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The yellow fever is epidemic at
the ivasaeola, Fla., Navy Yard, and
report lias obtained eurreney
it has made its appearance in
Kew Orleans, bet our seaport cit-
jes redouble tlieir vigilance. Dan-
.r. i- lurks in every unclean gutter
Mini every deposit -of refuse matter.
\ml one developed germ will sound
,, horrible deatli to thousands'.
The Wrightsville Iter,order says:
“llsieoii here was at a low ebb about
the middle of the week—not a
, )( uiii,l to be bad. Jim Outlaw says,
«jf (hey will bold on till lie can
rn j S e some boys, he will ask
them no diil'erenco.’” Jim ought to
he “outlawed” for not having hogs
...1 readv raised, or eondemued to
live on bread and water till those
Ima's grow.
lien vim' Trllmne.
Some few months ayo tin
rived in Leadville a youny
named Julius Haas, who was
recently from abroad. Neither bis
attire nor demeanor indicated that
lie had any money, present or pros
pective. He took up his residence
at tin* Laplander mine with Mr.
Otto Anderson. Yesterday be went
to Denver to prepare for bis return
home, where an inheritance of 17,-
500,000 marks, or $1,075,000, now
awaiting a claimant. The life of the
youny millionaire contains a wealth
of romance, and much of tin' prac
tical adventures which usually be
fall tlu> prodiyal son. Dissipation
at home and in this country and a
continuous draining from bis fath
er’s riches finally left him to all in
tents and purposes a pauper in a
strange land. His father was a
heavy banker, the partner of the
Rothschilds, and a land owner at
C'arlsrulie, the capital of Baden, one
of the Herman States. In his early
college' days young Haas began to
manifest symptoms of extravagance
and recklessness. There he com
menced a gambling career which
only ended with his destitution in
Leadville. The wine cup, beautiful
women and song had their
fascination for him as well,
ami between these complications
he became unmanageable and
thoroughly improvident. His fath
er, thinking that a change of asso
ciations would iniluence his habits
and morals for the better, sent him
to Marseilles with letters of credit
and privilege to draw. He had
scarcely lodged there before he
drew 100,000 francs and lost it at
the gambling table. From Mar
seilles he went to Baden-Baden
and lost another 100,000 francs at
rouge-et-imir. Recalling him, his
father then obtained an appoint
ment ns attache of the German Le
gation at 'Funis, where his brother
was resident Consul. His extrava
gance increasing rather than di-
i minishing under the care of his
’| brother, he was sent to America
with a credit of 50,000 marks. That
amount soon disappeared in frolics
now a little over two weeks nt Gotham, and ho again
before the public will leave the new I rixcnKi) tuk i'Atkv.nar, ffusf,
postal notes, the limit of their prop- \ for $10,000 through a Now 5 ork ex-
aration being September .‘Id. They \ change. A\ itli that amount he
will prove to he of great convon- j started <Tn a tour ol the Lastern
ieneo, as the sender can transmit I cities, making several additional
any sum from one cent to five drafts before arriving at Cincinnati,
dollars. The New York Tribune From Cincinnati he went.to Chica-
illuslrntes the great convenience of go. He was identified there bypar-
the new arrangement by stating
that “a lady living out of town who
wants to send $3.70 to a dry goods
store in New York, will hand that
sum and the tl cents fee to the
postmaster, lie will give her an
ardor with the figure 8 punched in
the dollars column, the figure 7 in
the column of dimes, and the figure
!• in the cents column. This
is simple and easy, and offers
uo chance for fraud.”
that altnutmUhe adventurers, and
there, after long-continued adver
sity, they separated, Haas making
his way to Leadville. After hav
ing become well domiciled here he
confessed to Mr, Andrea that he
“T once had an example of how
well it is to tell the truth,” said a
gentleman who was once a promi
nent candidate for governor of Ar- j
kansas. “Some time ago, I was
expected to find him wealthy mitl j veiling on horseback, through
intended to make a heavy loan.— , ( Vl .,.y lonely part of the country.—
Mr. Andrea wrote to Haas’ father [ W as never a brave man, and I was
at Carcselut, stating the son’
the
Sues the Waycross Reporter:
“Nobody in jail, and unless some
body kicks up a row soon, the law
yers will forget how to address a
court or a jury, and presently will
liuve to forget how to pay a grub
Pi'll,” !i is to he supposed from the
noise made by the Reporter, that a
slide of peace is an abnormal condi-
tiun of his town; besides, there must
Live coiiie a great civil and moral
reform over that section of the
country.
