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VOLUME VIII.
Church Directory.
METHODlST.—Douglasville—First, third
*nd fifth Sundays.
SaLtSt'BlNGS—Hacond Sunday, ard Saturday
before. ,
Midwat—Fourth Sunday. and RutnnUv I*,
fore. W. li. PlOfE, Pabtob.
UAprwtT—Douglasville- firat and fourth Sun
day*. Rev. A. B. Vaughn, pa*tor.
Masonic.
Donnhsville Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M.,meet»
on Saturday night before the first and third
Knndaya is "each monlli. J. R. Carter, W. M. (
W. J. Camp. Secy.
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County Directory.
Ordinary—ft T. Cooper.
f,; A. Clerk—». N. Dorsett,
Sheriff—Henrv Ward.
Deputy Sheriff—Ct. M. Sonter.
Tax Receiver—E. H. Camp.
Tax Collector—W. A- Sayer.
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon.
Surveyor—John M. Hney.
Coroner—F. M. Mitchell.
•UHMUOB court.
Meets on third Mondays in January and Jnh
•nd holds two weeks.
Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. Hairy M. Reid.
C erk—S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward.
oot’NTT court.
Meet* in quarterly session on fourth Mon*
day* in February, May, August and November
and holds until all the cases on the docket are
oalW.. In monthly stasion it meet* on fourth
Mondays in each month,
Judge-Hon. R. A- Massey.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. W, T« Roberts.
Uaiiiff-D. W. Johns.
oaniNAKt’S COURT
Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday,
and for county purpose* on firat Tuesday iu
/vA Kton’h. *
Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper.
. justices covats.
780th Diet. G. M. meet* Thursday in each
month. J. I, Feely, J. P.,W. H. Oath, N. P.,
D. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. C.
736th Dist. G. M., meet* second Saturday, i
A B Bomar, J, P., B. A. Arnold, N. P., 8. C. I
Yeager, L. 0. |
784th Dili. G. M. meet* fourth Saturday. :
Franklin Carv*r, J. P., C. B. Baggett, N. P., j
J. C. Jame* and M. 8. Gore, L. Os.
1269th Ds«’. G. M. meet* third Saturday. T. i
M. Hamilton. J.P., M. L. Yates, N. P., 8. W. j
Biggers L.C., s. J, Jourdan, L. 0.
1260th Dun.. 0. M. meets third Saturday. N.
W. Camp, J.P., W. S. budson, N. P., J. A. 1
Hill, L. C.
1271*t Diat. G. M. meets first Saiurdav. C. j
O, Clinton, J. P. Alberry Hembree, N. P.. 1
1272nd Diat. G. M. meets fourth Friday. I
Geo. W, Smith, J. P., C. J. Robinson, N. if.,
1273rd Dist. G M. meet* third Friday. Tho«
J White, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J. Harbin.
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Professional Cards.
ROBERTAMASSEyI
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
(Office >u front roorp, Dor«ctl*« Bnihling. >
Will practice anywhere except in the Count*
Court of Douglas* comity.
w. a. James,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in nil the courts, Stair ru
Federal. Office on Court Home Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
WN. f. ROBERTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in »1! the Courts. Al! hga
busiutsa will rewive prompt attention. Ufii.e
in Coun Uouw._
C. I>. CAMP.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts. AU borines*
tnti uated to him w.ll receive prompt attention.
B. G. GRIGGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOU3LASVn.I.E. GA.
Will practice in «U the courts, State and
Federal.
JOHN M. EDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
IKIUGLASVILIE. GA. ♦
Will practice in all the courts, and promptly
attend to all bnuneaa entraMed to hlscare.
j.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
WUI practise fa tne vutirta of Doughrnv,
Cjniptwtt. Carroll, Paalfatig. Cobb, Fnhon and
•djmeiux ewHitiea. I‘nnupi attention given
toali Imainm.
J. h. McLarty,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
IX>t UI.ASVILLE GA.
Will pra dtee iu ali Ute mum both State and
l>ta-elann» a spwia’ty.
JOHN V. EDGE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DOVOIaSVIU.K GA.
JOB PRINTING
NEATLY DONE
AT THE 'STAR OFFICE.
— a. %i — ; - * <n 53 ’ C” ~~ « v — —• : * ' ■ ’ ~
he Ute ello StM
The Eggs that Never Hatch.
There's a young man on the comer.
Filled with life and strength and hope,
Looking far beyond the present,
With the whole world in his scope;
He is grasping at to-morrow.
