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Spring Plac e Jimplecute. CAlirEtt A HEAlirSELL, ITopriktors. VOLUME XI. CANADA'S PREMIER REAR SIR JOHN M’OONALD HAS BREATHED HIS LAST. IV* »'*• * i.i. ■ V' oiuisctoii* in In. Mnrniiifr. H « KtiBilly at in Ke<l*tde—Fuiierxl Arranif. nienls His Official C*i-w<*r. Ottawa, Ont.. June 8.—Sir John Mac lonuld became uneonsciou yester¬ day and remained so until lie died at 19:15 to-night, surrounded by his entire household. A ; 1 the chinch Iwlls are tolling ajid the premier's death is deeply regretted by thousands of citizens. The funeral is l kely to take place next Tuesday, On that day the body v ill most bkely lie re¬ moved to the Srtiate chamber and lie in state for four or five hours. The inter¬ ment will subsequently take place at Kingston, Ont., where the premier's lirct wife and his father are buried, Silt t/HARLRS TLI'VKn’a MOVKMKXT. Toronto, June ti.—A special cable dispatchto the Globcfrom lxmdon sajs: “ I * o or three cable messages reap, cting Kir John Macdonald’* condition continue In fie published daily here, 'I he news is followed with the closest interest throughout the kingdom. Meanwhile there is no tidings of Sir Chaw. Tapper’s plans. “At the ifgli commissioner’s office nothing is known. Various inquiries in unofficial eirch s, where his movements are g« rurally closely followed, had (he annu result. It is briieytd he is stii in Vh nn i, but two other < rlonial delegates to (he (Hiatal congress haw* already re¬ turned lo London, “Among the many who are acquainted u ilh riir (, liaries Tuppei long cherished desire for succession to tin* leadership, the heii* f gains ground that bis present line <>f aefion is followed because it is thought best e d elated to stimulate a request, from Ottawa, to return and as¬ sume command. Whatever may be the issue of.tl e present position of the party no one lu re expects Hit Glrarles Topper lo remain in London many weeks longer.” .Sir John A. Macdonald, who has been lie* inter of (iniui'la and Die most promi¬ nent figure in the British e >1 ni's for many v.-ara. is not a native of the D ilitimort, l 4 ut, a Scotchman, fie was I < ru in (Umgow' in 1815, Five years later bis parents, Hugh and Helen Mac-' di.nald, eum.igratid to Canada and settled in Kingston, which was then the most iiiqwirliini town in Upper Canada. After in* bad ennred his sixteenth jeai bis fiiihei I* * k him away from school ai d articled him in the office of George Mackenzie, a Kingston lwwristor, where ho studied law f,,r nix ytare. Before he wen qt iie ‘21 lie was admitted to She liar fitwi immediately opened an office at K iegstoir. 1 (trough bis own bilily and the u.11 pence* ( ,f his frillies he soon se¬ cured all ihe l.uftini sr. lm could give his uilenlion to. A bout, ifiis time Von Hlnmlfz, a. Pole by birth, crossed over from Ogden: l in g wub Did men, month those Who lied served in the l.yon-Muc kenzie tronbhs which agitated Canadian territory previous lo this, with tb? oh j-'Ct of invading Canada. They were defeated and Shouhz wig sentenced to death. It wps in d* tense of this man Hint voting MarCm aid first won his legal spurs. Do entered parliament in 1844 as a Tory, representing Kingston. He played ab active part fix m the first, and when she Conservative parly was returned to power in 1849, with riir Allan SICNab at us h**ad, Macdonald became attorney gem i al. A year or two subsequently lie mu e oil, d !-'ir Alenas piemiirof (Jan t<d* West. lie played a prominent part in ell the political troubles preceding the formation of (be present Dominion of ( umuia. In the iiist D( rninii ri gov< rn merit, known as 1 lie Macionald Cur tie go en.n ent in lt(>«, John A. Macdonald was appointed pr< mi* r by Lord Mouck, t ba t ben governor general of Canada. In 1H71 lu* was appointed ono of the j< ini high commissioners for the settlement of tiie Alabama claims, resulting in the treaty of Washington. Sir John was premier of Canada during tho I’acific railway scandal, in 1873. On the fall of the Mackenzie reform gov. rpment in 1878 Sir John was in¬ trusted with the took of forming a new administration. Ho took the position of minis*or of the interior and premier, and lias remained m power, ever since. He received the honorary degree of 1). C. L from the University of Oxford in 1865, and in te'(J7 he was made u K. C. F, He l as i f rn the aokr.oyvbdgod leader of the Conservative party in Canada for tiie past forty years. SepHmttuj; t*»« rv ATI anta, June 8.