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SCHLEY COUNTY ENTERPRIS # A. J. HARP, Publisher. THE NEWS. Interesting Happenings from all 1'olnta. EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATUS!. A ore at chess match for the world's cham¬ pionship fit New York and a between pnrso of W. $1,000 H. Is Zuketort, in progress of Europe, best two players and W. Steinitz, of America, the living. The steamship Hylton Castle, bound from New York for Rouen, Franco, with a cargo of grain, tho foundered off the Long Island coast during recent, heavy storm. All on ls>ard were rescued after su ffering greatly in small boats. Mbs. Elizabeth Dubois (colored) died a few vanced days since of in Newburg, N. Y., at the ad¬ age 110 years. She was once a Slave in Ulster county, N. Y., and was eman¬ cipated in 1827. Fire totally destroyed a five-story granite block in Boston, causing a loss of $100,000 in flour and canned goods. The New Jersey legislature is in session, both houses having a Republican majority. A cave-in which occurred a few days ago at a mine near lied Lyon, Penn., buried a number of miners. Three dead bodies were recovered soon after the accident. The four Newark (N. J.) dog-bitten chil¬ dren who were sent to Paris at public expense for treatment by M. Pasteur, the hydropho¬ bia expert, have returned home in apparent good health. The Gloucester (Mass.) fishing schooner Mabel Dillaway bus been given up for lost There were fifteen souls on board. MOUTH AND WEST. Mobile The steamer New Alicia York with A. Washburn, from for cotton, has been burned at sea, the captain and crew escaping in ln/ats. Governor Foraker’s inauguration as gov¬ ernor of Ohio, at Columbus, comprised a civic deliverance procession to the State in house and the of the inaugural the rotunda of the capitol. Skatino has been indulged in upon the ponds of Florida, a scene never before wit¬ nessed. The loss te > the State’s orange crop during the recent freezing weather is esti¬ mated at. $1,000,000. The loss to the vegeta¬ ble crop is immense, some men having sixty and a hundred acres killed. The Republican majority in the Ohio lower legislature Cincinnati unseated charge nine of Democrats fraud from their on the iu election, und substituted nine Republicans. The house was iu a continual uproar during the proceedings. A loss of $280,000 was incurred by the burning flour warehouse, down of Chicago. Frederick C. Four Vehmeyer’s firemen ■were injured. A fire at Burlington, Iowa, destroyed the residence of Charles Buettner, a German nat¬ uralist, who had the finest collection of birds, insects and animals west of New York and the Smithsonian Institute. The collection burned included 00,000 insects. Colonel Edmund Richardson, the most extensive cotton planter iu the world, died suddenly aged sixty-eight a few days since The in fortune Jackson, Miss., by years. left him is estimated at between $.8,000,000 and $0,000,000. Colonel Richardson cultivation, had 17,000 acres of cotton under and his average harvest was 12,000 or 13,000 bales. Cattle perished by the thousand during the severe weather in the Southwest and far West. Wenzel Lapour, a prisoner in the counj tv jail at Colfax, Neb., killed his jailer, sheriff Degman, who had held office only five days. Lapour was taken from jail by masked men and hanged. A boiler in the basement of a Catholic church the edifice, at Indiauapolis the largest exploded, destroying one of and finest in the causing city, killing the engineer and a little girl, and a pecuniary loss of $0.8,000. A letter has been published charging members of the last Ohio legislature with taking Henry brilies to vote for the election of and joint B. Payne committee to the United investigation States Senate, a of has been appointed by the present legislature. Several members so charged have brought suit for libel against a prominent Cincinnati paper. An old farmer in Arkansas captured six .convicts who had broken jail, and single- handed marched them in Indian file, with himself and gun bringing up the rear, to prison. Investigations made by the Chicago police blow are said to show a plot of Socialists to “the great up public revolution” buildings begins. with dynamite when A reception (was given to Senator-elect Sherman by the Ohio legislature at Columbus and he made an address from the Speaker’s chair in the House, after which he was ten¬ dered a public reception, presided over by Governor Foraker, in the Senate chamber. WASHINGTON. ABOUT 4,000 bills have already been Intro¬ duced in the House. In executive session of the Senate, Messrs. Eaton, Edgertou and Trenholm commissioners, were con¬ firmed as civil service the latter two without opposition, twelve Senators voting against Mr. Eaton. The Senate also confirmed tho