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FAYETTEVILLE NEWS. r x YOL. I. FAYETTEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1889. NO. 23. LEGAL ADVERTISEQfENTS. GEORGIA, \ I hereby no-. Eay§ttc County. / tify all persons concerned, that I have this day made my wife, Mary C. McLeroy. aYree dealer, to contract, sue and be sued in as full a manner as is p ovided by law. Nov. 19th 1888. J. E. McLeroy. Georgia, Fayette f D. A. McLu- County. \ cas Adminis" trator of Ephraim Sweat, repre sents to 'he court by petition that he has fully Administrated Eph raim Sweat’s astate. This is to cite all persons concerned, to show cause, if any they can, why said Administrator should not be discharged from his Admenistra tion, and receive letters of dismis sion on the 1st Monday in Febru ary, 1889. Nov. 5th 1888. D. M. Franklin, Ordinary. GEORGIA Fayette J By virture County , of an order from the court ol Ordinary of said county, will be sold before the court house door in Fayetteville within the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Tuesday in January r.ext, the following land, one tenth un- devided interest- in lot of land No. 48, in the fifth district of said coun ty, sold as the property of Lula VV., Dora W., John VV., Sarah L., Marie, Nancie, Eva E., and Ida M. Murphy, for the purpose of distribution. Terms cash. W. T. Murphy, Dec. 6thl888. Guardian. What on Farth Is the reason people will not, can not, or do not see any difference in cheap nostrums put up by Cheap John houses or irresponsible pars ties at enormous profits, rather than take a medicine of world wide reputation and* one that is d ixi unparal- iclfd-satisfactton for purifying the blood as BEGG5’ BLOOD PU RIFIER & BLOOD MAKER, and every bottle that does not do work will cost you nothing, jr sale by Edwards te Gilbert. How can Parents their children to cough and and cough and camly say: fh! it is only a little cold," and keep giving them cheap and dan gerous medicines, until they are down with lung fever or consump tion, when they can be so easiiy relieved by BEGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP? tt has no superior, and few equals. Edwards & Gilbert Druggists. GEORGIA, FAYETTE L OUNTY ,T. D. Nations lias applied for exemp tion of personalty, and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock A. M. on the 3rd dav of Jan. 1888, at iny office. Ore. 10th 1888. iy M. brauklin, Ordinary. A Crocodile-Tamer Attacked. LIFE'S VOYAGE. Two little children, at dawn of day, Laughing and romping in merry ♦ In the pleasant springtime weather; The brooklet murmurs close at their feet, And the birds in the tree-tope, and butter cups sweet, Nod and glance In the waters fleet, And they sing and dance together. Oh, swift are the hours, And gay are the flowers, In childhood’s sunshine blowing; And the heavens are bright With a sapphire light, And the days in a whirl are going. A youth and a maid ’neath the noonday sun Talk of tho now life for them begun, In tho pleasant summer weather; Tho lilies bend down low at their feet, And the roses breathe out odors sweet, And their lips full oft in true love moot, And their lives flow on together. Oh, sweet are the flowers In Love's golden bowers, When happy hearts are beating; And bright are the skies, Where Love dreaming lies, And the weeks in a dream are fleeting. A man and a woman, at close of day, Wander along through the forest gray, In tho golden autumn weather; The leaves are rustling down at their foefc, And tho ^ranches above them in arches meet, But no now joys their tired eyes greet, And they wander on together. Ok tranquil the ways . v)f our later days, " „ When fefce sweet, sad winds are blowing; “'. And the skies bend low, With their clouds of snow, And the months are serenely going. Two narrow graves in the moonbeam’s light, Clad in soft robes of purest white, In the snowy wintry weather; The river flows on dark at thoir feet, And the snowflakes above them gently beat, Yet not one sound does their deaf ears greet, And they dream and repose together. Oh, happy at last, From