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VOLUME YI.
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
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A. J. JEBNIOAN,
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SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1885.
NUMBER 33.
duMcrltiUon...
city of Sindtrivllli.
RCOISTKMD.
Mayo)'.
J. N. OtLMOBB.
Aldermen.
W. H. Thigpen.
R, K. Houghton,
j, U. Hohehth.
A M. Mats.
8. G. La NO.
('fork.
0. C. Brown.
Treasurer.
J. A. Irwin.
Marshal.
J. E. Wkddon.
Town of Tonnlllo.
A NHtV TREATMENT
For Consumption, Asthma, llronchitli, Dye
poptl», Catarrh. Ilcsdsche, Debility, Ithen-
matlim, Neuralgia, and all Clironto
anil Nervous Illsordera.
A CARD
We, Die unilrrelane1, Intlna reoei.ed erei
t j. i 'JOJIPI
THE NATION’S MONEY.
INNOAI. REFORT Oft' W. II. C’ANNOlf,
( tf!fmR»M,t:il OF (HRRENOY
•» linking
111 fiMirflt .
a I. . N*” Ptr.l , ! rf,< ' nnclKdnilMistoitNl (>y Pro. Kturkof
rl I’aIimi. hi rmliwlHplii.n, niiiI Iwhig sMislla that it
t % non (IlBcrvctjr in inoilir al trl«nr«. ami all thal
laiinod fur It, cnnaltln it n duty
nnaldi
Is Whii
irablo” d snaana
Infondant.
John C. Harman.
Aldermen.
3. F. Merkibon.
J. D Pranklin.
J. M. Brown.
J, R. Pritchard,
Clerk.
B. H. B. Mamet.
Marshall,
3. C. Hamilton.
A. C. WRIflHT
ATTOniJiY AT LAW,
105 Bay St., Nivunah, Ua.
jioTWill praotloe In oil the Courts
hlvli
arln* fmi
tn do all that
Insi'irn thn pn tio with
ohnmi i and
many tlnniaamls wlu
to-called *‘incut able
niako its viitura known and
•snnaj know! dga of lira. Starkey and
phy*icia ns. wlii
duct o 1, Inte’ti**
whirl) they do not Vnow tthellovo to l»e trim t....
puh i*h any taitiinouialfl or repotta of cum wblob arw
WM. D. KKLLKY.
i liicrrnnp of IlMwinfM In tilt
National llnnkw.
Tho annual report of tho Hon. H. W. Qui*
non, comptroller of tho currency, shows that
during tho year ended November 1, 1885, 145
banks wore organized, with a capital of $10,*
P38,C0J, and circulating notes wore issued to
those now associations amounting to $4,274,-
910. Binco the establishment of the national
bank system on February 95, 1803, there
have boon organized 3,405 national
banks. Of the^o 433 have gone into
voluntary liquidation for tho purpose
of winding up thoir affairs; 7\f have
Member of CunRrer.it from I’liifadflpblB.
A UR r HUH.
r _ ..r-n
Iphia.
I. CONRAD,
Homs Mi|tilni, H
id to rlre In
Kdllor “l.uthrran Olimnir, M Philadelphia,
PliIt.ADKl.rniA, Pa., J-inn I, ISM.
In order to meets u&t nr.il Inquiry In repsrd lo
prof ok ion n I snd personal Manrr * '
•leaped confidence in oiiret-ulrn
nlncm-i* of our tectimonials r.n<l
pr nt the alnivi' card from rmiiiIi
in mi and of thn highest persona
l)ar ••Treatise on (Jonipimnd Uayiieii,” containing a
nlMotr of (he diMiurnry of and imxleof action id tills
ffmarkal.lo curative agent
nrisiiiM rures In OoniUOl,-....., n
Asthma, ato., and a wide rang# of uhrunle
.nil I hi Milt lm«.
ell and widely
ua wtiiuiug up man iaiiibiip,
gone into voluntary liquidation for the pur
pose of reorganization, 01 aro in liquidation
by oxpirntion of thoir charters, of which
number 38 Imvo been reorganised; and 104
have been placed in tho hands of rocelvcra
for the purpose of closing up thoir affairs,
leaving tho total number in existence 3,373
on November 1, 1S86, whieh is tho largest
’>or the/ ho* been In operation nfcanv oue
time.
Under tho provisions of tho act of July 19,
1883, national banks with a capital of from
$50,000 to $150,000 may l>o organized upon a
minimum deposit of United States bonds
E,
THE NEWS.
HUMOROUS SMUTCHES
interesting HAypcnlap frooi aU PoiaW.
annuai. MKrimT or thb nation
Al. I'OMMINMONKII.
Vnl Inn
f*ngli H'lnu* In Uegard lo Farmlog
Inlersstsa
Commissioner Coleman, of the National
Agricultural department, in his annual re
port says the year which opened In gloom,
threatening tho destruction of winter i rope,
is closing with bright prospects of abundance
for man and beast, l reduced nt a cost which
is not a burden to tho producer, and to be
sold nt a price which Is not a barrier to thg
poor consumor.
He says it has become more apparent that
a more intimate relation is necessary between
the several agricultural and experimental
stations and tho department. The colleges
wereondowed by Congress. They are R 01 "[
separately carrying on experiments without
any contral head through which to report
aud compare results. Ho submits that the
department should havo authority to avail
• . 1 I. a .. . II _ J l.a^ nff.Mll 1.0*
kantrkn: ani» miiidi.k htatkm.
Mr*. Mart Fialka, n widow and hor
wo little daughter., ng«l »lx and .even
ear., wore burned to death In a New York
ieiieinenV bonne Are.
John Hharpi.ess, one of the moat proml-
nent orthodox Friend* In Delaware comity,
enn., wa* murdered at hla farm III Nether
Proviilenm by a alrange colored man, the [ with a shriek of fright, ft nice, good
motive for the crime being l-obbary.
Ur to recent date the Grant national
monument fund bad reached 1100,000.
H r avt enowatoi mi have visited many por
tions of the Mlddh Ntatea. In Pennsylvania
the snow was twenty-four Inches deep.
A convention of believers III the faith
our# has just been hell at l’lttdmrg. Penn.
itself of tho iwcullar advantages offered by
■ImUMb^IBBI ‘
thoso institutions In order to test the ndapta
blllty of new seed, to various sections.
equal to twonty-flvo percent, of thoir capital.
Thee ■ “ •
ini|.tly
, ..j,, end
III b« e«ut free.
URH. BTAHKKY 4k PA LBN.
11 Of) nml 1111 CJIrard Ml., Phlladslplila, Pa*
HARRIS A ANDERSON,
Aitorno.vN At Luw,
8ANDEI1BV1I.LE, OA.
