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OSeial Organ *T CharltM Cnnaty. OSdal Orgaa CUj of Viren*. : uuu rcausRixo coxpaxt. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17,1892. ADVERTISING RATES. Examine the rates of an r first-class weekly newspaper and yon will find oars to be lew. Transient advertising inserted at $1-M> per ini-h first insertion. 50c subsequent insertion. Reading notice in local columns 10c per I ins first Insertion; 5c per line each subse quent insertion. Professional cards $&00 per annum after ^*FW*t^eap advertising see Cheap Column. Advertisements to insure insertion any week must be in by Wednesday of that week. Changes made in advertisements, inserted at oar regular rates, and for specified time, will be charged for at * ' J Hal position. r speciueu nine, of making said will lie charged forspe- Arrival and Hectare of Kalla At Wajmn. AftRlYK K. ! From North.. •• Booth. •• East.... ” West-. 6:30 8:45 8:4.'. 8:45 Booth 7:30 Senator Gibson, of I>»ui*iana, died last Thursday. Has| the grovernor procured any chrooios for distribution while saying adieu to the legislators. Governor Northen lias vetoeil the summer sew inn kill, and our anions will lie permitted to stay at home with the boys next summer. Tom Watson now declares that his life was In danger all through the campaign, but be fails to tell what lie hail been eating. Sad, sad, hut then he is the only original Tout Watson. The legislature will adjourn to-night. Viewing their acta at a distance, without glasses, we fail to discern much wisdom In their course, excusing the accideut (dog fall)- in the Glenn, Maddox and Gober squabble. Tom Watson has not seen fit to jump into the arena with sensational or incen diary speeches, so far this season. Where is the champion 1 Saying your prayer*, ayeTomn.ie? j 4 A REPUBLICAN SENATE U Is now evident that there will be no relief obtained for the people through tariff legislation during the present ses sion of congress. The democrats of the senate finance committee has failed to arrange* for a meeting of that committee* liecause of the absence of some of the republican members of. the committee, which would leave the republicans in the minority, and they fear with euch facilities afford ed, the democrats might lead off with a favorable report «n the free wool, free binding twine, free cotton tie* and free tin plate bills. SENATOR WOOTEN’S OslUst.fliht for Um Military. Every means was employed to defeat tbe bill to appropriate $20,0u0 for the benefit of the state troop* before the sen ate last Thursday, but tbe gallaut Wont- •a, of old Dougherty, fought them down, aad championed the measure to a suc cess ftil issue in hip defence. Senator Wooten traced the relation of the militia to the national government and the aid received by Georgia was $11,000 a year from the United States government. He ran through messages and. state papers of Georgia's govern ors on the military, and discussing the local need of soldiers, said: « “la Georgia the state militia has fre quently been ordered into service and . have by their services prevented muoh riot and blood-shed. The services of the military At present are familiar to us all. fa tbe last few years the Albany Guards end the Jackson Light Artillery were < r. dcred to Dawson to prevent the taking of e prisoner sentenced to hang, and - whilst en route their train was seriously wrecked by lawless negroes. After a short delay another train was secured asd.tbe presence of the military on that day undoubtedly prevented serioos troub le between the races. At another time, the first named^jjpupany was placed under marching orders. Within the last year tne military of Savannah, Augusta and iWaycroas have performed severe and arduous service in preserving peace and. maintaining law, the Waycross Ri fles being on duty a solid week at a time. Twice during the present year the mili tary of Atlanta has been placed under marching order on account of contem plated outbreaks and lawless dapnonatra- And yet, in spite of the'facts which I have stated, we are confronted with tbe question of what need is tbe * militia? propounded by legislators during the pendency of this question, and we have witnessed some legislators who are sup posed to know and represent the interests of their constituents, and therefore the state denies the contribution