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HOUSTON
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They Say.
Will be sold before the c.oWrfc house
•door in the town’of ferry, Houston coun
ty Ga., between the legal hours of sale,
fP«ocrliiv. itt ,Ancmfif. 1R89. i.lifs
’on the 1st Tuesday^m^ugnst, 1889, the ^ But |
Publffibad by littjneri.
They : say—ah, well! suppose they do!
’following property; to-wit: , ., |--canWproTe the story true?
Fifty acres of, land, JS shape fit a i Suspicion may arise from naught.
square, of the northwest, qorner of Jot j But malice, envy, want of thought;
No. 124, and the 136 acres of lot No. gp, ^Why count yourself among the “they”
had lived next to Uncle Joseph’s— ' .can do it economically, of coffrse; j money, end he saysjhe economize^
! a hard-working farmer’s boy, tall, ibut I guess I got away with three ( dreadfully. He is in the city to
‘red-handed, brown-faced, and per-; or four: thousand during my four see about the prospects for set-
haps a little awkward. But r> he 1 years.”
had fine eyes and a soft voice, and! Thrpeor four thousand! Jessie
far better manners than.her
None Better Than This.
being all of said lot except a strip off the
'south side, cut off by a line running east
and west, and t!je 122 acres off the east
side of lot No. 81, being cut-off by a line
Wh6 whilper what they dare not say.
They say—but why the "fais rehearse.
running north.and south, find all of lot, - . •
Wri R7 Ml situated, lyiiff and being ini.-No good
Aid help to make the matter worse?
And is it not a nobler plan,
To speak of all the best you can ?
Tifay say—well, if it should be so, ^
Why need you tell the tale of woe?
Will it the bitter wrong redress,
Or make a pang of sorrow less?
Will it Ike erring one restore,
Henceforth to “go and sin no more?”
No. 87. All.situated, lyibg and being in j good can possibly accrue .
the 11th district of Houston county, and: From telling what may be untrue';
'containing it all 510 acres,, more or., less.'
Levied on as the property of Thqmq|und
•John B. Lane, to satisfy a fi. fa., issued
from the Superior Court of said county,
and returnable to Oct Term, 1889, in fa
vor of the American, Freehold Land
Mortgage Go., of London, limited, vs.
Thomas and John B. Lane. Legal no
tice of levy given tenant in possession.
Ate i, at same time and place, lot of
land No. 86, east half of lot.‘No, 82, aid
south half of lot No. 83, situated, lying
and being in the 12th district of Hous
ton county, and containing hr all 405
acres more or less. Levied on as the
property of Thomas and John B. Lane,
to satisfy a fi. fa.- issued from the Supe
rior Court of said. County, ah'^’returnable
to October Term, 1889, in favor ,of the
American Mortgage'Co., of Scotland, lim
ited, vs. Thomas and John B. Lane.
Legal notice of levy given to tenant in
possession,
it L. COOPER, Sheriff.
July 2nd, 18S‘j.
County Bailiffs Sales.
Will be sold before tlie court bouse
door . in the town of . Perry, Hoji^tpa
county, Ga., between tire -. legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in August,
1889, the following property, to-wit:
One black horse fiiiffft pamed.GeoOge.
Levied on as the property of Wiley
Loverett, to satisfy a fi. fa. from Houston
County Court, September; term, 1888, in
favor of Miss P. A". Crowder ¥e. Wiley
Leverett. -
J.N. TUTTLE, C.B.
July 4th, 1889.
Notice to Coati'aottrs and Euilderi.
Georgia—Houston (Jounty:
• Sealed proposals will be received by
, the Clerk of the County Commissioners’
Court of Houston county until the first
Monday in August, next, for the repair
ing of Lawson’s bridge, over Big creek,
on county line road. ; .,
Specifications can be aeeh at Clerk’s
office in Perry, Ga. „ • .
By order of the court, July 1st, 1889,
J. M. Davis, Clerk.
GEORGIA—Houston County: . _
Ryal Davis has applied for letters of
'administration on the estate of, dames
'Davis, late of said county, deceased':
This is therefore to cite all persons con-
corned to appear at the August Term,
.1889, of the Court of Ordinary of said
oounty, and show cause, if any .they
have, why said appliodtrbh elio’Uld hot be
granted, . .... ,, -
Witness my official signature this July
4th, 1889. .
J. H; HOUSER, Ordinary.
They'say—dh> pause and look within !
