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VOL. xxvri. NO 1 1 A CRYHTATjIZED FARM. Every farmer lias picked- up many a time o:i bis place beau tiful crystals Some where, somehow, some time, a bit of silica had been cluwigeil into a crystal; and a crystal it will remain forever and forever. And sometime, somewhere, somehow, bits of pure carbon, 1 scattered throughout the world, changed through crystalization into what we call diamonds (not found on farms,) and n diamond it will remain forever and forever. In our studies in humanity re find states finite similar to thatof crystalization. Politi cal parties, politicians, tbeolo gains, a id all —the wisest and best of n are apt to get into a. state or condition in which we never change. The hardest part of middle life and old age ii that hy deyr 'es we are so apt to erystalile. We find so often that youth alone is the time for learning and for transition, whereas, our whole life should be a state of transition and a constant progression. I am not sure but that the farmer more easily fulls into a rut or a line or a policy and stays there —than other profes sions. There are thousands and tens of thousands of them f am sine who never change. They farm in the same manner, plant the same seid and grow the sumo cultures for half a century at a time. They make sport of all ex perimental station reports, autl all book farming. They don’t take an agricultural paper. They go cn year ufter year, treading in the same tracks and thinking the same thoughts. They are in i. state of abso l .ti crystalization. How many crystalized farms amt how many crystalized fanners nro hero in Georgia.-—Augusta Cliri niele. 01' H FIRST LOCOMOTIVE 1 The first locomotive which ev r tamed a uhcd upon an American track did not run to j and from any of 1 iie great cities, hut was us* d in the huckwnod of Pennsylvania The story of this primitive engine is told l>\ Alfred Mathews in ‘lie Engi neering Magazine. The wilderness of North-east ern Pennsylvania was penetra ted hy two Prni.sylvania C)mi kers, John and Maurice Warts, about 1810. They heroically began and pushed forward the great work which later was ns sunied and carried to’comple tion by the Delaware ami Hud son Canal Company—that ol getting coal from .the Lacka wanna Valley into New York. It had been their original pur pose to use horse power on the milroad, with stationary en gines at the planes, as at pivs unj,, but the successful experi ments with the railroad loco- i motive in England led them to try that new form and appliea- 1 lion of power. The Stourlflfidge Lion, as this, pioneer locomotive was calhd was one of three oitiered hy the company’s civil engineer, Ho-j ratio Allen, in England. The | *Jiion’ was built by Poster, lias j trick X Co-, at Htourbridge and the other tv o were built by Stevenson, who extended many J courtesies to the American en- ; gineer. Thus it happened that early in 1828 the first ordei placed in England for locomo tives, after the successful work-* jug of those on the Stockton and Darlington road, was from far-away America. The Stourbridge Lion reached this country and was given.a trial in New York City on June 11, Ih2V>, which proved highly successful. The- locomotive was fired w ith anthracite coal Horn tl'u p, ln\\an. and Hudson Com pany's Lackawanna mines. ft wus to put thni coal on the market that the company’s op erations were carried on, and this roul mining caused the ad vent of the locomotive in Amer ica as well as in England. —— + ♦ » ■ marvelous results. From ft letter written by Rev. J. liundermau, <f Dimondale, Mich. w>* are permitted tomuke tbU extract: “I have uo heei tntion ii- recommending l>r. King's Now Discovery, as th«* results were almost marvelous ]u the case es my wile. Whi'e | was pastor pastor of the Bap fist Church at Rives Jutictipn she was brought down with Pneumonia succeeding Lugripjve Terrible paroxysms of eoughing WOj)|d last, itoui- with little ju terruption und it «' cuicd us it the cculil not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King’s New Discover?) it ivtis quick in ifi werk and highly satisfactory jn results.” I I 'ftl bottles free at \■ M. Winn A Son’s Drug Htore. Regular si/.' nOc and fU till. -<* •> ' A Kansas boy who smoked 1,200 packages of cigarettes saved file pictur-s and sent them to the firm, asking them what they would give for them. The answer was