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VOL. 1Y. SI 7i Be Sure to Cet Hood’s BarMparltta, my child. Bee that they do not give you anything also. JVou remember It ts tb« taedleine which did mama so much good a year ago—my favartla Spring Medicine Koarly averyhody needs a good spring medi¬ cine like Hood's Sarsaparilla to expel impuri lln which accumulate In the blood during the winter, keep up strength as warm weather comes on, ersate an appetite and promote healthy digestion. Try Hood's Sarsaparilla aud you wilt he convinced ot It* peculiar merits. It Is the Ideal spring medicine—re¬ liable, beneficial, pleasant to take, and glroe full vftlne fur llio money. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla Beldby aUdnifHdiM. fl; alTforf-V. Prepared only t>V O. I. HOOD A CO., A 4 *«Uiec*rio«, Lowell, Man. IOO Dosos Ono Dollar AND USEFUL* ’ , ‘ ¢ ’ v , . TO JOHNSON REVOLVING BOOS CASH. J ^vrul*uarsMuawTSKRt.vMAt>;vtTAiiLXToB<KMU, or H t- auv might. 'r 9 cAjvvnnn ^iikskht^ •' USSStP . i ' Jtdit.r., lUnkurs, T«a«h«m Muruhawta, StndcnU, and all who read lloolu. ttVfCAPEST! 8TRONCE8T! BEST! M*4* of Iron. finuh«4 black, with beautiful gilt bioke ia leaa apaca tbaa any other ««rice. Mo i. For Table, to bold 1 tier of wok*. ..sio.oo ,*• *«, “ •* , •• 8 tier* “ 18.00 !• r, 1 f ., S 0C “ js-oo ’ — • « J «* » * « « v 4 »» .. A.’ Tbe boot alM for general t». k N. "* } Skipped, carefully packed, cm i — f pricey SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. tllaitratoil r>oerript : v* price Catalogue Hat containing of Stationery teetimoniah Froot and Me* o 11 Ira, nearly 900 pagee, tent on receipt of S3 cm, ANDKK8UN Ac KItUM, 7 Bond Street, Now York, N, tf,’ , KEYSTONE STRETCHER CARPET I r <• vs •a: • i W'r la iSgCr ' M Z} * fM •4 Or ■ >%. A • o: ■ __________ Firtwt, foapkU u4 Dsnbl* Sirekhtr Uih. C rHD . w . w h "hich drive ip f QttiM&di* of acompteft^hamrntr* »iSnri*Bi for «4 law a. conm. . fMk^UrwUaBs kfyi.Ot. Special for prices ntlug. to 4«elere Simple »ont KppUcaUoau on raript on tfekett & Roaers. Warren. Pa. Makes Dyspepsia the liras of many people miserable, And ofteu lead* to •elt-dosnuctiou. Distress after eating, sour stomach, sick headache, heartbun^ loss of appetite, a faint, “ all gone” feeli ig, bad taate, coated tongue, and irregu Distress larlty of tho bowels, aro some of tho more common L Aftor symptoms. Dyspepsia does Eating not get well of itself. It requires careful, persistent attention, and a remedy like Hood's Sarsa¬ parilla, which acts gently, yet surety and efficiently. It tones the stomach and other organs, regulates the digestion, creates a food appetite, ar.il by thus Sick / OYerc.^.'.lug the local «ymp- Headache toms removes the sympa¬ thetic effects of # the diaease, banishes the headache, and refreshes tho tired mind. ** I have been troubled with dyspepsia. I had but Uttlo appetite, and what I dhl eat « •V*® UAa*-+. distressed “C, or did mo burn . little good. In an hour after tatting I would axp« ttence a falnt^hfs, or tired, all cone feeling as though I had not eaten anything. My trou¬ ble, I think, was aggravated by my badness, Vhlch Is that cI a painter, and from being more or less shut up In a Sour room with fresh paint. Last e . spring 1 took Hood's ftarsa- otOITtaCn rilta —took three bottles. It did no an Immense amount cf good. It gave me an appetite, and my food relished and satisfied the eraving I had rratfs>usljr experienced.’! GKOKGS A. Paob. Wataitown, Mass. ^ Hood’s Sarsaparilla *>!<! wy Araggb*. f!; *U few f*. lif C L HOOD A 00 . ApMbW«tt4M Ono Dollar V IOO Oobob , 1 « > Mo. a. [sfii’n’Yfi‘R '[IBRAR'YT / HE Advertiser. THE ADVERTISER, Publishcd Kvkry Friday. omes U mi .B 3 ILD 1 S 5 , FORT GAINES, GA. 8ubflcri|»tion Rates. One copy, one year........... $I.oo One copy, six months....... .50 Ore copy, three month,. .30 1 h'Wo are advance prices, and when not paid until the end of the year, 23 per cent, will be added. i Advertising Hates. Bourgooise) One square, (ten linos or less one inserti ........................... I $ 1.00 For each subsequent insertion .50 Notices in local column, 10 cents per line. sonal Editorial benefit, notices, 10 cent where requested line. for per¬ - per ALL PKRUONAL MATTKR DOt'BI.K PR1C*. Obituaries must be paid for as other ad vertisements. One inch card inserted in tho Business Di¬ rectory for Five Dollars u year. Advertisements inserted withont specifica¬ tion as to the number of insert ions will be published until ordered out, and charged ac¬ cordingly. Bill* duo when the advertisements are are handed in and the money will bu called for whezi needed. WILL fi. GRAHAM, Manager *P Editor. DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. Baptist Cnmtcii.