THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER
VOL. IV. NO. 13.
THE
Charlotte Messenger
IK PUBLISHED
Every Saturday,
AT
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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of a newspaper to advocate the rights and
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especially in tho Piedmont section of the
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General News Notes*
A first dividend of 25 per cent has
bun ordered paid to the creditors of the
defunct Fidelity Bank of Cincinnatti.
Two thousand brass-workers in New
York have struck because they were not
allowed the legal half holiday on Satur
day.
•fudge Bon 1 has scut the attorney gen
eral of Virginia and two solicitors to jail
for alleged c intempt of Court-
After four years of existence the Free
man, ih • organ of the colored people in I
New York las suspended.
Henry Poll, town marshal at Wards,
8 C. was probably fatally wounded by
dor Grunt, colored, who he was trying
to arrest.
Alex. I’olack, a clothing merchant, of
• iinuta Nth., has failed: liabilities,
$125,000: assets abont $75,000.
Louis Sorocco, an Italian, wasinstant
ly killed at Pittsburg, Pu., by the ex
plosion of a soda fountain be was charg
ing with gas.
The jury in the case of James 11.
Jacob*, on trial for the murder of Elmer
E. Quigley, at Lancaster, Pa., in Decem
ber last, n t irned a verdict after deliber
aJ jg so. tv hours’ absence of guilty, of
murder in Ihe first degree.
Nearly 200 Catholic temperance so
cieties of the Scranton Diocese <olebrated
ihe anniversary of the birth of Father
Mathew, at Wilkesbarrc, Pa., by a
monster parade and picnic. Nine thou
sand men wi re in the line with twenty
five bands of music.
At Amesbury, Mass., fire destroyed
the large carriage factory of Locke &
Jewell and several suirounding buildings.
Loss, $125,000, of which Locke & Jewell
lose $70,0 j 0; C. F. Pettingill, machinist,
los.a $25,000; John Ca:r, carriages,
$2,000.
Killed By a Negro.
Mr. John F. Oxner, a white farmer
living in the Broad liivrr section of
Abbeville County, S. was *hot and
killed by a ne-gro named Judge Glenn.
The only witness to tho affair was Wm. !
Murphy, a negro, who was with Glenn. 1
Oxner and Glenn hrd some words about
two weeks ago, and Glenn had been
old-led to leave the place. To-day bo
w< nt to move an 1 < arried with him a
roupleof pistols and a shotgun, lie had
loaded hi* gun and started »way. A short
distance from Ihe bouse of Oxner Glenn
»nd Murphy stopped and began shooting.
Mr. o.\n r took his gun and rode down
to sec what it meant, and was shot by
Glenn. Murphy saj* Oxner shot first,
but this ii hardly probable, as neither he
tor Gh no was not. Murphy has been
arre-ted and lodged in jiil as an acces
sory. Glenn escaped and has not been
captured. It is likely that if he is
f »ight rp-edy justice will be me ted Mm
by the people of that community.
Ex-Goremor W ashburns Drop* Dead.
F.i Governor Wm. B. Washburne. of
Massachusetts, dropped dead o* the
platform in Springfield, at tbe morning
session of the board of foreign mission*.
The peanut crop this year i* estimated
at 1,600,000 bushels. It will take sev
ersl months before the new nuts will be
seasoned and ready for market. In the
meantime the dealers arc working off tbs
old stock
The Hess an fly has l*ei laying waste
held* of wheat and barley in Englnad.
SUMMARY OF COTTON REPORTS.
Drnasht Forcing Fruit to Mnturltr.-Plcli -
log Will Clone Early.
The Cotton World's report of the crop
for the month of September says;
“A prominent feature of last month
hns been the nlmost unbroken continua
tion of the dry, warm weather over pret
ty much the entiro belt, fotcing fruit to
maturity and enabling a rapid gathering
of the staple, aud at the same time de
stroying, except in a few sections, any
prosptet for the top crop. As a result !
of such conditions the quality of prod
uct grades high, though in localities
there is eotne complaint of the recent
heavy rains damaging cotton, and in
others of depredations by worms. Many
of our correspondents allude to the un
usual lightness of the staple, and the
difficulty of making the usual weight of
bales. The two Carolinns and Alaba
ma have held up well, while in Mississip
pi , also a preponderance of the reports
indicate an improved yield over last
year. Other states show a greater de
preciation from last month, the falling
off being more marked in Tennessee and
Arkansas, and picking will be virtually
over through a larger part of the belt
before the close of October, aud even in
those sections, extending beyond that,
time, the picking season w ill end much
earlier than usual. Following is the eon |
dition by states; Virginia, 83- North
Carolina, 85; South Carolina, 83; Geor
gia, 80; Elorida, 84; Alabama. 81; Ten
nessee, 76; Arkansas, 77; Mississippi, 86;
Louisiana, 91; Texas, 78; average for the
belt, 80.0; average last year. 84.4.
STORM SIGNALS.
A New System Adopted by the CblersUirnnl
Officer ol'lbe l/nlted Stales Army.
The following code of storm signals,
recently issued by the war department,
have been published in pamphlet form
by the hydrographic authorities:
The chief signal officer of the United
States army, having adopted a new sys
tem of storm signals, has issued the fol
lowing order: “To adapt the signals to
the varying interests of the maritime com
munity, tho new system will take into
consideration the fact that the westerly
winds of high volieity with clearing
weather are less dangerous than those
from easterly quarters with freezing
weather. Along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts, and on the great lakes, from Sep
tember 1, 1887, there will be displayed,
as storm conditions may demand, day
signals of two kinds: First. A caution
ary signal, a yellow flag wilh a white
centre, will indicate that the winds ex
pected are not so severe, hut well-found
and seaworthy vessels can meet them
without great danger. Second, A storm
signal, (now in use,) a red flag with a
black”centre, will indicate that the storm
is exptc e l to be of more marked
violence. In order to afford the public
as exact information as possible regrad
ing ihe relative position of the. storm
»irl the winds expected, two pennants
will be displayed. A rc«i pennant will
indicate that the winds are to lie easter
ly, that is, from northeast to south in
clusive, and that the slorm centre is ap
proaching. The white pennant will
indicate westerly winds, that is, from
north to southwest inclusive, and that
the storm-centre has passed. Whrle it
is intended that the pennant shall indi
cate positively only whether tlm winds
will be easterly or westerly, yet, in order
to give still more definite info) mation,
the red or easterly pennant will lie dis
plrycd above the cautionary or storm
signal for wiods from the northeast
quadrant and below for winds Bonn the
southeast quadrant. In like manner,
the white pennant, while indicating
westerly winds alone, will show by its
position above the cautionary or srtorm
signal that northwesterly winds are
probable, or, by being below, that they
will be from the southwest quadrant. In
view of the difficulty of varying night
signals, they will not distinctively show
tbe force,- but indicate tbe wind direc
tion only; a red light for easterly winds
and red and white light for westerly
winds.”
Growth of the South.
Tho Manufacturers’ Record for Otto
her tfth publishes a compilation of the in
crease in the manufacture of cotton in
the several States of the South, and tho
percentage of profit, which will average
fully twenty per cent on the cost.
: Beginning with South Carolina itsaja
' that the Facolet Company, with 13.000
; spindles, is building another mill of
I equal size, and the Pel/or Company,
with 22,000 spindles, is building anoth
er mill. At Marion a SIOO,OOO mill is
in course of construction, one of SSOO,
000 at Greenville, one at Clifton of S3OO
000, one at Bennetsville $200,000, one at
Columbir of $250,000. undone at Fort
Mill of $160,000, while others arc pro
jected at Greenwood, Spartanburg. An
derson, Chester, Camden and other
prints.
In North Carolina tip y arc now build
ing a mill at Lincolnton to cost $30,000
at Big Falls one of $60,000, at Concord
one of $75,000, at Enoree one of $200,-
000. while others will be built ut David
son College and otbor points.
