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) ■MBMmUMI jpjT 1. la vridac to Hit* •Ivaya glao jomr bmi Post Offio* _ 1 BosImm Uttsn tad eomnuiiuc* Uom to bo pnbHaked •booId bo written oa Mornte ebeole, bad tbe object ofeoob oknrly ladiested by neoeoMry note when required. S. Artielee fpr publieetton ahoaki bo written in a clear, legible band, and on only one aide of tbe page. 4. All obaaneo in advertise manta moat reach m on Friday. HEWS GLEANINGS. Mississippi has 1,738 Indians. i The cabbage crop of Mobile county, Ala., sold for 1200,000 this year. West Virginia makes 21 per cent of all the nails in the United States. There are 282 females and 184 males .in the Mississippi lunatic asylum. H. .C. Hamilton, of Dalton, has a meteoric stone for which he has re- fnae<rf300. : —T Sixty-five thousand dollars was sub scribed in one ‘day in Tuscaloosa, Ala, . for, an inr. factory. A turpentine farm near Hawkinlsville, Gw., is composed of 800 acres, and Will be increased to 1,600. Hon. John M. Bookwalter, late demo cratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, has purchased the old* Atlanta Scofield rolling mill. Ninety-one thousand eight hundred and eipbty-sii pounds of manufactured tobacco was shipped hi bond frocrVe- tenburg Va.. last week to foreign ports, of whisky •m for a city jnanfcaJ, and arc tag the Imnatic Waltoo imagined that be was directed by Ood to oAr ap bis wife as a 4krifi<w VOIy V. NO. TOPICS OP THE PIT. Thx stenographic report of the Gui- teau trial cost $7,000. Thx telephone in now in operation In portions of Cental Asia. Ex-Vicn Pbksidxnt Whxxlxb is in Florida catching alligators. Ths Ministry in Ugypt consider ilavery in that country a necessity. A CufABUir Conrt validity of divorces granted in New York. Ton bridge over East River, «t New York, is to be completed the present Twxlvb female doctors in Russia are now officially engaged in teaching medicine to women. Iv a man adulterates food in China be is pat to death. In America the oon- is pat to death. It m safe to conclude that cranks with missions to destroy rnlem am becoming entirely too abundant are making war on those members of Council who voted for the ordinance tak ing saloons. Mr. Bribe, baker, says he has lost many customers, a Mr. Stout haa lost several thousand bushels of coal, and a Mr. Oaylor intimates that he is out $1,000 on ioe by the irithdrawal of customers.' So it goes, v r , » A litkbaby erenius doea not believe in writing a legible hand, because, he argues, if the manuscript is legible it will be put into the hands of the worst com- > IkA imi | fcmaa Irulj# _ _ _ TV 1 i V wr tl Ixltux*’ RJcUt :er en tly it will be pat into the beet hands and the wprk well done. He overlooks the probability of its going into the waste basket instead of the printer’s hands. were made, on May 29 and May 80, by John Ifrancia, who was transported for life. July 3,1842, a hunchback named Dean attempted to shoot the Queen, but the pistol missed fire and was fonnd af terwards to be loaded with powder, paper and a clay pipe. Dean was sen tenced to eighteen months' imprison ment A for yean ago a half crasy young Irishman pointed an unloaded pistol at Her Majesty, for which he was ‘' whipped." No political significance is attached to the attempt of a few dayt The Lime Alin Club. “Several letters have oome to me doorin' de pas' week axin’ me to define my poaishnn on die question of amuse ments,” said Brudder Gardner, as the lamps were turned ut>. “ Ebery once in a while dar’ am a yell for reform, an' sartin men An* Aomen weep an’ wail obar de gineral wickedness of de world. De ehuroh pitches into de theater, do prayeitmeetin’ whacks away at dancin’, an’ de Sunday school-teacher tells do leetl# boys dai de circus am nex’ dooh to perdishun. It baa bin my opiayun far de las’ fifty y’ars dat die was a wicked world. It was created