of one farthing to the support and maintenance of this important arm of the atata gov ernment In the matter of judgment how insignificant become tbe eminent statesmen whose opinion I have quoted in comparison to these latter day patri ots, who, in the narrowness of their views on public questions and their false ideas of public economy would revolu tionize the order of things and. abolish the military entirely, thereby leaving the state, life and property without security protection.” Last week the chairman of the water works commission receirtd a telegram announcing that the contractors would the ground by the 10th, am! expected that work on the stand-pipe would have been under way, hut they were delayed hv material men, who failed to ship as early as expected, which accounts for the delay. The people of Waycross will be justly proud of their *ystem of waterworks when completed. Capt. Nelson has made a thorough test of the water sup ply, and after ten days coustant pump ing, with a yield of 800 gallons jier min ute, pronounce* the supply of pure, sparkling artesian water, inexhauatable. This ample supply of pure water, flow ing through main* in every direction, will lie distributed throughout the city, both for general utility in case of fire or domestic use. A fine display of all kind* ot jewelery wanted for Christum* presents at Geo. IS. Ynumans A Co.’s. Capt. H. W. Heed’s resolution after the nomination* were over with, were iMith a revelation ani an innovation iu the science of |iolitic*. Custom and usage were not it; but then it i* said we live in a progressive age. Ah-liem ! Trader's Him., Charlton Co., Ga. Editor Herald: 1 see from the presentment* of the grand jury of this county for the Novein- Iht term 1892, that it is claimed that an error occurs ill my book showing amount due county by me to lie $70.52. I have carefully examined the workoftliegraud jury, and find that they, in writing down amounts wrote $497.00 wlieae they tended $470.09 making a difference of $18.00 in my favor, as I was owing the county $83.51 instead of $75.52. As to refunding said amount, there i funding to do, as the balance shown to lie due the county is now in my hands subject to the county’s detuand* upen proper voucher* being presented, justice to myself please give this space in your column*. Very respect fully, Erick Johnson, Treasurer C. C.. If you are looking fora suit for your hoy see W. J. Smith, he ha* them at price* thatdefiv competition. All Pres. Those who have used I>r. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised Drug gist and get a Trial liottle. Free. Send your name and address to H. K. Bucklen A Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King’s New Ufe Fills Free, as well copy of Guide to health and House hold Instructor, Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing. A. It. McWhorter A Co., U. .1. Smith, E. B. Goodrich's Drug Store. This month for bargains at Owens’. See hi* advertisement in this paper for a few prices, and then call and learn the rest. House* to rent. Apply to Hitch A Myers. The Herald will appear tbe first week in January in new form, eight-page, for ty-eight folum*, and i* at present con sidering from a business standpoint the feasibility of getting out a neat newsy evening paper. If the people of Waycross feel the need of such an enterprise and will pat the Herald man on the shoul der a little, they will be accomodated. Hurrah for the holidays! Right now we are ready with an immense assort ment of Christmas gifts. Come early and make your selection. C. E. Cook. The result unanimous, by jingo! All sizes, all widths and all kinds of Douglas $8.00 shoes at Owen*’ ft r $2.. It is rumored that the “boss" was of town. Judge Farker, of Kissimmee, Fla., was an agreeable caller at the Herald of fice Friday morning. • Come early, make yn avoid the rush. • selection* and C. K. Cook. AN EXPRESS AGENT SHORT. Citron, nuts, fruits and dainties of all kinds for your Christmas cakes st A. I’- Louisville. Dec. 3.