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KNOXVILLE JOURNAL. KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA. A society of people favorable to Cana¬ dian independence is being formed in Toronto, Ontario. A French electrician says he will soon be able to produce a thunder-storm whenever demanded and in the district desired, and the cost won’t exceed $3. The London and Northwestern Rail¬ way has decided, “in deference to the prejudices of its American customers,” to institute the system of checking bag¬ gage. _______________ The Government ornithologist at Washington estimates that the surplus in the United States Treasury would not suffice to pay the present bouuty for ex¬ terminating the English sparrows in New York State. One does not attribute much filial sentiment to the red men, says the Inde¬ pendent. But Roan Dog, the big medi¬ cine man of the Sioux, finding his mother dead the other day, seat a bullet through his heart. The Chicago Journal of Commerce slates that three newsboys of that city, guilty of no misdemeanor, were arrested last week at their request and sent to the Bridewell. Their reason for wishing to go there, as stated to the police justice, was that they wanted to learn a trade. This year is the bi centenary of Alex¬ ander Pope’s birth. The eminent Eng¬ lish poet was born on May, 22, 1688. Mr. Labouchere, of London Truth, occu¬ pies Pope’s villa at Twickenham and has thrown the house open to the public in honor of the author of the “Essay on Man.” When the President of France is elected it is for seven years. He receives as salary $120,000 a year, and $60,000 for household expenses. He lives hand¬ somely. When he retires from office, beside the honor which will attach to his name, if he has been a wise magistrate, he will be a rich man. The expression “dark horse,” now in such general political use, first occurred in Lord Beaconfield’s “Young Duke.” Here is the paragraph: ‘ ‘The first favor¬ ite was never heard of, the second favorite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-ones were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.” One of the ship’s chronometers at the United States Navy Depariment has a history. It was used by Captain Hall on the Polaris, which was crushed and sunk by two icebergs off Littleton Island, in 1872, and was put in a cairn on the main land by the Buddington party. There it remained until 1876, when it was found by the British ship Discovery and taken to London, and later returned to the United States. The Augusta, (Ga.) Chronicle says: “Seventeen year locusts abound in the AVest. There is a well defined ‘W’ on each wing of the locust. The supersti¬ tious attach to their .visitation the im¬ portance of a warning from Providence, and maintain that the ‘W’ signifies war. It is a fact that in 1834, when occurred the first of any recorded visits of the pest, the Crimean war was inaugurated. Seventeen years later in 1871, they again appeared. That year marked the begin¬ ning of the' Franco-Prussian war. This Tear?” •*-...... - BUDGET OF FUN. UMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Country Idyl—What Ailed Him —She Thought the Price Was High—The Doctor’s Verdict, Etc., Etc. “Have you dug your grass?" asked the city Of chap, the scaring farmer man, For he thought tie would not crush the swain Beneath his social ban. “How was your crop when you dug your Did grass? hurt the weevils your peas? And did the canker worm destroy Your young cucumber trees? “I love, good sir, the country air, From the town I fain would flee And lose niyseif in rural dreams ’Neath the potato tree. I would pluck the turnip from its vine, Thro" the parsnip meadow push, And restheneath the grateful shade Of the bending cabbage bush. “Oh, I drive fain would be a simple swain And my yoke of cows, And rest at noon beneath the shade Of the rutabaga boughs. Oh, I’d bush hunt the woods for the eocoanut The whole of the livelong day, Or start at morn with the rustic hoe To dig the hills for hay. “And if at the noonday I grew faint With my labors’ strain and rush, I would mix the milkweed’s luscious milk With the mushrooms luscious mush. I would pluck the pineapple from the pine— But why has your color tied ?” But the farmer fell with a sickening thud— The farmer man was dead! — S. W. Toss, in Yankee Blade. What Ailed Him. Brown—“You don’t look well lately, Robinson.” Robinson—“No; I can’t sleep at niglit on account of lung trouble.” right?” Brown—“Nonsense; your lungs are liobinsou— ’‘Yes, mine are; the trouble is with the baby’s. ”— Judge. She Thought the Price Was High. “John, dear, do they play baseball by electricity?” “Why, of course not. What made you think of such a thing?” “Oh, nothing; only I saw in the pa¬ per that the Boston baseball club had paid $20,000 lor a battery .”