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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. A JOURNALDEVOTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY. VOL. XIV. rOYAi p ffROYAL« I K 33 6 powder Absolutely Pure. 'llli* | mn\ tiv ;ii V - .\ inurvt*! purity, sti«Mtui!* :in i *h' i ; •»« 8.- 1 . Moiv (‘uiiiioiiiir : ii. : ii- -l ii t • K ;mis, uitd (;• nii■ »t Ii 'Olti ih - I'lii; -I i? • • • wn i. I In- mul liliuh- ot -low I«• st, short w«-Oi't ilmn <>■ olm-plniti iuiw<f<■ is. Sold onlv in cans. Rov.u. liAKINO I'utt'llKll (’<>., MM>\V ali strut!. New Vork. novlU-l v rnornssioxA l ( Anns. 4:. v. < vniMi«:rr, D E N T IST. McDonoloh Ha. Anv mu- rlptnrlnjr -work done omi • »<* «r --rmnninilatcd either I>y "idling on me in per <on in' addressing me through the mails. Perms rash, unless speeial arrangement a are otherwise made. C.Kir W. Bryan j W.T. Dickies. IIRVAA & Wit Kia ATTORNEYS A'l’ I,AW. MeDonoi on, ’la. Will pruetiee in the counties composing :hc Flint .1 ndieial Circuit, the Supreme Court - r i t leorgia and the United States District Court. ” apr‘27-1 y j % ft. 11. I I K-M’.K. ATTORN FA' A'l LAW. McDoNOitoii, Oa. Will practice in the-countiea composing (1,1- Flint Circuit, the Supicmc Court of Georgia, and the United Slates Distriet C Oitrt. martti-ly g Aiv.xua'*. ATTORNEY AT LAW. MoDonoioh, <’•*. Will practice in all the OourtH ot Georgia Special attention Riven to corn mere in 1 and >thercollections. Will attend all t lu Courts it Hampton regularly. Hflj.-o upstairs over The Weekly office. J 1 wv " ATTORNEY A'l’ LAW, MeDoNouon, (Ja . Will practice in the counties composing the Flint JtuUeial Circuit, and the Supremo and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention giv ui to collections. oct.i- 711 A. lIROWA. * ATTORNEY AT LAW, Mi Donoi on, (la. Will practice in a!! the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of (leorgia and the United States District Court. janl-lv l| a. i*i:«:i*i.i:m, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ham cto.n, 1»a, Will practice in all the counties composing the Flint judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court of the United States. Special and prompt atten tion givey to Collections, Oct 8, IHBB Jno. D. Stkwakt. j U. T. Daniel. NTKWAII’r A OAAIF.I,, attorneys at law, Guifvin, Ga. J |IC. It. .1. Alt \OI ,l>. Hampton. Ga. I liereliv tender nty flvotVssiqmil service to the people of Hampton and surrounding country. Will attend all calls night and day. | OH A li. n il. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Rank lluilding, Atlanta, Ga. Practices in the State and Federal Courts, G RIF FIN FuUNMfcY AND Machine Works. 11 r e announce to the Puhl:c that we are i t prepared to manufacture Engine Boil ers ; will lake orders for all k : nds of Boil ers. We are prepared to do all kinds ol repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin ery, generally. We keep in flock Brass fittings of all kinds; a iso Inspirators, In-, lectors, Safety Valves, Steam Gtiages. I'ipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass Castings of every Description. ositou'N *v m trnm , Land. For Sale. IT T E have 1 ,I<H> acres of land lying in one Vi Body, the Atlanta and Florida K. IL running directly through it, aiidtlr* town ol Blaloek is situatf din its center. The land will l»* sold in lots of 50, 100, I .”>0 and 200 acres. We are prepared to sell to good par ties on reasonably good terms. For partic ulars apply to Si i;u: A Turner. .Ire George, a colored man. is under con tiHCt as a wages hand to me for the present | veaf, and has left my employment without a cnu*e, this is, therefore, to notify the pub lic not to * raploy said George under penalty t>t the law. .1 NO. R. HAMBKIt'K. June 5- THE AUCTION. At an auction of the gruff auctioneer Ou high a ham nor doth hold. Ami he cries for each piece, “Going once, twice and thrice.” And the hammer cornea down and it a sold. Going once, going twice. Going, going, jmne; Falla the hammer in a trice And the sale ia done. You ardently covet a flue piece of goods. But you linger, and do not bid bold; The auctioneer shouts. ■'Going once, twice and thrice,” And the hammer cornea down twui tis sold Our life is an auction, amt larger by far Than any of which we are told: A baiymer waits over life's goods, once, twice, thrice. And at last it-comes down and they're sold. There’s a