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PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
R. 21. JONES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELBEHTOK, GA.
Special attention to the collection of claims, [ly
SHANNON & WORLEY,
ATT ORN E Y S A T LAW,
BLUER TOST, GA.
W r ILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OP
the Northern Circuit and Franklin county
attention given to collections.
J. S. HARNETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELBEETOK, GA.
JOHN T. OSBORN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ELBE iff ON, GA.
XT/ ILL PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS
VV and Supreme Court. Prompt attention
to the collection of claims. nevl7,ly
A. E- HUNTER, M. L>.
PRACTICING PI fY SI Cl AX
Office over tlia Drug store,
ELBERTOK, V BORGIA.
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ELIUIRTOSf BUSINESS CARDS.
USHfCARRiAGES
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LOWEST PRICES!
CLOSE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO
BUSINESS. AND AN EXPERIENCE
OF 27 YEARS,
He hopes by honest ar.cl fair dealing to compete
any other manufactory.
Good Buggies, warranted, - $125 to 6180
H EPAIRING AND BLACKSMITIIING.
Work done in this line in t very best style.
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JC. M. UARFIELD,
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Tll E REAL LI V E
Fashionable Tailor,
Up-Stairs, over Swift & Arnold's Store,
ELDER TON, GEORGIA.
SSTCaII and See Him.
T. M. SWIFT. J. K. SWIFT.
THOS. M. SWIFT & CO.,
Dealers in
611111 IBlill
At the old stand of Swift & Arnold,
HIBERTOIL GA.
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he hous , promising every effort on their part
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T ITE ELB E TTT O N
DRUG STORE
H. C. EDMUNDS, Proprietor.
Has always on hand a full lino of
Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines
Makes a specialty of
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PERFUMERY
Anew assortment of
WRITING PAPER & ENVELOPES
Plain and ffney. just received, including a sup
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CIGARS AND TOBACCO
of all varieties, constantly on hand.
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I. Gr. SWIFT,
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FEE, HAMS, CHEESE, CAN
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And other articles usually kept in a first-class
Provision Ptore, which will be sold
Cheap for CASH and Cash Only.
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HOUSE i SIGN PAINTER
Glazier and Grainer,
ELBERTON, GA.
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THE GAZETTE.
New Series.
THE COST OF A TRAIN.
At the tima when the first open court ot law
was established in Russia, a lady, dressed with
the utmost elegance, was walking on the Mos
cow promenade, leaning upon her husband's
arm, and letting the long train of her rich dress
sweep the dust and dirt of the street.
A young officer, corning hastily from a side
street, was so caieless as to catch one of his
spurs in the lady’s train, and in an instant a
great piece was torn out of the costly but frail
material of the dress.
‘•I beg a thousand pardons.’raadame/’said the
officer, with a polite bow, and then was about
to pass on, when lie was detained by the lady's
husband.
“You have insulted my wife.”
“Nothing was farther from my intention, Sir.
Your wife’s long dress is to blame for the acci
dent, whit h I sincerely regret, and I beg you
once more to receive my apologies for any care
lessness on my part.” Thereupon he attempted
to hasten on.
“You shall not escape so,” said the lady, with
her head thrown back in a spirited way. “To
day is the first time I have worn this dress, and
it cost two hundred rubles, which you must
make good.”
“My dear madame, I beg you not to detain me.
lam obliged to go on duty at once, .vs to the
two hundred rubles— I really can not help the
length of your dress, yet I beg your pardon for
not having been more cautious.”
“You shall not stir, Sir. That you are obliged
to go on duty is nothing to us. My wife is right;
the dress must be made good.”
The officer's face grew pale.
“You force me to break thro ugh the rules of
the service, and 1 shall receive punishment."
“Pay the two hundred rubles and you are
free.”
1 i:e quickly cliar.gingcolor in the young man’s
face betrayed how inwardly disturbed ho wa- :
but stepping close updo them botli, he said, with
apparent self-command,
“You will renounce your claim when I tell you
that lam a—a—poor man, who has nothing to
live on but his officer's pay, and the amount of
that pay hardly reaches the sum of two hun
dred rubles in the whole year. I can, therefore,
mike no amends for the misfortune, except by
again begging your pardon.”
