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BY MANPA t. < niJCKKB.
1 "tL*tid o’ih“!t «'coming and (n-
Yrr,'8s tlio sorrow, pain, Mu,
X^y beckon uie t« iM-oll lunds.
", .... Jinrah’8 waters round my loot,
rising tidal, dark and strong:
A cruel, . old, deep tide of wrong,
* shuts mo from the fountains sweet.
t
The hearth, the homo without a song,
All boinlea*, now, 1 stand beside,
And look across the surges wide.
Awl feci the crushing weight of wrong.
•Tin oh totnsto tho fountain a swoetl
Tis oh, fo rid my Ufo of woo!
wj, oh, the happiness to know,
Wlwro kindred souls in rapture moot
But MariJi'fl waters bath© my dread foot,
Ami cA r it ull a wordiest
v er btaroH nt nie liko tho wicked dea l,
Anil makes tho terrors all complete.
1U1 LIE EM:
-OR,
mm BI THE BM-
J Story of the War in
the Southwest.
61 ARVIDE 0. BALDWIN.
CHAPTER X.
THE ADDUCTION.
When everyfhing was ready and they all
ippeared calmer, John saw Laura, and 10 -
(jue-ted her to Ml him a’l. He wished to
hww the worst nnd know it nil.
• Before it seemed as if I could not brai
it, but uow I feel that I must know," he
said. red from weeping,
Lanrs, with her eyes
proceeded to tell him, in as few words he
possldo, nil that transpired from the time
the men left Lome in (hr mom ng uuti!
they returned.
‘ Yon bud not been gone a half hour, ” she
began, “before six men were seen approach-
I in; the houso from different directions.
| til They (hey were had ou reached foot and the said porch, uot a when word they un-
j I ordered t !o ’ay down their
e negroes arms.
They appeared bewildered and dazed with
fear, and com; lied with the demand at once
without making a show at resistance.
Tall e ordered the m to shoot tl.e first one
(hat «et hi- foot on the porch, but the
frightened s'avos wore liko so many blocks
of wood, wilhout tho sense of ;-iruno nt
theii display of cowardice. The door was
fastened against them but if you w 11 look
yo ,i cun see wheie it was burst from its
/awnings, nnd in they rushed.
“'Back, you villnint!’ sn d LiTie, ns Fhe
ponied her pistol at tho leader, who paid
noattenlion to her woids, tart pressed on
' ‘Back, Edom Woodsley, for I know you
through thorn your disguise. Back, 1 nay, or i'll
you 1 she said as she retreated.
“Ou they came, and Li bu s pistol flashed
in the fnc of him she called Woodsley.
He tamed partly around as she fired, nnd
we ail knew ho was hurt, for his right aim
ippeared to be useless.
“'Catch (he blasted wench! Catch het
itul tie her!' he exclaimed, aud iu a moinenl
her pistol was knocked from h t hand and
the gnat, rough men grasped her and tied
her with cords. It makes my heiut ache to
think how the poor girl sobbed when she
found she wag powerless in their hands.
“ 0, where is John, Henry, Jeff?
or or
If they were here, you villains w ould pay
for this crtieltv, nntl thov will make you pnv
well, yetr ehe cried.
“ ‘Gng her if nhe makes too much fuss,’
said Woodsley’, who appeared to be the
leader.
‘Edom Woodsley,’ Lillie continued,
, you the vile thing that been play-
are has
h.'itig gentleman for tho last few years, and
to deceive people, but I have known
yottr wicked nature. You have not de¬
ceived me!’
I ll break your proud spirit for you.
you vixen, ana you'll be glad to crawl in tin
oust at my feet,’ was his reply. ‘Oh!' ht
poaned, as he put his hand to his shoulder,
you Ir.ed to kill mo. didn’t you? I 11 cut
that pretty nose from your face, but I’ll pay
jou for this.’
“When nm aud vouv mother pleaded
*itti tiiir; and prayers for them to let the
poor clnhl lo ho. they wero roughly taken
sail thrust out of the room. Mercy is ua-
“°' va to the wretches.
After they had secured what food, blan-
sets and other things they desired they de-
OMmcd money, but threats nnd abuse were
« no avail, for nil denied anv knowledge
money being hidden around the p re m-
bben Lillie heard that tho bushwhack-
rani was to capture her, and that she
accompany thorn, she begged tba’
,l °' v h'T to remain at home, but their
Rls wore iikendamaut, and her pleadings
?re 1D Tain. Sylvn asked them to take her
,
°Dg if ik,-y took her young mistress—n
Alter was short gratified wiih alacrity.
, j captive as a delay as possible will- (hey
: 10 away, nnd Sylvu was a
” snarer , of the fair niistr
* into of her ss.
L °- V e ’ ; ) )he\u into tho timber norlh of the
n “ so "'I I have doubt they had
l ' ere no
i rK ®s tied, and we watched them until the
e ® bid them from view. ”
„ ,°b n arose, as Laura ceased speaking,
1 ffatheriiig for everything together that was
‘^/benight. hiB trip, walked silently oul
n, abt was dimly lighted by a few
s that blinked away in a Jozy manner.
