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About The Pickens County herald. (Jasper, Ga.) 1887-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1890)
W. B. MINCEY, Editor. VOL. IV Nobility. Trtio worth Is to being—not seeming; Id doing etch day that goes by Some Hit e g od—not in the dreaming Of great things to do hy-and bye. For whatever men say in blindness, And spite of the fancies of youth, The e’s nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing so royal as truth. We get bark our mete as we measure— We cannot do wrong and feel right; Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure, For Justico avenges each slight. The air for the wing of the sparrow, The bush for the robin and wren, But always the path that is narrow And straight for the chlldreu of men. We cannot make bargains for blisses; Nor ettch them, like ti.-hes, in nets; And sometimes the things our life misses Help more then the things which »e get. For good licth not in pursuing Nor gaining of great nor of small; But just in the doing, and doing As we would be doue by, is all. Thro’ envy, thro’ malice, thro tilting, Against the wor d early and late, No jut of ottr courage abating— Our part is to work and to wait; And alight is the sting of his troub'o Who.-e winnings arc less thuu his worth; For be who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortu e or birth. —[C. K. Shetterly, iu Detroit Free Fress. The Cartwright Twins. 1 BV MRS. M. A. KIDDEB. It was a low, rambling, shed of a house—made, it is true, to 1 >ok pictur¬ esque by the wealth of green vines and Japanese climbing roses that com¬ pletely covered die low eaves and even crept across the roof and peeped over ou the other side. The flowers and vines were twined a d intertwined till the cottage looked like a floral bower, and fit for a fairy princess. Bill this was all outside show, like many another dwelling-place, both of soul and body, iu this strange, deceiv¬ ing world. It took the winds of autumn and the wild, rude storms of wiutor to strip it of its glory. Inside it was a cheerier, bare place, consisting of sitting-room, bedroom, and kitchen, with a loft or garret where the pigeons roosted and the rats and mice held high revelry. The sitting-room was parlor and dining-room as well, except when James Cartwright, the hard-working tenant, was too busy to tramp a half mile to eat his frugal dinner at his own humble board; then it was that little Susie put up a leaf in the kitchen tabic set against the wall, placed two plates and a corresponding number of knives and twO-tined forks, a cup and a saucer, a p ate of sweet butter, and a home-made loaf, with some simple relish tliercon, with a cup of tea al¬ ways for mother. Susie’s hands wore small, yet very busy. Scarce a head taller than the table, she was as handy as many a grown maiden i i cutting tho bread, pouring out the tea, and better than all, in washing the di-lies—the dread of all housekeepers—and tidying up the room till it shone. There were rio ottomans, velvet tapestry, or stuffed inrniture, to ar¬ range anil keep clean. The well-worn rag carpet, the half-dozen cane-scat chairs, and old-fashioned mahogany table, that had once belonged to “Granny Cartwright,” with the well filled work-basket on the wide win dow-ledge, comprised the appointments of the simple “best room.” Mrs. Cartwright wa3 an invalid, but she “mourned not as those without hope.” When the sweet May flower g should blossom and the hills be clad in green, she prayed that her “hope” might blossom also in strength and beauty—in short, that the liitle one they expected would bo perfect and comely. If Susie (who was ten years old) had 1 ecu more of the hopes and as¬ pirations of her parents, and lmd a voice or choice in the matter, she would have expressed her longings for a “little sister,” but, as it was, there wero devout inward prayers go ing up from the hearts of die humble pair that the baby might be a boy! “Our prayers are answered, Mar. tlia,” said plain James Cartwright, as he kissed his wife and glanced a! the hour-old, red-faced baby in the nurse’s arms, two months later than when our Story opens. “I would remain with you longer, but an important j b is waiting, and the work must be at¬ tended to now moro than ever, for wc have another mouth to fill. Heaven bless you both!” and the stalwart blacksmi’h