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OFFICIAL ORGAN — OIP— FRANKLIN county. VOL. 111. NO. 38. St. Louis claims to be the greatest ivater melon market in the United States. The march of cholera toward the West Is a fact that can be looked at only with concern by all tho Western Nations. New Jersey will adept the best means to stop the inroads of the sea along its coast, and Holland methods are being studied. ____ The Chicago Herald asserts that “a South Dakota girl lost a bet of 1000 kisses on Blaine’s failure to get the n o;ninatiou, and conscientiously paid the same. A recount was demanded and rather than be mixed up in a contest she consented." Complaints are rife in Australia that the navies and mercantile marine of Eu¬ rope draw their supplies of salt beef from Chicago, and especially the Eag- lish vessels on. the Australian seas, which ate provided, for both the inward and outward voyages, with American meat. In a history of Philadelphia it is stated that as late as 170 i fines were levied on persous refusing to accept of¬ fice, and a large part of the city's reve- nuo was raised in this way. "If any cits in the country depended upon such fines now,” comments the Atlanta Constitu¬ tion, “its treasury would go empty.” Dried bananas are packed at Trinidad by slicing them lengthwise, ancl wrap¬ ping about a dozen closely together in their own leaves, the end3 being cut off. The package looks neat, is air-tight, and preserves the flavor aud juices of the fruit. The cost ot placmg them on the market is lour cents per pound, which does not include any profit to the producer. The Christian Union, writing on the inbject of country road improvement, pays a well-deserved compliment to Chauneey B. Ripley, LL.D., of West- field, N. J. Dr. Ripley has labored for many years for the good cause of road reform with tongue and pen and hard cash. It is owing in no small degree to his public-spirited efforts that many of the New Jersey roads have become so good as to meet the best expectations. The Christian Union says that “he his planted elms and maples enough along the sidewalks of his village to reach from his residence to the postoiH.ee in tue City of New York.” Several weeks before the fruit ou the berry farms of New Jeisey begins to ripen the growers arc risite.1 by an agent who finds out how many pickers will be needed aud agrees to the furnish these by a specified time. This agent, gen¬ erally an Italian, goes back to the Italian colony in Philadelphia, arranges with his people for the work to be done, goe3 to the farms with them and remains until everything has been settled with the far¬ mer, During this season from 5000 to 7000 ot these people—men, women and children—picked berries in Atlantic and Camden Counties. They earned from thirty cents to $1.50 per day. Th^y worked about fifteen hours each day, breakfasting at 4 o’clock, lunching at 9,12 and 3:30, and having a substan¬ tial meal at twilight, after' the day’s work is done. Stephen Bonsai, of Baltimore, well ,, kuown to American newspaper men, is to-day, declares the New York Sun, the hero of the British journalistic J world, and , his name is bracketed with those of *orbes and Stanley. He was in Morocco With a roving commission from the United Press of New York and the Can- tmi tral News Agency * of , London, T wnen . „„ q;,. Sir Laarles Euan Smith and the members of the British Mission started out to nego- Gate a treaty with the Sultan ot Fez. Bonsai J joined the tae caravan CdldVda ] and aaa was wd . treated f of and as a member the mission, rapidly rose to the position of right-hand m an to Sir Charles. The conference with the Sultan resulted in a number of trntrir* g i* ncidents, 'a *. all ,, o; f whicu s Bonsai „ ii as - fiesenoed at length in the English news- papers. Negotiations were finally broken iTtoT angier, “I 831011 but 8tar Bonsa ‘ e:1 °. Ut , striv Mo;'!! g ut f°r himself, rode across the desert With the news, keeping in the saddle «ighteeu hours a dav and heatin'* tho caravan by nearly ' y a week From Tan- s'er eipr ■ be cabled ,, the dispatches , which ... electrified Great Britain, and on his ar- ri7 »> in London he was summoned to the sJ-1 Foreign nffl 1 r conference e with -m Lord T “Jury. Besides being feted on all Sll ies Bonsai was fired at on his way to Fez, and promptlv made a representation to the tne Sultan Su.tan nn on 1" bis • arrival. -1 Oompensa- I’n. the amount of $5000 was offered 0 llln L but this was declined, and then the Sultan wrote him a touching letter of civiC/ apoloav