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wa* ae
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A UK AVE REVENGE.
“John Th mas,” said a beautiful
young lady, a* she threw up the sash of
|he tell window dirty at which she was off standing, the
■ ft once.” that boy to get stoop
■ John Thomas, the liveried footman,
■ho was arranging the mats in an ele
“tnt coupe before the door, at once
moved lovely toward mistress’ tho boy in obedience to
hi* command.
But the boy, evidently a boot-black,
spared him the trouble by rising at once
and He walking slowly away. emaciated,
was a poor, forlorn
- i'/oking about fellow, him with his clothes hang¬
ing peeping through in ratters, the and bis hare
toes wide cracks in
his ill-mated shoes, but be had as much
pride in his humble wav as the fair lady
at the plate glass window had in hers,
arid them was an unmistakable look of
wounded turned dignity it on his begrimed face
as he* for an instant in the di
rec tiorixff the speaker.
“I’ll hot soil their stoop with my
rvttU rags agai‘n,” he ceased, thought, and the *s the window clear,
eg cooes
slid softly aown to the sill,
But having readied the next pave
ment lieyond, he paused and again
turned hi* eye* to the lady’s face.
She was extremely beautiful, remind
-g him of one of the bright prints he
been w< nt to admire at a down
and for some momt nU
feasted his eyes on the charming pic
before him.
cat may look at a king,” was Ids
K <ard comment, and leaning against a
hborinc lantp-jior.1, he watched un
be dcsci nc- d the broad stoop, en
l the carriage and was driven away,
^VTl, with a sSgli and shiver, for it was
windy morning, he slowly shuffled
|iy- i t was some years ago, before boys’
iging booses or other hospitable re
teats mother were boot-black thought and of. and tike many
riod, when without news-boy of the
means, he was
mpelied he to find-food and shelter as
at could. „
hmg On this hones morningjjfifc^Tarison from tjp interior of , v i t) ,
WtobjLlVJgtm'IU !, hshsA an
where manw 1
kfa® night, and>fter taking i
oflgJook few, at the rolls and etoffeo be could
A had wandered, ;he scarcely
■:W how or why,into the pWsent aristo
U. cawlocattty, 'fttegry, tired /
L and coW !, c scarcely
. !>M the Spirit to look ah,fit another
hut now-/ f,,r
H'ted midway the block be
I two jgeutlem/en er.ga-ed in con
I tern .on, and yfth an effort lie quick
B* hi*steps>5w*rd them
’ S.w.r.,.
► __ — the’elder j ie aH e„.i
ing up at of the two, a
Afo u old genthman, faultlessly dressed
und I carrying a gold-headed cane.
Lith But a cool “ J Clear at mit mmJZZET <" »fmnm.n(«l In
^ theonlT * rilv Ht,ck w
SKdiS •JSSjCms “*-■ £““* - nc ?’ 1 K *
£* W«Ld nompamo B
At »tomtn’« U ^ v. ^ a ' - e
turned termed ti e, 1,1 n jpimon with
a now
h« jfiite texi dircourflcttl and -
*b,e ,, to tepiy a ufa> sitting down this
tune on tbe curfAtone, gave himself up
to fes alight own disma! have thoughts know <r tetter n ter
Come over here among the swells any
* . way,” was hi* inward comment, but it
we at no further, f ; he was now accosted
, yu.in’v.ho, ,n ,i s^.iorne
. nsun . rig .. lord <; j nly asout of idace on
t,^ar«u»eas young UKit-black him
***** toot-blackin’
“Trot*, a arrangement,
ai-’i J:.aid the roan, nodding at the,
fer ..uS briisfi.
■Dtefmy Weil, then, nodded hu in return. gloss
you up and
Ky P'Dib, w.!< yoU?”
hub Tt i tii Ay t >r> glad to do, a
[an while. t *er.lc flitting over his face the
in a few ir.inale* the “ cowhides”
were,t» i surveying theowcerdeclared, “ ail right,”
an them complacently, he
famlied into the depths of his great
pocke- - for the change.
“ You’re wj th<y call a jierfe.z
tl mzi i a iotrblack, hasui you?”
/ ITtee, ly Jimmy! Yer & j*oor
speesmed hadn’t uv Hie crMt; 1 «k»h as though
J** ta*u-1 cow flesh in a month ”
. ■ 'fcYef right these, boss: no more I
.
u wr.,n you come i*r : s w<%y agin I’ll
tiih* you up for n<;
fhffe itfiotbirix ^ r* ft •'••a* k> ()'}
rrrllr on the- ^ ' *y* *‘ir
breakfast, auticuiarlr when there is a
- - BOrtjj-ta-:• ,-;r — its ji y
to the very merrow of one’s
the kt Vi.* of the Wacking
’lad it on ; ('nil l Novemlwr
a!i his former spirit* reiu/n
% a* th* lust morsel went ravenously
own hi* th r-.ate
f “ t “ Le
rd^tre
Bfr «:,A' o'eWA - that
■fer, same
CL/.t and *s, v*mi. * Wiend, rending
WKL^ %ht in hie of m.:A street ovon, tSer »i
wb- V
B- ^’Awa of his earning*
^ei, x L a,rt it fortae
• KM9 brht tourbed
- T 1
i‘. 7 -he* .. L.r.
