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VOL. IV. NO. 27. £ Bo Sure to Cot Hood's fmaparllU, my thlM. Bee that they do not gtva tho you anything which els*. did Jk'ou remomber much It Is medicine m a m a so good a year ago— my favorite Spring Medicine Hourly everybody needs a good spring medi¬ ate® like Hood's Sarsaparilla to expel linpuri Moo which aacumul&to in the blood during the wtatot, keep up etrength as warm weather comes on, treat# an appetite and promote healthy dlymitlon. Try Hood * Sarsaparilla and you wlU bo convinced o( Us peculiar merit*. It U the Ideal spring medicine—re¬ liable, beneficial, ploataut to tako, and give* fuB ralno for Iho money, lie sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla goM by all drugrUH. gl;irfcfor|A Prcpurvd only By C. 1. HOOD * CO., ApiriioearlM, Lowoll, Km. IOO Dosos One Dollar KEYSTONE CARPET STRETCHER 2BC p: ga sSv BEST osar EARTH I Ihlot Picket, C«apkt« u4 Durable Sintth* Mri«. •*UUH7SnKT> with drsw.hesd*, which drive In • to the floor at tho bam board, and a clamp by jwhlrh s firm hold 1* taken ou the carpet with wit Aroiofcod the least danger c * Scaring or marring. It Is to tho deilrtd place by nelng aa » lever Mm iH handle of a complete hammer, eufilotrnt for parpoaea In draw* patting down s carpet, Tbo only ptretaber V-jirf andluv» that The carpet Close to tho blue the corners. M at. a fact *r*d of malleable and wrought Iron. 4BSklng JSook stool that wtlllaat a llfa time. ntreieher Is packed In a n«at wooden box, ft tl.00. ■HWjjwso Bpcdnl Iw prleaeto nslag. daalcrs Sample aent application. on receipt on f tekfitt 4 Rogers, Warren, Pa. T AMD US EFUL IT o m JOHNSON HEVOIOTO BOOS CASS. With liuisrasuaNTS hui viw AnjcsiauLa to UoqM { ? or an v llaic.MT. v I .A JtlPKItK rUKSKNT.’. L W*ort, Clergyman, INVAM’AnUt TO rhyiloUnar t •Criltor*. Dankova, Teachers, ) Merchants, Students, and alt who r«*d Hooka. CHEAPEST! STRONGEST! BeST! Mad* of IttMj finiahed in black, wiih lieantiful gilt OnumrntMiiMi, it cannot warp, chock, apiit, got out of •ed**, er wear e«t. F.aeh aholf, 16 in. HQu.ro, will hold I* vote. b»«e of Appleioa'a Cyolopi . (old* more hooka in leas apace lhan any oihor « oyk*. He. t. For Table, to hold 1 tier of ■.■oka. .•10.00 Floor,' ., i*.oo ri, " • * » .. 13.00 " •• 3 « “• 18.00 a ^ m a t« .. N» 4 M ** 18.00 ■ The beat aloe for general u; - i* N- t t Shipped, carefully packed, on i —’p 1 I pric%, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Illtalralrd Tleaeriptivr price (Intnlngn* li*» containing of teatimonialt Free. tea. Stationery nnd Novell nearly *00 paget, aeitt on recoipt of 85 era. « ANDEH8UN Ac It.RUM, f IqfKl Street, M ™ e ____ **LY.°r»* „ . k.Jfi . B00PS 4 war EXTRACT & i » si / » The importance of purifting tbe blood «m Aol fee overestimated, for without pure blood |oq cannot enjoy food health. At this wmoQ nearly every one needs 8 food medicine to pin ify, vitalise, and enrich Cm blood, and xrw ask y«!Q to try Rood** rcvUlUu (WuILar Itstrengthen* and buikls up tbe system, erettes *n »nMlte, and tone* thexUgestioo. Ttfe'pecuUu while It eradleales dfsdfls*. •oMsblnsUoii, propoit. ti. and preparation vegetshle remedies Eire to To Itself ether isodlciae ha* such a record of wonderful If you have mtule np your mind to boy Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced M any other instead. It is a Peeubai aiedieino, and is worthy your confidence. | Rood's Sarsaparilla la sold by all prepared by C. L Hood A Co., Lowell, Moat, i No* 3# Efififoa‘fflaam 1 '• i / HE Advertiser / THE ADVERTISER, Pcbusiikd Evbry Friday. OFFICE IS mi MDISB. FOKT GAINES, GA. Subscription Kates. One copy, one year..................... $1.00 One copy, six month*,................ .60 One copy, three month,................ .30 These are advance price*, and when not paid until tbo end of the year, 25 per cent, will be added. Advertising Rates. One square, (ten lines or Ives Bourgeois®) ono insertion ...................................$ 1.00 For each suhmiuont inseition..........50 "Ntfticl-s in k>raf column, 10 cents per line. Sdilorial notices, where requested lor per¬ sonal benefit, 10 cents per hue. A LI. FKRMoKAL MATTKR DOimLK PRICE. Obituaries must be paid for as other ad vertisements. Ons inch card inserted in tho Business Di¬ rectory for Five Dollars a year. Advertisements inserted withont specifica¬ tion ns to the number of insertions will be cordingly. mblislied until ordered out, and charged ac¬ landed Bill* a'rj in*and due the wher. the advertisements will be called are for needed. money when WILL It. GRAHAM, Manager «t v Ktlitor, DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. Baptist Cnrucn.