started with long strides for his smithy. •The four.dry bell sounded its six Measured strokes, aud at the la-t kh’oke the blacksmith left his anvil ty, the forge, and hurriedly creeping out of bis overalls, s’arted for homo, “Ki»S the baby, father,” cned the delighted Susie, as soon as he had en tered the room, holding up tho httle mite for the paternal salute. Cartright did as his daughter pckrn® Jerald * quested him, though iu rather an awk¬ ward manner. “Did you kisa tho baby at noon, father?” “Yes, Susie.” “Well, this isn’t the same one you kissed thou, father,” and Susie laughed till the tears ran down her cheeks at the choice bit of news sho had to tell him. “What do you mean, Suel” “Why, we’ve got twins—didn’t you know it, father? The sweetest little boy and girl that you ever saw. The doctor brought tho girl after you went to work.” This was a poser. James Cartwright loved his wife and children; but another girl, and a twin at that, was moro than ho could exactly be thankful for, in his straitened circumstances. Martha could not nurse both, so a nurse must be kept and that would take the little ho was trying every week to lay by against the “rainy day,” that was sure to come some time. With these thoughts in his mind he stepped softly into the poorly fur¬ nished brdroom, and kissed the cheek of his patient wife, his Martha, who had b'orne with him the heat and bur¬ den of life s battle, and been to him at all limes a helpmate in the fullest sense of the word. “They are darlings, are they not James?” the pale lips murmured, as the nurse uncovered the tiny twain, nestled in each other’s arms. “They are pretty enough, Martha, but a little more than wo prayed for or wished; don’t you think so dear, with our small resources?” “Oh, James, you are not pleaded, or you wouldn’t speak in that way. God ordaincth all things, love, and He will provide.” The twins grew apnee and wero the talk and wonder of the neighborhood for their intelligence and beauty, and it was,too,tiic wonder of the neighbor¬ hood that James Cartwright never seemed as fond of his baby girl as o*^ his oilier children. “She came two years too soon,” he would say, laughingly, “and cost me ail my spare money.” Six years passed away and Susie Cartwright, who had grown to be a delicate, pretty maiden of sixteen, seemed bound up in the twins. What¬ ever love and attention wa3 lacking on Use father’s part for little Pauline was fully made up by the mother and daughter. Strange as it seemed, though, the little girl idolized her father, and was never happy out of his sight. She and little Paul would oftentimes wander down to the blacksmith’s shop, and linger around until time for dinner or supper. Then James Cartwright would issue from the shop, clasp his boy in his arms, perch him upon his shoulder, and start for home, leaving Pauline to trudge along as she could The little thing was old enough now to feel the slight (having arrived at the age of six years), and resent it. “Won’t you take me up, papa?” “No. Papa must carry Ills own darling boy. You run home to mother.” “No, I sha’n’t. If you won’t carry me, I sha’n’t go home,” said the will ful little Pauline. “I’ll go see graml ma.” Pauline turned short, and went in the opposite direc ion down the road. James Cartwright had been so busy frollicking with his boy that this proud little speech was lost upon him, and when iie readied his cottage the child was nowhere to be seen. “•Which way did she go, father?” cried Susie, in alarm. “She's gone to grandma’s,” cried Paul, the spoiled child. “Grandma” was none other than an old half-civilized Indian woman, who lived a mile from the Cartwrights, in a lr.it standing back among the dense woods, a short distance from the road. In tins direction Susie ran with all her speed, her fat er quickly follow¬ ini ; but fauiiue was not in sight. She anived at tbe old woman’s hut, only to find it bolted and barred, with no sign of life within, “She has gone off on one of her tramps,” said Cartwright, wiping the perspiration frem his face. “What shall we do now, Susie?” “Hunt (ill wo find our darling— what else, father?” “She may have fallen in the creek and been drowned. If so, I shall never forgive myself for not taking care of her as I should.” ■^’he night passed; the village was aroused; the creek and river were dragged; but the child was not