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Tlu 1 eleventh Congressional dis-
Irict of Texas contains SI counties.
Who Can Ti i!
The Atlanta correspondent of the
is cligging so many i ^tticon /elef/raji/i, in that paper ol
tii at it resembles a I Suil(lll .V, writes the following letter:
A waste of land and
(iaiaosville
cyclone pits
mining town,
labor.
Sixty millions pounds of copper
nrc said to have been produced by
die hake Superior copper mines
last year.
Maine has packed 310,000 tin boxes
of bogus sardines during the past
year, and she oven wants to shove
olf Mr. Blaine on the country as a
iviuiinc President.
A new postal card will be issued
by the post of He
early day. It will be smaller, of
hotter material, more beautiful in
design, and of a blueish tint.
department at an | saddest have never
may never be.
your Sunday r
A tobacco man in Macon has
agreed to pay a candy man $12 for
all the candy lie can cat in one
month. The tobacconist believes he
can cat much more than $12 worth,!
while the candy merchant holds
the opposite opinion.
The total number of post-offices
in the United States and Territories
oa the 1st of July, 1883, was 47,80S.
The total number on March 21), 1881,
was 48,91)3, an increase in less than
nine months of 1,18V At the pres
ent rate of increase it is expected
the number wiil reach 50,000 by the
end of the fiscal year.
A coroner’s inquest was held on
Thursday on the body of Henry
Foster, the boy murdered near Tri-
011 Factory. An 18 year old white
boy lias boon arrested on suspicion.
He was seen by several school bays
to emerge from the woods near
where the body was found, and
seemed anxious and excited, and
could not give a satisfactory ac
count of himself
Many' very old and rare silver
coins, in excellent preservation,
were lately found on a rock in a
burn near Portee, Scotland. Anti
quarians consider the “And” a very
interesting one. The authorities
have come into possession of about
iifly-threo of these relics. Some of
tlic coins are of the reigns of Eliza
beth and .lames VI, and bear dates
running from 1573 to 1(>02.
The girl with the most uncon
trollable temper has just been
found in the person of Miss Laura
Johnson, of Millwaukee. She be
came so indignant on reading a let
ter from her betrothed, in which lie
expressed a desire to break of their
engagement, that she tried to
snatch the engagement ring from
her linger, but it was so ilrmly fixed
that she could not remove it. See-
a hatchet near by, she then delibe
rately chopped the linger off, and
sent it with the ring attached to
her faithless lover.
The Sandersvillo Mercury de
nounces the overdrawn pictures of
the recent troubles sent off from
Savannah, and says: “The negroes
hold no such meetings, (without it
was done secretly) and as for them
parading our streets, there was
nothing of it. The tramp Clark, we
learned did make insurrectionary
and incendiary speeches in this and
Baldwin county, and if the authori
ties had not acted as promptly as
thoy r did, there might have been
some trouble originated by a few
ignorant colored people caused by r
these speeches.”
'Washington, April 2.—In the
Danville investigation, J. E. Per
il inson, white, testified that the day
after the riot a party of colored men
wore gathered on the street, and
one of them said that he would not
ha satisfied until lie saw Danville
burned down.
Charles 11. Conrad, a tobacco
manufacturer, of Danville, on cross-
examination, said it was a mistake
to suppose there was a prejudice
against the negroes in Virginia.—
The prejudice was against the low-
down whites—the scum of the
earth—that came down there from
tin North; men who got tlu* ne
groes into trouble and thou deserl-
0 I them.
Senator Sherman asked if the
negroes under any circumstances
stood any chance of getting their
rigid to elect officers—being in a
majority’. Mr. Conrad replied:
“Yes, if they’vote with me.” Con
tinuing, I10 said to Senator Sher
man, “You will never see it as long
as you live, nor as long as I live,
either, that a set of men who own
property, and are trying to build up
the town and accumulate wealth,
will over allow the negroes to come
la and control that town. You may
Just set that down as a sure thing.”
In answer to a question of Senator
Sherman, he said that they’ despis
ed the “poor white scum,” to whom
lie hud referred “worse than the
negroes, worse than the devil.”