mine to Ik» worked, and yon gather your tools To bring forth the glittering gold: You tarry n moment, ouly ouce, twice or thrice. And the hammer comes down and you're sold. A battle's to be fought, and you marshal your troojw To vanquish the enemy bold; You pa'use at the crisis, ouly once, twice or thrice. The hammer cornea down, glory's sold And so at the finish, as well as the at art. You want the crown promised of old;* You tarry at midday and at night, once, twice, thrice.. And God's hammer cornea down, heaven is sold Going once, going twice. Going, going, gone; Falls the hammer in a trice. And life's bargain's done. —W. A. Buxton in Yaukec Blade The Star MUur. Every observer of the heavens who knows by mime some of the brightest stiirs is familiar with the constellation called the Great Dipper, visible in the northern sky through the whole night and throughout the year. It consists of -seven stars, four in the bowl and three in the handle. An interesting discovery has been made by Professor Pickering, of the Harvard university observatory, concerning one of the shirs of this beautiful group. Mizar is the name of the shir. It is the middle star in the handle, is of the second ihagnltude, and has attracted much attention ever since men began to study the stars, lx*eause even to the naked eye it is double. It lias a com panion, Aleor, plainly visible to ob servers endowed with good visual power. Altai- is of the (iffii magnitude, and is about 11 minutes distant from Mizor. The tiny shir seems to lie grow ilig brighter, for the Arabians con sidered it a severe miked eye test, and it is now comparatively easy to detect. The telesco[»c shows plainly that Mizar is a double star, its components beingof the third and Hft!i magnitudes, tlic one a brilliant white, the otlter a pale emerald. The marvelous ilisogv cry is now mode that the larger star of tile pair is also double, the two stars that compose it being so close together that the telescope cannot separate them. —Youth's Companion. A Gentleman tui-mei- Defined. Old Col. Mayuadior, of Anne Arun del county, Md., was a large slave owner. Thu colonel spent a good deaT of his time away from home. One time upon ins return lie took a drive over his property, and on his way lie met a small colored !xiy. “Whom do you belong tor boy?" the colonel asked. “Why. sail, I—l —’longs to Col. May nadier. sail.” “Who’s be?” inquired the colonel, to see what the chap would say. “li—h—e’s a farmer, sail.’’ “What sort of a farmer?" “Ge—gentleman farmer, sail.” “Gentleman farmer!” repeated the colonel. “What kind of a farmer’s a 1 gentleman fanner?” "W— well, soli.” spoke up the col orod hoy. “h—lie’s a fanner dat don’t raise no ’baoeo. sail, a—and lias to buy his co'n, suit !” Tite colonel enjoyed the joke, it is slid, and afterward told it ujs<n him self witli much amusement.— Balti more Herald. It-.irterttt !n If allstoni-H. Hacteria of various kinds I lave boon found in ice and snow, and Dr. Font in, a Russian observer, has now proved tliat hailstones are not free from them. He Inis found that the water produced by the melting of hailstones contains on an average 720 bacteria per cubic centimeter. Neither yeast fungus nor mold was present, but nine different kinds of bacteria were found, live of which (B. inycoides. liquefaoiens. ln teus. sarcina lutea and anrantiaca) are already known. As the ordinary dwell ing place of the bacillus myooides is the earth, we are confronted with the fact that microbes of terrestrial origin may be carried up into the air, and thus rain, snow and hail may be the direct means of conveying infection.—Chi cago Herald. lie I'lhlkml anil Slept. At Hannibal. Mo., a colored man named Wilson fished from a bridge. As he fished ho slept, and as tie slept lie pitched forward into the stream and never roue to the surface. When they recovered his pole and line there was a twenty-five pound catfish on the hook. Some ifo-ri are til w ays too late for good luck.—Detroit Free Press. How to Obtain Information. “There is a family living at 110, and 1 want to know something about them." “Why don't you go there and make your inquiries ?” “That would Is- a little indelicate." “That’s true. Well, then, go to the next door neighbor and you will find out all about them.”—Boston Courier. Ail Impossible Animal. “I have an idea that Bagsby is some thing of a bar himself. ” “What makes you tliink that?" “Well, he says lie has a trick dog that will perform his tricks when they have company.’’