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ll1aifs and llDbims:

A FINED fact--onc that gets in wor'
mans head.
WHEN man has no mind Of his own,
his wife generally gives him piece OF
hers
Ir too often happens that in pursuing
happiness we are, as it were, only thas-
ing Il pig with Il creased tail,
Ir must have been in the grccn-cherry
season that Tcnuyson wrote, "from our
waist places comes cry
IT is deeply regretted that Noah did
not kill the two mosquitoes who eng
tered with the otherpromenoders into the
ark.
scene: Recitation in mental science.
Professor-"Ho do you know that you
know anythingT Scnior-"I don't
knowW
IF mashed potatoes were worth $3 per
plate, young ladies would take them every
time in preference to ice-crcam when
/ treated
Ir is a great piece of folly for u man
to be always ready to meet trouble half
way. If he would put all the journey
on trouble, he might nevermeet it at all.
"TuERMoMETER's up to ninety, Mr..
PdtancaI," !" said visitor to state
/ street broker; "Let 'em go up to par
said the man Of margins, ahstraetadly
e"I'm not short on en-"
COPPER is coined for exclusively reli-
rious purposes. 1t enables man to feel
/ that he has contributed TO the spread Of
/ the gospel without drawing too largely
on his income.
( A mixture composed of one part OF
powdered borax and two parts OF pow
dered sugar sprinkled upon the floor
/ where cockroaches frequent will soon
eradicate them.
~ WOULD box your cars, said ayouns
lady of BeIIefaste to her stupid and tire
some admirer, eff "If what? he
anxiouslv asked. eff" he repeated, 81
could get a box large enough for the pur-
pose" Puck.
A LITTLE Waterloo Sunday-school
miss was asked by her teacher, What
must people do in orderto 90 to heayenT
"Die, / suppose" replied the little one.
The teacher didn't question her any
further.
0I'N INTERNALLY disgustcd with my
wifc-that's the long and short ct It.
s,XVhafs wrong now? Has she been kick
inc in Il new caper| ''No; | wouldn't
stand that; but she keeps ON repeating
all her old ones"
How TO CATcH RArs.-Cast your
self into the bosom Of yo%r family at
three o'clock in the morning smelling
strongly Of whisky and with boots ON.
What YOU get is rats These you place
in the bag which you carry with you fol
the purpose,
AND how does Charles like going 10
school 2" kindly inquired the good man
Of the little six-year~old hoy, VINO Wis
waiting with tin can in his hand thf
advent of another dog. like golf
well 'nough, " replied the embryo statcE
man, ingeniously, but don't IKE
stayin' after ! git there.
THE parson has exchanged Ptlpits witt
nm eloquent brother. "How did you lfki
, the sermon?' said Dr. jones' young wife
after her intellectual treat. well
tell you what it il, Mrs. Jones, repilet
the old lady, confdentially II 'spos'
YOU Young folks like this sort o preach
in, and It's nat'raI yer should, but | dig
: miss the parson to-day. I've got 50 use'
ter him, yer know, that | allns know
list what he goin' 10 say when he open
bis mouth, I've hearn him 90 many years
yer know But to-day, why, couidn'
tell what was comm five minute
Z nhpnd =
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4 cbild,s Horrible Fate.

Ond the Sth of July last the Picayune
published the fact that ON the evening
previous little girl named Rosa Chris
tian, aged nine years, while playing on
the sidewalk opposite the residence Of
her parents, at hecornerof Dryades and
Melpomene streets, was attacked by .
large Newfoundland dog and bitten on
the right temple. She was Immediately
taken into the house and medical aud
sent for Subsequently the wound caused
bv the bite healed entirely, and the child
was apparently we'll. Yesterday morn
ing her mother remarked that the girl
had strange staring expression about
the eyes, and spoke incoherently. She
became alarmed, and Immediately s1m-
moned DIR. d Estfampes, who, upon ex-
amining the child, declared that she had
the hydfophobia The proper medicines
were administered, but the disease made
rapid progress until all hopes Of saving
the patient were abandoned by the doc
tor. The auieriBgs Of the unfortunate
rirl arc e9eruciating. Now and then
she speaks, crying cut that she seesfsask
dogs around her bed, Her agaHax
parents used their utmost efoktS
s1olhe her. but were p0werles. Ga NIT
flie snflarinqs of the aying child Aeg
001ieaGs I'ieayunes
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SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

James river is lower than it has been
in twenty years
The scuppernong crop Of Mississippi
is short this year;
Alexander stephens is to spend three
weeks at Long Branch.
