THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER VOL. IV. NO. 35. THE Charlotte Messenger IS PUBLISHED Kvery Saturday, AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. I.: the Interests of the Colored People of the Country. AMftui'l well-known writers will contrib '• its eolumtis from different parts of the "■"'dry, audit wfll contain Gen m1 News of the day. Tl!!fi Messenger is a first-clan newspaper ni l ill not allow lioi-sonal abuse in its col ’tis sectarian or partisan, but independent—dealing fairly by all. It re .-'Tvfs the right to criticise the shortcomings "t isil public officials—commending the v,, »thy, an w < lerk—“Eli! What’s happened?” . ou Lave been here but one day and have already cost me two good cus tomers.” ‘*My giaeious! In what way?” Von addressed Miss Skindundbones, tli i old maid lteiress, as ‘Mrs./and you > • Mrs. Swectsixteen, who was mar ; < i last week, ‘Miss.’” —Omaha World. .list til I 111. in 178*. Captain Phillip took posses o i of the whole island continent of . Ualia in the name of King George, iI, total area of Australia, including an«l, is 3,075,238 square miles, aim-.- precisely the area of the United ; and thiriy times thatof the United .•loin. The white population, at the tnd of ! .'* was 3,307,430, and increased by ihe surplus of births over deaths at tli rate t.f 07,004 in one year. The nimuicr of immigrants from all countries v. . I: hut the emigration is also ■ .i-al, a d the excess of those remaining ua only ‘‘VI?. Australia, therefore, would only increase by about a million in every eight years; hut the tide of pop ulat on is setting at last in its direction. The total revenue is $117,500,000. or m-ariy $lO a head, almost three times the Lriii.-b average; blit the total expendi ture > higher still, and the total debt r:s"> to tin: enormous sum of $765,000,- o o. That will he a danger hereafter; but, as yet. Australia possesses an unas sign d ("state of eighteen hundred and In ix million acres, and lias raised in ; j,, r tin* first discoveries more than double her debt. Much of the Austra lia a- ate estate suffers from want of w. . but it is noticed that, as immi push in. the ‘desert” recedes, [’.din all but the worst districts irriga te . i possible. The belt round the hm :. known to lie fertile, would sup port fifty mill ons with case. Strange Discoveries. i, (ii tca have toads been found in «l , ,j b, ...| d bodies that it is not sur i.ri ing to lead in a Scottish paper that s'-rvant, while breaking a large piece f c -il for the tire, was startled to find ia the ntre of the block a full-grown v ad. which appeared to be in excellent 1. Hi- jjinl pints. A less < ommon dis . wi made in Birkenhead. A gcntlcMit there was presented with a , dv. ti.m . which appeared to be ]' rf<; ■ in every ?e#|»cct. After the 1., jj. w.u boiled, he discovered a niece of i. d-tone imbedded in it about three ipiartcrs of ar. in- Il in tenth, half an inch in width and a quarter of an inch in thickness. * Longman?* Magazine. After Seventeen Years. At Pri ibe g. in Saxony, a native ot booth A meric • was a pup 1 of the Miners* ■ li-iny. ’Mi ll'll" win "ngii'.'Cil to » iriri. Ilu\i •; ii'iiciklj' mean, of .upport i',o left witliiml lmr, (irtmiißiDK to fetch j„. r , . ~,,u hi. income would allow- The - ; irl waited patiently seventeen yi |... Win ti < lirimma* eve *et in nhe wa- mii j r *ol liy the Hidden rcap|ie»r --»n-c ~r'her Ion;; tnived lover. He had atlivl -«i i ed a cerla'n income large •'Dough to iiep'iitlhem in luiurr, and the happy couple arc now on their way t? their new hoiii,,~-AVI, Yvrk J’rtHi FARMS AND FARMERS. Short Talks With the Men Who Guide the Flow. Os General Interest toFanuem. Depth For Planting Seeds. The proper depth for planting seeds is not to be determined by the greatest depth from which they will come up and reach the surface successfully. A plant may struggle and reach the surface so ex hausted that it never recovers its vigor, and though it may not die, yet never at tain perfect development. The condi tions of life whilst under the ground, and after it has come up into the light and air, are quite different. Under the ground it lives upon the food stored up for it in the seed, drawing nothing from the soil, perhaps, but water. The heat in the soil is the motive power xvhieh ex cites it into activity. When it gets up into the air an entirely new set of opera tions begins. Like everything else it tends to lose moisture by evaporation; the water which thus escapes is replaced by more absorbed from the soil, and with this absorbed water comes into it food from the soil. Its leaves bathed in the air, draw in carbonic acid from the at mosphere, and w ith the aid of sunlight build up, out of it and the elements of water, new tissues. It thus Incomes an independent existence. Whilst under the ground it was dependent