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FAYETTEVILLE NEWS.
VOL. I.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA. } FRIDAY, JANUARY 11,
18?
NO. 24.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
A COUNTRY EVENING.
GEORGIA, 1 I hereby no*
Fayette County. / tify all persons
concerned, that 1 I have this day
made mv wife, Mary C. McLeroy,
a free 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 fuliy 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, ! 889.
Nov. 6th 1888.
D. M. Franklin, Ordinary.
Away from sounding shore and mountain
side,
- I came to where a country village - lies;
And here I watch the moon rise through the
trees,
And sit at rest beneath the Bummer skies.
The twilight thickens fast,and now the birds
Are sleeping; hushed are all their happy
calls.
Across the village green the parish church
Stands, ivy-clad, with moonbeams on its
walls.
GEORGIA Fayette J By virture
County ; of an order
from the court of 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 next,
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
W., Dora W., John W. t Sarah L.,
Marie, Nancie, Eva L., and Ida
M. Murphy, for the purpose of
distribution. Terms cash.
VV. T. Murphy.
Dec. 6th 1888. Guardian.
The house-dog, lying near me, starts to hear
The restless horses neighing in their stalls;
The cricket chirps above the willow’s sigh,
While flits the bat where deepest shadow
falls*.
The night wears on; the village lies asleep;
My soul drinks deep a draught of perfect
rest;
Old dreams come back mid future visions
fair;
Old loves awak9 that slumbered in the
breast.
On such a night the soul is free, and flees
The world of care, and pain and troubled
sigh;
And could X sing that deep, Sweet peace, the
song
Would rise to angels’ ears and thrill the
Bky.
—Edmund S. Middleton, in Independent.
A SECRET OF TER SEA.
“I suppose that by this time to-morrow
we shall anchor in tho Bay,” said Col.
Gray.
“A es this is the last of our pleasant
evenings if the Ocean Greyhound is true
to her promise,” said pretty Airs. Alor-
timer.
It was a very pleasant evening, too,
though chilly, as September evenings
are apt to be on the Atlantic. A glori- ,.
! ou ® fall, moon, extinguishing the stars and made her sit in the deck-house while
son of a good family. The marriage
was much against the wish of the bride’s
family, but she was just of age and per
fectly mistress of her property, and she
had been married a few weeks before I
met her, and had gone to Madeira, in
tending to spend the winter there. It
was quite a sudden freak, their coming
on board, and pould hardly have been the
poor thing’s wish; for she was a wretched
sailor, and for two or three days after
wo put to sea again she remained in her
berth, waited on by her maid and un r
noticed by everyone else. The husband
was about 30, a very handsome and
attractive man—dark, tall, with a heavy
black mustache and gleaming white
teeth, which wero often enough seen,
for he was a most lively and agreeable
talker, full of wit and nonsense, with an
amusing anecdote for every occasion, and
generally the sort of man to be a prime
favorite on board a sailing ship, where
every one is sure to be bored more or
less.. Especially was he attentive and
considerate toward tho ladies, and I
heard, though I did not see anything
then, that the pretty governess usurped
a large portion of his care. This seemed
natural enough, as she was alone, and
most of us took a little extra notice of
her on that account.
“Well, after a day or two the bride
began to come on deck a little, and
when she gained some flesh and color
we would see how pretty she was, and
how full of charming ways. Another
thing was soon easily seen also, and that
was that whatever might be the state of
her husband’s affections, she simply
worshipped him. Her eyes followed
him about with a kind of reverence, and
when he spoke she listened with parted
lips and glistening eyes, as though she
heard the very augels singing in heaven.
It is sad enough to see such madness
where it is mutual, but when, as is almost
always the case, one gives all, and the
other takes and gives nothing—well,
well—that’s no part of my story.
“1 should say th^t he was quite kind
to her, and wrapped her up in shawls
What on Farth
the reason people will not, can
or do not see any difference
'cheap nostrums put up by Cheap
ohn houses or irresponsible pars
les at enormous profits, rather
han take a medicine of world
.vide reputation and one that is
giving uninersal satisfaction at
an equal price? No medicine in
the world is giving such unparal
leled satisfaction for purifying the
blood as BEGGS’ BLOOD FU-
RIFIER & BLOOD MAKER,
and every bottle that does not do
i s work will cost you nothing.
