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<The (l rue (Citizen, Sullivan Brothers. Publishers. | Subscription Hl.-ites : Ono Copy one year - - §2 00 « “ six months - 1 001 « “ three months - 50 tTosTtIVELY CAS H. i x I A new copper mine is being de veloped in Fannin county. A man by the named of Miles fell deiid Tuesday evening in Augusta. Seventy-five cents a day for board dial lodging is charged at Heard, putts county. The last that was heard of Den nis Kearney, he was washing dish- es in a California hotel. A Chatham county negro justice of the peace is in jail for compounding n felony. Another colored brother has gone astray. Four kegs of powder were found in the garret of a church at Canton, Ohio, and the police are trying to find out who put them there. The graves of the Confederate sol diers at New Orleans will be dec orated on the 6th of April. Exten sive preparations are being made. Windsor, Out., is becoming the headquarters of deserters from the a nny of the United States. Over thirty of them are now located there. Railroad men are disposed to approve the decision of the Tennes see court, holding that the railroad commission in that State is uncon stitutional. Gainesville Southron: Milledge- ville is blowing about shipping 70 dozen eggs In one day. What would they think of 2,000 dozen a day, as Gainesville often does. Hundreds of English sparrows is said to have frozen to death this winter in Chicago. This is the next best news we have heard from that city since the exploit of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. Volume 2. After Twenty Yearn. Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, March 14th, 1884. Number 43, Q he (True (Citizen . eSs Qpo Advertising Hates : Transient ndvs. payable In advance. Contract ndva. payable quarterly. Coinnumli utions for personal benctK will I o charged for as ndvs.. payable In advance. Advs. occupying special position charged 25 per cent, additional. Notices among reading matter 10 cents per line, each Insertion. Notices In Focal & llnslness column, next to reading, 5 cents per line each Insertion. All notices will lie plnctd among reading matter If not specially ordered otherwise. For terms apply at tills otllco. A gentleman in Oconee is dig ging a cyclone pit under his house, fixed with a trap door. It is large enough to accommodate all his family, and whenever a cloud arises they take refuge therein. Gov. O’Neal has offered a reward of ft(H) for the capture of the man Roe who recently murdered young Haralson at Fort Payne, Alabama, and the family of the deceased sup- lement that reward with $500 more. A gentleman of Athens, after a heavy rain fall, a few days ago, dis covered several fish in a small mud hole on the roadside, tiiat had evi dently been carried up in some wa ter spout and deposited there by the rain. A German, named Earners Hart man, who lived in Aiken, S. ('..at tempted to hoard the train while it was passing through the streets in Augusta, Wednesday evening, fell under the cars, and was terribly mangled. It is thought he will die. Thomasville Times: It is said that one young lady in town, exer cising the privileges of her sex dur ing leap year, has proposed to no less than three young gentlemen. As they have—so it is said—all ac cepted, there will likely he trouble. Revenue officials have returned from a raid into Gilmer county. They captured two stills and de stroyed a considerable quantity ot beer. They were fired into near the UnC of Fannin and Gilmer, Satur day night. The ball passed near the head of J. A. Bledsoe and enter ed the jaw of his horse, hitched to the hack in which they were travel ing. The Gumming Clarion says: “There is a lady living in this coun ty who recently quilted a quilt to ii lining that was considerably over 100 years old, having been spun and woven by her grandmother in her youthful days. There is also a reel for winding thread and part of a china tea-service, each over 100 years old, owned by a family in this county. A Pritehurdvlllo correspondent of the AYics says: “Edward Sanders, ii farmer, living near Pritchardville, "'IIS in a field Tuesday, where his floods were clearing land. In cut ting down trees, ono of the men cut o tree which in falling broke off a hurt of another tree. Mr. Sanders to running to avoid the falling tree, run directly under it, the tree strik ing him on the head crushing it, causing instant deutli. A Mr. Baldwin, of Anderson county, Kan., a very old man, who remembers events of fifty years ago nuieli better than those of last year, N n.vs that during the visit of the c unet of isi2 the western sky was red every evening Just as it was during the last two months. This s cenis to confirm Gen. Clingniuu’s theory that the recent red sunsets "ore due to the earth through the track of a comet. Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta has unearthed a Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines on a small scale. Airs. Mary Itasberry sues for the possession of about twenty-live acres of land in the fourth ward upon which there are at present about seventy-five or eighty houses. In 1855-,* two pieces of property were conveyed to Jasper S. Smith. The land consisted of about 25 acres and was bounded by what is now A heat on the north, the Boulevard on the east, Foster street on the south and Butler street on the west. One of the deeds was made by Wil liam Ezzard as administrator on tho estate of Hardy Ivy and the other was made by Daniel Johnson. The last named deed was made in 1855 and the Ezzard deed was made in 18f)7. These deeds were duly re corded by Jasper Smith in the of fice of the clerk of the superior court. Atlanta was then a compar atively small place and the proper ty was not worth much. But time passed on, and Jasper Smith in the year 1862 sickened and died, leaving as his only heir at law his wife, Celia Ann Smith. In 1862 Mrs. Smith was living in Cobb county. She was taken sick and it became evident that she was near ing her end. She was convinced that the time was at hand when she should make disposition of her property, and, calling in Colonel A. W. Hammond, she made her will, which was duly signed and the names of witnesses attached. The proceeding was in every way regu lar and the property, so it is said, was left to Airs. Alary B. Raspberry, a devoted niece of Mrs. Smith and a daughter of William Ilarville, of Atlanta, a brother of the maker of the will. Soon thereafter Airs. Smith passed away and the will was turned over to William Ilarville. Accompanied by his wife Ilar ville left for Atlanta in a buggy reaching here from Cobb county without a mishap. In some myste rious way the will, however, was soon after lost or stolen, but under t'.ie direction of the courts, Ilarville proceeded to settle up the estate.— The young niece, a daughter of the administrator, asked her father if she was not made an lieir, but was informed that such was not the case. She was somewhat surprised at that, as she had expected she would lie remembered in the distribution of her aunt’s estate. Ilarville was a long time administering on the estate, but finally in 187!) lie sold tlie property to His son-in-law, Dr. AI. ('. Martin, for $1,5)00, a very low price. The property is worth about $7)0,000. When the deed was made it was given by Ilarville as administrator on the estate of Celia Smith, and that deed is recorded on the books in the county clerk’s office. The letters of administration it appears were taken out in this coun ty although Mrs. Smith died in Cobb. In 1880 Ilarville died. In the course of events the property lias finally passed into numerous hands and now, built up pretty thickly, is worth perhaps fifty thousand dol lars. And now comes the strange part of the story. Lately Airs. Itasberry has found two living witnesses to the will which was made over twenty years ago. They say they saw it made and duly signed, and one of them was with Airs. Smith nearly all the time until her death, and that she could not have made another will without ids ha\ ing known it. He says the will left the property to Airs. Itasberry, and that he is willing to swear to that state ment. So it turns out that Airs. Rasberry will attempt to prove that she lias been wronged by licr own father, who, either intentionally or unin tentionally, kept her out of her own Tho evidence on tills point will be exceedingly interesting, as several very delicate points will be touched upon. Iiarville’s widow is step mother of young Mrs. Rasberry, whose maiden name was Alary Ilarville, she now resides near Wheat street on about two acres of land that her father gave her. As Mrs. Rasberry has become quite prominent before tho public on account of tills suit an interest ing statement, can lie made as to who she is. Sho is now a widow and has been for thirteen years. Her husband was, during his lile- tiijie, a well-known detective, and about 1870 or 1871 became consider ably mixed up with certain men on account