r! v?? ..l- ,- S ® caildren and praying him to oept a jeweled s vord of honor. This Wi “ ll= ra - e d papers, his o-ograp.iy been published, and he is one of the cf the day m London. THE ENTERPRISE. l- f LOVE OVER ALU Riches are naught. A jewel crown May be undone, and gold will melt, But an ended pain is lonj, long felt. Kisses are swee’, but prayers are beet; Only the lips to a kiss are given, While the soul goes, with it* prayer, to heaven. Breams are shadows, yet sometime! come Like blessed curtains tint drop upon The scorching light of a noonday sun. Hopes betray us, but Faith is sure, Nor asks for au answer. She smiles and waits, A patient child at the heavenly gates. Love over alii A jewel crown, A pain that stays, and a prayer, a kiss, Dreams, hope, faith, patiencs, are met in this. —Mary A. De Vere.in Ladies' Home Journal, AMONG THE SUINS. A STOBY OP INDIA. E T W E E N the . . towns of Mysore and Coimbatore, India, j£. and on the left called bank a stream . th e Honbollay, are ruins of three or four largo villages. The If second one west of the foothills of the Mysore range of mountains is called Garre w, and amid the general desola¬ tion are the ruins what was once a great temple. These villages aro only three or four out of hundreds to be found in the great empire. Now aud then their his¬ tory can be traced back to some terrible plague which depopulated them in a month, and again the desolation is due to war between tribes and factions. As a rule, no native will approach one of these ruins, and no attempt is ever made to rebuild the towns. In 1868, while I was at the village of Bheeta, about thirty miles from Harrow, the Government sent a commission of three officials to survey and inspect the village with a view of restoring it by offering to re¬ build the temple and give lree deeds to all settlers. I was invited by the com¬ mission to go along, and this appearing a splendid opportunity for an extended inspection of the historic ruins I gladly accepted. Including servants there were twelve of us in the party. On arriving at a small village called Mussan, six miles east of the village we meant to survey, we were told of some strange things that had lately happened. It was declared that spirits had taken possession of the ruins. Strange lights had been seen flit¬ ting about at night, and a hunter whose ardor had led him among the ruins had heard the sound of stones being moved and had been pelted with rocks. He had a bad bruise on the shoulder to prove the latter statement. While the most intelligent natives of India are fuii of superstition, the common villagers and farmers are so thoroughly imbued with it that signs and dreams guide most of their daily transactions. The commis¬ sion was headed by an Englishman named Grant of the civil service. The second was a Mr. Artwell of the same branch, and the third a Mr. Marlin, who was a civil engineer. With them, as secretary y and clerk, was a young man named Thomasson. Little attention was paid to the stories of the villagers, and next day we moved over and camped in a grove on the stream, about half a mile above the head of the desolated town. The site was covered with shrubs and grass ami vines, and here and there were groves of young trees. No tigers had been seen in I hat neighborhood for years, panthers, but the place looked like a paradise for wolves, hyenas and serpents. The town had extended along the bank of the stream for a mile and a half. That evening, while we were settling down in our new quarters, a number of stones from some unseen assailants were sud- deniy thrown with great force at one of the uat j ye3 w p 0 had strayed beyond the ]; m its of the camp, hitting him on the head and rendering him insensible for several minutes. The missiles came j rom a thicket between us and the first ^ Qf tbe and a(ter we had ] ocate d the direction we fired a volley from our guns and put an end to the dis- turbance. The native servants were thrown into a state of great consterna- and arguing that our ence had offended the spirits but keep- j n , r g Uar d over the ruins, and for Mr. Giant’s threats the crowd would have bolted and left us. ..I think I can see into this business,” ^ exp , ain;d t0 us afeer the seivants had "; eted dowD . "These ruins have band either of teen taken possession of by a robbers or there is a party here hunting for treasure. In cither case our presence unde sirab!e, and that demonstration wag tQ driyo U3 away . We’ll try to ma k e ft a bad job for them, whoever ^The'explanntion asked was the a gentleman reasonable