Bit a wicked Thu Old Fellow haa come at last, sure enough. A Belgian, who landed at Cas tle Garden, a few days ago, haa a pair of horns an inch long protruding from his forehead. The doctors aay they could not be cut away without great danger, aa the indaioa would probably reach the brain. The fellow, however, doeaat eve, as he seems to be proud of bis pe culiarity. A debate most novel ih its native has occurred at Newark, Ohio, between Professor J. 0. Harteler, Superintendent of the public schools, and Bev. Adam Pfenger, a Lutheran minister. The subject was “ Resolved, has no motion, and is the center of crea tion," the minister taking the affirma tive and backing his argument by quota tions from Script nr# and an unlimited faith in the doctrines taught by the “ •pin'd " writers. “Johns commanded the son to stand still or God a lie to be handed down to generation. M In 1 it is bnakward,” and God’s reputation for truthfulness is at His world. De Lawd wanted it dat way, an’ ay, ai Scrii >ta- ted F r , ‘ er *’ . teaolm^. He made it to please Hisaelf. De Scrip ture state dat wickedness shall abound In ebery oo’ner of de land; dat men shall murder an’ rob an* women go • astray; dat chill’en shall deny deir par ents an’ brudder turn agin brndder. All am preddotedan’tobe’apected an’ looked fur, an’ nobodv has any grounds to howl an’ weep. If die war a good world we should have no need of deacons an’ Htiuday -school Preachers will tell you dat imperfect, an’ dat de lawd made him to go astray, an’ yet day will tom aroun’ an’ wonder dat he aln not goodness biled down. _ “ Deed, gem Ian, but de only better world dan die am haabeo iu-H. You • rot to hunt fur winked pass to fin’ You hav# got to prejudge de ease if oaa make wickednraa out of de jokes of a efreoa elowu or de plot of da ordi nary drama. U I bad to praiae Ood by findm fault wid de w.rid He made an’ Be put yer», I’m afraid it I>*| eaal *o to ■away If TaeerSauy ■to’ dauda reat of oa. Wmmf kf ate’r nimwaienm fur family We kte aet down to kamda aa’ tebeheae* Wekia go to a When the Russians under” Gene: Skobeleff started on their eijn-dition against the Turkomans at Geoh Tepe, {/Donovan, of the London Daily NevJt, applied for permission to accompany them, but was refused. Upon receiving General SkobelefTs final answer, the de termined correspondent telegraphed his thanks for the courteous wording of the refusal, and finished his meaaage with the significant words, **4% revob. General, a Merv.” “Till we meet again. General, at Merv.*Ll — O’Donovan then started upon his jour ney. He reached the northwestern boundary of Persia, and succeeded in safely crossing the frontier, riding 120 miles in twenty-four hours. Luck, in addition to his native shrewdness, fa vored him, sad he reached Merv in Arkansas women love And what is more lovely than < blown f Tairani light aa hair sometimes the whole coarse of a man’s ay-“ aaya the New Orleans Picayune." An Illinois girl’s toast: “The young men of Amerioa-^thetr anas our porters, our arms their reward; men, fall in.” Jo bats that the beat lip salve in area- tton is a kiss. The remedy need with great care, aa iti an affection of the head i A BALTntORN man . remained la a trance for three days recently, and they finally had to yell “dog figbt v underwm window to rouse him to life. ^ _ ?;& Mas. Harriot Bkkthkx Stows 1 b. informed hb -,d«m ol hfo En^bh nntkmality, and hie wit and plcaaed the Turkomans that he in a sort of honorable his statement could be iafeetory information was at 1 he was O’Donovan’s fnrroatinn, and ing the almost English Empirs, eanu to look upon him aa a i until Bat- him ft-herao, and thief is simply a stake at the 1 C d and a sign reading: “It' cheaper for him to | A totro in Me (who! “Lnkst •gff . Um TrumteripL the of the this rtek the two ahtefta and to i »d the the tl tsi the •hey task atfhe. Mi at - il