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The Cleveland Progress. Ry LOO AN <5 or, EX DEVOTED TO THE MINING, AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY AND NORTIl-EAST GEOROIA. TERMS:—On* Dollar Per Year. VOL. I CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 510, 181)2. NO. 39. -THE- North Georgia Dahlonega, Georgia. For Full Particulars, Write For Catalogue. CITY DRUG STORE. -WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR- Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints and Oils. THE HAYING TIME. Click, click, click) goes tho mowing ma chine, With it* shields of iron and falchions keen, As over tho plain it speeds, i Like a proud triumphal car, Likon chariot of war. With foaming, panting steads. The field with a thrill of fear is stirred, The startled bobolink has hoard The warning and goes in quest Of his mate; together they fly, Now circling low, now high Above their rush-hidden nest. But the iron oppressor’s work is wrought With a swift career that spareth naught, And tho tail grass, purple-crowned, And the flowers in fragrant bloom Go down in common doom And lio withered on the ground. Thus tho sons of toil their tasks fulfill, Lightened by man’s inventive skill; But a spirit of sweetness hath flown, That haunted the groon highways Of the old time haying days, Ero the iron-wrought mower was known. When tho summer days with song were blithe, And tho sturdy mowor whet his scythe, And the best man, never loth, Led tho haying crew with prido Through the field’s sweet-scented tide, Turning the double swath. Closo followed by boys, bare-foot < brown, Joyouslj' sprea tiug the winrows down; Thus the toilers from early morn Cheerily filled each hour - Ever watchful for a sign of shower, Till 110 sound of tho dinner horn. Then the bobolink might safely rest; For a shield of grass to mark its nest By the mower was kindly sparod, And ho stays his brawny arm, Lest somo nestling suHor harm, For they his friendship shared. Wo will honor with song our modern \r«iy\ But a dearer, tenderer, strain of praise^ Is echoed in memory’s chime Of the days so glad and long, When tho hopes of youth wore In tho sweet old haying time. —St. Louis . Pine Toilet Soaps. Stationery, Combs and Brushes, I Groceries, Fine Cigars k Tob; «erWe propose to build up a trade by selling at moderate prices. Sutton & Pitchford, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA. man, and it was late that afternoon be fore be went to tho offico to gather in tho replies frompeoplo who wcio auxious to buy a sextant. But tho sextant market was apparent ly rather dull, for all tho clork could give him wns ono solitary letter. The captain tore tho envelope open and tossed it aside. “I saw your advertisement in tho Globo," rend tho captain. "I wish to buy a good sccond-lmnd mnehiuo of standard make, and if tho ono you odor is in perfect repair mid tho prioo is sat isfactory, perhaps we can trade. But I cannot give more than §50, and it you ask moro you need not reply to this. Send your address, stating where mn ehiuo can be seen, to II. E. Bourne, 450 Winter street,” “Well," soliloquized tho captain, “I’ve got ono auswer, anyhow. But what does a woman want of n soxlnnt— for this is cortainly a woman’s writing? She seems to bo in earnest though. “And §50! Conscience l 1 never ex pected to got moro than §25. Well, sho’ll have to come on board, I suppose, so I’ll send her my address." And standing at the public dosk ho wroto: ini' Miss: Yours in ro- ont in tho Globo is at i mo aboard tbo bark uliou wharf, between 3 H. 81’howl, Captain, on about 4 o'clock a piked rnpidly ovor the nstitution wharf. .Co to lind a second- thought Etta Bourne, [0 captain got tired of it bucauso tho vessel tiling lilco that." ilt ieltors, “Edna id-hondod man with a ou on lookod out tho homo in the middle oxtondod from tho ulwarks. Tho man in ward. upturn Sprowl," said We have ou our list Valuable Mineral, Timber and Farming Lands, for Sale or Exchange. IF YOU WANT TO BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE PROPERTY Of the above description, communicate wiih us. Title papers examined and reported upon. ABSTRACTS FURNISHED FREE TO ACTUAL PURCHASERS We nre centrally located in the richest mimral section in Georgia. Gold, Iron, Granite, Etc., IN' ABUNDANCE. DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE, Peculiar to the Noted Piedmont Section. Finest Tobacco Lands in tie Correspondence Solicited. F. B. SUTTON, Manager. Sash, Doors and Blinds! CLARK, BELL & CO., Manufacturers and Dealers in- Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets. SITmOIi^S and LUMBER. Also 6EWER and DRAIN PIPE. Prices as low i s the lowest. Satisfaction guaranteed. e CLARK, BELL & CO., Gainesville, Ga, pool