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FAYETTEVILLE, GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1888 Brooklyn’s credit stands high. The eUy has just negotiated $600,000 of her permanent water loan bonds at 103$. Sj^Hgjt « —*— 1 —s—i'i -j-ij—waJ IJskota is the biggest boy, in Uncle Samuel's family, and has ibr sevci al . years wanted to set up for himself. Da kota’s population is 040,000, and has • increased 0200 during tho year. The value of tho fertilizers used by farmers amounts to a yearly’sum of about . $60,000,000. It was more than half this sniji in 1880, and tho trade has certainly doubled in extent since then. In North Carolina the tax on fertilizers yio'.ds more than $40,000 yearly. Tho Chinese are making such large de mands upon soap that in time they may tank among the clean nations. The im portation of foreign soap has increased 183 per cent in five years and 860 per cent, more is wanted now than was sought after ten years ago. Says the Detroit FrcePresr. “Volapuk did not die with Fr. Schleyer, its father; and we hope there is peace In Ileaveu for tho man who, in translating into liis new lingo two of the • sweetest words in every language, deliberately called a ma'dcu a vpmul and a bride a ji-gam.’l | The Director of the German.Statisticai , .. Bureau has issued a report on the status . of ihe German population. There are in the empire now about 46,000,000people, but this ollicial believes that the country can support a very large addition to the present number without any trouble. A 6t. Louis diamond broker makes the singular statement that the amount of money invested in diamonds in that city is greater than the volume of actual money used in business. Nearly every family in the city, ho says, even many in humble circumstances, lias a collection of the precious stones. Tout ist® abroad complain that the de lightfuj/ff&i.aud quiet of IMdolberg, |Gcrinnn university town, ha* | to noise and manufacturing >r of tall chimneys injure m the castle grounds and the fcnvTSl ogdortivffiuas ti%i ' dis turbs the quiet of tho Neckar. jm pc If The newspaper is tho most penetrat ing and pervasive agent of civilization. In Persia, where agricultural implements are of the same pattern that they were in Abraham’s day and the natives were greatly astonished at the sight of a wheelbarrow, they have a newspaper which nppears whenever it can get any news not too dangerous to publish. The libel suit ha3 not been introduced yet. ______________ A first-class editor achieves the big gest kind of success, declares the Atlanta Constitution, when he secures a salary of $10,000 a year, and the best American novelist thinks that he is doing wonder fully well when he earns the sarde sum in a year. And yet a fellow whose stories don’t come under the head of literature, whose style is course and ungrammati cal, can make three or four times as much as the cultured editor and novel ist. Such a writer i3 H. P. Halsey, of Brooklyn,the author of the “Old Sleuth” detective stories. Mr. Halsey’s facile pen yields him an income of from $30,- 00 to $40,000 a year. A company has been formed in Eng land to supply postal cards at a farthing each, which will make communication cost next to nothing. It ought, in America, a contemporary thinks, to be really less than nothing! for it is said that an American never knows the dif ference between a cent and nothing. Thus half a cent ought to be just half a cent—less than nothing. The Farthing Letter Card Company prints advertise - ments around the margin of the post card and thus makes its profits. It is expected that 100,000 cards a week will be sold. England uses 100,000,000 of cards a year. America uses about 330, - 000,000 of cards each year. Laws passed under Charles I., George III. and William IV. render it illegal to raise tobacco on the soil of tho United Kingdom, and there is a mild agitation going on for their repeal. If fine writing can bring it about it will soon bo forth coming. Edwin I.ester Arnold in the 'Nineteenth Century, in championing the repeal, describes the native plant as “a rampant, verdant, green weed, tall and stately and crowned with pink blossoms in those sunny and quiet ‘slades’ of the Californian forests, where the humming birds, like living gems, glitter among creepers and the woodlands in- Parliament sort of THB ANSWER OF THE OAHDENER, Be leant, at sunset, on his. spade, (Oh, but the child whs sweet to see— The one who in the orchard played 1) He called: "I’ve planted you a tree; The boy looked nt It for a while, Then at the radiant woods below, And said, with wonder in his smile: "Why don’t you put the leaves on, though?" The gardener, with a reverent air, Lifted his eyes, took off his hat: "The Other Man, the One up there,” He answered, “He must see to that.” —Sarr.k M. II. Platt, in Retford's Magazine, IN TWO HALYES, TIIE STOUT OF A DIVIDED BANK NOT I. ring Ibis the Ftnsr iiai.f. Wet and dreary. It is midwinter; the scene is Kirklington, on the London and Northwestern; tho time one-quarter to eleven; just after the night mail has Hashed through without stopping— bound for Liverpool and the north. The railway officials ate collecting prepaia^ tory to going off duty for the night. “Where’s Dan?” asked one of the crowd upon the platform. “I saw him in the hut just after the one-quarter to eleven went through. Can’t have come to any haim, surely ?”’ “No; he said he’d seen something drop Horn the train, and he went down the line to pick it up.” And Dan had picked up something. It was a basket, a common white wicker basket, with a lid fastened down by a string. What did it contain? Dirty clolhes? What? A baby- a child half a dozen weeks old, no more. “Where did you come across it?” asked one. “Lying on the line, just where it fell. Perhaps it didn’t fall, perhaps it was chucked out. What matter? I’ve got it, and got to look after it, that’s enough for me I” The little mite’s linen was white and of fine material, but he. lay upon an old shawl and a few bits of dirty flannel: All they found was a dilapidated purse, a cojnmon snaplock bag-purse of faded brown leather. Inside was a brass thim ble^ pawn-ticket, and the half of a Bank of England note of *100. * * * * * HI HI A new parson— Harrold Treffry—had come lately to Kirklington. He is now paying a round of parochial visits, accompanied by an old college chum, who is spending Christmas with him. “Fonder,” said Treffry, pointing to a thin thread of smoke which rose from some gAunt trees into the sullen wintry air, ‘‘yonder is the house—if, indeed, it deserves so grand a name—tho hovel, rather, of one whose case is the hardest of all the hard ones in my parish. This man is a mere hedger and ditcher, one who works for any master, most often for the railway, but who is never certain of a job all the year round. He has a swarm of young children, and he has just lost his wife. He is absolutely pros trated, aghast probably at his utter in capacity to do his duty by his motherless little ones. I wonder whether you could rouse him? If you could only get him to make a sign, or cry,- or laugh, or to take the smallest interest in common affairs. Jack, I believe you’re the very man. A ou might get at him through the children—that marvellous hanky- panky of yours, those surprising tricks; a child takes to you naturally at once. Try and make friends with these. Per haps when the father sees them inter ested and amused he may warm a little, speak, perhaps approve, perhaps smile, and in the end give in. Jack, will you try?” Jack Newbiggin was by profession a conveyancer, but nature had intended him for a new Houdin, ora wizard of the North. He was more than half a pro fessional by the time he was full grown. In addition to the quick eye and tho facile wrist he had the rarer gifts of the suave manner and the face of brass. He had even studied mesmerism and clair voyance, and could upon occasion sur prise his audience considerably by his power. They entered the miserable dwelling together. The children—eight of them —were all skirmishing over theffioor, ex cept one, a child of six or seven, a bright eyed, exceedingly beautiful boy, the least—were not nature’s vagaries well known— likely to be born among and belong to such surroundings, who stood between the legs of the mau himself, who had his back to the visitors, and was crouching low over the scanty tire. The man turned his head for a mo ment, gave a pereceptible stare, then an imperceptible nod, and once more he glowered upon the fire. “Here, little ones; do you see thisgen- tlemau? He’s a conjuror. Know what a conjuror is^Tommy? ’ catching up a mite of four or five from the floor. “No, not you; nor you, Sarah; nor you, Jakey”— and he ran through all their names. “They had now ceased their gambols and vyerc staring hard at their visitors— the moment was propitious; Jack New biggin began. He had fortunately filled his pockets with nuts, oranges and cakes before leaving the parsonage, so he had half his apparatus ready in hand. The pretty boy had left the father at the fire and had come over to join in the fun, going back, however, to exhibit his share of the spoil and describe volu minously what had occurred. This and the repeated shouts of laughter seemed to produce some impression on him. Presently he looked over his shoulder and said—but without animation: • “It is very good of you, sir, surely; very good for you to take so kindly to tho littlo chicks. It does thorn good to laugh a bit, but it ain’t much ns they've had to make’em lately.” -^“Itisgood for all of us now and u.ain, 1 take it,” said Jack, desisting d going toward him, the children gradually collecting in a far off corner and comparing notes. “You can’t laugh, sir, if your heart’s heavy ; if you do it can be only a sham.” While ho was speakinjf he had taken tho Biblo from the shelf, and resuming his soat began to turn the leaves