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HE WILL PREACH NO MORE. The Rev. Dr. Armstrong Renounces the Chrig. tian Ministry. (From the Attanta Constitution.) Every one remembers the trial of Dr. J. G. Arnstrong bv the ecclesiastical court. on charges of intoxication and conduct uin becoming a minuistcr. No one has forgotten the genera. regret over the annOunLtIcIt Of Dr. ArnStrong conviction and the sb unseitlence o! the Bishop silencing his eloq'ent voice is] the sr'ace of tive years. The scoquel to thnt memorable trial and sentence miay be read to-day. Dr. Arm strong will never preach again. since int, 1onv~tict li e uas been in the insurance btsiness. Although suspended. he was still a minister. In Augusta a short time a. i attended an insurance banquet. It is clamed that he was intoxicated there. Ile denied it. however, and his friends denied it. Within the last two weeks a number of afidavi have been made to the effect that he was intoxicated at the banquet, or on the day afterward. These aflidavits were lodged with the authorities of the church. and an Episcopal minister wrote to Dr. Armstrong that tLe only way to avoid another trial was to renount: theuministry. Dr. Armstron at once telegraphed that he would renounct the ministry of the Episcopal Church, and the Conxtn'1t-A infornation is that he did so last Saturday. When spoken to about the matter by a Con.titationl reporter. Dr. Armstrong would not talk. le was much surprised that the news had gotten out. He said he had nothing whatever to say concerning the matter, but would let his course become public through the regular channel. A gentleman, who is a friend of Dr. Armstrong. said, however: "The letter has been written. I have not seen it, but 1 understand that it recites that the doctor desires to relieve the Episcopal Church from any responsibility whatever for his action, and desires to be relieved of any responsibility to the ministry. The reasons for this, I believe are that he felt that he could not, with consistencv. or with dignity or peace. maintain a relation with a church, the authorities of whiclh were unfriendly to him, whether justly or unjustly. He felt that he would have tc either renounce the ministry of the chiurc' or leave Atlanta, which he had determined to make his home. le chose the former co'urse. The gentleman was asked what Dr. Arm strong would do in the future. "I do not know," lie said. "For thc present, at least, he will continue in the Nhe Equitable Insurance Com pany, which is p1,h-'I at and profitable. I think, however, his wholeirdlmation leadt him to public speaking. and I hiemthat will be his final course in some form oi other." A Remarkable Faith Cure Reported. The Pittsburg papers report a remarka. ble faith cure from Banksvilje, a mining town two miles from the city. As the story o, 3aggie Beadling, the 16 year old uhter of a coal miner, had been bed ridden. Frequently of late she had lain in a trance, or comatose state, for days, and when she would return to consciousness she would tell her friends that she had been to Heaven. In proof of the story of her transition she told the names and de seribed the appearance of relatives who - bad died before she was born, and of others whom she knew when they were alive. In October and November last she lay in a comatose state for several weeks, during which time she partook only of a small quantity of liquid food, administered to her by attendants. When she revived she claimed to have received divine communi cation to the effect that at 2 P. 31. on Feb ruary 17, she would be raised from an in valid's bed entirely restored to health. Thursday afternoon, it is asserted, her father's house was tilled with friends and curiosity seekers. Promptly at 2 o'clock the young girl arose from her chair with her hands and, flinging them aside, walked about the room, to the overwhelming as tonishment of those present. The cure seemed completo, and she jumped about the room like a child. The news was noised about, and almost the entire popula. tion of Banksville turned out to see the wonderful ease. Her parents wept for joy, and the greatest excitement prevailed. 