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THE JACKSON—NEWS.
I Ik 11 ARP, Publisher,
iOiXMK I.
■s¥FS gleanings.
■ stilly loads el
■ -hip: cl ditH? fr.frn G'nihileri.
■ prupertv in Georgia increased
■ *,,,,airier million dollars in
|Ht year. •* - -
H,, /.I, Carolina the contending
are called the wet ticket
dry ticket. w ... „
|K of-the Ladle.-.’ CalJmua
nt Association, in South Caro-
amounts to nearly $70,000.
female preacher from Spar
is'carrying on a revival in the
church at Anderson,
JTP I JM II "T* 1
7 I if i I I fJI
I .4.1,. . 4
who are put tn the city prison
Buiwille are set to work on “ rock
■ ;l public view on one of the
thoroughfares.-’
MV j ‘ ft, M } ry f\ jk
■ Martin, of Anderson county, S.
from one pine tree on his place
Ho i,!' straight edge lumber and
rough edge lumber.
Hospital has been incor
■at Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Ab
K Mitchell, wife of the promirn
■Biuiikce railroad man, istbcPree
■jo: espondent of the Fredericks
.-ays that be counted off the
Hi “The Neck,” King George
H Va., ninety yesseis‘seaaagbd'in
Hystets. tfv>nr f, -
■aeon, Ga., the little two year
■v of officer W. W. Henderson
luu! deaden bed.’' Ttliad slipped
Hi the railings and the Toot-board
H the night aud broken its neck.
Hriving and profitable enterprise
Hieighborhood of A meric iif, Ga,
Bur trade, the skins being nrinci
■hese of the beaver, otter and
■iid a few wild cat aud rabbit
■ r Ik W. Bellamy, living sixteen
■rom Quitman, Ga., has a farm of
I acres, s witli C>,po{ under cnltiva'-
lovet jR® ‘netrei's . live -oil the
land they raise 800 bales of cottons
111 necessary supplies.
■ Avalanche says A Href! times as
IWver skins have been'brought to
Bids during the past season an any
past fifty years. A dam has been
twenty miles from the city six feet
eight feet wide and forty feet long
■ animals. * m mr
Many (Ga.) NgWS: “lft> you ■Want, a
ft’ said an Albany matron the otba
By. “ Yes’m,” “Well, you may
ft at. beax are so scarce in Albany
llie girls have all resolved to catch
ftst one that comes along, cage him
Beep him'as si natural curiosity.”
Buston (Ga.) Home Journal: A suc
■l farmer of Houston county told
■'■other day that he considered-corn
■per budielequal to cotton at twen
■its a pound. That farmer sells
■ raised corn, wheat and oats every
■'' non Davis delivered a two-hours
■h at the French opera house in Netv
■nsTuesday night, before a meeting
■l to raise funds for a building in
■h to preserve the .Sty the lap war
■vis and other papersfol t|e fcoulh
■listorical society.
■ fruit dealer in Savannah has an al
■<r in a box in front of his store,
■ms much annoyed by ucoplii pass
■long and poking
■er put up this sign: '‘'Every mot
■ '■nines aloinr is expected to shove
■* down the alligator’s mouth.”
■ alligator is let alone notv.
■idsville (N. C.) Tiirfes
■riff to Wentworth yfistß*Baym
■? he dug up on his place near that
■ !t was examined with much in*
Rt hv several of the 'citizens, Col.
■-offering $lO to catch him one just
■ : '. The tail t:Apn
■dees. I TC
■hnry W. Grady says the extent of
■ g which .Senator Hill, of Geor
■ has been subjected is not realized
■'be public. One-third of his tongue
■ teen taken out—the entire left floor
Hfc his mouth—the Stiffs i| tlio^M,
■"f his neck. The ra£t deration w
■ ■ -t severe, and probably success
■ When h e was put under ether for
■’ "'ll* intended to only take out a
B 1 lump that had hardened on the
■g in ftm nark. Aftej ll . e "l i i *T
■ and *tem4*df to a'l|i§ ffJ
■I- treatjheri and |Aefout tiff rinjnj|
■-i- Jkljegtji |nder tltf
1 He Wanted Rest.
■ . lour husband requires rest,” said
■" lector as he came, from the sick
ft-aier. He will -soon be well—-he
■ a bad attack of tickerosis.”
9 Tiekerosis, doctor; why, that’s a
ft 3 'lbease, isn’t it ? ”
■ j Tes, quite new—it is caused by
ft." IJml thii teckars in the brokers’
B; vs A young shaver of five or six years
■“Sheading at school one day, be oarne
ft 3 ’ 1 tiie passage, ’ thy tongue
K.'| ® TI I ami thy, uS-irom
ft;7' et Hopeful drawled out,. " Keep—
ft ~ toiijktK.—from ’evil—and —thy -
ft" -from—girls. ”
A 1 f ;J* -—f
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Cadet Whittaker is in the West
tiearehiug for .employment.
