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V fill Jp ri, Mir -aw- c . p i aw 4 j- w yjRj P. K. MAYEKSJroprietor. LOVE FOR OUR FRIENDS ; COURTESY FOR ALL; FEAR FOR NONE. Terms Two Dollars per Year in Advance Eiirara rat? r, l&feir i :! Hill ! Hjm mm HSjsJlf VOLUME 44. SCBANTOtf, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1868. NUMBER 15. CHEAP I BUY I GOODS ... -. LIU MnSOUITO NETTING. H'J. LIB M B; 'J. THIS COURTS. THE REGULAR TERMS. circuit court-second i.dist. WpiisAdum net tin 35c. csiiinety-hichOo. 100 pes blur, lmlk " red 50c Jim.l Uohintit 1 25. 7-i iach Bobiiiet 8'-W; SOiutb Boblutt, $1.U3. PARASOLS. 50 Couch parasols m pink, rod, blue.blncl ml white, rcunceci m sue. 100 Coaching purnsols, Bume colors, SKi inch. 81. a. Ul v,.r.n!l polnrH. S3. JO black satin lined, luce trimmed $1.30. m..trannalilv. Darin lined tl.75. Leading Gloriacaa, better than silk, $1.50, ni S1.7;i. JOlihick parasols 8il"orud gold cup f 1.75. FANS. 10 dozen fentlicr funs in white, pink. cream, blue and red (lariro sia) 55c. 600 J)uit89 funs 15o. lOdozeu liuou uucic una iront xe. HOSIERY. 10 ioi Indies solid color bono, white feet, tiroimir fur l:c. 100 doz gents' brown mixed hose, seamless JUC. fall Assortmsaof AU-Orir Licos. 12 yards Torchon for 10c. 12 y.vds Torchon ly'i.No. f. for 15c. 12 yards Torchon lice, No. 7, for 20o. 12 yards Torchon lace. No.-9. for 250. 12 yards Torchon lace. No. 11. for:tan. 12yardsTorchou lace, No. 13, for 40o. CORSETS. "5e. '35 dozen Ficneh Corsets 7"c. 50 dozen Freuch corstts 25c. Cbildreu's waists 50c. Mudume GiSorsl's hip prosorrcr. Misses corsets 40c. Misses Woven eoisets 75o. Try a nn'r of onr 50 cent Coisets. best value in tne cily. MISCELLANEOUS. 50 doz cents' hemstielied hand kerchiefs. colored bordered, fast colon, 8o. 50 doz (rents' white ties 5 cents-a dozen. 50 doz cluck nainsook and cruuze shirts 85o. 50 doz real lialbrigfrnn shirts, worth 50 emits, we soli fur 40c. 2" dozen ladies' imuze shirts 25c. " M doz ladies' ribb shirts, L. N. and S.S. 35c. IW pes percales ec. 100 pes p' in ted bat iste 8c. 100 pes striped bittisto 10c. 1100 pes lawns, choice patterns, 5c. 50 pes 40 inch India lnwu So. ill pes India lawn 4c. lU pcs India lawn ac. 0 pes India lawn lOo. 10 pes Oriental skirting, 45 inch, 40c yard. 10 pes Oriental s'cu tiuir, 4o inch, 4jc yard. .1 cards nooks ami eyes Oc. Hand snap buttons 10c per box, Mack and tan leather belts 15c. Black and tun leather belts with pocket oooit attacnea, jc. Rubber Hair Pius 10c norbor. 50 dozen pleated front shirts b'5c, i i am plaiu tront sliu ls 50o. f.xt.i sizs white spreads 7jc. Marseilles spreads f t.W. SAMUKL" II. TEKnAL, Judge. JAMES H. NEVILLE, UUU-ict Attorney. Tn H, rniuitv nf Winston, ou the tliinl Mimdnv of jannftrv nil Julv, nd continue six days. In the couulv of Lauctenlatx, on the louitli jnnu- iliiy nf January and July aud continue eigbteen days In the eountv of Nnxuiiee, on tne tnira juonuay of February sad August, and coutiuuo jeighteou I davs. In the county of Iv.erapor, on the neroiiu aionuay of Maicli and September, aud continue twelve dnvs. ... . In the oountyof Clalkeon the rourtli moniiay oi Marcli andStMitcmber, and conliuue twelve days In the eountv of Wavne, on me eccnnu immuuy of April aud Octlwr, and eontinuo nil days. . J il tlieconniv oi creeue. ou una ii u. April and tHiuiber, and continue i dav. In thu rounty of Perry, on the fourth Monday of April and Oerolixrauil continue nix ilayn. In the county of Marion. 