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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. - :. .AA'l's

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Reserved seats Patches for small,
boy trousers - NJ II. Net6sa ssslRia 1siA ea1
f-The next craze is3irassGandifans sds
decorations, As respect brass, many, 49,
persons are already in fashion. No aa~
otjs- Whenla man is le1safoand bJ 1aResoms
nose, there is mo- diffculsY in pointing 6rs
out his leading feature Boston TrdpS-
cs:ipt. sgf9E aga sra5 Az0H ID taUUms
The difference between amale ,frt, ..v,
rand a lamp cleaner hes Ia the fact that
one isiiaip9 TO e@ofhAn ttidksg aaaaheasW
other to tEEimmip ri pi Efck4ssIer dsr,u yToy iIfw
~ No WONDER said the doctor
'.the child Is sick all the time. It has Sscfa
both its grandginothers and atheEb Fssrn
and 49,. candy store Al in the same gg mse,s
q''L lIti isl said that, ThsAlaarsy dheEersass
'Srsshtsstfa 6e s1dss fa ERl 2HS fthGgg ss
have lost his collar butt0f with reckless
.regularity. 1lN Ki445eertsef. i3fh1c9 sdE
The old preyerb ahal ifsiasA. smanlaeau
does not look, behind a door unless he.
has stood there hffnsel Il 80 But do9s tke FTrIs
same legic hal dfgood NJ wlenSSE aynthatBns9
every man, looks under his bed before,
he goes to sleep PIN. 7. Ht7ttIa. inoo 81 so
y l The curiosity Of asch laefsfEe hadeix0q
been aroused by seeing; q magnifying .s,:,s
glass! How many times 'doesSit mag -" +"
nffy P's :askedsa gentleman, ,taiRIingi Aoso1ss
puzzle him; ."As. many times a. You 4. a..
look through II, p was the quick reply SOS 10
= Erchang@ 9dsI sd3 @rfal beEnad 4 med
Pathological research, ,deyelopg the, !.
fact that the word adude' q pronounced 20
..dewiee.' PoetswfiohaH bEenIrhyfA- nos
ing it with ..rude, = s.crude, s.snood,, ;, Al
ETC., can now change their Termination > =
TO ''booby, '.wooElys''5 ''goOdsg WI dFsiBsG
anything gag else that's applicaPls,E1N5 IL ,sd
Advertiser. ''4
Twisting gBris0ha4.Ya- as2BHssWOsd sEad
lind, but your politicians are sslqt -,
\ Of blawsted cads, Y'knaW. You are
I ag--wJled By b set OF ati6s0us eascalsl HOss
whom ypn Feuldn' tadYsams Qft JawyFnI "A
inviting to your house. Rosalind
\ &. rue 5but ii England yod are geesrnsdlg -
| BY persons who wouldn't dream of in, o,,Sf
,viting you to theirs. life,
7 Herr Bretzel RWho lhas Just hadfa Saat
4 telephone put up, calls foTthe pspaher nS
next day)-"Look-a-here my, vrent,
| didn't you dole me dot eIlefv0he otaaH
slibeak Cherman unte0FYerseiR Gher-s.ax
man?n Repairer-'sYes sir. Herr B.
Veil, py chiminetty. I dalk qBierffiahs
i % dot dellerTone yestegd as mid -b4lidapS ssa
ness, unit py unit Ply it say: Hello!
| Phawt the divil air ye jabberinp Come sef 2
of, ye ould Dutchy.' tond't allow no
dellervone to sass me dot way. Donner-
hiuamel! Qske i'd sVsy-L!te-"
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AgnOstieisni.