Ijt . f 1 - j’,' >
After all the Indians in New Mexico
4nd Arizona are to got the worst of it.
The New York Sun has it that Frank
Tames is at the present timp sojourning
in that city.
The beer drinkers of Vienna are on a
demanding a decrease in, the
priag of bper.
■*-
The New York Legislature has passed
n bill prohibiting Judges from appoint
ing relatives-to office.
A general exodus of Jews lias set in
in Russia, and the destination in almost
iyery instance !is America. ■ /*
] |H Jti
There are in Arizona 2,273 enlisted
soldiers and 140 officers, in addition to
the forces under General Forsyth.
• r* j. ; i 1 '
Coot weather, with accompanying
frosts the foro part of May, should bo
oredited up to Vennor. He predicted it.
Cotton factories are rapidly increas
ing in Georgia. One hundred thousand
spindles were added during the year 1831.
The arrears of rent in Ireland aro
estimated at $30,000,000. ft will per
haps be some time before these figures
will be diminished.
The English Government seems to
have lost its grip on Ireland, and h‘i;i
subjects .are happiei. to-day thaw they
have been for years.
The wife of Edmunds is fo receive a
gift of a silk quilt from the women of
Utah a3 a mark of their appreciation of
her husband’s recent service.
Said Mr. Maher to Mr. Sprague In
the New York Legislature the other day.
“ The if he is a gentleman,
is an infernal liar. ” Wonderful polite
ness.those legislator have.
. /,* a i
A New York scientist named Kruger
killed himself because he failed in his
endeavor to perfect a flying-machine.
He has gone where the art of flying is;
one of tho abcomplisMmehtff.
—
During the Parliamentary recess Mr.
Gladstone recreates by writing one or
two long magazine articles, and count
less letters and postal cards, and fills up
any spare momenta with chopping trees
in his woods.
There is an honest man in Italy.
King Humbert nffoses to allow an ap
propriation fo pay , the dfjbts, of Victor
Emmanuel, but takes upon himself the
honorable duty of paying his father’s
debts, and lives close.*’
Poob Prince Leopold, Duke of Al
bany',” (as the Queen is determined to
have him ciTleflj is a sickly weak .you; iff
man. Heiltts been trdtiblSd Vvith'a skfu
disease since his birth and for weeks at
a time is a helpless invalid.
Mb. Gladstone says the charge of
treasonable practices against Mr. Par
nell will be withdrawn. Mr. Forster
gives as the reason for _ his withdrawal
from the office of Secretary of .'lreland,
that he could not agree to release sus
pects.
The Queen has given special and par
ticular orders that her youngest son is
ifeyet to be styled'Duke of Albany but
he is always to be described as Prince
Leopold, Duke of Albany ” Her Maj
esty does not wish the name of her late
revered uncle to be, forgotten.
and it* seems tfio asfapnomcTp hftvwAiseov-;
erea a system of" canals on'tlio planet
Mars two hundred miles iu width.
Now let these astronomers keep on and
discover tlio mules. What monstrous
animals they must be. Look for their
ears, astronomers! Look fat their ears!
The Cincinnati Gazette sounds this
note of warning : _
“Them is too much money in the Lnitea
3fates Treasury. This teaq'-ts Congress to
make liberal appropriations and hqua.Jer tlio
funds -yui-t'* Wt of taxoavenn
ourflit to ik'UiCfi.-iaxes.yind **>““• . a* 11 ?
nouW 6 poptvrfr. What it lvoii* is not
popular, as members will discover when they
return to their constituents.
Mystf.wouslv tho saloons iu Cod.ir
ville, Ohio, suddenly blow up. What it
is in the whisky that explodes at so un
exuicted auirour of nightaniabatters
ti^f- ? Jt'&'-, A Bt T2 ,y 't uu *
giurciTproluem- Hofecvef mercTseerns
to bo litflo dcitbt that to conduct a
saloon in that vUlage is a great risk of
life.
Mb. Joseph F. James, in a paper read
Hi i j°n if itYr Slfpi:::;
saiellce ilwago
of Shakspeare in literature, the discovery
of America in history and the advent of
Christ in theology -’ .
A *2.1,000 piano of ufipafallelcd splen
dor is the Prince of Wales’ wedding
present to Leopold. We never could
understand how people who are 80
ents This fellow is eternally begging
for money from the government be
cause of the burdensomeness of his
debt*.
Tub jury Wore whom the M.Jty
boys are being tried at New Haven lot
JJpYotecT to h iff .Jackson aifA lintts Oountv.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, ’WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 188*.
the murder of Jennie Cramer, are all
blondes. They were secured by the
strategy of the counsel for defense under
the belief that, they were less apt to con
vict’ than a darker type of humanity
would be, brunettes being regarded as
possessing greater individuality aud
positivenoss of character.
