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NO. ~.
A Prophecy.

,cven uublown lilies by a ragged wall,
sevan unblow lilies sleek aud slim and tall;
Seven lilies by the rain
Bowed and hlushed and bent again.
Now twerc well to test, mtybe,
My great gift of prophecy
Three shall bloom for love, and three shall
bloom for death,
One shall bloom for help until ITS dying
breath;
Buds of hope grow on opace.
Buds Of d,ath bend low each face,
Hope that all SO lonely grows,
You may be for me, who knows'
Seven fullblown lilies by a ragel wall,
Seven fullblown lilies, sleek and slim ana
tall;
Seven lilies in the sun,
Cleaning there, like silk new spun;
Gle ming, glowing, unaware
/ Death of them must have share.
i And yet as / watch them, ali! what s"ee'
surprise
Comes up all uubid to look out Of my eyes
NV love stands there tall and grave
Where the shining lilies wave;
Plucks them one and two and all,
Leaves forlorn the ragged wall
Lot he comes opaco and lays them at my
feet;
Lo he whispers: Love, this is ohsrins
{ meet.n
Yet what Of my gifts so dear,
Wisdom of an old-time seer
; All that splendor bloomed for me'
d To the winds my prophecy!
i ID. Gertrude Menard in Boston IraVeller
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The Dircchl,y in Brutes.

A bird mats nest in shelt I
cred place cx)atrol ovcr nature .
in its d g<e.aaalorous to tn,
work OF architect. 9Th
texs hav5 ho tho tirls Of tn
air have nest y does the fox &c
its hole, or Tits nc tl They makt
them for theises, au | this is Ger
tainly contro!nature to that cx
tent. How fo fox support hi
family if he control over nature
Do hens aud /, run into his ho,,
and ask to be DR.. Hopkins doe
not seem cvcro heard OF thl way
in which a II monkeys prepare tt
rob a corn-iLct u describe it.
When they ady to start on thcll
expedition, 4 monkey, the leadc
Of the tribe, , staff in his hand, 5,
as to stand u more easily, marchc
ahead on tw thus being more elc
vated than tiers, so as to see sign
Of danger mcadily. The rest fo'
low him on ours. The leader ad
vances slowl c ut lsly, CAREFUL
reconnoitria all directions, till I'll
party arrlye,ho corn-feld. He the
assigns the aels to heir respcctiN
posts. All now 10 readiness, Il
est Of the travi h and eat to the
learts' con. When they retir
ZACH one cat one or two cars Of col
long aud n this provision the &c
inels are aled on arrival at the
air. Here SEQ ability to rule and
willingness 0 submit to rule;
houghtful paration OF means to t
nd in vicwnd a rec gnltioa OF I
ights of tlleutincls to be suitably
yarded at close Of the expedite
Wherein d all this differ from sir
II foray oftrib, of savage menu l
lily differee IS ia decree; o herwi
is much e same. Il Popular Sciei
LonthlY.
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A Needle I'm n Uaystack

Young Mr.. Sissy to his pretty
cousin)-Oh, Maule, don't know what
TO do. Oae girl wants me to play ten.
mis- another croquet, and another some-
thing else. They will dwive me crazy;
l shall certainly lose my head.
Pretty Cousia-You must be careful
about losing your head, Ch7rcy; you
would never fal it again. II New York
Sun.
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HUMOROUS