The Dawson Journal tolls how a
Pr. Jones didn’t kill the caterpil
lars: “Dr. Jones in trying to kill
the caterpillars, has made a fine
success in killing his cotton. \\ her-
evertiio poison touched the cotton
it bus been killed. It looks as if a
lire laid swept through his field.—
Tlu> preparation used was one
pound of arsenic to forty gallons of
water. The doctor thinks he will
now try Baris green.” It Is consol
ing, however, to know
tor beat tin* enemy
bis
least surprised upon
cumstances, and in response was discovering that 1 was scared.—
instructed to take good care of him ]<] V( > r y rustle of the leaves, every
but not to give him any money.— l sll (l(len cry of a bird, startled me.—
About three weeks since theChiea- | couldn't think of anything but rob-
go Tribune exploded the hank, loan | )(IVS aM d desperadoes, and shuddor-
and electric company transaction, (!( j ,, s j remembered a man, who
and a few days ago the Illinois I y t . aV s ngr» was found in the woods,
Stunts Zeituny containing a notice I'murdered in cold blood. Every
of the father’s death and an osti- (Vature of the ghastly face was re
mate of the immense fortune which ( , a n 0 d and 1 turned sick when the
he left to his children was received
by voung Haas. Yesterday
that the doc-
by cutting off
ties who knew his father, and ne
gotiated a loan of $10,000 or $20,000
with one of the leading hanks. Fall
ing in with n professional gambler,
he was induced to go to Louisville
and invest the $10,000 in a sporting
house. The gambler entered into a
conspiracy with two others, and
the very first night the house open
ed it lost its hank roll. The money
was, of course, divided between the
outsiders and Haas’ partner. Re
turning to Chicago he found himself
without resources, his father hav
ing refused to acknowledge the
“ 1 lll> ( ; i|;2() 000 claim of the hank, and post-
urged the sale of ] R uotice that his s0 „’s debts
Die \\ isest mens-i j)U j ( | no longer he recognized by
\\e are glad toj hinK while young Haas was vague
ly wandering along the city, at a
loss as to how he should obtain the
hare necessities of life, he fell in
with an expert lithographer whom
he had known at Berlin. The lat
ter was also of wealthy parents, hut
then in poor circumstances. The
combined ingenuity of the two,
however, soon extHeated them 1 rom
their embarrassment. Haas suc
ceeded in borrowing a small sum
of money upon some valuables.—
What was designated as the Michi
gan Electric Company was organiz
ed by them and cautiously adver
tised. Visiting a noted faro resort,
where lie was looked upon as being
possessed of unlimited wealth, ldm-
A dispatch front York, Bn.,dated ; self and friend made a heavy losing
August 111, brings the startling in- on credit, and to sat 1sty the debt
Diligence of the death of lion, hypothecated a large amount of
•lercniiali S. Black. The dispatch fraudulent stocks, which hud been
ways: “Judge Jeremiah S. Black prepared for the occasion, realizing
'lied at ten minutes past 2 o’clock | a balance in cash by t ho operation
fiii ■ morning. Though not unoNpect- of $0,000.
*'<1, Ills death was sudden, and was] in.
In speaking of the proposed sale 1
nf the State road the Augusta 1
Chronicle says: “The ('broniete.
some weeks ago
file State road u;
uro for Georgia,
see that Representative Jordan, of
Hancock, has introduced a reso
lution looking to the sale of the
mini. This important matter
should he acted upon at once by the
legislature. This is the time to
soli tlio road. It will bring more
money now than it will two or five
years hence. If offered for sale at
this time, it is probable the Louis
ville A Nashville, the Erlanger and
the Fast Tennessee, Virginia and
Reorgia syndicates or systems will
he competitors for the property.—
In any event, the State has nothing
tn lose by nlfcring the property for
ale at a fixed amount, subject to the
terms of the least'.
Andrea gave him sufficient
for liis expense's at Denver until
such time as lit' could establish
his credit with a hank by cable
gram advices, and make a loan to
return to Germany. It is estimat
ed that Haas expended a million
dollars in three years.
in a Sat. Mill.