—H. H. Lostetter, the United States Express agent at Huntingburg, Ind., was arrested here by Detective Daly while in the act of pawning $fiX) worth of diamonds. The detective took him to Central station, where he was searched. Two other di amond studs and a lady's gold watch were found oa him. He said that he had been short in hi* accounts for time, and did not know how much he owed the company. The package of diamonds was sent from Booneville. Ind.. to New York city, and passed through his hands agent at Huntingbnrg. He stole them Saturday, and. employing a man in his place, came on to this city to pawn them. He attributed his downfall to gambling, aud stated that this was the first time he had ever stolen from the company. The company placed implicit confi dence in Lostetter. and gave him his poet over a year ago. Mr. Boles, the agent here, says that he has no idea how mnch behind Lostetter ’ ” account?. The shortage ma’ thing from $! .000 to $.**.000. The sni>er- intendent of the company lias Inten sent for and no step* will be taken until his arrival. MR. CURRIE’S SPEECH. Th*. Former Keporta Are *1 Vai Will* HI* Tine 1’lteranen*. London, Dec. 1.—Mr. Currie has sent to the Times a verbatim rejiort of the speech he made l»efnre the conference Friday. This report is similar to the former accounts of the speech only in its advocacy of the gold standard. Mr. Currie denies that the evil* are impend ing to the world from the disuse of the tilver standard. 'Hie silver experiments of the United States, lie likely to find imitators. The conference had met to endeavor to raise the pricoef commodities, an ob ject that was entirely op]*osed to the economist doctrines accepted in Great Britain as cheap goods, not dear goods. Plenty, not scarcity, had always l*een held to lio the conditions profitable to trade. That the general fall in prices had been brought about by the scarcity of gold had never been proved. Such a theory is at variance with facts within our knowledge. Mr. Cnrrie is strongest, personally. (foil. Joe Lott is finishing up a neat law office nextd»rto J. A. Jones A Co., on Plant avenue. Apply at Herald Office Do you find it pleasant to have Au gust merged into the middle of Decern- Owens ha* a fresh ami complete as sortment of Douglas $3.00 shoes that he i* selling for $2.75. Dr. R. J. Smith’s handsome brick block i* nearing completion. Watch the cork at A. K. Bennett’*. Our merchants have made necessary arrangement* to supply Santa Claus with all the gifts necessary for Christ mas disposition. You can get a nice lunch basket free with eveiy pair of school shoe* at J. T. Palmer’* shoe store. Who said we drew a hog at the show ? Try a pair of Palmer’* $1.00 school shoes, liest in Waycross for the money. Many displays in the show windows of our l*e*t business houses would do credit to much larger cities Waycross vim, energy and enterprise is worthy of a page in hi*tory. Delicious hams and the l*e*t iloii the world at A. R. Bennett’*. among the British dobv will not budge promise. rd a . nd he CLEVELAND GOES HOME- HU II oj Read article on fourth psge, ‘Select ing Christmas Presents.” Never so good ! Never so cheap! Our beautiful display of holiday good* is opened and ready. C. K. Cook. Congress has agreed to take a recess from Thursday, December 22, to Wednes day, January 4, ami Tom Watson con cur*. A big line of Hess’s fine shoes in every toe at the Palace shoe store. W. J. Smith. Nf.w York. Dec. President-elect Cleveland arrived at the Jersey City depot at 7 o’clock a. in., direct from Hog Island. Va., where he lias l»een the guest of the Broadwater club for nearly two weeks past. Mr. Cleveland came unattended. He was ready to alight when the train ran into the depot, ami with his overcoat buttoned closely alvout him, walked briskly to the Cort land street transfer boat. On landing on the New York side he took a carriage and was driven to hi? lionse, 1*2 West 57th street. Mr. (’lev©, land greatly enjoyed his visit to Hog Island, and lias returned iu the l>est of health. He lias not yet decide*! when he will go to Lakewood, N. J., where A general holiday will lie in vogue when Sell* aud Rentfrow’* Rig Shows come here. The detuand for apace iu the Herald is so great until we are forced to is*ue a supplement this week. The newest ideas, the best selections, the most appropriate ami desirable pres ents at fairest figure* at C. E. Cook’s. In the future I will handle children' and boys’ clothing only. I am cloning out a liig liue of wen’s extra coat* and pants at about half price. W. J. Smith. Charley Hohenatein will spend the holidays with the old folks, and while circulating with his old comrades, the “Waycross Rifles,” will no doubt