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VOLUME IV
SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER!!, 1883.
NUMBER 31.
RETROSPECT.
Oh I to co back in our Uvea,
To live them over again,
Knowing all that now we know, ■
Boeing all we aaw not then.
Oh 1 to refrain from npeaking
Where that hasty word was laid,
Oh 1 hut to break that alienee
Which weight on our heart like lead.
Oh 1 but to tarry once more
At that point whoro two roads met.
And choose as wo ohoso not then,
Made wise by a life's regret.
Oh! but to let out afresh
Wlth'Fome who from earth are lad,
Mow we've read them by tho radiance
' Death Sheds around (he dead 1
Thus cry wo now and again
In words of reranrsoful pain,'
Tct deep in our hoart of hearts
Thank God that tho prayor is vain.
Backward lu lliblr expressions of loyal
ly; addressos and christening gifts
poured in. Amongst other things, a
public subscription With frtiSCu lo plus
chsee the historic Chateau do Clmm-
bord, the title deeds of which were pre
sented to the baby prince.
ended.at last in a lengthened retreat in a
house at Mantes, where silo was flimllr
hettafren fob Mold W Ltiufc Philippes
Uovefnteontj by a Jew natned Dent*
whoin site had trusted.
l’ho Comte do Ohatiibbtd litis nevoi
hittiseit inndo fin earnest and foal effort
to regain his tnrolio. Ill loW Ills UifWlfc
our young princo, reigned under tho
title of Oharles X.
Bourbon to the bnoUbone, Oharles had
not learned, through all his sufferings
of his house, and that ho protested
ngainst the dynnstv of Louis Philippe.
Hb further intimated Th*t li«! intended
people., fits reign presents ono long
cotirso of attempts on his part to restore
the old methods of despotic government.
At length, in July, 1830, the climAx
came.
Charles Dix found, as the othttr des
pots hare discovered before him, that
lie was hampered greatly by two institu-
iiowi—Ml Elective Chamber and a
Free Press, The King made various at
tempts upon his beta noire*; on July
20, 1830, lie determined ta be the death
of them both at once,
He issued Oh thnt day, throtlgh his
Ministry, threo ordinances.
By tho first,, ho journals Were to be
issued except With the express anthor-
'j, v °d|, y° ar *, n R°> Bn y 8 a recent ! istation of the Government, to be renewed
Preuoh writer. The story of how. the every three months, and liable to be
French throne was lost by the Bourbon suddenly withdrawn should the Govern-
.iuo is fraught not pnly with political mont consider thnt the paper contained
lessons, but nlso w.in a romantio interest | nny objectionable matter. By file sec-
CIlAMliORD’S LOST CROWN.
Thorn is no history sbont which it is
io difficult to obtain accurate information
is the history which our grandfathers
Cliambord, a royal incognito, and lie
desired that this title should fib Used ill
addressing hito by aU foreign Courts. In
the same year he married the Arch
duchess Marie Thercse of Austria, but ns
lfiel-8 aHi nb Children of this trintriagb,
the elder branch of the Bourbons "in
tail male” expires with tbo Gointe do
Cliambord. No friend of Franco can
over regret the deoroaso in number ol
tho pretenders to her throne, however
Sincere a sigh may be yielded to tlw
harmless memory of the quiet geiit'e
man and uncrowned prinoe.
light in the morning and prowling arotlnd f
a fiitra doing chores boforo it is time to
do dir fefl, f don’t Warit nny more farm."
^ • - •
THE POTATO ROT.
STRANGEST FREAK OF ALL.
I3UY YOUR
spectims, mm,
FROM
JE RNICAW,
Kona Kcnulnn wlthoul our Trad* Mark.
On band and for aula.
Si’Ll TAtm NOSE GLASSES, ETC.
MUSIC, MUSIC
OO TO—
JERNIGAN
FOR
VIOLINS, ACCORDIONS,
Bows, Strings,
Rosin Boxes, Etc-
Machine Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
FOR ALL KINDS OF MACITINFB, for tala.
I will also order parta of Mnclilnea
that get broken, for wiiich new
pleeeaare wanted.
A. J. JEHNIGAN.
O. H. Rodin*
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
8ANDERSVILLE, GA.,
Will praetloa in the oounttaa of Waalilngton,
Jtffsnon, Johnson, Emanuel and Wllkluaon,
and In tha U. B. Courts for tha Boutbarn Dle-
trlotof Georgia.
Will aot aa agents in buying, telling or
renting Beal Estate.
Offlce on Wtot aide of FnbUo Square.
Oot ll-tf
richardTharrisT’
attorney at Zctw,
SANDERRVILl E, GA.
