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Volume IV.
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SANDEllSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1883.
Number 20.
FOR HIS SISTER’S SAKE-
I was building such beautiful castles in
the air, in fact, I was (beaming, when the
door of my private office rang wilh the im
patient raps of a visitor. I called very
loudly,—
"Come in I"
Immediately the doot opened, and a stran
ger entered,
"You are Dave Reynolds ?' was bis first
greeting.
"I am that individual," I replied, motion
ing my visitor to be seated.
"You have heard of the robbery, have you
not ?'
"The morning’s pr.per informed me of the
fact."
"I wish to see yon in regard to that rob
bery."
"1 ? Who are you, sir ?"
“My name is Lawrence Radcliffe."
,,Lawrence Radcliffe, the bauker, who
wns robbed of the diamonds? 1
"The same, sir; I wish to put the case in
your hands. You are a shrewd detective ;
you will capture the thief, aud have the dia
mottds restored to me ? ’
"But, sir, the case is already in the hands
of the police."
"Bah I I do not place auy confidence in
this boasted power. They are working
openly, and unintentionally give the. thieves
notice of their designs, I wish to have you
work si-crelly, for only by doing so will you
capture them,"
"You speak as if you were certain as to
the number engaged in the theft."
"1 have my suspicions, perhaps, but they
enunot help you any. Now, will you under
take the case?"
‘ No, uot until you can plaoe confidence
in me by giving ine the lull particulars."
"You are right. Listen*; I shell give you
the entire details, and you cun work out
your own conclusions.
"Some years ago, my wife died. She
willed all her property, under certain con*
ditioni, to her only child, Florence, the
daughter of a former marriage, and made
me her guardian, to keep and to hold in
trust until she became eighteen years old;
then, if all the instructions were followed,
that she was to come into possession of her
fortune. The conditions were as follows
on the face of Charles when he was inform
ed that a new asiistant had been engaged-
'The moment he looked at me with those
dark, melancholy eyes, just so soon was I
aware that my disguise bad been pene
Irated, and further secrecy could not be
maintained.
One afternoon while I was busily engaged
in preparing a statement, he approached
me ana said,—
"llopkins, you have been engaged to spy
upon me, My step-cousin, Radcliffe, is your
employer. Oh, God I What have I done
that he should place me under suspicion?
This will kill Kate I"
Hopkins was the name I adopted. Was
this young man playing a part or was he
really innocent?
I was resolved on one bold move* I would
show him the stone, and learn if he recog
nized it.
"Mr, Simpson, here is a carious stone I
discovered not long ago ; what do you think
of it?" I asked of him a few moments after
he hrd given uttoraned to his vehement
declarations.
"It is mine—or at least ft looks like
mine, where did you get it ?" quiried he
"1 found it in the Radcliffe mansion one
day while I was visiting your step-couBin."
"What I you found it there? Gieat
heavens I I—I—I wonder," he stammered
brokenly, while his face turned very pula.
‘ Perhaps it is not yours?" I ventured.
"You are right; it is not mine," he said
with a sigh of relief.
That evening I went to Mr. Radcliffe and
informed him how the case stood, and the
answer was that if Charles was the guilty
roan he must be punished, and promised not
to interfere with my pluns. I told him it
would be necessary for me to search
Charles' room, and that to do that success
fully, he must take Charles to the theatre or
some other place of amusement.
As soon as Florence and her fattier, acs
companied by Charles and his sister Kate,
had left the house, I went to the room oc*
copied by Charles, and at once began my
search. In ten minutes I discovered, con
cealed in a cornor of his trunk, the stolen
necklace. The mystery was now clear.
To cause a division of the property to be
made, he had planned the robbery so that
If at the ago of eighteen Florence was not- wospicioh would fall upon his beautiiul
The Dangers of Celluloid.
