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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVEBY TUESDAY NOTICE. ff-AU MnmulwHoiu Intended tor fell piper moat be eooompanled with the fell piroeof the writer, not neoeaaarlly (or pnbU. (itlon, but a• a guarantee of good faith. We are In no wap reaponelble for the rlewa or opinion! of correspondent*. MUNICIPAL. THE MERCURY. A. .T, JEHMOAi!, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.50 per inn Mayor. Wm. Qii/Unn. Aldermen. Wm. Rawi.inw, A. W. Mato, W. H. Lawson, R. T. Wuin, Morris Hafp. Clerk and Treasurer. O. W. H. Whitamb, Marshall. J. E. Wkddon. town OF 1 TENNILtm. Mayor. okn 0. Harman, Aldermen. P. J. Pitkin, J. F. Mrrkrrion, J. N. Rodins, W. J. Jornib. Clerk. S. H. B, Mauiy. Marshall, J. 0. Hamilton. E. S. LANGMADE, £ttofi\ey kt I(kw SANDERSVILLE, GA: VOLUME V. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Dotirntg. In Siberia there la an Uncivilised raeeknowa ae Bounds, who worihip a human goil. When ft!! r K" 1 ff* 011 " tlM i aB0 of 10 ' 0>«y poison him ami choose amalo infant to Ire their god. Who is hkowiso poisoned whan ho readies that Inernnee of Wealth. An English statistician maintains that the daily inoi ease of wealth in the Unitod States is upward of *25,000,000, or ahont $038,000 000 a )oar, which Is one-third as much sh the’in. crease in wealth of the wltolo of the rest of the world. England, whose incrcaso in wealtli is neat to our own, makes only a prnllt on all 1,-1 business of *300,000,000 a yoar, or hilt a liltu over a third of our own. liWle SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1884 Hiving wity to Mood*. It is unpbiloiophical and wrong to ylold to moods. They rob life of much of ltfi eh)oy- ment. The mind is amunahlo to tho will as to the body, The inost productiro mental workers Ih all departments, are thoso who have their faculties tindor discipline, and who go regularly to their mental tasks and compel tho obodicnco of tho mind. To thoso who haWtUatb them selves to this, and hold moods under control, mere Is no difficulty in performing proscribed tasks at allotted times. And such persons en dure longest, because of the regularity of their habits, Moodiness is, indeed, a form of disease, It draws on tho nerves and gradually leads to nervous prostration. Y. D. STARS. 1. II. KTAIfB, JU. EVANS St EVAN8, Attorney* At Law, SANDKHSVII.LK, UA. R. I. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HANUEESViIXE, <U. Will practice in all tha Oonrla of tha middle fireiilt, ami in the countlee aurrounding Wuhliinglon. Hpeoial attantlon gWen to com fi.t i. utl law. A Chinese OrrhestVit. For discordancy the music c»r a Chinose or* ehostra puts Wagner quite in tho shade. First ono hears wild shrieks, then tho thnunmings and throhhings ns of a thousand negro min- •trels, changing to an army of bagpipes, tho iqealing of maltreated bkbios, the whirling of locomotives, tho fog horns of a steamor, tho clashing of symliAls, tho heating of drums, Ihcro is a vast assortment of Chinese musical instruments, from the *two-stringod flddio to the great horn. Thor© am throo sorts of gui tars—tho hepn-halloon shaped, three feet in length and much usod for festal rites of a ro- ligious character; then comes tho snnheen or threo-stringod guitar, and tho full moon guitar, gue klch. Then come drums, cymbals, etc,, and tho orgau, tho oinbryo of our own, with several tubes of varying length inserted in a bowl. F. H. SAFF0LD, ATTORNEY AT I,AW, RAN)>ErtHVn,LE, OA. Will praot'C, in all the Court. of the Middle 1 nit and in the count!#. aurrounding ■■•ii'Kl n. Hpecial attention given to oom- n.u y .1 law. c. 0 BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, nandsrfwIUe, Oa. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, 8ANDERSVILLB, GA., Will prnotloe In tl e oountlee of Waablngton, JifTsrioo, Jolui.on, F.msnuel and Wllklnann, !5“ l 1 > h » u. 8. Court* for tha Bonlhern Dle- trtot of OeorglA ! M , H L spent* In buying, ulllng o> ranMng Keal Batata. 0c°t®-t/°“ Wmt * U1 * ** r * bl,# H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, (lAAdsrvrUis. (iw. Dr. H. B. Hollifield, fnsiciil AID SVIHDI, Having recently graduated at the Unlver- 111 >' of Maryland and returned home, now were hie profeaelonat eerrloee to the oltlaena M Hauilerevllle and vlclnltjr. Office with hr. II. N Holllfleld, next door tolllre. Bayne’a millinery etore. G. W H. WHITAKER. DENTIST S*nd«n?llU, Oa. * Kit MS CASH. ( 'ffico at Ills Residence, on Harris strssi. 4 *>riJ ]g^o. I.nirnln* Itotlsowork. If motners educated their daughters to think moro honorably of housework, we would not have so many inefficient house-keepers, but If tho mother is efficient in tho control of her home, shs had rathor do tho work than to have tho trouble of tcachiug her daughters, forgetting that this is an injus tice to thorn os well ah to herself, and she can no moro neglect this part of hercducation than she can nnglcct their education from books, and they should be taught to understand that to be an adept in their art of sewing, plain or otherwise, is as great an accomplishment as music and painting, not that I underrate these tatter accomplishments, hut I consider tho for mer as equal to them, and it seems st runge that mothors aro so blind to this most essential part of their daughter's education. When we con template tho many unhappy homos made so by tho incapacity of their mistress, our best in stincts convinco us that the training of our girls is absolutely wrong. I once heard a farmor’s daughter say to her mother the week lieforo she was married. "I have nover made a loaf of bread or cake." And sho was twenty-throo at tho timo, and her intended was a farmer, and tho mothor was well assured that the daughter would liavo to l>o her own house keeper. But ovon in tho caso of dividing the caro of tho household with servants, tho disci pline is better whon tho lady lias a practical knowledge of how things should bo done, and tho length of timo required in the performance of certain duties; if sho has a knowledge of these facts sho will bo a moro kind and patient mistress. While I believo that our girls should be proficient in every department of learning, I think also that they should ho taught the im portance of serving an apprenticeship in tho kitchon at the samo timo. DR. J. H. MAY, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Offera hin aervioei to the oitliena of S.ndera- lln and adjacent country. All otlle, day or '"unt, will bo promptly reaponded to. Office i; I,:| reeidenoo on Mr.. Pittman'e lot, corner i n and Churoh atreate. Janl6-1884tf. J. S. WOOD l BRO., tail Conssiog nils, 8A VATSnSTA-H. GA. sale. No commission or other expenses charged »oonaignments of Wool, Highest market prioe guaranteed at time of «Ql>T84-ly Savannah, Ga. ( c " n °eded to be the moat comfortable end > Dr the beat oondnoted Hotel in Savannah. ^ates, *2.00 Per Day. M. L. HARNETT. Needles, Oil and Shuttles, F0 ? tnf KINDS OF MACHINES, foraala. * wm ftlao order port* of Macnlaea that net broken, (or which new plioea are wanted. A - J- JEUNIGAN. nnppinesa a Habit. Every permanent state of mind is largely the effect of habit. Just as wo can porform an ac tion so continually that it comes to bo habitual, so we can encourage conditions of mind till they, too, como to bo habits of thinking and even of feeling. Every thoughtful parent or teacher recognizes this in the training of youth. Tho child constantly thwarted or scolded or ridiculed has constantly aroused within him feelings of rosentraent or discouragement or misery, and these grow to be habitual, and & character for ill-tempor or morosencss or des. pondency is formed. On the other hand, tho child who is wisely treated, whoso faculties are brought into action, who is encouraged to do well, who is surrounded with clioerful faces and orderly arrangements, becomes accustomed to corresponding habits of thought and feeling. The exercise of self-control, of truthfulness, of honesty, and other essential qualities, not only result in habitual actions of tho same naturo, but in habitual feelings or states of mind that induce those actions. So tho condition which we call happiness is likewise acquired to a con siderable degree. It involves within it many things, but they are not impossible to secure, and when we have discovered them it rests with us to’ encourage or to discourage them, Happiness is not only a privilege, hut a duty, not a mere ou tw&rd good that may perhaps come to us, but an inward possession which we are bound to attain. When wo remember tho con tagious character of happiness, tho strength, courago and hope it excites by its very presence and tho power for good it exerts in every di rection, we cannot doubt our obligation to at tain as much of it as possible. This Yeur’s L'orn. Crop Good authorities say that tho present corn crop of th« country may be safi-ly estimated at 2,000,000,000 bushels, and that a vory largo per^entago of it will grade much above tho average. Taking the country together, it can hardly fall below 25 cents per bushel And this means *500,000,000 drawn from the soil in one crop, and added to the resources of tho country. The Praire Farmer makes soino in teresting calculations in regard to this 2,000,- 000,000 bushels of corn. It says: “It is equal to noarly ten bushels, or 560 pounds, for every man woman and child in the entire United States and Territories, or over one and a half pounds for each and every day in tho year. So, if every other cereal had been swept away, this corn orop alono would sustain tho life of tho nation a full year. At 6G pounds to the bushel, this corn would rnsko 60,000,000 wagon loads of a ton each. Stretch these wagons out in & line, allowing only 50 feot for each team and vehicle, including tho small space between tho teams carrying the corn orop of this year would form a lino of 530,303 miles, or more than 21 times around tho world. Loaded on railway freight cars, with 600 bushels, or28,000 lbs., to the car, there are in this year’s corn crop four million car loads. At forty feet to each ear, it would make up a freight train over 80,000 miles long, or about thirty-two continuous freight trains, each strotching from Chicago lo New York,” LATEST NEWS. niB WO UN DUD DB YOUNG. The Wonderful Story oir TtV6 lirnthcrs In Rhn FrnucUoo. Aan FnxNciBoo, Cal., November 28.—Mr. DeYoung’s condition this evening is moro fa vorable. He ia resting easy. His pulso is nor mal and his iemperaturo low. Tho story of tho DeYoungs is a simplo ono, Tho parents of Charles and M. It. DoYoung Wore southern ers; at least, they went from tho south to San Francisoo with the first tide of immigration. Tho fathor was Freuch, tho mother a Hebrew Iho father was a merchant and nfterward moved to tho vill&co of NatchitqchoB, La., on tho Rod river, where Ghirloa DoYoung was born. Mr. DeYoung was unsuccessful, and ou liiB death loft his family iu straightened cir cumstances. Mrs. DeYoung removed to 8t. Louis; thence to San Fancisco, where Charles and M. II. DeYoung for awhilo found work ns nowsboys. Charles afterward learned typo-sot- ting and his brother found ortplo^iheht Ai buok-kccper In a laundry. The marriage of Augustus Young, another brother, to Milo. Ro o Celoito was perhaps the origin of tho Chroniolo. “Colesto” was a tight ropo walker, engaged in ono of tho places or amusement in San Francisco, whoro sho had gone with an eastern rocord of Imviug crossed Niagara Falls on a wire. Sho saw tho benefits of publishing a theatrical paper to “boom” the amusement business gonorally, and horsolf in particular. Sho advanced lior husband tho small amount of money nocossary, and Chorlos DoYoung with ono printer, “set up” tho type for the first number of The Dramatic Chronicle, a small four pnge sheet, with five narrow columns on a pago. M. II. DoYoung was the business manager and advertising agent In a few years tho word Dramatlo wad dropped from tho titlo jiago, and tho paper has since boon known as Tho San Francisco Chrouicle. On tho death of Charles DoYoung flvo years ago at tho hands Ralloch, tho paper was valued at *250,000, and Mr. M. II. DoYoung purchased tho inter ests of his brothers and sisters. In about a year aftor his brotnor’s (loath, M. H. DoYoung married MIhs Daisy Doane, a school teacher. As an instance of tho success of tho Chroniclo, which was started with a few hundred doLars, it so increased in valuo that in ten years tho founders refused a;w offer of 1200,000. Two yearB ago Paul M. Nowman, a prominent law yer of San Francisco, was a candidate for con- f ;t*esH. 1 ho Chroniclo strongly opposod him as •eing a candidate in tho interests of tho “Ha^ wiian Sugar King.” Newman was dofoated. and no doubt partly owing to the unusually fierce denunciation of tho Chronicle. This per haps is one of the causes that lod to tho shoot ing of tho proprietor by young Bpreckles, tho sot, of tho “Sugar King. Mr. Rowmanis now attorney gouoi&l of the Hawaiian government. THE PANAMA PLAGUE. The Drain It ate Among (lie People— l.nhor- «*r» Crowded Together, P .naua, Nov. 24.