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Newspaper Page Text) PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY ' NOTICE. Mn wniitttMlou intended tor ihti MP*r nut bs aesompanlsd with ths full imi<( Ui« writer, not neooasarll/ tor publl- settee, Muigoara tries of rxxl faith. Wear* la bo w*» responsible for the view* •r opinions of sorrespondsute. A. J. JERMGAN, Proprietor, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.60 per Annum. VOLUME V. SANDERS VILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1884. NUMBER 20. MUSIC, MUSK —ao to— JEBNIGAN Bows. Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc. E- S LANGMADE, Attorney at Liw, SANDERSVILLE. Q\. MAYOR. O. H. ROGERS n LFJtK ,t XltKASUJtEft, D. E. B, WELLS. MA ItsJJ ALL. J. E. WEDDON. ALDE7tMBA\ W. H. LAWSON, Wm. RAWLINGS, S. G. LANG. A. M. MAYO, M. II. ROYER. 0- C BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, •sndsnTtlls, Ob. Watches, Clocks , And JEWELRY BBPAIUB »¥ JMRXYXCAXT. Or. H. B. Hollifiold, rmifiUI ill SDRGEOI, Hxvtnii recently graduated et the Unlver- •tty nf Matyi-nd Mid returned home, now "flora Ida proleMlonal services to the oltleena S’. 1 Sendenvlll# end vicinity. Office with "r. ll N Hollldeld,traildoortofllre. Uayns’a milliner. More. ' a. w. s wbitakee. DENTIST, nendererllle, Oh TEH ill CASH. H. N flOLLIFIELD. Physician end Surgeon, Baedenrllle, O*. HUY YOUR mu, mu, I FROM JERNIGAM, Keae namilno wlthonl onr Trade Marti On bend end for tale, SPECTACLE*. NOSE 0LA8SB8. ITC. >, c. aim o. a. itbsaa* HINES & ROGERS Attorneys at Law, BANDERSVILLB, GAa WUI prsetlesln the epantlee of Washington, leOeraon.Jolinaon, Emanuel aad Wllklfieua, and In the U. 8. Conrta tor the Ooatkern Dto- trletof Georgia. Will eat u agents In boring, eeUIng nr renting Reel Estate. Offios on West aide of Fnblle Sqoars, Ootu-lf Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, TOR ALL KINDS OP MA0HINE8, for sals. I will also order parte of Machines that get broksn, for which new pieces are wanted. A. J. JEHNIOAN. SIX MUTILATED BODIES. Official Matenlent About the He* covered Deng of iho Greet)- I’erlf. The secrotary of the navy aud the secre tory of war were in consultation at the Brooklyn nivy yard yesterday with Com- ninncler Bchiey concerning tli# Greely relief erpodition. The following statement relative to the recent reports of the treatment of the Bodies of the dead of the Greely expedition was obtained from them after the consulta tion: "From the revelations made by exhuming some of the bodies, inferences have been wed either for food or for bait for catching Mu-imps. The following authentic extract rrom Commander Schley’s report, now being prepared for the secretary of the navy, shows ? Portion of the remains to have been ao trotted, but thut those of lieutenant Lock- v.. h “rgoBnt Israel, Sergeant Una, Frl- Schneider, Sergeant Cross, and the £*- unto ^rietiansen were absolutely whole and ''J In Prei L?,K’, rtatlon alcohol to St Johns, it was the bodies of six of them (Lieuten- v[, KfaUngbury, Sergeant Jewell, Privet* Whistler, Private Henry, Private Ellis and ™rg«aiit llalston) had been cut add the fleshy V “ removed to a greeter or lew extent 11,6 pther bodies warn intact,’ " the bodies of the. dead for EDITORIAL NOTES. _ > Bnmpv Wanes Women, eepeolelly those of the upper clams, *ho ere not obliged to keep themeelvee In con ation by work, lorn, eftor middle age, eome- Wmos earlier, e oonsldcrablo amount of their bight, not by stooping, aa men do, but by actual ooutpse, Sinking down-mslnly to be attributed to the peri.hing of the mmoles that ■BK>°rt the frame, in consequence of habitual end con.tsnt pressure of .toys end dependeno* «rthe ertiflolel rapport by them afforded. T" 7 flrl , who »«*" *t«r» that preee npon theee muaeles end restrict the free develop- opmeat of the liber* that form them, relieving them of their natural duties of supporting the •jPlne, Indeed incapacitating them from so *»«g, may feel sure she le preparing herself lo mi dampy woman. . **•■■** *• newer Co Prayer. inet betore theWIta earthquake reeohed Mansaqnan, N. Y., the corps of six "blood- weehed warriors" of the Belretion Army wee engaged in holding an open air meeting. Its *oek was scoempanied by a distinct vibration of the buildings throughout the town, and the people flocked to tkolr doorways in alarm end wonder. A few minutes before the ehoek we* Ml the “oeptsln" offered prayer. She was •omewhat diaoouraged by the want of Internet shown iu the Army by the eon-browned people nf the town, and eh* said In her prayer that "W* went Ood to oome in the fulness of Hi. power end shake this town npside down." torn* of her hearer, wen skeptioal. bnt when the earth shook they became greatly worried, and they have not yet recovered from their fright Hew Klellngbury Died. Some facts about the death of Lieut Els- Ungbury, of the Qrooly party, have oome to the knowledge of his brothers which have not •* yet boon published. About twenty-three daye boforo the survivors woro rescued, word oame to tho dying mon from the wstohers that a polar bear was seen. Kisllngbnry rallied his fast falling strength and Iod tlio way with two others following. Tho boar was shot, and It furnished food enough for tho remnant of the party to pull through. They had been living on strips of clothing. Wlion Klsllngbury had brought i ho hear In ho said to Grcoly i "That bear was sent by Provhlonoo." Kislingbury had before this—last fall—sustslnod a rupture by tho falling of an leoborg. Ho now failed fiat end teld: "Hoys, it's all up with me. When I am dead bury me with my comrades in tha Aretio regions.” A few days before he died he would crawl out of tho hut end lie with his faco to the sun. Ho died singing the sol emn word* of tho Doxology. Whllo sinking into a peaceful slumber he whispered these lest words: "Aggie! Aggie! Agglot" meaning hie first wife. Tke Rblaelander Caee. The effort! of tho Rhinelander family, of New York, to prove William C. Rhinolandor In sane, excito a good deal of comment. None of the testimony thns far offered by expert, end others is, in one aenso, conclusive, but the de termination to havo Rhinolandor placed in an asylum, If posslblo, seems very firm end urn- eat. The latest step, acoording to * state ment by his wife, Is the outting off of his al lowance, or et least its suspension, so that ho shell not havo money to pay eounsel. Hrs. Rhinelander stands up for her husband, any way, end all the more a, tho anlmne against him is developed. There Is now no doubt that for a long timo before the shooting of Lawyer Drake vigorous efforts were being made to ef fect a separation, Drake being the medium em ployed by the family. Mrs. Rhinelander ha* deolared ae much, raying