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Church Directory.
BAPTIST—REV. I). T. ESPY.
Summerville -First Sunda; ami even
ing and Saturday before; also third Sun
day evening. . Sardis- Second Sunday
and Saturday before. Pleasant Grove
-Third Sunday and Saturday before
Mount Hai in<my I; h Si ■ lay and
Saturday b.-foru.
B ATT I ST-- REV. J. ?.I. SMITH.
Raccoon Mill First Sabb.-:b i.i each
mondial 11 o’clock . Perenni.-.i Springs
Third Sabbath and Saturday before ..
M'-lv-iIL- Fourth Sabi-nth and Saturday
before at 2:30 p. in.
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METHODIST—REV. T. I!. TIMMONS.
Oak Hill First Saturday anil Sunday.
I .. Ami -Second Saturday and Sunday;
also Fifth Sunday evening .Broom
town Second Sunday evening, and
Fifth Sunday morning ...South Caro
lina Third Saturday and Sunday .
Summerville -Fourth Sunday and night.
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PRESBYTERIAN—REV. W. A. MILNER.
Trion Every first and fifth Sabbath.
.Summerville/ Every second Sab
bath .Alpine- Evcrv third and fourth
Sabbath.
INESBYTERI AN REV. T. S. JOHNSTON.
Walnut Grove First Sabbath Sil
ver Crock, Floyd County S'-eond Sab
bath . Beersheba 'i’liird Sabbath
Lai-'ayetto -Fourth Sabbath.
Court Directory.
SUPERIOR COURT.
First Mondav in March ami Sej'.tcm
her. John W.’ Madd-.x, Judge; G. D.
I Hollis, Clerk.
COUNTY COURT.
j Monthly terms, s; -.nd Monday;
Quarterly terms, first Mmiday in Jan
uarv, April, July, ami (H-t-.-ner. J. M.
I Bella!;, Judge; G. I>. Hollis, Clerk.
justices’ court.
Summerville (925th district),John Tav
lor, N. P., and J. J. T. Henry, J. P.
Court 3rd Friday. Lawful Constables:
D. A. Crumly and E. C. Smith.
Trion (s7oth district), T. J. Simmons,
N. P., and N. IL Coker, J. P. Court 3rd
Saturday. Last return day Friday be
fore th? first Saturday. Lawful Consta
bles: H. F. Williams.
Teloga (927th district). W. F. Tapp, N.
P., and A. Johnston, J. P. Court Ist
Friday. Lawful Constables: George
W. Carroll.
Alpine (kiEth district), J. E. Burns, N.
P. Court 4th Saturday. Lawful Consta
bles: S.M-. Baker.
Dirtsellar (12bith db t . ;: et), J. L. Huie.
N. P.,and Hugh Richardson, J. P. Cmiri
Ith Saturday. Lawful Constables: John ;
M.
Seminole (961st district.) A. J. Hender
son, N. P., and E. ('. Adams, J. P. Court
:lrd Saturday. Lawful Conslables: Jos.
Glenn and F. P. Rapland.
Coldwater (1083rd district), D. B.
Franklin, N. P., and W. T. Herndon, J.
P. Court Ist Saturday. Lawful <’onsta
bles: N. J. Edwards and M. W. Bryant.
Dirttown (MOth district),M. M. Wright
N. P., and J. P. Johnson, J. P. Court
2nd Saturday. Lawful Constables: C.
M. M. Hornilon.
' Hay : d (!-. 2nd district), '<• A. J.a k
son, N-. P-, and L. S. Scogin. . P. Co n t
Itli S; inlay. Lawful Constables: R.
C. San er. nd J. J. Barbour.
Subiigna pVJr.ddistrict), • R. Ponder. I
N. P.. m<l J. ”. Jackson, J. P. Court i
, Ist Saturday. Lawful Con tables: J. 1
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 16, 1888
THE SON REJECTED.
LESSON XII, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES, MARCH 18.
T.-<t of ilio Tcsson, Matt, xxl, 33-46.
Gohlen Text, John i, 11—Memorize
V. rses 33-38 —Comment by Rev. Wil*
11am Nc-.vtmi, I). D.
[Fr :a I/' ■■ -•i Helper Quarterly, by permission of
JI. S. 1 ...fft’iaij, Philadelphia, publisher.]