3Iis Beadling was seen by several reporters. and she pronounced herself well. It is the belief among the neighbors that the young lady was sincere in her claim of affliction, and her recovery is regarded as a miracle. A Washington hicandlal. There is a scandal agitating social and club circles which is now on every tongue. So much is this story turned over that it is now as widely disseminated in Washington as if the details of the story had been pub. lished in the World. The story involves an ex-diplomat who was once an ornament in the American foreign service. For sonie time it has b-een a source of wonder how this retired official manages to live and go about in good society as he has done, as evey one knew that he had no private for tune. Recently a well-known public man missed some valuable jewvels from his house. He placed the matter in the hands of a pri vate detective, who traced the missing arti~ cles to the ex-official. The further devel opment of the case showed that a lady member of the public man's family had taken the jewels, and the ex-official who had been devoted to her, received and dis posed of them-whether for himself or the lady in question has not been made clear. TNo arrests have made. The private detective was paid a handsome sum to drop the case. The Direct Tax Bill. Contrary to the expectations of the friends of the measure, the Ilouse Judiciary Comn mittee has agreed to report favorably the Senate bill providing for the repayment of the direct tax collected from the States under the act of 1801. Whether there will be time, in view of the backwardness of the appropriation bills, is a question. MIr. Culberson, of Texas, offered in committee a substitute for the bill, which, had it been agreed to, would have largely benefitte-d the South. It was based on the idea that the Senate bill only carried with it, partial justice. This substitute retained all the features of the origrinal biti regarding the return of that part of the tax which the States had paid and the remission of that part which was still due, but it went ftir ther and provided that the States be paid all the amounts which were due to them by the United States go.vernmnent and which had been withheld on account of their in debtedness to the government, growing out of the direct tin: that the owners of land sold for non-payment of taxas be returned the amount paid at the sales, after deducted costs, etc.: that the amounts collected under the tax on raw cotton be refunded to the Southern States, which :.mounts should be held in trust for the producers. "FraIlty. Thy Naimet i< VWman.' ! llam t. That she is frail. "ctn n b- j "Tis true, 'tis tu 'ti a pity, And pity 'tis. 's~ tu. Dr. Pierce's lFavorite Precri'ption" is the best restorative tonic for physical frailty in women, or female weanesstc"es or derang'e ments. By druggist- . Prie reduced to one dollar. A driving rod on an engine of the passen ger train en the Baltimore and Ohio road broke two miles from Tiflin. and struck the cab with great force. Emgineer Rt. IR. Bramble had his skull crushed and was thrown froma the enginec. Roadi Supervisor W. HI. Bullock and tiremian A. L. Jones es GENWERAL INEII 9 NOTES. Cholera has appeared in Sicily. The New Jersey Legislature has not elected a Senator. New York's retail liquor dealers are boy cotting the pool brewers. State of siege has been proclaimed at all Bulgarian towns on the D:nube. Ex-Aldernian 'JONeill was taken to Sing Sing prison to serve out his Semence. Cotton Seed Oil Trust certificates ae be ing largely dealt in in the money market. Two negIro incendiaries were hanged at Sidon, 31iss., yesterday by a mob. There is a split betwcen the new German Liberals and Socialists. Fifteen buildings and contents were de itroved at South Boston. Va. Loss, $150, 0001. The Senate has conirmed the nomina tion of Daniel Maone as Collector of Cu toms at New York. Beede & Bray. lumber dealers of Minne apolis. Minn.. have assigned. Liabilitie fron $0.000 to $150,000. The British Parliament has bceen asked to grant another quarter of a million pouuds for the expense of the navy. The Texas investigation goes monoto nously on. It will have been completed in due time for the fall campaign. The National Printers' Protective Fra ternitv are in session at Kanmas City. The convention will last three days. In the Texas inves1i4ation, counsel for the prosecution commenced the submision of evidence in rebuttal. The compositors on all the newspapers and job offices in Milwaukee, Wis., went out on a strike for an advance of . cents in the price of composition. Mr. Armour and his party are in the South with a view