For sale by Edwards te Gilbert.
; and,casting a glittering trail athwart the he read to her, for fear she might take
sea, scarcely ruffled by the gentle breeze cold. But of an evening, when she had
that filled the sails and urged the flying gone to her cabin, he would always re-
vessel with soft murmurs. Alost of the turn to tke deck to finish his cigar, and
passengers were below, playing cards, or j the little governess, who was as strong
enjoying the music, of which an occa-! as a lion and not afraid of any weather,
sional strain floated up on deck, adding ' would bo out there with him, leaning
one more touch to the weird sweetness of over the taffrail, and the two would stand
the scene. A little group of four or five there: talking in low tones, until the
persons sat in the moonlight, chatting officer of the watch sent them below,
and watching the man ruvres of two or! “We had been about a fortnight out
three stray couples, each seeking to mono-1 from Madeira when the weather,'which
polize that nook behind the wheel-house, j bad been pleasant enough, though cold,
where tho rnyon can be geen to the great- changed sncldeuly, and we were dr’^.-nn.
by storms every way but the way we
How can Parents
.allow their children to cough and
strain and cough and camlv say:
“Oh! it is only a little cold," and
keep giving them cheap and dan
gerous medicines, until they are
down with lung fever or consump
lion, when they can be so easi y
relieved by BEGGS’ CHERRY
COUGH SYRUP? tt has no
superior, and few equals.
Edwa. ds & Gilbert Druggists.
GEORGIA, FAYETTE (. OUNTY
J. D. Nations has applied for exemp
tion of personalty, and setting apart
and valuation of homestead, and (
will pass npon the same at 10 o'clock
A. M. on the 3rd clav of Jan. 1888, at
iny office. Drc. 10th 1888.
D. M. Franklin, Ordinary.
took her hand and almost forced her up,
but further than tha top of the com>
panion she .would not move.
“The sight that met us there was
startling enough. The ship had already
sunk so low that I cannot imagine how
the water kept out of the salo()n;’it
seemed as if we could step on board the
life boat that had already been manned
and was raised by every wave almost
to the level of the deck. All on board
was perfectly orderly, except for the
crying of one or two of the steerage
passengers who were being separated
from their male companions and passed
into the boat. It was nearly full when
the Captain saw us, and grasping Airs.
Blank’s arm, was about to hand her for
ward, when she wrested herself from
him, and with sudden fury flashing over
her face, exclaimed in a tone I can never
forget: ‘I can die here, if necessary,
Captain, but I will not stir without my
husband.’
“lie did not say another word, but
seized me unceremoniously, and before I
could draw my breath I was in the
loaded boat. The painter was cut, and
I one great billow carried us many yards
i away. Then we lay to, to watch the
I second boat, and witnessed what was un-
! seen by her occupants. She was full, all
; but a very small space, and almost every
one was off the ship. I saw the young
couple standing together, her bands
clasped round his arm, and evidently re
fusing once more to be saved without
him. At the same moment the pretty
governess darted forward and flung her
self upon his other arm, evidently im
ploring to be saved. A stentorian voice
from the boat shouted: ‘We can make
room for two.’ They evidently saw the
wife’s struggle to die with her husband,
and were willing with true sailor-like
generosity to risk something to reward
her heroism. I saw him clasp the girl
with one arm and push his wife away,
preparatory to making a spring. Then
as she clung with agonized strength, he
raised his cowardly fist and struck her
full in the face. With an unearthly
shriek she fell back as he sprang into the
boat with the other women in his arms.
“The whole thing was-like a flash of
lightning, and as they cut away the boat,
almost before she was clear, the ship
sank slowly forward and went down
head foremost, carrying the Captain, the
bride and about a dozen men to the bot
tom of the sea.”
est advantage, and a fictitious isolation
encourages the interchange of sentiments
as ardent as they are transient.
