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WITCHES AND DEVILS. Queer Stories and Ideas of Early Times Concerning Evil spirits. (From the Boston Conunercial Buletin.) The earliest letter in the Mather papers that alludes to the delusion of witchcraft is "The testimony of Wil liam Mors and his wife," relating cer tain events that occurred at his house in 1679, wfiich were believed to be the result of witchcraft. This testimony was inclosed in a letter from the Rev. Joshua Moodey to the Rev. Increase Maher. "The last thing heard of," says the venerable dlvine, "was the cairrying away of several axes iii the night notwithstanding they were hid up, yea, lockt up very safe, as the owner thought, at least, which was done this spring." The tramllp had evidently not yet beeti invented for the benefit of the careless. It seems that Master Mors and his wife had but just retired for the night when they were roused by the violent falling of "Stokes & Stons" on the roof On opening the door to discover the cause of these nocturnal disturb an'es both he and his wife were driven back by a volley of stones hurled against them. The pair dis creetly returned to bed, locking the door carefully behind them, but at about midnight were again awakened by the loud grunting of a hog which the master of the house was at some trouble to drive out of doors. The poweri of darkness did not confine their pranks to the iiigbt, but continued their performances in broad daylight. Household goods, hung in the chimney for safe keeping, leaped from their hooks and took possession of the chairs, and other articles fled from their accus tomed places and fell rattling dow i the chimney. Among other articles, he says: "A basket in the chamber com doun the chimney. I tocke it il) myselfe and laide it before me; it was sudinly taken away I know not how and com doun the chimny again. I then took a brick and put into it and said it should carry that if it did goo ny againe. It was taken away I know not how and com doun the chimny and the brick * * * after it." . The godly man was sorely plagued by the continual falling of stones on the roof and even of lighted firewood down the chimney. Swine invaded his house and it was impossible for ,him and his hired boy to keep the cat tle fastened in the barn. Pots, kettles and jepdirons performed a witche's dance around the kitchen, and neither sheets nor klankets would stay upon the bed. Chairs would then perform a polite obeisance and then violently kicked the master and mistres of the house. Finally the writer concludes: "A mate of a ship coming often to me and said he was much grieved for us, and said the boye was the Cause of ohl my trubble and my wife was much ,Ronged and was no wich, and if I would Let him have the 4)oy but bon Day be would warent no more trueel. I being persuaded to it lie comet lie nex day at the break of day andhed boy was with him until night an It bad not any trubel since," The second letter vouching for sun dry Witch-like occurrences was Writ ten at Bajley in 1683, and by no less a worthy than. the Rev. John Russell, the kindly protector of the regicides, Goffe and Whalley. According to the accounts it seems thit X3i aged man named Nicholas DisboroTW, o0 Iirt ford, had at her mother's death, taken charge of his little granddaughter. This little girl at the tender age of eight fell into a pond and was drowned. Her father, John Agidrosse, with whom she had not lived for years, immediately set to his father-in-law, Disborow, for the personal effects of Mistress Androsse and of his daugh ter. Disborow, disgusted with his worthless son-in-law, refused, and straightway "began to be visited with a strange providence, stones and dirt being thrown at him, at first small -pieces. * * * This providence becomes amazing; things being thrown at him and his boy,. night and day, in house and field; sometimes in open places, where one might see a quarter of a - mile about and no appearance of hand or person to throw them. The things wer~ stones, dirt, brickbats, cobs of .Indi n corn." Rather substantial eflects, these, of ghostly influence. Not even the hearthstone was safe from the witch sped missiles, it appears, for the nzar rator goes on to say: "When in the house, and doors shut, they wouid come down the chimney, and fall upon them, and upon others that were in -the house. ***One