over. “I’m au untaught, rough countryman, sir, but I havo heard tell that these strange thiugs you do are only tricks; ain’t that so?” Hero was indeed a hopeful symptom. He was roused then to lake somo inter est in what hud occurred. “All tricks, of course it all comes of practice,” said Jack, as he proceeded to explaiu some of the simple • processes, hoping to enchaiDljie man’s attention, i “That’s what 1 thought, sir, or I’d have given you a job to do. I’ve been ih want of a real conjuror many a long day, and nothing loss'll do. See here, sir,” he said, as he took a small carefully folded paper from between the leaves of the Bible, “do you see this?” It was half a Bank of England note for £100. “How, sir, could any conjuror help me to the other half?” “How did you come by it?” asked Jack at once. “I’ll tell you, sir, short as I can make it. Conjuror or no conjuror, you’ve got a kindly heart, and I’m main sure' that you’ll help if you can.!’ Dau then described how he had picked i up the basket from the 10:45 Liverpool express. “There was the linen; I’ve kept it. Sec here; all marked quite pretty and proper, with lace round the edges, as though its mother loved to make the little one smart.” Jack examined the linen; it boro a monogram and crest. The first hevnade out to mean H. L. M., and the crest was plainly two hammers crossed, and the motto, “I strike”—not a common crest —and he never remembered to have seen it before. “And was that all “’Cent the bank note. Thatwasina poor old purse with a pawn-ticket and a thimble. I kept them ail.” Like a true detective Jack examined every article minutely. Tho purse bore the name Hester Gorrigan, in rude letters inside, and the pawn-ticket was made out in the same name. THE SECOND HALF. When Jack Newbiggin got back to the parsonage he found that his host had accepted an invitation for them both to dine at the “Big House,” as it was called, the country seat of the squire of the parish. “I have been fighting your battles all day,” began Mrs. Ktillwell, the hostess, when seated at dinner next to Jack. “Was it necessary? I should have thought myself too insignificant.” “They were talking at lunch of your wonderful tricks iu conjuring, and some one said that the skill might prove in convenient—when you played cards, for instance.” “A charitable imputation; with whom did it originate? “Sir Lewis Mallaby.” “Please point him out tome.” He was shown a grave, scowling face upon the right of the hostess—a face like a mask, the surface rough and wrinkled, through which the eyes shone with a baleful light, like corpse-candles in a sepulchre. Jack let his companion chatter on. It was his habit to get all the information possible about any company in which he found himself, for his own purpose as a clairvoyant, and when Mrs. Stillwell flagged he piled her with artless ques tions, and led her on from one person to another, making mental notes to serve him hereafter. It is thus by careful and laborious preparations that many of the strange and seemingly mysterious feats of the clairvoyant conjuror are per formed. When the whole party were assembled in tho drawing room after dinner a chorus of voices, headed by that of the hostess, summoned Jack to his work. There appeared to be only one dissen tient, Sir Lewis Mallaby, who not only did not trouble himself to back up the invitation, but when the performance was actually begun was at no pains to conceal his contempt and dssgust. The conjuror made the conventional plum pudding in a hat, fired wedding rings into quartern loaves, did all manner of card tricks, knife tricks, pistol tricks, and juggled on conscientiously right through his repertory. There was never a smile on Sir Lewis’s face; he sneered unmistakably. Finally, with an ostenta tion that savored of rudeness, he took out his watch, a great gold repeater, looked at it, and unmistakably yawned. Jack hungered for that watch directly he saw it. Perhaps through it he might make its owner uncomfortable, if only for a moment. But how to get it iuto his hands? He asked for a watch—a dozen were offered. No, none of these would do. It must be a good watch—a repeater. Sir Lewis Mallabys was tho only one in the room, and he at first distinctly re fused to lend it. But so many earnest entreaties were addressed to him, tho hostess leading the attack, that he could not in common courtesy continue to re fuse. With something like a growl ho took his wateh off the chain and handed it to Jack Newbiggin. A curious, old fashioned watch^t was, which would have gladdened the heart of a watch collector—all jeweled and enameled, adorned with crest aud in scription—an heirloom, which had probably been in the Mallaby family for years. Jack looked it over curiously, meditatively; then, suddenly raising his eyes, be stared intoutly into Sir Lewis Mallaby’s face and almost as quickly dropped them again. “This is far too valuable,” ho said courteously, “too much of a