nomination of Benj. F. Jonas to be collector of customs at New Orleans. The Senate on the 12th confirmed a large number of presidential postmasters and the following: George Henry A. Jenks, L. Muldrow, assistant first secre¬ tary of interior; as¬ sistant secretary of interior; Win. E. Mc¬ Jos. Lean, fii-st deputy second commissioner deputy commissioner of pensions; Bartlett, of pensions; Robert B. Vance, assistant com¬ missioner New York, of patents; James W. of Wbelpley, the United of assistant treasurer States; Wm. E. Smith, of New York, assis¬ tant secretary of treasury; Conrad N. Jor- dan, of New Jersey, treasurer of the United States, and others. The expenses of tho funeral of General Grant, which were assumed by the govern¬ only ment, have not yet been |>aid. They amount to $14,1.88.7.8, although newspaper ro- ports have frequently estimated them as high as Stephen $.80,(KR Merritt, The money New was York advanced undertaker by a who had charge of the obsequies. Land Commissioner Sparks refuses to recognize tho claim of the Northern Pacific railroad to a $25,000,000 land grant between Portland, Ore., and Puget sound. John Sherman has been re-elected to the United States Senate in joint .session of the to Ohio sixty-two legislature, for Allen receiving G. Thurman. eighty-four votes Fifteen vessels were wrecked within the scope of tbe operations of the Life-Saving service during fourteen the of recent them heavy storms. The crews of were rescued, while that of only one was lost. President Cleveland, on the 14th, gave his first State dinner in honor of the cabinet. Secretary Lamar has decided against the March validity of the The Boll telephone patent of 7, 1870. case has excited great attention among telephone companies. FOREIGN. There Is an outcry against cats iu Lon¬ don, a boy having died from rabies caused by a tabby’s bite. Germany has seized the Samoan islands in the Pacific ocean. The American and British consuls protested against the seizure. The British parliament is again in session, Gladstone and Bradlaugh were loudly cheered at tho ojiening. A large part of Montreal has been inun¬ dated, entailing terrible suffering on poor people, whose houses in many instances are masses of ice. The thermometer was twenty- six degrees below zero. Farmers in Wales are demanding a per¬ manent reduction of twenty-five per cent, in rents, fixity or tenure and compensation for making improvements on their holdmas. The German government states officially that it has no intention of annexing the Sa¬ moan islands or of interfering with existing treaties lietwoon Samoa and America and England. The Emperor William has formally opsueJ the Prussian diet. Many Irish laborers have been thrown into a state long-continued of desperation privation, by distress and resulting threaten from do to help themselves to food if they not soon obtain assistance. M. Grew says that he thinks he shall ,i’/e out his new presidential term of seven years, aud that he Ims no doubt the sunshine of tranquillity will overspread France in 1898 as now. It is announced that Mr. Barnum has pur¬ chased “Alice, the wife of the deceased ele¬ phant Jumlio.” Alice is nearly as big as her defunct sramse, and is a great favorite at the lyondon Zoo. Senator Beck is as well posted on in horses Ken¬ and their racing records as any man tucky. There is nothing he likes so much as a good horse race, aud this is the only thing that will take him away from the Senate dur¬ ing the session. “Diamond Joe" Reynolds is one of the millionaire curiosities of Chicago. He in¬ variably wears a plain gray suit without an overcoat, a hat several seasons out behind, of style pru¬ for nella gaiters that have been years, and always has in his shirt front a first-water diamond as large as a filbert and as bright as a dewdrop. He owns more grain elevators tlian any man in the country and ships more grain'than any two men on the Chicago board of trade. II DIFFICULT OPERATION, REMOVING A MAN’S KIDNEY TO SAVE HIS I.JFE, b The Hereto Treatment of a Desperate and AiM'arcmi? Hopeless l'aso. a„ .o»i, wss the last ten months Joseph Whye, of Warrick county, has been an inmate of the Evansville city hospital. He came to the hospital to be treated for an intense jumping pain in his left side, the cause of which was at first un- known. Being carefully watched by the at- “•ssa................. special course of treatment for what was considered to be Bright’s disease of the kidneys without avail, there was -.....