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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Real Estate Agent,
ABLINGTON, GA.
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VISITING ROYALTY.
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALKS
VISIT IRELAND.
Greeted With Enthusiasm and Some Dis-
turbonce.
A Dublin dispatch, describing the visit of
the Prince and Princess of Wales and thei r
eldest son, Prince Albert Victor, to Ireland,
says: The royal yacht Osborne was escorted
across the channol by the Enchantress, a pad'
die-wheel yacht belonging to the navy. Large
numbers of people had assembled upon the
docks to greet the royal visitors. Kings¬
town was crowded with people and the
town was profusely decorated with flags
aii'l bunting. Numbers of excursion steam¬
er.;, decked with gay colored bunting,
thronged the bay,and six vessels of the Chan¬
nel squadron, arrayed with the flags of all
nations and brilliant with vari-colored
streamers, were in waiting. The Osborne
was sighted when ten miles out, and as she
drew nearer was greeted with salvos of artil¬
lery trom the men-of-war. When she
touched the pier and the royal party disem¬
barked the throng raised a loud and 'enthusi¬
astic cheer.
In spite of tho fears of a stormy day tho
sun was shining brilliantly when the royal
party stepped upon Irish soil. Earl received Spencer, the
lord lieutenant of Ireland,
prince and his party, and the town commis¬
si si presented an address of welcome. The
pr neess at the same time was made the re¬
cipient of numerous bouquets. The crowd,
which numbered thousands, kept up a con-
tinuous cheering during the reception, aud
cheered loud and long as the guests proceeded
to the railway station to come to this the city. rail¬
A grand stand nad been erected at bearing
way station here and when the train
the royal party arrived an immense crowd
had assembled. they When the prince with and tremendous princess
alighted They were greeted escorted the grand
cheering. stand, where wore to gathering
assemblea. a large When representative the of the
had enthusiasm
crowd had been quieted the address
of welcome by the Dublin chamber
' read. It dwelt
of commerce was ,
specially upon the benefeent influence which
the visit of the prince and princess would ex¬
ercise upon the welfare of Ireland, and al¬
luded to the labors of the prince in the cause
of housing the poor of London, a subject, the
address said, of great interest to many peo¬
ple in the Irish capital. When tho proces¬
sion was about to start from tho station sev¬
eral bands joined forces in playing “God
Bless the Prince of Wales.”
For a time considerable excitement was oc-
trouble to the royal car-
r„ populace, not understand-
£*S<; ho the pW-d 1 " ithe carnage ma 4 e ominous. emerged As troip; the
Hit'tl'i»» _ UWJf "TOTTf ..iRt*.
tne
of the crowd and the glare of uniforms. 'Che few
animals shied and pranced around for a
moments, they during which succeed tim* breaking it was
feared would in
away and overturn the vehicle.
But the driver soon had the animals quiet
and utidbr perfect control. short This episode and de¬ it
layed the procession but a time,
moved off in perfect order. The route was
through Westland Row, Lincoln place, Nas¬
sau street and Grafton street to College The
Green, where the first stop was made.
green carriages was literally and people packed afoot. with The a mass advent of
of cars, royal hailed with tremond:
the party was ms
cheering. Many persons were The Priuce crowded of
in past the escort of Lancers.
Wales took all these irregularities good na-
turedly, and reassured the displaced with all spec¬ of
tators within by shaking hands cordially Earl Spencer, the
them his reach.
Irish viceroy, was loudly cheered. Lord
Mayor John O’Connor, who official is a strong
Nationalist, but who drove in state
with the royal escort, was loudly hissed by
the Nationalists. Not a sign of welcome is
visible on the City Hall, and this fact stands
out so conspicuously Wales as to force comments.
The princess of captured the her popu¬
lace at sight. The refined figure beauty of face
and the elegance of her were most ar¬
tistically set off in a costume composed with of a
close fitting dark green velvet bodice, a
silk skirt to match, and a princesse bonnet
trimmed with beads and dark-green feathers.