-Kev. Z.T. Weaver, Pas¬ tor. Preaching Sunday-school 1st and 3rd Sundays J. E, in Paul- each month. 9 a. m., iin Supt. Prayer meeting Thursday even mgs. } Vaster. IMktiiodist CiiUROn.— -Rev J.O. Langston /mL month. Preaching Sunday-school 2nd and 4th Sundays in 9 a. m. W. A. Graham Supt. Ladies’ Prayer meeting Tues¬ day afternoon. Young Regular mens’ Prayer Prayer moot¬ ing Tuesday Wednesday evening. meet¬ ing even’ng. Prbhbytrriax Ciirncn.- Sunday school 9 a. m. J. P. 11. Br.vwn Supt, MASONIC DIRECTORY. Parley Lodge, No. 17.—Regular moat¬ ing 1st and 3rd L). F. Saturday Gunn, W. evenings. M. T. M Brown, See., Lafayette 2nd Saturday Chaitkr evening. No. 12— Regular W. mootings A. Graham, II. P. W. A. Graham Council. No. 22—Regular mooting 4th Saturday evening. W. A. Gra ham, TIG M. K ,? f G .* in ?Jf’s 8 "?• Regular Lightfoot, mooting 2nd Reporter. and 4th Tuesday M Brown, nights Dictator VV. E T COUNTY. -r .1 T Me VIlLter, Regular wsSSSHuS sheriff. term, 4tll Mon lays in March and September, Court _ of Ordinary • —R. T. Fo to, Ordinary. Kagiilur 1 / let, Monday in oaefi month County Court— G. G. Lark, Judjc. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J. E. Paullin, S. D. Coleman, J. F. Creo!, A. L. Foster, J. N. Bigbic, County Treasurer, J. P. H. Brown Tax Collector, \V. R. Harrison. Tax Receiver, T. R. Davis. Coroner, J D Owens. IRWIN & WARWICK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CTTvVill Practice in Supeiior Courts of P.tlnula Circuit. if J. T. MAN DEYILLE, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON BQL-Gfficb vr Ckntral Drug Stork. O. E. CONE, RARBER. Shop under EISDF.R’S Pict¬ ure Gallery. .iu -■»- —l----™ --------——i Central D,!|,. Railroad A ,4 n OT f Georgia, Notice to Traveling Public: The best and ehcapr&t rassongcr route to NFW INLVf YORK l Unix and dull RONTON uuo I V/ii other would do *5S5S?S2rS well first of merits routes the via to Savannah, inquire by the of route s^r.*' Rnt l R 1 tfd j°; 6 on Keund trip ticket, will bo 1 1 iced on sale June 1st. good to return ui tii October 31st. New York steamers sails tr-weekly. Boston pany, or to E T. Charlton, G. P. A. Savan nail, Go. C. G. Axusasox, A<A teanaeri, tfrr Savannah, Ga. DON’T SUFFER PAIN! pra^^Y a ou? ea D n r e U U ^send h t*T,e t I i C , l don’t u* 12 cents in stamps and W8 will riasraEirifSss wnH uniiAnaomnlafraa ( n„i u TheeA Iro iSSSr mpnHeH hw largest pS 1 Mm.,— 1 PUnriaw pUrtBY. Pams ini Lungs, Chest, ** d cure on every effectually. Platter. Full Be enactions and sure get Deane s Rheumatic Piasters. Made only by The Deane Plaster 21 A 23 Dey SL, N. Y., U. 8. A. DON’T umi |m SI *■■■■■» FFF1 liill r pilJBII ....... fllHi FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, 1889. The Girl With One Stocking—A Protective Pastoral. Composed and arranged for the spinning wheel and respectfully dedicated to that de¬ voted friend of protected machinery and high taxes, the Senator from Rhode Island: Our Mary had a little lamb. And her heart was most intent To make its wool beyond iu worth, Bring 50 per «mt. But a pauper girl ncr'ss the sea Had one rmall lamb also. Whoso wool for less than half that sum. She’d willingly let go. Ancthor girl whojhad no sheep Nor stockings—wool nor flax— But money just enough tojbuy A pair without tho tax. Went to the pauper girl to get Some wool to shield her feet, And make her stockings not of flax, But both of wool complcto. When Mary saw the girl’s design She straight began to swear She’d make her buy both wool and tax Or let one leg go.bara. So she cried out: “Protect reform ! Let pauper sheep wool free ! It will keep both her legs warm What will encourage me ?” So it was done, nnd the people said Where e’er the poor girl went, One leg was warmed with wool and one Wfth 56 per cent. Now, praise to Mary and her lamb, Who did this scheme invent. To clothe one-lialf a girl in wool And ouc-halfin per cenU All