Capt. Howgate writes to a friend in
Washington from his hiding plaoe and
asks for money. He indicates his pur
posjj to be hand for trial any day the
government may set apart, and intimates
that rascals high in station may expect
to be thoroughly shown up. There is
no doubt but that Howgate could tell a
great nijmy wonderful storms, but there
is no probability that he over will, ;
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The Star Route cases have” again been
postponed, this time because of the
absence of John W. Dorsey brother of
ox-Senator Dorsey, who is sojourning in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. : The
great anxiety for trial and “consequent
vindication ” that sprang up so spontane
ously when the charges of conspiracy
were first brought, seems to have died a
natural death. The Indian country is a
good hiding place for Mr. Dorsey.
Singe the “removal” of Jesse James
Missouri seems to be satisfied. How
about the rest of the gang ? or does re
moving Jesse vindicate justice ? Why
do the authorities regard the probable
presence of Frank James in a communi
ty with a profound sense of awe ? And
why is there no effort made even to
discover his whereabouts ? or is the
State taking a breathing spell to begin
again as soon as "it oan 'recover from
the Into conflict?
Messes. Vandf.rbilt aud Field may
regard their escape from destruction by
dynamite as a most narrow one. Had
not ono of the machines been accident
ally exploited by the jar of the car, be-,
fore reaching their destination, there is
no question but that they would have
accomplished the purpose for which
tlioy were iiftemled, during the process
of opening them. Furthermore, that
their senders were Nihilists there does
not seem to be a particle of doubt.
A St. Louis'flog, recently deceased, _
was a property holder. Hist estate con
sisted of a house and lot left to him by
his deceased \naster.There Was a triis-'*
tco, of course ; but the income was con
scientiously spent In paying for the ani
mal’s food, lodging, and attendance. He
•was a handseifc ijAuiCtf (tail- tlas 4ut
made vaiu by his wealth, but associated
with common dogs. At life death a few
days ago, the trustee had him buried in
a costly coffin, a hearse conveying the
remain# quite ceremoniously to the fam
ily cemetery.
The almost simultaneous death of
Adams and Jeffers op • seeded scarcely
more romarkable to their contemporaries
khan is the closeness fit 'time betweorf'
<tho funerals of the two authors who
have most contributed to the literary.
fame of the United States during the last
half oentury—Emerson' anti Longfr'llotv.
And, looking across the water, the near
ness between the deatlis of Darwin and
Emerstjn reminds us that each was in_
his way a founder of it schfiohpf thought,
and that by this joint bereavement both
England and America lose their recog
nized intellectual leuders.
A Menus in citizen of St. Louis, afflicted
with an ardent desire to possess, tlie two
horses which lutely belonged to Je. se
James, lum been the victim of a rather
mdau shut amusing joke. Somebody
who knew lii# dish, shipped to him a
couple-of worn-out street-oyr horse#, for
which' he* cheerfully paid a fancy price.*
The poor beasts, in the oourse of their
arduous lives, had Rencountered more
than their full share of the sling and
arrows, or outrageous nq-tune, ana were
in a sorry condition when they reached
St. Lojiis. But they were' beautiful in
the eyys of their owner, and he exulted
exceedingly over his purchase until some
sympathetic friend iuformed him that he
had made a foqf|f ’ 4!
Tun Chicago Tribune relates how_Ni-..
agara tails are to be utilized as an 'elec
tric apparatus. It says
TUe preliminary bean- the imrcLiaso
of tbo twelve acresaboowii- a# Pr-.-ip< ct I’erir,
aUjacept to the falls, which substantially gives
the purchaser the control of the water-power of
the enllro American falls, estimated at 2,000.-
000 hotte-poner, or ten times the amount of
steam-power in Chicago and all the rest of
Cook County—a force espial -to that of 12,010.-
000 idea. ’ The control of this prodigious
power 1 haring been obtained, it is pro
posed to erect immense buildings aud ponder
oup machinery upon the brink of the failin'
'wllereTke water can be easily reached, “to he
rotnnitd after use.” After generating the
electricity Lg.Uius unlimited,hydraulic .fosiSs.U
is to be conducted- through properly imulaPd
cases tp siltt-fifo |iritujit*.t AineriCtn Cite*
and towns Tot ‘ilMidnatirfg puVp< la
'nMuM be used for operating machinery aud
•jjtifiately for heating #unjpqp*. . AUuiUiUqr
S<-4 will be ten thoasarra ’iUilct 'or
#ab|a witliTaajhmfiT to pffieapond. 4,
1 1 T*R Clffd'ihfraff4bSftf Health does
1 not seem to be accomplishing much.
Under its management there has been
inmost a steady increase of smallpox foe
‘.o9,past four months until the number
o| new cases now reach in the neighbos
! tiood of 300 a week. This i somewhat
' alarming. That the infection has turned
everal ’ million dollars worth of trade
haspr to other sides less unfortunate
Fhere Can be no question, and that the
inancjal succeM-of the forthcoming
musical festival will be severely
and pt/Illj&t Seriously tfßwtod by it will
iW onfy too plainly shown by the dimin
ished sum total of the receipts and the
ibrucee of strangeis - oti’ the efre#tS.