* .......... ..it further symptoms. These came after a time in a small swelling which appeared in the left siie, which, after it was first noticed, de- veloped rapidly. The case was diagnosed then as an abscess of the kidney, and the accompanying flow of bloody pus which comes at a certain stage of this disease, con- firmed it. The suppuration was exceedingly of profuse, and was kept up by the flow liquid The disease through is the exceedingly kidney'. dangerous and the only chance which a person afflicted has is that when the abscess bursts it will not be in the loins, but in such a place as will be readily drained by the natural outlet. In Whve’s case, from the symptoms shown, it was considered that tin abscess was discharg- ing slightly* in the loins, and that in a short time the abdominal cavity would be filled with virulent pus, which was sun- to set up a peritonitis which could only end fatally. A consultation was held in the case at which all the local physicians reached were that present, and the conclusion was the only chance- under the circumstances which the patient had, was to remove the of¬ fending kidney. difficult operation This rare and was per¬ formed at the hospital yesterday afternoon. It attracted all the local medical talent. After the patient hail been put under the influ¬ ence of an anaesthetic, an incision was made in the abdominal wall just below the umbili¬ cus, about six inches long. Great care was taken not to lacerate the intestines, and a di¬ rector was used when cutting through the peritoneum After the opening had been made into the abdominal cavity, the intes¬ tines were pushed aside and partly raised so as to enable the surgeon to get at the diseased kidney. kidney found to be greatly swol¬ The was the len and adherent in many delicate places manipulation to sur¬ rounding tissue? By separated that the adhering surfaces were so the full extent of the kidney could be readily felt and examined. It was found to be af¬ fected in every part by the disease and changed in color. It was hard and soft in spots and its elements were evidently fast changing found into pus, a large amount of which was in the abdominal cavity. This was at once removed. Keeping the neighboring internal organs out the of the kidney way, the upward surgeon gradually until it worked favorable was brought into a P° sition for cutting. The appendage which united it to the other organs was unusually thick, and it required several cuts with scis¬ sors to sever it. The kidney was then re¬ moved from the body, while the blood the spurted abdom¬ from the lacerated arteries into inal cavii.y. bleeding points picked after The were up much difficulty and the arteries were liga¬ tured, after the patient had lost a large amount of blood from hemorrhage. The ab¬ dominal cavity was then carefully washed out with an antiseptic solution aud every trace of the irritating pus removed. An ex¬ amination was made also of the other kidney. condition to It do was double found duty. in a healthy The intestines enough and other organs being properly returned to position, the opening in the abdoman was closed by silver and catgut sutures aud the wound bandaged with antiseptic dressings. The patient, rallied from the attending shock and appeared to have a chance of recovery. PERSONAL MENTION Prince Bismarck’s gross annual income is a trifle short of $100,000. Sam Jones, the Southern revivalist, baa saved money cnought to buy a farm. Mr. Gladstone’s personal mail pouch con¬ tains about 8,000 letters every mouth. General Beauregard is one of the most active members of the New Orleans Crema¬ tion society. General Berdan, the famous sharp¬ shooter, will before long return to this country for an extended visit. Senator Stanford has bought Aaggie record Sarah, a famous Holstein cow, with a of 16,938 pounds of miik in one year. Under the influence of big dinners, idle¬ ness and high life generally, Lieutenant Greely, the explorer, is becoming corpulent. D. A. Clark, of Montana, went to the cat¬ tle range in 1864 with about twenty-five $2,000 cents, and he now has an income of a day. John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Oneida community, is ’very ill at his home nearNiagara Falls, and isiiot expected to re¬ cover. It is noticeable that the queen; after re¬ turning to Winilsor from Scotland or else - where, always pays a visit to ex-Empress Eugenie. The hobbies of De Lesseps are children and canals, but he doesn’t love them in equal only pro¬ portion. He has twelve children and two canals. offer It is probable that Mr. public Andrew library Carnegie’s in Pitts- of $280,000 for a complied bur will be accepted aud the terms with by that city. Thomas P. O’CoNNor, M. P. for Liverpool and Mr.Farnelt’s most trusted lieutenant, was at one time a book reader for the Harpers' publishing house, New York. Minister 8. 8. Cox announces that he has begun an historical work on the Ottoman in¬ vasion of Europe. He expects to obtain full access to all the Turkish archives and li¬ braries. ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 188G. THE IRISH POLICY. TUB IIIHTINH t'AUINET INCIINEII TO ADOPT VOLKHOV A Hill lor SitrriiKibenlntt the Criminal tint, of Ireland to be tillered. London dispatches of recent date give the following interesting details relating to the British government’s proposed treatment o* Ireland’s demand for home rule: It is stated that the government will at the earliest moment introduce a bill in Parlia¬ ment making boycotting a felony, enlarging magistrates’ and powers of summary jurisdiction, otherwise strengthening the criminal law. Tho introduction of this measure is said to have been decided upon at a cabinot council. The members of the prosent and last minis¬ tries have received letters threatening retalia¬ tion with dynamite if the coercion policy in relation to Ireland is adopted, or if home rule for that country is refused. A great meeting under the auspices of the Loyal and Ireland. Patriotic union has been held at Belfast, A rosolution was adopted protesting against the passage by parliament of any measure granting home rule to Ire¬ land. Many delegates from the north of Ireland were present. A resolution was throne; adopted declaring unwavering loyalty to the from the denouncing separation of Ireland Irish parliament union; refusing to recognize an if one should be established; solemnly protesting against the “pernicious and immoral practices of the so-called na¬ tional league;” summoning the government to enforce the laws and suppress disloyalty and rebellion and protect the lives and lib¬ erties of the peaceable and industrious sub¬ jects Tne of her majesty. Duke of Bedford writes to the London Times: “There is a growing belief that Mr. Gladstone seeks to abandon the loyal Irish to the dominion of the disloyal This obliges me to ask myself whether the party allegi- ance to which £ have ever adhered is not asst t be contrary.” This letter has caused a profound sensation among the politicians. The duke is one of the he has £ been tbc 'eyea^Duriig'th^st active legislator, forty with years an and he nas always been a stanch partisan. He is also liberal SRBS2*atsrssra6.5te leader it thinking, and his naturally letter sets other whigs to may have the effect of disrupting K’^s'jaaas±i,s the whole party. Its results are n ’ >ro ‘* w ’ The general opinion in regard to the Lib- eral attitude is that Mr. Gladstone, being uu- able to wela his party together on the ques- tion of home rule for Ireland, will repudiate his alleged utterances on that subject at the first decent chance. Mr. Gladstone to-day had a long and earnest conferenrj with Lords Granville and Hartington, who were foreign respectively affairs the secretaries lor and for war in his late cabinet. Both of these statesmen art unalterably opposed to a separate parliament for Ireland, and it is reported that they have persuaded Everybody Mr. Gladstone to abandon this issue. is talking to-night about the significant and probably inspired ad- mission of the News that it will be impossi- ble for Mr. Gladstone to form a durable cabinet Prospective New States. A CHANCE FOR TIIltEE TERRITORIES SENATOR VOOKHEES’ ATTITUDE. United States Senator Vouchees, who has introduced bills to admit Montana and Wash- •ngton Territories to the Union, has been asked by a (Washington correspondent if he intended to make the admission of Dakota conditional on the admission of Montana, as it has been reported that the Democrats were disposed .to do. He replied; “I can speak only for myself. I think the l>e«t arrange¬ ment that we can make is to admit Da¬ kota, Montana and Washington together. They must all come in soon, and they might as well come in Dakota’s now. coming I do not in. She see how we can prevent population of and is has a voting 80,000, certainly entitled to admittance. I thought at first that I should oppose the division of Dakota, but I do not see how I can. The Territory has an area of five times my own State, and South Dakota will he about as large as Ohio and Indiana. Montana has a voting population voting of population 2<i,0(X> nnd of Wash¬ ington There a fifteen 40,- 000. are not oon- gressional districts in the country with the population of Montana. Washington, Dakota and not Republican. a hundred with that of is Montana remain is Democratic, Washington and I am confident will so. is close and may be won by either party. If she comes into the Union by Democratic votes under a Demo¬ cratic will administration, all the our chances It in the new State be lietter. seems to me much the best plan to take in these three Ter¬ ritories politically at once. it will They be" are entitled to it, and arrangement be affair made.” and equitable an as can Several prominent Democrats are reported to agree with Mr. Voorhees. Mr. Springer expresses mittee the Territories opinion will that report the House favorably com¬ on on the division and admission of Dakota un¬ less the party shall hold a caucus upon the subject. decision In would that event be adverse. it is his opinion that the THE ENGLISH TUNNEL, ConnectiiiK Liverpool and Birkenhead. Opened by the !