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Newspaper Page TextTHE mercury. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY NOTICE. gflil •ommnnlMtttou Intended tor thli ftftt mw* **• wlth the fall „ni*of «>• writer, not necmarily tor pnbU- (ttloo* bot U • guarani.. of «ood faith. »r* in no war rnapotialbln for thn vl.wt „«plnlom of PorrnnpoDdnuto THE MERCURY. A. J. JEItNIOAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE VOLUME VI. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 5. 1885. $1.50 per Annnm. NUMBER 2. THE MERCURY. Entonri m weond-eiaM matter at Ike kae d.rivlli. I'Mtofflc*, April IT. USA MandersvlUo, Wuhlngton 0§* fQBUlHIB IT A.. J. JERNIGAN, PeoraiETon and Puuluihesl -*uiteeription....„._ —li ne per Tear MUNICIPAL, Mayor. Wm. GALLAnn. Aldermen. Wm. Rawunqs, A. M. Mayo. W. II. I.Awaoir, R. T. Walkbb, Morris Haft. Clerk and IWasurer. O. W. H. WKTTAKM. Marshall. J. E. Wkddoi*. TOWS OF TKNIfltJAK. Mayor, .'OHN O. IlARMAM. Aldermen. P. J. Pipkin, J. F. MerkkrsOn, J. N. Room, W. J. Joiner. Clerk. 8. H. B. Mabset. Marshall, J. C. Hamilton. E. S. LANGMAUE, Stto^ey 2it I^iw BANDKRSVILLE, OA; r. D. F. Y A N *. n. ». KTAIfB, ;a. EVANS & EVANS, Attorneys At I.aw, SANDERSVILLE, OA. li. I. IIAIUilS, ATT ORNEY AT LAW. SANDERSVILLE, OA. Will practlco in nil thn Court* of thn middle rireuit, «nd in thn couutie* AurroundiiiK Wiihington. Hpeoinl nttontion given to com- meroixl lew. F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT I,AW, BANDErtSVILLE, OA. Wl'i prnctlcn in nil thn Court* of the Middle • 'jit f.nd in tho (auntie* unrounding Wnhingt n. Hpeoinl ntteution (.!ven to com- mera .1 law. C 0 BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ■endererllle, O*. » C. It 1S KM. O. U. Roeaie HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, 8ANDERSVILLB, OA., Will practice In tl o oouutlnn of Wnshlngtou, JeffurNon, Johnson, Kniiinuel and Wilkinson, nud in the U H t out i» for tilt Southern Dis trict of (Jcotglu. Will Met h« u;'intti In buying, telling oi renting Kent K*Utle. Otlltie ou Wtei tide of Fubllo tftquar*. Ocl il-tf H. N. flOLLIFLELD, Physician and Surgson, •aadenvUie, Sa. Jr. tl. li. Hollifield, mimi aid mmi llivtug recently grndiiRied nl the Univer sity <>i Mmi htiKi mid returned home, now O. W H WHITAKER. DENTIST Rtndtrtvlllt, Os. TERMS CASH. DR. J. R. MAY, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Offer* hit tnrricet to the citizen* of 8nndera- ville and adjacent country. All calls, clay or 11 tellt, will be promptly retponded to. Office at hia residence on Mra. Pittman** lot, corner Harris and Church atreeti. j*u!5-1884tf. J. S. WOOD & BRO., General Commission Merchants, SAVANNAH, GA. No commiiaion or other eipemca oii.rged on o'litlfeamenti of Wool, Highoat mark.t price guaranteed at time of B; ilo. sep2'84-ly Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, F( >K ALL KINDS OF MACHINES, for sals. 1 1 also order parte of Muclilntt at get broken, for whloh new ' pleooa are wanted. A. J. JEKNIOAN. NEOISTEWED. nope. IIII CTR m'S GUWfS, P<J . A NEW TREATMENT For ConiumpHon, Asthma, Bronehltli, By*, popeia, Catarrh, Headache, Debility, Rheu- Batlam, Neuralgia, and all Chronlo and Nervotn Dlaordon. A. CARD UlmrCf , ‘"V 'V •"'I all lh.tl« m.a.ii, r ' oomldt r It k duty whloh m< own to thk \ T t h M 5 ru I mill olmmh and i , l ’ cnr " ,,1 ° 8 s‘ iy©» to do all that wo ran to oI>nlUlpnw rlUO " k,,own nn ” U) hispire the pir lie with h *i? t l M,rw,n *J knowl clre .»f Dm. BtarUoy and ohJlSStaS wlKVf n?« ‘’•* n **l*ntlona irntuhi.l.it.. 1 wear© sure, make any atatt* V 0 ? * n °w t r heliave to be true not lotftnulnt. 16 * 1 * 1110 " * " or r * porU of c»«»i*hlobart at . 1 KBLLKV, llemher of Cunitrota frotn Philadelphia. . T.H. AURTHUR, ‘teiiaJiphii'T" '■ Aurlhur '* ,,m “ “*•*•“•* V. L. CONRAD, K'lltor hutuernn Obsarvor," Philadelphia. Piin.Apri.ruiA, Pa., Junel, 18M. In order to meet a natural inquiry in raatrd toont pmfMklunal and ponmnal standing, and f" rive Vn- eraafltfd ontifldence in <.m Matnmut* and intlingm- uliiftirsa (J oar Irstlni-ninla mi'l retmrts «»f oassa, wa tn.'i.. L‘.”i «® ntlp,n,, » well and widely mown and of tlm Ingbeat penonal character. remarkalil, cnr.tire *«om, .ml a ln„. ,.n.nl irl «ur" In Ooii«omptl,,o, CM.nl., Nmir.lgia, Antlintl, Me., ,tid , will, ring, uf cUrutilo III b. MI), hew, DUS. STARKEY Ac I'AI.KN, 1100 nml 111) Olrnrrl Nl., Philadelphia, Pa. MUSIC, MUSIC 00 TO— JERNIGAN EJhiu) Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc- BUY YOUH SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, FROM JERNICAFa, Nang genuine without our Trade Mark. On hand and for aala, SPElTAn.T^, NOSB GLASSES. ETC. LATEST NEWS, INDIANA HIGHWAYMEN. \ TrnJu Robbed liy Miinkcd llorneineiia Tho Louisvillo express, on tho Louisville, New Albany and Chicago railroad, waa stopped near H&rrodaburg, Ind., by a band of masked roblxjrs. Tho latter were on horseback, and compelled tho engineer and fireman to leave their engine. Entering the express car, tho American express messenger was covered with revolvers, and refusing to unlock the safo was shot dead. The safo was broken open, but was found to contain but four hundred dollars. Tno scene of tho robbery is Among tho hills and ■tone quarries, and is thinly settled. The Public Debt. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY airiun n Jerxtigaxt. It la patlmatod that the atateniout of the puhlio debt for the month of April will show a reduction of about V4,000,000. Parcel Plree In Virginia. Firon arc conaunilng tho fnreata and fence, along the railroad of the mountain oountlcs, including Rockbridge, Highland, Allegheny, Augnata and Rockingham. The loaa will ho tho heaviest for ycara. Uiilldinga are endan gered in many |ilaoea, and a dca|icrate light la hclug made to aavo them. War Reaolved Upon. A diapatch to the Independence llelgi' from Ht. I’etcrahurg, Baya: "After tho council at wliloli Gicra’ propoaala to adopt conciliatory meaaurcB toward England were rejected, lie (Hera tendered hia rcaiguatlon aa foreign inln- latcr, hut the czar refuied to accept It at tho present oriaia. On the arrival of the nowa of n Rusalau defeat ill Afghaniatan. tho ezar aent a counter diapatch to England in tho nature of an uliimatiim, and slgnod nn order for the mobilization of tho army. The Imperial hank haa been ordered lo provide tho government with 20,000,000 rouhlea." ItOIMING THK COMMONM. Gladatnnc'g Great Speech In Parliament. Mr, niadatoue, In the Houae of Commona, bringing up the auhjcct of a vote of credit of .