one, if a and when I ru j ; n a3 0 ] d as this ever yielded " up treas- ur he replied: yes! It has been luck "Bics you, my to be ‘in’ on two jobs as old as this, Ti a “ tribal ‘ war depopulated this town, or le33 treasure was hidden because it could not be carried off. Tf ola^ue appeared, thou those who a T thought only of saving burned w »v ook little or nothing ’ d t about 1 g orne where in or ,, . . i.' e are pretty sure of finding plant worth picking up." lights He ww ctiM U talkin'' " when q queer 8 the shr ub M’i , Btran „ e wild cries were ~ er ^\ frnm amco ^ the ruins. The na- 4 fell down and covered their heads f 0 ’ . ' tnn f.j.rhtened to even cry out, ou calmly con- - “ n u< L i: wondering how it , , ntTO t ,,. n undisturbed 80 V viyor3 a s ;.|nn i'ionat hacc.. o •- ‘ k t - - its existence Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None. CARNESVILLE FRANKLIN CO., GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.1892. No native of India would give an Eng¬ lishman a pointer on treasure. We have gathered in plenty of loot since the mutiny, but never with their assistance. They call it robbing the dead. If the party there are after the treasure they belong to some clan up among the mountains. They rob each other's ruins, but never their own.” By and by the lights disappeared and silence reigned over the ruins and we turned in again. Soon after daylight came one of the natives, who had now recovered a portion of his natural cour¬ age, inspected the shrubbery and found plenty of evidenco that it had been oc¬ cupied by men during the night. Somo of the stones thrown at us were found to have been freshly broken from large blocks. “It’s a gang of treasure hunters for sure," said the Commissioner after this last proof had teen submitted, "audit i? quite ueedless to caution you that we must bo very careful, No one must enter the shrubbery alone, and wo must be constantly ready for an attack. They are doubtless Sholaga men from the hills, and they will stick at noth¬ ing.” "But why not send down to Bheeta for a detachment of soldiers?" I asked. "And so give away our ‘find,’ in case there is one? We are not quite so green as that. The Government must have its share, of course, but we want no further division. I think we are strong enough to rout ’em out, and we will be¬ gin business right away." After breakfast the five of us moved down on the head of the village, leaving the camp in charge of the natives. As soon as we got among the ruins we found it tough work to get along. It had been a very substantial town. There being plenty of building stone at hand, more or less of it had been used in every house. It must have taken an earthquake to fling tbe blocks about in such confusion. Here and there a piece of wall was stand¬ ing, but in most cases everything had fallen in a confused heap. Tue difficulty ot climbing over the blocks was added to by the vegetation, and wherever the sun beat down on a stone we were sure to find a serpent sunning himself. We were heading for the walls of the temple, but after an hour's work we had not ad¬ vanced over half a mile. Mr. Grant called a bait, and we were sitting on the huge blocks of stone in a glade about fifty feet across when something very queer happened. The foliage was dense enough to throw the glade into a shadow approaching twilight. Our ears were suddenly saluted with groans and moans, as of some person in deep dis¬ tress, and while we were looking about aud at each other a figure came out of the thicket on the south side and slowly floated across the glade. It looked like a human figure, though draped and muf¬ fled, and though it passed over the ground at about an ordinary height, the motion was that of floating along in¬ stead of walking. It wasn’t over twenty feet from us, and when it disappeared into the thicket on the other side the air was heavy with a strange perfume. "It’s nothing but a trick to scare us off,” whispered Grant, after the figure had disappeared. “If it come3 again, everybody open fire on it.” We waited in nervous silence for five or six minutes, when the apparition dis¬ ap¬ peared again, preceded by the same of tressing noises. It was scarcely clear the bushe3 when we opened fire, each one of us with a revolver. It floated along as beforo and at the same pace, and we got in three shots apiece before the smoke obscured it. "We’ve riddled one of them, any¬ how!” chuckled Grant, as we waited for the smoke to clear ; but a minute later, when it had floated away, tho figure was not to be seen. We had fired