under its mother’s milk (the food laid up for it), now it can forage for itself. If planted too deep, the food laid for it may be ex hausted Ik*fore it can reacli the surface: in that event it perishes; or it may fall a little short of this, and reach the surface with its parts imperfectly developed— its leaves small, its stalks slender; or still farther, it may reach the surface be fore its supply of seed food is exhausted, and proceeding to gather food from the atmosphere, receive no cheek and not be come stunted in its growth. Natures mode of seeding is to drop the seeds on the surface, and trust to their being covered by rain, or alternate free/ ings and thawings, or by insects disturb ing the soil, or other agencies of like na ture. Whilst this is an uncertain mode, and calls for a large amount of seed, be cause so great a portion is liable to fail ure of covering, it indicates very clearly that nature's method is shallow covering, and that the organization of plants is adaptod to shallow* covering. Just enough covering to secure the necessary moisture is the plain indication. Espe cially is this true early in the season when moisture near the surface is abundant, and heat (the motive power) is greater than at lower depths As the season ad vances moisture retires from the surface and heat penetrates deeper down, and seeds must Ik* planted deeper, but the loose dry nature of the soil above them enables young plants to reach the surface more easily than when the soil is wet and cold. So much for theoretical con siderations—practice, however, confirms them—careful experiments with planting seeds at different depths show that for the larger seed, like corn, wheat, oats, etc., ope or two inches covering give the most vigorous plants and largest yields. Plant corn now as shallow as possible. — Atlanta CnnsUtution. The Sand bagger's Advice. “I’ll never forget my first e\|K*rionce as a footpad,” said “Soaps” out at the workhouse the other day. “I’m not a proscssional footpad or robber, but once in Chicago I thought I’d go out and get , in my work with a stuffed club. Well, who (to you suppose I picked out as my first victim? A man with a ping hat. Did you ever hear of such a thing?” and Soaps, who never washes, fairly over flowed with laughter. ‘‘Why, what is funny about that?*’ < “Well, a Hradbaggcr—that is, a pro fessional—never tackles a man that wears a plug hat. It don’t do any good.” “Why not?” “Well, you are green. A sand bagger attempts to strike either just in front of or behind the hear. Those are the most effective places. Well, a plug hat is so constructed that no blow can begot in on the points on the head it covers. The rim is very stiff ami breaks the force of the blow, and before a second can be given the man has cried out for help and your attack has been in vain. Now you know what to do when you are going out at night -wear a plug hat. It's a complete armor against saiulbaggers.”— St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette. China’s Solomon. Another Solomon has arisen at Shang hai, China. A man was accused of hav ing stolen a table. He professed to be so weak and sick that he could not have carried away the table. The judge lis tened sympathetically and then said: “I think you arc* right. I pity you. Take ithat bag with SIO,OOO and spend it in/ getting thoroughly cured.” The accuiid bowed and took up the bag on his •Moulders and walked out. “bring that man liackl” ordered the judge, and on tte culprit’s reappearance the wise jtidgfc told him he had noticed him as lie bad walked through the room with that heavy load ’of money on his back, and he considered him quite equal to the task/ of carrying away a table. So he pronounced the accused guilty of the thefj. Chicago Herald. A mtw -t Dead wood gave his wife i S2OO in gr enbacks for safe keeping. | The lady put the money in a pillow case, j and shortly after thoughtlessly gave the j article, with others, to a Chinese washee- > washer. Discovering the loss she went j to the laundry and found the greenbacks | floating around in pieces in a kettle of ; boiling water The fragments were re cured and sent to Washington, and it is thought the loss will not ba more than tea pereett* CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1888. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS THE SOUTHERN STATES. News Collected by Wire aad Mall Fraas All Partsaf Dixie* NORTH CAROLINA. Charles Harrington, son of James Har rington, was found dead in the woods near his home in Johnson county. Considerable damage is reported as done to the fruit crop in the Piedmont section by the recent cold snap. Peaches are said to have suffered badly, and it is evident that three-fourths of the entire crop is killed. large two-story dwelling of Mrs. Caroline E. Cherry, near Greenville, was destroyed by fire, and Elisha Johnson, a colored preacher living in Halifax coun ty, has mysteriously disappeared. See ing some tire in the woods, he went last Friday to look after it, and has not since l>een heard from. News has lieen received at Raleigh of the death of Rev. Dr. Matthew T. Tates, in China. He was tha oldest of the Bap tist missionaries, having been in China forty-two years. His age was seventy. Last Bepteml»cr he had a paralytics! stroke, from which he never fully recov ered. He intended returning to North Carolina next June. Dr. Yates was born in Wake county, near Raleigh, and graduated at Wake Forest College. He was looked upon by the Baptists as one of their leading preachers. At Ashville, C. I). Higgins was arrested, charged with attempting to kill the conductor of a Pullman car. The conductor ordered him. out. Higgins struck at the conductor, who knocked him down, Higgins sprang up and shot twice at the conductor, the bullets strik ing the car ana frightening the passen gers. The trained moved off, but Hig gins lM»gan firing promiscuously into houses near by. He was arrested after a chase and desperate fight. Details have lieen received at Raleigh of a most horrible story, the scene of which is an illicit distillery on Barnes creek, on the line between Mont gomery and Randolph counties. A young man uamed Andrew Collicott had been to the Steel gold mine, and imbibed too freely of whisky. Upon returning to tl e distillery he was soon envolved in a drunken stupor, in which he remained uncoochms for some time, .Some one, attracted by his pietous tries, went to his assistance, and found him in the still house with almost his entire Iwidy, from the waist up roasted. Physicians who were summoned think the injuries are fatal. It is stated that his injuries the result of the brutality of a party of gamblers, who had gathered at the still for the purpose of winning Collicott’s money. Tin* gamblers finding him too drunk to resist poured whiskey on him, and set him on fire, taking his money and afterwards claimed that it had been burned. SOUTH CAROLINA. New rails have lK*en ordered for the Barnwell Railroad. Only ixteen acres of land were sold for taxes at the lastsalcsday in Orange burg. The Barnwell Railroad during January cleared •i ,*€B3 above all expenses. All the piers for the Three C’s bridge over the Catawba river have been fin ished. Col. Eugene B Gary, of Abbeville, will soon have ready for publication a book on criminal law. Dr. C. H. Green, Jr., of Sumter, has received an appointment of the surgical department of the Chambers Street Hos pital, of New York city. During the twenty-three days of Jan uary that the Black ville, Alston and New berry Railroad was in operation its re ceipts amounted to $1,680.92. William Pleasant, colored, while try ing to get on the up train while in mo tion at Reynolds Station, fell and was instantly killed. A petition, which is numerously signed by the most influential and conscientious citizens of Beaufort, has been circulated and w ill Ik* sent to Governor Richardson asking him to commute the death pen alty appointed to be executed on the 6th of April against. Si Robinson, for the homicide of Bailey. The mental condi tion of the unfortunate condemned would seem to l»e a sufficient reason for the ex tension of the sought for clemency. Both evening tr ins on the South Caro lina Railway were thrown out of time on account of a terrible fire along the track, and in the surrounding woods a few miles below Windsor. The fire was raging for several miles along the track, and hundreds of cords of wood were burned. The heat w as so intense that for a considerable distance the steel rails were twisted so as to render it impossible for the trains to pass over. The whole community turned out to fight the fire, but could do but little against the heavy gale that was blowing alt day. The sec tion hands along the line have Ween tele graphed for, and the damage will bo re paired as soon as possible. ! - GEORGIA. Atlanta claims a population of 66,000 j within-the city limits. Thomas ville has 1,500 visitors, who ! spend an average each of $3 a day in the towu—#4,soo per day- $82,300 per week —5135,000 per month—s44o,ooo per season of four months. At Macon the large number of visitors to the jail to seo Tom Woolfolk is daily on the increase. It is reported that a Northern capital ist tfill build a $150,000 hotel in Bain bridge this year. A State military encampment on St. Simtnon’B Island is suggested for the summer. But a few hundred dollars in postoffice receipts is needed to ensure Athens hav ing a free delivery system of mails. The annual report is not made until April 1, and therj is every probability that the receipts will reach the necessary SIO,OOO notch by that time. Several large pieces of the monument to be erected over the grave of the late Gen. Robert Toombs have