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ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD: SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1892. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. PUIMONBB8 IN TUB COUNTY JAIL UNDERTAKE TO TEAR DOWN THEIR PRISON WALLS. But They Are Foiled nnd the T.cndcra Are Now in Chnin*. The Hkuald stumbled on to a piece of news to-day that was ripe enough to have been pulled yesterday, but It has been so well preserved that It is not at all stale. A very bold but unsuccessful at tempt was made by prisoners in the county jail to make their escape on Thursday night. In cell No. 5, on the upper floor, nine prisoners, nil Negroes, were confined, and there a conspiracy was formed nnd an effort made to break through the prison walls that deprived lliem of their liberty. ' The scheme was well plnnned, but the usual vigilance that is kept over our county jail discovered what was going on in lime to nip it in the bud. The cell is ceiled with heavy 1x12 plank, and the prisoners commenced their operations by tearing these pieces oft en either side ol‘ a window. Their plan seems to have been to expose the window casing nnd tear out the whole window, and the heavy planks that they succeeded in pulling off gave them something to work with. The weather being very warm, Mr. Frank Godwin went to the jail about lialf-past S o’clock to give the prison ers a supply of fresli water for the night, and it was then that the mis chief that was going on in cell No. 6 was discovered. Five of the ceiling planks had been torn away when the discovery was made, .but no other serious damage had been done. Of course the timely appearance of Mr. Godwin at the door of cell No. 5 put a sudden stop to the work that was going on within, and when they saw that they had been caught the prisoners straightway began to tell on each other, and each to protest his own Innocence. After careful investigation Deputy Sheriff Godwin satisfied himself ns to who the leaders of the plot were, nnd four of the occupants of cell No. 5 were removed to another cell and put in chains. RUNNING GIRLS. HEMMED IN BY A PRAIRIE FIRE. THEV HAVE RETIIHNED. DeugheHp. Delrsnlei to Iho Courcll- xlou Cnmc Hack V.nsl Nlghl. Messrs. IV. T'l. Wooten, S. J. Jones, JnoD. Pope and Judge W. T. Jones, Dougherty’s delegates to the State Democratic convention, returned to Al bany last night. They all report thnt it was a gala day for Georgia Democracy, and that the proceedings of Wednesday portend well for the party throughout, the State. The recommendation of lion. J. W. Walters ns Presidential elector from the Second Congressional district was received with unanimity by the Dis trict delegation, when they met in caucus 011 the night before the conven tion for the purposeof namingan elec tor. They felt that they honored the district In presenting his name as elec tor. They report that everything passed off quietly and harmoniously, and that the work of the convention was well done. They visited the Hall of the House during the Republican convention held on Thursday, where the day before, Georgia’s loyal Democrats had held sway, and everybody reports that it was a regular pow-wow. They heard Locke snort, and Pledger rant, and oaine away thoroughly disgusted with sucli desecration and denunciations of Democracy in its own hails; Over three fourths of the convention was composed of Negroes^ which made it a regular pandemonium. Wash Bibd, a Negro who has fig ured in two or three scrapes lately, With Some Observations Thnt Apply to the Malden. of Washington. It U8ed to be said that 'there were two things which a woman could not do. One was to run, the other to throw a stone. Up to the lost cen sus sho had not learned to do the latter feat, but at the former she was an adept. Those who doubt may be convinced if some wet morning they will take n street car and ob serve the young ladies come down tho cross streets Just a second or two later than they intended to be. On these occasions they will bo tolovably sure to sco some of tho prettiest sprinting imaginable—straight, cloan stepping, with head well up, shoul- ders well back and never a trace of waddle. The observer feels that tile fail’ creature is dressed in ehoes nnd gar ments that do not pinch, nnd when she takes her seat in tlio car, breath ing ns gently as a baby, I10 is apt, if hia years mimlior a couplo of score or more, to sigli inwardly for tho time vl.t/i I10 could hnvorau a block, or a dozuu of thorn, and have breath enough left to keep him from gasp ing. Tho last generation of gills could not run. Tlioy were told it yvas hoydonish and tbmhoyish and everything else to do so. Tlioy were forbidden by all tho canons of good behavior mid propriety to go faster than a walk, liko n