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THE MERCURY. Entered as Second-class Matter at sandcravtlle Postofllce April S7, i860. jaudersYille, Washington Connty, 6a. PUBLISHED BY A. J. JKRNIGAN, Proprietor and Publisher. Subscription: $1.60 Per Yeai, THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY. rmiSHED EVERY TUESOAT. A JERNIQAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO UTERATUBE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION. $1.00 Par Annum. VOLUME YIl, SANDERSVlLLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, iM. NUMBER 24. NOTICE! Ail Communications intended far thts Paver must be accompanied by the fun name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but m ® guarantee of good faith. We are <n no u ay responsible for the views or opinions of correspond ents. Otty of SandararUle. FRANK REESE KILLED. Mayor. J, N. Gil'mobe, A T * rr,W * Tr'seed, •« Madl- Aldermen. W. It Tmoraw, B E. Rouohton, J. B ItoBaerre, A. M. Mato. S. G. Lajto. Clerk. 0. O. Bhoyyn. Treasurer J. A. Iitwnr. Marshal. J. E. W»DDon. A, C, WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga. gjjrwll.l. PRACTICE IV AI.L THB OOURT8. . E, S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Ga. B. D. Kvass, J* EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEY8 AT LAW SANDERVILLE, GA. F, H. SAFFOLD, I attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the Courts of tin 1 Middle Circuit and in the cnuntiei lurro Hiding Washington. Special at tention given to commercial law. 0. 11 . IlOQERI, I HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. "Will practice in 11 to oountles of Washington, . JelTpr»oii, .lot,nHtovi, Emanuel mint Wilkinson, | nut in tlie U. S. Court, for tho Southern Bit. j tiict of Georgia, Will »' t a, agunta in buying, selling or rout- lug Itaal Eostu. OlHconn Wcat ricio of Pnblio Square. Oct 1 Id ooDsiMod 3 a hSm™ mor ' ,iu Jf• No. 1 a w,,s '>» train lmml°on No of*! ing the second section* un'T'T' switch, left the Imyrl f t}, ° fed, »,1 **>« "»»ina, t W Sgbfrs cugor express being also flue, or m atlv ,o- * cc «™ No. 2 started at I,me v , , ? n e "* c , !!*. d coupled, and immcdiatclv {, " gau pulhng n , Vfty quite rapitl | u - • ineo was Back in the cab towards whirl! it h .resumed ho started. The train was to He?se’ThnT , by ‘ h<; ' 1,1,0 1,10 , l,l > wav ami , *1""' WnM wcU head- y«ml moving nearly up to schedule n, i , ??’ ,ftutorn in hand, stopprd n "d as the remind ei / “V T H,1 h' at the rail, when . 0 1,i */ 00t pipped or he was too slow b 11 ! ni V , - At ,,n y rate, he missed his 1,, ;K ,nirk , h r° lf u e ai ""t the car, and wns thrown full across the track, stunned ami insensible. Right behind, Horn up, not over two hundred yards following the second section, camu the third sec tion thundering along with its ponderous engine. A terrible dust was raised by the second section, so dense and deep hat the engineer on the lookout in num ber three could see nothing, for the lnn- lern of Reese had been extinguished bv ius full, so that there lay the doomed man spread out, and upon him rolled tho wheels, crushing, touring and mangling. After some of the cars hud passed over bun, it was discovered tliut something had been passed over by the engine, and the train was stopped and the dying man found and pulled out. Police Officer Joseph Few was on duty at the time, and was near the depot. lie at once went to the place where Reese lav, surrounded b.v the train hands of No :h Ree«e soon realized his awful condition, told lmw it had happened, breathed u prayer and was lead Reese lmd not been long on tho railroad. lie lived at the 53d mile ]>ost, this side of Augusta. The remains were prepared for burial by Agent R. 11. ” right, placed in a suitable coffin and sent to Augusta on the dowu evening train. Reese was about twenty-five years old. LYNCH LAW. 0, W. H. WHITAKER, DENTIST, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. TERMS CASH.