H?" i err- - » ;!j> . ; ^ Uh M .
'««i> of ^ writer
P** a slight acquaint
I I H"*w are yer. stabs, be arireo . .
* owiy »tL, uuk’e, hut I’se in a
, iwerfuj hurry, md I earn over Ms
**? '•* hunt a.Tse jumoti to do me a
I * •* right, shady. Then I’m the
Hs» oiucfc yer goia’
The Watkinsville Advance.
*»
VOLUME I.
tarte . I o. '* with ««L the a1 ^ letter t “ in 6 his , *>°y. pocket, •» .
and the directions in his head. “The
m Verj >rmn „.„> 0U w'^ Wonder if •/ the “ e nigger f. rom this ill
.
or<ier me on the stoop.
As the . oung • colored gemman had
saiu, it was only a piece uptown, ’ the
nouse being on tifth avenue, just above
v‘ ,o y neared j the corner of .
.
Vir/D” V l ? TClD % ® r F o* fa ire I
“}" ear ’’ fau rr yj n g on to
iuu> Imr. or!.. nee It came, to his amaze
, .. fa to be the
ve “ very house to
which ., , , he was bent his errand let
on as
ie L,? Arr J er '
.
lne nre a arm had been sounded, and
a crown was rapidly gathering before
an< * in :lnl < ’ n 2 fh®m the boot
i black i was soon standing. .
In some Way ihe lire bad gained a
headway before its existence had been
discovered, arc) the names were darting
upward through the wide halls and into
U*e second story, lhe staircase was
wrapoMl in a wreathing cloud of smoke,
and litue i.auies of crimson light an
jieaicd in its midst, and on the pave
ment just beyond, stood a gray-haired
man with clasped hands and a face
" (htr einli-' *>[£<*• ranum i„H * h;™ ,i™ „* 8
once 'ft w-’k ii „ „
Who had i ,hMdm infn crutllv inL-int to “he oft”
lint A i - \„<r tH, " i LTi Tu t ii« h i t
wVo I * i i l*l i^ h u lLe .ullh J. Sfi flu ll he
in " in the -,o flirncs ™ ‘
“ Mv chili! 'ni!hl
excitcdb/to piteously t<I himself then t,i r
the intherinir crowd I., ox
din Of the approaching engines, -.4-rong and the
hum of the m..rnmri i; K ’ about
l ^ »
u n. ^
■ ySk^T •A Hundred .... dollars to the , one who .
wilt save my grandchild! Who will
- ave my grandcliild ?
‘I wnl. responded a shrill voice at
Jus b oUjIhcx side; nu of oilier the morning. tlian that of the poor
‘ You arc only a child, he began—
Lut the boy, pointing to the twirling
■ Ic-1,me >ve where *»'«• interrupted the child hastily. and for
(md sake lie quick.' rs,
s
In the second story back, in a little
cri .. ,'/‘ .,
‘Some u of , you fellers . „ , boost me enter
that ledge above the parlor winder!”
ff'd “A" 1 the 1 1 b< h iy ?. ve ^ t |, t . gapiug ‘“a twinkling.” bystanders
Q“‘ - ckl , y they diu his bidding, and in
iem . l)roe than it takes to relate he
ha<1 clambered the front chamber it,
to
window, and eff. 5;^ cling an entrance, dis
ss«“5
He soon found the crib, and taking
tfafi liule deeper in his arms, wrapped
h up bead and foot in a blanket be tore
{rom rosewood bedstead at its aide,
endeavored Thea pulling off one of the 8bects he
to tear it into shreds, but in
vain; it was made of the strongest and
fi neK t linen. His knife, however, was
- m hi* hccut pocket, it into and hastily number whipping it
out, a of strips.
Then tying them together about by way of a
r ‘ h e fastened it the middle of
th [ '
„ lere it mV > he shouted, and at once
grandfather's proceeded to outstretched lower the child into its
arms.
A great cheer sounded up from the
multitude below, and the firemen, see¬
ing ladder. the precarious But position, instant ran for a
every the danger
increased, and he could now feel the
seething merciless fire embrace. almost catching him in its
hundred “ t must hands jump!” reached he shouted, and a
out to catch him
as he gave the leap.
But with aii the eagerness of those bo
neaih him, they missed their reckoning
ar.d he fell heavily to the ground. but
Tender hands raised him, there was
no recognition in the still white face.
A deep gash across the forehead
pointed to the most serious wound he
had received, and, without once opening of
his eyes or giving the least sign
consciousness, he was borne to a neigh
isning hospital. days before he recovered
it was many walk.
hi* senses—weeks before he could
But when this stage had beeen reached
he was the recipient of good seemed tidings.
Tte hundred dollars, which a
fortune in his inexperienced eyes, this was
certainly his: but better than was
tte news that the parents of the child
he had saved intended to take his lu
ture in their charge.