Atlanta, (1a., March 29.---The
war made many sad histories. The
iiappy families of ’(II were bowed
and broken in’05. They’were years
of blight and sorrow to thousands of
homes—father, husband, brother,
son, one of all buried upon the bat
tle-field or wasted in prison—deso
lated homesteads, those who surviv
ed, broken in heart and fortune, in
finitely’ worse olf than those who
went down. Many touching stories
have been written of those times,
but perhaps the most touching and
been written—
Here is a story for
uders that will have
a pathetic interest for all Georgians,
especially’ those who lived through
the great struggle. Adjutant-Gon-
eral Stephens is in receipt of the
following communication, address
ed to him by Messrs. Ituskirk
Duncan, a prominent law linn of
Bloomington, Indiana, dated March
20th:
“Dear, Sin:—We write you for
information concerning a matter
growing out of the war. About
18(13, a widow with three small
children, the oldest about four year
of age, her father and a sister arriv
ed hero from Georgia—what wa
gon e rally termed “refugees.” The
husband of the widow had been u
soldier in the Confederate army
was wounded, came home and died
They’ came here witnout anything
except a few clothes, and trinket -
all of which proclaimed them above
tiie average. The mother sickened
and died in a very short time. Tin
father and sister got the children
together and lived a short time
near town, where the father died
The sister married and left, no one
knows where. But the children
were taken charge of by’ tlu
thorities, and fortunately all found
good homes.
The oldest, a young woman of
2(1, has just been to see us about it
Hhe remembers only a few thin
Does not khow the town she liv
in, her post office or the county
She remembers they lived near tlu
railroad, that her grandfather was
wealthy’, was a cotton planter and
lived in a large house, and such oth
er little things as would cling to
childish memory. Hut of her ante
cedents she knows nothing—abso
lutely’ nothing—except her father’s
name and her mother’s maiden
name. She is a woman ot intelli
gence and shows that she came of
stock of which she need not Ik*
ashamed. Her grandfather was
wealthy, her father not. This as
she remembers to have heard it
talked of by her mother. Her
father’s name was John Goswick
and was a soldier in the Confede
rate army from Georgia. Now, if
your office shows the names of the
soldiers and their residence at the
time of enlistment couldn’t we
probably in that way learn some
thing of whence she came? Now,
if you will be kind enough to exam
ine the records, if not two much
trouble, and furnish us such inform
ation as it discloses, you will furn
ish it to a deserving person, and it
will he appreciated by one who lias
drank deep from the bitter dregs
of woe, and knows from experience
the trouble it can bring.”
Hero are three Georgia orphans
living in Indiana, whose father laid
down liis life for the lost cause.
They are without kindred, and do
not even know the place of their
birth, save that they are native
Georgians. This may meet the eye
of some who knew John Goswioli—
some neighbor, friend or comrade—
who may lie able to furnish the in
formation desired; at least enough
to lead these refugee orphans to the
place of their birth, that they may
hold it in sacred memory.
laughter and kiss her by force, but About 10 o’clock everything was when I10 grasped tho skin of 11 is
the helpless, innocent six year old j ready’and the ear, with the motor j left leg just below the knee cap.—
liiId, susceptible as a flower to on its platform, was removed from lie drew the skin out nearly’ a foot,
ivery breath that blows, can be the building and placed upon the i and then twisted it like a rope.—
saluted by everyone who chances track. Barlow, bis machinist, the j This brought forth the applause of
railroad employe, the inventor’s
friend and the reporter formed the
to think of it. I tell you it wasn’t
ludas alone who betrayed by a kiss.
Hundreds of lovely, blooming chil- i experiinenting party. Barlow,
dri ll are kissed into their graves usually cool and phlegmatic, was
ivery year.” nervous and excited, llis face
“But doctor, how can a mother I looked pale in the light of the lan-
bo so ungracious as to refuse to al
low people to notice her children.
“There need be no ungracious
ness about it, or, if there were,
which is tho most important—the
safety and well-being of the child,
or the permitting of the habit of ill-
brooding and doubtful morality at
best? Let the mother teach her
child that it is not a kitten or a lap-
dog, to be picked up and fondled
by every stranger, ancl instruct it
to resist any’ attempt to kiss it.
