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volume xxx. cape may city. new jersey. saturday. december 6. 1884. whole number. 1582.

-3 A.PE MAT OITY ^ ac. vni.: .t a * 1 .50 a yar in Advance. .■rarest. 9r*frHtni1 Cards. 1" b. huffman. tTTnENffT <*«n rvv-xHT.TZlP WU« I WUUlM ***¥}*»* I «UP**« Snnrr cvrttwiaatoxs*. 4 - %•* NorasT rriiuc f at ow **r aw **"? daring •#■■#* ■~»"D r. pottoiAbs. AtTOBKBY-at-la* SOLICITOR tN rHAXCKET t 7j° ** T cm' mat oitt yy altkb a. babbowb. ajtokkby-atlaw •oucrroa in chancwt. Hocwv Heu.». K. J. ■tyr. j, r. Tjuixata '* so*, dentTstb • 53jrM,T*' yamefim. k- gILDBKTH, attorn eylat-law •aioi . it •oucrromii a«r<« aid *xa«inkr in m * nokbt. nek* »: Kn «• Washington raevet. cnw^Ma# ctebbbrtr#re6kttyp5. attobskt^at-'la w •014cm* \*M is^chakciry omna. as. 4* wianaofea Biaani. up. «!•> CHJ. N. J all-? AKMtOwiB«M.rmau>Bl Fn.Uj. james h. INGRAM, I'll YSICIAS AlfD BURGEON, , u(cr II Ika BiMwi. ot Copula Wilson rom. A talinsf»tr W (raw drug* Mkuj AGENT CUMBSRLAKS mutual fire insurance 00. OOmsaldREK or LEEDS, ^lfbed flanders, COUNSELUORAY-l.AW , «*m>SS£riT"~'- ■•- 6»d|. •giN'OS R. #TLliAitS, architect and builder. WILL mru drawings. amd WPEKIN nsu OR COWTKACT. OrnCE— 41 WnUlagloa bu um« mat. *-j A B. LITTLE.. . >tidWCk,. i'.\nt N »V .ITT. S.J. oraare iPW MM E- Janaarwa— n* ptfuwt, ~~ getetal AOHtr w8 a. 8. rarw a bo. W AzUl SUr-l, Phliadvlpl.;*. QRG^NS ISfl ftRwrNG MA B. >. HORNER, puke mievswikb imsiffi p ■■■ ■• BRIOGRWO*.*. A. Branca. So. M Vanninguci mras*. Cape **■ ^yyokabe, - |ii,CtiCAL BUILDER. -"^t.-swpr-" "" ^^fesfcsrx. Hi A«4o w "ranrrrswwHatwj gtwag ma^ot ■ s- —ipw^wa msm-i j. D. cm.ift.>u»0R»T. (jo to g abrsoscs nwf®pt( mm yamett . . taS«.^ck rr -Vtls* \\ mr11 ■ IHIATCRE ^W ^ ASWCTOTD ON •ETCSD ■wnn.Mm" A».«U. * ; ■ SU>UUKiV NTKEBT. CAR* M **_*. A ^HK BAT YIJW HOITSE, j p* 1

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COPPERFIELO COURT. ! It wnald bp dlBcult to point not Ibe rxact apot wbrrr Cnppsrfirld Coon. Lit■I tlr BHtian, oner aiooS. PtriBor It to oaf ; j that the mrtropolia baa brrn robbrS of III i rilMrecr yrara ago. It waa do IborongfaI fare, brine "oly a bnrt of bay not of a I oort grrat fa-hidoat.lr rirrr of atrort. It : brld alx hntiara. two or racb aidr Nncl j card brariog tbr word a, "No peddkn per- i I mittrd to mtrr." i J Numhrr nor conuinrd old Mr. Flark and bla wife, but they were rarh aeeenty I . y.ara old. and rheumatic. NuntWfr two a altrltrred l be Or formed little librarian of i • a certain library in the dty. and bil erof errmptire yottne eiater. Number three 1 j held — how. tbey oolr knew — a ecbonjma*. . | teria widow and frur datigbtcra. "Number ' , , four waa twaupl.d by an old lady who i hvl a aoo at pea, an oDoer on a rtwael in the oatry He waa alwaya brine rxprcted j ' borne, and branched n f coral. Chioeae cur. 1 ie-lura and boxea of foreign jriliea_aod htprrtr. iiteaird to ibe fact that be did 1 return nocaaiooally. but tbr chaorea were ' that he would be in roid-orego at any ' giecn dale. - Nnmlter fire waa occupied by MI>a Cornelia C-ipprrflrld. a aingie 1 lady of eigtii-aod-forty, and a very 1 old poodle. And number alx. being ' haunted, waa left to Ita ghnat. Probably I wan L of patronage rather than the placard < ltaniabej the pedieta. ' Tbr reaaon why tbe OopperfWd Court f , proplr aet their faeea an aleroly againai I , prdlera waa that .they were not genteel. 