Since, he has become a man ability, of high
t.-'-dtion and unquestionable asked he
-id, whenever he is bow came
l y the war on his forehead, his answer
invariably is: “I received it when I
was a boot-black and I call it my ‘ re¬
venge.’ __.
Our Next v . lfoor „ Neighbor.
Eve ry town has its rnt-an man, and
ours was no exception to the rule,
1. us emu«n. our next door neighbor,
° r fc C XTdar he
thhS wls
* ^ gt !t aU> ^ b * ck /L &rd *L thoqt
-
f- ^ iy nr Lhen house*
whten .«! to Eau* 7*^**"* toe
weMung 'y^fewfe *£ JCtha^o^n et hedro reanold old
uck into the gnllteing
m ^ .* T* hanlF ,{
wh ^ | 1 h J!!;®tLtewithlhe , . n nn g - . n
^ Vm.-iT tbe
was ciwrt a^ tiw ^ meiy
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< ’
_______ m w g- ___
. .
Neve* risk .. a joke .. with even the . , .east of
f*u-iw in jl* aature, a stranger or
j s ** '• <[ ■•» * 001 Med md we
- s a *en*e *j comprehend it- Ly
g advice y-oa will save y«m
atis nification and pain.
WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1S80.
which recently occurred between Col.
Robert Alexander and Col. Smiley, at
that place, gives the facta which we
spread before our readers. Col. Alex
ander and Col. Smiley were prominent
claimants of mining lands at Silver City,
Some dispute arose as to a claim. Being
unable to settle it satisfactorily, the
the impute argumented into a quarrel, and
quarrel into violent threats. It was
w e ^ known that both parties were men
of „ nerve. Smiley had won a reputation
of being desperate in a personal encoun
ter. been credited Alexander, with though he had never
coisidered with sheading blood, was
a man whom it would
not be safe to trifle. All efforts to settle
die misunderstanding failed, and those
who were acquainted with the circum
stances expected that bloodshed would
be the ultimate result. Several days
ago, the day when the encounter rook
Alexander place, Smiley came to Hot Springs,
was in the town. Smiley
went to the bank and asked of the
cashier:
“Have you seen Alexander?”
The cashier replied that lie bad not
seen him, but understood that he was in
town.
“I am going to kill him before 4
o’clock,” exclaimed Smiley, and, turn
* n K> left tl,c bank. After leaving the
bank, he had not gone far when he met
Alexander. Tho furious aspect iinme
* lately assumed by each man ill ustrated
lhG fact that violence would ensue,
A|pxallller drew a large revolver, and,
ru; shiQg upon Smiley struck him over
Use h ® ai1 - Smiley staggered back, and
drew a French self cocking revolver,
and. with a rapidity almost beyond Ute
Cii P aci ty of enumeration, fired six shots
“,*» Three »hi,u toot effect,
a V* U J* rik,n lf f ac ‘ arra ^ ttno hf ; r
g pistol T« dropped f rou ^ from 4 } he his hand. Alexander’s He at
had tempted to recover it, but his right arm
been paralyzed bribe ball. He
grasped left it having with his left hand, but the
arm also been wounded, he
was unable to cock th 3 weapon. Smiley
was upon him. With a cool, desperate
presence of mind, Alexander kicked bis
pistol Into a saloon, near Then which the eu
couuter occurred. encering, lie
stooped with and caught the muzzle of his
pistol cocked it his left hand, raised it up,
and with his foot. He lifted
outside, pistol from tbe around floor. Smiley stood
witk only peeping of his heau a door post,
a part exposed,
A lexander nervously lifted the weapon,
took deliberate aim and fired. The ball
Smiley plowed stood, along half the post burying behind itsalf. which
and
striking Smiley in the forehead, went
Ihrongh Alexander, his brain. Smiley fell dead,
and turning, sank from loss
of blood.
A large crowd witnessed the encoun
ter, and the greatest of excitement pre¬
vailed. The wonder is that several men
were not killed, for when Smiley fired
the six shots, the sidewalk was crowded
with people. The weapons used were
not tended the parlor kill, almost pistols, regardless but the brand in¬
to of dis
tance. One of the balls from Smiley’s
pistol buried went itself through another. a signboard and
in The mark on
the door post, made by the ball which
killed Smiley, is full six feet from the
sidewalk Nine me* out of ten would
have would escaped, have passed as the harmlessly deadly missile
over.
Alexander, at last accounts, was suf¬
fering greatly, aud is not expected to
live.