This tribute to the Irish colors, so deftly recognized and
beautifully made, was instantly
by the people, and with her royal applause. highness was
everywhere greeted Dublin prince
After luncheon at Castle the
and party proceeded to the Royal Dublin so¬
ciety’s show at Ball’s Bridge. The royal es¬
cort on this trip was composed of the Hus¬
sars, preceded by Earl Spencer escorted
by the Lancers. At Ball’s Bridge the re¬
ception was as enthusiastic as that on
College Green, and the cheering along The
the route was hearty and unanimous.
exhibition was varied, one of the features
being a The series of extraordinary hail jumping been al¬
feats. grand stand, which crowded with
tered for the occasion, was
prominent The city persons. brilliantly illuminated to¬
was
night. The police had some difficulty, and at
one time m preventing a collision when some
Nationalists began shouting, “God save Ire¬
land!” and attempted toraise cheers for Par¬
nell An attempt was made to burn the
Union Jack which had been stolen from the
Mansion house by students, but the attacking force
party was driven off by a combined of
students and loyalists, headed by one hun¬
dred policemen with drawn revolvers. The
crowd took revenge by breaking the windows
of the house from which the flag was flying.
Torn by Lions.
At the Cirque d’Hiver, in Paris, as
Williams, the celebrated lion tamer, was
putting eight lions through various
leaping tricks in their cage, one of the
lions, a large male, bounded on Williams
from behind and seized him by the
fleshy part of the back and by the
the thighs. A terrible struggle fol¬
lowed between man and beast. The
spectators, shrieking with alarm, broke
into tho ring. Women and children
fainted from fright. Suddenly the lion
relaxed his hold of Williams and
crouched to make a final spring at his
victim’s throat; but Williams, with ex¬
traordinary dexterity, managed to elude
the attack of the infuriated beast and
escaped from the cage. He fell uncon¬
scious immediately, covered with blood,
in the wounds arms of the excited spectators.
His are very severe.
Cattle. —Reports of the Inspector of
the Colorado Cattle Growers’ Associa¬
tion shows that 60,000 beef cattle were
shipped out of the State in 1884, and
thaf 40,000 were killed in the State few
home consumption.
LEARY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1885.
GREAT DESTITUTION.
Many Families In West Virginia Suffering
from Waul of Food.
A newspaper correspondent who has
traveled through the famishing dis¬
tricts of West Virginia, communicates as
follows to his paper from Waugh's Mill, Clay
county: There is need of haste to tho suc¬
cor of suffering Wost Virginia. The
sun is shining brightly here. The buds
are swelling and birds sing blithely
in the woods, tut many a farmer,
standing at the threshold of his log cabin
looks out over his waste land and beats his
breast because he cannot still the cries of his
famishing children. The suffering in the
back counties has Leen terrible through the
failure of the crops and tho unprecedented their
drought which robbed the people of
corn, oats and vegetables. December closed
the rivers and the roads and shut the door of
the world upon them, and how they have
come through those bleak months is only now
to be discovered.
The afflicted district embraces many coun :
ties. Last j'ear there was counties. a heavy The emigra¬ emi¬
tion from Ohio to these
grants spent all their money for land, which
they relied upon to supply them with food.
Their expectations were not realized, because which
on the 1st of last June a drought set in
lasted until November. Scarce a fifth of a
crop was gathered, and when winter set in
barns and granaries were empty. Cattle
have died by hundreds of hunger, and it has
been an exceptionally better food fortunate cakes family that
has had any than made of
cornmeal mixed with water and baked on
griddles that had not been greased for
months.
There has been great mortality amoiig the
children desperate and aged by people. hunger, Communities, have demanded ren¬
dered
food from the authorities, with the declara¬
tion that if it was not given to th4m they
would take it by force. In answer to these
appeals the judges of Calhoun, Wirt, Upshur,
Clay and Braxton counties and have purchased
limited supplies of meal wheat, which
are being distributed at stated periods. In
the other counties no and public the measure of relief is
lias been adopted, suffering in¬
tense.
Whole families are literally starving, and
there is no prospect that they will be able to
relieve themselves for months, as in the
mountainous counties the snow is still upon
the ground. In places where it has disap¬
peared the cattle that have not died are too
weak to work. The authorities seam unable
to devise a plan of general relief, and the
State officials are considering the idea of ap¬
pealing to the country for help. t
LATEST NWi '
.................
Kyerson So Brown, owners' of extensive
livery stables in New York, have failed fo J
$500,000.
The Democrats carried the Hartford
(Conn.) municipal election by about 1,800
majority.
Postmaster Cooke, of Unionville, Conn. ;
was arrested on the charge of embezzlin '
$3,847 of money order funds.