re member the lasses. Ain’t it. Charier ? Dr. G. B. Williams* Liver rills, At T. S. Paine’s drug store, endorsed by Dr. J. L. Walker. This pill will cure •ick headache or any other.kind. Does the city fathers intend to main tain Pond street for a cow and hog past- House to rent, $11.00 per month, plastered, good location. If. W. Reep. Mr. N. M. Smith, of Valdosta, brought his wife to Waycross for medical treat ment. The services of Dr. F. (’. Folk* were secured, aud the lingering fever will no doubt soon be mastered. Kuui C Lanier, and save 25 per cent, n watches, silverware and jewelery. Dr. Clifton will not arrive in Black- *liear before January 9th. Geo. R. Ynumans A Co. will make pedal prices on all lines of silverware during tbe next two weeks. SnIIm Word'* Fair for EKIrtH On Upon receipt of your address and fif teen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our Souvenir Port folio of the Word’s Fair Columbian Exposition, the tegular price is Fifty Cents, but as we want you to have * make the price nominal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page vie the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of If not satisfied with it, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Address H. E. Buckles A Co., Chicago, III. Buy silverware at learner’s. 25 cent, discount. Engraved free. per S. H. Clifford, of New C'assel, Wis., was troubled with neuralgia and rheu matism, his stomach was disordered, his liver, was affected to an alarming degree, appetite foil away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottled of Electric Bitten cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, III. had a running sore on his leg of eight yero standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bocklen's Arnica salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Cataw ba, O., had five large fever sores on his leg, doctor* said he was incurable. One bottle of Electric Bitten and one box of Bocklen’s Arnica salve cured him lively. Sold by A. B. McWhorter A Co., B. J. Smith and E. B. Goodrich. Charleston'* Unpleasant Position. Charleston, Dec. The business community of Charleston i* very mnch exercised over the bill ROYALTY ON HALF PAY. Exited Monarch* Who Are Forced to Dead * LI nee of Economy. Royalty without a civil list or a large private fortune is about the most trying situation to which a human creature can be subjected. 1 have come across in my day not a few illustrious person ages to whom this test was applied by fate, and do not remember one. unless the late king of Hanover, who went through it like a first rate man or wom an, though some of them bore reverses better than most persons of far lesser rank known to me, who had fallen in the world aud prided themselves on hav ing seen “better days.” Don Juan of Spain, father of Carlos, and hnsband of tbe beantifnl amt spleu- didly dowered Archduchess Beatrice of Este-Modena, was a lazy old loafer. When “at home” he lived in the Regent's park with a lady who was not at all urchdncal and seven or eight children, who nnfortnnately for themselves were every inch Spanish Bourbons. When on the continent Jnan was sometimes “Mr. Johns,” sometimes “Mr. King,” or “M. le Rov,” and again, “Mr. Bliss*’ (a trans lation of his wife’s name), lived gener ally en garni aud dined at cheap tables d'hote. His breath used to smell of mutton ragout, a dish that sticks to the breath like garlic. The king of Naples also loafs through life, bnt in a harmless, gentlemanly fashion. He lias hopelessly lost his l»e:i ings since the Italian confectioner at the corner of the Place de la Bourse through having given credit too freely to the king's followers, obliged to shut np shop. The poor confectioners sup plied dinners for an age to one of the king's brothers, and will have to wait for payment nntil the Neapolitan Bonr- bons are restored. Going to lunch at that confectioner’s, which he always did ou foot, enabled Francis II to get through several hours ever}* day, and afforded him an easy walk to and from the hotel in the Rue Bossy d'Auglais, in which he has lived ever since he came to abide in Paris. He shares so little the tastes of bis wife, who goes in for race horses, as in point of fact to live alone, though en menage with her. The august pair rather camp than reside here. The Duke of Aquila. having ruu through his own and his wife's fortune, was ages ago obliged to quit the beauti ful villa in which he lived for some years in the Avenue dn Bois de Bou logne, and he is now a pensioner of King Humbert to the amount of $400 a year (10,000 lire), aud also lives en garuL He, however, makes up well when he goes to dinner parlies, and has a touch of naval frankuess that is pleasant. He drew a good pension so long as the Brazilian empire lasted as its lord high admiral aud filled a corresponding situ ation in the kingdom of Naples before 1800. 