as follows: Btui'ke 1,200 more and we’ll send a colli n • Higaus Tabula* cute bud bioatb. The Gwinnett Herald. LOCAL NEWS. PROCEEDINGS OF STXDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIA TIONS The Lawrenceville S.S. Asso ciation held its ninth annual convention with tho church at Hog Mountain on May 15th 1807. The convention was called to order at In o’ciock a. in,, by the president, James W. Wil son. Roll of schools were cal'ed, and eight schools were repre sented by delegates, to-wit: Hog Mountain, Prospect. Lawrenceville, Methodist. El bethel, Sweet Gum, Hebron, Walnut Grove, Zion Hill Convention adjourned for preaching. After poaching by the Rev. 11. N. Rainey, a basket dinner was spread in the beautiful grove near church, and the delegates and visitors enjoyed themselves for an hour,, after which the convention to-rh sem bled. Read and approved minutes of last meeting. Statistical reports were read. Verbal reports from the Super intendents of the various schools a ere also heard. The annual celebration will >e held at the Lawrenceville camp ground on Thursday the 22nd day of July. * The officers for the ensuing year are: President, Jas. W. Wilson. Ist Vice, L. F. McDonald. 2nd Vice, I). B. Oliver. Secretary, John G. Hood. Chorister, A, O. Bowman. Ast. Chor. B.W.C.Graham. Chaplain, H. N Rainey. Marshal, W. M Langley. Evangelists, .1, W. McKlva ney, L. F. McDonald, W M. Langley. Executive committee, L. F. McDonald, J.-W. McElvanoy, .1. P. Hndaway, T. R. Powell. The next convention will be hold with the church at Hebron ! on Saturday before the lirst | Sunday in May 1808. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, Hint the thanks of j this convention is extended to i the good people of Hoe Moun tain church and community for their kind hospitality extended , the convention today. And that The Gwinnett Herald and Lawrenceville News be re quested to publish the proceed ings of this meeting. Jas. W. Wilson, Pres. J.no. G. Hood, Sec. The Ben Smith Union S. S. Association met with Midway church on May 7th. . The convention was called to order by George Hartshorn, Nice President. The following schools were represented: Auburn, Methodist, - Auburn, Baptist, Appalucheo, Bon Smith, Carl, E bom ezer, Midway. Whito Plums, The reports from each school were very favorable; statistics showing 199 pupils enrolled within the association. The annual celebration of t bis association will beheld in Jack son and Hartshorn park, near Auburn, on the 4th Saturday jn July; the program of which will published later. The following officers were elected for the eusuing term; President, G«*o. Hartshorn. Vice Pres. M. C.Tanner, Secretary, J. \V. Morgan. Chorister, Geo, sj. Bagwell. Marsha), \\’. J. Robiqsqn. The noxt convention of this association will be held at Eba nsezer church on tho 4th Satur day in Sept. 1n97. Geo. Hartshorn, V. P. Jesse S. Pate, Sec, The pink apple blnasjom js just opt nf reach, Though you stand on the tips of your toes— A lesson lias nature she wishes to teach; You will learn it before au tumn goes. Strive not for the b|o**oity nor weep at dpfaat. But patiently wait for a while — Ali things come jn time—and tho n>oU)eut<» up! fleet, Sooq yoijt f'powu wijl givg plage to a smile. Thu blossom will die, but the good fruit will gp»w, it will ripim iu “U" »»*d in The weight of the apple will bel:d ti e bough low, And the wuiling will lie to yoi*rg%in. S«‘ k not the bright buds that will fade in a day, But awnif the sweet fruit (bid w ill send— * The buds may l>e high and out of ymir way, While the boughs at the har vest will bend. —Ladies’ lloiue Journal. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, "TUESDAY, MAY 25th 1897. A TENDER-HEARTED GOV ERNOR. In the private office of Gov. Atkinson at noon today'there was a touching testimony of the stress of (he times. There on the richly upholstered lounge lay a little light haired girl of six or eight summers, whose blue calico dress was homely enough, though her hair was a* soft as silk. Little common shoes clothed tired little feet that had trumped many weary miles. Sitting limp and tired on one of the handsome chairs was a little boy of twelve. And on another chair with his el bow on the table and his head resting on his hands, snt the weary father of these children, a man of fifty or more years |He was tired and his shoes ! were dusty. He hud walked 1 