That phantom none can catch:
To-day is lost. He’s waiting
For the eggs that never hatch. f
There’s an old man over yonder.
With a worn and weary face.
With searching, anxious features,
And weak unrertain pacg.
He is living in the future, > j \
With no desire to catch
The golden »/.<» t.d. He’s waiting
For the eggs that uever batch.
There’s a world of mei; and women.
With their life’s work yet undoMfe,
Who are sitting, standing, moving,
Beneath the same great sun; ’
Ever eager for the future.
But not content to snatch
The jPcesent. They are waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
THE SURGEON’S STORY.
I opened the window of my office and
looked out upon the distant lightning, nt
its awful red rehearsal in the inky «c-t.
Neither rumbling thunder nor furious
dash of wind wor volleys of hail proclaim
ed the advance of the marvelous midsum
mer tempest. It came on silently, and
the lightning blades Avert* doing their
deadly work with the flash and silence
of steel..
The area of thb storm covered less than
a mils -md the altitude of the cloud
could not have Ix’Cti more than half of
that distinue. Once overhead the
mighty cloud came to an ominous pause
Iwfore pouring forth its varied forms of
vengeance. Then the bolts began to rush
through the air with the sibilant noise of
«ky-roekets, and the attendant peals
seenu’d to paralyze the very pulse and
forever silenre the heart of the listener.
One bolt descended close by, plowing in
its vivid progress oblong gulfs in an ap
ple orchard, as if digging graves for its
pros{Mdi\c victims; mid durgig all this
glare and dinjiin night bell rang ftirious
’v.
••H h; t ' tlp'Hoht ! -iO’oi’s uim
mu h a night »»this.' Surely it must I>e
an urgent case that could not. wait until
this mod phenomewd of thunder tempest a
had passed over.’’
As J left the rear office 1 could but ob
serve the play of the blue lightnings
under the thresholds of the doors, like n
viper writhing in flames of blue vitriol.
So deafening were the wild demon
strations of nature that the messenger
could hardly make himself understood,
but 1 learned at length that the house of
i Judge Hungerford had been struck and
tiuit Miss Blanche Hungerford had been
’ dangerously prostrated by the shook,
j 1 remembered Miss Blanche Hunger*
[ ford, whom I had met at several social
; gatherings, as being very beautiful and
j amiable and a beaming star in society.
I found her unconscious, with the fam
’ ily grouped about her in tears. My thM
thought was disfigurement. But she
scoffed too HOperlAtively lovely for the
blasting touch of lightning; but she was
i safe from this drend physical evil. The
blinding flash and terrific thunder peal
; had ov< rpowdreu her to unconsciousness.
In his excitement the messenger had
(made ah erroneous statement. Not the
house but a stately elm had lx*e» struck
and deft in twain. Mis* Blanche had
just ti|Mmed the door to observe the dire
i ful aspect of the hour when the bolt de
s-ended and she fell senseless in the hall*
i way.
i The scene at the bedside was a strange
ami sally impressive one. At its foot sat
the venerable Judge Hungerford. Ex-
I trviue age had impaired bis once brilliant
’ faculties. and he was now nearly an im
' beetle. At his ride stood Mrs. Hunger
! fold, a tall, m-v erv-faeed woman, wearing
' somfa r, green goggles, while from her
• neck hung an ostentatious nodal, indi
cating her membership of some reform
j usso< intion.
The iinpve-sion this remarkable woman
made upon me is lifelong and unfading.
The combination of artificial green eyes,
a perfectly met and inflexible altitude,
« narrow head, with aquiline nose, ami a
certain imiraeribitble air of eager watch
fuhu-ss called to my mind a hen eagle,
erect on a crag, and I could compare her
to not lung else.
1 was astonished to see in the mother
of the iieauttful Blanche such an austere
anti unattractive person. but my astonish
ment subsided when I leanxal that she
was my fair jvatrent’s 'tejwother, the
» judge - ' wcottd Wife.
After perforraiug other duties of my
prefrrioon I raised the suffering young
fady’s head and proceeded »e the o#e of
rest orit ,vc'.
Sven the beautiful patient openetl her
ryes v> onderingly. murmured ' Thank
yon 1" and th< u 1 sufL red her noble bead
to return to the pillow.
‘•Do you f«l pain any when i“ was
I whisyeml
FAW NING TO NONE- CHARITY TO ALL.
, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY. MAY 4. 1886-
She turned her eyes in tlie direction of f
her left shoulder.
I raised the sleeve of her rdbe, ami lo! j
there on that alabaster arm. near the |
shoulder, was the perfect imprint of a I
tree.
The lightning flash had p'notogniphed !
upon her fifir skirts the st ricken elm in I
miniature!
I left further instructions as to the < are j
of the chartuijlg.young patient, ami . .
in the face of she feeble remonstrance of .
Judge Hungerford, I took my
In due time I heard of Blanche Hun- f
geriviil’s complete convalescence, and i
must confess the agreeable tidings gave 4
rhe pleasure that was not altogether *•! a |
professional character. She was -.uch a j
sweet patient, and I had never j
the look of gratitude she gave me when
she whispered. “Thank,you!” And what
is more delighting to a man’s heart than
a grateful expression from a beautiful
woman ?
An increase of reputation opened up » f
way for uw -to what I had so long and
ardently desfred —a city practice. .1 be
came associated with the (.listiiigtrh l
and beloved Dr. Bartholomew, and upon
his decease I succeeded to his large and
lucrative medical clientage.
Upon several occasions I had conferred
with my esteemed professional brethren
upon the subject of lightning photogra
phy, and, mentioning no names, out of ’
delicate motives, I cited the cas.? of a f
handsome young woman who was pros- I
trated by the electric fluid. The bolt
blasted a contiguous elm tre . and the
tree was jierfegjtly and artistically photo
graphed upon her arm. I found that ;
cases were not unfrequent where inani
mate objects had been photographed l>y
lightning upon animate ones. One sur
geon vouched for a ease where a black
oak, thunder-riven, was photographed
iqion the flank of a white horse.
Musing upon this subject one coift.wir
ter evening, 1 wax summoned to the d<x>r
by the captain of the police precinct.
His business was thrilling
too soiTowful. The fast G.\pr|<», ir hin! '
t : m<‘ end r'.inni'vr mile ■■ mimrte,
lieXi ileniucd by t* displKredi.''afrluhi
the outskirts of the city. j !•' difS-, ■
The destruction and had
been frightful. The St. Miiry's hospital
was filled with th<* w ounded, and the of- <
fleers of the |x)lice were expe<litiou*ly*l
summoning a corps of surgeons.
The scene at the hospital was indeserib- j
able—-and, indeed, if describable, there ’
would be but little profit in the putrayal
of such misery. An eager crowd, many
of whom had frieuds in the ill-fated train,
hat] assembled. Prudence compelled tl*e
closing of the doors against them, but
their anxious, tragic faces wore visible at
the windows, looking as if the catastro
phe hml impacted a common expression
to them all. Xurscs and stewards were
hurrying here ami then* subdued
footfalls. Now. there is no preference
aiutnig surgeons at such it time. Go to
work nt once and render assistance to the
nearest case nt hand is the rule.
I heard a low moan at my feet. It
came from the lips of a woman. 1 look-
»d upon the cot. Such a lovely, but
p!iin-ve.xv<i, countenance! It wie a case
of fractured arm—aeonqmund fracture—
and the attendant fever had already set
in. The w ounded member of that gr-u <*-
fid Imdy must be set at mice. I examin
ed the broken itrni. stars of fate! Near
the shoulder was a nikuatui'e tree. My
beautiful patient was again Blanche Hun
gerford.
I need not tell you with w hat, cousuni
matc tenderness 1 handled that shapeb.
ann*. but I could not avert the delirium
that followed the fever. Sad ns. itwa«to
M*e her delirious, 1 could not suppuKs a
thrill of joy when she more than one**
pnmouncetl my name. In ten days the
fever tide slowly turned and death hiu,
spared the Iwautiful from the worms
the dust.
Her first whispered words, as of old,
were “Thank yon I”
I have Iwfore »sk«l this question:
••What is more delighting to a man’s
heart than a grateful expressmn fmm a
beautiful woman f’
1 now answer it. A grateful < xpres
sion from a beautiful woman, mingled
with a look of love. And I read—
Ix*ve iu her hunia*MM eyre!
M hen Blanche was nearly reeov**rt*d I
said to her;
“My darling, lightning and calamiry
brought us together. Let love and sun
shine prevent our parting.’’
And she only murmured, in the dear,
old way. “Thank you!” and then I felt
her fair, white arm* twining About my
neck. *
A jihilanthroput adteed the daughter of
a rich manufacturer, who employs han
dretls of men, if she ever did anything
for hi-r father's hands: “No. ’ was the
reply, “but I rub mine with glycerine
and otM— a! ustrj nigiit.’*
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Treatment of Frost-Bitten Finger* «n<t
Toea.