Not. A spiritual truth conveyed
uinE r nmterir.l forms or images. A wino
pre rat place for the wino fat.’’ This
is ui-a illy farmed in a ledge of rock, it is
. rcct<i::,;ul;.r in f rm and communicates with
a Liv. \ i: m which the juice runs as tho
gr . > ar ;-.l in the one above. A
r . • •. s : ; called “a lodge,” for tho
k -ji rof the vineyard. Let it out, or hired
it < for a p?.rt <-f the crop. Husbandmen,
» who worked tho vineyard. Stoned, not
kdL-.1, but drove him off with stones. Like
wise, in the same way. Reverence, pay
rei'p-et t-x Heir, ono who receives property
from another by descent. ' Inheritance, tho
property t'-at was to go to the E : r. Hero it
is the vineyard. Render, return, pay or
yit'. 1. Marvelous, woml mul. Perceived,
saw or imder-.iDod. Ley hands on him, or
do vis.', gee to him. Powder, fine dust.
Fr ~? f teller of fut urc events and so
; CL' ’.‘. :••••;-sonyer to them.
I V. Tin re is no que .1 ion that the parabio
her - ." iI y our Lord is tho reproduction
of Isi.i.ih v, 1-7. For tho statement isalto
gi ’.ll' • n.imiMLieU “Tho vineyard of the
L'.r.l o>.' 11 us. s is the house of Israel, and tho
of Judah his pleasant plant, Isaiah v,
7. And again we road, “Yet I had planted
thee a i:> ble vino,” Jeremiah ii, 21. And wo
can live;' each event described in this verse.
j the planting took place at Ilorcb.
R< 4 Exodus xix, 4-fl. Israel was chosen
be:' >ro this. But their visible taking out
from the nations took place then and there.
Th-re the planting took place. And tho set
ting of the hedge about I hem, what was this
but the enactment of tho statutes an<l ordi
nal.-' s shutting them in from the nations
about them. And the wino press and tho
, tower, what are these but corn] .'luted arrange
ments fe-r their ellicicncy and safety as tho
vineyard of the Lord. Now, there was a
puipose in ail this. And that purpose was
tho receiving of tho fruits of the vineyard.
’ And hero comes in the letting out to Ims
biindinen and tho departure of the owner
i .to another country as perfectly natural in
cidents of the parable. And so Israel stands
before us, let out to or put into the hands of
| the rulers, who were appointed of (tod to con
duet its affairs as really as husbandmen do
those of a vineyard.
V. 31-36. There can be no shadow of a
, doubt that these servants represent the seers
and the prophets sent in the Lord’s name to
hold tho rulers to the faithful discharge of
tho great trust put into their hands. From
! Ac s iii, 24, it seems that Samuel was the
ii’/.- i, of the line. And from him the line
sweeps onward unto John, who was tho la. t
before tho son. And from the verses before
us v.c learn:
1. God expects fruit from spiritual privi
leges.
2. That ho holds men to account for them.
3. There is enmity in man’s heart against
God.
, V. 37,38. Tho ruling spirit of enmity
within comes to a climax hero. Tho Son of
tho Lord of tho vineyard is sent last of all,
and him they cast out and kiil. Os course
the doubt as to how he would be received aj>-
■ plies only to the earthly side of the parable.
Tho owner of this vineyard did not know.
But wo cannot cany this over to its spiritual
side, or io tiiat which the parable represents.
Hero all is clear in the certainly of knowl
edge as to tho treatment bo would receive.
In the councils of the Godhead he was “The
lamb slain from tiio foundation- of tho
world.” Rev. xii, 8. And as the shadows of
the cross darlamed about him, he said: “Now
is my soul troubled. And what shall I say i
Father, save me from this hour. But for
this cause camo I to this hour.” John xii,
27. And yet this certainty of the fact of his
rejection and death at their hands did not
affect t • the shadow of a hair tho voluntari
ness of their action in rejecting and crucify
ing him. “By wicked hands ye have cruci
fied and slain” him, was the charge of tho
apostle against them under the direct teach-
■ iugof the Spirit. And tho ess nee of their
■ wickedness was, “They hated me without a
; cause,'’ John xv, 25. And there was no
cloak for that sin.