when I wns second i: A. Smith. And now 1 month’s earnings for a no possessed mo I don’t kuo- And so the captain w Now, Captain Sprowl might think from tho headed old man with bushy No; names nre very mislendin stend, he was tall and slendor, wf sandy mustache, and lmd not a gray hair in his head, lie enmo from Muine, and although but thirty years old, lie lind been for six yenrs captain or the Edna Dunn, now lying at Constitution wharf, in Boston, discharging her cargo of sugar. “Well," puffed the captain, “nothing to do now hut to get rid of the old sex tant. I should go ashore next timo if I had two sextants li navigate by. Must woik tho old off on some landlubber or somebody.” The package wns lying ou an yld news paper which ho had read through and through ou his last trip out. “The very thing!" said he. “I’ll put a notice in the paper—‘Sextant for sale, cheap,' and if somebody don’t bite at it, I miss my guess.” The next morning the only thing the captain could see in the paper was this: Sextant for sale by a shin captain; near- lyn ow and in perfect order; will bo sold cheap. Address O.. 41 Globa office. And now my story’H begun. Etta Bourne had been at work in n millinery store ill Boston for nearly two years. She and her older sister Annie lind learned the trade with the village milliner down in Kennebunk. But Annie, who bad long been the belle of the village, got married, and Etta concluded to try her fortune in Boston. She was full of ambition. Bo it fell that in her two years in the millinery store she studied shorthand and typewriting, with the intention of iitting herself to lit n confidential clerk. On Sunduy she saw this advertise ment: For Sale—Jones's Premier Typewriter at half price; been used less than a month; in perfect order. Address O., 47 Globe office, Etta Bourne, being a Maine Ynnkec, knew a bargain when she saw it. She wanted to own a typewriter, aud so she wrote a brief note addressed to “O., 47 Globe Office,” asking where the machine could be seen, and dropped it into the letter box as she went to work Monday morning. Now, I said at (he beginning that the advertising clerk was to blame. Per haps the mistake was partly that of Etta Bourne. At any rate it will never be kDOWD. The clerk was sorting the replies and putting them in their apropriate boxes. When he came to Etta Bourne’s letter to “O. 47," he read it “O. 41” aud put it in the pigeonhole us such. That was a very, very little mistake, of course, but you who have noticed bow things go in this world of ours have discovered that the most serious changes in the course of our lives come about from just such little happenings. For it was that very day that Captain Sprowl advertised his sextant for sale. And Captain Sprowl was “O 41.” Now the tall captain was a ver^ busy line right aboard, mim, k, mim. Thu c aptaiu in, mim.” pped hastily along tho ut cook, puttiug Ills hor elbows, lifted hor lira," and ho led hor r-coinpnnionway, own the brass-railed id cook knocked at the d how spick und span 'dr of fact tho captain, in 's visit, had kept the wood and brnsswork see , with half an hour's work ii-hand, bowed respoct- Joiirno," bogau Etta. “I to your advertisomout ul a—" ” said the captain, “this Will you take a seat?" |nnk into an easy chair slio hor in astonishment. She that these little low houses deck was so comfortable as i a dainty littlo sitting room, rich, suit carpet, a hanging lamp of elaborate design, hugo plush easy chairs and sofa, a pretty rattan rocker and a table strewu with tho latest magazines. “I beg your pardon," said the tail ciptaia, who had been looking curiously at her; “but arc you not relatod to Miss Annio Bourne, of ICennobunk?” Why, yes, indeed; she is my own sister," answered Etta, with animation. “I used to go to school with her in tho old Berwick Academy,yeurs ago; but I didn't know she had a sister." ‘“Oh, yes, I went to the academy my self, hut it was after she was graduated.” “And was old Brown principal when you were thore?” From this they went on for tea rain- ulcs, and each knew so many that tho other did that they soon becutne old ac quaintances.. The captain nt once noticed that she was a remarkably neat and pleasant littlo woman, and Etta Bourne thought the captain a line-looking man, tall and strong. “Well, Captain Sprowi,” raid she, Anally, “I musn't forget what I camu tor. I believe you have a machine that you wish to sell?" “Why, yes,” said the captain, won dering what on earth this attractive young woman could want of a sextant. “And how did you come to want to sell it,” pursued sho, wondering what use this sea-captain had for a typewriter. “Weil, the fact is,” said tho captain, reddening a little. “I bought a new one the other day when I .really didn’t need