-Rev. Z.T. Weaver,F hs tor. Preaching 1st and 3rd Sundays in each muntb. Sunday-school Prayer meeting 0 a. Thursday in., J. E, lin Siupt. ings. |M*tuotust CiroaCB.—>!Rev J.O. Langston /tutor. Preaching 2nd and 4th Nuhdnrs in sathmonth. Sunday-school 9 a. m. W. A. Graham day Supt. Ladies’ Young Prayer mens’ meeting Prayer Tues¬ afternoon. meet¬ ing Tuesday Wednesday evening. evening. Regular Prayer meet¬ ing Prf.shttkriax Cmmcn. school 9 a. in. J. P. U. Brown Supt. MASONIC DIRECTORY. Darlet I«orox, Saturday No. 17.—^Regular meot ing 1st and 3rd evening*. T. 55 Irown, Sec., 1). F. Gunn,*W. M. meetings Lakaykttk 2nd Saturday Chapter avoning. No. 12— Regulai 5V. Graham, H. I*. TT. A. Graham Council, No. 22—Kegulai moetinit 4th Saturday evening. W. A. hain, T I G M. K of II. Gsinw Lodge No. meeting 2nd and 4th Tuesday Rights \V. *ightfoot, Reporter. T M Brown, COUNTY. SurRBIAR Cel'RT.—lion. J T Clarkw J II Guerrv, solicitor. J W Wutlive, J T McAllieter, sherifi'. Regular term, Sloi.dHjs in March and September, Court of Ordinary. —R. F oot*. Ordinary. «*ch Regular meeting Monday in month County Court— G. G. Judire. C09NTY COMMISSIONERS. J. E. Pnullin, S. D. Coleman, J. F. Creel, A. L. Foster, J. N. Bigbie, County Trkasurkr, J. 1*. H. Brown Tax Collector, W. R. Harrison. .I'ax Receiver, T. R. DaviR. Coroner, J 1> Owens. IRWIN &. WARWICK. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 'HTWlll Practice In Superior Courts Patau la Circuit. tf J. T. MANDEYILLE, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON >KFICK it CENTRAL DrUO 8toK*. O. 13. CONE, BARBER. kil Slmn it n dcr EN DGR’8 ure Gallery. ■w Central Railroad of Georgia Xotice to Traveling rublic: The bhst nnd cheapest passenger route NEW YORK and BOSTON is via Savannah ami elegant Steamers thence Fawongurs before purchasing tickets via other route*would do well to inquire first the merits of tho route via Savannah, by which they will avoid dust and a tedious all-rail ride. Rates include meal and state room on Steamer. Round trip tickets will until bo placed on sale June 1st, good to return October 31st. New York steamers sails tn-weeklr. Boston steamer weekly from Savnnnah. For further information apply to any agent of this com¬ pany, or to E T. Charlton, G. I*. A. Savan¬ nah,' Ga. C. G. And* k*ox, Savannah, Agt steamers, tfrr Ga. SUFFER MINI Put on a Deane’s Rheumatic he don't, Druggist send keeps us 12 in stamps and we will you one sample free. (Only the sample regular sent price to one is address, 25 cents). These plasters ere recom¬ by used all good in the physicians, largest are in America. For Rheumatism, Neuralgia* Pains in Lungs, Chest* they Kidneys, take hold Liver or Stom* at once and effectually. Piaster. Full Be directions and on every sure Rheumatic Plasters. The only Deane by Plaster 21 Co., A 23 Dey St. f N. Y., U. S. A. DON’T SUFFER PtINI FORT GAINES, FRIDAY’, JANUARY 25th, 1889. Only A Gardener. BY MARY KYLB D1U.AS. Madam Bbow.v, as all the neigh xirhood called her, sat in her own room doing some intricate old-fashioned em iroidrey for which she was famous, when icr maid crept into the room with an air of mystery that was quite theatri cal. She shut the door, placed her back against it, peeped out of the window an d approached her mistress with her finger on her lips, while the old lady regarded ier with mingled astonishment and ter¬ ror, and let her work drop from her hands to the floor. “What is the matter, Kathrina ?” she gasped. “Have you taken leave of your senses, or are there burglars in the louse ?” i |“ Worse than burglars, mum,” replied vatlirina. “It’s awful, but I’d rather you'd see for yourself. I don't wan’t to be a tale bearer, but there is something going on that you ought to know.” “Something going on in this house that I ought to know ?” cried the old la¬ dy. “Is the cook turning out dishonest after all of these years ? Is the-” “It ain’t iu the kitchen, mum,” said KuthrinA, “it relates to Miss Fenella; and you can see and hear