£55,000,000 asked for by tho government on tho army and navy account, said that ho hoped that the motion to divide tho credit would not he pressed. The government, he said, would not devote any portion of money votod for par- ticulat purposes for use In the Hotidan, hut would reaervo a discretion to apply tho money taken from the Soudan account for the pur pose of preparation. He urged the house to vote tho government tho entire .£66,000,000. The proposal to aoparato the Sonilau credit from "the credit for apodal preparations" wsb rejected by a vole of 2211 against 180. Tile ESKIMO ntUY-LIFE. When n 1mlly Eskimo’s mother makes tho hood for her reindeer suit, she ilrelohes it into a long ssok cr bag, that hangs down behind and is supported by her shoulders, and this ling of reindeer’s ikiu is his oradte and home, whero he lives until he knows how to walk, when he goto his own ilrst suit of olothing. This, however, is whlio the baliy Es kimo is out-of-doors or his mother is making a social visit. When at his own home, in order not to trouble his mother while she is sewing or cooking or doiog suoh other work, tho littlo baby is al lowed to roll aronnd almost without olothing, among tho reimlcor skins that oinke tho lied, where it amuses itself ivith anything it can lay its hands on, Irom a hatohet to a snow-stick, You doubtless think littlo Borons should have a nice time rolling around to his heart's content on tho soft, warm roiudeer skins; but when I tell yen more ibout his little homo, you may not then think so. For his wiutor homo is built if snow. "But wou’t the suow melt and the nonse tumble in ?” you will ask. Of lourse it will, if you get it warmer than lust tho coldness at wbioh water freezes; out during tho greater part of the year it iB so cold that the suow will not melt, aven whon the Eskimo burn fires in iheir stone lamps inside these snow aonses; so by olosely regulating the amonnt of tiro, they cun juat keep the snow from melting. In short, it must always be oold enough in their home to freeze. So you oan see that the little Eskimo lannot havo suoh a very nice time, and you can’t see how in the world he can bo almost naked nearly all day long when it is so cold. But such is the fact. Yet, in spite of all this, the little fel- ,ow really enjoys himBelf. He gets used to the cold, and has great fun frolioking around ou tho roiudeer skins and playing with his toys; and when I have told yon some othor stories about the oold these little folks oan endure, you oan under stand how they cun enjoy themselves in the snow huts, or iylocs, as they call them, whon it is only a little oolder than freezing. At times, the fire will get too warm in the snow house, and then the ceiling will commence melting—for you all per haps have learned at school that when a room becomes warmed it is warmer at tho ceiling and cooler near the floor. So with the hut of snow; it commences melting at the top beouuse it ie warmer there—and when two or three drops oi oold water have fallen on the baby’s hare shoulders, hie father or mother (iuds that it is getting too warm, and cuts down the tire. When the water oommenccs drop ping, the mother will often tak6 a snow ball from the floor, where it iH oolder than freezing, and stiok it against tho point where the water is dripping. There it freezes fast and souks np the water just like a sponge until it becomes full; and then she removes it and puts ou another, ns soon as it commences to drip again. Sometimes she will forget to remove it, and when it gets soaked and heavy with water and warm enough to lose its freezing hold, down it comes I perhaps right ou tho baby’s bare back, where it flattens out like a slushy pau- eake—or into his face, as it onco served mo.—Lieut. Frederick Schwatka, in St. Nicholas for March. —The President made the following sppelnt- men<« lo be collectors of internal rt-venne.— u.nmol ft Cooper, First district of Texas: Frank J. l’ratt, Tenth district o| MasHachnsetls. Brth apneiU'WcDtJ ate nnjto toflll.vacancies caused by the removal of thelnfDmbents, and Mr. Gladstono proceeded to oxplaln object of the vote of credit. H1b voice waa very hoarse, hut hia spocoh wna one of the moat powerful and telling that ho ever delivered. When lie had eonoludod, the commona, without discussion, aa suggested by Mr. Gladstone, voted entire oredit of .£65,000,000 asked by the government. Edward Tempely Goinly, radical member for Hnnderlind, asked whothor tho government would end* avor to have tho dis pute with Russia referri d for arbitrament to the United Stales of Amerioa. Mr. Gladstone answered: “lho government arc sensible of (heir heavy responsibility to maintain tho honor and goal faith of lho oouulry on the one hand, and on the other to uso overy moans consistent witli that liouor to avoid war. I can give no more particular reply than this." This utteranoo was accepted as significant and was rcooivod with cries of "hear! hoar!" Tho premier was cheered to tho oolio both during tho delivery and at tho close of his spceoh. He was also most enthusiastically cheered when leaving the house of commons after the speech. Love Ends In Tragedy. NEWS OF THE DAY Knnti>rn nml Middle Hinted* Barclay Johnson, twenty two yenrs old. i recent valedictorian nt Yalo college and ■tudying law in Columbia college, Now York, shot ana killed his mother and seventeen*y car old sister while out walking with them at Greenwich, Conn., and then committed sui cide. Insanity prompted tho terriblo deed. Thk jury Investigating tho death of a car penter by the recent fall of ten ttnflntsho l buildings in Now York rendered a vetdict finding Builder Ruddcnsiek, tho supposed owner of the buildings a sub-contractor and two public examiners of buildings resi>onsl- bio. Warrants for the nrrestof the five meu, charging them with manslaughter, were is sued by tho coroner. Fire at Philadelphia destroyed tho repair shops of tho Pullman Palace Car company, including sovon palate cars valued at $15,000 each. The total loss is about $140,0du. Nkw Jkhbky’h “arbor day” was celebrated all over tho State by the planting of tree*. DETAILS OF A PITCH HI* BATTLE. Information has reached Louisville, Ky., of a probably fatal duel which was fought near there by two young farmers. John Augusta and Abo Taylor were rivals for tho hand of Miss June Greathouse. They quarreled and friends arranged a meeting. Pistols at fifteen paces were the weapons used. Both men fired. Augusta, it iB thought, will dio from a wound in his groin. Taylor roseived u slight wound iu the loft thigh. Nonllt nml West. Martin MiTCHKpi,, a hunter’s guido at Black Fish Lake, Ark., shot and killed three men, with two of whom lie had quarreled Mitchell and the three men had Imk-ii seeking each other, and when they mot began firing with the result staled. A PROM INK NT Mis< sdppi editor has for warded to President fleyeiand a |>etition asking for tho pardon of Jefferson Davis. Bix oodles were recovered'Among tho ruin* of the Vicksburg (Miss.) fire, nml it was thought that more than twenty lives were lost. WnnlilnKtnm Thk annual meeting of the American Surgical association was held at tho Medical museum, representatives from all parts of tho country attending. General Lawton, of Georgia, has de clined the Husrian mission, to which lie had been decided eligible by the Attorney general. General Lawton’s nation is based on a desire lo rolieve the administration of any embar rassment which might result from tho light which would probably occur over bis confir mation by the Ennato, many Senators bold ing that his political disabilities havo not been removed, and t lint ho is therefore rot eligible to office under tho Federal govern ment. Additional appointments by the Presi dent: Christian M. Slebert, of Now York, to lie secretary of legation at Chill. Post masters—Henry L. Konyon, at Northllold, Vt: John L Liiulloy, at Ausonia, Conn.; William B. Ilnll, at T> all lug ford, Conn.; Jacob K. Co (Troth, at SoiuersoL Penn.; Delos L. Birge. at Cooperstowu, N. Y.; Francis M. Householder, at Noblesvillo, Ind.: Nelson Bruott, at Jefferson, Wls.; James li Cather- wood, at Hoonestoti, 111.; Goorgo M. Houston, at Harrisonville, Mo.; Benjamin K. English, at Now Haven, Conn.; Dolance Young, nt Auburn, Me.: BLmhen H. Crittenden, at Greenviilo.S; C.; W.B. Delo, at Knox. Penn.; Thus. A. Bailey, at Darien, Ga.; A. H. Mor gan, at Norcross, Un.; Nicholas Best, at Mil let ton, N. Y.: Norinati Fisher, at Hunting- burgh, Ind. Collectors of internal revenue— Edmund W. Booker, district of Alabama; Ebon F. Pillsberry, Third district of Massa chusetts; Alexander Troup, district of Con necticut; Charles H. Chase, district of Muine. President Cleveland’s first public re ception At tho White House, which had been deferred two wooks on account of General Grant’s condition, was attended by a largj number of poople. Tho 1‘resident was as sisted in receiving by his sister, Miss Cleve. land and wives und daughters of tho cabinet ministers. Incident to the transfer of tho office of United States treasurer from Mr. Wyman to Mr. Jordan, a count of tho money in the treasury' is to bo made by a committee of three—two representing the gentlemen named and tho third Secretary Manning. Tho count will take about three weeks. The President has ap]>oiuted Henry’ Kernochan, of Louisiana, to 1m* naval officer nt Now Orleans, and Cornelius S. Scheuck, of Oregon, to bo appraiser of merchandise in the district of WillumeUe, Ore. Charles Junnoy has been appointed postmaster at Cainden, N. J. Postwar teii-G knkr al Vi las the other day appointed sixty fourth-class postmasters. A Deliberate and Dustordly Murder. In Marion county, 8. C., a young white man named Williams was shot in his store by Daniel Hines, whose father stood by with a piBtol in hand ready to fire on Williams should ho offer resistance. Tho cause of tho difficulty was Williams’ dofeueo of a lady whom Daniel liiues hud insulted. Hines and his lather escaped. Williams will die. pergonaTmention. Explorer Greely and wife will spend the summer in England. Minister Lowell is announced to sail for Now York on tho 9th of June. A statue of Garfield has been cast at Nu remberg. It w ill bo erected at Ban Francisco. Professor Baird, for bo long of the Bmithsonian institution,has accepted a scien tific professorship at Yalo college. Queen Victoria is editing the speeches of tho Duke of Albany. Sir Theodore Martin will app nd a sketch of the duke's life. Joaquin Miller propose* to erect a log cabin, similar to that which he built nt Washington, upon a site near Lake do Funi* ftk, Florida. Lady Duffkrin, wife of the viceroy of India, recently laid the foundation-stone of a hotel for the accommodation of female medi al students iu connection with tho Calcutta Medical college. MR*. Whitney, wife of tho secretary, can afford to dress well Her father is tho mil lionaire Senator Payne, of Ohio, and one of her brothers, it is said, ns a trifling Christmas gilt gave her a $10,000 ornament of rubio.-. Marshal Bazaine, the French general who wna atone time under sentence of donth for cowardice in surrendering Metz during tho Franco-Prussiau war, is now penniless and in a most destitute condition at Madrid. General Grant, it is stated, rarely smoked pfior to the battle of Shiloh. The newspapers told of his smoking during that engagement, and, being afterward deiugod with Doxes of cigars, he acquired the habit. Jay Gould has twenty-seven telegraph in struments in his office. Bitting at his desk he can be put in communication with any place that is reached by a wire of the Western Union-Telegraph company. Therefore t he managers or his properties are always acces sible, no matter whore they may lie. THE EUROPEAN TROUBLES. France Is Inclined to Make Trouble With E«ypt. The French Charge d’Affaires in Egypt has been instructed by his Government to suspend all officiul relations with Egypt, and to make the declaration to tho Egyptian Government that France declines to sanction the Egyptian financial convention, and reserves to herself complete liberty of action. Tho Charge has delayed liis departure from Cairo, it is said that Egypt now offers to compromise tho dis pute with France concerning tho seizure and suppression of the Bosphore Egyptien by mak ing an apology and by admitting thut her