Will practice in Dm Middle Circuit, and in
IhocuUnthu sin rounding Washington. Special
•i lent ion Given to Connuucittl Law. [Juii2.My
E. S. LANGMAUF,
Stto^ey tit L(kw
SAN.DEKSVILLB, OA;
n. n. kvans, ib.
EVANS A EVAN8,
Attorneys At Law,
BANDERSVILLE, OA.
F. H SAFF0LD,
ATTORNEY AT I,AW,
MUSIC, MUSIC
OO TO—
JEENIQAN
Bows,'Strings,
Rosin Boxes, Etc-
Machine Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
comptroller it.itus that this rodOcuon to
the minimum deposit of bonds has had the
effect to Increase tho number of small bank,
organized, While tho nnnibor of hanks
organized from July 1,187U, to July 1, 1883,
with a capital of f 150,'IKM and under was 333
the nuinlier of Inuks of this class organized
from July 1, 1883, to July 1, 1885, was 518.
Ho calls imrllcular attention 10 tho fact that
hanks aro no longer organised especially for
tho purpose of issuing circulation, for tho
reason that in a great majority of cases only
Die minimum amount of bonds roqulred by
law is deiiositcd for tbe purposo of
Issuing circulation.
Under tho provisions of tbo original Na
tional Currency act of Fobruary 35, 1853,
banka organized Imil a period of succession
not exceeding twenty years from tho date of
tho act Tho National llank act of June 3,
1853, su|>ersodiiig that of February 35, 1803,
provides that each national bonk shall have
succession for twenty years from tho dato of
Its organisation. Tbo act of July 13, 1883,
permitted the extension of tho corporate ex
istence of national banks for twonty years,
end under Its pro vision* 1,153 association*
have oxtended tualr corporate existence, of
which number 801 extended during tho year
ending November 1, 1885. A larger number
of banks expired by limitation during the
year 1885 than havo or will expire during any
year prior to 1000.
Notwithstanding tho organization of new
The Inw establishing the bureau of animal
Industry he saya, does not authorlzo th#
slaughter of animals effected with conta
gious diseases. Tho characteristics of pleuro-
.nouflkouia make It a difficult disease to ex-
irpatoeoeept by the slaughter of affected
animals add tho slaughter or quarantine of
all that have been exposed. Hitch Is now tits
policy of nioet civilized nations, He de
scribes the serious ofToct upon our for
eign trade in life atock resulting from the
exlsteneo df contagious dlsoasc* among oal-
tlo, and says that tho reduction In tho value
of cattlo In tho affected States has Iteen enor-
In the ontomolglcal division tho work has
grontly increased during tho year,
posit ~io secure circulation has, during tho
past year, diminished from $335,315,3(10 to
$308,354,550, and the not docroaso in clrcula-
tlon during the year has been $15,545,101. The
raduetton In circulation has Iroon loss than
FOR ALL KINDS OF MACHINES, tor I
1 will also order parte of Machines
that get broken, tor whieh new
pisses are wanted.
A.. J. JEHNIOAN.
SANDI.tlHVII.LE, OA.
WiU practice in all tho Courts of tho Middle
‘irrult Mi;l in thu coiintica •uriounding
VuDilnct n. Hpocial attention tlven to com-
neu* il law.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
a 0 BBOWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
■ohdoioyllla, Oa.
The pumpkin crop is tho largest over
known.
Inhanitv Is ssiil lo ho rapidly Increasing
in I’hlltnlo phi i.
AMKitu av h er brewers uso 40,<X)0 pounds
of rico sniiuully.
Wheat Is lower in England than It has
been for u contury.
I r Is iiroposcd in Canada to render nil debts
under $50 uncolleclahle by law.
was estimated by the comptroller In hla last
annual report, aa ho United Htatea bonds
havo been called for payment during the
year ending November 1, 1885.
The comptroller proposes that the tax on
circulation lie removed and the amount of
circulation which national batiks are pet.
! mlttod to Is,u*-- be h'erwed to the pat value
i of the I onds deposited by them. Even if this
ho dene lha national hank note circulation la
siMI Hub!- to reduction ond Dual payment of
; thedeht of the United State*. Tno romp-
; troller adds:
“While tbe bank note circulation of tills
I country is steadily In reusing, there has been
I no reduction In the total circulation medium
i In tho United States, the reduction in the na
tional bank currency outstanding having
lieen more than met by the coinage of tbo
standard silver dollar and tbo issuance of
certificates thereon.'’
Through tho operation of the act to author-
lzo the coinage of the standard silver dollar
and to restore i'alogul lender character, tho
Much
.Mention has boon given to agriculture, and
"■ !Ult
circulating medium Issued by tho govern
nwntlms been ' ’ “
Increneon In tho aum of $313,-
350,431, of which $40,443,080 In standard sli-
vor dollnrs aro in tbe hands of tbe ncoplo,
O. U. Itooaas
HINES & ROGERS,
Attaneys at Law,
Tiir value of real estate auc 1 . pemonal
property in New Jersoy in $505,5(10,087.
A Michigan man lias invpnUul a macliiuo
with which ho can fill 15,000 tomato cans in •
day.
A Nkhhaska stock raisor iu ; a local paper
says, building a barn to contain !l,?5i) tattlo
8'nlh
BAN DERSVILLE, GA„
Will practlos lo J o counties of Washington,
Jefferson, Johnson, Kmanuel and WllkliiRon,
aud in (he U. h. t'ouria for the Boutliern Dis
trict of Ueoruta.
Will bet hr h;mis in buying, sailing ot
renting lloul batata.
Oflice on Waat aida of Public Bgnara
Oct U-i/
An iron pier 3,100 foot in length in being
built at Moston. It will bu tiie longest in tlic
world.
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
W. H. B. Hoilifield
nmciii in miin
II tvlug recenily graduated al the univer-
ell)- otfMMij laud and returned home, now
Milters bu proicNMlonul services to tho oltleeiu
•oi SMiidcrsvillo and vicinity. Office with
H)i. II iS HolllfleM, next door to|Mrs. Bayne’*
'Millinery store.
A $'i0.00J oman ipation monument is to
riso at Vicktburg by tho dimes and dollars of
ex-*hivo.s.
Buvkntken bushels of wheat is tho pro
duct from ono gr.iiu of t>oo 1 in three years
on a Dakota farm.
Tiiky have gold *n streets in Salisbury, N.
C. The mil adami/.lng is being done with
gold quartz worth $15 a tou.
Among the thirty-two members of tho next
New York Mate ‘senate there aro sixteen-
lawyers and only one farmer.
A Chinaman nt Sacramento bus established
a factory for manula jturing idols and devils
Tor use in Chinese processions and tomp'o*.
An Eastern pap:r records a case of blood
poisoning caused by tobogganing or coasting.