treasure, to be risked iu nny Conjuring trick. Au ! ordiuary modern watch I might replace, I but not a work of art like this.” And ho handed it. back to Sir Lewis, who received It with ill concealed satis faction. He was as much pleased, prob ably, at Jack’s expression of possible failure in tho proposed trick as at tho recovery of his property. Another watch, however, Was pounded into a jelly and brought out whole from a cabinet in an adjoining room. “Oh, but it is too preposterous,” Sir Lewis Mallaby was heard to say, quite angrily. Tho continued applause pro foundly disgusted him. “This is the merest charlatanism. It must be put an •end to, It is the commonest imposture. These are things which he has coached up in advance. Let him be tried with something which upon tho face of it ho canuot have learned beforehand by artificial means.” “Tryjiira, Sir Lewis, try him your self,” cried several voices. “I scarcely like to lend myself to such folly or encourage so pitiable an ex hibition. ” But he seemed to be conscious that further protest would be„in Jack’s favor; so he said u ‘,‘Can you tell what I have in this pocket?” Ho touched the left breast of his coat. “A pocketbook,” “‘Bah!’ Everyone carries a pocket- book in his pocket,” “But do you?” asked several of the bystanders, all of whom were growing deeply interested in this strange duel. Sir Lewis Mallaby confessed that he did, and produced it—an ordinary morocco leather purse and pocketbook, all in one.* .“Are you prepared to go on?” said the Baronet, haughtily, to Jack. “Certainly.” “Y/hatdoes this pocketbook contain?” “Evidence.” “Evidence of what?” “Of facts that must, sooner or later, come to light.” “What ridiculous nonsense! I give you my word this pocketbook contains nothing—absolutely nothing—but a Bank of England note lor £100.” “Stay 'fi said Jack Newbiggin, facing him abruptly, and speaking in a voice of thunder. “It is not so—you know it— it is only the half 1” And as he spoke he took the pocket- book from the hands of the really stupe fied Baronpt and exhibited for inspec tion—the half of a Bank of England note for £100. There was much applause at this harm less and successful denouement of what threatened at one stage to lead to alter cation, perhaps to a quarrel. But Jack Newbiggin was not satisfied. “As you have dared me to do my worst,” said he, “listen now to what I have to say. Not only did I know that was only the half of a note, but I know where tho other half is to be found.” “So much'the better for me,” said the Baronet, with an effort to appear humor ous. “That other half was given to—shall I say, Sir Lewis?” Sir Lewis nodded indifferently. “It was given to one Hester Gorrigan, an old nurse, six years ago.” “Silence! Say no more,” cried Sir Lewis in horror. Sir Lewis had been a younger son; the eldest inherited the family title, but died early, leaving his window to give him a posthumous heir, the title remaining in abeyance until time showed whether the infant was a boy or a girl. It proved to be a boy, whereupon Lewis Mallaby, who had the first information of the fact, put into execution a nefarious project which he had carefully concocted in ad vance. A girl was obtained in a found ling hospital and substituted by Lady Mallaby’s nurse, who was in Lewis’s pay for the newly-bom son and heir. This son and heir was handed over to another accomplice, Hes ter Corrigan, who was bribed with £100, half down, in the shape of a half-note, the other half to be paid when she an nounced her safe arrival in Texas with the stolen child. It occurred to Mrs. Corrigan in her transit between I ondon and Liverpool that though £100 would be acceptable on her arrival, the child would be only an encumbrance. She therefore threw the basket containing him out of the window, forgetting that in it she had for safety deposited her purse. It was the watch borrowed from Sir Lewis Mallaby which first aroused Jack’s suspicions. It bore the same crest—two hammers crossed, with the motto “I strike”—which was marked upon the linen of the child that Dan Blockitt picked up at Kirklington station. The initial of the name .Mallaby coincided with the monogram II. L. M. From these facts and what he had been told by Airs. Stillwell,-Jack rapidly drew hiscon- clusions, and made a bold shot, which hit the mark, as we havo seen. LewL Mallaby’s confession, combined with that of Airs. Coirigan, who was found by the police, soon reinstated the rightful heir, and Dan Blockitt in after years had no reason to regret the gener osity which had prompted him to give the little foundling the shelter of his rude home.