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Senator Brown w; s his Model.
Tbe following extraot is taken from
Bill Nye’s correspondence of the N.
Y. World:
* Hero in Washington the colored
man hae the air of one who is holding
np the eorner of the great national
•trnotaro. Whether he ie opening
yonr soft boiled eggs for joa in the
morning, or patting bay rutr on your
nose, or checking yonr umbrella, or
brnehing yon with a wilted broom, his
thought* are mostly upon national af
fairs. He ia naturally an im tator
wherever he goes, and this old resident
of Washing on hae watched and stud
ied the air and language of eminent
statesman so carefully that when be
goes forth in the morning with hi>-
whi'ewaeh portifolio on hi* arm, he
walks unconsciously like Senator Ev
arts or John James Ingalls. 1 saw a
colored inan taking a perpendicular
lunch at the depot yesterday, and evi
denilv the veteran Georgia Senator i*
his m >d**l, tor he out his custard pie
into larg* rectangular hunks and push
ed it back behind his glottis with a
‘CaFe-kuife. after which he drew in a
aaucertul of tea with a loud and vio
lent Ways-and Means-Committee re
port, wi irk reminded me of the noise
m de hy sin nnwearied cyclone, trying
to suck a cistern dry. 1 think that
thecoforet m n exajerated the iiuita
tioo somewhat, bat he was evidently
striving to amurne the table manners
of Seuaror B own of Georgia.
For thi> reason, if lor no other.
m<*iubers of the cabinet, senators, tep
ren'ii ati-res, judges and head* of da
pwnuo Dts cannot be too oarefnl in thesr
daily walk and conversation. [Jncon
ecumly they are moulding the customs,
the manners and the styles of dress
which are to become the cnstome, the
manners and the dress of a whole race
If I could to day take our statesmen
all apart, not s* much for the pnrpose
of examining their works, but so that
we could be alone and talk this mat
ter oTer by ourselves, I would strive
in my poor, weak, faltering way to im
press upon them the awful responsi
bil’.ty which rests upon them not only
as polite and fieent conversationalists,
classical and courteous debaters, speak
ing pieces for the benefit of future con
vent ions, of referring to eaoh other as
lisis, traitors, thieves, deserters, burn*
mers, beats and great moral abscesses
on tbs body politic; rahearaing cam
paign speeches in congress at an ex
pense of S2O per day eaeh, and mean*
time obstructing wholesome tariff legis
lation, but at the eonßervatora of eti
quette, statesmanship and morality for
a race of people the great responsibili
ty for whose welfare still rests upon
us as a nation.
Barber (to customer ) ‘‘Have you
heard of the bed scrape young Brown
las got into?”
Customer, “Why, no; vhen did
you share him last?”
Mis# Weems to Miss James, “I hope
when I gat married, I’ll get black
eyes.*’ Miss James, “I don’t; if Ido
1 il go right home to ma'am.”
Nasal Injector free with each bottle
of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price
.50 (.eats. For sale by W. B. Mason.
Daniel Boone’s Death.
The Bourbon, (Ky.) News publish
ea from old copies of the Paris Citizen
dated in 1815 and 1818, a notice of
Daniel Boone’s death, s follows:
"As he lived, ao he died, with his
gan in his bend. We are informed by
a gentleman direct from Boone’s settle*
ment on the Missouri, tbst early last
month Colonel Boone rode to a deer
lick, Bested himself within a blind rais
ed to conceal him from the game.
That, while sitting thus concealed
with his trusty rifle in his hand, point
ed toward the lick, the mnzzle resting
on a log, bis faoe to tbe breee'j of bis
gnn, his rifle cocked, his fingers on the
trigger, one eye ehu f , the other look
iag along the barrel through the sight
-in this position, wiihont a straggle or
motion, and, of course, without pain,
he breathed out his lsst so gently that
when be was found next day b/ his
friends, although stiff and cold, he
looked as it alive, with bis gnn in hiu
band just in the act of filing. It m
not altogether certain, if a buck had
come into the range of his gnn, which
had been deat.* to thousands, but it
might hare intuitively obeyed its old
employe’s mm* *n t di-chmged itself.
The Interior of Japan.
There are tm homes
O' pees of wood, >r m <n o ;s surround
ed by lordly parko. The mu-ie ot no
distant church bell rexcb-* and lulls
mi, nor does the caml id the nioun
tain herdsman, the chan’s des vache-,
< ome iu wary di-liei* nom any
distant lo'tv pasturage Bn in place
of these one looks upon mountains cut
ting the sky with lofty cones gresu to
the very summit, and do hod in a
wealth of forests far np the si ping
Hide—ranges of hjjja from 1.000 to
5 000 feet high, not stretching in tatig
uing koneness, but notched, br ken,
bant in short, graceful, curves, then
lifting into sharp points, never the
same in any directi an, and never hurt
ing the eye by rocky coldness or sandy
or brown barrennsss. But few peaks
exist in ths land so lofty aa to rsseh
beyond the line of vegetation. When
(he tree line is passed there comes
gratsy verdure so luxuriant that the
tallest heights seemed clothed in em
erald velvet. One looks far np nar
row valleys, which elsewhere would be
wild gorges, and sera them terraoed far
into their depths and variegated with
various crops io all stages of maturity
from those but lately planted and
freshly green to others golden and
ready for the sickle. Every mountain
elope, every mountain gorge, is thus
terraced as far up as streams offer op
portunity for the irrigation --[Chica
go Hail.
A Venerable Pair of Pistols.
Mr. D. T. Sheriff of Prinee George's
county, Maryland, haa sent to the Bal
timore American offioe an interesting
pair of flint-lock pistols manufactured
by Moore of London about 1760.