stone that hiitt him on the arm putt him to some little pain. Another on the leg drew a little blood which appeared through his stocking." Thus it continued tili No vember, about which time said Dis borow's barn was burnt; "no man knew how, but very strangely; and considerably to his loss." This strange pelting wit'h missiles from unknown hands continued until Disborow sent -to Androsse the garments in dispute. The reverend doctor marvels greatly that, although "Stones & brickbats about a pound waight that fell down by them, yet they received no consid erable hurt.'' "It was a strange & awful Providence," he decides. "More than naturall, which occasioned great thoughts of hart; whether the child's death was merely casuall, or, &c. But how, or what the cause of the motions was, the Lord only knows." This same fall of 1683 seems to have been especially blessed or cursed with all manner of witch work, for late in August of that year the Rev. John Higginson, of Salem, writes to his brother minister, Mr. Increase Mather, the following terrible warning against a too great love of books, which pre cocious youngsters of to-day would do well to learn by heart: A godly young student, says the account, was bound apprentice to a draper, ye "Notwithstanding, con tinued a strong inclination & eager affection to books, with a curiosity of hearkening after & reading of the strangest & oddest books lhe could get ; spending mtuch of his time that way to the neglecting of his business." But, as the Sunday schools say, mark the sequel. "At one time there came a man into the shop & brought a book with him & say.d to him, here is a book for you; keel) this till I call for it again, and so went away. Mr. Sharp, after his wonted bookish manner, was eagerly all'ected to look into that book ~& to read in it, which he did, but as lie read in it, he was seized on by a strange.horror both of body and niind, tile hair of his head standing up.", The worthy apprentice straight way took coutnsel with his master, and be tween they decided that the volume was a conjuring book and committed it to the flames. The~man who brought it of course no other than Decelzebub himself. Then this godly young ap prentice, taking this "As a solemn warning from God to take heed what bookse he did red. was mneh taken off from his former bookishness, confin ing himself to reading the Bible and other known good books of divinity which were profitable to his soul." Listen to this Messrs. Crawford and you uncanny shades of Fitzgeral, Do Quincy and Poe.- If the mild horrors of a seventeenth centurY tale were judged the inventions of the devil, what is the source of your grisly reve lations? The second story which Dr. lliz -inson tells in all seriousness would be worthy of a place in the ranks of' those innumerable folk lore stories of bargains wits the devil, if the expla nations were not so patent to all ex cept sage doctors of divinity two cen turies ago. It seems that somewhere in Essex, England, a young man agreed with the devil to preach abso lute atheism, that there 'vas neither God, devil, heaven nor hell. In ex change for this service he was to attain wordly distinction and a great reputa tion for wisdom. All at first went swimmingly with this seventeenth century Bob Ingersoll until the ap proach of death. Then he straight wav avowed his belief, not only in prradise, but in punishment, and died miserably in instant expection that a legion of tiends would carry him, a second or rather a foreshadowed Don Giovanni, to the sulphurous pit. The same Dr. Moodev mentioned above can not let the birth of an un fortunate monstrosity occur without finding in it something of witchcraft, and he gravely writes to Boston in September, 1683, a- minute descrip tion of a poor distorted infant that was brought forth by an Indian woman, as a terrrible warining of things present and to come. He concludes: "Doubt less vou have hearn how matt eri are with~ us, I beg your prayers." Poor man, he needed them not only for his credulity but for his misfortunes, for he was shortly after imprisoned by Cranfield "for administering the sac raments contrary to the laws and stat utes of England." These extraordinary statements were sent to Dr. Mather, as he was at that time compiling a volume, or rather volumes, called "Remarkable Providences," which he published in 1681. These