Will pnitice in nil the courts of the
middle circuit, and in the counties sur
rounding W fhington Special atten
tion given to commercial law.
E- $. LANGMAOE,
Attorney at Zaw,
8ANDER3VILLE, GA.
mayor.
O. H. ROGERS.
the story of how tho erdwn of Frnuco,
feobly directed by tho hands of a foolish
fond old man toward the head of Henri
Charles Ferdinand do Bourbon, Com
monly called tho Comte do Cliambord,
was snatched away ill (ho just wrath of
an angry nation, and tho words wero
pronounced by a whole pcoplo: “Tliy
kingdom is given to auolho:.
Louis XVI of Frnuco when ho died on
the scnffold left behind him two children,
and two brothers. Tho children were
thnt poor little prince who died in the
Temple, and who knew nothing of sov
ereignty, bnt to whom was given by tho
oourts of Europo the empty title of
Louis XVIT, and a daughter, tho Prin
cess Mnrio Thereso, tho luckless namo-
sako of her mnoh-tried grandmother,
Mario Therosn, Empress-Queen of Aus
tria and Hungary. Tho two brothors
wero known reR[>bctively during Louis
XVI’s lifetime, as the Comte do Provenof
and tho Comte d’Ai’tois. The Snlio lnw
excluding Mario Thereso from suocos-
sion, the Comte do Provence accord
ingly boenmo Louis Dix-huit. Ho was
at thnt timo an old man, mid childless;
tho brother, tho Com to d’Artois was
therefore tho heir presumptive.
Now, the Comtcd’Artois had two sons,
tho elder of whom was married in 1814
to his cousin, tho princess who in Eng
land would have taken the throne,
Marie Thereso, daughter of Louis XVI.
Sho was a woman nenr forty years old,
and the terriblo events of ln r early
yonih had mado her sad and oldor than
her years.
In 1810 tho Duke of Orleans was the heh
presumptive to tho throne; mid ns soon
as it boenmo olear that Marie Thercse
wonld bo childless, tliero was only ono
way to keep tho detestod Orleans from
the throne. That chanco rested upon
tho fortune of the marriage of tho
younger son of the Comto d’Artois—the
Duke do Beni.
This, thon, was tho state of affairs in
tho matter of tho French llirono in 1816.
Louis Dix-huit, old and childless, wore
tho orown. Tho Comte d'Artois, his
brother, was next heir; and the heir
presumptive was his oldest son, Louis
Antoine, who was married to his cousin,
Marie Thorese, and childless. The next
heir after him was his brother, tho Duke
de Berri, who, although nbont thirty-five
years old, wos still a bachelor, and, fail
ing issue of him, the Orleans branch
would inherit. Clearly, it was necessary
get tho Dtiko do Berri married; and
it was very desirable to marry him to a
young person of esprit, who could coun
teract the social influence of tho < rlonns
palace by tho most distinguished hospi
talities and gaieties of the reigning
conrt.
The young lady selected for tho im
portant position wns a relative of tho
reigning house—the daughter of the
Bourbon Princo who was heir apparent
to the throne of tho two Sicilies. Marie
Caroline de Bourbon became Duchess do
Berri in 1816; she wus thon only sixteen
years old.
The immediate business before her on
ner marriage was to set tho fashion, and
o sustain the part of leading lady at
court. This she did with as much vigor
is she long after displayed in more seri
ous scenes. _ , ,
In 1820 the Duke and Duchess de
Berri were tho parents of two daughters,
bnt the long desired heir to the Bourbon
throne had not yet made his appearance.
Timo enough, however, as it seemed, for
that; the Duchess was still a girl, and
the Duke young, strong, and .healthy.
On February 13, in that year, it was
publicly made known that the royal pair
would bo present at a masked ball attlie
opera, in tho Rue Riolielieu. They
went, in accordance with their promise
and shortly before midnight tho car
ringes stood at the door to convey them
to their homes again. Preceded by torcli-
oearers, they descended the steps; t?w
around presented “ ” n
dim ordinance, the existing chnmbor ol
Deputies was dissolved. By the third,
tho King, on his own authority, dimill
ished tho number of deputies, reduced
their term of ofllco, and altered their
qualification and the methods Oi election.
Hating signed these,’ liis Majesty, Charles
X, retired comfortably to St. Cloud,
So blind were tho king and his minis
ters thnt they did not, it appears, antic!
pate any serious opposition to these or
dinances. No intimation was given to
tho military authorities that nny dnngcr
wns impending. But Paris wns at onoe
in a ferment. The journalists held n
inoeling, and resolved that tho ordinan
ces, being illegal, should not Vie obeyed.