TT Milas tsrtA. yyPoasvan ta a 4 M Iks ■a M McMi O' Dsvwua s utik rteds «f tks la Ms I SBC Bern, s m- Miss' crystal sf asMs sf s sat *v. jfk- ti* ibu bis Hhs sstaaiysl dirt bayMml bus h (Oa.) oft (key have they ply ear The aapiala ef a has barn Uadiag in Wright’s river as I earn for mitral days ia ths vteiaity of bis Net aLms off the mouth of eeteware to ths Bsvaaaak river are these dtaiaras of rliams to be fouad, but n all the way down the Georgia A few days since the wbaliag Gpldsu City, Ospt Anthoay, captured a mvcnty-barrel whale outside tbc harbor nf Brunswick. To-etriks and auks a good ban! out of a shoal of 'hern creatures ia t “ lucky find,’* and when we consider that the one captured near Brunswick, though not considered any thing like a mastodon, yielded seventy barrels, or about 2,ISO gallons of oil, valued at abont $2,600, the business can not be else but profitable. Tollable Hints. When ioe is required at night for a sick person, break it into small pieces, and if it, be scarce and care must be takqn to prevent its melting, put into a soup plate, covex with another plate, and put between two feather pillows. Never wear a good woolen dress intc the kitchen without the proteotion of a large apron. No i i flannel that has not been carefully washed, and ia not perfectly soft and fleecy, should ever touch the skin of an infant. We never had. any patience. with a mother or 'nurse Vhi) would stick pint carelessly into her dJhss, collar, or rib bon, thereby inflicting painful wound? upon her innocent victim. Not a pin, excepting a safit/ pin, should be used about a wild, and when buttons will per form the office of pins they should be made to do aa To mothers, aunties, or aistera whe do up the school luncheon for the young sters : pray make it aa attractive in ap pearaaoe aa possible. There ia trnlv nothing very attractive about a thick pieea of dry bread and butter and t cookie, all rolled in a pieea of coarse n paper, waaked down by a drink from ths cup that “goes the rounds.’ a luncheon will often impair the Appetite of a‘ and be will ii A Uttls ears ia {h. eat** of tbs broad . tba doing ap of — ss.^iT.- uaMmgiad 1 SteMMy* ^^kOTwrouTad^fomMa sf brod wrok, maAs^sa^y^fo Lawd^a^aassms^af Ba JSJLiir* 11 * kMdl—Jfcro fo-Mw-S 1 * » I l.Ttt h... gn.1i t. ■■ 'm Hill. ^|A I **— ••As Mm ia 1 nadna cf a 41.000 bank tksir iavsateas aay P—til Csil^kaa tkswarb Is ad inas, wkarsrfli . tarn W ttelm. Ba mptted, “I u3 s» ^ aois if ba wiB tall Us aambsr wkita it a anawrar *-—a,. .i gnaroatee that Urn ArM "k^" soil aM ^ tarn wksn I am asM Laab In jau." It ■ ■ ■ rn—wsm t. a asated H-» ia-. T* by the kitekrn deaoUl. amt make of tbr mamM lhaa m»S to baanm So ^ tbrni a swgsaal npmat na rsoaim ia a ssami savampa Iks bsta of a moaqwitn tejmte ialo Ika bik v»t«l a —s- Mm.» bngk bMM M Mk . IfcM te .. » _ _ ’T"" ^ A tsa Walt Kara Field ooutributes a to Our md for laak of ■ays aha will puraoa the subject further {p a aubaaqpant number. Bettor lot men’s clothes alone. A la bob dry goods firm of Boa too pro poses to its employes that each shall contribute $10 in weekly installments of fifty cents, toward treating one out of every twenty-five of their number to a trip to Europe, luck to decide who shall go. A contemporary suggests that a gen eral bankrupt law is of far leas import ance than a law regulating marriages and divorces, which shall be applicable to oil parts of the country. That seems to be n pretty sensible idea. Matrimony, above all thing* else, should be well regulated. ’ , Canvas-backed hams of American pro duct, imported into Germany, are here after to be taxed as cotton goods. This seems a little queer, but it iaea Per haps when some person gets one of the hama off io himself and goes into the bowels of the thing he will find it to be pretty meaty. ' j • ' Destitution on the Lower Mississippi doea not only