1 do not suppose tliat lie is mnch of u seaman, bnt he was formerly ahvay. entertaining or being entertained by naval officers, and his manner* took a color from theirs. He mauages to keep up jovial spirits under depressing cir cnmatatices. which I think creditable b him. Comte de Bari, his nephew, has found consolation for personal and family losses and crosses in marriage with Lady of the corps do ballet, aud lias adopted a son who j,*., nearly his own age. to the great the ex-king, in italiuu law the adoptee is a memlier of the Bourliou family, whatever he may be in blood, and is siqqiosed by it to lie u grandson of the illustrious Arch duke Charles aud of Ferdinand ii of Na ples.—Paris Cor. London Truth. Friend—Doesn’t the ride back and forth to the country every day aeem very long? Mr. Suburb—Long? It*a too short. When I take the train in the morning, I know I've got to pitch in and work like a horse the moment the tralu reaches the city. That makes the ride seem too short, doesn't it? “I presume it does. But how altnut the ride back?” “Well, 1 always remember after 1 start that I've forgotten something my wife wanted particularly, so that ride is always over too quick.”—N. Weekly. Trouble lleglnutug Early. llappy Bride—Why, mamma, wl are you crying for? Everything Is lovely and everyliody's been so good me! Come and look at my presents, “Its the presents I'm thinking of! Every family with a regiment of un married girls has sent you the most horribly expensive things, and they’ll all Ik* getting married, and you and Charles will have to scrape aud starve to give each of them something handsomer still! Oh, Angelina, wh* didn't you elope?”—Boston Globe. How Cowld Ho Forget? The little girl ran flying down the front steps and called out with au ag onizing cry: “Papa! Papa!” Papa had started down town. !!• stopped and waited. “IVhat is it, Bessie?" “I want to kiss you good-by.” “Well, dear, why don’t you kiss me?' “I will,” said the little girl, with trembling lip and quivering chin, “as soon as I can make the pucker!’’—Chi cago Tribune. For Chaago of Kalment. lie—Do you know, that as long as 1 have known you, I have never seen you dressed in white. She—Indeed! Are you, then, tia! to the color? He—Not exactly that; but whenevci I see a girl dressed in white, 1 am al ways tempted to kiss her. She—Will you excuse me for fifteei minutes?—Truth. Tbo Eyes Every beo has two kind* of eyes—tlio Wallis amt Jack. “You and Jack sit next to each othe* In school, don’t you, Wallie?” “Part of the time." “Only a part?” “Yes, sir. Jack's standing in th» corner most of the time.” “And what do you do then?'* “Oh, I generally stand In another corner."—Harper's Young People. BLACK HAWK'S MAGNANIMITY. Romance ot the Indian Wars of the Early Days. After the repulse of the British and Indians at Fort Stephenson in August, 1812, Black Hawk became disgusted with the Ill-fortune just then attending the British arms and took summary leave for Rock river, writes Irving Berdine Riehman in the New England Maga zine. A party was sent by the Ameri cans to follow him. The pursuit was x continued until the party became ton- fused by a multiplicity of trails, was forced to break up, and each man had to look out for his ow n safety. On emerging from a thicket one day a scout named Ki 1 bourn saw at a dis tance an Indian on his hands and knees slaking his thirst at a spring. Instinct ively the scout leveled his rifle and pulled the trigger. The flint was shiv ered against the pan, but the priming failed to ignite. The Indian recovered himself and leveled his rifle at the scouL He did not fire, however, but advanced upon Kilbourn and made him prisoner. Kilbourn then recognized his captor as none other than Black Kawk himself. “The white mole digsdeep.but Maka taimeshekiakiak flies high and can see far off,” said Black