team crossing a country bridge. If by uuy mischance it becamo nb Bolutely necessary for them to ran, tho way they wont at it was calcu lated to make a man weep. They wriggled, they waddled, tlioy stepped 011 tlio Hide of their feot, they hold their heads down to hide their blushes; and tlioy puffed liko por poises when they had gono half a dozen yards. There wero a fow ex ceptions, of course, but now tho ex ceptions are tho other way. Croquet was tho first step toward emancipa tion, and tennis was tlio coiisumiim- tion of it. Fenimoro Cooper tolls us in his charming way of tho grace and beauty of motion exhibited by tho fleet footed Indian girl. Mayno Reid jaunts vivid word pictures of tho impossible fe male aborigines of northern Mexico as they scorned to fly, so swift wero their footsteps, but it would bo safe bacidng a Seattle girl pn a wet morn ing when sho wants to catcli a street car against any dusky maiden of fact or fiction for speed, and as for grace, beauty, the je ne sais quoi, tho tout ensemble, so to speak, of tho fair Seattelito, until some poet has been born and bred on this coast we need not hope to eee justice done them by words of description. Until then wo lay this tribute at the feet, tho very pretty feet, indeed, of the Seattle girl who runs to catch a street car, and let it be added that sho is usually a girl who is one of the army of workers—God bless her and may her pathway over lie smooth. May sho ran and never grow weary. —Seattle Telegraph. An Experience That In Burned Into a Westsrnor'a Memory. "I had an experience in Nebraska in 1856 that I can see yet whenever I shut my eyes,” said Major Tom Stephens. "I piloted a party of emi grants across the plains and was re turning alone to tho Missouri. It was a trifle risky, but my business was urgent, nnd I was so well mount ed that I had little fear of Indians. It was in tho latter part of Septem ber, and ns there had been no ram for two months tho tall grass was liko so much tinder. “One night I camped on a small tributary of tlio Middle Loup. It was a small, spring fed rivulet, des titute of timber and ’almost hidden by tlio rank grass. I had not slept long when I wus awakened by tlio neighing of my liorso, and was hor rified to find tlio prairio to tho south of 1110 afire and a strong wind swoop ing it down upon me. I mounted* nnd started for tho Loup, some fivo miles north, but beforo half tho dis tance wns covered my liorso put his foot in a hole, foil and liroko a leg. “Tlio firo hemmed 1110 in by nsemi- circlo and was coming on with terri ble rapidity. Tlio wliolo heavens seemed to bo a sheet of roaring flame. I thought sure I wns done for. I have heard thnt men brought face to face with death remember every ovil deed of their lives, but I simply stood llicro in tho dry grass nnd watched tlio sublime spectacle. I felt that my doom was sealed nnd delib erately waited for it. Suddenly a now dnngor confronted mo. A vast herd of buffalo flying beforo tlio firo was bearing down upon mo. I was to ho trampled to death and cre mated afterward I As tho vast mass came thundering on I instinctively started and ran. Several deer wont scurrying by mo, and I fancied I could feel tlio hot breath of the herd of buffalo on tho back of my neck. I wns suddenly thrown into the ah' and landed lengthwise across tho hack of a big bull. 1 ‘I fastened my Augers in his shaggy coat and managed to bestride him, and thus mounted I was carried to tho Loup river, whore I wns thrown off by tho branch of a tree. I man aged to swing to it, however, and thus saved myself from being trampled to death. Tho herd plunged across the shallow river, nnd I took rofuge from the approaching flames in its muddy waters. Three days later I was picked up, more dead than alive, by an emigrant train. I spent', first and last, more than fif teen years on tho plains and had many close calls, but that midnight rido on a buffalo’s back, with the Loup river in front and the fires of Gehenna roaring in the rear, was, I think, as remarkable as any of the inventions of the yellow back lit erati.