VOLUME XIII.
.Reporter and Post.
PUBLISH EI) WEEKLY AT
DANBURY. N. C.
fKPJPBB ft SONS, Put,V. .v Prop*
811 UN OF NI IMI KIPI IOX ;
•Cnc Year. puoalde in ud\nnc« «I.Ro
Month*, 75
It A'I'IX OF AttVEBTINIJIU:
On# Square (ten line* or low) I time, * 1 on
For each additional iu»ei tion .*«4»
Contract* ft»r longer time or more »paee CHII he
ninde in proportion to the nltove rate*.
Traument atl vuriimr* will lie tiiHH'teil to remit
arcording to thc*e rate- ||||m MM t|MJ Mud
their fa vain.
Local Net ice* will he charged 30 per oent. higher
than above rate*.
llin*ineN* Card* will he liiftcrtcd at Ton Dollars
iter annum.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A. J. »OTI»J *• W. RKID
BOYD J- REIT),
Attorneyn-ut-1 jaw
WfiNTWORTH, N. C.
Practice in the Superior court of
Stokes county.
" UOBJSRT J). GILMERT
Attorney and Counsellor,
MT. AIHV, N. C.
Practices in the courts of Surry, Stokes,
Yudkiuiuul Alleghany.
IK F. CARTER,
it TTQ SXSr-rJ T-L?.l IT.
MT. AiltY, SRIJKY CO., X. C
Practices wliereve.;' his services are wanted
~R X. UAYMORE,
ATTORN EY-AT LAW
Mt Airy. N. C*
Special attention given to the collection ol
£laima. I—]'2m
B F. KIX;,
WITH
JOHXSOX, SUTTOX fy CO.,
DItY GOODS,
Koe. 17 and '29 South Sharp, Street,
r. w. JOHFSON, h. m. biti*ON
/. 11. R. tIRAJtHE, (). /. JOHNSON.
F. OAJT # ALBERT JONIB.
Say 8c Joxie&r
manufacturers ol
BAIIDLRKY.fi A UN KSS, rOLLARS.TItI'NR
No. XW \Y. Baltimore street, Baltimore, .l/d.
SY. A. Tucker, 11. C.Smith, U.S. Spraggiiui
Tucker, Smith Co..
Manufacturhrtf & wholesale Dealer* in
VOOTS, SHOES, 11ATS AST) CAPS.
No. 230 Ilnltiuiore Street; Baltimore, JM.
U, J. * It. K, It EST,
MRII
Jlanvxj Sonneborn fy Co.,
WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS.
JO A.UIMPR St., (B«twr«Ll(lei m.TT .V L.uiiil>urit ST>)
BALTIMORE Ml).
P. KOMNBBORN, B. SLIMLINE
C. WATKINS, V. s. ROBERTSON
D. 1,. COTTRKLL, A. S. WATKINS.
Watkins. CottrelJ. 4 Co..
Ini|>orter« and dohher* of
HAIIDWAHE.
1307 Main Street,
It I (II MOM), VA.
Agent* for FalrUank* Standard Scale*, an
Anker Itrund ltoltlug Cloth.
filcyhn Putney* L. // fllair
ir. ii. mii,w,
WITH
STEPHEXTL'TXEI CO.,
WhQlemtle deulvi n in
Boots, Shoes, and Trunks,
1219 MAM (Street,
8-ai-Cm. HICIIMOSI), VA.
J. R ABBOTT, OF N 0.,
with
HI WO, ELLETT & CROP,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Wholesale Dealers la
BOOTS, BHOXS, TRUNKS, AC.
Prompt alteution paid to order,, aud satis
faclioti guaranteed.
Virginia Stale Prtaon Goodt a tytnaUy
Marcl), 6. ra
aourr w. rowix*. KDOIB b. TAVI.O .
tt W. POWERS A CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Dealer, In
PAINTS, OILS, DVKS, VARNISHES,
FRENCH and American
WINDOW OLANS, PUTTY, &C
SMOKING AND t'HKWINO
CIGARS, TOUAOOO A SPBCIALTK
180S Main St., Biohmond, VA^
AußUtt6ml6 —
J. L. c. BIRDT
WITH
W. D. KYLE & Co.,
IBPCHTKBS ANI> JOBBKRS OF
HARDWARE. Cutlery,
JRON, NAILS and CARRIAGE Goons
No. 9 Governor Street,
RIcnMOND.VA.
