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PQS I T ! V 5 L Y C A S H. |
The bank robbers of Augusta
wore both found guilty in their trial
in Augusta on Wednesday, and will
go to the penitentiary.
A skeleton was plowed up near
Helicon Spring a few days ago, and
two bullets dropped out of the skull.
No one seems to know of any one
being killed in that vicinity. The'
matter is shrouded in mystery.
A man named John B. Frank was
found guily of branding his wife
with a red hot iron in Russel county,
Alabama, and sentenced to one
year on the public works and pay
a fine of $1,000. The brute should
have been hanged.
The largest book ever made at
the government printing oflico, in
Washington, has just been finished.
It is bound in sheep skin and Russia
leather, is one foot and four inches
in breadth, contains 10,000 pages,
and weighs 140 pounds.
Terrible Hoods, the result of very
heavy and continuous rains are
reported in Louisiana and Texas.—
This is an index for a wet June for
us. Observation has established
the fact that weather waves invari
ably move from west to east. There
fore, when extreme wet,cold, or heat
is reported to the west of us it may
confidently be expected to nass
over us, and the time of its arrival
may,be ascertained with tolerable
accuracy by noting its progress
east which the telegraph and weath
er bureau afford facilities for doing.
When these phenomena occur east
of us, they need not be expected to
come over us.
In our last week’s issue, speaking
of I)r. Perkins’ candidacy for the
Senate, we said he wished a seat in
the Senate to “vindicate” his past
course. Amid the hurry and press
ure of business at the time, we us
ed the word “vindicate” unadvised
ly, and it did not express the mean
ing we intended to convey, for we
know of nothing for which Dr. Per
kins either needs or wishes “vindi
cation” for any act which he did
during his long course of service in
the House of Representatives. We
should have said “approval” of his
friends and constituents, which we
think the doctor may most honora
bly claim for the faithful perform
ance of the duties of Representa
tive during the many years
that the people of Rurke county
have trusted their interests into his
hands.
A twelve hours go-as-you-please
walking match, to come olf the 10th
ilist,, to-morrow, has been organized
by seven well known newspa
per men of Atlanta, for a purse of
gold and the gate money: Sam. W.
Small, Josiah Carter, K. (’. Bruffey
and ('. T. Logan, of the Count it u-
tion; R. M. Cheshire and E. T. Ey-
ington, of the Journal, and lido
Uamsdell, of the (leoryia Cracker.
The entries have been closed, the
walkers have each put up his forfeit,
and the race will be made by the
above named gentlemen. The
purse for tne winning man has al
ready reached over $200, and will
probably be increased to $•'>()() or up
wards. When it was publicly an
nounced that the contest would be
made an interest amounting to
nearly excitement manifested itself,
and has not abated. Several im
portant bets have been made. A
considerable amount of money is
likely to change hands. All the
contestants are amateurs, but all
are noted as peculiarly fast walk
ers. The contest will begin at 10
o’clock a. m., and close at 10 o’clock
p. m.
Volume o.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, May 9tli, 1884.
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Ilryunt's Hep I y to AVuili*.
Tim Swtunsboro Itemizer runs up
tlm nmno of Judge J. 1*. 1‘ughsley
for State Senator from that district,
and the name of Col. Walter C.
Livingston for Solicitor (tenoral of
that, (the Middle).]udicial Circuit.—
The Itemizer supports Colonel Liv
ingston in it llattering editorial, and
tlu> grand jury at the term of the
Superior Court of Emanuel county
hist week, incorporates tlm follow
ing strong endorsement of Colonel
Livingston in their general present
ments:
“We, as a hotly, being fully satis-
lied and confident of the fitness and
capacity of our fellow citizen, Wal
ter C. Livingston, Ksip, for the very
responsible position of Solicitor
General of this (Middle) Judicial
('ircuit, take this occasion and medi
um of recommending him to our
next Senator and Representative
for their support and enthusiasm in
tin 1 approaching election.”
Relieving Colonel Livingston to
he fully worthy and capable to till
tlm important ofllee he is seeking,
we freely add our endorsement to
the strong and honorable recom
mendations above quoted, and say
to our Senator and Representatives,
whoever they may he, that we hope
Colonel Llvinston will receive their
unanimous support.
