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k VOL. XXVII. NO 15 ONLY ONE PANG, To give no pang except , that which is felt hy friends when death removes you from their midst is, indeed, a remarkable record, tint ono which every per son should strive to make" This was a part of the beautiful im promptu™ tribute that the late GeneralToombs paid to his dead wile. Some days after her death a friend met him and expressed his feelings of sympathy: "YflJ,” responded Mr. was a young trusting girl. "To gether we traveled the journey of life until our locks were j whitened with the frosts of fimo; together we visited the isles of (he sea, the continents of earth, the palaces of the gretrU and the cottages of the poor. She never gave me but one pang, and that was when she died. ” —» ■ We are frequently requested »to print what the writers de nominate as “poetry” —words thrown together with a jingle at the end of each line, like tiie music of a tin can at the end of a dog’s tail. Wo often try to darn up and crochet some of these effusions sc they will read smoothly, but when we find them with poetic “feet” rang ing in number from six to thir teen, resembling a thousand legged worm, or other kind of helmith, we have either to re build the poem or throw it it the waste basket in despair. We would advise our breth ren, that unless they have a pegasus of their own, not to try riding a borrowed one, but stick to prose. Our rhyming ma chine is out of Mix’ and is too old for repairs, or we would set it in motion und grind their grits over. Again we say stick to prose, unless the heavenly spirit of poeey is born within you—you can’t borrow it. —Exchange. FUR TO FLY in the ninth In the ninth, that hot-bed of i politics, they are talkiug of j giving Carter Tate a good, hard fight, Howard Thompson has j been a prospective candidate since he announced he would not run again for solicitor gen-; gral, and the wise one say he is j losing no time in erecting his j fences. Then there’s Dick Russell. He has as many friends as the pext man, and if you’ll ask him he’ll leave you under the impression that he will be in the race. In connection with the same race Co!. Robertson of Haber sham and Col. Simmons of Gwinnett are believed to be likely entries. Carter Tate is a good congress man and a good fighter, and will make the race to succeed himself, One may confidently predict the flying of fur in tho ninth Atlanta Journal. JURY GAVE H 1M A WOODEN LEG. Portland Oregonian. A novel verdict was returned by the jury last night in tie d image suit of Leo A. Donaug! vs The City and Suburban Rail way Company. The jury decided that the company pay the cost of tin suit, furnish Donaugh with a •wooden leg and also give him employment. Donaugh was a mortoiman on car 85? and lost his left foot hy having it caught in the gear ings or cog-wheels of the motor while engaged jn “cutting out.' Ho claimed the gearings should have been protected with cas ings and that the company was negligent in not having them on the car. The defendant alleged that the use of casings had been dope away with tjome time be fore the accident, and that they were uot a protection w hen they were in use, but were to prevent the accumulation of dust, and failed to accomplish this, and, ou the contrary, caused it t<> gather, JJonaugji was injured, they fifty, by *'js own carelessness, jp» he could tiM® what he was do ing Donaugh sued for $15,000 damage*. At two former trials the juries disagreed. . . TWO LIVES SAVED. }tf r «, Phoebe Thomnß,of June- Hun P‘ty, IIP, »«» to|(l by her doctor* she had Consumption unit that there was no hope for her, but two bottles Dr. King’" New Discovery completely cured her, and she says it saved her litV. Mr.Tho*. Kggers, IDO Florida yj., r>an Francisco. Buffered .from a dfcadful coh|, upproach tngConsumption; tried without result everything else then bought ope bottle of |)r. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. Hu i-s naturally thankful- Jt is such results, of which these are samples, that prove l «l»B wonderful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free .trial bottles at Winn A gnu's Drugstore. Regularsiae jOc and sl, A nc, \J W HMNH, 11 Andrew Jackson’s MARRIAGE TO RACHEL RORARDS. From the Courier-Journal. When Andrew Jackson be came a presidential candidate he did not escape what general ly falls to the lot of any aspir ant to political honors. His relations in private lif> were not exempt from public gaze, and so denunciatory were the revelations made that a com bined defense and denial from his friends became necessary as a part of the campaign fight. So often have his partisans re iterated their statements that probably many of them and their descendants have come to believe them as true. As they claim, Jackson mar ried Rachel Rohurds (nee Don aldson) in 1701, before her hus band had secured a divorce. On hearing in 1790 that the divorce had just been granted the marriage ceremony was again performed. A