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THE 'lftLEfiRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 18H5,
INTAGLIOS*
Bright Bits of Poetry, Found Floating
About In the Daily Papers.
TWO PICTURES.
An old fanahoQte, with putam wide,
Sweet with flowers ou every side;
a. restless led who looks from oat
The porch, with woodbine twined about,
* us I* ii. wnu nuuuuiuc fits'*
Withes s thought from his own heart:
Oh, If I only coaid depart
From this dull place the world to see,
Ah me! how happy 1 would be!
burning woolen. All the smoking csr pas*
sengere looked themselves over and ? *t!d:
“That’s so.” “Wonder who it Is? ’said
the little man in the big, cold-looking silk
hat. The tall man with the tWe-cent cigar
never said a word. He knew what was
burning —Chicago Newt.
BO 1XCEEDIKOLY NATURAL.
English tourist—“Wh;
me, that your '
Amid the city's ceaseless diu
A man, who round the world has been,
Who, mid the tumult and the throng,
Is thinking, wishing all day long:
O, could I only tread once more
me, that your American innkeepers at way
put pink muslin over their pictures?
American wit—“Very easily explained.
The productions of ourebromo manufac
turers are so exceedingly natural that we
are obliged to take some means to prevent
The field-path to the larmhouse door;
The old green meadows could I see,
Ah me! how happy would I be!
love's ofperimo.
When she was five, this love of mine,
1 sent to her a valentine—
A frail and fair lace-paper sheet
Which bore the legend short aud iwott:
“With golden hair and eyes of blue,
The prettiest girl I know Is you!"
She liked the poem, and, to show it,
She kissed the blushing little poet
At fifteen, this dear love of mine,
J sent another valentine—
A casket whose silk-covered lid
^iest of dainty bonbons hid,
mere lay a card tbla to repeat,
The hard-worked lines, “Hweets to the Sweet!
And I her gratitude could see
When she gave equal shares to me.
“This, dear, to you, and you to me,
A scrap of paper read; and she,
To thank mo for the sparkling thing.
Gave me the band that wore the ring.
TIIIKCS THAT NEVER PIE.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful.
The dream of love and truth,
The longing after something lost,
»spirit's]
The spirit’s yearning cry.
The striving alter better bopea-
These things shall never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother In hla need, , ^
The kindly word In griefs dark hour
the mosquitoes from biting them.”—i/sr-
vard Lampoon.
% IMPORTANT, IP TRUE.
A plumber presents a bill of $500 to a
retired millionaire for repairing a t ipe.
The millionaire glances at it aud hands out
a ilve-doMor note, saying: “Receipt that
bill.” “But,sir—” “Don’t‘but’me!” in
terrupted the rich man; “ I know what I'm
about; I used to be a plumber myself.”
Plumhar smiles, receip's bill and returns
$2.50 change.—New York Journal.
PORTABLE POST-OFFICES.
The habit which frontier postmasters
have of carrying the mail arojnd in the
pockets ol their trousers vexes the souls
of the cowboys. When one of the latter
species has ridden 200 miles after bis mail
and is told by the postmaster's wife that
the post-office lies gone after a barrel of
water and won’t be back for two days,
the“cow puncher feels like complaining
to thethegovernnr.nt.—New York Tribune.
A NEWSPAPER SECRET.
Reporter: “Here is an account of an ex-
ress train striking a commercial traveler.
Jow much shall I make of it?” Night
editor: “Where did it hit hiai?” “On the
side of the head.” “Well, make about a
stick, with a short paragraph on the wreck,
and then rnn in the list of killed and
injured.” “Yes. but there was no wreck
and no one bit the traveler was injured ”
“Well, then, make it half a column and
head it miracolous escape —Ito$ion Post.
TERRIBLE AFFLICTION.
How did you like Europe, Mrs. De8il-
va?” “It is perfectly lovely, but we had
That proves a friend Indeed;
The plea for mercy, softly breathed,
When Justice threatens nigh;
The sorrowings of a contrite heart-
These thiuga shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every band
Mutt find some work to do;
Lose not a chance to waken love;
Be firm and Jast and true:
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee.
“These things can never die."
BIMEBYR.
When gre’t big clouds come geth'rin' roun,’
JfiSPSiSSStomiUm--
He’d roll ’em away, bime-bye.
When Satan pope up In de way,
An’ bats bin wlcied eye,
Honey, look him right squar’ in de face
la’ll ‘ ““
He’Ll take hla bole, blwe-bye.
H fal«e Men's try to lead yon ’stray
Wid promises o’ “chicken pie,
Ton keej right straight in de "middle o de
You'll walk Into "town" bime-bye.
lfyo* enemy use his connin’ tongno
To stab you ou de sly,
sly,
Jen’ gie’m rope 'n he’ll bang hUse'f—
Yes, dat h, will, bime-bye.
When men dowrongan'^’fjjdetya
v — ’ beab'n c . .
You kin betdis wart’ gin a barlow knife
Hey gwlneter git lei’, blue-bye.
»reason why:
.i nr...
hlul-
rrce »uu caiy. tmt uoi uum,
Like an apple, ripe aud mellow—
Not too young and not too old;
Half inviting, half repelling.
Now advancing, and now shy—
There is mischief in her dimple,
There Is danger In her eye.
She hu studied human nature;
•he Is schooled in all her arts;
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress of all hearts.
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile;
Oh! a maid Is something charming,
But a widow all the while.
Are you sad? Row very serious
ire you a— .... .
Will her handsome face become!
Are you angry? She Is wretched,
Lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb!
Are you mirthful? How her laughter
bllver souudlng, will ring out!
7 you,
•Uver-soundlng, will ring out!
She can lure, and catch, aud play y
Aa the angler does the trout.
Ye old bachelor ■ of forty,
Who have grown so bol l and wlae-
' WttK the love lookVffyour eyet-
You may practise all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall;
Bnt I know a little widow
Who could win end fool you all.
AMONG THI FUN MAKER*.
When the mercury ia monkeying with
And thowater pipes are bursting far and
—New York Journal.
Kcw reading by an uvaricloiu butler
irlst—"Why 1. !t,c»n you tell
r American innkeeper, alwtye
such a dreadful nriafortnne there. 1
Whstwesit? 1 hadn't heard of it"
When we were in Paris llie General hail
an invitation to the Due de Ho turn's grand
ball. 1 went to Worth's and bought a $10.-
000 ball dreas. The very day of the bah
little Johnny waa taken with cholera and
died that afternoon."
That waa terrible! How badly yon
most have telt”
Badly 1 I never waa aa mortified in all
ail my lilt."—Prate's Jtag.’sine.
A POKER STORY.
A PICTURE OF FLORIDA
CARFIELD.'S REMAINS.
As Told by a Ceor«inn Who Does not
Take a Ro.y View of It.
Oarlnnett Herald.
"Some things I like and aome I don't.
It la a good place to make money and juat
as good to spend it. I quit a Job where I
was getting 150 per month, but aman does
not save much. Why you can’t get beard
there for leaa than 120 and they charge
you ten cents for washing a pocket hand
kerchief. They charge you a dollar for
a pint ot the meanest liquor you ever law.
1 was in Orange county, near Orlando, and
It ia a curioilty to tee a woman. There
are no negrooa there, and yon have to pay J the
two dollars for a day's washing.''
"How la the orange business ?
“it will toon play out. Oranges are as
plentiful there aa apples are here. They
are worth only half a cent n piece In Or
lando and get cheaper every year I know
a man who has a filty ucrsgrove, who aays
they will not pay the expanse of picking,
peeking and freight. The business la over
done. A woman who owned a grove that
s he was offered 130,000 for a few year, ago,
has not made enough clear this season to
pay her taxes.” ...
“Truck farming pajs finely does it
"Yea, it pays well now, but it will soon
he like the oranges—more raised than can
be made profitable. Potatoes grow there
all the time. When I left the gardens were
green. No trouble to raise potatoes. Just
cut off a piece-of the vine, stick it in the
ground and it will grow right ofi j and yon
need not plant but once. A neighbor told
me thathe had one that bad been growing
three years. It had pretty well filled the
patch and he expected to move out his
tence shortly."
"It ia a beautiful country, I suppose?"
•'Well, yes, what little country there is.
It is nearly all water, with little strips of
land to divide oil the lakes. A man who
can't swim had better stay away. It is the
most changeable climate In the world. It
changes about every fifteen minntea.
Why, I have seen it es clear aa it ia now,
diiectly the fog begins to rise and before
you can put on your coat it is pouring down
rain.”
"Do they have any fleaa or bugs down
there?"
"Don’t talk. Yon may pick up a hand-
fnl of sand and by the time the fleaa all
jump ont you have only half a handlist
.. — —-eWf
What Haa Been Done to Preserve Them—
Embalming to Prevent Deony.
Cleveland Voice.
A gentlemen stated a lew days since
that he had seen the body of Garfield at
Lave View cemetery, and that notwith
standing that eveiy effirt had been made
to preserve the body, the remains were un
recognisable. The art of preserving the
dead was first practiced by the Egyptians,
and arose from the belief that- the soul
after a certain time returned to the
body. The art has been lost, but
the best authorities declaro that
peculiar drugs were passed through
the nostrils into the cranial cavity,
and palm wine, cassia and spices placed
in the abdomen. After soaking the body
for about two months In natron It was
then tightly wrapped In linen and placed
In a dry receptacle. Modern science has
made as little progress In this direclion as
any field at present under its Investigation.
The French surgeons at the beginnlog of
the century imagined they had discovered
the h-st art They preserved bodies by
the means of camphor, balsam of Peru,
tan and Balt. The proce-a was found npo-i
its trial to be almost useless for its pur
poses. The discovery of the preservative
nowers of corrosive sublimate waa thought
to be the t-iumph of mode n i over the an
cients. It preserved the oody in all its
rigidity, but in about aix months the
features became changed through deselcca-
tion. Alum, camphor, salt and fluids
having these for their bases are now used,
but no art baa yet been discovered that
will preserve the body more than a year,
At the time of Garfield's death an under
taker in this city stated that he could pre
serve the body by meausot a secret known
only to himself for years to come, but it
was thought an air-tight casket would be
all that was necessary.