Savannah News, April 80.
Editor Saw Morning Nf.ws:—
My attention has been called to a
card purporting to have been writ
ten by Edward C. Wade to me, and
published in your paper of tlm 10th
instant. The language employed
is such as I did not think Col. Wade
capable of using. I am unable to
account for bis strange conduct, in
view of the fact that be lias for
many years professed to be my
warm personal and political friend,
and the additional fact, there had
been no personal difficulty between
us. It lias been suggested to me
that lie holds me responsible for bis
failure to secure certain positions
of honor from tlm Republican Con
vention, which met in this city on
the Utli instant. If so, he is entire
ly mistaken, as I no way opposed
him. Col. Wade must have forgot
ten tlm part be took in 1877, in as
sisting to expose tlm falsity of the
charges contained in the circular to
which lie refers. Those charges
were first made in 1870, during the
Presidential campaign, when I was
Chairman of the Republican State
Committee. 1 immediately de
nounced them as false in every
particular, and called a meeting of
the State Committee to investigate
them. At that meeting, which was
held in this city, January Id, JS77,
Col. Wade was chairman pro tern.,
of the committee. A report was
presented by a sub-committee, con
sisting of Col. A. E. Ruck, Hon.
Jonathan Norcross, and Col. Henry
P. Farrow, and unanimously adopt
ed. The following is a copy of the
report:
Penotved, That the course pur
sued by Capt. John L. Conley and
others in making charges against
our chairman, lion. J. E. Rryant, in
tlm midst of this recent Presidential
campaign, deelaing their ability
and readiness to sustain them, and
then failing and refusing as they
have done, to sustain those charges
on being afforded an opportunity of
so doing, is, in view of all the attend
ant circumstances, to be profoundly
regretted.
Penal red id, That we are of the
opinion that Mr. Bryant is not call
ed upon to defend himself against
charges so inopportunely made and
so unsatisfactorily abandoned, and
that the conduct of hi* accusers is a
vindication of him against their
charges.
Jienoleed 3d, That under all the
circumstances, there is no reason
appearing to this committee why
lion. John E. Rryant, Chairman of
tlm Republican State Central Com
mittee, of Georgia, should not con
tinue to have the confidence and
support of all earnest Republicans.
A. E. Rick,
Jon at i r a n N o nc moss,
Hkniiy 1*. Fa unow,
Committee.
In April, 1878, Col. Wade wrote
the following letter in my behalf. 1
have the original letter in his hand
writing in my possession:
Savannah, Ga., April 21), 1878.
Having known Col. John E. Bry
ant a number of years, it is with
great gratification, and is a source of
much personal satisfaction to my
self that I am enabled to say .of him
that he is a gentleman of high
Christian character—a Christian—
and is at the head of the Republi
can organization of Georgia with
out a spot or blemish. A gentleman
of whom every Republican and pa
triot in the nation may justly feel
proud. Edwaiu) C. Wadi:,
Collector Internal Revenue, Kuva-
nah.
In many ways Col. Wade has since
that time manifested his confidence
in mo and his friendship for me.—
I have in my possession numerous
letters written to me as only one
warm triend writes to another. In
July last, lu> wrote to the President
recommending my appointment ns
Marshal for the Northern district of
Georgia. The following is a copy
of the letter:
other gentlemen, and in the atti
tude of a personal friend, asked me
to sign a paper recommending his
son to a responsible position in the
civil service of the United Stales
Government, which request I
promptly granted. In less than one
week from that time, and without
any personal difficulty between us,
he wrote the letter which appeared
in your columns on the lfltli inst.
John E. Rryant.
Atlanta, Ga., April ..'.id, ISS’,.
its usual heat, and hence the sight
gave him no uneasiness. Strangers
in passing along the road have often
been startled by (lit 1 light, hut tin'
people living near had grown so
accustomed to the vision that they
Story of ii Itrntnl Murder in Franklin County, ami
tin* Stiunge Sight Seen Mirhtly,
Athens Banner.