They are perfectly preserved. They
were formerly the property of Wash
ington Warring of Baltimore county
aßd were used by aome of his ances
tors in the revolutionary war. They
are about six inches long with brass
breeches. In order to fire them a do
plex slide on top is pulled nack, re
leasing the pan oover and allowing
ncm te cock the hammer, the rocking
of which discovers tbe trigger, which
Iks concealed until prepared to fire.
When the trigger ie palled, the ham
mer holding a piece of flnt etone about
one-half of an iuch square and one
eighth thick, tapered to a wedge shap
•1 point, comes in contact with the
perpendicular portion of the pan cover,
throws it forward and the sparks are
directed by the impetni of the ham
mer into the powder pan below and
ignites the charge.
Who is Never Crazy?
There are many firm believers in the
theory that most people are crazy at
times, and facts seem to Support tbeir
belief. The following, from a source
unknown to the writer, will likely re
mind a number of onr readers of some
incident in their experience, which at
tbe time of iis occurrence seemed to
them most unaccountable: “A wise
man will step backward off a porch or
into a mud puddle, a great philosopher
will hunt for the specks that are in his
hand or on bis torehead, a hnnter will
sometimes shoot bun self or his dog.
A working (fill had been feeding a
great clothing knife tor ten years
One day she watched the knife conn
down slowly upon her hand. Too let ,
sbs woke ou l ot her stupor with cm
band gone. For a tew seconds h r
mind had *ai ! ed, and she sat by be<
machinr. a temporary lunatic, and had
watched the ku fe approach her own
hand. A distinguished professor wa
searching near a canal. Walking aloug
one evening iu summer he walked as
deliberately into the canal as bo had
been walk ng along the path a seoond
before. He wan brought, to hiN senses
by the wa'er and mud and the abanrdi
ty of the situation. He had on anew
suit of clothes and anew silk hat, bat,
though* the damage was thns great, he
still laughs over the adventure. Oar
mail collectors find in the iron boxes
along ths street all sorts of papers and
articles which have been put in by
some hand from whose motions the
mind has become detached for a sec
ond A glove, a pair of spectacles, a
deed, a mortgage, a theatre ticket, goes
in, and on goes the person, holding on
to the regular letter which should have
been deposited. This is called sbseDt
mindedness, bat it is a brief lunacy.—
[Public Opinion.
A gentleman recently repeatad to me
an account given him by Thomas Ed
ison of the making of the firat phono
graph. Busily engaged in innumer
able things, Mr. Edison carried in his
mind for a long time the idea of the
phonograph, taming it over and over,
and from time to time jotting down
sketohes and memoranda! concerning
its eonstrnotion. At length he said to
an old German machinist who made
models for him, tbat he wanted a ma
chine constructed in a oertain manner,
bat for the use of it he gave no hint.
Now and then, as the work went on
without seeing the model, Mr. Edison
ordered certain ohangee, which, of
oourse, were duly made.
Finally the German was told to
bring the machine for examination.
Mr. Edison fitted it into tbe sheet ot
tin foil, and turning the crank spoke
into tbe fnnnel the somewhat familiar
voice abont Mary and her little lamb.
The German tegarded him as it he
thongbt he had gone mad; but when
Mr. Edison reve>s a d the motion and
the ]honograph pipingly repeated hie
Htanza, tbe old man threw np his bands
in the utmost astonishment.
"Doctor,” said the patient, "I be
lieve there is something wrong with
my stomach.” "Not a bit of it God
made your stomach and tie knows how
to make them. There ie something
wrong with the stuff you pat into it,
maybe, and something wrong in tbe
way you stuff it in and tamp it down,
but your stomach is alright,” replied
the doctor. And straightway the pa
tient discharged him My, how a man
does bate to have the doc:or tell him
the truth] How he does hate to be
told be oughi to b sick.
Will you allow nie to sleep in the
ten acre lot back of the barn.
pleaded the tramp. *
"Certainly,” responded the woman,
kindly; "and here are a couple of
matches, in case it >-bould tun cold be
fore morning.”
Itch, Ming* and Scra’cfie.s of every
kind on human or animal- '’tired in 3C
minutes by Woolfo'd’- Sanitary Lotion
This never fails. So and b Hardman
ifc Sharp D u?gi*ts, Ha-mony Grove.
I.fgal ftoiice*.
Georgia ) Whereas R J. Dyar
Banks Co.,j sdm nts'rator of
Thoe. P. House, late of e*id county,
deo’d has applied to me in terms of
the law for letters of dism’ssion from
said administration.* Th s is there
tore to cite and admonish all concern
ed, to show cause at the tegular term
of the court of Ordinary of said county
to be held on the Ist Monday in Aug.
next, why said discharge should not
be granted. Given under my hand
and official signature, April 27, 1888.
3m T. F. Hill, Oriinary.
Georgia, Bunks County—J. H.
Brooks, administrator of F. F. A.
Ritch, deceased, has in due form ap
plied to the undersigned for leave to
sell ths lands belonging to the estate
of said deceased, and said application
will be heard on the Ist Monday in
July next; 4th day of June 1888.
6 4t T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
All persons having demands against
the estate of F. F. A. Hitch, late ot
Banks county, deceased, are hereby no
tified to render in their demands to
the nndersigned according to law, and
all peraons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate payment.
June 2nd, 1888. J. EL. Brooks,
Administrator
6 6w of F. F. A. Hitch, deceased.
Georgia, Banks County.—To all
whom it may concern: W. P. Ray,
guardian of A. C. Anderson, applies
to me for letters of dismission from said
guardianship, and I will pass upon his
application on the Ist Monday in Sep
tember next at my office in Homer, in
said county. Given under my hand
and official signature, May 31st, 1888.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary.