The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, December 14, 1886, Image 3
Our Ship at Sea.
iDear heart, wo two havo waitod
| For many a weary year
The ship wo launched at sea,
Freighted with hope for you and me,
| And carrying never a fear.
We watched them sail away,
| As wo stood on the shore,
And sweetly we did dream,
"With true love for our theme,
1 "When their voyage should be o'er.
We said, "When they return to us,
l O'er the ocean's briny foam,
.We'll build a kingdom heavenly fair,
With love and faith dwelling there?
| We'll call our kingdom home."
Love was wrecked on nn angrv shore,
j On the rocks of worldly gain,
:And ohl the saddest sight to me,
Ftiith was lost in a dismal sea
I ur sloncier, doubt and pain.
jYet o'er the dark and angry waves,
! Hangs the bow of promise fair;
It tells of that br glit and better land,
With love and faith, an unbroken band.
Up there, dear heart, up there.
HDMOItOUS.
Goes against the gruin?The reaper.
If there is any one who should be
"rapped iu slumber," it is the man who
snores.
Bees can predict the weather. Combine
a bee and a small boy and they can
produce a squall.
"I don't see the point, but I realize its
force," said the man when the bee settled
on the back of his neck.
! A man who advertised for a permanent
position, where salary was no object,
was advised to try the cemetery.
A new game of cards is called ''matrimony.w
If the man wins, he takes the
girl; if the girl wins she takes the man.
The difference between two great political
parties is easily explained to foreigners,
one gets the offices the other gets
left.
i The discovery of a scarlet snake is reported
by an Ontario paper. The man
who discovered it had in all probability
been painting the town red.
An Ohio man claims to have invented
a machine that will continue to run without
stopping until it wears itself out It
is evidently an infringement on a book
agent's tongue.
Lady to small boy?"Then you never
had educational advantages?" "No,
mum not that I know of. I've had
airy siplas. If what you said is worse
nor that,I don't wanter catch it."
'Mary, I wish you would be a better
little girl," said a father wo wot of to
his little girl. "You have no idea how
sorrv I am that mamma lmn tn wnlil umi
bo much." *'Oh, don't worry about it,
papa," was the reply; "I'm not one of
those sensitive children. Half the time
I don't hear what she says."
t liarpcler In Handwriting,
There are people who claim to read
men's characters from their handwriting.
As the writing of every nation is distinguished
by strong national peculiari.
ties, it is easy for an expert th decide to
what nation a writer belongs. Having
settled that, certain large characteristics
which are common to all men, but in
different degrees, can be seen in every
handwriting. A certain number of men
are calm, even-lived, sensible and practical.
Men of that class are almost cer
tain to write plain, round hands in which
every letter is distinctly legible; neither
very much slanted forward, nor tilted
backward; no letter very much bigger
than its neighbor, nor with heads much
above or tails much below the letters not
so distinguished; the letters all having
about the same general uprightness, and
the lines true to the edges of the paper,
neither tending upward nor downward.
Exact business-like people will have an
exact handwriting. Fantastic minds
revel in quirks and streamers, particularly
for the capital letters, and this
quality is not infrequent in certain busU
ness hands, as if the writers found a relief
from the prosaic nature of their work in
giving flourishes to certain letters. Firm,
decided, downright men are apt to bear
on the pen while writing, and to make
their strokes hard and thick. Cn the
contrary, people who are not sure of
themselves, and aro lacking in self-control,
press unevenly, and with anxiouslooking,
scratchy hands. Ambitious
people are apt to bo overworked; they
are always in haste and either forget to
cross their t's, or dot their i's. They
ar? als "> apt to ruu the last few letters of
every word into an illegible scrawl.
Flurried, troubled, and consciencetwinged
persons have a crabbed and uneven
handriting.?St. Nicholas,
An Ex'im Tea.
Major Johnstone is very particular
about the spelling of his name. He is a
very proud man on genoral principles.
Nothing exasperates him more than to
De mixed up 'typographically or otherwise
with the common herd of Johnsons ;
-without a t. He was about leaving a
hotel in Dalian. He had asked for his
bill, and when it was handed him by i
the clerk he scowlcd fiercely.
"Is there any mistake in the bill?"
asked the clerk.
"There is, sir; you have spelled my
name without the t.H '
"Ah, I see," replied the olerk, "yon
should be charged with an extra t
Fifty cents more, if you please."?JftfOl 1
Biftingt.