In 1870 three negroes in Franklin
county, Ga., committed a brutal
assault niton a young white woman,
a Miss Stowe, and after their hel
lish deed murdered her in a most
heinous manner. After cutting her
person with knives, and finding lift'
still not extinct, the fiends placed
the girl’s nock between a chestnut
stump and a root and endeavored to
break her neck. Failing in this,
too, tiie negroes with their hands
deliberately choked her to death,
and concealed the body in a dense
copse of woods. The victim was a
poor girl, and a domestic in the
family of a man named Shockley, a
merchant. The girl was soon missed
and a search instituted for her. It
was continued unsuccessfully for
three days, Mr. Simon Marks, of
Athens, being one of the party, and
was present at the finding of the
body. Vhe search had almost been
given up, when a young negro hoy
wlio was present, remarked to the
men that if they would look in a
certain skirt of woods they would
find the body. They did so and
found the poor girl just as the hoy
stated. Iler body showed signs of
the most horrible treatment, and
the indignation of the county was
at fever heat. The boy wlio told
where the body could he found was
at once arrested and placed in the
Carnesville Jail, but he bitterly de
nied knowing anything about the
murder. Detectives were set at
work, and it was not long before
two other negroes—an old man
named Lank and his son Jerry—
were arrested. They belonged to a
Mr. Mangrum, and tho only evi
dence against them was that the
dead girl, in company with another
woman, was seen to pass where
they were at work, when the
negroes jumped over the fence and
followed them. Soon afterwards
Miss Stowe’s companion parted
company with her, and this was the
last time the poor girl was seen
alive. The negroes were put on
trial, but they most bitterly denied
their guilt, and stated that a white
man was at the bottom of the mur
der. Lank and his son were con
victed, however, and publicly exe
cuted in Carnesville. They died
protesting their innocence. The
negro boy, who pointed out the
body, was next put upon trial, and
General Tom Cobb, after promise of
a half interest in the negro, made
an earnest hut fruitless effort to
save his lite. lie, too, was hanged.
Soon after the execution of the
negroes, strange stories were told
about the place where the body of
Miss Stowe was found. It is a lone
ly and desolate spot, and unnatural
sounds were heard there at night
and mysterious figures seen. Trav
elers by night would avoid it, and it
became known as the “Haunted
Hollow.” Rut these sounds and
ghostly figures were never traced
invcstlgattiur nn Immoral Oimi'.
Some time ago, says the St. Louis
Pont-Idnpatch, a party of St. Louis j
gentlemen departed for I lot Springs,
Ark., for a season of rest and rolax-
...... , ... , , . ation. At least two of them had
quit taking about it, and he would , , . ... . .
1 , ", , , ’ .. . , overworked themselves m an official
never have thought of it again, had . ... , ...
, . ,i ii +i capacity m putting down gambling
Ins attention not been called to the I , , ,, • .. . ,,
,,, I and otherwise purifying the moral
“Haunted Hollow” by reading nn
account of “Judes Light,” near At
lanta. Lieutenant (loodrum says
the last time lie conversed with ai., . .. , . , , . .
j this game of poker, against which
they had made such a crusade at
i home.
A couple of Arkansas gentlemen
were appealed to, and that same
evening the first lesson was given
atmosphere of the town. After
they had relaxed for sometime, one
‘suggested that they examine into
gentleman who lived in that neigh
borhood lie stated that the light
continues to appear. The gentle
men with whom we conversed are i
altogether reliable, anil there is no
Everybody had plen
um! a theoretical
anti Auirustu Truilo.
Savannah Morning News.
The Jforniny News some time
ago mentioned a new boat contem
plated for the Augusta and Savan
nah river trade. Tho place of build
ing was not then determined. To
arrange this matter Capt. W. T.
Gibson, manager of the steamer
Mary Fisher, went North and West
about one month ago and found!
that lie could get the machinery at
Jeffersonville, Iiul., cheaper than
anywhere else; in fact, cheaper!
than anticipated. It has been do-j
cided to build the vessel here, all j
the material other than the machin
ery being obtained cheaper than at
any other point. The work will be
started shortly, M r. John Wester-j
man of this city haying been award
ed the contract for the hull and I
cabin work, and Messrs. M. A. I
Sweeney A- Rro., of Jeffersonville,
Indiana, the machinery. The boat
will he built miller the supervision ■
of Capt. Gibson, and fully up to his
idea of the needs of the river trade,
lie being thoroughly conversant
with the route from hero to Augusta.
