Georgia Historic Newspapers

    EDWIN MARTIN, Proprietor.
Devoted to Home Interests and Cnltnre.
TWODGLI
VOLUME IX.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1879.
the COMING WORLD’S FAIR.
The snbject of a World’s Fair in
flew York, in 1883, has taken practical
form. An address to the people of the
United States has been issued by a com
mittee of distinguished gentlemen ap
pointed by the National Convention at
a meeting held in this city on the 18th
and 19th of June last. The address
gives a circumstantial statement cf the
origin and progress of the movement,
and places it in a most favorable light
before the vast constituency to which it
is addressed. If any donbt has hereto
fore existed in the public mind as to its
popularity, its responsibility, or its dig
nity, this addless must effectually put
it at rest. It is a timely statement, and
will tend to concentrate attention upon
the weighty matter of which it treats.
It will be observed that the national
delegates and the citizens’ committee
have, by concurrent action, resolved
themselves into a World’s Fair Commit
tee, thus constituting a formidable or
ganization, Its membership comprises
five hundred and fifty names, in which
are included reprerentatives from all
sections, professions and business in
terests. It is a body of earnest men,
intent upon a great achievement, and
entering upon it with a uni;ty of pur
pose, a zeal and a determination befit
ting its magnitude. In the hands of
men like these, the undertaking is sure
to command public confidence, and to
develop into a grand national enter
prise,
The address refers to the earliest
proposition to hold the World’s Fair in
the city of New York in 1883, as ema
nating from the United States Board of
Trade, at a meeting held September 12,
1878. Those familiar with the facts,
however, will accord priority in this
particular to Mr. W. H C. Price, edi
tor of The Grocer, and secretary of the
World’s Fair Committee, who wrote an
able editorial on the subject, which was
published in May, 1878. This was fol
lowed by subsequent articles in which.
strong arguments were used. While
these reasons were sound in logic they
possessed an additional force in view oi
the deep convictions from which they
proceeded. Thus earlv imbued with a
sense of its importance, Mr. Price was
among the first to join in a public move
ment. From its inception ho has been
its secretary, and at present be is devo
ting his best efforts to its advancement,
and it is not too much to say that be is
administering its affairs with energy and
discretion.
The dnte fixed for the fair is most
suspicious. It Will occur at a period
When the vast capabilities of the coun
try will, more than ever, invoke the at
tention of the world. It will afford
time for our own industries to become
prosperous, and it will inevitably act as
a powerful motive to that end. It will
‘establish new and stronger bonds of uni
ty between our own people and the
people of other lands. It is neither too
near or too remote.
There is another reason why it is a
fitting time. It is a significant historic
epoch. It will be the centenpial of
the olosing act m the tragio drama of
the revolution. As it witnessed the
triumphant accomplishment of a noble
purpose, it it becomes a memorable
landmark in our national history.
With that new and more vigorous vi
tality which comes from years of de
pression, with that fortitude which is
born of privation, and with that enthu
siasm which is inspired by hope, this
coming event may be, to anything which
has proceeded it, what the deed con
summated is to the undefined \ bought
from which it emanated. —New York
South,
England’s Cool Adv,oe to Uncle
Sam.—It seems that the government of
the United States has resolved to take a
serious view of the project of M. de
Lesseps to out a canal through the Isth
mus of Panama, and that the Cabinet
.has the matter now under considers
bon. Bat this interference is sorely
premature. There is certainly nothing
to show that the European governments
“tend to give attention to the snbject.
The whole business is one for the judgs
®ent of investors. Unquestionably,
however, the canal might prove a com
petitor for the traffic of the Pacific rail-
t0a( to, and probably from that source
^tings the political excitement that is
o°w being stirred no. It may be hoped,
ANOTHER LUCKY COACHMAN. I MURDER OF A MORMON-
In society circles in the Seventh ward;; Catoosa Spe.ngs, July-24.—The lat-
Newark, N, J., there has been consider-' ®st advices from the killing of Standing
able commotion over tbe marriage of a j ing, the Mormon elder, go to show that
wealthy widow of thirty-one with her p 1 ? killing was entirely unwarrrnted,
father’s coacnman, a yonthof nineteen, j It seems that these men, or some of
their same crowd, had been in the neigh
borhood of Yamell’s station and had
done much damage to convictions and
had captured several converts. They
had been operating throughout the
whole of upper Georgia and their arri
val in the neighborhood in which they
were killed created excitement. A
number of men gatheied and deter
mined to route them out. On Tuesday
night they arrested the Mormons by
some sort of mock process and put them
through a sort of a trial, when they
gave them notice to leave the country
by a certain time. When that time ar
rived they kad not gone, but said they
would go in a short time. The crowd
met again, and tcok the Mormons to
the woods for the purpose of giving
them, as they stated a handsome thrash
ing. This is the last that is know cer-
tain’y of their actions. They claimed
that Standing picked up a pistol that
one of the party laid down. Be'this as
it may, he wa3 shot,
HIS HEAD AND NECK BF;n6 FDDLFD
with bullet3 and shot—not less than
twenty wounds being inflicted on it.