—New York Ledger. McDonough, ga.. Friday, augusth, ihoo. OLD MEXICAN MINES. A Plucky Young American Haa lieeoine Uitli Developing Them. William Miller, a young American with a world of pluck and very little money, left here three years ago to ex plore some mines that had been located for him ;it the head of Yaqui river, 120 miles west of El Paso, Tex., and about tlii> suae distance from the Arizona line. He took with him throe carjien ters and a professional hunter, who was also a prospector. He hits returned with ti pocketful of money. lie says that his party, after wander ing ten days in the Sierra Miulre and enduring incredible hardships, reached the point for which they had boon aiming. Miller, who claimed to have derived his information and a map from an old German who died here five years ago, says that they pitched their camp between the eastern and middle forks of the Yaqui. It is a country under the dominance of a tribe of Indians tliat even the Mexican military force has been unable to sub due, and lias been hitherto burred to the entrance of any metal seekers. They found an old Spanish mine tliat was especially rich in ore streaks and woi&ed there for two years. One si ts» carpenters died before the place was reached, and the others built a bin, a furnace and seme derricks. They worked two years and took out about 15*50,000 worth of silver, which they managed to smelt after a fashion, and which they stored in camp. Then another of the carpenters died. The third was drowned bathing in the river while a freshet was on. Miller described the mine as some thing altogether wonderful. The seams of precious metal ran along the roofs and sides of corridors that were made by hands that liad crumbled into dust liefore George Washington was bom. Miller and his company, found their way to the Mexican Central railroad and went to the capital. There they saw the official and claimed the mine, which was started by old Spanish ex plorers and settlers more than 200 years ago. They formed a company in which some Boston people were inter ested, and aro now taking out fffl.ooo worth of metal a day. This stuff is sliippod to smelting works in Colorado. Miller has married a Mexican wife since lie left here, and is apparently very wealthy. Ilis company is called the Yaqui Mining and Land company. He states that he lias never seen liner fann ing territory than that which forms the banks of a stream that is almost alto gether unknown to tite whites, and that President Diaz is much interested in a scheme for colonizing it. —San Antonio, Tex.. Cor. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. Starting Seeds by Electricity. It appears from the results of a series of experiments recently undertaken in Russia by N. Specnew tliat electricity may eventually be made to play a prominent part in agriculture. Tliese ex|>eriiiicnts, which extended over live years, showed that by submitting dif ferent seeds to the action of an electric current their development is rendered more rapid and complete. The seeds of haricot beans, sunflowers, winter and spring rye were used. A second series of experiments was made with pot herbs and flowering plants tit Kief. The Influence of the electrical treat ment was shown by a larger crop and by the grow til of vegetables of enor mous dimensions, In a third series of experiments electricity on a large scale was applied, static electricity being used instead of current electricity. The results were quickened rqiening and larger growth. Barley ripened twelve days sooner with electro-cult ure. Potatoes treated in the same way seldom allowed disease, only 0 to 5 per cent, being bad, instead of 10 to 10, which is the usual [s-reentnge. An im portant factor in this treatment is that vines which huve been subjected to it possess immunity from phylloxera, and this points V < a new means of combat ing tite microscopic diseases which at tack vegetable growth. It is suggested as a weapon with which to fight the potato bug and the army worm. The cost of the process is comparatively small.