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i "I- LJULJUJ o VOL. I. JOHNSON CITY, TENN., SATURDAY," AUGUST 23, 1881. . NO. 24. FiFJlfJ? T7 r '; Is Carloftllj of llm Iontioa Oiltve. Ono of the most curious relics now in the Pension office is tho file relating to the pensiou granted to Blaine's grwit grandmother, tho wife of Colonel Kphrnlm Blaine, of revolutionary fame. It U kept in cheap blue paper wnip Jer, and it gives Mrs. Hafah E. Bluine a pension of $000 a year from the 4th - of March, 1848. It will be netf to many that Abra ham Lincoln, Frank Pierce, Genoral Grant, William T. Sherman ami Jeff t)avia hare received anything from the government in the way of pensions, but Uioir papers are all filed awny in the dhriaion allotted to tho Mexican war. They arc done up in brown pa per covers and filed away with about a hundred thousand others lining the walls of an Immense office hall. They are curious pnpers too, and in viow of tire history of the times since their ap plication they read with interest now. Grant's pension is a land warrant of s, ICO acros given to him in 1851 for his services as second lieutenant and regi mental quartermaster in tho Mexican war. His letter making tho applica tion is characteristic of tho man. It is dated at Detroit, Mich., November 6, 1850, is abominably written in Grant's own hand, and put in the fewest words possible, being signed U. S. Grant, first lieutenant and K. Q. M. Fourth infantry. ', ' ' Captain Win. T. Sherman's claim comes from St. Louis, dated about the same time. It asks for two quarter sections of land, ono for his Florida services, and the other for his record in Mexico.'lThe claim is presented by Tom Ewing, jr., his brotherin-law. Abe Lincoln's claim was presented in 1855 for his services in the Black Hawk war, where it cites that he en tered for an indefinite period and served for forty days. It is in Lincoln's handwriting, and was granted in 1855. At this Bame time Robert E. Lee, then employed at tho United States Military aoademy, at Went Point, sent pnpers here for which he received 100 acres of land for his Bcrvrees ascoloncl in the Mexican war. Here, are, too, the papers of General Scott, asking for bounty land for his services in the war of 1812. They are signed by Scott and were granted to him while he was gen eral of tho army hero. Shortly after this i-omo the papers by which Jeff Davis and Frank Pierce were allowed their land claims for services in the Mexican war. L. Waldo was the com missioner of pcnMons nt this time, while JffT Davis was secretary of Stato, and Praak Pierco president. Pierce's application is made nut in Waldo's handwriting, as is also that of Jeff Davis, and. they both abound in (ulsom praise of these two officers. Both are indorsed by Waldy as special Cass, and a note inclosed with each that they may be left with him to be sent to the pensioners and not to be mailed in the ordinary way. Thore are now on the pension rolls Mghty-two widows of revolutionary soldiers, and forty-eight of these come from the Southern States. Nine from Tennessee, eight from Georgia, elevon from Virginia, four from West Vir . ginia, and twelve from North Carolina. There is only ono revolutionary wid ow f ronl Mississippi, one in Massachu setts, three in South Carolina, four in Ohio and New York, Ave in Maine and New Hampshire, seven in Vermont and eight in Pennsylvania. Among the pensioners are the wives of three presidents. Mrs. Polk, who is living in Tennessee, Mrs. John Tyler, who is living at .Richmond, V., and Mrs. James A. Garfield. Each of these receive $5,000 a year according to a special act of congress. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln got from 1870 to 1882 a pension of $3,000. In 1882 it was increased to $5800, which it con tinned until her death. The daughter of anothor president, Zachary Taylor, also receives a pension at this time. It amounts to $50 a month, and is given for the , services of General Taylor in the Mexican war. Clcvt land Leader. Thero is a slxtoon-year-old boy said to be living at Greenville, Virginia, who is so thin that when stood be tween the examiner and the tho pro cess of dijeation can be seen going on in his body. It may require a good deal of faith to dijest tho story, but if it is true lie would serve the cause of science mightily by determining once for all the question whether food ought to be well chewed or bolted This is a question next in intercut to the important one of where to get the food. It is a question upon wnieh nations and communities are divided In England tho dilibcrato ehewers aro in the majority, while in America the Isilters are