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THE CONYERS WEEKLY
VOLUME X.
'■'"“‘S:™; of all the counterfei
„ k . » exchange.
oins?” e tIl<?m Ihe Chicago lYitonc _
‘Most of ’ . eventually find
g*t*MQ?“.ut,lb»t.on boaec
to the Bailway Age there
ording wrecked railroads, with
K Z Zdes forty-five line, sold under
of main
gXieltad In 1890. These properties
at $374,109,700, or
tout 150,000 a mile.
C (Jfana has been infested
ith Ka °* rats a °mlmi a few the days neigh- ago
hunt was organ ized to rid
ahoodofthtsw p The ratcatchers
ivided into es ^ flftyhunters
d began operations, the under
x an the
aiding that the losers shouid give
an oyster supper. The result
. r oCr s
, brought in 5,857 rat
ras that one side other
■| d 1,707 micc-tails, and the
fan 782 mice-tails.
de 2 S8G rat-tails and
tal 8 743 rats and 2,489 mice slaugh
■red or a grand total of ll,3o2.
Ia com munication to one of the sci
a of
,ti8c journals, on the subject paper
,d the industries connected with it,
de Boutarel, a European savant, pre¬
mts some valuable data showing- the
rest increase in the quantity of pens,
pencils, etc., manufactured in
,per United States alone
mope and the
ccotding to this authority, the produc¬
er! of paper, which at the beginning of
century was practically nothing in
ie time since
lie United States, some
mounted to 500,000 tons per annum,
id this quantity is just doubled in Eu
ope-thc value of the straw, rags and
tier materials used in the manufacture
fthe paper being about $10,000,000.
Die value of all this paper, when manu
ictuied, is estimated at $200,000,000.
[he value of the steel pens annually pro- less
need M. Boutarel finds to be not
in 14,000,000.
Queen Victoria's reign has been marked
by great progress in the health aud
longevity lent of British subjects. Arts, In a Cap- re
address to the Society of
|in Dougins Galton drew a striking
litnre of the filthy, over-crowded, im
loral, half-starved and diseased state of
le people of fifty years ago, and out
laed the measures which have been
pen for their betterment. Registration
K disease, the first scientific sanitary
pestigation, was inaugurated in 1837,
list eleven days after the Queen’s as
psion, but health reforms gained slowly
[ntil hgienic the cholera epidemic of commenced, 1848, when
advance really
pie result, while less than it should
feve been, is a splendid one. In Eng
Ind and Wales the death rate from
638-42 was 23.07 per 1 ’ 000-from ’ 18S0
, lit 1J.6* 1,000, and the . deaths , ,
mas per
om zymotic diseases, which averaged
'•52 per 1,000 in 1841-50, were reduced
12 71 (t „er per 1,000 i 0 00 in in 1880 1880 84 84. In In the the
ecade of 1850-00 the average annual
wing oi lives in England and Wales
in sanitary improvements F was 7,789; ’
1860-70 it rose to 10,481; in 1870-80 to
,W3; and in the five years 1880-85 the
oua! saving had reached 103,240 lives.
. Speaking
of the rabbit pest in Aus
ilia, the dolt Lake Tribune dtaws at
»«oa to some facts of interest about
fi little animal inirviai ; in 4 the -p r far wr West. Our
mrraant says: “In Nevada and Call
TOawe have not only the common
*Jspecies of rabbits, but also the large
k rabbit and tho lnvrm* lar c TOirUn wllUe
o ‘
,, - rp, tiese are all natives . of the
coun
fi- N They have probably bscn here for
and are doubtless as prolific as are
» rabbits in sll Australia- S l themforp ^ e th rtn
iol-countrv \ 011 ^ have been swarm
“
. ^ n ., it x a them when first
kites visited by the
had there not been somethin^ to
W Pthem down They il were I I nrol-Thlv 1J
*t within bound, t>0,ln s here by the wrives,
“
iiMcts i lynxes find other carniverous
'
^■S. bolts The longer Australians introduced the
no andfiJL ago than 1800 el for T the
ftpose kd of snort Siort aa d fine sport they have
wifh >
them. The y hould now plant
EJ laad with wolves and wildcats and
Mdcultivate owls and hawks It is
"obable, however ’ thnt that ow mg - to the
; seralmo* ’
aience , °f tbe shesp
lew “wolf if cure would industry,
be about as bad
^ disease. slanrrbi? I n former 0 ', times 8 m.r f
Indians ' u f icredlmm ensenum
erjofrahhn Kefore the coming of the
^cloaks hey almost lived on rabbits robe! and
Weof and sleeping were
diluted theskius I of i the 9n i mo als | a The y
’
«hi rabbit saSirf? drives, and at these
buns
^ bbit «of e pUr P Me all the
akr „ S<i * Tea of country. I
astral;, ia much „ , might be n
done hv
ko “ b »*
^riedoou M much cel erity «S the
81
CONYERS. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1887.