V. 39-11. Now, in view of the facts of this
. treatment, our Lord's question hero is most
natural and pointed. And to it there could
bo but one answer, and this the chief priests
. and Pharisees gave at once. And in it thero
are two truths very clearly stated:
1 1. A just retribution, and
2. A new disposition of the vineyard.
V. 42. Now conies tb.o application of this
by tho Lord to themselves. And he did so in
■ tho words of their own scripture. There is
no shadow of doubt that tho reference is to
the Messiah, and has always been held to bo
so. “The stone” is the Messiah. The builders,
the ftilors of tho Jews. The refusing or re
jecting cf the stone, tho crucifying of tho
Lord and, making him the head of the corner,
his risin ; from the dead. All this i; clear as
light without a cloud. And just as clear,
too, is the truth that under this change of
figure, God’s everlasting purpose of the ex
altation of tho Son whom the husbandmen
were about to cast out and kiil was thus an
nounced to them. In the ono- figure they
were tho “builders.” In the other tho “hus
bandmen.” And in each destruction was the
inevitable doom.
V. 43. How full of solemn majesty are
these words: “Therefore I say unto you,” etc.
They aro the words of one who had in his
hands all power in heaven and in earth, but
who for a purpose and a time bad stooped to
become the servant of all.
“The kingdom of God," no doubt, was that
given to the Jews when the Lord called them
to himself to bo “a peculiar treasure." “a
kingdom of priests and a h'-ly nation.” Exo
dus xix, 5-6. And it was given to them at
that time, as we have soon tho vineyard was ‘
planted then. But it was condi tinned on
' Israel’s obedience.
V. 41. TLe Jewish people fell on this stone j
and were broken. And or 1800 years they
have been broken. But a, v/omul is not
■ death. They have been sorMy wounded.
: Thank (sod there is a “ halm in Gilead.
I There is a physician there.” The day of
Israel’s healing draws near. But when the
nib » tho confedc i . I ■
ii, 34, 35—that is not a wound, but dcstrue
i tion.
V. 45,46. The truth cut homo. T’wyfolt
tho keenness of its edge, the toll ire power of
its thrust. They saw themselvo m ll;e [ at
uro. But their only reply w; -• a h.<: r< dre
intense and a determination tn • i.r. Lm
even to th * death. They could ■ ;.y I'ih
| truth of bis word:.;, Bu! ‘.ey cor.’ « . v
- t of the ’ iv. They c i.l ■ •
t .‘ir wroi? They com I only i.ml i .
! who told them of them.
btcribi for the Chttooga News.
YOU SEE
When tho Declaration of Inde
pendence was under debate, doubts
and forebodings were whispered
through the hall. 'The house hesi
tated, wavered, and for a while lib
erty and slavery appeared to hang
in even scale. It was then that an
aged patriarch arose —a venerable
and stately form, his head white
with the frost of years.
Every eye went to him with the
quickness of thought and remained
with the fixedness of the polar
star. He cast on the assembly a
look o r inexpressible interest and
unconquerable determination, whil
on his visage the Imo of ago was
lost in the Hush of burning patriot
ism that fired his check.
“There is” said he, “a tide in tin
affairs of men, a nick of time. Wi
percieve it now before us. To h
itate is to consent to our own sla
very. That noble instrument upon
your t■ : le, which insures immor
tality to its author, should be sub
scribed this very morning by every
pen in this house. He
that will not respond to its ac
cents and strain every nerve to car
ry into effect its provisions is un
worthy the name of freeman.”
“For my part, of property I have
some, of reputation more. That
reputation is staked, that property
is pledged, on the issue of this con
test; an 1 although these gray hairs
must soon descend into the sepulcre,
I would infinitely rather that they
descend thither by the hand of the
executioner than desert at this cri
sis the sacred cause of my country.”
Dr. Knobs, of New York, thus
describes an incident in the life of
a former President of Princeton ('ol
lege, which has recently elected a
new president; The following is an
interesting account of the election
as given by a correspondent of the
N. Y. IM ail and Express:
A ■ th • e ;hoes di • out o'" the tele
graphic announcements of the
choice of Princeton’s new president
a few in -idents of the great event
may be relished by those observing
this important change in a great
university. It is undeniable that
the trustees gathered with a sense
of an impending struggle. There
were the men who strenuously ad
vocated Dr. Patton, as the profound
scholar, keen philosopher, the man
of intellect, the intrepid controver
sialist. There were the supporters
of Dr. Sloan, as the expert in uni
versity administration, the genial
litterateur, the representative of
the active alumni. There were the
rigid adherents to the principle of
‘no president who is not a graduate
and an American burned citizen’
each with his candidate. Nosigns
had been shown of concession, ex
cept a suggestion of a compromise,
with Patton for president. and
Sloan for vice-president. The
special committee of trustees, who
had been deliberating for months,
convene 1 in Princeton on the night
before the critical day. It wa
known that all the various views
were represented in this committee.