the world’s cold blast, Bide by side in their graves they’re lying; Life here is done, Life there begun, And the years are swiftly flying. —E. J. Jenkins, in Youth's Companion. that subject. But you must remember my years of seclusion from all female society and the beauty of my first love, and excuse me ns best you can, while I give you the details of that eventful voyage. We reached Peru in safety, discharged our Cnrgo at a good profit, and took in another, as we had proposed. We went hither and thither nmong the strange, almost unknown islands of Oceanica, and counting our profits with extreme satisfaction. Wo saw hideously tattooed, men, beautiful though dusky women, rare and unknown animals, fascinating, ugly reptles; lovely and curious flowers, and dense forests of trees unheard of before. We lived in a strange world of won ders which rivaled the “Arabian Nights’ " entertainment, and, to my Bess and I, the days were laden with tho breath of Eden. Yes, she was my Bess, my peerless treasure. My love had won a coveted return, and John Nelson was to give his ’daughter to me in marriage when wo uado. We’re ’bout in no latitude now, ain’t we!” , “If you mean wo are at tho equator, We are pretty near it, I guess,” 1 replied, as I went to look at the chart. “Yes, latitude 8 degrees,” I said, ae I re turned. “I thought it, sir. I’ve, sailed in these ere waters afore to-day and we’re in fer it, sure." “Make for the first land you see there and try to find a harbor, Islands arc plenty enough,” I commented, as I went to see that preparations were properly male for the coming gale, The pinki-h, dusky hue overspread the sky? the cloud -Of billowy, inky darknbs3 rose rapidly, and beneath it a brassy, quivering line told of the intense of the tropica) tornado. Our good _ flew over the rolling waves, already 'rested with white, as though she lived tod realized what depended on her speed. The sea birds screamed as they flew over our heads and we followed them, knowing well they would lead us to the we sat ifi one of the largest huts and feasted upon the best which the eager natives could furnish us, “I forgot it,” I answered truthfully; “but it bus served us a good turn. Bee, each of those greasy natives bss one lef- tsr of the symbol upon his breast. What can it mean?” “It’s doubtless a sort of free masonry which exists in these islands,’’ he replied; and that was our final decision. We stayed more than two months on the island before a vessel touched there. T4en a Chinese ship ran in for water. 8o we went to Calcutta, after all, ■where we tpok the first steamer for San F rnncis.-A That was my last voyage. My good wife Bsss will not consent for me to fol low the sea, and I’m not+ure that} wank to; It does seem queer on land, t ut I am getting used to it, and I think that I would prefer this life to the dangers of again drifting toward those mysterious islands, hidden from knowledge of the world, in the strange waters of Latitude 3 degrees.— Yankee Blade. Traditions About Storks. Innumerable tradit’ons and legends Ucr- arrived home. Moreover, she Was to be ; land. The wind sighed aud moaned ss my joint owner of the good ship Nadine. ; it increased into a gale. Puffs of heated What wonder that the waves danced air ?ucceeded seconds of ominous calm, | centre in th’s interestin'* bird in .... as merrily as the sunshine beneath that and a ghastly, awful gloom was over all. ; many, in which country Ire is regarded, «n soft, blqe, tropical sky, or that the night j "Go below and prepare for the worst,” fly the children at least, as something i of winds made such sweet music, as we sat I cried hoarsely, as I handed John Nel- j g »cred. He has always been regarded as ' on deck in tho brilliant moonlight and \ sop two of my best life-preservers, be- ! ifl c herald of spring. A very ol tra- plauned our happy future? I fere distributing them to the crew. j dition, recorded asearly as the thirteenth Wo stopped at a small island to cele-i “We will stay with yon—I shall," j century. states that they are bunion be- bratc our national holiday, and