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Newspaper Page Textthe MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVEBY TUESDAY notice. oommanlsottoss lnUndtd tor thli p,, ro0 *t tM eesompanlsd with th* fab of th. wrltor, nol nsoMserlly tor pabU- Bflon, “ • « n * rmnt ** ot ,00d hlth - ff , , r , is no way responsible tor th. .l.w. , r „plDlon.of eorrMpomleuU THE MERCURY. A. J. JERN1QAN, Proprietor. DtTVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.50 per Armani. VOLUME VI. 8ANDERSVILLE. GA„ TUESDAY, MAY 19. 1885. NUMBER 4. THE MERCURY.' Enured m nwnd^lM m.tt.r M t darivUl* PottofDc., April 17, Ul SandertTllle, Washington County, 8s. muaanb it A. J. JERNIGAN, Ptorurron Ann PUBLiaaaff. BuMeTlptton-... MTTJf IOIPAL, Mayor. Wu. Gallaheb. Aldermen. WU. RaTVI.INUS, A. M. Mato, W. H. Lawbob, B, T. Wale**, Morris Happ. Clerk and Treasurer. G. W. H. Wbttabib. Marshall, J. E. Wbddok. town op TENNILLn. TRADE MAS* ^ REGISTERED. Intcndant. John 0, Harm an. Aldermen. J. F. Merkihon. J. D. Than Klin. J. M. Brown. J. R. Pritchard, CHerk. B. H. B. MABBEY. Marshall, J. C. Hamilton. A. C. WRIBHT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 105 Bay St, Savannah, da. par Will practice in nil the Court.. A nr tv treatment For Coniumptlon, Asthma, Bronohllli, Dys- pepsin. Oatarrli, Headaohe, Debility, llheo- matiam, Neuralgia, and all Ohronlo and Norvoui Dlaordcri. A. CAllD, We, Ilia nnilerriane'1, lrrin, raral.ed .real ano ban.Ill frinn Ilia u.„ of "OOMrOIOm OOMPO by Dj In* Mtlnf •diet) m innre. doty which utlarins Inn ** t*> do all that to Innpira tho po‘ llo with n t P«r*onal know! d*a of Dm. Btarkaj and ralpn. T hoy am Ptluo* © 1. iutolllwnt, ooiiaclontiooi phyalrlaua * m w | I not. wo am aum, urnko any atat«- "i , **R whhdi thry do not know ir l>©H#t© to hq jruo uoi puli if li any toilimonials or raporta of caaaa wntoh are not ffanulnp. la a now dlarovtrj in ... rlaimod for it, cmialder It many (houaanda w|t<> bit no-call»*<l "iumimhio" d $. inaka tta virtue# known a >1 all that la owe to tha clmmi i and IK Pnlnonod let* Cream Knalntn It* Grip Upon Movrrnl llu ml red Pernon* -Neventy-PIve ttelptra* -Tlio Keene* t»f the liny nnd (lie .Mourn lit I Upturn--Hum' It Itnppeneri* Tho Ht. Fnul Methodint Epineopnl Sunday- Hchool excursion from Atlanta, Oa., to Tallu lah fallH was accompanied with BcriotiH and poRsibly fatal results. Aliout forty pcrBoni ho ato of tho ico cream prepared for tho oc casion by a membor of tho church, who did not not understand tho fatality of keeping the cream over-night in the freezer, were poisoned. Tho tin of tho can mixed with tho cream anl poisonod it, and all of tho excursion who par took of it were effected, tome of them seriously and fears were entertained by physicians that death would result. It was truly a sceno from vlcasuro to grief. No deaths had occurred up a late hour of the day of its happening. „ . WM. l\ KKLI.KY, Mnnhar of (Jun*ruac frotn Philadelphia. K.1U., nn.i| i-ni.U,UiJ T *' , AuJlhilr-. Hum. MlttalM,” Philadelphia. V.!, CONRAD, • Editor “Lutherim Obnarmr," Philadelphia. Pliil.ADF.i.rUU, Pa., June 1, 1R8J. In order to meet a natural Inquiry In reaard loom ptiifi-RMotml and pcmnnal Funding, and to rive In* rreason oi.nflilencc In our etatcincnt* and In tha •Mi nim m>M> of <>ur teattuionlals ami minute of obm#, wa pr ut the above oard from gcntlumon well and widely km wn and okthe hlgheat portion a I character. Our ‘Treatise on Oomuound Oiyaon.” containing a niMory of tho diacovery of and tnodouf action oj this r« markable curative agent, and a large ieoi.nl of auf- I'riaioK enma In OonsnBipUnn, t’aUrrh. Neuralgi Hrntichitia, Aathma, ato., and a wide rang# of ohror diBeajan, will be aant freo. Addreaa DR A. ftTAlIKKY Sc I'AI.EN ItOUnml I 111 Olrnrri HI., Phlladolphla. fa. E. S. LANGMACF, Sttoi^ey £it 8ANDERSVILLE, OAi MUSIC, MUSIC 00 TO— JERNIGAN H. D. BTAKI. B. I). KVANB, ZlL EVANi A EVANS, Attorney* At I.n.w, BANDERSVILLE, GA. ]?. I. HA1UU8, ATTORNEY AT LAW. HANDEllSViU.E, OA. Will practice in all tho Courts of the middle circuit, and In the counties surroutidiug Wnahingtou. Special attention given to com mercial law. F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT I.AW, BANDEiI8VILLE, QA. Wi'i praot'c# In all tho Court* of tho Middle f i.'CTiit Lnd in tho counties surrounding Wryhingt n. Bpecinl attention £lven to com- more *1 law. c c BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Banderevllle, Oa. O. H. Roore» HINES & ROGERS. Attorneys at Law, 8ANDEKSVILLE, GA„ Will prncllm 111 tl o ooiintlp. of Wnnlilngton, i.fTen.oii, John.ou, Krminnol nnd Wilkinson .ml In Ih. U. H. Court, for 111* Boutberu Dl. ti lot of Ctiorgtu. Will net «H u;»nU In bnylng, sailing 01 tiling Itsul Ills tut Si H. N. flOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, BandsrvTtUi, 8s. OMe* nsit door to Ilnb.Ba/nsV nUllii.r, § lore oa ftiarrla atraaL l. . ti. B, Hollifield tmitui in 11 vIimi receijily gnidiiH aii\ ol .vi.iivl.iitd »uul returned home, now nfteia ins proieNHloiiiil service* to tha citizen" oi hHiideiHville mid vicinity. Offlce with l)r. II N Hollinei’l, uuzl door to|Mrs. Bayne imlltuery atora. O. w. H- WHITAKER, DENTIST Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc- I3UY YOUR SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, FROM JERNIGAM, H«na genuine without onr Trede Mark On hand aud for e*U» SPECTACLE^. NOSB GLASSES. BTC, Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY bbpaibu ■* JIRNICAg Marla Ward and John Randolph. LATEST NEWS. irii ntKA.il itoiiitoit. nirctlng In PhUsdpIphia in aid of tho siiiTorcr* by fever at Hynioutli, I’*., Polico Surgeon French, who wna dctailrd by Msyor Rmltb to vliilt tho infected region, reported that ho found tho report* h*d not been ex »gger»tcd. Ill some imtanee* ho found four or fivo pereonn til in ono liouso, with tlirco or four in ono room, and in other in*t*nco* two or three deed pcr«on* in (be «»mo bonne. Tho only «ohoolhonHn in tho borough has boon turned into n hospital. Tho discaao is, lie said, certainly typhoid fover. NEWS OF THE DAY. A PITCHED BATTLE. —A, F. BtWnqford bt Marciuetio; Mich., lias boon appointed Qovornor of Ala.