Ka*7 to um. A certain cum. Not 'i bift
tounibi' irwlniMit in ow» purkup. Oo«1 for l\>ld
CuMiHMHMilacbt,DtaoiiM-M. lIH>- Fever,&c.
IIEMOCR %TIC I*l. ITI'Oll M.
A.l(.jkt..il ill ItiileJicli, June ISHI.
We again congratulate the people of
North Carolina on the career of peace,
prosperity ami good government oil
which she entered after the inauguration
of a Democratic State administration
and which has bcci unbroken for so
tuany years since ; upon the just and
impartial enforcement of the laws ; upon
the efficiency of our common school sys
tem, and the great progress made in
popular education ; and upon the gener
al improvement and enterprise manifes
ted in every portion of the state. And
we again challenge a comparison bc
woen this state of things and tho crimes,
outrages and scandals which attended
Republican ascendancy in our borders ;
and wo pledge ourselves to exert iu the
future, as we have done in the past, our
best efforts to promote tho material in
terests of all sections of tho State.
Affirming our adlx>rence to Demo
cratic principles as heretofore enuncia
ted in the platforms of the party, it is
Ueioby
Resolved, That we regard a frco and
fair expression of the public will at the
ballotbox as the only surc mcans ol pre
serving our free American institutions,
and that tho corrupt and corrupting use
of Federal patronage, in influencing and
controlling elections is dangerous to the
liberties of tho State and tlwj Union.
Resolved, That wc are in favor of the
unconditional and immediate abolition
of the whole internal revenue system,
as an intolerable burden, a standing
mcanco to tho freedom of elections, and
a sourco of great aunoyuncc and corrup
tion iu its practical operation.
Resolveil, That no government has a
right to burdeu its people with taxes
beyond Ibe amount required to pay its
necessary expenses and gradually extin
guish its publh debt. And that when
ever the revenues, however, derived,
exceed this amount, they should be re
duced so as to avoid a surplus iu the
treasury. Wo thercfoio urge upon our
Scuators and Representatives in Con
gress to cscrt themselves in favor ot
such legislation «-• will weuro this end.
•Resolved, that with respect to the
tariff wc reiffirui the life long and fun
damental principles of the party as de
clared in tho National Democratic plat
forms and that the details of the meth
od by wliieh the constitutional revenue
tariff shall be gradually reached, are
subjects which the party's representa
tives at the federal capital must be trus
ted to adjust; but in our opinion the
duties ou foreign importations should be
levied for the production of ptiblio rev
enue, and the discriminations in its
adjustment should be such as would
place Iho highest rates on luxuiies and
tho lowest on the necessaries of life,
distribute as equally as possible the
burdens of taxation and confer tho great
est good to the greatest number of the
American people.
Resolved, That the course of the Dem
ocratic party in furtherance of popular
education, by efficient public schools in
all sections, and the establishment, of
graded and normal schools in the larger
towns aud accessible centers, is a suffi
cient guarantee that wc favor the edu
cation of nil classes of our people and
wo will promote aud improve the pres
ent educational advantages so far as it
can be douo without burdening the peo
ple by excessive taxation.
AND WIIERAS, There is now more
than a hundred millions of dollars in
the treasury of iho Uniicd States wrung
from the pockets of the people by unjust
taxation on the pari of tho Republican
party ; therefore,
Resolved, That TO will acoept suoh
distribution of said surplus revenues of
the government for educational purpo
ses as may be made by the Congress of
the Uniicd States: provided aluxiys, that
the sajic shall be disbursed by State
agents, and not accompanied bv objec
tionable features and embarrassing con
ditions.