FO rT,°/ L,?Mning *
A a n flash 1 of lightning is a very , large
spark of electricity just the same thing
that one sees given by an electric nia
chine ilia lecture on Natural I hiloa
ophy, the only difference being that spark the
best machine will not give a
more than a yard long, been while estimated some
flashes of lightnyyg have
to be several miles in length. Accord
ing to their appearance, various names
have been given reality to these ail sparks the several in the
sky, though in and the thing. On
kinds are one same
a warm summer evening one often sees
the clouds on tue horizon lit up with
brilliant glows of lightning, unaceom
paniedby any sound of thunder To
this appearance the nami of heat
lightning has been given, and the
warm weather is often assigned as i s
cause. In point of fact the heat light
ning is only that of a thunder shower
so far off that, while the observer can
see the flash, no sound of toundei
reaches veil and him, n fleet Md the toe il lnterveninr^uds shi^unt!d
a glow instead of the «iwp »«»*
usually seen. Wfaewtoeflashstarting
from one point, branches out^and
divides into several parts, ‘t has re,
^ivedtoenameof“forjMrilwhtto^. This fo usually when the disebarge
is near the o h wrv'cr .irg!efl..l:s
bearing a zigzag 0f crink el Myect jie
dcaoru mated chain resembfimee lightning prop
ably from their to a chain
thrown loosely on the ground. Agaur, from
when several discharges the occur
about the same place at same tune
u'\7JZ with a bwd
*7% ^Jn r w”“lS , !KhSomeno^
K. 1 ” 1 * ’L^/^dJtor »W«nt fire
I°'i* V“l* * lf ' W > d4 P*n1ode» Ce utterim* foSr
a destruction around. I hene aire a™ tv w in
sstiafactory exj>U»utionhas 'h^ewr ever ac- a?
count ^ 1 for tois^cunoji* appearance.
“GeoegK. will you love me when I’m
old,” she warbled, a* she sat at dinner
her young husband. “Ob, tell
sinking when the sua of mv life is .lowly
in the golden \Ve*t. and when
^ wj!i<ls of age are wuwtBiig
about me, when the snowy flakes of
time are falling fast upon me, will you
love me then a* now?" ‘Don’t know,
JIarie,” said the unfeeling brat*, as he
t Mc j- e d .way from a p*a<e of liver and
> iacoo . «<} t ^ e »eud* altogether playing on what
kind of ballet girl* are it
.. rai j m , ^ rj( j irli.i kind of a
’ihreid. u when you get old.—
H., friends, the Prince of of Wales, one of my
a comedian some endurance,
said: ‘ Some years since the Prince of
Wales was crossing the stage of Drurv
i.arte Theafcr, smoking a cigar. He was
accompanied by Mr. F. Chatterton, who
was at that time manager of the Lane.
A zealous fireman, praiseworthily oblivi
ons of the rank of Mr.Ohatterton’sdis
tinguished guest, stepped up to his
manager. and in low, but respectable
tones called that gentleman’s attention
to the fact of the prince’s smoking. On
retiring, his royal highness, asked Mr.
Chatterton the cause of his having been
accosted, peated whereupon the manager re
the fireman's words. In a moment
tho cigar was put out and the fireman
summoned. After complimenting him
on his zeal—and no one can say a graco
ful thing more gracefully than the
prince—he sented inquired his name and pre
the fireman with a sovereign,
Some year* after that the prince was on
the stage of Court Theater in company
with Mr. Hare, the manager. Toevery
ly body’ssurprisehe,afterlookingcarnest- the fireman who said,
at was present,
‘Your name is Nicholas, is it not? How
long is it since you left Drury Lane?’
The interview, as gonial and pleasant as
before, ended as before, with the prince
eign.” again tipping the fireman with a sover
Now this little anecdote—which,
unlike many of the charming stories
dents that arc for purveyed the American by London corrcspon
market, is per
fectly true-exlnbits Prince a well-known trait
in tho of Wales’character in a
forcible light. He never forgets. It is
a characteristic that is peculiar to the
younger members of the royal family,
but those who best know them declare
lh». thelunfeiped of the
Prince of Wales w charming. My friend,
spendcut George Hentywho of Standard was special corre- the
the during
prince’s tour in India, tells several anec
dotes which prove this. Chatting with
him at Madras, the prince said, “Iliad
a letter from my wife this morning.
She tolls me she reads all the papers.
8he likes the accounts in the Standard
and Daily News the best.” “ My wife,”
not “ tho princess.” Now it is sing’-’"
that not one of the Prince of Wales’
of brothers, Prince with Leopold, the exception, perhaps,
possesses this art of
of charming Edinburgh—well, everybody. I As recollect for the Duke
once
asking a distinguished special corre
spondent if he had ever come into per
sona! contact with Prince Alfred,
whereto anxious he replied, “ Yes, and I am not
very to repeat the experience.”
“Why?” I inquired. “Why, to begin
with, he is rather a bore as a oonversa
tionalist, and he is forever wanting you
to puff the fellows he takes an interest
in. Fiddlers, and Russian painters,
and so forth.”
Well Done.
[Danbury Nows.J
knowledge Young housekeepers of domestic have duties to by acquire
a care¬
having ful gradation. occasion A Nelsm-streel bride
to bail eggs for break¬
fast., got the desired time for co iking
and put them in. Her husband liked
his eggs soft, aud three minutes was the
time allowed to make them palatable.
She stationed herself ir. front of the
clock, because she did not dare to de¬
pend fate with on her awful memory, intensity. arid looked at its
Her husband found her when he
came into the kitchen, and finding out
what she was doing, asked her how long
th mimS” Ihe
“ One answered.