—The sanitary condition of Colon and other towns and villages ou tho isthmus ia horriblo iu tho extromo. Tho heavy rains, combined with tho filthy habits of tho people, and the lack of directing or governing power in sttch matters, havotendod toproduco general unhealthinoss. and a heavy doath rate, especially in Colon, Tho interments in Mount Hope comotory, (Monkey IIlll,) for tho month of Octobor, wero 109, including persons from Colon with its various Hospitals ; tho new French town of Christoph Colomb, and the Jamaican town of Monkey IIlll. Iho population of tho places named is about half that of Panama, where the mortality did not materially exceed the abovo figures. Tl o s*a- tisties of mortality cannot be fully trusted here, but it appears evident that tho rute last month was as heavy a olio as the Isthmus ever witnessed. Meu of all classes, kinds, condi tions, colors and creeds aro swarming hero from every dirwetion. They go to work. There is no AccommodAt.on obtainable except of tho most inferior sort, and th »y swarm in houses closer than beos in hives, ami with utter want of cleanliness. There is uo epidemic, and eases of yellow fever aro fow and far between, but thoro is at presont a higher rate of mor tality in Colon thnn occurs iu the most t opical cities, and this is duo to over crowding and Ig norance. THE WHOLESALE DROWNING. A Lady Witnesses tho Death of her Ilus band and Mon. Cuattanoooa, Tcnn., Nov. 23.—[Special.] — Fuller details of the wholesnlo drowning at Cononton’s ferry, on tho Tennossoo river. Sat urday afternoon, wero received to-day. Thoro wero nine persons in tho boat when it capsized. The following wero drowned: Wm. Key and Bon, Borah Lano, Ella McCurdy and Nannie McCurdy. Three men being expert swimmers, reacheu the fchoro after struggling in the swift current for live minutes. Mrs. Key, wife of the ferry man, was standing on the hank within 100 feot of tho boat when it sank, and witnessed tho drowning of her husband and son. Hho has gone raving mad. Tho bodies of Key, his son, S'lrah Lano and Ella McCurdy have boon re covered. THE 8PAMMH TREATY. The Effiret of the Proposed Reciprocity Willi Spain. Washington, November 23.—It is said at tho troiisury department that if tho proposed reci procity treaty with Spain is put into operation it will diminish our customs revenue about *40,000 annually ami disposo of tho revenuo reform issue for many years to oomo. Of the *92,000,000 worth of sugar and molasses im port* d tho last fiscal year two-thirds of the amount was from Cuba and Porto Rico, while nearly nil the manufactured tobaeoo imported comes from Cuba. It is oxpectod the Louisi ana funators will naturally oppoao tho treaty unless some provision ia niado to compjnsate the sugar planters of that state for tho privi- lego.H given the Cubans. Tho proposed treatv virtually extends to the Atlantiostates tho pro visions of tho Hawaiian treaty, which alono boneflts tho Pacific coast, with this addition, that tho Sandwich islands sugar is thoro said to 1)0 a monopoly, which would not bo tho caso if Cuban sugar wero permitted to enter froo. The provisions relating to touago and shipping are not, it is claimed, sufficiently sot forth to cnablo tho treasury officials to form a correct Judgement of their morits. TnE THIRD ASSISTANTS REPORT. Air. Hasan Wants an Increase oT* 140.000 for Hie Department. WAsniNOTON, Not. 23—A. D. Hazen, third assistant postmaster-general, estimates the ex penditures for the service of his offioe for tho next fiscal year at *1,338,400, an incrcaso of *140,000, over the appropriations for the cur rent fiscal year. Ho says the receipts of tho ontiro postal ser vice for the fiscal year ended Juno 3Q, 1R84, wero *43,338,127; disbursement *40,404.960; making an excess of expenditures, of *3,066,- 838. In addition to tho total expenditures, of tho sum of *810,599 was paid on account of in debtedness incurred in previous years. The outstanding liabilities for tho yoar aro esti mated at *877,471, whloh sura, added to tho amount actually expended, and *1,260,179 credited to the Pacific railroad companies, would make the total cost of the service *48,- 642,611, or *5,204,434 in cxcoss of the receipts. WAGES REDUCED. Ten Per Cent Reduction. WiLKPsuAiiKK, Pa., November 24. — The Dickson manufacturing company has posted a notice this afternoon, in all of its departments here, notifying tho men of a ten per cent, re duction, to go into effect December 1st. Tho machinists will hereafter receivo 18 to 22 cents, and tho lalxirGrs 11 cents per hour. N.no hoL.s will constitute a day’s woik. Weavers Quit Work. Taunton, Mass., November 24.—Four hun dred and fifty weavers at tho Whittendon mills quit work this morning, owing to a cut of ten per cent, in their wages. They will return to work Tuesday morning for tho rest of the week, tho managers having premised a restor ation of the old prices. Wholesale Himt Down of Cotton Mills. Worcester, Mass., Novoiubor 24.—Tho San- dcrsvillo cotfon mills, tho Paul Whilan manu facturing company’s mills at Rockdale, and tho Riverdalo, thoLinvood mills, tho Ex b rid go cotton mills and tho Whitonsvlllo cotton mills, all in the Blaekstonc valley, are shut down for a week. Work lo bo Suspended. Pittsburg, Pa., November 24.—The work- in n in the puddling department of Shoen- barger A Co.’s iron mills wero notified last night that work in their department will be temporarily suspended owing to tho scarcity of orders. Tho nail department will also proba bly close down Wednesday night. musio and Drama Foster got *15,000 fof writing “ Old Foiks lit Homo.” It is said that Minnio Palmer made nearly *200,UOJ in England last year. Mule. Nevada, tho young American prinia donna, has arrived in New York from abroad. Mibb ChAnx Mourn* will sail for London Immediately after the close of h6t* American •ensoii. Mu. Irving’s “Ixmis XI,” is rogardod by tho more enlightonod section of the public as his host performance. William (Billy) Seymour, the original Admiral of “Piuaforo” in tills country, is one of tho teachers at tlio New York schbol of acting. The tune of “John Brown’s Body” is of Molhodist camp-meeting origin. It was adapted to its nresent use by an organist in Harvard church in 1861. Biuprou Salvini has just nstonishod all Italy by reviving A duSty old French melo drama, “Tho (Joust Guard,” and making it a stunning sensation and success in Florence. Liszt says hoisoverburdonod with appeals for bis autograph and requests to examine and give his opinion of inusicul* compositions. Hereafter ho will answer no such communi cations. Manager John lIoLUNdfittfiAD; of the Gaiety Theatre, London, has signed a con tract with John T. Uaymoud for the produc tion of “Frosh” and “For Congress,” in London, in Juno. A Chinkhk theatrical company at Singa pore has lately produced several pioces in which combats between the French and Chi nese Utko place tipoti the stage, intariablV ending in the complete discomuturo dr tho “foreign devils.” lliBTom made her first appearance on the jtngo at the age of two months, whon sho was introduced in a basket in a play called “Now Year’s Gifts.” In her fourth year sho began to play children’s parte, and at twelve sho was an accomplished sou orotic. Bims, the