that each time aha called at Drake's office tho effort! were re newed. Rhinelander's counter-effort with a pistol wag not exaotly commendable, hut it cer tainly looks aa if he had received a good deal of provocation. Aa for his being really in sane, ihat is very doubtful. Had he not "gone below hit station" for a wife, that question would probsbly never be raised. He is a little queer, and alwaya was, but many man era queer whose minds, nevertheltss, are quit* aound. A Chines* Bbuv*. Tho ouatomer seats himself ereot on a stool or benoh, with the knowledge that an hour must pus before he is released. Tho barber begins operation, by carefully washing th* victim’s face, rare, and head with very warm water, wiping off the dripping parts with a wet towel. Ho thon begins shaving the head, or rather around tha orown where the cue be gins, commencing over the right ear and moving along until the forehead and the lower put of the baokhead are oleaned. Ha next passes to the face and afterward to the neck. The ears are shaved and carefully brushed out and cleanod with delicate brushea and ingen' ious instrument*. Th* faoe, neck and arm* are then waahed and rubbed until tha akin ass am as a healthy pink. Th* second part is somewhat like tha "Swedish movement cure. Th* barber begin, to turn and manipulate tha head and neck until every cord end muscle hu keen stretched, pinched and pulled. Tha shoulders, arms and bsok are also scientifically pounded and pulled until th* viotim expresses n desire to have the manipulating stop. Th* one Is then unbraided, combed and cleaned, and again braided up and put In plaoa. Occa sionally, when a barber desires to show great attention to a distinguished customer, he rub* and pulls his fingers and even hia too*, until tho Joints crack. Three Meals a Day. An English writer gives some mnelmteeded advice ae to the time* and frequency of meals. In hta opinion the present usual praotioe of three meals a day hi* good reason, as well as custom, In it* favor. When work of any kind to being done, whether mental or bodily, the intervals between taking food should not be so long as to entail demands on the system when Us store of material for the generation of force to exhausted. Ad. ordinary full meal, in the ease of a healthy man, isgenerslly considered to have been completely digested and to hav* passed out of the stomach in four horns. A period of rest should then bo granted to the •tomacb. Assuming that two hours are al lowed for this, tho interval between one meal and another would be six hours; and this ac cords with the experience of most men. Du ring rest and sleep there is less waste going on, and especially during sleep there to a greatly diminished activity of all the functions of th* body. The interval, therefore, between the Uat meal of one day and the first of the next may b* longer, as It generally to, than between toe several day meals. Assuming that break fast be taken about 8 or 8 o’clock, there should be a mld-dny meal about 1 or 2. The character of this must depend on the nature of the day’s occupation and tho convenience of the indi vidual. With-women and children this to gen erally their hungry time, and tha mid-day reput, whether called lunoheon or dinner, to the ohlef meal So it is with the middle and laboring classes, for the most part. But for merchants, professional men and others, whose oocnpatious take them from home all the day, Jhis to inooavpg{ept ( and f moreover, if If no) found oonduclve to health or eomfort to taka a fall meal in tha midst of tha day's work. Than aaa, however, b* no doubt that much •vt • rises from attawiwHag t* go threagbth* day without food, and then with exhausted powers sitting down to a hearty meal Some thing of a light, easily digestible, bnt sustain ing obaracter, should bo takan toward tors o'clock. Tfclrtv sat Odd Vann Ags. The changes that bare been wrought in thto country In th* past thirty or forty year* are signally Illustrated by the manner in whieh candidates for the Presidency are Informed of their nominations. Now, a considerable num ber of gentlemen from all parts of the country wait upon tho candidate and addreu him, Ha aooepla and subsequently write* a letter for* ually giving hia view, aud opinions. But in thon days distances were too great, traveling too laborious and expensive for a personal at tendance upon the candidate. He was notified by letter, an answer written and tho campaign begun, den. Taylor waa nominated by the Whig convention at riillailelphla, Juno 7,1848. On the 10th a letter was sent him at hts resi dence, Baton Rouge, La. More than a month passed and no reply was received. At first the delay was put down to his crotchety ways, bnt aa tho timo wont on Ills long allonoe began to wear tho aspect of an affront. ThuTlow Weed, who had Taylor In oharge, grow desperate, and a meeting was actually held at Albany, where the propriety of withdrawing Taylor was dis cussed. There being no telographa, speedy communication was impossible, and letter after letter had received no response. However, nothing was dona at that timo, and the politi cian, awaited dcvolopmont*. On July 22, nearly alt weeks after the nomination, the postmaster at Baton Rouge wrote to the Post- muter-Oenoral that of the forty-eight letters aent to the Dead tatter Offloe that month moat of them were for Oen. Taylor. This was be fore the days of pre-paymenta, when postage waa ten rente. People frequently refused to take out letters addressed to them and pay th* poatago. Oen. Taylor would not take hia ont of tha ofl!o*. Hia mall expense* had become too bordenioma, h* raid, and h* deolined longer to liquidate. Subsequently learning that the** letters were Important, Taylor agreed to pay and they war* accordingly aent back to him. Among them was th* latter notifying him of hia nomination. So, after it had lain a month in tha Baton Rouge postoffioe and slowly traveled to Washington and book, Oen. Tay lor answered by a brief and unsatisfactory epistle. The Whig leaders were so diarattofled that they made him write another, In whieh h* did better. Candidates of the present day an almost u doUbarala aa ha waa ebont famishing their tottore of eeeaptsnoa, but it to not baeausa lbs announcement of their nomination to kiok- ing about tha oountry postoffices, or held for non-payment of postage. LATEILNEW& General George B. McClellan presided at tha New Jersey Democratic State conven tion In Trenton. Presidential electors wen nominated, a platform indorsing tho National Democratic platform and candidates wm adopted, and addresses were delivered by Governor Abbott, Congressman McAdoo and other*. An Immense assemblage witnessed tb* in •tallntion of the Most Rev. Patrick J. Rya* as