The Sunday law in Texas has proven
d failure ail over the state
John Stoddard, Esq, prominent citi-
zen Of Savannah, u dead.
The drouth Ia south and west Texas
is becoming something fearful
One hundred new buildings in course
Of erection Of Montgomery, Ala.
sherman, Texas, has passed an oFti.
nance prohibiting music IN saloons
The cash premiums for the state fair
ii Raleigh this f1ll. aggregate $500
Immense loads Of rich copper ore have
been discovered in Ash county, n &
Wealthy citizens Of Nashville have ta-
iSen S6e,006 III d new cotton tactory
VIM. II. Vanderbilt has given the
Univqmity a Nashville alsaes'oo more.
A1iensta Geog isaaxions % utilize
the wdteF power q hsr & qoo'Csaa eanal.
Tbe saIe if watermelons il prohibited
III Jacksonville, Florida, alter August
The cotton crop nj northern 1eEas
Nsgaeser knoWn u Dc better than It + t'ss'
yrar
Ilswn IL 9yntl Geargis negroes aFt
ilaking arrangements 90 ga @ Alssfsa AAeSl
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I'ila Aatcst5DetaiIs oftiic Terrible Trag-
-sAte siraiige Conduct Of Asa @"n"-'
hiat shS'siOn OF the oid People : Prop
estE
III 3 present to-day 4 sketch of Martin
1aefelratid his-wife. vino were murdered
III. tf4air led six miles from Atlanta, on
tif,s Iepyiiic The old man WA. scy,-
eI5t 4six wears of arr~-t the old woman
se4sssiv-nine. They had lived for thirty
s. beneath the roof where they were
.ft ,fed and duripo all that time had
ssi{,tIt,d the confidence and esteem of all
ssE1ts knew them. Indeed they were most
aSeaanlary Christians and inoncusivc in
st derraf. II seems hard that these
aE5 Eeopleas6ould have been made the
s Of thc most terrible tragedy
aE45e4,s4 Ia the-nuuals of Fulton county.
5sgere the4a persons in the world
Frstta Whom violence could be rXprctcd.
afleE lknee the last persons upon whom
yialasse should have spent itself And
vpt feool. deliberate, damnablc murder
E,ssheissfs f1,em INTO another worId-a mur-
as Efid5in the plan and 50 savage
En- in the execution that the
eart cannot contemplate it nm
Il.
Melt after Ike crime the onlyNal-
uables iaissed-thc notes and the ,non@y-
we're found in an old-fashioned pitcher
upsn n table in the corner Of the
room in which the decd had been done.
Scouting parties secured the country in
every direction. Every mind in the
community was excited, and every eve
was strained. Rewards were offered by
the relatives of the deceased and bv the
governor The whole police, for time,
seemed to have dedicated themselves to
thc search for the perpetrators of this
crime without the shadow of palliation
or the semblanec of a parallel in the his
tory of Georgia. Many arrests were
made, hut the negroes. upon showing
their whereabouts upon the night of the
crime, were promptly and Justly released.
Theory ran wild, and fact seemed
lost forever in the mists of mystery.
suspicion ran riot. and WAS lust in
the act of pointing its trembling finger
at the kinsman Of the deceased, when
sympathy shielded him with her hallowcd
vim, And then ASA Gunn was brought
with his wonderful confession, inculpat-
inp Il white man and another negro.
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SPORTING NEWS.

Budd DobIe has decided to sell his
stable Of trottoFs including Chicago Maid,
CIetnentine, Donald and Nettie G., aud retire
permanently from the turf
O'Leary states emphatically that des-
mite reports b. the contrary, he viii not eani-
pete for the Ashley belt al the Madison Square
Garden il September.
II. ". Bemis has concluded to sell
Bonesetter. ard engagements Is Messrs j..
+. Studbaker and Joseph McEvoy fer s16,-
Zoo. Bonesetfer is entered In the Chicago
circuit
John r. Biggs, driver Of Proteine.
states that Proteinc's right fore leg is badly
injured. and there are fears she will break
down. She IS matched 70 trot BeneaRttef for
$4,000 September -.