“Oh! anybody could say all that; but we’ll
see if it’s true; we’ll find out if you have noth,
ing but vour pay. 1 declare myscif not satisfied
with your excuses, and t (l-.-rs.und my uione
persisted the lady, in the hard voice of a thor
oughly unfeeling woman.
“That is true —you are right,” the husband
added, dutifully supporting her. “By good luck
we have the open court now in session. Go
with us before the judge and lie will decide the
matter.”
All further protestation on the officer’s part
that lie was poor, that he was expected on duty,
and so forth, did not help matters. Out of re
spect for his uniform, and to avoid an open
scene, he had to go with them to the court-room,
wh to the gallery was densely packed with a
crowd of people.
After waiting sometime, the lady had leave to
bring her complaint.
“What have you to answer to this complaint?”
Said the judge, turning to tho officer, who seern
od embarrassed and halt in despair.
“On the whole, very little. As tho lateness
of the hour, and being required on duty, com
pelled me to hurry, I did not notice thu lady’s
train, which was dragging on the gr Kind. I
caught one ot my spurs in it, and had the mis
fortune to tear the dress. Madame would not
receive my excuses, but perhaps now she might
find herself more disposed to forgiveness, when
I again declare, so help me God, that 1 commit
ted this awkward blunder without any mischiev
ous intention, and I earnestly beg that she will
pardon me.”
A murmur ran through the gallery, evidently
from the people taking sides with the defendant,
and against long trains it. general and the lady
in particular.
The judge called to order, and asked, “Are
you satisfied with the defendant’s explanation?”
“Not at all satisfied. I demand two hundred
rubles in payment for my torn dress.”
“Defendant, will you pay this sum?”
“I would have paid it long before this had I
been in a position to do so. Unfortunately I
am poor. My pay as an officer is all 1 have to
live on.”
“You hear, complainant, that the defendant is
not able to pay the sum you demand of him.
Do you still wish the complaint to stand?”
An unbroken stillness reigned throughout the
hall, and the young officer’s breath could be
heard coming hard.
“I wish it to stand. The law shall give me
my rights.”
There ran through the rows of people a mur
mur of indignation that sounded like a rushing
of water.
“Consider, complainant, the consequences of
your demand, The defendant can be punished
only through being deprived of his personal
liberty,'and by that you could obtain no satisfac
tion, while to the defendant it might prove the
greatest injury in his rank and position as an
officer, and especially as he is an officer who is
poor and dependent upon bis pay. Do you still
insist upon your complaint?”
“I still insist upon it ”
The course the affair was takiug seemed to
have become painful to the lady’s husband. He
spoke with his wife urgently, but, as could be
seen by the wav she held up her head and the
energy with which she shook it. quite uselessly.
The judge was just going on too lurther consid
eration of the case, when a loud voice was heard
from the audience:
“I will place the two hundred rubles at the
service of the defendant "
There followed a silence, during which a gen
tleman forced his way through the crowd and
placed himself by the young officer’s side.
“Sir, I am the Prince W , an and beg you
will oblige me by accepting the loan of the two
hundred rubles in question.”
“Prince, I am not worthy of your kindness,
for 1 uon’t know if I shall ever be able to pay
the loan,” answered the young man, in a voice
tremulous with emotion
“Take the money, at all events. T can wait
until you are able to return it.” Thereupon the
prince held out two notes of a hundred rubles
each and coming close up to him whispered a
tew words very softly'. There was a sudden
lighting up of the officer’s face. He immediately
took the two notes, and, turning toward the
lady, handed them to her with a polite bow.
“1 hope, madame, you are satisfied.”
With a malicious smile she reached out her
hand for the money.
“Yes; now I am satisfied.”
With a scornful glance over the crowd of
spectators, she prepared to leave the court-room
on her husband's arm.
“Stop, madame,” said the officer, who had
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ELBEBTO-Y, GA,, OCT’R 18,1876.
suddenly become like another man, with a firm
and confident manner
“What do you want?”
The look that the young woman cast upon him
was as insulting as possible.
‘•I want my dress.” he answered, with a slight
but still perfectly polite bow.
“Give me your address, and I will send it to
you.”
“Oh r.o, my dear madame, I am iu the habit
of taking my purchases with me at once. Favor
me with the dress immediately.”
A shout of approbation came from the gallery.
“Order 1” cried the judge.
“What an insane demand!” said the lady's
husband. “My wife cannot undress he i. elf here.”
“I have nothing to do with you, Sir, in this
matter, but only with the complainant. Be so
good, madame, as to give me the dress immedi
ately, 1 am in a great hurry: my affairs are ur
gent.. and 1 cannot wait, a moment longer.”
The pleasure of the audience at- the expense
of the lady increased with every word, until it
was hard to enforce any approach to nui.-t, so
that either party could be heard.
“Do nut jest anymore about it. I will hurry,
and send you the dress us soon as possible,”
••I am not jesting. I demand from the repre
sentative of the law my own property —that
dress,” said the officer, raising his voice.
The judge thus appea’cd to. decided promptly.
“The officer is right.him da me. You re obliged
to hand him over the dress on the spot.”
“I can’t undress myself here before all these
neople, and go home without any dress on,” said
the young woman with anger and tears.
* You should have thought of that sooner.
Now you have no time to lose. Either give up
the dress of your own accord, or—” A nod
that could not be misinterpreted brought to the
lady’s side two officers of justice, who seemed
about to take upon themselves the office of my
lady’s maid.
“Take your money back, and leave me my
dress.”
“Oh no, ntadame; that dress is now worth
more than two hundred rubles to me.”
“How much do you n-k for it?”
“Two thousand rubles,” said the officer,
firm ly.
“1 will pay the sum,” the weeping lady’s hus
band responded, promptly. “1 •have here five
hundred rubles. Give me pen and paper and I
will write an ordei upon my banker lor the re
maining fifteen hundred.”
After he had written the draft the worthy
pair withdrew, amidst hisses from the audience
Query: I>i ! the lady ever again let her train
sweep the street?
For The Gazette.]
MORE POISONING IN ELBERT.
In time of such a depressed price of cotton,
would it not be better for people to come to
some determination as toßhe proportion of their
crops for next year? Cotton is 81 or 9 cents a
■
pound? Since people have commenced raising
cotton to purchase provisions, everything has
been in a retrograde movement. Corn cribs are
lean, or entirely empty ; smokehouses are de
serted by bacon ; cows are not worth half what
th ywere—lhe milk comes scanty—and it is
meager when it does come. Even poultry are
more subject to faraincand disease than fortneily.
Horses and mules, not, laing well fed, are una
ble to do ordinary or satisfactory work. Every
thing that eats suffers from this disease—ill timed
and rash husbandry. Now is there a remedy ?
Of course there is one—an effectual on;:—star
ing us in the lace year after year, and beseech
ing us to accept of it.
People have beeu in the habit of planting
cotton on their best land, and taking-the poor
est land io raise corn on. They plant at least
twice as much cotton as they should. They
care for the cotton and let the corn go. Now,
the remedy : Get as much guano as in eo nvenient,
and plant enough cotton to pay the guano debt,
and plant largely in corn, putting guano under
every hill of it. Take pains with the coni, and
and see that it is cared for. Keep no more
stock than is necessary—and a fool’s wool for
it, there will be a mighty reformation in a year
There is a vast amount of talent iu Elbert
cour.ty, and, gentlemen, let us hear from you in
The Gazette! on the subject. Do net lay the
paper down and forget it ; but get your writing
materials and give us a good long article on it.
Gentlemen, this is a needy time, and a praise
worthy cause, and please, for the lovejof plenty,
posterity, peace end prosperity, give us your
ideas-—your mature, sober, well-digested, honest
thoughts on the matter, and see if there can not
be a “mighty shaking among the dry bones.”