-ka. Mr. Swliicford is au ex-Mator of Marquotte end editor of tho Marqmite Aiiiiing Journal Ho lias hcon a member of the Lcui-latUrO of the Slate, and was a candidate for Lieutenant- Governor two years ago. —The President appointed Georgo V. N. Lo- throp of Micldgan, to ho Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Hussiti; Boyd Winchester of t Ken tucky, to h • Minister ltesidont nnd Consul Genoral of tho United States to Switzerland; John E. W. Thompson (colored) of New loru, to ho Minister Heshlent nnd Coinul General of tbl United Htates to Ifhvtl. • *Ybo Proddent ltns declined the invitatio n of the Georgia delegation to visit Atlanta dur ing the sessions of the Commercial Convention to he held there during the latter part of the present mouth. —In Michigan, tho who&t crop promises to bo better tlisn that of Inst year, the figures in dicating au aggregate product of !24,8i3,000 bushels. —Tho hanging of Joseph Taylor for tho murder of Michael Doran, a keeper of tho Eastern penitentiary, in Philadelphia, has boon tlxed for July 10. —The wheat crop In Missouri is csllhislod St 13,7:15,458 bushel*, or less than tho HUtc needs for home use. —Tlio United Mutes marines aro returning home from Tatianin, all dUBoUltlcs them being adjusted. —A passing locomollvo caused a fire in the heart of the great pine lumber yard district, which lies on both slilos of the Month branch of tho Chicago river and near tho southwestern cltv limits of Chicago. Tho area burned over ia 870 by 9.900 Toet. The aggregate of lumber dostrojod was 45.000,000 feet, valued si seven bundled thousand dollars. —Mr. Edward 0. Graves, Assistant Trrns It Kit Ml.s* IHtKKATKII BY TI1E CANADIAN TltOOTH. A llotlv Contested Ki«lit Tlmt fmslcil Until Nlghlfitll. Det ills of a battle Intwean Gonoral Mid- illoton’s Cniiftiliim troop* nnd Hiol's Imlf-breed rebel*, no:ir Datouclie, nro os follows: Tho forces left tho camp nt 0 o'clock on Hfttuiilny morning, leaving nil supplies nnil tents behind. After unrolling several mile* without s -ping or hearing anything of tho nomy, suddenly tho whistle of tho stoftnior Nortlieoto, which had boon converted into gunboat, w.i* hoird blowing contiuu- usly. As tho troops drew nearor, they lenrd tin sound of heavy tiring in the direction of tin river. A signal was flroil, n 11 lie gnus on the steamer ropllod. Scouts ind a Gatling gun wore then pushed rapidly head, nnd came upon two houses near the inuk of tho river, which hero Is very procipl" They mot an advanced party of rebels* Him;!, and thru retreated behind tho 1011*0. Tho Hailing gon wa* brought bear on them, when thoy rau ato a house near the church of Ht. IAurmit. I'tiU was also fired oil bv tho Gatling, when the rebels ran out into the hushes. A bot- ery by this timo came up with n rush’ and got into position, sending several shells nrtor hu rebels. The lloynl Grenadiers then loployed, continuing to advance in kirmislung order until they roaclioil lie church, when a priest cnino mt of the house waving a white ling. Uen- rnl Ml ldloton and sinlf advoucotl and shook ends Willi tin- priest. Thou tlire-o otlior lest* and flvo Hldeni of Clmrlty camoout. | —i'-* ladio,’ days." number of half brood children were Inside I “ 1 NEWSY GLEANINGS, Tnr. New York assembly jviRsed by a large majority a 1-111 oxempting tho soldlors of tho lato wnr from tho provisions of tho civil ser. Tice law. Kx-UuvF.iiNon GiuiEivr C. Wai.kkb, of Virginia, died tho other iloy In Now York, aged llfty-two yonra Ho was a native of Binghamton, N. Y., served from 1870 to 1874 as governor of Virginia, and waR sulise miently elected to Congress twice. PostmAHTEUfi appointed by tho President: Maurlco Lltoch, at Malmnoy City, Penn. John Slack, at Bristol, Tonn:; Mary H. Ed wards, at Cleveland, Tonn.; Mrs. R. A. Has tings, at Port Gibson, Miss.; J. L. Moade, at Hazelliurst, Miss.; llarvoy C. Mooro, at Broadhead, AVIs. Dt'RlNO April six hundred new post masters were appointed. C’llARI.fcH M. Hiieu.ky, of Alabama, haa boon appointed fourth auditor of tho treas ury, vice Charles Beardsley, resigned. Hbniiy B. Jamks, chief of tho custorai division, treasury dopartmont, has resigned, to take olTect Juno 1. A copy of I-ofovro'B " Bocuyell of lllsto" ryos of Troye,” tho first book printed In Eng lish, lias just been sold in London for £ 1,890 (about {9,100). Tho same copy waa sold in 30 for eight gulnooa Tift HOME CIRCLE. Ta Lave a AVIlo and Halo a Wife, a* Do. scribed by Fanny Kern. Dynnmllo In Bnlllmorr. A case of gunpowder with a lighted fuso was dropped into tho cellar of tho residence of Thee. Lears, In Baltimore, Md., foreman of tho Baker Brn.’s glass works. It exploded with terrific violence, smashing every window and damaging considerable property, "no family was asleep at the time, but escaped njury. Fronts In the Month. A slight frost has l-cen experienced, tills cold snap, at Dallas, Madison and Athens, Ga., and at Columbia and Bpartanburg, 8. O. In low localities fears arc entertained of damago to the crops. mi.nKUT C. WAI.KKB. Bentli of the Itcronnirurtlon Kx-Covrrnor or Vlrglnln. Ex-Govornor Gilbert C. Walker, of Virginia, died at his residence in New York. Ho was llfty-two years old. and had suffered for many years from consumption. Govomor Walker was a native of Bingbarapton, New York. II* removed to Virginia In 1835, nnd settled ill Norfolk, wliero be established tho law tlrm of Chandler A Walker At tho oloso of the war he was instrumental in tho establishment or the National Exoliangc bank of Norfolk, and was elected its president. While Ailing tins position lie wa* nominated for aud eleoted gov ernor of Virginia in 1869, and served for four rears. Ho was afterward eleoted to congress from the third Metro|>oli!nn district for two terms. Ho subsequently removed to New York nnd entorod open the practlco or law. His remains will bo taken to Blughampton for interment. THE NATIONAL GAIR Hogan, of tha Cleyslainl club, ia • lino lanor singer. All the Bouthern league dubi have adopt 1 "ladies' days." ii Waytxd” and " churned the ethereal" is the latest slang for struck out , ml ,„ _ be I th* Weetom Penniylvsnia BaeebaU asm* li»» boon askod to tondor his resignation. r, l.ol* immediately began firing at it front j elation was orgauis-Hl recently. —Tho returns from tho recent census ol both hanks of the river. The steamer Boon Tn* Chattanooga olub is said to be the Wi Washington talo n by tho Police Dopartiuont afterward stuck in the mud, but sw ung clear I luckiest club In th- Bouthoru league, are dot yet complete, but from ^^portlon. ngjn^“"tt’^got !, gllmpL oMteJ go-1 Hauht Oahyiklu, son^ofjh. murdered ' ing down tho river. Blio nuiKt Imvo iweived W* 1 I bni*i 1 lire for Iter smokestack wo* down. mn ®- . . The grina-Uem still ttdvnn-e.1, skirmishing Phrhidknt Cl*v*lahd Is frequently calli* hrougfi tlio bush on tliu right of the trnll,the upon by members of the basebsJl clubs viail lulling I icing pushed forward down the do- lag Washington, nrer of the United States, wifi become Chief ho building in charge of tho Hlstem of tho Bureau of Engraving and Printing on Tlio atenm t Nortncoto arrived at a point tho 1st day of Jnno, vice Captain Burrlll, who Huh ni-oYe Ilalouelio nt. r >:lH) a. m. Iho Handsrsvllie, Ga TERMS CASH. Office St hi* Residence,on Harris ttrssL April M. 1880. DR. J. H. MAY, banderbttlle, ga. Offers his services to the oithieiis of Ssoders villa and adjacent country. All oalls, dsy or night, will do promptly responded to. Oflice nt his residence on airs. Pittman’s lot, comer Harris snd Ohuroh streets. J*jil5-1884tf. J. S. WOOD t BRO., Geoer 1 Passion ffleicliaiits, SAVANNAH. Or a. No commiRBion or other expenses 6h«rged on ocn si monte of Wool, .... § Highout market price guaranteed at 01 salp. sepy84-ly Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, for all KINDS OF MACHINES, for salt. I will also order part* of Mnohlnes • that get broken, for which new pleocu are wauled. A.. J. JEHISIGAN. One of tbe saddest and most romiuitio love affairs in tho social annals of Ytr- giuia was that of Maria Ward and Johu Randolph, of Roauoke. Begimiing iu his oarlv boyhood, it became tho one enthralling possum of Ids manhood, fill* ing his whole being until, as ho liimscli said, “he loved her better than his own soul or Him that created it.” There is a picture of Jolm Randolph in the rooniH of the Virgiuiu Historical Bocioly, taken at the time when ho was tho accepted lover of Maria Ward. It represents t singularly handsome youth of twenty five, hie eyes dork aud full of intellect, his mouth beautifully formed, and over his proud and lofty forehead fell a pro fusion of dark hair. Tho breaking oil of tlm affair is wrapped in mystery; all we know is that one summer morning he rode up to tlio house, and after a long interview in the parlor the lady left the room in tears, while he rushed from tho house, mounted his horse, aud rode furiously away. He never saw her again; but ono day he approached n house where she was staying while she was Binging iu the parlor. Fascinated by the sound of her voice ho lingerod on the porch, and sent in from time to time a request for her to sing one after another the tender little ballads whioh were assooiated with their loves, Maria Ward sang unconscious of her lover's presence, while he rushed frantically up aud down the porch in an agony of grief, waving his arms, and crying iu the anguish of his heart, “Macbeth hath murdered sleep; Macbeth shall sleep no more !” Maria Ward married Peyton Ran dolph, son of Edmund Raudolph, who was Governor of Virginia, the first Attorney-General of the United States and Secretary of State undor Washing ton. This lady was distinguished for the exquisite graoe aud fascination of her manuera uuil her bright wit. Her por trait represents a lovely girl of Hixteen, with wondronB l-luo eyes, exquisitely delicate oomplexion, a profusion of saunj brown curls, and iu tho quaint oostume of tlie last century. , , . Maria Ward died in 1820, aged forty- two yearn. All contemporary accounts unite in describing her as possessing a fascination of manners, a charming BwotitneBS and amiability of disposition, an euohanting gayety and esprit, and a peculiar, irresistible, personal loveliness. At the timo of her death slio was still ns fresh as the summer rose, as captivating in mind nnd manners as when she en thralled the passionate heart of .John .Randolph, of Roanoke. — Harper s Magazine. PHU-ADKLrmA’B tax receipts for 1884 aggregated $13,080,804. Yho expendi tures were $14,938,759. Jmmti ex penditures over receipts, $1,257,950. In the parish of Thornton-le-Moor, England, with a population of 626 sonta, there has been only one death during the last fourteen mouths. Bi a new system of telegraphlo short hand, developed by an Italian, and oalled the "steno-telegraph, it is olaimed that 10,000 words per hour can be transmitted. A project is annonnoed of tunneling Ment Blanc, notwithstanding the faot that it will cost $16,000 000, take eight years' time, and be the fourth tunnel route into Italy. Tiib Goorgia Railroad depot, at Decatur, Ga., has been broken into. Iho cntranco was made throngh a window in tho east end of the depot. An iron Rftfo about two foot squaro, in which tho agent kept his money and tangle trip ticket*, watt carried about two hundred vanln from tho depot and broken open and contents carried off. Tho agent, Mr. J. A. Mason wan in Augusta, but his son, who had charge of the depot, nays that there waa uo money in tho nafe, and nothing elno of value but the tickets, which can be of no hene.H to tho thieves. About aix dollars waa found on a shelf In a wooden cnae, where the agent keeps hia railroad papers. Mr. Mason’s son doelarea most positively that tho money waa not put thereby anyono connected with tho depot,and he believes it was left there by tho parties who broke into the depot. __ aro complete and an ostlnmt tuainder the conclusion is arrived at by tho polico officials that Wishing ton lifts now a population of t‘200,000. —A number of Cubans have been in \V«nh- ington for several days, and it in ntnh d that they havo interested a number of rtenatorHand llcprcHcntativoH In a scheme for tho puieliHHi of Culm by tlio United Btnti a, I he party visited New York to confer with a number of capitalints oil the subji ,—Ex-Itopronentatlvo Hholloy, of Alabama, ban l»eeu appointed Fourth Aud tor ot tho Trcmmiy, in tho place of Mr. beauisley, •igtied. —Angus Cannon, Mi'ton MiiFnor and J. (J. Watson wore n nlcnoea nt Halt Luke City for uulawftil cohabitation. Each received the full extent of tho law- £.100 flue and six month impi iHonment. They were all <l« Hunt, and the largo titowd of Mormons pies, nt encouraged thorn. —Fish, tho hanker, now in Ludlow* street jail in New York, sayn: “I will nay tlii- much, that my marriage with Miss Reber, the deceased actress, in a fact which 1 do not deny. Tlio overwhelming diHiui'cr which aluioKt imnm •diatoly afterward overtook me was tho prim o'pal reason of my withholding t' e public an nounce uent or tlio marriage until eiicum- Rtanccs should Justify such a step. My at- t« ndance at court alone prevented my presence at the funeral of my wile.” —Lillian lln-sell, the tclrens, was wedded to Edward Holomun, tho musician, by a Ho boken clergy —General Crook fears a general Indian up* ri"ing iu Manitoba iu case Middletou iu do* featccL —Secretary Manning ban directed that tho issuo of £1 and t'2 notes ho discontinued for the present. It iu said by non-officials that tliiu uciion lmu been taken for the nurpoao of forcing tho uubuidiary coin into circulation, hut tliiu iu denied by the Treasury Department. It i< stated that tlio discontinuance became necessary by icasou of the exceuuivo iuuiio of theso notes of late, and bcoauuo they ...I, tn tin. 