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VOL. XXVII. NO 35 LET ITSl T S STOP TO THINE, j From The Outlook. J,«t us stop to think of the good-bye kiss. Better miss a ear than leave a heartache. Let us stop to think of the children. We too were children epee and love to be remember ed. Let us stop t o think of the aged. For us too the evening shadows will close at length and we shall porchance be left at de solate hearthstones. We shall need to he remembered then. Let us stop to think of the stranger. Wo too have been alone and have needed the touch of a kindly hand upon our lives and many a life has gono out in the blackness of darkness for the lack of such a touch as any one of us might have given Let us stop and think of God and the future. At best the time is short and the end is near. And when it shall come blessed will be he to whom th entrance upon another life will be but. the realization of dear and familiar dreams, the con summation of a lifetime of long ings. Bet us stop to think. It there be any virtue, if there be any praise let us stop L think upon these things. WHO ARE THE HAPPY. Millions of people are happy and don’t know it . A majority of civilized man kind regularly have nourishing palatable food, at least modera tely good health, a safe com fortable shelter and facilitie. for taking a bath. They have besides books and periodicals to read, churches and lectures to attend and now and then a social function that suits their taste. Startling misfortunes, dread ful accident?, irreparable lossn or long and terrible illness do not often happen to the iudivid ual. They may at long enter vuhj, hut even here nature is so kindly and loving that she pro vides for the gradual wearing away of even the most terrible grief, th 6 recovering from even overwhelming loss, if the person has pluck enough to take the strings in his hands again. Woat then, is there for the average person to be unhappy over? Nothing, absolutely. The misery', tiro foolish hanker ings, the dumps and the blues wo make for ourselves, out ot our own imagination. “I've had lots of trouble,lots of trou ble,” said the old farmer on his death bed, “and most of them n ver happened. - ’ The man who has good health and a comfortable home is therefore a very happy man. He may aspire always to higher and better things, or what ever he thinks are higher and better tilings. But to sit down and fret and whine and grow bilit us because we want is not aspiring; it is going down into the swanp. Wbat we want we have facili ties with in us for gaining.- The pleasant, healthy pursuit of a rightful atm or object or ambi tion is in itself a happiness.— Marietta Journal. A.SAD ERROR. A New Jersey subuihanite tells this one: There is an editor in our little tow’n who just for the present wishes he were somewhere else Desiring to compliment tin school teachers of the place and extend the circulation of hie newspaper among them, he wrote an elaborate article, which he headed, “Pension A Lot Of Our School Teachers.’ He then continued in an elo qu<nt strain to declare that “there are about a dozen of the best-known teachers iu our schools, who, because of their long service in tho harness, should be peiiM u d immediate ly” Of course the intelligentcom positor got in his work, and, as the old man failed to retd the proof, he was horrified to find his paper declaring that there were a lot of old school teachers iu that town who ought to he “poisoned” immediately. 1 lie editor informs me, with tears in his eves, that this is one of those unpleasant epi sodes whi:h occur to au editor now and then. —Hsrdwaie. OPINION OF LORDLY MEN. Mali is a two-legged animal that chews tobacco and wulk* on the forked* aid. Most men are horn; we never heard of but one that wasn’t, and he was made of mud tor a sample. Man’s life is full of disappoint ments, growls and pipes. He g.».-s lmth tike a lion in the morning aud leaves the wood for his wife to chop, und in the evening sneuketh home with his punts ripped aud his heels gone and raising can about hard times. He has the grip on road working d’ys and walks twenty mile* to a circus. lie will ghuee a jack rabbit four mile* through the snow, and then borrow a horse to ride a half pule to the post office.