Stinchcomb.
PRESENCE 0E MIND.
Prof. Wilder gives those short rules
for action in case of accident: For dust
in the eyes, avoid rubbing ; dash water
into them ; remove cinders, etc., with
round point of a lead pencil. Remove
insects from the ear by tepid water;
never put a hard instrument into the ear:
If any artery is cut compress above the
wound ; if a vein is cut compress below.
If choked get upon all fours and cough.
For light burns dip the part in cold wa
ter ; if the skin is destroyed,
varnish. Smother a fire with carpets,
etc. ; water will often spread burning oil
| and increase the danger. Before passing
; through smoke, take a full breath, and
then stoop low, but if carbon is suspect
ed, then walk erect- Suck poisonous
wounds, unless your mouth is sore. En
large the wound, or, better, cut the part
out without delay. Hold the wounded
part as long as can bo borne to a hot
coal, or end of a cigar. In case of poison
ing, excite vomiting by tickling the
throat, or by water or mustard. For acid
poisons give acids ; in case of opium
poisoning give strong coffee and keep
moving. If in water, float on the back
with the nose and mouth projecting.
For apoplexy, raise the head and body ;
for fainting lay the person flat.
About the middle of August a curious
phenomenon occurred in the western
portion of Aroostook, Maine. A literal
shower of ice fell m the town of Sher
man, The larger pieces were oblong,
with sharp corners; one measured two
and a half inches long, tivo wide, and
one and a half thick.
MODEST LOVE.
An Elbert girl received a letter from
her lover the other day, with the follow
ing clipping, which he said express; .1
his sentiments for her exactly, and while
he was too bashful to memorize it and
tell it to her in person, he would com
promise the matter l y the utilization of
pen, ink and paper. How wo came by
the letter is immaterial, though wo pub
lish it for the benefit of similarly situa
ted young men:
‘‘When I first beheld your angelic per
factions I was bewildered, and my brain
whirled round like a bumble-bee under
a glass tumbler. My eyes stood open
like cellar doors in a country town, and
I lifted up my ears to catch the silvery
accents of your voice. My tongue re
fused to wag, in silent adoration I drank
in the sweet infection of love as a thirsty
maff swalloweth a tumbler of hot whisky
punch.
Since the light of your face fell upon
my. life, I sometimes feel as if I could
lilt myself up by my boot-straps to the
top of the church steeple, and pull the
bell-rope for singing . ;hool,
Day and night you are in my mind.
V hen aurora, blushing like a bride, ris
es from her saffron colored couch : when
the jay-bird pipes his timely lay in the
apple tree by the spring house ; when
the chanticleer’s shrill clarion heralds
the coming morn ; when the awaking pig
ariseth from his bed and grnntetli, and
goeth for his morning’s refreshments;
when the drowsy beetle wheels to wak
ing flight at sultry noontide; and when
the lowing herd come home at milking
time, I think of thee, and like a piece of
gum elastic, my heart seems stretched
clear across my bosom.
Your hair is like the mane of a sorrel
horse powdered with gold; and the
brass pins showered through your wa
terfall fill me with unbounded awe.—
Your forehead is smoother than the el
bow of an old coat; your eyes are giori-
ous to behold. In tho liquid depths I
see legions of little Cupids bathing like
a cohort of ants in an old army cracker.
When their fire hit me upon my manly
breast, it penetrated my whole anatomy,
as a load of bird shot through a rotten
apple. Your nose is from a chunk of
marble, and your mouth Is m.
vour"U'pSTtflce honey on a- bear’s paw ;
and myriads of unfledged kisses are there
ready to fly out and light somewhere,
like blue birds out of their parent’s
nest. Your laugh rings in my ear like
Ihe wind-harp's strain, or the bleat of a
stray lamb on a bleak hillside. The
dimples on your checks are like bowers
on beds of roses, hollows in cakes of
homemade sugar.
I am dying to fly to thy presence, and
pour out the burning eloquence of my
love, as a thrifty housekeeper pours out
hot coffee. Away from you I am as
melancholy as a sick rat.