See how thy heart inclines to sin!
Watch, lest in dark temptation,s hoiir,
TKoUjtodjSlio'ulds’t sink beneath its power
Pity the frail—weep o’er their fall,
But speak- of good, or not at all.
ffie friraerJPartiK
BY EMMA K. OFFER.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
Augusta Felder has applied for a. 12
months support from tli,e estate of Simon
Felder, of said county deceased, and the
returns of the appraisers having been
filed in this office:
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at the. Aiigust term, 1889,
of the Court of Qi-di.ppry of said county,
ani show cause, if any they have, why
Paid return should not be received and
made the judgment of this-court.
Witness my official signature
June 27th, 889.
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary'.
this
Georgia—Houston County:
J. S. Thomson, executor, has applied
for letters of dismission from the . estate
.of Thomas Dawkinfe, of said county, iie-
ceased:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to app ear, at the September
term, 1889, of the Court of. Ordinary of
said oounty, add show cause, if any they
•have, why said application should not
be granted:
. Witness my official signature this Mfiy
30th, 18S9.
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
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jthit iodide of potash Is a poison simply because
their opponents use it, their assertions are npde to
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their object. Iodide of potasK.is as essential to a
Irut blood remedy, as pure blood is essential to good
health. No remedy has proven
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Syphilitic, scrofulous, malarial or other poison., for
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ftlled with convincing proof of QUICK CURES of
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e I could hear of without relief. I at
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woi
nm
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bay system was prostrated and satu
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filled with-little knots. Various remedies were,re-
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afflicted with Catarrh for many years, although all
forts of medicines and several doctors did their best
lo cart me. My blood has yery Impure, and noth-
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“You’ll come, won’t you rAy,
dear?” said Mrs. Bostwick, adjust
mg her velvet wrap as she arose,
the long Jets on her dress jingling
softly. “There will be only our
selves aiid niy future son-in-law,
Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Samson) our
pastor, and Eveline Gordon and
her brothei*. Just an informal lit
tle dibber, I'll send the carriage
for you; you mustn’t fail me.”
“And she called her lunch party
last month ‘just a ’simple little af
fair,’ ” said Jessie, sitting down oh
a stool at her grandmother’s feet,
when she had gone; “and then how
I felt in. my old brown cashmere,
among the satins and diamonds!
And I’ve nothing but my poor old
£>ink thing for this. I oughn’t to
keeptit up; grandma. She’s very
kind, of course; but because she
was a friend of Aiirit Mary’s isn’t
any reason why she should try to
get Aunt Mary’s poor little niece
into society. And I can’t afford it;
and it would be easier if Mrs.
Bostwick wohld stop inviting me.
I don’t know why she does!”
Grandma, smiling down fondly
on the gentle grand-daughter
Benj. Morris, Atlanta, On, writes: “I had no
- appetite,’ my kidneys xelt
Sore Tonsils thr ° st sggL
r ed and my breast a mas* ct
running sores. Suven bottles cl B- B. B„ entirely
(Of
whom she had brought up, thought
she.knew. . , ...
Even beyond Mrs. Bostwick’s
undoubted kindness of heart there
were obtiotis reasons. ■ An uncom
monly bright and pretty girl was
an attraction and addition in any
body’s park#; tend at anybody’s
lable. ; ...
“Keep on; if yob enjoy it; dear,”
said grandma, kindly.
“I’ll go to-night, • because I’ve
ptomised; and then I’m going to
tell Mrs. Bostwick,” said Jessie,
bravely, “that I can’t afford it.”
She WCs a sensible girl, and she
felt no regret at the decision, not
even when she stood before her
glass that evening, in the “old
pink thing,” looking her prettiest
and feeling Her brightest.
Tlife flowers at her corsage had
cost more than she ccrald well af-.
ford, and the bugled ruching crush
ed by her round chin Bad taken
the last dollaf in. her purse, and
she Shook her head at her attract
ive reflection.
“You look as gay as a new pen-
liy!”, said grSddnia; admiringly.
“And you call to mind—I wasn’t
thinking pf it—biit you take me
right back to one night, summer
before last, when we was out to
your Uiicle Joseph’s. You Was
going down .the road to some kind
of doings, witli the young folks,
and you had a pink dress with
floWets, stuck on; just as you’ve got
now. S’pose you’ve forgot it!”
