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te ♦ <$■ n fi U r A ♦ JL }• RE-ESTABLISHED FEB. 12, 1876. iocs— >*r ilT vs:= i° cl PORT GIBSON, CLAIBORNE CO MISS., FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1894. NEW SERIES--VOL. XIX., NO. 24. M _itffllLl.W. E * Ö - DRAKE * J. w. PERSON, Cashier. yu V*V îïi'OKT GIBSON BANK. Fort aibaon. Miss pita! Stock, $50,000.00 DIRECTORS: T. M. HARDING, W. 0. GUTHRIE, J. W. PERRON, BYRON H. LEVY, J. McC. MARTIN, N. 8. WALKER ^cahx, i PltAK**. B. THRASHER, aStlULUU O. W. WHEELED, CORRESPONDENTS: VICKSBURG: Delta Treat ami Bauking Oompuuy SF.W YoRK: ' r ,%'ttional Ma * K - NEW ORLEANS: Uciou National Bank Will .to a general bauking business. Will pay interest on savings depos L Will negotiate loans on real estate for any amounts. Special attention Lu collections, payment of taxes.or any business entrusted to our care HIS COLD WEATHER Suggests Heating »loves, grates, shovels and tongs, dog irons, stove pipe and elbows, axes, wood saws, firebricks. We Have Them All ! L)sausage grinders and stuffers, meat choppers, knives, hand bis, cake pans. Powder, shot and caps, empty and loaded shells, Lll bags, reloading tools, coon, beaver and other game traps. Hubs, rims and all wagon and carriage material. corn pokes, Iciiwai'tz Sc Stewart, Natchez. at. tm-m at. tm-m itamant of the MUTUAL LIFE ETZ* POLIC-y IHIOILulDEKS. Port Gibson, Miss., January 17th, 1893. Messrs. H. G. McLaurin and Bernard Forster, Special Agents : It affords me pleasure to recommend your company in the high est terms. With 11s, the executors of the estate of John P. Taylor,de based, it has been entirely honest and honorable in every respect, ful piiingcvt-iy promise and obligation. Yours was the first regular com pany in which my father insured. I would further state that the re port going the rounds to the effect that The Mutual Life held the honey due the estate and requested that we take out additional insur ance instead, is entirely without foundation whatever!! Yours was ihe only company of several in which my father was insured that made proofs and paid claim without expense to us. I consider The Mutual Leone ot the VERY best companies in every respect. Most Respectfully, Executor of the Estate of John P. Taylor. . J. M. TAYLOR, Tie false reports circulated by friends and agents of other com plies against Tile Mutu.il Life proves their inability to cope with the pitlcit, largest and best company in the world. H. G. McLAURIN, Special Agent. * . Port Gibson, Miss., January 17th, 1894. H. G. Mc I aurin, Special Agent: I I carry a heavy line of insurance in The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, and find its methods fully up to the most advanced Rughtin life insurance. I take pleasure in recommending your com [pMytothî insuring public. Respectfully, J. McC. MARTIN. ELKHâRT sn . H.«ve «>«*1«! (o (or rt Ell nfl *' ' i: *r litem I»« «*o»it-r < vr-«tJ. v« m« tie V" 1 *'» t.n.! M lit Atw 1,-h •. Mit;*; VctjLïlvt. »ntl >inri.«S. la* » *r*J ship with p ;ri!»;* t.tf.jKr.iiti* b.,.i«iroeny I« i\ Y, I;VJ. V' *; pAV fnei*r< i-oih w*y» if i;«»t t irr. V.*arr»«it for ? v.-iir". witjr r» v «centf 10 • t«srl >f y 1 * Writ« • own o:û«»r. We lake al! r.«k ut uaiuuse in eti.jinu*. I ; $75 * (i 1 iS* V'HOLESAM f»rtC"9. Cp'i.IÄ WdffOPtf. f-S: to t *0. 1 -u»rant«*.| Surreya. *63 tosiCO c ;va U* *<11 for t<* «1». Top Cufit5>8, Ct/.SC», *» «I.« m *«.W fer « 5 . Pl.ff o »*.»65 to t faint *Vsfrprs, Waat-nsMy*. k*iin l> «*», nuit.» » Ui«w>»k.>. MmIa sc -.-eue Ptmble K exs-sta Pew. • ! 0 to •sc.se. A ? Mr- àr ••■li. Surrey lla;ii» .«j. Mo. Ttl, Surrey. • u.»»* r..\ *f!' »26 •371° ... Cc: it* £23.53 r-fv- v Mo. 737, Road Wagon. Oi»r ft* fguo • rsM>*4nt ££ £ mfy $55 M $43.00 m «V Ko. 1, l'arm H«rtiei». ■ _— - lUDIKO «Am>l.es •»« FLY SET«. Kunart Bicycle. »ü>. wheel«, a P«r«»l .ar for «,„>» with «dre. 4r. I« f 0 ™îr «.:»«£.» u* ney m I IS-puge reu».«««* »teel tuWng. crop lont Aââreaa W. B. PRATT, Sec'y, ELKHART, IND, »w« wtfon. LEVY & WELSCH, IDIŒ5ECJTOŒ5S. BEN R. LEVY, Embalmer and Manager. >* Vnodeint,* 1 » targe assortment of burial oaekete new, plain, and P*f in ., . . »4 jAr** m »de and trimmed to order. Burial robe« ooiutautly on haod. Will eo di«in» J?