75 miles, carrying the little one when she could not walk. The boy had walked all live I way. Wlmt a picture for a painter! The one word eviction tells the whole story. The family had been turned out of their homestead at Harmony Grove, and there was no mother. The father, doing his best, to meet this double responsibility, without money and without friends, set. his face toward the capitol, resolved to try an ap peal to the Governor. The same ignorance of law wliiAh makes him think the Governor can reinstate him in the home stead doubtless caused the man to fall into some legal pitfall. So they tramped to Atlanta by slow and painful stages. When the* man had told his story the boy bad seated him self on a chair and the little girl was nodding in another, A big far rolled down the Governor's cheek as he. tender ly lifted the little one and laid her down on the lounge. There she slept the sweet sleep of childhood, all unconscious of j their painful predicament. Not j so her good father. Mental I distress wae added to weariness of hotly-, and he could not have] slept had he been on a conch I of down. The poor man’s face was sad, almost, hopeless, when the Governor told him that he had no power to interfere with the process of the court. What hi> could not do as a Governor he did ns a man Leaving the tired group in his office, with the little one still sleeping on the ‘lounge, the Governor went through the cap itol telling the simple, sad storv* and, meeting with quick responses, in a short time he made up a purse which he gave to the man. The name of the father of j this family is J. M. Hood, and he comes from Harmony Grove. —Atlanta Journal, 18th inst. WHY HE QUIT. A professional gentleman, who was accustomed to tuke his morning glass, stepped into* a saloon and going up to the bar called for whiskey. A seedy in dividual stepped up to him and said; “I say, ’Squire, can’t you ask un uufortqnate fellr.\y so join you?” He was annoyed hy t he man's familiarity, and roughly told him, “I am not in the habit of drinking with trumps.” The tramp replied: “You need not be so cranky and high minded my Irit nd J venture to say that. I am of just as good family as you are, have just as good an education, and before I took to drink was just as ro spectable as yoti are. Wlmt is more, I always knew how toact tbe gentleman. Take my word for it, you -I ieljj tojjohu Barley corn and he w>B bring you to just the snipe place I am.” Struck wish his words, the gentleman *t)t d°w n l»i» dia MS and turned to look at him, His eyes were blood-shot, his face bloated, bis boots inismut* ed. Ids elotlijng lilt hy. “Then aaa it drinking that made yon (ike this?” “Y'es, it was; and it w ill bring you to the same if you stick to it,” Picking up his untouched glass, he poured Die contents upon the (jour audaaid; “Then its time i quit,” and left the saloon never to enter it ugaiii, —Classmate. No man knows his true char acter who is a stranger to God. A DUEL WITH ONIONS. Shortly before the revolution, when the air was heavily charg ed with forebodings of the np proaching strugg’e, „ld Majoi Putnam happened to be in Bos ton, says Harper’s Round Ta ble. Ihe major disliked the red cents, and sometimes inveighed , against, their arrogant supercil iousness in no gentle terms. One day an officer of hi majesty’s regulars overhead Putnam assert tha* the pro vincial army, untutored it arms ns they were, would tight with the courage of trained «ol diers. The officer resented the assertion, and after some hot words challenged the major to tight a duel, provided In* dared to tight. “Dare!” shouted Put until* “Why, at. any moment; but I choose the weapons.” “Name them,” haughtily re plied t lie officer. “Two kegs of gtinpMvder; tin time, tomorrow; the distance, ten paces; the tight to be ns follows: You to sit oil one keg I on the other, a fuse to be at taclied to each and lighted, and the one who holds out the long est shall be declared the win ter,” There was nothing for the officer to do but accept, the un ilsunl weapons, nnd on thefol low ing day at the • appointed time and place the combatants took their seats upon the kegs of gtm-powder. The officer was deathly pale and watched the growing danger w ith di'iat ing eyes. At hi9t he could stand it no longer, and with a leap lie left his keg and raged) like a madman out of sight. When he bad gone Old Put laughingly kicked