condensed narrative of the facts may not be amiss at this time: The “Widow Donaldson” and her family were caught in storms while moving to the west from North Carolina- in wagons. Hospitality was ex tended them by the “Widow Robards,” who was a Miss Hill, Imbodeu und Mushy families of Virginia. This “Widow Rob ards” had moved after her hus band’s deuth from Virginia to Mercer county, Ky., and there in time had erected tbe first stone house in Central Ken tucky. Later the “Widow Don aldson” was granted permission to occupy the deserted log home on the estate. The “Widow Robards” had two sons that had served throughout the Rev olutionary war, and were pro moted for bravery. Of ftiese, (lie younger soon succumbed to the charms of fair Rachel Don aldson, and they were married. It has been urged sometimes as a palliation of Rachel Don aldson’s after conduct, that she married in a family.socially in ferior to her own, but this is a figment of some one’s brain. Lewis Robards’ ancestors were old Virginians; bis elder broth er, George, married a grand daughter of the Dutois, French Hugonut; ilie oldest sister mar ried lion. Thomas Davis, first congressman from Kentucky, and after his deuth the Hon Mr. Floyd, governor of one of the territories; thesseond sister married a brother of Hon. Thus. Davis; the third sister, Sallie Robards, married Col. Juck Jouett (Matthew Jouett, the artist, was their sou), and the youngest sister married Capt. William Buckner, surveyor general of Kentucky, a nephew of President Madison and raised in bis house. She wus the grand mother of a distinguished line, Gen’l. Simon B. Buckner, Hon. Richard A. Buckner and oth ers. Rachel Donaldson herself was beautiful, but while the possessor of winsome ways was somewhat lacking, in refine ment. Sumner suys of her. “She was not at all fitted to share the destiny which befell Jackson.” After the marriage of Lewis Kohards and Huclud Donaldson they made their home with their mother. Later Jackson came from Tennessee to practice law in Kentucky, As there were no inns in those days every man’s latchstring hung op the outside, and Jackson became a member qf the Robards house hold. About this time the gos sips were oensuring Rachel for receiving attentions from a Mr. Peyton Short. The family thought she was merely willful and imprudent, but so much gossip was uccftsiunpd that an appeal was made to her mother (then living in Nashville) and she was sept there for a while to shield her from tho imiae quenoes of her own imprudence, for this family set great store on their untarnished puipo. In the meautiipe 4ff°ksqp had returned tq Ngshvi||e and board ed with his mother at that time. When Lewis Kubards came to Nashville, expecting to buy a home near his wife’s mother, lie found Imr receiving marked attention from Andrew .Jack sou. Even Overton, Jackson’s lifelong friend, and ope who had written an account to vin dicate him, told Jackson that LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 22nd 1897. he was causing trouble between man and wife. It is said that Jackson changed his boarding place and Ins partisans say that he challenged Lewis Robards to a duel, the latter refusing thro’ cowardice and offering to en gage in a “fisticuff,” but it is hardly probable that a man promoted in the Revolutionary war for bravery would refuse to engage in a duel through cow ardice. According to Overton, Jack son’s partisan, Lewis Robards left, his wife in anger at Nash ville. Rachel Robards, hearing her husband was going to re turn for her, early in 1791 went with Mr. and Mrs. Stark to Natchez, Andrew Jackson ac companying them to assist in protecting them from the In dians. In May, 1791, Andrew Jackson returned to Nashville. In July. 1791, hearing a divorce had been granted, he proceeded straight to Natchez, and “with out more ado,” as his friends say, married her, returning to Nashville. These dates and facts are given hy Jackson’s partisans. Considering the time required to transmit news in these days, tbe distance between Natchez and Nashville and the short time that elapsed between Jack son’s departure from Natchez (May) and his return to be married (July), one may nat urally inquire when this court ship occurred, if not when Ra chel was ami kuew herself to be and was known by Jackson to be Rachel Robards, wife of Lewis Robards. Gould Lewis Robards have been jealous over what existed alone in his brain? Jackson ana Rachel claimed they believed a divorce had been granted. How did they suppose (lie divorce hail been granted, if the charges made were not true? Jackson’s friends claim that the court records in this case are the charges as made by the plain tiff. It would be a queer case where the charges would be made by the defendant. After the charges are made, the court decides the case. Some have claimed that Hugh McGarey, a witness in this suit, was un enemy of Jackson. Yet lie was a man of note in those days, considered a credible man, and made bis statements