I think ' emd Bess, who had come silently and j n g 8> aac ] merely undergo an annual that a 1 ourth of July frolic never had a j now stood beside us with a brave smile transformation into storks on visiting our J f her trembling lips. j northern climes. *? es * it is best so,” said her father, There is a theory in north Germanv and carefully Fastened her preserver ( gwabia thfit when, a nest is manufactured is own. ; [ or the stork, which is occasionally done W.it^ a time of suspense that was, fly putting up an old cartwheel with ;ng for ^ieath t” .wuv but jt Jaoj^ghs twined r0un-^b«6pokes, he will ’soon over. With a demoniac howl > testify his gratitude to the owner oi\ise more astonished audience. The shores were lined with dusky faces, and at fifg&tXa&ojiZ'fireworks made a most brill iant display, arousing* ib* admiration ami awe of the natives. It was 'here that I chanced to save a black little LATITUDE 3 H. STRATTON. ’wretch from the sharks; a venturesome fwdjgfcooQ over. With a demoniac howl »testify his gratitude to ins owner ui j little Bcamp he was, and, as It turned j thefempest was upon ns. The rigging [ house by throwing down a feather the j out, tho only son of the chief. ' j was, carried away .by the first furious g rst vear> aa e gg the second year, and ! That act of impulsive humanity Jjiguri, It was useless 'to give orders t )j C third year a young stork. Then he | brought me a rich reward, as yoh will ^wffeh could not be heard nor obeyed ; i rcc0 mmences with a feather, and so on. see. I wj^ould only wait. Each m n wiidly -phe demeanor of the stork on his first ! The grateful father gave us freely of! graiped a support as tho read waves apj^raucs is very important. Should ' the good things which his small king-! swtjlt the deck; _ but more . than one , he be chattering, the spectator wiil break j dom afforded and sent an escort, of : post soul went with the foaming waters, . a good deal of crockery during the en hideously tattooed savages to fetch me -'**''*“ K “ “" Q '" —'-*■ ‘ to his palace, that ha might thank mein . person. His palace was a hut, and his I stii ma esty was about the worst-looking na tive 1 ever saw; but I showed him proper «b< respect. I soon discovered that he was about to , came sweeping in. i ^ ■>«•» - ----- , give me the highest honor in his power, : of Crashing timbers, there were shrieks and one, so far as I know, never before an bestowed upon a white man. He mo- ' w«l tinned to his followers, and they imme diately formed two great us, as he stood clasping **■ J ' - r r to be seen again. ! suing twelve-month; if silent, he wiil be ; ihn Nelson and Iriashed Bess to a ] az ^ jr flying* he will be diligent Thus i !J» suov jft between us. ' sav the peasants of Hanover and Meek-I „■ the roar of breakerskounded i eu burg. In the Altmark, a stork on the e'v no se of wind and wave; a v ing signifies to a maiden that she will j of water, withSurliug, foamy crest, g „ on enter the bonds of wedlock; but it i There was a sound j stationary, she will be asked to act as j ' — ' ‘ his • mmm Sailors hM> not much chance for ' —for Icouldn° f ^ making love, and .the ..old Maing, that iin^o. Iweetiicftry Ih. v - y . y unfastened iind~tiirned ^ ‘ a sea captain, and I , A small, dirty boy crept was, board the good ship circles on his hands and knee*, presented ^ a .4*ne, spent the first eighteen i a small stone vessel to his majesty, kissed on her. Then she was | his foot reverently, and withdrew in a * or ® emce ; father way that reminded mo of an enormous spend the remainder of bullfrog, oTjtrL U . P ° n I ? ud ’ a , !ld I became tho i That vessel contained a blo-d-reci fluid tIia Toll-Tnle Plmnnwraiiii r u& Captain of another vessel, which and a slender, sharp bone instrument. % immed.ately named for my dear float- i I always objected to the tattooing so braced us both with speechless grati- | ihe first attempt to report the pro- iff home. Tim »«w j I a tiide. I ceedings of a political meeting by means We thought we were in a bad eaouph °f the phonograph was made recent \ in plight, but