—Ex change. Kipaus Tubules cure headache. Itipaa* Tubules curs torpid liver. The Gwinnett Herald. A GWINNETT BOY IS PAID A HIGH TRIBUTE BY A NEIGHBOR. Editor Herald: Having had occasion to make a business trip to Forsyth county recent ly, I crossed the Chattahoochee at Hutchins’ ferry. In going down the long slope after leaving the beautiful resi dence of Mr. C. L Hutchins, a grand scene opens to view. A magnificent farm of Cliattahoo chee river bottom lies in full view of the road, owned by Mr. Hutchins. In looking down the river, a half mile away I saw an object that at once excited my curios ity; it appeared to be some sort of a machine plowing; at that distance it appeared to be » wagon plow; a man was on top of the machine, driving three horses abreast. I determined to investigate on my return to find out what the thing was. I returned in a few hours and called at the residence for Mr. Hutchins. He answered me from the cotton field hard by and came out with a cotton sack swung across his shoulder, his collar open and sleeves reli ed up—a typical farmer iu ap pearance. He gieeted mo with a hearty shake oj the hand, in vited mo to put up my team and speud the day with him. which I declined at first. 1 asked what kind of a machine thut was I saw at work down in the valley. I w - as told that it was his son Guy sowing wheat ‘‘What is he doing on the lit tie red wagon ?” I asked. “It is a seeder, and not a wagon,” he replied. •‘Well, I want to see it at work. Will you go down there with me ?” “Certainly,” lie said. But before we got oil' we discovered that Guy had stopped and was coming to the house. He soon arrived, riding one horse and leading two; wearing a broad-brimmed hat, in his shirt sleeves, with a leather belt hitched in its last hole, whist ling a merry air, a worthy son of a worthy father he looked. He, too, gave mo a warm greet ing, and told me if I would stay for diuner he would show me what he was doing. I conseted My horses were put up and fed, we went to the house, ate a good dinner, and discussed the topics of the day. On my inquirrii.g of Mr, Hutchins about the early histo ry of his father, Judge N. 1.. Hutchins, senior, I learned that he came from Pendleton, S. C , lo Georgia when 17 years of age, was a poor hoy, clerked in a store in Elhertmi, studied law, come to Lawreuceville about 1822, practiced tie legal profession witli profit, owned 900 acres of river land, owned from 80 to 100 negroes, made corn by the thousand and his place was known as “Egypt,” for there was always much corn there. Hq became Judge of the Western circuit about the beginning of the war, amt held the position until bis death. At one time he was wortli over a SI(K>,O(X). This brief history shows what a poor boy, with grit and noibition, can do. Ou asking my host for a few points in it is own history, he said he was going to school in Marietta when the war broke out; joined the first company that left Gwinnett, served in ctive infantry service through the w hole war, came out with out a scratch; after the war took charge of his father’s farm, run it until his father’s death He married Miss Lula Starr of Narcooohee; furthermore he declined to speak. I am pleased to testify that he and bit accomplished lady have built a beautiful home, raised a family—two sons and two daughters—noted for its musical talent and genial dis position. But of the farmer sou, G. S. Hutchiut, I apei tally w ish to • peak. Although his father gave him a collegiate education, lie chose the farm for au avo cation aud right well does he fill the plaoe, While resting at the dinner hour he gave .lie a few pieces of music ou the piano, among them a new com ic piece, “Hot times iu the old town.” He has a store of cotn ie, popular and sue t>--d music. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th 1897. The son at the piano and the father with the violin makes splendid music. But to the seeder, or throe horse riding drill! Off we start ed to see wheat put in the new way. Leaving the road at the foot of the hill, we enter the farm of a hundred acres or more of ricii alluvial river bot tom. Passing through a cut of 80 acres, where the boy farmer had cut a crop of wheat that averaged 80 hushols per acre, we came to n cut of 10 acres that had been turned prepara tory to sowing to wheat, where we found the machine T had semi from the road. At first sight it seemed to be a novel piece of furniture, with its bright, (lashing colors, but on close inspection it proved to be an improved seeder, with guano and grass seeder attach ment. It drills in wheat in the rows 8 inches apart, car ries a gang of 8 plows or drills, measures the wheat and regu lates the number of acres of land gone over each day. It is a splendid machine and works to perfection. The boy farmer took great pride in explaining the workings of the machine, after which he mounted the box, gave the word, and with three horses abreast the drill started. I stood off and watch ed with admiration how beauti fully the thing worked. It puts iu the seed with far more regularity t han a man could do in the old way. It covers a space of (> feet, or seeds that much as it moves along. Its capacity is 10 acres per day. This young farmer has quite an array of improved labor saving implements, of which I took an inventory, Besides this grain drill, which he rides while at work, lie has a Heaughs 8-horse sulky plow, capacity 8 acres per day, cuts a 20 inch furrow; a hay rake and a New Bearing mower; an Adams com bined walking or riding cultiva tor, capacity 10 acres per day; a Buckeye reaper and binder, capacity 10 acres per day, (he says he has cut, bound mid piled 15 bundles per minute with this machine); a Clark’s cutaway harrow with 12 discs; all of which he rides while at work. lie is au enthusiastic farmer: he has the tools and the land to use them ou. ] saw his corn crop; some of it measures up 08 bushels per acre —over 18 barrels, and some of his cotton will make a bale to Hie acre. As I said, his fat her gave him a collegiate education, and he Inis qualifications fitting him for one of the professions in the higher wulks of life, yet he lias chosen the farm,.preferring the socioty of the homo to that of the business world. His fath er’s library, composed of the best nutbors, history, biograph ical sketches, art, poetry und music, furnishes food for his active and vigorous miud; in fact, for sociality and geuiality ho has few equals. With the ambition of his grand-father, 1 am sure he will make his chosen avocation a success. Of such young meu 1 take pleasure in giving a word of encouragement, To sum up, Guy is an all-round, tip-top good fellow. A. M. Baxter. HOUSEHOLD GODS. The ancient Creeks believed that tne Penates were the gods who attended to the welfare and prosperity of the family. They were worshipped as household gods iu every home. Tho household god of to day is Dr. King’s New Discovery. For uonsumptiou, coughs, colds and for all uff'ections of Throat, Chest and Lungs it is invaluable; it has been tried for a quater ot a century and is guaranteed to cure, or money returned. No household should be without this good angel. It is pleasant to take aud a case aud sure re medy for old und young. Free trial bott'e at A. M. Winn Sou Drug Store. Regular size 50c and #I.OO. Au exchange is responsible for the following: “Breaths there a man with s>ul so dead, never to himself hath said, ‘l’ll pay before I go to bed, the debt 1 owe the printer. ’ There are some we know full well who never such a tale can tell but they we fear will go to . well the place where there’s no win ter. ’ No one can ever reacli heaven over a ladder of hi* own make. Frm The Land Of Gwinnett. During the G vinnett County Fair we no! iced on <ur street lb nrv Strickland, Sr., win up i.ear Duluth, when pence and prosperity reign su preme. Mr. Strickland is now past eighty years old but seems to enjoy good health. W'hilo he is an old man, and is living on borrowed time, he bids fair lo be in the land of the living for many years to come. The old time hymns are play ing out. Attend the services o the churches in towns nnd cities and you scarcely ever hear the old time hymns that were writ ten by Walts, Wesley or