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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY NOTICE. jp-AU eommunloatlons intended tor this pl per molt be Meompenled with the fall Bt mt of the writer, not necemrUy tor pabll- M Uon, bnt u n (nunntee of good tolth. We ere In no way responsible tor the Tlewt sr opinions of correspondents THE MERCURY. A. J. JKUMGAN, Proprietor, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1,50 per Annua, raeramoa ana Poauanato VOLUME VI. SANDERSYILLE, GA., TUESDAY, JULY T, 1886. NUMBER 11. THE MERCURY/ Entered so teeond-eleto Better el Ike I dererlUe restotoos, April If, IM Bendemille, WuklesUn Cdwty. «fc rwnuam nr A. J. JERNIGAN, MUNICIPAL, Mayor. Wm, GALLAH**, Aldermen. Wm. Rawi.inm, A. M. Mato, W. H. Lawson, B. T. Walks*, Morris Happ. Clerk and Treasurer. G. W. H. Whitak**. Marshall. J. E. Wkddon. TOWN OS' TKNNILLK. TRAD* MANN NtnifTtmo. 'jfolPA Intendant. John 0, Harman, Aldermen. J. F. Mrrkison, J. D. Franklin. J. M. Brown. J. B. Pritohard, Clerk. S. H. B. Mabskt, Marshall. J. 0. Hamilton. A. C. WRI8HT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 105 Bay St,, Savannah, Ga. JOorWill practice in Ml the Courts. A NEW THKATMBNT For Consamptlon. Asthms, BronehIHs, Dye popsls, Catarrh, Headache, Debility, Rheu matism, Neuralgia, and ell Chronlo and Nervous Dlaordsrs. A CARD. Wa, the nmlernlsnail, having rncivaS rmat .no "» tlin ms nt "COMPOUND t n i ”* P^WV^dmlnlitoml liy I)r*. St *rk«v | Mid Union, hi 1 liilndnlptiin, nmi hoing onliatin i that it i.,. 1 ''’!! /"Wotory iij inedlml tclenc*. and all that >■ r,t ’ il * d *L*V "hlefc we owe to the many tldtiMmls w w. ant nufferinf from chronic and an-cal ed '‘inourablo" di*o*»e* to do all that we .-an to make it* virtuea known audio Inspire the ptildir with confidence. Vie have pnrannal know!-dge of Dn. Rtnrkoj and lalen. I her aro cdnca ed, intelligent, nonacientioui ?« c w ! * nn *v e,ir *t tnake any atate- ment whioh they do not know or beliava to bo true not pub mh Any toitluioiiials or report* of caaes Atiiob are N. AUllI iimt, -'‘Jbllahor "Aurthur'a Home lfa«*>fMb” hiladelpbia, cm „ V. L. OONHAD, Editor "Lutheran Ubaenrer." Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Juno I, 1883. In order to meet a natural inquiry in regard to mu profeesjonal and peraonal »tnndln K . and Vo give In- t rcaHed confidence in our atatements ami in the gen- uiiteneMof our teatitnoniala and report* of n**ea, we K ,, 2*fejTOn5 i i to ? n •'♦•"tlemipn well and widely known and of the hi|(he«t per*, iml ctiayacter. m2 U L t on Own." containing a oiM- ry of tbediseoTcry.iV and tnoibi of action of tTiia remarkable curative agent, and a large record of aur- i.riH.« cure* in OonaumpUon, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Hrciiclntla, Aathma, etc,, and a wide rang# of chrunio liw hit*, will be aent free. Address HRS. 8TA1IKEY dc PAI.BN, 1101) mill till (ilrnnl St., Phllsdslphls, Pa. LATEST NEWS. ISsow and lev In Vlrglala. Very cold weather is reported from the southwestern portion of Virginia. Snow fell in Tazewell county. loe formed in Wyeth county. The Carolina Interest. The various hanks and corporations of the city of Charleston, 8. C., have begun to pay the semi-annual interest and dividend on the capital of $12,000,000 invested In the state and other securities. The amount to bo disbursed is about 4300,000. New l.onn of (leorgln. *—■ At New York 4100,000 of the new issue of Georgia bends bavo. boon delivered by State Treasurer nardeman to the purchasers, Messrs. WolfTe A Co., and they were immediately transferred by the purchasers to othor parties, who took them at one hundred and live. Thus the purchasers of Qoorgla's now bonds cleared nearly 45,000 on their first transaction. A Deaiiernte Itx-Nhrrllf. Ex-Sheriff llenfroe, of Hnmter county, lias been arrested and brought book to Alabama from HUdell, Louisians, where ho fled after stealing a horse at Livingston, about two weeks ago. Itonfroe was once the shorilT of Hnmter, but got to stealing. He is now tinder indictment for burglary, theft and other crimes, is an outcast and desperado, and lias long been a terror to tho people in the remote districts of Hnmter. A BALTIMORE HTHIOI. «. i. itannis, HARRIS & ANDERSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HANDEUHVILLE, OA. Will practice in tho Middle Circuit, and in the cnuntioH surrounding Washington. Hpooial attention given to Commercial Law. (Jun23-ly E. S. UNGMADF, Stto^ey t\t L(kw SANDERSYILLE, GA; n. n. Evans. b. n. kvass, :x ELVAN8 A EVANS, Attorneys At I.aiv, HANDEItBVILLE, GA. F. H. SAFF0LD, ATTORNEY AT LAW) BANDERS VILLE, OA. Wi i praclict in all tho Courts of the Middle Circuit and in tho counties surrounding W: 'lii.gt n. Special attention given to corn- MUSIC, MUSIC —ao to— JERNIGAN FOR VIOLINS, Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc. C C BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Banderarllla, So, t. K. tli.-oc*. O. H. Roosas HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDEIiSVILLB, GA., Will practice in ti o counties of Washington, Jefferson,.Johnson, Emunuel and Wilkinson, nod in Hie U s. (.'cun* for ths Southern DU- trlot of Georgia. Will pci 'in it. <nts In buying, Milling oi renting Real Eafato Office on Weal side of Public Square. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, Dr. H. B. Hollifield, MTSIMI ill iMMI, .Uftvlnc recently graduated at the Unlvei ■“>’ (, f Maiyhimf and returned home, now olicrb Ills professional services to tho citizen ?