it, and of course, I huven’t. use for two. And,” continued he, “since turn about is fair play, I am going to ask you what you want of one?” “To earn a living with," said she. The captain looked puzzted as lie wont into the stateroom to get tho sextant. He had beard that women were becoming the rivals of men in almost every trado and profession, and bo vaguely wondered if Miss Bouruo was intending sometime to become Captain Bourno. “Well,” said he, coming back und holding tbo sextant out towards her,- “bore it is. The ivory on tho scale is a little yellow, and tho vernier glass has u little crack across the other edge, but—” He stopped. Miss Bourne was hold ing up her hands in amazement. “Why—why—what is this?" she stammered. “Why, it’s a sextant," said tho cap tain. “I thought ypu knew what that looked like.” “But there’s s misunderstand here. I don't liave'J V use for a sextant. It wns n typewritn«hat I understood you had to sell." xj “A typewriter,” shift the captain aston ished in turn.' “Why, no. Hero’s the advertisement,” and he put the paper in her hands, Wow, as { have said, Etta Bourne was a Maine Yankee, and In loss than ton seconds she had guessed how the mistnkn occurred. “Well, now," said tho captain. “I thought it wns awful funny thnt a woman should want to buy a sextant. Now you have disappointed me, 1 don’t see how 1 nm going to sell it, unless I lenvo it nt tho instrument maker’s and lot him got what ho enu for it.” Oddly enough, from this point this story runs along so naturally that you can toll it yourself. Tho tall captain oscortod Miss Bourno up-town, cnllod on hor two or three times while ho was in port, corresponded with her when ho wns away, and in loss than a yenr this notice appeared: Sprowl—Bourne—In Keunebuak, Mo., May8, at the residence of tho bride’s parents, (’apt. Edwin It. Sproivl mi l Ilohrietti E. Bourne. And now mj story is done.—Boston Globo. Tlio Sullen Hamster. As tho squirrol was said by tho old Norsemen to bring all tho nows of tho animals to Thor, because ho was tho merriest and most sociable of boasts, so in tho talk of tho Russian peasants tho hamster is tho synonym for nil that is sullen, avaricious, solitary and morose. Even in color ho is unliko any other animal, being light above and dark bo- low. This gives tbo hamster somowhat tho samo incongruous appearance that a pair of black trousers aud a light coat lend to a man; in other respects ho is like a largo, shaggy guinea pig, with very largo tooth and puffy cheeks, into which ho can cram a vast quantity ot rye or boaus for transport. Each hamster lives in a large, roomy burrow all by himself, in dofenso of which ho will light like a badger nguinst any other hamster who may try to enter. Family life ho wholly avoids, nover allowing a fomalo insido his burrow, but keepiug hor at a good distance and mak ing her find hor own living for herself and family. Tho last burden is, how ever, not a serious one, for by the time tho young ones aro throe wooks old oaoli discovers that family life is a great mis take and sets off to make a bachelor bur row for itself and save up bonns for the winter. For, in addition to its other amiable qualities, tho hamstor has that of avarice in a markod degreo, and heaps up treasures pf corn, rye and horse beaus far in excess of his own private wants for the winter. His favorite plan is to dig r. number of treasure ehambors, alt com municating with a central guard room, in which the owner eats and grows fat until the hardest frosts begin, wlion he curls himself up to sleep until tho spring. But this life qf leisure does not begin until the harvest hasSfeu Whilo the crops aro ^^joning, tho hamsters work incessantly to increase their hourds, and as much ns three hun dred weight of grain and beans hnve boon takon from a hamster's burrow. After harvest the peasants often search with probes for the treasure ehambors of the robbors, and during tho present senroity in Central Europe they will no doubt cxnct a henvy tribute from tho hamsters’ stores.—Spectator. GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF. Items of Interest Gathered at Random The l'ower of Lightning 1 . On August 1, 1848, St. George's Church, Leicester, England, which was a new building, was entirely destroyed during a thunder storm. Tho stooplo having been burst asunder, parts of it wero blown to a distance of thirty feet in overy direclion, whilo tho vane rod and top part of tho spire fell perpen dicularly down, carrying with them every floor in tho tower, tho bells and tlio works of tho clock. The falling mass was not arrested until it arrived on the ground, under which was a strong brick arch, and this also wns broken by tho blow. Tho gutters and ridge covering wore torn up, and tho pipes used to con vey tho wnter from tho roof wero blown to pieces. Mr. Ilighton calculated tho power developed in the discharge of tho lightning whic.h destroyed this church with somo knowu mechanical force. He discovered that a hundred tons of stone wero blown down a distance of thirty feet in three seconds, and consequently a 12,220 horse power engine would have been required to resist the efforts of this single flash.