— Eugene Field in Chicago News. How Screw* Wore Mtuie. It is riot well known when screws were first made or by whom. The ap plication of mechanical contrivances to make screws can be traced as far Hick as 1560, when they were made by a Frenchman whose name was Benson. Tiie iiolts were forged and tiie thread was made by filing. In 1711 the watch maker lllndley, of York, improved upon Benson’s method. For a very long period his way of cutting screws by the screw plate was continued in England. Tite liest patent for cutting screws was obtained by Job and Will iam Wyatt in 17ff0. Up to 1840 about ten more patents were issued for tiie same branch of mechanism. One of the patents, obtained Jan. 28, 1837. by Miles Verry, is worthy of men tion. It was tiie art of making pointed screws—wood screws. Wyatt employed tliroe separate machines, one for making tiie bolts, one for cutting the grisive in tiie head and one for cutting the thread. —Jeweler’s Weekly. Do not use thick glue for Joints or veneering. In all cases work it well into tiie wood in a similar manner to what painters do with paint. Glue both surfaces of your work, excejrfing in the ease of veneering. Never glue upon hot wood or use tiot canLs to veneer with as the hot wood will ab sorb all the water in tiie glue too sud denly and leave only a very small resi due with no adhesive power in it. Kxeeution !>y On*. “Hanging is plhyed put” Is true in a ! sense not meant by tluftmt irious crim inal who gave the exppiS'.si ifl’tjunvticy. | Asa method of capital* it is obnoxious to the Inn '.fit s' Sense of modern time By “Butane sense" is not meant tiie sickljp sentiment that condones crime and CTnvtH tile mur derer with flowers, tail that e levated civilized opinion which* believes in a death penalty and fftwMts execution in the li-a.4 barbarous way. Besides the possible Accidents duo to tiie bung ling of 011 l •ials, I inti ring lias many ac cess tries of an iiimoeesitiriiy disagree able arid painful chankct r. Hleotrioi tv n.s a death agent is still more ancor tain than the rope, and hideously re volting and ernel in ’«.< Paganism never a torture worse than the del* zio sooting, the tedious'strapping. tsfi ipntnMfttking ml jufitmerit, the buz/ing and the creep ing and the writhing yt tiui doalh deal tug current. The method has not a re deeming feature, arid were it not for the glamor of novelty thrown around it by certain pseu’lo-seieutists it would spoislily dr >p out of consideration. My medical friend, Dr. R. 0. Stewart, suggests a method of penal death which is practicable, simple, cheap, certain and humane. It contemplates till l construction in each prison of a death cell —a cell differing from others only in having properly contrived ad justiupnts to make it reltitivcly air tight when needed, into which sltall run a number of gas pipes from the or dinary (bi-carburotted kydrogon) gas main, or better still, from a retort generating sufficient carbonic acid gas. This cell (Min be fitted up like other cells as a place of oonflijpincnt. The condemned can occupy it weeks* or months, uncertain of his day of doom. When the fatal hour arrives the sheriff enters mid reads the solemn sentence, relatives and friends take their lust farewell, the minister of spiritual com fort does his ltist sad offices, and suita ble time is given tho prisoner for reflec tion. Then the cell is closed tight, the cocks are turned, and unconscious of his approaching end tho victim falls asleep to wake no more on earth. By this form of asphyxiation death Is ab solutely painless, while the majesty of tiie faw, punitive and deterrent, is sustained. —Representative Wherry in Philadelphia Press. A Gorgootis Snake. One of the most brilliantly colons 1 snakes that exist has boon added to the collection in tiie reptile hotisQ in tlio zoological gardens. It has a black color with regularly arranged rings of yellow and nil, tiie texture and colors together producing an effect much like that of a strip of freshly cleaned oil cloth. This snake is one of the most venomous, and its bright hues may bo regarded as a warning of its dangerous qualities. Any snake eating bird or mammal would know from hereditary experience that it would Is* a risky affair to med dle with such a creature, so the danger signal lieiusllts both alike, though wo cannot wup[><>He that the snake was in fluenced by any amiable intention in, so to speak, assuming tiiis conspicuous d reus. The proof tliat this is really an ex ample of “warning colors" is afforded by the existence also in South America of another snake colored like the Elaps, but perfectly harmless. Tlio snake trades upon tho