Agnodcism IS sort of supernatural
knownothingism-. 1t is true that this
word is not defined in either Webster's
or Woreester''s unabridged dictionaries,
except in the supplements to the latest
editions, and does not appear in the
popular encyclopedias. It is derived
from a Greek word that signifies ito
know not. Agnosticisms, then, as
used by Herbert Spencer and his disei-
pies. is the doctrine that, protesting ig-
norance of the supernatural, neither as
fserts nor denies the existence of a per-
sonal Deity, and claims that such doc
trine can be neither proved nor disap-
proved, because of the insufficiency of
the evidence furnished by rational and
material nature to warrant positive
conclusion; or, as others say, because of
the necessary limits of the human mind.
Agnostieism is opposed both to the posi-
tive assertion of the skeptic. who denies
the existence of personal God, and the
opposite declaration of the Christian
church. or dogmatic theism, affirming
such existence. - Chicago Inter Ocean.
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What Thirteen Women Had to Say OTer
AC q Fallen Horse.


F. Thirteen women, and one man oc-
cupied seats in a ,street-car coming
down town ON Saturday. The Old Con-
| lduetor was just, telling how half-a-
dozen of the boys had retired with for
tunes after an experience Of only two
Eyears on the line, when the driver
wound up his brake and brought the
car up With'a jerk The Old Con-
ductor showed up his sleeves, forced
his hat down hard on the back of his
head, cleared the back platform with q
p bound, and ran up forward to see what
was up. All the women inside the car
jumped to their feet, and then the en-
itertainment began.
-, f'Why, it's poor horse, exclaimed
one woman, looking around at the
1 others. ..4 4
80 it iSs,' said another, ..and he's
fallen down a hofe.ne a
bsH PoQr thing! and the cart has run
oyer him, too" ~ '' s
Io's q Yes and il he's fallen. down hole
stthey'l Il have hard time to get him up. ;"
l. no he hasn't fallen down hole.
He's fallen down. that's all.''9 6H s
$50, the poor horse. l wonder if he's
hurt ts7Ass.s Wig ti# o 5a
'.Iido believe he's dead.''
hag"No, he isn't dead. just see him wag
his tail..'' .f slEIffit 54iiiiist
''."Why dO's'tthe men back the cart off
of him?n
''1'hey can't; don't you see he's fall
len ON the shaftpn "a
IS9'' | never did see such lazy set of
men Why don't they do something?
/ just wish 1 was man.
- Why don't they cut the harnessp
Did YOU eVer?''
~ 1don't believe a single one of them
has got knife! o. just hear that con-
ductbf swear!'' f.3
Then there was peace in the car for
q moment. The harness was unbuckled
and the old conductor and half-a-do3en
men seized the cart and rolled it off the
track. The woman watched all this in
silence and the solitary man in the
corner went to sleep. Then they broke
out again:
q Well, they haze done it at last ''aa
tssfQ g, just see that man kick. that poor,
poor horse. Isn't it just too brutal for
anythingP''n atfilo fHo efEa4
J 80 | 40 believe he IS dead. They can't
make him stir one Bit
= They viii kick his ribs in just as
sure sf, .ft
gsl'' See that dtcfut man with the whip.
| just wish the poor horse would bite
him
- There, now he is getting up. Well,
did YOU eUcr see sstch a looking thing?
do believe he was too weak to stand. =
- Why, you can almost see through
him. 'IsI 14s4 i il-s
'fThey oughn't to let such a. looking
horse as that out. enough to scare
people, a;f9p g zos
80 Vel, if I'd known he was such q
shadow as that I wouldn't have been
wasting ney sYmpathy- -
just then the old conductor rang the
bell and the car started off down the
street with a rush The man in the
corner woke up and the women settled
back in their seats and watched the
horse until he had been left behind out
of sight. Philadelphia Times
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,.aI ,suvaIlza
sds2, 90 paEaIApnHgns
SCHO0I-