•" Dr. Lapatin, in rhe proceedings of the
Caucasian Medical Society, advises that
fingers and toes which have been slightly •
frost-bitten, and which subsequently
Miffcr from burning, itching, and prick
ing sensafiotas. should he painted, at first
ou/'V, and as terward twice a day, with a
mixtiire nF dilute nitric, acid ami |w*pper
mitrt iwater in equal proportions. After
has been made for three j
or four days, the skin becomes darkened [
faml the epidermis is shed, healthy skin >
under it. The cure is es- ■
feeted in from ten to fourteen days. The
author has found this plan very effectual j
among soldiers, who were unable to wear ;
; theirwOot* in consequence of having had
frozen fi*et. They xverc, in this way, i
1 <>on rendered capable of returning to ,
duty.— Bi'itiifh Medical Jot>riK.d.
lou Ought to Know Yourself.
- ; If yon will qiersist in burning for a .
V>ng time a kerosene oil lamp, or tilling |
your bed-room with heated gas, you need
not. prepare to retire with very strong
jiones of getting a goo<l night’s rest. If
v.xi will allow a vase of flowers to remain
I here over one day without changing the ‘
water, or, if you w ill have any
work in your room, instead of using®,
jsortable washstand, basin and pitcher, it
j is all jp) no purpose that you insist t hat
you are very prudent in regard to your ‘
inaltli. As to the question “How much
outdde air shall 1 let into my room?” w;c
h iv< nothing to say. If you arc :m in
r'vi.lid, your doctor must tell you; if you
"re well, and eq joy a sound mind, you
<-:m judge for yourself. You know, or
ought to know, how much you can bear.
(Wily see to it that the air is fresh; that
what you admit is an improvcim nt on
what you send out. — G<>»d Hohn l<rpin<j.
A Sthunlant Md n Aaitotic.
What memiing should we attach to
the avorls stimulant and naii-oth-f A
j stjtmihim may !■»< defined us thrtl which
i lo Mlfthy imfivitics. support-
W, t y : -,4- eg IE- in hoaith ■;» , d
H <lis.';K'•_ A -linml.mt
■acts < hicfl v’in reffiwing or counteracting •
■depressing niflnenees—it may be pain,
I fatigue, or a morbirl sensibility. Thus
mustard, applied externally in inflamma
tion, is nt times a true stimulant, ami
j tends to restore healthy vital action by
< freeing the circulation and the nerves
from the depressing influences of pain.
A cup of tea, also, is in its place a true
.stimulanl ? restoring the natural tone of !
the- central nervous fiyitem. On the
other hand, u narcotic is a substance
which by jMiisoning the nervous system
produce- a gradual paralysis of vital
actions. I rider narcotics, intelligence,
volition, reason, consciousness, even life
itself are lost: ami these arc-the out
ward and visible signs- of a process tak
ing plan* within the nervous sy-tem,
when the powers of life are stubbornly
fighting against a poison, and yielding
as it wi re inch bv inch to its invasion.
Stimulation, then, is a healthy pro-
cess, while narcosis, the condition in
duced by narcotics, is essentially an un
healthy state, Iteing a paralysis of na
tural activities, more or lv-s.— Sinitaiith
■rif.
The Early Bird and the Worm.
A father had l>ecn lecturing his young
hopeful upon the evils of staying out late
at night and getting up late in the morn
ing.
“You will never amount to anything,”
he continued, “unless yju turn over a
new leaf. Kcmcnibor that the early bin!
catches the worm.’’
“How about the worm, father,” in
quired the young man, “wasn't he rather
foolish to get up so early?”
“.My -on.” replied the old man solemn
ly. “tjlat worm hadn’t been to bed at all.
He wa- on his way home.’* —A«r York
Timua.
Bound to Remain Single.
Black —Why don't you get married,
Wliite ?
White—Well, the fact is, the girls
know too much nowadays; they're too
well educated. I wouldn’t like to lucre
a wife who was biv sujierior in intellect
and knowledge.
B.—Then you arc bouml to remain a
bachelor.
, W.—Why so?
B. Because they don't allow the girl*
In the idiot asylums to marry.— Bwon
Cottrier.
\othh< In It.
Bobby—“ You've got a cold in your
head, have youf’
Dude t making a call on Bobbi > sister)
—“¥<s. a werwy bad cold.”