Resolved, That it is dtio to the white
so eh,, of our eastern counties, who have
eom u ,erfu||y borne tlier share of our
soni on burdens, that the present or
cou® other equally effective system of
de.nty government shall bo maintaiu
ad
Resolved That in view of the existing
and iuereasing harmony and kindly feel
ing between the two races in this State,
and a similar condition of things which
we believo to exist generally in ether
Southern States, wo deprecate the at
tempt of the Republican party, in its
recent platform at Chicago, to force I
civil rights as a living issue, and wo de
uounee it as a fire brand and a hypo
critical expression of interest in tho
black raco, a wanton insult to tho whites
of thcSouth, and tending to stir up strit'o
between the now friopdly races.
DANBURY, N. C., LIIUIWDAY, SEPTEMBER U, 1884.
Reporter and Post.
fadered at the lianbury X Punl*(>jJ['e
(is tirrond Clohh Mutt IT.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER Ij, ls#4.
The Democratic Ticket.
i
FOR PHKBIPKNT :
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NKW YOUK.
FOR VICK-PRESIDKNT •
THOS. A. HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
KLKCTOItS AT LARGK:
WM. 11. KITCUKN.
JOHN N. "STAPLES.
FOR liOYF.ltXOlt:
ALFRED M. SCALES,
OF GL'II.FOKI).
"••(11l I.IKUTKXANT OOVKItSOH:
CHARLES M. STEADMAN,
OF NKVViIIAXOVKH.
BKCRKTARYOF STATU:
WILJJIAM L. SAUNDERS,
OF WAKK.
FOR ATTOIIXBV OEXKItAI,:
THEODORE K. DAVIDSON,
OF I»l : !»COMBK.
FOIt TItKAbirUKU:
DONALD W. RAIN,
OF WAKK.
FOIt Al tHTOtt:
WILLIAM I'. ROBERTS,
OF UATKS.
FOBHIT'T PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
8. M. FINGER,
OF CATAWBA.
FOB STPRKMK COfltT .JCDOK:
AUGUSTUS S. MERIiIMON,
OF WAKE.
FOB CON'OBESS-FIFTH DISTRICT :
JAMES W. REII),
O? BUCKINGHAM.
Scnnt'jl Anthony, of Rhode Island,
is dead.
Secretary Folger died suddenly ut his
homo in Geneva, New York, one day
last week.
Of the ninety-seven German papers
published in lowa only one is advocat
ing Rlainc.
Rcu Butler says that tho outcome of |
this presidential eloction will bo the ; :
death of whichever party is bcatcu.
Major Booth says *.o the Salvation
ists : "Shout; those wtio can't stand
tho noise will never get to Heaven."
The State University opened on the
2nd inst. with 192 students, making the
highest score since its post helium re- (
habilitatiou.
Col. John N. Staples, Elector for tho 
State at large, will speak at Uroensboro
on Tuesday Octopei 7th, it being the
week of the Federal court.
The wain building of the North Car
olina State Exposition was on the 2nd ,
instant announcod completed, and ready
for awarding floor spaco to exhibitors.
Tho Morning JV'ews, of Bridgeport, i
Conn., an independent journal with a
Republican editor, has put the names of
Cleveland and Hendricks at the head of '
its columns.
B. B. Comer is the richest of tho
Alabama cotton planters. He runs 225
plows on his lands near Spring Hill and
hosLs of hands pick 2,000 bales of not- i
ton cvory year.
Tho Monongahela Record, published i 
within 14 miles of Blaino's birth-place,'
whose editor has heretofore been a Re
publican, has come out red hot for!
Cloveland Hendricks.
An Irish- American Bluino meeting at
Jersey City the other night was utterly
demoralized and broken up by some- 1
body's singing out "Tlireo .cheers for
Cleveland," and tho cheers that follow*
ed nearly took tho roaf off.
