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THE CONYERS WEEKLY.
VOL. XI.
The British Government is about to
ibandon the island of Ascension, 730
oile3 south of St. Helena, which it
d:ed in 1815, solely for the purpose of
renting the possible escape of Na
loleon.__________—
The new Orphan's Home at San Diego,
ijl promises to be one of the most im¬
portant f best-endowed charitable in
and
titutions in the Union. In addition to
[be Home proper there will be an educa
Kona! and technical school. Four cit
Lens L of San Diego have subscribed has giveu $2,- 100
L 0) 000, and the city
s of land in the city limits, worth
Lily $1,000,000
One hundred aud thirty miles ot
Metric railroad are now in operation in
[his country, and nearly 200 miles more
ire in process of construction, The At
anta Constitution prophesies that “the
jectric motor will at some time do away
hith steam, and the many improvements
ow being made in the application of
ilectricity gives room for the belief that
be day is not far distant when such
iractical application of it can be made as
,o make it the general motive power
broughout the world.”
W. A. Lyman, of Milford, Conn., is
baking the smallest possible specimen of
hn engine. It will be made with a silver
half dollar. The boiler is to hold about
[ight drops of water, but with four
Slops the engine can be worked several
binutes. When finished, it is to be
placed in a glass ease three-quarters of
«n inch in diameter and an inch and
bne- eight in height. Some of the parts
will be so fine and delicate that they
cannot be made without the use of a
magnifying glass.
I The French have discovered an an
hexable island in the Pacific, declares
[the Yew Y'ork Time'', and have straight¬
way proceeded to annex it. Their ac¬
quisition is Raratonga, which lias* an
area of possibly fifty square miles. It is
bnore ot an island than some recent
feritish annexations, since it at least can
fcnd does support a population of several
thousand natives, who live in those set
Itlements. Karatonga is a leading island
Bof the Cook or llervey group, made
irery well known to the world through
ffiie successful labors of missionaries,
who have converted a great part of the
people to Christianity.
The Mexican paper, Dinrio del Ilogar,
tells of a large railroad contract for the
construction of a road by an English
syndicate, from Esperanza to Oaxaca,
which was signed a few days since in the
City of Mexico by General Pacheco,
representing the Mexico government,
and Mr. Louis Pombo, as representative
of the syndicate, by which the govern¬
ment guarantees to the company 8 per
cent per annum of the net proceeds on
the capital invested in the building of
the road for a term of fifteen years; the
total proceeds from the stamp revenue of
the State of Oaxaca to be appropriated
to this purpose, as also 3 per cent of all
the custom house collections throughout
the entire republic.
So vast have modern fortunes become,
temarks the New Y’ork Cun, that the
term millionaire has taken on a new sig¬
nificance. A millionaire no longer means
a maa 'who possesses one million of
francs in France, of lires in Italy, of rou¬
tes in Russia, of dollars with us, but,
according to “the modern phraseology
started by Sir Morton Peto and James
McHenry, and adopted in England and
fltel.nited States,” he is the possessor
°f £1,000,000 in England, $5,000,001) in
this country, and 25,000,000 francs in
Trance. Following that standard. M.
e ' ar rg n y estimates that out of total
a
700 the proportionate Eumber of
tollionaires in the different countries is:
England, 200; United States, 100; Ger¬
many >U8sia, and 50; Austria, India, 50; 100; other France, 75; . ,
135. countries,
claims Charleston i-* ' „ n ,l 1 C
OmnJn tw ru a - a V aiVerSlt3r . l0Catedat
’
O eouig, o S. C., is the model univer-
6 '-y °f the South for colored people.
There were 10 000 tsconle at the rerpnt
commencement,™-- 1
exercises. Tne L •
Bitv mver
hoc seventeen teachers, fourteen
su™ per.atendents and 946 students.