Hawk to the scout. After some words to his band Black Hawk informed Kilbourn that he had decided to adopt him into the Sauk tribe. Constantly watchful for ^ chance to escape, at length, after \h re * 4 ''' - years, he found it and regained civiliza tion. During the Black Hawk war of 1832 Kilbourn was again a scout in the serv ice of the government, and was cap tured by Black Hawk at the battle of Stillman’s run. He nerved himself for | tbe torture which he felt certain must now awJ? him. Nor was lie assured In the least when Black Hawk, passing close to him, said In a low tone: “Does the mole think that Black Hawk forgets?" But, just before sunset of the day of his capture, Black Hawk again came to him, loosed the cords that bound him to a tree, and conducted him far into the forest. Pausing, the Indian said: “I am going to send you back to your chief, though I ought to kill you for running away a long time ago, after 1 had adopted you as a son; but Black Hawk can forgive as well as fighL” r This Mrs. Gooseberry—De chile done gone an’ swollered ’r bottle ’r ink. Dr. Giglamps (newly graduated)— Ink—plain ordinary ink? Humph! This is easy. Oxalic acid will remove ink immediately. I’ll write you a prescrip tluu for it.—Puck. legislature looking to the redistricting 1°°^ 'u* of the state for congressional purposes, i *!!!?‘*1 1 10 gerrymander places Charles- * ‘ “ “ "" *” " ‘ The three simple ones which crown the top a black district, and entirely neu- j of the head. Each compound eye is tralizes the city vote. It was that vote composed of 3,500 facets—that is to sav, which elected Congressman Brawler ' an object is reflected 3.500 time* ou its *■*■“ “ ,M -tndi- i surface. Every one or these facets is that i the lwise of au inverted hexagonal pyr*. punish I W. T. Stokes, the Alliance date, and the supposition is nc the bill before the legisl* nre was drawn up by Stoke’s political friends to nu the metropolis of the state for defea him at the Democratic primary. Meetings have been held by all the immercial orders in the city, and a a special committee appointed to go to Columbia and oppose the priqiosetl ger rymander. Philadelphia. Dec. 1.—A Philadel phia and Rending shifting engine crash ed into a street car at Columbia cross ing. injuring eleven persons. William Cnnningliam. aged thirty-fonr years, and Lizzie Carnage, aged twelve years, are supposed to be fatallv hurt. The other nine re' eived painful bruises and cuts. The car contained forty passen gers i That instantly s and was knocked twenty feet a iny of the passengers r killed i Us miraculon*. card* for Hold. City of Mexico, Dec. 1.—There is much excitement in this city over a search that is being conducted by Inuco Dosda and associates in the little town of Topsottan. near here, for $31,000,030 in gold that, according to tradition sup ported bv documentary evilencies. lies buried in the old Cathedral of Top sottan. where it was stored by the Jesnits about the close of the eighteenth century. A Meteor In Mlrhlfan. Harrison, Dec. *1.—In the snbnrlis of this city was found a hnge slate-colored meteor that had evidently fallen from the heavens daring the night aud buried itself in the earth. It weiglis about half A ton. and when first discovered waa still warm. It is of peculiar formation, and its substance is very hard. No one saw it fall, but the general impression prevails that it fell from the recent Escl THE WINDOW PICTURES. mml Coi IIIMMO i Arouui • I.tttla Lurch. St. Paul. Dec. 0.—Representive J. R. Nelson of Canton, who is now in the city, says the excitement over the pic tures iu the window of t he Canton Cath olic church continue! as strong as ever, and that people are still visiting the place. It is estimated that the priest there has Messed over 10,000 people since the discovery of the alleged cle. time he thought ha a dim ontline of a face just as on* frame a picture in the clouds, bnt it looked to him more like * man’s face than a d, whose apex is fitted to the head. Each pyramid may la* termed an eye, for each lias its own iri* and optic nerve. How these insects ufanage this mar velous number of eyes is not yet known. Tiiey are immovable, but mobility is un necessary because of the range of vision afforded by the position and the number of facets. They have no lids, but are protected from dust and injury by rows of hairs growing along the lines at the junctions of the facets. The simple eyes are snp]>osed to have lieen given the bee to enable it to see ::\>ove its head when intent upon gathering honey from the cup* of flower*. Probably this may be one reason, bnt it is likely there are other uses for them not yet ascertained. —Pearson’s Weekly. Few Men time «»r KijiimI (.engtli. We hear on the authority of a re cruiting sergeant that few men have legs of eqnal length, and that in every thousand men in the British army only eighteen are over six feet in height, which our national vanity prompts us to remark seems a small number.