Jessie’s face was lowered. It
had grown red and warm, arid her
eyes were brightened; and yet-soft-
ed. . *
FbVgotten it! Ho; and she
knew site never should forget it,
■■ pink ging-
tiamj and the flowers some wilty
littib “Chinese-Globe-flowers” that
grew ih Uncle Joseph’s yard,, and
the occasion, bad .been, a “pound
pa$y” at the little parsonage.
Btit it Had heen the htfppiest
summer of her'life: fi In the face
of all the gaieties that followed,
Jessie confessed it
She was only seventeen then,
and Alfred Foster was twenty. He
cous
ins, Bob and Seldon, and .they had
won their way to Jessie’S soft
heart.
Had he cared for her? She did
not know—only, coining home
from the minister’s that night he
had Beeh hesitant and stammer
ing. It had. seemed as though he
had been trying to say something
he was half afraid to say; and
when he left her at the door he
had pressed her hand very hard,
'and lingered a little.
And the next week they had
come back, to the city, and that
had been 'the end.
Well, it had heen a boy and girl
affair at best, and Jessie had tried
to forget it. But she had never
cpiite succeeded. And in the
depths of her heart she had cher
ished a faint hope of meeting him
again.
It was not likely, since . Uncle
Joseph had moved to Dakota. But
the thought would come up now
and then. She was thinking of it,
dreamily, when Mrs. Bostwick's
coachman left her at Mrs. Bost-
wiok’s imposing front door. ,
“You look charming!” said Mrs.
Bostwick, as she kissed her at the
wide parlor door. “You’ll capti
vate all the gentlemen. George
sent a college friend, who is in the
city temporarily, with a letter of
introdiVctieu. And he is such a
gentleman! I’d have given him
over to you for diniier if I ‘coffld
have managed it.”
They whrb iff the big, bright
room, and Jessie had nodded to
pretty Miss Bostwick, and stood
quietly waiting for introductions.
“Miss Brooks, Mr. Gilman—Mr.
Samsoh—Mr. Fester,” said Mrs.
Bostwick, benignly.
And Jessie bowed.
But when @he raised her eyes;,
she stood quite still, silent and
motionless, save for her trembling
hands.
Her heart seemed to have
bounded up to her throat. She
wondered whether she were hot a
little insane, or absurdly dream
ing. It was Alfred Foster him
self who had risen to greet her.
“Miss Brooks!” he |exelaimed ih
frank delight..
And then Mrs. Bostwick took
Mr. Samson’s arm; and. Mr! Gil
man offered his to Jessie, and Al
fred took charge of Eveline Gor
don, and Miss Bostwick followed
with young Mr. Gordon; ahd they
went to dinner.
Yes; it was Alfred.
If she had known ten minutes
ago that she should meet him so
soon, she would have felt nothing
but gladness; «ut bthere Wai a
dreary pain in her heart; a queer
sense of loss.
It was he—he in a" dress-suit,
his hands no longer red nor his
face brown—quiet, gentlemanly,
low-voiced, agd certainly the hand
somest man at the table. And—
George’S dolihge friend!
Of course there was but one ex
planation. Had somebody left
him a fortune; dr Had they disebv-
ereil an oil or gas well on the farm?
Jessie wondered almost miserably,
while her sotip. grew cold. It was
something of the sort;, surely;
Whatever it was, there was a
great distance between them now.
She was a poor girl, and he was—
she did not know what; but he was
no longer the simple-hearted, hard
working young farmer she had
known. . .
She looked at him wistfully.
“I have met Mr. Foster before,”
she explained to Mr. Gilman, who
after a dozen observations and
vague responses, had begun to
staie at Ker. ;
“Ah!” he assented ’
He—was different then, 1 ” said
Jessie." .
Mr." Gilman restored hef diop-
ped fan in #dnderfng silence.
if costs a good deal, doesn’t it;
to. gb id collegelf” &fd JeBsiq kiS-
idiy;
ms
Across the table Alfred Foster
was trying to talk to Miss Gordon.
His fine face was a Tittle paler
than its wont.
“Yes, she is very pretty,” said
the young lady, mischievously,
following the yong man’s gaze.
“And you’re deeply in love with
her already. Confess it, Mr. Fbs-
tlxng here tvheh he’s through.
And the dress suit wasn’t his,
poor fellow; George Bostwick had
Honrce jjAwrUa'cr.