I have just returned from a trip
up from Hit' North Wisconsin rail
way, where I went to catch a string!
of codfish, and anything else that i
might he contagious.
Northern Wisconsin is the place
where they yank a big wet log into
a mill, and turn it into cash as quick
as a railroad man can draw his
salary out of a pay ear. The log is
held on a carriage by means of iron
dogs, while it is being worked into
lumber. The iron dogs are not
like those we see on the front stops
of a brown stone front occasionally.
They are another breed of dogs.
'l ilt* managing editor of the mill
lays out the log in his mind, and
works it into dimension stuff—
shingle holts, slats, edgings, two-by-
fours, two-by-eights, two-by-sixes,
etc.,-so as to use the goods to the
best advantage, just as a woman
takes a dress pattern and cuts it so
as she won’t have to piece the front
breadths, and still have enough
left to make a polonaise for her last
summer gown.
I stood there for a long time
watching the various saws, listen
ing to their monntous growl, and
wishing that I had been horn a
suscessful timber thief, instead of a
poor hoy without a rag to my hack.
At one of these milis, not long
ago, a man hacked up to get away
from the carriages, and thought
lessly hacked against a large saw
that was revolving at the rate of
2,1100 times a minute. The saw
took a large chew of tobacco from
the plug he had in his pistol pock
et, and then began on him.
But there's no list' going into de
tails. Sueli things are not cheerful.
They gathered him up out of the
saw-dust, and put him in a nail
keg, and carried him away, hut lie
did not speak again. Life was
quite extinct. Whether it was the
nervous shock, or the concussion of
the cold saw against 1 iis liver that
killed him no one ever knew.
The mill shut down a couple of
hours, so that the head sawyer
could file his saw, and then work
went on.
We should learn from this never
to lean on the buzz saw when it
nioveth itself aright.—Hitt Xpe.
Which Diet! First?
| gaping wound in li is throat came
^ Ir -: up with startling verisimilitude,
money
11 shock to the community. On
^ ilurday morning he scorned some-
"’lint better, hut the improvement
lit to justify any hope
tun
\V||
"l his recovery. An unfavorable
'•hun-v began about I o’clock in tlu
“itcriioon, and he gradually grew
in cash by tlu
St Louis was next taken
The two foreigners took
T11K IlKST A I’A HTM KNTS
to he had in tlu 1 Southern Hotel.—
At the close of the week, when it
became necessary tor them to pa t \
their hoard hill, their hinds being
exhausted, they resolved to keep
out of the way until they had ob-
""I’m', hut remained conscious al- taim'd some more money. 'I hey
Dust to the end, anil died peaceful- locked their efforts in their pockets.
] y. From the beginning of his ill- j For this ofi'ense they were arrested
"‘■ss, Judge Black believed that he j and languished in Jail for twenty
"'util,l never recover, and was per- days, 10,000 francs which Haas had
IWlly resigned. Numerous tele- requested an uncle named Dreyloos
grains of condolence have been re- who is in the hanking hu>im
‘Dived. Shortly before Judge Baris, to send him hein
‘fiack died, he suhl to his wifes at the end ol tlie time,
1 1 low can I fear to cross the dark put up a Job with a hank cash.t
river when my father walls for me] who had been in hi
"a the other shore V” And added:! ploy years before, and under the
“Would I were as conff'in tiiblo prplonwo that ho was In serious dlf-
nl| um nil l leave behind unfinished tlculty, $*V>"fi additional were so
lo this world,” I cured. Texas was the next place
at
g received
Haas then
ink cash er
father’s cm-
'Flu* Baltimore, Aid., orphan’s
court has just decided a singular
question, arising in connection
with lht> administration of an estate
valued at thirty thousand dollars.—
William Seiimidt last week shot his
wife, inflicting fatal injuries, and
then shot himself, they dying with
in a few moments of each other.—
Wh( i n the disposition of the proper
ty was attempted, the courts were
appealed to. If Seiimidt was the
last to (lit*, his estate would go to
relatives in Germany, and Mr.