How a Wood-Sawing Tramp Beat a Cour-
trr Landlord at Hla Own Gama,
Globe-Democrat.
A good storr cornea from Troy, Lincoln
county, which ia told at the expense of a
landlord whose love for the exciting game
of poker caused him to part with a well
filled wallet one night daring last week.
Having ordered a load or two of cord-
wood from a farmer, the latter in due
time delivered the aarne in front of hla
customer’s realdence, when not long after
seedy-lonklng Individual came aleng
armed with a saw and buck and securing
the job went to work in dead earnest, for
which he waa to receive the munificent
sum of $1, Accomplishing the task just
as the bell rang for supper he wss asaed
to partake of the meal, which invitation
he accepted without much pressing, sup
per over he waa paid the dolltr for the
wood job and loitering around the store
be heard hla tcnetactor Invite several
friends there to join him in a friendly
ga-ue of poker, to which they readily as
sented. lbe heaver of wood looked com
placently on tbe game for a time, and ad
dressing himself to the hoot requested tbe
privilege of taking a band, sayiog that
although apparently desdtute, be would
blow in tbe dollar, and adding that card*
were tbe cause of his present degraded po
sition in aoclety. All advice on the part
of tbe player, for the fellow to bold on to
bis only dollar proved unavailing and fi
nally he waa admitted to the game. In a
abort time be fourd bis winnings swelled
to ISO. when exasperated, one of the party
Mosquitoes, gailinlppers and ticks—wbero!
You never saw a chinch hug did you?
They are as big as the end of my thumb;
you mash one in the house and you can
smell it all day—it's awful.
“ t he saw mill business is fine in that
ectlon. Fine trees stand as thick as oak
husbes do here, and lumber is worth $1-1
per thousand. It can be sold at the mill,
the country is building np so fast And
th-re is plenty of game, but they are being
killed out very fast A man killed a fine
buck recently that measured 22 inches be
tween bis horns.”
"Well how do they get through Ihe thick
'imbers with such Immense antlers?" we
innocently inquired.
"Oh! that is none of my business. The
people live well during the vegetable sea
son, but in tha fall and sinter it la hard
tack. Worse than soldiering. A fellow
cannot do good work on oat meal and
grits. I had as soon lie down and let the
moon shine In my mouth fora living. Yon
never see any good batter: it is all good
Hear the warbling ol the cats—
Merry cats!
Ob, I Imre to bear tbe music of their midnight
3ft
Aud they w
In thelcjr
In a way to weird and briik ail.
While their shapely tails they whlik all
With a Catallne delight—
Keeping time with their tails,
Like a lot of Runic flails,
To the concat-cantentation, tung In sundry
sharps and flats.
Of a canticle on rati,
Hats, rats, rats,
Rats—
To a wild carnivorous canticle ou rata!
Hear the turbulent Tom cata,
Daddy cata.
How the catapultlc boot-jack Interrupts their
fiendish chats.
In tbe darkness of the night
How their ghoulish outcries smite
Portland flats!
From their catacoustic throats
An intense
Catapbonlc ditty floats
To the turtle cat ihat gloats
On the fence!—
Ah, the tabby cat that listens, while she
.I'lOHtR,
To the surging cataclysm o! their wild, ca
tarrhal nop-a!
Hear the hoarse grandfather cats—
Aged cata!
How they make tie long to grasp a score of rat-
tling good brickbats!
They have caught a bad catarrh,
Caterwauling at the moon!
caterwauling at tne moon!
(flee It? Caught a bad cat R!)
You may hear them from afar,
Roll it like a British K,
Out of tune.
In a clamorous appealing to the tged tabby cat.
In a futile, mad appealing to tbe deaf, old tab
by cat!
Shrieking higher, higher, higher,
Like a demon in a Are—
While the little kitten cats—
Infant cats -
Sing an emulous, sweet ditty oi their love for
A Swedish Codiva.
Lo Figaro.
The 21 of February in Sweden is consid
ered the midwinter day. In the era of
paganism it was a great festival in honor of
tbe heroine Goa or Goja, deified under the
name of Disa, to whom tbe who’e month
w«s consecrated besides. The legend of
Goa is very curious.
It states that at one time when the
country was visited by a frightful famine,
the Thing, or national assembly, decided
that, in order to alleviate the general
distress, it would be necessity to put to
death a part of the population, espe
cially the old and infirm. Goa alone
dared to protest loudly; and claimed
to be able to propose a means of remedy
ing the dearth, which would prove more
efficacious as well as more humane. The
King ordered the execution of the decree
to be postponed, but in the interim, desir
ing to test the sagacity of the young girl,
and toconfonnd her audacity, he sent her
word he would only receive her on condi
tion that ahe would come to his dwelling
neither on foot, n^r on horseback, nor in
a vehicle—neither ireesed nor undressed,
neither in the coarse of a year nor during
any particular month, neither by day nor
by night.