— W Office ai lii. resilience, on Uarrii street. Apr20-’80 H. S. HOLLIFIELD, ician & Surgeon, SANDERSVILLE, GA onife next door to Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery ' Su*iv, on IfarriH Htrcel. I BUY YOUR Hi FROM «J"ER,isri<3-A.iNr, 1 Nono genuine withont oar trade mark.) | °- v HAND AND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. j Tlic Murderer off lie Logan Family IUi|t4 by a Mob. R. P. Wallace, the murderer of the Logan family of five persons, father mother and three children, was taken fn m jail at Steelville, Mo., Tuc 8tiu y by a mob ir d lynched. A insBked nl °b of about one hundred men quietly gathered around the jail at midnight on Tuesday, and demanded entrance of the J al * cr - This was refused and the mol. butt e red down tlie door. A delegation was sent to bring out the prisoner, while others were detailed to guard tlie roads leading to the scene. Wallace whs wakened from sleep, dragged out to the infuriated crowd, and was asked if lie had anything to say. lift responded by strongly pro testing Ids innocence, still adhering to tlw story that it was the negro Vaughn who was guilty. This angered the mob more Ilian ever, and with a shout they produced a rope, one end of which they placed a round the murderer’s neck and tho other to the limb of a tree. The prisoner slih protested his innocence and appealed f. r mercy without avail. Strong hands grasped tho rope, and Wallace's body swung into tho air. Another chance was not given him to confess, and in a few minutes his body wus a corpse. The mob tiien dispersed and the jail officers cut down and took possession of the body. There is no dew to tlie leaders of the participants in the lynching. Watches, Clocks A SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE. JEWELRY REPAIRID bt isrxajLisr. OUR DEPARTMENT Prill'd will, op the requisites for doing joinls of Job and Book work in First- lass Htylo, Promptly and at Rea sonable Prices, tn Old Jinn Clubbed lo Dentil bj a Police* man. In Now York city, Mnx Aronson, fifty years old, a tlcstcr street grocer, was brutally clubbod by Policeman Wood, of that city, in his store on Wednesday last, and died Sunday. The coronor was sum moned to take his nnte-wortem statement, but found the old man unconscious and dying. According to the statement of his son, and tlie physician, the clubbing was one of the worst cases of police brutality reported for years. They say a boy tried to steal some fruit, but was or dcred nwny by the old grocer. Tho boy’s mother interfered, and created a row. Policeman Wood took the woman s part, an l accused Aronson of striking her, fol io i ing his words by clubbing him. His ■ mil was fractured. The two sons in terfered, and driving the officer away, called a physician. While the physician was curing for the old man, Policeman Wood returned witli another officer, and brutally clubbed tlie old man again. The two were driven out, but returned and took tlie old man away from the physician and locked him up, with the whole family, for forty-five hours. The old man was not ullowed medical attend ance. After their release on bail, Mnx Aronson began to sink until he died. A TERRIBLE CRIME. wedding cards, visiting cards, BUSINESS CARDS, POSTERS, BALL CAEDS ' ! handbills, PROGRAMMES, HTATEMKNT8, LETTER headings, DODGERS, PAMPHLETS. . # ETC.. BTC.. EIO A Farmer and Hie llau.hler Wardered lu Texas- The story of a fiendish double murder has been received from Throckmorton county, Tex. The victims are a farm r named Urney and his grown up daughter, Lizzie. The father, who had bee i las soed and dragged some distance from his house, was found with his throat cut. The daughter had been ravished and then murdered by mutilation: Horses’ tracks wi re discovered in the yard, which, on being followed, led to the arrest of a cowboy, who said he had stopped a, ifrney’s house for a drink, sad saw tw • white men entcT the yard as he left. Tar ,core's lariat was missing, and he was (13 officers have left CARTERSVILLE’B NEW COLLEGE. A WIFE’S CONSPIRACY. The Tewe Will HoAin Now - Meeting of bll Isons. A female college at Cnrtorsville, Ga., is now an assured fact. Cnrtersville has thought of it, spoken of It; rtlld acted about It. Rev. bdm Jones, on Sunday, after a strong sermon delivered at the Methodist church before an immense crowd, raised about $8,000 in subscrip tions for a fcmnlo college here. The slinres were placed at $50 each. Mr. Jones stai ted tho ball to rolling by sub scribing $1,000, saying that he never liked to push a man into a hole he would not go into first himself. The building to lhi erected is to cost $10,000. Messrs. John W. Akin, Clnrk Baker, It. M. Fat- tillo and John II. Wiklt took upon them selves tho responsibility of procuring the additional $2,000 In subscriptions. Among the subscribers at the church wrh Mr. II. F. Do Bnrdelcben, president of the De Bnrdelcben coal and iron com pany of Birmingham, for $500. At 11 o’clock Mondav a large number of citizcna met in tho town hall and wore organized by Rov. Ham Jonca nominating She lllres Negroes lo Murder Her He band. Major 0. II. Bmith (B 11 Arp) an