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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY.
VOL. XV.
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V O S'GIS 'I KVA -!
>!’iv i * ilib ■ovoi-tmity of u lifetime. A
lip '■. ml id ;e ;i. liiiftili re .ilm-iil one mill
mil h hull inm bendoisnn, 'tcxii*. 1110*1
uinliT IV no 1 Ik- mil lies well. Here \in
ns. no j.u.i:o an<l nude more cotton pci
nine than tin v no iji the south uith guanos
The hints are innstlv under fence ami well
timbered where not in cultivation. tfE.-U
jier ai re. Turns easy. Apply to,
Oct. :J4. I. Hirvrv Tckxks
lletid raou, Tex.
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DENTIST.
iir 1 osoi ftii" 11 • *.
Anv desiring work done c»u> • »<’ «<*-
jnmniodalc-d either by rnllinf! on me in per
son nr addressing me through the noli -
Parma cash, unless spocial arrangement
are otherwise made.
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UKVAA ftV Stlt lisA,
ATTORNEYS AT LAV.',
McDonough, ‘da.
VVill practice in the counties composing
ihe Flint d ndicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. a P ra ‘-'- v
| (!i. 11. I TKAHK
ATTORNEY AT RAW,
McDonough, G a.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court i t
Georgia, and the United Slates Histnei
Court. I>nirlt; - | y
kka«*n.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonoigh, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Ceorgiu
Special attention given to commercial and
-ithercollections. Will attend all the Courts
it Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
j T. WAM-,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonouoii.Ga.
Will practice in the count ies composing: he
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
givrn to collections. • oct. r i-’7il
a. natim .\,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States l)i>tiict
Court. janl-lv
DUNCAN l CAMP.
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DEALERS IN
Floir, Isa!, Lari, Saprs, Coffees, Toliaccos, (Mars ale
i
ALSO, HAY, BRAN, OATS, CORN
and all kinds of Feed Stuffs a specialty
We beg to call special attention to our Brands ol Flour,
OCEAN SPRAY,
POINT LACE
AND PRINCESS
These are our Brands, manufactured ESPECIALLY
FOR US and we guarantee every sack.
Write as for quotations. We guarantee satisfaction and
the lowest possible prices. We also call your attention to
our TOBACCOS,
-GOLDEN SPARKS,”
-HENRY GOUNTY 9in.s’s,”
AND “HOE CAKE.”
These goods we guarantee to give satisfaction. Sam
ples sent free on application.
We have also a fine line of
Mew Orleans Syrups,
which we can sell at “ROCK BOTTOM PRICES ” We
will make it to your interest to see us before buying.
Thanking our friends for their patronage in the past and
soliciting a continuance of the same, we are
Respectfully,
DUNCAN & CAMP,
77 WHITEHALL ST . ATLANTA. CA.
TEN DOLLARS
will he paid for the heat description of the celebrated
Nut Cartoon entitled “The New South’* reached by
Tli«* Hast Tennwer. trglnia A
Hallway. Description shall include an resource*
shown in the cartoon. Contest closes Dec 3»st..
180 u. Det'islon by three distinguished Southerner*
Adilreea B. W, WBENN, JiNoxvitua, Tun*.
mi m only!
,T.iXl.|.sWV.?or LOSIor PAIUNO MA.NBOOD,
vJ 2 and KEKVOtJS DEBIIII V 1
farlsTn 1 a of Body and Blind, Effrcta
L'liiljiiilUJdi Error a or Exoe*»e* in Old or Yeung.
S'.yhjat. Nohl« MaKHOOD fuilr Rrterad. Mow (o enlarwe and
s>;. ..-‘.han WKAk, rfiIHRThLxH'KDOHUAXR* I’A RTS OF f.Ol’Y.
unfkltl** HOME THKATBKST—Benefit* in a day.
