ordered favorably reported (with amendments) the bill already passed by the house providing for the admis, sion of Utah into the union as a state. The senate Wednesday confirmed ihe nominations of the following post masters : Virginia—James M. Neal, Danville. North Carolina—William P. Huffman, Hickory. South Caro lina—William F. Metts, Greenville. Alabama—William B. Gear, Bessemer. The state department has received a cablegram from Minister Baker an nouncing that the Nicaraguan govern ment had given satisfactory assurance of prompt compliance with the per emptory demands of the United States in relation to the punishment of the murderer of Wilson, the American killed at Rama in March. Senator Hunton, of Virginia, and Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, (the latter through his clerk) admits the truth of the published statement that they had been approached and offered money for their votes against the tariff hill, although both gentlemen declined to name the man who made the offer. The story was published in full in a New York paper Wednesday morning, and, with the exception of the matter of detail, is substantially correct. Secretary Lamont is making an ex amination into the record of clerks in the war department with a view to making a wholesale cut in his force, and it is stated on good authority that the dismissals before the 1st of July, the beginning of the next fiscal year, will number fully 300. The record and pension office will furnish the greater number of these, and several chiefs of divisions will be among the unfortunates. Other heads of depart ments are preparing for many clerical changes. A number of reductions in grade among old clerks has already been made in the state department. THE CONFERENCE A FAILURE. The Miners and Operators Could Reach no Agreement. The great conference at Cleveland, Ohio, between the representatives of the 200,000 striking miners and oper ators, representing every coal mining district in the United States, has ended in failure. The two interests came together, presented their demands, discussed the conditon of the min ing trade in all its bearings, found their differences irresoncilable and will depart for their homes, leaving the situation at the mines, in apparently the same condition of suspense that it was before the conference was called. Breckinridge’s Bond. Representative W. C. P. Breckin ridge Wednesday afternoon gave a bond of §100 to the clerk of the su preme court of the District of Colum bia, his brother, Brigadier General Joseph C.Breckinridge, inspector gen eral of the United States army, giving his surety, for the purpose of securing an appeal in the case of Pollard vs. Breckinridge in the district court cf appeals. The Exports of Specie. The exports of specie from the port of New York for the past week were §7,353,967, of which §6,585,360 were gold and §768,607 silver. The actual exports by Sunday’s steamers were as follows: Steamship Umbria, $600,000; steamship La Champagne, §1,075,000; steamship Elbee, §500.000; total, §2,- 775,000. / REMARKABLE FEMININE TOUR AROUND THE WORLD. One Hundred Women, Headed by Frances Willard and Lady Som erset, to Present a Monster Re form Petition to Ail Rulers. TORED carefully away under seal in the vaults of the New York Bible Society are a number of very remarkable fac simile letters from Kings and Queens and rulers of every nation in the world. A philan thropic Massachusetts gentleman some twenty years ago expended §20,000 in petting up an elaborate gold-clasped and women of society side by side with J the leaders of the labor movement and | the Salvation Army. There will be delegations present from the Metho dist Church, the Baptist, the Congre gational Society of Friends, there will be canons of the Established Church, temperance leaders of the Catholio hierarchy, Jewish rabbis Snd scores of total abstinence, anti-drug, anti- tobacco, purity, missions and trade- union societies and leagues.' After the London demonstration the Queen of England will be presented with th6 petition, and then the Presi dent of the French Republic. The crusaders will then take steamer on Saturday, November 3d, and visit Spain. The ruler of Spain will be presented with a petition, and the steamer will be taken for Naples, where it is expected to arrive November 15. There will be a rally at Naples, and then the crusaders will march on to Rome, where it is expected Pope Leo and King Humbert will each receive the delegation. The next capital to be visited will be Athens, where the A Famous Dalrywoman and Her Farm. mme. nielses's farm buildings. Dairying, like poultry-keeping, seems to he an occupation in which women are peculiarly fitted to excel. This is so generally acknowledged that no one thought of objecting when a woman who had made herself famous as a butter-maker was appointed judge of dairy products at the Chicago Fair. There are famous dairy women all the world over. Their reputation is, of course, generally local, but Professor C. C. Georgeson, in his report on tin dairy industry of Denmark, describes the farm of a Mme. Nielsen, who has achieved international fame. This lady, who is equally well known as a butter and cheese maker, obtains for her products much more than the ordinary price. She supplies not merely the Danish royal table, but even sends cheese to the Emperor of Russia. Naturally with fame has come fortune. All this success has been achieved with a herd of from twenty-five to thirty cows, on a farm having an area of 169 acres, while the owner hal orig inally no advantages in the way