It ex
l f in sue the famous
ton '’a. school at Harm)
> More than five hundred uuuareastuaents students
tie actuaUy pay for their ,° Wa eduCatl0Q l,y
Work _°f of tL their • V. hands. In the curricu
L, are
six courses of study,
“ruction in nine different ’-reni industries wausines, rep- rep
Rented hv 7 Pmal S=h00lS f agri
culture ° ’
PrintinL ar ^ entr 7 aud cabinet-making,
ll ° ri “ g ’ ^making, paint’ng
, nd - ining, blaoksmithing,
merchan
Tniversitv^ d T r CSUC n,!ed h J. ilT ClafliD Tbe
of ^\2h Boston W live - ’
C ^stance^and supporL^ Tt\ h l S ° Utl |
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moral
NATIONAL CAPITAL
WHAT THE SWELTERING PUB
LIC OFFICIALS ARE DOING.
PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS—IMPORTANT
ACTS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND—AP¬
POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, ETC.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate ou Friday took up the
Senate bill appropriating one million
dollars to reimburse depositors of the
Freedmen’s Savings and Trust company
for losses incurrred by the failure oi that
company. Mr, Edmunds moved to strike
out the words “In whole or in part of
African descent.” He desired to get rid
of the race question. Mr. Beck opposed
the amendment. The words, he said,
had been inserted at the request of Mr.
Trenholm, the commissioner, the object
being had to exclude white depositors, who
wrecked the bank, and to confine it
had specially to the poor colored people who
been defrauded of their little sav¬
ings. The amendment was rejected.
The bill was passed without division.
The Senate proceeded to the considera¬
tion of bills authorizing the construction
of bridges, and passed the following
House bills with amendments: Across
the Oconee River, in Laurens county,
Lamb’s Georgia; across the Tennessee River, at
ferry, Alabama; across the Oc
mulgee River, Georgia; across the Black
Warrior River, at Foster’s Ferry, and the
Tombigbee, in township twelve, in Ala¬
bama; across the Halifax River, at Day¬
tona, Volusia county, Florida, (a pile
bridge,) across the Hillsborough River,
at Smyrna, Volusia county, Florida;
across the St. John’s River, between De
Land Landing and Lake Monroe, Fla.,
across the Tennessee River at Knoxville,
Tenn.; across the Oostanoula River at
Rome, Ga.; across the Chattahoochee
River, Georgia; across the Flint and
Chattahoochee Rivers, Georgia; across
the Alabama River at Montgomery, Ala.
After the passage of several bills upon
the calendar of minor interest, tlie Sen¬
ate on Thursday passed the House bill
supplementary to the Pacific railway acts
(with amendments). This is the hill
passed by the House on the third ot
March, requiring the Pacific railway
company to construct, maintain and oper¬
ate telegraph lines, and to afford equal
facilities to all connecting telegraph
lines. Mr. Chandler 'modified the reso¬
lution offered by him on the 15th of June
directing inquiries into the election of
Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, and on
motion of Mr. Blackburn, the creden¬
tials were taken from the table and
placed on file. The resolution was laid
on the table... .In the House, on motion
of Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, Sen¬
ate amendments were concurred in to
the House bill authorizing the condem¬
nation of land for sites for public build¬
ings. Mr. O’Neil, of Missouri, asked
unanimous consent that Tuesday, July
31st, be set apart for the consideration of
bills reported from the commitie on la¬
bor, and he withdrew it after some de¬
bate, and offered a resolution which was
referred to the committee on rules, as¬
signing the 31st day of July for the con
sideraiion of labor hills. The House
then went into committee of the whole
on the tariff bill, and Mr. Springer made
a long speech in advocacy of the bill.
After a short and sharp exchange of
courtesies between Messrs. Reed and
Springer, the discussion and considera¬
tion of the bill in committee of the
whole closed, and upon motion of Mr.
Mills it was reported to the House with
favorable recommendation.
Meiqile W. FJteta be.n
as Chief Justice by the Senate.
Surgeon-General Hamilton, of the
marine hospital service, received a tele
gram Sunday * night stating that there
were seven cases of yellow fever at Plant
City, Fla.