*rlnce of Wales. The tunnel under Mersey, connecting Liver- pool and Birkenhead, was formally opened Wednesday by the Prince of Wales and his two sons, Princes Albert and Goorge. Notwitli. standing the inclemency of the weather, a ieavy fog prevailing and snow falling, there nere large crowds present, both at Birkenhead and Liverpool. At the central station at Birk- mhead his royal highness was of presented that city. with in address by the inhabitants The Mersey Tunnel railway company had provided iccommodations fora great number of persons within the station, aiid the entire space was 5Ued with prominent people. All the promi¬ nent buildingh in Liverpool bunting. were handsomely loyal iecorated with flags aud A iddress was also presented to the prince of Wales by the municipal authorities of Liver¬ pool. The royal party entered a special train it Rock Ferry, between Chester and Birken¬ head, and proceeded through the tunnel. The prince and his sons received an ovation. Fearful Hog Scourge. TEN THOUSAND DEATHS IN WISCON¬ SIN—THE PLAGUE SPREADING. The hog plague which lias prevailed in the vicinity of Beloit, Wis., this last season and is still causing groat loss, is probably the most disastrous disease which lias ever aflii -ted stock in this vicinity. Scores of hogs are dying every day, and it is estimated that fully 10,- 000 have died from the plague within a radius of fifteen miles of Beloit. The l>est authority on the matter does not name tho disease to the general satisfaction of stock men, but many are satisfied that the disease is measles and not cholera. Tlie Boilers Explode. Boilers of towboat Modoc exploded shorn eight o’clock Monday morning, in Piitsbuig, near Sixteenth street bridge, on the Alleghany sw I ^au“. p ^i:ri u s:;: man injured. The Hurley-Field. summer airs awoke from sleep Tho bailey stirs; tho ripples creep In shimmering curves across its lea, Expanding like a restless sea Beneath tho azure a radiant sleep. What story trusted to i s keep In foolish confidence and deep Is this it babbles eagerly, O summer airs? Is it a tale to make eyes weep ? The thrilled and quiokeneil pulses leap ? Or hands to clap exultingly? It munnure thus to you and mo As o’er its fair expanse yon sweep, O summer airs! —Mary L. Goodrich in Ihe Current. JESSICA’S WOOER. It was very foolish of Mr. Poppers to think he could keep Jessica from falling in love, and other people from falling in love with Jessica—she was altogether too pretty for that. Just 17, with a round rosebud face, a wealth of dark brown hair, and the sweetest temper in the world. It was a sight to see her upon her weather-beaten, choleric old father’s arm on the way to church. Ho looked like a thunder cloud which had captured a sunbeam; or, as Ihe young men irreverently said, a pompous old turkey-cock escorting a dove. He glared about to the right and left, snorting defiance at admirers, so that the sunbeam glowed and the dove fluttered under very difficult circum¬ stances. But there she was. in spite of the peculiar oppression, the bright¬ est, sweetest creature you can imagine: and with a native bit of coquetry about her, too, that made even the lifting of those curling, dark lashes extremely perilous to the masculine hearts so plentiful about her. Calford was full ot young men. There were a college, and a naval academy, and a pianoforte manufac¬ tory there; then Calford washeadquar- ters for artists—the scenery was so beautiful. And it chanced that there were few young ladies in the town. Peter Peppers was a widower. He had brow-beaten his little wife to death when she was very young. She had left him two daughters—Rebecca, who was made of the same harsh ma¬ terial as her father, and Jessica, who wR3 exceedingly like what the mother had been. There was no danger of any one falling in love with Rebecca— or Becca, as she was called. Her tart an3 puckery countenances carried terror to the stoutest masculine heart, and she was left withering on the stem, in her 32d summer. Her father found in her a spirit equal to his own, but they both agreed in keep lng a strict watch upon Jessica. l r et, in spite of continual scolding and fault-finding, Jessica continued to be as happy as a bird. She had youth and hope on her side, and she could hardly fail to go abroad witb«c‘ get¬ ting a hint of her power. Jessica bad been allowed tno patrV lege of an intimate friend, a very <weet girl, afflicted with lameness, named Olive Aliys; but Olive’s two