1'Le explosion of a celluloid comb, by
which a baby was severely burned in
^bington, Mubb., is only an example of the
dangerous nature of this substance, which,
after the ubuiiI fashion, we are learning by
experience. It is composed of such mater-
'al as to readily ignite and explode by con
tact with fire, nud a series of accidents has
•lomtnenced from ignorance of this fact
tather than from carelessness that may
8( tual those of :ho toy pistol in number, if
in not fatality, before the fashion of orna
ment U worn out. Its cheapness gives it
special vogue for ornament for children,
and they are the ones most likely to bring
■t into danger from cureless contuct with
tlre ’ There should be a warning of the
dangerous properties of the substance with-
imt requiring that, the knowledge should be
0 Gained by the accidents of the blowing oft'
°l bracelets, beads and such like p rsonal
uriiament at the touch of a match or gas
Jai- Celluliod should be marked aB daoger-
unt '* acute method is found to relieve it
0 Us imprisoned and explosive gases.
An old photographer says that, as a rule
'slied society people and country
Inr ~ i 9r9 equally awkward when sitting
sivln ph ° t0 ,e ia ph." Shouldn’t wonder. The
of th 8 l . °. ae instruments of torture back
live * Ch4 ' r ’’ • uou tth to knock either na-
PbiladelBa Ne^ 06 ° Ul °‘ ° De '~
found to be a pure and strictly virtuous girl,
the property was to be divided; one-hall
going to myself and the remainder to two
distunt cousins, Cbailes and Kate Simpson*
It was my poor wife's last wish that I should
send and care for her neglected cousins, and
her body had scarcely been placed in the
grave when I began to put her wish into ef.
feet 1 sent for the cousins, and when they
arrived I installed Charles as head book
keeper in tee bank, and made Kate com
panion to my step-daughter, Florence. The
girls soon became fast frionda. Among the
many valuables held in trust for Florence
was a beautiful diamond necklace, nn heir
loom in the Randolph family. Its intrinsic
value was estimated at one hundred thou
sand dollar*. Yesterday morning I discov
ered that tlu- safe bad been entered and the
necklace removed. It had been opened by
some one who was familiar with the com
bination. Bat one other person beside my
sell knows of this combination, and that
is my daughter Florence. It was the thief s
intention to throw suspicion on her, as 1
found her handkerchief, and a sleeve button
containing her initial, 'F' in a corner near
the safa. In the excitement which followed
the discovery of the robbery I lost my sell
possession and ran to the headquarters ol
toe chief ot police, laying the whole matter
bare before him. The papers got hold ol
the affair and flashed it before the public.
Now nothing remains but to capture the
thieves and recover tbe diamonds "
And that is all."
All."
Very well, then; let ua visit the scene ol
the robbery,
Upon reaching the home of Mr. Radcliffe
I was at once shown the safe. Seeing noth
ing to confirm suspicions of a robbery hav
ing taken placs, 1 requested the banker to
lot me have the room a few moments to my
self, for investigation.
Searching carefully, 1 found hidden be
nenth one corner of the safe, where it had
rolled, a curiously cut amethyst. In the
centre of the crown wus a tiny pearl. The
stone hud fallen there recently, lor there
was not a particle of dust ou it,
This, indeed, was a valuable clue, for it
must have bten squeezed from the socket
ol a riDg, while iU owner waB robbing the
sale ; and that ring must be in the posses
sion of the thief. Placing the stone in my
pocket 1 left the room, and was met in the
hall by Mr, Radcliffe, who eagerly inquir
ed,—
Well, what succoss t
Not much," I replied cautiously, “but
the chances ol catching the thief are greatly
in my favor."
"You have found a cine?" eagerly.
“Well, perhaps. Tbe thief left his card."
"What I have you really got his name?"
"No, not exactly ; the card 1 have refer
ence to is this stone. Do you recognize it?"
"Certainly. That stone was in a ring I
presented to Charles last Christmas. You
do not intimate that he is the thief, do you ?”
lie Baid, turning very pale.
• " Whatever my suspicions may be, I must
for the present, keep them to myself. But
not a word of this to anybody. Before long
I shall have the thief aud you shall have the
diamonds in jour possession," I replied.
Before night it was agreed upon that
should be installed at the bank as second
book keeper. The next day I entered upon
my duties. . ,
Consternation and chagrin were pictured
cousin.
"Base wretch," I thought, "to bring dis
grace on his benefactor's family I"
Carefully replacing the jewels, I re
solved to confront him with the proof of
his guilt, and muke the arrest as soon as he
came home; so, closing and locking the
door, I waited patiently for his return.
About eleven o'clock the party returned.
The girls went immediately to their rooms.
Charles pleaded illness, and said he would
retire.
I then told tbe banker to come quickly
with me to CbarleB' room, that I had made
valuable discovery. Pale with excite
meat, he followed me. Without waiting to
knock I entered, followed by the banker.