Made out of hole cloth Porous plas-
ters.
A good way to soc the world Is to go
on a 'tower."
W, presume that Cork has a large
floating population.
Many political candidate beats his
opponent by scratch.
The poet i, often saldost when he
sings, and SO arc the readers.
The owners of furniture wagons are
possessod Of a moving spirit.
A rrado necessity Tho abolition OF
grado crossings by railway TRACKS.
A man advortises for private tooter
to instruct his sou in tho art Of cornet
playing.
A salt Goldfish breakfast and rubber
overcoat will keep man dry through
, long storm.
q The shoemaker nee have no fear oil
2 being without work. His occupation
4 is ever-iasung.
- - =. y cascn err wero Tail by tho bodl
y they would not care how mIny c6fp7oss
" railroads brought in for them to sit on
! The plumber who whistles while al
work is a paradoxical creature, for al
i though he lay his pipe, yet he pipes hfs
lay.
b Speaking of hlrd times, dollar bill
will go as far now as before the war-if
sufficient postage Is put on the enve-
lope.
"Was that pair of shoes half-soled?
Yes, sir. A one-loggcd man came
here this moraing and bought one of
them"
Jaw, take tumble" said one circu,
performer to another. "Evcu,o mo-" he
replied, 'put thtt isa' t in my line. I'm
a cannon ball artist.
Guest (at fashionable hotcD-seoms
to me l have seen you before. Waiter
Yes, sir, was guest here last year
"Ah! That accounts for it. was
waiter here last year"
Our Chemist 0roudly: "Thi, is NV
oldest boy Mr.. O'Hoggartyo Mr..
on; "surc, Mr. McPhi, | didn't
want anybody to tel me that. can
see your liniments in his face.
Aman who sent 81 to a New Yorker
who advertised allow to Live 100
Years . received in ply a postal card
be ring the legend: DON'T die during
the first century of your existence"
Gentleman (at an evening entertain
men0-Parlou me-, sir but am I not
the Duke of Wynn Wylyysa
Gentleman Addressed Clrawiag him
self up with haut uD Sir, | am the
head waiter.
"Do you know, Mr. Do Bainc, tha
they arc talking Of opening an asylum
for dude'1 "Awh you arc lacetiou.
Miss Candid. Aud why don't they open
ltf' "Becau'o they cart find build
ing large onougl." !"
A western magistrate who decided
hat person may fry onions, lcg rdess
If the Inconvenience the odor oi the
cooking gives the nclghbors, was de-
eated for reelection last week by
noj)rity of 1900 in vote of 1915.
Some people are Disconnected even
'hen you give them moro than they
SIX for A tramp who asked for
uarter on the street the other day com.
lained loudly when the police officers
ave him quarters In the police station.
Hero is horse story that equals the
nc of the hens that became so accus-
'med to moving, that whenever they
Nv a covered wagon they would lie on
leir backs ready to have their legs
ed. Ho has changed hands so often
at every time u stranger comes
ound he opens his mouth to have his
eth examined so that his age may DO
rived at.
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Considerole commotion was caused
at the ittIotown of Stivea, Hunting
donshire, hgland, by the inconsider-
ate mannG in which a big elephant
ook a surnptitiou3 holiday The at
fractions d the travelling circus to
which he was attached palled upon him,
and in the small hours of the morning
he let himself loose. IIo was first at
tractcd by the oilluvn OF some gas
works, which he entered after breaking
lown few trifing obstacles Ia the
shape of three gates, two fences and
hr;elr IA Then he pulled out plu'
= ~ . -. I'd set Tree : tew ,aes
tort h51s 10 frightened the soIitar
watehmah into flt1, explored the noigl
boring market gardens with disas
trous results to the owfer5, and woun,
up by wrecking barn and gorgins
himself with new wheat. lie was stll
contentedly shoveling in grain when
MS keepers discovered him, and with
lifliculty induced him to return to his
quarters. Caims for damages are
pouring iu upon his owners, and the
total will almost swallow up th1 profits
Of bad season. II New York Sun.
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A Trihnte 10 the Bible.

Before us, remarks the New York
Observer, lies a welcome sight. 1t con-
sists Of Parts |. and IT, of an ilustrat-
cd bible il the Italian language. 1t is
issued by Signor S uzogno, the propri-
Jtor and able editor of the Scco a. a
secular Papcr, and th3 price IS one cent
numDP Among other things he say
'Thcre P'one book which gathers up
the pooFl and the scie c. Of humanity
and th' book is the bible, and with
this bdo no other work in any litcra
ture ca compared. 1t is book thai
Newt9afad continuity, that Crom
well cafd at his saddle and that Vol.
tairo SepIway' on his study table. Il
is bqoihat believers and unbeliever-
should Re study, and that ought 10
be iot1nn every house. Tho text will.
be thqf Martini, translated from the
Vulgahnd care will be taken to il. |
sure aucy' May this venture prov,
wor bOntribution towards the sun
ply 0 Us need.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
r.. NJ Il Y E r
o6 Hanottf st., Two doors South 0! Pratt,
BALTIMORE, ND.

Is now oflaring ii r-,"i~a- rtt''Ant faf
Trimmed gu 'e to manufacturer
nets, MI He gave mo work,
FAfs=S such an existence
25S g, for three years.
Ladienge TO - my landlady came
near Limestone Towers, a1d
W0RSh her learned that the Silurian
vas generally supposed to be
FRI at times, and always dull, bru-
Gp E4 heavy; that his unfortunate
cnasinar had been mad for years, and
ome poor young lady had finally
d Lord Trenton, but had left
I. next day never to return.
evening, more weary and down
u than usual, l was dragging my
FINImbs slowly homeward, after the
cNlVywork, when passing hanson
d suddenly. from which sprang a
Hplman, who seized my arm, crying
Nswk God, Olive, you are found at
dt."
IT was Jack Beaumont. Jack, good,
n, handsome as ever.
eEsOh, jack cried. breaking down
sobying pitilully, "tell mo al,
put them. mamma and the girls. only
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r. T.. NIurdOcl1 k,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
Near Port Tobacco Station.