continue, but seems to in crease. , Numerous break in the levees are reported and the whole lower country ia completely inundated. Ip consequence, the greatest disprees prevails among the inhabitants who are left without skelter ok the neoaroeriee cf Ufa ■P the bail bug. hisi teal ___ may be cf or mercury in the system by injecting s rich fluid which has been distilled in the petorte of the bog’s body. This may be the reason persons who live in boarding- are not generally rheumatically Wa axpRODrca the following from the Detroit IVee Prtt without comment: “ A Boston correspondent writes : * Can you give me any reason why General Grant shonld be pnt on the retired list at $12,000 per year, while the widow of the brave General Custer, who lost his life in the country’s service, receives only $30 per month V We regret to say that we cannot oblige our correspondent with any reason. We would very cheer fully if we could lay our hands on one; but after diligent search and patient in quiry, we have been driven to the con clusion that there ia none. ” The Toronto Olobe relates the follow ing : “A well-known Canadian lumber man, in making his way from Midland Harbor, Lake Huron, to the mouth of the Muakoka River, preceded his team- atera to sound the ioe. Getting beyond the islands along the east coast of the Georgian Bay, he fonnd himself exposed to the full force of a northeasterly gale. He was thrown down and blown toward Colling wood. Nothing would stop him; sometimes on his knees, sometimes on his behk, sometimes on his aide, he was driven along with fearful speed toward the open water, aa he supposed. For twelve miles he rolled, tumbled and slid, helpless, till he waa driven against a small island and his life wea aaved. He haa scarcely aafled ■boa’* ~ iy the Urk twri » But white Ibis te <4 «ohm's w Ike nty, of a kuxl which ikry grotewl. As aJvcrtwrm at ter aeopywl sf apply st tbs shots _ merely Mi esaty on her books fifty or arreetj- five names ahead of seamstressea, who will take work at any pries. Every Indy of infloenoe has in ’ her acquaintance a doaen women who hover on the edge of destitution, almost crasy from their own halplSMMM It seems strange that the one work in which every girl has a little training, and for which she may be considered to have an aptitude, ia the one thing which aha would never consent to do; and the Question arises whether there is anv-: thing really degrading in kitchen work, or anything disreputable in the circum stances of it which should make it an unfit business for bright, industrious girls who must support themselves. Surely there can be nothing lowering in cooking and housework. Any of these young women will look forward with pleasure to doing it in her own house. The most elegant women must needs have a practical knowledge of it, or their establishments will never run smoothly. Placed oa ApproYkl. A stranger enters the store of an oblig ing grocer: Stranger—“ Owing to the extortions of the gas companies I have abont deter mined to light my premises with candles, only, you see, I «m at o loss to decide what sort to select. I want something really good, you know,’’ Grocer—“Certainly, air! Step this way a moment, Mr! You can see for yourself, air!” (Lights fifteen different aorta of candies and places them on the counter.) Stranger (after having walked np end down before them for five minutes, with his chin in his hand, immeraed in deep reflection)—” Well, I guess on the whole I prefer gas 1 Good afternoon !