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Vol. II.
Gastoxia, Gaston County, N. 0., SAfUipAy Morning, June 25th., 18SL
No. 25.
JJja Cro for Mo.
H.X jf. B. RANKIN, D. D,
,1s no rrom for rue,
; . Thou dying Iaiuib ?
Transfixed, tliy grief I kp,
ityrd as I am.
.That aulTring form of thine.
That agony divine I
No cross, no cros for me ?
Ia there no cross for mo.
Thou Arlcken One ?
JJ'hp BtretcfacdThec ito tire tree ?
What badst Thou done 1
And why this crimson tido
Which wella forth from Thy aide ?
No crofts, no crosa for me ?
J there no croaa for mo ?
Ah, blessed Lord,
How could there glory bo.
Or long reward?
Thy Joy, how, then, my own ?
A aeat upon Thy throne?
No cross, no cross for me ?
Ia there no cross for jmv!
No fear, no frown ?
No blood, no agony ?
Ah, then, no crown !
JTqr.res.t comes put of strife.
And out ofdeath comes life.
No cross, no cross for mc ?
THE NEWSPAPER.
Jlrtrtflah Jonet, Kdltor ofjhe Flnpdoodlf,
pravt a Fetv Shrtrift from Hat are.
jFrjn the Steubenville Herald
The editor rif (he Evening Flapdoodle cut
1n his sanctum Ihe other morning, jnst
before beginning It's day's wink, and
thought he hud jnrnnght his piper uhout
at near pe fee lion ns p BsihJe fur and ordi-nary-s'zed
town close to a half d mi big :
cities, -and be was wooden ng Imw lie
flight further improve it, when hi c imi
tation were interrupted by an acquaint
ance coming in.
,"UIIo, M r. issors," he faceuousty
aid, ''writing up editorials with the shears
eh V
The editor tried to' smile at the old
joke, and the viidior went on. "I tell yon
what it is, Jones, you have a pretty good
piper, but what do you want in a town
Jike this with long editorials? (Jive us
abort 01 en. You can't mould public; senti
ment, jnu must simply ec'io ii." Then he
left, and Jones told his associate not to
yrhe iiny long editoruls lhat day, as he
prop used, for once, to rn ike the Flapdoodle
just to suit every subscriber who wanted
a change. Io a hulf hour along ciime u
wicked fellow who talked newspaper a
long while, and then said he didn't we
Any cse of Sunduy reading, nor uny other
religions matter in a paper, anil if it was
his he would bounce it all. The editor
said nothing, but when the man went away
Jie told liia Sunday editor not to send
any matter for that day. Then Jones
rested and thought for a few minutes, and
a pious old party dropped in. As he Knew
a good deal about the busiiieas in its moral
aspect, he talked along, and al Inst said
hat no newspaper could be decent which
admitted toils columns any sensilionul
matter, and advertisem ills other than
the most high-toned, and slangy squibs,
c nnj.uiu" wim,u ciuiu mrr uu reuu
without a blesli by the m ogt capriciously
jajfijious. J inea w is silent, but later
- lie wont and ordered all I hat irutier set
side. Si far, Jmes thought lu wrs
getting things to suit pretiy well, and
ben ano her man came in, -and like the
ffUien,' knew all ahoiU i)ie "businsss of
editing a paper. He was a city politi
cian, and said, "Mr. Joins, you d m'l
have enough pilitics. Way don't you
fhrow out these firnj notes, aril
kitchen r'CiipM, mil o u
ends of old news, and telegraphic brevities
whic'i we get in Hie ot i r purer and give
ji piiitics? T iat'a what the children cry
lor." Again was June silent ami later
gave ordure for the cx.i-ilsim'' of all this
objectionable mutter ami waittd. for the
. next une. He came pretty soon, and he
liad a cf.i lor a coat and a slno id for a
jindkerciiier, mid he smelt lilie tl,u dust
which blows off of a skeleton Suid lie,
'Jones. 1 like your paper, but what do
you run that funny busin ss in it fm J It 's
silly, stale, and flatter than list year's ale
iJ'j f!,8 ?,),lle 'rl open. What does a