brothers came home from the sea, and this intimacy was interdicted by Mr. Peppers. Jessica was no more to visit her friend. To do Mr. Peppers justice, he was very fond of Jessica and proud of her. He knew she was charming and good, and, without much forethought, de¬ termined to keep her to himself. But fate and Mr. D’Albert were too much for Mr. Peppers’s intentions. Mr. D’Albert was the principal 0 f the naval academy. He saw Jessica, and, upon meeting her again at a church party, asked his landlady for au introduction to her. Mrs. Japonica hesitated, declaring: “Actually I daren’t. Mr. Peppers wouldn’t like it.” “But I should," laughed Mr. D’Al bert. “Mr. Peppers never uT,ows gentle men to pay 1 J attention to Jessica. If it we’ e Becca, now, the case would bo different." “It’s not Becca. 1 wouldn’t kiss Becca for fifty pounds.” “Mercy! Well, when you get a chance to kiss Jessica, let me know.” “I will.” Mr. D’ Albert went away and found some more daring soul to introduce him to Jessica. He stooo by her side some ten min¬ utes, saying the usual pleasant noth¬ ings of society, admiring the smiling red mouth and dimpled cheeks, and guessing at the length of the curling dark lashes, when Mr. Peppers, discov¬ ering the situation, with a portentious putting up of his under lip, hastened upon the scene, and, frowning heavily into Mr. D’Albert’s handsome face, diew Jessica away. Mr. D’Albort’s quiet smile told that be understood the situation, and look- erS-OIt laughed, but no one guessed the ««» f «* Mr. D’Albert did not guess it him- self until weeks had flown, and he had accumulated a vast deal of informa¬ tion concerning the Peppers. Then he became acquainted with Olive Aliys, and the latter spoke of her friend with enthusiasm, “If 1 were a young man," concluded Olive, excitedly, “I'd fall in love with Jessica, and run away with her. She is so bright and pretty, and she never gets taken out for a concert, or a ride, or a sail, as the other girls do. They keep her as close as a nun, and will until she’s dried to parchment, like liecca. I don't see how Jessica bears it—I don’t 1" Mr. I)’Albert had spells of u'Sep thought after this conversation, espec¬ ially on learning that the only place where Jessica was allowed to walk of a Sunday evening was in the cemetery, From his window it chanced, too, that he could see the back garden where Jessica sewed and read, and tended her plants and canary, and daily his respect and interest deepened. He had half-a-dozen merry, joyous sisters at home, and dwelt on the contrast. Now it happened that Jessica thought as much of Mr. D’Albert as Mr. D’Albert thought of Jessica. She knew his window in Mrs. Japon- ica’s pretentious boarding-house; knew his horse when ho galloped past her father's door; knew—at least, knew well enough—where tho lovely flowers came from which sometimes reached her. Olive Aliys had a beautiful garden, and Becca thought Olive sent them, but Jessica knew well enough that the choice and costly selections came from an unexpected quarter. . Mr. I)'Albert’s glance said as much whenever she chanced to get a bow from him; and if she blushed vividly, who can wonder? She could not think of one objection against Mr. D’Albert as a lover; nor, in reason, could Mr. Peppers. He was every inch a gentleman. It was very accommodating of Bee- ca to fall ill. She was not painfully ill. only very sallow, and unable to drive all before her in the household; so that she was exceedingly cross, and Jessica had a harder time than usual at home. e * * * The doctor ordered a change of scene. “I’d send you down to the seaside, anil Jessica might go with you to take care of you,” said Mr. “There’s too many young men here I notice that naval fellow lifting his hat to Jessica. But there’s always board- ers at the seaside in summer, and a great deal of foolishness going on.” “We could go to Mrs. Green's," said Becca. “Nobody ever goes there.” They could, and did—Mr. Peppers first ascertaining that Mrs. Green had no lodgers, and making her promise that she would take none while his daughters remained. It was a forlorn old place—isolated enough, but comfortable and clean within, and plenty of sea air. Any change was a delight to Jessi- ca, and she climbed the rocks and splashed in the surf, with her cheeks like roses and her eyes bright as jewels. “Laws!" said Mrs. Green; “see that girl enjoy herself. Ain’t she a beauty! It does rny heart good to look at her. She’ll marry early—you’ll see.” “Indeed she won’t!” snapped Becca. “We’ve other intentions.” “ ’Man proposes, but God disposes, * H I replied Mrs. Green, as she rattled her knitting-needles. Invalidism compelled Miss Becca to be a late riser.