1 1 And the people of C ryperfleld Court were genteel or nothing. lunocupasta all lired 1 ou liutited inrotftm. and njt one id tbe la- I , die* bad erer earned a penny In all her ■ ■ life. Mr. Piact had a penalon nndergn*- , (-rumen t. Tbe libtarian waa connected ' ' with a wonderfully gentrrl aocirty. A I naral rdBocr'a mother la a perano of pow. I 1 Uuo. S-. iaaacboolmi-teria widow auoie- < ' tltuea. And Mow Cornelia Copper fie W waa tbe poor relation of fbe magnificent ' Oopporfleld who owned tbe oourl, wa« 1 aaid b> be worth a million, and wbb bud I . preaented Ihe amall dwelling in which ' Mlaa Cornelia Herd to bla onuain. bcr mo- ' ther. a lady alwaya alluded In by Ml» I . C' wneha aa "my lute "nta." A gh.wt iu - ■ ldotn vi.lgat, tb .ugh arnnetimea alarm- < ■ ing. and the glioat at number uix waa that ' of a Iwnkrupt banker who bad abut Jilm- 1 ; arlf. 1 , Occaalonallr a carriage, with aereral meo in liwery perrhotl nptn it, pattard at ' ' Id fine clot be*, and a thin gentleman with . With a great diamond "0 Ida bowtot, en'er- t > ed Mlaa G-rDtliagFoppcrflrkTe door. It I ' waa then wiilapered through tbe court 1 that that lady 'a family bad called upon . »T. That all might bare continued for 1 many yrara but that Mia. Hone ej came tuto b-r grand fatberis property, after bar- 1 , ing quite giern up tbe idea of bit deoeaae. - for be lieed to be a hundred and Iwu I yrarj of age, minua a few montha, tbe exact number of which may eaaily be oh- I ' uloed by arrfrrence to tbe rogixtraria book 1 . at Somtrart Honae; and feeling herself ' entitled to be a landed proprietor, em- ' ' ployed an agent to boy her a bit, of jt I

Tbe agent hating looked about him propoaed No. 8 CoppdfDeld Court- M:. CopperfleW, weary of a tenant who paid 00 rent— we allude to tbe banker 'a gboat —agrrerl to tbe price offered, and one morning Ibe boure-keepera of tty: oonrt pf^Sx-d through Ibetr green blind* upon tbe arrival of Mrs Roooey't bouaebedd goodaj and two bwdera came with M't Roooey. One waa a young man wbo habitually wore a red abiri. Tbe other wu a foreigner in shabby black. He 1 • .Led genteel, but alaal appearance* are d-celtful. Oo tbe ttwrning after hi* arrival be waa to leave tbe oanrt "bearing a amall tray, on wl.lcb ware ranged In rowapipea of all amta, except very WU/ QOr-. There we. a china pipes with palnb d Bowen opon^rsi. tbr hutubl^clay dudeec. aotl ytl.rta more or leaa ariarbcTat.e. ttidleti were not admitted' to the oourt, btif one had come there to re^de. "That I am alive today.' aald the Ntboolmaater'a wj^ow, "it a proof that ot e cm lire through anything." Aa for Miaa Cupper field, abr Sbnt herwlf up in brr flowery cbiutx bowsr, and itemed ioelifled lo remain there forever." A weWt paaurd. One night Miaa Copperfleid wag awakened by awfal groan* She Hatted up in bod and lift-nod. Tbe groaning waa at ber window; rite aWr heard rape She Went to tbe window. Within a foot of It abr aaw * faoe — ber next door 'netgt|pTe**. tbe pedlee