Why, there are agents and peddlers
of household wares, who make it a
custom to catch up a prattling
child, kiss and pet it, and so interest
the mother that she will buy some
thing she does not want. I tell you
there is death in a kiss!
“The beloved and lamented Prin
cess A lice-of Hesse took diptheria
from tin* kiss of her child, and fol
lowed it to her grave. Diptheria,
malaria, scarlet fever, blood poison,
and death lurk in those kisses.
There! 1 shouldn’t wonder if I lost
tho ear. Remember, no kisses!”
and waving his hand, the doctor
drove away.
A March on Keely.
Korhiildrn Kisses.
Atlanta Journal.
“Remember,” said a well known
city physician to his wife, as lie was
leaving homo for a few days, ‘and
not let the children kiss any one.”
“Is it possible,” asked a surprised
third party who was present, “that
you consider it necessary to give
such instructions as that? What
is tin* danger ?”
“The danger is so complicated,
and yet so certain, that it would
take too much time to describe it
here,” said the doctor, looking at
Ids watch. “In my ease, all kinds
of people come to my house to con
sult me, and they often wait hours.
If one of my’ children happens to
come in .they are almost certain to
talk to it, and you know almost the
first impulse with people who
notice children li to kiss them.
Bah! it makes me dll udder—taint
ed and diseased breaths, lips blue
with cancer, foul and decayed teeth.
You would kill a stranger who
would waylay your young lady
Philadelphia Times, March i(».
While Mr. Keely lias been trying
the patience of li is stockholders
iuuI keeping the world in suspense
over liis tliimbleful-of-water
machine, a young man of this city,
named James Rodney Barlow, lias
stolen his thunder and snatched
fame from his very workshop. For
some time past Barlow, whose
mind was given more to queer
mechanical devices than to practi
cal tilings, lias taken the most ab
sorbing interest in Keely’s alleged
inventions, reading everything
about it on which lie could lay His
hands and drinking in with his oars
every word ho heard spoken on the
subject. With the famous enthusi
asm common to inventors lie be
lieved everything said in its favor
and rejected every statement made
by skeptics. Ill some unknown
Way he gained access to Keely’s
little workshop and saw himself
unseen, the great man manipulat
ing liis motor. Having detected
the inventor’s secret, and discover
ed, as lie thought, its weak points,
lie determined to build a motor
himself after Keely’s model, with
liis own improvements, and ho set
about it with all the fervor usual in
such eases. A friend and enthusi
ast to whom lie confided ids purpose
furnished the money, and having
secured the services of a machinist,
who also had the inventor’s craze,
they jointly rigged up, after a fgw
months’ labor, a machine that was
to cover them with glory and revo
lutionize the motive power of the
world.
To carry out his scheme it was
necessary to get the co-operation
anil assistance of some employe of
the West Jersey Road, audit would
be better if one could be found who
had sometimes himself taken
hand at inventing. Certain inquir
ies were made and the very mail
for tin* business was found in Geo
Burnaby, who, when the plan was
unfolded to him, lie entered into it
with enthusiasm. Through him
small building near the track, and
about half a mile out of Camden,
was secured, in which a “borrowed’
hand-car and the new motor wen
placed and the work of adjusting
the parts of the motor and attach
ing them to the hand-car was un
dertaken at once anil speedily com
pleted. The trial was made last
night. Tho reporter reached the
little building about i) o’clock, where
lie found bis friend Barlow and the
machinist making their filial pre
parations for the test, and lie thin
saw tin* now motor for the first
time. It consisted of two cylindri
cal steel vessels, live inches in
diameter by eighteen inches long,
placed longitudinally about one inch
apart. Above them, also placed
longitudinally, but at right angles
to tho two others, and connected
with them by steel necks or ways,
was a third cylindrical vessel, three
inches in diameter, by nine Inches
long. From the bond of each of tho
lower cylinders 11 steel tube half ail
Inch in diameter projected, and the
two tubes were curved to meet
each other four inches above. At
their junction was a small hand-
tern that stood upon the car, but
ids every word and movement
showed His eagerness for the test.
The members of the party having
arranged themselves upon the ear
un*fer his direction, Barlow"’’ took
Ids place by the oide of liis motor.