“You will not be sorry to exchange
these pleasant evenings for something a
little livelier, though,” exclaimed Airs.
Mortimer’s niece, a brilliant creature
whose magnetic vitality rang in her clear
voice and scintilated in her rippling hair
and flashing eyes. “After two years’
hard study in Milan, you can fancy how
I feel at the near approach of New York
and Newport!”
“There’s not much to keep one alive
on the ocean trip nowadays, ” said the
young man who sat opposite her, and
who had been rambling all over the
globe for a year seeking adventures and
finding none and was now returning
home, convinced that whatever might
happen t j him in the future, it could
hardly be more interesting than the past.
“This is my first sea voyage, ” said the
wanted to go. For several days’ the
hatches were on, and none of the passen
gers were allowed on deck. Alost of the
ladies, myself among them, were ill, and
the rest were too frightened to notice
anything; but I was told afterward that
the only woman who was neither sick
nor terrified was the governess, and she
seemed fey—full of wild spirits, and
keeping up a constant banter with the
bridegroom, with whom she played at
cards half the day.
“I do not remember how long the
storm continued; but, just as we were
beginning to take courage and pull our
selves together a little, we heard cae
morning a sound that made our hair rise
with new terror—a peculiar, slow, regu
lar clanking—and a whisper went round
that the ship had sprung aleak and the
pumps were manned. Oh, you who have
only made this luxurious voyage of a
Colonel, “and I have en joyed it. But I week cannot imagine the fe'elittgs' of
should, be glad enough to see land j those who have been for days together
j t « . » , ! in a straining, struggling ship, pitched
And I, said the only member of tho back and forth and from side to side
little group who had not previously like a cork on those tremendous waves,
spoken, “love the sea, and have had and then to hear, hour after hour, the
many adventures on it, and am never
tired of its sights and sounds.”
The speaker was a woman in the In
dian summer of her life, sweeter and
more beautiful than many a young
woman, stamped ns she was with the in-
dellible traces of great joys and great
griefs
“Tell us something, Airs. Odell," cried
Mrs. Alortimer’s niece, imploringly. “I
know you must have seen real tragedies
—shipwrecks and such things.”
“I hi
have seen many tragedies and more
dull, steady clanking that proclaims the
ithii
presence of the enemy within the walls,
gaining upon you hour by hour.
“For two mortal days and nights
those brave, indefatigable men struggled
with the encroaching foe, while signals
were hoisted and rockets sent up to at
tract passing ships. At last the Captain
came to tell us he had no hope of saving
the ship, that tho storm had abated, and
that as soon as it was broad daylight he
would get. the boats out. He begged us
to take some food, and added, ns he left
A new pcaoe proclamation comes in
the news that tho Elswiok Ordnance
Company, Lord Armstrong’s, has per
fected a 43-inch breechloader from which
ten rounds were fired in 47J soconds. A
six-foot target 1,000 yards away was
■truck five times running in 31 seconds.
With this startling improvement in gun
nery oomes a new powder from the Ghil-
worth Company, whioh, with a charge
weighing a third less, a velocity of near
ly 2,400 feet per seoond is obtained, as
compared with 2,000 feet with other
sowders. There has also been launohed
lately, for Italy, by the Elswick Com
pany, the Piemonte, a 21 knot cruiser
of 2,600 tons, whioh, in oonsequenoe of
being fitted with this new type of guns,
can discharge against an adversary in a
given time twice the weight of shot and
shell that can be fired by the largest war
vessels now afloat.
than one shipwreck,” she said, half re-j the saloon; ‘I hope, by God’s help, to
luctantlv, “and if you like I will tell you save eveiy one: but remember, it is
r.
an incident that happened on a ship that women and children first, and if any
was wrecked when 1 was on my way to ; runs' stay behind, I shall remain with
the Cape in it.” i them.’
