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OOOliTY Oik m <>■ a M I "***—»is!Vr'>- ^AiriS? <> SUia ':atiLE®^ -I §sip|l|ili >' / “Our Ambition is to make a Yeracions Work, Reliable in its MS 1 Statements, Candid in its Concinsions, and Just in its Yiews. ” VOL. 1. Arbor Day i s noW observer! in the bool 8 of twenty-six States. lc All seven of the Mississippi members f Congress were Confederate soldiers. D A p 0 ston cheese dealer says that adul terated cheese, when fresh and well made, cannot be distinguished from a good skim milk cheese. It is made largely in Western factories, and is com posed of stearin, oleo oil, cotton seed, and skim milk, The cream is first ex tracted from the milk, and then it is sou ght to return fats of a cheaper quality. A considerable quantity of rancid butter is also used. The influence of the modern passenger elevator on rents in New York is curi ously illustrated in some of the ten and twelve story apartment houses uptown. The facility which they afford for reach ing the floors far above the ground, puts all the apartments practically on a level so far as the rents are concerned. Just as big figures are asked now for the sev enth, eighth aud ninth stories as are asked for the apartments immediately off the street. In fact, some people pre fer to get away above the noise and bustle of the neighboring thoroughfares, and some difficulty is experienced at times in renting the apartments below. A curious case of citizenship is to be decided by the Iowa courts. Jn one of the towns of the State a Methodist minister appeared as prosecuting witness against a saloon-keeper. At the next election the saloon-keeper challenged the vote of the clergyman, on the ground that he was an itinerant Methodist minister, and being subject at any tune to removal by the Bishop of the Method ist Episcopal Church, could not, there fore, he a citizen of any town, city, county or State. The judges of election overruled the challenge, but tlie plaintiff has carried the case to the Supreme Court of the State. The Christian Advo cate says that, as there are more than 25,000 Methodist ministers in the United States, it will be a decidedly interesting (hing “for it to be declared that they cannot be citizens. As Methodist min isters have been Governors of States, members of Congress, members of Legislatures, Justices of the Peace, and candidates for the Vice-Presidency ol the United States, there are a few pre cedents in their behalf.” Demonstrating the value of the fish eries as a training school for American seamen, the Boston Journal says: “It is generally estimated that from 70 to 78 per cent, of New England fishermen are American citizens, so it is plain that Yankees are about as numerous on our fishing vessels as aliens on the vessels in our merchant service. This is not a mere surmise. It is demon strated by figures. During 1886 of tlie teamen shipped in ports of the United States for foreign aud coastwise voyages 63 per cent, were foreigners and 37 per cent. Americans. Here in the port of Boston native seamen constituted only 15 per cent, of those reported by the Shipping Commissioner. At Bath, where the business done was altogether coast wise,two-thirds of the men were foreign ers and but one-third American. In the regular naval service native seamen are estimated to number from oue-fourth of the crews of some ships to barely one tenth of the crews of others. It appears to be a lamentable fact that New Eng hred fishermen are the only large class to 01 us.” thoroughgoing Yankee sailors left This is ‘white hat year,’ as wo call the Presidential year,’’said a State sticet oitter to a Chicago Herald man, “and the manufacturers and dealers are pre fixing for the abnormal demand—the or.i.er by turning out immense quanti ties of cheap white liats, and the latter y Setting in their orders for stock early. White hats as a political badge were first ""° m the Greeley campaign. The tor candidate set the fashion himself, , but his generally rusty looking tile wasn’t exactly imitated. The well-to-do among his followers wore a white silk fi ug, a good many brushing the fur the *rong way. This hat was as expensive as it was eccentric. It cost from §0 to ’’' ^be sale of white hats each I resi aential year thereafter showed a steady increase. In the last campaign cnor a°us out three numbers were sold ' Wh\° J ’ I fitted abS m ° nC j < ay Ti Itlsthe . „ members ' S f , organizations that fr ed , are ™ > chiefly, who wear white hats, R cull a good ®ot join political'clnK- manv individuals who will ~ U