As lie put liis hand upon the lever
over tin* cylinders there, was a mo
ment of dead silence and each man
held ids breath in suspense. Was
this midnight experiment, conduct
ed by stealth, so to speak, to give
tlie world a now motive power and
bring renown and riches to a
hitherto unknown young enthusi
ast? Was the much talkcd-of and
long-delayed Keely motor to be
shorn of its alleged glory by so
humble and speedily-matured a
rival? These were the questions
formed in the reporter’s mind as lie
watched Barlow’s sinewy lingers—
on which, by the way, no diamonds
glistened—nervously grasp the
lever of Ids device. There was
only a minute’s delay
was pressed down, tentatively at
first, and a loud cheer burst from
the excited party as the car res
ponded and moved slowly down
the track. It was a supreme mo
ment for Barlow, but lie bore it well
and gradually pressed the lever
more and more as the car went
bowling away with a steady motion
that sent a glow of victory over liis
face. There was too much excite
ment among* the men to talk, but
each one jerked out a word of con
gratulation and urged Barlow to
“let her out.” The inventor, how
ever, kept bis head, and after a
swift run to within sight of the
lights of Gloucester lie stopped the
ear, reversed the action and started
on the return. He explained that
the motor was of limited capacity
and had boon built for experiment
only, but that force enough remain
ed to make a good show of speed
back to Camden. He then pressed
tin* lever hard down, the ear whizz
ed away like the wind and the lit
tle building was reached in three
minutes—a speed of about seventy
live miles an hour. Mr. Barlow i
very’ modest anil would prefer that
nothing lie said about ids motor
until lie lias built one capable of
real work. This lie will do at once,
and when it is completed a public
test of its power will be made.
the students.
The experiments were carried to
great length. The doctors said
they never saw or knew of a ease
similar to this. Dr. White stated
that there \Yus a legendary one said
to have been in Spain 225 years ago,
but there was no medical record of
it. A peculiar feature of the elon
gation of tho skin was that it caused
no pain to Haag. Both the profes
sors declared that the skin did not
possess so much elasticity as is
claimed, and that the curious fea
ture was the power of moving it.
Mrs. NliinVr's <• host Star)-.
The Movable Skill Man
lever. By the side of the motor
was a vertical cylinder fitted with
a rod and plunger, all anti-friction
metal, and to this was attached a
small rotary crank. A steel tube,
one-fourth of an inch in diameter,
connected the upper cylinder of the
motor with the vertical cylinder by
its side.
Her Haag, the dermatological cu
riosity, who is exhibiting himself
at the Dime Museum, says the
Philadelphia Record, of tho 29th
nit., appeared before (lie medical
class of the University of Pennsyl
vania yesterday afternoon. He
was introduced by’ Dr. J. William
White, and that gentleman and
Professor L. A. Duliring gave short
lectures concerning Haag and the
peculiar conditions of His skin.—
Dr. White stated that tin* man was
about 3(5 years of age; that lie came
from Nuremberg, and that when
lie was drafted in the army I10 was
excused from service on account of
tin* peculiarity of his skin.
Professor Duliring stated that
Haag was healthy, and that the
skin did not show any trace of dis
ease. The v onditlon of the skin did
not arise from disease, blit was a
congenial affection. It was softer
than a woman’s, and every part of
it could be stretched from (I to 8
inches without causing any injury
to Haag. There was 0110 peculiar
ity, and that was when Mr. Haag
was injured or bruised in any part of
the body, the swelling resulting
therefrom was immediately and
exceedingly’ painful. Ho thought
tin* condition of the skin somewhat
analogous to eats and dogs, which
is movable. The professor gave it
as liis opinion of the ease that the
Huli-cutaneous connecting tissue,
containing the fatty layer, is at
tached to tin* fareiiu of the muscles,
anil not, as in natural eases, to the
true skin. In this opinion he was
borne out by Dr. White.
Mr. Ilaag then gave some exhi
bitions of moving the skin of the
chest. Ho caught it with both
liaiids, and raised a large flake lip
and over his face, covering it as if
lie wore a mask. The skill was al
most transparent, and with the aid
of a candle light tho small tissues
and blood vessels could bo distin
guished. Afterward Mr. Ilaag
pulled out tHo skin on liis forehead
to tin* length of six or seven inches;
lie elongated his nose, liis ears and
iiis fingers. But tin* most remark
able part of tin* performance was
The Sunday Newsdealer will pub
lisli a ghost story, says a Wilkes-
barre, Pa., special of the 29tH lilt., to
the New York Timer, which is veri
fied by many respectable persons.