It is thought to beiiiu hogiuing of a new dis
ease. $
Durmaii, ngam t which Knglaud iia< gone
to war, has a population of 4,000.00.1, scat
tered ovor a territory of l'.K),500 squart
miles.
TiiKGermau government hns discharged
all tho women who were in tho postal tole-
graph and railway service, on tho g.ouud of
uniftnoss ior public business
"Bread-ski*, vicks * aro being hold at some
places in Kii 'luud. each person atlending
church bringing on * or more loave<tole
distributed among tkie poor and unemployed.
and $70,070,570 of like coins are in tho treas
ury of the United States, in addition to $93,-
14tt,873 of said standard dollars which are
are
represented by silver certifl' iites in the hands
of tho people.
Ho calls attention to tho statement in his
lost annual report that tho continued coin
age of tho standard silver dollar under tho
present provisions of law is In excess of tho
requirements of the country, and is liable to
bring the business of tho country to a silver
basis and cause some degree of liiiancial dis
turbance.
Four banks with an aggregate capital of
$600.HOO failed during tho past year. Divi-
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
druil. have boon palil dnrliif; tho year to tho
tretlitors of insolvout I anks to the amount of
D, 151,858.
During tho llscal year ended Juno 30,
1885, thera was paid to tho govornmont of
tho United State* $3,743,584, taxes on circu
lating notes of national banks.
Tho ro|ort contains comparntivo state
ments of the resouroes and liabilities of the
national banks during the past ten years, and
a dolailedstatemontof tluir condition on the
first day of October, 1885. Tho different
items indicate that tho business of the na
tional banks has largely Increased during the
past year, although the items of Dulled
States bonds and circulating notes have de
creased. I.labilities to depositors and corre
spondents have Increased more than $110,(130,.
000, During tue year tho banks havo in*
creased their spocio rosourersmoro tlnn *50,
tbe work in respect to silk culture hns been
much extended.
The statistician of tho department has a re-
vlow of tho course of agricultural production
during fifteen years, which shows an esti
mated Increase In corn of 37,000,000 acres, or
80 por cent; in wheat, of 30 000,000 acres, or
108 per cent! Ill oats, of 13,000,000 acres, or
143 por oent; hi all cereals taken together,
07,000,000 acres, or 07 per cont.
The commUslonor says that many Import'
ant modicinal plants are perfectly adapted to
our climate, and could be cultivated in per
fection; and It would seem well that moans
should be taken to give them npropsr trial.
The commissioner says that efforts should
be made to arouse tho people to the danger,
which threa'on u. through the destruction
of forest*. “Arbor days’’ should be Instituted,
tho sclenoo of foreatry should bo taught In
ichools and tho organization of local and
Btate forestry societies should he encouraged.
In view of the continued destruction of
the timber oil the government lands, and th*
Importance of pn serving such portions of
forests as are adjacent to tho head springs of
rivers, or wliloh may be nooded for climatic
or other reasons, ha urges that the further
sale of timber lands belonging to tbe govern
ment ought to be suspended until a survey
shall reveal what portion may bo sold with
out injury to the country and what ought to
be permanently held tn the forest condition.
The cominis doner says that particular at
tention has he. n given to improved method,
of distributing seed* He calls attention to
that feature of tho law which anticipates a
report of experiments from thoso who receive
soeds, an 11 ay i In a vast majority of coses
this ilosign ot law is not met an I Is not llkaly
to be. He suggests for consideration whether
or not somo systematic plan of co operation
may not lie (lxed upon between tho depart
ment und Uicmlsu-s of Congress by which the
former can havo a hotter control over the
distribution of seeds than It itow has, and
make the distribution a condition precedent
to a compliance with simple but important
requirements
Tho commissioner describes the result of
the work of tho microscopical division In the
discovery of a method of detecting counter
feit buttor. and Bays that tho unparalleled In
crease during tho past few years In the manu
facture anil sale or various compound.,
fraudulently repre. ented to the public as but
ter, thronteus the destruction of tile legiti
mate dairy buslnosa—an interost of th.
largest magnitude. It is not, he .ays, com*
petition with dairymen that is deprecated, but
'he simulation or tho true dnlrv produots,
the uso of impure substances and the dishon
est snle, at high rates, of products otherwise
of little value, practices which demoralize
trade, defraud honest industry and decelvo
tho buyer.
To protect tho public from theee deceptive
practices he earnestly recommends the prompt
possago of a law by Congress to prevent tho
continuance of this busineES except under
BUch regulations as the now s. ties.of tho case
demands, tho enforcement of the law, If
thought advisable by Congress, to be placed
under tho control ol the Internal revenue do-
partmont.
A Slraafe Preeenilmaiit.
Mr. Merrlboy stopped Ints Choose
cuko's grocery the olher ino nlng In n
grout flow of spirits, lto thought 1.0 saw
Cheesecake stooping down behind the
countor, so he took up a codll.h, reached
over ond hit the stooping figure a moil
‘ “ tni
resounding blow across the bsck, shout
ing, "Hlso up, Sir Cheesecake,” and
motherly old lady, who was back thorc
tying her shoo, rose up.
' Tho horrlllcd Merrlboy droppod the
codfish on the floor, when a hungry
sneak of a dog started of! with it, and.
rushing ncross tho storo after it, tho
joker knocked over a barrel of eggs and
Two unocoupled frame dwellings In Jersey | the dog got away with h s flsh.
City, N. J., suddenly fell, crushing to death
four little children—two boys and two I ..j
girl*. do -
mOUTII and wKhT , And staggering to tho window he sat
Tni annual convention of the National As- down on a square yard of fly paper and
soclaUon of Cattle and Horse Grower* was b ur |«d hli face In his hands.—Burdslfo,
held in Ht. Louix
‘•By Jovo,” groaned tho unhappy man,
1 folt, whon I turned in here, that I’d
o something foolish boforo I got out.”
Blkiohinu bos already been sojoyad In •
portion of Maryland.
Arran a bitter and axoltlng canvas. Ful
ton county, Georgia, In whfoh Atlanta is
situated, ha. been carried by th* Prohibition
ist* by 338 majerity. I’srty line* wore ig
nored In this remarkahle canvass, and on
election day th* 1’rohlhltlonl.ts and anil-
Prohibitionist* were out In strong foroa,
working for their respective .idea
The Chicago Columbu. Centennial World'.
Fair and Kxpoeition company ha. Wn in
corporated, with a capital of $1,000,030, to
hold an International expo*ltion in Chicago
In 1803. In that year It will lie 400 yean
ilnce Columbu. dUcoverad America.
A train wa. thrown from th* track by an
Immense bouldor noar Asheville, N. C.,and
plunged into a whirlpool eighty feet deep.