found, nor anything belonging to her except a doll which she had dropped on the high-road. Years pasted, and James Cart wright *tiil worked a; the smithy, but not a sntiie was ever seen ou his face, and i not a joke ever passed his lips. lie vra* a changed man. “We Seek the Reward of Honest Labor.” JASPER, GEOR GIA, THURSDAY, OC TOBER 31, 181)0. “I murmured when sho was born," ho would say, “and God has takon her; but my punishment seems greater than 1 can bear." Ten years passed. Susie was mar¬ ried and settled in the far-West, and Paul was at boarding-school, many miles away, when tho lonely couple were s lrprised, one bright Sunday morning, by the sudden appearance of the old Indian woman in the sitting, room. Site kept ubout tho villngo a great deal of tho time, but seldom made calls. “Are yo lonesome, old Cartwright!” said the half-breed, in a not very re¬ spectful manner. “Yes, lvate; it seems like a tomb hero,” said the sorrow-stricken father. “Your conscience troubles ye about yer lost papoose, doesn’t it, old man?’’ “Hush, Kato. will you? Don’t bring up the terrible past!” “Ye’d like to see her, I talco it? What’ll ye give?” Something in tho old woman’s eye startled the old man. “Is she aiivc, Kate? For Heaven's sake, tell inc! Do you know anything about her?” “Who said I did?" said tho old woman, chuckling. “I said what’ll you give?” “All my little savings, which isn’t much. Everything I have in the world, Kate, shall be yours if you but bring me my darling—my lost Paul¬ ine I” The old woman went out, chuckling to herself. In the evening she came back,bring¬ ing with her a tall, graceful girl, tho very image of what Susie had been ten years before. “Here she is, old Cartwright. I didn't mean to steal her, but I found her trudgin’ along my way one day, and I thought I’ll teach you a lesson; and so I took her to a city lady, who brought her up and sent her to school. She knows enough, and she hasn’t for¬ got you neither. Now let me tell you one thing. Every Indian father and mother love their papooses, no mattci how many come, even boasts do, foi that inaiter. I don’t want your nionw, only as much as’U get me a dinner, perhaps, so good-by, don’t bo sparing of your love now!” There was great rejoicing at the Cartwiiglit cottage, and the whole village rejoiced in sympathy, though they felt indignant enough against old Kate to tar and feather her for abduct¬ ing the girl. But the Indian woman had disappeared, and was never seen in the neighborhood again.—[New York Weekly. Novel Apparatus for Ship Signaling. It is slated that a novel apparatiu for signaling, which lias been perfected in the East and is used on some of tin United States war ships, will short!) be introduced on this coast. Elcc tricity is one of the principal agents ii the apparatus, which may be used foi day oj- night signaling. It consists ol a hollow iron pole, from the sides ol which project four metal frames, twe on a side, each containing two hori¬ zontal shutters mounted on axes, sc that they can be revolved. One sidi of each pair of shutters is painted ver tie illy with red and while stripes, while a white dia noiul on a dark ground is on the other side. The shut¬ ters represent tire alphabet aud certain signals also. By causing any shutter to be exposed by pulling any of a system of chain* any letter or word desired may be ex¬ posed and flashed. The operator hai in front of him only four levers and o card upon which the signal code is printed. Four electric lamps aro fixed on the four corners of the frames. They are intended to be used for night signaling and are backed by colored re¬ flectors and connected with a dynamo. By depressing a switch its correspond¬ ing lamp is placed in tho circuit aud lighted. On releasing the switch the light is extinguished. The new meth¬ od is calculated to prove a wonderful success.—[San Francisco Chronicle. Niagara Shallow Above the Falls. It is doubtful if any steamer that runs on the Niagara river, except pos¬ sibly the small steam yachts, could go over the falls if it tried. The lake survey charts givo the soundings on Niagara down to about Fort Day and from there across. The deepest souud ing in this iineis fifteen feet. Below, however, as inav clearly be seen from shore, the river shoals a great deal, and tho first breakers, half a mile or so above the horseshoe, ure at a reef which is almost at the water’s surface. The chances, therefore, of a large steamer, laden with hundreds of pas¬ seng'TS, sailing screuely over the precipice, are very small. It would he desperately unpleasant, Ipwevcr, to be on a boat that drifted down and lodged On the reef, even half a mile from k Express. the great tumbie.