Mrs. Mortimer drew her fur cloak { "Nobody attempted to eat anything,
closer about her, and her niece sat down put most ot' us went to our staterooms to 1
on a low stool, clasping hers, endcr white j socure such portable valuables as wo
hands round her aunt s knee, and rest-, thought it worth while to take, aud then
ing her cheek upon them; the young sa t through tho live-long hours waiting ,
tourist took up a position from which for the order to go out aud trust our
he commanded a good view of her pretty lives to those frail boats upon the toss- j
face, and. the tolonel settlod himself j n g. q'ho gradual sinking of the ship-
with an air of interest. He was a good made her steadier, and besides, the wind
listener, remarkably so for a military had almost subsided, and tho heavy '■
niftn - I swell of the sea was being beaten down
As the thrilling vibration of tho nar
rator’s voice ceased there was a mo
mentary silence. Her excitement at the
picture conjured up by memory com
municated itself to the listeners, and at
first no one seemed able to break the
spell. At last the Colonel spoke:
“We are very glad to kuow that you
were saved by ocular demonstration,
Afre. Odell; but how about that scoun
drel and his companion in guilt; for she
wa i every bit as bad as he; were they
drowned? One could not help hoping
fO, except for the sake of the innocent
people in the same boat.”
“No,” said Airs. Odell quietly- every
trace of her agitation had passed away
now, and her tone was calm and inex
pressibly bitter. “We were picked up a
few hours after, having separated from
the others in the fog; but they were also
soon rescued by a home-bound vessel, and
carried back to England. There this
loving husband proved his wife’s death—
there were plenty of witnesses, though
none had seen Ins brutal act, and most
believed, as I afterward heard, that she
was left behind by mistake. He then
proved her will, which he had carried
off the ship with him, and which had
been executed in Aladeira within a month
of her marriage, leaving him every cent
of her immense wealth." Her relatives, 1
understood, made an attempt to upset
the will, but without success, but before
she hnd been six months dead, ho bought
an elegant villa near Florence, and
married the rescued governess. I nevei
saw him after that, but I have reason to
believe he is living and prosperous.”
“I suppose you never saw his second
wife again?” asked tho niece, thought
fully. “Yes,” said Mrs. Odell, slowly,
“I hnve seen her—quite recently."
“Your story was really quite too in
teresting. Airs. Odell,” murmured pretty
Airs. Alortimer, rising languidly from her
steamship chair. “You quite made us
forget how late and cold it is getting.
Thanks, so much. Colonel, may "I
trouble you for that shawl ? I think 1
will go down now. Come along, Sybillc.
A domain, gentlemen Airs' Odell-
good night.”
The eyes of the two ladies met as she
moved away; but eyes tell no tales,
aud somo women can keep a secret.—
Brake's Magazine.
Vaccination.
Airs. Odell began her story, accentuat
ing by a slight but impressive gesticula
tion her soft, rich voico and quiet de
livery
by tho steady rain which began to fall.
“I was standing nt tho foot of the
companion when tho bride came out of
her cabin, which was immediately Ik
“Several years ago--ten or a dozen -I hind me. She was deathly pale, and her
was on my way to tho Cape of Good
IP
Hope, in a sailing ship. My husband
id
Bisnop Wordsworth, of tho Episco
pal Ohuroh of Scotland, is out with a
scheme for the reunion of the Anglican
and Presbyterian Churches. It is in
brief that the necessity of the hiotorio
episcopate shall be first of all recognized
by the Presbyterians as a sine qua non;
in other words, that bishops are neces
sary' not merely for the well-being but
In re-
for the existence of the ohurch.
i Words-
and children wero living then—all three
are dead now—but 1 loft them in Eng
land to visit my parents in Capo Town,
and I went on a sailing ship, because I
had been very ill and wus ordered a voy
age. Thero wore but few passengers—
six or seveu first ola-s and some twenty
emigants in the steerage. Among the
saloon passengers was a very pi city
young woman, scarcely 20, going out as down the companion,
governess to Australia.” ■ '
“We | ut in at Mudcrin and took on
board two passengers for whom the Cup-
cabin was c ured, a newly inur-
ovor tlioir honey-
couples kiu.wn on
vo\a,e,
her,
1 sha
th her
eyes was slightly distended, but other
wise was perfectly cool and collected,
blio had on a thick waterproof cloak and
a woolen hood, and carred a little satchol
in her hand. ‘Where’s your husbandi’
1 asked. She made a little movement of
her head toward the cabin. ‘He is secur
ing some important papers,’ sho said,
and T think.’ sho added, ‘our marriage
certificate and my will.’