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| GREAT MEMORIES.
j Phenomenal Powers Devel
oped by Some Men.
j Ordinary Abilities joined toExtraorJiuiry
Strength of Bacolleotion.
j If "all great people have great memo*
! ries," t j Sir Arthur Helps declares ia liis
delightful book eutitled "Social Pressure,
" it by no means follows that all
those who are possessed of great memories
are "great people." Many an instance
might be cited to show that men
of very moderate intellectual capacity
may be endowed with a power of memory
which is truly prodigious. In addition
to this, there are plenty of wellauthenticated
examples of the extraordipai
v power of memory displayed even by
idiots. In the Memoirs of Mrs. Somerjville
there is a curious account of a most
extraordinary verbal memory. "There
jwas an idiot in Edinburg," she tells us,
."of a respectable family who had a reynarkable
memory. Ho never failed to
go to the kirk Sunday, and on returning
home would repeat the sermon, saying,
* 'Here the minister coughed ; here he
stopped to blow his nose." "During the
tour we made in the Highlands,"
she adds, "we met with an
other idiot who knew tho
Bible so perfectly that if you'asked him
where such a verse was to be found he
could tell without hesitation and repeat
the chapter." These examples are sufficiently
remarkable; but what shall be
said of the case cited by Archdeacon
Fenron in his valuable pamphlet on
"Mental Vigor ?" "There was in my
father's parish," says the Archdeacon,
"a man who could remember the day
when every person had been buried in
the parish for thirty-five years, and could
repeat with uuvarying accuracy the name
and age of the deceased, with the mourners
at the funeral. But lie was a complete
fool. Out of the line of burials, ho
had but ono idea, and could not give au
intelligible reply to a single questiou,
nor be trusted to feed himself."
These phenomenal instances may be
matched by the Sussex farm-laborer
George Watson, as we find recorded in
"Hone's Table Book." Watson could
neither read nor write, yet ha was wont
to porfor wondrous feats of meatal calculation,
and his memory for events
seemed to be almost faultless. "But the
most extraordinary circumstance," says
Hone, "is the power he possesses of recollecting
the events of every day from
an early period of his life. Upon being
asked what day of the week a given
day of the month occurred he immediately
names it, and also mentions where
he was and what was the state of the
weather. A gentleman who had kept a
dairy put many questions to him, and his
answers were invariably correct."
Of a similar kind is the memory for
which Daniel McCartney has become
famous in the United States. The
strange story of this man's achievments
is told by Mr. Henkle in the Journal of
Speculative Philosophy. .McCartney, in
1869, declared that he could remember
the day of the week for ar.y date from
January, 1827?that is, from the time
when he was 9 years and 4 months old?
42 1-2 years. He has often been tested,
and, so far as Mr. Ilcnkle's account goes,
had not failed to tell his questioner what
day it was, and to give some information
about the weather, and about his
own whereabouts and-doings on any one
of the 15,000 or more dates that might
be named. When Mr. Henkle first met
this man or marvelous memory he was
employed in the office of the Hon. T. K.
Burkenbrod, editor of the Salem Jtepublican,
where nothing better could ba
found for McCartney to do than "turn
the wheel of the printing-press two daya
of each week." On the first formal examination
this man underwent, his answers
were tested by reference to the file
of a newspaper which gave the day of
the week along with the date. In one
case his statement, was disputed, for the
day he namod was not the same as that
giver by the paper; but on further inquiry
it was found that the newspaper
was wrong, for the printer had made a
mistake. Shorthand notes of the
conversation were taken at subsequent
interviews. The report of these is very
curious reading. Take the following as
a sample. "Question?Oct. 8, 1828?
Answer (in two seconds)?Wednesday.
It was cloudy and drizzled rain; I carried
dinner to my father where he was
getting out coal. Question?Feb. 21,
1820? Answer(iu two seconds) Saturday.
It was cloudy in the morning and clear
In flirt offttMlAAW . '
.? ..v ...v.uuvu, tUEIC *VIV? U nine snow
on the ground. An unc'.e who lived
near sold a horse-beast that day for $35."
And so the conversation ran on for hours
ranging over forty yoars of McCartney's
personal history. Dr. Henklc tolls us
that if he went over some of the dates
again after a few days' interval, tho answers,
although given in different terms,
were essentially the same, showing distinctively
that he remembered tho fact*,
and not the words previously used. McCartney's
memory is not oonflnod to
dates and events; he is a rare calculator,
2%n give the cube root of such numbers
la50, 810; or 571, 787, etc., can repeat
980 hymns,and start 200 tunes; has
I ftt&gulary extensive and accurst*
, I
knowledge of geography, and never for-j j
gets the name of a person ho lias onco(
6een or read of. With all tills singular
power of memory, however, he is not a >
man whose general grasp of mind is not,
at all noteworthy. ? Chanibert? Journal.