—-[Buffalo (N. •) THE. YAVI-SUPAIS. An Almost Unknown Indian Tribo in Arizona. Discovered In a'StarvIng Con¬ dition by a Californian. Colonel W.’ 11. Holabird of Clnre mont, Los Ahgeles county, is at the 1’ahice Hotel.E'"‘ving ju»t returned f: "*78u exploring expedition in the canyons of the Colorado. ITo left Williams, a station on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, with his guide, Wil¬ liam Hass, a teamster, a photographer and two servants, and traveled through an almost wholly unexplored region. About 100 miles due north of Williams he found the Yavi-Sitpai tribo of In¬ dians, living iu .exclusion in Catarae 1 canyon, not far from the Grand can¬ yon of the Colorado. “I found there a strange race of red men,” said Colonial Holabird to a C.ironicle reporter last evening. “1 guess I was the second white mail who ever visited their canyon. They arc a peaceable people, but avoid coming in couiact with the whites. They are of the Apache family, but are evidently a very ancient people. The men arc magnificent specimens Of manhood, with tine physiques. I rounded lip the settlement and counted just 247 of them, fully two-thirds being females. The valley in which their tribe have lived for many year, in seclusion has but two ways of approach. It contains perhaps 2000 acres, and is inclosed by almost perpeudicu’rar walls 4000 feei high. “The chief of the strange tribe liv¬ ing in this canyon is an o'.d man of CO years named Captain Tom, a name giveu him by John D. Lee, the Mor¬ mon, who escaped from U ah and for six years lived in hiding wiJi the rod men. He was the first white man the Yavi-Supais had ever seen, and lie taught the chief the white man’s lan¬ guage and the usefirei.rms. The Indians live in small houses woven from young willow trees. They are a simple and harmless people, wholly unacquainted with civilization. The young men are experts with tho bow and arrow, and can kill birds in the air and rabbits on tho run with the greatest ease. The old chief met our party with two warriors as a body¬ guard. They were decked up with paint and their trappings, aud looked fierce enough. “I found •, hose Indians in a starving condition, living on cedar berries and grass seeds. As soon as I readied the railroad I communicated with tho In¬ terior Department, asking for assis¬ tance for these Indians, and the reply from the Interior Department stated that the red men were a wandering people ami could not ask the govern¬ ment for assistance. I have since re¬ ported the case to General Miles, and he lias promised to investigate the matter. The Indians are not a roving people, but have lived iu the canyon for a century or more. General Miles informed me that he had heard of this si range race, but had never been able to secure a guido to tho canyon where they live. “Dr. Samuel Dorchester, whom I met at Williams, A. T., has just con¬ cluded taking the Indian census of Arizona, wiiich siiows an Indian popu. l.ition in the territory as follows: Navajos, 18,000; Pnpagos, l’iinas and Maricopas, 9000; San Carlos Apaches, 4500; Moquis, 2200; Mojavcs, 2200 and Yavi-Siqwis. 250, being Arizona.”— a total of over 88.000 Indians in [San Francisco Chronicle. Temperature of the Sett. The thermometer lias become a use" ful instrument iu examining the basins into which the bottom of tho sea is divided. The geography of Hie sea Ijottom is determined from the tem¬ perature of tlie water as readily as it would bo by repeated soundings. When tho Challenger cruised in the waters east and south of China several years ago, the geography of the differ¬ ent seas formed by the groups and chains of islands off that coast was made out in this way. In tho open Pacific, and in ail seas into which tho oceanic currents flow, the temperature varies from the sur¬ face to tno bottom. Of course the deeper water is the cooler. if a basiu be cut off from this gen¬ eral flow up to within a certain depth from the surface, then the temperature will be found to lower just as in the ocean, until a. depth is reached