-, |U1 bodles tor «hipment to all nointe. _ mfc11 OKtt Gibson Ginnery MUNGER SYSTEM. © ■yoTjLi* Cotton ginned "witrln 1Jls vou -will not regret, it,. NO HANDLING OF SEED COTTON OR SEED. market jprio© ]pa.icl for °-* ir s ed ett tl^L© gin. FREDERIC P. FOX, Cessée. :;I n '» ai * < _ yu V*V Poor » : Health • means so much more than , ' you imagine—serious and ' 'fatal diseases result from* , ' trifling ailments neglected. ' ^ I ' Don't play with Natures' ' , 'greatest gift—health. ' J • I . If yon are fee! in cm of «ort». wea and generally ex hatuted, netvous, h«ve no appetite and can't work, begin at once tak ing the most relia ble strengthering medicine,which is Btown's Iron Bit ter«. A few bot tle« care—benefit omet from the, very first dose —it :■ !« Iron : Billers ► I wen t tfaia f our It's pleasaat to uke. ■ It Cures > < Kidney and Liver ' Troubles, Dyspepsia, Neuralgia, 'Constipation, Bôd Blood ► Afaferia, > > Nervous ailments « Women's complaints. ' ■ Get only tli« genuine—It has rroeseri red hues on th«? wmpper. All others are sub- ' stisute* < hi receipt of two 20 stamps w e will send »ct of To t Beautiful World's « Fuir Vi.** and book—tree. BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD : j DR. I*, a. SMITH. Resident Oentist, ORT GIBSON - MISSISSIPPI. i S. 4 J. T. DRAKE, Lawyers. OUT GIBBON, - - - MI88I88ITPI. Practice In the court* of Claiborne and Jef counties, and Federal and Kuprcim -onrU at Jackeon. Real entât* for »ale. Dec. S. llyrl EVON M. BARBER, Attorney at Law, MISSlSBirp] PORT ULB80M, Dr. W. E. MOODY. Physician and S rgeon, MISSISSIPPI. M YRTIN, Office in White"» Drag Store. Calla promptly an«wered, day or uigLt. November 34. 1HV3. BARBER SHOP, Adjoining New York Store. II. W ASS EM, Froprietor, •Hiss Port OibnoH, * - Hair Cutting and Shaving done with neatness aud dispatch. Dr. Joe Chatham. DENTIST. Office and Residence: 43« 8on«h Cherry Street MISS. VICKSnUKO, LIFE. FIRE. CHAS. D. BLOCH Ceneral Insurance. I Respectfully Solicita Patronace. THE Southern Magazine IS NOT SATISFIED with being "the B*»t Magasine ever published in the South." IS wi.he» to cover thoroughly the whole field to vieit regularly every reading family in th South. To do thie, ite eubecripticD price has been REDUCED TO $1.50 A YEAR. beginning with the October Number. BUT— the Magasine will continue to grow better in quality, and to merit the Words of Praise it Receives. •The Southern M ga*i* is » bat»d«omely il lustrated *nd well edited literary magazine,able to compere without diefevor with the beet monthly journal» of the metropolis. --Beview of Review«; May, 18S4. Onr circulation ha» increased tenfold in the past year, bnt we Fend 1» oente for «ample copy, to THE SOUTHERN MAGAZINE, Louisville, Ky. are after the 100.000 mark. Many I'craon* from overwork or hou»eho«fi Art broken down •are« Brown*» Iw»ti Bitters 35» 1 The secretary of the Bkhart Carriage rnförms r iuOhat t£>ir prices will be lower ää ÆSfaafifiï the line of carriage«, wagons, bicycles or harness until they have swat 4 cento In Hrax äa 12 oc 1? i paper to rememb--r hü suggestion The Moat Anoient of Reoorda. Tlie human race is nearly ten cen turies »Mer than science had kn»wl edge of before, ns a result of the ex tensive explorations of the ruins of Ni (1er, near ancient Babylon, as de scribed in a report to the state de partment by minister Terrel, at Constantinople. These exploration« are being made at the expense of Philadelphians, and Dr. Peters and Prof. Hilpnchl,ot the University ot Pennsylvania, have supervised the work. Many tons of tables, vases, inscribed brick, sacophagi and the like have been exhumed. The sen sual and revolting worship of the God Bel is now more clearly known, hia colossal temple, with its 130 rooms, has been exposed, ami the religion, government and customs of men who lived 4000 years before Christ have been revealed by the translated inscriptions. Minister Terrel says it will require sixty vol umns to contain the descriptions of these marvelous discoveries. » ' J I k the MUSHROOM BULLET. A Mew Prnjeetue That Will Dieable He* Rather Than KU1 Them. Gen. Tweedie has designed a bullet which is thought highly of by English ordnance experts, and is in their opin ion something that wiU meet a long-felt want, says the New York Times. The new small-bore ballet has been found to pass through living animals in less sensitive parts without their being aware that they have been struck at all. This is due to the combination of high velocity and small diameter. In war the object is to disable men, and this la often more effectually fulfilled by wounding than by killing, because a wounded man at the moment requires one or two men to look after him, while the dead man is for the time let alone. If the wound, however, is one that hardly makes its existence known the Immediate object may not be answered. A savage especially would despise a wound of that character. If the bullet strikes bone the effect is different, be