At this moment tho officer came
• V.rs. 1 dell,’ he
said, seeing me, ‘there arc but two
serviceab'o boats—tho others were in
jured during tho storm. Como up at
once, and 1 will put you in tho fir t.
Oh, Mrs. Blank,’ ho added, seeing the
bride—come, too: aud I will try and
put you to-Othcr.’
“ Sir!’ said the poor girl, ‘I will net
stir without my husband.’
“ ‘Como, then,’ ho cried; ‘tbero is nj>
ny | time to lose—I wilt call your husband
but go up stairs with Mrs. Oddi, and,' I |
bring Him
will
That smallpox has greatly declined in
England during tho past fifty years is
apparent from figures which have been
published by Dr. Henry Thorne. From
ISoS to ist” the doaths from smallpox in
England amounted to 47.2 per 100,000;
in 1880-81 the death rate was 0.5 per
100,000. lie thinks that vaccination
has not only a direct iutlueuce in causing
this reduction in the number of victims
to smallpox, but that it has also a
tendency to decrease the liability to tho
disease of childreu of vaccinated parents.
I11 this connection it is interestingto note,
tho Metlical Press states, that out of the
live tnousaiid children born every month
in I’aris only a thousand are vaccinated
bv the medical officers appointed for that
purpose. The remaining four thousand
infants are, therefore, either vaceiuated
by private practitioners cr not at all.
Seeing, however, that more than half the
population, apply for aud receive gratui
tous medical attendance, and that half
the burials are gratuitous, it is very un
likely that all of the four thousand are
vaccinated at the cost of the parent*.
It may fairly bo assumed that a large
proportion aWPhc* vaccinated at all. and
that is why smallpox exists as aru endemic
disease at Itavte, antMoes noj - disappear,
it has mime, to a great extent, in
HOUSEHOLD HATTERS.
Cold Food. t
Cold food, says the Boston Jouvnnl of
Health, is more easily kept on a sensitive
stomach than hot; so in cases where it is
rejected in the ordinary warm or hot
form, it had better be tried as nearly
frozen as may be taken. In manyjevers
this would be a decided ad vantage." A! ilk
may be administered in a frozen stale,
often with positive advantage. The
Sanitary Era adds, from frequent in
stances, that ice cream suits admirably
some conditions where hardly any other
food is acceptable.
A TAP AT THE DOOR.
Delicious Pancakes.
Pancakes made from the following re
cipe are delicious; Beat up three eggs
in a quart of milk, make it up into a
batter with flour, a little salt, a spoonful
of ground ginger and a little grated
lemon peel; let it be of a fine thickness
and perfectly smooth. Clean your fry
ing pan thoroughly, and put into it a
good lump of dripping; when it is hot
pour in a cupful of batter and let it run
all over of an equal thickness; shake the
pan frequently that the batter may not
stick, and when you think it is done on
one side, toss it over, if you cannot turn
it with a cake turner; and when both
sides are of a nice light brown, lay it on
a dish before the fire, strew sugar over it.
and do the rest in the same manner.
They should be eaten immediately or
they will become heavy. If you have
no.maple syrup, caramel sauce is vary
nice to serve with them.—Brooklyn Citi
zen.
A hand tapped at my door low down, - low
down,
I opened it and saw two eyes of brown, ■ ' „
Two lips of cherry red,
A little curly head,
A bonny, fairy sprite in dress of white,
Who said, with lifted face: “Papa, good
night!”
She climbed upon my knee, and, kneeling
there,
Lisped softly, solemnly, her little prayer;
Her meeting finger tips,
Her pure, swe-1 baby lips,
Carried my soul with her half unaware.
Into some clearer and divl: er air.
I tried to lift again, but all in vain.
Of scientific though: the subtle chain,
go small, so small,
My learning ail;
Though I could call each star t y uu tede-c*
place,
My child’s "Our Father 1 ' bridged the gulf of
space.