» n ieetlfy rr. a. M* Rut** and F»rtl|r« ( oontrlea. Writ* thee.
|V**arf«jtl»a eiplnnatlcu and proefa raailod (a*alt»d) fran.
eaia Medical go., buffalo, n. v.
q a. rnnri.ix
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
H SiI'TUN. GA,
Will practice in all the counties composing
lie Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
>f Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oet 8, IBSH
Tno. D. Stkwakt. J K.T. Panikl.
ntiiwabt .V B>\>U',W..
attorneys at I,aw,
Griffin, Ga.
jjK. K. .1. AKAOI.I*.
llamcton. Ga.
I hereby tender iny professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend alt calls night and
day.
| oil a i.. rvi:.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Gate City Natioal Rank Building,
Atlanta. Ga,
Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
GRIFFIN FOUNDRY
AND
Machine Works.
\\Je announce to the Public that we are
\ \ prepared to manufacture Engine Boil
ers : will take orders tor all kbids of Boil
ers. We are prepared to do all kinds of
repairing on Engines, Boilers n*id Machin
ery, generally. We keep in 1 luck Brass
fittings of all kinds; also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safetv Valves, Steam Guages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
OSltOUn A WAM'OI"I’.
0Q3Z19 gi |fc jSi jgj and Whiskey Habits
gjss Sg B *a|B cured at home with
sS 3 " ga 8 out pain. Peek n,f 1 aft
H B ting ticiliara sent 3FRIHP.
- - i .M.WOOI.bKV.M.D.
Aliifto-a, tlic. i Luce iotby Whitehall S*
McDONOUGH, GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER, 12, 1890.
AT THIRTY-FIVE.
Tiie fruitful years have come ami goaai
The .seasons paid ttieir toll
To tuna, and each has given me
Its good to help the whole;
And I stand here at thirty-five
To kuiu up all the years,
To count the worth of what they brougliS—
Joy, isirrow, smiles and tears.
My childhood boors are with me stitt.
In memory*# golden cup;
.Vnil girlhood's Jewels glistori, too;
And womanhood's shine up
Into my eager, searching eyes.
Which see three gems of mine.
In spite of flaws, in spite of wrong,
Or careless cutting, still doshbio
What if I stand midway in life
With youth beyond reoall!
It has been mine, and from my soul
Its good can no more fall
Than can the growth of yesterday
From yooiirr glowing tree.
That used the transient, let it go.
And kept its good, you see.
The coming years are no "decline,"
Else 1 am mifcll to blame;
If I loot, down instead oFSip.
If eagerness grows tame.
If inspiration lowers aims
ltocauae 1 have grown "wise,"
If sunshine seems a thing let** glad.
If 1 search not the skies.
Because, Indeed, they have not drop pod
The star I reached to grasp
If I am liondlMH of the gems
Within my hand's loose clasp.
Then, I am much to blame, I say;
Kor all the years were inino
To have, to hold, to use, to give,
To make iny future sbtne.
TIIO best of life lias not gone by.
It still is mute, I hold;
Today, to-morrow, coming days.
Most surely tliey enfold
The treasure I have grown unto.
So midway, here I stand
And any: Life is still very good.
With heights on every hand!
—Juniata Stafford In Chicago Ti ibuDe.
Needless Precautions.
It is always amusing to eneouutcr
anybody newly provided with a dog,
especially if it be his or her first dog.
There Is a mixture of pride, of self
consciousness and of anxiety in the
owner which is somewhat similar, I
presume, to the emotions of a woman
with a baby, and certainly not unlike
the fluttering concern of a hen with a
brood of clucks. If tho dog, as often
happens, is a puppy, the green owner
is apt to feel an alarm on one point
that is quite unnecessary—grown dogs
will not molest a puppy —they respect
his tender years and innocent nature.