Catholio archbishop of Philadelphia. At tho Connecticut Republican State con* volition in New Huvon, Henry B. Harrtoon was nominated for governor on tlio second bal lot, receiving 2Vi votes to 187 for l'hlneas C. taimsbury, mid ten for William H. Bulkeley '1 ho remainder of tlio State ticket nominated Is: Loron A. Cook, lieutenant-governor; Charles A. Russoll, secretary of state; Balon* tino B. Chamberlin, treasurer; L. J. M*Un- son, of Watorbury, comptroller. Presiden tial elector, wore also nriinlnfitod and a short platform Indorsing the national platform wai adopted. Governor Ireland 1msboon ro-nomlnnte.' by tho Texas Domocrats. At a State convention of tho Illinois Green hook Anti-Monopoly tabor party In Bloom ington, Butler’s candidacy was Indorsed; bin owing ton Blrlfoliotweon thoGrcenbnck Anti Mimopoilst faction and the straight-out Green backers no presidential [doctors were nomi nated. Tins Michigan Greuubnckcrs In State con vention at Detroit adopted a resolution In favor of a fusion with tho Domocrats Governor Uegolo was ren miiimtcd by bc* elninatlon and a platform adopted which commends General Butler's letter and rear Anns the Greenback national platform. El, Maiiiu’u rebel forces linve defeated hos tile Arab tribes. Corpses of Arabs with tlieii hands tied behind their backs were seen flont iug down tlio Nile past Dubbeh. BUTLER IN THE FIELD. Hew el tke Cssatry. In hie address accepting the nomination for President by the Greenback and Anti-Monop oly partial, B. F. Butler sets out by explaining how he went to the Chicago Convention u the representative of Greenbackcra, Anti-Monop olists, and the Massachusetts Democracy. Ho •hows how he labored to have the Convention accept his platform instead of adopting one of ita own, and when bo how, saw that this wonld not be done, lie turned his face against the convention. In short, he writis himself finally out of the Democratio Party. Then ho turns upon the Republican Party and proceeds to maintain that (t is con trolled by capitalists and monopolists from whom "tlie people" liavo nothing lo hope. In his address he gives his platform as follows: 1. Hostility to all monopolies in commerce, indtu-trlcs, and lands. 2. The preservation of Iho national logal tender currency of the people, constitutionally issued by Congrecs. 8. The needs of all men and women who labor in the production of wealth; to bo pro tected against the encroachments of (hose who absorb and consume without producing. 4. The necessity for reform and correction of abuses in government, so that Its pressure on Iho peoplo wonld be made as light sb possi ble; ils administration effective, to gnard the rights of American citizens at homo and abroad; to make pnblio servants, individual or incorporate, subservient to the uso and will of the people only, so as to restore tho prosperity of the country, with equal rights, equal bur dens, equal powers und equal privileges of all people. NEWSY GLEANINGS Paris has 25,003 boor shops, iu which the sum of 8153,000 is expended daily.* Grasshoppers and locusts hare destroyed immense quantities of grain and othar crops in Mexico. The sun’s heat to reported to hav* baked apples in the open air at 105 degrees, near Eagle Bridge, Me. During the first four months of this year (55,504,000 was invested in manufactures and mining in the South. s A temperance wave ban been rolling through New Jersey, and reform clubs havo sprung up in many places. The coming corn crop is estimated at ],- 197,000,003 bushels, against 853,000,000 last year and 813,771,000 iu 1882. Nine hundred and sixty-ono of thp 1,800 In babltanta of a village of Saxony were a’.tuok- ed with trichinosis after eating the lleali of a diseased pig. Fifty-seven of thorn died Dwellings are burned in this country at the rate of 000 or TOO, worth (1,000,003 a month. This equals the destruction of a city «C 4,003 inhabitants with aypiy row moon. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Bappsalnga of Interest to All, At Home and Abroad Tho bark Atlanta, from Now Orleans fur Gibraltar, displayed a signal for the steam lug off Pensacola tar. She reported sickness to tho tug boat, which tmyed her to the quaran tine station, twelve miles from bore, whore she wns isolated and examined by tlio quarantine surgeon. One man was dead and two of the crow wore sick with what was pronounced to lie yellow fever. Tlio vessel has left the quar antine station by order of tho hoard of hcnltli and will go to Hlilp Island. —Tha decision on tha boundary question between Ontario and Manitoba hu been given in favor of the former. Tha anti-monopolists nominated A. H. Weal, of Mississippi, for Vloo-PresldonL —Tlio New York IhraH received a lotlor from tha Danish Oonsulata concerning the relies of the Jeannette found off the Green land ooosl Captain Dlx says thoy floated 8,600 mile* In 1,000 daya. —An attempt wm made with dynamite, at Burlington, lows, to blow np tho reaidonoe of tho attorney prosecuting the liquor dealers. , —A Kingston (N. Y.) farmer, who wm so frlghlonod by the earthquake on Sunday that he look to hit bed, died recently. —Ipswloh, Mora, celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its aettlsmeut. * —Indiana are causing immense pralrio fires In Montana. .. ~^rtjghty.*lght buildings In tha bnsinoas por tion of Anoka, Minn., were destroyed by uro> loss estimated at (350,000. —The Boss Builders’ Association, of Nen gbrk. Informed the Bricklayers' Union that If tho Union would work ton hours a day until March next, tho Association would promise to accept nine hours as a day’s work after that timo. The In lcldaycrs will accept this propo sition and It Is thought tho strike Is ovor. —Two young ladlre wore drowned at Bnll'a Island, N. J., by their team backing their car riage Into a canal feeder, —Captain llealr, of Iho ravonrto steamor Corwin, lately cruising iu Behring Bea and tho Arctic Ocean, confirms the reported loss of tlio schooner Alaska, with all her company, six teen men, while on tho voyage from Godwin Bay to Ban Francisco last October. —At Tqpcks, Kan., tho Ktato conventions of the demoorata and roaubmliulnn republicans milled upon a State tlckot. —Tlio leaden of a new Hoct of FalthtsU si Chicago wore arrested for cruelty to children. —Gomes, the cook of tlio Julia Baker, whoa* captain waa murdered at eoa, arrived ill Now York on the Clonfnegos from Nassau. He bst n family In New York and wm earning honra. —Th* Empress at Chin* to raid to have de clared war against tha Frenoh, while the Uttar will sela* tha areaoal at Foo-ohow If their in demnity to not at one* granted. —Seventeen workingmen ware raffoo*ted re cently at Brays, Francs, owing to an aooident In the underground canal intended to oonneot the