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THE r~" DODGE COUNTY « j
JOU JljL AT, .JLJ
volume v.
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
V. C. SMITH,
attor ney at law,
McrVIM.K (1 V.
U|>i2!Ki»5 ly
E. D. GRAHAM, J3,
ATTORNEY Rf UW
AND
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HAXI.KY, 1 1A
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DR. J. B. SVIITCHELL
PHYSICIAN ’
Hi SUEGE0.I,
Oner* Ids pmfrs-tlonst v to 111
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DR. J. M. RiJQHRN & SON,
rimimss m mu mists,
KASTMAN, V.EolfG'A
l VFFK.U their jnof ini service* il
" / pic of di immi'
a liat H Ml 1 ^ *t iin 1 ni
O.t ,,i (hi i,11 *e r can be f tin l rt t
their oft! •« a' a n > I,- it i.
ten led Ay or night, Put
Visited by P at
All chn«i Ml I p IV it di r
lush .
or r. m il. * rl I'mby. No i In,,
COBSulllltilSI, If I i"", n lid rtr.1 ,p f
reply, A 1 list»|tft',uii* nii.’i I r
|irivau Inn 4 » iiijiply f diugmni I, j ir
on I t bid'll all ot tic n w n 'n
r !;• it
W. b\ KA I N,
Fashionable Barber,
KASTMAN, < 1 KUlN * IA.
Having remov-d mv stin k tb r
the Im l ling known ns ( I; *! I
ask a rontliniMn' of tb pu 4
F.asv idmil*, e inn lo.od , sh,n J 1 l
par tieular tltentum a*-nrid. It r i
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lurb 23 tf,
SUBSCRIBE
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TEH BEST PAPE
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i k&ta Busina). lHfi.-i.
OLD and RBDIABLE
tm m SALE AND LIVERY STABLES.-
A Large Stock of Horses and Mules
Kep! Constantly on ■'i J Hand, From the
n to The Vs High-Priced.
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•-4! Iff
Hi & IW. WATERMAN,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
*Mpplv din i t from tlie West in Carload lots, we are prepared
t i I i iv. mill ihi I turp'titiue firms with lirst-«lass Mules at the
IV I Wi: M \KK \ s]‘L< i,\I.TY IN THIS TliADF. Jnformn
t j, r mail •ei :njit attention.
HENRY COLEMAN.
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots&Shoes J
HATS AND CAPS,
SADDLES, BRIDLES, CROCKERY WARE
Hig’hest Market Price Paid IOT* n
Country Produce.
Hides a Specialty.
I! 4II. !• >A I> A VENUE, July 1:1th, l 1 -^
SAW MILL, CORN MILL, FLOUR MILL,
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Water Wheel, Steam Engine or Mill
Supplies of Any Kind.
DON’T FORGET TO SEND FOR OUR LARGE CATALOGUE
WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY !
Best Saw Mill in America and l’riecs Very Low Now Is the time to buy Let u
hesr from vou 4. DeLOAUII A BRO., Founders aiul Mnehinists, Atlanta. Gj
A. L. HOBBS W
Couni.v I fond Street,
EA.T3^A.lsr, GEORGIA,
DEALER IN
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Bools,
SHOES. HATS,
Family Groceries, Tobacco, Cigars, Fruits, Con¬
fectioneries. Etc., Etc.
Ifni ing just i< turned from market with a large stock of just such general liter
ehandbe as the trade demands, I now a*k the public to give me a call, feeling as
gured that I ran make it greatly to their intraest to share their patronage with me,
1 keep only the freshest and purest goods, aud give my customers down weight
and full measure.
1-0“ I am in the cotton market, ami am prepared to pay the highest cash price
for either packed or in the seed. I also want yout hides, egg*, chickens, butter,
and will give you theiefote liberal in ca*h patronage. or b<rt>*r I hope as much to merit ns tho continuance next man. of the
Thank you for past a same.
Very respectfully,
tug 17 3m. A. L. HOBBS.
IjDTli Kit V.IIAIL.U
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LA STM AN, GA
Practice* in Hiate and F-d rat •‘"I'r’.i
II tir f,« m «
0,11 n 4 1 i*‘ inv briul ImiklioK* on
W* H, II I I e.Si* * velill uovH.Cuio,
DR. J. 0. HERRMAN J
drag rnioNEii of
Medicine and Surgery.
Onion M H li • f My V g r,b of H ri m in .V
Ibuiesr l‘ • .1. n * e ird Is .Vvi'iiu<: Mil
I s!i i, li* tmaii, li
i 1 II, >T-'t
HARRIS FISHER, M. D.
I’fcyxifiiii, Surcrta an I Acruurhpr.
i i n v D. ilg Sioro" i •a Rviboal
\ II l; ,i 1 i n r Clin: eli 8 r rut *nd
li V 0 i I tin in, <)t I
DR. J.C. MONTGOMERY I
EimTID
CHA1NTF.V, ^ 1A.
( brer. Diseases of 7- omen, Impo.
*"“,t specialty. y, .Sterility ami nil private diseases,
a
Genet 1 piMctice promptly attetujed to.
N"'A full line of tlrngsAnd mcdieinrs
kept i n hand hours, id! *.he time, Cads an
swered -!| day or night
MONEY LOANED
On Fa’ rm and Town Proferty,
in I'.ii'.n (Mi v ohiImni ('ill'STIRS,
ELLIOTT ESTES.
( I n v St,, Mat on <bi
duly 13 ly
HOLME’S SURE CURE I
Mouth Wash and Dentifrice. •
Mouth, ( iires Dilid«ng Gums, Ulcers, 8ore
«ol — io it lea rise s the Teeth
Slid Puiil'u _ IB h; tise<| and iw
mrip ruled bv leading dentists. Pi (-pared
v lbs. .| J*. A \\ It Holmes, Dentists,
Mil Oil, < ill >r sale by all druggists
*',d ib.'iilLi
Eastman, dodge county, ga., Thursday. November io. isst.
8 BTTNSWIC
AND WESTERN
It AI LUO 1 >.
TY TY ROUTE.
Fifty Ml ten Shorter Than any Other
Itoute Jtetween Wayerotm
ami Albany,
On *ml sf'er Sunday, S pt. 4r’,i, 1837, p»s
tnger trains will run as follow* '
CENTUM. STANDARD TIME.
FOR THE WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH.
Mail. Express
Brunswick, via B ,k \V r
.Jamaica............. Pyle*’ Mm Mi*......... ♦145 pm •8 58 pm
2 15 pm 7 R3 pin
Hobakrn............ VVayr.nVtlle.......... 2 55 pm 8 la pm
< 8 55 pm 0 12 pm
Sehlatierville......... Iv 4 10 pal *0 27 pm
Waycross............ a r 4 ;)S pm 0 55 pm
Havannah, via 8. F AW hi * 5i* pm <1 10 am
Charleston........ ar 12 25 am 10 40 am
lark*<mviUe........... Callahan.. ........... ar fi 59 pm 4 80 am
nr 7 45 pm 5 80 am
—......