successful dramatist, who cleared *150,000 last year, was born in London in 1847, and was placed In liis father's office whon nineteen, ills first dramatic attempt was “Clutch and Toothpick,” which realized *750. Then came tho “ Lights o’ London,” And lie found himself fatuous and rich. Mrs. Victoria Hui.skami*, tho yotingl&dy of Yonkers, N. Y,, who created such excite wont recently by miming away with and marrying her father’s coachman, sang the other night in concert nt Btcinway Hall, New York. The house was crowdod by people who canio to see her out of curiosity. The witics do not H|>oak highly of hdr singfrig. While Victorian Bardou’i brilliantly suc cessful play, “ Los Fates do Moucho,” wag be ing ]H*rformed foi* the first time in Paris, its author ipont tho evening mclng tho sidewalk In front of tho theatre in a fever of anx iety. “ If it takos,” ho said, “all right. If not, to morrow i start for America to found o Freuch nowspapor thoro.” He remained in Paris. NEWSY GLEANINGS, Bilk is now gfown in twonty of our State*. Only 2,880 miles of railroad have beon built this yea) 1 , which is less than in any year since 1879. The largest cattle range is in Wyoming, comprising 1,000,000 ncres, and it will henl 75,»KNi cat tle. The most distressing poverty prevails in Naples and other Italian cities. Outright starvation is feared. Missouri raises this year very noarly 210,- 000,000 bushels of corn, the largest crop ever produced in the Htnto. It is ostimated that the average daily.con sumption of eggs throughout the unitod States amounts to 45,000,000. The English city of Birmingham now has the largest railroad station in tue world. It is Just finished at a cost of *2,000,000. The puujh'r imputation of England exceeds by some 100.000 souls tho ontirejxqmlation of tho great colony of New Bouth Wales. In tho Montana cattlo towns a nowspapor, a shave and a glass of whisky all cost the same price, namely, twonty-flv# cent*. Judson W. Lyons, colored.h*s been admit ted to tho bar at Augusta,Ga. Ho is the third colored man thus admitted in that city since tho war. Forty years ago thoro was only one daguerreotype gallery in NeW York city. Now within three miles of Union Bquare there are not less than 500 photograph gal- lories. Mibb Emma Larson and hor young sister, who rode on horseback from their noino in Wisconsin to Ban Francisco, made the journey in safety without being onco mo- estod. fflom thnn *^00 I'rlvoncra Hlanacr«d in Iliiruiah, I ml in. A horrible massacre has occurred in Man dalay. Tho guards placod in charge of tho principal prisons, which aro constructed of bamboo, sot fire to ono of tho sides of the edifice, and having assured themselves that tho (lames were already beginning to invade the parts which served as shelter to tho wretched pris oners, opened tho gates, in front of which there had been drawn up a good number of soldiers anned with guns and swords. Then they threw themselves like wild beasts upon thoso who, to osenpo being burned alive, rushed out of tho gates. Tho massacre last«Ml all tho night, m tho presence of the highest functionaries of the town, who with cries and gesticulations ox cited tho assassins against their passive vic tims. Tho nuinhor of killed exceeded two hundred, and among them were some rota tions of Prince Yung Tan, who is at present living in Calcutta. The day aftor the mas sacre tho bodies, unit iluted in a manner too horn* le to describe, were lying heapo i about on carts and in tho streets of the town. For soino months tho prisons hero and elsewhore had bom crowdod with brig ands, and political prisoners. A revolt was feared, and the governor could find no better expedient to avoid it than to give proof of his determined ferocity by ordering the massacre of all prisoners without distinction of sex, age, or the cause of imprisonment. One Acrobat, Holding Another on « Trapeze in Her Teeth, Drop* Him, Advices from Valencia, Spain, recount a shocking accident at tho Princess* theatre in that city. Miss Leona Dare, the American acrobat, was suspended from tho roof of t ho theatre by her feet, and hold in her teeth the ropee of a trapeze bar on which a male acrobat, known as M. George, was performing. In the act, Miss Dare was seized with a nervous fit and dropped the trapeze. M. George and tho ap paratus dropped whirling to tho floor. The au dience was horror-stricken. Every one rushed for the doors, and a panic ensued in which many people woro crashod and otherwise injured. Miss Dare clung to tho roof, scream ing hysterically. Sho was rescued with diffi culty after the excitement hod somowhut sub sided, and was confined to hor bed from ex haustion following tho shock. M. George was fatally injured. RIOTING IN LYONS. While a body of municipal Lb rois were en gaged in filling up tho moats around the forti fications, about a thousand workmen entered the works and demanded employment, ac companying their demand with inonucing threats toward the hibo.eis already en gaged. Tho Coimnissuiy of Polico ad dress- <1 tho workiu n, urging then to desist, but his efforts at appeas ing them were unavailing and he was compelled to summon the a-sistance of gen darmes to eject them. The nion, however, re turned and forced an entry into the works. A force of cuirassiers was then summoned, who charged upon and dispersed tho riotews. Sev eral arroHts were niado. A renewal of the troubles, it is feared, will bo made. —Five thousand dollars liavo been left to an /nsane ; atient who has been in tho Dutohesp County Almshouse for forty-six years. —In an incendiary fire at Tazewell Court House, Va., u negro girl was burned to death. —Eight houses were burned at Patterson, Pa , loss, *60,000- WORLD’S NEWS. feiuriern and ITT I rid 16 Mn(s«i A large miinbef'of the demoted liersonal and fnilitlcnl frfetjds Of Mr. Blaine serenaded him at his residence in Augtfsta, Mo., ns an expression of personal g.xxl will and admira tion of his conduct of the national campaign* When tho procession roachod Mr. Blaine’s house compliments and friendly regards woro expressed in a speech by Mr. Herbert M. Heath, of the Kennoliec bar. Mr, Blaine re- fpondod iH * lengthy Bpeeoh, in which ho complimented New England and the West, spoko with gratltihto of the large majority given him by Pennsyl vania and ns> ortori that “tho course of affairs in tho South has crushed out the political power of more than six million American citizens, and hits transferred it by violence to others.” At the conclusion of lift ftddreas !»e held an informal reception in his house. An immense school of black fish—a fish from ten to twenty feet long, valuod for its oil—was discovered off Capo Cod anil driven Into shoal water, where for three days men, women and children engaged in their slaugh ter. Abotit 1/000 af tho