The prolesaors of the University of ]
Jeua have deoided that the moderate i
uso of tobacco is not injurious. It is i
probably true thai for every medical ' c
opinion adverse to the use of tho weed, i
one, equally respectable, may bo found i
to the contrary. ji
j Mr. Blaine'sliimil/ pew i-j to be pho
| tographed and lsed as a campaign doc
' | umcut.
| Senator Kduiinds has declined the
j invitation of thi New York Republican
! State Committed to stump for RUiiio tu
| that St«.tc.
Mr. lilaitie is laid to be recovering.
I It would be a scaous blow to the Dem
ocrats if ill-heulni sbouid couipel him
to withdraw. 1
"Blaino's jyow(ng strength" is the
captton of an article floating through
the Republican is "growing"
—small by dvgrtfo and beautifully
' less.
i When called on to levy upon the of-
I feeta of the bankrupt Republican con
cern, Mr. Cleveland's l.riuer experience
as sheriff will doubtless come handy to
him.
Judge Garrick M. Harding, a life
j long Republican of Lureriic county,
i I'a., has declared for Clevelaud and
J Hendricks and gone to work iu their
; behalf.
j An old landmark iu tliu city of Char
lotte was torn down a few days ago. It
was the hcudqiiaiters of Lord Coru
vvallis' Guard, during his stay iu that
city, ami one of tho first houses built
there.
A series of wageis, SI,OUO in all, on
Blaine and against Cleveland, were
made in the Buffalo Commercial the
other day. The next morning the wag
ers wore covered by a leading Dcuio-
Oi'at, who cries for more.
People who ate disposed to sjeal;
| slightingly of the brevity of ex-Gov.
: Hendricks' letter of acceptance should
reler to Mr. Lincoln's of 1800. Mr.
Hendricks wrote ,l73 words ; .Mr. Lin
coln Ml. Thny are models of their
kind.
Just about this time every other nun
you meet knows exactly how a news
| paper ought to be conducted. We arc
; of that class who think that every man
1 should conduct his business in accord-
I ance with his own judgment, otherwise
he'll soon have no business.
Intense excitement prevails in the
neighborhood of Kufala, Alabama, where
moio thau thirty colorod people aro suf
fering from hydrophobia caused by the
eating of meat of hogs that had died
from tho bites of mad dogs. It is be
lieved that some of the aiilictcd parties
will die.
Tho Irish kick, tho Germans kick,
the Scandinavians kick, the colored men
kick, tho Prohibitionists kick, the anti-
Prohibitionists kick, tho American Al
lianeo men kick, Mahone is both kicker
and kickec. ln«chnrt, the country is in
a mood which requires the epithet kick
some to fully express its extent.
Tho Wilmington Star tells us that a
jealous husband by the name of Sol
Robbins, attempted to kill his wife and 1
sister-in-law by shooting them. His |
wifo received a flesh wound in the thigh. !
Ben Latham, a policeman, was shot in
tho breast while attempting the arrest
of Robbius. No one seriously hurt.
For the first time in ita history the
'homo of Senator Edmunds, the city of
Burlington, Vermont, gave a Democrat- '
lie majority on Tuesday ot lost woek.— J
i In 1880 the ltepublican majority was
largo. Tho result shows how tho Bur
-1 longtonians regard tho Mulligan letters.
Edmunds made a speech iu the city but
did not refer to Blaine.
It is a hopeful sign for the future of
tho South that the interest in public
education is increasing, and iho appro
priations for it aro larger.
1 increased her apptopriation $140,000
over that for last year. In many parts |
of Iho South the public schools are ex
cellent and of improving quality, al
though iu nono aru they adequate to the ;
! need., of lliu sc)|pu) population.
Lincoln s Assassina
tion.