Thereas considerable, going to
and fro by many people in search
of a better—yes in search, of the.
made him take his, for fear he’d
best—place Vherein to seek th^ir
ter!”
“But,, you
friends,” he
haven’t seen.
see, we fere old
explained. “And I
her in two years.
And it doesn’t look much as if
I should see her agafii —accepta
bly. She seems so much changed!
Is she a very great society young
lady?”
“I know her very slightly,” said
Miss Gordon, good-naturedly. “I
know that Mrs. Bostwick is very
fond of her.”
“And Mrs. Bostwick would not
be apt to make a poor girl her
protogee!” Alfred reflected gloom
ily. “She wasn’t rich then, but—”
“1 suppose she has no end of
money,” he said, aloud, trying to
say it lightly. C:“There wouldn’t be
'any chance for a poor fellow like
me?”,
“I dare .say not,” said Miss Gor
don, laughing, with unsuspicious
eyes on the old pink gown, which
was showy under, the gaslight.
“And the gentleman talking to
her?” said Alfred, witli sober eyes
on the two, “he’s a millionaire, I
suppose, and devoted to her?”
“Mr. Gilman?” said Miss Gor
don, in the enjoyment of his pleas
ant humor. “Oh, yds, Mr. Gilnian
is the richest young man in oar
set; but I hear that he has become
engaged lately——.
“Why, to Miss Brooks, of
course,” supplemented Alfred with
a hollow laugh. “Nothing is
More likely.”
“It is quite likely,”’ said Miss
Gordon, laughing with him.
How it happened, Mrs. Bostr
wick, who was a model hostess, and
a great schemer for the enjoyment
of her Quests, could not have told,
but her pretty protdgee and
George’s handsome friend were
separated during the entire even
ing- - .. -
Slie xvas state they would have
liked each other so much—a pret
ty girl and a nice young man.
Why not?
She was decidedly profoked.
And her provocation gave her
courage for a soihewhat bold
Stroke.
“I’m going to send the Gordons
home in the carriage, and le.t My.
Foster walk home with you,” she
whispered to Jessie, as the girl
put on her wraps silently, at rath
er an early hour; she had com
plained of a headache; and she
did look pale. “It is a lovely
night; it will do you good, I’m
sure.”
And Jessie went down the moon
lit street a moment later with her
fluttering hand ciii Alfred Foster’s
arm. * ■ : ,
“Did you have a good time,"
dear?” said grandma, sleepily,
rousing from a dose as her grand
daughter entered.
“Lovely!” cried Jessie, softly.
“Do you knew who, ; was there,
Grandma? Alfred Foster. Do
you want to hear all about
it?” _ „
She sat down with her elbows
6n grandma’s lap, and grandma
listened bewilderedly.
“I mean,” she said breat
“that we had a good time coming
home; we had a miserable evening;
Yon remember him,’ don’t yon
grandma? And I’ve remembred
him. Bnt he looked so nice in a
dress suit, and Mrs. Bostwick said
he was a college friend of George’s,
and I thought of course he must
Have got suddenly' rich dr some
thing; I didn’t know what; and I
didn’t Suppose he would loolf at
m3, arid I was |ust miserable.”
She laughed a .little happily/
need it. He said he had, meant to
hunt me up : when he got here.
But do you know, "grandma, that
he was afraid of me, too? He
thought—well, all kinds of ridicu
lous things. Wasn’t it fiinny-f
both of us thinking so, and just
wretched all the evening?”
“Yes,” said grandma, sympathet
ically. “And what now, child?”
“Well, he’s—going to write to
me,” Jessie.
“And he’s goiilg.to Settle hero,’.’
said graMma, with a thoughtful
premonition of the loss, of her
pretty little grand-daughter.
“Well, well!”—Saturday Night.
fortunes in this life.. This is espe-
He Does His Best.
Southern Alliance Farmer.
*4*
. The. grandest epitath ; ever,
ten for mortal man was, ,
the best.he cquld.” Whep pvery
Allianpema.u determines to do.hfo
best dur success is assurecL.
cially true of many young iiien ep j are many works before aqs. ai-d only
entering , hpbh the dutieb c£ life. \ one thins is neeessarv for the fall
entering , hpoh the duties cf life, j one thing is necessary for the fj
Here is where, often, the grave er-! accomplishment of the wholq.
System of SufeMittgCrop Reports.
