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PtTON ITEMS. homing oponod Iiis ferton, Monday tho ^ry fiattoriug pros ^ila had not forget learned under tho *sohool. There will be ;m outside the Distriot attend tho school this rustoos havo orderod K?dern patent dosks of tlie High School, ho shildren may bo moro .ly/feoatod and suppliod leofessary means of learn md doing right at the Tho Prof, is an all )-to-dato man in tho Isense. iooks, ol Polzer, was down ipmmunity Monday on a |rip. Jblo scribe was down fy on Tuesday with a Vns _cs is engaged at pros ^ cotton for tho public lirons market. f)lly Books went to Polzer H. Alien, of Alba,was iunity Monday, lolmos filled his rogu 5meut tho 4th Sunday ton. |or, I have boon praising ~~*buyors, but one of Fs says they would do "well, if thoy didn't take so !h in the way of sainplos.There I hope they will emit taking ion hereafter. It is a small ig but it bolongs to tho farmer not to tho buyer. Will Erwin has just put in a kt of Roller Mills in connection 1th his old Burrh Mills. On Dir. YOUR COUNTY PAPER. io you subscribe for your local iper? If not, why not? lit is deserving of and should Toeive your support? If it gives you all tho State and [County news. If it contains tho legal adver isement. If tho prico is reasonable. Every man in tho County should ike his local paper, for among khor things? It keepByouin touch with Coun affairs. It keeps you posted as to the time for paying taxes, the time for making returns, *ne time of Court, and tho time and place of all religious and public meetings. It tells you what your neighbor is doing, how crops are getoing on, who is married and who has died. It gives you hints about farm work, koops you informed about markets, and tolls you a thousand and one things you want to know. It teaches tho children to take an interest La affairs and tolls (?them what is going on in the great busy world around them. Once its woekly visits have ommoncod it will always bo wel |ome and its coming looked for ward to. Your County paper noeds your support beeauso tho more sub scribers a paper has the more it Jari do for you. The County paper is the spokes man for tho seotion in which it is mblishod. It tolls the world what is to be found there, corrocts mis yrosentations and attracts capi K helps develop tho County and Jealously guards its interests and good name. A section is judged by its pa If tho paper shows lack of dso and oulture, it reacts jaiusl^hat section. ^he above is from the Edgefield foniola. We road tho paper week aitd v are assured it $t?tKfttnty and people all it claims.^We only ask that 'columns of The Ap ^rtiser Ixaminod and it will be found its readers get a fair review week of what is doing in oomor of the county and hint or suggestion neoos for the advancement of every test of every class, and overy an be found in its oolumne. staple dry goods wo are )ncos always tho lowect. E. Mintor <fc bro. is To stomaoi , liver and troubles as woll as women, feel the results in loss of be, poisons in the blood, &he, nervousness, headache, tired, listless run-down fool nut there's no need to feel that. Listen to J. W. Gard Hdavillo, Ind. Ho says: "Elec iiitters aro just the thing for nan when he Is all run down loivt care whether he lives or It did moro to givo me new mgth and good appotito than anytiviug I oonld take. I oan eat anything and have a new |se on life." Only 60 cents at Laurons Drug Co. Evory bot niaranteed. 'hy buy inferior suits when can buy something good for same money? Let us show J. E. Minter & Bro. ities from the manufacture feet to the consumer. Mantle 48, oak, well finished, 18 x 3(5 french bevel mirror, large led columns, box top, nice flbross tho, breast of man* [oaler wonld charge yon r it' Manufacture pvico delivered from ?our ware Poms. E. H. Wilkos & Co., }T Knoxville Mantle Co. Black Ink aa a Knoe Wnib. A British traveler In Africa. weary and exhausted, was received hospita bly one evening in the kraal of u Hot tentot prince. Early next morning ho wns about to write down the events of the previous weeks when he perceived, to his dismay, tbat tbe ink lu bis trav eling ease was dried up. With a High of disappointment, be wits packing up his writing materials wbon his eve fell on n glass vessel standing on a orhnboo shelf, which, on closer inspection, proved to be a genuine ink pot nearly full to tbe brim. Delighted at the discovery, ho sat down and worked away at his diary. Suddenly he was disturbed In bis ooeu patlon by a young 'negress, who, sprlnglug toward him, snatched the Ink pot from tho table in passionate baste. Her agonizing screams soon attract