offi cials violated the rights of domicile of lho pub lishers, the apology, however, to contain no allusion to the seizure of the Bosptwre Egyp- tien. , _ Diplomatic relations between Egypt and France have not biCu broken. The French Charge, however, has boon instructed to go to Alexandria, and if Egypt fails to make a satis factory reply ho will leave Alexandria. In the event of a final breaking off of diplomatic re lations between the two countries the interests of France will be confided to the Russian Con sulate. Tlireti French transports with 4,000 troops on board, which arc now in the Suez Canal, have been ordered to rotnuin there for the present. The opinion is ejym’ssefl here that France and Russia are concerting again* t England. F00TLIGHT FLASHES. Madame Marie Gkistinoer has been singing in 8t i’etersburg, CliARLEH II. Hoyt’s “Tin Soldier,** recent ly produced in Boston, was prouounood u great hit. Patti has appeared forty time* during the present season, receiving $4,090 for each ap pea ranee. Herr Schott lias abandoned the idea of ; anotl fork. “Baldabhare,” a new opera,by Honor Vil* late, lias boon produced at tho Toatro Kealo, Mudrid, with u perfect success. Augustin Daly lias secured A. W. Pin ero’s farce-comedy “The Magistrate” (done at tho Court theatre, London) tor America Mile. Fuiisch-Madi, the leading vocalist of the Thomas Concert company, receives $‘j0,000 from Mr. Thomas for forty npj>ear- Alices. Charles Kelly, the English uctor who died the other day. was ono of tho husbands oil Ellen Terry. Mr. Kolly had not lived with Miss Terry for several years. “Le Chevalier Jean,” the new opera by Victorin Joueieres, just produced at tho Opera Comique, is spoken of in Le Atenestra as decidedly tho best work its composer ha yet written. During the International exhibition at Antwerp, two oratorios, one by Franz Liszt, the other by Anton Rubinstein, will, it is said, be performed, each under tho direction of tuo composer himself. Anton Rubknhtkin has been in Holland during tho last month ou a concert tour, lie has finished a new oratorio, which is to bo brought out under his own conductorship at Antwerp during the exhibition. Signor Mozzucato, in tbe article on Verdi states that the barrel organ, as ground in his S atire village near Busoto, in tho Grand uchy of Parma, by itinerant musicians, was tho first to awaken his musical susceptibili ties. Miss Bella Cushman Eaion, of Boston, a grandniece of Charlotte Cuslunun, uirns to follow in the footsteps of thut famous actre-s. Hho has already received many commenda tions of her latent in reading before tho lit erati of Beacon Hill. Wilhelm Keller, while playing iu Hchil Jer’s “Bride of Messina,” at Hchwerin, in Germany, lately, fell down dead at the iiead of Don Emanuel’s bier. The audience thought it was a tine portrayal of grief, and ap plauded till the truth was known. Judio, the French star who will visit America next autumn, is said by u corre spondent to be “nearly forty years old, with a vigorouc form almost bordering on tho heavy. Hho has a purely oval face and a mouth that effectually displays two rows of pure white teeth.” A Glen’s Falls, N. Y., man has invented a musicul instrument, the sound being caused by water dropping into a tube of thin, reson ant metal. He got the idea by hearing rain drops patter on a tin roof. Its tones will be as louu as those of u music box. Tho invent' or will exhibit it throughout the country. During last year no fewer than thirty eight new operas by native composers were brought out in Italy, provided a revised ver sion of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” can be called i new opera. Among tho names of the com posers who are responsible for these wor only one or two are known outside of Italy. A great number of now operettas are sooQ to be brought out. Carl Millocker is engaged upon a libretto furnished him by Genee and Zell; Franz von Huppe has iust uiid the score for a text by Schuitzer; Aliens Czibulka, tho composer of “Pentecost in Florence,” has ac cented a text book from Riegen and Gonoo. Johan Strauss is hol d at work on his “Gypsy Buron,” and Joseph Bayer is soon to fluish “ new operetta for the Theatre au der Wien. Enthusiastic violinists have lelrffced mar velous things of the capricious violin and its feminine coquetries. Ole Bull used to say that he frequently had to coax and wheedle his violin without stint, and to woo it by tho gentlest caresses. W hen it would obstinately refuse to Utter accordant kOte^ be was wont to rub it iailuly with good hiugor wifcb a fl&npel eleth, or to put it gado until ltd co quettish wood hud ^MlbaO l The following details of the battle betweon Genoral Middleton's fore© and tho rebel army in Mnnitolm from Winipog have boon ft. coivod: When the troops left Clark's Cross ing on Thursday, there wore fow In tho army who expected the fight would occur. General Middleton, however, warned tho scouts to keep a sharp lookout, and the nd- vanco was made with great caution. The troops ramped for tho night thirty miles wc*t of Clark’s Crossing. A good night’s rest was obtained, ami tho forward march was commomvd nt seven o'clock on tho following morning. The scouts were well in advance. Before proceeding five nilles two of tho scouts came galloping bark and loportod to General Middleton that tho rebels wor© Intrenched iu tho bluffs a mite In advance of tho column. Tho lino of march was along a trail which winds among the bluffs, and afforded a magnificent Intrenched position to tho rebels. The trail at this point cross *s Kish crook, which is swampy on oithor side, so that tho troops bad to wade knee deep in water. Middleton lit once nr* angod his column ami gave the order to ad- r the first time tho 400 volunteer* who had gone on the expedition regarding it ih a picnic awaken 'd to the horrible reality that they were going to face death. Major Boulton s scouts led. followed by tho Nine tieth battalion of Winnipeg. The genoral with his two aides were well to the front. Ah they approached, the robots, from tlioir inbuilt in tho tlmlNH* on tho bluffs, ojieno.l and poured a deadly volley into our troops. Ten of our men, principally scouts, toppled from their hors-s and at least fiftcon hors 's rolled over dead. The gen- ordered a return