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VOL. XXVI. NO 36
Great Slaughter Of
Dry Goods, Hats,
Shoes & Notions
At Norcross.
Desiring to close out this branch of my
business by December next, I offer my en
tire stock of dry goods, hats, shoes, no
tions, etc., for cash
YVt Cost.
I have a large, well selected stock of
first class goods in this line that will be
closed out at a great bargain.
Come at Once.
I will keep a good supply of family gro
ceries, hardware and stock feed which will
be sold at reduced prices.
Ivivery HiinincHH:
I also conduct a general livery business
where ample accommodations will be giv
en the traveling public.
All persons indebted to me by note or f
account are notified to make payment by
the first of October.
R.. la. Metllock.
Norcross, Ga., Sept., 16, 1896.
ALL SORTti.
When corns on the toes ache,
bad weather is likely within 24
hours.
Nineteen million gallons ot
beer are consumed in the United
Kingdom each week.
Students of nature have nev
er been able to explain the
chameleon's change’ of color.
The greatest velocity attain
ed by a whale when struck by a
harpoon is nine miles an hour.
Oxen and sheep are }>elievod
by some stockmen to fatten bet
ter in company than when kedt
alone.
Twelve days are required for
mail from New York to be de
livered via London in Barcelona
Spain.
Gustavus Adolphus was the
Snow King, from the fact that
his dominions were termed the
Snow Kingdom.
‘ De Myer says that at Hildje.
Siberia,*Bs below the zero of
Fahrenheit, is considered noth
ing out of the ordinary.
The Erie canal in New York,
was the first artificial waterway
begun in this country. Ground
was broken for this enterpiisi
July 4, 1817.
According to that well known
naturalist, Howard Saunders,
wild hybrids betwi en the golden
eye duck and the smew have
been obtained.
English convicts art* to have
“the monotony of their lives
relieved 1 ‘ and their "moral
tone raised" by lectures on
“scientific and interesting sub
jects."
• Amateurs who undertake to
lay a floor should remember
that one fifth more siding and
flooring is needed than the
number of square feet of surface
to be covered because of the lap
in the siding.
Do you think there is any
thing in this case? asked the
junior partner of the law firm.
Certainly, answered the se
nior partner. Our is
worth a million. —Detroit bree
Press.
Do you think tlmt beautiful
women are apt to he spoiled?
she murmured, with upturned
•ye*.
Your beauty will never spoil
you, darling, was his equivocal
answer.—Detroit Free Press.
Shepherds say that the wool
of the sheep furnishes an ex
cellent indication of weather
changes. When it. is crisp,
there will be to ruin. When it
is limp and feels very soft to
the touch, a storm is imminent.
A couple of Telfair citizens
while prospecting near the Oc
mulgee river a few duys ago,
found and frightened u fawn to
such an extent that it could not
see obstructions, and broke its
neck iu contact with a fallen
tree.
A member of the expedition
ary force on hord Dr. Nansen's
•easel, the Kram, has stated
that in the highest latitude
reached by this famous ship
L guillemots, fulmars and nar-
Fv,.-huls were seen, but no other
K life-
The Gwinnett herald.
WISE WORDS.
Never judge a man bv his
clothes; form your estimate
from the wearing apparel of his
wife.
The camel being asked. Why
is your neck so crooked ? an
swered. What part of mo is
straight ?
A man never realizes what
perfect idiots women are until
he hears his girl laughing at
some other fellow'g jokes.
There is au age at which it
does not become a woman to
act girlish, but no one seems to
have the courage to tell her so.
It is remarkable how many
sensible appeariug men take a
pride in putting on uniforms
and carrying around tin swords.
The devil would have been
whipped long ago if he had not
always been able to find some
thing good to hide behind.
Peevishness may lie consider
ed the canker of life, that de
stroys its vigor and checks its
improvement, that creeps in
with hourly depiudation,- and
taints and vitiates what it can
not consume.
BRIGHT*"BITS.
