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Queen Margaret,s Memory.

Queen Margaret, who speaks four
languages perfectly, and has none OF
King constitutional shyness, is really
remarkable for the tact and grace with
which she contrives to say the right
thing to the right person. The Countess
Can American Catholic lady married
to a man of high rank here-told me
the other day that, after having a pri-
yate audience with the Queen, she had
remained quite astonished at the mem
ory she displayed of all the characters
ties of persons whom perhaps she only
saw in the more formal reunions Of the
court. The Count and Countess c., it
may be observed in passing, are of the
liberal modern school OF Catholics, who
find the performance of their religious
duties quite compatible with a display
of respect for the reigning sovereign.
After a pleasantlittle conversation with
Countess G. in English (Which the
Queen speaks PERFECTLY, Queen Mar
garet said: And your husband, what
dues he chiefly occupy himself withP''
f'Well, your Majesty, atpresent nothing
seems to interest him more than the
building of the large new barracks in
our quarter of the town. -
"Ah!'' exclaimed the Queen, Il would
have predicted that / always say to
the King, when Count G. meets us out
driving, that, from his mere mode of
saIuting, am certain he is more yieux
militaire than anything else, and that
his heart is with the army
But the Queen displayed still greater
proof of that keen memory of details so
valuable to royalty on the recent ocea-
sion of the presentation to her of the
English Admiral, Sir Erasmus Om-
Nancy, who was here for the carnival
season with his family. She said: II
know your name very well, Admiral,
for, apart from your distinguished SER
vices, / remember that you were in
command Of ship at Gibraltar the first
time that my brother, the Duke of
Genoa, touched there, and that you
showed him great kindness and atten-
ton
Sir Erasmus himself told me soon
after the interview that he was quite
struck with admiration, not only of the
grace and tact with which she said ex-
actly what was likely TO be most pleas
ing to him, but at the fact of her pro-
digious memory for details, which
might well have been forgotten in the
passage of time. Rome Cor. Boston
Herald.
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Women Can Only See Dead Fish.

Two ladies walked down to Mr.. G.
w. Tappan' g fish pond the other even-
ing, and as they got very near the
pond thought they could see the fish
playing. or rather jumping almost out
of the water. One of the ladies re-
marked that if they would be very quiet
they might slip up and get a good sight
of the carp. Thereupon arose dispute
as to whether fish had ears, and the
nearer they approached the pond the
louder grew their voices. BY the time
they reached the banks the commotion
in the water had ceased, and so they sat
down to wait awhile, concluding that
fish did have ears, but that they would
be very still and let the carp make a
show Of themselves Somehow they
forgot to be silent, and the more they
wished the things would come up the
more they didn't come They finally
concluded that there was no chance for
a woman ever to get sight ofone of the
fish, if it depended on silence, and sadly
rose to go home Greensboro (Ga.)
Journal.
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The balloon sank more and moro
slowly and floated for long time
few yards above the ocean; but it did
not stay there; we had more danger to
go through, and danger without parallel.
The balloon sank; the basket slid along
the water, drawn with lightning rapid
ity by its globe of gas. Nearly dead
with anxiety, we elung to the side of the
basket; we shrieked. we trembled, we
crouched, we tried to evade Death,
whose hand was outstretched to seize
us. Suddenly the balloon again flew
twenty or thirty feet high and then
again dragged us close over the water
yet higher, high as a house-now it
sank again and towed us on the waves.
This fearful dance lasted for full five
hours. 1t was a continual hopping and
springing of the balloon, according as
the gale of wind took it. If the wind
was weak the balloon sunk, and our
basket, lying on its side, was drawn
over the sea, but each strong gust hur.
ried the balloon, and us with it up on
high, and more than once this and that
one was hurled half out Of the basket,
and it was wonderfully good fortune
that none of US fell actually into the
Nwater.
Imagine this terrible five hours strife
against Death! No, you cannot. The
widest fancy could not equal the reality.
cannot conceive how we sustained for
five hours such a wrestle with death.
About eight o'clock we were dis
covered, ten miles from the Istrian
coast, by sailor, Anton Pazol This
ended the witch dance. He steered his
ship so dexterously that he fished us up
after we had sprung out of the basket.
The balloon, thus lghtened, rose in the
air, darted in the same direction till
it reached European Turkey, and Gas
we heard later) came down near the
town of Bihacs, in Bosnia.
Pazol conveyed US. to Pola, in Istria,
where we had medical assistance.
Hands and feet were stiff and greatly
swollen. Poor Count Zambeccari had
to have three frozen fingers amputated.
That was my first and last voyage in
the air. have never desired a second
one. Think of our experience. Chased
into our basket by mob which men,
aced US with death; then falling by
night from the sky to the sea; like light
ming flying up again to the region Of
ice; frozen stiff, again plunged down;
for five hours dragged along the roar
ing waves; snatched on high; sub
merged, whirled about in the air-it
was diabolical as human imagination
can conceive.
1t is over. It lies nine years behind
me and as every past adventure has its
charm, | say to myself "For a thou
sand gold pieces l would not have
missed that experience from my life u
But add, decidedly: .'For hundred
thousand I would not go through it a
second time. ~ Translated for the Argo-
,aaat from the German By Emma
Frances DaUson.
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NUMBER 1S. :
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