cause bone splinters terribly under a blow at a high velocity, but for what are called flesh wounds the small bore is "nowhere." t Gen. Tweedie's bullet has a mantlet or came, which is closed at the base and open at the head, the mantlet ending about half way between the shoulder and the point. The result is that on striking the head spreads or "mush rooms" so as to make the bullet, after having the advantage of a small diam eter in flight, to become on impact practically one of large bore, the main difference beiug that the energy con sists more in velocity and less in weight than was the case in an old large-bore ball. It is said also to be much more efficient against thin iron or steel plate for the same reason— namely, that it makes a much larger hole and acts particularly well in oblique impact. Of course it will be clearly understood that this is only in cases in which the plate is outmatched by the bullet. As the chief objection to the bullet is that it will not do the work of an armor-piercing projectile, the objection can stand, says a prom inent ordnance authority, and, as the Tweedie bullet possesses almost all of the qualities required, it seems very probable tha^ extensive experiments will be made to prove its superiority to other small-arm bullets in use to-day. SHOOTING IN TEXAS. Mot Indulged la So prouilecaoaaly me Peo ple Have Ilten Led to Imagine. It is generally believed by the outside world that the Texan carries his life in his hip pocket. This is a mistake, says a letter to the Philadelphia North American. Our most facile shooters carry their revolvers just under the left arm. The real artist knows the minute differences in shooting "on the rise" and "on the drop." The technique mas tered, the cause for action claims atten tion. Any assault upon the fair name of woman is almost certain to be fol lowed by sudden death. For such causes as this one must shoot. Imputations upon one's veracity or honesty, family feuds, quarrels and drunken brawls cause the remainder of the homicides. For such causes as these one may shoot. Men shoot each other in Texas on lesser ground than this, but they do not shoot on such slight provocation as the tenderfoot has been led to believe. They do not shoot visitors for wearing a stiff hat, for refusing to drink, nor for continually referring to the better things "back east." I have never lived among a people who were as indifferent to the peculiarities of strangers or re cent immigrants. However, the Canni bal islands are no more dangerous fields for the missionary than is Texas for the airy, aggressive prig who insists on re forming us to his standardsout of hand. I have known several men in Texas who have killed their man; a few who have killed two or three. Some of them were boasters, who, after their trage dies, degenerated into bravos; others were high-minded, high-spirited gen tlemen who had killed some bully for mortal offense or as a defense from deadly assault, and who bore the agony of the tragedy in humility and silence. Homicide hardens and wrecks the tough; it saddens and overwhelms the gentleman. As a means of securing justice between men it is least satis factory of all known methods. It is the poorest kind of test of righteousness. The villain is often a cooler hand and better marksman than injured virtue, that the avenger often meets the 400m the betr ayer d eserves. . For a pain in the side or chest there is nothing so good a« a piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain'« Pain Balm and bound over the «eat of pain. It afford« prompt and per manent relief; used io time will often prevent a cold from resulting in pneumonia. This same treatment is sure cure for lame back. For sale by Dr. W. D. Itedus. Revival of the Lash. At the next session of the New York legislature an effort will be made to pass a bill providing for the administering of corporal punishment upon "male persons convicted of s felony consisting of or accompanied by the infliction of physical pain. One of the most zealons advocates of the proposed law is El bridge T. Ger ry, who recently said to a reporter for the New York Recorder: "Crime of the more brutal and fiendish character is frightfully on the increase, especially in the case where children of both sexes are the victims. Instances in whicu lifelong injuries have been inflicted on girls and boys of a tender age are becom ing so numerous that it is time some thing was done to strike at the very root of the evil,and 1 am sure the on ly weapon that can be effectively us ed against the brutes who, in their passious, exhibit