of pipes. "Whai do you wsair abe aakad sbsrp- '*• "Pardon, tnadamc." replied s weak voice, with astroog French accent "Pardon. but I have some colioa" "OoHcsr repeated Miaa Oepperflrid. "Ten bad," repeated the neighbor. "I expire of pein. and Madame R.» mey goea off Iter cooaln'a child to Ibe funeral, and in Be boaae la no .roe. IVxbapa yi« vDl •ave a leeile eve dr ear— brasdee. Eh! you "Yea, yrr." (aid Miaa Copperfleid, la I whom returned a memory of geoterl lea- ; anoa in French, taken in ber earlier daya tffr, M mahure: Jur. company- Jer-" ! but the eiogat.i rutt-.i .ry waa bota Met ; one. and abe added. "Idns t tonne about ■ bratuly— perhape i haee a Ma, i will" i see." - "Madame is an angel," reapooded the neighbor. , Rita Copperfleid brought Ibe brsndy- ■ about half s gffl Is a culugse bottle — awd preaented it oo a anal! flrwbovrL Tbe nHgbbor, thanking ber In a profuakw of pnmplrtneoUTy FrectA. frtirwl. I».t , wrto waa heard to gwws again more di.. "Ar. M w<x-."*>«T*dtbe SRJy tbrouah 'i Fnv*a*°_

Miaa Copperfleid. wbo waa really a too- ! dcr-bearted tout instantly re# ted to ber ' tiny kitchen, and soon approached *lbe s window again with the plaster between - two eoup diabea. Placing them on tbe r third, the waved It before bcr neighbor'* •Tbe ptoaiev," die mid. i Tbe plmater wpe taken whh many I Shortly the groans ceased. Waa b< dead or relieved of pain, thia . man who had called ber an angel ? Sits ! called softly; "Are yoo better?" "Ah. yea." replied the eolce. "Ze plaa- ■ talre ia 'eavenly. like tnadamr." I . Miaa Copperfleid retired. Early tbe next ' morning a tap came oo ber door. It *at ber neiglibur. will, bet plates well waal.e.1 and bar bottle refilled. He had come to . overflow wltb gratitude. He declared ■ that be aboaM have expired bat for bur . tnu#1 amiable cnndoct, her delightful mna. tard pla-ter. and be ended by a narrative of hit own life, hla fallen fortnnea, and j he came to peddle pi pea. . I "I auy to myself, wlial nutuir verr m. an. a gep tit-man; rat I vould 'ave you " "I am sure of it," mid Miaa Copperfield. Her guest departed. Mi«a Copperfleid sat thinking. What handaotne eye* he bad ! What a nice ooael How romantir lo fatljrooi tbe aristocracy to pipes! How be bad lakrd at ber! Ah. Miaa Copper, field, who had held herself too aritforratl • for rvcry suitor of ber youth, found bet eclf blushing. That evening her neighbor ealltsl again. brought with him an offering, an nnt thimble, in a case shaped like an Short I v. a sort of scandal spread though Ihe neighborhood. Tbe pedler, tbe vulpedler, called oo Mia# Copperfleid ! to-.k tea with bcr on Sunday afternoon' Could such things br? The family beard of iL It called in iu roach, wltb lu red cnckaded footmen, it "Tended the Hep. It arafnd itself in her parlor. It waa largely represented Two stout Indira, two thin gentlemen, and a old lady, wltb a face like crumpled parchment. They filled Miaa t'Tperfleld'a chinUrnvered room to overflowing. They orcopied all Ibe ebnir*. while she perched oo the small round stool before the Of. Tight piano and they addressed her. "Cornelia;" mid the old lady, "are brer frigbtfo! new* of vmf, that yoo are vialt. ed br a cigar