all you want to if you’ll just go down the little back stairs to the conservatory —softly, mum, if you pleae— then nobody can say that I interfered with the doings of my bet¬ ters.” Old Madam Frown was still light on icr feet, and at these words she sprung to them. Her tiny silk slippers favored ier, making not the Highest noise upon velvet caipct of the stairs. She was in the conservatory in two minutes. The great pafmottoes in their tubs just at the entrance completely concealed her from those within, while sho could see them plainly. There were two persons standing there amoug tho roses. One, a beautiful young lady in a dress of softest blue, which well became her face, complexion and blende hair. The other, a tall, well built young man iu a gardener's jacket. Sho leaned against a flower stand nnd looked up into his face, and as Madam Brown Watched them, he bent and kissed her. “Only bo true to me,” said ho, “and I will win fortune for your sake. Yon shall nover have reason to regret that you gave me your love. But. my dar ling, this seems too good to bo true. Can it be that I hat# won your heart ? I have crushed the secret in my bosom so long—I liavo thought my love so UojH>iess—tell me once more that you re¬ turn it.” Before the girl could answer, Madam Browu glided from behind tho pulmet toes aud stood between them. “Not a word, Fenella,” alio said. “Go to your room.” “Dear grandmamma," cried the girl, “don’t be angry. Yon were young your —■ You loved, you married— pity mo. “When I loved it was a gentleman. When I married it was a man of my own class,” said Madam Brown. “I never dreamed of conversing w ith the servants, of addressing them save to give my or¬ ders. As for you, Grant, consider your¬ self dismissed, and without character.” “Madam Brown,” replied Alexander Grant, “I am your gardener and a flor¬ ist, as I hope to be. It is not aristro cmtic to work for your daily bread, ant if tho service makes me a servant, cal me that; but you will remember tbat I do not come from low and debased peo¬ ple. My mother’s father is still a mnus ter in her nation’s laud—we are all edu¬ cated. I have taken pains to improve myself, and I have not asked Fenella to marry me until I can offer a home where she can have all the comforts and some of the luxuries of life. Grandfather has written that he will set me up in busi¬ ness, and bad rather do it than leave me the same sum fa fcia will. Rs not <£g if S.'TrriX'SSiX JK=s=s=i2s arrant. Your preenm/tum is trim J dous, i . what i £ do a t 1 care »bonl , . Jonr future , prospects or jour reluttous ? Get jour inps rcodj, and go to tha housekeeper for jour wages up to the end of the month, and never darken my J door . „ ••V..J well, „ madam , „ aa.d ., jouu B Grant as jour gardener, I hare nothrng more 11 “ * oar ”8 ' *°. please; i bat as a man, that is different “Oh cwndma ” cried Fenella- about’ “after all, what does it matter moneT ml and and position lKisition ? . I A love love him him. he Be loves loves me, I am qnite con en to s are lus lot, and you would like him, gmndrna, dear, if you knew him better.” “This is actually dLsgraceful!” cried the old lady. “You wiil remember that you mustnerer see him again.” “No, grandma,” said FencUa, “I shall remember nothing of the sort. I hare promised to marrT him. I respect you and love you, but if you say I must nev er meet the mau I am engaged to again, I tell you plainly I shah disobey you.” “And then come to me to forgiveyon” cried the oia lady, “Fenella, I shall al ter my will to-morrow, and if you max rj this young man, it will be witho ut dowry or any expectations. That will end the matter I rather guess,” contin¬ ued she. “Your plan is to step into a soft nest—people of your class are all alike—all.” She swept Fenellatip-stairs before her as she spoke, and the young gardener went away to prepare for his departure. Kathrina, the maid, chuckled with de¬ light as she heard the old lady scolding and the young one weeping—she had bad her revenge for the gardener’s in¬ difference to her own charms. The next who took his place might be less hard to please. “And ao much,” said Kathrina, “de¬ on the men in a place. I’ve set¬ this one for good.” Poor Fenella led a very unhappy life several weeks. She was an absolute in her own homo, and finally, Brown, weary of such close