tempor- >nn ary chairman, and Mr. John W. Akin nominating Mr. Frank J. Taylor as tem porary aecretary. The subscribers all came forward and signed their names. The full amount required was subscribed, besides which were donations in small sums amounting to about $150. On motion it was determined to call the college “Tho Sam Jones college.” On motion Rov. Ham Jones was re quested to name tho temporary board of directors, and that gentleman made the following selection: Messers. John W. Akin, t'. H. Smith, Jonn H. Wikle, W. II. Howard, Clark Baker. R. M. Pattillo, U. N. Hudson. The building committee then met and took steps to immediately confer w itli architects, invite plans, specifications ami bids. FI.OH 111 A NOTH'. THE PIlF.siII»KNT>8 CONTRIBUTION. HANGED BY THE NECK. A TERRIBLE DISASTER A Ntcninboat’s Boiler Explodes—Many I I .oat. The steamer La Mascot exploded her boilers, killing a large number of people. She wus u pnssenger boat running be tween St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. The disaster occured near the latter place Reports of the uccidcnt are very meagre, and a full list of the killed anu wounded cannot be obtained. No li-t of passengers can be obtained, as the reg ister is lost and the excitement was so iiiieuse among the survivors that no one could tell who was on board. KXFI.OBIHN IN CHARLOTTE, At Charlotte, N. C., on Tuesday Iasi the boiler of the cotton compress exploded, demolishing a portion of the building and wrecking much machinery. Moses White, foreman, was fatally injured. Jefferson Hogler was blown many feet into the street, but was unhurt. Ed McDonald, a clerk in the office of the Compress company, sprang through a window and was severely cut by glass. The explosion was felt all over the city. A PRINT KILLED. Thursday night tho store of A. D. Owens, of Orcswcll, Mnrtih fcouhtjr, N. C., was entered by burglurs. Owens’s dwelling joined the store. lie heard a noise and ns lie stepped to tho door saw two burglnrs, one of whom raised n gun and fired. Forty buckshot entered tho stomach of Owens, who in a few minutes was a corpse. Sinco that time the authorities have been on the track of tho murderers. Sunday night Sheriff Sprow- ell arrived at Plymouth with the w fa of tho murdered man and two negroes. Another negro, .lames Davenport, alias Ambrose, was shot and kilted. One of the negroes made a confession tho other day, as follows: That Mrs. Owens had hired them to kill her husband. She wished them to drown him, and prepared water in a barrel for that purpose. She gave him medicine to put him in a sound sleep, and t e three negrocB actually stood by liis bedside ready to commit the crime. Their courage failed them. Finally, Ambrose, some nights after, en tered the store aiul when Owens entered shot him, Ainhrnty' was pursued and, in making a desperate attempt to kill members of the sheriff's poise, was shot through the heart. Mrs. Owens and two negroes are now in jail ut Plymouth, to await trial. I.1FB NKNTENCB. The dead bodies of F. L. Harris ami a man named Bucklin, were found early one morning last week, bunging from the limb of a tree about five miles cast of Quincy. Harris was a farmer anil owned a grist mill. Bucklin was his miller. Ono week before tho new mill of J. T. Howard, a few miles from Harris’s, was burned. Tho supposition is that these parties weie the incendiaries. The ver dict is thut the parties met their death by being hung .by persons uukiuwn. A project is on foot in Tampa to erect a 200-room hotel on the buimd district. The house will be supplied with all mod ern improvements, including gas, water works, steam heating apparatus, ele vators, electric hells, etc, It will cost between $200,000 nud $300,000. A. B. Bidivell, the last of the Sarasota murde era, has been sent to McAlpin, Fla., to servo out his life seut nee. A special census of Kissimmee, just complete i, shows that city to hnve a to tal population of 1,170, of which 085 are white und 185 colored. Number of voters 420. Luther Ellison, who stabbed nnd killed Bart Wall, in Atlanta, Ga., was tried nnd convicted. Just eighteen minutes from tho time the jury went out they returned, nnd ho foreman announced that the jury had mndo their verdict. “Rend it," said Jndgo Clark “We, the jury, find tho defendant, Luther Ellison, guilty of murder and recommend him to the mercy of tho court.” The judge then polled the jury and ali answered, “It is.” Ellison and his mother wero sitting near each other, and when tho verdict was rend both gave way, and burst into tea's. Tho