< *Jandentville and vlclnliy. Office wit) Iji;. M N Hollifield, next door tolMrs. HuyneV millinery store. S. W H. W SHAKE B, DENTIST Bundersvllle, Us. TEH MS CASH. Office nt his Residence,on Harris street. DR. J. H. MAY, SANDERSYILLE, GA. Offers his services to the oitizeni of Sanden- Ville and adjacent country. All calls, day or nijdit, will be promptly responded to. Office at his residence on Mrs. Pittman’s lot, corner Harris, and Church streets. jan!5-1884tf. ~r57woou & bro., Generjl Comissioii Merclianls, SAVANNAH. Q-A. No commission or other expenses oimrged on consignments of Wool, Highest market price guaranteed at time of ■ale. • sep2'84-ly Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles* rOR ALL KINDS OF MACHINES, for solo. I wUl also order part* of Mnonlnee that get broken, for which new pieces are wanted. A. «T. JEHNIGAN. BUY YOUR mcm, mu, FROM JERNIGAM, (fane genuine without our Trade Mark On band and for sal* SPECTACLES. NOSE CLASSES, ETC. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY aXTAIBED BY JEB.ITIC ATT. Tliv .tlonnmentnl f'lljr Hwrpl by « Hwere Hlorm. At ttaltlmoro, Mil., tho hcuvieit rain atorm for fourteen years vinlteil tho oity. Tho atorm broke over tho city and continued two hottra. The rain wan 1.47 inches and the destruction wai very considerable. Upwarda of two Imn- drod basements and cellars were flooded on tho line of .Touch' Falla and in all depressed por- tioi.H of the city tho Ktrceta were flooded, tho HCwerH not having Huflleiont capacity to carry tho water off. On the line of tho Wontern Maryland railroad there were several waidioutH, otalning every train folly four hours. A Viehna eorreapondent Hays that Fro alden Cleveland haa withdrawn the nomination of Mr. Kelly to !» miniater to Austria. DOMESTIC BECirES. Balt Pork Fbittejis and Mosn.— First prepare somo Indian meal mimh by frying, working as follows: Put ovor the tiro a saucepan containing about two quarts water, a level table-spoonful of salt a salt-spoonful of popper; into this water, when It boils, stir enough Indian meal to make a mush thick enough to bold tbo puddiug-stick upright in il when it boils; about two pounds of In dian nteal will thicken two quarts ot water; unless it seems quite easy to sift tbo meal gradually into the boiling water with tbo leftband, while tho right is used constantly for stirring, tbo meal may bo mixed to a thin batter with oold water and thon poured and stirred gradually into tho boiling water; the ad dition of two heaping table-Bpoonfiils ol dour to each pound of Indian meal bo. fore cooking will mako tho mush easier to fry, booause the flour will hold tire slices ot mush together during the fry ing; aftor the mush has been stirred quite freo from lumps let it boil for au hour, •drrring it often enough to prevent burn ing, and using only enough heat to maintain it at the boiling point; when the ■jiush is sufficiently oookod pour into pans or earthen dishes wet with oold water, and let it cool; it will then he ready to slice and fry. To mako the salt pork fritters slice a pound of salt pork in piooes about a quarter of an inoh thick ; put three or four of the slices into a frying-pan, and eowly fry them until all the drippings ire extracted, for the purpose of frying the fritters ; thon roll the rest of the pork • it Indian meal, and fry them in the pork tripping. ; in tho same pan, and at the samo time, fry slices of cold, boiled mush, md servo tliem on the dish with the fried salt pork. A Generous Man. •‘Did you see anything of a pocket- book that I dropped somewhere in the bedroom I occupied la t night, land lord?" "Any money in it?” “About $500.” "Yes, sir. Hero is your pocket- book. with the money. The maid wtis honest enough to bring it to mo, and I looked It up in the safe.” “Ah, very correct proceeding, very. I had intend ed placing the money in a savings bank tills morning, where it would have been drawing 4 per cent. As a reward for your honesty I will say nothing about the interest for tho time it lias been in your possession and you can make it square with the chambermaid. There is nothing small about me when I ran across a man who seems to be Tying to do what's right.”—Detroit Journal. MEWSY GLEANINGS. TuRanoaal •lgbt*onro<l boat-rnco between HttrvftiU autl Ynlo colleges at Now London* Conti., resulted in an easy victory for tho former crow. Tub remains of Frederick Kversman, of Baltimore, seventy-four years old, were cre mated tho othor day in tho crematory at Lancaster, Penn. Fifteen horse thieves havo boon caught and hung within a few days by a pursuing posse of citizens in Indian Territory. Lutiibii K. Bhuck, a leading druggist, shot and killed J. C. Lontz, a prominent morcliant and justice of tho peace, nt Douglas, III. The affair grew out of an attempt to supprom the lit|Uor traffic, Ixmtx being a strong temper ance man, ami Bruce an active supporter of the whisky cause. Turku colored men were instantly killed and a fourth fntally injured by the explosion of a distillery’s boiler nt Bardsfcown, Ky. Tine clerk of tho House of Representatives snys that from present indications there will bo fower contented election oases before tho uoxt Congress than there havo boon before any Congress for forty years. There will not bo more than four, and probably not more than three. Violent earthquake shocks have boon folt in Franco. Muxioo Is in hard financial straits, and is struggling with a deficit of &T>,000,000. PEBS0NALMENTI0J8. Dn. Maby Walked makes » living by ex- htbillnii herself in Western dime museums. Mahik Van Zandt, the Amorlcan Htncer, Is to bine at tlie next. Htato convert, ltucklug- ham palace, England, [Mon Boucioaui.t is announced by the Hawaiian Uaiettc for a eerie* of dramatlo performances in the Handwioh Ulanda. Mbs. Hoott-Himionh haa been Invited to beriin to give dramatic recitals before tha crown prince and princess of Germany. Manaoeb Durr, of the New York Stand ard theatre. I* talking about bringing over Carl Hosu and hU English opera company uoxt season. Cha.ri.kh Garnikr. th# architect of the fraud opera house in Paris, says that the cost of that building was exactly 85,000,000 francs ($7,000,000). Blanche Curtiss Is tho stage name of a recent Voasar graduate who ran away from home in Brooklyn and joined “Only a Far mer’s