as a sworn witness. A man does not necessarily perjure himself testifying against a party dis liked. Hugh MeUarey was not the only witness in this suit. Returning to Kentucky,Lewis Robards entered his home one day to find that his wife and Jackson had eloped. Near Nat chez, Miss., an old log hut used to be poiuted out as where Jack son and Rachel passed their honeymoon. It is probable that after the elopement lie took her to this placo. Jackson and Rachel had been pursued by Lewis Robards and bis body servant. to tlm ferry. There they exchanged shots, but Jack son burned on, fearing that Rachel might be hurt. Lewis Robards returned home and found among bis wife’s effects letters that fully satisfied him a divorce should have been pre viously sought- In the winter of 1790-91 he asked the legisla ture (Keutucky was then a part of Virginia, and such was the legal proceedure) to pass an act entitling him to sue for a divoice. The ground* for di vorue were desertion and adul tery. The legislature granted this act, stating the divorce was to he granted, provided the charges were proven true in court. This act in Section 1 required notice to be published eight weeks successively in (he Kentucky Gazette, und yet Jackson's friends claim he did not know the suit was pending, The divorce was granted, facts being conclusively proved to show the glaring misstatements in Overton's accounts. It is claimed (hat the state ments of pcopje of pfolpty are in tl|e possession of Jackson’s descendants (by adoption)— statements that exculpate Jack son and Rachel front any in tentional wrong doing. But there are the statements of peo ple of undoubted probity tha* conflict. In fact, Dickinson expressed what was generally known, when, upon hearing Mrs, Jackson’s remark about, the horses, he said: “About as far behind as Mrs. .Ja ksi left her first husband when s • ran away with the gem ral ' If is is true, as is said, tli Dickinson afterward said 1.0 meant nothing, claiming 1 > have b“en intoxicated at tin time, still, it is a well known fact that a man flushed wit.t w ine will often have the temer ity to tell the truth about some things that lie would discreetly not mention. Lida Robards Boiion. MANY MGS. IN PAST CABI NETS. Salt Lake Herald. McKinley is the first Me t be president, blit Mcs in the cabinet are no novelty. Wash iugton had one m his second cn hi nut, being James McHenry of Maryland, who was appoint ed Secretary of War Jan. 27, 1790. McHenry was also Sec- 1 retary of War under President John Adams. The next Mo to bo chosen to a cabinet position was John McLean of Ohio, who was ap pointed Postmaster General by President Monroe June 20. 1820 President John <)uinc.y Adams continued McLean as Postmas ter General during his adminis tration. Audrew Jackson, remember ing his ancestry, made a Me Secretary of the Treasury, This was Louis Me Lane of Delaware. His appointment was made Aug. 18, 1881. Two years later ( A*ay 29, 1888) Jackson made McLane Secretary of State, lie succeeding Edward Livingston of Louisiana. In 18-11 President John Tyler went to Ohio for a Secretary of War, choosing John McLean, who bad been Postmaster Gei - eral in Monroe’s cabinet. President Millard Fillmore had a Me for Secretary of In terior. This was Robert Mc- Clelland of Michigan, who’was appointed March 7, 1868 March 7, 1*65 President'Lin coln appointed Hugh McCr iloeb of Indianu Secretary of tin* Treasury, which position lie fill ed while Andrew Johnson w.is President. The Secretary of War under President Hayes was a Me. This wus George W. McCrary of low a, who was appoints I March 12. 1877, and was suc ceeded by Alexander Ramsay of Minnesota Dec. 12, 1879. The last Mac to sit in a cabi net was Wayne MacVeigh of Pennsylvania, who was Attor ney General under President Garfield. There have been four Secre taries of War whose name l>e gan with Me, two Secretaries of the Treasury, two Postmaster Generals,one Secretary of Statu one Secretary of the Intern r and one Attorney General. Maj. McKinley renews the practice begun by Washington of putting a Me in the cubiuet and goes Washington one bel ter by making a Mo Preside) t of the United States. BRIGHT BITS. One reuson why all of of us down iu our hearts huve uo bounded respect for an old wo man’s curls is that she never charges sll a visit.—Atchison Globe. “One swallow does not mak a summer.” remarked the ob server of men and things, “tmi it sometimes make a seaserpeui, and thats a good* start,” —1)< ! troit Journal. An editor up the state (w --withhold his name beeuuse h has a wife and several children who arj entirely innucen') speaks of a “widow lady type wri teress. ” —Philadelphia In quirer. “H’m!” said the doctor, wle> had sampled his patient’s box of cigars anti listened at In chest with his stethoscope “It sounds to me like a cubbag hoart.” —Minneapolis Journal “Now, when you ask papa for me, be sure to lace him like a man.” “You bet I will. He dosen't get any chance at my back it I i can help it.”