The Police Department has just Colum- com
Dieted a census of the District of
bia. Its report shows that the total pop
illation is218,157; white 145,635, and col
ored 72,522. ,/ of
i • j- ‘submits y Abbott of the Corps
Engineers 8 the following esti
mate for the works under his charge for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890: Im
movement of harbor at Charleston, S.C.,
including Sullivan’s Island, to complete, im
SI 525 000; for next year $750,000;
Drovement at Wap poo Cut, S. C., for
next vear and to complete, $10,000; im
provement of Edisto river, S. C., to
complete, $17,385; for next year $10,000;
Salkehatchie river, S. C., for next year
an d u to complete, $8,000.
The crop bulletin , issued . , by , the ,1 Signal Q
Office says; “The weather during tno
week has been favorable for growing
cropsin the v.hent aivlcorn regions of
the northwest.” Reports been .rom considera- Kansas
; indicate that crops have
blv damaged by hail. Reports lrom
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisi
, a Atabama and Mississippi, show that
the crop conditions have been improved
by favorable weather during the past
I week. More rain is needed in North and
South Carolina, although in the latter
, gtate the weather was favorable for cot
ton.”
.
T THE HF CHINCH CHINOi-t BUG. buu.
™ h^TrecdviM t formation Hoard of Agri- "the
The hi of
of farmers of Crawford coun
. i T1 i who have resolved not to raise
ShSbug wheat, bariey “'Thei"farmers or rye for the^uext
rttStSceto^seud will ex
with the
1 of adjoiDi ° g C ° UDtieS -
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CONYERS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1888.
SOUTHLAND ITEMS.
PARAGRAPHS, SAD, PLEASANT
AND TERRIBLE.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS—THE EXCURSION
FEVER—RAILROAD ACCIDENTS-SUICIDES
DEFALCATIONS—COTTON REPORTS, ETC.
Ground was brotTat Bessemer fo.
the foundations for three large furnaces,
Z *&£* of the inauguration of iudus- p
are rumors
trial enterprises which will call for the
expenditure of over $2,000,000 within
the next twelve months.
Florida,
The annual camp meeting of the M. E.
Church, South, will open at the Atlantic
Camp Grounds, Pablo Beach, on August
15.
Fifteen carloads of steel rails have
been delivered for the Sugar, Belt Rail
Toad, and the work is progressing of as hands rap
idly as possible, a large number
being at work.
The house of C. C. Singleton of Camp
bell was struck by lightning on Thursday,
almost knocking out one end of the
house and passing through it in several
ways. Mr. Singleton was struck on the
hand, the fluid passing thence up the
arm and down the bodv and leg to the
end of the toes, burning and tearing his
clothing completely tearing up one of
his shoes. A child 3 years old had his
dress torn off and burned from head to
foot, raising some large blisters on his
body, and a little girl was severely
wounded by a large splinter being driven
w ■>» >'»■
(^eorffin.
News has been received in Atlanta that
C. C. Nelson has been treed at Trenton,
Out., almost opposite Rochester, N. Y.
The depos.tors in his bank will jirosecute
him to the extent of the law.
C. C. Casey, of Savannah, a member
of the Chatham county commissioners,
died Sunday. 11c had been afflicted for
a long.time with asthma and heart troub¬
les. lie was torn in New York state 63
years ago. He was a large contractor
aud builder.
The grand lodge of Old Fellows of the
state of Georgia, will hold their annual
meeting in Gainesville on the 15th and
16th of August. Arrangements have
been made to tender the members of the
body^an excursion to Tallulah Falls on
the 17th of August.
John Hill, a colored farmer, of Albany,
has been experimenting with the manu
fucture of syrup from watermelons. The
juice is squeezed through a cloth and free
from pulp and seed, is boiled until the
required consistency. The syrup is of
a clear, reddish amber color, closely re
sembling in taste and appearance, the
syrup made from sugar caner.
Kcniuckr.
A boy named Linnell Combs, 11 years
of age, has been sent to the penitentiary murdered
at Frankfort, for life, having
a three year old sister.
North Carolina.
Mr. Russell, merchant at Topton, N.