Daughter' troupe. Edouard Strauss, the youngest of the three brothers, ib with his band in Isondon. He is to play for a month at the inventions exhibition for a fee of $80,000. Myron W. Whitney and John Gilbert, the latter a New York newspaper man with a good bass voice, have signed with Mrs. Thurber’s American Opera company. Edmund Audran, of France, la composing tbo music to an opora text written for him by Francois Coppee, tho scene of which is laid in Venice in tho sixteenth century. J. B. Polk lias been offered $20,000 for one- half interest in his new comedy, “Mixed Pickles,” which is now being performed at the Bijou theatre, Boston. A Dottle of mixed pickles is given to each holder of a ueat Mil Lennox IiROWNB.an English physiolo gist, finds that drinking and smoking effect the vocal organs, stat istics furnished by no less than 880 professional vocalists having shown him that a singer should avoid all •tin in Units. Clara Morris was born in Montreal thirty-five years ago. Having lost her father she Lccamo a bullet girl in the Cleveland academy of music at fifteen to support her mother. Bbo rose so rapidly In her profes sion that at nineteen she was loading lady in one of the Cincinnati theatres. The year following she wus engaged at Daly’s theatre in New York. Bomb at least of the unreasonably big stories about George C. Miln, tho preochor actor, come directly from himself. He now tolls n reporter that his agent gets ninety per cent, of tlie gross receipts in some of the towns he plays at. There are also plaoes doubtless where tho agent hires the theatre and gets 100 per cent, of the receipts. Mr. Miln also Buys that ho is booked for every week he can olay next season. NEWS OF THE DAY. —Tho N« w York Press Club gsvo ft reception to Henry B. Stanton to signalize his eightieth birthday nnd the sikth-olie years of his news paper work. —The Rev. Lichnor Bussell, rector of the Presbyterian Church, Woodhaven. L. I.. com mitted suicide by cutting his throat in hit boarding hotide. —General Cook has made preparations for *u extended campaign against tho Apaches. — At the battle of Hanto Domingo, on the Inthnuis, 5,000 of Menendista'rt tuon hemmed in 500 Nicaraguans, under Tolavern, who was j wounded. They fought thirty-two hours and ' then cut their way through MenoudiHta's lines, 1 leaving 300 killed and wounded, and took the 1 remaining 200 into La Union in good order. 1 —VUlarica, Ga , whs visited by a remarkable d splay of electricity. Many people were shocked by lightning and two prominent citi zens were killed instantly. —Mrs. Dioter, wifo of Mr. John Dieter, of Gardenville, Baltimore county, Md.,wos killed by a vicious cow. Mrs. Dieter was expected to soon become a mother. Bho leaves four small children. —Tlie new Directory of Chicago estimatoa tbo population of tho city to be 700,000, —Kansas tbo past year lias increased th© number of its newspapers by sevonty-oight, while Illinois ha* gained seveuty seven. —Reports of tho wheat crop in Michigan from every county in tlie State are favorable and promise a larger yield than that of last year. —Gen. Grant passed Saturday night quietly. Sunday morning ho declared ho had hafi tho boat night's rest that ho had onjoyod for weeks. —Two men were killed and several injured, while quite a number of housos were partially or entirely destroyed in a Polish Church row, in Toledo, Ohio, on Suuday. —Miko Hines, leading catcher for tho Bo»> tons during 1HH3 and 1S84. hut recently re leased, lias sigued with the Brooklyns. —Tho internal revenue receipts for tlie fiscal pear ended Juno 80th is some $2,000,000 elicit of the Treasury estimates, whioh were $113,- 1)00.000. They would havo exceeded the esti mate had not the bonded period for high wtiies been extended. —Advices from Tashkend, in Asiatic Russia, show that tho rebellion against Chinese rule in Chinese Turkestan is spreading. In Kashgar tbo laljorcrs havo risen. The last accounts re ceived from Kashgar state that tho insurgents jiad killed ail the Chinese officials nnd native overseers in tlie city and lmd cut off all oora- munioa* on witli the interior of Chinn. - Ad ; ‘spot’ll from Bnarbruok states that an oxploH'oo of fire-damp lias occurred in a mine at Dunwt iler, nerr tiaarbrnrk, Germany, aud that eightouu miners have bcon killed. —A party of six young men left tho Gtir- nett House, Brunswick, Mo., for a sail. When l rnr Until their )>ont was struck by a squall and upset. N. W. Gavin, Assistant l'ost* master of Brunswick, and B. A. Lincoln were drowned. —Demerits wore given the offending Atino- polis cadets who ogled the girls, and tho cadets are excluded from tho wharf when excursion boats In ml. —David Quinn, tho young rough who fired at somo Chinamen on Mott street, New York, killing otio and wounding another, was found guilty of murder in tlie second degree, aud sentenced to hard labor for life. —The Harvard-Columbia Freshman boat raco at Now London was won by Harvard. The distanco rowed was two miles. Tho offi cial time is: Harvard. 