As we entered the room we found Charles
on his knees by tbe side of his trunk, as he
saw his visitors he turned ashen, and tried
to conceal Bomethiug in the folds of
shirt.
Not so fast I" I cried, as I sprang upon
him and wrenched the garment lrom his
grasp,
In the struggle that ensued the missing
diamond necklace fell exposed to the floor.
0 God I Charles is the thief I" shrieked
tbe excited banker in awlul loues, as he fell
to the floor in a swoon.
The unfortunate Charles stood us if
dazed by some awful shock; he neither
moved nor spoke, but Blood motionless, al
most as lif-less as a marble statue on its
iron pedestal.
"Will it be necessary for me to use these
or will you come quietly ?" said I, showing
him a pair of handcuffs.
Not a sound escaped his bloodless lips;
and taking him by the arm, I led him to the
door.
In one hour Charles Simpsou was in
prison, charged with grand larceny.
Tho day of trial soon come, and the stern
heart of tbe banker Boftened, for he em
ployed two prominent lawyers to defend
Charles, who pleaded no defense whatever.
The end of it all was that he was found
gnilty as charged, and sentenced to ten
years in prizon, with hard labor.
When the sentence was pronounced Flor
ence Randolph fill into the arms of Kate
Simpson shrieking,—
"He is innocent! be is innocent I"
Charles stood resigned aud immovable
By the actions of Florence during the trial
I was convinced beyond a doubt that she
was in love with Charles. But why wbb it
he would not say a word to defend himself?
Why did he claim the stone, but refuse to
show the ring when asked by tbe prosecut
ing attorney? Had he an accomplice
Radcliffe had hinted at having suspicions of
a woman in the case. And*last of all, how
came the diamonds in his trunk ? Then
again, why would he attempt to throw sus
picion on Florence, since she loved him?
These thoughts crowded my brain in
rapid succession, Was this man really
innocent ? As yet, nothing had been said
to Florence about her handkerchief and
sleeve button found near the safe on tbe
morning after the robbery. Come what
might, I resolved to question her.
Fate favored me; that very evening she
sent for me; she wished to Bee me ou par
ticular business, so the note said.
When I called upon her I found her in
the drawing room. She was dressed in
simple dress of black, and wore a bunch ot
pale violets at her throat. She appeared
radiantly beautiful in her sombre attire.
"Mr. Reynolds, I want you to be my
frieud," she said softly, looking with her
great blue eye* into my very soul,
"If you trust me, I shall try to provumy
iendship," I replied, taking her haml
"Mr. Reynolds, in your heart you know
that Charles is innocent; you also know
that circumstantial evidence alone convicted
him. I call on you now to apprehend the
guilty parties and make the proof of
Charles’ innocence evident. His silence
during the trial told heavily against him—
oh, if he had only spoken I" she sobbed
"You are right; 'twas his dogged silence
that sent him to prison. Bat with your
help he will not remain there long."
“What do you mean ? ’ she said eagerly.
"I mean just this: the morning after the
robbery, this handkerchief and sleeve but
ton, both marked with your initials, were
fonnd on the floor. Can you tail me how
they ceme there?"
‘Mr. Reynolds, you are my friend ; I can
trust you; you shall know all," she said
earnestly, continuing. “Charles and I are
lovers, unknown to my father, who would
not tolerate him in the house had he a sus
picion of this, We have often met and
interchanged tender words. The night of
the robbery father’s cashier, Mr. JjJjlinde,
came to the house to ask a loan. Father
directed him to wait in the parlor, and
culled me to assist him in counting the
money required. He took the money, and
while he wus conferring with Ellinde in the
parlor Charles passed the door of the room
I was in and, seeing me as he passed, came
in and took me in his arms. Approaching
footsteps caught our ears, and releasing me,
we fled lrom the roortl. Fortunately the
light was not burning in th* hall. In the
excitement of the moment my sleeve but-
iou must have become unfastened and,
unnoticed, dropped to the floor. I am sure
this alone kept CliarleB from swearing that
he was not in the room that night."
Covered with blushes, she ceased.
"Now are you sure you have told me
all ?"
"Positively everything,” she replied
"Can you offer a reason why he could
have remained silent about the ring?" 1
asked.
"I do not know what could have prompted
him in that, but—" her face brightening—
you must go to him; tell him you know all;
perhaps be will tell you then," she suggest
ed.