—Cleaveland Plain 1 Dealer. Koopqm|pa| guff Wealthy Father—Do you know, tpy son, what strict economy would do for you? Robert —I know what it has done for me, father, apd 1 r»- sjiect you for it'—-Harlem Life. “I hear that Iflr. Savgqt t$ livipg (n (he greatest poverty— practfoally starving. Ogn noth ing be done for him.” “Gh, yes, hjs friends began a year ago to oollect funds for a monument to him.”—Fliegende | Blatter. An Explanation.—' ‘JfJkxctor,' * asked the seeker after kpowL edge of the clergyman, ‘‘why do people got on the knees to pray iusteud of standing?” ■ “They want to save their soles,” responded the olever minister. —Harlem Life. itiystts Tabula* assist di*eau»o. ZACHARY TAYLOR'S FACE. IT LOOKS NOW AS IT LOOKED WHEN HE DIED NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AOO. On a recent Tuesday, while New Yorkers were doing honor to the memory of General Grant, a small group of friends of another President went to his tomb to look at his sturdy face and recall the storiey of his 9t ir ring life, w hich went out almost half a century ago. The few friends surrounded tbe modest tomb of old Rough and Ready Taylor in a graveyard scarcely a stone’s throw beyond the lim its o c this city, says a Louisville (Ky.) correspondent of the New York Sun. Accompanied by a Louisville undertaker they were making their annual visit to the tomb to inspect the metaliccase to see that every joint was seal ed so as to prevent the air from entering. The glass covering the face of the dead. Executive is always ex posed at these times. The face was wonderfuLly preserved and the features looked, but for a few wrinkles, just as they did forty-seven , years ago. The face was as white as marble, and everything about the body seemed to be unchanged and perfectly preserved. The Taylor family burial ground is two miles northeast of St- Mathew’s, a suburb of iiOiusville on the Short Line RaiJroad, and is one of the most beautiful in the State Proba bly, with the one exception of the vault of the first President at. Mount Vernon, none of the Executives of the United States lies in a more beautiful spot than does General Zachary Tay lor. ■ The burial ground is within 800 yards of the old Taylor homestead. It is within 200 yards of the Brow nsboro pike, and occupies exactly an acre. It, slopes to the east, and is sur rounded by a five foot wall of j stone. This wall has stood for many years, but not a sign of , decay or carelessness in its keep ing can be seen. It stands sol id and firm, and gives promise of standing for a century ye;. Just to the east of the en trance is the vault which con tains the body of the ex-I’resi dent. It is oue of those old fashioned, plain vaults, which are now seldom seen. A cover ing of myrtle keeps it green the year around. Sloping toward the road, the vault can be easily seen by travelers. The plain, solid iron door has no inscription, but on a marble slab above the door are the words: ZACHARY TAYLOR, : Born November 24. 1786, ; Died July 9, 1860. I “Don’t expect prosperity to come back with a jump,” says the Chicago Times-Herald. • “We won’t,” says the Kansas City Times. “If she enters with a glide; if she moseys in on one leg; nay, if she sashays forward on her surcingle, or waltzes gently forward on her ears, we’ll welcome her and brush the dust oft' the best seat in the house for her to sit in. It don’t make oue hit of differ ence how she comes, but the when ness of her coming is a matter of much interest. OLD PEOPLE, Old people wliu require rnedi ome to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find tho true reme dy in Klcetrie Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whisky nor other intoxicant, hut acts us u, topic and alterative. H acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving twin- to the organs, there by aiding nature in the per formance of the functions. Electric Bitters is uu excellent appetizer and aid* digested, 0,1(1 people flnd it just exactly what they need, prioe flQo and *t at A. M. Whni ik Son's Drug Store, A Rochester astronomer gives the comforting assurance that, because of our atmospheric pro lection, ''a large comet may swish its tail agnm*t us with little effect, except meteoric displays and magnetic disturb ances,” says the St. Louis Globe-Demecrat, The iuculent might also explain a visitation of air ships. It is never necessary to be silly to keep from appearing | solemn. • HER HATED STATUE GONE. From the New York World. The marble statue of Agnes Gilkerson, for years an object of interest on the lawn of the Smith mansion, at Smithville, N. J.. was broken into tlious aiids of pieces yesterday. I he wreckage of this remark able work of art was then cast in Rancocns creek, and the brazen testimonial to Congress man Hezekiah R. Smith's folly went out of sight forever. The story of Smith and Agnes Gilkerson is one of. extraordin ary romance and wrong, and. when first made public, stirred the whole country. The man had