12:Si2; Columbia, 13:12. Harvard came in ten iongths ahead. —John Carpentor on trial in New York for tho murder of his wife cut his throat from oar to ear while in his cell at the Tombs. Ho wns believed to bo insane. —Between four and five thousand men are now involved iu tho buildors* laborers’ strike at Toronto, Canada. —Tlio President appointed Wm. W. H. Davis Pension Agent at Philadelphia. — Tho official investigation of the condition of tho Bub-Treasury at Now Orloans shows that tho total defalcation of the runaway clerk Aufdemorto amounts to a little ovor $25,000. —Dr. Emil Bessels, a scientist at tho Bmith- soniau Institution, Washington, on arriving at tho rcRidonoo of ids intended brido prior to the marrisgo ceremony, found her soriously indisposed. Later in the day she died. LOVE’S HARVEST!NO. then the kitchen door was shut, nnil only tho occasional sound of mother’s plead ing voico nnd Koturnh’s angry sniff? cams to us from the scene of battle. When mother ettmo out of tho kitchen some half hour later, wo know by the quiet smile on her face, and tho Bubdued rattle of dishes from Kcturah’s domain, that the latter was vanquished. N T ay, do not quarrel with tho seasons, dear, .'s or mako on enemy of friendly Time. The fruit and foliage of the falling year Rival the buds and blossoms of its prime* !b not tlie harvest moon as round nnd bright A s that to which the nightingales did stngf And thou, that call’st thyself iny satellite, Yilt seem in autumn all thou art In spring. ,V hen steadfast sunshine follows fitful min, And gleam the sickles where unco passed the plow, since tender green hath grown to mellow grain, Love then Will gather what it scattereth now, And, likocontented reapers, rest its head i I'pon the sheave* Itaelf hathharvwtod. I"* room, I walked softly by tho door, -AVred Austin, i„ the Consent- «d fed in Sto jr„ •tandlng by ing helplessly down, tho brown oyes closed, nnd the long lmlr, wet and shin ing, (lung buck over tho dripping olothos. "Poor llttlo chap 1” said tho burden- boater, in a choking voice. "Guess ho'* done for. Ye see, he went in under so (nr, nnd wo couldn't”—here his voico grew husky, und ho turned away his face from us. So the very next day M'ibh llaslihy j "Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord! 1 wnllod Kc- caiuo We gave hor the south bedroom, turah. "What shall wo do? Homebody and had an open lire, and n cosov arm- run for tho doctor—somebody get some- chair besido it, rcadv to welcome her. : tilin’ to givo him—somobody’ —and she llut if an idea that sho would show any i wrung her hands helplessly, gratitude had crept into our minds, wc I No ono moved, lho man still held wore doomed todlsappolntmont. lloptmr ! his dripping burden; the crowd waited, sho would say Hint sho wns pleased with awed to silence. I stood liko n stono, -• • •* ’ my head whirling, my senses fast leaving mo,'when n new actor appeared on the KISS BASHBY. the dainty bod, closely examining the sheets and pillow case*. “Il’m, li’m,” 1 hoard hor mutter, “ cot ton, all of ’out: gentlefolks used linen In my day,” and then sho slghod heuv* ily. Tho autumu days went swiftly by, nnd A MOO PRIZE STOHY. " The old lleo-hlvo is a-goin' to bo tore dou V ’’ said Koturnh, ns «ho placed n pinto of buckwheat cakes on tho break fast table. "Tho Hoe-hive torn down I* inld mother. you?" , , , ‘'.Jones'sboy, when ho kom toborrorthe : vory little to Miss Hnshby; 1 think they vhcelbnrrer. lie says, says he, ‘Thoy’re were half nfrnld of hor. Little Joey wo n-goln' to tear down tho "old Hco-hi’vo,' i tried to keep out of her way altogether, tud time enough too, says I; t ,halnt; as the only time he visited hor room, icen fit for human erectors to live in this sho said sho didn't like little hoys. Hut scene. "What's all this?” snid n sharp voice, nnd Miss Hnshby's bend wns thrust in nt tho door. Sho teok In tho situation Instantly. "Kcturah Hkltiner," she said In a com manding voice, "take tho child and tho cold, snowv days of wlutor came. I carry him into my room. 8nrnh Allen, MIbs Hnshby had been with us now two ! get the big scissors nnd cut nil Ids clollies months, and wo cot on very well. Kot- j off ns quick as von can nnd wrap nun up urnh wns most patient of us nil, and won in blankets. Will, stop crying, and run Why, Koturnh, who told golden opinions from mother. Tho boys upstairs for tho brandy I ,11m Spooner, were courteous nnd respectful, but until go for l)r. Wilbur ns fust ns ever you ■■ • went—he's just started for iitnghnms < 'orner—run ncross lots nnd head him olf. Dead? lie shall not die! Hot water, Koturnh; hot bricks—-everything liotl Now, clear out, overy pesky utio of you" (turning to tho crowd); "you can't do any good here!” Ou, how we worked I wo rolled tho poor little body in blankots; we applied hot bricks and bot wntor; wo rub the ley limbs. Ton minutes went by—twenty. "Ob, Wcntcncr* of Flnb. .Tames D. Fish, late President of tho Marino Bank, was on Saturday soutoncod for miauso of tho Blink's funds. Judge Benodiot in sonlonoing Fish said:— “You wore charged by the Grand Jury with many offences against tho laws of tho United States. After a fair and impartial trial you wi re found guilty of tho misappropriation of the fauds of the hank of which yon were President. You were ulso found guilty of making fslse entries in the books of the bank while in that position. Tho verdict of tho jury was that you were guilty. Tho evidonco olearly showed’ that there could be no doubt as to your guilt. A more shameful or a more Inwlcss abuse of tho powers of a President of a national hank can scare ly ho imagined. It is proper, therefore, that fit punishment should bo metod out to you, and in order that others may be detorred from similar offences, it is necessary that tho full penalty of the law should bo pronounced upon you. A merciful consideration for your ago forbids a cumula- iatlvo sentence. The sentence of tho court in that you shall ho confined in tho prison at Au burn’for ten years.” Under tho commutation system which pre vails in nil tho prisons of New York Htato, Mr. Fish can, by good conduct, reduco his period of confinement to six years and six months. Fish whs taken to Auburn on Saturday night, and was delivered at tho prison Sunday morning. Tho court had the power to mako his sen tence 110 years, but, iu its mercy, combined the indictments so that thoy formed but cue. Fish betrayed no emotion as ho entered tho gloomy prison or as he was afterward locked in hh ceil. ■ong time.” “Kd;var<V’ said mothor, “have you heard anything of this?” Father slowly cnierqed from the dopths ?f his morning paper. “What! Oh, tho ?ld Wcatherbeo place! Yes, I believe lie town hns decided that it is unsafe to ive in, nnd so belter bo torn down.” “Poor Miss Hnshbyl” Jsaid mother. •* What will become of her? ” “Poor-house, most likely,” answered at her, dreamily, again absorbed iu tho dock list. Tho old Wonthorbeehouse, ortho Beo- idve, ns it wns called, stood on a hill iimt it the outskirts of the village. A wind- ng lane led up to it from tho main street, lane that in summer wn9 a tnnglo of HUMOROUS SKETCHED Astronomical. Gus do rimitli and Miss UlrdieMcQinnW wero taking a moonlight stroll ou tha beach at Galveston ono night last woe*, when Gus remarked; “How palo tho moon looks to-night. "You'll bo palo too, if you had to bo tip more or loss, ono night after tho othor, (or a week or mors at a time.