the burning fuse away nnd disclosed to IPs friends a keg of onions. When the matter came t> light the officer was subjected to tln* laugh and gibes of tin cut irocom ma nd. A PENNY'S WORTH OF LIGHT. By means of a nickle in the slot machine attached to a gas meter, a French inventor ion dcred it possible for Paiisians to take a'penny’s worth of light when they want it and escaj'i 1 paying for gas they do not want or do not get. A sou, equal ii value to two American cents, is dropped into the slot, and immediately the gas begins to flow. When two cents worth of gas has been burned the do" automatically ceases, and if the consumer wants more light Ik must put more money into tic machine. The inventors think tbis de vice will suit people who want to know exactly how much tiny must pay for their lights. The bent advice to newspaper subscribers we remember u have seen is the following fmo the Springfield Republican: “When you are convinced that a paper is dishom-l and deceitful stop it. When <•<>>» vinced that ifis unclean, stop it. When it lacks enterprise and fails to giyo you the news, stop it. “But don’t atop a paper that you believe to be honest, eoii'- ageous, enterprising uml clean simply because its editor bns written bis own sincere views, instead nf yours or cnmhodv else’*; for if you do, you are putting a premium uu insinci re Journalism and serving notice on an editor that the way to succeed is to write what he thinks will best please I i* read ers instead of w hat he Imi ps v believes tf> l»o the tftith ” THE SPEED OF CAMELS. Extraordinary stories grp sometime* (“Id (, l fli" wjtli which camels can travel in the desert, and of their won derful endurance of futigu-. But according to recent state, incuts there huH boon fqqch i-x Ugerat{qn qii th|s subject. _ Hue writer asserts that the speed of a camel does pot exceed about .even miles and a half piq hour, ii'ql that even that s|y- d is rot urdiuarily muintaid longer- 1 hull t>V>» hours at a stretch, - «»» ItUCKI-IbV’S .\ UN It A NAI.V K I'lie lies' Salve in (lie wcrltf fm Cuts, bruises, Su e*, Sal Mhruui, Fever Sort'*, Teller,Clia|>|><-U Hioid Chilblains, Corns unit all Skill Krnpßuns, anil positively cures Piles, or no pay eijulred, I is ; guaranteed to give perfect satisiao tion, or money refunded Price 2ft cents ii lie* For sale t,y A, M.Wiuu Lawrenceville Ua HAD KILLED THOUSANDS. HIS CAREER FINALLY ITT SHORT IN A DUEL W ITH A NEIGHBOR. Wavcrobh, On,. May 12. — Editor Albert C. Sweat, of the j Douglas Breeze, was here last; night, and among the interest- j ing things he told concerning UotTee county was the follow-1 ing: One of the most remarkable hunters of South Georgia was Elijah Youngblood, of Shep herd post office, ten miles from Douglas, in Coffee county. Mr. \oimgblood and his neighbor, John Tanner, got, into a dispute about three years ago over the burning of their forests, and they height a duel, Young blood was slain, and Tanner was tried for murder and ac quitted. Youngblood was 72 years old. lie boasted of hav ing killed over 1,000 deer, 1,000 alligators and 1,000 rattle snakes. His greatest sport, was hunting deer, and lie was fond of his dogs. One day a rattle siiakesnake hit bis favorite dog, causing deatli; nnd Mr. Young blood declared tlint be would not rest until be killed a thou sand rattlesnakes. At another time two of his dogs were eaten by alligators on a deer hunt, ami from that ■lay he vowed vengeance against alligators. Mr. Youngblood made numer ous incursions through tlieOke t'enokee swamp in Georgia, and tho everglades of Florida for the purpose of killing rattle snakes and alligators, and when lie. died his house was a sort of museum of deer horns, rattle snake rattles and alligator teeth. A bet ter mn rksmnn t linn Youngblood was hard to find but, he fell ingloriously in a du el with ft neighbor. The name of Youngblood will ever be re membered i-ii Coffee county ns t hat of a good citizen, a success ful farmer and a great hunter, j HOW TO WASH BLANKETS. Woolen blankets seldom look the same after they are washed. They turn yellow and lose that dainty flufflness that made them look at first so beautiful. How ever, when soiled, they must be cleaned, so select a sunshiny day for the purpose, that they may dry rapidly and without streaks. Prepare an abundance of hot. suds, using the best soup. Right here is a diversity of opinion among