He went to the sink and turned over
(he nans, and spread out his legs in
f rotl ( 0 f the j glass, and felt of his none,
an( j move p. the, window and stared
out a( th<; W1 , nerv . p' jmi |! v ), c :
.. Aillt they about done, Maria?”
«Not yet,” she said,
„ ( (aeem . ; p 0 , rie those eggs have been
evoking fifteen minutes,” he exclaimed,
“Well, they aint been cooking but a
jnitaule an(l u half by this clock,”
a j le Then ( , 0 qti V ely asserted,
.< all I’ve got to say,” exclaimed
(}, c fj ( jgety man, after a pause, “ is that
jt j s the longest minute and a half Dial
j ever 8dW ir
There was a pause,
«■ Well. Maria,” he broke out, “ fi t’s
} I3VC the eggs, and I’ll run the risk. 1
j-iiow it is half an hour since I came in
j, ere o
“ Do you suppose I’m blind and can’t
,, >e a clock! It is only two minutes
these eggs were putin the water. Here’s
the hand,” said she pointing to the
h ur hand, “and it lias only gone over
those two dots, aud each one of them is
a minute aim it?’
. Ye# . each one of them is a minute
whefl the minute hand indicates them,”
he coincided with smothered sarcasm;
o atK j. when the hour hand does it, each
one of ib(im twelve minutes; or in
ot her words those eggs have been cook
j n g just twenty-four minutes and as we
have no cold chisel I shall be obliged to
om jj. e gg* on this occasion.”
And with this he plumped ! moodily
iflt0 a chai and ghe ( nto ^
' — -
tn t he4 *5* ^ *° the about 1a* ™ tJ
t,h * b ! , 7 ty ** doesn 1 muc ? t begi n with Japan. co “
Sr UI, ‘
ru We , >t u h Vr? ( brisl ? mnity full of ^ ghiring 1 Ry ? ; * and
monstrous defects. One of them is rob
bery, which eeems; to,him an inevitable
condition of our civilization. He often
found From Ban himMlf l raneisco in the society to New ofjobbers. 5ork he
bad to keep , strict watch on his valu
j able* in order to prevent while, his being
, plundered; hut finally, paying
( f«w something hxd been «i» followmg store, a lmn young man, hr d
who sna'.
• his purse and ran ufl »» h it He re
; hi» own people a» ur mp trior m
' wiwlom and morality. Jle sees , f wor
no regret* or sense .name •n the
wrongs we are constantly committing
«*»d is bweeiessly puzzled why we send
our miwnonariee to Japan inMr.c o
keeping them at home where they be-
A New Variety of Corn.
wheat Experience is has profitable shown that, while
a here, very king. crop Ilutin to raise,
pet that corn is the
regions of western Kansas, where there
is liable to be a lack of rainfall in any
given season, and where corn especially
must have plenty of moisture to pro
luce a crop in paying quantities, a grain
that will absolutely take the place of
corn has been experimented with dur
ing the past three seasons, and it is be
lieved to be demonstrated without a
doubt that it will add very much to the
value of Western lands.
This and, grain far is called known, Egyptian or rice
corn, so as has not been
eultivated in any other part of tho
United States. The seed was obtained
from Government the display made Centennial by the Egyptian
at the Exposi
tion. The name is derived from tho
resemblance of th.i grain to rice, and, so
faras it lias been experimented with, lias
proved a success, While both in wet and dry
hardly seasons. be distinguished growing, from this crop can
the seed forms the the sorghum; stalk In
large bunches, and at top it ripens of and
heavier, bends as and down, gets
unlike cluster over of hangs It be
not a grapes.
longs to the sugar-cane family, and is
cultivated in the same manner, and as
easily bushel as sorghum or broom corn. One
of the seed is sufficient for five
acres, and it lias been put in here with
a wheat drill. In harvesting, the heads
only machine are gathered, will and a good threshing
2,000 bushels clean day. ready The for specimens market
a
raised this year weighed sixty pounds
to the bushel. The yield per acre in
1876 was from sixty to seventy-five
bushek This season, which, as said
above, has been a very drv one, the
yield ivhs No forty scientific to f#rty-five bushels per
made acre. of this grain analysis lias been
scarcely new known, as yet; indeed,
it is except in some
two or three counties in western Kan
sas, where it Iim been grown by several
farmers who desired to find some grain
tliat would serve in the place of corn as
a food for stock. The trial by these
men has satisfied them that for horses,
cattle, sheep'or swine, His superior to
maize, aud farm animal* to which it is
fed give it the preferenc* to corn when
both are laid before them. When
ground into meal the rice corn is about
equal flour to two-thirds a mixture one-third meal. wliem
and corn
tho Largest Lik Antlers ret Seen is
Montana.