man want to laun for anyhow ? is
vale of tears and we should always remem
ber that in the uncertainty of lite death in ay
it us off with an UU 4u,'h upm our
1ijA MT.i.U's so," groined J uej. l
:ut every line of fun right out," and id
to hqrrted and out went til Dm fumy
usines 4 he weijt Ijorfie at noon lie
met a lady who said she didn't hw lmt
they wanted to fll a paper fi,ll of polities
for, because nobxly ri d that, "n ui't
the) f laid 4"i' ?. "Ih- n Out c gra,"
and when he go', back it all wen! ou ly,
hound to pieaVun all" so.) the e.iitnr,
'f I have to buy new . IBce." K:gtt
Sf'er (jinner a in m of huiine pr cliui
im in an I Slid lu did i't see any me of
"tlliae silly little personals and lu m short
iocal items tint didn't amount to'ariylhing
anyway.' Ifitwanli'i p.p-r ho wool I
l avesom'thi ofahih-r citiro or li t
,tlie 4ltce go bare. Jones listened an J
told the foreman to whack out all thatsot
of stuff ut once. Then he felt easier, till a
lot of pretty iirU C'i'n-i in, mid, Hftr ni i
kin a purchase, ink'il him what u news
paper was (Wed fuM of a Ivcriisem Hit for;
nobody ever rea l Ih in an I m) 3 su l sin
was going to stop t ikio t'i'i tp.r if lm
wm ifoin to fill it up ih it wiy. T ui-
told the yoti'in lady he woul I hare u pi
per to suiteyery oih. or rntti"r t hi afi-r
the sjig''i'JMj of every iiiic, an I Iib h ip.?d
she wiiuid n it. fio l fitu't. To n he went
uud ordered not every ad.' an I sin ick an I
cm olli. and wait' d for tin m-.t' m in. II t
caul"" iiIiiiij pret'v oon, and iiiil lin o m d
8 ueil iiiiylliiui but ietry, an I t nil . w a
his ab nnina'i in in a uewspipir, mil it
n vi-r oug it in encoijtcr the oIjui i ) a
Jocil j'uriid. b.-catie it Was IIJ.Mlit
f r uiagnziiivs, and Ihu'. sort of papern.
Jones look it in, and went out
avd ordi-red ail his fine poetry
.kiioejted down. Jkk' !? wuii.d
HL'ain, ii nd a wouuiii cum'! in mid ."aid I Id
fiiiliioti note were no no id. beeaue the
m.igiZ:iieS I. ml I hem all ill if-i'nter q I oil I
t, Hiid un. ilhi r thing she duln't like, whs
the muikets, "What good was Hum!'
she t-aid. I ihn'l know," he replied, ' mi
I'll throw .Vm out." 'i-Hinpe you will-"
she answered, and went awny. In ten min
utes the murkets and fashions were on 1 lie
standing galley. Jones began to look
around, und us lie, was studying, a suiiill
hoy s.iid lo lijm Jlmt '' uiurri ige and death
notices was n.ii!ily thin reudiu'," and Jo es
ailing themrlear nut into lh,e corner. After
this change he went over into the counting
room, and an old man wls there waiting lo
nay his snbsciiption. " It's a good puper,
Jones, hut in this pluce you nnly want to
take notice of local aft'.iirs, und ht all the
miscelluneoti and general business go,'
and then Jones gave the old fellow a re
ceipt and rus' ed buck and look out all the
mi.-cellaii.cn,i) nod general wiattt r that was1
lefi, and ns he took nut the las) handful a
friend came through the nffiee. and critica'
ly izmiinini; his S)irnmudings. said, " Thd
fkpdoodle is a good paper, Jones but I
do think you have the ugliest head on it
ever siw. Jrhy don't you change it ? I'm
certuin I never would let such a head ap
pear on a pup' r oi mine." " All riaht,"
said Jones, and n cailie theheud. '' Now,
Mr. Foreman," he continue I, " lock up the
forms and send them down to the press
ro mi." The forms were duly locked and
went down, and the paper came out and
whs distributed ap iismil. The next morn
ig, the pnli'ician, and tjie solemn man, I lie
frieml. the school gjfl, he woman, the
small boy, arid all the rest ol them were
standing around the Flapdoodle office with
lilunk sheets of puper in their liuml.-i ; not a
line, not a wnrcl, not a sin of anything on
it but column rules, with nothing between.