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SINCE Joaquin Miller has had his hair
cut he has condescended to talk a little
on mundane affairs. The latest thing at
tributed to him ii this "An Indinn is
never honorod with a distinctive name
until ie has done something noteworthy,
and which reveals Il marked trait Of char
acter. When Sitting Bull was young
nun he was shot IN the legs in battle and
disabled but he sat bold upright On the
ground and continued to fight with the
ilefcfness Of d wounded buffalo bull and
il was this incident which drew from the
tribe the appeIlation Of Sitting Bull.
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THE facts have been developed in
philadelphia chat The clerks in the Wal
ieF Department. have been quietly stea,-
ing the public ra-h for rtwelve years, and
they have actually bagged oyer $1,000
600 These Thieves have lived extraya-
gantly, and have sported diamond breast
pins, but nobody seems TO have suspected
any wrong until recently.
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The law of Texas which requires
trains going out of the State to stop
thirty minutes OF the Texas side Of the
line, has just gone into force. The pen
atty for violating the law is $50, and
several conductors have already had to
ply tie penalty. The object Of the law
il to give Texas law officers time to hook
through the train for escaping criminals.
Railpad officials look upon the law as a
great hardship, They think that stop
of ten minutes would be plenty long
enough,
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owe the jury, find the prisoner,
r omas Buford, guilty as charged in
tic Indictment and alIix his punishment
ii imprisonment for and during his
natural life in the Kentucky state peni-
tenaaryo This is the verdict in the
caa Of Thomas Buford, the murderer of
Iidre al Elliott.
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RUSSIA is just now an afflicted coun-
try With Il war debt of about 800 000,-
v0O added to her already large public
obligations, the plague has caused much
distress, and the locusts have recently
descended on the agricultural districts,
while The rcvolutionists have turned fire
bugs, and, armed with the patent match
box, they fred and destroyed 3,501
buildings last month. Valuable build
ings have been burned at Moscow and
Niini-Noygorod H.-
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Smelling a Snake.

The Indian doctor who has gotten up
quite reputation especially among
the colored peoplc-for Els marvellous
cures, was called professionally to see
Charles Wilson, coEored. or some mem
Der of his family, a few days ago. and
soohsafter enteriag The house the Indian
cast Bis eyes about the room and remark
ed fst.st he "slneIt a snake The in
mat4s laughed at The ilea 81 a snake in
the house. but tie Indian srid he couldn't
be mistaken, and approaching thenai1tle-
pieee he insisted there was snake be-
hind II. A stick was rim behind tl1e
mantle piece when FL, ont cfaWled 4
spreadi6g adder. u the ation oi
fle Whole family ss ptfle
r7as fet3
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THERE arc very few people from the
III Il thc Saratoga hotels -Four or
avo are registered from Georgia, and
5,,,c and there one from New Orleans
charleston and Richmond but there is
" general arrival from the South, as
yas IN former years the case.
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THE plan II fayorably spoken IF, in an
English mechanical journal, Of drilling
triangular holes for blasting that is,
when boring for blasting purposes to
make the holes u triangular section,
instead If circular, as by the ordinary
method, and to effect this the boring bar
or jumper IL partly turned on each side
of rs cutting alternately No difficulty
u experienced in boring the holes to this
shape and they are found more effective
Than round notes.-the corners forming
points ii which the fracture Of the ma
'eFid operated on appears to commence,
the line oil fracture usually forming a
p9lepgalion Of the triangle. Holes aver
asAg threo fcet six inches in depth are
eflsily nude, il this way, il from thirty
q forty minutes, The powder charges
vary from one to two pounds, according
q circumstances.
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rHE French postal-card oaSrs a sug-
.,ston which might he acted on with adj
,a,taye by the authorities in this coun-
t,g Itis 80 made that a reply can be
.ant on the saine card without expense to
M. nartv to whom it il first addressed.
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FHE United States may be regarded as
TIE greatest tobacco growing country in
the world. II can be grown IN every
one Of the States. From the beginning
III Virginia, this country has now
reached production Of four hundred
million pounds, worth about $SS, 900, 600
in its manufactured state. Fully
fifty thousand persons are employed IN
If manufacture earning $4,000, 600 in
wages and turning out 4 product worth
SIa0oo,000, Tobacco ranks sixth on
tbe lst of our exports, and last year we
sent abroad $50, 100000 worth, Ger
many Is our best customer, but Great
Britain follows closely.