—Loudon Tid-Bits. Fatal (Jnest for Diamonds. A member of the Royal Society ot England claims to have produced dia mond dust^ artificially from carbon by powerful compression through the agency of electricity. Nearly a quarter of a ceutury ago a resident of Sacramento named l nderwood claimed to have produced diamonds artificially from carbon iu experimenting on a small scale, lie succeeded in getting capital sub scribed for the construction of a power ful steel cylinder or. retort to compross carbon into a dense form? The experi ment. was made in au open tiold near that city in presence of parties interested in it. The pressure brought to bear on the groat cylinder <vt retort was too powerful, and it exploded, tho flying fragments kil iug Underwood and an other man and senoigfly wounding several others. mmme mom What if it But the And t. m goy; And the little stairs And the Htilo hours Gives ton#all that fa ! PITH • m New Japan. The young Mikado, Mntsuhito, t&e 123d Emperor of the nameless dynasty, was the first of the line to take the oath as a ruler. On the 12th of April, 1868. he made* oath beforo gods and men that “a de liberative as embly should be formed; all measures should be decided by public opinion, and that intellect and teaming should be sought for throughout tho world, in order to establish the founds tioua of the empire. Thia oath was reaffirmed October 12 1881, and this year 1890 is fixed as the time for limiting the imperial preroga- gative, forming two houses of parlia ment, and transforming the government into a constitutional monarchy. T he Emperor’s capital was changed from Kioto to Yedd’o, which was re named and called Tokio. Feudalism, or the holding of fiefs by the damio, came to an end in 1H7F, by imperial edict, and the whole of great Japan was again directly under the Mi kado’s rule. ' - g .~jsj The titles of Kuze and daimo were also abolished, both being rc-named simply (Koo-as-o Icon), or noble families. The distinctions between the lower orders of people were scattered to the winds, and even the defplsed outcasts were made citizens, protected by law. The degrees in rank among the Japan ese are now as follows: First. The Emperor end the royal families. Second. The Kuasoku, the noble families. Third. The Shizoku, the gentry. Fourth. The Ileimin, the citizens in generai.—From “Ortat Japan: the Sun rise Kingdom, by Ida C. Hod nett, in St, Nicholas for Notcmber. Vegetarianism In England. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about such crazes as vegetarianism is their power to infect even those who do not seriously beiieve in them with an utter inability to see facts as they really are. A conference of London clergy, convened by the Vegetarian Society, was presided over by Archdeacon Farrar. Though stating in his address that he was not a vegetarian, Archdeacon Farrar declared that “if ever the day came when vegetarianism should be widely adopted it would prove the one absolute remedy for the curse of drink.” and went on to say that “he believed that no vegetarian was a drunkard.” Yet surely Arch deacon F'arrar must know t^t the high landers, who are practically vegetarians, a;e the greatest consumers of whiskey in existence, and that the drunkards of In dia (and they are as bad as ards in the world) are tarians. No doubt ihi vegetarians, whose simplee ing to themselves, is coctulfii three words, “fruit, graip.nut drunkards; but this is hot becuee they are vegetarians, but because the.’ are mild-manuered innocent faddists. Archdeacon Farrar’s exaggerations are all the more to be regretted because vege tarianism, in teaching people how to make use of certain very cheap and nourishing forms of food, is a real bene fit to the world, and ought not to be made ridiculous.—London Spectator, A violin—A low A private affai A notable A cold wa A suit-at tailors. Alan; en arm of lantf.dpyir Greatest anaofcers In chimneys. A dinner fit for a pigeon whole. It isn’t every composer Handel to his name. The old shoe rery comes an alley-gaiter. The man who colons clo’ afraid of any dyer results. Aeronauts are generally balloons, unless they’are sick. The broad highway that lei struction is the route of all eviU i-^ ^- i Funny, isn’t it? The only way a clock can do bnsiness is on tick. People who never read a word of Kent on Philosophy can tell you ail about Canton flannel. - , “ The under dog in the fight may be right; but the top dog is more than that -ho is all right, - '«fi right. The match trust is anofcheS- exaipple of the necessity these monopolies. . If you want to hear a tide of and destitution jnst ask a fellow fordW moneyie owes you.—Judge. The reason that an undertaker Jstataly a melancholy man is because he- cap al ways bury himself in bis business.