," Uow it llns?" 8aid tacll to the o'her,
" and wliere'-e that lool edi'or, to impose on
us in this way?" While hey wse tlitjji
talking, the duvil came in with u letter
irum ine euitor, winch the old man read to
the crowd. It ran us follows :
"Dor Irieuds, yen all think you know
how to run a newspup r, and when you
Come to ine with your oj4estioii3 I huie
to tell you differently, so I huve follow, d
your advice and you 'sen what you have us
the nsult. If yi.u-will be kind enough to
ir.iud your ovn business half us well as I
do mine, und tiy to think I know a iitile
smii thing, while you ,oo'i know it all, I
ftill give y m a good newspaper.and whein
ever I don't give youyour money's worth,
lin n c e and tell me so, but d ui'. co.ne
telling me liow i s .ou!d do my work, when
I huve deviled years to it, and you have
never given it un hour's stuJy.
I am yoms truly,
' Kezekiah Jones,
- Editor Flapdwdle:'
Then ihese g-.od h-ole lo-ked at- their
blank pup r ami their blunk (aces, und. not
one s.iid u word exeppt the profane man,
...I . I . . . .
-mi reinuraeu. " li.nnme the editor is
right ; let's go anil mind our own business,''
and Joins (jrvpt out from beh in4 the coun
ter, und that evening issued a tip-top pu
per, chuck full of all sorts of p rsin.il and
local items, and news, amj everything, und
there was peace in that town for Hie space
ol a long time.
M Tfanton Rfqtie l L ist week Judge
Avery's hig bull d ig attack !t "Tip," a
little rat terrier, the property of a minister
of this town, and aim wt mi le rinsage
meat of Ihe little -p ir,)." fl i r h car
rid tiff and buried. Eirly nut morning
Ihe children w.-re Kprned In G id -rip"
al lion) ,. I Je ha I cat;lieJ o.it and no
about well a,'ni i. fhis staiemj it. u no
"yam," but a luct.
A grea' man under the shadow of defeat
is taught Jiovt precious are the nsrs of ad
versity ; and, at an oak Uee'a roois arf
klrrngtlieitd by its shadow, ao all dt fiats
in a good eauso ure but resting placet in
ihe roj 1 to yirt rj at !(.
THE SQUTJfRRS SOLDIER.
In the winter ol 18C.I tne First regi
ment of Virginia At tMerv was in win'
quarters at Frederick Hal. Ti, The
Second compuny nf Kiuhm iid Howita-rs
was Clinging on the Kround of Dr. Pen
dleton. Here an incident nccured which
illuiilraUs whul regard ihe volunteer had
for urmy rrgu'.itiom. Lieut. 0.. of the
.Salem Artillery, w.h a grudu te of the
yirginia Jiliiary Iii-ti lite ul Jj jingtoii.
iie iniie. Itiind"!! J tile obn fl- JS to til'
ho)s by iiiii sirii'i miliiary disciiline, wlietl -er
to l ie fl ;ld r camp, or in the winter
qi.iMt-is. It was hi g e1 d-tiht to
i.ffi ;i-r of III day. on wli c'i occasion (
would d tall he could lo iuireM the, ir. ri
wi'h the d. u Hut he w-, aa fait ii
urmv
n gil atioxs,
0 '' "tg I he r 'lie llfi lo the plac; Vliere
Hie S e iml II iwoZt were purk.d ami
yi ll d out in a very uu. voice,
"yiiere ia ibe s nli.n-1 mi ibis post T"
Toe Si'iiti iel was sitting oi! a ruptured
bag of corn, engage' in piruhing a quan
tity ol the grain, in re for piirp.is of
(m-.mii: tiie ti'.ie uwuy (if course) than
wiiliiiny intention of naiiatiug his uppe-
tite (for all g aid 8'ild'ers will remember
thut an apiieiite was an implement not
uiiiikid d own in the coi.ahiuge o a Con
federate soldier's accouterments), and he
replied;
' (t aji)'f a poft i it's a sack of corn."
" Wherb's your corporal ?"
" S'eep, I reckon."
' Why don't you wa'k your prist V
" Didn't I tell you 'twa'nt a post?''
" AVho's qorporal of this guard ?''
"Billy McCarthy, Second If 'iwitjs-rs,
sleeps in second cabin al head of line on
left side." replied the sentry, all during the
conversation keeping hisjye on his frying
pan, which lu continued to shake to keep
his core from burning.
'Young man." said Lieu. C, "jou
dorv't seem to know ihe Hist duty of a sol
dier. How long have you been in the
army ?"