An inefficient Board of Health—aul
they seem to bo the plague of many
, sections—is decidedly an expensive in-
I strtution to a community.
Warming Up the House.
“ (This, ’’- observed Mr. Niles, as the
postman tumbled down tho cellar stairs
with n registered letter, “this is what I
call hard linos,’’ and the worthy gentle
man fired si brick into the- furnace, and
1 rattled around outside "with a huge poker.
1 “ What’s hard lines ? What are you
'doing?’’ asked the postman, handing
| oyOr Iris book and oard for signature.
“ Trying to keep those people upstairs
vprrn*” replied Mr. Niles. “Hnllo 1” ho
continu'd, as a bell over Iris head began
■ to peal, “there’s the follow ou the top'
! floor again,” aud Ire opened Mid slammed
| the doer and banged "Sway with the
poker.
“ But why don’t you build a fire? ' de
manded the postman, looking in at tlio
empty furnace. *
Mr. Niles desisted for a moment and
looked over the tops of his glasses in
mild indignation. '
“ Do you know the price of fuel ?” he
inquired, as soon as he recovered his
speech. “ Have you any notion what
coal costs?” and he humped the furnace
vigorously. “Build a fire! Woil, I
guess not! If they bear me rattling,
around down here, they think there’s a
big head of steam on, and when I com
mence to heave bricks they all open
their windows. See that load of bricks?
That’s my fuel for this winter,” and Mr.
Niles poured in a couple of handfuls and
began to rake down savagely.
“ Well, here, sign these anyway,? sug*
gested the postman.
“Wait a minute,” retorted Mr. Niles,
as another bell rang. “ That's a slioek
' headed newspaper man on the second
floor. Ho dou’t get enough to eat to
keep warm,” and Mr. Niles fetched the
furnace some prodigious thumps and
slammed in more bricks. “I plugged up
tho pipe to this register with carpet so
the cold air couldn’t get up, and yet lie’s
howling around with a chill. B— that
top floor fellow 1” he ejaculated, as the
first bell tolled once more. “Ycru just
rattlo tho poker, will you, while 1 burn
some straw ju his pipe. When he smells
the smoke lie’ll begin; to peel.”
“ What’s that other boll?” asked the
postman, as another boll rang violently.
“ Somebody’s got company in the pnr
lor,” replied Mr. Niles. “Hit it a couple
of licks around on tho far side. . Tliats
it! Say, you wouldn’t mind raking it a
bit, would you, while I give that barrel
a few turns. It’s fall of stones and it
sonnds liko putting in another load of
coal. Shake hor up hard 1”
“Hello!” exclaimed the postman.
“ Wont’s that quarreling upstairs?” ■
“ Never mind him,” replied Mr. Niles,
“that’s a friend of miue. He come here
tb3§ times a day and bas
ket' and hollers for his money for putting
in two hundred tons uinoe the first of
November. I’ve done him some favors
and he helps me out. Don’t shake any
more, you’ll break the bricky. Now
kick tho door a couplo of times, while I
beat truth the poker. It’s lucky for mo
that this is going to ba a.inild winter.”
“I’ve got to go,” said the postman.
-“I wish you’d sign for the letter.”
“JOst'roll tho barrel of fire bricks
while I go up for a pen, that’s a good
fellow,” plcafled Mr. ,Niles’ “and if a
bell rings, hammer abound! inside tho
furnace. Don’t be afraid, there’s no
grate thero, and once in awbilo just
drag that shovel across the floor a oouplo
of times and then kick the' door. . It
sounds beautiful upstairs.”
When the postman toft him Mr. Niles
thanked (dm for his trouble, and the last
the postman saw of him ho was scraping
the cold-air box with a hoe to givo tho
impression of a tremendous draft.—
Jlrooklvn F.aalc.
Cruclty to Aulraabj.
The cruelty of man to tho animals tlmt
labor for him, 'afford him pleasure, food,
and the materials for his clothing, is of
ten such as to render it questionable,
wltieh is, after all, the inferior beast.
The establishment of humane societies
in different States, cities and towns,
however, is a step toward the protection
of diffnb animals from human barbafity.
The shame is, tlmt these are at nil neces
sary in this boasted century of religions
teaching and general intelligence. It is
a fact, however, that the invocation of
stern law is yet needed to bring many a
human tiger to a aengo of what is due
even to tho brutes, he slaughters. Tho
‘most /flagrant ’outfago tliat we have to
unto in this direction, is afforded at the
*•* M cit .v- H is, the
•pSididl oi tlu*<* *a)*A bumf'Pß it is to
kill the cattle at the slaughter houses, to
sfteir thr'tnAvkhfa'ltiiife iA the neck, just
back of the horns. It has been discov
wed by tjie officers ct>f tho Igpaane so-.