't ■-MMUitrv fur ri'di‘11 •llvltv townril B itouclii-, now |>lainly vlslfilo j T ,, n t( ma ted that not 1ms than 1.000 men In tlio valloy Ix'low, liora A Hattory unllin- make a roK iilnr Imslhoss ot plxylng b**o Iwroil on tho top of tho riilgo, somlliiK hIilH s p ro f MS i 0 n a lly this summer. u vii into v*»§» v» •••- _- —n * *» ,i usu professionally into tho rebels, and while doing uo wore al- j 0 gi A n Jkwett, the preuidont of the Buf- most eurprluoil l>v n nutnfioi' or tl" om my. , a j 0 c lub, is Tloo-preslilent of the Bank \Vlion tlioy weraaficovorol thoy miuloa wild Ha camo ‘near UIng elected luii'go lor tlio Kims, llrlntf ami ) oIIIuk as llioy I u ^ r a couple of yoars ago. 'aV ihi» ,mi,(Wain Howard, of tlio Boo- Secretary Headrick has issued a notice mil rotfilni'iit Connor! I ut national guards, »oAhe manegers of the Southern loegae cluhe who Ivv'th tlio canadlaiw tl.oliargoof U.« | that heroafter any dub that shall leave OatlliiK battery, saw tlio danfior, and innnHureu which aavo l tho i une oi iruui fn~ «w *••• r f3S troop4 groat luai of life, if not paid to the team remaining on the Held, utter rout. With owl daring ho ran A OAHE ot ball was piaycsl rsoentlr at a Gatling (tun in front of tlio battery Albany, for tlio bonoilt of the Bartholdi iiwl oiHinliig n rapid, skillful lira ho sont a pedestal fund, between plokod nine* of the sliowi'r of bullrts into tlio i-.jl.oiH wliloli laid I Democratic aud Republican inombore of tho ninny of them on tlio ground, mi l font the New York legislature. The Domocrate won otliers s nirrylng bank under shollor of tlio I by M to 80. Tfisy mmlo 28 runs in ono I,mh. I loro, under s \fo c >yor, clm'-pinod I inning. fit their ugoxpeoted repiilae. they re- | wmcrniB or not one could catch a ball I'dintrd liv 0|wnln« fire "" , V"'™]',:L thrown from tho Uip of Washington monu- Tho young ofllror's iwrapo from Injui y «'« m ent led tho catcher of a local baseball club idinmt inlmciilous, but ho ga Inntiy stool fits . m&ke a elmtlnr trial rocontly from tho top ground nnd finally drove Uk< rebels, who I 0 , ( h 0 water works standpipe in Erie, Penn. The height was 848 foot, nnd upon tho seventh ettompt the deoil was accomplished, but tlio of snfoty In a drop ravino running up iro... i catch or declared the sphere wolgheii a ton. tlio river. Howards bra very is especially The dilllculty 1» not in tho Imll veering to eommeiidej. , , , I either sldo, but in its nccolerntod velocity. Tlio engagement continued ontfi tlio ti^ ’Ope 1 FOOTLIGHl FLASHES. There will lie tlireo more theatres in Phil, adolphia next season. Beethoven's fnvorlto violin is now in tho possession of ail English gentleman. A church In Schenectady, N. Y., is to have a brass band instead of a choir. Manager Rtrakoscm is negotiating with Milo. Van Zandt for an Amorlenn tour. HaRIIioan & Hart, the woll-known Now York theatrical iiartners. Imvo separated. Etjonsn paiiors nnnounco that Irving s last ti ip to Aiuoriba netted 1dm about 1150, COl). John Stetson has secured the American right to "Mikado,” Gilbert nnd Bu livan s latest success. p. 8. Gii.more, tho Now York band lender and cotn(>oser, was with a minstrel company in ids younger days. It is probable that thero will bon six weeks season of Italian opera at Coveot Garden, London, with Mmo. l’atti as tho primn donna. Mme. Junto, tho French actress, and her dressmaker,me getting ready for (he Amo i- cun tour. Fifty or sixty drosses nro olreony provided, at ft cost of about $15,000. One Now York ticket speculator keeps flvo men busy at n single stand; owns thirteen hotel stun Is connected l,y telograpb, aud is ■atod among the rich moil of Now \ors. Pot’E Leo Xltl.'s favorite composer is M. Gounod, upon whom ho has recently con ferred additional honor by writing him, cpin- bis now oratorio, *‘St. Francois cl mending AbsIso.’’ Mwf. Wolter, tho celebrated Vienna ac tress, will shortly perform Eardou’s “ Theo dora^ before tho king of Bavaria. On these occasions the eccentric king excludes tho gen- erul public. Josepfy, the pianist, practices upon a dumb piano for hours at a time. \ on Bulow never travels without his own piano, and Liszt’s incessant practice is the secret of his wonderful execution. Miss Marik Van Zandt, who was so shab bily treated by tlio Parisians lntoly. made her first appearance on tho stage at Groton, Mass., where she lms many triends. bne took part in u flower cantata given by a lady who liud a singing class there. Foil the past two years the two sons of L. M. Crawford, a 1 hoatrical manager or l opeka, Kan., have had charge of all tho. details of his business. They are now but sixteen nnd fourteen years of age respectively, and are each on tho road with u large thcatricul troupe, of which they havo the solo manage ment. England’s premier, Gladstone, has for years regularly entertained ut breakfast every Thursday morning, strangers, admir ers, intimates, celebrities and notorieties of every kind. The meal is a Scotch ono, pre pared by his pot daughter nt id o clock, i n- ssoii, Irving, tho Kemlals, Hare, Toolei, Mary Anderson and s-oro* of other no.nbditios are among his guests. Bartley Campbell says ho has figured up the net profits which have accrued to him in royalties and as manager since “ 0 “V* J his career as a ilramutist, with the following results: My Partner, $16,009; Biberia, $45,- 000; My Geraldiuo, $18,000; Galloy Bluvo, $60,000: Friend and 1-oe, $4,000; Whit® Slave, isO.OOU; Peril, tlS.lKK); Hisks, $9,000. Van the Virginian, $0,000: Fairfax, $5,0°0_ Total, 842,000. Mr. Campbell estimates at $60,000 the profits on his companies this sea- ion. -A report of the Berlin Statistical Bnreau for Gormans abroad estimates tbe number of persons born in Germany now resident in America at 1,900,742. _Earl Granville is said to h.«i signed an ing liack to tlio 'l'rossury for redemption ill about as good condition us w ion first i.-snod, which adds a veiy oonslderubls item to tbe ox pense aoeo’int of die department. — Four colored men were drowned In llio Fotuu.iic wbilu erussing tho liver iu a boat. —Tlio yacht Oencsta lias left England on her voyage to Now York, In order to coutest tlio America Cnp. —Two sailing vessels hailing from Halifax and bound on voyages to the West Indies have been given up as lost by tlio owners and friends of llioso on board. They c urled ten mou. —Harvey Munsoli, ono of tlio Dick Short jnry in New York, was arrested charged with visiting Hossa’s oflice during tlio trial. Horaco White, of tho JCceninn Post, bailed Munselb During a fire in Philadelphia sevon fire mon of one company were working on n frame bridge which gave way. The roof roll at tha same timo and buried tlio mon under a rna-s nf burning tinibor. Thoy were severely jured. —At cut t) of tlio New York aqueduct, near Sleepy Hollow, an accident occurred by which two men were killed and loveral more injured. The workmen struck an iinexplodi d cliargo of dynamite which exploded, sending deal ruction right and left. -• Advices from Ht. Vineont report that while tho steamer Ville do Marseilles was on her way to Buenos Ayres tlio emigrants on Is.ard mu ting d owing to tlio badness of tho food fur- ni-hed to them. They were finally overpow ered aftor a despo ate light. Iu which tho cap tain and several of the crew were badly wounded. Ton of tho ptssongers worn lulled or wounded. Tlio vessel put into Ht. Vincent, whore she is guarded by a F'reneli cruiser. —It is now asserted in ofilolal circles that tlio Bt. Petersburg officials havo peremptorily refused to enter into any agreement or treaty with England containing a pledge that Kusrie wifi retrain from making any forward move ment on Herat. —Queen Victoria lias sont a message of oon- grstu.ation to Gen. Graham for whipping the ArabH at Takool. Fifty Arabs were killed and a villago bnrneih , An avalanche on tlio bordors of Lakt van. in Armenia, has destroyed & caravan and caused the death of sixty-eight porsons. —Mme. Barries, widow or tlio lato President of Gua emalft, and her eight children arrived ill Now York city, whore they wifi make tbeir home. — I he Virginia Democratic State Convention lias been called for July 89 to nominate a Gov ernor and other Btato officers. Tlio Repub lican i'tato Convention lias bosn called for July 16 for tlio Biimo purpose. —Gen. Grant’s physicians say that his bodily health is improved, but they clo.elv .tick to tho cancer theory. A No.v rttironi! Croruoil Iu llio tgrl- eiiltuvul Eicpnrtitiont. A Washington dispatch says that Com missioner Column lias created in the agricultural department a bureau which will bo devoted hereafter tonn inrestigntion o nil question* relating to tlio dairy Statistical ami other information vill bo col lected nnd dissoiuliiut d for tlio information of tlie public. Hope -ini and curofui attention wifi Iu given to llio matter of tlio uonufac- turo, sale und consuinption of olcotnAvgnriuo aud otiicr spurious buttora It is tbe imoii- tion of tlio commissioner to recom mend to Congress tlio passage, if possible, of sumo measure which shall restrain tho further inanuiarturo or sale of covui- terfeit butter. Tlio comniissionor is tho prcV- dent of tin Mi-sissi;ipi Valley Daily auA Criam nsv-'intion, and lm will us - every ef fort to in'jto.it All! iut •rj.ti and producw of tuo duir/ of the United Btutrs." ()p,ul, ol Hen. nlcOowell. Brigadier General livin .McDowell died al San Francisco on Tuoad ,y. Ho liud been in a crilical condition for about two yeoks. His dcatli was duo 10 pyloric diBoate of the stomac;. Genersl SU'D .well was liorn in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1818. Ho was a nephew of General Cass. Ho graduated from Wc.t Point iu 1837 anil went into llio army. He s ived iu Mexico. He resigned in 1851. On the 1 till of May, 1851, ho was called upon to resuiiio bis sword. Ho was appointed a brigadier-genera! In thn regular auny, and General Hoolt, who had tbe highest opinion of him. placed him iu command of tlio army m- 1 - - ■■ ' ; ’ o'-- 1 - 1 " In this Imd completely routed Iho rebels and took nORsoHsInn ,,f Union ho, where limy now lira Gunner Phillips, of A battel y, was the only llio killed, und six only were injured. •neniyV loss Is very hu g,'. The following torcos participated in th* movement: Boulton's scouts and Gatling gun, llio lloynl Cretin llors, A battery, tho Nino- teontli bnltulion, tlio Wlnnlpog Hold battoiy and the Midland battalion, over 8,060 strong. The mnnbcr of the enemy Is unknown. William Bruce, lately a prisonor of Kiel, but who cs line 1 on Tuesday, wa* btought in by scouts, llo says Hint Biel s foreo is little over 40 i.lmlf of whom were on the other si lo of the river when lie hit. IIo nlso says tlmt when ammunition win served to th* robeli only ono keg of powder remained. Bullets were nlso suarm The woinou and dill' Imd boon sont to tho othor aido of tlio nvor and tho prisoners ore safe as far iw knows. Reardy is not with Itiol, but has hecn sent for. Illol, Dumont, Uaruoau, ana other loadorsaro iu tho cam)). PEBEONAL MENTION. PnivATit BicoreTaBT IjAMONT ii an habit ual smoker of a corn-cob ))ipo. Dn. Mary Walkku has boon one of tbe lea ling attractions at a dirao museum in Chi cago. M. Clemenckad, tho now French prime minister, is said to be the greatest tea-drink er in Franco. Mn. Blaine hoe leased for July and Au- gust tho same cottngo nt Bar Harbor, Ma which hooccupiod last summer* With tho death in Leipsic of Wolther Von Goethe, tho oldest grandchild of tho groat pout, tho race of Goethes Is now extinct. Clarence A. Freeman,the checker cham pion of American, is twenty-six years old. llo claims direct descent from tho Poquot Ind Mrs. ELI7ARETI! Strong, an artist and a native of Cincinnati, is winning fume and money from her paintings of animals. She is now at Home. President Barillas, the successor of Barrios pnbli in public . . Antonio Baiuuos declares tint, upon his graduation from West Point, ho will go back to Guatemala und avenge tlio (loath of ms father upon tho