X sat with folded hands at rest, at rest.
Turning this solemn thought w ithin my
breast:
How faith would fade
If God had made
No children in this world—no baby age—
Only the prudent man or thoughtful sage.
Why Monday?
Where so much depends upon order
and accuracy in the management of the
housekeeper, it is not always easy to pro
portion the work of each day. Too
much is thrown upon Alondayand Tues
day. AYhy not postpone washing till
the latter day ? On Alonday the house
can be put to rights, bread baked aud
desserts made for that day and the next.
That night the table may be laid and
covered with netting used for this pur
pose alone, the clothing put in soak, and
all the materials made ready for break
fast. Where there is but one domestic,
or none at all, the week’s labor is thus
under much |better control. The first
meal should consist of few dishes, and
the dinner may all be previously cooked
save the vegetables. The domestic,
who swept hall, steps and piazza while
the fire was kindling, has only to remove
ths breakfast things, wash the dishes
and go to her laundry work. On
Wednesday she is not over fatigued by
the prevtous day's work and there is
time enough to keep the house clean
during the remainder of tho week,
finishing up odd jobs on Alonday.
Where two or more girls are kept the
same custom might well prevail, by
.which means the cook will be able to do
all the cooking so that the food may be
is nicely served as usual.—The home
Maker.
\ Only the woman wise, no little arms
! No clasp around our neck; no baby charms,
No loving care,
No sinless prayer.
No thrill of lisping song, no pattering feet,
\ No infant heart against our heart to beat.
Then if a tiny hand, low down, •
Tap at tby heart or door; ah: 10 not frown;
Bend low to meet
The little feet,
• To clasp the clinging hand: the child will be
Nearer heaven than thee—nearer than thee.
—Lillie E. Harr, in Boston Tim s.
PITH AND POINT.
How to Broil Beefsteak.
The points of excellence in well-cooked
meat are line flavor, juiciness aud nutri
tive quality; the best of meat can be
spoiled during the cooking when the ef
fect of heat is not understood, or the ob
ject of certain methods of cookery intel
ligently followed. The purpose of all
cookery is to prepare food to yield its
nutritive properties during the" process
of digestion. The first question is: In
what form can its digestion be most per
fectly accomplished? Frying a3 it is fre
quently done covers the surface of meat
with an excess of fat, and also deprives
it of some of its most valuable uiices.
Roasting proper retains these by sur
rounding the meat with a crisp surface
of intense flavor that is not obtainable
by any other method of cookery. Bak
ing, if properly done, gives a brown sur
face, more or less crisp, according to the
heat of the oven and the amount of steam
generated, and the juices 3ro preserved.
Broiling when well done retains the
flavor and juice of the meat, and gives
a surface iess hard and crisp than roast
ing,equally favorable in flavor, and more
digestible. The free circulation of air
about the meat aud the application of in
tense heat preserves all the flavor and
nutriment, while the rapidity with which
it is cooked favors its perfect digestion.
To broil perfectly, have a clear hot
fire; either a red bed of wood embers, a
glowing mass of coal, or a hot mass of
charcoal which lias ceased to burn with
flame; there is an admirable device for
broiling with illuminating gas, by com
bining enough atmospheric air with the
gas to produce a blue dame intensely hot,
aud free from smoke, under which the
meat is broiled; the temperature of this
flame equals if it docs not exceed that
of the hottest bed of burning coals.
After the meat is trimmed free from
excessive bone and fat—both being re
served for soup and drippings—put it in
a gridiron and expose it to" the hottest,
fire available; brown it as quickly as
possible, first upon one side and then on
the other, being careful to avoid punct
uring the meat so that tho juice escapes;
when both sides are brown, cook it to
the desired degree without burning or
smoking it; this can lie done by taking
a little care, holding the meat near or
far from the fire, according to the heat.
Have ready a hot plaiier upou which to
lay tho steak, season it palatably with
salt, pepper and butter, and serve it at
once. With a hot fire an inch-thick
steak will broil medium raro in about
twenty minutes.—Heumoife.
Not a political heeler—TLe shoemaker.