credit.! with a larger . voto. Exchange. An obituary notice winds up : "He was a good man and was horn in Ar kansas and has no doubt gone to better land." That does not imply very distinctly to which place he went. A fellow need not go to Heaven to find a better land than Arkansas. tTb l'jirlor liiHgliter. A great deal of fault is found with the parlor daughter. It is said of hci that sho sits at the piano and sings, "What is Home Without a Mother?" while her mother in question . is toil ing over the fire in the basement. No doubt this is true, for tho parlor daughter nearly always has a kitchen mother, a good plain, sensible woman who says,"Young people will be young people," and takes every burden from her pretfy daughters shapely shoul ders to put tbem on her own, already bowed down with care. So you'.see it is often the mothers own fault that there is a parlor girl. Sho loves this daughter and wants her to enjoy life while she is young ; so she does the work of" a servant herself, and is happy in so doing. She loves ,to hear Lottie play on the piano. It seems to her that she could work all day to .the accompaniment of "Silver Threads Among the Gold," or "Sweet Violets." , She has. been all, her life trying to learn one tune and has nev er accomplished it yet. And Lottie is pretty and has white hands with ta per fingers, and goes to a manicure. The parlor daughter had no trouble to educate her mother up to thoso ad vanced ideas. She was a willing pu piL She remembers what a hard time she had when sho was young, and goes to the other extreme with Lottie, who does nothing but amuse herself, and must have help to do that.. She is stylish, and it pays to dress her well. She has "a knackior fancy work, painting and other accomplishments that to her mother indicates genius. She writes a. Jovely hand, and has plenty of correspondent. Sho takes books from the lihrarv. and beloncrs to the literary club. Her young friends do no work. The only reason why she 'should work is to show that she possesses a spark of gratitude ; that sho has too much respect for her mother who has done so much for her to let her wear out her declining strength in the routine of housework, while she plays the role of porlor ornament ; that she knowsin her secret soul, that the la bor ennobles instead of degrades, that ho key of the kitchen is a higher nedal of honor than a diploma of idleness. Mother love is something wonderful. It is moro blest in giving than in receiving. But already the mother's sti'ps nre tending down that hill which sho never again can climb; her hair is turningjgray ; her eyes are Meary ; she wants no unwilling drudge to help hor, but service of love. Think you, the creak, creak of that daugh ters chair, as she rocks too and fro in the parlor above, is tho true rythm for her to work by or the tin king of the piano keys, touched by her satin smooth fingers, a tremoln of love? Is it a good or lowing heart that will read tho thrilling romances of Mrs. Sonthworth or May Fleming with bat- cd breath and falling tears, while a pale, tired mother is washing dishus in the kitchen T It may bo the moth er's fault tho' fault of a too gener ous, too unselfish love; but if the daughter has a good heart will she take advantage of such mistaken kind ness? Will she not rather provo her self "A creature not too bright or good For human nature's dally fobd," and refuse at once and forever so ano malous a position as that of Parlor Daughter in a home that must bo sus tained by a Kitchen Mother? No young man with brains will ever ex pect to find a good wif in a young woman who is not at first a good daughtor. Detroit Free Press. Conlidcnce It e anting;. This week,'' says thej Boston Globe has been ono of the most encouraging that has been experienced for many months, Money has become easier ', the stock market has been moro act ive, with higher prices ; the bank state ment Saturday was again favorable : business men are talking more hope fully and courageously, and the whole outlook is blooming and healthy in every direction. Advices from abroad to bankers in New York show that crops in India, England, France and Germany aro be low the average, while there is no question about abundent crops in this country. Tho winter wheat here has been already harvested, being nearly three-fourths of our entire yield. The spring wheat will all be harvested within fifteen days. The advices from all sections of tho corn belt are mag nificent. l no situation in vv an street is somewhat peculier. Heretofore the banks in Boston, Philadelphia and other" money lending centres , have bought largely of New York commer cial paper, but the