Tho papers wore printed behind locked
doors, and thrown in bundles out of the
upper windows, nbove the bends of the
police, nmoDg tho eager mobs who sun
rounded the offices.
The next morning barricades rose all
over Paris. Tho public buildings wtre
seized by the people. The soldiers in
large bodies joined their brethern ill the
streets. The tricolor was hung out at
tho Hotel de Villo, and on tho steeple ol
Notro Dame, where tho great bell was
kept tolling to cnll the pcoplo to nrms.
The Chamber of Deputies met, in defi
ance of the ordinances, and began to
propose terms to their sovereign. II<
on his royal pnit,coolly sent word to tb
commnndnnt of his forces in Paris "t
concentrate the troops, nnd net
\n Incident *1 the Knrihqnnke »■ the 1st-
nnd ol Jnvn.
One of tbs most singular incidents
was tho sildcton rising oU tile fofehOOn of
Tuesday of fourteen new Volcnnio lMtmti*
tains in the Straits of Sntldn, forming a
complete chain in nlmost a straight lino
between Point St. Nicholas on the Java
conet and Iloga Point on the Coast of
Bumatfa, almost ou the tops of what had
been the Mernk and Middle Islands,
which sank into tho sea tho previous
day and went heaven knows where.
Dio Gunung Tenggcr has not had an
eruption beforo sinoo 1800, whon an ex
tent of land seventeen miles long and
Boven wido was completely covered with
the white and sulphurous mud
peculiar to the eruptions ol
Java. Tho -peak of Gunung
, Hfclfntlflc Vliir of ivilnt jlninii lb Vt’ltli a.
nor illnUfl* io M lint iBnoiilu be Dond.
[From the Scientific American.1
At the time of writing,tho daily papers
contain telegraphic accounts of tho great
destruction of tho potato crop in vari
ous sections of the country. The dis
ease, judging from the descriptions, Is
dottbtWs the Otic hiidWn ns tho " potato
rot." This Is not a ttetv trouble, and
most of the older inhabitants con re
member the ravages of this pest iu 1812
and again in 1844, when it spread over
Great Britain, Ifelandi .and tho United
States, causing nitioli distress to those
who make the potato the leading article
of food.
The rotting of tho potatoes is onnsed
by a microscopic fungus, Peronnspora
infestnni, which iuft-Bls tho potato
plant.
By ftingtis Is Understood n plnnt of «
Very low ordor, the tnoto familiar metrt-
hers of which Urb tho toad»tools, mush
rooms, mildews awl moulds. Bomo of
the fungi live only on decaying orgonio
matter, and are comparatively harmless;
in fact, are often helpful in hastening
decay nnd preparing snbstanoos for fu
ture usefulness. Other species of fungi
fire parasitic, growing upon livingthings.
The bread inotlld is ft familiar illustra
tion of a small fungus whloh feeds upon
dead matter, while tho potato rot fungus
is an equnlly itriking example of one
! thriving upon ft living plant Tho mil
dew of tho gtfipC, which has caused
groat dnmngo in many vineyards, is a
close relative of the potato rot. They
both belong to tho samq genus (peron-
otpora), a genus which contains n large
number of species, and all arc destruc
tive to tho host plants.
The potato rot fungus consists of long
filaments or threads, which grow through
the substance of the potato plant, and
rob it of juices nnd induce n rapid decay.
Tougger 4s 0,000 feet above the sea, and , ruu H 111 JIUUCO BUU JIIUIUAJ n *ttojviva m wy,
tho monument of flame on top of this | The fungus usunlly makes its first np-
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mado a scone of wonderful grandeur,
[ivory moment a huge boulder nt a red
and white bent would bo hurled from
Tenggor’s crater with terriflo force, and
after going hundreds of feet into the air,
would fall back with a whirr, orashing
through tho thatched roof of some
Chinese flshormau’s hut or crushing be
neath its huge mass the body of some
native pensant. Muoh of the northern
portion of tho island, which was covered
with tracts of forest, was soon iu one
great blaze. Tho red-hot vomitings
from tho craters had set the trees on Are,
and the giants of tho woods fell, one
after nnollior, like so ninny slioaves of
wheat beforo a gale. As the eruptions
increased in frequency and violence the
disturbance of the waters surrounding tho ^ _ .
them in mosses.” But before this heart- I barren coast became more and more vio- they movo quickly a
loss message, which meant tho destruo- | tent. Here tho waves rushed with ter- most admirable provi
CLEHIC <6
D. E.
2/JiEAS UJtEli
B, WELLS.
MAliS&ALL.
•T. E. WEDDON.