Three years, one month, ton days and
eighteen hours, when the relief comes
round. I always keep it to the notch," re
plied the sentry, singior a few snatches
from the popular song of those days :
' When the oruui war ia over "
-......
" Why did Jou not rise, salute me and
walk your rjeat when I came up? I shall
report you to headquarters in the morning
for neglect of duty."
Saying wiiel) the Lieutenant departed,
and soon disappeared in the darknes. Af
ter giving him sufficient time to get off
some distance, the sentinel mounted the
pile ii crn and yelled out ;
II.-llo theip, mister J"
I " What 'II yu havet" was the n ply.
" J'lio are you, nnjnow '
The Lieutenant answered : I am Lieut,
ft, I'ffietr of the day."
"Oil shuek,'' replied the sentry;
blunn my bide 'f J dirju't think you was
THE BABY'S PACE
Haunts Its Father's Imagination.
A Sennatton In n'ilketbarre.
VVjLKESjB.vRRE P i.. June I 7. Atong in
April last lliefe pfiiji f this city witu a
circus a mm nauied P. D. Buritll, whd
W is engu'ed i i in ouiod; nnin ri of his
own. He left th sin v at Binhninlon to
din) to ill's pluce ti open a shooting g ,.
lery herenb ml. Tiire wei-ks ato he went
to a hotej in this Qiiv to set breikf st, and
while tlieie caw a girl no 16 yerr3 old.
hom he reeojirz -d a his di.igbter, ul
tliou,'U he h id not seen Ii t since s id w.h
2 years old. II- said nothing to any one
but w-nt lu fyiichamlmi an! cnigeda
man nam d C trlis'e a Iri nd ol his, to
work up Ihe cae. B mIi in m relume 1 to
til is pity, Curlisle going n thn hotel where
the girl wis stopping to b ard. Hiring
u talk with heron Snurd.ty night .last,
Carlisle asked the gifl-jf ahe Knew her
riyhl nam, and she s.iid she did ; that it
was Burrell, and she hid so inforne d ihe
lamllord s son. Her e.irlitst reollciions
of where she lived was in a large tjwu by
ti.e river, where l!;.ere were b iats. When
usked if it vere Binghumlon she said she
thought it was. To-.Iay Bunrll appl e t to
Ma or Broderiek. of thi city, for m-uin
lo get prnsi ssion of his daughter. Burrell
lesufied thai the girl's pime is Kmma
Burn ll. and that she was born at Roches
ter, V. V., on the I S'h of Ikiarch. l63 ;
that his wife ami baby rerr.oved !o Bini
hamton when the latter was a year old;
thai one Saturday night bis wife Lad him
arrested and locked op in the Inghamton
iil on a trumped-up charge, and that when
he xfM released on Monday morning hip
wile had fled with another mm, taking ihe
child with her. lis afterward lost all track
of both, a d lor fourteen year hi bat been
hunting thr -ugh New Tork Pennsylvania,
M n:i, liliooi and other titate iu
search of his child. He traveled with cir
cus companies in order the b.-'ter to pros
ecute hid weary search. During these long
years of separation lie has spanned the faces
of thousands of children, keeping constantly
in mind the infant features that had become
indelibly impressed upon his 'mind. The
girl slronuly r. sembles Burrell, but does
not recall how she parted f rem her mother.
The deteciivis hud only been able to track
ne an living with a family named Helm,
in Scrantun. Afterwards both Ht. and
Mrs. Helm died und the child passed into
the possession of another family named
Smith who lives ut Pitts-ton. At this lime
she whs about five years old. She left the
.inio-;t go to work in the hotel here
aw lour weeks ago. ine wmiius, wno
are (eimatis, claim that she is their own
4wi:hltf. and produced in court to-duy a
Bible recording' the birth of a female child
iiuiik iI Emma Smith in May, 18l. Mrs.
Smith says thut the girl whom Burrell
claims us his daughter is the same Emma
Suiiiii recorded in the family Bible. The
uiri's ow.i testimony before the mayor ten
ded to strength n Bnrrell's claim, as she
said Mrs. Helms told her thut her name
was Burrell. She was never treated by the
Smiths in their child, und she said other
I'Lt. i mi (--.! I
puiKlren ia the family had tol I her thai she
was RiUtjieii pisier Burrell says he has
npeirt thousands of dollars in the search for
his duughler, and has led a vagabond life
in order to find her. The case will go lo
th&courts. Emma Smith, as she is known
if.rtj .is a bL'uutiful girl, and while her
birtii is shrouded in mystery there is a
suspicion abroad to-night that Burrell is
not her father, but is acting for some one
else. The cuSi is causing a great deal of
comment.