deadly reputation of Elaps, and is let alone in consequence of Its being mistaken for it. It is the ass in the lion’s skin with a happier fate. —London News. The Accommodating Yacht Agent. Suppose u Ilian is going in for yacht ing. He wants a certain sort of boat, but does not kno\v just where he can get exactly what he wants. lio goes to a yacht agent and tells him what he wonts and about how much he is will ing to pay. The available yachts of tho two great yachting navies of the world are offered for his Inspection. Finally he deeidt*s on a yacht, and then all ho has to do is to give the agent his check. Now a* to manning her. A list of all tho available saltifig masters In the country is spread before him, with tlieir records, and a list of yacht sailors who luive registered at the agency. In short, nil he lg«|to do is to say to tin* agent, "1 want such and such a yncht. manned and ready for sea at such and such a tins! and place." On the appointed dayheilnds his yncht n?ady for him. —New York Tribune. ItbiiH'dy for it That quite common trouble on the <xlge of the eyelid, a stye, is the result of inflammation of the small glands or follicles. A piece of ice is the hest abortive remedy, ff the stye is not checked at the start on tho second or third day it would l»o well to draw out with a pair of tweezers two or three of the hairs In ttic center of the swelling. In this way it is often possible to evacu ate tlie little abscess. —St. Louis Post- Dispatch. Faith In the Clergy. A Newport youngster showed faith in the clergy of the old fashioned sort during a shower. When the wind be gan to smash in the windows, and the air was full of dust, pebbles and sticks, the boy looked up to Ids father and said, “Papa, i wish the minister was here."—Lewiston Journal. The Itight Thing to Ibt. Mrs. Bingo- Ix> you notice, deax how pale and delicate our Harry is get ting to lie? He needs more exercise, 1 think. Mr. Bingo—Then we hud better pack him off to college at ' nee. Epoch. SI.OO CASH, si.so ON SPACE : AND WORTH IT. STDOKE OF FEMININE GENIUS. s|n,|»li*. hut rttwiiv., Plmii t<» Prevent ■ lurking One’s Shins. The man who says that women have not originality not only steaks untruth j but deceives himself Every oik* Ills had occasion to go through a room in the dark on more or less frequent nightly occasions when locking the hack door hud Ixs'ii for gotten ’or the pitcher of ice water omitted from tin* nightly preparations for si nub >r, and every one knows how each Ihdiviiual piece of furniture in each dark room traversed, including the piano's sharp corners find the rock ing chair’s twin projections, is collided with. And nil these hard knocks are sus tained by the Mrr4 'h of hquo from the knee to the ankle tliat is com monte | called “skin ,’’ and is particularly sensi- I five’ because it has ho layer of muscle, 1 merely ft coat of sensitive skin to’pro tect it. When ojs'ti doors are run against the nose suffers. Now them is a young Mrs. J)., whose blue eyed baby is a year and a half old, and not infrequently d<x*s M rs. D. Itave to g(*t up of a night, go down stair* to tlic refrigerator and got milk for baby. She does not say how often or how seriously she wils hurt before her genius suggested tiie brilliant plan wllicit she now has for avoiding tliese petty noc turnal injuries, but she is really proud of her plan for getting unscathed through a room in the dark, and has imparted it to her lady neighbors. It is too clever an idea to bo lost, and its great merit is in its simplicity. Tile scheme is merely to walk backward. In tlio dark one con see us well going back word as forward, of course. Tho lower limbs are, when going backward, well protected from slight raps by tiie more or loss liberal pad of luuselo at the calf, and heels are less sensitive than ti l's. And if one is to run into a door the blow can be better borne on the back of the head than on tho fuce. Mrs. I), is a genius.