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. was arrested by Deputy Sheriff God win and lodged in jail to-day, on a se rious charge preferred by the father of a Negro girl named Caroline Brown, who lives on the J. W; Walters place. Wash was already under bond in two other cases, and, now that he is in trouble again, his bondsmen have given him up and it will probably be sometime before he is a free man again. Theiie is a big future in store for Southern and especially Southwest Georgia, in the fruit industry. Up to Tliu Scriptures us it Book of Fnte. Tho practico of consulting Scripture as a hook of fate was generally con demned by the church. A council at Vnnnos pronounced against it in 401 A. D. So did one at Agdo in 500 and one at Auxerre in 585. Charles the Great forbade it in his capitularies, and so did Pope Gregory II. Never theless, curiosity as to the future was bo strong in men’s minds that tho custom continued. An' odd circumstance is that the cathedral chapter at Orloans in 1148 appealed to a prognostic of this sort in a supplication addressed by them to Pope Alexander HI against their bishop. At his consecration, when the Gospel wns opened above his head, tho finger of tho deacon rested upon tho words, "And I10 left the linen cloth and fled from them naked." Thi3 was a token that the bishop, Elias, was to he turned out of his see. The practice of observing the hook, when opened over the head of a prel ate at his consecration, was very common. It was thought that a sure augury could thence he drawn us to what sort of a bishop I10 would prove.—Chambers’ Journal. WASHINGTON'S CLOTHES. A Latter to HI* Tollor Glvm Homo of HU Measurements. The gentleman who brought for ward the following communication had not only the original letter in his possession, but was also the owner of the “measure," compos oil of stiff pa- por carefuliy sewn together, and with the marks written upon it in the general’s handwriting. It was sent to tho tailor through Washing ton’s agent, presumably “Cary & Co., merchants." It is notable for the Bame exactitude and precision ns the more important matters which tho general had connection with, nnd it is incalculable ns giving the absoluto condition of his physique in tlio year of its date: Vikginia, LMth April, 1703.—Mr. Lawrence; Bo pleased to send me a gontcelo sut? of clout hs, nmdo uf superfine brand cloth, hand somely chosen. 1 should have Inclosed you my measure, but In a general way they are so bad ly taken hero that I am convinced it would be of littlo Horvlce; 1 would have you, therefore, take measure of a gout Ionian who woara well mado cloathh of tho following sl/.o, to wit: Six feet high and proportionately made; If any thing, rather slender than thick lor a person of that highth, with pretty long arms nnd thighs. You will lako care to muko the breeches longer than these you sunt mu last, and I would have you keep tho measure of - tho cluathu you now tiuvl.i by you, and If auy al teration is required In my next it slmll be pointed out. Mr. Cary will pay your bill. I uuf, sir, your very obedient bumble servant. Gicohuk Washington. Note—For your further government and knowledge of my td/.u l have sent the Inclosed, and you must observe yt from ye coat end to No. 1 and No. 3 Is ye size over yo breast autl ye hips. No.‘J, over tho holly, and No. 4'round yo arm and from yo breeches end. To No. a, Is for walstbi^jd: b, thick of tho hip; c, upper button hole; U, knee band; e, for length of breeches. Therefore, If you take measure of a porson about 0 feet high of this bigness, I think you can’t go amiss; you must tnku notice that tho Inclosed hi tho exact BlKo, without any allow ance for seams, &o. Guo hob Washington. To Mr. Charles Lawrence, Taylor, tu old Fish street, London. A WOMAN. Ah. the is of our thought and tlraa. And wo aro vaguely loath to traoa Through nights of variant age nud cllm# Her birthright to a servile raee. Amid tho tumult of our days, Thrlllod with tho fire of hope and dream. She treads In fearless wise tho ways That muu had sought and trod supreme. With gladdened eyes sho fares, and nono Shall chock her warm, uplifting soul That suos afar some shining goal Like tho new glory of a sun. She fools tho exultant sense or life. And battles in tho blood of strifo; Where muu havo climbed, her hands shall reach; Whnt men havo taught, hor tonguo shall teach; Sexless in struggle, bold lu mind, Forttlo in fresh expedient, strong To hold her right against the wrong, To seek wlmt others daro to find. She stands uncowcd, unbowed, uubout, TUo mistress of her high intent. Yet she Is but a woman still, Who weeps as only women weep, Who loves ns only women will, And reaps her joys ns women reap; Whoso mystery. In its suered stir, Is tho inviolnto part of her; Whose clmrin Is not of man, but blown Like tlio wild roses, all her own. Sweetheart and (lower of fruitful years, Time cannot clmugo hor smiles and tears. Time cannot roh hor of the grace Which burns like love light In her face. -UeOrgo Edgar Montgomery lu Frank Leslie’s. IVe All Km The man who does n of nights. The man who ben is ri starves a cow. Tho man who wants to ai thing. The man who loves the own sweet vice. The man who boasts of his travaganoe and vices. The man who thjnks It smi brusque to strangers. The man who keeps his Indies are standing. The mnn who nt 40 thinks lie some nnd charming. The man whose alphabet alwi gins nt tlio third vowel. The mnn who would fetoh tl brelln back in ten minutes. The mnn