. ; u, Kht air was bracing and invigorating,
(t our hero walked with rajiiil strides
toward the Wire Road.
a dark figure glided out of the house aud
"as H°° n by John , B sid0>
Marsa John!”
h’hn started.
>s it you, Jeff ?”
„ Acs, Marse John, I'se wid you.”
ft, 001 ’’ lesBon Jeff, come on. AVe'li touch these
owe a before wo return.”
l ,wo crossed the road and at once en-
, be w oods tho side,
,. r , on east
tho , ” w 'be Way,” said Jeff, and ho took
j.. 1 a ‘i- The country was perfectly fa¬
„ ir t f ’ him, and ho ked along in the
st, ' j ’! Ws °f the trees wa rly well iu
I moad no as as
daylight. They would follow down
® f°r a short distance, and then go
„, ss to another ’J his
i, Pt , and down that. was
up for a long time, and at Inst the wel-
bo ,; e ot ?'8bt silver, of the river, through glistening the liko trees. a
. ,tbc.v was seen
™ hake I, but it was only long
tho.’i } lmd struck be positive the river. of the point Tbeyinrmedi- at which
“V resumed their journey nnd continued
o ” !l jhe stream, close under the b'ufl's on
‘be II. bottoms.
mf, 1 f illi0( ber half hour's travel (hoy
“Pun hnlted,
tv’./'” ll; ;b touched ihe John’s atm and pointed
’ trees to the foot of bluff.
. Lore a
dey am!”
' bf'l'e WHl fl r.l mnvofn Jaanvinffriomn
seen, g2 Urn two men had no
•
ib"ckor b 9 ° Ut U beinK th ® cnm P of th0 burtu
“bis way, Mars. John,” whispered Jeff
Am the ne. ro led the way dose By the rivei
aSSSffl? These rocks ■=
waters that were washed and worn bv
lui.es ><; ago. The covered locality this country cem
most ported places was one of the
bo for defense that could
.o iud. Water tinkled down between
tlie .tones from the bank above, and was
easily fiot at. ’
rt,. ,
«P rocks until they reached a deep re.
cess that had been made bv a large re* stone
being misplaced. Once in this ss they
felt tint it was impossible for any body of
"unis l ° ^' s * 0 'f> 0 ‘bem from it with fire-
It Las so happily situated that it com-
ttinnded a view of the bushwhackers’ camp,
ai d John believed that it would be better
0 at ona ' T ‘sit the neighborhood of the
a ““ 6C ® if «>e captive maiden was
theie, and , discover the strength of the
enemy AN hen they ho had to contend with.
told Jeff of his plan, that inde-
risk, vjdnal but insisted John on being the one to run the
wanted to see for himself,
and so he would not listen to it.
“I'll bo back in an hour, at tho latest,” he
said, ns he climbed down.
aeff watched his master until he had dis¬
appeared John in tho darkness.
passed up and across the river again
and proceeded stealthily down opposite the
camp. When he was near enough to sec
the flickering of the dying fire, he got on
us hands and knees, and, keeping the
#! I Ce Y S “nd his foes,
until he warwithmThundKeeToflhe
camp.
friend Silting on a log with his back toward our
was the sentinel.
Tiicv had not boon subjected to enough
ed danger yet to make them watchful, and
lliat fellow who had been selected for this
night s watch over his fellow-rascals’ slum¬
bers was nodding in a very unsoldier-like
manner. Stretched about upon the dry
ground in tho cavern under the foot of the
bluff that these men had selected for their
camp Neaily were, perhaps, a dozen men. pleas¬
everything to “make home
ant’ was scattered promiscuously about.
These were (he spoils of their nefarious
business tint honest citizens had been
plundered of. became
Libia was not there. He soon
convinced of that. But where could she be?
On one side of the fire, upon a fairly
comfortable pallet, ho recoguized the form
of that person whom he hated above all
others—Edom Woodsley. desire to send
He could barely control the
a bullet into the black heart of that nnprin-
cipled man, but he was not here this time
tor revmae. It was for a more laudable
purpose; but he felt that it might not be
long 1 efore he would return, and uudei
different circumstances.
Vi’her he was satisfied that those for
whom iie was seeking were not there ho
immedi.tt. ly retrace I his stepsand returned
to tho rocks whole ho had left Jeff.
CHAPTER XI.
THE ALTERNATIVE.
AYhat was his astonishment to find that
that individual had d.sappearod! John had
great confidence in Jeff, but he thought that
iBis was a needless and useless risk.
Time wore on, and just ns the first faint
streak of dawn appeared in tho east, Jeff
climbed the rocks to their retreat
"Did yer tin’ Mi s LilliMane John?”
“No, Jeff; she is uot at the camp.”
"No, Marse John, yer's correct; dey isn't
dar. ”
"Did you go there, too?” John asked, halt
aug ily, an’ done went to anOder
’■ Yes, I camp,
too.” And this natural scout aud warrior
chuckled to think he had outdone his edu¬
cated master. demanded
“Well, what did you find?”