'''i Adams County, : Mississippi, has
foTtyrfye public schoolsy ban eaG5s
There was, SAYS Pr :; JYhR. Gilmagy, 7cs
Virginia one hundred and fifty years
before Plyrdouth Rock Was VI Il StfscoTsfeCl CliO
= ThesFirst iBapisb n6hurGhgOf Bbir sdf
'cagp will be fifty years, old pext. QctQ-x m
Der and there VIII Be ah appr6prfate a
celebration and jubilee. ss-tzstcugo 1fib-
Ute. T9aI3om9sl 9Gt h9liE 9une9 GH1
p 8bere is g9N4 ant agHltthq,itg y 3fQgnfhsyods
spend more money! for c0anmf0h isofoolxi ed4
in proportion to- -theiEae4Eealth- than-the
United Staaess II CScaqp Times. L 4oAans2
ford, i l G6irf8ihng ifh q II. bsdHgs ths Jsyaa
$40, 00Q teo Hamilton CD gdoinak2d eli
ton to $4,000 giXen. lhy him to that in
stlfutlon1 fq1 9 year ear orEmlqrsf faapfaY wsT sgT
1T is estimated :. that there are
twelvs Ihdhdrea towns west'of the MislaEg0
sissippi River without churches oFiregur ih
lar preaching of any kind Y ct young
me men q saE .hsEf j noI room 9Y f9Y them 5aT
The Hartford publiol hishrsohoob saxeT
to have new ieaHa torial teleseQpe Yiths,o4s
an object glass OF nine and one-thlrd
inches. aperturss This isgitha MOST 6gssA
III III
the country and few COLLEGES have any
mo1e powerful. HdDen' Register -.
l.1 The Philadelphia fRee51d pIoes iflf III lffoaf oaftF
sending the paupernhj ldEen fnlthepoersods
houses to the public schools, 1t holds
that If the State can ieddeate thea achfll loaso
dren of those WHO are able t9N NaY fonit srgoe
it is a hundred times the duty, of the
State'to educate theo flste 1tlffI- sAoT
tlren who have no one-to pay for their
tuitiononilU sdj to sau0H 1swgL sdT
The State authorities of Vermont
have come into possession OF d beqdesta "A
of 100000 made, .foulthe, benefit iidhesgasH
common schools by the late Arnahan ~
Hunting ton, Of Brantfo ord, Canada Mr. aSih
Huntington vase uhtiyeg Of NetmDsits Hto6
The eIlegacy was obtained only after a
long contest with Mr.: Hun ntington 3 fen ssha
The e dRoss i Poiytschn6fies nsstftadtshasdT
been opened att Ierre HaatsS TndsfE Nj. Jnidf
sChauneey Rose, q wealthy citizen of :.
that town, is the founder Besides gf11 7iSaS
ing the beautiful buildings, Aai has .en-4uua
idowed il with. nearly $500, 600, and Is
soon " provide It With j library aha "a 0aoq
valuable museum. ThassAd aHts aEsts dliss
be thoroughly -dFillee~aa@ In@aual labor
and theonse lef machinerBS beaidesTresiM
eelVing liberal .education.-DstrOG
Post. 'T9f1QsI91 siiixa!t5GqfgEs of ilsHT9d De
ST. john 81 Episcopal .Chpfeh Ala ada
Montreal recently just before the cele- -,
,brati6n of HE holy aeofhrdHhioh. saon1
member OF the church who bad made, anihaf
rank but unfragrapt record in the
world advanced tofitKe' altar FAIL sSfld3tism
made public prpfessieHof openiteRcs fpr,gig e
his grieYous SIM. The rector, Rev
Edmdhdi fW0ods Its6diHg 4WAAiHa tAaeT5vo3
rail accepted his confession land. .yehsaab
stored him to good~stan&ing IN the
church to the. pnbepHded ,astonishment
of the congregation, Detroit FTea
Press. fTSs bs7eTTlEIs 3aa5 agRs I99eq 8p01
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"A coal dealer in aConnecticut town
presents half a ton of coal to every new
lY married couple in the place.
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The old stone fort at Nacogdoches,
Texas, was erected in 1892, according
to the inscription its front bears,
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--ReY, Dr. j. NJ. Scuddery Of. Xellore,
India, wishes that every missionary in
the landwere amedical man, and urges
the home societies. not to send out any
workers who have not at least slight
knowledge of Incidence; He visited
two towns for several years in success
sion without gaining the least hold.
appauently;tu1poA the people. when a
slight surgical service. on his part
opened both their hearts and homes.
This reminds one of the medicine
men" among the aborigines of this
country, who were physicians for both
body and soul.
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Examples of the Trust Underlying Busi.
mess--The Promises to Pay Of Mer-
chants and How They are Regulated In
the Usual Channels Of Trade. ~*
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25