Jacksonville, Callahan........... via 8. F. A W Iv 2 05 p.n 7 00 pm
. Iv 2 47 am 7 40 pm
Charleston......... . Iv 0 10 am
Ravamnih.......... . Iv 1 :t" air. .......
Waycross via ft A IV . IV 5 oo jnn to 05 pm
l’eai^nn............ Alajiaha . Iv 8 15 pui 1130 pm
........... . Iv 7 30 pm 12 40 am
Tv Ty............. . Iv 9 03 pm 2 28 am
Hilmncr,........... .Iv 9 13 pm 2 45 am
Willingham........ .Iv 9 41 pin
Davis............. iv io oe pm
Albany. Montgomery ........ .ar 10 25 pm 4 20 am
......... ai 7 25 am 7 12 j>m
t olitmbu*........... in 2 45 pm
Maeou.............. ar 9 15 am
Atlanta.............. ar 1 05 jmi
Marietta, via W. A A. nr 2 30 pm
Chattanooga......... Louisville L ar 7 05 pm
via A N. ar 0 30 am
Cincinnati, via Fat. So. or n IQ *m
FROM Fl HE WEST, NORTH ANT) SOUTH.
Mail. Express.
Louisville, Cincinnati, via LA Cin. So. b 9 00 pm
via N... > H 45 jim
C mttauoogn, via 4V. A A > 8 05 am
Jfa'ict'a .............. > 12 53 jim
Atlanta, vial'. It. It..... > 2 20 pm
Macon................. > 0 50 pm
Columbus............. > 12 45 pm
Mnntgi.ni'T y...... > • K) am
Albany, Via It A 44 ' Iv It mi am 11 10 jnn
DaViS.......... 4Villi(ighatn...... . Iv 11 g3 am ........
.Iv 11 41 am ........
Sumner . ....... Iv 12 1H j an 12 20 am
Tv Alapaha......... Ty........... Iv 12 38 jnn jnn 12 35 am
!v 2 20 jim 2 02 am
Pearson. . lv 8 34 8 04 am
4Vavi:rosF........ nr 4 49 pm 4 18 am
BBvannnli, vi*S. F.A \V.. ur 7 58 pm 12 00 am
Charleston.............ar 1225am 3 43 jmi
Culiaban.. via H V A 44’. sr 0 59 pm 0 !!•) nm
Jackie;, villi ar 7 45 juu * l>,u
J ville vi# s FA V, 1 • - 05 juu 7 ihi am
C ilit r Iv 2 47 pm 7 37 am
i iv oio urn 3 00 am
lv l :io jnn r u
44’aver, BA 4V v 5 05 |,m Jii mi „i u
Hil.lati i. I
H ib'i.ki ■n, I 10 aiu
4\ ,tyin KVii:c, lv 0 a 11 39 am
Jitmaii'ii. .. I u 12 19 |>m
l’yici' Marsh Iv 8 (SI m*12 lOjuu
Bi'imsiviek.. li V 8 23 J,m 1 13,>m
*,3tip> on s , 1 .
1’lllvU: tM at Tim nt at ion anl save
extra far* k ii|K»n tli A train.
T hi tna train stojis at nil li. A \V. stations.
Con tier i us iiiadii at 44HvcrnHs ♦(> and fiom
1 jioiuts , >n H ivHiinK.li. Horn la A tVestern
iic viiv.
Pa lie All 1 hi cji ng and Minn 1 nr
ar l 1 ii J>i Vide and t in n>ci 4 'tss.
l'.i r tlnoiigh t F lattau'Hi
I nv running -I iiuti
■
via ljuecu an l i'iwiini lloi
F. 4V. ANlilEl A. G. I\ A
!. A. Mi I IFF FIE. ii. I*. A
A A. lit 4'. r> A It. M.
l Re l oijiiefte.
Why is the coquett eoudeti a
She is uu aini ikl boil: 1, I; •ell is
to jfleaso.
There is nothing t in di in Sh
does no business at ivtail <1 uti
disposed jileasure at wh sal hilt* 1 er ii m f i:
of iu job lot s
Sho is the enliveni element amid the
heavy froth formalities of s ec u She stirs up
the where otln rwi t« ouhl be n solid
omelet that is served up jo •, ut
Tin tho coquett that j; ides ell the
unnsenum*, stii ts the r.itin" party.plans
the picnic, gives d.isl = private tlieat
rieala.
8he is the si = >f house, thi alt of
the banquet; tfi ' >1 j ower of her per¬
si mid jiresenee 7 il rather tbnn deiined
everywhere.
She is n blessing to jp, mnmnity at
large Rlaring when self-eoinpiueeuey she employs het i ■ removing
die of t tvernu*
young man.
The man who has Leco- :0 | essesS' it of
*’ je opinion that a woman </ not jilt him
lieeoines. sonietinics lie! - citizen
through the roqucto-s lumislruti z
How could society disj f that j<nm
pered tally.h son of fortiin poMe-siiig a d
unlimited i ■i -iTimin a s t ml
lion, siijierabuniliint if the seuline nt in hi comp, -i
coquette lid = t liim nu
tier her wing for a s =
Ah, for the jileasures 5 life tli oqiulto
’.h onlv ti'o rare.
U not every one who p >« Sees tllft
nbil; for -wli a career. It n jiiiits great
hi er intinPc* tin t till a gay ami airv
ET
j srs one attenij't to be fnc '(ions m hen
a coquette w / a rose from which
te niirer |*lii<'k< <1 a 1. af. It avin ul v
rns for her husbainl, but hi-torv
v In'S the r< \i t
The Itt tte oftetier Ilia’ a model
wife; her cvj' riel - e s ll 1 a great
know ledge of men. . 7 =■= t ir w, ak
adaj't i rsB: s liern thoroughly lf = . ib! 's li.-r to
to all a- r has! ai.d foibles
an 1 hoodwink him into i ■ting Iut own
without him >1 >\ 1
But then it' son d lil i i IK it
Mm will have in Oii eulty in f
T"= do compani' u of lie s one na jour
SAYIMiS YMI DOINGS.
than on> rough customer has
sever known how j to<l h" was until In had
kilb *1 seme body iu d heard the lawyer who
iefended him sum nj> bis virtu*'S.
“Y i s," suiil a la yer. who was defending
% murderer, "the prisoner at Debar will
prove uu alibi. G mlemeit. wo shall provo
that the murdered m iu w asn’t there.”
•truoF.—Are v i not ushaitH s- to stand
!u the dock on t ~ chm F' *.f U - ing your
awn wif> I Z.7 T •11, Y'our 4\'or
«hij>, pray what \,.ii ilo when vour wife
calls you a drunk u seainji
A tiAinusTKi; observed to a learned
brother in court t >at he thougUt ids whisk*
ers light, \* r rv *1 h,. i ajirof* ssional lawyer 4 cannot a are
re friend; a
b, ) barefaced
I vi't: Nov you know the man isn't
truthful, do you t*'t? Witness Iwonhlut
like to say so. si-. Lawyer 44 by not * A
milder wnv of tiding it would suit you
better, perhaps Witness Just s
wouldn't like ic decide as to the veracity;
but 1 Know that Lie is dvcidlv imhist*•rival.