“Such was the situation when
the board met on Thurshay. morn
ing. But two members of the board
were absent. Judge < 'aleh S. Green
the brother and senior representa
tive of the late John (’. Green, tin
chief benefactor of the college, had
left liis sick-room at the risk of hi:
life to take part in deciding the mo
mentou question. Judge Nixon,
venerable and physically disabled,
had also strained his power to be
present. John I. Blair, the rail
road millionaire, nearly ninety years
of age, was in his seat. John K.
Cowen, from Baltimore, and Dr.
Samuel I. Pennington, the senior
trustee, with eminent lawj-ers, mer
chants and divines, young and old,
I made it. a point to attend. When
the rules were suspended, early in
the day. and the consideration of
the pre- ident’s resignation and the
election of his successor was taken
up, a<■ -tain sense of awe pervaded
tiie body. The scene was impressi
ble in the extreme when the venera
ble Dr. McCosh rose to leave the
chair. Instinctively, spontaneous
ly, without a word every man arose
from his seat and remained stand
ing in .-ik'nee unlil the imp-,-ing
form of the president disappeared
from th -hamb. r.
“Then lie chaiwnan of the special
eomniiit-.e reported the unanimous
recommendation that President
McCosh’s resignation be accepted,
to take effect after commencement,
and that Prof. Francis L. Patton be
; elected to the presidency. Some
power higher than man’s reason
seemed to direct the procedings.
; The unanimity of a committee com
-1 posed of such wise anil independent
men had an immediate ’effect. No
' other nomination was made, and on
the first ballot Dr. Patton was elec
ted without a dissenting voice. Not
1 I an acrimonious word was spoken,
not a voice heard out of harmony
with the friendliest spirit. When
President McCosh resumed the
' chair, after the noon recess, his re-
■ turn was welcomed with clapping of
hands. Prof. W. 11. Green, the re
nowned Hebraist, read to Dr. Mc-
' Cosh the resolutions which had
' been passed in his absence, secur
ing to him a competency for life
whether he should perform duties
or not, and expressing the desire
of tiie trustees that ho should con
tinue to give the university the ben
efit of his instructions m some
form, as well as the complimentary
minute bearing record to his attain-
■ ments and paying a deserved trib
ute to President McCosh’s noble
wife. Then followed the pathetic
■ scene. Dr. McCosh, choked with
emotion, but commanding himself
with dignity, delivered a moving
speech, eloquent with recognition of
; the friendly acknowledgements of
■ his supporters, and with reference
to the past and future. There was
' a moist eve as the ‘grand old man
■ of Princeton gave utterance to the
feeling drawn from a full heart on
' this impressive occasion. When
' the old leader referred with grateful
i satisfaction to the graceful mention
of his wife, there was a touch of
i humor mingled with his pathos.
1 ‘You may get a better president’- he
' said, ‘but you’ll never get a better
president’s •wife.’ And there are
1 thousands who will echo that sen
timent.
“Curious though it may seem, all
appear satisfied with Dr. Patton's
; election-. He is conceded to be sec
ond to no man in the country in in
tellectual force and scholarly attain
ments. He is a brilliant speaker,
■ a trenchant writer, a fearless an
tagonist, a judicious adviser, a calm
but determined admistrator, and is
described by those who have lived
nearest to him as posessing those
; very qualities which his opponents
have denied to him. The harmony
of the board presages harmony and
' enthusiasm among the alumni, and
■ a new forward movement for Prince
ton.”
Why They Leave the Farm.