A L DEZtM-EA.
W. H, LAWSON,
Wm. rawlings,
S. G. LANG,
A. M. MAYO,
M II. BOYER.
2on’n of 2ennille.
M'yor- Jolvn C. Ilarman.
Aldermen - W. P. D ivi-. J.
S P J Pipkin. T. J. Beck.
V, 0lk - 8. H. B. Massey.
Marshall—J. C. Hamiltm.
W
tion ol life and property, was received,
the troops wero largely beyond the con'
trol of their ofllcors,
Tho next dny—tho 29th—the last of
tho glorious three days”—tho end
enmo. Tho king decided to withdraw
the ordinances; but already the Cham
her of Deputies had appointed the
Duke of Orleans "Lieutenant-General
of tho kingdom.”
When this nows reached tho conrt the
king and the dauphin agreed together to
solemnly abdicate, tho ono his rights in
esse, tho other his rights in posse, and
to doclnro the young Duke de Bordeaux
the sovereign of Frnncc. Agnin they
had to learn that it wns too late. Tho
Chamber of Deputies for all reply sent
commissioners to order the king to give
up the crown jowels and to leave tho
country. Tho on tiro royal party—poor
Mario 'Thereso ag«iu driven forth, tho
king once more an exile, the Duchess do
Berri and her ten-year-old sou—were
conducted through Franco to Cherbourg
without a hand being lifted on their be
half. There they wero placed on board
American vessels, which snilcd with them
out of a harbor where every vessel wns
decked with the tricolor, and brought
them over to Portsmouth. They were
ritto force up tho steep, rocky inolino,
breaking upon the overhanging crags and
recoding rapidly, leaving a lava flow
cooled just nt tho moment when it was
about to fall over a precipice, and there
remaining quickly hardened by oontnet
with tho waters mid forming distiuot
strata of black and bright red, purple
and brown, all thrown about iu tho most
pearnneo upon the tinder side of I Mo
leaves ns frost-like p tClies, soon causing
tho folingo to curl and turn brown. This
frost-liko appearance is duo to a multi
tude of spores which hnvc formed upon
the ends of fungus threads protruding
from the breathing pores of the leaf.
There aro ninny thousand stomata or
breathing pores to tho square inch, and
a dozen or more threads may come out
nt each opening. Eacli of these threads
forms branches, and each branch hears
a spore. This helps to give an iden of
the vast number of spores formed upon
a ainglo affected leaf. Those snores ger
minate quickly nnd In a peculiar man
ner—each sporo giving riso to several
smnller spores provided with hnir-like
appendages (cilia) by means of which
' kly aruiiid. This ih a
provision for tho rapid
nnd perfect spreading of the disease
when it has once “struck" a potuto
field.
After the foliage has become affected
the disease passes into the ptemH And
down to the tubers, whon tho most de
structive' work is' done. The farmer
should be on tbo watch for this fatal pest
of his potato field. Like luost fungi this
eccentric masses, while huge peaks of' Peronospora thrives best in warm, rainy
basalt rose nt frequent intervals. or “muggy” wenther. In ono of the
Then came the waves overwhelming a recent press reports it was stated that
marshy plain, engulfing a hamlet of fish- tho decay wns caused by the wet weather
mincn’s rude houses, nnd, turning sud- which has prevailed in many parts of
ctenly back, swept away nlmost every ves- tbo country. The wenther was only a
tige of wliat n moment’beforo bad been a favoring condition for tho growth of tho
scene of bustling activity. What a few rot plant, os much sons (lie rains arc
hours before wore fertile valleys covered aids to tho popular development of tho
fllE Pooh MAllMRD MATS,
He boarded the Bt. Clair rlvof boat
yesterday morning -with his wife and
five children, and tho family Wero not
rot seated When he began:
"Now, Sir®, Pll bet fifty dollars you
forgot 1 to’hoofr-tlint wood-nbAd dour.”
"Morey cn Hie, so T did I” she gasped.
•'Just i» t expected—jUst exactly;,
we’ll got home to find the M«ts6 clean*-’
out or in ashes. Never mind, though,
it wotfid servo Us just right 1”
The boat had Hot yet started when
one of tlie boys, who insisted on Home
gymrinslicS With a chair, fell t<7 the dock
and set up.n great squall.
"Broke both nritas or I'm a sinner I”
shouted the father. "I told yon he’d
do it if we let him come along, and now
lie’s a cripple fur life 1”
It was, hoWevcr, discovered thnt tho
youngster hod sustained nothing more
serioiiH than a skinned nose, and peace
wns restored and continued until the
wife suddenly disoovered that she had
lost her wntoh.