fire, which was obeyed,* but little effect was taken on tho ruUds. Our scouts then m tnumvrod around to a jmsitinn where hUhmI two hnystacks nud a couple of log houses. Tho genera! then ordered Captain Wise, his aid, to bring for ward nn advance guard of the Ninetieth, under Captain Clark. Captain Clark’s company ndvunced to tho bluff and began skirmishing. The captain was running with his comiiany from one bluff to another, when a bullet struck him ill the back and befell severely, if not mortally, imn lo 1. Ho was carried to the rear. All tins timo the rebels, who were standing in their rifle pits nr hidden behind trees, were |K)uring their deadly bullets thick und fast, upon our troops, wh > appeared perfectly helpless nml unable to dislodge the insur gents from tlioir position, chosen with so much foresight. Two guns of A battery then came up nt a gallop under command or ( ap* tain Fetors, tho guns being supported by tho garrison division under Captain Fetors nml [Jent'limit Rivers. After firing a couple of shrapnels at tho half breeds tho latter re tired into tho ravine. While being driven across Sergeant Htowurt,of Boulton’s cavalry, kille l ono Indian, who Imd already shot four horses. Tho remainder of tho Ninetieth were then sent up, Majjr Buchan commanding Jhc right battalion and Major Boswell the left half. C company of the infantry school, Toronto, being on tho oxtreino right, Imd sev eral hotly contested s -riiiiiimges with tho rei**ls for possresion of tho knoll, 500 yards in advance of tho ravino. Our men were finally beaten back and re treated from tho knoll, leaving the rebels in mssesslon of it. Seeing matter* were grow- ng serious and tlmt defeat stared him in the .’ace, General Middleton suit a courier in mad lmste to the river to summon the left col umn on tho oppositesldo to his assiotance. J'ro- cautioashad licon taken to bring a scow up tho river to ei a’>lo the troops to cross in tho event of n battle. Jx>rd Molgund was in com mand of the left column, anti whon ho hoard firing on tho opposite side about nine in tho morning, tho time at which the baltlotoiu- menced, ho ordered bis column to advauco quickly nn l lie ut the river banks ready to cross. In obodienco to General Middleton's order a scow’ was at onco got iu readiness. No. 2 company of tho Tenth, under Captain Mason and Lieutenants Irving ami Hay, thou ' lU NEWSY 0LEA.N15JGS, TnK.UK are 1,500,000 acres of swamps la North Carolina. The English language is taught In 00,000 schools in Japan. An Alabama factory makoskiudling out of cotton seed hulls. Thbre have l»eon nine wars In Europe within the last thirty years. Tub total cost of tho rescue of Lieutenant Greely and party was $769,205. The population of Atlanta, Ga., is increas ing at ♦.bo i nto of nearly 5,0J0 a year. Making envelopes out of straw paper is a now mid flourishing industry iu Ireland. A DErosiT of zinc ore thirty feet thick and two miles long has been found in Marion coun ty Arkansas. English lovers of cats are introducing a now variety from Russia. They nro of a rich mouse color. The lumtiercut in Maino the past season was 1115,000,000 feet, or about 10,000,000 less than that of 1SS4. In Virginia peanut© nro now ground into wlm* proves a vory (air Hour for making pio* crust ami othor light pastries. Klrotihkiki) butter will soon bo iu tho ninrkot. A French patent has I icon oh.n’uod for a process of batter-making by electric* ity. The Han Juan district of Colorado is rap idly developing into a gold-producing coun try nml Is good for $vU0,U0J of tho yollow metal this year. What is said to be tho largost diamond in tho world is about to bo cut in AiusiorUum. It was recently louml hi Mouth Africa and weighs 47a carats. Mu. Lykenh, of Mines, a small town nonr Altoona, 1‘enn., is said to bo lather of five bovs, three of whom came into the world fully equipped with locth. A long-haired elephant, larger and more perfect than any siiocim ui Intln r-o so- cured, is being extrude 1 from tho ice nt the tnoutii of tho Loua Delta, biberia. There are now eight vegetarian restau rant i iu London, feeding from 500 to l,5ii0 liorsour daily. The average cost of diuuei s lu one of tiie most Iroquoutexl is sevou and one half pence. Tiie death of a professional sword swat* lower in un English hospital, tro.n ho.u- orrnage, has again brought alien.ion to tne dangers of tno calling, which is pop* Ulany supposed to be hunnlo»s. That jiogge I thoo* nud b< o:s Are still quite extensively used might i.o interred irom the fact tiiat a peg niauulm turmg company nt Bartlett, N. It., is turning out the little wooden article; at the rate of l,tk)J budie day,mid has ordois on hand that will require sovurul months to fill. Kxpln«lt*ir the Crime or NTnrdor on tlio Gnllow* In Arlinamu* Tho execution of Columbus L. Mollltt, who murdered William Weliunt three yoars ngo, took place at Dallas, Folk county, Ark., the othor day. Three thousaul people wit- nessnl tho hanging. Ilia doomed man, who was not yet twenty-one years old, mot hi* fate declaring hi* innocence. Tin crime lie expinto 1 was committed in June, F8J. Tho culprit was a near neighbor of tho man lie wantonly kil.ed. Weliunt. a thrifty and prominent farmer of Folk county, was shot Iron ambush while plowing. The miss do crushed through Ills brain, and he fell over hit plow n corpse. Thu assassin lushed from his concealment, and at ter rilling Wohuni’n pockets, entered tli < house, near by, and wilt bed it of a considerable turn of money. Woburn's wife, who wn* engaged some dis tance away, li-nriug the gun fired an I see ing tho strange man, hastened to the homo. At tho door she met young Moffitt and OKkinl lum what ho was lining (here. Ho m ule no reply, but pushing nor nside darted nrrost the fields and disappeared in tho woo Is. The nvir lor and roblwry created the wildest consternation, and large rewards were offered tor tho murderer’s capture, but lie proved a cunning fugitive nud a crafty prisoner. After escaping from the Dallas nml Hot Springs tails, lie was finally held at Dallas by lioiiig cluiiud to the jail lloor. SO WAGS THE WORLD. THE JOKER’S BUDGET. crossed. Ixird Mclguuu and Cap tain Young crossed with them, and after a march of about three-quarters of a mile from tho river’s bank, came up with tho