Louis B. Ileiiniugliiuisen represent
ed tin' German consul in the behalf
of two brothers of Airs. Seiimidt,
Messrs, Christian and .John Gross,
who wore entitled to administer
the property if Alrs. Schmidt had
survived her husband. Officer Me-
Bliersou testified that he ran into
the house and found Schmidt dead
in the room up stairs. He came
down stairs, hut did not examine
tlu'woman. When he came down,
lit'said: "The man is dead.” Oili-
cer Schlcight testified that when lie
went into the house, he went up
stairs and saw the man lying on the
floor; lit' came down and felt of
Airs. Schmidt’s wrist. She had a
pulse, and was not dead. Ollleer
Murphy testified that as lie went lip
stairs lie felt Airs. Schmidt's arm,
and it was warm; went lip stairs,
and saw the man lying on his back
dead. The court decided they were
ortho opinion that the wife had sur
vived her husband. Therefore let
ters of administration would he
granted to her brothers on Airs.
Schmidt's estate.—Sur. Times.
“While thus reflecting! a short
turn of the lonely road, winding
around a thickly wooded hill,
] brought me almost face to face
with two men, who seemed to he
| standing for me. Their horses were
hitched to a convenient grape vine,
anti the suggestive manner in
which they looked at the animal
1 was riding, sent a thrill like a
streak of icewater up my hack. I
] saw at once that they were despe
rate men, ami felt that they would
not hesitate to kill me. Flight was
outofthe question,for any such move
on my part would, I conceived,
prove certain death. For the first
time in my life, I resolved to play
the bully, and assuming what 1 fan
cied was an unconcerned expres
sion, I said, “good morning.”
“llow are you?” they replied.—
“Going far?”
“I don’t know that it is any of
your business,” I replied. “1 don’t
want any trouble with you, for I
have decided to lead a better life.—
Never again do 1 want it said that
I shed the blood of a human
being,”
“A had man, I reckon,” said one of
the desperadoes.
“At one time I could have denied
such an accusation; hut, as I tell
you, i have resolved never to kill
another man, 1 hope that you will
not molest me.”
“I fold on, pardnor!”
“I’ve got no time to talk.”
“But hold on! What's your
name ?”
“I’m Bill Boston,.the outlaw, and
the man of whom you have often
heard. 1 have killed men for less
than this, and I don’t want you to
cause a breaking of my resolve.”
“Do as you like about your re
solve,” said tht' taller of the two
desperadoes. “I’d like to give you
a bit of advice. I don’t know who
you are, hut I know that you are
not Bill Poston, the robber.”
“How do you know ?”
“Because I’m Bill Poston and
this is my brother.”
“Oli, Lord!” I supplicated, “have
mercy on me!”
“Climb off that horse, Cap; 1 reck
on we’d better hang you right
here.”
“1 begged, hut T saw no mercy in
their eyes, 1 prayed, hut I heard no
answer.”
“I’ll teach you how to go around
the country committing depreda
tions, and lay them on me. Fine
man, you are. Stole this horse, 1
reckon. John, get that rope off my
saddle. We’ll swing him up right
here.”
“Oh, my kind friends! I never
committed any depredations. I am
a candidate for governor of Arkan
sas, and am on my way to meet my
opponent at a place of discussion.—
You wouldn’t hang a governor,
would you? Just think of what
your State would lost'!”
“Who is your opponct ?”
“Col. Blacket.”
“What sort of a man is he?”
“I le’s a had man.”
“Are you very well acquainted
with him ?”
“1 never saw him, hut 1 know he
is a had man.”
“lie’s a much better man than
you are, or, a least, will soon exhib
it more capacity for executive du
ties than you can possibly show.—
In short, he’ll lit' the lives! man
pretty soon.”
“'They put the rope around my
neck. 1 prayed in vain. I asked
the Lord to forgive my sins, and
closed my eyes, every moment ex
pecting to ho drawn up.”
"If I let you go, will you promise
never again to use my name?”
“1 swear I won’t. Lot me live
and I’ll ho a better man. I’ll do
anything for you, and when I’m
elected governor I’ll pardon you,”
“All right; you may go this time.
John, take oil* the rope.”
“I mounted my horse tint! rode
awav with tearful thankfulness and
a determination never to tell an
other lit'. Next day when 1 reach
ed tlu' place of discussion, a large
crowd had gathered. When 1 ap
proached the people were shouting
with laughter. Great Alexander!