rivers Otoe aad Atone, In whieh they wore employed. / —The terrible dynamlt* explosion at Kazan, Buraia, by which 100 persona were killed or Injured, to attributed to Nihilists. Dynamlt* liomba wen found under the windows of the Central Police Station. Further etploaiona are feared. —A Vienna wrraapondent (able* th* aad termination of tha arttotlo career of the great painter, Bans Makart, who has been rant to an aiylnm for th* insane. —A schooner came In enlli-lon with the Untied Btatoa steamer Tallapoosa on Thursday night off Collage City, " ss.; the latter imme diately sank; the aoli ncr waa damaged; four peraons belonging - tlio ral'iipouau wero drowned, one nffio. r in .1 three of the crow. —A coolly tnemoii I abaft iu oourae of erec tion over tlio tomb of tin laic Governor E. D. Morgan, at Hartford, C am., was comi letely ruined by tlio wooden kti-uoluro which en- cloned it taking flro. —The frlgmrul murder of a young and innooent girl to reported from Woodatown, N. J. Three pereons ere already under arreil on suspicion of being oonoerned In the crime. —A man named Bhy, who robbed an exprooa company of (10,000 some time ago, was ar rested in Minneapolis. He hod spent the money. —It Iim been established that Cashier Dick inson’s defalcations hare wiped oat the capital of (500,000 of the Wall Street Bank, of Mow York oily, and that the appointment of a re- noivor wm inevltabto. VERY OLD PEOPLE, Mrs. Elizabeth Sahser, of Orange, Va.. to 104 yonrs old. Aiter living 110 years, James McCabe, of Mars Hill, Maine, ended his days In a poor- house. Mrs. Thankful Donnell, died In Weet Bath, Maine,recently, aged 100 years and four months. Txnnv JonNSON, of Jamaica, L. I., Is over a century old. His wife died last month aged 102 years. The oldest ootlvo Free Mason in Ohio is E. 13. Kendrick, of Chilticothe, who is iu his ninety-fifth yonr. Mbs. Polly Shoulders, of Jasper, Ind., who is in hor nintieth year, rocontly walks I fourteen miles in a single day. The contennial anniversary of tho birth of Mis Eunice Hollister, was celebrated at East Glastonbury, Conn., a short timo since. The widow of Foter Finegan, of West Chostor. Penn., is ninety-four years old. Hei husband died at the age of ninety-eight. At a recent wedding in Russia tho parents of the groom, who were both present, wore aged respectively 133 and ninety-six yonrs. A special act gives Simpson Harris, of North Carolina a pension of (50 a month for servicos rendered in 1814. Ho is 1(34 years old. On the ninety-second birthday of Mra Aas McIntyre, of Fonda, N. Y., she delighted Ter guests by playing "Auld Lang Syne” on the piano. A 80LH1EH named Prodier.who died recently at Auroux, Franco, was a century old before he married, and ho lived with his wife for eight years. William McDowell, of Traverso City, Mich., died recently ngod 104 years. He be came a member of tho Masonic fraternity in June, 1807, in county Antrim, Ireland. Altiiouoh ninety-eiglitycarsof ago, James Caldwell, of Eastman, Ga.. was an expert shot with a sporting rtile nml frequently went squirrel shooting last fall. Ho died a few days ago. Bat La Prairie was bom in Michigan in 1772. He is part Indian and port French. He entered tho American army when thirty- four years of age, and wns soldier, scout and interpreter through tho war of 1812. Ho joined tho army again in 1840, and servod in the Mexican war under General (Scott. His ago and infirmities caused his rejection when ho volunteered in our late civil war, but l was sworn into sorvico during the India troubles in Minnesota. He was never wounde but once. Ho is now living at Marshfield Wia, and is supported by private contribu tions. THE NATIONAL GAME. There were thirty-sevon home-runs In the Buffaio-Chicngo series. TnE total attendance at the Providence and Boston games was 513,387. More ladles attend games in Columbus than any other city in the country. The Chicago, Cleveland and Athletic clubs will lose their grounds next season. The total losses of tho disbnnded North western League clubs amount to ovor (30,000. The League pitching terrors are Buffinton, Welch, Galvin, Corcoran, Whitney aud ltad- bourna. “Catch on to this now drop of mine," said tho (1,200 a-vear pitcher. And the batsman was laid off for a week with eight ribs broken. Whitney, of the Bostons, is fast develop ing into an all-round, player. Thus far he has occupied five positions this season, namely— pitcher, flint base, third base, right field and center field. It has been definitely decided by the Ameri- cuu association to iiuve no more than eight clubs next year. Mony rumors ore alloat as to the clubs that will be dropped, but proba bly tho most correct Is that Brooklyn, Motro- politou, Baltimore, und the Athletics will be retained ill the East; and Allegheny, St. tatiis, Cincinnati and Louisville will com prise the Western dubs, and the Virginia and Uii'iiqhn I Ifiy krtnths Union SMOuimion. BATTLING ON WATER. Vtin noMRARDMIN* OF fun CHOW. rtis Chine** Fleet Wined list I.lks a Tex Wreck-Tbe French Ptries After the Chinese Und Censed--A Mnreaer* Insirnd of n Wnr-The French Fleet Itrimlerd. life., Ete. Londsn.—The Poo Chow srsensl wm As- ilroyed »fter throe knur* bambsrdmeiil bf Admiral Courbet’* iqiudrsn. Hcversl ChinsM gun busts were sunk *nd two escaped. Vis European settlement vu not disturbed. The French fleet sustained no damage during tils tombsrdment, The bombardment began St I o'clock In the afternoon, end oosssd at 8 p.m. Only one Chinese battery replied. The rrpirt that two French voraol* wore *nuk during ills ii!»* The ngagetnont is unconfirmed. Of Ihs Chinese men-of-wsr which escaped the French bsmkardment si Fo* Chow, “ wm stranded end had her hack * ‘ ‘ other met with ho mishap, T .. commenced the firing Sunday, directing their •b°to sgallut tho pagoda. It 1* surmised that tho object of the renewed attack I* to entirely obliterate the plsoo. The French transport* tieJreeuT* 1000 ••sight*Arotiud the do nr nxscsikhb. The Times’ Fon Dhow dispatch »»y* the French shelled tho barracks and camp n*st Quantss. No resistance wm made to the st- wok. Tho consulate buildings were looted bjf the Chinese soldlora, who were In uniform end were armed. The Frenoli ohlef of staff reports the Frenoh loss st six men. The Time* sor- respondent believes this estimate lo be nntrno. An English pilot was killed during tho scare Saturday night, When tho Frattoh opened tllclr navy Are, end it to bellered sank one of their own torpedo boats. The bouibsrdmont la de scribed m of the most sickening character, The Chinese fleet, lately on Min river, with th* Mceptioh of two ships, has bccli blotted ollt. No surrender was allowed to tlio disabled and sinking ships. Their guns having beett silenced they were