RI VA
The Catholics of Spain number
lS,000,000, and have 40, Geo magnificent
churches. p ss.s
The census of missions to be taken
next year viii, it is estimated show an
increase of 200, 900 native Christians in
India, Ceylon and Burmah for the last
ten years-500, 900 in ALL A 90
We are insulting the Lord whenwe
hire men and women to sing his praises
who take his name in vain and scof at
him as soon as they are safely out of
the church limits Watehman. rs..
The lady who has had charge Tor
many years of the Woman's Art School
of the Cooper Institute, New York,writess
a long letter to the Critic describing
Peter Cooper's almost dailyvisits to thes
class-rooms, and showing how keenly
he was interested in the good work Of
the school. 0l FE sa
-It has been decided to postpone thess
general conference of the Evangelical
Alliance appointed for 1883, in Stock =
holm, Sweden. twill be held in Sepz
tember, 1884. The postponement was
at the request of Bishop Hickman, who
thought the holding of the State church
diet in the same month would Interfere
with the conference. f $40 ssfS
I'm Miles City, M. T., the Metho-
dists believe in receiving contributions
from anybody, whether good on bad,
who is disposed to give. They place
contribution-boxes in the drinking sa-
looms, and some Of the patrons of those
establishments drop coin or two in
whenever they take a drink. The
boxes become as full of money as the
customers do of drink. - s
Without some system OF rewards to
show the progress of the pupils, d school
is dead. Issue weekly OF monthly re-st
ports. Be punctuaI to the. moment in
opening and closing schOoI-in begfn-
ming and ending recitations Get a.
good, ringing bell on your school house.
Keep the premises neat and attractive,
and the children enthusiastic. Journal
Of Education.
DR. Schaff gives the following ex-
PLANTATION of the great falling Oft in the 5
sale Of the Revised New Testament:.
"a reaction was sure to come. 1t is es-
timated that about3 /, ,000, coo c0pieswere
sold-2, 900, 600 in England and 1,000,-s
900 in America, This is not small sale
fora book which may bsacalled a new
edition of an old work. Another OBJ
stacle to its immediate acceptance by
the public is that the work has no
sanction of authority as yet. The con-
vocation of Canterbury will not pass
upon the revision until both Testaments
are finished. Then it may authorize or
reject it. Stt e ~ 81
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

rlftE
"A poet says: 20 summer land! o,
sunny South! I turn to thee! I open
my mouth and drink thy fragrance
once again. Fragrance in the Sunny
South costs about ten cents drink,
and its other name is Old Rye Gad-,s
eago Times.
Are your domestic relations agree.
able?n asked a Judge of colored wit
ness. Whats dat conjunction boss?n
II ask are your family ties pleasantPa
s'Wall; no sab. When d oman ties a
man when he's drunk an whips him
till he's sober, doan think dat IT'S
pleasant sab. 4 g
He was man who would weigh at
least three hundred pounds, and when
he said to his small friend, at whose
Office he called on his way down town,
''Il drop in on you when Ireturn.
the little man exclaimed: aGoshr and
tainted away.-N Y. Journal. i.
AT a recent meeting of the lady
managers Of q Troy local charity s
question came up as to the admission
of an applicant over eighty years of
age, when one of the managers arose
and said; II am opposed to the ad,
mission of any octagons into tbs insti.
tuition. Troy N. Y ! Times. - ssaf
dear, dear, exclaimed Mrs. Shod.
dygenteel at her last party, that care-.g,
less French cook has burnt the plum
pudding, forgotten to make charlotte
russo, and dropped salti'a the ice cream;
but never mind, we shall have some
thing for dessert, anyway. Mary.
bring in the dried apple pie. - Chicago :
Herald. E ssne
n young woman, seventeen wears
Of age, eight feet ten inches high, and
still so1'owing, is on exhibition in Ens
gland. Her name is Marian Wedde.
a punster proyokes the wrath Of q
long-sllfering public by proclaiming 4
that when she grows up and is ready to
Wetfde, some aspiring living skeleton
or other human monserosity viii
Marian her
One recent morning Kate Slocum,
a pretty Florida girl, stood at the door
of her fathers house watching the ris-
ing sun Just peeping above the tree tops.
Paddy, the gardner, came whistling
along the road at that moment, and as
he was passing Kate cloud for mo-fY
ment obscured the orb of day. s.Sure,
said Pat, with bow and smile, as he !
lifted his bat, when the sun beyanf
caught sight Of your ewes he was jeal--e
GUS and ashamed aid hid himself
away Did any gallant ever say s.sE
prettier thingp s
81 thought you had sworn of, =
said Jerseyman to Greenwich Street
merchant whom he met coming out Of
a .,,1or,, s1Ck, r lid. t,,fT 7 hove = cre..se1
reason for taking something. sWhat
is it?" Because detest cranky mu-
sic. = 4tWhy, what clio you meanfN
'.Well, see in a morning paper. that
the water which I've been drinking ID
full of organic matter, and if / keep on
swallowing it my soul viii absorb al
its vital musical elements. Hence, this a
apparent breaking Of my resolution.
They win hereafter meet as strangers
~, Y. Mail,
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Wouldn't Tell.