pedlerf" "He tent a eigtr pedler." replied Cornelia. "lie'* Monaiettr Blanc. He sell, pipe., tuo'y " "Tbla is flippant." aaid tbe old lady. "A pedler! We call to remonstrate." "We boar yoo are -engaged ta^y^.' aaid ■out lady number one. "And we call to warn , yen," aaid ront comber two. "Dlamla* hire at once." mid tbe thinnest gentleman, "or we discard yam" "And disown yon." mid tbe titber thin gentleman "Pinoe yoo have forgotten yoo are a Copperfleid," "I war so lonely," she sobbed. "Yon never even Invite me to ten, and be'i a— a gentleman." "We my no more," rcpllel the old lady. rcpHel old lady, i

n "Tea or do. Will yoo dhtniss Mm?" And 1 :. abe looked an anathema maranalba. < d Miaa Cornell, oonld not endure the ex- I K communication. She mid "Yet" Tbe 1 ie family then arose and departed. She wu • rt left a 'toe. For an boar (be bathed bet I a poodle's head with her tears. Then she t d heart', a knock at the door, and arose to t i. open it. Mooairur Hlanc appeared. t o "Again 1 arrive myself, my angel !" be i c "Ob, yon mttat go! Too moat never ' * come again!" signed poor Cornelia. "1 ' hare promised my family." is "Ah, xe famlly!" cried Monsieur Blanc. 11 "Aristocrats. Bat, bah! ocrer' mind, ■ mademoiselle. 1 adore you. "Oh!" aigbed Mlm Copperfleid "Let ot fly!" mid monsieur. "1*1 u* ■ >■ go lire — aomerero — avay. Ye rill be ' 'appr. Ah,*bab! zal family! Zr people of ae oourt so aristocralique. Dome, ve rill fly. Marry me toAay." 10 He kiaard ber. Neither of them were > very old or* ugly, and that wblcb bad ■ never bappened to Cornelia before Jbapr- pen ad tbtn — abe fell desperately in love d ow tbsapot •1 don't care for ooe of them," abe mid. "I will marry yon." Early pext morfing (be had tbe license " in hia pnekrt— 'the artful !*) two figures " stole oot of tboeourt arm In aim. TYiey were tboar of Monsieur Blanc and Miaa * Otippegflsld. Tbay mere wed. Bkortly afuv lbs first excitement of tbe ' etopetnem bad ceaaed to thrill tbe ooort, ^ a person 'duly autbor'txod bore away tbe ^ furniture of No. 5. and told tbe bouse. ' m. Mlaa Copperfleid again. lie family disowned brr, and Ibe old ,j aunt was Tny particular that Cornelia's „ name abould never be meattsond in ber ,4 branog. And indeed Cornelia would opt •], faer fheae tuUmted beings for tbe world. w lo s lMto bouse over a nail abop where pipm of all aorta wem sold, abe ,, ttnxl with bcre husbwod. She grew quite B_, portly, and nwr wu to gay in ber life. Togri^vr-Ujcr walked in tb* |i*rk of aunny Sunday* gr went to tbe cheap aeau of allp»*ces 'Of. snmareiMrt, where they btul 0, : raueu ad" to bear or are anything, and Uj-i thry bad nice todigratible HUleaoppera al j Ian <w drsan o'clock, ae | Whether abe died happily or still Uvea i in hope# of rivaling Mr». Roooey't graad- _ father, by arcing her hundred aad aernod ,d Mrtbday, we know not. hot w« do know that for a long time ber story remained a fmifq) legend in Coppreflald Conn. >■ ■ ' . '"My pa's poorly, and gona away tft he's brttrr. she ba*" mid <toe little j iltthnkeo ^iri to another the ntbrc day. , I "Wbat't you- ma gone twxv fotN uked t 'W'Sa'Cbir dhnirniiae grwaip. "Becanre , jpaaaidiw Itoaght to- o-aldnT be quiet.