Got si'll, for the Defense -“Gentlemen
sf the jury, th* learned term of punishment de¬
manded liy mv fu nd, the jm! b.c
proseeutor. is fur too sever* besides. I lid
not think that ti - prisoner, with las weak
constitution, w*l; !>* il>le to work out a
sentence of j>*na! rv “ role for life."
"Gome in, my j 2 u s.utl ;i uctievo
lent lady to a nu , d r amji * .u 1 I vi ill get
yon something t - Hi mum;
don't care if t >1 n. "1 supj'O 1*011 •
tinned tin* huh, s* ttuig a square m< il !»'
fore him. ' yoiu h:> Iras been full of trials *
"Vis, mum. an" tie • wust of it wus 1 alius
got convicted."
Mills. Mess l*t!.l.K ins mother ..... is stopping
with the family, and there is some httla
feeling. Texas Johnny MeSpilikais was leading
in a pajier aU>nt a man who had
killed his brother. Johnny asked: ' l'«.
is ft man who kills bis brothel a fiatrieide?”
"Yes, responded kills MeSpiilKtns. "44 hat is
a “And man when who he kills h<s father!” "A jiatriciiie.” xoiicide.”
his wife-” "l
“Aud when he kills Lis wife's mother?"
“Justifiable homicide,- replied M**S r ilL
kms, gianug at the old l»dy.
More than one rough customer has
never known how good ho was uniil he had
killed somebody and h. ard the lawyer who
defended him sum up his virtues.
“Justice To .A.11 Malice For None.”
The season is at hand when careless
people get too familiar with unappreci¬
ative guns, and afterward go to the doc¬
tor for repairs.
United States statistician Dodge figures
the wheat crop of this country at about
l'J0,0‘.Mi,tM)() bushels, the yield i>er acre
being aliout one per cent, less tbhn last
vai
A new swindle upon fanners has been
perpetrated. They are invited to sign an
agreement not to kill birds tor a year,
an '^ l'fo‘U < s ' with a little tr.aniptt
kiting, turn up in the form of promissory
not* s.
Douglas Countv. M< ■ conies i a th>
front with three sisters whose aggregnti
weight is 825 pounds They are aged
res pc lively 14, 12 and 9 years The
mother weighs 170 pounds On each of
the two younger children are six fully
dUveiopeu fingers
\ little pimphlet advocating a new
S J' S toui of cotiden ed printing states that
it eo^ts tin' I.ondon 74 nn i},50,) e year
iu use tlu* superfluous “ u” in the Eng¬
lish spelling of such words as favour,
colour, endeavour, etc., counting mater¬
ial, labor, and space at advertising rates.
The advanta;;c<of advertising are well
proved by a letter tile nt *h > ‘ New
Yolk post office, in which the owners of
a certain medicine offered to pay the Gov¬
ernment $10,080 lor two months’ use of
a anceling which should si - l out every
letter from the office duriti tr that time
with the name of the (latent medicine
stamped upon p.
Thiev ire absolutely growing senti
mental \ Western burglar refused to
carry off pluudcr from a liou-e iftcr he
discovered that its wm r was a mason.
A Georgia thief grew ' conscience stricken
and returned a largo Rum <>f mniU'V. And
now, to cap the climax, comes the case of
a New \ 7- piekjiii. Uet, w use t'.'iidt'i
acin i w not allow hi to keep a
stolen w which coutaim in inscrip¬
tion from a father to Ids daughter, and
who returned it through Inspector
Bvriu"*.
Htalisti how that blitidics, is in
crea-iiig verv in Uniled
States, Between the years 1870 and 1 h.no
the |>optilati<in inerea ■ ed thirty per cent.
and blindness 1 10. Il costs $25.000.000
" y, ' ar lo sttstiUtl an army ot over 50,000
blind jieojile on the lowest basis of cost
and , wages that would have been earned.
Tin liief cause of the t spread of
this id fill i on i i t ontagion,
a-sisted itnmig ation. which living*
many infect ii.s diseases of the eve into
•he , omit r\
Twelve Morim = families hav already
settled at Alhcr , n the Dominion of
Canada, and others will on ■tile at
Med Ii 11u The Toronto < ,/ :c
heard that t Moninm i = er< h; -e
1, ■n in iriespoiuh = wi the t’a
liadiau Goveriiinent c a aibjeet of
coloui/.ing in Cana h t f i that the an
svvi'rs they receiv. d j: t.' not such as to
prevent their endeav z ing to effect their
ptlip.K We «h n't wish them any harm,
says tli New York Trih nc, but all the
same we should re joice t get rid of the
Mormons.
Th¬ eason of l*S7 will he remembered
ns one • special pi l fatal acei
( j ( , te - Alpine urists. Scarcely a week
pa 11 zz at do< not bring report of one
il' e lives having been sacrificed to
the insatiate de-ire to scale otic of the
giddy peaks in the Bernese Oberland or
the Engadine, anil, strange to say. each
act blent but serves to increase the army
climb ,so that finally the authorities
the <' = on Wallis have ‘ound it nee
ary ake active me z to control
the rush . f strangers, who, emboldened
by recent 'Xpi rii'iic. s, are flocking itp
into the gl; k i"rs without guid**s.
The preservation >f forests is a favor
ite theme in this country ust now As
the Hiehmond state well say llaidlv
a week ]aisses that we do not read of
large tracts of land at the South having
been bough 1 simply for the timber that
on them. It i- only a question of a
av years when there l mist 1 a timber
fatn'ne in e«*ttea s eti >f the '■ninth,
rr th* w a-t*' | s at)*l worn-out lands
= ! nt* I in t li¬ av wi 1 rnlllC
- ii the ti- V >vi lie a 3 ost valu
a! >n A few /lays Z eae - year set
apart by S* ulicrn land Z ners forarbori
culure would prove time well expended.
The “chat >n ” hangman in the
United l 'ates r I b ol¬ re B. Malblon, o >f
Fort Ar! in the border of tin
Indian Territory. IF =r been acting as
an execution** fm rr United States
Mar-ha! th iv* since 1 / 78. The United
St.fc- Court ia the Telrit :s sea: lv
more than a eri/nmu- i having juris
diction *>f 1 rim- committe*! in that
region. i h is. iu his official
* apacity. 1 off fifty-two mur
der* rs. I t i: forty two on tlu* same
iV, •'ebratv xeeiittoner is
y•Iw.i \ :t nan bv
th, hui ] i A iik rit hi by r* siihm *■ >r
■ ^ri utri p >u f b li lb i
i tt* f-«* a o!lv ^.o(l ft Ilou
Tlie Di >n II ■uggests < o-ojiera
lion in t ,t l*hysieiuns.