uncouth and garbled tales were accepted as absolutely cor rect, not only by superstitious country people, but by the most learned scholars in America and England. Such contemporary letters speak, as no other testimony can, of the hor-ri bly darkened condition of the human intellect, even in the days when France was approaching her. zenith under Louis XIV., and.England was prepar ing for that glorious revolution which was to eflace the name of Stuart from the list of European dynastics, and give England not only genuine free dom but a genuine king. HOW VICTORIA DRESSES IN STATI:. The Queen's Last Drawing itoom Recep tion and the Toilettes of the Occasion. (Froi a London Lette~r.) I had the tonor of. being presented to her Royal Highness at the last drawing room and will give you a description of her dress. It was of the most tender lilac or mauve shade. a wairt d pqtticoaL of lilac teir' velvet, a train of creau ciepp de ohine, handsomelv embroidered in various shades of flowers, lined and bordered with lilac and coral roses. The skirt was looped with tulle and embroidered with .e.ers, the train caught back wthlilac featiers. 1er leaddress was a tiara of diamonds; featiles a::d veil, hecr ornaments diamonds". She wore the orders of Victoria and Al bert, the Crown of inudia, St. Catha rine of Russia, St. John of' Jerusaie.u, the Roya! Red Cross and Danism fain ilv order. Next her stood the Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, in a dress and train of black striped velvet and satin, the train lined with scarlet satin and trimmed with jet. It should be remar'ked here that people going out of mourning in Englaud ahve-ys wear scarlet. H~er headdress was' a ,iaI'a .f diamonds, feather's, veil, and her ornamenu, .emeralds and dia monds. She wore four orders~ the Victoria and Alber't, 'the 'Crown of India, $t. John of Jerusalem and the Royal Red Cjoss, The Princess Mary of Cambridge stood neat to her, an igunense but rather handsome woman. Then .came a yoglng girl, the Princess Louise of Waies. An exquisite shade of blush brocaded satin,' lined wit~h poult de sole, and trimmed with feath ers and syringa blossoms, joined the corsage and train, over a tulle petti coat looped with bunches of the same iowers. H~er headdress was of feath er's and taiil vy . She wore pearls, damonds and rubies. Next tohe stood her popular papa, the Prince'of Wales, in a full suit of scarlet, the uniform of a Geneil. Nelhie Grant and Her English Husband. (Frorn a New York Letter.) It is possible 31rs. )ellie Girant Sar' toris may visit her' mother late in the summer.' She has now proceeded to her Isle of Wight residence and will soon make a visit to the Continent. The only daught~er of the great chief tain'of the American army deaired to pass last winter with her mother to comfort her, but her husband's father wrote such a ioVing~ appeal to her to return for the winter that 3i's. Saric? ric at once went back to England. There has been such an amount of gossip about 3Mrs. Sartoris and her husband that I feel authorized to say that from the best sources I have heard there is truth in the report of 31rs. Sartor'is being anxious for a divorce. Her husband is gay and perhaps would not by an American mioralist be considered a model hus band; but after all the model husbands are few in this world, and if the wives of all the husbands who are not models were to seek and obtain divorces the wives of the models would be so numerically weak they would certainly feel rathei- lonely. A Lawyer's Contingent Fee. "What is a contingent fee?" asked a litigant of a well-known attoney the other day. "Well," said the legalite, "if I take your case and lose it 1 zet nothing." "Yes, yes; that's all right." "But if I win the case you g'et noth "H~ow's that ! How's that: I don't think I understand you." The attorney calmly repeated his statement. The still noni-plussed liti gant per'sisted: "If I understand you, in neither' case do I get any'thing." "Well, you know that's not my- fault; but that is the meaning of a contin gent fee. Shall 1 bring suit? What did you say ? No? Well, I am very sorry. Good morning." Four' prnisoncs are now confined in Rich landl jail at Lexington's expanse. One sering unexpired sentence from Court of Sessions, two uder Trial Justice sentencec GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Facts or Interest Gathered from Various Quarterm. The Bank of Monroe, Louisiana, has been closed. A woman died in Nevw York Saturday. it is stpposed. from cholera. Unprecedented fruit and wheat crops are reported in Virginia. The apple crop of C(onnecticut promises to be unusually large this year. Ex-Vice President David Davis is lying critically ill and may die at any moment. Parliaient will be proroigued (nt Friday. Diissolution will take place oin Saturday. Randall says the Administration is not the enemy of the silver dollar. A horse was frig0htened to death in In ianapolis, Ind., Thursday by a tire -team Providence. 