—* Siftings. information Desired. "And so you like the yarns wo tea dogs spin?" asked the gallant young mariner. "I doto on them I” said tho yotug lady passionately. , . "And what shall I toll of tho doing* of us salts?” ho tenderly asked. "Oh, toll mo how you luff," she Inno cently answered.—Pittsburg ChromeU. It 4Vno I peet. "I upsot the old adago thin morning, that scoing is believing," said ono gen tleman to another. "And how did you do it.” "Well, you know Jake Jones owe* mo ten dollars, and ho told mo two woeks ago that tho next time ho met mo ho would pay mo, and I beliovod him.” “Did lie not do ns ho agreed.” "I should say lie did not, ho only gave mo n cold, ghastly smile, and asked mo to run for alderman, and ho would square tho debt at tlio polls."— Cari PrsUsPe Weekly. Ilia Ileum 'Judge,” said n citizen, addressing * the gaze of her large round spectacles, aud tbo sharp click of iter knitting need les, bad a curious fnscinntion for tlio lit tle man. Often when bo was unusunlly quiet, on lmutiug him up, ho wns found just outside Miss Hnshby’* open door, limbs. I Once, on coming to lake him away, I Ton minutes went by—twenty. " Ob, —-- - ,, r , n ',. , - heard him ask solemnly, with his brown ; Miss Hnshby," I sobbed, "be never will well-known jurist \. tho ght, from tho eves fixed on licr wrinkled face: • wnko! never I” . ovidonce, that your charge to tho jury ' "What makes you look so, Miss Bashbyf " Hush, child '."she said, and hor voice I would save tho prlsonor, but instead of You is nil wizzled upl Is you skin too was softer than I had ever heard it; "I , that, you canto out plainynn.lBaldt think wo shall bring him lo. There! I! ho mint be hanged. You certainly do do believe lie breathes n little—limi t , not believe lio is guilty. ’ stop n minute, keep right ou working. "No, don’t believe that ho Is, waa Yes, I’m sure of It I" tho judge’s reply. . Oh, what a momont of suspenso tlint! "Then why do you think that no wns! Hurcly ho breathed. "Oh, God, only lot him live.” bekborry and sweet-brier bushes^ with ! ind tliat father should accompany her’. H "'‘ 1 Keturah, hysterically, ere and there a gnnrlod oak-tree leaning After many hasty direction* to Koturnh ' j"* 1 , llK sure as you re a born uinnor,lic s gainst tl)o old stone wall, l’eoplo said nm i mo , thoy started to catch the oarly comm out of it I lint it was oneo a pretty avenue that lod train. Mother's Inst words were, “lie! When the doctor enmo, Joey, though q> in gindu.il windings to tho fine house kind to MIbb llashby." still apparently unconscious, hud shown 11 ,h0 Ull ‘ 1 l’'° r ® <l»y* things went very well. | mmlMubhiligns of I « ! ‘’"Iqu " ol thar^diarsiiC He failed big for you?" Ono dny jn January, a cold, clear, frosty dny, there came n lottor saying Aunt Mary waa vory ill. Aftor a hurried consultation, It was decided that mothor should start at once for Brunswick, where Aunt Mary lived, as now a dl-| Hie hovs were less unruly than usual, i “Well done, Miss Hnshby I" snid the kill the M only a cart ; M i.s llashby was quite amiable for her, I ‘^°.°* or .» ’‘you saved the younprte s life | to kill the ft mg tho Ian- !in( ) Koturnh wns ns sunny as n May ,l " 8 tuno - l!l t L Vi ^shrubs. It morning. Hut alasl the peace was of | P" X ^^ w “ . should ho hanged I" "Well, I'll toll you. I was vory favor ably disposed townrd him and was about to advocate bis ncouittnl whon I licaitl that Bomo timo ago no sliot the proprie tor of a roller Hknting rink.” "Hut, my denr judge, you aro not ao partial to roller skntors, nro you?" It is not tlint, my dear air. He fellow.”—Arkansaut 'J'raoeUr. Hut tlio once tine bouse wns now a di- npidnted old building, and rack wound up tho bill among glo of neglected trees nud shrubs. It , morning, mn must mu ,,uu^u „u. u. i. , - , — . , ' as a two stnriod, squarely-built houso, short duration. under tho water sovoral minutes, with huge chimneys, nnd small diamond- One morning, In going down tho col- All day and far into the night wo panod windows, A llight of stone stops i„ r H t n ira, Kcturah slipped and sprained : watched by Joey s bodsido. I oor liltla led up to tlio front door, nnd a long L ; her ankle, it was vory painful, and poor , follow, how like a ghost ho looked! connected tho main hottoe with huge ' Koturali, with many gasps nnd groans, btrange to say when ho liecmno consciom Imrns nnd outhouses. | cou ij jo nothing but lie helpless on tbc ""'J ®® uW *P e *J c t 118 would liavo no one Hut tlie windows were broken, a part kitchen lounge mid givo directions about ; b , ut ‘'V 88 B«»bby about him. Ho mo ol the main roof bad fallen in, and inly work i tIoDod , 118 b11 a T uy ’ “ nd no8tlod his u “ rly two low rooms in tho L had bconhnbita- I lt v * u . wnlI i ( i n iir>stion as with * ,ca( * t \ own °? * ,er *P are •houldor ai it it ble for many years. There, Miss IhUh-| , j j \ m , an L on ’ oll t i was ^ 10 softest resting place iu the j »» replied tho sausage, sheba ami hor invalid sUtor, Miss Fa- | ““’eh "“ r J d ' , . make them l.owl for it to night. I can easy teach pcoplo how to howl. I used to howl n good deal inysolf. How are you nln (Jlorloua Oyster. A phantasmal llttlo oyster was floating morrlly around In a translucent stow, while the man who was eating