’I in i ll w ■Ituiuty - a
s w r In v ! 1 //
>1 F ,j- fa l>
] y- a fixe t * Tu p r ami = for tira -e
v \tt !l Ah- E 5 , have
v Id IK T a .1 r p:irt
U"'lt< - ;u ami troth'
him iut t* *1 i = k
hearty, lie m 7- call on them often in a
friend I v w; -.mid offer suggestions ami
•
.-ras'-lw z- laying . '3 :u-"!t to
< :' * - *>p *•»
,j„ i*njui'.tti z of want = g t • *tuii up a
1,|!1 . f ;l " !l -’ Provided for !, r
*
-lio'ibl h ive a g ol jje il of sickness, the
d,,-tor would earn his salatv front them
twice over: if. ... through , . lit* . kindly - ,, offi. es,
they should have n >ne at all, they would
., n !he more reaililv jav for tiro* great
boon of health. Tlie plan is by no means
chimerical: it could easily be put in
D racuw .- with benefit to l»oth healer and
heal' d.
A California court has de i ,1 that a
deed to real estate from a lira* and to a
wife, where “love aid affection r
named as th** consideration, is void if tin
parties do not live in harmony, there be¬
ing no valuable love and affect toa in that
case, and the statute re juiii a valuable
consideration.
The Government of Japan lias invited
several scientific bo lies ,oap;i lint a joint
committee to exanr.m nd report upon
‘.lie tv]»e of building* licst calcul t >1 to
resist shocks of eartliq ak Hf:s i* l i
view of the fact that w!e •'I*
houses were formerly con-t e 1 I
wood, masonry is now co.niug larg v
ntou**, c-speeialiy in the e astruct ion of
public buildings.
Among the contribution* to the Min¬
nesota State fair from Dakota were the
following extraordinary spe 'bii'-ns of
vegetable growth; A Dakota banana,
or n species of enntelope, tlire:'feet and a
half long, and a musk mcllon three feet
long. Forty-five bushels of wild grass,
twenty-five varieties, a rare collection. A
bunch of alfalfa, three and a half feet
high, sowed 2<ith day of Slav, millet five
and a half feet high. Hungarian grass
five feet and four inch"*. IEaek bearded
wheat, very fine, and four feet high.
Samples of Scotch Fife, four feet, four¬
's and four feet tour inch"*, respcetivc
The heads on this wheat arc long
and remarkably well filled. A bushel of
potatoes, Beauty of Hebron, weighing
two pounds each. A squash, “Quee 3 of
the Missouri Valley,'’ weight 124. is
n wonderful spin imeii. A mammoth
Hubbard squash, weighing seventy-live
pounds. A large !-am pie of tobacco, four
feet high, well leafed and blossomed.
A mammoth queen pumpkin, weighing
only eighty-five pounds and parsnips with
leaves five feet long.
Fhe value of an engagement-ring as i .
mark or d of a promise of marring!
lias been decided on by the Stipmm
Court of Mission - In a case of breach
of promise, which had been apj- aled t>
the Supreme Court. lh** deb ndant,
man. relied on the return to him of sr
eiigagoment-ring by the p'ai
that -he con-id-re z- tli g.igeinent ter
initiated. Her te A in ii t lO.v.'d that
she had resigned X* und r the pressure
of the defendant's taunts, that be had
become tired of her and loved rtnothei
woman, whereat she was so much dis
tressed that she gave up the ring w ith¬
out knowing what she did. The court
held that the giving of the ring by the
man was the seal of an etig.c. Ill
marriage end to extort it-ret,in nigh
force or fraud oiierat d much same
as ail attempt to d' -!roy or 1 SIM V
other . intr.n t bv similar means. 'Fin
court — lares as folio " “The giving
Up by the plaint ‘ of =' r e/igagement
ring, tlius writ! - oin her bv tIn- action
of the defendat 5 is not to be tortured
i r o an agreomo = to rescind the con
t i t which tlie -5 fenda = had already
n fu-ed to perform By 2 s own a'-tion
lie ha ! left Ii no choice in the matter,
Tin was nothing that sin- could do
but accept the situation lie made for
her, abandon all hope o' "* the tu image,
give up the symbol of at hope, and
seek such comp •nsatiun in d image, as
the law could give her for the injury she
had suffered, wi'hout fault on her part,
at = h 5 s of the defendant.” The
'Olli ~ = 1 judgment in favor of the
plaint ill.
Tortugrts Island
Comma;.dor I llmann a r. tired officer
of the Hungarian army, who is now trav¬
eling in this c -ti iitry, is the owner of the
Toittigas isla about wh'eli the Hay
tim and Brit Gin eminent- had quite a
cont rsv some time a ;<>. Tortuga*
I 7 considered v able for a naval
stution, a - it has «? be L advantages for
the large -b ps o war 3 z. (‘ r.stu¬
nil harbois, Gre Brit r. = it w
wanted tin T land fm purpose, and
the United 1 ates Were also interested ill
it for this reason, Fin- British Govern
ment threatened to ci/.i ~ i-land on; -
count of a elai 5 of $1 2 Hi t, but i - is
w •tiled l>y — i* payme = ,f * !! 0.000.
11 ay ti an r. iverunuTit owned the
island, and was in nc* d of funds. When
speedily they were pr< -e 1 for the flair th«'\
rai V the money in and
the next th -’V we hear is that the island
was 111* pureha r ( nminder l llmatin.
rega his pureha -eas a valnabb* oae,
as it eoi 5 nknn i'.a / • mo le of travel
to the I I a fanal File new owner
oi the i> is anxio for tlie United
States to «siiii;r tin- d an'raion of the
IS n.l. II has offend tile i>la el tilth's
Govcrum* >n ea tern F!
z: i is very fertile, and ham — g'
a s of t imber land It will ^ valu
able purchase the United St s Gov
eminent buys lh t
Ilie 111 ilia man's falriilat ing Box.
Tin* most curious thing in a laund q ts
tic «nictitating box. It is about = r
inches long and about six wid", wi a
crosspYee running lengthw se of 1
box. G =; e.c!i side are thirteen spindle
on whie - are wooden buttons, two < >n
each piece spindle and five on one s : z-z. • of other. the crus
on Tlu
only thing in use in - hr!st< lidom r*
sembiiug this a|tparatus is theca rant
in a fat i bank. j) = t his “figure box."
as .b>hu calls it. r ? 11 o any sum =
the four rules "f - that you mi <
_
give him >1! this i wili add b*ng
ill ll f ii ;i” nm as t lie mini
b. a i n in one smart
i lerk ha¬ lt i the C!i ua
in. to tied c f b-.i n
bad been i -t a <lo
xplanatioi s r i islieil as to ihe maniKT
n ' i«• li th* 1 *\ is upeiated, but it is
whether am of them arc * or
ic V. *c
A Matter of Memory
n ii and any run to the gro
i's for me. F'u attd remember to
’*. for three pun of cocoa.*”
”4V*-!I, I guc-s oi remember three
> a i er- Ma-tcr Frank de¬
hbi", t if .! ny will remember
< .i. Apiili.
fit) Hotel Swells.
See the city hotel s’. 41s.