"While we were in the coun
try we went to the theatre
Tin' play was The Robbers, and
it was go naturally given that
when we came out my wife
missed her bracelet.’’ —Fliegen-
de Blaetter.
“What 1 Have all your daugh
ters become engaged this sum
mer? I wished to ask for the
hand of Fraulein Marie my
self!’
"Oil, she is tile most engaged
of all!’—Kliegende Blaetter.
What’s in a name? Every
thing. You can’t begin to think
bow much better Snawley feels,
who used to be only "night
watchman” at a swimming
school, since somebody called
him “night commander of the
hath.”—Boston Transcript.
Lariks—What kind of a cblck
en is this, Mrs. Hungerford ?
Landlady—A Plymoth Rock,
1 was told at the market.
Lauks—H’m! What is the
difference, if any, between this
and the common flint variety ?
—Putk.
The Person Who Habitually
Distrusted Evolution sueered
“You are in a sphere that is
too large for yo i, ’ he coldly re
marked.
“Merciful heavens!’ oxclaim
ed the Advanced Woman, ‘does
it wrinkle across the hack? Tell
mo the worst!’—Detroit Tri
bune.
The Illinois Central railroad
has decided to allow its employ
ees to buy the stock of the roud
at par and pay for it on mouth j
ly installments ot iff), Interest
at I per cent is allowed on par
tial payments. A number of
theemployees are availing them
selves of the privileges of be
coming stockholders.
The answer to the question,
Why does u horse get up fore
part tirst ami a cow hind purt
first? is: The strength for the
second movement of rising is
posterior in the horse and an
t«rior in the Cow,
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA,- TUE 3DAY, NOVEMBER 17th 1896.
Locally
interesting.
What Others Say
And Do.
SOME THINGS COMPILED
FOR THE PUBLIC.
OCR CIfRIOSITV SHOP. OTHER
TfIINOS OK INTEREST TO
I.OCAT, READERS.
We haven't heard any
“thanksgiving turkeys" in this
section of the city.
*
* m
The idea of turning our court
house square into it public past
ure is not it very pleasant one.
***
A fellow must be figuring the
cost pretty close when he calls
on the shoe-maker to ascertain
how many shoes the young la
dies wear out.
*
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The Randolph county jug
factories are running on full
time to supply prohibition sec
tions with their morning’s
moruin’.— Roanoke Herald.
Lover —You are worth your
weight in gold.
Sweetheart—Tell papa I bet,
ho will appreciate it, for lie's a
gold man—don't you know,
*
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“What is the ditference be
tween. a married man and a
single mail ?”
“Well, a single man has no
body to sew the buttons on bis
shirt, while the married man
has no shirt to sew the buttons
on.”
*%
Mr. R. T. Upchurch was here
last week for a visit to his old
home and old acquaintances.
He lias been in Atlanta for the
past three years, but still looks
natural, lie dropped in Tiik
Hkraih office for a short while
ns he passed through town.
* *
Maj. J. T. McElvany has been
in Buford for several days past
looking for a home. We would
regret very much to have Maj
McElvany leavo our town. —
Rockdale Banner. The many
friends of Maj. McElvany would
be pleased to welcome him hack
to old Gwinnett.
***
We found ourself last week
in the midst of a crowd of poli
ticians at the Kimball. And
in the assembly was Colonel
James W. Robertson, of Hab
ersham, and he said: "When
my friends came to me to enter
the race for United States Sen
ator I asked myself this ques
tion: Can I represent Georgia,
if elected, with that distinction
that she Ims en joyed for a quar
ter of a century ? And I said,
No. Can 1, if elected, repre
sent Georgia as well as Miiy
man who now aspires to that
high position? Ami I said. Yes.'
But it seems that the scions
can't agree on a statesman that
will guard our interest with dis
tinguished ability. Oh, for a
Hill, or a Stephens, or a Toombs
or a Crawford, or a Grady, upon
whom the toga might gracefully
full! We imagiue if the Phar
isee of sacred history should go
into the temple to pray in this
year of grace l.Hfifi In* would say:
"I thank tin* Lord that I'iu not
a politician."