In Georgia, at Columbus the Swift
Company lias added 8,000 spindles to
their mill, ih: Muscogee, of the same
pla e is adding a new mill of 400 lo mis,
tbe King Company 70 looms and 3,000
spindles, and ut Augusta, Clarkesville,
Americas, Westpolnt, Dalton and Sa
vannah, large improvements are being
m:.dc and new mills building.
In Maryland $350,00 has lieenexpand
ed by the Laurel mills, while the mill
at Mount Vernon and Elkton arc being
enlarged. There sre also notable im
placements in Texas and Tennessee, all
I looking to the enlargement of plant, the
1 present facilities having been lound in
sufficient.
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ SATURDAY, OCT. 15, 1887
•THE PRESIDENT’S PICNIC.
A QUIET AND ENJOYABLE DAY IN
WISCONSIN.
Flailing on the from the Mad
dening Crowd.
A dispatch from Madison, Wis., says:
This is good fishing weather and the
President and his companions have gone
fiisbing on Lake Mendota. A steam
launch convoyed them to an island in
the lake whence they went to the fishing ,
grounds in small boats. No bulletins of I
the catch have been received. The only
public event expected to take place is
the reception. The crowds have disap
peared, and wilh the exception of the
banner. o , arches and Chinese lanterns
the town wears its ordinary aspect.
The Presidential catch—eight black
base. Postmaster Vilas and wife join
the party.
The President's fiishing party returned
at G o’clock. They had excellent luck,
and brought back between thirty dnd
forty good-sized fish as trophies. They
were carried by steamer about four miles
up the lake to Maple Bluff, where they
took small boats, each member of the
? arty having an oarsman to himself.
They reached the fishing ground and
had been fishing over an hour when a
high wind arose and made it dangerous
to remain out longer, so they sought
shelter at the Magnus Bex Club-house,
near by, where four members of the club
welcomed them and entertained them at
a fine lunch. The club house, though a
small, unpretentious wooden structure,
was elaborately decorated with ever
greens and otherwise.
By the time the lunch was over the
wind had subsided, though a light lain
set in which lasted all day. The party,
clad in water-proof garments, betook
themselves again to the row-boats and
continued their sport until nearly daik.
The President caught eight black
bass, the two largest being respectively
four and a quarter and four and. a half
pounds. These were the heaviest fish
caught. The total catch was 21 black
bass, 13 pickerel and a few white bass
and perch.
The President lUhcd for black bass
alone and Bill Dunn, bis oarsman and a
local authoiity on fishing matters, de
clares with emphasis that he, the Presi
dent. certainly does know how to handle
a rod. Tho President says he enjoyed
the day immensely and his admiration
for the scenery of the lake is boundless.
The Presidential party dined this
evening with Col. Vilas, Prof. Chamber*
lain. President of the Wisconsin Uni
versity. and wife, Col. Knight and wife
and B. J. Stevens and wife, of Madison,
being invited to meet them.
A public reception was given by the
President and Mrs. Cleveland at the
Vilas mansion between 1) and 11 o’clock
in the evening to the citizens of Madi
son. It has already been stated that the
postmaster general and Mrs. Vilas would
join the Presidential party here. They
have now accepted the President's invi
tation, and will accompany him during
the remainder of the journey.
BLOWN INTO THE AIR.
Thr Slenmrr Pailiirah Wrecked by an Ex
plonion.
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn.,
says: A terrible accident occurred at
the site of the Hyde’s ferry bridge, over
tbe Cumberland, a few miles below tbe
city. Tbe boiler in the little steamer
Paducah (the engine of which has been
used to pump water out of the coffer
dam), exploded, literally blowing the
boat into kindling wood, and instantly
killing Thomas J. Trippard, a young
man who was acting engineer of the
l oit, and breaking the leg of William
Morgan, carpenter of the bridge
wore.a. At the time of the accident
there were a number of men at work in
the coffer dam just adjoining the boat.