Howling swells
\4'hat Hsinim* assurance ea*-h attitude now
tells'
H'*w they the ogle. o<r.* ogle
Ail girls who joss the door
And tacit reekles, rakish rogue'll
Keep I .'ashing it upti'l swells he's four-score
••Mashing" till late b. ltes night in front of
Front uarlv morn at
the hotel®
llonkey swells.
Monkey swells’ and
Oh, why don't the (>ropriet**rscome out
mash these swells!
— Hotel Mail
AARON BURR'S WOOING.
From the commandant's quarters on West
•h-ster He*gb*
The blue hills of Uamajio * lie in full right;
< in th-ir dope gleam . tue gable* ,, that shield
Ins heart s queen,
Rut the redcoats are wary—the Hudson's Ik*
tuee.i,
1 Urougli the camp runs a jest : "There's n«.
n* h in, twill be dark—
l'-s ".his little Aaron will go on a spark"
And the toast of the troopers is. ‘Tickets, lie
ion-,
And .good luck, to *he Colonel and Widow
Hrevdwi^ 1
Eight miles toMfcvtiyei* he gallops his steed,
-ajs li in bound in the barge, bids his es -ort
make spec 1,
Loose their swords, sit athwart, through the
tie't reach yon shore
Not a word: not a plash of the thick muffled
ar
(hire a i«s,once again in the seat,anil away
Five leagues are sojii over when love has tlie
nv
Amt "OH Put" and his rider a bridle path
know
F° the Hermitage Manor of Madame Provost.
Lightly done! but he halts in the grove's
deepest glade.
Ties bis hoi to a birch, trims his ciie, slings
his blade,
\\ ipes the dust ami the dew from his smooth
handsome faeo
4V ith the kerchief she broidered and bordered
in la e;
Then siij is through the box-r )WS and taps at
the hull.
. >**•* the glint of a wax- light, a h*nd white
and small,
And the door is unbarred by herself nit
aglow—
Half in smiles, half in tears—Theodosia 1’re
vost.
Alack, for tli» s<»Mit>r that’s bur ■1 and gone!
U hut. s.'i vo’ley ab«>ve him, a wreath on his
st a* iid,
(’onipainl wit!i sw,*ot life and a wift fiu
one’s view
Kike* this darn* l'ij)* and warm in her India
f I* din r
She chides her bold lover, yet holds him more
dee r.
For the daring that brings him a night-ride ■r
h<*n»;
British ga'lants by day through her doors
come and go,
But a Y Fee's fl;,' «fnu> of The-, Provost,
4V her s the widow or maid with a mouth t.
Is» kist,
44'hen Burr conn a wooing, that long would
r •t
Lights and li¬ l the sliutt r
fa
*' Id i it" ah 5 in ill an hour
has flown past
J 5. an hour, f*u- right leugu must Lm IV
eiv,l, lay
Laugh .4/0011 4V,I; f m frown s
lie may,
14 lien lie hears of nn next - a raid oii tin>
h
He'll forgi v. tins night's tryst with tli
Widow Pi >st
hi. C. HIftl, it' n lln
THE GRACE OK DUE
Y OKU OMNI i.iti nKiKi.n.
A great while ago, then on< lived a
very beautiful and verv rich little Prill
ce-s So beautiful and s> rich she was
that suitors fn = til pirt E. the world
came flocking = shoals er palace,
wearin u! pautalooii-. by l million in
protiac/i- ! and li/amr ki ing ut her
tillv feet.
Notwithstanding the little the glon of if. how
ever, Prim e-- did not much
enjoy this sort of thing; f >r lie reus
other young Indi lid spend their
time in making delightful ippers and
c uni ddes for their frit*! ■L his poi ■
little thing had ,
knitting everlasting to emph liel'S =
m tte * hieh a 2
verv wk ward, disagreeab! linns to
make, besides b ing never pleasantly a<
eepted so dial many a time did
wish she might onlv It been Imrii m:
ri«'d. and ive be pared t! is e
tinual wo rv exatioll of ll !■
she was a proud, fastidioii little rin
ce¬ ati had declared tlia' >ln 3 1 ver
would = irrv until she !iaU found
one who was m ~ •very way her superior,
ns was, of 7- *, ail extremely right
and prope though all kinds ot
paragons c 5 to xvon.Milileh >w or other
none of i In¬ E-S evei ved iiiperior enough
to sun tell w lining the little I rim > s
for h:s bride. Il really w p liable to s. (.
so many line fellows turned off daily: but
the Princess was In rune e custom> d
to it that she grew quit e T iiearti
on the subject; and when she heard tin
of the thousands rejected, seven or eight
shot themselves, and five or six felt
bad, and three or four cut their wis¬
dom teeth, and one or two sti sin-h*
all for her sweet sake, she nc sheil *;
tear.
in But the one day, as a hundred or so stood
outer court of the palace, squeez¬
der ing on their gloves, and uraeticing ten
glanrcs and sighs jieparatory to en
tering the fair one’s presem i youn
man. of verv different ippearanee from
the rest, came quietly up and joined
tliem
“4N'oll. fellow,’ lid the others, “w hat
errand brings you here!”
“The same as that on which you
rome,” answered he, tranquilly. “Save
that 1 shall succeed where you will fail. 1
come to wed the Princess
“You!” they exclaimed in chorus,
looking at him with scorn, for In* was
plainly dressed and of unimposing as
poet. “You! You pretend to be her
superior? he You indeed;”
"I am,” replied, unmoved “For
I lovelier, and love ennobles.”
Wh it the other laughed contempt
uouslv
“Just hear the fool!” cried on* This
graceless beggar dares to love!”
“Dut liim out!” screamed another
The cut of his mant le intiijue, and
lie has no buck leson his shoes, nor pow r
*ler to his hair Hah 1 is se mdalons
to have him about
“Let him stay said a third w ith a
shrug. “It i* «*e well to have a valet at
one's hack."
The Ilian at win = r mi errs were
iii-t suit e ! eoinpi t ed o-r “Fortunes
change,” he said. Y who call me
valet sltal! yet see m irry off the Drill
cess to n ght fore vour verv eve'.”
A murmur of *1* i ion ran through the
■>nvd But 71 lh *t moment the palace
»**rs in re thi o a ii open, and the court
r •rablauiioitiH 1 in a loud voice I hat hei
r-»v highnes s would now deign to n
cet dfers: i rad that going in suitors
> *1 j'b-use take the right hand door
<1 co'.i'i ig out the left haml door, that
thus ii!i •ii- of a painful and disturb
rag uatui • might b filled, and that,
furt hcrnioi Il i vi eiil. s wen allowed in
the royal prcsvne>■. An immediiiterush
ensued t >wanl th entrain <■ hieh
'iron ,1 bc* tly iutothe great hall l^prt .....
tie Dri:.i-c*s -at upon her throne, with
thous unis of cushions lying .. before ... ..... 7.^. hei
ov*-r tlie t o*»i-. . that that suitor suitors might
catch col- 1 f ran km ling to > long upon
the m r«»l e pavement, while i
head tilled with highly-colored
various i e*l mittens, background were piled uj)
artist ica! n the
“He an an i- no fit word wherewith to
describe this Princes Had Webster or
Worcester or any other ilictionarian
seen lu-r. lie wou!d certainly certainlv have have in- in
vented some word on the spot more oa
j table of expressing the charm and grace
aad perfect proportion of feature, form
and soul which went to make up this
,<u ! maiden.