THREE VALENTINES.
When she was five, this love of mine
] sent to her a valentine—
A frail and fair la,-e-paper sheet,
Which bore the legend short and swe
“With golden hair and eyes of blue;
The prettiest girl I know is you!”
She liked the poem, and, to show i
She kissed the blushing little poet
At fifteen, this dear love of mine,
1 eent another valentine—
A casket, whose silk-covered lid
A nest of dainty bon-bons hid.
Where lay a card this to repeat,
The hard-worked lino: ‘ ‘Sweets to the Sweet;”
And I her gratitude could see
When she gave equal shares to me.
To twenty grown, this love of mine,
1 sent her one more valentine—
A box whose cushioned surface migb
Throw out a jewel’s starry light.
“This, dear, to you, and you to me.”
A scrap of paper read ; and she,
To thank me for the sparkling thing,
Gave me the baud that wore the ring.
—Toronto Globe.
“ TOO L&TE.”
BY ANNABEL B. WHITE.
The light in the parlor was dim, but
not so dim that Rolph Essen could not
see the look of fixed agony that Francia
Randolph white and cast upon him. Her face was
drawn, her blue eyes were
distended with a kind of horror, her
tensely clasped hands were held out to
him in mute appeal. But he went on, in
his cold, unsympathetic voice:
“I have borne with your jealous out¬
bursts as long and as patiently as I can.
By your insane attack upon me to-day
you have broken the last link that binds
give us together. I take my freedom, and I
you yours.”
“Rolph, you do not mean it! Take
back your cruel words! Ido not want
my freedom, and I shall not give you
yours. Only promise to forgive me, and
I will never so offend you again!"
She fell at his feet abjectly, she clung
to his knees with trembling hands, she
lifted her streaming eyes to the cold face
above her; He was not a brutal man,
but there seemed something brutal in
the way lie took her hands from his
knees and firmly laid them b/ her side.
“It is useless to appeal to me, for your
treatment of me has wearied patience
and worn out love. We had better part
to-day than link our lives together and
separate afterwards, creating a scandal,
Now it will simply be a broken engage
ment, from which we will both quiekly
without '
recover scars.”
Francia rose to her feet.
“l ou think that—and of me?”
He leaned back in his chair and gazed
at her almost insolently.
“f thmkthatpf you—and of all women,
There was never one yet who remained
faithful to one love. In a year from
now we will both laugh at our present
position.” “You but I—never! Rolph,
may, I
cannot—cannot you give up! Hay that
you can forgive Oh, me! Bay that I shall be
your wife! don t you know, dear,
if i were your wife I should never feel
jealous again? Don’t you know I would
ser ve you on my knees that I would be
your slave:
She approached him once more, lean
ing upon his shoulder with one hand,
and peering into his impassive face with
eyes whose expression he dared not read,
He shook off her touch impatiently 1 3 and
rosc .
“I might as well go to-night, now and end it.
1 s!ia11 leavc the cit y so it will
not be worth while for you to try to per
secute me with insane letters. I shall
not get them.'’
He picked up his hat and began finger
ing it uneasily, as if to avoid her pas
donate eyes. * But she had grown sud
denly calm. She said no word as he
moved toward the door. When he ar
rived there he stopped.