treacherous Zaldivnr. Since receiving tho gift of tho Sehon- liuuscn. estate, Prince Biunarck has become ono cf tho richest proprietors in Prussia. His yearly income from all sources is $110,000. General Orant has written a letter de claring that tho whole of the history of the war, which ho ih writing, is composed by himself, and not by General Bodoau, as has been asserted. Professor Waffle, of tho Lowisburg university, received the prize of a thousand dollars, offered by tho American Sundav- Bchool union for tlio best essay on Ijord’s D.iv of Host.” Paul II. IIaynk, the Southern poet, is fifty-five years old. Ho is nearly six feet lull, slender, with dark dreamy eyes, delicate features and a low, musical voice. His health has always been poor. General George B. McClellan’s visit to Antiotam National cemetery oil the 80th of May, when lie will deliver tho Decoration Day address, will l>b tho first he has paid that famous battle flald since tho battlo. Jay Gould spends his evenings at homo, usually in reading. Ordinarily lie retires at 10. rising at 0 o’clock in suminor nnd 7 in winter. Until recently lie was indifferent as to his diet, to tho detriment of his health, but under the advice of physicians he is now more curr.ful and frequently consults " French cook he lias engaged. Captain Epiihaim D. Ellsworth and his wife, the parents of Colonel E. E. Ellsworth, who lost his life in that famous staircase at Alexandria at tho outbreak of the war, aro living t Mochanicsvillo, Penn., in a com- fortnhlo little cottage adorned with numerous mementoes sacred to the memory of their son, whose monument can be sceu from one of tho windows. Carl Mum, a Milwaukee artist only twenty-seven years of age, lias been awarded tho grout silvor medal at tho university of Munich, Germany, for a largo historical painting containing over ono hundred pic tures, representing a scene in the wars of Napoleon. The painting occupied two years of young Marr’s time, and his reward is the highest prize ever given at Munich. Tbe following is the base bell rocord up to reotni date: NATIONAL LEAGUE. )fon. Lott. I N’Vm. LeiL S Chicago 8 1 Providence.... t J iroVt B 0 Sl Louis . ...t 8 wVork I J •ton ® * I Uuffido t 8 ambrioan association. Baltimore 7 a 1 Athletic.T Ht. Louis • 6 Pltlibn«h....J 8 Oinelnn.»l • • I^utovlllo...,,.« J Brooklyn.••*•••• *® fl | Metropolitan..8 8 eastern league. » Nstlonsl 4 1 I Uncastar 1 Tremten... 8 | Norfolk 1 I Jersey Clty....i | Wilmington...0 Four N«>|r < h Kil «m1 und Mix Olhere herlouslf Wounded* Eight or ten negroes wore playing a gam bling game with cards on a side-tracked carat Papot’s mill, noar Walthourviile, Ga., when ono of tho number accused anothor of cheating. Botli had boon drinking, nnd each sprang to lilt feet. As his accuser was drawing a knife the other shot him dead, tlio corpse falling on tho cards and stakes botweon tlio gamesters. The friends of the dead man and those of his •nents took sides in tlio fight that fol lowed. Tin* number of tho combntaute was greatly augmented by the participation of other ne groes, who ruxhod up nnd beenmo involved in the frnv. Win n tlio battle endod, tin num tlio dead had boon increased to four, ami half a dozen wore more or less seriously wounded. .... . Tlio lenders of tho faction which l ad pro dpi tut od tho trouble Hod to the woods, and th ir enemies formed a |>OS80 nnd started iu pur. uit, determine 1 to kill them. The affair nt one time assumed tho proportions of u riot, nnd pr at excitement prevailed among tho white residents of tho settlement. The Wheat Crop. Becrotary Chamberlain, of tho Ohio State Board of Agriculture, places tho wheat area in y- r„, ii, a riimtiimfllnn rn- I Ohio at 93 per cent, and tlio condition of the ^^ffiveyvnxso^nnd h. been >lic life loi twenty years.^ ^ | | . g com . )arei ) with a live years’ average of 41,005,247 bushels. From official aud other telegrams and loiters from twenty other States ho estimates the shortage of the wheat crop at 150,211,019 bushels, as compared with the Uvo years’ average of 412,855,699 bushels, or of over 20U,000,000 busbols ns compared with last year's full crop of over 600,000,000 bushels. "It scorns,” ho adds, "tbat this year's orop is to bo tlio most disastrous failure for tou years.' fthlne*. Attacking Units* Yillnar*. The Governor of Eastern Siberia report* that band* of urmed Oldneso have croaaod the Russian frontier and surprised several Co»sack villages. Advices from Kashgar, in Chinese Turkes tan, says (lie Mahommedan insurgent" have invoked tlio assistance of Huaaia in fuinislfiliH I wiih every htwbnnd would oopy in to his memorandum book this seutenoe, from n reoontly published work! Women must be constituted very dif ferently from mon. A word said, »line written, and we are linppy; omitted, our hearts noho ns i( for a great mis fortune, Men oaunot feet it, or guess st it; if they did, tho most careless of them would be slow to wound us so." Tho grave hides many a heart whioh hss boon stung to death, because one who might, alter all, have loved it after a oertniu oaioless fashion, was deaf, dumb and blind to the truth iu the sen- tenoo wo have just quoted, or if not, was at least restive aud impaliont with regard to it. Many men, marrying late in life, boing aeonstomod only to take oaro of themselves, and tlmt in the most erratic, rambling, oxciting fashion, oating aud drinking, sleeping and waking whenever aud wherever their fanoy, or good olieer and amuse ment, questionable or unquestionable, prompted, come at last, when they get tired of this, with their selfish habits fixed as fate, to—matrimony. For a while it is a novelty. Shortly, it is strange as irksome, this always being obliged to consider the oomlort and hap piness ot another. To have something always hanging on tho arm, whioh used to swing freef or at most bat twirl a cane. Then they think their duty done if they provide food and clothing, and refrain (possibly) from harsh words. Ah—is it? Liston to that sigh as yon olose tbe door. Watoh tho gradnul fad ing of the eye, and paling of the cheek, not from age—she should bo vet young —but that gnawing pain at her heart, bom of the settled eouvietion that tho great hungry craving of her sonl, as far as yon are ooDoerned, most go for $ver unsatisfied. Heaven help snob wives, and keep them from attempting to alake their aonls’ thirst at poisoned