of establishing cotton seed oil mills, in opposition to the American Cotton Oil Trust Company. Adams Express Company has extended its service over the entire system of the Ohio and 3Iississippi railway, amounting to upwards of 625 agencies. The Hungarian delegation have unani nmously voted urgency for the special mili tary credit, and referred the matter to the Budget Committee without debate. The National Zeitunq says a third dona tion of $2.500 has been received from American Socit'-st's to assist in the election of Socialist candidates to the Reichstaz At Winchester, Va., Sunday night was one of the severest nights of) e winter, the thermometer going dow ' 16 degrees, with the wind blowin- , e. The Queen of has signed a decree making 20 -ent. reduction in the export inties on gar and tobacco shipped from CaT General J. J. Finlev. of Ocala, Fla., has been appointed by Governor Perry United States Senator to succeed the IHon. Charles W. Jones. Advices from St. Etienne, France. say that 70 men are still entombed in the Beath ran collieries, and that there is no hope of recovering them. Fire at Three-Mile Bay, Jefferson county, N. Y.. destroyed a large part of the town. The loss aggregates about $50,000: insur ance $30,000. The Academy of 3Iusic, New York. was sold at auction to Wm. B. Dinsniorc, Pres ident of the Adams Express Company, for $300,000. What will be done with it is not learned. The Queen of Roumenia, it is said, fre quently delivers private lectures to her maids. Other women are very like the Queen, only they do not confine their lectures to their maids. Speaker Carlisle is being urged by his friends to decline the Speakership next year and assume the free trade leadership on. the floor, with the expectation of walk ing into the White House thereafter. The negro boy who saved five lives in the Gardiner disaster on the Alabama river is Bebe MIcCaw, of MIobile. Hie has a reputation for cool courage, and his recent heroism elicited high praise from all quar ters. MIrs. Edminster and son, living six miles from Henry, Dakota, left that town on Friday with a horse and sleigh. They were found Sunday frozen to death ten rods from the home of a neighbor. A petition from the merchants and busi ness men of Providence, RI. I., represent ing about $40,900,000, was presented to the Rhode Island General Assembly asking for the repeal of the prohibitory liquor law. The Western Iron Association met at Pittsburg, Pa.. and reaffirmed the card rate to the great disappointment of the iron workmen, who had anticipated an advance in the price and a corresponding increase in wages. An incendiary fire occurred at Floyd court house, Va., destroying the livery sta bles of T. Jett, burning 14 horses and a yoke of ox en, besides a large quantity of forage and faraing implements. No in surance. Loss not known. A new trotting association has been or ganized at Detroit. MIichigan. The States represented are Ohio, 3Michigan, Illinois, Connecticut, Wisconsin, New York, Kan sas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Iowa, MIissouri, MIinnesota, Pennsylvania and Indiana. Dispatches received from Sofia say that the troops of the garrison of Silistria re volted yesterday evening and pronounced against the regency. Troops are marching to Silistria from Rustehuk, Varna and Shumla to quell the mutiny. The steamer Gaelic from China and Ja p~an, which arrived at San Francisco MIon day, reports that a Chinese junk, bound from Hainiu for Siam, has been wrecked. and that out of 600 persons, comprising her passengers and crew, only six are known to have escaped. The Tennessee Senate has rejected the bill appropriating $1,800 to aid in the erec tion by the Southera States of a monu ment the memory of George Peabody. the philanthropist. The measure was dlis (u ssed at length and defeated by a vote of 14 to 10. rTe New York and Southern Telegraph Company, successor to the bankrupt South ern Telegr-aph Company, was organized with the following officers: President. Jao. S. Wise, of Richmond, Va.: Vice-Presi den:. James B. Pace, of Richmond; Treas trer, John T. MIoore, of New York. A peremptory decree has been issued at MIentone, ordecring householders to demol islh unsafe buildings. The govermient has refused to grant thc petition compiled at a public meeting there, praying that the date of payment of bills falling due now he de-. ferred. Jt. F. Caldwell and Leon Lamiothe have been withdrawn from the management of the winter race meeting at New Orleans, and J1. T. Williams, a well known turf man, has :o-umned control, and will continue the metn unil the expiration of the lease of hetrack, MIarch '(ith. An investigation is to be ml-e as to the~ c rrupt expenditure of public moneyv by the corporation of London, on biogus meaet in:.