Tree-climOing Craj-FIsh.
To show how a flood or over-supply of
water will at certain times alarm these
r<i(if 11 nn n ?" * ? ' * ?
ii gciuicuimi ruaiuiug iu
Free port, 111., informed mo that not
many mouths ago they had some very
heavy rains, that greatly increased the
volume of the little river running
through the town. The waier gradually^
rose uutil numbers of quite largo trees
'were submerged, and the stream was al-1
most twice its ordinnry width. Such an
unusual occurrence naturally attracted
considerable attention, and my informant
and a number of others visited the
trees several times, and when the river
was at the highest they presented a
strange appearance from a little distance.
Their trunks seemed to have
changed color from the water up to the
branches, and on closer inspection it
was found that they were completely
incased with cray-fish, which covered
every available space, crowding upward
by huudreds, clinging to the bark and
to each other, in some spots packed one
upon another four and five deep; every
mnmnnf ?
uwuvui, uuucu lu me turong, new ones
emerging from the water, while those
above, urged on, crept out upon the
branches, and completely covered them,
presenting a uovel and interesting sight.
The unimals in many cases retained their
positions for several days, and did not
seem to be affected by their stay out of
water. The occasion, however, was
taken advantage of by the people, who
came with buckets and broomfe and
swept them from the trees by hundreds,
storing them up for future use. The
cray-fish in certain portions ot the western
country is a pest to the agriculturist,
and the work of these little creatures often
greatly increases the labor and expense
of'breaking up land, especially after
the burrows or mounds have stood for
many years, the vegetation that has
grown upon them often increasing their
size to mammoth proportions.?Popular
Science Monthly.
The Throne of LUIe*.
This name is applied to the throne of
France because of the old French National
emblem?the fleur-de-lis, a species
of lily. The story of its adoption is as
follows: When Clovis, King of the
t Franks,married the Princess Clotilda, of
Burgundy, in 493 A. D., she was a
Christian, but the King, like the most
of the Frankish nation, was a heathen.
The young queen earnestly desired the
conversion of her husband, but her
arguments had little effect on him.
However, iu 490, the king, when engaged
in battle with the AUemanni
(German), at Tolbiac, near Cologne, was
hard-pressed and in his necessity called
upon the God of the Christians, vowing
that should he obtain the victory he
would himself become a Christian The
Allemanni were routed, and on Christmas
day of the same year Clovis aud
several thousand of his soldiers were
baptized. Thus far we have veritable
history, but we must regaid as legendary
the conclusion of the tale, that on tho
eve of his baptism an angel from heaven
presented King Clovis with a blue banner
embroidered with golden fleurs-der
lis, which he was to adopt as the banner
of France. Probably sweet Clotilda herself
embroidered tho lilies and personated?as
she well might ? the angel.
However this may have been, from the
time of Clovis to the French Revolution
the Kings of France bore as their arms
an indefinite number, and latterly three
golden lilies on an azure field.?InterOcean.
Graveyard Geography.
There have been numerous reasons
given to account for the fact that the
north sides of churchyards are so often
devoid of graves. In the west of England
there is an idea that the north sit'e
wns not consecrated, but was left for a
playground for the children. Then, some
again say it in from the tradition that
Jesus, when dying, turned His head to
the south. Another reason given is that
the south is the sunny side, and the side
where the church door commonly is
placed, and where, consequently, most i
people pass. The commonest reason appears
to be fbnt formerly murderers, excommunicated
persons,stillborn children,
Ptn. Wflffl wr?nt tn Iia hnriod nn fhn
side, and somo ri/etics say that ghosts
always chooso tlio iM>rth side for their
peregrinations. There is, however, nn
ecclesiastic reason. Tho east is God's
side, where His throne is t>ct; the west
man's side, the Qalilee of ther Gentiles;
the south, where the sun shines in its
strength, is the side of ange s and spirits;
the north, the devoted region of fcjetan
and his hosts, the lair of demons a*td
their haunts. ? Chixtgo Tribune.
What Did He Mean? I
SH*? ? "Why, Charles! How can you
o:dl - Miss James plain? I wish I was
half as good looking as sho is!"