—Cham bers’ .lonroal. Countess Guiccioli, Byron’s ina morata. has her reputation sadly im pugned by the author of “Gossip of the Century.” That literary iconoclast says that several people who had known the countess told him that she was any thing but beautiful. “One assured me.’ he says, “that her complexion reminded him of * * * boiled pork, and other asserted that her figure was ab solutely shapeless: that she was not beautiful, and that so far from pos sessing any grace or elegance of style, slic had the appearance of a short bolster with a string round its middle. Worse than this, it seems that the Guic cioli waddled like a duck; her feet, which were as large and flat as Mine, de SUel's—immortalized by her enemy, Napoleon, when he described lit standing on her ‘grand pied de Stael'— aiding in the suggestion of this simile. As for her manner*, they were far from refined." Thought They Were Ulrtl*. The most laughable thing I have lately was the discovery of a new kind of game by a lively young setter dog. It was in a large dry goods store %vli cash is sent to the desk in little boxes, whirring along on slender rails, says Kate Field's Wa&hicg.on. The dog was following his pretty mistress sedately enough, when he heard the v the swift flight of the cash box. cau frame a picture i ...... - - A great many lrnvej H* thought it was a bird, and tore up apparently lK?en healed, he says, but it and down the aisles after it, scattering is reported that the priest is a skillful | the crowd and amusing everybody in physician, and that he has used a great i sight As he would not be convinced deal of medicine lately. The sale of I of hi* delusion, lie bad to Ik* removt-d articles has brought the chnrch a hand- j forcibly from what be probably thought some sum, and the pnesthas purchased I t j ltf best hunting ground he‘had a large tract ot property around ttao | ilnu;k . shurch. for what purpose is not known. Merely a Figure or Speech. Little Dick—Papa, did you find your office? Pop—Why, of course! The office is . , just where it always is. Angler U un»Ue I "lint you forgot your lunch, didn’t j you? No; what put that into your head?*' Mr. Jones said you were a hungry 'ifficeseeker.”—Texas Siftings. ■What a wonderful painter Rubens i cannot extend, s!” remarked Merrit at the art gal lery. “Yes,” assented Cora. “It is said of him that he could change a laughing face into a sad one by a single stroke.” •Why,” spoke up little Johnnie, in disgust, “my school-teacher can <lr tliaL”—Demorestfo Magazine. More Trout Killed Agency Than In the progress of settlement of ths valleys of Colorado the streams have become more and more largely used for Irrigation. Below the mouth of the canyons darn after dam and ditch after ditch turn off the water. In summer the beds of even large rivers (as the Rio Grande) are left wholly dry, all the water being turned into these ditches. Much of this water in consumed by the arid land und its vegetation; the rest seeps back, turbid and yellow, into the bed of the stream, to again be intei • cepted as soon as enough has accumu lated to be worth taking, lu some val leys, as in the San Luis, in the dry sea son there is scarcely a drop of water In the river bed that has not from oue to ten times flowed over some Held, while the beds of many considerable streams (Rio la Jara, Rio Alamosa, etc.) are filled with dry clay aud dusL Great numbers of trout, iu many cases thousands of them, pass into these irrigating ditched aud are left to perish in the fields. The destruction of trout by this agency is far greater than that due to all others combined, and it Is going on in almost every irrigating ditch in Colorado. Perhaps most of the crowd are lost by entering the ditches in the fall, when