John. sah. ”
‘‘Foun’ Miss Lillie an’ Syria,
“ Yon have? Where are they?” And J ohn
started to go. can't do nufim
“Wait, Marse John. Yer
no.v. Yer mils' wait 'till ebeniu’.”
“Well, tell me what you kuow anyway,"
said John, eagerly. h
And Jeff to d in. leff, I
“1 couldu t stun’ it arter yer an so
jes - got up an' went too. I went to der
camp fust, an’ I got dar jes as yer was ei
pullin' out. D ye min’ dat log ter yer lef
us yer cum out/ Do, eh! Well, I wasidol
agin do udder side. W’en yer lef’ I.jes look
ot er in de camp. Wen I 6ee AN oodsley,
do debbil was er hoi’ uv me, for I could
hardly keep fnim lettin' ther ole gun loose.
AYhat ferde l.awd low sechfo'ks made fer,
nohow? I den goes aroun’ on dis yere side
uv em an’ hunts fer a paf, fer I knowd dat
ef de women wasn’t dar' dey mus hab
anoder place close by, an’, Marse John, I
was correc\ I hit de paf an’ tuck it an
foffered it on until I kem ter-Does yei
see dat bushwhacker cornin’ ober de hill
yander?” looked in the direction indicated. . .
John just
Sure enough! There was one coming mile
over a hill, only about a quarter of a
from camp, and he was on his way there
n0W ’ Marse John; T 1 •
"Dariswhar dey am, jea
ober de hill.”
“Were you there, Jeff?”
"Yes, sail, was there for a tong time, but
didn’t see Miss Lillie, but I knowd she war
dar 'ease I saw Syria gwine fer water to de
spring. “Did speak to her?”
you I de watebin’ de do, _
“Yes, sah. saw de nmn bush close by, an
an’ I crep’ down to wid de
1 got dar jes as she was gwine away she
water, an’ I sez, ‘Yere, Sylva!’ but an I
almos’ drap down wid fright, be skeered! sez, I
‘Dis yer’s Jeff! Don't an
done tole her den to tell Miss Lillie dat
Marse John was heah close, an mo’ per tic le¬
er In Jeff, au’ dat dey would bof be turned
loose mighty soon, an’ not to fret.
“What did Syria say?” . ,
“She say dat de poo’ girl was cryin
hersef mos’ sick,”
“Anything else, Jeff?”
“No, Marse John, oneobde debbits what
waz er watchin’ de gals, holler, ‘Come ere,
yon brack nigger, er I’ll blow de debbil
onteu yer!’ an' so Bhe went; but dat bush¬
whacker won't lib ter be as ole as Methu-
selum, sah.” guard being .
It was evident (hat the was
relieved, or that they thought it only neces¬
sary to have one guard doing duty during
the daytime. accomplish anything at once,
"Gan we
Jeff?”
TO HE CONTINUED.
Consideuarle attention is now being
ii) ijy the agricultural department of the
t , a Government to the improvement o,
Russian stock kept.in the var.ous parts
farm live <,»trite recently nutm
i hat vast empire. a
of ClydcudaD stallions, Shorthorn and
cattle and Yorkshire pigs have been
and imported from Great Britain.
There have been twenty-six suicides from
Clifton Bridge in England in the twenty-
years since it was built. Tiie jump n
feet, and death is presumably easy, which
for the popularity of the route, i he
person who went over it was a young
who was to be married in a week,
ELLAVILLVH, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 12.
SOUTHLAND ITEMS.
INDUSTRIAL ritOORKSS —the EXCURSION
FEVER—RAILROAD ACCIDENT8-8UU.JD1CS
DEVALUATIONS—COTTON REPORTS, ETC.
Alabama.
d ' S !, ^ cucle8 was havlD piommcnt S “massed in business a cou-
!^ • ’
s eral,ie fortune, , and no mania the
Clt ^ was morL ‘ Popular.
a»«r*ia.
vetcrans ? he 85th mee t Glw at Conyer*, « ia regiment July 25th. of war
dealers Kenny & Werner, wholesale liquor
in Atlanta, are in financial trouble
and a receiver has been appointed to take
charge ° of their r affairs aUlurs '
C. C. Gordon, for many yearn teachci
of the boys at the orphan asylum, in Au¬
gusta, died from a stroke of paralysis
received last Winter. He was an es¬
teemed gentleman and a member of the
Confederate Survivors’ Association.
The state authorities have ordered an
encampment for two weeks, of the state
military, beginning on the 12th of July,
The railroads have given a rate of one
cent a mile both ways, to companies of
twenty-five or over, while individuals
m , y make the j( , urn( . Y on one fare .
th .°, c ®?P“ i « s * hich " al ‘
tiu rc are the Columbus Guards, . r loyd
Hides, of Macon; Eiberton Light In-
‘“ntiy, Gainesville Blues, Atlanta Zou-
itves, Atlania Gate City Guards, detach¬
ment from Rome, the Clark Light In-
fantry, Augusta, and otheis.
Kentucky.
At Hardingsburg, County Judge A.