Just received the fashions for Spring and
Summer, am now prepared to make suits in
fhe most fashionable sly e Securing, repair
ing, cleaning, bind ny, &r, coats turned,
II Of whirli is done nj the shortest notice and
cheap | will he in Port Tobacco every Tues
day and Saturday, prepared 10 take meas ures
and receive materials Work delivered in
Port Tobacco if desired. Thankful for past
&yoro, | solicit the same patronage and satis-
faction guaranteed is lin
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fellow. wrote my maiden name,
Olive Chase. for the last time, and i'm
mediately after I, accompanied by my
Iather-in-law and husband, drove to
LIN stone Towers, the home OF the
81 urian family.
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liie was the Invention of that powerful
steam hammer which still continues to
be marvel to ali who see the opera
tion, at once mighty and delicate. 1t
is said Of this ma chine that it can chip
an egg resting on an anvil without
breaking e it, while it can also deliver
twelve ton blow which will make
whole township trcmb!c. We cannot
do better than quote Nasmyths own de-
UUL 1n of this crowning mechanical
h Of his life:
Tb = consisted Of, first, massive an
~ which to rest the work; second,
of iron constituting the hammer
u Il y-giving portioa; and third, an
IL ID I'd steam lindor, to whose pis-
Thel tho hammer block was attached.
mod;s, 7yViH was then required to produce
soap is effective hammer was simply to
made steam Of sufficient pressure into
roIors inder so as to act on the under
nels al the piston, and thus to raise the
WSIiu tr block attached to the end of
soft an ''
ton-rod. BY very simple ar
S nlent of slide valve, under the
of an attendant, the steam was
Tlleti to escape, and thus permit the
sGaP' q3e block OF iron rapidly to descend
recrionSwn gravity upon the work then
merit, anvil. Thus, by moro or less
and IN 81 r manner in which the attendant
allows the steam TO enter or escape
from the cylinder, any required number
or any intensity of blows could be de-
iivcred.
One Of the first uses to which the
steam-hammer was put was that Of the
driving of piles. There were many me-
chanici who did not believe that Il
would drive piles faster or better thar
was done by the old method. So Mas
myth resolved 10 have a match between
his steam-hammer and the ordinary
pile-driyer. Two immcnce logs were
selected, and the two machines begaI
to work at the same moment. The re
suit was that while it took the old-fash
ioned machine twelve hours to drive it
log to the proper depth, the stoam
hammer had finished its task in fou
and 3, half miuutes
Tho Invention Of the steam-hamme
MOI only made Nasmyth famou
wherever IN tho world the mechani
art, are practised, hut add ed quickl
aatl largely to his worldly wealth. II
VS. only ihirty.one years OF age, an
had already achieved a great life work
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Jay GOuId's Doctor.

MIR 4 sat on the porch of his r.
VI g71idencc and in his lap was i
BABY 'ecOnd son of his son George.
VINO u Edith Kingdom, the pretty
actref f+e report that this new conner
IS to pea after hi, grandfather is @
mist1 causo his brother, now about
a yea half old, bears the name OF.
Jay n Gould. Near by sat Dr.
VII mnn, to whom Jay Gould pay
su h9 alary to command his entire
time Rmount is said to b $40, 900
ye that Is reasonable consiIcr-
iag Mum gavo up an extcn-
slVe to take thii special job,
anu rich man, anyhow. Til
con fvers a period of twenty
yea terminated earlier by the
C opulent patient. Tnus it
vii that Gould has male an in
YES nearly $3.50, 600 In medical
all -lPhiladeIphia Times.
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la kes to Feed a Locomotive

7 kes to Feed a Locomotive
maps interest some readers
much fuel a locomotiv.
Of course, depends upon
y fuel, work done, speed.
T Of the road. On freight
erage consumption may be
at one to one and a hal
goal consumed per car per
passenger trains, the cars
heavier and tho spec
I. oal consumption is greater.
In OF thirty cars, at a spec
~ per hour, would there.
n 900 to 1850 pouads 0.
r. iibner's Magazine.
< #lch, but manners ara moro
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me these missionries were 20 begin t.a,
ID 1slln. and IN a. much as II wis rot our