AKP S CROP.
Long Rows
and a Sweltering
Sun.
The Labor and I.uxurie of Farm life
Taking tare Of the Hahy heaping
and storing Out The Birthday
J)lnHtrRed J'JO Thrir
Effect on' Health.
Atlanta CoiiBtilulion.
They say that heut expands things and
1 reckou ii must be ao for the corn rows i.i
our low (.'round are right 'tmari longer limn
ever I knew them. Ve have just finish. d
lajing by one field of twelve acres end it
was to thin out and dess vft alter the cul
tivator and the rows are nearly a quarter
of u mile Ions; and the corn is well up lo a
mini's ehfuliie o, and the liiuui.d was hoi
and the 'iir dry and sultry, and nary a tree
at titlii-r end and no way to dodge co
gentle brei ze. no shade' no unibrell. ' It's
pull up und chop, and pull up and chop till
the horn blows for diquer, ard the same
tiling after dinner and the days ureas long
as the corn rows und by sundown u feller
is wet ull over and dusty and dirty and tired
but it wont do.io let down or cuve in and
so after a good bath and a chance of clothes
he feele renewed and can alk big and Ihe
boys and young folk? have a musical swor-
ree most every night, and last night they
all cut out to a sociable country dance and
got buck about two o'clock in the morning
ai d they left Ihe baby with mc and Mrs.
Arpur rs. Arp and me lo tend to and
the tittle thing wukc up as usual about the
wroiti; lime und wantid its u amma and
she was gone and ilrs. Arp cooldent dp
anything with it, ar.d I hed to wal jt and
walk it uiid sing to it and trot it on my
knee and rub its little back and elsewhere
until i way after midnight, when we both
give it ujiund went to sleep together. Its
l)M n u iMig lime since I played that part
in the comtdy of life, and I hud sorter lost
ih lick ai d torol some of the old songs,
hut' they all eattie back to me vtry natural
'Ju;iunna WohnsoG and ay Down in
ijUinbone Alley" and all, ar.d when I get
too old to do anything else I reckon I can
make a living nursing my grumlchildien.
but my wife, Mrs. Arp, she says she hut
done her share and her children must loik
afiir their own young ones, though she is
illina to oversee the business and tell how
it ought to be done. I like overseeing its
a stui-ly, diifiiifi d sort of a business. " Mrs.
Arp makes a q leenly overseer, and can
see over as inucsj iu a diy as nnvbody
J5he cn aee grease fp ts, and fl speck.
aM cobwebs,' and dirty o'otlit,$, all abnut
when nobiaiy else can. When she goes
i If on a visit we let thing run ;hejr own
way cnliJ the day before ehe ci'nr.es back,
and then (here is a general cleaning up, an i
we rri ike her believe ihe house and yard
his been that wy all tvs time Toere is
nothing like a h u.'!ulJ having a good
uvtrseer.
Well, we have laid by a good part ol
the corn crop and itt done, with until fod
der oiling. Nj hard worj: in Jul,; and it
not recorded that we will pull any odder
in Aotfut. Ii hurts the corn tome and we
can buy it at 90 cents a hundred in the.
UU and tell it to the cotton grower m-x
pring f. r $2 50. and we've got a barn i
lull of clover and there's more to come
from the second crop, and the crab grass
will be numerous and can be mowed with
the mower, and the nut,s will fill upcyery
Ihiug, and so i reckon the corn crop will
soon be all done except the gathering, but
these poor cotton makers have got to work
and eweat acd grunt all Ihe summer long
and on until Clitistmas, and be in an
everlasting strain and stew all the time.
Then they will "ell fcr aoout what it costs
to n'ake it, or perhaps less, and if there is
any prct at all the speculator will get it.
Jt would seim a great calamity for cotton
to get down to 7 or 8 cents next full, but,
I reckon it would be ihe best thing for
our people, for in belter to break all over
at once than to be breaking little by little
all Ibe time. It would tench 'em a lesson
that nothing else will. e w!l .t;s,tp our
oats next week, and I Inn ccmes the
thraeliing business in general, and that is a
big frolic of a day, for the traveling thrash
slips iu on us by sunrise and does its woik
in a hurry utid is gene. It takes up its tent,
like an Arab, imA ijc;,!y steitls away.