toi-r take tkls r ; metll0f 1 l of show! US I . ty t0 their a P art y. I noti f, c that r, a big white hat trade the faff affects trade. AYhy? Because manv ^ 15 *;^ h nt0 tlie dyer ’ s P ot and, as blaet ° nes are made to last > umstmas.” ... . until GRAY, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1888. SERENADE. Love songs are coming across the seas, Lady of mine; Whispered in echoes of dying breeze, I-ady of mine. Let the songs kiss thee sleeping, Over thine eyelids creeping, Where thy closed eyes are keeping Secrets of thine. W r ould that my lips were a whispered song, Only for thee; One of the chosen from out the throng, Only for thee. The song so sweetly swelling Would ope those eyes to telling The love that forth was welling Only lor me. —IK J. Henderson. TAEA. BY SABAH F. KORBIS. lara s e.uly „ , home , was in ........ a little village near the great city of Hyderabad, in the Nizams Dominions. Her people were lelugus of the cultivator caste, and her earliest recollection was of the tinkling bells on the necks of the flocks. She used to lie awake at night listening to their music, and wondering whether they too came from the d;stant stars like self; for her mother had told the little girl that she had come to them from the brightest star that was visible through the chinks of the cottage wail. Her brothers were named for the things of the earth to which they be longed, but she, the youngest and dear est, was named for the shining place from when* e she came lara, a star. When she was seven years old she questioned the Bai, her mother, one day, about the ring which pierced her little nose. Soondra, Why did she wear a ring, while a neighbor’s child of her own age, wore none. Was it because she came from the stars?” 1 hen the J3ai explained that it was the sign of marriage. The ceremony which she dimly remembered was the wedding, She was married to Lalu, who was now far away in his own home. “Hid she not remember standing on one side of a led screen, while Lalu stood on the other side, and the family friends threw rice over them? And when the screen was removed, and they stood free to face, the priest of the temple tied their clothing together, and they fed each other with sugar, and were declared Ah. said the Bai, “tho marriage procession was the grandest e\er known in our village. Lalu rode a white horse, which was entirely covered with gold and silver spangles and bells, while Lain himself was almost hidden by garlands 0 ;J;r TS - ; 1 hen xi the Jong i line of carts and palanquins, tilled with children; and behind them the women laden with lowers, and the men bearing torches; while the musicians followed, beating then tomtoms, and singing the marriage c J]d J-r reme “ ber none °T tins? . W Well, , it had taken , place when she was three years old, and they had then given her the nose-ring-the sign of a wife and Lalu had gone back to his own lage iu Baroda, three hundred miles away, to await the time when his little bride should be old enough to come to him. ’ dime went by. Tara sang her little song as she turned the millstone to grind the grain,and rolled the spicy curry which always garnished the rice at their even- ; ing meal. The flocks were herded at night, and their bells always made music to Tara’s ears in the low-roofed cottage where she slept. The seasons came and went until Tara was eleven years old, when Ramji, her father, announced that the little wile must be taken to her hus band’s house. Limhaji, her eldest brother, was to go with her, and on a line morning, just at the close of the long rains, they started on their journey across the country, car-i rying lam's silken bridal robes and orna ments, and the little dowry of money which had been saved for her. 1 As they descended the winding path leading to the public road they watched carefully lest perchance a lizard should cross their track, aud they be obliged to turn back. But no lizard appearing, j they went cheerily heartof on their the way, which ; iay through the great city. Gilt-spangled elephants howdahs tramped tilled majestically along, the with the high-born ladies of the realm, whose laughing voices reached the ears of the two strangers as they forced their ‘ way through the moving throng, and anon the sparkle of the diamonds lla^hed out, as the silken curtains of the howdahs were displaced by the swaying motion of the elejrhunts’ tread. 