—Hunand Lampoon. Tlie Doctor’s Verdict. Ethel (to the family physician)— that “Why, doctor! you really don’t think po fvder hurts the complexion Dr. Gruff—“Well, no; some kinds don’t.” Ethel—“Oh, please tell me which kind is the best, and I promise I will use no other.” ternally.”— Dr. Gruff—“Baking powder—take in¬ Judge. The Porter’s Delicate Flattery. Rich Old Lady (entering a palace car) want a seat on the shady side, por- 5, Porter—“Impossible, madam. On side you sit will be the sunny side.” The old lady gave him a dollar, and writes to the papers to complain of the overworked condition of the palace car employes.— Harper's Bazar. __ In Hard Hines. “This is a tough tough world Charley,” as he gazed in dismay at an letter in his hand “What’s the trouble now?” asked Charley. “You know that pretty little thing iu I’ve spent so much time and money “Yes.” ‘‘She refused me point black last and now the old man sends me a of three dollars for a broken gate.” — Epoch. Giving Other Suitors a Show. “Edward, dear, 1 hardly know my own heart,” said the girl, softly, “and you must give me a little time to think it all over.” “ Will you want very much time,” he asked, tenderly and hopefully. “When may I come for an answer?” In a low, sweet voice the girl replied: “At the end of the season.” And she arose the languidly, adjusted her tournure gentle tap indicative of noble and moved gracefully away.— Life. A Man of Business. Boston Man (who haft .been rescued as he was going down for the third time)— “ Is youi name Hoxey? ” Rescuer—“Yes. Keep your mouth shut!” iioston Man—D-do businesson State street? ” i escner—“Yes. Shut up and save your breath! ” Boston Man—“Say, Hoxey, would it b-be convenient for you to pay mo that two dollars and a half to-day that, you b-borrowed a vear or two ago?’’— Til Bits. Only one Obstacle, hut “I fear it can never be, George,” said the maiden, sadlythere is an insur mountable obstacle in the way.” “1 am sure I cau remove it Laura,” said George, eagerly, “if you will only let me try.” Laura father—a pointed silently to a portrait of her large, cross eyed man. with red hair, a square jaw and a loot l;ke a canvas-covered ham; and George took his hat and groped his way out through the hall toward the front door. He was'nt large enough to remove such an obstacle, and lie knew it .”—Chi aj , Tribune. A Hospitable Invitation. It was one of those cold spoils which visit us frequently during the summer, and they two had met quite in a premedi fated way, on the avenue. “What are you going to do this even ing?” she asked, turning the batteries of two beautiful eyes upon him. “Oh, I suppose I ll stay at home and hug the stove,” he answered gloomily. “Come up to our house,” she said, sweetly, in a suggestive voice. And the beating of their own hearts was all the sound they heard .-Detroit Free Free*. Doubting His Capital. Mrs. Catchachance—“What that advertisement, John, ’ that you * were going M* to Catchachance—“The answer.” one about doubling Mrs. up my capital?” U.—“Yes.” Mr. C. —“Oh, I answered it. Sent a dollar and got a reply.” Mrs. C.—“And did they show you to your satisfaction how to double up your capital?” Mr. C. — “Not to my satisfaction, but they certainly showed me how to do it.’’ .Airs. O'. — “I’m so safd glad !” Mr. C.—“They and fed my children were my capital, if I my children on green apples I would double up my cap Ual at once.”— Bos'on Courier _ _ A Righteous Judgment. That the old alcaldes of California sometimes delivered judgments instinct ^\ L n f° aneot 0 ‘0. C Carly Sh ° Wn A wife - once summoned her husband S ,e,“ »‘“ 0 judge .-* “and let him play to f he us as Sivaf ca l, V. a U H. ’? W ° ma “ hG Wlshed t0 r „ 1 . . , , “Si, senor.” “Is that the best you can play it?’’ “Si, senor.” “Then I fine you $2 for distuibing tbe public peace .”—New Haven News. Romances From the Senate Cloak Room. Senator Kenna, of AVest Virginia, and Senator Black, of Kentucky, are great s P ort8men , as everyone knows. Each is tlle ow “ et ° f a P ointer ’, the relative merits ., of which , they are frequently en S a S ed in diacu “|"g in tbe cloak-rooms ot the benate. , The other day Kenna said to Blackburn, lightiug a fresh cigar: “Joe, you may talk as much as you like about your dog, but mine won’t go out with me when the cartridges don’t fit my gun.” An audible smile went around the room, and everybody thought, “Well, for once, Joe Blackburn has been beaten at his own game.” The junior Senator from Kentucky, however, was equal to the occasion, lie looked at Kenna for a minute, and then quietly remarked: “AVell, Kenna 1 admit that your dog exhibits an intelligence almost akin to reason, but I don’t mind backing mine against him. I was in the fields one day with that dog, and a man I was not ac quainted with came along near 11 s. My dog pointed but at him. I called, to that dog, So nothing I would induce him to move. went-up to tbe stranger. i> < Sir,’I _ said, ‘would you oblige me with your name?’ ” “‘Certainly,’ replied the stranger; ‘my name is Partridge.’” ' __ Without another word henna took Blackburn’s arm and both disappeared! rant, in the followed direction by of the the shouts Senate of restau-j their! friends. — Chicago Herald. V Stonewall Jackson. The history of Stonewall Jackson’s, life, writes Colonel Burr in the New! York Graphic, is like the history of an old-time Cromwellian soldier, He was a born Puritan and an ingrained tighter. He taught philosophy and in the Virginia Military Institute was a pillar of tbe Presbyterian Church. No one imagined him to be he much considered of a soldier, :l ' ;d Jess was a man who would lay aside his professor's robe and cap to take up the sword iu defense of slavery. lie was the superintendent of a Sunday-school, where the black people of his ne ghoor b f j ” 1 were instructed, and ho never missed a Sunday from among ii:s skive P and u l ) '{ 3 - showed Tney loved them the all stern the kindness free t man, of which his nature was capable. If lie hud been born m isew Bug-laud nud brought up under the influences which were potent there in his young days, he world have been a soldier with'John Lrown and an ardent ad.ieient of Garri f<m and 1!S doctrines. As it was. he not ! ?“ s P? ct ? d °‘ ? ,den ‘ lo ', e for the peculiar institut.on ot the South. lbe world was mistaken. With:n n week af ter ' lr «'. nw ‘‘f 1 P>‘ s ? ed thc ordl - ? anc « ol f ^sswn, he *E™. , wart, b ? n * coIIe „ S e t ® athe ‘ h: ; d , oiteicd !lis s «r vices command to the the btate, ana win placed , m ot troops at Harper s J erry ILs lame bogau wnh tue first ba:tic of 1 f v ''' in b !, s tlde 01 "stone wa! !” of at the that battle fight °t General Ball Run. Bernard In the; E. crisis ?<*• brok ®“ wbo a “ w d i is almost routed ! ’cst to division rally his of Confederates, shouted : “See, there i* Jackson standing like a stone wal . uli J, on Vngmians He died with the cry on his lips, but the title clung to tlie sturdy sold er to whom it was thus given. day From the of that disastrous battle until the early spring days of 1863 this battling dangerous hero was one of the most enemies the Union armies had punter. He was here to-day and hea to-morrow. He shunned no peril he avoided no danger He fought and « al “ d victories and he married his Bible and P ia f d as & fou f, h " J he n 2“^°^ May 180J Jackson P A dashed down °" T around ^ . a the right of the national army, swept his brother-in-religion, his General Howard, and corps almost out of existence, and XK^of* tS* PoiomacTohLre! He nested on the night of tho-Sd of Maw near Chancellorsviile. It was ^ quite dark between g and „ 0 , clock and rode out S' t i:‘ P " tJ T hira as no other comnander on either side was loved poured a volley of rifle bullets into the approaching cavalcade. '«*>» - w* officers for a squad of Union cavalry. Covered with wounds, the dying General was carried to his tent, and five days after the soul of this gallant soldier passed to its last account. “Let us pass over the river,” said he, as he closed his eves forever, “and rest beneath the shade of the trees ” Germany’s Ex-Empress. Some of the ladies of the Court call ing upon the late Empress of Germany, tablishment as Crown Princess, shortly after her es at Berlin, found her in her drawing hammer room her ou a step ladder with a in hand nailing up some lace curtains. Instead of being confused, siie was rather proud of it. She put white caps on the palace maids, cover ing up that hair whose display is a chief object in life to a German maiden. She introduced oatmeal porridge as the in¬ variable first dish at breakfast, and was henceforth regarded as having insulted the national cookery. Her three little daughters once found a maid blackening a grate in the study. They took brushes and blackened the maid’s face and deco rated her apron and dress in chiaros euro. Their mamma made them beg the maiden's pardon and buy her a new dress out of their own money, which for Princesses Royal of Prussia was unheard of and staggering. Their brother AVill iam would have gracefully told some body to throw tbe maid into the river and her to stay there till she got clean. There is something even yet almost bar baric in the absolute sovereignty of the the King in Prussia, and of thi3 AVilliam Tmeg, is choice examplar.—Weto York