just even with tbe top of the enclosing bank or reef. From that point to the bottom tho temperature is found to bo uniform. borne observations in the waters named will make this intelligible. It was found that tbe temperature of the "elebes Sen varied until a depth of seven hundred fathoms was reached. From that depth down to more than twenty-five hundred fathoms there was no perceptible change. The walls of its basin, then, toward the Pacific, rise to within seven hundred futhoms of the surface. No colder water than that of the tropical Pacific at a depth of seven hundred fathoms was poured into this basin, and that was the temperature that the basiu could pre¬ serve. ■, In the Sulu Sea the temperature re¬ mained the same from a depth of four hundred fathoms to Iho bottom at more than twenty-five hundred fath¬ oms. All this body of water was warmer than that of the Celebes, be¬ cause the rim of its basin coming nearer the surface, not so cold water could flow in from the ocean. In the Molucca passage Iho tempera¬ ture of the water decreased gradually from the surface to the bottom. This proves that these waters are not cut off from the ocean currents by any ridge toward the Pacific.— [Youth’s Com¬ panion. Coffee Cochineal. Tho colleo plantations in the depart¬ ment of Aniatitlan, Guatemala, liavo lately been ravaged by a peculiar in¬ sect, which M. Adolf Vendroll has ascertained to bo a new species of cochineal. The principal industry in this district formerly was tho cultiva¬ tion of cochineal. When examined microscopically, one of tho in ects is seen to contain a yellowish liquid with thousands of little eggs. As the de¬ velopment of the eggs continues thoy bccomo larger, and the liquid dimin¬ ishes, so that a dry insect contains iio liquid, but innumerable eggs of a red¬ dish yellow color, which look like very fine powder, ami are transported by the wiud as easily as the pollen of flowers. Iu December tho insects are in the former condition, and about February and March the fcnialo Insect reaches the stage of full development and ejects the eggs, covering them with its body. The insects are only noticed oil the coffee plants when the females are fecundated; but by this time the plant has become sickly and yellow; it is imperfectly nutrified, and, should it reach tho fruiting stage, the berries are small and of little value. M. Ven drcll thinks that this is because the in¬ sects extract nitrogen from the plants, and he consequently advises manuring with nitrate of soda.—[Scientific American. Norwegian Snowshoes. For moving about in a region of eternal snows there is no one to cquul the Norwegian snow-shoers. Two years ago a little band of fifteen of these men were engaged by the engi¬ neers who aro constructing the new line across the Andes which is to con¬ nect Chili with the Argentine Repub¬ lic. Their duty was to keep up com¬ munication between the various sta¬ tions, a task which till then hud been found to present insurmountable diffi¬ culties. The experiment appears to have been attended with complete suc¬ cess. The snowshoers go about their errands in pairs. Their first passage was attended with no little danger, the tract being wholly unexplored. There wero neither guides nor landmarks; but, after a long search, the pioneers discovered a rivulet whose course served to guide them to their destina¬ tion. Unfortunately two of the men on this expedition fell over precipices and received more or less serious in¬ juries. TIic6c, however, still remain in the service, and tho little band of mountain messengers with their wide snow-shoes now number thirteen, who receive £10 a month each, in addition to their free passage out.—[London News. Pacific Coast Oysters. Aloug the Pacific coast from San Fra-icisco, wherever there is a shel¬ tered cove or bay, says the San Joso (Cal.) Times, a littio oyster has its na¬ tive homo. This bivalve, though small, is of delicious flavor and when properly prepared, makes an excellent soup. Moreover, it has been demon¬ strated that the diminutive mollusk cun, by a systematic cultivation, be made to grow much larger. The estab'ishment of oyster beds in tbe bay about Aiviso, New Chicago or Albrac, although an apparently hum¬ ble industry, cau be rendered very profitable with comparatively little ex¬ penditure, save that of a moderate amount of labor, coupled with ordi¬ nary intelligence. Tho sting-rag and vicious crabs are rarely seen in the waters to which ref¬ erence is made and what destruction they might do can ve reduced to a min¬ imum- We hdpe someone in ay give these suggestions au attention similar to that which lias resulted iu a small fortune in more than one instance upon this coast. *1.00 PER ANNUM, In Advance. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. It is decided that tho mlsqnlto can transmit yeilow fever and malaria by tho puncture with his little bill. Some wonderful work has lately been dotio iu tho removal of diseased parts of tho human body by elcctroly* sis. Dr. Ilellman, who has been investi¬ gatin'! the history of inetet’.Ology, says that tho science dates from Ions before tho Christian era. Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton thinks death sontencos should lie carried out with carbonic acid gas, tho same as used iu soda water fountains. A bill will bo introduced into the British Parliament next season which proposes to restrict tho public per¬ formances of hypnotic experiments. According to medical testimony much harm Is done by umateurs dabbling in this scienco. As tho result of a severe burn s little Grass Valley, Cal., girl’s side and arm grew together, becoming united by a webbing of flesh nearly an inch in thickness. She was released from her unpleasant predicament by a suc¬ cessful surgical operation. A passenger elevator to tho summit of Mont Wane in Switzerland, is pro¬ posed by an American mining en¬ gineer. Tho shaft is to bo of eight compartments, each six feet square, intended to carry a triple-decked ele¬ vator for twenty-seven passongors. Vienna lias just been endowod with a novel means of locomotion, styled by its promoters the “Petroleum Tram¬ way.” Petroleum furnishes tho mo tivo power, and tho cars between Prater and the Agricultural Exhibition, on which i; is used, give general satis¬ faction. It is very cheap. An instrument lias recently been ex¬ hibited ill London by which a photo - graph can lie taken of drops of water iu the course of their formation, ^t consists of a lantern and lenses, by which a water trough, the source of the drops, can he strongly illuminated} together with a lightning camera hav¬ ing a revolving dish with ono perfora¬ tion. An improved search light Is being introduced, which 1ms the additional recommendation of cheapness. It weighs only about 130 pounds, is of about 4000 candle power and costs |300. Ono man can easily handle it and tho light is concentrated in paral¬ lel rays, instead of being diffused over a wide area as In those previously used. It is said to penetrate the thick¬ est fog for a distance of one-eighth of a mile. - >* A pocket telephone has been intro¬ duced in Berlin. The idoa upon which Us use is based is that electric bells are found everywhere, and there is no reason why they should not be used for telephoning as well. The pocket telephone is to bo connected to tho bell wires of the hotels and hos¬ pitals as well as private houses, and it is claimed that people will he able to speak to distant plucos by simply tak¬ ing their telephone out of their pockets as they would their watch. A (’mining Financier. During the revolutionary period in Paris in 1848 a committee of seven communists called at the Rothschild establishment and demanded to see the famous banker. Rothschild ap¬ peared, as suave as you please. “Pray be seated, gentlemen,” said he, “and now what can I do l’or you?" “Rothschild,” said the chairman of the committee, “our time hus come at last. The people are triumphant—the commune is on top.” “G .od for tiio people—vivo la com muiie!” cried Rothschild, gleefully. “The time lias come,” continued the chairman of the committee, “wlion each must share equally with his fel¬ low-citizen. Wo Imvo been delegated to call upon you and inform you that you must share your enormous wealth with your countrymen. “If it is so decreed,” said Rothschild, urbanely, “l shall cheerfully comply. At how much is my fortune esti¬ mated ?” “At 200,000,000 francs,” replied the leader, boldly. “And at what is the population of France estimated?” asked Rothschild. “We figure it at 50,000,000,” was the answer. “Well, then,” said Rothschild, “It would appear that I owe each of my countrymen about four francs. Now, hero, gentlemen,” he continued, put¬ ting his hand iu his pocket and pro¬ ducing a lot of silver, “here are twenty-eight francs for you. I have paid each of you, have I uot ? Please give me your receipt therefor; and So, good-day to you." The committee retired, and the com¬ mune never pestered the wary finan¬ cier agaiu.