When you are talking about
Law reiieoville call it a city.
Some people forget tlmt we
have a bank, a warehouse, two
railroads, public schools and a
thousand and one other things
here which combine to make
our city prosperous. Wo have
an abiding faith in l.awrenoe 1
ville's future. The time is not
far diataut when we will have -
another warehouse— a move- j
inent to that effect is now be- j
ing planned. Other business]
houses will soon be ipeued, and I
the prospects of a cotton facto-!
ry are getting brighter. An j
experienced cotton cotton man j
of Atlanta has been eoramuni- 1
eating with Mr. J. K. MeKolvey. j
ono of our enterpriaing citizens,
and he proposes to put in a cot-1
ton mill hero if the citizen* will
take enough stock to buy the!
lot and erect tin b alding*. Our
city is destined to g -t a move on ■
herself. She is waking up from
her slumbers and the people are
coming here; houses are in de
mand, the fact is they cauuot
be built fast enough and we
make the prediction t hat Law
renceville will spread her wings
in the next twenty-four months.
Her growth won't be spasmodic
but it will come to stay. The
corporate limits should bo ex
tended at an early date so that
the burdens of taxation
will be lighter, and when that's
done you will see the town
spread herself and prosper.
Gentlemen, talk it up wherever
you g>>— it dou't cost yu any
thing to talk.
*%
The late H. C. Runner, the
editor of Puck, and Lawrence
Hutton were the closest of
friends. They I egan, says .Mr.
Hutton, in his sad reminiscence
of his dead friend, published n
The Bookman, in that often de
sirable fashion, ‘ with a little
aversion.” Each avoided even
an introduction to the other
until fate actually threw them
together, not to be parted mor--.
Their mutual “good times”
were dear at the moment and
“pleasant, too, to think on.”
There was much “excellent
fooling” there, and when Hut
ton was married it but added a
third desirable member to the
company. The marriage itself
shows on what terms of happy
nonsense they lived. Mr. lint
ton says:
He and Mr. Telford and I
spent together at the Westmor
land and in Bonner's rooms the
last evening of my single life
He had heard that luck would \
bo insured if the groom, on the
occasion of his marriage, would
wear “somethingold,sOnietliing
new. something borrowed and
something blue. ”
He urged, therefore, my ap
pearance next day in a pair of
socks procured especially by
him for me. One was absolute
ly unworn, the ether had seen j
'service and was darned, hut
they were both blue. And I j
must borrow them.
Mr. Telford, I yemember. |
lent me a necktie for the same
[purpose, and both of those dear
boys were married, when their
time came, in something bln
that was borrowed from me.
When Banner was married,
we sent his wife a traveling
clock as a wedding gift,to which
l attached a card bearing these
lines: ' ■
For old time’s sake
Will you and H. (’. lb
At this time take
The time from mine and me?
Time is, time was.
Let time be old or new.
The times fur us
Are high old times with you
To this the lady responded:
1 lack the time, in spite of tine
from you.
To write the heartfelt thanks I
feel are due.
But every passing hour while
time endures
Shall speak to me and mine of j
you and yours.
Who is it that won't go to n j
show ? Lmvrenceville, w ith her
usual generosity, was there in
full force, and, as she always
does, attracted attention. But
an hundred other cities were
gathered together to wit ness tin*
wonders that were displayed.