C„ while riding a fractious mule, was
thrown and had all his teeth broken into
fragments. Mr. Russell sustained no in
jury about the mouth, the teeth being
at the time in his pocket on a gold plate,
The signal corps observer at Hatteras
reports the German brig Anncan, laden
with turpentine, and bound from Savan
nab, Ga., to Glasgow, Scotland, ground- will
ed on Hatteras Shoals. The vessel
h “
Tbi *„ rt h State Mrightville
in annual encampment on Wilmington.
sound, eight miles lrom
Every company in the state is present.
Thousands of civilians and soldiers throng
the camp and vicinity. Wilming on is
in a flutter or bunting, the buildings e
ing handsomely decorated.
Tennessee.
Nashville has several cases ot small
pox. of
Reuben Hobbs, a well-known citizen
McMinnville, was kicked in the head by
a horse, the skull being frightfully frac
tured, and from the effects of which the
sufferer will probably die.
A man named Hawkins got into an
altercation in a saloon in Chattanooga on
Wednesday with a colored man, who
shot him through the bowels, from the
effects of which he will die.
At a agriculturists* mass meeting, 4 held at Iron City,
0 f t h e of Tennessee, pro- and
l- 1ec ti 0 n was demanded for iron, sugar Nica
ceatlda charter asked f or the
ra uga Canal Company by tLo the national national
government. Athens
An explosion occurred m the
courthouse . Jim Thompson, the county
reg i ster wa s dting some dental work m
Ms of j icCi w q )eu the vulcanizer blew to
j eceS- Thompson and a Mr. Farring
ton o{ Calhoun, were thrown down and
bad)y h urt .
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West Virginia.
a sudden flood from a cloud-burst over
wbe j med Wheeling, on Thursday, and in
fhort time swept away the Baltimore &
()hio Railroad bridge with a number of
people ?„ on it. The river rose .hree feet
fifrv minutes. The National road trains.
0 al chutes, houses and all are gone. The
W’-eelin- “tw and Elm Grove road was swept
fe?t miles 5 wSter and the ^ road thT covered
Over rivet
f t he ruin is even worse. The storm last
d less than an hour, flooding the streets
f r0 m house to house. Nine persons liv
ingoa Hill Run are known to be drowned,
I Th Slffedalge e tossTn Whee ing Srops will reach $50 country (l0o‘.
to in the
« fearful.
LABOR MATTERS. !
The disagreement in district assembly
46 of the Knighis of Labor, in New
York City, caused by the conduct of Mas
ter Workman ^““e^E.^Quimi^which
to adjust some time ago, has at last cul¬
minated in a split. At a meeting held
on Sunday, Quinn refused to open the
proceedings unless four men whom he
had expelled for insubordination, left the
room. As they declined, Quinn and his
^fhi^Veteaates friends left the hall and e^lished them
from 188 local as
.»d ) =
37 assem > ies ren n . ounonents
Pythagoras hall, but Quinn. °PP°” ent 8
“VlheyXV/ fort.'.. g
the .About five
hundred men, representing the engineers. the
j reme n, brakemen and switchmen of
toads running out of Chicago, Ill., held
j meeting on°Sunday action the object questions of which
was t0 take political order. It on claimed
of interest to the was
that those in the meeting represented
about 30,000 voters throughout the state.
and they would hold the balance ol
power, as far as the legislature the was Brother- con
eerned ...At a meeting of
hood of Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men hold at Pittsburg, \ a., ai * &
ments were made for a gran union
ing of all lodges m that sec ion,
held three days, commencing August
30th. Among those who will be present
are Chief Arthur, Grand N as er . o »
Vice-Grand Master Hannahan, Chtmman
Hogue and Eugene B. Do ) is.
jecc of the meeting is no known
About 2,000 Italians assembled in Kelly s
hall m Philadelphia, l that a., o p
against the, statements f
made that they were a pauper clask and
'XoS sxs resolutions tbf presented,
following introduction were in Italian,
with a long with rush: “This
and went through action a of the Ital¬
meeting condemns the
ian societies of immigration in humilia
ing the name of Italy as the land of
slaves aud padrones. That we are obey¬
ing the laws of this glorious republic,
and pray and hope no law of ostracism
will be passed against our immigration, civili¬
as it is contrary to liberty and the
zation of this country.” The circular
which called the meeting together had
the flavor of revolutionary language about
it.