He died instantly. Coroner A. S. Suth
erland quietly summoned a jury of good
men and went to the scene of the kil
ling, and held an inquest. It was hard
to get accurate special testimony, but
the following verdict was arrived at:
‘"We, the jury sitting upon the in
quest over the dead body of Joseph
Standing, having heard all the evidence
in the premises, and haying examined
the body, find that the diseased
came to his death by gnn and pistol
shots, or both, inflicted upon the head
and neck of deceased, said wounds con
sisting of twenty shots or more from
guns or pistols in the hands of David
D. Nations, Jasper N. Nations. A. S
Smith, David Smith, Benj, Clark, Wm.
Nations, Andrew Bradley, James Fau-
cett, Hugh Blair, Joseph Nations, Jef
ferson Hunter and Haik MoClure; and
in view of the abpve stated facts, we
the jury do hereby recommend that
the coroner of arid county do issue a
warrant for the arrest of the above
named parties forthwith.”
The parties are, we understand, all
within reach of the Sheriff and will be
arrested. Tbe quiet people of the coun
ty ore determined that a fair and full
trial shall be had, and the parties com
mitting the murder ba brought to jus
tice.
Her father, who is called “Colonel,
has titled relatives ir England. He has
resided in Newark about* forty yeais,
is considered one of tbe wealthiest and
most successful of business men. He
is well known, too. in political circles.
Jennie his only child, and some years
ago was considered one of the most
beautiful and accomplished young wo
men in Newark circles. About eight
years ago she married an only son, who
inherited a large fortune on the death of
his parents. He died a year ago in
Philadelphia, leaving an only child. By
his will he bequeathed his property to
his wife, confident that she would prop
erly provide for their boy. Shortly af
ter the death of her husband the young
widow returned to his father’s house in
Newark. In the Colonel’s employ wa3
James, who for three or four years had
attended to the horses, rnn errands and
acted as coachman. The widow fre
quently had the young man to take her
out in the family carriage. The two fell
in love, and one day visited New York,
where they were quietly married, The
marriage was kepi secret until the wid
ow and her mother visited Boston a few
weeks ago. The coachman followed
and was officially introduced to the old
lady as her son-in-law. The coachman
and his wife took up their residence in
New York. When the colonel was im-
formed by bis wife what bad taken j>lace
he was the maddest man in Newark.
Recently his anger was cooled off, him
self and wife pay an occasional. visit
to their son-in-lflw.
Lucid, Very.
The proprietor of a restaurant was
standing at his door the other morning,
when a rather questionable-looking man
paused to speak to him.
“Good mornin,” said tbe restaura-
teur, pleasantly; “you look bright this
morning.”
“Yes, sir.”
“I guess you got up before breakfast
this morning, eh?”
“No, sir; I did not. I got np after
breakfast.” replied the pilgrim, in hum
ble tones.
“You got up after breakfast, did
yon?” inquired tha man of meals, rather
sarcastically.
“Yes, sir, I got up after breakfast.”
“I’d like to know bow you did it.”
“You would, eh?”
“Yes. sir, I would.”
“Well, you see, I got np this morn
ing at seven o’clock, and I ain’t bad
nothin’ since breakfast yesterday morn
ing.”
Trie hotel man seemed perfectly sat
isfied.—Ne w York Slar.
