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VOL, XXVI. NO 10
THE HERALD
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ABOUT REGISTRATION.
Tho question of whether reg
istration shall he required for
voters in the primaries has at
tracted some attention. On
this point, Hon. Allen D. Can
dler, Secretary of State, writes
in the Gainesville Cracker as
follows:
The registration law has noth
ing in the world to do with
primary elections for the nomi
nation of candidates for office.
The regulations prescribed by
the Executive Committee are
the laws that govern primaries.
The Executive Committee of
Hell county alone can say who
shall vote in a Hall county pri
mary. This is the opinion of
the Attorney-General, the Gov
ernor, myself and every officer
of the State government and
every lawyer to whom 1 have
submitted the question. You
must register the voters of your
couuty for the October election
but not for the primary.
Sincerely yours,
A. I). Candler.
When Adam first planted tin*
vine, Satan came and killed a
peacock over it, and the vine
drank its blood. When the
vine grew and put forth its
leaves, Satan came again and
killed an ape over it, and the
vine drank the blood of the ape
also. When grapes first formed
on the vine, he killed a lion
over it and the vine drank up
thu blood of the lion. When
the fruit was fully ripe Satan
came once more and killed a
pig over it, and the vine drank
up the blood also.
Hence he who drinks of the
fruit of the vines imbibes these
four qualities. When he first
takes the wine and it begins to
crawl in his limbs, the color
(dooms in his face, and becomes
as gay as peacock. When the
first sign of drunkenness comes
upon him, he plays, clasps
hands and dances like an apo
When the wine grows stronger
within him, he growls like a li
on, and challenges every one
else. At last he wallows in the
mire.—Ex.
Au exchange furnishes this:
A gentleman invited aome
friends to dinner; uiul us the
colored servant entered the
room, lie accidentally dropped
a platter which held a turkey.
“My friends,” said the gentle
man, in a most impressive tone,
“never in my life have 1 wit
nessed an event so fraught with
disater in the various nations
of the globe, in this calutuity
we see the downfall of Turkey,
the upsetting of Greece, the de
struction of G'hini, and the hu
miliation of Afri-a.”
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A NEV ER-MIND FELLOW.
I nevermind the weather; if it’s
springtime many a tree
Is shakiu’ down its blossoms in
a shower over me;
An’ 1 know tin* girls are goin’
where the honeysuckles grow,
An' 1 see the rivers (lowin’, an’
I’mglad I’m fur from snow.
f never mind the weather; if it’s
summer—well, I seeui
To pull myself together an’ jest
dream, an’ dream, an dream!
Fer the roses reel armin’ me in
a perfect foam o’ sea,
An the good Lord runs the weath
er, an’ its all alike to mo!
I never mind the weather: if it’s
winter —well, 1 see
A dozen happy faces roun’ the
fireside for me;
An’ I know the kettle’s steamin’
an’ I know the fireside’s bright
An’ 1 see kind eyes a-beamin’ an
I’m all at home at night 1
—F. L. Stanton.
THE DUTY OF US ALL.
seems to us that the ap
proach ingl’resident ial campaign
is to be most remarkable in
character and extraordinary in
interest. The complexity of the
issues involved is so great that
no one can predict with any
reasonable degree of certainty
what is going to happen. What
'ih says will happen may hap
pen or it may not. It is all
guesswork at jliis stage of the
matter. No doubt there are
plenty of loud-mouthed people
who say they can tell you all
about it, and will get mad when
you say they can’t.
A fool is born every day, and
we know no way to exterminate
the race. But'if you are a well
informed, thinking man you
know in your heart that the
greatest uncertainty prevails
about this Presidential race.
The reasons for this uncer
tainty are apparent . There are
many important issues upon
which the great parties them
selves are divided. Party lines
are undoubtedly greatly weak
ened. Upon the currency issue,
for instance, neither the Demo
cratic nor Republican party can \
poll its full strength. Thus
the Democratic party cannot
carry all the Democrats for the
single gold standard; nor can
it carry all the Democrats for
free silver. The same can be
said truthfully of the Republi
can party. Nor docs .any one
know that tho Democratic plat
form will favor free silver or
the g-dd standard <>r make a
straddle or avoid the issuo al
together. It seems to be pret
ty certain that the Republican
platform will favor the single
gold standard. Granting this,
what proportion of their votes
can the Republicans carry with
them on this platform ?