Farm, Field and Stockmaii,
. Now that the system of gather
ing crop reports and making esti
mates, as used by the government,
is being adopted by the several
states, giving uniformity through
out the country, it may be interest
ing to those who read these reports
from time to time, to know on what
basis they are made.
Tlfo iDstrdetiops to. local .re$6l-t r
ersj as given by the .Statistician of
the United States Department of
Agriculture, ar,e as follows: One
hundred is made the unit of meas
ure or basis on which estimates
are made; and any increase or de
crease from that is represented by
percentage. An increase of, one-
tenth means a ten per cent, in
crease, and is represented by 110.
A decrease bf one-twentieth means
a five per cent,; decrease- and is
represented by 95.1
In comparison of area with that
of the previous crop, 100 represents
the acreage of the previous year.
As to products, the question may
be in reference to the present
yield as compared with that pf the
previous jrear, or it may refer to
tlie average yield, 100 being the
basis in each case. In reports of
“condition” of growing crops, 100
is the standard of full condition,
representing perfect healthfulness,
exemption from injury from in-
se'eti dr drdiith, or other cause;
with average growth or develop
ment. Condition of crop can never
go above 100, except from one
cause,' unusual .or extraordinary
development and vigor of plant
Mich more than counter-balances
any deficiency in stand or other
loss. Any injury, from whatever
cause, is estimated at such a per
cent, or part of 100 .and is §ub
tracted from ibO. To illustrate:
If a correspondent estimates that
the wheat crop in the section for
which he is reporting has been in
jured by chinch bugs, so that the
Condition is not fed good., by ohe-
fourth as it would otherwise have
been, he will, if there is no other
injury, report the condition as be
ing 75 per cent.—25 per cent., or
one-fourth below what the condi
tion would.have been had. there
been ho injury, , If other Pauses,,
such as bad condition at seeding
time, winter killing, droath; etc.,
have affected the condition so that
as a. result of all the injuries it is
only one-half as good as it others
wise would have been, it is repre
sented by 50.
ror fo a lifetime is committed. At
this point and on this question is
often taken the step that brings fail
urein its train. This going out from
home ana from friends, and wan
dering to and fro in other sections
in search of the best place is simply
a mistake, and not infrequently a
mistake that results in sad conse
quences. How many cf us to-day
in recalling the past can bear tes
timony to the truth of this asser
tion. Much the larger per cent of
those who go out from home and
friends into strange sections and
among strange people, in search of
the best plaeejfail to better [them
selves; or th§ir chances for success.
This is specially true when ap
plied to those of this locality, and
of this ; section of Georgia. ,For
here we have the best section of
the globe, all things considered.
On this subject an exchange
says* : .,1 t .
The man who starts out to find a
Their Business Booniicg:,
Probably no one thing has caused
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store of Holtzclaw £ Gilbert as .giv
ing to their customers so many,
free trial bottles of Dr. King’s
New Discovery. Their Hade., is
simply enormous in this very .yal-
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always cures and never disaap-
pojnts.. Coughs, colds,' asthma,
bronchitis,; croup,' and, all throat
and lung diseases quickly cured.
You can test it before buying by
getting a trial, bottle. .free, large
Size,’ §1. Every bottle Wart ant
ed.
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.
Russian army officials are , ex
perimenting with , the speaking
trumpet for giving orders.
better country than this is wasting
his time. The more we see of the
balance of-the world the more ful
ly convinced we are that the sun
dees hot shihe on a fairer ; 6i‘ more
goodly land thafi tfiisj. and qnr ad
vice to the man who owns a good
home is tolhiake up his mind to
stay on it the balance of his days.
Improve it, beautify it, love it and
stand by it, whatever may take
place,and the Chahcee for prosper
ity and happiness will be ten fold
greater than if fpou go chasing
phantoms over the world. Con
tentment is the main thing, and it
is one of the virtues that needs to
be cultivated. Toni the thoughts
towards winning happiness, com
fort and intelligence in -the home
circle. Make your wife and chil
dren as happy as you can’, and the
demon of unrest will take .his de
parture. Happinesses not to be
captured by chasing it arcross
plains or over rugged steeps, but
the seed may planted at the
fireside, aiid with proper nurture
it will bloom perpetually , there*
sheading its fiagraneb on all round
afioiit.
that is for every brother to deter
mine to do his best. You may not
be able to. spend, any money f SF
Me success of the orqer, but yeti
can .work for it, and talk for it
tend vote fdr.it,_ . .