Rut tiiis great truth in natural history
is often overlooked. Only the other
day I saw in Commonwealth avenue a
young lady leading forth a St. Bernard
rough coated pup, a soft, yielding mass
of Huffy brown and whito. To caress
him would Ini a delight; to hug liim,
rapture. The fiercest bull terrier would
not have harmed a hair of his round,
infantile head. But the young woman
whipped out her lash and stood guard,
even tit the approach of an Irish setter.
I longed to set tier mind at rest. —Bos
ton Post.
Dross of tlie Fifteenth Century Spaniards.
The Spaniards were the best dressed
men in Europe in tho Fifteenth cent
ury. They were the first to introduce
tho more saddish colors, as they wero
termed, in men’s attire—an innovation
that was accepted by well dressed men
tho world over. When King Philip
married Queen Mary, of England, the
exquisites took up the Spanish vogue,
which was maintained for many years
thereafter. Philip Sydney, Sir Walter
Raleigh, and others of the royal set
were tho first to assume the costume of
tho Spanish origin and make it the
fashion. It consisted of a very easy
doublet fitting the body, tho trunks to
tho knees expanded artificially, and be
low the hose. The colors were dark.
Sir Walter Raleigh's white velvet suit
decorated with pearls was a bold devia
tion from tho usage of the times. It
was worn at Queen Elizabeth's hail and
has been immortalized on canvas.—
Clothier and Furnisher.
For the Ingenlouit to Solve.
The Washington National Tribune
revives this: Open a book at random
and select a word within the first ten
lines and within the tenth word from
the end of the line. Now double the
number of the page and multiply the
sum by 5, then add 20, then add the
number of the line you have selected,
then add 5; multiply the sum by 10.
Add the number of the word in the
line. From this subtract 250, and tho
remainder will indicate in the unit
column tho number of the word, in the
ten column the number of the line, and
tho remaining figures the number of
the page.
The following also is recalled by tho
ovsto* publication of the 21 puzzle or
catch: Arrange tho figures 1,3, 5,7, 9,
using each once and none more than
twice, so that the sum will he 21.
No Relation at All.
Incidents of the self assurance of tho
rising generation are not infrequent.
They are not confined to the Caucasian
raoe, however, as a Seattle man found
out the other day. Tho gentleman,
who is rather paternal in his manner,
was riding in an elevator which is
manned by a colored youth. Address
ing the youngster he said:
“Well, sou, do you have to work
pretty hard ?”
Like a Hash the answer came:
“Huh! I ain’t no son of yours. 1
ain’t eben no relation. You white trasli
is gettin’ to be too bluino imperant to
us colored gen’lemcu anyhow. You
got out right here.”
And our paternal friend got-Seat
tle Press.
Fads.
Daisy Luggs—Why, bless me, Amy,
what new fad is this? Your sleeves are
rolled up and you're covered with
flonr!
Amy Jlainoneg—-Oddest fad in the
world, my dear; I've taken a uotiou to
help my mother in the kitchen.—Puck.
Ice Ocam and Hot rto.
"Well, I’ve waited on gentlemen, la
dies and children for twenty-five years,’’
said a waiter in a Broadway restaurant
tho other day, 4 ‘and I’ve seen some
queer dishes and some people witli
qni>er tastes in that time, hut I never
saw ahy one do a thing like that," and
he pointed mysteriously over his shoul
der to a well dressed young fellow, who
seemed to l*e eating with gnat gusto on
the other side of the room. "What's
he got?” asked the man to whom the
astonished waiter had addressed his re
mark. “It looks like ice cream.”
“Ice cream it is,” said the waiter, “sure
enough. Bnt what do yon think is
under ft?”
“Givo it op.” was tho reply. “And
well you may. sir,” said the man with
the swallowtails and napkin, “for you
might have guessed for a week and not
hit it. “li’s.a piece of apple pie made
ns hot as can be in tho oven, lie scoop
ed the ice cream over tho top of the pie
and it almost 111*81x1. Then he began
to eat tiie moss with a spoon before the
cream could melt more than just a lit
tle, and he really seems to revel in it
It beats all what people will do to their
insides,” and the waiter hustled for
ward to seat a young woman, pretend
ing not to see that an old man who had
not tipped him was struggling wildly tc
got into his overeoat without assistance.
