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TWO DOLLARS FEU ANNUM, j-_^ J&OD_ AND OUR COUNTRY. ALWAYS IN ADvZncbTT=' VOLUME^. ~ SATURDAY~M Coroner's Inquest on the Body of James W. Br?Wiilng. HELD AT bamberg on sunday, 30tiI august, 1874, by oliver hewett, TRIAL justice, acting AS coroner. Information having been laid in this case by F M Bamberg, a lawful jury of inquest was duly summoned, composed of the following persons, to wit : LI, J Brabham, foreman, Hon. James M Smith, G Y Patrick, W F Patrick, J S B Jones, J F Jones, W \V Smoke, S T Faiiy, Ilcury Smith, Andy Hamilton, Jack Jenkins, G A llice and Jerry Thomas. Tho jury having viewed the body, then lying iu a room of B F Slater's store house, and a post, mortem of the body haviug been made by Dr. J F Baggot in the presence of the jury, the following evidence was taken : Dr. J F Baggot sworn : Have made post morion examination of the body'of James W Browning, and am of npiuiou that the said James \V Browning came to his death from a pistol shot wound, tho ball entering the right breast, near ?the right nipple, ranging through the lower lobe of the right lung (Signed) J- F BaggotJ" "William L Connelley sworn : I do not *know anything of the shooting of James W Browning; was at Murphy's store, and heard the shooting. (Signed) YV:L Connelley. Brooks F Slater sworn : On Satur day evening, 29th August., 1874, after supper, James W Browning came into my store, came behind the counter, and asked me for a pistol; I asked him what ho wanted with it; he said that J W Crum had threatened to shoot him; I ?nvc him a pistol, a small seven shooter, and I weut with him; we Walked from ?uvy fltoro up towards Dixuu's store, going towards and along the rail oad platform; when we hud passed a mul berry tree, near Pixon's, Mr. Crum spoke. Ho (Crum) was standing right, by tho trc.e. Mr. Browning had pn-sed the tree. Crum asked, ''Who is that ? Mr. Browning replied "it was him/' and, turned around; 1 saw a Hash Iro n a |>istol in the hand ofOram; 1 numgtnzed* Mr. Crum from the light of tho flash of the pistol; previously I did not fecog ?izo Mr. Crum's person, only by his Voice; Crum was about four feet frqm Mr. Browning when he fired; after Mr <Crum fired, Mr Browning cith r struck Drum or pushed him; Crum full, with Mr. Browning on top of him. Mr. Browning said as soon as he was shot. "?Tie has killed me." I told him I d d fcot think he was hurl; a second .shot was fired when Mr. Browning was ( n Crum; I do not know who fired the ??shot; after tho .second shot, and while Mr. Browning was uu too of Crum, 1 heard a pistol cocked; I gut down on my Jknecs, aud took n pi>tol out of Crum's hand; it was cocked when I took it out loFliis (Crum's) hand. The pistol 1 now produce is the one 1 took out of Mr. Crum's baud; Mr. Browning was not on 'Crum over a half'miuutc?a very short time; Mr. Browning got off Crum of his own accord aud started for my sto?-o; on cnteriug the store, Mr. Browning re peat cd that "ho wus killed" more than ouce; I told him "i did not think he was." Ho weut into tho back room and "sat on the floor; 1 got him on the bed; just as I had got him on the bed, und Went buck to thy door, two other shots were fired some distuueo in frout of thu office; it was very dark during the time of tho fracas; Crum was in tho shad iw of the tree. All of this happened iu tho towu of Bamberg on Saturday even ing, August 29, A. D. 1374, between the hours of 8 aud 9 p. m., I think Mr. Browning died about five miuutes after he entered tho store; I scut for Dr. Baggot and ho got there just as Mr. Browning was dying. (Signed) B F Slater. Edward F Slater sworn : At Bamberg on Saturday evening, August~29, 1874, about 8i o'clock r. ju., I cume down from F M Bamberg's; I came to a "pride of India" tree stuuditig opposite to Crum's ?toro; I heard Crum soy some thing about Mr. Fairy and John Smith's fight; 1 heard him cull both names; Crum said "it was not so;" Mr. Brown ing was prceeut and asked if he meant that for him; Crum replied "that he could take it to himself;" Crum got up; Mr. Browning was sitting on tho bench in Crum's piazza; Mr. Browniug had a chair iu front of him, und when Crum rose ho picked up the chair und pushed him (Crurc) down with it; he (Crum) apparently fell back against tho wall; Mr. Browuing ruu out of tho piazza of Mr. Crum'b btoro around tho corner of llnrtzog's store; as Crum got up Mr. Browning was running aiouud tho cor ner, ns above stated; Mr. Crum said: "I'll be d?d if X don't kill Browning," ho (Crum) went into his store; j P .Murphy was etunding outtido of Crum's store; Murphy snid tolum, "Don't you go down there, Crum," Murphy had reference to Crum's going down to Frank Slater's storo; Crum suid,uI am going down there to ueo tho gontlemnn;" he als? said, "I'll bo d?d if I don't kill him;" Murphy endeavored to koop hi in from goiug; Crutn started towards .Krank Slater's store bareheaded, and wont in the street towards Slater's, close to Isaac Liebman's piazza; I started bo hind him; I saw Mr. Browning come out of B F Slater's store; Slater w.is with him; they came towards Liebmun'a store; Cruin, as he got opposite the mill berry tree by Dilau's shop, stoppe 1; he got behind the mulberry troe; l stoppe 1 within about fifteen feet of him; as Mr. Drowning got pretty close, [ wont ab mt six fe?:t, where t'r?ni was standing; when Mr. Browning got about four feet from hi inj Crum said, "Is that you, Browning?" Mr. Drowning replied. "This is mo." As soon as Crum said the words, he threw the pistol right against Mr. Drowning and lired; Cru n had the pistol in his right hand; ho put. the pistol to Mr. Browning's breast and shot him; as soou as Crum shot, Mr. Drowning struck him and knocked him (Cruin) down, Mr. Drowning exclaim iing that "ho w.is shot " 1 said to Krank Slater, "I am d?1 if Ian goiug t ) stand this;" I started towards Cruai an 1 Browning; Krank Slater ran in bitwe? i me and Crum and Browning; Krank got on bis knees, and appeared to get h >ld of one of the combatants; I went to go around Krank, but, hojumpe I up and got between the combatants an I mys ;!f, Mr. Browning g >t up au J skipped his hands on his breast and said,"! am kilLd," (bun jumpel up an I started off, and got about thirty le it; [ started on towards Krank Slater's store with Mr. Browning; I wheeled and ran after Crutn, an I said I was n it going to 1 t him get away Ab ait that time Mr. Drowning and Frank Slater got on the stoio steps; I was ab mt forty foot from them; Mr. Browniugsaid,"! am going to fall;'.' I went back to them, an 1 went to the room with Mr. Browning an I Krank Slater; Mr. Bro.vuia jwj.it to get on the bod in the room, but fell on the side of the bed. I said, "Krank, put hi in on the bed I'll gn th ! d ictor." * I ran out and sent two eolore 1 in su ?.u go after the d let >r I ask j I threo or foir col (red men standi ig outside the d > >r to help ms catch him. I se it one of them to tell K M Bamberg that Mr Crum had shot Mr. Browning. I was not.present when Mr. Browning died. (Signed) E E Slat?r William J Jones sworn : Am a rc-i deut of the town ofBunb'arg. On Saturday evening, 29.h August, IS7I, after supper,between S and ? o clock, 1 left homo and went to r?rau> Slater's store; I left his store and went t? M r Crum's sroro; when t got there 1. luird J l* Murphy trying to quiet Crum. lie told him "not to hive any fuss, n tt to do that " lie apparently was trying t > pacify ('rum. My curiosity was excited; I lo iked und saw Crum have i pis.ol in his hand; Crum walked out of bis store; Murphy said, "I can do nothing with you," and Murphy left; Crum started towards Krank Slater's store; ho walke I a little below Mr. Dixon's shop, and said, "Is that you, Drowning'{" Mr. Browu'ng replied, "This is me," o ? words to tint effect;, on the reply, Mr Crum fired; Mr. Browning, I think, fell to his knees and rose, and I think struck Cruin, who fell with Mr. Browning on lop of him; Mr. Browning exclaimed,' "He has killed me," or words to tint effect; Crum got up and left. About twenty stops from where the fuss dour rod, and iu the direction that Crum went, two pistol shots were lired, but I do not know who ?rol them; I beard only one shot fired when Crum und Mr. Browning got together; am positive of that; when Mr. Browning went in the room ho asked me to pud off his shoes and to put so nothing uudor his Ina 1; I searched for u pistol; Mr. Browning did nqt have one then; I si v Krank Slater at the shooting; \V II Green was ueir mo at the tiin? of the shooting; both of us left the store of Crutn together, when Crutn and Murphy wero talking at tho store, from their coaversation I was made aware that Mr. Browning was the man meant by Crum, ami whom ho was angry with. (Signed) W J Jones. State of South Carolina, Barnwell County. Au inquisition iudctitcd, taken nt Bamberg aforesaid, the thirtieth day of August, A. D. eighteen hundred and sevcuty-lour, before O.ivor Hewitt, Ksq , trial