scene was an affecting one. The poor, distressed woman could scarce ly control herself, wlillo the son looked as though tho last ray of hope had de parted from him. Judge Clarke told the prisoner to si and up. El'lsou tremblingly arose and with tears rolling down his cheeks, faced tlie judge, who sentenced him for life in tho penitentiary. Ellison's counsel gave notice that they would motion for a new trial, and then Judge Clarke suspended sentence for twenty days, and Ellison was carried to jail. DEAD IN THE MARSH. A fulling tree at JalTruy, Volusia county, last Friday killed a young man named Sam Jordan. Samuel G. Storey, treasurer of the Gentlemen’s Auxiliary association of th,. Confederate home, has received a check for twenty dollars from President Cleve land, accompanied by the following letter: Executive Mansion, Washington.— Sam’l G. Storey, treasurer—My Dear Sir: A circular just received informs me of the object and purpose of the homo for the mothers, widows and daughters of confederate soldiers at Charleston, ns well as its present need caused by the recent misfortune. Though constantly applie I to from all sides and upon all manner of occasions for aid, I cheerfully enclose a slight contribution to use in your good cause. Yours sincerely, Ghover Cleveland. How A Hasbnnil DUpnaml of Htaiseir After Killluf Ills Wife. Rachel White win shot and killed, at Che-ter, S. C., by her husband, Charles White, and the body of the murderer was found nearby, hanging from a tree. Three weeks ago the husband attempted suicide. Several days ago the pair met upon the streets, when White thrashed his wife soundly. Later in the day he fired at her while passing where he stood. He then made overtures for rcconcillintioii, and induced his wife to walk out with him. Her dead body was found near a log rid dled with bullets, while her husband’s sui idc placed him beyond the vengeance of the people. -ulcld* of a Baslarss Man'of Chari man. Nauib Carolina. The dead body of Alexander W. Mc- Loy was found Fridny afternoon in n marsh on Cooper river, three miles from Charleston, S. O. Mr. McLoy left home and went to the gunpowder magazine, near which his body was found. When he reached thcro ho took off his coat and vest and cut his throat with a knife. Aft r doing this he walked a distance r>l thirty feet and tumbled into the mnish, where he was found, attention being at tracted to the spot by a flock of buzzards hovering near. Mr. McLoy was a mem ber of the lato firm of McLoy, Rice & Co., which was compelled to cease busi ness on account of the death of Mr. Rice, the New York member of tho firm. He had lost all he owned, and had been in despair since his business closed. It is supnosed that mental aberration, brought on by despondency, caused tho suicide. Mr. McLoy was nbout fifty-five years old, nnd one of tho most highly respected 'men in the community. He left a wife und three children- UYINO OF A BROKEN HEART. There is a queer case of broken heart in Birmingham, Ain., now puzzling tin physicians. George nnd Mose Clements are colored twins aged 17 years. Mose died a few weeks ago, since which time his brother has refused to |>,- comforted and will not accept food. He is grndu- ally wasting away and says he wn ts to die to he near his broti cr. His flesh is gradually drying up, and he will not no' he lm need to take mcdi.ino. He will die in a few days. THE TOBACCO CROP INJURED. Reports from the neighboring counties in regard to the injury by frost to the to bacco continue to come in. In Haywood nnd Yancey counties, N. C'., there is re ported great damage, but by far the greatest losses are sustained in Madison, tho chief tobacco raising county. Many crops are totally ruined, and will not ho cut, being entirely abandoned by the planters. Tho smallest crop eVer raised ia this section will he that of this season, CLUVERIUN MUNT HANOI. Arch-Deacon Kavansgh, parish priest of Kildare county, Kildare, Ireland, and formerly president of Bt. Patrick’s col lege at Carlow, waa instantly killed while celebrating mass at hi* own altar, by portions of it falling on him. The supreme court of Virginia, sitting at Staunton, Va., handed down the pa I ers in the case of T. J. Cluverius, who "lands convicted of the murder of Lil lian Madison, at the Old Reservoir, ir. Richmond, Va., with tho indorsement : hat the petition for a rehearing is denied. This remands the case to the hust ngs court of Richmond, by which tha time II be tixed for the death penalty by hanging, unless executive clemancy in- terpo.