point blank at a distance of eighteen or twenty feet, and it was absurd to suppose that all fifteen bullets had mused. "And how do you account for that?” I asked, as I felt my hair trying to climb up * their conjuring tricks, ” , Ht’s one of answered tbe engineer, “and was pretty well worked. I've seen stranger things than that. We had best get out of this at once 1" "We were hardly off the blocks before a rock weighing at least twenty pounds crashed down tfirougb the tree tops and f e ii where we had been sitting. Ten seconds earlier would have resulted in one death at least. As we made our way along I asked the engineer how such a rock could have been heaved into the air to fall with such exactness, but he could not explain. Instead of pushing to the temple we now made our way to the right to get out of the ruins, and soon were on the open plain. point,” "The temple is our objective explained Mr. Grant, "and it’s no u*e pushing through these ruins to get there. We’ll go down opposite and then strike in. Now look at that, will. you? About 100 feet away from us ana right in our couree was a bushy-topped tree about thirty feet high. There was only a light air stirring, and yet the top °n aheavy g*\e. the wl foot slowly of the advanced tree. I until we stood at had expected to see a native up there, but nothing was in sight. While we stood there the tree continued its antics, and none of us were sharp enough to solve the mystery. "It’s just a trick to scare us off," said Mr. Grant, “and we'll see moro of them before we’re through How they do these things I can t pretend to and say, would but they are done for effect frighten a native out of his senses. We must push along and not mind them. Opposite the ruins of the temple we entered the thicket again, Mr. Grant Iea ding, and the rest following in tadtan ] tile. We had not advanced a hundred feet when we beard sob3 and moans from > both sides of us, and one would have sworn that a dozen women were wan- dering about in distress. The sounds appeared quite close to us, but yet we could not detect the presence of a human ' «uch screams and shrieks that my knees i ™ve out aud I had to clutch • limb to support me. I erpected to be ridiculed for my exhibit, but the others came to a bait with serious faces, and the eugiueer said: "I’m blessed if the sounds don’t give me a chill, though I know it’s all a blooming trick of the gang to keep us out. There must be a lot of the fellows in there." "And I'm thinking it would be a wise thing to send down for more help," ad¬ ded Mr. Grant. "Good Lord I but see that!" A block of stone which seemed to be four feet long, a foot thick and three feet wide was lying in tbe grass within four feet of us»° we stood in a group. This block suddenly stood on end, rose into the air fully six feet, and then fell to tho earth with a jar which made things tremble. I toll you simply what fivo of us suw or thought we saw. What sort of jugglery it was I don’t protend to say, but it was jugglery of some sort, of course. Directly after the stone fell four or five largo pieces of rock came crash¬ ing about our ears, and no one hesitated to beat a speedy retreat. tricks," "I’m not running from thoir said Grant as we headed for camp, "but I'm satisfied they are a large patty and desperate fellows. They are probably strong enough to wipe us out, and I’ll have up a company of Soldiers to beat the cover." A messenger was at once despatched to Bhecta, which is a military post, but it was three days before the soldiers came up. There wero ninety of them, and though we had heard nothing further from the treasure hunters while waiting we felt sure they were still among tho ruins. The troops entered from three different directions, having orders but to shoot down anythiug they sighted, the whole place was beaten up and only one native found. He was lying among the ruins of tho temple with a broken leg. He was a 8holaga from the hills, and after having been carried to camp and his injuries attended to ho talked freely. The party had numbered fifty rneu, and had been working for two weeks when we appeared. The leader bad been told ot the existence of a cavern under the ruths of the temple, and they had labored hard in their eff orts to secure it. As weafterwardsaw for ourselves they had moved at least a thousand tons of debris before opening the cavern. Their appliances were of the rudest sort, and everything had been accomplished by main strength. During the period of their lab ora five ot the party had died of snake bites and two had been