—New York Tribune.
ItaUwuyH’ Connumptiim of Timber.
The round total of timber ties in uso
on railroads in tho United States is
nearly 616,000,000, and 80,000,000 are
annually required for renewals. In
cluding bridge and trestle work the an
nual consumption of timber on railways
Is computed at 500,000,000 cubic feet,
requiring the cutting of tho best timber
from over 1,000,000 acres of forest l:uid
pier annum. To meet this demand,
under our present wasteful manage
ment of timber land, the area to bo
preserved for this purpose would prob
ably exceed 50,000,000 acres, or more
than 10 {sir cent, of our present forest
area.
As railway managers prefer "hewn”
ties, and “ono to be cut from small
trees,” tho timber consumix! by rail
roads, or 20 per cent of tho total con
sumption, is taken from the young
growth. Then 60 jicr cent, of all ties
are oak, tho most valuablo of all oui
timber. Reliable investigation shows
that in the Kentucky forests, when 40
per cent, of the natural growth is white
oak, tho new growth of oak is only 5
per cent, after the land has once been
cut over for ties. —Philadelphia Press.
Dill of Fare at Amlcrnonvlllc.
The ration for tho earlier months
consisted of about four ounces of meat
and a section of com bread four inches
square by three inches thick. The
broad, of unbolted meal, was baked
very bard to the depth of one-half
inch, while the center was raw. The
brcjul would often bo as full of flies
as a plum pudding is of fruit. Asa
largo portion of our number drew ra
Rons after dark the ingredients were
not wasted. During the later months
yams, rice or peas wero issued in lieu
of meat, and meal of grits instead of
bread. Wo had no vessels to receive
these, and tho steaming rico was shov
eled from the wagon box into blankets;
or a man would hike oil bis trousers,
knot ono of the lpgs and thus receive
tho [Kirtiori for bis mess. The same
method was used in tho distribution of
tho yams ami peas, except sometimes
tho roceptaelo was a piece of under
clothing. —Century.
UiKifulnrs. of I lid If. Unltbi'r,
Rubber enters largely into the man
ufacture of artificial flowers, consider
able quantities of wliich are made in
this country, and artificial limbs owo
much of their flexibility and adapta
bility to this material. It is the only
substance that imitates the ankle ac
tion of the human foot, aud rubber
hands are made so perfectly that many
cripples nro able to write by their use.
Tlie manufacture of smokeless powder
lias hitherto had most injurious effects
on the health of those employed in it;
but now tho men have been provided
with rubber masks, wliich protect them
from the fumes thrown off by the
chemicals entering into tho composi
tion of the powder. Ono of the most
admirable uses to which rubber lias
been put is for horseshoes; it is not
only light and durable, but it marked
ly improves the Ison/. —New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Reeding During Meal*.
To mad during meals is commonly
reckoned as physiologically erroneous —
wo won’t say as absolutely injurious.
Tho theory is tliat, its the stomach and
other organs require and exert nervous
power during digestion, it is better to
allow nothing to interfere with their
work. We do not say this can be ixirne
out, but the feeling of satisfaction that
follows a meal, and which is often ac
companied in good health by drowsi
ness, probably indicates tliat ft certain
amount of nervous exhaustion ex-curs
during digestion. Tho pleasant chat of
a dinner pnrty is probably of value
physiologically as supplying a slight
mental stimulus, without making too
severe demands on brain and nerves.
If any evidence exists at all on the sub
ject, we think it tends to discourage
reading at meals. —Herald of Health.
On the Aveonc.
Lauks— Goodness me, Shanks! How
do you happen to lie trundling ft baby
carriage ?
Shanks - I borrowed it of my sister.