—The authorities have finally notified the peniienlary lessees to * If* dually separate all wemtn in their camps from men. The governor and principal keeper were asked to suggest a plan for ellec tur.lly accomplishing this- to which re quest tho foilowihg reply has been re urned: “To the Lessees of Convicts: After SPRING PLACE. GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1891. mreful consideration of the matter dis¬ cussed in our recent interview concern ing the management of female e jnvicts under jour control, we have finally de¬ termined to order a full and complete separation of the women from the men, so that tlio.e can lie absolutely no possi¬ bility of contact. “We have no inclination to indicate the character of tiie employment to be given them, nor the number to lie kept together. We simply order the complete separation. “We b.'g that you give prompt atten¬ tion to this ordi r. Very respectfully, ‘‘[Signed | “W, ,1. Nouthkrn, (lover or, ‘ (*RO. U Jo Mss, l‘rinei|iftl Keeper.' WANAMAKEK NOT THE CAUSE. Livy I'x plain* Why 11. Closed th« It y . stone (tank. W ash t no TON, June Comptroller of the .Currency Lacy, lining asked to¬ day ahout the story published in New York lo the effect that Postmaster (leu oral Wanarnaker delayed the appoint¬ ment of a receiver of the Keystone Hank and then closed it to punish President Marsh, because the latter would not, give Warm maker $20,(MM) for *150,000 of over-issued stock, said; “There is not one word of truth in Unit. Mr. Wanu ntaker had nothing to do with the mat ter. He neither kept tiie toank open ot shut it up. It was kept open because as I have explained, I hoped to.get it o its feet again, not knowing how deeper ately it was injured. It was closed be¬ cause i, discovered bv cross-questioning President Marsh, v. hen he cam- to rny iiouse one evening that, there had b en fraud perpetrated.'’ “No one on earth knew my determin¬ ation to dose the Keystone Hank until it was actually closed the next morning, except Mr. Drew, « hen fie got my tele¬ gram lo close it. 1 never exchanged a word or a line with Air. Wanamakei about the matter, and he had nothing to do with it. I simply did my duly with tiie light 1 had, first iti k«< ping the hank open and then in shutting it. up.'’ ACQtUTTEI) AFTKH NINETEEN ye. i as. Touched by the frost of seventy win¬ ters, old Jacob Stanp, of Uniontown, Pa., finds himself at last out froiu un¬ der the shadow of a crime which lias ' haunted him for nhn-Hs o years; lie w»s acquitted, after standing trial, for the third time, on a charge of mnrdi r. Twice he luul been convicted, and the singular feature of the case is that the first of these trials occurred nineteen and the second eighteen vi sits ago. Af ter the aicorn! trial he escaped from jail, and up to last Match, when lie was finally apprehended, he remained a fu¬ gitive from justice. An old neighbor of Staup, in Fayette County, was the victim of the murder, piere had been a fend lie tween the iam¬ bi* s, and this fact helped to convict Staup. Since the twice condemned man escaped, eighteen years ago, however. Ilia son has died, and a deathbed confes¬ sion of the latter, in which he admitted himself to have been tiie murderer, was one of the features of t iie third trial, which has led to I be old man’s acquittal. The case is one probably without a, parallel. Had Staup been taken to the scaffold on his first condemnation and bis son’s lips remained sealed, he would have died an innocent man and the law would have committed unwitting mur¬ der. That fortunate f scape from behind tin* bars, and (he * ucirssfui maintenance of liberty through long years, has en¬ abled the old man in, last to stand free and nntrammeled. Perhaps, yes, even probably, his years on earth will not be many more, but at least they will not go out glider the sorrow and disgrace of it. terrible accusation and condemnation, As'well argue (bat the plow is a cap¬ italistic invention to drive tin* shade laborer in the poor farm as to say that mechanical means of increasing the pro duction of material wealth are only de¬ vices for lowering wages and cheapen¬ ing talior. The baccarat scandal in England has excited our “best