The boat is to be a stern wheel
about the size of the steamer Katie,
and of the following dimensions:
12o feet long, 110 feet over all, 2-7
feet beam, 37 feet over all. She is
to have a boiler deck 100 feet long,
full cabin nml 20 state rooms finish
ed and furnished in first-class style,
the cabin and all the upper works
to ho of cypress and as light as pos
sible. Iler machinery will include
two steel boilers, 1(1 foot long and
12 inches in diameter, her engines
to be 10 inches in diameter and •*,
feet stroke, and the shafts to he of
steel. She will draw 17 to 1H inches
light, and when loaded will carry
between 700 and 800 bales of cotton
on a deptli of 4 feet. It is calculat
ed that with 401) bales of cotton she
will have a deptli of only 24 inches,
which will no doubt insure a regu
lar schedule between this city and
Augusta, when it is remembered
that the Katie did not reach Au
gusta for several months during the
past year owing to the low water
in the river. The blocks are now
being laid at Kinsey’s Mill and her
stein is already cut out preparatory
to the laying of her keel. She will
he completed by the 1st of Septem
ber, in time for the fall trade. The
cost will he about $17,000. Capt.
Gibson will command her.
Aii Advance (Juanh
A Washington dispatch, dated
April JOtli, says: It is reported that
the Seventh-day adventists, a reli-
| gums sect having its headquarters at
doubt about the truth ol this story,. , ,. . ,
, . . ,, ... , , ‘ ’ to the lambs,
hut whether it is caused from super- .
. , ty ol money
natural or ordinnrv causes we leave . , . .... , ,
, ‘ knowledge ol the game, and during
to the reader. .....? , ... ,
tin 1 first two hours, as the St. Louis
The IIIucWn l.nlil lor a Xmv Vi'iwel forthe Savannah paity expected, Some $100 lltlll pass
ed from Arkansas to Missouri.—
Then a ten-dollar pot was passed
out into a jack pot and everybody,
of course, came in. One of the St.
Louis officials who sat next the
dealer opened his hand and beheld
three beautiful queens, lie drop
ped $70 worth of blue chips into the
j pot, “just,” as he remarked, “as a
I starter.” Ilis neighbor, another St.
j Louis man, “made, it a hundred.”
i Arkansas made it two hundred, the
I dealer and the hotel-owner dropped
: out, anil tlie three players went on
with a great deal of nerve. The
man with the three queens simply
called, and the Mt. Louisian who
had an ace-full pat toyed with the
game for another hundred. Ar
kansas sent it up a hundred more,
and the three queens man stayed
once more.
The process was continued until
each gambler hud $770 on the table,
and the cards were drawn. The
official caught another queen, and
his friend and Arkansas stood put.
lie bet one dollar; when it came
back to him it had been lifted $1,000
more. He made it $1,000 more.—
The ace-full called and Arkansas
lifted yet one more thousand. Out
of a sentiment of pity' St. Louis
called, at the same time laying
down upon the green baize his pic
ture gallery of queens, face up.—
Ace-full sighed sadly and inserted
his hand in the deck. Arkansas
examined each queen and the other
card, lest there should be five of
them, passed his hand over to Mis
souri and began hiving in the money.
It was four kings upon which he
had guilefully stood pat.
(TIIKKXT UIjEANINOS.
A $ 11.000 Hollar Horse.
At a recent sale of race horses in
England, Harvester, .‘1 years old,
sold for $451,000 and Busybody, 5!
years old, for $44,000.
Corroran's Contribution.
Washixuton, May 51.—It is un
derstood that W. W. Corcoran’s
contribution to the proposed home
for ex-Confederates will bo $7,000.
Suicide of one of .lesse James' Slayers.
Richmond, Mo., May 10.—Charles
Ford, brother of Bob Ford, the slay
er of Jesse James, shot himself
through the heart this morning,
dying instantly. No cause is assign
ed for the act.
Ameriran Silk.
One of Philadelphia’s largest
dealers says that very nearly one-
half of ail the silks now sold in the
United States are of home manu
facture, spun by American bred
silk worms and woven on Ameri
can made looms.