—Scicntifio American. —m , Apricot l’asto. Apricot paste, known ns Kumar el Dine, is, together with driod apricots, ono of the principal exports from Damas cus. Tho fruit, when gnthored, is crushed in a kind of largo iron wire sieve, and tho thick juice which results from this operation is collected in earth en vats, and then spread on planks cov ered with a layer of oil, where it is allowed to remain two days exposed to the air. At tho expiration of this time the pasto is removed and turned. On the fourth day the paste is again re moved, and it then has the appearance of a band of leather, very thin, nnd of a reddish-brown color, about a yard and a half long nnd half a yard wide. This is the finest quality of paste. Tho samo operation is repeated ones or twice to obtain a second and third quality, each time a little water being ndded to the residuum of the former operation. The bands of paste ure theu folded so us to form bundles of about live pounds weight, which are sold according to quality.— Scientific American. Microscopic Picture ot tlio President. A microscopic pen picture of President Harrison by M. Diamond, an artist of New York, which is a marvel of in- genuity, has been received nt the Exec utive Mansion from the artist. The pic ture is about twenty-four by eighteen inches, and is an excellent likeness of the President. The face is surrounded by the American flag pendant on either side. The features, even to the oars, the flags, the body and the buttons on the cout aro all filled in with extracts from speeches made by Genoral Harrison dur ing his long public career. Those speeches contain 41,000 words, nnd the artist fittingly characterizes thorn “a life history oriGoneral ijarmira, 1 ’—Wuihlog- ingtoa Star. An extra steamship will bo put on the line between Brunsw ok and Now York soon to insist in currying tlio largo amount of cotton th it will go through this port during cotton season. + * * The Headmaster!.’ National Association will incut at tins inn on Lookout, moun tain October 18th. After the morning session tho association will adjourn to meet at tho lCimhnll house, Atlanta, (or two days following. I)r. Young J. Allen, from Shanghai, C'linn, is on a visit, to his family, who nre lit Nuwnnu, Ga. lie 1ms two daughters at school nt Wesleyan college, Macon. The Methodists of Georgia and tho south will lie glad to wulcomo tho doctor buck among them. + * * A t n called meeting of tho city council at Brunswick a few days ago a resolution was passed instruct! g pilots to notify nil incoming vessels of the existing qtinr antlue regulations, ntul to stop them iu St. Simon’s sound for daylight iuspco lion. Tlio puichnsiug committee were instructed to Imy two tons of disinfect ants for the city use. There aro 4,000 registered voters in Washington county up to date. The tax collector nnd ordinary lmve been very busy for tho past few days receiving taxes nnd registering voters. Democrats and third partyites are scouring tho county for tux defaulters, and their work shows tho enormous number of 1,800 that rcgis- toied for llie purpose of voting at the election this full. * * * The murder of Are. William Callaway in Athens is still tlio talk of the town. If anything the excitement is greater to day than il. was the diy after the trag edy. Theory after theory is advanced ns to the cause of tho terrible deed nnd ns to the probable identity of the mur derer, hut the moro it is discussed tho darker and moroimponotrable the clouds of mystery envelop lire whole affair. The Augusta Chronicle says: By an arrangement which tho Go ogia void has just made, cotton can now bo held over in Augusta, i xaminod, compressed nnd then re shipped on thesamo bill of lading. This nmiogement will be met with dif ferent feelings by the shipper nnd factor. .Iu one senso it is an ndmirnblo ntnngo- igm | mi nt. Colton will come to Augusta gathol^ii^ , * svhich olherwiso would hr.vo gono number wny, sinco it can be brought nnywhero on tho Georgia roa l or any of its branches nnd after being graded and compressed may bo continued to its destined port on the through hill, thus securing a very low rate. Boh Long, a thirteen-year-old boy, serving a five years’ sentence in tho peni tentiary, was pardoned last Wednesday by Governor Northern Long’s home is in Floyd county. Early last yenr he shot and