•- Can. Beauneguard'a Plan. | e O-n. o. T. Beaur-tsol ta the Oeatary. , I waa convinced that onr toecrea lay ' In a abort, qolck sru of deciaive bloat, ' 1 before tbe Federals with tbeir vast re- 1 smtree* oonld build op a great military ' . power: to which end a owtcerted use of , j our force* immediate and anauinad, area J , ' neceaeary. an that, weaker Uentgh wc | ' B . were at all aepatw'e print* are might Dev. , ; < Itheleaa strike with superior strength at 1 . ' some chlaen decisive point, and after vie- - j ton- there reach for victory now made 1 ' , ' eaaier el *e where, and thus sum up auc- 1 1 , cea* Instead of tbi* which in war we | ' j call (vtoceotreti'itL our actual policy wu ! ' - diffusion, so inferior Confederate force at | j each serrate point defeuaively confront- ' ' r irg a superior Federal force; our power 1 u daily aliriukiog, that of tbe enemy inp cmaaine: and the avowed Federal policy ' jlof "atlritioo" of tbe bigger masses left ' ] tree to grind the smaller, one by one. lo J emerged, stoen tbedtrecloo of Ibe gov- ' ernment waCaaa'm-wt alwava. neeewwry, 1 excepting when "Richmond" wu immed- . . iatelr in danger. Thus, in the fall of 1801. about three ' I month* after the battle of Manaase* — afr. ter throwing mv whole foroc forward do ' r Fairfax Oourt Uouse, with out posts flaunt - r ing our flags on tbe bill! in sight of Wub- ' ir.ttoh. in order lo chafe Jbe Federal# to anotiier battle, but^ without success— I 1 proposed that the army should be raised to an effective ot 80.000 men. by draw- 1 ing 80 000 for the immediate enterprise , , from auvetal potnla along tbe sea -hoard, .air advanced posilloo be swiftly thrown ' I, arrow tbe Potomac at a point which 1 hail . carefullv aurveved for that purpose, and ; moved upon the rear of Washington, thus • forcing Mi<"ictlan to a drclrive engage- j ro-nt helore hit tirganl ration fnew enliat- , aonv had the advantage of discipline and , nrcatige— aeatoaed soldier* wboac term, a however, would expire in tbe early part a of 'the coming summer. J Thia Irian, approved by Gen. Guatavua ^ W. Smith (thro immediately command- . ing G-n Johnston's own force*) u well _ u by Gcil Jubnaton, wat autaniltrd to ' I Mr. Davis In a conference al my bead \ . quarter* init rejected because be would not venture to atrip those points of tbe , troop# we required. Even if those points . had been rapinred. though none arerc then ( even threatened, they mint have Irevrrtcd aa a direct cooaequecce to an deciaive a surer#* I wu willing, then, aliould It ' have come to that, to exchange Richmond . tempnrarilv for Washington. Yet it waa nreeiaelT from similar combtna'iooa sod d element# that the army wa# made up, to enable it next spring, under Gen. Lo* to it eoertunter McClellan'# then perfectly nrenntxed army af ISO, 000 men at the vtry I. done of Richmond^ If that which wa* aorepted a* a last de n fendee twt t agaiaat an overwhelmtrn aggieaaive army bad been turd In aa rrterprialng offen«iee again*! that tame u army while yet in tbe raw. the *ame ven- | a tore had been made at leas gett-ral ri«k. less 'coat of valnable lieea. and with im- '. measurably greater certain result# Tbe measurably greater certain reanii* rtie

army of the Potomac would have ( had no chancr treanwhile to become tempered to that magnificent military machine which, through all l|a defeat# and leasee, i remained sound, and waa stronger, with ■ readily aaalnvlallog new Mrcngtb. at i the end of Ibe war than eve- hefnte; tbe ^ , preaaore wiaild btv- Ivan UftoAtrom Ken. ^ tuckv and Mi#eoori. and we abould bare - iqaintaimd what I# called an active de- | frnaivr warfare, that i». taken and kept • 'he offensive again* tbe enemy, mforciog I oeacc. He Saw Himself. t Sorb Ineidrntx hare been tbe taming I point in tbe fortnnea of more than one family. "Yob must excuse me. gentlei meo. for I cannot drink anything." aaid < • a roan wbo wu known to tbe entire town > aa a drunkard. f "That i* the Aral time yoo erer refused a drink." aaid an acquaintance. "Tbe i other day you wu huatling-axoand after a | i cocktail, and. In fact, yon taen asked me t "That's very true, but