Mr. Broderick, the contractor, says he
looked up when he heard a deafening
explosion, and saw- the air obscured with
fragments. The boiler of the little
steamer, which was at the time in use
pumping water out of the coffer dam,
had exploded, and only a half sunken
hull, surrounded by amass of kindiing
wood, remained to show where the boat
had been. William Morgan tho car
penter of the works, was standing w ith
Hugh Henderson on a flat beat which
I extc nds from the shore to the coffer dam
j at a distance of forty or fifty feet from
! the steamer. A heavy piece of scantling
i was blown from tbe steamer and struck
| Morgan with great force on the left leg
l breaking the bone.
In tbe meantime search was made for
i Thos. J. Trippard, the engineer of the
boat. His body was found near the gun
wale of the half sunken wreck. He was
quite dead, with the front of his skull
crushed in, a bad hole in his side, and
his body ami face bruised and scalded.
His remains were carried to the bank aDd
covered pith a quilt. Morgan was ta
ken across the river to his home. Dep
uty Coroner Hood was dispatched to the
scene, and a jury of inquest was empan
uellcd. A number of witnesses were ex
amined and gave their account of the
awful explosion. Frank Walker, who
has I men the main, engineer test itied that
j ihe boiler had been inspected by the
j steamboat inspector. Martin Jlarvey, a
boy, said that he was in tbe boiler loom
I about ten minutes before the explosion,
j and that Trippard hud laid that there
I was 140 pounds of steam on, 20 pounds
I more than was allowed. The jury
brought in a verdict “that Trippard
I c»||ie to Ms death by the Itoiler exoio
sion on the steamer Paducah, of which
be was engineer, aud are of the Opinion
ih it said cxplts’on wi s r-auied by carry
ing mote Mr am than was allowed by tigs
.Usmboat inspectors’ license."
A large piece of boiler, according to
tne statement of Mr. Walker, an old one,
was found about 150 yards up the river
bank, and fragments were blown Into
the field high above. Some of the
woikmen say that bits of the boat were
blown across the river. The shock was
severely felt in houses for a distance of
half a mile.
THE DEADLY CAR LAMP.
II Explode, nnd Bums a Palace Caron a
Texas Road.
A special from Austin, Texas, says:
As the Missouri Pacific express reached
a point within a mile of the city last
night a lamp exploded in the Pullman
sleeper Gcnesta, scattering burning oil
over the berths, seats and interior of the
car, which was soon id a blaze. The
Forepaugh bill car was attached to the
sleeper and one of the circus men hap
pened to see the flash of the lamp aa it
exploded and signaled the engineer to
stop, which he did almost instantly.
Mrs. Collins and duughtcr, of San An
tonio, were the only passengers in the
coach, and they were out of it with all
despatch, but lost a portion of their
clothing, jewelry and purse, but the last
named article, badly damaged, was sub
sequently recovered. It was found im
possible to subdue the flames and the
circus car was detached and the train
steamed to the city, where the Fire De
partment was notified. But the engines
arrived too late, and before the flames
were out tbe whole interior of the car
was destroyed. The Gene-ta was a new
car, on her first trip, and was valued at
$15,003. The damage is estimated at
SB,OOO. m
A Big Fire in Waynesboro.
A Special fiom Augusta Ga., says:
An immense cotton fire took place in
Waynesboro’, a town of two thousand
inhabitants, about 30 miles south of Au
gusta, on tbe Central Railroad. About
600 bales of cotton arc a mass of flames.
One of the trucks in the Central Rail
road warehouse rolled over a match,
striking it, and almost instantly fire had
spread throughout the entire warehouse,
and 600 bales of cotton were in flames.
There are neither water-works nor fire
apparatus in the town, consequently no
way to check the flames, and they had
full sway.
Tbe news was wired to Augusta ear
ly in the afternoon, and Capt Star, of
Ihe Central Railroad, went down in a
special train to the scene, but owing to
the scarcity of water his force of hands
were of no avale further than preventing
the spread of the flames to the ad joining
buildings. Bcsids the cotton, ttje rail
read depot, a large quantity ot mcrchen
dise stored therein, a quantity of express
and three freight cars were consumed,
making a total loss of about $50,000, on
ly two fifths of which was covered by
iusurance. This is the third large fire
that has ocaurred at Waynesboro’, aud
it is a mystery to outsiders that the town
has not yet organized a lire department.