1'lrst lilntrK i, on ;no second Monday of .1 unc aud third Monday oi ue. cfiuhcr, and continue ii days. In the second District, on the third Momtay or June ana eecuuu Monday of l.eienihcr, and coutinue u aayj. In the county of lluiicocK, on lue eeaonii of May and Novnuiher, and continue twelve oaye. In the eountv oT Harrison, on me lourn; of May, and continue twelve daya, anil on me fourth' Monday of Kevembor, aud continue ix """tu'the eountv of JarVaon. on the second Monday after fourth Mii day of Mav, and continue aix days, and on the that Monday after tho fourth Monday of Xoveuibor, aud eontinuo twelve days. THE BETV UN MD BATTLE FLAGS. I Colored spreads, good size, 90o. Our stock of pants goods greatly reduced. Send us tnai order. April and October, and eontiuue aix ft ova IXTn j . . In the conutv of Coviiiirton, on tlte aeia Xi D guaidUUatJ SaUSiaCUOn. Wnen yOUneeU dav in April and (Vtober, and coutinue aixdaya. any Dry Goods be sure and send to us for samples. YEEND & POTTER, 2,2, STjrIEIT STREET, MOUILE, .AIY CHANCERY COURT SECOND DlST. SYLVANTJS EVANS, Chancellor In the county of Lauderdale, on the first Monday of January and July, and continue twelve tinya. Tn tliA f.iiimtv tt NewtniL on the third Moudav of January and Julv, aud coutinue six davs. In tlie couutv of fiaacock, on tne nrst Momlay oi Febniary and AiiKiiat, and coutinue six daya. In the'cmiity of Harriaoa, on tlie second Monday of Fcbruury aiid August, and continue aix days. In I he county of Juckaon, on the third Mouday of February and August, and continue six daya. In the couutv of Clarke, ou the lirat Monday of March and beptember and continue six days. In the county of Jasper, on the second Monday of March and September, and continue six daya. In the county of Perry, on the thir I Monday of March aud September, and continue aix daya. Jn the couuty of alanon. rust district, on Tne third Monday nf May and November anil coutinuo aix days. 1 ii the Second District, on tho second Moudav of May aud November, aud coutinue six davs. In the county of Jones, en the nrst Monday of -ll and October, and eontiuue aix fl O.VS. l the comity of Covington, on the second Mon in Anril and Oi-tobiT. and coutinue aix davs. In the couutv of Greene, on the third Mouduy of April and October, aud continue aix daya. In the county ot bimth, on the fourth Monday of April aud October, and continue six daya. Iu the couutv of w avne, on the first Monday of May aud November, aud continue six days. Nothing but flags but simple flags, Tattered and torn and bunging In rags ; Aud we walk beneath them with cureless tread, Nor think of tho hosts of tho migUtj dead That have marched beneath them iu days gone by, With a burning cheek and a kindling eye, And have bathed their folds with their young life's tide, ; And, dying blessed them, aud, blessing, died. Nothing but flags yet, incthinks, at night They toll each other their tales of fright; And dim spectres come and their thin arms 'twine 'Konnd each stadard torn as they stand in line! As the word is given, they change! they form ! And tho dim hull rings with the battle's storm ! And onoe through the smoke and strife Those colors load to a Nation's life. Nothing but flags but they,re bathed with tears, They tell of triumphs, of hopes of fears ; Ot a mother's prayers, of a boy away, Of a serpent crushed, of the coming day! Silent, they speak, aud the tear will start As we stand beneath them with throbbing heart Aud think of those who are ne'er forgot. Their flags come homo why eome they not t Samanlha Mr. Pauley's "Is wife '" 'Who? Oh, yes, (he's Uajer'a wife, 'uz never in these si ranger, er voird a You see it 'uz this livar her; she wuzn'l like August 19; 18S7 25 I y PROFESSIONAL. J. I. Ford. ITbob. 