tho ataw tried in vain to catch it with a spoon. Seeing n bologna sausage nenr by, the' oyster mill: "How uro you gotting along over there?" aro demolishing me pretty "but I'll WAlt VETERANS IN CAMP. Refusing to Approve the Service Pension Rill -A Tdegruin from Gen. Grnnt. At the session of tho National Encampment of the G A. It., in Portlaud, it was voted to hold tho next encampment in 8a»i Francisco by a vote of 261) for Ban Francisco to 178 for Nashville. A resolution adverse to the consolidation of the Sons of Veterans with tho Grand Ann j was adopted. A telegram was read from General Grunt thanking tin* Eiicmn ment for ts resolut ous of sympathy, and Comrade Patch read a communiont on from Comrade Brulhany, of Massachusetts, pres ? ting a lib-size portrait of Genera. G snt. A iqo ion that the pul-tin t l.c accepted, appropriately Lamed, ami scut to the f uu y of General Grant was unani mously carried. A r< soliu 'on was adopted appropriating. $500 fo ‘ Mother” Bickerdte for her faith ful and kind service as n nurse during die i lio committee to which win referr d Com- ittdo L riu^’s resolu Ion in favor of tin $8 a Pioi.t’i peiiiiou b II reported adve sely, and ihere wus u minority report in its favor i.y Conir do Gimv.s, of .Mi.-iiigau. The adverse report mu rfop*td after a protracted do ate, and the uncMUipinent has tnus refused U> com mit itself iu lavor of the $8 bill. The New York Appointments. President Cleveland on oaturday made tho following appointments: Edward L. Hi dden to be Collector of Cus toms for the District of New York. HanH 8. Beattie to be Surveyor of Customs in the Dis riot of New York. Silas \V. Burt to be Navul Officer of Customs in the district of New York. Edward L. ITedden for the past twenty-n years has been with the shipping firm of Wet- more Cryder & ('-a, of New York city. He re tired from business last year upon the disso lution of this ffrm. Outside of the slipping business he hus bus ness associates in the Niagara Imur.mou Company and the North River Hunk, in both of which institutions he is a director. During his connection with Cry don A Co., ho had ohargo of the Custom houso business of the firm. He is a County Democrat. Mr. Beattie is Deputy Countv Clerk in New York under Pa'rick Keonan. He iu a member of tho County Democ acy. Mr. Burt is a graduate of Union Co'lego. ne was appointed Deputy Naval Officer at New York In i860, by Pres dent Grant and Naval Officer in 1878 by President Hayes, and was removed by President Arthur. AFGHANISTAN RAIDED. Incursion of a Rebel Chief from Turtle*! nn. A dispatch from Teheran states iimt tho rebel leader. Isa Khan, one of the sympa thizers of the depo od Amir, Ayub Khan, at tho head of a largo nmnln-r of foil wers, crossed the border from Turkestan into Afghanistan, and marched on the city of Khana a Bad, wh ch ho captured nf t r u desperate struggle, putting its dcfeudeiB to High!. Tho rebels then looted tlie place, und among tho plunder ivsif Xi.(K)0,000 bo unding lo the Amir. This rai has caupcfi Uiteuso oxoitenient through out Afgi.anihtan. Tho Afginn? openly accuse •’.insfHiH of buying conspired at and planned the ra d. Reprisals uro threatened, aud it is feared that o<miplioitions of a much more t-( rionn nature than havo yet arisen wUl grow i'Ut of tliis iv id. This news lias caused great excitement throughout J.ondon. Thu New Commander. Gen. 8. 8. Burdette, the"new Commander- in Chief of the Grand Army of tlie Revmblio, was born in Leicestcrchiro. England. He went out a«? 1st Lieut, of 1J. Co., 1st Iowa Cavalry. lie served as Assistant Provost Mar* sha -General for the Department of Missouri, aud later as District Attorney for Southern Missouri. He served two terms in Congress, and was Commissioner of the Laud Office under Grant. He is a lawyer and a fine orator. joyed anything so much in their lives. But Miss Hnshby—sho said nothing, but the gesture of disgust with which sho pushed away her pinto nt table, nnd gathering her shawl about her, marched majestically to her room and shut tho door, was worse than anything we had to bear. Poor Kcturah, witli her prom ise to mother fresh in her memory, could only shut her mouth resolutely and groan. One bright, cold Wednesday after noon, Keturah, whose foot now allowed her to hobble about u little, was helping mo finish the kitchen work, and Miss Hnshby was safely shut un in her den, when Will and Ned rushed pell mell into the kitchen, with a loud demand for charity oft&o noighW Rko a’log, nVid you, such a little spindlin' Mis* Pfltienco, who, Mis.Hashhy often fdoln’ »y work. Oh dear! Oh pcornfallv declared, ‘h'adn’t a bit of , . J Westherfieo pride in her " received grate- i ,, But Kcturfth jo tell mo how much ullv the aasfstance of friends, but Mis. molftBge ’ or , novor got the ginger- Hashbv could not forget that she was a do ’ no „ ° ° Weathcrboe, and accepted what was | „ 0 , , j, „ r , rao tho jug and nl given her more as her right than us a n)t . Mllrn it for ,“ u . Goodneis, child! 8,,' , .... not that two-quvrt bowll Wlmt are you Oiten mother sent u. children up the . ki , ff u on , tllkofl a cupful, ong lane lo the old house, with some , , Lofd , t0 lUink 0 f Kcturah Skinner ittlo do caoy to tempt the appetite of , ’ . , thu ttud B0 ou dur . the invalid. I dreaded, yet wag half r . 