I am a very dif- , f crem man nod^" "Prcacbrva had a hal4,of you?" , "No air-, no one kuaaid anything to . t»e " I , "Well, what ha# canned tbe change?" "I'll tell you. Affpr lanrlrg you the , , other day i kept oo hu'ling after a cocktail, u you lentt iL until I met a party of , Itdrnda. When 1 left them I via about ( half drunk To# roan of tny tempera- , moot a half drunk ia a miserable oondition , lor the desire tor more ia so strong that he ! frwfeta fab self- reaped ia bis efforts to get more drink. I remembered that there j . wu a half plat of «h-#key at homewbich had Im purchased fur medicinal put- j f "Juet befrxaa nwchirta the aatr I htwn) t voter*' in tbe tardea, and. looking over ■be fence, I saw my little (on and daughter I u bytog " -No; yoo be m*' said tbe boy, 'and t ; rilbepa. Now. you all here and HI come in d'rauk. WaiL now, till 1 fill my j | houle.' * , "He took a brill* ran away and filled , I it n Kb water. Pretty aneo be rvtttrevd and. entering the playhouse, boddet* ■dioiirally at the girl, and sat down with- | out saying anything. Tbe git 1 looked op j ' from her work aad aaid: I " 'Jamev, why win yoo tto tbla aray T" I 1 " 'Wbixxer wstT be replied. I ' " ■Getlia' drnak?' » " -Wbo-a drunk?' t •• Too are; aa' yoo praised when Ibe | haby died that V™ Nto-ildol drink any , ' y more. Tbe chfldrcn ate almoai ragged J •. j but yeat aaill throw ytair monry away. ' d | IWt yoo know you are lueaklag my e b<*"':' d I -I harried away. Tbe acting wu too _ i life like- I path I think uf no-hlng duF- • : ing br dey tad th-r l.ttk children "i'jsa," "- "

"No, ft cannot he." There wu a firm dctennlneiloo ia Ibe j of the.yoolb a# he made OK of tbe ab-ree word* and barked dwr Op against ! the high board fence behind him. I He wu attired hi the mat u me of the bicycle cirri', and aboeed bla bark against a fence a> If bla lire depend- | ed of displacing a few of the .'twelve feet , j boards. Tbe' words were addre*e-d to a fair young girl of aeven'een (more or leaa ; rhe • said leva, but probably more ia nearer tbo mark', wbo stood before bint. Tbe twaio met but a few momeota before, .and I by had noticed that a# tbey hat) | beep advancing tosrard ooe another he ' stopped advancing aad bad backed Tbey conversed for gome time on variona subject* and abe suggested thai tbey abould move on. and stated how proud abe alwaya felt to be seen jn tbe company of a member of the bicycle triuh, die uniform wu " too awfully sweet and becoming for anything." The youth Washed at theae words. tau evidently a skeleton in his rl.uet, or bis uniform, or somewhere.' Tl.c-re doubtless aru in tbe uniform. However let it pass. " And yoo will not escort roe ?" tbe maiden aaid, wLfl tbe fatal wotda"No. it cannot b*" fell on ber tympany good word — a-undi medical). ' Thou art false to me and love another, and you will oot eacort mc ?" "1 ain't falar," returned tbe youth, "bat U cannot oe.~ "Ob ! that detestable Clara Gimflunka!-' stomal "creami-d Uie fair young damsel. "Ob! the hateful thing ! And it la her who has done tbi* It i« she that hu wt aned' thy love from mc. Ugh! 1 could pull her bait ouL For die Ihird time and laat time I aay will you escort me ?" It would aeem u though a voice from tbe <la'k, gloomy realm# of Uboaldom replied: "No. it cannot be lt wu the youth speaking, however. "Jemimarjaneann* I do luvc you, but cannot bo. ' A mosquito blitzed cl.eerily along, and ali^itcd on tbe girl'a noae, appeared to revive lier energy. A terrier pnp ambled by. and at be went snapped at tbe y. ung man's fiont calve* Though be squirmed be clung to the fence for dear life. "Then 1 leave you forever," at length said Ihe maid. "Nay," implored the other, "not for. ever, I will meet yon anon— aay in an buur ; but leave me now. I Implore you." { "Why ? Are you III ? Tell me all. If in grief let me aolaoe thee." " You must." "Well, then, be ft so." This day 1 fell from lay wheeled bora*" "Aye, go t«," almost gasped the "I fell. As 1 fell ooe uf tie spoke, of my- my— my— " "Your what !" fairly screamed tbe girl, with a shriek tbst caused an old man on ihe mherside of tbestrocttocall "Police!"' •Your what?" "Tlieae," waa the reply, utbe young^ man indicated bis nether garment— vcrT* garment—