®*«ver, that the got d sense of the
President and his Cabinet will keep
from interference with a scheme
* icli, whether good or&bad for these
0 Put their money in it, mast in the
en( l Prove beneficial to the United
us well as to other countries.—
Napoleon UL interfered in Mex-
uere was something to be said for
j, 6 ann °yanco felt in America. But in
’ P res ent instance there is really no
0v Ua< * fr> r the parade of indignation
European interference with the
eric an continent.—Pall Malt Gazelle.
i° U ? ay mightier than the
keels '« ' ^ ocs n °t rattle around the
oj j. 0 a militia colonel so vigorously,
‘^doea U? S ° gracefu11 - 1116
A Canadian view of the Revolution
ary Wab.—The New York World pub
lishes a long description of a battle that
was fought a la Custer on tbe 22d of
July, 1779, between Brant and bis In
dians and a force of Yankee militiamen.
Brant baring swept over a district and
treated it as Sheridan did the Shenan
doah Yalley daring the Southern rebel
lion, was pursued by a force of South
ern “patriots.” Brant was at the head
of eighty-seven warriors while tbe pa
triots numbered two hundred and six
teen. Brant, aware of the pursuit, skill
fully formed an ambuscade into which
the Yankees walked. Thirty of the
Yanki e? ran out again in consequence
of their ammunition having given out.
It is astonishing how often the ammn
nilion of our cousins ran out daring the
war before the French came to their as
sistance and obtained their independ
ence. It is only necessary to add that
the battle took place on the bank of the
river Delaware, and that tbe descendants
of the limber-legged thirty will on Tues
day next celebrate their ancestors’ agili
ty even after the manner of those who
had ancestors at Banker Hill.—London
[Ont.) Herald, July 17.
A few years ago an American lady
WcS excluded.frpm the royal reception
at Windsor, because she had re-married
during the life of her divorced husband.
Sarah Bernhardt, the mother of four
illegitimate children, dined with the
Queen and Princess Beatrice at Mari’-
borough House a few weeks ago.
The Chicago papers declare that tbe
terrible condition of the streets, gutters
and sewers of that city is slaying hun
dreds of children every week. The
Chicago death rate is heavier at present
than it has over been before, and sixty
per cent, of them are infants, killed by
bad air and sn mmer complaints.
Congestive Chills-
These chills are exceedingly danger
ous and may attack persons suddenly
and unexpectedly. The following rem
edy was published some years since in
a Virginia paper and was said to be an
unfailing cure, Give from ten to fifteen
or twenty drops of Spirits of Turpen
tine in syrup or toddy; mb the spine,
chest and extremities well with it, at
the same time adding a small quantity
of oil of Turpentine to prevent blister
ing. The extremities should be rubbed
until reaction takes place. A cloth
saturated with the mixture should be
applied to the chest. All families situa
ted in the country and at a distance
from the location of a physician, should
keep a quantify of both on hand and be
thus prepared in cas.es of emergency to
Combat this dangerous disease as soon
as tbe patieutis attacked. The disease
is so swift ?4i its effects that the life
may be destroyed before the service of a
physician could be procured. The rem
edy :*a simple-and cheap and the writer
stated he had known it to be tried in a
number of cases without failure in a
single instance.—Exchange’
If a cat doth meet a cat upon a gar
den wall, and if a oath greet a cat, O,
need they both to squall?” Every
Tommy has Tabby, waiting on the wall,
and yet he welcomes her approach with
a yawL And if a kitten wish ro conrt
upon a garden wall, why don’t he sit
and smile, and not stand np and bawl,
lift his precious back np high, and
show his teeth and moan, as if ’twere
colic more than love that m ade the fel
low groan?
The foolish man takes his wife to a
church sociable and spends §5 for. ice
cream and cake. The wise man allows
his wife to serve on the refreshment
committee, and when the evening
comes, lie goes to that church sociable
with a market basket. If his wife has
improved her opportunities, he comes
away ahead of the game.
THE PRINCE’S LOVE.
A mysterious lady in mourning has
been haunting the gates of Chiselhnrst,
and it is said—cannot you imagine what
would be said, or at least what might
be, abont such an incident? The Em
press has refused to see her, even Mr.
Goddard, the Catholic priest in the con
fidence or the family, has declined a
second interview after having heard her
at seme length in a first. She is always
asking to see the. Empress, and there
she stays all day among the crowd at
the lodge gate waiting for her chance.