8. Ford IrORD & FORD lOTORXEYS AND COUNSELORS-AT- LAW Will practice iu the counties of Jackson I mt Harrison. Office: SnaMon. Mist. December 14, Ift3ti. ly XR. L. A. THURQER. DENTAL SURGEON, Paul Christian, Mist. Culls answered from Bay St. Mnioton on tho Coast Sovember l'J, ISriG. Louis to 38 tf JJ B. EVERITT ATTOliXEY-AT-LAW, JScranton. Jfwf. will Tnwtire in all the courts of the Seventh "iwiruu (lNtri. t, aud Mkrtoof tap State. UUtt 23, 1?HG. th. Federal and Supreme (jHAS. S. MERRIWETHER ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOU-AT-LAW, &rntOT, ITvm. OJIoeadlomin j residence n Paacacmila atreeti Urea si, isfrj. 3.1, JEWIS H. CHAMPLIN- ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Pott ChruUan, HUt. atb-nil to bual-mu 1. all the Court, of Hincock, .I"kon and adjoiiiine conn- ill ! attend to examiuatiu of title, and lvl.Mit of taxe.. Rpecial attention given to "wen of claim, in all town, along the Mimi. r semui. ""idence, on Dvl. arenne, .ear Jfexl- D BRAGG PHYSICIAN AND 8 URGE ON, KcMmM: lion Point, Jtiu. Scruutun, A. BLUMER, Moss Point, Miss. PKOPMKTOR OK Nothing but flags yet we hold our breath, And gaze with awe at those types of death ! Nothing but flags, yet the thought will come, The heart must pray though the lips be dumb ! They are sacred, pnre, aud we see no stain Ou those dear loved flags at home again ; Baptized in blond, our purest, best, Tattered and torn they're now at rest. SMANT1IY. Will practice at Moss Point, shore and vicinity. the Sea- tf GRIST JI1L,LH, AXI DKALKlt IX Schmidt & mm, ESTABLISHED IX 1845. Wholesale km, General! liMernhandise IMPORTERS OP WIUES AND LIQUORS, juo, Java, .uocha and Cordova O O IE 2E3 3E3 , aku jtt.ut.iV.KS Or SUGAB, MOLASSES AND RICE. OUR STOCK OF Canned Goods and Faucy Groceries being the jnost complete in the South, wo are prepared to sell at Low FlUL'RES. is a Saniule (Mer. and Jute for Yourself. JVew Orleans, liji. Jauuary 27, lrira. -18-ly r i, lssii, lOly C. VAUGHAN- BENrAL SURGEON, OcM Spring; iTit. "HI Und t all caila and nractice . W Hll tb. Golf Coast, auary 6, 1 45-ly j SEAL"" ' " 4TT0KKEY & COUXSELLOR-AT-LAW, HmirnXtg,lfiu. om2 " tonrU .f the MreaUi Judl H WOOD- " llT0EX1; COUNSELLOR AT LAW SrJJ" ,"rt "f Jaekm, Hairtaon. 14 ly O. W. Euaa. pR0 ELLIS 'FT-UW AND EOLICI. TORS IN CHANCERY, I ifeCouHon.. ITeTrT Orleans Tielcss TELEGRAPH INSULATOR, Invented by Judge BEN DEBLIEUX, of Bay St. Louis, Miss. 1,000 Share, of th Ezpenss rand for Salt at to. 09 Each, A model of simplicity a savinir ft 50 p1i cent, of expeuscs to Telegraph and other Electric Companies, by civioff nei"- fect Insulation, will do away with the in sulation now used, and it is destined to PT large profits to those who will invest iu it. Capital Stock, $30,000. December 16, liw!7. 42-tt James Hogg & Co., Direct Importers and Dealer in Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, . Lines Cwils tf Irtrj Dficn'plici t 5pffii!ty, 35 Dauphin 8 tree t 4IOBBLE, ALA., Between Royal and Water Ktreera, Sole Agents in Mobile for the Celebrated PEARL SIIIICT. ryOrders from the conn try will receive careful and prompt attention. Marcn 10, is, s-fim T.J.McGEE, a. KMoanaiji. BLOOM FIELD- 'ttEYg 4, COUVSELOR5 at TX ef Jk- eonBtr.. ' uu,"rf tivBUiJa at this Office. urn IXl Usually kept iu a first-class store. Furniture and Housekeeping Goods cf all Kinds a Specialty. STOVES are sold lower than New Or leans or Mobilu prices, as 1 buy them for ' spot cash direct from