Goa solved the enigma. 8ha came to the
mice and rats!
That’s
But a rudimental spurn of the papers of the
Omaha Herald.
BREVITIES.
THE CAUSE OP RAPTURE.
Not in her eyes that such eloquenco speaks;
Not in the blush of her velvety cheek;
Not iti the sheen of her bright yellow hair;
Not In her courtly imperial air;
Not in the kisses that hang on her lips;
Not In her fingers’ cute, tapering tips;
Not in tbe curve of her chic little foot;
Not In her wit, aye so gracefully put;
Not la her ear. like some rose-tinted shell;
Not in her teeth, that uo pearls can excel;
Not In her smile, that a saint’s heart might
win;
Not in tne dimples that grace her plump chin.
Not in good sense, iu which none are k above
her;
Not in her breath, sweet as blossoming
clover;
Not in her form, as perfection complete:
Not in her laugh, so melodiously sweet;
Not iu her ue ;k, than the sloe blossom whiter;
Notin her step, thau the mountain deer’s
lighter;
Not e’eu In hsr love that so blndethour
hearts,
Find I the rapture her presence Imparts;
But in her voice, sweet as Orpheus' lyre,
That stys: "Stay In bed, John, I’ll start up the
unfit BCC aujf KUUH UU1KI
gosh.n, eleomargsrlne auu lard."
‘ Got no cows ?"
Yea, hundreds ot them, but they do
not give enough milk lor their celvee. It
l.B»»! dried up from eating wlregrass.
~ -y are little bit of eernbby things that
would not weigh forty pounds to the
quarter.”
ratted the pot to 1200, thinking by Ihat
means to freest) the fellow out Going
down in hts boot-leg he palled forth a roll
and covering the bet, soon found, to tha
dismay of the crowd, that tha ‘ boodle”
wu again hla. A scene followed which at
one time promised to become a cause cele-
bre at Troy, but the cheek ct the wood-
eawyer carried bins soccessfullv out of tbe
woode. He wee surrounded by the crowd
and threatened will) death, arreet, crema
tion, pulverising and even a dooe of dyna
mite did he not return tbelr money. Did
he do It? Not a bit of It, bnt drawing a
pair of Smith It Wessons he defied them
all and threatened the “whole crew” with
arrest for running a gambling house. No
arreet* were made, and the slick gent
taking tbe train for fit, Louie bade the
Trojtna a gentle "ta-ta, au revolr," until
next time.
FOUND HIB DAUGHTER
‘Welcome ihe curing, bleed the parting
gucit”—Punch.
Ia there any cose on record where
W-sbov used arevelrer without "flouriJ
log" It?—Anton Globe.
There is hope for dudes. A French
scientist claims to manufacture artificial
brains.—Philadelphia Call.
The finest wine ia made from grapes
grown at a great elevation. Hence the
term high udsu*.—Philadelphia Cull.
“Talk is cheap" loses its significance
when applied to conversation through tele
phones rented at thirty-six dollars a year.
—Concord Uonilor.
There is one good thing about piano
playing for younc ladies. It develops lots
ot muscle lust will cot. bendy for aptnk
log.—Burlington Free Press.
Jones, an a name, is picking np.
After March 4 there whl be three Unlteil
Btates Senators with "Jones" on their
door-plates.—J/artford Post. ■ ■
Parents whose sons are disposed to
be fast should counteract ihs tendency by
procuring tor them positions sa district
Post.
Altar a Becaratlon of Mora than Twentv
Six Years.
Baltimore Ban.
Lewis Jones, an old fanner from Morris,
111., a town near Chicago, who arrived lo
Jersey City one day last week, aud who
wu supposed to be deranged, proves to be
one of the principal character! in a story
poaieulng a large amount of romanca.
When the old farmer alighted from a Penn'
sylvanle railroad train In Jersvy Cty.hs
seemed bewildered. He said that be had
coma East in search ol his daughter, whom
he bed not eeen for twenty-six years, but
bad no further knowledge of
her tddrets than that aba lived
In Brooklyn. Jonea wu taken lo nolle*
headquarters, and Chief of Folic*
Murphy interested himself in the caee.
.The old man needed little encouragement
to confide his story to tbe chief. Ue uid
that sbont forty-two years ago ha married
and began to cultivato a clearing be had
pnrehued in Morris. A daughter wu
bom, end when she wu abont twelve
veers old his wife died. Jonea married
again, bat bis daughter could not agree
with her stepmother, tnd when the wu
only fourteen years old she lift homo.
Jones became wealthy, and racently a
longing came npon him to see his daugh
ter, whom he had not seen since tbe day
she left home. Hla wlfs and his brother-
in-law triad to dissoada him from bis
bnt without avail. All
'lltq«se—Courier^lournal.
A teacher in the Preabyterian Ran-1
d.v school in this place uked her pnpll.
whit wu the meaning cf “Publican.”