j Helefia (Montana) Indupendunt.J
At toe store of Jacob Switzer, last ,
eveniug, we were shown the most won
dertul specimen ol an elk s head and
horns that we ever saw or read of. The
head measures 20 inches from the crown
to the tip of the nose. From
mde of the crown the main branches of
the hoi us, n beginning "iciies, with acircumfer- in
ed nse massive
strength and the , marvelous beauty, branch
ing out and in make most magnificent perfect serpentine display
curves, a
of twenty antlers. From the tip of the
nose to the tip of either branch, follow
ing the curve of the horn, the distance
is U inches, while measuring from the
center of the crown to the tin of either
brance in a straight line the distance is
49 inches. A snaee of 42 inches inter
yeues between the extreme tips of the
branches, ihe greatest distance from
outside to outside between the main
branches in 47 inches. What is known
as the royal antlers on the right branch
has a singular formation, tho result
doubtless of a bruise received in some
furious battle. which The most singular, bow
ever, is one appears just above
the fourth, branch, or sur-royal, the antler flattens of the
right wiiere born
and assumes very much the shape of a
moose horn, and from the edge of this
lers palmated have portion three The additional feature ant¬
grown. which have very
much resembles a cut wo
seen of the antlers of a fossil elk, and
leads to the belief that this may have
been one of the last Burvivors of a
species fast becoming extinct. When
alive this animal must have mafle a
splendid appearance in his native wilds,
Surely none but a trained hunter could
have monarch. deliberately We drawn understand a bead that upon the
this
noble animal was killed during the
Cli proprietor ristmas holidays the Keystone by Mr. E. J. House, Thomas,
of on
Dearborn, and the head and horns wi re
by him presented who will to his friend, Mr.
Switzer, and at once have them
dressed ornamented in a way be
coining such rare specimen*.
Milton’s Youth,
Milton lived in a time when learning
Wim held of more account than origin:!
giUs/and it was at twelve years of age
tbY he entered upon the system of
self development which was to prepare him
him for toe great work he believed
self destined ;o achieve. When a by
0 f twelve, he seized learning, he tells
, 1Hj with snch eagerness that be midnight; scarcely
ever went to bed before than
and there Sll”l is no sweeter ‘bl nicture
tnat to the mind Aubrey of
the little enthusiast rjorme over hie
books *Y’ at midnight while the fsm’dy a re
a upZ a nd the maid servant J.- sitting
Mm. As a natural conseuuence,
land. And when, two vrars later, be
went to Cambridge, ft 5* no wonder
the young men were startled by the ad
V ent of this peculiar W, kind of student,
with bis fair b#iant complexion, that
ftnf j large and lustrous eyes, of
wbichatone moment is called gray,
apother blue . Th((U ,, his
', ^ ^ fen then nerious, they
were f t r fecl symmetry, while
co „ ramH!M ) fw ,k his little figure, erect,
Had of about the middle Height,
to ittdlcaU5 exa€tly th( . kind of
dwk1p( j , a Christ's in the frequent
and gown « rowg .» i t very soon
,. VK | ( , nt however, that his features
him. He was a ba^l good
u , H | 0 uhi«diy, but he no leisure
exhibit hi* skill; he wa* given to
j, <)UrH , but It was to rob from his
f or studying all sort* of
j B ^ 0 f tongues. In short,
habit* and bis moral* were
y,, ond g r0t being virtuou*. most abstoiuious, the
most
_
NUMBER 1.
A Texas (-ave.
[Ban Antonio Expre«a»|
A number of gentlemen made an ei
fort a fews the days hillside ago about to find three- a cave four lo
’tied on tits
of little n mile is known above by Sail Pedro citizens Springs. regarding Hut
our
thi-> subterranean cavern. A small
opening in it continues downward ami
in different directions, to a great depth,
During the year 1874, having been told
that a vast amount of money had been
deposited in the cave. Fred. Bader,
Andrew llonnet and others resolved to
enter the cave and explore it, as well as
test the truth of the report. Upwards
<tf one thousand feet of rope were ob
tained and Messrs. Bonnet and Bader
descended,as far as the ropewouldal
low them. Three different rooms wore
found, Tho first room was calculated
to be about 18x40 thirty feet below the surface,
and was in size. It was with
great dilli ulty that the third room was
reached, and when the rope was all used
a stream of rushing water was struck,
Mr. Bader states that he waded into the
stream until the water came almost to
his nr n pits. It was very swift and the
dashing of the water over the rocks and
down declines created a roar that was
constant and almost deafening. An
other explore expedition ibis is being gotten up half to
cave. It is only a
hour’s walk from San Pedro Springs,
The United States the Great Newspaper
Country.
Our great progress in journalism is
shown by the fact that in 1775 there
were in the United States less than forty
newspapers issue and for periodicals, that comprised whoso ag
gregate year
1,200,000 copies; now the united press
publishes than 4,000 over weeklies, 500 daily newspapers, about
more and 600
monthly publications. Of the dailies
that existed in 1870 about 800,000,000
were struck off that year; of the weeklies,
about 600,000,000; and of other Serial
publications, about 100,000,000, nmount
dig in all to 1,500,000,000 copies. And
to it sum the be stated matter that up yet the more United forcibly, States
must
combined pub'ishes more circulation, newspapers, than all with tho greater other
countries of the world can together
boast of having. The oldest paper of
uninterrudted publication in thin coun¬
try is the Hartford Courant, which has
already In attained regard the lioary last birth-day age of 116
years. to its it
plaintively with the already says; '* We believe death that, of
announced a
New Hampshire paper, recently, condition at the
ago of 110, we are left in a of
absolute isolation. The last of our
early contemporaries is gone.”
