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VOLUME IV.
HILLSBOROUGH, X. M., SEPTEMBER 25, 18S.
NO. 31.
A SEPTEMBER VIOLET.
I'or din tin peaks wore howls of cloud
1 he tli..cs were veiloit In chilly ram;
Vesunl: i i1 I hi Summer's shroud,
Ariil m ilh Urn lirooks wo tncmiicri slimd
Will sunsli no never conic uam?
At Ihpi tlic west wliul lii'ouiiht ii onu
Serene, warm, clomlless, cnsliil Uiiv,
As thnujfli .s'epteuihcr, hiiviiiK hioini "
A Musi of leui'icst, uuir had thrown
A giiunlli l to tin. layered May.
backward to Spring our fioie.es flew.
And, oiuvk s or the course, of Time,
1 hi- liluomy ill!) s liejian anew.
!l hen, as ;t happy ilieiini conies I rue,
Or uh u ioe( louts Ins rhyme
Half wondered nl, hail' iinliclieveil
I round ll.ee. H ien.lliesl ol' the llowersl "'
J hen Summer's jio heiuno hack. Kroen-leaved,
And il doomed ueiicl, awhile rcpricvcil,
Kirst lcilmoil how truly they were our,
Dear violet ! :) the Autumn hrinir
'I lice vernal ilionui. till thou, like mo,
Hiilsi cl:ui i to thy luiuvjiintrf
Or was it Hint Hie tlionulill'ul Spring
1M conic uiruin, in waruh ul thee?
H'thnl Lmltncimt Jnhnumi, in I'enttiry,
remarkable. A tall, good lookinguiau,
dressed in tln uniform of the (i. A. H.,
was l.'d in wilh a bandage over his eve.
His inline was George Werner, and liis
present occupation is that of a farmer
down in Indiana. Werner's life has
been nn adventurous one. He began
in the ltussian navy mid went through
the Crimean war." He then ram to
America anil enlisted in the United
Stales navy in lNoli. He voyaged all
over the world, being attached at one
time to the l'aeitie squadron, and, dur
ing the war. witnessed the light be
tween the Monitor and Merriinac in
Hampton roads. He was discharged
from the navv, enlisted in one of the
A PRINCE'S BREAKFAST.
One of tlie riiMni of l-:liu.Atioii at the
Cuurt. of Prints!.
Until Prince William, the oldest son
of the Crown Prince of Prussia, had
arrived at the age of lifteen, lu had lo
study daily from nine to twelve a. m.,
a pause of a quarter of an hour being
allowed at eleven for breakfast. Tb
Prince got regularly a piece of whits)
bread, with such fruit as was in scasoii.
l'r. D , his tutor, got beefsteak, etc.
for breakfast. The savory smell of
the meat always seemed to raise a feel
ing of longing in the Prince's breast.
l'oniisj lyania regiments and took part i a!"' e-V('8 would often w under from
in several battles. Shortly after the P1' (nv" modest repast to the smoking
NO ROOM FOR MOTHER.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
How Men Act When They Are
Under tho Knife.
Some, Wliu Look lli-uve. Whimper, While
Others, Who Seem Weak, I'rove to
lie Heroes An Old Soldier's
Tardy Wound,
u'one
''i
"If you are desirous of .studying
maimed luiiuaiiily," said the senior
Burgeon the other day to a Tribune re
porter in the operating room of the
Alci:in lirotliers' Hospital, "just be
seated tor a little while and you will
hao a goud opportunity." There
porter accepted the proffered chair,
ami a the), were jviiitiiig for the lirst
patient to be brought in the doctor re
marked; ''Nothing will strike you
more than Hie way in which some pa
tients holiuvc. Men who, to judge from
Iheir looks, you would judge to be the
most capable of bearing pain, are of
the worst, and nil the other hand, men
who look as if they would shrink at
the very sight of the surgeon's knife
arc in it the opposite.