deserted his rightful family at Woodstock Vt , and made a new home at Smithville with the wiman ot his infatuation. lie became » millionair manufacturer, creat ing a great industrial plant in the out of the way retreat he had selected. He also went to congress and grew to be a political figure in the state, Agness Gilkerson, known to those who knew Smith then as his wife, pushing him onward and upward. When the woman died the in consolalde and aged manufac turer hud a statue of her made in Italy and placed it on his front lawn where he could ser it always. Capt. Elton Smith, ono of the manufacturer’s surviving children, has just come into the vast property of his father, and one of his first acts was to or der the statue of Agnes Gilker son destroyed, so that it should I never more plague him or his. A dozen stalwart men, armed with sledges and axes, started out early yesterday morning from the Smith machine shop to do the bidding of- their em ployer. They went to work in the presence of a crowd of other workers from the shops, and n great shout went up as they placed their weight against the six-foot base sent the white statue crashing to the ground. Then with their heavy sledges they hammered the marble fiercely, and until it was noth ing but a pile of debris. Some of the villagers had gathered, and there was an effort to secure pieces of the statue us souvenirs, but this had bpen provided against, and not one bit was allowed to be taken. A cart took the whole mass to the creek, where it was dumped into ten feet of water and covered with lots of rock. As a boy of 16 Capt. Smith had been insulted by the wo man of his futher’s choice, and it was peculiarly appropriate that he should see to it that the statue of Agnes Gilkerson was put away for good. Aii early start m better that a hard run. It is no evidence of cowardice to be afraid to do wrong. The further one travels the wrong road, the rougher it gets. If people Would never do wrong, they would hardly ever be over worked. The man who hue the largest following is frequenty ou the wiong road. Duty is sometimes a bitter dose, but it always leaves a good taste in the mouth. There is always a temptation to do wrong right by (he side of every opportunity to do right. What a man keeps makes him rich on earth, but it is what he gives to others in need that makes him rich iu heaven. The average person is sup posed to speak 13.000 words 11 day. A harmless lotion for remov ing freckles is as follows; Lem on juice, one ounce; powdered bora*, one-half drachm; sugar ouedialf drachm. An educated Indian who re cently spent half an hour read ing the epiraphs in a cemetery, remarked: "I guess the only good w hite man is U dead white man,” Push forward, lie generous, polite and clever. If you start a thing, keep it up and don't dispuir, and you will get thro’ the long dark valby after u while, "What's that old woman do ing now?" qurried the stocking in the work basket. ‘‘She’s getting out her needle and yarn.” "Well I’* exclaimed the stocking, "I’ll bo darned!" 1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE missionary col umn. [This column is devoted to the missionary cause, and is ed ited by the \\ . I’’ (M, Society, Law Pence ville auxiliary. | THE CHRISTIAN CHINAMAN. A Chinaman applied for the position of cook in a family which belonged to a fashionable church. The lady asked him: “Do you drink whisky?” “No, I Clistiun man.” Do you play cards?” ‘"Nc, l Clistian man.” He was engaged, and was found honest and capable. By ‘lid by the lady gave a progres sive euche party, with wine ac companiments. John did his part acceptably, but the next norning lie appeared before his mistress. “I want quit.”. “Why, what is the matter?” “I a Clistian man; I told you ro before. No workee for ‘Mel lean heathen!”—Gospel in All Lands. What can I do today? Not praise to win, or glory to attain; Not gold, or ease, or power, or love to gain, >r pleasure gay; But to impart Toy to some stricken heart, To send a heaven-born ray ,)f hope, some sad, despairing Soul to cheer, I'o lift some weighing doubt, vlake truth more clear, Dispel some dwarfing care, To lull some pain, Bring to the told again Some lamb astray, I’o brighten life for some one, Vow and here— This let me do today. —Selected. what she cort.n. A poor old woman in China, who had been converted, but who seemed unwilling to be Imp tized, was asked why she hesi tated. “Why,” she replied, with Un learn running down her cheeks, ‘you know that Jesus said to !iis disciples, ‘Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel t<> every creature.’ Now, lam an old woman nearly seventy years of age and almost blind. I can tell my husband about Jesu- Christ, and I can tell my son and his wife when he has one; 1 am willing to speak to my neighbors, and perhaps I can go to one or two villages, but 1 can uever go to all the world. Now, do you think he will let me call myself a disciple, if I can do no better that, that?” When she heard that the Lord asked only for the best from each of followers, and does not require from any one more than he can do, she said gladly: “O, then lam ready to be baptized whenever you think best.” If all the baptized disciples of the Lord were as conscien tious in their reading of His words as was this poor old wo man, certainly there would be no lack of missionaries.