of what they said were questionable methods in working up eases. One night the usual crowds loung ed in tho arcade of the Kimball house. Among those present wore I'enn Bedoli and other dead. Bedell was arrested tried but pending the legal pro ceedings lie became involved, and at the corner of the same building while under arrest was shot and killed by Air. Gaines Chisholm. Air. Chisholm was tried and cleared and all the details passed out of tin* public mind and are only brought out now as a part of the life history of the lady who now sues to recover twenty-five acres of Atlanta and, on which are located seventy-five or eighty houses. The case will be watched with great interest when the trial comes up. and been prepared somewhat after the I An auinmi uiioui. manner of mummies, and will j inhabitants of Perry Township, doubtless throw new light on the \ \,y 00( j county, Ohio, near Fostoria, history of a people who reared, breathe freer, says a Philadelphia these mounds. I pon the stones | p rt , ss special, since the mysterious that covered the vault were caixed I uninin.1 which lias been burrowing inscriptions, and it decipl.eicd w ill | | n { 0 g raves j n the township ceme- probably lift the veil that lias oil (Jrecn County. Special Cor. Augusta Chronicle. Gueknksuoho, Ga., ALll'cll have visited Greenesboro under difficulties. The rain was pouring down almost incessantly during my visit. It is a good specimen of one of our typical Georgia towns. It lias some very wealthy and cul tured people. It has some large and elegant residences, the best ot ■which is the fine home of Air. Davis, who is worth fully a lmlf million, lie lias built up a retail mercantile trade of $300,000 a year. Greene county is one of the old est counties in the State. It was laid out in 1786. It is 22 by 17 miles, and lias 37-1 square miles. It was named after the revolutionary hero, Gen. Nathaniel Greene. It is seven hundred feet above the sea level, and very healthy. Her population in 1880, was 17,7,47, which lias con stantly increased. Dr. Thomas 1’. James, formerly State Commissioner of Agriculture regards Greene as the finest farm county in tlie State. The soil and climate are both exceptionally good. There are cases of farming where 127, bushels of oats and 60 bushels of wheat to the acre have been made. Alany farmers raise three crops in a year from the same land, 25 bushels of oats, 15 of corn and 25 of peas worth $52, costing only $20 to make, leaving a clear profit of $32 to the acre. Greene has some magnificent farms. T. \V. Powell and John Davenport run a farm of 3,5)00 acres 14 miles from Grcenesboro. Last year they had 1,300 acres in small grain, which they expected to in crease this year to 1,600 acres. Of this they had 300 acres in wheat bringing 30 bushels to the acre or 9.000 bushels. Their small grain crop ran to 46,000 bushels, but 400 acres of small grain they were un able to gather, which would have increased the harvest to 06,000 bush els. They had 400 acres in corn. They raised 10,000 bushels of corn. Their farm is on the Oconee river. Powell and Davenport are young men who have signally illustrated their capacity to plant successfully on a large scale. They use a com post of manure, kuinit and acid phosphate, 200 pounds to the acre. They have 70 horses and mules, 40 brood mares and 50 cattle. They raise hay largely from Bermuda grass. They had three cuttings, one alone of which fed 70 head a year. Another cutting, worth $5,000 was swept away and lost. Three acres of Bermuda brought 15.000 pounds of hay. They are building a canal which drains seven miles of land. Their crop is worth $35,000 made at a„cost. of $10,000, leaving $25,000 profit. Next year they will plant 2,5)00 acres—1,600 in small grain, 800 cotton, 500 corn. This is a good specimen of Greene’s magnificent farm enter prises, Richmond. 