1 he lir.sl two patients brought in
fully corroborated the doctor's re
marks. The lirst one was a big Ger
man saloonkeeper, weighing fully two
hundred and tiny pounds. He had .to
be assisted to the jabre, although the
doctor remarked 'that he could eel
quite well without assistance.
vow, lin n, said (lie surgeon, "tin
j'ou get on the table."'
, (lector, do.Qlor. vast ist yon
going to do to me? You vill not hurt
nie:' ' mid the big, strong man, who
looked so fierce began to whimper.
'.No, no," replied, tho doctor, "you
w on't he hurt. Tut, tut, lie. a uiau.
Don't cry."
The Herman lumbered onto the table,
mid it was found that, a very slight in
cision would he necessary; it would be
over in a second, and would not hurt
more l luiu -1 1 1 ing .one's linger. The
moment the .victim saw the knife he
began to bellow: "U, doctor, give nie
II ther. ), noil), nein!'' As' ho saw
the knife gelling ready, and when the
point touched him. he gave a yell loud
enough In waken the deal).
Tho nest in order was a boy not
more than sixteen ears of age." He
was so weak that he had to be carried
to the table by the lirotliers. He was
Fullering from disease of the hip joint ,
and lubes had to be inserted in order
to drain oil' the pus The operat ion
was a painful one, and no ether was
iidniinistereil, but never n moan cry
or groan escaped I he boy's lips from
tart to linisli, ami only a slight trenm
imis smellier wiieu the incision wan
made.
'There s a brave lad,'' naiil the doc
tor when he had liiiished. and the boy
smiled, seeming to appreciate the com
plimcnt. The next brought in was a funny one.
It. was that of Sam Jones, a colored
run-tahnul. who had been hit ou Uio
head with a brick by a while man in a
"levee" row. Sam had the top of his
Pktill stove In, and the blow would
have killed any ono but a negro. The
brain (ould be seen through an aper
ture about one and a half inches in
diameter. The blow had quite taken
away his power of speech, all lie could
Fay being simply "yes" or "no," and
lie Fat on a chair mid grinned idiotic
ally. The present operation was to
dress I he wound and lit on a plaster of
pari i skull cup. It would have made
ham's fortune us a "nigger" minstrel
man if In1 could have been seen with
his black face grinning tinder the
while cap. , --. . -r
'Ihe next ease was? on extraordinary
one. The Brothers led it) a short,
s!uie y (ionium, who had just been
admitted. The doctor had Hot yet
c:"i"'pe. h!m, w he n-'lrert him. what'
w as the matter. The reply he received
was a shake of the head, and then he
pu.i up his hands and said, "Too! too!"
"Too, too what?'' said the doctor.
"Are yon an esthetic?"
The Gcruinu again shook his head
find made a million with hi hands as if
playing a trumpet, again saying: "Too,
too."
' Now I catch on," said tho doctor.
Il appeared that the man was a musi
cian in an itinerant German band, and
w Idle pla ing the trumpet oh the street
f-uddcnly Inst Mi power of speech. It
v. as a case of aphasia. Imt it was re
markable from the faet Cunt on exam
ination apparent injury could be
di-.-iivered. The man had nlso lost his
pi. nniry. He tried "fo 'write his wifeV
name, hut could neither do that nor
ci. lib! remember his own.
The ue.t patient was also somewhat
war he came to Chicago, where he was
some time, city undertaker. "What's
the matter with you, George?'' queried
mo uoeior.
"tint shot in the eye during a sham
battle in Indiana," was the reply.
And. sure enough, Werner, who had
gone through all sorls of real battles.
bad at last succumbed to a sham one.
lie had been hit in the left eye by a
wail, ami on examination the doctor
decided thai the only means of savin
the other eve was to take the damaged
one out.
"All right, lire away,"' said the old
soldier, taking oil' his coat and stretch
ing himself on tho operating table.
l'Alicr wax administered and the dam
aged eve removed. Might behind the
eye was found a piece of wad about
me si.e ot hall a dollar. How it had
not killed him was a miracle.