we soon found that it could Grange, N. J. : and 'l ie degree of sue- be worse. As if the sauds of that hostile cess attained brings us to eons der iuc When it was done he gravely bowed shore had suddenly become human possible change ju reporting to be cf- ’ forms sprang un arouud : fected by this ingenious machine. . ...j met John Nelson’s with i It js relentlessly accurate, ihecrr.i.y on board, one head and heart, kissed me on each cheek, siiem intelligence as we noticed their politician who kept a complete file o: all ere were shrieks j g p 0T1S0r- Y» r hoever has money in his ! cries, and our staunch Nadine | p 0c j ce t on first beholding the stork will wrecked. That huge wave swept ; neV er lack during the year, nor will he thing before it. It swept.us over gu flTei- from toothache. ow„jftP r ^ r "'^|^^-.ratively j q-j lc superstition that the stork brings -, ie S 1 J ’P the chiidieu is current overall Germany, 'instantly m Jie rough sea j a t j, e of a stock over a i ien..as. if./ ’ 'F’! w house iirnotes t" ~L>eeCv v.-.sv-A -'.v a ’ hiTjlrt 6 f iiugea they unless the stork lav eggs, tiio will also be childless, and, as the storks thrive so wnithe children, dare shoot a stork in Kugen, hen ho weeps large tears, and each portends a great misfortune.—du ll Magazine. ng home. Ihe new Nadine was a trad- j common among sailors, but I stood there ing vessel, ana I was to have a liberal like a martyr while that savage chief snare of the profits, with the prospect deftly pricked the letters XHXupon my of becoming part owner as soon as I had bnre breast. proved my business capacity. i When it was done he gravely bowed suure mm sue John JNelson was then sole owner, nr.d until his forehead nearly touched the beings, du3ky u was with a flutter of excited anxiety ground, placed my hand upon his own us. My eyes i .at I welcomed him on board. on« head and heart, kissed me on each cheek, silent, intellice _ . w —- ... c, triumphal ^ - . - . , sugar aud coftee, thence on a trading I noticed that tho bare brown breast a gronn. j distorted report. . he >monograph 1ms expeditton to the several islands of; of the chief bore the same mystic symbols, I We were at once led to their village, I no political beliefs o. its oun. ; nen Oceanica, and flnaily to Calcutta for a ' only in brightest yellow. I a little buck from the coast, and thrust ! telling inflection, the punctuation of ap- load of fine.China ware, then home. If Then each one of the tribe, men, ' into dens too vile for a respectable dog . plause, the whole manner of the spec h the voyage is a success, you will be half- i women and children (and 1 verily believe to live in. It did not increase our satis would come rolling out from tho rise it- owner of the Nadine when wo again that there were more than five hundred faction to notice, as we did, that Bess l ess c:,v trumpet, and woe to any man The accident which happened to Per- onnet, the ‘Crocodile-tamer, 1 ’ at Bona, in Algiers, will be a capital advertise ment for the poor fellow in Franc., Should he recover from hiB injuries. It appears that ns he was mounted ou the back of ono of the animals and engaged in feeding them with raw meat he sud denly turned his head round in order to reaoh out his hand for more food, when the most ferocious of the Saurians seized «: tile stomach. Porronet bi*w‘.«fcho animal with ins stick, but he would liavo reach the Golden Gate. Understand;” I of them), advanced, touched the letters , was treated with the greatest rcvereucc, j who should try to change his "round. <i sir,” I answered gladly; reverently, knelt before me, placed my and given much better quarters. .Theaspcctofthcphonograpuasanen- anu I will do my best.” j foot upon his or her head, kissed my: “Evidently, they never saw a white 'gme of matrimonial persuasion has been “Iknow that,” he responded, with a hand, and withdrew, all in perfect I woman. Poor Be3s:” said her father. j often considered. Even the parlor organ hearty grasp of the hand. “I ho,vo silence. The breast of each male bore “They wiil treat her well and make —that