—Ex change. GOOD KX AM PI.ES. A pastor w rites to the mission office: "A young lady «»f this place has been invalid for elev en years. For over four years past she has been confined to her l«ed, und suffers very much, but while lying prostrate she is able to use her arms. She has been making bookmarks of rib bon aud selling them for fifteen cents each. Last year she se cured the sale of enough book marks to eb-ur sf*t), and sent that amount for the support of a pastor teacher in India.” Another pustor sends f:in from a member of his Church, ol whom he says: "She is oue of God's choicest saints. Her bus lmnd is a groceryman, but they are poor This money is the result of months of self-denial, and is doubly e.msec rated. If every Methodist would do as well according to his means, the ten-million standard would float uti the lireeae." CHINA. Take your Bible and carefully count, not the chapters or the verses, but the letters, from the beginning of Genesis to the 'amen* of the He vela t ion; and when you have accomplished this, go over it again aud again anil again—ten times, fvywity times, forty fim^s —nay, you lead its very letters of iwrjt &AKJHO POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great Ifaveniim sarepglh and lienllliftilness. As surcstUe food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Kovat. Bakiuk I’owdkii Com can v, Nkw York. ymir liilile eight y times over be fore you have reached the re quisite sum. It would take something like the letters of eighty Bibles to represent the men, women and children of iluitoldand populous empire (China). Fourteen hundred of them have sunk into Christless graves during the last hour; thirty-three thousand will pass to-day forever beyond your reach. Dispatch your mission try tomorrow, and one million •itid a quarter of immortal souls for whom Christ died, will have passed to their filialaccount be fore he can reach their shores. Whether such facts touch us or not, I think they ought to move ■nr hearts. It is enough to make an angel weep. The claims of an empire like this (China) should surely he not only admitted but realized! ■Shall not the eternal interests >f one-fifth of our race stir up the deepest sympathies of our nature, the most strenuous ef forts of our blood-bought pow er? Shall not the low wail of helpless, hopless misery arising from one-half of the heathen .vorld pierce our sluggish ear iud rouse us, spirit, soul and body, to one mighty, continued, unconquerable effort for China’s salvation?—J. Hudson Taylor. SOMETHING NEW IN .1 CRIES. i A COLORED WOMAN FOREMAN IN THE THIAI. OF A CASE IN DENVER. Denver (Colo.) Times. A precedent was established in Hunt’s court today which created considerable merriment The first woman juror in the history of Arapahoe county jus tice courts was impaneled in the cuse against Dominic Goth er, an Italian, who was charged with the theft of 10 cents’ worth of coal from a coal company. The woman juror, Mrs. Jennie Pierson, colored. When the e*ae was called the defense asked for a jury, and the court had to graut the re quest. Deputy Sheriff' Howard I,a Due saw the court room was crowded with spectators, and experienced a happy sensation, thinking that he would have no difliculty in securing a jury out of the people present. So six men were cubed inside the railing, and were subjected to a tiresome examination by the prosecution, who entertain ed fears that they were going to ho buncoed. One after another they were excused, until the six were all disposed of, and Da Due had to return for more. This was repeated several times, aud finally those of the spectators who had not been called feared that they might, and departed. Things were beginning t > lot k bud for Da Due, and he win about to take his hat and can vass the streets for jurors, when his i ye rested upon Jennie Pier son, a damsjd weighing -*i*> pounds. He stopped for a mo ment, scratched his head, and thought. Why could not Mrs. Pierson answer lus purpose, and save him a half-day’s work? lie came to the conclusion that she could, and summoned her. She was accepted by both sides, autl tlie ease went to trial, Mrs. Pierson being honored with the position of foreman. After being out one minute by the court clock, the juiy re turned a verdict of not guilty. HAD A GOOITMEMORY. ‘How old are you, Johnny V •Six.’ ‘Ever been ill V ‘Yes.’ ‘Often V ‘No.’ ‘Ever had the doctor ?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘How often ?’ ‘Just once,' ‘How king ago was that V "Bout six years ago.’ ‘What was the matter then ?’ ‘I was getting horned.’ * #-•’ Hipuu* Tubule* cur* U> aycfiMUL 7