killed n man who was quarreling with the boy’s mother. Long taid that the man whs heating his mother because their cow had trespassed on a neighbor ing field. The Imv ran in the house, got. a pistol and, returning, killed ills neigh bor. Long was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The petition for his par don wns signed by many prominont citi zens. Tho solicitor general who prose cuted him said that the jury might havo acquitted him undo the evidence, which was contradictory. To Nnviiiuin.il River. Bids were opened at Savannah a dny or two ago by Captain O. M. Carter, United Stuti s engineer, for deepening the Savannah liver, from Petersburg, Ga., n point ubout thirty miles above Augusta, to the canal locks near Augusta, from ono nod tlireo-tcnlhs feet to two, aud widening of the sluiceway from twelve to twenty-five feet. Tho lowest bid wus that of William H. Walsh, of Fernan- dinn, F.n., who will do tho work for §9,050. Other bids were as follows: Marion Applegate, Haysville, Pa., $10,- 750; A. T. Twiggs, Augusta, §11,875. When this work is completed large flat- bottom boats will ho able to liuviguto as high us Petersburg and bring down large quantities of cotton and other products. A Correction. Commissioner Brad well corrects the idea that 1ms gone abroad that no teacher by luw cun be paid for teaching a history selected by private individuals. He quotes tho section bearing upon this line and ex plains that history is not a prescribed Btudv. The school boards havo no right, he Bays, to dictate what histories shall lie taught in schools. In circular 18 which ho has lately sent out, the following is tho pnrngrnpli bearing upon this lino: 8. No teacher sha 1 receive pay for any pupil who is allow, d to use any other than tlio pre scribed text-book*. Tills apples to the indi vidual pupil anil not to the whole school. Tlio teacher is entitl 'd to his pay for Ihosc pupils who do lisi tlio p oscribod bo tits. In the pay ment of atoich r’s account, tho county school contmi sinner in auditing the account should de duct therefrom the proper proportion for oaoli pupil using other books, whetii- r the contract is for salary or pro rata. Ryan Blast Hlny in .lull. The report of Auditor Peeples after a long and careful examination of tho assets of Steven A. Ilyin has nt hist been filed in the clerk’s office in Atlantn. I' is quite a lmg by document und contains as many as twenty puges of closely writ ten legul cap paper. Never before in the history of Fulton county has an auditor undertaknn such n mammoth piece of work, Tho result.of tho whole matter is summed up in seven digit", viz: §73,520,82. That is tho amount which Auditor Peeples cl»ims is uow in possession of Mr. Ryan iu d which, he also adds, under the evidence, he is fully ablo to pay. The finding of Judge Golier last year was $120,400.79. Henna it will bo seen that the difference between the findings is neorly fifty thousand dollars in favor of Ryan. In addition to tho auditor's re. port, wbioh was flltc] in the clerk's office, a stack of paper* peiply twij fco{ moulding tho evidence thnt was intro duced before him and other documents, was also delivered to tbo clerk nrnl was brought by tho auditor himself. Thore is yet another branch of the ease that the 1 udltor has not compioted. Tho above report was merely tho result of tho con tempt investigation. * * * Rewards for Alnrilornrn. Twenty years ago, M. K. Palmer wns ambushed and killed in Towns county. He was a residont of White county nnd wns on his way homo from Hinwnsoo in Towns county to Cluvotund in White. His assailants escaped, and from that day to this lias never been arrested. At the time there was great indignation in tho community, but in the lapse of yenrs the crime was almost forgotten. Recently however, there have been developments which have diroctod suspicion to a certain party. When Governor^ Northon was in Clarksville on Tuesday, ho was asked to offer a reward for the arrest of the murderer. Governor Northen accordingly author ized the secretary of tho state to offer §200 reward for tho arrest of tho mur derer of M. K, Palmer iu 1872, The governor also offered a reward of §850 lor the nrrest of Harper T. Gilmore, who killed tho two brothers, B. A. and D. A. Pittpiun nt Sandcrsvilio Inst Friday. A letter to the govornor says that the peo ple of Washington are incensed at tho doubio murder nnd will augment the re ward by popular subscriptions. Are- ward of §200 wns offered for tho mur derer of William Onllnway of Clarke county. + m * Pointer for Former.. The farmers, during the present cam pnign, will have plenty of talk from the congressional candidates about tho great national issuis embodied in tho party platforms. But there aro other matters of