Dan Shifl’er, a well-to-do farmer in
Hanover township, Pa., complains
that ids family cannot sleep at
niglits, owing to some strange spirit
that makes its appearance regular
ly every night. When Mrs. .Shifter
rises from her bed in the morning
she says she “is all pains and aches”
from being trampled over by the
spiritualistic walker every hour in
tiie lever I the night, but the pains leave her
after the sun lias risen. Oil Friday
night, about 11 o’clock, tlu* spirit
came into the room and remained
there until nearly midnight, when
it left in a bull of fire, and did not
return until nearly 2 o’clock. Mrs.
Shiffer endeavored to get up, but a
cold liftnil pressed her forehead and
prevented her from doing so. Dur
ing the most of Wednesday’ niglit a
terrific noise was kept up till day
break. Not long since some good
and pious people who visited the
Shifters advised them to read pass
ages in the Bible when the noise
began. Mrs. BHilfer took flu* Bible
and read to her husband and daugh
ter several pages, but was obliged
to abandon it 011 account of the
strange buzzing in her ears. She
says that the noise was similar til
that of a swarm of house flies ii
close proximity to her ears.
Notwithstanding the bad condi
tion of the roads, great crowds
visited the house night and day’.
So large were the crowds that
gathered there 011 Wednesday and
Thursday niglits that the Shiffer
family was obliged to sit up all
night in order to allow tiie visitors
ample scope in their investigations.
O11 Thursday night thirty-three
persons were present. There not
being a sufficient number of chairs
in the house to accommodate the
people, they had to sF 011 tiie floor
and lounge about outside the house.
The young men who went into Mrs.
Sliifier’s room to await tiie arrival
of tho strange spirit were prostrat
ed, and could not be induced to
visit tiie room again. A man was
murdered near Sltifl'er’s house seve
ral years ago.
n 11 HUNT Cl.KAMMiS.
Till* Public Debt ltcilneed *15,000.000.
Washington, March 31.—It is
estimated at the Treasury’ that the
reduction of the public debt for the
month of March will be about
$15,000,000.
ItnlTuli) Gnats Killing Milieu.
New Orleans, March 31.—A
special from Grenada says that 200
mules have been killed in that vi
cinity within tiie last forty-eight
hours liy’ buffalo gnats.
Tom Thumb’.* Mother Demi.
New Haven, April 1.—Mrs. Cyn
thia Stratton, mother of tiie late
General Tom Thumb, was buried
to-day. She lived at West Haven
and was seventy-four years old.
MuhonoNot Dangerously III.
Washington, April 2.—The ac
count of Senator Mahone’s illness
last niglit was exaggerated. He is
a trifle indisposed and keeps in
doors on account of the bad weath
er. Street rumors had Him dying
at one time.
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HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS.
3. T. Ogletree, tho flillil Stealer, (Jets Full .lutitlro
in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Atlanta Constitution.
Ogletree, the man who created a
widespread sensation last spring by
kidnapping small boys at wholesale
rates, was last week sentenced to
the Mississippi penitentiary for life.
Ogletroe first obtained notoriety
by kidnapping Charlie Tilden, a
small newsboy whoso home is in
t li is’ city’. One evening last July
Ogle tree was in Atlanta where lie
met Charlie, w ho is a bright little
fellow, whom ho induced to go to
West End with Him to drive a cow
back to the city’. After Ogletroe
had passed tho city limits Charlie
refused to go any further, where
upon Ogletroe compelled him. Tiie
child was taken to Ogletree’s homo,
which was near Dallas, where lit
remained closely’ guarded for sever
al days. During this time Ogletrei
made tin* child call him father, and
beat and abused Him terribly. He
shaved the hair off the boy’s head,
cut a mole from liis body, and put
ear rings in his ears. Onodtiy Char
lie escaped, and when liis story be
came known in Dallas the country
became too warm for Ogletroe, and
lie skipped. His first ease of kid
napping infatuated Ogletroe, and in
tin* course of two months lie stole
fully a dozen hoys. In September
lie stole a small boy named White
in Alabama. Tho boy’s father fol
lowed Ogletroe until he left the
State for Mississippi. During the
early part of the winter Ogletroe
turned up in Neshoba county’, Miss.,
when he outraged an eight-year-old
wlilto child. This time Ho was
captured and last week liis trial was
concluded. When he completes his
life sentence in the penitentiary’ be
will have probably forgotten his
mania for kidnapping.