—Washington I Post. An Inilfpradwit Honfi. In the business portions of our city there are a good many horses belong ing to firms or to private individuals which stand “on call," as it wore, often times for hours, in front of theirowner's place of business. Tliese horses eoine to Iw well known in their noighlsir hoods, and acquaintance with them shows in them habits and idiosyncra sies which aro most interesting. One of the equities, with an individuality all his own, is a gray horse belonging to a firm in Winfltrop square. Ho stands In front of his owner’s store appan>ntly pondering upon tlio ups and downs of life, tlio hat trade and the weather, and occasionally lie starts off for an in dependent tour round tlio square, af fording much amusement, sometimes consternation, to people who are utuw quiiinted with tiis ways of doing things. Should it occur to him that lie is thirsty or that to take a drink would be a diversion in tlic monotony of his afternoon he walks over to tho drink ing fountain in tiie square, jKilitoly awaits his turn, quenches his thirst, turns around and marches Isick, like Bo Peep's sheep, so that his owner having left him facing in one direction is quite apt to find him facing in an other The old gray horse is an inde pendent character, they will tell you. in Winthrop square.—Boston Herald. Carefully Accurate. A student of ancient history, seeing tiie statement that a certain famous character in history had died 1030 A. M. (anno inundi, or the year of tin* world)! remarked to his professor witli some surprise, “How ex<*oeding!y care ful those ancients wore about noting little circumstances. ” “What do you mean?” tin* professor asked. “Why, tiiey even tell tiie time of day that n great man dies. We don’t do that, now.” “I think you arc mistaken,” replied tiie teacher. “No, I am not; here it is; ‘llis death occurred at 10:30 a. in.'”—Youth’s Companion. About NllHr|*«*litii|f it Knife. It is a good deal easier to sjioil it knife tiuui to sharpen it. To begin witli, a rough stone is used too freely. Unless a knife lias a very round or ragged edge it does not want any grinding at all, and it can lie brought into h)ir]*‘ far more rapidly and surely by the aid of a whetstone and a little oil. It is no use laying the biude flat on tt|e stone and rubbing lutrd; hold the ‘back of tiie knife well up and sharpen the edge of the blade only. If you know how to use it, tiie back of a knife makes an ex<*ellont steel or sharpener, but tiie secret is hard to ac quire.—Exchange. Espcnnlvc limit*** ( It iiiiitij'. It, costs SIO,OOO merely for the “spring cleaning” of a great hotel like tiie Fifth Avenue. To take up tiie earjs-ts, cleanse and repair them, and put them down again; to wash tiie paint, repaint, repaper, and all tiie thousand and one tilings which a great house needs with each new year, costs tlio proprietor of the Fifth Avenue SIO,OOO. New York Star Tin largest and heaviest building stone ever quarried In England was taken from the Plankington quarry, near Norwich, in February, 1880; it was in one piece, without crack or flaw, and weighed over thirty five tons; it was 15 feet long. 6 feet high and 5 feet wide. An Old Court Hoiias lUlilc. Perhajm the eldest Bible in the court house is that which quietly reposes in a desk in tho clerk’s office of the city court. In its day It wils a good and faithful servant, and was never known to shirk its duty. For the pur[sise id familiarizing myself with tiie facial out lines of tiie sacred volume I went to see it a few days ago One of tiie chief clerk's subalterns grop'd around for a key and unlocked the desk, lie then draw forth ft small sized hook. “How old is it?" asked flu l writ *r in tho clerk ran mvi the dirty, greasy pages with his llngi rs. “Tliat liook,, sir i- 2’* years of age, and wi|a employed m tin-court during all that time.' with the eveoptinn of two years. \Ve finally pliussl it on tiie retired’ lisL anil here ij is." Thp edges of die coyer vycru worn a why with handling mid kissing, and n grout many I >aus we’re missing. “Thousands of lips have come in apn tact with that Bible tli ‘clerk? as hi* sat tfkmrnhylly I'oiiteiu.plaUng it. “What's mere, millions pf lies have been told--over it I wish I had a nickt I for every tiuieit has Ihsti held tip to tiie lips., i would throw down my |hi;i and lead an easy life. ’ The autograph ol tlio late Cliicf Justice Noilson adorns the inside of tlic top cover, anil also file name Atiry Smslyker. who was lor many years a clerk lu the court ami had administered many an oath. Very few witnesses would relish putting their lips to (lint lx*>k, so positively greasy and ill smell ing is It. Brooklyn Eagle. ll.' Nuver Call.sl A|[<d». A stiff Englishman made a formal call on an ispially stiff English girl down in Staten Island not long ago. He called about 4 :30 in tiie afternoon, and