You know the old men have to [
go to let the children see the I
animals, while the voting peo* j
[ile go to the city on other bus
iness and just accideuta'ly "go
out" to while away the time, j
and the self-righteous man goes
to see the street parade. An I
yet they nil go to see the cir
cus. These street parades arej
great events anyway, and sir- at j
crowds thick tosee them. Would
you believe it if I were to tell
you that, just last week in A'-J
lanta that the streets of that ;
great city were full of n»op!e
and that every buildii g »»
crowded with men, women and
children, and negroes, wlio st<>< d
for hours —some in the rain a
that —waiting for the ban
wagon? Well, it's tin* trut i. j
and we made one of the iiiiiiilm-i'
too, but we were not by oursel
by a jug full; you c«uld liardlv
move without stepping on some
body. There wore women,with
little children,dragging throng
the mud, rigged out in thei
best, and it is useless to sa> i
were rttiniug that, but they
came to see the “parade, you
know." You can talk about
i tlie New Woman —but both tin
new as well as the old woman
were ou hand. We have neve,
gone on record up to date as
j being iu favor of “hkuineis,"
! but ou occasions like this, and
| especially when it's muddy, w
are inclined to believe that
I bloomers would be much mor*
i genteel, and exceedingly mor
j comfortable. As we vi wed the
gaping multitude w: o s o >d foi
flours waiting mid watcl ing to
gee a few elephants, a land
wagon and a few tame looking
lions,we said to ourself: "Ureal
is Diopone*, who covet'd noth
ing but his tup and I is sun
shine."
Tti to Kamhi.kr.
There is a well atte-ted ii,-
atance in England in w hich a
robin formed such an a'taoli
ment for two ladies ihui In-wu.
in the habit of acconipinvit-g
them iu their country wa'ks
Wlieu they went to real b- in an
other district, he took lus d •
parturewith them, flying along
bv the side of the cum go.
The wine cellar of the home
of commons U capable of hold
ing some lo C'lH.(Nl)
worth of wine. It is over 20!)
feet long, with innumerable
small cellars branching from
the main avenue. In tins slot--
house there is seldom-less than
A'!s,oo<> worth of w ine.
WITH FAITHFUL HEART.
taught of thy mind I know,
But. for my part,
Thee do 1 truly love
With faithful heart.
I am thy very own.
Love, in good sooth,
Ne'er in thine inmost heart
Doubt thou my truth.
All that I hive is thine,
Each power and part
I liuve surrendered thee
With faithful heart.
Thro 1 all the changing years,
For evermore,
Th. e will 1 truly love,
Serve and adore;
For of all else to me
Dearest thou art,
Thus have I chosen thee
With faithful heart.
—Exchange.
GETTING A HUSBAND.
“What an idea! You’ll nev
er get any one to do it, Lil. ”
“Oh, yes, 1 shall 1 I know
just the girl.” >
“Who ? Du tell me.”
“Can’t you guess ?”
“No.”
“You.”
“Me!” I fairly screamed.
“Yes, you. Now, listen Ber
tha. You're just the girl for
Duncan. I’ve always thought
so, and I know you both well.
Duncan is”—
“Oh, my dear girl, just as if
T didn’t know everything that
Duncan is and isn't and was
and will lie! And just as though
any girl would take that sort
of thing on trust ami hot judge
for herself before she went all
the way out to India to marry
a limn!”
“Bertha, darling, don’t get
excited. Please do think this
matter over seriously and try
iiml '.eo its advantages. Here.
I w i'l give you his letter to read
and leave you for a little. Do
irv and like the idea.”
I read the letter and can’t
say 1 was much impressed, but
as it explains (lie position of
a Hairs, here it is:
Dkah Oi.n Lit.—l am writing
to ask a favor of you, but first
you must promise you wen’t
think nn* perfectly mad, as 1
solemnly assure you I am in
earnest. We have always been
pals, haven’t we? And I think
you know exactly what sort of
fellow lam Do you remember
you used to say that the reason
so many people are unhappily
married is because the man al
ways persists in choosing the,
girl he falls in love with with
out considering w het her she has
the qualities necessary to make
him a good wife ? I remember
you once said, ‘Men would be
iar happier if they would let j
their sisters choose their wives
for them.’ Well, I want to get |
married, and 1 have resolved to j
give your wise maxims a trial.
Perhaps I may be rather a cold
sort of fellow; but, anyway, I j
have never wanted to marry i
anv of the girls about here.