At present there is not even a bucket
corpse in the place.
To Be Attacked by Torpedo Boats.
The presence of eight ships of war in
Newport, R. 1., harbor, including the
old training flag ship New Hampshire,
has greatly revived the waning season.
This week will doubtless be one of great
interest. Admiral Luce is to test wheth
er or not our modern ships of war can be
surprised by a flotilla of swift torpedo
boats. For that purpose the United
Slates steel cruiser Atlanta has been se
lected to stand the test. The attack
w ill be made by a large number of boats,
all at one time, which makes it so much
harder for the defense. The cruiser At
lanta will be stripped for battle; officers
and crew will he called to general
quarters and the ship cleared ready for
action.
The test will be a fair and square one,
and a number of umpires will be ap
pointed to take station in each of the
attaking boats and onboard of the At
lanta. The attaking forco will be under
Commander Colby M. Chester, of the
corvette Galena. All the officers from
the Naval War College at Coasters,
Harbor Island, will be present to witness
the engagement, which is to take place
Tuesday night.
One Man Killed, Fifteen Injured.
A terrible accident occurred at Renc
oke’s mines rear Disonville. Ky, result
ing in killing one man, fatally injuring
three and seriously hurling twelve more.
The cause of the explosiou was the accu
mutation of the dust of bituminous coal,
supplimented by several simultaneous
blasts, which were fired as usual when
each shift leaves the mines. In this in
stance the blast was premature and a
number of miners were in close proxim
ity to the explosion, not less than sixty
men being in the mine at the time.
Utah Wants to be a State.
The Mormon Constitutional Conven
tion in session in Salt Lake City have
shaped a memorial to Congress praying
for the admission of Utah into the Co
lon, declaring their gor'd faith in their
pur|iose to carry out the provisions of
the Constitution as adopted. As one
inducement for admission Congress isin
formed that by admitting Utah the na
tion will be relieved of trouble St mo
questions.
Lncky Find of a Yankee Schooner.
j The schooner,Peregrine White, willc
cruising of the coast of Massachusetts,
, found a largo grayish mass floating on
the water. It was picket up r and chem
ists pronounco it to be ambergais.
: The specimen weighs 125 pounds nnd
|is worth S3O a ounce, or 5V,1}00 in fill,
The Illinois Train Wreckers.
A St. Louis special Says: “A diaboli
cal attempt was made to wreck a passen
ger train on the Illinois nnd St. Louis
Railroad, about a mile and u half from
Belleville, 111. A special train of five j
cats, filled with excurionists from St. ;
Louis, was approaching Belleville at tho \
rate of twenty miles an hour, when the ;
train rushed Into an open switch nearly \
a mile long, and had gene half the length
of the switch before the engineer could j
stop the train. A quarter of a mile fur [
ther on the switch rail had been adjust- ;
ed so ns to plunge the train down a steep ;
embankment. A frightful disaster was
narrowly averted. The occupants of the |
coaches were-mostly women and chil-1
dren.
i
Moreliead Again Threatened.
A Special from Lexington Ky. says:
News has been received here that more ’
trouble is brewering in Morehcad, the ■
scene of the recent Tolliver outrage. The I
report says that eighteen men, armed
Wine heater’s, went from Soljer’s Station,
on the Columbus and Ohio Road, to
Morehead. It is said that there are or
will be one hundred and fifty armed men
secreted around the thown. These men,
it seems, belong to the Logan faction,
and are gathering because news has been
brought that a party of Tollivers friends
intend to come from Elliot County and
burn the town.
Boon Logan is in Morehead, and it
was he who ordered tbe assembling of
the men. Everybody feels that there is
trouble of the very w orse sort ahead.
Judge De Hasen will hold a special term
of Court at Morehead some time this 1
month for the trial of Harris, alias Pen
dulcm, for conspiracy to murder Judge :
Cole and Taylor Young.