"Thunk you; you can rely ou me. If
Charles is really innocent, he shall bs free
inside of twenty-four hours,” I said as I
bade her good-night.
Before going to the prison 1 went to the
office, and found a note awaiting me from
tbe chief of police. It stated briefly that I
was to report at headquarters and take
charge of a squad of men to raid a gambling
den at half-past eiyht o'clock. It lacked
but ten minutes of that now, so very unfor
tunately, I had to defer my interview with
Charles Simpson uutil after the raid. These
raids are made periodically, with the inten-
tention of stamping out this curse of socie
ty.
Reporting at headquarters, I found ten
officers awaiting me. Probing each man
with the duty he was to perform, we left the
office, separately in the direction of the den
selected to be raided.
V/e soon worked our way in through the
skylight, and found a large number of men
gumbling. As soon as the gamblers found
the police about, they became panic etrickeu
and made desperate attempts to escape.
Some sprang through the windows, carrying
the glass and sash with them ; others, by
means of a ladder, reached the roof, and
scrambled over the housetops in every di
rection.
I noticed one man, in particular, who
made strenuous efforts to escape. The fel
low led me a lively chase over the different
roofs but it availed him nothing, as I bad
officers stationed near by. Finding he could
not eso»g>e. he turned, drew a revolver, and
began firing on me. I drew mine, and a
lively duel began ; at the third fire he fell
and rolled from the roof to the street below
When l reached him I found his face cov
ered with blood, and he was groaning pite
ously. It was evident the man was dying
so 1 had I im removed to the receiving hos
pital. Returning to the den, I found the
gamblers shackled, and immediately march
ed them to central station.
As I was preparing to leave the office,
after making my report, the prison gurgeon's
messenger hastily approached, .and inform 1
ed me that the wounded gambler was dying
and wished to Bee me.
I went at once to the hospital, aid discov
ered, to my gieat surprise, that the dying
man was no other than Frederick Ellinde,
Radcliffe’s cashier Qis face cleansed 1
recognized him at once.
He saw me start with surprise, and mur
mured fe ably,—
"You know me, Reynolds?"
"Yes,” I replied, motiouing everybody to
leave the room.
"No, do not leave me! do not leave me!"
he shrieked. "1 wish to make a confession,
quickly—I'm getting weaker."
He wishes to make some excuse for vis
iting the gambling den," I thought.
"1 am a tbiei."
The doctor Baid that the man was deliri
ous
"Come closer,” he moaned. “Charles
Simpson is an innocent man; he did not
steal the diamonds; I stole them. On the
night of the robbery I went to Mr. Ran
dolph’s for a loan, as I had been losing
heavily at gambling. While tbe banker
went for the money I concocted a plan to
most opportunely rang the bell. He went
to the door. Five, ten minutes passed; he
did not return. The parlor door being open,
I glided through and groped my way
through tha hall to. Abe room where I knew
the safe to bo. As I neared it two forms
glided out I quickly entered, expecting to
find some one there; but to my joy it was
vacant, and the safe was open. Placing
my hand within it came in contact with a
wooden case. Thinking it contained some
bills, I drew it out Footsteps were ap
proaching. I quickly closed the door of
the safe; a ring I wore on my little finger got
jammed as the door closed, and, as I after
ward fonnd, the stone was squeezed from
the socket. The ring 1 borrowed from
Charles, to have one like it made for his
sister Kate, to whoffl I was engaged to be
married. Charles, to save his Bister's hon
or, kept quiet and was sent to jail. As 1
stole from the room the footsteps eame
nearer, so I qniokly opened the door of the
nearest room and stepped in. Thinking
the persou coming might enter, I forced a
trunk in the room open and hid the case in
a corner, under some shirts. I did not
know the case contained diamonds, nor was
I aware I was in Charles room. God knows
I did not intend to havs an innocent man
punished for my crime. How I got out of
the room I know not; but as I entered the
parlor the banker returned. He said he
had received an important telegram from
an Eastern correspondent, and forgetting 1
was in the porlor, caught up his hat and
hastily ran to the telegraph office to answer
it. Bidding him good*night 1 flew, like a
guilty thing, from the house, to seek conso
lation in gambling. Now death and igno
miny reward me, Water—water 1" be mur
mured faintly.
Water was given him, aud he uaught it
to his lips as if his very throat was on fire.