The fourth marriage of Mrs. Sallie Ward
Lawrence Hunt Armstrong, for forty years
known as the most beautiful woman in the
South, has just taken place at Louisville, Ky.
The bridegroom, a Mr. Downs, is seventy.
aud the bride fifty-eight.
Municipal elections in Ohio have resulted
in Republican success at Cincinnati, Cleve¬
land, Columbus, Springfield and other cities
of lesser note; in Democratic victories at
Dayton, Chillicotlie, Tiffin, Crestline and
other minor towns, and in the selection of a
mixed ticket at Toledo.
A strike of the 1,600 men employed at Mc¬
Cormick’s reaper works, Chicago—the largest
factory of its kind in the world—occurred a
fewdays since aase of an attempt to re-
place the striking employes of one depart-
ment with men at lower wages. !
The Michigan State election has resulted
justice in a Democratic of the majority of over and 2Cj000. of A
supreme court regents
the university comprised the Stat* ticket,
The Detroit municipal election reailted in
Democratic success. I
St. Louis has elected a Democratic suc¬
cessor to the present Republican major.
Great destitution, owing to prolonged
drought, prevails among the faimers of
several West Virginia counties. Whole
families are reported to be literally } starving
for want of food.
Mr. Palmer, the deposed postm/ster of
Rome, N. Y., has written to Presided Cleve¬
land, saying that he had never beei able tc
reply to the charges on which he was re¬
moved, and protesting against his jemoval.
A dispatch received by the Colombian
minister stated that Panama was in thb hands
of the revolutionists, and that gov*rumen 1
troops were on their way to the city/
The President has appointed Andiiw Jack-
son Gross, of Kentucky, United St .tesmar
shal for that State.
Later reports stated that Riel’s rebellion
was still spreading among the Indians in
Manitoba, and that three columns iff Cana
dian troops would try to surround aid cap¬
ture the half-breed leader. At Toroito and
other places in Canada there was gifjat fear
of a Fenian invasion from the Unitec States,
and all the public stores were guar i»d day
and night.
A French frigate will sail front France
for New York at the end of Anri with
Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty EnUJlltenm*
the World.
The Winnsboro, S. C., Newi relates
that a colored man somewhat uu&r the
ordinary stature called on a la\[vei of
that place a few davs ago and waited to
know if there was any chance ta get a
divorce. He explained that he i was a
Democrat and that his wife, wjj was
evidently a muscular personage j>f Re-
publican whipping and pugilistic propensity, had
been him ever since ha taught voted
for Hampton in 1876. He said he
the Democratic party J ought 6 to do some-
thing for him. ,
OFFICE HOLDING SOLDIERS.
A Grand Army Committee Request
Their Retention.
A committee of three representing the
Grand Army of the Republic waited on
President Cleveland and presented the fol¬
lowing communication;
Headquarters Dep’t ok Potomac, 1
Grand Army of Republic,
Washington, D. C., Aprils, 1885.
The President and Cabinet:
As you are aware the Grand Army of the
Republic is a great, civic non-partisan organi-'
zation of ex-Union soldiers and sailors, whose
chief public object is tho promotion of good of
national American patriotism citizenship—the and the encouragement practice of fra¬
ternity and charity. To encourage honor
and purity in public affairs is
one of the high oblig ations of all its members.
practical In t he practice methods of charity of one for of the comrades principal
caring organized our
—perhaps the best—is by efforts to
secure employment for those who need it
and are competent and worthy. this All reason¬
able precautions are taken in important
matter to avoid improper indorsements and
recommendations, and no In distinction quite of
sect or party is made. this city
a large number of our comrades are
in the employment of the govern¬
ment. We are naturally solicitous for
their retention in all cases where they per¬
form their duties satisfactorily, therefore except in
high respectfully political offices. We this statement txjg leave
to present to your
excellency and to invoke in behalf of our
worthy comrades in the government service
that consideration and protection in their
places, where they are enabled to earn a liv¬
ing for themselves and families, which
the spirit of the acts of Congress relating to
ex-soldiers, their widows and orphans and the
grateful sentiments of the people performed generally
bespeak for them. We have this
pleasant duty confidently in of their national behalf ad¬
heretofore upon each change
ministration, always meeting with a kind
and just response, and we renew it now with
the same pleasure and confidence and as in
duty bound.