~~NNfNe
Speaking of Josh Billings reminds me
that his old chum, 9Th. Mast" is in the
dumps. The true inwardness of Nasts
trouble with George William Curtis, edi-
tor of Harper'S Weekly, has never come
to light, but certain it is that the worlds
greatest cartoonist finds no place for his
sketches in the paper his genius made fa-
nous. His contract with the Harpers is
for $4,000 year for life, and he draws
$1,000 every quarter with unfaltering reg
u!arity. understand that he sends his
sketches to Harpers promptly every Mon
day afternoon, and they are as promptly
put in dark pigeon-hole. The Harpers
will not use them, nor will they give up
the contract, and hence Artist Mast is in
a queer position. He is now acting as
Secretary of the Mann Boudoir Car Com
panY, with an Office on COrtlandt street,
near Broadway. His friends say he is
unhappy and aging very fast. Funny,
isn't it, that man with $4,000 a year for
life should be unhappy? If some people
had the earth, and it fenced in with barbed
wire, they would still be unhappy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25
1t Couldn't be Done in the City.


A Leominster farmer recently broke his
horse of a ''balky7 freak in very quiet,
and, as he claims, not a cruel manner.
His horse is in excellent flesh. and shows
no signs Of neglect ON the part of his mas
ter. He drove him, attached to a rack
wagon, to the wood lot for a small load of
wood. The animal would not pull a
pound. He did not beat him with club,
but tied him to a tree and ''let him stand"
He went to the lot at sunset and asked
him to draw, but he would not straighten
& tug. 81 made up my mind" said the
farmer, ''when that horse went to the
barn he would take that load of wood.
The night was not cold. / went to the
barn, got blankets, and covered the horse
warm, and he stood until morning. Then
he refused to draw. AT noon / went down,
and he was probably hungry and lone
some. He drew that load of wood the first
time j asked him. l returned, got another
load before fed him. | then rewarded
him with good dinner, which he eagerly
devoured. l have drawn several loads
since. Once he refused to draw, but as
soon as he saw me start for the house he
started after me with the load. A horse
becomes lonesome and discontented when
left alone, as much so as a person. and
claim, this method, if rightly used, is far
less cruel, and it is better for both horse
and man, than to beat the animal with a
aIuh
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The Sons of Toll.

NORRIsTOwN, Pa, Dec. 24.-James
Hooven Il Sons and j. Fl. Boone & Co.,
iron manufacturers of this place. have
posted notices In their mills announcing
that on and after January /, 1884, the
price of pudding will be reduced from
81 40 to So 27 per ton. and that the wages
OF all other employees will be reduced.
EAsTON, Pa, Dec. 24.-The Thomas
Iron Company at Hakendauqua has given
notice of a general reduction of 10 per
cent. in all wages, to take effectfJanuary
l. This company recently reduced its
working force at least one-third. The
Crane Iron Company, at Catasauqua, has
given notice of another reduction of 10 per
cent. to take effect January 1. This makes
a reduction of 20 per cent. by this CON-
pany, which on Saturday further cut
down expenses by discharging some of its
hands. Nearly every furnace in the val
ley has reduced its wages. The Glendon
Iron Company is an exception, though it
has cut down the production.
MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, Dec. 24.-Work
was suspended at No. 1 Franklin colliery,
near TrevOrtOn, to-day for three months,
throwing 800 men and boys out of work
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company operated the cOlliery and
will enlarge the breaker and develop the
under ground workings during the sus-
pension,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25