Then the children frolic and turn summer
sets in the big straw pile. But our straw
is not goirg lobe thrown arouid loo.-e
tiiis year. We have built a straw ruck of
pine pules, ull fckinntd, a bii.' cue, and it
is in the ehaj.'O of the letter W, only there
ore two of them together, and lliey are
braced and suppnrud by long .posts in the
ground, and when 6 lit d with straw the
cattle can tuke ehelttr underneath it and
eut betwieri the poles all winter. On the
whole I llin.k we are getting along pretty
well in this suliloonury world, considiring
that we haven't got any bunk or railroad
or muniiuacst jnme and a d n I belong to
no syndicate nor the republicun purty.
We are living prelty high now. Ytsterduy
we had blackbeiries, and dewberries, and
mulberries, and huckleberries urid raeber
riis all at one lime, heuidis cherriis and
.Iuhii iinj ull sorts of vegetable?. You see
it was my iiirtlniiij und Mrs. Arp she will
put en culinary ai a on a (ami y birthday,
especially mine. Sprint' chickens and ihfr
ry pies .md custards, et peiera and so forth,
uud then is a power ol birthdays in this
family counting children, und. gran&lii!;'
dren, ui.d ovi ry one of m must be a little
extra, ai d ?f we pi lish bt-twem times we
revive again mi biiihday, so I reckon
it's all right, fi r if we hud big dinners
eveiy dy we would soi n cense lo erjoy
un There isniie thing we are er joying now
us well a.- we can, though I'm prepared to
Mir there's i,!ii gs in nature I ei.joy inore
than rtd I nys. It kerps me bu-y looking
tor i m on the children and greasing em
with sail butter;. but I Ml tm they uie a
healthy ii:g. tt, lor they keep the pores of
the f-kiu o'in and wive doctor's bills. I
never knew anybody to die while red bugs
were bitintr un, und it's better o sure life
by a scinch tlmu not save it ut ol'.
r-- Bu i. Atr.
A rjifmbfr iJ the fanitaiy police, fovce
came neros a boy, the other day, who was
wheeling In me a loud of oyster cans and
bottles, and, carious to know what use'the
lod could put them to, tie m.ol; a direct
it q lit
"tfoing to Ihmw over into our biek
yard," replied the boy. '! took twp load
home yfs'.erdey." .
'But chat do yna c?e 'era fori''
'i's a tii.k of the family." grinneij tie
lad. .
' How trick ?''
"I'd jjst as lief tell," continue. ! the boy,
as he spat on his hands to resume his hold
rf Ihe barrow. :"iVre goin to have
some relashnns c une in from the conntrr.
We may not have much to eat, but if th y
ee these cans, and bottles, end b-xes.
theyi'lHi.k we've had ijtlert. champugne,
figs and nuts till we've i;ot tired of 'era,
and are living on bread and t iters for a
healthy change."
. The efTKtr scratched his cvr lijco a mm
who had receive a i.ew idea.
John C-rmichai-l, cf Lndoo cnuuty.
Vj w h i was arrested for tending a pot:
lal card several wn k Bgo to S nator
Vance, on which was wrilren : Please
tend mr your sxrch on that dig,!
Mahone," was hrfor ILiiti-d 5'ates i.'-m-inissioner
FowJ.v, in Alexandria, yeter
duy, and alter examination was held for
the ne'ion of tlie foiled Stall t grand jury
for viola. ion of the ttr.tu'et, wVieh prohib
it the sending of sciri i!ous matter throrgb,
the mails.
The rati rpillars a-e ilHtini; sad Invoci, . , , . 0 rvn . I.
. . ,; , leant turnt out from bfiJO to 8.00ft pnuuua
wnh miry Iruit irettat Knoxvd e,- Tenn
Kni'Xville, Teirneysee. it looming with
prominence at a prospective railroad pi ivt.
Mill Y.mnj, of I lender so o, KentiK-ky,
won J7 2 0 in one day at S'. Louis, on
hi horse Hancrofi.
C 'I. J. Hanson, of M ihile. has pnr-
dae.! 3.IHX1 acres of bne limh.re.1 uid in
Menr.e county AV, for $1 500
The Botton Olrh
I told her of a maid whose mind
Was tilled with tender thought and fanot,
lovely being- of the kind
Thev write about in old romance.