My love for you it stronger than tho
smell of Coffey’s pattent butter, or the
kick of a young cow, and more unselfish
than a kitten’s first caterwaul. Asa
song-bird hankers for the light of day,
the cautious mouse for the fresh bacon
in the trap, as a mean pup hankers after
new milk, so I long for thee.
You are fairer than a speckled pullet,
sweeter than a yankce doughnut fried
in sorghum molasses, brighter than a
top knot plumage on a innscovy duck.
You are candy, hisses, raisins, pound
cake and sweetened toddy altogether.
If these remarks will enable you to
see the inside of my soul, and me to win
your affection, I shall be as happy as a
woodpecker on a cherry tree, or a stage
Dorse in a green pasture. If you can
not reciprocate my thrilling passion, I
will pine away like a poisoned bed bug,
and fall away from a flourishing vine of
life, and untimely branch ; and in the
coming years, when the shadows grow
from the hills, and the philosophical frog
sings his cheerful evening hymns, you,
happy in another’s love, can come and
drop a tear, and catch a cold upon the
last resting place of ”
The following incident is mentioned
in an exchange in proof that the yellow
fever is not contagious in the sense in
which small pox or scarlet fever is, and
that, unless a place is in a condition fa
vorable to spread the disease, there is no
special danger that the presence of a
patient who has contracted the fever
elsewhere would cause a well person in
contact with him to take it: “About
twenty v ears ago the yellow fever deso
lated Norfolk, Virginia. For a time the
| alarm in the country round about was
very great, and every village and neigh
borhood instituted a sort of quarantine,
, which shut the poor Norfolk people
closely in their stricken city. Henry A.
Wise alone of a’l the people in the
neighborhood retained at once his cour
ago and humanity. Seeing how sore
j the need was of a refuge without tiro
! walls of the city, he invited the suffer
! ers, sick and well, to come to his planta
tion in Accomac County, just across the
I strait from the city ; and defying tho
i threatened violence of a frightened mob,
ihe brought them there in considerable
numbers, and not a particle of harm
came of it: not a single person who had
been exposed to the infected air of the
j citv took the disease.” if this fact is
j correctly reported, then there is some
thing in it deserving tho careful investi
gation of thoughtful physicians.
They are now making blankets of
brown paper for bed covering in En
gland.
Vol. YD -INTo. 25.
TEE CUNARD SERVICE.
They are a steady going, conservative
lot, the old Cunardeis, and never do their
business with a flourish or spasm—neith
er the owners nor the officers. The line,
I which includes over fifty large steamers,
remains exclusively in the hands of the
. firm that started it. There is no stock
jobbing or patronage about it The men
employed are selected for their worth,
and not at the instigation of any med
dlesome direetoi. The chief considera
tion in building t-ie'ships is strength and
the second consideration is speed ; but
strength is never sacrificed to speed or
appearances. The manager in Liverpool
is Mr. Charles Maclver, one of the found
; ers—whose son is one of the members of
Parliament for the town—a straight,
shrewd, practical man, with a personal
' knowledge of nearly all his officers, and
a still more intimate knowledge of bis
| ships. He exacts the strictest attention
!to duty, and never pardons an error iu
! this direction. He often drives down to
the docks and inspects the steamers in
; port from the stoke-hole to the wheel
in use. The hour of his coming is never
known, and if any man is found away
from his post that man might as well re
sign. An officer (Mr. G —) died in
Liverpool recently, who had for nine
teen years held tho same position in tho
service, while others bad been promoted
over his head. He was a sober man, au
expert need sailor, and a skillful naviga
tor. Many wondered why he never
rose, and some tell this anecdote in
explanation. One night old Mr. Maclver
drove down to the Huskisson Dock, and
ask 1. on one of tho ste imers, for tho
officer in charge. The watchman stated
that he had gone on shore, but would be
back in an hour or two.
“Who is it ?” asked Mr. Maclver.
“Mr. G , sir.”