es¬ decided to take a long thought trip to Europe, to spend several years and if possible to find a titled for Fenella. “The girl will sc4 more of the world slio has yet done,” she thought. will meet men of elegant manners, will lagh at herself for fancying a Scotch gardener. The man is looking in his way, of course, and is what has done it. But sho’U for¬ him; she is young. Girl-love amounts very little.” Tne old lady took the view that most people take of young heartland of youthful lovers; but it is au false one. The mnri who awak¬ a girl’s tenderness is the only one ever truly loves. The girl who first a man’s piission is the one whose he utters when he dies. Madum Brown might put the ocean Fenella and her bethrothod. but “many waters cannot quench love, nor seas drown it.” Tho old lady had mado sea voyages oefore. She completed all the prepara¬ tions withont FeneUa’s aid, but before she left the country it wnc necessary to arrange her money matters. In order to do this she must spend some hours at bankers, and leavo Fenella at home alone, since she refused to go the city. The girl had never wavered in her de¬ claration that she would bo true to he* bethrotlied lover, and it occurred to Madam Brown that she might avail her¬ self of her absence to run away with him; such things had happened before. There fore, before sho took her departure she informed the girl that she should lock her into the garret. The garret of tho Brown mansion was a big room covering the whole of the spacious house. It was the receptacle of all tho ancient furniture that had been set aside from use for generations. Old dresses hung there, old coats and hats, old saddles, whips that had lost their lashes, an old harp, on which some van¬ ished musician had been wont to play, un old easel, pallet, and lay figure that had furnished forth the studio of some departed Brow n of an artistic turn o mind. A little of everything in fact. Naturally the un ventilated place somewhat dusty and very stuffy, and escape from its windows was impossible. It bad one door, w hich was locket with a patent key, and could be ed with no other. “There is an hour in which to your mind, Fenella,” said the old lady. “You can dress and come to town me, or stay in the garret until I return. “Well, grandma, I prefer the garrett,” said Fenella. “You’ll lie locked in, remomber,” said the old lady. “I have done nothing to deserve such treatment,” sobbed Fenella. “No mat¬ ter, I'll go upstairs at once. ” “Po so,” said the old lady. “Kathri¬ na shall take up a tray of lunch and the last new’ books. This is all foryourown goed, child.” Fenella said nothing, but walked out of the room. All the servants had been already dismissed, and the house was locked up like a jail. Still the old lady listened until she heard Fenella ascend Jyr-sssrsssr ““ ;• I? --- " *0 ctoed tho grot stair* I enefla was sitting on an old trunk, ; „, u ber Uck ,„ rIlcd lo bcr wjth a mu hood oter hcr Wl .. Go od-bje, Lirj Fenella,” said the old lo d .. l m this must be." ** Fenella ..... did not . answer. “Well, if yon wiil sulk, wil yon mest;” ,he old Udy. -You see cause thanklme by aud bj.” And she locked the garret door and dopartc<1, * , taklug , »- Kathnna . ... - . . . *Au . “er. way to tlrn depot the oldladyapob. hC * naiJ: .. Did j pat ont tbat taper when j ^ fetterr?” she asked. “I don't re doiag it/ . ..j tWl|k did, mum,” raid the “But anyway, it could only burn ^ if Qr ^ r fhe ^ lo * TOU u lose the train.** Certainly Kathrina’s deduction was a oue. A taper usually does no though it is left in its little can but m this case the taper be m an erratic manner. It w« tall soft; the weather was warm. As it j it curved gradually over the edge the bronze holder until the flame was near a packet of note paper. The I *i*r began to BCorch, yew brown, shriveled, and at last blazed up. The flames, oncejstarted, skipped about the table merrily, devoured its contents, then caught upon a fold of the lace win¬ dow curtains, and so up and on until the whole room was a seething furnace. Madam Browu completed her busi¬ ness as soon as possible, and hastened back to her mansion. She felt she had taken a very high hand in the matter, and she wished to her grand-daughter before she off npoh her journey. She had brought her some beautiful presents, and was disposed to yield to her iu every¬ else if she would but give up her fancy for young Grant. Even a brief absence will soften the leart toward those we love, and the old lady was iu a mild er^mood than usual to ier. As they drove up the path the maid out and pointed to the house. “How queer the windows look,” said “the house is lighed^up, ma’am “Its on fire !” roared tho driver. He his horses where they wero aud ed them back into the road and fasten¬ them in the shadows of some great ,rees. Meanwhile, Madam Brown and ier maid rushed up the path and opened door. 