1 Unci'uf (Hants. shrouded the history of the race of giants that undoubtedly at one time inhabited this continent. All the relics were carefully packed and forwarded to the Smithsonian Institute, and are said to bo the most interesting collection ever found in America. The explorers are now at work on another mound in Bartow county, and before their return home will visit various sec tions of Georgia, where antiquities are found. On the Oconee river, in Greene county, just above Powell’s mills, are several large mounds, one of them very tall and precipitous. The editor of this paper lias now an engagement with Mr. Toon Powell to make an excavation there, and as soon as the weather breaks we will let our readers know what bidden secrets are there. Oidetri'C, llic Kidnapper. Alliens Danner. Air. J. B. Toonior yesterday re ceived a letter from Air. Ilazelton, who is on a visit to Cartersville. The letter contained several heads made of bone, and gave an inter esting account of the opening of a large Indian mound near that town, by a committee of scientist sent out from the Smithsonian Institute. After removing tho dirt for some distance a large fiagstono was found which had evidently been dressed by hand and showed that the men who quarried this rock understood their business. These stones were removed, when in a kind of vault beneath the skeleton of a giant, that measured 7 foot and 2 inches, was found. Ills hair was course and Jet black and hung to the waist, tho brow being ornamented with a copper crown. The skeleton was remarkably well preserved and taken from the vault intact. Near this skeleton were found the bodies of several children of various sizes. The remains of the latter were covered with beads made of bone of some kind. Upon removing these, t In* bodies were found to lie enclosed in a net work made of T11e'i'ri'\v'd\io Uceil the two men be- straw ov reeds, and beneath this , . , .1 mid suddenly a pistol was a covering ot the skin of some to tho earth passing | luiU ’ nl aml Rasberry fell, animal. In fact, tho bodies had Now Orleans Tlincs-Dcinoorut. There is in the county jail of Nes hoba county, Aliss., a man with a terrible history. Six months ago he appeared in that county, and at tracted attention from his solitary habits. He only seemed to court the society of little boys, several of whom told strange stories about him. One night the bouse of a farm er who was absent from home was entered, and a fiendish outrage committed on a lady who was there. In the darkness he escaped undetected. Search was made by the infuriated inhabitants for the wretch, when the recluse exhibited greater signs of fear than were ever noticed before. He was arrested, brought before the injured woman, and from Ids voice she declared him to be the man. On the way to jail the sheriff’s posse met a party of Alabama emigrants, one of whom, looking at xho prisoner, ex claimed, “hello, Ogletree, bow came you here?” The prisoner hung his head, and denied that his name was Ogletree, but tho whole Ala bama party united in declaring his identity with the famous boy steal er, who for six weeks kept the bor ders of Georgia and Alabama in a ferment over his deeds. He was first heard of in Atlanta, where lie induced a newsboy nam ed Tilton to go with him. Once out of the city he cut off the boy’s ears, for the purpose, lie said, of identifying him in a crowd. After inflicting on the boy unheard of cruelties, a party of men got on his trail in Paulding county, when lie took to the woods and escaped, lie was next heard from in Haral son, county, Ga., where lie approach ed the farmhouse of Air. Buchanan, coaxed away two children and kept them tied in the woods for several days, visiting them when it suited liis pleasure. lie joined in several of the searching parties for the purpose of misleading them as to tlieir location, and finally when lie saw they were getting in the neighborhood of where the children were, took an abrupt departure. By tins time the county was get ting stirred up. He was next Hoard from near the junction of the (State lines of Geor gia, Alabama and Tennessee, where be coaxed off a nine-year-old boy, named Joe Allen (white). He was no more than a day out, when de tectives, and relatives located the course, and striking out in pursuit, followed up one of the most diffi cult trails ever before undertaken. From the Tennessee line to the Georgia line to Newnan, nearly 360 miles, through forests, over moun tains and across rivers, the chase was kept up, the criminal being sometimes almost caught up with, and then, slipping the officers, was lost sight of for a day or two. About three weeks from the date of the first alarm a wild-looking man was seen approaching a farm house in Coweta county. Tying a little boy, by whom lie was accom panied, to a tree, lie went up to the house and asked for food. While standing on the doorstep a pursu ing party was observed coming in hot chase. With a dart Ogletree started across a field alone. The pursuers, glad to rescue the boy, who was nearly dead with fright, lingered with him. Ogletree mean while escaping, since which time