iene these MfssloniEles were 10 begin tal,.
s19 cue, and ii as much as IL was rot our
Al, nor were we the mourners, We felt
here was no-obligation compelling US O
IS those Services We therefore prompt-
thdrew from.thc assemtlage of interested
a Is of the proceedings then about to take
n Of which none ofus we're an interested
n Z, aud we retired to our own quarters for
tfansaction of The business which was to
sup in our own councils for deliberation
adjustment, which action on our part,
Fked quite sensation, and considerable i'll
ing and some very unkind expressions
y. indnlged in. ava surprised that men
nlal ought 70 know better, should expect 9TH
a riun 10 bow to their 'whims an1 notions IN
enceto politics, The whole difference be-
n both political parties of this country is
owed down simply to this: A difference Of
ion. Gainsay that, dare who will. 1t is
has fore highly wrong for any man or set of
hav to expeotanother set of men to yield their
yeaid convictlons of right to them simply
of ause they think il. would be to their inter.
f,vel =, hls-.T shAgs do 90 Vet we have ever
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Aver S Sarsaparilla.

CIV months ago was completely covered with
a terrible humor and scrofulous sores. The
bpmor caused an incessant and intolerable
;tcbing and the skin cracked so as to cause
tbe blood to flow in many places whenever
I moved. Ny sufferings were great, ami my
lifa burden. ! commenced the use Of the
S1psApARIIIA in April last, and have used
Il regularly since that time. My condition
beoan TO improve at once. The sores have
iii healed. and | feel perfectly we'll in every
resnect-b being now able to do good days
,,,rk although 73 years of age. Many inquire
,,bat has wrought such a cure in my case, and
: tsll them. as l have here tried to tell you,
AvFR,s SARsAPARILLA. Glover, VT, Oct.
81, 1882. Yours gra'elu,ly,
AvrR's SARsAPARILLA cures Scrofula
- all scrofuIous Complaints, Erysip-
oIas Eczema, RingwOrm, Blotches,
sores. BoiIs, Tumors, and Eruptions OF
,te skin. : 1t clears the blood of all impu-
rites. aids digestion, stimulates the action OF
,ho bowels. and thus restores vitality and
strepgthens the whole system.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. .J.C. Ayer& Co, Lowell, Mass.
Sold BY all Druggists 81, six bottles for IS.
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peafed at that time, it gradually spread 50 as
to cover his entire body. assure You he was
terribly afflicted, and an object of pity when
he began using your medicine. Now, there are
few men of his age who enjoy as good health
as he has. l could easily name fifty persons
who would testify to the facts in his case.
Yours truly, W. NJ. PHILLIPS"
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''A' but manners are more.
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SpeciaINOtiCe.

theseve make a specially of selling goods
the rnail, filling all orders the same day
seen iged. You are safe in buying of us
magme will cheerfully refund the money
and all goods not proving entirely salts
diam5ry Send for our Fall Catalog lie,
that make up trial order
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-07
Florida Rennhlicans.

OcALA, Fla. July 31.-The republican state
convention met here today About two-thirds
of the delegates are negroes L. a. Beilby, of
Volusia was made chairman. A resolution
was adopted denouncing the democrats Of Mad
ison, Jefferson, Eadsden and jackson counties
for alleged bulldozing. The platform asks
that high duty be placed ON oranges, pineap-
pies, sugar and rice; demands a revision Of the
state methods of taxation favors no fence and
local option; demands that roads be kept up
by general taxation; denounces the democrats
for abolishing the immigration bureau; in
dorses the sub-rropcal exposition farmers
alliances and trades unions and denounces the
state railroad commission.
V. S. Shipman, of Hawley, was nominated
for governor with enthusiasm and II. w.
Chandler, colored, of Ocala, for secretary of
state. Adjourned until tomorrow.
OcALA, Fla, August Title republican
state convention today nominated Professor
Stone, of Sanford, for commissioner of public
instruction; Charles Lewis, of Fernandina, for
comptroller; John Eagan, of Pensacola, for
attorney general; John p. Althorpe, of ITALIA
hassee, for commissioner of agriculture, and
Il. NJ. Randall, Jacksonville; j. f. Goss,
Gainesville and Charles Swain, of KisSimmee,
for the supreme court bench.
The republican congressional convention of
the second district nominated Fred S. Cad
rick, of Deland. The nomination was by ac-
clamation.
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Palmetto State Politics.