Cue of tits scholars replied: “Something a
little better than a Democrat”—Glen. Falls
A sagacious doc.
"Look here. Mr. Coninmer, every time
I go to your bone* to read yonr gu meter
that infernal dog of years pitches at me."
*'Yas, he's s capital watchdog. Hindoos,
purpose, bnt without avail. All
that Jones knew about tils dough-
messenger..—Boston
Tlio British lion ileiires an engage
ment with an America circa., Hilary not
so much an object u kind treatment and
a quiet home.—Chicago Times.
IIow anybody could slnotO'I kmovan
Koaaa without bitting hu jaw ii one ot
thou myiterle. that coma over n. hkqa
summer cloud.—Florida Times-Union.
A strange animal i* eating all the
dogs near DauTllls. Good. Possibly the
time may come when Providence will lend ■■■■■■■■■■ . ■
au animal[into Kentucky that will eat all my money, bat Pit find her In epite of
them." Saturday evening the detective*
live end was a widow- Hla wtfa
brother bad the daughter a address, bnt
they refused to give It to him. "They were
afreil, I snppOM." said the old men, “that
if I found the gal I'd give her the moat of
succeeded In finding Mrs. Thomas, the
daughter. In Brooklyn. The reunion ot
the old man and his daughter wu ex
tremely eflectlng. Mrs. Toon, as had been
reduced to poverty and wu earntnt- a liv
ing by working in a factory. Hhe cheer,
fully consented to return home with her
father, and they start* J Sunday for Uorrii.
Consumption Cured,
too. Know, a robber at first asss
time. —Chicago fines.
THE WICKED MAR,
"Back from lb* party so soon?" “Yu,
glre me a dove." "What! Yon haven'i
ijvrri drinking, have yon?" "No, t never
drink.” “Then whet in the dickens do
yon want with adore?'' "I kissed an old
maid and want a dove to take the tute
out of my month ’."—Norman Independent.
, AWD TUT CAW'T DOT IT.
When a woman tries to catch a ball she
, Ihrowsb-r arms wide apart, sralts nntfi
I tha ball hits her on the now, tarns her
' heads with a sriod-miU motion, nun after
the bell, picks It np. brushes the hair oat
ot her eyes, and smiles M though her way
ot doing u cannot bt improved upon.—
in with
red lb*
la of a simple vegetable remedy
the speedy uul permanent cure
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,
Asthma and all throat and Lung affec
tions, also a positive and radical core
tor Nervona Debility, and all Natrons
Complaints, after having tested in the
wonderful curative
sands of cases, hu _ _ __
make it known to hla suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and a desire
to relieve human suffering, I will send
free ot charge, to all who desire it-
this recipe in German. French or En
glish, with tuli. directions for prepar
ing and naina. bent by mail hr ad-
ABOUT POTATOES.
Thslr Component Parte and Nutritive
Properties.
Boston Herald.
Potatoes are three-fonrths water. The
•olid matter consists largely ot (larch, with
small quantity of albumen and mineral
matter held In solution in the jolce. Tbe
qnantlty ot starch Increuea daring tbe au
tumn and remains stationary during the
winter.
The spronts In potatoes ahonld be re.
■noted ss soon u they appear, sines if they
are allowed to grow they exhaust the
starch and render the potatoes uufit for
food.
Potatoes should be kept in t dry, cool
cellar.
Potatoes belong to tbe same polsonone
order u tobacco tnd nightihade, and con
tain an acid juice which Is unpleasant to
tbs tute ana often renders them Indigesti
ble. This llu in and near tbe rind of the
potato, and la drawn out by tha heat
when the potatoes era baked ft escapes In
the steam, it they are opened at once, and
when they are boiled It Is absorbed by the
water.
Potatoes when fir.t peeled are white, but
turn brown on exposure lo the atr. For
tuts reason they should bi coreredwltb
cold water as soon u they ue peeled.
New potatoes are watery, u the starch
Is not fully farmed, snd they have a very
tbln akin, which may be rubbed or scraped
off
Boiled potatoes should be served es toon
as they are soft, and should be tkioned
the moment the heat bursts all tha starch
E rains—which may easily be determined
y tbelr soft texture when pierced with a
(ark—else the turch wtli absorb water, and
tbe potatoes become peaty and unwhole
some.
To prepare the potatoes a la neige. se
lect potatoes ot a uniform site; wub them
and .crab them with a brash k«pt for
tha purpose; pare them and put them
In cold water. Put them Into boiling
•sited water, alio slug one quart of water
and one tebicapoonfiii of salt for six large
otatoes. Cook half an hour, or nntit soft,
iut not nntit broken; drain off every drop
ot tbe water. When they are we'l drained
and mealy beat them thoroughly with a
fora, and ult to taste, and serve at once
Uo» solved the enigma. She came to the
King's house on a sledge drawn by a goat,
bolding on to the edge ot tbe sledge, with
one leg rating on the pale ot the sledge,
tbe other on the goat. She wore a fishing
net only in lieuot garments; and sheicame
exactly at the epoch of the solsttee, wh-n
the month la still undetermined, at the
time of a full moon, but while It waa yet
twilight.