uo thought or feel ing for their victims, is the lash. "Once let the brutal element of the community know that tho paio and suffering inflicted by them on others will be meted out on their own bod ies Anil tho shocking state of affairs now existing will bs to a great wiped out. Burglary,with violence, assault of any brutal natnro—those are the offenders who, 1 maintain, should feel the sting of the lash. A convic tion of twenty years,reduced by good behavior to twelve,has no salutary ef fect on the callous element with which Ism dealing. it A A "As an iustanco, you, a law-abid ing, peaceful citizen, are enjoying a well earned rest ; a burglar, not sat isfied with plunder, deliberately knocks you over the head, puts your eyes out,crushes in your skull,maims you, beats you, and for this he gets twenty years. Is th.it any satisfac tion to you ? Do you get a now eye or another skull ? No ! Then I say let his punishment be proportionate in some di gn e to the offense. There seems to be a mawkish sensibility in the opposition to corporal punish ment. It is the oldest fot m of punish ment known, and it is to be found in the Mosaic law. There can be noth ing brutal in it, provided you don't make the exhibition public. In Del waro they have a curious method. A felon is sentenced to thirty lashes,fif teen of which are administered. Hu is then told to get out of the state, ■ind if he is found thereafter the lapse of a week the balance of tho thirty lushes await him. The plan works admirably. Again, in London, when the garroter« were terrorizing the city, the cat o'-nine-tails was brought in to play with such effect that garrot ing was unknown in a very shoit space of time. Would I suggest any particular mode ol administer ing the punishment ? No. The ordinary lash on the back would meet all requirements." 4 4 Emigration of .lew» from Rae» la. A definite agreement is reported to have at last been concluded between Baron Hirsch and the Russian govern- ment concerning the emigration of Jews from Russia. The baron under- takes and the Russian government con- sents to have three and a half millions of Jews taken to other countries with- in twenty-five year», or 140,000 a year. The government has reserved the right of an absolute control over the opera- tions of the emigration scheme. The number of emigrants shall increase from year to year. In the present year 35,000 shall emigrate, the number to in- crease as the preparatipns by the baron grow more efficacious. He will estab- lish emigration bureaus all over the Russian empire, to be controlled by a central bureau at SL Petersburg. The emigrant Jews cease to be Russian sub- jects and are not bound to become soldiers in Russia or to pay for exemp- tion from that duty. A guarantee of of 100,000 rubles must be placed in the hands of the Russian government to be used to pay for expenses that might be caused by any of the emigrants going back to Russia. - - 1 — The Gum-Chewing Mania. The extent to which the practice prevails among the women and girls of Chicago is heartrending. I en joy the acquaintance of not a few young ladies whom I could almost pronounce without a fault if it were not for thin. I know few thing« more disquieting than the sight of a rosy-faced maid chewing away for dear life between the pauses io her conversation. As a rule, the faster the gum chewer talks the faster she chews, until her efforts in Jhe lat ter direction attain their climax in a series of disjointed flops or clucks. The practice, they say, grows upon its devotees.« confirmed gum-chew* being as lost to all efforts at re form as a confirmed opium-eater. If I had my way e^ery chewing gum manufacturer in the United States should be indicted to-mot row for persistent assassination of femi nine attractiveness.—Chicago Jour nal. sv Henry Wilson, the postmaster at Wefahton, Florida, nays be cured » ease of diarrhoea of long standing in gix hours, with one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. What a pleas ant surprise that must have been to the sufferer. Such cures are not un Qtmal with this remedy. Io many in stances only one or two dose« are quired to give permanent relief, can always be depended upon. When reduced with water it is pleasant to tako. For sale by Dr. W. D. Redus. fr it At Rest. Shall 1 lie down to a'eep, end m no more The splendid affluence of earth end eky { The prond prooee«iuu of the star* ko by ; The white inoon away the aea and woo tha •bore ; Tha morning lark to the far haaren« «<>ar : Tha nightingale with the aoft dunk draw •UtU ; The annener rose« bod, and bloom, and die; Will