“ Will you not say good-by?’ swiftly, and
gjj e cr0SS ed the room
struck fiercely at his outstretched palm,
“No; I will not say good-by! loved Hear
me for the last time! I have you
long and well. It may be that this part
ing will kill me, and so I wish to tell
you that you have done ill to withdraw
your heart from me, supposing you ill ever
gave it tome. You have done to
jr'nuit mv worship--such worship as
few women can give to fewer men.
Never agaiu will you be loved as I have
loved vou; never again will you have
such faith given you as I have bestowed
u P on 3 on - Never, never again!” rapidly
He opened / and closed the door
after h 9 re treating form. She moved
sliur^idily across the room, and fell like
a clod upon a sofa.
“Never, never again!” words despairingly,
She repeated the
ith her ifds dosed tightly over her hot
eves and her hands thrown rigidly
above her head.
“ft cannot be that he is gone forever!
cannot be that he means what he
, It canno: be that I am never to
Lov? be his wife f Love, come back tome!
forgive me!”
But wlre vain were her imploring words;
va n ^Iv her beseechin-s
Tf lnve and friendship were not
,hints'
She rose and P paced the room fever
isriy Turn his heart
“ Vfv God be merciful!
ha,vin hmrktome. T I pannot canno bear it! I will
him saswctaiWiiss back to me!” Twill
So she prayed, this _ girl who K believed ol wd
in God and man, who had faith m love
- a-—-•
i^== 3
f^3 to tel1 r RolprrLstenwarafaneuri be f * ^her
She
explanation, , and , „ they asked . . for ,
gave no Suddenly
none. brain fever fell upon
her, and her life hung in the balance for
weeks.
When health and consciousness re
turned to her, girlhood lay behind her.
She was trying to gather up her broken
hopes, her (lead youth ana slam faith,
and weave them into a comely garment
which she might wear decorously Before
a critical world. All her friends now
knew that her engagement was “off,
and she seemed to feed the pity, the sym
pathy and the mockery which were show
ered upon her—behind her back.
Two years went by, and Francia Ran
dolph was twenty-three. Her mothei
had the bad taste to give her a birthright
fete. The bad taste—we write advisedly
-for where is the woman who likes to
be reminded of her age, even if she still
snatss of si ' ,y ,cot ,e ™' d
“Francia, pray allow me to centre!
your taste in selecting your dress
night. You will never marry if you do
not try to throw more ambition into
your manner and more girlish gayety
into your dress. You dress like a nun,
except at such times as I insist upon the
contrary.” of dress
“You may order any style you
choose, mother, and I will wear it; but
if you think I shall strive for the admir
ation of men, you forget. You must
know that I shall never marry.”
Mrs. Randolph sighed: foolish to let
“I think you are your
broken engagement with Rolph Essen
inlluence your future.”
“It does not. Such natures as mine
live but once, and -—” then she bit her
lip to control further speech. he has returned.
4 ‘By-the-way, I hear ScnTstb
bwf C “
MeM. You know your
Francia’s lip curled scornfully, then
she looked steadily at her mother, who
shifted her eyes uneasily.
Mrs. Randolph responded faintly.
‘‘Then console yourself, for 1 no.,her
*° Mra^Randofnh
said no more, but
the room with a feeling of vague uneasi
neas.
“If she would only forget the man!
How can I tell whether she loves him or
not? How can I tell how she will meet
“■« hi »
sinuate . , hearted .... guvI. and no one can sus
tain her.”
The birthright fete passed off vel
fully. Francia was lovely in garnet
vet and cream satin, and her arms and
neck gleamed like pink-tinted marble;
but her face wore its usual had statuesque be
coldness—the coldness that only
come habitual since her recovery from
her illness.
An Englishman was much attracted
by her great beauty,but her frigidity re
pelled “She him. has soul. She freezes me.”
no
“She is all soul. Y r ou do not possess
the magic key to open the casket,” said
a friend.
The Englishman assented indifferent
ly, and went his way; but fate had
marked him.
It was during the summer, while me
Randolph family were Francia residing metthe at their
country home that man
whom she had once so madly worshiped,
He came purposely to see her.