the maiinfsicturers. SI fcAJl UKIbTMlLL Fresh Meal.Orits. Iloniiny, Chops, Cracked Corn audT'eed ot all kinds sold at lowest market prices. anil aeiivereu tree ot cliarge witlini city limits, Biiyinir feed in lame nnnutities cn;ilili'8 me to get the benefit of wbolneole prices, and can therefore sell as cheap as .ne cnenpent. CUSTOM 8I10E DEPARTMENT where a person can eet the beat Shoes for the least niouey. No piper soles, paste-board counters or wooden nereis are used myShoe factory none bnt eennine oak tanned leather, and I defy competition us bu fuu:uH uuil qilllll.y. Aisir, mi e always on hand first-class hand-made Shingles for sale at reason a bis prices. 1 liaukin customers tor past natronatre fUTii" a cum iniiaiive ot same. Respectfully, A. BLUMER. Oooih Delivered Free of Charge, October?. Ie7. 31-ly L. & N.. Louisville & THB Nashville GREAT It. R. (W. H. Graham's old stand-; , IMoss Xoint, iMiss- Every dcrfptiori of Blacksmithinif, Wag- and Cittup m.kies and repairing xecBte. in a protnpt, teat and tasty manner. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. GIVE MK A TElATj. Jan. 27, g.IT i T. n,T. tr W W 444, Between tho Cities of ClSCIXXATf. LEXIXGTOX, LOVISVILLX, EFAXSVILLE, st. tons Aud the Cities of NASBriT.LE, MEMPHIS, MOXTC.OMERY, MOBlLh td XE (f Or.LEJXS wnnan cbasgi m wrra steed reeled. Shortest & Quickest Rute Froa Kew Orleans Mobile ud Ifoatgomery. to NORTH, EAST & WEST. T'lillm'iTI r!arfl itbont ehanre to a u ii man varTiU(, 1,4,1- cia. Bati, Cbicago, withont bnt on. eaaiure t ail Northern and Eastern Cities TIIROIGII COACHES From Chattanooga aud Nashville to St. Lonia, connecting direct tor Cities In the Northwest. Vniiirrnnfa Boeklnf koine m t. lite ef taia mm4 wiU rxt. Mtal Se AjrenU of this Company for rates, routes, etc., or write - C. . ATMOU4 G. P. k T. A., Louisville, ely. "OB- DONE AT THIS OFFICE, The point which I had reached 111 the loiir sinuous ascent was high as the crests cf the ranee cf hllis beyond the valley to the west ward. Dazzling shafts of light came straight and level across the undulating line of dark preen with which (he distant declivities were covered, and I found myself in the warm glow cf a summer sunset. Three miles away, by the road I had come, but aiiearinjr to lie al most at my feet down in the valley ol Kalt creek, was Georgetown, the only village in Indiana populated uy goia miner, xsorare iney mi ner, in the strict use of tlie term, as their laborconsiotsonly of wash ing the yellow dust from the beds ol aand along the creek, where, ac cording to one of those wonderful Stories which geologists tell, it was dropped by a melting glacier lrom tne tar north. But, however its presence may be accounted for, there is a very light sprinkling of gold dust through the sand along the "crick" just at this point, and a score or more of slow moving men, by close industry and tedious washing and silting, continue to maintain a la borious existence. The reckless extravagance and lucky "linds" which have been associated with the richer mining ot our western States are lacking here, and there is simply and without exception heavy labor with its meazer re turns. Even the unkempt farmer who 'tends his "craps" along tho rocky hillsides oi the surrounding country has a better opportunity to wrest a competency from the soil than has the "gold digger." As I stood half wav up the rag ged brush grown hill, the valley bj low was iii shadow, and the wind ings of the "crick," trom bluff to bluff of its restricted bottoms, ap- peared'plain and white awar to the north, where