. <lir ty yiftt wliid Hio Aaß|ala arc resges*;
and seek to evMß*ni4"kwfe, tho mad
dened butellers pierce the eyes of tlm
victims that they -uiay mit 8( 0 tho ap
proacli of the death-dealing knife. Ar
rotw oLUuise.inhuman monsters are biij
ing made, andilui of
packinghouses, to their crefljt tie it said,
are stciauling tho society yi lfe elfoTO to
put a stop to. the horrid prarfficc. Farm
wff, tottnartf .boytjit aud uired
MSV\ct shudder at the facts hero preßenfei*,
"ryr““SoihilEfia „AjiiaaffEP Vt ns
| <#/.) tH(pconsfc|.u|yJ if'fe'Pf . d'**' l " l
I your work team, yonf hrfd otln r
wlomestic anhnals, that you may, ns wc.l
C, ~,dfr aftiilt. atilbies* Ml'tintlene- s
the lower
iidbli: ttw master, bWWeypa.ym dollar-
Vihd evints. as well. J‘ ''.rv/’Tr.
The Li-;c. A walt^never Hmilew, or,if
be does, nobfthr iMi ciflche-: him at it.
While on t 10'Cxty of Rflrne fftttus Jffatcii
1 wagered sL‘i that be would brintga srwle
■ to the face o ilffi’ jvaiier at hja titile be
fore the steamer slgtlaiil-tlje Irish txmjjk.
iHo lost. lietweercTQucenetown hnd liiv
; erpool he offered &<• ’w'Afler two sovyr-
I eign* if he woftrl siivt: off hts%liin
whiskers. Therolk'aa nA wli<gtioi™mt
the man gave the offer the slightest
consideration.; veil, when the next ines.
waa (Served, ho apjiear***! with nautton •
cliop whisk era, artd jiocketed his two
sovereigns, saying" “Thank you, sir,”
: witg a as as an owh— Prog-
Leaving a Man in the Lurch.
' It'was oq a street car. A man with a
very hoarse vdico looked across tlio aislo
at a man with n country satchel between
his feet, and said:
“ Wintry day, isn’t it?”
‘ * Hey ?” called the other as he put liis
hand to liis ear.
“Seems like winter, doesn't it?”
shouted the man with tho hoarse voice.
“ Hoy? bey?” asked tho deal' man.
“He says,” began a mini who was
standing up, “he says it 'seems like
winter.”
At this moment thahoarao-voiced naan
roso up and slid out of tho car. As ho
did so tlio deaf man rose up, laid two
parcels ou the seat, and called out:
, “ Speak louder—l’m deaf !”
“He says it seems like winter !”
bawled the man standing up.
“Who says so?”
Ho turned around to tlio hoarse-voiced
man, hut that person had skipped.
“ Who says so ?” demanded the deaf
man.
“ I—l—why, I say so.”
“Well, what of it? Haven’t I sonso
enough to know that this is winter
weather ? Don’t try any of your guys
on me or I’ll knock the top of your head
off!”
Then tho deaf man sat down and the
“middleman” sneaked out and dropped
off the oar and said he would spend the
rest of his life looking l’or the hoarse
voiced man.
A Tramp Tells the Truth.
A tramp entered the door, and ap
proaching with that crushed tragedian
air—a heart bowed down by grief and
woo—which implies so much (so much
whisky punished in happy by-gone days)
and struck us for ten oents. It was well
iworth the money, for we could not spare
the time to throw him out doors, and re
taining a firm hold of the subject under
discussion with our towering intellect,
and one baud ou the manuscript, we
passed him the coin. “ Thank you,
Bir,” said he, “you havo saved rny life.”
His words were tinged with that settled
melancholy that come* of feeling that
be ought to have struck us for a quarter,
and ho passed out anil was gone from
our gaze like a beautiful dream. Me
chanically we glanced out of the window
and across the street. A form emerged
from the saloon door across the way, and
the form wiped its mouth on its coat
sleeve, the back of his neck or his
pantaloons. We could not see tho
features of the mysterious unknown, but
where had wo seen that form, that' atti
tude, that general contour and tout en
semble 1 } We tried to recollect. Memory
toyed for a moment with the long ago,
and then all of a sudilon it flashed upou
us like a dark lantern. Beveu minutes
ago that person had assaulted ns for a
dime. As we continued to look we could
seo that a smile of hope, a smilo of al
most perennial sweetness (lie had evi
dently put sugar iu it) lighted" tip the
hitherto dreary expanse Of liis counte
nance. Ho had said that wo had saved
his life. Aud it was so.— Peek's Sun.
Homan’s Dress.
“Many a plain, quiet little woman.’
rays the New York Herald, “is utterly
tired of the ceaseless labor of trying to
make as effective an appearance as her
richer, handsomer acquaintance. But
whivt would her husband say?" He
would say, if a sensible man, that she
was a sensible woman to dress according
to her means. If not a sensible woman,
it is of no consequence what ho would
say. ' There is an everlasting drift of
nonsense about the dress of women, such
as the Herald encourages by its silly
aud simpering remarks on tho subject of
women’s dress.