killed in moving the blocks. The cavern wa3 found the day before the soldiers came, and in opening it this native had been hurt. His friends had deliberately abandoned him, but he bore them no grudge. On the contrary, he was highly escaped gratified the to know that tho treasure lijd English. When, asked as to its value his eyes sparkled and he answered: “Sahib, there were millions! Over thirty men had. each a .heavy, load made ready to carry when I fainted away. It would have made a hundred English¬ men rich for life I" We found the cavern to be a room eight feet long, six broad and ten high. It had been swept clean. Tfio native said it wa3 nearly full of gold and silver and plate and jewelry. If so, the gross value was a tremendous big sum, and the fellows must have made two or three trips of it to carry everything away.— New York Sun. First Woman in the Treasury. One of the first women who was ns^ signed work in the Treasury Building was a colored woman, Sophie Holmes by name, writes Mary S. Lockwood in the Chautauquan. One night when Sophie was sweeping the refuse papers in her room she found a box of greenbacks that had been cut, counted and packed to transfer to the vaults and had been accidentally over¬ looked. She did not dare call the watchman for fear he would be tempted beyond re¬ sistance. She thought of her four small children at home alone, with no one to give them their supper or put them to bed, but the one duty that stared her iu the face was to protect that money. She sat down upon the box and quietly waited for the hours to go by. At 1 o’clock iu the morning she heard the shuffling step of General Spinner in the corridor, and heard him open the door to his room. She quietly slipped along the corridor, knocked at his door and told him what she had found. The General had the box taken to hia room aud sent Sophie home iu his car¬ riage. The next morning when she re¬ turned she found the General still keep¬ ing guard. That night ho sent for her and placed in her hand her appointment papers, given for honesty, and for thirty years she has earned and drawn her $5(J per month. Fifty thousand dollars was in this box. At another time she found $30,- 000, for which the testimony can be seen over General Spinucr’a own handwrit¬ ing. I ’ ' The Frontal Headaches. Nine-tenths of the nervous headaches are situated over the brow, and'they are accompanied by langour and chilliue3s. if the headache continues dull and neavy for any length of time, the patient has a distaste for food, becomes nauseous,*and with a general feeling of uncomfortable- ne33t To cure 8U0 b a headache lapidly and quietly two grams of the potassic glass salt should be dissolved in a wine of water . when it is dissolved sip the m jjture slowly, taking the whole dose j u about ten minutes. The iodide acts immediately, and in half an hour after the medicine has been taken theunpleas- anfc 8yraptomB will have disappeared. The dose can be repeated in the small quantities later if the headache is not re- lieved> These gmall dogcs appcar t0 bc mo re effective than larger ones, and one should not lose faith in them on ac count of the smallness of the dose until they have bfeea fairly tested.—Yankee Divine service is held in eighteen j London theatres on Sunday evening*, BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS 8K.KTOHK9 PllOM VARIOUS SOURCES. Better Than I'ure Gold—They Agreed — lloth Could Judgo ot It—A Business Hoad—And Fin- iahthe Job, Kto., Eto. For love and wealth, fame, peaoe and health -Mankind has striven Since Eve was driven With Adam irom tbe garden fair To struggle through a world of oare. The forces these That ever please, mortal happiness. That make for Who gets tbe first is not accurst, Though lackiug all the rest! And happy he, whoe'er he b.» Whom with all then' the go is shall blesj, I have no wealth, No love, no health. And yet 1 count me truly blest. Oh, happy we as we can be. No moro shall bitter strife embrute us, For, after years of fights and tears, We’ve got a hired maid to suit us. —Detroit Tribune. THEY AGREED. Wife—"I know I do foolish things sometimes, and you do, too; you'll ad¬ mit; won’t you, dear?" •Husband—"Yes, I know you do." — Yankee Blade. BOTH COULD JUDGE OF IT. Barber—“This is tho best shaving soap I’ve ever used." Customer—"Well, it doesn’t taste any better than that you had last week." —Chicago News-Record. AN BXOBFTION BKRHAP3. Dodge—"According to the papers, blondes are all tho rage now.” Lodge—"I don’t know about that. My wife’s a brunette, and there is a good deal of rage about her at times.”