--Stil- ings. '■ -:•$[$? • The duties of & critic are apt to be sedentary. Be is' always sitting on somebody or something. — flarjjei's lizzar. i - Yri.' • ■ " "i- •>/ Smith—-“Was Shakespeare a broker?” cs-riNd, ooarap tt^” 1 are not Tho Dog’s Scent. Of late much has been written on the sense of smell in dogs, aud the following is to me a puzzling instance. I fre quently go to a place in the country in pursuit of the early grouse, and of course some Clumbers go with me, Champion Johnny being invariably of the party. When I drive to the post-office for my mail, or elsewhere on business, the dogs are shut up iu the house. Johnny then watches for an opportunity to steal away. If he succeeds in doing so, I see him running along the road that my buggy has traveled, nose to the ground, taking no notice of the approaching vehicle until I call to him, when he trots after me perfectly content. He has never overtaken the trap, so I do not know w’nat he would do in that ca-e. It makes not the least difference what road I travel, he follows every time he can make his escape. Now what scent does he follow up? The horses? The buggy wheels? What?—Forest and Stream About the Hair. It has been asserted by medical science that an undue proportion of iime in the system causes the hair to turn grey pre maturely. Consequently,avoid drinking ! hard water or using it in any way. Hard water can be softened by boilipg it. A late medical magazine says that a liquid that will color ihe human hair black, and not staim&he skin, may be made by taking part of bay rum. three parts of dCvo oil, and cue part of good brandy, by measure. The hair must be washed with the mixture every morning, and in a shoit time, it (the hair) will turnto a beautiful black, with out being injured in the least. The arti cles must be of the best quality, mixed in a bottle, and must be well shaken up before being used. A hair oil recommended by a medical journal is made of: Olive oil, two pints; otto of roses, ono drachm; oil of rose mary, one drachm. Mix.—Sf. Louie j Magazine. A Major’s Ephemeral Exaltation. I Alderman Whitehead, who has been j installed Lord Alayor of Londou, is a j fanmaker by trade. Ho is, of course, wealthy, as the salary of his office, $50,- j 000, will not suffice for more than half of his expenses. The glories of the po sition are many. The Lord Alayor ranks and has tho precedence of an English Earl during his reign of twelve months. He is addressed officially and in private as “My Lord,” and his wife ranks at court as a Countess. Onco the term is -i ivev they sink back into plain “Mr.” and “Mrs.” and are no longer eligible for court functions. y stock A roan id- Kebraikfej*jVjB'fer.itei- fng sausages. The evidence agai ns tSim is sa : d to be conclusive. Not a link is wanted. — Chi ago Tribune. Now the ardent husker sizes Mid the corn, each cob and spsar, And he drops the crimson prizes To impress a maiden’s ear. —Siftings. Stranger- “Well, boys, and how did the game go to-day?” Boys—“We lost.” Stranger—“What have you got in that bundle?” Boys—“The umpire.” “Did you ever take the pledge?” asked a temperance advocate of a tramp. “Often,” said the tramp. “Where:” “At the pawnbroker’s,” was the bitter reply.—Siftings. “I hope you appreciate the fact, sir, that in marrying my daughter you marry a large-hearted, generous girl.” “I do sir (with emotion); aud I hope she in herits those qualities from her father.” Dnde—“Can you—ah—sell me—ah— a blue cravat to match my eyes—ah?” Salesman—“I don't think—ah—that I can; but I can sell you a very soft hat to match your very soft head—ah!—Texas Siftings. Air. Clumsy—“What do you think of my riding:” Teacher—“You haven't got any talent for riding, but if you insist ontrying to ride, you ought to practice falling off without getting hart.”— Texas Siftings. “Are you on friendly terras with tho defendant:” demanded a lawyer of a witness in our Circuit Court yesterday. “Well, I ain’t throwing no bouquets t> him,” was the quaint answer.—Philadel phia Record. He Was Penniless.—Judge -“Fri; one > Die evidence shows that you brutally as saulted the plaintiff. “Have you any thing to offer in extenuation !’’ Prisoner ”—“No, sir: my lawyer look a'l the money I had.”-— Time. Scientists have demonstrated that there is more actual nutriment in twenty - five cents’ worth of potatos than iu twenty-five ceut-s’ worth of sirloin steak. But who is going to pay the undertaker ! bill for the man who eats nine poandt of potatoes at a sitting? Chinese Beggars. A writer in a Shaughat journal, re ferring to the beggars of China, says that large donations are given to them by the people, but these are in the nature of an insurance. In the cities the beggars are organized into very powerful guilds, more powerful by tar than any organization with which they have to contend, for the beggars have nothing to lose and nothing to fear,^ in which respoct they stand alone. The shopkeeper who should refuse a donation to a stalwart beggar, after the latter has waited for a considerable time aud has besought with what lawyers call “due diligence,” would be liable to invasion from a horde of famished wretches, who would render the existonce even of a stolid Chinese a burden, and would utterly prevent the transaction of any business until their continually rising demands should be met. Both the shop keeper and tho beggar understand this perfectly well, and it is foi this reason that the gifts fiow in a steady, if tiny, rill.— London Times.