"Of oourse—of conrso 1” growled the
husband. "There goes one hundred
and twenty-five dollars of my hard earn
ings ) I kuew you’d have it stolon beforo
you lmd gone a rod 1”
"But perhaps I left it on the bureau.’’
"Well, it will bo luggod off beforo
night, just the snmo. Serves you Just
right for bulldozing mo a whole mbnth
to make this infernal excursion. What
nils tlint woman’s baby ?”
"I declare if it hasn’t got the wlioop
ing-cmigli 1’’
"Of conrso—of conrso, and uot ono
of your ohildrou over had it. Yen’ll
havo business on your hands for tho
next six weeks.”
Tho next half honr passed peaoefull y
cnVuigh. Thon somebody observed thnt
a man whoso gnzo was fixed oil tho
water probably contemplated suicide.
"I expected nothing else I” exclaimed
tho disconsolate husband, "but maybo
lie will listen to reason. "
Going over to the stranger ho laid n
hand on his shoulder and brusquely in
quired :
“Hir, do you moan to jump into iho
lake?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply ns tho man
looked up.
"Just so—exactly—I suspected ns
much. You’ll utter a yoll ns you go
over nnd kick up all the bobbery you
can, I suppose."
"Yes, sir."
And my wifo will faint nway and every
young’un howl liko nn Injun I I’ll giro
you a dollnr to go over on tho sly.”
"No, sir; not for $1,000."
"Haven’t you nny feelings for a man
who hns liad steamboats and fish nnd
rivers and lakes and flats pounded iutc
him for three mohths ?”
"None, sir."
"And won’t $5 bribe yon t"
"It won’t."
"Then go nhend with yonr oration and
deatli yell I Make all tho fuss yon will I
Splatter around in tho water as long ns
you possibly can, nnd fix your eyes on
my family* whon you go down for the
last timo I I never had any other kind
of hick, and I’m going down to the
saloon nnd got drunk preparatory to a
biler explosion t Good-by, old toller;
serves mo right, I don’t complain."
When he was helped ashore at tho tints
ho was weak iu tho kneos and limber in
his spirit. Gathering his family around
him lie counted:
Seven, eight, nine, ten, ’lezen, twelve.
THE OLD SETTLER ON THp CROP?}.
Ironical Krnmrk* About Iho >ftqnlre»ofarm
Brenk ■» o Fleooool Evoolog.
" The ryo crop wa’n’t nohe 'o the big
gest this season, an’ now with own turn
in’ out to be nothin’ more than nubbin^
an’ durn few o’ them to the aore, mi ap
ples o-lookin’ no bigger now thaii ttaejr
was six weeks ogo, an’ not half so much
juice in ’em, I tell yon, b’goeb, bojs, it
makes mo shedder all over to think what
we may hef to come to ’fore this time
ncx’ year.”
Tho Old Settler to, for the time, a
pessimist. The future is tinged^ with
but little brightness for him, aa a fntnre
which threatens his dearest comforts
must be to any one.
»’Course,” said he, " they’a proberty
with flourishing plantations of coffee;
rice, sugar, indigo or tobacco, the sta
ples of the island, were now but mud,
atone aud lava covered fields of destruc
tion nnd ruin.
Buildings that Resist Earthquakes.
The volcanio eruptions in Java, tho
earthquake in Ischia, and our own Wos-
, „ , , -., , tern tornadoes hnve probably caused
granted Holyrood Palace for a residence more destruction of life and prop-
nnd there they settled down, while Lotus 1 than they would have caused if.
Philippe was proclaimed king of France, bcon specially adapted to'
and so established for the time l>eiug the | re8 j 8 ^ them. In Japan, where shocks of
Why blessmy stars 1 I hud five ehih'rcn
when wo loft Detroit, an’ now I’ve got
ton I Juss my luc.k—juss zi ’spcctod I
Los’ watch—whooping-cough—suicide-
ten shildron—whoop ! Hlierves me juB’
rizo !’—Detroit Free Press.
earthquake are frequont, it is not usual
to dig foundations for any building, no
matter how large or important it may
| bo. Rocks slightly roandod at the top
throne of tho younger branch upon the
ruins of that of the elder house of
Bourbon.