sat in one •( those com fort able square wicker eflnlrs. About 5 o'clock he made a motion to rise, but maimed his seat; tho young lady resumed hers. She had an engagement ut half past 5, and saw the hands of the clock get ting near that hour Twice the man seemed oa the point of leaving; twice he started to rise, twice she roue; then ho sat down again, and she resinned her seat each time. I’imilly the half hour struck- tin'll it became quarter to fi. Tho ongagement had not been kept. Did the man intend to stay to dinner? lie didn't; lie explaino.l matti'rs. “Miss M,,’’ he said ut last, with poll siderabio hemming and liaw.ng, “tho— ah—buttons on the tail of my - ah Coat are caught in the ah back of tho —ah chair, ami 1 cannot disengage them. May 1 ah -ask your assist ancer’ Miss M. came to Ills assistance and cut the buttons off Instead of taking them out of the chair hack. The Englishman’s leave takings were brief, and he's never repeated the call even to this day. - Chatter TUe Were 1V..1f. Wore wolve* (Burn wolves), accord ing to a superstition very prevalent during tho "dark ages.” were [s-rsons who hail the paver of transforming themselves into wolves or otic r fierce I leasts, retaining 111111 mll intelligence, coupled witli all tho ferocity of beasts of prey. Persons who Isdievc in were wolves were of tlic opinion that the hair grew Inward, and that the human being poHsesn d of such qualities hail but to turn himself inside out t<> effect tis- wonderful tiietaiuoqiliosis. The Hiip'rstltion is traceable to the elassienl faille of Eykaon. Like the jssir wretches who wore burned and otherwise put to death for witchcraft, those suspicion oil of Is'ing weie wolves were crucified or broken ou tlic wheel aftei first being flayed alive by the superstitious ex ecutors. who were in search of tiie sup posed hairy insides. -St, I.oals Kepub lie. ' rnliUliMiii. A writer lias invented tlic word “Unistatian*," wliieii lie applies to tile [sigile of the United States. He ob ject* to tile word “Americans." But it is too late. The (ssiple ol the U nit rid States have monopolized the name of the continent, and are known all over the world as Americans. The people of Mexico are content to tie known as Mexicans, and the [M*>ple of ( anaita ought to be content with the word Canadians Let the Yankees continue to ho Americans Uarmdlans is a good enough name for the people of this groat and glorious country. - Hamilton (Out.) Spectator. CriM'kttrfl Are In Demand. "\Ve can't get them fast enough,” says tlio grocer as tlic man called for zephyrettes and went out. “We have to put in orders a week in advance, and they say ttiat tlio big concern in Massa chusetts where they bake them can't begin to keep up with tho demand.” “What makes tiie calif” “I don't know, except that they have caught on. They aro just salt enough to catch tho fancy and fresh and crisp enough to make a man eat them in deflanco of his waning appetite.”— Lewiston Journal. A Explanation. Anxious Motlior —Don’t yon know tliat George Washington never, never fold a lie? Rlnful Boy Maybe his maitituu didn’t care how much cakes and Jam tie took, and he wasn’t afraid to tell her.—New York Weekly. A Good l!r«*#**« for a Sail. “Well, Willie, I hear there was quite a liri'ezn at your house when your mother found out tliat yon had lieen sailing again.” Willie—Yes. a spanking breeze.— Boston Times. > IMPORTANT CARPET INVENTION, A MrtHod of Prlntil'.n tlio figc f,-V Whir'll May Itovoliitloiiltr tho Trad,*. A now method of prhVMtlg the Ogino* upon tapestry erU-pf*to Is. being tried toy* two or throw of tho U.-xe Philadelphia producers of that grudp of goods, which, if successful, will inaugurate a revolution in manufacturing. Tho process of printing tho e> >k>rs npxn tho warp of tu|K«try eariwts before fahrie is woyen is very ingenious us well as intorostihg, but at tho same time a somewhat stow nr process tfitots tho detnhnl for the goods admits Af. Tlie method is U> oolor one thread of,, the worsted wurp at a time, plaiting dif ferent golors upon it at purticuW {joints and in sueh'iii'inhofas will cause it to form a [mrtidn of the design when woven into the fahrin. Tliis is done by winding | over what is railed a drum tin* clivif.u furmce of whieii is regulated l,y lTfft size of the design thftt is to be refiro* dueed, and tile ''printer" is guided, by a pattern, eolured ar tle - . carpet is