1 Passing outside the city gates, the travelers quickened their pace, where and there were soon in the open country, , was nothing to obstruct their progress. At nightfall on the tenth day of their journey’ they entered a little village in Kattiawar, where lived Jairam, a friend of Limbaji’s. They halted at the door ; of this friend's house, and asked if they ; might enter and rest their wearied limbs. j Jairam and his wife greeted them with q r(le Eastern hospitality,begging them to shake off the dust of travel, aud eat of their salt. They said: “I he house and a11 tlial we llave *‘ s y°urs. Come in and partake of your own, while we bring water for your feet; and tarry with us, we pray you, until you are quite rested from your long journey.” sister consented the brother and to stop a week with these good friends, w pe n they would start again on their Baroda. " journey toward Three or four days after this a messenger came in great haste from S J d“'»7'£b“mS !££i once to perform the funeral ceremonies. Then arose the question: “What ahould be done with Tara meanwhile?” MM Lirnbaji could not take her back, as he must make all possible speed. He would be obliged to feed the crows for a cer tain cumber of days, until he could be sure whether his father’s spirit had en tered a crow; and he must make several feasts for the Brahmins, and distribute alms among the poor of the village. All this would require so much time, it would be fully three weeks before he could continue the journey with Tara. Tara I'inally his it was decided that he leave with friends, and return as soon as the customs of his caste would permit, So he sped away on the messenger's swift horse, quite satisfied that he had made the best arrangement for the little The following week .Tairam, who was . the employ of of the Kattiawar m one chiefs, was ordered to a distant part of the province. Then a very serious ques tion presented itself, for Jairam must take his family with htm—“What would they do with Tara?” They could not take her along, and they dared not leave her behind alone. While they sat in Alio doorway dis cussing the matter in very loud tones. two strange women came along, and hearing and inquired the loud voices, they stopped what was the matter. Jai said; “Here we have this girl on our with hands, and we know not what to do her. Her brother was taking her to her husband in Baroda, when he was ca’led back to Hyderabad by the death of his father. We promised to keep her safely until his return, but we are or derod away, and there is no one to look after the child.” The women said: “Why, we are on our best way to Hyderabad now, and your plan will be to put her in our charge; and we will take her back to her brother, then after the funeral ceremonies are over, he can start again with Tara.” this Thesimple good minded Jairam thought a very solution to the prob lem, and at once gave the giri into their keeping, with her silken garments, jew dry, and money. The women led her along quietly until they came to a wild, desolate part of the country, when they tore oft her gar ments, seized her bridal robes, jewelry and money, and tying her hands and feet, prepared to kill her. Tara had no suspicion of tlieir purpose until they commenced tying her, when she screamed lustily. the Fortunately a cartman was passing on other side of the hedge, who rushed to her rescue, and reported the women to Die district police. They were ar rested and brought before the English magistrate, tout who was making his annual in that neighborhood; Tara’s prop erty was .recovered, and the women were seat to prison. Then Tara was left on the magistrate’s hands, and he placed aer under the care or’ ins butlers wife, expecting that her friends would claim her as soon as he could communicate with them. Lut l ust at this time tlie magistrate was transferred to the Ahmedpore district, which lies one hundres miles nearer Dyaerabiia A disi net magistrate lives in . liis . tents, and moves trough the districts with much tent furniture and a large retinue of servants and camp followers; so with tho butler s family went little Tara. As soon as they reached the city the magistrate inquired for a place of refuge where the S kl f could remain until her frinds should claim her. He was told that a “Madam Same had a school where girls of Tara s age were cared for, and to the “Sahib s” bungalow the magistrate hastened at once. Tne “Madam Sahib” was very willing to receive Tara into her school, but thought it would not be well for her to enter would the destroy boarding department, as that the child’s caste, and make much trouble for her after her re turn to her friends. So a Teluga woman of Tara’s own caste was found, who promised to feed and