Being permitted to speak, she advised that
the old aud infirm, to lieu ot being exter
minated, ahonld be merely sent to the still
unpeopled parts of the country, where
they would be sole to obtain the tuesna ol
existence witbont being any burden to tbe
community. The King Ino-o me mlvice,
and as the adviser had charmed him by
her beauty and her wit, he took her for hla
wife.
Kittenish Marv Anderson.
[ tetter In Louisville Commercial ]
Mary Anderson's feet be they luge or
auucimjii ■ icoti uo 11117 hi
smell—and she has taken precious care
that no ono shell ever find out—have evi
dently skipped lightly and merrily Into the
English beut. I used the word' skipped”
advisedly. I have no doubt it la imposai-
ble for moat persons to imaglna the stately
Galatea skipping or tripping or doing any
thing to frivolous; bnt 1 assure yon she
can be most awfully kittenish. Three year,
•go the nnlted efforts of her mother snd
8tep-ps Griffin were unavailing to keep her
from frolicking around the win-
end chewing gum on the stage,
waa. In a chronic elate of giggle.
Hhe
turn In her pretty mouth, and ell
ugh Romeo's speeches would pull It
> between her teeth end look crois-
of gum
tliroui'
from l .
eyed to "break him np." This, ot onane,
with her back to the audience. I was
charitable enough to attribute the weird-
neea ot Atkina Lawrence's Romeo to her
antics, but later experience taught me
that it wasn't tbe gum. But I digresa.
I'm not writing of tbe great North Amer
ican lady-killer, but o( Mary, our Mary, of
whom we ought to feel so proud. And we
do; only I for one hope she'll leave her
•b In England and coma bark to ns clad
... sincerity snd as few of tlioss dowdy
English costumes as possible. Bat there
len’t iviitoli nf lltal krlnt) rsf tliintr Ifl iinffit
Isn't much of that kind of thing to expect
from a young woman who "just loves to
sit on a stranger's grave ana read Willie
Winter's poemi.” "Men may come and
men may go, bat the'll gush ou forever.”
Good news comes from Iron mills In
various parts of tbe country. Tney ere
resuming work, and that means a dU'ribu-
Hon ot wages end the healthy circulation
piled on a hot dlab.
of money. Tbe emouut ot a nation’s cur-
rency la not o( half so much importance sa
the freedom with which It circulates
tr rough the impulse ot active badness. A
dollar that is boarded In times of panic
end distrust is useless for tbs Urns being,
but s duller paid ont in the morning may
before night closes represent Hie pure jise
ol s score of dollars' worth of things necei
a ary to the sustenance cf working meu.
A MAN'S BONES
Found in the Trunk of an Old Tree In Al
abama.
Birmingham Age.
Abram Bcott, Walter L. DeLaney and
Joriah Wellington, left Tallapoosa county
abont three weeks ago fn search of four
strayed or stolen horses. The search was
fruitless, and being near this city, they
concluded to come here end tike t train
beck home. When within twelre miles ot
Birmingham, near tha Red mountains,
night before last thsy began to msks prep
arations to esmp all night hi the woods.
Two ot them went to work to construct a
brash tent snd while the third, DeLtney,
took his ex and went in March
ot wood to balld a lire. He bed
not proceeded far from the camp,
wbrn be saw an old hollow tree about
twenty feet In height, and this ha com
menced to cat down. When the half rotten
trank fell to the groan d he wu horrified to
■•• the hraesof a human skeleton wtdgavl
In tbe hollow of the tree. He summoned
hts companions and tha three examined
tbe ghastly relics ot what was one* a bn-
men being.
In tha hollow stamp was found an old
maty two-bladed knife with both blades
broken, and on the horn handle was tha
name B. B. Turner, or Tenner.
DeLaney proceeded to cut up a portion
otlhe tree ha had reeled, when hediacor-
eisd what appeared tn be letters cat
Into the vroed. The two words
could be seen dlitnctly: and
lowar down the word "Hiding.” The let
ters "I. N. D." could ateo be seen, end are
icia J. v. tuuiu «»«■'.» wi
probably a pot don ot the word "Indians."
In another pert ot the tree wea a plan
part ot tha tree waa a place
deeply cot, indicating that the prioner
bad attempted to cat 1
■ way oav.
dressing with stamp, naming this pa,
Noyes, 11# Power’* Block,
wen bond in tha tree probably lived In
this part ot tbe country many yean ago,
and elfmed tha trank ot tha tree, lowering
h msell into the hollow to hide from the
red man, (Upped into a living tomb, there
to die by degress from hangar and thirst
Deeatnr county: MUo Main would 1
seem to be the forage plant toe this sac-
Haa, as ft asks drooth do odds to its effort
to grow luxuriantly.