Ho Doted on Cyclones.
Walton News.
A woman in this county is bitter
ly’ opposed to cyclone pits. The fre
quency of her husband’s crying
“cyclone” and jumping into liis pit
aroused her suspicions. On exam
ination she found a jug of corn
whisky covered up in tHe straw in
tiie corner of the pit.
Completed After 20 Years.
Lace Moore, of Logansville, lias a
wagon body’, just finished, which
lias been in process of construction
for twenty-nine years. Five parties
have worked on it. * The first work
man took liis pay in meat at five
cents per pound. The last one is
willing to take his out in corn at
twenty-five cents per pint.
A Waterspout In Lincoln County.
It is reported that on Sunday
evening, the 23il nit., a huge water
spout fell to the earth near Little
Mountain, in Lincoln county’, and
sunk or dug out a Hole in the earth
large enough to admit an ordinary
frame building. The hole is sup
posed to be about It) by (it) feet, and
20 feet deep. The falling water
spout was plainly seen by r several
people, and was funnel shaped.
A Novel Occurrence in North Carolina.
Special to Savannah Times.
Greenville, March 31.—John
Hands, in January mortgaged him
self in regular form to secure a
note, giving tho holder of tiie note
a right to liis work, and to sell Him
in case he failed to pay tiie debt.
When Hie time named in the mort
gage expired, and tlie debt remain
ed unpaid, tiie holder of tiie note
advertised Hands to be sold at auc
tion. A great crowd gathered to
see the novel sale, but an injunc
tion was taken out and no sale took
place. The matter is now in the
courts.
Dlmrlni? Oolil at tin- Uat« ul’ $100 per Day.
St. Paul, March 31.—State Sena
tor Griggs lias just returned from
tiie Cceur Do Alene region. He
says: “The yield of gold tiie com
ing season will be extraordinary.
One miner, a few weeks ago, too
poor to buy’ liis own outfit, lias taken
out $5,001) from a place six feet
square. The miners who are work
ing take out $400 per day per man.
There are 500 men in the mines,
and their claims can’t lie bought.
Many sit with gun in hand watch
ing their claims. Tho people are
flocking into the mining region at
the rate of 100 a day. At Thomp
son Falls over 100 buildings have
been erected in tlu* last two weeks.
I anticipate an influx of from 50,000
to 100,000 people.”
A aniEFI.ET ON MY 1IEA11TI.KT.
I’ve a irilellet on my lionrtlet
That naught on earth will cure,
I've n slglilet In iny soutlet
I liarillv can endure.
I’d a gli'lct nt tho dnncelct—
Ton dollars all around;
My Inst contlot took a sklptet
Anil left mo hard aground.
Tliero's no hopolot In my llfelet,
I'm a mad despondent man;
There’s a damlet In my montlilet
From Ueershebn to Dan.
And tho wliylet of tho grletlot
I can toll you p. d. q.,
’Twos the pa-lot of tho glrlot
Who sought an Interview.
AVIion tho glrlet ranched her homolet,
The old innii met us Into,
Anil Ills footlot In Ills bootlot
Caught mo Imaging on tho gate.
Many’ a self-made man would
have done better bad he let tho
contract out to somebody else.
If ybu want eggs in winter never
keep an old lien. When a hen is
three years old sell her for a spring
chicken.
Barber—“Thin out your hair a bit,
sir?” Customer—“No, never mind,
my wife attends to that. But oil it
well.”
Why is paper money’ more valua
ble than gold? When you put it in
your pocket you double it, and when
you take it out you find it still in
creases.
“Overcoats are worn long,” re
marks a fashionable oracle. Then
editors are in the style, for they can
wear the same overcoat as long as
four years, and sometimes longer.