The President gave the himself committee a patient
hearing and expressed very strongly
in favor of tho object of their visit. The
committee, a dispatch says, were most favor¬
ably them impressed by the President with the and reception the strong accorded
assur
anees he gave them.
How Artesian Wells are Made.
The spot being selected for the well, a
tall framework of timber, thirty feet
high, is built over the place, and the ap¬
pliances are adjusted. A large cable,
several hundred feet long, is suspended
from a windlass at the top of the tower,
one end being attached to a huge drill,
five inches in diameter, twenty-five feet
long, ana weighing several hundred
i -undo, and the other to a drum or, the
floor of the tower. To the end of the
drill is fastened a bit about six feet
long, having a wedge-shaped point.
Everything being started, in and readiness, the
steam-engine is the motion
of the drill is controlled by a man in
charge of a beam to which are attached
several cords. The drill is pounded
through the soft earth, and is followed
by an eight-inch pipe, which is pushed
into the hole made by the drill till the
rock is reached, when the use of pipe is
no longer necessary, as the hole
through the rock suffices for the passage
Q f the water. These pipes vary in size
from six to twelve inches, but the aver-
age size is eight inches. As the beam
rises and falls the drill is forced through
the soil till the required depth is
reached. Some wells are not over 500
feet deep, while others are over 2,500,
and it is not an uncommon thing to fail
in reaohiug water even at that depth.
Sufficient water is frequently found at a
depth of 500 or 600 feet to answer many
purposes, but a well of this kind would
be worthless to a paper mill where a
large quantity is needed. When it be-
comes necessary to remove the sediment
j n the hole during the process of bor-
ing, the drill is raised and a long suction-
pump eight inches in diameter is sent
down, and the mud, surface water and
sediment are thus drawn out. Two sets
of men are generally and employed, one
working in the daytime the other at
night. These wells cost from $6 to $10
a foot, making the price vary from $3,000
to $6,000. Springfield Republican.
Washington Society Gossip.
A lady who, owing to her husband’s
high official station, has upward of six
hundred names on her visiting-list, and
whose social duties are therefore oner¬
ous, actually received a letter a few
weeks- ago from an acquaintance in an¬
other city, who had gone into mourning
for a near relative, asking if she could
dispose of the elaborate toilettes and
gloves the bereaved lady had prepared
to wear this winter.
A lady of a Senator’s family was seen
at the Capitol, in the library, this win¬
ter, diligently pouriDg over a huge
volume containing genealogical constituents having charts.
One of the Senator’s
written to her, making the modest re-
quest to trace up for him his genealogy
back to Charlemagne, and through him
to other ancestors, she patiently en¬
deavored to do it.
Senator Logan’s wife wears a cameo
pin set in diamonds, on which is an ad¬
mirable likeness of her husband, cut iu
Rome. Her daughter, Mrs. Tucker,
has worn at all the parties high she has at¬
tended this winter a very which Spanish
comb of tortoise-shell, she pur¬
chased in the city of Mexico, and which
stands up at least four inches above the
top of her head.
Miss West, the British Minister’s
daughter, wears a necklace of Brazilian
beetles, and earrings and bracelets to
match.
One lady has a pendant and ear-rings
of “tigers’-eyes,” which she brought a very from odd-looking Africa,
stone, Bayard, Senator Bayard’s
Miss
daughter, who is very slender, wore at a
recent fancy ball a Josephine toilette of
pale pink silk trimmed with pearls. The
skirt and bodice were all in one, the
waist being just under the arms.
THE COUNTRY ROADS.
HOW THEY ARB DOCTORED UP BY
THE PATHMASTKR AND MADE AL-
MOST IMPASSIBLE.
A Nllpaliorf Way of Doing Business Hint
Sorely Needs a Relorumtton.
[From the New York Hour.l
There is no place where slipshod or
imperfect methods are more disastrous
than they are in road-making in this
State; tho very system itself— : wliioh
few townships have lately freed them¬
selves from—virtually inflicts these
methods. A small township is divided,
say into twenty districts, nearly conter¬
minous with the different school districts.
The different persons representing votes
or property there are taxed, both by poll
and assessment, and an ofiieer called a
patlimaster, on one or two different
periods between the 1st of May and the
1st of November, “warns” these persons
out, by timely notice, to work their tax.