honor, too to Mary’s friend, And all protective acts, That cheaply clothe tho rich in wool And Wrap the poor in tax. —Senator Vance in Congressional Record A Letter from Rev. R. B. Bryan. Df.ak Advertiser :-Several months liavo passed since I have written you. And during tho in terval that has elapsed nearly all of you down that way havo cither “marned’ or boen “given in mar riage.” And that leads mo to cn quire, Is there anybody else in Fort Gaines to marry ? Are not nbout all married now? Let’s see. There’s Will Graham, and Jim Graham,and Mag Peterson, and Frank Dillard, ct cetera, and so forth, among the young men; and Miss Kora Brooks, ' Scott Miss Jimmie Hatchett, and Miss dies; besides Sharp, among the young la perhaps of whom 1 may not have heard, or whom I may not just now recall. Well, I’m glad of it: they aro happy, and so ain I. In obedience to the Script turc injunction, I am rejoicing with those that rejoice. And if newly married folks can’t and dok't, re joico, I don’t know who can. Please extend to all of them my heartiest good wishes. My family, “all and singular,” with all the “membei'3 heredilft ments and appurtenances thercun good to belonging, health. are at this time in and Occasionally some of us yawn sneeze for a day or two with colds, but rations have to bo issued all the same. And as Quartermaster for this brigado, 1 aro hardly equal to tho task of sup plying I their wants. had the pleasure of meeting Bro. W. A. Graham at Conference al Eastman, but only long enough to shake his hand and say IIow is all? Expected him to dino with me, but was disappointed. Sup pose business called, and he an swered, as is his rule in such cases. I see Clay county has had quite an u P lurn >ng and out turning in the matter of county officers. Well, I predict that Foote will make a Ko. 1 Orninary. For, to good bu sines s q ua > ilies he unites a cool head, a sound judgment, and S • 0 a ^q ua nta ice - warrants, I think the Other new in cumbents willmake good officers t0 ° And Bro. w n . M. Speight. . I bcc, t is Mayor of town once more yoar —and other good officers. . T°“ r made Br j dg , frto C ’, t0 f' lor is Alabamians .7 * sain ' for awhile. That ought to invite trade. How is the artesian water held ingout? Is it as good as first? I thought it the best and most pala- ; table water I ever drank in my; lifo- ; dUccess ^ ^ future^ Our admiration new house of an C( l u, P menls are all who see them. #nd two godmothers in your town of Waltbii Speight Mande VILLE ’ lhat he is now “ u P on h i 8 first legs/ , Doesn t walk all the wbl,e ’ but can K ° m,most anywhere on b ' s fee< ? End wc arc almost aa p rou d of it as we were of tbe first, Ha is a fine looking boy too—sul - ficicntl Y «w* ‘ hat * **<>“t bo’.cvc his god-relations would be ashamed of him, could they sec him. At least, we are not ashamed of him. . You and Fort Gaines must ex case my famii ir manner of writing for whcn 1 8,1 dowlJ to H ’ rile lo y° u 1 can 1 fcc ‘ ,,be 1 was writing to stbaswebs, but to homefoles. * our kin.* Heavenly Father bless you all ferevor. Amen. R. B. Bbya.v. HAUNTED BY CATS. A lady in our county, of the highest respectability and intelli¬ gence, tells the following : . In tho spring of 18—, she rented a eomforable house and moved in¬ to it with her family, consisting of two sons and one daughter, aged fourteen, eleven and eight years. The house had four rooms And a hall, with double doors front and iear of the hall, and no other door opening out of the building. On tho front door was a good kneb lock, but tho back door was fasten¬ ed with tho old stylo wooden bar passing through wide iron building staples. All the windows in the had good sash, panes all in good order, and tho windows closely slatted on tho inside. At tho front hall door wero transom and side* lights, but one pano was out of the side-light. moving One night, soon after into tho house, while tho family wero scaled around tho fire in one of the front rooms, a number of un usally large cals wero seen to jump through tho opening in tho side¬ light and run down the hallway. Tho lady and her older son pur¬ sued them, but failed to fincta sin¬ gle cat in the house. Supposing ihoy mado their exit by Some oth¬ er opening, little was thought of the circumstanco. The next morn¬ ing, however, they