It's to protect myself from being run
into by other baby carriages. —Good
News.
THE ANTWERP ARMLESS PAINTER.
Sketch of the 1.1 ft, of a ILenowneit Artist.
Who Works with His Toes.
Tim most celebrated and the most
accurate of painters of pictures from
tho Itoyal Museum and galleries of Ant
werp is M. Charles Francois Folu. lie
was born at Waennaenie, in Flanders,
in IS3O. His father occupied a supe
rior position in the bureau of finance;
his mother is described as a woman of
unusual intelligence, courage and de
votion. Charles was her third son,
and her suffering was intense at the
discovery that he was bom entirely
without arms. Apart from the singu
lar absence of these limbs he was a
well developed boy, and grew into a
handsome, bright and intelligent lad,
with a keen artistic sense and appre
ciation of color and beauty of form.
It was his frantic attempts tvs a haby
to reach and hold flowers that sug
gested to his watchful atxi painstaking
mother tiie use of his toes. She placed
some daisies between the little pink
toes of his right foot, anil was delighted
at his pleasure and at the facility witli
which he learned to hold, arrange and
distribute them.
Eater lus love of pictures suggested
to her to put a pencil between his toes,
and with this and scraps of (wiper he
would amuse himself for hours, sltow
; Ing even at this early ngo his talent by
! drawing quaint objects which always
had some likeness to real ones. 11 is
brothers Adolph and Theodore aided
their mother in the task to which she
consecrated lierlifoof developing the
hoy’s artistic talent without tho use of
hands. 11 is education was continued
at Ostend, whither tho family removed,
anil afterward at Bruges.
Finally M. Fein, the father of M.
Charles, fixed his residence at Antwerp,
and from that time the destiny of his
son was fixed, and his talent developed
rapidly under leys and other artists of
renown. In 1871 he visited London,
and made studies in the Kensington
museum and in tho National gallery.
! Ho painted a charming portrait of
Mine. Victoria Lafontaino, of the Com
edio Francai.se, full of grace and intel
ligence. lie also received an order
from the archduke of Austria to paint
a portrait of the celebrated Massala.
His principal work, however,, is the
making of such close studies from the
' old masters that it Ls difficult to dis
tinguish the original from the copy.
. Visitors to Antwerp liavo seen him on
' gaged in this at the museum, anil he is
1 constantly occupied with onlcra. He is
always cheerful and interested in af
fairs, yet most conscientious and se
rious in his work, and uses his foot
with such dexterity that lie hardly
seems to miss tho nhsonco of hands.—
Homemaker.
Froiinnciutlon of Two Common Wonln.
llow do you pronounce a word
spelled portiere? We get it all sorts of
ways—porteer, porehair, porelieere arid
portiar. It's going tho rounds now, as
vase did some years ago. In lloston it
was vawz; in Philadelphia varz, and
everywhere else, where they didn’t
care, they struck it vaco. Wo often
wonder liow these affectations arise. I
Portiere is a French word, and there is J
nothing about it which should confuse
ono; but hike notice, among tho retail
ers particularly, and you will find in a
day's trip of the trade that views vary
all the way from porehecr to portiur.
The licet rules of orthoepy give the
pronunciation portear, with the last
syllable taking the “a” as in tho word
fat, and not the "ai,” as in fair. The
best authorities, including Webster,
Walker and Johnson, pronounce vase
with tho sound not as harsh as “z” nor
soft as “a,” but a go-between.—New
York World.
lU'Hilj Mudu Shoe* Mont I'opulur.
“Few jiersons havo their shoes made
to order,” says a retail dealer who does
custom work —“not mom than 5 per
cent, of tlioso I trade with. People
don’t want tho bother and delay of
getting measured, anil besides, tlie ma
jority of shoe wearers wait till the old
ones are pretty far gone, arid then they
want a new pair In a hurry. A person
with a fairly regular foot lias little dif
ficulty now in getting a ready made
shoo to fit it comfortably. I make
measured work for some particular per
sons who won’t havo any other or who
have peculiar feet. Tho running of a
tape about tlie prominent parts of a
foot will at best always be but an ap
prakSmate and uncertain method, owing
to tlie Impossibility of getting the form
<if tho foot at all points; a east is the
only tmo method, and not one in a
hundred will have ono made."—Shoe
and Leather Reporter.