he lias not boon heard from until tlie present, liis trial for tho present offense will come off on the 12tli of March, and in tho possibil ity of his acquittal he will ho held under requisitions from Gov. O’Neal, of Alabama, and Gov. Mc Daniel, of Georgia, so that lu* bids fair to become an interstate subject of interest. tery, and eating the contents of the coffins lias been captured. The ex citement in the county during the raids of the horrible creature was intense, since every family had some one or more of its loved ones buried in the cemetery, and liable to fall a prey to the creature’s ghoul ish appetite. A few nights ago, Afr. George Brandeberry set a trap near a grave which had been rifled and baited it with a choice morsel of groundhog. He found one morning, on making his accustomed visit to the ceme tery, that the trap, groundhog-bait and all had disappeared. When lie took in the condition of affairs, Air. Brandebery immediately went for his gun and loaded it with fine shot to wound the animal, so as to take it alive if possible. Carefully searching the vicinity, lie soon found a hole with fresh earth around the edges. The open ing was similar to the one usually made by the animal, and he push ed liis arm into the hole after rolling up liis sleeve and putting on a heavy leather glove. He soon felt the steel trap, and getting a firm hold on the handle, lie pulled with all liis strength. The first pull convinced him that the crea ture was caught by the trap, and one of its bind legs fast in its jaws.— The beast struggled desperately against being pulled out, and tried hard to burrow liis way sideways and pull the trap out of its captor’s hand. Air. Brandeberry kept a firm grip, however, and soon had the satisfaction of pulling liis ghoul- sliip out of the hole, biting, snarl ing and snapping its teeth. When it reached the open air it made a desperate attack on its cap- tor, and succeeded in getting free, when it darted for its liberty. Mr. Brandeberry quickly poured two loads of shot into it, stunning but not killing it. On examination it was found to be larger than the largest coon, with yellowish hair, bushy tail, long, wicked looking jaws, and very large, sharp teeth, which it used in burrowing with prodigious effect. The creature is thought by some to be a species of American badger, (jenius taxulea Others think it is some peculiar Oriental creature which lias es caped from some passing circus or side show, while others again affirm that is a cross between a badger and a hyena, which solution would account for its taste in rifling graves. A number of superstitious negroes solves the problem by affirming that it is the evil one in brute form. They will not go near it or the house in which it is kept, and mani fest every symptom of terror when the subject is mentioned. The cap ture has, however, lifted quite a load from the minds of the people in this vicinity. The beast is kept in a temporary cage, and devours quantities of raw liver. It is visited by hundreds of curious persons. The intention is to send it to some museum or me nagerie. It is understood that Sells Bros, and Barmim’s Menageries are both negotiating for its pur chase. IT11UKXT (ILiKAMXUS. licNpttod for 57 Ycurs. Wilmington, Dfd., March 11.— The Governor lias respited Lewis F. List until the second Friday of March, 15)40. The culprit was to have been hanged on Friday for the murder of Geo. B. Taylor in September, 1883. It was generally coneeeded that liis offense was no more than one of murder in the second degree, and as the Governor has no power to commute a sen tence lie has granted a respite of o\er 56 years, this amounting in fact to imprisonment for life. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS. SometlxiiiK Strange on tin K(rg Shell. Piedmont Press. Wonders will never cease. Air. Jackson, of Forsyth county, brought to our office a few days ago a por tion of an egg shell, on the inner side of which was plainly printed the name of a Gainesville merchant. How to explain the phenomenon we cannot eggs-actly toll. The gentleman says liis little girl dis cover it one morning while eating boiled eggs at breakfast. The most plausible theory comes from an in telligent citizen who suggests that a newspaper containing the name of the gentleman might have con stituted a part of tho nest, and while the shell was in its fresh or semi-plastic condition the letters touching the egg were photograph ed upon the inner coating thereof. 