society” to the highest pitch, and the detaiL of the trial are de¬ voured with avidity. “It’s English, you know,” arid it is so delightful to read about II. It. H. the Prince of Wales be¬ ing on the witness stand. Sensible peo¬ ple, however, think it rather disgrace fid that the future King of England should carry around with him a gam¬ bler’s ou(fit. “Hiecarat will soon be¬ come a fashionable game with the “bet¬ ter class” of our countrymen, Or those affected with the Anglomaniac craze. ----- Gold while in circulation is handled Jess than any oilier medium. It is usually hi pi. in vaults of banks for de¬ mand rarely made, and for tin's reason the loss by abrasion is nut [ of 1 per cent, in twen'y years. In a *20 gold piece, the standard weight of which is 516 grains, the government allowance for loss by abrasion is 2.5bgrains. The Tariff party is passing around the plate a little too much. The tin plate. “TELL TIJE TRUTH.” THE RAIIK CONTINENT. AFRICA THE HOPZ THE COLORED PACE IN AMERICA. Bit>iioi> Turner, of die a, it. K Conference, Talks about. th« H .ce l'robn m -His Pica of the Fu'ure of His e«<-p«- l.ibe rla me starting Point. New York, June 9, 1891. The center of interest in colored reli gions circles is the nvin who wields the gavel in the New York A. M. K. Confer once, now holding its annual session in tliis city, bishop of the First Episcopal district, including New York, N *w Jer soy, New’England mid Delaware. liish op Turner is a man of independent thought and vigorous, speech, known to have ultra ideas upon the questions which concern his race, and it was only necessary to suggest the subject of Af rican emigration to draw out an exp res si in on this extraordinary scheme. “Yes,” lie saifl, “I do favor the return of the colored race to Africa. 1 believe that the negro is in I bis country by the providence of God and that a negative force has been in operation to work out a positive result. God is praised by the wrath, of man? He says we shall not kill: war has been ope of the greatest civ¬ ilizing ageroies that mark the history of nations. Slavery per se is the sum of all villainies; yet, that infinite good his grown out of tiie enslavement of the.ne gro in this country 1 believe that no one wifi question. In Africa we were heath¬ ens of the* most barbarous type and would have remained so for ages to came; but (iod saw (hat the shortest route te our salvation was fhrotigh contact with this mighty while race. And, notwith¬ standing that Coniact lias been attended' in many respects with cruelly and in justice, * e havondv.ineed in every phase of civilization and arc destined to be¬ come one of the giant races of tiie eai til, for the foieeft that aic pent up in the negro will icquire. thousands of yeafs to exhaust thorn. “Tlie negro race is not a wmk race : neither is it a fossil race like the Indian. I believe the negro is the boy race ot the earth. He has by no means reached nra rtinity- by tluit I mean hoc ini manhood. T bp negro race.is tbe, only iae*; tliat can compete with the CaUCaSHlun, not i<7 physical endurance alone, but in the ac¬ quirement of e.very phase of knowledge which distinguishes that race- Africa exceeds all other divisions of the globe in territory ai d re ourcc.t. Her popula¬ tion is at leqst 400,000,900. I believe G*>d intends t<%bring tt.ise hundreds of mil¬ lions under the sway of civilization and Christianity, and whatever other agen¬ cies may lie brought into requisition, man must play the most prominent pun in the divine plan. Aud what people could better adjust themselves to the work than those wl.o are blood of their blood and love of (heir love? The blacks themselves are to be the chief factors in the consummation of this, stupendous task—for it is stupendous—and they will do this by their return to the land of rheir ancestry. “There is a g r oat chasm between the tv o r ices, it is tiie distance between the East and the West. There exists on loth sides a social prejudice, which Christianity itself is failing to obliterate, ami we find it wherevtr tbe races come ill contact. The w hite rac - is like the eagle, it consorts with no other race. White men gravitate and mingle and ‘cold shoulder’ the oilier races with- ut any seeming effoit. They do this on the territory of other nations, and l am sure they will not coal* See with the m