It is possible for a woman of good
taste to make herself not only present
able, but attractive in calico at five cents
a yard. It is the art of knowing how to
dress, rather than the costliness of the
material usod in dressing, that tells.
There is a vulgar notion abroad that a
woman is not dressed unless she is
loaded down with the costliest of fabrics
and jewels to correspond, yet we have
seen women in the plainest of dresses so
admirably corresponding to their com
plexion und figure thnt they outshine
the more elaborately dressed women in a
society gathering. What is needed is
good taste in the selection and make up
of material, and even then we are in
clined to adopt Hr. Jotfasdirs Idea that
the woman whose conversation is so
charming as to make one forget how she
is dressed is the best dressed woman in
any assembly where a display of fine
clothes it thought to be the chief point
of interest. — Cincinnati Commercial.
Tito Encore Kf Stance. j
We have cried out again the encore j
nuisance until many friends regard it as [
a hobby of ours, but even that will not ;
prevent us frf&n vuiefug the sentiment
of all sensible pcripMi It is time that
the newspapers look tip tho cudgel in
the name <9 sense ~..J —j
protested against the practice of encor
ing everything upon nuy and every
stage, and for all performances whatso
ever. ’ It is a, fearful strain upon the j
nerves of sensitive people to gee tho Cat- j
tain go down upon “a wot foul munbu,”
and at the instance of a riotous rnbb of
gallery gods and enthusiastic flats, have
tb poor, gory remains re-endowed with (
UCo arid come smirking and Sailing out i
hafoife tho curtain. Applause is all very 1
well und no one enjoys and appreciates
it bo mttch as an actor; - hint to be called
from the grave to bow npd stßttli isn’t
'ust the thing. Where the cUTtaiTi can
t,e raised and a tableau presented just as
the actors were last seen, it is well
enough; hut, for the sake of people with
I sensibilities, Jet tljpre be no resurrection
i of the deal Sir hm> purposes. A call
i for a linger, or some flue little speeclf Is
tolerable, if not too much overdone; but
I r epsled demaid# and importumUes
j from these drarfltil
j disgusting as they are wearisome.— 7urf,
h'U Id and Farm.
i Thkt had been engaged to be married
fifteen years, and btUl ho had hutmjjs-
Stored'up resolution enough to ask hjrt*
name the lurppy day.. Oh* [g h
called in a particularly spoony frame of
Xnind, and asked her to sing him some
thing that would “move” him. Hlie sat
down at the> piano and sang, “Darhagi
lam growing old.” 1
Clover Crows.
T havo not said any thing about the
crows, which are a feature of Y’ezo, and
one which the colonists would willingly
' dispense with. There are millions of
them, and in manyiplaces they break
the sileuco of tlio silent land with a
| Babel of noisy discords. They are
everywhere and have attained a degree
! of most mipardonjiblo impertinence,
; mingled with a' cunning and sagacity
which almost jutt " thorh on a level with
man in sohie cfrcmtistances. Five of
i them wns so imprudent as to alight on
two of my horses, and so be ferried
' across the Yurnpugawa, In tho inn
'garden I saw a dog.eating a piece of
| carrion in the prosouce of several of
| these covetous birds. They evidently
! said a good doal to each other on the
I subject, Aufl now and then oue’e* two of
! them tried to pull the meat away from
him, which ho rosontod. At last a big,
strong crow succeeded in tearing off a
piece, with which he returned to the
pine where the others wore congregated,
and, after muoh earnest speech, they all
surrounded the dog, and the leading
bird dexterously dropped the small piece
of meat within reach of liis mouth,
when ho immediately snapped at it, let
ting go tlio big piece unwisely for a
second, on which two of tho crows flow
away with it to tlio pine, anil with much
flutter and hilarity they all nto, or rather
gorged it, tho deceived dog looking va
oaut and bewildered for a moment, after
which he sat under the treo aud barked
at them inanely.
A gentleman told me that lio saw a
dog holding a piece of meat in like man
ner in the presence of tlireo crows,
which also vainly tried to tear it from
him, ' and after a consultation ho separ
ated, two going as near ns they dared to
the meat, while the third gave liis tail a
bito sharp enough to make the dog turn
round with a squeal, on which the other
villians seized tho meat, and tlio three
fed triumphantly upon it on tho top of a
wall. In many places they aro so ag
gressive as to destroy crops, unless they
aro protected by netting. They assem
ble ou the soro bnoks of horses anil pick
them into holes, and are mischievous iu
many ways. They are very late in go
ing to roost, amt are early astir in tho
morning, anil aro so bold that they often
came “ with many a stately flirt and
flutter into tho veranda wtiere I was
sitting. I nover watched an assemblage
of them for any length of time without
being convinced that there was a Nestor
among them to lead their movements.