experts. Some prefer warm water, others hot water, and others, again, cold water. Take your choice; but remember one tiling, do not change the temperature, for that is what thickens the blank et. and makes it, stiff and hard. If your first suds be of hot wa ter, bnvo the second of hot wa ter, and rinse in hot water — and the same with warm or cold. If hot water is decided upon, dissolve half a pound of borax in five gallons of water, so hot that, you can just bear your hand iu it. Wash one blanket at a time, move it back and forth, rub the dirty spots, wash fast and wring lightly. Then put it into another suds, hot, and with borax as before; wash in the same manner, and, after wringing thoroughly, rinse in hot water, and again in clear hot water, in which has been dropped n little indigo. Now your blanket is ready for bunging up, uud there is an an. in this process, Stretch a strong clothes-line so that the blanket may catch all the sun shine possible, nnd also be well shaken by the wind; throw just enough of it over the line so that it may he pinned to the up per side, and stiup tho wet blanket a few times to get out wrinkles and ‘make it dry straight. When dry, tuke it down find fold it exactly true. All this work should lie done rapidly, for the chief point in washing woolens is not to let them soak. -Ex. An Arkaneas editor gives his liuquents a gentle hint iu this way; “It is said that a New Y’ork girl kneads bread with her gloves on; but that is no news to us. We need bread with our Loots on; we need bread w*ith our pants on; and if those sub scribers who am so much in arrears don’t pay up soon we wjll need I (tend without any thing on,” Mr Munn —For mercy’s sake, what are the children quarrel, ing about iu the u> .\t room? Mrs, Maun—Their music ITuchev eaine jn a few minutes ago, and I suppose they are now engaged in tile »tudy of lmrmo ny,_Rostnn Transcript. The late Henry O. Houghton, the publisher, said that when iu England lp> was asked where i lie lived. “Near Boston, 11 he I replied. “Ah! You probably; know some friends of mine who] live near Boston.” “Wheredo they live?” “In Atlanta,” was the reply* The public debt of France is the lurgest iu the world, and amounts to about sN,ooo,l4>iy A)}> IAN ABLE POLICE HORSE. The cleverest horse on the ) New York police force is Pom pey, whose registered number on iho books of the department is 128. Let, any horse or police man who disputes this state- Lment step forward and prove to the contrary. Poiupey gave an exhibition of his talents for the benefit of The Sunday Jcnnml. lie can count and understand ordinary conversation. He is, in fact, almost as intelligeht ns a police man. He is the steed and insepara ble companion of Roundsman Kodmund P. Keresey of the Thirty-eighth precinct, which is in the annexed district. Pom pey is remarkable nos alone for his Intents; lie lias also a his tory, which is full of human in terest. k * His intelligence developed so rapidly fliut Keresey began to teach him a few tricks. He would tickle him under the right fore leg with a straw and say, “Pompey, give me your right, hand. ” At first the horse would raise his leg to avoid the tickling, but soon he learned to do tlu* same thing merely when he heard the words “right hand.” The same process taught him to offer his left foot when polite ly asked to do so. His educa tion went on steadily, nnd lie learned to raise his right or left kind leg at a mere word from his mnstpr. Keresey made the horse understand tlian when lie used the word “papa” in con ! versation he referred to him self—Keresey. Tims the police man would say. “Give papa your right hand,” and the ani mal would understand perfect ly. The horse’s name also was varied occasionally to “Papa’s Boy.” An interesting feature ol Pomp.iy’s education was the rapidity with which he acquired knowledge. In two weeks he raised his right foot when toll, to. H.is teacher had fewer dif ficulties than most men who train animals. Dogs are usual ly found to be inattentive and unduly exuberant. The supe riority of the horse lies nut in greater intelligence, but in great er docility. The next stage was to make i Pompey say “Yes” or “No.” A tickling on the side of the neck caused him to move his head sidewise. This was ac r companied by the command, “Say no," Finally the tickling could be omitted. A titillhtion of Iris chin taught him to move his head up