Aiul now, one after another, with dif
o'fera t uncut and pride, “T™" the crowd 01 '' T^' of suitors
ma<k . their ^ xtoUilIfr sevcrtl ,
excellencies and advantages oVcf each
other and every I tody else, and modestly
bringing they bid deliancc into view those the human points wherein
to race at
large and uspired to be divinities. Rut
to day, as yesterday, none was found
other superior to duly the Princess. admitted One after un¬
was and dismissed
"Bh a.consolatory eigai, aiiit t^P promise
that his name should not lie handed in
to Mrs. Gnindv, who. pen in hand, satin
the reporter's chair; and still the little
Princess waited sui ting and peerless,
ujion her throne, in royal hut wearying
single-blessedness Yet all this while
the strange voting man, who bad come
m with the rest, said never a word to
press his suit, and while the others were
praying and groaning and making no end
of a to-do, lie alone stood upright and
silent, and held his head straight and
high as if in proud disdain.
The little Princess was only a woman
after all, so, of course, she grew piqued
at last.
she “Pray, said, why do you come here, you,’’
him, pointing her tiny ivory finger at
with an inimitable mixtureof grace
and scorn if not to woo me with the
rest!''
•‘1 come to wed, lady, not to Men," he
mswered gravely, and moved forward
" ;ith unbending head.
“To wedi” echoed the Princess, with a
laugh that rang lorth so deliciously
sweet, that to hear it was to think pnlv
of the ripple of silver waves against
shores o'f the puiest crystal. “And pray,
friend, is that your wedding garb?”
“Slie whom 1 love will look to the
heart rather than to the raiment,” an
swered he, as unabashed and gravely as
before; and the Princess felt rebuked,
and bit her sweet lips.
“Yet you bring no gift in your hands,”
she said llow dare you ask aught of
mc
He looked at her and smiled) and she
saw that his smile was sweet.
“Lady, 1 claim but gift for gift 1
bring you my heart Give me therefore
vours.”
» et you do not kneel m the asking,’
she said. ‘‘How may I listen to such a
prayer r
Lau\, „ In answenu-aim no looked
tall and noble y Hiding right alone,
amid the sea of - awed he around
do not kneel, because 1 c neither to
beg nor to jiray, but io demand n ’J'
right."’
"How dare you I" cried the Princess
soften; frightened at ^language so strangely uu
il to meet her delict 5 • royal ears
“How dare vou?’’
“l.ovc dares all, or is i love,” an¬
swered lie, and smiled still.
“1 have sworn that 1 will wed none
save him who is in all my superior,”
said the Prinee-s, and looked at him
elirious! V Do you call yourself my
superior? 4re vou so vain Ynd she
drew up lic-r , xquisite head, and laughed
a low urgling laugh.
“No, nswered 4l „ *" 01 , ( ’ . ,s
humble y, t as humility is . superior . to
vanity, you ar, tnf, nor to me in so far
ns you elnim su periority,”
"Am i vain, t hen isked the Princess,
in a grieved surprise. crowd sititoi'S
" No!’’ thundered the of
behind. “No! No! No! To the death
with him who affirms it! No! No
tic ms r times no!’’
“Ye - ' said the voting man who stood
before r* t; and though bespoke so low.
she heard him above all the rest, and
hung her lovely head.
"At least.” she said, “howran you vie
with roc in birth! I am a princess and
sit tqiuu a throne; and you---”
“Your throne is senseless marble and
cold, dead "toll said he. “and mine is
a woman's hear
“A oil are poor,” said sin and I am
rich
“Nav, it is you arth's who are poor.” he is the re
pli/'d, “-i/ice sorest [loverly
ini', ing only sc to love; and I am rie ,
for loving is ■e tilth, and I have
long and well. ’’
“ But I am w and li¬ = si, ” said she
I li > st ud ie much an profoundly
Can ~ know more than I ?”
Y lv ," answered he “for I have
learm that I am ignorant, and earth's
hi ~ wisdom can teach no more.”
But 1 am beautlfii she said, with a
blush that sjrread ov ■r her face like the
sunset glow over a lily but “ And vou "—
"A beauty that sees self is blind.”
he answered, “and bliudness is a de¬
formity. It is I therefore who atn beauti¬
ful. for vou so fill inv heart that wherever
I am, “They you are present.” good, 1 the
say l am stammerc
little Princess as a final plea. And tears
stood in her wonderful eves.
The young man ciunc nearer and smiled
again, and in his smile were Only pitv,
and tenderness, and love. " Yet and liy yoitr
own weak.’'Tie'said showing, vou are selfish, vain,
and softly.
“And vou!” asked the Princess, tre.n
ulouslv. yet smiling up at iiim as he
s pok .*! “are vou so much better than I?”
“Yes,” lie said, “for I am Love
self, and what is there upon earth that is
,ri " rad stronger and purer and better
than Love!”
And the little F’rineess, glory looking flash at
him, suddenly and saw a quaint great off, out
in his face, his garb fell
and he stood before her clad in robes of
scarlet and gold, and a kingly scepter
was in his hand.and he had wings such as
we dream angels have, and his name,
“Love,” stood like Aud a jeweled crown
above Ids forehead. the Princess
lii<l her face in her hands and sobbed for
very shantc
"I have found l.ovc at last,” she said.
“It is he for whom I have ■IV* waited wailed so so
long, and searched so far and w ide. Only
Love dared claim me. Only Love knew
how to win tne. Only Love could teach
me And to love again.” Love bent her, and
then over
folded her in his close, strong arms, and
flew away with her right into the far-off,
wonderful Seventh Heaven, where none
but those who Love have ever been.
And tlie suit ns stayed behind with their
mittens and their cigars, and their prom
isi-s that none should ever know their
names,and were sulk v, and pretended to
outsiders that “they never could tell what
it was so immensely superior that mmuciiiu* the Priu
cess saw in that fellow”’ Only , luckily -------„
tlu* world's echoes cannot reach •u li so so far far as ns
nji to tin* Seventh Heaven md the little
Drincess never heard what they said.—
ludtp mletd.
Habits of tlu* Gull.
Mr. William Brewster notes some in
t'-r* sting features iu the habits of
young Kittiwake gull of the St.
rcnc< Hi* brought home a young one,
its in rate-having died of thirst, the other
on* surviving through th- accidental
covery that the bird drank only salt wa
ter! Both the birds obstinately refused
to drink freshwater. Observations on
thi- bird by Professor A. Hyatt showed
how slowly and timidly it acquired bird the
ait of swimming aud flying. The --
when first forced to fly was thrown into
j the air. and, to the surpriseof Professor
through the apple-trees, and, finally,
flc'-v near him several times in the great
■ t agitation till he caught the bird,
which was completely exhausted.
long time the bird went through
manoeuvre, showing that while it
how to fly it could not alight, though
i finally acquired this faculty
! Srimer Monthly.
tteltoolft In Alaska.