-es. EARTHQUAKE IN AUHTRALIA. Earthquake destroyed every village on the island of Niapu, near Melburne, on Tuesday. The inhabitants escaped. The island is covered twenty feet deep with volcanic dust and ut oue place a new hill two hundred feet high has been formed. Two shocks of earthquake were felt throughout Balta, one of the Shetland is lands Tuesday evening. A SOUTH CAROLINA VOLCANO. Several parties from the Ninetv-S!s section in Edgefield, S. t , stated ihat a small volcano had b"en discovered some twenty miles above tbore. Thev state .that the bind hud fissines jn it and that smoke tomes out cl it. PERSONAL MENTION. Mn. Gladstone has but three fingers on tho left hand. Sir Reiinald Hanson has just been doc ted Lord Mayor of London. Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, has just celebrated his seventieth birthday. Ex-Attornet Brewster is going to re sume his law practice in 1 hilndeiphla. I)n. F.uward Avslino, tho English so-lal- 1st, now In this country, Is n cousin of Henry Irving, the n-tor. Minister I’Kxdlkton Is going to return to t ds eoudtry shortly, and will he accom panied by his daughter. E. W. BULL, of Concord, Mass., who orig inated tlie Concord grape in pifli, stilt flour ishes iu liis vineyard in that town. Justin McCarthy, the Irish political leador and man of lottcrs, is In Nsw York. He will deliver UK) loctures lu this country. John A. Logan, Jr.,theson of theSonator. Is a -lender young mini of medium stature, with a light complexion and engaging mnn- ners. Ex-Sknator Bruce, of Mississippi (col* ored), 1? going to lo -t iro, and will take for j his sul>;oct liis oxporiencos in the Uuited Stntoi Somite. The King of Orooce lias purchased a largo mansion ut Copenhagen. It Is generally bo- liovctl that he route nplutsi abdicating and returning to Denmark. Jkkomk Increase Case, tho owner of Jny-Eyc-Seo, Is worth $.'i,0.K),0J0 and began IKo ns n blscksin th. lie has just married tun divorced wife of a mechanic. Mn. Bartholomew, tho Hnrtfo-d do- fault -r, wns a mnn of vary simplo halms. Ho lived modostly and economically, and was a man who never smoked nor drank. Philip D. An mock, the Chicago lard king and railroad manipulator,weighs2-‘>0 pounds, an 1 at a pinch could s.n<o up $20,000,0)0. He is n heavy w Iglit in a double sense, The Representative of Groat Britain at Constantinople, who su ceods Sir Edward Thornton, is Sir William White. He Uan accompli hod Oriental scholar and speaks twenty-live languages. Rev. John IIodnky, of Philadelphia, is the oldest living graduate of Prtncetou Col iehaving graduated ill 18111. Born In trod he is also tho oldest clergyman of tbs Episcopal Church hi America, BASE BALL NOTES. TdK Washington Club has ban tinrcy-iive players un ler contra t thi- s 'as m. The baseball season of 1887 will probably bo still more interesting than the presentouo. It is uu-'erstood that the New Yorks will have n dupli. ate team next year from which to draw in caw of sickness or injury to tho regular men. It is said that the Southern Leajue next season will bo computed of Nashville, Mvii.j phis, New Oilcan-, Atlanta, Charleston, Mo bile, or possibly Birmingham. There is somo talk of u league next sea son that will include Hartf -rd, Meriden, Waterbury, Bridge.;ort, Dunhury, i’ough- keoj.sie, NowLurg and Kingston The St. lsiuis Browns have won the serin i from every Association eiul} except tho Louis-illes Tho Cllleagos have won th) sorios from every League club. The sahrios to lu paid to Washington's “Big Five'' next year, ac ordmgtotho Hint- ford Po-t, are: Mack fr.’.Vm, Kreig * 0 •, Gilmore #l.7-si. Hchock #1,7.7) nud Henry jl, s u). Hayes l» re civ ing #loo per month. The Newark I a tern lA'iigueCliib lias IhU season met nud detealo l tho Detroit, Boston, Pl dn lelplun, St. Louis and Washington ].ciig,.o cl.ms, nu I the tit. i, nrs, Cincinnati, Pit.-burg, Louisville un I AHiletl: \-n.ii ae A--ocintioii clubs Peir-mt now lends the l.oaguo iu hntt'ng, and Now York in fielding. CJil ngo ii sec ond in laUIng und fourth in fielding, yet is first lu ilio I o igue io o Fine bnse-ruhnin ; nud goel work in Ills pit iter's Ini lime placed Chicago in I lie lend. The married and -ingle ladies of Oilhnore Penn., recently played ngau o of ball in nid of n church tiir.d. :o on inning, were played, the ma 'iicd cl 'foitini tho single la lies by a seoio of 25 to 17. Tlie decisions of tho lady uni) Ire wore not seriously dis puted. in i. f.a , e nt P i ins, To ni, between Dnl- las und Abdeiio Club, Harry lteed, first bui-eninn of t. o 1 ullns Club, hail both In es of liis lolt leg broken Letwton tho keen nnd ankle Ho had I ntto I a unit ground, r lo third l.nse, whence It was fielded to first tc old him oir. Berry, tho first I n-o i nn of the Ab I. in s, stood on the bu o lino rnd trim ci) Retd. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Edwin Boom's tour has thus far proved uuusully sueeosiful and brii lent. The first a nateur theatre in New York was opened 133 years ago by Lewis Hal lima. Mn. F. Jeiiik-Pkume, the eeiebrated Bel gian violinist, will shortly pay a visit to America Rubinstein, the pianist, Rays lie will not undertake any c mcert tours during the com ing soasoti. Charles Santlkv. tho famous English baritone, has boon engaged to sing in con certs iu Borliu. M.ue. PATri-NicoLiNi will give a farewell concert nt Albert Hall, t-oiidon, Octobor 27, just boforo she -nils for America. Manager Henry E. Abbey and Mias Florence Gerard, tho n'’tress, wero married a few days since in it Huston church. A new tenor witli a phenomenal voice has ie n discovo. ed i i Austria. Ho is a Prague policeman an i his name is Knockmann. It is now announced that the new Gilbert and Sullivau op ira will not bo reudy for pro- du tion before the 1st of Juuuitry, and possi bly not then. Millockkr lias just completed a new ope a, entitled “The Vico-Admiral," which will bo tho chief novelty of tho coining sea son at Vienna. Philadeli’MIA theatres and other p’aees of amusement aro sakl ti lie better proviJed with efficient lire es apes than tlios; of auy other city in tho Union. IV. H. C.iii-I'Kndalk, for many yen's re garded as tho ho-t “old man” on thu English “t'tge. is no v, nt tho ago of eighty five years, an i.iinn’o of ail insane nsyluTi. M. Ovidr Mubin, the celebrnteJ French violinist, has again turned liis fa e toward the e shores. Araeri an Uollais overt a pow erful magnetic inliuciice upon European ar tists. The scenes in tlie new piny tlmt Mr. Bron son Hownr I lias ,|ii-t written for Mias Dau- vray are laid in tin- Adirondack-. The first act takes place on a summer hotel piazza in the mountains. SLIGHT SHOCKS. BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOttottS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Hand for a Huml'-Hlgh Feeding —Tile Trials of Farming—A Recipe for a Good Ap petite, Etc., Etc. •'I’ve heard of ‘an eye for an cyo,’ ‘a tooth for a tooth,’ etc.,liut I never hoird of ~*u hand for a hand’ until to-day,” said a young man to a friend. “How did ithappen?” “I was calling at tho houso of my best g irl and had mustered up courage to ask er for her hand.” “And you got it?” “Got it! No. Didn’t the old man come in tho parlor and givo me hist”— Tid-DiU. “Oh, he’s been tlmt "«y all summer,” replied the young woman. “It's strange he doesn’t try to bite us, isn't it!” Continued the young man. “Oh. he wouldn’t bito nnybe iy.” re marked the young hostess. “Why, hasn’t he got the hydropho- blnf” , . , , “No,” replied she, “he s got fleas, and that’s pretty near as bad.”—St. IMvl Qlobe. The Trials of Farming. “1 can’t Imagine what tbo trouble is with that cow,” said a Now Yorker, who is giving his attention to amateur farm ing this season. “She looks all right,” commented a neighbor. “Vcs, she looks all right,” agreed tho Now Yorker, “but tho doocul critter won’t givo down her milk. When I bought her a month ago sho gavo twenty- four quarts a day; now I’m lucky to get five. And it isn't beenusu sho doesn't get milked often enough,” added the S uzzled nmnteur. “Not n day passes I on't milk that cow linlf a dozen times at least. ”—New York Sun. High Feeding. “Here,” said a gentleman to a livery ■tableman, “take this horse, curry and feed him. Don’t bo afraid to feed him high.” An hour Inter ho stepped into tho sta ble to sec how his horso was doing, and found him standing before nn empty manger trying to reach n box which wns above liis bend. “I thought I told you to feed this horse,” he said. “Bo you did, sor, nn’ it’s plenty ho has.” > “Where is it?” “In thnt box.” “What is it doing up there?” “Sure ye towld me to fndo him high, an’ I did tho satno.”