He Robbed the City of Cincinnati.
Judge Renter, of Cincinnati, Ohio, sen
tenced Chas Doll, ex-member of the
board of public works of Cincinnati, to
two years in the penitentiary upon con
viction of having misapplied city funds
in the purchase of a lot of horses in lili- ,
nois for city me.
A Dynamite Crank Insane.
Thos. J. Mooney, the dynamite crank,
who threw an explosive en the steamship
Queen while lying at h r wharf in New
Yot k two menthsago, was found insane
and sent by Judge t-ildersleevc to the
Poughkeepsie State lunatic asylum.
How an Earl Coins Money.
Warwick Castle, which is one of the
| great federal castles of England, affords
a very handsome revenue to its present
occupant, the Earl of Warwick, through
shilling admissions being chargcdto view
all except the private living apartments.
The present Earl, writes a correspondent j
of the New York World, is a poor man .
Tor one in his position. He has been j
obliged to live quietly and husband his !
resources to do his best to free this !
property from the debts upon it when it j
came to him. The estate was loaded ;
with mortgages when he received it.
His oldest son, Lord Brooke, married a
few years ago one of the great heiresses
of England. Looking bark over the his- J
tory of this family, I find that nearly all !
of its financial successes have come
through the marriage of a rich young !
woman. This heiress who married Lora
Brooke is a spirited young lady who re
fused the hand of Prince Leopold when
it was tendered her a few years ago. Up j
to within a few years there was no ad- i
mission fee charged at Warwick Castle.
Then the butler and the housekeeper
were permitted to show people through
at certain hours of the day, and they :
were permitted to pocket the fees paid
them. The result was thst these two ,
people accumulated a great fortune dur
ing their 20 years’ service, and have now
set up as magnates of county kitchen
circles. The present Earl now takes th s
revenue to himself. One of the peculiari
i tics of this business is that the tickets of
’ admission are not sold on the castle
1 grounds. There is a strange avoidance
of any apparent connection upon the part
! of the castle with the financial features
of this transaction. At the |K>rter's lodge
you are told that tickets can be bought
at the little humble house iu the feudal
row, under the fofty battlements of this
most aristocratic abode of one of the
greatest peers of the realm. You visit
this house and there your money is taken
through a little wicket, and in exchange
you are given a ticket which entitles
you to be shown through th? castle.
| Commissionaires are on duty there, and
I they display the treasures and the
beauties of the place with the same
business-like method and manner of
people in charge of any of the show
jilaccs of Loudon. The money deposited
j by the visitor finds it* way to a bank to
the Earl's credit, affording him at ths
present time a clear net income of fully
$15,000 s year."
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Indian Thankfulness.
The Piute Indians at Lovelock will
shortly hold a pine nut dance and a
solemn “hum a-hum” (song prayer).
This is because of their thankfulness to
“Pah ah’’ (the gold God who sends
j water) for the abundant crop of pine nuts
j with which he hns this season favored his
j red children. Tie pine nuts are not at
i Lovelock, hut far away in the moun
tains, where the pine orchards have as
' raped the ax of the white vandals. In
the Table mountain range are still left
many virgin groves. After the danceaud
“ hum-a-hum ” the Indians will go to the
groves anil gather the nut*. Formerly—
before the herds ot the whites took
i possession of the rangea—they had a
I dance and n praise song for tho harvest
lof grasn seed. The Piute people are reiy
j religious in their way.— Virginia (Am,)
JiHttrjirise.
Terms. $1.50 Her Amma Single Cony 5 cents.
MORNING.
Lo! from out tbe Orient splendor
Comes the day,
While about his chariot golden
Sunbeams play;
Dewdrops on the meadow grasses
All alight.
Glinting in the yellow sunshine,
Diamonds bi ight.
From around the homely cottage,
Wherethey creep.