The engineer, fireman and a brakemnn were
killed.
in Breoklyn Eagls.
oiling n Crank
Tho palatial steamer Mnry Powell was
on her dally trip up the Hudson *
log continued to tug and strain t > get
it lhe liltlu dog. Tho latter didn’t scare
worth a cent. Ho sat there a. if ho
meant to stay to dinner. Everybody
was wishing that tho big dog would get
loose, when along camo ft man who
.topped and asked:
"What's tho trouble?”
UOtNG TO oa.u.
•‘That big dog wants to get free!”
“ *“l ne" *■'—
Oh. ho does. Well, I'll help him to.”
He wqlked up to the post nnd cut tho
ope, nnd the next instant big dog nnd
little dog were so mixed up that one
could hardly separate thorn. But tins
lasted only a minute. All at onuo the
big dog broke for the sldownlk and up
the streut, and tho Utile dog hung lo
his hind leg for at least a hundred foot.
Tho farmer came out to sao his Jumbo
legging it for tho country, whl'e tho
litt'o dog sat on the curbstone watching
his flight, and ha turned to the yel
ling crowd and excLImcd:
“Whtt in you foo'n lftllin at! Didn t
I tall ye my dog wouldn’t bo mean
enough to tight anythiug loss'n a
panther?’’— fVee /V*«.
In solemn silence down the West,
The glorious sun hath sunk one* gttfg
And to the honeet toiling poor
Come with the gloaming peace and .'SM
The butterfly hsth ceased to roam,
Tho busy lioe hath left the flower,
And high nlsivethe old chuch towZT,
Tbe soldo rook* go cawing homo.
And age so grave, ah 1 youth so spry,
Turn from the task which brin-i t
bread.
To where the evening meal It spread,
And all their hoinohoM treasure* He.
The young wife greets her constant swala,
Fresh from tin H i! 1, with gleeful eyes
Th* lonesome widow softly si
And calls to mind her ymi*'i i uu.i *•
That time who i one ns n ' llnl
For love of li r. with r • 1 1/ i in 1
Scattered the so-'Dm . ur tin lint
Or swung tho s y.Us or p 111 ' i ’ *1 ‘d-
LIVELY BROKERS.
WASHINGTON.
Tlia President mad* th* following addi
tional appointmenls: Andrew H. Ward, to
be special examiner of drugs, medicines and
chemicals in the district of Boston and
Charlestown, Mass.: Wllllsm A. Beach, of
New York, to bo collector of Internal revenue
for the Twenty-first district of New York;
Bartlett Tripp, of Yankton, D. T., to be
older jusilco of the supreme
oourt of tho Territory of Dakota;
George W. Miller, of Washington, Penn., to
tie marshal of the United States for the west
ern dlatrict of Pennsylvania; Elijah Gates,
of St Joseph, Mo., to be marshal of th*
United State* for th* western dlstrlot ot
Missouri; George N. Baxter, of Faribault,
Minn., to be attorney of the United States
forth* district of Minnesota; Benjamin F.
Ledbetter, of Suminerfleld, la., to be eur-
▼eyor-general of Louisiana; Thomas J. But
ler, ot Ringgold, La., to be register of th*
number ol passengers had gathered
around the open door of the engine
room, looking with interost at the more
ments of the ponderous machinery
Among tho passenger* was Bum Foster,
a Now York gontlomnn, who is a practi
cal joker, lie la a young man of moans,
aud was elegantly dressed. Ho is, more
over, a vory good amateur ventriloquist.
"Now, boys," said Foster, "let us
havo aomo fun with thoonglnoor."
A creaking, squeaking noise was heard
among tho machinery. Tho engineer
waa somewhat startled, and he lubri
cated various and sundry parts of thu
machinery with great industry and an
oil can. Tho latter conta nod half a
pint of oil.
Foster nudged one of his boon com
panions in tho ribs, and pretty soon the
machinery squeakud again. Onco mo■»
tho engineor calmed down a auspcctu.i
piston by anointing it with his nPovintor.
Tho squeaking sliil continued, and
Foster pointed rut llio plaoe that needed
oiling. Once n re tho engineer took his
alleviator, and removing the cork,
poured tho contents down tho back of
ilia /nallim Knufnr nnrl nvrr his fortv-
lor, ot Ringgold, LA., to o# re*
land office at New Orleans, La.
the fesllvo Foslor, nnd over his forty
dollar auit of clothes.
“There," said the engineer, "I don t
think that crank will squeak again In a
hurry."—Tsrat Siftings.
Washinciton ministers aro oppoatd to the
proponed opening of some of tbe public build
ings on Sundays.
Consul William Blade, st Brussels, in
bis annual rep irt to th* secretary of state,
• ■aide She Nhae.
"I never did huva any luck,
wailed au old man on
nohow,"
train out from
says the average size of farms in the two
rii ~ ' ‘
•l ffllarliF lb* New
bark Niaclt Maekaaga.
Tho activities of atook-hrokorsgo In
volvoexhaustivedrain of vital auergy. The
nervous force necessarily expended in
rapid reasoning and quick decision is
often directed into other channels to re
lieve tho overtaxed brain. The younger
sootlon of tho broker tribe Indulges in
an annual regatta of its rowing assocla
tion, in base ball contests with tbo cal
low athletes of popular colleger, or In
friendly struggles among themselves, in
which tho "Good Boys" nro pitted
against tho “Bad Boys,” in go as you-
please podcstriiD matches in Central
park, Hacchlo dances to tho entraucing
music of Italian organ grinders, In tre
mendous attempts nt Gncco-Roman
wrestling, and In oxasporating "tug-of-
war" coutosts at cithor ond of a stout
rope. It also revels, In company with
the eldor. in tho concerts of tho Gleo
club, ana nevor fails to make tho nnnual
song festival at Chlckering hall, or tho
loss frequent one in tho Brooklyn acad
emy of music, a grand success
in respect of enthusiasm, flow
ers, ana numbers. At tho G’hristmai
season it luxuriates in the blowing of tin
horns and bugles, smashing of broker
bets, pelting with blown bladder*, wet
towcle, and surreptitious snow-ba 1 is, and
in tho sly insertion of th* cooling crys
tal* between the collars and necks of
unsuspecting brethren. Hot pennies are
sometimes substituted. If tho victim
whose spinal oolumn glows with un
wonted heat be of dynamite tempera
meat, a fierce explosion is tho inevitable
Ktew 3M2 rtf mo* Z result * ThU SETMotion is
bo won’t do n tiling. 1 don’t know whet j fAdiotad to horet-play-m th nwta
Ing to do for a ilvinV All of “hi. intruder. Into the bo.rd Hoorn and with
from bolng so foolish as to stick ! subjects of practice jokes. I n® clothes
of them Sid customs.” of both grow r.pldlv wo so or wear
To where ho ilwri'a, supreme y blei"..
The gont'u breezei waft a prayer
That soon her hour of toil amt car#
May yield to an eternal rest.