B.—•’Then sister told area story.”’
I).—“Told yon—ah—a -torwyf'
B.— “Yes; she said you hadn’t uothia 1
in your head. --
THE PATEN!' OFFICE.
Facts About the Development
of a Great System.
A Marvelous Increase in the Inventive
Genius of the Country.
• A AVashington letter to the Cincinnati
Enquirer says: By* act of Ajiril 10, 1790,
tiie first American patent system was
founded. Thomas Jefferson inspired it,
and may be said to have been the father
of the American Patent Office. He took
great pride in it, it is said, and gave per
sonal consideration to every application
that was made for a patent during the
years between 1790 and 1793, while, the
power of revision and rejection granted
by that act remained in force. It is re
lated that the granting of a jiatent w r as
held to be in these early times quite an
event in the history of the State Depart
ment, -where the clerical part of the work
was then performed.
It is a matter of tradition, handed
down from generation to geueration by
those who love to speak of Mr. Jefferson
and his virtues and eccentrkdties, that
when an application for a patent Was
made under the first act he would sum
mon Mr. Henry Knox, of Alassachusetts,
who was Secretary of War, and Mr. Ed
mund Randolph, of Virginia, w’ho was
Attorney-General, these officials being
designated by the act, with the Secretary
of State, a tribunal to examine the appli
cation critically, scrutinizing each point
of the sfiecilication and claims carefully
and rigorously.
The result of this examination was
that during the first year a majority of
the applications failed to pass the ordeal,
ami only three patents were granted. In
those days every step in the issuing of a
patent was taken with great care and
caution. Mr. Jefferson seeking always to
’mprc.ss upon the minds of his officers
and the public that the granting of a
. p itent was a matter of no ordinary im
portance. The growth <>!' our jaitent
sy-t in, its vast importance, its intimate
eom.eution with, and direct influcucc
upon the pfopeh; es -i e* de
mand |that it shall deceive a degree bf at
“ biitiok which it can not and will not re
ceive Iphile it remains a merely subordi
nate jiureau of the Interior Department.
Thff first patent was granted July 31,
1790, to Samuel Hopkins for making pot
and jieurl ashes. An examination of the
1 jaitents granted lietwecn 1790 and 1810
shows most surprisingly the germ of the
• ideas which by subsequent improvements
have been incorporated into an inventive
system. By the act of 1830 a Board of
Examiners was created. The official sys
tem was not a very large one at that time.
The Patent office wa created, but it was
attached the Department of State.
There w ere provided for the office, to be
appointed by the Commissioner of Pa
tents, with |iie approval of the Secretary
of State, a Chief Clerk, an Examining
Clerk, tiwee other clerks, a machinist and
a messenger. That constituted in 18116
i the entire force of the Patent Office. In
1849 the office was disconnected from the
Department of State and attached to the
Department of the Interior, which was
then cn’ated.
The establishment of the Patent Office
marked the commencement of the mar
velous development of the* resources of
the country which is the admiration and
: wonder of the world, a development
which challenges al! history for u parallel,
and it is not too much to say that the un
exampled progi es* has been not only de
|x-ndent upon but has been conincident
with the patent system of this country.
Wt* have had fifty years of j;rogress,
fifty years of invention applied to the
every-day wants of life; fifty years of
patent encouragement, and fifty years of
a devekipmeut in wealth, ivsourecs, gran
deur, culture, jxiwer, which is little short
of miraculous. Population, production,
business, wealth, comfort, culture, pow
< er. grandeur, these have all kept step
with the expansion of the inventive
genius of this country, and this progress
has las n made |a>«tsibl(* only by the inven
tions of its citizens
Women are among the army of inven
tor*. The majority of applications filed
by women for patents are for articles used
in housekeeping, or for drt-sa or toilet.
Some, however, display genius for me
chanism. Several have invented sewing
machines and others .sewing-machine at
tachmenta. A great many applicartiotu
have f>e<-n made for jaitents by -females
the principles of which have alrciuiy lx*en
patented. One woman has a patent for ;
j an artificial stone composition, probably j
fur building or paving purposes. One
| ha- ixi-eived a patent for a disinfectant:
one for preserving vgg«. Another, lOfdt
iug to the comfort of her ciiildren per
haps. Isas invented an ear-muff, for
m hich she ha- been -uccessful in having
\ a patent issued. A lady, who is possibly
a dress-maker, ha- applied for and re
| reived a parent for a hoo i-anti-eye.