big fish, valued at *25,- 000, were captured. A Eire In Patterson, Penn*, destroyed the postoffico and soven stores, inflicting a loss of about *60,000. Two French brothers—Louis and Edward Guold—canio to New York from Ohio a fow dftjs ago for.the purposeqf returning to their sweethearts in Frttricfc. They had Iwon work- mg in this country, and had saved money. While in tho city Edward spout some of hid money in riotous living; his brother reproved him. then ioinod him in a debauch, and even tually tho two men matched ixmnics to see Which would end tho lives of both. Ix3uls lost End nut ft pistol ball through his brother’s head, after Which he blow bis own brains out. Daniel Manning, the well known Alban* editor and chairman of tho Now York Demo cratic Btato committee, was married a fow days since to Mary M. Fryer. Governor Clovoland was tho flret to congratulate the newly-married pair. Fuat lists hut* b*en having things their own way for a long time iri giving so-called ‘exhibitions,’* frequently approachirirf the brutality of a prize fight, in Now York. But tho law has stepped in at last, and at a con test in tho Madison Hquaro Garden betweeu Bull!van, the American “champion,” and a newly-arrived pugilist from England, both were arrested at the end of tho second round. They gavo bulb bht were indicted by the grand jury. The comer stone of a crematory, dosignod to burn tho dead, was laid tho othor day at Mount Olivot, Long Island. Gov* .Bourn, of Rhode Island, has ap pointed William P. Rheltlolri, of Newport, to tho United States Seriate to succeed tin* late Bona tor Anthony utttil the assembling of the legislature lit January, when a Senator will be elected. At a fire iu a largo building at HavorhUl, Mass., many persons barely escatMd with their lives. Ono girl was fatally injured. William II. Kurtz, a farmer of McAuloy, Penn., and a neighbor luuuod Isaac Klaiuo Were fatally burned while trying to save the stock in tho formors burning lifim. A congratulatory oelebraUoh hits been held by tho Brooklyn Democrats. Thoro was a parade, many buildings wero illuminated and decoruted, and Mr. Hendricks addressed a large atidionoe. General McClellan si>oke ai a Demo cratic jubilee in Wilkeebarro, Penn. '1 he Philadelphia Record publishes an eight* column article showing that the Slate of Penn- yslvania is losing *22,720.724 a year through tho HUS|MUision of coid mining In tho anthracite region. It also asserts that tho losses entailed upon tho State through the railroad (tools, railroad restrictions in supplies, and the coke syndicate in tho bituminous region amount tr; *0,217,010 a year. Simon Knowles, of Morodith, N. Y.,the oldest Freemason in tho State, and probably in tho United States, died a row days since aged ninety-eight years rind six months Mf. Knowles was a native of Connecticut, and soon after attaining his majority became a member of tho mnsouio fraternity. Ho served in tho war of 1812. Mouth and \Y+*u Hon. Joseph E. Brown lias been re-elected to tho Unitod States Senate by the Georgia legislature, only two votes being re corded against him. A national convention of cattle owners has just been hold ill Ht* Ixmis. Alabama’s official vote shows that CleVe land received 92,973; Blaine, 69,444; Butlor. 762; HL John, 610 ; Cleveland s plurality. 83,629. . A large procession at Baltimore wc - corned Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Mary land, chairman of tho National Democratic Executive committee, during the recont presidential campaign. Mayor Latrobo mode an address of welcome, and Senator Gorman responded. The Illinois Republicans will contost the election of Brand, who was declared by the official count to have a plurality of ten over his opponent, and whose return to the legisla ture would give tho Democrats a majority of two on joint ballot, and insure them the re turn of a United States Senator. The official vote of Maryland is ns follows: Cleveland, 96,932; Blaine, 85,699; St. John, 2,794j^ Butler, 531* Cleveland’s plurality, Toibnot, a village in North Carolina, lias been destroyed by tiro. It A. Howard entered the house of a farmer named Peake, at Claysvillo, Tonn.. while tho family were (lining, lie intended to settle an old feud. When Peaka saw him he shot him in tho abdomen, iullieiing a fatal wound. Iu his dying throes Howard raised his shotgun and killed both Peake and his wife. In West Virginia tho official count shows the highest Democratic elector has a majority over the highest Republican elector of 4,203, a Republican gain ovor October of 704. J. Randolph Tucker, who was recently re-elected to Congress from tho Tenth district of Virginia by the Democrats, has been ap pointed guardian for tho minor children of President Garfield. Washington* The second controller of the treasury in a report of the transactions of his office for tho fiscal yoar ended Juno 39,1884. shows that the total number of accounts and claims settled was 27,780 amounting to *102,650,418 Governor Cleveland and his inline liato party have engaged quarters at tho Arlington from the last part of February until tho 4th of March. Chief Brooks of the secret service says in his annual report that tho ovents of tho post year give evidence of a revival of tho manu facture ofc counterfeit paper money, which was practically suspended during tho year* 1882 and ItWJ. Ho also says fh'at altnough ho reports for t he past year t ho smallest pe* centage of circulation of counterfeit paper money since tho first issue of such money, ho is of opinion that there are today iu tho hands of counterfeiters noarly * J(X) f 000 of new spurious notes of tho denominations of *10 and *20, which havo beon produced since January 1, I8&4. The commissioner of customs in his annual report says that during tho past llscal year the number of accounts adjusted was 5.837; that thoro was paid into tho treasury rroxr customs and other sources tho sum of *197,- (01,703, and that thoro was paid out of tho treasury tho sura of $22,780,287. A report made to tho secretary of war by the armament board states that moro than 1,200 heavy cannons are needed for harbor defence. Reports received from various parts of the country stuto that tho outlook in tho cot ton and iron trade is gloomy, and that re duction in wages and closing of mills and factories are taking place all ovor. Flamkb rits coyed thesii; nr hou^eof Oliver Birno iu St.