— Puck. A BUSINESS HEAD. Lady—"I wish to get a birthday present for my husband." Clerk—"How long married?" Lady—“Ten years.” the Clerk—"Bargain counter, to right."—New York Weekly. WANTED A SHOW. Giglamp—"Why does Rowley always keep his mouth screwed up in that way ?” Surface—"He got into the habit while trying to pronounce his words so that he can get them in edgewise when talking to his wife."—New York Herald. AND FINISH THE JOB. When Fogg came Into the room unex¬ pectedly, Mrs. F. gave a scream and ex¬ claimed, "You frightened me half to death 1" “Did I?" was the unfeeling reply; "suppose I try it over again?”—Bostou Transcript. ONLT A NICKNAME. Joseph is a witty head waiter. One day during the hot spelt a guest said to him: "This weather is pretty hot, isn’t it, Joseph?” jabers," responded, "hot is "Bo he only a nickname for it.”—Detroit Free Press. VALUABLE ASSISTANCE. Kissarn (to his father-in-law, after the elopement and forgiveness)—"I must thank you, Mr. Scadds, for facilitating my suit with your daughter.” Scadds—"Facilitating it? Why, sir, I opposed it with ail ray might.” Kissatc—"Yes; that’s made Blanche determine to marry me.”—Judge. INVOLUNTARY HEAD WORK. Tapper—“So you don’t altogether like the new pastor’s sermons, oh? ’ Dapper—“No, necessitate they arc too much profound head- —they too work." Tapper—"Quite true; I noticed you were nodding through his entire dis¬ course yesterday.”—Boston Courier. AN IMPORTANT BRANCH. Bunker—“I thought your son, after graduating from college, was going right into business, but I hear now that he is to take a post graduate course.” Hill—"Yes; we thought it neces¬ sary." Bunker—"What is he going to study?’’ Hill—"He’s going to learn how spell.” —Life. * BANG. They had been watching for some time tho stowing of freight into the ca¬ pacious hull of a lake steamer when, rather unexpectedly, operations ceased and the boat pulled out. "What’s that boat going off for?” in¬ quired ;‘Possibly,” the lady. responded tira man, ab itractedly, "because it is loaded.” Tho lady looked around for a dray pin to hit him with but there was none, and the river’• flowed ’Bilcatly on.—Detroit cn t MR. BOWSER AND THE MOWER. "Did that lawn mower come up this afternoon?” asked Mr. Bowser, as he came home an hour ahead of time the other evening. "Was that a lawn mower?” querie i Mrs. Bowser in reply. such "What thing?" on earth possessed you to buy a "For two very good reasons, Mrs. Bowser. I propose to save about fifteen dollars on lawn mowing this summer, and I want the exercise. I could have got a health lift, but I thought I would com¬ bine business with pleasure. Always kill two birds with one stone when chance offers. I’ll work up a muscle in a couple of weeks to astonish you. The doctor says it’s exactly what I need." "But I wish you hadn’t bought it.” "That’s you to a dot I Always in op¬ position to everything I do! That’s why we take so much comfort as a family! The only thing you wouldn’t oppose is my dying I” Mrs. Bowser had nothin" more to say, and after dinner Mr. Bower made ready for Ins cxerciso. Ho got into an old suit of clothes, dragged the lawn mower into the back yard and oiled it up, and was presently ready to make a start. He looked up at the back windows, and see¬ ing nothing of Mrs. Bowser, he spat on his hands and said: '■Ilnl This is what'll give a $100 man muscle. Only costs $9, and I’ll get benefit out of it. I suppose I might as well make a stHtt." Ho made one. He had gone about tea feet when the machine stopped sud¬ denly. So did Mr. Bowser. He stopped so suddenly that his feet left the ground and the handle of the mower just missod his cliin on an upper cut. "Struck a post, eh?" ho muttered, as lie investigated aud found one rising about six inches out of tho earth. "That’s all right, however, I didn’t expect to mow ilowu posts as well as grass. Seems as if my muscle was work¬ ing up a little already." headed lie dodged tho post and for the back feuce, and his couutenauce had just begun to beam again when there was a great clattering and tho machine stopped. "Oyster cans!" ho growled, as he kicked two or three out of tho grass. "She’s probably watching me, aud she’s probably tickled half to death, but I’d mow this yard if it was full of deadly torpedoes." reached tho fence without furthor Ho mishap, leaving a trail behind him as crooked ns a serpont’s, but at the first dash he made on his return journey something hnppened again, Tho ma- chine stopped with a biunp, and Mr. Bowser pitched forward over the