justice, acting as coroner. Uyou th o view of the holy of James W Browning, then and there being dead, by the oaths of 11 J Brabham, fdrom'iri, James M Smith, Gr Y Katrick, W K Patrick, J S B Jones, J K Jonos, W W Smoke, S F Fairy, Henry Smith, Andy Hamilton, Jack Jenkins, U A ltioe and Jerry Thema-), being a ia.vful jury of inquest, who, being charged ami sworu to inquito for tho State of South Carolina wtieu and by what injaiis the said James W Browning came to bis death, upon their oaths, do say : That tho said |J W Browning came to his death by being shot iu the right breast, near the right uipplj, the ball ranging through the lower lobo of the right lung, said wouud being iuflictcd by a pistol ball, shot from a pistol in the hand of J \V Crum, iu tho town of Bamberg, between the hours of 8 and 0 o'clock, on Saturday evening, August tlio twenty ninth, A. D. eighteen hund rod and seventy-four; and so tho jurors a!'orcsa:d, on their oaths afore wid, do say : That the aforesaid J W Browning was, iu manner aud form aforesaid, by the said JW Crum, then aud there felon ioualy killed, against tho poieaaud digni y of tho same State aforesaid. In witness whereof I, Oliver Ho iritt, trial justice acting coroner aloaesiid, and the jurors ufotcsap] to the Inquisi tion, have set our hands and seals, tho day and year aforesaid. (Signed) Ol.IVKlt llBWITT, Trial Justice, acting Coroner. II J Brabham, foreman : Jas M Smith, G Y P trick, W V Patrick, J S 11 Jones, J V Jones, W \Y Sinoko, S T Fairy, II NY Smith, G A Rice, Andy x Hamilton, Jack x Jenkens, Jerry x Thomas. Story of a Postal Card. A prominent, merchant in St. Joseph , Mo , J. U. Johnson, ISsq., has got hi'n self into trouble, the postal istor of St. Joseph into trouble, tho postmaster of Chicago into trouble; ami the Cover n incut of tho Unite I States into trouble all "rowing out of a bit of pasteboard svith some writing on it. Some weeks ago Mr. Johnson, hav ing occasion to ord ?r s mie g iii Is from Chicago, pa^tc I a label about the size of a posing j stamp, bearing his business address, en tho postal curd. The Chicago corresp indent received tho card iu due time, but, had to pay six cents extra postage, and so notified M r. iJ ohusou. As the latter had been in the habit of posting these labels for so no liuio and had never before been called upon f>r extra postage, he consulted tho post master of St. Joseph, Mr. Ainholdl about it. Tlio latter authority informed him thot ho had a right to label tho cords and could continue to do so with sil'oty, unless the cards were going to Chicago, whose postmaster didn't uuderst tu 1 tho aw. Thereupon, in a happy frame of mind Mr. Johnson addressed a card to tho~ Chicago house in his host handwriting, aiid.w'uhu feeling of exultation, tY'~" uuiphuntly and in a bold haul wrote these wprds: 'Our postmaster sa; s your poitmister is an ass.' The Chicago postmaster forwarded tho obnoxious postal card to Washing ton Mr Cresswoll put on his spectacles an I read the St. Joseph postmaster's pithy opinion of ih ; Chicago p ist uns tor. The scsuTtor the reading was a postal card from Mr Cr'osswcll to the St Louis postmaster which nearly lifted the latter functionary out of his boots, and made him realize us he hod never done bo'bro how frail the tenure of a post mister may be. Thereupon the postmaster called up on Mi Johnson, and informed him thot he hud never said the postmaster uf Chi COgO was an ass. Mr Johnson brushed up his memory and after awhile, concluded t!i it ho w is mistaken in the language ho used; and gave his postmaster a statement to that e licet. This relieved the postmaster lie forwarded the statement to Mr Cresswoll, and once more felt secure iu his office. Hut it did not end here, for on Th?rs day la*t an order came for the arrest of Mr Johnson for using scurrilous Ian ?nage on a j.ostal card, and that night he was arresti d Thus for the suko of a litilo business label about the size ofu dos tage stamp the St Joseph merchant, got into a dilti culty with the St Joseph postmaster and the Chicago postmaster; git the St Jo soph postmaster and the Chicago post master by tho cars; got the St Joseph postmaster into trouble with the govern incut, aud bus got himself into a tight place, in which ho may have to pay from $100 to ?1,000, or go to jail and stay from one year to ten years before ho can extricate himself. Sundry Matters If there is no insurance upon the barn, one should bo procured without delay. The vapor Irom