—John O. Walls, in the Qulssr.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
Flanders, provinces of Belgium, is about
•even scree, and that a farmer will support
his family upon tbe profits of a treat of six
acres.
Tub total number of emigrant) arrived in
the United Btalos for October, 1885, was
35,318, against 33,037 during tho same period
in 1884.
Further appointments by tb* President:
Richard 1). Lancaster to tie surveyor of cus
toms for tbe |x>rtof Ht. Louis, Mo.; Oliver n uau wuai
P. Kemick to be firat nsslstent engineer in , {' rollr t 0 d mv darter Ho was orsvo better advertisement, nor florists
tho revenue marine service of the United • loll S‘ Bn . " mor o striking coign of vautago, from
Btatee; M. I* McCormack, of Grand Fork, « poor m B church XcVto dtepV l&ir choicest ware,.
— * ;eutlemen reveals '
I’iu going
comes from
t0 "Uow° f WM th. 0 tr C,,,l °"’ 8 ' ; ands’re b°od7y mVrkei with tmoortaiu
"Well, you sec, smno years ago I was i ligurea in chalk. This is *11 th® ““re
purty well’off. Had two farms and a | incongrtion. iu view of ^efauUloa* and
lot of stock an’ money in bank. The almost Audbh altlw o( rnwy of tho
chap, what’s now iny son in law, came members. V ashlonalilo tnilore^ cannot
* * . » ii.. ...»e ' nravn >fi yprlilPinCDt. DOT ttOrlHtS
1). T., to bo secretary of Dnkotn Territory.
To be registers of land offices—Hobort V,
Yeakle, of Llttlo Bock, Ark , at I.lttlo (lock,
Ark.: Henry C. Tipton, of Melbourn, Ark.,
at Harrison, Ark.; Dhestor H. Warner, of
Colfax, W. T., at Walla Walla, W. T.
Bart Uolemew Coffey, of Balem, Oregon, to bo
agent for tbe Indians of the Umatilla agency
in Oregon.
posed Ilia match
was fast for it, an’ I had to glvo in, at 1
splay tb
This data of ga
usually do when tho old woman get's her ! markably effectuate interest in th.
dander up I wasn’t very cheerful dur- | advent of a newcomer to the broker
ing the woddlng," an’ wa» all the time circulates tiding, of
thfukin’of the cheek o' that chap mar- joyful event, congratulates tho bUisl^
' ttr \ngpsre, and takos’ up a collection for
lyin'iny darter on ten dollars a weuk. — B — :— ■ i„
J ..i— -,i they was the purohaso of some appropriate or in
The Life-Saving Service.
Serious earthquake shocks have b**n folt I i,.-.!i, 1 ,t* 1 1tT*st»rt ° I he v askod me to appropriate present to tho iufantino
in Spam and on tlie African coil. Jh^w my shoe after -emfoHuok. Well, nlonarob. They are also somewhat prone
- . - - d J lbBt was the cause of tho hull to the hazing of new musher*.. and are
trouble The young man had all the not elwaye discreet In tho choice of
luck, and is now worth a hundred thou : method*. If the welcomo be pecuiijriy
sand, wliilo 1 am us poor as thunder, hearty, the novice may recolvo a ho
Yesterday l asked him to loan me a
hundred and lie refused point blank.
You ace, ho hasn't forgotten tho time I
London advices state that four deputy
commissioners amt four assistants havo been
appointed for Burnish. Tills is tantamount
to annexation to British territory.
John BnimiT defostol Sir Kaniolp'.i
Churchill In tho ol'M'tloiis for member of
th* British parliament
^r^ofth^LS^?l.w , !KiS thro w°m v'sliooTfto Mifm' ’'
th "Wh7 .K ho be mad about
paralysis. General Btonohouso was born in
Kont, England, about 1813, and cams to t ils
country In 1840, settling In Albany.
I’nzmoKNTiAL postmaster* appointed: Ed
ward I). Porter, at Joplin, Mo.; J. H. McGoo,
at Paris, Mo ; D. Wilmoc Scott, Ht Galena,
that?” , ,
“My foot was inside tho ahoe, deuce
take tho luck."—Chicago Herald.
ride around tho Board Hoorn, tho trar.B'
ler of quotations from tho blackboard to
tho back of his coat, and soe llio neces
sity of new orders to his halter and
tailor. In vain does tho chairman use
his gavel on such occasions. The spirit
of fun is riotous, und does not hesitate to
run off with that symbol of authority.
At other times it may leave him alone in
his glory to call the list in awesome
Bronze is a \ cry fashionable nowaday.,
but brass has not ontircly gone out.
The fellows who out boiled onlo.se*.-
uot hope to bo frou from th* breath of
suspicion.—Boston 1’ust.
In tho lottery of life tho dentist 1s a
lucky fellow; bo’s alweys drawing eome*
thing.—Boston Tulget.
Tho coachman's occupation is more
agrccnblo than that of tho hostler, but
tho latter is moro stable.
Tho king of Italy spends most of his
time hunting mushrooms, and then be
doesn't dxro to cat them, for fenr thnt
thoy aro toadstools.—J’uc*.
A silk blanket for a rosnectxble New
York poodlo costs #10. What a pity It
is that the ownor of a poodlo cannot go
to a store and buy soma brains.
Baseball it older than wo thought, M
a squint at history has made apparent.
The Emperor Domitiau occupies hie
leisure In catching flies.— ChicagoMg*r.
"Oh, ma, don't you think Mr. 8llm-i
kins has most excellent timbre ot voic.1
"Timber? It that itl I wondored whnti
gave it thnt sort 'o woodon-llke sound.’”
— Chicago News.
An old gost in Mississippi recently at.!
200 green cucumbers, then broke Into a
drug store, butted the top of a bottle.
of castor-oil snd swsllowed tbs contents.
—The Homblor.
The men in the moon slwsy* smiles,
and he ought to. He ii the only fellow
who can stay out nil night without ex
citing anything but favorable comment.
—Atlanta Constitution.
Did you ever notice that for about ten
minutes after a man ha* had h*. bMta
blacked he always inspects with care
the boots of everybody he meet*, Hint he
may rejoice in hi* superiority to tb* un
blacked t—Boston Glohe.
Sutherland Edwards hns published a
novel called "What is a Girl to Do?"
This is very haid to answor. It depend*
largely upon whother the young men
has means of his own or intends to livo
upon her father’s money.— Asi* rock
Oraphic.
A fashion item says: "Non. but
young ladles end bridei should wear
hste.” All the sumo we shall continue t >
wear ihem. A sensible man would re'lie
go bsre-hended than to wear uno of th *
season’s ridiculous luoking bonnets.—
Norristown lln old.