('hanging u I’utl«*n l'm Lin<*n.
Tito best tiino for changing tho linen
of the patient is in the morning. When
able to bear ft flail y freshening of the
toilet it should lx: done ns nearly as
possible at the sat:*: hour. Before con
valescence or strength will permit of
daily toilet a frequent sponging of the
face and hands witii tepid water, to
which lias been added a little good
Cologne water, will bo found very ro
fresliing, especially to a fover patient
When a complete sponging is ordered,
if done Just lx:fore the hour of sleeping,
it will bo found much more refreshing
and will conduce to sleep.—Arkansaw
Traveler.
A Clever Trick.
Gothamite—Just got back from Eu
rope, eh? What in tho world induced
you to send home those bogus cable
grams saying that you were dead ?
Literary Man—Well, I had to do
somc-tuiiig to make the magazines pub
lish the articles they have accepted
from me.—Puck.
SI.OO CASH, $1.50 ON SPACE: AND WORTH IT.
A MAN WHO GETS A BIG SALARY.
An Knslnrnr Whose A min ill Income
Equals That of the President.
A gray liairod man of possibly 68 or
60 years, of medium height, rather ro
tund in build and possessor of a pair
of beady black eyes, tools, a pen in his
chubby hand and indited, “A. Bon
xano, I’hosnix, Pa.,” on tho register at
the Gibson hotel. He seemed to bo
simply and solely a well to do tHisinew
man who hail come to tho city to trans
act business, and by his nervously quick
manner a casual olmcrvor might think
that ho would do his business briskly
and shako the mini of Cincinnati from
Ills feet as soon as possible. Now who
was he, this Romtunot
The richest salaried man in America,
outside possibly tho president of tills
great and growing nation.
He Li merely an “employe” of an
iron company, of Plxanix, Pa., ami ft
civil engineer. Here in the west wo
know not Bonzano, as he is in the cast,
but nevertheless tho men witli capital
out here, who are hacking up groat
bridge projects witli their spondtilix,
are gradually coming to realize tho al
most absolute necessity of having Al
phonse Bonzano look first into the
project and then give his very valuable
professional opinion concerning tho
feasibility of said project. Now as to
his salary. An unblushing reporter
put it straight to tho old engineer last 1
night:
“My salary, my son,” replied M. Bon
zano, with a strong Teutonic accent,
“is simply enormous. Does that sat
isfy you ?”
This iN all the old man has over been
heard to say on that apparently deli
cate subject, hut there ore at least two
men in this city who should know what
the salary of this wonderful old man is
annually. The reporter met them and
requested accurate information on tho j
subject. The answer was situply stu j
pendous. They repliisl almost in tho
same voice;
“About 860,000 a year.”
Tho answer may sound more like an
exaggeration, to draw it mildly, titan a
solid foet, hut almost any civil engineer
of your acquaintance, precious reader,
will verify this incontrovertible fact.
They say- that Ls, those who know him
say of Bonzano:
“Ho is a man who loves his Itomo
ami family, trusts his God, helps the
needy in distress, and does his work !
more accurately and quickly than any ;
other man of his kind in America.”—
Cincinnati Times-Btar.
Ate tho llla«-LMinlth'ii Hello wh.
Although tho “frotful porcupine” is
almost unknown in Orange county, the
curious creature is quite numerous in
tho wooded districts of Sullivan, Ulster
and Delaware counties.
