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Pr - &'*Vi *} u x’OgXtfl# :v .. c Chinese • j t ‘lO marriage of the l aughter of the Gov. Chang Yuo i ears ago, when liis excellency was an official of much less import ance, ho became acquainted with : person of the rank of perfect, who hud a son who seemed worthy of being engaged to his daughter. Since then the perfect died, while Chang Yuo a iced from one po sition to another, until by a rare for fune ho has becomo tho governor of Shantung The one family became poorer and poorer, while the other gained a relish for pomp jpid wealth, ease and honor. The intended son-in law being urged by personal friends, appears at last at the gov ernor's vamen. Being dressed in unseemly costume, he was ignored Gy seme, but at last got his letter into the governor. The governor seemed to forget the plan of the oast, but in due time came to the conclusion that it was better to fol low out the engagement than bring himself into disrepute. A house w r as secured, and in a few days—now a week ago—the mar riage occurred. All the inferior officials appeared ready with pre sents, and now the young man is higher up in the world. Such is a romance of Chinese life. The Greatest Living Novelists. As to the quesiion, “Who is the greatest living novelist?*’ which is under discussion among literary people, ILo Critic of Boston men tions Biackmore, Wilkie Collins, Black, (Stephenson and George Meredith as each likely to be sup ported by their bands ot followers, in England; and Howells, James, Bret Harte and Cable, in this country. But besides' Tolstoi, in Russia, whom Mr Howells’ opin ion has long since elevated to the presidency of letters, there are Daudet, Dumas, Fonilllet, Zola and De Maupassant, in France; Galdos Valdes and Valera, in Spain; Farina, in Italy, and Bjorn soi: in Norway Gilding a Go;sderous Gome. The work of gilding the dome of the Massachusetts state bouse will, acvi ding to the contractor, occu py fifteen me n about forty days of nine hours each. The dome, he says, from pineapple peak to base must be thoroughly cleansed, and every particle of gilt and verdigris r moved as well, and all rough spots made smooth After this has been done, the copper surface will be polished to the smoothness of glass, and then given a coating ot size, over which will be a layer of yellow paint. When this has partially set, the surface will be ready for the gilders. Two hun dred and forty packs of 23-caret gold-leaf will be required. This is within one caret of pure gold, the whole weighing aboutlbs troy weight. Each package contains 2£ books, composed of tissue pa per, between the leaves of which are 20 sheets ot gold, each shet being about 3sx3 inches, or a little over 9i square inches. So thin are these sheets that I,COO of thorn piled one upon the other makes only an inch in height. ... Teeth. poison Of aveyed by human teeth is cue of the most annoying that a physician ever has lmd to deal with,” writes Dr. A. C- ixobin son. ‘-A bitten ear or nose is months in healing, where a more important wound alllieted by an instrument would readily yield to simple remedies. 1 have under my attention severe and most compli cated eases of blood poisoning in which the patient had but slightly abraided the hand in the course of a tight by striking tho knuckle agairpl. the teeth t>f his opponent. I havp known hands thus poisoned only .saved from amputation by tho application of all the resources of science. Tobacco or whisky, or disarrangement of the stomach from many other causes, may be responsible for this poisonous con dition of the teeth, and I am not prepared to say that a man with good health and a clean, sweet mouth would convey the poison, but, I can speak only of the fre quency of this class of cases and tho difficulty of attending them successfully. An officer of a street railroad ccm pauv said lo a Courier-Journal man in substance, that the time consumed, if the nickels Collected in a day were counted ono by one, would be too groat, and therefore that they were not counted. Instead they were weighed. Fifty dollars in nickels will weigh ten and three quarter pounds. This sys tem of weighing has been brought to Mich perfection that it is rarely a mis take is made, and is never more than five cents in SIOO. The nickels are countca, of course, ordinarily, whon taken out of the boxes, in order to see if the amount corresponds with con ductoes and officers’ reports, but a count of a big day is never attempted save by weight. We have just returned, writes a cor respondent at Copenhagen, Denmark, from a visit to Elsinore and to the gTave ot Ilamlet, Prince of Denmark. Though the genuiness of the gray,! is more than donb ml. and though there is little in the Castle of Krotiborg to recail the ancient ramparts on which the to a! youth met his fa’ her’s ghost he fortifications having been modern* iz and since Shakespeare's time, vet a s eady stream of visitors arts tbit hr. i year alder year—a perpetual tribute to the great dramatist. The so called tomb ol Ilamlet is a simple cairn oi stones in the park of the royal castle at Martenborg, a short walk from Kronborg. An important question.