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SCHLEY COUNTY ENTERPRISE. A. J. HARP, Publisher. THE NEWS. Intei extiug Happenings from all Points, i:\wTKItN ANI> III 1)111,l: STATUS. Miss Lillie Todd, aged 105 years, died a few days since at Newcastle, Del. A kirk in Philadelphia destroyed the St. and ( loud hotel, the London Temperance hote a number of business houses in Arob treet; estimated loss, $534,000. I’ ROM va. ions towns and villages along thu Hudson cotne reports of an earthquake shock, accompanied by “adull rumbling sound.” James Sill, a former member of the Penn¬ sylvania Erie, has been senate arrested and a prominent tho charge citizen of aid¬ of on ing his brother, the cashier of the First Na¬ tional bank of Union City, and of which James was president, in making false entries for the purpose of deceiving the United States bank examiner. At a meeting of prominent Philadelphians, Ma/or Smith in tho chair, $5,500 was raised bi aid the eighty-five Irish members of the British parliament in their efforts to obtain home rule. In New York and other places large sums are being raised for this purpose. The glove-making industry is nearly par¬ alyzed owing to the strike for higher wages of the glove makers at Gloversville and Johns¬ town, N. Y., the chief centres of supply in Ibis country. More than 0,000 persons are affected by the strike. Widow Elias Miller, ninety years old. l al her than go to the poorhouse committed suicide at Durham, Conn., by setting fire to her person. The trial at New York of General Alexan¬ der 8 haler, of the N. Y. N. U., accused of accepting a brilie to influence his vote in tho selection of army sites, ended in a disagree¬ ment of the jury, who stood ten for convic¬ tion and two for acquittal. The case is to be tried over again. block, Franklin, Penn., has lost its Opera House one of the most substantial structures in the town. It was originally built at a cost of $138,000, and was occupied by the and opera house, city reading room and library prominent business firms. 4 1 DT I V N I) WE ST. Graves, Ual Simpson, taken the colored murderer of Mrs. Ky., and was lynched by from crowd. jail at Henderson, a Policeman Corner, of Cleveland, Ohio, recently torious criminal. shot and killed In George friends Foster, a no¬ revenge of Fos¬ ter the other night blew up Corner’s house with dynamite. There w as another stormy session in the Ohio State senate on the 35th, each party trying result. to obtain control, without any definite Eight prisoners broke jail at Seguin, Texas. Five were recaptured, but three of the most important criminals effected their escape. Dr. Samuel Price and William Powell, of Chattanooga, Tenn., became involved in a quarrel in the house of tha latter, which re¬ sulted in lsith men receiving fatal injuries. The boiler of a portable engine exploded at Palmer, Shelburne, Mich., instantly killing Russel fatally a prominent injuring farmer, and auothei man, a third man, and in¬ flicting severe injuries on two others. John E. Kimbrel, a farmer, his wife and three children, left Dodge City, Kansas, to locate a claim, and were all found soon after frozen to death in their wagon. More than 300 claimants of the Lawrenee- Townley estate, England, met in Detroit and formed an association to prosecute their claims. They came from all parts of North America, and the estate they are after issup posed to U worth $800,000,000. Two families of “rovers,” consisting of nine persons, were found frozen to death in the prairie, near Sans Bois. Indian Territory. Their teams were also found dead in their harness. Three men—William Wright, an old man, Andy Wright, killed his son, and William Wright, colored—were by James, Samuel and Ky. Elijah The Wright, parties brothers, in Letcher county, were relatives, and tho triple murder was the result of a family feud. WASHINGTON. The Senate in executive session has con¬ firmed the nomination of Charles J. Canda to bo assistant treasurer of tho United States at New York. The total collections of internal revenue during the firs* 30, six months $*58,549,611, of the fiscal year ending of June #3,029,464 1885, were the collections an in¬ crease over dur¬ ing the same jieriod of the last fiscal year. The President has nominated William H. Parker, of the District of Columbia, to be minister resident and consul-general of the United States to Corea. The House committee on labor has ap¬ pointed a sub-committee to draft a bill amending the eight-hour shall law so as day’s to provide work that eight employed