Jr. Pulliam shot and killed James Miller.
Miller’s brother is county clerk. The
shooting is a mystery.
Mlasonrl.
A first-class social sensation is furnished
in the elopement, from St. Louis, of
Henry W. Mo re, managing editor of
the Pott-Dispatch, with the wife of
John W. Norton, manager of the grand
opera house and Olympia theater. Mrs.
Norton before her mariiage was an ac¬
tress of high reputati n, named Emma
Stockman. Moore is married and has
one son, aged six.
North CaroUna.
Capt. William M. Swann, a well-known
citizen, was instantly killed near the At-
hntic Coast Line station, at Wilmington.
He was standing near the track when a
large pile of lumber fell from a car while
in motion, ci ushiug him into an almost
unrecognizable mass of blood and bones.’
South Carolina.
Over $60,000 has been subscribed fora
cotton factory to be built at Chester.
The caterpillar is making fields about its appear¬ Fort
ance in the cotton
Motte.
The state board of agriculture w ill hold
a Farmers’ Institute at Laurens on July
26-27.
The Rev. VV. M. Anderson has been
installed as pastor of the Rock Hill
Presbyterian Church.
J. Marion Rogers, a graduate of Wof¬
ford College, has been elected principal
of the Muliins High School.
The tax returns this year of Clarendon
county show’ an increase of $60,823 over
the figures of last year. The total prop¬
erty of the county now is $1,751,667.
Prof. J. P. Pritchard has resigned bis
position as principal of the Mullins High
School to accept the principalship of the
high school at Clarence, Mo.
There will be a reunion of Company I,
7th South Carolina cavalry, at Concord
Grange Hall, in Sumter coun'y. on July
26. The Rev. C. C. Brown will deliver
an address.
Yonnessee.
Greer & Co., dealers in boots and shoes
in Chattanooga, made an assignment for
the benefit of their creditors. Their
largest creditors are Nashville and Cin¬
cinnati wholesale houses.
Chattanooga and Knoxville railroad
circles are very much excited over the
probability of "a strike on the East ordered, Tea-
ne*see systems, which, if it is
will be caused by the demand of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for
the reinstatement of a discharged engi¬
neer named Monahan, who isantembei of
their order. Chief Arthur has been in
Knoxville investigating and has returned
home.
BY THE SEA.
The U. 8. War Ship, Swatara came
to anchor off Nonquit, Mass, on Sunday
afternoon, after a lun of seven hours
from New London. About two hours
afterwards Gen. Sbrilan was brought
ashore without any apparent discom¬
fort, and is now in liis own cottage.
A large number of strangers was at¬
tracted to the spot. The Swatara passed
Dumpling light and cast anchor at more
than a mile from the shore, and as soon
as the ship was sighted, the shore and
landing place were thronged friends by curious of the
spec ators, as well as by
general. After about an hour's delay,
several boats left the Swatara for the
shore. In the first boat were Mrs. Sheri¬
dan and two Sisters of Mercy, who have
been faithful attendants upon the gen¬
eral. A party of sailors was in
the second boat. These boats pulled to
the landing, where the party landed, and
the women proceeded to the new cottage
forGoneral Sheridan. At the same time, a
launch belonging to the ship, towing a
boat in which was a stretcher whereon
the general rested, steamed in toward the
shore, to the north and nearly opposite
the cottage. As the boat came to shal¬
low water, a dozen sailors waded out to
it, and carefully and tenderly lifted the
stretcher up and bore it to the shore. The
crowd of spectators, among whom were a
number of photographers, pressed oi for¬ the
ward in the hope of getting a view disap¬
general’s features. They were
pointed, however, for a large umbrella
which was held over him to shield him
from the sun’s rays, also acted as an ef¬
fectual barrier to curiosity. Mrs. Sheri¬
dan is evidently very happy at the success¬
ful termination of experiment. wh it was regarded as a
very hazardous
THE WORLD OVER.
CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY
'PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
SOMETHING ABOUT CONVENTIONS, RAIL¬
ROADS, WORKING PEOPLE, CAPITALISTS,
EUROPEAN CROWNED READS, ETC.
Many shops in the market place in
Athens, Greece, were destroyed by tire
recently, involving a 1ms of $750,000.
A government decree has been issued
to the Strasburg authorities ordering tho
lawyers to keep their books in German.
The Irish Catholics uttneked an Orange
procession at Manchester, England, hatchets, while
proceeding to church, and
knives, pokers and bottles were the wea¬
pons used.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday, tho
strike of the Brewers' I'nion, because a
member was discharged by his employer
for disobedience of rules, was formally three
declared oil after a continuance of
months^
As a coal train en route for Monmouth
Junction was struck passing by through cyclone Dayton, and
N. J., it was a
Conductor John Dyer, of Trenton, and
two train men were blown from the train
and fatally hurt.
The German training squadron, con
sisting of four cruiseis and fourteen tor¬
pedo boats, will accompany the iron
clads selected to form the escort to Em¬
peror William on his Russian trip. It is
announced that Prince Henry will have
supreme command of the fleet.