The currency issue is at pres
ent the most important of all
that we have before us. We do
not that any man in the United
States will dispute the state
ment that it needs settlement
in some fashion. The constant
disorder of the finances breeds
distrust, impedes business and
is an injury to everybody. So
long as our financial condition
remains as it is at present, a
condition which has existed for
years, there will he hard times.
Wo have a country nearly as
large as Europe, and greatly
exceeding Europe in agricultur
al and mineral resources, but
we cannot matte a financial
statement which will compare
for a moment with that made
by England the other day.
With untold resources, energy
and industry are so checked and
oppressed that there is a state
of general discouragement
All this seems so important
to us that The World has look
ed upon the recent talk of for
eign wars with amazement.
With matters of such a pressing
nature at home requiring im
mediate attention the gentle
men at Washington have occu
pied their time with the affairs
of foreign natiois and seemed
be"t upon declaring war upon
ti e whole world. They have
lie ii like the man who was busy
m sidling in Ins neighbor’s bus
iness while his own house was
burning over bis head.
In such emergencies as this
it becomes American cit’z ms to
think well about their duty and
to ito the right as they see it,
whatever may befall. There is
much disaonteut throughout
the Union, and there is much
cause for it. The need of re
form is pressing and vital.
First, as we have said, we
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 19th 1896.
need a solid and settled curren
cy. After that there should be
thorough retrenchment and re
form in the National and all
the State administrations. We
have too many offices and too
many office-holders. All these
encumbrances should be lopped
off l .
Then more good, hard blows
should be aimed at trusts and
combinations, which, cornering*
the necessities of life, squeeze
the multitude and make a few
men enormously rich. This
country should be made too hot
for such as these. Tho univer
sal complaint against them is
just.
The farmers may think some
times that they are the only
people who suffer from the
trusts and rings, but their
brethren of the city are treated
just as badly. Right here in
New York this week we have a
most striking instance of it.
New York and Brooklyn and
the neighboring cities have
three and a half million inhab
itants, of whom at least three
and a quarter million are poor
people. For the last ten or
twelve days we have had a spell
of very hot weather. Now, in
a great city ice is an absolute
necessity in very hot weather,
because the city is hotter than
the country. There is no cool
water except that which is
cooled by ice. There is no
shade, and vegetables shrink
and wither without ice. But a
number of .gent lemen represent
ing the ice companies got to
gether and raised the price of
ice 75 per cent, and everybody
in New York lias to pay it.
There is no cause for the ad-,
vance. There is no shortage in
the ice crop. But these gentle
men merely mean to make u
few millions for themselves
without earning it, and most
likely they will do it.
It is such things as these
that infuriate, and justly infu
riate, the public mind. The
good people of the city and
country should act together
and slop them.
These are not all things that
require the attention of Ameri
can people. Lawlessness has
grown to an alarming extent in
the United States. Perhaps
some of our readers will be sur
prised at the statement that
next to Italy more murders are
committed in the United States
than in any other country on
the globe. But Such is the
case.
We seem to be awakening to
some extent to the deep dis
grace of the lyuchiugs which
occur almost daily, but we
ought to put a stop to them at
once. The United States is
the only civilized country in
the world in which lyuchiugs
occur.
Bribery at elections should bo
attended to. The socret ballot
has already done something to
check it, but its source of cor
ruption should be cut out by
the roots. No government that
is run by bribery can exist
long, and stern measures are
required. Take the most shin
ing marks. If a few United
States Senators who buy their
offices could be sent to tin* pen
iteutiary it would lie an exam
ple worth millions to the Re
public. It doi*s not matter to
what party they may belong.
We cannot see that a Democrat
ic scoundrel is any better than
a Republican scoundrel. What
we want is reform, real reform.
We would like for our readers
to think over these things.—
New York World.
It is funny how easy the
world is to be humbugged. The
following story from the Wash
ing Star speaks for itself: “We
have done away with the two
million-dollar bundle of money
tliut we used to allow the brides
who visited the vaults to han
dle,” said a treasury guide,
"and they do not seem to la
pleased with it. Many is the
bride to whom 1 have handed
t ie bundle, marki d ’twomillion
dollars,’ w ith the remark, ‘Now
.on can say you had two mi -
lion dollars iu your hands,’ It
tickled them wonderfully, and
they went away happy, hut ig
norant of what they handled.