~. The governmewnt did not dare refu. oinvestigution. The sittings of the inl Veuigating committee will be pubiilic. Anu exlosion coccurred in the Beauhrun coli-rics, at St. .Etienne. F-rance. Ontly I me:n were in the mine ut the time o f the exti 'ion. Six of these have been rescued uahart, four have been taken out more or cea injured, and the others are supposed to be al dead. The U nion eague is ont a great big war path and eries out that the Democrats, by fraud. are capturing the country, and prays for a (heck. They lament the loss of the Senate. They were in meeting n Wash ington. ). C., and dd a Lea'p of talking. An earthiake shoek w*s feh -n the south side fLo I Iind about :; o'ehck vdnesday a'te'iron. Windows tn Fire 7,1:m1d ra'tledl. : l t.ia evtr a shaken. tihe vibration t-tlg Iever:0 min ed imn haro - v i i .i : safe kepin All tepnida ruh Atrahave c u pl'ra1'h-. wIVr t be : t m rch : :m" im wi'hin 2 ho)urs.Te uds re- : ha honi su,:t d to ': o a::o r e mirocts t be hu :ra. 'e (~ ~it ct. I. I f Vinona. \i., w ai en- i h l\: tier Crawierd. c -red. Crawird h:ul heen puriing 1 upis from I L i:: intie "ad become iuival. Ie fnaE' w Ling i he moIrtirazete ati th trsees~ e :mdi~ \dr. -o;iIn to ' ee hi about al' an wa:s mderled Ih !te ni ro. who hdpre p:rdCL himself for tie orril work. i'. ihis was found cut to pieces. The imur derer escapea The Newt .lr'y Rubie'a i ao spient vestertlv\t in e:uus to e mme 'Iln :1 Demrocrat for wh m they :should vote for Scnator,. with a view to cating Governor ALbbtt. Tiey %urtl n i gree uponl ex-Gov. Iedle n-r ('hance!"r Blun vIn, but sected I t.' IhoI' XX 0 iS S. a)erintedent of i he - New Yt rkm d-i Long Branch r.,ilro:itl. ()n f:c~ first 'hallo i the joint le-i-lative sussion. Ab'eti rcetl 1ed : and Blodgett :3) voteS. On tLcond balltot Blodgt-t received -H. jit entuh to ekct him. le, therefore. su'ceds Sewell. a iepublican The Homestead Exetion. The Columbia Lecord ag'res w" N Herald in holding that som i g should be done with th omestead law for the building up-Olcredit. In talking with a lari from another State some time ,.'o, he remarked that his State, too, had a homestead law, but it was a check on fraud, and not an encouragement to dishonesty. Their law gave a man no exemption from his honest debts unless the homestead was set off before the debts were contracted, but on the con trary prohibited him from setting aside to his family more property than a fixed amount, and then trading upon his own appearance and reputation for wealth, and thereby defrauding the ignorant. In our State a man may give everything he has to his wife, live like a lord, and when men, ignorant of this secret ar rangement, demand payment for just debts, may defeat their claims -n the ground that le has nothing. And even if he has neglected to do this thing, our law still says he can keep 81,5U0 before lie pays a collar on his most sacred obli gations. The fact is that we have en tirely misunderstood this law. It had its origin in the West, and was in the na ture of a bankrupt law. Men who had lost everything in the East frequently went to a Western State, took up a gov ernment "section," cleared up the wilderness, and built them a home. In the enjoyment of this home they were protected from the rapacity of foreign creditors; and this was right. iut these conditions do not exist in South Caroli na, and we have no nced of the law as it now operates. If a a= ee1t'S midr titne, and gives u everything to his creditors, they should forgive him wthait lie cannot pay. But when a nman con tracts an honest debt, Las the proprerty' to) pay it, and refuses to dto so, it is d~e moralizing and diisgraceful for the law to shield him in his diaonesty.