Some one was relating my experi
ence. Shoving my way forward, I
recognized in the speaker the tall
man who had accused me of taking
his mime, lie was my opponent.—
i could not face the crowd, and left
as rapidly as possible. The whole
tiling was a joke. At the election
1 was defeated by an overwhelming
majority.”—A rkansas Traveller.
Tools liscil on 1 lit' l’j nun Ills.
During a residence of two win
ters in a tomb at Gizah Air. \V. AL
Flinders Petrie collected evidence
showing that the tools list'd in work
ing stone 4,000 years ago were con
structed with a jewel at the cutting
edge. He stated li is reasons for
coming to this conclusion in a pa
per read before the Anthropologi
cal institute, a resume of which is
published in a recent issue of En
gineering, of London. Solid and
tubular drills, straight and circular
disc saws, and lathe tools, made
with jewels set in metal, were, ac
cording to his belief, the kind used.
The lines of cutting on a granite
core made by a tubular drill from a
continuous spiral, the grooves be
ing of a uniform depth and width
throughout, showing that the cut
ting point was not worn as the
work advanced. The regular taper
of tlu' core would indicate that
jewels were also set upon the inside
of the drill, thereby facilitating its
removal. In some specimens of
granite the drills sank one-tenth of
an inch at each revolution, and Hu
pressure necessary to do this must
have been from one to two tons.—
The skill of the workmen and tlu
capacity of the tool arc illustrated
by tlu* clean path in both soft and
hard material—no difference in the
groove being perceptible, although
it passes from a soft substance into
quartz, subjecting the tool to an en
ormous strain. In plain surfaces
the depth and width of the cuts in
dicate the successive stroke of a
saw, and the use of the circular
saw is proved by the regularly curv
ed lines. The forms of the tools
were the same that experience lias
sanctioned at 11 it' present time. The
scarcity of the diamond and the
lack of strength in the sapphire
and beryl lead to the consideration
of corundum. Nothing has been
found about the metal of which the
tool was made or the method of set
ting the jewel.
ITKUKNT (II.HAMMiS.
Kiln ratio ii a I Franks.
(Mdeago Tribune.
About this time it may he well to
look out for educational cranks.—
Educational schemes for educating
the negro, the Indian,nnd illiterates
of other colors, are coming up with
harassing frequency.
Oili' of tlio PltKftprnlils llisliurrcil.
Washington*, August 20.—The
Acting Secretary of the Interior to
day issued an order disbarring from
practice before the Interior Depart
ment Jenkins A. Fitzgerald, a pen
sion agent of this city, he having
failed to disprove charges of fraudu
lent practices preferred against
him.
White Woman Stabbed.
Atlanta Constitution.
Chattanooga, August. 20.—Yes
terday morning about I o’clock a
white woman named Amanda At i 1-
ler, near Tadtown suburb, this city,
was stabbed in the side by a negro
man named William Henry. At
the time of the cutting the parties
were at an ice cream garden. The
woman was seriously cut and re
fuses to prosecute. The negro made
no attempt to escape and has not
been arrested.
A Moonshine Still.
Athens Dim nor.
Captain Wells tells us that while
making a survey in llalmn county,
over the North Carolina line, lie
ran his chain directly over an un
derground still-house, with the
smoke coming from a hole in the
corner. Tt was well fixed on the in
side, and when the surveyors enter
ed it they found men and women
at work making “moonshine.” They
at first thought it a stump on fire,
until the matter was investigated.
It had been in operation for years,
and escaped the most vigilant reve
nue officers. The inmates treated
the surveyors very kindly. Captain
Wells says lie saw the smoke from
some illicit stills while on a moun
tain top in western North Carolina.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS.
Weights ami Measures.
Jail Delivery at Ihuvkinsville.
All
Atlanta Constitution.
One of tht' important practical
works of the present session of tlie
general assembly is the examina
tion of the supply of standard
weights and measures in the vari
ous counties. The house committee
of which Air. DeLacey, of Dodge, is
chairman, has found that there is a
woeful irregularity in the supply of
these standards, many of the coun
ties having entirely lost their
weights and measures by fire, care
lessness or other cause, while others
have very imperfect sets. The com
mittee urges upon the legislature
the importance of furnishing a full
set of standard weights and meas
ures to each county without delay,
and some provision will doubtless
be made to do so.