The old squatter's spirit. A gentle
man while driving along in buggy
came to very muddy, not to say dah-
gerous, place in the road. Seeing an
old man sitting on fence, he called
out:
"My friend, I'm bothered here"
$50 am l. =
"Well, then, we are in the same boat.
What's the matter with you?''
''Shot at man.
ssWhy does it bother you?',
ss'Cause1 I didn't hit him."
'sWho was the man?''
my son-in-lawn
''Why did you shoot at him?''
Cause stole his jug, an shot to
keep him from shootin' y
but, as was saying, am bothered
here. / don't know which side of the
horse will mire down. Whichlis the
best side?''
'sBlamed if / know"
(Which side would you take?''
'"The cheapest.
"Here, now, no fooling. I want to
know which side
That's none of my business
The traveller, irritated up to the dam
ger line, drew pistol, leyeled it at the
man on the fence, and said: Jump
down and show me the best road, or
I'll shoot the top of your head off.
'.Certain1y, sir, he said, anything to
oblige you. If I'd er knowed that you
was in sich earnest fit, I'd told you
early this mornin'. Why didn't you
send a boy-on ahead with one of these
here telegraph dispatches? You remind
me of an old feller that lives over here
at the bend. Nearly all of the boys say
he's good un. So you want to know
the best side of the road here, and the
beauty about the thing is that you are in
earnest. 1t is only these earnest men
that set the forks of the creek afre.
Say, do you know Big Goose Greek
forks?''
''Look here" again leveling the pis-
tol, 81 want you to hurry up and show
me the best side of the road. [ don't
want to ruin my horse and lose my
buggy. It wouldn't take minute to-
tell me-.
Eyes, I'm hurrying up" continuing
to move around, .sbut you see a man S
got to think these days. There was a
time when man what thought much
wasn't respected in the neighborhood.
and that is the reason why the folks over
my way didn't care SO much for my So
ciety until lately. Let me see which
side, now. don't want to make mis-
take. Well, sir, up where the Big
Goose Creek forks is where my father
used to fish, and when was boy l had
the dingest fight there you ever seed,
but good day.. and leaping the fence.
and keeping a tree between himself and
the traveller. he ran away. All Of this
unnecessary work was done to keep
from saying to the right or to the left Of
the road. .-Ag.kansdaO Traueler.
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MalaprOpisms.