4 lU iiiiiiiset'iM'c by ll»«* Fortl*» Oj»« r »
llouio niuiugfr.
j A Washington Shir reporter finding
1 | himself cosily seated in tho office at
Ford's Opera-llouse, and Harry Ford
in a vein of reminiscence, led Mr. Ford's
i mind back a score of years to tho events
atteudiug the auassination of President
' [ Lincoln at the Tenth Slreot Theatre,
j "Tho day of tho assassination," said
| Mr. Ford, "about 12m., Booth came
' ! down tenth street to the theater and
' I stopped there to read a letter. I can
' j remember very well seeing. liiui silting
yr |on tho steps outside. I told him thou
j that I'resideut Lincoln aud General
! Grant were coming to the theatre that
• j night. I said that President Lincoln
. j and General Grant would occupy ono
, j box, and added, as a jnko to tease linn,
I that Jefferson Davis and General Lee
j would be iu another box. He denoun
i ccd General Lee very vigorously for
! haviug surrendered tho sword of Vir
' | giuia. That evening, after tho perform
' i ance began, ho came to the theatie, and
' jas he passed the box-office he looked
r ' into the window aud, putting his arm
| through, placod a cigar which lie had
| parity smoked on a shelf inside and said
■ |in a mock heroic siyls .
|
Whoe'er tlii* cigar d iron iliMplfcco
.Mind meet Wilkew Hoot It iure to l'n e.
' | "Then ho passed into tho theatre."
■ \ "Did he ever return for the cigar !"
; asked the Slur rcporler.
I "No. Those were the last words I
I over heard him speak. lie must hayo
' said them to mislead us, for his plans,
. |it seems were already laid and and it
] was part of the plan, us 1 heard after-
I wards, that Pay lie was to assassinate
Seward, Atzoro it should I'iil .Johnson
at the Kirkwood house, anil Booth shoot
the President simultaneously. So lie
! knew just what ho was going to do and
how much time lie had.
"Later in the evening," continued
Mr. Ford, "wo heard a pistol shot iu
the theatre. Joo Sessford and I wore
ill the Treasurer's office. Wo thought
at first that it was Iho pistol fired by Asa
Trcnthard in tho play—Laura Kccne
was playing "Our American Cousin,"
but then it struck us a little too early in
tho evening. We opened a little win
dow that looked in to the theatre and
saw Booth crouching on the stage with
a knife in his hand. Even then wc
could not tell what had happened and
no one seemed to know. We thought
at first that some one had insulted Booth
and no had pursued the man across the
stage. A few minutes, which seemed
an hour, passed before tho whole terrible
truth was known."
"You were among those who were
arrested, were you not ?' asked the Star
reporter.
"I was arrostod, I think, on tho Sun
day following the assassination and ta
ken dowu to the old Carroll prison fron
ting upon the Capitol grounds. I was
treasurer of the theatre, and my brother,
James R. Ford, better known as' Dick'
Ford, was manager. My brother, John
T. Ford, who owned the theatre, was
arrested at his home in Baltimore after
Ins return from Richmond. He had tun
down there to see our uuclo, mother's
only brother, Win. Gleaner. Neatly
every one about the theatre was put
under arrest—the saipenter, Iho assis
tant carpenter, the properly man and
others. Nearly every ono around hero
professionally related to Booth was ar
, rested, and the Virginia and Maryland
i farmers along tho rivor, who were snp
{ posed to have assisted Booth in his
escape iu any way, harboring him, giving
him food or shelter, or boats, were ar
rested. and they were all sent to the
prison where I was. &»o we had plenty
of company.
"Did I enjoy it? Well, I would not
have missed the experience for a groat
j deal. It was a rare mixture—dcsei ters,
i bounty-jumpers and prisoners of State,
Governors, legislators and mon of every
station. Still it was rather rough tho
first woek. We were kept in closo and
solitary confinement. Each man had a
room by hiuiselt and was not allowed to
leave it or to sec anyone. 1 remember
that when my brother was brought, in I
saw him tn the yard. The guards would
not lot mo go to him or speak to him.
After John T. was nrrestcd his family
cauio over from Baltimore. His wife
appliod to Secretary Stanton for a pass
jto go to the prison and seo him, and
j Stanton refused. There we worn left
alone in our dungeons in dreadful un
i certainty. I remember the day of tho
I funeral ceremonies at the Capitol. I
I could sec nothing, but could hear tho
' solemn booming of guns, the dismal
\ beating of muffled drums, playing dead
i marches, and the steady tramp of foci.