The last case to be brought ill was an
instance oi now niucli is none in a
charitable institution, like the Alexian
Hrothers', for poor patients. It was
the case of a youug German who had
iieen run over by a street car and had
bis leg fractured. His lee began to
slough, and he has been an inmate of
the hospital since last December.
I'here is very little hone, if anv. of his
Jog licing saved, and even if it should
lie, he w ill be a cripple for life. The
chances are he will die soon, but he
steadily refuses to have his leg cut oil'.
If this had been done some tinieagodie
would have been coins about now with
an nrtilicial leg, but he won t allow It.
In his case it is sheer cowardice that
prevents him giving his consent, and
unless he does it the doctors are unable
to operate on him. Meanwhile he re
ceives the .best lhe"hospilal affords in
i tie way ot food anil surgical dross
ings, and lie must have cost tin
lirotliers at least live hundred dollars
Mince his admittance. While he was
being dressed he bellowed like a hull
and began the bellowing before ho was
even touched
The doctor was just putting up his
instruments aller tins ease when (lie
clang of Ihe hell of the patrol-wagon
was heard, and two policemen shortly
unci 'wards entered supporting between
them a respectably-dressed Tad about
nineteen years of age. The boy gave
liis name as Joseph Tobias, and said
he had attempted suicide in Lincoln
I 'ark by taking poison, the reason
being that lie had no home, no friends,
no work and no money. He was at
tended to, and there is some chance of
bis recovery.
The reporter and tho doctor hen
walked through the hospital and visited
some of the private rooms where "pay"
patients are treated. In one room was
poor Kelly, Ihe tireuian, who was so
badly hurt by the upsetting of the
chemical engine sonio time ago.
Kelly's injuries are very severe and he
will never be an ellieient iiremau
again. His leg is fractured, but the
worst injury is to his arm, which is
hadlv burned to the wrist, all the nius-
fHo being exposed. He will never be
able to use the arm again. Another
remarkable ease in the hospital is that
of a man who is being treated for in
flammation of the inner membrane of
the heart. He is an anatomical curi
osity in his way, his heart being on his
right side and his liver on the left.
The curious part of the case is that
the man when admitted did not know,
of this peculiarity.
Ihe AlcAian lirotliers' Hospital is
one of tie best conducted and most de-
servingrharitios in the city of Chicago.
Not a single individual in the institu
tion receives a cent of salary, and the
Hrothers lead a life of the greatest
self-doni.il, rising at daybreak, wilder
and summer, and di voting the entire
day to the nursing of the sick. 'J heir
vuws bind them to poverty and obed
ience and all they do is for the good of
others, trusting for their reward in tho
hereafter. They are at present build
ing an addition to the hospital to Cost
about twenty-live thousand dollars.
Cliirit'jn Trili tine.
plate of his tutor. The latter also felt
u certain amount of embarrassment in
thus raising envy, or a similar feeling
to it, in the heart of his pupil. The
stern discipline w hich regulated even
the meal times and recreation did not,
however, allow of the slightest indul
gence. One day the lesson, both in
German and Latin, had been done in
splendid style, and lr. 1 felt tlni
laudable satisfaction of an instructor
when his pupil does honor to his teach
ing. "Casar tie bello oallieo" bad
been rendered with spirit when eleven
o clock struck. A servant entered
with breakfast on a silver trav a
smoking beefsteak for the doctor and a
basket with bread and grapes for his
princely pupil, who, as usual, did not
fail to east stolen glances at his
tutor's plate. "Prince," said Ihe
Doctor, carried away by his
good humor, "I'm a great lover
of grapes; suppose we exchange von
eat inj steak and I your" The iloc
tor had not time to finish his speech
before his pupil had taken the steak,
with the brightest of faces. liolh
teacher and pupil were eniovintr their
exchange when the Crown Prince en
tered the room. Perhaps bolh eaters
blushed, but the father made no remark,
but merely inquired as to how hi i son
had learnt, and was rejoiced to hear
the doctor's good report. At twelve
o clock, as the tutor was about retiring,
a message was brouHit that the Crown
Prince desired to speak with him.