The Duchess de Berri could not bring ^ > o
herself to thus resign her sou’s throne I pj^gd w here tlio four corners of tho
forever. Her entreaties to be appointed | 1OU80 ftre to be. Tho corner posts, nlso
the regent for 1 im were unceasing; and 1 ro „ u ded at the end, rest ou these. The
at last, in 1832, the old king yiolded to t j m p, er8 are all pinned together, not
lier nnd allowed her to enter into nego- na j[ e d > B o as to allow of considerable
tintions with the Royalists of Franco, ns raovomen t without coming apart. In
the representative of tho elder family, t[le Antral portion of the building the
nnd moro especially of hor son, Henri tjrn y )er8 „ re particularly heavy, and act
Cinq. The district of La Vendee, ever 1 ^ ballast. In high towers there are some-
a stronghold of traditional loynlty to di- 1 t ; meB h n g 0 beams swung from the roof
vine right, remained truo to the exiles, ftnc j rea ching to within a foot of the
and there tho duchess resolved to go, ground, which prevent the building from
Sho landed on the shore near Marseilles g e i n g overturned either by earthquake
ou a night so stormy tlint the captain of or Btonn< The oldost building in Japan,
the steamer declared that a boat could tlj0 Treasury at Nara, is built in this
not live in tho sea. Tho Duchess, how- mamier) without the swinging beam, but
ever, insisted on making tlio attempt. with a very heavy ballast in the frame-
"She waa on this occasion, ''’rota I wor k Q f tbo centre of the floor. A well-
Goneral Dermonconrt, "what sho always known M tiBt is the inventor of a painting
is in real danger—calm and almost gay. which is constructed in part on the
She is one of those frail delicate beings Bftm0 p r i nc ipi e . It rests on stones at the
, - . nrpsenteci arms—tho I whom a breath would be supposed to corner8i the timbers are keyed together,
guard J£a thCarriage—when have power to bend, and yet who only |vnd it carrieB a heavy ballast unaer the
Duchess had enter . £ {he ftt _ OI1 j oy existence with a tempest either floor _ It j B) however, in addition, se-
suddenly a man b rstl B * rri by 0V er their head or in their bosom L ure d to the ground by ropes and
tendanta t caught the Dukc a ^ ^ | ni(rht the Duchess slept in a | auc h 0 rs. This hut will outride a gale in
. perfect safety. Probably it would not
she received intelligence that the pro- withstand the. force of a tornado; but
iected rising on her behalf in Marseilles it would w birl through the air without
PS. °S I TtX
adits'-; -rj 14 eui “’ 10 ffirbSSr. s.tss m,8 “
Hl f ” la ^-ph ho lay in the ante- I [e £ struggle for her son’s crown are
chamber of Ve deserted opera-house: more like a romance than sober mne-
, ,. u- wife’s arms as he died, I teenth-oentury history,
he rested in his wile s a t>oor „ H „ nnft8 f r0 m disobvery anu
Almost the last those- fronfdeath by drowning, alternate in the
young man uttered were th . Btory with her fascinations of Bepubli-
"Take care of youi-self, Carolmo, for J her nnmunnu ring endunuico of
the sake of the heir that you may be | . -, v.. a .i..v n,. .imnmat com-
theshoulder, and plunged a knife rnto
his right side. Leaving the weapon in
the wound, the assassin rushed away to
be captured a few boms after. . J.iw
pronounced tho wound
His relatives gathe
" m » . * i - - m ♦ ii a n ti tSAm i i 0. (toil rrct i a tnr n hr nun □ v* u u ** w i ^JIS EE V
“I’ll have to fine you five dollars,
said a police judge to a man who had
been arrested for drunkenness.
" Judge, you ought not to make me
pav five dollars. Why, yon know me,
uuuD, ***~ — , i T keep a summer resort hotel near here,
x . pain and hardship in the strangest com- ** L Btoppc d with me a couple oi
itwr{g33» - f“”
.STSlSe.,-wu.« -■afStoi?tiz
and devoted women, and her expedition
the sou saw tho
Ug The people on their side were not
■ ■I'D i,ply fine you te* dollars.”—Ut
ile Sock Traveler.
various field crops. Weeks ago we pro
dieted, and with a great degroo of cer
tainty, that potatoes would rot in many
sections. This came from a knowh dgo
of the liftturo of the rot and tho conditions
which fnvor its development.
It hns been shown tlint the disease is
first seen upon the leaves. When the
foliage begins to curl and turn brown,
’ the potatoes should bo dug at onco, and
in this prevent tho fungus from reaching
the tubers. The potatoes should then
lie placed in a cool and dry place—tho
conditions least favorable for tlio further
growtli of the fungus should it be pres
ent. Ah affected tubers should bo
thrown but and gathered with tho vinos
and burned. This destroys multitudes
of spores which might otherwise Jive
through the winter and be ready to pro
pagate tho rot the following season.