fountains. Think, yon, her husband, how little a kind word, • smile, a caress to you. hew much to her. If von oail those things "ohlldish" aud "beneath yonr notice,” then yon should never hsve married. There are men who should remain for ever single. You are one. Yon have no right to require of • woman her health, strength, time and devotion, to mock her with this shadowy, unsatisfy ing return. A new bonnet, a dress, a shawl, a trinket, anything, everything but what a true woman* heart most craves—sympathy, appreciation, love. She may be rioh in everything else; bnt if she be poor in these and ia a good woman, sho had better die. There are hard, nnlovlng, oold mon strosities of women—rare exceptions— who neither require lovo nor know how to givo it. We are not speaking of theae. That big-hearted, loving, noble men havo occasionally been thrown away upon such, does not disprove whst we have been saying. Bnt even a man thus sitnated has greatly tho advantage oi a woman in a similar position, be- onuso, over the needle, a woman may sink herself into a lnnatto asyinm, while tbe aotive, ont-door turmoil ol business life is at least a some time re prieve to h m. Do yon ask me, "Aro there no happy wives?" Heaven be praised, yes, aud glorious, lovable husbands, too, who know how to treat a woman, and wonld have her neither a fool nor a drudge. Almost every wife wonld bo a good and a happy wife, were she only loved enough. Let husbands, present and proepeotive, think of thia. THE JOKER’S BUDGET. HDHOIOIS NOTE* Til AT WK »»» ,f * OUR KXUHANCJKf*. Oa R.II.V Skales-nralh.r nihknrd-Kqnnl la th. Kmeravney-Aa Off Yen»-Th. U.Ibd.I*. Vlalllns Unrd, Ktc., Kx*. EXPLOSm 8F.FH8 Aid) HUM. A Sl*n T.ld bv » Traveler I. Ihr Weal la dle. that 51*7 be True uud filar Nat. —Iran un.li*™ - V, arM . | tended fur the invasion of Virginia. ... ..... agreement on the soopo of tlio ^“1’®^} ^A capacity lie commanded at llio first battlo of tration, whioh loaves matters beitween Eltgland | lerVt q ,|,„ing tbe war in minot and Russia open for settlement without refer enoe to an arbitrator. I How Fires Start.—A little inoident happened at a dwelling house in a Western city whioh serves to illustrate tho mysterious origin of some fires. A girl was sweeping a room with a carpet sweeper, when she notiood smoke ooming from it. On examination she discovered that a matoh had been lighted by the revolution of the brush inside tho sweeper. money and arms to expel tlio Chinese, promis ing Hint in rotu n Russia shall have sov ereiguty over Kashgar. Russia hesitates to take such a atop, which would virtually pro claim hostility ugaiu-t China. Tlio Chinese garrisons wliieli were stationed ut Kashgar havo taken refugo in llio large towns, andliavo a ked China to send troopatothoir relief. Speaking About the Earth. Says thb Horotnglcal News: Every thing on tho earth aud iu the uir above ia permeated with tbe earth’s mngnetic Knee—it goes throngh your clothes, it penetrates your bodies, it saturate* your bruins, it is a part of life itself. Guns, tho illustrious German nslrotiomer, has computed—taking ns a unit for his measuremeut a magnet fourteen inobes long, ouo iuoli wide, one-fourth inoh thick, weighing one pound, made of iho liurdcst steoi nnd of the strongest magnetic force possible—the earlh’s magnetic force a* equal to 8,464,000,- 000,000,000,000,000 such magnets. The attracting or lifting power of Buch a magnet is about ton pounds, whioh would make the attractive power of the earth 42,310,000,000,000,000,000 tons, if the magnet ism were equally distrib uted throughout tho mass of tho earth, the magnetio intensity of eaoh oubio yard would bo equal to six of these magnets, or about sixty pounds attrac tive force. Professor Mayor has shown that his magnetio influence, this invis ible force, is a power filling spaco to an unknown distance, and radiating in the lines of magnetic foroe veiv much as tho rnvs ot the sunlight, the lines oi the earth’s magnetio force being from south to north, as indicated by tho compass needle. "Speaking about dynnmitors,” said a naturalist, "I have brought a few spooi- mcuH to illustrate that feature in low life aa there aro dynamiters in tho lower animal kingdom as well as iu the higher, and curiously enough, wo might say tho same of tlio vegetable kingdom. I re member a low years ago I was traveling on a small vessel between somo of tho West India Islands, and at one place had purchasod a number of curious seeds, plaoiug them under my berth for safe keeping. I was sitting at tho small table, hanging on with both bauds, in company with a negro passenger, when there came an explosion that sounded as if a barrel of powder had gone off. Something whizzed by my face so olore that I felt tho wiud, and another projeo- tile struok me full in tho breast. The negro was not so fortunate. Ho uttered a loud yell as tho sound enmo, threw np bis bauds, and witli tho blood sporting from his faoo, went over backward with a crash tbat brought the skipper and crew down the hatch in a hurry. Wo picked him np, and first ho swore I had shot him, and then that I had hit him with a chit), but iu a moment he recov ered from his fright and wo bogan to in vestlgaie. "The man had boon struok fairly in the nose—a blow so powerful that it waa several hours before the hemorrhage oould bo stopped. When I rose from my seat something dropped upon the oabin floor aud I afterward pioked it np, and what do yon suppose it was ? Nothing bnt a seotion of ono of the seeds, and they were tbe explosives. The heat ol the .abin had in some way affected them so that they went off liko cartridges, aDd as each was mode up of several pieces, it had somewhat the effect of grape-shot. One struok the negro ns related, another missed my hood and shattered a looking glass behind me, another Btruck me in the chest, while still another, curiously enough, took off the handle of a pitcher, or monkey cooler, that stood on the table. Four of the seods didn’t go off and yon may be Bure I put them In a strong box. A number of seeds," eon* tinned the speaker, “huve a similar habit of exploding and it is generally a provision oouueoted with the dispersal of seeds. In the West I have seen trees explode with a report that oonld be heard nearly a mile; in this case the frost was the oause. There oertain in sects bore great holes in the bark of trees, rain finds its way in