'The thick walls of the stone house had in the flames, which slowly devour¬ all the woodwork aud plaster and the contents of the mansion as though wero fuel cast into a furnace. It lad just reached to the roof when the opened, and the admission of air nit the finishing touch to the work of Kathrina dragged the old lady back to safe place upon the lawn, whero she ’ell fainting into her arm. “Lucky you were all out,” said the “Oh dear ! oh dear I Wo were not all sobbed the maid. “Miss Fenella locked up in the garret to kcep her seein’ her beau. ” “God help her !” cried tho man. Nows of the fire spread. All aid that could be given in a country plaoo was offered, but nothing availed. At even¬ tide the mansion stood a ruin in the midst of its great park, and Madam Brown was sheltered by a hospitable neighbor. She lay upon a couch moaning bitter¬ ly, saying that she had killed her * dar ling, vowing that if she were alive she could marry whom she pleased, and praying that death would end her own misery, when a sound of whispering in the hall without struck upon her ear, and she heard a voice say: “No, I don’t believe that happiness ever kills. Where is poor randmu? ’ “Fenella,” she screamed. And in a moment more the girl came bounding into the room. “Poor grandma!” she criod. “How horrified you must have been. I would not have permitted you to suffer an in¬ stant’s terror; but i only knew of fire this moment; you se® I am safe.” “Safe!” the old lady exclaimed. “Oh I’m surely the out of my mind. I locket you into garret; I saw you there was no escape. This is--” “No, grandma,” said Fenella. “If had been in tbe garret, I should not alive now, that is certain; but I dislikec the idea, and what trunk, you saw in the sitting on the was the old lay ure dressed in some of mv elothes. my part, I walked away as soon as were gone, and, you 11 forgive grandma, I’m married to Aleck, he wants to come aud speak to you, is so sorry." tbo For all answer, old lady her to her heart, and you may be that Aleck was alto forgiven, for wept with them ip.m tho journey.—N. Y. Family Story Paper. Congressional Chestnuts, The following ccnvorsation said to have occurred on the floor of congress^the other day, and is given on tho responsibility of Hon. Isaac R. Hill. The talk took place between Maj. Maj. McKinley of Ohio and Martin of Texas, both gentlemen being inveterate smok¬ ers : Maj. Martin—Maj. McKinley you ought not to smoke those inter¬ state cigars. Maj. McKinley—What do you ojean by Martin—Why, interstate cigars ? Maj. I mean ci¬ gars lhat when smoked in ono state can be smelt in all the other statos. Maj. McKinley—And you, Maj. Martin, should not smoke those Robinson Crusoe cigars of yours. Maj. Martin—What do you mean by Robinson Crusoe cigars ? Maj. McKinley— Why,castaways course. • *•* m I 1 am am °PP opposed osea not 001 onh-to on, y ‘° women women on the amateur Btage, hut on any stage Erom 450 to 420 ' C '» dunn * lhe P er,od lhat lhe was under control of Euri jE-chylus and No Sophocles, the was pure. women were on the stage, and tho dra in its highest and noblest form was then extant. Aristophanes in^ need women iftto the Grecian > and the degradation oj the |* om l bat period until tho een lio con^cqacncea. does thc st alonc owe , ow> ( , ellgua [ pUne it occapie6 . The moro notoriously and elaims*of an actress outrage virtue and modesty, in such a measure does she Df. Crosby of N. Y, She Made the Dude Walk. Sho was a modest, bloc^oycd IK* lie working girl, on her way to the shop. Tho work she had iin^ ished at homo sho carried in a neat bundle. Ho was young, having a feathx ery mustacho, and woro garments of the latest cut. They sai opposito each othor in a etreet ear. Ho pooped over tho top of his paper at her. A