A DETECTIVE’S SHOT.
Wash Middleton, the noted Bald
Knobber of Taney county, Mo., escaped
p rom j- orS yth jail last October, and fled
to tbe moun tain fastnesses of Newton
County, Ark., saying that he would never
p e taken alive. J. L. Holt, a detective
f r0 m Colorado, went into northern Ar
Kansas for a season of rest among the
moun t a ins of that wild region, and hear
j n g 0 f Middleton aud the $600 reward,
at 0 nee began to plan for the capture of
the outlaw. The detective disguised
himself, putting on a suit of very ragged
clothes, and shadowed Middleton as
closely” as possible, the drop” seeking his an oppor
tunity to “get alive. on There man so
that he might take him the head of Buffalo was
a picnic recently miles at of Jasper, Newton
river, ten south
county. Middleton aud bis two sons
went to the picnic, all well armed and on
the alert as usual. The disguised detect
ive was on the groimd also, watching bis
Raimi. Holt resolved to make a. bold
venture and openly face Middleton in the
ciowd. Middleton soon became sus
Pilous of the mysterious movements of
the ragged stranger who followed him
fJSfSi “cling'
tMef „ Ho it kept closely after h s prey,
howe and Middleton, seeing that he
could D0( . gct hig man oat of the
crowd turned suddenly on the detective
and demanded his purpose, saying at the
sarnet j me: “I have made up my mind to
kill you, you sneaking thief.” In an
instant Holt’s pistol was glistening a few
inc h es in front of Middleton’s face and
the words, “Hands up; you are mv pris- his
oner,” told the fugitive outlaw that
suspicions were well founded. Although
Holt had the drop ou his man, Middle
ton’s right hand, instead of going up,
grasped a revolver at his left side, and
the detective fired, the ball entering the
cheek about an inch below the eye, pass
ing through the brain and coming out at
the back of the head. Middleton fell
lifeless to the ground in lemonade the midst stand. of a
crowd surrounding the fatal a work that the
So quickly was pistol and the
report of the detective s
falling of the slain outlaw were the first
intimations that the gay { picnickers, ^ not
over teQ feet awav . 0 thc
MONSTER BARBECUE,
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Pearl Park, near Newnan Ga was
thc place where a most notable gathering
was held on Saturday, the 27th anniver
sary of the first battle of Manassas, \ a.
About 15,000 people attended, and a re
union of the 1st, 7th and 12th Georgia
was held. Generals James Longstreet,
“Tige” Anderson, P. M. B. T oung, made
speeches, but the gems of the day were
by Judge Wm Lowndes Calhoun
President of the Atlanta
veterans, and Rev. Dr. Hunmcutt, of the
1st Georgia infantry; the latter s advice
about taking means to solve the labor
question was a thoughtful commented suggestion
and was very favorably on
by the farmers.
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TERRI BLE^M ORTA LIT Y.
A volcanic J.pL eruption has occurred at
Makmatos, in by which 400 per
tons were killed and 10,000 injured.
THE WORLD OVER.
CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY
’PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
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SOMETHING about CONVENTIONS, BAIL
ROADS, WORKING PEOPLE, CAPITALISTS,
EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS, ETC.
blew .
The tug boat Convoy, up ilu
West Port, Ind., on Saturday, and seven
of the crew were killed outright.
Thomas W. Hall, a heavy dealer in
wool in Chicago, Ill., made an assign
nent Thursday, liabilities $150,000; as
sets $130 000
near
1
conversation stated, . . 1 + that v a
The Pope in intend a leave Rome. He
he does not to
expressed regret that his last note to the
Irish clergy in regard to the political sit :
nation should have been misinterpreted.
A cablegram received at Milwaukee,
Wis., announced the death, at l>remeii, Emil
Germany, of Millionaire Brewer
Schandein, vice president of the Best
Brewing company. He had been away
but a mouth.