Top lady. They should never bt laid aside for the new songs, it which there is very little gos pel. Ilev. Walker Lewis, o Atlanta, calls them “jay-bin' times.” And that’s a pretty good name for some of them. Such sou! inspiring hymns to “Rock of ages.” “How firm foundation,” and many others should not he cast aside for tin “jay-bird tunes ’ of the presen' day. Tim death of young Yoi Gammon, which occurred in Atlanta recently, should put a damper on the football game in the sunny >S >uth. Why it is that intelligent young men should enter into so brutal a sport is past our under standing The record shows that quite n number of foot ballisis are kill d annually, be sides those who receive injuries that will bill ■-,( tliein to tin grave. J ’Tn , Our people, who transact business with the railroads, can certainly find no fault with the agents. *Capt. C. I . Born, who was reared among the old red hills of Gvinnett, is the agent at the S mthern depot. And “Little Bud," as he is called, can always lie depended, upon to do the square thing, llehas been with the narrow guage for a number of years and has held every position on the road He has been flag man, brak>-mai , fireman, bag gage master, express messenger, engineer, conductor ami train dispatcher, and now holds tin responsible position as general freight agent. Mr. H E. E lwards is the Seaboard's ugint. He is, by birth, a South Carolinian, but has been in Georgia for a num ber of years and has been con nected with the Seaboard ever since its exte -ton into this State. While, by adoption. In is a Geygian, he is not ashamed of the fact that he catne from the Palmlte St a te, where Ben Tillmanism In Ids sway and where dispen-iry liquor flows freely. We have only known Mr. Edwards u short while but we Hint bim to I n a most ac commodating official. • ♦ Thuro was never a political party in the hi-tury of Ameri can politics that didn't claim to tie the party for the laboring niun. The trend of the orator's speech is that. relief will conn through the piinciples ot tin pidicy that he advocates. Sohihbi.hr. SOMETHING To KNOW It may be worth something to know that the Very best med ictte.for restoring the tried out nervous s\ stem to a healthy vigor is F.lecmi! Hitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, ud* by giving I ne to the nerve centres in these organs in throwing off im(innlies in the blood. Electric Bitters im proves the appetite, aids dig s tiou and it j s pronounced by those who I uvt- i ried it us tin very best blood purifier and nerve tome Try it. Sold I r 500 or #1 Oil per Dottle at A. M. Winn A S a. a D ug Store. An ordinance Doing enforc'd in Xewrbem, N. U. prohibits anyone, prnpm tors und im pl -yes included, friun going in or out of u place of business be tween Saturday midnight and Sunday midnight. Smokers are less liable than nonsmokers to contract diph theria and other throat diseases in the ratio of lio 2H. So says I’rof. llajuk of Viouna. ABOUT THE CAINS POST OFFICE. A CARD DINED UV 95 OF THE CITIZENS, Enrnni Herald:— ln the News of the 15th i list., appeared a card from Mr. L. 11. Burell, the recently appointed post master at Cains, replying to what he calls “the heavy-weight writer from Cams.” Wo ars not responsible for anything ti ll anybody else has written about tin matter but we desire to correct some statements that Mr. Bi rell has made and to make s une other statements that Mr. Burell nor nobody elsi can successfully deny. We are not complaining at the nppoint ment . f anybody as post mas ter, It is the removal of the fiice from the place where it was first established end where s st l ml for years and wa‘ nost convenient to us nil. Tiie ofii lias been moved at U o-i o> mile as marked by tin nil ' po-ts on Gainesville road Mr. lAt fell knows this as well a lovhody and yet he intimates ■lit it is just a little over a niart r. It is true that it was known that an effort was being made to move the office some t ime before it was done. It h ilso true that a protest against removal was forwarded from this office to the Poetoflice Do pnftnieiit, signed by sixty or seventy of the patrons of the iffiee The presumption is