Along tho sea-shoro they are very amus
ing, for they “ take the air ” iu tho
evening, seated ou sandbanks facing tlio
wind with their months open. They nro
threatening to devour the settlers, and a
crusade is just now boiug waged against
them, lmt their name is legion.—Miss
Bird’s “ Unbeaten Trucks in Japan."
Agjionltnre In Arizona.
Yumh and Molmvo counties embrace
the great Culoratio Valley, which con
tains thousands of acres of the richest
toil in tho -United States. Owing to its
yearly overflow, the valley is covered
with a coating of vegetable mold, which
joustantly enriches the soil. Vegetation
is very rapid in this valley. Weeds,
grasses, mid wild hemp attain an amaz
ing height in a few weeks after the water
has receded. In funk 'everything grows
in trojiical luxuriance. If kept from
Dvorlluw no better,soil for. cotton, sugar,
tiemp, and semi-tropical 1 fruits is found
in the Continent, in some places the
bluffs come down ty the stream, and to
other points the valley is from ono to
live miles wide. ' Bdbw Ehrenltfirg tins
area of the valley land is much greater
fclixii above. To bn tig f|ie waters oi! the
Colorado by canals pwr jts rich valloy,
and prevent the rif'er from overflowing;
would no doubt bo an cxjiensivo under
taking, but the imridrt'dH of thousands
■ji ncrcs of magnificent land which
would thus bo reclaimed are a prize
worth strivihg to gain. A compaiiy has
been formed for tho raising of hemp and
sugar-cane, which lias already begun
operations in the valley below tho town
Yuma; but with the exception of small
patches cultivated by the Indians, the
rich valley of the Colorado is still
soil, lietwoin file junction of the Gila
ajid Colorado, there is a tract of very
rich boltpin, by soma CBtfimtfiod oft 80,-
000 acres,' all of 'which confd bo brought
under cultivktioh at a moderate
Tho two largest streams of thy .Terri
tory, flowing on cither side, would give
an inexhaustible w r atct snppfv, arid the
configuration of tho ground is such that
it cun be easily irrigated. There are
several fine rnnclie's along the valley of
the Gila, in Yuma County,' which yield
good crops vf grain and vegetables. The
total jiimhcr of acres under cultivation
i|i tlicdonuty is about 2,500. Tho valley
(if the Colorado, in Mohave County, pre
sents the same features as in Yuma, but
|in not so extensive. The soil is equally
| as rich and productive, but it requires
I capital to open canals, throw up embank
-1 rnents, and put the land in a condition
KM - rAf lWKfpt
fifrming in Mohave is eouiiued to the
Big Handy, in the Southern part of tlio
county, whore therearo about 1,000 acres
muler cultivation, producing ftno crops
frf' grain, vegetables, ami fruit. Bue
iriwful farming in Arizona depends en
tirely on irrigation. No finer crops are
i niisecLin any country tlian in tliis 'JVrri-
I torv, ivSiere water can lie had. There
j life .W'uuands of acres erf priHiuctive
| land in tlie leading valleys, which can he
; made avai able by a proper disiribution
|of the present water supply, White the
wealth qf Arizona iff in itu mines, agri
culture will always be * profitable culh
ffig, and tlie priyluets, of the sod cohq
! 1 mind a good price,— Resources of Ari
-1 zona.
Sawdust, In 'Rivers.
L The marked disadvantages of sawdust
Liu rivem, a.l alr'olistrnction to navigatHui,
:-e beyond question. A. imipjietent
United Htate* engiueer says (he dele
i t< (ions effects of depositing sawdust in
'tli. Wiiishsippi by the Minneapolis’huw
liiills are evident to the most, uitsual olc
rftvcr, and is pm-epliblo as tar ilowu the
■hfm is Lake Fepm. A veteran steam
* IJ-iareT jays that a bar forfned of 'saw
dust mm-Blind is worse tbarf ono of sand
alone, and the latter will wash out, but
j pothing except dredging will remove tha
sawdust.
iKKMS: $1.64 p*r >**•
NUMBER 30.
HUMORS OF THE DAY.
The nobbiest thing in boots is a '
bunion.
Song of the cheese —“Will you love
me when I mould?”
A stockholder in a strept railway
company—the driver.
Tnit proof of tho pudding is tho
rapidity with which tho children get
away with it.
“Well, I’ll be bound,” as the man
remarked when ho heard quoted the
lines, “Chains of gold are fetters still.”
A man who “traveled on his shape”
insulted a young lady, and her father
kuocked him down and traveled on his
shape, too—walked all over him.
That little girl unwittingly gave utter
ance to tlib principles of many of her -
elders when she wroto in her composition:
“Wo should make mistakes and tell lies
as seldom os it is convenient. ”
Girls should be careful how they aro
vaccinated with virus taken from a
lovor’s arm. One at St. Paul has taken
to swearing, sitting cross-legged, and
smoking a brier root pipe. —Detroit Free
Drees.