life and life'# delight for me be o'er? Nay ! I ahail be in my low, eilent home, Of all Earth's graciou* minatriea aware : Glad with the gladneae of the risen day, Or gently «ad with »adnan* of the gloam. Yet done with etriviug and foreclosed of oar«— "At rest—at rest what better thing to •ay? * — I/mutt Chandler Moulton. At the Gate. Braid« a mighty city'« ga'e. Where paa-.fl at morn th* proud and great To seek a »acred «brine that atood Within the precinct» of a wood. A crippled beggar eat, and k»u«l Beaonght the ever-pacing crowd. Hie need wae »ore, bat they denied ; "We eeek to And ont God !" they cried, An, by the altar on the eod, They knelt—"We eeek to find out God !" The day declined. The great and prond, Who «ought that morn the abnne, and bowed Their beads ae though in reverence there, Forgot the «brine, forgot the prayer. But lo! the man whom they denied A pittance ae they pa»«ed in pride, Dead by the gateway, knew what they So vainly eonght. ae, day by day. They toward the holy allant tnxl ; He—he alone—had found ont God ! — Clinton Seoflard. — Clinton Seoflard. Odds and Ends. The necessity of leaving the skin open to the action of air is shown by the fact that a child who was coated with gum and then covered with gold leaf, to represent a cher ub at the coronation of Pope Leo X , died a few houn alter the op eration. In a'recent'^charge to the grand jury, Judge Murohy, of San Fran cisco, said : "Opium is a greater factor in the downfall ol youth than whiskey. There is hardly n con firmed criminal behind thej bars who is not a morphine fiend, and hardly a lost woman who is not » slave to the habit." An exchange says that a Chicago man, during the whole of his life time, has never taken any medicine. He has constantly consulted doctors and chemists, and all the medicine they prescribed for him he put a way in a room. The result of this strange fancy is that lie has now 19uO bottles of medicine, 1370 box es of powders aud 870 boxes ol pills. The results of fish-farming are remarkable. Prof. Huxley says that sn acre of land will produce in a year a ton of grain,or two or three hundred weight of meat. The same area of water, however, will yield a greater weight of fish in a week. There is no reason why fish should not bo made an'.important part of the diet, and with a well managed fish pond on every farm a large a mount of excellent, food could be produced at a very small expense. It is believed that there are re markable libraries stored away in the buried cities of Yucatan. These ancients must have been highly civ ilized, since they had a written lan guage aud alphabetical characters. It is the hope of Le Plongeon, the explorer, to present to the scientif ic world some of tbeir old manu scripts. He discovered that Free masonry existed in pre-historic times,and has brought to this coun try photographs of old masonic symbols which correspond very nearly with those now in use. nearly with those now in use. Mr. G. W. Hambleton, of Eng land, has proved that small or dis ens< d chests may be greatly devel oped even in middle lile. His method has been successfully ap plied to treatment of consumption. One patient gained five inches in chest girth and passed a medical examination for life insurance. An other gained three Inches in chest measure, and physicians could de tect no sign of the previous disease. Mr. Hambleton says: "I have no doubt whatever that science has gained another victory in the con quest of a great enemy ot civilized man." Whan women comprehend the baleful influence of dust on the health, hair and complexion, they will banish carpets, upholstering and untvashing draperies, at once and forever, as the great receptacles and absorbents of dust. House dust, which is mainly dead animal matter thrown off by clothing and beds, is deadly to lungs and hair. Ilousemaid'a conanmption is gener ally due to breathing the dust of ill kept chambers, and the layer which collects at the roots of th" hair kills it and causes the most of the falling out of which matrons complain before forty. Th« Schools of tfveeo e . Children Cry for Pitcher'* Cwtorla. r Mias Mary E. Burt, who has recently returned to Chicago from Greece, say* that the common school children of Athens are taught ancient and modern Greek, French, and sometime« EnglUh. Unlike American children, they have 'school readers," but as soon as they ore able to read they are put at once into the clasaiceof their own literature, that before they have reached years of maturity they are familiar with Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, Plutarch and