1'. 1.. Thursday celebrated the 250th anniversary of the settlement of that citv. There is anider:e grumbling in Ba varia regarding tae treatment of the late King. The Treasury has issued a call for $4, 000,000 of bonds for redemption. The call matures August 1. A French brigantine sank Saturday on the banks of Newfoundland and nine of her crew drowned. Revivalists Jones and Small are said to be planning a New England seashore cam paign for the summer. An unknown friend of Erin in New York has contributed $5,000 to the relief committee in Ireland. The strike in the yarn mi'l of the River side Mills at Augusta is at an end and the mill is in full operation. John Johnson, of Brooklyn. N. Y., com mitted suicide by pushing a h)andkerchief down his throat with a long ruler. Jacob Swingley, of Creston, Ill., cut the throats of his two children and committed suicide on the 19th-insane. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama co!,ferred the degree of I). 1). upon S. lieclit, Jewish rabwi of Mnm;zn Ct.' The New York Times has determined to make an attempt to find out the secrets of Alaska, and has sent an exploring expedi tion. Newsmen in New Jersey. Brooklyn and part of New York commenced in5 oyeat the World Monday and killed 50,0O0 copies in one day. The New England Institute Fair build ing.. Boston, was burned Thursday. and four workmen killed. Loss $250,000; cov er-d by insurance. The Republican Staite Convention met in Montgomuery, Ala., last week, and decided to pu1t ;I ticlset in the fi:ld. Prot.ection principles a(dherad tO. The British Museum has recently paid ?05 for a copy of the first, edition of the Pi'grba.. P roge.'x. Only three copies are known to lie in existence. The pla:terers of Pitsburg and Alle gheny City, 1a., some 700 in number, have gone out (-n an'ther strike-. on acconut of the bad faith of thy contra;cVars. The University at Athens, Ga.. gets $.,000 per year from the State. The At lantat University for the colorl-d people gets the same amoiun. Ten Mexicans attacked 5o Apaches in Tecapodepe Pass, near Sarache. The In di:ms were defeated. The Mexicans lost three killed and one wounded. Saturday morning J. 11. Blackbur, of AtImia. Ga., died. lie overtaxed his brain in to- cause cOf I:mpe-n: on the dy of election i Atlanta, andin-caie insane. Yotinr and healhy as the season Is. there is already a disposition to get up a yellow fever scare in New Orleans. in consequence of the arrival of a Cuban doctor with some nie;-obes 'A meeting of 10,0011 petpiu a as jaek Tliurs day at Zurich.'to protest against 'the Gov er-nment's action a~rainst the'strikers. 'The red iag wvasnmld but the polie pre served order. The Prince of Wales, who has decided to become ;hn amateur phaotogra~phier, has much dispieased the English by ordering his tirst camera from an American firm. Over 200 per-sons wecre poisoned at a fes tival at Petersville, N. JI.. fronm eating sand witches made of canned beef. Later news attrtbutes us to nrsuro. w'iil put La thie ice eam. The Lake Shore switchmen employed at the Union -stock vards unit work Thurs day, owing to th,, r..fasi of thet r:ailroad company to discharge~ eight non-union men, at Chicago. Judge Holman, of Indiana, has just been norni:ated for Congress, and if elected it will be his 11h term. Hie is kngvi in Washingtoit as ethe wvach ~d'g of the Treasu rv." -- A comirasA was glosed Mondaiy for the completiont of the Birnnhami aiid Shuf tield Rairoad and the ereetin at. Sheielt, Ala., of a second iron fturnace with 100 tons capacity. Fiv-e rien have been sentenced to impris onment for terms vat ying from four to six mnonmh for jwin'ng th:e 400 rioters who felled, kicked and stonfed & Cathie lac tory wvomen. Fiiur of the five saloons at Washington, Ill.,- are iowned by w:6tmen. Womin are rapidly fitting~ themselves 'for polijdid du. ties in anticipation of the time when they shall achileve thte ballot. Register Rlosecrans says the war of the revol~itioni cost this country $0.000,000: the wvar of 1812, $115,000J,000i: the Mexi can wvar, $1:35,000,000, and ti- late n pleasan;tnew.