g <> when he is on their ffrritory. Any other condition of things than free recognition will never satisfy the ne*.ro. He is too aspiring, too proud, too full of a s *n.so ot his own worth tori manhood to he con tented where dir crimination confronts him or I lie so-called superiority ot the white man is constantly seen and felt. So long as tiiese conditions exist, so long will the negro lie a grumbler, a fault¬ finder, a menace to the community in which lie lives and a disturbing element in the nation. “The supreme court has decided that he has no civil rights which ihe nation ne< d respect. States can rise up through their legislatures, ana enact laws by Wi¬ thonty of the state court of the nation that will discriminate against the negro to a limitless extent, and there is no re dros. Any state in the nation can com¬ pel him, bis wife and bis children, to ride in a cattle car and pay as much for (life privilege ns the white man in a palace car. The slates could do no more when the negro was a slave. In Texas and other states the law makes it a penal offense for the rail¬ road authorities to allow white and black to ride in the same ear, unless the black lie the nurse of a white child or the custodian of some afflicted white person, So it is m Mississippi and Ar¬ kansas, and so it might be in New York, but for strong, public sentiment. If such law can be executed an 1 justified by the supreme, worse laws can be enacted ami 1 !» ifove they will be. In such a condi¬ tion of things, the presence of the negro he;e will be a menace to the body poli¬ tic, atvl the only remedy is for the self reliant, self-respecting negro, conscious < f his own worth, to return to the land of his fa thers, taking his civilization and Christianity along with him, to establish civi inM colonies, and build up civilized nations in Africa and reflect his higher 11 nations around him,grad* U •’ bringing the millions under the in *' u<rne of advanced condition, “ thousandi of negroes are ready to go, farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths and machinis t. I do not include m tliis number waiters and hirelings on the one hand and the women or white Class of colored people on the other, who have bad some political preferment. The gov ermnent should assist in the exodus, if It will not accord to the negro the privi leges of citizenship. America ought to r.urse Liberia at a child, a fondling, a nil make it the starting point for piercing Al THE WOOI. EWJNIE.E. Allhough the increase in the tariff on woo! and woolen increases the price or lowerw the quality of the clothing of the people, the importations since tin pass¬ age of the McKinley 1 ill demonstrate the impassibility of excluding foreign wool. from this m irket exerpt by an ab¬ solute prohibition. When the frrftidu le'it wool schedules of the McKinley Hid were being prepared by the joint committee of manufacturers and of Col¬ umbus Delano’s Ohio political shepherds. The people warned the wool growers that the ijAcveased duties would not real¬ ly “protwt” them against competition with foreign wool. The importation of •Id :*'-i,liOll pounds of foreign wools for tin* llm first three months „f 1891, as against Hi,858,090 pounds for tho first three mouths of 1890 show how‘idle is lie* attempt lo shut out foreign wools by liny duty short of an absolute pro¬ hibition as long as there is only one sheep skin a year from the average American product for each head of pop illation. To satisfy the demand, manufacturers import over or around the tariff. The wopl h bmind to c 'iim in, and after it is ir every pound of it competes with the -American product. In spite of the nx cessive tariff ou foreign wools, lhe“pHce of American wools is regulated by the prices of free trade markets. The tariff increase is paid on till foreign wool * im¬ ported, but the wool growers cannot add the tax to their price, or charge tip to ll*e tariff limit in disposing of their clip. Under favorable circumstances that* ■nay be done by combinations of dealers, tint the wool-grower is competing with im¬ mense quantifies of foreign wool in this market, while at the same time in Inly¬ ing articles of. clothing made from for¬ eign wools he is paying both the tax on the wool and tbe tax on woolens im posed to compensate the manufacturer bn the tax on his raw materials, As far