ed tho other members of the family, and the unsuspectiug stranger was soon made aware that bo bad commit ted tbe heinous offense of laying sacri legious hands on tho carefully guarded provision of ink which tho rich aunt of the monarch had bought from a Euro pean trader ns a toilet preparation for Improving the complexion. Tbe explorer was forthwith arrested and sentenced to death, and the edict would bavo been put -into exaoWcto? bad not a British ma ?vor-war arrived in the bay. TVie captain, learning of his coui.'Aiyinan's exploit, promptly ItrAstvehed and appeasod the Irate roy al bouse by n gift of half a plut of black Ink. The Snfoftt Purl of a Trnln. A party of travelers lu a train wero talking over their traveling experience and tho danger of accidents, oud Unally tho question nroso ns to the snfost part of tbo train. Failing to settle tho ques tion nmong themselves, they called on the guard, ahd one of them said to him: "Guard, wo nave been discussing the matter of the safest part of the train and want to know your opinion." "Want to know the safost part, eh?" replied tho gunrd. "Yes, that's It." "Well," coutlnued the guard, "I've been on the line for IB years and havo been turned over embankments, 'bust ed' up In tunnels, dumped off of bridges, telescoped In collisions, blown off* the lino by cyclones, run Into open switches and had other pleasant Inci dental divcrtlsements of a kindred na ture, nud I should say, gentlemen, that the safest part of tho train was that part which happened to bo lu tho works for repairs at tbe time of tho accident."?London Telegraph. He Couldn't Help It. The fuuniest Interview I over had or heard of, relates Julian Ilnlph In his reminiscences, was when I was on the stuff of the New York Sun. I had been cent to look up some one In n suburb of tho city. The address was a number on Fourth street, but, 1o my amaze ment, I found three such streets In tho place. Tbe bouse I sought was not in any of thorn. Tired and almost dis couraged I turned Into a cobbler's shop, tnd seeing n.bearded German bending ovor a last lu tbe glare of a swinging lamp, I cleared my throat and said: "I beg your pardon, but I am a re porter of Tho Sun"? "Well, well," ho said soothingly, be fore I could fin|sh tho sentence, "you cannot holp dot." I could not continue for a full min ute, so struck was I by tbe unexpected philosophy and wisdom of his reply. I could not help being a reporter, and I know it. When 1 explained that I wanted an address on Fourth street, and had already beon to throe Fourth streets, and would liko to know If there were any more, he lifted his hammer and poised It In the air for half a minute. "You vant to know If dere Is some more of dose Fourt' streets?" he asked. "Veil, I vill tell you. I haf lived here dweuty years, trying to find somedings owt, and I didn't find anydings owt yet." ' *j? Blder Booth'* Beautiful Read ing. I never beard any ono rend just liko the elder Booth. It was beautiful. IIo made tho figure stand before you! It was Infinitely tender. Somo of tho passages of "Lear" wore touching in tho extreme, though he used Gibber's frightfully bad edition of tbat sublime tragedy. He hod some very odd ways at times. Wo were playing "Hamlet" ono nlgbV In Natchez, and during Ophelia's mad sceno a cock began to crow lustily. When the curtain fell upon that fourth act, this crowing became more con stant. And when tho manager could not Und Mr. Booth to commence the next act he looked up and saw him perched on tho top of the ladder, which was the only way to reach the "flies" in that primitive theater. The manager ascended the ladder and had quite a lengthy discussion with Mr. Booth, who at last consented to come down on condition that he Should resume his high position after the play and remain there until Jack son was re-elected president.?"Autobi ographical Sketches of Mrs. John Drew," in Scribner's. An Anelent Military Devotion. The eating of three blades of grass "In token of the holy communion" was a recognized form of military devotion in the middle ages. On the eve of battle one knight would make his confession to another, und then partake of this symbolical oommunlon. It would not, however, be oorrect t speak of either ceremony as "an efficacious substitute" for the saoraments of penance and the Eucharist respectively. The practloes do not oven amount to saoramentals. They were simply devo tions in honor of the blessed Eucharist ?pious and formal expressions of the Individual's desire to communicate sac ramentnlly, hnd the means beon pres ent. It may be, however, that In popu lar estimation these practices were in somo sort considered "substitutes" for the sacraments which were for the time being unobtainable.?Notes and Queries. The Quick, the Dead and the Other. Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Murphy met ta a street car and wero discussing family affairs. "And how many children have /ou, Mrs. Murphy?" -"Folve. Two llvln, two dead and wan In Pbilndelphy."?Sun'shlno. Volcanic Eruptions Aro grand, but Skin Eruptions rob lifo of joy. Buoklon's Arnica Salvo ouroa tnom; also Old, Run ning and Fever Sores, Uloors, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Outs, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped j Hands, Chilblains. Best Pilo oure on earth. Cur? guarantood. Sold by The Laurena Drug (Jo. A CR08S ON HIS CACK. it wmm ma4c With c!.!i;n. but Wat Tum Henry to furry. There 1e a story of au envious tut lor current with the French peusantry. H<i fancied that his neighbor, who receiv ed a pension for the Inas of an arm In ctirred while fighting for hi* country, was hotter off than himself. Both moll went to pay their rent on tho same day. "That'a a lucky man," snld the tailor to the loudlord. "He gets well puld fof his arm." "But who would bo willing to part with au arm, even If ho were paid for it?" said the landlord. "I would," declared the tailor. "You!" cried the landlord. "Why, man, you wouldn't be willing to bear anything of the sort, no mattet how much yon wore pnld for It." "I wish Homo one would try me." Now, see here," suld the landlord, wl o had studied human nature, "I'll tell you what, if you'll wear evcu so much as a chalk mark on your bock I'll remit your rent as long as you Wear It on your coat so It can bo secy, the condition being..'.YmV JW. Veil no one why. It 'is mere." '''Agreed," said the tailor eagerly. "That's an easy way to pay rent;" 80 the chalk mark In the form of a cross was made on tho buck of his coat, and the delighted tailor sullied forth upon tho street. Strangers and acquaintances hailed him to tell him of the mark on his back. Jokes were made at his expense, children laughed and pointed at him, and his wife annoyed him with ques tion* and with coujugnl familiarity told him he was a fool. The usually amiable man grew surly and morose; he shunned men, women and children and frequented back streets. Before the weok wns up the tailor found him self embroiled In a quarrel with his best friend, his wife had threatened to leave his house aud he considered him self miserable and 111 used. Finally, one night he took off his cont and rubbed out the eiialk mark nud said: "There! I would not wear that cross on my back another week, no, not If I could have nil the money there Is in Paris I"-?Youth's Compan ion. SHAVING A DEAD MAN. A .Tob That Occupied nn Impoonnl oun Artlnt About u Week. "I have Just llnlshod shaving a dead man," said a local artist. "The job oc cupied me about a week anil"? "Good heavens!" ejaculate a horrified friend, "what d'yo mean?" "Don't be alarm ed," replied tho artist calmly. "The operation was not as repulsive as you may Imagine. In fact, I performed it with a brush. You see, a certain family of my acquaintance hnve a large oil painting of the head of the house, who departed from this vale of tears some time In the early eighties. At the time the portrait was made be wore a full beard, which was contrary to his usual custom, and the family, who remember him best with n smooth fnce, hnve been anxious ever since to get off the whiskers. I was engaged to shave tho portrait, and hard times and approach ing rent day persuaded me to accept the commission, which, needless to s.-iy, was highly autlpathetle to my artistic instincts. "I had to depend entirely on tho recol lection of the family for my data, and I found, to my,alarm, that each mem ber had retained a different impression of the old gentleman's chin. Ono claim ed It was double and another Insisted that It was sharp and clean cut; a daughter described It as 'square and determined,' and the widow assured me privately that it wns shaped like the prow of an armored cruiser. Alto gether I found myself In a deuce of a Ox. It was no trouble to take off the whiskers; I did that In thrc-3 fell swoops; but when I blocked out the jaw experimentally and called in the crowd for suggestions, there was a grand chorus of protest. Strange to say, I pleased nobody, and I have been correcting, amending, remodeling and doing It nil over again ever since. One point of dispute wns the location of a wart, which hnlf tho family snld was on tho left and half on the right I dually effected 0 compromise by paint ing In two warts, one on each sldo. I got my fee all right, but before I take another tonsorinl job I'll go to driving a Volley car."