One of tho porcupine's peculiarities
is its inordinate fondness for leather,
which it seems to think ono of the j
daintiest of tid bits, and it not infre-1
quently happens that ono of them, if It
gets a chance at a set of harness, will
destroy it in n single night, and many a
trout fisherman who has left his water
soaked boots or shoes out of doors at
night has risen in tho morning to find *
them chewed to pieces by a porcupine’s
sharp teeth.
It is not often, however, that these
animals enjoy such a feast as the ono
which lives somewhere in the vicinity
of Jim Uibbon’s blacksmith simp at
Stockport, Delaware county, Ims par
taken of, for twice within a year tlie
“pesky critter" has entered his shop
and eaten up his liellows. Any one
who lias seen a blacksmith’s bellows
knows how much leather there is in one
of them, and when, as happened once, j
tlie porcupine in a single night ate up
mom than half of one, it w'ill bo seen
that ho had indeed a sumptuous feast,
anil must havo been fairly gorged with
leather.—Middletown (N. Y.) Argus.
Some Model Kchcol Kulen.
The following is said to bo u literal
copy of the rules posted on a school
house door up in tho llig Lend coun
try: "Koch pupil is required to make
a bow on entering tho School House of
morning, also on leaving of the School
Room of evening. Tliero shall l»o no
profane language used in School nor
on tho play ground nor shall there bo
no pinsticklng, pinohin, scratchin, nor
no taggin, nor no uneasy Whispcrin in
School. No pupil shall levo the School
house wit)tout permission of tho Teach
er. No uneasy moven from seat to
seat. No fitin on tho road fi-.tm nor to
: school nor ur Nlck-namin. Every
pupil over isaprgshall be stibjco to
these rules/'?’* Worlnte&cher j 8 to make
allowense pupils under eight
and enforce the rales accorden. If any
scholar brakes these rules tha shall be
| punished by switchon. ” —San Francisco
j Examiner.
A Queer Powder.
Few people havo any notion of the
queer things that are used in medical
practice at tlie present day. Not the
least extraordinary among the reme
dies employed by physicians is jx>w
dered cockroaches. From tins insect,
dried and reduced to a brown dust,
great relief is obtained by dropsical pa
tients. The dust thus obtained con
tains an active principle called “onti
hydropin,” which is most effective in
the stimulation of tlie kidneys, and
serves as a check to tiie complaint men
tioned. Cockroach powder is also used
on a vermifuge.—Washington Star.
Cbwsliled.
Smalley—-I don’t like that old Book
ley. He's such a rough, rasping old
cieature, always rubbing some one the
wrong way.
Comcomer —That must be because
bi's a biblio-file.—America.
Motlior and Daughter,
In the winter of 1870-71 a great enafes
tnmo festival was held in Municln|
Among the many beautiful '■vorndpf
present was a Greek girl, dressed ia
classic costume of extreme simpliciqH
her only jewels being a singlo string 01
pearls about tho neck. A Boston art
ist, then a student at tho Royal Art
academy, who was present, was im
pressed witli tho classic charm of this
virgin beauty, made sketches and notes,
and at otieo set to work to paint the
picture, bnt in vain; tho time had not
come in which to realize tho concep
tion, and tho canvas was laid aside.
Two years ago, as tho artist was re
turning from a summer trip in Europe,
110 was introduced to a Hungarian
nobleman, who bail been uppointod
consul, and with his family was sailing
for New York. When Introduced to
tho consul’s family, a glance at the
daughter, a beautiful girl of 16, brought
to mind tho Greek girl seen at the
costume festival in Munich years ago;
another look at tiie mother, and in
deed it was tiie same woman. An in
timate acquaintance brought to light
tho fact tliat tho Hungarian, then a
student at the Univorsity of Munich,
lost his heart that memorable night at
tho festival, and soon after married the
girl.
A few months after the arrival in New
York tho daughter gave sittings to com
plete tiie picture “Leukopis,” which hail
been inspired by tho mother yettrs pre
vious. Tho artist wits Mr. J. M. Stone,
of this city, and the picture was at tho
Art Chib exhibition.—Boston Tran
script.