1 glsd to go. The old house, and the t*o *,j» 'particularly disagree- tall women with their queer, old-time b , . tfif. crisis. No wonder she ways had a strong fascination ^r comp J lalnodof thecook | ng . p oor Kcturah, me : , . . .. . , . ! lvinc helpless on the lounge, couldn’t As I stood on tho worn steps, knock- t everything, and bo tlio bread was ng at the door and heard the slow h , t ),c pie cru.t like dough, aud tho tread of Mtss llashby echoing down the r ^ • unsettled beverage. ‘ on “ l’asBago, I felt like jdacing my; TUe bo ,, 8 f good feU ows, laughed and basket on the door-s.ll and running , joked ^ f t . ittid tUoy i md never on inunrl nnvthinrr *n tnilcdl ill tlioir lives “What do you want, child?” "Please Miss—Mies Wcatlicrboo— mother sent you this." “Oh!” raid Miss llashby, calmly, as sho lifted tho snowy napkin, "jolly I ft lo.ksnice; I hope it will taste as trood ns it looks. Tell your mother that the last she sent was a little too strong of lemm ; 1 fio]>e thin is better.” Then tho soft voice of Sfiss Patience floated out through the doorway; “Is that you, Sadie Allen? Toll your mothor, dear, that we are very thankful for hor kindness.” Then Miss Hasliby shut the door with an emphatic bang, nnd 1 knew, ns well as if I had heard it, that Miss Patience was receiving a lecture, re peated for tlio live hundredth time, ou her want of prtdo. At last one dny, poor Miss Patience, wenry of life, slipped out quietly, and wns laid to Bleep with the rest of her grand family in tlio great Wcatherbeo 'omb. I have no doubt Miss Hasliby sorrowed long and bitterly for her sister, but the tears she shed, if any, were all in secret; no one ever saw her weep. An extra how of black oil the old fashioned bon net; n sterner set to the tiliu lips; a few t-lded crow’s feet under tho cold gray eyes—that was all. And now the old house wus to be torn down not fit to live u—but what could lie done with poor Miss Hasliby? Not many of theueighh rs bad any sympathy for her, but moth>r's tender heart wai to iched. "If sl.c lias to go to the poor- house, it will lie the death of her,” she suid. "Oh, children, don’t you think we ought to usk her to spend tho wiutor with u«? I can’t besr tho thought of her going 'o the poorl ousc.” "Why, Mother Allen!” was the uni versal exclamation, "how can we?” "Oil! I don’t like her,” said Ned gruffly, “she is so horribly proud.” “Oil, mother!” I said, "do you really thiLk v/e ought? Isn’t there somo oilier way ?” "Never mind,” said mother, pleas antly; "we will say no more about it. "crimps it wouldn't be best. I shall not .sk her unless you arc all willing.” But the next duy there were signs of c.pitiilalion among us. Strango to say, our big boy, Ned, was the lirBt to sur- i under. "Hoe hero, mother," lie saiu, "I don't want to lie mean. Let her come. I can ftnud it if the rest can. Wl'l said quiet!-, "Poo. old thing I I J n’t caro if Ned doesn't.” Then i, too, said, but with a forbod- icg heart, "We will tr 1 and get along nmi way." Hot there still reuiui: one tower of strength to storm. When Keturah heard of it, she ex claim „d, "The Lo d love us! Cornin’ here? Not if I know it! Now, Mis’ Allon, do lie reiuonable! Pve lived with ye inore’n 13 teen year—missed most all the clii'dren—helped fetch ’em through the vhoopin cough, inemsle- and etcetery. mt » foi havin' that mean old crceter—” "Keturah!" said mother, warmngly— rgot about hushed voico,“interrupted now nnd then by a spasmodic choke and a hasty application of her cotton handkerchief. Whon Joey wns ablo to sit up, what n jubilee wo had I though tho laughter would melt into tears occasionally ut sight of his little pinched face. Should wo writo to mothor about tlio accident? Wo held a consultation and docided not to do so. Hlio'll hear of It, perhaps," said Miss getting along?” "Oh, I am getting along splendidly," said tho oyster as the man made a vain ami despairing dip at it with his spoon; re Irvine thoy are trying to catch mo, hut tboy can’t do it. They can’t find mo very well without spectacles, and Pm not at all alarmed. I feel ns gay as a lark.” Just then tho man got a sifter and pouring his plato of stow through It, caught tho llttlo oyster before it squeezed through one of tho holos and dovoured it greedily. . - , Moral—A starving man Is fertile in Hasliby, "so you better say that lio fell j expedients; nnd human greatness is ne into the noud, but is nil right now.” So | uust ablu and precarious as it has been that is wlmt wo wrote. for several thousand years.—L\f*. As Jooy grew better,Miss llashby took up somo of her irritating wavs ngnin; Her iinllgnmloii Overcame, but do you suppose wo mindod them? "if she was forty times as Irritating,’’ j , T1 ‘° ? r ‘"‘.T said Will, "I wouldn’t say a word. Only i vio " wl f t *‘ .“‘l’ think what would have happened if she " hat jo ly tnn 0 r«rlott» hadn’t been here I” and ti,o r,'collection , "Id •*«* being too much for him, lie began lo I - oclorc !l w “ 8 " mo . mbcr ° f U - n ? d 1 Whistle m Choke back the tears. novt! f for ¥ ut 8 circumstance in which she figured. They had a promptor who was continually playing jokos on somor of us, and ono line dny 1 determined to pay him back if I could. Miss Lecloroq had gono to Now York about that lima to act us support to Booth in a special engagement; so I fixed up a tolegram purporting to cotno from her, offering the prompter a a position with Booth's company, and telling him to telegraph back to Booth tho lowest terms upon which he would accept tho offer. There was a groat time; the prompt*! of course went about telling of his excellent future prospects, and it got Joscy, ‘Just lot us take him ou tho ice a how to thunk her. while! We won't keep him long. It is Joey, though a littlo pu!c and languid, such a splendid dny; the ice is as firm was singing about tlie house iu his usual as can bo, no danger at all. Got the lit- sunshiny wuy by tlie time mother came tie chap ready, there’s a good sister, and home. hurry up about it; we can’t wait.” Poor Aunt Mary was dead and buried. whistle to choko back tho tears. "bawl” said Keturah, smiling, "do you think 1 care for hor grumblin'? sho might scold enough to take the roof off and] wouldn't mind! She's u smart one, though, ain't sho? How she did taka hold of things! Why, you and mu wns no more u-o, Sadie Alien, than them shovel and tongs. ’Twns Miss Hash- by.” Whon we tried to thank Miss llashby, she only said, shortly, “Oh, nonsense, child! 