?New Orleans Times I Democrat. . * Curlotm Fnncrnl Custom. In Switzerland death Is attended by a custom which calls upon all charita ble and Christian people to show their sympathy. A notice edged with a wide 1 black line appears in the dally papers setting forth the day und hour when j sympathizers must nssomble beforo I the house of the deceased. At tho thnu I nnincd a little cloth covered table, sup porting a good sized jar, Is stood be fore the house, table, cloth and jar all being of a somber, ebony hue, and Into the latter small mourning cards, bonr Ing the name and nddress of their own ers, are deposited. Tho day the funeral takes place Is the day selected for tho exhibition of the jnr. No ladles are al lowed to follow at a Swiss funeral. Unexpected. "Why, Clara," said a mother to her little daughter, who was crying, "what ore you crying about?" " 'O-cause," sobbed the little miss, "I s-storted to m-mako dolly a b-bonnet, and It c corned out b-bloomers."? Trnlnc-d Motherhood. It Is probably true that love laughs at looksmlths, but any careful reader of the procoedlugs of tho dlvorco' courts ennnot fall to observo that the lock smiths get a laughing Inning later on. ? Philadelphia Inquirer. A roan Is invariably disappointed when the man he is snld to look Uko Is pointed out to him.?Atohlion Globe. $100 Reward $100. Tho readers of this paper will he pleased to loarn that there is at least ono droaded disease that scionco has boon ablo to euro in all its stages and that is Ca tarrh. Hall's Catarrh Our is the only positive ouro now kn?wn to the modical fratornity. ?atarrh boing a constitutional disoase, re quires a constitutional troat mont. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting dirootly upon tho blood and mucous sur faces of tho system, thereby de stroying tho foundation of tho disease and giving tho patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Tho proprietors have so muoh faith in its curative powers that they offer one Hun dred Dollarsfoi^my^oMK^^n^'it THE CAPTAIN?8 STORY. II? Splua a Ynrn About a Wonderful Recovery on .Slilpl.ourtl. A little group bad beeil spinning yarns in tho rotunda of the Walton for mi hour or more when a biouzo visa god, middle aged man jolued the party. Several of tho group recognized him as the captain of one of the big trump steamers which ply between Philadelphia and foreign ports, and a place bi tbe circle was nt ouce made for him. "We've been killing time telling sto ries." some one explained. "Suppose you turn in your contribution." The captain thought a moment and thou '--rilled. "I was thinking of something that happened ou my last voyage," be dual ly said. "Wo bad on board as a cook a big colored fellow, whose principal companion was n little yollew cur dog. One day while the cook was propurlng somo beef for dlnuor he let the heavy cleaver with wblch he was dolug the chopping slip from his grasp. _ "It fell to the floor with vYnud, nud the cook QinJAVitl.-Ty howl of anguish that was heard all over the ship. The cleaver had stl'UOk ono of his bare feet uud sliced the big toe off ns neatly as a surgeon could have done It. Horn was a chance for the yellow dog, nud ho seized It. Making n dive for the severed toe, he swallowed It In ono gulp nnd then made n bee line for the deck. "This wns more than the cook, craz ed with pnln, could stand, and be hurl ed tho cleaver at the dog. Ills aim proved true, and his eurshlp passed out of existence then and there. At this juncture tho ship's doctor came up to flud out what nil the row was about. Wheu he learned tho truth, he laughed. " 'I'll fix that for you,' he oxclulmed to the cook, 'wait till I get my instru ment ease.' "Within five minutes he had held a post mortem on the dog nnd recovered the lost toe. Washing It with antisep tics, he skillfully stitched It back lu place again, aud the cook hobbled back to his quarters minus bis dog, but with as mauy toes as he had ever had That's about tho ouly story I recall just now, gentlemen. It has tho merit of being true, however, nnd If you don't believe It come down to the ship ! any time nnd I'll show you tho cleaver. The cook has quit the sea, aud I don't know his present address."?Philadel phia Inquirer. HAYDN AND THE LADIES. Wonderful SnNeeptlnHity of (tie (.re ;i. Coiupouur. When Haydn came to England, he succumbed, nays the writer of an arti cle on "Music and Matrimony" In tho Gornhlll Magazine, to the oharms of a certain Mrs. Shaw, who figures in his diary as the most beautiful woman ho had ever met. As a matter of fact, Haydn was always meeting the "most beautiful" woman. "Tbe loveliest woman f ever saw" was at one time a Mrs. Hodges, while nt another time the widow of a musi cian named Sehroeter so fascinated him that he kept her letters for many years aud declared that if it were not for the existence of Anna Maria ho would have married her. Certainly Mrs. Sehrooter's letters were pleasant enough. "Every moment of your com pany," she wrote from Buckingham Gute In 1792, "is more and more pro clous to me now that 3-011 v departure Is so near. I feel for yon tho fondest and tenderest affection the human hoart Is capable of. I ever am, with tho most Inviolable attachment, my dearest and most beloved Haydn, most faithfully and most affectionately yours." What would tho absent Frau Doe torln Haydn have said had ehe known of it ? The composer also got mixed up In a little affair with the beautiful Mrs. Blllingtou. Sir Joshua Reynolds was paiutlng her portrait for him and had represented her ns St. Cecilia listen ing to celestial music. "What do you think of the charming Billlngton's pic-/ ture?" said the artist to Haydn w.jtpr, the work was finished. "II Is lnSoed a beautiful picture," replied Haydn. "It Is just like her, but the/e Is a strange mistake. You have printed her listening to the angels who?! you ought to have painted tho nugeJJj listening to hor." If Haydn paid eompllnjicuts like this all round, wo can easily understand how he attained suojg fnmo as a Lou don society man. ? Not Vary Polite. John Clerk, afterward known us Lord Eldin, wns limping down the High street of Edinburgh one day when he hoard a jouug lady remark to her companion, "That is tho famous John Clerk, tho lomo lawyer." Ho turned round nud said, with his "110t unwonted coarseness:" "You He, ma'am I I am a Inno man, but not a lame lawyer." Lord Justlco Qraxfield, too, appears to have failed lu courtesy to tho fair sex, for, vhen told that a brother Judge would not sit that day, on ac count of having Just lost his wife, he, rho wns fitted with a Xrmtippe, ro plied: "Has be? That Is a gude oxeuso indeed. I wish we bad a' the same." A Thoughtful Hnaband. "You asked me to bring you some pin money this morulng," said tho young husband. "Yes," she replied, with an air of ex pectancy. "Well," na!? he, "I thought I might as well save you n trip down town, so I brought you a paper of pins Instead." ?Chicago News. Rheumatism?Catarrh, are Blood Dis eases.?Cure Free! It is the doop-soatod, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism that B, B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) cures. It matters not what otbor treatments, doctors, sprays, liniments, modicatod air. blood purifiers, havo failed to do, B. B. B. always promptly roaches the real oauso and roots out and drives from tho bonos, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system tho spocific poison in tho blood that oausos Rheumatism and Catarrh. B. B. B i?t tho only remody strong onough to do this and euro so thoro can novor bo a return of tho symptoms. Don't givo up hope, but ask your druggist for B. B. B.--Botanio Blood Balm or 8 B'h. Large bottlos $1, Hix bottlos (full treatment, $<>. B. B B. is an hon est remody that makes real euros df all Blood Disoasoa after every thing olso fails. We havo abso lute confidence in Botanic Blood Balm; honco, so you may tost it, wo will anud a TRIAL BOTTLE FREE on request. Person*! medi A WOMAN. Ood did not nvke bcr very wlso. But carved 1 ttrftngencw round Iht mouth; lie put her great sorrow tu ikt cyvs Arid ioftmss for men's soul* in drouth, And on bcr fact, tor all to The ? il . I awful tragedy. Ood did not ina'c h-r very fair. Uut white and llllio nna stiur.jc and sweet; A eubtlo fragrance in i,it hair, A elender swiftness In her foot, And in lirr hands a alow caress, God made these for tny steadfastness. Ood dl 1 not plve to her a heart, Uut there Is that within far face To wake men long to IDUSe apart Until Mioy goodness And and grace, And (hink to read and worship there All good, yet she Is soarcely fair. ?A. U. Mlall lu Now York -Tribune. "THE LOST CH&RD." Hoiv Sir Arthur Sulll ; ,,,, Came to Write That Faiueyuji Melody. Colonel Hoheit IO./luu Wentllug, a groat traveler and/ muslcan, tells the following Interesting story: . "ItjXft* *xVAYb' visiting tho house of a nohletuan in England that I tirst heard the story of the birth of 'The Lost Chord,' a song that hits been sung In every quarter of the globe and which Will live forever. If ever there was such a thing as inspiration, that song wns Inspired. "There are very few Englishmen who do not remember Fred Sullivan, the