-’7
Oh, the pumpkin pis I* the pie for me,
Its beauty 1 greatly a Imlre;
’T!s a ole that lielouji to th* "land of
It is good for th* child and It* sir*.
030,500. This inoreaso is iniulu up of $11,4.1,-
714 of gold coin, and $1,031,384 or silver coin,
Tic legal tomlur notes hold !>y too hanks
have, however, diminished nhout $3,.’0J,i)..0
Grant’s Funeral Expanses.
G. W H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST
■andtrevlll*, Go.
TERMS CASH.
DR. J. H. MAY,
SANDERSVILLE, GA
Offers his ssrvicos to the oltixens of Stnders-
"illo aud adjacent country. Ail calls, day or
aiglit, will be promptly responded to. Office
at his residence on Mrs. Pittman's lot, comer
Harris and Ohureh streets. janl5-1884tf.
Lawrence BAiuiKTr will writ* a biogra
phy of the late John McCullough.
Mas. Langtry lias lately met with unus
ual success on the stage at Nottingham and
Liverpool.
Adelina Patti is to sing at Bucharest
and Constantinople, in “Lucia,” ”11 Bar*
biore," and “J-u Trnviuta.”
Mue. Sophie Menter, the famous pianist,
is now enjoying the possession of n fortune
of $3,330,003, left to her by a Russian admirer.
Margaret Mather colebrate* her one
hundredth performance of Juliet at the
Union Square theatre, New York, January
18.
BUY YOUR
srniu, Hi,
FROM
JERNICAft ,
Reu genuine without onr Trade
Ob band and for sals,
SPECTACLES, nose glasses, etc.
Watches, Clocks
And JEWELRY
Hknry Ikvino will produce "Faust,” foi
which he lias long: boon making extraordin
ary preparations, In London during Christ
mas weok.
The young violiniste, Signora Teresima
Tau, has just signed an agreement with the
impressano, Mr. Henry Klein, for a grand
tour in America in 1880-7, for which she is to
receive $50,000.
Madeleine Bhohan, having permanently
retired from the stage on account of failing
health, will presently publish a volume of
personal recollections entitled "Under the
Clock in tbo Foyer.”
Verdi, the Italian composer, now in his
■oventy-rtftb year, doubts if ho will finish his
"Iago.” He says it is uncertain work to at
tempt to clothe in musical notes the passions
one is too old to feel or to imagine.
They have been trying to establish a school
of acting in Enghuid, but the institution
closed its doors after a vory short season.
An English review says such a school can
only succeed in connection with a subsidized
national theatre.
William I. Gilbert, of “Pinafore” and
“Mikado” fame, was born in London. He
has made from his opera* aud plays f45U,uw,
which ho was business man enough to invest
in a good interest-bearing location. This
saver ami writer of funny things is one
of the most irritable of men, and l he smallest
encumbrance will set his slurp tongue gomg.
rilH IINUKICTAKUK’M llll«t$ UNPAID-A
FEW I nulls OF THE COST.
Undertaker i?to;»lcu M. r. i t. of Now
York, w.n shown copies of Western nowspn-
pen* containing statem 'nta that Ids bill for
111 5 funeral expenses of ftonernl tlrant had
b e i eTilled payment by tho war depart*
mo;it a counting officers. It is alleged in
Una* dispatches that tho total expenses for
tin fimeral amounted to $J8,0U0, of which
$ (,003 wa* charged for carriages. The state
ment is a 8 > mu lo that an objectionable itoiu
in t:ie funeral chargee is tho $50 anked for the
carriage u e l by a certain naval official. Gen
eral Hancock is quoted as opposing tho allow
ance of those charges on the ground that
they aro exoaitiv*. Mr, Merritt and his son,
who is a partner in the firm, expressed ail-
noye.uco and rurprise over tho matter. “Our
bill is very moderate,” they stated, ‘‘and
amounts to *!4,ia:i.75 only. Wo don’t know
where the other $U,00J comes la. Our bill
includes all expenses at Mouut Mc
Gregor, whero wo had five men working
day and night for sixteen days, railroad rare
up and down from New York, the cost of tho
A ItEMAIIKABLK SHOWING FOR 1886.
Tho uii .uul repoi’t of *\Jr. b. J. Kimball,
i n c al Hiq eriiilenduut of the life-saving sir*
\ i.c, shew. that at tho closo of tho last fiscal
y j.ir too taMIshtns it embraced 203sloti 'lis,
I i In mg on tho Atlantic, th rty-eight oti tho
hikes seven on tho Pacific nnd one at tho
f d h of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky. Tho mini-
I -r or di.iahterrt to do-umented vossels wi.hln
t'iu fold of atiit on ojMjrations during the
y.*nr was *356. Th‘*re were on board these
vessels .V.‘05 persons, of whom only ton wore
lost. Tho alii, wrecked porsoiiH who rocolvinl
i uccor at tho Rtations number 5U8. The osti-
mata l value ot t-iio vciwo's involved in those
disasters was $8,519,550, nnd that of their
cargoos$1,084,905. making tho total value of
property imperilled $4,fi04,455. Of thU
amount $3,953,709 was saved.
iffnny, Ohio; Wiliia
Canon, at Merrill, Win.; Hobart J. McNally,
at Keesoville, N. Y.; Frank White, at Mur*
freeehoro, Tenn
The followin' anecdote, told by the silence to empty \henches. These i
Scottish American, illustrates the fact pressiblea welcome some visitors wit
that tho man who is asked to do an tin- , profound rwpwt. I rtoja Wobontole
usual thing will expect much more pay regarded in sl.enoe, God save tnu
Oh, the pumpkin pi* Is the freeman’s pis.
And In It wo’ll put our trust;
No humbug, Ilk* mince, can In It dp.
And It beareth no "upper crust.
General John F.atox, commissioner of f or joi„ K „ ua „ s i thing that coste! Queen” is sung with enthusiasm in pres-
h “ ht several fimei .ho trouble. Some enco of Sergeant BMl.ntlne; und loud
fohbign. years ago, before tho sale of game woe appiause greet, sbrief eweoh from Tom
Q *. of |t th ou ht Brown.^ Oscar V, tide docs not fare so
SlJ'KrS^kS; h A a. m Cr. n w:! f ki,^ j W°U ol carri. ? o, an Jteg ■ ■
rsrsonally for her husband’s re-election to
l — iian aI inwA.naoo Wishinty tn Rf?nd a nnufl 11 ai
A Manitoba
liko
personally 'for her husband’s re-election to lishmnn rented a moor within twenty ling BOVe [?’ R *°.^ tn ke*D^his er iestlietic
the British rarliainent miles of Inverness. Wishing to send a find, it difficult to keep his i**tueuo
A nisrATCH from Belgrade, Bulgarin, «ay» ten-brace box of grouse to U.s friends in } e RJ* A Manitoba .
that the Horvians have evacuated all the i lhe g out h, ho directed a servant to call looking hko a Hussian ue
ttaWS'- -ft
The British steamer Iberian, fr
for Liverpool, with a cargo
000, has been wrvckod on tin
en wrecked on tin British cons . ing pcaie into iuwu;, mwinir their arms and outdo the panto-
r,. ,-M v.cIwcm. Sarvia a,:d B„WU he would charge for taking tho box to h**M?MeoStege drlver P Elo-
lari tarn t nev ' sip nol.lr-n 11 If nil I 111 1 InVUrllHU. mi-Jie OI ■ U® I O , ..