“I supposed, Francia, you had heard of
my arrival, and I thought I owed it to
you to see you once more, he said, as
she entered the room and he rose to
greet her. -
“Why ?” she asked, looking she not had at
him, but at his card which
brought with her. She did not take the
hand he held out to her. Man of the
world that he was, he seemed to become
confused at her simple query. you.”
“My reason should be plain to
“Why:” she asked again, slowiy tear
ing into bits the card in her hand.
lie shifted his position, then came up
to her and laid his fingers on her de
stiucti ve ones.
“Sit down. It is ridiculous for us to
go on this way, and I have much to say
to you.” his trembling
She freed her hand from
lingers, and for the lirst time lifted her
eyes to his.
“I cannot understand what you could
possibly have to say to me that would
sufficiently interest me to such an
tent that I should be kept standing long
Do you sit down, but I prefer to stand. ’
voice He wet his huky, dry but lip , and he proceeded at fir t hi^ it
wa< a <
beca rc clearer and Wronger.
“Francia I have come to beg your
pardon. Y on would not give me my
freedom when I a ked or, rather took
it, and now I am glad that you did not.
I thought I wa tir.-d of your love—I
thought I could cany forget you. I
went aftar as to make love to Genie Re
nard. the woman for who e sake you so
bitterly upbraided me the day we
but -he laughed at me, and then I knew
how I had wronged you. I would have
gone back to you then, but abroad, pride was
stronger than love. 1 went mean
ing to return in a year, but two years
went by before I could decide what was
bertformeto do. Now I have ecrae
back-I a k you to be my wife-I ask
vou to love me and forgive any suffering
I may have cau-ed you.
He went closer to her, but she put out
one hand imperatively in the other
hand the tiny bits of his visiting card
lav in a confu-ed mass.
’“r) 0 -y 0U think vou could piece to
mo g ?”she . asked
His h close( j spasmodically 1 . over
card in a white shower over the floor.
“Nowlmurt speak plainly. Just as im
possible , it .... for to i restore . th;
as is you which have
bloom to the grape you
handled too roughly, just as impossible would
is it for me to love you. Once 1
have given my life foi you—once 1 would
have been your slave for sweet
sake But you outraged my love, and
turned my worship to indifference, which
is more to he feared than hate. I gave
you all-and lost it! And now I have
nothing to give you, or any man. He
spair has darkened my soul slam my
youth, killed joy and hope, and faith:
Never again will I love . Never again
will woman love you as I did ; but you
threw it away—you trampled it under
your feet as if it were something too base
for use! And now you stoop to regain
it, and I tell you it is too late, too late.
Slowing turning she left him He
stood with his head bent upon his hand
sssr^* ot ,hi * ,hat ~ *
! , * * * *
j Five years afterward Francia Randolph
married the Englishman, Frederick
Leigh—he e°told who had said she had no soul.
Sh him she had no love to give ° him
or any other man
- “I would rather have your toleration
than any other woman’s love,” he pro
tested.
But she was not glad at his answer,
f or it seemed indeed as if she had lost
the power to feel.
Rut as the years r passed her tender
affection for her husband became a
wonderful thing. If she had lost love,
g ke had gained broader virtue.
Who is it that has said: “Love is best
0 f a ji?i’ How little he knew '.—Frank
Leslie's*
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Tin* Sources of Great Rivers.
Most people have probably heard the
story of the housoin Ohioi which is said
lakes and the Ohio River that the .ain
wh ; le on the other side it helps to swell
^
"»»««, pl~ tbou tub in Wk M
most 600miles due nest of Calcutta
the Ammerkantak Mountain, which is a
place of great sanctity in the eyes of the
' o^^gto the remarkable fact
that it is the source of one ol the large
xMLIa, insula. “e The ASrsiJSs torrents that flow
^^ p en
down its sides travel to all the cardinal
^kich oints 0 f the (omnass. The Nerbudda,
takes j’i its ri e Here, winds its way
ov6r 8 qq m es of plain before three it empties other
j I)tot ] ie indhm Ocean. The
gMsa t nV ers that are fed from Ammer
kunta j- are thc Fodavery, the Mahan
nddv u u d the Sone.