recent failures have discouraged investment in this direction, because it has usually 'tran spired that familv connections were preferred creditors leivjng nothing to outsides. Hence Boston and other banks refusing credit to such parties has driven many kiting eoncers to the wall. There may be other failures but the causes are wi ll understood and no longer havo a depressing ef fect. In regard to merchandise, which is, on an average, selling lowor than ev er before, 'it is believed that tho store keepers throughout the country are carrying hardly more than what in ordinary times would be considered one-third of a stock. This is always the case in a dccling market. A revi val in the stock market is usually, in f fact alwaya has been, the forerunner of an improvement in merchandise. Hence it is reasonable to look for an active and profitable business after the heated term is over. It can be truthfully said that thero is a gradual restoration of confidence going on in the business world. Sun ny South. Why did Logan Invade New York? What has the State of New York done that John A. Logan should at tempt the difficult feat of making a triumphal march through it from one end to the other? Ts it only there that this rare old champion of grammar can find congenial companionship? The State has had a good system of common schools, excellent academies and respectable colleges for a long time, and its people are considered to havo" at least average intelligence. They have, it is trii'e, some gushers of their own, and it is not impossible to assault on the English language in side its borders occasionally. But no body dares intimate that the people are so dissatisfied with local talent in these particulars as to demand the im portation of John A. Logan. ' It may be that Logan has undertak en the contract for demolishing the parts of speech in New York simply becauso its people aje shrewd and in telligent and not wholly up ' to the mark of language-smashers. But this ought not to be permitted. The Rcpubliean platform condemned the iniportotion of contract labor, which would exclude the Illinois statesman. It maybe years bcforCthe reason of this invasion is forthcoming and it may never come, as it is certainly in capable of tho surface of any rational explanation. 7Yir. Tho Arctic Wnrvlyor. If it is true, as has been asserted, that tlio officers of the Greely releif ex pedition know or believe that the starving explorers were driven to sub sist upon the flesh of their dead- com rades and that they arc endevoring to conceal the facts, then these officers ire simply doing what every other de cent person ought to help them to do. If any such facia were established in a careful official investigation they would be promptly made public ; but surely tlio dint re.su and suffering that would that would drive men to such a straight aro sufficiently herriblo with out being made a subject of sensation al gossip. . We can see no reasonable excuse for the publication of & day or two ago that has naturally led to so much talk. As far as appears there is noth ing whatever to base it upon but the suspicions and whispers of ignorant sailors. Certainly it is supported by no such irresistable evidence as would make this publication necessary, and to give needless currency to such sto nes nndcr these circumstances is to do a cruel wrong. The matter thus presented becomes the subjeet of of fensive gossip and conjecture that will inevitably leave a bad impression, whether just or unjust. wmie i is inconceivable tnat any one wonld deliberately invent so re volting a story, it is -equally incon ceivable that any one should consider it, even supposing it to have a foun dation, an interesting item of news It, is simply a subject not to be talked about any moro than an accurate nar- ative may demand, and the sensation al prominence that has been given to this story is wholly discreditable. In stead of attacking the officers for their reticence, every gentleman will agree that their refusal te talk on such a theme does them altogether credit. Timet. lliirlcle on Unman Life. Man, born of woman, is of few days and no teeth. Indeed, it would be money in his.pocket sometimes if he had less of either. As for his days, he wasteth one-third of them, and as for his leeth, he has convulsions when he cuts thorn, and as tho last one comes through, lo, the dentist is twist ing the first ono out, and the last end of that man s jaw is worse than the first, being full of porcelain and roof-plato built to hold blackberry seeds. 