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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.