hours by constitute a for men contractors ou govern¬ ment work. David P. Morgan, a native of the South, who amassed a fortune iu New York, where he was a leading few Wall street operator, aged fifty-five died iu Washington a days is’ since, years. His estate variously estimated at between $5,000,(X)0 and $20,000,'000. Members of the House committee on labor say that as a result of the conference between the sub-committees of the committees on ag¬ riculture and lalior, a bill will be reported making the commissioner of agriculture a cabinet officer known and providing tho department that the depart¬ ment, shall l>c as of ag¬ riculture and labor. President Cleveland, with the a charity party from Washington, was present at hall in Baltimore. The Senate committee on public buildings has decided to report publio favorably buildings bills making appropriations tor as fol¬ lows: Huntsville, $13o,000; Ala., Pueblo, #100,(XW; Col., Fort Smith, Jacksonville, Ark., Fla., $135,000; Augusta, $100,- 000; Sioux la., $100,000; Ga., $150,000; $100,000; Annapolis, City, Md., $100,000: Mon¬ roe, I,a., Mass., $350,(XX); Vicksburg,Miss., Worcester, $100,000: Camden, N. J., $100,000; Wilming¬ ton, N. C., $150,(XX); Portland, Ore., $350,000, Va, Greenville, S. C., Wis., #50,(XW; #100,000, Norfolk, $250,000; Oshkosh, and Wash¬ ington, D. C., $040,000. Senators Hale and Frye, of Maine, ap¬ peared liefore the Senate finance committee and opposed the confirmation of E. F. Pills- bury and Charles H. Chase, nominated for internal revenue collectors at Boston and Portland respectively. The Dill which was reported affairs by the House committee on military General for the erection of a monument to Grant iu New York appropriates $500,000 for that purpose, the ground to be donated by the city. Senators Evarts and Chace have pre¬ sented in the Senate numerously signed petitions of business men and merchants ask¬ ing for the suspension of the silver coinage. In executive session on the 27th another largo batch of President Cleveland’s nomina¬ tions, including three United States district attorneys, four United States marshals, two collectors of customs and numerous postmas¬ ters, was confirmed. Mr. Maynard, second comptroller of the currency, aa-erts that the adjustment and settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officers of the signal service shows that many apparently irregular have and made. unauthorized General dis¬ bursements been Hazen, the chief assertion. officer, flatly contradicts Mr. May¬ nard’s FOIMGGN. At a British cabinet ministers meeting should on the 27th it was resolved that the at once resign. Premier Salisbury sent of the a decision special messenger to inform the queen Of the cabinet. KttSaiiS&SaS oi tm " .1 Ks, vt»i dragged mm our an i D impled wAi' i not until sevoral strikeis hud been killed an m I others wounded The formal announcement that the British cabinet had resigned on account of the ad¬ verse vote was made in the house of com¬ mons on the 38th by Sir Michael Hieks- Beach, the conservative leader. During a debate in the Prussian landtag on the expulsion of the Poles from Germany, Priuco Bismarck made a remarkable two hours’ speech, in which he said that the Poles were constantly endeavoring to set. foreign states against Prussia, that Germany would never ecu ede (lie restoration of Poland and that as for himself he was ready head to save and h's country, although it cost him his U inor. The prince’s speech has excited great c omment in Km ■ope. The Greek ministry has resigned. PERSONAL MENTION General Sherman says ho would not de¬ liver a lecture on his “march to the sea” for $ 1 , 000 , 000 . Ex-Secretary of War Belknap lives in bachelor quarters , ’* • hington. His wife resides in Europe. “Emperor William lias ordered that the German navy be included in the church prayers, as well as the army. In a two weeks' campaign in Cleveland, Francis Murphy and liis sou pinned the tem¬ perance ribbon on 25,000 converts. Bishop Green, of Mississippi, the oldest American bishop, at the advanced age of eighty-seven is still actively at work. Hannibal Hamlin says that “the grand highway of politics is strewn with the bones of tho men who have written political let¬ ters.” Mr. Plimsoll, the ex-member of the Brit¬ ish parliament, best known as the “Sailors’ Friend,” will soon sail, with his family, for New York. Governor Hill, of New York, is a be¬ liever in gymnastics. His private apart¬ ments are well supplied with dumb bells and Indian clubs. Justice Miller, of the