who borrows books pers and never returns them. Tho man who intorrupts you 1 you are trying to talk to him. Tlie mnn.who tells ono story same man a dozen times. and Serving a Subpnona. An amusing tittle incident once oc curred to me wlien calling upon a veterinary surgeon well known in sthe northeast district of London. I hod to serve him with a subpoena, summoning him to give evidence as a witness, and being reluctant to waste perhaps a whole day or even more upon the case, he refused to take it unless more “conduct money" wero added. Of course I received my in structions, and . merely laying the paper upon his person being "good service,” round nnd round the table in his front sitting room we went, I endeavoring to place it upon him, bo dodging backward to keep out of tho way. However, after a lengthy go-as- you-please race on a track that was, goodnefe only knows, how many laps to tho mile, ho suddenly burst out laughing at tho oddity of the sit uation, and breathless with oxertion accepted the subpoena.—London Tit- Bits. As Washington was thirty-ono in 1763, liis height, as ho states it, viz., six feot, is apparently at variance with tho popular bolief that he wns 6 feet 2 inches; but it may ho that 3omo peculiarity, cither of liis length of limb or his body, caused him to toll his tailor to measure a gentlo- man of only six feet, assured that by some slight difference on liis part from other men ho may have ex actly the corrected difference. He was so correct in all liis directions that this seems the only elucidation of the discrepancy.—Sartorial Art- Journal. , a few years ago, nobody ever paid any attention to fruit growing, and such as .grew was merely that borne by trees that had been grown from the seed, or that had come up of their own accord. Recently, however, a few en terprising parties have procured from the nurseries, young fruit trees, es pecially peaches, and as a result, there are some as fine young orchards in the country as one could wish to see. will sup- The Savannah Negroes port Col. Lester for Congress, It is said that the new cotton which came in Saturday brought only 6% cents. This is nearly market price, however, and the grade was perhaps a Jittle below the standard. Every thing now indicates a prosperous cot ton season for Albany, Wild Burses In Russia. In tho steppes of Russia, where wolves abound and tho horses lead a wild life and havo to shift for themselves, it is said that a young colt will sometimes be made so furious by the persecutions of his enemies that ho will lush wildly among a drove of wolves and bite and strike until he has slaughtered a large number of them. These horses are ex ceptionally fierce, rendered so, it is sup posed, by the extreme variations in the climate. At ono time of tho year they suffer from the intense heat of a tropical sun and at another they live among raging snowstorms and extreme cold.— Washington Star. A Ready Reply. Foote's ready reply to tho caution, “Your handkerchief, sir, is hanging out of your pocket,” wa3 of high merit, both from the sprprise and for the cordial way in which tho caution was accepted, “Thank you, sir; you know the company better than I do,”—Gentleman's Maga zine. First Cigar. In Prune. It is curious that only 100 years ago scarcely any European in the countries north of Spain had smoked a cigar. It first hocamo a fashion in Hamburg, where tho first cigar shop was opened by Schlottmon, in 1788. It is a popular belief among the Ger mans that cigar smoking was origi nally introduced among them some years later, when their fatherland was Invaded by the soldiers of tho French republic. According to the inedited autobiography of the French actor, Hippolyte Anger, the French soldiers smoked no cigars until tho second decade of our century, when they acquired the habit in Spain. "We traveled back to Paris through Orleans,” said the actor. "Wo fre quently met officers on the road who were returning from the campaign in Spain. They mostly had cigars in their mouths- it was then a new custom - ,'though it has now become universal.” The restored king, Louis XVHI, had sent an army of 100,000 men to invade Spain. If the cam paign did no other good, observes Hippolyte Anger, it “certainly had a valuable financial effect, for it cre ated a voluntary tax.”—ICleine Zei- tung. A Vonti-llmiulNt Alumni, "Tlici'o was a very mini conductor on tho onstbotmd train tho other night," said John D. Paterson, a Kansas City inun. “Tho ear was Crowded, and 1 shared iny seat with a St. Louis drum mer, who was bent on hivviug a good tinio nt tlio oxponse of ills fellow pus- sougers. As tlio conductor came along a dog under our seut began to snarl viciously. Tlio conductor looked hard at tho drummer. 'No dogs allowed in tlie coaclies; take him into tlio baggngo car,' lie suld. 