arrived at Washington. It will be a massive and stately shaft, and altogether a fit monu ment to mark the last resting place of that illustrious man. Lumber City has another barrel factory in operation. B. S. Pinkleton was the founder of the first one in the spring of 1887. The new one is supposed to be owned by a syndicate of naval stores commission merchants of Savannah, xvho proposes to fight the present monopoly in the spirit barrel business. The Presbyterians of Atlanta discus sing among themselves various plans for establishing in that city a Presbyterian college. The idea seems to be to estab lish at Atlanta a Presbyterian university for the South of such high character as to attract patronage from other States. The matter has gone so far that a meet ing of the Presbyterians of Atlanta and Georgia will be called at an early day to discuss the subject. NORTH, EAST AND WEST A heavy blizzard is raging in the south east of England. The storm is slight in London. It is reported that the French Govern ment has deciced to cashier Gen. Bou langer. At Cassell. Germany, a snow storm has prevailed for three days. Commander Griffin, of the American navy, offers to back lvilran for £SOO against Sullivan. At Aberbeen, Miss, Gattman & Co., bankers, have failed. It is believed that the failure is for over $200,000. The Dublin Evening Telegraph says that Mitchell has challenged Sullivan to tight in a sixteen foot ring for £I,OOO a side. In Spain the storm is very heavy, es pecially in the north, and in the south of Spain floods arc doing enormous damage. In central Germany there is complete suspension of highway traffic, and in many districts railways are snow bound. H. H. Key, representing D. Apblcton & Co, of New York, died suddenly at the Battle House, Mobile, Ala., of heart disease. THE PRESIDENT’S PICTURE. Sent an a ('•mplinient to a South t'nro llnlan. A rare honor was conferred upon Judge W. G. Field, of Pelzer, S. C., a few days ago, by President Cleveland sending him a photo engraving of him self and wife. Mr. Field was a great admirer of the President before his nom ination, and on the first of June, 188*1, he was made father of a baby boy which he christen'd Grover Cleveland Field, in honor of the President. Mr. Field men tioned these facts to Congressman Perry in one of his letters, and in this way it came under the eye of the President, and he wrote him the following letter. Executive Mansion, Washington, Feb. 27th, 1888. —W. G. Field, Esq., Pelzer, S. C.: Dear Sir—l have received from Mr. Perry your recent letter to him, and learn from its perusal that you have a son who beam my name. Permit me to thank you for so flattering a manifes tation of your confidence and regard, and as further evidence of my apprccia tion of your courtesy, I take pleasure in sending the accompanying engraving. Y'ours very truly, Gkover Cleveland. In response to the compliment, Mr. Field wrote to the President thanking him for the letter and engraving of him self, adding a “modest” request that a picture of Mrs. Cleveland might be sent him to be placed alongside of his in the “humble home at Pelzer.” The request was promptly granted, and Mr. Field was made the recipient of a handsome photograph of Mrs. Cleveland, with her own name affixed. Three People Burned to Death. News has reached Charlotte of the fa tal burning of three people, in Ruthcr ford county, two being minted to death in a house, and the other in a field while i firing brush. In the first mentioned case, I Mrs. Lawson Davis and her sister-in iaw, ! an imbecile, perished in the ruins of their , burning home. They were in the house j alone, at the time, ard the origin of the fire cannot Ik? accounted for. A colored girl named Jane Freeman ! was burned to death while firing brush. , Her clothing took fire and before assist ance could reach her she was burned so Imdly that death ensued very shortly thereafter. It Is Interesting to trace the evolution of words and expressions. Cultured people say “how do you do?” Those who are less precise sav “howdv do?” In the backwoods of Tennessee tnevsay 1 “howdy?” The noble red i..au of tho West says “how?” Whu4 Jis cat en ths , fsnoeeaji “owt*® 1 THE WHITE TERROR COVERING EVERYTHING IN THE NORTHERN STATES. Terrible Htorlen of Buffering—Drifts Renchlng the Second Storlo* of Houncm TruiiiM Fanieiied Between Statloim. The sun is shining brightly in New York and the weather is moderating. Travel on the elevated roads has fully re sumed, but the surface roads are still. The telegraph wires south and east are still entirely cut off and there is little if any communication east. Meagre reports received show that people living in New Jersey towns who started for New York Monday had dreadful experi ences. Many trains were snowed in a few miles from the city and passengers were compelled to sleep on them or