One happy thing .afioqt th$ aQi ;
ance is that it is no, coqtrjbqtiofl?
box order, . but it is an qrder ,qf
Unity of action. ...TYe.. hqvej..,qur
principles and enterprises a^s^ake,
and we mast push them to .^upces^
Let every man put his shoulder jfo
the wheel an< I push. Now ,is,. th?
time to work. We have pur ex r
changes, and our cotton baggjqg
and our. 'constitution to pphgRL
Truly “he that is not for us is
against us.” , : , jj . ...
There ..are jnany rpen in jtjjue ojCr
dei, who cannot make a_ speech-pp
cannot write a letter, but they.can
always be.on hand, and .by ; their
vote fend presence lend encojqragp*
rteetet and strength to Me actipp apd
work of the lodge. There ere many
duties which your lodge foay.plac.e
upon you—go squarely , the
work aiid do it. Therg a^e_ .mapy
weak and desponding, prqther^
who ypn can strengthen! and ^enr-
courage. Be alvyays ^eady and..as
valiant soldiers in.,a nobje. .caqsje} "
always stated in ; y<?uf .pjape*,^ Di(|
you eter hptitee. Mp strength .whiph
be,unbroken line of soldiers pre
sents? Then, brethren,, letj j otq;
line be solid, and pueqess .will. bp
ours. When victory is. ours, thq
honor will be as great for; the maij.
who has stood in his plape ^apd
dope the best .he cpuldj-.tliougli.hia.
^ork: r |faa.;qina)i, „aa.,ffor..tlip;piaii
who planned the great campaign.
Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, register
of the United States treasury, has
a particular, onesided, expression
of faee which has a history to it.
Few people know that Gen. Rose
crans was the first man who ever
refined petroleum.. He experi
merited with it forty: years ago.
People said he was a fool, but he
went on with his experiments.
Presentlyj a% though- to firo^e what
they gaid; iiis petroleum blew up
and burned his face in a serious
way. He has suffered from that
injury ever since.
The losses of Pennsplvania from
floods and wrecks in the last thirl
ty days have feteetj greater than the
aggregate losses from those causes
diiring the preceeding twenty-five
years.
Outside of those ih public office,
there .are four, persons- in the
tJnited States (according to. the
New York World), who are enti
tled to send and receive mail mate
ters free of postage. They are the
widows of Presidents Polk, Tyler,
Garfield and Grant. The privilege
is granted by special act of con
gress. . s .
years ago a man near Lex-
fogion, Ky., had twenty-four sheep
bitten by .dogs. Since that time,
he has poisoned and shot over 800
canines and is still engaged in his ordered the gunners to
glorious work. “ - •
The board of visitors to Anpap^
olis recommends that, tjie academic
course be. red^uced from six fo fp } nc
yearsj fend .that at the. ejid , of ,for^
years the cadpts fie commisbipned
as ensigns. It. also recomihends
that the maximum limit of ago for
entrance be nineteen ih^tqad .of
twenty years, ; The board thinks
it.wqald be desirable for the goY r .
ernment to find occupation j&K
more graduate cadets, than, are
now taken annually] info. the .qayal
seyricej and suggests that congpess
put these youn men into the reve
nue marine service.
car
more
The first street railway was op
erated in 1832 from New York, to.
Harlem. It did not appear in
Boston until 1826. The first “horse,
line was opened oil, the Balti-:
s and Ohio line prior fo the
introduction of the steam engine,
but was not designated, as a street
-h * ■> tTBHH
railway., fircm,& .comparatively,
recent .beginning a vast entqrprisp .
has sprang up; to-day thqpe ares
25,000 cars in use in the streets, of
cities in the United States, requir
ing the services of 18,000 horses.
A new way to scatter {&,,&
has been discovered! t A man
Boston found himself iiemmed
by a dense throug deaf the*
c(f State.and Washingtqn.s
while a circus procession wi
ing, pulled a bottle d£ qiampriia
from his, pocket,
Contents
had the entire s:
self in less than a minute.
As an example of tlie
which animates the German
and which doubles its force,
Kraft.Kphenlohe tells. a
At the battle of Cfiate
tery found itself without aminu
tion under a ksay fire. Tn ' 1 --' i -
to be done?. The officer coin
their places on. the limbers
sing, the “Watch am 3jtiiine,” “
order,” as — -