“Why do the boys leave the
farm?” wails a wrighter in an agri
cultural journal. Wei’, dear broth -
i er, there are several reasons. One
■ is because the boy is not 65 years
> old at his birth. Then, if there is
, a hoe on the farm weighing 14 ouu-
ces, bright as nickle-plate and sharp
‘ as a razor, and another hoe weigh
i ing somewhat less than a breaking
. plow, with an edge on it like a ham
i mer, and a sapling witii the bark
- on it for a handle, the hired man
I takes one and the boy gets the oth
i er, and every man in America
■ knows which is the other. Did you
ever stand with such a hoe in your
i hands away down in a corn row on
some airless, still, hot summer day,
■ twenty acres of corn blades and i
tassels wilting about you, standing
. fourteen inches higher than your
■ head, shutting out every last trace
of breathable air, and then hear a
II locust down in the edge of the tim
. ] her striks up his long strident,
. j monotonous call to make it ten
■ i times hotter? And all this time a
■ I cool creek not a mile away, loiter-
,: ing in deep, silent pools an shady i
i i places in the woods, or breaking in
i to merry dancing rippies over the
‘ pebbles? And in the deep holes, i
* the fish just lying around waiting;
I for a boy? Well, then, you know
i why some boys leave th? farm. Still
■ boys can be kept on the farm and
made to stay there all their lives.
■ You drive a long spike through a
■ boys abdomen and through a live
■ oak tree, and clinch or bolt it on
• the other side, and then saw off the
; boys legs and break hi- back, and
Ihe will stay on the farm. Yes,
there .'.re some other way. we know,
I b-.it tills is th- only inl'alli’ ' metli
;' od.—Hawkeye.
More Corn.
It would seem that enough has
been written about the South’s rais
ing her own food, and thus saving
to herself the millions sent annual
ly to the West for provisions that
all reason indicate should be raised
here at home. The very general
discussion has, however, borne fruit
and lead to an unprecedently large
planting and yield of corn last sea
son, resulting in a saving of S3O,
000,000 to our section. With mon
fertilization and somewhat increas
; ed acreage the South would be self
sustaining in the matter of provis
ions and the advance would be de
cided and hailed with universal re
joicing. Among the unthinking the
impression prevails that cotton
alone means money, and all else is
neglected in the effort to make the
largest crop of the staple possible.
In one sense this is true. Cotton
is imperishable, and always convert
ible, but not always profitably raised.
Gold is the medium of exchange,
is money wherever found, but it is
folly to mine it where to get a dol
lar, two must be spent. So with
farming; it is unwise to raise cotton
at a loss. The secret of success to
the farmer is saving. A large crop
of cotton means a good deal of
money, but with enormous expense;
while a cotton crop, duly propor
tioned to others crops of the farm
can be raised at a comparatively
small cost, To try and raise cotton
to defray all the legitimate expen
ses of a properly conducted farm
and besides pay for corn, meat.,
meal, Hour and all else consumed is
more fooli.'i than to mine gold ore
that yields ut a few cents per ton.
Upon-our agriculture $e fise’or fall
and its success depends upon its
being made self-sustaining. Plant
more food crops.—Ex.
A Cool Thief.
Baltimore has many cool thieves
in its history, but the well-dressed
stranger who came to the city and
stole Judge Wm. A. Stewart's saw
mill excelled them all. The saw
mill was in East Baltimore, and
being in litigation was unused. The
building was not worth much and
the chief value was in the machin
ery. A handsome, smooth-tongued
stranger made a critical survey of
the premises and then made a con
tract with Henry W. Wagner, who
does hauling. “I'm the agent of
the New York Insurance Company,”
h,- said, “and I’ve come to dispose
of the contents of this old shanty.
I want the machinery out of the
way this afternoon as I will have to
go West at once.”
Wagner hired extra drays and
help, and the machinery was re
moved to a junk shop, where it was
sold for about S7OO. The handsome
stranger pocketed the money and
in, nW Wagner to take a dinner
* 1?lie; w; nt to a restaur-
ant/ail I after they had eaten a lib
eral meal, the handsome stranger
asked to be excused for a moment.
He lias not been seen sine-.'. He has
the receipts for Judge Stewart’s
mill and Wagner has nothing but
regrets.
Judge Stewart presides over the
city court. He is reported as laugh
ing heartily over th? matter and
remarking that a fillo.-,■ who could
carry out a scheme like that de
served to g -t off.
Bank Robbed.