CHARLESTON, S. c., August Especial IL
Those who think republicanism dead in South
Carolina should have seen the demonstration
here. Counting women and children,
there were at least 10000 negroes in line and
as they marched through the streets singing,
Hang jeff Davis on sour apple tree" they
reminded one of the days of the robber gov
ernors. The attraction was the presence of
Congressman Mason, of Chicago, and Taylor,
of Ohio,
Congressman Mason. in an interview before
this meeting, said 81 don't believe in the
bloody shirt business any longer. 1t had
quito fair run about four years
ago, and has been folded up and
quietly laid away. The tariff is the thing.
The campaign is TO be clean campaign. The
people can't be fooled twice with the same
trick, rs to the howl about the bloody shirt
and therefore it has been abandoned. We
cant win on the tariff issue"
At democratic meeting Mt Chester
Governor Richardson was openly insulted
by the Tillmanites or farmers crowd who had
possession of the meeting. 1t looks very much
like the farmers, as the Tillmanites call them
selves. intend TO split up the democratic party,
in which event IL may be worth the while of
republicans 10 adopt the palmetto state as
promising missionary field.
THOUGHT IT SHAKE.
The democratic rally here tonight babe fair
10 be fizzle, when n strange incident occurred
which livened up the proceedings
The turnout was large, though the speeches
OF Governor Richardson and Lieutenant
Governor Mauldin fell comparatively Hat. Tho
former spoke for over an hour and a quar-
ter aud the latter for over half an hour. Then
reformer Tulman. the piece de resistance. took
the stand amid cries OF Let her go, Ben Gal
lager"
,rhore were some attempts to interrogate
him. bat the chairman promptly stopped these.
TMman's speech was frequently punctuated
with applause and shouts OF laughter. While
he was spoakinga
STRANGE PANIC OCCURRED.
Some one kicked the bass drum belonging
TO the band q woman in the crowd Sirieked
out; Good God, dats q shake, and the crowd
stampeded. There were a good many negroes
present and these, rs we'll as the whites,
dashed panic-stricken down the street. Three
or four little negroes were trampled upon and
seriously hurt and many Of the audience had
their hats and coats torn Oh them There was
no shake OF course, ana the stampede was
soon stopped bal tho SCARF proved TOO much
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The Fourth District Contest.

| LAGRANGE, Ca, August Especial
| This mountain chain has played prominent
| part in fourth district politics. 1t compels the
! aspirants on either side to come up TO IL and
has never been known to leave its base. Col
| umbus is city OF pretensions, full of brainy
men, fit TO lead any congressional district.
LAGRANGE, while not quite as large
| in population, has for fifty years been
a seat of wealth and learning, and also
! aspires to be first Newman will not be con-
tent with third place, and as for the rural
counties, they are inhabited by the cream of
Georgia farmers, and will dispute with the
cities any day, Below the mountain there are
sixteen votes, and above the mountain there
are eighteen. AS consequence the northern
part of the district has always captured the
nomination. until Tom Grimes became a cand-
idate, and Tom ambled off with the prize in
manner which astonished the yanquished
party.
Hon. Henry r. Harris. of Meriwether coun-
ty held the seat for six years, ending in 1873,
when Captain Persons jumped into the arena.
He surprised the state by getting majority
of 1900. In 1880 he was defeated for
nomination by Judge Hugh buchanan,
of Newman.
In 1886 the candidates were Hon. j. II. Fam
men, OF Troup, Hon. A. ID. Freeman, OF Cow
eta, and Hon. Tom Grimes, Of Muscogee. 1t
was not until one hundred ballots had been
cast that a nomination was reached, when
Grimes was declared the nominee.
No congressman has ever been reelected
from the fourth without stubborn struggle.
At first it was announced that Rev k. II.
jackson, the head OF the Farmers Alliance,
would fight for votes with Grimes, and for
awhile Heard county was the storm center.
Then the center moved toward Troup
county, and ex-senator Iraylor was announced.
Mr.. w. II. German, of Talbot, threw him
self into the breach, and the fight became tri-
angular.
COLUMBUS. Ga, August Especial. !
Grmes's denomination is assured in the pri-
marcs today. Troup county, the homo Of
Traylor, gives him a good majority, with four
precincts not reported. LaGrange gave Grimes
a majority OF $50, and HogansvilIe 81.
A telegram from Greenvile says Grimes has
carried every precinct in Meriwcther that has
been heard from, and will undoubtedly get
of 4 votes Of that county. Carroll county went
for Traylor, but 10 figures have been received
here. Nothing has been received from Heard.
There is great rejoicing here, and "Red
Jacket" the historic cannon, has been brought
into service
GRIMES CARRIES TRoUP.
LAGRANGE, Ga, August 4.-[Special i
Election passed quietly today, and both sides
worked hard. Returns are not all i'll yet, but
Grimes will carry the county by at least one
hundred and fifty. The Grimes men are all
happy, and are celebrating their victory
CARROLL FOR TRAYLoR.
CARRoLLToN, Ga, August A. Special. +
The returns are not all in, but Carroll has GER
taiDly gone for Trayior.