- $t;.180.92o005, Th aitat ion of thequetionh of sces sin tOhe ols in DgyN..,has occa sioined or fr-ankness of expression by the penople in regard to their earnest desire for annexation to thn United States. 11. M. Hlyndmtan, President of the tio cial D~emocratic Federation of London. and leader of the Englishi party of so-called Scientitic Socialism, has decided to visit the United States on a lecturing tour. At the fire of the great exhibition build ing in Boston one man wvas roasted in sight of the gazing crowvd. Eight charred bodies were takenifromi the ruins and more are still in the ashes. A Mississipipi court has decided in a case against a ciolored congregation that the right of freedom of worship does not im ply the right to such shouting and singing as distmibs the neighborhood. The w~ hipping post may be looked upon -e a r. 'ie of barbarism, but its introducetion into Matryland as a ptunishment for wife beating has lessened that crime in 'hei State. Btllies and cowards ailw~ays dread physical paim. In Annapolis County. Halifax, N. S.. where the contest in the recent election wias very close, one- or mtore of the ballot boxes are imissing. As a r-esult. te sineessionist canidibat. ~Atstorney Genaera! Longley. mtay lie counted it. Thte Recv. Charks lI. Glloway. of Mis sis~ipi, who was recentlv elgeted to, a bishi oprite in the 5iouthiern Met hodi4t Chiurch. is said to lie the roungest moan ever- elected to cuch. i po t in the counels of his huh.His age is 03. Thle "oldest Mason" hias again paissed awav; this time ini California-Captain Johni Paul Jones Davidson. I he wvas born in Connecticut in 178$ and had bieen a Ma son 16 years when the Morgan episode created sucht a stir in 1820. The Presidbential vinoes of peusion raids uponi the Treasur-y are apparently bearing gooid results in Congress. Tuesday there were :34 adverse repoirts of pension bills fronm the Invalid Pensions Committee, and there nre more to conic. The Swedes are numerous in Chicago. There are not less than five Odd Fellows' lodges composed of this nationality alone. The first Swedish lodge has commenced putting up an Odd Fellows' block. At the laying of the corner stone more than 5,000 were present, and the structure will cost near $40,000. Berlin has abolished the old custom of holding market in squares and public places, and during this month has opened a series of grand and colossal market halls in vari ous parts of the city. During one year the city consumes 1,6:.5,000,U00 pounds of food. An Ecc-siastical Convention, represent ing the Lutheran Synodsin Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Missis sippi and Tennessee, met Wednesday in St. Mark's Church, Roanoke, Va. Rev. W. S. Bowman, 1). D., of Savannah, Ga., preached the opening sermon. Seventeen years ago Thomas Stewart. of Chicago, was sentenced to imprisonment for life fcr the murder of Harry Hulbert. It now appears that Eliza Reilley, a woman for whom he had a boyish devotion, com mitted tho crine, and that he voluntarily sacrificed himself i4 har behalf. He was released from the penitentiary on Ttesday last. There is a veritable war between the Chi cago gas companies, three of whici have invaded each other's territory, and the con test has finally become so bitter that one of the companies has offered to supply resi dents of the West Division with gas on a five years' contract for 65 cents per 1,000 feet, against $2.50, which was the charge two years ago. Last week, after the great victory by the Liberals on the question at issuei a wealthy old -ea captain' at Digby N. S., tooki a hatchet, stripped the limbs from the highest spruce tree on his farm, near the town, and nailed the Stars and Stripes there. Then, poiuting to the flag, ho shoudli "T 7t is our ne-t qjuestion to yte op, and you will find before long two-thirds of us that way of thinking.'' The Government at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon issued a decree expelling the French Princes from France. Count Tou cher de Cariel, ambassador to