A Kansas man inquires: How
long is a man a bridegroom ? To
which a Missouri editor respectfully
replies that lie believes it is fashion
able now not to skip out for two
months.
A tipsy Bostonian, who was ar
rested while making vain efforts to
clutch at a barber’s pole, exclaimed,
as the policeman drifted him in tho
direction of tlio station house,
“Stransh, I never saw’r ’oora boreal-
ish s’near before.”
“Amantha,” lie murmured, with
pathos in his voice, “why do you
quiver at my touch ? Why do you
shrink from my embrace as tho
startled fawn trembles at the rust
ling of tiie autumn leaves?” “I’ve
been vaccinnnted,” she said.
“Don’t go chopping away at tho
branches,” said an old woodman to
his son, “Lay your axe at tho root
of the tree.” And, like a dutiful
boy, lie did as lie was told. Ho laid
the axe at the root of the tree and
then went off for a day’s fishing.
“Never would call a boy of mine
‘Alias,’” said Mrs. Jones, of Hunts
ville, Ala., “if I had a hundred to
name. Mon by that name is alius
cuttin’ up capers, Here’s Alias
Thompson, Alias Williams, Alias
the Night-hawk, all taken up for
stenlin’.”
Subscriptions tiro positively cash
Issuing Ki'ipiisitlon*.
Governor McDaniel has adopted
a plan by which he heads a class of
citizens who luivo nil inclination to
use the .State of Georgia as a collect
ing agency’. These enterprising in
dividuals in a certain class of eases
have made it a custom to apply for
requisitions, and when the refugees
were returned to compromise with
them and lot them go. This method
of proceeding lias boon common in
larceny eases, cheating and swindl
ing eases and offences of like grade
and character. The Governor has
decided that ho will not issue requi
sitions In such eases unless the
prosecutor will make an affidavit
that lie does not make tiie requisi
tion for the enforcement and collec
tion of a debt, and that the ease
will not lio settled. There have
lieei some parties who have refused
to make those affidavits, and tho
Governor lias refused to issue tin*
requisitions. It may be interesting
to know that there is no law in
Georgia on tho issuing of requisi
tions. There is a law winch says
tiie Governor may issue bis war
rant for ail arrest on a requisition
from the Governor of another State,
but there is no State law in refer
ence to tlu* issuing of a requisition
by the Governor of Georgia. There
is a United States law which per
niits tiiis exchange of prisoners, hut
it is only a matter of courtesy, and
is not compulsory.
“My son,” said an old negro, “rtow
dat you’s outen do penitentiary, try
ter keep out, an’ arter dis, doan’
steal, leastwise doan do lack yer did
bofo’, steal a par o’ boots wat was
too big fur yersef an’ too little fo’
yer ole daddy. EtF yer kaint pick
up sumthin’ dat’d do y r er some good
bo hones’.”
Somebody out West killed a
Chinaman and was brought up
standing before tho irrepressible
Hoy, who looked through two or
three dilapidated law books from
stem to stern, and finally turned the
culprit loose, remarking that lie’ll
he il—il if ho could any law against
killing a Chinaman.—Trade Gazette.
Tt is announced that a Providence
(It. 1.) editor was stricken with
paralysis in the afternoon and pass
ed quite a comfortable evening.—
'I’lie newspaper man of the day is
expected to wrestle successfully not
only with paralysis, but with crank-
ism, luiinbuggory, prevarication
and many other little arrangements
too numorous to Insert.
It will bo pretty hard to convince
some persons that the world is
growing better when they are in
formed that tho dolls brought out
tills year sing: “Wait till the Clouds
Roll by, Jennie.” A Western mob
of masked men are now on their
way East, looking for the inventor
of this doll. They want to reason
with Him before ho invents a doll
that will cry for paregoric at mid
night.
“1 guess I’d better accompany you
as fur as the gate, George, dear,”
said a Chicago girl to her lover.
“Our next door neighbor has a
ferocious bull-dog, and ho frequent
ly gets into our front yard of an
evening.” “Aren’t you afraid he
will bite you?” asked George, with
solicitation, but at tho same time
keeping very eloso to Her. “Oh, no,
slie replied. “1 kicked him once.”
“Ah, I see,” said George.