'Not my dog,' ropliod tlio drummer, ns lie nuulo a vicious kick. Tho cur wont howling under tho soats tlio full length of tlio car. Tho passen gers became interested. Tlio conductor, porter and brnkeman mado search for him, Ho continued to ran and howl. Tho passengers joinod in tlio search, but no dog could bo found, and tlio quest was finally given up. ‘Just as tlio passengers had sottled into a dozo tho dog sot up a heart breaking, ear piercing howl. Tlio soaroh was renewed, but without suo- is. As wo pulled into Buuker Hill tlio dog got under tho wheols, and his death song was something appalling. Tho conductor was ovorjoyed. Ho got off and looked for fragments of the dog, Tho drummer hnd alighted, and as the conductor called all aboard, ho pnt down his grips and filled that train from engine to sleeper with dog fights. Ho was a ventriloquist. The conduotor was 10 mod that ho forgot to toko up tickets for forty miles.”—St. Loais Globe-Dem ocrat. The man that calls, cveryb does not believe ns ho does a - The man who thinks tho ,wprl fail to move on when he la gone. —The prodigal hail to oome t self before he could cbino to his Id It Is said that another plot Frick has been discovered nnd c vented. One Kind of Praise. “Do you know bow ono profes sional will express himself when ho wants to say that another is a very poor artist!” said “a actor” to the Man About Town. “Say that a manager was to come to me and ask me about So-and-so's ability. He’s a rattling good fellow, you know, and I wouldn’t do him harm for the world, but he’s a very hum actor. I'd say to the manager, ‘He’s a fine fellow and he's good to his mother.’ That would fix him forever. Among our people no slur or deprecating language is half as expressive us that phrase, ‘He’s good to his mother.’ Only thing that can bo said in his favor, don’t you see, and a little bit like, ‘Yes, but he’s a good hearted fellow,’ex cept that usage has made it infinitely more expressive.”—St. Louis Re public. —It mny be an ill wind I nobody good, but It would take i ing toranndo to blow some people or make them good jn any otlie —A woman with a rheumatlok band has an advantage—alio knows In advance when It is storm nnd doesn’t endanger lie bonnet. s ourlou heard -Woman may bo more men, hut we have never woman who soiled either her her gloves in trying to find wl was dry or not on seeing tl “Paint.” ' A Pirrmnit Hinchnrc I Mr. W. 11. Hloks, driver in ant engineer, of 1’liron gino has been discharged b; PnttiBon. Mr. Hicks' servlaes at wero unsatisfactory to .10 tison, so Ills plaoo lms be Mr. 11. F. Man, who, from fill tho position of driver i engineer. Doctored It* Own Toll. A small hoy gave a lesson in natural history the other day. He brought into the office a species of lizard popularly known ns the "swift." Holding the lit tle reptile above his head ho let It fall to tho floor, with tho result that a sec tion of its tail was broken off. Noticing that it was minus a part of its prehen sile organ, tho swift, after discovering tho pioce of tail lost, hacked slowly up to it, and placing the stub against tho piece, held it in contact for a few sec onds, and then ran swiftly away with his tail glued together, apparently os sound as over. The experiment was repeated several times, with the Bame result. Swift gluo could doubtless be used successfully in stioklng dismembered limbs, fingers, etc., together, and we throw out this suggestion to local surgeons for what it is worth.—Ontario Observer. A Heller Cure. From tlie llnnuwlck Time*. “I tell you (hlo),” said ii drunknrd ns bo dropped into I nnd fell Into ail easy clinii- l:i “the best (hlo) cure for dru “ Wlmt is It?” I asked. “Tho copper cure. Hit 1 gold euro all to h+*l. I was ] other day (hlo) and given ten $20, and It kept i ’ t kept mo sober it \ , There are a largo number widowers in Albnny just id i The waterworks reservoir ; be finished, and will bo a basin. Ik the Court IIouso lawn thoroughly mown, nnd the u grass all pulled up, It n ty spot, hut It needs now. Dlofc’i View of It. “There was a time when I taught my ebildren tho doctrine of bell," said a mother, “but I was led to doubt tho wisdom of it. One day I found my two sons, aged respective ly ten and twelve, in a fierce hand to hand combat. Tho younger, bad ly whipped and livid with rage, shrieked, ’Never mind, Tom, I’ll get even with you some day—see if I don’t.’ ‘Hush, hush,’ I cried after administering a severe reproof to Tom. ‘What an expression, Dick. Get even with Tom; I’m ashamed of you.’ When Dick’s wrath had some what cooled, I said to him, ‘Never let me hear you say such a thing again. Is that showing Christ’s spirit? Did he over say to any one who had injured him, "I’ll get even with you?" “ ‘No!’ said Dick humbly. A mo ment later his face lit up with a sud den gleam of thought os ho added, ‘No, he never said he would, hut he’s going to!”’