“Very well; when Mr. G comes on
board, tel! him to take my carriage and
drive to my house.”
When Mr. G reached the house he
found Mr. Maclver seated in his library.
‘■You were absent from your post
to-night, sir ; I wanted to see you, sir ;
that’s all.” And Mr. G was bowed
out by the implacable old Scotchman, in
whose eyes a neglect of duty was the
promoted to a more responsible posi
tion.
On another occasion, Mr. Maclver was
on board one of the steamers as she was
passing from the river into dock, and
stood watching some sailors hauling a
rope under the direction of a mate in uni
form, who was helping them with a will.
Mr. Maclver was secretly pleased with
his zeal, but touching him on the should
er, said with affected severity— ‘‘We do
not engage you for that kind of service,
sir!” The mate relinquished the rope at
once, expecting a further r< proc-f ; but
during the next week ho was promoted
from the third to the second rank.
[Appleton’s Journal.
IMAGINATION AND DISEASE.
The influence of the imagination in
the simulation of disease has often been
proved. It was in France, I believe, that
an experiment was made with a soldier
who, being condemned to die for some
infraction of milit .ry discipline, was
handed over to the scientists as a living
subject. He was placed in a hospital,
and told that all around him were pa
tients suffering from small pox. Although
this was not true, tne man was taken
violently sick and displayed every symp
tom of the disease. Instances tending
to establish this remarkable domination
of the mental faculties over the body
are not rare, and a story is going the
v und of the newspapers which may be
cited in this connection :
A young man in Indianapolis went
into a drug store and asked for fifty
cents’ worth of strychnine. Tho drug
gist gave him a harmless powder, and
he swallowed it- He then explained that
his affections had been blighted, and he
had taken the poison to get even. The
druggist told him that there was net fif
teen minutes' life in him, and that lie
was beginning to fade about the eyes
already. The youth sank to the floor,
and the sweat streamed from” his brow.
He was becoming very sick, mentally
and bodily, and appeared to be dying.
The medicine-man became alarmed at
the effect of the dose, and examined the
jar from which lie had taken the powder.
It was “sugar of milk,” sure enough—
perfectly harmless, and yet it was pro
ducing spasms. ’As a last resort the
young man was informed that he had
taken no poison, but instead a very
harmless powder, a bushel of which
would not kill. The information put a
stop to the dying business ; he revived,
got up and walked out of the store dis
gusted, promising, however, to give the
coroner an early job. It was the opinion
of all the bystanders that the mere im
agination of the poision in his system
was really killing the youth.
A witness for the prosecution in a
murder case was thus questioned by bis
Honor:
“You say you saw the man shot at and
| killed?”
“Yes, sir.”
“You said, I think, that the charge
struck tho deceased, on his body, be
tween tho diaphragm and tho duede
num ?’’
“Witness —“No, sir, I didn’t say no
sich thing. I said he vvas shot be
tween tho hogpen and the wood
house.”
MARK TWAIN AS A REPORTER.
I reported on a morning newspaper
three years, and it was pretty hard work.
But I enjoyed its attractions. Report
ing is tho best school in tho world to
i get a knowledge of human beings, hu
man nature and human ways. A nice,
; gentlemanly reporter—l make no refer
I ences—is well treated by everybody.
; Just think of the wide range of his ac
quaintanceship, his experience of life
I arul society. No other occupation brings
a man into such familiar social relations
with all grades and classes of people.
The last thing at night—midnight—-lie
goes browsing around after items among
| the police and jail-birds in tho lock-up,
questioning the prisoners, and making
pleasant and lasting friendships among
■ some of the worst people in tho world.
And the very next evening he gots him
self up regardless of expense, puts on
all the good clothes his friends have got,
i goes and takes dinner with the Govern
or or the Commander-in Chief of tho
District, tho United .States Senator, and
I some more of the upper crust of society.
He is on good terms with all of thfm,
and is present at every gathering, and
has easy access to every variety of peo
ple. Why, I breakfasted almost every
morning with the Governor, dined with
the principal clergyman, and slept iu
the station house.