the Austrian Court, iis resigiued in prptpst ,1gainst the action of the Government in expelling the French Princes. It is believed that M. Waddington, French Ambassador to the Court of St. James, will also resign. The Count and Countess of Paris and their son, Prince Louis Philippe. after receiving their fiends, w!4 embgk at Treport. Prince Napoleon (Plon-Plon) is going to Geneva, and his son, Prince \ ictor, to Brussels. Origin of the Word "Doodle." The origin of the word "boodle," which has obtained such notoriety efl late, is giving rise to a consiilerable amount'od lis cuision'.' but' hei is littld doubt that it is simply 'a slani Western term, implying morey in buft. The Chicago New8 sug gests thnt it may be a corruption of "bodle,' a small Scotch coin, in value about one third of a penny. In New England the term ". oodle" is in common use, signifying the whole or all-the entirety of anything, Ingenious philologists might sppculatp qn thecounecifon 'bptwdcp 'bio1le" and the Gothic botan, meaping plunder or profit. Icw Ilebriden, The Islands of New Hebrides and Santa Cruz, over which France and England are now squabbling, form part of the long cha in of groups in the West Pacific known as Ma lanesin, about 200 miles from Solomon Islands and New Caledoni. Net-rly a li iianas arte o1vcjcaic'form1ton. The largest of them is called Espiritu Santo, and is seventy-five miles by forty miles in ex tent. The population is about b0,000, most ly savages, very cruel and quarrelsome, and inveterate cannibals. The islands have an unpleasant notoriety from the fact of the murder of Bishop Pattjson, Capt. Good their~ efforts ~to ev'ange1ize 'the natives. They hav'e always been regai-dett'by the English as forming paft of the clominion of Ne Su Whaleg Railroad Racket. Railroad men say that on July 4th there will be some considerable changing around in railroad circles. General Mtaaaggr b. .. 'homas, of- ths Richmiund ana Danville, is set down ahs a& mover, and liis object seems to be to rob th& Atlantic Coast line of as much of the through travel between the' Nortih an!l South a,; possihe. It is said to be a 'posi'tive fact that de ble daily trains are to be put on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road, and the track between Char lotte and Augusta is to be put in first class order, new steel rails having been ordered. When the tlduble tinily servjce bpigias on~ this roai, the' trairis wilf'be' run thirughx from Charlotte to Savanniah.. Ji is rportd that a~ new through fast mail and passenger train will be put on the line between Charlotte and Washington, making three trains per day on the Rich mond and Danville, two of these to be through passenger and mail and one local. It will not surprise up to see all of these rumors tconfirmedl, for the Itid.iond and ianville is pot only reachiing oidt jor buisi: ness, but intends to bid'r.-=.Ckalete O& seer. - A New Revelation. The Interior, publishedl at Chicago, gives the following discription of the recent titter ance of the Augusta General Assembly: 'The Southern Presbyterian Geuneral A~y sembhly has given the scientific and religious world detinite information in regard'to the proes-by which'God created man-an im portant matter of kn'owledg6 unknowg to mnkind nip to the& moment wh-len it was revded' in the city of Augusta, Slate of Georgia., Uniited States o'f America, anno 1S6. The purpose of this revelation was, as our correspndent shows, to produce lhar mony and peace in the Southern Presbyte rian Church. The scientific and religious world have, however, a just cause of com plaint for that, whereas the Augusta As sembly knew so much, it told so little. In quirers after knowledge desire definiteness andl particularity. In these qualities we we must saly, with all deferenice, that the Southern 'IHardshell Baptist colored preachier was the bett'er revelator. H~e an nontced that 'Ibe Lawd made Adam outen ob de dust ob deC yearth, and stood him up agin de fence to dry.' 