1 btone bruises line his pathway to manhood ; his fathsr boxes his ears at home, the big boys cuff him in the the rsiy-ground and tho teacher whips him in the schoolroom. He tuyeth Northwestern at 110 when he had sold 6hort at , and his neighbor unload ed upon him Iron Mountain at 632; and it straightway breaketh down to 55j'. He riseth early and sitteth up late that he may-fill his barns and storehouses, and lo! his childreu'slaW' yers divide the spoils among them selves and say, "Ha, ha!" Ho g'rowl eth and is soro distress becauso it raineth, and ho bouteth upon " his breast and sayeth : "My cntp.istostl" because it raineth not. Tho. lato rains blight his wheat and the frost biteth his peaches. It bo so that the sun shineth, even among tho nineties, he sayeth, "Woo is me, for I porish," and if the northwest wind sigheth down in forty-two below he crieth: Would I were dead!" If ho war sackcloth and blue jeans men Bay : He's a tramp," and if ho goeth forth haved ami clad in purple and fine linen all tho people cry : "Shoot the dude!" Hecarryeth insurance for twentv- five years, until he hath paid thrice over all his goods, and then ho let- teth his policy lapse one day, and that same night fire destroyeth . his store. He.builthcth him a houso in Jersey, and his first born is devoured bv mos quitoes ; he pitcheth his tent in New York, and tramps devour his substance. He moveth to Kansay, and a cyolonc carryeth his houso over into Missouri, while a prairie fire and ten million acres af grasshoppers fight for his crop. He settled himself in Kentucky, and the next day is shot by a gentle man, a colonel and a statesman, '"bo- cause, stih, ho resembles, sab, a man he did not like, sah." Verily, there is no rest for the solo of of his foot, and i he hnth it to do over again ho would not be born at all, for "the day of death is better than the day of ono's bitrh." llend oflreland in Council. Whether called the National League of America or the American Branch of the Land League, the friends of Ireland now meeting in convention at Boston have but one object in view bettering of the condition of their less fortunate- fellows still struirirlinir iigainst Brittish oppression and many wrongs in the old country. Faneuil Hall is a most appropriate plaoe for such a convention. Such mottoes of the National Lraguc as "Right will triumph over wrong" and "The land of every country belongs to tho people of that country" sound as natural in Faneuil Hall as if Phillips wero alive again and worrying old Boston with lis human eloquence. , In his conversations with repre sentatives of the press Mr. Sexton, since his arrival in this country, has emphasized the fact that the differ ences at home between Mr. Davittand Mr. Parnell arc minor differences. laviug refcronco to the detail of exe cution of plans, and that both are de termined that such differences shall not interfere with the accomplishment of the main object in viow. That ob- ect, firH of all, is to improvo the whole system of England's land legis- ation for Ireland, so that eucbi dis criminations against the tenant classes as even now exist shall no longer be known. It is known that in this scheme Mr. Davitt'i views are more radical than thoso of Mr. Panlell, and the general prevailing sentiment in this country is that the more conserva tive policy of Parnell stands a much better chance of success. Hence it is that, schome toward which tho aid might well bo dovotcd. Thero may be somo prejudice against the using of this country as the financial basis for the furthering of such reform schemes in Ireland ; but in truth it is not natural that Irishmen who have come to America and have been successful beyond what they could havo expected in the old country should hejp, and liberally help, their less fortunate countrymen who have stayed at home. The meat- ingjwill discuss plans for effective and harmonious action combining tho rad ical and conservative schemes as far as possible; money will be raised to further the election of such members of Parliament for Ireland as represent in some shape the .Nationalist idea. and if the gentlemen at the head of the convention manage it wisely there is no reason why it should not luivo a decided moral effect on the future of all British legislation for Irish affairs. A Dark Hint. The Boston Herald gives a dark hint that when the campaign opens up in earnest some facts in reference to tho Republican candidate for the Presidency will be brought out, and so backed by ducumentary evidence and certified records that there can be no doubting their truth. .It is said these facts will create a greater sensation perhaps than was ever known in presidential campaign, and that they will overwhelm Blaine and . utterly confound his supporters. As