A reporter has to lio a little, of course,
or they would discharge him. That is
why I left it. 1 am different from Wash
ington; I have a higher and a grande?
standard of principle. Washington
could not lie. I can lie, but I won’t.
Reporting is fascinating, but then it is
so distressing to have to lio so. Lying
is bad—lying is very bad. Every in
dividual knows that by experience. I
think that for a man to ’tell a lie, when
ho cannot make anything by it, it is
wrong.
A WONDERFUL OPERATION.
A child was born in a well to-do fatni
ly, in Queen Ann county, Md., with tho
most remarkable deformity wo ever
heard of, having no nose nor upper lip,
with a part of tho upper jaw, containing
six rudimentary teeth, turned up and
solid to the forehead bone where it
should join to tho nose. The throat
was so exposed that all the motions of
swallowing and the wind pipe could be
easily seen. The most astonishing part
is to be told, that tho child recovered
from tho operation and tho deformity
was removed.
The operation was horrifying in ap
pearance to those who assembled to wit
ness it. As the surgeon, Dr Charles
Green, of Philadelphia, was cutting tho
upper jawbone from the forehead, tho
grating noise produced was too much
for their sensitive nerves to boar, so ono
by one they left the room TUtiCUiCgM
lady, deserving of much praise for her
generous and heroic conduct. The
child had been bandaged to a board bo
fore the operation began, and her firm
ness enabled the surgeon to complete
what he otherwise would have given up.
She seized the board to which the child
was fastened, and, closing her eyes, held
out to the last.
The operation consisted in taking out
a portion of tho upper jaw and six teeth;
the nose was made by taking flesh from
tho forehead, and tho upper lip was
formed by taking flesh from each cheek.
The operation was done at ten o’clock
on a Monday, and the dressing was re
moved on the Saturday following, when
it was found that the new nose, lip, Ac.,
were perfectly united. The child now
presents as pretty a little face as any
one would wish to see, the whole cx
pres si on being changed, as it were, by
magic, the children no longer running
away from it, but showing particular
fondness for its company.
A WOMAN PAILS TO LEAVE HER CHILD
WITH THE CONDUCTOR.
One evening in tho early part of tho
week, when train twelve arrived at Hor
nellsville, a woman who had been sitting
in the smoking car made inquiries, mani
festing considerable anxiety in doing so,
about the ears which went to Philadel
phia. Someone who know, directed
her to the cars at rear of the train, where
the Lehigh coaches are. She took all
her baggage except small baby, who
soon began to inform the inmates of the
car that he was there. He had a fmo
pair of lungs, and what might be called
a traveling voice. Millard was the con
ductor, and when he made his appear
ance he asked about the matter, but
didn’t seem much worried or annoyed;
in fact, it is not an easy matter for him
to be disturbed. He, however, for tho
moment, provided for the littlo chap by
giving him to a woman in the next car,
who had a baby of her own of about tho
same age as the left one. Millard then
went on with his business through tho
train, and coming to tho rear coaches,
observed a young woman who seemed
to be uneasy, looking out of the window
and moving about restlessly. Ho ac
eosted her with the exclamation: “Here,
didn’t you leave your baby in the for
ward car ?” “I’m caught,” was all tho
answer ho got. and presently tho baby
was in its mother’s keeping. She was a
nice looking woman, and on her way to
Philadelphia in search of employment.
When the train arrived here sho was
watched pretty closely, and it was cer
tain that when she left sho had her in
cumbrance with her. She couldn t got
rid of it. It seems that occurrences of
this kind are not infrequent on our rail
roads, but a woman can hardly have any
of the feelings of a mother who will un
dertake such things < *
[Elmira Advertisor.
Horace Greeley used to tell this story:
He once sent a claim for collection to a
Western lawyer and, regarding it as
rather a desperate claim, told tho attor
ney if he collected it ho might reservo
half the amount for a fee. In duo timo
Mr. Greeley received the following la
conic epistle : “Dear Sir : I have suc
ceeded in collecting my half of that claim.
Tho balance is hopeless.”