that Mr. llurdl would not admit that they weroeither “leading or influential” citizens. Winn !n ror not that protest iivcr n ocl d the Department we have no means of knowing, >r if it Wi nt there, why it was disro'Mr-led we do not know. Mr, Bui' II says “the majority oiil: oil mens are plvased.” If In in ly that that a major ity of the citizens who patronize t. post dice at Cains are well ph used w ith the removal of the office, then we emphatically de iy ii nnd demand the proof. The pusl office was established heie, where the road from Winder to Buford crosses the road from Lawreuceville to Gainesville. It has been moved at least one mile up the Gaines ville road, against the w ishes, as we believe, of every man, wo ■ nun and child on all the other roads. Of course a few people up the Gainesville road around Mr. But ell may have signed his pe tition for removal, but lie cer tainly will not pretend that he i had a majority of tho patrons of tho office on his list by their j consent. The undersigned are all pa jtr -iiKoi the post office at Cains and liuv- protested and still protest against the removal of i the office from its former loca ! tion: X L King, Linna King, Bettie j King, Mary Cheek, J B Cheek, Henry Button, W R Puckett, I M V Roberts, A B Jones, Nancy R.l i<-, 8 M Gower, A J S Brooks, Mrs. E M Roberts, W i. \V: c:ii, J T Cheek, J P Maul din. II .1 Guthrie, FC Guthrie, W W Roberts, J A Fowler, N j K Mauldin, A F Guthrie, M H !Ku J W McKlvaney, T A Puckett, l> A Thomas, J 8 King, Jiisjier Cooper, 11 M Bell, ./ K Mauldin, G W Thomae, F A !■' Mauldin, I, C Mauldin, 1! M Mauldin, II M Mauldiu,.! I, r, J G Chesser, Oscar Bu rfill, \\ A Hurt'll, IT Doss, Mrs. XM M •!■_■ iin, Mrs. C F Doss, Mrs. .M 1 Puckett, I L Brown, | A W 1 Innvn, N E Brown, S F MtMivani'V, •! T McElvaney, Mi-. M 1. Hrmlwt'll, J N Puck • 1 , rainuel Ramey, Burl Ba il. i , .Mi HO Knmey, 0 K Rail ■ , H A Jones, M A Pi. i ton K B Patton, ■ I on> - -r, J C Fowler, Ester i <vi i', V I, Andrews, W H Mtiii.iu, Ueorge Patt«n, Silas r ■tiou, ill's. M J Pulton, J I> iioi, ..Mi'.s Susan Tullis, .Miss ! Ida Kin r, Mrs. Martha King, Mi A 'in Mauldin, Mrs Eliz •i i tii Bui'idl, Henry Thomas, 1I"V. • 11 i lii nnas, J\\ Doss, \V R I i.Mrs. Martha Tuggle, \ a Mauldin, A A Mauldin, J ; Das i , R S Davis, Jtsso Broa>l aili PO iooadwell, Mrs. Sa j lona Thomas, N M Dux is, E J Pu d 11, 1 S McElvauey, JRj "!iv r, A |i Oliver, N S Oliver, 'ii . M Oliver, Pinkney Oli-j v . I! F Chesser, Mrs, II li Do. .r,U II Davis. T W Davis. —- The relative size of thr earth j n compan d with thi> sun isap-j pri ximately, that of a grain oi‘ j -and to an orange. CIU SE. | Last week’s letter. Mrs, J. Writtht is improv ing from her recent illness. Miss Allic Summerlin is vis iting friends and relatives in Atlanta, Mr. G. \\. Mills and sons have returned from their trip to Alabama. W. J, Long has accepted a position with the O. K. Cloth ing Company of Atlanta, Drs. H. C. A F. T. Hopkins are now located at Norcross. P. R. Miner of Atlanta is here on a visit. The entertainment at R. L Jackson’s Saturday night was enjoyed by all present. Prof. A. S. Hopkins will teach school here one month before Christ mas. Times nre improving in Gwin nett. Country children can now go to school one month just before Christman. And you must pay vour tax by the 20th of December! John Duncan has recently made James Franklin a first class piano-harp. John is a genius, Mr. Alli'Tt a,id Miss Lucindy Bagwell of Tuck' r visited rela tives here Saturday and Sun day. Glad to say that M.D. Cor ley is able u be up again. James MeLlvaney and his son Sam of Carl are hero look ing for a location. Jus. P. Brockman, formerly of this place*hut now of Atlan ta, has been very ill but is bet tor now. W. P. \Vi bb of Lawreuceville was here Monday. Norris Magnus of Norcross was here the 2nd. Prof. E. T. Hopkins of Law renceville we hero Sunday. Loyd Ba! i r ; Pittman was here recent 1 . Messrs, hi r- h and Hender son of Noivru were here last week. INDIAN Si M.MER DAYS. There is a tender sadness in these day j. Fur deep t ihan 1 lie spell that autumn traces Upon the hill* and through the woodland wavs; My