a jutting promontory cloeed the view. Agriculture has made light inroads on the heavy growth of timber which hides the angles and ravines of the earth's warm bosom. Here and there au irregular "claim' inclosed by a a rude brush fence, showed like au ugly patch on the green mantle. l reckin you don t see many ikelier sec 1 ion 0' kentry than that bar, stranger f ' the speaker had come down the hill unnoticed, as I stood looking at the wild landscape and the beau- iful touches of color which the sun was laving, with layish generosity, upon the highest of the dark, uu- lilted masses opposite me. It surely is a sight worth com ing far to see," was my scarcely candid reply. les, sir, he continued, taking the words for the highest praise ; "when Cajer Tauley an' ma left Carliny we never lowed we'd fiud sich a kentry as this hyarop. That 'us nigh onto twenty-five year ago, an' I reckin I'll die an' be berried in the graveyard down thir at the diggins. That's Cajar's corn patch over yander, an' that smoke risin' up behind lhe?3trees is from his cabiu. I 'low Stnanthy's cittiii Sinanthv way with Ciijer, fer he alluz said he didn't keer whetJier the 'leaves on the trees 'uz green or blue, r-f lie could raise a crap o' corn to suit him j an ei me rocKS wanted to big an have moss on 'em. an' little cricks o' water a tumblin' down over 'em, he 'lowed it made no difference to him so they wuzn't in the way o' werKin' his claim. "But, ez. I 'uz a sayhi', Smanfhy wuzn't like Cajer. She 'uz alluz a tallun' about the hills a bein' so purly an' green iu the spring o' the year, an' she'd nigh a'mosttake fit about a little spring o' clear like water a runnin' over the rocks er tiickliu' out from under the roots o' a tree. Seemed like she 'uz 6ort o' weakly, too. an' not neart. an' rugged likeCiijer's side o' the fa m bly. Many a lime I've seed her go down to the spring below them trees you see over thar war the smoke is, an' set down on arock an' jest set an' look up hyar at this hill without sayin' a word fer some times half an hour, in the evenin' when the sun uz a-shinin on the top, the way it is now, an' ever' thin' down yander in the holler 'uz still an' sort, o' dark like. She set supper. a heap o store by flowers, loo, an' when the johny-jump-ups an' dan dylions begun to come out an' the weather uz a gittin' warm she'd go up in the woods an'gether all 6he could carry. "Ciijer, he used lo 'low some times that Smanthy ort to be a doin' somethin' to help take keer 0' the children, 'stead' o' traipsin around the timber: but she'd only sort 0' smile like, an' say the best o' her hie 'ud be a-Iacknr ef she couldn't see the purty Ihiiifrs that uz so common ever'wheres. "Well, one day, about fifteen years ago, Cajer'd gone down to the diggin's to git a grist 0' corn ground fer to make corn-bread, an' Smanthy got the cabin redied up an' went up the hill behind the truck patch an' into tho woods, lo look, ler flowers an' to see what the children 'uz a-doin'. When she got up thar about iorty rod, she could smell somethin' a-burnin', an' purty usoon she heerd the chil dren a-screamiii' like bein' killed. She run up the hill through the bushes 'an turned around the pint of a sort o' offshoot o' the bluff, an' then she seed what uz the matter. They had made a Are in the leaves that laid on the ground thick over winter, an' it had spread out and got clean around 'em, an' when Smanthy see 'em, it 'uz a-burnin' tur'ble tierce an' get tin closter to 'em ever' niinif, She never stop ped her runnin', but jes' went tear in' right through