He?"You aro, Ilattie, and you know '
it." '
At la t advices Il.ittie was ondeavoring
tn decide whother she ought to be pleaaed '
or offended, at the compliment.?Baton 1
Tranterivi.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT. j
The L?(eit Moclety Fretk.
"The antiquo lantern that slicd its
dim rays out upon an almost unperceiva.
ble spacc of darkness to tlie sutisfaction
of our forefather* is the latest fashionable
relic of antiquity for parlor decoration
on the market to-day," said the
head of a Union square silver house to a
repoitor of the New York Mail and Express.
Tho reporter gazed upon the
ancient-styled fire bug with interest for
some minutes, and concluded that it was
not an unsightly ornament for tho parlor
after all. It is square in shape, and is
made of a dull silver-like material. Each
side is perforated and is adorned with
three large opals and agates of various
colors. YYitli the lights streaming
through the hundred little holes and the
illuminated glass eyes the scene is effective.
Where it differs in point from the
old laptern is that it derives its light
from a small oil lamp, though the candle
can bo used if preferred.
Married or Single*
Mr. Charles Dudley Warner's humorous
presentations in Harper's Magazine of
the difficulty in continuing a woman's
identity with her maiden name, after it
is merged in that of her husband, calls
attention, incidentally,to a real difficulty
in deciding, when a woman is to be addressed
by letter, as to whether she is
married or has been married. This will
be recognized as having often occasioned
embarrassment, and sometimes ludicrous
and even awkward results. A charming
young lady of this city not long since,
who had hardly reached her teens, found
a letter in the post-office directed to her
with the address of B. Hobart, Esq. (we
do not, of course,give the real surname).
The greatest difficulty in the matter is
that single women are often offended in
hftvinrr if Qtl nnnanrl V? o f
. W w hliuw tutj die lUaillUUj
and married women ure in a worse state
of mind, if possible, at the suggestion
that they are in a state of single blessedness.
The Springfield Republican suggests
that it i3 allowable and proper for
every woman, in addressing a stranger,
tD sign herself with her proper title in
parenthesis before the name. It holds,
indeed, that to omit it, in fact, is hardly
proper. Time will be required to educate
women to the point of realizing
this, but it will be an aid to otheid and
may save themselves some mortification
if they take this course.?Boston Hirald.
The Klrit Woman's Club.
The first club composed of and designed
exclusively for women was founded in
London ten years ago by a clergyman's
widow, who saw the need of such an
organization for her sex. Its members
now number 200, including the Marchioness
Abergavenny and the Countess
Bectire and Guilford, who are sufficient
to give it tone in England. The initiation
fee and annual dues are each two
guineas; members having the privilege
of introducing kinswomen by blood or
muriage at a guinea a person. It is
considered quite aristocratic, scrupulous
cure being takeu to look after antecelents,
but not the private morals, of all
ipplicants. The Alexandra is another
fashionable club, which men are never
permitted to enter, even as mmst* nr
visitors. Those women only are eligible
who would bo admitted to the queen's
drawing rooms. It began with 200 members,
and now has 600. Initiation and
dues are two guineas.' The Alexandra
has bedchambers, where members may
make their toilet for the evening or may
stay for a limited period at a stipulated
price. It is two years old, and flourishing.
The Somorville is a club for working
women; annual dues, five shillings;
no initiation. Lectures, debates and
other entertainments occur every week,
when all subjects, except theology, are
discussed. It is eight years old, has
1000 members, and is exceptionally prosperous.
It is said to have done a great
deal of good, and will do much more.
A Knitting Ihdaitiy.
Miss Augusta Jane Goold, Kingston,
writes to The Irish Textile Journal with
respect to the knitting industry which
she has established on her late father's
estates in the County Limerick. "It
has been, on the whole," she says, "very
successful, i began the industry in the
summer of 1894, l>eing desirious of providing
some remunerative employment
for the cotter women, who had a good
deal of idle time on hand, and whose
ragged uppurel betokened habits of untidiness
as well as poverty. I was
anxious to give them regular occupation
in some kind of needlework, and after
inquiries in Limerick as to what was
likely to obtain sale, I set them to work
upon handknit socks. They wero greatly
delighted at the prospect of earning
something, and flocked in to get the
work. Their first enorts were decidedly
primitive, but after a little while they
began to improve; and although the first
consignments of socks sent to Messrs.