of education or resources over the onlimry woman. But Mme. Nielsen has been a close student of dairying for thirty- five years, and not content with what was to be learnel at horn - -, has availe l herself of every opportunity to go to other countries to study the methods iu vogue there and to adapt any points gained to her own requirements. Success has not made Mme. Nielsen careless. The utmost cleanliness prevails throughout the dairy, the floors and utensils being cirefully scoured. Ventilation is insisted on, and pure water and ice are used iu abundaucc. Nothing is allowed to go to waste, the whey being made into myse cheese. In addition to her work as a practical dairy woman, Mme. Nielsen has n great reputation as a teacher, having given instruction to more thau a thou sand pupils, who pay a large fee for the privilege) as well as doing the regu lar dairy work. JUST AS OF OLD; f miss you from my side this lonely night. And feel that nothing new on earth 13 true* lid sweet pictures in the mellow light Give to me the happy past—and you, Just as of old. I wish that you would steal behind my chair And press your Angers to my tired eyos. And when, surprised, I found you laughing there You'd lay your dear head down, wher* now none lies, Just as ol old. And as the Are flickered on your hair, Till each bright tress was like a skein of gold, ,'d give the world if smiling, restful there. You’d whisper low, “I love you,” as of old, Just as of old. —Chicago Times. HUMOR OF THE DAY FRANCES WILLARD AND LADY SOMERSET, LEADERS OF THE CRUSADERS. copy of the Bible which he caused to be presented to the heads of nations by the society. Each and every re cipient of this beautiful Bible re turned thanks for the gift. , Just now a somewhat similar but by far more practical plan to interest the rulers of all nations in goodness and virtue is being mapped out by the World’s Women’s Christian Temper ance Union. This scheme will be no less than a crusade around the world of 100 women in the cause of temper ance and virtue in this country and Europe. The remarknble tour of the two hemispheres will take ninety days. Christian and heathen monarchs will he presented with a copy of the larg est petition ever gotten up. This peti tion against the traffic in alcohol, opium and vice will hear the signa tures of 3,000,000 people. After its presentation the different rulers will he requested by 100 women to com mence a great crusade in their king dom against intemperance and vice. These women crusaders, expect by means of this remarkable expedition to kindle the blaze of reform until, as one of the promoters of the crusade puts it, “the angel Gabriel, looking down on the hosts of temperance and virtue arrayed in glittering uniforms, will think the world on fire. ” Miss Frances E. Willard, the queen King of Greece will he presented with the petition. Egypt will be the next on the programme, and after the Khedive has been presented with a petition the crusaders will make a pil grimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land. To visit the Holy Land the crusaders will proceed from Alexan dria to Jaffa and ancient Joppa. After Jaffa has been visited and a meeting held the crusaders will pro ceed to Jerasalem, which is about forty miles southeast from Jaffa. As Bethlehem, the birthplace of the Blessed Savior and of King David, is only about five miles from Jerusalem, the women crusaders will undoubtedly make the pilgrimage. The Holy Se pulcher, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Mount of Olives will also be visited. A petition will he presented to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the cru saders will then depart for India, where a petition will be presented to the Rajah. Several big rallies will be held in India, and the curse of opium- raising fully presented by the women crusaders. The King of Siam will next be visited, and then the ruler of , Japan and the Emperor of China. The . Crinkled Emperor of China will be asked to curtail the sale of opium iu his king- Flower-Trimmeil Summer Hats. Daring bows of ribbon towards the front, flowers nodding at the back, and no crowns anywhere to be seen, are a few of the marked characteris tics of the summer hat. A little French hat suitable for any occasion is of rough tan-colored straw. Black moire ribbon is tied in a flaring bow at the front, the ends of which rest upon the hair. Three jet pins, set with rhinestones, appear to fasten the bow to the hat. The crown is missing. Iu its place coils of hair may be seen. The hat is especially becoming with the Empire knot. and silk-petalled poppies 1 grow towards the back, their brilliant Playing lor a Serpent. It is almost a common thing to find people who really think more of their pet animals than their fellow-man. In some instances this affection has gone so far that a friend who killed the pet through anger has lost his life. But a stranger affinity is that of a man and a snake. A modern novelist ha; written of such a weird affection, but everyday life furnishes us with but few illustrations. A thing that by a single bite may cost the life of its companion is not the most longed for playmate. But the eccentricities of human nature in rare cases run in the most morbid channels. This perhaps may explain the real affection that a resident in this city has for his pet reptile. He is a violinist, and his chief joy is in playing to “Dick,” for that is what he calls his snake. As the how touches the string, the rep tile raises its head and unfolds its sinuous coil and during the soft music sways