Doctor," said his Highness, "explain
to me how it was that the Prince ate
beefsteak and you a cold breakfast?"
Tho tutor put the matter in the best
light, as n joke which his satisfaction
with his pupil had caused him to make.
i allow the joke for this once, ' said
his Highness, "but 1 wish the Prince
to accustom himself to see these ar
rangements for your comfort without
envy, and also that he should be satis-
lied with the food iriven him, which
allows of an alteration in future years.
What w ill he require at twenty" if he
longs for beefsteak for breakfast now?
liread and fruit are wholesome and
fully sullicient for a boy of his age."
When breakfast was brnuirht next day.
the Prince did not look away from his
plate. "A splendid bunch of grapes!"
said he to himself; "a wholesome and
xcellent meal, which 1 prefer to your
beefsteak, doctor. " Vhrisliitn I'uiun.
Tho I'm hello Story of An Old llewrt Hint
Hull to Unburden Itself.
"Going north, madam?"
"No, ma'am."
"Going south, then?"
"I don't know, ma'am."
"Why, there are only two ways to
,'"
"1 didn't know. I was never on tlm
cars. I'm waiting for the train to fo
to John."
"John? There, is no town called
John. Where is it?"
"Dh! John's my sou. He's out in
Kansas ou a claim."
"I am ;oiiig right to Kansas niysclt.
l on intend to visit?"
"No, ma'am."
She said it with a sigh so heart-burdened
the stranger was touched.
"John sick?"
"No."
The evasive tone, the look of pain
in the furrowed face were noticed bv
the stylish lady as the gray head bowed
upon the to'il-niai ked "hand. She
wanted to hear her story; to help her.
"Kxettse nie -John in trouble?"
"No, iio-i'ui in trouble. Trouble
my obi hear) m-ver thought to see."
"The train does not come for some
time. Here, rest oiir head upon niv
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
iik.
CHUNKS OF
WISDOM.
Shko nl
The Press of Japan.
Interesting statistics are just pub
lished in counection with the Japanese
press, the newsnnpers and perinrlleflls
being arranged in accordance with the
subjects with which they deal. It ap
pears that there are thirty-seven pub
lications devoted to educational mat-
! fcvii. unil these have a total circulation
of 4i,6:i'J per month. There ant. seven
medical papers, with a monthly circu
lation of 13,614; nine relating to sani
tary matters, with a circulation of
8,1'Jii; two onorostry and two on phar
macy. There are 6even journals de
voted to the various brioches of sci
ence, with a circulation of 2,428, and
to these must be added twenty-two
papers engaged in popularizing sci
enoo, with a total circulation of 7U.UG0.
(yht iliti)i f ('.
- tlie system of public distribution
of Livad or grain among tlie people
was not abandoned till tlie seventh
century after Christ.
A Short Sermon by t lit VenrrHlile
Hie Limekiln Cluli.
Gill a man credit if you want to start
him on de road lode poo' house.
As it am de roughness ot the grind-
stun which sharpens de axe, so it tun de
trubbles of life which aige up de human
mind.
Gray hn'rs am entitled to respeck
only when de owners of gray heads re
speck deirselves.
It (loan t do nnr good to light a can-
lie, arter von have 'bin eatin' wormy
apples in de dark.
J)e pussen w lio liniges ot de speed of
a mule by his hrav mustn't, complain if
cbcrybody passes him on tie road.
De pusson w ho ant neliber tempted
desarves no partickler credit fur obey
in' de law.
De less advice you gin widoiit pay do
mo credit you will receive fur bein
chuck full o' wisdom.