right column who wore engaged with tlio enemy. The latter were thou undor cover of a deep ravino. Meanwhile A battery (regu lars) and a company of tlio Ninetieth under Captain Forrest, dashed across tho oixming atm gained tho top of the ravine. The rear troops wore then worked forward and the artillery constantly shift© l for uu advan tageous position for shelling the rebels who were still in the rifle pits and old house's. Tho shelling begun, but through want of practice it was not so effective ns was ex ported. During tho shelling operations tho opposing forces were within a few yards of each other. The insurgents wore halt-broods l Indians, who kept up a constant war- whoop It was observed that tiioeo shot were struck in vital parts, showing that the rebels wore excellent marks men. When Company ” of tho Tenth arrived they were sent over on tho right flank ami thrown out in skirmishing order *o as ns to enfilade the ravine and to relieve some of tho troops who had been in action all day. About sixty of the rebels were seen to retreat on horseback, tho remainder in tho ravino being unable to do so owing to tlioir It arses having been either captured or shot. Things remuined unchanged up to 5 o'clock, when there could not have lieen more than ten men in the riflo pits in tho ravine, at which time the gon- oral had tho troops drawn up preparatory to making a charge and capturing tho men in tho pits, which was expected to close tho en gagement, ns ho had ordered tho teams to get ready to move about half a mile nearer CAPT. JACK'S SUICIDE ndy —„ _ tho river, in tho open, to camp for tlio night During tlio engagement tho bullets flew tuir* Heavy losses occurred among our troops, but tho loss to the insurgents was small. After several hours’ fighting the general, finding it impossible to dislodge the rebels, ordered a withdrawal, and tho army finally fell back on tho camping ground of tho pro vious night. Tho loss of tho Canadian troops was about eight killed and fllty wounded. Of the lat ter a number wore expected to die. As far ns could bo soon the enemy left no dead ou the field, though twenty-five of them wore shot mid a dozen captured. Tho rebels seem to be composed of nliout au equal mimlier of hulf-hrcctls and Indians, in all not more than two hundred, mid are supposed to bo under tho command of Gabriel Dumont. A TEXAS WHIRLWIND. People] IKIIIed and House© Demolished. Tho Prairie Grove neighborhood, eight milos south of-Muxin, Texas, wife visited about 2 o’clock p. m. by a severe cyclone, causing serious damage to lifo and projierty. The two-story school-house, in which wore about fifty children, was blown down and torn to pieces, killing ono child and wound ing several. Tho casualties wore ns follows: A fourteen-year-old daughter of J. P. Swing, kilted; Estelle Cook, leg broken: two children of E. Herring, log and arm broken; two children of Mr. O’ilnrn, tegs broken uni injured internally. Tho house of 8. McKinnon wus blown down, seri ously in uriiig tlio owner. The storehouse and postoffice, owned by 8. D. Hughes, were demolished and tlio goods promiscuously scat tered. Tho residences or M. B. Cox, II. Thompson and T. J. Williams were denial ished. Larkin Gentry’s house, some distance from the village, was demolished an 1 liims.d and wifo and child kilted. Other serious re suits were probable, as tho country is thickly settled in the direction of tho cyclone. Advices also come from Northern Texas noting a very heavy rainfall, extending over a large section of country. At Gainesville the recall and Elm crooks overflowed their banks, and beside washing away much prop erty several lives are reported lost. Women and children clung to branches of treea foi hours before they wore rescued, and in sonv instances whole families wore swept away ii tlioir houses, but in moat instances they wen rescued. Patent medicines are estimated by a leading English journal of medical mat ters to cause the death of a hundred and titty thousand parsons every year, In tho log booh of tho into Captain Harris, of Stratford, Conn., is au entry under date of Jauuarv 21, as follows: “On the morning of tho 13th I was dis abled while standing uoar tlio wheel by a broken spar, and lay iu tlio oabin three days unconscious. Tlio first mnte says Jack is gone, and asserts, as do others of the crew, tiiat ho committed suicide through grief.” Captaiu Harris was au old sailor, whos most faithful and devoted friend through many of his voyages was Jack. O.ipt. Harris bad first taken Jack on a voyage when ho was hnrdly big enough to walk. He seemed to oaro for no cue's sooioty but tho captain's, being extraordinarily affectionate and demonstrative when with him, but very dignified, stern, and silent at all other times. He was a big fellow, with great browu eyes, and tho captain bad only to exprosH a wish for Jaok to attempt to exeento it. If it was something that lie could do ho would quarrel with any sailor who attempted to do it, aud if it was somethiug that he could not do ho would qunrrol if some one of tho sailors did not do it. Ou Jan. 13, Captain Harris wns home ward bound, nud iu tho midst of a ter- ritio gale. Tuo broken spar pinned him to tlio deck, und knocked him senseless. In an instant Jack was at his side. He attempted to pull off tho brokou spar, and would allow none of the crew to help him until ho saw it was impossible for him to do it. Then he urged the crew, by mnte pleading, to do wlint be hod been nnable to aecomplisb. Dur ing tbe entire three days that Captain Harris lay uuoousoious iu his cabin Jack never left him. He refused even to eat, but kept bis pluoo near the cap tain, looking at the mate, who acted as nnrso, with a most piteous aud pleading expression. On the third day ilio mate palled Jack on tlio head aud said: “Poor Jack. The enpluiu is dead." Jack stood up so tlmt he oould look into the bunk, and when he saw Cap tain Hnrris’s white uurecoguizing fneo, he moaued. Then he uttered a iowery, and slowly went np tho cabin stairs. At the top he turned nud looked into tlio oabin onco more. Then he cried again piteously. Then, looking around the deck and seeing somo of the crew, lie slowly wagered his tail, as though to say good-bye, and then with auothor cry he sprang into the sea. ATItANdR, NTAHTl.tNn AND CDRIODI KVRNTM IIKMI ttlllltn IN TIIK UUL- IMINN 4*F OUU KXUllANUKrt. A llrltlah fllsjor’s Ninils«.M-A Draft Trap -A llsrslnr’s llrsve—Tt. Haiti. •> Hmslllna Nalls. Hie.i Kie. Manors Waiinm, of Bhnsham, IV. Y., has been bothered by chicken thieves lately. A few nights'ago be set a large steel trap at tlio entranoe of his ohlcken coop door. He also loaded • shotgun with powder snd tine salt and plnood it at the door of tho coop, so that when the door was opened the gnu would be discharged, aud tbe intruder would rcceivo tho ooutents in his body whlio held in the jaws of tbe steel trap. The eamo day some friends of Warners came to visit him. They drank eider all day aud until late in tho evening. When tho visitors were roady to go Warner wout to help them harness the horse. They broke a strap. Warner had one in tho ohloken ooop. He forgot about the trap and the gnn, and went after tbs atrap. Wiien he opened the door of the hen honso he stopped in the trap. The gnn wont off, aud bored a largo holo in his sido, making a fatal wound. The trap broke his leg. Ths timber rafts of the Rhine aro • noticeable characteristic of that river. They oonalst of timber felled in tho mountain foreeta and brought down to the ltliiue by theNcokar, Main, Moaellc, and othor rivers. The single logs are first hurled down from the heights Into tlio mountain torrent, then a few are tied together aud as they float down the atreamlot grow like a snowball, till in the llhino itself they are made Into huge floating fabrics, which areoarefulh nav igated to Dorbeoht and sold. A raft lias often eight or ten small honses on it, and 400 to COO people, rowers and pi lots. Tho vast pile is steered by means ol immense oan, and is Hooonatrnoted as to twist liko a bngo snako in the narrow shannols. The sale of a single ralt at the ond of tips voyage often realizes 8160,000. Duhino the rotreat of Qon. Duller, tho houon of the day fell to Major Wardrop, who, with thirteen men, stole cautiously round the euemy’s right and found tiiey had only a few hnndrtd rifle* nicu on tho hills snd no reserve spear men. Major Wardrop aud his men, kcopiug out of sight, sent volleys at a range of 800 yards on the enemy’s flank. ( Leaving one msu at this point to oou- tiuue the tiriug he took the twelve nlliers, and, os qnlokly as possible, per illed tho same tactics at three suooesfive hills, giving tho Arabs tbe impression that new bodies of British troops were arriving. The Mabdi’s forces beoamo panio stricken, ceased firing and re treated toward Metemneh, taking their guns and dead and wounded with them. A few remarks on the care of watohea are made by a writer in the Pojtular Science Monthly. A good watoh should be oiled ouoe a year and oloaued onoo in throe years. If a jeweler tells you that there is some very serions trouble or break in yonr watoh whiob will coat sev eral dollars to gut repaired, ask him to toko tho watoh “down” and let you see the trouble. It is bettor to wind one’s watoh in the morning than in lho even ing, since, if you wiud at night and ex pose the watoh to tho oold, the chilling of thu tightly wound mainspring may break it. Frequently empty out the dust that accumulates iu your watoh pocket It will not iujure a clock or watoh to tern the hands buokward. A Little GlrFi Crnipnay Manners. “Sit down, will yon, please, and wait a moment till mother eomea?” said a lit tle girl to two ladiea who came to see bor mother. “And will yon give me a glass of wa ter, Martha T" oslud one of the la lies; ■*I am vory thirsty." “With pleasure," answered Martha, ami sho presomly eamo baok with two goblets of water on a small waitor, whloh she psHsed to both ladies. “Ob, thank you," said tlio other lady; "yon are very thoughtful.” "You are quito woloome,” said Martha, very sweetly. When Martha went out of the room one of the ladies said : 1 ‘Tills little girl Is ono of tho loveliest ohildreu I ever met. How sweet aud obliging her man ners aro I” Lot ns go into tho next room and seo. Martha took the waiter baok into tho dining-room. "Mo drink I me drink I" cried little Bobble, oatching hold of Ills sister’s dress aud screwing np his rosy lips, "flfll. nnl. Rnh r nr ini ltfartlia. “Go nnnoRotm notkn found in tii» CULU.HNH OF OllU KXUUANUM. wiralv .1 Tim. Yrl-A Clear l'«M .f Carl- Mliy-Anil this In l.eul-Annl l«Ha Found II—llelore nud Alter. Kie.t Kic. , FLXNVr OF TIME TBT. Pa—“What I yon don’t want lo accom pany na on onr three-years’ tonr aronnd tbe world f Why, daughter, yon yon* self proposed it. Daughter—"I know, but I—I want U got married." “Married? Well, of all thing* I To whom ?" “To young Mr, Do Blank, Ton know him. pa?’ "Yea; good oliaraoter, good family and all that; but bo lias do inoawe except what ho gels from his father. He hiss uo employment at all.” “I know it, pa; but he is going to get a splendid ofllco nnder Cleveland. It has been positively promised, and aa soon ns lie gets it we are to tie married." “Well, that’s all right. At the pres ent rate of nppointmoula yon oan accom pany us on our tour arouml the world aud gut back iuplonty of time,”—Phila delphia. CalU CAUSED BT A oouon. “Are you troubled with n cough T' asked Yeast of Orlraaonbeak, while nt Ohnroh. “Very mnoh,” replied Grlmsonbeak. “How long have yon had it?” further questioned Yeast. “Had it ? Why, I haven’t got ill" “Thought you aaid yon were troubled witli a cough?" * S i I am,” responded the faoetione dumi, turning erotiud nml looking at tbe parishiouor behind him, who was ooilgh- lug violently, “hut it’s that man'noiiiigb belaud me."— Yonkers Statesman, too noon cumotnrr. The new servant girl oarne to her mie- tross crying and holding on to bet Huger. “What is the matter ?" asked the lady of tho honso. .... . , “I run oue of the forks into my hand, and if it ia that plated staff I'll get look- jaw. M “Don’t be alarmed,” said themlstrean, “all my atlw&r L genuine. I don't keep auy (Hated ware,’ Next morning the servant girl waa gone, and so wna the ailver.