The cane fields in Cuba exhibit a good
e vent occurs, The cToprf sugar’Si'b^a “iSkS
1 "
of Havana 17toy
gTt worir 868 ’ ^ ^
° it stopped
Joseph Bell, a farmer living neat
Youngstown, Ohio, while engaged in
mixing paris green and lime, ac¬
cidentally iuhailed a quantity of the poi
sonous dust. He soon became uncon¬
scious, and remained in that condition
until his death.
While repairing the Catholic school
house at Latonia, Ohio, on Thursday, the
foundation gave way and the building
fell, killing John McGuire instantly, and
fatally injuring Janies McKenna. There
were eighteen men working under tho
building at the time, but fortunately the
men escaped uninjured.
The work of bailiffs engaged in mak¬
ing evictions at Kilrush, county Clare
Ireland, is being obstructed by the pop¬
ulation, who have cut all the bridges be¬
tween Kilrush and Kilkee, and taken
other measures to delay the progress ot
evictions. Chapel bells are toiling of- to
warn. the people of the approach of
fleers.
The captain of the steamer Alamadea,
plying between Sydney, New South
Wales and San Francisco, has agreed The not
to employ Chinese in the future.
new act regarding Chinese immigration 1
lias received royal assent. It prevent. 1 !
further action by the Chinese, and pro¬
vides that all Chinese leaving the colony,
except those who have been naturalized,
shall be subject to tbe act.
The cruiser Charleston, Francisco, was success¬ and is
fully launched at San
to be one of the most powerful steel ves¬
sels in the world. She is 320 feet in
length over all; breadth, 40 feet; dis¬
placement at mean draught about 3,750
tons; indicated horse power of 7,500;
•speed, 18 knots. Her engines are of
English design and are nearly ready to
be put into the hull. She has no sail
power and is rigged with military masts.
Her armament will consist of two eight
inch and six six-inch breech loading
rifles, with a secondary battery of Hotch¬
kiss guns.
The disruption of the Association of
Manufacturers of Iron and Steel Nails has
begun at Pittsburg, Pa., and it is stated
that it was only a question of time until
the organization ceases to exist. Within
twenty-four hours twelve firms sent in
their resignations and every mail is in¬
creasing the list. The association was
organized in 1882 for the purpose of ar¬
ranging a yearly scale of wages with the
cm plo.ye and not to regulate the erroneously selling
price of iron, as has been
stated. Seventy-one firms, employing
100,000 men and representing *7,500,000
capital, belonged to the association.
Virginia.
The 11th regiment of New York were
the guests of the Richmond Grays, of
Richmond. The regiment will visit the
battlefield of Bull Run.
A collision occurred on the Norfolk &
Western Railroad on Sunday, eight
m i]es above Lynchburg, killing of the both en
gineers, one fireman and live crews,
Roth engines were completely wrecked,
(1Ild geven cars were demolished. A
] ar gc force of hands worked all daj
rnov ing beared. the wreck, and the track has
becn The loss is estimated at
* *100,000. ipo 000
\ cheap Letter Seale.
A cheap but sufficiently accurate scale
for weighing letters can “be made out of
, the cheapest ma
UJ y terials. *
j|i tlttltgl Take a piece of
, jrj |i H'll broomstick about
|! . M iU-i a foot i ongj and
r jut off the ends
''':k\ M I'fe-c , square and smooth,
-hsiM | • Jfev Glue a card to one
6 end; to the other
/t? fasten a weight- do—
^ a stone will
so that when that
end is placed in water about two-thirds
C)f the wood will be submerged, and
the stick will stand upright.
Yow put the whole in water, and lay
upon the card anything which you know
weighs just an ounce. Mark the point
*nd that point In this way you
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NO. 22.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
I got to thinki n’ of her—both her parentfc
: dead and gone—
And all her sisters married off, and none but
her and John
A-livin’ all alone there in that lonesome sort
o’ way,
And him a blame old bachelor, c flrmder
ev’ry day!
I’d knowed ’em all from children, and their
daddy from the time
Ho settled in the neighborhood, and hadn’t
dime ..
ary a
^ J dollar, when he married, fer to start
housekeepin’ onl
g 0 j g 0t to thinkin' of her—both her parents
dead and gone!