as the wool grower is concern oil the entire woolen schedule is a swindle, just as it is a fraud on the gen¬ eral public. < Vo icon ted by the imtnu fuctuiu r.s and the Ohio politicians, it abounds in tricks which were enacted into law by be /teed Congress with its eyes shut. In commenting the Chicago Herald sivr in a. n cent issue: By on** of these tricks (iongresa, with¬ out goat’s knowing it, transferred common hair from the free to Hie dutiable Island subjected it to a tax equal to about 300 per cent, By another of them Congress, without knowing it on or titously increased the taxes on carpet wools. This is known as the trick of the sorting el luse. Now Judge Lacmnbe of the United states Circuit Court, sitting in New York, lets decided that by another trick Congress, wiriiout knowing it, largely increased the duties on woolen knit goods. This was perhaps the most ras¬ cally inorcnswl trick of the lot, for the bill openly the duties on these goods from about 68 per cent, to about 129 pet cent. Congress may possibly have known that it was increasing the dittos to that I'X •ent, but it did not know that it had actual been dextrously juggled into making an increase to almut 186 per cent. The man u ith a dozen, with fifty or with 200 sheep is as much a victim of tiiese tricks as those who have no sheep at ail. lie is competing with foreign wool that must be imported, because we must have woolen clothing no matter what the price. And while from season to reason our wool prices must be deter nfimd ly tie vtr'd’s fujply and de marid, tbe tariff taxes on all imported wools must be paid and added on to the prices of Woolens offered for sale in this market. Ho that when the wool-grouper tniys his wo >lens, lie pays his pro rata of riffs tax; and it is safe to say that the average wool-grower pays in wool (axes through the increased cost of clothing to his family every year three times what he would get if tiie tariff tax on wool were paid to him as a direct boq.aty on every pound of his clip. Grandpa Baby McKee has received a toy couch. Harrison will continue to use Baby McKee as his “coach.” LIFE'S PHASES. i I took ft smiling Infant up. And clasped it lu my arms. Thou mused upon it* baby life % __ Aud all Its budding charms. If wo could only keep her thus How easy It would be To shield her*from all worldly wile** From pitfalls keep her fieel But soon the happy, helpless babe Into the child Is changed. With sfeady steps and willful ways In rudest rote arranged. And with a sorrow, deep and dread, I cry ** O, life 1 O, Pain I * Cannot this one—this one be spared— In childhood’s ranks remain?’* ^ , The years havo slowly crept along. Through moment, hour and day, / The bonny babe and cheery child Have strangely passed away; And In their stead wo see the form ' Of one both, tall aud fair— A maiden with a modest mein, _ Soft eyes and sunny hair! And so she stands upon the verge .* Of life’s enchanting stream, Till living seems scare life at all, It is so near a dream; ‘) Yet, slowly, surely comes the day. When all the glowing gloss Is suddenly torn far apart, And shows the hidden cross. All, now thn heartaches gather fast Till anguish unfolds age, And ere we clearly see the change. She’s on life’s parting page; Tho (ask is done—the good 1s gained— A gasp—a sob—a sigh— And so tho o irthly raoo Is run— . * , Is man born but to die? —Detroit Free l’ross. Masonry and Uio Druses. A few months ago I had occasion to enter into a business contract With one of iny Druse farmers. When we were about to draw up tho agreement, the Druse suggested that, as he could neith¬ er road nor write, we should ratify tho bargain in tho manner customary among his people. This consists' of a solemn grasping of hands together In the prosenoe of two or three other Druses as witnesses, while the agree¬ ment is recited by both parties. Being always on tho qui vivo to gain a practi¬ cal Insight into tho manners and cus¬ toms of the Druses, I readily consented to this form of contract, hoping thereby to learn something moro of their meth¬ ods of procedure. Accordingly, the farmer brought three of his neighbors to mo; and the terms of our contract having been made known to them, one of them took the right hand of each of us and joined them to¬ gether, while ho dictated to us what to say after him. To my great astonish¬ ment the Druse who was grasping my hand gave roe the grip of Master Mason! I immediately roturnod it to his equal surprise. Ho asked me how and where I had learned their secret sign, and tfhls set mo on tho track of furthor inquiries, the result of \vhi*- 1 » l.