great comic BtUi" and brother of Sir Arthur Sullivan. He played in all the original (Ulbert and Sullivan operas and has never been equaled. He was later followed by George Ol'OSSinlth. "One day Sir Arthur Sullivan was uotllled that his brother Fred was very 111. lie made every effort to roach the house where his brother-was lying at the point of death, but arrived too late to see him alive. The two brothers were devoted to each other, and the blow was a bitter one for Sir Arthur. He was closeted with the body of his brother for two hours at the expira tion of which time to came down stairs and went to tho piano. Throw lug the Instrument open, he began to play, and, bar by bar, 'The Lost Chord' was evolved. The composer sadly put his new composition on paper and stored it away. "Tho song is th<i wall of a throbbing heart, the grief of desolation. All through its beautiful harmony can bo heard the strain of grief. So profound an impression did the association of tho song with the death of bis brother make on Sir Arthur that he Is snld to have, even at this late day, au aversion to hearing It performed."?Baltimore News. Gave Ilrr n Hoy r. i n u Ilowl. Mme. Antoinette Sterling, the con tralto singer and evangelist, hail an ex perience in the Bombay presidency, Iudin, which Is as quaint as any of Kipling's tales of the hills. She was campaigning with Pundita Itamabai, and through her magnificent voice was drawing thousands of natives to her meetings. They had never seen that kind of a missionary before and had never heard n voice like hers. They were so pleased with her work that they snld to themselves: "This Is n foreign woman guru, nud for fear of giving offense to us she has omitted to put her begging bowl out side of her door for us iO put lu the customary contributions." In India every guru, or holy person, carries a brass, wood or <.lay begging bowl, into which the devout put some small stun of money. Mme. Sterling walked out upon the veranda of her bungalow ono morning, and there, to her amazement, found two begging bowls one, a little one, with a few an nas in It. Intended for the pundita and one, au enormous affair, containing a handsome sum of anuas and rupees for herself. ~s-??~ The only p_xpJfHt.?r*kvn she could ever exti.v-L.from the servant was this: "Lk'tlo bowl, little money for the little ptrlldita with little voice; big bowl, big Jnoney for big mlssahlb with big Voice."?Saturday Evening Post. A ({nullit I'Iiik'UhIi Ceremony. On the last day of each October the city solicitor of London, with an as sistant, attends upon the royal remem brancer, when, by proclamation, "the tenants and occupiers of a piece of waste grotmd called tho moors, In tho county of Salop," are commanded to "come forth and do your service upon pain and peril that shall fall thereon." The solicitor chops In halves two fag ots, one with a hatchet and tho other with a billhook. Afterword comes tho summons to the tenants, etc., of "a cer tain tenement with a forge" In tho Strand and the payment of six horse shoes, with (11 shoe nails, by the so licitor. This forge has long ceased to he, and the same shoes and nails are used year after year, the shoes being at least two centuries old. Memory, If it should bo asked what possession I most valued, I would say some beau tiful memory. Memory Is possession. It Is the only thing on earth that Is ab solutely ours, which no ono can take from us. We can produce and enjoy It In a crowd of uncongenial people as easily as If we were alone. No nolso can drown Its voice; uo dlstanoe cnu dim Its clearness. Strength, hope, beauty, everything else, may pass. Memory will stay. The Future Unfolded. She?Suppose I didn't dress os well as I do now, would you love mo as much? Ho?Certainly, dear. Why, thot is as much as to say that I won't euro for you after wo aro married.?Detroit Froe Pross. To avoid a task and to fear it is to moke it our master. To set about it cheerfully tit once Is to become Its mas ter. Love Is the snlt that preserves affec tions and actions from the corruptions of Ufa. Attending if Im Own Funeral. An Interesting story is told about a French cab driver named Prosper He rnien, who actually attended his own funeral. Some time ago Rotnleu wns convlctod of some offense pnd sentenc ed to a term of Imprisonment. Slnco I then he had been lu hiding at the houso of a brother. The brother died, ond ? an Inspiration occurred to the convlct od cab driver. Accordingly ho obtain ed a certificate of his own death and attended ns chief mourner. Tho fraud might never have been discovered, nud Hotnlou might hnve passed as his own brother to his