‘James pnnsh, La., together with 150,>KJU pounds of sugar. Tho loss is * 5 ),(KJ«J, with no insurance. Adams Leonard, bankers of Dallas, Texas, have suspended with liabilities esti mated at *300,090. J. W. Akin and his son Joseph wore shot and killed by a sheriff’s posse at Sherman, Texas, while engaged in painting tho town red. Two of the posse were wounded. Oliver Bateman, twenty years old. was bunged at Savannah, Ga., for the murder of two young daughters of John McLaughlin last August. The execution was witnessed by 20,000 people. On the same day John Bush (colored) was hanged N ut Lexington, Ky.,foi the murder of Miss Annie Van Meters. PERSONAL MENTION The coat of King Joseph of Portugal cost *20,000, Tub archbishop of Paris Is a daily visitor to the hospital*. The Hon. George Bancroft orer eighty Toftrt old, now takes long daily walks instead of horseback rides. The French transport Issre will'sail for New York about May 15, with Bartholdi’s statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Mr. Wait, of Connecticut, will be tho oldest memlx'r of the next national House of Representatives. He tacks four years of foursoorfi. The now president of tho Ainorican Bible society is tho secretary of state, Mf. Fteliug- buystm. Theodore Frolingbuyseii held the office for many years. Mu. Maplkbon, manager of the song birds of tho Btngei hot beon elected n member of tho council or the American exhibition, which is proposed to l>e held in London in 4880. Secretary Lincoln states that he is not a candidate for the Senate from lUhiois, and that alter Mnnli 4 ho ex{>octa to return to Chicago uud rc-umo his law practice. The greatest t«a drinker in England is Mr. Gladstone, tho greatest in France M. Cloinen- ceau, and in America, the dramatist, Mr. Boucicatilt. The latter carries while travel ing u Mask of tea as others do of cognac. IsMail, tho ox-khodivo of Egypt, is not ft pauper* Between 1874 and 1879, whon ho ab clicnted, more than *109,909,000 was paid in to Ids accouut at various Euro|K<an hanks, principally in Holland and Belgium. The Buffalo pa pel's say the friends of Miss Folsom and of Miss Lovokuuw nothing of the reported engagement of oithor to Governor Cleveland. Alias Love never mot the gover nor but once, and Hint was at adiunor party. Wisconsin will datai the honor of sending the youngest man to the Forty-ninth C’on- f rovs in 1 lie jnsrson of Robert M. La Folio t to. le is only twenty-eight years okl, but iuut already made a reputation as a speaker and debater. Sir Moses Montkfiore might havo seen a woman burned iu front of Nowgage if lie had happened to boon the s|x>t at the moment. That Within ljossl jility of living memory a woman should have been burned, even after hanging, by English law, seems astonishing. Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Polk aro tho only women now living who wero wivos of antel**- lam presidents, audit is rathor odd that Mrs. Tyler is the younger of tho two by twenty- live or thirty years, whereas hor husband was president iu 1843 and 1844. wliilo Mr. Polk *1(1 not come into office until later. Offflt Ini ftaclnmllon of ilieMnlo Hour*! of ( am nwnoiii. The New York State !>oard. of canvassers eorflpleted Do labors at Albany and ad journed. Tho prdocfiuHtig* throughout wore harmonious and without u rlpplo ex citement. No questions nr -hj that wore r d ansily, proporly, and satisfactorily sett Ic'd. The tech nical errors in several of the counties were rectified by general consent. Taking tho veto On the head of the electoral ticket, tno official plurality is Us folloWfli Otton lorfor, t>ffcn<»crat .. 563,0 W Blakoman, Hopublicttti.. 11 m u,, <.. .6 /2,(Ml Plurality for Cleveland 1,0-17 Ottendorfer, who headed tho Democratic electoral ticket, ran Iniliind tho highest elec tor on that ti-kot, General Steiuu C. Priest, 106 votes. Blakeincn, who lieudcM (ha Ro- E ublican electoral ticket, ran four votes l»o- ind Curs >n. who was the highest on the Ro- puhlicffii ticket. Hamiltou Harris received the smolle-t number of votes of any doctor on tho Republican ticket; running thirty lie- hind Blakcman. The difference lietwotfn the lowest C'lovcland elector and the highest Blaine elector is as follows: *• Ottondorfer (lowest Cleveland) 663,018 Carson (highest Blaine) 662,005 Plurality for Clovoland 1,034 Taking tho vote cast fof tile highest elector on each tickot, tho figures aro us follows: Priest (Cleveland) 663,154 Carson (Blaine) , ........602,005 Plurality for Cleveland 1,149 The difference between tho lowest doctors on tlie respective tirkote is thus shown: Ottondorfer (Clovoland) .....603,048 Harris (Blaine) ...601,971 Plurality for Cleveland 1,077 Tho grnnd total of ballots cast in the State for Cleveland and Blaine electors, supposing each person to have voted for thirty-six, was 40,61 o,0l8, of which the Democratic electors received 20,373,068, and the Republican elec tors 20,281.950, tho difference lieing 11,118. Dividing tliis by thirty-six, tho number of electors, gives the average Democratic plur ality in this State 1,142. Tno highest Prohibition elector, Air. Miller, received 26,000, and the lowest, Mr. Ells worth. 24,948. Tho highest Butler elector, Mr. O’Donnell, received 17,004, and tho low est, Mr. Campbell, 10,761. After tho an nouncement of tho totals tho members of tho board signed the tublos and tho certifi cates. father and Daughter Killed—Tl»e Mother l?ic« of Fright* A tragic incident is reported from Eastern Hungary. A clergyman, with his wife and child, wero driving in a sledge from Krosnisora to the neighboring village of Kis-Lonka. A pack of ravenous wolves pursued them. Tho mother was terror stricken and let tho ehijd fall from her arms. At thut the father leaped from the sledge to save tha child. Futhor and . child were at once fiercely attacked by the wolves. The futher fought desperately and killed two of the wolves, but ho was at last overcome and both lie and his child wero devoured. Meanwhile the horses had rushed onward with tho sledge, still bear ing tiie agonized mother. In her agony of ter ror she gave premature birth tea babe which was dead when it was born. This terrible shook with all the rest she had suffered, proved too much for tho poor woman, and wueu the slodve reached Ku-Louka she, too, was dead* So tYie whole luinily perished inside of an hour The United Htaiee Nnvy. In his annual report to tho Secretary of tho Navy, Admiral David G. Porter submits plans for a war ship to cost *350,000 for hull and en gines, and requests Unit uu appropriation of that amount he a.-kod for. He says that iu tho next two years tho Government ought to com plete and arm the unfinished monitors; appro priate money for all the vessels proposed to Congress last winter; build as a commence ment four of tho heavhst monitois, of great onduranco and speed; build twenty torpedo boats and ono cruising ironclad of not less than 4,000 tons, and havo all on. ships of over 1.250 tons supplied with torpedo boats with noiseless ooudonsing engines. Adrair.d Porter contends that the expenses of tho navy since 1869, when the war payments wero completed, havo noi been unreasonable. TIIE BARTH SHOOK UP CoNOonD, N. H., Nov. 23.