examined find the house carefully, but could not any placo where the cats could havo escaped. On the succeeding night, the same thing again hap pened. Several cats wero heard jumping in and at tho opening at the front door seen to pass the door of the family room, and although a more hasty and vigorous pursuit was mado after them, not a cat was found, notwithstancMng tho back door tvas sccuroly barred and tho sash in every window fastened down. Their curiosity being now fully aroused, tho lady inyiiod somo of tho neighbors to como over tho next evening and assist her in solv ing the mystery. Several young men responded, and reaching the house a iittlo before dark they made a c: itieai examination of the building. Satisfying themselves that no cat could escape from tho house cx cept through tho opening at the frontside light, and having provi ded themselves with lanterns and clubs, they retired to tho family room—leaving tho room door open —and awaited developments, They wore not kept long in ex¬ pectancy, lor as soon as it was fully dark the cats began jumping in through the side light. Tho young men remained quiet until thirteen large blacx cats had jumped in and trotted down tho hall. Then they rushod out with their lanterns and clubs, and while ono thrust a pi I - low in the opening through which tho cats had entered, to prevent the possibility of their escape in that direction, tho others ran down the hallway and into tho rooms; but not a cat could be seen or heard, They were all postivcly sure that thirteen cats had entered, and equally certain that there was no oponiug large eneugh to , ermit the escape of a rat, much less the escape of thirteen huge cats. The fruitless effort so demoral ized flic family and the courageous young men who went to their ns sistance, that no further attempts were made to capture or destroy 7 the cats. Another equally inexplicable and nnnoyirg circumstance was soon noticed, and that was, that al though both hall doors wore se curcly fastened evory night, the front door locked and tho back door barred, on arising in the morning they invariably found that lhe b » r had bCOT and , 8Ct , aside, , and tho back door Wide Open. Failing to solve either mvstery the brave little woman gathered her family into ono room and clos** ing the door securely, for several weeks, she permitted the cats to S a ^°P down the hall at their pleas* tire, and th© backdoor to unbar and swing open, withont the agen¬ cy of human nands; but finally her courage failed, and she went to the landlord, cancelled her rent con tract, and moved out. While this good woman dislikes to * repeat the story to strangers, the foregoing statement is absolute ly true, and would make oath to it if required. . Hundreds of people daily pass a little stone house within a stone » thrcw °f the ferry at Astoria, L. I but very few know its lustogy. It ^ as erected by the original John Jac ,? b Ast ? r 160 vc& rS and ,ta • walls arc in as good , condition to as when ihe stones were tint was hero that the founder of ll>e colossal Astor estate resided wh * n be traded with the Indian's for furs. . He owned most of the ,and now covered 1 }J the suburb named alter him Those who im proved the property and assumed lho taxos bo allows to take as ac J cs a8 lbc J i manage. oi Astoria© best families were thus founded.—Exchange. fthy They Don’t Like Each Other. 4 • It has been remarked that in nil the talk about Gen. Harrison's cah inot officers the name of Senator John J. Ingulls has not boon mens tioned, although ho ia tho republi¬ can “leader in the United States Senato. Perhaps M. Thurston this story, told Nc by Judge John of braska (temporary chairman of tho republican national convention) to some fiiendsin this city while here on , a visit a few days agq may ex¬ plain why Ingalls is considered outside the pale. When Gen. Harrison entered tho United States Senate in 1881 ho was an object of curiosity to most of senators because ho was the grandson of tho famous William Henry Harrison. The senators, as soon us'he took his seat, gathered around him to make friends, with the exception of John J. Ingalls, cynicism had not yet gained for him the notorioty which it now has. Ingall oponlj frowned on the new sonator and talked a great deal about dogenerate sons of worthy sires. He had the effrontery also to attempt to coach Harrison on the bills then before the Senato. Uar rison boro it well until one day when a half a dozen senators, in¬ cluding Ingalls, wero Ingalls gaihorcd in the cloak-room. was in¬ dulging in somo Harrison more attempts at it coaching. Gen. boro for awhile and then startled the whole crowd by exclaiming: “I had a dream last night!’’ Several of the sonatcis asked what was the dream. “I dreamt/’ continued Gen. Har¬ rison, in sepulchral tones, that I was dead. Some of his a’tdience smiled, as if expecting a good story story, while others wondered it tho gen¬ eral was not gettin'g just a iittle off his head. “1 dreamt,” added the new sena¬ tor, “that after passing away 1 ap¬ peared before tho gate of heaven. I knocked, and St. Peter peered through “Who the portals: ?” ho demandod. are you “I am Benjamin Harrison of In¬ dianapolis, Indiana/United States, I replied, desiring to bo accurate on such an important occasion. “And what was your occupation while on earth ?” asked St. Peter. “I was a statesman,” I replied. “Get thee hence,” was tho reply. “No statesmen are admitted with¬ in these portals.” grieved; “I was sorely but I stood by while other spirits askod for admission. Somo of them wero dismissed, others admitted. Fi¬ nally I saw a long, lank figure ap¬ proaching. A second glance show¬ ed that the figuro was that of John J. Ingalls of Kansas, United States of America. “My curri jgity Ingalls was excited. I wondered how would faro, I stood close up to the gate. “Ingalls approached with pom¬ pous bearing, just as if lie had a first mortgage on tho portals. He knocked loudty. The warden ap¬ peared and began questioning in his business like way. “Who are you,? ho asked. “I am John J. Ingalls, of Atchin son, Kansas, Senator of the United States. St. Peter looked very hard at him and asked: You are a states¬ man. then? “Yes, I am. 1 am among the leaders of the United State’s Senato. “St. Peter looked harder. Then with a smile, ho said : Come in Ingalls, you arc all right. “Ingalls I passed in. 1 was indig¬ nant. thought that this was a shameful exhibition of partiality, I rushed up to the saint and shout bd : How is this ? Yoa told me that no statesmen were admitted and here you have admitted John J. Ingalls, of Kansas. I demand an explanation! “St. Pofcr opened tho gate just a little bit. ‘What are you complain¬ ing of ? he asked. *Uf John J. In¬ galls? Why, he is no statesman ! When Gen. Harrison reached this point, ho was about to add the fin¬ ishing touches to the story, but the audience was so convulsed with laughter that they could not listen. Senator Ingalls tried to laugh, too, but failed, lie walked away with a very grave face. He and Gen. Hat risen have not been on. intimate terms since.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Limit to Steamship Speed. Some remarkable speed has been made by ocean steamships, but, as [.-.ims ye t been; reached. As the dream of the turfman is a horse that will trot a mile in two minutes, so the hopc 0 f the navigator is a sleam ship that will cross the Atlantic in fi * e da }' s * Scarcely a steamer now adays leaves either Now York or Liverpool that docs not make its parage across thesea a race against time. On her last trip out of New York, the Umbria cut down her record by 4 hours and 30 minutes, beating the best ncord by two hours, and making the paa-age in a tri% ovegsix important jlaj’’'* consideration safety a n>ore than speed, and tois kind of rival rv may not bo altogether popular with the steamship patenjers.— rbiladelphiu Times. Is Senator Reagan a Hoodoo? Senator Reagan, tho massive sen¬ ator from Toxas, is regarded by his associates as a “hoodoo,” lie has a remark iblo habit of wander¬ ing arouud tho floor in a ponder¬ ous, undecided sort of way, and then invariably sitting down in any man's chair, savo his own. And tho strangest part of it is that ill luck invariably lignts on tho man whoso chair liagnn selects; so that tho senators are in constant terror lest, during their absence, ho should pick out their seat. He is called tho Jonah of tho Senate. Thus, whtlo Senator Eustis was making his long fight for re-election, Sena¬ tor Reagan was constantly in his chair. Eustis was defeated. Sen¬ ator Salisbury found ho had to go down to