The natives ^sources of India have a great rev
0 f a number of
thu j r j ar<Tegt Irrigating r i vers , whose waters by
means of works are often used
} Q times of droimht "mitigate to nourish the soil
ani j prevent or famines. The
Godavery _ t j le most important river in
South India, takps its rise in a brook that
^ sslies f rom a hillside near the village of
The spot where this brook
gushes from the rock is approa bed by a
of m y st0 ne steps, at the top of
w hich is a "reat stone platform built at
the foot 0 f the rock from which the
gtveam issues. An image under a large
canopy ‘ has been so placed that the water
p 0ur ou t of,its mouth aud then goes
spark ii ng dovsri the hill. From this spot
the stream flo ^ Wowing s < ;00 m il es right across
the a^ mXtv peninsula rivif on the way into
° ]i and draining 120,000 Goda
sf Uar m cs The source of the
y j s onc 0 f Jlie sights of the Bombay
p res idcncv.. ■
(> ne little stream, whose waters How
troin river to rj(^er until they finally join
the Amazons, runs for ten or fifteen miles
by the side of one of the sources of the
o- r eat Paraguay: Though they fow par
allel to each other, and only two or three
m y eg a part, they run in opposite direc
tions . Canoes are often hauled across
the inter veiling portage and in this way
it is possible for a small boat to travel
from { hc m0Vlt H of the Amazons to Bue
noS Ayres along the inland waters of
South America, and with a portage of
on ]y two or three miles.-^-iVto York Sun*
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rimti. brnnsuj LxneiiniLiits.
A ghastly pantomime, reca ing o
mind Poe s narrative of the gal van . g
of a mummy, wav enacted Leontiy in
Paris, at the Practical bchool 1
bodies of .
where the two enm in a *>, r.v
and Riviere, were placed at le cusp sa
of the surgeons to. experiment °»- A
number of experiments cv ere made
among them the fallowing To re-es
tablish the circulation in V le
heads, the veins werb in;ccted with . flK1 blood ,
taken from a living lecan.e
of the face prcvioulj vid
charged with color, the lijrs recovered
their natural red. the cheeks filled out, lr
regular movements agitated the skin and
the face re-umed the appearance of life.
Electric the facial currents nerve* .■ind were the pa-. contra ed though tions of
the face were noted. I here were, now
ever, no results indicative of any iwto
ration to life or consciousness. The
nerves shortly ceased tq betray any
brtity and it was evident that all per
ception and sensation were at an end.
*
An Old Debt.
I worked a month for Dr. Fox,
When the end had come,
I went to him to get my pay—ten
He handed a receipt in full, with
Grin of vengeful mirth
For services professional the morning .
0, “
«|'Ee“ Had been born! I
—The Rambler. D , ,
Progress n West of the Mississippi,
_
r |.j ie gtrikiu^ Extreme feature of our progress
. West is in the unprece
don e( j settlement of the country, and
‘ concurrent ‘ growth of its railway
i , n We ; built over 7 ’ 000 miles of
rQad k i88G ami s haU probably
over 8 ’ 000 mi i cs , n 1887'
. . ‘ . from side tracks renewals.
vn some cascs double tracking,
• bulk of this railroad
great - new
js west of the Mississippi.
^ » th o£ , be new cities in that
u is some thing phenomenal. Chi
c S° k w _ a i, i.„„ n h ,,;i t
‘
U P B veneration- but the
©owth of St. p„,| Pa - «, toneapol.^ n ne.mlii Kansa
’ « ?^d / , ' asto • >’ mentioned ha s
P'» a be semeel credible
0 "vears
saXiM? , since a 1 on "res
sew s-£ a
™ population “« n . *•“» iiom D “ y, 1 “^ JU o •>■), , u 1 !
» kee P ID S this• increase up. Chicago
f course, continues ro uuwi u
having rivals at all pa of ho com
P*“ ° f jt ? owu longitude. The
S reat dc b ots of f™”/ .