All was soon over, and when it became
known the next day that Charles Simpson
was innocent, many people flocked to tbe
prison to congratulate him.
Lawrence Radcliff was ever near him.
and proved a most earnest sympathiser.
Charles was honorably discharged, and the
public simply considered him a victim of
circumstances.
The inside feet* of the case being known
to the banker, he at once gave up all pre
judice, and allowed Florence to become
Charles' wife.
The unfornate cashier Ellinde, was t bur
ied quietly, and the largest floral gilt was
made by the whole souled man who braved
tbe horrors of a prison for "his'sister’s
sake." ,
A Beautiiul California Valley.
The still, dry air, the genial spring tem
perature, the gentle repose, tbe aspect of
peace aud fertility, the soft carpeting of
grass and flowers, tbs striking profile of the
mountains, the perspective stretching
through th* breaks in the range, tbe beauty
of the abundant woods, the picturesque die
position of the shapely trees, the myriad of
bright colored birds, the concert of melody
always going on in th* branches—the-e
things combine to invest the Ojai valley at
this time of the year with an idyllio charm
which I have yet seen nothing to rival
There is one road in particular which every*
body loves. It follows the valley of a little
stream ueir the base of the southern ridge,
and wanders for miles through a leafy glen
where the boughs inter ace overhead, the
grass is clean and fresh below, there are few
weeds and bushes, sunshine lies under the
branches, and you can look far away,
through dancing lights and shadows, into
the depth of the wood, nntil the eye losee it
self in mysterious traceries of gray and green
and festoons of the wild grape.
To walk here always make* me think of
the sylvan scenes in Hbakspeare. This is
the forest of Arden 1 shall see Rosalind
and the Banished Duke presently. Or is it
perchance the wood near Athens? If I
come by moonlight shall I find Titania ca
ressing Bottom transformed ? Is the whole
lovely picture only a midsummer dream ?
Shall I wake in a moment to find the mys
tery of the wood is dispelled, and that what
I took for the tattle of the brook, the mur*
mur of wild pigeons and the chatter of gar
rulous woodpeckers is only the mornhg
salutation of the hotel Chinaman, who brings
the pitcher of warm water with the remark,
"Heap hot. I just cook him I"
Anecdotes oi Twine.
Twin boys were fond ol playing tricks,
and compliants were frequently made; but
the hoys would never own which was the
guilty one, and the complainnata were never
sure which one of the two he was. One
master said he would never flng tho inno
cant for the guilty, and an other used to
flog both.
No less than nine AncedoteB have reach
ed me of a twin seeing his or her reflection
in a looking-glass, and addressing it in tbe
belief that it was the other twin in person.
I have many anecdotes oi mistakes when
the twins were grown up. Thus:—
Amusing scenes cccured at college when
one twin came to visit the other; the port
er ou one occasion refusing to let the visi
tor out of tbe college gates, for, tbonghthey
stood side by side, he prefessed ignorance
as to which he ought te allow to depart.
Children arc nsualy quick in distinguish
ing between their parents and his or her
twin; but I have two cases to the contrary.
Thus the daughter of twin says:—
"Such was the marvellous similarity of
their voice, features and manners, that I
remember as a child being very much puz 1
zled, and I think that had my aunt lived
much with us I should have ended by think
ing that I had two mothers,"
In the other case a father, who was a
twin, remarks of himself and his broth
er:—
Wo were extremely alike, and are so at
this nioineU, so much so that our children
up to five or six years old did not know us
apart."
I have four or five instances of doubt
during an engagement of marriage,
Thus:—
A marriage first, but both twins met the
lady together for the first timo, and fell in
love with her then and there. A managed
to see her borne aud gain her affection,
though B. sometimes went courting in his
place, and neither the young lady nor her
parents could tell which was which.
1 have also a German letter, written in
quaiut terms, about twin brothers who mar
ried sisters, but.could not easily be distin
guished by them.
In tho well known novel of Wilkie Col
lins of "Poor Miss Finch,” the blind girl
distinguishes the twin she loves by the
touch ot his hand, which gives her a thrill
that the touch of the other brother doea not,
Philosophers have not, I believe, as yet in
vestigated the condition of such thrills; but
I have a case in which Miss Finch’s test
would have failed. Two persons, both
friends of a twin lady, told me that she had
frequently remarked to them that kiaaing
twin aiater was not like biasing her other
sister, but was more like kissing herself—
her own hand, for example.