A httity iMHitva.
On .Sunday morning, says the Byra
cu eJwml, about 2 o’clock, Patrolman
Sheppard Kant „Mrp-iicd by the appear¬
ance on Gcnesnee street of a
ghostly walking apparition, said officer’s which seemed Seeking to be
the beat.
ft favorable position, tho officer awaited
j t h e near approach of the woman in
white. As the white clad figure was
; O pp0 site to the officer lie jumped out,
j s 1M j „ n seizing the white relied figure he
j W as startled d had, by a terrific escaped scream, and
I f i)Un he not an occupant
o) - , s( , me dmniel house, but a woman of
, flesh and blood. An investigation
. B ;„ M ved that Aimin M. Steiting, residing
0I1 t b e CO rnerof Madison and Mulberry
Btrcet*, was having indulging left in her a sonambuilstic bed, dad
i „t ro ll, she had only
j„ ), er night-dress, started in which she of un¬ the
! consciously She taken on a tour the police
c j|y. was furnished to with
0 /fp-e, where she was ft
pair of shoes, around and a her, policeman’s in which over¬
coat thrown coh
n,me she was escorted to her homo by
officer Sheppard,
When a Borrower Is Happy.
Your true borrower is bind never himself happy
unless he is allowed to
legally to repSy the money, and will
joyfully »ign any number of promissory
floW « or giro you a bill of sale on the
ru bbish he calls his furniture. “You
! j iave , n y I O U,” he urges solemnly and
conclusively. Once upon a time a
p re nch Deputy was returned to the
Chambers on the his strength native of a promise bridge,
to p f0C ure for town a
a v &rk, and a grant of public money
-wherewith Assembly to Seep it up. dissolved, But time and
paKS ed, the was
the Deputy had to seek re-election; but
Ije ither bridge nor park nor grant had
i been conceded. He knew not what to
say on the subject when he had to face
' the electors; but, in a moment of happy
inspiration, he spoke thus: “Messieurs
; , ami fellow-citizens, with I regard to our
bridge and park, what Haiti to you two
yearn ago 1 repeat in the most solemn
and public manner. A promise with me
is a sacred thing; and what 1 promised
jcu before I promise you still.” And
the peasants said to each other: “ See,
he is an honest man; we shall do well
to vote for him; what he says he sticks
to; he does not back out of his prom¬
ises.”
Hat her Be Trustee.
[ t is related of a well known merchant
of a neighboring city that, after making
,„y alternation or improvement he could
mgge*t. “Well father,” *akl the young
gentleman, lighting a cigarette, “I think
i* thing* are nowday*, it would be
: oetler forme if you hud left the prop
;rty to the other fellow and made me
;he trustee.” The old gentleman made
1 his mind then and there that the
f oung gentleman was quite Inheritance, comp-tent
*, take charge of his own
md scratched the trustee clause out.
* ----
\ ,},rl ® CT * arod b f a V ' olf
-
The Glasgow Star says; A little girl
shut uj> as a ounishiucut for some fault
in her father** barn at Baud, Morbihan,
wan killed by a wolf, which, by climb*
|ng*fc rubbish heap, wa* able to enter by
the roof. The family had been at work
in the field* at some distance, and on
the father opening the door to release the
t hild the wolf sprang out and made oil,
j leaving on the floor the half-devoured
1 remains of it* victim.
Tim voimrinr.:
BT ET.tA WIIKBIiKK.
y I urn sick of lore
01 hopes tuHtttod, anfoWtawt OTfttlflfcd*
Life holds no thing to ho antteivnVtert,
And I am sad from being satiriled.
rim eager joy felt- climbing tip the mountain
Ihvt left me, now the highest peak is gained.
The ciystal spray that foil from Fame’s fair fountain
Waa sweeter than the waters were when ehaiutd.
The Ami gilded which apple X which purchased the world with calls pleasure, youth and
strength. my
Pleased me a moment. But the empty treasure
Isoat all its luster, and grew dim at length.
4nd love, all growing with a golden glory,
Delighted me a season with its tale.
\fc pleased t he longest, hut at last the story,
So oft repeated, to my heart grow stale.
I lived for self, and all X asked was given.
1 have had all, and now am sick of bliss.
No other punishment designed forcibly by heaven
Ccuid strike me half so as this.
I feel no sense of aught, but enervation
In all the joys my selfish aims have bro’t,
And know no wish but for annihilation,
Since that would give mo freedom from all tho’fc.
O, blest is he who has some aim deft uted;
Some might y loss to balance all his gain*
For him there is a hope not yet completed;
For him life yet has draughts of joy ami pain.
But cured is lie who knows no balked ambition,
But No rick Hopeless and sated hope, with no loss complete beyond fruHiou, repair.
Keeps not tho pleasure even « f despair*.
— CM kayo Liter- Ocean.