to lie. When all the threads that compose the w]i or fatsi of the carpet are colored they are piaksT side by sid*\' each tn its proper place, and matehod together neatly for weaving. This is a slow process, and involves quite a number of different departments. Hie new method consists of printing tlie figures upon the fabric after it is woven, and by mean) of cylinders, with tho design of tlie carpet deeply en graved upon them. The color of the plain cloth to be printed upon forms the groulid of the design of tho carpet, For instance, tlie ear|*ot Is to bo of a Irab ground with chintz. figures. Tlie, plain fabric will bo (hub and tho chintz colors printed upon It. F,aeh color must, have a separate oyUfidhr, with tho portion of the design calling for tlutt color engraved n)»uu it, mid there must bie ns many cylinders (yj there are oof ors. Tho cost of producing the carpet is n«gulahsl hy tlie nmnher of colors to be used. The plain fabric is stretched upon a platform, and tho cylinders, tlie cir Cuniferenoe of which is precisely the size of tlie design, are passed over it. tho color being supplied bv a feeder. T 1 10 engraving of tlie cylinder and tho supply 0 ; tlio colors art? so arranged g* to linvo the coloring matters penetrate the worsted upbft the surface of the' carpet and no further. • Thu inventor of tlio new [h-ixjusm m*j» it is ('ll[siblo of producing two mUpg of • completed carpet [s>r day. Tlio fabric resembles body Ttnnwela Vofy elosofy.-- Philadelphia Inquirer. ■trneflt of Slu]£lnK In the S« houl Uuaiio. Martin Luther nsscrhVl in his cast iron sty l<» of rhetoric, “Unless a school master knows how to sing I think him of no account." Such a tout Would ma terially decrease tlw numtxr *4 peda gogues; nevertheless it is true that NiH'ii ability is of the greatest service to the teacher. Tlie physical benefit re sulting from singing in sulllcient n-anon for its une, oven if no other existol; but it is peculiarly valuable aa a source of enjoyment to children arid a great aid in the preservation of order. Even a little knowledge of drawing places a mighty power in tlw liand of tlio teacher. Nothing go much helps to make Instruetion dear and impressive as simple and rapid Illustration, par ticularly In the primary grades. At present these two accomplishments— improperly so termed, for they nro re ally essentials—ore n'ljulnsl In most schools. The children of today, who arc the teachers of tomorrow, nro ns ooivlng thorough itigtnietion in ttmse two matters, and experience proves tliat !t, is almost as instinctive for them to sing arid draw as for a bird to fly.— t'aniline B. I/e Row In Ladles’ Home Journal. fitndenU In Germany. The number of students in the Uni versity of (ireifswuld is 1)02, being the largest number ever on its books. Of then! 421 are students of medicine, 274 of theology, 2b of philosophy and 1)5 of law, while 21 are allowed to attend par ticular lectures without luiving matric ulated in any faculty. At Erlangen the number of students is 1,012. tieing tlie first time it lias exceeded I,ooob The tins (logical faculty used to )>e tlw; most numerously attended, but now medicine heads the list. At Marburg tliero arc i.OOj students, tliis is ing also the iirst ting! tlie number of 1,000 lias been exceeded. There arc 269 students in tlw medical faculty.—Chicago Her ald. The Frolic* of Faahlon. What could exhibit a. more fantas tical apjiearonoo than an English beau of the Fourteenth Century? He worn long pointed shoes, fastened to his knee by gold or silver chains; hose m one color on one leg and another color on the other; short breeches which did not reach to the middle of his thighs— a coat, one half white, the other half black or blue; a long hoard, a *iik hood, buttoned under bis chin, em broidered with grotesque figures of ani mals, dancing men. etc., atid somdtitrids ornamented with gold and precious stores. This dress was the correct tiling in the reign of King Edward 111. —New York I/edger. A I.lttl*- Girl's Uruonlng. A little girl of four wise yearn was visiting with her mother on Main streets, and at the dinner table tlie mother in sisted that she should eat tlie fish and potato on her plate before Is-ing helped to dessert. The child turned graveTy to her hostitu and olwerved: 'Tio yon know why my mother doesn't keep a pig? It's because she makes me eat up all the (will." - Springfield Homestead NO 5!