It would be nn interesting experiment for
twins who were closely alike to try how far
dogs could distinguish between them by
scent. I have a few anecdotes of strange
mistakes made between twins in adult life.
Thus an officer writes:—
On one occusion, when I returned from
foreign service, my father turned to me and
said, ‘I thought you were in Loudon,’ think
ing I wns my brother—yet ho had not seen
me for four years—our resemblance was so
great*."
The ncx> and last anecdote I shall give
s perhaps the most remarkable of those 1
have. It was sent by the brother of the
twins, who were in middle life at, the time
of its occurrence:—
"1 was coming home from India on leave.
The ship did not arrive till some days after
it was due. The twin brother B. had come
up from his quarters to receive A., and
their old mother was very anxious. One
morning A. rushed in saying, 'Oh, mother,
how are you?" Her answer was,‘No, B:,
it's a bad joke. You know how anxious I
am.' It was a little time before A. conid
convince her that he was the real man."
THE MEROUBY.
Entered a* second-etaes ailtw alike Sea
deravUl* Poetofloe, April V, M
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Sanderiville, Washington Ctntf, w.
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"Silence ie golden." So is a pawnbroker's
sign.-N. Y. Journal. ’ rl
"There is a doctor in Wiiconsin napesd
Greene S, Apple," The only "oore" to this
Apple must be an ambulance corps,—Nor
ristown Herald.
"Safe blowing" is looming up aa a tini
ness. It has always been a phase of hitman
nature to indulge in blowing from a''safe
standpoint,—Pittsburg Telegraph. ' ' 1
A woman in Pennsylvania eloped last
week with the father of her husband. ' Prob
ably she thought she conid go lather .iand
not fare worse.—Cincinnati Merohaafcland
Traveller. n if#
When the dog gets after the bt>y Ih^ th*
melon patch, and there are no trees Llhdy,
he sings: "Oh, tor the garden walt*‘ L *Cin
cinnati Merchant and Traveller.
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A young lady, who has probably hftdkea-
son to doubt the veracity of the mala biped,
says batches of lies are only equaled by the
lies of baohes,—Boston Transcript.
To dissipated, sullen yonng scampi who
lounge about the cities, this advioe is given:
Go to the harvest fields. Thsre’a where
they can beet use a sulky rake.—^-Fittinnrg
Telegraph.
"I don’t see how you city folks live with
no exorcise at all," remarked acouiitrymau
to his now boarder. “No exeroieel" ex
claimed the oily man; "guess yon neve* saw
a fellow chasing a street car,"—New York
News.
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A Western paper says: "Sam Wdldou
was shot last night in tbe rotunda by |l*n-
ry Parsons,” About the wont place anas
can be shot, next to his heart, is in the rd-
tunda. It invariably proves fatal.—Norris
town Herald. ' ">
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A lrwyer was summoned as a witness in
n certain case. The judge, finding the
witness was lying badly, b'.errnpted him,
saying: "I beg of yon to forget your pro;
(ession for a moment and tell ns the truth."
—Spauisb Joke
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When a lady living in Chelsea, sent to
London for a doctor, she apologized for ask,
ing him to come suoh a distance, "Don't
speak of it," answered the M. D. "I hap
pen to have another patient in the neighbor?
hood, and can thus kill two birds wit£l‘ one
stone.”—Columbia Speotator,
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True caution : "Ma," said JenniwIPar-
venu at Newport, "they said those Smiths
who have got the Jones cottage qre awful
stylish and have got a pedigree." "Got th*
pedigree, have they?" said Mr*. Parvenu,
excitedly; "well,you keep away frofatahem
for I dou't want you to ontoh it."—New
York Mail and Express,
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How Shot are Hade.