Mr. Brown wants to punish' the liquor
drinker as well as the liquor seller.
Fogg soys ho wiil go a step beyond Mr.
Brown. Ho wants tlie liquor itself
Suuished and he is willing to punish all
e can of it. —Boston Transcript.
“Pa,” asked Fogg’s hopeful, tho
other evening, “what kind of combs do
you use to curry chickens with?” “Cox
combs,” replied Fogg, promptly. Fogg
Bays ho believes in always answering a
child when yoH can.— Boston Transcript.
“No,” said Gallagor, “ I don’t keep a
hull-dog bcoauso I want a dog to fight.
I’d rather givo SSO than havo my dog
light. But by Judas, Ido like the satis
faction of feeling that he can chaw the
stuffing out of any blame dog that comes
along.”
“Alas, we must part,” as the coat
tails said when tho street-car pnssenger
took his seat. “Bntwo’ll meet again,”
as the coat-tails said when three fat
women got aboard. “United we stand,”
as tho coat-tails said “for the rest of tho
ride.— Louisville Courier-Journal.
They tell of a man out West who was
putting a blast in a well, and it went off
prematurely and blow him out into an
apple tree about fifty feat away. In a
moment ho recovered himself, and re
marking, “The Lord knows better than
I do after all; 1 guess it is almest time
to go pruning,” took a large pruning
knife from liis pocket and set to work.
Fun at a dinner party: Tho youngest
gentleman (it is his first visit) has broken
the ice at last by inquiring tho uamo of
the hostess’ little daughter, to which the
child has replied “Ethel.” "And why,
Ethel, do you keep patting me on tho
arm?” “Because mamma says your
a muff”—(awful pause, during which
tjhnchild strokes him down)—“but you
' don't feel like one, you know. ” [Taldoaft:
child complacent—nobody elo.] — Judu.
MOSAICS.
Ambition is tho ovil shadow of aapir- .
ation. —George MacDonald.
You bocomo more tho viler for dis
praise.— Thoman a'lvempk.
It takes a bold man to roll his own
idea into tlio world.— A. S. Gardner.
All up-hill work when we would do; all
down hill when wo suffer. — Bailey.
No man is more iniserablo than ho
that hath 110 adversity. —Jeremy Tay
lor.
No life can bo utterly miserable that
is heightened by the laughter aud love of
cue little child.
Youth ift the tassel and silken flower of
Jove page Ss the full com, ripo and solid
iu tlijs ear,
Rilortiss Is Ilk(1 clinp’iiiK s mountain,
’Tin to rfcaefi tlio tip-top ;
Who would Dutch H hriKlit of tho fountain
Mnt wait li lor Uio water to drop.
Eouoation begins tlio gentleman, but
reading, good company and Tottoction
must finish him.— Locke.
Rkfleot upon your present blessings,
of which every man has many; not on
ycur past misf rhrnes, of which all men
jiuve some. -r-( 'burden JHckcnn.
Home men with nwordh may reap tho field.
And plant with Jauroia wrhere they kill;
lint their atroiiK nerve* at laat mm*t yield ;
They tamo but one unotUor utill.
■ Though: avarice will preserve a man
from being noccssitously poor, it gener
ally makes him too timorous to bo weal
thy.—Thomas Paine.
Tub best die and tlio cunhing live. .
Courage goes ahead and scales-the ram
parts and falls in tile ditch. Cowardice
skulks and populates the earth.
If bo realty thinks there is no distinc
tion between virtue and vice, why, sir,
when he leaves our houses let us count
our spools. — Dr. Johnson.
A noon book and a good woman are
excel lout things for those who knowjust
ly how to appreciate their value. There
are men, however, who judge of both
* i .. i./>nnl. of the covering.
Two things thou hH not Joug iSr, lrUum .u.u .
mind sen ne:
A woman to thy wild, though (* worn • crowned
qtU J'D;
And tho Hooond, Wrowod money—though the
■miJing Umdf*r wty ■*.
That tie will not demand the debt tUrttl the J*df
inent day.
- EtMrwn*
Advice to Sir Charles.
When Hir Charles Lyofl, the eminent
geologist, was iu America, lip seems tp..
have hail some curious advice given to
him alio tit traveling on the Mississippi
steamiionts.
“Never pay your fare until you are
compelled to,” was the first of wisdom
thrown at him.
“And pray why not?” he queried,
with English straightforwardness.
“Because,” was the almost whispered
reply, “your chances are better in case
of trouble.”
“ Will you kindly explain yourself,
air?" said LyeV, astonished, beyond
[ measure. ...
! “ Well,” flittered the American, with
a very significant leer, “when X was
traveling up the river last March, some-
I body cried out, Tassenger overboard!"
! The captain hurried to the office, and
1 asked, ‘Has tho man overboard paid
1 his fare ?’ On being answered in. the af
firmative, he turned to the pilot, and
said, indifferently, *Go ahead; it’s all
right.’”