them blazes ten foot high, an' grabbe.l the two youngest, an' held 'em clost ngin her breast an' bent her head down over 'em like, an' run out to a sale place, then, without sloppin' to take a breath, she run back agin ler the lire 'uz a dronn' up into mighty small ring by that time an' grabbin' the other one o' (he children up, she hugged it clost, an' sort o' wrap tied her dress around its head, an' then runout with it, "When they started down to the cabin, t man I liV made the children lead her, she 'uz burnt that bad, an' seemed like she couldn t see very well, fer she kep a stumblin' an'asKin' the olues'gal which way 10 go. "Along in the evenm'. Cajer. he come home, an' went in the cabin hungry as a noun', but supper wuzn't ready, not even a fire bum- in' hardly, an' every day when the sun 'uz a-shiiiin' e'he'd hev one o' esmnniy yes, the children lead her down, to the t recuin you rock, by the sunns, an' then she'd parts, much turn her face ud to'rds this hill hire heered about she 'uz a-trvin' to see the vpllnr ngiii. 111 1 ne irees an' rocKs ut hvar, "I reckin her a-grievm' an' a sor rowin' Uint way 6ort o' changed her. ler she got to be like a child agin. The children 'uz a grow in' up, an' they set a heap 0' store bv ther mammy, recol let-tin' how her sunenn' all came Irom her savin' them ; an' Cajer, too, seemed ' like he 'uz a-tryin to make up ler bein' contrairv sometimes afore she'uz hurt. 1 es, thev take miL'hl v rrood keer o' Sinanihy now. an' she seems kind o' happy an' jos like a nine gai. "that's why I said a while airri that 1 lowed Smanthy uz a-gellin supper. She thinks nolhiu ud be done if it warn't fer her, an' the rest 'of em, they don't gay nothin to conlrairy her. She scrapes the talers, and strings the beans', and ever Hun o' (hat kind, and then nl ter she gits done one' the children takes em and goes away whar she can't hear, an' fixes them all over in, ier not bein able to see. she can't do it right. When they git done eaiin'. nothin' '11 do but she must have a rag an'dry the dishes, and then one o the gals wipes em ain. It makes a feller feel kind o' enrus in the throat to see Cajtr huntin around in the woods fer flowers fer Smanthy to hold in her nand ana smell of, cause he don't keer nothin fersech things, and ud heap ruther a-workin in the clann. Yes, the famblv is mighty good to Smanthy; but I low, ef she hadn't a-ben good to them, it's them, an' not her, as ud be a-set-tin around to be waited on ef they uz a livin at all. "You must be a-goin, must you ? Yes, it is a-gettin' quite late, an' ef yon re aimin' to git to Washville lo night, you won't have much time to spare, Good evein. Thar's my cabin you'll go by up thar 011 the right hand of the road. "Oh, say, stranger, look down thar, jes a leetle lo the left o' that bunch o' timber. Do you see some thin' while and small comes out thar ever evenin when it's getlin to'rds the sun a-shininon the top 0' mis lllll." Microscopical Wonders, ; look at a fly'g we Senator's Ages. in' in the stove. He 'uz powerlul vexed, an' axed whar Smanthy wuz. 1 he children said she 'us a a 6itun' down to the spring. Ue up an' weut ateariu' down thar, purty mad, an' thar Bhe set on ihe rock a cryln' soft, an' trvin' to look up hyar et the sun a shinin' on the top o this hill.