A Cull fur IIoimIn.
Wasiitnoton, May 8.—The Sec
retary of tho Treasury this after
noon issued a call for $10,000,000
.three per cent, bonds. Notice is
given that the principal and accru
ed interest will he paid at the
Treasury the 20th day of June next,
and interest will cease on that day.
A Stuck Kuucltr burger tliuu Hliudc Isluml.
Charles Goodnight is a king
among cattle kings in Texas, and
has fenced in 700,000 acres with 250
miles of wire fence at the head of
Rod river, in the Panhandle. His
rancho contains nearly twenty-five
thousand acres more than there are
in the entire state of Rhode Island,
and he bought the whole at from 70
cents to $1 an acre.
A I,inly Admitted lo the liar.
Pnir.ADKi.i>mA, May 51.—Judge
Thayer to-day delivered the opin
ion of the Court of Common Pleas
No. 4, admitting Mrs. Carrie B. Kil
gore to practice. Every other com
mon pleas court has refused her
admission, although exceptional
action was taken sometime ago by
the Orphans’ Court, where the lady
is a practitioner. Judge Arnold
dissents from the opinion of his col
leagues, Judges Thayer and Eleock.
The court took the ground that its
action was sustained by the com
mon law right which the Legisla
ture had not interfered with by a
statue.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS.
A Itnilrniiil to Koutli Amorim.
to any authentic source. There was,! Battle Creek, Michigan, arc expect-
C. S. Marsh ad’s Ofkk’kA
East’n Div.Sdth’n Dis.ofGa.A
Savannah, Ga., July 21, 18851.)
To the Prenident:
I take pleasure in recommending
Col. John E. Rryant for appointment
to tin 1 position of United States
Marshal for the Northern District
of Georgia in the event of a vacan
cy.
however, one sight that was wit
nessed on the . night after the
negroes were executed, and it is j
said to he seen to this day. A ball
of fire, at a regular hour, is seen to
rise from the very spot where the j
body of Miss Stowe was found, and
fioat for hours through tho woods,
'rime and again lias it been follow
ed, but the light Hies before the ap
proach of man, and can never be i mind.
ing a convert shortly in no less a
person than Hon. Rutherford R.
Hayes; that lie will he followed by
a number of other persons of note
and that soon after, the end of tho
present state of affairs will come to
pass. It the report is true, Method
ism must have lost its power to
sooth Mr. Hayes, Something at
least must he weighing on his
approached except at a certain dis-;
tance. It advances nv retreats just
its the person walks. We have this
week conversed with several re
sponsible gentlemen from that sec
tion of Franklin county, and they
tell us they have seen it many times.
adventist ob-
The Seventh-day
serve Saturday for their Sabbath,)
and believe in tne second coming
of Christ. Recently, us the report j
goes, Mr. Hayes wrote to Elder
Cartrlglit, who is at the head of the j
order, asking for hooks and pam-
This light does not seem to have | plilets hearing on the belief. Elder
A dispatch to the New York Sun
dated May 7th, says: In compli
ance witli an order of the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep
resentative Stewart of Texas, has
prepared a bill providing for the
appointment of three Commission
ers, to serve two years, to aid in ex
tending American trade and com
merce, amt in acquiring informa
tion looking to railway communica
tions between Southern countries
and the United States. The bill
provides that the Commission shall
visit Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras,
Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador,Peru,
Bolivia, the Argentine Republic,
Chili, Uruguay, Paraguay, and
Brazil. The hill appropriates $70,000
to pay the expenses ot the Commis
sioners and their salaries of $7,000
each annually.