a baroful of new liny or grasn is one of the best co i ductor of lightning. Batho tho wh do body with cold water every night, and rob briskly with a dry towel. This brings refreshing sleep, and conduces to health. Give the men aud boys a bucket with soup and towels , that they may do the same. They will work the better for it. A married lody, who is iu the halnt of speudiug most of her time iu the sooiety of her neighbors, happened t> lie taken ill, nud sent Iwr hu?bau4 iu groat haste fur a physician. The hus'eau I run a short distance, aud thou returned, exclaiming, "My dear, whore shall I find you when 1 come back V* Honor Your Calling. It is a good sign when a man is proud of hii^-work. Yet nothing is more cum - mon A^ltan to hear men finding fault con stantly with their particular business, anil dooming themselves unfortunate be c:iurce;i:fastoued to it, by the ncc;ssity of gaining a livelihood. In this spirit men fret, .?nd laboriously destroy all their comfort in work. Occasionally, a man fails in life be cause' he is not in tho place fitted for his peculiar talent; it happens ton times ol'leucr that failure results from neglect and even contempt of an honest busi ness A man should put his heart into everything that ho does. There is not ti profession iu tho world that has not its peculiar cares and vexaMoas. No man will escape annoyance by changing business. No meohauical business is altogether agreeable. Commerce, in its endless varieties, is affeeiei liko all nthcv human pursuits, with trials, tin - welcotno duties, and spiritliring necessi ties, pit is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of bis calling, and give his mind, every day to a consideration of then'iV They belong to human life. Theyvnro inevitable. Brooding, then, only gives them strength. On ' the other hand, a man has a p iwcr given him to shed baauty an I pleasure' upon the humbles toil if ho is wisel'Lct a man adopt bis business,Hud identify it with his li!'e, and cover it with, pleasant associations For Heaven has given us imaginations uot alone to make some men poets, but. to enable all men; to bcauti y homely things Look tit gnnd things. f Accept your lot as a man 'docs a piece of rugged ground, and begib to get out the rocks and routs, to deepen and mellow the soil, to enrich and plant it. 'J here is something iu tho most forbidden avocation around which may.twine pleasant fancies, out of whic h may be developed an honest pride. A man can impart to a business a flavor of honor by his own conduct, u lib !i shall make it hereafter more cred itahle to any one who enteis it. Frank lin left, upon the printing ullico an im prest; which has bcueGttcd the profession of j.iinters ever since. Blacksmiths -Lu^Qto gpnnk of the uueaapmizod Flihu Burrftt. One; lot a mail convert his business into an instrument of honor, beiicvoleuoi and patriotism, an.I from that moment it is transfigured, and men jud'je its dignity and merit, not by what it externally is, but by wh it it his done and can do. It is better to stick to your business, mid by patient industry and honorable enterprise to crown it with honor, than to run away from it, and to seek prosperity ready-made to your hand. It is not what a man Jinds that do&s him good, but what he docs. "The (iootl old Times? We shall hear from a thousand stumps the Democratic clamor for a re turn to.'the good old times.' Many a hungry politician will hear the sound and believe it the promise of the good time when the cry. '1 am a I) miocrat!" will open to the faithful the fattest ollicos of the land. No doubt Tweed, the dethroned king of Tamanuy, as he sits with stripped .-ait and shaved iu bis forced retirement and moralizes over the degeneracy of the times, looks for ward to the hour when the Democratic wand shall upon his prison doors aud reinstate him in the political kingdom which he lost Wo have no dedre to welcome tho return of the 'good old limes.' We have lud enough of them. They cost us over S:>,0 Ji),UiU>,0;)0 aud over halt a million lives. We are doing our best to repair tho injury, an 1 hope in less than a score of years to wipe out, the list Iraco of Democratic misrule. We have reduced the debt nearly $10''), 000,000 iu ii little over five years, ami shall continue its reduction until ever cent is paid. But we pretest against the retard of the times which forced this burden on the nation. Once iu a thousand years we might endure a like experience, hat to go through it agiiu during