-Spartan burg Herald. Wjife HI untin-; in 'tah. Ab Lehmnan drove into Frisco to-dayv and bought a Sl100 wedding trousseau, so to speak. The outlit was ,really an elegant one, consisting 0t utress stun, toothpick boots, derby hat and b lack kids. With his gray hair cut close, clean shaven and starched, Ab resembled a college professor. Tlo the obliging clerk who suggested silk socks and un derwear he replied: '"Young man, I've married three gosh durned fine women, an' 1 didn't spark none of 'cm a week. They're dead now, an' I'm goin' to nmarry 'nother one. I don't know who it'll be, but the gal as gits me'll have to bc-quick 'bout it. an' she'll have to take me without no frilled night shirt an' fixin's. Accompanied by W. F. Fowler, the sheep bonanzaite, he startetd for Fill more, Utah, by team in the morning, where they intend to rustle for a wife apiece among the school ma'ams. Southern Utah Times. A correspondent of the Cihncinnati Ent gjIUirer has polled thet mienmber., of th Wes-t Virginia Leislaiture in re::a:-d to) their Presidenti::1 preferecte" T1' rrn b t:oinecd places Ch velal "in Ihe led Vith 20. Biine 10. 11i11 12, Shermt .i1 teaver 4. Thurman :3, Carlisle I and Lincfln I. Trhree were for either Blaine or Sherman:11, one for either MI'Donnhd or Thurman', one for either Iharper or W~ever. tile for the nominee of the Republican party I ne for Sherman bcauste lie dlid not thin:' lj'ine could be elected, one for eithe r Binel oJr Sherman, but regarded Foraker' ai a very strong~ candidate. :and was inclineci to giv e himn a chance on ac(counit of the youngl~ blood he wotuhl enlist in thle lirnht. Tir tecu were unable to udecideC on a eaimdit. and one rerusedl to g'ive his choice. A Stranze' Conditioni or' the" Grounrd. The citizenis of 'the second wvard. PiPv burg, Pa.. are mytstined over the sir:mge comition 'f the ground ini their ldi ('. wh ich from sonme tunknown cauix h::s 'been as hot almost as a batker's oven for netar 10 days. 3hm epehv encm pletoleave thieir houises. the hteat clm mu nicatedt to t h builig from" ihe' ::roUm! ben' uInb)erabe Th -i tllar!s are. Ittar that'even a rollin''-mill h'md i can-t enter1 ground for' theL purp. L tiiln t he eau.- 0 ofite remarkaie Iet. u :e nne'as bt'en found. It ibliv' ta tder banks beneth the I.ne ,an:b:t hast eiten) iT way thiro'gh the mI ofd br's on whlich th wad .o Illd I~tn itiie', excavti , ar t be m ei n ! par:a oft ' wtrd -in t h-: 0 ~ :e:r i gntur D'' . 'IljtaIJt' of ha tiir . li d 4 : yien before the(('i pbi an 't as I h'la:.c.. h BRECKENRIDGE AND BENJAMIN. How the Two 'men Made Their Escape froim the Country. In I he sunner of 1875 I met Gen. Breck enridge in Richmond. and one Sunday aftertnon we were sitting alone in front of the Dailard hotel. I asked him, if not :ml:isaint. it would be gratifying to have hii a n accomit of his escape after the ::iof the Confederacy, and how it -ccurI t hat Ar. Benjamin was separated I t him. lie replied that he would cheer filly lo io. and said that after following Mr. Davis some distance on the retreat he b me satistied that Mlr. Davis had iected the most daugerous route. and to coitina under his guidance, which he pe'rsi-,ied in. capture would be certaLin and hnevitalle. - -I decided to pursue a differ ent course. and. taking with me some trinv iien and as few as possible. left Mr. 1avis and his escort and struck off f.r the Florida coast. Soon afterward 1r. Davis. as I predicted. was captured. I t with sonie soldiers of the Federal ary. They1 did not recognize me. and tot i:n spchially occurred to cause me to apprehe::d i my arrest or safety. I passed a suuad of them in a gallop, but no demon stritin was made against me. nor did they seem to be aware who I was." lie then said: "lhaving been familiar in enrlv life to hunt and travel in the night in latmucky. I recalled the experience of my youith. and adapted myself to change if (ircmit initCes. traveling incognito and with a few faithful and fearless followers. In a short time. with nothing specially nerilous during the journey, we reached the (ast in safety. We then procured a small botz and a supply of provisions, which were easily obtained, as I was sup plied with some gold, and with a small pocket compass which I always carried with me. and with J. Taylor Wood and t wo others in an open boat we started for the -cnst of Cuba. In two days and three ntglits of the most delightful and propt t ius went her we landed within one mile of t he iland, our only guide being my pocket compass. Cant. Wood fell overboard dur t:he voyage, but was soon hauled in, a:Vl was not the least disconcerted alared. le was one of t of a I found rIe4*1nds and accommodations; remained there a brief time and then went to Paris