—A slight shock of earthquako was felt hero at 12:30 this morning, followed sixtoon minutes later by a heavy one lasting several seconds, during which largo buildings woro shaken. The second shock was accompanied by a heavy rumbling noise, which was sufficiently loud to awaken the peoplo from their slumbers. The shooks were felt in vari ous parts of the state. Kxcltlua: TIiiiom In Mexico. Again great excitement prevails over the auestion of the conversion of the English debt. Crowds gathered in the streets of the City of Mexico, shouting: “Death to Gou- zalez.” tho outgoing President. Although the crowds were untinned, they were needlessly tired upon by the soldiers, and a few persons were killed or wounded. fncreaso of Wealth. An English statistician maintains that the daily inc ease of wealth in tho United States is upward of *25,000,000, or about *838,000,000 a year, which is one-third as much as the in crease in wealth of the whole of tho rest of the world. England, whose increase in wealth is next to ou own, makes only a profit on all her business of *300,000,000 a year, or but a liitle over a third of our own. LATER NEWa Two SOVevn shock* of enrthquako woro ox- perioncod in vurlotl* portions of Now Hamp* shlro. At Concord lnrge huildjngs woro shaken and jxtoplo awakened from tholr shmflMrs. '1 iik complete count in Pennsylvania gives Itlaluu 474,votes lo .793,510 for Clovoland, 16,700 for St John, and 10,403 for Butler. Bolva Lockwood received throo votar in tho State. Ex-OovsHNon Hkndiucks called on Gov ernor Cleveland nt tho executive mansion in Albany. Tho oxocutivo committee of the Democratic National committee also callod. A Joint commlttoo representing tho various Cleveland and Hendricks clubs of the New York business mon tendered an escort of 500 men to Governor Clovoland nt tho inaugura tion in Washington on March 4. Governor Cleveland responded by saying tlmt lie was nveren to having a display of any kind at the inauguration, but would give tho matter lilt earnest and careful attention. Souk mon were celohrating tho marriage of an acquaintance in linlsoy Valley, N. Y., by firing a cannon. At the fifth charge tlni cannon wont o(T premntiiroly. Ellsworth Kirk was killod, Uoorgo Heps* oyo was blown out ami Sumner Iie«,bush was also blinded and terribly burnoil in tlio fnco. Frederick Kirk was so badly hurt that hts recovery was considered doubtful. Honry Klbin was thrown fifteen or twonty font by tlio con cuselun and his onrdrums wero burst Elijnh lla'rtln, "Fred" Heps nud Albert Winters were all badly hurt. At a Dsmorralle jollification in Newcastle, i'onn., an explosion of sky-rookots killed three persons and seriously Injured a number of others, Soutii GahOM.va'h official vote shows 69,- 690 for Cleveland, and 31,733 for Blalno; Cleveland's plurality, 48,157. OrnoUb figures iu Illinois give Blaine 340,404 votes; Cleveland, 313,314. Blalno's plurality is 28,180. For governor, Oglesby's plurality ovor Cartor Harrison is 13,537. Iowa's official returns give Blalno a plur ality of 10,803. St. John has about 2,Odd votes. In Michigan the official Republican vote for electors is 193,354; Fusion, 189,408; Blalno's plurality 9,040. Alger, Hepublleon candidate for governor defeats Governor Bogole by n plurality of 3,813. Complete returns in Virginia give Clave land 141,665 votes and Blaine 134,561; Clove land's plurality, 7,001 Blaine's vote In California was 100,8101 rlcvolnnd, 88,807; St John, 2,640; Butlor' 1,075, plurality for Blalno, 13,609. NinK tarsnns were crossing tho Tonnossoc river near Coporton's Ferry, Ala., whon the ferryboat rnpsixod. The ferryman, namod Thulium Key, his child, two women nnd two children lost their lives. Mrs. Key witueeseil tiie drowning of her husband and son from tlio opposite bank df the river,and was driven stark mad by tho occurrence. A fire lias destroyed tho St. Louis Grnnd (Iporn-house, the most commodious ill. ntr" In tho city. Estimated lo« $125,00.1, Two men named Ityan and Walters sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, iu n sloop with nineteen Chtneso, whom tlioy Intended t,o smuggle into Washington Torritory. Tiie sloop capdxed and the wbolo party wero drowned, Bisiiop J. W. WlLET, of tbo American Mot lux list Episcopal church, died at Foo Chow, China, while on a tour to tho mission ■n that country and in Japan. The cholera epidemic is reported to be fast dying out in Paris. —The steamboat Captain B.m, commanded by Captain J. Knglish. on hor trip up from Holma to Montgomery, on tlio Alabama rlvur, exploded lior boiler noor Hoadnot’s Landing. There wore twonty poisons aboard, four of whom wore killod or missing. —Mr. Aster, of Now York, lias presented ids daughter, who lias just hcon married, with a re gistered certificate of tlio city of Boston flvo oor cent, water loan for $100,000. —An Alabama farmor wont to a neighbor's to shoot him, but was shot in turn, ho lead sufficient strength beforo dying to kill the neighbor and his wifo. —Sullivan and Orconflold, the pugilists, woro indicted l.y tho Grand Jury of New York coun'v, and hold for trial iu $1,000 hail, which they furnished. —A Connecticut lady has left $25,000 for a gateway at the eiitraiioo of the Cedar Hill Oemetory, Hartford. —Govornor Brown, of Rhode Island, lias ap pointed Mr. William B. Sheffield to bo United States Senator from that State, vice Anthony, deceased. # —Toianct, a small viilago in North Carolina, was destroyed by ilro. Loss, $25,000. —A Philadelphia servant girl while kindling » lire with kerosene was burned to death. —A wealthy Philadelphia ladv who hai hitherto moved in high soeial oiroles there was convicted of pilfering trifling articles from a store. —A band of forty-flvo brigands recently attaeked a farm near Mattai, Egypt, killing tlio proprietor and wounding four servants. They afterward attacked tlio viilago of Tam- bidi, killing two peoplo and wounding sovoral others. —One of Ooneral Gordon's fighting steamers was repulsed with Iosb at Aindorinun by the Arabs, —At Foochow a collision is fearod botwoon tbe Frcuoh and English ships. Official returns put Georgia’s vote ns fol lows: Clovoland 94,567; Blaine,-17,9 it; But ler, 125, and St. John, 184, The official plurality for Cleveland inNorth Carolina is 17.