Al Bradford, Pa., a few days ago
a masked man, named Kimball, en
tered th ■ Bradford national bank
with a revolver in his hand, and
when midway between the paying
teller and discount clerk's desk,
nimbly jumped over the high glass
partition and mad- a grab for th
i money on the cashier’s desk. The
suddenness of the affair paralyzed
the clerks, but Cashier Tomlin
son rushed from his p: irate office
' and seiz'd the robber. As he did
so he received a ball from the re
volver in the hands of the villain,
over his left hip, going clean
thr-ugh him and coming out of the
right. He dropped and the robber
escaped at the front door with the
money and ran down the side street.
The report of the revolver attract
ed a c ■ ?wd, and a number <■ ' citi .ens
‘started i;-. pursuit and Kimball ran
some dist i iee, wh • i he turned on
his pursuer and si: it A. E. Biiech,
a butcher, in the abdomen, inflict-
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ing a dangerous wound. He then
placed the revolver at his own head
and fired. The ball entered at the
temple and killed him instantly.
The money was found in an inside
pocket of the robbers coat, which
he wore. Tomlinson and Bleich
ire fatally hurt and can live but a
few hours. Kimball was about 28
years old and was formerly an era.
ploye of a producing firm. He was
recently injured on the Erie road,
near Stambnrg, in an accident, from
which he is said to have received
several hundred dollars damages,
since which time he has been here
Irinking heavily. He was former
ly a real estate agent in Garden
City, Kansas, where his wife died
leaving two girls. The whole city
is greatly excited over the tragic
affair. Tomlinson has a wife’ and
child and is held in great esteem.
A correspondent in a Chicago
joHrnel thinks the intelligence of
the horse is greatly overrated, and
submits the result of some of his
observations as follows: “I have
seen horses walk around a post un
til they had wound up the bridle,
and “then stand all the day with
their heads bound down to the post,
because they didn’t have sense
enough to walk the other way and
unwind the bridle. I have seen them
get a foot over the bridle, when
tied to a ring in the pavement, and
then go into fits because they didn’t
have sense enough to lift their foot
over the bridle again. I have seen
them prance around in a burning
barn, with their tails and manes on
fire, and burn to death because they
did not have sense enough to run
out. Anybody can ste-il a horse
without anv objection
horse. A horse will stand and starve
or freeze to death, with nothing be
tween him and a comfortable stall
and plenty of oats except an old
door that he could kick down with
one foot, or that could be opened by
removing a pin with his teeth. If
this is a high degree of intelligence,
even in a brute, then I am lacking
in that article myself. Compared
with the dog, the elephant, or even
parrot, the horse seems to me to be
a perfect fool.”
A machine has been patented by
a Syracuse (N. Y.) inventor which
will go far toward making penny
postage an immediate possibility.
As a gentleman connected with the
railway mail service informs the
Buffalo Express:
A bushel of letters can be dump
ed into a hopper, all kinds mixed
together, postals, legal envelopes,
square society envelopes, oblong
business envelopes, envelopes con
taining thick circulars, with stamps
on the right-hand corner, on the
left-hand corner and in the middle,
and they will come out all faced
one way, right side up, post-marked
and canceled at the rate of SOO per
minute. The machine is run by
power and will do the work of eight
men. The cancellation stamp is a
set of parallel lines, and if the en
velope is not stamped it will not be
cancelled at all. The machine also
prints a number o:i each envelope
in the corner, so that the office has
a means of making a record of any
particular letter and an easy means
of determining the number of pieces
of mail matter handled each day.
Somebody says that a woman is
easily discouraged ami lacks tenac
ity of purpose. Fudge and non
; sense ! If anybody on the whirling
globule is blessed with a te’nacity of
purpose; th it never lets go till the
goal is won, it is the divine being
who wears the bangs. When a wo
man starts out to put nineteen
thousand pieces in a crazy-quilt,
nothing hut death, paralysis, or
color-blindness can stop her.
The lowa senate has voted down the
proposition to substitute electricity
for the rope in cases of capital pun
ishment. We understand the prin
ciple argument in that state against
the electric methom is that, since
the people have taken to drinking
the kind of stuff that comes in
opague jugs, it would be useless to
try to kill one of them by filling his
sy sto m with mere elec trici tv.
The ladies ar? invited to call at
J. 8. Cleghorn <fc Co’s and get one
i of those French Imported Patterns,
with printed directions, to cut their
. new dress by, if they want the cor
' rect style.