There hns been a great deal said about
• rot proof ” varieties of potatoes, but
they probably do not exist, Some sorts
ore more susceptiblo than others, prob
ably from constitutional weakness. MVnv
prizes have been offered in England for.
the finding of the best sorts to withstand’
the attacks of the rot fungus, but with
out nny satisfactory results. Knowing
that tho diseaso is caused by a parasitic
fungus, the rapid development of which
is favored by moist, warm weather, there
is little hope of finding a variety of po
tatoes so abnormal ns to be " rot pr /of.”
A Chinese Visitor.
The United States steamer Richmond
when nt Shnnglini, China, was visited
by Li Hung Chang, an official of gr< at
power. Tho visit was in return for one
paid the official by the officers of tho
steamer. An officer, in writing of tho
visit, says:
"He came to tho landing with a body
guard of about 200 men, a large number
of whom were horsemen; they lined
each side of tho street for ubout two
blocks. Wo finally gave him a drill, at
which he wns delighted, and when ho
left the vessel on the way ashore he said
that he should be very much pleased
to send to the Admiral, for the use o!
the men, a slight token of his esteem
and of his appreciation of the efforts to
entertain him on board that day. Iu a
short time orders upon the grocers and
market-men began to come off, and when
they had finished we found that liis
‘slight token’ consisted of—12 live
sheep; 2 bullocks; 200 fowl; 1,000 pounds
of bananas; 1,000 pounds of fruit; 8 cases
of English beer, in pints (8 dozen each
case); 8 cases of English beer, in quarts
(4 dozen each case); 8 cases of claret (1
dozen quarts in each case).
"The men of tho Richmond said that
they would be very glad to have e
Chinaman like that come on board every
day.”
Solid Seriousness.
/rrUARTNO AN EDITOR WHO WANTED ARTI*
0LK8 WITHOUT ANT FUN AI10UT THEM.
The editor of a prominent periodical
hod among its contributors ono bright,
but erratic gonius, who always seasoned
his matter with tho spice of linmor.
One day tho editor called him in and
told him he wanted him to bring in sev
eral articles without any fun about
them.
But how can I’ do it ?” pleaded the
contributor.
I don’t know how, but I know you
can,” replied tho editor.
"Well, will you take my judgment on
the articles ?’’
“If you promise to be serious, I will.”
“All right, I think I may bo able to
satisfy you that they are serious.”
Then ho went away, and tho next day
returned and placed a bundle of papers
on tho editor’s desk, which that worthy
immediately proceeded to examine.
After a minute or two, ho looked up and
said in amazement:
"Why, what’s all this? Haven’t you
given mo the wrong stuff?”
“I guess not. What’s wrong?”
"Why, here's a bill of $15 for board,
another of $5 for washing, another of
$50 for clothes, another of $10 tor pew
rent, and henven only knows what’s ini
the rest of tho pile."
"Well, wlmt’s wrong? There ain’t
any of them receipted, is there?”
"No, not as far os I’ve seen; but I
don’t understand why you should bring
them hero.”
“Didn’t you say yon wanted some ar
ticles without any fun in them, and
• didn’t von say you’d take my judgment
on tlieir being serious, and could I have
found anything with less fun in it than
what I hiivo brought you? If you don’t
accept .my judgment in this matter, I
want to quit right now."
"I catch on. But don’t quit. I’ve
been there myBelf, and I can see clearly
that you have an excellent sense of the
serious. I’ve got a few old manuscripts
of the same sentiment on file, and I vo
not beon able to see anything funny iu
them theso many years !”
Then they went out and looked through
a glass darkly.
keep the price from doin' up
an’ up »n’ up, ’till, Vgosh, ft feller Wuns
know what it’s bes’ to do, jine the tem
perance society, an’ kinder drown hto-
sclf out, or mortgage tho old plnce an’
eond up the hull business a-nummln’.
Good evenin’, ’Squire. How’s crops up
yonr way?" • »
" Wall,” said the 'Squire, " buqkwhit
an' tators is lookin’ pooty tol’ablo, con
siderin’, but rooty-bogies mowt bo
twicot cz good, and then yon wouldn’t
hov an ev'rage crop. But ez for white
1 leans, I never know’d such a crop senoe
iho year o’ the big drowt, when they
woivt nothin’’raisea in tbo hull county,
I wns gointer s*y, bnt white beans. But
ez fur a matter o’ that, .Mnior, my
place'll raise moro white beans than any
other place on the ridge.”
"Yes, b’goshit will!” exclaimed the
OM Settlor. •' The poorer the sileYhe
better tho benn crop. I ve nlltui noticed
that. How’s yet corn?”