wade through the snow to look for shelter in villages. A number of persons, it is as serted, perished from cold and exhaus tion. At Elizabethport, N. J., a dozen em ployes of the Singer's machine works started for their homes. Several were badly frozen. One man was picked up out of the snow stiff and breathless. He was carried into the railway station where he soon died. By strcncous efforts the Pennsylvania road got a single track clear to Newark. Trains were kept run ning all night between there and Jersey City to keep the track open. None of the other roads have been able to move trains. Above New 'York on roais of the New York Central system the situation is unimproved. The Chicago limited express train on the Pennsylvania road, xvhieh was stalled for a day near Harrison, on the New Jer sey meadows has reached Newark. Relief cars of supplies had been sent out with three locomotives pulling and three more pushing. About Elizabeth a stock train is blocked on a siding and many sheep and cattle frozen to death. In the Penn sylvania freight yard a car load of sheep perished. The meat supply is getting short and prices are advancing, sls per ton being paid for coal. There is plenty of it in the yards in New Y'ork and Brooklyn, but the difficulty is to deliver it. Snow again fell heavily at Philadel phia, but the temperature is decided ly warmer, and the snow melted as fast as it fell. The situation so far as the rail roads are concerned are much more hope ful. Pennsylvania railroad officials re port their main line to the west open, but that the Ncxv Y'ork division is yet closed. The Chicago limited express which at other times is started from New York was made up here and left for the west. The fast express for the west left about half an hour later and in addition to those for father points also carried pas sengers for larger way stations. Travel has also been opened with the smith, and trains arrive from and departed for Balti more and Washington during the fore noon. The situation on other Hues, cen tering here, is also improved, and with the continuance of moderate weather, the officials believe that travel can be re sumed to all points by tonight or tomor ioxv. Telegraph communication with New York. Baltimore and Washington is still interrupted, and the only xvay to reach those points is by xvay of Cincin natti and Pittsburg, over very precious wires. GRATEFUL DAKOTA. j The following dispatch has been re ceived at Ncxv York: Mayor Hewitt, New York: Bismark stands ready to give suhstaneial aid to the hli/.zard sufferers of Ntw York. Let us know your needs. Chamber ok Commerce. Mayor Hewitt lias received telegrams from sympathetic people in Bismarck and Huron, Dak., St. Paul, Minn., and oth er places in the west where blizzards are not uncommon, offering relief for the storm sufferers in New Y'ork ami vicini ty. * Slavery of a White Man. [From the New York Herald.] Atlanta, Ga., March 17.— A slave is now a strange sight in the South. A white slave is yet more strange; still one was seen on the streets of Atlanta yes terday. John S. Hughes, a white man of good character, owed (Jus Kaglcmacher a sum of money xvhieh he was unable to pay. He met Kaglemaclicr yesterday, and jokingly asked him if he would accept a bill of sale to himself as pay for the debt. Kaglcmacher agreed, a lawyer was called in, the bill of sale drawn up and prop erly signed. In the document “Hughes sold himself, and his body after death, to Gus Kaglcmacher, the said Kagle nmeher to have control of the said Hughes as long as U‘‘ might live, and to barter, sell or convey him to others if he chose to do so.” A copy of the contract xvns given each party. After the contract was handed him Hughes began to think more seriously of tl*e matter, and consulted a lawyer as to its validity. Upon being informed that it would hold good in the courts, he got drunk and was arrested. This morn ing he was lined in the Police Court, and his owner, (?) who was on hand, paid the fine, and this evening took him out to his farm, where, he say*, he shall work him for the balance of his life. A Lake Bolling Hot. Lake Rotokakahi, New Zealand, is inclosed by steep, lonely mountains, the volcanic deposit covering which looked I lustI ust like half-melted, dirty, slushy snow, j t is a rather significant fact in thermal activity that two or three years ago this lake rose to nearly the boiling point. This was considered a most remarkable phenomenon, as the lake wai always •old before. It afterward regained iU lormal stata»— San Franc** (Mrtfrfcfe Terms. $1.50 per Aim Single Copy 5 cents. WASHINGTON GOSSIP FROM UNCLE SAMS’ CAP ITOL What our Dtiay Law Maker* are D«l«|. Coiiffrenaional and Other New*. Tlie President has recognized Euget£ Thiebaufc as vice consul of France at Charleston, S. C. Congressman Hemphill presented a pctitioii from