-Yteeaa Siftings, A DRAO. Wbat la dragging the Ameriean pe nile away from Hoi Lord Wnlsoley’s Eye. Lord Wolsoley has been able to con tradict tho reports as to his eyo-tronble; he oan afford ophthalmia less thou most men, os, ever aii.oe the Crimea, ho has hod the sight of hut oue eye. Whon he was doing duty in the tronches be fore Bebastopol, a shell exploded in a gabion lull of gravel, in moving which ho and two sappers were engaged. They were both killed outright; Wolsoley got so severe a peppering with tho gravel that bo was literally '‘stuck full of stones from hoad to foot.” Thero wns not a square inch of his face that had not a gravel-pellet embedded in it; part of his sliiu-bone was earriod away, and his eyesight was in so great danger thut for weeks he was kept in the gloom of n cave near Balaclava, and so missed being present at tbe fall of Bebastopol iome; aud tho Masouio lodge; and the Base ball match; and the Foot raoe; and the Regatta; aud the Bootable; and the Croquet quarrel; and tho Teuuis oourt; aud tbe Oommeuoemeut; aud tbe Wind tight; is the Roller sxutiug rink.—Bcnnera. she found it. “Who dat dor?" says Aunt Louisa, an accomplished culinary artist ol ebony persuasion the other day, as she peeped behind the stove aud saw a dark object lying on the floor. “Who dat dar fling dom dialings down dere? ’Giar to good- nosa, day work this nigger todeff." And Aunt Louisa stooped duwu, grabbed the dark looking object and began to scour away industriously on a pan. Bat the hadn't giveu hut one or two wipes when tho dropped it like a ooal of tire. She looked at three soratohee across her hand and rnbbed her obeek where the blood oarne ont, and us she watched tbe dish- rag scampering over the floor with lie tail np sho exolaimod: “Bress de good ness, dat dishrag was de oat."—Qreenes- borough (Ga.) Journal. FLORIDA STORIES. “That aeotion of the oountry (Florida) fa tilled witli people who came there Biok enough to dio aud who are now well and hearty. In faot, such stories," writes the Bad Boy’s father, “are told iu all parts of Florida. One man in • town south of Bauford was telling me how he brought his wife there a few yean ago dyiug of consumption and she waa cured so completely that a year ago she could earn S3 a day taking in washing. 'And how is Bhe now ?’ I askod, little thinking I was going to open np a scar that would bleed again. He sighed, as be thought of the S3 a day hia wife used to earn taking in washing, and aaid, ’She died last summer of malaria aftet doing a big washing.’ I felt lor that poor stricken man, who had found the climate ao good and yet so bad.”—Peck’s Sun, | tub wife’s first effort. Yonng Wife (her first attempt at mar keting)—"Have yon any nice roost bod ?" Butcher—“Yes, mnm; I have the Chicago dressed beef.” Yonng Wife—"Is it in good condi tion ?” Butoher—"Yes, mnm. It’s shipped in refrigerator cars and when it reaches this oity it's frozen solid." Young Wife—“Very well, yon may send a nice piece, if it is frozen. It ‘ Get ont, Bob r cried Martha, to Bridget” "Don’t speak so to yonr tittle brother," said Bridget “It is nono of yonr business what I say,” cried Martha, tossing book her bead. Martha I" That is grandmother calling from the top of the stairs. “What?" soreamed Martha back. “Ploase oome hero, dear,” said grandma, “I don’t want to,” muttered Martha. ^ Bhe, however, dragged hersell np- I oLly yesterday that I heard my husband Tire Czar of Russia is growing quite gray and bears on his race tlio wrinkles of prematuie old age, induced by worry and anxiety, stairs. UnwilliDg feet, yon know, find it bard to elimb. “Martha," said grandma, “will yon try to find my specs ? Iam pretty sure I left them in the dining-room." “No you didn’t,” cried Martha, in a oross, contradictory tone; “you always lose them np here;” aud she rummaged round the chamber, tumbling things over liko the north wind. “No matter," said the dear old lady, seeing she wonld have mnoh to do to put things to rights again; “no matter, Martha; they will oome to hand;" -and she quietly put down the newspaper for by aud by. Martha left her and went down stairs with a pout. Oil, dear ! where are Martha's civil, obliging manners? Why, those are her company manners. Bhe puts them on in tho parlor, and puts them off when she leaves tbe parlor. She wears them before visitors, and hangs them up when they aro gone. You see, she has uo manners at home; she is cross and disobliging and rude aud selfish. Bhe targets that home is the first place to be polite in—in the kitchen aa well as in the parlor. There is no spot in the bonse where good manners can bo dis pensed with. BE ATTENDED TIIE INAUGURATION. Brown—“Ot course you shook hauds with the President V JoneB—“Not exactly. Faot is, I did not got uear enough to seo him.” “Tlint was a splendid parade, though, wasn’t it ?’’ “So 1 heard. Faot is, my train was delayed, aud I didn't got in till after the parade had passed.” “But you danced at the ball ?” “Hardly. My dress suit didn’t get along till the next day.” “Well, iu the name of goodness, wbat did yon bob of tho inauguration V' “A lew cold potatoes aud a big bill." say be was very fond of oold roa* beef.” SAORlr-EGIOUB. Mrs. Eilorain Pidgeou, ot Anstln, is very oouseieutious iu tbe dtaouurge of ber religious duties. Tbe other day at broakfast, Mr. Pidgeou, who wus read ing tbe morning puper, remarked ; “That wus a horrible affair in Paris. Day before yesterday a lion tamer waa eaten up bv tbe lions.” “Wbat r exolaimod Mrs. Fidgeon, "in Lent f" ABOUT SO. Mrs. De Snap: “No, I oan’t imagine why I ma:ried suoh a fellow as yon are, anyhow. You have not been • good husband, at all.” Mr. De Snap: “Its yon* lault if 1 haven’t.” “How do yon make that out?” “Yon know tho old saying, 'A good woman makes a good husband.’ ” “That's true; but the woman has to he the man’s mother.”—Philo. Gall, on, THUNDER I A well-known citizen attempted to impress upon me that Postmaster-Gen- erul Vilas’s nnme should be given a Freneh pronunciation. In speaking of him, he said, we should say Col. Veela, giving a broad sound to tbe final a. As he insisted that this was the only proper way in wbioh to speak of the new Post master-General, 1 tried it on the first Wisconsin man I met. “What do yon think of the appoint ment of Veela?” I asked. “Lamar? I gness he’s all right.” “Ve9Ja,” 1 repeated. “I say I gness Lamar's all right,” Then I spelled it ont—“V-i-l-a-s." "O.h, thunder! Bill Vila* f Why didn't you say eo before ?” Bo it don't work.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 05, 1885, Image 1