a.:d down, which meant yes. After this I’ompey began to j learn to count. A light whip was placed on one of his fore legs near the ground. He raised the leg to avoid the obstacle and 1 tapped thqgr.ound light ly. Kere soy at the same time said, “Count one.’' Then he count ed one without the use of the I whip. This process was con tin-1 tied until Pompey was able to count six, which is his present state of proticoncy. “Say, it’s ft o’clock, time for relief,” says Keresey, nnd Pom . pey gravely scrapes Ins lore foot six times on llie ground. He takes two steps to the) right or left when told to do so, and in luct has so many ue com pi i|h incuts that they can not, all Isi enumerated here.— New York Journal, -<* • • "—" Why do the little birds hop | so gnvly around the kitchen j door? Because they want something to eat. Why lines the cat oreep slow ly towards the open kitchen door ? Because she wants sonn thing to eat, too. —Somerville Jour nal. Uneasy passenger (on ocean steamship)—Doesn’t the vessel ■ tip frightfully ? Dignified steward—The vis sel; mum, is trying to set a j good example tofhe passengers. A post office clock m Sidney, j Australia,‘mills an electric flash l light, lusting five seconds, every hour during the eight, thus en abling those living miles away I to ascertain the exact time. St- Jerome states that he saw Scotchmen in the Roman armies n Oaul who ate hunn u ttesli regularly, esteeming it as u great delicacy. The first seyen days oi the | Centennial exposition *how ul | go attendance of 17,5(A). 1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE MISSIONARY COL UMN. | This column is devoted to the missionary cause, and is ed ited by the W. F. M. Society, Lawrenceville auxiliary. I 1 The W. F. M. Society meets at the Methodist church Friday after the Ist Sunday. The Juvenile Missionary So ciety meets at the parsonage, Saturday before Ist Sunday. _ ***--*«!* The Gainesville District meet ing of the W. F. M. Society met in Buford on May 18th, 1897. We were met at the depot by a committee of ladies. Thursday evening nt 8 o’clock we had the pleasure of hearing a lecture from Bro. Shaw , a re turned missionary fromMapan. His lecture was grand. Up held his and ft'nee spell bound for about an hour Friday morning, at 0 o’clock, the business of the conference was taken up. Mrs. W. B. Shadburn deliver ed the address of welcome, which was very beautiful. Miss Mnyme England responded in Dehalf of the conference. At three o’clock we had at. experience meeting. At 4:80 o'clock Mr. Grey, n returned missionary from Chi na, lectured to the children in Chinese costume, which made it very impressive. He carried the children in a (rip to China nnd returned. At 8:]',() p. in. Mrs. Armor, of Greensboro, gave us a splendid talk. Her talk was very ear nest and instructive. Too much could not be laid of this | consecrated woman, Saturday, 8:80 u. m., “How )to build up our societies,” was discussed, and also our mission | ary literature. Mrs. Armor I gave tis a rousing talk on our ! literature. At 8:80 p. in., Mrs. Shew , make talked to us mi juvenile j work, and insisted that each j Juvenile Society would build j the Cable for the bonifit of the Little Worker special. Sunday at eleven o’clock Bro. White, of Gainesville, preached a very spiritual mid instructive sermon. At 4 o'clock, p. qi., Mrs. Ar mor talked to the children. At 8 o’clock p. m., Mr. Grey lectured ngnin on China. With this service closed a very inter esting meeting. Too much could not be said of tlie way the good people of Buford entertained us. The church was beautifii 1 ly decorated. • Mrs. Hhewmnke, oirr new Dis trict Secretary, lias thrown her whole soul into the work and will make us a good secretary. We were very fortunate in having Messrs. Grew and Shaw, and Mrs. Armor with us; their talks and lectures were a great help to us. ’The next meeting will beheld in Lawrenceville some time din - ing the month of May 1898. MISSIONARY GLEANINGS. “In India mother* often kill their baby girls to save them from the sorrows they have suf fered.” “There is |k> use of my try ing to lie a Christian,” said an old Chineae woman, “look at my feet,” pointing to her de formed, bandaged feet. “Why, what have your feel |to do with it?” said Die mis sionary. “Oh,” said the other, “if I am a Christian. I’ll have to go into the world and preaoh the gospel, and I could not work with these feet.” UIHMIONAUY MKilf. The Premise. There is no distinction between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is Lord of all. And is rich unto; all that oull upon Him. The Promise. “Whosoever; shall call upon the name of tin Lord shall be saved.” . The Irresistible Sequence How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not lielieved? How shall they believe iu Him of whom tbvy have imi | heard? How shall they hear without i a preacher? How shall they preach except jtliey lie sent?