JUIIV ftt.'RIr, IW I I1U3 BIICU.
. he total loss of lifo within the scope of ihe
service is tho smallest ever reached since its
general extension, except in the year 1880,
when but nine wero lost The assistance
rendered in saving vessels and cargoes during
tho year was larger than in any previous
year, except the fast j receding. The follow
ing statement gives a summary of the statis
tics of the service, from the introduction of
the present system iu 1871 to tho close of the
fiscal year. The loss of lifo as stated below
includes 188 lost at the wrecks of the Huron
and Metropolis, which ore really not charge
able to the service: Total numbor of disasters,
2,918; total value of property involved, $51,
703,094; total value of property saved, $30,
277,929; total value of property lost, $15,485,-
705; total number of persons involved, 2 >,693;
over disputed territory
Kief Milan having accepted the armistice
proposed by th« huropoan powers. King
Milan hasieturued to Belgrade, hu\i ig had
quite enough of lighting, his Servian tr.-ops
being repulsed toward the last at every point
by the Bulgarians under Prince Alexander.
“Donald would not t*Wo it uudar eight quenc* affects them "bon it
l.,„— Tho demand was thought so springs from their own officers, t at
If pumpkin pies but grow on treee,
And on the branches would sway,
They would fill tho air with a perfumed
breeze,
And I’d shake tho trees every day.
_C/t isuinn
—Vliioago Sun.
A Ballet With n Billet
ish general, ex-president of Spain, ami an
ditician of much ability, it
etuh"r„ 3o •“'""‘“ , !i^To?ksS5iiiIii.
acotcbmwi 1*1 tW tarth. ““f.S "I
unscrupulous pol
dead in his seventy-sixth year.
bargain with tho natives, and that one , hall," etc., etc.
Thi: elections for momlisrs of the British i ^ould'doTh^ joMo^ muchloss^^C’alling | tarfes the"Exchange everhad, » nd
waa the
one of tho best secre*
among the successful ones was the youtiif .il
rl<
voo; loiai numoor oi persunii nivuirw, -
total number of persons saved, 25,280: total
number of persons lost, 457; total number ol
persons succorod at stations, 4,829.
Pirates Capture a Steamer.
Airs Garfield, who has one of the finest
dwellings on Euclid avenue,Cleveland, it
slid to have grown old rapidly Muce hei
great trial. Sho is frequently seen ndint
out, nnd her turnout ia one of tho hand
souiost in tho city
a.ket, the preparations of all kinds before
burial, the gloves and trimmings of all con-
corned, the carriages, liorsoe, nnd iudeed
everything required for the burial occasion,
Tile largest charge for any one carriage was
$35. This wns for President Cleveland, uud
vns drawn by six horses; the Vice-Presi
dent's carriage had tour horses, and the
others two each. No chnrge of $50 for the
carriage of a naval officer is in our bill,
and we made no item of 5,030,
tho largest item being $5,250,
for more than 500 carriages. This is very
reasonable when It is considered that tlio
Now York owners ot carriage* put up a
corner on us as soon ai Goneral Grant iliod.
It required much lact to do anything with
cat ring* owners, and we only broke the
corner prices by securing vebiclos
from Brooklyn and Jersey Ctt^r. Even
owners out of town put up prices.” Refer-
liig to tbe stutemeut of opposition to his bill
ou the part of General Hancock, Undertaker
Merirtt said: “I can scarcely believe it
Why Colonel Hodges and General Perry,
commenting on my bill when it was pre
sented to them for auditing, said it was sur
prisingly moderate. The whole trouble or
iginates, I think, over tho lack of money in
the war department to the oredic of the con
tingent fund out of which the funeral ex
penses must be paid.”
Biuiah moonlight and blue steel beadi
mixed with a smaller quantity of bronze,
or gronat beads, form some of the most
beautiful trimmings that cad b« ob
tained.
THU CAPTAIN HTAUIIBIt AND THROWN
OVERBOARD.
Tho British steamer Greyhound, Captain
C. W. Hiodor, trading between Ilong Kong
and Pakhol, loft the former port recently oil
one of her regular trips with 130 passenger,
end a general cargo. When the steamer__waa
about seventy miles southwest of Hong Kong
about forty apparently innocent passengers
who were scattered over the vessel suddenly
opened tire with revolvers on the unsuspect
ing officers. The captain attempted to reach
the chart room to arm himself, but was met
with a volley from tho pirates and was stab
bed and thrown overboard. The only
other white officers on board were the first
and second mates and the chief and assistant
engineers. The chief officer und the assistant
engineer were forced at the point of a re
volver to work the vessel, while the others,
with the remainder of the passengers and the
Chinese crew of twenty-five men.were placed
In the hold, and tha hatches battened down.
The pirates then ransacked the steamer.
The vessel was turned about, and
when about forty miles from Hong
Kong three junks came alongside, took off
the pirates and their plunder, valued at $10,-
000, and sal ed away. Tbe pirates were In
possession of the vessel nearly nine hours.
The Cblne*e authorities have captured two
Junks containing property taken from tb*
Greyhound, and sir. men who were concerned
in the outrage. The prisoners have been
taken to Canton, where they will probably
iiio'
AmerTcan husband of Barones* Burden
Coutie, the rl heet woman In England I'he
lories were nest succe.iefal, thi liberals,
whose leader is Mr. Gladstone, lodng many
■■embers.
my I
parliament have been nio.l exrltlng. Among wo u iuuuimj™iv,i “'J''" 1 failed to bring down tbo house. The
fh. defeated candidates wn. .he Uni,of Donald, he held tbe following convent*. | « r(lclical jocosity at rare
iu* o line AS .04 I Donald I What’s the intervals overleap due bound*, and pro-
nric* o’ DMts tho’noo?" voke fistic encounters, in which case the
"Julst auchteouMUce the load, sir.” impromptu Sullivans and Morrisseys are
“Very Weel, yo^can tak’ a load into parted, and then punished by temporary
j hoose in Inverness tho first thing the suspension from all privileges ot tho
““‘I’l'l dae^hat 'an' thank yo, sir.” K Repartee is piquant, alwaya uointed,
The Hcotchman then walked on about sometimes Falstalfian. In f“' 1 ."™ 88
twenty yards, when ho suddenly turned lovers of fun nmusc themselves _ with
round, and suid:
"By-the-b
can juist pit
“I’ll dap tl—,
difference.” . P°. ,ed
TUB MTKAMKR GRAHAM! I41NKI4.