1))Iiik of Starvation. AIontkeaI., Atarcli 11.—The police found three women, dying of star vation in a house oil St. Aotoine street last night. Their names are (’. M. Fitt anil E. A. Jones, sisters, who are over fifty years of age, and a daughter of the latter named Alice. They came here a few months ago from Toronto and tried to get work at dress making but failed, and tlieir means being ex hausted and too proud to beg, they resigned themselves to die of hun ger. When found in their beds, they wore so emaciated and wasted that they had to be taken to the hospital and eared for. The two elder women were so weak and low that they could not speak. Ami Still They Como. Augusta Evening News. To-day the Georgia railroad takes charge of the now narrow gauge road just completed from Gaines ville, on the Air-Line, through to Social Circle on the Georgia road. Tho distance is in the neighbor hood of seventy miles, and traver ses one of the finest and most pro ductive sections of Georgia. This is quite a matter tor congratula tion to that section, heretofore un touched by railroads, besides add ing largely to the trade and com merce of Augusta and to tho ex chequer of tin' Georgia railroad. The road will be able to do all the business of tlie section through which it passes, as tho cars are nearly of the capacity of the broad gauge roads. These cars are all manufactured at tlie shops in this city under the management of Capt. Prevnl, and are of tlie latest designs. Capt. Preval has shown that such work can be done here as well and as cheap as at tlie North or West anywhere else. Subscriptions are positively cash lie Hail no Accomplice);. New York, March 7.—Charles II Reed, counsel for the assassin Gul- teau in the latter part of tho trial, was seen in ids office to-day. He said: “Yes, I have read in tlie newspapers the statement of cx- Postinaster-General James before the committee in Washington, which convoys tlie impression that the star route prosecutions wore in some measure the cause of the shooting of President Garfield. I am therefore willing to have pub lished for tlie first time some con versations which occurred between Guitoau and myself while I acted as liis attorney. On several occa sions, when alone with Guitoau, I asked him if lie had any accom plice, or if any person knew that ho thought of shooting the president.— lie always answered in the most emphatic manner; “no; no one but God and me knew anything about it.” One day before he was execut ed, when 1 saw him for the last time, I said to him: ‘Guitoau, all hope of saving you is gone, and you must die to-morrow. Now, I ask you again, had you any accomplice or did any person beside you know anything about your intention to kill tlie president?’ With a wild light in liis eyes, which was impos sible of simulation, lie replied; ‘No, no; no ono but God and me knew anything about it. As I have often told you, that is tho truth as 1 ex pect to meet my God to-morrow,” The llelled Huxzard. The belled buzzard, whose flight over tlie western counties of Geor gia has aroused so much supersti tious fear among tlie ignorant whites and blacks, passed over a field near Taylorsville Tuesday where four men were plowing. One of them, a negro quit work at once, and said that the bird was warning the people of another cy clone, in which hundreds of people would be killed. The story of this celebrated bird is an interesting one. Nearly two years ago it was a pet in tlie farm yard of a farmer named Freeman, in Paulding coun ty. One of liis children one day at tached a sheep bell to tho bird’s foot, and the tinkling sound so scared it that it immediately flew away. Tho first night out it alight ed on the roof of a negro cabin in Heard county. One of the inmates went out to ascertain tlie cause of tho hull ringing, and immediately tlie buzzard rose from its perch and flew away. The night was clear and cold, and as tho inmates rush ed out and behold the great black object, and hoard the tinkling of the boll hundreds of feet up in tho air, a great fear seized them and they all took to tlieir knees, under the impression that tlie end of the world was approaching. Ever since the bird has pursued its migration through the State arousing the fears of tlie superstitious, who regard its visit as an omen of evil. Tho ne groes, ami many whites too, along the track of tho late storm, insist that they heard tho fateful bell Im 11 about an hour before tlie ter rible wrath of the wind had come upon them. In 1*17 u