eyes gnw dim as through •the purple haze Of mene ry dawns the vision of lost faces. Aud on the drow sy, mellow, sun kissed air The rustling sound of dead leaves lightly falling Recall past autumn days as bright and fair, When touch of hands and subtle tones were there Whose haunting echoes seem fuiiit voici s culling. And now, perchance, within this autumn’s hush Nature herself grows pensive and ' eim tubers Those bygone days, when tender memories rush Into the heart, like gentle winds that brush The whitened ashes from the glowing embers. And as I tree! alone the fallow fields I know that silent footsteps full b side me; I feel it is the unseen presence wields The subtle -adness that the au tumn yields ' Unto my heart for huppincss denied me. Aud nature, too, may have a weary heart Despite tl glory of her wood luml |>u-sis; It may be 'hut a little way apart She mourns uncomforted the win-'tun art Of summer dead amid the tungt l gi asses. And this tin reason thut tier sum filled skies Are lint" a with mystio grief my In rt doth borrow; Her broodm inn shows under- Death the dyes Thut, want iii-liko, she uses for the e, i s Ol tho- i would possess her In i's sweet sorrow. —Henry Cleveland Wood, in Woman' IL-m ■ Companion. ODD 11 K\[S. The An-tin lin federation convention t. rejected u pro viso favorim ninalo suite rage. Benjamin Constant is now painting tin ceilling of the re doooruted tipern Coinique in Paris. British lainllnrda are said to own 60,(K*»,i«*t acres of land in this country, an area lurger than that ol Iceland. A New York watchmaker re cently acnin|di*tn>d the feat of drilling u ho,. ' through a com mon pm trom head to puint. 1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE MISSIONARY COL UMN. |This column is devoted to the missionary cause, and ised, ited by the W. F. M. Society, Lawreuceville auxiliary.] The W, F. M. Society will j meet Friday afternoon, Novem- i her 12th. • , i ! HELI'I.VU THE WEAK. If there be some weaker one, * Give me strength to hdp him on; If a blinder soul there be, Let me guide him nearer Thee. Make my mortal dreams come true With the work I fain w'ould do; Clothe with life t the weak in tent. Let nie ho the thing I meant; Let me find in thy employ Peace that dearer is than joy; Out of self to love be led And to heaven acclimated, Until all things sweet and good, Seem my nature’s habitude. —Whittier. MISSIONARY BEDS. Annie—How much missionary money have you, Susie? Susie —Twelve dollars. Annie— How did you get so much? I suppose all your aunts, uncles, and cousins gave you, besides your papa and mamma. Susie —No; not one person gave me a penny. I earned all myself. Annie—How did you do it? I found it hard enough to earn one dollar. Susie—l made it from my missionary bed. Annie—A missionary bed? What is that? Something for a missionary to sleep on? Susie—No missionary ever slept on the lied I made, and 1 do not think that he could if he tried. Annie—What then? It rnnsl he a strange kind of bed. Susie —It was a very sweet und beautiful one, covered with flowers all the summer. Annie—A garden bed of (low ers? Do you mean to say that you earned twelve dollars by selling (lowers last summer? Susie—l did, ami enjoyed it too, Annie—lt must have been hard work. Strsie—lt was tiresome sotne times, hut the thought'of doing good with the money helped me to go on, and now 1 am glad thut I did it. It makes me happy to know that 1 earned the money instead of asking others for it.—Sophie S. Smith, ARROW-POINTS. The religion that costs noth ing is worth nothing. If tho heart is wrong how can tho life be right. When we are close to Christ, we never feel any weight in His yoke. There are no crown-wearers in heaven that were not cross bearers here. The measure of one’s love for another is his willingness to suffer for him. There is no better place to serve God in than the oue in which He bus put us. Those who serve God only when they feel like it never do a full day’s work. Some of us would praise God more if we would find faulLwilh our neighbors less. He who is doing all for God he can do will soon be uhle to do more than he does now. Our prayers for more talents will