- She heerd him a comin'. an' sez she. kind o' quiet like, afore he could open his inouui : 'uajer,' sea she, 'I'm that burnt that I'm blind, and can't see the sunshine n'r the flowers n'r the children no more.' An' then she bust out cryiu' like she'd die. Uajer weut back to the diesan a au' got the doctor, au' he 'tended on her fer nigh onto Eix mouths. Iter face 'uz alius kind 0' smooth like an' while, an' her eyes 'uz blue an' big au' looked plumb through a feller, afore that; her hair 'us sort o' criukly, too, like the shaller warter in the crick whar it runs swift; but when she got well, they 'uz big scars all over her face, an' her hair 'ui ez stiff au' straight ez wire, an' Ihe wrist thing 'uz thai she 'us that blind that she could n't tell whether it 'uz day er night. "Alter that it seemed like Bhe 'uz 6ort 0' stupid, an' nothin' Cajer n'r any o' the neighbors could do ud make her chirk op. She jes' sot there quief, an' never said noth- AV'ado Hampton, of South Caro Una, is G!). Turpie, of Indiana, is 57. Alli son, of Iowa, is 50. Morrill, of Vermont, is 77. He is the oldest Senator. Pugh, of Alabama, is 67. Jones, of Arkansas, i 48. Hale, of Maine, is 51. Gorman. oi Maryland, is 4a. Cockre,of Missouri, is 53. Vest, of Missouri, is 57. Reagan, of Texas, is 69. Edmunds, of Vermont, is 60. Ingalls, of Kansas, is 54. Beck, of Kentucky, is 66. Vance, ot North Caiolma, is 57, fehermau, ol Ohio, is 61. Cullom, of Illinois, is 58. Voor hees, of Indiana, is 50. Colquitt, of Georgia, is 63. iSauls- bury, ot Uelaware, is 70. Spnoner, ( f Wisconsin, is 45 Paddock, ot Nebraska., is 57. Blackburn, of Kentucky, is 49. Uibson, ot Louisiana is 55. Evarls, of New York, is 70. Ilis- cock, of New York, is 53. Davis, of Minnosata, is 49. Wal thall, of Mississippi, isSft. Jones, ot Nevada, is 58. Blair. of New Hampshire, is 53. Hoar, oi Massachusetts, is 61. Slockbridge. of Michigan, is 61. Uuay, of rennnsvlvania. is 54. Aldrich. of Rhode Island, is 46. Ilailey, of Connecticut, is 61. Wilkinson Call, of Florida, is 54. Mitchell, of Oregon, is 52. Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is 54. luddlebercer. nf Virginia, is 43. Kenna, ol West Virginia, is 39. Lelandford. of California, is 64 Bowen, of Colorado, i 52. Chandler, oi New Hampshire, is 52. McPherson, ot New Jersev, is 54. 'I wish that the fashions wouldn't change so often," remarked Stnylhe as he stabbed the boarding-house Duner. WhyT "Because it keeps the popularity of shades in hair iu constant fluct uation, and a feller can't tell one day whether next day's butter will bs a white horse blonde or a Zambesi brunette." Merchant Traveler. "Suppose tongue f "All right r' slid 1. "Flies bava been investigating me for along time, and nothing will give me more pleasure than to see a fly's tongue transfixed, and to investi gate it calmly under a microscope. Accordingly, Mr. Hopkins placed the subject in position, and turning ihe table, I brought mv eve to bear upon the ohject. The fly's tongue is certainly a complicated piece of, mechanism. No description would do it justice; it must be seen to be appreciated. The next subject was a section of horsefly, showing f ho complete mi ui iriois with wnicn ne pursues his investigations into Ihe flesh of horses. There was a fine saw, with teeth plainly visible, a piercer for irritating the wound, which caused the blood to flow, and all arranged for use. Then we looked at the saw-fly, which frequents rose nnd gooseberry bushes, and saws places iu the Iwigs and deposits its eggs. The stinging apparatus of the honey bee next claimed our atten lion. Having had some experience with the bee's business department I congratulated myself that the mystery of its operation was about to be unveiled. The sight confirm ed me in my purpose previously lormed for giving bee-hives a wide