Will you choose a wife for me
from umong your English girl
friends and place the case dear
ly before her? Tell her all
you know of me as regards
character, disposition, etc.; also
that I am 2V) years of age, well
off, tall, and, 1 believe, pass
ably good looking. 1 should
like her to be presentable in
appearance. The rest 1 leave
to you. 1 need hardly add that,
though it is a dangerous exper
iment, 1 will do all in my pow
er to make it turn out u success,
and whoever trusts herself to
me shall never have cause to
regret it, if 1 can help it. Let
me know as soon ns you can,
anti believe me, your affection
ate brother,
Duncan Eastwood
After all, it is rat her a good
idea, 1 think—original, if noth
ing else. But somehow I would
not like to lake'the risk. On
the other hand, I've no home,
now that dad's gone, and only
a poor little C4O a year to live
on. Lil’s awfully geoil and
kind, but I eun't stay here for
ever. Her husband must think
!me a nuisance as it is. I shall
huve to go out ns u governess,
snd here's n chance of marry
jug u man who is rich, hand
some, kind hearted and of whom
every one speaks well. 1 don't
care for any one else. Shull I
chance it ?
Well, I did, after all. I lied
no one in the world to advise
me but l.il and her husband,;
and they both thought it a de
sirable muteli. They said we
were made for each other, but
I believe in their iie-rinost heart
of hearts they think Duncan a i
hit ton good for me. My photo
was sent out. and my future
huadand deigned to say that,
“If I was anything l-iko my
photo, he loved me already.”
| 1 think it was rather sneaky of
him not sending me one of his.
but he lias been minutely de
scribed to me and is going to
wear a white gardenia in Jiis
' button hole when lie meets me
at Calcutta. He has a good
post in the the Indian civil ser
vice and lives in Calcutta in
.the cold weather and Simla in
the hot; so I shall have a good
time. Lil rigged me out and
packed nie off, and as for im—
well, I think I shall like him,
• and I mean to try anyway.
We have passed Port Said,
and very soon we shall reach
Aden. Every one on board is!
: kind to me.
I shall never forget arriving
at Aden, a horrid looking place, j
with low white houses against [
a dreary background of rocks,!
and no trees or flowers to be
seen.
An interesting man came on
board at Aden. He is tall and
broad, with a kind face and
[ dark eyes, and such lovely beard
and mustache. I think 1 rather
like beards. That horrid Dun
can is clean shaven. I oughtn’t
to he thinking about men. Oh,
dear, I wonder if J have done
right!
I lieard this new man ask the
captain, in whose charge 1 am,
whether lie might be introduced
In a girl on board.
“Which one ?’’ asked the
, captain.
“I think she is in your care,"
said the man; “a tall, slight
girl, with lovely gray eyes.”
He must have meant me. 1
should like to lie introduced,
and yet in some ways f would
rather not. If I fell in love,
how awkward it would be!
“Miss Carr—Mr. Rogers.”
The captain stood before me
with the man who came on
board at Aden.
I gut red and hardly dared
to raise’my ‘lovely gray eyes’
to tin- handsome face above
me.
“Miss Carr, I know a friend
nf yours in Calcutta, Duncan
! Eastwood.”
i
I got redder. How much did
j lie know ? How could I tell
[ him I was going to marry a
1 man ! had never seen ?
“Oh, yes,” I stammered. "1
am going to stay for a few days
with his sisster, Mrs. Osborne,
in Calcutta. Do you know
her?”
“Yes, slightly,” he answered.
“Rather n long way to go for a
visit of a few days, isn’t it?”
There was an awkward pause.
1 simply couldn’t tell him the
truth.
“Oh,” I said carelessly, "I
have other plans after that.”
He seemed amused at my
confusion. I’m sure I looked
a perfect fool, and I was thank
ful that just then another man
came up and asked me to join
in a cricket mutch they were
getting up.