this hint cames through an independent paper, it is supposed the independent-Republicans are the ones who will fire the mine that will annihilate the plumed knight says an exenange, a gin who is handsome enough to produce love at firrt. sight should bo locked up during the heated season. She is liable to produce a mnstroke. mi:ti:u.s iiy tiih miumoiv. The I'll rf is, Xow li'ndcrfcotnjj a Fierce lliulnrdiuent ly the Ntray Khella of Wpace. Tho earth is now passing through tho stream of August meteors, gener ally seen in the northwestern sky after midnight. A singlo observer under favorable circumstances sees from six to tight meteors an hour. But he sees only one-fifth orono-sixth of those visible above his horizon. The total number therefore viBiblo in an hour at a given-station is about thirty-five. If wo should multiply this by twenty four wo should get over eight hundred as the number visible at a given point of the earth's surface in an entire day, provided that clouds or sunlight did not interfere with tho observation. From a single point on the earth's surface,- however, wo see only a small portion of tho atmospheric envelope, and it is within this atmospheric en velope that the mteor? become visible. The total - number visible over the wholo earth in a day would be upward of 10,000 times the number visible at'a single station, or 10,000 multiplied by 800 equals 8,000,000 as the number of meteors falling cyery day to the earth, which would, in the abscence of the sun, moon and clouds, be visible to the naked eye. Fortunately for us, theso bodies are not very large, and a protective atmos phere interposes between us and their tumultuous assault; Were it other wise everything would be battered down to a common level. For the most part theso bodies aro dissolved in the upper regions of the atmos phere and descend imperceptibly as meteoric dust, a deposit of which has sometimes been found upon the tops of mountains. Tho August meteors are usually of :in orange color, move very rapidly and commonly leave streaks which ust for one or more seconds. These streaks are highly usoful in enabling us to fix the radiand point with pre cision. lioston Herald. LowerParts of an I nknowi iVSsm l'oiiml in Ioe Hirer. On last Thursday, some men who were fishing in Doe River, two miles west of Hampton a station on the Narrow Gauge R. R.,' discovered the lower part of ! a while man lying on some' rocks in the river. Tho lower part of the body from the hips down was all that could be found. The man had evidently been dead some time, as idl tho flesh, except from tho feet, was gone; Ho had on a pair of shoes about no. 12. His shoes protected the llcsh on his feet. There were small holes in his shoes opposito the place on the toes where coriis gener ally grow. Thero is no way to identi fy the body. No man iti the country is missing. Whether . the , man was killed in tho neighborhood and thrown in the river, or whether th body has boon washed from tho eountry above to this place is not known. There are various conjectures in the community as to how the body came there, and a good deal of curiosity, and excite ment about this strange and mysteri ous discovery. A Coroner's inquest was held over the remains, and they were interred near Hampton. Thc.ltutlcroltlalne Ieai. It seems to be pretty clearly estab lished that Gen. Butler had a' conffr ence with Secretary Chandler at Ports mouth on the 26th of ,July. Chand ler thon went to Bar Harbor and, in company with Eugeno Hale, George M. Robeson and a confidential repre sentative of Steve Elkms, had a con- ultstipn .with Blaine. Then Chand ler, in company with Robeson and Halo, again met Butler at Portsmou th. This was on the 4th ' of August, and two days later appeared Butler's brief letter announcing his determination to stand by the nominations of the Greenl ackers and , Anti-Monopolist. There can be no doubt that the old in triguer had a full understanding with the Blaine leaders, and through them with Blaino himself. What it involves crtn Only be known to thoso who are parties to it, but it is pretty clear as a matter of interference that the pur pose of Butler's canvass henceforth will be to promote so far as possible the election of Blaine. Should it suc ceed, of course Butler would bo in the combination of jobbers, star-route thioves, corporation speculators and land monoiKuizen who would con trol theadministrationat Washington. To this complexion would the Republi can party, with its grand history and its lofty principles, be brought. Butlor would be in iuU fellowship with the leaders, and the leaders under Blaine w ould be such men as Chandler, Robe