Men who expeck to be treated jist
as vmi treat dein will neither slander
nor abuse you.
lielwecn read in' a man's character by
his bumps or goiu' on a picnic wid him,
take tie picnic.
What we calkeilate on doin' fur to
morrer won't pay de grocer fur 'Inters
nor de butcher fur soup-bone.
De man who aims to elevate his fel-low-men
can't be too kccrful to pre
vent, de nayburs from oborhoarin' his
fam'ly riots.
Doau' be too hard on human nalur'.
De man who kin sot dow n an' tell vim
exactly what dis keulry needs to make
her great an' glorious may have no
ideal) whar' his nex' bar' of Hour am
comin' from.
A religion which can't stand befo' do
sight of a circus purcesshun or de soun'
rT a inline nni ii'T won I'lggtu arotiir
de kentrj'.
People w ho expect a man to kick his
own dog in case of a light have got a
big surprise laid uji fur em.
When you Hatter ycrsclf dal de ma
jority of people (loan' know de diller
enoe between de roar of a lion an' do
bray of an a-s you have struck a banana-peel
which will bring ycr down
kertiop.
Lots of men who would establish an
orfun asylum if dey bad de money will
beat a wood-sawyer down thirty per
cent, below de goiu" price. Detroit
t'r e Press.
"You tire kind. If my own were so
I shouldn't be ill Irouble. to-night."
"What is your trouble? May be I
can help you."
"It's hard to tell it to stf angers, but
my old heart is too full to keep it back.
When 1 was left a widow wilh the
three children I thought it was more
than I could bear; bill it wasn't bad as
this"
The stranger waited till she recov
ered her voice to go on.
"I had only the cottage and my will
ing hands. 1 toiled early and late all
the years till John could help nie.
Then w e kept the girls at school, John
and nie. They were married not long
ago. Married rich as the world goes.
John sold (he collage, sent me to the
eily lo live with them and he went
West to begin for himself, lie said we
had provided for the girls and Ihey
would provide for me now "
Her voice choked with emotion. The
stranger wailed in silence.
"1 went to them in the city. I went
to jnary s first. Mie lived in a great
house, with servants to wait on her; a
house ninny limes larger than the little
collage but I soon found there wasn't
room enough for me--"
The tears stood in the lines oil her
cheeks. The ticket, agent came out
softly, stirred the lire and went back.
After a pause she continued:
i weni to aiartna s-went w ith a
pain in my heart I never felt before. I
was willing lo do any t li i n r so as not
to bo a burden. Hut" that wasn't it.- 1
found they were ashamed of my bent
old body and withered face ashamed
of my rough, wrinkled hands made so
toiling for them--"
Tho tears came thick ami fast now.
The stranger's hand rested caressingly
on the gray head.
"At lasl they told me I must live at
a boarding house and they'd keep me
there. I couldn't sav any thing back.
My heart was loo full of pain. I w rote
to John what they were going to do.
He wrote back, a' long, kind letter for
me lo conic right to him. I always hud
a home while he had a roof, he said.
To come right I here and stay as long
as 1 lived. That, his mother should
never go out to strangers. So I'm go
ing to John. He's got only his rough
hands anil his great warm heart but
there's room for his old mother God
bless him."
The stranger bl ushed a tear from her
fair cheek and awailed the conclusion.
"Some day wheu I am gone where
I'll never trouble them again Marram!
Martha will think of it all. Some dav
when the h amis that toiled for them
are folded and still; when the eyes
that watched over them through many
a weary night are closed forever; when
the little old body, bent with the bur
dens it bom for them, is put away
where it never can shame tliPm ."
The agent drew his hand quickly
before his ryes, and went out, as if lo
look for the train. The stranger's
jeweled fingers stroked the gray locks,
while (he lours of sorrow and the tears
of sympathy fell together. The weary
heart was unburdened. Soothed by a
touch of sympathy tho troubled soul
yielded to the longings of rest, and she
fell fast asleep. l'iiltti iititt Tintcx.