The Academy of Music bidding at
Haverhill, Mass., was pretty thoroughly
gutted by fire, causing a loss of about
$100,000, of which $50,000 was on the
building, $25,000 on the scenery and
furniture, and $10,000 on the Common¬
wealth hotel.
On Saturday night, the immense brick
building on 18tli street, between Broad¬
way and Fourth Avenue,New York, occu¬
pied by the Century Publishing Com¬
pany, was destroyed by flic, entailing a
loss of nearly $000,000. The Everett
House, adjoining was somewhat dam¬
aged.
A farm house belonging to miles George from
Dobbs, located about Mich., seven ibe Canadian
Saujt Stc Marie, on
side of the rivtr, was destroyed the by fire in¬
early Friday morning. Four of
mates—George Dobbs, aged 72 years; Alice
David Merrifield, aged 21; child—
Thompson, aged 9, and another
perished in the flames. The lire started
fiorn a smudge, and when discovered by
Mrs. Dobbs, who is 70 years of age, was
beyond control.
As passenger train No. 17 of the Bur¬
lington railroad was leaving Chicago,
111., on Saturday, a rock was thrown
through the cab window of the engine,
narrowly missing Engineer Farnsworth
and Fireman Corkcry. The windows of
both sides of the cab were broken. At
Riverside, and again at Napierville, the
engine was bombarded. At the former
place a perfect storm ot stones was
tlnown, bat ering the side of the en¬
gine and breaking more glass.
A destructive stonn struck the town
of Edwardsburg, Ind., on Saturday the night,
creating sad havoc throughout vil¬
lage. Tho town consists of about 700
inhabitants, aud contains between 250
aud 800 buildings. It is located on the
Grand Trunk Railway, 113 miles from
Chicago,- on tho shores of Diamond lake.
The wind struck the village with terrific
force, overturning and carrying away
many of the houses. There is not a bus¬
iness house in the place but that is dam¬
aged to a more or less extent and the
to o. n is almost a complete wreck.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
WHAT THE SWELTERING PUB¬
LIC OFFICIALS ARE DOING.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS —IMPORTANT
ACTS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND—AP¬
POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, ETC.
IJOSSIP.
An order was issued from the War
Department announcing that by authority
of the President of the United States,
July 2, 1888, the military reservation of
Fort Pickens, Fla., located on the west
end of Santa Rosa island, is modified and
extended so as to include the whole of
said Santa Rosa island.
A counterfeit five-dollar silver certifi¬
cate of i he new issue made its appearance
in Washington on Saturday. It was pre¬
sented at a gentlemen's furnishing store,by
an Italian named Guisseppe Crugiora, in
payment for a pair of socks. Its and peculiar
appearance aroused suspicion summoned, a po¬ the
liceman would-be having been taken into
The purchaser was examined at, cus¬ the
tody. department, note was and proved to be
treasury issues of counter¬
one of the dangerous 1
feits discovered in Detroit in February
last.
The weather crop bulletin issued by
the Signal Office says; For the week
ending July 7th, the weather conditions
were generally favorable for all growing
crops throughout all the agricultural Mountains. re¬ A
gions east of ihe Rocky reported in
decided' improvement is
wheat, corn aud cotton regions in the
central valleys. The weather has been
especially favorable to cotton in North
Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama,
although more rain is needed in South
Carolina. The high temperature during lias
the past week in the corn legions that
greatly improved the condition of
crop. Improvements are reported in the
conditions of the tobacco and corn crops
of Kentucky, due to the favorable
weather of the past ten days. Reports
from Minnesota ami Dakota, state that
the “weather conditions have been very
favorable, all crops growing finely and
promise abundant harvest.”
SEVERE EXPLOSION.
A battery of boilers at the tannery of
A. .J. Greetzingcr, Allegheny City, Pa., and
exploded, wrecking several buildings
rerimmiy injuring six persons, three of
whom will probably die,
BOUGHT OF FUN. !
|
I1UMOHOUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOUltUfcS. ;
daw Rrcakinjj Nomenclature dust
About A Doubtful Compliment
—Experimenting -Of a j
Financial Nature.
There was a Russian came over tho soa
Just when the war was growing hot;
And liis name it. win Tjalikavaknreo-
K ariu do 1 > rot i kauu huilarot-
Slribkadirova-
Ivarditztova-
Kauihk
Danorik
Varagobhot.
A Turk « standing upon the shore-
And H i lit where the terrible Russian crossed;
lie cried:—“Bisniillaht I'm Ab-El-Kor
Bazaron Uilgmumtosgobross-
Getflnpravadi-
Qrivino adJl
llivido-
Jenikodosk!”
So they stood like bravo men long and well;
And they called each other with their proper
names
Till the lockjaw seized them, and where they
fell
They buried them both by the Irdeshalmmei
Bulgary- iVii'htai'un.Hil'onp-
Duitiary
fcaglmrimsing. Detroit Fret _ Press. _
Just, About.
“How much cider did you make this
yoari” inquired one fanner of another
who had offered a specimen for trial.
“Fifteen barrels,” was the answer.
Another sip.