She is well-dressed, and lady like in
manner, and, as well as can be seen
through a thick veil, fair complexioned
and not ill-favored. It is quite possi
ble that she may be one of those harm
less zealots ef the feeling of the hour
whom every great public event produ
ces, but the ebroniqueurs will naturally
have more. One of them undertakes to
tell ns abont it—she is the late Prince
Imperial’s widow! There was an adven
ture in his life, for all its outward cor
rectness. He made a runaway match
with a blonde Anglaise or German—I
am quoting, not inventing on my own
account—and, on going to tbe Cape,
solemnly confided her to the care of a
clergyman of Bath. The clergyman
had no idea of tbe rank of the husband;
he had simply made the acquaintance
of the couple during a short visit which
they paid to Bath with their baby, and,
when the youthful husband came to tell
bim that he was an officer and ordered
on foreign service, he promised to watch
over the lady’s welfare. Months passed,
and at length news of themonrnfnl event
at the Cape reached England. The
clergyman, during one of his periodical
visits to the lady, drew a paper from
his pocket nnd began to read this piece
ne s to her as a matter of general inter
est. She fainted and then the truth
came out. It was a secret marriage,
and the veiled lady at the gate of Chis
elhnrst is the wife of Eugenie’s son,
though Eugenie refuses to recognize
her in that or any other character. It
ought to be true but it is not. This is;
The prince had an affair of the heart,
and with a very illustrious lady, the
Princess Beatrice of England. That is
to say—to go no farther than my infor
mation —he had formed a strong affec
tion for the Princess, which was, to
some extent, reciprocated. There was
an exchange of rings between the young
er people and an exchange of views be
tween the elder, and the Queen, with
out saying as much as to her own per
sonal lestcs, expressed a fear that Par
liament would not look with favor on
such a match. One secret motive of the
the Prince’s journey was therefore to
conquer this difficulty by winning pop
ularity with the English people. I do
not pretend to know anything of the ex
tent to which the Princess was pleged
either in heart or word; but yon will
observe that she accompanied her moth
er to Chiselhurst.—Paris Letter to the
New York World.
A Nobleman’s End’
The son of.a German priuce, and the
nephew of a cabinet minister of the Ger
man empire died in Chicago a few days
since, with a strong suspicion of sni-
cide, and now fills a pauper’s grave at
the early age of t ffenty-three. He was
the son of Prince Herm? n von Mantcuf-
fel, and having committed peccadillos in
Germany that the -wealth of his family,
and even their rank, could not shield
him from punishment, he reached this
country last winter with about §3,000
in money. He led a reckless life
Cbicigo, devoting himself to women and
whiskey. His favorite among the fair-
sex was a pretty girl attending a cigar
store, whom he had promit . to many,
and much to her credit she supported
her ‘count’ when his wealth was exhaust
ed and his noble reletives cat-off the
remittances. In his despair he added
opium-eatiDg to his other vices, and the
title is now vacated.
KNOW THYSELF.
There is not a human frame upon
earth that is not by an inexorable law
predisposed to some hereditary disease,
and the knowledge most io be songht
for is, how to mod ? fy or eradicate alto
gether such tendencies.
The ignorance of the masses with re
gard to the science of medicine and the
phenomena of disease is truly wonder
ful. People of intelligence and edu
cation in all other sciences and snbjects
are literally in the dark regarding their
own organization or physical require
ments.
To the family physician is left the
entire matter as blindly and devoutly as
the most unlettered boor does the im
mortality and future disposition of his
soul to tke priest.
The physician may be incompetent
or dishonest; one whose only aim is to
reduce yourself or family to a stats of
invalidism and make his occupation
more lucrative, and you never the wiser.
Toe doses you swallow may be the
subtlest of poisons, each containing
death or the seeds of disease, and yet
you^drift on in the infatuatioujof igno
ranee.
Strange that men who would resent
the slightest imputation that they -are
not capable of thinking for themselves
on religious, political and other great
scientific questions of the day, - should
persist in ignorance of the greater one
of physics, and continue to violate by
the grossest of ignorance, the laws of
health.
Possibly the root of the matter lies in
the mistaken zeal of the faculty, who,
for the honor of medicine, use mystery
and concealment with regard to human
ills and the necessary remedies, causes
and antidotes; giving technical and be
fogging names for the simplest things,
nnd which one lacks the courage to de
mand in the plainest Baxon.