shelled for hours. Admiral GOOrhet opened flro st 2 p.m., snd the ChlncM replied almost simultaneously. The dockyard arsenal fired Immediately, with only partial success. The eloveu vessels forming the Chi nese fleet were mostly tight river snd ooast transports, snd were really tore The Frenoh had eight heavily armed ships, namely th* Joltoi tlio Dugay, tho Trowln, the Delsinlng, the Arplo, the Yipero, the Loui and the Villen, i Several Chinese gunboats maintained lirsVsly s desultory fire for sliout s quarter of stt hottt. when the survivor* of their crews esespea overboard. The combat wm practically finish ed In seven minutes. The superior French artillery mails the contest, after disabling th* Chinese vessels, no fight. It wm s massacre. This to tha opinion of every spectator. Twtt othor, stationed shove th* Jnnks, made s good •tend. The Frenoh kept up the Are on the srsensl, the neighboring I nildings, forte, bar racks snd vlllsgo* until 5 o’clock In the after- noon, although tho resistance from the shore bstteriea c*ascii about 8 o’clock. Some French and Chinese ahlpa wero engaged In close prog, unity to the Engtish mon-of-wsr Vigilant snd Champion. At 0 o’clock Sunday evening three burning gunboats floated down th* stream, one osrrying ths French colors. Numerous flro junk*, blazing In a dangerous manner, Im perilled tlio English men-of-wer, bnt were feuded off. One English bark waa raved by tho English men-of-wsr. Tho French torpedo hosts exploded the sterns of the Yang Wo transports snd two sinking gunboat*. Th* scenes In the river as th* dead snd Wounded floated by. wero terrible. The English raved many of tho wonnded. The forts lower down liars not yot been attacked. The Times cor respondent was the only newspaper represen tative present. He was on board th* Cham pion. TNI SECOND ATTEMPT. The Frenoh iron clads entered ths mouth of the river this aftornoon st 2 o’clock. The 'Whit* fort opened fire with Krnpp cannon, i while the aliips were three miles nwsy. After an hours engagement the French retired. Th* | Chinese fire was good. A dispatch from Hano at*tee that Oen. MU- . lot hu taken the necessary measure* for re pelling the expected Chluese invasion of Ton- quin. It 1s rumored in Peris that Chins hM ! made a formal declaration of war, and n* notified tho powers to that effect. The Frettcl uient of Foo Chow. { A dispatch rrom Tien Tien rays th* French charged d'affairs hu left there. The sating ; consol still remains. The ltepubliqn* Fran- 1 cairn rays: "Francs will soon raise snd return liuoh territory in Chins as is useful to hsr. Chang Pel Bur will lead the Chins** troops against the Frenoh. SOUTHERN NOTES. ' ,l " ■■ ' t Key West tons* ailfgM. f C w ** nwmuslly abundant In Eastern Tests. Th* sclky which Jsy-Kys-See draws this *(h* •on weighs omy forty pounds. All round the wheat crop of 1884 for Texas will fsr exceed anything of the post. Ths work of toying brick for ths Atlsnts Chamber of Commerce hu commenced. h fair rest* Arkansas. Florid*. Lonltisns, snd Texas have doubled their rslirosd mlluge. Glare made from und, procured on Gelssr ranch, near San Antonio, is now mads in that tlty. Another Teats oily, Fort Worth, will shortly •njoy the advantages of tlio fres mall dellrsry system. *lhs recent heavy reins In Hals county, Ais., here damaged Iho cotton crop considerably in that county. A firm st Tullshoms, Tenn., Is uid tabs shipping soVeli thousand dozen eggs per week to northern hisi acts. Reports from the cotton districts in Alabama show s very much improved condition of ins crop in the last week or len days. The Corpus Christl people claim that their free Wool warehouse Is bringing back to thorn % large amount of llieir lost Wool trade. Noef cattle sell st three cento per pound gram weight in Austin, and the butchers retalllboef •t from fifteen to twenty cento per pound. The Southern lumber trade continue* to grow in Importance. It is asserted that the Southern cypress to a more useful wood than shite pine. Sorghum la attracting tho attention of North Carolina farmera m s paying crop, and more rare Is being taken to prodttno good molasses Ilian formerly, Tlie ladies of tho State are determined tliero •ball be plrnty of Texas Is-dqullta sod pliKUsh lona on cthiblliou at New Orleans. Thoy are organizing all otor Hie Btale. A report was mads on tho Dili Inst, by • com- notice of the Louisiana tagislatnro In favor Of giving each disabled Confederate ooldior one bundled and eighty cores of land. iiiii.ilt i giving hundrci At Waco, 1 eiaa, efforts are being made to ratahlUh another largo factory In lhatplaoc. 1 lie enterprise la to tw a cotton mill oompany, with a capital atock of one hundred thousand dollars. \ Tennessee has thirty-three cotton mllla, with seventy-eight IhmiMiiil eight hundred snd oar- e lily-erven spindles. Why shouldn't Tcira, utih her immense cotton product, have Hires limes ss many? It to reported that a fine mineral spring hM been discovered near Iho Cowpenc Utils ground, in Spartanburg county, 8. O., which era are Indignant at the statements i London Times respecting the bomi A MINING HORROR. ■‘right Men Muffo- nted In n Vmuyl* YAlllfL l oilierjr« The excitement over a Are at Buckridgn col liery near Shamokin, Tenn., was increased by tho huiTocalion of eight men who were engaged in tlio vain attompt to drive a hole from Greenback colliery into tlio burning mlno t' rough whirli to run tho creek- While tlio two Hii|HTiut<‘ji<lentH having charge of the nitm w‘.»ru atMeiit Peter Welker went down tlio Gro.mbuck hIojkj to feed the mules. In dcgnmdiug ho felt the wagon in which ho wm riding jar. He Jumped out and diBCOvercu the body of e hum lying on tlio track. Before bs could wo who the man was the fire-damp ex tinguished hia lamp, and, almost overcome and exhausted, he managed to get into the car, grasped tho boU-wlin snd signaled to bs holgtod. A few minutes later the wagon reached ths surface with Walker lying in it Insensible. This was tho first Intimation ths officials had of anything wrong Inslds. Frank War- drop and Valentine Depner volunteered to go down and reach the miners inside, but ths at tempt almost cost them their liveat Thoy were hoisted out more dead than alive. Both the Greenback and Buckrlilgo mines soon filled up with ga> and every one working about tlie places wm forced to the surfuco. Tho men who wore driving the hole, and fifteen mules were still inside, and nil of course perished. The milling engineers examined the slope m fnr ns they could with safety mid gave It as their opinion that tho gns forced its way from tho old workings down upon the miners, smothering tho eight men engaged in driving the hole. Their names are William Carl, Patrick Haley, William B. Clark, William