not be heard unless we are improving those we have. It is only now and then that God calls people to preach the j gospel; lint he calls every con vert t i be a witness for it. GRAINS OF UOE1). The feet of truth are slow bat they never slip. Try not only to He good Hut to He good for somtnii.g. Faithful lives give vinphasi* to words faithfully spoken. \\ e can do more Hy being good than any other way. Make your life a ministry of love and God will make it a suc cess. To team to live well we must learn ln>w to live one day at a time. Sunshine is a (lower maker and smiles make the Hloesolus of the soul. \\ e can hardly leurn humility and tenderness enough except hy Buffering, \\ indows in heaven can al ways He found Hy looking thro’ a Bible promise. on have not lullllled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of Being pleasant. Klp.iuu Tubules cure biliousness. tti£<uia Tab ales; tor sour suuaaak. loyal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicioa*. &AKINO POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING PQWC’fR CO.. NE* YORK. AN INCIDENT IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE. I'OUOIt NEWSPAPER EXEPBIENOE, AND A HERO TO MATCH IT. When William N. Byres, the Colorado pioneer of journalism started iti to print the “Rocky Mountain News,” he had a pretty tough time of it, and ex periences lively enough to suit a Ure ludian agent. One day the friends of a gam dler. whom he had criticised, were going to kill him. Byers was plucky enough, for ho ran for his office, and arming all bauds, laid low for the enemy, who came last enough, and a lively combat took place and one man was killed. It was just about this time that the Hon. Joseph Wolff, of Boulder. Colorado, who was a good printer and a handy man about an office, arrived in town from Omaha via a freight train. He was dead broke, and made at once for the “News” office and asked for the boss. Byers, seated on a barrel, was pointed out t<> him. “Want any hands?” asked Joe, leaning against the door. “That depends,” said Byers, ! without looking up, “Depends on what?” “Can you shoot?” “You bet.” “Will you?” “Of course.” “Well, then,” said the editor getting off the barrel, “here’s a rifle and there is acase go to work.” •‘What’ll Ido first,” asked Wolff; “kill somebody or throw in a case?” Byers went to the window, leaned well out, looked up and down carefully, aud then turn ing back,said: “1 guess yc u will have time to throw in a handful.” Just about this time tbo offi ce was in a state of seige. and to write and print what Byers wrote and printed at that time required a greater amount of moral courage, or what is more commonly called nerve, than is possessed by journalist of the present day. Many threats were made, aud more than one combat took place, hut the editor came out ahead.—Press aud Printer. ODD ITEMS FROM EVERY WHERE. The only animal that is real ly dumb is the giraffe, which is unable to express itself by any ! sound whatever. As fur as calculation s can ■ decide, the temerature of co ; mete is believed to be l. 1 ,000 i limes fiercer than that of red j hot iron. A snake does not climb to a j tree or bush by coiling around |it but I y hold ug on with the points of its scales. A snake on a pane of plate glass is almost helpless. Mrs E. J. Chase of Wash ! ingtou. Me,, has a hydrangi a ! paniculate granillora which cuv ■ ers an era oflsd square feet and Inis over 1,200 large panicles of (lowers upon it. A church building in Chicago 1 is jointly occupied hy a Baptist j aud u Hebrew congregation the jone having sevices on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Go us you please railroadsure ! ifot con lined to the south t hough ii)' *et ot the stories a Bout them am laid there. A train on the Bangor and Piacataqgis i road in Maine was stopped on the Bunker brook trestle not long since to a permit photogra pher among the passengers to 1 take a picture. A woman clerk is r editor of The Gllieial Postal Guide, with its ,St),(100 otlicea. A uiau clerk whom -lie formerjy assissted, received sl,(KM).|(She.now does his work and her own and gets |f,400. Diseases are the taxes ou ill pleasures.