considerable importance, nnd we should not lose sight of them. Now is the proper time to find out how our con gressional nominees stnnd iu regard to froo mall delivery in the villages nnd farming districts. With a littlo urging’ tho last one of them will plodgo himself to go to work for this important reform. Then, it would bo a good idea lo talk to them about an increase in tho permissible weight of eer-’ tain classes of mail matter that circulate chiefly in'fnrming communities. It will do no harm lo keep these reforms in view. If this is to bo un educational campaign, the people should throw all the light they can upon the Bituafitan, bo that their future congressman will bo familiar with the wants nnd necessities of their con stituents. Wc have no doubt thatthe democratic congressmen . in tho next ■ bouse will bo in favor of free rural mail - delivery, but it is well to put them on notice now that the pooplu aro on that lino, apd demand postal fpcilitiaa that will nccomroodato tbo farmers as welt ub the dwellers in cities. —Atlanta Consti tution. + * . Georgia's School Fiiml. State School Commissioner Bradwell has just finished tbo work of estimating tho apportionment of the school fund of Georgia, and is now notifying tho tax collectors of each county how much money goes to tho schools of each coun ty. These apportionments are based upon the school population of county and city. The school population moans children not younger thun six and not older than eigh cen years. It is interes ting to know that the schools of Georgia have all been well attended this year aud aro prosperous. The commissioner’s cir cular to the tax collectors is an instruc tive dooument to all thoso interested in tho school fund of Georgia. It reads thus: To tho Tax Collector of Haiit County—I «m require byd law to giio you noties of the ap portionment of ihs sice school fund. I Hereby give you not go that tho pro rats of your coun ty is tbu amount ahovo written. Iu duo lime you will ho pro.-tihto(l with my order for that amount to he paid ovor to tlio county school commissioners. I desire to call your attention specially to the law which makes it your duty to retain in your haudB of the taxes first collect ed a ' sufficient sum to meet I ins order nnd to pay tlio same to the county school commission er as soon as the order is pr sooted. Aliy dolay on your part is dangerous to your own interests ns wall as to tlio tencheis of the public schools who are compelled to wait so long for their pay. My order, willi iho rooolpt properly filled out and signed, will bo rocoivod by tho treasurer us cash in the settlement of your accounts with tlie state. Tlio poll lax— the net smouut collected by you—is lobe paid over to the county Bcliool commission' r, and that officer is directed to givo you a spoc tic aud separate receipt therefor. The above is applicable to all t. o countiea in Iho slab)except the cities aud counties which under local laws, bt is unnecessary to mention these in detail, as ooch tax collector and county school commis sioner knows if there is a local system iu the county, amt tho order that I will issue will give directions to whom tlio morn y is to bo paid. May I not a-k that you set with promptness in this matter, in order that the teachers may lie paid promptly? I send a duplicate of this notice to the coun ty school commissioners for their information and guidance. County school commissioners nro reminded of the requirement that two reports must be mado to ttiis department before tho order can be sent, viz: one that Iho schools have been put in operation for five months of the present year, and tlio other that the schools are within three weeks of closing. County school commissioners nre requested to send in their rent rti of couuly institutes as soon ns practicable, in urder that they may bo embodied in mv report to the general assembly. 8. D. BEAD WELL, State School Commissioner. TIIE MATTER OK BAIT. Tho pastor was calling ut the house of Brother Billings, anil the small boy was entertaining him uutil the parents came down. “Do you ever go flshin’?” inquired the youngster, who had inherited his father’s fondness for the sport. “I am a fisher of men,” he responded. “Do you carry your bait in a jug, like papa does,” wus the next question, and just at that momeut Brother Billings ap peared with a seraphic emile of innocence lighting up his genial countenance.— [Detroit Free Press.- BEASBOJlAIiOE. Timid Lady going up iu Washington Monument olevator)—-Conductor, what if the rope breaks that holds us? Conductor—Ob, there'are a number more attached as safety rones. Timid Lady—But if they all break where shall we go? Conductor—Ob, well, mum, that all depends on what kind of life you have bass Uvfuo tisfor*,'