1 have been so happy all those
days, but tonight I am the most
miserable girl in the world
We shall get to Calcutta tomor
row, and I shall be seized on by
that odious man with the white
gardenia. I shall never love
him. I love some oue else, and
some one else loves me. A few
hours ago Mr. Rodgers asked
me to marry him, and 1 told
him all my story.
1 was leaning over the side of
the boat watching the glorious!
effects of the moon on tin- dark
waters, when lie came up be
hind me. 1 had a white dress
on. I looked up at him us lie j
stood near, and In- was looking;
down at me with a look I had j
never seen before iu u man’s
eves. Such a world of love was
there, and all for me. It wasj
worth living all my lit years
just simply to see that look.
1 don’t know why 1 did it, j
but 1 couldn’t keep back agreal j
sob, and at that lie took me in
his arms and kissed me passion- •
| atel v over and over again, as
j though he hail lost all control
! over himself.
I tore myself away and told
him as calmly as 1 could all
about myself.
“1 ought to have told you be
fore,’’ 1 cried over and over.
“Hut, oh, don’t you understand
how hard it was? 1 thought
you would think me such a
dreadful girl to marry a a.an I
, had neVfcr seen.”
“1 don’t dear,” In- said very
gravely. “1 think it is a goinl
idea, mid you will find all will
go well.”
"You arc heartless,” 1 cried
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
Absolutely pcjbe
! despairingly. “You don’t care
a bit. You are not one.hit un
happy.”
“My Bertha,-it is everything
to me to know you love me. I
don’t think I shall ever be un
happy again.”
“You are cruel, heartless,
wicked,’ I cried. “I won’t
[ listen any more,” and before lie
could stop me I ran away, and
! here lam crying my eyes >ut,
wishing we had all been wrecked
in the bay.
He called me back. “Bertha
dearest, let me explain.” But
I wouldn't listen.
A strange thing has happened
tome. I went on deck this
morning and found everything
in n bustle and nearly every
one had gone on shore. I wait
ed behind purposely. The cap
tain came up and asked me
whether 1 could see my friends
anywhere about,
“No,” I answered miserably.
He suid he was sorry to see
me looking so pale. “The gen
tleman who is to meet meet me
is tall and clean shaven and will
wear a white gardenia,” I be
gan.
“Here we are then,” inter
rupted the captain, and I felt
rather than saw that some one
was approaching. My knees
were trembling, 1 thought I
should fall. I couldn’t raise
my eve- u.ii-l suddenly a deep
voice that i knew —all, yes, and
loved, too —spoke:
“Miss Carr, 1 think?”
Startled, I looked up. The
captain had been called away,
and I stood face to face with—
Mr. Rogers.
“What does it moan ?” I
gasped.
“It means, my darling, that
lam Duncan Eastwood. Will
you forgive me for the decep
tion ?”
I couldn't speak, and he went
on:
"1 was impatient to see the
dear little girl who had trusted
her future to me, so as I had
been ill and was ordered a holi
day I came to Aden to meet
you. Then it struck me I would
like to see what sort of a little
girl you were before you knew
who I was. Lit was right; you
were made for me, dear heart.
Then 1 found you loved me.
Last night I nearly betrayed
myself, but l wanted to see
your face when you met me this
morning. Bye the live, 1 have
not seen it yet. My sister is
waiting for you. I have been
on shore and got rid of my
beard, etc. Look at me, dar
ling, and see how you like tin*
change.”
1 looked up, and he took my
hands in his.
“Are you still afraid of the
risk, my Bert ha?”
“There will he no risk,” I
murmured. “My life will he
! all sunshine.”
“And iT not,” he broke iu
gently, “our love will help us
- through the shadows."
The experiment turned out a
perfect success, and Lil is more
than ever convinced that a man
j should let his sister choose his
wife for him.—St. Paul's.
STRANGE WAYS OK
FRAYING.