What was in the bundle? I
lon’t remember distinctly, but
there was no money in it. The
weight, I know was made up of
two old census reports.
A CALIFORNIA HERMIT.
HAD SWORN NEVER TO St’EAK TO A
WOMAN —KEPT THE OATH.
Another strange romance has
come to light in the mining
camps at California in the dis
covery of the fact that an old
miner, Jcoown as “George
Barnes, the hermit,” who died
at Jacksonville a few months
ago, left a fortune of SIOO,OOO.
which will go to his brothers in
New Jersey. One is James
Barnes, a well-known citizen of
Patterson, and the other is
William, of Franklin, in the
same state, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
“The story of how theii
brother George lived and died,
leaving them his fortune, is a
romance,” says Attorney Oscar
T. Shuck. “In their youth the
three brothers lived with their
parents on the heights of Pover
shun, N. J., simple farmer
boys. George, the most ambi
tious son, fretted under the re
straints of farm life and deter
mined to marry before he had
reached his majority and come
West. He fell deeply in love
with a young woman, and
spent much of his time in her
company, but his father deeply
objected to the attachment and
forbade the marriage. The re
sult was a bitterness between
father and son, and George was
severely reprimanded. The
trouble culminated in George’s
determination to leave home,
and one morning forty-three
years ago lie bade his family
farewell.
‘ “I am going West,’ he said
at parting, ‘and I shall never
return. If I cannot ma'rv tin
girl I love sluill lead a hern' it'
life. I will never speak iu .
woman again.’
“Long years the family wait
ed for word from the wandering
son, but none came. The pa -
rents died, the brothers separa
ted and George was given up
for dead.
“Only recently it was discov
ered that the old hermit ot
Jacksonville, who was found
dead in front of the cabin a few
months ago, the strange man
who shunned men and nevei
spoke to women, was tin l saox
romantic young man who left
his home iu 1852 with the oath
his strange lift* fulfilled.”
Barnes worked a claim of hi *
own and w hen he died paperi
found in his hut showed him to
lie worth over if 1(H),000. Th
names, whereabouts and rela
tions of his relatives were found
also among his papers.
HE HAD A DREAM.
Griffin, Ga., May 4 —. J. W.
Allen dropped dead this after
noon at 8 o’clock while sitting
in a chair in Farley's poo!
room talking to some friends.
He was apparently in the lies;
of health amt at the moment oi
!fU taking off' was conversing
with Mr. J. C. Bridges on a
matter of business. He sud
denly began to gasp for bread
in the midst of his remark, ami
died in less than five minute*
Dr. J. F. Stewart was sum
moned, but lift: was extinct be
fur- reached the room. Th*
• as supposed to 1 e apo
. The deceased was about
forty-five years old, and leave
a wife and several child ten.
A peculiar thing about hi
death was that only u little
while before he was heard t<>
tell a friend that lie dreamed
last night that he was dead
In less than twenty-four hours
after being a corpse iu his
dreams he. was so in fuel. No,
inquest was held.
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•OLD DRINKING LAWS. *
The offense of drunkenness
seems to haw been n source of
great- perplexity to the ancients
who tried any number of ways
of dealing with it. If none of
them succeeded, it was in all
probability because they failed
to suppress the means bv which
this insidious disease is incited
and propognted. Severe treat
ment was often attempted w ith
out any satisfactory sesult.
The Romans prohibited the
drinking of wine upon the part
of men under 80 years of age, a
rule which applied to women of
all ages. If a wife were de
clared guilty of consuming fer
mented liquor her husband
might legally scourge her t<>
death.
The Carthaginians prohibited
governors, magistrates, soldiers
and servants from drinking
anything stronger than water,
and the Athenians made it a
capital offense for a magistrate
to be drunk.
The Suevi seem to have real
ized the necessity of drastic
measures, as they went so far
as te prevent the importation
of wine into their country.