A marriage recently occurred iu a
fishing smack oil' Sau r'rancisoo.
-A l'lencliman of much ingenuity
has imenled a lock which admits
of ;!,(il7,.'l.s.') combinations.
Colored men propose to raise
f l.UOO.OtH) to erect monuments in
Washington to the benefactors of their
race.
it seems a hard thing that so mauv
dudes should be walking about with
nothing to do when the hand organ
man has to pay forty dollars font monkey.-
Iltiltiiiwris I h-raid.
The people of Guadalupe, Mex.,
ore evidently engaging in agriculture
on an extensive scale, judging from
Ihe recent, arrival of three hundred
American plows al that place.
Dr. Hichardson, of Loudon, re
mnrkslhat if tin1 mortality of the youti"
among Ihe lower animals be compared
wilh that of the children, it will be
seen that there is no animal which
loses so large a proportion of its oil
spring as w omen do.
I'arnier I'mlerwooil, of Hodman,
N. Y., look a line calf lo Wnterlown in
his wagon to sell to the butchers. Just
as he reached the railroad a locomotive
came along ami whistled shrilly. Tim
calf gave a start, tumbled and dropped
dead in the wagon, apparently dying of
frig hi.
-liulfalo papers are enthusiastic
over Ihe game of base hall. The home
club was recently beaten by one from
Iiochehter, and the next day Ihe start
ling head-lines in a morning journal
announced: "lioasted bv ltochesler
i he liiill'alos Again Succumb to the
Arch-Kncniy." Troij Titm.
A Georgia newspaper man visited
a terrapin pen the other day where
were contiiied three hundred of these
costly little turtles. hen their keeper
iliped on their pen Ihey crowded
about like n drove of hogs, and showed
like eagerness to tackle the feed, w hich
was shrimps, crabs and small lish.
Does Hie sunlight falling upon an
ordinary wood lire have any client upon
its burning? It is a popular notion
that the lire burns more feebly when
the sun shines full upon it. It is now
alleged by scientific men that there
may be some such inlliieiice produced
by the action of the sun thirnuo
limrs.
Alfred Krupp owns probably the
largest business in the world dependent
on one individual. Ihe works within
tho town of Ksseii, Germany, occupy
more than live hundred acre's, half of
which are under cover. According to
a census taken in September, 1HX1, the
number of hands employed bv Mr.
Krupp was l!),(i(lo, and the members of
Iheir families Vi. 77ii -making 06,;)Hl
persons supported by his works.
Six-year-old Daisy Gatchcll was
fishing from a pier in Cayuga lake, N.
Y., one day recently. She had her
hook baited and was about to throw il
into the water when a duck waddled
up, swallowed the hook, entered the
water, and swam away wilh Ihe hook,
line and pole. Tlie bird was a pet and
w as used ns a decoy by the sportsmen,
and when it heard its master's call il.
swam to Ihe shore. The hook was cut
oil' wilh a file and removed wit hunt se
rious injury to the duck.
--Tlie population of Pennsylvania,
by Ihe hist census, was I,''ml',m!M, anil
In composition approximated more
closely to the normal standard than
most American Stales, males being to
females as to L'll; nalivr born to
foreign born as Mli lo o. and white lo
colored as 41!! to 8. This is a more
nearly equal proportion of the sexes
man in any oi mo ail ommg Mates, a
smaller proportion of foreign born than
ill New Jersey, New York or Ohio, and
Something new in feminine loco
motion is called the "tennis strut." Il
is quite generally adopted by the girls
of the period, and it does not matter
that it is undignified so long as il is
fashionable.
Invited to Take a Seat.
An Austin merchant, who had failed
several limes to collect a bill from
Colonel Verger, went to the hitter's
residence determined to get Ihe money.
He was nn t at the door bx Sain John-
sing, who had orders to keep out peo
ple w ho came with bills.
"Is Colonel Yerger in?"
"What docs yer want ?"