its head in rhythmic measure. The owner says that tlie snake is really in a hypnotic condition during the playing and afterward any stranger could pick it up and coil it around hu neck. For his master the snake has a great affection. When the door of tho of American temperance women, and crusaders will be across the Pacific. Lady Henry Somerset, England’s The other rulers of the Eastern Hemi- great crusader against alcohol, have sphere will he visited in 1895, and the been appointed by the Women’s Tern- J sister republics of South America in perance Unions of the two hemi- the following year, spheres as a deputation to convey the monster petition to tho different Gov ernments. Miss Willard is now in England, arranging with Lady Somer set for the organization of the expedi tion. They will take with them ninety-eight women who are foremost the workers in the good cause coloring lending just the correct touch dom, and the monster petition will be 1 brightness to this otherwise dainty presented to him. The return of the but sombre headgear. Birds Guided by the Stars. Did you ever venture any conjec ture as to how migratory birds man age to keep up their flight in a due- north direction after night? It has been proven that oh clear nights they Miss Willard sent to New York j the rarified atmosphere three miles women temperance workers, according 1 above the earth’s surface. This being to the New York Press, an outline of true, it is clear that guidance by the what the crusaders’ plans are. j topography of the country is out of They have already chartered one of the question; how, then, are they able the finest ocean steamers sailing from j to keep their beaks pointing toward New York, the Kaiser Wilhelm, of the the North Pole? The scientific or- Mediterranean service. • nithologist comes to the rescue with President Cleveland will be the first the declaration that they are guided head of a nation honored with the ' by the stars, and in support of his petition and a visit from the 100 opinion oltes as evidence the fact that women crusaders. The crusade will I when the stars are obscured by clondi The Little German Princes. The three elder sons of the German Errperor are not handsome children, glass cage is open it frequently glides out and crawls in his lap and carls up and goes to sleep. —Philadelphia Pres3. THE SHIT THAT WILL CARET THE CRUSADERS. really commence at the annual con- I birds become bewildered and at vention of the Women’s Christian j once seek the ground.—fst. Louis Re- Temperanee Union to be held in ihe • public. United States in October next After the convention has adjourned the band of crusaders will charter a special train and go to Washington, where President Cleveland will receive them. The steamer will be in waiting for the crusaders on their return from the National Capital, and the date set for its departure from New York is Octo ber 24th. The trip across the Atlantic it is calculated will take seven days. On their arrival in England there will be a demonstration at Exeter Hall, that famous London anditorium that has been so long the battle ground of all religious movements and reform in Great Britain- In this mammoth de monstration there will he members of Parliament, dignitaries of the church Gigantic Statue ol the Angel Moroni A statue of the angel Moroni sur mounts the capstone of the tower ot the great Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, Utah. The figure is of gigantio proportions, being twelve feet 5i inches in height. It reminds one of a picture of Gabriel blowing the trumpet on the- last day, and is sup posed to represent the Mormon angel bringing the Gospel to the children of men. The incandescent lamp above the angel’s head is 222 feet from ths pavement below.—St. Louis Repub lic. The Palace Hotel, at San Francisco, Cal., cost about §7,000,000, and ae< conjijiodates 1200 guests. but they are clever aud reasonably good. They are not particularly strong, for they have been almost worked to death, the Emperor being a martinet in forcing serious and con tinued study upon his youngsters. He has been forced to relax discipline in the case of the Crown Prince, who could no longer endure the unwise strain. The second son, Prince Eitel Fritz, is taller than the Crown Prince, is mischievous and daring, and his great est ambition is to become a general. Prince Adalbert, who stands between his elder brothers, will soon com plete his tenth year and will then en ter the army, as they did at the same age. The three children here pictured are in tennis costume ; they play the game well, their father and mother also being excellent players.—New fork Tribune. A Wave That Traversed the Globe, j The biggest solitary wave ever knowi I was that caused by the Peruvian earth- ! quake of August 13, 1868. In no other j instance, we are assured, has it been ! known that a well-marked wave of | enormous proportions has been pro- j queer. What is her line?” Witts— pagated over the largest ocean tract of j “Millinery.”—Buffalo Courier. The camel probably thinks his hump a thing of beauty. —Puck. Nothing succeeds like the man who has the rewards of success to dis tribute. -Truth. An ounce of prevention is not worth a pound of cure in the pork-packing business. —Puck. Some people are too good to gossip with yon because they don’t trust you. —Atchison Globe. We never see a bankrupt at the charity soup honse. That’s where his victims go.—Truth. Mabel—“With what verses are you themost familiar?” Poet — “Reverses” —New York World. If some men were half as big as they think they are the world would have to be enlarged.