— xoxtilei' what was before a vory strong belief on my part an absolute conviction. I now foel morally certain that my theory is corroct; and speaking as a Freemason, and as ono who has also searched somewhat fully into the mys¬ tic touets of the Drusoa, I can assert that, in many particulars, the esoterio teaching of both systems is more or less idonticnl. Owing to the extreme secrecy and exclus iveness of the Druse charac¬ ter, it is most difficult to gain an in¬ sight into their inner rites and tenets, find it requires many years ot inter¬ course with them and tho firm estab¬ lishment /of relations of mutual confi¬ dence and trust before one can be in a position to learn anything concerning them.—Blackwood’s Magazint*. A tldimnese Dinner. Some time ago a Japanese gentleman, who is living in Paris, invitod some friends to a genuine Japanese dinner, of which the menu were as follows: Ba¬ nana soup, slices, of octopus or devil fish feelers, roasted porcupine, oranges preserved in ginger syrup, boiled pome¬ granates. candied Hazards’ tails, etc. The daintiest morsel of the feast, which is to tho Japanese what oysters are to us, was a magnificent fish of the turbot species. It was served on a large dish ot priceless Kioto porcelain, garnished with a wreath of variegated bamboo loaves. It was still alive, for its gills and its mouth moved regularly. To the horror of the guests present the host raised tho skin from the upper part ot the fish, which had been previously loosened, and picked off slice after slloe of the creature, which, although alive, had been carved in such a fashion that no vital part had been touched. The heart, gills, liver and stomach had been left intact, and some damp seaweed, on which the fish rested, sufficed to keep tho lungs in action. The miserable thing seemed to look with a lustrous but most reproachful eye upon the guests while they consumed its body, the transparent liesh of which they were forced to admit to be delicious. It should be added that this particular fish, “the Dai,” is only good when eaten alive. The moment it is dead it becomes opaque, tough and starchy.—Tribune. As liroad as She lo Long. Comparatively tew people know that tho largest woman in Georgia lives in Houston County, yet such is doubtless tho fact. She is a negress. is 47 years old, the mother of eight children, and lives on the Dick Johnson plantation, near Grovania. Her name is Anroe Brown. From actual test of weights and measures ( he following figures were obtained by a party of gentlemen who saw hor Inst Sunday. Her weight is 5U0 pounds. She is 6 feet 8 inches in height, 7 feet 2 inches is her circumference around the bust, 6 feet 4 inches around the waist, and 30 inches around the arm near the shoulder. One man was unequal to tho task of measur¬ ing hor. She came remarkably near being as broad as she is long. It Is said she fills completely .the body of a one horse wagon, and Is a full load for one horse to pull. Within the last twelve months sho has gained about 100 pounds in weight. Sho would be a valuable sideshow card at the Piedmont Expos¬ ition or the Georgia State Fair. She la an example of the health and produc¬ tiveness of Georgia. One Dollar a Ykar. NO. 21. A BALLAD OF THE GRIP. Ah, woll-a-day, thou nose of me, Bornetimo my boast, my Joy, my prtda. So dainty and so fair to boo, Just long enough, and none too wide. And lovely-tinted as the pearl, A lily o*er my rosy lip. Now art thou horrid to this girl— I’ve got the grip I I’ve got the grip! Anon tbou seemest hot as flame, And then anon swift Icy spears Shoot through thee—what a dreadful shame f-* And goose flesh clothes ray shell-like ears. fihoJJ-Iikel ah, no, for beefsteak wise They’re red beyond the power of thought. My beaming orbs, my matchless eyes With nasty tears are dimmed and fraught. My voice, ho said, was like the lark's, But now I croak like any crow; I wheezo and sneeze and snarling harks Snap from this swanllke throat ot suow. Prom dainty too to top knot line I’m Just one mass of pains and aches, Come not to see me, lover mine— I’ve got