Odd I‘oHtotllci' Nnmis.
I saw a letter recent ly postmarked
Negro Foot, Va. The name seemed **> ,
o»id for a government postofflee that I *
consulted an official postal guide to see
if Undo Hum indorsed it. A glance
through the guide discovered hundreds
of others as littio creditable to his taste
and dignity. For instance, Big Foot is
an office in Indiana, Pig in Kentucky,
Skull Bone and Mouse Tail in Tennes
see, Buzzard's Roost in Georgia, and
Com Cob in South Carolina. Number
Ono is a Maine poatoffico, and Vermont
has a Bread Ixiaf. In New Yoik there
ore a Promised I.and, a Painted Post,
Good Ground and Half Moon.
Pennsylvania might havo selected
better sounding names tliati Bird in
hand, Bean, Bald Eagle, Burning
Bush, Darling, Good Interest and Gum
Tree. Gunpowder is In Maryland,
wliilo Old Hundred and Alone, with
Negro Foot, are in Virginia. West
Virginia boasts a Left Hand, and
North Carolina tho grace of Charity,
blessing of Prosperity and Forks of
Pigeon. Georgia is discredited by a
Dirt Town, and Ims Alligator, Fish and
Cold Water. Pay Up and Cut Off aro
also Georgia offices. Big Coon, Coal
Fire and Red Rose aro in Alabama,
anil Bananas in Florida. I’ll wager
you never hoard of half of those.—
Philadelphia North American.
Woodcut*.
Overluying is merely an intelligent
adjustment of pressure on woodcuts—•
a pressure adjusted to suit tho resist
ance, so that light lines shall havo little
and solid surfaces much pressure. Ho
treated light linos will print sharp and
clear; the com [tact aud closer lines of
middle tints will bo smoothly gray, arid
the solid portions of tho dark wliadows,
will be full velvety black. Tho differi'
ent degrees of light and shade in evorf
woodcut require thie graduation of
pressure. Tho theory seems simple
enough, but putting tho theory In prao
tioe Is not.
Every printing machine Is mado so
that tlie pressed and the pressing sur
faces shall be in exact parallel--so that
pressure shall be absolutely uniform in
every part. If woodcuts were like tlie
ordinary text types of books and newa
j>n[X!rß in their equality of color and
their equal resistance to impression,
there would bo no need of overlaying;
no more pressure would lie required in
ono portion than in another. But
woodcuts an conspicuously unequal—
tho thin lino:, tho close lines, the solid
blacks, are ir'ogularly combined. Yet
each must haw a different degree of
pressure.—Theo. L I)o Vinne in Cent
ury.
Only Once.
Tliero is nothing Like making the best
of everything, but even when people
do make tho best of tilings they are
very apt to put in a qualifying “but”
somewhere.
Two very old people were talking
one day about the delights of old age.
“Why,” said one, “wo get tho best
of everything. At our house all the ton
derest hits of steak, the nicest morsels
of chicken, the largest pieces of pie, are
saved out for me."
“Yes," said tho other; “at our house
I liavo tlio most comfortable room in
tho house, tho easiest chair, and the
warmest corner at til© fireplace.” .
“And everybody looks at us kindly
and respectfully.”
“To bo sure. But, ah, John, it’s sopM*
rowful to think”
“What, Jane?"
"Wo can't be old but once!’’
Youth’s Coiujianion.
Give 'Em Time.
Thirteen years ago a Boston man lost
a trunk on a railroad entering Cliicago.
The officials asked for a week to linut
it up, and then they wanted a month
and a year. The loser didn’t want to
seem captious about it. and lie kept
still and lot the good work go on, and
the other day he received a pair of
socks, a collar and tho lid of his long
lost trank, together with a note stating
that there were no charges for storage.
—Detroit Free Press.
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