It is estimated by Air. DeLacey’s
committee that it will cost $.‘1,000 to
supply tlie counties entirely without
tlie standards, while $2,000 more
will In* necessary to complete brok
en sets in the other counties. The
law requires each county to have
these standard weights and meas
ures, and they are ttThe kept at the
courthouse. Though they are sel
dom referred to they are regarded
as very necessary, and they pre
serve an absolute test of honesty
and fair dealing for the use of the
people.
A ('olormi Mi'IIiuhhIiiIi.
Boh Wheeler, of Silver Creek,
Aliss., a colored man, is probably
one of tlie oldest citizens in the
country. According to authentic
data, lie was born in 1775, and is
is therefore I OH years old. His pa
rents were of pure African blood,
and were captured on the coast ol
Guinea and brought to this country
in u slave ship before the com
mencement of tlio war for indepen
dence. lie has had seven or eight
wives, and is the father offlfty-four
children, only four of whom are
girls. His last wife lived with him
forty-eight years.
lie Is erect in statin', has excel
lent eyesight and can shoot his gun
with almost us much accuracy as in
his younger days. lie can do a
good day’s wofk, anil thinks nothing
of a tramp of fifteen or twenty
mill's, tie says he has no idea of
dying yet, and perhaps his best
days are before him. lie is a zeal*
mis member of the church, drinks
whisky, chews tobacco and takes no
stock in polities, Hi' can he seen
any time, and the fact stated above
verified by calling on him at his
home in Lawreii u county Missis-
slppl.
Hawkixsviu.k, August 18.
the prisoners in the jail here es
caped last night. There were three:
John Al. Lovett, charged with rape;
George Harrell, charged with an
assault with intent to murder, und
Catherine Caldwell, charged with
simple larceny. After getting out,
Catherine hunted up the marshal,
and fnformed him of the escape,
and that morning she reported to
tlie mayor. Lovett and Harrell
left. Tlie escape was between t)
and 10 o’clock. The doors of tlie
iron cage, which could not have
been locked, is tlie general opinion,
as the lock was open this morning,
and tlu' prisoners could not reach it
to unlock it. After getting out of
tlie cage, the prisoners took an old
ax that was in the jail, and broke
through the brick wall of the jail
building.
lie Sun llis Mama.
Sparta Sunbeam.
A lady in Sparta having charge
of three little children whose moth
er died some time last spring, relat
ed to us tlie other day, a very touch
ing incident connected with one of
the children, in which a child’s ro-
memberunce and devotion is strong
ly pictured. The little follow who
is about two years old was placed
in liis eradle a few nights since,
and as usual began to rock himself
to sleep, when all at once the cradle
coast'd to move and its little occu
pant with eyes fixed in a fascinat
ed gaze above him gave a cry of de
light and raised his hands as tlio’ to
invite the embrace of some invis
ible form that hovered above him,
said: “Aiama p’ease tain down to
your little boy. I see my mama,
make her turn down.” The little
follow then sobbed himself to sleep,
repeating the words: “My mama’s
done, my mama’s done.” Who
knows hut that mother actuated by
a maternal love, made brighter
and purer by her heavenly sur
roundings was led to abandon for
a brief season her place by the snow
white throne and on a seraph’s
wing take her flight from the star
lit sky tu reveal herself clothed in
tlu' paraphernalia of heaven, to the
little one that she left behind.
A Hurvulous I,cap.
Allunlii (.'onst 11 ul Ion.
A strange and thrilling accident
occurred at Decatur yesterday
morning. At nine o’clock the regu
lar passenger train going south
passed this place and was hoarded
by a ten year old hoy named Char
lie Fairbanks, a son of Air. C. F.
Fairbanks. It was the intention of
tlu* little fellow to get off at the sta
tion about a milo below Decatur as
it was the custom for tlie trains of
tlu 1 road to stop at that point. The
hoy lived a short distance from the
station. When the train reached
the station instead of stopping it
went straight on at urate of not
less than thirty miles per hour. Tlie
little fellow decided to jump off,
and made his arrangements to do
so. lie got low down on the step of
tin 1 ear and sprang off as best he
could, lie turned a summersault
and struck the ground with great
force, hounding fifty-two feet by ac
tual measurement. When picked
lip it was found that he was in an
insensible condition, lie revived
and an examination revealed the
marvelous fact that none of ids
ribs or other hones were broken.