In his report to accompany the
hill Mr. Stewart says: “The idea of
building a railway from the United
States to the Argentine Republic is
somewhat startling to those who
have never given tho subject a
thought, hut there is no insuperable
obstacle in the way of such an en
terprise. A railroad commoting
with the railroad system of tlm
United States to tlm City of Mexico,
and thence through Central Ameri
ca and along the Isthmus of Darien,
passing oust of the Andes, through
South America to tlm Argentine
. Republic, would meet with but few
! natural obstacles, and tlm distance
would not exceed 0,800 miles, and it
may he shortened to 0,01)0 miles by
commencing its construction at tlm
City of Mexico, where it will con
nect with roads already built. It is
believed that the completion of
any power of illumination, hut is | Cartrlglit set about complying with sut '*‘ 11 roat * a,v 110 num - lormidable
simply a hall of “dead tire,” as some the request and while engaged
expressed It, suspended in tlm air. j in gathering tlm literuturo together,
Lieutenant Goodrum, of the Athens came across the startling hit of in-
police force, tells us that lm has formation that Mr. Hayes had once
seen this light hundreds of times, been President of tlm United States,
having lived in sight of the fated I The discovery set the elder to
than were those encountered twen
ty years ago in tlm construction of
our first transcontinental line.—
When such a rail road is constructed
our commerce will he enlarged to
such an extent as at this time to
spot for a number of years. When
lm first moved to the settlement the
thinking, and then he and others! anything like a correct esti
Col. Rryant is competent and in people told him that tlm farm he I
every way worthy, and II he should | occupied was haunted, hut having j
receive the appointment w ill per- no superstition about him, he did
discovered it was promised as a sign j llia * l> Its \ ulue,
that the end was near would he the
overcoming of many public men
form the duties of the office well
and worthily.
1 have the honor to he, very re
speetfully, your obedient servant,
Ed w A HI) U. Wadk.
not credit the story. But on the
first night, in throwing his eye to
the clump of woods where the mur
der had been committed, lie dis
tinctly saw the red hall, and for
Oil the sth day of the present i nearly every night rain or shine,
month, Col. Wade called at my while lm lived on tlm place. It
office in this city, in company with * never approached the house or left
into tlielif fold. They were at once
convinced that Mr. Hayes was the
advance guard, and they posted to
him right away every work they
thought would he of interest to him.
The Adventist have been In a high
state of excitement ever since. The
effect of the literature on Mr. Hayes
has not yet been ascertained.
There is in Ranks county a fork
ed walnut tree that bears nuts on
one fork one j ear and on the other
the next, never having fruit on
both limbs tlm same year.
At Buena Vista $20,(M)(» was sub
scribed in one day to start an oil
mill. It only requires $517,DIM).
Subscriptions are positively cash
A|i|iro|irlHtioiiH for Georgia Hirer*.
Special lo Atlanta Constitution.
Washington, May 6.—I learn
from Chairman Willis that the fol
lowing have been agreed upon as
the appropriations for the Georgia
rivers and harbors: The Savan
nah harbor, $170,000; Cumberland
Sound, $77,000; Brunswick harbor,
$10,000; Altamaha river, $27,000;
Coosa river, $70,000; Flint river,
$20,000; Ocmulgee river, $8,000;
Savannah river, $17,000; Oconee
ri ver, $51,000; Itoni ney Marsh, $10,000,
The whole delegation did not get
all they asked. Considering the
size of the hill they are well satis
fied.
Suit' of tin' Summerville Mills.
Avgusta, May 0.—The Summer-
villi' mills, property of George 1*.
Curry, who failed for a quarter of a
million on February 17th, was sold
to-day at public outcry, and with
out reserve, to Charles H. Rhinizy
for $8,000 above tlm bonded debt of
tiie mill, which amounts to $150,000.
This sale of a factory which cost
$100,000 for $08,000 is tho cheapest
bargain on record, for Curry coined
a mint of money out of it in Hush
times, two and three years ago.
Colonel Rhinizy bought the mill for
himself, and expects to realize
handsomely, either by a sale of this,
the finest mill site on tlm canal, or
by its operation.
llulldlntr mi Island.
The ambitious project of con
structing tin island in Lake Michi
gan, opposite, Chicago, is seriously
to he taken this summer. Tlm
magnitude of this venture can he
understood when It Is known that
the plans contemplate an area of
forty acres. This island is to he
guarded by a breakwater 17 feet in
height. It is to he placed one mile
from tlm shore, where the depth of
the water averages is fcot. On tho
shore side is to he u land-locked
harbor of seven acres, to admit lake
cruft of all size. The land is to be
formed of sand and clay dredged
from the lake. Tlm face of the is
land Is to he irregular, and the
summit of the gradual swell is to he
the site for a large hotel. Tho pro
jectors number several experienced
engineers, and have made their
estimates on tlm basis of a total
expenditure of $2,000,000. it is
thought that the resort would prove
popular as a resort for summer cot
tages.