running down stream with the cooling of the water. It ha* been suggested that a law could com pel the closing of the ditches after the harvest, allowing the streams to flow freely until March or April, in the fall the water Is worth most to the fishes and least to the farmers. The American er this fective. This is certain, that if the preseut con ditions go. on the trout in the lower courses of all the streams will be ex terminated, and there will be trout only iu the mountain lakes and in the moun tain meadows, to which agriculture I'rlmlUTw Exultation ot Faith. In the little village of Egmanting. In liavaria, a curious nocturnal expedition took place. A few minutes after mid night there suddenly appeared in the village a party of one hundred and fifty armed men, mostly peasant pr«*> prietors, driving, apparently, some imaginary specters before them. Pres* ently every man discharged his fire arms. Many of the inhabitants who were indoors, behind strong barriers, : trembled at the thought of the carnage As UsaaL I He—Well, darling, how have you been to-day? She—Oh, nervous, debilitated, sick j and unhappy. He—Heavens! You've been reading ! th«t must have ensued. Then Especial- those medicine advertisements again j ly appointed person recited^ the record I’ll bet a bat.—Judge. (■round for Doubt. Timorous Stranger—Is this really Chi cago? Resident—Yes, sir. Visitor—I won’t believe IL I’ve been here now goin’ on three hours, and the fifteen dollars I left home with is in m.v pocket stUL—Chicago News. ChlckMi Couie Home. Mrs. Goodaoul—I think it’s a perfect shame that the early settlers killed off the Indians the way they did. Miss De Pretty—Indeed It is. Just think what lovely furs they used to sell for a few glass beads.—N. Y. Weekly Uo«r to Achieve Urextoess. Visitor—You seem to be an important person here; everybody turns round to look at you. —Boston Globe. Never Forgotten, Little Boy—Teacher said the em peror of China has ten men to carry his umbrella Wot’a that for? Papa (thoughtfully)—I suppose it takes tliat many to remember to bring it along.—Good Newa Criticism Unappreciated. Prisoner—Judge, you will never be » logician. Judge—Why not? Prisoner — Your sentences are too long. Judge—Thirty days for contempt of court—Town Topics. Tbe Young Housekeeper—Let ms have two pounds of nice ham. The Butcher—Yea, marm. The Young Housekeeper—Ham, re member. 1 have concluded not to buy pork in any form.—Chicago Jury. First Fly—Come into the dining-room Lots of fun there. Second Fly—Bald-headed visitor? First Fly—Better than that There’* a free merry-go-round on 'the table- of the deadly sins by way of exorcising the spirits of evil supposed to be hover ing abouL As a rule nobody dared venture out; but one more bold than hia fellows did open his doors and expostu lated against such an unwarrantable disturbance of the night But the fir ing party heeded him not This cere mony of exercising the evil spirits from the village continued for an hour. And as suddenly as the party had arrived so suddenly did they disperse. There was a strong smell of powder in the air, but not a trace of brimstone. A Scotch paper tells of a farmer's rife who has a great deal of trouble with her servants. The other day one of them came to her to say: “Madam, I fear I shall not be able to work much longer. I think 1 am going blind.” “Why, how is that? You seem to get along pretty well with your work.” “Yes; but I can no longer see any meat on my plate at dinner.” The fanner’s wife understood, and the next day the servants were served with very large and very thin pieces of meat. “How nice!” the girl exclaimed; “my sight has comeback. I can see better than ever." “How is that, Bella?” “Why, at this moment,” replied Bella, “I can see the plate through the meat.” That Wm Why. “Father,” asked the boy, “what’s the reason you call that shop of yours down town a ‘plant?’ ” ‘•Because, my son,” answered his father, gloomily, “I seem to be running it into the ground.”—Chicago Tribune Gloomy Audlanccs. Manager—I don't know what’s go into audiences. It take, a mighty good comedian now to make them smile. Lobbie— Perhaps they'd brighten up easier if you didn't charge so much tot tickets.—N. Y. Weekly. Louis—Papa says that I mustn't play football any more. ^ Max—Ask him again. Tell him you’ll only wear youroldest cloths*.—Harper's Yournr Peoula