and( back eventually to Canada. The bal ance vou nre no doubt familiar with." "Where was 31r. Benjamin*V" I asked. "le remained with me only a day after leaving 1r. Davis. le was aremarkable man. could adapt himself to any society or circumstances; could speak French, German and other languages fluently. He traveled through the country as a Jew merchant and sailed from Charleston, so I learned." I made a memorandum of this conver sation at the time and this is a verbatim report. Gen. Breckenridge was exceedingly plcaant and courteous during the conver sation. but increasing age, disappointed hopc's and his varied experiences in life have plainly changed his appearance from the well proportioned and erect physical manhood and handsome and striking physiognomy which excited my admira tiIn when a college student in Washing ton ciWy in 1858. where I often saw him preside with such splendid ability and curtIly bearing as vice-president over the United States senate.-Thomas D. Jef fress ;n Philadelphia Times. The Slow and Deliberative Jap. The Jap is very slow and doliberate, and everything is done on a small scale. Th'e houses are diminutive and the rooms like clesets. Because of my desire to tc-ach the true religion to them I have en devtled to win their confidence, and to do this have,.always acted as though I were one of thIen. On reaching the house of the 1":ny on v-hon I wish to call I leave my -ites at t. door and enter the room. The 1.-r i co-ved with mats three feet long b::' tw~o and-' a half wide, lying close to. tether. making a carpet: on this I kneel ppitc the lady, who is also kneeling. ud we comnmence bowing and repeating -eaningless phrases. Three bows are tad-' thte head touching the floor between th' hands, which are placed directly in e n each bow made slowly, the head i i~ eld on the floor about the space of tirse requ"ired to count ten. A fi r th salutation tea is brought and placel in iront of me on a little table bout a fot high, and each one in the rom~' is servedl in the same manner. Tris no furniture in the room, no deC caaton on the walls save in some houses on' or two scrolls. Many of the pieces of Iri c-a-brae received from that country are amient es'pcCialIly for the export trade. For instance, these minute fans which you have used so extensively in deccorations were unknown to me in Japan, and the li:t le cups and saucers, so artistically and tasefully colored and so prized by you Americans. were made expressly for you, for the Japil never drinks his tea from a cup with a handle.-Cincinnati Enqtuirer. The Other Side of the Shingle. Kate Sann'rn, writing in The Boston Beacon of Gladstone's optimistir- comn mv-nts (in Tlennyson's gloomy effort, says: "'t mke mec think of a country prayer meig. wh~ere a melancholy young con vert ros and- enumerated various reasons fr i-c.oura'ement in the decline of this tmdl that -o-d thing. An old deacon rose, as lhe de pindent saint seated himself. 'n'l "-ai' 'I've been considerably inter eted in Drother B.'s remarks. but I tell yo ii make a sight of difference which sie o the shiimdne you look at.' That was all. i-t it wais a powe'rfutl antidote to the' y-;n-er.seke' point of view. The naL ld worker, striving to help his fell 'w meni. and the grand old hermit p ~t with his morbid nature, look on the s:me picture with different eyes."-Ex tjuixotic Youngsters. Ev-ery time a rircus or wild west show :omes he-re wita Indians, cowboys, etc., we are sure to have arrests of youngsters who want ti get off to the prairies. They t!st eat rh the fever' fi'rm reain~itg cheap tani thriling romances which are sup poste:1 t i give' pictures of western life, and he <-iht of real live Indians and cowboys cs m.heir' imagination to such a pitch that h.y will let nothing stand in the way of :empliag their Quixotic enterprises. hefir"t act isusually to steal from their 5r:t. as honey is the first necessity. Te: tey privide themselves with rifles, revolvers anid knives.-Police Sergeant in l(obe'-Uemocrat. E~ngus~h Politica.l Partisansihip. IXi ral partisanship has been brought Sa line poinit. when the opinion expressed y anespaeron a volume of poetry is av''>vior unfavorable, according as e pot anid the paper accord in politics, r the rev"rse. Looking through a numn er- if En,-lish reviews of Tetnnyson's last ook.w tin the Conservative papers al no 1' m::n0ou int tauding it to the skies, -ni t '* !. -"-al papers in condemxning it. ':1Th iTh's and Daily News are fairly lxatialu.