tight. "Theae tbey are all rent behind." "On, yon rude thing," wu tbe reply, u the girl passed. " Meet me by and by." So they parted, and tbe poor young man proceeded on bis man by all tbe back slrctta ; but it aru funny tn observe bow he attorned the back-to-tbe-fcaoc "pot lab'' w hen be saw anyone coming. Reader, ha at ever been in tbe tame fix ? is very unpleasant — Gearjptu in the Wheel London Proverbs. London Truth advertised for an original proverb. Many hundreds were sent in. Hare arc am of tbe beat: A white lie often makes a black story. It's a poor musician "who can't blow bit trumpet. He wbo would eat (be egg, mart first break tbe shell. Every back has lu pack. The man who witbre to continue bein bla friend* abould never pot tbem to tbe proof. Pens and ink oot of reach avoid many Look after your wife; never mind yooreelf, ehell took after you. Tbe present is acbiMof the past and Ibe parent of{.tbc future. Tbe want of roooey is the root of much evil. Egotism" is an alphabet with one letter. If you'd know a man's character, follow borne. Better a line of arose than a page of Tbe surest road to honor is to deserve iL Only whisper scandal and ita ccbo ia by all. . . It's not the cluok arilh tbe Modest tick that goes tbe beat. Sigh* are poor things lo fly with. Home ia the rainbow of Uf* Don't enen plain of the baker until yen tasted fait breed. Tbey wbo ifve in a worry, invite death When tbe girls grow food, tbe men abscond. Tbe girl with soft gray eyea sod rippling brown hair, wbo walked all over poor fluttering heart at tbe charily ball, hu Just finished a Crazy quilt containing 1.084 pieces of neckties and bat lining* put t-tgether with 81,880 stitcbea And ber poor old father fastens oo bis suapcodora with a long nail, a piece of ■ inc. a sharp Pick and one regularly or- - dallied button. I j An old ox iv cow can tie made goud ' ifanaf by fattening rapidly. To do WW S must give a lahkwpooefu) of Day's at and Cattle Powder three time* a dayover^U.e ferd ^ Price 25 cents per

A Remarkable Photograph. A tiger photographed in tbe very act of killing a buffalo ia probably as oocurreoce e unparalleled lo tbe aoosls of tire earner* ' Yet that audi a phwLgrapfa bat actually ' tarn takes, ia v-xjebed for in tbe Indian pica* Tbe artlc It appear*, bad focueed * no tbe buffal i, which war tied for tbe oc- * casino to a Iree-aiuuip iu tbe middle of a i- field, and had ]M put a dry |rlale into tbe earner* wbeo tbe tiger, bio rgbt up to tbe apot for tbe pur, nee, wear at it. and r Mruck down Ibe great burned Ireaat with e a tingle blow of hir right paw. " My In- » airumen'." uya tbe photographer, "ro > al«iur sevea yards from Ibe buffalo, and 1 the licet might just u well bare come at 1 inc If he bad ch wen to do so. but be pre- ' (erred tbe beer, and taking advantage of 1 the moment be had sprung bis victim, I released tbr spring abutter just u be bad " given tbe buffalo lib knock-down blow.'' 1 v Tbe negative ia good enough to give aa * authentic picture from the life of tbe most e terrible of carnireroua beaaia at tbe pret ciae muutcut when it bad Manned ita huge 1 prey. The boffaia. though fatally atruck, bad not even bad time lo fall before tbe ■ "sun picture" of iu dying momenta waa ° fixed upon the faithful plalr, and *o tbere -' it stands wltb fta knees just giving away - under It, and its great bead drooping in death. A quarter of a src>od later and it e was lying on tbr ground lifrieaat ; but on the photographer's glass It remains for1' ever 25. the actual attitude of dying, and at the instant wbeo it ia drawing ita last breath. After slaying the buffalo, the tiger I stretched ita bead round over tbe neck, aad slipping its mouth dowu to tLc buffaloe'i tlltoal. lay acrnaa it auekiug its life blood. This fact it an extraordinary one, ' for ft baa Jong been derided, opno what ' were considered indisputable observation*. 