It is antlounced that quite recently
recently M. Lsuth, the snperintendent ot
the Sevres chins factory, bee bit npons
new method of mixing clay which will pro-
due* porcelain very superior to tbe old
Sevres. His discovery -s not tbe mull of
chance, but ot a long series ot teste tnd
combination!, and he claims for the new
product ell the qualities ol surface and ca
pabilities of taking glue of the Chinese
clay. For aome time tba Sevrev china has
NOW IS THE OPORTUNITY
Cases ot Foil Standard Prints at 4c. Per Yard,
These goods are the best made and are warranted to
stand the ordeal of the washtub. 0
All. Winter Goods To Be Sold
regardless of cost. Particular attention is called to our
sweeping reduction in
THREE CASES CHECK NAINSOOKS]
just received—selling rapidly at 8 cents.
Carpet Warehouse No. 19 Cotton Ave,
We have recently added Linoleum in several ffradpe-
also Floor Oil Cloths in different styles.
Our new stock of Matting will arrive during the week
Prices in all these goods are lower than ever.
J. W. RICE & CO.
Silk stockings range from $2.50 to
$25 a pair.
Dynamite has about thirteen times
the tores of gnu powder.
Tub wheat crop of America has
doubled during the past ten years.
Thebe is a rage for old coins in sil
ver jewelry, which are odd and effective.
Statistics show that both in Europo
snd America (csrlet fever is more de
structive ot life than cholera.
New Zealand, with a population ol
only halt a million, snpums 100 news
papers, thirty ot which are dally.
At Dundee, Mich., a Miss Sunder
land attempted suicide became her father
declined to let her go io the skating rink.
Two new cigar factories have been
opened during tbe past week at Key West.
One hundred aud thirty operatives will be
employed m them.
A traveling Illinois thief, unaware
that hit wife bed gone to housekeeping to
H'gin, broke in at night and carried eft a
lot ol hie own jewelry.
Counterfeit silver dollars, 1885 coin
age, are iu circulation, and very deceptive.
Tbrlr bright appearance gives them away,
or at least leads to aneplcfon.
A letter from Florida says the moss
crop sells for more then the cotton crop,
aua is less expensive to market. It
•bounds In every county In the State.
Tux North Carolina Legislature has
pasted a bill to pension ex-Gonfederste
soldier, who lost limb, in the icrvlce ot
thatBtats. or by reaeon of wound, era In
capacitated for manual labor.
Fhairie chickens aro more abundant
In Mluueiota now than formerly, but the
race I. charged; tbelr legs are feath>red
and their flesh, from feeding in the wheat
fields, hu become a delicate white.
The life insurance companies are
laying attention to the daughter of Mr.
nd Mrs. William Blske, of Waterbury,
Conn., who hu four grandparents, four
great grandparents and one great-great-
grandparent
A Methodist minister of Long Island
and a whole bevy of Presbyterian parsons
at Pittsburg hsva began a crusade against
roller-skating, and are lifting np th-Ir
voice. In long and loud lamentations over
It. Immorality,
A Fair Haven man recently found
that when he was trying to force hi. blind
mare acrou tha (juinnpiac drawbridge at
night, she bad discovered that tbe draw |
was oueu anu preferred the lashing she re
ceived to going ahead Into danger.
Saginaw, Mich., has a cow which
sports 00 well-developed borne. The animal
recently gave birth to a calf which prom
ises to be quite as much ot a cariosity, Ihe
little animal's backbone showing Indica
tions ot turning out fully u many horns
as the mother poseeeses.
A Ate simile reprint of Shakspeare’s
poems, edition ot 1010, is having soma suc
cess In London. All tbe initial lettera,
head-pieces and cute on the title have been
reproduced as well as the text The
pdltlon Include* twenty-five copies on large
paper and two hundred and filty on small
paper.
A modern scientist haa discovered
that mental activity enhances physical
beauty, thus controverting an old theory.
He says; “A handsome men, or woman
either, who does t othlng, but live* well or
self-lndulgentry, grows flabby, and all tbe
In order to protect the public against infe
rior goods, sold as Macon Sheetings, we are
putting a blue thread an eighth of an inch
from the selvage of our cloth. None genu
ine without the blue thread.
These goods are the best ever made South.
If your merchant does not keep them send or
ders to the
BIBB MANUFACTURING CO.,
Macon, Ga.
.SEED Warranted to Crow.
'W”™ l!fu. KTA 1 “ • 1 l,UTC " 0|< ? ana n<j»er
s. 1 .’• million funner* and turtlenrr* la the
E®S2£5)^SH BUI —
K8EEDI
' *3* > ; ii ;
V ’sV w bl*ij**® tebUst 1 », t• hin I’oTato, i . lip**
■ 3a IS|loel( fiffi sofiM ul tli« VfKetalilewof * l.lch I wa* th<* ■ r' -r a i -
IT A Fair with 1500 in premium*. awSeltVloiSSrRu*?