" Wall, I didn't tbinkit wuth while to
put in no oorn this year," answered the
’Squire. "Inevorbftd much luck on
my plnoo with corn. It wouldn't nearer
prow inare’n two foot high, thon it ago
all to tawsol, an’ eonBarn'd an ear could
I ever git. I made up my mind that
tho groun’ wns so rich that it jist pttshed
tlmt tawsel up through the stalk too
fast, an’ didn’t give nothin’ ebe.no
chanco.”
" Couldn’t a ben, could it, thet the
groun’ were so dern poor that the corn
couldn’t git root ’nongh to hold the
tawsel book ? Oh, b’gosb, no 1 Couldn't
n ben that 1" ,
The Old Settlor wns growing more
and more ironioal. He knew the
'Squire’s farnl. ’
" Gointer git any apples on yer
place? ” be inquired. .
Apples," 8Aid the 'Squire, thought
fully, aa if he had almost forgotten the
state of that crop on his promises.
" N-o-o-o.—I—think—not. No, they
linin’t no apples on my place. Mino
hain’t a fruit farm.’dzno’ly.”
“ A fruit farm ! ’’ exclaimed the Old
Settler. "A fruit form I Goslillah’d
say it wa’n’t. Why, boys, a wild goose
berry bush wouldn’t live half a day ou
his farm, an’ tho top of a stun wall is jist
tho gardin spot o’ the nniverBe to a wild
goosoboriv hush I”
" Wall, Major," said the ’Squire, his
equanimity somewhat disturbed, 11 mob
ile my farm hain’t no corn farm, an’
mebbe t’aint flo fruit farm; but I’ll tell
you wliat it is, Major, it’s a paid-fur
farm. There hain’t no mortgage never
gointer tako it 'way from mel”
This was a line shot, for there is a
tradition that tho Old Settler parted
with a little property down in M-onroo
county once, at the disposal of which a
Sheriff took tho most active pyt, and
the old gentleman is rather sensitive in
reference to tho matter. He glared at
the 'Squire, shook his oane, and tried to
speak, but lie evidently couldn’t do the
subject justice. Ho sprang from his
chair and rushed out of doors. Thoro
was silence for five minutes. The
'Squire was apparently grieved at hurt
ing the feelings of his old friend. An
unpleasant sense of embarrassment per
vaded the assemblage. Suddenly the
door opened Dn a crock. The OlaSet-
tlor’s head appeared through it. There
was fire in his eye as he shouted:
" Durn good reason why, b’gosh I
They ain’t sile enough on yer plaoe to
raiso a mortgage on, b’gosh 1 ”
And the Old Settler jerked his head
hack, shut the door with a Siam that
could havo been heard a quarter of a
mile, and was seen no moro during the
evening. Ed. Mott.
An Irish lawyer having addressed the
Court as ‘‘gentlemen,” instead of "yer
honors,” after he had concluded a
brother of the bar reminded him of his
error. He immediately arose and tipol-
ocized thus : "May it plase the Court,
in the lmte of debate I called yer honors
gentlemen. I made.a mistake,yer hon
ors.” The speaker then sat down.
Fishing with Cormorants.
To bo of use for fishing, cormorant*
in China aro taken when voung from the
breeding rocks and regularly trained to
bring all the finny prey they capture to
their owner’s boat. When young a thin
collar is put around their throats to pre
vent them from swallowing their prizes;
but in timo the birds understand their
duty, and, except for occauional small
fry, which they probably think aro hard
ly worth going back to the boat with,
carry all they catch to the common store.
Is fishermen, they aro among tho most
expert of birds, and their tactics, when
they find themselves engaged with a
larger fish than they can manage, aro
very intelligent, for, if alone, the cor
morant strikes out the eyes of the fish,
a-;d then tries to guide the bewildered,
floundering thing to the boat. But as a
rule if one cormorant sees another in
trouble with a larger fish thin it can
tackle single-handed, it goes to its com
rade’s assistance, anil tho two, or several
together, put all their beaks into the
job, and thus bring tho captive within
'each of the boalman’s gaff or net.
Thh United States steamer Yantio is
now almost ready to go in search of
Lieutenant Greely’s Arotio oolony, and
we would respeotfnlly suggest, as a
paster for Mr. Chandler’s hat, that work
be begun at onoe on the ship whioh shall
<rn in search of the Yantio.—Life.
Dr. H. B. Hollifield,
FH7SIGI&H ill M,
Having r*o*ntly graduated at tha Unlvar-
sity ol Maryland and raturnad homa, now
offara bis professional aarvieaa to tha oluaana
of Banderavllle and vicinity. Oflloa with
Dr. H. N. HoUlflald, naxi door toRtra. Baynol
mill inary at or a.