* Jessica usually had a bath and a run in the morning air bofore her sister came down. One morning, as she was tripping across the dooryard, her attention was attracted by a dog kennel, and a great Russian boarhound rose up and looked at her inquiringly. ■ Jessica stared, her bright eyes wid- ened, then site looked inquiringly around. But there was no one but the dog and herself in the yard, and as ho wagged bis tail invitingly and look¬ ed kind, in spite of ills deep mouth, she drew near and patted his great head. Jessica liked animals, especially large dogs and horses. This dog wore a handsome collar with his name, marked upon it—"Pasha”—also his owner’s name. Jessica trembled a little as she read the letters. Her cheeks burned, too. Then she heard Mrs. Green’s voice through the open window. “Yes, Miss Peppers, I’ve taken a dog to board. No harm in that, I hope. Your pa couldn’t have no sort of objection to him. I didn’t take his master.” “No!" snapped Miss Becca. “I hope you didn’t take a man into the house!” “He wanted to, though. He was a stranger, but nice and pleasant-look- ing, and I’d a taken him hut for my promise to your pa. He went to the hotel, I suppose, ’bout two miles below here." What makes such a swnrm of dim¬ ples creep over Jesslca's satiny cheeks? It seemed to her tho brightest morning she had ever known, though Mecca came out and scolded her for dampen¬ ing her feet and running out bare headed. How the sea glittered!—how ihe waves raced up Ihe beach! llow sweetly the little beach birds, swing¬ ing among the tall marsh grasses, whistled and called. Miss Beccn came out “See what a nice dog, Mecca,’’ said Jessica, timidly. Becca examined the great fellow with her eye-glasses, while Jessica trembled. “I suppose the great creature might be of service to us, in case we should meet a—man—in our walks," she said. “He’s very kind,” said Jessica, It was soon apparent that Pasha would follow her anywhere. He would stalk contentedly at her side, and when she sat down among the rocks, He down at Iter feet, with his head upon her little shoe. He evidently grew very fond of Jessica, and Jessica was very fond of Pasha. One day they were under the cliffs. “Hark!’’ said Becca. “What’s that?” It was somebody who was whistling very clearly: A fox jumped over the parson’s gate. “A man!” said Becca. “If he comes here I’ll set the dog on him," she add¬ ed fiercely. A handsome mac somewhat under 30 came around the rocks, then paused suddenly, lifting his hat. Becca had no time to set the dog upon him. Pasha was off like a shot, yelping with delight. He leaped up, planting his great fore-paws upon his master's breast and lapping his face. “Down, down, Pasha, old fellow! Pardon, ladies. ' Misses Peppers, I am sure. I am sure I cannot be mistaken; and perhaps you remember my face— D’Albert of Calford. I have been in the naval academ v for lhe P ast y« ar - - and know your respected father well. Y r ou are seeking your health down here, Miss Peppers? Ah, and find it. are Poking finely.” Tew men have been brave enough to compliment Becca. Perhaps that is s * ie men ti° n 0't the sex so tartly. Be that as it may, she forgot Jessica, and recedved Mr. D Albert very civilly. He was at the Oliver Hotel. Pasha was his property. lie was on his way to ^ rs ‘ f,reeQ 8 - to P a y the dogs bill. The four walked down the sands tr 6 ether ’ Miss Becca did not see any- thing suspicious in the situation, Perhaps she was a little bewildered at havin « a gentleman’s arm to lean on, and a gentleman s strong hand to ** er over the rocks and gullies, * or ’P’ S9 ' ca ' wbo tripped lightly ahead ’ with Pa,ha at l,er 8ille - the sea 8 P arkled brighter and the waves raced more madly than ever. Her cheeks were like roses, and her eyes like dia¬ monds. By paying marked attention to Bec¬ ca, Mr. D’Albert managed to get a word and a glance from Jessica during his visits, which came weekly. Mrs. Green stared. “Well,” said Becca, apologetically, “Mr. D’Albert is not like common men.” Certainly he was not, to undertake prosecution of so difficult a siege. Demure little Jessica could not but smile nt the patience and zeal with which her admirer continued his tac¬ tics. It was a long tims before Becca took alarm and guessed the truth. Mr. D’Albert caiue to Mrs. Green’s n Pashas account. Pasha’s bravery , j n(e ii,g^ uce wa8 a 8U bject upon which they all agreed, Then, Mr. D’Albert made their stay at the seaside much pleasanter by fre¬ sails and rows. He bided his anrt l)y and by couk , not be Bhak . off. He loved Jessica, and Jessica had to love him. Why lie should not be her husband Becca could not say, especially as Mr. D’Albert coolly signified his intention waiting any length of time for her sister. Becca, who had fled from Calford with Jessica, returned with her engag¬ with her father's consent, to Mr. D’Albert. Mr. Peppers, taken back by the situ¬ had weakened, and finally yield¬ Pasha also approved. And at the wedding Mrs. Japonica her opportunity to see Mr. D’Al¬ bert kiss his bride, Jessica. Useful in One Way. “Well, Booby,” said young Featherly, “we had quite a pleasant time at the house last evening.” “l r es, indeed,” replied Booby; “ma wa? speaking about it at the breakfast table this morning.” . “So your ma eujoyed the evening, too, did she?’’ “Yes. She told pa that she can never think of you without laughing.” New York Times. VOL. I. NO. 18 . Till Thon, Good Night. Good night ! I have to any good nif# To such a host of host less things I Good night unto thut fragile hand, All queenly with its weight of rings! Good night to fond uplifted eyes, Good night to ehestnut braids ol hair, Good night unto the perfect mouth And all the sweetness nestled there The snowy hand detains me—then I’ll have to say good night again. But there will come a time, my love! When, if I road our stars aright, I shall not linger by this porch With my adieus. Till then, good night ! You wish the time were now T And I. You do not blush to wish it so? You would have blushed yourselt to death To own so much a year ago. What? Both these snowy hands! Ah, then, Tl! Wvc to say good night again. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich- HUMOROUS. The first, thing in a boot is the last. “Foreign relations”—French nov- els. A seamstress’ exclamation — “A hem!” Nothing tries the sole of a man more than a shoe-peg. The crow is not a particularly musi¬ cal bird, but the farmer always asso¬ ciates him with the corn et. Talking about antiquity and the age of things, we submit that the oldest berry is the elder berry. The only persons in the world who do not like to see redeeming qualities in the human race are the pawnbrokers. Two stupid Michigan hunters shot a woman, mistaking her for a bear. A woman should never be mistaken for anything but a dear. A snail who goes about his business and doesn't stop to gossip with every bug ho meets can creep 300 feet be¬ tween sunup and sundown. That's far enough for any snail. “Johnny, is your sister in?" “ J don’t know. Lemme see—what's your name?" Barnes—Mr. Barnes." ‘ All right, Mr. Barnes. You just sit down and I’ll ask Sis whether she’s home, but I don’t think that’s the name.” Professor—Why does a duck put his head under water ? Pupil—For divers reasons. Professor—Why does he go on land? Pupil—For sundry reasons. Professor—Next. You may tell us why a duck puts his head under water. Second Pupil—To liquidate his bill. Professor—And why does he go on land? Second Pupil—To make a run on the bank. How Many Eggs Will a Hen Lay? We often read of hens that lay 200 eggs a year, says the Farm and Gar¬ den, but such statements do more harm than good, by inducing the inexperi¬ enced to believe such to be a fact. Any one who is familiar at all with poultry knows that during tho fall all hens undergo the process of moulting or shedding of feathers. This requires usually about three months, or one hundred days. As there are only 365 days in a year, we have 265 days left after deducting the moulting period. If a hen Jays regularly an egg every other day she will Jay 133 eggs; but she will probably lose three months In hatching out her broods; even if she is a non-sitter she will take a resting- place. As moulting is a heavy drain on the system, but few hens lay dur¬ ing that process, though there are ex¬ ceptions, and where the number of eggs exceed one every two days, it will be found that a corresponding reduct¬ ion occurs during some portion of the year. While we admit that certain In¬ dividual hens have been known to lay as many as 150 to even 175 eggs in a year, such cases are rare; and if one has a flock of twenty hens or more he should be satisfied if there is an aver¬ age of one hundred eggs a year for the whole flock, or rather nine dozen. Four dozen out of tho nine should re¬ alize thirty cents per dozen, three doz¬ en should bring about twenty cents per dozen, and two dozen should real¬ ize fifteen cents per dozen, on an aver¬ age of about twenty-three cents. Of course this calculation imty be wrong, but it will convey an idea of what may be expected. Where Solitude Reigns. “ Then you don’t like solitude, Mr. Snipps ?” “No, indeed. Miss Gusher; I non like it a bit.” “I always thought it would be s»‘ grand to have a chance to meditate ir. absolute quiet.” “You’d get precious tired of it In a little while; I can tell you that." “Did you ever try it, Mr. Snipps «• "Did I ever try it? Well, I should shudder.” “Oh, dear, how charming. When was it, Mr. Snipps?” “Last summer, Miss Gusher.” “Oh, I know; you went to tho wo as »» “Net much { didn’t. I clerked in a store that didn’t advertise.”-- Chicau’* j Ledger.