jolt oi tho car caused hot* to look up, and her glance met his. He dropped his paper and stared her full in the faco. Hor eyes tell. Knowing by some mysterious power that ho was still looking at her, she suddenly straightened up and looked him calmly in tho eyo with an expression of dignity aud rebuke. Not in tho least abashed, ho was about to cham>o his soat for ono besido her, when tho conductor asked for tares, Tho young man fumbled in several pockets and fi" nally produced a nicklo, only to drop it on tho floor. Tho girl made a quick little movement and rolapsod into her former and quiet digni'.j. Tho dude tho conductor peered under the seats and looked botween tho slats, but did not find Iho coin. “You’ll have lo pay your fare.” “But I did ” “You didn’t. I didn’t drop it. You did.” “But I-” Tho “Pay your faro or get off.” young man looked despair¬ ingly at tho conductor, felt again in his pocket—and got off. Tho too of the little working gill’s small boot protruded just fur enough to push toward thoconduo lor tho missing nickel it had cov> ered.—Chicago Tribune. Bill Nyc Interviews Hill. Bill Nyo and James Whitcomb Riley wero in Albany. N. Y., on the 12th of Jan., and took occasion to pay their rcspocts to Gov. Hill. “Mr. Nye, 1 am afraid I I would uot make much of a humorist/' re¬ marked the Empire stalo's chief exs ccutivo, with a merry twinkle in his eye, as tho party wore intro¬ duced* “Well I'm afraid I'd not make much ot a governor,” roplied Bill demurely. “But, repressible governor, Mr. Nye, conlinued^tho *are ir¬ bald 1 “you as as am. It is astonishing how bald-headed men get to the front these days isn’t it V The governor laughed heartily at this sally, as ho looked at the humorist’s polishod domo ol thought. Then the gentlemen foil in topleasant social conversation, after which the visitors took their de¬ parture. It afterwards Nyo’s developed that Bill visit to tho govornor was partly for business also, tor the lowing memorandum accidentally dropped from his pocket as he the executive chamber: Interview with Goy. Hill these topics: 1. The tariff. 2. Tho fishery question. 2. Is marring® a failure, and not,, what is it ? 4. Soo if ho wants Canada nexed, and whether ho has thing te say on the ®lectric scheme. 5. Question him closely if is going to be an open winter or shut up spring. 6 . Get his views on cabinot—especially about 7. Question cautiously it h< wants the nomination for tho dency in 1892. Don't lei him on this. 8. And, if ho runs, who will have on the lickot with him. 9. How much per year can lie save out of his saluiy, and what bank he puts it in. 10. If he has any offices to giv® out, and, if so, aro applicants scarcer than usual ? Note—I t he invites me to break¬ fast, dinner or supper, with the best bed in tho house to spend the flight in, don’t hcsitate'to accept with arush. Republic? must be grateful; so must public men.— Boston Globe. A well dressed, gentlemanly man over filly years old picked a rare orchid that had just been im¬ ported, at tho botanic garden yes¬ terday afternoon. Superintendent Smith caught him at it, and hao the vandal botanist arrested by Policeman Mansfield. At tho New York avenue station house he gave his name as B. G. Carter, and offer¬ ed to leave a collateral. Swperin> tendent Smith said lhat 820 would not replace tho oiehid, and Mr. Carter went to tho Mount Vernon house, whero he is stopping, and the 825 collateral that was re*» Post. The r a! loon jamping craze seems to have spent itself here in AmerU ca, at any rate very little jumping has been heard ot latoiy. Ia En¬ where an American is giving exhibitions, tho people are very over the jumping, and more air ship daring aeronaut leap* from anchored at a height of feet. This foal is said to bo with much more dangor descending from a great on account of the reduced for the parachute to / _ ^ ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. A Woman on Kissiiig. It has been tho gallant habit of men, from time immemorial to comment whioh women unfavorably have on tho habit tho of indulging in useless distnibulion of kisses on among that thomsclyos, tho animadversion but it is notofi erring itself of th« tho sex itself is visited ou samo theme ■** how.T.r, expiating vigorously against this senseless custom. “ Do, for good* ness sake, ” she