J That wis uot very cheering music for
our car>!. Wo did not know but the
people iu thuir excitement would mob
the prison and lynch us, for some of tUe
men arrested bud been stoned in the
street. Our faro was 3our»c prison
lood—soup and beans and dry bread."
Something nctv anil t'«vlul
l>rying fruit a pleatute instead of
drudgery. No troublo to dry fruit with
my I'atunt, Solar, Fruit tuid Vegetable
Dryer. It dries rapidly, ou both nides
alikn, and all over at tho same time.
It has no equal for drying bright fruit,
as there is no scorching ot smoking the
fiuit, HO sticking, no expense for wood
or water, no waste, at it dries all tho
| juioes and sugary matter, in the fruit. It
i» not only tho best drier for drying
peaches and apples, but also for all the
small fruits, sweet potatoes, snap beans,
or anything that you wish to dry quick
in the sun, a" priming leaves of tobacco
&e., as any intelligent person will know
at onco who sees it. It is made of thin
muslin cloth, such as is used for cover
ing plant beds, stretched over a light
frame made of laths, with a tin reflector
so arranged as to throw tho rays of the
sun over the cloth. The material for
making one dryer .'l3 incites wide a'ud 10
feet long costs loss than one dollar and
will weigh about 2S lbs. Anybody that
has seen one, or wish my printed in
structions how to luake, use &e., ean j
make it in a foiv hours. Three dryers !
is about as many as an ordinary family j
ean manage. The combined heat of j
the sun and reflectnr causes a cutilin- '
ual upward current of air to draw up
through the cloth which cause# the fruit
to diy rapidly. Set the drier in the
shade, place :ho fruit oil the cloth and \
then set it out in the sun, square '.villi .
the rays, then in about two hours lilt
one end ;iround so as to bring it square
with the sun is all you have to do until
the fruit is dry. It will dry sliced fruit
in about half u day. Fruit dried on
the above dryer fur making pies &e-,
requires no Booking or stewing, simply
cover the fruit you wish to use with
boiling water, just enough to cover it,
and let it stand JSO or 40 minutes, then
put tlio water with the fruit into your
pie, sweeten and flour to taste and baked
and you will Hud it equal to green fruit
pie in flavor and color, and I tuink
better than when the fruit is put uh
in cans. The above dryer and part
therofis fully covered by Letters Patent
cither with or without tho reflector, aud |
cny infringements upon the same will be |
paos ccuted to tho full extent of the law I
Any one sending in e au order wit
two dollars and 12 cents 1 will send him
by registered letter a farm right to make
ae many dryers as he wants to use at j
his place of residence only, with printed
instructions how to make, use, &c., or |
five farm rights for ten dollars. Write
name, I'ost office, County and State
plain. All orders promptly filled. Ad- i
dress liiley K. l'etree (jermantou, !
Stokes co, N. C.
PREMIUM*.
The General Committee on the coun
ty exhibit offer the following premiums
for the following articles of farm pro
ducts of Stokes county, to be delivered
to the committee at 1 •anbury on or
before the lOtli day of September next. !
Samples of tobacco may be delivered tip
to tlii! 15th of September. Tho com- j
luittec to award the premiums will be i
appointed by the general committee, j
All premiums will be paid m money, j
Those products not getting a premium i
will belong to the eouuty aud will be
sold for the benefit of the exhibit :
Ist. Isest i bushel white wheat, $i5.00
2nd. Second best 1, bushel white
wheat, 2.00
3rd. Tluid best i bushel white
wheat, 1.00
4th. Best 1 bushel red wheat, 15.00
full. Second best i bushel red
wheat, 2.00 |
Gth. Third best i bushel red
wheat, 1.00
TOJIACCO.
Ist best quality of fino yellow
wrappers, 2 lbs., §IO.OO
2nd best quality of mahogany
wrappers, 2 lbs. 0.00
3r>l best quality of smokers, 2
lbs. 400
CORN,
lsthest 1 bushel whito broad corn 2.00
2nd best I bushel corn, 1.00
OATS.