3 that the tiger never by any cbance, comd meocrd it* meal al the throat. Sometime* tf tbere were a fight, it would " wound its advetaaty In fbal apot ; bat, aa » a rule, it uotu to it# first blow to break ita victim's nrek. and then pu'ling It down on to tire ground, begins to devour a portion of tbe bind quarters. What la Zaro. , d Prrtiapa not one In a" hundred can tell o off-handed why a point Ibirty-two degrees d below freezing point on Fahrenheit's g thermometer it called rem. For that <1 matter, nobody knows. The Farbenbeil scale was introduced in 1730. Like other h therm metric scales it bas two fixed point* tbe frrntag point, or ralbcr ibe r- the melting point ol ice. and tbe boiling n point of waler; Tbe" tVntigiade and " Itraumnr tcalea rail lite Irerritig |>oint f zero and mr#r«urv therelrorn in troth directions. This is a very natural arrangement Fahrenheit kept Ibe piucipie no which he graduatefl his tlicm luciera a secret. II and no one baa ever rllaorvered it. It ia supposed, however. I hat far r laiaidend bt* * rem— tMrta-tarodngsfv* la-low frqt zing— (lie print of id atMiPiie cold or aliacn evil of all Ileal, either because. I ■ring alroul I. It waa Ibe clearest degree of cold that bo n could produce attiflciallv. or because it was tbe lowest natural temperature of which be could fiud any record. Tbe g grounds no wl irh Fahrenheit put ooe r and rlvhlv decree# between the freezing 1 arid between freezing

and boiling p rint* are likewise unknown Meanest Sneak In town. , Mala-ial gases sneaked up through tbr poflrlv roos'rucred drains and made baby ' very -Bck with Malarial fever. Baby I would have (tied but for timely use of Brown's Iron Briers. There ia noUiing llarffrcls. DOT Urau Ibis malaria from the underground regions. Mr*. McDooold, ' of New Haven. Conn., aay* "For aix year* I suffered from lite effects of malaria but Brown's Iron Bitters cured me entirely." Try ii when malaria steals in and undermines your cunaliiuiian. It will II give relict. "TbereVmlgbiy few trouble# ui men have that a woman isn't al the bottom ot ( it." aaid a precocious small Wry, after bis mother bad interviewed him wub bcr , «llppw- ' v A Lawrerh Opinion of Interest J. A Tawney. Esq.. a leading attorney • of Winoo* Minn., write* ('After using t it for more than three year* 1 take great pleasure in stating that 1 regard Dr. King's New Discovery for OmiiimpUoo. a* tbe ' btwi remedy in tbe w.wlil for Cough* and Cold* It has never failed to care the - roast severe colds I have bad. and- tnvaribly relieve Use pain In the chest." Trial hoUlea ot this sure cure fur all Throat and Lung Diseases may be bail Free al Dr. H. A. Kennedys Drug Htore a Large size. »1 08. (1) It would be curious thing lo know what become# ot all the pint, bat wbo ' knows wbsl ia to become uf all Ibe Presidential and Ooogreaaional candidates after f decttoq? Tbe Beat Halve in the world for tula, ' Bruise* S-wca. Ulcere, Salt RheiuwrFerer Sore* letter. Chapped Hands. (Iiilb- . lain* Corn* and all .Skin Erupt !<*.*, and positively carta Pike* ar no ptj required. It ia guaranteed to five perfect aatiafac- [ tioa, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For tiale by Dr. Kennedy Druggist. * An agricultural paper baa an article on , "tbe time to look after poultry." We are ot* very well up far such matter* bat we . imagine that night time migbl be about » righL Oaxta s snwfk. When catarrh baa pin*'»— d to a certain extent, it ia aoly a step to that fatal disease, conaumptioa If you have catarrh i. e»eo alichrly. tf r# a terrible mietm ke ta ' If too will only read you will Bod coo- ' rluaive reason# why yoo should lake Hood's Saraa[wrilla for cararrh. in the 1 statement of many people wbo have been % completely cared nf tbi* diaraae to Its tacwt severe form* bend for Inok ooataining " almndanr evideboe. roC. L Hood A Ot. >' propnetora of Rood's Haraaparill* Jamell In almost every case where a man falls . in love with a girl dressed in a bathing d suit aad afterward married ber, divorce £ baa followed witbio two yean. ■ «*" AlX LaDIEs AmOO Know T«at • Hood* acarf* rinbons and . ail fancy a-ticleacan be made anvodor wanted I with Diamond Dytv. AU Ibe popular " I cnlora. 10c. at diuggiito. None equal • I tbem. Well* iilicbardaoo * Co., Bur- ' | ngr-m, Yu