romarked, »• say something about the silly way that women hato of kissing oaoh othor overy timo they get togothor. If twenty worsen wero to meet in -tlr#' street every last one of them would have to kiss the othor nine% teen, oiid thero would be-lot me sei—d80 lassos worse than thrown away lor probably in ton minutes tno vvholo parly would separate ins to squads and go off-talking a bout each other. When you see one of tneso very violent miscellaneous of kissMJVorythtngNwithimsight a woman, it is safe kind down to sot hor al!y as a It fraud, I had which sho genor* is. my way, kissing should bo confined to family us® and/or don t you medicinal put purposos. Now. I will kiss my name to all this, or you right on Wash* ington street the very first chanco other \| mVC kinds i’ • a ot Th i5 kissing,««*,d n tho ta,k ran O'* was told of a young lady a story ed baby hold in who kiss* a i* 8 father’ s arms: then in u moment of temporary in¬ sanity or abstraction she stood ou lip^toc and kissed the papa. Real¬ she izing had instantly done, what a terrible thing she wheeled around and kissed the mama who was standing order. near, and retired squelch- in good Her satirical sister ed the poor young woman as they left the house by asking her if didn t want to go back aud finish it by kissing the hired girl—IndU anapolis Journal. Slave Traffic. The dispatchos from Zanzibar show some of tho difficulties in the way of suppressing the slave trado thero. One element available against the slave traders is furnished by the missionaries, who hove a great many stations around Lakes Nyas-a sa and Tanganyika and Albert and Victoria Nj’anea. and between tbose regions and the coast. The*o in¬ clude Protestant and Catholic mis<. sions, and a point on which Ger>» man, English and tScotoh missions* rife.s ngroe, is tho enormity of thin traffic m human beings, and tho noed of opposing it at all hazards Borne of them have shown them-* selves of tho church militant in this respect, tho slave having ropeatedly fought traders. The appeals of Cardinal Lavigorid are well know* and aro foundod on personal obser¬ vation. Irom' tho missionaries have boon gatherod some of tho most startling statistics as to tho extont of this traffic. The alleged tripartite agreement between tho Sultan, English the Arab traders, and tho East Africa Company, whoso authenticity is denied in tho curront English dispatches, missions refers to tho to rostoro as slaves being obliged It runaway to their owners. is safe to say that they would not agree to do anything of tho sort.—Exchange. Better Thau a^ltabbit’s Hindi Foot. A certain popular congressman is now, tor tho second term repre-. sonting Ohio, a republican district iu Ho though first elected ho is a democrat* sonal was through porv popularity and division* The among of the rcpuolicans. ide* a re-election was considered pre posicrous, nnd his wife tried to dis suado him from running again, and ho used every effort to avoid a re* nomination. His wife was at a summer resort when she received a telegram announcing his re nomi natjon and acceptance. While sho and somo friends were walking ia tho hotel grounds Washington they discovered a horseshoe. A gen% tlemon picked it up and handed to the lady, saying: “ You are feeling badly about your husband’s being obliged to spend time and money on a hopolcss contest. Now, this horseshoe may change your l ick. Here’s the shoe—that is for his elec¬ tion ; and hero are threej nails— these are for three majority.” There was a laugh oyer the absurd¬ ity of tbo idea; the shoe was hung up and tho incident forgotten by bv tho lady until it was recalled % tolegram from hor husband an** nouneing his election by three The official count gavo the congress man only two majority*, which was doubtless owing to the fact that while tho wonderful horseshoe was being bunded around for inspeoe tion one of the nails fell out.— Theodore Knapp, of Norwalk, Conn., has in his restaurant a sea gull that was captured down tho harbor somo weeks ago. Tho bird secm3 perfectly contented but it is not wise to trifle with him. He has a yery robust appetite, and wiil eat two quarts of clams at a meal and then call for more. Another queer thing about tho bird is tho fnet that, after ho has eaten two quarts clams you can put his ia-a. measure—Exchanj ,*?> i * ul