Dolewaro. . Reagan appro¬ priated his seat. Snulsbury was defeated. Just beforo the last elec¬ tion Sonator Yorhecs was called out to help tho battlo in Indiana. Senator Gorman was absont too, iiis for n^tmo., Mr. Reagan divided aitenton between the scats of the two great democrats. Every¬ body knows what happened in In¬ diana and in Maryland. About a week ago Senator Han>s f tar ted down for Tennessee, rfKeio ho has Just a big before fight on he handTitp left hfrlaid re-election. down llio law to Reagan. “Now, “I*vo look hero, Reagan,” lie said, I stand* got a big fight on hand, but a very For good chance for rocleclion. God’s sake, don’t hoodoo ni rt . Keep out of my chair/' Senator Matt Ransom, tho handsome mem*, ber from Tar ILccl is w.rostling with tho North Carolina legislature idst now. A day or two ago he wrote to one of his friends : Ever¬ ything looks very bright, but for heaven’s sake keep Reagan away from my chair.” Senator Reagan felt a little hurt yesterday when he came to the Sop ato and found that Mr. Ransom’s chair had been taken out of tho Sonato chamber.—Baitimoro Amer¬ ican. - Mysterious 'Fascination of Pool. t t / The proprietor of an upstown pool room, whoso name is familiar to half the billiard players in tho United States, remarked Inst night as ho glanced over a hundred or two men who wero scattered about his place: “it is a mysterious thing to me where tho fascination of the game of pool comes in. There are men here to-night who have been com¬ ing hero steadily every evening in the week except Sundays, Somo for eight or ten years. of them aro old, some middlo-agod, and some young men. They arrive with the regularity of fate immediately af¬ ter dinner, usually smoking a big cigar, pull off their coats and go to worlc in a leisurely manner to ploy pool. Of course thoy aro good players, They must be, after so much prnctuco. They poko tho balls for an hour or so. drink three or four glasses of beer, light anoth¬ er big cigar and toddlo off home perfectly contented and thoroughly satisfied with their evening’s amusement. I am easily entertain ed, but it would take more than that sort of thing to keep me go ing night after night as the years go by. These men, howe ver, seem not to know suoh a sensation ns boredom. Pool to them is,an ex¬ citing pastime forever.” —New York Sun. -- Guarding [the Election Certificates. There was something like a row in the Sonato lobby at the last ex¬ ecutive session. There is a sturdy looking, broad shouldered man who has beerrslanding near ono of the doors for several days. IIo is extremely patient and waits there as stolidly and uncomplainingly as a claimant. When flic Senate went into executive session the messen¬ gers and employees went through tho lobby like a cyclone sweeping boforc them avery ono not permit¬ ted to remain about tho Senate du¬ ring a secret session. The storm raged about the sturdy, silent man, but ho would not budge. He de¬ fied the cyclone, defied the Senate. There was a great growling a nd^t looked as though there would have to be an appeal to force. The man demanded that the prosidont of the should decido the # Senate matter. The appeal was cat ried to Mr. In galls, and be decided to let ,tho man slay. Then the secret was out. This man was detailed by The president ot the Senate to guard the Presidential election certificates, Like a Roman sentinel |)c remain cd at his post. This affair, of course. betrayed the location of the hiding place of tho certificates. Tho man still stands there in the lobby, and no one now attempts to molest him.—Washington Star. - ^ i - Keep the flonr barrel raised a few inches from the floor, so that the air may circulate underneath, and preyent dampness. barrels Keep the barrel covered. if are not used., get a nice, clean box with a cover and empty tho floor from the sack as soon as opened’. milk Flour and absorbs as quickly as butter.