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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY. VOL. XV. irttTTC! TJ A U'C'T? ®>»y lv> fsirnfl -.ti 'l<»nt o<*v XIIXO JTiXi.i2ii.wi’ Howell & Co’a A.I vert ißlnjr Iluiv’Hi: l > Svnico advertlsn i a. i. uj*e in Lie' U; liulo lur it Oi Nit vw lHr —■ 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. / • vuh'iissn)x.il v.in /» <i. J’. « tnS'ili E.!.. 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. fiito \V. lip.van | W.T. Diokkn. 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. NO. 10