"1 want hi i) money."
"All right, sah. hf hits your money
you wants, jess step in de parlor. Hit's
only de, folks dat's after the Kurnel's
money tint he don't keer to see. Ho
wouldn't be in ef you was arter hit
money. " Ti rnx Sijliny.i.
"The women appear to do all tbo
work," writes Colonel Watterson of
the Swiss. It is not uncommon to sen
a girl and a dog hitched to a cart and
trolling along together like a pair of
ponies. Tho men, great strapping
fellows, idle am! lazy, loaf about the
basseries. Their wives, daughters and
sisters till the fields and supply the
markets.
a smaller proportion of colored than in
Delaware, Maryland or est Virgin a.
- l'liltll:ljlitl Ve.su.
- Some two weeks ago a young man
of Moransburg, Pa., was bitten on the
ankle by a copperhead snake. Whisky
was applied externally and internally,
but in an hour or two Ihe limb had
swollen lo such nn extent that serious
consequences were feared. The bid's
father then placed his son's foot in a
basin and poured coal oil iu the recep
tacle until the wound was covered.
Not long after a substance resembling
quicksilver was noticed in the oil. ami
the young man found relief. Next day
lie was sullicient ly recovered to walk
about. I'n'iidi Ijihiu llrrvrrf.
A box left at a lioston police sta
tion one day recently by a messenger
caused a great deal of nervousness
among the ollieers for awhile. It was
suspected that. Ihe box contained dyna
mite, and Chief Nelson left the. station
hurriedly. As the policemen came in
tt 11(1 looked ill the box they were warned
that it was dangerous, and they hur
ried out. When Policeman Kean start
ed to ononth" box the others warned
him. All the policemen in the station
went across the. street while Kean
opened the box and found therein a toy
wooden dog. ltnnlun llrrultl.
-The late renowned trotter, Hani
bletonian, is buried at Chester, N. Y.
This remarkable animal is the founder
of a family of trotters that lias added
many millions of dollars to the taxable
tiropcrty of the I'nion. In addition he
has given the people of tho United
States a roadster that has no equal on
the globe. After the death of the
widow of Ilambletoniiin's owner the
properly passed out of the control of
the Ksilk l iiuily, and now old Hum.
bletonian's grave is deserted. ,A sug
gestion is miide that lovers of good
horses .should have a railing placed
around the grave and an equestrian
statue erected over it, properly hp
cril d. .V. J', ,s'tfi, "
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
Colonel Daniel Snow, of Skowhe
gan. Me,, has lived, on one farm for
eighty years. He is ninety years olJ.
Lord Kothschild sent Mine. Patti,
as a little preseut, a paper-knife of
blonde tortoise shell, "the handle and
tlie name of Mine. Patti one blaze of
diamonds."
(ieorge Jones has a son Gilbert,
who is superintendent of Ihe machinery
department of the New York YYmrS ot
liee, with a. salary of ten thousand dol
lars a year.
Harry Duranl. of Atlanta, Ga., Is
such a bicycle eiithusiust that he arose
in his sleep one night recent Ir and rode
his machine live miles into the country
and back before sunrise.
An Indian boy passed through Bis
marck, D. T., some days ago, who hail
three arms and three eyes. His extra
arm was between his .breast and
shoulder-blade, ami two of his eyes
were on the right, hut in different
sockets, while his other eye was in its
proper place. Vhiaujn Inifr Dccan.
- Fifty-seven years ago, July 27, the
mother of Nathaniel Keenn, of Turner,
Me., was buried. Mr. Keene remem
bers Ihe rain on i lint day. Since then
he has noted each year the return of
the anniversary of the day. Out of the
lifly-six July J7th since then fifty
three have been rainy. Huston (llole.
Two old soldiers recently met at
Sioux Falls, D. T., who had never seen
each oilier but once before, and thai
once was nt the battle of Gettysburg,
where one of them wore the blue and
Ihe oilier the gray. Al tlie time of
their first meeting ihey both were
on the advance picket lines. Chicago
Mint.