—O'oodalis Sun. Rhymes for Rorrovrars. Some people havo n strange way of designating their ownership of books. Of course you remember, when u school boy, wlmt ridiculous doggerel some of tho scholars wrote in their*, is for ex ample; “This book is John Smith's Mv fist is another; You touch me And you'll leelthe otlior.” And Again; “Steal not this imok, my honest friend, For fear tho gallows'll bo thy end.” A great mnny grown-up children hnve adopted the custom in rt graver mood. Tho two verses commonly Gicd are: “If thou art borrowed bv a friend, Right welcome shall tin he. To rend, to Btudy, not to lend, But to return to mo.” And this: “Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store: But books, I find, if often lent, itoturn to me no more." There is ono found in a book formerly belonging to a well-known resident of New York: “Any one may borrow, but a gontlemnn returns.” David W. Jayne’s, books huvo the following Scriptural quotation: “Go thou rntlujr to them that soil, nnd buy for yourselves." The fol lowing rather severe lines were used by n Massachusetts mnn: “St- rn power of Justice, lift thy wand In spite of mercy's look; Strike him who with presumptuous hand Purloins this valued book.” Aaron Putnam, who flouri-hed in Med ford, Mass., about one hundred yours ng >, used those lines: “Tho wicked bor row, but do not rc:urn again, bee thou art not olio of that numb r.” Dunrnni O. Pell, of New York, hiul this rather- churlidi motto, not nt nil in keeping Ho Prepared Himself. A largo stout man, who looked os if he might be n pretty tough customer in a free tight, entered the operating arena of n New York dentist. Tho sullcrdr from toothache had taken a large dose of whisky to cunble him to bear up under the nending affliction. The dentist examined tho tooth, went into nn adjoining room nnd presently re appeared with a large pistol strapped to his person. “What do you meant" naked the mnn in the chair. “O, nothing in particular, except that I am not going to take any risks.” “What riskst" “When a man built l'ke y; u, and his brpath smelling of whisky, climbs into that chair, I’m not going to exasperate him uuprcpnrcd. You may bo John L. Sullivan, for all I know.”—Siftings. with his character: “Ho does not lend his books.” W. J. Snclling, ono of tho- cnrly editors of the Boston Herald, h id those instructions: “Do not turn down the lenves to mark tho place, but put in a slip of paper. Do not givo tho book a slip of paper. Do not givo mo door to children for a plaything. Handle not with dirty hands. Heturn the book when you have read it." Rhymes for “Knlantazoo.” Well, we sat upon a lovoly piazza.and. somebody referred to Mich gan, whore- one of us is soon going, writes Kate Field in the New York Graphic. Then somebody else spoke of Knlamnzoo and wondered whether it had ever beea dropped into poetry by nny nonsense rhymer. “Nobody has ever hail the- ly; “though A Recipe for n Good Appotilo. "Your appetite is good enough. You havo no reuson to complain in the mat ter of henlth, Evcrcat." “No. You are correct," replied Evor- eat. “I havo a recipe,” he adtled; “sure thing every time.” “Hey? Hocipe' What is it! “H—m. Alight toll you. Had to pay tho doctor for it myself. Coniidcntinlly, mind!” nnd Kvcrcut loaned over to whis per impressively in his friotid's ear: “Two things. Make it n rulo never to eat them with dinner. Consequence, al ways sure of good appetite.” Everest hesitated, tilted bai back in his chnir.nnd cautiously scanned his friend's features, seemingly debating with him self whether or not to divulge his re cipe. “Well—what—what is it vou don’t eat with your dinner?" inquired the geutlo- man, somewhat nonplussed. Evereat leaned forward and again whispered slowly an t impressively in his friend's ear: “Brenkfa-t and supper, you greenhorn!"—Lynn Union. They Found the Horn. A pretty young mamma, with a little girl by her side nearly as pretty as her self, was being entertained by a male stranger, who had strucK up an acquaint ance through the usual and always con venient mediumship of tho little girl. The stranger did all the talking. He wus one of those men who think they know everything, but only rarely get a good chance to tell it. The lady answered only in monosyllables. The little girl listened patiently and demurely for a time, and then began to fidget about in her seat. 1- inallv, ns the stranger stopped for a breath, she said : “Mamma, you’ve fouud one, ain\ you?” “Whnt, my dear?” “Why, don't you remember what you told papa when he said you’d he lone some on the curs? You said you'd And some bore to talk you to sleep ’ Mamma looked out of the window,and the stranger suddenly thought he had better go into the smoking car to find his friends.