>31. lllnckle* Anion* » attic. An epidemic known as “blackleg" haB broken out among y ung cattle in tiie western sec tion of Berks county, Pa. Tliis disease ia vory loathsome, and many you. g cattlo have suo- omnbed to its ravages. Tlio an'.mals become lame and deatli eiiruos in a few days. The titate healtii ofliriata have been notified. Simple Wool Dresses, A new nnd simple plun for woo), dresses, says the Bazar, is to make tho skirt with the double-width material passing around tho figure, and having only one soam (that in the back), instead of being out up in gored breadtlls. Eng lish tailors mako plain cloth dresses in this way, having the Bkirt two and a half yards wide, with all its fullness massed in layers of pleats that fall in with the placket-hole. Darts are inken in the top of tho front and sides to make it fit smoothly over the gored foundation skirt, and there is a out doth fringe around tho lower edge, falling on tho trimming of the foundation skirt which consists of two pinked and gathered rufiles of the cloth. The new polonaise with this has a round waist like a vest in front, opening diagonally from right to left, and met by a broad folded velvet sash crossing it at the waist line, and puasinij under the sides of' tho long polonaise, which are widely turned baok from the shoulders (like a man’s over coat when thrown open), and are faoed with satin. The sides of this over-dress hang fiat and plain, and all the fullness is massed in lnycrs of pleats that meet in tho middle seam. There is a return to fanciful outside pookets on some garments, while thoso of cloth usually have Blit pookets braided and finished with arrow-heads THE MERCURY. Entered a* eeeond-elaa* mattar •$ tha I darwlll* Psatoffio*, April W, IE$ SaadenvIUe, Washington Conat/i Mb A. J. JEENIGAN, THE JOKER’S BUDGET. WHAT WR FIND IN THB HIlMOK* OCN OOMHILYRTOHAKR ON H1II1.R. I* the Yfe.t—A Teat of Nlewe.ee Weald Take ae Hlelte-A Liberal KSeeatlea-la. tended to It derm-I'll ns' 1 ** I* Temaa, KtOe* Etc. HOW THEY FLING IN T1XAA, Holding services at a place one time, I took np a eolleotion for the rapport ot missions. There was a poor old lady present who, I notioed, dropped a |5 gold-pleae in the hat. I knew that, aha wns very poor and not able to afford ao mnoh and thought she had intended to throw in a quarter, bnt made a mistake. Bo next day I met hor with her husband and Bald to him: “Look here, your wife put a |5 gold- piece in the hat yesterday, I think aha mnst have made a mistake.” “No, no,” he replied, "my wile didn’t mako no mistake. Hho don't fling often, but let me tell you when she flings aha flings.” A TEST OF SLOWNESS. “Is Mr. Hard fist an extravagant fiver ?” asked Crimsonboak o( Yeast on a recent evening, as they sat and smoked a pipe apiece. "No. I never saw anything about hi* house that would give snob an fanpcaa sion,” replied Yoast "I waa alwaya nnder the impression that he waa a ‘pay- M-yon-go’ sort o( a man,” “Well, if he pays as he goes,” said Crimson I >osk, dusting the ashes (ram his pipe, "ho must go nnoommonly slow. ’ how nn game nr. flie act came to a close, and the two gentlemen roso, left their wlvea and ra ti red to the lobby to obtain the latent quotations concerning lime juioe. Mrs. Drown remarked casually to Mrs. Smith: “Does yonr husband often go out bo twoon sots?" "No; but he always oomes in between drinks,” A liukeal education, "How is your son now ?" asked Olm- let of old Mr. Badger, "He’s doin’ fust rate. Ha’a at ool- logo.” "Ah I So you are giving him a liber al education ?” "Liberal? I should oay I was. Ha’a ooat me $1,GOO for now olothee already tills yoar. Hit was any more liberal I’d have to mortgage the farm.”— BrapMe. ms LAST SCJRAPB, A yonng man who had led rather n fast life finally got married to a wealthy bnt rather warm tempered young lady, After the ceremony was over, his father- in-law said: "I hope you will not get yourself into any more foolish sorapes.” "No, I guess I’ll not get into any more sorapes. I reckon ril never gat ont of this one,"—Texas Siftings. LOTS Or 8AN1>. "Yon see that distinguished-looking man over there ?” “Yes. My gracious what atyle he puts on, doesn’t he ?’’ “He’s ono of onr biggest men; got lota of saud.” “Whoro did he make hia money ?” “In the sugar business, I believe.”— St. Louis Qlobe, INTENDED TO REPOBK. “Yon mnst give np all trioks of tha trade,” said tbe pastor to the groom, “if you expect to go to heaven.” “I havo thought about that few a long timo. I think I will do so after the lHt of January.” "Why don’t yon do so now, brother? There is no time like the present.” "1 can’t do it now very well, bnt I will then." “Why do yon sot that date?” “Because on tho first of the year I teiit-e from business.”—M. Y. Times. BE ROSE IN THE YEAST. Yona % Swipes has quit visiting Mra. Loosetongne’s daughter on College aveuuo, in Anstin, Tox. The other even- Jug lie wns aronnd there, and the yonng hopeful of tho family asked: “Mr. Swipes, do yon make baket’a bread ?” “No; of course I don’t. Why?" “ 'Cause mn said that you was light- bended, that Mr. Lnndborg would make money by hiring you to look at the flour to make his bread rise”—Arkantai Traveller. REFUSED TO TAKE RISKS, A stronger was getting his boots shined up by one of the post office brigade yesterday, and the lad had abont finished one when the man aaid: “Boy, suppose I refuse to pay you nfter the job is finished—what would you do?" “Never take snoh risks,” was (he re ply. “What do yon mean?” "Why, (spit) after I (rub) got one (rnb) boot did, I (three or fear rubs) Jean back like this and wait for the feller to come down with his cash,” The man came down,—Detroit Tree Press. WHAT SEE BIGHT EXPECT OF HOI. George had proposed and been ac cepted, “Well,” she said, "I can sing and play on the piano and harp, oan paint, and at the seminary I was np in the fine arts, and politioal economy, and logio, and I can oroohet beautifully, and play lawn tennis, and, and—that’s abont all, I think. Now, tell me what are Borne of your accomplishments, George ?” “I haven’t got any.” “Not a single one?” -’'Well,” he said, with a sigh, "if the worst should oome to the worst, I think I might be able to cook.” SHE RETURNED HIS LOVE. "Ob, Luoy, if you knew the depth of my devotion ! Luoy, if yon do not re turn my lovo I will kill myself.” “Bless yon, Augustus, I will return your love.” “Ob, will yon—will you ? Then I am happy beyond”— “Yes, Augustus, I will return it. 1 have no use for it,”—Chicago Neu/s. THE CLERGYMAN’S EBROH A Detroit minister who married a couple the other day, forgot to fill ont the blank in the date of the certificate, leaving it to read: “Oot 13, 18—.” Next day the groom returned alone, and alter considerable hesitation asked to have the 84 added, explaining; “Yon see, so far as I am oonoerned, it is all the same, bnt my mother-in-law feels a little bit pnt ont abont it, Bhe says that eighty-foar years makes a heap of difference in hor age.” THE WRONG PLAGE FOB THEM. “What a strong smell of olovea I" ex claimed Mrs. Badger. “Yesh Qiio), my dear. Olovea (hio) are good for moths (hio) in yonr olothea.” “Yes, James; bnt you don’t wear your clothes in your mouth ’’—Oraphio. y-X' :

Georgia Historic Newspapers

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