1 Sot to thmkm’ oi her, and a wundern what
An<lh, vT.T‘T i 11 *”'— ta *
girl of the pack—
An ^ majd with her hands> you might say,
, . hehind hm-hackt
moth ;. t ’ afore she died, she ust to
ta 0 ou ’
when nono of > el u was ]eft> you Unow , but
, Evaline and John,
^ n( j ,- es i declare to goodness ’at the young
i must be blino
men
what a wife they’d git, if they got
Evaline!
I got to thinkin’ of her; in my great afflio
* ich a comfort to us, and so kind and
She’d come, and leave her housework, for to
And talk*her own mother’at she’d never
see again—
Maybe sometimes cry together—though, for
the most part, she
Would have the child so riconciled and happy
like, ’at wo
Felt lonesomer’n ever when she’d put her
bonnet on
And say she’d railly haf to be a-gittin’ back
to John!
I got to thinkin’ of her, as X say—and more
and more
I’d think of her dependence, and ttie burdens
’atsho bore—
Her parents both a-bein’ dead, and all her
sisters gone
And married olf, and her a-livin’ there alone
with J oil n—
You might say jes’ a-toilin’ and a-slavin’ out
her life
Fer a man ’at hadn’t pride enough to get
bisse’f a wife—
’Less some one married Evaline and packed
her olf some day—
Bo I got to thinkin’ of her—and it happened
thataway. Whitcomb Jiileg.
James
PITH ANDP01NT.
Vein expectations—prospecting for
gold. door
A foot-note—“Please use the
mat.”
Marked intelligence—A r rofessor with
a black eye.
That things are mixed up slightly
Everybody “live konws, beet” in the garden
When a
Of a “dead beat” grows.
—DanmiUe Breexe.
“All roads lead to roam,” remarked a
tramp, studying a guide board .—Boston
Budget.
A law prohibiting the intemperate
hoarding of wealth might prevent money
from becoming tight.
A cradle in a house may or may not he
a boycot. It is just as likely to lie a
gill’s nest.— Picayune.
Bride—“Give me a kiss, Harry:”
Harry—“No; that I cannot, do; but I
will loan you one—if you will return it.”
-— Tidbits.
'The Empress of Japan is taking lessons
on the piano. The Mikado’s fifty-seven
physicians are giving him every atten¬
tion .—New York. World.
Although ha covets it from birth,
Anil covets it through life's brief span,
Mail never, never gets the earth,
It is the earth that gets the man.
—Labor Leader.
“Have you Browning?” she asked at
the village store, “No,” replied whiting, tha
clerk; “we have blacking and
but no browning.”— Life.
“Gentleness cannot be kicked into a
cow,” says an exchange. Neither can
tenderness cr there wouldn’t be so much
tough beefsteak .—Dunseille Breeze.
“What does menu mean, my dear?”
“Food for me an’ you, ’tis clear.”
“What docs meander mean! Who knows?’
“When me and her out walking goes.
—Mercury.
Seals Very Fond of Salmon.
The baby seal recently added to the
free menagerie on Morrison street has
seemed content to bask in the sun, eat
the salmon a iven it, and whine for
Saturday, however, it seemed to
wake up to the exigences of life, aud
S concluded it had to hustle, so it rolled
1 into the tank and started to catch one
of the fish, and the way the pair went
1 around the tank was a caution to all
observers. The seal weighs pounds only 10
pounds, but it cats four of sal
m0 n per day and looks around for more,
From this a slight idea maybe formed
of the amount of salmon consumed by
the thousands of seals and hundreds of
sea lions which haunt the mouth of the
Columbia, and it would seem that whde
the Legislature and the l mted States
Government are endeavoring to keep up
the supply of S’ 11 ™” 11
by means of a hatchery they might help
the matter by taking some steps to ex
terminate the seal and sea lions. Port
Und Oregon.
ca ^ TmanTal k LiThout a S’ h!
can wa!k without arrest just so long a.
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