OSeial Organ *T CharltM Cnnaty.
OSdal Orgaa CUj of Viren*.
: uuu rcausRixo coxpaxt.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17,1892.
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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.
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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
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