Shankwoiler, William Taylor, George Bock, Robert White and William Fox. tisven of the men wero married, with large fomUlsa. ground, III Hpartaiilnirg county, 8. C„ which ruccrasfully cures skin diseases slid • greet lusny inward Infirmities. Dougherty Brae., and W. H. Howard ft Bone, two strong cotton firms, will ereot and flniah. u Augusta, Ga., by September 1, one of ths largest compreaaea In the oonntry, with a es- paelty of aiileen hundred kales per day. ! _ A site haa been purchased st Knoxville, Tend., for a new cotton mill, for which on* hundred and tweuly-flvo thousand dollars cap- ilal has already been raised. Anolbcr new woolen mill In Iho same city to slao probable. Effort* are being made at Birmingham, Ais.. to introduce and uticotirage the manufacture of finer caae cotton goo Js than at present made In the Houlhei’u States, and • valuable piece of property la tendered the Clarko Mile-end (bread ttorka M an inducement to eatabllah . works there. I The Salnla cotton fsotory, at Greenville, 8. C., has made a large and valuahlo contract with s Boston Aim for furnishing them with yarns until next January. Now England yarns wore offered st one-fonrth of • cent lower, but ths , superior quality of ths South Carolina yarns commanded ths cohtraot. I 14 to raid that 0. 8. Orsnt. John 0, New, Gordon, of Oeorgis, snd President Jewett, ol the Erls, are concerned in a scheme to build s | railroad from Turtle hsy, in Southern Florida, north to anoint on the Georgia l'sciflo. Ths lino, ft is believed, would build lip Uie West India trade. Steps have already born taken lo plsoo the bond*, I Report* from Southern Arkansas say that the destruction of ilonnstio animals along Hie lower Mlaslsslppl by the buffalo gnala is said to . sicced all former experiences in any one year. On he Mississippi side the losses exceed by fxr ill former rccordi. Within * radius of leu milts from Grenada six hundred mules have been killed "y this peat. , Mrs. George Harris, an aged Isdy of Talla poosa comity, Ale., died recently under strange circnmatancea. She tohl her Iiuaband In tbs morning tha! alio Would die before: night and rennesled him to tend after her children, and while »he pocked dinner. Tlio husband sent after the children, and as soon as thoy arrived •he laid down and died. ..T*!? ol *••? fl»o Confederate General* are •till living-Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beanregard. Iho Confederate, had twenty- one Licutenanl-Oeiitrals, and of llieao nine aro atilt living -James Longstreet, Wadu Hampton, John It. Gordon, 13. II. Hill, B. D. Lee, A. P. Stewart, Jul.nl Early, B. B. Buckner snd Joseph E. Wheeler. Tlie excitement in Montgomery county, Ark., iver some new discoveries and mining matters generally is waxing hot. Some parties In from Bear camp, in tracing their veins westward, have alrtick It rich sour live or sia miles south west of Hllver C'lty, on the headwatcys of Cob Hoi's creek. The claim, so we have boon In formed, to havo found rich deposits or load carbonates, being well up in Iho hundreds. The old Silver City camp will get to tho front yet. Congress fails to appreciate the Importance of tho Kentucky rivor. Its appropriation of ninety thousand or ono hundred thousand dol lar* Is Inadequate lo tlio requirements of that important stream, the principal water-way of one of tho greatest States in Iho Union. Strange aa it may appear, this deep liver that traverses Kentucky and la liiud on each bank by almost untouched stores of lumhor, iron and coal, is practically a terra incognita to tb* Congressional and commercial worlds A young men named Edward Brown perpe- ed a very foolish trick at Wheeling, Va.. a listed - . .., .vw.m. -■ ... HU ...IUUIII|,, m,( 1, •hort time since. Desiring to use some mining nnu’ilnt* in n huh atwl 4l>>,!■•... G « i. MUSICAL AND ^DRAMATIC. Three London theatres are owned and mnnngod by womon. Joseph Jekeerson is said to be ths support of an army of poor relations. M. Victor Capoul, the well-known tenor, is to marry the daughter of a wealthy land owner. Miss Mary Anderson say* she would bo glad to got back to America, notwithstand ing all the money she has inode abroad. Mr. Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, and fifty others of the Lyceum Theatre oompany, of London, will open the fall season in Mon treal. Geo. W. Cahle was never inside a theatre until he visited tha Madison Square—^which is half a church—the other day, and now he to to write a play. Dr. Villiers Stamford to engaged In set ting to music on elegiac ode prepared by Walt Whitman (or the festival at Norwich, Euglaad, to be held in October. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, tha well- known American Blnger, has retursd to this ce mtry from Europe. Site will slug in Amer ica in concerts; possibly in English opora. A young American violinist has won hon ors in Europo. Michael Banner, who canio bore from tlio Cincinnati College of Mpsie, took the first prize this year in hu class iff tho Boris Conservatory. Eugene O. J Epson, for several years with Denman Thompson, and tost season with Fanny Davenport, has a new play by Mr. Walter. Standuh, which ho proposes ' duoe the oonting aeasou, JUt title l« ‘ Of Fortune." . • •? - * “'h to nun numu milling powder iu a gun, and liuduig it loo amine for tlio purpose, lie placed it iu a inffeo-mlll, went down into the cellar and proceeded to grind it to tho proper size. An explosion was the re sult. The coffee-mill was blown to alums, the house was Jarred and Brown blown several feet away and terribly burned. Tho hair on his bead was burned off to the scalp, and his face, eyes, ears, hands, anna, shoulders and chest frightfully buim il. His linger nails came off. Ho crawled out into tho road with his clothes on fire, screaming for help. Hearing his cries, neighbors turned out and tho games wero ex tinguished. His sufferings woro terrible. It to feared he cannot possibly recover. HENDRICK 8'S~ ACCEPTANCE. I.etler ol li e IH'niniratic C'undldate for tlio Vlc*'-rreMl.l« n -y. The following is a copy of Ex-Governor llondricks’s lei t ?r of nccu)iiniico of the Dem ocratic nomination for the Vico Presidency: “Indianapolis, August 20, 1884. “Gentlemen: I havo tho honor toacknowl- edge tho receipt of your communication noti fying mo of my nomination by the Democratic convention at Chicago as candidate for the olHco of vice-pro-ddont of tlio United Htntai. May I repeat what I B:iid on another occa sion. that it is a nomination which I bad neither expected nor desired, and yet I recog nize and appreciate the high hopors done me by tho convention. Tlio choice of such a body, pronounced with such unusual unan imity, and accompanied with so generous an expression of istoom and confidence, ought to outweigh all meroly poi v aonal desires and preferences of my own. ft is with this ieeling, and I trust also rrom a deep sense of public duty, that "I now accept the nomination, and shall abide the judgment of my couutrymcn. I havo examined with care tho declaration of principles adopted by the convention, a copy of which you submitted to me, ami in their sum and substance I heartily indorse and approve tho same. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant. T. A. Hendricks. "To tho Hon. William F. Vilas, chairman: Nicholas H. Boll, secretary, and others of the committee of the national Dewo- cratfp convention," Fastens ao4 nulls Main. Investigation shows that all remaining of tho capital stock of (500,000 of tlie Wall Strool bank, New York, which recently sus pended on account of Cashtor Dickinson’s de falcation, to (14,520, Tnn West Point Foundry association, owners of the famous cannon making work* at Cold Bprtng, N. Y., has failed with lieavy liabilities, Ita authorized Capital stock wm (830,000. William If. Vandemilt, proprietor of th* celebrated mare Maud 8., which recently trotted the fastest mlleon record, hM sold the animal to Robert Bonner, the New York pub lisher, for (40,000. ^ At a labor demonstration at Rocky Point R. I., General Bntlerdelivered a lengthy ail drees. In the courso of which he gave a de tailed review of his own career and of what ha hail done for tho benefit of the working- men, General Georg* n. McCi.Et.taN presided at the New Jomsy Democratic State conven tion in Trenton. Presidential electors were nominated, a platform indorsing Iho National Democratic platform and candidnlea wm adopted, anil addressee wero delivered by Governor Abbett, Congremnnn McAdoo and others. An Immense sssemiitage witnessed tho In- •tallntion of the Most ltev. Patrick J. Ryan M Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia. At the Connecticut Republican Btale con vention in Now Havoa, Henry B. Harrison was nominated for governor on (ho socond bnl lot, receiving 253 voles to 187 for Plilncns C. tautislniry, and len for Wllllnm H. Bulkoley. ’4 he reuiuuider of tbs Mate tlckot nomluatod is: Luron A. Cook, lioutcnaiit-governor; Charles A. Russell, secretary of state; lialen- tlno B. Chamberlin, treasurer; 1* J. Meuti- •oil, of Waterlmry, comptroller. Presiden tial elector* wero also nominated and a short platform Indorsing tlio national platform we* adopted. Great excltemont was created at Albion. N. Y., by tho suspension of tho First National bank, and tho disappearance of. tho president, Albert 8, Warner, who bail left a week lire- vlous, presumably fur Canada. In an interview with President Arthur *1 the Fifth Avenus hotel, New York, Com mander Schley, of the Uroely relief expedi tion. was tohl that he would be tlie chief of th* bureau of equipment and recruiting, In nlaoo of Commodore Karl English, who will take command of the European squadron. a BrntNuviELD (Mass.) dispatch says that "Itoporta from U2A points covering the Brit ish province*, New England and New York, indicate that the hay crop just harvested to nearly 111111/ per cent, loos than tost year. The average yield to Mventy-three. Price* ore higher than tost year, when the crop wm Very lisavy in the great shipping counties, ltany farmers will either have to set! stock or buy bay. Cattle will, therefore, be somewhat lower than on* year ago." Tag United Htates steamship Tallapoosa wm ran Into by a schooner off Cottage City, Mass., and cut bolt in two, going to the bot tom ia six minutes after the collision. There were 140 officers and men on board, nearly all aaleep, but owing to Ilia discipline prevailing they took to uis boats and rowed away with but small lass of life, Bur geon Clarence E. Black and ana seaman were drowned, and .two othar ssoinen were reported missing. The disaster occurred just Wore midnight, white the TallanooM, with only her officers and crew on board, wm on route from Ronton to Newport, there to meat Secretary Chandler, who expected to continue bis sum mer trip on board. FuETiian developments relating to ths suspension of tbs First Natiouul tank of Albion, N. Y., snd the dtoappearanco of tlie president, A. B. Warner, show that the Bur rows estate, of which Warner wm executor. will lose about (500,000 iu soeuritiea, taken by Warner und sunk hi speculation. Just before his disap- psaranco Warner, who to about 85 years old, converted everything he owned Into cash. It to thought the bank's depositor* will not loss much. Warner gambled heavily in stocks. Eight iiundud slump and hogs were killed by a collision between freight tralus at Colum bia, Penn. Wbile bathing at Cataklll, N. Y., Mary McCain, Bridget and Annie llayeK New York shop girls, got intodeep water and wore drowned. Another of the Hayes list ere wm in the party, but wm rescued. On account of the trouble between China and France tlie Chinese linve transferred to a New York shipping firm thirty-three steum- ■hips, the heaviuef purchase in thto lino ever known. Tho transfer wm made to prevent the capture of the steamship* by the Fronch. Burgeon J. J. Woodward, one of tb* physicians who attended Fresidont Garfield, committed suicide a few days sines by jumping from the roof of an insane Mylum near PlilL odelphla. He had luen mentally unsound for some time, gratis ami West. Crops have suffered considerably In por tions of tho West from the Intense neat. Mormon missionaries are haring a great deal of trouble in Tennessee since the reoent tragic occurrence in Lewis county. Examination of tho body of Private Wil liam Whistler, one of the Greely Arctic ex plorers, buried at Delphi, Ind., but disinterred at Ills relatives' request, showed that he hail been tbe victim of cannibalism. The Irndy wm a mere skeleton, all the flesh having been cut from the limbs. Governor Ireland bos been re-nominated by the Tcxm Democrats. AT a State convention of the Illinois Green back Anti-Monopoly tabor party In Bloom ington, Butler's candidacy wm indorsed: but owing to a strife between the Greenback Anti- Monopolist faction and the straight-out Or we bacKcrs no presidential electors were nojfl- nated. TIie Michigan Greenbacks! 1 * in State con vention at Detroit adopted a resolution in favor of a fusion with tha Democrat* Governor Begole wm renimlnated by ac clamation and • platform adopted which commends General Butler’s letter and reaf firms the Greenback na'i'inxl p'atform. Nicholas Ford has been nominated for governor by tlie Missouri Greenbackcra. Waohlugtaa, The civil sorvico commission says tint ow ing to the large number of appointments made in tbe departments it will lie necessary to hold examinations in the Southern States and some of the Northern States soon, os tbs eligible registers are being rapidly depleted. The States In which examinations aro likely to Ihi earliest held are Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Wisconsin. Captain Healy, of the United State* revenue steamer Corwin, lately cruising in Bulirlng’s sea and the Arctic ocean, couiimis tl>« reported loss of tlio schooner Alaska, with nllh:r company, sixteen mon, while oil the voyngo from Godwin boy to Ban Francisco last October. 