otherwise care for her, and she en tered the school as a day scholar. And now began a new life for Tara, Until slie was brought before the magis trate, a few days before, she had never even seen a white person. New she was wakened each morning by the bugle call, and she saw troops of Highlanders and other uniformed soldiers marching in and around the grand old fort, with colors flying and bagpipes playing. city, She was now in a large, bustling and there was nothing to remind her of her old home except the tinkling of the bells as the herds were driven outside the gates in the morning and brought back at night. Site had never thought of learning _ fo read. None of her family or neighbors could read or write, and there had never been any necessity for such ments. When one of them wished to send a letter, he called in the village scribe to write it for him. and also to read the answer when it came. Why should they learn to read? Their fathers and grand fathers before them had never learned. and the ways of their fathers were good enough for them.” Now here was Tara learning to read and write and sing and embroider. It was delightful for her- infinitely better than the Sassu’s house, wliere she wouid he obliged to work and so hard, The magistrate and Lessib Sahib wrote to Hyderabad Tara Baroda, could give butno answer came. Little no direc tions for writing. She only knew that her brother’s name was Lirnbaji, son of Ramji, but there were many Limbajis and Ramjis in reached Hyderabad, and the let ters never the I.imbaji for for whom they were intended. Her husband’s name was J alu, and he lived j a Baroda, but more she could not tell, and Lalu received no letter. BoTarare mained in the school, and as she was diligent and studious, she made good Hyderabad or Baroda, a id the time had CO me when Tara’s class was to graduate from the school. It was a great day for those young girls. The hall was crowd ed with the native gentry of the city, font was still a novel sight to sec girls reading it happened, and writing, As a native chief was just had spending been a little time in the city. He of Benares, on and a pilgrimage to the holy city was on his way back to his province Hearing in the South Marathi coun try. that all the best people would be at the school, he too came to see what it was like. He was immensely pleased scarcely find with words the exercises and could to express his appro- dazzling The girls were arrayed in their most garments and jewelry, but Tara outshone all the vest, for her wedding robes and jewelry had been kept for this very occasion, and very pretty she looked, so the younw chief thought °over and as soon as the exercises were lie came forward and asked if he mbrirt make the bright-eyed girl’s acquaint. ance. lie was eliyly greeted by the young girl, and it was noticed that they siient oiher.° a lone time in conversation with each The next day the chief made a formal application to the Sahib for Tara’s hand aua gieat was his dismay when he learned that she had been married in infancy. He ruled a large district and occupied a grand palace, and was in receipt of a good revenue from liis subiects. He had hum been looking for a wife who could grace Iris’ stately home, but until this time, he had seen no one who suited him. Tara was lovely and accomplished, and she could direct his large retinue of servants with beeom iug married dignity; dozen yet because she had been a years before to an oh scure lad whom she could not remember, he was to be forever debarred from woo ingher. Mqdes Hindoo law is like the laws of the and Persians,and the marriage of an infant is binding for life, unless the husband chooses toturn her out and divorce her. The Sahib tried to comfort the chief with the hope that Tara might already be a widow and free to marry him. Noth ing had and been they heard themselves from Lain for devise live years, set to a plan for discovering whether he still lived. They decided to send a proela mation iuto every village in Kattiawar, calling upon Jairam hoped to come find forward, Tara’s Through him they to brother, and then news of her husband. Accordingly a printed circular was and sent in to the h< adman of every village, a few days Jairam was found. Then Limbai ,' the brother, was communicated I with, intention r,nd he take soon came, her declaring his to Tara to house at once. The poor girl begged him to spare her. She had been happy all these years, and did not wish to go to the stranger whom s ] l0 could not remember. But Lirnbaji wa s inexorable. It was a disgrace to the