—Chicago Herald. courage,” replied nnotlior bod) whv not try, sin o Mrs. Browning has made ‘modena’ rlixmo with ‘God in n’?” Knlam izoo! Kniamn -co! I ho wo d op pressed me. I dreamed last night of Kalumuzoo. Imps wliis| ered rhymes in my enr nnd drew illustrations on the foot broad of my bed. The idiotic rhymes still linger in my memory, but the dlus- trntions so necessary to their meaning have faded away. Liston to an imp: Thoro wns a young indy of Kala-na oo tVlio never in company dared to say “bool” But she luo'icd so io -‘utter” Tlint sho mode people stutter. Did this un ut-tor-ablo young lady of Kala mazoo. Here is another: Thoro was ouco a woman of Knlamnzoo Who had so many children sho didn’t know what to do. “But, ns they’re boys, They'll make a great noise In tbo world," said this woman of Kalama zoo. And another: There was nu old fellow of Knlainazoo Who uluaya to questions made answer: “Pooh, pooh I By thu ei ent mouth of Gosh All talking is bosh I” Said tills laconic old fellow of Kalamazoo. And still another: There was ani-e a dudelet of Kalamazoo, Being fully convinced that he everything knew. Hti-aightivny hired him a hall, Alack! nooimatall Went to hear the wise dudelet of Kalama zoo. Famous Gold Minos. In Normandy, last summer, Gouno I, the omitiout composer, amused hinisolt’ by mak ing for one of his little friends a huge kite, on which hu inscribed a brief sonata coin- nosed for the iiui-uosj Clmrlealon and Samraervllle till Quivering from Tremors. There was a slight shock in Chat-lesion about one o’clock Friday morning hut so slight it was not felt by n majority of the citizens. There were slight shocks at Summerville during the night, hut none of them have been more pete ptibje than the tremors felt almost every day since August 81st. All reports of heavy shocks nnd tidal wares are untrue. The weather is bright and pleasant. The city is fqll of workman, aud everything is as quiet and confident as could be wi-hed. Nearly ns Bail. He was making his first call, and all the formalities of tlie season were in full blast. She toyed with her fan as she conversed about the gayeties of the win ter timo. Leisurely strolling into the elegant drawing room came the family dog, a largo and intelligent type of tho Newfoundland breed, it was a warm evening and tho dog came in with his mouth open nnd his tongue protruding from liis mouth. He made directly for the hostess, who manifested great uneas iness at the first sight of the unexpected animal. As he came nearer the young woman dropped iier fan, mounted first the heavy upholstered chair and then tlie centre table. Seeing the unusual performance, tho young men fallowed suit nnd wns soon on top of the marble mantelpiece, to which place of safety lie invited his hoateu. Meanwhile the dog, the cans- of the commotion, crawled under the sofa, preparing himself to take a imp. “When was he taken:’ asktd the young man, as he balanced him Self amid tho mantel ornaments. Nevada county is tho chief of all the mining counties of the State of Califor nia. It lias a middle situation in tho State, but is generally ranked as a north ern county. The summit of the Siorra Nevada runs througli the county, the towns of Truckee and Boca being east of those mountains, and within Nevada county. The chief industry is mining, although farming ie carried on with profit in the western purt of Nevada comity. No equal area in the world has produced more gold titan has Nevada county, nnd no region known lias the promise of au *cqunl mining permanency. The gold is found in both quartz ledges and gravel beds. Tho grent gold-gravel region of the county is in tho townships of Bridgeport, Bloomfield, Eureka, J.ittlo York and Wa-hington. These are of immense ex tent and of incalculable richness. These beds wore worked by the hydraulic pro cess for the m st part, and enormous values of gold were washed out of them. The hydraulic process of working mint s is now under the ban of tlie law, but: doubtless a way will bo found :o • law fully taking the goid from those gravel beds. There ate dome gravel mines iu Nevada, Grass Valley and Hough and Ready townships, but ti oyare not extensive, excepting at Mooney Fht, in ; Hough and Heady, xvhere is tho exten sion of the famous gravel leads of Tim j buctoo, Smartsvillc and Sucker Elat.-*- j Crass Valley Tidings. In California they indulge in rose hedges. The best variety for the pur- S ose is said to be the hybrid perpetual. ladnm Charles Wood, a semi dwarf rose of dose and compact growth, constantly i in bloom from early spring till winter. ; r Ghe flowers are deep rosy crimson me- i dium to large size, and very fragrant. A traveler in the deserts of Southefn Africa has seen watermelons growing In sand wMtes, and thinks they could be raised to great advantage io some of our j Western deserts.- —I