No malaprop1sms are eommoner than
the often misused words circumstance
and ''incident, both being written in
differently as signifying mere matters of
fact. Whether ''a circumstance is, in
any case, an allowable expression
may be doubted. Circumstances stand
around; and any one thing that stands
around, unless it be ring-fence or a
fog, is hardly conceivable as a possi-
biHty. But the gravity of error lies in a
distinction less eaptious. A quarrel or
accident in the street is not a sscircum-
stance;" but it may be explained OF
excused or accounted for by circum-
stances. A fire breaks out in a building
and burns it to the ground. This is not
an incident" it is fact. If anybody
were to jump out of window, whilet the
fire was raging, that would be properly
described as an incident. And again, If
the supply of water were to fail, if the
turn-cock were slow or quick in coming,
if the engines were early or late, any OF
these things would be circumstances,
for they would surround the fact and
modify its results. 'sEffiuvium, with
its plural, is noun often misapplied,
and yet more frequently restricted to
one of its many applications. By
'effluFiao is Vulgarily meant evil odors,
and, of course, an effiuYium may be an
outflow of foul air. But it may Just as
as well be stream of pure water. Many
writers employ the adjective '.sumptn-
ary'' as if it belonged exclusively 10
dress, whereas it may relate to all mat
ters of luxurious living; and if the old
sumptuary laws should be revived they
might reach the epicures who waste
their patrimony on pate de foie qras,
opera boxes, horses, carriages, Jewels
and rare wine, as well as the extrava-
giant wearers of costly attire. ''Deei-
mate" is verb which, with its adiec-
tive particle, ssdecimated, is ludic-
rously mistaken. Its original signifi-
canoe was grave and often terrible: for
it meant no less than taking the tenth of
mans substance, or shooting every
tenth man in a muntinous regiment. the
victims being called out by lot. This
appalling character of defamation Law in
the likelihood that innocent persons,
slain in cold blood, might suffer for the
guilty. But the peculiar horror vanishes
when we alter the conditions; and 8 regi-
ment which has taken part in hard
fought battle and comes off the field
only decimated, that is to say, with nine
living and unscathed for each man left
on the field, might be accounted rather
fortunate than the reverse. We come
now to .'holocaust, the use of which
noun often betrays ignorance quite as
gross. Thus the dreadful loss of life bv
the sinking of an excursion steamboat on
the Thames was recently spoken of as a
ssholocaust, y by which remarkable mis-
prison of etymology the Thames was set
on fire indeed Macmillan S Magazine.
1t is said that the Norman annissa-
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Established July 1, 1859.
DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.
When many years have rolled away,
When we no more are young,

When many years have rolled away,
When we no more are young,
When other voices may repeat
The songs that we have sung;
When all your youthful beauty fades,
That Time viii not restore,
Some tender thoughts may come again,
OF days that are no more.
The soul but slumbers to awake
Alike to joy and pain,
And every holy thought and dream
Are sure to come again.
: The youthful heart. untouched by care,
viii dream of days before.
The old heart lives on memories,
Of days that are no more.
There is q Better Land to come,
It's gateway is the tomb.
o may we meet our loved ones there,
Beyond the hidden gloom!
How peaceful is the sleep of death,
For through his silent door
The weary woe will never come
Of days that are no more.
Eugene j. Hail. in Chicago Inter. Ocean
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HOminy and Arnica.

An old darkey came into an Austin
drug store with his head bandaged up.
and groaning as if every bone in his
body was broken.
What's the matterpn asked the drug
clerk
..We have had the berry debble of
time, me and de ole woman, battering
each udder wild de chairs and sich. y
We'll, what do you want?n
I'VE needs some anarchy. Dar ain t
no anarchy in de house. De bottle got
smashed in de fuss, and de anarchy
spilled all ober de floor
IF You had more harmony in your
house, there would be less anarchy
remarked the drug clerk. smiling as he
filled small bottle of arnica.
..You am right, boss. Oats jes what
de fuss was about. Dereason we needs
anarchy is bekase dar was no hominy in
de house, and dats why de ole womap
hit me wild de chair. .-Teras Sittings.
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Mary Currie writes to The House
hold that the housewife can make their
fuchias bloom in this way: Take a
small piece Of copperas and lay it on
the dirt. When you water the plant it
will dissolve. I have a nice one that
had 1872 buds and blossoms on at one
time. I was afraid it would blossom it.
self to death. 50 ! quit putting on the
copperas,
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"A Polish novelist has written $50
stories. No one thought so man stories
could be put on one pole.-N o. Pea
yisne.
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1t is said that the Mormon emissa-
ries IN the South have never succeeded
IN converting 8 negro to Mormonism.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
MAYOR MASTIN.
His Majority Over 400.
THREE CoLORED ALDERMEN