WAIFS AND WHIMS.
Tit® Boston Commercial Bulletin speaks
if our ’steamed contemporary — the
lyster.
There of is scissors— something alas! saddening they only about
t pair meet
,o sever.
The kind wife who has a smile for her
Husband when he comes into the house
will not drive him to a saloon to get one.
Champagne is known by its fizz, and
she champagne drinker is known by his
t
What an object of pity that man is
whose illow lmn extreme have iiense of fnu dignity In this world won’t
to any
Syracwhh Herald: If we are to believe
i local paper, they season the fog at
New Haven, warm it, and serve it out
the poor for soup.
Texas girls like to have arms around
their waists. A brace of revolvers and
i pair of bowie knives constitute a well
tquipped Texas belle’s arm-ament.
Question (by Sunday school teacher): of
‘ Why did the Lord drive Adam out
the Garden of Eden?” Answer (by boy
who had been to the the Zoo)—“ monkeys.” Because
Adam gavo tobacco to
Three cigars in a man’s vest pocket by
*aved his life from a bullet fired a
Nevada ruffian, ff your life is worth
laving, do not neglect to purchase three
len-cent cigars.
Tare Indians with Ouray oat six
square meals a day, first eating all tho
meat, then all the bread, then all the
butter, and so on down to tho horse¬
radish, where they stop.
An East Boston man sent a coffin to a
friend as a practical joke, and the man
wlio received it went and sold it to an
undertaker for $17, and is ready to be
made tha victim of just such another
humorous trick.
The city editor of the Leader has sued
a man sor $200 for money loaned. Two
hundred dollars! A city editor U Money
to loan 111 Why, what are —?_ Bless
our souls, this looks —! There is need
of an investigation here .—Des Moines
Register,
The height of revenge has been in¬
vented by a small boy in Oonshohokeh.
A correspondent writes that the lad
goes to school there and having been
offended by her teacher’s ruling, threat¬
ened to draw her on his slate “with her
nose a-runnin’.”
friend an aged knew invalid of required excellent a nurse. A
“How old she?” a very inquired the invalid. person.
is
“About eighteen; but she looks to lie
thirty.” ‘‘She won’t do,” said the in¬
looks valid ; “I prefer eighteen.” ono that is thirty, who
tu be
They had their usual evening quarrel
as they sat by tire hearth. On one side
lav quietly purring a blinking and dog, and old on the
pleaded olrv ra with cat; tno husband: woman
“Yust look her dat growling they
at gut unt tog;
no ret fcwnrreis unt fights like us.”
“Yah,” but said the dio old gr together , ,f f irnow
dot; yust dem oe<:
dime, und deri you see bLizes I”
A boy in a Sunday-school the proposed following a
question to be answered
Sunday: “How many letters does the
Bible contain?" The answer was three
millions five hundred hundred und and thirty thirty-three. thous¬
and three
The superintendent says to James, “Is
that right?” “No sir, please was the prompt
reply. “Will you tell us how
mai V there arc, then!” “Twenty-six,
sir.”
They we re sitting watching silently the by hands the par¬ or
lor fit clock , intently slowly crawled around
the as they
to the biggest striking place, when she
suddenly said: “Mr. Lourdaud, can you
tell mo why you are like a century
plant?” Mr. wriggledabout L. nervously readjusting his chair
his eye glass, in
and stammered, "Be—be—caw—caw
cause I sfi—sh—shall I—1—live for—
lor—forever?” “No, you dunce; it’s
because it takes you so long to leave!”
The conundrum stuck the obtuse young
man with such force that he flew out of
the front door and the clatter of his
heels on the pavement sounded like tltf
rattling of a lath on a picket being fence.
Photographs are now taken
in New York by the electric light. The
negatives shown were not unlike or¬
dinary photographs. clearness They of were detail re¬
markable for and great for great strength of
in the hair, especially from the ianpei of
shadow, a
coat, an ear-ring or a mustache. Thu*
is a difficulty thatYanbe removed either
by touching the negative or by the
reflection in taking the picture. r Ihe
of effective, and when
high correspondingly lights are very deep shadows are
the looked for.
removed, the best effects are
An Elepliiint Trying to Board a Ship.
f Condon Xni lro. j
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p ha.,U, to be used by Ms expedition,
and they have arrived safely at Zanzibar
am l been lauded near Danes Salaam.
<j no vrho saw them lauding says tho
scene was very exciting. They were We
dumped in the water from elephant the ship. could
never thought the first
get alive toshore. It swam more than
* mile in diatance, und was in the water
moru Uian an hour. Ixing after it was
half way it would keep turning around
and trying to come back to the ship. I
cannot describe to you the excitement
tlnr was on board. I fairly cried with
anxiHy and excitement; It it would have
been too horrible to see drowoeiL It
tried to pouring climb up with the rain, ship’s which side mail© once.
It Wiiii aU
tbb.saeem mote dimai; we were We
wet through, but nobody eared.
had to get our knew experience anything as about we went el
on, aud no one the
e; ,tut« ou lauding. We managed
other three much better, and made the
captain take the ship near i« chore.