A gentlemen with large side whisker*
and a physique that showod hard usage
stood against a bur on Rultim iro street,
^nd, barmg his right arm, said to u
group of bystanders: "I nrn the oldest
color-bearer of the Confederate army."
There was a movement toward him by
those who were moistening their tonsils
in the vicinity.
The speaker pulled up hi* tl**** xna
showed a scarred and streaked tattooing
of the stars and bare ou hia right fore
arm in vermillion and India ink.
"Thia was the darting shot," h* tsla,
exhibiting a scar where • minnie boll
had cut through tb* tattoo mark* xnd
disarranged the color* of the flag. "W*
surrendered just after I got it. I wns
color-bearer for tho Twelfth Virgin!*, of
Petersburg. This wound I got in the
last charge. As »oon as l felt my nrm
drop and saw the wound f knew toe war
was over. Been shot again and again,
but never in the arm before, althouah l
caught it in every other part of my body.
I saw that the lead had torn tiir mgh my
arm where the croas burs mi llio fluff
were marked, and then l Kayo up. It
waa my lest battle in ilie trenches."--
Baltimore Times.
A pumpkin vine near Port Meade,
Savannah, measures with its branch**
and runner* li miles long.
In Twenty Feel el Water In the Okie
River.
The steamer Emma Graham, which lefl
Pittsburg on Wednesday evening, bound fm
Cincinnati, with mauy passengers on boaul,
sunk in the Ohio river at Rip'.ey lauding, u a,
Parkersburg, W. Va., at nine o'clock last night.
Iu swinging Into tho landing slio struck a large
barge filled with atavo- 'the barge was tied to
the lauding with no danger signals displayed.
Tue steamer struck ou her utsrooard aide -nth
terrific force, on,rturning everything 0 . ho i-1.
Tlie barge was torn loos • and llnati d oft down
the stream. The office s of the Gi aliani, uot
knowiug the extent of the damage to their boat,
made au effort to catch thu barge, Lut tho Gra
ham began to Bilik, und the captain tried to
beach the steamer, but the hole filled with the
water so rapidly that he found it im
possible to do so, and the is 4k iu inid-chauuel,
ill twenty feet of water. Foreman My.o Cooper
was drowned. Several deck hands are also
missing, but it is not kuown that they are lost.
lovers oi mu HuiuM, ——
imrodlos of electiou tickets, railroad
Byes From Common Plants.
Th* great variety of coiors and dye*
obtained from common plants, growing
so abundantly almost everywhere, is ap
parently known to but few | arsons ex-
i p-.swv- . — ,* .. , - cept chemists. The well-kuowu buckle-
In this way the Scotchman got a good bric-a-brac, and bronzes nut of old fruit borry or blueberry, when boiled down.
load of peats! and tbo Englialiman got ! caus, broken crockery.^oidjroffi tinofoll wit h au odditiou of * little alum and a
his box sent for nothing. ‘ " ....
1
A Da* Which Hankareff. ' fleeted in it.
Yesterday forenoon a farmer whose
wagon needed some repairs stopped at a
l tobacco wrappers, and other refuae.
Domestic discussions v/ero possibly re-
Harper's Magazine.
blacksmith’s shop on Grand River avo-
iuT r “ J “■
Oppese* hr Ihe Niiuatlere.
A dispatch from Florence, Wis., says: Oa
Friday, armed and organized squatters un laud
inelnded in the disputed Outanogou grant aud
Cash entry district, drove off the lumber
owners who own tho patents on pine lands, and
and are cutting thepluo, Frazier, the con
tractor for (. ulbei i»uu, and many others, were
ordered to stop cutting. The lumbermen say
they will continue operations, snd dafy the
squatters, many of wli >m are lawless and dis
reputable, aud armed with repeating rifles.
Mnoh trouble is eutio paled. The reectn de
cision of Secretary Laiuar favor*ihe Cash eatrv
msn.bnt the squatters are bound to assert what
they olaim to be their rights.
He had with him a dog almost as
big os a yearling cult, and wheu the
wagon waa run into the shop the dog
was tied to a post near the door.
By and by quite a crowd gathered
to comment on hia size and appearance,
and along came an under-sized, common-
looking cur nnd aat down about teu
feet away. It waa then the big dog
gwelled up and sent forth thunderous
growl* and howls. Ho seratuhed the
•arth. He demanded blood. He tug
ged at hi* chain with the strength of an
Iceberg Echoes.
It is asserted in Science that expert
ments indicate the possibility of obtain
solution of copperas, will develop un ex
cellent blue color ; the same treatment,
with a solution of nut galls, products a
clean dark brown tint, while with alum,
verdigris and sal ammoniac, various
shades of purple aud red can be ob
tained. The fruit of the elder, so Ire-
□ UlUttlO IU« uuooiLiiiivj w. — hsiulw. * ”” -- . I. ...
ing an echo from an iceberg when in j quently used for coloring spirits, will
dai,serous proximity to a ship. It is bo- »Uo produce a blue color when treated
Bored that even an object offering so w itU alum. The privet, boiled in a ao-
small a surface as a floating wreck may in hition of salt, furnishes a serviceable
this wav be detected during a fog in color, and the over ripe berries yield a
time to prevent a collision. Experi- ! scarlet red. Tho seeds of the common
ments recently made havo demonstrated burning bush, “euonymous, when
the feasibility of producing well-marked treated with sal ammoniac, produce a
"Don’t any one let that ’ere dog
loose I” cautioned the farmer oa he came
from the baok end of the ahop.
"Sposen we did?" queried one of the
*“°”Then he’d lessen the numbor of dogs
in this town by fifty.
The farmer went away, and the big
echoes from sailing vessels and from
steamboats conaiderablo distances away.
The apparatus employed consists of a
musket, to the muzzle of which a speak
ing trumpet hod been attached. In’*
gun was aimed at passing vessels, whilo
blank-cartridges were fired. After a
longor or shorter time, according to the
distance of the vessel, an eoho was re
turned.
The Waterbury watch company turns
out 300,000 tickers a year.
beautiful purple red. The bark of the
currant bush, treated with a solution of
alum, produces a brown. Yellow is ob-
tuinuble from the bark of the apple tree,
the box, the ash, the buckthorn, the
popiar, elm, etc., when boilu I n water
ana treated with alum. A Ii fly gre*n
is furnished by th* broom corn.
There are on the retired list of th*
Boston police force about sixty-llve p*
trolinen, who receive a pension of |1 s
day.