the dramatists. They do not rqcite nursery rhymes, but instead learn the best myths of Hellenic literature. no * THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE. A Warning From tho Past : "And you have a love-affair once, Atin Tha face of the spinster aunt flushed, her eyes filled with tears. •'Yes, dear," she answered ; loved a noble, handsome young man, and he loved me ; but wo were part ed by a falsehood." The young girl bent forward, listening eagerly. "Yes," resumed the old maiden aunt in a tremulous voice ; "we were parted by a cruel lie. A false friend, a girl who wished him for herself, basely told him I was studying tlo cation." That night a maiden's golden tresses were put up in curl papers torn from the leaves of a vol ume entitled, "Twenly Standard Recitations." A young girl nowa days docs not need to have a house fall on her.—-Puck. Patron (pushing his cup away)— You've made a mistake, waiter. I didn't order tea ; I ordered coffee. Waiter (examining the beverage)— That is coffee, sir. Patron—Weil,if that's coffee, bring me a Clip of tea. —Chicago Record. did tie? "I Say, waiter, are yon positive this is wild duck I am eating ?" "Oh, yes, sir ! so wild that wo had to chase it round the back yard for fifteen minutes before we eould catch it."— The Grocer. «< At the Jeweler's : "0, papa, sec these lovely opals! I don't believe op da are unlucky. I)o you ?" will bo very unlucky for you if you take a fancy to a high-priced Ethelinda. You won't get it." It * . one, Forrester—Docs Howler's wife practice her pieces at home be fore singing them in the choir? Lancaster» I imagine so. Howler never goes to church.—Life. She—Strange how people will clutch at a straw, ile—Yes, espec ially when there is a nice refreshing julep at the other end of it.—Truth. The Danger Ahead : Tho Pheas ant—The woods are full of cit sportsmen; a great many of ns wi lose our lives this fall. The Squirrel —Yes; they are so careless with their camp-fires; and everything is as dry as a bone.—Puck. fi He was Dead: "Doctor,"said Mre. Weeds, "I can't get it out of my head that possibly my poor was buried alive." dear husband "Nonsense !" snorted Dr. Peduncle. "Didn't I at tend him myself in his last illness ? -Life. Physician (with car to patient's chest)— 1 There is a curions swelling over the heart, which must be re duced at once. Patient (anxiously) — That swelling is my pockctbook, doc tor. Please don't reduce it too much. —London Tid-Bits. Re-Enforcements Wauled : Lit tle Girl—Oh,mamma! Come quick! Mamma—Merc^ ! What's the mat ter ? Little Girl—There's a mouse in the kitchen, aud the poor cat is there all alone.—Good News. A chronic bore, telling abont an accident in which a man was drowned, "It happened in less time than I take to tell it." "I should fancy so ; otherwise the man might have been rescued," replied a listen er.—Tid-Bits. Revenge in Prospect : Vegetarian (who has been chased across tlio fence by cattle)—Just wait, yon stu pid brutes. From this moment I am no longer a vegetarian.— Fliegende Blaetter. the in no said : M rs. Nagger—Wo'vo been married nearly ton years and yon hare never been to church since the wedding day. Mr. Naggers—Urn—ah—well, a burnt child dreads the fire, you know.—Town Topics. Mrs. McBride (proudly)—My ba by began to talk at a year old. Mrs. Harley (triumphantly)—Mine began to talk at six months. Mr*. McBride (convincingly)—But yours wusa girl baby.—Town Topics. Let ns offer a anggestion to tho brewers for the better advertisement of their products. Hang on all the town drunkards a placard which say«, "Loaded with our goods." This method is used by many manu facturers on their wagons and rail road cars, and is considered good ad vertising —Reflector. A Sure Sign : Ilotel Manager— I see you have given onr boat suite of rooms to a man named Jones. Are von sure be can pay the price ? Ho tel Clerk—Yes, sir; he is immensely wealthy. Hotel Manager—How do know ? Hotel Clerk—Oh, he is very old and very ugly and his wife is very young and pretty.—Troth. you Howard Paul relates an anecdote nf a German musician who is imper turbable, especially in the orchestra, where he follows the score with a stol id expression indicating interest, but no enthusiasm. Suddenly the trom bone shot out a blast that causal the leader to raise hie hands in horror and glance abont him to see what had happened. The players all stopped. Said the offender,glaring at the score before him: "Dot vas a mashed fly, bnt 1 blayed him!"—and he held up ihe shee 1 , reveal ing a note that proved to be tho tnaugled remains of the in sect in question,