handle and brought up iu a heap on the ground. hope draw another "Now, I to never breath if I don’t slaughter somebody for this!” lieyellod as soon as ho could get his breath. He was going to jump up and ldok somebody or something, but it occurred to him that Mrs. Bowser might bo look¬ ing, and ho sat up and looked around and pretended could to rest. Mrs. Bowser, Nothing be seen of however, and after a couple of minutes he got up aud moistened his hands for a fresh start. Everything went as smooth as grease for tho next twenty feet. Then the mower picked up a hundred feet of stovepipe wire and waited for results. "That woman’s hand again l" hoarsely whispered Mr. Bowser, as ho saw what was tho matter; "but I wouldn’t give in now if I knew that death was two rods oil I" It took him ten minutes to clear away the wire. When this had been accom¬ plished he pulled off his coat and vest, glauced up at all the back windows, and t here was a dangerous light in his eye as ho gripped tho handle, drew a long breath, aud went ahead. At the fifth step Mr. Bowser’s right foot found • post hole, and followed it up until hs tell forward on his stomach and plowed along the grass. His first thought was to get up and kick both line fences down and make a bonfire of the splin¬ ters, but as he slowly reached his feot a better idea occurred to him. He picked up the mower by tho handle and raised it over his head, and pounded the earth with it until nothing hut the handle was left. Then he gathered up wheels, cogs, ratchets, flues, pulleys, cylinder heads, and low water indicators, und tossed them over the back fence aud walked into the house. Mrs. Bowser sat read¬ ing, and looked very innocent and hum¬ ble, but he was not to be deceived. Standing before her in his sternest atti¬ tude ho said: "Mrs. Bowser, there is an easier way!" "Why, what do you mean?” "Kill me off! If you ara so bent and determined to get rid of me, why don’t you poison my food or cut my throat when I’m asleep I No explanation, situation not a word! I understand the per¬ fectly, and nothing you can say will ex- cuso dastardly machinations.” "But didn't I say I was—” “Never! Never said a word! That will do, Mrs. Bowser! Wo will not dis¬ cuss tho subject further. In the morn¬ ing we will seek an a nicable ad justment of difficulties, and I will go with you to the train. There aro two trains a day by which you can reach your mother, and I will telegraph her of your coming. Our child will, of course, remain with me. Good night, Mrs. Bowser. Any suggestions you have to make had best be put in writing and submitted the first thing in the moruiug.”—M. Quad, in New York Sun. A Battle Witli a Bee. An observer writes us that he is satis¬ fied that there is just as much rivalry between humming birds and bees in their quest for honey us there is between mem¬ bers of the human raco in their struggle for thp good things of life, and describes a recent quarrel that he saw in a Port¬ land garden, where a humming bird with au angry dash expressed its disapproval of the presence of a big bumblebee in the same tree. The usually pugnacious did bee incontinently fled, but he not leave the tree, lie dashed hack and forth among the branches and white blossoms, the humming bird in close pursuit. Where will you find another pair that could dodge and dart equal to these? They wero like flashes of light, yet the pursuer followed the trac; of tho pursued, turning w'neu tho bee turned. In short, tho bird aud the bee controlled the movements of their bodies more quickly and mors accurately than he could coutrol the movements of his eyes. The chase was all over in half the time that it has taken to tell it, but the excitement of a pack of hounds after a fox was no greater. The bee escaped, the bird giving up tbe whole chase and alighting on a twig. It couldn’t have i tV -n chasing tho bee for food, and there is .’4 possible explanation of its unpro¬ voked attack, except that it wished to have all the honey itself,—Portland (Me.i Transcript. -------- OFFICIAL ORGAN -OJP THE- FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE. $1.00 PER YEAR. "I LOVE THE WOODS.