Wake the purple morning glorias
From their sleep:
Waken roses, fresh and dewy,
To the light,
1 Blushing from the wind’s caresses
Through the night
Listen to sweet nature-music,
Along the trees;
Singing bird and rustling leaflet;
Humming bees
*Mong the scarlet honeysuckle*,
Robbers bold
Are they, with their loads of treasure,
Yellow gold.
And the fragrance of tbe meadows,
Perfume rare,
Sweeter than Cashmerian roses,
Fills the air.
Life again has slowly wakened,
Newly born,
And with every bud and blossom
Greets the morn.
—Belle Bremer , in the Current
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
It would seem natural for a carpenter
| to walk with a lumbering gait.
An unpopular “fall” resort—a banana
peel on the sidewalk.— Hotel Mail.
r “My bark is on the sea, ” remarked the
man who sent his dog on ship-board.—
Merchant Traveler.
The fishermen has no difficulty in mak
ing both ends meet when he catches an
eel.— Boston Courier.
Even a doctor who speaks only one
language may yet understand a great
many tongues. — GoodalVs Sun.
■ When the days grow sad and lonely.
Love and youth and friends depart,
There is naught like a Bologna
j Sausage to cheer up his heart.
—GoodalVs Bun.
There is nothing consolatory for the
patient suffering from a severe cold in
head to be told that “colds attack the
weakest spot.”— Salem Mews.
If you want to get a good idea of
tumultous motion you want to watch
the agitation of the bustles of two women
dancing a hop waltz.— Boston Transcript.
Joggs thinks his girl the pride of earth—
He pictures her in glowing colors,
And loves her for her modest worth
(Said to be thirty thousand doUsrgfr^
“And what makes you think Pm a
j slow reader?*’ asked Merntt. “Because,”
! replied Miss Snyder, “I lent you a hook
more than a year ago and you don’t seem
j to have finished it yet.”— Judge.
‘ Who is that young man that just
1 called on you?” asked the senior raembei
of the firm. “He’s connected with the
Squarup Life Insurance Company.”
j “What does he do?” “I don’t know,
| but, judging from his deportment, I
, should say he must be custodian of ths
assurance.”— Merchant Traveler.
WISE WORDS.
Exactness in little duties is a wonder
ful source of cheerfulness.
Take care of your character; your repu
tation will take care of itself.
lie who is a stranger to industry may
possess, but he cannot enjoy.
The consciousness of integrity give*
ease and freedom to the mind.
Whatever you dislike in another per
son take care to correct In yourself.
The acquisition of knowledge is one
ot the most honorable occupations of
youth.
A higher morality, like a higher intel
ligence, must be reached by a slow
growth!
The world is like a wheel incessantly
revolving on which human tiring* alter
nately rise and fall.
Old age never appears with greater
dignity than when, tempered with mild
ness and enlivened with good hue, nr, it
sets as the guide and the patron of
youth.
A good man is the best friend, and
therefore soonest to be chosen, longest to
be retained,and indeed Dever to be parted
with, unless he ceases to be that for
which he was chosen.
The world is unjust in its judgments,
so it is in its requitals. Speedily effaces
the memory of the greatest services; and
when we can repeat them no more, we
are neglected and thrown aside.
now General Grant Met His Wife.
The Confederate General Longstreet
introduced General Grant to Miss Julia
Dent, who is new General Grant's widow.
1 Longstreet’s mother wan a Dent. On
graduating from the military academy
Longstreet was assigned to a command,
; and was stationed ai Jefferson barracks.
; tielow St. Louis. While there he visited
his relatives, the Dents, on the Oravois
, road, and when Grant was assigned to
the same regiment with Longstreet, the
latter acrnmpanieci him on his first visit
to the Dent place, and presented “the
little nan with the big epaulet*, a*
; Grant wss sometime* called in those
| days, to his future wife.
Business Activity. .
••You have a lively set of clerks,” be
: said to the proprietor of the establish
ment. “It must be pleasant and pro
fitable to have employes so full ot energy
j and vim.”
“Yea,” responded the proprietor, ‘we
I rlosa early to-day and they are getting
I ready to go home.—Are Far* o*».
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