MacBirney, of Limerick, were not very
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wen Miiapuu, yci iney an sold on, ana
the manager, who was much interested
lu\ my attempt to establish a cottage in3ut-y,
gave further order*. I took
greatNpains to teach the poor women to
knit carefully, impressing on them that
to obtain <sustom they must make their
work wortlS purchase. By degrees they
became quitN expert, and by dint of
much instruction, and constant superintendence
of theiJ work for seven months,
\
they attained a degree of proficiency
which was most crebitable. They 60011
began to take the greatest interest in
their employment, and their intelligence
and enthusiasm is.jililnrl tliom to ifnt?rovr?
so rapidly thut the Atliae wares have
now attained, a high reputation. Tho
kuittter8 ran make various articles, but
they excel in socks and stockings, for
which therj is more sale than for caps,
shawls, or jerseyp.
In an Eagllih Kltclicn.
Just outside the gate and across the
way from the shop of the potato and
pork merchant's there stands, as it has
stood for a couple of centuries, the old
Falstaff Inn, writes Catherine Cole from
Canterbury, England, to the New Orleans
Picayune. ~\Vo went in under the
sign through a low uoorwuy, overgrown
with ivy. At the end of the hall was a
lovely old kitchen with a floor of cool
tiles and a gorgeous dinner service of
purple, red, blue and gold displayed in
wide racks against the wall. A bright
fire was burning, the red coals glowing
between the bars of the grate, and a vast
deal of cooking was going on. The kettle
was boiling with a fussy effusion like
that of a comfortable, home-keeping,
good-hearted, motherly woman, bustling
about to trot thinnro roodw //-?? ~""'1
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man and the children. A leg of lamb
was roasting before the fire. A string of
thin iron chains, I believe it was, was
fastened from the mantel shelf, and from
the other end hung the meat, dangling
dircctly in front of the grate bars. A
plate was set underneath to catch the
drippings. I had a bit of that lamb
with Bomc mint sauce for my dinner, and
I can attest that it was most excellent
eating. 1 wish I had some at this moment.
A trim young woman, wearing the
whitest of mob caps, the cleanest of
white aprons, stood before the fire broiling
a chop. She had a long-handled,
double tin broiler or gridiron in her
hands. The chop was shut up in this,
and she patiently held it before the fire
as we would hold up a wet towel to dry,
turning it round now and then; and
what with the tea kettle, the buBting of
the skin of the leg of lamb, tho sizzing
of the' savdry chop, most comforting, if
deafening, noises filled the cosy room.
The girl turned a rosy face at us and
smiled comfortably. The smile, the
goodly old kitchen, the rows of delf on
the wall,the nodding red hollyhocks out
in the garden, the recollection of that
swinging jolly old Falstaff, of the charming
windows and deep window seats,
warmed me to the heart with enthusiasm.
Faitalon Mote*.
New French frocks are exceedingly
picturesque.
Little girls' frocks are made charmingly
loose and full.
Skirts are worn very short, and shorter
behind than before.
Sashes of embroidered silk or velve
are exceedingly rich.
Epaulets of jets are worn with either
long or short sleeves.
White lace is to supercede the cream
tint so long in fashion.
According to fancy, the sash may be
tie 1 at the back or at the side.
Gray gloveg are worn with black toilets.
They are embroidered with black.
One piece, flowing elbow sleeves are
coming in vogue for dressy gowns.
Rich embroideries from all nations are
in high vogue for plastrons and Fedora
ves' 8. j
French frocks are gathered and puffed
where English gowns are pleated and
plain.
The low bunch of curls is the latest
coiffure for young ladies. The bang is
also curled.
Insertions of wide velvet ribbon make
the trimmings of many of the most stylish
costumes.
All sorts of short jackets to be worn
with waistcoats arc fashionable, and will
continue to be.
Ribbon remains in favor for trimming
dresses, and is used for sashes, belts,
bows and loops. '
English gowns are made in severely
simpie styles, but are exquisitely fitted
and well sewed.
Gray watered silk is combined with
black cashmere and black camcl's hair in
gowns for eltlerly ladies.
Undcr-petticoats of silk in dark and
light colors, white and black, are made
with gathered pink flounces.
S:ishes of woollen material, corresponding
to the dress with which they are
worn, aro trimmed with embroidery or
fringe.
Rough camcl's hair fabrics, plain,
striped, plaided and cross-barred, are
among tho favorite dress goods for tailormade
frocks.
The most elegant Parisian women refuse
to wear very prominent bustles, but,
for all that, there is a threatened revival
of crinoline.
\ Waists aro long, but postilions and
pointed fronts are short but acutelv
peaked, while the corsage is cut very
short ever tho hip line.