—Texas Siftings. “Down brakes!” cried the railroad man’s wife as the dinner platter slipped from her grasp.—Lowell Courier. A little choppy weather was natur ally expected in a month that came in like a lamb.—Philadelphia Record. Revenge is sweet sometimes, possi bly, hut never when the other fellow gets in his work on you.—Somerville Journal. A teakettle can sing when it is merely filled with water. But man, proud man, is no teakettle.—TexaE Siftings. Though his is largely a robust sort of life, the average dairyman is pretty much of a milk-and-water chap.—Buf falo Courier. Little Girl (looking at impression istic landscape)—“Mamma, what mado him think it looked liked that?”—- Harlem Life. “Her hair is just too sweet for any thing.” Ah, indeed! Perhaps she : dressess it with a honey comb.—New ( York Mercury. “Do you think Officer McGobb is square?” “Surely, he must be ; he is i never’round when wanted.”—Indian apolis J ournal. She—“And what have you been studying since you left college, law or medicine?” He—“Neither ; economy.” —New York Ledger. Teacher— ‘What have the various expeditions to the North Pole accom plished?” Dull Boy—“Made geogra phy lessons harder.” Mrs. Captain Smith—“Andyouthink any soldier can be fearless?” Colonel Stoton—“Yes; all he has to do is to keep out o’ daDjab, mam !” In silence the family are sitting, Each keeping as still as a mouse, As they ponder the annual question. “It it better to move, or clean house?” •• —New York Mercury. “Man’s a fool.” He walks out on the lawn and orders the hilly goat off his premises, follows a mule and"argues with his mother-in-law. --Galveston News. A telephone girl .recelyes calls, but she doesn’t pay them. This part of the business is attended by those hir ing the instrument.—Philadelphia Times. We have great respect for the wis dom of the ancients. They were born in time,to say all their smart things before we had a chance to think of 'em.—Puck. The Wife—“John, these carpets must be beat.” The Husband—“Why, my dear, when I bought them the dealer told me they couldn’t be beat.” —New York Press. It is only guileless boyhood that vows he “will never do it again. ” Eyen when caught in the act, thefull-gxpwft man of sound mind tries to prove that he didn’t do it at all.—Puck. Witts—“There goes a woman whose successes have turned many another woman’s head.” Watte—“That’s the globe by an earthquake whose ac tion has been limited to a relatively small region, and that region not sit uated in the center, but ou one side of the area traversed by the wave. At Africa it was fifty feet high, and en veloped the town, carrying two war ships nearly a mile beyond the railway to the north of the town. The single sea traveled northward and westward. Its hight at Sa£ Pedro, in California, was sixty feet. It inundated the smaller members of the Sandwich group, 6300 miles away, and reached Yokohama, in Japan, in the early hours of the morning, after taking in New Zealand on the way. It spent it self finally in the South Atlantic, hav ing traversed nearly the whole globe. —Detroit Free Press. An Interesting Rook. 1 £ % Lore ol Opera Glasses. The lore of opera glasses is an inter esting one. The pretty trifles that lie on the railing of a box at the opera or are languidly held to the eyes of a belle may cost almost anything. Vienna turns out some of the mo3t exquisite, and one of these Viennese beauties, presented to the Duchess oE York, cost over §690. It was of gold, studded with turquoises and pearls. The Princess of Wales owns one of platinum, set with sapphires, tur quoises, aud splendid rubies, that is valuedat §12,090. Many of the glasses used by American women are of great worth, a very tidy fortune being fra- ; quently represented iu the dainty lit- : tie toy of jewels and precious metals, | —New York Times. — Worthington’s Magazine, Lord HanneD, the eminent English Judge, recently deceased, is said never to have been fooled but once. He excused a juror on the plea that the latter wished to attend a funeral. The juror proyed to be au undertaker. “I hear your son has become an ac tor; how is he getting on?” “Very well, indeed. He began as a corpse, and now he has already advanced to the role of a ghost.”—Fliegende Blaet- ter. Fair Visitor—“I should like to see the editor of the woman’s page.” Of fice Boy— “Dere he is over dere; de fat man in his shirt sleeves,, wit de clay pipe in his inout.”—Brooklyn Eagle. Old Physician—“Now, in a case like this, where the patient is inclined to hysteria, would you look at her tongue or—YoungStudent—“No; I would listen to it, I think.”—Chicago Inter- Ocean. “When Bill Walker went to tho Leadville silver mines in ’72,'” said the Old Reminiscent, “he hadn’t a rag to his back, and now—now, by jingo, he’s covered with em.”—New York Mail and Express. . Watts—“Tebson must he awfully afraid of his wife. He is always tell ing us how she will giye him fits if I10 don’t hurry home.” Potts—“That’s the beat sign in the world that he is not afraid of her at all. The man who is bossed by his wife never says a word about it.”—Indianapolis Journal. A Luna Rainbow. A lui.a rainbow was seen recently ak Dunham, N. C. While a slight shower was falling the moon shone brightly in the east, and outlined against a dark western cloud was seen a silvery bow, very bright aud clear, for some tiaie. ft gradually faded with the disappearance of the cloud.—• Chicago Herald. In the ninth century most of the clothes worn in Europe were made in the monasteries, which kept large stocks of ready-made clothing.