the shakes! I've got the shakes! You would net like to see me thus, Although you swear you love me true* To me you could not give one buss Oh, Nor could I give one buss feyou. mother, tuck mo warm in bed. Pile blankets up for many a mile; With camphor sooth© this braizing head And leavo me here to snooze awhile. For o?i f your daughter’s awful sick. And does not care for anything 0 Tills world can give, or slow or quick, -> Nor dreadflijhe aught grim death can bring, And, mother," tf from off the hooks I go, or should my cable slip, Don’t moping go, with downcast looks, For tb*m no more I'll havo the grip. ■ —N. Y. Recorder. Slaking It Pleasant. Owing to a confusion of names of sta¬ tions, I got off at the wrong one in Tennes¬ see, and as there was no public house in tho hamlet, the station agent said I could go home with him. His home was n humble one, as seen in the darkness, and as we reached the gate ho baited and said; “Stranger, perhaps I ought to tell you-” “ What?” I asked,'as he hesitated. “Well, nevermind. Come along in.” He took me into the front room, which did not seem to be much used by tho fam¬ ily. As wo entered there came a loud yell from an adjoining room, and he ex¬ plained: , “It’s only my wife boxing the oldest gal's oars for sasmng her. Let me take your hat.” He had scarcely taken it when a boy was heard whooping, and he explained: “It's only my wife pulling young Tim’s hair for not bringing in the night wood.” The whoop was followed by a yelp and a howl, and my host calmly explained: “Ono. o’ the dogs got in the way, you see, - J aud she lifted him.” 1 was trying to make his position a little less embarrassing, when there were t\v<' yells in quick succession, followed by ijj. scramble, and ho crossed his legs and 1 r marked: -rho ttviue r>**>i***i>ia* hooking IP ties off the table and got caught » » at it.” 1 * Half a minute later, just as I had ( ready to ask about tho crops In that' cality, tho door was banged open ai woman, who had a fork in one hand ai baby on hor shoulder, bounced in shouted out: ” You ouery, lazy Jim Murdock, i’ll if * don’t help take keer of those brats r. She saw me mid stopped and reti , e and when she had gone the husbai plained: 8 _ “ That’s what I was going to tell v> the gate—that ye’d have to take chi on her being In a tantrum. She’s got - and if you don’t mind being called eqi eyed, bald headed, gander shanked, ! and hump backed, and if you can kick < dogs off when ehe sets ’em on and put with the children climbing over you *. r-— try and make it pleasant otherwise.” A Terrible Mistake. A young gentleman had au engagement with the daughter of a prosperous citizen to attend the theatre. The young lady sug¬ gested that they use the family carriage, and the gallant was too polite to decline. On the morning of the engagement the young lady asked her father to please where-* stop in Mr. Bowersox’s office and inquire he wanted the carriage to call for him. The kindly old gentleman did so. He stepped in the office, and, calling to the young man said: “ I want to see about that carriage." “ Wait a moment,” said the youth, evi¬ dently agitated. He laid down his pen, and, coming from behind the desk, led his visitor into a far corner, and continued: “I can’t settle that right now, as I am deucedly hard up. “I’ll fit it by the middle of the month, dead sure.” “What do you mean?” said the old gen¬ tleman. “ Why, ain’t you the collector for the Gouge’cm Transfer company?” “No, I’m not. I’m Miss Bondholder’s father, and want to know where my car¬ riage is to lxi sent for yon to-night.” He wont to the theatre in the carriage, but he did not enjoy it much.—Louisville Vost. Playing » Trump Card. I il. -ite,;. m j |i •IS ' it £74 th it 't-ii rjr-A* T. V; Tit I Miss Loewensteln—“No, Isaac; dot en¬ gagement vas all up. I see by tier baper dot your father vas burned out last bight I" Mr. Oxsteln—” Iteboeca, my loti, v* * you mad? Der oldt mail has given w dot In¬ surance bolicy, and we vas twice as rich as pefore!’—Judge. Zoological Discuss m. Watts—Since he Biggars beginning mat i /.i think that little him¬ wheat deal is > self a financier. I should not be surprised to see him try to ape >y Got M. liHrv'lf . •• Potta--Well, If he confin.oa UndtClJiie to Aping Gould and doe* not, to monkey with him he may iss all right*.— Indianapofi* Journal.