'I1o1' on dar!' ex claimed a dleacon fronm his pew, 'Who built dat fenee No ~twithistanpdingr the 'erious diliulty whichl so promptly miet the 'fence theory,' we iregard it as, on the whole, more explicit than the theory prop~oundedl, in the interest of peac-e and harmony, by the Southern Assembly." Thie sune journal says respecting the hy potesis that the Augusta Assembly hais .ivn peace to the Church. "Our Southern Presbyterian exchanges are congratulating their readers that now, and at last, the qjuestion of how Adlam was created will no longer tear up the ground on their Mouut lion. Now that their As semby'has fully explained the process. if any nian shall say that the As~mbly did not know, fie can be taken by his back col lar with the ecclesiastical left hand, and seized w ith the ri'bt hand by the rudimen tar integzument'of any other part of his garments which may seem best located for lifting pmurposes, and tossed out of the semi tropical sheep-fold." He swiang v.ith he~r till tlie hour was late And when he went'home, said he, 1r father had painttedl the garden gate And my pants are a sight to see. Hereafter, he said to himself, I'll wait Til the paint has dried on the garden ate. BRIC-A-BRAC. Upside down-A feather bed. A capital fellow-The millionaire. Glnziers take pleasure in the thoughti tbat this is a world of pane. Uniform prices--What the tailor ciargcs for soldier's clothes. You can always get a bottle of )erfiei ry for a scent. The fisheries question-[N there anything left in the p0,ket Ilainsh If you find you cannot succeel-suw cumb. One need not be a brilliant writvr press himself in glowing terms. Young man, never say to yoursire: "You might go. father, and fare worse. Perhaps the music of Thomas and Maria may not inaptly be called eat-chy. The tramp who entered a bakery :1ni stole a loaf of ginger-bread took the eake. Nature's most becoming dress-the close of the day. Effectual destruction of weeds- marrying a widow. Man proposes, woman accepts, if tle col laterals are good. It is not believed that the President will veto his wedding bills. No chicken pie blooms oi the echoless banks of Salt River. Country cousins are beginning to receive letters from their city relatives. Better to have loved a short girl than never to have loved a tall. Every nice young hidy who ib:ps: a bach elor guardian s5!cul feci ccouraged now, If you want to communicate with the finny tribes of the sea first drop them a line. When one splits his side with laughter he should run until ho gets a stitf-h in them. In answer to the question, "Is life worth living'" we reply that it all depends on the liver. It is between the acts at the theater that a man is most liable to have an at tack of the g'out. Buy bar soap by the quartity. Keep it where it will dry, and it will go niuch farther in using. It is a sure sign that the fools are not all dead when aii fat man tries to be a dude and wear tight pantaloons. "Letter go!" exclaimed Flippant-!alker. dropping a missive into the x on thestreet near Dr. Mioi's drug store. Maine seems quite willing to go over and thrash Canada, provided some one will hold the Canadians till she does it. We always knew this administration would get itself into trouble before i f:n ished its term. Perother Blaine is everything and every where in these days. Isn't lie a little too previous for the summer of 1888? If the poets can may be kept quiet the country may yet recover from the excite ment attending the President's marriage. With what fiendish glee the Frcnchm:;n will greet the news that the bieyclc has been introduced into the Germait army. said Podger's wife, "the devil has a clbven foot. and the mnim-. who has a cloven breath is oi the way to him." There is 1 *giuneness" about the girl's feelings who has been lavishing her smiles exclusively on students. "Come, swallow, come, for thee I wait." sings a poet. for whom, apparently. the a loon keeper will put nothing more on the slate. What is home without q p~m~e, what are all. the ;oya -. e mot, wh'en we're igno pint o'f 'hO topies that are talked of on the street A Harlem girl -ants to know ' if it is true that kissing cures freckles." Wouldn't say positively, but a simple recipe like this is worth trying.. A Western journal head~g in articlie, '"A lunatic escapeg and man'ics a widow" E~cuiped4 'eyP We .should say lhe gi t caught. "I do love dress" oxdimett a young so cis.ty hello. "Then I should think you would wear more of it," replied a cynical bachelor. A contemporary says Miss F'olsom's pho tograph has been copyrighted. Her news paper pictures appear to hate h::en all ('0y wronged. lY The blockade against Greece has just beraised in Europe, while on this side of th ater Congress is legislating agtinst