"Knowest thou," said I, " this tnaldon fair.
Whose beauty doth my thought batrulla)"
She answered with a dreamy air
" Well. I should smile I"
Her cheeks possess, the rose' hue.
No form it daintier or completer.
No hair so browg, no eye so bluej
No mouth la tenderer or sweeter.
The favored youth who gains the hand
Of this fair girl will ne'er regret it.
With modest grace she added.: ." And
Oon't you forget it.V
"Oh thou dear mistress of my heart!
My angel 1 let me kneel before thee
And say how hoavenly tweet thou art,
And how devoutly I adore thee."
She turned away her lovely head.
And with a languid look that Bred
My soul. In murmured accents said :
"You make me tired."
SCRIBNEn'S MaOaZISS.
BITS OF NONSEXSE.
The Keokuk Gate City gives the follow
ing receipe : How to muke a nose gay
drink .rum an,vJ molasses three times an houi
Shake well before taking.
When a baseball club is beaten w'nhoui
making a run tliey are said to be " white
washed," but we notice they generally look
pretty bluck all the same. Boston Com
menial. Pit afnres of hotel life : " Jjje,ri-' a.fjy .in
my soup, waiter." ""Yes, sir; very sorry,
sir; but you can throw away the .fly and
eat the 8"iip, can't yon T" Of course I can,
ynu didn't expictme to throw away the
soup and eat the fly, did you?" Texas
S pings.
"Pa, what isensiluge?" "Why, h'm
ensilage, my son, is nr ensilage is oh,
something like mucilage, nted lo stick
things together, you know. There, now run
away to your jilay arid .don't disturb me
now:'' And that boy hii,k0 jjit pa t a
very encyclopedia of wisdom,
" It was their first night aboard the
steamer. ' At lust,' lie said tenderly, ' we
are all one, out upon the derp waters of
the dark blue sa, and your heart will al
ways beat for me as it hat beat in ties
past ?' ' My heart's all right,' she answered
languidly, ' but my stomach feels awful.'
Prisoner, ycu are accused of havirg
st' If n the cnmplainant.s pocket-book ; do
yi'U pleud guilty or not guilty?' 'Guilty,
your Honor.' ' What wis the motive that
injpelled you to crmmit the crime?' 'J.
had a role coming due next day, and could
hot .bear the thought of havisg my name
dishonored Y Figaro.
When a husband brcrrms ongr.y en,d
swears befoie his family, he is not so muoi)
to blame; he doesn't know how it sounds.
His wife, really, is to b'ame ; she ought to
swear, too, to let him hear Low it sounds.
Isn't this sound logic? Kentucky Stat
Journal. Well, we'll . be ahem yes
Miat is we'll lie compelled to say lLat it
is. Sttubenvith IhratJ.
, : ; 1 --"
AX 1CFITAVU-
' Here Hit a man of good repute
Who wore a Xt, IC boot.
' I is not recorded how he dit d.
But sure it is that open wide
The gates ol Heaven must have been
To let such monstrous feet gel iu."
Paducah, Kenlnck, is weeding out her
gamblers.
Thenp prospects are good all over
Mississippi.
There mas a case of sunstn ke iu Mobile
Weduesduy.
H lite a number of Kansas people have
moved 'o F.lorida.
Cias is now furnisned at $1.75 per tbour
ard feet iu Nashville
The Yirginia state fax., at B'chmond,
will commence October 17.
colony of Joheniiuni it to he orv an
iaed in ('ooke county, Txas.
Decisions in law suits are rendered the
same as lard is rendered by trying.
A Mr. Harris, in Marshall county,
Miss., hung herself with a calico rope.
Over twenty thousand immigrant! halt
alread? arrived in biltimore in June.
The cotton crop of north Mississippi it
reported to be 5 per cent, more than last
year.
The yarn rgil ol "frVchit. Mit?.. are ex
pected to start np abuut the middle of
Jo'y. .. .
Am nlrfnikirir .rli m folur at KW Or.
daily.
Mr. .John Tocher, dry ass tor of New
port, Kentucky, took a pinch of towff San
dny.ard n s d himtrlf into a sever aad
dancerous hein'irair.
Tue Virginia R adjutrra bvt Domina
ted Col. W. K. Cmeron r1r fj. aeiiat-
, Governor, and Prank 8. B'aT for Attot
j UPV-'letatial.