narka .ie exot c.that nourishes watched you Xor three years, and I am the first two letters, in the same brilliant her a priestess,” I answered, eocour- in certain rural communities would lose silt is bed that you always do your best, i tattooing. ! ar^iuffly. ; ^ts terrors before tae stealthy and pitiless TV e want a lot of lookiDg-glasses and j When tho tiresome ceremony was over, ; “Death—tho most horrible death— ; recorder of the airy nothings of twilit f ° r fi Savilye , trade ' nnd J’ 011 I was conducted to the hut of tho chief, '■ would be hotter than such captivity,” he you.h nod ove. might add a few fireworks to celebrate where a sumptuous banauet of native groaned in despair, and I felt thet he was It stated that Mr. Edison is cuu = _l- our national holiday with. Oh, by tho cookery* awaitedusl* I hope I mavmsver right. . ing his ingenious wits to improve the | way, I want you to have a second cabin have siich a feast again although I tried I^ 10 savages fed us well. Evidently, phonograp.i and increase u> powers of in readiness, for mv d/molitnr TO ;n E s . aUll0U g n j th did UQ ^ waut lla t0 losc fleshi aad instantaneous perception and reporting. 1 - « - - R , (h e dead bodies The world always adjusts itself to altered Thev began conditions and makes the best use . f new readiness, for my daughter will ac company us. I guess any one could have knocked mo down with a feather, as he made j 1 ? The entire tweoty- odd years of my life hud been spent on to do that ono justice? 1 returned to my vessel the next morn- j wo wero safe so Ion 8pecimenfof oo»i, .nHSIV K «» mor.tog o( IbS thi.d d., they vnt Wlil.c. of th« Wgr.pl, ~ t . - .. - , - very rare and valuable. I said nothin'* ready for a living victim. that ono may tie content to await aeve.- board ship with the exception of a day 0 f the honor which had been conferred' I was selected (is that victim! I bade opments without borrowing trou le by or two in port now and then, and as our | upon me, however and as soon as tlxe ' m Y shiismatca anil my prospective fi*th.ei-- indulging m vain and prophetic specula vessels were n«f wounda healed, I nctually forgot it my-1 indaw a brave farewell; but tears filled self in tho business of trading and love- j m ? *T es 1 heard Be-s cry out in un making combined. AVe soon disposed guish as I was leu by the hut whore she of our cargo to good advantage, getting ' was coufiucd. in exchauge nmrgets of gold, and not a 1 lar away, upon a small hill, the vessels were not made to take in pas sengers, 1 think I can truly say that 1 had never even spoken to ono of the angelic beings known as women. My mother had died before I could re tions.—_Ycw York Sun. Au Owl Attacks a Man. Joseph D. King was walking down one of the paths in Grove Street Ceme- vietim. The occurrence recalls affair which happened iu Suez in 1869, when the Empress Eugenie was out there for the inauguration of the Suez Canal. Under her Majesty’s windows in the Palaoo of Ghezirph was a tank eontaiug an enormous crocodile, 23 feet embarrassment. , „ . _ , “Bess will not trouble you,” he' "Sha’lwe co to Calcutta, or shaH we laughed.. ust get a berth ready for «°, home? ^n Nelson, one day her, and treat her exactly as you do i as he ®?"*° on de " k and J o ned Besaand me »> J J i mo. “Ah, your faces answer me. Home “Yes, sir,” 1 answered in bewilder-! U f’”, . . . . . ... , 4 , long, and shid to be 600 years old, and “ e . nt > and Le “how, while I oar- j / 1 d ° n ? the auimal was fed every morning xvith r i0 4 outlim orders. fi n , ' T ^ ° T ' big lumps of meat by a little boy about Two days later, wo sailed, and just I know, I know. I was young once 10*years P of age. One morning Hie lad, before we weighed anchor, my employer ™y^ elf - A ou and Boss are owners of tho In •t.