\ But we dare predict the dawning of
a brighter day, that with the advance
ment of the age and the growing intelli
gence, all classes wilt learn to know
themselves and not trust blindly to oth-
err.
Proper food, pure air, exercise and
ablation, are the main essentials to per
feet health, or to the restoration of
diseased body, and those who dieregard
or make an impropei nse of either of
these, must pay the penalty by the
pain which leads to decay and death.
Wab Under Difficulties.—It seems
difficult to obtain the sinews of war
both on the pari of Chili and Pern
The South Pacific Times, published at
Panama, observes that the enthusiasm
with which “life, fortune and sacred
honor” were pleged on the alter of their
country by Peruvians on the breaking
ont of the war appears to have slightly
subsided. “In Pern,” adds the Times,
“the comtemplated loan has not been
subscribed as readily as was expected
by tbe government, notwithstanding the
activity that has been displayed, in en
deavoring to place it, and it is believed
on tolerable good a uthority that other
means will be resorted to to raise mon
ey. We Ehonld not be snpprised if
they assumed the form of a forced loan.”
•John, did yon go round and ask how
old Mrs. Jones is this morning, as I
told you to do last night?” “Yeff, sir.
Well, what did she say?” “She said
that seeing yon’d bad the impudence to
ask how old sha was, she had no ob
jections to telling you she was twenty- j wife’s entreaties,
four.”
The Dnnkard Church ferbids a man
tomariy avlivoreed 'woman. George
Hoover, of Hagerstown, Inc!., was a
Dnnkard, yet he married a woman who
had been divorced. The church warn
ed liim beforehand and expelled him af
terward. The expulsion grieved him
so much that he refused to eat, and
starved himself to death, in spite of his
l A swarm o! locusts, covering twenty -
As a rale mankind finds it more bles-! two square miles of Russian land, recent-
d
juke.
A severe and destructive storm pre
vailed at Pittsburg, Pa., and tbe vicini
ty on Saturday, and the oil towns of
Pefrolia and Earns City suffered terri
bly. Railroad bridges were washed
away, culverts destroyed and road beds
were rained in many places. All the
roads centering in Pittsburg, except the
Pennsylvania Central, report more ‘or
less damage. The damage .to growing
crops is very great. The injuries done
to the roads will be promptly repaired.
At Petrolia twenty-five bouses were de
stroyed, and tire coliseum, where a
grand walking match was taking place,
was also completely destroyed, the spec
tators and- pedestrians barely escaping
with their lives. The flood in that en
tire section is said to have been tb9
worst ever known.
Mrs. Jenks has been interviewed
about that §1,800 clerkship she holds.
She does not care so much for that she
declares; wliatshe esteems and treasures
far more than any other gift is a photo
graph of of Jolxn Sherman, given to her
by John himself. It is a gift, she boasts,
which no other woman in the depart
ment possesses.
A woman at Greenburg, Lid., was not
sure that she wished to die, but thought
she did; so she put her neck into a noose
and stepped off a chair, taking the pre-
cantion to hold a sharp knife in her-
hand. The choking left her no longer
indoubt that she still desired to live,
and she hastily cut tbe rope above her
head.
While a man in Maine was mowing
a meadow with a machine last week he
droye over a humble bees’ n'est, and in
an instant his horses started on a rnn,
and, maddened by the stings of the
bees, hounded through the field at a
headlong gallop. The driver was
thrown from his seat, but escaped with
bruises. The machine was stove to pie
ces, and one of the horses, valued at
§200, was so severely cut by the knives
that it was necessary to kill it.
itate to split np an ironing board to kin-
sed to give than to receive-.-a practical j ly compelled a detachment of troops to die tbe fire with in a case of emeigen-
* retire before them. C J*
Among the preposterous propositions
which Mr. Sherman must maintain, and
which he will not be permitted to ig
nore, is this: It is better for tbe gov
ernment to pay eighteeh to twenty mil
lions a year for tbe privilege of endors
ing bankers’ than to issue its own notes
in lien thereof. For a man who, but a
few years ago, was a rampant fiat money
man, to advocate this theory to-day is a
sublime illustration of political aero
batics.— Washington Post.