’The houses of the figures, natives are all
numliered In forgo painted in
black over the f rotft stud only entrance
to their homes, the numbers tunning fcafure
consecutively. This metropolitan Glass,
wan introduced by one Captain a
stationed I'uitgd States Mltkn, military officer, inaugurated then
at and was i
as a military measure established, before the civil
Government was and for the
purpose Indian of locating child and identifying a
truant when absent ffom
the Indiaii school during the hours of
its session. At that time the Indian
childifn authorities were compelled by the military
to attend school, each seho'ar
and being fastened i^riged by lb in'eiUfs Wear fcf a tag Bstring made around of tin
the The tag was tfbout three
times thesizc of a silver dollar, n'tid bore
the number ot'the child in school a ml
the lived. nurabet' 6f-i%e v *| house in which it
; If a child was found on the street dur¬
ing school hours tie Indi in pnlieenmn,
who Was alert |hiof of the tribe,
whose name is Ainfc'shontz, was under
strict orders to take fli ,r number
of the tag and rcjioit it FUe
next morning the head Indian
of the house to which the child belonged
was summoned to appear and answer for
the absence of the truaht.nml if such ah
senee was found to have been Wilful the
head Indian was lined or imprisoned. A
ew fines were found sufficient, and bad
the effect of procuring a prompt and
punctual attendance of all the children.
This means was foilnd necessary in
order to against overcome the antipathy their children of the
educated, parents having
and thereby drawn away from
the ancient customs, traditions and
methods of living of tlieir race. This
custom has fallen into disuse since the es¬
tablishment of civil government in May,
1884 The parents have come to know
and understand the benefits derived from
the education of their children, and are
now quite ready to lend their assistance school.
in compelling them to attend the
Tire term of school commences in
I j forty-four September weeks of each There yeai ind continues teachers
are ten
j arid 105 Scholars, with about equal pro
j portions of five boys uttni eighteen girls, running and in
age from tm years,
i representing the mverifl tribe; of, ‘ it It
eastern primary Alaska. English fThey branches. an uni III the
| ‘<‘7
are a |g> instriutlfcd in Matksmi nil
| coopcragepahinct-makingandi arpentry
while the girls arc taught sewing, knit
ting, cooking and vara thcr liousi
; hold duties.— Chieaji II f
Ihifhitig in the Adriatic,
Venice is fast becoming the most jiop
ular bathing resort in all Italy, says a
Venice letter to the New York >4//t,
There is no finer bathing than the
Adriatic affords at the Lido Island. The
water is very salt and deliciously w arm,
and the Italian’s bath i< a full hour in the
waves. It is eight minutes by steamer
over to the Lido. The boats run every
twenty minutes. A round trip, with
bath, costs 30 cents. This is, nil told,
the boat trip over and return, the 1 >l'se
tramway across the island and luc k, it C
I ofbathhouS( . private, of curs- and a
^ ljfttl)illJ , suit fl , )jn | )( ,,,| f o foot.
The bathing costumes are of thick linen,
in colors, cheeks, and strijies, and al¬
ways fresh and clean.
I have never seen at any other bathing the
resort such precautions taken for
safety of bathets. Beside the boats,
squares are bounded by rope* all about,
aud men attendants are constantly in the
water to look after inexperienced bath
CIS
After the lutth one mav ■it on the
terrace, v> called lien i pin/./. •it the
water, giving a lovely view of Adi i
atic and its colored sail boats At the
same time, in the aftenu on re will
be a fine concert in the big of till
cafe at the other sidt For tlie franc and
a half one gets the visit to the island,
sea bathing and an hour of good music,
The Lido is one place in Italy where no
fees are allowed. attendants. The penalty valuables i s iii-
missal of All are
taken care of without charge,and in each
bath-room are printed regulations in
Italian, French and English. There and
seems no fixed hour for bathing,
quite as many are seen in the sea during
the afternoon as in the morning. But at
all times a rope forms the dividing lim
between the men and women.
Hats as Food.
When you are as hungry as I have
frequently been, rat is an excellent dish.
During the war I win for fifteen months
an inmate of the Federal prison at of Hock
Island, III I'hcrc were 12,008 us
Confederates there, of whom 4,500 arc
there yet, buried beneath the lllnois soil.
VVe didn’t have any Delnionieo dinners
. the , . and . hills .. ul fan
in prison, were en
i l ,rt ‘Ty useless, A\e were given only one
« dtt y> « nd " e w< ’ r< ’ ahvn - vs
( | ne ot °\ ,r favorite amusements was to
s,t around and discuss what and how
™uch we would cat when we got out of
prison In order to help which out our table
, we used to catch rats, were nu
merous inside the jin on stockade Hats
i when properly cooked make quite a
! toothsome dish, and an ordinary epicure
could not tell them from a squirrel. As
a rat Citeher I was not very successful,
There was one shrewd, gray old lellow,
with whom I worried for weeks in a vain
endeavor to catch him. I knew that if l
did get him he would furnish pretty
tough stakes, but I was very anxious to
entrap him. miserable It annoyed me used to be place out¬
done by a rat. I to
a little noose around the hole in the floor
through which he entered his burrow.
Just outside I placed a bit of bread, ex
he ]* ctin P ok( ff ;' *> 1 hls P a £ head h out l’ y after "P the 7^1' food.
Do you know that as long as 1 kept the
noose there that blamed old rat would
only thrust the tip of his nose from the
hole? When I removed the noose he
walked out boldly and devoured the
bread.. I fooled with him for a long
time, but I ha*l to give it up, and 1
guess he is there yet, as gray and as wise
as ever.— Louitril/c, Courier- Journal.
Land of Darkness.
New Guinea, probably 1 r * second
island in size in the world, is t ss know'll
Civilized . han other , ol
to man t any region
equal size Until recent I v * en thi pri'i
________ ______- .
i cipal features of the coast had not b<>en
. actually actually , determined, (letefimneo . , and the interim
! offers an extensive tieol for explo
ration. During the Theodore present vi Bevan ar an li.t e\
pedition |M mill'll under uiiuui .hi. Mr. *»»»«/>«•».» «*• ■ ........
successfully sought a water roufe to the
inland inountains, diseoveting two mag
nificent rivers, with numerous tribune
lies The main streams were named the
Douglas and the Jubilee. i*id were navi
gated for 130and lliiind ». Th course
led into a country of superb mouni .m
scenery, through fertile lands m wine.,
saco, banana*, tobacco. brca>I fruit ami
sugar cane weri found to be indigenous, practically
i rhe island prove I to !»•
uninhabited except _ within ... n i few miles
of the coast, .even in " s of native
were encountered near the Gulf of Pu|iii.i
the largest numbering . VM) t<» 50 > nivil
1*hc cnmat frfaa s not unlier.lthv. the tein
.....