and freezes and away goes the tree as if you had placed a torpedo in it, showing what the expansive power of water will do.” THff BET. BILLY JUDBARD. The Rev. Billy Hibbard, as he was uniformly called, was a Bomowhat ecoen- trio and zealous preacher, who labored in Columbia county somo forty years ago. At a meeting of Conferenco the Bishop called the roll of ministers uames, bnt on oalling the name William Hibbard there was no response, where upon the folldwing dialogue occurred: Bishop—Brother Hibbard, why do do yon not answer -to yonr name as oalled? Mr. Hibbard—You havo not oalled my n * me . . .. , Bishop—What is yonr namo, brother? Mr. Hibbard—Billy Hibbard. Bishop—Why, that is tho namo of • little boy, ’ Mr. Hibbard—I was a verv httlo boy when my father gave mo that namo. Thia reply npset the gravity of tho Conference, and au explosion of laugh ter followed in whioh tho Bishop joined. Mr. Hibbard al ono timo iu conversation with a minister of anothor denomina tion, was asked the following question: "Brother Hibbard, why is it that yon have so fow dootors of divinity in your Ohuroh?" ..* He answered: ."Beoause our divinity ia never »tok.” D Tn ^ Tor S0ATA Mrs. Do Blank—"Oh, D® nr J , i I T“ must send for tho doctor at ouoo. I be lieve I am gettiug the dropsy. Don I delay a moment." , . . .. .’ Mr. Do Blank—^"Why, what put thrt idea Into your hood ?" . "Dear me I will you never be satis fied that what I say is true? I go* weighed to-day, and oh 1 it a awful. J weighed 600 pounds,” "Orest Bt. George I Wb«e did you get weighed ?” „ “Around at yonr ooal yard. "Calm yourself, my door; your weight is exactly 180 pounds.’ —rhilo- delpMa CalU EQUAL TO TIIB BlfBBOBHOT. A Boston man applied to an editor fat . situation for his son. "Well," said the editor, ‘.‘we are will ing to givo him a trial, bat ho mast have a keen soont, a nose for news.” . "Shuat yon vait a leotle, said the old man, confidently, "nod I vill pring- him here. I vauto you to soo dat nose. plumb's idea or bktiienoiimknt. Flnmb (who drinks nt least four bot tles of ale a day)—"Hoy? What? Can't get along with tho money I allow von for housekeeping ?” Mrs. Flnmb (motbor ol five small Plumbs)—"No, I oon't I’ve run short a dollar oaoli of tho last three weeks. Flnmb-" Wei I, if that’s the case, you’d better stop taking milk. I never nae it,” TUB *'VISITING CARD. Daring tho war, whon Col. Bob. Crookott was stationed nt Camden, he had a small sign, "Oolouol Crockett's Headquarters,” posted above hia door. One night a nnmlier of tho hoys, linving taken down the sign, wont out to a farm er's hen-hoase and after taking ovary ohioken they oould find, loft tlio sign. The next moruiug an old fellow entered Crockett’s quarters and asked: "Is this Colonel Croakett ?" "Yes, sir.” "Is this here yonr visitin' koyard ? taking tbe sign from under his ooat, Where did you get that ?” Found it this mornin’ in my hen- houso.” , - "What were yonr ohiokons worth?” "Fifteen dollars in gold." "Well, old fellow, von break me, but here’s yonr money. Don’t say anything about Ii." . ,, Crookott afterward learnod that a oroupy old rooster aud a siok hen wore the only fowls that were taken by the bovs.—Arkansaw Traveler. JUST TOO SWEET. The Missionary Secretaries of the Methodist Episoopal Ohuroh have issued au appeal ior a “lump sum” of $1,000,- 000 for the prosecution ol missionary work the current year. Mr. Bonner, of tho Ledger, who has studied advertising and ita offeot, never uses posters or ciroulars. but confines himself to advertising >n the leading dojly papers of the large cities. During the recent oold spell a Knox* villo lady placed a jug of hot water at her feet upon retiring at night, but awoke in the morning to find the jag burst and her feet badly frozen. A young eouplo in a railroad oar, un mistakably on their wedding tour, were regarding each other with looks of in effable toudorness, when the bride waa heard to ask tho groom in u lisping, in fantile voioo, “Who’s tkwoot?" And “Bofo of ns," promptly returned the infatuated follow in the sumo kind of vo'oo. Good grnoions, if his olnb oonld hav* heard him 1—Harper's Vazar. JUST NOW. Now tbe wintry winds thoy whistle Tho town and country o'or, And tho young man and his uiU^U Not aUnd In the entry door. Bnt beyond, within tho parlor, Thoy will sock lovo’* blissful goal, While the fire still keeps a-burning Up the old man’s costly coal. r —Somerville JoumaL RESIDE JIEit, It was a bnoolio lover, and he sat right beside his girl, with his feet at rest on the mantel, and his brain in a blissful whirl. Ho was very fond of older (ah I love is a blissful thing), and so shoooyly asked him (sing hey, the jokes oi spring): Docs oo lovo oo’s ownest as well aa older ?’’ Around her slid his arm as he answered he wouldn't sit beside 'er un less he did. HOW TO GET ALONG QUIETLY. "How do you get along with the boss and his busiuess manager?” asked Sam Fetors of Hostetter Mugiunis, who had aooeptod a clerkship iu a store. "Oh, I got along with them first rate. If I am talking with tho boss, I abuse the business mnuagor, and if I am talk ing with the business manager, I abuse the boss. In this way both of them are sorter stuok on me."—Texas Siftings. ms INJUNCTION, There used to he an old gentleman who lived in one of the parishes of Louisiana who was noted for his tremen dous deportment and punctuality. Ar riving in tbe city for the first timo, he aooosted a young man about town who vros standing on the corner. "I wish, my youDg friend,” said he, taking out his watoh, "to go to the Bt. Charles Hotel.” "Well,” said the gilded youth, “yon may go, but don’t stay but hall an hour.’ Seiv Orleans IHmea. A HOSTITABLH WAITER. A famous dinner-giver in ltiokmond, Va., was giving a particularly swell din- ner’to a party of distinguished people, and boing short of a dining-room ear- vant, hired a noted head-waiter to offi ciate. When the ham was placed on the side table to be carved, tho head- waiter, full of the importance of hia po sition, sang oat: "Now, guests, whioh one of yon says ham?” , ... ,. . The host, spoeohless with disgust, rose, and seizing the astonished darkey by the scruff of the nook, he shot him out of the room, and then, with au ur banity that was immense, resumed his duties as the most, admirable of hosts.— Hew Orleans Democrat.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 19, 1885, Image 1