—Kate Field’s Washing-; ton. *4 A Haw Element In a Mineral. It is reported that a new element has been recognized in a mineral found in Egypt by Johnson Pasha in I860. This mineral, first called “Johnsonite,” but afterward masrite, consists mainly of aluminium, manganese, cobalt and iron, in combination with'snlpburic acid. It dissolves in water and yields on treat ment with sulphnrio hydrogen in an acetio acid solution a, white precipitate, from which a pure hydroxide was pre pared.—New York Journal. “Jess” 'VVai.teiis, him, will wake up tl ns the Cleveland Electi brainy and brilliant, the fur fly. He strll from tho shoulder, hitting below the belt, 1 stands before him will on the first round, fill the position with or and to the satisfaction i crats of this district.—Th Tlines-Enterprlse. She Ulil and She Didn't When yon save a lady from being killed in a runaway and eho sayB "Thanks,” she really means, "Tho next time you do anything of that sort please don’t muss the lace on my dress,” If she really felt any sense of gratitude sho wonld exclaim, "Call around and I’ll introduce you to my youngest sis ter.”—Detroit Tribune. It Did Seem Strange. Excited Lady (on the beach)—Why isn’t something done for that ship in distress? Why don’t some of yon Coast Guard (hurriedly)—We have sent the crew a tine to come ashore, mum. Excited Lady—Good gracious! Were they waiting for a formal invitation?— New York Observer. Rosa Dennis and Dave 1 groes who live down a came to the city this morn of Will Dennis and ag arlne Colwell, who skip Will Dennis is the lawful Rosa Dennis,'and It seoms t Catharine, between then working for Barlow, f Jars from him nnd elo ills wants her husband 1 low would like to 1 lars. The officers 1 a lookout for the runav of. I Ninety-nine per cent, of the Alba ny boys over five or six years of age are expert swimmers. : '' : —People in this neck o’woods who have not yet taken a vacation should mark it down that September is usual ly a hot and trying month. EBS9fi9MrfBfl99HBS Duststorxiis on tho Atlantic. Ships crossing the Atlantic in the lati tude of the Cape Verde islands often en counter duststorms of longer or shorter duration. One of tho most remarkable of these paradoxical storms swept down on the German steamer Argentino in the snmmor of 1889. It lasted for four days, during which time the air was so full of dust particles as to make high noonday almost as dark as the darkest midnight. When the ‘ ‘storm” was at its height the sailors wero kept busy shov eling the dust from the steamer’s decks. The machinery was made to work with great difficulty, and at one time the cap tain, J. G. Scheon, had grave apprehen- sionatbat they would be dashed upon the Cape Verde reefs.—St. Louis Re public. Not His Fault. A doctor was summoned to attend the miller's little boy. Ho wrote out a prescription, which was promptly made up and administered in due form. The next day he called again to see his patient and found the whole family in tears. “Alas!” said the mother, “I shouldn’t have thought that my poor child would have died of the measles.” ’ ‘What I" exclaimed the doctor, ‘ ‘he had the measles and you never told me?”—L’Observatour. If the Earth Was Frozen. If this globe were cooled down to 200 idegs. below the zero of centigrade it would be covered with a sea of liquefied gas thirty-five feet deep, of which about seven feet-would be liquid oxygen.— London Spectator. Judge Wakefield, of Waco,* Tex., has a son of whom he is very proud. He thinks the boy has a judicial mind and will grow up to be a great jurist The boy is, however, very Lots of the boys built themselves boats, an on the river, where they sailing nearly every day pastime is to catch the south, coil up to the cri down with.the current. Thebe is a good being indulged in as I will arrange the fire the waterworks arc u that the different con separate neighborho will De no trout bership for each one, ns t boys will bo glad to 1 company to proteot immediate neighborb Buildino goes steadily on in Alba ny, winter and summer, and doesn’t seem to have any Idea of holding up. I ■bBHbwhI The sun has been so hot lately, that aotually it has drawn the paint off of rorne of the 8, F. & TV. road’s coaches. HI A few days ago the judge said: “Mydcarboy, why don’t you study more industriously? I want you to become a groat jurist. You havo not touched your books to-day.” •Tam not going to study any to day,” responded the indolent youth. “I don’t see that it makes much dif ference, pa, whether I become a fa mous jurist a few * '' later. Albany boys for raising ch! ago this was tl almost died it took fresl juveniles to the agaii eir ohlokens eggs an IhHhmIHsDBI