1'orclgn. A dynamite explosion at Kazan, Russin, attributed to tlie nihilists, lias resulted in tlio death of 111) persons and tha destruction of sovcral buildings. Seventeen men were drowned by an no. ci leut wbile working in an underground canal intended to connect tho rivers Oise aud Atone at Braye in France. El Mahiii’s rebel forces have defeated hos tile Arab tribes. Corpses of Arabs with their hands tied behind their backs were seen float ing down the Nile past Dobtah. Natives of the Zambesi oountry in East Africa have revolted and massacred the en tire Portuguese force stationed iu that region. Ciioleha is decreasing at Marseilles aud mi;on, but ip Increasing In the French prov inces. China lue-t^x absolutely refused to admit France’s claims, the French charge d’ af faires wm ordered by his government to quit Pekin immediately, and the Chinese minister at Paris demanded and received his pass- port. Fourteen house* and shops belonging to Jews iii Yekaterinoelav, Russia, were demol ished by natives. Tbe Jews defended them selves vigorously. Two Jews and one Chrto- ‘ mu were killed and tp-ov wounded. A terrible plague of locusts has visited central Spain. The damage to crops is placed at *10,000,000. .Several envoys of El Mahdl, tho False Prophet, have been murdered by bostije ^rqb THE J0K WHAT Wl MW . rmuw ••Haw yon goi the dictionary lawn J" inquired aa old sanitate the interior of the obllgir - leading hotel. *'I want when John William* haa a He donned hie speetoctal i hummed over the namsei "William* Bam at 1, eol’d." "Williams, Peter, eol’d." "Williams, Joseph, eol’d." Hia wile interrupted him qniij: "What' "Dm i altogether loo far north.' rrnpted ’a that oold I * "frnnno, my deer.leel II might I oold day for tha WUHamma hi town." Another lady i "Those are the namee i you are reading." ••That’s jut it I" exclaimed the gentleman. "Oold colored mate, course they are i —Chicago Sun. oiutmmra an ran mm Young Wife (new to nuMtaU Yon may tend a saddle of mattate fm dinner. Batcher—Tea, madam. Wta* hM will it bar Young Wife (thoughtfully)—Wad. at my huaband ia away aad Umiu ia no am hi the house bnl mother and myaatf ail tha two servant girls, yon had haNw •end n aide saddle, T think.—AT. F’.Ateg AMONG Tin ALLMATtm "Will yon kindly tell ma whieh way the wind Diowaf” asked a Northern in valid of the landlord ol a Florida hotel, "Certainly, air,” replied tha teadhwd, ■topping to the door. "Uw wind MV hlousB due North, sir." "Thanh you.” A little later tha landlord aald to Mm bookkeeper: "Have yon made out Mr. Bmith’aMU yett" "No, air." "Well, jnet charge on# dollar to hii •Mount for information about thadlwa tied of the wind.”—Am. WILL MATO nan. "Ah, my dear If to* Anntal you like the out of my haiah r* i a sand-papered young blood to n Western girl. "Well, Mr. Witless, really, since yon ask ma, I’ll tall you, that while I don’t alwaya Uka short hair, hi yonr earn I do like it for amnaafiliate nieely out to match. “I don’t qnito oomprahmd, “■ Annie. Matohwhntt” "Your brains, of course.” A gentleman oa Boat Fourth ahrml found a ragged tramp (ittiag Ote hii front atepa eating hta lunch. "Here I What are you doing tharnt” ha shouted. "Partaking of• quiethtneh. Wives join me f’ the tramp politely roan nit fad. "No; I don’t want any of yoor rillato- oua feed.” "That’s ao; It la pretty tough kind of t U out of your Utahan, fodder. Ijnatgoti Tour wife must be doing tar own soak ing now." "Wfcst’a that, yon infernal hound r exclaimed the ang toward tbe tramp, t the atop, "Don’t get excited, airs don't pries- cited; think a mlnuta. Aren't yon mite taken in calling me a hound T” "No. I’m not; and I’M ” "Bnt, my dear air, you are mistaken; I am no hound, I'm a setter. ”—Afar- oAcmt Traveller. am U RATED MA. On an Oakland boat the othar day there waa a couple that the moat super- floiol ohrerrer would set down an i The young man drew from hto pocket a •mall jewelry case, and pressing tho ■ping displayed a handsome diaiwid ring. "This is for you, dear,” he said. "Oh, my I” she replied; "how parity and how kind; but I really oaa’t aoospt it, What would ma say V “Ob, but you must aeoept It, I bought it for yoa.” "Bnt, oh, George I really, yon know, how con If Ma doesn’t allow ma to take presents from gentlemen.” "AJ1 right, then, it’s of no naa to mm I’ll gtoe it to Mirandy”— "What I Mirandy Smith, tha horrid rad-headed thing? Bather than aha should hare it i’ll brara ma and ac cept." "Wouldn’t that gal make a good TH- den if she waa a man,” remarked one of deek hands who had overheard tha atm- Tersation.—&an Francisco Post, ran room place to look. "Do you print college news in yonr papr?’ r asked the young lady, ritan fng the editor. "Certainly," waa tha reply. “It seems strings, then,” mid tha Mr oua, "that I ltara been unable to .find any, and I hare carefully consulted your columns." . * “That’s rather singular,” arid tha editor, musingly; "ondcr what headings do yon look?” "I looked for it under the heading 'College News.*” "Ah t” returned th<* -dllor, with a smile, “that explains y'.\r failure to find what you Bought. You should hewn 1 looked under the headings of ‘Baseball,’ ‘Football,’ and ‘Aquation’ ”—iSbrntm- villa Journal. A SUDDEN CHANOU. “Do you remember Joa Grimes?" asked Fitzgoobcr, at dinner. "Who? that old soer-faoed monkey that used to hang around yoa no much ?” asked Mrs. Fitz. "Yes; tbe same man,” replied Fits; 'Tie has returned to the city to stay. "The hatefnl wretch t 1 wish ha oould hare atayed away; he haa an rid wart on hia jaw that alwaya made ma sick *r> look at; you say he’s oome back to live?” "Yes; he went Weat, yon remember, and has mndo half a million dollars; ha has bought the finest mansion in the city, and is—" "Ob, Fitay,” broke in the lady, "do bring him with you to tea this craning; I will be so delighted to see him again.” -—Atlanta Constitution. When he Wns Thera Beta*. A oeedy-Iooking man if he had seen better — mitted to the House of being a common drunkard. “What ia your name?” Warden MoBride. “Jenkins,"anarmed the i “Have you < how many tim "I was here < “When waa that 1 "When I waa ae.— Jury and oame here to J tution,” replied the odelphla 'limits. kM

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, September 02, 1884, Image 1