the present century Would tix good nature beyond the point ol ondu rauco. We might live through an epi demic, be tranquil over the escape of Tweed; read the details of the Brooklyn scan 'ill every day in tho year, but noth ingshort of a direct interposition ol Providence could make us submit with cheerfulness to the good old times of Democracy. May the sacrifice never be called for. A pig was born recently in Columbus with a half human fa CO and head, per fect chin and mouth, signs of a largo tusk on ono sido of the mouth, and a perfect elephant's trunk oxtonded from the forehead, with ears similarly shaped to those of mi elephant. It will be au interesting fact to psyeli dogists tj know that a circus h id passe 1 through Uoluui bus somo months before this pig was born, and that there was an elephant with it The maternal sow may have seen tha elephalit ? hence tho above monstrosity.' The Fellow that Looks Like Me. Max Adder, who writes for a Phila delphia paper, has a friend named Slim mer, who deserves pity. He was goiug up to Heading not long since, and when reaching the depot he happen od to look in the lady's room. A woman sat there with a lot of baggage and three children, and when she saw Slim mer she rushed toward him, aud before he could defend himself she threw her arms about his neck, nestled her head upon his breast, and burst into tears. Slimmer was amazed, indignant, con founded ; aud cro ho could find uttcr auce lor his feelings, she exclaimed? "O. Henry, dear Henry 1 wo are united at last. Are you well 7 Is Aunt Martha still alive ! Haven't you longed to sec your own Louisa?" And she looked into Sliiuiuer's face and smiled through her tears. "Madam," said ho, solemnly, "if I am the person alluded to ns Henry, per mit mo to say that you have made a mistake. My name is Lemuel, I have uo Aunt Martlia, and I don't own a solitary Louisa. Oblige mo by letting go my coat; it exciter remark." Then she buried her bonnet deeper into his waistcoat, and began to cry harder than ever, and said ? "O, Henry, how can you treat me so? How can you pretend that you are not iny husband?" "Madam," screamed Slitnmor, "if you don't cease slopping my shirt bosom; and remove jour umbrella from my corn, I shall be obliged to call the police. Let mc-go, 1 say." "The children, aro here," she per sisted. "They recognize their dear lather; don't you, children ?" -Yes, yes," tliey exclaimed, "it's pa; it's our own dear pa." And then they grabbed Slimmer by his trowscr legs und hung to his coat tail. "Woman !'' he shrieked, "this is got ting serious. Unhand mo, I say." Aud ho tried to disengage himscIf from her embrace?while all the brake men aud the baggage master, and tho newsboys sto^d tirouud, and said his conduct was infamous. J n the midst of tho struggle a strnngor cutcred with a carpet bag. He h.oked exactly like Slimmer?and wheu he saw his wife in Slimmer's arms he became excited, aud floored Slimmer with that carpet-bag and sat ou him, and smote his nose, and caromed on his head, and asked him what he mornt Slimmer was. removed on a stretcher, and the enemy went oil" with his wile aud family in a cab. He called next day to apologize. His wife had made the mistake becauso Of Slimmer's like ness to him. Aud now Slimmer wishes he may soon bo kicked in the faco by a mule, so that he will resemble uo other human being iu the world. How They Finally Got Married. One long simmer afternoon there oatiiO to Mr- Davidson's the most curi ous specimen of an old bachelor the world ever heard of. He was old. gray wrinkled and od 1. Hehnted old wo men, especially old maide, and wosn't afraid to say so. He and Auut Patty had it hot whenever chance drew thorn together; yet still he c:\mc, and it was noticed that Aunt Patty took unusual pain with her dress whoucver ho was expected. One day the contest waged unusul'ay strong, aud Aunt Fatty left in disgust and went oat into the garden. 'That bear; she muttered to herself as she stopped to gather a flower which attracted her attention 'What did you ruu for ?'said a gruff voice behind her. 'To get rid of you ?' 'You didn't do it, did you ?' 'No; you aro worse tluu a burdock bur.' 'You won't get rid of mo, cither.' ?I won't ch 7' '.Only in ono way.' iAnd that?' 'Marry mo.' 'What! us two fools get mar'riod! W hat would peoplo say V 'That's nothing to us. Come, say, yes or uo; I'm iu a hurry.' Well, uo thou.' 'Very well; good by, I shau't come nga in.' 'Stop a bit?-what a pucker you'ro in.' 