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FRENCH capitalists have agreed to
furnish the money to construct the pro-
posed canal across Florida from Cedar
Keys to the mouth Of St. Johns river.
The promoters of the enterprise will en-
deayor to secure an act Of the Florida
Legislature granting the right of way
and exemption from taxation for twenty
FIVE Years The canal will shorten the
distance for vessels going from the At
antic to the Gulf of Mexico about
/, 900 miles,
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TIE Empress Eugenie has directed that
her Spanish estates and her Swiss chateau
be sold and all her possessions to be com
yerted into cash. AS soon as u settles
ment If her affairs is effected she wiilsre-
tire for three months to convent 1T
Bourges. Thence she will pay last
visit to her mother, and, after few
months stay Al her home, will return to
tho convent to remain there until death.
Although she has recovered calm and
even appetite, Baron Coryisstrt says her
iiie has been immensely shortened by The
death Of her son, whom, he thinks, she
Will not long survive.
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place thus vacated
by this tiine th6 old lady had est!ii.
lished herself 70 heg entlIe satisfaction,
aud opened her sandwich box
Much obliged u YOU. vatlllg man.
said she: It's easy 70 see tllat y0u'A 4
mothef of your own at home aud
that you're fr1stle liahil ef doing feg-
erenee to her gray HAIRS ks foe this
person with ii nod of her poke balnet
in the direction II Mr.. Hatfeld sSif
he sgot a mother / can't sav much ion
her bringing mp Of HIM. Perhaps he
may be old himself one day and stand
Fin need Of q little poIiteness and. consider.
alton from the young
When I'm anxious for your good
lsopinion ma amt let YOU ElioN, re
turned Mr. FlA1Geld, rathels ilippantty.
Thepld lady could ellfy stslt
s1y q vehement slli eE
little annoyed at bis ssElei
atfiei tolle .tsu
aiiel iasf
$50 will with a sAissa.
when ] find myself nlpsllig ID
calls for such tFest IA fsf Il
said no Fnore fsilliIls slsss Esss
tbesslde deee
as .as .tli'a lAaF gal1l l9le I'D V
ti9sa anea sotae4 'steseeft5t3ilgg7 EFtsseff ffsei
! might make room for me.
! Reader, did You ever stand IN IN eX,
| press tram IN IuII motion Dld you
ever feel yourself swayed backward and
/ forward, humping one of your phreno-
! logical developments against one side OF
the car, and bringing the base OF your
! spinal column against the top OF the seat
at the opposite swcrvc of the train
! Did you ever grasp blindly at nothing
for support ? Did you ever execute al
involuntary pas seuJ by way OF keeping
your balance, and then grind your teeth
to see the two pretty young ladies beyond
! laughing at your antics If 50, you will
/ know how to pity me during that hour
and half between b and Stam-
ford.
Hatfield went to sleep and snorcd ;
the old lady in the gigantic bonnet ate
SANDWICHES and drank from wicker flask
i of excelIently smelling sherry the young
! lady sat as noiselessly as = black-velIed
statue; fretful babies whimpered, old
4 gentlemen uttered strange sounds in
| their sleep; the lights fiarcd like sickly
moons overhead, and the shrek Of the
4 train as it flew through the sleeping vii
lages, sounded like the yell of 4 fiery
/ throated demon.
" Stamford !" bawled the conductor. "
At last / succeeded in dropping my
4 IA.
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A NEW York physician says that Q
man can drink byice a. mach beer and
not get drunk if he will shot his eyes
every time be takes a glass. ~ ,fee Pres.
A man ean drink twice a. much beer II
he wilI shut his eyes when tise waiter
comes around far the pas and make lils
fFipna f0r is.- Richmond BatoIA
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RREG-N-HRAV' CHINA.

Miss Clio Jones was twcuty-thrCo,
Aud wonderful at repnrtre;
In all her life, her parents say,
She never gave herself away.
Young Tungo Naugstc Chang Nhaw
From Prkin cumc t" study law
At Harvard university
He too, was great 1t rrpartve.
Miss Clio Jones had often said
She knew that she should die uuwrd;
Size never had sccu Il fellow smart
Enough to captIyatc her hcarL
Young Tongo Yangstc Chang Chaw,
Had vowed 10 die bachelor.