—Ex, NO. 29. A Strange Find. The strango story of tho re** markable trip of a diamond ring on in London, an underground railway train published in tho col¬ umn of “Glances Hero aud Thore,” on Sunday, Providoneo recalls to an officer of tho and Sldnington Steamboat L : no an interesting incident in his own expo rienco. “It was in tho summer of 1868,” ho raid, “when I was a daily driver on tho Ilatlent railroad b<J* tween tin's city and Ubappaqtjti, that ! had an experience that is al¬ most incrodibio. I usually sat ill the regular baggage car as there was ll(» ‘smoker’ and on one warm afternoon I was seated in front of tho open door of tho car, and I tossed up a $‘ 7 0 gold pioee, catch¬ ing it as it toll, and discussing with tho conductor the peculiar ‘ring’ of tho good coin. After doing this three or four times, instead ofcntch* ing it I hit the coin as it fell and sent it flying out ot the door. The train was moving so fast that I could not seo the spot whore it probably foil, but a clump ot busl.n cs indicated the placo in a general way, and I kept uiy eye on thign 'I’lie conductor impulsively pulled the bell-cord and stoppod tho train when I said : ‘Findings is kgop-t ingr Tho train was backed, apt half a mile or more and ptopped'as I requested, when tho train bauds, with mj sclf, jumped off and began tho search. It was lilco looking for a noodle in a Imystaek, but int less than a minute I found tho shin¬ ing gold piece, not where I suppos-* od it would be, but 200 or 300 feet away. This inciJcnt resulted in making several strong friendship^ coniuctjfl but in thfso days no would stop a train for such a pose.—Tribune. Queer Relationship. If one boy should hear anotho? say: pear,” ho -‘An applo is a kind of a would laugh at tho fellow; who mado such a statement; andi jet the fellow would bo more than, half l ight. Tho pear is tho pyru» in Latin, and the sciontifio name ot‘ the apple is pyrus raulus. So tho applo really is a kind of a pear., And hero is something still moro extraordinary—tho pear and tho applo Tho aro both a sort of a rose! rose and llio ftp.de bolorg ta tho same family, and roso bushes applo ere no trees. v havo The been grafted upoiij ‘ mountain ash ia another member of the sumo fami*» ly, and tho Listener has seen a mountain ash tree up in tho coun*. try, intno midst of which grows a pear branch producing most excel¬ lent pears. A scion of the pear had, been grafted on tho mountain ash tree. Perhaps a roso might havo been grafted thore, too, so that the* red tree might have borne tho red mountain ash berries, pears andi roses! There is no and to the caW egory of queer relationships. Ev¬ erybody knows, of course, that tho lion is a kind ot a cat, but tho List¬ ener has a quasi-scientifio friend, who assures hint, on tho word of a philosopher, that the elephant is a kind of a mouse! Tho Listener, however, draws the lino at that, and refuses to beliovo it. But it is a Jittlo singular that tho elephant is hunted in India with the aid of tho cheetah, which, being a leopar l is a kind ol a cat.—Tho Listener, in Boston Transcript. *03 The Crime of Lynch Law. delay,” Shakespeare ami speaks other of “thc^J wire, many havo spoken of it since, but this, very delay lias often saved tliosot who arc unjustly accused. suffer Tho in-, nocent thus rarely for Crimea that others have committed. But the terrible infuriated sin of and lynch law* is that men, mad>*. denod, seeking vengeance rather than justice, ever stand in peril, when they take the law in thoiP own hands and take human life, of shedding innocent bfood. It is not/ so much the -lowness of the law that causes lynching a3 the froozy of anger and a desire for revenge, “Wait for more evidence” a mob is often askod, and the answer is a howl of rage. Does the tiger Wait when ho thirsts for blood ? j Bui is tliero not something clso to bo blamed besides tho slow nose 0 f the courso of justico ? Who icaU |y administers justice ? The people themselves serving shirk as jurors. Mu-, ny of them this duty; others do not perform it faithfully. Hovr many white men havo been hanged or imprisoned for Jifo, for murder* in Alabama durihg tho past twonty years? Wo cannot remember any, How many white men who shot others in “difficulties” have boon T punished ?—Mobile Register. *•* 5 Yesterday was lho anniversary’ of the birthday of Robert Burns. Tho “one touch of nature” which “make lho wholo world kin” so/ nets npon us thdt neither a cenUup'J cK I of time nor an ocean of distance sMm lessen the tame, of the brave strong singer , born of the pooplel faSiJ wiio “through "devoid long days easb” of ‘Wymi and nights of JHV tied to iift tho woild iitgher.. S'tM manity has been far better for men us Robert Burn?.- Kx, H