A MOllKI, WO.MAX.
I know n woman womlrolls fair,
A model woman slip—
"Who Dover runs her neighbors ilown.
When she goes out to tea.
She never gossips after ehureli
l if dresses, orof hats;
She never meets the sewing school,
And Join them In their spats.
She never bents a salesman down,
Nor asks for pretty plaques;
She never asks the thousand things
That do his patience tax.
These statements may seem very strange—
At least they may to some—
Hut remember this, my friend,
The woman’s deaf and dumb.
A Cleopatra’s needle should he
set up to mark the floods. Tt would
soon be full of Ohioroglphics.
It is estimated that of Mississippi’s
sixty or seventy colonels of the late
war not more than 2,700 now re
main.
“This is my coat of alms,” said a
tramp, tapping the ragged garment
tho deacon of a church had just
given him.
A pillow sham—The wad about
the size of a boxing-glove found at
the head end of tho average hoard
ing-house bed.
Money often leads men astray.—
Some of them will run after a dol
lar, but a hound dog is more avarici
ous. Ho will follow a scent.
A French dramatist makes one of
his characters in a recent play de
clare that he is “holding up the
trowsers of despair with the braces
of hope.”
An article containing a dozen
hints on how to take care of a horse
is going the rounds of the press, but
there is not one hint as how to get
the horse.
We heard of a man the other day
who was said to be mean enough to
steal a coat of paint. But he can’t
equal the party who tried to steal a
dog’s pants.
“We’re down on horse steal in’,”
said the chief of the vigilantes to the
horse thief were about to string up,
“anti we are pleased to see you are
in accord with us.”
A South End man did over $70
worth of damage to the furniture
yesterday morning in looking for
his collar-button. And he wasn’t in
much of a hurry either.—Jlonton
Pont.
The only thing that equals the
spontttncousnosS with which this
country produces a monument is
the unanimous cordiality with
which it isn’t built.—ltockhtnd Cou
rier.
Help the weaker party: A timid
young man lias married a lady
whose weight verges closely upon
200 pounds. “My dear,” says lie to
her, “shall I help you over the
fence?” “No,” she replied, “help tho
fence!”
A grain denier at Yankton, Dak.,
has purchased 2,400 bushels of wheat
from tho Crow Creek Indians since
harvest. Tt is a good sign when the
Indians commence raising wheat
instead of raising lmir and tho deuce
generally.
“If you were to freeze,” said
George, snuggling up a little closer,
“you would make delicious ice
cream.” “If you were to freeze,’
responded Amelia with severity,
after catching a whiff of his breath,
“you would make a rum punch.”
During a dense fog a Mississippi
steamboat took landing. A travel
er anxious to go ahead, Came to the
unperturbed manager of tho wheel
and asked why they stopped. “Too
much fog. Can’t see the river.”
“But you can see the stars over
head.” “Yes,” replied the urbane
pilot, “but untyl the boiler hursts wo
ain’t going that way.”
A farmer, who raises a great
many hogs, attended a State Fair in
Ohio, and wrote the following letter
hack to a neighbor: “Dear Friend—
Yesterday 1 inspected the live stock
ilefntrtmfcnt of tne fair. You will he
interested to know that the display
of hogs was unusually large.—
Among the hogs I saw some some
of your breed, and was very much
surprised at not seeing you there
yourself.”—Sifting*.
The law’s advantage.—Young doc
tor—“Hello, John, how are you gel-
ting along?” Young lawyer—“I
have only secured about a dozen
clients so far, hut they all stick to
me, so 1 should not complain.”—
Young doctor—“No, Indued, you
should not complain. That is the
advantage of being a lawyer. 1
wish 1 hud studied law instead of
medicine.” Young lawyer—“Indeed,
have you failed to get patients?”
Young doctor—“Well, no. 1 have
had pretty good luck getting pa
tients, hut they don’t stick,” Young
lawyer — “Why is that?” Young
doctor—“I don’t know. They Just
die off.”