the citizens of Bay Spring, S. C•, recommending an increase in the compensation of fourth-class postmasters. The Supreme Court has rendered a de cision affirming the right end power of the State of Massachusetts lo tax the property of the Western Union Telegraph company xvithiu its limits. The senate committee on postoffices and postroads has erdered a favorable report on the senate bill to reduce the postage on seeds, cuttings, bulb 3, etc., to one cent for every four onnees. The present rate is sixteen cents per pound, xvhiie that of Canada is only four cents. The purpose of the bill «s to place Amer ican seedsmen on an equality with the Canadians so far as the use of the United States mails are concerned. In anticipation of the decision in the telephone cases, the United States Su preme Court room was crowded to-day when Court assembled at noon, and a large number of people were turned away from the door. Alexander Melville Bell and Air. Starrow, of counsel for the Bell Company, were present, as were also the Commissioners of Patents, soveiak patent attorneys and a large nnmber of persons directly or indirectly interested in telephone stocks. At 12:05 Justice Blatchford, acting for Chief Justice Waite, began reading the opinion in the telephone eases. The opinion was prepared by the Chief Jus tice, but owing to a slight indisposition he did not feel able to read it, and there fore requested Justice Blatchford to read it for him. The cases covered by the decision of the court are six in number, one coining from Massachusetts, one from Pennsylvania, and four from New York. In the first live cases the appel lants are Amos E. Dolbar et al, the Mole cular Telephone Company, the Clay Commercial Company, the Peoples’ Tel ephone Company and the Overland Tele phone Company. In the sixth the Bell Company is the appellant against the Molecular Company. The opinion was a lengthy one, and decided in the favor of the Bell Telephone Company. The dissent of Justices Bradley, Field and Harlan is based on the Drawbaugh claim. These three Justices are of opin ion that the evidence overwhelmingly shows that Drawbaugh xvas the first in ventor of the speaking telephone, al though lie was unconscious of it and was not aware of its importance. The opinion of a majority of the Court was read by Justice Blatchford, but was prepared by Chief Justice Waite. The latter, oxving to indisposition, did not feel able to read so long an opinion, which occupied in delivery one hour and three-quarters. Immediately after the conclusion of the reading of the opinions in the tele phone cases Justice Lamar began the reading of his first opinion as a member of the United States Supreme Court, the case being No. 168, the Missouri River Packet Company vs the Hannibal and St Joe Railroad Company. The point in volved xvas the construction to be given to a laxv of Congress, authorizing the building of a bridge for the use of the railroad company across the Missouri River at Kansas City. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Missouri, in favor of the Hannibal and St. Joe Company, xvas affirmed. A Modern Woolly Horse. Louis J. Wyman, of Roxburv, Mass., owns a horse which is dressed in a full suit of wool instead of being clothed in coat of hair like the ordinary everyday horse. The wool is an inch long and of a reddish brown shade. The owner shows a bundle of yarn made from it and says he has enough to make a suit of clothes for the man who will exhibit the horse. Mr. Wyman bought the animal from E. B. Rhodes, a planter and 6tock raiser of Spartanburg. S. C. The horse xvas bred by thoroughbred Kentucky horses and is perfect in form, 14$ hands high and weighs from 850 to 876pound*. It arrived on the Gate City from Savan nah, Georgia, last week, and has since been recuperating from the effects of his sea voyage. The covering of the animal seems to be veritable wool, and has so been pronounced by a number of wool dealers in Boston. The horse has no foretop or mane—only a somewhat thicker growth of wool where these ap pendages should be. His tail, as well at the rest of him,is covered with the wool, and, singularly enough, hangs limply down betweeu the legs, exactly as a sheep’s tail does. Another mark of the sheep is the horse’s disposition to butt, an offensive operation xvhieh he resorta to frequently.— Hartford Time*. Ilad Already Been Worked. Bunco Stcerer (to stranger)—“Why, how do you do, Air. Sloppeuhcimer? I ain very glad to see you.” Bt ringer—“But my name is not Slop penheimer; it’* Tuggerly.” Bunco Hteerer—“What, not the Tug gcrly who xvas recently mulcted in $50,- 000 damages in a breach of promira case?” Stranger—“Y’es the same.’* Bunco Stcerer—“Ah, then I will bid you a very good morning.— Chronicle. The position of postal clerk has been handed down in one family in Ger many for two hundred year*