JAMES J. H. Silt l-ICOIl V. fSeedCrowsf). Vatblehead. Mis-
THE FAROUHAR COTTON PLANTER
IS
IN TJSEL
,n Drop* the oorollsd seed with perfect rs|ra-
tartly and in any desired amount Never skipt-opens, drape and covers. Sendfor
umodAwti^’ B * PARQUHAR & CO., Macon, Ca.
been losing ground lo the public eat)
lion, but It will now be likely totek
. take Its
old place as foremost In the rank ot china
manufactures.
Adelina Patti,
mera Perfumes, Toilet Boaps and other
Toilet articles: "I unhesitatingly p>o-
nounce them superior to any I ever used.”
Principal depot, 37t end 378 Pearl street,
New York.
Ever, Family on Every Farm,
and tn every town should uso none but the bet
and portal family, staple and fancy groceries,
coffee., tea., sugars, flours, canned goods, etc.,
and should send thalr order, by null to
Memra. W. C. Turpin A Co., Macoo, Ga, who
will mall loeny address tbelr complete csM-
logue snd price Hit ol. too best and cheapest
goods In this tin* to b. had anywhere.
By porchsiing their goods In large quanti
ties, from lint hands, snd only ol the best
makers and dealers, Messrs W. C. Turpin*
Co, have revolutionised the pricee of staple,
fancy end family groceries end have secured
the largest retail trade In this line to the city
of Macon and surrounding country, and the
woe! substantial families ue their cuato-
Detenntnlng that families In the country end
tn other town, shall have the Kama advan
tages ol low prices and strictly pure and fint-
cla« groceries, MSSSIS.W. C. Turpin * Co.
are baaing aud smiling to aay address their
complete catalogue end price list which
should be la every (sadly to Ihe lead. Write
for it lehdsSm
—Mr. Cleveland, during bis visit lo
New Yon, gays a sluing to Heresy 1st
nuTuuuiKCUi'j. Uduuj, BUU Mil hue
tine line, ot tb* feature, are lost; but the
the hard thinker baa an admirable sculp
tor always at work keeping his fine line*
In repair end constantly going ov
face to Improve tha origlnardeslgn.”
over his
Virginia possesses a source of wealth
in a supply ot tba finest hardwood forests
ot black walnnt, curled maple and ash,
which la yet comparatlv.ly untouched.
The icction glowing these varieties Is
moetly In the mountelnoas region., which
oantHMasMuHas,
are now b-ing approached by railways,
while tb. lower Melton of tbe State near
tbe seaboard tn the Great Dismal and oth
er swamp eoontry furnishes inexhaustible
supplies of gum, cypreM and atrip pine.
A few days ago two ladies were
walking the trestle near Htardiyant, c "
C. A W. It R . and when about half
tbe train, which was on time, came In
sight around a curve not fifty yard
One of Ihe ladiee jumped off and
berielf considerably, breaking one
limbs. Tot other stepped quickly to tha
side ot the track andUydown on the
eroM-ties, with her head toward tb* rapid
ly approaching train. Bb* escaped Injury.
A novel act of revenge occurred on
last Hatarday night in Monroe county, Al-
TlcUm - •» °*d negro women,
bed forbidden a man (oagro) visiting her
daogbter. Ii seems, to avenge himssif, he
thought he wootd barn tbe old woman a
Utile. He loaded hisfiu with fat meat
tad slipped np to her booM shoot 8 o'clock
that night and fired on her. The load took
elEwtoatbe celfol her leg. tearing nway
to b* amputated the doctors Usink. Tbe
wss arrseted, and Is in tbe custody ol
tbe officers.
G UIA N O
Tlie Chesapeake <3r rta.no Co
BALTIMORE, MD„
Offers (or sale its well known brands o( fertilixera,
Chesapeake Guano,
Chesapeake Ammoniated Alkaline.
Theso brands have boon thoroughly tested by tho beat farmers in the country
and the estimation in which they are held is shown by tho fact that our Bales
for the past season in Georgia reached tho enormous figures of debt thousand
tona, an increase of nearly seventy-five per cent, on last year, which is a proof
that the farmers of Georgia appreciate si genuine article like tho Cues vpeaxi.
jevwcm MWiB.oar friends that tho Guanos offered by us this season
hir f valueTor°their money 1 * BUndard ' and tliat in baling with us they will get
JOHN R. WEST,
General Agent, Macon, Ga.
j*n27 2t*w&wUylm
GiU A NIO
"Walton, 'Wlian.il «fc Co.
Wilmington, I>el.
MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS,
nr owo^Tirnfacture and importation* °* f°-lowing popular brands of Fertilixera
Plow Brand Raw Bone Superposphate,
Reliana Ammoniated Superphosphate,
Diamond Soluble Bone,
X X Acid Phosphate
Kainit (Imported).
ers <ritae»Ate° d ‘ nf * ad r * pct * ttoo of these goal we refe
to the (planter! and fa:—
To ah who an Mftrlnc fro* anon sad to . ■ . M M .
gjps^Kjgp; WALTON, WHANN & CO
BRANCH OP MCE, MACON, GEOK'ifA.
Mtoinfikrt III* nTfifcTii lfjili ' M i#1f