A shot tower is certainly a curious place
to an uninitiated visitor, and the process of
manufacturing the leaden missies iB most
interesting, Of course it is necessary that
the shot should fall from a cons : dnrab!e *>le
vation, and the height of many of the tow
ers is over two hundred feet. As pure lead
will not make perfect globules, it is neces 1
sadly "tempered.” 'Ibis "temper" is pre
pared bj the addition of ingredients of
which arsenic is the chief property. It is
run into bars convenient for use, and wilh
pig lead hoisted to the top of the tower,
Here are two email rooms, one about
twelve feet below the other, and each cons
taining two huge kettles, in which the pig
lead and 'temper" are melted. From one.
or the other oi the two kettles in both of
these rooms—as each room has a separate
shaft—streams of shot are sonstantly flow
ing. At the bottom of each ktetle the
molten stuff pours into square pans perform
ated at oue side. These perforations are
large or small, according to the siae of shot
desired, and separate the mass into distinct,
gleaming streams, which in turn, as they
come in contact with the atmosphere, sep 1
orate into perfect globules, or shot, which
are cooled in their two hundred feet jour-
rob the safe. When he returned, somebody I ney and th* water into which they fall.
Eooimy.
Didn't Kcow Hie Own Ltngnage.
The deplorable iguorance of foreigners
was conspicuously displayed the other day
in a certain English village. The keeper
of the principal shop has aspirations for hin
daughter, and sent her to several boarding
and finishing schools until she was, in her
fond father's eyes, brimful of knowledge of
the most unimpeachable character. He
believed her to be possessed of unlimited
wisdom, and proudly told a friend how she
played, sang, danced, and what a number
of languages she spoke.
"But how ignorant them foreignois is I'
lie observed. "Why there was a French
man down here Inst week, and my gal waa
talking to him an hour or more, and I tell
you half the time he could not make out
what she was saying I That man didn’
know his own language I"
It Rested With The Court.
"Have you got any family ?" asked n
young Austin lawyer of a colored man
whom he was appointed by the court to de
feud, the latter being charged with having
stolen a horse.
"Ise not got no family yit. I looks to
you for dat."
"Look to me to supply you with a fam
ily 1”
"I looks to you au' de jury,"
"What kind of stuff is that you are talk
ing ?"
“Hit’s just what I says. Miss Matildy
Snowball says ef 1 only gits a yeah in the
penopoteutiary she'll wait fur me, but ef I
gets moah, den she’s gwine ter marry de
berry fust niggah wbat comes along. So
yer sees, boss wbat a 'sponsibility dar am
.restin’ on yer.”
Most girls hate thie sordid word; end
although silly extravagance ie a aura evi
dence of ill breeding, they run to it in pref
erence to the opposite extreme. For econ->
omy in the popular sense means depriva
tion. It means, as a rule, everything you
do not like, and do not want. Darkness,
harshness, dinginess, ugliness, narrowness,
confinement within limits, and a treadmill
round and round not only day aftej day,
but year after year. For the same condi*
tions in most lives always exist, and if it it
black alpaca to->day, it is black alpaca to
morrow, aud so on to the end of the chap--
ter, and the time never comes when we can
take tbe colors which exist, and seem to
brighten some other lives, and weave them
into our own. It is no wonder that girls are
not much enchanted with this prospect.
They are young ; beauty invites them, soft
ness lares them, Bwsetness captivates them,
and the variety tempts them beyond mortal
endurance, for that stoicism that withatand*
one charm yields to another. It ia hard for
them to see all that is dazzling, hear of all
that is lovely aud most attrac.tiy* to th*
mind, as well as the senses, and still tnru
the grindstone to the samt old tank "sav
ing,' "economy," and the virtue of living
and not spending. Bat there ie another
meaning to the word which we infinitely
prefer to the old one. It is not economy
sit down and mend an old garment,
when you can earn the money for a new
one in the same time. It is not economy
to groan and grumble over the view of the
back yard, when by the exertion of rising
and openir.g the front door you cfkfi feast
your eyeB on a glorious prospect. It is
not economy to starve yourself, when you
can make the money by a little exertion to
buy a good dinner. Women have generally
been used to sitting still and economiaing
on the money that men were willing to give
them, or performing in acknowledgement
some such services as cooking, wnshilig and
ironing, mending shirts, taking care of
children, and the like, Now, tl^e world ia
open, and women will find there is more
enjoyment, much greater advantage in every
way in earning the dollar, and Spending it
than receiving a penny as a gift and saving
it. Day by day art and science assist man
ufacturers to fill the world with new and
beautiful things, we want, that otir souls
long for, and yearn after; let ua w*rk and
possess them, that is the way; it ia aver so
much detter than stifling all ngtural taste,
desire and instinct.
Berlioz heard his requiem mass butjthric*
in bia life ; and it was years before th* gov
ernment tor which it was written conde-
ssended to pay him for it,