* I love the woods. Oh, give me hut that crap; of roclr On which to build my simple co^, And ril not ask for places. Nor murmur at my lonely lot. I do not need the silkeu garb, The cushioned couch, or seasoned food; I do not need the tongue of men To voice tho word that "Life is good." I do not need the amber scent, The honeyed smile au 1 tutored sonfc. Or crowd of glittering sycophants That in tho halls of Croesus throng. I love the woods. When o'er the distant lino ot hill* The rosy morning peeps Its head, And stars that through the night have watched, Now quench their light and go to bed, I rise from couch of perfumod pine And seek the purling brook that flows Between its fringe of velvet moss, Where tiny turquoise blossom blows. I need no marble fountain rare To purify and lave and dean. And when I say my grateful prayer, _ »Ti* in His mighty dome of green. X lovo the woods. My silent friend, my faithful do g, The horse that hastens to my calf. The birds that sing above my head— They constitute my all in all. I breathe the forest’s filters 1 air, The breeze that cools tho mountain brow, The snow-clad smmil's atmosphere, And praise the Lord I'm living nowl I love the woods. —Rlohard Mansfield, in Harper’s Weekly. PITH AND POINT. A guard of honor—Conscience. You generally got a fresh breeze from the salt water.—Cape Cod Itora. Latin will never be a dead language until nil tho lawyers aro killed oil.— Puck. Presence of mind is sometimes indi¬ cated by absence of conversation.— Washington Star. Unconscious Wisdom: “Is your father a musician?" "No, indeed, ho writes operas.”—Elmira Gazette. The commonplace young man often fails in courtship because he hasn’t "a H park of .originality.”—Washington Star. People who imagine the average mes¬ senger boy can do nothing quick will be surprised to learn that one has been dis¬ covered fast asleep.—Statesman. "Was your dog well treated at the bench show?” “I should say he was. Ho bad one ot the judge’s calves for lunch yesterday.”—Brooklyn Life. Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wile could eat no leau. And as 'twas rude to scrape the dish They made a comproPiisj on fish. -New York Hernid. Binks—"What do you suppose two euch odd people as Mr. and Mrs. Scrap¬ ple are ever got married for?” Jinks— "To get even, I presume.”—Detroit Free Press. Fannigle—"Did you ever suffer on the railroad anything like sickness?” Mullix_" Well—ei—1 remember once in the west having to throw up my bands I” —Boston News. He rifles a “bike” at lightning rate; He's won a racing ami cuy; swings weight. He hangs on bars a To work his muscles up. When sickness starts upon a “bust, Anil takes the weakest first. Why is it that the athlete’s just The man who gets it worst? -Pick Me Up. Tho boy had been sitting for three hours watchiug tbe bob on his fish-line when the man came along, "What ara you doing there?" buUI the man. "Fish- in’,” said the boy. "Got anything?” said the man. "Yep,” suid the boy. "What?” said the man. "Patience,” said the boy, and tho mau offered him $4 H week to come down to the railroad ticket office and answer questions.—De¬ troit Free Press. A Giant Cactus. Philip Betts, the mail carrier of the villago of Newportville, has a cactus plant whicn is the talk of the surround¬ ing neighborhood and which many per- sons intcrested in floriculture have visited from this city, says the Philadelphia Re¬ cord. Mr. Betts got it when it was a year old and has, with his wife's aid, taken remarkably good care of it for seven jears, keeping it in the house in the winter and setting it out in his pretty garden as soon as the weather became warm enough each season. During the past winter, however, the plant de¬ veloped with such surprising rapidity that when the time came to move it to the outer air, it was found that it could not be taken through the doorway or the windows, as it had a spread of six feet in one direction and nine in another, and had reached almost to the ceiling of tho spare room iu which it is kept. Mrs. Betts declined to permit any of the branches to be cut off, and so the plant still remains indoors where it has been admired by persons from the surround¬ ing neighborhood. It has never shown a tendency to bloom, but its proud owners hope that next season it will do so, even if it is forced to remain a prisoner in the room which it has out¬ grown, but which fortunately is one that jg well aired and gets a generous supply of sunshine. The Bacillus of Cholera: Professor Brieger, of the Koch Insti¬ tute in Berlin, is experimenting dili¬ gently with the cholera bacillus, and is reported to have succeeded in innoculat- ing Guinea pigs so that they will resist the disease. Among the curious discov¬ eries made by the professor is the. fact that these deadly miorobes cannot bs killed even by a heat of dtegreas Fahrenheit, and that alter being froesn for twenty.four hours in a lump of solid ice, they are still alive and kicking. —Boston Transcript. M.