It is stated that Mrs. Agassis found
one morning in ono of her slippers a
cold, little, slimv snake, one of six
sent the day before to her scientific
spouse, and carefully set aside by him
for safely under the bed. She screamed:
"There is a snake in my slipper!" The
savant leaped from his couch, crying:
"A snake! Good heavens! Where are
the other liver"
One of tho oddest characters In
Itoston, Isaac H. Swatello, better
known as "Yankee Doodle," a nick
name Ihfit ho acquired by invariably
whistling that tune while marching
along the streets delivering to his r.us
loniers the boots nnd shoes he had re
paired, died recently in that city. He
advertised himself iu this way and
made it pay well, for ho accumulated
quite a lul l line by his industry and
dabbling shrewdly in real estate. The
last years of his life were spent in n
house lie had built at. a cost of $.r0,0U0.
Host on I 'u.it.
There is living near Whilesville,
Harris County, 'Thomas llarralson,
whose wife eleven months ago gave
birth to triplets, two boys and one girl
Cleveland, Hendricks and (jilucn
Victoria. These lilllo ones wero
healthy and vigorous and grew rapidly.
A few days ago all wero attacked with
cholera infantum, and last Thursday
night Hendricks died, Friday morning
Cleveland, and early Friday night
Queen Victoria, only thirty-live hours
troin the death of the first to the death
of Ihe last. They wero buried at
Whiles ille iu one grave, Macon (Oa.)
Tulcinijili.
"A LITTLE NONSENSE.
"Great men often riso from small
beginnings," says a writer. F'rom the
point of an ordinary every-day little
lack, for instance.
There are 1,0'J7 women over one
hundred years of age iu Paris; nt least
(here are that number of women in tho
bullet of Ihe grand opera. A'ew Haven
Sam.
He stood under the window and
sang: "How Can I Leave Thee?" Hut
he did leave, and so suddenly that the
dog went back of the house and wept.
Nt. I.uii in Chronicle.
'The usual way:
The fititumcr ra n rorncs drenching dowa
In It retrenliuiR nIiowit,
Wlnlo I wahin h ilnorway sisnil.
lioprinoneil tor an hour.
Anil nn enel) nlus-tfisl) tnomont drags
.My woniler irrows more Htrnujr,
Thst t lelt my umln-ella homft
Ami took iny caun nlonH-.
ISoiiicrrillr Journal.
Little girl -Are yon Mr. Flynn
that comes to see our cook, Mary Ann?
Mr. Flynn -Yes, sissie. Little girl
Well, papa lias got a new bull dog, and
ho says the next time Mary Ann's little
Irish dude comes to the house he'll try
the dog on him. .Won't you come up
now? I want to see hiiii bito you.
Tid-llits.
Mamma -"Now, Kflie, lam going
to allow you to sit at the table
wilh all tin: company; but you must
not forget lo bo polite and sav, 'Yes,
please' and 'No, thank you.' F;ffie
(with an unlimited capacity for din
ner)- "All right, ma; but I don't
think I shall have to say, 'No, thank
you.' " The Jntliji:
Mis Klbel I have such a lovely
compliment for von, Clara. Miss
Clara-Yes? Miss 'Ethel-Yes; I told
Mr. F'eiilherly last evening that you
were only a trifle over tweuly-twq aud
very beautiful, and he said you didn't
look it. I suppose, (if course, that be
meant that vou didn't look to be twenty-two.
Hes delightful. Ar. Y. Sun.
Mumps, the farmer, has married
city girl who is trying to learn country
ways. She has heard her husband say
that lie must buy a. dog and responds:
"Oh, yes! do, 'Chawles, liny a seltei
dog. lie can be a watch dog at nighl
and-set on eggs all day, for I can't
make the hens set, though I've held
them dovvu tin hour at a tiiuo." X. Y.
Uaald.