The widow Berg, of Evansville, Ind-,
had a suitor in the person of Matthew
Sc-hnau'.z, and they had made a mar
riage engagement. Although she was
only thirty-one years of age, she had a
daughter of sixteen, and when Sclmautz
saw the girl, on her return from the
hoarding-school, he transferred Lis love
to her. The mother then committed
suicide.
A servant girl may be a splendid
cook and a thorough-going Christian, A LA]D3r j® known by her act’ops in
but at the same time she will never hes her daily walks through life, whether
she be a millionaires daughter or a fac
tory girL The factory girl has good
manners, while the other has pot.
THE PROBLEM OF INTEMPER
ANCE. _ _
Good teste
A writer in Simday Afternoon discus- sense,
sing the increase of intemperance, and
seeking abont for a plausible theory
to account for it, says: As long
as tne American people consume such
qoantittes of stimulating and highly-
seasoned iood as they do, they will
want to imbibe stimulating drinks.—
Stimulating food and stimulating drinks
necessarily go together. The one is the
concomitant of the other. Many a
man who seasons his dinner liberally
with the contents of the caster excites
in his system a thirst for something
stronger than cold water. Not that
cold water is not the best thing with
which the extinguish the fire ho has
kindled within the vital domain by the
use of such hot, stimulating condi
ments, but that is too insipid. Having
partaken of such highly seasoned food
he craves & drink that is equally stimu
lating.
Inebriates the world over are great
consumers of flesh meat, aDd they also
make excessive nse of condiments.
Our attention was first cirecti d
to this fact in visiting at
inebriate asylums and sanitariums for
the care of the intemperate, where were
congregated large numbers of them
aqd eating at’the same table with them
for days, and in one case for several
weeks, this feature was so universal
that it forced itself upon our attention.
And no one, we think, in the same cir
cnokBtances, could fail to notice it. We
have always observed that tbe inmates
of these institutions were, most of them,
hearty eaters, especially of animal food
Beef, too, was preferrsd to mutton and
other kinds, as being the most stimula
ting kind of animal food. And
was -usually seasoned liberally wif
mustard. Pepper was used abundantly
with almost everything else. At the
New Ycvk State inebriate asylum when
Mr. Day was superintendent, be felt com
pelled to banish Worcestershire sauce
wholly from the table, owing to the ex
travagant use that was made of it. And
daring tbe incumbency of Dr. Dodge,
his successor, tbe cayenne was removed
from the castor for the same reason.
RANDOM SHAFTS.
It is altogether to the credit of the
Governor of the State that he is a good
man. We believe in bis piety as strong
ly as any man in tin State. If he
could manage to put a little nr«-sioDury.
in some of the Departments in Atlanta,
the people would have occasion to thank
him with then whole* hearts. There
are clerks in some of tbs Departments
that are not good little Sunday School
boys. We do rea^y think that they
ought to be looked after.
if the members of the Legislature
would work more hours a day, they
would get through the b’ttle jobs they
have on band much more rapidly.—
That is an opinion for which we make
no ebarge whatever. If, however, any
money should be thought to he due ns
for the expression of it, we r e perfect
ly willing to let it go towards defraying
the the expenses of some investigation
commsttee.
The people of Georgia are not in fa
vor of riug-rnle, and they are not go
ing to live nnler it. ' The Angean sta
bles up in Atlanta must be eleand out,
If the Governor and the Legislature
prove themselves equal .to the task,
the people of the State will assign the
duty to others.—Sparta litmaelile.
No Smoking in Here.
‘Yon cant smoke In here,” said a
John street conductor to a countryman,
who was palling away vigorously at :
five cent cigar in a car full of laches.
The man didn’t seem to hear.
“I say,” said the man of the bell
punch, in a louder .key, “if you want to
smoke come ont here on the platform.
‘AH right,” returned the passenger,
and he stepped out. “Didn’t think it
would hurt noUjin’,” he said apologeti
cally; seen’s there ain’t any straw in the
car to catch on fire.”
“But there’s ladies in there yon
know.”
‘‘Oliyes. Didn’t tbinknolhin’ bont
that. Might get ashes on their go.vns
and spile ’em.”
It isn’tso much that,” explained the
conductor, “but ladies object to smoKe.
Wei’, I didn’t ask any on ’em to
smoke aid I? They ne dn’t object be
fore they are invited.”
You don’t understand. Smoking is
disagreeable to ladies.’