—A custom er with about three hairs left out of bis original stock of capillary attrac tion, took possession of a chair in a barbershop. “I shall want the pait mads in the middle,” lie said to the attendant who waited oa him. The latter studied the bald cranium for some time and then asked with a puzzled expression: “Bat, please, sir, what shall I do with the third hair?” The finest theatre in the world is the La Scala at Milan. The stage is 150 leet deep, and there are six tiers of boxes. The largest edifice in ike world is the Colosseum at Rouse. It took GO,OOO Jews ten years to build it in honor of Titus. Its stating capaci ty was 87,000. / A Penny Saving? Bank. A Penny Sayings Bonk has hear i started in Philadelphia by the Bethany Chinch. Mr. John War | amaker is ar the bead of tha new en 1 terprke, and it if! chiefly through bis instrumentality that it bus been estab lished. The idea, of course, in to on* courage thrift ameug the people of the section of the city in which ihs church is located. Os Wednesday evening, Angnst 1, at 7 o clock, the doors of tha church book room were opened, and the first opportunity was given for the making of the deposits. Tho nntu berrfpot plo on hand was encourag ing iu a high degree. A lino h dto ba formed in order that tho dej osits might be made in an oiderly fashion, aai for an hour and a half the voluu teer teller was busy enuring .accounts. The fitst deposit was one cent, from a wee lit tie lad of seven ye in-, whose faee beamed wtth pride as he marched out with his book. The laipps: amount received was S2OO and there w<B another of one bandied dollars, while the great majority wer® nicksls, dimes aid quarte.s Tha dej os t s were from ail puts of the city, and by no means con lined to the congreg uiou of tho BothaDy church. Mr. Warn* maker expresses himself as particular ly pleased by the number of young men and women who deposited small sums, showing a thiifty desire to save money. The bank doors were cloed at half past, eight, and many were obliged to wait until the next night to deposit their savings. The plan on which the bank is cou ducted is as follows: Tna serf ices for conducting the institution are entirely volunteer, so that there are no expens ea; deposits from one cent upward will be received every night, from seven to nine, except Saturday. The money it> to bear interest at four and a half per cent,, and may be withdrawn in sum exceeding ten dollars on ten day’s no tii'o- Sums less than ton may be with drawn with; at notice No invest merits are to be made except in oi s cured loans, aud the cashier i- to tie posit with the Real E tats Corn m, all sums exceeding oae atiudred loi lars. The rate of interest given it m usually high tor an Eu e u savin b uk, yet when we consider that *h> strvicesare lire, and that in he West at least, money esu be secuit- j loaned on m ''gages * eve't giea er rates ot n>r s , <-iv sn > reason why sitml arenteipi sen should not be started, evt i h •* ciedii ot Mr. Wtt nama k > want -g i give st i gth to the ti< tin ■ S-.mi* in ago a conuty superin t-nden , ; ayior of D 8 Moines, was cal e l to die country to settle a trou hie which h id arisen in a school. The differences arose over the (act that a young lady teacher had severely flogg ed three young men who were attend ing school. The superintended siade due investigation of the case, got ac quainted with all the parties and set tled the difficulty. Since then the su- perintendent has received an invita tion to a wedding, and to hii surprise the parties weie the young lady school ma’am and one of he- unruly pupils whom she had chastised. There will be a little question iu that household who is the man of the house. The red hematite ore o. the Termill ion range, Minnesota, is sot only val ued for its great purity but lor the high lay of the vein, which makes it perfectly easy to work—as easy ai >o break rock from the sides of % bluff, Mi fT-Y iTiiTrnH 1 s,. PfT/' wl > mk 1 s tCa W Vv .v —, 11A Ur, 10N y GR 0 DEALERS IN (Pj A C && iGb f) if) • ... , vjy VO'\r i VVWv v>.- . .. We Keep in stock * mil mi of g mJ fr - .i > • be surpassed in Quality end Dur io y. W•> iuy a :wo defy "ompetition n prices. \Ye want oly . livit * V, o do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we /Bk to . ’ >rtn W<-> are receiving dailv. an mlv four On ’■ •.i.ite. Country Produce '• k n 0t Exchange at I ir. s. The ATHENS BOOK STORE. W II ila ecia Pi re. Two Thousand Blank BOOKs All Sizes and 1. ge, \\ are S .diti-g a’ Now York Piici?. We !••■ a Full Line -■ t ID;, a oiler ii C< in pet i-ion with Atlanta Bn k 800 - Mad.* - v O fl k S t ion. rv id En.-v Goods at L.'ve I’ . n w MCGREGOR & CO.. Late E W Bur*' ATHENS, GA. A I of n /p a gmwsa Ath mi c Mnqi r h nil mstiTi WbLbL Kte'iirn W bLJq W 114 C iavton Street, Nex' Do< r n P.<s tli Athens, Georgia. Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors, jvetps always cn hand the ocat tnakas of , VIOLINS AND BANJOS: And a! 1 ki> >' Mus’ch’ Instruments at the very lowest prices for Cash, nr on die Install weut plan. Written guranteeon all instruments sold. Speoinl reduced rates to ebureb os and Sunday schools. Pictures and Pictnte Frau)**- a Kppcialty. All sizes and stylos of Frames made to order at short notice. Rov 'rum us and save agents’ commiseionn. lt> —■ r§SflP® ..''V!g>Trna ■ 7 Stoves! Stock Larger Than Ever! Stoves Bought by Car-Loads! —And Prices That are Bound to Attract Jones’ Standa’d Tinware. {XT' Tin Roofing, Guttering and Job'-Wi rk. Call or Write fer Prices. E. E. Jones,2o9 B'oadSt. ATHENS. Stoves!