The Locrians, under Za’.en
mis (060 B. C.), made it a cap
ital off ense to drink wine unless
it was mixed with water; even
an invalid was not exempt
from punishment unless his
physician had ordered him to
drink undiluted wine. Histo
ry does not relate whether phy
sicians were in the habit of giv
ing such instructions.
l’ittacus of Mvtilene (051-
569 B. C.) made u law that he
who, when drunk, committed
inv crime should receive dou
ile l lie sentence which lo* would
nave received had he been so
ber. Aristotle and Plat® con
sidered this law the height of
wisdom. The Roman censors
were empowered to expel a sen
ator for drunkenness and were
at liberty to confiscate his
horse.
Mohammed ordered drunk
ards to be bastinadoed with 80
blows.
Some nations seem to have
approved of “moderate” drink
ing, as they limited the quanti
ty to be consumed at one sit
ting. This was the system
adopted in ancient Egypt, but
the limit does not appear to be
stated in any history now ex
tant. The Arabians fixed the
quantity at 12 glasses a man.
Unfortunately, however, the
size of the glasses was not clear
ly defined. The Anglo-Saxons
ordered silver nails to be fixed
on the side of drinking cups, so
that each person might know
how much he hud consumed.
This method is said to have
b-en introduced ill consequence
of King noticing tin* drunken
habits of the Dunes.
Lycurgus of Thrace (about
900 15. C.) was a thorough pro
hibitionists; lie ordered the vines
to be cut down.
The Spartans tried to turn
the vice (as it was then regard
ed) of drunkenness into con
tempt by systematically making
their slaves drunk once a year,
in order to show their children
how contemptible men looked
when in an inebriated condi
tion.
Drunkenness was considered
much mure vicious in some class
es of persons than in others,
ihe ancient Indians, for ex
ample, held it lawful to kill a
king when he was drunk.Charle
inagiie (A. I). 742-Mil) enacted
a law that judges and pleaders
should do their business fast
mg.
Tlu Eiiglish expression ‘drunk
as a lord’ proves that at one
time to become intoxicated was
regarded as indicative of aristo
cratic birth and breeding. More
over, “a three bottle man” was
respected as one who displayed
qualities which his friends
might well envy. It is not n
great many years since people
supposed total abstinence from
alcoholic stimulants actually
shortened life, and there exists
in London today a gentleman
whose life was refused by an
insurance company solely upon
i h*‘ ground that lie was a teeto
t a lee! —New York Voice.
A youngmunwho had recently
married, and who was evident
ly well read on old Jewish cus
toms, d esc I i bed his wife’s first
beef-steak as her “burnt offer
ing.” That man is laying up
wrath against himself, and he
will find it out some night
when he is trying to open the
front daor with a cork screw.
—» -
Hobbit —I’m sorry I stole the
preserves, Ilia.
Mama —Ah, your conscience
is troubling you, is it ?
Hobbit—l don’t know exact
ly. Where is my conscience,
ma ?
THE GREAT UNKNOWN OF
1890.
This pointed editorial from
the New York Sun should lead
the people to think:
Something that has never be
fore happened in a preliminary
presidential canvass is this:
The leading candidate for the
Republican nomination is the
dark horse, the Unknown.
Major McKinley is the Un
known.
His opinions on the subject
ot the independent and unlimit
ed coinage of silver at the ratio
of 10 to 1 are unknown.
His views as to the firm nnd
honorable maintenance of the
gold standard are unknown.
His convictions concerning
the most important questiou
now before the country are un
known.
His capacity for the manage
ment of the executive business
of the nation is practically un
known.
The strength and endurance
of his intellectuals are un
known.
The diameter of his haekbone
is unknown.
The order of his intelligence,
the force of his character, the
tenacity of bis will, the inde
pendence of his mental process
es, the personal qualities which
make the individual little or
great, are all unknown.
Conjectures of one sort or an
other are based on his record in
Washington" and on his experi
ence at Columbus as Governor
of Ohio. These conjectures, on
the whole, are not encouraging,
but they are not conclusive.
High statesmanship is some
times a thing of tardy maturity.
Whether William McKinley’s
is one of the natures that come
out late and strong is up to this
time absolutely unknown.
As the Sun has already re
marked, the nomination of Ma
jor McKinley at St. Louis, if it
occurs, will be the nomination
of a name and not of a man.
The name is known. * The man
is unknown.
WHISTLES AT HIS WORK.
The common opinion with re
gard to President Cleveland is
that he is an austere, taciturn
man, with thought only for the
great questions of the day, for
his family, and possibly also
for the ducks. So far as is
known, nobody has suspected
him of a vein of humor, or of
being in the least sentimental.
Indeed, a great many politicians
have labored to creute the im
pression that he is just the sort
of man Shakespeare had in
mind when he wrote:
The man that hath no music in
himself,
Nor that is not moved with con
cord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, rtrategems
and spoils.
They have even accused him
of plotting with the gold bugs
to devour, without salt or pep
per, all of the poor people in
the country.
It is with some degree of sur
prise that it is learned from
Washington that while walking
through the halls of the white
house, and even at his work,the
President whistles. He was
heard at it the other day by a
writer for the press, and the
tune he wai whistling was that
favorite song, “Silver Threads
Among the Gold.” I' jm*ii in
ptiry, it was learned that whist
ling while Ht work is nothing
new with the President, and
that the old songs are his fa
vorites.
L AYING WITH WORDS.
Nearly everything is subject
to anger. Sometimes even a
river will foam at the mouth
There are no corns on tin*
foot of a mountain.
•
No bracelet is ever found on
an arm of the sea.
Even the canal boat lias a
s'ern way of doing things.
Hoses are hooks within whose
leaves is found the honey of na
ture’s thought.
Don’t stalk through life;
eveu the cabbage does that.
Don’t brag about your beurd.
Even such a common thing as
barley has a beard.
Nature and humanity are kin.
Even some (lower gurueus have
tulips.
Some farmers are smaller po*
tatoes than those they raise.—
F lor ida t T lines- U uiouj
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Absolutely pure
A MATTER OF EDUCATION.
I was sitting on a keg of nails
in a West Virginia mountain
store watching a native dicker
ing with the merchant over a
t rade of a basket of eggs for a
calico dress.
After some time a bargain
was closed, the native walked
out with the dress in a bundle
under his arm. and I followed
him.
“It isn’t any business of
mine,” I said, “but I was watch
ing that trade and was surprised
to see you let the eggs go for
the dress.”
“W hat fer ?’’ he asked in as
tonishment, as be mounted his
horse.
“How ntanv eggs did you
have ?”
“Basketful. ”
“How many dozen ?”
“Dunno. Can't count.”
‘ That where you miss the
advantage of education. With
knowledge you might have got
two dresses for those eggs.’
“But I didn’t want but one
dress,” he argued.
“Perhaps not, but that is no
reason why you should have
paid two prices for one. The
merchant got ttie advantage of
you because of his education.
He knew what lie was about.”
He looked at me for a mo
ment as if he felt real sorry for
me. Then he grinned and pull
ed his horse over close to me.
“I reckon.” he half whisper
ed, casting furtive glances to
ward the store, “his eddication
ain't so much more’n mine ez
you think it is. He don't know
how many uv them nigs is spiled
an’ I do.” and he rode away be
fore I could argue further.
PITH AND POINT.
Don't swallow any pruisu that
you know is undeserved. It has
medicine in it.
Miss Flora (in a pair of stu
pendous sleeves) —How do I
look, Ned ?
Ned (rapturously)—You’re
simply unapproachable.
“Thomas told the mass meet
ing that he was a self-made
mad.”
“Very noble of him to take
the whole blame on himself,
wasn’t it ?”
Minnie—Chnllic Ardup writes
to me that his love is more than
he can express.
Mamie—Why doesn't he send
it collect?
General Pompuss—l am to
speak at a banquet tonight, and
1 wunt you to write my speech
for me.
Scrible—What do you take
uie for—a gas-fitter ?
Your daughter has had a great
mauy admirers.
Oh. yes; she puts nearly all
her window curtains on the rods
with her old engagement rings.
Tli'j Sheriff'—You say that
follow who broke jail left a mes
sage behind ?
The Keei»er —Yes, sir; here it
is on this pajier—'Excuse the
liberty I take !’
“Yes,” said the eorufed phi
losopher, “it is not so difficult
to get something for nothing,
but when one gets it it is not
worth tho price.
Tramp (ut dentist’s door) —
Please, sir, could yer till me
teeth this morning ?
Deutist —With silver or gold?
Tramp—Cold roast turkey
would do.
I ncle Mono—l shore does
hope dat dey will git dis heah
new photograph trick so tine by
summer dat* mau kin tell wed
der de melon is ripe.
Jones—He is a bright writer,
then ?
Brown —Bright! Why, man,
he writes such bright things
that the people of the paper he
works on sometimes glance over
them.
By jove! 1 left my pocket
bock under my pillow !
Oh, well, your servant is hon
est, isn’t she ?
That’s just it—she’ll take it
right up to my wife I
He—l wish 1 had a few yards
of th" climate.
Shi—Wlmt would you do with
it ?
IB—l’d sell it for u design for
a crazy quilt.
Day—A man’s ability to save
money dejteuds largely on his
marrying a woman who is au
economist in dross.
Weeki—That's true; the more
economy the more oust.
One Girl—lt is said that so
many men ttow-u-duys have a
great deal mere money than
brains,
Another Girl—Yes, uud so
little money at that.
j POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A journeyman tailor in Con
stantinople receives 50 cents a
, day.
It is only 300 years since the
potato was introduced into
England.
A peregrine falcon was taken
a short time ago at Mertoun,
England.
There are in all 39 miles of
bookshelves, all tilled, at the
British museum.
Russia already ranks as sixth
among tin* wine producing
countries of the world.
J here are different va
rieties of (ire escapes and lad
ders to lie used in emergencies.
I’unnis, the famous black
charger of General Boulanger,
has been accidentally burned to
death
Gerard, author of the famous
“Herbal,” first planted pota
toes in bis garden at Hoi born
in 1590.
Several Indian princes are ex
pected to make the tour to
England this summer, but at
their own expense.
In Hungary there are thou
sands ot villages nnd hundreds
of small towns without a doc
tor within ten miles.
Russia is not a large silk pro
ducer. The amount of the pro
duct in 1887 was 900,000
pounds, valued at £1,800,000.
In the year 62(1 tin* mulberrv
tree was first cultivated iii
Greece and t lie Levant for the
benefit of tin* silkworms.
An edict of the Emperor Ti
berius forbade Roman citizens
to wear any garments made in
whole or part of silk.
WHAT ALL GIRLS KNOW,
BUT MANY FORGET.
From Farmer’s Trade.
That health is the first re
quisite of a successful career,
and that once lost, it is not
easily regained.
'1 hat you should make your
self ns pretty as possible, and
if you can’t be pretty, you
should invariably be neat.
That there is a mean between
parsimony and reckless extrav
agance, and that very few wo
men have found it.
That the girl bachelor who
wishes to convince the world
that her career is a glorious sue
cess mvst dress like a success
ful woman.
That frayed skirt bindings
are an abomination to tin- eye,
and thut no one is justified in
expecting the public to tolerate
them.
That a distinguished physi
cian says, “Won last longer
than women, because they have
more fun, and that there is a
moral in this.
That nature has drawn a
sharp dividing Hue between the
sexes, and there seems to be no
immediate prospect that this
line will be wiped ont.
That it is not necessary to
proclaim loudly one’s scorn of
one’s married and domestic
minded sisters in order to con
vince the world of one’s satis
faction with the lot of inde
pendence.
The silkworm is 11 inches
long and is well provided with
legs, having no less than It! of
these valuable members.
The official executioner of
the sultan of Turkey uses a silk
h'i cord in strangling persons
ordered to be put to death.
Eggs ami mulberry trees
were sent out to Georgia by
the British government shortly
after the settlement of the col
ony,
♦ > ■
Our friend, John U. Cortey,
of Bull Gap, has a cow which
is a curiosity. Thisct wis only
8 feet 8 inches high. 4 feet 2
inches long, lit mouths old, and
is now 2 gallons of milk per
day. Mr. Coffey’s little daugh
ter, 12 years old, can stand ou
one side of the cow , reach over
and milk on the other. —Jasper
Republican.
.\n absent-minded young
preacher in Now England, wish
ing to address the young ladies
of the congregation after the
morning services, remarked
from the pulpit that he would
be very glad it the femule hieth
ren of the cougregnti ji. would
remain after they had gun#
boms. —Standard.