“Best reason in tbe world why they
shouldn’t practice it. Catch me smok
ing if it was d’sagreeable to mej” And
he tranquilly puffed away at Lis five-
center.
MISCELLANEOUS-
the flower it good
A real satisfaction and worth bavins
is to do ones duty.
One smile for the living is worth &
dozen tears ftr tbe dead.
. Mean sonis, like mean pictures, art
often found in good looking frames,
Hope softens sorrow, l
surroundings,;
Work is the weapon of honor, and
he who lacks the weapon will never txi*
umph.
The heart is a book winch we ought
not to tear in our hurry to get to its eon*
tenia. ®
I here is nothflfg that so refines the
face and mind as the presence of good,
thoughts.
As long as heartsjbeafc, as long.as life
ex’sts, in whatever age, iron or golden,
you will find love.
Harsh words have many a time alien*
ated a child’s feelings, and crushed out
all love of home.
It is easy to pick holes' iu other people’s
work, but for more profitable to de bet*
ter work for yourself.
The first ordination of a Chinaman to
the Protestant Episcopalian ministry in
the United States took plaoe in San
Francisco, May 10.
Nausea can frequently be prevented, so
it is said, by holding the hands in wa*
ter as hot as can bo borne, letting it ex*
tend over the wrists
A 'ey pressman w log recently passed
down the Sabine, in Texas, sixty feet
long and seven feet in diamater, capable
of making 50,000 shingles.
.The production of cheese and butter
in this country is said to be four times
greater in value than the total yield ot
onr cold nnd silver mines
“Never deceive your children,” says
Professor Swing. No, dont do it-**
many a child has been rained for life
by a j»U under a spoonfnl of pre*
serves.
The Law and Oi der League of Brook*
lyn, N. Y., have resolved to vigorously
enforce the law forbidding the sole of
liquors to persons under 18 years of
age.
Of 1,100 emigrants landed at New
York in one day, 128 of them were Mor
mon converts on their way to Utah.
They comprise English, Irish, Scotch,
Welsh and Swi^s.
A vigorous effort is making forth#
introductionlof a divorce law in France,
or rather for the restoration of an old
article in the code, which was in forco
from 1792 to 1816.
The new inlet near the month of
Cape Fear river, N. C., has been closed.
It is generally thought that the success
of this work will add greatly to the
prospeiity of Wilmington,
The women employed in the English
government departments complain to
parliament that while their pay has
been ent down one-fourth, that of the
men has not been reduced at all.
A BASE PROPOSITION,
A segeo at Dallas, Texas, believing
that God demanded the sacrifice of
Iiis family, gave poison to bis wife
and three children, bnt an irreligious
physician interfered and saved their
lives.
• A Detroiter who has the reputation of
being hard pay was waited Cn the other
by a man who began:
Mr. Blank, I hold your note for
§75. It is long past due, and I want
ed to see what you would do about
it.”
‘My note? Ah! yes, yes, this is my
note. For value received I promise to
pa}-, and so forth. Have yon been to
the note-shavers with this?” .
“I have, bnt none of them would have
it.”
“Wouldn’t eh? And yon tried the
batks?”
“Yes, sir, But they wouldn’t look
at it.”
* ‘Wouldn’t eh? And I suppose you
went to a justice to see about seeing
it?”
“I did, but he said a judgment
wouldn’t be worth a dollar."
“Did, eh? And now what proposi*
tion do yon wish to make?”
“TLis is your note for §75. Give me.
§5 and yon can have it.”
“Five dollars! No, sir! No, sirl
I have no money to throw away,
sir!”
“Bnt it is your own note.”
“True sir, very true, bnt I am rot
such an idiot as to throw away money
on worthless securities, no matter who
signs them. I deal only in first-class
paper, sir, and when that note has a ne
gotiable value 1 wiU be pleased to dia
lled weather-" - "
The wealthiest man i tptft
A New Prophet.—The Prophet Eli
jah has arisen in the Englh.li Town of
Chichester. He is tall and Handsome, broiled tb
*Dd wears picturesque garb of sheepskin
and
Congress is Mr, Newb
whose father, Oliver New'
oue of the piopeer shipmasters and
steamboat men of the great Western
lakes. Mr. Newberry’s iupo»e lastyear-
was §250,000. *’
-asi
Coxex Island is no
place. Ten i