son, Kellogg, Elkins, Clayton and the rest. ' ' ' A nice pious young man, who tried to steal a kiss from a .Washington belle, got his nose so covered with red paint that his pastor subsequently stopped him in tho street and discours ed to him for ten minutes the evils of btrong drink. ur.'ir'ify.;H I'rru Prt.sn LbftAlmTJlmGhuHlmAlmBhaLliiiE. The man who remains out till twenty-four o'clock can be said to bo hav ing high old time. Exchange. Tho editor nut and he wrote Mid wroto Iiy tlit rmnpl lj,'!it pnlc mid dim, Wullo the umid.ni shiik till slieMralned hur throat Who liynd ui'xt door to him, , Thou the editor rose with a vlditRe grtin, And Mild at hcumote his brtt, Tlio iweotunt thing on earth to him Wan a luulden'a voive at rcNt. tiomarrlllo Journal. A young" girl being asked recently, as she returned from tho circulating library with latest novelties, if sho had ever read Shakcstarc, tossed her pret ty head and answered. "Shakespeare? Of course I hate ; I read it whon it first came out."' Baltimore Day. When I think that thero aro men who are bold enough to look a woman in the facej to address her, to shako her by tho hand, and say to her with out sinking into tho ground with ter ror: "Will you marry mo?" I can not help wondering to hal lengths human audacity will go. Stahl. Stephen Whitlock, aged eighteen years, of Lyons, New' York, "after eat ing a quart of peanuts, two quarts of cherries, jitsand all, and drinking several glasses of ice ater, died in great agony." The cause of his death in unknown, but heart disease is sus pected. Norristvwn Herald. Dci'iutinn, I hud clipped a curl That o'er lnr hrow d'd hsnf: Hhc, snilliriK snid: "You're like o rum, Yon go off with a 'Imiig.' " At which I prcmed her lipH, and cried: "Kor punning you've a knack; But now I'm like a nnhermnn, I go off with a 'Kinnek.' " Wilmington Star. "Can death part those who have gauged the depths of each other's soul?" asks Lilla N. Cushman, the poetess. We don't know, Lilla, but it is a fact that after we have gauged tho depths of some people's souls we are convinced that they ought to be dead. Detroit Free rress. "Oh, mamma, if you will belipve it," laughed a pretty girl on her return from the pic-nic, "the boat jolted as we touchpd the wharf .and .threw me right in the lap of & young gentleman." "Why," was, the horrified rejoinder, 'what did you do?" "I I asked him f he would please excuse my landing a little prematurely." Exchange. Housewife "Why does ypur milk look so blue these days, Mr. Scholk? It never has been quite so bad as now." Milkman (apologetically) "Well, you see, mum, our eow . has. lost i) calf. She nat'rally feels rather blue over it, iind I s'pose it affects tho milk more or less. Can't account for It iu any other way I use the .samo pump I allers have." Judge. 6hc dropped her glove . ' Perhaps In love; Ho stooped and picket it up. .! She fluihed and smiled, -The artleu child, And asked him home to sup. He anwored "No," And turned to go, And blushed beneath her glanoo. And off we went For when he bent,' He'd badly tplit hit pent I -Uto. 'My Daughter Paints" is tho titlo of a new novel, The author, instead of parading his daughter's failing before the reading public, should have rea soned with her at home, and explain ed how the practice of powdering and painting injures the skin and makes a young lady look prematurely old. jSornstown Herald. "What ails you my frind?" "Hie cholora!" "Cholera?" " "Cholera, thaz waa smaltor hie hie wiz. m6. Bad case me bic gimme a dime for medicine?" , , "But where does the hiccups como in if it's cholera?" ' ' "Vt ain't no hie Aisheratio chole ra hie it's Tizbiirg choler. . Hie Pizburg cholera good nufffor mo?" Pittsburg Telegraph. "It must oe so awful nice to havo, a newspaper man for a husband," said young Miss Yearn to her memt Mrs Second Edition, who has just married one of tho most opulent of that notori ously opulent profession. "Why?" ' ' ' . . "Oh, they always bring home a lot of exchanges, and you have no trou- blo about your bustle," and she ad justed hers with an audiblo adjust ment. Exchange. "I Hope you are sorry that you took the pants," said an Austin judge to a colored culprit. "I am, boss, for a fac'." "You would not do it again, would you?" , . "I don't, reckon I'll obergetanudder chance at dem ar pant." .... "I incan that you are sorry you took them?" , ; . , "I is dt. I was sorry as soon as tuck 'em. I 'spec ted tor find, at de least, eight or ten dollars in dem pants but dar was nuffin in 'em 'ceptin', kear ticket and a key. As soon as I run my nan in my noeken I felt re morses, jedge, and I'se bin a remorse ful niggiji ebber