berth in the future. A bee's sting er looks formidable under the mi croscope. Teeth project from the side like a sword fish, and attached to it is the poison bag which con tains the article which, when in serted into a man's hand by an en terprising bee, makes him wish that he had nnver been born. "You will see," said Mr. Hop kins, "that by increasing the power" of the microscope the formation ot parts of Ihe various objects exam; ined is clearly shown, and ihe more closely they are examined the morecomp.'ete fhey appear. There are no botched jobs in nature." "Do your investigations," I ask ed, "lead to the conclusion that all these complete and beautiful things were evolved from an incomplete germ ?" Mr. Hopkins replied very em phatically "No sir; they do not. I take no stock in the modern con clusion on that point." The hornet was next, investiga ted. It has been said that he dif fers from the flea In this respect (hat when you put your finger on him you know ho is there. Much as we dislike to meet the hornet and ba interviewed by him, espe cially when seated in (he grass eating loaf cake at a picnic, he ap pears remarkably well under a mi croscope. Mr. Hopkins called my attention lo this interesting fact. On Ihe edge of Ihe hornet's wings are a series of hooks, which, at cer tain times, are used to hook the wing3 together, but no one has yet succeeded in hookine or un hooking the wings of the captured insect. The hooks were plainly seen through the instrument. A bee's foot and a fringed paddle of the water beetle closed our investi gations among the insect tribe. A section ol the leaf of (he cutcher planl was next shown. It was cov ered with little stars perfectly formed. These stars are composed of silex, and if Ihe leaf is burned the stan are not consumed. Diatoms are a subject for special study. They are vegetable plants comprising innumerable varieties, which can only be seen and classi- ' fied by Ihe aid of the microscope. -Diatoms have been seen upon which 124,000 tnverse lines have been shown by the aid of Ihe most powerful microscopes. Polarized light in another department of mi croscopical study. The polarizef is attached to ihe microscope, and by its means Ihe most beautiful forms and colors are seen. There are an infinite number of availa ble subjects in this realm. Chem ical crystals, minerel sections, nickel prisms and objects from vegetable life all 6how a vast va riety ol colors and forms. They were at the front gate, in the moonlight, and he had asked her to be his wife, With out stretched arms and a throbbing heart he awaitvi her answer. "George," she said, in a nervons whisper,,wyou most give me time vou must give me time." wHow iong!" he hoarsely asked a day, a month, a year?" o no, George," and she qvickly scanned the sky, only until the moon gets behind- clound." At a teachers' examination in Jones county, Iowa, in answer to the question, "What Is hygiene T a voong a lady applicant ior a cer tificate to teach school answered : "It is' Ihe spot on the lop of a baby's head mhich gradually be comes harder as Ihe baby grows older." The board of directors re jected her application, evidently A Swiss watch manufacturer has believing that the "hygiene" on jusl ir) ventej , Wltch for the blind. n?t 2 fstS K quafyd .' h " her for I he stern duties of a teach-, located by twelve projecting pegs, cr. Xorrittom IItrah' one 0f which siuks every honr. ' There are 2,000 Chinamen in Chicago, of whom only two are women. About 100 of them are merchanst, who bave made for tune, of $100,000 to $200,000.