—Dr. Herrick, Johnson, in Mission field. M"\ 1 K< < A FACTORY VT WORK. A remarkable feat was accom plished—moviftf x factory in which the machinery was main tained m operation. The shop referred to is situated in Bust up and was moved to make room for work Being done fn the ele vation of the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. The movement of tho shop was about -’AH) feet in one direction and 50 feet in mother, and was effected without sus pending work, the shop being operated just as if nothing un usury* as going on. Tile building is of brick. 85n by *0 feet. About one-half its length is three stories high and the nVst two stories, Electric motorXire attached to the shaft ing to Apply the power. receive Ntteir power hy wirelP* running I i-Ncp a generating plant put up for tins! purpose. The. shop was thus moved b<xft]hr a distance of BoOVeet and in ope rat ion dtiringY"*''~”'*t) s s > t i tm > which was narth'gw \ra-, ble mi account of ness.—American T on ins good* bemfV^oll. “You must be on your gtlod A behavior this eyeing, George, for the minister is to take din ner with us,” said a Hyattsvilte lady to tier worser half, as ho, got home from his office in the city last Thursday. J “Wlmt have you for * querried the husband. “Well, I know lie is fond of lisli, so I bought quite a string of small river fish, and several large ones from the dam.” “1 am net much at doing the honors when we have a minister y at the table.’’ said George; “but 1 guess we can get through with it all right.” Half an hour later they were seated at the table and a bless ing Imd been asked by the min- , ister. A little, nervously the head of the house began mg out the vegetables, and ing to the guest said: “Will you have some of the little river lish or woulif you j piefer some of the dam big fish. ” The warning kick from under the table from his wife was nn- , necessary. He knew he had ‘ blundered and cold beads of perspiration started out ou his forehead. • “0 I mean”—trying to repair the error—“will you try some of the dam river fish or some of the big fish?” Worse, and more of it! His daughter slyly pulled Ins coat tail to bring him to his senses. “That is, would you like some of the river fish or some of else other dam fish?” • 1 The deep carnat ion spreading over the good lady’s face didn’t mend matters a bit, and wfth a gasp ho plunged once more. “Amen! Which.of the dam fish do you prefer, anyhow?’’— Washington Star. 'TIB A FACT. A Texas editor, in speaking of people wl o dw not subscribe for newspajiers, very properly says: “When you ask a man to* subscribe for your paper and he says, ‘Ch, I’m taking more pa pers than 1 can read, and be sides times are plagued tight,’ immediately apologise to him tor the mistake and leave him. | Life is too short to teach a jack i ass to sing soprano. All gentle* ! men nowadays read news|>a|>ers —and lots of them. “Show us a man who lives for years in town or country and never subscribes for the paper there, and Wb’ll show you a man whose head i* shaped like a piece of pie with the p >iiit up. “A country newspaper is an institution that works day and night for every decent man in the country; therefore, every decent man is in honor bound to assist in its support. The greatest trouble is that some s \ell-headed galoots fancy t hat tuy are making the editor a present when they take his pa per. Wo have the profoundest sympathy foi the man who Uvea in this country for years and never subscribe*for his county paper. Only 50 Cents! la addition to our clubbing rati • with the Constitution, Journal, X. Y. World ami .Southern Cultivator, iu order to give tlw people of the county itieir county paper fora low i price, we will -etui the Mrs ato front now until January the tlrst Iv.KS for Kitty Cents. Semi in yor ordersbv mail or through the I‘ost Masters of the county, yvho are our aul hori/nl ageuU.