There are many ways of pray
ing, some ol which are quite
ludicrous. Certain African
tribes scribble their prayers on
paper or lots of bark and then
chew the written prayers. The
resulting pulp is ejected from
the tuouili on to the idol, and if
it udheri* the results of the
prayer can hardly be question
ed. The .litpani-se enter their
temples, ring a bell to an
nounce to tile gods that they
arj needed, prattle their prayers
as simply us children and then
clap their hands to announce
that the godscan go about their
business. The Chinese write
their prayers on bits of pafier
and then scatter them broad
cast. When they wish to lie par
ticularly civil they use gilt and
silver paper.—New York
World.
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Kiyuus Tubules cure ttuiulsuce.
HIS GREATEST EFFORT.
VoMiXKI. WATTERSON-’* FINEST
SI’EEOH LOST TO THE Worm,.
“This campaign lust the ser
vices of the most forceful ai d
lie- most effective and the most
eloquent orator in America,”
remarked the Keti lucky colonel,
“through the absence of Col
H'-nry Watterson in Switzer
land*.”
“But the most eloquent and
most forceful address Watter
son ever made never was repor
ted,” lie continued.
“One night a few years ago
Colonel Watterson, Bob Hil
liard. a couple of New York
drummers and 1 were sitting in
a pretty stiff poker game in a
Louisville hotel, when we were
startled by a pistol shot, appar
ently on t lie Moor above os. We
stopped playing. There was a
good deal of excitement about
the hotel, and it was discovered
that a stranger who had regis
tered that day from Cincinnati
had committed suicide by blow
ing out his brains in his room.
“ After the coroner had taken
charge of the remains and the
rumpus quieted down we return
ed to our game. The cards had
been dealt, and we were .chip
ing in, when one of the players,
who had been in hard luck all
the evening, exclaimed jnhilant
lantly:
“ ‘You fellows will have no
show at all from this time for
ward. Everything is coming
my way now. I’ve got the
“dead man’s mascot.” See?’
“And he flourished a button
which he had cut from tin* sui
cide's clothes. Gamblers are
notoriously sufierstitious, and
it is believed that a button cut
from the clothing of a corpse is
a good luck charm. That fel
low had rushed up stairs and iu
the excitement had rolled over
the body and dipped oil' a but
ton from the dead man's night
shirt before the echo of the shot
had fairly died away.
“Colonel Watterson laid
down his hand, pushed hack his
chair and arose from the table,
lb- was white with indignation
and disgust. It was deathly
still in the room, and when lie
spoke every word was as clear
as a bell, For ten minutes lie
[loured forth the most bitterly
vind’etive and scathing denun
ciative invective that the En
glish language could frame.
Then lie turi.ed with nn uhrupt
‘Good night !’ and strode from
the room. Oratoricully it was
the most polished effort of his
1 i fe. ’ ’ —(' h icago Ti mes-Herald.
HIS WORK WELL DONE.
DEATH OF TIIK WRtTKUOK A BKAI'-
TIKUL EPITAPH.
Mr. John Mills, who has just
died at Bowdoij, Cheshire, says
the Christian Commonwealth,
was the author of the beautiful
memorial lines:
His work welt done,
His race well run,
His crown well won,
Here let him rest.
The verse, according the con
temporary above quoted, was
written in niemoty of his brot h
er, Rev. William Mills, of the
Methodist New Connection, and
Mr. Mills was greatly surprised
when, years afterward, he reud
that it had been engraved upon
a monument of President Gur
lield, in America. He tried to
ascertain by what means the
lines had got to America, for
they hail never been printed,
but he never succeeded, The
lines have been frequently quo
ta! m memorial addreetes and
were inserted in the wreath
which the Princess of Wales
plaeed upon the grave of her
son, the late Duke of Clarence.
Mrs. C.—Doctor, you were at
the last ilite-ss of my eldest
boy?
Doctor—Ye*.
Mrs. C.—You also tended
professionally my first.huaband,
who died?
Doctor —Yes.
Mrs. C. —Welt, my second
husband is ill, and 1 would like
you to see him. —London Fun.
The lightning killed a malt
croquet player in Mississippi
the other day. So the lightning
is sometimes very judicious.