since-" Tern Sift Pome men have so much brain that they have lio roonf for knolede. The dude and dudino every whoro can bo seen, laughing and talking, strutting and walking. An exchange says Cleveland has a population of 27,700. That must bo a mistake. Cleveland is a bachelor. Since tho county elections quito a number of candidates have come to tlio conclusion that they election-erred. Notwithstanding all our boasted Christianity, a dog fight will draw a larger crowd on short notice than a pniyer meeting. John A. Logan, Jr., has been put under arrest at West Point for cursing the officers. Johnny there is no rea son for you having tho swell head. Your father is not Vice President by a long measure. . W hat In It that reddem my cheek when you come i , What it it that makes mo feel pale when you got Why Ih ittliittinyourswcetprsmH'el'rrfiliunl) Sweet lady, fu!r lady, oh, why in thin so? Oh, why does my gliiard get up in my "swaller"! And why do I squirm ou the sofa and, grlnT What is it that forces a half suppressed' holler! Oh, lady, sweet lady I've Mit ou a pill. The Republican party claims W have carried on a crusade against Utah ever since the war: ' During that time the population of Utah has in creased over one hundred thousand. crusade means to increase. Utah has certainly been crusaded and tho epublican party has fulfilled its mis sion. "Sam, whar do de white preachers gits de doctrine that dcy must jis put de conurecashun to sleen before dev an converts 'em." "Well I 'spose dcy gits it from de book of Genesis whar de Lord firs' nut old Adam to hIopo and took Eve from him and she ho called de sin of de worl'. A traveler just from the south re ports tho following4: ''OVr 6ne of tho southern railroads there is" a' station called "Sawyer." ' Lately a newly mar ried couple' boarde(f the train, and ere very' loving indeed: The brake- man noticed the gushing groom kiss the bride about two hundred times) but maintained a serenequiet. Final ly the station in question was reached,1 and just after the whistle sounded tho groom gave tho brido a rousing smack on the lips; and the br'akemaif opened the door and shouted, "Sawyer, Saw yer." "What's that?" responded the groom, looking over" his 'uhoulder at tho brakeman. "Sawyer. Sawver." Well, I don't caro if you did; sho'a my wife. Cleveland Sun. This time we let,, Bill Arp spoak abaut tho troubles of nursin' babies, and say amen to the follow big: Well nursing is hard work, I k'onw nursing a fretting child is the hard est work I know of. I've had a hand in that business for thirty years, and I would'nt go through it again for a house full of gold. Many a night I've walked the floor in my long white gar ment with a baby in my arms singing a little monotonous song, while I waa so sleepy I could hardly walk straight. Mrs. Arp had done sliare over and over, and when she had. tried anir'tried W quiet the little thing and worried over it and patted it and nursed it on both sides, and at last in a fit of despera tion, straightened up and said, "IfcroV William, take your, child." ' I 'ohVayal understand her and took her -advice1 promptly ; sho always said-l'your child-'' on such occasions, but wbeicjiorl I' ventured to punish ono of 'erri sho looked indignant and said "ray.-shild." She will let mo own 'em sometimes. I am sorry for these youn folks who havo about two on hand and aro just beginnig to get a fair fast of the con sequences of connubial, bliss." I'aaw one tho other night trying to ''r.iei a little two year old, and after Iqng' and patient efforts, ho exclaimed m mortal agony, "'Oh, please, Ross, do stop cry ing for the Lord's sake." I was sorry for him, I was, but could'nt keep from' laughing to save my life, and I wanted to exclaim, "Stand up to tho rack, my boy, fodder or no fodder, for its your cliiiu. mere are inventions aim in ventions, but nursing children and raising them has to be done the samo old way, and happy are they who go through it with a philosophic smile. It is the great business of life and can't bo dodged, and it has its comforts and rewards rewards that are sweeter and purer and richer than any, for they come to a man when he is old and needs them. Good children, who honor and. love their t parents, aro treasures that gold cann&t buy, and they make sweet and pleasant tho way that leads us td the grave. Thero is po prettier sight in all, nature than an aged couplo who live in harmony and have their children and grand children around them to give theirt comfort. Burns never wrote a tender er verso than : "Now we mniit totter down, John, But hand in hand we ll go. And sleep Ug"thcr at the foot, John Anderson, my Joe." 3