United States su¬ preme court, is said to be “a perfect picture of au old monk as he sits on the bench,” wearing a dark velvet skull cap. Eighty-seven years old, ex-Senator Simoa Cameron is ha.e and hearty, never troubled with dyspepsia or rheumatism, and almost as observant of political affairs as ever. Miss Marion Langdon, New York’s prominent beauty and heiress, has just she goue abroad, and people are wouderiug if is not after a coronet or something better. Judge David Davis got his great fortune by being compelled to taxe eighty acres of land near the village of Chicago, when a young nun. for debt. The land is now in the heart of the city. General Nelson A. Miles is the young¬ est man of his rank in the United States army, and the only one who has come from civil life. When the Civil war began he was a dry-goods clerk in Boston. The Duke of Atbole has seventeen inferior titles,*lie Dukes of Argylle and Hamilton,six¬ teen each, the Duke of Buccleuch and the Marquis of Bute, fifteen each, and the duke of Northuml>erland, thirteen. Congressman Reagan, of Texas, has black hair, though he is now nearly seventy, and his eye is as bright and his step as firm as that of many of the younger members. He was the Confederate postmaster-general. NEWSY GLEANINGS. A crematory is shortly to be built in San Francisco. A Chinaman who $100,000. died recentlyjat Coulter- ville, Cal., left over The Kuights of Labor, it is understood, will make a bold stand for the eight-hour system May 1. It is estimated that the 10,000 saloons of New York city take in $230,000 per day, or $74,003,000 a year. Each Congressman gets this year 6,500 packages of vegetable seeds, beside 500 pack¬ ages of flower seeds. During last year 13,780 people were fed at the New York diet kitchens, and a fifth kitchen is contemplated. Many Key West spongers are abandoning that business for cigar-making, which they think wifi prove more lucrative. The United States supreme court has de¬ cided that taxes upon commercial ‘ ‘drummers’ by States and cities are unconstitutional. The French have the highest nieteorologi- cal station in Europe, and their two largest ob- servatories are the best equipped in the world. The German census, shows that the empire contains forty-five towns of over 50,000 in habitants, twenty-one of which have more than 100,000. Senator Palmer, of Michigan, of Washington sometimes startles the curious people by wealing a live toy terrier in the front of his buttoned-up coat. Five-sixths of the Irish emigrants from Great Britain last year proceeded to the United States, as did nearly two-thirds of those of Scotch nationality. In Albuquerque, N. M., a company is being organized to explore the ruins of a vast un- cieut worth city, where it is thought $20,000,(XX) of plunder may ba found. cided The city fathers of Isural, in Yucatan, de¬ that the people were earnest about having been given their streets paved serenade. after Work they had begun the a tin-pan was next morning. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. New York is to have a theatre devoted ex¬ clusively to amateurs. Clara Morris fainted while playing “Ca¬ mille” m Washington, D. C. Mr. Dion Boucicault succeeded Mr Booth at the Boston museum. Mme, Patti found the doors at Warsaw closed against her because of her high rates for seats. The gross receipts of tho Boston museum (Turing thirteen weeks of Edwin Booth's en¬ gagement exceeded $150,000. Mrs. Chanfrau, the widow of the lateF. S. Chanfrau, the actor, will, it is cabled, as¬ sume the lesseeship of a London theatre. for California the ’American has furnished Opera company a suprano iu singer New York. Miss Louise Elliott is the lady. The Sau Francisco papers praise her highly. All the theatrical managers in Cincinnati, with one exception, have signed performances an agree¬ ment not to givo any theatrical iu their respective places of aamsement on Sundays. Christine Nilsson declares that her coming tour iu this country will be her very last. Then she will settle down gracefully permanently with in London and grow old Jenny Lind. There is a new American prima donna abroad. Her name is Mme. Adda Adini, and she was a Miss Adelaide Chapman,of her Boston. voice She is now making Nice wild with and her use of it. The centenary of Weber’s birth is to be celebrated at Eutin, Germany, by a musical festival at which the principal operatic ' S^^SSSSSSJSSP mmt V Rosalindo Cakuso, au actress of Verona, a’SKSS’o*CbSa actor's benefit pertornumce. Sl.o route at au reads a.s well as ever without