Bright yellow in small quantities bids
fair to tako the place of or shire the fa or
with vivid red, so long popular as a
briffhtimer of dark toilet*
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i'EARLS OF TIIOIJU1IT.
For what thou cans't do thyself rely
not on another.
A bridle for the tongue is a ucees?ajy
piece of furniture.
"What we charitably forgive will bo
recompensed as well as what we cliariably
<;ive.
The chains of habit are generally to
small to be felt till the} arc too strong
to be broken.
The greatest pleasures of.teu originate
in piin ; and the worst pains usually
spring out of pleasures.
To all iutcnts and purpose?, he who
will not open his eyes is, for the tim?
being, as blind as he that cannot.
There arc two sides to all memories, ?
bright side end a dark side; and th?
gain or loss from memory depends on tho
side of it which we have in our mind*
as it is recalled by us.
He that gives good advice builds with,
one hand ; ho that cives crood counwl
w o ' '
and example, builds with both ; but h?
that gives good admonition and bad example,
builds with oue hual and pullsdown
with the oilier.
The Stature or tireat Meu.
This is a subject with respect to
which a young man in New York ask*
us to give him information: "In a discussion
the other night I claimed that
the majority of the world's great mea
wore of large stature. Am I right?"
The men who are commonly accounted
great may be of cither small or largostature.
Samuel J. Tildcn, wns shortr
slight and throughout his life delicate in
health, though with a strong vitality
and much nervous force. Mr. Gladstone
is a tall man, and so also is Bis.
marck, but Disraeli was of middlo>
height only, and Napoleon Bonapart?wns
short, while Wellington was not
tall. Jefferson was tall, thin and angular;
but Alexander Hamilton was slight
and considerably under middle stature.
Franklin was short and fat, and Peter
Cooper was only about 5 feet 6. Commodore
Vnnderbilt wn9 tall and com*
manding, but Jay Gould is short and
unimpressive in his physical appearance.
Grant was short, and so also waft
McClellan. Farragut was a rather small
man, but Robert E. Lee was of a commanding
stature, as was also Charlemagne,
but Hannibal was very small,and
Julius Ceeaar was not above medium
height.
These, we suppose, are men whom
you would call great, but, you see, som?
of them were short, and only a few were
remarkable for their sta'.ure. It might,
perhaps, be said generally thut such men
uru more apt to ue under than above the
ordinary height; for what you call
grcateness largely depends on capacity
for continuous application, and, on th?
whole, the most enduriug men and th?
best proportioned arc apt to be those of
medium stature, if not those somewhat
under the medium.?Neio York Sun.
Hadn't Had Anything* Lately.
The lccturer had penetrated into th*
the interior of Missouri, where entertain
ments of any kind were rarely known.
He had some doubt about securing an
audience in one town, and he communicated
his fears to the hall proprietor.
"Don't be alarmed," said the lattery
"you'll have a crowded house, 'causey
you see, we hain't had anything here in
O 1 nnfimn
- -?*fc>
Thus encouraged, the lecturer sent out
his bills. .. But his fears were realized*
the audience being of the thinnest kind*
though it wasn't half as thin as the leoture
was.
"I am disappointed," said the lecturer,. '
as he reluctantly counted out five dollaa
for hall rent that didn't haul.
"So am I," replied the hall man, dryly.
"1 thought I would have a full house. * "
"I too."
" 'Cause you said you hadn't had aay?
thing here in a good while."
"That's just it," said the hall man^.
cramming the five dollars into his wal~
let ana pocketing it, "and we hain't had*
anything yet 1"
The explanation was sufficient. ? Tcxa*>
Si/tings.
Fighting Ants.
The jolliest sport among the juvoniloRenoites
is fighting ants. They sorap*
wp a shovelful of these busy insects from
one colony and carry them to the next
nearest colony, dumping them togetherThe
result is immediately a pitched
battle, which is fought most viciously^
the little warriors literally tearing eacU
other to pieces, until the last of the in.
terlopers is dead. They fight in palrsy
or in threes, fours, and bunches, as it
happens to coma handiest, but it ia.
always "fight to finish," and no quarterr
asked, or shown.?San FrancUeo Call.
Liues In a Bib.'e<
In one of the bibles used in the auporior
court at Atlanta the following lines
are written on the fly-leas:
"This good and holy book
By Sheriff Green was took
To satisfy a debt,
But now it is given
To nolnt Um w*v hmvan
To the sheriff and his eft."
There being 244 days to t the mmkmv
the aggregate consumption is place.) %.
1, *46,000,030 oysters.