«W.in" over tha tank overbal- and bis daughter came on board. How i Nadlne from th,s ^7- 1!cad her In stretching over the tanoverbal- shall j de , c “ ibc I;ess Nelsoo? x ; hink °^ | wherever you wish. I am only a pas- was clearly a case of love at first sight - | 6«nger.” on my part, least. |' And, after further deliberation, we She was tall and queenly, with soft. decidod to postpone the Calcutta trip, brown cyos and pretty curls. Frettyf j and turn toward home. I can’t tell you that, even now. I know: “Beg pardin’, cnpt’n. D’ye see them that she seemed the loveliest creature in ! clouds yonder?” and one of uy older the world to me. j searoon paused beside me and pointed to “Go ahead, boy. Ho just the samo as a Moo of pinkish, di^ky clouds just vis- though we were not here,” said John j imP above the horizon, from which a Nelson. “We don’t want to make any ! bra;en haze extended nearly to tho extra trouble, do wg, Bess?” j zenith—a queer looking sky, surely, but “Ccrtoriuly not, 41 she replied; and her ! I saw no cause for his alarm, oice was swcatesWJtxdc, while her smlln ' “AVellf" I cried impatiently. ' “It ain’t well at 1 all, oapt’u,” he said •illy; no doubt! am on 1 earnestly. “That rnsaus a 'quator ter- . K| UY anoed himself, aud, to the Empress’s honor, fell in. Tho gigantic Saurian tore the body to pieces in the space of a few seconds, and her Majesty fell bank fainting from the Palaoe window at the horrible eight.—London Teltgrqph. has been adopted in “ ' Prison by which i right to ' the 'son The two men who led mo conducted j head being the size of a quart measure, me directly to tho stone, where I was j yh le two horns apparently protruded anxiously awaited by a brawny savago, I from its head. Its eyes, burned like fantastically tattooed and pviinted, who coals of fire m .Mr. lung s startled lin- was carefully examining the edge of a agiuation. t-ceing that the .bird meant stone hatchet. The circle of human i to attac.< him, Mr. King picked up a brutes began to chant which was to be 1 ?hort club, auu as toe bird pounced.upon my death-song, nnd my conductors be gan to romove my clothing. As they uufa3tened my shirt they re coiled with a cry of amazement. The chaut instantly ceased, and a hushed silence succeeded. Tho executioner and his disappointed assistants touched my breast, knelt before me, placed my foot upon their heads, kissed my haud, and then withdrew to a respective dis tance, and each one of that infernal tribe went through with tile samo maneuvros. Those blood-red symbol* on my breast had done their woik 1 The life of that .insignificant savage boy had brought mo a rich i award. “Why difl you not toil us about it?” asked John-Nelson, au hour, later, as, his head ho struck it a stunning blow, knocking it to tho "round. Beforo Mr. Kiug could recover irom the impulse of the blow the bird attacked him again and got another rap which was followed up with several more. Even then it lay ou its back and fought with its tallons. Securing a strong string. Air. King got it about the legs of the bird and disabled it. He went to a neighboring house nnd got a basket, in which he placed his captive, ancUMxt morning he exhibited it. It is sw specimeu of the tawny horned owl, and weighs six pounds. This is the first Instance known locally of an owl attacking a man. Professor Morse, of Salem, Mate., has devised a simple stove for warming VMS* — • * with Bess and tbs remainder of the crew. ' rooms by. means of solar heat ONLY PART OK THE SERMON. Twm just a week ago today I sat in a soft-eushior.sd pew; Eore is my need to watch and pray, But I dreamed the solemn sermon through And—be not shocked at what I say— I fear, my love, I dreamed of you! I heard, in a disconnected way, ' What the preacher said, ’tis true, But slight heed wandering senses pay, That fell these words was all I knew: : “Thy lipe—are like—a thread—of scarlet— Thy lips—drop as—the honeycomb.—The smell of—thy garments—is—like the smell— of Lebanon.” Twes Solomon’s song the preacher read; grave things ho refenWl. came from outside, overhead. The twitter of a little bird; _ The soft breeze grateful coolness died, But scarce its gentle impulse stirred A prayer book's leaves.] The sermon led From “first” to “second” and tqj’third,” And Still I dreamed; of all was said These words alone I faintly heard; • . •Tby Bp*—are like—a thread—■*< scarlet— Thy llpe—drops as—the honeycomb.