1 kucw just what to do: had done it once before when brother Joshua was llsliod out of tho river—forty years ago that w as—forty years ago,” and she , ,, turned away with a sigh. I said no P ,Z more, but I thought inotbor will know will out,’ tho joke wns soon discovered and then there was an uprour. Carlottn Leclercq wns so indignant because I had used her name that when she joined the company nguin slio would not speak to mo. That was a dilemma. I said to Poor Aunt Mary was dead und buried, ,uu - "71 with "a questioning look nt Koturali, ami the tiled look on mother’s face, and myself, this will « which she answered with an emphatic the added lines of care on her brow, told good u girl to bo often • nod, I hastened to get tlie littlo cap and of tlie trouble she had been through. " tllk , ud U .P 11 fl, 8 ht “i./ZuKiiLtl fin mittens and gray ulster, while the proud That evening as wo sat in mother’s room, "W dressing-room 8 “ J d ® b f . 8 ^ . owner of those boyisli garments danced clustered about the open fire—Miss Hash- do "' n Hie 1110 ,^,i..,(„,„! l( i, and pranced and wriggled with delight, by, with the everlasting knitting in her , fou ? d myseif almost till I could scarcely g 1 '* them on, and I hands, sitting bolt upri^ Kf i,% 4Un 1 only had time for a word of caution be- armchair—Joey cuddled u ZkhtX big back part of the stage. I lay very still, only had time for a word ot caution be- armchair—Joey cuddled up in mother’s thinking 6 ' 18 fore a grand rush was made for tlio door, arms with his drowsy head laid lovingly TV 0 89 ?, “!';, '' 1 2 n u jf, Ingt4! . d and Joey was off in high glee. against l.er arm, and tho boys and 1 sit- ! ™d. But she didnt come! Instead “Old Dr. Wilbur is a hitchin’ up bis ting on the rug at her feet—we told tlio she turned her back on me a 8 team,” said Keturah, as she glance.) out story of Joey's drowning nnd how Miss I „ dld “°‘fZZLiner on the of the window for a laat look at the re- Hasliby brought him back to life. Soon after that we were play ff ... treating boys. “I guess some of them All through tho recital (told excitedly i New England circuit, aii y poor trash over to Hiugham’s Comer is by each of us in turn), mother sat with- j ?^° ^ as dlDln f? ut h ’ took sick again. Tney nlwus send for out speaking a word, the light of the lire ln 6 * ier soup, I walked in back , Dr. Wilbur, ’cause he alwus goes when shining on her face, showing how it j au< * reaching over her shoulde they send, and he never charges ’em paled aud flushed as the story went j tempted to remove nor plate, nothin’. Them kind is mighty ’cute!” on. . “ Ww nrft vmi Amn "* Sftld Smiling at Keturah’s philosophy, I Tho talo was ended,and still she spoke hastened my work of gotting the kitchen no word, but her head was bowed over tidy. Joey's sleeping form, and her cheek was But hark! What was that? Loud pressed lovingly against his. shouts, followed by an ominous silence. Then suddenly she rose, and, laying and then a wild, confused murmur of j him gently on tlie bed, came nnd knelt steps and voices, Keturah and I gazed by Miss Bashby's chair, aud drawing the nt each other in dismay. Suddenly the | poor old wrinkled fuce down to her own, kitchen door opened, and Will, with cap kissed it lovingly. Then wo children and coat off. with disheveled hair and ; crept softly out of the room, leaving face as white as death, staggered into i them together, --Vuulh's Comimuion, the room and flung himself into a chair, j C0V m!iH.! lis M°T° r^ter 18 ' Can You Find tlie “Ms.” “Will!’ said I, breathlessly, = . ... , , Will Allen!” gasped Keturah, rush- ! Morgan, the engraver of tho die for have yourself, and 111 do anything to be '■ hunds i the standard or "buzzard” dollar, is said ! friends with you.’ “What aro you doing?” said she; “1 have not finished my soup.’ “ ‘Oh, yes ye have, ma’am' said I, ‘and what’ll ye have for ye dessert?’ “ ‘But I don’t wish ony dessert yet,’ sho said, taking hold of the plate. ’ “ ‘Now, don’t ye. Sure you dont know at all what yez, docs want.' “ ‘How dare you speak to me?' said Corlotta, angrily, rising and turning around to mo as I stood without mov ing a muscle of my face, my attitude the very counterpart of a hotel waiter. ‘Oh, you villain,’ said she, as she gave in with a burst of laughter. ‘Sit down and be ing to his side nnd tearing hi< away from his face, “What is it? Tell us, quick!” “Oh!” groaned tho poor boy. “Oh, mother! mother! And you left him iu my care! Oh, Joey! Joey!” “What about Joey? Oh, Will, what has happened to Joey?” "Drowned!” said Will, desperately. “Wont down through a breathing-hole. Thoy fished him out, but, oh, dear! he’s dead. Oh, Joey! Joey! They’re bring ing him home—” There was a tramping of feet outside the door, and a crowd of men and boye ei tered, one among thorn bearing a drip ping, half-frozen burden in bis arms. Was that our Joey?—the little white face set and rigid, the small hands hang- by tbo Now York Tribune to have smug- "And so she did. We never had a gled into liis work in»two places tlie ini- quarrel from that day to this.” tial letter of lus surname. Although microscopic in size, these “.Ms” are j plainly discernible on the coin even to the naked eye after a careful search. An j eagle-eyed Wall street man recently dis- > covered one of thJse letters, nud started ; among his acquaintances the following i puzzle: "Find three letter Ms on the Before and After. Tho average man before marriage: standard dollar.” Twoarc readily found —ono in the word "umim” and another in “America,” but the third not so easily. London is the largest city in the world. According to its last census the popula tion numbered !J,8ii:.\441. It is now es timated at considerably over 4,000,000. The average man after marriage: -Webster Eaqls. There are more than 7,000$ era in the United State*, or j»*| eighth of tlie entire population!*'

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 02, 1885, Image 1