"Thcrc arc no clever girls said he;
81 meier viii marry II thnre
They met and loved amid the hum
And splrndor Of u kcttlCrlrum;
\ tawuy skin to persons clever
Can make no difference Whatever.
"Oh, Clio! do You mind my shadc$'
Said hr. "ALv Tuugow Hsprd the maui
q Nuu ARE Il snoWdrop to OthclIu!
Ah, Tango WAS lucky fellow!
To tell her love ran Clio Jonas
OF her nanHna she made no bones;
Her pa replied that he'd he IL
II size should marry Chinec,
She sfrieked. sobbed, stormed, and blew
i3lls lvyeil algalFb bis kyelyqueuc.
lsstyai ii dnaa m sa}hnr said,
FF 4 j iaafIsNa sssAs 81 sxed. =
Then CIio tones Becams eaAphotid';
Her father locked her in the attic;
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aAEtAN gave some friends an unaress
eSaiaitian II his hotel M there was
te eati9sisy tu knew tlie eyact meas
'ils Fl tha youth who could 10 s. much
81 ihe oars tie y tairtx.eallt aisa
Ai's'si9 9altlis inches around The chest
el gsasHs 6ss rg. Fs4s,. 5, a,.,
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SIR GARNET .WoLsEbEY has assured
some Zulu chiefs WHO surrendered, that
the British governments win hereafter
take charge of their country and he was
preparing, according to the latest ae-
counts To advance on the new, fortifica-
tionsof Cetywayo, north of Ulendi, which
can only be approached by a narrow de-
file six miles long, lined with sharp
shooters 1t is probable that the severest
struggle of the war will take place at
this point; and ttat ii Sill be- decisive.
The war has been in progress since Jan
uary la, and since the fatal. surprise at
Isandula (January 2t) little success at
tended the British arms until the recent
advance down the valley Of the White
Umvolosi river to Ulendi, where Getty
wayo had concentrated his troops Lord
Chelmsford, who conducted the, CAM
paign previous To the arrival Of Sir Gar
net Nolseley, has been very severely
censured in England, and his dismissal
was demanded, but the queen personally
interfered IN bis behalf, and he was kept
in command. Sir Garnet Wolseley is
conceded to be the best general in the
British army, and he will doubtless
bring the Zulu war To close. II has
been d very expensive affair to England,
having cost thus far about S23,00O,0Q0.
OF course the greater part of Zululand
viii 81 annexed q the queens South
African possessions, which cover an area Of
S29, ,4e5 spare miles with apopulation Of
/, t42, 7s2, only a small portion of which
Il European. rCuurier-Journal.
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,ne-haIf inches when bis che.. \ inanlnd

=
one-haif inches when his chest Il inflated.
his bare forearm Measures eleven inches,
and his right arm over the muscles meas
ured, with his arm doubled up-and over
his shirt thirteen inches around. His
waist measured thirty and one-eighth
inches; his right thigh twenty and
seven-eighths, his calf fourteen and one,
half inches, both over his tights tle
stands five feet eight ana one,half inches.
and from finger end to ssfineer-end, his
arms outstretcbea, hi measures ;ust FIVE
feet nine incles Eis wrists assa aisklgs
are small. He il etesrts sshaiit, strong il
the back tigRteiqinted about the legs,
but rathegs loose about the shoulders.
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The Atlantic Coast Pilot, published
by the United States Coast Survey, ex-
plains the origin Of the deep holes along
the New jersey coast, some distance out
at sea. OF these "mud-holes," as they
are termed, nine are known to navigators,
the deepest and the furthest out Being
the 145-fathom hole, eighty.three miles
southeast Of Sandy Hook light-ship. The
remarkable depressions, as the Pilot
points out have the look Of having been
originally a continuation seaward Of the
Hudson River Valley. They we're in ali
probability scooped out by the river
being forced to run through narrow
gorges. Several of these gorges can still
be traced running parallel with the New
Jersey coast. In fact, the soundings
along the coast would seem to indicate
that the whole coast line ages ago was
many miles seaward to its position to-
day; that then the Hudson river entered
the ocean at least one hundred miles
southeast Of its present mouth, and that
the whole continent has since subsidized,
the sea encroaching further inland as the
country gradually sank.
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