— [Chicago Nows. NO. 2 Love’s Dawn. In wandering through waste places of th* world I met. my love and knew not the was mine. But S"on a light more tender, more divine, Filled earth and heaven; richer cloud-cur¬ tains furled The west at eve; a softer flush Impended The gates of dawn; a note more pure and fine Bang in the thrush’s song; a rarer shine Varnished the leaves by May’s sweet aun un¬ curled. To roe, who loved but knew not, all the ail Trembled to shocks of far-off melodies, As all the summer’s rustling thrills ths trees When Spring’s suns strike their boughs, asleep and bare. And then, one blessed day, I saw arise Love’s morning, glorious, iu her candid eyes. —[John Hay, in the Century. HUMOROUS. i Bakers arc great men to loaf. An after dinner speaker — Tho tramp. Song of tho miner—“My dream of life is ore.” Riches have wings; but they always roost on the highest branches. A cutting remark—How will you have your hair trimmed? Tho good die young, but the average boy is making strenuous efforts to live a little longer. “Why did you marry a man who is eighty years of age?” Because I couldi!”.-find one equally os rich who was ninety.” “What is sweeter than to have a friend you can trust?" asked Golding. “To have a friend who will trust you,” replied Dawkins. “That’s our court home up oil the hill.” “What! That little arbor?” “Yes, there were seven engagements took place there yesterday.” Unprejudiced sympathy is always with tho under dog in the fight. In a cat tigiit sympathy for the under cat is misplaced. The under animal is in scratching position and has tlic best of it. “Well, sir, this dismissal will cost a good many people their lives,” said McBrick, as he was bounced, “Do you mean to threaten me?” demanded his employer. “Not at all. It simply mcaus that I am going to become a doctor.” Drawing Teacher—Now, this is a symmetrical figure. Can any one tell me wliut symmetry is? Ah! There is a little boy with his hand up. What is symmetry, little boy? Jimmy Scan lan—Plaze, sor, it do be a place f wero they buries dead papie. If you offer your band to sonic fair maid. As to wedding perhaps she’ll scoff. But if you offer it to a buzz saw Tbe affair’s likely to come off. The Fumons Bath Springs Honse. In a few days the famous Bath Springs House in Bristol, Penn., will bo torn down. Erected in 1810, it was for many years the resort of the elite of the country, and was known even to visitors from Europe. At the close of the war with Great Britain, in 1816, a brilliant company celebrated the event by giving a grand ball in tho morning, at which nearly all the celeb¬ rities of the country wero present. Joseph Bonaparte, who lived in Bor dentown, frequently visited the hotel in his gorgeous state chariot, which Stephen Girard had presented to him, being often accompanied by Prince Murat. Tho springs which made the hotel so famous were once regarded as a sovereign cure for almost every¬ thing; but when the Saratoga Springs woro discovered iu 1822, their glory gradually departed, and though the clear water still bubbles forth as of yore, its virtues are no longer chron¬ icled, in spite of the fact that it still retains its former mineral properties. —[New York Tribune. A Rare Mineral. The State Mining Bureau received from the New Aimaden Mine, Santa Clara county, recently, a carious speci¬ men of pilinite. It is in the form of a thin sheet and ciosfiy resembles sheepskin. From Assistant Mineralo¬ gist Schneider it was learned that this mineral was discovered in Silesia by Professor von Lasanlx in 1876 and is considered t are. In fact, until a short time ago, specimens of the mineral were accepted without question as asbestos. It cannot be dissolved by any known agency and when fused loses nothing but tbe water in it. It takes Us name from the Greek piliooa —[Sau Francisco Chronicle. Did Them Justice. Bhe (indignantly)! “I don’t think you give ns girls credit foy thinking of anything else but dress” He (suaVoly])“O, yoh wrong me, I do give you credit for thinking of more thau dresses-” She; “Of what else?” Hoj “Bo-mats.”