1.0 VK.
( Hi wluit slu 11 1 do, drill',
In the coming .vein's, I wonder,
Wlu'ii our putlis, whleli lie no sweetly near,
Slutll lie so fill' asunder?
()ll what shall I do, drill',
Through all the sail to-morrows,
Whe n ilie snmiy sinllo lias ceased to cheer
That smiles away my sorrows?
What shall I do, my friend,
When you are gone forever?
My heart its eager need will send
Through the years to And you never.
And how will It he wllli you,
In tlio weary world, T wonder!
Will you love mo with a love as true,
When our palhs lie far asunder?
A sweeter, sadder thing,
My life, for having known you,
Forever with my snored kin.
My soul’s soul. I must own you—
Forever mine, my friend,
From June to life’s December—
Not mine to have or hold,
Uut to pray for and remember.
—Mary C’lemmor.
Hard to beat—Carpets.
“All aboard”—A plank.
A wit being asked on tlie failure
of a bank: “Were you not upset?”
replied, “No, I only lost my bal
ance.”
Teacher to small boy: “What
does tlie proverb say about those
who live in glass houses?” Small
boy: "Bull down the blinds.”
A Russian proverb says: “Before
going to war, pray once; before
going to sea, pray twice; before get
ting married, pray three times.”
“Charity vaunteth not itself, is
not puffed up,” and yet some men
expect a puff every time they give
$1 to an indigent old woman’s so
ciety.
The Chinese legation at Washing
ton attended every performance of
the circus when there, and declar
ed they had enjoyed nothing so
much since Congress adjourned.
A young lady of New Orleans,
who recently performed a remark
able feat in rowing has been pre
sented a beautiful yawl. A smack
would have been more appropriate.
“Where did you get your wonder
ful flow of language,” asked an ad
miring auditor at the close of tlie
lecture. “Ob,” replied tlie lecturer,
with a laugh, 1 used to work in a
barber simp.”
Paper is now employed for the
construction of domes tor observa
tories. It has also for a longtime
been utilized in the manufacture of
Western mining claims and town
ship speculations.
“Oh, dear,” sighed Airs. 1’. with a
toothache. “Why can’t people bo
horn without teeth?” “If you
will reflect a moment, my dear,”
replied AL\ B. “you will be convinc
ed that such in the case.”
A mother can call, “Johnnie, it’s
time to get up,” for three hours
without making any impression,
hut when tlie old man steps to the
foot of the stairs, and shouts “John,”
Johnnie takes his meals with the
rest of the family.
Goethe condemned the practice of
congratulation upon marriage. “It
is,” he says, “as absurd as congratu
lating a man on having bought a
lottery ticket before you know
whether it is a prize or a blank.”—
Gu'the was evidently a married
man.
“Statirn Jane,” said a fond moth
er the other morning to her daugh
ter, “did Daniel Johnson kiss you
on the stair steps last night ?” “No,
mama, lie did not.” If the fond
purant had said mouth instead of
steps, Jane would have been puz
zled to reply.
At an evening party lately, a fine
fellow, hut one who likes to talk
about himself, a great deal, was in
terrupted in a conversation. At the
moment of renewing tht* story, ho
asked, “What was I saying?”—
A witty lady immediately replied,
“You were saying‘I’”
He sat in a railway ear; his hoail
was thickly covered with a mass of
red hair. Before him in a seat sat
a man with hardly any hair oil his
head. He said to him, “I guess you
wasn’t around when they dealt out
hair.” “Oh, yes 1 was,” replied balil
head, “hut they offered me a lot of
red hair, and i told them to throw it
into tlie ash-bin.”
Wo met a Dutch citizen coming
up from the depot tlie other day.—
He seemed greatly excited, and we
asked him what was tlie trouble:—
“Derevas droubles enough,” he re
plied. “1 vas gifting my poots pluck
ed in dot depot von a holiccuinii
gome along and lie dold me to git
my feet oud of dor vuy so dot dor
drain of cars could git Inside dor
depot. Dis vas der tlrsd dlmo my
foot was efer Insulted. 1 vlll report
him at headquarters, I lined you. I
don’t cave a shuck for his brass coat
and pine puttons. Ilovill limit out
dot 1 vas not porn a pig fool for nod*
ings.”