family that she had been kept from her husband so long, and every day she re ma } ued only added to friends the disgrace. Ahmed- So she was torn from her at p orC| and again they started on their journey to Baroda. when they reached Lalu’s house they learne;d that he wa3 in the Mahara jah’s arm7 and wa3 thcn fightill g a rebellions Bnftribe. He had taken another wife who was then livin , r with tho Sassu w h otn Tara had so much dreaded in her child houd And now commenced a hard life for tj u . pp 0r girl. The Sassu and the other xvife were unsparing in their abuse of her. had disgraced the family, and had broken her caste, and they cried out, “Unclean! unclean 1” whenever she ap proached tossed them. food like bone They her to her darkest a to a dog, as she crouched in tho aud dampest corner of the house. She was compelled to do all the household drudgery—grind and the grain and pound The the rice carry the water. few books she had brought from Alimed pore were torn in pieces and scattered to the four winds, while her knitting and embroidery materials were cremated before her eyes. Her only comfort was an occasional salaam from the Telugu woman who cared for her in Ahmedpore. The chief had sent this woman to Baroda to give Tara aid and comfort as often as opportunity offered. But the opportunities were few, for Tara was sedulously watched by the Sassu, she should make her escape. Sometimes the woman disguised self as a bangle-seller, and succeeded in secretly conveying food to the poor girl, who was made to fast until she was al most starved. She shed bitter tears over the life she had left behind, and thought which the regretfully of the grand home tho chief had ofleied her in far-away Marathi country. Why Why had she been married in infancy? should she not have a voice in the matter of her life’s companion? She asked herself these questions less times, but no answer came. .She had been horn a Hindoo, and she must submit to Hindoo customs. Time passed drearily enough, until one day word came that Lalu had been slain in battle. Then the house was filled with wailmg. The mother heat her .— breast ----------------- and clutched her ..... hair, <le- — claring that vile, polluted Tara was the guilty cause of vi. «*». all this. lum. She 1 ;uu was nao uu uoi. into the street, and told never to darken tlieir doors again. Now u (unity, and was she the Telugu Tara's woman’s oppor came to rescue, as the „------’ cartman had done ’ years ’ before. " At early dawn they were on their way to Ahmedpore. the There was no traveling across country on foot now, hut with the swiftest speed of the iron horse; and in twenty-four hours Tara was in the midst of her friends in Ahmedpore again, and the news was flashed to the young chief in his southern home. In a few weeks there was a grand wed ding iu Ahmedpore—the giandest since the time of the old Mohammedan kings, The bride was lovely in her white silken robes atid diamonds, and the chief was handsome in his full durbar cos tume, with his jewel-hilted sword at his side. His garments were embroidered with seed-pearls, and the diamonds com posing the aigrette of his turbau would have bought up a hundred villages likil the one in which Tara had in childhood listened to the tinkling bellsof the flocks as ■ she lay under the cottage roof and thought of the distant stars from whence she came.________ A \ critahle Rock fortress. For the first time for number of . a years the Sigiri Rock in Ceylon lias been scaled by a European, the feat on this occasion being performed by General Lennox, who commands the troops in tiie islikud - 11 is said, indeed, that on iy one European, Mr. Creasy, ever succeeded >" reaching the summit. The rock cylindrical in shape, and .difficult the bulging and sides render the ascont Very dangerous. There are galleries all round, » groove about four inches deep being cut in the solid rock. This rises spiral ly, mid in it are fitted the foundation bricks, which support a platform about six feet broad, with a chunuin coated wall about nine feet high. The whole structure follows the curves and contours of Hie solid rock, and is cunningly constructed 80 M t0 make the most of any natural support the formation can afford. In some places the gallery has fallen com lately away, hut it still exhibits flights of ^ ne marble steps. High up on the rock are several figureB of Buddha; but *t' s a mystery how the artist got there, or How, being there, he was able to carry on bis work. The fortifications consist ot platforms, one above tho other, sup ported by massive