spectacles. Anton Rubinstein has written the last l>ar of his new oratorio, “Moses,” which will be the great attraction of the Leipzig Gewaud- bans concerts this season. The work will be rehearsed and executed underThe direction of the composer. Dr. Franz Liszt, the famous musician, is going to visit England for the first time in about forty years. Extensive preparations and are now being made for his reception, Several musical fetes will be given in London ■KSMii'SSsaj'i KU0W n composer, lms created a sensation at Bt. Petersburg. The libretto is founded ou Wn bardous i o ■ a d ama m La .. Ha u .k... ne, but m ... its Rus- i>.... sian lorm the work is culled Cordelia, alter the name of the heroine. ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1886. Where Heme Was. "Twas yesterday i ’twas long ago: And for this flaunting, grimy street, Ami fur this crowding to and fro, And thud and roar of wheels and feet, ■ Whore elm trees and the linnets trill, Tho little gurgles of tho rill, ■V And breath of moudow flowers that blow hire roses make tho snmmor sweet. 'Twas long ago; ’twas yesterday, Our poach would just be new with leaves, v Tho swallow pair that used to lay Thoir glimmering eggs beneath our eaves Would flutter busy with their bl'OOtL Anil, haply, in our hazel wood Small village urchins hide nt play, And girls sit binding bluebell sheaves. Was tho house hero, or tliore, or there ? No landmark tells. All changed, all lost; As when tho waves fret and teitr The fore-shores of somo level coast Roll smoothly where the sea-pinks grow. All changed, and all grown old anew; And I pass over, unaware, The memories I am seeking most. But where these huddled house-rows spread, And where this thickened air hangs muik And the dim sun peers round and red On stir and haste and cares and work, For me were baby’s daisy-chains, For mo the mo; tings in tho lanes. The shy gooi-mo rows s lily said, That (aid my morning's lying lurk. ) lingering days of 1 ng ngo, Not until now you pas-ed away. Tear, wire between and we unknown; Our youth is always yesterday. But, like a traveler home who craves Tor friends and finds lorgotten graves, I seek you where you dwelled; and, lo 1 Even farewell’s not left to say ! BLUE BUNDLES. Mrs. Brown stepped on board the train with a tiny blue bundle in her arms,holding it with a careful tender- less which showed what an exceed- ngiy precious little bundle it was. It. was so muffled up in its long blue cloak that not a particle of it was vis¬ ible, but all who saw it knew that it was a baby, the baby of all the world to the fond, maternal heart to which it was held so closely. The car was rather crowded, but near the further end sat a lady, who, together with her baby and various boxes and parcels, occupied two seats, said seats being turned so that they faced each other. On perceiving Mrs. Brown looking around with an air of perplexity, and taking especial note of the animated bundle, that was the exact counterpart of her owm, this lady, whose name was also Brown, moved the parcels on the opposite seat, so as to make room for her, a courtesy that Mrs. Brown num- her one smilingly acknowledged as she seated herself. The two babies were evidently about the same age, and attired in long cloaks of the same color and textura For the purpose of challenging the admiration of the other, and taking mental notes, the two mothers care¬ fully uncovered the heads of their re¬ spective treasures. The little creatures laughed and cooed at each other in their baby fash¬ ion, while each mother looked smil¬ ingly on her own, and then at each other. With this bond of sympathy be¬ tween them the two began to converse, naturally entering upon the apparent¬ ly inexhaustive field of their maternal cares and duties. Mrs. Brown number one volunteered the information that she was going on a visit to her folks who had never seen “baby,” enlarging enthusiastical- ly on the pleasure that “grandpa,” "grandma,” its “aunties” and “Uncle Bob” would experience on beholding the sweet little cherub. In return Mrs. Brown number two remarked the fact that she was just returning from a visit to “her folks, ’ and that she expected h“r husband to meet her a few stations beyond. She dilated rapturously on his' I again seeing “baby,” from whom he had separated nearly three weeks, growing eloquent on the subject of the marvelous changes and improve- ments which had taken place during that time in that most remarkable ch ' jj ( j In the meantime the baby fell asleep, and by the two ladies sitting together a couch for both wa* improvished on opposite seat. Both time and cars sped swiftly, and Mrs. Brown number one was in the midst ., . of . interesting . , .. recital .. , of an the time that baby nearly died with tho croup, when the eon,Incur shouted, ‘’Sterling Centre f ” With on ejiteulation ot ettrprb. .he epranjr to her feet, unit taking up 1 one of * the lilue bundles, hurried out. She found Bob oil the platform . ,, . waiting lor Her. hd helped her into the cutter ho ofTere(1 _ . to t;,k,; , “ , bab , V ,, , but tl,e a!r " il8 - ’ keen and frosty, and Mrs. Brown pre- * , ferred to , keep it ,, under , :er warm cloak. But when she reached the house she —........ Lapp/ , and . laughing . . . group that . giith- j e red , eagerly , around , her. . . I ra Chilled by her long ride, Mrs. Brown was glad to draw near the blazing fire, upon which Bob had heaped fresh fuel. Then there was the nice hot supper, for which her long fast had given her a keen appetite, and which was pro¬ longed by the numberless questions that had to lie asked and answered. In the meantime, “baby” had been carried to “grandma’s room”—baby’s great-gradma—to be duly admired and commented on. It now made its appearace in the arms of the old lady, surrounded by a bevy of admiring aunts. “La, child! I thought you wrote ,twas a boy ? ” “And so it is. grandma,” said Mrs. Brown, from whom “baby” was hufc- den by the faces that surrounded. “Phebe Jane! what air you talkin’ about?” exclaimed the indignant old la.ly. “I)o you think that I have raised fourteen of ’em an’ never lost one, and don’t know a boy from a gal baby?” Hero the astonished mother caught a glimpse of the little creature who, clad in her night dress, was staring wonderingly around. With a sudden screech, she sprang to her feet. “Mercy on us! I took the wrong baby!” It was some time before Mrs Brown’s excitement and agitation would allow her to give a coherent and intelligible explanation of these mysterious words. When she did, Bob was dispatched at once to the depot The train had gone, of course; neith¬ er was any expected from either way until morning. So all he could do was to telegraph to the different stations beyond, and to “baby’s” father. As might be expected, the poor mother was nearly frantic, and W’ould have been quite so had it not been for the consoling idea, earnestly dwelt upon by her sympathizing friends “that the lady must have found out the mistake ere this, and was probably as anxious to get her baby back as she was to get hers.” The early morning train brought Mr. Brown, if less agitated, quite as much distressed at heart, as his wife. After a hasty consultation, the two determined to take the baby and start out in the same direction taken by the strange lady, hoping to find some clew to her name and whereabouts. When they reached the station the train wanted some minutes of being dm*- Mrs. Brown went into the “Ladies' Room,” but her husband lemained out¬ side walking restlessly up and down the platform. At the further end a man was standing talking to a lady in a car¬ riage, whose dress only was visible. As lie regarded him more attentive¬ ly he sprang forward. “Why, Cousin John, is this really you?” The sober face of the man addressed brightened into a smile as he turned round. “How do von do, Cousin Will?” he responded, with a hearty shake of the hand. “I didn’t know you lived in Sterling?” “I don’t. My wife’s people live here; and she is here on a visit. I though you lived in Boston ?” “So I do,” replied Mr. John Brown, bis countenance sobering, as he recol¬ lected the errand that brought him there - “IBit the oddest, most unfort- miate thing that has happened. We lmve lost our '> tby! My wife lost it on the train yesterday-” Here the lady in the carriage, who h:ul blue bundle in her arms, thrust her head forward. Just then Mrs. Brown made her ap¬ pearance on the platform, she also having a blue bundle. 16 " as a simultaneous recogni- *’ on- ^ be * ,VVt> mothers rushed to- ' V;,r ^ ,,acb other, and in the twinkling un e * e tbe blue bundles changed 1 h ’ 3 Was b v of - . ,,aUon9 "* J0V ’ ‘‘ Jue ' aI n ‘ s from both parties, and which was fl- nal(y brolu ' n "l ,on bv tho two who> ^ lm "” in il la "« h ,,f re - llef md m, ‘ rrime,u the turn affairs bH<1 now stepped forward to in- troduce their res P ective wlv « 1 be W!ls tbiit Mr. and Mrs. John Brown went home with their newiy-discovered cousins, where they »l>™t the .!»>■, a visit which wus none in© less happy because of the fright «*> «»»«• “ *> ™rio„ a ly »!«<■'•*-__ A Misconception, one,” said the lover, as he stood upon the stoop with liis girl, “just one!” “Just one,” said the mother, putting her fiead out of the bedroom window above; “well, I guess it ain’t so iate as that, but it’s pretty near twelve, and you’d better be going, or her father will be down.” And the lover took his leave with pain in liis heart.— Boston Courier. THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. Swiss Treatment of Coneiimiitlon. An interesting report is given of the experiments made by Dr. Albrecht, on consumptive patients in a hospital at Berne, Switzerland. These experi¬ ments were made with a view toaseer- turning the effect of oxygen Inhalation upon the development of phthisis, and whether, by increasing the rale of or¬ ganic combustion by this means, the bacterium of phthisis had been dis- charged with certainty on several oc- casions. The patients were first sub¬ mitted to an appropriate highly nutri¬ tions diet, consisting of uiilk and pep¬ tone, and twice a week the/ were weighed with great care. It was ob¬ served that, as soon as the oxygen in¬ halations began, the daily loss of weight was checked, and in some cases the weight increased, dyspnoea dimin¬ ished, and the microscope showed fewer bacteria. Tact in Feeding Infant A. In no detail of nursery routine is a “knack” more serviceable than in feed¬ ing. This is especially true during the first days of weaning time, when the mother’s anxiety over a refusal even to taste the novel food in the novel way is apt to be at the most dis¬ tressing point. What often passes for distaste, or even lack of appetite, may be only a momentary whim easily overcome by a little judicious persua¬ sion, perhaps under cover of some little ruse or a tomporary diversion of the attention, during which the feeding may be accomplished in a mechanical way. An attempt to force a child to eat against his will, even when obvi¬ ously in need of nourishment, may do more than fail of its purpose; it may provoke a rebellious spirit and create an aversion not only to the particular food administered, but to any other that may be next offered, which would under other circumstances be entirely acceptable to the fastidious little one. This repeated refusal adds anxiety to anxiety, . the fact being overlooked that it is abnormal and might easily have'been averted. Moreover, we can not tell to what extent our own feel¬ ings at such a time react, in spite of ourselves, on the baby; but react they often do, and only add complication to our troubles.— Babyhood. Nick Headache. This complaint is the result of eat¬ ing too much and exercising too little. Nine times in ten the cause is in.the fact that the stomach was not able to digest the food last introduced into it, either from its having been unsuitable or excessive in quantity. A diet of bread and butter, witn ripe fruit or berries, with moderate and continuous exercise in the open air sufficient to keep up a gentle perspiration, would cure almost every case in ashoft time. Two teaspoonfuls of powdered char¬ coal in a half glass of water, and drank often, gives instant relief. Sick headache with some persons comes on at regular intervals, and is tho signal of distress which tho stomach puts out to inform us that there is an over- alkaline condition of its fluids; that it needs a natural acid to restore the bat¬ tery to its norma] working condition. When the first symptoms of headache appear, take a tablespoon fill of lemon juice, clear, fifteen minutes before each meal, and the same dose at bed¬ time. Follow tliis up until ad symp¬ toms are passed, taking no other rem¬ edies, and you will icon be able to go free from this unwelcome nuisance. Many will object to tnis because the remedy is too simple; but many j cures have been effected in this way. —Philadelphia In’ciitioiial Errors. They have been mostly connected with Biblical matters, and intended to further party interests. It Is said that Field, a printer of the time of Charles I., was paid £1,500 by tho Independ¬ ents to alter a single letter in the third verse of Acts 6. so to make the word “we” rea I “ye.” and so give the right of appointing pastors lo the peo- pl’*, and not to the apostles. The well- known "Vinegar Bible” was pub ished in 1717, and obtains its name from the Parablu of the Vineyard being printed as the Parable of tho Vinegar. One of the most wilful altera,.ions of the text and one whi h cost its perpe¬ trator her life was committed by the widow of a German printer, One night, while an edition of the Bible was being printed in her house, she took the opportunity of altering the word Herr into Nurr, making the verse read: “he shall be thy fool,” in¬ stead of “he shall be thy lord.” The celebrated Bibles of Sixtus V. are eagerly sought for by all collectors. Their sole fame is the multitude of errata which crowd their pages not¬ withstanding that his Holiness Sixtus V. carefully superintended every sheet as it passed through the press, and finally prefixed to the first edition a bull forbidding any alteration in the text.— Chamber’d Journal , CHILDREN'S COLUMN. t Santa Clans. A jolly old fellow whose hair is snow while, And whose bright little eyes are blue, Will bo making his visits on Christmas night— Perhaps he will call upon you. A funny old name has this lunny old man, You can toll what it is, no doubt; JIo creeps down the chiiunoy as fast as he can, And then just as swiftly oreepB out. Ilis plump cheeks are rosy as rod cherries ripe; Ilis nose, too, is rod as can be; ^°" m *y 8ni ell now and then tho amok* of his pipe, But his face you never may see. He carries a bag full of swoetmeats and toys And leaves them wherever he goes, For tho good little girls and good little boys, So hang up your little white hose. —Aum Clara. Eflte’e Christmas Dinner. “I guess I’ll have a ’Tismas dinner of my very own,” said little Effie Angell. She had been watching with great interest the preparations for the grand dinner at home; the chickens and tur¬ keys, tho puddings and pies, and the beautiful red cranberry sauce, all at¬ tracted her attention and filled her with a wish to have a dinner for her own family. Her family was made up of dolls, a poodle and kitten, and a very nice family it was. The dolls were all well behaved and quiet; the kitten was good tempered, and the poodle was very bright and loving and was al¬ ways neatly dressed in white wool. “I want my ’Tismas before you have yours,” Effie said to her mother, “ ’cause then you’ll he so busy that you can’t help me.” “Very well,” said Mrs. Angell, “you can have it to-dav; and I will give you some cold chicken and currant jelly and frosted cake. But who are you going to have for guests?” “Why, Snowflake and Wkitenose. and all the dollies, of course.” “And no little girl or boy?” “Why, mamma, would you? ] didn’t think of that.” “1 think It would be a nice plan to set your dinner on the little wooden table that stands in my room, and in¬ vite somebody to eat it with you.” “What, have a real dinner, and not play eat! Why, mamma, I think that wou’d be splendid; but who shall I in¬ vite?” “Whom would you like to invite?” “There is Clara Weston.” “She has enough to eat at home.” ‘‘Why, of course she has, mamma.” “Can’t you think of some little giri who is often hungry, because her mamma is poor?” “Let me see—yes, there is Mamie Hart and Johnny. They don’t bring anything to school for lunch but a lit¬ tle thin slice of bread, and sometimes a herring, and they look so pale and poor, mamma.” “Then suppose you invite Mamie and Johnny. I will see that you have enough for them to eat.” Effie was delighted with the idea, and, putting on her little jacket and her new hat with the scarlet wing, she hurried to Mrs. Hart’s. The children’s eyes sparkled with joy when Effie told her errand, and Mrs. Hart promised them that they should attend the dinner in good sea son. Then Effie ran home and began her preparations. Her mamma gave her her little tea- plate and the smallest knives and forks that she possessed. She had pretty white mugs for drinking cups and milk in a tiny white pitcher with gold bands. Mrs. Angell cut up the smallest chicken she had and put it all on the table. She sliced a plateful of fresh bread, aud biought out of her store of preserves two glasses of currant jelly. I cannot tell you how pretty the'table looked when it was all set, and a bou¬ quet of roses and geranium leaves put in the centre. Mamie and Johnny came at the exact time. Snowflake, the poodle, and Whitenose, the kitty, had napkins pinned around their necks, and were put into chairs by the side of a chair¬ ful of dolls. I must say that the dollies behaved best, though the poodle and the kitten did very well, considering that this was their first Christmas dinner. Mamie and Johnny ate all the chick¬ en they wanted, for the first time in their lives, and you can easily belii v* that there wasn’t a bit of jelly left. They had great fun after dinner, playing school, and meeting, and housekeeping, and when night came, Effie said to her mother— “I’ve had a