1 /
hamate Ira tier
“flow did you begin life?” the young
man asked the gre it man •‘I didn’t
begin it, ’ truthfully rf*p 11c >f rea
“It he wh en I go t here ii
man. was re
An Evart (Midi. ) woman has a duck
that has fonr wings
NUMBER 24.
TELL. ME ONCE AGAIN.
Tell me once again
With tender, loving voice,
That cheers like sunshine after vain
And makes my soul rejoice.
Tell me once again
When changing years have fl* >WI1
That Iff tout heart a love will reign
Which I if.'ftV call my own.
Tell me once again.
Tell me once again
When time's relentless frown
Has chilled tho current of my lit”.
And changed my locks of br wm
That yet within thine eyes
My own may fondly gn/.e
And see that still wit hin them shines
The light of other days;
Tell me, oh! tell me on< again
Tell me once again
When on my dying couch
You will Iv there to soothe my pain
With love’s caressing touch.
And kneeling by me then
Will breathe a fervent prayer
That lie who watches over men
Will take mo to His care;
Tell me, oh! tell HR linv again,
Tell me once again
If death's Unyielding grasp
Should gather me ilrto his fold
Anti to his bosom etasqj.
That you will on my tomb
A loving tribute lay
Anil memory's urn implant thei'cm
To mark my dying day;
Tell me, oh! bdl me "te again.
—(.'ineiumiti /'.iiqiii
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A kidnapper—-jmrrgorii
A stable government i =- 1 I >n
that is ruled by hio>e £ 1\ /.
Co" vie i'.
“I think I’ll give i ouutry
shake,” remarked the uiaria i‘ 1
pared for business.
Curdiuit! Newman says \ gentleman
is one who never inflicts pain i hat
settles it, then File watermelon is no
gentleman, Stiitvxmait,
“What- is more lovely than a accful
grandmother?'’ asks an exchan: Her
granddaughter If this is not the right
answer, we give it up. Umoh" World.
llu could talk of art and artist .
la a innmu r quits' inb nsn;
He I'oiild draw u | lee! lily,
But he couldn't lint n i'eiicc.
>/ii4i;//iui < 'vil ic.
Miss Blinks do you marry
’font Bloodgoud? 1 is welt off in
years, Miss Jinks Yes, bill he is
also well off in money I. '///'!/ I
Vmn.
i What do you sell that mil fori”
asked “Eight a young lady in a dr; oh . 0.1 pardon dor
dollars a week ,eg
—50 cents a yard, miss. Woihioyhm
Critic.
A New York hrewer is said to gi vi
away to =: workmen forty kegs of Immo
H t jy, = must he bus \t least tbi
looks li m evidcii' e tli d lie leas hi
hands ••
1I«J was culogi/.ilig wo \Y hat i
there in the wide worle 1 In
pure and noble and loval woman
And just then a voiee in I nee I'
plied Fwu wonu'i 7 ,/l
A Chicago hopeful win as versed in
the mysteries of the drill being asked
to call his papa to tea, went within hear
ingot' the loved, lint lingering sir and
exclaimed What la I a craven,
come hither to thy vesperian hash. ''
/hil"tIt I’ltnrjriiji/icr.
It is seriously pro) l I |irovido
each night policeman I !n I with a
large dog Il li Imi a mat I er of sur
prise to us that 1 his li iiut been done
before. It is difficult I ""I in 1.end how
an officer can dog the I 1 ' >f it criminal
when he lias no dog. dog supplies
a long-felt want yv.n/ r
II ii in a ii Remains as Meiliciue
in truth, to this day we find among
ourselves some survivals of tli u !"' r -
st.th/ns still lingering in oiit-oi ihe wny
corners. Thus it is only a few years
since the skull of,a suicide was Used in
Caithness as a drinking-cup for the curd
of epilepsy. Dr. Arthur Mitchell knows
of a casein which the body of such a one
was disinterred in order to obtain her
skull for the purpose.
It was, however, accounted a more
sure specific for epilepsy to reduce jiart
of the skull to powder and swallow it.
Even the moss which grew on such skulls
was deemed a dertain cure for various
diseases. Nor was this official simply a popular
superstition In I'liarma
eopu'ia of the Colic of I’livsicians of
London, a. n. 1073, the skull <>f a man
who has died a violent death, and the
horn of a unicorn, appear ns highly ap¬
proved medicines Ygam, in 1 724, the
same horn, pharmacoj human fat )u*ta tml mentions huinau unicorns skulls,
toads, vipers, and worms, among the
really valuable medical stores The
pharmacopoeia was revised in 1742, and
various Centipedes, ingredients vipers, and were liz/urds rejected, but
: were re¬
j tained.
j Nor were these strange •ompoimds
| prepared the “Angler’s for human Vade subject Mceim onlv. published In
j in 1681, anglers are recommended to use
1 an ointment for the hiring of fish, con¬
j sisting among other horrible ingredients,
of man’s fat, cat's fat. heron’s fat,
nsafietida, camphor, oil fin<4y lavender, powdered and mummy, it
of etc.; was
added that man’s fat could In j obtained
j from the London ehirurgeons concerned
in anatomy .—Popular Sicience Sfofllhhj,
Where We Get Epsom Salts.
Epsom salt is the name given in phar¬
macy to the hydrate*I obtained sulphate of mag 200
ncsia, which evaporating was il over of
years ago by waters England
some mineral springs afterward at Epsom, found
; Sea water was t >n
j tain it, tlie brine remaining after the
separation of the common ilt consist*
ing of the sulphate of magm s a ami tho
chlorides of magnesium ami <■; Ilium. It
was readily «>btaincd liy collecting the
first crystals which formed ami washing
them with a strong solution of the same
salt. An excellent quality maim I'a*
i turi'il ut Baltimore ami in this city from
1 the* mineral magnesite, a silicin ;s hyilrale
of magnesia, which is found m the set
pentiuc of this region. 'lira mini ml,
reduced to powder, is di-sol veil in "iil
j jdiiiric aciil. The juikIik t, after drying,
is calcined in older to decompose the
Mil|)hat<- * f iron. It is then dissolveii in
water, and any iron jiresent is precipi¬
tated suljihate by Milphnret of lime. Tlmervstal- <’panite<l
! *>f of magnesia -
and dissolved again to eo r jile/e their
purification I’hi'mblpl
The Jewel of Prudence.
'So.” reinarki'il a hcaileil sag/,
wnKbu think \ on have irain uu in -
that w ill i S ■ the carry
ing tradi I I row 1 Ii 7 <*,” -ai'i replied the.
the ambitious youth 44 i the r
li. h. s , “learn a lesson t II
When she lays an r_„, ' kn a it /= ay
di¬ kies until the whole farm
“And then lid thi git Idy youth
“Somebody comes and take away r
egg: 4 ml g. v. looked i. us I. ~ >
made a memorandum in his note book.—
Burdette.
Most men like to see themselves in
“j*riut,” but women don't. They prefer
silk ot satin.