NUMBER 13.
Mr. Gardiner, an official at the jratent
office, said: “In round numbers there
have been 334,000 patents issued. Os
these, 22,000 were issued hist year, and
of the 22.000 only about ninety were t<r
women inventors. It is safe Io assume
that there are only about sixty patents a<
year issued to ladies.”
Historic Rooms in Washington.
Washington is full of interesting old
rooms, writes a correspondent of the Chi
cago If,one could hunt them all
up and get their history it would make
one of the most interesting little books to
be had. 'Die room in which Henry Clay
lived and died, at the National hotel, i«
kept very much as it was when he occu
pied it. There is an old-fashioned fire
place in the room, with a soapstone top r
and pillars surmounted with braAs orna
ments, and the old-fashione<l andirons
and fender are as they were the morning
he died. The same paper is on the wail,
and on the cracked window panes are
written the names of a score of ]>eople
who probably have long since died, as
the dates opposite their names arc back
in the'4os and. aOs. In the old capitol
there is a peculiarly shaped room at the
north of t he supreme court chamber, which
was formerly the United States Senate
chamber, which is famous for Kung the
place when* Morse first successfully oper
ated tlie telegraph. In this little room
he had an operator whom he had trained
himself, a young man named Sweisingrtr.
The room is now a ban* anti-room to the
supreme court chamber, and through it
regularly every morning and afternoon
the supreme court judges In their robes
pass to the bench. It was over a line
from this room to a little outdoor station
at Bladensburg, five miles away, that
Morse w as first able to transmit a message.
The line was then being built on to Bal
timore, and on the day that the Demo
cratic Convention that nominated James
K. Polk was being held this little room
was tbc scene of great excitement. The
Senators kept thronging in there, and the •
doors wen* guarded to keep out the crow d
<>f people outside, anxious to learn the
work of the M
’J'.::! UGiam 1.. M. ny d /
<-on.<- u candidate h>f the
When the message came ov» r tlief
that he <*oitM W' nominated, '
words were: “'Nb,' no, J will not
it;” and Scnatois crowded about him,,
trying to |X.-rsuade him to change his
mind. Up stairs, over this nnun is a long,
nan-ow, dimly lighted chatubef, which
once was the finest room in the capitol.
That was before the wings were built,
and whi n the capital consisted of what
is now little mere than the base of th®
dome. This room was Jefferson Dasis’S'
committee room and the hcailquartcrs of
the Southern leaders in the Senate. On
the third floor of the old National hotel,
lookingout on Sixth street, is the
in w hich John Wilkes Booth was making
his temporary home at the time he com
mitted the terrible < rime xvhich gives his
name a place in history. It is a plain,
ordinary room, which is seldom used by
any guest who discovers its history.
A Big Etk’s Fight for Lif®-
A monster elk was sighted in the Wind
River Mountains by a hunter, says the
>alt Lake Tribune, and the hounds sent
alwv him. A long chase of two hoars
led down to the base of Sible .Mountain,
‘ of the loftiest of the range, up which *
the monarch of the forest darted as hi#
final refuge. The ascent was steep, but
the hunter and his dogs followed. Soon
the elk was brought Hi bay. As the fore
most of the dogs sprang full at the throat,
the branching antlers were suddculy’low
r< d. the keen tines pier* cd from side to
side, msd the stanch houmi wasthman
high in air, and fell far down the steep
incline. Nothing daunted, the remain
ing hound,'too, made its fierce spring-,
and shared the fate of its comrade. Tire
animal then rushed at the hunter, who
fired, bat the next instant was whirled
aloft on the broad antlers, ills stout
buckskin hunting-shirt turned aside tht
sharp prorgp, but they had beeome fast
cimnl in the garment, and he bade fair ts
Jh? thrashed to death. As for a second
time the elk daMied him to earth he man
aged to catch bold of a bush, and kept
his grasp long enough te draw his revol
ver and send a ball crashing through the
brain of bis gallant foe.
A (.rave Rejoinder.
4 T can’t give you any money, A stout*
able-bodied fellow like you ought to bd
earning a living.’’
“But I haven’t any work, sir.”'
“That's your own fault, I’ll venture to
say. You lack energy. You don’t throw
yourself into your work.”
“I wouldn’t like to. Nor would
ar.”
“Oh, I wouldn’t, eb? Why notP . '
“I’m a grave digger, sir.”—
pitia CaU. .