beautiful time, and I’m so glad that I invited poor children u ’Tismas dinner.” — Mr». M. F. Betts. Health commissioner De Wolf, of Chicago, states that nine-tenths of the “butter” sold in that city as such is in reality butterine or some other bogus compound. VOL. 1. NO. 19. Gentians. Shiv’ring like children with their garments tom, AH tho comely leaves of thoir roundnesa shorn, Crouched in the bleached and shudd’ring grow 1 find them to-day as I idly pass, Blue gentians. Children ol frost—of winds snow-kissed, Nurtured in travail—in sleet and mist, Budding and blowing in the chilling rain, With little of gladness and much of pain, Boor gentians ! In pity I bend and gather each one, And hold them up to the pitying eim, To give them a glimpse of a fairer day, Before they shall droop in their quick way, Sad gentians. And I hold them close to my eager fuee, And the tender lines of their being trace, And I count their goodness to come so lata, When no flower is left to be their mate, I,orn gentians. Though tho year of my life wane drear and cold, May this kindness bo left, its hands to hold, That some flowor of love as a tender sign May bloom as a token of summer time, Sweet gentians. — S. B. McManus in the Current. HUMOROUS. All the rage—A mad dog. As a general thing, what a man sews he rips. The thermometer gains notoriety by degrees, so to speak. The man who is opposed to vaccina¬ tion is probably to he pitted. Even the most inveterate toper ob¬ jects to taking a horn with a bull. A young lady asks . “How cun I remove superfluous hair?” Comb tiie butter. N The man who said, “Thera is a gar¬ den in her face,” was evidently using flowery language. The telephone is an arrangement by which two men can li • to each other without becoming confused. The king of Sweden and Norway is a poet. The dictum that the king can do no wrong appears to be exploded. “Round again ?” be asked, as the dun put his head in at the door. “Yes, and I’ll stay ’round until I get square.” “Using tobacco in one form,” says a hater of the weed, “usually leads to the use of It in another.” This is doubtless true, for when a man first takes snuff he must et-chew! “Why Johnny,” exclaimed mamma, "aren’t you ashamed of yonrseif, going about with such a dirty face ?” "No, I ain’t,” replied Johnny, with a con¬ scious pride in the integrity of his in¬ tentions; “you’d like to have me taken for a dude, wouldn’t you ?" Shying Horses Wear-Sighted. “Why it is that shying in horses should be set down to an ugly dispo¬ sition I don’t know,” said a prominent veterinary surgeon to a New York Hun reporter: “It must be because horsemen don’t know what else to lay It to. The fact is that it seldom is met with unless the horse is near¬ sighted. I have tested scores of shy¬ ing horses for near-sightedness, and in nearly all cases found what I expected. And now, when I am asked to give points on buying horses, I givo this as one of tho requisites: Never buy a horse which is near-sighted. Thera are, however, two exceptions to this rule. If the horse is to have a mate, then it doesn’t make any difference about the sight. One horse can go blind if the other is cloar-sigh ted. If tho horse is to bo used for riding to saddle be careful that he is not near¬ sighted, for ho will throw you sooner or later. “Tho reason why a noar-3ighted horse shies is very simplo,” tho sur¬ geon continued. “Of all animals the Jiorse is the most gentle and even tim¬ id. He sees a strango object and his susceptible mind magnifies it into a monster that is going to destroy him. A piece of white paper at the roadside in the night is a ghost and an old wagon in the ditch is a dragon. Eve¬ ry horsoman knows that if you drive the animal close to the dreadful object the horse cools down at once. It is supposed that it is because the horse makes a closor acquaintance with the object. That is true,' but not in the sense in which it is generally under¬ stood. The animal has not been able to see it from a distance. He is near¬ sighted.” Tho Biter Bit. “Oh, ho!” exclaimed a suburban passenger to his milkman; “got a box of chalk under your arm, haven’t you? Bought it in the city and taring it out to tho dairy, eh ? Now. will you be kind enough to tell me what you are going to do with it ?” “Certainly, sir, certainly,” replied the milkman; “your wife tolls my driver to chalk it down so often that be has run out of crayons, and I’m laying in a now supply. If you’ll mme out to the farm I’ll show you four statement of account on the side of the new barn__ Chicago Herald.