The farmer’s team, cart and scraper, all
count, as well as his own personal labor
and the labor of his hired men. Those
who do not choose to work *‘commute,’'
at the rate of a dollar per day, and need
not appear. There are always a goodly
number of the commuting class—widows
and valetudinarians, and others—and
their money, theoretically, goes to hire
the labor which they cannot or do not
wish to bestow. As the patlimaster is
not held to any very strict account,
there is a general belief that, in frequent
cases, this money goes no further than
into his own pocket. If the pathmaster
is honest it does; but if he feels that he
lias a certain incomplete interest in these
public funds which he himself may com¬
plete, the road will not get the benefit
of them. Practically,' too, it often hap¬
pens that some of the assessed men got
out of giving their work, and escape com¬
muting altogether. The pathmaster, as
every country resident knows, either
lacks the power to compel obedience to
the law, or stops short of any extreme
measure.
In addition to all these liabilities, an¬
other aid to inefficiency is to be found in
the brevity of the working day on tho
road. For some reason, although the
farmer himself rises with the sun to do
his work on the farm, he does not appear
on the road until eight o’clock, and he
is not expected to. And he does not re¬
main on it till the day ends. He de¬
parts, usually, in time to do an hour's
work on the farm after returning home.
To make matters still worse, the spring
work on the road is never done in time.
It is almost always made to wait for the
farmer’s convenience, and this is not
often earlier than June. But, by June,
the general road-bed has made itself, for
the most part, and, to do more than to
fill np the gullies on the bills and to re¬
move loose stones, and reshape the
water-courses, at this late date, is to do
positive damage. The pathmaster thinks
not; and so about nine-tenths of his
efforts are worse than thrown away. To
rake up soft loam on the hard road-bed
is his delight, and it is the equal delight
of the summer shower to transform it
into the thickest mud.
It requires weeks, sometimes, for
nature and the pressure of continued
travel to set things right once more; but,
by a sort of anatomical evolution, the
road-bed always becomes hard in Oc¬
tober. Unfortunately the pathmaster
finds out just at this time that he has a
little more work on his list to apply, and
October is his favorite month. It is ex¬
asperating to see the hard road-bed
broken up late in the fall, for this treat¬
ment ensures soft, rutted roads for the
entire winter, except when sleighing
comes to the public’s relief. Yet liow
often just this false step is taken, with
all the detriment which it implies ! No
one who has ever lived in the country
long, in this State or wherever the New
York system prevails, will fail to recog¬
nize the brief outline of its working
which we have idea to draw. A far
better method is to accept the system
which a few towns have lately adopted
—and which is now permissible work in to all—
and have all the road a town
done by contract under the town com¬
missioners. By this method a certain
force of men is set apart constantly for
the business, under one skilled director;
machinery and teams specially adapted
to the work are procured, and, what is
best of all, the work is done in the right
way and at the right time.
But, with any method, there must bo
interest and earnestness. A great ob¬
stacle to having good roads is, that few
are aware of the economical value of
them. They are not merely luxurious
for the benefit of fast drivers, exclusive¬
ly. and for idle people. They are of
vital interest to every farmer, and every
person who rides over them. The w ear
aDd tear to horse-flesh, harness and
vehicles, caused by poor roads, are
simply incalculable. If it could be put
in figures, the result would be startling
—almost fabulous. At the same time,
no expense required to make good roads
is ever lost. It is an investment that at
once enhances the value of every farm
and piece of real estate that borders on
♦hem.
Too Much Competition.— Father Ri-
ovdan, the Roman Catholic missionary at
Gistle Garden, eaid recently, “For God’s
sake, tell the Irish to stay at homo.” He
believes the competition among the im-
migrants for work has become so close as
to threaten a demoralizing reaction. Men
who have to wait several weeks for ©a-
ployment in the meantime are and serving^an
and apprenticeship the Pastor as dead beats ofjan trampe, injury
are, says, more
than a benefit to the iand of their adop-
tion.
NUMBER 85.
THE JOKER’S BUDGET.
STRAY*BITS OF HUMOR FOUND IN
THE COLUMNS OF OUK EX¬
CHANGES.
Hiding tlielr Time—Just as It wns In War
Time—A Bit of American Humor—A
Wicked Editor—Always the Way. Etc..
Etc.
WIVES MADE TO BE USEFUL.
Kev. Dwight Moody, while in Texas,
visited a Sunday-school at Fort Worth
Being anxious to disouss how much the
children knew he asked a girl of about
fifteen:
“Wliat is requisite in order that yon
can obtain remission of sins ?”