Beware, as the potter said to the clay.
A tidy fortune—An e Jer’y -house
wife. :
Eailroad smash-ups are a wreek-crea- , ;
tion.
South American tails—Monkeys’ ap
pendages.
An impecunious young man refers to
his “uncle” as a very dear relative.—
Mer'hant Traveler. . , .
' r -J)k_ • IMI
It hurts a man just about as' m - .ch' to^
burn him in effigy as to have his shadow
on a wall butted by a goat. — Toledo
Blade.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to my gun I cling:
Soaring pe asant, wait for me—
Let nie get a shot at thee.
— Oil City Blizzard.
Philadelphia Girl—“I hear that Air.
Goodfellow is quite attentive to you.”
Chicago Girl—“Oh, not at all. He only
comes""fiTe times a week.”—Philadelphia
llecord.
“TYhy did you leave your last, place ”
“Sure I won - discharged for doin’ well,
mum.” “Where were you;” “I worr
in the harspital, mum.” — Harper's
Bazar.
A French humorist says he has no
superstitions, and that the only fear he
ever has of being thirteenth at table is
that there is only enough to eat for
twelve. — —pj ——,
Burtou—“Paperwate must begetting
up in the work!. Did you notice how
politely his tailor bowed to him:”
Bolton—“Humph: The poor fellow
knows he’s got to be civil, if he ever ex
pests to collect a cent.”—A;r Pure Son.
Brannigan was injured in a railway
accident, and received from the company
a iife-pass over the road in settlement for
damages. “Be gob,” said he, ‘ it's a
lucky thing that Gi wasn’t killed; for if
Oi had been. Oi’d have niver saved all
this money in fares.”
"You should bear in mind, my friend,”
said the kind-hearted visitor, consol
ingly, “tbs' - yo it loss is his gain.” ‘‘I
do—I do,” rep'led the bereaved cousin
addressed, as he n>. k his head mourn
fully, “I cannot forget it. Ha had glveu
his note for $17.', due ,n e 5tswoh. -<!s*A_T—’
am the security.”— Chi".go Tribune.
Kentucky Coroner- Yes, the pfpors
found upon the deceased prove that he
was Colonel Blood. Witness—“There
was also a quart bottle fouud in one of
his pockets.” Coroner—"Was the bot
tle empty?” AYituess—“No, sir, it was
full—hadn't been touched.” Coroner—
“Poor fellow; lie must have died with
out a moment’s warning.”—Life.
Comparative Animal Longevity.
Attention given to the study of animal
lifetime has evoked this formula from
Flemish folklore, a “town” or inclosure
being supposed to last three years:
A town lives three years,
A dog lives three towns,
A horse lives throe dogs,
Man lives three horses,
An ass lives three inon,
A wild goose lives three asses,
A crow lives three wild goeae,
A stng lives three crows,
,Si4?JiveaUirogslags,
,tHo birtf phoenix liva
Doilies Dried in the Air.
There are on exhibition in the rooms
of the State Alining Bureau at San
Francisco four -‘desiccated human bod
ies” that wero found by Sig. 8. Alarghier
in a sealed cavern at an elevation of 4000
feet on the eastern side of tho Sierra
Aladro mountains in Aiexico. The bod
ies were found in a sitting posture, with
the hands crossed on the breasts, the
heads inclined forward, and facing the
east. Two adults, male and female,
were side by side, aud by the side of the
man was a boy. and a girl by the side of
the woman. The bodies were appar
ently drievl by tho air, no embalming
process being used. Thoy are not like
any known Indians of tp-day, tho bands
aud feet being particularly smRl, and
the woman’s lia r brown ami ilken.
The woman’s forehead is large ati the
reasoning powers were apparently
developed. In the lobe of each car is a
pieeo of boilow teed. The burial gar
ments are of cotton, hide, grasses and
the bark of willows. In addition, the
little girl is covered with tho skin o[
some aniir. il. —St. Paul Pioneer
John 1). Cooper '•*£. Santa Rosa, Cal.,
has raised a ,fa Wise cucumber that
measures thiee fee; nix inches in length.