^mber, instead of being concentrated
at blca S°> now come directly cast ftom
its more western rivals. In the o den
times, duung the decline of the Roman
Empire, the mighty hordes of the bar
barian emigrants came .rom Central
Asia. ^ith arms m their hands, to oc
cupy the rich and fertile plans of
Europe. But the hugh tides of emigra
tion from Europe and the Eastern states
pour over the Mississippi, bringing with
them tools and capital, to occupy the
vacant land and subdue the wilderness,
The census of 1890 will tell of the
H^wt crfTthe MissiLipp? 16 modern 'Thew
is I!0t hing like it in ancient or
history .-Deforests Monthly.
Papa’s Footsteps.
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V- -
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IU teach the young scalawag , tc .
® moke - Ll J e -
EverybodVscompanion is nobody’s friend,
but Red star Coign Cure is everyioiy’»
friend. Prof. Giofche, of the Brooklyn Board
of Health, endors s it as pr mpt, safe and
sure ‘ ri cei Wenl ^ v ° CC IIts a 3 e
An a B ed woman, with a family New of York. forty-seven When
rate, has been discovered in
“oe? shl honorl-S her six" by" Ih^clmr!
, K teiisticaiiy feminine reply; "They amuse
my. and fisnt so much that they remind me
° r L 5
._
Men, such as U. S. Senator Voorhees, of In
diana, are loud in their praise of st. Jacobi
Oil asaninst-mtaneom cure for rhe unatiam.
*«wal*ia.»oiatioaand other bodily pains.
of’tdep’o .-:--—TT Jee'by . . .
dutches advertising• To a those sure
preventive of seasickness at a dollar
who forwarded the.fee he oti«
Scknessfor some years to come.
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There Shall be uo Alps.
When Napoleon talked of invading Italy on©
^ an mdinarym'iin't h hive
seem d si > ply insurmountable, but Na: oteon
ease like a mountain, stands in thn way of
fame, fortune and hm/r to many who by Dr.
^hMaed'wd Sttem^nUil^wouid “i'sa^ luas
pen-, it is specifiefor dhew.es, all blood, chronic
and fiver 0 ^ e
blo.cJiea. eru ( o s. tumors, plaints. swellings, fever
sores and kindred con.
Stitches in An Overcoat.
a Vienna tailor wagered recently that
it took mo e than 40,090 stitches to make
a winter overcoat . To decide the ques
a CO at was ordered, and a commit
the of experts sat to superintend the
w01 .v as welt as to see that no unneces
gar ^ gtit ,. heg were made. The result
annoanced a9 follows. Body of the
coa 4-7w) gtitchcs; collar, 8,00:1; sew
ing « collar on, R 768; buttonhole 41 , 2,520;
gl cvcs> w ; th Uning, 980; pockets, 924;
silk lining % of body, with wadded inte
,. braiding, 2,020; total, 39,
gtitchcs .
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Ths Last slaye
-
Hogback Mountain, in South Caro
j lna j las a romance. The scene is in the
gj ue Ridee ^ rang , north of Greenville,
The !o litj has been since the iV . |
the home of Calvin Germany, who has
Uved there 5tissaid , as the slave of a
man name d Hollv.
As the story goes, Calvin has been
beaten bv his master just as in slavery
umes, and has never been allowed to
celebrate Emancipation Day, so closely
have his movements been guarded. whereabouts Cal
r heard of his &
captmty.__
Dr. Fierce.* “Favorite Prescription” is er
eirwhere acknow edged to be the standard
{3.34*4
—— —
Piso’s Remedy for catarrh Is aereeable to
u i. not a liquid or a snutf. 50c.
NUMBER t.
SNOWED under.
Of a thousand things that the Year snowed
under,
The busy Old Year that has gone away.
How many will rise in the spring, I wonder,
Brought to life by the sun of May?
Will the rose tree branches, so wholly hid
' den
That nover a rose-tree seems to be,
At the sweet spring’s call come forth unWd
/ den,
And bud in beauty, and bloom for me?
^ 111 the fair ’ green earth ’ whose throbblne „ ...
, bosom
N hid, like a maid's in her gown at night,
Wake out of her sleep, and with blade am*
bl08Som
Rein her garments to please my sight?