dying day but for the fact that nt tho grave side thoro was a policeman who hap pened to knr-y him. Tho policeman accosted him ond, on getting an an swor, said facetiously, "This is tho that time I have heard a dead man speak." Tho unlucky dissimulator was haled off ,to tho bureau and has slnco been sentenced to flvo months' Imprison meat. LONGFELLOW'S ADVICE. Kladneaa Wu?yi,lo Keynote of the PoetVfc Character. Mine, do Ntfvurro gives sonic charm ing pictures of Longfellow lu "A Few Memories^ sj,0 sayg tbat every con versattaft wltb him led to some good result^ Hlg first advice to her was. "Seo/ aoiiie good picture?in nature if possible, or on ennvns?hoar u pagO of ^lio best music or read u great poem dally. You will always bad a free half hour for one or the other, and at the eud of the year your mind will shine with such an accumulation of Jewels as to astoulsh even yourself." The poet was fond of a good, amus ing story and had many to tell out of his own experience. He was particu larly delighted nt tho Ingenuity of an enterprising vender of patent IU< llcllie who, vaunting tho "marvelous effects" of his drug, no doubt In the hope of in spiring the poet. Ijxvlted i'.'ii'ii" "to wrlto ?. vev?c tor the label, promising him a percentage on each bottle and a free use of the medicine for himself and family. On one of bis birthdays he was ns tonlshcd at seeing a wagon containing n piano drive up to his house, followed by a strange young lady in a carriage. The young lady Informed the house keeper that she wished the piano to be put In a room where It would "so Well," as she had eoinposeil a piece of music in honor of the poet's birthday and meant to play it to him on her own lust runH nt. Longfellow wns n grtal lover of tnu Bk, and Wagner appealed to blin strongly. We heard Bevern! operas to gether lu Boston alter my eugitgemcnt there. Ho generally arrived before us, armed with (lowers and full of delight ful anticipations. On one of these occa sions some one sent a magnificent bou quot to our box. Not knowing the do nor, I did not take it up. He insisted on my doing so. "But down my simple ones," he said, "nnd take up these beautiful (lowers. It will gratify the giver, who Is no doubt In the house. Try never to miss au opportunity of glvlug pleasure, it will make you happier and better." Kindness was the keynote of his character. No inconvenience to him self was too great if a good turn to any one wns nt the end of it. AMERICA'S FIRST GEORGE. How lie Tried to linn A way From iiih Admirer*. Washington was not churlish, but be had Hint preference for being unob served that develops nt times Into a longing In a man whose lifo is spent In public. He quitted the Mncoinb hou&o on the moruing of Aug. 80, 17P0. Tho Servituts were Instructed to steal away nt dawn, to have the carriages and lug gage over tin- ferry nt Paulas Hook by sunrise. By candlelight, Mrs. Wash ington, tho children and the secretaries as; : ;b!e 1 in the morning room. The ii c ' lent entered, pleased with his stratagem, lie was enjoying in prospect his concealed departure. Im mediately under the window suddenly struck up on the still morning air the blaring, vigorous notes of an artillery band. From the highways and byways scurrying people appeared. To witness his Urst steji outside the door a thoUr sand goggling, affectionate oyes watch ed. "There!" cried the general, In half comic despair I cannot think altogeth er displeased. "It's nil over; we are found out. Well, well! They must have their own way." It was the "general" they waited to see. not the president. Thoy lined the roadway from house to barge, record leg every movement in observant brains. (A distinguished man can nev er^l^mw^vJ^nch ui^W^eliel^ce hi-to. i.m hls biographer. It may be one of the "supers" on the stage rolling off the carpets.) The thumler of artillery COUld not drown the living shout that rose from the throats of tbe people as Washington was borne off With the rise and fall of the oars gleaming in the cheerful sun. Ills voice trembled ns he bade the assembled crowd fare well. Though chary of appoullug to It, the love of the people never failed to move him deeply.?-Harper's Magazine. A iinniior's Generosity. In a chapter of reminiscences o' Von Butisen and his friends. In The Cen tury, the lion, .lohn Bigclow tells this anecdote of Humboldt: One day ho wns dining with Men* dclssohn, the banker, and. an unusual thing for him, was very silent. Ills host, remarking it, observed to Hum boldt that he wns sure he must be ill. "No," said Humboldt, "but I nm in great trouble. 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