—The smell of—thy garments—is—Lie the smell— Lebanon.” Sweetheart, I thought of you he spoke* I thought pe spoke of you, and well; The ftower-sweet fancy nothing broke, There came no change, no asphodel. And woa I wicked? Who shall croak, Who all my evil-doing belt! “Love one another” is the yoke That we must lightly bear. The spell Stayed with Hie after I a wok" After the benediction fell ■«rb T line—are like—a thread—of scarlet — Thy Ups—drop —-—♦ho hnnevcomb.— Th mil of—thy garments—is—like the of Lebanon.” —Stanley Waterloo, in Chicago Tribune. pithmTpoint. Light literature—Gas bills. Derisive soup—Mock turtle. “Awfully sheepish”—Mutton. Deaf mutes are not ready-talkers, but Iheir remarks are always off-hand. Many struggling men keep pup by lupporting a useless canine. — Toledo Blade. Isn’t it a singular thing that when a man is taken in he is put out.— BoAon Courier. " Mrs. Brown—’‘Now, just look at tfeos^ flannels? If «nj#M5sV»I*L.«K*?-v —- il°im dear.” "H-jr j; Disappointed. — Mamma — “Why, Frank, dear, what is the matter? Did you have a bad dreamt” Frank—“N-no. I dreamed I bad a big bag of candy, an’ w-woked without eatin’ it.”—Uarpade Young People. “Did you ask Miss Pointer to dancie last night?’’ “Yes,aud she said she was engaged.” “And what did she say the second time'” “That she was tired.” “And the third time;” “That she was going home.”—Life. Chumlej—‘Tm in a little fix to-day, Brown, for money; what would you say if I were to ask you fora temporary loan of a hundred or two dollars ?” Brown— “AA’ell, Chumley, if the loan will betem- orary, I might let you have the two .ollars.”—Accident Acir*. A toad was recently dug out of a stratum, of clay in London which scien tists aver must have been in its lonesome bed for more than three thousand years. The toad, when discovered, looked as lonesome as a clerk in a store that don’t advertise.—Nstc York Mercury. “Mother, I can never win the medsl for good behavior,” exclaimed a South Side boy, just in from school; “I’ve tried and tried, but some other pupil al ways gets it.” “But you must keep on- trying,” said his mother, encouragingly, “it’s" no use,” replied the Loy. “I sfcau’t try any more. It’s a clean waste of goodness.”—Chicago Gl ie. t-he was near-sighted, and when a little dark-complexioned man with ^ a blue Cannol. suit on came through the car she stopped him by tugging on his r.rm. “Are you the porter of this car?” said the, as he faced her. “No, ma’am.” he replied with a sigh, “I am only the president. The porter will be here in a minute.” And then every one pitied the poor man.—Bostou Beacon. Arctic Sledge Dogs. Kamschatkan dogs are probably the most sagacious of all feral types, and are employed and trained in the most care ful manner for tho multitudinous ser vices required of them. Soon afterbirth they are placed with their dam in a deep pit,’ that they may see neither mun nor beast, and after having been weaned are condemned to solitary confinement for six months, at the end of which time they are put to a sledge with other dogs, aud being extremely shy ord frightened withal, they run as fast as they can until they become blown and cowed. Alter this trial trip they are remanded to their pit, whero they remain, off and on, until they are thoroughly tired and sledge- broken. This severe education sours their temper umazingly, and makes them anything but companionable Drivers are frequently obliged tostun them by a blow ou the noso before unharnessing them on account of their savage nature. Besides drawing sledgC3 they t«w boats up the river in summer and keep their masters warm -in winter nights. Th®? are remarkable weather prophets, and discount the >ignal Service Bureau, for if when restiog on a journey they dig holes in the snow, there is certain to be a storm. They are of the husky type, shaggy, with erect, curling, bushy tails aud not very ; harp noses qid t aw. They live exclusively ou fish, w’ ich they catch (or themselves. In wi ter their ration comprises forty frozen herrings per dey- —Forest emt Stream