buzzard was similarly belled in Putnam county, end up to 1856, when Ids presence w as last reported in Greene eounty. Ho was vouched for as having visit ed points as far west as Meridian, Mississippi, and in several northern counties of Tennessee. SIN NO SI O’. Marster Jesus washed my soul, Ain’t a gwlno to sin no mo’. Jilft me up on a white oak polo, Ain’t a gw I no to sin no mo’. Ho tole mo to ride on do gospel boat, Ain't a gwlno to sin no mo’. An' oat do lalg oh do hallelujah shunt, Ain't a gwlno to sin no mo’. An'or roll up yor sleeves ole brudderJnko An’ work ’fore do sun goes down, Fur ye’ll swim all nroun' lu do silver lake A woarln' oh do golden crown. Shake ole black man, Satan’s dust, From otfyer brogan shoes, An’ let him go and do his wusi, While yor sing do glorious nows. My soul Is whiter dan a Hnon sheet, Ain't n. gwlno to sin no mo’. An' all ob do eo’ns hah lot 1 my foot, Ain't a gwlno to sin no mo’. Marster Paul will shake my tilin', Ain’t a gwlno to sin no mo’. When 1 takes my place In do lienbcnly ban’ Ain’t, a gwlno to sin no mo’. An' or far yor well, ole sister Kate, Don’t go ter de shuckin' an’ dnnoo, Whl yorso’f It’s gettln’ mlghtly Into, So doan yor lose do chance. Donnyort hlnk so much obyercnllkorcoat But think ob de angel gown, Or yer’ll be tuck in fur n shining goat, Ail’ burned way un’erde groun’. Fashionable openings — Carriage doors. The nicest article in gloves—A pretty hand. A man with water on the brain should wear a plug hat. “Why are you so distant?” said a tramp to a beefsteak in a restaurant window. “That’s what beats me,” solilo quized the small boy, as he gazed at ids ma’s slipper. An African proverb says: “Tho idle are a peculiar kind of dead who cannot lie buried.” “Mine son,” said Jacob to ids boy, “veil you sells tier suit look out for der fit—dat isli, tier broflt.” Half a loaf is, no doubt, better than none, but a newspaper man nex’er gets a chance to loaf at all. A Boston young lady is so awful ly cultured that she won’t call it the “sweet by-and-by.” She calls it tlie “sugared subsequently.” Miss Kate Field believes in hot water as a cure for dyspepsia. Well, yes. You let a man get into hot water, and lie’ll forget all about dyspepsia. A Southern paper says: “All the Alabama factories are making money.” They’ll be arrested for counterfeiting if they don’t stop.— Statesman. A young lady being asked why she did not attend a party to which she had been invited, replied, “I for got all about the party, and ate onions at dinner.” A health journal advises, “Do not lie on the left side.” This is a very proper admonition. If you are obliged to lie, be careful and lie on the right side. You will find it pays in the end. A young miss of sixteen asks wliat is the proper tiling for her to do when she is serenaded by a party of young gentlemen at a late hour. We are glad to bo able to answer this question. Steal softly down stairs and untie the dog. An exchange, in comparing a preacher to a printer, says: “Why is a preacher like a printer? They are both after the devil. In what respect does a preacher differ from the printer? Printers make the devil work and the devil makes the preacher work.” While the arrangements were be ing made for a party a few evenings ago, a young lady present innocent ly inquired: “is the invitation to embrace tho young Indies?” “Oh, no!” replied a young man, “tlie gentlemen will attend to that.”— And now tho young lady wonders what tlie young man meant. Gentlemen, you may hang tho ocean on a grape vine to dry, lasso an avalanche, pin a napkin to tho mouth of a volcano, skim the clouds from tlie sky with a teaspoon, paste “To Let” on tlie moon and stars, but never for a moment delude your selves with tlie idea that this charming girl is guilty of the charge preferred against her. Peroration in a Kentucky court. A postoffiee inspector, Just return ed irom a trial in North Carolina, states that while ho was waiting in court for tlie case upon which ho was engaged to ho called, a jury came into tlie room, and lie noticed that seven wore white and five col ored. “Gentlemen of the Jury, liavo you agreed upon a verdict?” asked tlie clerk lu tiiat solemn manner which pertains to court clerks. “We am, sir," responded an old gray headed negro man, who had been made foreman of tlie Jury either out of sport or because of liis white head. “What is tho verdict V” ask ed the clerk. “Why, Jodge,” said the colored foreman, looking up to tlie court, “do jury am gone Dlm- my era tic.”