“Well, if you had another apple you
might have made another barrel.”— leis¬
ure Hour
A Doubtful Compliment.
First Youngwl.ady—“Fred is gettiug
positively spoony; lie called me a flower
just before I came upstiirs.”
Rival Belle (with much sweetness)—
“You had been sitting against the wall
for a long time, but it wasn't nice of him
to allude to it .”—Providence Journal.
Experiment nig-
xr Mr. Somborn— r. i I in very glad i j you con-
eluded to come again tins season, Miss
last year?” Somborn—“Yes, I’ve joined
Air. an
amateur dramatic society, and I want
you to of help again. me rehearse I’m going that refusal play
scene ours to
a crushed lover."— Judge.
Of a financial Nature.
Bobby (thoughtfully) “Pa, do men
in business worry about money mat-
ter »M
Bather—“Sometimes, Bobby. , For
instance, when a man whose credit is not
first class owes me money. I worry more
or less until I get it. Do yon under-
Bobby—“Yes, pa, and , when you
owe
money to other people I s’pose they
worry until they get it ?”—Epo h.
Tl.e Progress of Evolution.
Visitor (to lunatic asylum a century
hence)—“Whata Buperirtendent— beautiful “Yes, girl:” thing. She
belle once—the poor pride
was a great society
of one of the most fashionable circles in
the city, ller parents’ hearts are almost
broken. It is a pity, a great pity, that
so lovely a casket should contain such a
diseased mind. She is not dangerous;
only a monomaniac; but the case seems
hopeless.
“AN hat is her mama I
S ■ U! ' va ll ts to mair y f°r love.
Omaha , World, , ,
An Apology.
Scene: The supreme court room, six
judges being seated ou (contemptuously) the bench.
Air. thought K. to Judge P. addressing
“I 1 was a gentle-
man. - ”
Judge P. (severely)—“AVhat do you
mean, sir?”
’the Chief-Justice (sternly)—“Mr. said; K.,
you must retract what you have
you must apologize.”
Mr. K. (blandly)—“I said anything will retract, your
honor, if I have wrong;
hut what I said was, that I thought I
was addressing a gentleman, and 1 still
think so .”—Commercial Advertiser.
His Majesty Excepted.
'1 he celebrated court preacher, Kober,
once preached intemperance. a very powerful The Grand sermon Duke
against whose looked like Chi-1
of Saxony, nose a
nese lantern, regarded happened the to be remarks present,and
lic naturally as re- lie
ferring to himself; consequently
looked very severely at the the eloquent Grand
court preacher, modified who, bis catching remarks by
Ducal eye, say-
ing: “Drunkenness is undoubtedly great
a
and heinous sin, against which every
true ( hri-tian should be warned, except-
ing, of course, our beloved Grand Duke,
whom God preserve to us many years
yet. —Fliegende Bluett er.
Not Hi* Getf.
Tiiey stopped the horse on Second
street just as the driver was laid pitched out tho
on the grass. He was ou
eu-hions, the horse tied to a post, and
the ambulance telephoned for. The
crowd of fifty were waiting to see the
end of it, when a citizen came running
up, looked from the trembling horse to
the wrecked vehicle and then to the man
with the broken exclaimed! leg, and pushing his
way further he
“Why, dear me, something has
pened! Say, did your horse run away?”
“It isn’t that I have broken a leg and
will belaid up for weeks,” replied it the
victim as he looked around, “but is
mv helplessness to take this fellow and
drive him head first into the ground !
threo or four feet! Have I any real
friends here who will do if for me;”--
Detroit Free Press.
:
"accepted His Keftisal Gratefully,
“I am truly sorry to give you pain, Mr.
Hankinson,’ sa d the young lady, “but
please do not allude to thesubject again, !
I can never be your wife.”
“That is your final answer, Miss
Irene'”
“It is.”
“Nothingcould induce you to change
your decisioa?”
vou III. NO. 42.
‘‘My mind is fully and unalterably
made ‘‘Miss up.” Irene,” said the young man ris¬
ing and looking about for his lint, “bc-
fore coming here this evening I made a
bet of # i6 with Van Perkins that you
would say no (o my proposal. I have
won. It was taking a ink, but I was
dead broke. Miss Irene,” lie continued, I
his voice quivering with emotion, “you
have saved a despairing man from the
fate of a suicide, and won tlie life-long
respect and esteem of a grateful Tribune, heart.
Good evening .”—Chitago
The Man With the Rabbit Five.
“There,” said the beautiful Amelia
Wintorgreen, casting a diamond ring at
the feet of Klhelbert Flitterbat, “take
the jewel you gave mo. I shall marry
Mr ' 'Smithercen.w ho ownsThe horrid dog
f from which you ran y os tor day, leaving
me without protection from that drcaa-
ful beast. You are a coward, Mr. Flit-
terbat. If Mr. Smitliereon lmd not
kindly saved me,” sobbed the charming have
girl, hysterically, “1 should not
been rescued. Please go, Mr. Flitterbat,
and forever." wretched
“Amelia,” moaned that,
young man 'hear me. Know that my
right eye was once a rabbit's. It was
with my right eyo that I saw Smith-
creen ' 9 cUr approaching us. I knew he
was a great rabbit dog, Amelia, and so I
ran. I am the victim of science, but 1
am no coward.” that
“How romantic!” exclaimed
glorious girl. “Forgive me, Ethelbert.”