-New Orleans Times Democrat. .t ii oh.ux1 iif Perfidious Plan. A i:ily called on a friend who had otily 0--itt marri -d a few years, and was suir .ried t' find her in tears. "1 :am the most unhappy woman in osin. and it is all on account of my Liband. "Why, your husband lives for yotu lon. e stavs at home all the time. Ii" neve r oes away from home; he er i rings any of his friends to the; "Ys, replied the unfortunate wo- (1 a:, putting her handkerchief to her y and -'oldiing convulsively, "thats ht-ake s me-so mniserab~le. "-Texas1 BRIC-A-BRAC. A maiden coy. and tall, slim boy - Sat cooing on a stile: The boy's lip wore a sligiht moustache. The girl's lip wore a smile. "I love thee." quo the biy. aId 'rd: d That faint and downy lh: "Anti I." the siren syiv .lihed. -Would dye it were it mine. le left that maiden like a,1,ah, A minute to the mile. Ah! trifle not with voitis mustache When sitting on . stile. A wedding trip-Treading on the 1ride trail. What is the favorite decortion thermometcr: Furbelows. 'Ani interestin;- meeting tf lyri 1. Knights of Pythias was held inst nigh. The man who commits s dby han ing dies of his own free will 'n' a The "Ioilest inhabitant' h s ni well, but ie is ant to gt-l rttled ' 1:WS. American anples arc in li'h favor for dessert at Loudon dinners. If a man who thinks too much '4 him self goes to Washington. he will take rooms on "'" street. The beer (Irliker would seen to be. his own worst enemy in that he maitreatts him self so persistently. At Glasgow they are making a 165-ton anvil 'in twc pieces), on which six steai hammers will strike. The late Matt Carpenter once sai,1 to Catholic divine, "Purgatory is simpnly a motion for a new trial' De only difference twixt de proud and de fool is dis: De fool's got de mos' sense. Correct, old man. The virtue which goes about seeking scandals and temptations everywhere whereI we see nothing is more sickening than vice. There is only one female trombone player in this country. There are a great many women who do fluting, however. The woman who -. s qdRTIni Wiltlobaghan slide mnight be sai to be guilty of rapid extrava.ance. Sleigh dealers do not as a rule employ commercial travelers, still their runners are all over the country. Among other receipts is one for making an "Oyster Loaf." Now why should idie ness, even for an oyster. be encourn;gel' The season of annual dinners is upon u. It is wonderful how many associatiot:s there are that live and thrive on one good dinner a year. A Connecticut minister has denounced kissing games at church sociables. Evi dently the parson never has any luck him self. "Wine talks," says the proverb: and it is true, for when a man is full of liquor he can't hold anything else, not even his tongue. Statistics show that the average life of a1 clergyman is 07 years, and of a day laborer 32 years; and yet Byron thought that whom the gods love died young. A commercial travelers' society hias been organized, but, strangely enough, every member is perfectly familiar with the grip before he joins. It is now fashionable to eat pie with a fork. This is because the crust of the pastry is often so tough that it turns the edge of the knife and spoils it. "What is a lake?" asked the teacher. A bright little Irish boy raised his hand. "Well, Mikev. what is it?" "Sure it's a hole in the kiitle, mutn," A despairing swain. in a fit of desper. tion, recently declared to his unreleati lady love that it was his tirm determination to drown himself, or perish in the attent The female high hat at the theatre ik an exhibition of bad taste that we couid easily overlook-if the management would kin ly provide us with a step indder. "Does hanging prevent murder? It i a matter of history that cases are rare where a man is known to commit murder' after being thoroughly hangetd. New York imported two million cabbages from Europe last year, which indicates that the Havana cigar trade of that city has outgrown the capacity of Connecticut. A woman may be perfectly angelic and as patient as patient can he. and still not he able to look calmly on while her husband draws a match along a pictture frame~ to light his pipe. Talking with friends the other day abou the bringing up of children, Ge-n. Lew Wallace said: "Train a boy to be brave and to speak the truth, and you have (lone your best by him.'' ''No, sir," said the worldly yotung muan to the life insurance agent: "I don't feel prepared to have my life insured ju.dt yet. I do not care to feel that I would be worth more dead than I am alive." 