oleomargarmne. If the raihcais continue to water their stocks'in the future as they have done in the past a locomotive that can't swim won't be worth a cent. The Capitol says that interest in base ball in Atlanta is waning. Th~e gg-wds afe very light au'g thege age nyt more than a do'zen ladies in attendance, Now that the funnyisms of the Lord High Executioner in "The Mikado" are becoming stale dont style them chestnuts. Call 'em Ko ko-nuts. Senator Edmunds approves the Presi dent's marriage in good round terms. After that there could be no possible Gb ictian to it even if it were not tog, late. That ggnuial lrute, John L. Sulivan, thir'estens to write a book. lHe evidently waints to figiht a three-rognud nlatch wvth the I gersoll's sweeping assertion "that noth ing is ever lost" staggers our faith in him. If lie excepts umbrellas he can restore the religious harmony between us. Rip Van Winge was roolish to go out and shep un a dampu mountain for twenty years. lie might just as well have clerked in a store that did not adv'ertise. An A tlanta man is dying from the' bite of a mulo. When a muli becomes dangerous at both end.s it is tim'e to propound the co. nlundrum: "Whither are we drifting" Ifmsi signs are in vogue among the drumniers: associations, it may safely be assumed that the new member experiences little difficulty in "catching oii" to the grip. The question which seems to be troubling some members of the h~ouse is whether but ter or b~utterine would be the cheapest to grease the political machinery of their dis trict with. It always su1'pribes a man when lie dio covers that a woman is not a coward. But it never 'surpri'ses a woman wheni she finds that aman is. Do not laugh at the gentlemani with a bare poll, my son. It is nnt nearly so had to hiave? a head that is bald on the out:-ide as to have r, hiead that is bald on the inside. J. W. MIartin, Intendant of Woodruff. has resignedl in consequence of the five Wardens clamoring for the sale of whisky. He says: "I used every argument availa ble, but all to ino putrp)ose, so I be~grc dis gusted and havc resigned." 'The Troublec ibarely Oier. Stomach troulde is serious buwintes while it lasts; but what a blesse'd relief to have it depart! 3Irs. F. G. Wells, of 19 Atlantie street, Hartford, Conn., write'that she tried Brown's Iron B it ters for stomach trouble. and that die expeieinced such rele ti.tg the troule is now ca~tirdy uscr. She recommnends this great iron medicine to all who are' afilicted. It cures liver and kidney comi plaint. ___________ Pbre'sent Your Bill. A youing fellow 'yen akiss from'i a young ady the other evening, and when he~ dcs5 matnded pay'mert she sid, "'Il pay- whlen you present your bill." Atnd the pucker lag process began right away, and the os eulatory forfeiture (lied away amid sound similar unto those made by a cow when pulling her foot out of the mud. SPRING FEVER At this resson nearly every ona needs to use 6o0=3 rort oric. iTION enters intoalmost every phy aician's prescription for those who need building up. -THL BEST.TWNICe Por Wenknesms, Lansmitude. Laek of rey, &c., It IIAS NO EQUAI, and 'd nyI onmdicino that is nt lnjntrios. It r the Blood avigoratem he ystemi, Rtesfores Appetite,Aldms Digestion Ir dncA not. blackon or injure the teeth, cause head. Ph t1or pr, luce contipation-th er r.m diinesdo D:r. C.. H. Brtiry, 2 leading physician of .pringf-old. 0., i'.;b: "-Irown's fron Bittera is a thoroughly good meri cine. I us it in my practice, and tind its action excels all other forms of iron. In waakness. or a low condition of the system. Brown's Iron Bitters is usualIT a positive necessity. It is all that is clai Genuine has trade nark and crossed -'ji lines on wrapper. Take no other, Ma'*e only by BROWN CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORFMD. LADIES' HAND BOOr-nseful and attractive, con taining list of prizes for recipesi. information about coins, etc., given away by all dealers in medicire. or mailed to any addrees on receipt of 2C. stamp. FOR COUCMS AND CROUP USi ET C 'ne sweet am aw gathered fta tsm ef the ame n2ameR growing alng the small streams in the Seuthern , contains a stimul.ntg expectorant principle that loosens the pinhr clagths early morning cough, end scion. I"a hilhrow off the false membrane oin crep a" whooping-cough. 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