Ilest i bushel of winter oats, 1.50
I test i bushel spring oats, 1.50
POTATOES.
Host 1 bushel Early Hose potatoes 2.00 [
15est I bushel I'ecrlesj potatoes 2.00 !
Host J bushel of any other kind of
Irish potatoes, 1.50
liest J bushel sweet potatoes, 2.00
N. M. PEPPKR, Chairman.
S. 15. TATLOB, Secretary.
NO, 13
SKILL MTJEB
Paily oe the rack*—bats.
A slern study—the rudders.
i;
1 | A rising business—Making yeast.
I Tlio sticking point—the bayonet.
Who ever heard of a hat-band playing
a tunc '
i
Must »i.y scheme is feasible with the
( I Jiwycr.
• ; Only those we lore are possessed of
« the power to inflict a wound.
I A luaii is seldom able to raise the
wind by whistling for a breeac.
t i If the boy is father to the man, the
• man's father is frc|uuutly a nuisance.
Cholera on the continent bas fi'led j
' Ur-at Hritiun wilh American tourists.
i j
| The capacity of a banc ball pitcher
does not depend up on the number of
| quart* he will hold.
To differ from your netglibcy iiu opiiv
| ion is no want of charityto impute to
 him a bad motive is.
\\ hen a woman thinks this world rc
, volvon around her husband sh« naturally
! speaks of him as a "hub-by."
j "lie loved not wisely, but too swell,'
I was the remark made by a young mas
who had been jilted by an heiress.
IfyouwoulJ make an enemy, put a
| man of no principle under pecuniary
j obligation where honor aloue is the
bond.
The l-'ree Masons of the world num
ber more than fourteen million, and
are steadily increasing in numerical
! strength.
" Darting has your love grown cold !**
asked the brido of her young husband.
"Not as cold as the coffee is,"' was his
unfeeling response.
A scientist tells us that a bee can
sting only once in two minutes. Thoso
who have tried it assuie us that it is
|uite often enough.
' | Hetclier of Sal turn said ; "If a mau
' | were permitted to make all the bal-
lads, he need not .care who should make
all the laws of a nation."
The editor of u scientific monthly asks
for correct drawiugs of a tornado at
work." An experienced married man
I ought to accommodate him.
"\1 hat will th* future be asks as
I excited exchange. It is pretty hard to
tell this eaiiy, but the chances are that
it will be about as bad as the present.
1 lie inventive genius of this country
is becoming exhausted in providing work
and fortunes for medical men. The la
test success is a une-whccled veloci
pede.
Analysis shows that all the well water
in New Vork oity is contaminated.
Even that drawn from artesian wells a
thousand feet is pronounced nufit
for use.
"Soled again ?" exclaimed the young
man as lie went flying down the front
steps for the third time inside of a week
propelled by the vigorous fiuot of his
charmer's | apa.
! "Yes," said tlio unt, "I prefer small
picnic parties rather than large oues.
1 hey allow a greater eonecntration of
energy, which of itself is an important
J element of success."
Next to refined modesty, consistency
i ls one of the brightest ornaments iu fa
male character. Without it, polish of
manner is but varnish oov«ring, it utay
be, a graceful, but unieal formation.
liopgs sent his son to Sanderson, who
advertised fer a clerk, with a note say-
I '"8 • >u will find my son very
trusty." Sanderson sent him back with
a note that he would not suit, as be sold
. for cash.
Science tells us that after a bee ba*
stung once it takes two minutos to re«
| eovor the power to sting again. It
doesb't take the stung persou two sea*
! onds to get out of the way of a second
J sting.
I
| Big gilt daruing needles and big gilt
I pins are the latest fuuoies for bonnet
| and hat decorations. After this a man
I won't throw himself down so promiscu
ously on the bed where his wife's hat it
! sweetly reposing.
A correspondent writes : "Will yoi»
j pleaso inform me when straw hats can
bo worn without oomnjout?" Certainly,
j Straw hats can be worn without Mciting
comment on the head ; but when thoy
are worn cavorting along the street in %
gale of wind, you must expeot a remark
or two. u
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