3Iary Anderson has made nearly I$5. - 000 during her London engagemar t. It other girls would only follow her examnple and lay up something for their futut e hu s bands, during their engagements, there would be fewer matches broken off. Cotton Iseed O11 Prodnets. Since Italy undertook to preserve th~e reputation of its olive oil by checking the mportation of cotton seed juice tronm this country, the uses of cotton seed oil have not been clearly defined. But the quantity f this oil manufactured has increased,.:nd nt long ago nearly all of the cotton oil factories were combined in an organizat IiJ aving about $40,000O,000 capital. 'E hat ecomes of the prodtuct? Ex-President Vail, of the Produce Exchange, declared n Wednesday, at a meeting of p'ersons ngaged in the cheese trade, that in the West large quantities of it are iused i aking cheese, and that this cheese is ex orted as a genuine product of the dairy t was shown that the exports of Amer'ican ceese had fallen from $14,000,000 in 12s1 o $6,500,000 in 1886, and this decline was aid to have been causedl 1 y adulteratio. Ftrther inquiry would dtC ubtless disclos he fact that cotton seed oil is largely used n the manufacture of lard. A complete tatement of the uses of a product for hose manufacture a capital of $40.000t.000) s required would probably sturprise aL great any persons.-Eew Y'rnk Tiow.. Frof. Baker for March. Prof. Baker's prediction for M-areh 'are s follows: 1st, little clotud'y and win d: nd, rain and wind, cool: :;rd,. aircld f ind: 4th, little rainy, col 5th itle' loudy, cool; 6th, fair' and frost', cold indl: 7th, fair, very col: shl and Ih air, frosty: 1 0th, little rainv, (old:Ii th, fair and nmild: 12th, frost. nlbl day; 1:th. - tle rain and wind: 14th, little cudy, Cold wind: 13th, fair and fr.sty: 1b air nd warmer: 17th, rain: 1> .fga il uin and thunder, wind ateein::. eavy ratin and thunder, l'Mgy: ''h, h.avy rain ~and thunder, sonmehail and win'd: I M ittle c'lotudy, cold wind: 2nd. nearfly fr. ind: Q:hinI. fair. fro-t: -7: na rl f't', frost: 2.irh. rainv. '-: ch. or. cold; 9th, rain. warn-r :Ih aer .Co: aria. A~t the ilount binal Paker Club. I t 1% 1tn nial d c" am' Mr. W~t t0 L-.kii- a n -v-y n I I i It."s. CI B l 'Itl i : O K1iL 1 .. Wor the IOU". tile' L. I L Vcnli .*' htd(~ a t .;t a~i ~1ca th ?u.1c . a It ~ ~ l ri. d ic'ut'l xvt' 01 U-_ed With a*if aLd thc ciiickear-a.id A. . TE11 1" 0av heI N .a n i !..t liec. s ur,--,t fro i a1 Call 11 whi f iv OCIw wor)'t1 until Vi. U1 odl'1 an1,~ *tf p-. od)LiLC, l U . Ii h. 1 . . . :. () li. I' LO L .1 t . . .of Fcbrii trv. anl cO-O~l:,.-d ii I t cI l It 'p :1." l t tctlt *a (-C t* to tei II', 1J.c I, a -lic & wg. _r OUt; LaI'e~r . tV1i w ho)li e '-4ee l t -I 11CC( I It.~I I 7,irt t1e too llWi' IH l lU '1'.L (o this w'.V.crlu' ni ledl Irn hvtir 'r d :.Ielt li. it D,.,L t.S I lte t 01 az; I t': oAi.,1il C. Mr%-. t:t' A. I.L~I '1t~i -.Mr. G~reer is -n U nmest uiratt c-tizen o Atl ecs. vv0 140'tL'O Cec . ' h'''imer oit1 f':end- tiliu-h!~ that- lie e iult not ;,,,e vw loll.-,. a-; the e- lcet' iL w a ii iys pimk the fotinlatioti of his const.ttOn, bu inow 1ILouks wult! aml l harty." TWO AGAINST EIGHTEEN. Sevcral 1physiiC:ls hatvc prononcd miy Wl C~tu' 1100. 1 1) - .tused by paiint uar ICuL tlit Ii bitt thIy c.1u:d Ibt Ca1re Inc. iast .IminwL~ tist d biheI ottles ofI a I ~r-ey :lVe: tised bloiad iiiciljiifl., whichl lid tue 11? nlL0re gooil than so intuhi w.ter. I tar-e usc'l only Mio bottlh of r, . B.1 and! .1111 plactId to S-ay thtt I i-avc te-,*i'.c' aioa eCr beic:i I ii. bi them11 tilmif from t n eu-hiteviIb ,in,! aml now r:IIly ~' '.e 'ihLlec'i.- no qn )ioi a: oi' lie iipx.lr:rt' of B D.1 over 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ V .11.OL,-i- t %11 who ticsir.. 'AU informit 11 M iL Ii thle -'rI't-ulo- iii't Iling-t" I lcerS. :-or! h . Ietuma ti-LU, l:idln'y ( I flt.Lal ts. .cat=r Irt *~ call sc ~ :C Vtu . t... C, aI eoi)y Oi I-;._ Illos-I tr!..I tO of %Iol..dL*LS. Illieti With The mlo-t wo:derfl an.!I startlit- proof1 tver belore knowl.,i. Addro.ss, J3..It.) 13'. 1. At iafla, Ga. R RAD F IE LDS' BFE~MALE HOiA r.LY U"' L A.t iTtL CLS R sa am.i. 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