CAIRO, Dec. 24-The Arabic official
newspaper say that the Governor of Ber-
Der has telegraphed to the Khedive that
Hicks Pasha and 5000 Egyptians were
killed in the fight with Ell Mahdi's forces.
but that Eli Pasha, with the remainder
or the Egyptian army, is encamped
In MelDass, where his troops
are being provisioned by
friendly tribes. The Governor of Dom
godala telegraphs detailed accounts of
tne hght between the forces of Hicks
Pasha and those of Ell Mabdi. He main
talns that the Egyptians were victorious
and that the army is intact, and is now
encamped at Melbass. He adds that EI
Mahdi is at Elobeide, having been de-
serted by his former followers, who re-
preached him with not being Ell Mahdi
because he had failed to vanquish the
Egyptians by divine aid.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25
HAYTPs REVOLUTION.
Idlragoane Represented as Asking to
Capitulate and Bazelais' Death Re-
ported Confirmed.

ported Confirmed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Stephen Preston
the Haytlen Minister TO the United States.
has received the following cablegram:
PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. 10, via Jamaica.
80 1Senor Preston, HdytieR Minister
~ New IOrE: Mlragoane confirms Baze-
lals' death and asks to capitulate.
HAYTIEN GOVERNMENT.
HAVANA, Dec. 24.-The mail steamer
which arrived here to-day brought the fol-
lowing news:
ST. THOMAS, Dec. IL. 1888.
Inc news from Hayti is as conflicting
as ever, but all accounts agree that the
republic is lapsing into frightrll misery.
According to the government reports a
vigorous bombardment of Jacmei forced
the inhabitants of the lower town
10 nee to the upper town. The
SITUATION at Jeremie is grow
ing worse daily. The government organ
at Port-au-Prince says that the lombard
ment OF Mlragoane destroyed the princi-
pal ramparts, and that in consequence
the teOel chief, Mathuren Lagras, sent a
letter TO President Solomon asking for
peace, and lnclosing a letter from the for
elgn representatives at that place. After
the death of BaZelais, Epaminondas des
koches took up the defense of Miragoane.
A deserter reports that Des ROches re-
Gently shot himself, believing that the
steamer La Patria had been sunk, and
that thereupon Lagras took the leadership
OF the insurgents.
According to the report published in St.
Thomas on the 18th the damage done by
the bOmbardment of Jacmel was insig-
mhcant, the rebels having silenced the
governments batteries one after another.
Inc town is amply supplied with provi-
sl0ns. Jeremie is also resisting and is
fully supplied. The defenders of Mira
goane have captured Forts Price and
Morne Blanc. Communication between
Cotes Defer and Jacmel is still free. Ac-
cordlng to reports brought by the British
mail steamer Don, from Jacmel to King
ston, Jamaica, the government forces,
Wnlle Dombarding Jacmel, used up
all their cannon balls and
afterward loaded their cannon
with stones. Several of the guns burst,
having been dug out of the ground near
Jacmel, where they were buried ninety
years ago, in the war between Toussaint
ana Klgaduade. The Don brought from
Jacmel lS3 passengers. The German cor
yette Treya has also arrived at Kingston
from Jacmel with 250 women and chill
dren. The American corvette Alliance
ana the British war steamer Griffin have
arrived at Port-au-Prince, to replace the
SWatara and Dido respectively, which
have left the port.
The National Bank of Hayti has sent to
the French Government its protest against
the issue of paper money In Hayti.
rive French men-of-war are mOmen-
tarily expected at Port au Prince to sup
port the claims of the French subjects.
Among the men recently captured on the
schooner Dareless by the Haytien steamer
Dessalines, and subsequently shot, were
two British subjects.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25