The readers of the GAZETTE could
not be surprised at the result of our
city election Tuesday last, as these
columns had more than once pointed
out the popular drift and .forecasted
the result. A Board in entire SYM
patty with Mayor elect -Mastin is also
elected.
We anticipate that. the city will be
wellsgoverned, and all Of its interests
carefully looked after. Capt. Mastin
goes into office with an unprecedented
majority Of the popular vote. His past
record as faithful officer of the city
warrants. the belief that he will con
tinue to deserve this. confidence.
Aldermen Conway, Moore, Mayhem,
Wise, Hendley and Stegall, have
each served several terms. and will
bring to the administration the val
ue Of their experience.
Messrs. CASTOR and Scruggs, though
serving. their first terms, are men Of
fine intelligence and business qualiH-
cations, and will make good officers.
The following is the vote by Wards:
lst ward-For Mayor, Mastin 1888;
Kelley SO. Observation-Disclosures 134
Wise 143. Scruggs 137, Murphy IL.
End ward-For. Mayor, Mastin LA
Kelley rs. Aldermen-Erwin S8,
Stegall 146, Steele 13, Warwick 81,
Peasants 9, Conway 16S.
3rd ward-For Mayor, Msstin 156,
Kelley 80. Aldermen-NIoore IA,
Mayhem 1876, A. Newman 81, White
81, Seat 4S.
4th ward-For Mayor, Mastin 15O
Kelly 54. Aldermen-Pryor so, Bran
don SO, Hendley 127, CASTOR 143.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
From the Far West.

FoRT SILL, IND, TERRITORY.
March 31st, 1888.
The Kiowa Indians after receiving their
monthly allowance, on the 10th, had big
pow WOW all night.
Thos Boyd and =. F. Gill have returned
from an extended trip to Texas. on busi-
ness for s<Uncle Sam y
We have had some beautiful weather for
the past month, but the streams are now
SO swollen that mails are suspended.
There have been some fearful Prarie
fires raging around US, and but for consid-
cradle plowing around, the Post would
have resulted in serious damages.
The Commanding officer is having large
targets erected one mile West of the Post
for rifle practice.
The detachment of troops who went out
to Okolohcma in search of Payne have re,
turned. Owing to some very cold weather
they were detained for some time in camp
at Wahita Agency.
Much success to the GAZETTE.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
r;,,e Post Office Mailing Ar
HUNS rangcmentS.

:,,e Post office Mailing Ar
Huh'' rangements.
MAIL GOING WisT
Closes I1.35 A. M.
MAIL GOING East
Closes $50.
MAIL GONG West:
Arrives II NJ.
NAIL GOING EAs
Arrives 4:15 ?. M.
General Delivery
Sunday Hours
From 4.3Oto go z. M.
Money Order Business
Closes at 4 P. M
JOHN S. REED,
Z. M.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

Mysteries, a melancholy symptom of Sc
rious monthly troubles, are cured by the
use Of English Female Bitters.
Tough on ChiIis,"
Cures cases for % Cts in cash or stamps.
Mailed by John Parham, Atlanta, Ga.
We assert without fear of contradiction
that Bailey's Saline Aperient is cheaper
and more pleasant than any pills ever made
for constipation, torpid liver or sick head
ache, that it never produces the least un-
pleasant feeling, and its action more
prompt than any pill made. It is terri
ple enemy to the pill family, driving them
from every freside. Tt is NICE pleasant,
cleanly, and prompt in action, whether on
steamboats,, railroads, hotels or at home
that all ladies are delighted.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
l,eishborhooa News anaGoSsiip.
!, Wise Ward the First.

Wise Ward-the First.
Gons-the Ward politicians oc-
cupatOn'
The face Of the town clock needs
0rton's Circus Wednesday drew
large crowd.
After pretty well exhausting a.
v,;lable material-the mumps are
ceasing to boom.
Tuesday was dry day with the
boys-all the barrels and jugs being
under the vigilant eye Of the Sheriff.
The First Ward furnishes US .
third colored Alderman, but his way
wss rough and rugged and he came
through, as it were, by the "skin OF
bis teeth"
-Orton's Circus left Wednesday
night, Several of our Huntsville
boys accepted employment on its force
and took their leave with them.
Now that the Circus is gone. the
election over and everything settling
down in quietness, probably if Wig
gins would blow up another hollow
storm it would be better appreciated
Sallie Spotswood Watkins, Hunts
vile, Ala, says: Browns Iron Bit
ters entirely cured me of rheumatism
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

Mrs. Jas. Mansfield, Montgom-
cry, Ala, says: Browns Iron Bit
ters afforded me great relief when
suffer ing from indigestion.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
Elegant Presents.

Jewelry, Solid Gold and Silver
Watches, Bracelets. Rings, Is carats
gold, also Diamond, Pearl and Opal.
Initial pins, Clocks and Silverware.
Large and complete stock Of toys,
and musical instruments. Vaces,
Drums, etc, etc. Books for Children
/ Holidays. All at URRAY & Co.'S, at
MURRAY's Book Store.