retaining walls each commanding the other. Owing to the tailing away of the gallery, made the ascent in parts had to be up a perpen dicular face of the cliff,and General do hen- the nox and four natives were left to latter part of the ascont alone. The top they found to be a plateau about an acre in extent, in which were two square tanks with in sdcs 80 yards and of lb the loot Bolid re spectively length, believed cut out ruck. A palace is to have ex > st(, d on the summit at onetime; al though time, weather, and the jungle ; have obliterated all traces of it. Die descent the first comer had to guide the foot of the next to a safe fissure; but all reached the bottom safely in about two and a half hours.— St. James Gazette. Touching Pica for the Owl. The owl is not a handsome bird, nor j s it a tuneful one In the pools of beauty the owl would sell in the field, and no | buyer would invest a nickel on him in a one-hundred-dollar pool meadow” as imainst the California linnet or lark as a simmer While not a beauty however, j the owl has a broad, benevolent, Beecher open face—a sort of Henry Ward or - Daniel Webster physiognomy, and we would underground never accuse him chamber of putting job up an or a star on his fellow-birds on the eve of a conven tion. The ground owl of California hi in no way related to the Eastern owl, who makes night dismal with his screeching, and besides between is painfully ignorant of the difference ineuni et tuum, or, in other words, he is a thief. Honesty is plainly written on our owl’s face. He is not, as a rule, aggressive or combative, never even resenting a slur as to his lack of beauty or vocal aceom plishment. Mice and snakes arc his natural enemies, and the carcasses of I Imsc worse than nuisances around his modest quarters bear testimony to the fact that when he goes for the saake or the mouse he is in the campaign for business pur poses. A protest is here entered against the small boy wiio either with muzzle or bieecli-loader wantonly turns loose and slaughters tho owl—as tho young sports man (?) frequently does. The recent rabbit drives have lessened the number of jack rabbits hereabouts, but these rodents of prey—score one, reader, for not inflicting “pests” on you—arc still painfully numerous, and the marksman might profitably employ a few hours’ relaxation from attending school or playing hooky, by practicing on the worst of the farmers’foes .—Freeno {Cal.) Expositor. ------ -- ~ -- Largest Regimental Less in the War. qq lc official casualty lists of 1 tie Con federate force are not so trustworthy as those of tho Union side because they have not liad the same careful revision since the war eio.cd, but the tables now accessible, eoual'ly show that the Northern aim was true, and that the Northern nerve wa3 e inally steady. The Twenty sixth North Carolina I'ettbmsw’s J Ileth’s Division____lost at Getty |, ur g;jj !lrll | 503 wounded: total 58 K notindudin" ahont"'i'-0. tlu: missing (The'official of whom qjjere were re port states that the regiment “went in j u j v j ovcr (.ipp j ne n.”) Jn one con inanv 84 stron"-, tlie every man and od ; cer wa3 hit; ;UK 1 orderly sergeant with v ,-ho made out the list did it a i JU jj e t through each leg. This is by far durin<Ahe t} j e i ar „ e8 t regimental loss on cither side 0 war._ Genlur 11 Magazine. - _ ^ ^ ^ _ u . . . Love Ivmg 01 llie inline li.i.-K. j As the full Springtime comes on the ; number -------- of - these short - chants is greatly „ „ | increased, while without their prolongations number, and _ and j variations are — — ..........— soon it becomes evident 1.-1 to the most 1 casual 1 observer that the love fires are kind diing and that each musician ..... is striving (o the utmost of h;s powers to surpass all rivals aud win the lady lark of his choice, On one occasion, _ larks as I lay skimming in ... hiding near j a fence, three came o>. er I the plain; they alighted within a few yards of me and two of them burst into song, sometimes singing together the third and 1 sometimes alternately, but flew I was silent. When at last they up no tired that the '.iient one und one of the singers kept too ther. I had been wit ness to a musical tournament, and tlie victor had won his bride ,—American Magazine Ncver trust much to a new friend or an old enemy. NO. 85. FACE TO FACE - , tf ray face could only promise that its color would remain, if my heart wore only certain it would hide tho moment’s pain, t wou pi meet you and would greet you In the old fmlliliar tone< And s i, ou jd ever show youths wrong that you have dona