Over the knoll in the valley yonder
The loveliest buttercups bloomed and grew;
- «« —
*» »*>■~ --—- —
' * neWt
When wild winds blew and a sleet storm
'
pelte d,
I lost a jewel of priceless worth;
If I walk that way when snows have melted^
W r il) tiie gem gleam up from the bare, brow®
earth?
I laid a love that was dead or dying,
For the year to bury aud hide from sight;
But out of a trance will it waken crying,
And push to my heart like a leaf to tha
light?
Under tbasuow lie things so cherished-—
Hopes, ambitious, and dreams of men,
Faces that vanished and trusts that perished
Never to sparkle or glow again.
The Old Year greedily grasped his plunder.
Aud covered it over ami hurried away;
Of the thousand things he hid, I wonder
How many will rise at the call of May?
O wise Young Year, with your hands held
under
Your mantle of ermine, tell me, pray!
—Ella IF. Wilcox, in Boston Globe.
PITH AND POINT.
A game leg—Hindquavter of venison.
It is rain or shine with a boothblack.
The German Army Bill—EmperorWil
liam.
Taken aback—A boy playing lcap
frog.
Europe is so peaceful now that it ia
impossible to supply the universal de¬
mand for arms.— Tost- DLp itch.
A New York man advertises to restore
old paintings. Wonder how many hft
has stolen.— Burlington Fcee Press
To admit that our city is well laid out
doesn't necessarily suggest the inference
that it’s dead.— Philadelphia Call.
Scientists believe it impossible for hoir a
man to have a double. If this is so,
can a man be beside h,mself?-£ T ( - /<‘. t -
As you can now get two hue Urea
quinine pills for ii dollar, we should sajr
that quinine is gettmg to b; a drug m
the market.— Pad.
The World says that the woman’s bus
tie must go. T e World U mi 'taken. Ik
j s the woman that must go. The bustle
must foliow .—Bazaar.
Yvhen we see a goose with a lame the rest log
trymg in vam to keep up with
/ t vf e a oc ^ it nlwavs reminds us of *
non-advertising so-called business man,
endeavoring to hold advertise.--Da»OT«ft his own against hi*
uei „ hb0 rs who
Jine-r
liPfln P „ 'd « gil id little Jimmie Briefless.
« what what d , J<w vou wear «cat when wnen you vou go go to to tlu tn«
court ho. se-yonr law suit: Oh no,
^ Only
when ne goes woes naked naLeu. umy the ine client* cueuu.
la >"/'< ■
The gray-b arded man who caicmlly _
husks a peanut, throws away the meat
and tries to eat th- shell pr^uably will
not be accused of bring in love, as bar
wollia bave been thirty years ago, but
ne risks winning a reputation to. ausi.nt
“The great trouble 'T with G Z« you, John, t* n ts I, f »
said a lady to her husband, who wa^ suf
fering from the effects of the night be
fore, “vou cannot ^ay ‘No.’ Learn to
^ ‘ N ’ o/ iohn ’ iind J 011 have fewer
headaches. Gan you let me have a lit
tie money this morning:'’ “No,” said
John with apparent ease.— Puck,
A Matter of Weight.
According to the Belgian savant,
Quetelet, a man attains his max n; m
weight about his fortieth year, an l i>e
gin?to lose it toward does his sixtieth attain year. her
a woman, however, not
maximum weight until he: fiftieth year.
The weight of persons of the same ag®
m different classes of society also differs.
In the affiuent classes the average maxi*
mU m weight is One hundred andseventy
two pounds, and it is attained at fifty
years of age. In the artisan class it ia
one hundred and fifty-four pounds, laborers at- it
tajnc d at forty. Among the
js one hundred and seventy-one pounds,
attained at sixty. In the general pounds, classes
it is one hundred and sixty-four and fiitjr
nnd it is reached between forty
years of age.
An Unfortunate Order.
“you “James, musn „ t smd ., say a^grocer lady_to to^his^cierlc , the , .
customers any more; they don t like the
teI ™' ..j
“All . right, . ,, sir,” - „ replied James, and
presently .Mrs. Way back came in.
goap.” woman,” responded James,
“Yes,
i< w h e re’ll you have’em sent?”
ttTfipJIv'Sa out .—Mw York 8un.