— Chicago Ncm.
-
IliKiiigli Said.
Brave Stranger -“What is the rent of
that handsome resides o ”
Honest Agent—“It is for rent for a
song to any one who will take it. The
house is haunted.”
"Pooh! I’m not stayed afraid there of spooks.”
“No tenant lias over one
night since a murder was committed in
it. They say the racket raised by the
spirits is fearful; howls fill theaii.chains
rattle, dreadful spectres flit about-”
“They can’t scare mo.”
“But tenants complain that the furni-
tnre is knocked and broken.”
“i’ll risk it.”
“And the piano is played by unseen
hands.”
“Whose hands?”
“The hands of the woman who was
killpd They J recognize ” her by tlie fact
thilt the tun s wc h „ r show
“Show me some other house.”—
Omaha World.
Itaek and Head
“Brown is like neceasity-hc huge,pompous knows no
law,” used to be said of a
member of the bar of Western New
One morning the village street which
separated the court house from the vil-
lage tavern was ankle-deep with water,
owing to a heavy rainfall during the
n jght. stood looking the water from
Brown at
the tavern piazza, and so did White,
another member of the bar, who, though aud
physically a dwarf, was a brilliant
powerful lawyer,
“White, my dear fellow, what will
you do? ’ said Brown, with a patronizing
street; you wiff'drowm ^ shnlMiove to
take you across on my back.”
-‘If vou should ” retorted White “you
would* have more law on your back than
you ever hud iu your head. Youth's
Companion.
--—--
Au Improvement in Dentistry,
A well known riUsbu rg dentist has
lately received a patent upon an electrical
appliance that has certainly solved one
of the many difficulties attending the
proper handling of the human teeth.
Heretofore a whole fashionedswedgingpro- gold tooth has been
made by the old
cess, at once clumsy aud hardly effect-
ive. The gold cones are technically
called galvano-plastic tooth crowns, and
the process of making them is very
simple. A soft metallic model of the
tootli is made, this being done perfectly
The by first metallic taking model an impression is then of placed tho tooth. in
a
dynamo electric bath, and a deposit of
pure gold AVherr is thus this formed gold Ins all attained over the
model. a
suitable thickness the soft metal is easily
melted out without in juring the cone,
leaving a perfect, smooth gold tooth
crown. This process is far easier than
the old way, and has received marked at-
teution from the scientific dental organs
in the East .—Pitt sharp Dispatch.
An Interesting Spider.
Tho habits of a running spider of
Southern Europe, are curious. It makes
a vertical round hole in the
about ten inches deep, and this, with a
small earth wall sometimes made round
the mouth, is lined with web. A littlo
way down is a small lateral hole into
which the spider shrinks when an animal
falls into the tube; when the animal has
reached the bottom, the spider pounces
on it. One can readily tel! that a tube
is tenanted by the bright phosphorescent upward. In
eyes of the spider turned himself its
fighting the spider erects on
last pair of legs,striking with the others.
'The bite is not fatal to man, but it causes
large swellings. The children in Bucha
rest angle for these kneaded spiders by means of
an egg-like ball of yellow wax
tied to a thread. This is lowered with
jerks into the hole, and pulled the spider
fastens on it, and ran he is passed out;
whereupon another thread
round one of the legs, and the animal is
played with.
1>eo „ l» . le , s Kltche .,,, , " 9 ’
Berlin has an institution known as the
“people’s kitchens,” which is remarkable
in its way. These kitchens were estab-
listed fifteen years ago by benevolent
people, who subscribed the necessary
capital. They are now self-supporting their capital
concerns that yearly add to
and constantly increase in number, and
yet in them working men varying can get from a com-
fortable dinner for a sum 3
to 7 cents, and he can meet his comrades
in a comfortable, well-warmed room, and
rest and read the paper while he eats his
mid-day meal. The number of kitchens
i s fifteen, and each of them hundred supplies workmen from
three hundred to five
with a daily dinner at the cost mentioned.
Lach kitchen is managed by a local com-
niittee of honorary members, who look
carefully into all the details to see that
t-ood food, well prepared, is served, and
t :'re charge of the accounts. Chicago
lines.
THE OLi -FASHIONED HAIR.
Oh, the old-fashioned hair of the sweet long
ago
b tho kind I shall always loveliest,
And tho faces it framed with its beautiful
grace
Of tho (lour ones long since gone'to rest,
There were tresses, anil ringlets, and long
braided locks.
There were beautiful, bonnto bright curls.
And high combs and side combs, and tail
shining coils,
That were worn by the old-fashioned girls.
I remember the roach that my grandfather
wore,
Itruslie 1 back from his broad, honest brow,
With an elegant, easy simplicity, which,
Though I iook for, I never see now.