'Yes or uo 1' '1 must conselt?' 'All right; 1 thought you were of age. (Jood-by.' "Would my little Ezra, asked a fond mother, "like to be u missionary, aud go preach to tho suffering heathen 7" Tears?bright pearly drops ol feelings? glistened in little Fzra's oyes as ho mur in mod : "No, I wouldu't; but I'd liko to be on tho pcrlioo long oiiough to put n tin roof ou the big lummox that stuck shoemaker's wax bu my seat to-day at school." According to Dr Afagin, no cigar smoker ever committed ouieido. Useful Information ,; Rhubarb |leaves scattered around will kill and drive away crickets. To clean marble, rub first with soda and soft soap, tbcu wash as usual with water. The fumes of r. brimstone match will remove berry stains from a book, paper, or engraving. A little black popper in some cotton dippiod in sweet oil is ono of the quick est remedies knowu for earache. To remove iron rust from linen, ap ply lemon-juice and salt and expose to the sun. Make two applications if ueo cssary. Simply bind chips Jof wood, four or fivo inches long, to tho ben's legs, leav ing only the hip joints in working or der, and this will euro her of sotting. Calves do not injure an orohard, but usually improve the fruit by picking up the wormy fruit as soon as it falls, and thus destroy tho insect eggs. ' Calves soldo n are inclined to gnaw tho bark or to injure even small trees; they will sometimes rub against tho trees, but could do uo damage unless to those new ly set. A Boston Negro's Opinion of Beech er. Rev. DoWitt Talmago tells the old story here again; how, a few years ago, he walked into a Presbyterian church in Boston. As he entered, a colored sexton, ncT attending tho colored con vention in Saratoga, bowed and said , 'Have a seat, sah V -Plenty of seats dis inornin', sab.' 'No, 'hank you, can't stay but a mo ment Just stepped in to see tho church What is the name of the clergymau ? Can't see very plain.' 'That, sab; is Rcvarand Henry Wad Bcccba, sab ! 'Fine preacher, isn't he?' returned Idr. Talmago. 'Well, sab. peoples has difieront no tions 'oout preachers?' 'But he seems quito animated/ 'Yes, sab; cousib'blo animatod,' - 'And appoars to havo taloat/ 'Well sib, as I said afo, peoples has such different notions 'boat proiohers. Bar's some dat tinks he's mighty good on de words. I tink mysolf he's a far man, sah?a very far man sab; but not of the priuia facie class. He's a good man, sah?a well meanin' man, but not a talented man. He's a New York man sab.' A gentleman at Lake George, after waving his handkerchief for half an hour or more at an unknown lady, whom he discovered at a distantpoioton the shore, was encouraged by a warm re sponse to bis signal to approach his charmer. Imagine his feelings when, on drawing nearer, he saw that it was his own dear wife, whom ho had loft at the hotel but a short time before. "Why, bow remarkable wo should have recognized each other at so great a dis tance," exclaimed both in the same broath, and then they changod the subject. If your sister fell into a well, why, couldn't you rescue her? Boeauso you conldu't be a brother aud assist her too. Not one of tho many balloon ascen sions made this summer has produced a fact to confirm the notion of a steady easterly currents in tho upper air. Don Piatt says shrewdly; ,Humor is to a newspaper what a tail is to a kite?very absurd but very necessary to its ascension.' Hair brushes with musical boxes in their covers are tho latest invention. A cockney says they will play a hair while you are brushing your 'air. For removing grease spots from any fabric, use ammonia, nearly pure, thon lay white blotting paper over tho spot I and irou lightly . j A student of auatomy says ho has not yet been ablo to discover tho 'bone of contention.' but ho thinks it must bo situated near the jaw boner 'John,' .-aid a father to his son ono day when bo caught him shaving the down oil his upper lip, 'don't throw your shaving water out whou thoro aro bare footed boys, for they might got their feet pricked,' Wo often hear ol pooplo who aro too poor to marry, but a California couple, who had becu engaged for eotno time, married becauso they could not afford to keep two separate rooms in a boarding house. A lad who borrowed a dictionary to road returned it after bo had got through with the remark: It was werry nice reading, but it somehow changed the subject worry ofton.' It was his sister tor who thought the Qrst ioo croatu sho tasted was a lcctlc touohed with the frost, .