“[must first of all commit sin,” was
the reply. did
Mr. Moody was satisfied and not
question the girls auy more. He, how¬
ever, tackled the hoys’ class.
He asked Tommy Dexter, a son of
Judge Dexter:
“Why did God create Evo?”
Tommy hesitated.
“Why did God give yonr father a
wife?”
“To sew on buttons,” was the prompt
reply. How?”
“What?
“All I know is that whon pa puts on
a clean shirt and there is a button gone,
he says ‘What in the world have I got
a wife for if she don’t sew buttons on
my shirt ?’ ”—Texan Siftings.
HE TOOK THE HINT.
“George, said a country young lady
to her beau as they snuggled into a seat, ?”
“it’s nice to ride on the cars, ain’t it
“Yes, Sarah.”
“George, if you were going to travel
a long ways on the cars where would
you rather go ?”
“To Chicago or California. Where
would you rather go ?”
“To Florida, by ail means.”
“Why?” know, George, be¬
“Be-because, you
cause—because in Florida they have so
many orange-blossoms, you know.”
On the return trip they sat still closer
together, and she laid her pretty head
upon his big shoulder. He must have
taken the hint .—Chicago Herald.
AMERICAN HUMOB.
“And now Mr. Freshton,” said the
Professor, in a suave and encouraging
tone, “how would you define humor—1
would htmor suggest more particularly sir,” replied Amer-i thi
ioan ?” “Well,
representative of ’88, after several min¬
utes had been employed in seemingly
profound reflection, “I think I could
best define it by an example.” “Yonr
example, then,” gently urged the Pro¬
fessor; “it will evidence your compre¬
hensive knowledge of the subject; pro¬
ceed.” “Well,” replied the youth, “a
man sat upon a keg of powder; he was
absorbed in deep reflection, and had a
cigar in his month. They picked np
one button.” Freshton passed.— Acta
Columbiana.
TEOUMSEH ANT) THE APAOHE.
At Fort Bayard lor a long time there
lay an old spiked cannon, which had
been rendered useless for some reason or
another. The Apache chief of that dis¬
trict fell in love with that cannon. He
used to come every day and beg the
commandant to give it to him. At
length Gen. Sherman was announced as
coming, and the officer told tho Apache
that he must ask him for it. He did.
The General looked at it, saw it was no
use, and presented it to him.
“I am afraid,” said the General, with
mild jocosity, “yon want the cannon so
that yon can turn it on my soldiers and
kill them.”
“Umph ! nc. Cannon kill cowboys.
Kill soldiers—club.”
The General was sorry he spoke.—
S'an Francisco Chronicle.
TAKING THEIR TIME.
Mrs. Snobberly, whose husband made
a great deal of money very suddenly by
a rise in oil, puts on a great deal of
style. At a recent banquet, at her house
on Fifth avenue, New York, she hired
Herr Baenkelsaenger, a celebrated vio¬
linist, for the evening. His first piece
was the Swedish Wedding March,
which is very slow.
After listening for a few moments, old
Snobberly became very indignant, and
said in a very audible tone of voice :
“Them musicians are just like all
other loafers. When they are paid by
the job. you bet they take their time to
it .”—Texas Siftings.
JUST AS IT WAS IN WAR TIME.
Two laborers were toasting bread at a
fire which had been made at a plaoe
where a repair was necessary. Each
piece of bread was held at the end of a
long stick, the flames playing all around
it.
“Ah,” said one, “this moinds me of
the war. Don’t ye remember, Pat, how
we used to hold our bread and mate over
the fire on our ramrods and on sthicks,
and how nice they tasted ?”
“Thrue enough,” said the other, “we
did s o, Mike, and do ye remember how
some times it dropped off, and we lost
our dinners ?”
Just then the bread on Mike’s stick,
having become very crisp and dry,broke,
and fell into the coals. “Ye’re right,
replied he. “I’ve lost my dinner. It’s
just as it was in the war. ”— N. Y. Sun.
A CUBE FOB INSOMNIA.
“My dear,” said a husband , to hie wife,
“I am unable to get any sleep. I have
tossed ever since I came to bed. I wish
you would get-up and prepare me a
little laudanum. ’
“It’s hardly worth while now, she
replied, consulting uer watch, “it's al¬
most time to build the kitchen fire.’
Then he sank into a quiet, restful
slumber.— N. Y. Times.