** (Exit hurriedly f tar better, that she rrsssia ekSa. The majority of aid mania are beipfaL teva- bte and swot tempered, and fill their Are they not ma they would have lerely ter a bos this subject They feel almost diagrimed if they have to arrive Ma mature age, and are not ywt able to write Mrs. before their names. Their whole ambition is to get a husband, by book or by crook, bat got him somehow they must. Consequently they take the first man who offers himself, whether he really suits them or not. Now, girir, do not marry in haste. Get the best education possible, help about domestie affairs, and enter upon tome trade or profession for which von have a taste and master it. Skilled labor ia always well paid. Do’nt spend your time re- ling because you cannot aee the corn- man. If von never see him, you live useful, happy lives. You think if you had a husband you would have a strong arm on which to lean, a sharer of sorrow and trouble. Alas 1 many a slender woman haa had not only to stand alone, bat also serve aa prop for children and husband, and verv few wives find in their husbands all the sf hipathy and companionship they de sire. If you are good for anything you will not be hurt by remaining single, neither will von be elevated by becom ing “John’s wife." Do yonrdntyin life and you will count for one in the world, whether married or single. Gaol* Moss i , which be roaris la ia rather alow so Old Moss visit Just :h the rent aoOl k pastoral visit r awav from the C i out, but one of the ik coming up with tbs had to make him as be waa earning sway Old Hose met Jim Webster. •Jim," said the old man, “ which am de fastest trabbeler you eber heerd t*U about?" _ “Doy any dat de ray of light trabblee jufife den MO,000 mile* a second, but I nebber timed it myself.” replied Jim. “Dar’a a man in Galveston what con a de ray ob light fifty yards start and tit wuat kind.” Lyin’ is katchin, vaccinated since de * ^ - , - *• -_v.. “ i wuat kin 1 G’way, ole man. Apples m Food. An exchange states the benefits of apples to be aa followa: “A raw, mel low apple ia digested in an boor and a half, while bolted cabbage requires five hours. The most healthy deeeert that oaa be pteeed on a tome ia a baked apple, u eaten foeqaenfiy at breahJaai with coarse breed and butter, without meet or flesh at aay kind, it hea an ed- and I hain’t been wah.”. ■ “ Hit am jeea so as I tote yer. Gabe Bnodgrass, what owes me four aaumPs back rent, can onttrabble de light.” “Did yer see him do it?” » “I went to de front dooh, and jeea aa hiawife opened de front dooh I seed Gabe slide ont de back dooli. • Is Gabe at home?’aayaL ’He’s done gone to Houston,’ aaya she. Hit am fifty miles to Honston. and ho must hab made de trip while JL was a-lookin’ at him slide out de Utik dooh. Jess fetch on yer ray ob light, and ef it don’t hab to hump hitseff to catch up wid Gabe Snodgrass when I comes for de back rent, den lae a fool—dat’a all.” Pkltesopkers akd Poets. The St. Look Globe-Democrat Haa a long article In. a late issue, the gist of which Is that women had bettor marry philosophers than poets, aa their chances of ooojnga! happiness are greater. The reason of this is that the former, living in a world of logioond fact, allows Ma ideality to develop around his wife, while Ihf poet, on the contrary, dwell- of anj of the waifs o of the tnoi littte i by his i attempts fntite, adopt the child, to' eof “By the aval school, i Hksed the navy. By a happr* denoe the first ship in which the one which had aaved Ma 1 infant He took to hie and during the Crimean \ guished himself at the Island of' where he earned the Victoria C the decoration of 0. B. Late -tTvicea in India gave him the < lonship of the Order of the 1 pire, and he retired from the with the rank of Admiral—a < tion little dreamed of by the kind-heart ed officers who rescued and educated him. An Ingenious Swindle. A pair of swindlers played off ha Bulk the following ingenious trick: A mB* dressed man entered a f on the Boulevard Bonno ] after purchasing three cigars gave a 1 franc gold piece in payment; bul l receiving his change'he * waa a twenty-franc pieea wl given, and on the wosaan served him asserting the added that it waa a the reign of Louis bearing the date dt i