If my trembling hand wera stoady, if my smiles had not all tied, If my eyes spoke not so plainly of the tears they often shed, [ would meet you and would greet you at the old sweet trysting place, And perc i U nec yo u’d deem me happy if you meet me face to face. If the melody of springtide awoke no wild refrain, if the autumn’s goldon burden awoke no living pain, i would meet thee, and would greet thee, as years ago we met, Before our hearts wero shipwrecked, on tho ocean of regret. If my woman’s soul were stronger, if iny heart were not so true, I shoukUoug have ceased remembering . tho love I had for you; But I duro not meet or greet thee, in the old familiar way, Until we meet in heaven, when tears have passed away, —Temple Bar. - - - PITH AN 1) POINT. Noted down —Eider. To the point—A wasp's sting, Faithful to the end—Adog’stail. «<How ’s the earth ‘ divided?” “Bye -.. rt)lnimkp 1 , ma - ». ‘ ‘ ’’ '' ' to It better to , , bo f a. . young men. is asleep than fast awake, On tho road to recovery—overtaking watch. the thief who borrowed your j If a young man feels that his life is a ! blank, ho should try to fill it out aud have it sworn to. “T will and devise \ ”savs the millionaire . . . g deat ftn( j his hoir3 dcv iso ways to circumvent his will. A Sam is always a him, but a hymn i 3 not always a psalm. This ought Sunday to help while away the Tc Deuiu of a afternoon. —Neto York Sun. Social Stranger (offering a Bridgeport ^ ictornv)—‘ . Have a cigar, friend?” Churlish Stranger--- Thanks, no; I never disinfect. --Jid-lhU. | "Wife- “Hid you know, my dear, that there is sex in fruiti” Husband, who feels surly—“Well, if that’s so, then ' persimmon must be a female. Unshod is the conversation's sound Of sages anil silence of gawks. deep, profound, And there is W hen money talks. —Boston Courier. An old lady, with several unmarried “S i r] t lr ... r ed , the n on fish diet, bo i t r ich in nhosnhorus, and phos „),orus is llie essential thing for making _ Commercial Advertiser. Laid .,, the watchman when wheti ahout about dusk auuc lie was invited to drink a cup oi oonee, ‘“n't you; coffee kee].s me . waae f 11 1 hc " he bil ' v 8 lookcu embarrassed, aaa . tricu io very „ explain, but it was no use. houses “A good many new business are going nj» on Broadway, 1 re marked a stranger to his neighbor ies, in a Broadway car tho other day. said the other with a sigh, “ours wont up the other day.”— Sijtinys. There was a sign upon a fence The sign was “Raint." Ami .;vnp-y body that went ny, Putiout a linger, touched the fence Anil onward sped, -d their finger tips And as they wip “ it is,” they said, ~~ ‘ 10 orc u '„ . . tl Miss Greatbrain (of Boston)— brother George^ has got marriedf Omaha Man—“lies; it wasan elopement; that is probably why the family were not notified.” “Jshis wile a woman of intellect?” “No, indeed; pretty as a picture and sweet as a-peach .”—Omaha bV/d. / ... uncu.m. Unearthed The , excavations of Athens i have re suited iu bringing to light the head of a mun ot heroic si/e, carved in porous Kl0IU! - **- Wlls Diiiml on the Acropolis, at the southeast angle of the 1 artlienon. The hair and beard are (as usual) painted blue and the face red. What is remark however, Il0fc olli is that peinted the pupils in, but of also the c v(: s ar0 v - - delineated . with the cliisel. This head, which forms one of the most ancient sculptures ever found upon the Acropolis, will attract considerable attention lioth from the style of workmanship and the material of which it is made. It appears to * K! lc W' a< ’ °* 11 tnton, the rest of thcbo(ly,inthcformofaseri)ent,end- the , fish, having been ing in tail of a found a few days before near the same place.— Brooklyn. Eagle. The Best Celery in the World. “Where i 3 the best celery raised?” rc marked a Washington Market man the other day to a New York Mail and Ex * )Vem reporter. “In Kalemazoo. It is not yet certain why it is so, but it has been definitely determined raised that by is experience that no celery is as good as the celery „ of Kalamazoo. the It brings u a better price in market than other celery, aud moreover avast quantity of it is raised there. Over 8000 acres of swamp ] a nd are said to have been ‘reclaimed’ and devoted to the culture of this tooth some esculent alone. The business is a lucrative one, and numerous Kalamazoo HMg have grown rich at it. It is in fact the cording leading tho industry of the place, ac to statements of the West «>rii papers.” If law-breakers were choosers magis trates would be men of few words and short sentences.