And my grandmother’s hair—snowy white-
hid away
Neath a head-dress of dainty white lace,
Curving down from her brow in a smo ith
silver band.
Framed a queenly and beautiful face.
As the proud, noble face of my great Uncle
George
books down from tho canvas at mo,
With tho “old timey” stock and the tine
l>owdered wig—
Tis as handsome and grand as can bel
but the dearest nnd loveliest hair in the
world
Is my mother’s soft, beautiful brown,
With a touch of the gold, and glint of the
sun,
And away to her knees falling down.
A,,tl il Wls ite ow, ‘ ^ of W(,minl * «"*-*•
A'" 1 ,lm oM fashiwled raode8 * t00 >
,,f tliat indescribable beauty ot , soul. ,
And the mother’s love, tender and true
For the angel that painted the rainbow could
find
Not a tint so exquisite and rare!
Oil the wealth of luxurious, rippling waves,
Of my mother’s brown, beautiful hairl
So I honor the hair of the sweet long ago,
IVbother silver, or dusky, or fair,
For it brings iiaek dear faces, and good,
honest hearts—
And I love it—the old-fashioned hairl
—Margaret Andrews Oldham.
PITH AND POINT.
I ost at sea—Tho sight of land.
A game of cards—Formal visits.
Unbidden guests are welcomest when
they ate gone.
The choir organ should always be dis-
tinguished by its high moral tone,
Milk ha , s0 littlo t0 do wlth the milch
CQW tImt „ distinction is made in the
, speUinR . -Lincoln Journal
^ hat an immense town must heil arts
l nknown, intario, (anata. c |
1 K 0ln £> there. JiockH.tr Ion ,.x
P 1 '^ •
j In the public schools they do not have
to keep up the interest of the scholars in
! order to pay the principal.—A sm York
Heirs.
That Ethel is an artist,
All must admit witli grace;
How could one ever doubt it
AVho'd ever seen her fa o i
—London Tld-BPs.
^ lllre< ’"mi ^ e^mdTMhc P ll P il teacher. tc ilher^^'No" ,
r,, y 8on > replied the wise man; it w .a
Ju ' lut " h ,' w as foun ‘ 1 efld Il0rae0 ’
wce/e ,
-t/nce a
At a Traveling Agency.—To Clerk:
“Did vou ever realize anything in tho
German lotteries V “Yes, sir. “I tried
one live times, and realized that I was
an idiot !”—New York Observer.
There was a young doctor of Skye,
VV hose patients Beemoil destined to (lie,
But ho left them ono day,
To tiiey go fishing, they well, say, just fora
And all got Journal. guy.
—Somerville
“What a beautiful child! AVhat an
extremely handsome fellow!" says the
gushing visitor to the lady of the I think.” house,
“A cs, lie is n handsome boy, the perfect
“Gh, indeed, be is. lie is
image of his father- the perfect image
Don’t you think so?” “Well, I don’t
know. I never saw his father. Wo
adopted him.”
The charming damsel bad no appetite;
Her health was delicate, her mother said;
But ut the table she put out of sight
S ^ed ’ W "° U a ' 8 Wn “ 10 *
“I eat no more than would a bird,” laughed
she; table
„But when she rose and from the went.
^ landlord frowned and bit his Ups; said
“I he, ostrich the bird she meant.”
guess au was
—Norristown Herald.
Agricultural Hands In Mexico,
The Pahellon National newspaper lias
been exposing the ill-treatment to which
agricultural laborers on haciendas in re¬
mote parts of Mexico are subjected. It
says that in some districts of the State
of Chiapas the indigenes are ignorant of
the existence of hats, since they never
cover the head. These wretched peons
hire themselves out as bea-ts of burden
to whomsoever desires to lease them,
The arrangement is made on this basis:
Wages $♦ per month, with from $23 to
$30 in advance. The obligation of the
Indian draught animal is to fetch aud
carry on his back the load c immitted to
him,* whatever may be the distance. without right Still
more, they are sub-rented
of receiving any e .oess of payment. As
the poor Indian fs never able to discharge
the debt which he has incurred through
the amount advanced liim, he is always
a serf. If he die , iris children must
work out his obligations. Many haeien-
dados of Tobascoare sub renters of theso
Indians,
Set Fire to tier Own Hair.
Miss Mary Elmore met with a seriou 0
mishap in Fort Worth, Texas, tho result
of a very foolish freak She was wash¬
ing her head with a solution of water
and coal-oil, the proportion of oil being
about two-thirds. NY hen she was
through and about to dry her hair with
a towel her little sis!er suggested that a
match be applied to the oil-satinated
hair. Apparently to humor the little
one ami not thinking of the consequeu•
ces, Miss Elmore struck a match and held
it to the end of her long tresses, and in
an instant her head was enveloped inn
flame. Before assistance could be ren¬
dered her luxuriant tresses were gone
and her face terribly scorched. The
most serious injuries are to her eyes, and
it is feared both will he destioyed, or
at least p rmancntly injured. Miss El¬
more is about fifteen years old, ami is a
very comely girl,—- Quires'on Ntvn.