rhc boring oF an artesian well is being agl-
..l.i GO Tallahassee.
nrauEe county farmers are said 20 be i'm
ring large numbers OF German laborers.
Eawls. who Killed his neighbor Helvinst0n.
-.ar uclla lass Monday. has given himself up.
40 Tallahassee the jury made a mistrial in
ra-c OF Peter Ernest Tor killing Jack
..
Ar-lu-ements are being made for furnish
Iark-onrilie with Leon county milk and
r GaIzien Board OF County Commission
.- u.l Iast Thursday, and finished up all Of
lear's business.
>eaoer Williams was senteHeed at ITALIA
last saturday 90 seven years IN the
urarr for shooting Lewis Aiken.
>aau r. stewart. wife Of Postmaster G. W.
rr. died last saturday at her residence
I.. arl-see. iu the 4fth year 0f her age.
l-al NcWuliams, wife of Philip McWil-
-. Died at her home IN Tallahassee last
tr- She had been an invalid for several
piss So. Ratue Bernard. eldest daughter Of
-c u. T.. Bernard. and William Gordon
~ 90 Naldosta, Ca, were married at
aata-sca Tuesday.
Plant Investment Company have rented
.- .l tle So James and fitted up an Office
.. view to establishing a permanent
--.F lu Tallahassee.
r.. Iewis. @ merchant 81 Mariana, made an
aeut this week to I.idd0n & Carter for
.F one % bis creditors
At tallahassee. in the case Of the state
. ktav smith. alias Cox. charged with
uurlcr 90 Marcus Clay. the jury brought
'.nl.rt of murder m the first degree.
ior a new trial was made.
-- Eleu0ra Betton. daughter Of the late
l T. kCttan. cf Philadelphia. died at
-..as-ee Tuesday night of dropsy OF the
. % tle residence Of her aunt. Mrs sarah
r. Her remains were returned 10
lnhia for burial.
irei-e boat operating between Great
..e tohonckaliCa, by an ascent OF o-i1
-. trercllug s feet. has an obstruction
ilet that S % be overcome by dam
la. rruzncss. however. has Eeen eN-
... iil q loss 90 two DAYS last week IN
aullng.
ll.ilalssee Efr10lgisf saws, ssTbe jury
1se ot Ed. smith. indicted for the
Marcus McClay. which occurred
uIcht two weeks since, brought in
-ci oi murder IN the first degree. No
was offered for the defense. though
lerefteq that some might have been
-.'H lllc prisoners counsel relying on the
ci tlc concluding speech 10 the
"ol would have been lOst had the de-
called any witnesses. An effort is TO be
inoeure new trial."
sheriff "a ocala became intoxicated
ana HecnmfuE lisCriCriv. was arrest
nc CITY Marshal and his deputies and
ln tle mcice the sheriff drew q pistol
r q us Marshal. reounding him IN the
~. -tzhtlT. July Brown. > notorious
- was also arrested. Both he and
~i-A Eere subsequently, let cut on bail.
equities were called on duty aud
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25
The Louisiana Bank Case

New ORLEANS, Dec. 24.-Some tima
ago the New Orleans National Bank OBJ
tanned an injunction against the United
States postal authorities forbidding in
reference with correspondence addressed
10 the bank for the lottery company which
had been denied the use of the mails. A
motion to dissolve the Injunction was
nxed for argument to-day before
Judge Don A. Pardee, of the
United States Court. The post office
authorItles were represented by Attorney
General Brewster, Assistant ATTORNEY
General Freeman, of the Post Office De-
partment, and District Attorney Leonard.
and the bank and lottery company by,
Chandler, Moulton, Semmes and Mr.
Horner. BY agreement between the
counsel, at the suggestion of ATTORNEY
General Brewster, Judge Pardee allowed
the case to lie over until Wednesday.